Question: 'Term for the distance in pitch between two tones; C to E is a major third'

Answer: Interval


Question: 'If an amoeba wanted to trip a passing protozoan, it would stick this out'

Answer: Pseudopod (the false pod, false foot)


Question: 'Henry's rude nickname for her was "The Flanders Mare"'

Answer: Anne of Cleves


Question: 'This black poetess won a Pulitzer for "Annie Allen" & became Illinois' poet laureate in 1969'

Answer: Gwendolyn Brooks


Question: 'The English title of this book is a translation of the Greek word "arithmoi"'

Answer: Numbers


Question: 'In 1871 Chicago, Al promises to retrieve this woman's lantern from a barn but he'll get to it in a minute; oops'

Answer: Mrs. O\'Leary


Question: 'Full-court press'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'When 2 people are shooting guns & their aim intersects at you, you're caught in one of these'

Answer: crossfire


Question: 'Cathy Rigby & Rosie O'Donnell have both played this feline role in "Seussical the Musical"'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat


Question: 'Nobuyuki Matsuhisa learned his trade at these "bars" in Tokyo, moved on to Peru & then conquered America'

Answer: sushi bars


Question: 'Perhaps because of the nursery rhyme, this word for what Little Miss Muffet sat on has come to mean "footstool"'

Answer: tuffet


Question: 'In '69 Al holds up Apollo 11's launch when he's late picking up this 2nd man on the moon to drive him to Cape Kennedy'

Answer: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin


Question: 'No holds barred'

Answer: wrestling


Question: 'This practice that causes searing pain, once used on Army deserters, is now limited to livestock'

Answer: branding


Question: 'Ginger the cat sells groceries to mice who are "rather afraid of" her in a 1909 tale by this woman'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'In the '50s the owner of Danny's Donuts expanded, added hamburgers & altered the name to this'

Answer: Denny\'s


Question: 'German word appropriate after the following situation<br />[Alex sneezing]'

Answer: Gesundheit!


Question: 'Uh oh!  Security man Frank Wills finds the tape Al forgot to remove for his pals at this complex on June 17, 1972'

Answer: the Watergate Hotel


Question: 'To be stumped, sticky wicket'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'The British navy suspended this punishment in 1881; the state of Delaware banned it in 1972'

Answer: flogging


Question: 'Matilda, seen here, is the resident cat at this Manhattan hotel; you might find her near the round table'

Answer: the Algonquin


Question: 'This world-famous Austrian opened Santa Monica's Schatzi on Main (schatzi means "sweetheart")'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'This word given to a policy of segregation means "separateness" in Afrikaans'

Answer: apartheid


Question: 'Al blames irresponsible lending practices, not his own panic-selling, as a cause of this Oct. 24, 1929 event'

Answer: the stock market crash


Question: 'Down & out'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'It can mean to swindle or overcharge someone, or to thumb his eye'

Answer: gouge


Question: 'In "The Jungle Book", Bagheera the panther is Mowgli's friend & this fearsome tiger is his enemy'

Answer: Shere Khan


Question: 'Breed seen here & in the name of Stuart Anderson's steakhouses'

Answer: black angus


Question: 'This synonym for an imaginary thing came from a mythical monster with a lion's head, goat's body & dragon's tail'

Answer: chimera


Question: 'Wanting to get this Austrian archduke out of his hair, Al told him to go to Sarajevo on June 28, 1914'

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand


Question: 'Ground rules'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'If you don't duck during tacking, you might get conked by this horizontal spar at the foot of a sail'

Answer: the boom


Question: 'Charles Perrault popularized the tale of this well-shod feline known in French as "Le Chat Botte"'

Answer: Puss \'n Boots


Question: 'This dashing restaurateur is married to Cindy Crawford'

Answer: Randy Gerber


Question: 'In grammar, this is the term for the noun to which a following pronoun refers'

Answer: antecedent


Question: 'In a famous duel July 11, 1804 he deliberately misfired; his opponent didn't'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'This Picasso masterpiece expressing the horrors of war was done entirely in gray, black & white'

Answer: "Guernica"


Question: 'This officer is charged with maintaining order in a courtroom during a trial'

Answer: bailiff


Question: 'At the end of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", this sadistic slave owner dies insane'

Answer: Simon Legree


Question: 'Iceland's first settler, Ingolfur Arnarson, named this city "Smoky Bay" because of the hot springs there'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'Jason Miller earned an Oscar nomination for his electrifying film debut as Father Karras in this 1973 classic'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'In 1851 he sold the first performance rights to his "Old Folks at Home" to Edwin Christy'

Answer: Stephen Foster


Question: 'Among his many sculptures are "The Cowboy" & "Coming Through the Rye"'

Answer: Frederic Remington


Question: 'The relationship of "Frasier" to "Cheers", or "Melrose Place" to "Beverly Hills 90210"'

Answer: spin-off


Question: 'In "Pudd'nhead Wilson", Twain wrote, "Put all your eggs in the one basket and" then do this to "that basket"'

Answer: watch


Question: 'These 2 world leaders met in Iceland in 1986 to ease the heat generated by the Cold War'

Answer: Ronald Reagan & Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'Shortly before his death, Jason wrote a teleplay about this TV "Honeymooner", once his father-in-law'

Answer: Jackie Gleason


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Marshall Gold Discovery Park)  James Marshall found gold in California on January 24 of this year; I guess it took a few months for news to spread'

Answer: 1848


Question: 'Life was a "beach" for this Frenchman who captured the two women seen here'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'It means to tip your hat when greeting someone'

Answer: doff


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 collection of stories was titled "Tales of" this "Age"'

Answer: the Jazz Age


Question: 'An Icelandic volcano is the starting point for the explorations in this Jules Verne classic'

Answer: Journey to the Center of the Earth


Question: 'Jason played this fellow playwright, also a Pulitzer Prize winner, in the 1980 TV movie "Marilyn: The Untold Story"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'She spent "Ten Days in a Mad House" before going "Around the World in 72 Days"'

Answer: Nellie Bly


Question: 'This monumental unfinished Rodin work is also known as "La Ponte de L'Enfer"'

Answer: "The Gates of Hell"


Question: 'This word meaning to heartily drink a beer, or any beverage, dates back almost 500 years'

