Question: 'This important college football game is played each year in Tempe, Arizona around New Year's Day'

Answer: the Fiesta Bowl


Question: 'The First Flight, on the Outer Banks'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'The "wet" movement in 1930 wanted this amendment repealed'

Answer: the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)


Question: '(Hi, I'm Chris Matthews)  Working for the San Francisco Examiner in November 1989 I reported on the historic fall of this structure'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'At LBJ's swearing-in, she was still wearing the pink suit she had worn in Dallas'

Answer: Jackie Kennedy


Question: 'He drew on his own experiences with dyslexia for his "Hank Zipzer" book series'

Answer: Henry Winkler


Question: 'On Sept. 5, 1994 this wide receiver, still active, broke Jim Brown's career record by scoring his 127th touchdown'

Answer: Jerry Rice


Question: 'A gift from France unveiled in 1886'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Back in 1960, 95% of all soft drinks were sold in these reusable containers'

Answer: bottles


Question: 'In 1948 Gamow, Herman & Alpher developed this "large" cosmological theory'

Answer: the Big Bang Theory


Question: 'She aced the competition at the 2002 U.S. Open wearing a slinky catsuit'

Answer: Serena Williams


Question: 'E.H. Shepard's illustrations for these stories set in the Hundred Acre Wood were modeled on actual toys'

Answer: the Winnie the Pooh stories


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tim Dwight of the NFL)  Along with offense & defense there are these "teams" of wild men who charge down the field on punts & kickoffs'

Answer: special teams


Question: 'A race car & an outline of the state'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Norman Bel Geddes, father of actress Barbara, created the Futurama exhibit for this event that began in 1939'

Answer: the New York World\'s Fair


Question: 'He's the composer whose work is heard here'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'Jean Paul Gaultier designed the "Night Spider" dress she wore when she won her Best Actress Oscar in 2003'

Answer: Nicole Kidman


Question: 'Her 1992 book "Sex", not for kids; her 2003 book "The English Roses", kid friendly'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Pro football's Chiefs appropriately play their home games in this Kansas City stadium'

Answer: Arrowhead Stadium


Question: 'The blossoms & leaves of 2 magnolias'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'In the '50s Norman Vincent Peale was pushing "The Power of" this'

Answer: Positive Thinking


Question: 'This Pennsylvania city was founded in 1741 & appropriately named on Christmas Eve'

Answer: Bethlehem


Question: 'Patrick Singleton, this country's only man in the 2002 winter games, aptly wore shorts to the opening ceremonies'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'This Louise Fitzhugh title character is ostracized by her classmates after they read her comments on them'

Answer: Harriet the Spy


Question: 'Teams in this football league include the Orlando Predators & the Los Angeles Avengers'

Answer: Arena Football League


Question: 'A pelican & a horn with musical notes'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: '"The City" was rendered in this century'

Answer: the 20th century


Question: 'Elizabeth I succeeded the woman nicknamed this'

Answer: "Bloody Mary"


Question: 'It occupies most of southern South America'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'As practiced by African women, it's where to carry a load for ideal balance'

Answer: on the head


Question: 'In the marsupial frog, the eggs are enclosed in one of these on the back of the adult'

Answer: pouch


Question: 'This geographic-named tree, seen here, is native to the Mediterranean area'

Answer: cedar of Lebanon


Question: 'Century in which young Leonardo da Vinci painted the work seen here'

Answer: the 17th


Question: '"Brokenhearted" singer Norwood'

Answer: Brandy


Question: '2 of its most celebrated stars, Mel Gibson & Nicole Kidman, weren't even born there'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In 2003 the override of a veto meant Missourians could carry these'

Answer: concealed weapons


Question: 'Of the rattlesnake, copperhead & cobra, the one not a pit viper'

Answer: cobra


Question: 'The critical-thinking 18th century, or the time of life when a person knows right from wrong'

Answer: Age of Reason


Question: 'The portrait of a scholar seen here dates from this century'

Answer: the 16th


Question: 'It's the real first name of the actress who played the title role in "Gilda"; it's also a cocktail'

Answer: Margarita


Question: 'Grossglockner Mountain in the Alps is the highest point in this country'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Businessmen carry these, though their name suggests they're specially designed for lawyers'

Answer: briefcases


Question: 'Because of glandular secretions, the fire-bellied toad has an odor similar to this "stinking rose"'

Answer: garlic


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Spain)  The Alcazar appears in this El Greco work of around 1600, one of the great landscapes of Western art'

Answer: "View of Toledo"


Question: 'Century that gave us the master work seen here'

Answer: the 17th


Question: 'Late great tennis star Althea'

Answer: Gibson


Question: 'It's the north African country whose flag is seen here'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'The act of carrying your boat overland between waterways'

Answer: portaging


Question: 'Scientific families of this reptile include Gekkonidae & Iguanidae'

Answer: lizard


Question: 'Taken from the Book of Daniel, a respected person with a hidden flaw has this podiatric problem'

Answer: feet of clay


Question: 'Paintings of this century, like the one seen here, made Bouguereau famous in his day'

Answer: the 19th century


Question: 'Author Steve who created D.A. Paul Madriani'

Answer: Martini


Question: 'It was formerly referred to as Portuguese West Africa'

Answer: Angola


Question: 'The first woman carrier of the bag of nuclear codes known as this was appointed by Ronald Reagan'

Answer: "The Football"


Question: 'The hellbender, the largest type of this amphibian in the U.S., can reach a length of 2 1/2 feet'

Answer: salamander


Question: 'Now in Ireland, the page seen here is from this work, dating from the first millennium A.D.'

Answer: the Book of Kells


Question: '"Evita"'s "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" was inspired by a 1969 concert of hers in London; she left the stage after 15 minutes'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: 'June 7: <br />Norway dissolves the union that had existed since 1814 with this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"Ron Guidry is not very big, maybe 140 pounds, but he has an arm like" this king of beasts'

Answer: a lion


Question: 'In a classic children's story, the Big Bad Wolf ends up in a pot of boiling water in this trio's kitchen'

Answer: the Three Litttle Pigs


Question: 'CZ'

Answer: the Czech Republic


Question: 'Some believe that the eradication of so many cats in the 14th century may have led to spread of this scourge'

Answer: the bubonic plague (the Black Death)


Question: 'Monty Python famously sang, "I'm" one of these "and I'm okay, I sleep all night and I work all day"'

Answer: a lumberjack


Question: 'July 16: <br />This American commander sets off on his second expedition to the North Pole'

Answer: Peary


Question: '"Today is Father's Day, so everyone out there, Happy" this, a 1968 Beatles tune'

Answer: Birthday


Question: 'Beginning an amazing run of about 200 comedy two-reelers, this trio made "Woman Haters" in 1934'

Answer: the Three Stooges


Question: 'VN'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Bred in Scotland in the 1960s, the Scottish fold has these folded forward'

Answer: its ears


Question: 'A telecom company, or a word meaning shining or clear'

Answer: Lucent


Question: 'January 26:<br />This largest rough gem-quality diamond ever found is unearthed in South Africa'

Answer: the Cullinan


Question: '"The first pitch to Tucker Ashford is grounded into left field. No, wait a minute. It's" this 2-word term, "low & outside"'

Answer: ball one


Question: 'The alliance of Britain, France & Russia during World War I'

Answer: the Triple Entente


Question: 'NGR'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'The tail status determines the 4 varieties of this cat: Rumpy, Rumpy Riser, Stumpy & Longy'

Answer: the Manx


Question: 'A substance, such as oil or grease, for lessening friction in the working parts of a mechanism'

Answer: a lubricant


Question: 'November 28:<br />Arthur Griffith forms this nationalist political party in Dublin'

Answer: Sinn Fein


Question: '"Winfield goes back... He hits his head on the wall & it rolls off!  It's rolling" to here, the usual position of Robbie Alomar'

Answer: second base


Question:
'Sibling celebrity
trios include
these silent-film sisters: Norma, Constance & Natalie'

Answer: the Talmadge Sisters


Question: 'CY'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'The largest domestic cat, it originated in New England & resembles a raccoon'

Answer: a Maine Coon


Question: 'As an adjective, it means opulent; as slang, it means a drunkard'

Answer: lush


Question: 'June 13:<br />Prime Minister Delyannis of this Mediterranean country is assassinated'

Answer: Greece


Question: '"If Don Mattingly isn't the American League MVP, something isn't kosher in" this Asian country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Havana's striking landmark the El Morro Castle & Fort is dedicated to this holiday trio, the patrons of its chapel'

Answer: the Three Magi


Question: 'PL'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'A splinter group of Ragdoll cat breeders called their breed this, because it descended from street urchin cats'

Answer: Ragamuffin


Question: '5-letter synonym for "to sway"; you rang?'

Answer: lurch


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a lab.)  I'm at a University of Pittsburgh campus building named for this doctor--it's where he did the research that led to the polio vaccine'

Answer: Jonas Salk


Question: '"Citizen Kane"<br />(1941)'

Answer: (Orson) Welles


Question: 'Chapter 9 of this 1851 Hawthorne novel is titled "Clifford and Phoebe"'

Answer: The House of the Seven Gables (House of Seven Gables accepted)


Question: 'The hero of Vicksburg is on it'

Answer: the fifty-dollar bill


Question: 'This co., owner of NBC Universal, Inc., showed its "imagination at work" in 2003 with revenues of $134.2 billion'

Answer: General Electric


Question: 'In 2003 Jason Schmidt led the NL in this stat with 2.34'

Answer: earned run average (earned runs average accepted)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from an overlook.)  I'm on Mt. Washington, looking down at the start of this river, which the French & English fought to control in the 1750s'

Answer: the Ohio


Question: '"Play Misty for Me"<br />(1971)'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'This 1961 title became a term for illogical bureaucratic rule'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'It features the author of "Notes on the State of Virginia"'

Answer: the two-dollar bill


Question: '"Nobody doesn't like" this bakery group that had $3.4 billion in 2001 sales'

Answer: Sara Lee


Question: 'The 4 words that follow the classic "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."'

Answer: yearning to breathe free


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from outside a brick ivy-covered wall.)  Pittsburgh has preserved the outfield wall from this historic ballpark, where Honus Wagner & Willie Stargell roamed'

Answer: Forbes Field


Question: '"sex, lies, and videotape"<br />(1989)'

Answer: Steven Soderbergh


Question: 'The Buendia family lives in the isolated jungle town of Macondo in this 1967 novel'

Answer: 100 Years of Solitude


Question: 'As president, the man on this bill crushed the Whiskey Rebellion'

Answer: the one


Question: '"Dude, you're getting" a lot of this computer company's products, judging by its $41.4 billion in FY 2004 revenues'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'This federal program, EITC for short, is financed by the IRS'

Answer: rhe Earned Income Tax Credit


Question: 'When what's now Pittsburgh's tallest building was completed in 1970, it was named for this company'

Answer: U.S. Steel


Question: '"Eraserhead"<br />(1978)'

Answer: (David) Lynch


Question: 'It's the classic 1949 novel by the writer born Eric Blair'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'It shows a man <br />who wrote, "I... confess plainly that events have controlled me"'

Answer: the five-dollar bill


Question: 'This Conn. co. was No. 130 on the 2003 Fortune 500; this Conn. co. was No. 130 on the 2003 Fortune 500'

Answer: Xerox


Question: 'This play satirizing the shallowness of British society was first produced in 1895'

Answer: The Importance of Being Earnest


Question: 'Henry Hobson Richardson designed the structure called this county's Courthouse & Jail'

Answer: Allegheny


Question: '"The 400 Blows"<br />(1959)'

Answer: Truffaut


Question: 'Weep not for this 1966 Thomas Pynchon book that detailed the Tristero system'

Answer: The Crying of Lot 49


Question: 'At age 80, the man on the face of this bill was president of his state's executive council'

Answer: the one-hundred


Question: 'In 2003 this "Maine hunting shoe" company took more than 56,000 orders at its website in a single day'

Answer: L.L. Bean


Question: 'There is a branch of the University of Nebraska at this city on the Platte'

Answer: Kearney


Question: 'This man who often criticized the government was named for the president elected in 1912, his birth year'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson \"Woody\" Guthrie


Question: 'The Beatles:<br />"Yesterday all my troubles seemed..."'

