Question: 'It's a small explosive bomb either thrown by hand or fired from a launcher'

Answer: Grenade


Question: 'Infamous 19th century actor seen here:'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'Established in 1998, the assembly for this part of the U.K. is called Cynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru'

Answer: Wales


Question: '"What's Up, Tiger Lily?"<br />(1966)'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'The Bishop of Ely & the Archbishop of this appear in the first scene of "Henry V"'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'In its native language, this nation's name means "Bengal Nation"'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'On Nov. 1, 1952 Eniwetok Atoll was the first place on Earth to face the wrath of one of these bombs'

Answer: Hydrogen bomb


Question: '"Cold" writer seen here who died in 1963:'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'Name of the German parliament building consumed by a mysterious fire soon after Hitler took power'

Answer: Reichstag


Question: '"Diner"<br />(1982)'

Answer: Barry Levinson


Question: 'It's no surprise that she's a character in "King John"; she's his mother'

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine


Question: 'In this 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings hit, "The rain exploded with a mighty crash as we fell into the sun"'

Answer: "Band on the Run"


Question: 'Used against underwater targets, these "charges" operate by water pressure at the level for which they're set'

Answer: Depth charges


Question: 'He wrote, "I come to my solitary woodland walk as the homesick go home":'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'In 1905 this czar established Russia's parliament, the Duma, which also means "thought"'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: '"Sixteen Candles"<br />(1984)'

Answer: John Hughes


Question: '"Good-Day, Sir" is the first line of the play about this title Athenian'

Answer: "Timon of Athens"


Question: 'This wide-spreading east Indian fig tree has branches that send out roots to the ground'

Answer: Banyan tree


Question: 'From the Latin for "broken piece", this bomb is designed to break into many small pieces when exploded'

Answer: Fragmentation bomb


Question: 'This athlete was stripped of his gold in 1913:'

Answer: Jim Thorpe


Question: 'We wonder if this body, Iceland's parliament, issues its laws "to all people"'

Answer: Althing


Question: '"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"<br />(1966)'

Answer: Mike Nichols


Question: 'This title character is the daughter of Calchas, a Trojan priest'

Answer: Cressida


Question: 'Examples of this language group include Kikuyu, Tswana & Zulu'

Answer: Bantu


Question: 'Also called an enhanced radiation bomb, it emits a large portion of its energy as radioactivity'

Answer: Neutron bomb


Question: 'Poe wrote "To" her, "Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, thy naiad airs have brought me home..."'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'As you can gather from its name, Lake Texoma is shared by these 2 states'

Answer: Texas & Oklahoma


Question: 'Duran Duran:<br />"Hungry Like The ___"'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'The first day of the week mentioned by name in "Robinson Crusoe" isn't Friday but this (1st day is a clue)'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'In July 1804 in the same N.J. place where his son had died in a duel 3 years before, he did not take aim; oops'

Answer: (Alexander) Hamilton


Question: 'More complicated than scissors, this device turns your sensitive documents into confetti'

Answer: a shredder


Question: 'Almost a million square miles, it's bordered by 3 continents'

Answer: the Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'This large Louisiana lake is named for Louis XIV's marine minister'

Answer: Lake Pontchartrain


Question: 'Wilson Pickett:<br />"___ Sally"'

Answer: Mustang


Question: 'In English, it's alphabetically the last day of the week'

Answer: Wednesday


Question: 'Depicted here, she earned a master's degree from Notre Dame in 1975'

Answer: Condoleezza Rice


Question: '"I'm in tatters", Mick Jagger sang in this tune from "Some Girls"'

Answer: "Shattered"


Question: 'A means of mass communication, or a psychic communicating with the dead'

Answer: a medium


Question: 'Until 1900 when engineers reversed the flow, this river flowed into Lake Michigan'

Answer: the Chicago River


Question: 'Elton John:<br />"Honky ___"'

Answer: Cat


Question: 'J. Wellington Wimpy often said, "I will gladly pay you" this day "for a hamburger today"'

Answer: Tuesday


Question: 'In 1996 Sam Brownback was elected to complete the term of this Kansas senator who ran for president'

Answer: Dole


Question: 'From the Book of Common Prayer, "Those whom God hath joined together let no man put" this'

Answer: asunder


Question: '9-letter term for a large disk worn as an ornament on a chain around the neck'

Answer: a medallion


Question: 'This lake whose French name means "heart of an awl" is at the heart of a beautiful resort area in Idaho'

Answer: (Lake) Coeur d\'Alene


Question: 'David Bowie:<br />"Diamond ___"'

Answer: Dogs


Question: 'Day of the week that's the English equivalent to the Latin Saturni dies'

Answer: Saturday


Question: 'This man seen here holds the signed copy of SALT II, & gets biz-zay with Jimmy Carter'

Answer: Brezhnev


Question: 'It's the term archaeologists use for those broken pieces of pottery found during digs'

Answer: sherds (shards accepted)


Question: 'From the French for "middle of a rugged mountain", it's an adjective meaning adequate, but not very good'

Answer: mediocre


Question: 'In 1819 the Independence became the first steamboat used on this river'

Answer: the Missouri


Question: 'Peter Gabriel:<br />"Shock The ___"'

Answer: Monkey


Question: 'G.K. Chesterton wrote of a "Man Who Was" this day'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'In 1848 Horace Mann filled the congressional seat of this ex-president'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Something may be blown to these, from the Irish Gaelic smoidar, "fragment"'

Answer: smithereens


Question: 'The middle value in a set of statistical values'

Answer: the median


Question: 'In 1950 the Minnesota Valley Canning Company changed its name to this 2-word one, after its "Jolly" brand'

Answer: Green Giant


Question: 'An older recording-studio technique used this chamber designed to add reverberation'

Answer: an echo chamber


Question: '"Then said the Lord unto Moses, behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you"'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'In boyhood, Alex of this family played guitar & Eddie was a drummer; later they switched'

Answer: Van Halen


Question: 'Acquaintances & relatives:<br />___ & kin'

Answer: kith


Question: 'Tulane law student Darby Shaw uncovers a conspiracy for the birds in this Grisham thriller'

Answer: The Pelican Brief


Question: 'This word for washed clothing is the name of a fashion line by Shelli Segal'

Answer: Laundry


Question: 'Kiva, a ceremonial chamber, comes from the language of these westernmost Pueblo Indians, aka the Moki'

Answer: the Hopi


Question: '"For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him"'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'Sean's kid brother, this "Footloose" & "True Romance" actor passed away in 2006'

Answer: Chris Penn


Question: 'In an Israeli patriotic song:<br />blue & ___'

Answer: white


Question: 'In 1981 Grisham graduated from law school in this state; he was admitted to its bar later that year'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'The name of this franchise means "a hugely popular movie"'

Answer: Blockbuster


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows us a hyperbaric chamber on Catalina Island, CA.)  A hyperbaric chamber is also called this type of chamber, not because you relax, but because you return to normal pressure'

Answer: a decompression chamber


Question: '"After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth"'

Answer: Acts (of the Apostles)


Question: 'Acting brothers from Texas whose collective credits include "Old School" & "Shanghai Noon"'

Answer: Luke & Owen Wilson


Question: 'Sausage & potatoes, luv:<br />bangers & ___'

Answer: mash


Question: 'This Grisham novel centers on a lawsuit against a big tobacco company & the sequestration of the title group'

Answer: The Runaway Jury


Question: 'This brand's Spread Satin paint was launched nationally in 1949'

Answer: Glidden


Question: 'Many visitors to this castle where Victoria is buried have been awed by the royal presence in the Presence Chamber'

Answer: Windsor Castle


Question: '"There came wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, where is he that is born king of the Jews?"'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'It's not Ronde Barber so it must be this twin & fellow NFL star'

Answer: Tiki Barber


Question: 'Dealing with railroads & aviation:<br />House Committee on ___ & Infrastructure'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'The title character of this Grisham novel is 11-year-old Mark, who hires a lawyer, Reggie Love'

Answer: The Client


Question: 'Eddie Steeples is the Rubberband Man in ads for this chain selling everything from school supplies to desk chairs'

Answer: OfficeMax


Question: 'Atomic particle paths can be tracked in this device that contains a supersaturated vapor'

Answer: a cloud chamber


Question: '"Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.  For their heart studieth destruction"'

Answer: the Book of Proverbs


Question: '"Statesboro Blues" kicks off the 1971 live album "At Fillmore East" by these brothers' band'

Answer: the Allman Brothers


Question: 'In the Lesser Antilles:<br />St. Kitts & ___'

Answer: Nevis


Question: 'In a 2003 Grisham book, fictional public defender Clay Carter earns this nickname, also that of real-life lawyer Melvin Belli'

Answer: "The King of Torts"


Question: 'A monument at this Nebraska site bears the words "He ain't heavy, Father... he's m' brother"'

Answer: Boys Town


Question: 'Cardinal Ratzinger chose this name to honor a peace-seeking pope, not the IXth, who sold the papacy'

Answer: Benedict


Question: 'Zhang Ziyi played Chiyo-Sen in the film version of Arthur S. Golden's "Memoirs of" one of these'

Answer: A Geisha


Question: 'Soup made with ham hocks & the navy type of this is on the menu in the U.S. Senate restaurant every day'

Answer: beans


Question: 'In 1980 if you were in the city of Mariel in this nation, you could have joined the "Freedom Flotilla" heading for Miami'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Steve Ballmer became the president & CEO of Microsoft after this man stepped aside'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'Be grateful for what you have, because "a bird in the hand is worth" this'

Answer: two in the bush


Question: '(Sarah reports from the cathedral in Lima, Peru.) On his visit to Latin America in 1985 he crowned this statue of the Virgin de la Evangelizacion here in Lima's cathedral'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'This 2005 film in which aliens use tripod machines is based on a novel by H.G. Wells'

Answer: War of the Worlds


Question: 'Choose a dry day to make the pie combining lemon & this egg-white concoction; the latter does poorly in humidity'

Answer: meringue


Question: 'In an Aug. 30, 1999 referendum, the people of East Timor voted overwhelmingly for independence from this nation'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1990 this entrepreneur lent his name & casino to a TV game show'

Answer: Donald Trump


Question: 'This book  by Eliot Asinof is subtitled "The Black Sox and the 1919 World Series"'

Answer: Eight Men Out


Question: 'Pope Innocent X refused to recognize Portugal's independence from this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'This novel and its 2006 film version both start with a museum curator staggering through the Louvre'

Answer: The Da Vinci Code


Question: 'The French dish eggs sardou features artichoke hearts & this veggie, creamed'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'Seen here is the flag of this African republic that declared its independence in 1847'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'World Book reports this Omaha investor's company owns the ublisher of...well, World Book'

Answer: Buffett


Question: 'In effect from 1922 to 1944, it was the part of the army code that allowed them to kick you out for undesirable traits'

Answer: Section 8


Question: 'One story says Julius II told Michelangelo to hurry up with the Sistine ceiling or he'd knock him off this structure'

Answer: his scaffold


Question: 'Hayden Christensen can teleport himself anywhere in this 2008 film based on a novel by Steven Gould'

Answer: Jumper


Question: 'Peter Brady wanted them with applesauce; people in Butte, Montana eat them deep-fried on buns'

Answer: pork chops


Question: 'Cagayan State University & Bataan Polytechnic are colleges in this nation'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'This eccentric billionaire aircraft-maker turned to communications satellites in the 1960s'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'Completes the 1940 song title "Beat Me Daddy..."'

