Question: 'A surgeon/sea captain sets sail on a quartet of voyages in this work; has some trouble with his Yahoo account'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'When he wasn't terrorizing Dave Chappelle, he won 2 Emmys for outstanding talk show host'

Answer: Wayne Brady


Question: 'A tornado that struck Rochester, Minnesota in 1883 inspired 3 doctors with this last name to open a clinic'

Answer: Mayo


Question: 'During the Russo-Japanese War, Jack London worked as a reporter for this man's newspaper chain'

Answer: (William Randolph) Hearst


Question: 'The Tomb of the American this, for a serviceman killed in WWI, was established in 1921'

Answer: the Unknown Soldier


Question: 'A 2001 Time article called this Bush strategist the "busiest man in the White House"'

Answer: Karl Rove


Question: 'A Gypsy loves Captain Phoebus in this story; guy really puts his shoulder into things'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'By 1851 this photographer's failing eyesight had begun to hamper his work'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'This Maryland city's intl. airport is officially named for Thurgood Marshall, who was born there'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'On Hitler's direct order, SS man Otto Skorzeny led the spectacular 1943 rescue of this man from an Italian prison'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'To repudiate or renounce, especially one's heirs'

Answer: disown


Question: '4 Dutch builders were busy in Leeuwarden before setting a record by toppling 4,079,381 of these in 2006'

Answer: dominoes


Question: 'In the 1880s he made his fortune selling railroad cars for the Fox Pressed Steel Co. & got seriously into jewelry'

Answer: Diamond Jim Brady


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Central Park.) Central Park has several impressive arches, like the one named for this shape, a design term for an ornamental 3-part leaf'

Answer: a trefoil


Question: 'Changing the electricity industry, this coil man advocated the use of alternating current'

Answer: Tesla


Question: 'An overheated engine can get this way; so can your mind, man, if you think how small we are, y'know, cosmically'

Answer: blown


Question: 'It was no "accident" that this 10th president had the most children--15'

Answer: Tyler


Question: 'The Spirit & Opportunity rovers found evidence that water once flowed on this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'When 2 bowling pins are separated & you need to knock them down to get a spare, it's called one of these'

Answer: a split


Question: 'On June14, 1982 Argentine forces surrendered to British forces on these islands'

Answer: the Falklands


Question: 'The watermark on Egypt's 10-piastre bill is a statue of this ancient boy king'

Answer: Tutankhamun


Question: 'The only birds taller than this 8-foot African bird were the now-extinct moas'

Answer: ostriches


Question: 'They top eyes & trash cans<br />(4)'

Answer: lids


Question: 'In a single day, temperatures on this planet closest to the sun range from -280 degrees to 800 degrees'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'He was NBA Coach of the Year 3 times in the 1990s with 3 different teams'

Answer: (Pat) Riley


Question: 'The site of a major American naval victory over Japan in June 1942, it's located 1,300 miles northwest of Hawaii'

Answer: Midway


Question: 'Both Palau & the Marshall Islands use this as their basic monetary unit'

Answer: the U.S. dollar


Question: 'Most 0f these flightless birds live near Antarctica, but the jackass species is found off South Africa'

Answer: penguins


Question: 'Female rent collector<br />(8)'

Answer: a landlady


Question: 'Part-time astronomer Christopher Wren made a model of this with surface relief & gave it to Charles II'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'In 2008 Minnesota's final deadline for removing the shelters used in this activity was March 15'

Answer: ice fishing


Question: 'The Faroe Islands belong to this Scandinavian country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In 1704 Peter the Great introduced the first regular minting of this currency in silver'

Answer: the ruble


Question: 'Even though they're striped, thousands of these can be spotted migrating with their gnu friends'

Answer: zebras


Question: 'Flower with its own yoga position<br />(5)'

Answer: a lotus


Question: 'A telescope atop a 17-story building on an Arizona mountain is called the LBT; the "B" is this, meaning "using 2 eyes"'

Answer: binocular


Question: 'A coach for this Tallahassee-based college football team directed, "You guys line up alphabetically by height"'

Answer: Florida State University


Question: 'This 147-square-mile island where Queen Victoria had a seaside home is just off the Hampshire coast'

Answer: the Isle of Wight


Question: 'Most of Vietnam's dong currency features the smiling face of this Communist dictator of the 1950s & '60s'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'The Cape fur type of this breeds at colonies on the coast of South Africa'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'Name whispered by "every little breeze" in song<br />(6)'

Answer: Louise


Question: 'Alpha Centauri is a star; this, 3 letters shorter, is the term for Aldebaran as the brightest star in its constellation'

Answer: Alpha Tauri


Question: 'Peter Handke wrote a novel called this position's "Fear of the Penalty Kick"'

Answer: goalkeeper (or goalie)


Question: 'It's how Easter Island is known in its indigenous language'

Answer: Rapa Nui


Question: 'In 2001 the Netherlands issued its last coin in this currency in both gold & silver'

Answer: the guilder


Question: 'This giraffe relative is also called a forest giraffe'

Answer: the okapi


Question: 'Quiche kingdom <br />(8)'

Answer: Lorraine


Question: 'Registered in 1893, this product's trademark is written in the Spencerian script of bookkeeper Frank Robinson'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'If you live in this city that was founded in 1718, you're an Orleanian'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Educated at L.A.'s Lycee Francais & on film sets, this star of "Taxi Driver" graduated from Yale in 1985'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'MO'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'A 31-foot-high statue of this mythical lumberjack stands on Bangor, Maine's main street; alas, no Babe the Ox'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: '1 of only 2 jockeys to ride to over 8,000 wins'

Answer: Laffit Pincay or Willie Shoemaker


Question: 'Simply "mallardlike", darling!'

Answer: Ducky


Question: 'Peter Demens, who built a railroad to this Florida city, named it for his hometown in Russia'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'TV's Ally McBeal, she had viewers concerned about her weight in '98'

Answer: Calista Flockhart


Question: 'MN'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'In March 1885 Joseph Pulitzer launched a campaign to raise funds for the completion of its pedestal'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'Entering the 1998 season, this 49ers receiver had a record 155 TD catches, 55 more than his nearest rival'

Answer: Jerry Rice


Question: 'They're the "apian leg joints", sweetie!'

Answer: Bee\'s knees


Question: 'Stand atop the state capital steps in this city & you'll be exactly 5,280 feet above sea level'

Answer: Denver, Colorado


Question: 'This country singer of "Shut Up And Kiss Me" & "Passionate Kisses" has kissed off the hyphen in her 1st name'

Answer: Mary Chapin Carpenter


Question: 'AR'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Around 650 A.D. the bronze remains of this huge statue of Helios were sold for scrap'

Answer: Colossus of Rhodes


Question: 'In 1993, 1995 & 1996 this German star won 3 of the 4 major women's tennis titles'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: 'It's the "feline utterance", daddy-o!'

Answer: Cat\'s meow


Question: 'This California city's name anagrams to "No Serf", though "No Surf" would be more appropriate'

Answer: Fresno


Question: 'In 1995 Edgar Bronfman Jr., president of this Canadian distiller, took over Universal Studios'

Answer: Seagrams


Question: 'VI'

Answer: U.S. Virgin Islands


Question: 'Character depicted in Eatonton, Georgia, the hometown of author Joel Chandler Harris'

Answer: Brer Rabbit


Question: 'On May 6, 1954 he broke Gunder Hagg's mile record of 4 minutes, 1.4 seconds by 2 seconds'

Answer: Roger Bannister


Question: 'That's "channeled like a record", baby!'

Answer: Groovy


Question: 'The Fifth Avenue art museum named for this man opened a Soho branch in 1992'

Answer: Solomon R. Guggenheim


Question: 'This director left a party at the American embassy in Paris in 1998 after being reminded that he could be arrested'

Answer: Roman Polanski


Question: 'GU'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Statues of Kamehameha I & of this Belgian priest represent Hawaii in the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall'

Answer: Father Damien


Question: 'She's the only woman named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year in 2 sports:  track & golf'

Answer: Babe Didrikson Zaharias


Question: 'It's "not liquid or gaseous", bro!'

Answer: Solid


Question: 'Clement Attlee'

Answer: Great Britain/England


Question: 'These devices advocated by firemen can work by detecting either ions or changes in light'

Answer: Smoke detectors


Question: 'This comedy's last line, "Strike up, pipers!", is spoken by Benedick'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'In this 1986 film William Hurt picked up on all the signs Marlee Matlin was giving him'

Answer: Children Of A Lesser God


Question: 'To those on Earth, 8 of the planets appear in the band of constellations known as this'

Answer: Zodiac


Question: 'This word for a permanent design made on the skin is of Polynesian origin'

Answer: Tattoo


Question: 'Syngman Rhee'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'Far less powerful than today's PC, this 1950s machine was the U.S.A.'s first commercial computer'

Answer: UNIVAC


Question: 'Though Juliet married Romeo & Romeo married Juliet, he married both of them'

Answer: Friar Lawrence


Question: 'It was anchorman Bill in this 1987 James L. Brooks film'

Answer: Broadcast News


Question: 'It's the only planet you can't see using ordinary binoculars; you need a telescope'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Musty appears to be related to this word that means damp'

Answer: Moist


Question: 'Sir John A. Macdonald'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'It can be a mix of gas & tiny particles, or a spray can that expels that mix'

Answer: Aerosol


Question: 'This play is set partly in Corioli, as you may surmise'

Answer: Coriolanus


Question: 'Her first film was "Body Heat" with Bill & she was with him again in "The Accidental Tourist"'

Answer: Kathleen Turner


Question: 'Degas & Bronte are 2 of these on Mercury, a planet whose topography is like our moons'

Answer: Craters


Question: 'This antonym of pacifistic often precedes arts & law'

Answer: Martial


Question: 'Venustiano Carranza'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Introduced in 1976, this "regal" brand of tennis racket with an oversized head revolutionized the game'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'In Venice you may find the answer to the "Merchant Of Venice" question "What news on?" this bridge'

Answer: The Rialto


Question: 'In this 1996 film William Hurt was a reporter winging his way across the country on an angel hunt'

Answer: Michael


Question: 'Ganymede is one of its 4 Galilean moons'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'The Latin word for juice gave us this term describing something juicy or delectable'

Answer: Succulent


Question: 'Morarji Desai'

Answer: India


Question: 'These pre-Edison "lamps" worked by forcing current across the gap between conductors'

Answer: Arc lamps


Question: 'In "Macbeth", it's the 5-word phrase that precedes "Fire burn and cauldron bubble"'

Answer: "Double, double toil and trouble"


Question: 'Hurt could have used a cell phone in this 1985 film set in a South American prison'

Answer: Kiss Of The Spider Woman


Question: 'This famous Martian volcano is about 375 miles wide at the base & over 16 miles high'

Answer: Olympus Mons


Question: 'Though from old Norse for "to search a house", pillage or plunder would be more accurate'

Answer: Ransack


Question: 'In 1745 he bequeathed his estate to be used for the founding of a hospital for the mentally ill in Dublin'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'A big name in computers, this company is known as HP for short'

Answer: Hewlett-Packard


Question: 'Willem Schouten was the first to sail around this cape, South America's southernmost point'

Answer: Cape Horn


Question: 'Hopefully when they sewed fig leaves together to cover their nakedness, it wasn't in a sweatshop'

Answer: Adam & Eve


Question: 'SLC'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question:
'Bachelor No. 1, why don't you say hello to Linda:

"Hello, Linda, I hope you'll be my new potential best friend"'

Answer: Bob Saget


Question: 'An opportunity to start again may give you "a new" one of these "on life"'

Answer: a lease


Question: 'Ernie is the chief spokes-elf for this snack food company'

Answer: Keebler


Question: 'The southernmost point on the USA's mainland is Cape Sable in this Florida national park'

Answer: the Everglades


Question: 'Shem & Japheth covered him up after Ham found him drunk & naked'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'PHX'

Answer: Phoenix


Question:
'Bachelor No. 2, say hello to Madonna:

"Hello, Madonna"'

Answer: Tom Selleck


Question: 'A small rounded hill or mound; there's a grassy one in Dallas'

Answer: a knoll


Question: 'The name of this photocopy store chain refers to the curly hair of its founder Paul Orfalea'

Answer: Kinko\'s


Question: 'Mexico's southernmost point lies on its Pacific coast border with this country'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'Exodus 20 says you can't build one of these out of hewed stone & priests cannot be naked on it'

Answer: an altar


Question: 'ABQ'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question:
'Bachelor No. 3, say hello to Sandy, a former Miss Leatherneck:

"Hello, Miss Leatherneck!"'

