Question: 'Reports differ on how many British prisoners in 1756 were locked in & lost their lives in what's known as this'

Answer: the Black Hole of Calcutta


Question: 'The reticulum, rumen, omasum & abomasum make up a cow's this'

Answer: stomach


Question: 'This rocker composed the scores for "Batman" & "Batman Returns"'

Answer: Danny Elfman


Question: 'At 40% intact, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton with this nickname is remarkably complete'

Answer: Lucy


Question: 'Poor Jack Dawson leaves Southampton in 1912 to go to America for a new start; has trouble along the way'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'In July 1932 this U.S. president ordered the forcible eviction of World War I veterans gathered in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'The Iridium 9555 connects via this way up high & says it "works everywhere, without exception"'

Answer: satellite


Question: 'In 1981 the sun set on this empire's colonial rule in newly independent Belize'

Answer: the British Empire (the United Kingdom accepted)


Question: 'Fake duck for a hunter'

Answer: a decoy


Question: 'In 2009 scientists suggested that Ida, a 47-million-year-old fossil, was one of these, a hypothetical bridge species'

Answer: a missing link


Question: 'Multi-talented man scores for the Crimson Tide & bests Chinese at ping pong, among other feats'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'This iconic French monument was officially inaugurated in July 1836'

Answer: the Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'Back in 1997 Philippe Kahn jerry-rigged a camera & cell phone & used it to send pictures of this proud event'

Answer: the birth of his daughter


Question: 'On Oct. 31, 1961 Belize City was severely damaged by one of these; the capital was moved inland a few years later'

Answer: a hurricane


Question: 'This fabric may take its name from the Old French for "cloth of the king"'

Answer: corduroy


Question: 'This couple, stars of paleoanthropology, are seen here helping a 600,000-year-old skull smile for the camera'

Answer: the Leakeys


Question: 'In WWII Italy burned Hungarian count tells of his North African tragic love'

Answer: The English Patient


Question: 'Your parents may "read" you this; England passed the original one back in July 1715 to deal with noisy protests'

Answer: the Riot Act


Question: 'An old time phone might be a wall set or this type of set named for a 4-letter horizontal surface'

Answer: a desk set


Question: 'Belize has been involved for decades in border disputes with this western neighbor'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'Developed in 1923, its the yummy hybrid edible seen here'

Answer: a boysenberry


Question: 'In 1856 quarrymen in Germany unearthed part of a skeleton from this archaic man, the archetypal "caveman"'

Answer: Neanderthal


Question: 'Union officer goes native, seeks/kills buffalo'

Answer: Dances with Wolves


Question: 'In July 1492 some 200,000 Jews were expelled from this European monarchy'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'The iPhone's intelligent this suggests which word you might want to type next'

Answer: keyboard


Question: 'Belize's highest peak is known as this author's "Delight", for its resemblance to the setting of "The Lost World"'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'A diplomat with less authority than an ambassador'

Answer: an envoy


Question: 'Dubois found the first fossils IDed as this species of our genus; later, finding a femur convinced him that it walked upright'

Answer: Homo erectus


Question: 'Gal seeks/kills Buffalo Bill'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'July 622 marks the beginning of this calendar'

Answer: the Islamic calendar


Question: 'This easy-to-use cell phone is named for a dance of days gone by'

Answer: the Jitterbug


Question: 'About one quarter of Belize's population is of this ethnicity of mixed African & European descent'

Answer: Creole


Question: 'Among Hindu deities, Vishnu is the preserver & Shiva is this'

Answer: the destroyer


Question: 'Cairo's Al-Rifai mosque is the resting place of 2 Egyptian kings & of a 20th century ruler of this Mideast country'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'It begins, "I swear by Apollo the physician, & Aesculapius, Hygeia, & Panacea,..."'

Answer: the Hippocratic Oath


Question: 'Less than 1% of Brazil's land is devoted to producing this necessity of life'

Answer: food


Question: '"Davy Jones' Locker" is sailor's name for this'

Answer: the bottom of the ocean


Question: 'It was once believed evil spirits that rode storms were driven away by ringing these'

Answer: bells


Question: 'A famous mini-series, or what blondes have to keep bleaching'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'Sitting in church, Aunt Esther might tell you to sit still & not do this'

Answer: fuss (fidget, or fiddle)


Question: 'Special name for physician who specializes in the use of x-rays'

Answer: a roentgenologist or a radiologist


Question: 'The University of Brazil, the country's oldest, wasn't founded until this century'

Answer: the 20th centruy


Question: 'The winner of the Miss USA contest goes on to represent the U.S. in this pageant'

Answer: Miss Universe


Question: '1 of these carried a Kansas woman 60 ft., dropping her next to a record titled "Stormy Weather"'

Answer: a cyclone (or a tornado)


Question: ''60s Emmy winner that was Rowan & Martin's answer to a sit-in'

Answer: Laugh-In


Question: 'Part which makes a lightbulb light up'

Answer: a filament


Question: 'Cardiologist best known for dispensing medical info on the "Today Show"'

Answer: Dr. Art Ulene


Question: 'The layout of this, the capital, resembles a jet airliner'

Answer: Brasilia


Question: 'Of rubber, steel, or glass, the ball capable of bouncing the highest'

Answer: steel


Question: 'In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricane winds blow around the storm's eye in this direction'

Answer: counterclockwise


Question: 'On this show, Michael's "armor" is K.I.T.T.'

Answer: Knight Rider


Question: 'You do this to Crepe Suzettes by lighting brandy, rum, or cognac'

Answer: flame


Question: 'Purposely wrapped between the injury & heart, this tight band should only be removed by a doctor'

Answer: a tourniquet


Question: 'Larger than Rio, it's the industrial heart of Brazil & fastest growing city in Latin America'

Answer: São Paulo


Question: 'This rodent's name is German for "hoarder" since he hoards food in his cheeks'

Answer: a hamster


Question: 'This series sounds like a show about kinfolk's cravats'

Answer: Family Ties


Question: 'Miss Scarlet loved to do this with Ashley & the Tarleton Twins'

Answer: flirt


Question: 'For several years, he was only surgeon authorized by the FDA to implant artificial hearts'

Answer: William DeVries


Question: '1985 film set in Brazil that featured the fierce people, the invisible people, & the bat people'

Answer: The Emerald Forest


Question: 'Legal in 4 states, it's youngest specified age a female can be maried with parental consent'

Answer: 12


Question: 'At various times, regulars on his comedy variety show included Gene Rayburn, Buck Henry, & Louis Nye'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'A type of raid that fits this category'

Answer: a foray


Question: 'Its subtitle is, "Or Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'This flowering shrub was named for 16th century botanist Leonard Fuchs'

Answer: Fuchia


Question: 'This First Lady was committed to a mental hospital in 1875, 10 years after her husband's death'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'Some fashionable women dyed their hair blue in this ancient Greek city, home of Socrates'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'In 1872 the Marquess of Queensberry introduced this equipment to protect aristocrats while boxing'

Answer: gloves


Question: 'Audrey Hepburn played the charming Natasha Rostova in this novel's 1956 film adaptation'

Answer: War & Peace


Question: 'A frozen plant should be put in a cool, dark place where it can do this slowly'

Answer: thaw


Question: 'In 1782, a preliminary treaty ending the Revolution was signed in this European city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Hung on a necklace, this small portrait case was popular during the Renaissance'

Answer: a locket


Question: 'Of John Riggins, O.J. Simpson, or Jim Brown, the 1 holding record for most TDs scored in an NFL season'

Answer: John Riggins


Question: 'Title store inhabited by Little Nell in Dickens' tale'

Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop


Question: 'This poisonous alkaloid is found in tobacco & used as an insecticide'

Answer: nicotine


Question: 'Foreign title of this song, expressing sentiments heard here:'

Answer: Feliz Navidad


Question: 'In 1818, this country & the U.S. agreed to joint occupation of the Oregon territory'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'In a fitted skirt, the inverted fold that gives the wearer freedom to walk or punt'

Answer: a kick pleat


Question: '2 of the 3 sword varieties used in fencing'

Answer: the epee, the foil, & the saber


Question: 'Charlotte Bronte's hard-luck heroine who finally finds happiness with Mr. Rochester'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'You should do this after handling a diseased plant to avoid spreading infection'

Answer: wash your hands


Question: 'In "Sleigh Ride", the kind of party going on "at the home of Farmer Gray"'

Answer: a birthday party


Question: 'Within 6 weeks in 1912, this & Arizona were admitted as the 47th & 48th states'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'Though most popular in late 1800s, this bottom bolster had been around since the middle ages'

Answer: a bustle


Question: 'All proper ones descend from Matchem, Herod, or Eclipse of the mid-18th century'

Answer: thoroughbreds


Question: '"Yes" woman of James Joyce's "Ulysses"'

Answer: Molly Bloom


Question: 'In plants, respiration is the reciprocal & opposite process of this'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'This famous song by Mel Torme is more often called "Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire"'

Answer: The Christmas Song


Question: 'In the 1968 election, he won 13 1/2 percent of the popular vote & carried 5 southern states'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: 'Lord Byron wore "jean trowsers" which were named for this Italian city'

Answer: Genoa


Question: 'At up to 300 x 200 yards, or over 5 acres, this sports has the largest playing field of any'

Answer: polo


Question: 'Of the 25 lawyers who have been President, he served most recently'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'In 1780 he signed on as Massachusetts' first governor'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'Catchy "Fiddler on the Roof" song that goes, "Daidle, deedle, daidle, digguh, digguh, deedle, daidle, dum"'

Answer: "If I Were A Rich Man"


Question: 'Like Mom & apple pie'

Answer: American


Question: 'As we all should, Ralph Waldo Emerson remembers this U.S. landmark'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'In NATO's phonetic alphabet, this dance represents the letter "T"'

Answer: tango


Question: 'Abstaining from alcohol'

Answer: on the wagon


Question: 'From 1999 to 2007 Bob Taft, great-grandson of President Taft, was the governor of this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: '"Pull out the stopper, let's have a whopper, but get me to" this "on time"'

Answer: the church


Question: '11th, 12th, 13th letters'

Answer: KLM


Question: 'Emerson feels transcendent when he learns parts of this landmark are 35 feet high'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'It's a vigorous dance of the 1920s & also a seaport in South Carolina'

Answer: the Charleston


Question: 'Neutral or undecided, perhaps about the guy who sells the stolen goods'

Answer: on the fence


Question: 'He's the first African-American governor of New York, as well as the first to be legally blind'

Answer: (David) Paterson


Question: 'Frank Sinatra despised this 1966 hit, calling it the worst song he'd ever heard... "Doo-be-doo-be-doo"'

Answer: "Strangers In The Night"


Question: '"Chaste" ocean on the USA's East Coast'

Answer: Virgin Atlantic


Question: 'Ralph reminisces at the state reservation at this landmark, where a pal of his lived from 1845 to 1847'

Answer: Walden Pond


Question: 'The name of this ballroom dance can be used as a verb to mean "to move breezily or casually"'

Answer: the waltz


Question: 'It sounds like riding young sheep, but running from the police is sometimes called being this'