Answer: quaff


Question: 'A review said this 1979 William Styron novel "belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces"'

Answer: Sophie\'s Choice


Question: 'Famous for his laboratory "burner", he also studied the volcanic rocks of Iceland's Mount Hekla'

Answer: Robert Bunsen


Question: 'When Jason played Edmund in "Long Day's Journey into Night", this "First Lady of the American Theatre" played his mother'

Answer: Helen Hayes


Question: 'Those who left the Republican Party in 1884 were dubbed these, from a Native American term for "big chief"'

Answer: Mugwumps


Question: 'Court painter to Philip IV, he depicted the Spanish royal family in his painting "Las Meninas"'

Answer: Diego Velasquez


Question: 'This resort town in the Canadian Rockies is famous for its hot sulfur-water swimming pools'

Answer: Banff


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in New Orleans)  This author of the classic American novel "Winesburg, Ohio" once lived here in the Pontalba Apartments on Jackson Square'

Answer: Sherwood Anderson


Question: 'A famous hot spring of southern Iceland gave us this term for a steaming hot spring'

Answer: geyser


Question: 'Jason won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize & the Tony Award for writing this play about the reunion of a basketball team'

Answer: That Championship Season


Question: 'It's the only country bordering the Caspian Sea that was not a member of the Soviet Union'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'In 1902 she & her husband isolated pure radium chloride'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'The musical version of this Ibsen play might be titled "Hedda Get Your Gun!"'

Answer: "Hedda Gabler"


Question: 'Rammstein, Kraftwerk & Einsturzende Neubauten are all bands from this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'A hearty "gut" chuckle'

Answer: Bellylaugh


Question: 'Cormac McCarthy's "All the Pretty Horses" is read by this hunky "Legends of the Fall" star'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'It's the "A" being controlled by Pepcid AC'

Answer: Acid


Question: 'He didn't fiddle around after the Great Fire of Rome in 64 A.D.; he built himself a palace called The Golden House'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'Forget "Cats"; the musical of this Orwell book would feature jackbooted dancing pigs'

Answer: "Animal Farm"


Question: 'In 1988, with Eric Clapton on guitar, Dire Straits played this S. African's 70th birthday celebration at Wembley Stadium'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'Quasimodo, when in work mode'

Answer: Bell ringer


Question: 'In "Still Me" he tells of his Memorial Day 1995 riding accident & the struggles since'

Answer: Christopher Reeve


Question: 'In your body, the process of digestion takes place primarily in this canal'

Answer: Alimentary canal


Question: 'Eureka!  This Greek mathematician discovered the formulae for the volume & surface of a sphere'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'His play about Mrs. Warren could become "Best Little Whorehouse in Europe"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw ("Mrs. Warren\'s Profession")


Question: 'Of King Ad-Rock, Thugmuffin C, MCA or Mike D, the one who's not a member of the USA's Beastie Boys'

Answer: Thugmuffin C


Question: 'He skips over & carries your bags at a hotel'

Answer: Bellhop/bellman


Question: 'Edward Herrmann, known for playing this president on TV, reads "No Ordinary Time", a book about him'

Answer: FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)


Question: 'This substance in your food slows down the digestive process & is what bile works on'

Answer: Fat


Question: 'This Italian banker for whom the New World was named organized the supplies for Columbus' voyages'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: 'A musical of this Hardy novel might include the song "Jude, Glorious Jude"'

Answer: "Jude the Obscure"


Question: 'James Henrik Sundquist emerged from Sweden in 1994 claiming to be the son of this rock star'

Answer: Jimi Hendrix


Question: 'Robert Jordan is an American explosives expert in Civil War Spain in this Hemingway tale'

Answer: "For Whom the Bell Tolls"


Question: 'Hollywood is all ears for "The Kid Stays in the Picture" by this producer & ex-husband of Ali MacGraw'

Answer: Robert Evans


Question: 'After the crop, a bird has this organ, a part of the digestive system, to grind up those tough seeds'

Answer: Gizzard


Question: 'Mourners at Monet's 1926 funeral included fellow artists & this WWI French premier known as "The Tiger"'

Answer: Georges Clemenceau


Question: 'Songs from this TV show would highlight the adaptation "Shirley and the Amazing Technicolor School Bus"'

Answer: The Partridge Family


Question: 'Let's all rock down to "Electric Avenue" in the 1983 hit by this Guyanese pop star'

Answer: Eddy Grant


Question: 'Aggressively hostile or eager to fight'

Answer: Bellicose


Question: '"Second Wind" has this mystery author jockeying for position in front of the microphone'

Answer: Dick Francis


Question: 'The ptyalin in this watery fluid breaks down starches into maltose, a sugar'

Answer: Saliva


Question: 'He's got a national memorial in D.C., one in Indiana & is on Mount Rushmore, to boot'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 1899, along with his 2 sons, he founded St. Marys's Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota'

Answer: William Mayo


Question: 'As its name indicates, the Crypteia was this type of police force that prevented rebellion'

Answer: Secret police


Question: 'Bruce Willis saves a planeload of people in this 1990 sequel'

Answer: Die Hard 2


Question: 'Called the language of the unconscious, they're open to "interpretation"'

Answer: Dreams


Question: 'Saul's stringed instruments'

Answer: Bellow\'s cellos


Question: 'This tragic flood of 1889 is commemorated with a memorial in Pennsylvania'

Answer: Johnstown


Question: 'In 1798 he published "An Inquiry into...a Disease by the Name of Cow Pox"'

Answer: Edward Jenner


Question: 'To isolate themselves economically, the Spartans used iron rods instead of these items used in Athens'

Answer: Coins


Question: 'Bruce Willis saves a young boy who sees dead people in this 1999 film'

Answer: The Sixth Sense


Question: 'A concept created by Freud, it's the source of the aggressive drive, as well as the sexual drive'

Answer: Libido


Question: 'Anais' flippers'

Answer: Nin\'s fins


Question: 'A memorial in Arizona to this Spaniard commemorates the 1st European exploration of the Southwest'

Answer: Francisco de Coronado


Question: 'This 18th century German physician is known for using a trancelike state now named for him as a curative agent'

