Question: 'Slovenska Republika'

Answer: Slovak Republic (Slovakia)


Question: 'The big hit off this group's 1973 album "Goats Head Soup" was "Angie"'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'This "Crucible" playwright suggested his epitaph should one day read "He worked awfully hard"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'In 2000 he earned his stripes by becoming the first golfer since Ben Hogan to win 3 majors in 1 season'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Union major Robert Anderson was asked to surrender the federal garrison at this fort in April 1861'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'The ancient city of Troy was on this peninsula'

Answer: Asia Minor


Question: 'Kongeriket Norge'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'His "Two Tickets to Paradise" cashed out at No. 22 in 1978'

Answer: Eddie Money


Question: 'Thornton Wilder explained the stage directions for this play with "The less seen, the more heard"'

Answer: "Our Town"


Question: 'Barking dogs dash around at Crufts & he dashed around with Crofts, Dash Crofts'

Answer: Jim Seals


Question: 'In 1893 this major was named curator of the Army Medical Museum in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'In the Bible they run alphabetically from Amos to Zephaniah'

Answer: Minor Prophets


Question: 'Yamaniyah'

Answer: Yemen


Question: '[Hi, I'm Kari Wuhrer]  On my album "Shiny" I cover this 1970 Badfinger hit; it was featured in the film "The Magic Christian"'

Answer: "Come and Get It"


Question: '[Hi, I'm Jon Lovitz]  While going through customs, this playwright proclaimed, "I have nothing to declare except my genius"  [I said that yesterday about myself!]'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'Stumpy-tailed feline who gave us an unforgettable portrayal in "Shakes the Clown"'

Answer: Bobcat Goldthwait


Question: 'In 1906 he was restored to the French army with the rank of major'

Answer: Alfred Dreyfus


Question: 'From 1965 to 1973 Gerald Ford held this post in the House'

Answer: House Minority Leader


Question: 'Zhongghua'

Answer: (Mainland) China


Question: 'This Curtis Mayfield hit from 1972 was from "Superfly", not "Nightmare on Elm Street"'

Answer: "Freddie\'s Dead"


Question: 'Noel Coward quipped this Lerner & Loewe musical was "about as long as 'Parsifal

Answer: "Camelot"


Question: 'In 1876 he was made a deputy sheriff of the whole of Dodge City, belfries & all'

Answer: Bat Masterson


Question: 'Major Richard Bong of the U.S. Army Air Force did this 40 times during WWII, an American record'

Answer: Shot down enemy planes


Question: 'The sky wouldn't be bare without this constellation that contains the Little Dipper; there are 87 others'

Answer: Ursa Minor


Question: 'Kypriaki Dimokratia'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'In 1970 this lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders went solo & had 2 hits, "Arizona" & "Silver Bird"'

Answer: Mark Lindsay


Question: 'George S. Kaufman defined this type of comedy as "What closes Saturday night"'

Answer: Satire


Question: 'After the "Roman Empire", he might have tackled "The Decline and Fall of the Planet of the Apes"'

Answer: Edward Gibbon


Question: 'This surgeon who discovered insulin with Charles Best served with the Canadian army as a major in WWII'

Answer: Frederick Banting


Question: 'It's the key of Beethoven's famous Fifth Symphony'

Answer: C Minor


Question: 'These political party names began as negative terms for the 2 factions warring over the 1678 Meal-Tub Plot'

Answer: Tories & Whigs


Question: 'In a telegram on December 17, 1903, they wrote, "Success.  Four flights Thursday morning"'

Answer: the Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur)


Question: 'American colony that was a "holy experiment" for the Society of Friends or Quakers'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: '1936's "Modern Times" was the last film in which he appeared as the Little Tramp'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'In 1927 this aviator was named Time magazine's first Man of the Year'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'Founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778, this Kentucky city was named for a French monarch'

Answer: Louisville


Question: 'A.E. Housman wrote, "A tail behind, a trunk in front, complete the usual" one of these'

Answer: elephant


Question: 'On February 9, 1941, he told FDR, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job"'

Answer: Churchill


Question: '1 of the 2 gospels in which a version of the Lord's Prayer appears'

Answer: Luke (or Matthew)


Question: 'He played a priest in "San Francisco" in 1936 & again in 1938 for "Boys Town"'

Answer: Spencer Tracy


Question: 'This actor won a 1966 Tony for his one-man show, "Mark Twain Tonight!"'

Answer: Hal Holbrook


Question: 'This Nevada city calls itself "the biggest little city in the world"'

Answer: Reno


Question: 'In this poem the borogoves were "all mimsy"'

Answer: "Jabberwocky"


Question: 'In 1521 he told the Diet of Worms, "I cannot and I will not recant anything"'

Answer: (Martin) Luther


Question: 'This Christian church is headed by the patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt'

Answer: the Coptic Christian Church


Question: 'In studio logos, MGM had a lion & Republic one of these birds'

Answer: an eagle


Question: 'In 1974, this co.'s Charlie was named Most Successful Introduction of a New Women's Fragrance'

Answer: Revlon


Question: 'This Virginia port is headquarters for the Navy's Atlantic fleet'

Answer: Norfolk


Question: 'Hilaire Belloc wrote, "When I'm dead, I hope it may be said: 'His sins were scarlet, but his books were'" this'

Answer: read


Question: 'He told the 1984 Dem. Convention, "Our flag is red, white, & blue, but our nation is a rainbow"'

Answer: Jesse Jackson


Question: 'In Judaism it's the collective term for Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur'

Answer: the High Holy Days


Question: 'This classic 1931 Cagney film was based on the John Bright story "Beer and Blood"'

Answer: Public Enemy


Question: 'A 1977 winner of the Pres. Medal of Freedom, Bruce Catton was a noted historian of this war'

Answer: the Civil War, or the War between the States


Question: 'It's "the nation's oldest city"'

Answer: St. Augustine(, Florida)


Question: 'A piggy-wig in a wood sold his nose ring to this Edward Lear pair'

Answer: the owl & the pussycat


Question: 'About this first battle of the Revolutionary War, S. Adams said, "What a glorious morning for America"'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'A religious retreat or commune in India; Gandhi had one at Wardha'

Answer: an ashram


Question: 'The 2 1939 films directed by Victor Fleming'

Answer: Gone with the Wind & The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'This comedian's "Meeting of Minds" show on PBS won a 1981 Emmy for Best Informational Series'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'This largest city in Kansas is the world's top producer of general aviation aircraft'

Answer: Wichita


Question: 'He wrote, "Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey?  Buzz!  Buzz!  Buzz!  I wonder why he does?"'

Answer: (A. A.) Milne


Question: 'This sports star tells all in his 1990 autobiography, "Bo Knows Bo"'

Answer: Bo Jackson


Question: 'Founded in 1847, the Quincy Grammar School in this state was the USA's 1st graded elem. school'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'The Italian part of this coastal resort area runs from the French border to Tuscany'

Answer: the Riviera


Question: 'He wrote the following while employed by the U.S. Marine Corps:'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'Name shared by a Beatles album title & a 1835 invention of Samuel Colt'

Answer: revolver


Question: 'A short ballet skirt, or South African Archbishop Desmond'

Answer: Tutu


Question: 'She dedicated her autobiography "To Walter Mondale for his faith & to John Zaccaro for his strength"'

Answer: Geraldine Ferraro


Question: 'The 1st schools in Alaska were established in the 1820s by this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Standard Italian came from the dialect used in this city by Dante, Petrarch & Boccaccio'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Verdi's first name'

Answer: Giuseppe


Question: 'Adjective attached to Gustave Pasch's match & Walter Hunt's pin'

Answer: safety


Question: 'German spa town in the Black Forest region'

Answer: Baden-Baden


Question: 'In 1972 this real-life heroine of "The Sound of Music" published her autobiography, "Maria"'

Answer: Maria von Trapp


Question: 'In 1783, while teaching in Goshen, N.Y., this educator first published his "American Spelling Book"'

Answer: (Noah) Webster


Question: 'The 3 colors on the flag of Italy are red, white & this'

Answer: green


Question: 'He called his "Bolero" a "piece for orchestra without music"'

Answer: Ravel


Question: 'In 1792 William Murdock was the first to use coal gas for this purpose'

Answer: illumination


Question: 'This maker of artificial flowers is in love with Rodolpho in Puccini's opera "La Boheme"'

Answer: Mimì


Question: 'In 1981 this longtime editor of the "Saturday Review" wrote his autobiography, "Human Options"'

Answer: Norman Cousins


Question: 'Most of Aristotle's extant writings may have been notes for his lectures at this Athenian school'

Answer: the Lyceum


Question: 'Stendhal wrote about "The Charterhouse of" this city, world famous for its cheese'

Answer: Parma


Question: 'Austria put his picture on its 5,000 schilling note to honor the 200th anniversary of his death in 1991'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'John Ericsson invented this to replace the paddlewheel as the propulsion device on steamships'

Answer: the screw propeller


Question: 'In 1972 Stanford researchers began teaching this female gorilla sign language'

Answer: Koko


Question: 'This trumpeter, a co-founder of the "Bebop" movement, titled his 1979 autobio. "To Be or Not to Bop"'

Answer: Dizzy Gillespie


Question: 'Named for a lake in Western N.Y., this early 20th c. movement's traveling lecturers often spoke in tents'

Answer: the Chautauqua movement


Question: 'To reach the island of Sicily from the "toe" of Italy, cross this narrow strait'

Answer: the Straits of Messina


Question: 'Camille Saint-Saens dedicated his 3rd symphony to the memory of this Hungarian pianist'

Answer: Liszt


Question: 'In the 1850s this man sued Isaac Singer over infringements on the patents of the sewing machine'

Answer: Elias Howe


Question: 'Frilly trimmings such as ribbons or ruffles on women's clothing'

Answer: froufrou


Question: 'This baron was England's poet laureate from 1850 to 1892, longer than anyone else'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'Knoxville Gazette<br />(1791)'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: '"How to Eat Fried ____"'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers is best known as a player of this stringed rhythm instrument'

Answer: the bass guitar


Question:
'The hustle,
the funky chicken,
the rhumba'

Answer: dance moves


Question: 'The Antarctic fur variety of this animal has the longest whiskers of any animal, up to about 20 inches long'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'The material with which an artist works; not large, not small, but this'

Answer: a medium


Question: 'Du Buque Visitor<br />(1836)'

Answer: Iowa


Question: '"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the ____ ____"'

Answer: Dawn Treader


Question: 'The Japanese hichiriki is a type of this Western double-reed woodwind instrument'

Answer: the oboe


Question:
'ZIP,
Morse,
secret'

Answer: codes


Question: 'Able to speak & learn human language, the most talkative bird is the African gray this'

Answer: the parrot


Question: 'These usually glow at 50 to 75 miles above the Earth's surface'

Answer: meteors


Question: 'Rocky Mountain News<br />(1859)'

Answer: Colorado


Question: '"Legend of the Guardians: The ____ of Ga'Hoole"'

Answer: Owls


Question: 'This Hawaiian instrument comes in 4 sizes: soprano, concert, tenor & baritone'

Answer: the ukulele


Question:
'Cuckoo,
grandfather,
alarm'

Answer: clocks


Question: 'Humans each have one of these, also called the backbone; hedgehogs are covered with them'

Answer: a spine


Question: 'It's the unit of measurement, in terms of number of beats, for a piece of music'

