Question: '1 of the 2 women who've appeared the most on the cover of Time Magazine, they're separated by 2,000 years'

Answer: Princess Diana or The Virgin Mary


Question: 'In 1998 a diplomat was indicted for smuggling Moche cultural art from this country with a Quechua Indian name'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'Uncle Scrooge'

Answer: duck


Question: 'What makes this cocktail with a magazine's name so worldly? Perhaps it's the cranberry juice & triple sec'

Answer: Cosmopolitan


Question: 'She had a no. 1 hit in 1966 with "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"'

Answer: Nancy Sinatra


Question: 'The biblical Abel herded these'

Answer: sheep


Question: 'Left behind by the Kaiser's army, the 5 halls at Riga's Central Market were once hangars for these airships'

Answer: Zeppelins


Question: 'After a worldwide hunt, a statue of Sumerian king Entemena was returned to this country after it was stolen in 2003'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'Chip & Dale'

Answer: chipmunks


Question: 'This soft drink's cans used to feature Willy the Hillbilly; in fact, its name is a slang term for "moonshine"'

Answer: Mountain Dew


Question: 'Though born in Virginia, Nancy, Lady Astor was the first woman to serve in this lower house of Britain's Parliament'

Answer: House of Commons


Question: 'Herding these is a traditional basis of the Lapp economy'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'More than 400,000  live on this 640-sq.-mile semiautonomous island off the east coast of Africa'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'A note said "Thanks for the poor security" after this painting was stolen during the Lillehammer Olympics in 1994'

Answer: The Scream


Question: 'Magilla'

Answer: gorilla


Question: 'A Greyhound is vodka & this tart juice'

Answer: grapefruit juice


Question: 'She's the legal eagle one-time Celebrity Jeopardy! contestant seen here'

Answer: Nancy Grace


Question: 'Asia's Wakhi people are herders of this animal that's most at home at over 14,000 feet'

Answer: yaks


Question: 'Also the name of a wine, it's the most commonly grown red wine grape in California'

Answer: zinfandel


Question: 'Using a crane & a truck, thieves stole "Reclining Nude" by this English sculptor'

Answer: Henry Moore


Question: 'Simba'

Answer: lion


Question: 'This flavorless, naturally effervescent water is named for a town near Wiesbaden in Germany'

Answer: seltzer


Question: 'Nancy is the girlfriend of the evil Bill Sykes in this Dickens novel'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'In Bedouin society, the most prestigious people herd these'

Answer: camels


Question: 'This mussel named for its resemblance to an equine has caused havoc with pipes & fish in the Great Lakes'

Answer: zebra mussel


Question: 'An art dealer forged this Belorussian-born French artist's "Rabbi et Torah", then sold the forgery & original'

Answer: Marc Chagall


Question: 'Heckle & Jeckle'

Answer: magpies


Question: '(Jeff Probst reads the clue from the Fiji Islands.) Yongona is the Fijian name for this ceremonial drink, an infusion made from the roots of a pepper plant'

Answer: kava


Question: 'Today a member of the LPGA Hall of Fame, she was Rookie of the Year & Player of the Year in 1978'

Answer: Nancy Lopez


Question: 'Animal herded by the lonely fellow in a "Sound of Music" song'

Answer: goats


Question: 'This monarch was born October 8, 1895 in Burgayeti, Albania'

Answer: King Zog


Question: 'In 1978 the first Pole in space, Miroslaw Hermaszewski, was launched on one of this nation's spacecrafts'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'John Cougar:<br />"Jack & _____"'

Answer: Diane


Question: 'In a letter to the Ephesians, he wrote that there is "one Lord, one faith, one baptism"'

Answer: (St.) Paul


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint.) Production of quarters starts with coils of metal fed into a press; it's mainly this metal, that's more associated with pennies'

Answer: copper


Question: 'As French King, Charles II was nicknamed this; it seems odd that he was ever "hair" to the throne'

Answer: The Bald


Question: 'Newspapers, magazines, radio & television'

Answer: media


Question: 'After the fall of the Communists in 1989, Poland joined NATO in 1999 & this economic group of nations on May 1, 2004'

Answer: the European Union


Question: 'Hall & Oates:<br />"_____ Smile"'

Answer: Sara


Question: 'In Richardson's epistolary novel, "Pamela" is a girl with this job resisting the advances of her mistress' son'

Answer: a serving maid


Question: 'The mint stores this, a term for gold bars held for their value as a metal rather than as money'

Answer: bullion


Question: 'This "Good King" of Bohemia was killed by his brother Boleslav while on the way to mass'

Answer: Wenceslas


Question: 'In "Yellow Submarine", the Beatles travel to Pepperland to rid it of these blue music haters'

Answer: the Blue Meanies


Question: 'Winning for Physics & Chemistry, this Polish woman is one of the 2 Nobel Laureates in 2 different fields'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'David Bowie:<br />"Blue _____"'

Answer: Jean


Question: '2 "poor folk" exchange letters in this Russian's psychologically penetrating first novel, from 1846'

Answer: Dostoevsky


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew is also at the Mint.) Back when coins were made of gold and silver, putting ridges around them was done to prevent cutting off bits of metal, an act known by this grooming term'

Answer: shaving


Question: 'In the 1328 Treaty of Northampton, the English affirmed his right to be called King of the Scots'

Answer: Robert the Bruce


Question: 'If you belong to an organization for those with high IQs, you'll know that this is the top surface of an altar'

Answer: mensa


Question: 'Poland's national anthem is in the style of this dance, named for a region of eastern Poland (Listen.)'

Answer: a mazurka


Question: 'Michael Jackson:<br />"Dirty _____"'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'His last published story, from 1965, takes the form of a letter written by 7-year-old Seymour Glass at summer camp'

Answer: J.D. Salinger


Question: 'Denver is one of 2 mints producing coins for general circulation; this other facility also engraves the designs'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'In 1830 he declined the crown of Greece, but a year later the Belgian National Congress elected him king; he accepted'

Answer: King Leopold of Belgium


Question: 'Hypnotism'

Answer: mesmerism


Question: 'Poland's longest river, it flows through Warsaw & empties into the Baltic Sea'

Answer: the Vistula


Question: 'Pam Tillis:<br />"_____, Queen of Denial"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: '(I'm Hill Harper of CSI: NY.) My motivational book "Letters to a Young Brother" was inspired by this book written 100 years ago by Rainer Maria Rilke'

Answer: Letters to a Young Poet


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint once again.)  Presses put designs on coins; a die called the hammer imprints the head side while one appropriately called this imprints the tail'

Answer: the anvil


Question: 'In 1000 Pope Sylvester II gave this first king of Hungary a gold crown'

Answer: St. Stephen


Question: 'It can be the old section of an Arab city in north Africa, or the name of the city where Muhammad is entombed'

Answer: Medina


Question: 'A patient who told this Frankfurt doctor "I have lost myself" was the basis for a paper he gave in 1906'

Answer: Alois Alzheimer


Question: 'The Gene Autry Western Heritage Museum displays Wyatt Earp's hand-drawn diagram of this 1881 shoot-out'

Answer: Gunfight at the OK Corral


Question: 'In 1982 this former first lady became an editor at Doubleday & Co.'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'Sugarbaker's, an Atlanta interior decorating firm, is the setting for this CBS sitcom'

Answer: Designing Women


Question: 'You can spread it on your hot dog or put a plaster of it on your chest when you have a cold'

Answer: Mustard


Question: 'His brother Raul is the 2nd most powerful government official in Cuba'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question:
'"Liberty,
......,
Fraternity"'

Answer: Equality


Question: 'Black Bart dropped his hanky while trying to rob one of these vehicles, which led to his capture'

Answer: Stagecoach


Question: 'After 7 years of planning, this magazine published a condensed version of the Bible in 1982'

Answer: Reader\'s Digest


Question: 'People Magazine called Fred Savage, star of this ABC baby boomer series, "The Boy You Love to Love"'

Answer: The Wonder Years


Question: 'Fresh sturgeon roe has to be processed to become this'

Answer: Caviar


Question: 'In 1960 Zulu chief Albert Lutuli became the 1st African to win this Nobel Prize'

Answer: the Nobel Peace Prize


Question:
'"Pease Porridge Hot,
.........,
Pease porridge in the pot nine days old"'

Answer: Pease Porridge Cold


Question: 'Frank Butler must have loved her because he let her shoot cigarettes out of his lips'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Deborah Davis' 1979 book "Katherine The Great" was a biography of this Washington Post publisher'

Answer: Katherine Graham


Question: 'In this series Scott Bakula takes big leaps through time winding up in other people's bodies'

Answer: Quantum Leap


Question: 'These bivalves are wrapped in bacon, grilled & served on toast to make "Angels on Horseback"'

Answer: Oysters


Question: 'In 1979 rumors linked this 86-year-old Yugoslav leader with a 33-year-old pop singer'

Answer: Marshal Tito


Question:
'Genesis,
.......,
Leviticus'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'We know that he killed Billy The Kid, but no one knows for sure who killed him'

Answer: Pat Garrett


Question: 'Humorist Bennett Cerf co-founded this book publishing firm in 1925'

Answer: Random House


Question: 'After protests from nurses, this serial eliminated its aerobic classes & steamy locker room scenes'

Answer: Nightingales


Question: '"Poivre" is French for this, which is sprinkled generously on steak au poivre'

Answer: Pepper


Question: 'This former premier of the Soviet Union was denied a state funeral when he died in 1971'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question:
'The Paleozoic Era,
.............,
The Cenozoic Era'

Answer: Mesozoic Era


Question: 'This horse thief, dubbed "The Female Robin Hood", wasn't nearly as glamorous as her name'

Answer: Belle Starr


Question: 'Ulysses Grant handily defeated this New York Tribune publisher  in the 1872 presidential election'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: 'On "The Munsters Today", this actor plays Herman, the role 1st played by Fred Gwynne'

Answer: John Schuck


Question:
'This song, with a food in the title, made No. 2 on the pop charts in 1968:

"Oh, I wake up in the morning, with my hair down in my eyes, and she says Hi!, and I stumble to the breakfast table while the kids are off to school..."'

