Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Hotel Monasterio in Cuzco, Peru.)  Cuzco's Hotel Monasterio, once a 16th century monastery, features in its chapel this style of art, also seen in European churches'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'Rhyming term for the law that lets you register to cast ballots in an election when getting a driver's license'

Answer: motor voter


Question: 'Richard & Cuthbert Burbage's 1599 ediface:<br />The ____ Theatre'

Answer: Globe


Question: '7-letter word for a formula in mathematics deduced from other propositions'

Answer: theorem


Question: 'This 5-letter word for a virus that infects a bacterial cell is sometimes prefixed by "bacterio"'

Answer: a phage


Question: 'He was the sax-playing leader of R&B's All Stars'

Answer: Junior Walker


Question: 'He got his first experience in the hotel business with his dad's boarding house in tiny San Antonio, N.M. (not Paris)'

Answer: Conrad Hilton


Question: 'A term for loyal party voters comes from the saying "I'd vote for" this colorful canine "if he was a Democrat"'

Answer: a yellow dog


Question:
'A tangy piece from Prokofiev:
"The Love For
Three ____"'

Answer: Oranges


Question: 'In the Bible, St. Paul wrote 2 letters to them'

Answer: Thessalonians


Question: 'From this book's penultimate paragraph: "There had never been a man she couldn't get, once she set her mind upon him"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'In a ship he bought from Bjarni Herjulfsson, he set sail in 1001 & found Vinland'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'This superhero fights off evildoers who try to snatch the ring before he can give it to the groom'

Answer: Best Man


Question: 'In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps'

Answer: Saint Bernard


Question: '"Is that your final answer?"'

Answer: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire


Question: 'Napoleon divided these troops into light & heavy forces'

Answer: Cavalry


Question: 'The color of Ryder trucks; the company website is named for it'

Answer: Yellow


Question: 'Fridtjof Nansen didn't know if this was on land or in mid-ocean, but he really, really wanted to reach it'

Answer: North Pole


Question: 'Many children have grappled with the riddle of why this superhero wears red suspenders'

Answer: Fireman


Question: 'Dogs in B.A.R.K. (Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) fetch homers hit from this team's park into San Francisco Bay'

Answer: San Francisco Giants


Question: '"Sorry about that, Chief"'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'It's the federal police force of Canada'

Answer: Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Question: 'Little Beaver was this comic strip character's Indian companion; we wonder when he's coming back'

Answer: Red Ryder


Question: 'In January 1765 John Byron took possession of these islands off South America for Britain, hence its claim to them'

Answer: Falkland Islands


Question: 'No harm will come to residents or theater goers when he's on the job, as seen here'

Answer: Doorman


Question: 'Wounded while flushing out a machine gun nest during WWII, Chips received the Silver Star for valor & this medal'

Answer: Purple Heart


Question: '"Dyn-O-Mite!"'

Answer: Good Times


Question: 'A baseball team is named for this noted group of riders that dates back to the 1830s'

Answer: Texas Rangers


Question: 'The new home of this university's basketball-playing Hurricanes is named for Ryder System, Inc., a major donor'

Answer: University of Miami (Florida)


Question: 'Running out of supplies while up the Orinoco, Raleigh called off the search for this fabled land'

Answer: El Dorado


Question: 'With a loud croak & a flick of his tongue, he conducts military operations underwater'

Answer: Frogman


Question: 'In May 1805 Scannon, a black Newfoundland, saved several men from a charging buffalo on this pair's expedition'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: '"Sit on it!" & "Aaaaaaaaaaay!"'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'Argentine literature has a whole category of tales of these horsemen of the Pampas'

Answer: Gauchos


Question: 'Her screen debut was in "Lucas", a film that had Corey Haim taking on bullies & joining the football team'

Answer: Winona Ryder


Question: 'In 1682 he claimed, not just part, but the entire Mississippi valley for France'

Answer: La Salle


Question: 'When he first sighted the Pacific in 1513, his only companion was his dog, Leoncico'

Answer: Vasco de Balboa


Question: 'On HBO:<br />"Hey now!"'

Answer: The Larry Sanders Show


Question: 'From a word meaning "adventurer" or "vagabond", they were the Russian army's elite horsemen'

Answer: Cossacks


Question: 'Go back to this Evelyn Waugh novel & you'll see it's narrated by Charles Ryder'

Answer: "Brideshead Revisited"


Question: 'In the '60s Laurence Olivier put on blackface to play this Shakespearean hero'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'The Dorchester & the Savoy'

Answer: London


Question: 'One of his self-portraits is seen here'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'In "The Absent-Minded Professor", Prof. Brainard applies this to the soles of his school's basketball players'

Answer: Flubber


Question: 'They ran after the farmer's wife, so she cut off their tails with a carving knife'

Answer: Three Blind Mice


Question: 'The sequel to this 1995 favorite is subtitled "Pig in the City"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'Of Shakespeare's history play, she exclaimed, "I am Richard II, know ye not that?"'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'Hostel Aphrodite & Hotel Achilleas'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'On film Anthony Quinn & Donald Sutherland have played this artist, seen here in a self-portrait'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: '17th C. British poet John Suckling invented this card game in which the score is kept by placing pegs in a board'

Answer: Cribbage


Question: 'In Christianity, the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit'

Answer: Trinity


Question: 'A big jazz fan, Clint Eastwood directed this 1988 film bio of Charlie Parker'

Answer: Bird


Question: 'The American Film Institute says the oldest complete U.S. feature is a 1912 version of this hunchback history'

Answer: "Richard III"


Question: 'Hostel La Macarena & Hostel Cervantes'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'He looks thin in the 1623 self-portrait seen here, unlike the fleshy women he often painted'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'This kind of lettuce was named for a 19th century American vegetable grower'

Answer: Bibb lettuce


Question: 'Eddie Arcaro is the only jockey to have won this twice: with Whirlaway in 1941 & Citation in 1948'

Answer: Triple Crown


Question: 'Many fans didn't love Lucy when she played the Auntie in this 1974 musical'

Answer: Mame


Question: 'One of Henry IV's big lines is "Uneasy lies the head that wears" one of these'

Answer: A crown


Question: 'The Hotel Romischer Kaiser & the Amadeus Hotel'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'It's the name of the Venetian artist seen here, or a reddish-brown color, like that of his beard'

Answer: Titian


Question: 'To equivocate, or to find fault for petty reasons'

Answer: Quibble


Question: 'Formed after Caesar was murdered, it consisted of Octavian, Marcus Lepidus & Mark Antony'

Answer: The Triumverate


Question: 'Warren Beatty won Oscar nominations for Best Actor, Director & Screenwriter for this 1981 film'

Answer: Reds


Question: 'Will's friend Ben Jonson wrote in tribute, "He was not of an age, but for" this'

Answer: All time


Question: 'Hotel Erzsebet & the Club Hotel Petnehazy'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'Feel free to "Scream" out the name of this artist, seen here'

Answer: Edvard Munch


Question: 'This Ugandan port lies on the northwestern shore of Lake Victoria'

Answer: Entebbe


Question: 'This light Russian sleigh is pulled by a team of 3 horses'

Answer: Troika


Question: 'Sean Penn made his feature film debut as a military cadet in this 1981 film'

Answer: Taps


Question: 'At the beginning of "A Tale of Two Cities", these 2 kings sit on the thrones of England & France'

Answer: George III & Louis XVI


Question: '"Moses" was one of the sculptures he did for the never-completed tomb of Julius II'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'On May 30, 1536 he said "I do" (& third time's the charm, baby!) to Jane Seymour'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Larger-than-life gambler Arnold Rothstein was implicated in this 1919 baseball scandal involving bribed players'

Answer: the Black Sox Scandal


Question: 'When the Normans conquered England in 1066, they replaced this hyphenated people as the rulers of the land'

Answer: the Anglo-Saxons


Question: 'Rehnquist or<br />Warren'

Answer: Chief Justices


Question: 'Wham!'

Answer: George Michael


Question: 'Seen here is this man's portrait of Gerard de Lairesse, who said, "Everything art can achieve was possible for him"'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Last name of the hotel magnate Elizabeth Taylor married in 1950; the 2 would never have Paris'

Answer: Hilton


Question: 'Natl. hero Arnold von Winkelried of this mountainous country helped it achieve a victory over the Austrians in 1386'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In 1091 under Robert I, the Normans completed their conquest of this island off Italy'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'Freddie Prinze became known for playing this title role on TV'

Answer: Chico


Question: 'Dire Straits'

Answer: Mark Knopfler


Question: 'There's more of Venus to love in a 1615 painting by this Flemish master'

Answer: Rubens


Question: 'The future Dolly Madison was 17 years James' junior when this noted duel winner introduced the 2'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'Inspired by his years in India, Sir Edwin Arnold's blank-verse epic "The Light of Asia" told of this religion founder'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'The Normans, who had at first been invited to this formerly imperial city, eventually sacked it in 1084'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Under the name Nguyen Ai Quoc, he petitioned the Allies for Vietnamese self-determination in Paris in 1917'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'The Talking Heads'

Answer: David Byrne


Question: 'Born in Crete, this painter studied under Titian in Venice before becoming a master of Spanish art'

Answer: El Greco


Question: 'On June 16, 1943 when she was just a kid of 18, Oona O'Neill married this star of the 1921 film "The Kid"'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'English educator Thomas Arnold was the longtime headmaster of this boys school that shares its name with a sport'

Answer: Rugby


Question: 'Some of these plunderers, whose name may be from "fjord dweller", became "Normans" after conquering part of France'

Answer: the Vikings


Question: 'A coarse, twilled cotton fabric'

Answer: chino


Question: 'Smashing Pumpkins'

Answer: Billy Corgan


Question: 'This artist captured domestic tranquility as in the painting seen here'

Answer: Vermeer


Question: 'The "jar" was half-full on June 16, 1956 when she married British poet Ted Hughes'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'This poet's feelings of spiritual isolation are reflected in works like "Dover Beach"'

Answer: Matthew Arnold


Question: 'Norman schemes against this empire ruled by Alexius I were the secret reason for their leadership role in the Crusades'

Answer: the Byzantine Empire


Question: 'The ancient Mayan cities of Palenque & Bonampak are in this southern Mexican state'

Answer: Chiapas


Question: 'The Clash'

Answer: Joe Strummer


Question: 'In the 1950s, Chester Himes moved to Paris, where he wrote murder mysteries like "Cotton Comes to" here'

Answer: Harlem


Question: '1951:<br />"I've always depended on the kindness of strangers"'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: '1669 & 1852 were bad years to plan a vacation to this Sicilian mountain'

Answer: Etna


Question: 'Keith Hernandez knows that lefties at this position have an advantage in starting a 3-6-3 double play'

Answer: first base


Question: 'Aka a redbird & protected by law, this bird may have up to 4 broods from April to August each year'

Answer: a cardinal


Question: '"George Eliot" is one of these -nyms; her autonym is Mary Ann Evans'

Answer: a pseuodonym


Question: 'Audiotaped interviews of this black Muslim leader became Alex Haley's 1965 "Autobiography" of him'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: '1976:<br />"Follow the money"'

Answer: All the President\'s Men


Question: 'It's a cheesemaking city on the Ijsselmeer'

Answer: Edam


Question: 'Adolf Menzel painted in oils with his right hand but used his left for work in this H2O-soluble medium'

Answer: watercolor


Question: 'The ruby-throated one of these can migrate 500 miles while burning off only slightly more than one gram of fat'

Answer: a hummingbird


Question: 'Of "Bouillabaisse", "Bucharest", or "Bourke-White", the one that's a toponym'

Answer: Bucharest


Question: 'In 1977 her "Song of Solomon" became the first Book-of-the-Month Club selection by a black author in 37 years'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: '1980:<br />"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue"'

Answer: Airplane!


