Question: 'Chocolate, butter, milk & sugar are the basic ingredients of this semisoft candy'

Answer: fudge


Question: 'In the hit play "Madame Melville", he played a teen who was "Home Alone" with older woman Joely Richardson'

Answer: Macaulay Culkin


Question: 'To a backyard barbecuer,<br />LPG'

Answer: liquefied petroleum gas


Question: 'Norman Shumway designed a procedure for this; Christiaan Barnard performed one on Dec. 3, 1967'

Answer: heart transplant


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Motown Museum in Detroit)  This "What's Going On" singer played drums on early Motown seasons including "Please Mr. Postman"'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: 'It's the "insect" newspaper published in California's state capital'

Answer: The Sacramento Bee


Question: 'Help!  I'm trapped in Golden Gate, this type of business on San Francisco's Ross Alley'

Answer: fortune cookie factory


Question: 'Unlike its Stratford festival, this Canadian province's Blyth Festival focuses on more recent plays'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'To a banker,<br />FDIC'

Answer: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation


Question: 'In the 1950s Ian Donald adapted this machine, used to detect cracks in machine parts, into a fetus observer'

Answer: ultrasound


Question: 'Despite losing an arm, Rick Allen continues to drum for this hard rock group'

Answer: Def Leppard


Question: 'Seen here is the Todd McFarlane figurine of this Kurt Russell movie character'

Answer: "Snake" Plissken


Question: 'Italian for "flour", it's a flour that's turned into a hot breakfast cereal'

Answer: farina


Question: 'In 1900 this great French actress triumphed in a male role, playing Napoleon's son in "L'Aiglon"'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'Yes Sir, it's the AFROTC'

Answer: Air Force Reserve Officers\' Training Corps


Question: 'It's tough to get out of this city on the Arkansas River if you're in its Boot Hill Cemetery'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: 'Its final episode, May 20, 1993, raised its ratings bar to 45.5'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'The Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1941)


Question: 'Publications dealing with this religious & social welfare group include "War Cry"'

Answer: The Salvation Army


Question: 'In 1980 his "Cosmos" was one of the top-selling nonfiction books'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'A Spanish senorita's lips may say, "No No No", but her eyes say this this this'

Answer: Si Si Si


Question: 'It's a city in Tennessee, or the capital of neighboring Missouri'

Answer: Jefferson City


Question: 'Part 4 of "The Thorn Birds" rated a 43.1; part 4 of this miniseries rated a 43.8'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'The U.S. Embassy in Tehran was taken over by Islamic militants'

Answer: Jimmy Carter (1979)


Question: 'TAP is an aid project helping refugees from here (the "T") who fled to India, Nepal, Bhutan & Sikkim'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'Man's best friend turns into man's worst enemy in this 1981 tale of terror by Stephen King'

Answer: "Cujo"


Question: 'The Latin word for "and", it often precedes al., short for "alia"'

Answer: et


Question: 'In the 1960s this city, home to the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, hired I.M. Pei to design part of its Myriad Gardens'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'On the highest-rated Oscar telecast ever, April 7, 1970, he picked up his only Oscar, for "True Grit"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'The U.S. invaded Grenada'

Answer: Ronald Reagan (1983)


Question: 'Country that's home to the International Philatelic Federation & the International Ski Federation'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In 1986 she gave readers "I'll Take Manhattan"'

Answer: Judith Krantz


Question: 'In German it's the informal "you" used for friends, family & all children'

Answer: du


Question: 'Incorporated in 1917 & named for the land developer, it's in the mailing address for "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: Culver City


Question: 'His February 9 & 16, 1964 Sunday night shows each captured over 40% of the viewing audience'

Answer: Ed Sullivan


Question: 'The Berlin Wall came down'

Answer: George H.W. Bush (1989)


Question: 'To the French it's OPEP, because it's "pays" instead of "countries"'

Answer: OPEC


Question: 'In this 1988 bestseller, Anne Rice told the story of Akasha -- the mother of all vampires'

Answer: "Queen of the Damned"


Question: 'The titles of 2 Verdi operas of 1853 begin with these 2 Italian forms of the word "the"'

Answer: il & la


Question: 'The 1956 & 1964 Republican Conventions were held in the Cow Palace of this San Francisco suburb'

Answer: Daly City


Question: 'After this TV movie that got a 46 rating on November 20, 1983, we're grateful we're not in Lawrence, Kansas'

Answer: The Day After


Question: 'The U.S. Embassy in Saigon was permanently evacuated'

Answer: Gerald Ford (1975)


Question: 'WHO is the World Heatlh Organization; PAHO is this less-encompassing version'

Answer: Pan American Health Organization


Question: 'This Anne Tyler bestseller could have been subtitled "A How-To in Inhaling & Exhaling"'

Answer: "Breathing Lessons"


Question: 'It's Provencal for garlic; in the name of a sauce, it's combined with oli, "oil"'

Answer: ai (as in aioli)


Question: 'The detail seen here is from a painting in this museum'

Answer: The Prado


Question: 'The Battle of Hastings'

Answer: 1066


Question: 'In competition, this term used for the cats seen here is for any cat under 8 months old'

Answer: Kitten


Question: 'From 1964 to 1969 Jim Nabors was semper silly as this Marine from Mayberry'

Answer: Gomer Pyle


Question: 'He goes to the Capulets' party to see the fair Rosaline, whom he loves -- for now'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'This "Sea Hunt" star sailed off into the sunset March 10, 1998'

Answer: Lloyd Bridges


Question: 'Take a break<br />              (4)'

Answer: Rest


Question: 'The Evacuation of Dunkirk'

Answer: 1940


Question: 'This breed was introduced to the West around 1885'

Answer: Siamese


Question: 'This character was Granny's granddaughter, Jed's daughter & Jethro's cousin'

Answer: Elly May Clampett


Question: 'Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth & Mustardseed are these; Oberon & Titania are their rulers'

Answer: Fairies


Question: 'In 1997 the world said sayonara to this author of "Sayonara"'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'Soldiers' wake up call<br />             (8)'

Answer: Reveille


Question: 'King John puts his seal on the Magna Carta'

Answer: 1215


Question: 'Including calico, it's the collective term for cats with striped or brindled coats'

Answer: Tabby


Question: 'Sorrell Booke played this porcine power broker of Hazzard County'

Answer: "Boss" Jefferson Davis Hogg


Question: 'Among the ghosts that appear to this king are those of Prince Edward, Henry VI, Anne & 2 young princes'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'This Japanese violinist known for his "method" of teaching kids music took his last bow at age 99 in 1998'

Answer: Shinichi Suzuki


Question: '"Great" pharaoh<br />           (6)'

Answer: Ramses


Question: 'The Spanish Armada is Defeated'

Answer: 1588


Question: 'The African cousin of this Canadian native is called a caracal'

Answer: Lynx


Question: 'In the '70s Dennis Weaver was this New Mexico deputy marshal learning to fight crime in New York'

Answer: Sam McCloud


Question: 'It must be tea time; the last spoken word in this play is "Scone"'

Answer: "Macbeth"


Question: 'The world mourned when the voice of this man, "The Voice" was silenced May 14, 1998'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Meeting between lovers or spacecraft<br />            (10)'

Answer: Rendezvous


Question: 'The "Glorious Revolution" Begins'

Answer: 1688


Question: 'Members of this cat breed seen here aren't really blue, comrade, nor do they have to be from Moscow'

Answer: Russian blue


Question: 'On "Newhart" William Sanderson played this backwoodsman who had 2 brothers named Darryl'

Answer: Larry


Question: 'He, not Mark Antony, is the first to speak to the crowd after Caesar's murder'

Answer: Brutus


Question: 'In 1998 the art world lost Beatrice Wood, called "The Mama Of" this art movement'

Answer: Dadaism


Question: 'Carpool<br />          (9)'

Answer: Rideshare


Question: 'Known as "corrida de toros", this sport is one of the most popular in Mexico'

Answer: Bullfighting


Question: 'The cancan was popularized in this city's dance halls in the 1830s'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This German for whom a rigid airship is named was an observer with the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War'

Answer: Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin


Question: 'Born in this city in 1903, Dr. Spock studied & rowed at his hometown school, Yale'

Answer: New Haven, Connecticut


Question: 'Contrasted with deduction, it's the type of reasoning that moves from particulars & generalities'

Answer: Induction


Question: 'Because Nimoy directed the third & fourth "Star Trek" films, this actor got to direct the fifth'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'From the Arabic Wadi Al-Hijarah, it's Mexico's second-largest city'

Answer: Guadalajara


Question: 'Famous "forbidden dance" featured in 2 1990 films'

Answer: Lambada


Question: 'A fanatic, or one who belonged to a 1st century Jewish sect that resisted Roman rule'

Answer: Zealot


Question: 'Reportedly, when Dr. Spock took a job at this clinic, his wife loathed the Minnesota winters'

Answer: The Mayo Clinic


Question: 'A shape in a Venn diagram, or an adjective for an argument whose conclusion assumes its premises'

Answer: Circular argument


Question: 'Nimoy plays host to an alien in this 1978 remake of a 1956 sci-fi classic'

Answer: "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"


Question: 'A Yale-educated economist, he's the president of Mexico'

Answer: Ernesto Zedillo


Question: 'This famous line dance features a step-step-step-kick rhythm'

Answer: Conga


Question: '"Out of the night when the full moon is bright comes the horseman known as" this'

Answer: Zorro


Question: 'This Nobel Prize winning British lord  tried to show that all mathematics is a type of logic'

Answer: Bertrand Russell


Question: 'This 1987 film directed by Nimoy was based on the French film "Trois Hommes Et Un Couffin"'

Answer: "Three Men And A Baby"


Question: '2 of the 3 countries that border Mexico'

Answer: Belize, Guatemala & United States


Question: 'The foxtrot is done in 4/4 time & the waltz is done in this time'

Answer: 3/4


Question: 'At about 2,200 miles in length, it's the longest African river emptying into the Indian Ocean'

Answer: Zambezi


Question: '"Post hoc, ergo propter hoc", "After it, so because of it", is one of these errors in reasoning'

Answer: Philosophical fallacy


Question: 'The giant mutant ants in this 1954 film make it easy to overlook Nimoy's tiny role at the teletype'

Answer: "Them!"


