Question: 'One of Marie Osmond's "favorite things" was playing Maria von Trapp in a national tour of this musical'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'Since 1909 his head has appeared on billions & billions of pennies'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'In 1730 he became sole owner of the Pennsylvania Gazette; he also printed it & wrote much of it himself'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'This assassin's 3rd, 4th & 5th vertebrae aren't in a Baltimore cemetery; they're at the National Museum of Health & Medicine'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'Chinese for "Buddha" (it's not fe, fi or fum)'

Answer: fo


Question: 'Carpenters in this colony's city of Savannah went on strike in 1746 for better working conditions'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'In "You're AaGood Man, Charlie Brown", this kid famous for his security blanket sings "My Blanket And Me"'

Answer: Linus


Question: 'According to its website, this chain serves more than a billion "finger lickin' good" chicken dinners annually'

Answer: Kentucky Fried Chicken


Question: 'Born in Philadelphia in 1901, she would later graduate from Barnard & spend some time in Samoa'

Answer: Margaret Mead


Question: 'An American urologist is said to own a very important part of this French leader who died on May 5, 1821'

Answer: Napoleon


Question:
'It's a bird!
It's a plane!
It's Superego & his sidekick, Ego, suppressing this'

Answer: Id


Question: 'The second of these legislatures drew up the Articles of Confederation'

Answer: the Continental Congress


Question: 'Chip is a chip off the old teapot in this musical based on a Disney film'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: 'Forbes magazine has estimated that this comic book boy is "worth" $24.7 billion'

Answer: Richie Rich


Question: 'After the White House, he retired to his Lancaster estate, where he died a bachelor in 1868'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'This lord protector's body was once buried in Westminster Abbey; it's believed his head is buried in Cambridge'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'A prefix meaning "out of", or informally, your former spouse'

Answer: ex


Question: 'For "traducing the ministers", Anne Hutchinson was among the first to be "banned in" this capital'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This Mark Twain tale about a rich kid & a poor kid who trade places inspired a musical that opened off Broadway in 2002'

Answer: The Prince and the Pauper


Question: 'The only event the Time Almanac has listed under 4.5 billion B.C. is this "formed"'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'Over 15 years, he created more than 200 paintings & drawings of his Chadds Ford neighbor Helga Testorf'

Answer: (Andrew) Wyeth


Question: 'General Lee said, "He has lost his left arm" (which was buried in Ellwood, Virginia) "but I have lost my right arm"'

Answer: Stonewall Jackson


Question: 'It's the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet, which is very old'

Answer: nu


Question: 'This alliterative name was given to the 1644 union of 4 Rhode Island towns'

Answer: Providence Plantations


Question: 'This fictional girl known for her red braids that stick out & her unusual legwear has her own "pip" of a musical'

Answer: Pippi Longstocking


Question: 'This eccentric billionaire formed an aircraft company in 1934 to design racers'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'Before he was "in control" as Secretary of State, he was senior military adviser to Henry Kissinger'

Answer: Alexander Haig


Question: 'P.T. Barnum didn't have this actress' leg to stand on when she refused his $10,000 offer for it'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'This Italian river begins near Mount Viso'

Answer: Po


Question: 'You'll find whaleboats not only in his masterpiece but also in his story "Benito Cereno" & his novel "Mardi"'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'ABC reality show in which celebs like Wayne Newton & Jennie Garth cha cha & waltz with the Confederate flag'

Answer: Dancing with the Stars & Bars


Question: 'In 1999 Thabo Mbeki became this country's democratically elected president'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Deployed in 1955, the MiG-19 was this nation's first supersonic jet fighter'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'This large bee of the genus Bombus can range from Tierra del Fuego in South America to far beyond the Arctic Circle'

Answer: the bumblebee


Question: 'Any insect of the order Coleoptera'

Answer: B-E-E-T-L-E


Question: 'In "Uncle Tom's Cabin", St. Clare, Tom's master, is killed; Tom is then sold to this brutal, drunken planter'

Answer: Simon Legree


Question: 'Jack Bauer saddles up & joins 3 friends bringing about the end of the world'

Answer: 24 Horsemen of the Apocalypse


Question: 'This large country is alphabetically first of the countries in Africa'

Answer: Algeria


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the LBJ Library & Museum in Austin, TX.) LBJ was the first congressman to enter active duty during WWII, & his library proudly displays the Silver Star given to him by this Pacific Theater commander'

Answer: (Douglas) MacArthur


Question: 'This carnivore's scientific name is Ursus maritimus'

Answer: the polar bear


Question: 'Monk-theologian invariably described as "the Venerable"'

Answer: B-E-D-E


Question: 'In Pedro Antonio de Alarcon's "The Three-Cornered" this, a miller thinks his wife is having an affair with the mayor'

Answer: hat


Question: 'Who knew that David Caruso & crew were members of this NFL football team'

Answer: CSI: Miami Dolphins


Question: 'Bioko, an island of this "equatorial" African republic, was once known as Fernando Poo'

Answer: Equatorial Guinea


Question: 'The snowy species of this nocturnal bird of prey makes its nest on the ground, lining it with moss & feathers'

Answer: a snowy owl


Question: 'The big beast in Job 40:15-24'

Answer: B-E-H-E-M-O-T-H


Question: 'The last name of the title character of this Thomas Hardy novel is actually Durbeyfield'

Answer: Tess of the d\'Urbervilles


Question: 'Mr. Belushi & the 3 kids ditch ABC to enact discriminatory & segregationist policies'

Answer: According to Jim Crow Laws


Question: 'The capital city of this Horn of Africa nation has the same name as the country'

Answer: Djibouti


Question: 'Alaska pipelines were constructed so as to allow this arctic deer unimpeded passage to feeding grounds'

Answer: caribou


Question: 'A doughnut-like treat from New Orleans' Cafe du Monde'

Answer: B-E-I-G-N-E-T


Question: 'For 14 years, the Abbe Faria was his fellow prisoner in the Chateau d'If'

Answer: Edmond Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'Watch as chef Gordon Ramsey uses a few choice words on Pres. Andrew Jackson's unofficial advisers'

Answer: Hell\'s Kitchen Cabinet


Question: 'Festus Mogae is the president of this landlocked African republic once known as Bechuanaland'

Answer: Botswana


Question: 'Greenland right whales have the longest of these thin plates of any whale; they may reach 13 feet'

Answer: baleen


Question: '"Borstal Boy" playwright Brendan'

Answer: B-E-H-A-N


Question: 'It's from the Latin for "hemp" because it was often made of hemp; add a letter & it means to take a survey'

Answer: canvas


Question: 'Elizabeth Barton, who condemned this king's relationship with Anne Boleyn, was condemned & executed in 1534'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'After "Perry Mason" was canceled, Raymond Burr returned as this wheelchair-bound detective'

Answer: "Ironside"


Question: 'In the 1930s Carroll F. Chatham invented a process to create these green gems artificially'

Answer: Emeralds


Question: 'The Great Saint Bernard & Little Saint Bernard passes traverse these mountains'

Answer: The Alps


Question: 'From 1884 to 1888 the Trolley Dodgers played for this city, now a New York borough'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'You don't have to be nosy to know "Jeopardy!" is taped at this studio'

Answer: Sony (Nosy)


Question: 'Saint Hyacinth, whose uncle was the bishop of Krakow, is the apostle of this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'In the 1995 miniseries "Buffalo Girls", Anjelica Huston played this notorious frontierswoman'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: 'This highly prized form of corundum gets its red color from minute amounts of chromium'

Answer: Rubies


Question: 'At its narrowest point, this strait separates Europe from Africa by about 8 miles'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'In 1903 the Baltimore Orioles became the New York Highlanders; in 1913 they became this team'

Answer: New York Yankees


Question: 'Apes might enjoy eating these legumes'

Answer: Peas (Apes)


Question: 'During WWI this future president of Vietnam worked at the Carlton Hotel in London'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'Before heading a "Dynasty", he played professor Mike Endicott on "To Rome With Love"'

Answer: John Forsythe


Question: 'The waters north of Australia yield large silver-white ones of these'

Answer: Pearls


Question: 'This Icelandic capital is located on a bay called Faxafloi'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'In 1944-45 a Philadelphia team was named this; today it's the name of Toronto's team'

Answer: Blue Jays


Question: 'Lois painted a lovely picture of this barnyard structure in oils'

Answer: Silo (Lois & Oils)


Question: '"Aut Caesar Aut Nihil" --- "Either Caesar or Nothing"  --  was a motto used by Cesare of this notorious family'

Answer: The Borgias


Question: 'From 1982 to 1985 Julia Louis-Dreyfus was one of the regulars on this comedy show'

Answer: "Saturday Night Live"


Question: 'Alexandrite & this "feline" gemstone are varieties of the same mineral'

Answer: Cat\'s Eye


Question: 'These mountains form a natural barrier between Spain & France'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question: 'In 1890 this city had a team called the Bisons; a little redundant, don't you think?'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'It's a snap to wash these items of cookware if they're non-stick'

Answer: Pans (Snap)


Question: 'A national hero for his defense of Mafeking during the Boer War, he later founded the Boy Scouts'

Answer: Robert Baden-Powell


Question: 'In 1995 Kristy McNichol, who flew the coop from this sitcom, returned for the final episode'

Answer: "Empty Nest"


Question: 'These October birthstones may lose their color & crack if allowed to dry out'

Answer: Opals


Question: 'Yding Skovhoj, Denmark's highest point, is located on this peninsula'

Answer: Jutland


Question: 'This city's 19th C. teams included the Eclipse & the Colonels, but not the Sluggers'

Answer: Louisville


Question: 'The name of this Canadian province is an anagram of "main boat"'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: 'He ran for a U.S. Senate seat in 1964 & 1970 before winning one in 1974'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'It's the kind of meat you need to make schweineschnitzel'

Answer: Pork


Question: 'On March 20, 1969, he married Yoko Ono in the registrar's office in Gibraltar'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'Senator & Mrs. Bird aid Eliza as she flees the Shelby estate in this Harriet Beecher Stowe novel'

Answer: "Uncle Tom\'s Cabin"


Question: 'The Jewish sabbath begins at sunset on this day'

Answer: Friday


Question: 'This literary count was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana, the estate where he lived most of his life'

Answer: Leo Tolstoy


Question: 'This astronaut who died in the Apollo 1 fire was the subject of "Starfall", co-written by his wife Betsy'

Answer: Virgil "Gus" Grissom


Question: 'You'll need a pound of these spears to make the soup known as spargelsuppe'

Answer: Asparagus


Question: 'Before "It's Not Unusual" became a major hit, he performed under the name "Tiger Tom"'

Answer: Tom Jones


Question: 'This Gore Vidal transsexual protagonist's original first name was Myron'

Answer: Myra Breckenridge


Question: 'Gandhi said, "Hinduism will live so long as there are Hindus to protect" this animal'

Answer: Cattle/Cows


Question: 'Count Andrassy helped arrange the Compromise of 1867, which created this dual monarchy'

Answer: Austria-Hungary


Question: 'In "Apollo 13" Tom Hanks portrays this astronaut'

Answer: Jim Lovell


Question: 'Gerostete Austern are these mollusks roasted & served on the half shell'