Answer: on the lam


Question: 'In January of 1932 he stepped down as Louisiana governor to assume his duties as a senator'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'The teller of this song was "Goin' to Lou'siana", but it served as a theme for Forty-niners headin' to California'

Answer: "Oh! Susanna"


Question: 'This model was Lincoln's first front-wheel drive car'

Answer: Continental


Question: 'Emerson is in this city during the festival of San Fermin--man, you better get moving, Ralph'

Answer: Pamplona


Question: 'This swing dance is mentioned in "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go"'

Answer: the jitterbug


Question: 'Receiving payment from the government, not a pineapple seller'

Answer: on the dole


Question: 'Before he ran for President, Adlai Stevenson served a term as governor of this state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'This 1917 song's title was borrowed from the last line in "Shine On Harvest Moon"'

Answer: "For Me And My Gal"


Question: 'Cobalt plane'

Answer: JetBlue


Question: 'Emerson is mystically in four states at once at this 2-word location'

Answer: Four Corners


Question: 'It's a lively French social dance or the ball at which debutantes are presented'

Answer: a cotillion


Question: '"On the" this word means recovering from ill health'

Answer: on the mend


Question: 'Liquid ammonia has a high boiling point because it's held together by the strong bond named for hydrogen, atomic number this'

Answer: one


Question: 'Seth Rogen voiced a mantis & Dustin Hoffman a small red panda in this 2008 movie'

Answer: Kung Fu Panda


Question: 'At the top, Prince Andrew is the one of York'

Answer: duke


Question: 'Jules Verne title trip that's undergone a letter drop & been shortened by 90%'

Answer: Around the World in Eight Days


Question: 'Legend says Attila the Hun wielded the sword of this Roman war god'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Ordinarily, this hyphenated type of murder involves the lack of premeditation'

Answer: second degree murder


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  Hydrogen & oxygen atoms bind tightly together to create water molecules by sharing electrons in this type of bond, from the Latin for "strong together"'

Answer: covalent


Question: 'Voiced by John Cleese, King Harold of "Shrek" fame was originally one of these small creatures'

Answer: frog


Question: 'No. 2:<br />Boxing fan John Sholto Douglas was one of Queensberry'

Answer: a marquess


Question: 'Dickens parable about the beer in Paris & London'

Answer: An Ale of Two Cities


Question: 'This 8th & 9th c. ruler's supposed sword, Joyeuse, is kept in the Louvre'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'Of the 1500 species of these arachnids with curved tails & venomous stingers, only 50 are dangerous to humans'

Answer: scorpions


Question: 'Nitrogen molecules are linked by 2 bonds called this, the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter'

Answer: pi


Question: 'Chemicals turn Lily Tomlin into this title "Woman" in a 1981 Joel Schumacher film'

Answer: The Incredible Shrinking Woman


Question: 'No. 3:  His wife is a countess (Don't say count)'

Answer: earl


Question: 'Epic trilogy about Sauron, supreme master of oil derricks'

Answer: Lord of the Rigs


Question: 'In an old poem, Unferth gives this title hero the sword called Hrunting'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'From the Latin for "choke" & "throat" comes this word meaning "to impede the respiration of"'

Answer: suffocate


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  When sodium donates an electron to chlorine, it creates this type of stable bond that holds salt molecules together; the bond shares its name with an order of architecture'

Answer: an ionic bond


Question: 'The return of two kidnapped fairies played by Emi and Yumi caused this winged creature to stop destroying Tokyo'

Answer: Mothra


Question: 'No. 4:  It has a silent consonant'

Answer: viscount


Question: 'This Flaubert heroine just can't stop making eggs'

Answer: Madame Ovary


Question: 'William Wallace likely used one of these large swords that shares a name with a type of land mine'

Answer: claymore


Question: 'This poisonous substance that has a number in its name comes from a type of nightshade'

Answer: strychnine


Question: 'Some compounds with nice smells, like benzene, have bonds called this, a term used to describe perfume'

Answer: aromatic


Question: 'This 1987 film finds Dennis Quaid as a shrunken test pilot mistakenly injected into Martin Short's body'

Answer: Innerspace


Question: 'No. 5:  The first of the 5 alphabetically'

Answer: baron


Question: 'This ghostly Henry James story refers to a vase designed to hold threaded fasteners'

Answer: The Urn of the Screw


Question: 'I'll come clean and tell you this English king's sword Curtana had no point and was dubbed the sword of mercy'

Answer: Edward the Confessor


Question: 'It's another Japanese word for hara-kiri'

Answer: seppuku


Question: 'Words regularly censored out of Chinese blogs include minzhu, which means this, from the Greek word for "people"'

Answer: democracy


Question: 'The route to the summit of this 12,388-foot Japanese peak includes 10 stages called gome'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'At 16, this "Jerry Maguire" co-star was breakdancing on stage with Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympics'

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.


Question: 'Zn'

Answer: Zinc


Question: 'In 1998 this game celebrated its 50th anniversary with a huge game using giant letter tiles at London's Wembley Stadium'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: 'Whether you're male or female, you're this kind of "man" as a first-year student'

Answer: Freshman


Question: 'Make yourself useful & spell...'

Answer: U-T-I-L-I-T-A-R-I-A-N


Question: '"El Cap" is what climbers call this over 3,000-foot wall of rock in Yosemite'

Answer: El Capitan


Question: 'As a teen he kept a diary detailing the minutiae of his life; later, as first director of the FBI'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'Fe'

Answer: Iron


Question: 'One of the world's most popular RPGs, role playing games, is D&D, this game'

Answer: Dungeons & Dragons


Question: 'From the Latin for "sleep", it's a building at a college for housing students'

Answer: Dormitory


Question: 'Don't be conservative as you spell...'

Answer: F-U-N-D-A-M-E-N-T-A-L-I-S-M


Question: 'Sime climbers call 27,800-foot Makalu the most beautiful peak in this Asian range'

Answer: Himalayas


Question: 'While playing basketball, this future Rolling Stone bit off the tip of his tongue & it changed his voice'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'I'

Answer: Iodine


Question: 'Round the clock is a type of this game played in pubs & pizza parlors'

Answer: Darts


Question: 'This graduation ceremony is not the "beginning" of your college career, it's the end'

Answer: Commencement


Question: 'Overcome your opponents & spell...'

Answer: N-E-M-E-S-I-S


Question: 'There was a cause celebre in 1786 when Jacques Balmat had the savoir faire to climb it'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'Called "Stinky" at school, he says his life was "Rocky" until he moved to Philadelphia at age 15'

Answer: Sylvester Stallone


Question: 'Kr'

Answer: Krypton


Question: 'They're the 2 piles of cards from which players draw during a Monopoly game'

Answer: Chance & Community Chest


Question: 'From the Latin for "half-yearly", these divisions of a college's academic year can be 15 to 18 weeks long'

Answer: Semesters


Question: 'We'll think of you as lustrous, colorful & brilliant when you spell...'

Answer: I-R-I-D-E-S-C-E-N-T


Question: 'These Wyoming peaks include the South, the Middle & the most imposing Grand'

Answer: Tetons


Question: 'This South African Nobel Peace Prize winner was named Rolihlahla, which in colloquial usage means "troublemaker"'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'Ag'

Answer: Silver (argentum)


Question: 'You're on a roll if you know this dice game was invented by a wealthy couple to play on their luxury boat'

Answer: Yahtzee


Question: 'For the college sports-minded, it's what NCAA stands for'

Answer: National Collegiate Athletic Association


Question: 'Resolve yourself to spelling...'

Answer: D-E-N-O-U-E-M-E-N-T


Question: 'In 1997 a severe example of these dry spells set the stage for devastating brush fires in Indonesia'

Answer: Droughts


Question: 'Bucharest'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'Her recent hit songs include "Uninvited" from the "City of Angels" soundtrack & "Thank U"'

Answer: Alanis Morissette


Question: 'His story "Yertle the Turtle" told of a tyrannical turtle king brought down by a lowly subject's burp'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'This American masterpiece has been widely satirized; the sign of a true classic'

Answer: "American Gothic"


Question: 'This film size is often used for making documentaries & low-budget features'

Answer: 16mm


Question: '(Here with the clue is Al Roker)  The 3 warmest years ever recorded globally were in this decade'

Answer: 1990s


Question: 'Kiev'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'Name that completes the title of the debut solo album by the Fugees' singer, "The Miseducation of ..."'

Answer: Lauryn Hill


Question: 'Her books for kids include "Blubber", "Freckle Juice" & "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"'

Answer: Judy Blume


Question: 'A Philadelphia museum devoted to this "Thinker" sculptor has a bronze cast of his "Burghers of Calais"'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'One of these "wheelers" is a large tractor-trailer truck rig'

Answer: 18-wheeler


Question: 'Frequent cyclones give a wide belt from Texas to Ohio this nickname that sounds like a street name'

Answer: "Tornado Alley"


Question: 'Rabat'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'This group's song "One Week" includes the lines "Hot like wasabi when I bust rhymes, big like LeAnn Rimes"'

Answer: Barenaked Ladies


Question: 'This author's "In the Night Kitchen" was based on his own memories of New York as a child'

Answer: Maurice Sendak


Question: 'She painted flowers big like the one seen here so that even busy New Yorkers take time to see them'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'Like potassium-40, this radioactive isotope is used in archaeological dating'

Answer: Carbon-14


Question: 'Emissions from the 1991 eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in this country cooled the planet for 2 years'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Riyadh'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Neneh Cherry's brother, he hit the charts in 1998 with "Save Tonight"'

Answer: Eagle-Eye Cherry


Question: 'A boy rides a magical train to visit Santa on Christmas Eve in this story by Chris Van Allsburg'

Answer: "The Polar Express"


Question: 'His collections include "My Camera in Yosemite Valley" & "Portfolio Two: The National Parks"'

Answer: Ansel Adams


Question: 'The number of syllables used in the Japanese verse style known as haiku'

Answer: 17


Question: 'Nitrogen & oxygen are elements that have one of these circular environmental processes'

Answer: Cycles


Question: 'Asuncion'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'This cat's orchestra swings with a 1998 version of "Jump Jive An' Wail"'

Answer: Brian Setzer


Question: 'This literal-minded housekeeper dusts the furniture (with powder) & dresses the chicken (in clothes)'

Answer: Amelia Bedelia


Question: 'The "impression" that this artist painted the work seen here is correct'

Answer: Pierre-Auguste Renoir


Question: 'This French king accurately predicted "After me, the deluge!"'