Answer: so far away


Question: 'To Tarzan, kal was milk & kalo was this source of milk'

Answer: cow


Question: '"Let the Sunshine in"'

Answer: Hair


Question: 'Jay Silverheels played this pal of the Lone Ranger on film as well as TV'

Answer: Tonto


Question: 'John H. Breck was largely responsible for bringing this liquid into American showers'

Answer: shampoo


Question: 'President Bush:<br />"Read my lips..."'

Answer: no new taxes


Question: 'Did you ever notice that Faye Dunaway & this curmudgeonly "60 Minutes" commentator were both born Jan. 14?'

Answer: Andy Rooney


Question: 'Tarzan despised Dango, this animal, maybe thinking it was laughing at him'

Answer: hyena


Question: '"Bali Ha'i"'

Answer: South Pacific


Question: 'You should know that she played Batgirl in "Batman & Robin" -- unless you're "Clueless"'

Answer: Alicia Silverstone


Question: 'Aba-ebi in Japanese, this sushi ingredient must be extremely fresh to be served raw'

Answer: shrimp


Question: 'Your mom:<br />"Penny wise..."'

Answer: pound foolish


Question: 'This jazz queen could have scatted "Happy Birthday" for herself & Al Pacino on their birthday, April 25'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: '"The Music of the Night"'

Answer: Phantom of the Opera


Question: 'Rent the 1978 film "Silver Bears" & you'll see this "Tonight Show" host playing a mafioso's son'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'Famous ones have included Telstar, Milstar & Navstar'

Answer: satellites


Question: 'An advertising slogan:<br />"Pork the Other..."'

Answer: White Meat


Question: 'Robert Urich & this "Flashdance"r should head to Vegas December 19 for a birthday bash'

Answer: Jennifer Beals


Question: 'Tarzan knew someone was at death's door when he saw a group of ska, these birds, circling overhead'

Answer: vultures


Question: '"Luck Be a Lady"'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'The fact that this singing cowboy starred in "Silver Spurs" should "Trigger" your memory'

Answer: Roy Rogers


Question: 'It's someone whose job is carrying your bags at an airport'

Answer: skycap


Question: 'Helen Reddy:<br />"I am woman..."'

Answer: hear me roar


Question: 'Corbin Bernsen & this "I Will Survive" singer have survived many birthdays on September 7'

Answer: Gloria Gaynor


Question: 'Tarzan can tell Numa, the male of this cat species, from Sabor, the female, by its thick mane'

Answer: lion


Question: '"Seasons of Love"'

Answer: Rent


Question: 'This 1985 western starred 2 Kevins: Kline & Costner'

Answer: Silverado


Question: 'A complete sentence needs a predicate & one of these'

Answer: subject


Question: '"Y.M.C.A." was a big hit for this group that included a biker, a cowboy & a hard hat'

Answer: The Village People


Question:
'"Maude",
"The Jeffersons",
"All in the Family"'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'It's something called a mouth organ'

Answer: harmonica


Question: 'It's the legal gambling age in Vegas, or a popular card game'

Answer: 21


Question: 'It's the first word spoken in the opening title sequence on the original "Star Trek" series'

Answer: Space


Question: 'At this 2-word command at the start of a fencing match, raise your sword toward your opponent'

Answer: en garde


Question: 'A June 23, 1972 tape on which Nixon discussed a Watergate cover-up was called this type of "gun"'

Answer: smoking gun


Question:
'Woodrow Wilson,
Dwight D. Eisenhower,
James Garfield'

Answer: James Garfield


Question: 'In 1997 the comet Hale-Bopp soared through our skies & this group soared up the charts with "Mmmbop"'

Answer: Hanson


Question: 'You don't have to go to Egypt to see a pyramid, just check out this hotel on the strip'

Answer: the Luxor


Question: 'Dang!  This actor rode to success as TV's Sam McCloud'

Answer: Dennis Weaver


Question: 'If you're known for repartee, you have the type of "wit" named for this narrow-bladed sword'

Answer: rapier


Question: 'The last names of bestselling authors Arthur & Alex were both pronounced this way'

Answer: Hailey/Haley


Question:
'Arizona statehood,
Ohio statehood,
Alaska statehood'

Answer: Ohio statehood


Question: 'A little over 5 feet tall & weighing up to 8,000 pounds, this hoofed mammal spends its days in the water'

Answer: hippopotamus


Question: 'At the Mirage Hotel, these illusionists appear in what Time magazine has dubbed "The Show of the Century"'

Answer: Siegfried and Roy


Question: 'Kevin James plays sports-crazed, blue-collar working stiff Doug Heffernan on this "royal" CBS sitcom'

Answer: The King of Queens


Question: 'An extinct "tiger" got its name from teeth that resembled this fencing sword'

Answer: saber


Question: '"All I ask is" this type of vessel that helped NYC celebrate the Bicentennial "and a star to steer her by"'

Answer: tall ship


Question:
'The Rolling Stones,
The Dave Clark Five,
The Beatles'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Kanchenjunga, Annapurna I & Nanga Parbat are peaks in this mountain range'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'In 1997 this gangster's mug appeared on gaming chips celebrating the Flamingo Hilton's 50th anniversary'

Answer: Bugsy Siegel


Question: '(Hi everybody, I'm Brandy!)  In the TV movie "Cinderella", I played Cinderella & this singer played my fairy godmother'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'The swords the Romans & Vikings used had this quality which could probably work for them or against them'

Answer: double-edged


Question: 'From the Spanish for "to hinder", one of these hindered U.S. motorists when Arab states imposed it on oil'

Answer: embargo


Question:
'Catherine the Great,
Constantine the Great,
Ivan the Great'

Answer: Constantine the Great


Question: ''50s TV puppet that's the subject of a 1999 custody battle between the D.I.A. & its owner's heirs'

Answer: Howdy Doody


Question: 'It's a short trip from New York-New York to Detroit & the home cooking of this music-themed cafe'

Answer: the Motown Cafe


Question: 'Howard Hesseman spun out the tunes as this hip "medical" deejay on "WKRP in Cincinnati"'

Answer: Dr. Johnny Fever


Question: 'The name of this highly curved, highly deadly sword comes from the Persian shamshir'

Answer: scimitar


Question: 'Jan Ullrich, the only German ever to win this event, has been nicknamed "Der Tourminator"'

Answer: the Tour de France


Question: 'To support virtue, morality & civil liberty, Ben Franklin called for this book & "a newspaper in every house"'

Answer: the Bible


Question: 'Jim Croce had his first No. 1 hit with this song'

Answer: "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown"


Question:
'Los Angeles,
London,
Seattle,
St. Petersburg'

Answer: Times


Question: 'Delaware is the second-smallest state; only this state has a smaller area'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'The first time this event was held at the Orange Bowl was on January 14, 1968'

Answer: the Super Bowl


Question: 'The name of these seeds probably goes all the way back to samassammu, Akkadian for "oil plant"'

Answer: sesame seeds


Question: 'In 1781 this admiral urged, "In time of peace... prepare... for war"'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'This Beatles song with a contradictory title hit No. 1 the last week of 1967'

Answer: "Hello Goodbye"


Question:
'Washington,
Palm Beach,
Jerusalem'

Answer: Post


Question: 'Founded in 1683 by William Penn, this city was officially laid out in 1717 over an area of 125 acres'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'Orange you glad to know that celery is part of this orange vegetable's family'

Answer: a carrot


Question: 'This fox-hunting cry may be an alteration of taiaut, a French cry used in deer hunting'

Answer: tally-ho


Question: 'In 1781 this future Secretary of the Treasury wrote, "A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing"'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Ennio Morricone wrote this instrumental, the main title theme for a 1966 film'

Answer: "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly"


Question:
'Denver Rocky Mountain,
San Antonio Express-,
Dallas Morning'

Answer: News


Question: 'Barratt's Chapel in Delaware is the USA's oldest surviving church of this denomination founded by Wesley'

Answer: Methodism


Question: 'Orange Savings & the Orange Mortgage are offered by the online bank called this "Direct"'

Answer: ING


Question: 'A Middle English variant of "plait" became the name of these folds found on skirts'

Answer: pleat


Question: 'In "The American Crisis No. 2", he wrote, "A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question:
'1982 hit heard here

"You don't drink, don't smoke/
What do you do?/
You don't drink, don't smoke/
What do you do?/
Subtle innuendos follow/
There must be something inside"'

Answer: "Goody Two Shoes"


Question:
'Chicago,
Tampa,
San Diego Union-'

Answer: Tribune


Question: 'An IRA named for this longtime Delaware senator was created in 1998'

Answer: (William) Roth


Question: 'The Black Maria was this inventor's West Orange, New Jersey movie studio'

Answer: Edison


Question: 'A Greek word for "sailor" gave us the name of this "chambered" sea creature'

Answer: nautilus


Question: 'Replacing Franklin as Minister to France, this future president said, "I succeed him; no one can replace him"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This Chris Isaak tune was featured in the movie "Eyes Wide Shut"'

Answer: "Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing"


Question:
'Miami,
Boston,
Sydney Morning'

Answer: Herald


Question: 'In 1609 he became the first European to explore the Delaware area'

Answer: Hudson


Question: 'The orange pekoe grade of this has some of the smallest leaves'

Answer: tea


Question: 'This term for a minor engagement in war traces its origins back to the old Italian word scaramuccia'

Answer: a skirmish


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.)  Perhaps the U.S.S.R.'s  greatest filmmaker, born in Riga in 1898, I'm in front of a building his father designed'

Answer: Sergei Eisenstein


Question: 'Place name that's on the brand we're showing'

Answer: York


Question: 'Her early 1960s poem "Lady Lazarus" tells of her attempted suicide'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'It's what the "SC" stands for in NASCAR'

Answer: stock car


Question: 'It's the chemical formula for pure snow'

Answer: H2O


Question: 'It's the largest gorge on Earth'

Answer: the Grand Canyon


Question: 'Marshall Zhukov directed the defense of Moscow in 1941 & must have enjoyed capturing this city in April 1945'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'If you see these stones rolling around Colombia, pick them up; they're valuable'