Answer: Oysters


Question: 'In 1962 this trumpeter & Jerry Moss founded A&M Records'

Answer: Herb Alpert


Question: 'In her "The Bell Jar", Doreen is picked up by Lenny Shepherd, a New York disk jockey'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'His enlightenment has been dated to around 528 B.C. after a 7-week stay under the bodhi tree'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Count Bernadotte, a diplomat & nephew of this country's King Gustav V, was assassinated in 1948'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Buzz Aldrin left NASA in 1971 & became commander of the test pilot school at this California air force base'

Answer: Edwards AFB


Question: 'Kase is this dairy product, an essential ingredient in the dish known as kasespatzle'

Answer: Cheese


Question: 'CCR's 1969 hit "Proud Mary" was written by this man, the group's lead vocalist'

Answer: John Fogerty


Question: 'Blackmailer Arthur Geiger is murdered in this author's "The Big Sleep"'

Answer: Raymond Chandler


Question: 'Methodist John Wesley was adamant about not breaking away from this church'

Answer: Church of England


Question: 'This inventor of the first electric battery also discovered & isolated methane gas'

Answer: Alessandro Volta


Question: 'In 1981, on the Soyuz 40 mission, Dumitru Prunariu became the first person from this country in space'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'The name of hasenohren, which are deep-fried pastries, means this animals' ears'

Answer: Rabbits


Question: '"Everybody's Talkin'", the theme to "Midnight Cowboy", was his first Top 10 hit'

Answer: Harry Nilsson


Question: 'Clif Clawson is the medical school roommate of this Sinclair Lewis title character'

Answer: "Arrowsmith"


Question: 'According to the first Vatican Council, when the Pope speaks this way, he's infallible'

Answer: Ex Cathedra


Question: 'This Polish count distinguished himself at the 1777 Battle of Brandywine'

Answer: Casimir Pulaski


Question: 'At a May 1995 auction, a painting by her sold for $3.2 million, barely topping one by her husband'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


Question: 'After years of construction, this canal finally opened for business August 15, 1914'

Answer: Panama Canal


Question: 'Examples of this July birthstone found in Sri Lanka are typically a pale shade of red'

Answer: Ruby


Question: 'In 1930, 2 years after divorcing Archibald Christie, she married archaeologist Max Mallowan'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: '"Living In America" from "Rocky IV" helped revive the career of this "Soul Brother Number One"'

Answer: James Brown


Question: 'This soft drink company once owned "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'This tall bird is the only living land animal that has larger eyes than the horse'

Answer: Ostrich


Question: 'In 1794 this hero of Trafalgar lost the sight in his right eye due to a wound suffered while taking Calvi, Corsica'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'The best tiger's-eye comes from Griqualand West in this country also known for its diamonds'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'She wrote "Sense and Sensibility", "Pride and Prejudice" & "Northhanger Abbey" between 1795 & 1798'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'Funk major Robert Bell is better known by this name, especially when working with "The Gang"'

Answer: Kool


Question: 'In the 1980s it adopted the slogan "We Run the Tightest Ship in the Shipping Business"'

Answer: United Parcel Service (UPS)


Question: 'Name shared by a complete turn performed by a horse in dressage & a turn performed by a ballerina'

Answer: Pirouette


Question: 'Around 1605 Dutchman Willem Jansz became the first European to sight this continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This violet quartz gem was one of the most precious until large deposits were found in South America'

Answer: Amethyst


Question: 'In 1969 & 1970 this "Andromeda Strain" author was a fellow at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'She sang her hit song "Think" in 1980's "The Blues Brothers Movie"'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'It was the official airline of the 1996 Summer Olympics'

Answer: Delta Airlines


Question: 'Racing fans know this date is a racehorse's official birthdate'

Answer: January 1


Question: 'In February 1825 this "liberator" was elected president of Peru'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'When this kind of opal is red, it's also known as cherry opal'

Answer: Fire Opal


Question: 'The Burr Oak, Iowa hotel in which this "Little House on the Prairie" author briefly lived is a museum'

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder


Question: 'He was a disc jockey on San Francisco's soul station KSOL before teaming on records with the Family Stone'

Answer: Sly


Question: 'He's the T of TBS'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'This 2-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse in a harness race has a "moody" name'

Answer: Sulky


Question: 'Founded in 1933, this Spanish political party was named for a Greek military formation'

Answer: Falange


Question: 'Because of its resemblance to another golden gem, citrine is nicknamed "false" this'

Answer: Topaz


Question: 'This author of "She" was an advisor to the British government on agriculture'

Answer: H. Rider Haggard


Question: 'David Ritz' "Divided Soul" is a biography of this "Sexual Healing" singer'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: 'This papermaker owns or controls 6.2 million acres of woods in the U.S. & Canada'

Answer: Georgia-Pacific


Question: 'It's the native country of the Connemara pony, an excellent jumper'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'This name of one of the low countries means "low country"'

Answer: Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'In 1996 this star of "The Net" snagged the role of an ambitious law student in "A Time to Kill"'

Answer: Sandra Bullock


Question: 'In 1986 it was discovered that this comet's nucleus was about 9 miles long & about 5 miles across'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'In his 1913 inaugural address he said, "The firm basis of government is justice, not pity"'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Alpo sponsors annual international races for these vehicles each January in Saranac Lake, N.Y.'

Answer: Dogsleds


Question: '"Never marry for" this; "ye'll borrow it cheaper"'

Answer: Money


Question: 'Often slathered with mayonnaise, this dish called frites is a Belgian favorite'

Answer: French Fries


Question: 'She studied mime in Paris & danced at the Opera Comique before starring in films like "Blue Sky" & "Tootsie"'

Answer: Jessica Lange


Question: 'It's the completely darkened phase of the moon'

Answer: New Moon


Question: 'In January 1961 this Republican took his seat as a Congressman from Kansas' 6th district'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'The Jackson Hole Shootout in this state features a stagecoach robbery reenactment'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: '"Fields have eyes and woods have" these; "walls have" them, too'

Answer: Ears


Question: 'In 1995 Dutch peacekeeping troops were taken hostage at Srebrenica in this country'

Answer: Bosnia


Question: 'In 1981 she left the cast of "Barnum" to star in her first film, "The World According to Garp"'

Answer: Glenn Close


Question: 'In the early 17th century this German discovered that the planets orbit the sun in ellipses'

Answer: Johannes Kepler


Question: 'In 1993 the Senate confirmed him as the first black Secretary of Agriculture'

Answer: Mike Espy


Question: 'Tofino in this Canadian province celebrates the migration of whales during its Pacific Rim Whale Festival'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: '"Punctuality is" this "of business" as "brevity" is this "of wit"'

Answer: The soul


Question: '"We Wish to Remain What We Are" is a national motto of this smallest low country'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'For a time this star of "Beaches" & "Hannah And Her Sisters" went by the last name of Seagull'

Answer: Barbara Hershey


Question: 'A line drawn from Merak to Dubhe in this constellation points to Polaris, the North Star'

Answer: Ursa Major


Question: 'On April 6, 1841, 1 month after being sworn in as vice president, he took the presidential oath of office'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Annual events in this state include the Wild Horse Stampede in Wolf Point & the horse show in Missoula'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'It specifically "tries truth" as well as generally "tries all things"'

Answer: time


Question: 'The Concertgebouw, or concert hall, in this capital city is known for its superb acoustics'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'This actress who swam the "Sea of Love" with Al Pacino was once married to Gabriel Byrne'

Answer: Ellen Barkin


Question: 'At -235 degrees C. the surface of this planet's moon Triton is the coldest known place in the Solar System'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'This 1964 GOP vice presidential nominee  helped prosecute German war criminals at the Nuremberg trials'

Answer: Bill Miller


Question: 'Every August, Gresham, Oregon holds a jazz festival named for this mountain'

Answer: Mount Hood


Question: 'This proverb sometimes ends, "The fewer the better fare"'

Answer: The more, the merrier


Question: 'In 1815 he was appointed Surveyor General of Roads in Bristol, England'

Answer: Sir John MacAdam


Question: 'This novel's widowed lawyer Atticus Finch had served in the state legislature'

Answer: "To Kill a Mockingbird"


Question: 'A martini is usually garnished with an olive; a Gibson is garnished with one of these'

Answer: onion


Question: 'His grandfather had been VP, but Adlai Stevenson lost 2 presidential elections to this man'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'Florence Nightingale was born in this Italian city in 1820'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'I believe this "Baywatch" star sang "I Believe" with Laura Branigan on his "Looking for the Best" album'

Answer: David Hasselhoff


Question: 'The study of God<br />(8)'

Answer: theology


Question: 'It's the pale dry sherry in the title of an 1846 Edgar Allan Poe tale'

Answer: Amontillado


Question: 'Last name of the partner of vermouth maker Alessandro Martini, or of comedy maker Marty Allen'

Answer: Rossi


Question: 'This former U.S. president led a scientific expedition into the Amazon jungle in 1914'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Shortly after birth, the placenta, also called this, is expelled from the uterus'

Answer: afterbirth


Question: '"Till I Loved You", her hit song with Don Johnson, was written for the musical concept album "Goya...A Life in Song"'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Trinidad's partner<br />(6)'

Answer: Tobago


Question: 'This 19th century female character "raised a great scandal in godly master Dimmesdale's church"'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'Used in the classic martini, it bills itself as "The Only Premium Gin Distilled in London"'

Answer: Beefeater


Question: 'In the presidential election of 1800, Alexander Hamilton supported Charles Pinckney over this incumbent'

Answer: John Adams


Question: '"What can you say about a 25-year-old girl?" is the first line of this love story by Erich Segal'

Answer: "Love Story"


Question: 'This pop princess recorded "Where You Are" with her real-life beau, Nick Lachey of 98 Degrees'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'Pumba's pal<br />(5)'

Answer: Timon


Question: 'This 1925 Anita Loos book was subtitled "The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady"'

Answer: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"


Question: 'In this first Bond novel, 007 asks for his martini shaken, not stirred'

Answer: "Casino Royale"


Question: 'The economic panic of 1893 hit shortly after he returned as the nation's 24th president'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Kodiak Island is the habitat of this type of bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi'

Answer: Kodiak bear


Question: 'It's easy to love "Easy Lover", Philip Bailey's 1984 duet with him'

Answer: Phil Collins


Question: 'Italian dessert "trifle"<br />(8)'

Answer: tiramisu


Question: 'This 15-year-old E.L. Doctorow high school dropout joins gangster Dutch Schultz' mob'

Answer: Billy Bathgate


Question: 'Lola's, the bar that gave us the apple martini, came up with the Janis Joplin martini: Pearl vodka & this potent potable'

Answer: Southern Comfort


Question: 'In 1824 Sarah Childress married this future president'

Answer: James K. Polk


Question: 'Extra atoms of this element are pumped into unsaturated oil to make hydrogenated fat'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: '"All of You" should know that this Madrileno sang "All of You" with Diana Ross'

Answer: Julio Iglesias


Question: 'Sholem Aleichem's dairyman<br />(5)'

Answer: Tevye


Question: 'This man whose name gave us the electrical current unit called an amp got a bad shock when his father was guillotined'

Answer: Andre-Marie Ampere


Question:
'"Jackie Brown",
"Reservoir Dogs",
"Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: Quentin Tarantino