Answer: Franz Mesmer


Question: 'Bruce Willis tries to save the world when he's sent back in time to stop a plague in this 1995 film'

Answer: Twelve Monkeys


Question: 'Unlike conscious suppression, unacceptable impulses are unconsciously banished in this defense mechanism'

Answer: Repression


Question: 'Bronte's streetwalkers'

Answer: Charlotte\'s harlots


Question: 'This first seat of the U.S. Congress is a memorial in New York City'

Answer: Federal Hall


Question: 'A president of Baylor's School of Medicine, he pioneered the development of the artificial heart'

Answer: Michael DeBakey


Question: 'Bruce Willis saves a future world with Milla Jovovich's help in this 1997 film'

Answer: The Fifth Element


Question: 'This 2-word term was first used to denote a concussion syndrome observed among pugilists'

Answer: Punch-drunk


Question: 'The Berliners visiting Mr. Melville'

Answer: Herman\'s Germans


Question: 'A huge Doric column at Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island, Ohio commemorates his naval victory'

Answer: Oliver Hazard Perry


Question: 'This German bacteriologist discovered that Salvorsan was the "magic bullet" to treat syphilis'

Answer: Paul Ehrlich


Question: 'Bruce Willis appears uncredited in this 1980 film in which Sinatra saves NYC from a serial killer'

Answer: The First Deadly Sin


Question: 'The frameworks over Ambler's oil wells'

Answer: Eric\'s derricks


Question: 'The U.N. designated October 12, 1999 as the date the Earth's population reached this figure'

Answer: 6 billion


Question: 'This country's 26 states include Para, Pernambuco & Amazonas'

Answer: Brazil


Question:
'Noah Claypole,
Mr. Bumble,
The Artful Dodger'

Answer: "Oliver Twist"


Question: 'On "The Simpsons", when Homer went to Cheers, Norm called this bartender a "brain-dead hick"'

Answer: Woody


Question: 'The official languages of Wales are Welsh & this'

Answer: English


Question: 'A short test'

Answer: Quiz


Question: 'In the mid-1800s, John Gorrie invented one of these "conditioners" for hospital rooms'

Answer: Air conditioner


Question: 'London is this country's tenth most populous metropolitan area; Hamilton & Edmonton are larger'

Answer: Canada


Question:
'Jarvis Lorry,
Lucie Manette,
Sydney Carton'

Answer: "A Tale of Two Cities"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Go's)  I played Joan of Arc in this 1989 film about 2 clueless time travelers'

Answer: Bill & Ted\'s Excellent Adventure


Question: 'Mazarec is the language of the Mazarec people of Oaxaca in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'A mechanical gadget or the first name of a big screen gremlin'

Answer: Gizmo


Question: 'Glass Magic & Cascade are 2 popular detergents used in these machines'

Answer: Dishwashers


Question: 'The Cinca River in northeastern Spain rises in these mountains'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question:
'Clara Peggotty,
Mr. Murdstone,
Uriah Heep'

Answer: "David Copperfield"


Question: 'Hey, now!  Jeffrey Tambor played Hank Kingsley, this talk show host's self-absorbed sidekick'

Answer: Larry Sanders


Question: 'More than 40 million people speak Urdu as their native language, & most of them live on this continent'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'He's the 19th century French composer whose work is heard here:<br />("Toreador Song")'

Answer: Georges Bizet


Question: 'Maytag's Neptune model of this appliance is front loadable & equipped with the "Intellifill" water level selector'

Answer: Washing machine


Question: 'This Turkish mountain was first climbed in modern times in 1829, long after Noah'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question:
'Uncle Pumblechook,
Mr. Wopsle,
Miss Havisham'

Answer: "Great Expectations"


Question: 'In this film Rick Rossovich was the lunk whom Steve Martin helped in pursuing Daryl Hannah'

Answer: Roxanne


Question: 'This extinct Romance language has the same name as a spotted dog breed'

Answer: Dalmatian


Question: 'He conquered the Incas'

Answer: Francisco Pizarro


Question: 'It's the famous nickname of former NFL star William Perry'

Answer: "The Refrigerator"


Question: 'If Italy's boot kicked backwards, it would hit this country whose capital is Tirane'

Answer: Albania


Question:
'Newman Noggs,
Miss La Creevy,
Wackford Squeers'

Answer: "Nicholas Nickleby"


Question: '1920's "The Saphead" was the first feature starring this stone-faced comic'

Answer: Buster Keaton


Question: 'This language spoken in Reykjavik is also called Islenska'

Answer: Icelandic


Question: 'On a ship, it's the third "mast"'

Answer: Mizzenmast


Question: 'State of the art models of these use 1080 lines of resolution instead of the old 525'

Answer: High-definition television


Question: 'Contributors to the age from America included Ben Franklin & this third president'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'The wax figures on the "Sgt. Pepper's" cover were from this museum'

Answer: Madame Tussaud\'s


Question: 'Geri Halliwell became famous using this nom de Spice'

Answer: Ginger Spice


Question: 'Reed Smoot's 1902 election to the Senate from this state caused controversy because he was a Mormon leader'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Satchmo could tell you it's the largest species of swan'

Answer: Trumpeter swan


Question: 'Of the homeless, NYC mayor Giuliani said these "do not exist...for the purpose of people sleeping there"'

Answer: Streets


Question: 'His discovery of universal gravitation weighed heavily on minds of the great thinkers of the age'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'She painted her own portrait for her "Clouds", "Ladies of the Canyon" & "Turbulent Indigo" albums'

Answer: Joni Mitchell


Question: 'Andrew Lloyd Webber's "grainy" lyricist'

Answer: Tim Rice


Question: 'Under Herbert Hoover, this man headed the Bureau of Investigation of the Justice Department'

Answer: J. Edgar Hoover


Question: 'To fix their nests to twigs or leaves, hermit hummingbirds use strands of these made by arthropods'

Answer: Cobwebs


Question: 'He lamented, "I had a lot of things I was going to do when I became the first first man"'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'Under her rule in 1783, Russia licensed private publishing houses'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'John Entwistle of this band drew the cover of its album "By Numbers"'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'A hot & spicy "Rocky Horror Picture Show" actor, or a hot & spicy Indian dish'