Answer: Louis XV


Question: 'In the 1879 Mathew Brady photo seen here, this structure was about 150 feet tall'

Answer: Washington Monument


Question: 'The flag of this South American sports powerhouse is seen here'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Alabaster Snowball, administrator of the Naughty & Nice List, is one of his elves'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'Immortalized in "The Ballad Of Jed Clampett", it's what "Texas tea" is'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Henry Fielding:<br />Make this stuff "your god and it will plague you like the devil"'

Answer: money


Question: 'Ingrid was born August 29, 1915 in this capital city'

Answer: Stockholm


Question: 'We now pause for this short break between dramatic acts'

Answer: intermission


Question: 'This Southern Hemisphere country's flag is seen here'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Originally, these 3 elves who promote Kellogg's Rice Krispies had a brother named Pow'

Answer: Snap, Crackle, & Pop


Question: 'This brand of baseball bat was invented by an apprentice woodworker in Kentucky in 1884'

Answer: the Louisville Slugger


Question: 'Shakespeare:<br />"The devil can cite" this "for his purpose"'

Answer: scripture


Question: 'Ingrid played this French saint 4 times: twice on stage & twice on film'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'The 10, between Jacksonville & Santa Monica'

Answer: an interstate


Question: 'Scan the horizon for this Scandinavian country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'In the Harry Potter books, Winky, Kreacher & Dobby are this type of elf belonging to wizarding families'

Answer: house elves


Question: '"West Virginia coleslaw" is this form of nicotine'

Answer: chewing tobacco


Question: 'Baudelaire:<br />"The devil's finest trick is to pursuade you that he does not" this'

Answer: exist


Question: 'Ingrid won 3 Acting Oscars, 1 for playing this title woman who might be a missing royal'

Answer: Anastasia


Question: 'She speaks fluent Ku, so she might be one of these people who facilitate communication'

Answer: an interpreter


Question: 'The flag of this former constituant nation of the Soviet Union is seen here'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'J.R.R. Tolkien described these elven body parts as being "leaf-shaped"'

Answer: ears


Question: 'These strong, hot winds of Southern California take their name from a canyon'

Answer: the Santa Anas


Question: 'The Book of Common Prayer:<br />"From all the deceits of the world," this "and the devil, good Lord, deliver us"'

Answer: the flesh


Question: 'At Ingrid's funeral service, a lone violin played this song from a film she starred in'

Answer: "As Time Goes By"


Question: 'Fess up, bub, or we may have to do this to you, interview you officially about a crime'

Answer: interrogate


Question: 'It's the peninsular nation whose flag is seen here'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'Elf characters get a +2 for dexterity in this role-playing game whose players get a -2 for social skills'

Answer: Dungeons & Dragons


Question: 'It's not footwear for an urban cowboy, it's a device clamped to the wheel of a parked car with overdue tickets'

Answer: a Denver boot


Question: 'John Donne:<br />"In best understandings, sin began, / Angels sinn'd first, then devils, and then" him'

Answer: man


Question: 'In 1982 Ingrid won a posthumous Emmy Award for playing this Middle East leader'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'It's an often troubled time between 2 monarchs' or popes' reigns'

Answer: an interregnum


Question: 'Historians don't know who fired first in Lexington, but later that day, the King's troops shot first in this town'

Answer: Concord


Question: 'She was born as a Bay City roller on Aug. 16, 1958, but left her home town & her last name far behind'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Deimos strikes terror orbiting this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Legend says Dr. John S. Pemberton, a Confederate Army veteran, developed the syrup for what became this'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.)  Taken from the central section, this large choice steak cut is named for a type of old-time restaurant that also served dark ale'

Answer: Porterhouse


Question: 'With no trans fats & less saturated fat than butter, tubs of this rendered pig fat are making a comeback'

Answer: lard


Question: 'Signing the Decl. of Ind., he said, "We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'In 1971 Detroit native Glenn Frey formed this band in L.A. with Don Henley; pretty good career move, Glenn'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'Charon paddles around this dwarf planet'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'In 1853 these brothers, John & Benjamin, got a royal warrant to provide chocolate & cocoa products to the Queen'

Answer: Cadbury


Question: 'A steak with a cool to warm red center of 120 degrees F. has been cooked to this "unusual" level'

Answer: rare


Question: 'It's the steering wheel of a ship'

Answer: helm


Question: 'He said, "Caesar had.. .his Brutus--Charles I, his Cromwell, and George III may profit by their example"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'This superstar was born in Saginaw in 1950 & by 1961, signed with Motown's Berry Gordy; isn't he lovely?'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'Naiad swims around this planet'

Answer: Neptune


Question: '5 entrepreneurs set up a factory to manufacture liquid chlorine bleach & named it this in 1914'

Answer: Clorox


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.)  An Old French term designating its position atop the rear haunch gives this popular cut its name'

Answer: (top) sirloin


Question: 'It means to bite or chew, or to wear away with the teeth'

Answer: gnaw


Question: 'Anthony Kiedis was born in Grand Rapids, but got a Flea infestation in L.A. in 1983 & formed this band'

Answer: The Red Hot Chili Peppers


Question: 'Io is seduced into orbiting this planet'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'This maker of high-end leather handbags & wallets uses the logo seen here'

Answer: Coach


Question: 'Taylor's Steakhouse in L.A. serves a boneless version of this choice cut also known as a Spencer steak'

Answer: rib eye


Question: 'Before you shoot an arrow, you do this to it, which sounds like something cars do on low octane'

Answer: nock


Question: 'Dearborn-born in 1945, this singer/songwriter sure liked "Old Time Rock & Roll" in 1979'

Answer: Bob Seger


Question: 'Titan towers as this planet's main moon'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Nice'n Easy & Herbal Essences are brands from this hair products company'

Answer: Clairol


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a meat cut diagram on the monitor.)  A cut from the long, flat diaphragm muscle is used in fajitas; it's known as this type of steak, like a woman's garment'

Answer: skirt (steak)


Question: 'An accent over the last letter turns a word meaning disabled into this fabric with metallic threads'

Answer: lamé


Question: 'This African nation of 150 million is the only member of OPEC that's also a member of the British Commonwealth'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Learn how to "Master Your Metabolism" from Jillian Michaels, one of the trainers on this NBC show'

Answer: The Biggest Loser


Question: 'Hard-boiled ____ foo yong'

Answer: egg


Question: 'Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. is part of a 3-building complex owned & operated by this lineage society'

Answer: the Daughters of the American Revolution


Question: 'Pennsylvania'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'In "Lord of the Rings", this wizard grapples with a nasty balrog in the mines of Moria'

Answer: Gandalf


Question: 'A famous red-coiffed clown, or just any incompetent fool'

Answer: a bozo


Question: 'Brooke Siler's guide to this fitness method teaches "Strengthening, Lengthening, & Toning... Without Machines"'

Answer: Pilates


Question: 'Jerk ____-fried steak'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'In the 1980s this organization created the Daisies for young ladies 5 years old or in kindergarten'

Answer: the Girl Scouts


Question: 'Oregon'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'A wizard named Akiro is one of this title barbarian's companions in 2 1980s movies'

Answer: Conan


Question: 'Adjective often preceding "daiquiri"'

Answer: frozen


Question: 'Florida doctor Arthur Agatston's book for this diet includes chapters on "Good Carbs, Bad Carbs" & "Good Fats, Bad Fats"'

Answer: South Beach


Question: 'Navel ____ roughy'

Answer: orange


Question: 'In 2005 Glynn Birch became the first male president of this women's group founded by Candy Lightner'

Answer: MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving)


Question: 'Texas'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'Michael Jackson was the scarecrow & Diana Ross was Dorothy in the big screen version of this Broadway hit'

Answer: The Wiz


Question: 'A type of large tractor'

Answer: a bulldozer


Question: 'In 1978, 6 years before his death while running, his "Complete Book of Running" ran up the bestseller list'

Answer: (Jim) Fixx


Question: 'Dijon ____ greens'

Answer: mustard


Question: 'Elizabeth Dole & Katie Couric were members of this sorority whose name is 3 of the same Greek letter'

Answer: Delta Delta Delta


Question: 'Tennessee'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Selena Gomez has magical powers on TV's "Wizards of" here & sings "Magic" on the soundtrack CD'

Answer: Waverly Place


Question: 'Cough relief often comes as this small, medicated candy'

Answer: a lozenge


Question: 'In Elisabeth Hasselbeck's "The G Free Diet", the G is this protein that some people can't tolerate'

Answer: gluten


Question: 'Mint ____ roll'

Answer: jelly


Question: 'To join the group called his Daughters, girls must be between the ages of 10 & 20 & be related to a Master Mason'

Answer: Job\'s Daughters


Question: 'New Jersey'

Answer: Newark


Question: 'Nicol Williamson played Merlin in this magical 1981 film'

Answer: Excalibur


Question: 'The name of these single-celled organisms is from the Greek for "first animals"'

Answer: protozoa


Question: 'Muhammad Ali, an officer in this empire's army, drove the French out of Egypt in 1801 & became the country's ruler'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'In 1984, his second year in the league, this Dolphin QB became the first to throw for 5,000 yards in a single season'

Answer: (Dan) Marino


Question: 'Plays about driving include Paula Vogel's "How I Learned to Drive" & this Alfred Uhry work'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: '"Gilding" this flower means adding unnecessary ornamentation'

Answer: the lily


Question: 'This judge didn't need his hotel Bible when he & his men killed 120,000 Midianites'

Answer: Gideon


Question: '(Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.)  Patty's lawsuit against Arthur Frobisher is this type in which 1 plaintiff or 1 defendant represents a group with similar interests'

Answer: a class action


Question: 'In 1887 Ethiopia's Menelik II founded this city in the Entoto Mountains'

Answer: Addis Ababa


Question: 'Members of the NFL in 1922 & '23, the all-Native American Oorang Indians were led by this legend'

Answer: (Jim) Thorpe


Question: 'There's only 1 character in "The Belle of Amherst" & it's her'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'If someone calls you a "shrinking" one of these, it doesn't mean you're getting smaller, it means you're shy'

Answer: violet


Question: 'This biblical book with a female name records the killing of 75,000 Persians by the Jews'

Answer: Esther


Question: '(Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.)  Civil suits are often resolved by signing this type of out-of-court agreement; that's fine if you're afraid of a fight'

Answer: a settlement


Question: 'In 1859 Spain attacked this country over possession of Ceuta, a city on the Strait of Gibraltar'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'On Dec. 13, 2009 Brandon Marshall of this team set a one-game record with 21 receptions--in a loss to the Colts'

Answer: the Broncos


Question: 'The dialog for "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?" was drawn from the hearings of this committee during the 1950s'

Answer: the House Un-American Activities Committee


Question: 'Taking this flower's "path" seems easy at first, but could end in tragedy'

Answer: primrose


Question: 'The Lord himself slew 50,070 "raiders" of Beth Shemesh for looking into this holy object'

Answer: the Ark of the Covenant


Question: '(Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.)  The legal term embracery usually means tampering with or trying to influence this group--who would do that?'