Question: 'Shakira sings of "The Joy of" this cola'

Answer: Pepsi


Question: 'Her portrayal of Jeannie inspired a 2001 Barbie doll'

Answer: Barbara Eden


Question: 'It's the alliterative name of Robin Hood's legendary band of outlaws'

Answer: Merry Men


Question: 'The Hanshin Expressway, a major road between Kobe & this port city, collapsed in a 1995 earthquake'

Answer: Osaka


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Johnson Space Center in Houston)  Astronauts trained in neutral buoyancy to prepare for a mission to service this object's 94-inch mirrors'

Answer: Hubble Space Telescope


Question:
'"1941",
"Duel",
"Amistad"'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'This company's "Natural Soda" line includes such flavors as Kiwi strawberry & cherry vanilla cream'

Answer: Hansen\'s


Question: 'John Steinbeck was taken to Trask for this 1952 novel'

Answer: "East of Eden"


Question: '10 members of his band, including 2 of his sons, were killed in the battle for Harpers Ferry'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'The queen of England probably didn't use the dart in the map trick to make this city a capital in 1857'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'This last name of French thinker Blaise is on a theorem, a law & a triangle'

Answer: Pascal


Question:
'"Kafka",
"Full Frontal",
"Ocean's Eleven"'

Answer: Steven Soderbergh


Question: 'With Prohibition coming, IBC began making this in 1919, & it still sells it in the same brown bottles'

Answer: root beer


Question: 'Jaap Eden of the Netherlands was a champ in this sport 100 years before Dan Jansen'

Answer: speed skating


Question: 'In 1877 he led his band of Nez Perce on a valiant march & almost made it to Canada'

Answer: Chief Joseph


Question: 'This city is home to the Kon-Tiki Museum & a royal palace'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'Among chemical elements, Es is Einsteinium; Bh is this element'

Answer: Bohrium (for Niels Bohr)


Question:
'"Repulsion",
"Tess",
"Chinatown"'

Answer: Roman Polanski


Question: 'You don't need a medical degree to try the Red Fusion flavor it introduced in 2002'

Answer: Dr. Pepper


Question: 'Anthony Eden made his mark as British PM when he attacked this country in 1956'

Answer: Egypt (over the Suez Canal)


Question: 'In 1751 Robert Clive's small band of Brits defeated the French in this country, later part of the empire'

Answer: India


Question: 'This Ukranian port was the scene of the Potemkin Mutiny in 1905'

Answer: Odessa


Question: 'A brain disease is named for Hans Creutzfeldt & this man who also described it around 1920'

Answer: Alfons Jakob


Question:
'"Ragtime",
"Amadeus",
"Man on the Moon"'

Answer: Milos Forman


Question: 'The people who make Mountain Dew also have Sierra this'

Answer: Sierra Mist


Question: 'His book on the evolution of the human brain is called "The Dragons of Eden"'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'This 16th C. explorer whose name means "head of a cow" led a small band of men from Florida to Mexico'

Answer: Cabeza de Vaca


Question: 'Italian town that completes the title of Horace Walpole's classic Gothic novel "The Castle of..."'

Answer: Otranto


Question: 'In 2002 Christie's auctioned off his own account of his 48-day journey & his coconut cup with the date April 1789 on it'

Answer: Captain William Bligh (after he got bounced off the Bounty)


Question: 'In July 1861 Washingtonians packed picnic lunches & headed over to watch this first big battle of the war'

Answer: Bull Run


Question: 'In the 1994 film "North", Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Jason Alexander of this TV series played North's mom & dad'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'Its ring system is more than 170,000 miles in diameter, but only about a mile thick'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'The first through tenth Constitutional amendments'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'Much lounging is done on this vinyl-covered fabric named for Naugatuck, Connecticut'

Answer: Naugahyde


Question: 'Good eatin'--this lizard seen here is a popular Latin American delicacy'

Answer: an iguana


Question: 'Though it went into effect January 1, 1863, no slaves were legally freed because of it'

Answer: Emancipation Proclamation


Question: 'Actress seen here with her good friend Madonna in a 1992 film'

Answer: Rosie O\'Donnell (A League of Their Own)


Question: 'Its mass is more than twice the mass of all the other planets combined'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'If a doctor can't find anything wrong with you, you have a clean one'

Answer: a bill of health


Question: 'The primo cocktail of the cocktail nation is this one favored by James Bond'

Answer: a martini


Question: 'These large lizards have been known to overpower small deer & wild pigs'

Answer: a komodo dragon


Question: 'These 2 major figures, an author & an abolitionist, were both named Harriet'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe & Harriet Tubman


Question: 'This former TV angel played Robert Duvall's not so angelic wife in "The Apostle"'

Answer: Farrah Fawcett


Question: 'Planet whose landscape is seen here'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'A menu is also known as this'

Answer: a bill of fare


Question:
'You can't go wrong if you make this man your model of style & demeanour:

"The last thing I need is a dame around me who says she's my wife.  You know how I operate."'

Answer: Dean Martin


Question: 'This noisy lizard's name sounds like the slimy Michael Douglas character in the movie "Wall Street"'

Answer: a gecko


Question: 'After raising the Merrimack, the Confederates renamed it this, for the state near where it was sunk'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This father & daughter were both nominated for Oscars for a 1981 film; Dad won'

Answer: Henry & Jane Fonda (On Golden Pond)


Question: 'Since its 1846 discovery, this planet has yet to complete one trip around the sun'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'It's proof you bought what you paid for'

Answer: a bill of sale


Question: '1996 film that popularized lines like "You're money, baby"'

Answer: Swingers


Question: 'Because of its ability seen here, the basilisk lizard of South America is also known by this religious name'

Answer: the Jesus Christ lizard


Question: 'The first state to secede, its population was 57% black'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'This movie based on a Philip Roth novella gave Richard Benjamin & Ali McGraw their first leading roles on film'

Answer: Goodbye, Columbus


Question: 'Due to the greenhouse effect, this planet's surface reaches almost 900 degrees'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'The Beatles asked him "What did you kill?"'

Answer: Bungalow Bill


Question: 'With hits like "Somewhere My Love", this bandleader brought a "Ray" of light to '60s lounge'

Answer: Ray Conniff


Question: 'Shattering news!  It's the type of lizard seen here'

Answer: the glass lizard


Question: 'This "Speed" star was born in Beirut, Lebanon to an English mother & a Chinese-Hawaiian father'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'His "Eroica" symphony was dedicated to his patron Prince Lobkowitz, not Napoleon as first intended'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: '"These Friends of Mine" was the original title of this DeGeneres sitcom'

Answer: Ellen


Question: 'The Dogon supposedly have remarkable knowledge in this field, including the existence of Sirius B'

Answer: Astronomy


Question: 'Jonson's<br />quills'

Answer: Ben\'s pens


Question: 'The conspirators against this man were wounded by each other while they stabbed at him'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Quelle Surprise!  Yo-Yo Ma & Kathie Lee Gifford were both born in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: '1742 oratorio featuring such choruses as "And he shall purify" & "He hath borne our griefs"'

Answer: The Messiah


Question: 'FOX show that boosted the careers of the Wayans Family, Jamie Foxx & Jim Carrey'

Answer: In Living Color


Question: 'Quarried from the desert, it's been used as currency by Ethiopians, presumably not in shakers'

Answer: salt


Question: 'Geoffrey's<br />cup holders'

Answer: Chaucer\'s saucers


Question: 'This ruler's public dress, halfway between Persian & Macedonian, ticked off the Macedonians'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'TV's Alice Kramden, she was born in Wu Chang, China'

Answer: Audrey Meadows


Question: 'After writing this 1829 opera, Rossini wrote less than a half dozen more works the last 39 years of his life'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'For the Flintstones, it's Barney Rubble; for the Simpsons, it's the sanctimonious Ned Flanders'

Answer: Neighbors


Question: 'The Mbuti of the Congo are the best-known group of these short statured people'

Answer: Pygmies


Question: 'Robert's<br />expenses'

Answer: Frost\'s costs


Question: 'Antony liked to wear his tunic low on his hips as he fancied himself looking like & related to this strong demi-god'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Famous sons of this Minnesota city where Bob Dylan grew up are Vincent Bugliosi & Roger Maris'

Answer: Hibbing


Question: 'From 1933 to 1935, he served as president of Germany's Reichmusikkammer, or chamber of state music'

Answer: Richard Strauss


Question: 'This "All In The Family" producer also developed "All's Fair", about lovers with political differences'

Answer: Norman Lear


Question: 'Numbering roughly 5 million, they're the descendants of early Egyptian Christians'

Answer: Copts (Coptic Church)


Question: 'Hughes'<br />sneakers'

Answer: Ted\'s Keds


Question: 'Plutarch drew a parallel between Poplicola & this famous lawgiver'

Answer: Solon


Question: 'This glamourous blonde star of 1936's "My Man Godfrey" was born Jane Alice Peters in Fort Wayne, Indiana'

Answer: Carole Lombard


Question: 'It's the von Suppe "military" overture heard here'

Answer: The Light Cavalry Overture


Question: 'Hail!  In the '50s Mel Brooks, Woody Allen & Neil Simon all wrote for "Your Show Of Shows", starring this man'

Answer: Sid Caesar


Question: 'Mount Kenya is in the heart of the homeland of this largest ethnic group in Kenya'

Answer: Kikuyu


Question: 'Edmund's <br />incense burners'

Answer: Spencer\'s censers


Question: 'Discovered by a student, the largest known one of these fills as many pages as a good-sized novel'

Answer: The World\'s Largest Prime Number


Question: 'Matthew 10:2 tells us that Jesus recruited this many apostles'

Answer: 12


Question: '"Grey's Anatomy"'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Taking a life through criminal negligence would likely carry a charge of involuntary this'

Answer: manslaughter


Question: 'A special flower for April, it can be oxeye or shasta'

Answer: a daisy


Question:
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a restaurant in Peru.)
This appetizer of raw fish marinated in citrus juice is found in nearly every restaurant; the liquid is called tiger's milk and is a delicacy on its own'

Answer: ceviche


Question: 'He has represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate since 1981'

Answer: (Christopher) Dodd


Question: 'The first word in I Chronicles is this man first mentioned in Genesis 2:19'

Answer: Adam


Question: '"Laverne & Shirley", originally'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'In England, criminals call one of these a "Z-Car"; we often call them "Black & Whites"'

Answer: a police car


Question: 'Contrary to its name, this yellow mustard brand introduced in 1904 is American'

Answer: French\'s


Question: 'Ensalada pallares is a traditional Peruvian salad of tomatoes, onions &, of course pallares, these in English'

Answer: lima beans


Question: 'Flat blade at the back of a boat used to steer it'

Answer: a rudder


Question: 'Upright man who moaned, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither"'

Answer: Job


Question: '"Friday Night Lights"'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'The phrase to "come on like" these may have come from a long-running radio crime series'

Answer: gangbusters


Question: 'Heloise says to remove this from the screen in the clothes dryer & toss it to the birds; they'll use it in their nests'

Answer: lint


Question: 'Peru has more kinds of tubers than anywhere else; papas, these, have been grown in the Andes for over 6,000 years'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'This common viper is the only poisonous snake in the British Isles'