Question: 'Once a legendary symbol of the Aztecs, this bird is on the Mexican flag'

Answer: Eagle


Question: 'From words meaning "song", "dance" & "skill", it's a theatrical form of dance in Japan'

Answer: Kabuki


Question: 'From the German for "twice baked", it's a sweetened bread that's baked, cut into slices & toasted'

Answer: Zwieback


Question: 'The "theory" of membership in these, also called classes, is part of mathematics as well as logic'

Answer: Sets


Question: 'Nimoy directed this Oscar winner in the title role of 1988's "The Good Mother"'

Answer: Diane Keaton


Question: 'He was president of France the first time France won soccer's World Cup'

Answer: Jacques Chirac


Question: 'Steel companies that raised prices $6 a ton were forced to roll them back by this president'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'In 1997, his first full year on the PGA Tour, he became the first to exceed $2 million in earnings for a season'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'A 4-wheel drive vehicle that tows planes into gates is called this, like a boat that tows ships'

Answer: tug


Question: 'Ladies' Home Journal named this "Like A Virgin" singer one of the 100 most important women of the 20th century'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'This city is the home of Golden Gate University's main campus'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'A spotless putting area'

Answer: clean green


Question: 'This Warrior scored 100 points in one game'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: 'In June 1998 he set a major league record by slugging 20 home runs in a month'

Answer: Sammy Sosa


Question: 'Their rock opera albums "Tommy" & "Quadrophenia" were both turned into films'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'It's Tennessee's state flower, not its state part of the eye'

Answer: Iris


Question: 'An aquamarine rod for billiards'

Answer: blue cue


Question: 'It wasn't until almost 2 months after his coverage of John Glenn's flight he got the CBS Evening News anchor seat'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'From 1952 to 1955 this Phillie led the National League in wins, complete games & innings pitched'

Answer: Robin Roberts


Question: 'The group that finished the '80s as Starship first took off in the '60s under this name'

Answer: Jefferson Airplane


Question: 'The National Museum of American Art is in this city's Old Patent Office Building'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'A boxing arena monarch'

Answer: ring king


Question: 'This Space Age animated family made their network debut in the fall of '62'

Answer: The Jetsons


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

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'A folding weapon gave us this term for a rig's dangerous "bending" when it stops abruptly'

Answer: jackknife


Question: 'This '60s singer-guitarist called "Foxy Lady" "about the only happy song" he'd ever written'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'The name of this island near Martha's Vineyard may mean "sandy, sterile soil tempting no one"'

Answer: Nantucket


Question: 'Your father's protective football gear'

Answer: dad\'s pads


Question: 'In June 1962 the Supreme Court ruled that this in schools violated the First Amendment'

Answer: prayer


Question: 'In his 26 years in pro football, this quarterback-kicker scored a record 2,002 points'

Answer: George Blanda


Question: 'Appropriately, Bigfoot is a famous one of these "scary" trucks whose tires are 5 1/2 feet across'

Answer: monster trucks


Question: 'This group was reeling in the '70s with hits like "Reeling in the Years", "Peg" & "Do It Again"'

Answer: Steely Dan


Question: 'Founded in 1850, The Deseret News is the oldest continuously operating business in this U.S. state'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'A plump Louisville Slugger'

Answer: fat bat


Question: 'In April 1960 Rio de Janeiro was replaced as capital of this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This NBA player's $33 million for 1997-98 was the highest single-season salary in sports history'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'If you find John maddening his partner, this ex-placekicker, may calm you down'

Answer: Pat Summerall


Question: 'Rossini's "William Tell" Overture was used as the theme for this classic TV western'

Answer: The Lone Ranger


Question: 'In 1940 Pat O'Brien played this "All American" Notre Dame coach'

Answer: Knute Rockne


Question: 'Barbie, for example'

Answer: doll


Question: 'Muammar Al-Qaddafi is this country's head of state but has no official title'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'In 1997 Paul Allen, who made billions as co-founder of this software giant, bought the Seattle Seahawks for $200 million'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'After a time out for some legal troubles, this play-by-play man returned to the Knicks in 1998'

Answer: Marv Albert


Question: 'In this opera based on a Grimm fairy tale, the witch lures 2 kids into her gingerbread house'

Answer: Hansel and Gretel


Question: 'In 1969, the same year he played the Sundance Kid, he played an egotistical skier in "Downhill Racer"'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'An infant'

Answer: babe


Question: 'Country in the name of the species seen here'

Answer: India


Question: 'On 2/23/94 more U.S. households tuned in to watch Nancy & Tonya in this sport than any other Olympic sportscast ever'

Answer: figure skating


Question: 'He gained fame doing sports on radio station WHO Des Moines, moved into actng & later tried politics'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" takes place in the early 1900s in this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'James Caan had a "ball" as the champ of a violent future sport in this 1975 flick'

Answer: Rollerball


Question: 'A little bird, or sportscaster Hearn'

Answer: Chick


Question: 'The island of Corsica belongs to France; Sardinia, 7 miles away, belongs to this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Once upon a midnight dreary, Art Modell moved this NFL team to Baltimore & gave it this new nickname'

Answer: the Ravens


Question: 'From 1965 to 1984 this annnouncer & avid fisherman was the host of TV's "The American Sportsman"'

Answer: Curt Gowdy


Question: 'This film's title is the second half of an old boxing expression'

Answer: The Harder They Fall


Question: 'A knight's wife; there's "Nothing Like" one'

Answer: dame


Question: 'This cradle of civilization was conquered by Macedonia in 338 B.C. & wasn't independent again until 1830'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In July 1998, after serving as acting baseball commissioner for 6 years, he was officially given the job by owners'

Answer: Bud Selig


Question: 'She won 2 Olympic gold medals in swimming in 1964 & has covered the games for ABC'

Answer: Donna de Varona


Question: 'This 1957 biopic told of the Red Sox' Jimmy Piersall & his bout with mental illness'

Answer: Fear Strikes Out


Question: 'Not narrow'

Answer: broad


Question: 'Before the first winter games in 1924, this sport was played in the summer games; Canada won gold in 1920'

Answer: ice hockey


Question: 'The University of Pennsylvania's is 1 of 8 colleges in this league'

Answer: the Ivy League


Question: 'This city of his birth provided Charles Dillon Stengel with his nickname, Casey'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'Major news story that "leaked" out of Russia April 28, 1986'

Answer: Chernobyl (the nuclear disaster)


Question: 'Novel which features the Joad family, Dust Bowl farmers who move to California'

Answer: Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'It's added to a gin fizz to make it fizz'

Answer: carbonated soda (or soda water or carbonated water)


Question: 'A proverb states "See" this Italian port city "and die"'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'While it's an infraction in hockey, it really makes the cake'

Answer: icing


Question: 'In 1986, this ABC show celebrated the thrill of its 25th anniversary'

Answer: The Wide World of Sports


Question: 'He called Mayor Clint Eastwood to ask "What's an actor who once played with a monkey doing in politics?"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'During his 7 voyages, he was sold into slavery, met the cyclops, & got stuck on 2 desert islands'

Answer: Sinbad


Question: 'Whether called a golden spike, golden screw. or screwdriver, it just contains these 2 liquids'

Answer: vodka & orange juice


Question: 'Though this actor died a sudden death on Dallas in 1985, he showed up in the shower in 1986'

Answer: Patrick Duffy


Question: 'On "Superman" TV series, rank of metrgpolis policeman William Henderson'

Answer: inspector


Question: 'Since "S" stands for "sacrifice", this letter has been used to symbolize "strikeout" since the 1860s'

Answer: K


Question: 'Gov. Deukmejian said "She fainted very gracefully" as she toured California Pavilion at Expo '86'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'Wilfred, son of Cedric the Saxon, is the title character of this Sir Walter Scott novel'

Answer: Ivanhoe


Question: 'From Latin "to open", it's a drink taken to open a meal'

Answer: an apéritif


Question: 'With this fun couple, "He was her man, but he done her wrong", so she shot him'

Answer: Frankie & Johnny


Question: 'In cities, it's usually surrounded by 4 crosswalks'

Answer: an intersection


Question: 'During search for Shuttle debris, the Navy found a floating bag with $13 mil. worth of this contraband'

Answer: cocaine


Question: 'In 1925 Anita Loos novel, hair color of Lorelei Lee'

Answer: blonde


Question: 'Mixer's measure that can run about 1/32 of an ounce, not 100 yards'

Answer: a dash


Question: 'According to the Great Karnak "the noise a sheep makes when it explodes"'

Answer: sis, boom, baa


Question: 'This saint was born in the castle of Loyola, Azpeitia, Spain'

Answer: Ignatius


Question: 'Not wanting to show passports, diplomats going between this city's halves will show ID cards instead'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'She helped grandfather to tend goats & Klara, an invalid child, to walk'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'It's said Jefferson Davis used to lace this bourbon drink with a tablespoonful of French brandy'

Answer: a mint julep


Question: 'It's who, on June 3 1953, jumped off the Tallahatchee Bridge'

Answer: Billie Joe McAllister


Question: 'Since they're no longer spoken, Sumerian, Etruscan & Gothic are given this lifeless name'

Answer: dead languages


Question: 'The Great Square, an astronomical landmark, connects Andromeda & this winged horse'

Answer: Pegasus


Question: 'Slang for a worker who crosses picket lines; your mother might have told you not to pick it'

Answer: a scab


Question: 'Completes the title of the Strauss waltz, "On the Beautiful..."'

Answer: Blue Danube


Question: 'According to Kris Kristofferson, it's "just another word for nothing left to lose"'

Answer: freedom


Question: 'He showed he was yellow inside as well as out after Dorothy hit him for scaring Toto'

Answer: the Cowardly Lion


Question: 'Besides English, the play "Children of a Lesser God" makes use of this special language'

Answer: sign language


Question: 'To find this, follow the line formed by the "pointer" stars of the Big Dipper's ladle'

Answer: the North Star (or Pole Star)


Question: 'From 1979-83, the UAW headquarters in Detroit wouldn't allow any of these in the parking lot'

Answer: a foreign car


Question: 'This "King of Swing" recorded Mozart's Quintet in A Major for Clarinet & Strings'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'Completes the line from Stephen Crane, "He wished that he, too, had a wound, a..."'

Answer: red badge of courage


Question: 'For 1986 TV movie, he reprised his role as Deputy Barney Fife'

Answer: Don Knotts


Question: 'The film "Shoah" credits translation of this language to "Mrs. Apfelbaum"'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'Living along this "line", you can, at one time or another, see all the constellations'

Answer: the equator


Question: '1947 labor act which made the "closed shop" agreement illegal'

Answer: the Taft-Hartley Act


Question: 'Compose noted for piano playing & playing around with Georges Sand'

Answer: Frédéric Chopin


Question: 'Nathan Forrest is quoted as coining this rule of war: "Get there 1st with..." this'

Answer: the most


Question:
'Title of the following:

"Promise me, Son, not to do the things I've done / Walk away from trouble if you can / Now, it won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek / I hope you're old enough to understand..."'