Answer: (Tim) Curry


Question: 'In the second column from the right, sixth down, John Witherspoon's signature can be seen on this'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'Species of these include purple, house & sand; no Dino'

Answer: Martins


Question: 'At a 1999 trial, this lawyer said, "If you design or build a mall, it should be open to one and all"'

Answer: Johnnie Cochran


Question: 'The Age of Enlightenment in Europe is said to have ended with this country's revolution'

Answer: France


Question: 'The album art of Paul Anka's 1976 "The Painter" was by this pop artist who also did the Stones' "Sticky Fingers"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'Ballpark food favorite that's a character on "M*A*S*H"'

Answer: Frank (Burns)


Question: 'The first pilot to fly across the U.S. in less than a day; he also made a famous flight to Japan'

Answer: Jimmy Doolittle


Question: 'The ivory-billed species of this bird is in danger of extinction'

Answer: Woodpecker


Question: 'In "Stiffed" this feminist asks, "How can men be oppressed when the culture has...identified them as the oppressors?"'

Answer: Susan Faludi


Question: 'In a 1784 essay, this German philosopher, who critiqued pure reason, asked, "What is enlightenment?"'

Answer: Immanuel Kant


Question: 'A drawing by pin-up artist Vargas graced the cover of this group's "Candy-O"'

Answer: The Cars


Question: 'This "cereal" actor played Bones Barboni in 1995's "Get Shorty"'

Answer: Dennis Farina


Question: '"Cabaret" goes back to one of his "Berlin Stories"'

Answer: Christopher Isherwood


Question: 'Not to complain, but the ruffed is the best-known & widest-ranging North American species of this bird'

Answer: Grouse


Question: 'In 1999 he called on fellow national leaders..<br />(rest of the clue inaudible when game was entered by archivist)'

Answer: Ehud Barak


Question: 'Founded in Cuba in 1862, it's the world's bestselling brand of spirits'

Answer: Bacardi


Question: 'Longer than the Mississippi, this river wasn't made navigable until the 20th century'

Answer: Missouri River


Question: 'One-word title for the person who operated the device developed by Samuel F.B. Morse'

Answer: Telegrapher


Question: 'In the Middle Ages this insect was dedicated to the Virgin & called "The Beetle Of Our Lady"'

Answer: Ladybug/Ladybird Beetle


Question: 'Robert Frost wrote, "To" do this "is human, not to, animal"'

Answer: Err


Question: 'Tofu has been prepared on this continent for over 1,000 years'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Baseball player Jay Hanna Dean was known by this giddy moniker'

Answer: Dizzy Dean


Question: 'This 10-state region isn't flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne'

Answer: Great Plains


Question: 'From the Greek for "know beforehand", it's someone who predicts things, like the weather'

Answer: Prognosticator


Question: 'Smaller forms of these birds are usually called doves'

Answer: Pigeons


Question: 'In "An Essay On Man" Pope wrote this "springs eternal in the human breast"'

Answer: Hope


Question: 'Planted chiefly in Hawaii, the most widely grown variety of this fruit is the smooth cayenne'

Answer: Pineapple


Question: 'Bewhiskered western sidekick George Hayes went by this "talkative" nickname'

Answer: Gabby Hayes


Question: 'The only state with areas that have a Mediterranean climate'

Answer: California


Question: 'A cryptographer doesn't break into tombs but breaks these'

Answer: Codes


Question: 'The largest members of this phylum are the giant squids & the smallest are snails'

Answer: Mollusks


Question: 'Advised not to be a lawyer, as the profession was overcrowded, D. Webster said, "There is always room" here'

Answer: At the top


Question: 'This French word describes the very driest champagnes'

Answer: Brut


Question: 'He's been called "The World's Oldest Living Teenager"'

Answer: Dick Clark


Question: 'The lower valley of the Susquehanna & its tributaries have created this large Atlantic bay'

Answer: Chesapeake Bay


Question: 'The job of a sommelier in a restaurant is to serve this'

Answer: Wine


Question: 'These arachnids differ from true spiders by the extreme length & thinness of their legs'

Answer: Daddy Longlegs


Question: 'Carl Sandburg wrote, "Sometime they'll give" one of these "and nobody will come"'

Answer: War


Question: 'This mixture of apples, nuts, celery & mayonnaise was named for a hotel'

Answer: Waldorf Salad


Question: 'He earned the nickname "Hero of Mobile Bay" in the Civil War'

Answer: Admiral David Farragut


Question: 'This western branch of the Appalachians runs from north central Penn. through MD., VA. & W. VA.'

Answer: Alleghenies


Question: 'If you hired an expert in drayage, you needed this done'

Answer: Having something moved (or hauled by cart in the old days)


Question: 'Surprisingly, the white, or beluga, species of this mammal can be found in the St. Lawrence River'

Answer: Whale


Question: 'Kipling said, "He travels the fastest who travels" this way'

Answer: Alone


Question: 'The "Court" variety of this is a stock in which fish are poached & can contain herbs & vegetables'

Answer: Boullion


Question: 'This producer of "Hello, Dolly!" has been called "The Barnum of Broadway Producers"'

Answer: David Merrick


Question: 'Wess Roberts called his 1989 guide to success "Leadership Secrets Of" this Hun'

Answer: Attila


Question: 'Although Switzerland has 4 national languages, 70% of the population speaks this one'

Answer: German


Question: 'The tea thrown overboard into Boston harbor in 1773 belonged to this British company'

Answer: East India Comapny


Question: '1 of the 2 Bogart  movies with "Sierra" in their titles'

Answer: High Sierra & Treasure of the Sierra Madre


Question: 'According to Collier's Encyclopedia, this son of Cronus had more than 3 dozen kids'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'This "new" art style was popular in France just before Art Deco'

Answer: Art Nouveau


Question: 'John Gregory Dunne's '89 memoir, "Harp", details his search for his ancestral roots in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'This is compulsory for all men between the ages of 20 & 50'

Answer: Military Service


Question: 'In 1776, while encamped with Washington's troops, he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'This '84 film about the horrors of the Khmer Rouge was finally shown in a Cambodian theater in 1989'

Answer: "The Killing Fields"


Question: 'This Greek god lived with his wife, Amphitrite, in a golden palace at the bottom of the sea'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'A walkway or porch with a roof supported by columns, it's featured in Greek architecture'

Answer: Portico


Question: 'Robert D. Parker's "Poodle Springs" is based on this author's unfinished Philip Marlowe novel'

Answer: Raymond Chandler


Question: 'This white star-shaped flower is Switzerland's national flower'

Answer: Edelweiss


Question: 'In 1780 & '81 this general commanded Britain's forces in the southern colonies'

Answer: Lord Cornwallis


Question: 'The Horse of a Different Color in this film was actually 6 different horses colored with Jell-O powder'

Answer: "The Wizard of Oz"


Question: 'Born from the blood of Uranus, they punish those who escape punishment'

Answer: The Furies


Question: 'This name refers to any depiction of the Virgin holding the dead Christ, not just Michelangelo's sculpture'

Answer: Pieta


Question: 'Tom Wolfe has described this book of his as "A 'Vanity Fair' written 150 years later"'

Answer: "Bonfire of the Vanities"


Question: 'On the night of April 18, 1775, he & Paul Revere rode the countryside warning of the Redcoats' advance'

Answer: William Dawes


Question: 'In "The Road to Utopia", Bob Hope acted macho by saying, "I'll take lemonade - - in" one of these'

Answer: A Dirty Glass


Question: 'Among Hercules' teachers were these twins who taught him horsemanship & boxing'

Answer: Castor & Pollux


Question: 'A praying desk with a knee bench, its name means "Pray God"'

Answer: Prie-Dieu


Question: '"The Noose of Laurels" concludes that neither of these rivals reached the North Pole'

Answer: Frederic Cook & Robert Peary


Question: 'In 1774 the 1st Continental Congress convened at this Philadelphia building, not Independence Hall'

Answer: Carpenters\' Hall


Question: 'Near the end of this 1959 Hitchcock film, Martin Landau falls off Mount Rushmore'

Answer: "North By Northwest"


Question: 'The Romans worshipped this huntress in a grove south of Rome'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe & Philip Johnson designed this NYC skyscraper named for a liquor company'

Answer: Seagram\'s Building/Tower


Question: 'Country whose basic monetary unit is the Balboa'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'When this man "saw many of the Pharisees ... come to his baptism, he said unto them, o generation of vipers"'

Answer: John the Baptist


ROLES IN 2010 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES

Question: '"Irish" Micky Ward, known to turn southpaw on occasion'

Answer: The Fighter


Question: 'John J. Pershing, commander of the AEF during WWI, had this rhyming nickname'

Answer: Black Jack


Question: 'This woman who triumphed over blindness & deafness was the granddaughter of Confederate gen. Charles W. Adams'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question: 'Of this, the Constitution says the pres. "shall from time to time give to... Congress Information on the State of the Union"'

Answer: the State of the Union address


Question: 'A song from the eighth planet'

Answer: a tune


Question: '"He returned to the land of Egypt: and (he) took the rod of God in his hand"'

Answer: Moses


ROLES IN 2010 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES

Question: 'Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain'

Answer: The King\'s Speech


Question: 'Gene Krupa dubbed Benny Goodman this'

Answer: the King of Swing


Question: 'Benjamin D. Wilson, an early mayor of Los Angeles, was the grandfather of this general, "Old Blood and Guts"'

Answer: Patton


Question: 'This service determines, assesses & collects internal revenue in the United States'

Answer: the Internal Revenue Service


Question: 'French "sea" on the innermost planet'

Answer: a mer


Question: 'He "put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it"'

Answer: David


ROLES IN 2010 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES

Question: 'Understudy for Siegfried, "corps de ballet" (18 of them!)'

Answer: Black Swan


Question: 'Decorator Mario Buatta is "the prince of" this indoor fabric'

Answer: chintz


Question: 'Both this general & his father Arthur fought in the Philippines, the father in 1898, the son in 1944'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: '8 small windows are located at the 500-foot level of this Washington monument'

Answer: the Washington Monument


Question: 'To move around the axis of the second-biggest planet'

Answer: turn


Question: '"Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.  And immediately the cock crew"'

Answer: Peter


ROLES IN 2010 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES

Question: 'Prince Albert, Bill Gates'

Answer: The Social Network


Question: 'Early in the career of comedian Phyllis, Time magazine dubbed her tis'

Answer: "Killer" Diller


Question: 'In 1968 this grandson of a general & U.S. president married Julie Nixon with Norman Vincent Peale officiating'

Answer: David Eisenhower


Question: 'Even though it's in Arlington, VA., the address for this building is 1400 Defense Pentagon, Washington D.C. 20301'

Answer: the Pentagon


Question: 'The area for the orchestra on the biggest planet'

Answer: a pit


Question: 'He "said, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof"'

Answer: Solomon


ROLES IN 2010 BEST PICTURE OSCAR NOMINEES

Question: 'Cobb, Saito, Ariadne'

Answer: Inception


Question: 'The current president is known as this, for his cool demeanor in messy situations'

Answer: "No-Drama" Obama


Question: 'Ulysses S. Grant could count among his ancestors Richard Warren, a signer of this 1620 document'

Answer: the Mayflower Compact


Question: 'This cabinet department is responsible for housing needs & the improvement & development of urban areas'

Answer: Housing and Urban Development


Question: 'Culture from the "third rock"'

Answer: art


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.)  An angel stands pointing to show that you don't have to go to the underworld in Joachim Patinir's
 painting of Charon
 crossing this mythic river'

Answer: the Styx


Question: 'This Springsteen song mentions "suicide machines sprung from cages out on Highway 9, chrome wheeled, fuel injected"'

Answer: "Born to Run"


Question: 'Exodus: "and she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been" this, a Robert Heinlein novel'

Answer: a Stranger in a Strange Land


Question: 'Parliament has a whole "House of" them'

Answer: Lords


Question: 'The tarbela dam is located on the Indus River not far from Islamabad in this country'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'It precedes 94 in a way to get from Michigan to Montana'

Answer: I


Question: 'Spaniards well represented include Velazquez & this later great, with works like "Saturn Devouring One of His Sons"'

Answer: Goya


Question: 'Back in 1983 Prince drove this song to No. 6'

Answer: "Little Red Corvette"


Question: 'Carroll: "the time has come...to talk of many things: of shoes--& ships--& sealing-wax--of" these, an O. Henry book'

Answer: Cabbages and Kings


Question: 'The oldest title, it's also the first name of basketball's Mr. Monroe'

Answer: Earl (the Pearl)


Question: 'It supplies about 15% of Egypt's electric power'

Answer: the Aswan High Dam


Question: 'In baseball scoring it refers to a fielder's boo-boo'

Answer: E (for error)


Question:
'Jose de Ribera's rendition
of this Old Testament
patriarch's dream
is in the collection'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'Janis Joplin sang, "oh lord, won't you buy me" this car? "my friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends"'

Answer: a Mercedes Benz


Question: 'Shakespeare: "we few, we happy few, we" this Stephen Ambrose book & miniseries'

Answer: Band of Brothers


Question: 'Used by one who holds his title only for life, it's also a homophone for a desolate adjective'

Answer: Baron


Question: 'The Oxbow, Brownlee & Hells Canyon dams all dam this winding river'

Answer: the Snake


Question: 'Christ, symbolically'

Answer: X


Question: 'This low country painter disturbs Prado patrons with his "Garden of Earthly Delights"'

Answer: (Hieronymus) Bosch


Question: 'Aretha Franklin sang about "ridin' on the freeway of love" in this car; it was later the title of a hit by Natalie Cole'

Answer: "Pink Cadillac"


Question: 'The "Odyssey": "(Faulkner novel), the woman with the dog's eyes would not close my eyes as I descended into Hades"'

Answer: As I Lay Dying


Question: 'There's one of Beaufort & one of Bedford & also a university in North Carolina'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'Norris Dam, completed in 1936, was the first dam built by this New Deal agency'

Answer: the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)


Question: 'The velocity of light in a vacuum'

Answer: c


Question:
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.)  In a portrait by Anthony Mor,
 England's Queen Mary holds a red rose--the symbol of this side in the Wars of the Roses
 that triumphed under Mary's grandfather, Henry Tudor'

Answer: Lancaster


Question: 'Sammy Hagar protested the speed limit in this hit'

Answer: "I Can\'t Drive 55"


Question: 'Whitman: this E.M. Forster novel! "cooling airs from Caucasus far, soothing cradle of man, the River Euphrates'

Answer: Passage to India


Question: 'Princess Margaret's son holds this fourth-highest rank, preceding "Linley"'

Answer: Viscount


Question: 'In the 1910s the Elephant Butte Dam was built on this river to provide water & irrigation to Texas & New Mexico'

Answer: the Rio Grande


Question: 'Tungsten, on the periodic table'

Answer: W (Wolfram)


Question: 'In 1909 he sent the message "Stars and Stripes nailed to the pole"'

Answer: Robert Peary


Question: 'Tasmania is this country's smallest state'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Adam Sandler quenched America's thirst for comedy with this 1998 sports movie'

Answer: The Waterboy


Question: 'Filet-O-Fish or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'A Las Vegan may be called a Silver Stater, but this is the more common equivalent'

Answer: Nevadan


Question: 'Put these in the freezer for 15 minutes before you slice them so they won't make you cry'

Answer: Onions


Question: 'Peruse the environment in advance of jumping'

Answer: Look before you leap


Question: 'Discovering the island in 1642, he named it Van Diemen's Land'

Answer: Abel Tasman


Question: 'One of the 2 animated movies about insects from a major studio released in 1998'

Answer: A Bug\'s Life or Antz


Question: 'Original Recipe or Extra Tasty Crispy'

Answer: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)


Question: 'If he shows off, a person from Frankfurt is a hot dog, but either way he's one of these'

Answer: Frankfurter


Question: 'You can use this grooming appliance to blow dust off a lampshade; make sure to set it to "cool" first'

Answer: Hairdryer


Question: 'Much more heat than can be adequately managed'

Answer: Too hot to handle


Question: 'Also called wolfram, this metal used in lamp filaments is a big source of income'

Answer: Tungsten


Question: 'It was the 1998 sequel to "Babe"'

Answer: Babe: Pig in the City


Question: 'A Butterfinger Blizzard or a Peanut Buster Parfait'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: 'With this label you could be an ancient seafarer or a modern Arizonan'

Answer: Phoenician


Question: 'Pep up those boring rice cakes!  Top them with jalapenos, picante sauce & these refried items'

Answer: Beans


Question: 'Toss a cap into a boxing arena'

Answer: Throw your hat into the ring


Question: 'The island is home to the Tasmanian devil & this animal'

Answer: Wombat


Question: 'After being one of the "Men in Black", he became an "Enemy of the State"'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'Biggie Fries or a Frosty'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'Dan Quayle asked the folks at Merriam-Webster to delete a derogatory definition of this term'

Answer: Hoosier (he\'s from Indiana)


Question: 'To make your bathroom mirror sparkle, dab the "rubbing" type of this on a facial tissue & wipe clean'

Answer: Alcohol


Question: 'Snip the proboscis to punish the visage'

Answer: Cut off your nose to spite your face


Question: 'The Derwent River in Tasmania has a concrete one of these floating bridges'

Answer: Pontoon bridge


Question: 'Chris Rock voiced one of the animals that talked to this title doctor'

Answer: Dr. Dolittle


Question: 'Beef 'N Cheddar or a Jamocha Shake'

Answer: Arby\'s


Question: 'You're a Muscovite if you're from Moscow, Russia & a Moscowan if you're from this state's Moscow'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'For a refreshing feeling, Heloise foams the menthol type of this men's product on her face while she's bathing'

Answer: Shaving cream


Question: 'An oaf will be separated from any savings posthaste'

Answer: A fool and his money are soon parted


Question: 'As well as surveyors, Mason & Dixon had this profession, Mason having worked at the Greenwich Observatory'

Answer: Astronomers


Question: 'From the Late Latin for "hooded cloak", it's the popular style of hat seen here'

Answer: Beret


Question: 'According to Hippocrates, it's the most healthy & least mortal of the 4 seasons'

Answer: spring


Question: 'These bugs of the family Lampyridae are all aglow in summer'

Answer: Fireflies/lightning bugs


Question: 'In the most common form of U.S. city government, a council is balanced by this executive'