Answer: John Ritter


Question: 'Slang synonym for zero that also begins with "Z"'

Answer: zilch


Question: 'According to its ads, this hotel chain by Marriott was "designed by business travelers"'

Answer: Courtyard


Question: 'Asia's southernmost mainland point, Cape Piai, lies in this country just north of Singapore'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'Subject of the longest prophetic book, he once wandered nude & barefoot for three years'

Answer: Isaiah


Question: 'SFO'

Answer: San Francisco


Question:
'Bachelor No. 1, say hi to Donna:

"Hey Donna, how ya' doing--oh, wait, I got all this money in the way!"'

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.


Question: 'A flagpole, a group of nurses in a hospital or a cudgel'

Answer: a staff


Question: 'This cruise line was launched in 1972 with just one ship, the Mardi Gras'

Answer: Carnival Cruise Lines


Question: 'Canada's southernmost point is Middle Island in this Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'After prophesying, this 1st king of Israel stayed in bed, undressed, for a whole day'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'SUX'

Answer: Sioux City, Iowa


Question: 'Communications code word between Alpha & Charlie'

Answer: Bravo (or Baker)


Question: 'In 1914 the Royal Navy won a major battle at these islands, where it fought again in 1982'

Answer: Falkland Islands


Question: 'Shaw compared "Heartbreak House" to plays by this Russian, including "The Cherry Orchard"'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'The Trojan War started after this son of Hecuba abducted Helen'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'American primitive artist Edward Hicks did his painting in Bucks County in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'This "City Slicker"'s film career was born with "Rabbit Test", in which he played a pregnant man'

Answer: Billy Crystal


Question: '"Yankee Doodle" pudding that sounds like it would go well with quick bread for an instant breakfast'

Answer: Hasty pudding


Question: 'Viscount Palmerston, foreign secretary most of the 1830s & '40s, held this opposite post from 1852-55'

Answer: Home Secretary


Question: 'John & Ann in "Man And Superman" were inspired by characters in this composer's "Don Giovanni"'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'The Iliad ends with the funeral of this son of Hecuba'

Answer: Hector


Question: 'Brancusi declined to study under this French sculptor, saying, "Nothing grows under large trees"'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: '"A Little Sex" with Tim Matheson marked the film debut of this actress, now Mrs. Steven Spielberg'

Answer: Kate Capshaw


Question: 'Rumor has it, this evidence is not based on a witness' firsthand knowledge'

Answer: Hearsay


Question: 'In Roman Britain, estates were called these, a term now associated with Italian country houses'

Answer: Villas


Question: 'In a dream scene this title saint asks, "Can a poor burnt-up lass have a ghost?"'

Answer: St. Joan (Joan of Arc)


Question: 'After the war Hecuba was taken to sea, a slave to this famous wandering sailor'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'Raphael, Titian & da Vinci are considered masters of the period known as the "High" this'

Answer: Renaissance


Question: '"Young Doctors In Love" introduced this actor, now TV's Kramer'

Answer: Michael Richards


Question: 'This science can be divided into pomology, olericulture & floriculture'

Answer: Horticulture


Question: 'During the Wars of the Roses, the Earl of Warwick earned this nickname for his influence in choosing rulers'

Answer: "Kingmaker"


Question: 'This son of Hecuba is the title character of a Shakespeare play'

Answer: Troilus


Question: 'Often ranked with this other Flemish master, Van Dyck worked in his shop for more than 2 years'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'His first film, "The Curse Of The Living Corpse", isn't nearly as famous as "Jaws" & "All That Jazz"'

Answer: Roy Scheider


Question: 'Name shared by the mayor of Minneapolis in 1947 & the attorney general of Minnesota in 1997'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'The Latin name of James II gave us this term for supporters of that king & his exiled descendants'

Answer: Jacobites


Question: 'No one believed the prophecies of this daughter of Hecuba'

Answer: Cassandra


Question: 'Constable said of him, "He seems to paint with tinted steam, so evanescent and so airy"'

Answer: John Turner


Question: 'Robert Redford & this "Picket Fences" star both debuted as soldiers in the 1962 drama "War Hunt"'

Answer: Tom Skerritt


Question: 'Tubby the Tuba's cousins might be Sammy the Sousaphone & Harry the this kind of horn'

Answer: Helicon


Question: 'This pop star born in 1970 was named for a song in "Paint Your Wagon"'

Answer: Mariah Carey (\"They Call The Wind Maria\")


Question: 'In 1498 he first set foot on the South American mainland in what is now Venezuela'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'Camden Yards'

Answer: the Baltimore Orioles


Question: 'A populist Louisiana governor of the early 1930s'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'The music of the night filled the Majestic Theatre Jan. 26, 1988 as this show opened on Broadway'

Answer: The Phantom of the Opera


Question: 'Caesar Cardini, who wanted his Caesar salad subtly flavored, was against using this fish in the recipe'

Answer: anchovies


Question: 'Dial this "for Murder" in the title of a 1954 film'

Answer: M


Question: 'On the Venezuelan flag, there are 3 stripes & 7 of these'

Answer: stars


Question: 'The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome'

Answer: the Minnesota Twins


Question: '"Musicians don't retire, they stop when there's no more music in them", quipped this trumpeter'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'In 1862 black Confederate pilot Robert Smalls slipped out of this South Carolina harbor to join the Union'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'Cherry Coke & Blue Bubble Gum are among the flavors of this semi-frozen concoction from 7-Eleven'

Answer: a Slurpee


Question: 'Duke Ellington wanted us all to take this train'

Answer: the A-Train


Question: 'In 1960 Venezuela formed this organization with Iran, Iraq, Kuwait & Saudi Arabia'

Answer: OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)


Question: 'Bank One Ballpark, in Phoenix'

Answer: the Arizona Diamondbacks


Question: 'A co-founder of the Black Panthers'

Answer: Huey P. Newton


Question: 'A 1993 Knott's Berry Farm event attracted over 17,000, bringing these all-night dance parties out from underground'

Answer: rave parties


Question: 'This salad with chopped turkey, avocado, bacon & blue cheese was created at L.A.'s Brown Derby Restaurant'

Answer: Cobb salad


Question: 'Played by John Cleese, this character was trained to succeed Q as James Bond's gadgeteer'

Answer: R


Question: 'Discovered in 1935 & found in Canaima National Park, they fall over half a mile'

Answer: Angel Falls


Question: 'Olympic Stadium'

Answer: the Montreal Expos


Question: 'For successes in the Spanish-American War, he was promoted to the special rank of Admiral of the Navy'

Answer: Admiral George Dewey


Question: 'The Eiffel Tower is seen here inaugurating this date'

Answer: New Year\'s Eve 2000


Question: 'Sing out if you know that Singha beer comes from this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'Denoting nasalized pronounciation, the tilde mark is placed over this letter in Spanish'

Answer: N


Question: 'At 5,200 square miles, it's the largest lake in Venezuela & in all of South America'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: 'The Ballpark at Arlington'

Answer: the Texas Rangers


Question: 'This man sang lead on the 1986 Top 40 hit "Hip To Be Square"'

Answer: Huey Lewis


Question: 'On the night of July 9, 1943 the Allies began their landing on this Italian island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'Strasbourg pie is a variation of this goose liver hors d'oeuvre'

Answer: pate de foie gras


Question: 'Of all movies to win the Best Foreign-Language Oscar, this 1969 Costa-Gavras thriller has the shortest title'

Answer: Z


Question: 'John Hancock'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'One who is dead & buried is said to be performing this gardening maneuver'

Answer: pushing up daisies


Question: '"'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'Tuktut Nogait National Park in this country's Northwest Territories is a bluenose caribou calving ground'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'This legendary leader of the Famous Flames is seen here headlining an EMP show'

Answer: James Brown


Question: 'Shhh!<br />You have no privacy when the walls have these body parts'

Answer: ears


Question: 'Edmund Randolph'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'It's used as the printing element in certain electric typewriters & older computer printers'

Answer: a daisy wheel


Question: '"By the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining big-sea-water"'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ("Song of Hiawatha")


Question: 'This "pocket" rodent's name is from French for "honeycomb", alluding to its underground labyrinths'

Answer: gopher


Question: 'In EMP's oral histories, find out how Noel Redding liked his experience playing bass in this man's experience'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'You might be told to "save your" this; but don't "hold" it or you'll turn blue'

Answer: breath


Question: 'George Clinton'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Introduced in 1939, the Red Ryder has been the bestselling one of these'

Answer: a Daisy BB gun


Question: '"I was a child and she was a child, in this kingdom by the sea"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe ("Annabel Lee")


Question: 'Algae make their own food from carbon dioxide & water by this process'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'Seen here are your tax dollars at work in this agency's report on the suspicious lyrics of "Louie Louie"'

Answer: the FBI


Question: 'Would you believe that the Cone of Silence was an antibugging device on this TV show?'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'Peter Burnett<br />(1850)'

Answer: California


Question: 'She was hopelessly in love with Li'l Abner for 18 years before he popped the question in 1952'

Answer: Daisy Mae


Question: '"A child said 'What is the grass?'<br />fetching it to me with full hands"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'The duck seen here bears the name of this colorful Comedia character'

Answer: Harlequin


Question: 'EMP's first online music workshop was led by Ann & Nancy Wilson of this group'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'It is "the soul of wit" & "the soul of lingerie"'

Answer: brevity


Question: 'Thomas Pinckney'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'This Henry James heroine dies of malaria in Rome before Giovanelli has the opportunity to propose to her'

Answer: Daisy Miller


Question: '"Into the valley of death rode the six hundred"'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'This order of mammals consists of just 3 species: the duck-billed platypus & 2 echidnas'

Answer: monotremes


Question: 'The historic items seen here were the tools of this '80s grandmaster of hip-hop'

Answer: Grandmaster Flash


Question: 'He wrote that "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desparation"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'This 1989 film ends with the line "This film cannot be shown within the city of Flint.  All the theaters have closed"'