Answer: "Coward Of The County"


Question: 'Foreign language in which U.S. commercials for both Fibre Trim & Perma Soft were done'

Answer: French


Question: 'Part of the Big Dog, it appears as the brightest star in our night sky'

Answer: Sirius (the Dog Star)


Question: 'Based on their occupation, U.S. union the 7 dwarfs might join today to get a health plan & pension'

Answer: the United Mine Workers


Question: 'Haydn's Symphony No. 94 in G Major was named this, from the sudden loud chord which made the lades wake up'

Answer: the Surprise Symphony


Question: 'Shakespeare wrote that it was wasteful & ridiculous "to gild refined gold or paint..." this'

Answer: the lily


Question: 'Now come to mean any meek person, it was the last name of Caspar in H.T. Webster's comic strip'

Answer: Milquetoast


Question: 'Language that originally gave us the word "language"'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'It is considered the successor to the Knights of Labor'

Answer: the AFL (the American Federation of Labor)


Question: 'In "Spring Symphony", Nastassja Kinski plays Clara Wieck, pianist & wife of this composer'

Answer: Schumann


Question: 'In 1955 play, Tennessee Williams wrote, "Nothing's more determined than..." this'

Answer: a cat on a hot tin roof


Question: 'Bully from "Tom Brown's Schooldays" who became reluctant hero of George McDonald Fraser series'

Answer: Harry Flashman


Question: 'In tic-tac-toe, maximum number of X's you can have on the board without winning'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Thanks to a National Park Service webcam, you can see this famous geyser erupt live on your computer'

Answer: Old Faithful


Question: 'Lance Bass is one of the members of this band seen here:'

Answer: \'N Sync ("Bye Bye Bye")


Question: 'Heliology is the study of light from this source'

Answer: the Sun


Question: 'Convict Burt Reynolds quarterbacks the inmates versus prison guards in this comedy'

Answer: The Longest Yard


Question: 'All dolled up?  You're "in" this day's "best"'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'Illinois' state bird:<br />CLAN RAID'

Answer: cardinal


Question: 'Pearl Harbor & its memorials are a must-see when visiting this island'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'Los Angeles Superior Court trial judge seen here, looking very interested'

Answer: Lance Ito


Question: 'An expert in sinology is familiar with the history & customs of this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Before "Charlie's Angels", she played the owner of the Miami Sharks in "Any Given Sunday"'

Answer: Cameron Diaz


Question: 'If you're eating king cake on Mardi Gras, you're chowing down on this day of the week'

Answer: Tuesday


Question: 'A real show-off:<br />COP CAKE'

Answer: peacock


Question: 'Fort Lewis, one of America's largest army posts, lies between Tacoma & this state capital'

Answer: Olympia, Washington


Question: 'Lance Deal, this American record holder with a 270' 9" throw, won a silver medal in this track & field event in 1996'

Answer: the hammer throw


Question: 'This study of man is divided into several branches including physical & cultural'

Answer: anthropology


Question: 'In this 2000 film, based on a true story, Denzel Washington coaches an integrated team in Virginia in 1971'

Answer: Remember the Titans


Question: 'It takes the greatest number of Scrabble tiles to spell out this day of the week'

Answer: Wednesday


Question: 'Seen at the seashore:<br />DARN PIPES'

Answer: sandpiper


Question: 'Every year during the Kentucky Derby Festival, the Belle & Delta Queen steamboats race each other down this river'

Answer: the Ohio River


Question: 'This master magician works his magic at Las Vegas' Monte Carlo Hotel in a theater built & named for him'

Answer: Lance Burton


Question: 'From the Greek meaning "study of ancient existence", it's the study of prehistoric plants & animals from fossil remains'

Answer: paleontology


Question: 'With the pros on strike, rag-tag players Keanu Reeves & Jon Favreau take the field in this 2000 comedy'

Answer: The Replacements


Question: 'To the Germans, it's Donnerstag, meaning "thunder day"'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'It's game if you are:<br />HATE NAPS'

Answer: pheasant


Question: 'You can see the world's oldest existing nuclear reactor in this Tennessee city that dates from WWII'

Answer: Oak Ridge


Question: 'Nicknamed Bambi, this Chargers wide receiver was the first AFL player inducted into the Football Hall of Fame'

Answer: Lance Alworth


Question: 'It's the examination of handwriting to detect forgery or to gauge personality'

Answer: graphology


Question: 'High school football player Tom Cruise has these, the title of a 1983 film co-starring Lea Thompson'

Answer: All The Right Moves


Question: 'For over 30 years ABC has had a prime-time show with this day in the title'

Answer: Monday (Monday Night Football)


Question: 'Gulp, gulp:<br />OWL SLAW'

Answer: swallow


Question: 'After a 1614 voyage along America's northeast coast, John Smith gave the area this name, which is still used'

Answer: New England


Question: 'Radio producer Arch Oboler pioneered this film gimmick for 1952's "Bwana Devil"'

Answer: 3-D


Question: 'Princess Caroline & Princess Stephanie'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'Employee relations manager is a job in this field abbreviated HR'

Answer: Human resources


Question: 'In a Beckett play, it's Didi & Gogo who are "Waiting For" him'

Answer: Godot


Question: '"Super Freak" singer who's licensed to kill as Agent 007'

Answer: Rick James Bond


Question: 'This colony was founded in 1607 in what's now the state of Virginia'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'This cartoon mouse, Pinky's partner, once went on "Gyp-Parody" to win money to take over the world'

Answer: The Brain


Question: 'Paloma Picasso'

Answer: France


Question: 'In the medical field, you can be a phlebotomist & draw a salary for drawing this'

Answer: Blood


Question: 'Henry James' "The Wings of the Dove" is a novel; his "The Turn of" this, just a novella'

Answer: The Screw


Question: 'Lead singer of Blondie who's a fictional boy wizard'

Answer: Deborah Harry Potter


Question: 'A British Navy crew killed this notorious pirate off North Carolina in 1718'

Answer: Blackbeard (Edward Teach)


Question: 'Since 1905, these brothers have shared their comic strip with der Captain und der Inspector'

Answer: The Katzenjammer Kids


Question: 'Madeleine Albright'

Answer: Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia)


Question: 'From the Latin for "fellow slave", this worker in the hospitality field makes arrangements for hotel guests'

Answer: a concierge


Question: 'In 1888 Oscar Wilde published tales about "The Happy Prince" & "The Selfish" this'

Answer: Giant


Question: 'Boston Celtics legend who's a flesh-eating avian, like a hawk or a vulture'

Answer: Larry Bird of Prey


Question: 'In 1664 Charles II granted his brother, the Duke of this, permission to drive the Dutch out of New Netherland'

Answer: Duke of York (hence, New York)


Question: 'He's the "youthful" spirited rapper seen here:'

Answer: Kid Rock


Question: 'Zola Budd'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In this "sector" you'll find jobs with government & with nonprofit organizations'

Answer: Public sector


Question: 'A whiskey priest is the main character in Graham Greene's "The Power and" this'

Answer: The Glory


Question: 'Big-screen Samson actor who's a TV rating indicating a program is for adults 17 & over'

Answer: Victor Mature Audiences


Question: 'Before his "Essay Concerning Human Understanding", he helped draw up the Fundamental Constitution of Carolina'

Answer: John Locke


Question: 'Not to be confused with the boy singers, the Hanson Brothers were hockey goons in this 1977 film'

Answer: Slap Shot


Question: 'Queen Noor'

Answer: United States


Question: 'This job of collecting & analyzing numerical data applies to baseball as well as biology'

Answer: Statistician


Question: 'Steinbeck portrays German-occupied Norway in this "is Down"'

Answer: The Moon


Question: 'The meat in Eggs Benedict leads a revolt against Virginia's colonial government'

Answer: Canadian Bacon\'s Rebellion


Question: 'The English names of this god's 2 companions are Panic & Fear'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'In 1951 this Oklahoman replaced Joe DiMaggio as the Yankees' starting center fielder'

Answer: Mickey Mantle


Question: 'South Korea's Se Ri Pak, a star in this sport, is sometimes called "Tigress Woods"'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'This Indiana town shares its name with a popular theater snack reportedly given to the Pilgrims by the Indians'

Answer: Popcorn


Question: 'Our sun is classified as the yellow type of these "small" stars'

Answer: Dwarfs


Question: 'This rock pioneer's first & only No. 1 hit was 1957's "That'll Be The Day"'

Answer: Buddy Holly


Question: 'It precedes cop, court & jam<br />              (7)'

Answer: Traffic


Question: 'Nickname given to Eisenhower's theory that if one Asian country falls to Communism, others will follow'

Answer: Domino Theory/Principle


Question: 'French high-wire artist Philippe Petit is known for his 1974 walk between the towers of this NYC landmark'

Answer: World Trade Center


Question: 'This Ohio town shares its name with Hosea's Old Testament wife & the first name of a TV military hayseed'

Answer: Gomer


Question: 'Like those of the genus Malus, most wild apples are of this tart "crustacean" type'

Answer: Crabapples


Question: 'The Beatles had 20 No. 1 singles; this man had 18'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Knights & pinball games do it<br />              (4)'

Answer: Tilt


Question: 'He's credited with coining the term "beat" to describe a generation'

Answer: Jack Kerouac


Question: 'B.K.S. Iyengar of India is often called the world's foremost teacher of this body-twisting practice'

Answer: Yoga


Question: 'This Oregon town could be the theoretical home of a doll, 1983's most popular Christmas toy'

Answer: Cabbage Patch


Question: 'Of 6,000, 66,000 or 666,000 MPH, the closest to the speed of the Earth around the sun'

Answer: 66,000


Question: 'Her rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the 1991 Super Bowl took the song into the Top 40 for the first time'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'An acrobat, or his drinking glass<br />             (7)'

Answer: Tumbler


Question: 'Headline-making object seen here:'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'Albums like "Romanza" & "Aria" have made this blind Italian tenor a superstar'

Answer: Andrea Bocelli


Question: 'It's the only town in Illinois bearing the name of a mid-'70s dance craze'

Answer: Disco


Question: '2 of the 4 stages of development for most insects'

Answer: Egg, larva, pupa, adult


Question: 'On the U.S. Billboard Top 40 chart, this UB40 hit climbed to No. 34 in 1984 & to No. 1 in 1988'

Answer: "Red Red Wine"


Question: 'A Roman official, or a Chicago newspaper<br />             (7)'

Answer: Tribune


Question: 'He spent the entire decade as chancellor of West Germany'

Answer: Konrad Adenauer


Question: 'In 1997 he was knighted for writing plays; in 1999 he was Oscared for "Shakespeare In Love"'

Answer: Tom Stoppard


Question: 'George Michael didn't found this Louisiana town, but it does bear the name of his old pop duo'

Answer: Wham


Question: 'The adult human brain is made up of more than 10 billion of these nerve cells'

Answer: Neurons


Question: 'Bee smart & name this 1968 No. 1 hit for Bobby Goldsboro'

Answer: "Honey"


Question: 'Kettle repairman, or Ms. Bell<br />             (6)'

Answer: Tinker


Question: 'Friedrich Von Schiller, of "Ode To Joy" fame, is famous for an 1804 tale about this archer'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'Founded in 1909, NAACP'

Answer: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People


Question: 'Performing a personal service to the person in this post may get you an Order of Pius decoration'

Answer: The pope


Question: 'As the first line of "Hamlet", it's not preceded by "Knock, knock"'

Answer: Who\'s there?


Question: 'Arthur was this cool "Happy Days" character's first name'

Answer: Fonzie


Question: 'From the French for "low", it's the hound seen here'

Answer: Basset hound


Question: 'A trip to India inspired his 1922 novel "Siddhartha"'

Answer: Hermann Hesse


Question: 'Tom Hayden's SDS'

Answer: Students for a Democratic Society


Question: 'Knock wood, you may be lucky enough to receive this country's Order of the Cedar'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Rodney King popularized this catchphrase with his May 1, 1992 statement in the wake of the L.A. riots'

Answer: Can we all get along?


Question: 'On "Beverly Hills, 90210", Luke Perry plays this brooding cool guy'

Answer: Dylan


Question: 'This old breed of working dog is also known as a bobtail'

Answer: Old English sheepdog


Question: 'The German dictionary this pair of brothers began in 1854 was finished by others in 1954'

Answer: the Brothers Grimm


Question: '"Congressional" sponsors of the Freedom Riders, CORE'

Answer: Congress of Racial Equality


Question: 'The Order of Leopold was established in 1832 in this European country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'It's the query in the nursery rhyme with the line "I met a man with seven wives"'

Answer: How many were going to St. Ives?