Answer: the adder


Question: 'I Kings uses "slept with his fathers" as a euphemism for this'

Answer: death (or died)


Question: '"Jericho"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Just 8 days after his 2006 release, Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot this man in 1981, was sent back to prison'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'She was born Martha Jane Canary in Missouri; the original "calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Peru.)
Created in 1935 in honor of this anniversary for the founding of the capital, Inca Kola is more popular than Coke and Pepsi in Peru'

Answer: 400th anniversary


Question: 'An enclosed field close to a stable for exercising horses'

Answer: a paddock


Question: 'In the Book of Judges, she's the only female judge mentioned by name'

Answer: Deborah


Question: '"The Wire"'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'On Nov. 24, 1971 this hijacker leapt from a plane with $200,000 & was never heard from again'

Answer: D.B. Cooper


Question: 'A G.I. Joe introduced in 2000 is supposed to be one of these Native Americans who were code talkers in WWII'

Answer: Navajo


Question: 'The Pisco Sour is made with bitters, sugar, lime juice, egg whites & Pisco, this pale grape spirit'

Answer: brandy


Question: 'In 1874 Thomas Hardy took readers "far from" this 2-syllable "crowd"'

Answer: madding


Question: 'An 1898 exhibit in Amsterdam devoted to this old master has been called the first blockbuster art show'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'In 2007 he entered 16 PGA events & won a mere 7; obviously, his game needs some improvement'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Not surprisingly, Merlin & Mordred appear in Chausson's opera about this legendary king'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'In the 1920s this American astronomer provided the earliest evidence that the universe was expanding'

Answer: (Edwin) Hubble


Question: 'His 1809 work "A History of New York" relates the Dutch occupation of Manhattan'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'A noisy cumulonimbus'

Answer: a loud cloud


Question: '"Dying Centaur" artist Antoine Bourdelle spent years as the chief assistant to this more famous French sculptor'

Answer: Rodin


Question: 'David Tyree's hands were soft as a helmet when he made an amazing catch to help this team win Super Bowl XLII'

Answer: the New York Giants


Question: 'The opera based on this Maurice Sendak book features a wild thing with beard & a wild thing with horns'

Answer: Where The Wild Things Are


Question: 'This Italian-born physicist first split the atom in 1934, although he didn't know it for 4 more years'

Answer: Fermi


Question: 'Inspired by Thomas Malthus' food-supply ideas, his 1859 book was called "the book that shook the world"'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'A fake foot covering'

Answer: a mock sock


Question: 'Berthe Morisot, the first female impressionist, was the sister-in-law of this "Luncheon on the Grass" painter'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'This pitcher's February 13, 2008 testimony to Congress "rocketed" him into the headlines'

Answer: Roger Clemens


Question: 'In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket'

Answer: Falstaff


Question: 'In 2000 a group of physicists finally found evidence of the tau type of this subatomic particle'

Answer: a neutrino


Question: 'After participating in the Alaska gold rush, he returned to San Francisco & wrote "The Son of the Wolf" in 1900'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'A cruel royal female'

Answer: a mean queen


Question: 'He was in his prime, or should we say his "Primavera", when he painted "Fortitude" in 1470'

Answer: Botticelli


Question: 'We're sure Kobe was thrilled when this 7'1", 325 lb. ex-teammate was traded back to the Western Conf. to the Suns in '08'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Beniamino Gigli was well known for singing the role of this scholar in "Mefistofele"'

Answer: Faust


Question: 'In the 19th century this 3-named British scientist established the kinetic theory of gases--Smart!'

Answer: James Clark Maxwell


Question: 'Surely you know her spooky novel "The Haunting of Hill House" was filmed in 1999 with Liam Neeson'

Answer: Shirley Jackson


Question: 'A small parcel containing a stringed tennis tool'

Answer: a racket packet


Question: 'This Romanian known for his "Endless Column" also sculpted the scandalous "Princess X"'

Answer: Constantin Brancusi


Question: 'In 2007 he was a greater Gator, becoming this first player to win the Heisman Trophy as a sophomore'

Answer: Tim Tebow


Question: 'Egyptologist Auguste Mariette claimed his scenario was the basis for the libretto of this 1871 opera'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'An equation describing the behavior of particles is named for this physicist, 1887-1961'

Answer: Erwin Schrodinger


Question: 'He published "The Discovery of Guiana" in 1596, some years after he couldn't recover Roanoke'

Answer: (Sir Walter) Raleigh


Question: 'A speedy billiards cue'

Answer: a quick stick


Question: 'One of history's largest refugee migrations, about 15 million people, took place 1947-1951 between these 2 countries'

Answer: Pakistan & India


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Bill Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) This re-creation of Clinton's Oval Office includes the desk the President chose to use; it was first brought into the White House by this hero of Clinton'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'Gaston plots to kill the hulking, hairy hero of this musical (don't worry, kiddies--everything turns out all right)'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: 'It's the more popular geographic name for the Devil's Triangle'

Answer: the Bermuda Triangle


Question: 'A harpoon rope around his neck took this 1851 seafarer from us too soon'

Answer: (Captain) Ahab


Question: 'Hope your Moosehead has a nice head on it in this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'An albino "sir"'

Answer: a white knight


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) Here in the Clinton Library, I'm with some of the President's favorite books: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", "The Poems of Yeats", and of course, "Living History" by this author'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'The sexiest murderesses on Broadway have been strutting their stuff in this musical revival since 1996'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Devil's Tower was designated the nation's first national monument in 1906 by this president'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'He is survived by Wiglaf & his sword, Naegling.  The Kingdom of Geats mourns after a dragon bite to his neck'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'A cold Dos Equis or 2 might help get you through some of the hot nights in this country where it originated'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'An azure mystery-solving aid'

Answer: a blue clue


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.) Gifts to the President abound at the Library, like a mosaic of the Colosseum, given by this man, complete with his seal'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'Appropriately, "Dirty Rotten Number" is a song in this con man musical'

Answer: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels


Question: 'In German legend, he sells his soul to the devil for youth, knowledge & power'

Answer: Faust


Question: 'Beheaded by Harker & his heart Bowie-knifed by Morris.  No funeral arrangements pending'

Answer: Count Dracula


Question: '"It's all about the beer" is an advertising slogan for Heineken, the best-known beer from this country'

Answer: Holland (the Netherlands)


Question: 'A purplish-red Old West bar'

Answer: a maroon saloon


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.)  Displays in this alcove commemorate Clinton's founding of this community service program that combines Volunteers in Service to America & the National Civilian Community Corps'

Answer: AmeriCorps


Question: 'Hope "springs" eternal as Max & Leo scheme to make this German-themed show a flop in "The Producers"'

Answer: Springtime for Hitler


Question: 'It's the Gospel that contains the line "In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues"'

Answer: Mark


Question: 'This 1862 character passed in the presence of Marius & his beloved Cosette.  In France, after a brief illness'

Answer: Jean Valjean


Question: 'Ah!  I see an Asahi from this country in your beer-drinking future'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A brownish-orange close-fitting necklace'

Answer: an ocher choker


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock, AR.)  At the Library, you can see a touching tribute to the First Cat and First Dog of the Clinton family with these names'

Answer: Buddy & Socks


Question: 'Brian F. O'Byrne played the priest whom Cherry Jones suspected of improprieties in this Tony-winning drama'

Answer: Doubt


Question: 'In the Catholic Church, this person presented the reasons why someone should not be canonized'

Answer: the Devil\'s Advocate


Question: 'Recently of Pendleton Prison Farm.  Passed in his sleep (with the aid of a pillow on his face).  In Oregon'

Answer: (Randall) McMurphy


Question: 'Kingfisher is a world-renowned brew from this country of Asia'

Answer: India


Question: 'A coaxial TV wire in heraldic black'

Answer: a sable cable


Question: 'World production of this is now 84 million barrels a day, up about 10 million barrels from 1997'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Bob Cousy's 14 & John Havlicek's 17 were honored by this storied franchise'

Answer: the Boston Celtics


Question: 'In a 1917 speech in Russia, he said, "We shall now proceed to construct the Socialist Order"'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'From 1971 to 1996, Carl Sagan was a professor at this Ithaca, New York Ivy League school'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'In 1960, this number, the GDP, for the U.S. was $526 billion; in 1970, almost twice that'

Answer: the gross domestic product


Question: 'The moveable barrier where a horse race begins'

Answer: the starting gate


Question: 'With a pair of dice, the chances of throwing one of these 2 numerical sums are one in 36'

Answer: a 2 or a 12


Question: 'This team retired Ray Nitschke's 66 & Reggie White's 92'

Answer: the Green Bay Packers


Question: 'Wanting to Westernize Russia, Czar Peter the Great moved the capital west to this city in 1712'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'It was Sagan's award-winning PBS TV show about the universe'

Answer: Cosmos


Question: 'In 1980 Jimmy Carter signed a bill giving this auto company $1.5 billion in loan guarantees'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'Luminous celestial object in Matthew that led the Magi to the Baby Jesus'

Answer: the Star of Bethlehem


Question: 'Due partly to a policy of its govt., in 2005 this country led the world in foreign babies adopted by Americans'

Answer: China


Question: 'Willie Stargell's No. 8 will be worn by no other player on this team'

Answer: the (Pittsburgh) Pirates


Question: 'In the 1854 Battle of Inkerman during this war, the Russians attacked the British during a dense morning fog'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'Sagan penned the novel upon which this Jodie Foster film was based, though he didn't live to see the film released'

Answer: Contact


Question: 'Begun in 1960, the construction of this "high" dam on the Nile cost about $1 billion'

Answer: the Aswan


Question: 'Any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea'

Answer: a starfish


Question: 'For a plane traveling 725 mph at 40,000 feet, this number is 1.1'

Answer: Mach


Question: 'This team for which Gordie Howe played 25 seasons retired his number 9'

Answer: the Detroit Red Wings


Question: 'Claiming to be the son of Ivan IV, the pretender to the Russian throne in 1604 was known as the False this'

Answer: Dmitri


Question: 'Sagan was co-author of the first scientific paper to predict that this weather condition would follow atomic war'

Answer: nuclear winter


Question: 'It's used to indicate the speed of a computer operation; one billion of them make up a second'

Answer: a nanosecond


Question: 'It's estimated that during WWII, the European edition of this U.S. military newspaper topped a million in circulation'

Answer: Stars & Stripes


Question: 'The U.N. estimates there are about 8.4 million of these, including 1.9 million from Afghanistan'

Answer: refugees


Question: 'This team for which Bobby Hull played 15 seasons retired his number 9'

Answer: the Chicago Blackhawks


Question: 'Boris Godunov's death in 1605 brought on the age in Russian history known as the "Time of" these'

Answer: Troubles


Question: 'Sagan was among the first to suggest that Jupiter's moon Europa might have this & that it might contain life'

Answer: water (an ocean)


Question: 'Following this 19th century war, France was forced to pay its neighbor 5 billion francs in reparations'

Answer: the Franco-Prussian War


Question: 'The 30-year-old Quaker first mate of the Pequod'

Answer: Starbuck


Question: 'Although 216 minutes long, this 1962 film had no women in credited speaking roles'