Answer: Roger and Me


Question: 'Pope Boniface VIII rebuked Philip IV of France in the bull "Ausculta Fili", or "Listen," this person'

Answer: Son


Question: 'In 1969 CCR had 3 No. 2 hits: "Bad Moon Rising", "Green River" & this one that kept on "rollin

Answer: "Proud Mary"


Question: 'It's the only letter of the English alphabet that doesn't appear in the name of a U.S. state'

Answer: Q


Question: 'Wolfgang Bartschelly was famous for playing piano while he kept these spinning on the ends of sticks'

Answer: plates


Question: 'By Jove!  This father of Jove has a day & a planet named for him'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Helium,<br />aluminum'

Answer: heal (He Al)


Question: 'This German nation made peace with Napoleon after a crushing defeat at Jena & Auerstadt in 1806'

Answer: Prussia


Question: 'The frenzy accompanying this Scottish band's U.S. tour in 1976 was nicknamed "Rollermania"'

Answer: Bay City Rollers


Question: 'The briefest margin of victory in Olympic history, .002 seconds, occurred in this sledding event added in 1964'

Answer: luge


Question: 'Once, these performers were called benders or posturers depending on whether they bent forward or back'

Answer: contortionists


Question: '2 giants, Otus & Ephialties, once kept this Greek war god in a bronze jar for 13 months'

Answer: Ares


Question:
'Vanadium,
argon,
yttrium'

Answer: vary (V Ar Y)


Question: 'Written in 19th century France, it became the anthem of worldwide Marxism<br />[audio clue]'

Answer: "The Internationale"


Question: '"My City of Ruins" & other songs on this Bruce Springsteen CD relate in some way to the events of September 11, 2001'

Answer: "The Rising"


Question: 'Appropriately, this stadium has hosted the NFL Super Bowl more than any other'

Answer: Louisiana Superdome


Question: 'Rather than this traditional object, Cirque de Soleil's creative studio uses a pit filled with 25,000 foam cubes'

Answer: net


Question: 'Later identified with Apollo, his sister Selene was goddess of the moon & he was god of the sun'

Answer: Helios


Question: 'Copper,<br />tellurium'

Answer: cute (Cu Te)


Question: 'Around 1400 Gian Galeazzo Visconti, based in this city, ruled most of northern Italy but was foiled by the Florentines'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'He sang backing vocals on Rod Stewart's "Let Me Be Your Car", which he co-wrote with Bernie Taupin'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Reassembled & rededicated in Arizona in 1971, it was the largest antique ever sold'

Answer: London Bridge


Question: 'The standard international diameter of one of these is 13 meters, about 42 feet'

Answer: ring


Question: 'The forger of Achilles' armor, some accounts say this Greek god also created Pandora'

Answer: Hephaestus


Question:
'Tin,
actinium,
potassium'

Answer: snack (Sn Ac K)


Question: 'The ancient Roman holiday Regifugium celebrated "the flight of the king" & the beginning of this government'

Answer: the republic


Question: 'His Top 40 career lasted 4 decades, from No. 1 "Diana" in 1957 to No. 40 "Hold Me 'Til the Morning Comes" in 1983'

Answer: Paul Anka


Question: 'Skid marks left by the out-of-control jet car Spirit of America at this location were over 5 miles long in 1965'

Answer: Bonneville Salt Flats


Question: 'Often featuring bears, it was the longtime official circus of the USSR'

Answer: Moscow Circus


Question: 'In Egyptian myth this son of Isis is the god of the sky'

Answer: Horus


Question:
'Tungsten,
iodide,
iron'

Answer: wife (W I Fe)


Question: 'Legend says that ancient Greek Zeuxis painted a bunch of these so realistically, birds tried to eat them'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'He had a small part in "Mystic Pizza" but it was his role as good Will Hunting that made him a star'

Answer: Matt Damon


Question: 'Brewers Hill is a historic neighborhood in this city'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'These creatures of the genus Apis have a strict caste system with male drones, female workers & a queen on top'

Answer: bees


Question: 'Part of the requirement for becoming an Eagle Scout is to earn 21 of these'

Answer: merit badges


Question: 'Color of Orczy's "Pimpernel"<br />(7)'

Answer: Scarlet


Question: 'In 1884 Rodin was commissioned to create a monument to "The Burghers of" this French seaport'

Answer: Calais


Question: 'In 2002 it was announced that he plans to direct & star in a sequel to his 1972 movie "The Candidate"'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'This city was founded in 1836 as the capital of the Wisconsin Territory & named for a man who died that year'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'Taking their name from words meaning "oak" & "wizard", they were the priestly upper caste of the ancient Celts'

Answer: Druids


Question: 'Arthur C. Clarke, Alex Haley & John Knowles have written for this 90-year-old Scouting publication'

Answer: Boys\' Life


Question: 'Sheridan gave us "The School for" it<br />(7)'

Answer: Scandal


Question: 'A seascape by this American artist is seen here'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'He had a starring role in the top-grossing movies of 1977, 1980, 1981 & 1983'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question: 'The overalls seen here were made by a company that was founded in this city in 1895'

Answer: Oshkosh


Question: 'A term for a member of the New England cultural elite, it's also the name of the highest Hindu caste'

Answer: Brahmins


Question: 'Later folded into the Boy Scouts, Daniel Beard's "The Sons of" this trailblazer was America's first scouting society'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'Adjective for O'Neill's "Interlude"<br />(7)'

Answer: Strange


Question: 'Disciple Paul Signac helped Georges Seurat develop this signature painting technique'

Answer: Pointilism


Question: '1948's "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" is largely forgettable except for the part where she's paddling a canoe'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'It's the name of Frank Lloyd Wright's estate in Spring Green, Wisconsin'

Answer: Taliesin


Question: 'Alphas, Betas, Gammas, Deltas & Epsilons are the 5 social castes in this futuristic tale'

Answer: "Brave New World"


Question: 'In 1928 Boy Scout Paul Siple was chosen to go along on this admiral's Antarctic expedition'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: 'Surname of Faulkner's Flem<br />(6)'

Answer: Snopes


Question: 'Born in Greece, this 20th century Italian artist often painted hallucinatory images of empty towns'

Answer: Giorgio de Chirico


Question: 'A picture of this actress known as the "Love Goddess" adorned an atomic bomb tested on Bikini Atoll in 1946'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'As its name suggests, this Wisconsin city is at the southern end of Lake Winnebago'

Answer: Fond du Lac


Question: 'The mid-19th century "Caste War" of this peninsula pitted native Mayans against Ladinos of European descent'

Answer: Yucatan Peninsula


Question: 'The Boy Scouts of America are headquartered in this Texas city, also home to the Dallas Cowboys'

Answer: Irving


Question: 'To Astrophel, she was a "star"<br />(6)'

Answer: Stella


Question: 'On the list of the signers, 2 of the 3 last names that appear twice'

Answer: (2 of 3) Adams, Lee & Morris


Question: 'The book of Mark recounts how John the Baptist baptized believers, including Jesus, in this river'

Answer: the Jordan


Question:
'Hal,
Malcolm,
Lois'

Answer: Malcolm in the Middle


Question: 'Now mayor of Oakland, he ran for president 3 times & studied Zen Buddhism in Japan after serving as gov.'

Answer: Jerry Brown


Question: 'Ron Ziegler characterized the break-in here as a "third-rate burglary"'

Answer: the Watergate Hotel


Question: 'In 1961 the world's first production-line robot was used by this U.S. automaker'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'In October 2005 this country's historic new constitution was adopted by voters'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'Isaiah 18 consists of prophecies against Ethiopia; Isaiah 19, of prophecies against this other African country'

Answer: Egypt


Question:
'Newkirk,
Sgt. Schultz,
LeBeau'

Answer: Hogan\'s Heroes


Question: 'Nicknamed "Pat", he defeated Richard Nixon in 1962 to win reelection'

Answer: Pat Brown


Question: 'The first break must make contact with a red ball in this game'

Answer: snooker


Question: 'Started in 1997 to develop robotics & A.I., the Robocup features robots playing this competitive sport'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'It's a narrow strip of land, with water on both sides, that connects 2 larger bodies of land'

Answer: an isthmus


Question: 'Philip the Apostle turns up when food's around:<br />at the feeding of the multitude & at this meal in Luke 22:14'

Answer: the Last Supper


Question:
'Aunt Bee,
Barney,
Goober'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: 'In his inaugural address of January 2, 1967, he pledged to "reduce the cost of government"'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'The cloud seen here was formed after this was broken'

Answer: the sound barrier


Question: 'The humanoid robot Asimo performs some John Travolta dance moves in this Disneyland "land"'

Answer: Tomorrowland


Question: 'Addressing Congress, FDR referred to December 7, 1941 as "a date which will live in" this'

Answer: infamy


Question: 'In the King James version of Deuteronomy 4:16, these images are a no-no'

Answer: graven images


Question: 'Doug & Carrie Heffernan,<br />Arthur Spooner'

Answer: The King of Queens


Question: 'A 3-time governor, as Chief Justice, he headed the official investigation into the assassination of JFK'

Answer: Earl Warren


Question: 'Borosilicate glass known by this trademarked name is less apt to break during rapid temperature changes'

Answer: Pyrex


Question: 'This toy company created Mindstorms for robots, with programmable bricks & sensors'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'In mythology, this goddess of the rainbow sometimes delivered messages for Hera'

Answer: Iris


Question: 'Hannah is featured in an Old Testament book named for her son, this Hebrew prophet'

Answer: Samuel


Question:
'Dietrich,
Yemana,
Fish'

Answer: Barney Miller


Question: 'The founder of a Pac-10 school named for his son, he was Pres. of the Central Pacific R.R. & governor in the Civil War'

Answer: (Leland) Stanford


Question: 'Gylippus famously broke the Athenian siege at this Sicilian port city during the Peloponnesian War'

Answer: Siracusa


Question: 'For this robot vacuum, the company iRobot uses technology developed to clear minefields'

Answer: Roomba


Question: 'This is it--actually, it's Latin for "it", & 1/3 of your psyche'

Answer: the id


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  Amazingly, this 15th century Italian's Benois Madonna cost just 150,000 Rubles when the Hermitage acquired it in 1914'

Answer: Da Vinci


Question: 'This serves as the name of 2 characters on the list; one was created in 1843, the other is a Disney duck'

Answer: Scrooge


Question: 'In 1904's election Alton B. Parker & 80-year-old running mate Henry Davis went down to defeat against this pres.'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'In the 1986 Newbery Medal winner by Patricia MacLachlan, this title character was "Plain and Tall"'

Answer: Sarah


Question: 'It's the meaning of the name of the Mexican city Veracruz'

Answer: true cross


Question: 'In "Paper Lion," George Plimpton tries to play pass defense & gets "beat like a" this'

Answer: a drum


Question: 'The biggest building of the present state Hermitage Museum is the "Winter" one of these'

Answer: the Palace


Question: 'The first girl on the list, she's from Wimbledon, England & has killed Bigfoot & found Atlantis'

Answer: Lara Croft


Question: 'In 1941 Abe Reles, an informer on this homicidal "corporation", went down in history--6 stories straight down'

Answer: Murder, Inc.