Question: 'What a drag!  This cool crooner of "Mack The Knife" checked out early in 1973'

Answer: Bobby Darin


Question: 'This terrier breed seen here was once known as the Wharfedale'

Answer: Airedale


Question: 'Abbie Hoffman's YIP (from yippie)'

Answer: Youth International Party


Question: 'While the George Cross is inscribed "For Gallantry", this British cross is inscribed "For Valor"'

Answer: Victoria Cross


Question: 'Musical question whose answer is "Just like me, they long to be close to you"'

Answer: Why do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?


Question: 'Snoopy's "temperate" sunglassed persona'

Answer: Joe Cool


Question: 'The Pembroke variety of this canine is popular with royalty'

Answer: Corgi


Question: 'Inspired by the Greensboro sit-ins of 1960, SNCC'

Answer: Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee


Question: 'Alvin York & Eddie Rickenbacker were recipients of this French medal for military & bravery, first awarded in 1915'

Answer: Croix de Guerre


Question: 'Ardelle & Arlene were sisters in home perm ads that asked this'

Answer: Which twin has the Toni? (Toni Home Permanents)


Question: 'Starsky often got the latest news on the street from this groovin' Antonio Fargas character'

Answer: Huggy Bear


Question: 'The old name of a southern African country lends its name to this hunting breed'

Answer: Rhodesian Ridgeback


Question: 'The only person named Oscar to win an Oscar, he won twice'

Answer: Oscar Hammerstein II


Question: 'This capital lies 5 miles from the Bay of Phaleron, an arm of the Aegean Sea'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'In 1986 this company was forced out of the instant camera market, having violated 7 Polaroid patents'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'High-quality marbled beef, or an NBA MVP'

Answer: Kobe


Question: 'Chemically, it's the makeup of a pure snowflake'

Answer: H2O


Question: 'If you've lost this credit card, call 1-800-847-2911 (really the card's name followed by 911)'

Answer: Visa


Question: 'He was to have starred in the film, but his death at the Chateau Marmont in 1982 forced a change'

Answer: John Belushi


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Bruges, Belgium.)  Bruges is crisscrossed by an elegant network of canals, giving rise to one of the city's popular nicknames: it's often called this "of the North"'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'In 1957 the Leo Burnett advertising agency created Cornelius the Rooster to appear on the box of this cereal'

Answer: Corn Flakes


Question: 'This casual term for a beer comes from North American college slang, not Polish'

Answer: brewski


Question: 'In 1824 Jons Jakob Berzelius found this nonmetallic element that later lent its name to a California valley'

Answer: silicon


Question: 'Sending flowers?  Call 1-800-SEND-this 3-letter company founded in 1910'

Answer: FTD


Question: 'As ghostbusting Dr. Peter Venkman, he says the immortal line "He slimed me"'

Answer: Bill Murray


Question: 'The World Health Organization is headquartered in this Swiss city'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'It precedes "XM" in the name of an entertainment company--ooh, I love this song!  Turn it up!'

Answer: Sirius


Question: 'This painful verb--don't do it to me, bro!'

Answer: tase


Question: 'He won 2 Nobel Prizes: one for Chemistry in 1954 & one for Peace in 1962'

Answer: (Linus) Pauling


Question: 'A "colorful" low-cost airline has the phone number 1-800-JET-this'

Answer: BLUE


Question: 'She played cellist Dana Barrett, who becomes possessed by a Sumerian god named Zuul'

Answer: Sigourney Weaver


Question: 'This city is on the south bank of the Ij River, an arm of the Ijsselmeer (the lake formerly known as the Zuiderzee)'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'In 1926 a "beater bar" was added to this company's product; it tapped the carpet to loosen ground-in dirt'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'A Billy Ray Cyrus hit gave us this hyphenated adjective'

Answer: achy-breaky


Question: 'If your dentist likes you, he may give you this gas discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1772'

Answer: nitrous oxide (laughing gas)


Question: 'To reach this government service, call 1-800-829-1040'

Answer: the IRS


Question: 'The film was co-written by these 2 men who played Drs. Raymond Stantz & Egon Spengler'

Answer: Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis


Question: 'Signed in 1975, the accord named for this city was an effort to ease tensions between the Soviet Bloc & the West'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'In 1907 9-year-old Michael Brady posed for this company's symbol wearing overalls, a cap & wooden shoes'

Answer: Dutch Boy Paints


Question: 'From the name of an Apple device, this verb means to digitally transmit a broadcast over the Internet'

Answer: podcast


Question: 'A U.S. nuclear weapon using this element, Co, has been termed a doomsday device, as it would wipe out life on Earth'

Answer: cobalt


Question: 'A "Fifth Avenue" store is also available at 1-877-551-this'

Answer: SAKS


Question: 'Manhattan is menaced by this marshmallow man, come to life 100 feet tall'

Answer: the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man


Question: 'He dedicated "The Wizard of Oz" "To my good friend & comrade, my wife"'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'This place got a big bang for its (NFL) Bucs when the stadium known as the "Big Sombrero" was demolished'

Answer: Tampa


Question: 'A book by Jan Parr calls her the "First Lady of Flight"'

Answer: Earhart


Question: 'This rite involves the actual reception of the Eucharist'

Answer: communion


Question: '1787:<br />This state becomes the first to ratify the Constitution'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'A type of crab, or an old man who lives alone in a cave'

Answer: a hermit


Question: 'His dedication of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" to Katharine de Mattos includes some lines of verse'

Answer: (Robert Louis) Stevenson


Question: 'Seen here is the razing of the roof of this city's arena, once home to its Heat hoops team'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'This lt. colonel & his men were vanquished in about an hour on June 25, 1876'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'It denotes the Catholic revival & response to Martin Luther that began in the 16th century'

Answer: the Counter-Reformation


Question: '1678:<br />Louis Hennepin becomes the first European to describe this landmark on the U.S.-Canada border'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Type of pudding mentioned in "We Wish You A Merry Christmas"'

Answer: figgy


Question: 'She "most respectfully dedicated" "Emma" to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent'

Answer: (Jane) Austen


Question: 'Hey, y'all!  This city's NBA Bobcats lost their first home when the Coliseum was demo'd in 2007'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'Aubrey Beardsley illustrated the 1894 English translation of his "Salome"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'It's the official renunciation of marriage for "the more perfect observance of chastity"'

Answer: celibacy


Question: '1917:<br />The U.S. declares war on this hyphenated kingdom'

Answer: Austria-Hungary


Question: 'Spirit or Opportunity on Mars'

Answer: a rover


Question: 'His "Cat's Cradle" is "For Kenneith Littauer, a man of gallantry and taste"'

Answer: (Kurt) Vonnegut


Question: 'On December 20, 2008 this city's RCA Dome was no longer dome, sweet dome'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'His father Earl Little was a Baptist minister & an organizer for Marcus Garvey'

Answer: Malcolm Little (or Malcolm X)


Question: 'A profession of faith, like the Nicene one'

Answer: a creed


Question: '1982:<br />At a Texas prison, murderer Charlie Brooks becomes the first U.S. prisoner to be executed this way'

Answer: lethal injection


Question: 'It precedes Elbert & Pinatubo'

Answer: Mount


Question: 'This 2005 memoir by Joan Didion was naturally "for John and for Quintana", her husband & her daughter'

Answer: The Year of Magical Thinking


Question: 'Hank Aaron hit home run No. 715 in the bygone Atlanta stadium named for this county'

Answer: Fulton County


Question: 'The U.S. embassy in London was designed by this Finnish-American architect'

Answer: (Eero) Saarinen


Question: 'This ceremony is used to confer additional grace upon the already baptized, & you get an extra name'

Answer: confirmation


Question: '1972:<br />America's last lunar landing mission, this one, blasts off from Cape Canaveral'

Answer: Apollo 17


Question: 'David Niven was interrupted by one of these during the 1974 Oscar telecast'

Answer: a streaker


Question: 'In 1963 sculptor Phil Kraczkowski was paid $600 to design this Hasbro toy's original head'

Answer: G.I. Joe


Question: 'These 3 ships left the Canary Islands September 6, 1492 after two of them were repaired'

Answer: Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria


Question: 'The International Azalea Festival is held each April in Norfolk in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'In a No. 1 hit by Peter, Paul & Mary, this line precedes "Don't know when I'll be back again"'

Answer: "Leaving on a Jet Plane"


Question: 'On the cover of this magazine you'll sometimes see the phrase "And Grooms, Too"'

Answer: Brides


Question: 'In this religion, the devil is called Iblis, or "al-Shaitaan"'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'It means meticulous, though it sounds like a combination of "fast" & "hideous"'

Answer: Fastidious


Question: 'In music history, they're known as "The Three B's"'

Answer: Bach, Brahms & Beethoven


Question: 'This largest city in New Mexico hosts an international balloon festival in mid-October'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: 'This hit by the Byrds is subtitled "To Everything There Is a Season"'

Answer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!"


Question: 'Yacthing is the official magazine of this yachting trophy'

Answer: America\'s Cup


Question: 'His book "Dianetics" gave rise to the Church of Scientology'

Answer: L. Ron Hubbard


Question: 'It means gracefully tall & slender, perhaps like a weeping tree'

Answer: Willowy


Question: 'It was the slogan of the French Revolution'

Answer: "Liberte, egalite, fraternite"


Question: 'This state has an annual Upper Peninsula state fair in Escanaba in August'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'In 1965 the McCoys hit No. 1 with this song about a girl who lives in a very bad part of town'

Answer: "Hang on Sloopy"


Question: '"The Magazine of Good Living", or a connoisseur of fine food & drink who might savor it'

Answer: Gourmet


Question: 'Xochiquetzal was the goddess of beauty of this Mexican civilization'

Answer: Aztec


Question: 'Meaning adapted for seizing or grasping, it often describes a monkey's tail'

Answer: Prehensile


Question: 'The three Baltic countries absorbed by the Soviet Union in 1940'

Answer: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


Question: 'Bridgeport, CT has an anniual festival honoring this 19th C. showman'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'She's "Swingin' down the street so fancy-free, nobody you meet could ever see the loneliness there"'

Answer: "Georgy Girl"


Question: '"The Practical Journal for the Environment" isn't called Trash, but this'

Answer: Garbage


Question: 'Hawaii's second-largest island is named for this Polynesian demi-god'

Answer: Maui


Question: 'Bellicose & belligerent are derived in part from this Latin word for "war"'

Answer: Bellum


Question: 'These three men who formed the first triumverate in 60 B.C. had no official sanction'

Answer: Caesar, Crassus & Pompey


Question: 'This Mississippi port has a shrimp festival & the blessing of the fleet in June'

Answer: Biloxi


Question: 'In 1964 she sang "You don't own me, I'm not just one of your many toys"'

Answer: Lesley Gore


Question: 'This stylish magazine was named for its publication director; her first name is Grace'

Answer: Mirabella


Question: 'Meaning "disciple", this is a follower of Guru Nanak & his successor gurus'

Answer: Sikh


Question: 'Something that is senary has this many things or parts'

Answer: Six


Question: 'In the 1840s Victor Hugo began writing this book using the title "Le Miser"'

Answer: "Les Miserables"


Question: 'A non-ferrous metal is any metal other than steel or this'

Answer: Iron


Question: 'Arizona's Kaibab National Forest lies near this national park'

Answer: Grand Canyon


Question: 'The 1935 film "Naughty Marietta" was her first collaboration with Nelson Eddy'