Answer: Mayor


Question: 'Defoe's dogs'

Answer: Daniel\'s spaniels


Question: 'As the boundary between slave & free states, the line extended along this river to the Mississippi'

Answer: Ohio River


Question: 'Sikh & you shall find the name of this headcovering'

Answer: Turban


Question: 'Hippocrates said sneezing cures these; medical science today advises that you breathe in a bag'

Answer: Hiccups


Question: 'It's hard to see just how many legs this bug has since it only comes out at night'

Answer: Centipede


Question: 'Instead of a "standing" one, the House & Senate each have a "select" one on intelligence'

Answer: Committee


Question: 'R.L.'s evergreens'

Answer: Stine\'s pines


Question: 'The line settled a dispute between Maryland's Calverts & this family that ran the colony to the north'

Answer: Penn


Question: 'This hat shares its name with U.S. Forest Service personnel'

Answer: Ranger hat


Question: 'A restricted one of these is bad, so don't eat just grapefruit or rutabagas'

Answer: Diet


Question: 'Different types of this insect transmit dengue fever as well as malaria'

Answer: Mosquito


Question: 'It's about 50% in U.S. national elections, 30 points lower than in western Europe'

Answer: Voter turnout


Question: 'Orwell's ravines'

Answer: George\'s gorges


Question: 'With remarkable accuracy, Mason & Dixon set the line at 39 degrees 43'17.6" of this'

Answer: Latitude


Question: 'They're the friendly religious group this hat is named for'

Answer: Quakers (Society of Friends)


Question: 'Good old Hippocrates believed that a woman cannot become this, able to use both hands equally'

Answer: Ambidextrous


Question: 'Social wasps include hornets & these "well dressed" members, Vespula maculifrons'

Answer: Yellow jackets


Question: 'Wisconsin introduced this "fare" game that made AFDC recipients get jobs'

Answer: Workfare


Question: 'Vidal's boutiques'

Answer: Gore\'s stores


Question: 'The term "Mason & Dixon's Line" was first used in the debate leading to this 1820 compromise'

Answer: Missouri Compromise


Question: 'This fur hat's name may come from a strict headmaster at England's Westminster School'

Answer: Busby


Question: 'Hippocrates taught that cold sweats occuring with an acute one of these indicates death'

Answer: Fever


Question: 'You'll find this wingless pest with a metallic name in many books; not as an entry, but as a feeder'

Answer: Silverfish


Question: 'Constitutional amendment that prohibits privacy by banning "unreasonable searches and seizures"'

Answer: Fourth Amendment


Question: 'Dorothy's felt-tipped pens'

Answer: Parker\'s markers


Question: 'Starting in 1984, he's played the same character continuously on 2 primetime shows over the last 15 seasons'

Answer: Kelsey Grammer (Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers & Frasier)


Question: 'Even without its ice, this continent would have the highest average altitude'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '"Moonstruck" star whose mother, Georgia Holt, co-wrote a book about "Star Mothers"'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'Picasso painted lots of gloomy paintings from 1901-04, mostly in shades of this color'

Answer: blue


Question: 'Trinitrotoluene is commonly known by this abbreviation'

Answer: TNT


Question: '"Joshua fit the Battle of Jericho, and" these "came tumblin' down"'

Answer: the walls


Question: 'According to the 1989 issue, Chicagoans eat more of these Hostess cakes than anyone else'

Answer: Twinkies


Question: 'Ancient Egyptians never lived in this city near the Nile delta; Moslems founded it in 969 A.D.'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'She wrote 2 autobiographies: "Bubbles" & "Beverly"'

Answer: Beverly Sills


Question: 'Combining her love of flowers & the desert, she painted "Mule's Skull with Pink Poinsettias" in 1937'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'The correct spelling of the short official name of the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce'

Answer: J-A-Y-C-E-E-S


Question: 'Cole Porter wrote, "Why, oh why do I love" this city?  "Because my love is near"'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Located on the Tropic of Capricorn, this, Brazil's largest city, stays cool because of its altitude'

Answer: São Paulo


Question: '"Masterpiece Theatre" host who wrote "America" & "America Observed"'

Answer: Alistair Cooke


Question: 'This artist, who lived in Arlington, Vermont, put himself in about 25 of his own works'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'In "Paint Your Wagon", Julio complains, "I talk to the trees, but they don't" do this'

Answer: listen to me


Question: 'Principality that calls itself Cymru, it juts westward from England into the Irish Sea'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'Her book "Survivor" begins where "Mommie Dearest" left off'

Answer: Christina Crawford


Question: 'Renoir was born in this French city known for porcelain, & at age 13 he was a porcelain decorator'

Answer: Limoges


Question: 'In lower case a metric unit of wt.; in upper case it stands for "Knight of the Order of the Garter"'

Answer: kg


Question: 'On his 1988 album "Even Worse" this pop parodist sang "Stuck In A Closet (With Vanna White)"'

Answer: "Weird Al" Yankovic


Question: '1 of the 3 planets you won't be able to see with the naked eye in 1989'

Answer: (1 of) Pluto, Neptune, or Uranus


Question: 'Though Canada's Newfoundland province is named for the island, most of it is on this peninsula'

Answer: the Labrador Peninsula


Question: '"Golden Girl" who penned "If I Knew Then What I Know Now... So What?"'

Answer: Estelle Getty


Question: 'Last name of the American artist who had artistic sons named Titian, Raphaelle & Rembrandt'

Answer: Peale


Question: '1 of the 3 words that "RKO" stands for'

Answer: (1 of) Radio, Keith, or Orpheum


Question: 'A song in "Porgy & Bess" is titled "There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For" this city'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The Almanac wants them to be our national bug because they "eat bugs... yuckier than they are"'

Answer: spiders


Question: 'Operas based on this comedy include "Hermione", "Perdita" & "Ein Wintermaerchen"'

Answer: The Winter\'s Tale


Question: 'Popular in the 1950s, these calf-length women's pants were named for their original use--cycling'

Answer: pedal-pushers


Question: 'In 1977 The New York Times started this rival to People magazine'

Answer: Us


Question: 'He's the bishop of Rome'

Answer: the pope


Question: 'Since Puritan women didn't cook on Sunday, they baked these the night before, earning Boston its nickname'