Answer: 8 To The Bar


Question: 'This title refers to someone set up as Bishop of Rome in opposition to the one already holding the See; 2 lived in Avignon'

Answer: antipope


Question: 'This 1962 novel by Ken Kesey was adapted for the big screen in 1975 & won 5 Academy Awards'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'Boursin, a rich cheese from Normandy is often flavored with the cracked type of this'

Answer: pepper


Question: 'Iraq's shortest national border is with this monarchy'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'One letter was changed in this tycoon's last name to get the company name Revlon'

Answer: Charles Revson


Question: 'This Jane Smiley farmland novel was adapted into a movie starring Jessica Lange & Michelle Pfeiffer'

Answer: A Thousand Acres


Question: 'After this exploded in 1898, Clara Barton wrote, "The air was filled with a blaze of light"'

Answer: the U.S.S. Maine


Question: '"Everybody hates" this comic who is a huge limestone mass overlooking the entrance to the Mediterranean'

Answer: Chris Rock of Gibralter


Question: 'The poem "Sing a Song of Sixpence" says, "Along came" one of these birds, "and snipped off her nose"'

Answer: blackbird


Question: 'The American Airlines hub "DFW" stands for this'

Answer: Dallas Ft. Worth


Question: 'Propane-fueled burners provide this to lift balloons; politicians make their own'

Answer: hot air


YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU

Question: '"Hey Jude" was written for someone with this last name'

Answer: Lennon


Question: 'The war to free Cuba actually began half a world away in the Battle of this bay on May 1, 1898'

Answer: Manila Bay


Question: 'Drew Carey game show that's constitutionally guaranteed by the second amendment'

Answer: The Price is Right to bear arms


Question: '"Ful weel she soong the service dyvyne, entuned in hir nose ful semely" in the prologue to this masterpiece'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'If you're flying U.S. Airways, you may change planes in this North Carolina city's hub airport'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'To a backyard barbecuer, LPG is this type of "propane gas"'

Answer: liquid


YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU

Question: 'U2's "Pride (In the Name of Love)" is a tribute to this man who died in 1968'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'Joe Wheeler, a cavalry leader in this war, was a fire-eating general in the Cuban campaign'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'The headstrong tomboy in "Little Women" who's a documentary about emperors in their antarctic breeding grounds'

Answer: Jo March of the Penguins


Question: 'The heathens "have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not" in no. 115 of this Biblical book'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'This airline's Paris-Charles De Gaulle 2 hub opened in 1996'

Answer: Air France


Question: 'One of the 2 substances in which propane occurs naturally'

Answer: (1 of) natural gas or petroleum


YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU

Question: 'Stevie Nicks said this Fleetwood Mac song was about a Welsh witch'

Answer: "Rhiannon"


Question: 'In this July 1, 1898 battle, the U.S. gained the high ground overlooking Santiago but lost more than 200 men'

Answer: the Battle of San Juan Hill


Question: 'The stereotypical bad behavior of a U.S. citizen overseas is a TV show featuring Paula Abdul'

Answer: Ugly American Idol


Question: '"My nose itched," wrote Jonathan Swift, "and I knew I should drink wine or" do this to "a fool"'

Answer: kiss


Question: 'This airline is found in 5 concourses at the super-busy Atlanta airport'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'Propane's chemical formula is C3H8, meaning it's one of these compounds named for its 2 components'

Answer: a hydrocarbon


YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU

Question: 'His song "Moon Over Bourbon Street", about a vampire named Louis, was inspired by an Anne Rice character'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'In annexing the Philippines, this president said that "The march of events rules and overrules human action"'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: '35th state that longs for "A Room of One's Own"'

Answer: West Virginia Woolf


Question: '"The nose of a mob is its imagination, by this...it can be  quietly led", said this poet known for his "To Helen"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'In 1978 it became the first airport that was  hub to 2 airlines--American & United'

Answer: Chicago O\'Hare


Question: 'Ethanethiol, which serves this purpose, is usually added to propane so leaks can be detected'

Answer: smell


YOU PROBABLY THINK THIS SONG IS ABOUT YOU

Question: '"Wish You Were Here" by this rock group was dedicated to founder Syd Barrett'

Answer: Pink Floyd


Question: 'Jefferson called him "Attila of the age dethroned... shut up within the circle of a little island of the Mediterranean"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'In 1999 he celebrated his 75th birthday by jumping from a plane over the grounds of his Texas library'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question:
'"Movies in Time",
"Time Lab 2000",
"History Undercover"'

Answer: "The History Channel"


Question: 'This bird of prey is the national symbol of 2 North American countries'

Answer: Eagle


Question: '"A Killing on" this "Street: An Investment Mystery" is part financial advice & part whodunit'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'To get underway we'll "weigh" this large metal device that's been holding our ship in place'

Answer: Anchor


Question: 'Jack Ruby fatally shot him November 24, 1963'

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald


Question: 'He not only designed the buildings for the University of Virginia, he also chose the faculty & curriculum'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question:
'"Up Close",
"Sportscenter",
"NBA 2Night"'

Answer: ESPN


Question: 'Thought to be reincarnations of Hindu saints, rats roam free in a temple in this country's city of Deshnoke'

Answer: India


Question: 'She called her book "Vittorio the Vampire" a vampire version of "Romeo and Juliet"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'This record of our ship's journey sounds like a large section of a tree trunk'

Answer: Log


Question: 'It's Rhode Island's watery nickname'

Answer: "The Ocean State"


Question: 'An avid golfer, he scored a hole-in-one during a round in Palm Springs in 1968'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question:
'"Jailbait",
"120 Minutes",
"Celebrity Deathmatch"'

Answer: MTV


Question: 'Since it's only 1 inch in length, "taming" the Etruscan type of this animal might be difficult'

Answer: Shrew


Question: '"In Our Humble Opinion" collects the rants & raves of Click & Clack, the motormouth hosts of this NPR show'

Answer: Car Talk


Question: 'It's the person who gives detailed information on our course ahead; Abel Tasman was a famous one'

Answer: Navigator


Question: 'It's the last name of NBA great Hakeem'

Answer: Olajuwon


Question: 'In 1913 he headed to the Brazilian jungle for a 7-month-long expedition'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question:
'"Inside NASCAR",
"Grand Ole Opry Live",
"Bill Dance Outdoors"'

Answer: TNN (The Nashville Network)


Question: 'The white-headed variety of this high-flying scavenger is seen here'

Answer: Vulture


Question: 'The title of William F. Buckley's novel "The Redhunter" refers to this man who made some see red in the '50s'

Answer: Senator Joseph McCarthy


Question: 'If we get bored, on board, we can always play this classic board game seen here<br />("You sunk my...")'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'These native North American people are also known as the Chippewa'

Answer: Ojibwa


Question: 'He went on to preside over the American Bar Association & over the Supreme Court of the U.S.'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question:
'"First Wave",
"Farscape",
"Lexx"'

Answer: Sci Fi Channel


Question: 'The greater wax & lesser wax types of this insect are major enemies of bees; their larvae eat the hive!'

Answer: Moths


Question: 'This author's "Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook" tells how to make fried green tomatoes'

Answer: Fannie Flagg


Question: 'On our trip we'll be entering one of these gated canal sections in which water levels are raised & lowered'

Answer: Lock


Question: 'He's best-known for his plays "Waiting for Lefty" & "Golden Boy"'

Answer: Clifford Odets


Question: 'Time Magazine named him the "Person of the Century"'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'On its Tempe campus, you'll find the Herberger Center for Design Excellence & Sun Devil Stadium'

Answer: Arizona State University


Question: 'Orson Welles, Cole Porter songs & a train wreck were highlights of "Around the World", based on this novel'

Answer: Around the World in Eighty Days


Question: 'In 1992 this columnist won a lawsuit which held that his idea was the basis for the movie "Coming to America"'

Answer: Art Buchwald


Question: 'Hong Kong'

Answer: China


Question: 'An ancient belief says this bird "sings before death" (& maybe dances by the lake)'

Answer: Swan


Question: 'Astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered this element while studying a solar eclipse'

Answer: Helium


Question: '(Here's former NFL star Kevin Greene)  I played for the Tigers of this Alabama school whose name is also a color'

Answer: Auburn


Question: '"Her First Roman" starred Richard Kiley as Julius Caesar & Leslie Uggams as this captivating queen'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'This game show host didn't put guests in "Jeopardy!" as an usher at David Eisenhower & Julie Nixon's wedding'

Answer: Art Fleming


Question: 'Elba'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Oscar Wilde's reported last words, "One of us must go", meant him or this'

Answer: The wallpaper


Question: 'If you know he's "The Father of the Kodak", say Cheese!'

Answer: George Eastman


Question: 'In 1986 gunmen abducted the acting comptroller at this school -- the one in Beirut, not in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: American University


Question: 'Saints alive!  Ann Reinking starred as this saint in "Goodtime Charley", opposite Joel Grey as the Dauphin'

Answer: Saint Joan of Arc


Question: 'Born in 1895, he made the diagram seen here part of American culture<br />(dance steps)'

Answer: Arthur Murray


Question: 'Pitcairn'

Answer: United Kingdom


Question: 'Completes the Stevie Smith line, "I was much further out than you thought/and not waving but" this'

Answer: Drowning


Question: 'His supercomputer earned him a place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame'

Answer: Seymour Cray


Question: 'It follows "Gustavus" in the name of a St. Peter, Minnesota school'

Answer: Adolphus


Question: 'TV's Herman Munster, he co-starred with Stephen Collins & Meat Loaf in the 1974 musical "More Than You Deserve"'

Answer: Fred Gwynne


Question: 'In 1992 this Washington Redskin became the NFL's career receptions leader with his 820th catch'

Answer: Art Monk


Question: '"The great thing about the dead, they make space", he wrote in "Rabbit is Rich"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'The company founded by this plow maker is today the world's leading producer of agricultural equipment'

Answer: John Deere


Question: 'The Delphian is the student newspaper of this Garden City, New York university'

Answer: Adelphi


Question: 'The 1969 musical "Come Summer" reunited Ray Bolger with this Wicked Witch co-star from "The Wizard of Oz"'

Answer: Margaret Hamilton


Question: 'He's the jazz pianist heard here'

Answer: Art Tatum


Question: 'Poet who implored you, "Do not go gentle into that good night/old age should burn and rave at close of day"'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'A statue of Chang & Eng Bunker stands in Samut Songkram in this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'This NBC newsman used to co-host the "Today" show with Barbara Walters & her successor, Jane Pauley'

Answer: Tom Brokaw


Question: 'With far less fat than margarine, Le Slim Cow is a French substitute for this dairy product'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'The Latin name of this insect is mantis religiosa'

Answer: Praying Mantis


Question: 'The classic western song that begins "See them tumbling down...."'