Answer: Jeanette MacDonald


Question: 'Oklahoma got this nickname from those who staked claims before land was open for settlement'

Answer: "The Sooner State"


Question: 'Representing Massachusetts' 8th District, Joseph P. Kennedy is the son of this late New York senator'

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Question: 'This author of "No Exit" said no to a Nobel Prize in 1964'

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre


Question: 'Squamata, meaning "scaly", is the reptile order that composes these two types of creatures'

Answer: Lizards & snakes


Question: 'Divisions of this state's Sumter National Forest include Long Cane, Enoree & Tiger'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'In 1923 her first magazine article, "In China Too", appeared in the Atlantic Monthly'

Answer: Pearl S. Buck


Question: 'This cowboy humorist is buried at a shrine in Claremore, near his birthplace'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'Former "Love Boat" star Fred Grandy represents this state's 6th District in the House'

Answer: Iowa


Question: '"Contes de ma Mere l'Oye" by Charles Perrault is a colletion of these'

Answer: Mother Goose tales


Question: 'The coelacanth, thought to be extinct until one was caught in 1938, is this type of creature'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'This state's Chippewa & Superior National Forests contain many of its 10,000 lakes'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Actress to whom Charles II referred when he supposedly said, "Let not poor Nelly starve"'

Answer: Nell Gwyn


Question: 'This university in Stillwater has won 29 NCAA wrestling titles, more than any other college'

Answer: Oklahoma State University


Question: 'In 1990 Socialist Bernard Sanders won this New England state's only House seat'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This playwright was a friend of Jean Racine, & his company staged Racine's first play'

Answer: Moliere


Question: 'Simply put, his law says that if you double the pressure of a gas, you halve its volume'

Answer: Robert Boyle


Question: 'This national forest in Oregon shares its name with the mountain contained within its borders'

Answer: Mount Hood


Question: 'From 1986-89, Gro Harlem Brundtland served as this Scandinavian country's prime minister'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'This part of the state was once known as "No Man's Land" or the "Cimarron Strip"'

Answer: Panhandle


Question: 'Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who represents this state's 18th District, was born in Havana'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Under this pen name, Francois-Marie Arouet wrote "Micromegas", a tale of a 120,000-foot-tall being'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'This mineral, which occurs in such forms as sand & quartz, is the main material in most rocks'

Answer: Silica


Question: 'A national forest in Missouri's Ozarks is named for this 19th century writer'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'She was a textile factory worker when she was chosen as the U.S.S.R.'s first female cosmonaut'

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova


Question: 'Oklahoma's second-largest city, it's been called "The Oil Capital of the World"'

Answer: Tulsa


Question: 'This Missourian is the House Majority Leader'

Answer: Richard Gephardt


Question: 'The first two consecutive presidents who were from the same state'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson & James Madison (both from Virginia)


Question: '"That's No Lady, It's" this 11th C. wife of an earl "Parading Nude Through the Streets of Coventry"'

Answer: Lady Godiva


Question: 'Tonto'

Answer: the Lone Ranger


Question: 'This "equine" herb's roots are grated & preserved in vinegar to prevent loss of its chemical bite'

Answer: horseradish


Question: 'Cloncurry in this country's state of Queensland hit 128 degrees Fahrenheit in 1889'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'With a No. 1 daily circulation of about 2.2 million, it truly is "The Nation's Newspaper"'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'Being this, you're the least respectable member of your family & have gone from good to baaaad'

Answer: the black sheep


Question: '"Good Lord!"  This Romantic poet "Expelled from Oxford for Writing 'The Necessity of Atheism'"'

Answer: (Percy) Shelley


Question: 'Pokey'

Answer: Gumby


Question: 'In Greek mythology, Pluto's wife Persephone turned the nymph Mentha into this herb'

Answer: mint


Question: '122 degrees must have melted the stripes off the barber poles in this Spanish city August 4, 1881'

Answer: Seville


Question: 'The No. 1 financial paper in the country, it's No. 2 overall with 1.8 million sold daily'

Answer: the Wall Street Journal


Question: 'Get this & you've got the go-ahead for your project or for your car at an intersection'

Answer: the green light


Question: '"Performing in Public in Women's Costumes", this Roman emperor "Fiddles with the Nation's Trust"'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'Squiggy'

Answer: Lenny


Question: 'There are a number of variations of this Indian spice, & many use dried hot peppers as their base'

Answer: curry


Question: 'On December 27, 1978 this spot on Earth reached a balmy record high of 7.5 degrees'

Answer: the South Pole


Question: 'The Times of these 2 cities clock in at No. 3 & No. 4'

Answer: New York & Los Angeles


Question: 'This rhyming phrase describes a loyal & staunch friend'

Answer: true blue


Question: 'This "Shoeless" guy "Leaves Us Clueless As to Why His Team Threw the World Series"'

Answer: Joe Jackson


Question: 'Maynard G. Krebs'

Answer: Dobie Gillis


Question: 'This reddish brown, nail-shaped spice from Zanzibar gets its name from the Latin for "nail"'

Answer: cloves


Question: 'When it hit 120 on Dec. 11, 1905 in Rivadavia in this country the gauchos must have stayed in the sombra'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'No. 100 is this Pennsylvania capital's Patriot-News'

Answer: Harrisburg


Question: 'A modest person or a shriveling purple plant'

Answer: shrinking violet


Question: '"'Whiskey Ring' Conspiracy Encircles" this 18th president "With Tax Fraud Scandal"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Gabrielle, a young peasant girl & wannabe warrior'

Answer: Xena, the Warrior Princess


Question: 'Also called estragon, it's used to add a tang to sauces & many dishes'

Answer: tarragon


Question: 'Greenland Ranch Station was the odd name of the spot in this U.S. area where a thermometer hit 134 on July 10, 1913'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'The only newspaper not in the continental U.S. to make the Top 100 is this city's Advertiser at No. 79'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Perfect Colorado city for a valuable "opportunity"'

Answer: Golden


Question: 'When Jason Kidd was drafted by this Texas NBA team he said, "We're gonna turn this team around 360 degrees"'

Answer: the Dallas Mavericks


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  In bel canto technique you contract the upper abs to control this, the main muscle in respiration'

Answer: the diaphragm


Question: 'Born in Arlington, Oregon, 1927; "Tonight Show" bandleader 1967-1992'

Answer: Doc Severinsen


Question: 'This poem famously begins, "Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"'

Answer: The Raven


Question: 'American Staffordshire Terrier terror'

Answer: pit bull


Question: 'This device uses an adjustable pendulum to indicate a given musical tempo either visually or aurally'

Answer: metronome


Question: 'He's the former vice president who wisely said, "If we do not succeed, then we run the risk of failure"'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'Enunciation is key in singing the words this man wrote, like "I am the very model of a modern major-general"'

Answer: (W.S.) Gilbert


Question: 'Born in Portland, 1954; created "The Simpsons"'

Answer: Matt Groening


Question: 'This man starred in several films based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe, including "The Tomb of Ligeia"'

Answer: Vincent Price


Question: 'A small oval gland at the base of the brain'

Answer: pituitary


Question: 'Pendulums in these instruments remain still as the Earth moves, allowing those movements to be charted'

Answer: seismographs


Question: 'French president from 1958 to 1969, he observed, "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese"'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  <i>Swing low, sweet chariot</i>; Also meaning non-material, this type of song was used for a secret communication among slaves'

Answer: spiritual


Question: 'Born in Madras, Oregon, 1970; starred in "Stand by Me" & "Running on Empty"'

Answer: River Phoenix


Question: 'These Poe "Murders" are often cited as the world's first detective story'

Answer: The Murders in the Rue Morgue


Question: 'An inscription on a tombstone commemorating the person buried there'

Answer: epitaph


Question: 'More famous today for his pendulum, this Frenchman invented the gyroscope in 1852'

Answer: Foucault


Question: 'This 30th president noted, "When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results"'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'Normal range is about 1 of these plus another third; Minnie Riperton could handle about 5'

Answer: octave


Question: 'Born in Lebanon, Oregon, 1940; starred in "WKRP in Cincinnati" & "Head of the Class"'

Answer: Howard Hesseman


Question: 'The narrator of Poe's story "The Pit and the Pendulum" is a victim of this infamous Iberian institution'

Answer: the Spanish Inquisition


Question: 'Rain or snow or hail'

Answer: precipitation


Question: 'Born in 1564, this Italian often used a pendulum in his studies of motion'

Answer: Galileo


Question: '"They only name things after you when you're dead or really old", quipped this first lady when the CIA HQ was renamed'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: '(Cheryl)  <i>The lowest range a girl can try, its meaning is against the high</i>'

Answer: contralto


Question: 'Born in Portland, 1947; "Flopped" at the 1968 Olympics & won a gold medal'

Answer: Dick Fosbury


Question: 'In this "colorful" Poe story, Prince Prospero tries to avoid a deadly plague'

Answer: The Masque of the Red Death


Question: 'Mutineers first inhabited this south Pacific island in 1790'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'The weighted mass suspended at the bottom of a pendulum is called this, also a man's name'

Answer: bob


Question: 'It's the only one of golf's 4 major pro events in which amateurs are not permitted to play'

Answer: the PGA Championship


Question: 'In 1967 this country exploded its 1st H-bomb at its Lob Nor test site in Sinkiang province'

Answer: (Red) China


Question: 'In 1986 Giotto, a craft launched by the European Space Agency, got within 335 miles of this comet's nucleus'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'Junipers & Japanese maples are especially suited for this type of tree dwarfing'

Answer: Bonsai


Question: 'It's the "noble" stage name of John Joseph Ryan, who starred on "Hawaii Five-O"'

Answer: Jack Lord


Question: 'With the hull left on it's called brown; with it removed it's white & called "polished"'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'An over-eater of sheep meat'

Answer: Mutton Glutton


Question: 'A civil war in Paris during his youth convinced this king to build his palace at Versailles'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Horsehead, Trifid & Crab are examples of these clouds of interstellar matter'

Answer: Nebulae


Question: 'These little red beetles will help guard your garden from aphids, scale & spider mites'

Answer: Ladybug/Ladybird Beetles


Question: '"Silver Streak" star Jerome Silberman'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: 'You can't beat this soup which is made from beets'

Answer: Borscht


Question: 'A rapid reeling out of fishing line'

Answer: Fast Cast


Question: 'Long the ruling party in this country, the PRI won the 1988 election by its lowest margin ever'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'On Nov. 30, 1954 a Mrs. Hodges of Sylacauga, AL became the only person on record to be injured by one of these'

Answer: Meteorite


Question: 'Some roses form these seedpods, rich in vitamin C, after they bloom & drop their petals'

Answer: Rose Hips


Question: 'Ronald Pierce, who swung through the jungle as TV's Tarzan in the '60s, acts under this name'

Answer: Ron Ely


Question: 'The Larousse Gastronomique says quiche originated in this French region'

Answer: Lorraine


Question: 'In boxing it could be Caesars Palace or Madison Square Garden'

Answer: Fight Site


Question: 'The 1st great building of the Acropolis was this one built between 447-438 B.C.'