Answer: "Little Green Apples"


Question: 'This female president graduated from Mount St. Vincent College in the Bronx in 1953'

Answer: Corazon Aquino (of the Philippines)


Question:
'Pride, Covetousness,
......,
Envy, Gluttony, Anger, Sloth'

Answer: Lust (The Seven Deadly Sins)


Question: 'Sean O' Casey's "Juno & The Paycock" takes place in a tenement house in this capital city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: '"People love chopping" this, Einstein said, because "one immediately sees the results"'

Answer: Wood


Question: 'To Moslems, the adhan is a call to this'

Answer: Prayer


Question: 'Boxer who was originally named after a white abolitionist from his home state of Kentucky'

Answer: Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali


Question: 'The state flower of both Michigan & Arkansas; its blossom time is celebrated in song'

Answer: Apple Blossom


Question: 'This country is the setting for T. Williams' plays "Camino Real" & "The Night of the Iguana"'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'St. Jerome said in a letter, "No athlete is crowned but in the sweat of " this'

Answer: His Brow


Question: 'Synagogues are built so that the wall holding the ark of the Torah scrolls faces toward this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This name, usually given to a real person whose identity is unknown, was 1st used in the 14th century'

Answer: John Doe


Question: 'The tall, slender Columbine shares the same 1st 3 letters with this state it represents'

Answer: Colorado


Question: '"Oedipus At Colonus", his sequel to "Oedipus Rex", unfolds near a grave of the Furies'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'All inert elements are found naturally in this form'

Answer: gas


Question: 'He's credited with the quote, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"'

Answer: Karl Marx


Question: 'This order of Catholic priests was originally called the Company of Jesus'

Answer: Jesuits (Society of Jesus)


Question: 'You can rightly call her Baroness von Lawick-Goodall, but she'll answer to this, her first name'

Answer: Jane (Goodall)


Question: 'Its official flower, the red carnation, was native son William McKinley's favorite'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'This musical, set in a Paris theater, is based on a 1911 novel by Gaston Leroux'

Answer: "The Phantom of the Opera"


Question: 'Natural phenomenon that causes the nitrogen & oxygen in the air to form nitrogen oxides'

Answer: Lightning


Question: 'In his collection of short stories, "In Our Time", he wrote, "You and me, we've made a separate peace"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'At Cana, Jesus performed his 1st miracle doing this'

Answer: Changing Water into Wine


Question: 'Occupation of Alma Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel's 1st husband'

Answer: Composer (married to Gustav Mahler)


Question: 'Many mistakenly think the pollen of this Nebraska & Kentucky state flower causes hay fever'

Answer: Goldenrod


Question: 'Athol Fugard spent much of his life in Port Elizabeth in this country & set many of his plays there'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Fritz Haber is famous for inventing a process to make this smelly gas, NH3, synthetically'

Answer: Ammonia


Question: 'This saying proclaiming Britain's immortality is from a 1939 song'

Answer: "There will always be an England"


Question: 'Zoroaster a.k.a. Zarathustra was a great prophet who taught monotheism in this land'

Answer: Persia


Question: 'As Bob Dylan could tell you, this German surname means "carpenter" in English'

Answer: Zimmerman


Question: 'This fragrant shrub produces New Hampshire's purple state flower every spring'

Answer: Lilacs


Question: '2 of the 3 countries which today share the region of ancient Macedonia'

Answer: Bulgaria, Greece & Yugoslavia


Question: 'Insane & no longer fit to rule, this British king was replaced by his son, the prince regent'

Answer: George III


Question: 'The pavilion for this international organization was built to look like one of its relief tents'

Answer: the Red Cross


INGREDIENTS IN THE MACBETH WITCHES' CAULDRON

Question: '"Tongue of" one of these best friends'

Answer: dog


Question: 'Refer to other people in conversation in order to impress those you're talking to'

Answer: name-drop


Question: 'To officially record a charge against an arrestee; do it, Danno'

Answer: to book


Question: '... and the Gang'

Answer: Kool


Question: 'Her "Sense and Sensibility" was published anonymously "in three volumes", "by a lady"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'This Alpine country's exhibit naturally included a ski lift ride'

Answer: Switzerland


INGREDIENTS IN THE MACBETH WITCHES' CAULDRON

Question: '"Eye of" this amphibian'

Answer: newt


Question: 'Firm candy made of gelatin & covered with sugar'

Answer: a gumdrop


Question: 'The title of this Jack Webb TV drama refers to a systematic police search for a criminal'

Answer: Dragnet


Question: '... and the Pips'

Answer: Gladys Knight


Question: 'This family-run company, founded in Germany to manufacture steel, eventually did a booming business'

Answer: Krupp


Question: 'A 20-foot-tall robotic baby named Migueln was featured in this European country's exhibit'

Answer: Spain


INGREDIENTS IN THE MACBETH WITCHES' CAULDRON

Question: '"Tooth of" this carnivore that can be timber or gray'

Answer: wolf


Question: 'Painted cloth hanging at the rear of a stage'

Answer: backdrop


Question: 'Named for a palace that housed visiting royalty, it's the HQ of the London Metropolitan Police'

Answer: Scotland Yard


Question: '... and the Crickets'

Answer: Buddy Holly


Question: 'In an 1811 massacre, this pasha of Egypt (not the boxer) knocked out the Mamluks for good'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'Artwork brought to China for the expo included a van Gogh, a Gauguin, and a self-portrait by this woman in the Mexico pavilion'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


INGREDIENTS IN THE MACBETH WITCHES' CAULDRON

Question: '"Wool of" one of these flyers'

Answer: bat


Question: 'Perhaps a slippery sombrero inspired this phrase meaning "on a moment's notice"'

Answer: at the drop of a hat


Question: 'There's a first name in this term for a policeman's heavy nightstick'

Answer: a billy club


Question: '... and the Sunshine Band'

Answer: KC


Question: 'Construction began on the USA's first federal highway, known as this road after the town in which it originated'

Answer: Cumberland Road


Question: 'These two special Chinese administrative regions each had a pavilion'

Answer: Hong Kong and Macao


INGREDIENTS IN THE MACBETH WITCHES' CAULDRON

Question: '"Toe of" this amphibian'

Answer: frog


Question: 'It's an old medical term for edema, the abnormal swelling of body tissue'

Answer: dropsy


Question: 'If you need a policeman in Marseilles, ask for one of these'

Answer: a gendarme


Question: '... and the Wailers'

Answer: Bob Marley


Question: 'Effleurage is a light gliding stroke used in this hands-on type of spa treatment'

Answer: Swedish massage


Question: 'Number of simians in a Bruce Willis time travel movie squared'

Answer: 144


Question: 'In 1985 Reagan & Gorbachev met in Geneva in this type of diplomatic meeting'

Answer: a summit


Question: 'In 1831 at age 22, he tried his hand at building a reaper'

Answer: McCormick


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.)
Pineapples are the only widely eaten of the bromeliads--a family of 3,000 species; like others, they aren't grown from seed, but by planting the top leafy structure, called this'

Answer: a crown


Question: 'Someone who moves props or lighting for a theatrical production'

Answer: a stagehand


Question: 'It's basically a big kettle with a close-fitting lid, used to cook pot roasts & stews'

Answer: a Dutch oven


Question: 'Number of "Weeks" in a Mickey Rourke film plus the title of a Fellini film; they add up to a whole number'

Answer: 18


Question: 'A fictional co. that may or may not help in roadrunner chasing, or a word from the Greek for "highest point"'

Answer: acme


Question: 'His colleagues in the senate had the decency to censure him, at long last, on Dec. 2, 1954'

Answer: McCarthy


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.)
Pineapple cultivation needs relatively little irrigation; with its reservoir formed in the leaves, the plant is a natural xerophyte--from the Greek "xeros", meaning this'

Answer: dry


Question: 'To identify an illness via medical exam'

Answer: diagnose


Question: 'Leopoldville was the capital of this colony that existed from 1908 to 1960'

Answer: the Belgian Congo


Question: 'Number of "Days Later" in a zombie flick divided by the title number of heroes in a Jessica Alba Marvel movie'

Answer: 7


Question: 'The point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead is a "widow's" this'

Answer: peak


Question: 'You don't have to picture this Republican senator; he's seen here'

Answer: McConnell


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.)
The pineapple shoots that grow from the mother plants after the main harvest are called the ratoon crop--also the Hawaiian term for a baby born to late-in-life parents, the word is thought to be from the Latin for this season'

Answer: autumn


Question: 'Smugglers who hid booze in their footwear gave rise to this adjective for something made or sold illicitly'

Answer: bootleg


Question: 'The uppermost polyp of this poisonous sea creature was thought to resemble a sail, hence its name'

Answer: a Portuguese man-of-war


Question: 'It's what 2(x+y) equals if x is the number of "Angry Men" in a 1957 film & y is the "Kings" in a George Clooney movie'

Answer: 30


Question: '8-letter word for the highest point of success or the highest part of a rock formation'

Answer: pinnacle


Question: 'This '60s secretary of defense passed away in July 2009'

Answer: (Robert) McNamara


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.)
The material that's laid down where pineapples are planted keeps weeds off, retains warmth, & keeps moisture in; though it's a strip of plastic rather than organic material, it's called this'

Answer: mulch


Question: 'A spiky sea critter, or a mischievous boy'

Answer: an urchin


Question: 'The Elgin marbles helped establish this architectural style, based on 5th century B.C. works'

Answer: Greek revival


Question: 'Number preceding "Pick Up" in a Roy Scheider film minus Wesley Snipes' "Passenger" number in a 1992 movie'

Answer: minus five or negative five


Question: 'This TV-making brand got its start in 1918 making radio equipment in Chicago'

Answer: Zenith


Question: 'This 18th century Scotman invented a form of pavement'

Answer: (John) McAdam


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.)
Whether grown in Africa or here in Hawaii, pineapples have eight spirals in one direction and 13 in the other--one example where nature shows the number sequence named for this Italian mathematician'

Answer: Fibonacci


Question: 'Most opulent'

Answer: richest


Question: 'Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous U.S. cities, it has become the "polymer capital of the world"'

Answer: Akron


Question: 'The Central Shield of this continent is a plateau that sinks toward Hudson Bay at its center'

Answer: North America


Question: 'Mel Gibson sang 2 songs as Captain John Smith in this animated Disney film'

Answer: "Pocahontas"


Question: 'Tonyu is the liquid left over when this bland substance is made from soybeans'

Answer: Tofu


Question: 'Members of Coronado's expedition were amazed at these native fowl "With Great Hanging Chins"'

Answer: Turkeys


Question: 'This vice president quipped that he's so boring his Secret Service code name is Al Gore'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'It's the part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line'

Answer: Homestretch


Question: 'From west to east, this continent's major language groups are Romance, Germanic & Slavic'

Answer: Europe


Question: 'In the title of a 1995 film, this actress' name follows "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything...."'

Answer: Julie Newmar


Question: 'It's traditional for the host to serve a meal called kaiseki before this ceremony'

Answer: The Tea Ceremony


Question: 'In 1606 England chartered 2 companies, the London Company for south Virginia & this for the north'

Answer: The Plymouth Company (The Virginia Company of Plymouth)


Question: 'On Dec. 12, 1995, his 80th birthday, the top of the Empire State Building was lit with blue lights to match his eyes'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'On Nov. 8, 1972 this subscription cable TV service began transmitting'

Answer: Home Box Office


Question: 'The world's largest desert fills nearly all of this continent's northern part'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'In this 1996 film, Sean Connery played the only known escapee from Alcatraz'

Answer: "The Rock"


Question: 'Tendon is a one-dish meal of rice topped with this mix of battered & fried seafood & vegetables'

Answer: tempura


Question: 'The land granted to Sir George Calvert's son Cecilius was named this after Queen Henrietta Maria'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'The 1st Canadian journalist to arrive at the scene of JFK's assassination, he's now an anchorman'

Answer: Peter Jennings


Question: 'This 1862 act gave ownership of 160 acres to anyone who lived & worked on them for 5 years'

Answer: The Homestead Act


Question: 'This continent is the world's largest wool producer, accounting for about 30% of the total'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Billy Zane played the title role of this Lee Falk comic strip character, "The Ghost Who Walks"'

Answer: The Phantom


Question: 'This colony of James Oglethorpe banned the importation of rum & brandy, & forbade slavery'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Patty Hearst had a good laugh when this lawyer began serving a jail term in March 1996'

Answer: F. Lee Bailey


Question: 'It's an insubstantial plan subject to imminent collapse'

Answer: House of Cards


Question: 'Birds found only on this continent include hoatzins & rheas'

Answer: South America


Question: 'This 1996 remake of "La Cage Aux Folles" was the first film on which Mike Nichols & Elaine May worked together'