Question: 'This country borders Guatemala & Honduras'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'A left-handed Windows user can switch the mouse so he right-clicks to select & left-clicks to bring up this type of list'

Answer: a menu


Question: 'Pochards, perching, stiff-tailed & dabbling are types of these birds'

Answer: ducks


Question: 'A tautonym is a taxonomic designation, like "Gorilla gorilla", in which these 2 classifications are the same'

Answer: genus & species


Question: 'In 1975 an Oklahoma City library was named for this "Invisible Man" author who was born in the city in 1914'

Answer: Ralph Ellison


Question: '1992:<br />"Anyone want to see second prize?  Second prize's a set of steak knives.  Third prize is yer fired"'

Answer: Glengarry Glen Ross


Question: 'Stand tall in Tallinn, this nation's capital'

Answer: Estonia


Question: 'The book "Uncommon Sound" focuses on left-handed players of this instrument, like Elliot Easton'

Answer: the guitar


Question: 'There are about 60 species of this wading bird; Asia has a purple one & America, a great blue'

Answer: a heron


Question: 'Capitonyms like "job", "herb" & "august" change meaning & this when the first letter is capitalized'

Answer: pronunciation


Question: 'Her fourth novel, "The Temple of My Familiar", featured several characters from "The Color Purple"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: '1981:<br />"You go in, find the President and bring him out in 24 hours and you're a free man"'

Answer: Escape from New York


Question: 'These 2 countries in east Africa border each other'

Answer: Eritrea & Ethiopia


Question: 'Lefties who smudge what they write may prefer right-to-left languages like this one used in Qom & Tabriz'

Answer: Farsi (Persian)


Question: 'The gray type of this bird was introduced to North America in 1889; come on, get happy!'

Answer: the partridge


Question: 'From the Greek for "outside", it's a place name used by foreigners that differs from the name used by the natives'

Answer: an exonym


Question: 'Its use dates back to 1360; on January 1, 2002 Belgium dropped it but Switzerland kept it'

Answer: the franc


Question: 'Dickens mentions this Defoe work in many of his tales, including "Bleak House" & "A Christmas Carol"'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'On St. Patrick's Day it's traditional to wear a wee bit of this plant'

Answer: Shamrock


Question: 'He was supposedly inspired by a bird that disrupted creator Walter Lantz's honeymoon'

Answer: Woody Woodpecker


Question: 'Number of songs on the American top pop list hosted by Casey Kasem'

Answer: 40


Question: 'Now hear this!  Das ohr is German for this body part'

Answer: Ear


Question: 'Group that had the 1983 hit "In A Big Country"'

Answer: Big Country


Question: 'Subtitled "The Parish Boy's Progress", it appeared in 24 installments in Bentley's Miscellany'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'Kiss & tell the name of this plant'

Answer: Mistletoe


Question: 'They're the pair of fast-talkers seen here (magpies)'

Answer: Heckle & Jeckle


Question: 'Santa keeps a list of people who fall into these 2 "N" categories'

Answer: Naughty & nice


Question: 'French for "In the fashion", it's a fashionable way to serve pie'

Answer: A la mode


Question: 'Italian leader Benito Mussolini called himself "Il Duce" which means this'

Answer: "The Leader"


Question: 'Dickens met this U.S. president a few weeks before the impeachment proceedings'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'Had the Israelites wandered in the Mojave Desert, they would have seen this tree named for one of their leaders'

Answer: Joshua tree


Question: 'Good Grief!  This little bird flew into the funnies in 1970'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'In 1988 Microsoft came in at No. 137 out of the 500 companies on this magazine's famous list'

Answer: Fortune


Question: 'This Yiddish word can mean to lug a load, or to drag oneself'

Answer: Schlep


Question: 'Writer Ruth McKenney's sister Eileen was the inspiration for this play'

Answer: My Sister Eileen


Question: 'Dickens' self-styled hero born "A posthumous child"'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'Anatomist Caspar Wistar gave his name to this popular trellis plant'

Answer: Wisteria


Question: '"Camptown Races" is a favorite song of this boisterous blabbermouth from the South'

Answer: Foghorn Leghorn


Question: 'Supplying info that led to the arrest of everyone on this list in August 1998 could have netted you over $1,500,000'

Answer: FBI Ten Most Wanted List


Question: 'Practitioners of karate & judo refer to their training school by this 4-letter Japanese name'

Answer: Dojo


Question: 'Chimachogori, the garb of some Korean women, includes a skirt, the chima, & a jacket called this'

Answer: Chogori


Question: 'One of the first full-length sound films of a Dickens work was a 1935 version of this tale of Nell & Quilp'

Answer: Ye Olde Curiosity Shoppe


Question: 'The leaves of this tree are used in cold remedies & to feed koalas'

Answer: Eucalyptus


Question: 'He's the cool character seen here (also created by Walter Lantz)'

Answer: Chilly Willy


Question: 'Topping his first worst-dressed list in 1960 was Anna Magnani, who dressed like she was "wearing tramp clothes"'

Answer: Mr. Blackwell


Question: 'Meaning clandestine, the Spanish phrase "capa y espada" translates to this common English phrase'

Answer: Cloak and dagger


Question: 'Street crime was up in Liverpool, England in May 1998 as criminals stole one of these worth $16,000'

Answer: Street


Question: 'His wealth once estimated to be $100 million, this gangster died a broken man in 1947'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'The groups Heart & Pearl Jam were formed in this city'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Mormons make a bee-line for this city, the "Mormon's Mecca"'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'She got "all dolled up" for the stamp seen here (red-haired doll)'

Answer: Raggedy Ann


Question: '"(Hi, I'm Chuck Woolery)  You can send a card to your sweetheart or anyone in your 4th grade class on this February holiday"'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'Every first aid kit should have a pair of these to remove splinters'

Answer: Tweezers


Question: 'Born in 1394, this Portuguese prince founded a school of navigation'

Answer: Prince Henry the Navigator


Question: '"Aja", "Gaucho" & "Pretzel Logic" are albums by this group'

Answer: Steely Dan


Question: 'It's the "North Star City" because it's the capital of the North Star State'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'Different types of these on stamps of the 1990s include lunch, circus & Conestoga'

Answer: Wagons


Question: 'In this religion, Ashura is a simple fast for Sunnis but a day of guilt & mortification for Shiites'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'His Old Testament book comes between Lamentations & Daniel'

Answer: Ezekiel


Question: 'Hail him, he's the Roman depicted here'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'In 1998 this Alanis Morissette album matched Boston's "Boston" as the best-selling debut album ever'

Answer: Jagged Little Pill


Question: 'It's New England's "City Beautiful" as well as the "Insurance City"'

Answer: Hartford


Question: 'A C-54 cargo plane is on the 1998 stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of this aid mission'

Answer: Berlin Airlift


Question: 'This November day on which girls court boys comes from the comic strip "Li'l Abner"'

Answer: Sadie Hawkins Day


Question: 'Named for Indians who lived in the region, it was Mississippi's first capital'

Answer: Natchez


Question: 'This man was the first prime minister of his country (Israel)'

Answer: David Ben-Gurion


Question: '"You Might Think" this group won MTV's Best Video of 1984: well, you're right, they did'

Answer: The Cars


Question: 'It's the "Queen on the James" -- the James River, that is'

Answer: Richmond


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />It's the Sousa march honored on the 1997 stamp seen here'

Answer: Stars And Stripes Forever


Question: 'The people of San Juan, Puerto Rico lose their heads celebrating June 24, this saint's feast day'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'He headed the Soviet Union's Communist party from 1964 until his death in 1982'

Answer: Leonid Brezhnev


Question: 'In 1863 this explorer published "Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile"'

Answer: John Speke


Question: 'Last name of brothers Mark & David who were part of the original lineup of Dire Straits'

Answer: Knopfler


Question: 'Great Scot!  This city on the Hudson has been called the "Edinburgh of America"'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'The tribute to this artist was released March 25, 1998 in Washington, D.C., not "Mobile"'

Answer: Alexander Calder


Question: 'September 3 commemorates the founding of all 24 square miles of this republic within Italy'

Answer: San Marino


Question: 'In 1975 Cambodia seized this American merchant ship on the Gulf of Siam, claiming it was a spy vessel'

Answer: Mayaguez


Question: 'McDonald's'  2 most successful promotional campaigns both involved these Happy Meal toys'

Answer: Beanie Babies


Question: 'Prior to 1929, when he got a private one, the president had to use a booth adjoining the Oval Office'

Answer: Telephone


Question: 'Cling peaches are called that because they cling to this'

Answer: Pit/Stone


Question: 'Georges Clemenceau called this "much too important a matter to be left to the generals"'

Answer: War


Question: 'Invented by Edwin Land, it was the first instant camera'

Answer: Polaroid Camera


Question: 'Though this dam controls the Nile's flood waters, some say it's harmed the environment'

Answer: Aswan High Dam


Question: 'Completes the title of Little Richard's 1958 song "Good Golly..."'

Answer: Miss Molly


Question: 'Among those who filled this post were Latisha Tyler Semple, Harriet Lane & Dolley Madison'

Answer: First Lady (or White House Hostess)


Question: 'The fruit of the nopal cactus is this kind of pear'

Answer: Prickly Pear


Question: 'The "Cynics' Cyclopedia" defined this as "Patrick Henry's second choice"'

Answer: Death


Question: 'When Henry Cavendish discovered this lightest-known element, he called it inflammable air'

Answer: Hydrogen


Question: 'The country's most important crop; Egypt became Europe's main supplier during our Civil War'

Answer: Cotton


Question: 'Brian Hyland hit #1 in 1960 singing about this type of "yellow, polka-dot bikini"'

Answer: itsy bitsy teenie weenie


Question: 'It's between the Green Room & the Red Room on the first floor'

Answer: The Blue Room


Question: 'Citrus fruit named for the resemblance of its apex to a belly button'

Answer: Navel Orange


Question: 'An anonymous wag defined a king as "a highly paid model for" these "sticky things"'

Answer: Postage Stamps


Question: 'Galileo is said to have done gravity experiments by dropping weights from this tower'

Answer: Leaning Tower of Pisa


Question: 'When Sadat was assassinated in 1981, this vice-president succeeded him'

Answer: Hosni Mubarak


Question: 'In his first big hit, Roy Orbison claimed "Only" they "know how I feel"'

Answer: "The Lonely"


Question: 'The North Portico faces this street'

Answer: Pennsylvania Avenue


Question: 'Wintercress is also called scurvy grass because of its high content of this vitamin'

Answer: Vitamin C


Question: 'Mark Twain said this "Parsifal" composer's music "is better than it sounds"'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'In ancient times, lodestone was used as a form of this instrument'

Answer: Compass


Question: 'Established in 970, Cairo's Al-Azar is the chief Islamic one in the world'