Answer: meter


Question: 'Sitka Times<br />(1868)'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '"Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of ____ ____"'

Answer: Kitty Galore


Question: 'Even though it's made of metal, this instrument invented around 1840 is considered a woodwind'

Answer: the saxophone


Question:
'Bunk,
twin,
flower'

Answer: beds


Question: 'One of the slowest & sleepiest animals is the 3-toed species of this mammal that can sleep 16 hours a day'

Answer: the sloth


Question: 'It's the largest artificial lake in the United States'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: 'Deseret News<br />(1850)'

Answer: Utah


Question: '"John Tucker Must ____"'

Answer: Die


Question: 'The name of this oldest stringed keyboard instrument is from the Latin for "key string"'

Answer: the clavichord


Question:
'Rocking,
Arabian,
Trojan'

Answer: horses


Question: 'In the greatest mass egg laying, 500,000 of these sea creatures come ashore in Northeast India to nest'

Answer: sea turtles


Question: 'An assembly for the purpose of racing'

Answer: a meet


Question: 'Virgil's "Aeneid" tells the story of the founder of this city'

Answer: Rome


Question:
'Butters,
Mr. Hankey,
Scott Tenorman'

Answer: South Park


Question: 'This Missouri town invites visitors to explore the caves from Mark Twain's books'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Around siesta time, dormir, meaning this, is the operative verb'

Answer: to sleep


Question: 'Cellos in a string quartet'

Answer: 1


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Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.)  Though it wasn't in original drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln ad-libbed this 2-word phrase--later added to the Pledge of Allegiance--& added it to copies like this one, which he wrote out later'

Answer: under God


Question: 'This compilation of ancient Jewish teachings contains the Mishnah & the Gemara'

Answer: the Talmud


Question:
'Count Dooku,
Mace Windu,
Chancellor Palpatine'

Answer: Star Wars: The Clone Wars


Question: 'Head to the Willamette Valley to see the Belknap Covered Bridge in this state'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'Escribir means to do this; you'll have to do it during Final Jeopardy!'

Answer: to write


Question: 'Maximum individual score in a single game of tenpin bowling'

Answer: 300


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Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.)  On September 15th, 1858, in Jonesboro, Illinois, Abraham Lincoln used these notes to organize his thoughts in the third of his seven debates with this sitting U.S. senator'

Answer: (Stephen) Douglas


Question: 'Composed in Old English between 700 & 750, this epic was originally untitled, then later named for its Scandinavian hero'

Answer: Beowulf


Question:
'Starfire,
Beast Boy,
Cyborg'

Answer: Teen Titans


Question: 'Going up! in this NYC skyscraper whose designer, William Lamb, was inspired by a pencil standing point-up'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'Cambiar means this, something you might have to do to a tire, a diaper or to money'

Answer: to change


Question: 'Events in a heptathlon'

Answer: 7


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Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.)  Lincoln signed many important documents in his executive office, including this, which he called "the central act of my administration and the great event of the 19th century"'

Answer: the Emancipation Proclamation


Question: '"The Epic of Gilgamesh" is an old heroic text from this region whose name means "between rivers"'

Answer: Mesopotamia


Question:
'Hayley Smith,
Klaus the goldfish,
Roger the alien'

Answer: American Dad


Question: 'At the mouth of Cape Fear is Old Baldy Lighthouse, this state's oldest standing lighthouse, built in 1817'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Most people just want to vivir, this'

Answer: to live


Question: 'Lines in a Shakespearean sonnet'

Answer: 14


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Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.)  On February 5, 1862, the President & Mrs. Lincoln continually left a party to be by the bedside of this 11-year-old son, who died two weeks later--the only child of a president to actually die in the White House'

Answer: Willie


Question: 'A collection of 11th & 12th century epigrammatic quatrains is "The Rubaiyat" of this Persian poet & astronomer'

Answer: Omar Khayyam


Question:
'Killface,
Awesome X,
Grace Ryan'

Answer: Frisky Dingo


Question: 'In Wyoming you can camp in the shadow of this tower, the USA's first national monument'

Answer: Devils Tower


Question: 'Pensar means to do this; people who do it well enough may go into a "tank"'

Answer: to think


Question: 'Hours in a standard week'

Answer: 168


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Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.)  The story goes that the dying Lincoln was cradled by Laura Keene, the star of this play that Lincoln fatally attended, leaving his blood on a piece of her dress'

Answer: Our American Cousin


Question: 'Though Rhea was his mother, in one tradition this god was brought up by Capheira, the daughter of Oceanus'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'Stanford students know the name of this California city means "tall tree", referring to redwoods'

Answer: Palo Alto


Question: 'Harry Shearer talks to himself a lot playing Mr. Burns & Smithers on this series'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'The first 2 disciples Jesus called were Andrew & this man, his brother'

Answer: Simon Peter


Question: 'If you like 3-D action, you'll love the amazing adventures of this webslinger'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'On May 13, 1981 a Turkish assailant made an assassination attempt on this man in the Vatican'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'Don't judge a book...'

Answer: By its cover


Question: 'Solomon Juneau was the first mayor of this largest Wisconsin city'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'As this porcine character in a 1995 film, Christine Cavanaugh spoke English, not Pig Latin'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'The Philistine king gave David this protection job for life; hey, Kevin Costner could play him in the movie'

Answer: Bodyguard


Question: 'Sam-I-Am knows Universal has a cafe named for this "colorful" title breakfast'

Answer: "Green Eggs and Ham"


Question: 'In this 1985 movie Michael J. Fox time-traveled from the 1980s to the 1950s to the 1980s'

Answer: Back to the Future


Question: 'Don't cross your eyes or...'

Answer: They\'ll stay that way


Question: 'After the Twin Cities & Bloomington, Duluth is this state's next most populous city'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: '(Hi, I'm Michael McKean)  I worked with this "Seinfeld" actor in the animated series "Duckman" & co-starred with him on Broadway in "Accomplice"'

Answer: Jason Alexander


Question: 'One given on taking leave is mentioned in Genesis 31; one of betrayal in Matthew 26'

Answer: Kiss


Question: 'A T-rex attacks just before you take an 85-foot plunge on the ride named for this 1993 film'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: 'Many books offered step-by-step solutions to this 6-sided plastic puzzle'

Answer: Rubik\'s Cube


Question: 'You can't make a silk purse...'

Answer: Out of a sow\'s ear


Question: 'Found on Absecon Island, it's famous for its Boardwalk (& Park Place)'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'She played Azteca in "Antz"'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez


Question: 'These structures mentioned included those of Penuel, Eder, Hananel & of course, of Babel'

Answer: Towers


Question: 'Seuss Landing is home to a rollicking ride named for this famous feline'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat


Question: 'This 1997 movie starring Jodie Foster was based on Carl Sagan's bestselling 1985 book'

Answer: Contact


Question: 'Once bitten...'

Answer: Twice shy


Question: 'About 25 miles north of Miami, it was named for a structure built during the 2nd Seminole War'

Answer: Fort Lauderdale


Question: 'Heard as Ruth P. McDougal on "Hey Arnold!", she's seen as Claudia Salinger on "Party of Five"'

Answer: Lacey Chabert


Question: 'Some say this object was actually a conjunction of Jupiter & Saturn in the constellation of Pisces'

Answer: Star of Bethlehem


Question: 'On Marvel's Superhero Island you may turn green when you ride the roller coaster named for him'

Answer: The Incredible Hulk


Question: 'In 1986 Chris Van Allsburg won the Caldecott Medal with his book about this "Express"'

Answer: "The Polar Express"


Question: 'Hope for the best...'

Answer: Prepare for the worst


Question: '4,000 years ago, the first needles used in this Chinese medical procedure were made out of stone, not metal'

Answer: Acupuncture


Question: 'This "Speed" star, a cheerleader at her Arlington, VA. high school, also "Net"ted the title "Class Clown"'

Answer: Sandra Bullock


Question: 'This "sugar" tree is the state tree of New York, Vermont, West Virginia & Wisconsin'

Answer: Maple


Question: 'Po Bronson's 1999 book tells of "The Nudist on the Late Shift and Other True Tales" of this hi-tech "Valley"'

Answer: Silicon Valley


Question: 'Wayne State College is in Wayne, Nebraska; Wayne State University is in this largest Michigan city'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Before you ever "walked the dog" in the U.S., this toy was a Filipino hunting weapon'

Answer: Yo-yo


Question: 'The Chinese signed legal documents by affixing one of these, something criminals leave as a clue'

Answer: Fingerprint


Question: 'She was 16 when she was cast to play Beverly Hills teenager Donna Martin'

Answer: Tori Spelling


Question: 'Species of this plant include the jumpng cholla, barrel & organ pipe'

Answer: Cactus


Question: 'This executive has written of "Business at the Speed of Thought" & "The Road Ahead"'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'David Byrne of the Talking Heads attended this Providence art school'

Answer: Rhode Island School of Design


Question: 'In popular names it precedes "Bean" & "Cool J"'

Answer: L.L.


Question: 'Ancient Persian courts would unravel this material from China & reweave it into their own designs'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'This "Good Will Hunting" star was a teen when he made his feature film debut in a bit role in "Mystic Pizza"'

Answer: Matt Damon


Question: 'The largest seeds are the nuts of the coco-de-mer, a type of this tree that grows in the Seychelles'

Answer: Coconut palm


Question: 'This psychotic computer is repaired in Arthur C. Clarke's "2010: Odyssey Two"'

Answer: HAL


Question: '"Pax et Lux" ("Peace and Light") is the motto of this university located in Medford, Massachusetts'

Answer: Tufts


Question: 'If you're a swan in "Swan Lake", you're probably wearing one of these'

Answer: Tutu


Question: 'The Chinese believed these occured when a dragon in the sky tried to swallow the sun'

Answer: Solar eclipses


Question: 'She was the teen star of the 1969 film "A Walk with Love and Death", directed by her dad, John Huston'

Answer: Anjelica Huston


Question: 'The Egyptian lotus is actually a member of these "water" plants that grow on the surface of rivers & streams'

Answer: Water lilies


Question: 'A computer commits suicide after talking to Marvin the Robot in this first Douglas Adams novel'

Answer: "The Hitchhiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy"


Question: '3 Baptist missionaries helped found this Waco school, Texas' oldest in continuing operation'

Answer: Baylor University


Question: 'Said of something neither very good nor very bad; passable'

Answer: So-so


Question: 'Originally, Chinese mathematicians rounded off pi to this whole number'

Answer: 3


Question: 'While a student at Hot Springs High, he played tenor sax in a jazz combo called Three Blind Mice'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'The stigma is the sticky area at the top of this female part of a flower'

Answer: Pistil


Question: 'This computer-driven sci-fi subgenre includes works by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling'

Answer: Cyberpunk


Question: 'This Ivy League college in upstate New York was founded by a man who built telegraph systems'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'It's the once scandalous 19th century dance performed to the music heard here'

Answer: Can-Can


Question: 'In 1672 Christiaan Huygens sketched its southern ice cap'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Not only do these birds hover, they're the only ones capable of flying backwards'

Answer: Hummingbirds


Question: 'Saint Adalbert, the "Apostle of the Prussians", became bishop of this Czech capital in 982'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'This Swiss capital is the headquarters for the International Copyright Union'

Answer: Bern


Question: 'The National Air & Space Museum in Washington is the largest museum of this institution'

Answer: Smithsonian Institution


Question: 'With little wind resistance, these domes housed the radar equipment along the DEW line'

Answer: Geodesic Domes


Question: '"Come'n listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed"'

Answer: "The Beverly Hillbillies"


Question: 'This tallest Australian bird stands 5 to 6 feet high'

Answer: Emu


Question: 'This archangel is the patron saint of messengers'

Answer: Gabriel


Question: 'The name of this capital of Bosnia & Herzegovina is from the Turkish for "palace"'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'A southwestern Pennsylvania museum is devoted entirely to this 1889 disaster'

Answer: The Johnstown Flood


Question: 'Sales were slow for cellophane Scotch Tape until John Borden invented one of these for the roll'

Answer: Dispenser


Question: '"Making your way in the world today takes everything you've got"'

Answer: "Cheers"


Question: 'The young of this 'wandering" seabird have brown plumage which becomes white as they grow'

Answer: Albatross


Question: 'Saint Victor I replaced this language with Latin as the official language of the church'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'The street that runs along this city's western dike is known as Nieuwendijk, or New Dike'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'This Chicago museum houses more than 19 million artifacts & specimens'

Answer: Field Museum of Natural History


Question: 'After his 3-year-old was impatient to see the photo he'd taken, he set out to invent an "instant" camera'

Answer: Edwin Land


Question: '"Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale"'

Answer: "Gilligan\'s Island"


Question: 'In some parts of the U.S. the "ruffed" species of this bird is referred to as a pheasant or partridge'

Answer: Grouse


Question: 'Legend says Saint Sylvester I cured this first Christian Roman emperor of leprosy'

Answer: Constantine


Question: 'During the Roman & Byzantine Empires, this Jordanian capital was known as Philadelphia'

Answer: Amman


Question: 'Paducah in this state is home to the Museum of American Quilters'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'In 1892 Henry Perky invented a machine to shred this grain & form it into little pillow-shaped biscuits'

Answer: Wheat


Question: '"Boy the way Glen Miller played songs that made The Hit Parade"'

Answer: "All In The Family"


Question: 'Nutcrackers & magpies belong to this bird family'

Answer: Crow


Question: 'She immigrated to New York from Italy in 1889 & in 1946 was the first U.S. citizen canonized'

Answer: Mother Cabrini


Question: 'It's located on Liberia's Bushrod Island & Cape Mesurado'

Answer: Monrovia


Question: 'Wesley Peters, Frank Lloyd Wright's son-in-law, designed a 4-story annex to this NYC art museum'

Answer: The Guggenheim


Question: 'In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris & spread fresh water'

Answer: Frank Zamboni


Question: '"Meet Cathy who's lived most everywhere, from Zanzibar to Berkeley Square"'

Answer: "The Patty Duke Show"


Question: 'Arthur I. Boreman was the first to hold this office after West Virginia's admission to the Union'

Answer: Governor


Question: 'He was 21 when he debuted as Jean Simmons' boyfriend in "The Actress"; 7 years later, he went "Psycho"'

Answer: Anthony Perkins


Question: 'This island in New York Harbor began operating as an immigration station January 1, 1892'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'A seismometer aboard the Viking 2 lander failed to detect any quakes on this red planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'The "Olympia" variety of this seafood is a favorite for eating on the half shell'

Answer: Oyster


Question: 'She introduced Hercule Poirot in her very first novel, "The Mysterious Affair At Styles"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'This first person to fly faster than the speed of sound was a fighter ace during WWII'

Answer: Chuck Yeager


Question: 'His burning desire to act led to his debut in "The Burning" in 1981, 9 years before he played George Costanza'

Answer: Jason Alexander


Question: 'In 1856 John C. Fremont became this political party's first presidential nominee'

Answer: Republican


Question: 'The total mass of these minor planets in the solar system is less than that of our moon'

Answer: Asteroids


Question: 'The Maui & Vidalia are 2 of the sweeter varieties of this vegetable'

Answer: Onions


Question: 'This "Lord of the Flies" author was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1983'

Answer: William Golding


Question: 'Jerry West played in 932 regular-season NBA games, all for this team'

Answer: Los Angeles Lakers


Question: 'Meg Tilly made her screen debut in a bit role in this film about NYC's High School For The Performing Arts'

Answer: "Fame"


Question: 'By 1857 he was producing 10,000 steel plows per year'

Answer: John Deere


Question: 'In 1610 he published his discovery of 4 moons of Jupiter in "The Starry Messenger"'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'This "steak" is basically a seasoned hamburger without the bun & sometimes served with gravy'

Answer: Salisbury Steak


Question: 'In 1990 this "Satanic Verses" author published the children's book "Haroun & The Sea Of Stories"'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'Labor leaders from the state include UMW head Arnold Miller & Walter Reuther, who headed this group'

Answer: UAW (United Auto Workers)


Question: 'This "Indochine" actress was just 13 when she made her film debut in 1956 in "Les Collegiennes"'

Answer: Catherine Deneuve


Question: 'The Black Hawk War of 1832 was an attempt by the Fox & this Indian tribe to regain land in Illinois'

Answer: Sauk


Question: 'In 1572 this Danish astronomer discovered a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia'

Answer: Tycho Brahe


Question: 'This Mexican dish made with seafood, chilies & tomatoes is marinated in lime juice rather than cooked'

Answer: Ceviche


Question: 'This "A Passage To India" author co-wrote the libretto for Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd"'

Answer: EM Forster


Question: 'This Carter Secretary of State had been deputy chief delegate to the Vietnam peace talks'

Answer: Cyrus Vance


Question: 'He bounced onto the big screen in "The Big Bounce" in 1969, the year his TV series "Peyton Place" ended'

Answer: Ryan O\' Neal


Question: 'This religion that promotes a universal faith was introduced to the U.S. from Persia around 1893'

Answer: Bahai Faith


Question: 'Famous ones of these include the Perseids in August & the Leonids in November'

Answer: Meteor Showers


Question: 'Goldschlager, a spicy schnapps of this flavor, contains flakes of 24 karat gold leaf'

Answer: Cinnamon


Question: 'She was famous for her mystery novels featuring Lord Peter Wimsey'

Answer: Dorothy Sayers


Question: 'His rise began when he upset Robert M. La Follette, Jr. in a 1946 Senate primary'

Answer: Joseph McCarthy


Question: '1902: This organization is founded in Chicago to promote safe roads; it still helps drivers today'

Answer: AAA


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.)  For a 2005 show on age-defying things for women, I had this part of my body "stabbed" with a special gun; I was told the 2 clicks would hurt "a little", yeah, right!'

Answer: ear


Question: 'In a Dr. Seuss title, Horton hears him'

Answer: a Who


Question: 'This Apple product that was rolled out in 2010 has a 9.7-inch screen & is 1/2 inch thick'

Answer: the iPad


Question: 'Under the Hernando De Soto Bridge in Memphis:<br />this river'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'A Japanese-style grill<br />(7)'

Answer: hibachi


Question: '1789: This document goes into effect'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.)  In 2005 I said Wisteria Lane "seems like such a nice quiet street where nothing much ever happens" when I guest starred as a new neighbor on this show'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'This word found on most lightbulbs is the unit of power equivalent to one joule per second'

Answer: a watt


Question: 'Here you can clearly see the logo of this hi-def format for home theaters in 1080p'

Answer: Blu-ray


Question: 'Beneath the Bay Bridge in Maryland:<br />this bay'

Answer: the Chesapeake


Question: 'A plant eater<br />(9)'

Answer: herbivore


Question: '1845: He is inaugurated as the 11th president'

Answer: Polk


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.)  In 1994, 8 years after I vowed to do it, I ran a full one of these--the Marine Corps one in D.C.; it took me 4:29:15, but I did it!'

Answer: a marathon


Question: 'This word precedes "in the course of human events"'

Answer: when


Question: 'smugmug.com lets you share these & back them up'

Answer: pictures (or photographs)


Question: 'Under the Petofi Bridge in Budapest:<br />this river'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'A fraud or a fake<br />(4)'

Answer: hoax


Question: '1933: 5 years before the Anschluss, Prime Minister Dollfuss dissolves this nation's parliament'

Answer: Austria


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.)  In 2002 I worked the drivethrough at this fast food chain; a customer (who turned out to be my own lawyer!) complained about the slow service, then drove around & got a big surprise, "I'm lovin' it!"'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'The first word that's missing from the song title "Have All The Flowers Gone"'

Answer: where


Question: 'Copying info from a computer to a CD is called burning; doing the reverse is this other destructive term'

Answer: ripping


Question: 'Beneath the Rialto Bridge in Venice:<br />this busy waterway'

Answer: the Grand Canal


Question: 'A pagan<br />(7)'

Answer: heathen


Question: '1887: When Benz is still a competitor, this man unveils his first car'

Answer: (Gottleib) Daimler


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey gives the clue.) In 2003 I learned to "let go of my feet" when I "flew" in the harness this "Titanic" singer used in her $95 million theatre at Caesars in Las Vegas'

Answer: Celine Dion


Question: 'It's what the doctor was asked during the illness of sewing machine inventor Elias'

Answer: how (or, really, "How is Howe?")


Question: 'Seen here is an icon for this 3-letter service that feeds you updates on your favorite web sites'

Answer: RSS


Question: 'Beneath the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon:<br />this river'

Answer: the Tagus


Question: 'Excessive arrogance or pride<br />(6)'

Answer: hubris


Question: 'Just below the adrenal glands, these bean-shaped organs are each about the size of a large bar of soap'

Answer: the kidneys


Question: 'This Garp creator also wrote the children's book "A Sound Like Someone Trying Not to Make a Sound"'

Answer: (John) Irving


Question: '"Against", as in a lawsuit'

Answer: versus


Question: 'Over 4,500 years old, a seated lyre player from the Cyclades is an early treasure of this country's art'

Answer: Greece


Question: '"Don't forget" these waterproof boots worn over the shoes is one of Gwyneth Paltrow's tips for visiting London'

Answer: galoshes


Question: '1977:<br />Duane Hall, a brother'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.)  The mammalian tubes named for Italian anatomist Gabriel Fallopius connects the ovaries to the upper part of this organ'

Answer: the uterus


Question: 'She followed up "Eat, Pray, Love" with a book on marriage called "Committed"'

Answer: (Elizabeth) Gilbert


Question: '"For the time being", like a senator presiding over the Senate'

Answer: pro tem.


Question: 'Vermeer's "Music Lesson" shows a chaste young lady at the keyboard instrument fittingly called this'

Answer: a virginal


Question: '1999:<br />Hessian Horseman, an antagonist'

Answer: Sleepy Hollow


Question: 'Appropriately, the name of this blood vessel means "great artery"'

Answer: aorta


Question: 'On his 1950 death, this man who looked into the future was called "The Wintry Conscience of a Generation"'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: '"By each head", in a country'

Answer: per capita


Question: 'This pianist & composer was painted by Delacroix in the 1830s, the decade when he became a force in Paris'

Answer: Frédéric Chopin


Question: 'Following a day on the slopes, warm up your tootsies in a pair of these boots whose French name says what they're for'

Answer: après-ski boots


Question: '2007:<br />Wilbur Turnblad, a father'

Answer: Hairspray


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  The joint in your neck that allows you to move your head from side to side is classified as this type, which rotates around a central axis'

Answer: a pivot joint


Question: 'His greatest novel was a commercial flop, so he supported his family with stories like "Bartleby the Scrivener"'

Answer: (Herman) Melville


Question: '"Elsewhere"--in English, it's an excuse'

Answer: alibi


Question: 'Pictures by artist Victor Hartmann inspired Mussorgsky's "Pictures at" one of these'

Answer: an Exhibition


Question: 'Yupik for "bearded seal" gives us the name of these soft boots worn by Eskimos'

Answer: mukluks


Question: '2002:<br />Frank Abagnale, a father'

Answer: Catch Me If You Can


Question: 'Broca's speech area is in the frontal lobe of this largest portion of the brain'

Answer: the cerebrum


Question: 'A Pulitzer for "American Pastoral" is one of the honors bestowed on this Newarker'

Answer: (Philip) Roth


Question: '"By the fact itself"'

Answer: ipso facto


Question: 'This patron saint of music has often been depicted in art, as here in a work of around 1600'

Answer: Saint Cecilia


Question: 'Boots from this brand, whose logo is seen here, were worn by soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War'

Answer: Frye


Question: '1989:<br />Whitley Strieber, an abductee?'

Answer: Communion


Question: 'In 1919, barely 20 years after its discovery, it was the world's most expensive substance at $3 million an ounce'

Answer: radium


Question: 'The national anthem of this small country is "Innu Malti"'

Answer: Malta


Question: 'December 15, 1939, the day this film premiered, was declared a holiday in Georgia'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'In 1986 this athletic shoe company introduced Weeboks for infants & toddlers'

Answer: Reebok


Question: 'In 1952 President Truman signed a G.I. Bill of Rights for veterans of this war'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'Diplomats & kangaroos use these containers'

Answer: pouches


Question: 'These bivalves breed in beds'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'The cross of St. George on Manitoba's flag symbolizes its ties with this country'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'This Bela Lugosi film was shot in 1931 along with a Spanish version filmed on the same sets with different actors'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'This company sells about 50% of the bleach in the U.S.'

Answer: Clorox


Question: 'In February 1986 the Marcoses fled the Philippines & this dictator fled Haiti'

Answer: "Baby Doc" Duvalier


Question: 'A cylindrical metal container with a close-fitting lid, perfect for holding flour or sugar'

Answer: a canister


Question: 'The Greek word for "bird" gave us this word for the study of birds'

Answer: ornithology


Question: 'Prince Henry the Navigator's tomb is in the church of Santa Maria da Vitoria in Batalha in this country'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'John Huston wrote & directed this film about a black bird'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'Founded by an Austrian in 1896, the name of this candy roll co. was taken from his daughter's nickname'

Answer: Tootsie Roll


Question: 'In 1957 Sir Bernard Lovell built what was then the largest radio telescope in time to track this 1st satellite'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'It can contain astronauts or antihistamines'

Answer: a capsule


Question: 'Founded in 1878, Lady Margaret Hall is this European university's oldest women's college'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'The ballet "Apollo" is set on Delos, an island in this sea'

Answer: the Aegean


Question: 'The medal the Wizard of Oz presents to the Cowardly Lion has this single word on it'

Answer: courage


Question: 'This retailing giant owns the Allstate Insurance group'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'From 1961-65 this revolutionary served as Cuba's Minister of Industry'

Answer: Che Guevara


Question: 'Named for the wood it's named of, this chest is used to store woolens'

Answer: a cedar chest


Question: 'This London theatre was once known as the Royal Victoria'

Answer: the Old Vic


Question: 'The Bayeux Tapestry is on display in this country's Museum of Queen Matilda'

Answer: France


Question: 'Kirk Douglas dines with James Mason on sautee of unborn octopus in this Disney film'

Answer: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea


Question: 'With sales of over $1 billion yearly, this brand of tortilla chips is Frito-Lay's top product'

Answer: Doritos


Question: 'In 1975 this Communist movement led by Pol Pot seized control of Cambodia'

Answer: the Khmer Rouge


Question: 'This trademarked name has come to refer to any large garbage bin used by offices & apartments'

Answer: a dumpster


Question: 'Last name of Ambrosio & Bernardo, father & son politicians of Chile'

Answer: O\'Higgins


Question: 'This is the formulation of the Einstein equation'

Answer: E = mc2


Question: 'Courbet said, "I cannot paint" one of these heavenly beings "because I have never seen one"'

Answer: an angel


Question: 'Umberto I, king of this country, was assassinated in Monza in 1900'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'The City of Tallahassee lies near the edge of this state's Apalachicola National Forest'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This king & Bible authorizer has been called "the wisest fool in Christendom" as well as "the second Solomon"'

Answer: King James I


Question: 'This hard-hitting defense lawyer appears in about 80 of Erle Stanley Gardner's novels'

Answer: Perry Mason


Question: 'This is the permanent removal of unwanted hair by destroying its roots with electric current'

Answer: electrolysis


Question: 'Among those Toulouse-Lautrec painted going into this club were Jane Avril & La Goulue'

Answer: the Moulin Rouge


Question: 'In 1881 Czar Alexander II was blown up in this city, his capital'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'Ottawa National Forest isn't in Canada but on this state's upper peninsula'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'This president was called "Second John"'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Irwin Shaw introduced brothers Thomas & Rudolph Jordache in this 1970 bestseller'

Answer: Rich Man, Poor Man


Question: 'This pole star is the brightest one in the constellation Ursa Minor'

Answer: Polaris


Question: 'His "Olympia" was accepted for the Salon, but after the scandal it caused, few of his later works were'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'In 1989 a court in this country overturned Carl Pettersson's conviction for killing Olof Palme'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Divisions of this Southern state's Kisatchie National Forest include Vernon & Evangeline'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'He's been called "the second man on the moon"'

Answer: Buzz Aldrin


Question: '"Keeper of the Keys" was Earl Derr Biggers' final adventure about this Chinese-American sleuth'

Answer: Charlie Chan


Question: 'This synthetic metallic element is named for scientists Marie & Pierre'

Answer: curium


Question: 'He titled his study of the harbor of Le Havre "Impression: Sunrise"'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'Returning home after a 3-year self-exile, he was slain at Manila airport August 21, 1983'

Answer: Benigno Aquino


Question: 'White Mountain National Forest is shared by Maine & this state'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'This author of "Tamburlaine" has been called "a second Shakespeare", but some think he was the first'

Answer: (Christopher) Marlowe


Question: 'In a George Eliot novel, this miserly weaver becomes stepfather to Eppie Cass'

Answer: Silas Marner


Question: 'Estimated temperatures on this planet range from 950° F. on the sunlit side to -346° on the dark side'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'In 1992-93 the Museum of Modern Art devoted a major show to this fauvist'

Answer: Matisse


Question: 'Descended from a freed U.S. slave, William Tolbert was president of this country when killed in a 1980 coup'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'Part of Hells Canyon, North America's deepest gorge, is in this state's Nez Perce National Forest'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'This poet's nickname "a second Johnson" probably wasn't an albatross hung around his neck'

Answer: (Samuel Taylor) Coleridge


Question: 'After giving up his wealth, this Dumas character sails away with Haydee, never to be seen again'

Answer: the Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'He used more words in his one inaugural address than FDR used in all four of his'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'We're not sure what race this monster & his mom were, but they both sure gave Beowulf a run for his money'

Answer: Grendel


Question: 'This Gene Hackman hoop movie was called "Best Shot" in Europe due to fears that no one would understand the U.S. Title'

Answer: Hoosiers


Question: 'The lavaliere, a type of pendant, is named for the Duchesse de la Valliere, who romanced this "sun king"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'A homophone of a man trying to convince a woman to marry him'

Answer: Souter


Question: 'This leafy green vegetable originated in Southwest Asia & was considered a medicine by Persians'

Answer: spinach


Question: '640 acres equal a square this'

Answer: a mile


Question: 'Hesiod mentions 3 of these fearsome creatures: Stheno, Euryale & Medusa'

Answer: Gorgons


Question: 'Mickey Rooney played an English rider in this 1944 film that jockeys Liz Taylor into position for the Grand National'

Answer: National Velvet


Question: 'This king may have called Madame de Pompadour his little lamb chop; a tasty lamb dish is named for her'

Answer: Louis XV


Question: 'Name on the award received by Lauren Bacall & Jessye Norman in December 1997 in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: 'The type of bowling done on the PBA circuit, or one of the objects you'd aim your ball at'

Answer: tenpin


Question: '604,800 seconds equal one of these'

Answer: a week


Question: 'Meaning "old man of the desert", Shai-Halud is the term for the giant worms of Arrakis in this novel & its sequels'

Answer: Dune


Question: 'Dennis Christopher battled Italians & locals en route to Indiana's little 500 cycling championship in this 1979 film'

Answer: Breaking Away


Question: 'A Fontange is a lace-&-ribbon headdress named for the Duchesse de Fontanges, a paramour of this long-reigning king'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Sounds like the last name of a sitcom witch'

Answer: Stevens


Question: 'In order to remain independent, this 17th C. Dutch philosopher declined a professorship & a pension'

Answer: Spinoza


Question: 'It can be a few drops or exactly 1/16 of a teaspoon'

Answer: a dash


Question: 'The aliens in this Mandy Patinkin movie that later became a TV series were called Newcomers'

Answer: Alien Nation


Question: 'On the night of a big boxing championship Nicolas Cage gets caught up in an assassination plot in this movie'

Answer: Snake Eyes


Question: 'An elegant silver pattern was named for Madame du Barry, famed for her liaison with this king'

Answer: Louis XV


Question: 'Founder of an ice cream company in 1866'

Answer: Breyer


Question: 'A green woodpecker or a vain, pretentious chatterbox'

Answer: popinjay


Question: '33.8 fluid ounces equal one of these'

Answer: a liter


Question: 'Doozers were builders & Gorgs were giants, 7 times bigger than these furry beings created for TV by Jim Henson'

Answer: Fraggles


Question: 'Jane Fonda tries to become a dance marathon champ in this Depression-era depresser that got 9 Oscar noms'

Answer: They Shoot Horses, Don\'t They


Question: 'A fancy sleeve style was named for the Marquise de Montespan, who began dallying with this King around 1667'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Mr. Hobbes or Mr. Malthus'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'It's a pair of glasses kept on the face by a spring that grips the nose'

Answer: pince-nez


Question: 'It takes 1,055 joules to equal 1 "British" one'

Answer: a British Thermal Unit


Question: 'The shield on Botswana's coat of arms is supported by 2 of these equines'

Answer: zebras


Question: 'Paul Michael Glaser & David Soul'

Answer: Starsky & Hutch


Question: 'To an expectant mom, PROM stands for premature rupture of these & it means you should get to the hospital, quick!'

Answer: a membrane


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bill Rancic of The Apprentice.)  My prize involves helming the work of Mr. Trump's new Chicago hotel, planned for the site of this newspaper's old building'

Answer: the Sun-Times


Question: 'Congressman Richard A. Gephardt represents this state's third Congressional district'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Noun meaning the customs of diplomatic etiquette or formality'

Answer: protocol


Question: 'The 2 most commonly used languages in Botswana are Setswana & this official one'

Answer: English


Question: 'Faith Ford & Kelly Ripa'

Answer: Hope & Faith


Question: 'The Apgar score rates 5 features of a newborn: heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflex irritability & this'

Answer: color of the skin


Question: 'Founded in 1930, Publix is the largest & fastest-growing employee-owned chain of this kind of store'

Answer: a supermarket


Question: '1 of 3 Texans to serve as Speaker of the House'

Answer: Sam Rayburn (or Jim Wright or John Gardner)


Question: 'A composition for a keyboard instrument generally characterized by running passages'

Answer: toccata


Question: 'The inhabitants of Botswana called the San are also known by this name that could apply to Cheney & Ashcroft'

Answer: Bushmen


Question: 'Jameson Parker & Gerald McRaney'

Answer: Simon & Simon


Question: 'From the Greek for "out of place", it's the term for a pregnancy that develops in the Fallopian tube'

Answer: ectopic


Question: 'GEICO insurance & Fruit of the Loom are among the many subsidiaries of this Warren Buffett holding company'

Answer: Berkshire Hathaway


Question: 'The USA's lowest-paid governor, Mike Johanns, earns $65,000 in Lincoln as chief executive of this state'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Sociologist Michael Young coined this term for a system that rewards the talented'

Answer: meritocracy


Question: 'Botswana's economy is closely tied to this country with which it shares its longest border'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Brian Keith & Daniel Hugh-Kelly'

Answer: Hardcastle & McCormick


Question: 'This forerunner to breast milk produced in late pregnancy has less sugar & more protein than mature milk'

Answer: colostrum


Question: 'A broken printer ribbon on a holiday weekend compelled Tom Stemberg to found this office supply superstore'

Answer: Staples


Question: 'Currently, this senator from New England is the only declared independent in the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Jim Jeffords


Question: 'An organelle in the cytoplasm of cells that functions in energy production'

Answer: mitochondria


Question: 'In 1965 Botswana's seat of government was transferred from Mafeking to this city'

Answer: Gaborone


Question: 'Juliet Mills & Richard Long'

Answer: Nanny and the Professor


Question: 'This American obstetrician's natural childbirth method brought the father into the delivery room as a labor coach'

Answer: Robert Bradley


Question: 'An audio oscillator was the first product from this company, founded by 2 Stanford classmates in 1939'

Answer: Hewlett-Packard


Question: 'On December 9, 2003 he won a run-off election against Matt Gonzalez to become mayor of San Francisco'

Answer: Gavin Newsom


Question: 'A bell used to sound an alarm or signal'

Answer: a tocsin


Question: 'Seen in sculpture, Eustache de St. Pierre & 5 other wealthy men made themselves hostages to free this city'

Answer: Calais (from Rodin\'s The Burghers of Calais)


Question: 'This Canadian city, "the third-largest theatre centre in the English-speaking world", is home to the Dora Awards'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'Neil Patrick Harris will always be remembered for playing this title teen on TV'

Answer: Doogie Howser


Question: 'A 1988 act of Parliament defined this Scottish product & limited its production only to Scotland'

Answer: scotch (whiskey)


Question: 'Bob Marley'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'What you'll usually find behind the wheel of a limo'

Answer: a chauffeur


Question: 'This inventor who never attended college has a college named for him in Trenton, New Jersey'

Answer: Edison


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT.)  In 1991, Yale Rep received one of these awards presented by the American Theatre Wing for Regional Theatre'

Answer: a Tony


Question: 'He's been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a solo performer & as a member of Buffalo Springfield'

Answer: Neil Young


Question: 'A margarita can be served in a salt-rimmed glass; a lemon drop, in a glass rimmed with this'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'Film director Ang Lee'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'It's a division of a book, or a local branch of a club'

Answer: a chapter


Question: 'South of San Francisco, you'll find this university named for the son of a railway-building Calif. governor'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'Play Dogberry & you may win the St. Clair Bayfield Award for a supporting role in one of this man's plays'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'In 1983 a Broadway theater was renamed for this man, the first time a living playwright was so honored'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Brandy, creme de cacao & heavy cream make this drink'

Answer: a Brandy Alexander


Question: 'Freedom fighter Jose Marti'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Eames & Adirondack are types of these'

Answer: a chair


Question: 'We wonder if his famous sandals are required footwear at the Chicago school of podiatric medicine named for him'

Answer: Dr. Scholl


Question: 'The British award named for him depicts him in the role of Henry V at the Old Vic in 1937'

Answer: Olivier


Question: 'Neil Tennant is half of this British duo whose '80s hits include "West End Girls"'

Answer: Pet Shop Boys


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew plays bartender.)  Worldly name of this vodka, triple sec, cranberry & lime juice cocktail'

Answer: a cosmopolitan


Question: 'Choreographer Michel Fokine'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Seen here, it keeps food warm at a dinner party'

Answer: a chafing dish


Question: 'Barbara Walters & Alice Walker are among the graduates of her college in Bronxville, New York'

Answer: Sarah Lawrence


Question: 'The Obie, introduced by this newspaper in 1956, has been called Off-Broadway's highest honor'

Answer: The Village Voice


Question: 'He had a No. 1 hit with "Laughter In The Rain"'

Answer: Neil Sedaka


Question: 'Steely Dan knows you might lose that number after a few of these drinks made with gin, lime juice & club soda'

Answer: a Rickey


Question: 'Soccer great Diego Maradona'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'On a map of Africa, this country is "dangling" off the right side of Niger'

Answer: Chad


Question: 'There's a Washington & Jefferson College in Pennsylvania & a Washington & this general University in Virginia'

Answer: Lee


Question: 'Of the New England states, Vermont is the least populous; this is the smallest in area'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'At the CMA Awards in 2003, special tribute was paid to this late "Man in Black"'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'Sam Maverick, who gave us a word for independence, left this Texas fortress 4 days before the slaughter'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'Abbadabba Berman, killed with Dutch Schultz, was an ace fixer of this lottery-type racket'

Answer: a numbers game


Question: 'He's a guy who can't say no to love, she's a gal with a weakness for faking her own death; together, they're...'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'American or not, it's an orchestra platform'

Answer: a bandstand


Question: 'If you're at this state's lowest point, on the Verdigris River, stop for a pick-me-up in nearby Coffeyville'

Answer: Kansas


Question: '(Hi, I'm Billy Ray Cyrus.)  In 1992 I had a lot of people line dancing to this song, my first No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Achy Breaky Heart"


Question: 'This future French leader's 1934 book "The Army of the Future" helped inspire the Blitzkrieg--oops!'

Answer: (Charles) De Gaulle


Question: 'C'mon, one more cherry!  Bally's Las Vegas became the first hotel with a $1,000 one of these'

Answer: a slot machine


Question: 'Her new job as a marriage counselor drives hubby Othello a little crazy in "The Moor the Merrier"'

Answer: Desdemona


Question: 'Musical era exemplified by Glenn Miller & Tommy Dorsey's groups'

Answer: the big band era


Question: 'It's the only state that touches 3 of the Great Lakes'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'His 61st album, "Back to the Well", features a new duet with old duet partner Dolly Parton'

Answer: Kenny Rogers


Question: 'Cosimo de Medici was Pater Patriae, translating to this title also held by a famous American'

Answer: Father of the Country


Question: 'At the poker table, blinking or whistling might be this 4-letter sign of what kind of hand you've got'

Answer: a tell


Question: 'Wacky sisters Goneril & Regan live next door & make life tough for plucky Cordy & this title guy'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'On the big screen, he's been a desperado & a mambo king'

Answer: Antonio Banderas


Question: 'Of the 4 states officially known as commonwealths, it lies the farthest west'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: '(Hi, I'm Joe Nichols.)  My favorite song, "Footlights", was sung by this country legend whose name appropriately means "tired-looking"'

Answer: Merle Haggard


Question: 'In a painting by Ilya Repin, he's the ruler lamenting having just killed his own son'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'This type of casual golf wager is named for a Long Island country club'

Answer: a Nassau


Question: 'King Alonso & some buddies take a 3-hour tour & wash up on an island with this goofy magician in "Temper Temper!"'

Answer: Prospero


Question: 'A soldier's cartridge belt worn over the shoulder & across the chest'

Answer: a bandolier


Question: 'Its largest inland lake is Lake Winnebago with an area of 215 square miles'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'In Buddy Jewell's touching song, his daughter asks, "Do you think that God could use another angel to help" do this'

Answer: pour out the rain


Question: 'As Charles II's mistress, this ex-actress is said to have encouraged the founding of Chelsea Hospital'

Answer: Nell Gwynn


Question: 'When James Bond says this in "Casino Royale", it means he's betting against the whole bank in baccarat'

Answer: banco


Question: 'This cross-dressing lawyer tries to balance her career & her relationship with Bassanio'

Answer: Portia


Question: '"The Wrath of Cortex" is this Australasian marsupial's new video game'

Answer: (Crash) Bandicoot


Question: 'After a 58-year flirtation, this woman called it off temporarily in issue No. 720'

Answer: Lois Lane


Question: 'Godfrey of Bouillon was a leader of the First Crusade & was elected ruler of this city after its capture'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Earn good karma with this one:<br />"My Name Is ____"'

Answer: Earl


Question: 'John V. Lindsay was mayor of this city in the turbulent '60s & '70s, first as a Republican & then as a Democrat'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The morel of the story is that false morels have monomethylhydrazine, so they are this; true morels don't, so eat away'

Answer: poison


Question: 'It's the official sports drink of the NFL'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'Matrimony'

Answer: wedlock


Question: 'Pictured here as a young man, this emperor remained an avid marine biologist throughout his life'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'With Julia Louis-Dreyfus:<br />"The New Adventures of Old ____"'

Answer: Christine


Question: 'Physicist Robert V. Pound has suggested these be used for heating homes, not just popcorn & frozen pizza'

Answer: microwaves


Question: 'Traditionally, dogs or pigs are used to detect these pricey fungi that come in black & white varieties'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'As you'd expect, POM Wonderful makes drinks that are 100% this juice'

Answer: pomegranate


Question: 'It's a traffic jam in which no vehicle movement is possible, especially at an intersection'

Answer: gridlock


Question: 'In April 1945 this leader & his mistress were executed at Lake Como'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'It was magic:<br />"____ the Teenage Witch"'

Answer: Sabrina


Question: 'This current world leader's middle initial V. stands for Vladimirovich'

Answer: Vladimir Putin


Question: 'Don't get near me if you have this fungal infection, aka tinea pedis--it's contagious!'

Answer: athlete\'s foot


Question: 'Brisk is a line of iced teas from this brand'

Answer: Lipton


Question: 'Begun by a retired minister in 1876 to make socks for lumberjacks, this company soon expanded into underwear'

Answer: Jockey


Question: 'In 1909 The New York Times helped sponsor this man's race to the North Pole in return for exclusive reports'

Answer: (Robert) Peary


Question: 'An amnesiac Christina Applegate:<br />"____ Who?"'

Answer: Samantha


Question: 'Senator William V. Roth Jr. is remembered for these 3 letters that follow "Roth" in financial matters'

Answer: IRA


Question: 'We're big fans of these one-celled fungi used to ferment carbohydrates'

Answer: yeasts


Question: 'The logo of this coffee brand shows that good, last drop of coffee leaving the cup'

Answer: Maxwell House


Question: 'A way of marching in close file in which each marcher's leg moves with that of the person in front of him'

Answer: lockstep


Question: 'When Alexander the Great became king, this tutor of his returned to Athens & founded his Lyceum'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'An office comedy:<br />"Better Off ____"'

Answer: Ted


Question: 'Though he was known as Eddie, this WWI aviator's Medal of Honor citation calls him Edward V.'

Answer: Eddie Rickenbacker


Question: 'A lichen is a living partnership between a fungus & one of these plant-like organisms such as seaweed'

Answer: algae


Question: 'This alliterative brand of French vodka features flying birdies on its bottles'

Answer: Grey Goose


Question: 'A thingamabob, or perhaps a command to the main character in "The Iceman Cometh"'

Answer: doohickey


Question: 'Roy Lichtenstein perfected his technique for simulating benday dots to mimic the artwork found in these "strips"'

Answer: comic strips


Question: 'Moviegoers were introduced to Riggs & Murtaugh (Gibson & Glover) in this 1987 flick'

Answer: Lethal Weapon


Question: 'This NFL team once thought about naming themselves the Chicago Cubs; they now bear a more mature name'

Answer: the Bears


Question: 'It describes a situation in which you & I both benefit; how can you say no?'

Answer: a win-win situation


Question:
'"Hey, hey, I've got a new bill to sign!"
"But Senator Sluggo wants to make a cut."
"But why?"
"You'll get the point."
"Oh, ho!  Et tu Sluggo!"'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'John Trumbull's "Declaration of Independence" is in the Capitol Rotunda & on the back of this piece of currency'

Answer: the $2 bill


Question: 'In 1993 "Basic" this was spoofed by "Fatal" this'

Answer: Instinct


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up some dolls at FAO Schwarz in New York.)  Though beauty is in the eye of the beholder, some of these ugly dolls have three eyes, some have fangs, & some have big ears'

Answer: Uglydolls


Question: 'An expression of annoyance or mild scolding that doubles the name of an ancient pharaoh'

Answer: tut-tut


Question:
'"Never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and--"
"Oh, no!"'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'Before seascapes, he did war paintings, like "Prisoners from the Front", seen here'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'Madonna appeared in this 2002 Bond film & sang the title tune'

Answer: Die Another Day


Question: 'Sometimes you have to peel cheese off this shovel-like implement used to place pizza in & out of an oven'

Answer: peel


Question: 'It's the double talk way to say "78 inches tall"'

Answer: 6\'6"


Question:
'"A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!"
"Here, have mine."
"Gee, but it's a little big."
"Giddyap."
"Ohh! oh!"'

Answer: Richard III


Question: '"Thanksgiving Turkey" & "The Old Oaken Bucket" are paintings by her'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'In this Hitchcock classic, Grace Kelly's husband hires someone to kill her'

Answer: Dial M for Murder


Question: 'Like the one in London, this D.C. gallery, an arm of the Smithsonian, is full of portraits of national heroes'

Answer: the National Portrait Gallery


Question: 'It's another term for antiaircraft fire'

Answer: ack-ack


Question:
'"Are you sure we can't settle this some other way?"
"Come on, Mr. Bill.  Have at it now."
"Ooh!  The rest is silence!"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Longtime house speaker Sam Rayburn owned "The Scalp", a statue by this Western artist'

Answer: Remington


Question: 'This 1980 Brian de Palma film was a real drag for Michael Caine'

Answer: Dressed to Kill


Question: 'Congressman Carl Vinson was lucky to have a massive aircraft carrier & this peak in Antarctica named for him'

Answer: Vinson Massif


Question: 'In Switzerland:<br />Turicum'

Answer: Zürich


Question: 'This cartoon lad of adventure & his dog Snowy first appeared in 1929'

Answer: Tintin


Question:
'"That sure was a tough war."
"Let's sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the death of kings."
"But I don't know any."
"Then here's a new one."
"Oh, no!"'

Answer: Richard II


Question: 'In an 1877 novel Mrs. Gordon initially suggests the name Ebony for this title character'

Answer: Black Beauty


Question: 'Niels Bohr toasted the Intl. Cooperation of Scientific Advancement when he received this prize in 1922'

Answer: the Nobel Prize (in Physics)


Question: 'A crunchy treat commonly found in a Beijing vendor's stall is this arachnid & sign of the zodiac, skewered'

Answer: the scorpion


Question: 'If you're the official attendant to someone in a duel or a boxing match, you're known by this ordinal term'

Answer: a second


Question: 'On May 2, 1536, she was sent to the Tower of London on adultery charges; on May 19, head rolled'

Answer: Anne Boleyn


Question:
'Col. Pickering,
Freddy Eynsford Hill,
Eliza Doolittle'

Answer: My Fair Lady


Question: 'A pellet of frozen precipitation'

Answer: a hailstone


Question: 'Bohr was born in Oct. 1885 in this capital, where his father was a professor of physiology'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'The feet are a prized delicacy from this bird that in China symbolizes the mythical phoenix'

Answer: the chicken


Question: 'Adding to a list that includes the pyramids, Andre the Giant & King Kong have each been called this'

Answer: the Eighth Wonder of the World


Question: 'It would have been ironic if the guillotine used for her Oct. 16, 1793 execution was also used to cut some cake'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question:
'Nurse Ratched,
Randle P. McMurphy,
Dr. Spivey'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'A newspaper in this fabled Arizona city is appropriately named the Epitaph'

Answer: Tombstone


Question: 'Long a proponent of arms control, Bohr was awarded the first Atoms for this prize'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'Despite their name, these pungent Chinese eggs are preserved in lime, ash & salt underground for about 100 days'

Answer: hundred-year-old eggs (or thousand-year-old eggs)


Question: 'Harry Truman once "globally" broadened eleanor Roosevelt's title by calling her this'

Answer: First Lady of the World


Question: 'If this mythster was into Dylan, she'd have sung "Everybody Must Get Stoned" (until Perseus beheaded her)'

Answer: Medusa


Question:
'Murray,
The Pigeon Sisters,
Felix Ungar'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'Imitation diamond fit for a certain "cowboy"'

Answer: a rhinestone


Question: 'Bohr escaped Europe during WWII, eventually making his way to this atomic research center in New Mexico'

Answer: Los Alamos


Question: 'After they've done their time spinning fine fiber, fry up some of these moth larvae for a Chinese midnight snack'

Answer: silkworms


Question: 'After Guy Burgess & Donald McClean defected to Russia, Kim Philby was called this, after a Graham Greene title'

Answer: the Third Man


Question: 'On July 28, 1794 this French leader's "Reign of Terror" was cut short'

Answer: (Maximilien) Robespierre


Question:
'Che,
Eva,
Peron's mistress'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'This fashion fad for jeans gives them the appearance of wear'

Answer: stonewashed


Question: 'Bohr was one of the first to see the importance of this, which gives an element's position in the periodic table'

Answer: atomic number


Question: 'If you're really hungry, stir fry some vegetables & buttered meat from this high Himalayan bovine'

Answer: a yak


Question: 'J. Lucas-Dubreton's biography of Alexandre Dumas is titled this, like what d'Artagnan wants to be'

Answer: The Fourth Musketeer


Question: 'On Jan. 12, 1519 this Spanish explorer & Pacific Ocean sighter lost a few crucial lbs. in the public square of Acla'

Answer: (Vasco Núñez de) Balboa


Question:
'Clifford Bradshaw,
The Kit Kat Girls,
Herr Schultz'

Answer: Cabaret


Question: '(Jeff Probst reports from Guatemala.)  Mayan pyramids were characteristically constructed with this stone, named for the calcium oxide it produces when burned'

Answer: limestone


Question: 'Although published as a separate volume in 1865, Whitman's "Drum-taps" was later included in this work'

Answer: Leaves of Grass


Question: 'He had "true grit" as Rooster Cogburn'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'The pineal gland is a pea-sized organ located in this supervisory center of the nervous system'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'Come back here & tell us the name of this part of an L-shaped desk, perpendicular to the main part for extra surface'

Answer: a return


Question: 'Spanish superstar surprises some; sample sculpture'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Baseball scoreboards show runs, hits & not mistakes but these'

Answer: errors


Question: 'About the lovely Lenore, he wrote, "Wretches!  Ye loved her for her wealth and hated her for her pride"'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'It was Charlton Heston's role in "The Greatest Story Ever Told"'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'The submandibular gland is below the mandible, which is this'

Answer: the jawbone


Question: 'It's the mountainous name for the chairs shown here'

Answer: Adirondack


Question: 'Bearded British ruler reveres German genius'

Answer: Hans Holbein


Question: 'A synonym for "Stop!" that may be shouted by a sentry; it's also an old word meaning "to limp"'

Answer: halt


Question: 'This line follows "Poems are made by fools like me"'

Answer: "But only God can make a tree"


Question: 'Oh, brother!  He's the actor under pressure seen here'

Answer: (John) Turturro


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew cuts an onion.) When you cut an onion, its amino acids create an irritant to these glands'

Answer: tear glands (or lachrymal glands)


Question: 'A psyche was a 19th century standing one of these, mounted so that it could be tilted'

Answer: mirrors


Question: 'Georgia guy, flag-fashioning pop painter'

Answer: Jasper Johns


Question: 'The Navy hymn asks, "Oh, hear us when we cry to thee for those in" this synonym of danger "on the sea"'

Answer: peril


Question: 'Born Dorothy Rothschild, this noted wit began her literary career with a poem published in Vanity Fair'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: 'Between his 1950 & 1954 portrayals of this pirate, Robert Newton found time to play Blackbeard'

Answer: Long John Silver


Question: 'These nodes are glands, & they aren't just in the head & neck; there are more under the arms,too'

Answer: lymph nodes


Question: 'Louis XIV's style is Baroque; Louis XV's style, seen here, is this style that followed Baroque'

Answer: Rococo


Question: 'Flamboyant Flemish fixture fond of fleshy females, first & following names'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'A traditional variation on "show me the way to go home" is "indicate the direction of my habitual" this'

Answer: abode


Question: 'In 1945 this poet laureate of Illinois published her first volume of poetry, "A Street In Bronzeville"'

Answer: Gwendolyn Brooks


Question: 'This former Bond girl played herself in "The Player"'

Answer: Jill St. John


Question: 'In humans, T cells develop in this gland under the breastbone'

Answer: the thymus gland


Question: 'A prie-dieu can be an armless seat or a bench to be used when you're physically in this position'

Answer: kneeling


Question: 'Cunning canine cameraman caught cuddling'

Answer: William Wegman


Question: 'As an adjective, it's a synonym for "precise"; as a verb, for "take" or "demand"'

Answer: exact


Question: 'Elected President twice, he beat his 2 opponents by a combined Electoral College tally of 1,014-62'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Neighbor of Greece whose national anthem is "Hej Sloveni" meaning "Hey Slavs"'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'The Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above" these red gems'

Answer: rubies


Question: 'As adults, these lepidoptera are harmless, but the caterpillars love to feast on your clothes'

Answer: moths


Question: '"A new low for Hollywood's highest-paid illiterate" hissed 1 reviewer about this '86 Stallone film'

Answer: Cobra


Question: 'In a 1962 hit, Neil Sedaka said this "is hard to do"'

Answer: breaking up


Question: 'C.O.D. stamped on a package stands for this'

Answer: cash (or collect) on delivery


Question: 'Denmark's was inspired by a king's vision of a white cross in a red sky during battle'

Answer: its flag


Question: 'In Tennyson's "Idylls of the King", knights fight for diamonds at this king's diamond jousts'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'Though its voice is shrill, this small monkey's name is derived from Old French "marmouser", to murmur'

Answer: a marmoset


Question: 'When he quit the Royal Marines in January 1987, 1 headline called him "Prince of Wails"'

Answer: Prince Edward


Question: 'In 1967, the Fifth Dimansion asked, "Would you like to ride in" this'

Answer: my beautiful balloon


Question: 'Keeping the "bells" comes from early practice of a sailor having to turn this over every 30 minutes'

Answer: an hourglass


Question: 'This London museum's famed Chamber of Horrors gives you the creeps-- by showing you the creeps'

Answer: Madame Tussauds


Question: 'The "ice, mast-high, came floating by, as green as emerald" in this Coleridge "Rime"'

Answer: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner


Question: 'It's said ancient Romans not only ate these eels but fed their disobedient slaves to them'

Answer: a moray eel


Question: 'The Hollywood Reporter said this TV alien "resembles a transvestite Miss Piggy"'

Answer: ALF


Question: 'Sinatra's only #1 solo hit of the decade was about these solitary souls'

Answer: "Strangers In The Night"


Question: 'Number of months that do not have 31 days'

Answer: 5


Question: 'To the ancient Greeks, this "solid" landmark on the Spanish coast was 1 of the Pillars of Hercules'

Answer: the Rock of Gibralter


Question: 'Shakespearean teenager who "hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'Of the musk ox, musk deer or musk turtle, the 1 that secretes the musk used in purfume'

Answer: the musk deer


Question: 'Charles Laughton compared this part of his body to "an elephants behind"'

Answer: his face


Question: 'Saying "I fix broken hearts", Jimmy Jones offered his service as 1 of these'

Answer: a handyman


Question: 'This expression comes from medieval custom of placing lips on signature after signing a document'

Answer: sealed with a kiss


Question: 'Captial city where you'll find the Luxembourg Palace next to the Luxembourg Gardens'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'The title gem brings tragedy to a Mexican fisherman in this Steinbeck novelette'

Answer: The Pearl


Question: 'These sled dogs were named for these eskimos who, it's said, first bred them'

Answer: malamutes


Question: 'A critic said this Warren Beatty film "is to Communism...what 'Hamlet' is to Danish foreign policy"'

Answer: Reds


Question: 'This song asks, "Each night before you go to bed, my baby, whisper a little prayer for me, my baby"'

Answer: "This Is Dedicated To The One I Love"


Question: 'Though it's been around since the '20s, many ignore this device that protects sterility when opening a Band-aid'

Answer: the little red tear string


Question: 'It's what the mysterious Drosselmeyer gives to Clara in the ballet of the same name'

Answer: The Nutcracker


Question: 'Many Spanish-language newspapers are named "La Prensa", which means this'

Answer: The Press


Question: 'Only country whose nationals the French will not allow to join the French Foreign Legion'

Answer: France


Question: 'Election year in which the popular song "Hello Dolly" was paraphrased by his supporters to "Hello Lyndon"'

Answer: 1964


Question: 'In French restaurants the helix garden snail is better known as this'

Answer: escargot


Question: 'Her 1st husband was Charles Hamilton, but she really wanted his brother-in-law Ashley'

Answer: Scarlet O\'Hara


Question: 'To give a happy ending to this Prokofiev ballet, the duck can be removed from the predator's stomach'

Answer: Peter and the Wolf


Question: 'Waist-length jacket that might aptly be worn to dance to the following:'

Answer: bolero


Question: 'Independent peasant soldiers of the Ukraine who were known for their fierce loyalty to the Czars'

Answer: the cossacks


Question: '1 of 4 men to lose presidential election 1st time out, only to win it on 2nd try'

Answer: Richard Nixon (Jackson, [William Henry] Harrison, and Jefferson)


Question: 'Number of feet you have to have to be an official snail'

Answer: 1


Question: 'In the 1979 film originally title "Guns, Sin & Bathtub Gin", Pamela Sue Martin played this Dillinger moll'

Answer: the Lady in Red


Question: 'He was born Georgi Melitonovich Balanchivadze'

Answer: George Ballanchine


Question: 'In India, she was the wife of a Maharaja'

Answer: a Maharani


Question: 'Longest active-duty U.S. naval officer in history was this "Father of the Nuclear Navy"'

Answer: Hyman Rickover


Question: 'Moving there just 4 months before leaving office, he was 1st to live in the White House'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'California sea snail whose ear-shaped shell with a row of holes often ends up as an ashtray'

Answer: abalone


Question: 'She introduced a song called "I'm The Last Of The Red-Hot Mamas", & folks took hear at her word'

Answer: Sophie Tucker


Question: 'Creating the title role in "Le Spectre de la Rose", this Russian's great exit leap became legend'

Answer: Najinsky


Question: 'In English, it's only a hoax, while in French, it's also a duck'

Answer: a canard


Question: 'In 1986, the Navy brought this battleship, on which Japan had surrendered 41 years before, back into service'

Answer: the U.S.S. Missouri


Question: 'The French premier mocked this president's 14 points saying, "Why God Almighty has only 10"'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'Cameos are carved from the pink shells of this snail whose name is from Greek for "shell"'

Answer: conch


Question: 'In the old British ballad, it's the 1st name of Miss Allen, the femme fatale of Scarlet Town'

Answer: Barb\'ry, Barbara Allen


Question: 'Ballet stars Mikhail Baryshnikov & Leslie Browne were both up for Oscars for this 1977 film'

Answer: The Turning Point


Question: 'When someone in the Middle East asks for baksheesh, this is what they want'

Answer: a tip or bribe (or handout)


Question: 'While the largest number of Americans served in WWII, 2nd-largest number served in this war'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Before becoming president he said "I am 1st Eagle Scout vice president of the U.S."'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Shakespeare compares a whining schoolboy to a snail in this play's "All the world's a stage" speech'

Answer: As You Like It


Question: 'Kate Hepburn plays a thief's daughter who disguises herself as a boy in this 1936 Cary Grant film'

Answer: Sylvia Scarlet


Question: 'Dedicated in Concord, Mass. in 1875, it was Daniel Chester French's 1st commission'

Answer: The Minuteman


Question: 'Peyton Randolph, the first president, brought the meetings to order in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'When the first Arby's opened in 1964, its entire food menu was potato chips & this sandwich'

Answer: Roast Beef


Question: 'There is no record of his activities between Stratford in 1585 & London in 1592'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'At the 1924 Olympics he broke the 1-minute barrier in the 100-meter freestyle & he wasn't swinging on vines'

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller


Question: 'A 10-square-mile area covers 6,400 of these'

Answer: Acres


Question: 'Dining utensils'

Answer: Cutlery


Question: 'While still a delegate, Richard Henry Lee offered the June 7, 1776 resolution that led to this document'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'Babe, beware: it's the cold sandwich eaten most by Americans'

Answer: Ham


Question: 'According to itself, it's the biggest-selling copyrighted book, at over 80 million copies'

Answer: "Guinness Book of World Records"


Question: 'In 1999 Nestor Chylak was the first of these inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame since Bill McGowan in 1982'

Answer: Umpire


Question: '1 gigawatt equals 1,000 of these'

Answer: Megawatt


Question: 'Someone known for telling jokes or playing pranks'

Answer: Cut-Up


Question: 'Cyrus Griffin, the last president, went on to be one of the judges at this man's treason trial'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'Possibly from a synonym for pig, it's an eastern U.S. name for the sandwich seen here:'

Answer: Hoagie


Question: 'Barbara Cartland's over 700 novels include "Running Away to" this, "Never Lose" this & "Luck Logan Finds" this'

Answer: Love


Question: 'In 1994 this Dallas Cowboy scored 22 touchdowns; in 1995 he topped that with 25'

Answer: Emmitt Smith


Question: 'I love you a bushel & one of these, or 5 of these total'

Answer: Peck


Question: 'A flat, boneless piece of veal, for example'

Answer: Cutlet


Question: 'He was president from May 24, 1775 to October 29, 1777'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'This egg derivative is almost always found in a tuna fish sandwich'

Answer: Mayonnaise


Question: 'Seen here in 1997, this author of military thrillers signed a 2-book deal reported at over $50 million dollars'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'In 1993 Werner Gunther of Switzerland threw one of these 72 feet 1 inch'

Answer: Shot Put


Question: 'A 12-this shotgun has a bore of 18.52 millimeters'

Answer: Gauge


Question: 'A murderer, or an aggressively dangerous person'

Answer: Cutthroat


Question: 'John Hanson is considered by some the first U.S. president, as he was the first to serve under these'

Answer: Articles of Confederation


Question: 'Italian for "little breads", these sandwiches are becoming popular in North America'

Answer: Panini


Question: 'He's the only man to win Pulitzer Prizes for fiction ("The Bridge of San Luis Rey") & drama ("Our Town")'

Answer: Thornton Wilder


Question: 'He was riding Affirmed in 1978 when he became the youngest jockey to win the Triple Crown'

Answer: Steve Cauthen


Question: 'A 24-carat stone weighs 4.8 of these metric units'

Answer: Grams


Question: 'A small, lightly armed patrol boat'

Answer: Cutter


Question: 'The sail in the foreground here:  you might say of a new crewman that you like the cut of his'

Answer: Jib


Question: 'The island of Martinique was mainly formed by one of these & in 1902, partly destroyed by one'

Answer: Volcano


Question: 'For years Julia Child has been cooking up a tempete under this moniker'

Answer: "The French Chef"


Question: 'The budget of this 1956 film with Charlton Heston ran into DeMilliones'

Answer: "The Ten Commandments"


Question: 'Psalm 23:1:  "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not ______"'

Answer: Want


Question: 'Moose'

Answer: Moose


Question: 'The object seen here:  you move it to port to turn the boat to starboard'

Answer: Tiller


Question: 'Sepilok is a sanctuary on Borneo established primarily for these rare creatures'

Answer: Orangutangs


Question: '3 of the 6 restaurants owned by Emeril LaGasse are in this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In 1963 she was comin' at ya as Cleopatra'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'Psalm 8:2:  "Out of the ______ of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"'

Answer: Mouths


Question: 'Mother-in-law'

Answer: Mothers-in-law


Question: 'Soccer players as well as sailors know this term for the device seen here:'

Answer: Cleat


Question: 'In 1874, after a 9-month trek, the body of Dr. Livingstone made it to this island off mainland Tanzania'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'This celeb has published his "Own Cookbook" & "The Hole in the Wall Gang Cookbook"'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'In 1932 he starred as "The Mummy" in the daddy of all mummy movies'

Answer: Boris Karloff


Question: 'Matthew 4:10:  "Get the hence, ______"'

Answer: Satan


Question: 'Mongoose'

Answer: Mongooses


Question: 'On a boat, it's not a sheet or a dead shipmate, but the part of the rigging seen here'

Answer: Shroud


Question: 'Antigua is part of this island group named for its position sheltered from the trade winds'

Answer: Leeward Islands


Question: 'Jennifer Paterson, half of this popular cooking team, passed away in 1999'

Answer: "Two Fat Ladies"


Question: 'In a 1981 film, it's what Harrison Ford was looking for in the Egyptian city of Tanis'

Answer: The Lost Ark (of the Covenant)


Question: 'Job 3:11:  "Why did I not give up the _____ when I came out of the belly?"'

Answer: Ghost


Question: 'Phylum'

Answer: Phylla


Question: 'Seen here, it gets its name because weapons were placed there on warships'

Answer: Gunwale


Question: 'A boat can take you round the Raa & Baa Atolls of the Maldives in this body of water'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'On this Food Network show, Takeshi Kaga plays an eccentric gourmet who pits his own cooks against others'

Answer: "Iron Chef"


Question: 'In 1978's "Death on the Nile", he was in style as Hercule Poirot'

Answer: Peter Ustinov


Question: '1 Thessalonians 1:3:  "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and _____ of love"'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'Genus'

Answer: Genera


Question: '"Worth" magazine says with 1.7 million ranchland acres in 5 states, this mogul is the USA's largest private landowner'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'Of this blundering 1854 "charge", French General Pierre Bosquet said, "it is magnificent, but it is not war"'

Answer: The Charge of the Light Brigade


Question: '1974: "_____ Saddles"'

Answer: Blazing


Question: 'Title 4 of the U.S. code says you can fly one of these 24 hours a day; if you fly it at night, you have to illuminate it'

Answer: the American Flag


Question: 'The cormorant'

Answer: a bird


Question: 'The Beatles asked, "Will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm" this'

Answer: 64


Question: 'T, as opposed to t'

Answer: a capital letter


Question: 'In 2004 he took "responsibility for what happened at Enron" but not for "criminal conduct that I was unaware of"'

Answer: (Ken) Lay


Question: '1988: "The _____ Lightness of Being"'

Answer: Unbearable


Question: 'Have the nerve to name this character played by Bert Lahr in "The Wizard of Oz"'

Answer: the Cowardly Lion


Question: 'The macaque'

Answer: a mammal


Question: 'Remember these?  Referring to the speed they're played at, it's the popular term for the items seen here'

Answer: 45\'s


Question: 'A college sports participant, or a popular late-night talk show host'

Answer: Letterman


Question: 'This onetime Presidential hopeful said he didn't "anticipate the cynicism of the Willie Horton case"'

Answer: (Michael) Dukakis


Question: '1983: "Something _____ This Way Comes"'

Answer: Wicked


Question: 'In 2007 a Canadian woman gave birth to this extremely rare type of quadruplets'

Answer: identical quadruplets


Question: 'The stickleback'

Answer: a fish


Question: 'To excel in this category, you should know that XL in Roman numerals equals this'

Answer: 40


Question: '"Dear Alex, mail this to 10 of your pals & make $1 ,000 or your mustache will grow back" is found in this type of communication'

Answer: a chain letter


Question: '"A total deflation in my gut", noted one astronomer after seeing blurred photos taken by this device in 1990'

Answer: the Hubble Telescope


Question: '1981: "The Gods Must Be _____ "'

Answer: Crazy


Question: 'It's the sixth letter of the Greek alphabet'

Answer: zeta


Question: 'The pangolin'

Answer: a mammal


Question: 'We're betting you know it's the 2008 movie based on a true story seen here'

Answer: 21


Question: 'For TV stations, KABC, WDIV, KTVT'

Answer: call letters


Question: 'In 1990 Joseph Hazelwood, former capt. of this ship, said he felt like "Jean Valjean, with 100 inspectors chasing me"'

Answer: the "Exxon Valdez"


Question: '2004: "Eternal Sunshine of the _____ Mind"'

Answer: Spotless


Question: 'The classical Muses included Melpomene of tragedy, Clio of history & this muse of the waltz & lambada'

Answer: Terpsichore


Question: 'The wahoo'

Answer: a fish


Question: 'It's the next number in the Fibonacci Sequence: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 ...'

Answer: 34


Question: 'It's the type of video format seen here'

Answer: letterbox


Question: 'This fault line is said to originate under the waters of the Sea of Cortez; it then stretches north for 1,000 miles'

Answer: the San Andreas fault


Question: '"…you can jive having the time of your life ooh see that girl watch that scene diggin'" her'

Answer: Dancing Queen


Question: 'I get chills when I read this Stephen King novel that takes place at the Overlook, a spooky hotel in the Rockies'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'With a hub in Detroit:<br />NW'

Answer: Northwest


Question: 'Henry VIII had 6 wives; this "terrible" Russian ruler had 7'

Answer: Ivan


Question: 'This interjection used after someone sneezes means "health" in German'

Answer: gesundheit


Question: 'Alaska & this state have more earthquakes than any other state'

Answer: California


Question: '"My, my, at" this place "Napoleon did surrender"'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'A bustling hotel is the settingfor Chapter XVII of this Salem native's 1852 novel "The Blithedale Romance"'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'Down under:<br />NZ'

Answer: Air New Zealand


Question: 'A 16-foot, 7-ton statue of this first leader of Soviet Russia is found in Seattle'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'It's how you say "good morning" in German'

Answer: guten morgen


Question: 'There's rich mining to be had around this country's Atacama fault'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'It precedes "Here I go again; my, my, how can I resist you?"'

Answer: Mamma Mia


Question: 'In "The Razor's Edge", Elliott throws elegant parties at Claridge's in this European capital'

Answer: London


Question: 'From the Caribbean:<br />JM'

Answer: Air Jamaica


Question: 'A pen-pal of Voltaire, she kept him informed of her victories, & he called her "the star of the north"'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Also a literary style, this 3-word German phrase can mean "turmoil"'

Answer: sturm und drang


Question: 'The 3 main types of faults are normal, reverse & strike-this'

Answer: (strike-)slip


Question: '"If you change our mind I'm the first in line, honey I'm still free" do this'

Answer: Take a Chance on Me


Question: 'In a 1908 novel, "A Room With a View" is obtained at the Pensione Bertolini in this Italian city'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Out of Asia:<br />KE'

Answer: Korean Air


Question: 'Leo Tolstoy got a firsthand look at war at Sevastopol during this war'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'German term for a novel about the education & coming of age of a young protagonist'

Answer: bildungsroman


Question: 'This type of valley, like the "great" one in Africa, is bounded by parallel faults'

Answer: a rift


Question: '"So when you're near me, darling can't you hear me…" this'

Answer: S.O.S.


Question: 'In chap. 1 of this novel, Jonathan Harker spends the night at the Hotel Royale in Klausenburgh but doesn't sleep well'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Demot Manion is CEO:<br />EI'

Answer: Aer Lingus


Question: 'She was really rushin' around when she was launched into orbit by the Russians in 1963 aboard Vostok 6'

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova


Question: 'In German, what's mine is mein & what's yours is this rhyming word'

Answer: dein


Question: 'An 1890 act of Congress says these can be redesigned no more than once every 25 years'

Answer: coins


Question: 'New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island'

Answer: Canada


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  As the loser of the previous game, I'm doing this to prepare for the break'

Answer: racking the balls


Question: 'In Britain, this edible is known as a courgette'

Answer: zucchini


Question: 'Francis won his first Oscar for co-writing this 1970 film biography starring George C. Scott'

Answer: Patton


Question: 'For him, it was "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" & hello, godfatherhood to John Lennon's son Sean'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'This object that projects from a rhino's nose is made from a protein called keratin'

Answer: horn


Question: 'Krakow & Gdansk'

Answer: Poland


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  In this game named for a black sphere, players aim to sink either the stripes or the solids'

Answer: 8-ball


Question: 'People considered this type of ship reliable until the 1930s'

Answer: Zeppelin


Question: 'This star had a heart attack & was even given last rites while making the 1979 Coppola film "Apocalypse Now"'

Answer: Martin Sheen


Question: 'Michael Jackson can leave his son, Prince Michael, "Home Alone" with this godfather'

Answer: Macaulay Culkin


Question: 'Like many health-conscious humans, rhinos have this type of diet'

Answer: vegetarian


Question: 'Parwan & Kabul'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  The term for the error I just made has come to refer to any type of mistake'

Answer: miscue


Question: 'Strummable stringed instrument seen here'

Answer: zither


Question: 'Leonard Maltin said the work of this relative of Francis' was "annoying" in "Peggy Sue Got Married"'

Answer: Nicolas Cage


Question: 'The godfather of Madonna's son Rocco is this Police man, who left that musical force in 1984'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'The rhino is closely related to this animal, though we won't hear "My kingdom for a rhino" anytime soon'

Answer: horse


Question: 'Punjab & Baluchistan'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  John Carr, a British man, developed this spin technique in the 19th century'

Answer: putting english on the ball


Question: 'There are about 20 species of this popular garden favorite seen here'

Answer: zinnia


Question: 'If you don't know the name of this Coppola-directed 1996 Robin Williams film, then you don't know this title'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'In 2001 Barry Bonds joined his godfather, this "Say Hey Kid" & fellow S.F. Giant, in the 500-HR club'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'Except for the Sumatran type, rhinos don't have much of this, except at tail tips or the fringe on the ears'

Answer: hair


Question: 'Chaco & La Pampa'

Answer: Argentina


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  It's the term for my supporting hand, or for a stick I could use to support the cue'

Answer: bridge


Question: 'Married name of the 1932 multi-Olympic medal winner seen here'

Answer: (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias


Question: 'In 1999 Francis produced "The Virgin Suicides", which marked the directorial debut of this woman, his daughter'

Answer: Sofia Coppola


Question: 'Winona Ryder could've learned to "turn on, tune in, drop out" from him'

Answer: Timothy Leary


Question: 'People turn into savage rhinos in this Romanian-born author's 1959 play'

Answer: Eugene Ionesco


Question: 'The haunting "La Casa de los Espiritus"'

Answer: "The House of the Spirits"


Question: 'This vertical, pointy-arched style of 12th-15th century Europe  was revived in the late 18th century'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'One of these costly disasters hit Northridge, California on January 17, 1994'

Answer: earthquake


Question: 'He's the fictional character who tutors "My Fair Lady"'

Answer: Henry Higgins


Question: 'County General Hospital provides the setting for this current NBC drama series'

Answer: ER


Question: 'The name of this cigarette ingredient comes from the ambassador who sent tobacco to Pairs'

Answer: nicotine


Question: 'Dostoyevsky's murderous "Prestupleniye i Nakazaniye"'

Answer: "Crime and Punishment"


Question: 'The simple 18th century British style named for this queen features red brick, not her lace'

Answer: Queen Anne


Question: 'Seen here, he shot a man in Texas, November 24, 1963'

Answer: Jack Ruby


Question: 'The father of England's King Edward VI'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '(Sarah & Sofia of the Clue Crew at an "assembly line")  We're recreating a classic TV sitcom scene from 1952 featuring these 2 characters'

Answer: Lucy Ricardo & Ethel Mertz


Question: 'This word for "actor" comes from the father of Greek tragedy'

Answer: thespian


Question: 'An instrument of Gunter Grass' success, "Die Blechtrommel"'

Answer: "The Tin Drum"


Question: 'A little house in this early 20th century American "school" has a low-pitched roof & long horizontal lines'

Answer: Prairie school


Question: 'Pictured here in happier times, this pair was sentenced to death on April 5, 1951'

Answer: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg


Question: 'Trying to reconcile free & slave states in the 1800s, he was the architect of the Missouri Compromise'

Answer: Henry Clay


Question: 'Until his 1979 death, Jack Soo played Det. Nick Yemana, who made coffee for the 12th Precinct on this sitcom'

Answer: Barney Miller