Answer: emeralds


Question: 'Only 7 of her poems were published during her lifetime--5 in the Springfield Republican'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'Held each February, this Florida contest is the premier race on the NASCAR circuit'

Answer: the Daytona 500


Question: 'It's the common "table" substance whose formula is NaCl'

Answer: salt


Question: 'In Yiddish bubbie is this relative'

Answer: grandmother


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Red Square in Moscow, Russia while a memorable melody plays.)  This composer of film and ballet scores was overshadowed when he died the same day as Stalin, March 5, 1953'

Answer: Prokofiev


Question: 'Note there are no birds in the picture of this famous bird illustrator'

Answer: Audubon


Question: 'Having been replaced by her as leader of the Imagists, Ezra Pound began calling them "Amygists"'

Answer: Amy Lowell


Question: 'This color flag is used to signal the beginning of a NASCAR race & any restarts'

Answer: a green flag


Question: 'The chemical formula for this sugar found in dairy products is C12H22O11'

Answer: lactose


Question: 'This 3-word nickname for the Republicans dates from the 1870s'

Answer: Grand Old Party


Question: 'T.D. Lysenko, who thought acquired traits can be inherited, ran the USSR's Institute of this, the biology of heredity'

Answer: genetics


Question: 'In a popular kids' game, they're what's eaten by the hungry animal seen here'

Answer: marbles


Question: 'In 1850 the Athenaeum suggested that she succeed Wordsworth as England's poet laureate'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Some NASCAR races use this kind of "plate" designed to decrease horsepower & speed'

Answer: a restrictor plate


Question: 'The chemical formula of this compound with a 2-word name is CaCO3'

Answer: calcium carbonate


Question: 'The J.M.W. Turner work seen here depicts this well-known location'

Answer: the Grand Canal (in Venice)


Question: 'This secret policeman lost a struggle for power & was liquidated himself in 1953'

Answer: Lavrentiy Beria


Question: 'Trig books use this Greek letter to denote angle'

Answer: theta


Question: 'In 1923 she won a Pulitzer Prize for a group of poems that included "The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver"'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'This current NFL coach & Super Bowl winner is also a successful NASCAR team owner'

Answer: Joe Gibbs


Question: 'The structure of methane is seen here; this is its familiar chemical formula'

Answer: CH4


Question: 'A champion chess player at the international level'

Answer: grandmaster


Question: 'Established in 1903, the oldest U.S. military base in continuous use outside of the U.S. is in this country'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'The first circus staged by these siblings was held in Baraboo, Wisconsin in 1884'

Answer: the Ringling Bros.


Question: 'Erica Kane Martin Brent Cudahy Chandler Roy Roy Montgomery Montgomery Chandler Marick Marick Montgomery'

Answer: Susan Lucci


Question: 'This physicist worked at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study from 1933 until his death in 1955'

Answer: Einstein


Question: '...Hawaii became a state'

Answer: Eisenhower


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Question: 'On its first night of continuous operation in 1973, this co. delivered 186 packages to 25 cities overnight using 14 jets'

Answer: FedEx


Question: 'Take the letter B off an organ of thought & you get this type of weather'

Answer: rain


Question: 'got this official Wisconsin state domesticated animal?'

Answer: a dairy cow


Question: 'The ever-dangerous to himself & his immediate surroundings Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor'

Answer: Tim Allen


Question: 'In 1989 this first U.S. woman in space became a professor of physics at UCSD & director of the Ca. Space Institute'

Answer: Sally Ride


Question: '...the last U.S. citizens were airlifted out of Saigon as it fell'

Answer: (Gerald) Ford


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Question: 'The first Blockbuster Video store opened during this decade in Dallas, Texas'

Answer: the \'80s


Question: 'Knock a B off a biblical tower & get the name of this biblical murder victim'

Answer: Abel


Question: 'The Door Peninsula, Wisconsin's "thumb", juts into this lake'

Answer: Lake Michigan


Question: 'First Lady Abigail Bartlet'

Answer: Stockard Channing


Question: 'In 1991 this Democratic ex-presidential candidate became a professor of political science at Northeastern'

Answer: (Michael) Dukakis


Question: '...the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" were written'

Answer: Madison


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Question: 'Founded in Seattle's Pike Place Market, this company perks up about 33 million customers a week'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'Sink the B off a group of ocean vessels & get this horse food'

Answer: oats


Question: 'Proceeds from this woman's calendars went to the University of Wisconsin Medical Center to fight cancer'

Answer: (Cindy) Crawford


Question: 'The better, stronger, faster Col. Steve Austin'

Answer: Lee Majors


Question: 'In 1928, while a professor at the University of Rome, he published a textbook on atomic physics'

Answer: Enrico Fermi


Question: '...the U.S. last won Winter Olympic men's ice hockey gold'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS

Question: 'Though Phil Knight didn't love the Swoosh logo, he hoped it would grow on him after paying $35 for it for this company'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Wash away the B from a type of small river & get this name for a chess piece'

Answer: rook


Question: 'This Wisconsin senator was censured by the Senate in 1954 & died in office disgraced'

Answer: (Joe) McCarthy


Question: 'Sydney Bristow, alias Julia Thorne'

Answer: Jennifer Garner


Question: 'Czech, mate!  She was a Georgetown professor of intl. affairs before becoming U.S. ambassador to the U.N. in 1993'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question: '...the Alamo was besieged by Mexican forces'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE BUSINESS BUSINESS

Question: 'In 1963 the Tandy Corporation bought this company; in 1977 it marketed the TRS-80 personal computer'

Answer: Radio Shack


Question: 'Snip the B from Mr. Ives & you'll get this Internet destination'

Answer: URL


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH.)  In 1766, citizens of Portsmouth demonstrated in these streets against this much-despised British act that even taxed playing cards'

Answer: the Stamp Act


Question: 'In March of 1966 in his native Toronto George Chuvalo lost a 15-round decision to this heavyweight boxing champ'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'On August 12, 1861 this showman exhibited what may have been the first hippo in the U.S. at his American museum'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'Whist, bridge & euchre are in the family of card games in which you win by capturing rounds called these'

Answer: tricks


Question: 'Jack Ryan believes a Soviet naval commander is about to defect in this 1984 novel'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'Lincolnesque term for 80'

Answer: fourscore


Question: 'In 1638 early Strawberry Banke settlers drew up a covenant & declared allegiance to this Stuart monarch'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'In real life it was the nickname of welterweight champ Benny Paret; in the movies, of the "Galahad" played by Elvis'

Answer: "Kid"


Question: 'From the Greek for "thick-skinned", this term can refer to hippos as well as elephants'

Answer: pachyderm


Question: 'Your gingerbread man playing piece might get stuck in the Molasses Swamp when you play this board game'

Answer: Candy Land


Question: 'The title of this anti-war memoir refers to author Ron Kovic's birthday'

Answer: Born on the Fourth of July


Question: 'Meaning material or tangible, this adjective is from the Latin for "bodily"'

Answer: corporeal


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH.)  The shipping of goods such as flour & wine, vital to cities like Portsmouth, depended on the skill of the men with this job of making barrels'

Answer: a cooper


Question: 'Born Walker Smith, Jr., this "honey" of a fighter won the middleweight title 5 times in the 1950s'

Answer: Sugar Ray Robinson


Question: 'A bronze hippo is the unofficial mascot of George Washington Univ., as legend says hippos once swam in this river'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'The south of the border version of this American game show is called "100 Mexicanos Dijeron"--"100 Mexicans Said"'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: 'His "Light in August" tells the story of Joe Christmas, who deals with his demons in Mississippi'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'At the time of the 2000 census, this Eastern city was the 17th most populous in the U.S.'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Some Strawberry Bankers did this, named for the personal ownership of vessels preying on enemy ships'

Answer: privateers


Question: 'This Italian-Amer. heavyweight champ's nickname "Brockton Blockbuster" came from his Mass. hometown'

Answer: Rocky Marciano


Question: 'A group of hippos is sometimes called this, perhaps because their stomachs look like they're swollen from gas'

Answer: a bloat


Question: 'This Milton Bradley board game is a quick-draw version of charades'

Answer: Pictionary


Question: 'George Eliot penned this tale about the arrival of Dr. Lydgate in the title town'

Answer: Middlemarch


Question: 'Applied to first-degree murder, it's a 2-word term for a predetermination to commit an unlawful act'

Answer: malice aforethought


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Strawberry Banke in Portsmouth, NH.)  This tavern, opened in Portsmouth in 1766, was named for this British prime minister, a defender of the colonists in Parliament'

Answer: Pitt (the Elder)


Question: 'This "Golden Boy" has an interest in architecture & told Interview magazine, "I really have a passion for designing"'

Answer: Oscar De La Hoya


Question: 'He followed "Prufrock and Other Observations" with a collection of poems containing "The Hippopotamus"'

Answer: (T.S.) Eliot


Question: 'If you fail to peg the correct value of a hand in this game, your opponent calls out, "Muggins!"'

Answer: cribbage


Question: 'This author can make the category twice with "The Adventures of Augie March" & "The Dean's December"'

Answer: Saul Bellow


Question: 'At 288 square miles, Sao Miguel is the largest of this group of Atlantic islands'

Answer: the Azores


Question: 'The conduct of a priest arouses suspicion in this play that won the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama'

Answer: Doubt (by John Patrick Shanley)


Question: 'On April 12, 1776, this future "Tar Heel State" became the first colony to instruct its delegates to vote for independence'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: '1988:<br />Sigourney Weaver battles primate poachers'

Answer: Gorillas in the Mist


Question: 'Our copy of this 1865-69 Tolstoy work is 1,444 pages long'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'You might sit for a spell with this dish that has letters made of noodles'

Answer: alphabet soup


Question: 'In 1958, this telegram company introduced Telex into the US providing a new system to send & receive messages'

Answer: Western Union


Question:
'56 DOWN:
Woodwind
(4)'

Answer: oboe


Question: 'Its colonial governors included Thomas Lee, Robert Dinwiddle & Nathaniel Bacon'

Answer: Virginia


Question: '1980:<br />Robert De Niro battles his way to the top of the middleweight boxing world'

Answer: Raging Bull


Question: 'In 1852, Tolstoy decided to "be all that he could be" & joined this, where he helped defend Sevastopol'

Answer: the army


Question: 'The name of this dish, invented in America, is Chinese for "fry noodles"'

Answer: chow mein


Question: 'The 2 forms of dialing mechanisms are tone & this'

Answer: pulse


Question:
'58 DOWN:
Spoken
(4)'

Answer: oral


Question: 'In 1732, the area between the Altamaha & Savannah Rivers was granted to 21 men who founded this colony'

Answer: Georgia


Question: '1978:<br />Robert De Niro battles post-Vietnam stress'

Answer: The Deer Hunter


Question: 'This 1875 epic novel begins, "All happy familes are alike, but an unhappy family is unhappy after its own fashion"'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'It's a long flat, rectangular Italian pasta or a meat, cheese & sauce layered dish made with it'

Answer: lasagna


Question: 'Long distance telephone service that crosses state lines comes under the auspices of this federal agency'

Answer: the FCC


Question:
'45 ACROSS:
___ Navy (store)
(3)'