Answer: University


Question: 'Freddy Cannon had a 1959 hit singing about this "Lassie"'

Answer: "Tallahassee Lassie"


Question: 'Teddy Roosevelt had these American animal heads carved into the mantle in the state dining room'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'Maui & Vidalia, Georgia are famous for producing sweet types of this vegetable'

Answer: Onions


Question: 'This "Candide" author said, "The secret of being a bore is to tell everything"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'A positive ion is formed when an atom loses one or more of these'

Answer: Electron


Question: 'The eagle, a symbol of this medieval Muslim sultan of Egypt, is on its flag & coat-of-arms'

Answer: Saladin


Question: 'Janis Joplin's only #1 song'

Answer: "Me and Bobby McGee"


Question: '"The Corsican General"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Manuel Puig's novel about the kiss of this woman was banned in his native Argentina'

Answer: "The Kiss of the Spider Woman"


Question: 'On average, 7 to 8 yards of material are used in a pagri, a type of this headdress worn in India'

Answer: Turban


Question: 'A labor contract clause calling for wages to climb automatically, named for a moving staircase'

Answer: Escalator Clause


Question: 'Mama snakes can't remind their kids to do this to their food, since most snakes' teeth aren't made to do it'

Answer: Chewing


Question: 'The ship on Grenada's coat-of-arms represents this explorer who discovered the island in 1498'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: '"The One-Legged Governor of New Netherland"'

Answer: Peter Stuyvessant


Question: 'J.G. Ballard's experiences in this country during World War II shaped his novel "Empire of the Sun"'

Answer: China


Question: 'Worn by England's Yeoman Warders of the Tower, this hat has given them their nickname'

Answer: Beefeater


Question: 'The headquarters of the United Automobile Workers is in this city'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of this primate, the black-faced lion tamarin'

Answer: monkey


Question: 'This mountain is prominent on Tanzania's coat-of-arms'

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro


Question: '"The Lady with the Lamp"'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'He dedicated "The Winds of War": "With Love to my sons Nathaniel and Joseph"'

Answer: Herman Wouk


Question: 'Basque shepherds commonly wear this soft, brimless hat'

Answer: Beret


Question: 'From the Latin for "to grasp", it's one who is just learning a trade'

Answer: Apprentice


Question: 'This floating sea creature which resembles a jellyfish was probably named for a type of ship'

Answer: Man-O\'-War


Question: 'This African country's coat-of-arms reads "The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here"'

Answer: Liberia


Question: '"The Scourge of God"'

Answer: Attila The Hun


Question: 'This author continued the saga of the Corleones in his novel "The Sicilian"'

Answer: Mario Puzo


Question: 'Indian women of Bolivia wear these mens' hats as a part of their traditional costume'

Answer: Derby Hat


Question: 'A management strike in which the company refuses to let employees work until its terms are accepted'

Answer: Lockout


Question: 'In winter, when its brown coat turns to white, the short-tailed weasel is called this'

Answer: Ermine


Question: 'Among the symbols used on its coat-of-arms are two Gurkhas & the Himalayas'

Answer: Nepal


Question: '"The Hero of the Nile"'

Answer: Lord (Admiral) Nelson


Question: 'The Jerzy Kozinski novel that opens with, "It was Sunday.  Chance was in the garden"'

Answer: "Being There"


Question: 'This soft felt hat with a tapered crown and center crease is named for an 1882 French play'

Answer: Fedora


Question: '2-word phrase for workers' perks developed during World War II because raises were prohibited'

Answer: Fringe Benefits


Question: 'Eskimos of Greenland hunt this whale for its single long ivory tusk'

Answer: Narwal


Question: '1 of 2 women who made the Top 10 on Forbes' list of the highest-earning entertainers of 1989-90'

Answer: Madonna & Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'A term for politics at the local level, or items found in your lawn'

Answer: grass roots


Question: '"Chim Chim Cher-ee"'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Sandy Koufax, when on the mound'

Answer: a southpaw


Question: 'In one myth the decapitated head of the giant Mimir was an advisor to this Norse god'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'He's the kilt-clad kinsmen pictured here around 1980'

Answer: Prince Charles


Question: 'Dr. Alfred Kinsey was born in this New Jersey city in 1894, as was Frank Sinatra 21 years later'

Answer: Hoboken


Question: 'A GOP plan to eliminated filibusters on judicial nominees has been called this alarming "option"'

Answer: nuclear


Question: '"Talk To The Animals"'

Answer: Dr. Dolittle


Question: 'This popular diet was developed to help cardiac patients lose weight'

Answer: the South Beach Diet


Question: 'Associated with nature & plants, Xipe Totec was an important god of these North American people'

Answer: the Aztecs


Question: 'When this actor was knighted in 1999 he wore a kilt to the ceremony'

Answer: Sean Connery


Question: 'Caused by a deficiency of vitamin D, this bone-softening disease curved Dr. Kinsey's spine as a child'

Answer: rickets


Question: 'In 1826, John Cam Hobhouse coined the phrase "His Majesty's" this for the party not in power'

Answer: Opposition


Question: '"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"'

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Question: 'It's surrounded by the Philippines, Borneo & Taiwan'

Answer: the South China Sea


Question: 'The Roman goddess of flowers, she had an herb that was said to make you pregnant if you touched it'

Answer: Flora


Question: 'Sometimes decorated with fur, a sporran is a traditional one of these worn in front of a kilt'

Answer: a pouch (or purse)


Question: 'Before he took up sex, Dr. Kinsey studied & became a renowned expert on the gall type of this insect'

Answer: a wasp


Question: 'From the Latin for "all", it's the type of $388-billion spending bill Congress passed in December 2004'

Answer: omnibus


Question: '"Colors Of The Wind"'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'There is nothing like this musical that opened in New York in 1949'

Answer: South Pacific


Question: 'If sometimes you feel like a "nut", check out Nut, a goddess of this ancient civilization'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'The Royal Stuart is a type of this, a plaid pattern on the fabric of a kilt'

Answer: a tartan


Question: 'In 1947 Dr. Kinsey founded his institute for sex research at this Bloomington university'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'A junior member of Parliament, from the location of his or her seat'

Answer: a back-bencher


Question: '"Al Otro Lado Del Rio"'

Answer: The Motorcycle Diaries


Question: 'In 2003 the name of this area was officially changed to South Los Angeles'

Answer: South Central


Question: 'The sub bearing the name of this trumpeter sea god & son of Poseidon was the first to travel around the world underwater'

Answer: Triton


Question: 'In 1822, when this author organized a royal visit to Edinburgh, he wore a kilt & got George IV to sport one also'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'Completes the title of Dr. Kinsey's shocking 1948 work "Sexual Behavior in" this'

Answer: the Human Male


Question: 'Number that's the greatest common factor of 15, 130 & 10,000'

Answer: 5


Question: '1 of the 2 shows that debuted in the fall of 1988 with a Murphy in the title'

Answer: Murphy Brown (or Murphy\'s Law)


Question: 'On Sept. 22, 1776, the morning after his capture by the British & with no trial, he gave the one life he had'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: '(Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge gives the clue.)  I introduced the threat advisory system; during my time at the DHS we were never able to go below this color, for "elevated threat"'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'About 96 percent of Mongols are of this religion'

Answer: Buddhist


Question: 'Since 1937, it's been the location of the U.S. gold depository'

Answer: Fort Knox


Question: 'Slow down when you approach this type of set that contains elements common to 2 other sets'

Answer: an intersection


Question: '20 years after its debut, this quirky show came out on DVD in 2005 with commentary from Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis'

Answer: Moonlighting


Question: 'Tradition says this Biblical figure kissed himself off on a tree that now bears his name'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question: 'DHS is charged with protecting "critical" this--from subways to satellites, the systems we rely on every day'

Answer: infrastructure


Question: 'In recent years measures taken by the Mongolian government have stabilized the tugrik, which is this'

Answer: the currency


Question: 'A nickleodeon was an early version of this 7-letter machine'

Answer: a jukebox


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands at a chalkboard.)  Multiplying in scientific notation gets me a product with this exponent'

Answer: 9


Question: '"Three's a Crowd" picked up where this sitcom left off'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'Emerson said this man, hanged for treason on Dec. 2, 1859, would make the gallows "as glorious as the cross"'

Answer: John Brown


Question: '(Tom Ridge reads.)  I led the largest reorganization of the government since the 1940s, including bringing the Secret Service, customs, & this whole military service into the DHS'

Answer: the Coast Guard


Question: 'In the 1990s the Przewalski variety of this was reintroduced to Mongolia'

Answer: horse


Question: 'Seward's, it was said, was Alaska'

Answer: an icebox


Question: 'For a line, this is defined as the ratio of vertical to horizontal distance it covers'

Answer: slope


Question: 'Joe Penny played Jake; he played the Fatman'

Answer: (William) Conrad


Question: 'Washington denied his request to be shot like a gentleman & not hanged like a spy, which he was on Oct. 2, 1780'

Answer: Major John André


Question: 'Passenger screening is the responsibility of this Homeland Security agency established in November 2001'

Answer: the TSA


Question: 'Founded around 1368, this Chinese dynasty drove the Mongols out of power in China that same year'

Answer: the Ming


Question: 'Jenner used this bovine pathogen to make his vaccine'

Answer: cowpox


Question: 'Doc Severinson performed its theme during the '80s; Ray Charles did it during the '90s'

Answer: Designing Women


Question: 'In 1987 Spandau prison officials reported that this Nazi had hanged himself at age 93'

Answer: Rudolph Hess


Question: '(Tom Ridge reads one last time.)  Our front line of defense against a terrorist attack is local police & firefighters, known as "first" these'

Answer: responders


Question: 'In the 1200s the Mongols established this capital city with the same name as K2's mountain range'

Answer: Karakoram


Question: 'Popular Western United States perennial seen here'

Answer: phlox


Question: 'In 2004 a top entry in a 6,000 mile albatross race was sponsored by a descendant of this man who died in 1834'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'He sketched out a model of his telegraph during an ocean voyage in 1832'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'In New Zealand, a pakeha is a person who isn't descended from these natives'

Answer: Maori


Question: 'Barbara'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Instrument you're most likely to hear at the Braemar Gathering & other Highland Games'

Answer: Bagpipes


Question: 'The father of "ER"'s Julianna Margulies wrote this product's "Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz" jingle'

Answer: Alka-Seltzer


Question: 'A stick used for punishment; don't "spare" it'

Answer: Rod


Question: 'Eli Whitney saw little profit from this invention as unauthorized copies sprouted up everywhere'

Answer: Cotton gin


Question: 'Corfiotes are natives of this island that isn't far from Albania'

Answer: Corfu


Question: 'Mamie'

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower


Question: 'Musical instrument ineptly played by private Hannibal Dobbs on the TV series "F Troop"'

Answer: Bugle


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Carol Burnett)  On TV I first pulled on my left ear as a way of saying hello to this relative who was at home"'

Answer: Grandmother


Question: 'It's the past participle of "shoe", & we're not horsing around'

Answer: Shod


Question: 'John Fitch launched a vessel of this type in 1787, 16 years before Robert Fulton'

Answer: Steamboat


Question: 'Orcadians don't live on the planet Ork but in the Orkney Islands of this British Isles country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Rosalynn'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'This percussion instrument with small jingling disks is often used to provide a gypsy effect in musical pieces'

Answer: Tambourine


Question: 'Her mother originated the column of household hints that she took over at age 26 in 1977'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'To poke, perhaps with a cattle implement'

Answer: Prod


Question: 'To demonstrate his safety brake, this inventor jumped in an elevator & cut the cables'

Answer: Elisha Otis


Question: 'The people of this "Magnolia State" are sometimes known as mud-cats'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Lucy'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: 'The lowest-pitched of the brass instruments, its name is from the Latin for trumpet'

Answer: Tuba


Question: 'This actor & his brother Brett played brothers Larry & Jimmy Flynt in 1996's "The People Vs. Larry Flynt"'

Answer: Woody Harrelson


Question: 'A style once worn in swingin' London, or Peggy Lipton's "squad"'

Answer: Mod


Question: 'He launched the first liquid propellant rocket in 1926 at his Aunt Effie's Massachusetts farm'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question: 'It's the religion of most of the Uzbeks in Uzbekistan'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'Lou'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'Medieval instrument heard here'

Answer: Lute


Question: 'This TV comic's mother Betty is a spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay rights group'

Answer: Elllen DeGeneres


Question: 'Perhaps from obsolete Dutch for "shred", it's a young cod or haddock'

Answer: Scrod


Question: 'One of Hawthorne's last works, "Chiefly About War Matters", was chiefly about this war'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'In Sanskrit this sppedy animal's name was Chitraka, meaning "speckled"'

Answer: Cheetah


Question: '20th Century Fox oddly chose the month of June to release this 1947 fable about Kris Kringle'

Answer: Miracle On 34th Street


Question: 'Holly Joan Hart, this magazine's April 1998 centerfold, likes F. Scott Fitzgerald & bubble baths'

Answer: Playboy


Question: 'Minnie Driver, Scott Wolf & LeAnn Rimes are among celebrities who've confessed to doing this in the shower'

Answer: Singing


Question: 'A replica of the Mayflower is docked on the waterfront of this Massachusetts city'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'Hawthorne added this letter to his last name when he began writing stories'

Answer: W


Question: 'Discovered & decimated in less than 200 years, its name is from the Portuguese for "foolish"'

Answer: Dodo


Question: 'He directed Judy Garland in "Meet Me In St. Louis" & married her the next year'

Answer: Vincent Minnelli


Question: 'In 1789 the first of these events took place in April; it was later moved to March, then January'

Answer: Presidential inauguration


Question: 'This type of enclosure for showering shares its name with a home for horses'

Answer: Shower stall


Question: 'Samoset stunned the Pilgrims when he welcomed them to America in this language'

Answer: English


Question: 'Hawthorne based "The Celestial Railroad" on this John Bunyan work, one of his boyhood favorites'

Answer: Pilgrim\'s Progress


Question: 'These colorful beetles were named in honor of the Virgin Mary'

Answer: Ladybugs


Question: 'He was the subject of the 1946 biopic seen here: "You see, tomorrow I leave for Hollywood, according to what they call 'talking pictures

Answer: Al Jolson


Question: '2 American car models, or the 2 signs of the Zodiac that cover parts of April'

Answer: Aries & Taurus


Question: 'The name of this thin mortar that seals tiles can also refer to meal or malt'

Answer: Grout


Question: 'No Puritan, this friend of Myles Standish was the last surviving signer of The Mayflower Compact'

Answer: John Alden


Question: 'Mrs. Hawthorne's nickname for this family friend & novelist was "Mr. Omoo"'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'The story goes Capt. Cook asked what that animal was & a local replied this, meaning "Don't understand"'

Answer: Kangaroo


Question: 'The title of this Boyer-Bergman film became a verb meaning to make someone doubt his sanity'

Answer: Gaslight


Question: 'It's the 1991 film about 4 women who share an Italian villa for a month'

Answer: Enchanted April


Question: 'In 1993 this Teledyne brand produced its 40 millionth shower massage unit'

Answer: Waterpik


Question: 'Hawthorne died while traveling through New Hampshire with this former president, his close friend'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: 'This name for the spiny anteater is from the Greek for "viper"; it has a venom system'

Answer: Echidna


Question: 'Don't look for a mail carrier in this 1946 crime flick -- he's only a metaphor'

Answer: The Postman Always Rings Twice


Question: 'April 5 is the feast day of St. Vincent Ferrer, patron of these workers, like Sir Thomas Crapper'

Answer: Plumbers/sanitary engineers


Question: 'A squirting shower head may be clogged with this -- the calcium compound, not the fruit'

Answer: Lime


Question: 'Native New Englander seen here, modeling for his company's catalog sometime before WWI'

Answer: L.L. Bean


Question: 'Technically, a carpet is fixed to the floor but one of these lies free'

Answer: a rug


Question: 'This clock-wearing member of Public Enemy went from "The Surreal Life" to his own show on VH1'

Answer: Flavor Flav


Question: 'To visit Sensoji Temple in this capital, cross Komagata Bridge, turn right & walk north on the Nakamise-Dori'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'In 2006 ABC aired the finals in primetime for this C-O-N-T-E-S-T, the "longest-running educational promotion"'

Answer: the Spelling Bee


Question: 'Good grief! Patty from "Peanuts" has this spice in her name'

Answer: peppermint


Question: 'What distinguished this Disney character from others in a 1932 cartoon was not his looks but his laugh'

Answer: Goofy


Question: 'Andrassy is the luxury shopping street of this capital of Hungary'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'Brian (the dog) is a surprisingly eloquent member of the Griffin household on this animated series'

Answer: Family Guy


Question: 'The drive from Denmark to Malmo in this country includes a 5-mile stretch across the Oresund Bridge'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'The 1st Amendment was the 2006 topic in the "Ideas of America" contest for this type of short literary composition'

Answer: an essay


Question: 'The ceylon or tree type of this spice that's good on toast is buff-colored & mildly sweet'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'This web-footed swimming bird has a longer neck & longer legs than a duck'

Answer: a goose


Question: 'It's not just Dijon; Meaux also is known for this condiment'

Answer: mustard


Question: 'Season 3 of this MTV reality series introduced us to Breanna, L.C.'s younger sister'

Answer: Laguna Beach


Question: 'From Paris' Royal Saint-Honore Hotel, walk 1/2 mile down Rue Saint-Honore, turn right & walk into its glass pyramid'

Answer: The Louvre


Question: 'Debate & solve the problems of the world in the "Model" this international organization'

Answer: United Nations (U.N.)


Question: 'In a sushi bar, you will likely be offered some pickled this so you can cleanse your palate between bites'

Answer: ginger


Question: '(I'm Steve Schirripa of The Sopranos.)  I've written several books on the lifestyle of this Sicilian slang term that's also seen in Super Mario games'

Answer: goomba


Question: 'Jazzman Bucky Pizzarelli uses a 7-string one of these'

Answer: a guitar


Question: 'Emmitt Smith won the third installment of this show with a samba'

Answer: Dancing With the Stars


Question: 'To visit San Marino, take a winding road up Mount Titano, a short drive from Rimini in this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Pascal & C are 2 of the languages students must know to compete in the USACO, the Olympiad of this'

Answer: computing


Question: 'The name of this spice important in Asian incense can also refer to a small piece of garlic'

Answer: clove


Question: 'The name of these ice cream bars invented in 1920 implies that they'll actually improve your temperament'

Answer: Good Humor


Question: 'The Royal Tyrrell Museum of this -ology has 35 complete dinosaur skeletons'

Answer: paleontology


Question: 'Ukrainian-born Mila Kunis played Jackie Burkhart on this Fox sitcom'

Answer: That \'70s Show


Question: 'From Ulan Bator, go straight south to Wuhai, flip a left & go about 500 miles to reach this world capital'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'Since 1989 this society has sponsored an annual bee that tests kids on their knowledge of the Earth'

Answer: The National Geographic Society


Question: 'Popular in spaghetti sauce, wild marjoram is more commonly known by this name'

Answer: oregano


Question: 'Steven Spielberg produced & wrote the story for this film about a group of kids who find pirate treasure'

Answer: The Goonies


Question: 'The part of your eye that looks like a black circle is called this, as is a student'

Answer: a pupil


Question: 'He ran track at Skyline High in Oakland--good practice for the role of Forrest Gump'

Answer: Tom Hanks


Question: 'This Secretary of State whose first name is from a musical term had originally planned to be a concert pianist'

Answer: Condoleezza Rice


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue crew is in the lab.)  This trademarked DuPont technology protects each fiber of a carpet to prevent stains; you might know it better from cookware'

Answer: teflon


Question: 'This state celebrates July 24, the day of Brigham Young's arrival, as Pioneer Day'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Colorful term for a person who forges objects of iron'

Answer: a blacksmith


Question: 'Dentin, which is harder than bone, surrounds the pulp of these'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'As a teen in B.C., she said her goal was "to be a California beach bum"--she got her wish on "Baywatch"'

Answer: Pamela Anderson


Question: 'Shortly after her disappearance, her publisher husband George Putnam released "Last Flight", containing her diaries'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'We know that coils inside this appliance are where evaporation takes place; we just don't know if the light stays on'

Answer: the refrigerator


Question: 'By early 2006, New Orleans had been overtaken in population by this nearby capital city'

Answer: Baton Rouge


Question: 'Repugnantly hateful, though we have nothing personal against the "Snowman"'

Answer: abominable


Question: 'Otoliths are found in the vestibule of the "inner" part of this organ'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'To make extra money, she sometimes cleaned out the tour bus for her mom Naomi & sister Wynonna'

Answer: Ashley Judd


Question: '"The Moses of her people", she helped hundreds of slaves escape along the underground railroad'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the hot air.)  In plastic that's heated, the molecules move around and get tangled, reducing the area of the plastic around an object; hence the name'

Answer: shrink wrap


Question: 'This state's Little Diomede is about 2 1/2 miles from Russia's Big Diomede Island'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'To go about under false pretenses, or a type of party with historical costumes'

Answer: masquerade


Question: 'This part of the brain just above the brain stem is about the size of an orange'

Answer: the cerebellum


Question: 'As a high school basketball star in Irvington, J.J., this "Royal" rapper led her team to 2 state championships'

Answer: Queen Latifah


Question: 'She's the  young girl on the left pictured with her beloved teacher Anne Sullivan'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'Seen here is the first patent for what became this time saver at the supermarket checkout'

Answer: a bar code


Question: 'Since 1792 Frankfort has been the capital of this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Jugglers don't focus on any 1 particular ball; they use this type of vision to keep track of the whole area'

Answer: peripheral


Question: 'This main artery of the heart is said to resemble a cane with its arch at the top of the heart'

Answer: the aorta


Question: 'He played quarterback for the Terrell High School tigers before we won an Oscar for playing Ray Charles'

Answer: Jamie Foxx


Question: 'This first American woman in space heads a company geared to girls who are interested in science & math'

Answer: Sally Ride


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew screens the facts.)  Channel surfing is made possible by the light emitting diode in your remote, sending a signal of this non-visible light'

Answer: infrared light


Question: 'Downtown skyway systems with 13 miles of walkways make it so you don't have to go outside while in these twin cities'

Answer: Minneapolis & St. Paul


Question: 'Security pledged for the payment of a loan; in a familiar but unrelated phrase, it precedes "damage"'

Answer: collateral


Question: 'In 2006 "The Nativity Story" became the first film to have its world premiere in this country, in Paul VI Hall'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: '1707:<br />The Act of Union joins these 2 countries into the United Kingdom of Great Britain'

Answer: Scotland & England


Question: '"Shoeless Joe"'

Answer: Joe Jackson


Question: 'This country, the world's second-leading producer of cars in 2000 with over 10 mil., made only 32,000 of them in 1950'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A book-like listing of a business' goods for sale; Sears & Roebuck used to put out a famous one'

Answer: C-A-T-A-L-O-G-U-E


Question: 'South Dakotans celebrate this October holiday as Native American Day'

Answer: Columbus Day


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.) As a semiconductor that can either conduct or resist electricity, this element has become the raw material of computer chips'

Answer: silicon


Question: '1931:<br />This 102-story building is officially dedicated in New York City'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: '"The Iron Horse"'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'Of the 101 medals the U. S. won at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 were of this kind'

Answer: gold


Question: 'Use this farm implement that breaks up soil to plant your leeks'

Answer: P-L-O-U-G-H


Question: 'Wild Bill Hickok & Calamity Jane are buried in this city's Mount Moriah Cemetery'

Answer: Deadwood


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.)  The equivalent of wires in a chip's circuitry have been shrunk to 1/1,000th the width of a hair, & are measured in this unit, a millionth of a meter'

Answer: microns


Question: '1869:<br />Ooh la la!  These risque follies open on the wicked continent'

Answer: the Folies Bergères


Question: '"Stan the Man"'

Answer: Stan Musial


Question: 'Of 4, 7 or 12, the number of nations in the world with a name ending in "stan"'

Answer: 7


Question: 'Go to the famous Globe one to see a play by Shakespeare'

Answer: T-H-E-A-T-R-E


Question: 'From 1963 to 1981 this Democrat & presidential candidate served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate'

Answer: McGovern


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.)  Invented in 1947, this device that replaced the vacuum tube can now be a mere 150 atoms thick on a computer chip'

Answer: a transistor


Question: '1961:<br />Total length in time of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight; he was famous much longer'

Answer: 15 minutes


Question: 'A '70s Red Sox catcher:<br />"Pudge"'

Answer: (Carlton) Fisk


Question: 'The Apollo lunar mission with this number was aborted en route to the Moon in 1970 due to an in-flight explosion'

Answer: 13


Question: 'At the pub, it's beer from a keg, not a bottle'

Answer: D-R-A-U-G-H-T


Question: 'The Big Sioux River, which does the falling at Sioux Falls, empties into this river near Sioux City'

Answer: the Missouri


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.)  To check for defects or design issues on a chip, Intel uses this type of microscope that beams subatomic particles at its subject'

Answer: an electron microscope


Question: '1776:<br />Adam Weishaupt forms this "enlightened" Bavarian secret society'

Answer: the Illuminati


Question: 'A '90s Rangers, now Tigers, catcher:<br />"Pudge"'

Answer: Ivan Rodriguez


Question: 'In this job James K. Hahn made $181,317.79 more a year than his predecessor, Richard Riordan, who took $1'

Answer: mayor of Los Angeles


Question: 'Good Britons recycle this metal in their soft-drink cans'

Answer: A-L-U-M-I-N-I-U-M


Question: 'The remains of a 3-toed horse & saber-toothed tigers have been found in the fossil beds of this national park'

Answer: Badlands National Park


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.)  This Intel cofounder's law predicted that chips would double computing power every 1 or 2 years; Intel made that a reality with million-fold jumps in performance'

Answer: Gordon Moore


Question: 'Now endangered, these fast felines were once common in India where a Mogal emperor kept a thousand of them as hunting cats'

Answer: cheetah


Question: 'She "lit a lantern... her cow kicked it over, then winked... & said, 'There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight'"'

Answer: (Mrs.) O\'Leary


Question: 'General Von Choltitz, military commander of this European capital, wouldn't follow Hitler's orders to burn it'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Pilgrims in this 14th century work are heading to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket'

Answer: Canterbury Tales


Question: 'The first song listed in the "Billboard Book of No. 1 Hits" is this "rockin'" Bill Haley song from July 1955'

Answer: "Rock Around The Clock"


Question: 'Opossum pocket'

Answer: a pouch


Question: 'Proverbially, to stir up trouble is to put "the cat in among" these urban birds'

Answer: the pigeons


Question: 'Hero of a Robert Burns poem, or a Scottish woolen cap'

Answer: Tam O\'Shanter


Question: 'The despotic Walter Ulbricht blocked de-Stalinization as leader of this country'

Answer: East Germany


Question: 'A Winston Groom sequel sees this title man involved in the Iran-Contra affair & the fall of the Berlin Wall'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'In July 1965 the No. 1 hit in the U.S. was this Rolling Stones classic'

Answer: "Satisfaction"


Question: 'There's a finishing one and a Midas one'

Answer: a touch


Question: 'Slender Asian variety of feline seen here'

Answer: a Siamese cat


Question: 'A misleading illusion; specifically, a bright light over marshy ground'

Answer: a will o\' (the) wisp


Question: 'In 1806, when a patron suggested he tickle the ivories for visiting French officers, he stormed out'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'Her novel "The Kitchen God's Wife" recounts a mother's struggles to survive in China'

Answer: Amy Tan


Question: 'In July of 1975, the musical act seen here topped the U.S. charts'

Answer: The Captain & Tennille


Question: 'A certificate exchangeable for cash or merchandise'

Answer: a voucher


Question: 'America's only natural breed of domestic feline is the large "coon cat" from this New England state'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Britannica says that in his time, after Shaw & Shakespeare, this dramatist was the most translated & produced'

Answer: (Eugene) O\'Neill


Question: 'In the 1980s, as Vatican Doctrinal Enforcer, the German born with this surname said no to "liberation theology"'

Answer: Ratzinger


Question: 'The title character of this Sir Walter Scott novel appears for a joust as a disinherited knight'

Answer: Ivanhoe


Question: 'In a No. 1 hit from July 1985, he was "findin' it hard to believe we're in heaven"'

Answer: Bryan Adams


Question: 'Boastful buffoon stock character from commedia dell'arte; will you do the fandango?'

Answer: Scaramouch


Question: 'The tiger is Panthera tigris; the lion is Panthera this'

Answer: leo


Question: 'This flower, seen here, gets its name due to its afternoon bloom'

Answer: four-o\'clocks


Question: 'In 1891, a year after losing power, this statesman was elected to the Reichstag but refused to serve'

Answer: Otto Von Bismarck


Question: 'In this Hesse work, Harry Haller meets a Doppelganger of himself named Hermine'

Answer: Steppenwolf


Question: '"Waterfalls" by this female hip-hop trio had the fans flooding into stores in July 1995'

Answer: TLC


Question: 'In Ancient Egyptian inscription, this oval figure held the names of royal personages'

Answer: cartouche


Question: 'Had he lived in ancient Greece, this president would have been called Odysseus'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'This red-breasted state bird of Connecticut lays 3 to 6 blue eggs 2 or 3 times a year'

Answer: the robin


Question: 'A short, chunky race horse rider'

Answer: a stocky jockey


Question: 'The L.A. Times reports 1875 was the first & only time 1 peso equaled this amount in U.S. funds'

Answer: 1 dollar


Question: 'In the Beatles hit, "I said something wrong, now I long for" this'

Answer: "Yesterday"


Question: 'French for an appetizer, it literally means "outside the main work"'

Answer: dors d\'oeuvres


Question:
'Arteries,
veins,
the heart,
blood'

Answer: circulatory


Question: 'This "crazy" state bird of Minnesota is also called the great northern diver'

Answer: the loon


Question: 'Cozy corner in which to store your bestsellers'

Answer: a book nook


Question: 'In 1931 the Mexican government took the pesos made of this metal out of circulation'

Answer: gold


Question: 'It includes the lines "What a glorious feeling, I'm happy again, I'm laughing at clouds..."'

Answer: "Singin\' In The Rain"


Question: 'Traditionally, this pocket bread is served with hummus'

Answer: pita bread


Question:
'Salivary glands,
stomach,
intestines'

Answer: digestive


Question: 'In 1943 South Dakota selected the ring-necked species of this game bird as its state bird'

Answer: the pheasant


Question: 'It's what you might call a smart-mouthed young Scottish woman'

Answer: a brassy lassie (or a sassy lassie)


Question: 'The peso is divided into 100 of these'

Answer: centavos


Question: 'Springsteen sang, "You can't start a fire without a spark, this gun's for hire, even if we're just" doing this'

Answer: "Dancing In The Dark"


Question: 'As an appetizer, prosciutto is usually accompanied by this fruit'

Answer: melon


Question:
'Trachea,
bronchi,
lungs'

Answer: respiratory


Question: 'This pouched state bird of Louisiana has been designated an endangered species in North America'

Answer: the pelican


Question: 'A stain from a hot chocolate sundae'

Answer: a fudge smudge


Question: 'The peso is now symbolized N$, meaning this'

Answer: nuevo (new) peso


Question: 'Jimmy Buffett sang of "Wasting away in" this place "searching for my lost shaker of salt"'

Answer: "Margaritaville"


Question: 'Collective term from the French for pieces of raw celery, carrots, etc. served with dip'

Answer: crudites


Question:
'Ganglia,
axons,
brain stem'

Answer: nervous


Question: 'This New Mexico state bird is noted for its swiftness of foot & the ability to lower its body temperature'

Answer: the roadrunner


Question: 'Official penman for the Pima or Navajo'

Answer: a tribe scribe


Question: 'This Austrian archduke was the first to have the peso coin inscribed "1 Peso"'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'Question asked by Alanis Morissette, "It's like rain on your wedding day, it's a free ride when you've already paid"'

Answer: "Isn\'t It Ironic"


Question: 'Mee Krob is a sweet, crispy noodle dish from the cuisine of this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question:
'Pituitary gland,
adrenal gland,
thyroid gland'

Answer: endocrine


Question: 'She called her autobiography "First Lady from Plains"'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'Mykelti Williamson played Bubba Blue in this Oscar-winning 1994 Tom Hanks film'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'The Raj Path, a tree-lined avenue in this world capital, leads to the home of India's president'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Arny Freytag shot this magazine's 40th anniversary centerfold, Anna-Marie Goddard'

Answer: Playboy


Question: 'In 1844 Horace Wells became the first to have a tooth pulled while under the influence of this gas'

Answer: nitrous oxide (laughing gas)


Question: 'In a Longfellow poem, Minnehaha marries this Indian hero'

Answer: Hiawatha


Question: 'Michael Jackson's "Moonwalk" was among the many books she edited while working for Doubleday'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'Mercedes McCambridge performed the demonic dubbing in this 1973 film'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'An orange tree on this country's coat of arms symbolizes the Orange Free State'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'These lens attachments include polarizing star & neutral density'

Answer: filters


Question: 'This poisonous gas, CO, is about 3% lighter than air'

Answer: carbon monoxide


Question: 'His story "Ms. Found in a Bottle" was the prize-winning entry in an 1833 newspaper contest'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'During WWI, rather than waste manpower on mowing the White House lawn, she grazed sheep'

Answer: Edith Wilson


Question:
'Ronald Reagan said this film most affected his life:
[video clue]'

Answer: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington


Question: 'Punta Arenas, the world's southernmost mainland city, lies on this strait'

Answer: the Strait of Magellan


Question: 'Term for the opening of the lens through which light enters'

Answer: the aperture


Question: 'This noble gas has 92% of hydrogen's lifting power even though it's twice as dense'

Answer: helium


Question: 'In "White Fang", Jack London reversed the theme of this earlier novel'

Answer: Call of the Wild


Question: 'Ida Saxton, the daughter of a Canton, Ohio banker, married this future president in 1871'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Alan Alda played Hawkeye on TV's "M*A*S*H"; this actor played him in the film'

Answer: Donald Sutherland


Question: 'A catfish is one of the indigenous species of fish that inhabit this highest navigable lake'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'Like his paintings, this Belgian surrealist's photos have included men in bowler hats'

Answer: Rene Magritte


Question: 'When liquefied, this form of oxygen with 3 atoms in each molecule is deep blue'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'In 1990 his "Stranger in a Strange Land" was reissued with 60,000 words that had been cut from the original'

Answer: Robert Heinlein


Question: 'In 1898 she became the first woman in America to earn a degree in geology'

Answer: Lou Henry Hoover


Question: 'Based on a James A. Michener novel, this 1957 film earned Red Buttons & Miyoshi Umeki Oscars'

Answer: Sayonara


Question: 'This abbey in Gwent County, Wales inspired a famous poem by Wordsworth'

Answer: Tintern Abbey


Question: 'The Nat'l Gallery of Art has a print of every negative printed & kept by this husband of Georgia O'Keeffe'

Answer: Alfred Stieglitz


Question: 'This gas is the chief component of firedamp, an explosive gas found in mines'

Answer: methane


Question: 'John Steinbeck first came to prominence with this 1935 novel about a group of Mexican-Americans'

Answer: Tortilla Flat


Question: 'The swan that pulls this title character's boat is actually Elsa's enchanted brother, Gottfried'

Answer: Lohengrin


Question: '"Beantown"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'It's been applied to a 747 jet, a Barnum elephant & eggs'

Answer: Jumbo


Question: 'In Panama, the fringe-lipped species of these flying mammals eats frogs'

Answer: bats


Question: 'David Keith, Kurt Russell & Don Johnson have all portrayed this singer on film'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Wilson A. Bentley spent most of his life taking photos of these & probably no 2 of the photos are alike'

Answer: snowflakes


Question: 'At night, you should get plenty of bo peep -- this'

Answer: sleep


Question: '"Music City, U.S.A."'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'For cooks, it's the amount of, say, salt, that can be held between the thumb & forefinger'

Answer: a pinch


Question: 'The sloth bear's long snout & flexible lips allow it to suck up these wood eaters'

Answer: termites


Question: 'This 1982 Michael Jackson album has sold 25 million copies'

Answer: Thriller


Question: 'Flakes of this ingredient are found in ambrosia, a dessert'

Answer: coconut


Question: 'Whether or not they're knobby, these body parts are your biscuits & cheese'

Answer: knees


Question: '"The Big Heart of Texas"'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'A kid who's hard to control is described as "a real" one of these approximate measures'

Answer: a handful


Question: 'Like pandas, some lemurs dine primarily on this'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'She was on the cover of the February 1999 Harper's Bazaar dressed like a geisha'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'This work in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie began to flake during Leonardo da Vinci's lifetime'

Answer: The Last Supper


Question: 'It may be the staff of life, but to a Cockney it's Uncle Fred'

Answer: bread


Question: '"The Roger Williams City"'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'Clusters of short hair or grass growing close together, perhaps in a Medford, Mass. university'

Answer: tufts


Question: 'It wiggles an arm like a worm to attract a crab, pounces on it, then sticks its beak in, injecting a poison'

Answer: an octopus


Question: '(Hi, I'm Meredith Brooks.)  I've performed several dates on this annual tour that premiered in 1997 to celebrate women in music'

Answer: Lilith Fair


Question: 'In 1894 at his sanitarium he accidentally invented flaked cereal'

Answer: W.K. Kellogg


Question: 'Isle of Wight means this, so if you buzz in with a correct response, I'll say it'

Answer: right


Question: '"The First City of the First State"'

Answer: Dover, Delaware


Question: 'Amount of wine poet Edward Fitzgerald wanted in the wilderness with a loaf & thou'

Answer: a jug


Question: 'Lions like to gnaw on these, gnus for short'

Answer: wildebeests


Question: '"At first I was afraid, I was petrified", is the first line of this disco anthem by Gloria Gaynor'

Answer: "I Will Survive"


Question: 'Flakes of this top a bialy'

Answer: onion


Question: 'Cockneys refer to these as April showers -- makes sense'

Answer: flowers


Question: 'This system of ranking social orders was developed by the Aryans in ancient India'

Answer: the caste system


Question: 'Characters he played on his new variety hour included the Reverend Leroy & Geraldine Jones'

Answer: Flip Wilson


Question: 'Last name of "The Chocolate Soldier" composer Oscar; it has one fewer "S" than a famous waltzing family'

Answer: Straus


Question: 'This County Cork landmark is scrubbed 4 times a day with disinfectant'

Answer: the Blarney Stone


Question: '"Bo Knows Bo"'

Answer: Bo Jackson


Question: 'William Tecumseh Sherman's 1879 3-word comment on armed conflict'

Answer: "War is hell"


Question: 'Bartolomeu Dias constructed & outfitted 4 ships for this man's 1497-1498 voyage from Lisbon to India'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: 'This ABC show made its debut on Monday, September 21, 1970 & is still on'

Answer: Monday Night Football


Question: 'Thomas Morley was known for putting lots of fa-la-las into these songs for several voices'

Answer: madrigals


Question: 'On Dublin's Grafton Street is a statue of this "sweet" cockle & mussel seller with her wheelbarrow'

Answer: Molly Malone


Question: '"Goodness Had Nothing to Do With It"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'It precedes, "And I'm not going to take it any more"'

Answer: "I\'m mad as hell"


Question: 'During his 46-year reign, this 18th c. king doubled the size of Brandenburg-Prussia'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'In 1975 this TV family moved from Queens up to Manhattan's East Side'

Answer: The Jeffersons


Question: 'He's better remembered for the rumor that he poisoned Mozart than for his operas like "Tarare"'

Answer: Antonio Salieri


Question: 'Visit County Kerry to see the home of these "colored" terriers'

Answer: Kerry Blue terriers


Question: '"Child Star"'

Answer: Shirley Temple Black


Question: 'In 1775 Samuel Johnson said not the road to hell, but hell itself, "is paved with" these'

Answer: good intentions


Question: 'Many mark the beginning of the French nation with the crowning of this king in 987'

Answer: Hugh Capet


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jeff Greenfield.)  During the 1970s I frequently appeared on this PBS show hosted by William F. Buckley'

Answer: Firing Line


Question: 'Krumpholz is best remembered for his works for this large, triangular stringed instrument'

Answer: the harp


Question: '"Mayor"'

Answer: Ed Koch


Question: '"Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build my church and" these "shall not prevail against it"'

Answer: the gates of hell


Question: 'Around 1650 B.C. these people made their capital at Hattusas in central Anatolia in what is now Turkey'

Answer: the Hittites


Question: 'When this series began, the youngest child Nicholas Bradford was 8'

Answer: Eight Is Enough


Question: 'Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf based 12 symphonies on this Ovid work about wondrous transformations'

Answer: Metamorphoses


Question: '"You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again"'

Answer: Julia Phillips


Question: 'In "Paradise Lost" Milton wrote, "Better to" do this "than serve in heav'n"'

Answer: reign in hell


Question: 'In April 1999 Paul Simon took center field for the dedication of a monument to this man'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'This state's near islands are the westernmost of the Aleutians'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This huge beast's fall from the top of the Empire State Building is an iconic moment in movies'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'You just heard the rooster do this, also the name of another bird'

Answer: crow


Question: 'She was the Philistine mistress of Samson who got him to tell the secret of his strength'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'A swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm in the "Australian" this'

Answer: crawl


Question: 'George Washington was among those who have said this quality is "the best policy"'

Answer: honesty


Question: 'This "Silver State" has a state reptile, the desert tortoise'

Answer: Nevada


Question: '"Nothin' But A Good Time" at these Broadway awards in 2009; rocker Bret Michaels was leveled by a piece of scenery'

Answer: Tonys


Question: 'Breakfast is only served until 9, & I know you crave this "colorful" dish of spuds fried & pressed into a patty'

Answer: hash browns


Question: 'While pregnant, she had to travel with her husband, who had to pay taxes in the city of his ancestry'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'Simultaneously bring both arms out of the water in forward, circular motions to do this stroke'

Answer: the butterfly


Question: 'This completes the classic anti-procrastination advice "Never put off until tomorrow..."'

Answer: what you can do today (what can be done today accepted)


Question: 'Pine Bluff & Arkadelphia are cities in this state'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Wile E. is the first name & middle initial of this cartoon character who plummets off cliffs pursuing a bird'

Answer: Wile E. Coyote


Question: 'Right at 7 A.M. when this show starts weekdays on NBC, mom's going to be on camera looking in the window at Matt'

Answer: the Today show


Question: 'Her name comes from the Hebrew word for "Life"'

Answer: Eve


Question: 'World Book says it's "a restful stroke because your face is always out of the water and breathing is easy"'

Answer: the backstroke


Question: 'Give a man this & he'll eat for a day; teach a man to do this & he'll eat for a lifetime; & don't forget the tartar sauce'

Answer: fish


Question: 'Chiricahua National Monument & the Painted Desert are both features of this arid state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'This actor's new rap career included falling off the stage during a Las Vegas show in 2009'

Answer: Joaquin Phoenix


Question: 'Aurora is opening the gates for Helios' chariot, so it's this time of day for which she's the goddess'

Answer: the dawn


Question: 'Married to Abraham, she became the "Mother of Nations" when she was 90 years old'

Answer: Sarah


Question: 'This stroke is made in the prone position using both hands simultaneously & doing a frog kick'

Answer: the breaststroke


Question: '"Never" do this is the 3-word title of stroke-ridden Tedy Bruschi's book about his NFL comeback'

Answer: give up


Question: 'Go figure--this state's name is derived from a Native American word meaning "father of the waters"'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'This skateboarder known as "The Birdman" can't quite fly--he's suffered a dozen concussions'

Answer: Tony Hawk


Question: 'It's from the French for "wake" & it's the bugle call that's blowing in your ear'

Answer: "Reveille"


Question: 'According to a late addition to her book of the Bible, her son Obed was the grandfather of David'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'Your head rests on your lower arm, extended with the palm turned downward in this stroke'

Answer: the sidestroke


Question: 'To attain your ambitions, remember the rhyming Dr. Phil-osophy "Choose a" this "you can control"'

Answer: goal


Question: 'The search is on for sunken World War II submarines of this nation in "Hunt for the Samurai Subs"'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In 2008 Britain's Laura Robson thrilled the home folks by winning the juniors at this tennis tournament'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: 'The Greek for "first combatant" gives us this term for the leading character of a literary work'

Answer: protagonist


Question: 'Dad had a Bug in college--but I want this company's Jetta'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'If x2 = 144, x is this'

Answer: 12


Question: 'A teeter-totter'

Answer: a seesaw


Question: 'In "Search for the... Headshrinkers" of this river, we learn of the practice in Ecuador & Peru'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'At 2008's Olympics, some thought athletes in this sport, like 4'6", 68-lb. Deng Linlin, might not be the minimum 16'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: 'This literary term refers to a line of 5 metrical feet in which each foot is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed one'

Answer: iambic pentameter


Question: 'This Chevy sports car--the ZR1, & make it red to match the ribbon & bow'

Answer: the Corvette


Question: 'If 3x + y = 10 & y equals 1, x equals this'

Answer: 3


Question: 'In the 1990s the U.S. Army began adding about 2,000 pounds of armor to this, its most commonly deployed tactical vehicle'

Answer: the Humvee


Question: '"When Crocs Ate Dinos" takes us to this period, named for chalk cliffs, the dinosaurs' final period'

Answer: the Cretaceous period


Question: '(I'm Danica Patrick.)  Long before I got into race cars, I was a 12-year-old winner of the grand national championship in this sport -- if you're cool, you don't put the "go" in front of it'

Answer: go-karts


Question: 'It's a word or phrase that is self-contradictory, like bittersweet'

Answer: an oxymoron


Question: 'This emblem & the wheels to go with it'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.)  If a racecar takes 5 seconds on a straightaway & 2 seconds to round a turn, it takes this long to complete 1 lap'

Answer: 14 seconds


Question: 'This lymphoid organ destroys worn-out red blood cells & filters bacteria & foreign particles'

Answer: the spleen


Question: '"Mars: Making the New Earth" shows these biologists, from a word meaning "star", trying to bring life to the red planet'

Answer: astrobiologists


Question: 'In 2007 12-year-old Alexis Thompson qualified for this LPGA major, held at the Pine Needles Lodge'

Answer: the U.S. Open (Women\'s Open)


Question: 'It's the use of words imitative of sounds, like "buzz" or "hiss"'

Answer: onomatopoeia


Question: 'A Lexus LS--it's a hybrid, but has this "juicy" alphanumeric engine'

Answer: a V8 engine


Question: 'They're the x & y coordinates of the point at which the x- & y-axes intersect'

Answer: (0, 0)


Question: 'A pirate'

Answer: a buccaneer


Question: '(National Geographic archaeologist Byron McCane delivers the clue.)  The Gabriel Revelation tablet, sometimes called a Dead Sea Scroll in stone, allegedly tells of a Jewish revolt against Rome in 4 B.C. & mentions a king of evil countenance, this emperor'

Answer: Augustus (Caesar)


Question: 'Justin Upton is one of the young stars who got the Arizona Diamondbacks dubbed this, like an order of ribs'

Answer: the Babybacks


Question: 'It's a figure of speech that is an intentional exaggeration for effect, like "to wait an eternity"'

Answer: hyperbole


Question: 'Uncle Ingemar's '94 Saab--cars from this country really hold up'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'To multiply binomials like (3x + 5)(2x + 7), remember the "FOIL" method, which stands for this'

Answer: first, outer, inner, last


Question: 'From the Latin for "I believe", it's one's system of beliefs or principles'

Answer: a creed


Question: 'He said, "We look forward to a world founded upon" freedom of speech, of worship, from want & from fear'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: 'Peru's national drink is pisco sour, a blend of lime juice, syrup, bitters & a heady brandy made from this vine fruit'

Answer: Grapes


Question: 'Tony Dow as Wally & this guy as "The Beaver"'

Answer: Jerry Mathers


Question: 'How much wood would a woodchuck chuck on February 2nd when it's known by this name'

Answer: a groundhog


Question: 'James Brown could tell you that lemon is a popular variety of this flat-bodied food fish'

Answer: sole


Question: 'The first pay-per-call service with this prefix let viewers give their views on a 1980 presidential debate'

Answer: 1-900


Question: 'A sentimental song about a Waldorf or Caesar'

Answer: a salad ballad


Question: 'The Uro Archipelago in this lake consists of about 40 inhabitable islands made of woven totora reeds'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: '"Bonanza" featured Michael Landon, Pernell Roberts & this man as Ben'

Answer: Lorne Greene


Question: '2-word name for the critter also known as a puma, a cougar & a catamount'

Answer: a mountain lion


Question: 'Describing food that is unclean, "treyf" is the Yiddish opposite of this term'

Answer: kosher


Question: 'Roman numeral D'

Answer: 500


Question: 'A quick drawing of a curly-haired dog'

Answer: a poodle doodle


Question: 'Lima's Palacio de Gobierno was built in 1938 on the site of this Spanish conquistador's palace'

Answer: Pizarro


Question: 'Adam West was Bruce Wayne; this man played Dick Grayson'

Answer: (Burt) Ward


Question: 'Felis pardalis, this small wildcat of South America, is also known as a "painted leopard"'

Answer: the ocelot


Question: 'One of these of lamb should provide about seven chops'

Answer: a rack of lamb


Question: 'It's the shortest distance in the Summer Olympics track events'

Answer: the 100 meters


Question: 'A story with a moral about Adam & Eve's second son'

Answer: an Abel fable


Question: 'He served as Peru's first ambassador to the Soviet Union before moving his diplomatic skills to the U.N.'

Answer: (Javier) Perez de Cuellar


Question: 'On "Mission: Impossible" Martin Landau played Rollin Hand & this real-life wife was Cinnamon Carter'

Answer: Barbara Bain


Question: 'Due to its apetite, the wolverine is also known as this, as if it committed one of the 7 Deadly Sins'

Answer: the glutton


Question: 'Slyders & Cheese Sticks are highlights of the cuisine offered at this hamburger chain'

Answer: White Castle


Question: 'The Queen might enjoy polishing off 40s of this "Olde" malt liquor from Miller Brewing Company'

Answer: Olde English 800


Question: 'Salute that grand old university in New Haven'

Answer: hail Yale


Question: 'Several Indian languages are spoken in Peru, including this one that's now an official language'

Answer: Quechua


Question: 'He "Bewitched" us as Uncle Arthur'

Answer: Paul Lynde


Question: 'Wapiti is a Native American term for this second-largest deer of the Americas'

Answer: elk


Question: 'In the dark of a movie theatre, you can "taste the sunshine" with this chewy Nestle chocolate candy'

Answer: Raisinets


Question: 'When it began to flood in Genesis, Noah had reached this advanced age'

Answer: 600


Question: 'One who steals a legal document like a summary or abstract'

Answer: a brief thief


Question: 'To get to the Hermitage from Nashville, you take a road called this, same as Jackson's nickname'

Answer: Old Hickory


Question: '"The Beautiful and Damned", his second novel, takes place during the Jazz Age'

Answer: F. Scott  Fitzgerald


Question: 'Term for the substance expelled by the fleeing octopus; some of it appears to paralyze predators'

Answer: ink


Question: 'The 1999 TV movie "And the Beat Goes On" told the story of this singing pop duo'

Answer: Sonny & Cher


Question: '10-4, good buddy, it's what the CB in CB radio stands for'

Answer: citizen\'s band


Question: 'Grab your baby and do this dance as its "Kings Play Songs of Love"'

Answer: the mambo


Question: 'After a fire, Jackson turned the mansion into an example of the "revival" of this civilization's architecture'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'Schoolboys survive a plane crash & create their own society on an island in this work by William Golding'

Answer: Lord of the Flies


Question: 'A quick dose of candy can help if you take too much of this, prescribed twice a day for many people'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'Angela Bassett brought this energetic singer's story to life in 1993's "What's Love Got to Do with It"'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Proverbially, to "jump on" this is to join something that's quickly gaining popularity'

Answer: the bandwagon


Question: 'Britannica calls the Milonga, a dance from this South American country, "fast, sensual, and disreputable"'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'The tomb inscription for Rachel Jackson mentions this verbal crime that Andrew thought helped kill her'

Answer: slander


Question: 'This novel by Thomas Hardy is subtitled "A Pure Woman"'

Answer: Tess of the d\'Urbervilles


Question: 'Female gnats have mandibles for bloodsucking; males don't, & feed on this liquid, like gods'

Answer: nectar


Question: 'This 1984 film about a young black rocker struggling for fame starred Prince & Appolonia'

Answer: Purple Rain


Question: 'When AT&T merged with cable company TCI, it formed AT&T this'

Answer: Broadband


Question: 'The name of this wild dance is named for the town of Taranto, Italy (as was the name of a certain spider)'

Answer: the tarantella


Question: 'During his last months of life, Jackson was troubled by the low price of this, the Hermitage's cash crop'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'This nearly 700-page work begins, "Howard Roark laughed."'

Answer: The Fountainhead


Question: 'The name of Hungary's Egri Bikaver wine is translated as this male animal's "blood from Eger"'

Answer: a bull


Question: 'Eric Idle played Dirk McQuickly in this 1978 musical spoof about the Prefab Four'

Answer: The Rutles


Question: 'To desert, or a wild lack of restraint'

Answer: abandon


Question: 'The French call this dance associated with the Middle East la danse du ventre'

Answer: belly dancing


Question: 'Jackson retired to the Hermitage in 1821 after being gov. of this territory, but at 54 the presidency still lay ahead'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'According to the title of a book by George Eliot, the Dorlcote Mill is on this river'

Answer: the Floss


Question: 'It's commonly made by pouring apple cider over wood shavings while blowing air through the mixture'

Answer: vinegar


Question: 'This 1991 film is about a group of young people forming a soul band in Dublin'

Answer: The Commitments


Question: 'Goods prohibited by law from being imported'

Answer: contraband


Question: 'The Castle Walk was named for Vernon & Irene Castle, played by this pair in a 1939 movie'

Answer: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers


Question: 'Moving west from Canada, the next 3 countries through which the Arctic Circle passes'

Answer: USA, Russia, & Finland


Question: 'Among this capital's 32 boroughs are Tower Hamlets, Hackney & Westminster'

Answer: London


Question: 'Sittin' on the top of the charts in 1968 was this hit by the late Otis Redding'

Answer: "Sittin\' On The Dock Of The Bay"


Question: 'It wasn't incorporated as a city until 1836; perhaps witchcraft was to blame...'

Answer: Salem, Massachusetts


Question: 'When Dana Andrews used this term for women in "Laura", he didn't mean they'd been knighted'

Answer: dame


Question: 'After 1979 some of these powerful Atlantic storms were given male names too'

Answer: hurricanes


Question: 'Much-married CNN talk show host who took a shine to Fay Wray'

Answer: Larry King Kong


Question: 'The Szechenyi Chain Bridge is the oldest one linking the Danube's banks in this capital'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'This group's last No. 1 hit in the '60s was "Honky Tonk Women"'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'He compiled an 1850 volume of his photographic portraits called "A Gallery of Illustrious Americans"'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'Change one letter in "champ" to get this word for a fool or patsy'

Answer: a chump


Question: 'Not far from Roanoke, this military school broke a 158 year tradition & admitted women in 1997'

Answer: VMI (Virginia Military Institute)


Question: 'Breakfast dish with Hollandaise prepared by a traitor'

Answer: Eggs Benedict Arnold


Question: 'A square museum & office building in this capital are named for Simon Bolivar, who was born there in 1783'

Answer: Caracas (Venezuela)


Question: 'A line after this Doors title is "Won't you tell me your name?"'

Answer: "Hello, I Love You"


Question: 'This great French actress made her triumphant New York debut in 1880 in "Adrienne Lecouvreur"'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'Slang name of Philip Marlowe's job in "Murder, My Sweet", or first name of actor Powell, who played him'

Answer: dick


Question: 'In the 1950s she was the outcome of the world's first publicized sex change'

Answer: Christine Jorgensen


Question: 'The Sultan of Swat makes it to the Supreme Court'

Answer: Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: 'In late winter northwesterly winds from the Gobi Desert shroud this city in yellow dust storms'

Answer: Beijing


Question:
'The No. 1 "word" in September 1966 was this hit's title:

"...how many times I've wished that I had told you..."'

Answer: "Cherish"


Question: 'This general's 1868 presidential campaign slogan was "Let Us Have Peace"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'You might "case" one of these to see if it's the "clip" type'

Answer: joint


Question: 'Don't let the pearls fool you, these lady bivalves can change into males when it suits them'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'A hardbound copy of Margaret Mitchell's book is thrown through the front window of your car'

Answer: Gone With the Windshield


Question: 'The Muslim section of this north African capital is dominated by the Casbah, a 16th century Turkish fortress'

Answer: Algiers


Question: '1965 had 3 songs with exclamation points: "Stop!  In the Name of Love", "Turn!  Turn! Turn!" & this Beatles hit'

Answer: "Help!"


Question: 'This "golden" era following the Civil War took its name from a novel by Mark Twain & Charles Dudley Warner'

Answer: "The Gilded Age"


Question: 'Meaning small time con men, it's the title of a neo-noir film with Anjelica Huston & John Cusack'

Answer: Grifters


Question: 'She continued the tennis career begun by Richard Raskind'

Answer: Renee Richards


Question: 'Hemorrhoid remedy for an old Baltimore Sun essayist'

Answer: Preparation H.L. Mencken


Question: 'These half-horse creatures were thrown out of Thessally after acting like horses' derrieres at a wedding'

Answer: Centaurs


Question: 'In 1948 Whittaker Chambers testified that this State Department official was a Communist'

Answer: Alger Hiss


Question: 'On Aug. 31, 1997 the Oilers played their first home game in this city's Liberty Bowl, defeating the Raiders, 24-21'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Jonathan Swift called this Crusoe creator "So...dogmatical a rogue, that there is no enduring him"'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'Stephen Decatur helped an inexperienced friend win a duel by shortening the distance to 4 of these, about 12''

Answer: Paces


Question: 'The 4-stringed banjolele is a "Hawaii"brid of the banjo & this musical instrument'

Answer: Ukulele


Question: 'If he hadn't stolen fire from heaven, he wouldn't have been chained to a rock on Mount Caucasus'

Answer: Prometheus


Question: 'This performing complex' Alice Tully Hall is home to its chamber music society'

Answer: Lincoln Center


Question: 'This Chicago Bear finished his career in 1987 with an NFL record 16,726 rushing yards'

Answer: Walter Payton


Question: 'When she died, Edward Fitzgerald sniped, "No more Aurora Leighs, Thank God!", not counting the ways to love her'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'London duelists would "seek" each other in this park, the home of Speakers' Corner'

Answer: Hyde Park


Question: '(AUDIO Daily Double):<br />The banjo player heard here, he's the second half of a famous duo:'

Answer: Earl Scruggs


Question: 'Ixion must have been an airhead:  he made love to a magic cloud, believing it was this wife of Zeus'

Answer: Hera


Question: 'The rhyme about this bird includes the line "Upstairs, downstairs, in my lady's chamber"'

Answer: Goosey Goosey Gander


Question:
'(VIDEO Daily Double):
(Here is a participant in one of our celebrity games to give you the clue):
"Hi, I'm Al Michaels:  Super Bowl MVPs from the 49ers include J. Rice, S. Young & this quarterback who won a record 3 MVP awards"'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'Amy Lowell wrote that this "Prufrock" poet "lives like a snail in his shell, pen protruding"'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'A duelist hoped these assistants weren't sloppy in aiding & preparing him'

Answer: Seconds


Question: 'Banjoist Uncle Dave Macon was the 1st big star on this radio show that debuted in 1925'

Answer: "Grand Ole Opry"


Question: 'Oops!  He looked back at Eurydice as he led her out of the underworld & lost her forever'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: 'In this device used to track particles, liquid hydrogen is superheated to just above its boiling point'

Answer: Bubble Chamber


Question: 'On Jan. 3, 1983 Tony Dorsett set the record for longest run from scrimmage, running this many yards'

Answer: 99


Question: 'D.H. Lawrence said this writer of "The Bells" "sounded the horror and the warning of his own doom"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'One "de grace" is a final blow;  one "de jarnac" is a stab in the back, after a sneaky duelist'

Answer: Coup


Question: 'In its original form the banjo was a hollowed-out fruit of this type that includes the bottle variety'

Answer: Gourd


Question: 'This god of music loved Hyacinthus but accidentally killed him with a discus'

Answer: Apollo


Question: '(Take a look at the monitor):  Creature whose shell is seen here:'

Answer: Chambered Nautilus


Question: 'On July 29, 1986 this league won $3 in an antitrust suit against the NFL & folded 6 days later'

Answer: USFL (United States Football League)


Question: 'Ironically, it was Gertrude Stein who observed of this Irishman, "People like him because he is incomprehensible"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'General Lachlan McIntosh mortally wounded this Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: Button Gwinnett


Question: 'Fancy name from ancient Greek for the device used to pick a banjo's strings'

Answer: Plectrum


Question: 'In a September 18, 1978 speech, he said, "Blessed are the peacemakers"'

Answer: President Jimmy Carter


Question: 'The tuatara, whose name is Maori for "having spines", lives on islands just off this country's coast'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Your photos may be in this type of frame that's covered with a thin layer of simulated gold'

Answer: gilt frame


Question: 'In 1253 Robert de Sorbon founded a school of theology in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In August 1977 she opened her first cookie store in Palo Alto, California'

Answer: Debbi Fields


Question: 'Paul McCartney's 1982 album "Tug of War" features this duet with Stevie Wonder'

Answer: "Ebony and Ivory"


Question: 'They're caused by uterine contractions during childbirth'

Answer: labor pains


Question: 'It's the only U.S. state where you'll find both alligators & crocodiles in their native habitats'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Oxeye daisies in a vase provide a touch of this color in their center disks'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'This university's Christ Church College was opened by Cardinal Wolsey in 1525'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'Her childhood in Red Cloud, Nebraska influenced her "O Pioneers!" & other works'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: '1995's "Every Breath You Take" is a CD of "The Classics" by this pop group'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'Prison workers really do make these, including the vanity type'

Answer: license plates


Question: 'It's said that a common box one of these, Terrapene carolina, lived to be around 130 years old'

Answer: turtle


Question: 'The ultimate bowling trophy may be the Chris Schenkel Player of the Year Award given by this organization'

Answer: Professional Bowlers Association


Question: 'He was pres. of Case Western Eclectic Institute in Hiram, Ohio 1857-61; his term as U.S. pres. lasted 6 months in 1881'

Answer: James A. Garfield


Question: 'This future first lady was born Anne Frances Robbins & her stepfather Loyal Davis adopted her when she was 14'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'The 1987 Album of the Year Grammy went to U2 for this album'

Answer: "The Joshua Tree"


Question: 'Facility seen here at Kennedy Space Center'

Answer: launch pad


Question: 'This venomous lizard is named for a river basin in the American Southwest where it's found'

Answer: Gila monster


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports)  The name of this vessel comes from the action I'm performing'

Answer: decanter


Question: 'This university in Indiana is administered by the Congregation of Holy Cross'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'In the 1960s she was credited with making the first recorded observations that chimps eat meat & make & use tools'

Answer: Jane Goodall


Question: 'Appropriately, the song "Heaven Must be Missing an Angel" is on the soundtrack to this 2000 girl power flick'

Answer: Charlie\'s Angels


Question: 'For the Hyundai Accent, it's just under $10,000'

Answer: list price


Question: 'Overhunting of deer & wild boar, its main food, has threatened the existence of this Indonesian monitor'

Answer: komodo dragon


Question: '2 models of these containers are consolation & treasure rosewood'

Answer: urns


Question: 'The campus of this Ivy League school lies at the head of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay'

Answer: Brown University


Question: 'In 1996 this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright wrote a children's book, "Pamela's First Musical"'

Answer: Wendy Wasserstein


Question: '"The Space Between" is one of the tracks on "Everyday" by this man's "Band"'

Answer: Dave Matthews


Question: 'Objects appear to get smaller & parallel lines converge in the distance in this system of spatial representation'

Answer: linear perspective


Question: 'The Mojave, who originally lived on this river, still have a reservation on it'

Answer: Colorado River


Question: 'Troy Garity, who played Bruce Willis' cousin in "Bandits", is the son of Tom Hayden & this actress'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'Richard Llewellyn's Welsh mining family moves to NYC & pops pills in this bestseller by Jacqueline Susann'

Answer: How Green was my Valley of the Dolls


Question: 'Martell & Remy Martin are makers of this fine French brandy named for a town'

Answer: Cognac


Question: 'A Low Country:<br />King Albert II'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Food term for the items being worn here'

Answer: sandwich boards


Question: 'Now usually meaning a conference, it has also meant to practice magic'

Answer: pow-wow


Question: 'This TV "bride" is seen here with her mom, who played Burt Lancaster's sister in the film "Sweet Smell of Success"'

Answer: Darva Conger


Question: 'Stanley Kowalski yells, "Stel-lahhh!" on Ephraim Cabot's farm in this collaboration by Tennessee Williams & Eugene O'Neill'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire Under the Elms


Question: 'It's smooth sailing for this brand of smooth Scotch whisky, whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Cutty Sark


Question: 'Africa: <br />King Mohammed VI'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'The name of this fast-growing fungus can also mean to grow or develop rapidly'

Answer: mushroom


Question: 'From where they made their homes, the Anasazi, ancestors of the Pueblo, are called these'

Answer: cliff dwellers


Question: 'This brother of an Oscar-winning "Runaway Bride" earned his own Oscar nomination for "Runaway Train"'

Answer: Eric Roberts


Question: 'Lorraine Hansberry drama in which the Chicago Youngers go to Pamplona with Jake Barnes & Lady Brett'

Answer: A Raisin in the Sun Also Rises


Question: 'The milk used for this blend of spirit reportedly accounts for some 4.3% of all the milk produced in Ireland'

Answer: Baileys Irish Cream


Question: 'Europe:<br />Queen Margrethe II'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'It's information stored on your computer to record your activities when visiting a website'

Answer: cookie


Question: 'In an 1830 treaty, the Choctaw nation ceded all of its land east of this river to the U.S.'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'Don of the Everly Brothers was ever-so-briefly the father-in-law of this Guns N' Roses singer'

Answer: Axl Rose


Question: 'Satire in which Lemuel visits Lilliput with Steinbeck's poodle'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels with Charley


Question: 'It's what would carry the item seen here, or proverbially "bring a rural fellow to town"'

Answer: turnip truck