Answer: The Parthenon


Question: 'This term for a star that's undergone a complete gravitational collapse was coined in the '60s'

Answer: Black Hole


Question: 'Ladies' slippers, ladies' tresses & dragon's mouth are examples of this exotic flower'

Answer: Orchids


Question: 'He used to be Hugh Krampe, but he shot to fame as Wyatt Earp under this name'

Answer: Hugh O\' Brien


Question: 'Lyophilization is the scientific name of this process used to produce instant coffee'

Answer: Freeze-drying


Question: 'Animator Tex Avery described this Walter Lantz penguin as devoid of personality'

Answer: Chilly Willy


Question: 'In a famous race, these 2 men reached the South Pole, 1 in December 1911, the other 5 weeks later'

Answer: Amundsen & Scott


Question: 'This outermost part of the solar atmosphere can easily be seen during total solar eclipses'

Answer: Corona


Question: 'Used for lawns & golf courses, it's usually listed last alphabetically among grasses'

Answer: Zoysia


Question: 'His real name is Anson Heimlich & his cousin invented the Heimlich Maneuver'

Answer: Anson Williams


Question: 'Escoffier came up with this fruit & ice cream dish in 1892 to honor a star of "Lohengrin"'

Answer: Peach Melba


Question: 'He takes the minutes at a powwow'

Answer: Tribe Scribe


Question: 'Called the German Athens in the 19th century, this Wisc. city is a leading center of German culture in the U.S.'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'Its name is a pronoun, the objective case of "we"'

Answer: Us Magazine


Question: 'Though Hindus disapprove of killing animals, they regard the slaying of these animals as the worst offense'

Answer: Cows


Question: 'When this Spanish surrealist died, there was no rush to buy his prints because there were so many of them'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'A German word meaning "splashing in water" gave us the word "puddle" & this dog's name'

Answer: Poodle


Question: 'Completes the line from "To Helen", "To the glory that was Greece & ..."'

Answer: "The Grandeur that was Rome"


Question: 'Survey Sampling, Inc. calls this Iowa capital the No. 1 city for market research'

Answer: Des Moines


Question: 'As you might expect, Smithsonian is published in this city'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Mormons regard both of these books as the word of God'

Answer: The Bible & The Book of Mormon


Question: 'His photo silkscreens include "Liz", "Jackie" & "Elvis" as well as "Marilyn"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'Pure white at birth, this dog's spots begin to appear when he's about 3 weeks old'

Answer: Dalmatian


Question: 'In this tale William Legrand & his servant Jupiter find a rare entomological specimen'

Answer: "The Gold Bug"


Question: 'An early visitor found Hohokam Indian ruins here & predicted a new city would rise from the ashes'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'Of Gourmet, Vanity Fair or Connoisseur, the one that's "The Guide to the Civilized World"'

Answer: Connoisseur


Question: 'In most Orthodox synagogues they are separated; in Conservative & Reform they are not'

Answer: The Sexes


Question: 'It was recently said of this artist "He's far more than cowboys & indians.  (He) is uncannily modern."'

Answer: Frederic Remington


Question: 'This smallest of all dogs comes in all canine colors'

Answer: Chihuahua


Question: '1845 poem set in December, at midnight in a chamber'

Answer: "The Raven"


Question: 'This city that earned its own song in "The Music Man" was named for an executive of U.S. Steel'

Answer: Gary, Indiana


Question: 'The magazine named for this naturalist celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1987'

Answer: Audubon


Question: 'Muslim law allows a man to have up to 4 of these if he can support & care for each equally'

Answer: Wives


Question: 'The New Yorker 1st published 1 of this cartoonist's ghoulish works in 1935, long before the TV show'

Answer: Charles Addams


Question: 'This "badger dog" was bred to keep its legs short so it could follow a badger into his burrow'

Answer: Dachshund


Question: 'We're not sure who was the last of the Mohicans, but we do know Roderick was the last man in this line'

Answer: The House of Usher


Question: 'You had to send the earliest Kodaks back to this city to have the film inside developed'

Answer: Rochester, New York


Question: 'It's now published by the Ben Franklin Literary & Medical Society; Curtis sold it in 1982'

Answer: The Saturday Evening Post


Question: 'In March 1989, 35 archbishops from this country met with the Pope to discuss their flock of 53 million'

Answer: United States


Question: 'German-born artist famous for his portraits of the court of Henry VIII'

Answer: Hans Holbein the Younger


Question: 'Unlike the German miniature schnauzer, most other breeds of this group originated in the British isles'

Answer: Terriers


Question: 'According to the Oxford Companion to American Lit., they were sleigh, wedding, alarm & funeral'

Answer: "The Bells"


Question: 'The last president who did not serve in the armed forces'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'George met her at a 1941 Christmas dance, became engaged to her in 1943 & married her in 1945'

Answer: Barbara Pierce


Question: 'TV wasn't the final frontier for this series; in 1979 it became "The Motion Picture"'

Answer: "Star Trek"


Question: 'Saintpaulia Ionantha is commonly called this geographical "violet"'

Answer: African Violet


Question: 'This city's Alamodome is one of 8 home courts in the NBA to exceed a seating capacity of 20,000'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'The name of this Mary Shelley scientist is often confused with his ghastly creation'

Answer: Dr. Frankenstein


Question: 'This branch of the Justice Department administers the National Crime Information Center'

Answer: FBI


Question: 'He chose Bush as his running mate though they disagreed on cutting taxes, abortion & the E.R.A.'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'This '60s TV comedy about the crew of the PT-73 sailed twice onto the big screen'

Answer: "McHale\'s Navy"


Question: 'Vanilla has been cultivated in this North American country for hundreds of years'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'From 1966 to 1986, this NFL team played its home games in the Orange Bowl'

Answer: Miami Dolphins


Question: 'Like Quincy on TV, Kay Scarpetta in novels by Patricia Cornwell has this profession'

Answer: Medical Examiner


Question: 'This Denver newspaper was given a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service'

Answer: The Denver Post


Question: 'As U.S. ambassador to this organization in 1971, Bush worked to keep Nationalist China from expulsion'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'In the movie version, she played Carol Brady'

Answer: Shelley Long


Question: 'These creatures spread the seeds of plants like mistletoe'

Answer: Birds


Question: 'The opening ceremonies for the 1932 & 1984 Summer Olympic Games took place at this L.A. arena'

Answer: Los Angeles Memorial Colliseum


Question: 'In a Judith Krantz bestseller, Billy Ikehorn Orsini owns this title boutique'

Answer: Scruples


Question: 'Some say that Jesse James was with this man & his gang when they raided Lawrence, Kansas'

Answer: William Quantrill


Question: 'As president, Bush sent troops into Panama to overthrow this dictator'

Answer: Manuel Noriega


Question: 'Subtitled "Fire Walk With Me", it brought back Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer'

Answer: "Twin Peaks"


Question: 'Varieties of this important cereal grain include emmer, spelt & common or bread'

Answer: Wheat


Question: 'Built in 1912, Tiger Stadium & this Red Sox park are the oldest major league ballparks'

Answer: Fenway Park


Question: 'Howard Roark, the central architect in this novel, was supposedly modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright'

Answer: "The Fountainhead"


Question: 'This principality & Switzerland are joined in a customs union'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'Bush's father, Prescott, represented this state in the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1963'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: '"Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" was one of its segments on TV & in a feature film'

Answer: "The Twilight Zone"


Question: 'Crocus is the Latin word for this expensive spice produced by a type of crocus'

Answer: Saffron


Question: 'This London stadium has been the site of cup finals in soccer & of Live Aid'

Answer: Wembley Stadium


Question: 'She's the matriarch in "The Grapes of Wrath"'

Answer: Ma Joad


Question: 'Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is Illinois' busiest; this airport is second'

Answer: Chicago Midway


Question: 'In 1959 Georges Vanier became the 1st Roman Catholic Governor General of this North American country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'She's the subject of Andy Warhol's 1962 "Marilyn Diptych"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'The red stripe on Indonesia's flag stands for courage; this color stripe stands for purity'

Answer: White


Question: 'In 1995 3 actors presented "The Compleat Works Of" this playwright "abridged" in just 105 minutes'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'Christian Nelson of Onawa, Iowa patented this chocolate-coated ice cream bar in 1921'

Answer: Eskimo Pie


Question: 'Only 2 inches long, the smallest bird is a species of this'

Answer: Hummingbird


Question: 'Che Guevara once served as president of the national bank of this country'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'An X-ray of his "Blue Boy" has revealed the figure of a small dog that was painted out'

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough


Question: 'Angola's flag features a segment of a cogwheel & this large knife used to clear underbrush'

Answer: Machete


Question: 'At the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition, 1/4 of the American exhibit space was devoted to his inventions'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'On June 6, 1523 Gustav I was elected king of this country at the Diet of Strangnas'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 1481 Botticelli led a group of painters in frescoing this newly erected Vatican chapel'

Answer: The Sistine Chapel


Question: 'The words "Semper Fidelis" appear on the flag of this armed services branch'

Answer: The Marine Corps


Question: 'This comic's wife Camille co-produced the Tony-nominated play about the Delany Sisters, "Having Our Say"'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'While fighting for his patent for the cotton gin, he made arms for the U.S. government'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'John Bradshaw was president of the court that condemned this English king to death in 1649'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'His portrait of the Duchess of Alba in a Maja costume is at NYC's Hispanic Society of America'

Answer: Francisco Goya


Question: 'The 11 stripes on this African republic's flag represent the signers of its 1847 Declaration of Independence'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'Mercedes Ruehl played the lusty Serafina Delle Rose in the 1995 revival of his play "The Rose Tattoo"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'The British inventor of the mechanical seed drill, or a British rock group featuring Ian Anderson'

Answer: Jethro Tull


Question: 'Ludovico Sforza, a duke of this city, was so dark he was nicknamed Il Moro, "The Moor"'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'In 1797 Ingres entered the studio of this "Death Of Marat" painter'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'While no longer linked with Egypt, this country still uses the flag of the United Arab Republic'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'Ed Begley Jr. starred in this "American Buffalo" author's 1995 play "The Cryptogram"'

Answer: David Mamet


Question: 'These French brothers developed the 1st popular color photographic process, introduced in 1907'

Answer: The Lumiere Brothers


Question: 'One of Ireland's national pastimes is this stick & ball game similar to field hockey'

Answer: Hurling


Question: 'This state capital is on the site of a cross erected by Capt. Christopher Newport May 24, 1607'

Answer: Richmond, Virginia (in 1607)


Question: 'The location of Washington, D.C. was actually chosen by G.W., & it's a nice little commute from this estate of his'

Answer: Mount Vernon


Question: 'It was the nickname of comedian Richard Skelton'

Answer: "Red"


Question: 'Chris Elliot, Tim Meadows, Phil Hartman & Darrell Hammond have all played this 42nd president'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'This potent potable's name comes from the Latin for juniper, which is used to flavor it'

Answer: gin


Question: 'Delivered November 19, 1863, it began, "Four score and seven years ago..."'