Question: 'Daisy Bates won the NAACP Spingarn Medal in 1958 for her fight for desegregation in this Arkansas city'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: 'This Spanish conqueror founded the city of Veracruz in 1519'

Answer: Cortés


Question: 'The female of the speces Equus caballus'

Answer: mare


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  Catherine the Great so admired this great French thinker with whom she corresponded that she commissioned this statue of him'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'This movie tippler played by Dudley Moore races cars & plays tennis, but he has weekends off & he's his own boss'

Answer: Arthur


Question: 'In 1886 PM Gladstone suffered defeat when he tried to get home rule for this island'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'He won Pulitzers for his plays in 1948 & 1955'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'This Austrian began his short tenure as Mexican emperor by landing at Veracruz in 1864'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'This type of grade in a hierarchy "has its privileges"'

Answer: rank


Question: 'This comic strip character has an adopted daughter & his surname implies how he makes his cash'

Answer: Daddy Warbucks


Question: 'This country was beaten by Soviet invaders in a 1956 uprising, but got revenge in Olympic water polo that same year'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'This play, the 1982-83 New York Drama Critics Circle Best Musical winner, was based on a Roger Corman film'

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors


Question: 'In 1838 naval forces of this nation blockaded Veracruz in "The Pastry War"'

Answer: France


Question: 'Usual term for a row of elevator cars'

Answer: bank


Question: 'First name Lucius, he's currently incarcerated in Azkaban Prison'

Answer: Malfoy


Question: 'The documentary "The Battle of Chile" chronicles events leading to this politician's downfall'

Answer: (Salvador) Allende


Question: 'Sign language played a big part in this 1980 Tony Award winner for best play'

Answer: Children of a Lesser God


Question: 'One of the 2 decades when Veracruz was occupied by American troops'

Answer: the 1910s (or the 1840s)


Question: 'This old pronoun is sung as the last word of the English version of "O Canada"'

Answer: thee


Question: 'She wrote, "From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command the air-bridged harbor"'

Answer: Emma Lazarus


Question: 'The one who married a Michelle'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'Little Tigers know that the WMF is the World Federation for the "Mini" version of this sport -- look out for the windmill'

Answer: golf


Question: 'Recess?  Time for this game with a soft drink in its name, where a septet of students are "it"'

Answer: Heads up, 7Up


Question: 'More than 60 years ag, this brand started with 31 flavors; today it has over 1,000'

Answer: Baskin Robbins


Question: 'After I hatch from my egg I'll keep growing and growing until I'm a mature seven foot tall one of these birds'

Answer: an ostrich


Question: 'With a plus, it's the highest grade possible on a standard report card'

Answer: an A


Question: 'The one who had Al Gore as his Vice President'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'In this "equine" basketball game, you get a letter if you miss a shot & your rival makes one -- if you spell the game, you lose'

Answer: horse


Question: 'Get out the door faster in shoes that fasten using this material of tiny hooks & loops instead of laces'

Answer: velcro


Question: 'In January of 2011, pecans fruit & chocolaty bits in vanilla soft serve was this brand's "Blizzard of the Month"'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: 'I look a little fishy right now at an ,early stage but soon I'll grow up and become this'

Answer: a frog


Question: 'A book called "Send" is "The Essential Guide" to this type of "mail"'

Answer: e-mail


Question: 'The only President to be elected 4 times to the job'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Use soccer balls to play a giant version of this game where the shooter knocks rolling targets out of a ring'

Answer: marbles


Question: 'In comic books, this kind-hearted bird is often seen with his friend, Wormie'

Answer: Owlie


Question: 'Candy Center Crunch & Strawberry Shortcake are ice creams on a stick from this "good" company, man'

Answer: the Good Humor man


Question: 'Don't recognize me?  I'm this beloved little beetle, still in the larval stage'

Answer: a ladybug


Question: 'On the natioonal asnthem, it precedes "Canada"'

Answer: O


Question: 'Hinkspiel is a German version of this game where you jump from one numbered space to another'

Answer: hopscotch


Question: 'Ham & American sub is one of these Oscar Mayer combos that sound perfect for the noon meal'

Answer: Lunchables


Question: 'Eventually I'll bloom into one of these, with a  thousand  seeds or so'

Answer: a sunflower


Question: 'In traditional usage, it's also a pronoun'

Answer: I


Question: 'In one of these "hunts" named for the behavior of certain animals, you & your friends compete to gather items on a list'

Answer: a scavenger hunt


Question: 'DZ for short, this maker of music for the whole family used to be in a grown-up band, the Del Fuegos'

Answer: Dan Zanes


Question: 'An old proverb says that from the little item seen here here grow great ones of these trees'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'In non-traditional usage, like in text messages, it's also a pronoun'

Answer: u


Question: 'This Greek god could command the waves of the sea & create storms'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'This son of Will Smith turns 13 this week & says math is his favorite subject-- let's get him a textbook'

Answer: Jaden Smith


Question: 'Due to its size, this planet is responsible for the Kirkwood gaps in our galaxy's asteroid belt'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'The smallest book in the collection, 1/25 of an inch square, tells the story of this "merry old soul" in a nursery rhyme'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'Most maps typically use this color to depict bodies of water'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Spell this Christian group that's often found before "Oats"'

Answer: Q-U-A-K-E-R


Question: 'This Greek goddess of marriage & childbirth was jealous of Zeus' frequent infidelities'

Answer: Hera


Question: 'In a 2011 animated film, Emily Blunt voices Juliet & James McAvoy voices this other title character'

Answer: Gnomeo


Question: '(Here is the clue. Pay attention to Sarah.) Chairs, a broom, some string, and a can full of sand are all you need for the experiment that creates one of these swinging devices, similar to the one physicist Foucault used to show the earth's rotation'

Answer: a pendulum


Question: 'The loc.gov feature called Thomas lets you search for these made by Congress, like H.R. 575'

Answer: laws that are passed by Congress


Question: 'This term refers to the box on a map that explains what the symbols and colors represent'

Answer: the key (or legend)


Question: 'Spell this word for the young of a goose that's also the surname of an actor named Ryan'

Answer: G-O-S-L-I-N-G


Question: 'The Norse believed that during a thunderstorm, this god rode through the heavens on a chariot drawn by goats'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'On a Disney show, these 2 best friends try to be the world's greatest skateboarders'

Answer: Zeke & Luther


Question: 'An emulsion is a mixture of 2 or more of these that don't dissolve in each other'

Answer: liquids


Question: 'In 1931 the library began providing sound recordings of books as well as books written in this'

Answer: Braille


Question: 'In 1904 the company named for Rand & him produced its first road map'

Answer: McNally


Question: 'Spell this metric measurement equal to .03937 of an inch'

Answer: M-I-L-L-I-M-E-T-E-R


Question: 'Melanion had to ask for help from this Greek love goddess on how to win Atalanta's hand'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'Young singer Bianca Ryan won the first season of this TV show now judged by Sharon Osbourne & others'

Answer: America\'s Got Talent


Question: '(Jimmy help us out, please.) Ice is not as heavy or dense as water. In fact, our little ice boat here floats because these smallest particles that consist of atoms expand and spread out.'

Answer: molecules


Question: 'Kids' books are under PZ in the LOC's cataloging system; this Michael Ende "Story" is in the PZ7's'

Answer: The Neverending Story


Question: 'The world's first weather map was created by this English astronomer in 1686 & showed the trade winds'

Answer: Edmund Halley


Question: 'This 3-headed watchdog eats mortals who dare enter the underworld'

Answer: Cerberus


Question: 'A video game in the "Club Penguin" series is titled his "Revenge"'

Answer: Herbert


Question: 'Humans can drink sea water once it has been desalinated, meaning this has been removed'

Answer: salt


Question: 'The LOC holds the oldest book printed in North America, a 1640 translation of these Biblical verses'

Answer: the Psalms


Question: 'TV commercials for this maker of car navigation devices feature such characters as DougDoug & SueSue'

Answer: a TomTom


Question: 'Of the 4 states that begin & end with the same vowel, the one that doesn't begin & end with the same letter as the other 3 states'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Part hippopotamus & part woman, the Egyptian goddess Taweret had the tail of this alligator relative'

Answer: a crocodile


Question: 'Mary Jane Watson slings plates at the Moondance Diner in this 2002 superhero film'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: '"T.H.O.N.D."<br />by Victor Hugo'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'This part of the glass snake breaks off to help it escape when grabbed'

Answer: the tail


Question: 'Follow the Pilgrim Path to see the sites of this New England city (yep, it really "Rock"s)'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'Your genome is over 95% the same as this animal's'

Answer: a chimpanzee\'s


Question: 'These half-horse, half-man creatures were notorious for misbehaving at parties'

Answer: centaurs


Question: 'In "Shrek 2" this Antonio Banderas character is hired to commit ogrecide at the Poison Apple Inn'

Answer: Puss-in-Boots


Question: '"T.G.O.W."<br />by John Steinbeck'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'It's the frog-like term for a poisonous mushroom'

Answer: a toadstool


Question: 'On Grand Cayman Island, visit the farm that raises the green sea type of this reptile'

Answer: a turtle


Question: 'Due to a leg injury, you might walk with one of these'

Answer: a limp


Question: 'This "heel" of a hero fell in love with Penthesilea a little late; he'd already killed her!'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'The Sushi Bowl was stocked with food but empty of patrons in this fishy "tale"'

Answer: Shark Tale


Question: '"A.T.O.T.C." <br />by Charles Dickens'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'Crabs & cockroaches belong to this phylum, from the Greek for "jointed feet"'

Answer: an arthropod


Question: 'Break out the honey: this bear has his own ride at Disneyland, near Splash Mountain'

Answer: Winnie the Pooh (Pooh Bear accepted)


Question: 'Semitransparent crustacean'

Answer: a shrimp


Question: 'In Etruscan myth, Tinia & Uni are the counterparts of Jupiter & this lovely wife'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'A little Boo sulleys diners at Harryhausen's restaurant in this fright-fest'

Answer: Monsters, Inc.