Answer: the jury


Question: 'In August 1826 Gordon Laing became the first European to set foot in this Mali trading post'

Answer: Timbuktu


Question: 'New Orleans Saints kicker Tom Dempsey's record 63-yard field goal was kicked in this school's stadium'

Answer: Tulane


Question: 'This 1955 play was based on the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925'

Answer: Inherit the Wind


Question: '"Everything's" doing this, a phrase about emerging from hard times in good shape, is a "Gypsy" song title'

Answer: coming up roses


Question: 'During the time of Samuel, the Israelites lost 30,000 soldiers fighting this neighboring group'

Answer: the Philistines


Question: '(Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.)  Damages awarded by a court can be compensatory, to make up for a loss, or this type, in which society is letting you know you did very wrong'

Answer: punitive


Question: 'In 1888 this son of a British clergyman founded the De Beers mining company'

Answer: (Cecil) Rhodes


Question: 'When a team switched cities in 1988, this new full team name contained 2 birds, one real & one mythic'

Answer: the Phoenix Cardinals


Question: 'In 2008 Mike Nichols directed a Broadway revival of this playwright's "The Country Girl"'

Answer: Clifford Odets


Question: '"What's The Story" this A.M. opener with 20-foot vines'

Answer: morning glory


Question: 'II Kings recounts the slaughter by an angel of the Lord of 185,000 soldiers of this kingdom to the north of Israel'

Answer: Assyria


Question: '(Glenn Close reads the clue from a chair on the set of Damages.)  This plural noun refers to a judge's office, where a case can be discussed & his honor may be brought around to the right way of thinking'

Answer: chambers


Question: 'This country has 104 nuclear reactors, more than any other country'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'The sartorius, which flexes the thigh, is the body's longest one of these'

Answer: muscle


Question: 'This daughter of a pop music icon found "The Simple Life" on Fox'

Answer: Nicole Richie


Question: 'The cereal that Tony the Tiger thinks is gr-r-reat is Kellogg's Frosted Flakes of this'

Answer: corn


Question: '"Because you've got better things to do than plug in and wait", the battery of this co.'s Civic Hybrid recharges itself'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'In a Grimm fairy tale, a witch entices this brother & sister into a gingerbread house'

Answer: Hansel & Gretel


Question: 'The Olympic Games begin with these events'

Answer: opening ceremony


Question: 'World Book describes this organ as a "grayish-pink jellylike ball with many ridges and grooves"'

Answer: brain


Question: 'This tennis star born in Omaha is nicknamed A-Rod'

Answer: Andy Roddick


Question: 'The total weight of copper in this statue is 31 tons, though the copper sheeting is only 3/32 of an inch thick'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'At 55 MPG, you could get from L.A. to Vegas on a bout 5 gallons driving a Prius from this company'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'It's the town where 20 people were executed for being witches in 1692'

Answer: Salem


Question: 'It's the capital of the Sooner State'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'It's the area of hardened skin at the base & sides of your fingernails, or a protective outer layer of a hair'

Answer: cuticle


Question: 'She & Chris Robinson have a baby named Ryder Russell Robinson'

Answer: Kate Hudson


Question: 'For McDonald's fries, this portion found in the name of a documentary translates to 610 calories & 29 grams of fat'

Answer: Super Size


Question: 'The Altra EV from this company that also makes the Altima can hit 75 MPH; what a (non) gas!'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'As a witch's familiar, Pywacket is one of these animals in the play "Bell, Book and Candle"'

Answer: cat


Question: 'Freudian theory in which a son wants to kill his father & marry his mother'

Answer: the Oedipus complex


Question: 'This substance that covers the tooth is the hardest tissue in the body'

Answer: enamel


Question: 'He's the fashion svant on "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"'

Answer: Carson


Question: 'A 2003 stamp honored the bicentennial of this, often called the greatest real estate deal in history'

Answer: Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'The Escape Hybrid from this company claims to have a "range of well over 400 miles on a single tank"'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'This term for a group of witches is from an Anglo-Norman word meaning "assembly"'

Answer: coven


Question: 'This Neil Simon play featured the antics of fussy Felix & slovenly Oscar'

Answer: Odd Couple


Question: 'As well as red & white blood cells you have these disk-like cells, aka thrombocytes, to help blood clot'

Answer: platelets


Question: 'This American supermodel's dad is a Dutch-born furniture maker'

Answer: Rebecca Romijn-Stamos


Question: 'This white school shoe is named for the shape of the black leather piece that's over the middle section of the shoe'

Answer: saddle shoe


Question: 'The EV1 got a fantastic 0 MPG, as it was a no-gas vehicle from this U.S. co. organized by William Durant in 1908'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'In this Hawthorne tale, a "young" man discovers his neighbors practicing witchcraft'

Answer: Young Goodman Brown


Question: 'this man and his son ruled England following the execution of King Charles I'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'The renaissance began in the early 1300s in the northern city-states of what is now this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: '"The Chronicles of Riddick" star who is an internal-combustion machine found in trucks'

Answer: Vin Diesel Engine


Question: 'The Daily Bruin'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'You could say it was horrible that he became the first Russian czar in 1547, but that wouldn't be quite the right word'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'Other names for this Australian dog are Noggum, Maliki & Boolomo; don't let one "steal your by-bee"'

Answer: Dingo


Question: '(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.)  We need to force some turnovers--let's use this "full-court" defense'

Answer: the press


Question: 'This French author poked fun at man's follies in his stinging satire "Gargantua"'

Answer: Rabelais


Question: '"Hybrid Theory" & "Meteora" are albums by this alt-metal band that's the second-priciest Monopoly property'

Answer: Linkin Park Place


Question: 'The Daily Tar Heel'

Answer: University of North Carolina


Question: 'In 2000 the  Russian Orthodox Church canonized this last Russian czar & his family'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'With public sentiment running high from WWI, the British renamed this breed Alsatian'

Answer: the German shepherd


Question: '(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.)  As long as they're in man-to-man, keep going to this basic play which starts with setting a pick'

Answer: pick and roll


Question: 'King Philip II hated this artist's "Martyrdom at St. Maurice", so he never gained royal favor; he soon moved to Toledo'

Answer: El Greco


Question: '1977 film in which Luke Skywalker uses the force in the struggle between the royal houses of York & Lancaster'

Answer: Star Wars of the Roses


Question: 'The Daily Gamecock'

Answer: University of South Carolina


Question: 'In 1762 Peter III was deposed, she became reigning empress & poor ol' Pete was murdered shortly thereafter'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'When a problem comes along you must name this British breed seen here'

Answer: the whippet


Question: '(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.)  This is what I tell people who don't belong in the gym; it's also the play we'll run to isolate our hot hand on one side'

Answer: clear out


Question: 'In his 1509 work "The Praise of Folly", this Dutch priest criticized the moral quality of church leaders'

Answer: Erasmus


Question: '"Sister Act" comedienne who is a 1740s piece of music J.S. Bach wrote for harpsichord'

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg Variations


Question: 'The Hoya'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'In 1887 the brother of this first USSR leader was executed for attempting to kill Czar Alexander III'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'This breed shares its name with a famous 1830s British science ship'

Answer: the beagle


Question: '(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.)  We'll never get transition points if you don't sharpen up this pass that gets the fast break going'

Answer: an outlet pass


Question: 'He opposed Henry VIII's divorce, but Henry appointed him anyway to succeed Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor'

Answer: Thomas More


Question: 'Not only was this man Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1801 to 1835, he's also Eminem's real name'

Answer: John Marshall Mathers


Question: 'Washington Square News'

Answer: NYU


Question: 'The 1980s were tough on Russian heads of state: he died in 1982, Andropov in 1984 & Chernenko in 1985'

Answer: Brezhnev


Question: 'Zeppo Marx helped establish the U.S. line of this hound that would feel at home in Kandahar'

Answer: Afghan


Question: '(Coach Dixon diagrams the clue on the board.)  When I talk about the "3-man" type of this, I don't mean something you get at the hair salon'

Answer: the weave


Question: 'In 1952 William Rehnquist graduated first in his class at Stanford Law & she graduated third'

Answer: Sandra Day O\'Connor


Question: 'This square has become world-famous for the lighted ball that drops down at midnight on New Year's Eve'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'In this state it's against the law to sleep in the kitchen at Spago, Chez Panisse or Pacific Dining Car'

Answer: California


Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'He not only founded Time, he founded Life magazine as well'

Answer: Henry Luce


Question: 'It was Disney's sequel to "101 Dalmatians"'

Answer: 102 Dalmatians


Question:
'Said of someone who is very special:
----------------------------------
millONEion'

Answer: One in a million


Question: 'An exhibit inside the base of this statue includes a full-scale replica of one of its enormous feet'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'Restaurants cannot serve colored margarine in this "Constitution State" unless a notice is posted'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'This publisher was portrayed by Natalie Wood in the 1964 film "Sex and the Single Girl"'

Answer: Helen Gurley Brown


Question: 'In this summer 2000 release, wheelchair-bound telepath Charles Xavier runs a school for mutants'

Answer: X-Men


Question:
'Better wear your parka when it's this cold:
----------------------------------
              0
         _______

         DEGREE
         DEGREE
         DEGREE'

Answer: Three degrees below zero


Question: '"A chorus line of goddess figurines with birdlike faces" adorns this huge 5th Ave. art museum's new Cypriot Galleries'

Answer: Metropolitan Museum of Art


Question: 'Shawnee, in this Boomer state, does not allow dogs to meet on private property without the owner's consent'

Answer: Oklahoma


Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'This Chicago map & atlas maker has also sold airplane tickets & baggage tags'

Answer: Rand McNally


Question: 'This title Stone Age family was "In Viva Rock Vegas"'

Answer: The Flintstones


Question: 'When things are still undecided, they're here:<br />----------------------------------        theUPair'

Answer: Up in the air


Question: 'When dining at this Oscar-winning actor's Tribeca Grill, look for the artworks by his father, Robert, senior'

Answer: Robert De Niro


Question: 'Across this state, from Westwego to Thibodaux, you cannot legally gargle in public'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Richard Simon, co-founder of Simon & Schuster, was once the father-in-law of this singer'

Answer: James Taylor


Question: 'In this film Sean Connery plays a reclusive writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for his only novel'

Answer: Finding Forrester


Question:
'It's where Judy Garland wanted to go:
----------------------------------
SOMEWHERE
THE RAINBOW'

Answer: Somewhere over the rainbow


Question: 'In the 1920s this author's wife Zelda was famous for jumping into the fountain in front of the Plaza Hotel'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'It's illegal to pawn your wooden leg in this second-smallest state'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'His father, once a U.S. Senator, gave him the S.F. Examiner; he himself served in the House, 1903-1907'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'As in the TV series, this actor provided the voice of Charlie, the Angels' unseen boss, in "Charlie's Angels"'

Answer: John Forsythe


Question:
'It's the clothing article I have on right now:
----------------------------------
WEAR
POLKA DOT'

Answer: Polka dot underwear


Question: 'Alphabetically, the 4th of the 50 states is this Razorback home'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'It was first issued in 1866; before that, people talked about plugged quarters'

Answer: Nickels


Question: 'The black one of these, a symbol of Western Australia, is seen here on that state's flag'

Answer: Swan


Question: 'Word in common in Frank Herbert titles of 1965, 1969, 1976, 1981 & 1985'

Answer: Dune


Question: 'Betty turned down being Helen Hunt's mom in this film, not liking how Nicholson's character treated the dog'

Answer: As Good As it Gets


Question: 'In 1982 these 2 major national health care organizations merged'

Answer: Blue Cross & Blue Shield


Question: 'Nickelodeon launched it in 1985 to target adults nostalgic for the terrible TV shows of their youth'

Answer: Nick at Nite


Question: 'The former French colonies of Ivory Coast & Mali each have flags of this many colors'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Dante would have loved this Hawthorne character, Rappaccini's daughter'

Answer: Beatrice


Question: 'When this man hosted "The Tonight Show" from 1957 to 1962, Betty White was a regular guest'

Answer: Jack Paar


Question: 'It's the only "blue" book Dr. Seuss published'

Answer: "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"


Question: 'A real prince of a guy, Machiavelli would surely let you call him by this first name'

Answer: Niccolo


Question: 'The flag seen here is of this Baltic republic, that calls itself "Eesti Vabariik"'

Answer: Estonia


Question: 'Completes the title of the Terry McMillan book "A Day Late and..."'

Answer: A Dollar Short


Question: 'Sitcom in which Betty played Ellen Harper, the daughter of Vicki Lawrence's character'

Answer: Mama\'s Family


Question: 'One of these can grow to about 100 feet long & weigh up to 150 tons'

Answer: Blue whale


Question: 'The 4th monarch of England in the 20th century, he died in 1972'

Answer: Edward VIII


Question: 'Similar in function to the Berlin Wall, the Green Line divides this Mediterranean island city'

Answer: Nicosia, Cyprus


Question: 'In 2001 this U.S. state adopted a new flag incorporating 5 old flags & a tiny Confederate battle emblem'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'In 1970 he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"'

Answer: James Dickey


Question: 'Name of the show hosted by Betty's character Sue Ann Nivens, on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"'

Answer: "The Happy Homemaker"


Question: 'A's owner Charlie Finley wanted this pitcher to change his first name to "True"'

Answer: Vida Blue


Question: 'The 4th Nobel Prize winner for Physiology/Medicine this Russian won in 1904 for work in the physiology of digestion'

Answer: Ivan Pavlov


Question: 'The gospel according to John tells of this Pharisee who secretly followed Jesus'

Answer: Nicodemus


Question: 'The flag seen here represents the president of this country:<br />[harp in the middle]'

Answer: Ireland


Question: '"The Red White and Blue" was a 1987 novel by this husband of Joan Didion'

Answer: John Gregory Dunne


Question: 'One of Betty's many Emmys was for being a game show host on "Just" this'

Answer: Just Men!


Question: 'In Ethiopia, it's known as the Abbai'

Answer: Blue Nile


Question: 'Around 1912, while recovering in a sanatorium, this former seaman decided to become a playwright'

Answer: Eugene O\' Neill


Question: 'This newspaper tycoon's former estate near San Luis Obispo includes a Roman temple & ancient works of art'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'The depression or "blues" brought on by seasonal affective disorder is strongest during this season'

Answer: Winter


Question: '[Hi, I'm Ingo Rademacher from "General Hospital] Like "G.H."'s Robert & Mac Scorpio, my character of Jax is from this country, where I really grew up'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Michigan's capital city bears the name of this man who was chief justice & chancellor of New York'

Answer: John Lansing


Question: 'The average adult has 25 of these; a change in one's color may signify a malignant melanoma'

Answer: Mole


Question: 'It's what a tattletale does'

Answer: Snitch


Question: 'The peaks in the background of the California state seal symbolize this mountain range'

Answer: Sierra Nevadas


Question: 'World Book says India has 3 basic seasons: the cool season, the hot season & this'

Answer: Monsoon/rainy


Question: 'In real life, the hospital seen in the show's opening credits serves this county'

Answer: Los Angeles County


Question: 'Not John or Bob but territorial governor James lent his name to this "elevated" western city'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'Common warts can be found on a variety of places; plantar warts are only found here'

Answer: Bottom of the feet


Question: 'A perfect trailer goes off without one'

Answer: Hitch


Question: 'This desert is home to 4 military installations, including Edwards Air Force Base'

Answer: Mojave Desert


Question: 'Bugs & Daffy were constantly trying to convince Elmer which of these 2 hunting seasons it was'

Answer: Rabbit or duck season


Question: '[Hi, I'm Vanessa Marcil] In 1998 "G.H." killed me off though my body was never found - now you can see me on this FOX primetime show'

Answer: Beverly Hills, 90210


Question: 'This early settler of Charlestown, Massachusetts got a hill named for him; a June 1775 battle was fought there'

Answer: George Bunker


Question: 'The best skin for one of these procedures often used to treat burns comes from yourself or an identical twin'

Answer: Graft


Question: 'It can mean to cut class or to cut a trench'

Answer: Ditch


Question: 'From the Greek for "I have found it", it's California's one-word motto'

Answer: Eureka


Question: 'The Walden Inn of Indiana considers its apricot & dried cranberry tart a classic of this season'

Answer: Fall


Question: 'From 1985 to 1987 nurse Jade Soong was played by this future denizen of "Wayne's World"'

Answer: Tia Carrere


Question: 'The seat of Montana State University is named for this "man", a brave &/or foolhardy pioneer guide'

Answer: John Bozeman


Question: 'Also called dishcloth gourd, this plant sponge should not be used on the face'

Answer: Loofah


Question: 'A musician's may be perfect; a softball player's may be underhanded'

Answer: Pitch


Question: 'In October mollusk lovers flock to this beach city for its annual clam festival'

Answer: Pismo Beach


Question: '"The Human Seasons" is a sonnet by this consumptive English romantic poet'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'A Pennsylvania city is named for John Wilkes & this other British friend of the colonists'

Answer: Isaac Barre


Question: 'The ruby type of this device is used to remove liver spots & tattoos'

Answer: Laser


Question: 'Out-of-stock sales items are the hallmark of this deceptive sales tactic'

Answer: Bait-and-switch


Question: 'When this group came to power in China, they demanded all literature depict heroes of the working class'

Answer: Communists


Question: 'TV's Pebbles'

Answer: Fred Flintstone


Question: 'It really cut Samson to be betrayed by this Philistine'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'This director started filming his adaptation of "The Clansman" in 1914, but soon ran into budget problems'

Answer: D.W. Griffith


Question: 'One of his domestic initiatives was the WIN program, for "Whip Inflation Now"'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Playing squares on a standard chessboard'

Answer: 64


Question: 'The first sequel to this classic French novel was titled "Twenty Years After"'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'Camelot's Mordred'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'During the Trojan War she betrayed her love Troilus & he was killed'

Answer: Cressida


Question: '"The Dimpled Darling", Maurice Costello, played Sydney Carton in a 1911 version of this novel'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'On Nov. 19, 1977 this Mideast leader stunned the world when he traveled to Jerusalem'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: 'Face cards in a standard deck of playing cards'

Answer: 12


Question: 'He penned the classic line "There was an old man with a beard, who said 'It is just as I feared'"'

Answer: Edward Lear


Question: 'The Bible's Ishmael'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'This emperor of Mexico was betrayed in 1867 by one of his trusted officers'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'In 1917 this queen of the vamps was the Queen of the Nile -- Cleopatra'

Answer: Theda Bara


Question: 'The fall of this city came April 30, 1975 when president Dong Van Minh surrendered it'

Answer: Saigon


Question: 'Sides on a U.S. stop sign'

Answer: 8


Question: 'New Zealander Jane Campion directed the 1996 film version of this Henry James novel'

Answer: The Portrait of a Lady


Question: 'Mrs. Arnold Schwarzenegger'

Answer: Sargent Shriver


Question: 'Gen. James Wilkinson turned in this co-conspirator & former VP & got him tried for treason'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'The man seen here was president of this country for the 2nd half of the decade:<br />[video clue: Valery Giscard d'Estaing]'

Answer: France


Question: 'Holes in the PGA Championship golf tournament without sudden death'

Answer: 72


Question: 'In 1981 American playwright Beth Henley won a Pulitzer Prize for this "criminal" play'

Answer: Crimes of the Heart


Question: 'A maid betrayed this wife of Odysseus, revealing she undid her day's weaving each night'

Answer: Penelope


Question: 'Letters in the Greek alphabet'

Answer: 24


Question: 'This country's national heroes include Juan Pablo Duarte & Sammy Sosa'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question: 'She cleverly disguises herself as a lawyer & saves Antonio from Shylock's revenge'

Answer: Portia


Question: '1976:<br />Johnny Bench'

Answer: the Cincinnati Reds


Question: 'Meaning "nourishing mother", these 2 Latin words are used when referring to your college'

Answer: alma mater


Question: 'Wocka-round the Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, England & you'll see the original version of this Muppet'

Answer: Fozzie Bear


Question: 'Parents & kids gather each year at the White House for this event held on the Monday after Easter'

Answer: the Easter Egg Roll


Question: 'This man worked with Robert Havell on some etchings so that his "Birds of America" could find a publisher'

Answer: (John James) Audubon


Question: 'Laertes tells her, "For Hamlet and the trifling of his favor" are "not permanent, sweet, not lasting"'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: '1967: <br />Bob Gibson'

Answer: the St. Louis Cardinals


Question: 'Some criminal investigations are done this way, meaning "after death"'

Answer: postmortem


Question: 'A U.S. historical park is named for this famous bear depicted here at an early age'

Answer: Smokey the Bear


Question: 'Hindi faithful make regular pilgrimages to & bathe in this 1,560-mile river of Northern India'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'He created etchings of Paul Gachet, a doctor who in 1890 took him in & cared for him at Auvers'

Answer: van Gogh


Question: 'He's the storm-raising Duke of "The Tempest"'

Answer: Prospero


Question: '1970:<br />Brooks Robinson'

Answer: the Baltimore Orioles


Question: 'You'll be on the money knowing "out of many, one" is the translation of this Latin phrase'

Answer: E pluribus unum


Question: 'In song, this American folk hero "kilt him a b'ar when he was only three"'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'In the 1820s thirsty explorers found an oasis here, Spanish for "the meadows"; 30 million now visit every year'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'One of his most famous etchings is "Christ Healing the Sick", aka "The 100-Guilder Print", completed in the 1640s'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'A setting in "As You Like It", it's also the name of an ancient wooded area near Shakespeare's home'

Answer: the Forest of Arden


Question: '1971:<br />Roberto Clemente'

Answer: the Pittsburgh Pirates


Question: 'Literally meaning "under the rose", it means to do something covertly or in secret'

Answer: sub rosa


Question: 'Not only was Bear Bryant the longtime football coach of this college, he was also a graduate'

Answer: the University of Alabama


Question: 'Traditionally, crowds gather in New Orleans & party hearty before this first day of Lent'

Answer: Ash Wednesday


Question: 'This British artist known for his "Marriage a la Mode" engravings had a 1735 copyright act named for him'

Answer: Hogarth


Question: '"Pandosto: The Triumph of Time" was the source for this "Tale" of romance'

Answer: The Winter\'s Tale


Question: '2001:<br />Curt Schilling & Randy Johnson'

Answer: the Diamondbacks


Question: 'Music lovers know it's Latin for "work" & its plural form is a type of musical work'

Answer: opus


Question: 'One of Canada's largest, this 12,000 square-mile lake lies on the Arctic Circle'

Answer: Great Bear Lake


Question: 'Bring your pet to the USA's National Cathedral on Oct. 4 for "The Blessing of the Animals" for this saint's feast day'

Answer: St. Francis of Assisi


Question: 'His "Ancient of Days" was the frontispiece to his 1794 poem "Europe, A Prophecy"'

Answer: Blake


Question: 'Scientists once believed that Pluto was an escaped satellite of this planet'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Ingrid Bergman & Rex Harrison starred in a film about various owners of "The Yellow" one of these luxe cars'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'The second war named for this drug began in 1856 when China seized a ship under the British flag'

Answer: opium


Question: 'The 1st Baron Herbert of Lea was the man who sent this woman and her nurses to the Crimean front'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'For radio & TV, it was the "B" in CBS & that's no bull'

Answer: Broadcasting


THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a fire engine in the NYC Fire Museum.)  The 1970s were one of the New York City Fire Department’s most challenging times; Howard Cosell said on TV, this borough "is burning", & firemen were often called there daily'

Answer: the Bronx


Question: 'Named after the planet, the highly radioactive element plutonium has this atomic symbol; does it smell bad?'

Answer: Pu


Question: 'Now made by BMW, this originally British car named for its small size is prominently featured in 2003's "The Italian Job"'

Answer: the Mini Cooper


Question: 'The Song Dynasty introduced this type of currency in the 11th century to replace strings of metal disks'

Answer: paper currency


Question: 'Frank Whittle designed this type of propulsion in a thesis paper while at the RAF College in 1928'

Answer: jet propulsion


Question: 'We'd like to think this furniture piece isn’t used anymore during acting auditions'

Answer: the casting couch


THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew walks next to an antique pump engine in the NY City Fire Museum.)  This double-decker engine was part of the festivities when this opened in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'In 1905 this man for whom an Arizona observatory is named started a search for Pluto'

Answer: Percival Lowell


Question: 'In this 1977 film Burt Reynolds avoids cops while making a major beer run in a Trans Am'

Answer: Smokey and the Bandit


Question: 'The 2nd century B.C. Chinese leader Wu Ti was called the Warrior this (a higher rank than Xena)'

Answer: Emperor


Question: 'Halley asked about the orbit of planets, leading this man to answer with the "Principia Mathematica"'

Answer: Newton


Question: 'Hey, baby, you a Gemini?  These twin brothers of Helen of Troy are, literally'

Answer: Castor & Pollux


THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

Question: '(Kelly holds a tiny fire helmet in the NY City Fire Museum.) The 343 doesn't represent a fire company; it represents this number from the New York City Fire Department's saddest day'

Answer: the number of dead from 9/11


Question: 'Discovered in 1978, this moon of Pluto bears the name of a Greek mythological ferryman on the River Styx'

Answer: Charon


Question: 'Before it got updated with a Hemi, this Dodge muscle car pursued Steve McQueen's Mustang in "Bullitt"'

Answer: the Charger


Question: 'This desert covers about 500,000 square miles of Northeast China & Mongolia'

Answer: the Gobi


Question: 'Who knows where he found the time to write over 100 books like "Kipps" & "The History of Mr. Polly"; maybe he had a machine'

Answer: (H.G.) Wells


Question: 'Thith type of Thpanish is the official language of Thpain'

Answer: Castillian


THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

Question: '(Sarah walks next to another antique pump engine at the NY City Fire Museum.) A 19th century fire chief worried engines powered by this were so mighty that the water would cause more damage than the fires'

Answer: steam


Question: 'In 1930 he discovered Pluto; in 2006 some of his ashes were headed there aboard NASA's New Horizons mission'

Answer: Clyde Tombaugh


Question: 'This 2001 Vin Diesel street-racing film popularized Honda "Tuners", personalized cars that are the new hot rods'

Answer: The Fast and the Furious


Question: 'Legend says Bodhidharma first taught kung fu to monks at this famous Chinese temple'

Answer: the Shaolin Temple


Question: 'This philosopher of the Enlightenment helped shape the U.S. Constitution with his "Two Treatises"'

Answer: John Locke


Question: 'To criticize or reprimand severely'

Answer: castigate


THE NEW YORK FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE YEARS

Question: '(Sarah walks around a decorated antique hose reel in the NY City Fire Museum.) The infamous Boss Tweed began his public career as a volunteer fireman & this hose reel from his era had the tiger symbol of this organization'

Answer: Tammany Hall


Question: 'The 2 outlets of the Gulf of Mexico, a strait & a channel, bear the names of these 2 land areas'

Answer: Florida & the Yucatán peninsula


Question: 'How cool!  In 1998 New Hampshire adopted this as its state sport'

Answer: skiing


Question: 'In 1957 this lady sang the blues, a song called "Fine And Mellow", on the CBS special "The World of Jazz"'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'The Taronga Zoo in this Australian port city is famous for its koala walkabout exhibit'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'It was a mistake to go near this part-leonine creature; if you couldn't solve its riddles, it would eat you'

Answer: the sphinx


Question: 'If you have your heart set on being a lance corporal, this is the only U.S. armed service that offers that rank'

Answer: the Marines


Question: 'I wasn't surprised to see that overacting thespian eat the Smithfield type of this (he really is one, you know)'

Answer: a ham


Question: 'Speak up now if you know that a college in Nashua is named for this great New Hampshire orator'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: 'At age 6, Wynton Marsalis received his first trumpet from this New Orleans trumpeter known for "Cotton Candy"'

Answer: Al Hirt


Question: 'Of 6, 16, or 60 years, the closest to the average life expectancy of a koala'

Answer: 16


Question: 'If only Remus hadn't jumped over a wall on the Palatine hill; that may be why this sibling killed him'

Answer: Romulus


Question: 'In 1841 Matthew Perry was promoted to this rank'

Answer: Commodore


Question: 'Gorge on these chocolate-&-peanut butter bars (or let them slip through your digits) & folks will call you this'

Answer: Butterfingers


Question: 'New Hampshire's chief seaport, it was founded as Strawbery Banke in 1630'

Answer: Portsmouth


Question: 'Many of the TV generation know this jazz singer by her '70s ads that asked "Is it live or is it Memorex?"'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'In 1967 a talking koala became the spokesmarsupial for this airline'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'This god milked his affair with Io for all it was worth: he had to turn her into a cow to protect her from his wife'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'In 1875 Franz Ferdinand, future heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, inherited this title'

Answer: Archduke


Question: 'I couldn't believe it when I saw the boss eat a 20-lb. wheel of brie--that's why we gave him this title'

Answer: the Big Cheese


Question: 'In 2003 New Hampshirites were stunned as this stony landmark of theirs just crumbled away'

Answer: the Old Man of the Mountain


Question: 'Albums by this guitarist include "A Day in the Life" & "Movin' Wes"'

Answer: Wes Montgomery


Question: 'Like other marsupials, this is the term for a baby koala'

Answer: a joey


Question: 'Some say that Phineus mistreated his kids, which is why these bird-like female monsters plagued him'

Answer: harpies


Question: 'The wife of a reigning monarch is referred to as the Queen this'

Answer: Consort


Question: 'Hey, you!  You with the long-lasting caramel sucker & the blond in the mink!  Bet she calls you this!'

Answer: Sugar Daddy


Question: 'In 1944 this resort area in the White Mountains was the site of an important U.N. monetary conference'

Answer: Bretton Woods


Question: 'In 1977 this saxophonist for the Dave Brubeck Quartet was elected to the Downbeat Magazine hall of fame'

Answer: Paul Desmond


Question: 'The word koala comes from the language of the Australian natives & means "animal that doesn't" do this'

Answer: drink


Question: 'Thinking it was a love potion, Deianira dipped a shirt meant for him in poisoned blood--oops!  It killed him'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Inheriting property & title from her deceased husband made Tz'u-hsi of China this kind of Empress'

Answer: Dowager


Question: 'You're such a grouch!  For your June 25th birthday I'm serving you this, the symbol of your zodiac sign'

Answer: a crab


Question: 'Robert Caro's "Means of Ascent", a biography of this Texan President, recounts his early Senate victories'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'On this '50s sitcom Frank Bank played Lumpy'

Answer: Leave It to Beaver


Question: 'Fold a cloth into a triangle, gently slip the widest part under the arm, tie the ends around the neck'

Answer: make a sling


Question:
'Johnny has left the building wearing these

"You can knock me down /
Step on my face /
Slander my name all over the place..."'

Answer: "Blue Suede Shoes"


Question: '"My wallpaper and I are fighting a duel to the death.  One or the other of us has to go", quipped this Irish playwright'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: '7-8-9:<br />A type of hyena'

Answer: laughing


Question: 'This writer won for his novel "The Counterlife" & for the biography "Patrimony", but not for "Portnoy"'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: 'Most geologists believe the earth's core to be mainly a heavy compressed lump of this metal'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Rub a needle across a magnet & float it on a piece of paper in a bowl of water'

Answer: make a compass


Question:
'Linda Ronstadt, brace yourself for this tune

"I feel so bad /
I got a worried mind /
I'm so lonesome all the time /
Since I left my baby behind on..."'

Answer: "Blue Bayou"


Question: 'This Algonquin wit suggested "Excuse My Dust" as her own epitaph'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: '4-5-6:<br />Transfer one's allegiance to another nation'

Answer: defect


Question: 'Houdini, Emma Goldman & Henry Ford are in this writer’s first winner; Dutch Schultz is in his second winner'

Answer: E.L. Doctorow


Question: 'From the Norwegian for "lump", it's a blob of whipped cream put on a pie'

Answer: a dollop


Question: 'Combine wine, aquavit, raisins, cloves & sugar; light mixture on fire; learn a Swedish toast'

Answer: make glog


Question:
'Witness the birth of "Captain Fantastic 2" with this song

"Laughing like children /
Living like lovers /
Rolling like thunder /
Under the covers..."'

Answer: "I Guess That\'s Why They Call It The Blues"


Question: 'In a self-fulfilling prophesy about his drug habit, this comedian said "I'll die young, but it's like kissing God"'

Answer: Lenny Bruce


Question: '8-9-10:<br />Forcibly seize control of moving vehicle'

Answer: hijacking


Question: 'Edmund White wrote a definitive biography of this French thief, novelist & playwright of "The Maids"'

Answer: Genet


Question: 'Kipling water carrier called a "limping lump o' brick dust"'

Answer: Gunga Din


Question: 'Change direction & speed while walking, tug on a leash as you say the command, don't forget to say, "good boy!"'

Answer: get your dog to heel


Question:
'Complete this "Crystal"ine line

"I'll be fine when you’re gone /
I'll just cry all night long /
Say it isn't true and don't it..."'

Answer: "Don\'t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"


Question: 'A flower child turned Fuhrer in the film "The Producers", he made his egress during a 1987 stage performance'

Answer: Dick Shawn


Question: '18-19-20:<br />Explode in air, perhaps'

Answer: burst


Question: 'This Peruvian novelist won for his critical work "Making Waves"'

Answer: Mario Vargas Llosa


Question: 'Karl Marx bunched the dregs of society under this 17-letter mouthful'

Answer: the lumpenproletariat


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew strikes a yogic pose.)  Start in mountain posture, step forward, bend one knee, raise hand overhead'

Answer: assume the warrior position


Question:
'This 1968 classic features the man in black, Johnny... Gilbert

"My mama always told me son, always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns /
But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"'

Answer: "The Folsom Prison Blues"


Question: 'This 16th C. philosopher died of bronchitis after experiments with snow to delay the process of putrefaction'

Answer: Bacon


Question: '19-20-21:<br />Dampness'

Answer: moisture


Question: 'This British ship was named for a Roman province established in the area of Portugal in 27 B.C.'