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia


Question: 'A 9-letter word for one who attends a film, or the title of a 1961 prize-winning novel by Walker Percy'

Answer: moviegoer


Question: 'He began his retail career managing several Golden Rule stores & in 1913 formed his own chain'

Answer: J.C. Penney


Question: 'Heel &<br />cigar'

Answer: Cuban


Question: 'An elderly lady in a gray dress haunts Frankfort's Liberty Hall, once home to this state's first U.S. Senator'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'The supervisor of a department of a newspaper'

Answer: the editor


Question: 'Too young to enlist in World War I, Walt signed up with the Red Cross instead & drove an ambulance--one of these Fords'

Answer: a Model T


Question: 'In 1870s New York society, Newland Archer falls in love with Ellen Olenska in this novel'

Answer: The Age of Innocence


Question: 'In "Talladega Nights", he plays Cal Naughton Jr., friend & fellow racer of Ricky Bobby'

Answer: John C. Reilly


Question: 'Guard &<br />chard'

Answer: Swiss


Question: 'The Gray Lady of Scotland's Glamis Castle is said to be Lady Douglas, an accused witch who met this fiery fate'

Answer: burning at the stake


Question: 'We proclaim this word means the act of freeing a slave from bondage'

Answer: emancipation


Question: 'At his wife's urging, Walt's mouse went from Mortimer to Mickey & starred in this cartoon, whose art is seen here'

Answer: Steamboat Willie


Question: 'In this Hemingway novel, Robert Jordan, a young U.S. professor, serves as a dynamiter in the Spanish Civil War'

Answer: For Whom the Bell Tolls


Question: 'This author of the 1956 sci-fi novel "The City and the Stars" was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1998'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'Linen &<br />potato'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'A mysterious Gray Lady is said to frequent the children's reading room of this public building in Willard Indiana'

Answer: a library


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

Answer: epsilon


Question: 'Walt has more Oscars than anyone else in history, including the unique one for this 1937 classic'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'The title of his 1959 novel "The Mansion" refers to the de Spain home in Jefferson, Mississippi'

Answer: (William) Faulkner


Question: 'A 5-star general & Defense Secretary, in 1953 he became the first career military man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Gen. George C. Marshall


Question: 'Auction &<br />courage'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'Brodick Castle's Gray Lady is said to be a woman who was locked in the dungeon because she carried this deadly disease'

Answer: the plague


Question: 'This adjective sometimes found before "latex paint" is from the Latin for "outside"'

Answer: exterior


Question: 'Walt pushed boundaries in this film, using abstract art, classical music, & characters like Hyacinth Hippo & Ben Ali Gator'

Answer: Fantasia


Question: 'Chester Gillette's murder of his pregnant girlfriend inspired this 1925 Thodore Dreiser novel'

Answer: An American Tragedy


Question: 'This South Carolinian was known as the "Great Nullifier" for his view that states could reject natl. laws'

Answer: (John C.) Calhoun


Question: 'Bean beetle &<br />beaded lizard'

Answer: Mexican


Question: 'A Gray Lady is said to haunt this African country's castle of Goede Hoop'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'This synonym for spying was the name of a 1917 wartime Act of Congress'

Answer: espionage


Question: 'An artist at Disney Studios designed a torch for the 1960 winter Olympics that were held in this California valley'

Answer: Squaw Valley


Question: 'This marsh-dwellling rodent is named for its odor'

Answer: a muskrat


Question: 'In 2006 a civil rights group sued the NSA over its program to allow this without a warrant'

Answer: wiretapping


Question: 'While still vice president, he wrote the 1987 autobiography "Looking Forward"'

Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush


Question: 'Nutritionally, EPA isn't an agency but one of these fatty acids from fish oils, thought to lower blood pressure'

Answer: an omega-3


Question: 'Steven Tyler'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'Quoth the Bible, Noah released 2 birds from the Ark to test for dry land, a dove & one of these'

Answer: a raven


Question: 'This starch that's obtained from the cassava plant is used in puddings'

Answer: tapioca


Question: 'On Jan. 20, 1977 he became the first veep to reside in the Admiral's House at the U.S. Naval Observatory'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'This spice from the bark of a tree is good on toast; some studies say it may lower blood sugar in people with diabetes'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'Debbie Harry'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'The levees USACE is building in the New Orleans area will use enough clay to fill 12 of this local structure opened in 1975'

Answer: the Superdome


Question: 'The tail of this lizard is easily broken off during an attack, hence its fragile name'

Answer: a glass lizard


Question: 'The common bond that unites Carole King, the fabric industry & Bayeux'

Answer: tapestries


Question: 'This vice president had the same July 8 birthday as his very wealthy grandfather'

Answer: Rockefeller


Question: 'Pregnant women take this, also called vitamin B9, to reduce the risk of birth defects of the brain & spinal cord'

Answer: folic acid


Question: 'Ozzy Osbourne'

Answer: Black Sabbath


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.)  These stations that could have shortened the Katrina nightmare by lowering water levels largely failed due to power loss; they're being stormproofed with backup generators'

Answer: pumping stations


Question: 'Of the 6 living members of the camel family, it's the only one spelled with a tilde'

Answer: a vicuña


Question: 'The British word for a slingshot is this, an ancient military engine for hurling stones'

Answer: a catapult


Question: 'In 1864, while serving as Lincoln's Vice President, he served 2 months as a cook in the Maine Coast Guard'

Answer: (Hannibal) Hamlin


Question: 'If you have an allergy to plants like ragweed, be cautious using this herb often paired with goldenseal to fight colds'

Answer: Echinacea


Question: 'Adam Levine'

Answer: Maroon 5


Question: 'One project is the "Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System", this lake "and Vicinity"'

Answer: Lake Pontchartrain


Question: 'Don't complain about this forest-dwelling bird seen here'

Answer: a grouse


Question: 'To place close together for comparison or contrast'

Answer: to juxtapose


Question: 'An antioxidant important in our metabolism is Ubiquinone, aka coenzyme (or Co) this letter & number'

Answer: Q10


Question: 'Bjork'

Answer: The Sugarcubes


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.)  These structures are being built to withstand 250-mile-per-hour winds, & with the capability to operate canal gates & pumps via satellite; they're called this 4-letter type of room, which will protect the system operators'

Answer: safe


Question: 'This word for a friend comes from the Latin for "with whom you would eat bread"'

Answer: companion


Question: 'The human race really spread its wings when the space vehicle "The Eagle" landed here July 20, 1969'

Answer: the moon


Question: '1939:<br />"Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'The more important a person you meet in Japan, the lower & longer you do this'

Answer: bow


Question: 'It can be an overwhelming victory, or a mass of earth & rock rolling down a mountain'

Answer: avalanche/landslide


Question: 'It's what "Peter Piper picked a peck of"'

Answer: pickled peppers


Question: 'This Roman fell victim to assassins on the ides (or 15th) of March, 44 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: '1941:<br />"I guess Rosebud is just a piece in a jigsaw puzzle, a missing piece"'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'He may be addressed in conversation as "Most Holy Father"'

Answer: the pope


Question: 'It's said the noise the slide makes going up & down this fastener gave it its name'

Answer: zipper


Question: 'It's how much wood a woodchuck would chuck "if a woodchuck could" do this'

Answer: chuck wood


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 1901 this southern hemisphere country (that's also a continent) proclaimed its independence'

Answer: Australia


Question: '1951:<br />"Stell-lahhhhh!!"'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'Dr. Leo Buscaglia aside, Miss Manners says a gentleman shouldn't kiss or do this to a lady when first meeting'

Answer: hug her


Question: 'In a 1978 song he was "Slip Slidin' Away"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'It's what "She sells...by the sea shore"'

Answer: seashells


Question: 'A Pulitzer Prize-winning photo by Joe Rosenthal served as a model for this memorial depicting a famous February 23, 1945 event'

Answer: Battle of Iwo Jima


Question: '1994:<br />"Alrighty then!"'

Answer: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective


Question: 'It's the French equivalent of the English "charmed" or the Spanish "encantado"'

Answer: enchante


Question: '"Listen to the local yokel" do this'

Answer: yodel


Question: 'This amazingly swift of foot Olympian won 4 gold medals between August 1 & 16, 1936'

Answer: Jesse Owens


Question: '1995:<br />"They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!"'

Answer: Braveheart


Question: 'Since Robert Rubin took over the Treasury Department, he's been addressed as Mr. this'

Answer: Mr. Secretary


Question: 'In turn-of-the-century New York, this area was home to the music publishing industry'

Answer: Tin Pan Alley


Question: 'Christopher Walken played this doomed Dane twice, in 1974 & 1982'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'A hotel in Scandinavia is destroyed every spring & rebuilt every fall as it is made out of this'

Answer: ice


Question: 'In golf, one stroke under par on a hole is a birdie & 2 strokes under par is this patriotic birdie'

Answer: eagle


Question: 'He calls himself "The Comeback Kid"'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Geena Davis must like smorgasbords -- she spent her senior year in high school as an exchange student in this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Helll-oo!  He invented the telephone'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'We assume his portrayal of Macbeth in college was a far cry from his current TV role, Andy Sipowicz'

Answer: Dennis Franz


Question: 'Yves Saint Laurent owns the lush Jardins Majorelle in Marrakesh in this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'This smelly mammal has given his name to the act of defeating an opponent without allowing him to score'

Answer: skunk


Question: 'He "acted" as president under the nickname "Dutch"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Young star seen here in a 1998 sequel'

Answer: Jennifer Love Hewitt


Question: 'This fairy's love for Peter didn't pan out'

Answer: Tinkerbell


Question: 'In 1986 she played Portia in "The Merchant of Venice" onstage & starred in the film "Aliens"'

Answer: Sigourney Weaver


Question: 'This James Hoban-designed D.C. landmark, lit by electricity in 1891, will offer candlelight tours in December 1999'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'This type of punch, which lands on the back of the neck, is illegal in boxing'

Answer: rabbit punch


Question: 'Barbara calls him "Poppy"'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Dean & Davis, great-grandsons of this makeup mogul, have taken their Smashbox Cosmetics Company to the "Max"'

Answer: Max Factor


Question: 'On July 8, 1776 it was sounded in the tower of Independence Hall'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'In San Diego in the mid-'60s, you could have seen him play Romeo before "Midnight Cowboy" made him a star'

Answer: Jon Voight


Question: 'April is the time to be in Japan; it's Hanami, the best time to view these, sakura'

Answer: cherry blossoms


Question: 'Skater Dorothy Hamill excelled at a variation of this spin named for a humped mammal'

Answer: camel


Question: 'He was "The Squire of Hyde Park"'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: 'He's the tightwad comedian heard here in the golden days of radio'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'Sailors wore these long before the groovy folks in the '60s'

Answer: bell-bottoms


Question: 'When he directed "King Lear" onstage in the early '90s, he cast Emma Thompson as the fool'

Answer: Kenneth Branagh


Question: 'Red double-decker buses travel the streets of this city in India, now officially known as Mumbai'

Answer: Bombay


Question: 'Side, pommel & vaulting are types of these used by gymnasts'

Answer: horses


Question: 'WWI's "The Professor"'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Regis Philbin has 2 middle names: Xavier & this saintly one that often precedes Xavier'