Answer: "The Birdcage"


Question: 'The words spook, cruller, boss & crib were introduced to America from this language'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'After dropping out of the 1996 presidential race, this wealthy Republican guest-hosted "Saturday Night Live"'

Answer: Steve Forbes


Question: 'In 1960 James Agee's book "A Death In The Family" was dramatized into this Pulitzer-winning play'

Answer: "All The Way Home"


Question: 'Founded by Sweden's Gustav I Vasa in 1550, this city, Finland's largest, moved to its present site in 1640'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'Many major auto racing stars bypassed this race to drive in CART's new U.S. 500 the same day'

Answer: Indianapolis 500


Question: 'He originally wrote his equation as L=mc(squared), before he crossed out the L & replaced it with an E'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'Igor Youskevitch was noted for playing Stanley in the ballet version of this Tennessee Williams play'

Answer: "A Streetcar Named Desire"


Question: 'The Tayelet, or Promenade, runs along the shores of this sea, beginning at Gordon Street in Tel Aviv'

Answer: The Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'A person who always looks busy for no apparent reason is compared to this Lewis Carroll rabbit'

Answer: The White Rabbit


Question: 'Tradition says Dido founded this north African city that suffered "Punic"tive damages from Rome'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'The world learned of a dinosaur larger than this one usually thought the biggest carnivore'

Answer: Tyrannosaurus Rex


Question: 'He crossed the oxeye, European & Japanese daisies to produce his famous Shasta daisy'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: 'These fried chickpea balls served with salad in a pita are popular Israeli fast food'

Answer: Falafel


Question: 'A glamorized overestimation of oneself is called Bovarism in honor of this fictional heroine'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'The American Colonization Society founded this African city in 1822'

Answer: Monrovia, Liberia


Question: 'He resigned from the Senate June 11, 1996 to devote himself to running for a higher office'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'At his death in 1727, he became the first scientist buried in Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'Degonia Alef was the first of these communities based on equality & subservience to community needs'

Answer: Kibbutz


Question: 'A broken-down old nag is called a Rosinante in honor of this Spanish character's scrawny horse'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'French explorer Pierre Savorgnon de Brazza founded this current republic's city of Brazzaville in 1880'

Answer: The Congo


Question: 'His 2-week sabbatical as mayor of Washington, D.C. made headlines'

Answer: Marion Barry


Question: 'In 1600 this German astronomer became an assistant to Tycho Brahe'

Answer: Johannes Kepler


Question: 'When Robert Helpmann's "Hamlet" ballet premiered in 1942, Margot Fonteyn danced this ingenue role'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: 'Tiberius is the largest town on the shore of this "sea" the Israelis call Yam Kinneret'

Answer: Sea of Galilee


Question: 'A state of depression is called a Slough of Despond after a deep bog in this John Bunyan classic'

Answer: "Pilgrim\'s Progress"


Question: 'Historians believe the Roman gen. Pompey founded this Spanish city known for the running of the bulls'

Answer: Pamplona


Question: 'An ecclesiastical court of this U.S. denomination found Bishop Walter Righter not guilty of heresy'

Answer: Episcopal Church


Question: 'This Hungarian-American physicist was the principal architect of the hydrogen bomb'

Answer: Edward Teller


Question: 'In 1991 ballerina Darci Kistler married this U.S. ballet company's director, Peter Martins'

Answer: New York City Ballet


Question: 'In Sde Boker, you can visit this first PM's desert house where he drank tea with Dag Hammarskjold'

Answer: David Ben-Gurion


Question: 'The title of the novel "Brave New World" comes from a line spoken by Miranda in this Shakespeare play'

Answer: "The Tempest"


Question: 'Full & correct title of the post held by the person seen here:  (William Rehnquist)'

Answer: Chief Justice of the United States


Question: 'We cannot tell a lie; someone made up the story about George chopping down one of these trees'

Answer: cherry tree


Question: 'This slugging right fielder is nicknamed "Slammin' Sammy"'

Answer: Sammy Sosa


Question: 'Whether an innie or an outie, it marks the spot where the umbilical cord was once attached'

Answer: belly button


Question: 'This board game requires a number of bishops, knights & pawns'

Answer: chess


Question: 'It's one of the main attractions of the Pike National Forest'

Answer: Pikes Peak


Question: 'It's the most recognized trademark in the world'

Answer: Coca-Cola/Coke


Question: 'George was born beside this river that flows past Washington, D.C.'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'In 1999 only Mike Hampton & Jose Lima reached 20 wins in the National League, both for this city's Astros'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'Men & women both have this "fruity" lump in the front of the throat; it's just more noticeable in men'

Answer: Adam\'s apple


Question: '5-card stud is a popular version of this card game'

Answer: poker


Question: 'Of Uncle Mountain, Sister Mountain or Grandfather Mountain, the highest peak in the Blue Ridge range'

Answer: Grandfather Mountain


Question: 'In 1967 it was named the official state beverage of Florida'

Answer: orange juice


Question: 'At around 13 George learned this skill of measuring land areas & fixing boundaries'

Answer: surveying


Question: 'This team's logo has mountain peaks & a baseball depicted on it'

Answer: Colorado Rockies


Question: 'Among these in the body are the abs, pecs & biceps'

Answer: muscles


Question: 'This game is also known as noughts & crosses or X's & O's'

Answer: tic-tac-toe


Question: 'The name of Mont Blanc means this color mountain'

Answer: white


Question: 'Originally called Fruit Smack & sold as a syrup, it was reformulated as a powder in 1927 & renamed this'

Answer: Kool-Aid


Question: 'George lived with Lawrence Washington, this "fractional' relative with the same father but a different mother'

Answer: half-brother


Question: 'This Baltimore Oriole holds the major league record of consecutive games played with 2,632'

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.


Question: 'Of the 4 types of teeth, these back ones, including the wisdom teeth, are used for grinding & mashing'

Answer: molars


Question: 'In this backyard game, players throw curved metal pieces at a post & score points on how close they land'

Answer: horseshoes


Question: 'This home of Thomas Jefferson sits atop a "little mountain", which is what its name means in Italian'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'Hallie Eisenberg is the kid pushing the joy of this cola'

Answer: Pepsi


Question: 'At 21 George had a mission in what was then the Far West, in Pennsylvania, near this Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'This superstar Seattle shortstop is nicknamed "A-Rod"'

Answer: Alex Rodriguez


Question: 'Named for their shape, the 2 kinds of light-sensitive cells in your eye's retina are rods & these'

Answer: cones


Question: 'Examples of games played using these objects include Red Dog & Yahtzee'

Answer: dice


Question: 'Riding the skylift to the top of Stone Mountain is one of the fun things to do in this Southern state'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Quick, tell us this company makes Quik, the chocolate milk maker'

Answer: Nestle


Question: 'In Handel's opera "Rinaldo", a sorceress rides in a chariot drawn by these fire-breathing monsters'

Answer: dragons


Question: 'Capitals with a capital "O" include Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou & this capital of Canada'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'There are only about 1,000 of these giant critters left in the wild in the whole world'

Answer: pandas


Question: 'Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy are the title characters in this Louisa May Alcott classic'

Answer: "Little Women"


Question: 'Royal & navy'

Answer: blue


Question: 'With fire, wood is turned into this material for artists' drawing sticks'

Answer: charcoal


Question: 'This Austrian with the middle name Amadeus was just 11 when he wrote "Apollo et Hyacinthus" in 1767'

Answer: Wolfgang Mozart


Question: 'We should all make a pact to meet one year from now in Warsaw, this country's capital'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Reaching up to 12 feet in length & almost 3,000 lbs. in weight, these creatures take up a lot of Arctic room'

Answer: walruses


Question: 'At the start of his "Adventures", he's living with the Widow Douglas, who tries to "sivilize" him'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'Mint & moss'

Answer: green


Question: 'With fire, melted sand is combined with soda & lime to make this transparent substance'

Answer: glass


Question: 'When I need a haircut, I think of this comic opera whose Italian title is "Il Barbiere di Siviglia"'

Answer: The Barber of Seville


Question: 'Head to South America & you'll discover its capital is Bogota'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Varieties of this sea creature, seen here, can grow to 60 feet long'

Answer: squid


Question: 'It's the nickname of Farley Drexel Hatcher, inspired by Judy Blume's son when he was a preschooler'

Answer: Fudge


Question: 'Maize & dandelion'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'With fire, iron & carbon are forged into this strong alloy'

Answer: steel


Question: 'This "Phantom" & "Cats" composer's mini-opera "Tell Me on a Sunday" premiered on the BBC in 1980'

Answer: Andrew Lloyd Webber


Question: 'If "Baywatch" moved to the beach in Beirut it would be in this country's capital'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'This stinging desert dweller, seen here, has a venom potentially fatal to humans'

Answer: scorpion


Question: 'When she's not traveling, she lives at NYC's Plaza Hotel with her nanny, her dog, Weenie, & her turtle, Skipperdee'

Answer: Eloise


Question: 'Battleship & ash'

Answer: gray


Question: 'With fire, these hog thighs are smoked for flavor'

Answer: ham


Question: 'A card-playing countess ends up as a ghost in this "Nutcracker" composer's opera "The Queen of Spades"'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Nassau is the capital of this island group located between Florida & Haiti'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'This creature, seen here, can live to be 18 years old in the wild'

Answer: koala bear


Question: 'In "Treasure Island", this one-legged pirate is always accompanied by his parrot, Cap'n Flint'

Answer: Long John Silver


Question: 'Seal & raw sienna'

Answer: brown


Question: 'With fire, water is boiled to propel this type of engine'

Answer: steam engine


Question: 'According to the P.I.R.G., the most dangerous toy for children up to age 8 is this common party decoration'

Answer: balloons


Question: 'Its state tree, a certain blue spruce, was discovered on Pikes Peak'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'The palindromic name of this Scandinavian band comes from the 4 members' first names'

Answer: ABBA


Question: 'Go to him if you can't go:<br />SUITOR LOG'

Answer: urologist


Question: 'Thornton Wilder's<br />"O.T."'

Answer: Our Town


Question: '"The malicious burning of someone else's dwelling house or outhouse" (glad the outhouse is protected, too)'

Answer: arson


Question: 'Ola'

Answer: hello


Question: 'It's the only U.S. state with a 1-syllable name'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'This Mark Knopfler band chose its name to reflect the musicians' bad financial situation'

Answer: Dire Straits


Question: 'He's all in your mind:<br />GLITCH SOP SOY'

Answer: psychologist


Question: 'Neil Simon's<br />"B.B.M."'

Answer: Brighton Beach Memoirs


Question: '"The fact of having or holding property in one's power" (it's not 9/10 of Black's, it's only 1 entry)'

Answer: possession


Question: 'Adeus'

Answer: good-bye


Question: 'The honeybee, its state insect, is a reference to deseret, a Book of Mormon word meaning "honeybee"'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'He had the same real name as one of the Monkees, so this "Space Oddity" man named himself after a knife'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'He can see inside of you:<br />GOT ARID SOIL'

Answer: radiologist


Question: 'David Mamet's<br />"G.G.R."'

Answer: Glengarry Glen Ross


Question: 'This 3-word term is an "unpreventable event caused exclusively by forces of nature"'

Answer: act of God


Question: 'Por favor'

Answer: please


Question: 'Its motto is as tough as granite: "Live free or die"'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'This Australian metal band saw their name on an appliance & only knew it had something to do with electricity'

Answer: AC/DC


Question: 'Have a heart:<br />DRASTIC IGLOO'

Answer: cardiologist


Question: 'Anton Chekhov's<br />"U.V."'