Answer: the Gettysburg Address


Question: 'Rumor has it a former owner once let her dog wear this diamond; now it "springs eternal" at the Smithsonian'

Answer: the Hope Diamond


Question: 'Paul Bunyan's Babe was a giant ox of this color'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Chevy Chase was known for taking a tumble or two when playing this 38th president'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'After slaying this giant, David cut off his head & took it with him to Jerusalem'

Answer: Goliath


Question: '"Rome had... Anita Ekberg splashing in the Trevi Fountain; we got Wilbur Mills and Fanne Foxe" in this "Basin"'

Answer: the Tidal Basin


Question: 'Tom Clancy's first 2 novels had this color in their titles'

Answer: red


Question: 'In 1976 Dan Aykroyd did his first televised impression of this presidential candidate'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Like, oh my God!  In the '80s this word mentioned in "Valley Girl" often preceded "to the max"'

Answer: grody


Question: 'It's the color mentioned in the title of the following'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'Dana Carvey not only played Bush Sr. during the '92 race, he also played this independent Texan challenger'

Answer: Ross Perot


Question: 'In a word, it's the rock 'n' roll musical set at Rydell High School'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'In a cartoon by Robert Smigel, Ford & Bush the First are among these title superheroes (now in paperback)'

Answer: the X-Presidents


Question: 'This edible export from Holland comes in "wheels" that may weigh 25 pounds'

Answer: Gouda


Question: 'Of 1, 3, or 10 miles away, it's the farthest distance from which a polar bear can smell food'

Answer: 10


Question: 'Before taking her seat in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein was Mayor of this California city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've heard this way the French pronounce their capital'

Answer: pah-REE


Question: 'Mark Twain noted a striking difference between a cat & a lie: "A cat has only" this many "lives"'

Answer: 9


Question: 'This constellation features the twins Pollux & Castor'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'The boss of Bond, James Bond'

Answer: M


Question: 'About her possible entry into politics, the N.Y. Post ran the 1993 headline "Senator Yentl"'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Uta Pippig had a "run" of good luck winning this race in 1994, 1995 & 1996; Fatuma Roba won in 1997, '98 & '99'

Answer: the Boston Marathon


Question: 'If you have more than one French chateau, you don't pluralize chateau with S but with this letter'

Answer: X


Question: 'Of the snowshoe, the golf shoe or the tennis shoe, the one that really is a breed of cat'

Answer: the snowshoe


Question: 'Sirius, the brightest point of Canis Major, that's Canis, people, is also called this star'

Answer: the dog star


Question: 'The only one that's on the musical scale'

Answer: D


Question: 'The town of Derry is the setting of this author's "It" & "Insomnia"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'New York's Ithaca College awards a scholarship named for this NBC News anchor who died in a tragic auto accident in 1983'

Answer: Jessica Savage


Question: 'Legend says that the Manx cat lost this feature by slipping into Noah's Ark just as the door was closing'

Answer: a tail


Question: 'The hunt is on for Peter Lorre in this 1931 Fritz Lang film about a child murderer'

Answer: M


Question: 'In 1876 this "Wild" West man was killed in the Dakota Territory holding aces & 8s, later known as a dead man's hand'

Answer: Wild Bill Hickok


Question: '"Brooklyn Bridge" was one of the last of her NYC paintings before she moved permanently to New Mexico'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'Gus the Cat lived in the Carytown book store in this Va. capital for 19 years before going to cat heaven in 2001'

Answer: Richmond


Question: 'Roman numeral symbol for 500'

Answer: D


Question: 'He was "On the Road" in 1957 but found the final exit ramp in 1969'

Answer: Jack Kerouac


Question: 'Chemical symbol for tungsten'

Answer: W


Question: 'Beginning an American tradition, in 1801 Aaron Burr's daughter Theodosia & her new husband honeymooned here'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'After capturing less than 1% of the vote in 1996, he was again the Green Party's nominee for president'

Answer: (Ralph) Nader


Question: 'Ella's voice (on tape) shattered glass in a TV ad that asked, "Is it live or is it" this brand'

Answer: Memorex


Question: 'Also called a yellow daisy, this "black-eyed" flower bears a woman's name'

Answer: a Black-Eyed Susan


Question: 'In 2001 the scroll on which Jack Kerouac feverishly typed this book was sold for over $2 million'

Answer: On the Road


Question: 'Many diners at Hopewell, Va.'s Quick Lunch order their chili dogs topped with this cabbage & mayonnaise salad'

Answer: cole slaw


Question: 'Clothing worn in a play'

Answer: costume


Question: 'On August 9, 2000 this company recalled 6.5 million of its tires'

Answer: Firestone


Question: 'Ella forgot the words during a live version of this song from "The Threepenny Opera" but still made it a hit in '60'

Answer: "Mack The Knife"


Question: 'Ikebana is a traditional art of arranging flowers in this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'An airplane quality assurance officer is the heroine of "Airframe" by this author of "Jurassic Park"'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Also known as knotroot, the Chinese variety of this tuber tastes similar to the Jerusalem type'

Answer: an artichoke


Question: 'It's another name for a beautician'

Answer: a cosmetologist


Question: 'This Fijian beat Tiger Woods by 6 strokes to win the 2000 Masters'

Answer: Vijay Singh


Question:
'Ella co-wrote this song heard here, her first hit

"A brown and yellow basket /
I send a letter to my mommy /
On the way I dropped it..."'

Answer: "A-Tisket, A-Tasket"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew sits in a yoga position at a gym.)  The yoga position I'm in shares its name with this water lily that was sacred to the ancient Egyptians'

Answer: a lotus


Question: 'Don't let anyone spoil it by giving you the ending of her book "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd"'

Answer: Dame Agatha Christie


Question: 'It's best to soften these traditional wrappers in hot water before you stuff your tamales in them'

Answer: corn husks


Question: 'It's what a Russian calls a space traveler'

Answer: a cosmonaut


Question: 'A coach ride past cheering throngs was part of her 100th birthday celebration August 4, 2000'

Answer: the Queen Mother


Question: 'One critic likened Ella's voice to Cabernet Sauvignon; that of this trumpeter & duet partner, to Wild Turkey'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'Each year, Holland, Michigan holds a festival honoring this flower'

Answer: the tulip


Question: 'This 1979 "Guide" by the late Douglas Adams was a novelization of a radio series'

Answer: The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy


Question: 'Whether baked, poached or eaten raw, the bosc type of this fruit is delicious'

Answer: a pear


Question: 'San Jose is its capital city'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'In June the leaders of North & South Korea met for talks in this capital of North Korea'

Answer: Pyongyang


Question: 'Ella's mastery of this improvisational technique was widely imitated but never matched'

Answer: scatting


Question: 'Sharing its name with an eye part, this flower's name is from the Greek for "rainbow"'

Answer: iris


Question: 'In 1994 the world learned the real identity of "Pauline Reage", author of this racy 1954 "story"'

Answer: (Story of) O


Question: '(Jimmy and Sarah of the Clue Crew enjoy a taste of New Orleans.)  The name of these deep-fried fritters that the Café du Monde is famous for comes from the Middle French word for "bump"'

Answer: a beignet


Question: 'This actor directed a 1990 movie that won 7 Oscars'

Answer: Kevin Costner


Question: '4-letter term for the type of work seen here--whether successful or not'

Answer: a bust


Question: 'Go to a B&B, bed & breakfast, for a little R&R, which stands for this'

Answer: rest & recreation (also would accept rehabilitation, recuperation)


Question: '1982:<br />"I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man"'

Answer: Tootsie


Question: 'The Great Sphinx'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'It's the capital city where "Carmen" composer Georges Bizet was born in 1838'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Ryan Airlines of San Diego built this man's plane "The Spirit of St. Louis"'

Answer: (Charles) Lindbergh


Question: 'Surprisingly, the name of this type of painting isn't from minimus, "small", but from minium, a red lead pigment'

Answer: a miniature


Question: 'Abbreviated FT in Basketball, it's done about 15 ft., feet, from the basket'

Answer: free throw


Question:
'1969:
"I'm walking here!  I'm walking here!"'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'The Great Victoria Desert'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This Spanish member of the "Three Tenors" played the soldier Don Jose in a 1984 film version of "Carmen"'

Answer: Plácido Domingo


Question: 'It's the correct pronunciation of the area of San Diego spelled L-A J-O-L-L-A'

Answer: "la HOY-ah"


Question: 'The item held by Oscar winners is usually referred to as this diminutive word'

Answer: a statuette


Question: 'It's an IFO, as opposed to a UFO'

Answer: an identified flying object


Question: '1997:<br />"You want me to produce your war?"'

Answer: Wag the Dog


Question: 'Great Slave Lake'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Inspired by "Carmen", this Oscar Hammerstein musical features black characters & ends outside a boxing arena'

Answer: Carmen Jones


Question: 'One of the world's largest, it occupies 100 acres in San Diego's Balboa Park'

Answer: a zoo


Question: 'The Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this, a general term for needlework that decorates fabric with thread'

Answer: embroidery


Question: 'That is right, it's the abbreviation from the Latin for "that is"'

Answer: i.e.


Question: '1979:<br />"I'd like to know what law is it that says a woman is a better parent simply by virtue of her sex?"'

Answer: Kramer vs. Kramer


Question: 'The Blue Grotto'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In Act II the handsome Escamillo enters to the "song" named for these bullfighters'

Answer: the toreadors


Question: 'Most of the fresh water used by San Diego is supplied by this "stately" river'

Answer: the Colorado (River)


Question: 'The late Matisse work seen here shows the technique he called "drawing with" these tools'

Answer: scissors


Question: 'Type of product on which you'll find an ISBN'

Answer: a book


Question: '1970:<br />"I have a horse... and four wives"'

Answer: Little Big Man


Question: 'The Blue Mosque'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'In 1947 at age 17, this "bubbly" star made her opera debut in "Carmen" as the Spanish gypsy Frasquita'

Answer: Beverly Sills


Question: 'This missionary dedicated the first of 9 California missions in San Diego in 1769'

Answer: Father Junipero Serra


Question: 'The tiered steeple of St. Bride's Church in London inspired the traditional form of this festive item'

Answer: a wedding cake


Question: 'Alaska's most populous city; it was founded in 1914 as a construction base for the Alaska Railroad'

Answer: Anchorage


Question: 'The edible portions of the cabbage palm tree are called these "of palm"'

Answer: hearts


Question: 'In 1941 this heavyweight boxing champ successfully defended his title a record 7 times'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'Anne Edwards' biography of this former child star is called "American Princess"'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'In 1636 St. Philip of Moscow was canonized by this church, not the Roman Catholic Church'

Answer: the Eastern Orthodox Church


Question: '"Absence makes the heart grow fonder" is disputed by the proverb, "Out of sight, out of" this'

Answer: mind


Question: 'The husbands of Ann Allen & Ann Rumsey named this Michigan city for their wives'

Answer: Ann Arbor


Question: 'Vegetables a la greque are usually cooked in lemon juice & this oil & served cold'

Answer: olive oil


Question: 'The only NHL team from the U.S. to win the Stanley Cup in the 1980s was this Uniondale, NY based team'

Answer: the New York Islanders


Question: 'A biography subtitled "Patriot and Traitor" tells why he turned to the British cause'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'Thomism is a theological school that follows the teachings of this 13th century saint'

Answer: St. Thomas Aquinas


Question: 'About 500 B.C., this Chinese said, "What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others"'

Answer: Confucius


Question: '12 miles NW of downtown Miami, this Florida city is famous for its thoroughbred racetrack'

Answer: Hialeah


Question: 'The sections of a garlic bulb are called these, not to be confused with the spice of the same name'

Answer: cloves


Question: 'Star, Flying Dutchman & Tornado are classes in this Olympic sport'

Answer: yachting


Question: '"Mr. Lincoln's Cameraman" is a biography of this photographer'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'She gave the head of St. John the Baptist to her mother, Herodias'

Answer: Salome


Question:
'Proverb in the title of the following:

"When I was just a little girl, I asked my mother 'What will I be? Will I be pretty, will I be rich?'..."'