Answer: Francis


Question: 'As one word, it's a plant also called deadly nightshade; as 2 words, a Stevie Nicks album'

Answer: belladonna/"Bella Donna"


Question: 'In 1954 she became the first recipient of the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'Carbon dioxide is swapped for oxygen in the alveoli of these organs'

Answer: lungs


Question: 'She only made it to No. 4 with "Fame", but topped the charts with "Flashdance...What a Feeling"'

Answer: Irene Cara


Question: '"Profound" adjective for the part of the "South" stretching from South Carolina to Louisiana'

Answer: deep


Question: 'A hacker stole this billionaire's credit card number off the Internet & used it to order Viagra for him'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: '1960s NBA superstar guard Robertson was known as "The Big" this'

Answer: O


Question: 'It was back to ghoul for John Kassir on HBO's "Tales from" this place'

Answer: the Crypt


Question: 'Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of this poisonous metal'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'In an eerie scene, Dean Stockwell lip-syncs "In Dreams" in this David Lynch film named for another song'

Answer: Blue Velvet


Question: 'A classic 1936 book about the literary peak of Boston & Concord was called "The Flowering of" this area'

Answer: New England


Question: 'He authored "Between Hope and History: Meeting America's Challenges for the 21st Century"'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Term for a family where dad took off, mom ignores the kids, etc.; Sally Jessy would be jobless without them'

Answer: dysfunctional


Question: 'When the heart's atria contract, blood flows from the right atrium into the right this'

Answer: ventricle


Question: 'The "Wind Beneath My Wings" is from this weepy Bette Midler-Barbara Hershey film'

Answer: Beaches


Question: 'Geographic collective name for Delaware, Maryland, Missouri & Kentucky from when they refused to secede'

Answer: border states


Question: 'Seen here, this actor headed the drama department at Montana State University before his acting career took off'

Answer: Bill Pullman


Question: 'Also standing for a unit of energy, this is the most frequently used letter in printed material in English'

Answer: E


Question: 'I don't mean to do this, but it means to inquire unnecessarily into something, or open it by leverage'

Answer: pry


Question: 'The plasma globulin called transferrin transports this ferric material'

Answer: iron


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Krakowski of "Ally McBeal")  Appropriately, this woman sang "Viva Rock Vegas" on the soundtrack to my film "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"'

Answer: Ann-Margret


Question: 'It's what PN stands for in PNNL, a national laboratory in Richland, Washington'

Answer: Pacific Northwest


Question: 'TV journalist & producer of such PBS series as "Genesis: A Living Conversation"'

Answer: Bill Moyers


Question: 'This letter found in Mr. Thant's name is a Burmese title of respect, meaning "Mister"'

Answer: U


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  The term for a worker in the area seen here is also a 1980 Jodie Foster film'

Answer: Carny


Question: 'These tiny bits of cytoplasm lacking nuclei are there to gang up in clots'

Answer: platelets


Question: 'He recorded standards like "It Had to be You" & "Our Love is Here to Stay" for "When Harry Met Sally..."'

Answer: Harry Connick, Jr.


Question: 'Thought to be barren, the Great Plains were marked on pre-Civil War maps as "The Great American" this'

Answer: Desert


Question: '(Alex: Here's Sofia having some fun at the San Diego Zoo)  This playful bird is not to be confused with the spoonbill, playbill or T-bill'

Answer: hornbill


Question: 'This comes before "Claudius" & "the Jury" in literary works'

Answer: I


Question: 'In physics it pertains to force or power; in comics, it pertains to the "Duo" of Batman & Robin'

Answer: dynamic


Question: 'Derided as the "Pearson Pennant" after the prime minister, it was adopted in 1964'

Answer: the maple leaf flag


Question: 'Ahhh...this one really doesn't take me back'

Answer: no U-turn


Question: 'His "Pygmalion" includes the line "I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: '1954:<br />"No Parking Hare"'

Answer: Bugs Bunny


Question: 'Charles Dickens' Mr. Creakle likes to whack pupils on the hand with this measuring device'

Answer: ruler


Question: 'Beginning in February 1942, Canada moved 21,000 people of this background to internment camps'

Answer: Japanese-Canadians


Question: 'It might be Bon Jovi's favorite'

Answer: slippery when wet


Question: 'Filmed in 2000, it's Doug Wright's play about the Marquis de Sade in an asylum'

Answer: Quills


Question: '1951:<br />"Scent-imental Romeo"'

Answer: Pepe Le Pew


Question: '(Alex: Let's get the clue from Sarah this time)  My temporary tattoo uses this dye that's also used to redden hair'

Answer: henna


Question: 'In 2000 this party led by Preston Manning, not Pat Buchanan, was absorbed by the New Canadian Alliance'

Answer: the Reform Party


Question: 'Some "training" required for this one'

Answer: railroad crossing


Question: 'In the '30s Wolfe wrote "You Can't Go Home Again" & Kaufman & Hart wrote "You Can't" do this'

Answer: Take It with You


Question: '1961:<br />"Beep Prepared"'

Answer: the Road Runner


Question: 'When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's this type of reef-dwelling eel'

Answer: a moray


Question: 'The 1947 discovery of the Leduc fields began an oil boom in this western province'

Answer: Alberta


Question: 'By definition, this sign is commonplace'

Answer: pedestrian crossing


Question: '"Nothing On" is the farce performed by the actors in this Michael Frayn comedy'

Answer: Noises Off


Question: '1962:<br />"The Slick Chick"'

Answer: Foghorn Leghorn


Question: 'The Temptations said it's a "ball of confusion"; Wittgenstein said it's "everything that is the case"'

Answer: the world


Question: 'William Lyon Mackenzie led a failed 1837 revolt; this grandson of his was Canada's longest-serving prime minister'

Answer: William Lyon Mackenzie King


Question: 'Marian the Librarian could have used this warning'

Answer: hill ahead


Question: 'Later a congressman from Iowa, this man played Gopher on "The Love Boat"'

Answer: Fred Grandy


Question: 'Andrew Wyke & Milo Tindle are the main characters of this tense Anthony Shaffer drama'

Answer: Sleuth


Question: '1957:<br />"Tabasco Road"'

Answer: Speedy Gonzales


Question: 'The harsh aftertaste of this soft drink helped make it a synonym for feistiness or spunk'

Answer: Moxie


Question: 'Christopher Buckley called his book on the life and work of this artist "Blossoms and Bones"'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'Thunder Bay, a city in Ontario, is on Thunder Bay, an arm of this largest Great Lake'

Answer: (Lake) Superior


Question: 'These include Royal Caribbean, Princess & Holland America'

Answer: cruise ships


Question: 'On December 15, 1969, this Israeli prime minister presented her new cabinet to the Knesset'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'As photojournalist Vicki Vale, she got the scoop on Batman'

Answer: Kim Basinger


Question: 'Ballerinas under age 11 shouldn't dance in these shoes that have been called "satin thorns"'

Answer: toe shoes


Question: 'Of the more than 25 Amazon species of these birds, most of green body feathers'

Answer: parrots


Question: 'Lakes in this province include Cedar, Gods & Winnipegosis'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: 'Arco recently passed this oil company as the largest shipping owner & operator in the U.S.'

Answer: Exxon


Question: 'Gen. Torrijos was removed as this country's strongman on Dec. 15th & was restored on the 16th'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This "Picnic" star is known for the menagerie she keeps on her ranch in Carmel, California'

Answer: Kim Novak


Question: 'Tony winner Hinton Battle says he doesn't buy these shoes premade, he buys soft shoes & makes his own'

Answer: tap shoes


Question: 'They can be house-trained & kept indoors; outdoors, a hutch will keep them from hopping away'

Answer: rabbits


Question: 'St. John & St. John's are cities in these "New" provinces'

Answer: Newfoundland & New Brunswick


Question: 'The Delta Queen, this type of river boat, originally ran between San Francisco & Sacramento'

Answer: a steamboat


Question: 'On December 1, 1969 the U.S. held the first one of these since 1942; September 14 was drawn first'

Answer: a selective service lottery (or draft lottery)


Question: 'This KGB mole in the British government fled to Moscow in 1963'

Answer: Kim Philby


Question: 'A dance of the 1980s, it's also the title of Michael Jackson's 1988 autobiography'

Answer: moonwalk


Question: 'Sold in most pet stores, comets & veiltails are varieties of this type of carp'

Answer: goldfish


Question: 'Made a British crown colony in 1849, this island aligned with British Columbia in 1866'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'In the names Bireme, Trireme, & Quarireme, "reme" refers to these'

Answer: oars


Question: 'This rich Texan took 2 planes to N. Vietnam loaded with gifts for U.S. P.O.W.s but wasn't let in'

Answer: Ross Perot


Question: 'This Kim was born in Detroit but she wound up on the "Planet of the Apes"'

Answer: Kim Hunter


Question: 'Born in Italy in 1918 & raised from age 10 in New York, he was the top Spanish dancer of his time'

Answer: Jose Greco


Question: 'The ancient Egyptians used these sacred pets to hunt fish & birds'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'In Saskatchewan a national park & a big city are named for this prince consort'

Answer: Albert


Question: 'The record for an Atlantic crossing by a passenger liner is this many days & about 11 hours'

Answer: three


Question: 'The Nobel prize in this category was awarded for the first time & was won by a Norwegian & a Dutchman'

Answer: economics


Question: 'He's been head of the Communist Party in North Korea since the 1940s'

Answer: Kim Il-sung


Question: 'An 18th century dance in 3/4 time or a call to go left or right in square dancing'

Answer: allemande


Question: 'The box variety of this reptile can live in your backward & can learn to come to you for its food'

Answer: a tortoise


Question: 'It's also called EVA & Buzz Aldrin was the first to do it twice'

Answer: extravehicular activity


Question: 'In 1910 "The Pipe of Desire" became the first opera by an American produced at this NYC opera house'

Answer: the Met


Question: 'In 1956 this President's cabinet gave him a Grandma Moses painting of his Gettysburg farm'

Answer: (Dwight) Eisenhower


Question: 'According to "Cooking A to Z", the best of these basting utensils have natural boar bristles'

Answer: a brush


Question: 'Cervantes wrote in "Don Quixote", "There are only two families in the world, the Haves and" these'

Answer: Have-Nots


Question: 'Spanish Sayonara<br />(5)'

Answer: Adiós


Question: 'Leonid Kizim was the first to become one of these while in space, in 1984'

Answer: a father


Question: 'In "The Tales of Hoffman", Hoffman falls in love with Olympia, a mechanical one of these'

Answer: a doll


Question: 'His daughters Luci & Lynda both got married while he was President'

Answer: LBJ


Question: 'Boiled favas, which are these, can be eaten cold or dressed with vinaigrette for a salad'

Answer: beans


Question: 'His sonnet published in 1609 began, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"'

Answer: (William) Shakespeare


Question: 'Ancient Mariner neckwear<br />(9)'

Answer: albatross


Question: 'The Russian Voskhod I was the first single ship to fly 3 astronauts; this was the first to fly 4'

Answer: the space shuttle


Question: 'It's how Tosca kills Scarpia & Don Jose kills Carmen'

Answer: stabbing


Question:
'[AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE]
He's the subject of the following song from a 1969 Broadway musical:

"He plays the violin/He tucks it right under his chin/And he bows, oh he bows/For he knows, yes he knows..."'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'To get the best beaten egg whites, use a balloon whisk & a bowl made out of this metal'

Answer: copper


Question: 'Matsuo Basho was bashing out these 3-line poems in Japan during the 17th century'

Answer: haiku


Question: 'Way to go in Germany<br />(8)'

Answer: an Autobahn


Question: 'He was the first to touch down rather than splash down'

Answer: Yuri Gagarin


Question: 'This genius of Salzburg never finished his comic opera "The Goose of Cairo"'

Answer: (Wolfgang Amadeus) Mozart


Question: '"Profiles in Courage" won JFK the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in this category'

Answer: Biography


Question: 'If you've made cups out of the globe variety of these, you can use the leftover leaves to make a soup'

Answer: an artichoke


Question: 'In "Alexander's Feast" John Dryden wrote, "None but the brave deserves" them'

Answer: "the fair"


Question: 'It can be holier-than-thou<br />(8)'

Answer: attitude


Question: 'The first American politician in space, he was the first passenger-observer, too'

Answer: Jake Garn


Question: 'In "Madama Butterfly", this leading male character is a Naval lieutenant, not a detective'

Answer: Lieutenant Pinkerton


Question: 'One of his 1856 slogans was "Buck and Breck"; Breck was John Breckinridge'

Answer: (James) Buchanan


Question: 'This type of dough is used to make up the many thin layers in baklava'

Answer: phyllo


Question: 'The romantic troubles in his personal life inspired his "The School for Husbands" & "The School for Wives"'

Answer: Molière


Question: 'Ex payment<br />(7)'

Answer: alimony


Question: 'Wizard Island sits in this lake in what was once Mount Mazama'

Answer: Crater Lake


Question: 'China's dizi is a traditional flute made of this grass'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'Kenny Chesney started losing his hair in his teens--this ever-present accessory hides it'

Answer: a cowboy hat


Question: 'Magician & escape artist Erich Weiss earned fame under this stage name'

Answer: Houdini


Question: 'It precedes "humbug"'

Answer: bah


Question: 'Forefathers Day, December 21, celebrates the 1620 landing here'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: '(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.)  There's an actual car inside this advanced driving simulator which Ford uses to test new safety technologies; the unit is called "VIRTTEX", which stands for this kind of test track'

Answer: virtual


Question: 'A hand drum called the toumbeleki originated on the islands of this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'One of her newsworthy exploits was shaving her head in 2007, the year of her album "Blackout"'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'Paul Weiss received a merit citation for his WWII work on repairing these signal-transmitting bundles in the body'

Answer: nerves


Question: 'Exotic water pipe'

Answer: a hookah


Question: 'Prior to this holiday, the Japanese celebrate with bonenkais, or "year forgetting parties"'

Answer: New Year\'s


Question: '(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.)  Some of the safety features being tested are seats & steering wheels that vibrate when a lane is crossed; it's called haptic technology because it refers to this sense'

Answer: touch


Question: 'The zwoarer is a 2-voice & the dreier a 3-voice version of this Alpine sound'

Answer: a yodel


Question: 'The thing is, one of this TV and movie actor's roles was as "The Thing"'

Answer: (Michael) Chiklis


Question: 'WWII fighter ace Robert Weiss scored more than 100 kills flying Messerschmitts & Focke-Wulfs for this Air Force'

Answer: the Luftwaffe


Question: 'It's used to hail a fellow sailor'

Answer: ahoy


Question: 'Every February, the town of Menton in France hosts La Fete du Citron--citron being this fruit'

Answer: lemon


Question: '(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.)  Undergoing testing right now is an innovative collision warning feature that will alert drivers to an unexpected hazard; it's based on this kind of technology, a term coined in 1940'

Answer: radar


Question: 'An Armenian horovel is a song for this farming activity; one stanza sometimes equals one furrow'

Answer: plowing


Question: 'Famous for playing a Siamese king, he also played a royal on film in "Solomon and Sheba"--he had hair in that one'

Answer: Yul Brynner


Question: 'Songsmith George Weiss co-wrote Elvis' "Can't Help Falling In Love" & this "Wonderful" Louis Armstrong hit'

Answer: "What A Wonderful World"


Question: 'Genus of the family Asteraceae with many ornamental ray-shaped flowers'

Answer: the dahlia


Question: 'In the 1840s Esther Howland made these cards from imported paper lace & floral decorations'

Answer: Valentines


Question: '(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.)  Unlike stationary simulators, the VIRTTEX allows the driver inside the vehicle to actually feel the motion; if he hits the brakes or turns the steering wheel, he will feel pitch, roll & this third axial motion'

Answer: yaw


Question: 'Mexican songs called narcocorridos glorify those involved in this trade'

Answer: the drug trade


Question: 'He's the hard-rocking former "American Idol" contestant seen here'

Answer: (Chris) Daughtry


Question: 'This Peter Weiss play about a notorious marquis & a French assassination victim shocked 1960s audiences'

Answer: Marat/Sade


Question: 'In Judaism, a good deed'

Answer: a mitzvah


Question: 'Ten Days on the Island is an annual cultural festival taking place throughout this Australian state'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: '(Alex reports from Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.)  To make the driving as realistic as possible, the simulator includes such features as 3-D sound--with noises of the road, the engine & the tires as well as that apparent change in pitch you just heard, named for this Austrian physicist'

Answer: Doppler


Question: 'Prudentius wrote European poetry's first complete one of these works in which characters stand for abstract concepts'

Answer: an allegory


Question: 'The NBA rules say no player (especially not, say, LeBron) shall be ejected for shattering this'

Answer: the backboard


Question: 'After Franco's death, he went from prince to king in 1975'

Answer: Juan Carlos


Question: 'Fuji & pippin'

Answer: apples


Question: 'Just south of Rochester in this state, Letchworth State Park is home to the "Grand Canyon of the East"'

Answer: New York


Question: 'It follows Jiffy in the name of a car repair chain'

Answer: lube (an anagram of blue)


Question: 'Reinaldo Arenas left this country on the 1980 boatlift & published "Farewell to the Sea" in the U.S.'

Answer: Cuba


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a foul signal.)  The NFL dropped its 5-yard penalty for the incidental type of this personal foul; there's now only the more serious 15-yard version'

Answer: a face mask


Question: 'Not much is known of his princely years, but as king he spent 2 decades of conquest uniting the Hawaiian islands'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question: 'Oyster & shiitake'

Answer: mushrooms


Question: 'The Allegheny Plateau is home to Pine Creek Gorge, a.k.a. the Grand Canyon of this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'You could be a fire or army type in a colony if you're this'

Answer: ant (an anagram of tan)


Question: '"The Stories of Eva Luna" is a collection by this Chilean woman with political connections'

Answer: Isabel Allende


Question: 'USTA rules say you can't change position while doing this; the volleyball running type is not OK'

Answer: serving


Question: 'The son of Alexander III & Maria Feodorovna, he unfortunately was this last king of his country'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'Beefsteak & roma'

Answer: tomatoes


Question: 'The Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne is a scenic feature of this California national park'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'A category or class of artistic endeavor, like science fiction'

Answer: genre (an anagram of green)


Question: 'Jorge Amado wrote rollicking novels like "Dona Flor and Her Two" these'

Answer: husbands


Question: 'As in hockey, cross-checking is a foul in this sport, where it might more logically be spelled "crosse"-checking'

Answer: lacrosse


Question: 'The highlight of his years as a prince surely had to be marrying a beautiful Austrian archduchess in 1770'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'Russet & fingerling'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'Mark Twain dubbed this island's Waimea Canyon the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific"'

Answer: Kauai


Question: 'Anagram of an orangey yellow, it's a household task'

Answer: chore (an anagram of ocher)


Question: 'The Golden Age of Roman literature runs from Cicero to this "Art of Love" author'

Answer: Ovid


Question: 'They govern the playing of a game on a particular course or field; in baseball, they're a type of double'

Answer: ground rules


Question: 'He went from prince to English king in 1199 after his crusading brother died without children'

Answer: King John


Question: 'Anjou & Bosc'

Answer: pears


Question: 'Hells Canyon is also known as the Grand Canyon of this river'

Answer: the Snake


Question: 'A purplish red anagrams to this person of great influence, especially in business'

Answer: magnate (an anagram of magenta)


Question: 'One of the 2 presidents to return to elected jobs in U.S. federal government after their final terms'

Answer: (1 of) John Quincy Adams or Andrew Johnson


Question: 'After renouncing polygamy, this admitted to Union as 45th state'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'In this animated 1995 film, Annie Potts was a real doll - Bo-Peep'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: 'It's the official state insect of Arkansas -- how sweet!'

Answer: Honeybee


Question: 'In 700 B.C. Greeks first crossed this sea to colonize Samothrace'

Answer: Aegean Sea


Question: 'In 1991, his character of Jesse married a Rebecca; in 1998, in real life, he married a Rebecca, Rebecca Romijn'

Answer: John Stamos


Question: '"____ Gang"<br />(3)'

Answer: Our


Question: 'Death claims this antislavery novelist whose most famous work was serialized in 1851'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe ("Uncle Tom\'s Cabin")


Question: 'Carmen Ibanez fights the bugs as a pilot in "Roughnecks", the animated version of this Heinlein tale:'

Answer: Starship Troopers


Question: 'This Cambridge, Mass. university is named for a man who graduated from England's Cambridge Univ. in the 1630s'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Bahrain is composed of several islands in the Gulf of Bahrain & this larger gulf'

Answer: Persian Gulf


Question: 'According to the Italian version of Encarta, Antonio Meucci rang in first with this invention, 5 years before that Scot'

Answer: Telephone


Question: '"This ____ House"<br />(3)'

Answer: Old


Question: 'Founded in 1746, the College of New Jersey renames itself this'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'This 3-D tomb-raiding woman has done commercials for the Sci-Fi Channel'

Answer: Lara Croft


Question: 'Race a Model T while holding a pig in your lap in the Pig-N-Ford race at this state's Tillamook County Fair'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'Indenting the coastline of Alaska, Norton Sound & Kuskokwim Bay are inlets of this sea'

Answer: Bering Sea


Question: 'After hiring Reginald Barnett Hollingsworth to be your butler, you should address him this way'

Answer: Hollingsworth


Question: 'Actress d'Abo<br />(6)'

Answer: Olivia


Question: 'Using his daughter Clara's nickname to label it, Leo Hirschfield introduces this chewy "roll"'

Answer: Tootsie Roll


Question: 'Vanessa Angel played Lisa in the TV series of "Weird Science"; this actress played her in the film'

Answer: Kelly LeBrock


Question: 'Roy Rogers once said his birthplace was roughly where second base at this city's Riverfront Stadium later stood'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'The Korean Peninsula borders the Yellow Sea to the west & this sea to the east'

Answer: Sea of Japan


Question: 'In 1999 Crayola decided to rename its Indian Red crayon, the first renaming since 1962 when this became "Peach"'

Answer: Flesh


Question: 'Drew Carey's home state<br />(4)'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'A tale of doomed & impoverished artists, this Puccini opera premieres in Turin'

Answer: "La boheme"


Question: 'Webbie Tokay is a cyberspace supermodel created for this top modeling agency'

Answer: Elite


Question: 'Want to see a 2,000-pound pillar of salt?  Head for the New York State Museum in this city'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'Some say the Weddell Sea is an arm of the Antarctic Ocean; others say it's part of this larger ocean'

Answer: Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'In 1999 she & Stedman Graham taught a "Dynamics of Leadership" course at an Illinois college'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: '"Green Acres" character<br />(6)'

Answer: Oliver


Question: 'One of these off Belize, like the "Great" one off Australia, is listed'

Answer: Barrier reef


Question: 'Title that completes, "That is why all the girls in town follow you all around, just like me, they long to be..."'

Answer: "Close to You"


Question: 'She won Olympic gold in the heptathlon in 1988 & 1992'

Answer: Jackie Joyner-Kersee


Question: 'Miller told this future wife, "You're the saddest girl I've ever met"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'Heavy equipment salesman William Jefferson Blythe didn't live to see this son of his born in 1946'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Though the object seen here is listed as in the United States, it was made in this country:<br />(Statue of Liberty)'

Answer: France


Question: '"Hangin' around, nothing to do but frown, rainy days and Mondays always" do this'

Answer: Get me down


Question: 'This poem by Friedrich von Schiller was the basis for the choral finale of Beethoven's 9th Symphony'

Answer: "Ode to Joy"


Question: 'Miller took this last name of his best-known character from the film "The Testament of Dr. Mabuse"'

Answer: Loman


Question: 'An IBM salesman in the '50s, he founded Electronic Data Systems in the '60s & made a billion'

Answer: H. Ross Perot


Question: 'These islands, made a national park by Ecuador in 1959, were made a World Heritage Site in 1978'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'This song says, "And when the evening comes we smile, so much of life ahead"'

Answer: "We\'ve Only Just Begun"


Question: 'Hospitals & desperate causes'

Answer: Saint Jude


Question: 'This 1993 film starred Kieu Chinh & Tamlyn Tomita'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club


Question: '"The Crucible" opens in 1692 in Reverend Parris' house in this Massachusetts town'

Answer: Salem


Question: 'Born in 1896, he followed his father, Jacob Winston, into the jewelry business'

Answer: Harry Winston


Question: 'The historic center of Zacatecas in this country is just steeped in heritage'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This 1973 song, a No. 1 adult contemporary hit, was featured on "Sesame Street"'

Answer: "Sing"


Question: 'Lost items & the poor'

Answer: Saint Anthony of Padua


Question: 'Outspoken views about drugs & sexuality led to this surgeon general's resignation in 1994'

Answer: Joycelyn Elders


Question: 'Miller's 1956 testimony before this committee got him cited for contempt of Congress'

Answer: HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)


Question: 'The Washington Redskins' stadium was once named JKC, after this ex-encyclopedia salesman who owned the team'

Answer: Jack Kent Cooke


Question: 'This 73-mile-long heritage site was built back in 122 A.D. to keep northern invaders out of England'

Answer: Hadrian\'s Wall


Question: 'Wait a minute!  14 years after the Marvelettes, the Carpenters topped the charts with this song'

Answer: "Please Mr. Postman"


Question: 'Wales'

Answer: Saint David


Question: 'He also wrote "Anna Livia Plurabelle" & "Tales Told of Shem and Shaun"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'Play title that completes the line "Sure, he was my son.  But I think to him they were..."'

Answer: "All My Sons"


Question: 'His name means "coal miner", but he was a book salesman who started a weekly magazine in 1895'

Answer: Peter Fenelon Collier


Question: 'Last name of the director whose production company is called 1492 Pictures'

Answer: (Chris) Columbus


Question: '"Autobiography of a Yogi" was a popular book by this religion's first missionary to settle in the U.S.'

Answer: Hindu


Question: '"M*A*S*H" had already won him Emmys for acting & directing when he won for writing an episode in 1979'

Answer: Alan Alda


Question: 'In September 1916 during WWI's Battle of the Somme, the British rolled out this new weapon'

Answer: a tank


Question: 'The very first Starbucks opened in this city's Pike Place Market in 1971, & it's now a major tourist attraction there'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Fir tree cover gave this region of southwest Germany its name'

Answer: the Black Forest


Question: '2-wheeled Asian transport pulled by a runner'

Answer: a rickshaw


Question: 'As part of Catholic Baptism, this word doesn't mean to go to the gym but to get rid of demons'

Answer: exorcise


Question:
'(Hi.  I'm Sean Hayes.)
In 2000 I won an Emmy for playing Jack McFarland on this groundbreaking comedy series'

Answer: Will & Grace


Question: 'Officially adopted in 1919, the Polish flag is made up of these 2 colors, just like Switzerland's'

Answer: red & white


Question: 'Gulping down 400 million cups a day, this country leads the world in coffee consumption'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'On the 1963 "Time" magazine cover seen here, this 2-word phrase was used for the country'

Answer: Red China


Question: 'Wild man seen here'

Answer: "Wild" Bill Hickok


Question: 'The church founded by Mary Baker Eddy in 1879 was formally called the Church of Christ, this'

Answer: Scientist


Question: 'Referring to the "Seinfeld" curse, she exulted, "Curse this, baby!" when she won in 2006'

Answer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus


Question: 'NYC mayor John V. Lindsay quipped that it "enables young ladies to run faster & because of it, they may have to"'

Answer: the miniskirt


Question: 'In the 1940s this libation was invented at what's now the Shannon Airport as a welcome drink for visitors'

Answer: an Irish coffee


Question: 'In Iraq, the U.S. Embassy is in this fortified part of Baghdad'

Answer: the Green Zone


Question: 'It's a ship's hospital, Dr. McCoy'

Answer: Sick Bay


Question: 'To some Muslims, this cubical structure in Mecca was built by Adam & refurbished by Abraham'

Answer: the Kaaba


Question: 'Alan Brady would have been jealous when Carl Reiner won Emmys for writing & producing this series in the '60s'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: '"Shooting" this while surfing is riding with part of the wave overhead, surrounding you'

Answer: the tube


Question: 'This brand's origins date back to 1932, when William Black turned his chain of nut shops into coffee shops'

Answer: Chock Full o\'Nuts


Question: 'It's a colorful old 2-word term for what's now Belarus'

Answer: White Russia


Question: 'Often a cucumber, it can be any fruit or vegetable preserved in vinegar'

Answer: a pickle


Question: 'At a deer park, Buddha taught the path of this many parts, part of the 4 Noble Truths'

Answer: eight (eightfold accepted)


Question:
'(Hi.  I'm LeVar Burton.)
In 1977 I got my first Emmy nomination for playing this ancestor of Alex Haley'

Answer: Kunta Kinte


Question: 'This U.S. state was the last to fly the Confederate flag over its capital; the flag came down in 2000'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'One popular brand of this Jamaican coffee is known by the acronym jablum'

Answer: Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee


Question: 'Arausio is the ancient name of this French town that passed to the House of Nassau in the 1500s'

Answer: Orange


Question: 'It's the target of the bowler in the sport of cricket'

Answer: a wicket


Question: 'Utrillo usually signed his works "Maurice Utrillo, V."; the "V" stood for Suzanne Valadon, this relative of his'

Answer: his mother


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates his chops on bass.)  The technique known as slapping & popping gets you the sound of this classic '70s style of music found in the name of a George Clinton group'

Answer: funk


Question: 'When she failed to provide him with an heir, Napoleon divorced her'

Answer: Josephine


Question: 'In a practice routine for typists, this critter "jumps over the lazy dog"'

Answer: the quick brown fox


Question: 'In computer science, GUI is this kind of user interface'

Answer: graphical


Question: 'As opposed to digital, it's the kind of watch with a face and hands'

Answer: analog


Question: 'Peter Bruegel the Younger's scenes of the netherworld gave him this nickname, a synonym for Hades'

Answer: "Hell"


Question: 'A 4-string bass is usually tuned to E, A, D & G--one octave below the 4 lowest strings of this'

Answer: a guitar


Question: 'His first wife was Fadia; Octavia & Cleo came later'

Answer: Marc Antony


Question: 'J.J. Dickison & M. Jeff Thompson were each called this Francis Marion nickname "of the Confederacy"'

Answer: the swamp fox


Question: 'There's also a phase of sleep abbreviated NREM, which stands for this'

Answer: non [or no] rapid eye movement


Question: 'The computer age necessitated this rhyming term for letters delivered through the post'

Answer: snail mail


Question: 'He signed his paintings with his real name, Domenikos Theotokopoulos, written in Greek letters'

Answer: El Greco


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew continues the downward slide--tonally, that is.)  The lowest note of a chord has this botanical name'

Answer: the root


Question: 'This president's first wife, Ellen, replaced Edith Roosevelt's "Colonial" garden with a rose garden'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'George Fox founded this religious group around 1650'

Answer: The Society of Friends (Quakers)


Question: 'As opposed to an M.D., a D.O. is a doctor of this holistic practice'

Answer: osteopathy


Question: 'Frank Mankiewicz, the coiner of the word "retronym", says of of his favorites is "two parent" this'

Answer: family


Question: 'This very short artist was known by a shortened version of his long last name, which actually ended with -monfa'

Answer: [Henri de] Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: '(Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.)  I played this bassist who teamed with David and Nigel in the mighty band Spinal Tap'

Answer: Derek (Smalls)


Question: 'His first wife was a physicist named Mileva Maric; after WWI he married his cousin Elsa'

Answer: [Albert] Einstein


Question: 'It immediately precedes "golf" in the NATO phonetic radio alphabet'

Answer: foxtrot


Question: 'The "T" in TSH stands for this gland (the "SH" if for stimulating hormone)'

Answer: the thyroid


Question: 'Merriam-Webster's example of a retronm is "console" (as opposed to LCD or plasma flat-panel) this'

Answer: television


Question: 'Jerome Van Aken of "Garden of Earthly Delights" fame took this name in honor of his hometown, 'S-Hertogengosch'

Answer: Hieronymus Bosch


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew finishes the round on a low note.)  A touch at the twelfth fret produces a tone an octave higher than the open string; that's one of these, also meaning pleasing to the ear'

Answer: harmonic


Question: 'In 1814 he abandoned his pregnant wife Harriet to elope with 16-year-old Mary Godwin'

Answer: Shelley


Question: 'The foxglove plant is the main source of this medicine used as a stimulant  in damaged heart tissue'

Answer: digitalis


Question: 'The lowercase "r" in rRNA stands for this adjective'

Answer: ribosomal


Question: 'Retronyms were created by putting this word before "coffee" & "gasoline"'

Answer: regular


Question: 'Her first published writings appeared in the Shanghai Mercury when she was 7'

Answer: Pearl Buck


Question: '"Night" is this Nobel Peace Prize winner's account of surviving Auschwitz as a teenager'

Answer: Elie Wiesel


Question: 'English: sweet glaze on a cake;<br />hockey: shooting the puck all the way down from your own end'

Answer: icing


Question: 'This "high-flying" computer program from Adobe converts other types of documents into a PDF file'

Answer: Acrobat


Question: 'Seen here is a gold coin depicting this Macedonian ruler who died in 323 B.C.'

Answer: Alexander the Great