Question: '"I."<br />by Sir Walter Scott'

Answer: Ivanhoe


Question: 'This element, symbol Co, was once popular for making invisible ink'

Answer: cobalt


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Peterhof in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  Peter the Great loved games, & one of the fanciful cascades here at Peterhof is named for this kind of playing surface'

Answer: checkerboard (or chessboard)


Question: '5-letter word: to groom oneself in a fussy way'

Answer: to primp


Question: 'Set, the evil brother of this Egyptian god, tricked him into lying down in a chest; it became his coffin'

Answer: Osiris


Question: 'The Pizza Planet is home to the 3-eyed aliens who worship the Claw in this 1995 film'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: '"T.C.O.M.C."<br />by Alexandre Dumas'

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'The absolute temperature scale with its lowest point being zero is named for this scientist who introduced it'

Answer: (Lord) Kelvin


Question: 'Eek!  Watch out for monsters at the House of Frankenstein Wax Museum in Lake George in this state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'To not provide enough of something'

Answer: to skimp


Question: 'On June 25, 1876 he decided to attack a group that included Crazy Horse; oops'

Answer: Custer


Question: 'Go for the kill shot with the ol' bump, set, spike in this sport'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'Color of the "collar" of a desk worker'

Answer: white


Question: 'Lake Vanern, Scandinavia's largest lake, lies just north of Goteborg in this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Shalom means "peace" in this language'

Answer: Hebrew


Question: 'Penicillin & tyrothricin are examples of this bacteria-destroying item'

Answer: an antibiotic


Question: 'In 1989 the Exxon Valdez tanker spilled 260,000 barrels of crude off this state; oops'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Let's see... eagle, double eagle... You carded 62; rough choice, college, or going pro in this sport'

Answer: golf


Question: 'A low-level college geology course is often rhymingly called "rocks for" these athletic types'

Answer: jocks


Question: 'Britannica's article on this Sicilian volcano states its name comes from the Greek for "I burn"'

Answer: Etna


Question: 'Xiang & Minbei are dialects of this language'

Answer: Chinese


Question: '"My Side" by David Beckham is this type of book, from words meaning "self life write"'

Answer: an autobiography


Question: 'Around 11:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912 it was traveling at about 21 knots, nearly its top speed; oops'

Answer: the Titanic


Question: 'Like the title of a 2004 Ben Stiller comedy, play this, until the inevitable broken nose'

Answer: dodgeball


Question: 'Insert a letter in "teen" to get this newer word for a preadolescent'

Answer: tween


Question: 'The ownership of the islands of Tierra del Fuego is shared by these 2 nations'

Answer: Chile & Argentina


Question: 'Switzerland has these 3 official languages'

Answer: German, French & Italian


Question: '9-letter term for the health risk posed by the possible release of a pathogen into the environment'

Answer: a biohazard


Question: 'In 1812 his 600,000-man army entered Russia; about 30,000 limped home from Moscow; oops'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Watch the scholarship offers roll in when you run this distance in 3:43.13, tying the world record set in 1999'

Answer: a mile


Question: 'French words meaning "office rule" gave us this word for an official rigidly devoted to rules'

Answer: bureaucrat


Question: 'The Indian Ocean's deepest point is in this trench named for the most populous Indonesian island'

Answer: the Java Trench


Question: 'Romaji is a system of writing this Asian language using Romanized letters'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'It means capable of decaying through the action of living organisms'

Answer: biodegradable


Question: 'In 1961 1,300 Cuban refugees invaded this "porcine" location, but without air cover; oops'

Answer: the Bay of Pigs


Question: 'Anyone for this sport, known for stars like Rafael Nadal & Justine Henin-Hardenne'

Answer: tennis


Question: '80% of thie U.S. economy is in this "sector", including hotel clerks & burger flippers'

Answer: the service sector


Question: 'This Sudanese capital was founded as an Egyptian army camp in the 1820s'

Answer: Khartoum


Question: 'Castilian is the official standard form of this Romance language'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'Botanical adjective meaning long-lived, or a certain type of diet of beans & grains'

Answer: macrobiotic


Question: 'In a classic book, this title phrase precedes the words "which had swept through Georgia"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'Jessica Tandy spins yarns to Kathy Bates in this tale named for an odd Southern treat'

Answer: Fried Green Tomatoes


Question: 'Fiery activist Anna Dickinson was put in this type of facility in 1891; she got out & sued'

Answer: an asylum


Question: 'Formerly an independent country, this region of China is known as the "Roof of the World"'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'Controversy surrounded a 2003 ruling to remove from an Alabama judicial building a monument featuring these'

Answer: the Ten Commandments


Question: '"Fry", meaning young, is often applied to this fish, like the sockeye, that returns to spawn where it hatched'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'Total number of moons belonging to the closest 3 planets to the sun'

Answer: 1


Question: 'Peter O'Toole provides the voice for Anton Ego, Paris' most powerful food critic, in this 2007 film'

Answer: Ratatouille


Question: 'After this dancer's image was used in a dance instruction video, his widow Robyn sued'

Answer: (Fred) Astaire


Question: 'No trees grow above this "line" near the tops of mountains'

Answer: the timber line


Question: 'The 30 Years' War began as a struggle between German Protestant princes & this Catholic "Empire"'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'Males guard the fry of the smallmouth type of this, a sport-fishing favorite'

Answer: bass


Question: '6 of these were brought inside the Tower of London in 2006 to guard them against bird flu'

Answer: the ravens


Question: 'The title eatery in this 1988 Julia Roberts film actually exists in Connecticut'

Answer: Mystic Pizza


Question: '"The Bellwomen" is a book about a landmark 1970s sex discrimination case against this company'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'These fashionable head coverers for men may be beaver, opera or silk'

Answer: top hats


Question: 'Following a dispute over succession, this religion split into 2 main sects in the 7th century'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'The tiger type of this fish can be a foot-&-a-half long at birth, with dark spots & stripes that fade as it ages'

Answer: a shark


Question: 'In 2006, Rep. Dave Reichert marked the anniversary of this 1989 wreck by asking that $4.5 billion finally be paid to Alaskans'

Answer: the Exxon Valdez


Question: 'This 1999 comedy has spawned at least 5 sequels & shares its name with a No. 1 song from 1972'

Answer: American Pie


Question: 'The website of this attorney says she built her career on "much more than O.J. Simpson & Amber Frey"'

Answer: Gloria Allred


Question: '2-word term for an extravagantly & humorously exaggerated story of the backwoods'

Answer: a tall tale


Question: 'The heresy of Nestorianism, which held that Jesus was 2 separate persons, began in this Byzantine capital'

Answer: Constantinople


Question: 'Baby catfish are called sac fry & subsist for 5 days on this, even after they hatch from the egg'

Answer: the yolk


Question: 'One of the 2 predominantly Catholic countries in Asia'

Answer: the Philippines (or East Timor)


Question: 'Woody Allen becomes the unlikely leader of fictional San Marcos in this 1971 film'

Answer: Bananas


Question: 'This NYC congresswoman started wearing hats after being overlooked while working for a labor law firm'

Answer: Bella Abzug


Question: 'The jet stream is found in this layer of the atmosphere'

Answer: the troposphere


Question: 'From the Greek for "image breaking", it was opposition to the use of Christian religious images in churches'

Answer: iconoclasm


Question: 'Geographic name for the spotted green type of pike whose young eat insects before graduating to other fish'

Answer: a northern pike


Question: 'The logo for this investment corporation based in Denver is the profile of a head with 2 faces'

Answer: Janus


Question: 'Pricier than gold, it's the metal of Jennifer Lopez' albums & of her earrings at the premiere of "El Cantante"'

Answer: platinum


Question: 'This Elvis tune says, "Lady Luck please let the dice stay hot"'

Answer: "Viva Las Vegas"


Question:
'Her headstone at West Cemetery in Amherst says she was "BORN
DEC. 10, 1830
CALLED BACK
MAY 15, 1886"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'In business:<br />Dun & ____'

Answer: Bradstreet


Question: 'The highest point in Tonga is 3,400-foot Mount Kao, a dormant one of these that formed Kao Island'

Answer: volcano


Question: 'A coroner doesn't have to be a physician, unlike the person in this forensic job'

Answer: a medical examiner


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew uses a magnet on a beverage can and a food can.)  In separating recyclables, a magnet is used because it will not attract aluminum, but will attract this metal, the main constituent of what we call tin cans'

Answer: steel


Question: '1978's "Don't Look Back" was the follow-up to this New England band's hit debut album'

Answer: Boston


Question:
'His grave is marked
"REV. CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON.
FELL ASLEEP JAN. 14, 1898.
AGED 65 YEARS"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'In the world of classic TV game shows:<br />____ & Todman'

Answer: Goodson


Question: 'This small Asian island nation near Malaysia has one of the world's lowest infant mortality rates'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'Microsoft released this version of Windows in 2000'

Answer: Windows Millennium Edition


Question: 'Antimony gives strength & hardness to this metal, so you don't have those mushy bullets'

Answer: lead


Question: 'The 1980s band Midnight Oil hailed from this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass., she died 2 days after her father, Bronson'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'On the ice rink:<br />____ & Dean'

Answer: Torvill


Question: 'Second-longest on the continent, it's the only African river that carries more water than the Nile'

Answer: the Congo


Question: 'It's an activity carefully orchestrated to attract the attention of the news'

Answer: a media event


Question: 'Brass is an alloy of copper & this; the more this, the less malleable'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'This "diminutive" musician has had Top 40 hits about girls named Lucille, Sally, Molly & Jenny'

Answer: Little Richard


Question: 'This author of "Metamorphosis" rests at a Jewish cemetery in Prague beneath a tombstone inscribed in Hebrew'

Answer: (Franz) Kafka


Question: 'In medieval legend:<br />Tristan & ____'

Answer: Isolde


Question: 'The Narayanhiti Palace in this Asian Kingdom was the site of a tragic family massacre in 2001'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'It's the supposed site of visual recollection'

Answer: mind\'s eye


Question: 'To withstand the pressure over 14,000 feet down, the submersible Alvin's hull is this metal, about 2 inches thick'

Answer: titanium


Question: 'The Troggs had their biggest chart success with this proto-punk anthem in 1966'

Answer: "Wild Thing"


Question: 'A little detective work in a Hampshire churchyard & you'll find the grave of this "PATRIOT, PHYSICIAN & MAN OF LETTERS"'

Answer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'In literature & on British TV:<br />Jeeves & ____'

Answer: Wooster


Question: 'The island territory of Aruba is a dependency of this European nation'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'Type of situation in which one occurrence precludes another'

Answer: mutually exclusive


Question: 'Denied a college education in her own country, in 1903 she became the first woman in France to earn her doctorate'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'In an early account of Jamestown's first year, he made no mention of his rescue by Pocahontas'

Answer: John Smith


Question: 'It's New York State's "City of Good Neighbors", not its "City of Good Bison"'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'In Germany these party essentials are called "Wein, Weib und Gesang"'

Answer: wine, women, and song


Question: 'A revised version of this song sold over 3 million copies its first week of sales, Sept. 23-29, 1997'

Answer: "Candle In The Wind"


Question: 'A helping of ice cream, or the utensil used to dish it out'

Answer: a scoop


Question: 'Parts of the flower that are plucked off to the chant, "He loves me, he loves me not"'

Answer: petals


Question: 'A city & island in British Columbia are named for this sea captain who explored the area in 1792'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'This North Carolina beach village with a 4-letter name really is all it's "quacked" up to be'

Answer: Duck


Question: 'It's the cocktail that James Bond like "shaken and not stirred"'

Answer: a martini


Question: 'Released August 29, 1997, her album "You Light Up My Life" went platinum October 10'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes


Question: 'It's a small porch at the entrance of a house'

Answer: a stoop


Question: 'The youngest members of this organization are called Daisies, after Juliette Gordon Low's nickname'

Answer: Girl Scouts


Question: 'It took him & his crew 37 days to traverse the South American strait now named for him'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'A 4,083-foot-high Vermont mountain is named for this camel feature'

Answer: a hump


Question: 'This actor quipped, "Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch"'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: '(Hi, I'm Vanessa Marcil.)  I've appeared in 2 of this symbolized singer's videos, "Undertaker" & "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World"'

Answer: The Artist Formerly Known As Prince


Question: 'It's what they call a killjoy who spoils a social occasion'