Answer: "que sera sera"


Question: 'You'll find W.C. Handy Park & Elvis Presley Plaza near Beale Street in this city'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'The Devonshire type of this is clotted, and can be served with berries'

Answer: cream


Question: 'In the 1960s & 1970s he was professional golf's leading money winner 8 times'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'William Wright delves into the life & death of this Greek heiress in "All The Pain That Money Can Buy"'

Answer: Cristina Onassis


Question: 'This "Venerable" British saint who died in 735 wasn't canonized until 1899'

Answer: the Venerable Bede


Question: 'John Wilkes Booth called out this motto of Virginia after assassinating Lincoln'

Answer: "sic semper tyrannis"


Question: 'White granite from quarries near this New England capital was used in the Library of Congress'

Answer: Concord, New Hampshire


Question: 'In France this sausage is called "fromage de tete"'

Answer: head cheese


Question: 'On June 16, 1987, for the first time in a single meet, 3 men cleared 28' in this field event'

Answer: the long jump


Question: 'This network anchorwoman who died in 1983 is the subject of a biography called "Golden Girl"'

Answer: Jessica Savitch


Question: 'At his 1535 execution on Tower Hill, he called himself "The king's good servant, but God's first"'

Answer: St. Thomas More


Question: 'The Romans first said, "De gustibus non est disputandum" meaning "There is no disputing about" this'

Answer: taste


Question: 'Richard Lovelace wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor"<br />these "a cage"'

Answer: Iron Bars


Question: 'This man's expeditionary flag bore the initials "F & Y" for Ferdinand & Ysabel'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'These are made up of a racus, barbules, barbs & a quill'

Answer: Feather


Question: 'She became a queen in 1837 after her uncle, King William IV, died'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Father Louis L'Enfant, who accompanied LaSalle, was the first white man to view these falls in 1678'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'This "Saturday Night Live" star made his movie debut in "48 HRS"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'In this poem, there are two out, two on base, and the score is:  Opponents, 4<br />Mudville, 2'

Answer: "Casey at the Bat"


Question: 'San Antonio's flag features this landmark pictured on a lone star'

Answer: The Alamo


Question: 'Houseflies & tsetse flies are true flies & have this many wings'

Answer: 2


Question: 'In 1839, 35 years after Alexander Hamilton died, Congress made this illegal in the District of Columbia'

Answer: Dueling


Question: 'This Canadian bay has the longest shoreline of any bay'

Answer: Hudson Bay


Question: 'This actor debuted in "Taps" before going on to marry Madonna'

Answer: Sean Penn


Question: 'One of his sonnets begins, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'Though the French flag no longer features these flower designs, the flag of the province of Quebec does'

Answer: Fleur-de-Lis


Question: 'Hemolysis is the release of this protein pigment from blood cells'

Answer: Hemoglobin


Question: 'In 1837 in Machunk, Pennsylvania, this kind of coal was used to smelt iron for the first time'

Answer: Anthracite


Question: 'The island of Corregidor guards the entrance to this Phillippine bay'

Answer: Manila Bay


Question: 'His voice debuted in "Wizards", but his face was first seen as Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars"'

Answer: Mark Hamill


Question: 'Edwin Arlington Robinson character who "one calm summer night, went home and put a bullet through his head"'

Answer: Richard Cory


Question: 'Iraq's flag consists of stripes of red, white & black & three stars of this color'

Answer: Green


Question: 'Coral, horse, oyster & parasol are types of this fungus'

Answer: Mushrooms


Question: 'This Boston abolitionist began publication of "The Liberator" in 1831'

Answer: William Lloyd Garrison


Question: 'This largest tributary of the Columbia River rises in Yellowstone National Park'

Answer: Snake River


Question: 'Her debut performance in "Orca" , in which a killer whale chomped off her leg, didn't rate a "10"'

Answer: Bo Derek


Question: 'This Englishman published his translation of "The Rubyyat" anonymously in 1859'

Answer: Edward Fitzgerald


Question: 'Oddly enough, the cross in the corner of this Mediterranean island's flag is not the one named for it'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'This jelling agent prepared from seaweed is often used to grow microorganisms'

Answer: Agar


Question: 'In 1832 an expedition led by Henry Schoolcraft discovered the source of the Mississippi at this Minnesota lake'

Answer: Lake Itasca


Question: 'The Gulf of Aden separates Somalia and this country on the Arabian Peninsula'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'Meryl Streep debuted in this 1977 adaptation of Lillian Hellmann's "Pentimento"'

Answer: "Julia"


Question: 'This future foreign prime minister attended Milwaukee Teachers Training College in 1916 & '17'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: '"Saloon" came from this French word, which sounds more elegant'

Answer: salon


Question: 'In 1989, 12-year-old Victoria Brucker became the 1st U.S. girl to play in this baseball event'

Answer: the Little League World Series


Question: 'Pu doesn't refer to the smell of a reactor but to this fuel in it'

Answer: plutonium


Question: 'This $104 million sequel to "The Winds of War" had 358 speaking parts & used 41,720 extras'

Answer: War and Rememberance


Question: 'He was the first living president to appear on U.S. paper money--on a $10 demand note authorized in 1861'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'The name of 2 cities; one in England & one in the U.S., both famous for their universities'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Shade of purple whose name comes from a word for mallow because it's the color of mallow petals'

Answer: mauve


Question: 'This runner, who married Richard Slaney in 1985, holds 6 U.S. records, from 800 meters to 10,000 meters'

Answer: Mary Decker


Question: 'This element, assigned atomic mass unit of 12.000, is the standard from which all others are measured'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'Of "Rhoda", "Riptide", or "Remington Steele", the one that starred the daughter of a famous actor'

Answer: Remington Steele


Question: 'In 1988 this Democrat was re-elected to the U.S. Senate from Texas'

Answer: Lloyd Bentsen


Question: 'This city was founded by England's East India Trading Company in 1690'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'Derived from the Greek for "to sell alone"; if you have one, you alone sell a product'

Answer: monopoly


Question: 'The 1st Olympic marathon for women was won by this American in 1984'

Answer: Joan Benoit Samuelsson


Question: 'In nuclear fission mass from the neutron and the bombarded nucleus become energy as per this equation'

Answer: E = mc2


Question: 'Sgt. John Bunnell & Officer Harry Jackson are 2 of the "stars" of this real-life police show on Fox'

Answer: Cops


Question: 'The Constitution originally held that untaxed members of this ethnic group were not to be counted in the census'

Answer: American Indians


Question: 'American city that's served by the Kennedy, Eisenhower, Stevenson, and Dan Ryan expressways'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The "chop" in "chopsticks" means this in Pidgin English, as in "chop-chop"'

Answer: hurry (or quick or fast)


Question: 'In 1979, Ann Meyers became the first woman to sign with a men's team in this pro sport'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'Term for the least amount of fuel needed to keep up a chain reaction in a reactor'

Answer: critical mass


Question: 'The Robinsons, Don West, the Robot, & this cowardly doctor were "Lost in Space"'

Answer: Dr. Zachary Smith


Question: 'He was appointed to the Supreme Court by LBJ in 1965, but resigned in 1969'

Answer: Abe Fortas


Question: 'Dalmatia, for which a dog breed is named, is part of this republic of Yugoslavia'

Answer: Croatia


Question: 'This synonym for "gloomy" comes from a Medieval Latin term for "evil days"'

Answer: dismal


Question: 'The 1st American woman to win the world title in this sport was Tenley Albright'

Answer: figure skating


Question: 'J.J. Thompson developed a cathode-ray tube with a screen to measure velocity of these particles'

Answer: electrons


Question: 'A year before "Matt Houston", he was Archie Goodwin on "Nero Wolfe"'

Answer: Lee Horsley


Question: 'As this president's treasury secretary, Henry Morgenthau supervised the spending of some $370 billion without scandal'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Picturesque Ionian island that was the birthplace of Britain's Prince Philip'

Answer: Corfu


Question: 'England's Alfred was the Great; Scotland's Robert I was this'

Answer: the Bruce


Question: 'It's how long "I've been working on the railroad"'

Answer: all the livelong day


Question: 'Marsha Mason starred in his comedy "The Good Doctor", based on stories by Chekhov'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'The Paul Gauguin Museum on this island where he lived in the 1890s owns no original paintings'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: '"There hath not come a razor upon mine head, for I have been a Nazarite unto God," he told Delilah'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'You might call this Oxford graduate the "colossus of scholarships"'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'Russia's Catherines I and II were married to men with this first name'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'The first month of the year with just 30 days in it'

Answer: April


Question: 'His first two produced plays were "The Zoo Story" and "The Death of Bessie Smith"'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'The eastern part of this island group is American; the western part an independent country'

Answer: Samoa


Question: '"To every thing there is" this, "and a time to every purpose under the heaven"'

Answer: a season


Question: 'Some say Oxford was founded after this French university barred the English from attending'

Answer: University of Paris


Question: 'When Napoleon put him on Spain's throne, California also came under his rule'

Answer: Joseph Bonaparte


Question: 'In the Queen's English, the phrase "Time, gentlemen, please!" refers to this'

Answer: the pub is about to close


Question: 'Francis Beaumont began his famous collaboration with this man around 1608'

Answer: John Fletcher


Question: 'Associated with New Zealand, these South Sea islands named for an explorer are self-governing'

Answer: the Cook Islands


Question: '"For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose" this'

Answer: his own soul


Question: 'He was a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, where he co-founded Methodism with his brother Charles'

Answer: John Wesley


Question: 'From 1644-1912 this group of people ran the Ch'ing Dynasty in China'

Answer: Manchus


Question: 'By the end of this era, the last trilobite bit the dust & all we have are fossil memories'

Answer: Paleozoic Era


Question: 'In 1952 she told the HUAC, "I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions"'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: 'Belgian priest Father Damien ministered to lepers on this Hawaiian island'

Answer: Molokai


Question: 'In the 23rd Psalm, David referred to these two items of God's, saying "they comfort me"'

Answer: thy rod and thy staff


Question: 'He was expelled from Oxford but nevertheless learned 25 languages & translated "The Arabian Nights"'

Answer: Sir Richard Burton


Question: 'In the 15th century the Attendoli family came to rule Milan & changed its name to this, meaning "force"'

Answer: Sforza


Question: 'The Muslim calendar reckons time from this event'

Answer: Hegira (Muhammad\'s flight)


Question: 'After writing "The School for Scandal", he became an M.P. and an advisor to the future King George IV'

Answer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan


Question: 'Following a 1987 military coup, this island country quit the British Commonwealth'

Answer: Fiji


Question: '"Now" this "is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen"'

Answer: faith


Question: 'This cardinal, a dominant force during Henry VIII's reign, founded Oxford's Christ Church College'

Answer: Thomas Wolsey


Question: 'Hired as a ship's cook, he led the mutiny aboard the Hispaniola'

Answer: Long John Silver (in Treasure Island)


Question: 'In a matter of minutes, a school of these South American fish can reduce a large mammal to a skeleton'

Answer: Piranha


Question: 'In 1934 & 1935 this Chinese Communist leader led the Red Army on the "Long March"'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung