Question: 'It's the 4-letter word for  the president's power to reject a bill passed by Congress'

Answer: veto


Question: 'Polio struck this Hyde Park politician in 1921'

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt


Question: 'Maybe kids would eat more of these green spears if we called them by their German name, Spargel'

Answer: asparagus


Question: 'Look, up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's this WB series about a young Superman'

Answer: Smallville


Question: 'Have you "bean" to this capital of Peru?'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'The name of this branch of math comes from 2 Greek words meaning "earth measure"'

Answer: geometry


Question: 'Originally from New York City, this microbiologist developed the first vaccine against polio'

Answer: Jonas Salk


Question: 'Unlike Florentine cookies (dipped in chocolate--yum!), eggs Florentine is made with this leafy green veggie (not so yum)'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'Seen here on a U.S. stamp, most of us see her on the eternally popular reruns of shows she starred in from the 1950s'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'On an alphabetical list of world nations, this country immediately follows the United States'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: 'It's the Spanish term for any of the Spanish conquerors who came to the Americas in the 1500s'

Answer: the conquistadores


Question: 'Trifle is a fancy dessert; this similar word is a fungus found in the forest by trained pigs'

Answer: a truffle


Question: 'George Gore & Parker McKenna Posey are 2 of the "kids" on this sitcom that stars Damon Wayans as their dad'

Answer: My Wife and Kids


Question: 'After alligators were declared protected in the U.S., caimans were brought from this continent as a substitute'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Since 1997 this golfer has won the PGA twice, the Masters 4 times, the British Open twice & the U.S. Open twice'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question:
'Charles de Gaulle,
Georges Pompidou,
Francois Mitterrand'

Answer: France


Question: 'In "The Fellowship of the Ring", Gandalf warns this young hobbit to "keep" the ring "safe, and keep it secret!"'

Answer: Frodo


Question: 'This Cabinet department is in charge of grading meat, poultry & dairy products to ensure their quality'

Answer: the Department of Agriculture


Question: 'A water-filled barrier around a castle'

Answer: a moat


Question: 'The Native American word torope gives us this name for a turtle that was a common Native American food'

Answer: a terrapin


Question: 'After leading Team USA to the Olympic Gold in soccer in 2004, she retired with a record 158 international goals'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question:
'Pieter Botha,
F.W. de Klerk,
Nelson Mandela'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'The middle name of this funny "First Grader" is Beatrice, but she just likes to use the initial B. & that's all'

Answer: Junie B. Jones


Question: 'It's the minimum number of electoral votes that a state may have in the electoral college'

Answer: 3


Question: 'It can be a chocolately flavor or a Yemeni port city famous for its coffee'

Answer: Mocha


Question: 'Grossness alert!  The banded gecko doesn't just shed this, but rips it off in strips that it then swallows'

Answer: its skin


Question: 'These 2 sisters topped the WTA's money leaders list in tennis tournaments in 2002'

Answer: Venus & Serena Williams


Question:
'Konrad Adenauer,
Helmut Schmidt,
Helmut Kohl'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In "Little Women", she's the tomboy among the 4 March sisters'

Answer: Jo


Question: 'The Great Seal of the U.S. features a bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth bearing this Latin motto'

Answer: E pluribus unum


Question: 'Also called angora, it's the soft, silky wool of the angora goat'

Answer: mohair


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew introduces us to a green lizard.)  The name of this animal, found in Africa, is from the Greek for "ground lion"'

Answer: a chameleon


Question: 'In 2005 guard Steve Nash became the first Canadian to be named MVP of this league'

Answer: the NBA


Question:
'Pierre Trudeau,
Brian Mulroney,
Jean Chretien'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The First Amendment to the Constitution gurantees "the right of the people peaceably to" do this'

Answer: assemble


Question: 'If the pupil of the eye is round, the reptile is diurnal; if it looks like a slit, this opposite'

Answer: nocturnal


Question:
'Ferdinand Marcos,
Corazon Aquino,
Joseph Estrada'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'In the absence of the vice president, it's the title of the person who heads the U.S. Senate'

Answer: the president pro tem


Question: 'At 81, this Pennsylvanian was the oldest delegate at the 1787 Constitutional Convention'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Feb. 1, 2007:<br />Cuts the cords as his twin sons are born; simpler than the brain surgery he performs on TV'

Answer: Patrick Dempsey


Question: 'This "colorful" whale can grow up to 100 feet long & weigh more than 150 tons'

Answer: a blue whale


Question: 'The 3-mile-long Freedom Trail (& a few other Revolutionary War bits of history, here & there)'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'On a tombstone:<br />RIP'

Answer: rest in peace


Question: 'A flat, thin metal ring used between a bolt & a nut to increase tightness'

Answer: a washer


Question: 'Simaquarium is a great one of these for your monitor when you go AFK'

Answer: a screensaver


Question: 'July 17, 1999:<br />Appears in the official premiere of his pal SpongeBob's show (type of creature only)'

Answer: (Patrick the) Starfish


Question: 'It's been said only Keith Richards & this 350-mil.-year-old insect of the suborder Blattaria would survive a nuclear war'

Answer: a cockroach


Question: 'The Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library'

Answer: Austin, Texas


Question: 'A political group:<br />GOP'

Answer: the Grand Old Party


Question: 'I've got a latch, now I need this part that rhymes with "latch" to hold it in place'

Answer: a catch


Question: 'As its name implies, W2mate 2008 from Real Business Solutions aids those trying to prepare these'

Answer: their taxes


Question: 'Dec. 8, 2009:<br />Says she'll move to NASCAR as part of the JR Motorsports team'

Answer: Danica Patrick


Question: 'This "crustacean" lawn weed has tricky stems that can make the plant shed more seed as you mow'

Answer: crab grass


Question: 'The city-operated Margaret Mitchell House'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Found in some Catholic churches:<br />Msgr'

Answer: a monsignor


Question: 'Emery wheel is another name for this circular sharpening device'

Answer: a grinding wheel


Question: 'Browsers are software too, like this bushy-tailed hottie from Mozilla'

Answer: Firefox


Question: 'Aug. 17, 2007:<br />Signs off for good after 18 years at ESPN'

Answer: Dan Patrick


Question: 'Wolverines feed on this rodent of Norway, known for its periodic mass migrations that can lead to mass drownings'

Answer: lemmings


Question: 'Aetna Insurance corporate headquarters'

Answer: Hartford, Connecticut


Question: 'On a college degree:<br />MFA'

Answer: Master of Fine Arts


Question: 'It's not a snare, it's the s-shaped section of pipe under a sink that seals off sewer gases'

Answer: the trap


Question: 'Symantec has a popular line of anti-virus software named for this man, first name Peter'

Answer: Norton


Question: 'Sept, 11, 1969:<br />His series "The Prisoner" airs its 17th & last episode... to return in 40 years'

Answer: Patrick McGoohan


Question: 'Rock on!  This, composed of silicon dioxide, is the most abundant mineral in the continental crust'

Answer: quartz


Question: 'Sumner Elementary School, known for its part in a 1954 Supreme Court Case'

Answer: Topeka


Question: 'Found in some Chinese food:<br />MSG'

Answer: monosodium glutamate


Question: 'Hyphenated brand name for locking pliers that hold what is being worked on in place'

Answer: Vise-Grip


Question: 'It's hard being an "angel" when playing the PC version of this first-person shooter, dubbed "combat evolved"'

Answer: Halo


Question: 'Life becomes a jungle in his 1900 work "Lord Jim"'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'In August 2009 hundreds joined him for a bike ride in Glasgow after he issued an invitation via Twitter'

Answer: (Lance) Armstrong


Question: 'A Maltese specialty, lampuki pie is made with the fish better known by this double talk name'

Answer: mahi mahi


Question: '"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of _____, I will fear no evil"'

Answer: death


Question: 'Risque D.H. Lawrence novel'

Answer: Lady Chatterley\'s Lover


Question: 'In Spanish'

Answer: gracias


Question: 'This future state became a possession in 1898 & a territory in 1900'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'At almost 40, this quarterback began his 19th year in the NFL with a new team--the Minnesota Vikings'

Answer: Brett Favre


Question: 'Caldillo de congrio is a chowder from this South American country, that on the map is practically all seacoast'

Answer: Chile


Question: '"Glory, glory hallelujah, his _____ is marching on"'

Answer: truth


Question: 'Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp novel about a lost world of dinosaurs'

Answer: The Land that Time Forgot


Question: 'In German'

Answer: danke


Question: 'His "Interpretation of Dreams" went from a vision to a reality'

Answer: (Sigmund) Freud


Question: 'Smokin' aces, she's the athlete seen here'

Answer: (Maria) Sharapova


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits down at a restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal.)  Bacalhau, Portugal's national dish & an acquired taste, is this fish salted; the nickname Bobby "Bacala" on "The Sopranos" means the same thing'

Answer: cod


Question: '"Four score & 7 years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in _____"'

Answer: liberty


Question: 'Romantic Sir Walter Scott poem about a gal on an island in Loch Katrine'

Answer: Lady of the Lake


Question: 'In French'

Answer: merci


Question: '2 years after imposing martial law, King Umberto I of this country was assassinated by an anarchist'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Lightning struck in 2009 when he set a world record in the 100-meter Sprint: 9.58 seconds'

Answer: (Usain) Bolt


Question: 'Kajiki is this fish, made into sushi: be "en garde" for its strong taste'

Answer: swordfish


Question: '"A well regulated ____, being necessary to the security of a free state"'

Answer: militia


Question: 'Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel about the eruption of Vesuvius'

Answer: The Last Days of Pompeii


Question: 'In Japanese'

Answer: domo arigato


Question: 'A constant is named for this physicist who in 1900 postulated that energy is radiated in quanta'

Answer: Max Planck


Question: 'He won the British Open in 2007--the first Irishman to do so in 60 years'

Answer: Padraig Harrington


Question: 'Proust rhapsodizes about this flatfish prepared a la meuniere'

Answer: sole


Question: '" _____ is one percent inspiration & 99 percent perspiration"'

Answer: Genius


Question: 'Creepy Bram Stoker novel about a big pale snake'

Answer: Lair of the White Worm


Question: 'In Russian'

Answer: spasiba


Question: 'In various tales, she is abducted by Melwas, Meleagant & Mordred'

Answer: Guinevere


Question: 'Like Tennessee, Arkansas has a city named this, but it isn't the "Country Music Capital of the World"'

Answer: Nashvillle


Question: 'Oct. 18, 1977:<br />This Yankee star hits 3 home runs off the Dodgers in game 6 of  the World Series'

Answer: Reggie Jackson


Question: 'On Jan, 27, 2010 this CEO announced his company's latest creation, the iPad'

Answer: Steve Jobs


Question: 'His professor, Dr. Joseph Bell, a master of diagnostic deduction, was his model for Sherlock Holmes'

Answer: Conan Doyle


Question: 'The opposite of a blockbuster at the box office'

Answer: a bomb


Question: 'To move text to another part of a computer document is called "cut and" this'

Answer: paste


Question: 'This presidential daughter was born in Little Rock, Arkansas February 27, 1980'

Answer: Chelsea Clinton


Question: 'June 22, 1938:<br />This German heavyweight boxer is beaten in the first round'

Answer: Schmeling


Question: 'The Bloggie one of these from Sony has a lens that swivels 270 degrees'

Answer: a camera


Question: 'He originally wrote "The Hobbit" to entertain his kids'

Answer: Tolkien


Question: 'Cratchit or Sideshow'

Answer: Bob


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  When clipping a dog's nails, be careful not to clip this part of the nail--blood vessels & nerves there will create pain for your pooch'

Answer: the quick


Question: 'A member of this illustrious & wealthy family was governor of Arkansas from 1967 to 1971'

Answer: Rockefeller


Question: 'June 21,1990:<br />After 27 years in prison, this South African's first stop on a U.S. tour is to New York & Yankee Stadium'

Answer: Mandela


Question: 'In 2000, tired of malware, Patrick Kolla came up with this "search & destroy" software & gave it away for free'

Answer: Spybot


Question: 'After a fatwa was issued against him in February 1989, he went into hiding under police protection'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'To divulge confidential info'

Answer: blab


Question: 'Named for a NYC restaurant, this cut of beef contains filet mignon & New York separated by a big bone'

Answer: Porterhouse


Question: 'The collapse of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan was at the heart of this Arkansas scandal'

Answer: Whitewater


Question: 'Dec. 28, 1958:<br />In "The Greatest Game Ever Played", this quarterback leads the Colts over the Giants in the NFL title game'

Answer: (Johnny) Unitas


Question: 'The GO 550 LIVE GPS from this double-talk company scouts both fuel prices & traffic problems'

Answer: TomTom


Question: 'He helped cover the Apollo 12 & 15 space missions with Walter Cronkite & Wally Schirra'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'Slang for a short, written promotional statement'

Answer: a blurb


Question: 'This "royal" cut of diamond is designed to get maximum brilliance from a square cut'

Answer: princess


Question: 'State Line Avenue divides this city in Miller County from the same-named city in the Lone Star State'

Answer: Texarkana


Question: 'Oct. 4, 1965:<br />Over 90,000 cram into Yankee Stadium as he celebrates the first papal mass on American soil'

Answer: Paul VI


Question: 'The BlackBerry Bold 9000 by R.I.M., this Canadian company, has a 624 MHz processor'

Answer: Research In Motion


Question: 'In his memoir "Experience", he explores his relationship with his author-father Kingsley'

Answer: Martin Amis


Question: 'An early name for Google was this type of massage'

Answer: backrub


Question: 'The forte is the lower, sturdier part of a sword; this upper, weaker part of the blade also refers to any human flaw'

Answer: foible


Question: 'This saint wields a candy cane-like lance in Il Sodoma's painting of him slaying a dragon'

Answer: St. George


Question: 'In July 2009 Sarah Palin said she didn't want to accept this status of late-term ineffectiveness, so bye-bye'

Answer: lame duck


Question: 'In 1814 Jakob Berzelius proposed the idea of having these, instead of hieroglyphics, stand for the elements'

Answer: letters


Question: 'A chauffeured lady from 1989 joins Greg Louganis in competition'

Answer: Diving Miss Daisy


Question:
'Litmus
____
tube baby'

Answer: test


Question: '(Alex reports from Masada, Israel.)  The Romans would come out of their encampment down below & harry the defenders of Masada by hurling stones such as this one over the walls using this ancient artillery weapon'

Answer: catapult


Question: 'He's been thrown from his horse and struck blind in Parmigianino's painting of "The Conversion of" this man'

Answer: Saul (of Tarsus) (better known as St. Paul)


Question: 'A "dog" this is something only canines can hear; politically, it's a subtle signal to one's base'

Answer: a whistle


Question: 'This stormy natural phenomenon is a cause of significant amounts of nitrogen oxides'

Answer: lightning


Question: 'People from Copenhagen get to know wild canines when the letter C falls from the 1990 winner'

Answer: Danes with Wolves


Question:
'Prom
____
palm'

Answer: queen (or date)


Question: 'Masada is dominated by the remains of the palace of this infamous New Testament king called "the Great"'

Answer: Herod


Question: 'This Jewish woman's face is grimly composed in Gentileschi's painting of her slaying Holofernes'

Answer: Judith


Question: 'They're supposedly untouchable programs; in 2009 Washington Gov. Gregoire said it's time to put them out to pasture'

Answer: sacred cows


Question: 'Bittern, a solution rich in bromines, is what's left after this is crystallized from seawater'

Answer: salt


Question: 'A NYC-set musical from 1961 becomes a member of Britain's Conservative Party'

Answer: West Side Tory


Question:
'Hammer
____
rug'

Answer: throw


Question: '(Alex reports from Masada, Israel.)  The thousand defenders were able to survive for two years because they had more than a dozen of these defensive assets--collectors of water from the Latin for "box"'

Answer: cisterns


Question: 'In a painting by John William Waterhouse, this femme fatale offers a cup to Ulysses'

Answer: Circe


Question: 'Someone too liberal for his party may be dubbed a RINO, short for this "in name only"'

Answer: Republican


Question: 'It's the conversion of a carbohydrate such as sugar into an acid or an alcohol'

Answer: fermentation


Question: 'A quiet 1991 film, minus a letter, becomes this, as seen here'

Answer: The Silence of the Labs


Question:
'Golden
____
trotter'

Answer: globe


Question: 'The Roman attacking force, 15,000 strong, was the tenth one of these Roman military units'

Answer: legion


Question: 'Niccolo Dell"abbate painted "The Death of Eurydice", the wife of this guy'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: 'A candidate put forward to ease the way for another candidate is called a "stalking" this'

Answer: horse


Question: 'These compounds contain the same types of atoms in the same proportions but in different arrangements'

Answer: isomers


Question: 'When a 1952 Cecil B. DeMille circus film loses a letter, there aren't enough awards to give the pig'

Answer: Greatest Sow on Earth


Question:
'Battle
____
Indian'

Answer: Creek


Question: '(Alex reports from Masada, Israel.)  The defenders chose death over surrender, & then they drew lots to determine who would get to kill the others; we get the story from this Roman historian who had been in a lot-drawing situation himself as a Jewish fighter'

Answer: (Flavius) Josephus


Question: 'Refusing to imprison this man for demonstrating during the 1960s, de Gaulle said, "One does not arrest Voltaire"'

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre


Question: 'These are the oldest & best preserved of the 7 ancient wonders'

Answer: the Great Pyramids


Question: 'All hail the Sunshine Cab Company, the setting of this sitcom'

Answer: Taxi


Question: 'Clean your keyboard by sliding the sticky side of these notes from 3M in the crevices to collect crumbs & debris'

Answer: Post-it Notes


Question: 'For his leadership during 9/11, this New York City mayor received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth'

Answer: Giuliani


Question: 'Thomas Hobbes,<br />William of Ockham'

Answer: Britain


Question: 'You often find this fruity adjective in front of the word "keen" when describing something swell'

Answer: peachy


Question: 'Water from the Euphrates was lifted by slaves to aid in this "green" project'

Answer: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: 'The law has often been skirted at Hewes & Associates, the law firm on this cable drama'

Answer: Damages


Question: 'Put a sheet of this between your TV & DVD player to keep comingling electromagnetic fields from distorting the picture'

Answer: aluminum foil


Question: 'In a Gallup poll of the most admired people of the 20th century, this evangelist ranked seventh'

Answer: (Billy) Graham


Question: 'Pico Della Mirandola,<br />Boethius'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'A small reddish blemish of the skin is known as this fruit's mark'

Answer: strawberry


Question: 'His statue at Olympia had him holding a figure of Nike (the goddess, not the shoe) in his right hand'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'This city precedes "Grace" in the name of the hospital on "Grey's Anatomy"'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'You can slice soft cheese with the unwaxed type of this dental hygiene item (best not to use the mint flavor)'

Answer: floss


Question: 'Wellington's last words, "Yes, if you please", came when asked if he'd like some tea, maybe this P.M. who followed him'

Answer: Earl Grey


Question: 'John Dewey,<br />John Rawls'

Answer: the U.S.


Question: 'The "top" this in Vaudeville signified the leading comedian; then came the "second" one who was the straight man'

Answer: the banana


Question: 'Built to honor the god Helios, it was mostly hollow & stood about 110 feet tall'

Answer: the Colossus of Rhodes


Question: '"Alice" & her fellow waitresses worked at this eatery'

Answer: Mel\'s Diner


Question: 'Instead of using this device for arranging flowers, you can put pictures between its teeth'

Answer: a flower frog


Question: 'In the 1970s this future veep was a reporter for the Tennessean newspaper'

Answer: (Al) Gore


Question: 'Desidierius Erasmus,<br />Baruch Spinoza'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'This round, red firecracker has been banned by U.S. law since 1966'

Answer: a cherry bomb


Question: 'Fire was an important part of this landmark, which stood for about 1,500 years'

Answer: the Lighthouse at Alexandria


Question: 'This show is set in Nevada, at the Washoe County sheriff's department--shorts optional'

Answer: Reno 911!


Question: 'Plant a banana peel at the base of a rose bush; this element in the peel feeds the plant & fends off disease'

Answer: potassium


Question: 'His custom-made King Silver Flair trumpet is part of the Smithsonian collection'

Answer: (Dizzy) Gillespie


Question: 'Robert Boyle,<br />George Berkeley'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Referring to something dear, this phrase originated in Deuteronomy 32:10 & refers to the pupil'

Answer: the apple of one\'s eye


Question: 'David Mamet was born on Nov. 30, 1947 in this midwestern city; he apparently found a bit of "perversity" there'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Realtors often are paid this fee, usually rendered as a percentage of the costs'

Answer: a commission


Question: 'This adjective describes the fear of small places or being closed in'

Answer: claustrophobic


Question: 'Before a NYC subway train leaves each station, passengers are told to "stand clear of" these'

Answer: the closing doors


Question: 'In 1976 Mamet taught at the School of Drama at this Ivy League university whose alumni include Meryl Streep'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Money deposited into this type of account is held until all conditions of the real estate sale are met'

Answer: escrow


Question: 'The names Alex, Lucretia, Ulrich & Zedidiah are listed in this order'

Answer: alphabetical


Question: 'This Semisonic song says, "You don't have to go home but you can't stay here"'

Answer: Closing Time


Question: 'He is No. 3 in all-time MLB home runs with 714; he hit one every 11.8 at-bats'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Mamet was nominated for a Best Screenplay Oscar for penning this 1982 Paul Newman legal drama'

Answer: The Verdict


Question: 'A professionally prepared evaluation that estimates the worth & value of a property'

Answer: an appraisal


Question: 'Here's looking at you, kid, if you can tell me this name of Morocco's chief seaport and largest city'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'Literally, this orders soldiers to remove gaps in a fighting line; figuratively, it means a show of unity'

Answer: closing rank


Question: 'Like his dad, this Giants QB went to Ole Miss & finished third in a vote for the Heisman'

Answer: Eli Manning


Question: 'A stumpy artillery weapon fired at at least a 45-degree angle to the ground is called this, like bonding material'

Answer: a mortar


Question: 'Mamet created a naturalistic study of 3 petty criminals in 1977's "American" this'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'An "assumable" one of these legal commitments is taken over by the buyer when the home is sold'

Answer: a mortgage


Question: 'It's the state of being away; your heart may grow fonder because of it'

Answer: absence


Question: 'Term for a factory or other business that can only hire employees who belong to the trade union'

Answer: a closed shop


Question: 'In the 1924 Olympics she won bronze in the 100- & 400-m. Free; 2 years later, she swam the English Channel at age 19'

Answer: Gertrude Ederle


Question: 'We hope you're safely lodged in the ground before being fired if you're this tubular "Italian" firework'

Answer: a Roman candle


Question: 'Mamet dedicated "Glengarry Glen Ross" to this British minimalist playwright'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'It's the joint ownership of a vacation property by several persons with each occupying it for short periods'

Answer: a timeshare


Question: 'Any of a group of chemical substances such as doxycycline or streptomycin'

Answer: an antibiotic


Question: 'Educator Allan Bloom wrote a 1987 bestseller called "The Closing Of The American" this'

Answer: Mind


Question: 'Walter Dix of the U.S. ran a 9.91 to take 3rd in the 100-m. at the Beijing Games; this Jamaican ran 9.69 to win'

Answer: (Usain) Bolt


Question: 'If you're a Glock-17, you fire bullets of this metric caliber, equal to .35 inches'

Answer: 9 mm


Question: 'Only Orson Welles & this man have been nominated for Best Actor & Original Screenplay in the same year while in their 20s'

Answer: Matt Damon


Question: 'Mildred Wirt Benson, who died in 2002 at age 96, was the 1st author of the Nancy Drew books, written under this name'

Answer: Carolyn Keene


Question: 'Term for the highest amount paid for a commodity or service'

Answer: top dollar


Question: 'The 1967 NFL "Ice Bowl" game was played in -46 degrees, if you include this factor'

Answer: wind chill


Question: 'This song by the Animals is actually about a house of ill repute'

Answer: "House of the Rising Sun"


Question:
'The New York Mets,
the Chicago Cubs,
the Florida Marlins'

Answer: Chicago Cubs


Question: 'Mary Poppins was created by this Australian author whose initials stood for Pamela Lyndon'

Answer: P.L. Travers


Question: 'Celsius'

Answer: centigrade


Question: 'A typical warm winter wind of Switzerland is called Schneefresser, meaning "eater" of this'

Answer: snow


Question: 'The 5th Dimension hit No. 1 with a medley of "Aquarius" & this song from the musical "Hair"'

Answer: "Let the Sunshine in"


Question:
'Washington statehood,
California statehood,
Oklahoma statehood'

Answer: California statehood


Question: 'Armstrong's furtive looks'

Answer: Lance\'s glances


Question: 'She's the First Daughter who's written about "Murder in the Smithsonian", "on Capitol Hill" & "at the FBI"'

Answer: Margaret Truman


Question: 'World Book says that this round animal found in shallow coastal waters resembles a fuzzy brown cookie'

Answer: sand dollar


Question: 'Like hurricanes, these pacific tropical cyclones get names; Omar devastated Guam in 1992'

Answer: typhoons


Question: 'George Harrison wrote this Beatles song in one day in Eric Clapton's garden'

Answer: "Here Comes the Sun"


Question:
'By birth:
Richard Nixon,
Ronald Reagan,
John F. Kennedy'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Piazza's fondnesses'

Answer: Mike\'s likes


Question: 'In 1994 this First Daughter published a seductive novel called "Bondage"'

Answer: Patti Davis


Question: 'From the Latin for "to teach", it's a lecturer or tour guide in a museum'

Answer: docent


Question: 'It's best to bring your boat in on this side of the dock, meaning the side the wind reaches last'

Answer: leeward


Question: 'According to the title of this Stevie Wonder hit, "That's why I'll always be around"'

Answer: "You are the Sunshine of my Life"


Question:
'"Laverne & Shirley",
"Mork & Mindy",
"Happy Days"'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'Former Raider Lamonica's casks'

Answer: Daryle\'s barrels


Question: '"The Shelters of Stone" is the fifth installment in her "Earth's Children" series'

Answer: Jean Auel


Question: 'Having a common center, such as a series of circles'

Answer: concentric


Question: '(Video clip from the Science Center of Minnesota)  It's believed that tornadoes begin with a rising current of warm air called this, which eventually starts rotating'

Answer: updraft


Question: 'So don't delay, act now, you might as well name this song by Smash Mouth heard here'

Answer: "Walking on the Sun"


Question:
'"Potato Eaters",
"Starry Night",
"Crows in the Wheatfields"'

Answer: "Potato Eaters"


Question: 'Gannon's wall recesses'

Answer: Rich\'s niches


Question: 'Perhaps saying, "This is a bully cable!", he sent the first message over the Pacific Cable to the Philippines'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Maurice Chevalier introduced the song "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" in this movie musical'

Answer: Gigi


Question: 'In Madrid, a plaque marks the house where this "Don Quixote" author lived & died'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: 'MIT announced in April 2001 that it plans to make almost all of its course materials available free via this'

Answer: the Internet


Question: 'Once upon a time (well, in 1841) these brothers moved to Berlin to teach at the university'

Answer: the Brothers Grimm


Question:
'Patience, especially at the racetrack
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H-R---'

Answer: hold your horses


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  Like Dayton, Ohio itself, the cycle shop where the Wright Brothers worked in 1903 can be called "The Birthplace of" this'

Answer: Aviation


Question: 'Reviewers said this Mariah Carey film & its soundtrack were "not exactly gold"'

Answer: Glitter


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  "Cursed be he that moves my bones" is a chilling last line of the inscription over this man's grave'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'After the 2000 election debacle, MIT & this West Coast school said they'd jointly study better voting procedures'

Answer: Caltech


Question: 'Carl Philipp Emanuel of this family was employed in Berlin as a court musician'

Answer: Bach


Question:
'Forever vanished, perhaps by tornado
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G--E  WI--
--E  WI--'

Answer: gone with the wind


Question: 'Willem Einthoven invented the "string galvanometer" to measure electrical charges here -- be still, mine'

Answer: heart


Question: 'Tom Cruise got an Oscar nomination for his part in this 1999 film about the San Fernando Valley'

Answer: Magnolia


Question: 'See the gardens or ride the rides in this Moscow locale, the title setting for a Martin Cruz Smith novel'

Answer: Gorky Park


Question: 'His resume includes reporter, West Berlin mayor, West German chancellor & Nobel Peace Prize winner'

Answer: Willy Brandt


Question:
'Hidden enemy
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SN---  -N
-H-  -R-SS'

Answer: snake in the grass


Question: 'Edward VII became the first man to meet the Pope as head of this body that popes once headed'

Answer: Church of England


Question: 'Peter Shaffer wrote the screenplay for this 1984 biopic that was based on his play of the same name'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'The building near Rome's Spanish Steps where this English romantic poet died in 1821 is now a memorial & library'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'The "Tales of" this Berlin-based writer inspired composers like Offenbach & Tchaikovsky'

Answer: Hoffmann


Question:
'A bad place to be in a pool room
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BE--N-  -HE
E--H-  B---'

Answer: behind the eight ball


Question: 'The M in IMRO, which rebelled against Ottoman rule, refers to ths Balkan republic near Greece'

Answer: Macedonia


Question: 'Ads for this 1939 film said, "Garbo Laughs"'

Answer: Ninotchka


Question: 'In 1373 at Florence's Church of Santo Stefano, this "Decameron" author gave a reading of "The Divine Comedy"'

Answer: Giovanni Boccaccio


Question: 'This Berliner developed a cholera inoculation but is best known for his syphilis test'

Answer: August von Wassermann


Question:
'Superstitious rap
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K-O-K  O-
-OOD'

Answer: knock on wood


Question: 'In 1936 the man who beat Joe Louis returned home on the famous craft named this'

Answer: the Hindenburg


Question: 'Nancy Davis'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Poet Ted Hughes'

Answer: Edward


Question: 'Norman Borlaug sparked the green revolution by developing a dwarf strain of this cereal grass'

Answer: wheat


Question: 'Picasso was in his rose period in 1905, this physicist's so-called miracle year'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'In the early 1960s NASA's Abe Silverstein gave the manned Moon program this name'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'An enticement; hard to catch a fish without one'

Answer: a hook


Question: 'Betty Bloomer'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Ballplayer Ted Williams'

Answer: Theodore


Question: 'William Hoard was instrumental in founding the USA's first dairy school at the University of this state--where else?'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: 'In the 1850s, while Gregor Mendel was playing with his peas, this American woman was writing the first of her 1,775 poems'

Answer: (Emily) Dickinson


Question: 'A goddess of flowers, or all of a region's flowers & other vegetation'

Answer: Flora


Question: 'A circle in the trunk that reveals a tree's age'

Answer: a ring


Question: 'Rachel Donelson Robards'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait'

Answer: Robert


Question: 'In 1879 Carl de Laval invented a high-speed separator that separated this from whole milk'

Answer: cream


Question: 'Samuel Johnson published his dictionary in 1755; 3 years later Voltaire wrote this philosophical fantasy'

Answer: Candide


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew watches an emblem being applied to a California Highway Patrol car.)  The symbol of the highway patrol features the Great Seal of California & this Roman war goddess, whose Greek counterpart was Athena'

Answer: Minerva


Question: 'Hey, ya palooka, I got you a lawyer... yeah, he's also known by this "oral" term'

Answer: a mouthpiece


Question: 'Abigail Smith'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Musician Ringo Starr'

Answer: Richard


Question: 'A 2006 inductee, this former Kansas senator & presidential candidate helped develop the food stamp program'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'Susan B. Anthony pushed for women's rights while this woman was nursing British soldiers in the Crimean War'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'These nuclear missiles, first put on U. S. subs in 1970, preceded Trident missiles'

Answer: Poseidon missiles


Question: 'Annoyed, or to pass from one side to the other'

Answer: cross


Question: 'Ida Saxton'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'Gymnast Nastia Liukin, like a Russian grand duchess'

Answer: Anastasia


Question: 'Oliver Kelley is in the Hall for creating this 19th century farmers' fraternal organization'

Answer: the Grange


Question: 'Herbert Hoover was born Aug. 10, 1874 & this statesman Nov. 30, 1874 at Blenheim Palace; they died 3 months apart'

Answer: (Winston) Churchill


Question: 'It's a Florida beach town as well as a D-Day landing beach'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'A strikingly attractive woman'

Answer: a knockout


Question: '(Dr. Oz shows a plate of bananas, dates, strawberries, and other fruits.)  One way to control high blood pressure is to counteract high levels of sodium in the average diet by eating foods rich in magnesium & this element--symbol K'

Answer: potassium


Question: 'In Asia:<br />Kuala Lumpur'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'Robert Ludlum said that he created this character after suffering a bout of amnesia'

Answer: (Jason) Bourne


Question: 'This a-guy, he got me on my a-knees with his singin' on "Layla" & "Wunnerful Tonight"'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'Judge David Davis was responsible for getting this friend of his nominated by the 1860 Republican Convention'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'It can mean to shape by heating, as a blacksmith does, or to imitate someone's handwriting'

Answer: forge


Question: '(Dr. Oz shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  Though often blamed on stress, these interior wounds to the stomach or duodenum are typically the result of a bacterial infection'

Answer: an ulcer


Question: 'North of Australia:<br />Port Moresby'

Answer: Papua New Guinea


Question: 'This author's 1821 novel "The Spy" was written before frontier tales like "The Pioneers"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'On "The Wunner Years", this kid played Kevin; he also a-directed "Daddy Day Camp"'

Answer: (Fred) Savage


Question: 'Billy the Kid was captured & later murdered by this one-time friend'

Answer: Pat Garrett


Question: 'Nickname of Sam, leader of The Pharaohs, who sang "Wolly Bully"'

Answer: "The Sham"


Question: '(Dr. Oz holds a snack bowl.)  Eat a snack a half an hour before mealtime, so you're already feeling full & will eat less; you're reducing levels of the hunger-causing chemical ghrelin--one of these, like estrogen & insulin'

Answer: a hormone


Question: 'In South America:<br />Paramaribo'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'Ian Fleming's "Thunderball" was the first to feature this villain often seen cuddling a fluffy white cat'

Answer: Blofeld


Question: 'Cathy Lee Crosby was "Wunner Woman" in 1974; this wunnerful woman a-took over the role in 1975'

Answer: Lynda Carter


Question: 'Samoset befriended the Pilgrim settlers of this colony & introduced them to Squanto'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'This 11-letter word for a fake comes from the Latin for "against fact"'

Answer: counterfeit


Question: '(Dr. Oz stands and bends one leg up at the knee to stretch it.)  Stretching & strengthening the tendons & muscles in front of your leg can help you avoid this 2-word condition we docs call medial tibial stress syndrome'

Answer: shin splints


Question: 'In an emirate:<br />Doha'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'John Le Carre introduced British agent Alec Leamas in this 1963 novel'

Answer: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold


Question: 'I a-dig that Stevie Wunner, who sang "Superstition" & a-phoned in this 1984 No. 1 hit'

Answer: "I Just Called To Say I Love You"


Question: 'In Greek myth, this guy agreed to die in Pythias' place'

Answer: Damon


Question: '"Fiction" & "figment" have the same roots as this verb that means to invent a story or excuse, like illness'

Answer: feign


Question: '(Dr. Oz shows an anatomical model on the monitor.)  From the Latin for "under chamber", this gland's health is vital as it influences your appetite, your sex drive & also maintains normal body temperature'

Answer: the hypothalamus


Question: 'In a Central Asian "stan":<br />Bishkek'

Answer: Kyrgyzstan


Question: 'This Ken Follett novel begins with German spy Henry Faber killing his landlady with a stiletto, or "die Nadel"'

Answer: The Eye of the Needle


Question: 'Adam West's co-star, this actor a-wrote "Boy Wunner: My Life In Tights", a tell-all memoir'

Answer: Burt Ward


Question: 'Friends Andre Derain, Maurice De Vlaminck & Henri Matisse were the leaders of this art movement in Paris in the early 1900s'

Answer: fauvism


Question: 'Orlon is man-made, not natural, & is called this type of fiber'

Answer: synthetic


Question: 'It's the only state from which rainwater flows to the Pacific, the Atlantic & Hudson Bay'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'Documentary photographer Garry Winogrand left behind some 500,000 of these he never printed'

Answer: negatives


Question: 'On this TV show, Al Bundy's favorite TV show was "Psycho Dad"'

Answer: Married... with Children


Question: 'These popular jam cookies are said to be named for either a Massachusetts city or an English scientist'

Answer: Fig Newtons


Question: 'It may ring a bell that he had "a huge head sprouting red hair; between the two shoulders an enormous hump"'

Answer: the hunchback (of Notre Dame)


Question: 'In a recent interview with Martin Bashir he claimed, "I've had no plastic surgery on my face, just my nose"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'In 1901 the American Cereal Company changed its name to this'

Answer: Quaker (Oats)


Question: 'Working for this Luce magazine in the '50s, Gordon Parks mastered dramatic black & white shots like the one seen here'

Answer: Life (magazine)


Question: 'When this sitcom character went on "Jeopardy!", his categories included Civil Servants, Bar Trivia & Celibacy'

Answer: Cliff Clavin


Question: 'The name of this Swedish car company means "I roll" in Latin'

Answer: Volvo


Question: 'The title wrongdoing in this novel is the murder of a pawnbroker & her sister by Raskolnikov'

Answer: Crime and Punishment


Question: 'On giving up her Miss America title in 1984, she said, "The past just came up and kicked me"'

Answer: Vanessa Williams


Question: 'It's a 4–letter term for a clever or sarcastic remark'

Answer: a quip


Question: 'Dick Avery, Fred Astaire's character in "Funny Face", is based on this real-life photographer'

Answer: Richard Avedon


Question: '(Hi, I'm Joshua Malina.)  Pre–"West Wing", I was Jeremy, the geeky TV associate producer on this series also created by Aaron Sorkin'

Answer: Sports Night


Question: '"The most famous person who never existed", she was invented by admen to represent the average housewife'

Answer: Betty Crocker


Question: 'The year before her death, 29-year-old Emily Bronte published this, her only novel'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: 'In 1989 Leona Helmsley infamously said, "Only the little people" do this'

Answer: pay taxes


Question: 'Term for a magazine that comes out 4 times a year'

Answer: quarterly


Question: 'Julia Margaret Cameron's photos illustrated this poet's "Idylls of the King", & his photo is seen here'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: '"Captain Video" was this character's favorite TV show on "The Honeymooners"'

Answer: Ed (Norton)


Question: 'Roy Allen & Frank Wright formed this soft drink company in 1922'

Answer: A&W


Question: '"Knitting", "Still Knitting" & "The Knitting Done" are chapters in this 1859 novel'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'Describing life after the 1996 election, he said, "Elizabeth's back at the Red Cross and I'm walking the dog"'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'With 160 inches of rain a year in some places, it's Australia's wettest state'

Answer: Queensland


Question: 'This photographer who died in 2002 launched his career with early pictures of his pal Richard Gere'

Answer: Herb Ritts


Question: 'On "Saturday Night Live", Beldar, Prymaat & Connie Conehead appeared as contestants on this game show'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: 'Published in 1849, "Redburn: His FIrst Voyage" was based on this author's first voyage as a cabin boy'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'Kenneth Lay of this co. admitted, "In hindsight, we made some very bad investments in noncore businesses…"'

Answer: Enron


Question: 'Before oil was discovered there, this country's main income came from pearl diving, fishing & camel breeding'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'In 1661 Louis XIV established a ballet academy in a room of this current art museum'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'This man was the lead vocalist on the 1970 No. 1 hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water"'

Answer: Art Garfunkel


Question: 'Castro overthrows Batista'

Answer: the 1950s


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue) Hungarian words put the stress on the first szótag, this'

Answer: a syllable


Question: 'The "walking" type of this fish, the Clarias batrachus, can travel across dry land in search of water'

Answer: catfish


Question: 'It's the official language shared by Rwanda & Senegal'

Answer: French


Question: 'Agnes de Mille's ballet "Fall River Legend" was based on the case of this accused murderess'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'He's the lead singer heard on the following'

Answer: Peter Wolf


Question: 'U.S. Social Security becomes law'

Answer: the 1930s


Question: 'The same word, het, means "week" & also this number'

Answer: seven


Question: 'The prey of this snakelike fish is stunned by a shock of up to 600 volts'

Answer: an electric eel


Question: 'Rwanda & this neighboring nation were ruled by Belgium until 1962'

Answer: Burundi


Question: 'During his long association with the NYC ballet, he choreographed "West Side Story" & other musicals'

Answer: Jerome Robbins


Question: 'When I see you, I can tell you're this distinctive singer'

Answer: Macy Gray


Question: 'The man seen here gets a hero's welcome, including several parades'

Answer: the 1960s


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue) In Hungarian, it's a chili or bell pepper; in English, it's a ground spice'

Answer: paprika


Question: 'Popular fly fisherman quarry seen here'

Answer: a rainbow trout


Question: 'She established a gorilla research center in Rwanda in 1967'

Answer: Dian Fossey


Question: 'Ms. Lopez sang, "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got…I'm still" her'

Answer: Jenny from the Block


Question: 'France's king & queen make a royal visit to the guillotine'

Answer: the 1790s


Question: 'Hungarians call this land associated with vampires "Erdely" & resent losing it to Romania in 1920'

Answer: Transylvania


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue) Like Santiago, you'd have quite a story to tell if you caught the 1,056-pound black type of this'

Answer: a marlin


Question: 'Now with a population of about 300,000, this city became the capital upon Rwanda's independence'

Answer: Kigali


Question: 'In July 2003 thousands of mourners paid tribute to this late "Queen of Salsa"'

Answer: Celia Cruz


Question: 'The Gallipoli campaign results in half a million casualties'

Answer: the 1910s


Question: '(Let's hear from Sarah.) The four Hungarian o's are divided into these two opposite qualities, and which one you use can change a word's meaning'

Answer: long and short


Question: 'This filet favorite is the one and only'

Answer: sole


Question: 'This contemporary & rival of Sir Richard Burton became the first European to visit the area of Rwanda in 1858'

Answer: John Speke


Question: '12-year-old David Mullany gave this toy its name, a euphemism for striking out in baseball'

Answer: Wiffleball


Question: 'Oh my god! it's a double rainbow video! seen by more than 19.3 million people on this site! what does this mean?!'

Answer: Youtube


Question: '2 hours, 6 minutes, 32 seconds by Samuel Kamau Wansiru'

Answer: the marathon


Question: 'The name of this tequila cocktail is also a first name, the one Rita Hayworth was given at birth'

Answer: the margarita


Question: 'In 2009 a bank in this buckeye state got tipped off to a robbery when a man in a ski mask waited patiently in line'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'The territory of one of these wolf family units can extend more than 1,000 square milesl'

Answer: a pack


Question: 'Of this "We Are The World" co-writer: Miles, Sofia & Nicole'

Answer: Lionel Richie


Question: 'Nora Ephron is editor at large for this political site co-founded by Arianna'

Answer: the Huffington Post


Question: '7'10" by Charles Austin'

Answer: the high jump


Question: 'It's the Spanish word for a donkey, especially one used as a pack animal'

Answer: a burro


Question: 'A man called the home he just robbed in this Arkansas capital to say he dropped his wallet there & wanted it back'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: 'It's the "woody" alternate name for the gray wolf'

Answer: the timber wolf


Question: 'Of this composer: 20(!) of us, including 5 Johanns & 2 Johannas'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'The home page of this 5-letter site says "talk for hours"; this-to-this "calls are free"'

Answer: Skype


Question: '29' 2 1/2" by Bob Beamon'

Answer: the long jump


Question: 'Similar to a poncho, it's the Spanish name for a blanketlike shawl'

Answer: a sarape


Question: 'In 2009 a thief broke into an NBC news van; in failing to steal a bolted-down camera, he hit this button by mistake'

Answer: record


Question: 'Some experts believe the smaller red wolf to be a hybrid of the gray wolf & this wily relative'

Answer: the coyote


Question: 'Of this painter: Paulo, Maya, Claude & Paloma'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'This satiric site says, "Facebook, Twitter Revolutionizing How Parents Stalk Their College-Aged Kids"'

Answer: The Onion


Question: '297' 1 3/4" by Andres Thorkildsen'

Answer: the javelin


Question: 'A picador is the mounted assistant to this, a synonym for bullfighter & torero'

Answer: toreador (or matador)


Question: '3 Penn. muggers stole an iPhone but didn't turn off this 3-letter feature, which cops used to track & catch them'

Answer: GPS


Question: 'In 1995 wolves from Canada were reintroduced into this U.S. national park'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'Of this monarch: Mary, Elizabeth, Edward'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'A sign reading "children left unattended will be towed away at owner's expense" is seen at thisblog.org'

Answer: FAILBlog.org


Question: '8,893 points by Roman Sebrle'

Answer: the decathlon


Question: 'This Spanish word for a chain of mountains means "saw": the peaks suggest the teeth of a saw'

Answer: sierra


Question: 'A Minnesota man got a DUI for driving not a car but a redesigned recliner from this hyphenated Co.; it could go 20 mph'

Answer: a La-Z-Boy


Question: 'The Abyssinian wolf, native to the highlands of this country, is also called the simian jackal'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: '"This land is your land, this land is my land, from" here "to the New York island"'

Answer: from California


Question: 'The success of "Little Women" prompted her to write in her journal, "paid up all the debts, thank the lord!"'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'Riesling, syrah'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'Elmer Bernstein of "The Magnificent Seven" fame was known as Bernstein west; this classical giant was Bernstein east'

Answer: Leonard


Question: 'In MVP, when we're talking sports'

Answer: valuable


Question: 'In 1946 Churchill said, "From Stettin in" this north European sea "to Trieste... an iron curtain has descended"'

Answer: the Baltic


Question: '"Fashion", "fat" & "France" were the 3 inaugural episodes of this outrageous britcom about Edina & Patsy'

Answer: Absolutely Fabulous


Question: 'Besides the title role in "The Bride of Frankenstein ", Elsa Lanchester also played this writer'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'Seville, jaffa'

Answer: oranges


Question: 'Prokofiev's score to the film "Lieutenant Kije" includes a section named for this 3-horse transport'

Answer: a troika


Question: 'In the cabinet department known as the VA for short'

Answer: veteran\'s


Question: 'Found in the Bible, the phrase "from Dan to Beersheba" refers to an area now within this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'NBC moved the London-set "Steptoe and Son" to Los Angeles & rechristened it this'

Answer: Sanford and Son


Question: 'Her novel "The Fountainhead" was rejected by 12 publishers, some of whom declared it too controversial'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'Yukon gem, ranger russet'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'Sir William Walton wrote the music for this 1944 Laurence Olivier Shakespearean film that served as a patriotic boost'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'In VIN down at the dealership'

Answer: vehicle


Question: 'A book on "the Vietnam War in American film" is titled "From" this city "to Hollywood"'

Answer: Hanoi


Question: 'Basil & Sybil ran this title place with a little help from Manuel the waiter & his pet rat'

Answer: Fawlty Towers


Question: 'Her "To the Lighthouse" revolves around visits by the Ramsay family to its summer home on the Isle of Skye'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Ruby red, star ruby'

Answer: grapefruits


Question: 'Gyorgi Ligeti's work "Lux Aeterna" premiered in 1966 & was used in this sci-fi film just 2 years later'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'In the national service program originally founded as VISTA'

Answer: volunteers


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Great Britain on the monitor.)  Proverbially, to walk Great Britain end to end, go from John o' Groats in Scotland to Land's End in this county'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'This 1980-84 britcom about a struggling MP later added "Prime" to the title'

Answer: Yes Minister


Question: 'She was 38 when her first works of fiction were published; "Adam Bede" came out 2 years later'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'Green zebra, plum'

Answer: a tomato


Question: 'Darius Milhaud composed music for a movie version of "Madame Bovary" directed by this son of a painter'

Answer: Jean Renoir


Question: 'In the broadcasting service known as the VOA'

Answer: Voice (of America)


Question: 'Of the 50 on the list, only one never appears on screen: man, from this 1942 animated feature'

Answer: Bambi


Question: 'Ben Franklin flew a kite & invented the lightning rod'

Answer: the 18th century


Question: 'Lightning McQueen crashes into Radiator Springs in this "racy" 2006 flick'

Answer: Cars


Question: 'The FBI is part of this cabinet department'

Answer: the Justice Department


Question: 'Washington, Oregon & Idaho, collectively'

Answer: Northwest


Question: 'Check out the 750-foot-tall Tower of the Americas in this "Alamo City" (you should probably see that, too)'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'For the absolut best cosmopolitan, use the Absolute Citron type of this liquor'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'The Impressionists exhibited their paintings for the first time'

Answer: the 19th century


Question: 'Elijah Wood provided the voice for Mumble, a tap-dancing penguin, in this 2006 film'

Answer: Happy Feet


Question: 'Formerly part of the Treatury Dept., it's the bureau responsible for "booze, chews & uz-ies"'

Answer: the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms)


Question: 'Space is said to be the final one'

Answer: Frontier


Question: 'Lots of history to see in this tiny country that's been independent from Italy since 1929'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'This large family of snakes is identified by hollow fangs'

Answer: vipers


Question: 'London experienced its deadly "Great Fire"'

Answer: the 17th century


Question: 'Tom Hanks voiced 4 characters in this Christmas film that used motion-capture technology'

Answer: The Polar Express


Question: 'The "haunted" presidential room formerly used for cabinet meetings in the White House is now known as this'

Answer: the Lincoln Bedroom


Question: 'The line that forms the apparent boundary between Earth & sky'

Answer: Horizon


Question: 'The Cass County historical society is in a suburb of this North Dakota city, you betcha; some super ladies live there'

Answer: Fargo


Question: 'In Catholicism, this type of minor sin doesn't deprive you of divine grace'

Answer: venial


Question: 'Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain got married & united their kingdoms'

Answer: the 15th century


Question: 'In a 2001 film, aliens kidnap Earth's adults & this title boy genius leads the rescue effort'

Answer: Jimmy Neutron


Question: 'The last man to serve as Secretary of this as part of the cabinet was James V. Forrestal in 1947'

Answer: the Navy


Question: 'An alluvial plain of a river'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'While hobnobbing at this city's film festival, take time out for a hike up its Mont Chevalier'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'Named after "nothing", the first practical one of these appliances was invented in 1907'

Answer: a vacuum


Question: 'Rodent-borne plague killed off 1/3 of Europe's population'

Answer: the 14th century


Question: 'Elastigirl is living in the suburbs as Helen Parr in this action comedy'

Answer: The Incredibles


Question: 'So far, the list of Secretaries of this includes a Heckler, a Schweiker & a Shalala'

Answer: Health & Human Services


Question: 'In harmony, as an effort'

Answer: United


Question: 'Tour this city, birthplace of Spanish artist Barolome Murillo, & look for a good barber'

Answer: Seville


Question: 'This adjective for a scathing comment or review literally refers to sulfuric acid'

Answer: vitriolic


Question: 'You can get customized gris-gris bags at the Historic Voodoo Museum on Dumaine Street in this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'He made his debut as Katharine Hepburn's grandson in "A Matter of Gravity" before flying high as Superman'

Answer: Christopher Reeve


Question: 'His "A Moveable Feast" calls Fitzgerald's talent as natural as the pattern of the dust on a butterfly's wings'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'The recording artist now billed simply as this said, "People have so much emotion... toward the word Yoko"'

Answer: Ono


Question: 'This planet averages about 67 million miles from the sun; Earth's in the 90 millions'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Get out your dancing shoes and cut a "rug" in this South American country'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew maps out the narrow hallway of a museum.)  As this society has a long history of publishing maps & sponsoring exploration, it makes sense that maps were the theme of a major 2007 exhibit at its museum, Explorer's Hall'

Answer: National Geographic


Question: '(Hi, I'm Joely Fisher.)  In 1995 I made my Broadway debut as Rizzo in this musical; it's the word'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'Edgar Lee Masters wrote that this "genius from Missouri" had "affection for his fellows, yet... despised them"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'She's the world-famous dame seen here'

Answer: Jane Goodall


Question: 'Its moon Ganymede is the largest in the solar system'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'You've "aced" the category if you know that Albania lies on the Western border of this country'

Answer: Macedonia


Question: 'You can ham it up at a museum in this Virginia Town; it houses a ham cured in 1902'

Answer: Smithfield


Question: 'In 2006, in her first big project since giving birth to twins, she starred on Broadway in "Three Days of Rain"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'T.S. Eliot wrote that this "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" author was "unhampered by any ideas"'

Answer: (Thomas) Hardy


Question: 'Radiation researcher Edith Quimby worked on this "project" that developed the atomic bomb'

Answer: the Manhattan Project


Question: 'The least dense planet in the solar system, it would actually float if you could find a big enough tub to put it in'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'You'll need a lot of "gas" to drive from Androka to Ambilobe in this African island country'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'An arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, this L.A. museum teaches about bigotry & racism as well as the Holocaust'

Answer: the Museum of Tolerance


Question: '(I'm Susan Lucci.)  In 1999 I took aim at Broadway, I made my debut as the title sharpshooter in this musical'

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun


Question: 'Reviewing "An Ideal Husband", G.B. Shaw said this fellow Irishman "has the property of making his critics dull"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'Smashing Prince of Wales China with a hammer is one scene in "The Diana Chronicles" by this magazine editor'

Answer: Tina Brown


Question: 'In 2005 NASA experimented with a low-pressure greenhouse to grow plants on this carbon dioxide-rich planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'I'll bet you a "ten" that this tiny country last fought in a war in 1866'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'The U.S. Space & Rocket Center in this Alabama city contains a vast collection of rockets & space memorabilia'

Answer: Huntsville


Question: 'He made his debut starring opposite Natasha Richardson in "Anna Christie"; they were married soon after'

Answer: Liam Neeson


Question: 'Byron on this poet: "Strange, the mind, that very fiery particle / Should let itself be snuff'd out by an article"'

Answer: Keats


Question: 'Rina Messenger, Miss Universe of 1976, saw service in this country's army'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'In 1781 it became the first planet discovered in modern times'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'This country might "tug" at your heartstrings with its sad fado songs'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'It's an ellipse with an eccentricity of zero'

Answer: a circle


Question: 'Scuba divers love to explore the Marie Celeste, a blockade runner that sank off the coast of Bermuda during this war'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'Them commies!'

Answer: the Reds


Question: 'When Columbus saw the mouth of the Orinoco River, he thought it flowed from this legendary biblical garden'

Answer: the Garden of Eden


Question: '2-word term for a hired underworld assassin'

Answer: a hit man


Question: 'Technically, a snail has this many feet'

Answer: 1


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports.) Skull bones are joined together by seams of connective tissue called these, also an operating room term'

Answer: a suture


Question: 'If you go shopping in Palau, you'll want to know the phrase "Ngteland a cheral?", which means this'

Answer: How much does this cost?


Question: 'Grades that should guarantee you 4.0'

Answer: the A\'s


Question: 'In Arthurian legend, the sword in the stone was stuck in one of these blacksmith aids on top of the stone'

Answer: an anvil


Question: 'As a verb, "thumb" is a synonym for this'

Answer: hitchhiking


Question: 'Most snails are this, derived from the names of 2 Greek gods (possessing both male & female organs)'

Answer: hermaphrodites


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports.) Also found between your vertebrae, this flexible tissue is what shapes your nose and ears'

Answer: cartilage


Question: 'The Mayan ruins of Tulum loom over the Caribbean in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Mr. Molson & Mr. Coors, collectively'

Answer: the Brewers


Question: 'This Greenpeace ship's name comes from a legend about a spirit that comes to save Earth from disaster'

Answer: the Rainbow Warrior


Question: 'To carve wood into shapes with a knife'

Answer: to whittle


Question: 'These are found on the ends of a snail's stalks or tentacles'

Answer: its eyes


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) 8 of the numerous bones in the skull fuse as you age to form this enclosure of the brain'

Answer: the cranium


Question: 'You'll feel in the pink in Jaipur, whose colorful buildings made it "the Pink City" of this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'People who illegally copy software or DVDs'

Answer: the Pirates


Question: 'One legend about the Alamo involves a fabulous hoard of gold supposedly dropped down a well by this col.'

Answer: Jim Bowie


Question: 'A recipe for these: take some young pig intestines, clean' 'em, stew 'em, batter 'em & fry 'em'

Answer: chitlins


Question: 'This large sea snail takes its name from the Greek for "shell"'

Answer: the conch


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports.) Each hemisphere of the brain is divided into 4 of these: the temporal, occipital, parietal, and frontal'

Answer: lobes


Question: 'A £4.5 million visitor center in Stoke-on-Trent tells the story of this British pottery founded in the 1700s'

Answer: Wedgwood


Question: 'Sailors, whether ancient or not'

Answer: the Mariners


Question: 'This pair of legendary Irish cats fought until only their tails were left'

Answer: the Kilkenny Cats


Question: 'Renzo Piano & William Keck are famous as these'

Answer: architects


Question: 'Both the squid & the snail are members of this animal phylum whose name is from the Latin for "soft"'

Answer: mollusks


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) From the Latin for "track", it's the somewhat spacey term used by doctors for these cavities in your skull'

Answer: orbits


Question: 'The allies began the invasion of Italy on July 10, 1943 by landing on this island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'On film he said, "A Cinderella story outta nowhere.  Former greenskeeper & now about to become... Masters champion"'

Answer: Bill Murray


Question: 'Last word of Poe's "The Raven"'

Answer: nevermore


Question: 'The rather tall monument on his grave mention that he was President & Chief Justice of the U.S.'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'Soon after arriving in Tahiti in 1891, he took a native girl named Tehura as his wife'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'No longer in use:<br />obs.'

Answer: obsolete


Question: 'In 1606, Willem Janszoon landed on Cape York Peninsula, becoming the 1st European to visit this continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This "You Needed Me" singer is mentioned in the Oscar-nominated song "Blame Canada"'

Answer: Anne Murray


Question: 'First word of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"'

Answer: \'Twas


Question: 'Pictured here, this actor and marine was a relative of Arlington's original landowner, Robert E. Lee'

Answer: Lee Marvin


Question: 'This Norwegian's first masterpiece, "The Sick Child", recalled the death of his sister Sophie due to tuberculosis'

Answer: (Edward) Munch


Question: 'An ancient language:<br />Skt.'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'In 1885 this country's Leopold II established the Congo Free State as his own personal property'

Answer: Belgium


Question: '"Since 1912 we have been teaching the world to dance!!!" proclaims this man's website'

Answer: Arthur Murray


Question: 'Last word of Dylan Thomas' "Do not go gentle into that good night"'

Answer: light


Question: 'No "bull"--this Fleet Admiral who won many battles during WWII was buried at Arlington in 1959'

Answer: Halsey


Question: 'This "Second Of May" artist lived in a villa outside Madrid called "The Deaf Man's House"'

Answer: Goya


Question: 'A form of a word:<br />dim.'

Answer: diminutive


Question: 'Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, Gavrilo Princip, was a member of this "dark" Serbian terrorist group'

Answer: the Black Hand


Question: 'An '80s Oscar winner, this actor's first name is Fahrid'

Answer: F. Murray Abraham


Question: 'Last word of Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken"'

Answer: difference


Question: 'The headstone of this man who died in 1986 reads, "Father of the Nuclear Navy"'

Answer: (Hyman) Rickover


Question: 'His "School of Athens" covers one wall of the Stanza Della Segnatura, a room in the pope's private quarters'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'A text:<br />O.E.D.'

Answer: Oxford English Dictionary


Question: 'The Pragmatic Sanction gave this Holy Roman Empress the legal right to inherit her father's territories'

Answer: Maria Teresa


Question: 'He played Murray Slaughter on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" before captaining "The Love Boat"'

Answer: Gavin MacLeod


Question: 'First word of Dryden's epitath for his wife'

Answer: here


Question: 'In 1988 this African-American explorer's remains were moved to Arlington & reburied near Robert Peary'

Answer: Matthew Henson


Question: 'Members of this Flemish family of artists were nicknamed "Peasant", "Velvet", & "Hell"'

Answer: the Bruegels


Question: 'A dialect of Southern France:<br />Prov.'

Answer: Provençal


Question: 'One of the 2 actresses nominated for Oscars for playing the same person in a 1997 blockbuster'

Answer: (1 of) Kate Winslet & Gloria Stuart


Question: 'In 1989 the fall of a wall reunited this world capital after 28 years'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Katie Holmes'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'The Joad family sings up a storm (make that a dust storm) in the opera adapted from this Steinbeck novel'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'Strolling through the National Gallery of Australia in this capital'

Answer: Canberra


Question: 'Add a letter to "rode" & you get this public exhibition of cowboy skills'

Answer: rodeo


Question: '"Precipitation" term for what you do to get a cab to pick you up'

Answer: hail


Question: 'A touching moment for Lewis & Clark was her reunion with her brother Cameahwait'

Answer: Sacagawea


Question: 'Demi Moore'

Answer: Ashton Kutcher


Question: 'Fuhgeddaboudit!  The Opera Co. of this NYC borough performs in unusual venues, like people's living rooms'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'Climbing Mount Aconcagua in this Western Hemisphere mountain range'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Add a letter to "came" to get this word for a minor acting part played by a prominent performer'

Answer: cameo


Question: 'Many schnauzers have coats described as looking like this pair of seasonings'

Answer: salt & pepper


Question: 'In July 2008 in this country, rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt was reunited with her kids after 6 years apart'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Eva Longoria'

Answer: Tony Parker


Question: '4 sisters cavort in the March family attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'Tracking my stocks on the Hang Seng index of this former Crown colony's stock exchange'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'Add a letter to "crime" & you get this peninsula in southern Ukraine'

Answer: Crimea


Question: 'In the Palauan language, sulang doesn't mean "goodbye"; it's this polite expression'

Answer: thank you


Question: 'After the Greeks captured the city of Troy, she was reunited with Menelaus'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'Mariah Carey'

Answer: Nick Cannon


Question: 'The bewitching opera based on this Arthur Miller play is set in Salem'

Answer: The Crucible


Question: 'Chopping down trees in Moose Jaw & Saskatoon in this province'

Answer: Saskatchewan


Question: 'Add a letter to "lien" & you get this word for a foreigner'

Answer: an alien


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lima Cathedral in Lima, Peru.) Here in Lima Cathedral, this ornate panel depicting the nativity scene is carved in this manner, where the sculpture projects from the background but doesn't stand freely'

Answer: relief


Question: 'The Republican Party reunited when the Bull Moose Party evaporated after nominating this man as president'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Heidi Klum'

Answer: Seal


Question: 'If you like singing furniture--& who doesn't?--you'll love "L'enfant et les sortileges" by this "Bolero" composer'

Answer: Maurice Ravel


Question: 'Carefully paddling down this Congolese river that lends its name to a deadly virus'

Answer: Ebola


Question: 'Add a letter to "smile" & you get this figure of speech'

Answer: simile


Question: 'If she sells seashells in the Seychelles, you can bet that she got them from this ocean'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'Unlike some of his other scary stories, "The Pit and the Pendulum" has a happy ending'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'In 2008 this team won its 17th NBA championship by defeating the Lakers'

Answer: the Boston Celtics


Question: 'In the early 1960s her hairdo became fashionable with the ladies of the United States'

Answer: (Jackie) Kennedy


Question: 'A family one of these can help--not because you descend from Noah, but because births & deaths were written in it'

Answer: a Bible


Question: 'It's the "R" of CPR'

Answer: resuscitation


Question: 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art sells earrings inspired by the shields of these mythological warrior women'

Answer: the Amazons


Question: 'Edna Ferber set most of her novel "Giant" in this giant state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In 2008 this horse failed to win the Triple Crown when he finished last in the Belmont Stakes'

Answer: Big Brown


Question: 'On Oct. 15, 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of Westfield, N.Y. wrote him urging him to grow a beard; he did'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'If your last name is Adams or Hamilton, you can try to track your ancestors through the DAR, this group'

Answer: the Daughters of the American Revolution


Question: 'From the Latin for "to speak", this type of performer tries to keep a stiff upper (& lower) lip'

Answer: a ventriloquist


Question: 'The Pythian Games were so-named for this serpent slain by Apollo'

Answer: the python


Question: 'Her 1922 novel "One of Ours" tells the tale of a Nebraska farm boy who dies in WWI (Nebraska is your big clue)'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'In 2008 this Spaniard defeated Roger Federer in the longest-ever final at Wimbledon'

Answer: Rafael Nadal


Question: 'When King George VI visited this woman & her husband in 1939, she made news by serving hot dogs'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'A govt. database of immigration records dating from 1820 is arranged by these, like Charleston or Tacoma'

Answer: ports of entry (into the United States)


Question: 'Usually the highest academically ranked student in a graduating class'

Answer: a valedictorian


Question: 'He disguised himself as a female named Pyrrha, which means "red-haired girl", not "tendon boy"'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'Much of "The Beautiful and Damned", his 1922 novel about a self-destructive couple, now seems autobiographical'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'In July 2008 he withdrew from the U.S. men's gymnastics Olympic team; his broken hand hadn't healed enough'

Answer: Paul Hamm


Question: 'Before reaching the Oval Office, this bachelor president served as minister to Russia in the 1830s'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew explains two types of charts.)  On both a sprawling pedigree chart & a space-saving Ahnentafel, meaning "ancestor table", you can identify ancestors by number; this relative is number 7'

Answer: your maternal grandmother


Question: 'Formerly dementia praecox, this term does not mean a patient has more than one personality'

Answer: schizophrenia


Question: 'Maria Shriver created an award for women named for this Roman goddess of wisdom, seen on California's state seal'

Answer: Minerva


Question:
'"The soul selects
her own society-
then-
shuts the door",
she wrote in her poem No. 303'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'The Royal Report is the official e-newsletter of this hockey team'

Answer: the L.A. Kings


Question: 'His wife Frances left the White House, returned 4 years later, & may have said, "Look what they've done to the place!"'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Grave robbing is frowned upon; this, transferring inscriptions & artwork with a wax crayon, is fine'

Answer: (grave) rubbing


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew zaps instantly across the room.)  I'm simulating this futuristic method of conveying a person from place to place'

Answer: teleportation


Question: 'Homer called this woman Epicaste; Oedipus could call her his mrs., or just plain "Mom"'

Answer: Jocasta


Question: 'Created in 1970 & made up of 3 arrows, the universal symbol for this was based on the Mobius strip'

Answer: recycling


Question: 'Jesus "cried out with a loud voice" & commanded this dead man to "come forth"'

Answer: Lazarus


Question: 'You're this if you're from the Pampas'

Answer: Argentinian


Question: 'Unlike in the U.S., if one of these crosses your path in England, it means good luck'

Answer: a black cat


Question: 'The buck stops with this president who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"'

Answer: Harry S. Truman Capote


Question: 'The G in MGM, he was born in Warsaw, Poland'

Answer: Samuel Goldwyn


Question:
'More than 2,000 versions of this 1965 song have been recorded:

"Suddenly /
I'm not half the man I used to be /
There's a shadow hanging over me"'

Answer: "Yesterday"


Question: 'This apostle "lifted up his voice" & addressed the crowd at Pentecost'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'You're this if you're from Adelaide'

Answer: Australian


Question: 'Cloves of this are sometimes placed in a bridal bouquet for good luck'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'George Washington's Virginia estate that co-chaired Clinton's transition team'

Answer: Mount Vernon Jordan


Question: 'This member of Clinton's cabinet was born in Prague'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question:
'This song topped the pop, R&B & country charts in 1957:

"The warden said, 'Hey, buddy, don't you be no square /
If you can't find a partner, use a wooden chair'"'

Answer: "Jailhouse Rock"


Question: 'This blind father recognized Jacob's voice but thought his goatskin-covered hands were those of Esau'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'You're this if you're from Innsbruck'

Answer: Austrian


Question: 'This card deck's Minor Arcana has 14 cards in each suit; a page is between the 10 & jack'

Answer: tarot


Question: 'A college football head coach from 1918 to 1931, he hailed from Voss, Norway'

Answer: Knute Rockne


Question:
'This song was written for a 1967 film:

"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio /
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you (Woo, woo, woo)"'

Answer: "Mrs. Robinson"


Question: 'His was the "voice of one crying in the wilderness"'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'You're this if you're from Kabul'

Answer: Afghanistanian


Question: 'Not feeling well?  You may want to cleanse this field surrounding your body, from the Greek for "breath" or "breeze"'

Answer: an aura


Question: 'He hosts a late-night network news show, but not from Lancashire, England, where he was born'

Answer: Ted Koppel


Question:
'People were crazy about this 1999 song:

"Her lips are devil-red and her skin's the color of mocha..."'

Answer: "Livin\' La Vida Loca"


Question: 'In the first book of Samuel, he asked, "Is this thy voice, my son David?"'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'You're this if you're from Luanda'

Answer: Angolan


Question: 'This plant yields a hair dye as well as as tint used in magical hand & foot tattoos'

Answer: henna


Question: 'Born in Petrovichi, Russia, this prolific writer's works include "Foundation's Edge" & "The Gods Themselves"'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question:
'The title track of a 1976 album, this song topped the charts in 1977:

"You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave"'

Answer: "Hotel California"


Question: 'By the 15th C., this city was capital of the Russian state & the seat of the Russian Orthodox Church'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Astaire was nominated for a Supporting Actor Oscar for this fiery 1974 disaster epic'

Answer: The Towering Inferno


Question: 'Type of moustache named for its resemblance to a bicycle part'

Answer: Handlebar


Question: 'The "Tip" of Congress'

Answer: Thomas P. "Tip" O\'Neill


Question: '4 out of the 5 traditional human senses'

Answer: Hearing, sight, smell, taste, touch


Question: 'With over $3 billion in annual sales, this soft drink has 6% of the U.S. market'

Answer: Dr. Pepper


Question: 'Important Russian cities on this longest Russian river include Nizhniy Novgorod, Kazan & Samara'

Answer: Volga


Question: 'Fred came out of retirement to replace an injured Gene Kelly as Judy Garland's co-star in this holiday musical'

Answer: Easter Parade


Question: 'This word for a shopping center comes from a London site where a ball & mallet game was played in narrow alleys'

Answer: Mall (from Pall Mall)


Question: '1977's "Son of Sam"'

Answer: David Berkowitz


Question: '4 out of 5 people living at 742 Evergreen Terrace on TV's "The Simpsons"'

Answer: Bart, Homer, Lisa, Maggie & Marge Simpson


Question: 'A high school friend who was "The Professor" helped give this Philadelphia 76ers star his nickname, Dr. J.'

Answer: Julius Erving


Question: 'This city of 180,000 shares its name with Marx' co-writer of "The Communist Manifesto"'

Answer: Engels


Question: 'Appropriate title question of this 1937 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film'

Answer: Shall We Dance?


Question: 'Sanskrit for "great queen", she's the wife of a maharajah'

Answer: Maharani


Question: 'Hollywood's "Swifty"'

Answer: Irving "Swifty" Lazar


Question: '4 out of the 5 Biblical books of Moses known as the Pentateuch'

Answer: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers & Deuteronomy


Question: 'His work includes "Hunches in Bunches", "Fox in Socks" & "Gerald McBoing-Boing"'

Answer: Dr. Seuss (Theodore Geisel)


Question: 'Heavenly beings Gabriel, Michael & Raphael might enjoy this city on the Dvina River near the White Sea'

Answer: Arkhangelsk (Archangel)


Question: 'This white gypsum cement that hardens quickly is named for the French city where it was originally made'

Answer: Plaster of Paris


Question: '"The Long Island Lolita" of the tabloids'

Answer: Amy Fisher


Question: '4 out of the first 5 letters of the Greek alphabet'

Answer: Alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon


Question: 'In 1988 he said, "I was proud of the youths who opposed the war in Vietnam -- they were my babies"'

Answer: Dr. Benjamin Spock


Question: 'Like a ballet company, this city was named for revolutionary hero Sergei'

Answer: Kirov


Question: 'Dervied from Old French for "crane's foot", it's a genealogical chart or family tree'

Answer: Pedigree


Question: 'New York's former "Senator Pothole"'

Answer: Alfonse D\'Amato


Question: 'Published in 1957, this epic novel tells the story of a physician's love for the wife of a Russian revolutionary'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'It's the only state whose name & capital city both consist of 2 words'

Answer: New Mexico (Santa Fe)


Question: 'On May 22, 1992 an era in late-night television ended when he hosted his last "Tonight Show"'

Answer: Johnny Carson


Question: 'A tornado is typically a tube -- or this-shaped cloud hanging from from a cumulonimbus cloud'

Answer: Funnel


Question: 'Leaving the skin on a clove of this makes cleaning the press easier'

Answer: Garlic


Question: 'They're the 2 traditional colors of Christmas'

Answer: Red & Green


Question: 'This country gave the Luxor Obelisk to France, who put it in the Place de la Concorde'

Answer: Egypt


Question: '"Deceased Guy Ambulating"'

Answer: "Dead Man Walking"


Question: 'On May 17, 1989 over 1 million Chinese gathered in this square to call for democratic reforms'

Answer: Tienamen Square


Question: 'Adult amphibians go through this skin-shedding process several times a year'

Answer: Molting


Question: 'A typical one of these beverage openers has a metal spiral with a transverse handle attached'

Answer: Corkscrew


Question: 'Pluck one berry for each kiss stolen under this plant; when the berries are gone, no more kissing'

Answer: Mistletoe


Question: 'In 1953 this Memphis truck driver recorded a few songs as a birthday gift for his mother; the rest is history'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Answer: "Waterworld"


Question: 'He & Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest May 29, 1953'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'This flavoring is the only edible product produced by an orchid plant'

Answer: Vanilla


Question: 'When buying one of these to test for doneness in meat, choose one with a thin probe that will let less juice out'

Answer: Meat Thermometer


Question: 'In the U.S. we say "Merry Christmas"; in Italy, "Buon Natale" & in Mexico, this'

Answer: "Feliz Navidad"


Question: 'On Dec. 22, 1864 he telegraphed Lincoln, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah"'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: '"Plaything Tale"'

Answer: "Toy Story"


Question: 'His U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Russia May 1, 1960'

Answer: Francis Gary Powers


Question: 'From the Latin for "golden", it's another name for the pupa or cocoon of a butterfly'

Answer: Chrysalis


Question: 'This utensil formed of a series of looped wires set in a handle is used to beat air into food'

Answer: Whisk


Question: 'Served in a large bowl, this holiday drink derives its name from Old Norse for "be healthy"'

Answer: Wassail


Question: 'Developed in Tibet, these dogs were given as gifts to dignitaries by the Dalai Lama'

Answer: Lhasa Apso


Question: '"Sweetie, Yours Truly Miniaturized Our Offspring"'

Answer: "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids"


Question: 'On May 5, 1904 he became the 1st Major League player of the modern era to pitch a perfect game'

Answer: Cy Young


Question: 'In botany it's the process by which plants lose water vapor through their leaves'

Answer: Transpiration


Question: 'The lower pot of this 2-pot arrangement holds hot water; the upper, delicate foods like custards'

Answer: Double Boiler


Question: 'For many the Christmas season lasts until this festival on January 6'

Answer: Epiphany


Question: 'The first of these structures in the U.S. was built in Chicago in 1930 with a gift from Max Adler'

Answer: Planetarium


Question: '"Erase The City Of Light From Your Memory"'

Answer: "Forget Paris"


Question: 'It's the Korea that's the Democratic People's Republic'

Answer: North Korea


Question: 'Balthasar, his servant, accompanies him to the Capulet vault & remains nearby though ordered to leave'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'Eilley Orrum & Sandy Bowers built Nevada's Bowers Mansion with proceeds from this "lode"'

Answer: Comstock Lode


Question: 'This clergyman was asked to lead a bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama'

Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'Petty spuds hardly worth peeling or dealing with'

Answer: Small Potatoes


Question: 'Now just a republic, from 1924 to 1992 it was a people's republic & before that it was outer'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'In this play Titania, queen of the fairies, becomes enamored of Bottom, the weaver'

Answer: "A Midsummer Night\'s Dream"


Question: 'In 1864 Arlington House & its grounds were confiscated by the Union from this general's wife Mary'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'Since 1994 designer Tom Ford has been creative director of this company symbolized by interlocked Gs'

Answer: Gucci


Question: 'In 1955 this phrase became obligatory on all U.S. currency'

Answer: "In God We Trust"


Question: 'Cases in this court involve little money & are usually handled without lawyers'

Answer: Small Claims Court


Question: 'In its own tongue it's called Zhongzua Renmin Gongheguo'

Answer: People\'s Republic of China


Question: 'Iago suspects, or pretends to suspect, his wife Emilia of having an affair with this man'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'Lawrence Washington named this mansion after an admiral he'd served under in the British navy'

Answer: Mount Vernon


Question: 'This female designer's name precedes "II" in the name of a fashion line that debuted in 1983'

Answer: Anne Klein


Question: 'On September 20 Phil Silvers began playing this Army master sergeant on CBS'

Answer: Sgt. Bilko


Question: 'Buster Keaton's nickname'

Answer: "The Great Stone Face"


Question: 'In 1977 its ruling colonel changed it from a republic into a Socialist People's Arab Jamahiriyah'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'In Act 5, Scene 3 of this play, the ghosts of the young princes appear to the title character'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'You'll find the 1731 Adams Mansion in this Massachusetts city'

Answer: Quincy


Question: 'Emmanuelle Khanh led a fashion revolution in France while she was creating the Chelsea look in England'

Answer: Mary Quant


Question: 'He began his tenure as editor-in-chief of National Review'

Answer: William F. Buckley


Question: 'Thackeray used this derogatory phrase for the dirty lower classes in "Pendennis"'

Answer: "The Great Unwashed"


Question: 'In 1979 the Khmer Rouge government was deposed in Cambodia & the People's Republic of this was set up'

Answer: Kampuchea


Question: 'These 2 schoolmates of Hamlet are summoned to Denmark to act as spies for Claudius'

Answer: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern


Question: 'The Copper King Mansion stands in this Montana city where copper mining is still important'

Answer: Butte


Question: 'In 1987 this famous Christian left the house of Jean Patou & launched a solo couture collection'

Answer: Christian Lacroix


Question: 'On April 5 this Democrat defeated Republican Robert E. Merriam in the Chicago mayoral race'

Answer: Richard Daley


Question: 'During this event, the Papal population doubled, then added a third'

Answer: The Great Schism


Question: 'This British scientist titled her 1984 autobiography "Disclosing The Past"'

Answer: Mary Leakey


Question: 'This notorious Confederate prison has given its name to a national historic site in Georgia'

Answer: Andersonville


Question: 'The diameter of any circle is twice as long as this of the circle'

Answer: Radius


Question: 'On Sept. 10, 2000 he was fired as coach of the Indiana Hoosiers after a 29-year stay at the school'

Answer: Bobby Knight


Question: 'Metro's bird lost out to this animal to be the symbol of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios'

Answer: Leo the Lion


Question: 'Las Vegas was still part of the Arizona Territory when this president made Nevada the 36th state in 1864'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Nationality that precedes auction, oven & elm disease'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'This Illinois city that's home to a state penitentiary was named for French explorer Louis'

Answer: Joliet


Question: 'In the right triangle seen here, they are the 2 angles considered complementary'

Answer: A & B


Question: 'In 1993 Shaquille O'Neal was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year while playing center for this Florida team'

Answer: Orlando Magic


Question: 'Hands cupped together, holding a house & a car, was the classic symbol for this insurer'

Answer: Allstate


Question: 'This billionaire recluse moved into a penthouse at the Desert Inn in 1966 & didn't leave the hotel for 4 years'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'When you have skin problems, this is the type of doctor you should seek out'

Answer: Dermatologist


Question: 'Felons sent "up the river" are sent to this prison up the Hudson from NYC'

Answer: "Sing-Sing"


Question: 'Vertices is plural; this is the singular form'

Answer: Vertex


Question: 'The Blue Devils of this school are the only Division I team to win 37 games in a season twice'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'Piece of clothing worn by the Pillsbury Doughboy that has the Pillsbury logo on it'

Answer: Chef\'s hat


Question: 'Annette Bening wore the gown seen here in the 1991 film named for this man who built the original Flamingo Hotel'

Answer: Bugsy Siegel


Question: 'Despite what the newspaper said, in 1948 Truman defeated this man for president by 114 electoral votes'

Answer: Thomas Dewey


Question: 'This island whose name means "pelican" was first used as the site of a prison in 1859'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'Common 4-letter name for a regular hexahedron'

Answer: Cube


Question: 'In 1979 Indiana State's Larry Bird was Player of the Year, but this Michigan State star was the NBA's No. 1 draft pick'

Answer: Earvin "Magic" Johnson


Question: 'This automaking corporation got its Pentastar symbol in 1962'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'On August 18, 2000 Barbara Eden crossed her arms & blinked to open this rebuilt hotel'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'It's the basic monetary unit of Greece'

Answer: Drachma


Question: 'Bluesman Bukka White memorialized his time at this state's infamous Parchman Farm in song'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Cross a rhombus, having 4 equal sides, with a rectangle having 4 equal angles, & you get one of these'

Answer: Square


Question: 'In 1961-62 this Philadelphia Warrior became the only man in history to score over 4,000 points in a season'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: 'It's the name given to that hooked line under the word Nike'

Answer: Swoosh


Question: 'The Masquerade Show in the Sky, seen here, has been wowing visitors to this "Carnival"-themed hotel since 1997'

Answer: Rio


Question: 'Late summer is when you'll find these colorful flowers, seen here:'

Answer: Dahlias


Question: 'Using this name Theodor Geisel prescribed reading'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: '1959 comedy in which 2 musicians witness the St. Valentine's Day Massacre & flee the mob by joining an all-girl band'

Answer: Some Like It Hot


Question: 'It's the equine equivalent of a claw'

Answer: a hoof


Question: 'The S & P 500'

Answer: USA


Question: 'Rapid City, South Dakota is the most populous city in these hills'

Answer: Black Hills


Question: 'To stick a faucet into a keg, or a listening device on a phone'

Answer: tap


Question: 'These siblings rang in as Currer & Ellis Bell'

Answer: Charlotte & Emily Bronte


Question: 'Wilder directed this big 1950 film in which Gloria Swanson says, "I am big.  It's the pictures that got small!"'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question: 'Continent that's home to the eland, the largest of the antelopes'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'The Nikkei'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The Massachusetts State House was built on this hill in the late 1790s'

Answer: Beacon Hill


Question: '3-letter word used in the opening line to describe "The Girl From Ipanema"'

Answer: tan


Question: 'Anne Rampling & A.N. Roquelaure "chronicle" her pen names'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Wilder was Oscar-nominated for this noir classic seen here:'

Answer: Double Indemnity


Question: 'The rare maned type of this wild canine roams the Pampas'

Answer: the wolf


Question: 'The Jakarta Composite'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'New York City's highest natural point, 409-foot Todt Hill, lies in this westernmost borough'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: 'The egg of a louse, it's something picky people might pick at'

Answer: nit


Question: 'He came out of "The Jungle" to write juvenile novels as Clarke Fitch'

Answer: Upton Sinclair


Question: 'Ray Milland says, "I'm not a drinker--I'm a drunk" in this 1944 classic'

Answer: The Lost Weekend


Question: 'Shrews, moles & hedgehogs belong to an order named for their diet of these'

Answer: insects (Insectivora)


Question: 'The FTSE 100'

Answer: England


Question: 'These hills on the Scottish border share their name with a breed of sheep that graze there'

Answer: Cheviot Hills


Question: 'To a criminal, this slang term can mean diamonds or to kill, so be specific when taking out a contract'

Answer: ice


Question: 'Pen name of Aurore Dupin, whose "Un Hiver A Majerque" tells of nursing Chopin'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'This 1953 war drama was based on a play by Donald Bevan & Edmund Trzcinski, 2 ex-G.I.'s who'd been P.O.W.s'

Answer: Stalag 17


Question: 'Scientists say this creature seen here is a close relative of the elephant (must be one of their little jokes!):'

Answer: the hyrax


Question: 'The DAX'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In 1901 Marconi received the first wireless transmission from Europe at this aptly-named Newfoundland site'

Answer: Signal Hill


Question: 'To move aimlessly from place to place, maybe like a "fly", it's also a euphemism that precedes "zooks"'

Answer: gad


Question: 'This 20th century U.S. president lived the longest amount of time after his term as president:  31 years, 231 days'

Answer: Herbert Hoover (lived to age 90 in 1964)


Question: 'Under Kansas law, this document shall be conspicuously posted in your primary work station'

Answer: your barber\'s license


Question: 'There are "Two Scoops of Raisins" in this company's Raisin Bran'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question: 'A 1928 campaign slogan promised this "in every pot and a car in every garage"'

Answer: a chicken


Question: '1977:<br />"A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away"'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Bach was born in 1685 in Thuringen in what is now this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The Holy Bible is made up of the "Old" & "New" ones'

Answer: testaments


Question: 'That the American College of Hairstyling requires 60 hours of training in this shouldn't have you in a lather'

Answer: shaving


Question: 'Raisins came to the West in the 11th C. when knights brought them back after these military expeditions'

Answer: the Crusades


Question: 'Years of political rivalry led to the July 11, 1804 duel between these 2 men'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr


Question: '1975:<br />"Don't go in the water"'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'A popular Bach cantata tells the story of a father's fear that his daughter is addicted to this morning drink'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'Gouverneur Morris was responsible for much of the wording of this in 1787'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'A barber in training might want to pick up a supply of styptic pencils; they help staunch this'

Answer: bleeding


Question: 'With about half of the world's supply grown there, this U.S. state leads the world in raisin production'

Answer: California


Question: 'In 1776 this silversmith set up a mill to make gunpowder after the colonists ran out of it at Bunker Hill'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: '2003:<br />"There are 3.7 trillion fish in the ocean, they're looking for one"'

Answer: Finding Nemo


Question: 'In his day, it's the instrument Bach was best known for playing; he was an expert on its design & construction'

Answer: organ


Question: 'While not an M.D., this person can still diagnose eye problems & prescribe glasses'

Answer: optometrist


Question: 'Brands of these include Hask, Jerris & Lucky Tiger; & you don't mix them with gin'

Answer: (hair) tonic


Question: 'This Carthaginian general reportedly gave rations of raisins to his troops when they were crossing the Alps'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'The Confederate States of America were established in 1861 in this city, the first Confederate capital'

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama


Question: '2001:<br />"Power can be held in the smallest of things"'

Answer: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


Question: 'Bach wrote a well-known set of concertos for Christian Ludwig, the margrave of this region'

Answer: Brandenburg


Question: 'It's the lever pilots use to control the power & speed of many planes'

Answer: throttle


Question: 'Marvy's Model 55 one of these has a globe on top & runs about $500 (you might want one when you set up shop)'

Answer: barber pole


Question: 'From the Old French for "Raisins of Corinth", it's what Europeans call some raisins'

Answer: currants


Question: 'This leader of the Green Mountain Boys was a champion for the creation of the Green Mountain State'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: '2003:<br />"The inner beast will be released"'

Answer: Hulk


Question: 'This early 20th C. missionary to Africa was a great admirer of Bach's & often performed his works in concert'

Answer: Dr. Albert Schweitzer


Question: 'To create an opera, you need a composer & this person who writes or adapts the text'

Answer: librettist


Question: 'After the Arab conquest in the 7th century, the Berbers picked up this religion, but are a bit less orthodox about it'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'Natascha Badmann was a champ in the duathlon (running & biking), then added this sport to triumph in the triathlon'

Answer: swimming


Question: 'In 1931 this Indian pacifist signed an agreement with Lord Irwin to stop his campaign of civil disobedience'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'MS'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Thomas Hardy novel in which Jude Fawley lives to see all his childhood hopes & dreams dashed...then he dies'

Answer: Jude the Obscure


Question: 'This word for stealing livestock also refers to a soft sound made by leaves'

Answer: rustling


Question: 'Berbers account for a quarter of Algeria's population & a third of this neighbor to the west'

Answer: Morocco


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island)  She won the first of 9 Wimbledon singles trophies in 1978, 3 years after defecting from Czechoslovakia'

Answer: Martina Navratilova