Answer: a party pooper


Question: 'It's the gardening feat one might do from 6 feet under'

Answer: push up daisies


Question: 'In 1642 & 1643 this Dutch captain circumnavigated Australia without seeing it'

Answer: (Abel) Tasman


Question: 'In other words, this vacation area in California's San Bernardino Mountains would be "Large Grizzly"'

Answer: Big Bear


Question: 'In 1977 President Carter stated that this man "put the beer industry back on its feet"'

Answer: Billy Carter


Question: 'Celine Dion's "Tell Him" came out one week before this lady, her duet partner, released it on her album'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'A group of soldiers, or what they do to get from one place to another'

Answer: a troop


Question: 'Film in which Morgan Freeman tells Jessica Tandy, "I'm just trying to drive you to the store"'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: 'King Louis XVI gave this American a gold sword & made him a chevalier of France'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'This river winds its way through Hells Canyon'

Answer: Snake River


Question: 'In "American Pie", "them good old boys were drinkin'" these two things'

Answer: whiskey & rye


Question: 'The 1995 Best Male Rock Vocal Grammy went to this singer for "You Don't Know How It Feels"'

Answer: Tom Petty


Question: 'It takes 2 basketball players to score a basket with this play'

Answer: an alley oop


Question: 'His poem "To a Mountain Daisy" was published in 1786 along with "To a Mouse" & "To a Louse"'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'In the 1870s, before he moved to Tahiti, he was strongly influenced by Camille Pissarro'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'To research "airport", he spent hours in airports absorbing the atmosphere'

Answer: Arthur Haley


Question: 'This Emmy-winning "NYPD Blue" star was born in Brooklyn in 1955'

Answer: Jimmy Smits


Question: 'An explosion rated a megaton is equal to this many tons of TNT'

Answer: a million


Question: 'More bare than scare, this Mistress of the Dark's real name is Cassandra Peterson'

Answer: Elvira


Question: 'It's a follow-up dose of a vaccine; one should be given at age 2 & another before entering school'

Answer: a booster


Question: 'You can see his unfinished "Rondanini Pieta" at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Hemingway took the title of this novel about journalist Jake Barnes from a passage in Ecclesiastes'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question: 'The Golden Boy of the 1992 Olympics was this lightweight boxer'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: 'A unit of cloth measure equal to 2 1/4 inches, or a carpenter's item whose size is measured in pennies'

Answer: a nail


Question: 'As Laurie, this actress did a lot of screaming in the first "Halloween" film'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: 'He's Count Chocula's ghostly companion in the cereal world'

Answer: Boo Berry


Question: 'A new museum devoted to this artist, whose work is seen here, opened in Santa Fe in 1997:'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'In this 1946 novel, "There wasn't any Democratic Party.  There was just Willie" Stark'

Answer: All the King\'s Men


Question: 'Revlon added this "Fools Rush In" star to its stable of models'

Answer: Salma Hayek


Question: 'Said one way, it's a French-Polish pianist; said another way, it's a Scottish measure equal to 1 quart'

Answer: a chopin


Question: 'This 1922 F.W. Murnau drama, seen here, was one of the world's first horror movies:'

Answer: Nosferatu


Question: 'Jem & Scout's creepy by helpful neighbor in "To Kill a Mockingbird"'

Answer: Boo Radley


Question: 'In 1888 he painted a "Cafe Terrace at Night" as well as "The Night Cafe"'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: '"Nature", an essay by this transcendentalist, was published anonymously in 1836'

Answer: Emerson


Question: 'It was music producer John Benitez' little sister who gave him this nickname'

Answer: "Jellybean"


Question: 'In Spain a braza was equal to the reach of these outstretched'

Answer: arms


Question: '1972 title role played by William Marshall as a hip, happenin' soul man with a taste for blood'

Answer: Blacula


Question: 'This type of algebra uses "AND", "OR", & "NOT" as operators that restrict searches on the internet'

Answer: boolean


Question: '"The White Blackbird" is a bio of painter Margarett Sargent, a cousin of this society portraitist'

Answer: (John) Singer Sargent


Question: 'In "Tom Sawyer" this newcomer to St. Petersburg is described as "a blue-eyed creature with yellow hair"'

Answer: Becky Thatcher


Question: 'Her first novel was "Like Water for Chocolate"'

Answer: Laura Esquivel


Question: 'A Judith Krantz title which also could be units of apothecary weight, equal to 20 grains each'

Answer: scruples


Question: 'Jack Nicholson lycanthropically marks his territory in this shaggy 1994 tale'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'He's the member of P.Funk seen here:'

Answer: Bootsy Collins


Question: 'On October 14, 1997 he re-created a feat he had performed exactly fifty years earlier'

Answer: Chuck Yeager


Question: 'In 1676 this 69-year-old Virginia settlement was burned to the ground during Bacon's Rebellion'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'Popularly called the Met, this museum's collections range from European armor to baseball cards'

Answer: the Metropolitan Museum of Art


Question: 'He was dead all right; yolk stain central & all the boss' nags & joes weren't bringin' this guy back, either'

Answer: Humpty Dumpty


Question: 'In 1964 he became the first African American to be named Time magazine's "Man of the Year"'

Answer: Dr. (Martin Luther) King (Jr.)


Question: 'Mythical warrior woman.com'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'After breaking up The Revolution, he formed another backup band, the New Power Generation'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'The first stagecoach line was established in 1732 between Burlington & Amboy in this colony'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'This largest New Zealand city's museum has over 2,000 Maori artifacts, including an 1830s war canoe'

Answer: Auckland


Question: 'Smoke from his pipe filled the room, but I wondered... were those 3 violinists packin' heat?'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: '"I kid you not!" was the classic catchphrase of this early 1960s "Tonight Show" host'

Answer: Jack Paar


Question: 'A filthy brute of Swift's from "Gulliver's Travels".com'

Answer: Yahoo


Question:
'In early 1981 they rode the wave to No. 1 with the little song heard here

"The tide is high but I'm holding on /
I'm gonna be..."'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'In 1562 these French Protestants constructed Charlesfort on Parris Island, South Carolina'

Answer: the Huguenots


Question: 'This capital's O'Connell street, one of Europe's widest, was previously called Sackville street'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Infidelity case; this palooka "kissed the girls & made them cry"--I was gonna make him pay'

Answer: Georgie Porgie


Question:
'(I am NFL wide receiver and Stanford graduate,
Ed McCaffrey.)  The first Stanford player to win the Heisman Trophy was this quarterback who led the Raiders to victory in Super Bowl XV'

Answer: Jim Plunkett


Question: '10 to the hundredth power.com'

Answer: Google


Question: 'Well, "Cry Me a River", in 2004 he won the Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance'

Answer: Justin Timberlake


Question: 'On October 9, 1635 this minister was banished from Massachusetts; he headed south to Rhode Island'

Answer: (Roger) Williams


Question: 'Geyser Gulch, the world's largest tree house, is one of the features at Silver Dollar City in this Missouri tourist mecca'

Answer: Branson


Question: 'The sparrow sang like a canary, said he went Robin Hood & snuffed this bird "with my bow & arrow". The fly backed it up'

Answer: Cock Robin


Question: 'Anita, Ruth & June are these singing sisters who hit the pop music charts with "I'm So Excited"'

Answer: the Pointer Sisters


Question: 'Melville's scrivener.com'

Answer: Bartleby


Question:
'In 2001 this L.A. group came around with the song heard here

"If I could /
Then I would /
I'll go wherever /
You will go..."'

Answer: The Calling


Question: 'In 1740 this Georgia founder & his army attacked the Spanish in St. Augustine but failed to capture the settlement'

Answer: Oglethorpe


Question: 'Whippin' a girl "for causing Jack's disaster"? this dame had to go down, & go down hard'

Answer: Dame Dob


Question: 'Occult magician known as "The Beast"'

Answer: Aleister Crowley


Question: 'Singular version of Aurora Borealis.com'

Answer: Northern Light


Question: 'The name of this '90s group was partly inspired by an STP motor oil logo'

Answer: Stone Temple Pilots


Question: 'Molokai wasn't his "Treasure Island"; he called it the "most distressful country that ever yet was seen"'

Answer: (Robert Louis) Stevenson


Question: 'The letters O, I, B, G & this go across the top of a popular game of chance'

Answer: N


Question: 'Before Al Gore'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'Think about something overnight'

Answer: sleep on it


Question: 'Iraq's capital, Baghdad, is located on both banks of this historic river'

Answer: Tigris


Question: 'Melina Kanakaredes of "Providence" once copped the role of Jimmy Smits' girlfriend Benita on this TV series'

Answer: NYPD Blue


Question: 'In 1914 this author of "The Time Machine" coined the phrase "the war that will end war"'

Answer: H. G. Wells


Question: 'Index, pinkie, thumb, middle & this finger form the hand'

Answer: the ring finger


Question: 'Lyndon Johnson's predecessor'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Byron wrote, do this, "thou deep and dark blue ocean"'

Answer: roll on


Question: 'From 1638 until World War I, Iraq was under the rule of this empire'

Answer: Ottoman Empire


Question: 'James Brolin won an Emmy in 1970 for playing Dr. Kiley on this Robert Young medical series'

Answer: Marcus Welby, M.D.


Question: 'When he died in 1951, his ashes were returned to Sauk Centre, Minnesota'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'This notorious individual completes the royal flush seen here'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'Succeeded by Aaron Burr'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'To be an informer; "your cheatin' heart will" do it'

Answer: tell on (you)


Question: 'Umm Qasr is Iraq's only port on this body of water'

Answer: Persian Gulf


Question: 'Hi. I'm Levar Burton. In 1987 I blasted off into space as Geordi La Forge in this incarnation of "Star Trek"'

Answer: "Next Generation"


Question: 'While writing "Invisible Man", he worked as a jazz trumpeter, waiter & photographer'

Answer: (Ralph) Ellison


Question: 'Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis Payton. Rick Huxley & he were "glad all over" in 1964'

Answer: Dave Clark


Question: 'Immediately pre-Spiro Agnew'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'If you say rhubarb is doing this, we hope you mean it's becoming more enjoyable as time goes on'

Answer: growing on you


Question: 'It's the foreign capital city occupied by Iraqi forces in 1990'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'As Big Ed, he's the Big Cheese on TV's "Las Vegas"'

Answer: James Caan


Question: 'Bedridden much of his life, he died in 1935, the year that his "life with father" was published'

Answer: Clarence Day


Question: 'Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, & this made up the 5 Civilized Tribes'

Answer: Seminole


Question: 'Alben Barkley was the 35th VP; he was the 34th'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'Knitting starts with this process that loads the first row of stitches on your needles'

Answer: casting on


Question: 'Dangerous for U.S. forces, the area north & west of Baghdad is this religious-named "triangle"'

Answer: Sunni Triangle


Question: 'This native of Waco played the slightly wacky Roz on "Frasier"'

Answer: Peri Gilpin


Question: 'In area it's the largest African country through which the Greenwich meridian passes'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'Brides wore a wide variety of colors before that trendsetter Queen Victoria popularized this one in 1840'

Answer: white


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY.)  As Yankee Stadium is the house he built, it's appropriate that this slugger is honored in Monument Park'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'This car company that promoted "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie" sponsored the "Come Together and Worship Tour"'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'A "gonzo" journalist:<br />Stockton'

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson


Question: 'International Harvester was historically a major employer in Springfield, near Dayton in this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'This term for the illegal selling of concert tickets sounds like a bad way to lose your hair'

Answer: scalping


Question: 'A film shot in 1899 showed the "Panorama from the Tower of" this bridge (wanna buy it?)'