Answer: "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"


Question: 'The agricultural area known as The Black Belt is famous for growing this crop'

Answer: Cotton


Question: 'She revealed in her book, "First Father, First Daughter" that she had been a victim of marital abuse'

Answer: Maureen Reagan


Question: 'In 1863 he married Lavinia, who, like him, stood 35 inches tall'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question: 'President Bush likes to eat these pigskin treats with Tabasco sauce'

Answer: Pork Rinds


Question: 'According to the Smithsonian, the old Ford Woody station wagons were often infested with these'

Answer: Termites


Question: 'Roy Rogers sang, "Hoppy, Gene & me; we taught you how to" do this "straight"'

Answer: Shoot


Question: 'The long gray threadlike stems of this "moss" sway from oak trees in the coastal breezes'

Answer: Spanish Moss


Question: 'This Watergate chronicler reviewed his childhood in the book "Loyalties:  A Son's Memoir"'

Answer: Carl Bernstein


Question: 'In 1984, in addition to his TV chores, he starred in the films "Lassiter" & "Runaway"'

Answer: Tom Selleck


Question: 'The prophet Mohammed advised, "Eat" this many-seeded fruit, "It purges the system of envy & hatred"'

Answer: Pomegranate


Question: 'The German type of this ancient household pest is sometimes mistakingly called a waterbug'

Answer: Cockroach


Question: '"Hold That Critter Down" is a song about doing this to animals'

Answer: Branding them


Question: 'In 1968 she became the nation's 3rd woman governor'

Answer: Lurleen B. Wallace


Question: 'In March the U.S. agreed to help build this nation's FSX fighter jet'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'He succeeded Jim Wright as Speaker of the House in June 1989'

Answer: Tom Foley


Question: 'Bufala Mozzarella is made from the milk of this type of buffalo, not bison'

Answer: Water Buffalo


Question: 'The process in which a caterpillar turns into a butterfly is called this'

Answer: Metamorphosis


Question: 'In the song "Tennessee Stud", the Tennessee Stud isn't a macho cowboy, it's one of these'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'Until "Batman" opened, this 1989 Spielberg-Lucas film held the 1-day gross record with $11.2 million'

Answer: "Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade"


Question: '" 'I'm going to the racetrack

Answer: Tom Swifty


Question: 'To make Charlotte Russe, line your mold with these cakes'

Answer: Ladyfingers


Question: 'These brightly colored insects are sometimes called "Devil's Darning Needles"'

Answer: Dragonflies


Question: 'In Cole Porter's song, the title line that follows "Send me off forever, but I ask you, please..."'

Answer: "Don\'t Fence Me In"


Question: 'Chemist B. Stanley Pons & Martin Fleischman claimed to have devised a room temperature version of this'

Answer: Cold/Nuclear Fusion


Question: 'A number written as a quotient; examples are 2/3, 1/2 & 1/4'

Answer: Fraction


Question: '"A Woman Named Jackie" is C. David Hermann's biography of this woman'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'She was called "Lady Lindy" & her last plane was a twin engine Lockheed Electra'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'Eddie Anderson said of him in character, "If he can't take it with him, he ain't gonna go"'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'Andrew Marton received a special award for directing the chariot race in this 1959 film'

Answer: "Ben-Hur"


Question: 'Dow Jones & Co. began publishing this newspaper July 8, 1889'

Answer: The Wall Street Journal


Question: '1/8 of a mile, or 201.7m'

Answer: Furlong


Question: '"Parting the Waters" by Taylor Branch is a history of this social movement in America'

Answer: Civil Rights Movement


Question: 'First & last name of the chairman & CEO of Playboy Enterprises'

Answer: Kristi Hefner


Question: 'Asked about the possibility of this coming down, Gorbachev said, "Nothing is eternal"'

Answer: The Berlin Wall


Question: 'She was voted "World Film Favorite" for 1950, & she's still going strong on "Falcon Crest"'

Answer: Jane Wyman


Question: '2 of this composer's big hits in 1889 were "The Thunderer" & "The Washington Post"'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'If you're 6 feet under water, you should understand you're this far down'

Answer: Fathom


Question: 'The book subtitled "It Ain't Over..." is a collection of anecdotes by this man'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'In 1851 Amelia Bloomer introduced Elizabeth Cady Stanton to this feminist in Seneca Falls'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'Margaret Mitchell wrote "My dear, I don't give a damn"; the screenplay writer added this word'

Answer: "Frankly"


Question: 'He won for acting in "The Sand Pebbles" & "Dr. Dolittle" & for directing "Gandhi"'

Answer: Sir Richard Attenborough


Question: 'Italy claimed the Treaty of Uccialli established a protectorate over this African nation'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Also called a divisor, it's a number by which another number is divided'

Answer: Factor


Question: 'Pat Hackett has edited & published the diaries this artist kept from 1976-87'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'For more than 30 years Marion Davies was the mistress of this married newspaper magnate'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'Reason Edna St. Vincent Millay's candle "will not last the night"'

Answer: "My candle burns at both ends"


Question: 'Voted a "Promising Newcomer" in 1962, she won 10 years later for "Carnal Knowledge"'

Answer: Ann-Margaret


Question: 'On November 2 these 2 states joined the Union & it's not certain which was really 1st'

Answer: North & South Dakota


Question: 'This adjective describes a set with a fixed, countable number of elements'

Answer: Finite


Question: 'In "The Good Times" this New York Times columnist describes his career in journalism'

Answer: Russell Baker


Question: 'Chas. A. Warner said, "What small" ones of these vegetables "we all are compared with what we might be!"'

Answer: Potatoes


Question: 'She won 4 times for "Sister Kenny", "Auntie Mame", "Mourning Becomes Electra" & "Gypsy"'

Answer: Rosalind Russell


Question: 'Crown prince of Austria who was found dead with his lover in Mayerling; some say it wasn't suicide'

Answer: Archduke Rudolf


Question: 'This city didn't exist at the time of the Trojan War so Paris couldn't have abducted Helen from there'

Answer: Sparta (Helen was married to the king of Sparta)


Question: 'Titian must have loved this Roman goddess: he painted her with a lute player & with Adonis'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Don Henley said this group would reunite when Hell froze over, which turned out to be in 1994'

Answer: The Eagles


Question:
'The Wight,
the Jersey,
the Manx'

Answer: the Manx


Question: 'Longyearben, one of the northernmost cities,<br />is capital of this country's arctic territory of Svalbard'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Location in North Carolina forever associated with the 1903 event seen here'

Answer: Kitty Hawk


Question: 'A native of the U.S., or a Northerner during the Civil War'

Answer: a Yankee


Question: 'If you visit the Louvre, hunt for Houdon's statue of this Roman goddess, seen here'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'On Sept. 19, 1981 this duo built a "Bridge Over Troubled Water" & reunited for a free concert in Central Park'

Answer: Simon & Garfunkel


Question:
'The British Straighthair,
the British Shorthair,
the British Nohair'

Answer: the British Shorthair


Question: 'Tell Hamoukar in Syria, a settlement between these 2 rivers, is widely believed to be the world's oldest known city'

Answer: Tigris & Euphrates


Question: 'Open wide, Pete! It's treat time for you on your 44th birthday at this New York City burroughs' zoo'

Answer: The Bronx


Question: 'Jesus is known as "The Man From" this place'

Answer: Galilee


Question: 'A fountain at Hearst Castle boasts several sculptures of Sekhmet, a lion-headed goddess of this civilization'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'The reunion of this group performing their hit "Roxanne" kicked off the 2007 Grammys'

Answer: The Police


Question:
'The Barbie,
the Ragdoll,
the Chatty'

Answer: the Ragdoll


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) With a population of close to 10 million, it's the only city in the world that spans two continents'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'This famed labor leader is seen demonstrating in 1969'

Answer: César Chávez


Question: 'A movie or a play in the afternoon'

Answer: a matinee


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) If you take a closer look at the painting "Primavera" you'll see the trio of elegant goddesses known by this collective name'

Answer: The Graces


Question: 'This band reunited to play "Don't Stop" at Clinton's 1993 inaugural gala'

Answer: Fleetwood Mac


Question:
'The Tonkinese,
the Tajikistani,
the Texarkanese'

Answer: the Tonkinese


Question: 'Once an important stop on the Silk Road, the city of Urumqi in this country is the world's farthest from an ocean'

Answer: China


Question: 'Seen here is a dramatic 1937 photo of a tragedy in this New Jersey town'

Answer: Lakehurst


Question: 'From the French, it's a finely mashed food, often fruit, that's been put through a sieve or blender'

Answer: a puree


Question: 'Mussolini ordered a replica of the statue of this pair being suckled by a she-wolf sent from Rome, Italy to Rome, GA'

Answer: Romulus and Remus


Question: 'The answer was blowin' in the wind when this folk trio reunited for a 1972 George McGovern fundraiser'

Answer: Peter, Paul & Mary


Question:
'The Delhi,
the Bombay,
the Madras'

Answer: the Bombay


Question: 'In 2007 Greeks in this capital city started tearing down the wall separating their sector from the Turks''

Answer: Nicosia


Question: 'Seen here is landmark in 1920; the dedication would not come until 2 years later'

Answer: the Lincoln Memorial


Question: '10-4 good buddy, Reno's on this river'

Answer: Truckee


Question: 'In "Cavalleria Rusticana", an ear gets bitten when Alfio challenges Turiddu to their fateful one of these'

Answer: a duel


Question: 'In this 1959 film James Mason is a bad, bad man at the location shown here'

Answer: North by Northwest


Question: 'Lope de Rueda & Lope de Vega were 2 of this country's most famous playwrights'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Thousands died in 1952 in a notorious smoggy event in this European capital'

Answer: London


Question: 'Tsarskoe Selo, Russia<br />1868'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'An overused expression or idea, it comes from the French for "to stereotype"'

Answer: cliche


Question: 'Gian Carlo Menotti's 1963 opera "Labyrinth" was written for this medium'

Answer: television


Question: 'Charlton Heston encounters the item seen here on the beach in this 1968 film'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'The troubled life of this Irish-born playwright has inspired several plays including The Judas Kiss and Gross Indecency'

Answer: (Oscar) Wilde


Question: 'This molecule, O3, is a pollutant low in the atmosphere; in the stratosphere, it absorbs harmful radiation'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'Kohala, Hawaii<br />c. 1758'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question: 'If you want to study the history of words, try this, from the Greek for "true sense of a word"'

Answer: etymology


Question: '"Rigoletto" prompted Rossini to say that at last he recognized this compser's genius'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'The landmark seen here is where François Truffaut looks to the skies in this film'

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: 'Aeschylus' most "oresting" work may be this Greek trilogy about the house of Atreus'

Answer: The Orestia


Question: 'Most air pollution comes from burning these alliterative combustibles that consist of organic remains'

Answer: fossil fuels


Question: 'Falaise, Normandy<br />c. 1028'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'When I use the phrase "buy the farm" for death, I'm using one of these, from the Greek for "auspicious words"'

Answer: euphemism


Question: 'Count Bitowski leads the company in praise of the waltz in "The Viennese Spirit" by this composer'

Answer: Strauss (the Younger)


Question: 'You're looking at one place Matthew Broderick and Mia Sara have a ball playing hooky in this film'

Answer: Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off


Question: 'In 2006 he finally picked up 2 Obie awards he'd won decades ago when he was under house arrest in Czechoslovakia'

Answer: Václav Havel


Question: 'Dust pollution from this "depleted" metal used on armor-piercing weapons in Iraq may cause cancer'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'Berlin, Prussia<br />1712'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'This 7-letter word can mean a trite remark, a bore or any of the salts of hydrobromic acid'

Answer: a bromide


Question: 'This "precious" first opera in the "Ring" cycle runs about 90 minutes shorter than any of the other 3'

Answer: Das Rheingold


Question: 'At the spot seen here, Dorothy McGuire & Jean Peters wish for love in this 1954 film'

Answer: Three Coins in the Fountain


Question: 'This playwright grew up in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, & he often sets his plays there'

Answer: Athol Fugard


Question: '1984 news included Indira Gandhi's death, as well as a deadly gas leak at this company's chemical plant in Bhopal'

Answer: Union Carbide


Question: 'Cairo, Egypt<br />1920'

Answer: Farouk


Question: 'From the Latin for "a foot and a half long" comes this adjective for one who uses er... a really long word'

Answer: sesquipedalian


Question: 'A 1924 law gave citizenship to all these members of what were called "domestic dependent nations"'

Answer: Native Americans


Question: 'Ask any monster how to get to this loch just southwest of Inverness'

Answer: Loch Ness


Question: 'The Aristocrat of Swing, or The Duke'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'These ungulates have a third eyelid to protect their eyes from blowing sand'

Answer: Camels


Question: 'Koicha is a thick tea served during the Cha-No-Yu, this country's famous tea ceremony'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In 1997 all but 10 Republican congressmen voted to re-elect this House speaker'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: 'Very, very, very, very dark, like tar'

Answer: Pitch black


Question: 'This French region takes its name from invading Norsemen of the mid-9th century'

Answer: Normandy


Question: 'Yardbird'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'A giraffe can clean its ears with this up to 18-inch-long appendage'

Answer: Tongue


Question: 'Ironically, it was an Englishman who introduced tea served this way, at the St. Louis World's Fair'

Answer: Iced tea


Question: 'While this man was preparing for space, George Voinovich & Mary Boyle were campaigning for his Senate seat'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'Savviness, or "stable"-mindedness'

Answer: Horse sense


Question: 'This city was bombed by "Bock's Car" on August 9, 1945'

Answer: Nagasaki


Question: 'Sassy'

Answer: Sarah Vaughan


Question: 'Named for the Welsh for "white head", this bird can swim, but not fly'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'Fictional girl who says, "It's the stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!"'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'In 1996, at age 74, Cecil Underwood became the oldest governor ever elected in this "Mountain State"'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'Mine are vibrating even as I speak'

Answer: Vocal cords


Question: 'You'll find Fiordland National Park & Abel Tasman National Park in this country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'The First Lady of Jazz'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'Call a cop!  You're born with 300 of these, but by the time you grow up you only have 206'

Answer: Bones


Question: 'Tea is also grown on this island, whose name is synonymous with coffee'

Answer: Java


Question: 'This year was "The Year of the Woman" with 11 major party Senate candidates who were women'

Answer: 1992


Question: 'The best thing to win; it's blue ribbon level'

Answer: First place


Question: 'This ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris River was destroyed by Babylonians, Medes & Scythians in 612 B.C.'

Answer: Nineveh


Question: 'The Empress of the Blues'

Answer: Bessie Smith


Question: 'A fungus gets mighty cozy when it teams up with one of these organisms to live symbiotically as a lichen'

Answer: Algae


Question: 'Deborah Kerr served more than tea in this 1956 film based on a play'

Answer: Tea And Sympathy


Question: 'In 1994 George W. Bush won Texas' gubernatorial race on the day brother Jeb lost this state's race'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Term for a periodical published by a business for its employees'

Answer: House organ


Question: 'In the early 1820s, before publishing his bird drawings, he worked as a taxidermist'

Answer: John J. Audubon


Question: 'Great silent film director Mack Sennett said, "A mother never gets hit with a custard" one of these'

Answer: Pie


Question: '"I think that I shall never see a poem lovely as a tree"'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: 'It can precede "with a deadly weapon", "with intent to commit murder" or "and battery"'

Answer: Assault


Question: 'Born Nicolas Breakspear, Adrian IV is still the only man from this country to have been Pope'

Answer: Great Britain/England


Question: 'French emperor Napoleon (I)....'

Answer: B-O-N-A-P-A-R-T-E


Question: 'Last name of "Treasure Island" illustrator N.C., the father & teacher of painter Andrew'

Answer: Wyeth


Question: 'In "Good News", Peter Lawford's last line to June Allyson, "They sure are blue", refers to these'

Answer: Her eyes


Question: '"Tyger!  Tyger!  Burning bright, in the forests of the night"'

Answer: William Blake


Question: 'Term for the exhibits, objects, documents, testimony, etc. used in court to prove or disprove facts'

Answer: Evidence


Question: 'Adrian VI in 1522 was the last non-Italian Pope until this man'

Answer: John Paul II


Question: 'Indian prime minister Indira....'

Answer: G-A-N-D-H-I


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />He illustrated his own works like "There was a young lady whose chin, resembled the point of a pin"'

Answer: Edward Lear


Question: '"Splish Splash", he sang the title tune for the Hayley Mills film "That Darn Cat!"'

Answer: Bobby Darin


Question: '"She walks in beauty, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Baseball term for laws demanding a mandatory sentence for successive felony convictions'

Answer: "Three Strikes" law


Question: 'This would be the holy sea, s-e-a, for all the Pope Adrians; the name Adrian means from its coast'

Answer: Adriatic Sea


Question: 'Czech-born retired tennis star Martina....'

Answer: N-A-V-R-A-T-I-L-O-V-A


Question: 'The ALA's medal for the artist of the best children's picture book of the year bears his name'

Answer: Randolph Caldecott


Question: 'Nat King Cole sang "When I Fall In Love" in the Errol Flynn film named for this Turkish city'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: '"Death, be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so"'

Answer: John Donne


Question: 'Acts that lower the dignity of the trial may bring a fine or a jail sentence if you're held in this'

Answer: Contempt of court


Question: 'Adrian III died on his way to the Diet of this, not from a diet of these'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'Florentine author of "The Prince" Niccolo....'

Answer: M-A-C-H-I-A-V-E-L-L-I


Question: 'His name is a homophone of an adjective that describes some of his works'

Answer: Edward Gorey


Question: 'This 1971 film set in a Siberian labor camp is based on a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn'

Answer: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich


Question: '"That's my last duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive.  I call that piece a wonder, now"'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Star Jones of "The View"; as a lawyer I can tell you) This Latin phrase meaning "of unsound mind" is often used to indicate permanent or temporary insanity"'

Answer: Non compos mentis


Question: 'Adrian II approved the Slavic liturgy in the new script invented by Methodius & this saint'

Answer: Cyril (his brother)


Question: '"Finlandia" composer Jean....'

Answer: S-I-B-E-L-I-U-S


Question: 'Africa's newest independent state, it was an Italian colony until WWII, & later incorporated into another country'

Answer: Eritrea (formerly part of Ethiopia)


Question: 'In August 2011 this hurricane had winds of 85 mph as it made landfall in North Carolina'

Answer: Irene


Question: 'Some think that it was in the area at the head of the Persian Gulf; Genesis 2:8 says God planted it "eastward"'

Answer: the Garden of Eden


Question: 'Makers of all-American clothing:<br />____ & Fitch'

Answer: Abercrombie


Question: 'In the 1860s Hippolyte Mege-Mouries invented this butter substitute made from animal & vegetable fats'

Answer: margarine


Question: 'Made effervescent by infusion of a gas, like many sodas'

Answer: carbonated (carbonation accepted)


Question: 'This 2008 NBA MVP jumped to the Lakers straight from a Pennsylvania high school'

Answer: (Kobe) Bryant


Question: 'This former Chrysler CEO has a Boston-based foundation for diabetes research'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'Genesis says the lord overthrew these 2 wicked cities, making the land look like a smoking furnace'

Answer: Sodom & Gomorrah


Question: 'His menswear is boss:<br />____ Boss'

Answer: Hugo


Question: 'PUFAs, short for these healthier fats, are found mostly in plant-based foods & oils'

Answer: poly-unsaturated fats


Question: 'Weber makes this car part in 1-barrel & 2-barrel versions'

Answer: a carburetor


Question: 'This Korean-American golfer played in her first LPGA event as a 12-year-old; she turned pro in 2005 at 15'

Answer: Michelle Wie


Question: 'Pizza magnate Michael Ilitch owns a National Hockey League team & this American League baseball team'

Answer: the Tigers (of Detroit)


Question: 'People of Shinar built a structure called this "because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth"'

Answer: the Tower of Babel


Question: 'Really nice shoes for men & women:<br />____ Haan'

Answer: Cole


Question: 'The fat droplets in milk carry most of this vitamin aka retinol, so the FDA requires skim milk to be fortified'

Answer: vitamin A


Question: 'I like my spaghetti "alla" this creamy sauce'

Answer: carbonara


Question: 'She turned pro in 1972 at age 18; by 1974, she'd won Wimbledon & gotten engaged to Jimmy Connors'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'Floor-wax heiress Imogene Powers Johnson has a center for birds named for her at this Ithaca, N.Y. Ivy League school'

Answer: Cornell


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the Jordan River in Israel.)  In the Book of Joshua, as soon as the men carrying this holy object set foot here in the Jordan River, it dried up, allowing them to cross'

Answer: the Ark of the Covenant


Question: '"Your personal jeweler since 1912":<br />____ Bridge'

Answer: Ben


Question: 'Saturated fats have been implicated in the incidence of this 7-syllable disease aka hardening of the arteries'

Answer: arteriosclerosis


Question: 'A short-barreled rifle for use by cavalry'

Answer: a carbine


Question: 'This slugging centerfielder nicknamed the "Commerce Comet" was 19 when he debuted with the Yankees in 1951'

Answer: Mickey Mantle


Question: 'In 2008 Carl Icahn bought millions of shares in this Internet company with an exclamation point in its name'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'The queen of this place, thought by modern scholars to be roughly present-day Yemen, blessed Solomon & the god of Israel'

Answer: Sheba


Question: 'Upscale women's clothes:<br />____ Fisher'

Answer: Eileen


Question: 'Regulated in some cities, partially hydrogenated fats are also known by this "changeable" name'

Answer: trans fats


Question: 'This acid also called phenol is used as a disinfectant'

Answer: carbolic


Question: 'Lionel Messi from this country joined Spanish pro soccer at 13 when a team agreed to pay for his growth hormones'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'You wrote the novels "Hawaii" & "Alaska"; too bad you never got around to "Rhode Island"'

Answer: (James) Michener


Question: 'Before she became a "Pretty Woman" in 1990, she was a pretty girl from Smyrna, Georgia'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'In 2010 this Cornhusker univ. left the Big 12 for the Big 10, which already had 11 teams, making it basically the Big 12'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'It's not my first time at this public exhibition of cowboy skills, from the Spanish for "cattle ring"'

Answer: rodeo


Question: '17th century astronomer Galileo'

Answer: Galilei


Question: 'Addis Ababa is the capital & largest city of this African country'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'You met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763; it was the start of a beautiful friendship'

Answer: (James) Boswell


Question: 'No wonder she wanted to take a "Midnight Train" back there--she was born in Atlanta in 1944'

Answer: Gladys Knight


Question: 'In 1924 North Carolina's Trinity College was endowed by a tobacco magnate & changed its name to this'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'It's from the Old English for simply "woman"; that ain't no lady, that's my this'

Answer: wife


Question: '21st century magician Penn'

Answer: Jillette


Question: 'Of the countries that fit the category, it stretches farthest east'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'You suffered through glaucoma before publishing "Ulysses" on February 2, 1922, your 40th birthday'

Answer: (James) Joyce


Question: 'She was a Junior Miss Georgia before heading for Hollywood & stardom with "The Natural" & "Batman"'

Answer: Kim Basinger


Question: 'Notre Dame's "Word of Life" mural, depicting Christ as a teacher, is known on the football-loving campus as this'

Answer: Touchdown Jesus


Question: 'This word from the Arabic for "weight of 4 grains" is worth its weight in gold'

Answer: carat


Question: '16th century artist Michelangelo'

Answer: Buonarroti


Question: 'Its cities include Bong Town & Tubmanburg'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'In 2011 Oprah sat down with you again--to discuss the fallout from your "Million Little Pieces" scandal'

Answer: James Frey


Question: 'This "Queen of Southern Cuisine" was born & raised in Albany, Georgia, where she learned to cook from her grandmother Paul'

Answer: Paula Deen


Question: 'Ben Affleck moved west & attended this Los Angeles college whose name means "western"'

Answer: Occidental


Question: '"Growing" from the Italian, this music term means a gradual, steady increase in loudness'

Answer: crescendo


Question: '14th century writer Dante'

Answer: Alighieri


Question: 'In books Precious Ramotswe of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is this country's only female gumshoe'

Answer: Botswana


Question: 'Already a Joan Crawford movie, your "Mildred Pierce" came to TV in a 2011 version more faithful to the book'

Answer: James M. Cain


Question: 'This actress who went to school in Augusta didn't know 'bout birthin' babies in "Gone with the Wind"'

Answer: Butterfly McQueen


Question: 'A noted Commodore from this university was Al Gore, who studied at both its divinity & law schools'

Answer: Vanderbilt


Question: 'This punctuation word (it's from the Greek for "putting in beside" & you're staring right at 2 of 'em)'

Answer: parentheses


Question: '17th century Dutch master painter Rembrandt'

Answer: van Rijn


Question: 'It has ports on the Atlantic & you'll find Namibia on its southern border'

Answer: Angola


Question: 'To mark an historic visit, on May 17 an Irish army band played this song followed by Ireland's anthem'

Answer: \"God Save The Queen\"


Question: 'In 1903 this state got title to the Everglades & started to draw up drainage plans'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Priscilla Beaulieu married this man in Vegas on May 1, 1967'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'In Leviticus, God tells this lawgiver that if a ruler sins, he should use a young goat as a sin offering'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'These cells from human embryos can grow into any type of tissue & may someday cure diabetes & Alzheimer's'

Answer: stem cells


Question: 'A wheel of this British cheese made for Queen Victoria's wedding celebration measured 9 feet across'

Answer: cheddar


Question: 'This adjective that can mean hot & damp or hot & passionate is an alteration of "sweltery"'

Answer: sultry


Question: 'By a 52-48 vote, he became the second African American to sit on the Supreme Court'

Answer: Clarence Thomas


Question: 'Kevin James "weds" this former "SNL" star at the Niagara Falls in the 2007 film "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry"'

Answer: Adam Sandler


Question: 'At its football games since 1904, this service academy has used a live goat mascot named Bill'

Answer: the Navy


Question: 'Jupiter, Saturn & Uranus are called this type of planet, after a Roman god'

Answer: Jovian


Question: 'This dairy spread is the marquee ingredient in one kind of icebox cookie'

Answer: cream cheese


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue holding a hairpiece.)
The name of this long hairpiece is a homonym for a device that turns electric current on and off'

Answer: a switch


Question: 'During the 1930s, Dorothea Lange & Margaret Bourke-White established themselves in this profession'

Answer: photography


Question: 'A 2-time Oscar winning actress, one of her first jobs was as the Coppertone suntan lotion girl at age 3 in 1965'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'This 10th sign of the zodiac can be found in the nighttime sky between Sagittarius & Aquarius'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'A material called URhGe can be manipulated into being this, lacking electrical resistance'

Answer: superconductors


Question: 'It's also known as pot cheese or popcorn cheese'

Answer: cottage cheese


Question: 'Harry Potter knows that this synonym for sorcerer is also a British slang term meaning "excellent"'

Answer: a wizard


Question: 'In 1964 Louis Armstrong topped the pop music charts with this title song from a Broadway musical'

Answer: Hello, Dolly!


Question: 'With a category 5 hurricane, you can expect one of these alliterative consequences 18 feet above normal tide'

Answer: storm surge


Question: 'This French cheese from the Normandy area was first packaged in small cylindrical boxes in 1890'

Answer: camembert


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue.)
Because it does not allow light to pass through it, thick nylon, which is not transparent, is described as this from the Latin for "shaded"'

Answer: opaque


Question:
'Michael C. Hall of  "6 Feet Under" went to Showtime to play this homicidal title character seen here

"Blood--sometimes it sets my teeth on edge."'

Answer: Dexter


Question: 'We're not faking--alphabetically, it's last among the elements on the Periodic Table'

Answer: zirconium


Question: 'Perhaps it'll make you grin to know that this British cheese is traditionally used to make Welsh rarebit'

Answer: cheshire


Question: 'Any member of the Industrial Workers of the World, even if he's not unsteady'

Answer: wobbly


Question: '"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"<br />(1927)'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Alec Guinness whistled while he worked his way to an Oscar in this 1957 David Lean Epic'

Answer: The Bridge on the River Kwai


Question: 'Brunhilde is in 3 of the operas in this cycle, & Birgit Nilsson sang the role in all 3'

Answer: Wagner\'s Ring Cycle


Question: 'A medical charlatan'

Answer: a quack


Question: 'This Christmas song regarding a Czech king was written for kids by John Mason Neale to exemplify generosity'

Answer: Good King Wenceslas


Question: 'Born in Wallace, Idaho in 1921 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-09-24_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">she </a>gained fame and fortune as Hollywood's "sweater girl"'

Answer: Lana Turner


Question: '"Steppenwolf"<br />(1929)'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Based on Maori writer Witi Ihimaera's novel, this 2002 film details a girl's dream of becoming chief of her tribe'

Answer: The Whale Rider


Question: 'Cecilia Bartoli recorded obscure arias by this composer, some of which recycle "Four Seasons" tunes'

Answer: Vivaldi


Question: 'The only fertile female termite or bee'

Answer: the queen


Question: 'King Karel IV, known as this in English, was a Prague-matic ruler, starting the city's first golden age'

Answer: Charles IV


Question: 'This Idaho-born sculptor is seen here with his best-known work'

Answer: (Gutzon) Borglum


Question: '"Walkabout"<br />(1959)'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Ewan McGregor's resemblance to a young Albert Finney reportedly helped get him his role in this Tim Burton film'

Answer: Big Fish


Question: 'June Bronhill's greatest success was in the title role of Lehar's operetta "The Merry" this'

Answer: Widow


Question: 'Eskimo who was the subject of a Top 10 Manfred Mann hit song in 1968'

Answer: Quinn


Question: 'In 1448 Jiri of Podebrady captured Prague; in 1458 he became the first elected king of this faith in Europe'

Answer: Protestant


Question: 'Born in Triumph, she triumphed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the super giant slalom, winning a gold medal'

Answer: Picabo Street


Question: '"The Jewel in the Crown"<br />(1966)'

Answer: India


Question: 'I know it's confusing, but in this movie sequel, Julia Roberts played Tess, who impersonated Julia Roberts'

Answer: Ocean\'s Twelve


Question: 'Anna Netrebko has triumphed in roles like Violetta in "La Traviata" & Gilda in "Rigoletto" by this composer'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'Tragically Aztec Emperor Montezuma II mistook Cortes for this god  & welcomed him'

Answer: Quetzalcoatl


Question: 'This controversial poet was born in Hailey in 1885 & later broadcast propaganda in WWII'

Answer: Ezra Pound


Question: '"The Stranger"<br />(1942)'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'Look at Kate Bosworth, she's Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin's wife, in this crooning biopic'

Answer: Beyond the Sea


Question: 'This African-American soprano sang on Broadway & TV before her opera stage debut in 1957'

Answer: Leontyne Price


Question: 'Prior to 2001, ownership of the Hawar Islands was disputed between Bahrain & this country'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'A U.S. senator from 1957 to 1981, this Boise Idaho native led controversial investigations of the CIA in the late 1970s'

Answer: Frank Church


Question: 'Chapters in a 1914 novel by this author include "Jungle Battles", "His Own Kind" & "The Call of the Primitive"'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew holds up a pretty necklace in a shop in Riga, Latvia.)  At many Latvian markets, you can find jewelry made from dzintars, this translucent fossil resin that's plentiful here'

Answer: amber


Question: 'In 1996 "You Don't Know" this was named Video Game of the Year by the Digital Hollywood Awards'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'This secret state police force was first established in Prussia in 1933 & later became an arm of the SS'

Answer: the Gestapo


Question: 'In Indianapolis v. Edmond, the Supreme Court said cops may not set these up mainly to look for drugs in cars'

Answer: a roadblock


Question: 'To marry'

Answer: to tie the knot


Question: 'Phoenician, wheel thy shelf!'

Answer: Physician, heal thyself!


Question: 'Unlike English, Latvian has 1 word for the day before yesterday, aizvakar, & 1 word for this, parit'

Answer: the day after tomorrow


Question: 'Also an Oscar winner, he's won 4 Grammys for comedy albums, including one for "Reality... What a Concept"'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'The conversion of the American Indians was mostly done by the Franciscans & these "Black Robes" founded in 1534'

Answer: the Jesuits


Question: 'An obstacle that you jump over metaphorically to attain a goal, or what Felix Sanchez jumps over for real'

Answer: a hurdle


Question: 'Ted Shackelford played Gary Ewing on this long-running spin-off'

Answer: Knots Landing


Question: 'Cloves bake the ham'

Answer: Clothes make the man


Question: 'Kino is this place where you might take a date on a Saturday night'

Answer: cinema


Question: 'In 2003 this "Monk" star became the first actor to win an Emmy for a USA Network original show'

Answer: Tony Shalhoub


Question: 'This group's musical "ballad" begins, "Fighting soldiers from the sky, fearless men who jump and die"'

Answer: the Green Berets


Question: 'Boca Raton's Royal Palm made Forbes' 2004 list of the most expensive of these entry-restricting communities'

Answer: a gated community


Question: 'When this knot widely used for tying packages is mis-tied, it is called a granny knot'

Answer: a square knot


Question: 'One mind's moat is another mind's prison'

Answer: One man\'s meat is another man\'s poison


Question: 'Es nesaprotu, "I don't speak" Latviski, "Latvian" or Krieviski, this other language common in Latvia'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'Martin Crane on "Frasier", he won a 1986 Tony for featured actor in a drama for "The House of Blue Leaves"'

Answer: (John) Mahoney


Question: 'Visigoth King Alaric II was killed in the 507 Battle of Vouille against Clovis I, King of this group'

Answer: Franks


Question: 'When this word follows "pot" to describe a type of poker, it means you can bet up to the amount in the pot'

Answer: limit


Question: 'This evergreen wood is often used for paneling & furniture'

Answer: knotty pine


Question: 'Hype for the beast but repair for the west'

Answer: Hope for the best but prepare for the worst


Question: 'Oddly, this English word for corn that's from Spanish & Arawak is spelled like the Latvian word for "bread"'

Answer: maize


Question: '(Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume reads the clue.)  The NAACP's Image Awards were founded during a meeting at the home of this member of Hollywood's Rat Pack'

Answer: Sammy Davis, Jr.