Answer: the Lusitania


Question: 'January 20, 1953 - January 2, 1961'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'Bob Beamon, Carl Lewis & the mouse family Zapodidae are all famous for this ability'

Answer: jumping


Question: 'This sport's first trading cards were issued by Canadian cigarette companies in the 1910s'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'In the Roman Catholic canon this book is the Song of Songs; for Protestants, it's the song of this'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'Ratbert, Catbert & Dogbert'

Answer: Dilbert


Question: 'In King Arthur's court he sat in the siege perilous, a seat reserved for the noblest of knights'

Answer: Sir Galahad


Question: 'March 4, 1797 - March 4, 1801'

Answer: John Adams


Question: '"Man" comes from the old English for "human being"; "Mouse" comes from "thief" in this ancient language of India'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'Canadian group portrayed in "Rose Marie", "Sergeant Preston" & "Dudley Do-Right"'

Answer: Royal Canadian Mounted Police ("The Mounties")


Question: 'The shorter of the 2 names by which Americans know this country where you'll find The Hague'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'Andrea, Irving & Mr. Pinkley'

Answer: Cathy


Question: 'Goldfinger's personal pilot played by Honor Blackman in "Goldfinger"'

Answer: Pussy Galore


Question: 'August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Humans are of the order primates; mice are of this order'

Answer: rodents


Question: 'It was the McKenzie Brothers term for a beer-swilling, tuque-wearing, down-home type of guy'

Answer: "Hoser"


Question: 'A woodchuck is also known as a whistle pig & more commonly as this'

Answer: a groundhog


Question:
'It's the strip whose title characters are seen here

[created by Mike Peters]'

Answer: Mother Goose and Grimm


Question: 'On TV, Graham Kerr was this type of gourmet'

Answer: (The) Galloping (Gourmet)


Question: 'March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'Until 1947 this marvelous man was the mighty mouth of Mickey Mouse'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: 'She honed her "craft" in Canada before joining "Party Of Five"'

Answer: Neve Campbell


Question: 'From old Italian for "to shield" & "sun", it's another name for a sun umbrella'

Answer: parasol


Question: 'Helga, Honi & Hamlet'

Answer: Hagar the Horrible


Question: 'In this New Testament epistle, Paul argued that he was an apostle appointed by God'

Answer: Galatians


Question: 'September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'This smallest mouse of the Americas shares part of its name with a small people of Africa'

Answer: the pygmy mouse


Question: 'Founded in 1949, this company was publishing romance novels exclusively by 1964'

Answer: Harlequin


Question: 'Paradoxical sleep is also a term for this state in which you do your dreaming'

Answer: REM sleep (rapid eye movement)


Question: 'Aleta, Prince Arn & Galan'

Answer: Prince Valiant


Question: 'In 1570 British sea captain John Hawkins converted this type of merchant ship into a warship'

Answer: Galleon


Question: 'The 2 German cities burgers & hot dogs can be traced back to'

Answer: Hamburg & Frankfurt


Question: 'Chevy Chase, Steve Martin & Martin Short played reluctant Western heroes in this 1986 film'

Answer: The Three Amigos


Question: 'In "Bleak House", Chapter 3, Dickens calls this weather condition "A London particular"'

Answer: fog


Question: 'Her song "Give Me One Reason" would make her enemies' lips turn rough & crack'

Answer: (Tracy) Chapman


Question: 'It's the only multi-syllable letter in our alphabet'

Answer: W


Question: 'We fought against the Seleucid kingdom, founded by a general under this "great" conqueror'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'It grew out of 3 villages:  Sutanati, Govindapur & Kalikata'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'Gabby Hayes added comic relief to many of this singing cowboy's films including "My Pal Trigger"'

Answer: Roy Rogers


Question: 'This "Butch Cassidy" screenwriter would have the same powers as King Midas'

Answer: (William) Goldman


Question: 'It was "fantastically embroidered and illuminated upon" Hester Prynne's gown'

Answer: A (The Scarlet Letter)


Question: 'We rededicated this edifice in December of 164 B.C., but 234 years later it was destroyed'

Answer: the Temple


Question: 'Catherine the Great began the collection of art housed at this city's Hermitage'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'Jane Fonda played a schoolteacher who turns into an outlaw in this 1965 film'

Answer: Cat Ballou


Question: 'This 1940s Chicago Bears quarterback would have won games with incredible good fortune'

Answer: (Sid) Luckman


Question: 'Middle initial shared by "Star Trek"'s captain James Kirk & Phineas Barnum'

Answer: T


Question: 'In battle, our hero Eleazar perished when he killed one of these huge beasts -- unfortunately, from underneath'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'It takes a little over an hour to travel from Madrid to this city to see the Casa de El Greco'

Answer: Toledo


Question:
'The outlaws seen here join up with this title gang

[Tim Conway & Don Knotts]'

Answer: The Apple Dumpling Gang


Question: 'He delivers his "It is a far, far better" speech from the scaffold'

Answer: Sydney Carton (in A Tale of Two Cities)


Question: 'When she's older, this recent stage Anne Frank could get magic powers from dessert wine'

Answer: (Natalie) Portman


Question: 'In a 1962 film, Leslie Caron moved into a room of this shape in a London boarding house'

Answer: L (The L-Shaped Room)


Question: 'The rebuilt Imperial Palace in this city was home to only 2 emperors; Meiji moved the Imperial Palace to Tokyo'

Answer: Kyoto


Question: 'In this 1948 film, Bob Hope played a dentist who marries "Calamity" Jane Russell'

Answer: The Paleface


Question: '"David Copperfield" character with lines like "We are very 'umble" & "We live in a numble abode"'

Answer: Uriah Heep


Question: 'This anti-tobacco California congressman would become a fearsome giant candle'

Answer: (Henry) Waxman


Question: 'This one-letter symbol on sheet music instructs a musician to play loudly'

Answer: F


Question: 'Our exploits are told in the group of books that Protestants call this, meaning "hidden"'

Answer: Apocrypha


Question: 'Partly from Greek for "song", they began as plays with music, then acquired sensational plots'

Answer: Melodramas


Question: 'In Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island", this reclusive captain dies & is buried at sea in his submarine'

Answer: Captain Nemo


Question: 'Comedienne O'Donnell weds 76ers head coach Maurice & is all aglow with this name'

Answer: Rosie Cheeks


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in front of a train at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI.)  In the 1950s, GM based the styling of the futuristic Aerotrain on a concept car, this division's 1951 LeSabre'

Answer: Buick


Question: 'When she married the future president in 1759, she was said to be the richest marriageable woman in Virginia'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'In 1947 this company introduced an instant camera that could deliver a finished print in 60 seconds'

Answer: Polaroid


Question: 'He was only 23 in 1729 when he began publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'This 1898 novel is divided into 2 parts: "The Coming of the Martians" & "The Earth Under the Martians"'

Answer: War of the Worlds


Question: 'Actress Tuesday says bravo to this hyphenated name after marrying journalist & author Dominick'

Answer: Tuesday Weld-Dunne


Question: 'The Chicago & North Western's hospital car, Joseph Lister, was designed to take patients to this Minn. hospital'

Answer: the Mayo Clinic


Question: 'Her father was John V. Bouvier III, a New York stockbroker'

Answer: Jackie Kennedy


Question: 'This "colorful" camera introduced in 1900 cost a mere dollar'

Answer: the Brownie


Question: 'An amusement park ride consisting of an upright disk with passenger gondolas suspended from the rim'

Answer: a Ferris wheel


Question: 'Credited with formulating the "Three Laws of Robotics", he said the idea came from his editor John Campbell'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: 'Actress Julie, nurse Dixie McCall on "Emergency!", falls for Lloyd's son Jeff & hyphenates her name to...'

Answer: Julie London-Bridges


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue standing on a train platform at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI.)  The largest steam locomotive ever was the 132-foot, 6,200-horsepower "Big Boy" operated by this company formed to extend the railways to the West Coast'

Answer: Union Pacific


Question: 'What a shopper!  In the 1860s she reportedly bought 300 pairs of gloves during one 4-month period'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'Patented around 1938, Vladimir Zworykin's iconoscope was the first practical one of these'

Answer: TV camera


Question: 'A nozzled weapon that projects ignited incendiary fuel'

Answer: a flamethrower


Question: 'In 1997 he ended his "Odyssey" series with "3001: The Final Odyssey"'

Answer: Arthur Clarke


Question: 'Mary, co-host of "E.T.", weds Watergate "Deep Throat" W. Mark & hyphenates to get this sincere name'

Answer: Mary Hart-Felt


Question: 'From the Ahnapee & Western, the museum has this type of car whose name once referred to the galley of a ship'

Answer: a caboose


Question: 'An institute for caregiving is named for her at Georgia Southwestern State, her alma mater'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'In 1895 these French brothers invented the cinematographe, which combined a movie camera & a projector'

Answer: the Lumière Brothers


Question: 'A ZZ Top album, a movie ticketing service or a dance of Spain'

Answer: Fandango


Question: 'He won 6 Hugo Awards for his fiction, including "Starship Troopers" & "Stranger in a Strange Land"'

Answer: Robert Heinlein


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the National Railroad Museum, Green Bay, WI.)  Originally built for a Japanese railroad, this class of locomotive with a 2-8-2 wheel arrangement was named for a Japanese term for emperor'

Answer: a Mikado


Question: 'She attended Barstow, a finishing school for girls, in Kansas City near her hometown of Independence'

Answer: Mrs. Truman


Question: 'This German company introduced the first precision miniature 35 mm camera in 1924'

Answer: Leica


Question: 'The 2 types of wrestling in the Olympics are Greco-Roman & this'

Answer: freestyle


Question: 'Discovered by John Davis in 1592, these islands were first settled by Argentinians in the 1820s'

Answer: the Falkland Islands


Question: 'One successful roll for Pete Weber or pitch for Eric Gagne'

Answer: a strike


Question: 'She met Napoleon in 1795 when she was trying to get back her late husband's sword'

Answer: Josephine


Question: 'Its front page features "Snapshots", which depict trends in graphs & cartoons'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'It's the part of the body where you'll find the sternocleidomastoid muscle'

Answer: the neck


Question: 'Describes on e born an' reared within th' sound o' London's Bow Bells, it does'

Answer: cockney


Question: 'This colony off the coast of Cape Hatteras was a part of the charter of the Virginia Company in the early 1600s'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'In 2 different sports, it can weigh 1 1/8 ounces of lead, or 16 pounds of iron or brass'

Answer: a shot


Question: 'Wellington enlisted the aid of these fighters in Spain whose name means "little war", not "great ape"'

Answer: guerrilla


Question: 'In June 2002 this city's Times-Picayune began a 5-part series on the destruction a hurricane could bring'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Periosteum, a membrane that covers the surface of this, is from the Greek for "around" this'

Answer: bone


Question: 'The pecan is a type of this tree whose wood is used in tool handles'