Answer: Uncle Vanya


Question: '"An accused person's formal response... to a criminal charge"'

Answer: a plea


Question: 'Obrigado'

Answer: thank you


Question: 'Though endangered, the nene is its state bird'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'This "Boys Are Back In Town" band was named for a female robot in a comic strip, not from the nickname of the Model T'

Answer: Thin Lizzy


Question: 'He'll get on your nerves:<br />STURGEON OIL'

Answer: neurologist


Question: 'John Osborne's<br />"L.B.I.A."'

Answer: Look Back in Anger


Question: '"The initial step in... prosecution whereby the defendant is brought before the court to hear the charges"'

Answer: an arraignment


Question: 'Sim'

Answer: yes


Question: 'As of 2007, it begins at 2 A.M. on the second Sunday in march & ends at 2 A.M. on the first Sunday in November'

Answer: Daylight Savings Time


Question: 'Bo & Luke Duke's scantily clad cousin'

Answer: Daisy Duke


Question: 'The first American-born winner of this Nobel was Robert Millikan, for his study of the elementary electric charge'

Answer: Physics


Question: 'One of the main jobs of red blood cells is to carry this gas from the lungs to the body's tissues'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'In Acts, after Peter knocks at a door she forgets to let him in; Carlton the doorman could've helped'

Answer: Rhoda


Question: 'In the arena form of this sport, the field is only 50 yards long'

Answer: football


Question: 'Sofia is the capital of this country on the Balkan Peninsula'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'On TV's "The Golden Girls", this was Betty White's character'

Answer: Rose Nylund


Question: 'Sing the song of this poet, one of the Roughs, seen here'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'In the Sun hydrogen gas is transformed by a series of atomic reactions into this other gas'

Answer: helium


Question: 'This name for a son of Leah means "behold a son" in Hebrew; it has nothing to do with a sandwich'

Answer: Reuben


Question: 'You're blushing--I hope I haven't done this to you by telling that story from when you were 6'

Answer: embarrassed


Question: 'It is both National Poetry Month & National Humor Month'

Answer: April


Question: 'Ms. Graham of "Swingers" & "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me"'

Answer: Heather Graham


Question: 'A plaza in San Francisco is named for this politician who was a city supervisor when he was slain in 1978'

Answer: (Harvey) Milk


Question: 'Rising too fast from deep water forces nitrogen gas into the blood, causing this condition in scuba divers'

Answer: the bends


Question: 'Infertile for the first 20 years of her marriage to Isaac, she later had the twins Jacob & Esau'

Answer: Rebekah


Question: 'The fresh type of this pizza cheese comes packed in whey or water'

Answer: mozzarella


Question: 'This great statue of Giza has the Arabic name Abu al-Awl, "father of terror"'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'Mrs. Herman Munster'

Answer: Lily


Question: 'He chaired the commission that investigated the deaths of JFK & Lee Harvey Oswald'

Answer: (Earl) Warren


Question: 'Firedamp, basically methane, is most often found in these places'

Answer: coal mines


Question: 'All trouble faded away for her as she wandered slowly through the Fields of Boaz'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'Unlike a close relative, the blue-winged variety of this Aussie bird doesn't "laugh" but cackles'

Answer: kookaburra


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.)  A tangent is a line that touches a circle at one point; a line that intersects at two points is called this'

Answer: a secant


Question: 'Pug-faced Slytherin student Parkinson, who's keen on Draco Malfoy'

Answer: Pansy


Question: 'This American lyricist collaborated with Frederick Loewe on the song "The Rain In Spain", among others'

Answer: (Alan Jay) Lerner


Question: 'The first use of this elemental gas as a weapon was by the Germans at the Second Battle of Ypres'

Answer: chlorine


Question: 'One of the 7 archangels, he's not a painter, but rather presides over the spirits of men in the afterlife'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'These French-speaking people make up about 30% of Belgium's popuiation'

Answer: Walloons


Question: 'This bird is known for its size (5 feet tall), its call (carries 2 miles) & its rarity; in 1941 there were only 21 in the wild'

Answer: the whooping crane


Question: 'This film broke the back of expectations by taking the award for Best Picture'

Answer: Crash


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson Taylor, a Karnack, Texas rancher'

Answer: Lady Bird Johnson (Claudia Alta Taylor)


Question: 'It's been said that sneezewort, used as this to induce sneezing, "cleanses the head of tough slimy humours"'

Answer: a snuff


Question: 'After 4 years of active duty, LAPD officers are eligible to take exams to qualify for sergeant or this position'

Answer: detective


Question: 'The Constitution makes the president this "of the Army and Navy... and of the militia of the several states"'

Answer: commander-in-chief


Question: 'Robin Hood's Larder, an oak in this forest, blew down in 1966'

Answer: Sherwood Forest


Question: 'He stepped away from his "Daily Show" desk & came West to host the telecast'

Answer: Jon Stewart


Question: 'Wilburn Edgar Smith, a Plains, Georgia mechanic'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'Bittersweet is known as woody this & belladonna is also known as deadly this'

Answer: nightshade


Question: 'An alternate route taken by automobile traffic when the normal route cannot be used'

Answer: a detour


Question: 'On a traditional Snellen one of these, the 9 letters on the 11th line are P E Z O L C F T D'

Answer: an eye chart


Question: 'She may be a vampire or the first wife of Adam'

Answer: Lilith


Question: 'She walked the red carpet & walked away with the Best Actress award for her role in "Walk the Line"'

Answer: Reese Witherspoon


Question: 'John Payne, a Virginia plantation owner'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'This type of garlic grown mainly in California has huge cloves, averaging 1 ounce'

Answer: elephant garlic


Question: 'The policy of discouraging an enemy attack by maintaining sufficient military force to retaliate'

Answer: a deterrant


Question: 'According to the book "Sizes", in Japan, these are 7 or 8 inches long & pointed; in China, they're 10 inches & blunt'

Answer: chopsticks


Question: 'The more fabulous name for the round, dark areas of grass caused by fungi'

Answer: a fairy circle (or a fairy ring)


Question: 'A past nominee for directing movies like "Nashville" & "Short Cuts", he accepted an honorary Oscar'

Answer: (Robert) Altman


Question: 'Charles D. Henry, a Waterloo, Iowa banker'

Answer: Lou Hoover


Question: 'Its seeds are found on rye bread & its essential oil is used in kummel liqueur'

Answer: carraway


Question: 'In 1995 Camilo Jose Vergara proposed making this city's abandoned skyscrapers a theme park'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'To dial the old KLondike 5 exchange used in many movies & TV shows, dial this'

Answer: 555


Question: 'For sailors, this musician's "Green" is a place with non-stop music & dance, unlimited tobacco & loads of rum'

Answer: Fiddler\'s Green


Question: 'This film that begins in Japan in the 1920s earned Oscars for cinematography, costuming & art direction'

Answer: Memoirs of a Geisha


Question: 'William S. Bloomer, a Midwestern rubber goods salesman'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'The name of this flowering herb also means "wolflike"'

Answer: lupine


Question: 'A cleansing substance made from synthetic compounds rather than fats or lye'

Answer: a detergent


Question: 'Ray Charles Leonard became Sugar Ray Leonard; Walker Smith, Jr. became this boxer'

Answer: Sugar Ray Robinson


Question: 'The tempter in Goethe's "Faust" goes by this 14-letter name'

Answer: Mephistopheles


Question: 'In 1862 Ludwig Ritter Von Kochel issued a catalog of this Austrian composer's works, using "K" numbers'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'This graphic FX drama centers on plastic surgeons Sean McNamara & Christian Troy'

Answer: Nip/Tuck


Question: 'In 1723 William Buchanan published a detailed history of this U.K. country's clans'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This menswear designer has a Tommy line for women, along with a Tommy Girl fragrance'

Answer: Hilfiger


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points out a feature on a church in Moscow, Russia.)  In Moscow, you can see how these church features got their name--they do look like a certain bulb vegetable'

Answer: onion domes


Question: 'This device uses electromagnetic waves to locate objects'

Answer: radar


Question: 'The loud surprise in his "Surprise" Symphony comes during a soft passage in the second movement'

Answer: Haydn


Question: 'Bravo showed viewers what it's like "Being" this R&B singer who's married to Whitney Houston'

Answer: Bobby Brown


Question: 'Gisborne on Poverty Bay was the site of this Britsh explorer's first landing in New Zealand in 1769'

Answer: (Captain) Cook


Question: 'Fritz is the nickname of this former South Carolina senator'

Answer: (Ernest) Hollings


Question: 'Moscow ceased for a time to be the capital of Russia when this ruler built a new capital on the Baltic Coast'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'It's the tool seen here'

Answer: a level


Question: 'This type of composition whose name is from the Latin for "flight" features multiple melodies in counterpoint'

Answer: a fugue


Question: 'Hank Azaria is the title character in this Showtime series about a psychiatrist with a dysfunctional family'

Answer: Huff


Question: 'Canada's longest river is named for this explorer who traveled on it in 1789'

Answer: Mackenzie


Question: 'Of the 7 men who grace the front of current American paper money, this man died the youngest'

Answer: (Alexander) Hamilton


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew now reports from a market in Moscow.)  Russian markets feature an array of these urns that have use beyond boiling water--now, decorative objects'

Answer: a samovar


Question: 'Generic term for any vehicle that competes in the Daytona 500, for instance'

Answer: racecar


Question: 'This Offenbach work that contains the popular "Barcarolle" premiered in 1881 after his death'

Answer: Tales of Hoffman


Question: 'Having problems with your pooch?  Get guidance from Cesar Millan on this National Geographic Channel show'

Answer: The Dog Whisperer


Question: 'In 1748 he electrocuted a turkey & roasted it over a fire started by electricity'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'He was White House Chief of Staff, Supreme Commander of NATO Forces in Europe & Secy. of State'

Answer: (Alexander) Haig


Question: 'Due to Ivan the Terrible's purges, Tatars from this Ukraine peninsula easily sacked a depopulated Moscow in 1571'

Answer: the Crimea


Question: 'Palindromic adjective meaning "municipal"'

Answer: civic


Question: 'During World War II this Polish pianist was one of his country's leaders in exile'

Answer: Paderewski


Question: 'Style gurus Stacy London & Clinton Kelly teach fashion do's & don'ts on this TLC show'

Answer: What Not to Wear


Question: 'In 1776 this South American city was made the capital of the new Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'During the Trojan War, Achilles defiantly dragged this dead prince's body around the walls of the besieged city'

Answer: Hector


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Moscow, Russia.)  Luminaries whose ashes are interred at the Kremlin Wall include this U.S. journalist portrayed in the movie "Reds"'

Answer: (John) Reed


Question: 'An important article of religious faith'

Answer: a tenet


Question: 'This author & illustrator has said, "Max is like my demented son and he's taking care of his father for life"'

Answer: Maurice Sendak


Question: 'We know Hadrian's study center called the Athenaeum was in this city, we just don't know where'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'He hit a record 60 home runs in 1927'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'In 2000 Indiana University researchers found men only listen with the left half of this'

Answer: Brain


Question: 'Tom Hanks is Fed-Exed to a deserted island & befriends a volleyball'

Answer: Cast Away


Question: 'Jules Verne's Phileas Fogg comes across the Pacific on the General Grant, this type of ship'

Answer: Steamship


Question: 'In a 1969 Sam Peckinpah film, William Holden & Ernest Borgnine were part of a "Wild" one'

Answer: Bunch


Question: 'Archimedes figured this value to be between 3 1/7 & 3 10/71'

Answer: Pi


Question: 'After studying at the Cordon Bleu, she mastered "The Art of French Cooking"'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'Immune Rsponse Corp. sued UC when a university study said Remune, a drug for this disease, doesn't work'

Answer: AIDS


Question: 'Julia Roberts uses sass, brains & cleavage to punish polluters'

Answer: Erin Brockovich


Question: 'Come to your kids' soccer game in the Town & Country, which Chrysler calls "The Best" of these "Ever"'

Answer: Minivan


Question: 'This German chemist was co-discoverer of the element Rubidium (we don't know if he used his burner)'

Answer: Robert Bunsen


Question: 'Greek architects Callicrates & Ictinus used a Doric design for this Acropolis topper'

Answer: The Parthenon


Question: 'Farrah's replacement on "Charlie's Angels", she was one of the singing voices on "Josie and the Pussycats"'

Answer: Cheryl Ladd


Question: '45% of these products were found to be antibacterial, possibly leading to drug-resistant bacteria'

Answer: Soaps


Question: 'Ben Stiller spends time with his potential in-laws; hijinx ensue'

Answer: Meet the Parents


Question: 'Come to the park in your sulky to participate in this type of racing, seen here'

Answer: Harness racing


Question: 'In 1975 Jethro Tull had a hit with this "In the Jungle"'

Answer: Bungle


Question: 'Known for his "Parallel Lives", he also wrote treatises on "Friends and Flatterers" & "Curiosity"'

Answer: Plutarch


Question: 'He's the "public enemy" seen here'

Answer: Baby Face Nelson


Question: 'An 8-year study published in 1997 found that these fields from power lines don't give kids leukemia'

Answer: Electromagnetic fields


Question: 'People in Tijuana, San Diego & Cincinnati have drug problems'

Answer: Traffic


Question: 'You'll look "sharp" coming to school on this brand of scooter that led a 2000 craze'

Answer: Razor


Question: '2 or more computer software programs packaged together are said to be this'

Answer: Bundled


Question: 'Greek city that claimed it was the omphalos, the navel or center of the world'

Answer: Delphi


Question: 'A doctor told this comedian he was fat; when he asked for a second opinion, the doctor said, "You're ugly, too"'

Answer: Henny Youngman


Question: 'These botanical-sounding cells taken from humans have grown into natural tissues in sheep'

Answer: Stem cells


Question: 'Mel Gibson fights his inner demons & the Redcoats'

Answer: The Patriot


Question: 'A 221-foot-high obelisk commemorating this battle stands on Breed's Hill'

Answer: Bunker Hill


Question: 'It's the island you're visiting  if your plane lands at Chiang Kai-shek Airport'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'In 1990 they became the first father & son to be Major League teammates'

Answer: Ken Griffey Jr. & Sr.


Question: 'His name has become synonymous with the Viennese waltz'

Answer: Johann Strauss


Question: 'By 1976 these anabolic aids were banned from use by Olympic competitors'

Answer: Steroids


Question: 'Miss Marple dramatically solves this author's "Murder at the Vicarage"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'They're the disreputable folks, the rabble'

Answer: Riff-raff


Question: 'In Africa, not far from Lake Victoria, is this lake named for Queen Victoria's husband'

Answer: Lake Albert


Question: 'Henry & his sons Henry Jr., Albert, C.F., Theodore & Charles began this family's piano-making dynasty'

Answer: Steinway


Question: 'No Li, this element was discovered by Johann Arfvedson in 1817'

Answer: Lithium


Question: 'The first Olympic Torch Relay carried the flame from Olympia, Greece to this city, the 1936 host'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'You can't miss with Woody Allen's comedy about U.S. tourists overseas, "Don't" do this'

Answer: Drink the Water


Question: '2-word term for secretaries, bookkeepers, receptionists, etc.'

Answer: Office staff


Question: 'In Central America the Trans-Isthmian Highway cuts across this country'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'The business that drove Charles & Frank Duryea'

Answer: Auto making


Question: 'You should know whether he wrote "The Sorrows of Young Werther" or not'

Answer: Johann Goethe


Question: 'This country has hosted the summer Olympics 4 times, more than any other'

Answer: USA


Question: '[Hi, I'm Wayne Brady] I did a Florida production of this Lorraine Hansberry play about a black family trying to move up'

Answer: "A Raisin in the Sun"


Question: 'This group acts as the president's principal military adviser'

Answer: Joint Chiefs of Staff


Question: 'Dijon, France is the largest city of this colorful region that's famous for its wines'

Answer: Burgundy


Question: 'Uncle Ben is part of this family's business, as are Forrest Jr., John F. & the Milky Way bar'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Author Johann Wyss wrote an early national anthem for this country'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The number of times the modern Olympics have been canceled due to war'

Answer: 3 times


Question: 'Even odds'

Answer: Fifty-fifty


Question: 'Iran's official name indicates it's this kind of republic'

Answer: Islamic Republic


Question: 'Travel books are the specialty of this Stuttgart family who followed father Karl into the business'

Answer: Baedekers


Question: 'Without this invention of Johann Cristoph Denner, a Benny Goodman would be hard to find'

Answer: Clarinet


Question: 'Asserting "This flag dips to no earthly king", the U.S. delegation refused to do so at this city's Olympics in 1908'

Answer: London


Question: 'Flying by the seat of your pants in a speech, you're also doing it this other clothing way'

Answer: Off the cuff


Question: 'The star of one of TV's most popular shows ever, he's the only person to win Emmys for acting, writing & directing'

Answer: Alan Alda (all for \"M*A*S*H\")


Question: 'It's the mountain range within which Bhutan lies'

Answer: Himalayas


Question: 'This series left the air with 109 nominations -- all-in-Alda, a good run'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Traditionally, strips of steak, grilled onions & sweet peppers in a tortilla make up this sizzling Tex-Mex dish'

Answer: Fajitas


Question: 'For your average adult male deer, they're both a weapon & a status symbol'

Answer: Antlers


Question: 'The top-selling SUV in America, Ford didn't change it much for 2001'

Answer: Explorer


Question: 'In a 1933 film this creature climbed the Empire State Building'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'Of theocracy, monarchy or republic, the political system in use in Bhutan'

Answer: Monarchy


Question: 'Judith Anderson won Emmys in 1955 & 1961 for playing this Shakespearean lady'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'The traditional meat in a New England boiled dinner, it's made by curing brisket in a seasoned brine'

Answer: Corned beef


Question: 'Orangutans are tool-using animals; they use sticks to dig & these to soak up water & to clean themselves'

Answer: Leaves


Question: 'With its 2.8-liter engine upgraded to a 3.0, this company's 328i became the 330i'

Answer: BMW


Question: 'It's "The 1 1/2 Calorie Breath Mint"'

Answer: Tic Tac


Question: 'More people in Bhutan practice this religion than any other'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'Nominated for Best Public Affairs Program in 1952, it's still on the air today'

Answer: Meet The Press


Question: 'You can find this celebrity chef's pizzas at his Spago Restaurant, or frozen at the grocery store'

Answer: Wolfgang Puck


Question: 'Led by a dominant female, a herd of these multi-ton animals spends about 16 hours a day eating'

Answer: Elephants


Question: 'Demand way exceeded production of this company's PT Cruiser, which premiered in March 2000'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'Common clock clatter'

Answer: Tick tock


Question: 'As evidenced here by its flag, Bhutan is known as the "Land of" this'

Answer: The dragon


Question: 'In 1987 she beat out co-stars Betty White & Bea Arthur for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series'

Answer: Rue McClanahan


Question: 'It's the 5-letter term for a young, domesticated pigeon that's served for dinner'

Answer: Squab


Question: 'Showing up around age 12, it's a sign a male gorilla is entering his prime & it gives him this name'

Answer: Silverback


Question: 'This Japanese automaker's Prius has a hybrid gas-electric engine'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'Hostess product, or Avon signal'

Answer: Ding dong


Question: 'Bhutan gained independence in 1949, with this much larger neighbor handling its foreign affairs'

Answer: India


Question: 'In 1990 this "Wide World of Sports" man was given a Lifetime Achievement Award'

Answer: Jim McKay


Question: 'The U.S. Senate has its own recipe for a soup made from this legume'

Answer: Navy bean soup


Question: 'An ancient musical instrument gives this bird its name:<br />[video clue]'

Answer: Lyre bird (tails going up as a lyre)


Question: 'Honda changed the Civic's double-wishbone front suspension to this strut system'

Answer: MacPherson front suspension system


Question: 'Musical spurs do it "As I go riding merrily along"'

Answer: Jingle jangle jingle


Question: '"Rabbit At Rest"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'Botulinum toxin gets rid of wrinkles between your eyebrows by paralyzing some of these'

Answer: Muscles


Question: 'For a fall 2000 FOX-TV series, James Cameron picked her to be his "Dark Angel"'

Answer: Jessica Alba


Question: 'The NBA agreed to absorb 4 teams from this league, but not the Utah Rockies or the Kentucky Colonels'

Answer: ABA (American Basketball Association)


Question: 'This saxman is seen here on a 1995 stamp tooting his own horn'

Answer: Charlie Parker


Question: 'It's a unit of measure for arcs, angles or temperature'

Answer: Degree


Question: '"Tales of the South Pacific"'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'A superficial chemical one of these lasts a few months; a deep one will erase wrinkles for 10 to 15 years'

Answer: Peel


Question: 'Her first big pop hit was 1999's "I Wanna Love You Forever"'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'CB radio popularized this term for the highway patrol, derived from a renowned bear'

Answer: Smokey


Question: 'Chick Webb discovered this singer heard here'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'It's a quick, witty reply, or a conversation that's full of them'

Answer: Repartee


Question: '"The Reivers"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'The American Academy of Dermatology dubbed May 1, 2000 this "Monday" after a type of skin cancer'

Answer: "Melanoma Monday"


Question: 'She played Meg in "Crimes of the Heart" & Margaret in "Losing Isaiah"'

Answer: Jessica Lange


Question: 'This pair's book "The Final Days", on the end of Nixon's presidency, was a 1976 bestseller'

Answer: Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein


Question: 'The music of this pianist & composer was featured in the revue whose Playbill cover is seen here'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'First published in 1970, Dee Brown's classic "Indian History of the American West" is titled "Bury My Heart" here'

Answer: At Wounded Knee


Question: '"A Bell For Adano"'

Answer: John Hersey


Question: 'If you normally burn in 20 minutes & apply on SPF-15 sunscreen, you should be protected for this long'

Answer: 300 minutes/5 hours


Question: 'One of People's 50 Most Beautiful was this 1948 & 1978 Tony Award winner'

Answer: Jessica Tandy


Question: 'This former Brandeis political theory student gained fame playing Mary Hartman'

Answer: Louise Lasser


Question: 'One of the founders of bop, this trumpeter got his nickname in part from his wild manner of playing'

Answer: Dizzy Gillespie


Question: 'Need info on the sweet potato?  There's a National Sweet Potato Center at this Alabama university'

Answer: Tuskegee


Question: '"Advise And Consent"'

Answer: Allen Drury


Question: 'Studio A at the communications school at Ithaca College, the alma mater of this late journalist, is named for her'

Answer: Jessica Savitch


Question: 'In the Bicentennial year, a National Gallery of Art show honored the sesquicentennial of the death of this statesman'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This jazz pianist was known as the "High Priest of Bebop"'

Answer: Thelonious Monk


Question: 'He led Britain's Labour Party from 1935 to 1955 & succeeded Winston Churchill as prime minister in 1945'

Answer: Clement Attlee


Question: 'This cartoon character was based in part on the woman who introduced the song "I Wanna Be Loved By You"'

Answer: Betty Boop (based on Helen Kane)


Question: 'As co-editor of the influential magazine The Smart Set, this Baltimorean attacked the "booboisie"'

Answer: (H.L.) Mencken


Question: 'As "The Absent-Minded Professor", Fred MacMurray reached new heights after discovering this magical substance'

Answer: flubber


Question: 'Among his 355 patents is an 1887 one for ballistite, or smokeless powder'

Answer: (Alfred) Nobel


Question: 'Continent where you'd find the shrews Crocidura nigeriae & Crocidura tansaniana'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'In 2004 he replaced George Tenet as the permanent head of the CIA'

Answer: Porter Goss


Question: 'A rapid chaotic beating of the heart muscles in a nonsynchronous way'

Answer: fibrillation


Question: 'His first U.S. publication, in the May 1915 Smart Set, was 2 stories about Dubliners'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'Since 1963 this British title character has traveled through time & space in a device called the TARDIS'

Answer: Doctor Who


Question: 'In 1884 Ottmar Mergenthaler invented this machine that eliminated setting type by hand'

Answer: the linotype machine


Question: 'Canadian province where you'll most likely spot Trowbridge's shrew, which enjoys Douglas fir seeds'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'The name of this intelligence service established in 1951 is from the Hebrew for "institution"'

Answer: Mossad


Question:
'1964
building
blocks
for a
wacky
Warhol
work'

Answer: Brillo


Question: 'In 1919 The Smart Set ran his first paid story, "Babes in the Woods"; in 1922, the classic "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'In the '60s he played Egghead, a super-smart villain on TV's "Batman"'

Answer: Vincent Price


Question: 'The difference engine, a computing device he designed in the 1820s, was built in 1991 from his plans & it worked!'

Answer: (Charles) Babbage


Question: 'The Southeastern shrew inhabits the marshy U.S. region that got this uninviting name from Col. William Byrd'

Answer: the Great Dismal Swamp


Question: 'John Thurloe was this English leader's intelligence chief in the 1650s, gathering info on royalist plots'

Answer: (Oliver) Cromwell


Question: 'A crude cart used to carry the condemned to the guillotine during the French Revolution'

Answer: a tumbril


Question: 'This ex-sailor published 3 early sea plays in the magazine, including "The Long Voyage Home"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'The head of the house on this sitcom was alien egghead/physics professor Dick Solomon'

Answer: 3rd Rock from the Sun


Question: 'In 1837 Brits Cooke & Wheatstone designed an electric one; later that year, an American painter perfected it'

Answer: the telegraph


Question: 'The Mt. Malindang shrew & the Palawan tree shrew are native to this country'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'During World War II Gen. Bill Donovan ran this forerunner of the CIA'

Answer: the OSS (Office of Strategic Services)


Question: 'Miles Franklin was only a teenager when she penned this bestseller about growing up in Australia's outback'

Answer: My Brilliant Career


Question: 'His 1st published story, "The Parthian Shot", ran in The Smart Set in 1922, before he began doing his spadework'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett


Question: 'In this screwball comedy, stuffy paleontologist Cary Grant had a few bones to pick with Katharine Hepburn'

Answer: Bringing Up Baby


Question: 'Named for its American inventor, this electrostatic generator is used to accelerate particles'

Answer: a Van de Graaff generator


Question: 'It would be "serendip"itous to see a Kelaart's long-clawed shrew, as it lives only on this island'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Sanskrit for "learned man", this term was used for natives recruited into intelligence gathering in British India'

Answer: pundit


Question: '12-letter word for an oily men's hair cream to keep hair in place & make it look glossy'

Answer: brilliantine


Question: 'We're not lyin

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'Jean Renoir's film "The River" was shot on location in India along the banks of this river'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Colorado'

Answer: cobalt


Question: 'Known as "The Hawk", this Chicago Cub was the 1987 National League MVP'

Answer: Andre Dawson


Question: 'His empire collapsed after he died of a fever in 323 B.C.; guess he forgot to feed a cold'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'On the body of water near Duluth, a place of justice employs this person for amusement'

Answer: Lake Superior Court Jester


Question: 'On Purim it's a tradition to read from this Bible book with a woman's name'

Answer: Esther


Question: 'The name of this Pennsylvania river is from the Dutch for "hidden channel"'

Answer: the Schuylkill


Question: 'California'

Answer: calcium


Question: 'This French Minister of War lent his name to an ineffective fortification on the border with Germany'

Answer: (Andre) Maginot


Question: 'In the Americas the 1521 conquest of this people was aided by their lack of resistance to measles & smallpox'

Answer: the Aztecs


Question: ''60s dance craze in which you shout, "The sky is falling--at least Polaris' star group is!"'

Answer: Funky Chicken Little Dipper


Question: 'Abigail got this king to spare her husband Nabal's life; about 10 days later Nabal died & she wed the king'

Answer: King David


Question: 'Rising in the Cottian Alps, it's the longest river in Italy'

Answer: the Po


Question: 'Georgia'

Answer: gallium


Question: 'We hope to guide you to the name of this man who developed detachable tires with his brother Edouard'

Answer: (Andre) Michelin


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands before a portrait of George Marshall in the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.)  George Marshall became Chief of Staff of a 200,000 man army on this date, when WWII began; by war's end, the number was 8 million'

Answer: September 1, 1939


Question: 'This place of pirates & lost boys adds Alaska's nickname & is home to the leader of Jazz' Solar Arkestra'

Answer: the Never Never Land of the Midnight Sun Ra


Question: 'Jacob was shocked when he lifted the veil on his first bride & found her to be this woman'

Answer: Leah


Question: 'These two rivers both start with "Dn" & flow into the Black Sea within 100 miles of Odessa'

Answer: the Dnieper & the Dniester


Question: 'South Carolina'

Answer: scandium


Question: 'Later French Minister of Culture, in 1923 he was arrested for removing some artifacts from a Cambodian temple'

Answer: Andre Malraux


Question: 'The Bolsheviks took over Russia in the fall of 1917, removing this moderate socialist who had become P.M. in July'

Answer: Kerensky


Question: 'The Oscar-winning actor who freed the slaves & then became a muckraking journalist'

Answer: F. Murray Abraham Lincoln Steffens


Question: 'God asked him, "Should not I spare Nineveh... wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons"'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'When visiting Argentina, visit the Cataratas, or falls of, this river, which include the Tres Mosqueteros'

Answer: Iguazu


Question: 'Maryland'

Answer: mendelevium


Question: 'He's the avant-garde theater director who puts it all out on the table in the film "My Dinner with Andre"'

Answer: Andre Gregory


Question: 'The papers that revolutionized modern physics were published in 1905 by a clerk of this city's patent office'

Answer: Berne


Question: 'His efforts have included singing "I Want Your Sex", playing "The American President" & occupying Japan'

Answer: George Michael Douglas McArthur


Question: 'Citing John Winthrop, who said, "The eyes of all people are on us", Ronald Reagan liked to compare the U.S. to this'

Answer: a shining city on a hill


Question: '"Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen"'

Answer: the United Kingdom


Question: 'In Islam, the supreme being'

Answer: Allah


Question: 'Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly did time on this rock in San Francisco Bay'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'It was destroyed in Havana Harbor on Feb. 15, 1898'

Answer: the USS Maine


Question:
'Samuel,
Don,
Rafer'

Answer: Johnson


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Museum at Bethel Woods, New York.)  For an exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of the event, the museum constructed a replica of the Montreal hotel room used by this couple during their Bed-In for Peace'

Answer: John & Yoko


Question: '"Arise, Ye Who Refuse To Be Slaves; With Our Very Flesh And Blood Let Us Build Our New Great Wall"'

Answer: China


Question: 'In baseball, it's a play in which a runner is caught off base & thrown out by the pitcher or catcher'

Answer: a pickoff


Question: 'From 1964 to 1982 this Nobelist was incarcerated on Rocky Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town'

Answer: Mandela


Question: 'A numbered shirt you just bought from your favorite football team'

Answer: a New Jersey


Question:
'Tom,
Shirley,
Davy'

Answer: Jones


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Museum at Bethel Woods, New York.)  If you can't make it here to upstate New York, go to woodstock.com to read bios of performers like this man who closed the festival with blistering versions of "The Star Spangled Banner" & "Hey Joe"'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: '"All Should Love, Awe And Cherish Thee, Gracious Is Thy Nile To Humanity"'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'To baby, or to cook eggs in water just below the boiling point'

Answer: to coddle


Question: 'The infamous penal colony on this rocky islet off the coast of South America opened in 1852'

Answer: Devil\'s Island


Question: 'This band of "Wayward Sons" is fronted by Steve Walsh'

Answer: Kansas


Question:
'Kate,
Keely,
Will'

Answer: Smith


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Museum at Bethel Woods, New York.)  In the museum's theater, visitors can relax on beanbag chairs and watch festival highlights, such as the work of this Indian sitar master & friend of the Beatles'

Answer: Ravi Shankar


Question: '"Sons Of The Gael! Men Of The Pale! The Long Watched Day Is Breaking"'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'From the Middle English for "knife", it means to cut small shavings from a piece of wood'

Answer: to whittle


Question: 'Accused Kurdish terrorist Abdullah Ocalan is the sole inmate held on this country's rocky island of Imrali'

Answer: Turkey


Question: '2-word beseeching request for Ms. Fanning to continue in the direction of Antarctica'

Answer: South Dakota


Question:
'Seth,
Isiah,
Clarence'

Answer: Thomas


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Museum at Bethel Woods, New York.)  The festival's iconic poster lists several acts who didn't end up playing, including these heavy metal forefathers who sang "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida"--they ended up stuck at an airport'

Answer: Iron Butterfly


Question: '"Beneath Our Radiant Southern Cross We'll Toil With Hearts And Hands"'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A sophisticated debating technique is to point out that "I'm" this, "you're glue"'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'This "Chateau" on a tiny rock in the Mediterranean was a prison in real life, not just in "The Count of Monte Cristo"'

Answer: Château d\'If


Question: 'First name of Ms. Engel of "Mary Tyler Moore" fame'

Answer: Georgia


Question:
'James,
Jerry,
Gatemouth'

Answer: Brown


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from outside the Museum at Bethel Woods, New York.)  Woodstock opened with a performance by this African-American folk artist who was called back for so many encores, he ran out of material and had to improvise his now classic "Freedom"'

Answer: Richie Havens


Question: 'Popular in geometry, as in logic, are statements known as "if..." this'

Answer: & then


Question: 'On September 25 she turned 40 & her husband Michael Douglas turned 65'

Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones


Question: '"The Canterbury Pilgrims", an 1884 opera, is based on a work by him'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'Thiamin is the first of this vitamin group'

Answer: B


Question: 'Peggy of this American family of art patrons turned her Venice palazzo into a museum; her ashes are in its garden'

Answer: Guggenheim


Question: 'You can't miss this building, finished in 1886 & regilded in 1927, 1965 & 1998'

Answer: the Capitol


Question: 'The formula to find the area of one of these is 1/2 base times height'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'Don't expect this Fox News "Culture Warrior" to mellow in his 60s, which started September 10'

Answer: Bill O\'Reilly


Question: 'Several operas based on "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" are named for this Gypsy girl'

Answer: Esméralda


Question: 'U.N. Secretary-General Thant's initial letter'

Answer: U


Question: 'It's the main character Gustave von Aschenbach who succumbs in this author's "Death in Venice"'

Answer: Thomas Mann


Question: 'A bar, opened in 2005, that re-creates an old-time tavern atmosphere is named for this Miller beer'

Answer: High Life


Question: 'In coordinate geometry, the abscissa is the distance of a point from this vertical axis'

Answer: the y-axis


Question: 'September marked the 80th birthday of this golfer & the 20th of his hospital that's helped an "Army" of kids'

Answer: Arnold Palmer


Question: 'In a fairy tale Rossini opera, Angelina is called this'

Answer: Cinderella (La Cenerentola)


Question: 'Females have 2 copies of this chromosome'

Answer: X


Question: 'This composer died in the Palazzo Vendramin but was buried in the garden at Wahnfried, his home in Bayreuth'

Answer: (Richard) Wagner


Question: 'Let's visit Wallace House, home to a family that produced 2 Secys. of this; maybe there'll be Vilsack House someday'

Answer: agriculture


Question: 'The continuous summing of a change in a function over an interval, it's the inverse process of differentiation'

Answer: integration


Question: 'We hope his cast mates threw him an "Office" party when he turned 30 on October 20'

Answer: (John) Krasinski


Question: '"Pagliacci" is almost always performed with this 1-act Mascagni opera, "Cav" for short'

Answer: Cavalleria rusticana


Question: 'Tomcats, Falcons & Eagles get this alphabetical designation in the Air Force'

Answer: F


Question: 'This physicist who noted an effect in sound waves from moving sources died in Venice in 1853 & is buried in its San Michele'

Answer: (Christian) Doppler


Question: 'The annual Pridefest is more festive since the April 2009 decision that allowed this in Iowa'

Answer: gay marriage


Question: 'When 2 of these intersect, their intersection is a straight line'

Answer: a plane


Question: 'She married fellow musician Ryan Adams in March, a month before turning 25'

Answer: Mandy Moore


Question: 'Tom Rakewell is lured into a life of vice in this 1951 opera based on a series of engravings by William Hogarth'

Answer: The Rake\'s Progress


Question: 'Precedes "priori" in a Latin phrase used in the study of logic'

Answer: a


Question: 'This Russian founder of the Ballets Russes fell into a coma & died while on holiday in Venice'

Answer: Sergei Diaghilev


Question: 'Des Moinesians keep current with this newspaper, founded in a log cabin in 1849'

Answer: The Des Moines Register


Question: 'The name of this royal daughter from a tragedy is from a word meaning "little king"'

Answer: Regan (from King Lear)


Question: 'The heelless tube type of these is not considered the height of fashion'

Answer: Socks


Question: 'Boris Pasternak'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Bomb, bullet, blitz, spearing & sudden death are all terms used in this pro sport'

Answer: Football


Question: 'Encarta calls it the world's most popular & widely cultivated garden flower'

Answer: Rose


Question: 'He's brought a Shakespearean air to his role as "Star Trek" captain Jean-Luc Picard'

Answer: Patrick Stewart


Question: 'A large, important church; great ceiling!'

Answer: Cathedral


Question: 'Pants with a tight, low waistline are called "huggers" of this body part'

Answer: Hip


Question: 'Sadaharu Oh'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'You can conquer Kamchatka or Siam in this warlike board game'

Answer: Risk


Question: 'This "African" flower is also called the Saintpaulia for its discoverer, Baron Walter von Saint Paul-Illaire'

Answer: African violet


Question: 'This man played the title bandleader in the 1954 film "The Glenn Miller Story"'

Answer: Jimmy Stewart


Question: 'You wouldn't take one of these short sleeps during Father Murphy's sermon'

Answer: Catnap


Question: 'The name of this type of garment seen here suggests it might be popular among rowers'

Answer: Crewneck


Question: 'Sir Walter Scott'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'Small balls filled with colored liquid are fired by carbon dioxide in this battle of wills'

Answer: Paintball


Question: 'The Duc van Tol variety of this bulb flower rarely exceeds 6 inches in height'

Answer: Tulip


Question: 'After drumming for Curved Air & The Police, he's composed soundtracks for TV & film'

Answer: Stewart Copeland


Question: 'Spilling the ceremonial wine might qualify as one of these disasters, from the German for "overturned"'

Answer: Catastrophe


Question: 'Women's shorts cut to resemble a skirt, or the breeches that French revolutionaries were "sans"'

Answer: Culottes


Question: 'Simon Bolivar'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'Once hit, you're out in this game where 2 teams hit each other with a ball until only 1 team has members remaining'

Answer: Dodgeball


Question: 'In 797 Japan's Mikado made this flower his personal emblem'

Answer: Chrysanthemum


Question: 'This Scottish Formula One racer was Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1973'

Answer: Jackie Stewart


Question: 'For serious penance, this nine-strand knotted flogging whip might be required'

Answer: Cat o\' nine tails


Question: 'Found before "Tex" in the name of a waterproof fiber, it's the name of the man who developed it'

Answer: Gore


Question: 'Jonathan Swift'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Vest-mounted sensors pick up beams fired from phasers in this energetic type of tag'

Answer: Laser tag


Question: 'A bell-shaped flower in the primrose family, it comes in red, white, blue & "scarlet"'

Answer: Pimpernel


Question: 'From 1958 to 1981 he served as a Supreme Court justice'

Answer: Potter Stewart


Question: 'A long list of things, like banned books'

Answer: Catalog


Question: 'Make the day "magical" with this album that includes "Penny Lane" & "The Fool on the Hill"'

Answer: "Magical Mystery Tour"


Question: 'On July 24, 1701 this city was founded as a French fort by Cadillac'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Herds of this species, cousin of the mastadon, were once widespread in the Northern Hemisphere'

Answer: Woolly mammoth


Question: 'Usual profession of John Grisham's heroes, including "The Street" one'

Answer: Lawyers


Question: '"Black Jack" Pershing'

Answer: John


Question: 'Fruity nickname for a New Zealander'

Answer: Kiwi


Question: 'We brought the kids, so put on the Grammy-winning album "The Adventures of Elmo in" this place'

Answer: Grouchland


Question: 'In 401 A.D. under Alaric , these fierce people invaded Italy, eventually besieging & sacking Rome'

Answer: Visigoths


Question: 'The U.S. national monument seen here is featured prominently in this 1977 Spielberg film<br />(Devils Tower)'

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: 'Once TV's Chrissy Snow, in 1999 she told us how to "Get Skinny on Fabulous Food"'

Answer: Suzanne Somers


Question: '"Babe" Ruth'

Answer: George (Herman Ruth)


Question: 'Not surprisingly, people born under this Zodiac sign have a 2-sided personality'

Answer: Gemini


Question: '(Hi, I'm Marvin Hamlisch, here at the Hollywood Bowl)  In 1974 I won 3 Oscars including one for adapting this composer's ragtime music for "The Sting"'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'In 1501 this man with a "continental" name began his second trip to the New World'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: 'Ya, it's the Scandinavian nation whose flag is seen here'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'In 1998 women rushed out to buy Dr. Bob Arnot's "Prevention Diet" for this disease'

Answer: Breast cancer


Question: '"Tip" O'Neill'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'The ball in this fast & dangerous game often travels at over 150 MPH'

Answer: jai alai


Question: 'Put on Lee Ann Womack's smash country hit "I Hope You" do this, & we sure will'

Answer: Dance


Question: 'In 1301 the future Edward II became the first English recipient of this princely title'

Answer: Prince of Wales


Question: 'The mastery of this zither-like instrument of Japan takes years of practice'

Answer: Koto


Question: 'Politician heard here reading from his 1999 bestseller:<br />("As my days in captivity lengthened, the man whose example had led me to Vietnam stood at the summit of his long naval career...")'

Answer: John McCain


Question: '"Refrigerator" Perry'

Answer: William


Question: 'The Persian language as spoken in Iran is also called this'

Answer: Farsi


Question: 'Put on one of the records sax man Lester Young, known as "Prez", made with this singer, "Lady Day"'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Johannes Kepler became imperial mathematician to the Holy Roman Emperor in 1601 following this Dane's death'

Answer: Tycho Brahe


Question: 'From German words for "handle" & "broadaxe", it's the 15th century weapon seen here'

Answer: Halbard


Question: 'Novels by this Florida columnist/author include "Skin Tight", "Strip Tease" & "Sick Puppy"'

Answer: Carl Hiaasen


Question: '"Baby Doc" Duvalier'

Answer: Jean-Claude


Question: 'When Jacques Heim introduced this item of apparel in 1946, he called it the atome, for its tiny size'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'It was the first U.S. city to host a cow parade, hundreds of fiberglass cows by artists, placed around the city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: '"The Father of the Telegraph"'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'Time said tickets for the 1st critics' screening of this prequel were "More precious than a passport out of Kosovo"'

Answer: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace


Question: 'On Tisha B'Av, the 9th day of the month of Av, Jews observe the destruction of the first & second of these'

Answer: Temples


Question: 'The Kentucky Derby-winning jockey in 1878, or the president of the U.S. in 1978'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'An 1873 law states that this creature must appear on the reverse of all U.S. coins greater than 10 cents'

Answer: Eagle


Question: 'A competition for fishermen, knights or "Jeopardy!" contestants'

Answer: Tournament


Question: '"America's Oldest Teenager"'

Answer: Dick Clark


Question: 'Entertainment Weekly called this 1991 Billy Crystal film, "Dances With Cows"'

Answer: City Slickers


Question: 'Legend says he spent 98 days beneath a large bo tree, 49 to solve the riddle of suffering & 49 more to meditate'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'He's won the U.S Open on 3 surfaces: grass (1974), clay (1976) & hard courts (1978, 1982, 1983)'

Answer: JImmy Connors


Question: 'By federal law, all U.S. coins must bear this phrase which means "Out of many, one"'

Answer: E Pluribus Unum


Question: 'Mexican flat bread, or Steinbeck "flat"'

Answer: Tortilla


Question: 'Tuesday night's "Mr. Television"'

Answer: Milton Berle


Question: 'The New Yorker felt it had "A democratic right to expect bandages" in this 1999 horror flick'

Answer: The Mummy


Question: 'Among the 6 schools of philosophy of this religion are nyaya & yoga'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'He helped bring down Jim & Tammy Bakker, then got knocked off his own pulpit'

Answer: Jimmy Swaggart


Question: 'An "S" on a U.S. coin indicates that it was minted in this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'It follows talk & precedes trot'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Would-be assassin "Squeaky"'

Answer: Lynette Fromme


Question: '(Hi, I'm Garry Marshall.) I directed this 1990 movie that the New York Times said "Borrows a thing or two from Pygmalion....but has its own....wit"'

Answer: Pretty Woman


Question: 'The Japanese once worshiped their emperor as a descendant of Amaterasu Omikami. the top goddess in this religion'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'Bobby Kennedy was chief council of the Senate committee investigating David Beck & this man'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'It's the only presidential home currently on a U.S. coin'