Question: 'In the 500s B.C. the 3 main groups in Rome were the Sabines, the Etruscans & these, who left us a language'

Answer: the Latins


Question: 'Part 5 of "Les Miserables" begins with a description of these Revolutionary barriers in the streets of Paris'

Answer: barricades


Question: 'In Greek myth it was the King of Phrygia & father of Midas who tied this knot that no one could untie'

Answer: the Gordian knot


Question: 'Tomb & toad wait for no moon'

Answer: Time and tide wait for no man


Question: 'Palladio used a temple facade for these Italian country houses, like the rotunda one of around 1560'

Answer: villas


Question:
'(1964)
Peter Sellers:
"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here!  This is the War Room!"'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove (or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb)


Question: 'The original theme song to this TV sitcom set in Cleveland mentioned the nearby towns of Parma & Solon'

Answer: The Drew Carey Show


Question: 'Sporting a squash-blossom hairdo (think a Princess Leia look) means a Hopi Indian woman is this'

Answer: single


Question: 'It can be the basket below a hot-air balloon or a flat-bottomed boat used on a canal'

Answer: a gondola


Question:
'The house seen here
is by Adolf Loos, who hated this, a word related to adorn, & wrote an essay against it'

Answer: ornament


Question:
'(1984)
Pat Morita:
"Wax on, right hand, wax off, left hand"'

Answer: The Karate Kid


Question: 'Ohio's largest newspaper, it's been providing the news for Cleveland residents since 1842'

Answer: The Plain Dealer


Question: 'It's the "tantalizing" synonym for backcoming hair to increase fullness'

Answer: to tease


Question: 'Mathematics branch dealing with the angles & functions of triangles'

Answer: trigonometry


Question: 'With help from feng shui, Norman Foster reinvented the office tower with a 1980s building in this then-colony'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question:
'(1976)
Laurence Olivier:
"Is it safe?"'

Answer: Marathon Man


Question: 'Babette was the middle name of this American woman who moved to France in 1907'

Answer: Alice B. Toklas


Question: 'Kim Deal, Faith Hill & Vanilla Ice have been spotted at this attraction on the shores of Lake Erie'

Answer: the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame


Question: 'When someone speaks about a Fu Manchu, he's usually referring to this hairy feature'

Answer: a mustache


Question: 'This East Coast Native American language was used by both the Blackfoot & the Cheyenne'

Answer: Algonquin


Question: 'This medieval style exemplified here was weightier than Gothic, which followed it'

Answer: Romanesque


Question:
'(1995)
Alicia Silverstone:
"As if!"'

Answer: Clueless


Question: 'The opening of this in 1959 made Cleveland an international seaport'

Answer: the St. Lawrence Seaway


Question: 'The hairs on this part of a fly contain a majority of its "taste buds"'

Answer: its legs


Question: 'This aromatic herb used in cooking bears clusters of small green & white flowers'

Answer: tarragon


Question: 'Known for the Jewish Museum in Berlin, in 2003 he got the job of redesigning the World Trade Center site'

Answer: Daniel Libeskind


Question:
'(1987)
Patrick Swayze:
"Nobody puts Baby in a corner"'

Answer: Dirty Dancing


Question: 'In 1967 voters elected him Cleveland mayor, making him the first black mayor of a major U.S. city'

Answer: Carl Stokes


Question: 'There's very little hair on an adult elephant; the longest & thickest are the eyelashes & those found on this'

Answer: the tip of the tail


Question: 'The delightful stylings of this Rococo master are seen here'

Answer: Fragonard


Question: 'This play says "Then transfer to one called Cemeteries and ride six blocks and get off at--Elysian Fields!"'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'On May 1 in the western U.S. this is estimated to be 6:13 A.M.; by month's end it will be 5:44'

Answer: sunrise


Question: '1961:<br />"Fat Man, you shoot a great game of pool." "So do you, Fast Eddie"'

Answer: The Hustler


Question: 'In a 2008 weekend fire sale, this red, white & blue bank snapped up Merrill Lynch'

Answer: Bank of America


Question: 'Miss Manners says that the only safe place to keep damaging love letters is in this place, "between burning logs"'

Answer: the fireplace


Question: 'Panthera tigris'

Answer: a tiger


Question: 'One dictionary defines it as "a fit of violent anger by the driver of an automobile"'

Answer: road rage


Question: 'In late May, ahead of the official hurricane season, Tropical Storm Ana will threaten this state'

Answer: Florida


Question:
'1964:
"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!"'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove


Question: 'This British bank bought the banking & capital market operations from the bankrupt Lehman Brothers'

Answer: Barclays


Question: 'If a bride's principal attendant is married, she isn't called a Maid of Honor but this'

Answer: a Matron


Question: 'Ursus arctos horribilis'

Answer: a grizzly bear


Question: 'This name evokes your average blue-collar worker, toting a half-dozen beers'

Answer: Joe Sixpack


Question: 'The 6th, 7th & 15th of November seem to be good days for canning, pickling or making this fermented cabbage dish'

Answer: sauerkraut


Question:
'1941:
"The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of"'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'This name precedes "Chase" in the name of the bank that gobbled up Bear Stearns'

Answer: (J.P.) Morgan


Question: 'Add one letter to "etiquette" to get this word for online etiquette'

Answer: netiquette


Question: 'Mus musculus'

Answer: a mouse


Question: 'The HS in HSN, it's the browsing & buying of goods from cable TV or the Internet'

Answer: home shopping


Question: 'March & September will see the vernal & autumnal this, when day & night are approximately the same length'

Answer: equinox


Question: '1953:<br />"Robert E. Lee Prewitt. Isn't that a silly old name"'

Answer: From Here to Eternity


Question: 'This company was incorporated to help those in need after a fire blackened the Seattle business district in 1889'

Answer: Washington Mutual (WaMu)


Question: 'A fairly stiff handshake & a pat on the shoulder may help you avoid one of these, even the "air" type'

Answer: a kiss


Question: 'Gymnogyps californianus'

Answer: California condor


Question: 'Hey, man!  Grab the tweezers!  You've got one of these growing straight across your forehead'

Answer: unibrow


Question: 'An article about this German born in 1571 is titled "The Man Who Moved the Universe"'

Answer: (Johannes) Kepler


Question: '1969:<br />"We'll be in Miami in just a few minutes"'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'The unusual name of this bank honors the setters of North Carolina who came from a Danube valley'

Answer: Wachovia


Question: 'This should never precede a lady into a room, even if it's Caleche or Diorissimo'

Answer: the perfume (the scent)


Question: 'Loxodonta africana'

Answer: African elephant


Question: 'This hyphenated term describes an athletic shoe designed for various activities like aerobics & muscle building'

Answer: cross-trainer


Question: '"Mefistofele" is based on this 1808 literary work'

Answer: Faust


Question: 'It was Michael Phelps' margin of victory for his seventh gold in 2008, the 100-meter butterfly'

Answer: a hundredth of a second


Question: 'In 1998 DNA testing identified this memorial's Vietnam War remains as those of Lt. Michael J. Blassie'

Answer: (Tomb of) the Unknown Soldier


Question: 'Erica's been working out to fit into this dress that's also the holder for a sword'

Answer: a sheath


Question: 'For most students, 15th grade would be this year of college'

Answer: junior year


Question: 'A child still small enough to ride a trike; it rhymes with "trike"'

Answer: tyke


Question: 'The Duke of Mantua's "La donna e mobile" is from this opera'

Answer: Rigoletto


Question: 'He said he threw his 1960 gold medal into the Ohio River after being denied service at a whites-only diner'

Answer: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)


Question: 'Before he died in 1981, he was the USA's last surviving 5-star officer'

Answer: (General) Omar Bradley


Question: 'Beth's dress falls to a series of points below the knee--it's alliteratively called this type of hem'

Answer: a handkercheif hem


Question: 'Every 15th grade music major can identify this note seen here'

Answer: a G (a quarter note accepted)


Question: 'This word for one not quite an adult comes from the same Latin root as "adult"'

Answer: adolescent


Question: 'This 2008 opera is based partly on a 1986 David Cronenberg film'

Answer: The Fly


Question: 'Cathy Freeman was the first athlete of this ethnicity to win individual gold for Australia'

Answer: Aborigine


Question: 'Kristin Baker was the first woman to be named First Captain of this school's corps of cadets'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'Carrie's got on American Apparel's dress named for this Channel Islands fabric & carries it well'

Answer: jersey


Question: 'You won't pass 15th grade math unless you know it's the first derivative of x3'

Answer: 3x2


Question: '3-letter term for a young man, or the British culture of hard-partying young men'

Answer: a lad


Question: 'In a Beethoven opera, Leonore disguises herself as this boy'

Answer: Fidelio


Question: 'Sometimes called the metric mile, it's the last of the 10 events in the decathlon'

Answer: the 1500 meters


Question: 'Before the war in Vietnam, he became the youngest ever Major General of the U.S. Army (age 42)'

Answer: William Westmoreland


Question: 'I had to know where Faye's party dress was from, and when I got a peek at the logo, I knew it was this designer'

Answer: Jessica McClintock


Question: '15th grade physics whizzes know it's the force described by the equation seen here'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'Elliot Jaques coined this term for when adults realize their time will run out (so better buy a sports car)'

Answer: a mid-life crisis


Question: 'Eva will wed the contest winner in "Die" this "von Nurnberg"'

Answer: Meistersinger


Question: 'Divided into 1- & 2-handed events, these 1896 Olympic contests were won with marks of 157 & 246 pounds'

Answer: weightlifting


Question: 'France's commander of Allied forces during the closing months of World War I'

Answer: (Maréchal) Foch


Question: 'Amy's in a $46,000 dress embellished with crystal from the house of this Spanish designer whose first name was Cristobal'

Answer: Balenciaga


Question: '15th grade English majors know this sonneteer who wrote "Astrophel and Stella" back in the 1500s'

Answer: Sir Philip Sidney


Question: 'Time magazine called this gift "a metaphor for retirement from a corporate culture that cared for its workers"'

Answer: a gold watch


Question: 'The name of this character from an 18th century French work is from the Greek for "all tongues"'

Answer: Dr. Pangloss


Question:
'Mungo,
mulligatawny,
menudo'

Answer: mungo


Question: 'Days celebrating people going to heaven include Jesus' Ascension day & her Assumption day'

Answer: the Virgin Mary


Question: 'In 1998 Rabbit Hash, Ky. elected Goofy, one of these, as mayor; sadly, the mayor had to be "put down" in 2001'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'Nothing, as a tennis score'

Answer: love


Question:
'(Jerry Seinfeld reads the clue.)  This Season 7 episode revealed that this store owner was based on a real person

"Very good.  You know something?"
"Hm?"
"No soup for you!"'

Answer: the Soup Nazi


Question:
'Billi bi,
billet-doux,
bouillabaisse'

Answer: billet-doux


Question: 'Bitter herbs are featured on this holiday's Seder plate'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'Peter Ueberroth finished sixth in a 2003 race for this state's highest office, just ahead of Larry Flynt'

Answer: California


Question: 'In a 1775 speech he declared, "I know not what course others may take..." yada yada yada'

Answer: (Patrick) Henry


Question: 'En espanol'

Answer: nada


Question:
'"A Christmas present?"
"That's right."
"For who?"
"For you!"
"Oh!  Get out of here!"