Answer: hickory


Question: 'In 1999 a cannon from the HMS Bounty was raised from the wreck site at this isolated island'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'One player on a hockey team is paid to do this, a violation in basketball'

Answer: goal tend


Question: 'On Sept. 14, 1812 French troops occupied this city & found it almost deserted'

Answer: Moscow


Question: '"The newspaper of Silicon Valley", this San Jose paper got its name from another element mined in the area'

Answer: the San Jose Mercury News


Question: 'A microliter of blood contains from 150,000 to 400,000 of these blood-clotting bodies'

Answer: platelets


Question: 'From an Old English word for "fair-haired", this male given name might be called elementary'

Answer: Sherlock


Question: 'A running back runs through it in the defense; a driving basketballer "takes the ball to" it'

Answer: the hole


Question: 'Pacific Newspaper Group, a CanWest company, publishes both The Province & The Sun in this Canadian city'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'It sounds funny, but the aqueous humor lubricates important parts of this organ'

Answer: the eye


Question: '"The Pioneers" & "The Prairie" are 2 of the 5 historical novels in this series'

Answer: The Leatherstocking Tales


Question: 'A golfer hits this chip shot to reach the green; a tennis player hits it to get to the net'

Answer: approach shots


Question: 'You could call C.P. Scott, who edited Manchester's leading newspaper for 57 years, this kind of "angel"'

Answer: Guardian


Question: 'It's the overall name for 3 pairs of glands: parotid, submandibular & sublingual'

Answer: the salivary glands


Question: 'It's the 7-letter name of the American bird seen here'

Answer: the grackle


Question: 'This Englishwoman's name comes from the French for "badly suited to the purpose"'

Answer: Mrs. Malaprop


Question: 'In 2001 she became the first first lady to win elective office, becoming a senator from N.Y.'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'You'll be sitting pretty if you get a triple letter score with a Q or X in this game'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: 'Number of Snow White's height-challenged housemates'

Answer: 7


Question: 'You can't beat a PB&J sandwich, which stands for this'

Answer: peanut butter and jelly


Question: '<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-10-10_J_04.jpg" target="_blank">This </a>island off the coast of Africa is where you might find Alex, Marty and Melman'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'Medically speaking, hemo-, hema- & hemato- all mean this'

Answer: blood


Question: 'This 2005 event is the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history'

Answer: Hurricane Katrina


Question: 'When I play, the one that's not sunk in this game is the 2-peg patrol boat'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'The one that starts with 2 vowels'

Answer: 8


Question: 'If you're really hungry, try a Gordita Supreme at this Mexican chain'

Answer: Taco Bell


Question: 'Sugarcane is an important crop of this communist Caribbean island'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Before -standard & -marine, it means below'

Answer: sub-


Question: 'Benedict XVI succeeded this man as head of the Roman Catholic church in 2005'

Answer: John Paul II


Question: 'You may have to leave your hands & feet on the board of this game that can tie you up in knots'

Answer: Twister


Question: 'In the famous Christmas poem, Santa's sleigh is pulled by this many tiny reindeer'

Answer: 8


Question: 'Popularized at a 1942 state fair, it's a frankfurter dipped in batter & deep fried'

Answer: a corn dog


Question: 'No wonder it's called a low country, much of it is below sea level'

Answer: The Netherlands


Question: 'Before -biography or -graph, it means self'

Answer: auto-


Question: 'This new cabinet-level department includes FEMA, the Coast Guard & Customs'

Answer: the Department of Homeland Security


Question: 'Creative Cat, Data Head & Word Worm are some of the 14 talent activities in this game named for the skull'

Answer: Cranium


Question: 'Number of classic "Ancient Wonders" that included the Colossus of Rhodes'

Answer: 7


Question: 'A "boat" of this fruit: cut lengthwise through the peel, stuff with marshmallows & chocolate chips, bake for 5 min.'

Answer: a banana


Question: 'This country is named for a circle around the Earth'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'It puts the fire before -technics & -mania'

Answer: pyro-


Question: 'In 2004 7 countries that were once Soviet allies were admitted as new members of this military alliance'

Answer: NATO


Question: 'This game similar to the game "Go" has a Shakespearean name & uses black & white disks'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'Some people compare happiness to being on this number cloud'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Some call them nuggets or tenders, but strips of chicken can also have this "handy" name'

Answer: chicken fingers


Question: 'The name of this Asian country means "Land of the Free," so it's not surprising that it's never been colonized'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'This prefix turns 1 byte of data into about a billion'

Answer: giga-


Question: 'Clare of Assisi, whose miracles saved her city from destruction twice, died in 1253 & became one of these in 1255'

Answer: a saint


Question: 'Hayden Panettiere, seen here, is virtually indestructible on this NBC show'

Answer: Heroes


Question: 'San Jose State University's Beethoven Center has brown, grey & white strands of this that once grew on Ludwig'

Answer: hair


Question: 'In "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe", Lucy peers into an old wardrobe & discovers this magical land'

Answer: Narnia


Question: 'The flag seen here has been used by this European kingdom since 1801'

Answer: United Kingdom


Question: 'The 1906 quake named for this city had a magnitude of 7.9; more than 28,000 buildings lay in ruins'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Margaret Spelling, seen here, is the first mom with kids in school to serve as U.S. Secretary of this'

Answer: Education


Question: 'This "Malcolm in the Middle" star voiced the abandoned zebra stripes in "Racing Stripes"'

Answer: Frankie Muniz


Question: 'A dollar dated 1804 made of this metal is now worth over a million dollars'

Answer: silver


Question: 'Snipp, Snapp & Snurr, who star in a series of books, are brothers from this Scandinavian country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This world-famous artwork seen here was painted around 1505'

Answer: "Mona Lisa"


Question: 'The second-most populous city in the nation, it's more than 450 square miles in area'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'An age when Shakespeare wrote & England gained power is named for this queen'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'This "Harry Potter" actress made history in 2005 as the youngest ever to grace the cover of Teen Vogue'

Answer: Emma Watson


Question: 'An 1868 one of these showing Ben Franklin is worth millions, as only 2 still exist'

Answer: a stamp


Question: 'In the Grimm tale "The 12 Dancing Princesses", 12 sisters dance so much that they wear out these every night'

Answer: their shoes


Question: 'We get a kick out of this international sports star seen here'

Answer: (David) Beckham


Question: 'The falls that bear the name of this national park plunge 2,425 feet down a rock wall'

Answer: Yosemite


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the National Geographic Society's Explorer's Hall.)
I'm at the National Geographic Society's Explorer's Hall in the cockpit of a Lockheed Electra, like the one that vanished with this woman who was trying to fly around the world in 1937'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'On a Nick show, Lil' JJ plays a 15-year-old known as "just" him'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Odyssey Marine Exploration will sell you a $2,500 pickle bottle found on one of these from 1865'

Answer: a ship


Question: 'This orphan befriends a goatherd named Peter when she's sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'Seen here is a member of this branch of the U.S. military in dress uniform'

Answer: The Marines


Question: 'This desert region whose name sounds a bit morbid contains the lowest point in the U.S.'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'She's the Brontë sister who wrote "Wuthering Heights"'

Answer: Emily Brontë


Question: 'She appeared in "Santa Clause 3" with brother Spencer before being nominated for an Oscar at age 10 in 2007'

Answer: Abigail Breslin


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue.) This stone owes its distinctive color to small amounts of chromic oxide'

Answer: an emerald


Question: 'She's the title heroine "Of Green Gables" in a classic 1908 book'

Answer: Anne


Question: 'More than three billion people have flown in the type of plane seen here that bears this numerical designation'

Answer: a Boeing 747


Question: 'This city really must be the Magic Kingdom! Here, Ducks become champions of pro hockey'

Answer: Anaheim


Question: 'It was first given a scientific name meaning "flat-footed duck"; it was later given one meaning "birdlike snout"'

Answer: a platypus


Question: 'Luxembourg's is "Uns Heimat", which means "Our Homeland"'

Answer: National Anthem


Question: 'The musical group "The Bedrock Rockers" was featured in a comedy hour named for this cartoon family'

Answer: "The Flintstones"


Question: 'If this tall tropical bird stops eating certain algae, its pinkish feathers will turn white'

Answer: Flamingo


Question: 'The name of this artistic composition of  materials pasted to a surface comes from the Greek "kolla"'

Answer: Collage


Question: 'When this man died in 1969, Ton Duc Thang, his vice-president, became president of North Vietnam'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'From old French meaning "to dine", it's the chief meal of the day'

Answer: Dinner


Question: '"Nyandete", whose name is Guarani for "spider web", is a type of this delicate open-work fabric made in Paraguay'

Answer: Lace


Question: 'He was the Jetsons' family dog'

Answer: Astro


Question: 'These crustaceans that cling to ships & wharves also attach themselves to whales'

Answer: barnacles


Question: 'Morocco is one type of this material used in bookbinding'

Answer: Leather


Question: 'Estimates of when these people abandoned the city of Uxmal range from 600 to 1,000 years ago'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'A threat, like Dennis Mitchell'

Answer: Menace


Question: 'You'll find the original Hard Rock Cafe on Old Park Lane in this capital city'

Answer: London


Question: 'After years as the movies' No. 1 son, Keye Luke finally played this detective in a cartoon series'

Answer: Charlie Chan


Question: 'It's the term for the organism on which a parasite lives & feeds'

Answer: Host


Question: 'Pottery usually undergoes this heating process twice in the biscuit & glaze stages'

Answer: Firing


Question: 'Peter the Cruel & Joan the Mad ruled this Spanish kingdom sometimes paired with Leon & Aragon'

Answer: Castille


Question: 'It's a shrill cry, made by a chicken after laying an egg'

Answer: Cackle


Question: 'Greenland has two official languages:  Greenlandic & this'

Answer: Danish


Question: 'A Tarzan spoof, this tree-swinger had a pet elephant named Shep'

Answer: "George of the Jungle"


Question: 'Made up of a filament & anther, this male organ of a flower varies in number from zero to hundreds'

Answer: Stamen


Question: 'This material used for making baskets comes from the core of the rattan palm'

Answer: Cane


Question: 'In 1935 the Saar territory was reunited with this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'This metal pot with a lid can be used to make stew or brew tea'

Answer: Kettle


Question: 'Island country whose capital, Valletta, is named for a grandmaster who led the knights in 1565'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'This superhero team consisted of Reid Richards, The Invisible Girl, The Human Torch, & The Thing'

Answer: "The Fantastic Four"


Question: 'It's any tailed amphibian,including the newt'

Answer: Salamander


Question: 'Stumpwork, cutwork, and crewelwork are varieties of this textile art'

Answer: Embroidery


Question: 'Juan Vincente Gomez was dictator of this South American country in 1918 when it first exploited its oil'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'This disease caused by a lack of vitamin C is characterized by bleeding gums & extreme weakness'

Answer: Scurvy


Question: 'On May 11, 1862, this Confederate ironclad was blown up by Confederate States of America troops when the North approached Richmond'

Answer: Merrimack


Question: 'An ancient Egyptian who had a sweet tooth would reach for honey or this palm fruit'

Answer: Date