Answer: Brooklyn Bridge


Question: 'History ain't what it used to be: 2 No. 8's are on Yankee Stadium's retired Nos. wall, Bill Dickey's & this malaprop-master's'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'Clothing chain Forever 21 puts this biblical book & the chapter & verse 3:16 on the bottom of bags'

Answer: John


Question: 'Founder of an oil company:<br />Davison'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller


Question: 'Situated on the picturesque Sangamon River, Springfield in this state is served by Capital Airport'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Alphabetically, he's the last of Snow White's 7 dwarfs'

Answer: Sneezy


Question: 'Patented in 1834, this 2-wheeled cab was named for its original designer--probably a good-looking fellow'

Answer: the Hansom cab


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the stands of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.)  I'm in the Yankee Stadium section where, in 1977, this man's third home run of World Series game six landed; all were hit on the first pitch'

Answer: Reggie Jackson


Question: 'This Seattle-based airline puts prayer cards on the food trays'

Answer: Alaska Airlines


Question: 'U.S. ambassador & political patriarch:<br />Patrick'

Answer: Joe Kennedy


Question: 'After seeing a show at Juanita K. Hammons Hall in Springfield in this state, you can head on to Branson'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'From the Latin for "salted", it's spicy, seasoned meat chopped & stuffed into a tube of intestine'

Answer: sausage


Question: 'When S.F.'s Palace Hotel opened in 1875, visitors were amazed by these devices that were then known as "rising rooms"'

Answer: elevators


Question: '"Enter Sandman" plays at Yankee Stadium every time this closer, 1999's World Series MVP, takes the mound'

Answer: Mariano Rivera


Question: 'Starbucks began putting quotes on its cups by this author of "The Purpose-Driven Life"'

Answer: Rick Warren


Question: 'A suffragette:<br />Brownell'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'Springfield in this state is where the common spring clothespin was invented & a Green Mountain guide is published'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Attributed to Druids, Greeks & even Romans, this Neolithic site on Salisbury Plain was erected by unknown builders'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'Sounds "fishy": he administered the presidential oath of office to Andrew Johnson & presided over his impeachment trial'

Answer: Salmon Chase


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Monument Park in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY.)  Yankee Stadium's Monument Park honors this first baseman whose career was tragically cut short'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'This national chicken sandwich restaurant stays closed on Sundays so employees can focus on faith & family'

Answer: Chick-fil-A


Question: 'A 1960s Defense Secretary:<br />Strange'

Answer: Robert S. McNamara


Question: 'If you hurt yourself in Springfield in this state, head over to the McKenzie-Willamette Hospital'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'In the Bible's Book of Judges, he carried the Gates of Gaza about 40 miles to a hilltop near Hebron'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'The 6 "inert" elements occur naturally primarily in this state of matter'

Answer: gases


Question: 'Remember that the S in "MSRP" stands for this--the dealer's allowed to sell cheaper'

Answer: suggested


Question: 'No. 1:<br />A former war correspondent, in 1940 he succeeded Neville Chamberlain'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'The one nation over 2 million square miles in area that borders no other countries'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Word that describes the status of a policeman secretly gathering information in disguise'

Answer: undercover


Question: 'In the first film, once Godzilla gets angry, he's intent on destroying this capital city of 8 million'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Bittern, a source of bromides & iodides, is the solution left after this has been crystallized from seawater'

Answer: salt


Question: 'To get good traction on rocks or snow, bypass "FWD" & "RWD" & go for this, "AWD"'

Answer: all-wheel drive


Question: 'No. 3:<br />In 1981 750 million people worldwide watched her wedding'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'The one nation in Europe with a female head of government'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In sports, it's the team or player who is expected to lose to a much more powerful opponent'

Answer: underdog


Question: 'Apparently bored with his old conquests, in the 1998 version, Godzilla is intent on destroying this metropolis'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Distillation is separating a mixture by boiling & this process, converting it back into a liquid'

Answer: condensation


Question: 'Make, model, place of manufacture & even optional equipment are encoded in the "VIN", short for this'

Answer: vehicle identification number


Question: 'No. 19:<br />Appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1964, knighted in 1997'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'The one nation in the world with the same name as a U.S. state'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Rip Torn originally had this job backing up the role of Brick in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" & later got the role himself'

Answer: understudy


Question: 'In a quirky short film of 1969, this innocent Disney character faces off vs. Godzilla with predictable results'

Answer: Bambi


Question: 'To separate 2 liquids mixed together, use this device that helped Theodor Svedberg win a 1926 Nobel prize'

Answer: a centrifuge


Question: 'It's the "PO" in a "CPO" vehicle, a late-model used car made to look like new'

Answer: pre-owned


Question:
'No. 25:
This best-selling author & scientist seen here'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'The one nation in the world whose name begins with the letter "O"'

Answer: Oman


Question: 'To not let enough light into the camera for enough time to get a good image'

Answer: to underexpose


Question: 'Scenes of this "Ironside" actor were added to the original "Godzilla" before opening in the U.S.'

Answer: Raymond Burr


Question: 'This chemist must have put other projects on the back "burner" when he discovered cesium in 1860'

Answer: (Robert) Bunsen


Question: 'A "CVT", using a belt instead of gears for smoothness, is a continuously variable this'

Answer: a transmission


Question: 'No. 54:<br />Froze to death with several companions in March 1912'

Answer: Robert Scott


Question: 'The one nation in the world with Catalan as an official language is this small one in the Pyrenees'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'It's background music, as well as a line drawn beneath something for emphasis'

Answer: underscore


Question: 'Over the years, Godzilla's adversaries have included King Kong, Gigan & in 1964, this giant insect'

Answer: Mothra


Question: 'The Library of Congress' 2005 exhibit on him had a section titled "Wound Dresser in the Civil War"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'In 1949 this aviator who flew the Atlantic solo in 1927 received the Wright Brothers Trophy from the N.A.A.'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'We hope his medical thriller "Chromosome 6", following "Coma" & "Contagion", won't spoil the broth'

Answer: Robin Cook


Question: 'The green & the mute types of this amphibian are the ones the French prize for their legs'

Answer: frog


Question: 'Originally, this carol was known by its Latin name, "Adeste Fideles"'

Answer: "O Come All Ye Faithful"


Question: '2 stars in the bowl of the Big Dipper, called The Pointers, point to this star'

Answer: the North Star


Question: 'A 10-dollar bill'

Answer: a sawbuck


Question: 'In 1907 the War Department authorized a campaign medal for this war -- 42 years after it ended'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'This Chicago Bulls coach explains his use of Zen Buddhism in "Sacred Hoops"'

Answer: Phil Jackson


Question: 'Charlemagne was so fond of these "proud" birds that he served them at a banquet'

Answer: peacocks


Question: 'Location where "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" last night'

Answer: underneath the mistletoe


Question: 'Some scientists say thousands of these, known as "dirty snowballs", strike our atmosphere every day'

Answer: comets


Question: 'In commercials the Crash Test Dummies urge us to do this -- don't be a dummy!'

Answer: "Buckle Up!"


Question: 'This school's Hasty Pudding Club has been presenting its Woman of the Year Award since 1951'

Answer: Harvard


Question: '"The Senator's Daughter" is a crime novel by Victoria, daughter of this finally-convicted "Teflon Don"'

Answer: John Gotti


Question: 'If this U.S. marsupial is really dead & not just "playing", you can roast it like pork'

Answer: possum


Question:
'Singer performing the holiday classic heard here:

"Rockin' around the Christmas tree at the Christmas party hop..."'

Answer: Brenda Lee


Question: 'Unlike the spiral type, like ours, the elliptical type of this system has little gas & rather dim stars'

Answer: a galaxy


Question: 'It's slang for a bronco-busting cowboy'

Answer: buckaroo


Question: 'In 1957 this Danish physicist received the first Atoms for Peace Award'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'In 1996's "Born to Rebel", Frank Sulloway puts this type of "rivalry" at the center of history'

Answer: sibling rivalry


Question: 'Eating seaweed helps certain swifts form these structures found in a famous Chinese soup'

Answer: bird\'s nest


Question: 'Judy Garland debuted "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in this 1944 film set at the 1904 World's Fair'

Answer: Meet Me in St. Louis


Question: 'Most of these minor planets revolve around the sun in a "belt" between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter'

Answer: asteroids


Question: 'This member of Fleetwood Mac had his own solo Top 10 hit in 1981 with "Trouble"'

Answer: Lindsey Buckingham


Question: 'Traditionally, Nobel Prize winners are presented their awards on the tenth of this month'

Answer: December


Question: 'In "Leaving a Doll's House", Claire Bloom has some "complaint"s about her life with this novelist'

Answer: Philip Roth (Portnoy\'s Complaint)


Question: 'The eggs of this shelled reptile are sometimes hard-boiled & the flippers may be braised in wine sauce'

Answer: the turtle


Question: 'In "Deck The Halls", we "troll" this, "Fa la la la la la la la la"'

Answer: the ancient Christmas carol (or the ancient Yuletide carol)


Question: 'Titan is the largest moon of this planet; Calypso & Telesto are among the smallest'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'It's plain to "see", it's also known as a horse chestnut'

Answer: a buckeye


Question: 'This Dublin brewery's 19th C. hop store has been converted into a museum detailing its history....Cheers!'