(Julia Louis-Dreyfus reads the clue.)  In that scene from Season 3, George's gift to Elaine was this article of clothing--a bargain because of a flaw: a small red dot'

Answer: a sweater


Question:
'Poudrette,
stracciatella,
Philadelphia Pepper Pot'

Answer: poudrette


Question: 'In 1939 FDR moved this holiday one week earlier in an attempt to please the retail industry'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'This George W. Bush Cabinet member lost his 2000 Senate race to a man who died a month before the election'

Answer: John Ashcroft


Question: 'In a 1974 national TV address he conveyed, "Our long national nightmare is over..." yada yada yada'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'The "hour" for a military action to start'

Answer: zero hour


Question: '<i>"She tells me that her ex-boyfriend was over late last night and 'yada yada yada

Answer: the Oxford English Dictionary


Question:
'Chlodnik,
cock-a-leekie,
kuttar'

Answer: kuttar


Question: 'In 1876 Montreal's Mount Royal Park was officially inaugurated on May 24, a Canadian holiday because it's her birthday'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: '1984 Walter Mondale got his 13 electoral votes by winning D.C. & this state'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Before Congress in 1951, he announced, "I now close my military career..." yada yada yada'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'William Cowper: "What peaceful hours I once enjoyed... but they have left an aching" this'

Answer: void


Question:
'"I'm out."

(Michael Richards reads the clue.)  When he wrote that classic episode from Season 4, this Seinfeld co-creator turned curbing his enthusiasm into an Emmy'

Answer: Larry David


Question:
'Bourride,
rond de jambe,
asopao de pollo'

Answer: rond de jambe


Question: 'In 1955 the Pope moved the service from this observance, including St. John's Passion, to the afternoon'

Answer: Good Friday


Question: 'In 1884 a booster's attack on democratic "Rum, Romanism & Rebellion" backfired on this Down Easter'

Answer: James Blaine


Question: 'He humbly shared with the British in 1936: "A few hours ago I discharged my last duty as king..." yada yada yada'

Answer: Edward VIII


Question: '9-letter word for lack of existence, or a person of no importance'

Answer: nonentity


Question:
'(Jerry Seinfeld reads the clue.)  Kramer dated a "low-talker" who designed this, also the title of the episode from Season 5

"I... I can't wear this!"
"Hey, this looks better than anything you own."'

Answer: the puffy shirt


Question: 'Giraffes are divided by sex into cows & these'

Answer: bulls


Question: 'This "Grand Ole Opry" comedy star used to wear a straw hat with the $1.98 price tag still attached'

Answer: Minnie Pearl


Question: 'In 1909 George S. Patton graduated 46th out of 103 at this institution'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'Tom Kelly took the 1949 nude photographs of this actress that later appeared on the calendar "Golden Dreams"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'Wifebeater is a controversial slang term for this ribbed white item of apparel'

Answer: sleeveless undershirt (or a tank top)


Question: 'While swimming, the anaconda can close off a valve inside these to keep water out'

Answer: its nostrils


Question: 'Featured in the "Harry Potter" movies, this hat takes its name from its function at Hogwarts School'

Answer: the Sorting Hat


Question: 'Patton placed 5th at the 1912 Olympics in this event that includes swimming, fencing & the pistol'

Answer: the modern pentathlon


Question: 'A wavy fabric made by twisting & then relaxing yarn, it's also found before "de Chine"'

Answer: crêpe


Question: 'This kind of fruit is a Bronx cheer'

Answer: raspberry


Question: 'It's the common litter size of llamas, hippos & kangaroos'

Answer: one


Question: 'The Detroit Red Wings' rink'

Answer: Joe Louis Arena


Question: 'Goya liked to paint at night, so he wore a hat rimmed with these'

Answer: candles


Question: 'In 1916 Patton was an acting aide to this man, commander of WWI's American Expenditionary Forces'

Answer: Pershing


Question: 'In 1956 the first transatlantic telephone cable was laid between Oban, Scotland & Clarenville in this Canadian province'

Answer: Newfoundland


Question: 'This slang term for a fool or dolt is also the name of one of Archie's Riverdale friends'

Answer: Jughead


Question: 'One type of terrier was specially bred in England to hunt this other member of the dog family'

Answer: the fox


Question: 'The New York Islanders' home ice'

Answer: Nassau Coliseum


Question: 'The name of this often brimless hat, popular in the 1920s, is French for "bell", after the shape of the hat'

Answer: a cloche


Question: 'On Dec. 26, 1944 Patton's forces relieved this town in Belgium's Ardennes; the Germans were driven out in Jan.'

Answer: Bastogne


Question: 'The most popular color for this November birthstone is a rich orange-yellow, like the color of sherry'

Answer: topaz


Question: 'A university seminar on slang revealed that an unwelcome follower is known as a hanging this'

Answer: chad


Question: 'As it's a fave of caribou, the lichen they eat is called this moss'

Answer: reindeer moss


Question: '...and the home of the (Atlanta) Braves'

Answer: Turner Field


Question: 'In Wagner's operas, this eldest Valkyrie is stereotypically dressed in a horned helmet & breastplate'

Answer: Brunhilde


Question: 'A few feet of the 998 square miles of this European country are Patton's grave in the American cemetery'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'This Ballets Russes founder had tried to be a composer, but Rimsky-Korsakov told him to stop'

Answer: Diaghilev


Question: 'From the Latin for "duchy", it's slang for money or for a show ticket'

Answer: ducat


Question: 'Most of this firm's 70,000 seasonal white-collar employees work only 4 months a year'

Answer: H&R Block


Question: 'In 1993 this country became a federal state with 3 regions: Flanders, Wallonia & one for the capital city'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'In 1952 the title character of this show asked, "Do you pop out at parties?  Are you unpoopular?"'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'A dollar says you can't name this American heroine seen here'

Answer: (Susan B.) Anthony


Question: 'In September 2004 he had heart-bypass surgery'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'In a sensational 1980s police case in Australia, Lindy Chamberlain claimed one of these "took my baby!"'

Answer: a dingo


Question: 'TIGI has a line of hair products called this, to give you that tousled, just woken up look'

Answer: Bed Head


Question: 'Ettelbruck, Luxembourg has a monument to this U.S. general known as "Old Blood and Guts"; he liberated it'

Answer: Patton


Question:
'This show's Rev. Jim: "What does a yellow light mean?"
"Slow down!"
"OK... what... does... a... yellow... light... mean?"'

Answer: Taxi


Question: 'She was the "Plains" Jane seen here'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: 'In the 1970s he had the campaign slogan "He's making us proud again"'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'The Semites called an early version of the letter Q "qoph", their word for this tailed animal'

Answer: the monkey


Question: 'Glow with nostalgia & name this brand seen here'

Answer: Lite-Brite


Question: 'In 447 A.D., Huns burned the town of Serdica, which stood on the site of this present-day Bulgarian capital'

Answer: Sofia


Question: 'In 1985 this show's 200th episode set sail with Andy Warhol & had Teri Hatcher as a "mermaid"'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question: 'This high-flying Atchison, Kansas native once remarked, "Women must try to do things as men have tried"'

Answer: (Amelia) Earhart


Question: 'He was the first president to be inaugurated in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Starting in the 1950s, one of these animals emerged from the NYC subway in TV ads for Dreyfus mutual funds'

Answer: the lion


Question: 'This candy, taffy with a peanut butter center, comes in a yellow & black checkered wrapper'

Answer: Abba-Zabba


Question: 'No doubt members of the European parliament enjoy some goose liver when they meet in this Alsatian city'

Answer: Strasbourg


Question: 'Uh, sir, just one more thing... a 1971 episode of this drama was written by Steven Bochco & directed by Steven Spielberg'

Answer: Columbo


Question: 'The American lady seen here, she knew all that jazz & more'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'He died in September 1881, 2 months after he was shot'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'Kumis, a national specialty of Kazakhstan, is the fermented milk of this animal'

Answer: the horse


Question: 'This kids' show features the colorful character seen here'

Answer: Blue\'s Clues


Question: 'This Alpine principality is the HQ for some 25,000 corporations, & 40% of its workforce is foreign'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'Sammy Davis, Jr. was asked, "Do you take cream & sugar in your eye?" appearing as himself on this '70s sitcom'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'The former editor & Playboy bunny seen here, she spent time in India & learned about nonviolent activism'

Answer: (Gloria) Steinem


Question: 'He was the only 20th century president who didn't attend formal college'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: '(Jeff Probst reads from Guatemala.)  Many Mayan temples and works of art were devoted to this cat, Panthera onca, revered as a god of the underworld'

Answer: the jaguar


Question: 'Allen Ginsberg is said to have coined this phrase for the peaceful goals of the '60s counterculture'

Answer: flower power


Question: 'The Second Crusade's only success was the capture of this city, now Portugal's capital'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'Born in Hobart, he became a Hollywood swashbuckler but was undone by his "wicked, wicked ways"'

Answer: (Errol) Flynn


Question: 'This master's works include the Florentine Pieta, the St. Peter's Pieta, & the Rondanini Pieta'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'A strong grip may be compared to this clamping item that holds a piece in place for carpenters'

Answer: a vice


Question: 'English cliff site'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'A type of film, like Western or gangster, having similar elements of plot & character'

Answer: genre


Question: 'This English king wed Berengaria in 1191 & went on a honeymoon of conquest & pillage in Cyprus'

Answer: Richard I (the Lionhearted)


Question: 'Naomi Watts is described in the press as the best friend of this Oscar-winning Aussie actress'

Answer: Nicole Kidman


Question: 'In the 1950s this American known for his mobiles began to devote more time to stabiles such as "Ticket Window"'

Answer: (Alexander) Calder


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows off a spray bottle of window cleaning fluid.)  From its trigger & the way it fits in my hand, it's the term for this grip, even on a nonmenacing bottle of cleaning fluid'

Answer: a pistol grip


Question: 'Indian tribe of the Great Plains'

Answer: Cheyenne


Question: 'In Latin it means the guardian spirit of a place; in English it means someone of great talent & intelligence'

Answer: genius


Question: 'In April 1204 armies of the Fourth Crusade seized this city now part of Turkey'

Answer: Constantinople (or Istanbul)


Question: 'Toddlers worship Greg, Murray, Jeff & Anthony, this singing & dancing quartet'

Answer: The Wiggles


Question: 'There are Lincoln sculptures by him at a Newark, N.J. courthouse, the Capitol Rotunda & Mt. Rushmore'

Answer: Gutzon Borglum


Question: 'You grab pressure points in a fierce grip in Eagle Claw, a Shaolin type of this martial art'

Answer: kung fu


Question: 'Last name of Bob, who played Maynard G. Krebs'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'Meaning "fitting" or "pertinent", it's a homophone of a famous pop quintet member'

Answer: germane


Question: 'Between the 4th & 5th Crusades came the one known as this in which thousands were sold into slavery or died'

Answer: the Children\'s Crusade


Question: 'This Sydney-born actress, now on U.S. TV, has sisters named Rosie, Lily, Daisy & Marigold'

Answer: Poppy Montgomery


Question: 'His bronze equestrian monument to Gen. Gattamelata was sculpted in Padua between 1445 & 1450'

Answer: Donatello


Question: 'The everyday type of it is calcite; the type rock climbers use to get a grip is magnesium carbonate'

Answer: chalk


Question: 'Another word for a peace treaty'

Answer: Concord


Question: 'The lines & shapes on ancient Greek pottery like the item seen here gave the art of the period this name'

Answer: Geometric


Question: 'Crusaders brought back the Damson variety of this fruit from Damascus to plant in France'

Answer: a plum


Question: 'Dave Navarro & Brooke Burke hosted the 2005 show "Rock Star", which aimed to get a new singer for this group'

Answer: INXS


Question: 'This Greek's "Aphrodite of Cnidus" from 350 B.C. was the first classical portrayal of a nude goddess'

Answer: Praxiteles


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew pretends to play ping-pong.)  In table tennis, this grip named for the way you hold something else gives you a good forehand but an awkward backhand'

Answer: the penholder grip


Question: 'Plain where games were played in ancient Greece'

Answer: Olympia


Question: 'The blue type of this flower seen here is common in the Eastern U.S.'