Answer: Monticello (Thomas Jefferson\'s)


Question: 'Yugoslavia's Josip Broz, or Michael Jackson's brother Toriano'

Answer: Tito


Question: 'Aviator "The Red Baron"'

Answer: Manfred von Richthofen


Question: 'USA Today said that Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks "Should win a Nobel Prize for Chemistry" for this 1998 film'

Answer: You\'ve Got Mail


Question: 'The sister of Moses & Aaron, she was the first woman given the title of prophetess'

Answer: Miriam


Question: 'He was dyn-o-mite as mayor of New York from 1926 to 1932'

Answer: Jimmy Walker


Question: 'It's the only U.S. money on which you'll find a depiction of the White House'

Answer: $20 bill


Question: 'Cretaceous "king" of carnivores'

Answer: Tyrannosaurus Rex


Question: 'Some of the highest peaks in these mountains are Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa & the Matterhorn'

Answer: Alps


Question: 'A scout bee may use the "waggle" variety of this to inform others about the location of flowers'

Answer: Dance


Question: 'Mrs. Paul Newman'

Answer: Joanne Woodward


Question: 'We could listen to the 1888 suite named for this tale-spinner for "1001 Nights"'

Answer: Scheherazade


Question: 'Michael Connelly's "Angels Flight" is set in this city'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'The mother-daughter drama "Marriage Material" found a home in 1999 on this TV network'

Answer: Lifetime


Question: 'This "colorful" branch of the Nile suppiles about two-thirds of the river's water'

Answer: Blue Nile


Question: 'Of 1 MPH, 15 MPH or Mach 2, the flight speed of an average worker bee'

Answer: 15 MPH


Question: 'Mrs. Antonio Banderas'

Answer: Melanie Griffith


Question: 'Yes, my children, "Jeux D'Enfants" is a suite for piano by this composer of "Carmen"'

Answer: Georges Bizet


Question: 'In 1941 this mystery-solving character got his own "Mystery Magazine"'

Answer: Ellery Queen


Question: 'It's the feature illustrated here'

Answer: Lifeline


Question: 'Mainland Europe's only active volcano, it buried several Italian cities in 79 A.D.'

Answer: Mount Vesuvius


Question: 'The queen bee's basic duty, it happens 2,000 times a day during summer'

Answer: Laying eggs


Question: 'Mrs. David Duchovny'

Answer: Tea Leoni


Question: 'Ferde Grofe's "grandest" suite, it premiered in Chicago, not in Arizona'

Answer: Grand Canyon Suite


Question: 'In a 1950 Patricia Highsmith novel, strangers meet on one of these & plot to exchange murders'

Answer: Train ("Strangers on a Train")


Question: 'This type of "system" refers to space suits & scuba gear as well as medical devices like incubators'

Answer: Life support


Question: 'The Java or Sunda Trench contains this ocean's deepest point'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'These people had domesticated the bee as early as 3000 B.C.'

Answer: Egyptians


Question: 'Mrs. Ethan Hawke'

Answer: Uma Thurman


Question: 'This Norwegian's "Holberg Suite" isn't quite as famous as his "Peer Gynt" suite'

Answer: Edvard Grieg


Question: 'Here's this year's Sue Grafton clue:  the 14th book in her series was "'N' is for...." this'

Answer: Noose


Question: 'A character from this comic strip is seen here'

Answer: "Life In Hell"


Question: 'The African country once called Portuguese Guinea is known today by this hyphenated name'

Answer: Guinea-Bissau


Question: 'The cosmetics industry uses more of this product than any other industry, more than 1,000,000 pounds a year'

Answer: Beeswax


Question: 'Mrs. Mel Brooks'

Answer: Anne Bancroft


Question: 'Bela Bartok wrote his 1923 "Dance Suite" for the 50th anniversary of this city's unification'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'In 1999's "Havana Bay" he brings back his "Gorky Park" investigator Arkady Renko'

Answer: Martin Cruz Smith


Question: 'Book in which Twain wrote, "There was but one...ambition among my comrades...to be a steamboatman"'

Answer: Life on the Mississippi


Question: 'The painter who said, "Illness, madness and death were the dark angels who watched over my cradle"'

Answer: Edvard Munch


Question: 'Sikhism is a fusion of 2 other religions, Islamic Sufism & the Bhakti form of this religion'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Forest Whitaker & Clint Eastwood both won awards in 1988 for bringing this "flighty" jazzman to life'

Answer: Charlie "Bird" Parker


Question: '1 rover explored Mars' Bonneville Crater, named for a lake that once filled much of this state's NW corner'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'She's the fictional woman famous for her "Nursery Rhymes"'

Answer: Mother Goose


Question: 'The personal identification badge worn by many convention-goers'

Answer: a nametag


Question: 'Marco Polo was born in 1254 in this Italian city where his father Niccolo worked as a merchant'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'After cremation Sikh ashes are preferably scattered in one of the 7 sacred ones of these, like the Yamuna'

Answer: a river


Question: 'In 2004 he became the first to win the Palme d'Or for a documentary since Jacques Cousteau in 1956'

Answer: Michael Moore


Question: 'This NASA "Lab" based in Pasadena designed the rovers used on Mars'

Answer: JPL (Jet Propulsion Lab)


Question: 'Hey, Daddy-O, this "avian" coiffure was very popular in the 1950s'

Answer: a ducktail


Question: 'The principal character in opposition to a novel's hero'

Answer: an antagonist


Question: 'Some argued that Polo never went to China; he did omit mentioning this landmark some measure at 4,000 miles long'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'The Sikh Guru Nanak taught the singleness & unity of God, whom he represented by this mystic syllable'

Answer: om


Question: 'People were talking when Coppola won for this 1974 Gene Hackman movie where he listens to a murder plot'

Answer: The Conversation


Question: 'To cushion their landing, the Mars rovers had a covering of these safety devices, also found in autos'

Answer: air bags


Question: 'This 2-word term refers to a politician who has recently lost an election & is soon to leave office'

Answer: a lame duck


Question: 'A language of the Philippines & a people who speak it'

Answer: Tagalog


Question: 'In "Description of the World", Polo notes the then-startling use of this as fuel; he called it "black stones"'

Answer: coal


Question: 'The Sikh religion is centered in this northwest Indian state whose main cities include Ludhiana & Jalandhar'

Answer: Punjab


Question: 'Co-Palme d'Or winners in 1980 were "All That Jazz" by Bob Fosse & "Kagemusha" by this man'

Answer: Kurosawa


Question: 'Some of the rover mission's payload was supplied by the NBI, an institute named for this Danish physicist'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'Stechschritt in German, this style of army marching has been used since the time of Frederick the Great'

Answer: goose-stepping


Question: 'To become foul or stale through not flowing or moving'

Answer: stagnate (stagnant accepted)


Question: 'On his deathbed Polo is famously said to have stated, "I did not tell" this much "of what I saw"'

Answer: the half


Question: 'At this "colorful" shrine, Sikhs bathe in the Amrita Saras--the pool of immortality--for purification'

Answer: the Golden Temple


Question: 'The first festival in 1946 screened "The Lost Weekend" directed by this man'

Answer: Billy Wilder


Question: 'Each Mars rover is more than 17 times as heavy as this Pathfinder rover that landed on Mars in 1997'

Answer: Sojourner


Question: 'The down of this large sea duck, Somateria mollissima, is used as warm filling in jackets, pillows & quilts'

Answer: eider


Question: 'It's the 2-dimentional figure seen here'

Answer: a heptagon


Question: 'In the 1270s the Polo family hit this city to pick up oil from the Holy Sepulchre to bring to Asia'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Picture that... Anthro 2050 is an introduction to the hieroglyphs of this American Indian people of Guatemala'

Answer: the Mayans


Question: 'He wrote the 2005 memoir "Dean & Me (A Love Story)"'

Answer: Jerry Lewis


Question: 'The Supreme Court in Clinton v. Jones declared a "___ing president" is not immune from lawsuits'

Answer: sitting


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institue for Deaf & Blind.)  The Silent Warrior deaf football team uses a bass drum in place of this 4-letter word that signals the snap'

Answer: hike


Question: 'A Shavian isn't a clean-shaven man; it's a devotee of this bearded playwright'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'A verdant one of "The few, the proud..."'

Answer: a green Marine


Question: 'English 115b takes us to the 1390s in a study of this "most famous work of English literature before Shakespeare"'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'In 2005 this actress was very supportive in her roles in "Capote" and "The 40 Year Old Virgin"'

Answer: Catherine Keener


Question: '"Chopsocko U.S. bow for Sony's fantasy" wrote Daily Variety of "___ing Tiger, Hidden Dragon"'

Answer: Crouching


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.)  On the campus named for this remarkable woman, a statue is signing the word for blind while reading the word for deaf'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'Type of poetry that's the literal translation of the French term "vers libre"'

Answer: free verse


Question: 'A larger firing lever on a gun'

Answer: a bigger trigger


Question: 'I look forward to Comparitive Lit 153, a course dedicated to this author, & to re-reading his "Humboldt's Gift"'

Answer: Saul Bellow


Question: 'This "monetary" rapper says the guy who shot him 9 times was like a basketball player with fancy moves who can't finish'

Answer: 50 Cent


Question: 'In "The Federalist" Alexander Hamilton said that "___ing armies" threaten domestic liberty'

Answer: standing


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.)  Students at Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind have talking computers & these note-taking writers named for a famous Frenchman'

Answer: Braille writers


Question: 'It's the 5-syllable adjective for a novel, such as "Clarissa", that's written in the form of letters'

Answer: epistolary


Question: 'A long defensive ditch near the Marne'

Answer: a French trench


Question: 'Phys. 287a, "Intro. to" this recent theory, delves into "perturbative formulation of... eleven-dimensional supergravity"'

Answer: string theory


Question: 'In 1993 this E Street Band drummer became the bandleader on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"'

Answer: Max Weinberg


Question: 'The Gospel according to Mark has a leper ___ing as he beseeches Jesus to make him clean'

Answer: kneeling


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.)  Blind students learn hands-on about animals with help from this science, which is Greek for "arrangement of skin"'

Answer: taxidermy


Question: 'Edmund Spenser coined the term prothalamion for a poem that celebrates the impending one of these events'

Answer: a wedding


Question: 'An over-excited hidden sharpshooter'

Answer: a hyper sniper


Question: 'Government 90pk examines the philosophy of this man; I already have my copy of "Leviathan"'

Answer: Thomas Hobbes


Question: 'Ernest was the real first name of this bandleader & mambo king who died in 2000'

Answer: Tito Puente


Question: 'In 1986 Amsterdam passed a law about abandoned premises to address the longtime issue of ___ing'

Answer: squatting


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind.)  This youthful soul gospel group was formed at what's now Alabama Institute for Deaf & Blind in 1939 & original members still perform together in the 21st century'

Answer: The Blind Boys of Alabama


Question: 'Popular in Victorian England, the stories known as "penny" these were just as sensational as dime novels'

Answer: dreadfuls


Question: 'A general-purpose vehicle on an almost vertical slope'

Answer: a steep Jeep


Question: 'Opened in 2002 in Lower Manhattan, a memorial to this 1845-1849 tragedy used Kilkenny limestone'

Answer: the Great Potato Famine in Ireland


Question: 'Laws of 1911 & 1949 left this upper house of Parliament with only delaying powers'

Answer: House of Lords