Answer: Guinness


Question: 'The grotto of Jesus' birth is now inside a church called this, after Jesus' birth'

Answer: Church of the Nativity


Question: '"The Love Bug" was this type of car'

Answer: Volkswagen Beetle


Question: '2 basic drug categories are depressants & these, which include caffeine'

Answer: Stimulants


Question: 'From the Ojibwa word "ototeman", it's the animal or plant a family group associates with its ancestry'

Answer: Totem


Question: 'It comes from the Latin for "to sell"'

Answer: Vend


Question: 'Hang ten & head on over to a real lighthouse in Santa Cruz, Calif., home to a museum devoted to this sport'

Answer: Surfing


Question: 'If there's no room in the inns, you may have to sleep in this central square, named for baby Jesus' first crib'

Answer: Manger Square


Question: 'A top-grossing animated film of 1961, a live-action remake was released in 1996'

Answer: 101 Dalmatians


Question: 'The art & science of preparing & dispensing drugs, or a store where it's practiced'

Answer: Pharmacy


Question: 'Accoridng to the Hopi, this wild canine related to the wolf was around before there were people'

Answer: Coyote


Question: 'For potatoes it means "to grow", for couch potatoes it means "to stay inactive"'

Answer: Vegetate


Question: 'At his Pittsburgh museum, you can buy reproductions of his works, including "Happy Bug Day" & "Soup Can"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'Bethlehem tourism was hurt by this Palestinian uprising  that began in 1987'

Answer: Intifada


Question: 'In 1968 this title pair was played by Leonard Whiting & Olivia Hussey'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'This annual pharmaceutical guide for doctors is abbreviated PDR'

Answer: Physician\'s Desk Reference


Question: 'By simply displaying this item, also called a calumet, one could call a truce between some tribes'

Answer: Peace pipe


Question: 'To conquer'

Answer: Vanquish


Question: 'This team's hall of fame museum has Stan Musial trophies & film of the team dating back to 1926'

Answer: St. Louis Cardinals


Question: 'In Arabic the city's name means "House of Meat"; in Hebrew, "House of" this staple'

Answer: Bread


Question: 'One book abbreviated this 1969 film "B&C&T&A"'

Answer: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice


Question: 'Among pharmacology's sub-fields, this -ology deals with the effects & treatment of poisons'

Answer: Toxicology


Question: 'This title of an Algonquian medicine man now refers to popular tribal gatherings'

Answer: Pow-wow


Question: 'Both vibrate & this word are synonyms of oscillate'

Answer: Vacillate


Question: '1 of the 2 museums mentioned in the lyrics of Cole Porter's "You're The Top"'

Answer: The Louvre or the National Gallery


Question: 'Israelis often refer to the West Bank, which includes Bethlehem, as this "and Samaria"'

Answer: Judea


Question: 'He played Henry II to Richard Burton's Becket'

Answer: Peter O\' Toole


Question: 'Claude Bernard pioneered the field with his 19th C. study of this poison used by Amazon natives'

Answer: Curare


Question: 'These giant mythical birds were frequently at war with water monsters'

Answer: Thunderbirds


Question: 'Petty annoyances can do this to the most patient of people'

Answer: Vex


Question: 'In terms of number of passengers, it's the busiest foreign carrier operating at LAX'

Answer: Mexicana Airlines


Question: 'Until 1972 it was Ceylon'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Hedera Helix is the English variety of this climbing plant'

Answer: ivy


Question: 'This sequel began weaving it worldwide web in Tokyo April 16, 2007'

Answer: Spider-Man 3


Question: 'From 1902 to 1938 Sigmund Freud was psyched working as a professor at the University of this European Capital'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Hooterville was the locale of this Eva Gabor sitcom'

Answer: Green Acres


Question: 'Much of the 95 pounds of tomatoes every American eats each year comes as sauces, salsa & this condiment'

Answer: ketchup


Question: 'It was Siam until 1939'

Answer: Thailand


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a simple cell diagram on the monitor.)  As opposed to the dizygotic type of twins, where 2 eggs develop into 2 genertically different cells, in the monozygotic, or this type, the genetics are exactly the same'

Answer: identical


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew exits the theater doors at Radio City Music Hall, New York.)  Among movies that have premiered at Radio City Music Hall is "To Kill a Mockingbird", with an Oscar-winning performance by this man who was once an usher here'

Answer: Gregory Peck


Question: 'In 1905 Freud broke ground & shocked the world with "Three Essays on the Theory of" this'

Answer: Sexuality


Question: 'He was never president, but he is the little green man on the front of the U.S. $100 bill'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'In 1893 the Supreme Court weighed in on an old controversy by declaring that tomatoes are these'

Answer: vegetables


Question: 'It was Persia until 1935; in 1949 the government permitted both names'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Roger that, Houston--the rocket engines have reached this point of firing to life'

Answer: ignition


Question:
'On Sept. 16, 1953 "The Robe" & this
w i d e s c r e e n
process debuted at NYC's Roxy theatre'

Answer: CinemaScope


Question: 'The one great question Freud said he could not answer was "What does" one of these "want?"'

Answer: a woman


Question: 'This international environmental group was formed in 1971 to oppose the U.S. testing nuclear devices in Alaska'

Answer: Greenpeace


Question: 'An average tomato provides about 35 calories & about 40% of the RDA of this vitamin'

Answer: vitamin C


Question: 'It was the Khmer Republic from 1970 until 1975'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'It's a list of placed to be visited on a journey'

Answer: an itinerary


Question: 'In 2006 the queen attended the world premiere of this James Bond film but skipped the premiere of "The Queen"'

Answer: Casino Royale


Question: 'Freud used this "mythological" term to describe a boy's envy of his father & love of his mother'

Answer: an Oedipal complex


Question: 'The Maghreb is a fertine green region of Africa separated from the rest of the continent by this 3-mil.-sq.-mi. area'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: 'Tomatoes were squashed to make some of the punching sound effects for this 1980 Robert De Niro movie'

Answer: Raging Bull


Question: 'Until 1975 it was the Malagasy Republic'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'The male of this wild goat of the alps has backward-curving horns that may be as long as it is tall'

Answer: an ibex


Question: 'The premiere of Cecil B. DeMille's "Union Pacific" was a 3-day costume spectacle in this city where the U.P. railroad began'

Answer: Omaha, Nebraska


Question: 'In the language of this "sleepy" 1899 Freud work, a wish can be fulfilled by an imaginary wish fulfillment'

Answer: The Interpretation of Dreams


Question: 'This pitted fruit of the Olea europaea tree lends its name to a shade of green'

Answer: the olive


Question: 'This meaty type of tomato can be red or green; both types are seen here'

Answer: beefsteak


Question: 'When the British approached, the Concord Militia didn't know about the skirmish at this place earlier that day'

Answer: Lexington


Question: 'This "Peanuts" character got a sister named Sally in 1959'

Answer: Charlie Brown


Question: 'The coat of arms of this company founded in 1670 & active in Canada displays 4 furry beavers'

Answer: the Hudson\'s Bay Company


Question: 'Noah's Ark survived the flood in Genesis; she's the "Maid of Orleans"'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'It was "Good-Bye" to this title teacher in a 1934 James Hilton novel'

Answer: Mr. Chips


Question: 'A yelp from a "great white" fish'

Answer: a shark bark


Question: 'WWI sales of "Liberty" these, whose posters showed the statue, raised more than $15 billion'

Answer: bonds


Question: '"Weirdo" would be another name for this Dan Piraro comic that began as a replacement for "The Far Side"'

Answer: Bizarro


Question: 'Of 1, 5 or 15, the rough maximum number of minutes a beaver can hold its breath underwater'

Answer: 15


Question: 'Herman Wouk gave us the WWII-set "Winds of War"; Rat & Mole hole up with Mr. Badger in this 1908 book'

Answer: Wind in the Willows


Question: 'Confederate general's apian drones'

Answer: Lee\'s bees


Question: 'You didn't want to make the mistake of following the south instead of the north platte on this pioneer trail'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question: 'The TV show seen here is based on this edgy Aaron McGruder comic strip'

Answer: The Boondocks


Question: 'This 5-letter beaver home seen here may have separate entrances & a carpeted floor--hopefully, no elks'

Answer: a lodge


Question: 'The "Oresteia" is a trilogy by Aeschylus; this is a Swedish glass factory'

Answer: Orrefors


Question: 'Domestic structure for a nit'

Answer: a louse house


Question: 'The U.S. supplied materiel to its allies during WWII through this 1941 Congressional act'

Answer: the Lend-Lease Act


Question: 'In Bob Thaves' comic, Frank bums around with this guy'

Answer: Ernest


Question: 'Beavers have 6 of these on their heads (in 2 sets of 3); 1 is transparent & helps in swimming underwater'

Answer: eyelids


Question: 'William Dean Howells wrote "The Rise of Silas Lapham"; this actor was "MacGyver" on '80s TV'

Answer: Richard Dean Anderson


Question: '"The Prime" of this female teacher in an Edinburgh school plays out in a 1961 Muriel Spark work'

Answer: Miss Jean Brodie


Question: 'A boll weevil curled up like a baby'

Answer: a fetal beetle


Question: 'Now sounding oxymoronic, these alliterative Republicans were the party's anti-slavery wing in its early years'

Answer: the Radical Republicans


Question: 'Creator Jim Unger joked that the syndication of this panel in East Germany brought down the Berlin Wall'

Answer: Herman


Question: 'Natural enemies of the beaver include bobcats, coyotes & this "glutton" associated with Michigan'

Answer: a wolverine


Question: 'Taco Bell is a fast food franchise; this composer's "Canon in D" is popular at weddings'

Answer: Pachelbel


Question: 'Amory Blaine, a student at Princeton, is the protagonist of this first novel published by F. Scott Fitzgerald'

Answer: This Side of Paradise


Question: 'A woolly quadruped's slow movement low to the ground'

Answer: a sheep creep


Question: 'According to the Census Bureau, at 15.2% & 10.8%, they are the 2 leading national ancestries of Americans'

Answer: German & Irish


Question: 'Because 2 more states had joined the union, the number of stars on the U.S. flag was changed to this in 1795'

Answer: 15


Question:
'Brad Pitt,
Matt Damon,
George Clooney'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: 'It's the only grand duchy that borders France'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'The first dime featuring his image was issued on Jan. 30, 1946, a little more than 9 months after his death'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'It's the distance "within" which a sound can be heard'

Answer: earshot


Question: 'Located at Terminal 3, this company with a Greek letter as its name offers 1,500 daily flights'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'This naval hero of the American Revolution spent the last 2 years of his life in Paris, dying there in 1792'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question:
'Mick Jagger,
Keith Richards,
Charlie Watts'

Answer: Charlie Watts


Question: 'The country with which France shares its northernmost border'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'The Denver Mint's first commemorative was a 1933 half-dollar depicting a Conestoga wagon on this trail'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question: 'She was the last Tudor monarch to rule England'

Answer: Elizabeth (I)


Question: 'This airline at Terminal 4 was formed by the Irish government in April 1936 & has been in the "Aer" ever since'

Answer: Aer Lingus


Question: 'The first major gold discovery in the U.S. happened in 1799 near this southern city named for George III's queen'

Answer: Charlotte, North Carolina


Question:
'Britney Spears,
Jessica Simpson,
Lindsay Lohan'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'The largest country in area that borders France'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'The bison depicted on this coin, 1913 to 1938, was Black Diamond, an animal on exhibit at the N.Y. Zoological Gardens'

Answer: the nickel


Question: 'The CFL's Eskimos call this city home'

Answer: Edmonton


Question: 'Now at Terminal 4, this company's first flight, from Amsterdam to London on May 17, 1920, was letter perfect'

Answer: KLM


Question: 'In 1795 this fiery orator turned down an offer to Secy. of State; he later declined the job of Chief Justice, too'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question:
'Tiger Woods,
Sergio Garcia,
Michelle Wie'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'The Alps straddle the border between France & these 2 countries'

Answer: Italy & Switzerland


Question: 'Dolphins on a 1915 gold dollar symbolized the meeting of 2 oceans brought about by the building of this'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'One of Sinbad's voyages took him to this graveyard long sought by big-game hunters & Tarzan movie villains'

Answer: the elephant\'s graveyard


Question: 'This Terminal 4 company was founded in 1984 by Richard Branson; over 1 mil. people flew it by the end of the decade'

Answer: Virgin


Question: 'This king's warriors said "Aloha" to a rival chief's men by driving them off a cliff in Oahu in 1795'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question:
'Joan Rivers,
David Letterman,
Larry King'

Answer: Joan Rivers


Question: 'The 2 tiniest countries that border France (& we do mean tiny!)'

Answer: Monaco & Andorra


Question: 'On Feb. 12, 1959 a new design for the back of this coin was introduced'

Answer: the Lincoln penny