Answer: gentian


Question: 'This 1972 book, a bestseller in 2005, begins, "We were somewhere around Barstow... when the drugs began to take hold"'

Answer: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (by Hunter Thompson)


Question: 'This river's system gathers its waters from 9 countries, including Kenya, Ethiopia & Egypt'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'Nurses should never use Wite-Out on this, the usual 5-letter word for a record of a patient's care'

Answer: chart


Question: 'An M1 Abrams is one of these vehicles with a moving turret that rides on caterpillar tracks'

Answer: tank


Question: 'She's singing to more than "parties of five" now that she's a "BareNaked" lady'

Answer: Jennifer Love Hewitt


Question: 'Andrew Johnson succeeded this man as president, having served as his vice president for only 6 weeks'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'A fest-ive month:<br />"CTBR"'

Answer: October


Question: 'It's the gulf from which the Gulf Stream got its name'

Answer: Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'Tell a patient using this metal frame to advance it at intervals of around 6 inches -- & don't forget the tennis balls'

Answer: walker


Question: 'The Gatling gun was the first practical one of these guns that fire a rapid, continuous stream of bullets'

Answer: machine gun


Question: 'While she was on this Keri Russell series, Amy Jo Johnson, seen here, did a song for the soundtrack'

Answer: Felicity


Question: 'Johnson was the first president to whom the House of Representatives did this; the Senate acquitted him in May 1868'

Answer: impeached


Question: 'Summerwear:<br />"BKN"'

Answer: bikini


Question: 'This sacred river begins in an ice cave in India's Uttaranchal state'

Answer: Ganges


Question: '3 of the 4 vital signs to be monitored, according to the "Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice"'

Answer: (3 of 4)  temperature, pulse, blood pressure & respiration


Question: 'Abbreviated SAM, it's a guided weapon meant to be fired from the ground (or from a ship)'

Answer: surface-to-air missile


Question: '"Bada Bing" is a cut on her "Here to Heaven" CD'

Answer: Jamie-Lynn Sigler


Question: 'With no formal education, Andrew didn't learn these 3 often-linked basic skills until he was a teenager'

Answer: reading, writing & arithmetic


Question: 'A well-protected mammal:<br />"RMDLL"'

Answer: armadillo


Question: 'It's the only ocean that touches the shores of Europe, Asia & North America'

Answer: Arctic


Question: 'The U.S. has about 7,200 nurse-these, helping women through pregnancy & delivery'

Answer: nurse-midwives


Question: 'Also known as an arbalest, this weapon can use a cranking mechanism & a trigger to fire arrows farther'

Answer: crossbow


Question: 'This singer is also a south-of-the-border soap star'

Answer: Paulina Rubio


Question: 'A senator from this state, Andrew Johnson was the only Southern senator who refused to secede with his state'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: '1 of the 50:<br />"DH"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Of the 5 Great Lakes, Lake Erie lies farthest south, this one farthest north'

Answer: Lake Superior


Question: 'Intermittent infusion is a common type of this procedure also called a drip'

Answer: IV


Question: '"Putting Descartes before the horse" is an example of one of these groan up witticisms'

Answer: pun


Question: 'In "Lilo & Stitch", she sang "Aloha Oe"'

Answer: Tia Carrere


Question: 'Johnson's secretary of state, he negotiated the purchase of Alaska for a cool $7.2 million'

Answer: William Seward


Question: 'One of the elements:<br />"DN"'

Answer: iodine


Question: 'When this Spaniard reached the shore of the Pacific Ocean on September 29, 1513, he called it the South Sea'

Answer: Vasco de Balboa


Question: 'On Feb. 3, 2002 U2 had a TV audience of about 800 million when they performed at this event'

Answer: Super Bowl XXXVI


Question: 'Dieric Bouts, Tintoretto & da Vinci created paintings named this that featured Jesus & his 12 disciples'

Answer: "The Last Supper"


Question: 'This 31-flavors chain introduced a "Fear Factor" sundae with gummy spiders instead of those pesky live ones'

Answer: Baskin-Robbins


Question: 'Of Jane Austen's 6 major works, it's the only one named for its heroine'

Answer: "Emma"


Question: 'This greeting is Guten Morgen!'

Answer: Good Morning!


Question: 'Bartolomeu Dias, the 1st to land at the Cape of Good Hope, outfitted this man's ships for his 1497-99 India trip'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: 'In a 1990 show based on a Matthew Broderick movie, Jennifer Aniston played the sister of this teen scam artist'

Answer: Ferris Bueller


Question: 'This 1889 Van Gogh work showing the evening sky was painted from memory in an asylum at Saint-Remy'

Answer: "Starry Night"


Question: 'S.F.'s Butter Restaurant serves these pasta rings that come from a can, "like your babysitter used to make"'

Answer: SpaghettiO\'s


Question: 'It's the main reason why 19-year-old Anne Elliot's family won't let her marry Frederick Wentworth'

Answer: he doesn\'t have enough money


Question: '5 is funf & this number is funfzehn'

Answer: 15


Question: 'In November 1642 this Dutchman discovered the island now named for him south of Australia's mainland'

Answer: Abel Tasman (Tasmania)


Question: 'This hit '60s show featured an Ozarks family who moved to "Californy" with their oil money'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Rome)  Michelangelo was in his 60s when he painted this 60' X 30' fresco over the Sistine Chapel altar'

Answer: "The Last Judgment"


Question: 'The Entomology Club at Iowa State Univ. put these chirping insects into Chocolate Chirpie Chip Cookies'

Answer: crickets


Question: 'Jane lived out in the boonies, but visited London & this spa city where much of "Persuasion" is set'

Answer: Bath


Question: 'In German this country is Ungarn'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'In 1682 this Frenchman claimed the entire region drained by the Mississippi River for France & named it Louisiana'

Answer: La Salle


Question: 'The news channel known by these 5 letters began in 1996 with innovations like web links'

Answer: MSNBC


Question: 'Grant Wood's sister Nan & his dentist Byron McKeeby were the models for this 1930 painting'

Answer: "American Gothic"


Question: 'These snakelike fish are jellied & served with hot chili vinegar for a traditional east London snack'

Answer: eels


Question: 'This Austen book about Elinor & Marianne Dashwood was initially called "Elinor and Marianne"'

Answer: "Sense and Sensibility"


Question: '"Ich moechte koffeinfreien kaffee" means "I would like" this type of coffee'

Answer: decaffeinated coffee


Question: 'In 1492, 18 years before becoming governor of Puerto Rico, he helped drive the Moors out of Granada in Spain'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: 'On the '50s show "Father Knows Best", Father called oldest girl Betty by this royal nickname'

Answer: "Princess"


Question: 'Artist Edward Hicks, now known for "The Peaceable Kingdom", was famous in life as a preacher for this group'

Answer: Quakers (Society of Friends)


Question: 'Have all the wildebeest you can eat at the Carnivore Restaurant in this Kenyan capital'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: 'Catherine Morland goes to Northanger Abbey; Fanny Price goes to this title place'

Answer: "Mansfield Park"


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports)  In German, this diacritical mark [two dots over the "O" in Dorfchen] indicates a change in vowel sound'

Answer: umlaut


Question: 'Over 260,000 people have been buried here, starting in 1864'

Answer: Arlington National Cemetery


Question: 'On Nov. 20, 1789 New Jersey became the first state to ratify this, all 10 parts'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'In 1963 Johnny Cash sang, "And it" this, this, this, "the ring of fire, the ring of fire"'

Answer: burns, burns, burns


Question: 'Fagin'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'October 18: <br />This third evangelist'

Answer: Luke


Question: 'M.P. is short for member of this British body'

Answer: Parliament


Question: 'Well, it winds from I-n-d to A-l-a / Ending at this city that has its own bay'

Answer: Mobile


Question: 'The Maastricht Treaty came into effect on November 1, 1993, providing for the currency now called this'

Answer: the euro


Question: 'No "Dumb Blonde" (the name of her first hit in 1967), this buxom beauty was Country Music Entertainer of the Year in 1978'

Answer: (Dolly) Parton


Question: 'Atticus Finch'

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird


Question: 'October 4: <br />This birdman of Assisi'

Answer: Francis


Question: 'A C.S.W. is a certified one of these, who helps improve the welfare of a community'

Answer: a social worker


Question: 'Well, it goes through Indianapolis / Down to Columbus / This largest Kentucky city is oh so pretty'

Answer: Louisville


Question: 'Philipp Scheidemann said "yes" to this new republic on Nov. 9, 1918 from the balcony of the Reichstag'

Answer: the Weimar Republic


Question: 'In 1953 "Your Cheatin' Heart" was a big hit for this country singer who lived fast & died young that same year'

Answer: Hank Williams, Sr.


Question: 'Phoebe Caulfield'

Answer: Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'December 29: <br />This man for whom it was a bad day in the cathedral'

Answer: (Thomas à) Becket


Question: 'D.O. can stand for doctor of this, using manipulative therapy as well as conventional medicine'

Answer: osteopathy


Question: 'Say a lot worse than "heck" / In the lousy bottleneck / Where I-40 meets 65 / In this country music hive'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'In November 1957 the USSR said yes, we have a second Sputnik; this passenger was unavailable for comment'

Answer: Laika (the dog)


Question: 'In a 1975 crossover hit, Freddy Fender put this word before his "Days" & "Nights"'

Answer: Wasted


Question: 'Tashtego'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'June 24: <br />This man who had a good head on his shoulders before he met Salome'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'C.J. is short for this title held by Roger Taney & William Howard Taft'

Answer: Chief Justice


Question: 'You'll see Merrillville, Indiana & don't forget / This university in West Lafayette'

Answer: Purdue


Question: 'In 1848 ladies said "Yes!" when the USA's first medical school for women opened in this state capital'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This country music legend didn't weigh "Sixteen Tons", but he was known as "The Ol' Pea Picker"'

Answer: Tennessee Ernie Ford


Question: 'Pierre Bezukhov'

Answer: War and Peace (Voina i mir)


Question: 'June 22: <br />This all-seasonable sir'

Answer: (Thomas) More


Question: 'C.P., short for this, is a military unit's headquarters'

Answer: a command post


Question: 'Won't you get hip to this timely jive / & just south of this Great Lake arrive / At the north end of I-65'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'You've got "men" in Armenia & a "gent" in this nation'

Answer: Argentina


Question: '"Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency" &<br />"Blowing Smoke"'

Answer: Mad Men


Question: 'Did you say "Phineas Fogg"?  No, the hero of "Around the World in Eighty Days" is named this'

Answer: Phileas Fogg


Question: 'Marie Antoinette'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'As the sea turtle's kidneys can't handle all of this it absorbs from its environment, a gland has evolved to excrete it'

Answer: salt


Question:
'The +
a king of Phrygia with a golden touch +
the bottom number in a fraction'

Answer: The Midas Denominator