Answer: Old


Question: 'Dominated by Quakers, its legislature was reluctant to get involved in its Western Indian wars'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Tolstoy's Christian reform work went too far for some, leading to the church doing this to him in 1901'

Answer: excommunicating him


Question: 'These Chinese noodles are made from mung-bean flour or seaweed, not clear package wrap'

Answer: cellophane noodles


Question: 'In 1877, this inventor, not Bell, designed a transmitter for the telephone allowing better clarity & sound'

Answer: Edison


Question:
'10 DOWN:
A must-do
(10)'

Answer: obligation


Question: 'This colony was granted to Sir George Carteret who had been lt. governor of one of the Channel Islands'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '1850s Tolstoy novels included "Childhood", "Boyhood" & this, which proverbially "is wasted on the young"'

Answer: Youth


Question: 'Nissin Foods' 2 big sellers are "Cup Noodles" & "Top" this'

Answer: Ramen


Question: 'The founders of the Bell Telephone Company were Gardiner Hubbard, Thomas Sanders, Bell & this assistant'

Answer: (Thomas) Watson


Question:
'33 ACROSS:
Electrician's mantra
(3)'

Answer: ohm


Question: 'This city is home to the Empire State Plaza'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'A small, flat fragment of rock, perhaps "off the old block"'

Answer: a chip


Question: 'In 1998, Gerhard Schroder took over this office that Bismarck held for 19 years'

Answer: the chancellor of Germany


Question: 'The duo The Lynns could sing of being a coal miner's granddaughters, since this singer is their mom'

Answer: Loretta Lynn


Question: 'Columbia University is the oldest institution of higher learning in this state'

Answer: New York


Question: 'A growing boy needs this high regard from him"self" as well as from others'

Answer: esteem


Question: 'It's named for the third president of the U.S.'

Answer: Jefferson City


Question: 'Rock flour, fine rock particles, shouldn't be confused on your table with halite, rock this'

Answer: rock salt


Question: 'Logically, the only international gathering over which Bismarck presided was the 1878 Congress of this capital'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This college for women became affiliated with Columbia in 1889'

Answer: Barnard


Question: 'The boys in Brooklyn know this treat is made with milk, seltzer & U-bet chocolate syrup'

Answer: an egg cream


Question: 'While Portland is Maine's main city, this is the capital'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'A flat piece of Blanco River, Texas limestone was used to set a 1994 world record of 38 in this activity'

Answer: stone skipping


Question: 'As a university student, Bismarck was a hellion, reportedly engaging in 25 of these with swords'

Answer: duels


Question: 'A tribute album to this late singer includes Elton John singing "Stand By Your Man"'

Answer: Tammy Wynette


Question: 'His will established Columbia's graduate school of journalism'

Answer: Pulitzer


Question: 'DWEMs, whose domination of curricula was challenged in the '90s, stands for "dead white" these "males"'

Answer: European


Question: 'The first capital of the Confederacy, it's nicknamed "The Cradle of the Confederacy'

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama


Question: 'Archeological term for a piece of stone like this one removed from a larger core, the basis of ancient stone toolmaking'

Answer: a flake


Question: 'Bismarck showed off the Prussian military when he provoked this northern country into war over Schleswig-Holstein'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In one of their biggest hits, the Oak Ridge Boys sang that their "heart's on fire" for this girl'

Answer: Elvira


Question: 'Columbia was founded in 1754 as King's College by royal charter of this English king'

Answer: George II


Question: 'Boys & girls were excited by a 2000 Newsweek with an "exclusive" one of these from the new Harry Potter novel'

Answer: excerpt


Question: 'Fall River, Massachusetts is part of the metropolitan area of this state capital'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'Pebbles called gastroliths are found in this part of a bird that goes through a daily grind'

Answer: the gizzard


Question: 'The 1890 cartoon seen here shows Bismarck & this man who dismissed him'

Answer: Kaiser William II


Question:
'As you might gather from their name, the members of this group heard here hail from Texas

"I don't know why you do what you do /
I'm so in love with you..."'

Answer: Lonestar


Question: 'An early trustee of the college was this man, the first Chief Justice of the U.S.'

Answer: John Jay


Question: 'The boys at the boxing gym use equipment from this company, founded in 1910 & once a supplier to Jack Dempsey'

Answer: Everlast


Question: 'On July 20, 1999 she gave birth to her fourth child, Princess Alexandra of Hanover'

Answer: Princess Caroline of Monaco


Question: 'This Utah capital lies about 15 miles from the body of water for which it was named'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'Now owned by Ford, this Swedish company is loosening up with its C70 convertible'

Answer: Volvo


Question: 'In 1971 the NBA's San Diego Rockets moved to this city'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'He's the handsome leading amphibian of the 1999 film "Muppets from Space"'

Answer: Kermit the Frog


Question: 'In 1979 at the age of 18, this "Great One" began playing in the NHL'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'When Clem got arrested for stealing this bundle of hay, he had to make this to get out of jail'

Answer: Bale/bail


Question: 'Iolani Palace in this capital city was once home to monarchs'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'If the car has a manual transmission, learn to do this to engage the lower gears on a hill'

Answer: Downshift


Question: '(Hi, I'm Keenan McCardell of the Jacksonville Jaguars)  In 1994 the NFL adopted this scoring opportunity from the colleges'

Answer: Two-point conversion


Question: 'A person who's hoarse has a frog in this'

Answer: Their throat


Question: 'As a teenager & president-yet-to-be this man met JFK in 1963'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'A shore area, or a hardwood tree growing near it'

Answer: Beach/beech


Question: 'This city was laid out in the late 1840s on property once owned by John Sutter'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'Dashboard feature you'll wish you could turn back after taking an unauthorized spin'

Answer: Odometer


Question: 'On August 2, 1999 he outdueled David Duval in a televised golf shootout billed as the "Showdown at Sherwood"'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Also meaning "to die", a frog does this by closing off its nostrils & mouth & squeezing its lungs'

Answer: Croak


Question: 'In his late teens, this "Top Gun" star played a loony military cadet in "Taps"'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'Run away?  This insect hops away'

Answer: Flee/flea


Question: 'What a discovery!  Genoa, Italy is an appropriate sister city of this state capital'

Answer: Columbus, Ohio


Question: 'This part of the suspension comes in 3 types: coil, leaf & tension bar'

Answer: Springs


Question: 'Of the 2 Williams sisters currently starring on the pro tennis tour, she won the 1999 U.S. Open'

Answer: Serena Williams


Question: 'In 1992 Mae Jemison did a frog egg fertilization experiment while aboard this'

Answer: Space shuttle


Question: 'This unfortunate "Lady" was only 15 years old when she began her 9-day reign over England in 1553'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'It's what Lipton's could put in golf bags,or what's already there'

Answer: Teas/tees


Question: 'You'll find this state capital near the eastern end of the Erie Canal'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'Name of the system that transmits to police in case of theft, introduced in Massachusetts in 1986'

Answer: LoJack


Question: '(Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos)  In Super Bowl XXXII, this Denver running back, my teammate, ran for 157 yards, scored 3 TDs & was named MVP'

Answer: Terrell Davis


Question: 'Students can do this, from Latin for "to cut apart", to virtual frogs on David Robertson's website'

Answer: Dissect


Question: 'As a teenager, this current British PM shone as an actor & an athlete at Fettes College in Scotland'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'Spell loot & liar this way to turn them into musical instruments'

Answer: L-U-T-E & L-Y-R-E


Question: 'About 60 members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians for this December 16, 1773 incident'

Answer: Boston Tea Party


Question: 'Term for the innermost part of the Earth, or the innermost part of an apple'

Answer: Core


Question: 'Novel in which Ishmael, feeling "a damp, drizzly November" in his soul, goes to work on a whaler'

Answer: "Moby Dick"


Question: 'Pick up a burger at this chain that Dave Thomas named for his freckle-faced, red-haired daughter'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'Thank you to this woman who sang her song "Thank U" despite temperatures in the mid-90s'

Answer: Alanis Morissette


Question: '2 of these kinds of words often combine to form a compound one, like "teapot" or "farmyard"'

Answer: Nouns


Question: 'The Peace of Paris was signed in 1783 by Ben Franklin, John Adams & this future first chief justice'

Answer: John Jay


Question: 'It's the sudden movement of the Earth's crust to release stress along fault lines'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'In this Mark Twain story, a mechanic is knocked unconscious in a fight & awakens in Camelot in 528 A.D.'

Answer: "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\'s Court"


Question: 'Put tomato sauce, cheese & pepperoni on an English muffin & you've got a mini one of these'

Answer: Pizza


Question: 'Elvis Costello feared a backstage encounter with this Alaskan -- she grabbed his nose at the Grammys'

Answer: Jewel


Question: 'The phrases that these words, like "but" or "and", join together, let no man put asunder'

Answer: Conjunctions


Question: 'Americans were ordered not to fire until "you see the whites of their eyes" to save ammunition in this battle'

Answer: Bunker Hill


Question: 'Surprisingly, the Earth is closest to the sun during this winter month'

Answer: January


Question: 'His 5 "Leatherstocking Tales" portray Natty Bumppo from his youth to his death over 60 years later'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'Making quiche?  To test the freshness of this ingredient, put it in a bowl of water -- if it floats, it's rotten'

Answer: Egg


Question: 'Verne Troyer, who played this Austin Powers nemesis, was part of the crowd for Limp Bizkit's set'

Answer: Mini-Me


Question: 'It's the part of speech "wicked" is in the colloquial sentence "Alex is wicked smart."'

Answer: Adverb


Question: 'Patriots called colonists loyal to Great Britain this, after a British party which supported the king'

Answer: Tories


Question: 'Chilly name for historical periods when significant, extended cooling of the atmosphere & oceans takes place'

Answer: Ice age


Question: 'Hawthorne wrote that these "Tales" had the "pale tint of flowers that blossomed in too retired a shade"'

Answer: "Twice-Told Tales"


Question: 'It's the type of spread that puts the "fluff" into a fluffernutter sandwich'

Answer: Marshmallow


Question: 'Fans could crash into each other as this "Crash in to Me" band played'

Answer: The Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'Dictionaries commonly describe "the" as this type of "article"'

Answer: Definite


Question: 'In February 1778 this Prussian arrived at Valley Forge to help train the Continental Army'

Answer: Baron von Steuben


Question: 'Imaginary geographic lines around the Earth include the equator & these 2 "tropics"'

Answer: Cancer & Capricorn


Question: 'This Poe tale ends with the line "The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies"'

Answer: "The Pit and the Pendulum"


Question: 'This pasteurized process cheese food from Kraft got the AMA's seal of approval in 1931'

Answer: Velveeta


Question: 'Check it out now!  It's the nom de DJ of Norman Cook, who headed a rave in the wee hours of the festival's last day'

Answer: Fatboy Slim


Question: 'From Latin for "to throw between", this term includes exclamations like "Ouch!" & "Ugh!"'

Answer: Interjection


Question: 'This humor publication, known for its website, put out its first book in 1999, a No. 1 bestseller'

Answer: The Onion


Question: 'Since Wisconsin is "America's Dairyland", this is its state beverage'

Answer: milk


Question: 'The nanny wishes Freddie didn't have a 5:00 play this; she has to get ready for her real this at 7'

Answer: date


Question: 'Wisteria Lane's "____ Housewives"'

Answer: Desperate


Question: 'The 49 B.C. campaign of Ilerda led to victory by this Roman over Pompey's forces'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'This 3-letter Spanish word is used as a shout of approval or triumph'

Answer: olé


Question: 'Put on your boots & head to Bakersfield, the country music hot spot known as this Tennessee city "West"'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Minnesota's state butterfly is this one with bright orange & black wings'

Answer: a monarch


Question: 'The nanny feels it's wrong that this device for spying on employees got named for her'

Answer: the nanny cam


Question: 'America Ferrera role:<br />"____ Betty"'

Answer: Ugly


Question: 'On Oct. 7, 2001 Operation Enduring Freedom began in this country; by Dec., the U.S. had dropped 12,000 bombs & missiles'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'The Lord Mayor of Munich taps the first keg of beer to open this annual event'

Answer: Oktoberfest


Question: 'Petaluma is in wine country but also has a tourable factory making French this--how convenient'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'Washington's state folk song, "Roll On," this, "Roll On", is about the state's mightiest river'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'When tears stream & fists bang on the floor, the nanny recognizes this 7-letter event'

Answer: a tantrum


Question: 'Sitcom with Kristy McNichol:<br />"____ Nest"'

Answer: Empty


Question: 'On June 5, 1967 this country's sudden air assault destroyed Egypt's Air Force on the ground; Syria & Jordan were next'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'The name of this type of fertile spot in the desert comes from the Egyptian Arabic'

Answer: oasis


Question: 'Disney's California Adventure has a raft ride through the simulated foothills of this mountain range'

Answer: the Sierra Nevadas


Question: 'Nebraska's state mammal is the white-tailed this'

Answer: a deer


Question: 'Must Lily eat an entire package of this piscine Pepperidge Farm "snack that smiles back"?'

Answer: Goldfish


Question: '1 of 2 current CBS daytime soaps:<br />"The ____ and the ____"'

Answer: Young & Restless (or Bold & Beautiful)


Question: 'The cheerful sound of this simple wind instrument is heard here'

Answer: an ocarina


Question: 'There's a toy train museum in this city's Balboa Park'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'Timmy swears mom lets him play the video game "Assassin's Creed", rated M, short for this; nanny has doubts'

Answer: mature


Question: 'On Discovery Channel:<br />"____ Catch"'

Answer: Deadliest


Question: 'This type of "phile" is a lover of wines, like me'

Answer: an oenophile


Question: 'The scenery & shopping of Carmel are on this peninsula'

Answer: the Monterey Peninsula


Question: 'In the Bible this Roman governor asks Jesus, "What is truth?"'

Answer: Pilate


Question: 'St. Matthew wrote the first of these New Testament books'

Answer: the Gospel


Question: 'In Nov. 2009 Eagles tight end Brent Celek celebrated a TD by striking the pose of this rum ad man; the NFL was not amused'

Answer: Captain Morgan


Question: 'This vertically challenged French artist turned to lithographs in the 1890s; entertainer Yvette Guilbert was a subject'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'This country's area is more than 45% of South America's land mass'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Holy this food fish, from the middle Dutch for "broker"'

Answer: mackerel


Question: 'This British lord & poet declared, "Truth is always strange--stranger than fiction"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'He played Chandler on "Friends"'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: 'The spokescharacter for this cereal is the skipper of the Guppy'

Answer: Cap\'n Crunch


Question: 'First names get hyphens too, as in this one of "Fried Green Tomatoes" & "Weeds" actress Parker'

Answer: Mary-Louise


Question: 'Its name is Spanish for "Little Venice"'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Holy this, be it Aaron's brother, the NBA's Mr. Malone or Grandma'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'The statement that this medium is "truth 24 times a second" is attributed to Jean-Luc Godard'

Answer: cinema (or film)


Question: 'In the 1640s Matthew Hopkins hunted these by seeing if people floated in water'

Answer: witches


Question: 'In a 2004 ad, Stephen Colbert was looking for Mr. This, GM's fictitious mechanic'

Answer: Mr. Goodwrench


Question: 'This Chicagoan was the first African-American woman elected to the Senate'

Answer: Carol Moseley-Braun


Question: 'This country is 2,650 miles long but narrows to 55 miles wide at Illapel'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In "Le Morte d'Arthur", a gathering of knights saw a vision of this'

Answer: the (Holy) Grail


Question: 'In "Paradise Regained", this British epic poet opined, "Hard are the ways of truth, & rough to walk"'

Answer: Milton


Question: 'Matthew Stafford of this school's Bulldogs was the NFL's top draft pick in 2009'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'A maitre d' named Frank Brown posed for the portrait seen on boxes of this rice'

Answer: Uncle Ben


Question: 'After he founded the Boy Scouts, his sister Agnes founded the Girl Guides'

Answer: Lord Baden-Powell


Question: 'It has 2 capitals: La Paz & Sucre'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'It was the "animalistic" signature call of both Phil Rizzuto & Harry Caray'

Answer: Holy cow!


Question: 'In one of her many untitled poems, this reclusive woman wrote, "Truth--is as old as God--& will endure as long as He"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'In 1909 a white dude, 4 Eskimos & this man reached the North Pole'

Answer: Matthew Henson


Question: 'The namesake of this brand of canned pasta was an Italian immigrant who got a job cooking at NYC's Plaza hotel'

Answer: Chef Boyardee


Question: 'This American woman is seen here with the tools of her trade'

Answer: Margaret Bourke-White


Question: 'This small country gained its independence from the Netherlands in 1975'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'It's the office or jurisdiction of the pope'

Answer: the Holy See


Question: 'When he passed away in December 1980, flags in Kentucky flew at half-staff for 4 days'

Answer: Colonel Sanders


Question: 'This 4-word phrase precedes "He will come" in the film "Field of Dreams"'

Answer: "If you build it"


Question: 'The term "campus" began at Princeton to distinguish its grounds from this school's "yard"'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'After an 1891 roulette run, Charles Wells was known as "The man who broke the bank at" this place'

Answer: Monte Carlo


Question: 'For the 3rd film in this Mel Gibson series, Orlando, Florida let the crew blow up their old city hall'

Answer: "Lethal Weapon"


Question: 'Before serving in the Gulf, he led the U.S. ground force that invaded Grenada'

Answer: General Norman Schwarzkopf


Question: 'The 48-story pyramid-shaped Transamerica Building dominates this city's skyline'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'After eating quince "with a runcible spoon", the Owl & the Pussycat "danced by" this'

Answer: "The light of the moon"


Question: 'The colors of Notre Dame's athletic teams are blue & this'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'Ethnicity of noted gambling figures Nick Dandolos & Jimmy Snyder, nee Synodinos'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'In a 1993 hit, Robin Williams played Daniel Hillard, who dressed up as this title character'

Answer: "Mrs. Doubtfire"


Question: 'Long before this "old soldier" faded away, he was an aide to President Theodore Roosevelt'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'A jacket with a pyramid on the back causes confusion for Madonna & Rosanna Arquette in this movie'

Answer: "Desperately Seeking Susan"


Question: 'This advice by General Nathan Bedford Forrest is often misquoted, using "fustest" & "mostest"'

Answer: "Get there first with the most"


Question: 'Sports teams from Grambling, Clemson & Auburn share this nickname'

Answer: Tigers


Question: '"Canada Bill" Jones was a 3-card monte wizard on these transports, where Iowans can now legally bet'

Answer: Riverboats


Question:
'(VIDEO Daily Double):
In 1997 this film "married" itself to the hit list (Take a look):
"You're not up for anything conventional, or anything that's assumed to be a female priority, including marriage, romance..."'

Answer: "My Best Friend\'s Wedding"


Question: 'He commanded members of 3 state militias & some pirates to victory at the Battle of New Orleans'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'The temple of Kukulcan sits atop a pyramid called El Castillo in this ruined Mayan city'

Answer: Chichen Itza


Question: 'In the Who song "My Generation", this line follows & rhymes with "Things they do look awful cold"'

Answer: "Hope I die before I get old"


Question: 'Following the Civil War, the University of Florida moved from Ocala to this city'

Answer: Gainesville


Question: 'This self-help group's first meeting was held in L.A. on Sept. 13, 1957, but we can't tell you who was there'

Answer: Gamblers\' Anonymous


Question: 'John Grisham's 1st book to make it to the screen, it "cruised" its way into the top 10 films of 1993'

Answer: "The Firm"


Question: 'During WWII, this tank commander led the 7th Army's assault on Sicily'

Answer: George S. Patton


Question: 'From the Assyrian for "summit", it's a terraced pyramid of the ancient Babylonians'

Answer: Ziggurat


Question: 'Nelson Algren advised, "Never play cards with a man called Doc.  Never eat at a place called" this'

Answer: Mom\'s


Question: 'College Station, home to this Texas school, got its name from the railroad station built to serve the college'

Answer: Texas A&M


Question: 'In "A Day At the Races" he gives Groucho a tip on a horse; in real life he always had a bet down'

Answer: Chico Marx


Question: 'It followed the "and" in the title of the last Indiana Jones feature'

Answer: "The Last Crusade"


Question: 'In 1917 this general was selected to organize & lead WWI's American Expeditionary Force'

Answer: John "Black Jack" Pershing


Question: 'A type of pyramid scheme is named for this swindler who pulled it in the 1920s'

Answer: Charles Ponzi


Question: 'This center fielder tore up the minors in Trenton, but let's see what he does for the Giants'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'It was revealed this $2 billion bomber can be detected in the rain'

Answer: B-2 (Stealth Bomber)


Question: 'Cotopaxi, this country's highest active volcano, is only 35 miles south of Quito'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'Golly!  Shazam!  He's Mayberry's misfit Marine'

Answer: Gomer Pyle


Question: 'Clement I was the fourth bishop of this city; Saint Peter was the first'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'He traveled "Swift"ly<br />            (8)'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'We're just cooling down from his "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" & now he's writing one on women'

Answer: Alfred Kinsey


Question: 'California offered death row inmate Thomas Thompson these because of the prison's smoking ban'

Answer: Nicotine Patches


Question: 'Bistecca alla Fiorentina, a grilled steak dish, is a specialty of this Italian city'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'On "Taxi" Andy Kaufman played this befuddled immigrant'

Answer: Latka Gravas


Question: 'Clement VI, pope from 1342 to 1352, gave sanctuary to Jews accused of starting this "dark" plague'

Answer: Black Death


Question:
'Oatmeal,
for Oliver
             (5)'

Answer: Gruel


Question: 'Not to put down Flushing in this borough, but we're eager to see the U.N. in its new Manhattan HQ'

Answer: Queens


Question: 'Jesse Helms blocked William Weld's appointment as ambassador to this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Suva is the chief port of this Pacific island country, as well as its capital'

Answer: Fiji


Question: 'Things were always "Verrry Interesting" for this "Laugh-In" actor in German garb'

Answer: Arte Johnson


Question: 'Clement XIII praised this religious order, his successor Clement XIV was chosen to suppress it'

Answer: Jesuits


Question: 'Ibsen's "spookiest" play<br />           (6)'

Answer: "Ghosts"


Question: 'Gandhi would be happy to see this demeaned caste he called Harijan has been abolished'

Answer: Untouchables


Question: 'This former Panamanian strongman published the memoir "America's Prisoner"'

Answer: Manuel Noriega


Question: 'Crossair is this country's domestic airline; you might fly it into Lugano'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: '"It's always something" about Roseanne Roseannadanna that reminds us of this actress who played her'

Answer: Gilda Radner


Question: 'In 1309 Clement V became the first pope to reside in this French town'

Answer: Avignon


Question:
'Beowulf
Behemoth
             (7)'

Answer: Grendel


Question: 'I can't wait to see "The Big Lift", starring Monty Clift, set a couple of years ago in this city'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This MTV star got a journalism fellowship from Stanford to study "The Transformation of Storytelling"'

Answer: Tabitha Soren


Question: 'The Tortola Museum of these British Caribbean islands is in Road Town, the capital'

Answer: British Virgin Islands


Question: '"What a Country" the U.S.A. is; it turned this "Commie" into a comic'

Answer: Yakov Smirnoff


Question: 'Clement VIII ordered revisions of the breviary, the missal & this standard Latin bible'

Answer: The Vulgate Bible


Question: 'Rolvaag's were "In the Earth"<br />              (6)'

Answer: "Giants"


Question: 'In 1931 he narrated "The Mystery of Life", a full-length film about evolution'

Answer: Clarence Darrow


Question: 'Hiram Revels of Fayetteville made history in 1870 as the first black member of this U.S. government body'

Answer: the U.S. Senate


Question: 'Booksellers:<br />bn.com'

Answer: Barnes & Noble


Question: 'In 1873 this dry goods salesman began selling his double X blue denim waist overalls'

Answer: (Levi) Strauss


Question: 'New Orleans jazz great Pete Fountain began playing this as a child to strengthen his weak lungs'

Answer: the clarinet


Question: 'Dentist Byron McKeeby of Cedar Rapids, Iowa was immortalized in this 1930 painting along with the artist's sister'

Answer: American Gothic


Question: '1942:<br />Bogart as bitter Rick Blaine runs a bar in north Africa, sweetheart'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'Stennis Space Center in Hancock County is the testing facility for this craft's main engines'

Answer: the Space Shuttle


Question: 'A provider of service for millions:<br />aol.com'

Answer: America Online


Question: 'By the time this Cleveland businessman retired in 1896, his company owned 3/4 of the USA's oil business'

Answer: (John D.) Rockefeller


Question: 'It's the name & shape of the highway interchange seen here'

Answer: a cloverleaf


Question: 'In David's 1801 painting "Napoleon at the Great St. Bernard Pass", the general is crossing this mountain range'

Answer: the Alps


Question: '1941:<br />Private dick Sam Spade seeks a priceless statuette'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'Tupelo's most famous son, he was born there in 1935'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Wolf & Coop give us the scoop:<br />cnn.com'

Answer: Cable News Network


Question: 'In 1873 he bought an abandoned tannery on the banks of Clear Creek in Golden, Colo. & converted it into a brewery'

Answer: (Adolph) Coors


Question: 'A peach is classified as this type if the pulp sticks closely to the pit'

Answer: cling (or clingstone)


Question: 'The crushing foot used in this TV show's opening is from Bronzino's 1545 painting, "An Allegory with Venus and Cupid"'

Answer: Monty Python\'s Flying Circus


Question: '1948:<br />Prospector Fred C. Dobbs really digs Mexico while facing bandits & greed'

Answer: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre


Question: 'Mississippi was one of only 6 states this Republican carried in the 1964 presidential election'

Answer: Goldwater


Question: 'For celluloid lovers:<br />imdb.com'

Answer: the Internet Movie Database


Question: 'In 1898 Charles Seiberling borrowed $3,500 to start this company in Akron to produce bicycle & carriage tires'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'During the Roaring '20s, fashionable flappers donned this bell-shaped hat'

Answer: the cloche


Question: 'Titian portrayed Ariadne & this god of wine falling in love at first sight'

Answer: Dionysus (or Bacchus)


Question: '1954:<br />Crazy Captain Queeg faces rebellious sailors aboard ship'

Answer: The Caine Mutiny


Question: 'For 100 years until the Great Depression, this crop was the undisputed king of Mississippi's agrarian economy'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'Take stock of your stocks:<br />wsj.com'

Answer: Wall Street Journal


Question: 'In 1873 he founded the J. Edgar Thomson works near Pittsburgh, naming the steel mill for the Penn. railroad president'

Answer: Carnegie


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hostal dos Reis Catolicos, Spain.)  Santiago de Compostela's Hostal dos Reis Catolicos is famous for its courtyards, known as these places of seclusion, from the Latin for "to close"'

Answer: cloisters


Question: 'Title of the 15th century work depicting the Virgin Mary & the angel Gabriel thought to be da Vinci's first completed work'

Answer: The Annunciation


Question: '1954:<br />Linus Larrabee becomes interested in the chauffeur's daughter'

Answer: Sabrina


Question: 'In 1957 a judge ruled that this poet's "Howl" was not obscene & had redeeming social value'

Answer: Ginsberg


Question: 'Every month has a birthstone as well as a birth flower; January has this one'

Answer: the carnation


Question: 'We don't know if this river flows in E-flat, but that's how Wagner depicted it'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'This word for a buddy or chum is often followed by "around"'

Answer: pal


Question: 'This lefty finished second in the 2009 U.S. Open after a bogey on the 17th hole'

Answer: Phil Mickelson


Question: 'Many of the poems of his 1896 collection "A Shropshire Lad" were written prior to his ever having visited the county'

Answer: Housman


Question: 'March gives you the option of the jonquil or this flower, with which it is often confused'

Answer: the daffodil


Question: 'In a 1924 work Respighi called for an actual recording of a bird, this famed singer'

Answer: a nightingale


Question: 'Sushi-wise, uni is this from sea urchins'

Answer: roe


Question: 'Though he got a bogey on the first hole, this "Golden Bear" proved his mettle by winning his fifth Masters in 1975'

Answer: Nicklaus


Question: 'He was professor of anatomy at Harvard Medical School when he wrote "The Chambered Nautilus"'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes


Question: 'Choices for August include this flower; don't fall asleep in a field of them'

Answer: poppies


Question: 'The title of Richard Strauss' "Ein Heldenleben" means this person's "life"; we hear his enemies carp & snarl'

Answer: hero


Question: 'The name of this pop music style may have originated with Jamaican bassist Cluett Johnson's greeting'

Answer: ska


Question: 'A bogey on the final hole cost this 59-year-old the 2009 British Open'

Answer: (Tom) Watson


Question: 'On April 6, 1327, Good Friday, this Italian lyric poet saw a girl named Laura at a church in Avignon'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'For February, you can choose this flower whose color matches the month's birthstone'

Answer: the violet


Question: 'This Russian patriotic work features 16 cannon shots'

Answer: the 1812 Overture


Question: 'In Russian it means "village" or "peace"; its core module was launched in 1986'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'He had 15 bogeys in the 2009 Shell Houston Open, but proved he's still the Shark by sinking a 63-foot putt for birdie'

Answer: (Greg) Norman


Question: 'This Maine poetess wrote a group of love sonnets that were published in the collection "Fatal Interview"'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'As Popeye's adopted baby could tell you, April brings this flower'

Answer: the sweet pea


Question: 'The atmospheric Strauss polka heard here; it's "Unter Donner und Blitz" in German'

Answer: the "Thunder and Lightning" Polka


Question: 'These homophones are both 3 letters long; one refers to a grain, while the other means "bitterly amusing"'

Answer: rye/wry


Question: 'In Hindi, his first name means "victory", but he started off the 2009 season with a double bogey at Kapalua'

Answer: Vijay Singh


Question: 'On June 5, 1944 FDR said of the capture of this city, "One up and two to go"'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'The 12 disciples whom Jesus chose to be his special messengers were called these'

Answer: Apostles


Question: 'Seen here, the centerpiece of Disney's Animal Kingdom is called the "Tree of" this, not the "Circle of" it'

Answer: Life


Question: 'The USA's highest mountain is found in this state, the USA's largest'

Answer: Alaska (Mt. McKinley/Denali)


Question: 'Save these from your popsicles & you can make a picture frame'

Answer: the sticks


Question: 'Charles Lindbergh made all the papers in May 1927 when he flew solo over this ocean'

Answer: Atlantic Ocean


Question: '2-letter term for what you become when you're tagged in tag'

Answer: it


Question: 'In Exodus the feast of unleavened bread is combined with this holiday'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'This "swinging" character really "Rocks!" in a live stage show that also features Jane & Terk'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'Spanning from Europe to the Pacific, it's the largest country in the world'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'You can fashion pot holders, pillows & more by weaving pieces of yarn on one of these special frames'

Answer: loom


Question: 'Hindu leader Mohandas Gandhi fought without the use of violence for this country's independence'

Answer: India


Question: 'Keebler claims these creatures make its cookies'

Answer: elves


Question: 'Containing 150 songs of praise including "The Lord is my shepherd...", it's the Bible's longest book'

Answer: Psalms


Question: 'The Kilimanjaro Safari's Ride, seen here, is the main attraction in this area named for this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'A view is seen here of this city with the largest population of any urban area in the world'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Instead of using bits of colored tiles or stones to make this type of picture, try dried beans'

Answer: mosaic


Question: 'Over 2 million blocks went into building Khufu's Great one of these, & we're not talking Lego!'

Answer: pyramid


Question: 'Alphabetically, the 7 colors of the visible light spectrum run from this to violet'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Though born in Bethlehem, Jesus was raised in this town in Galilee'

Answer: Nazareth


Question: 'The thrill ride once known as "Countdown to Extinction" was renamed for this 2000 film about prehistoric times'

Answer: Dinosaur


Question: '1 of the 2 countries on whose border you'll find the world's highest mountain'

Answer: Nepal or China


Question: 'Knot a plain T-shirt with rubber bands & dip in different colors to make this type of psychedelic shirt'

Answer: tie-dye


Question: 'Montezuma II's reign over this civilization lasted 18 years'

Answer: the Aztecs


Question: 'As of July 1, 2002 this currency of Italy will be no more; that's when Europe switches to using Euros for everything'

Answer: lira


Question: 'The Queen of Sheba told this king, "Thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard"'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'This Disney heroine "and Her Forest Friends" appear in a live stage show with Grandmother Willow'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Glaciers cover nearly 15% of this island nation east of Greenland'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'It's the Japanese name for the craft that produced the figures seen here'

Answer: origami


Question: 'The term "czar" came from the family name of this Roman, stabbed by Brutus & others in 44 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'This publisher who died in 1911 set up a prize fund for awards in journalism, literature, music & drama'

Answer: Joseph Pulitzer


Question: 'In the 1830s he was postmaster of New Salem, Illinois & supplemented his income by railsplitting & surveying'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'There's no place like this cozy page, the first page of a website'

Answer: the home page


Question: 'To examine your throat, the doctor needs a "depressor" for this'

Answer: the tongue


Question: 'One advantage of the Yankees' pinstripes is that in the '20s they made this tubby home run king look thinner'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'In the 1800s H.G. Wells' "The Time Machine" & "The War of the Worlds" pioneered this type of "fiction"'

Answer: science fiction


Question: 'A guy who tells jokes for a living'

Answer: comedian


Question: 'In 1961 this president appointed his brother-in-law Sargent Shriver as director of the Peace Corps'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Yeehaw!  It's the world's most popular Internet directory'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'The doctor may have you say "99" to hear the vibrations of these cords go down into the chest'

Answer: vocal cords


Question: '6' 7" Carl Henkel is a scary sight at the net in the beach type of this sport'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'This hero gets adopted in the last chapter, so the book could have been called "Oliver Brownlow"'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'With this weapon, what goes around comes around'

Answer: boomerang


Question: 'This president is seen here in his 1947 class portrait at the U.S. Naval Academy'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'In Internet domain names, .gov stands for government, .net for network & .org for this'

Answer: organization


Question: 'The name of the otoscope, seen here, means to view this organ, & that's what a doctor does with it'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'In 1996 Akakide Kakhiashvilis set a world record total in this sport with 926 lbs., over 4 times his own poundage'

Answer: weightlifting


Question: 'The title character in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" foolishly kills an albatross, one of these'

Answer: bird


Question: 'In this math course you'll learn all the angles'

Answer: geometry


Question: 'Almost defeating President Ford in the 1976 GOP primary, he won the nomination & the presidency 4 years later'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'This type of "space" is slang for the Internet'

Answer: cyberspace


Question: 'When measuring this, the doctor uses his fingers, not his thumb, because the thumb has its own'

Answer: pulse rate


Question: 'Basketball fans will miss this man who recently retired from the Houston Rockets'

Answer: Charles Barkley


Question: 'We'll leave it up to you whether this author was a "Plain Jane"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'It's a city in Oz or a green gem'

Answer: emerald


Question: 'In January 1918 he set forth his "Fourteen Points" on which he thought lasting peace could be made'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'A thermometer has to be shaken to be used again because this liquid metal stays at the last reading'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'It's the nickname of 6' 4", 265-lb. Tennessee Titan Jevon Kearse, though we're not sure we'd use it to his face'

Answer: "The Freak"


Question: 'In works by John Milton, this was "Lost" in 1667 but "Regained" in 1671'

Answer: Paradise


Question: 'It's the British equivalent of our Congress'

Answer: Parliament


Question: 'For his service in the Civil War Congress made him General in Chief of the Armies'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'In "Gulliver's Travels", the sizes in this land are reduced to 1/12'

Answer: Lilliput


Question: 'After this actor is bitten in the 1994 film "Wolf", he marks his territory all over James Spader'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'In 1912 Heinrich Schliemann's grandson Paul claimed falsely that he had proof of finding this "lost continent"'

Answer: Atlantis


Question: 'This 4'10" author began her epic in 1926 after an injury; David O. Selznick bought the rights & the rest is history'

Answer: (Margaret) Mitchell


Question: '2, 3 or this number means you rolled craps, so give up the dice already'

Answer: 12


Question: 'It's Harvard's school color'

Answer: crimson


Question: '"Paradise Lost" calls him "The goodliest man of men since born his sons"'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'The title of this Stephen King movie also refers to a traditional projectile used against werewolves'

Answer: Silver Bullet


Question: 'Former astronaut James Irwin launched several expeditions in hopes of finding this on Mount Ararat'

Answer: Noah\'s Ark


Question: 'While on the run in the 1930s, this 4'10" bank robber sent poetry & photos of her & Clyde to newspapers'

Answer: Bonnie Parker


Question: 'In Yahtzee if you lose a pair of the dice you need to play, you're left with this many'

Answer: 3


Question: 'You might blush as red as this plant of the goosefoot family that has an edible red root'

Answer: a beet


Question: 'Beowulf, prince of the Geats of southern Sweden, sails off to this country to fight the monster Grendel'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In "Underworld 3" the werewolves are called these, & they're on the "rise"'

Answer: Lycans


Question: 'CNN reported in 2008 that ruins in Jordan could be the long-sought mines of this king'

Answer: King Solomon


Question: 'This 4'9" actress won an Oscar for only her second film, "The Year of Living Dangerously"'

Answer: Linda Hunt


Question: 'Roll your pair of dice & land on Luxury Tax on a classic Monopoly board & you lose this much cash'

Answer: $75


Question: 'The name of this gem precedes "throated hummingbird", as seen here'

Answer: ruby


Question: 'This one of the "Little Women" marries Professor Bhaer, whom she met while living in a boardinghouse'

Answer: Jo


Question: 'When David--yeah, the Dr. Pepper guy--gets bit on the English moors, he turns into the title monster in this 1981 film'

Answer: An American Werewolf in London


Question: 'He heard Bimini held the Fountain of Youth; sadly, he thought Florida was Bimini & died from an Indian attack'

Answer: Ponce de Léon


Question: 'Though not tall, this future Secy. of State made a big impression in 1993 as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question: 'If your toss of the dice couldn't knock off the last number on this game show that I once hosted, you lost'

Answer: High Rollers


Question: 'This shade of red whose name includes a building block has been a Crayola color since 1949'

Answer: brick red


Question: 'In "The Scarlet Letter" her daughter is Pearl, quite the little gem'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'Patrick MacNee is no Avenger as his werewolf colony terrorizes Dee Wallace in this 1981 classic'

Answer: The Howling


Question: 'Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain, sent Coronado to find the Seven Cities of this golden land; he didn't'

Answer: Cibola


Question: 'In 1928 this diminutive daughter of an Albanian grocer joined the Sisters of Loretto in Ireland'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'If your man is on this 3-letter place in backgammon, your dice roll must correspond to an open point or your turn is lost'

Answer: the bar


Question: 'This shade of scarlet gets its name from the Latin for "worm"'

Answer: vermillion


Question: 'It's been parading under the name Iran since 1935'

Answer: Persia


Question: 'This nickname for Madonna came from the title of a 1985 hit that peaked at No. 2'

Answer: "Material Girl"


Question: 'It's the lowest common multiple of 3 & 7'

Answer: 21


Question: 'This type of writing system evolved for the purpose of taking dictation'

Answer: shorthand


Question: 'The Emperor species of this cold-water bird dives deeper than any other bird, up to 1,800 feet'

Answer: the penguin


Question: 'It's made from the nectar of flowers'

Answer: honey


Question: 'Today it's Belize, but from its colonial days until 1973 it was British this'

Answer: Honduras


Question: 'Cyndi Lauper had fun in 1984 with this, her first of 8 Top 10 hits & the only one to stop at No. 2'

Answer: "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"


Question: 'It's the lowest common multiple of 22 & 44'

Answer: 44


Question: 'Seen here, it's usually heard'

Answer: Morse code


Question: 'This tall shrub is prized for the reddish dye obtained from its leaves that's used to color hair'

Answer: henna


Question: 'Now meaning a bunch of hooey, it was originally garbage fed to pigs'

Answer: hogwash


Question: 'When it was renamed Ethiopia, this name was wiped from the map'

Answer: Abyssinia


Question: 'Doris Day might have said "Que Sera Sera" when the song with this English title stopped at No. 2 in 1956'

Answer: "Whatever Will Be, Will Be"


Question: 'It's the lowest common multiple of 5 & 14'

Answer: 70


Question: 'The word for "alphabet" is seen here in this alphabet, in use since the 5th century B.C.'

Answer: Hebrew


Question: 'Leaf-cutter ants cut leaves to use in underground gardens, where they grow these chlorophyll-lacking organisms'

Answer: fungi


Question: 'In 1944 inventor Erno Rubik first twisted & turned to life in this country'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'At the height of its power in the late 1800s, it occupied more than half of Germany, including the northern 2/3'

Answer: Prussia


Question: 'In 1957 he went "All The Way" to No. 2 with that hit from his movie "The Joker is Wild"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'It's the lowest common multiple of 9 & 12'

Answer: 36


Question: 'The Hittites borrowed this wedgy alphabetic system from the Babylonians; hope they gave it back'

Answer: cuneiform


Question: 'It's the only cetacean that habitually feeds on warm-blooded aquatic mammals'

Answer: the killer whale


Question: 'Concentrated hemp resin that lent its name to the assassins of the Middle Ages'

Answer: hashish


Question: 'At the time it merged with another African country in 1964, it was the world's last country alphabetically'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'This Blood, Sweat & Tears song says, "What goes up must come down"; it went up to No. 2, then went back down'

Answer: "Spinning Wheel"


Question: 'It's the lowest common multiple of 3, 4 & 5'

Answer: 60


Question: 'Despite its name, it's also used in a wide region of Asia & Africa'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'This New World snake with a French name injects enough venom in one bite to kill several humans'

Answer: fer-de-lance


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Plaza de Quintana in Spain.)  Here, at the Plaza de Quintana, one of the main portals into the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is only opened during one of these years, also known as the jubilee'

Answer: a Holy Year


Question: 'His letter accepting his nomination concluded, "Let us have peace", which became the GOP campaign slogan'

Answer: Ulysses Grant


Question: 'In June this outlaw led The Sundance Kid and the rest of his gang in their first big train robbery'

Answer: Butch Cassidy


Question: 'In this mid-1980s this team from Edmonton won the NHL's Stanley Cup 4 years out of 5'

Answer: the Oilers


Question: 'Like a rikshaw, a brouette was pulled by one of these'

Answer: human


Question: 'For a time parsley & sage were used as remedies for this; now Minoxidil is giving it a try'

Answer: baldness


Question: 'Broccoflower, a relatively new vegetable, is a cross between broccoli & this'

Answer: cauliflower


Question: 'As a noun it's the horny sheath covering the toes of certain mammals; as a verb, it means "to dance"'

Answer: hoof


Question: 'This state's first national park, Mount Rainier, was established'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Lyn St. James was named Rookie of the Year at this May 24, 1992 auto race, the first woman so honored'

Answer: the Indianapolis 500


Question: 'The name of this Chinese sailing ship is derived from Portuguese & Javanese, not Chinese'

Answer: a junk


Question: 'Roses, jasmine, and lavender have been used in this "therapy" as calming agents'

Answer: aromatherapy


Question: 'Beurre blanc is a classic French sauce whose name means this color butter'

Answer: white


Question: 'To complain bitterly & loudly is to "raise" this'

Answer: the roof


Question: 'William McKinley became the first sitting president to ride in a car when he took a spin in this "steamer"'

Answer: Stanley Steamer


Question: 'From 1976 to 1980, this Swede won 5 straight Wimbledon men's singles championships'

Answer: Björn Borg


Question: 'This wheeled seat attached to a motorcycle debuted circa 1903; the cocktail came later'

Answer: a sidecar


Question: 'Span. missionaries in Peru found a substance in the bark of the Cinchona tree that treats this disease'

Answer: malaria


Question: 'The last name of a nursery rhyme Jack, or a fish that's so high in fat he couldn't eat it'

Answer: Sprat


Question: 'This can be a careless mistake or a foolish person who might make one'

Answer: goof


Question: 'The marketer of a beverage called Grain-O acquired the rights to this dessert'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'From 1964 through 1968, she was the U.S. women's figure skating champion'

Answer: Peggy Fleming


Question: 'The world's largest railway station, this U.S. landmark covers some 48 acres'

Answer: Grand Central Station


Question: 'Although toxic, lily of the valley & oleander are plants that have been used to regulate this organ'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'One of Post's Pebbles Cereals is named for this pet who lives in Bedrock'

Answer: Dino


Question: 'Standoffish'

Answer: aloof


Question: 'Just days after he was found guilty in a retrial, this French Army Captain was pardoned'

Answer: Dreyfus


Question: 'While playing for this team, O.J. Simpson led the NFL in rushing yardage 4 times'

Answer: the Buffalo Bills


Question: 'Reynolds Metals donated the Aluminaut, the 1st all-aluminum one of these, to the Science Museum of Virginia'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'The Mexican yam yields diosgenin, a source for this arthritis-relieving steroid'

Answer: cortisone


Question: 'Popular in Pennsylvania, pepper pot is a peppery soup made from this stomach lining'

Answer: tripe


Question: 'Accidental poisonings of kids under 5 have declined since this type of closure was introduced'

Answer: childproof


Question: 'This island's harbor of Mandraki was once guarded by a colossal 120'-high statue'

Answer: Rhodes


Question: 'This "low" clef is also known as the F clef'

Answer: bass clef


Question: 'The Bounty Islands of New Zealand were discovered by this Bounty captain in 1788'

Answer: Captain Bligh


Question: 'Charles Bulfinch is famous for the beautiful houses he built on Beacon Hill in this city'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Margaret Truman's "Murder at the National Cathedral" opens in this city on a hot August morning'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Her brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'On his 1977 visit to Jerusalem, this Egyptian president prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: 'Messe des Morts is the French term for this kind of mass'

Answer: a mass of the dead (requiem)


Question: 'In 1889 Trinidad & this island became a single colony under British rule'

Answer: Tobago


Question: 'Palladio's architecture was a major influence on his design for Monticello'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Peter Straub & this master of horror were good friends long before they collaborated on "The Talisman"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'King Frederick Barbarossa drowned in 1190 while on the way to the third of these'

Answer: the Crusades


Question: 'On October 3, 1935 this country invaded Ethiopia'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'A ponticello is a little one of these found on a violin'

Answer: a bridge


Question: 'The Little Minch, a strait off Scotland, separates the "inner" and "outer" islands of this group'

Answer: the Hebrides


Question: 'One of Sir Edwin Lutyens' most important works was the layout for this Indian capital'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Kurt Vonnegut wrote "Breakfast of Champions" & he wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'His father, Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, drowned while besieging Helice in Spain'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Emir Abdur Rahman Khan rebuilt & modernized this Afghan capital in the 19th century'

Answer: Kabul


Question: 'In its homeland this choral group is known as Wiener Sangerknaben'

Answer: the Vienna Boys\' Choir


Question: 'During the Spanish colonial period, this island was also known as Santo Domingo'

Answer: HIspaniola


Question: 'Arthur Charles Erickson's Simon Fraser Univ. overlooks this British Columbia city where he was born'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'Rungstedlund, the Danish home where she wrote "Out of Africa", is now a museum'

Answer: Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)


Question: 'This "good" Bohemian king had Saint John of Nepomuk drowned in the Moldau River in 1393'

Answer: Wenceslas


Question: 'This city, imperial capital of Japan before Tokyo, was spared bombing during WWII'

Answer: Kyoto


Question: 'This composer's "Pomp and Circumstance" is a set of 5 marches; the first is the most famous'

Answer: Edward Elgar


Question: 'This Canadian island is the fifth largest in the world'

Answer: Baffin Island


Question: 'The name of this influential German school means construction or architecture house'

Answer: Bauhaus


Question: 'Leon Uris titled Book I of this novel "Beyond Jordan"'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'This member of the Bloomsbury literary group drowned herself March 28, 1941'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'In 1992 Angela Bassett played the Jacksons' mother on TV & Betty Shabazz in this film'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'On July 28 Peru celebrates its independence from this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'To see John Lennon's Sgt. Pepper costume, head to this Ohio establishment'

Answer: The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame


Question: 'Historians generally agree that the development of this separates prehistory from history'

Answer: Writing


Question: 'A spoiled child; hopefully you don't have a pack of them'

Answer: Brat


Question: '"Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn; the sheep's in the meadow, the cow's" here'

Answer: In the corn


Question: 'Also a term for a military officer's hat decoration, it's the breakfast serving seen here'

Answer: Scrambled eggs


Question: 'February 7 is a great day in Grenada -- it celebrates its independence from this country'

Answer: Great Britain/England


Question: 'Though dead since 1977, he still helps guide tourists through Graceland on audiotape'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Eohippus was not an early hippopotamus, but the first one of these animals'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'An ancient Mesopotamian capital city on the Euphrates'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'They cried, "'Oh, mother dear, we sadly fear that we have lost our mittens'"'

Answer: Three Little Kittens


Question: 'Adjective for the eggs seen here, or some P.I.s'

Answer: Hard-boiled


Question: 'Panamanians celebrate November 3, the day of their independence from this country'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'An Eric Clapton guitar in London was the first piece of memorabilia donated to this restaurant chain'

Answer: Hard Rock Cafe


Question: 'In the Pleistocene epoch, these gouged at gorges in river valleys; when they melted, rocks & soil were left'

Answer: Glaciers


Question: 'These "nautical" refugees began fleeing Vietnam in the late 1970s'

Answer: Boat people


Question: 'It's the reason "Old Mother Hubbard went to her cupboard"'

Answer: To get her poor dog a bone


Question: 'This "traitorous" egg dish is a favorite at a Manhattan Delmonico's restaurant, where it was supposedly created'

Answer: Eggs Benedict


Question: 'Namibian workers may take off March 21 to mark their independence from this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'There's a plan in San Fran for Terrapin Station, an interactive music museum dedicated to this group'

Answer: Grateful Dead


Question: 'This "man" found in a German valley in 1856 was the first fossil recognized as a prehistoric human'

Answer: Neanderthal


Question: 'These "boys" rapped their way to the top of the charts with the 1986 album "Licensed to Ill"'

Answer: The Beastie Boys


Question: 'He "Went a-hunting for to catch a hare" after meeting a pieman going to the fair'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'Doris Day knows that with six you get this appetizer'

Answer: Eggroll


Question: 'On August 31 the people of Kyrgyzstan celebrate its break from this country'

Answer: Soviet Union/Russia


Question: 'Tuition, fees & expenses for this school at Lincoln Center will set back mom & dad over $25,000 a year'

Answer: Juilliard


Question: 'This coal-forming period consisted of 2 portions:  Pennsylvanian & Mississippian'

Answer: Carboniferous


Question: 'This inflating marine animal is also known as a puffer'

Answer: Blowfish


Question: 'This little guy "Runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown"'

Answer: Wee Willie Winkie


Question: '"Satanic" satisfier served up here'

Answer: Deviled eggs


Question: 'The city of Provo is just east of the lake that shares its name with this state in which Provo is located'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Critics didn't "Heep" praise on "Copperfield", based on a novel by this man; it closed in 2 weeks'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'Upon hearing the order to "Fall In!", you should line up & "come to" this'

Answer: Attention


Question: 'He canonized fellow Pole Faustina Kowalska'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'In medicine, T&A isn't so sexy; it stands for this operation "& adenoidectomy"'

Answer: Tonsillectomy


Question: 'A lump of dirt, or a dull, stupid person'

Answer: Clod


Question: 'Grosse Pointe, a suburb of this metropolis, lies on the shores of Lake St. Clair'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'The "Rockabye" version of this play featured the rousing "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Boogie"'

Answer: "Hamlet"


Question: 'First class, master, chief master & major are levels of this rank'

Answer: Sergeant


Question: 'He won the Republican nomination for U.S. senator from New York'

Answer: Rick Lazio


Question: 'BT can stand for "Brain" this; "Kindergarten Cop" Schwarzenegger insisted he didn't have one'

Answer: Tumor


Question: 'To poke with a pointed object, or the object itself'

Answer: Prod


Question: 'Lake Como in Montana contributed generously to the battle against these in summer 2000'

Answer: Forest fires


Question: '1904's "Piff! Paff! Pouf!" boasted chorus girls in glow-in-the-dark costumes in a dance named for this element'

Answer: Radium


Question: 'MIA is Missing In Action; WIA is this'

Answer: Wounded In Action


Question: 'She gave birth to Dylan Michael Douglas'

Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones


Question: 'OD can stand for overdose or for oculus dexter, the right one of these'

Answer: Eye


Question: 'From the Greek for "assembly", it's an assembly of church officials'

Answer: Synod


Question: 'In 1985 tornadoes centered on this Great Lake struck Ontario, Ohio, New York & Pennsylvania'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'Bernadette Peters played the waiflike heroine of "La Strada", based on a classic film by this director'

Answer: Federico Fellini


Question: 'The ABC weapons are atomic, biological & this'

Answer: Chemical


Question: 'He pled guilty to just 1 count of mishandling nuclear secrets'

Answer: Wen Ho Lee


Question: 'Abbreviation for a job that has replaced coroner in many areas; it might have its own award'

Answer: M.E. (Medical Examiner)


Question: 'A snail or slug, for example'

Answer: Gastropod


Question: 'Rather than Lake Sallier, Louisianans took a settler's first name & called their city this'

Answer: Lake Charles


Question: '"Look to the Lilies", based on this book, starred Al Freeman, Jr. in the role Sidney Poitier played on film'

Answer: "Lilies of the Field"


Question: 'From the German biwacht, "Auxiliary Patrol", it's an unsheltered military camp'

Answer: Bivouac


Question: 'He won the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Kim Dae-jung


Question: 'In the 1880s Robert Koch said, "Must see" this & isolated the bacillus that causes it'

Answer: TB (tuberculosis)


Question: 'Genesis describes this grandson of Noah as "A mighty hunter before the Lord"'

Answer: Nimrod


Question: 'He made the first home movie to be named to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry'

Answer: Abraham Zapruder (the film of the Kennedy Assassination)


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the JPL in Pasadena)  The inflatable rover, in action here, was designed like the Sojourner rover to crawl over this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'The first road constructed in this state after the Europeans arrived was along the Rio Grande'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: '1974:<br />"Piano Man"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'Boosting membership to 54, Afghanistan, Iceland & Sweden all joined this organization on November 11, 1946'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'It's what you're doing when you're "cutting a rug"'

Answer: dancing


Question: 'Last name of 2 presidents, or a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant'

Answer: Bush


Question: 'JPL spacecraft have visited every planet in our solar system except this one'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'This country's North Island is on the Australian Continental Plate; South Island is on the Pacific Plate'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '1973:<br />"Space Oddity"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'Now docked in Long Beach, CA. this ship docked in New York on February 10, 1946 with 1,666 British war brides aboard'

Answer: the Queen Mary


Question: 'Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this'

Answer: merry


Question: 'The little sister of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Tony Orlando's backup singers'

Answer: Dawn


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena)  The thermal vacuum chamber can cool to 5 degrees Kelvin, which is 5 above this hypothetical point'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'Once the capital of New Netherland, New York City was originally named this'

Answer: New Amsterdam


Question: '1974:<br />"Mandy"'

Answer: Barry Manilow