Answer: beans


Question: 'Chiang Ch'ing got into a lot of trouble in the late 1970s for hanging out with this "Gang"'

Answer: the Gang of Four


Question: '"King John" & "King Henry V" are both set in these 2 countries'

Answer: England & France


Question: 'Women's Wear Daily coined the name for these very brief, tight-fighting shorts in 1970'

Answer: hotpants


Question: '"Guideposts" magazine, which features stories of faith, was founded in 1945 by this positive thinking minister'

Answer: (Norman Vincent) Peale


Question: 'About 610 A.D. the angel Gabriel appeared to him while he was praying on Mount Hira'

Answer: Mohammed


Question: 'This president's grandfather served 2 terms as Boston's mayor in the early 1900s'

Answer: (John F.) Kennedy


Question: '3 days before her execution as a spy, she wrote to Pres. Eisenhower asking for clemency'

Answer: (Ethel) Rosenberg


Question: 'Since this family once had a saddlery in Italy, equestrian designs mark its line of accessories'

Answer: Gucci


Question: 'Tho its London casinos earned 63% of this magazine co.'s profits in 1980, they were sold in 1981'

Answer: Playboy


Question: 'The number of theses, or proposals, that Martin Luther nailed to the door of Castle Church'

Answer: 95


Question: 'From the name of the highest Hindu caste, it can refer to powerful, wealthy Boston families'

Answer: Brahmins


Question: 'In 1969 this 21-year-old member of Parliament from N. Ireland was convicted of inciting to riot'

Answer: Bernadette Devlin


Question: 'After 31 years as editor of Saturday Review, he resigned in 1971 only to return as publisher in 1973'

Answer: (Norman) Cousins


Question: 'Briefly a baptist & later a non-denominational Christian, he founded R.I. as a center of religious liberty'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'An elegant section of Boston, or a short-lived TV show about a family who lived there'

Answer: Beacon Hill


Question: 'The 1st president of Int'l Planned Parenthood, she came from a family of 11 children'

Answer: (Margaret) Sanger


Question: 'After 23 years as fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar, she moved over to Vogue in 1963'

Answer: Diana Vreeland


Question: 'Roman Catholic saint who wrote "The City of God"'

Answer: Saint Augustine


Question: 'You'll see colonial cemeteries, churches & various houses if you take this historic "trail"'

Answer: the Freedom Trail


Question: 'Named to this post by FDR, Frances Perkins was the 1st woman to hold a position in the cabinet'

Answer: Secretary of Labor


Question: 'It's where Philip Nolan asked to be buried'

Answer: at sea


Question: 'In 1797 Smithson Tennant showed that charcoal has the same composition as this gem'

Answer: a diamond


Question: '"Come Together" & "Get Back" aren't calls at a square dance; they're opposite-sounding No. 1s from this band'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the American Kennel Club.)  Like something you'd find on a fishing hook, it's the object or treat that show handlers use to focus the dog's attention & keep it alert in the ring'

Answer: bait


Question: 'After supervising George W. Bush's search for the 2000 VP slot, he decided he was the best man for the job'

Answer: (Dick) Cheney


Question: 'You're a 7' tall red octagon with white letters; you tell folks to do this, & dang it, you mean it'

Answer: a stop sign


Question: 'You can still visit this Hollywood drugstore seen in "Sunset Blvd."--at Universal Studios Florida, that is'

Answer: Schwab\'s


Question: 'Using the ultramicroscope, Jean Perrin estimated the size of this as one hundred millionth of a centimerer'

Answer: an atom


Question: 'It's hard to swallow their rebellious song "I Get Around" after picturing them as loners in "In My Room"'

Answer: The Beach Boys


Question: 'In 1889 a Siberian wolfhound in the WKC show had quite a pedigree; its breeder was listed as the czar of this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Merely Taj Mahal or Plaza Hotel & Casino wasn't enough; to him, the buildings needed this name to complete them'

Answer: Trump


Question: 'You're a triangle pointing down; you were yellow & black, now you're red & white; you want folks to be nice & do this'

Answer: yield


Question: 'A sailing vessel'

Answer: a schooner


Question: 'Michael Faraday named oxygen as a "permanent gas" he couldn't turn into this state; Mike, just make it a lot colder'

Answer: liquid


Question: 'From their songs "Marlena", "Ronnie" & "C'mon Marianne" they begged a lot of women to stay; but they told Dawn to go away'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew is with a cocker spaniel.)  In dog shows, some cocker spaniels are ASCOB,
 which stands for any solid color other than this'

Answer: black


Question: 'Bartlett's says this athlete's slogan, "I am the greatest", was inspired by wrestler Gorgeous George'

Answer: (Muhammad) Ali


Question: 'You're a white X (or "crossbuck"); your arms say these 2 words'

Answer: railroad crossing


Question: '2 words: "fool" & "unlucky person" (as mentioned in the "Laverne & Shirley" intro)'

Answer: schlemiel and schlimazel


Question: 'Nutbrain Soviet scientists adopted the discredited 19th C, theory of Lamarck that said acquired traits could be this'

Answer: hereditary (passed on to your offspring)


Question: 'Their first hit? "Hold On"... their second hit? "Release Me"... C'mon, ladies, make up your minds'

Answer: Wilson Phillips


Question: '2008's Best in Show winner at Crufts was one of these dogs whose name is from the German for "snout"'

Answer: schnauzer


Question: 'This handsome young man of myth fell in love with his own reflection, spurning <br />Echo's love'

Answer: Narcissus


Question: 'You're a horizontal black rectangle containing a white arrow; all you have to say is these 2 words'

Answer: one way


Question: 'Kirschwasser, for one'

Answer: schnapps


Question: 'The unit of this in electricity is named for Georg Ohm; it's also what ohm ran into when he published his ideas'

Answer: resistance


Question: 'Going by their first releases, they were "Lost in Love" & then a few months later, "All Out of Love"; that was quick'

Answer: Air Supply


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the American Kennel Club.)  American Kennel Club judges evaluate how close dogs come to this, an 8-letter term for a written description of the ideal specimen of the breed'

Answer: the standard


Question: 'You're a red rectangle with white letters; you tell folks to look out! they're going this!'

Answer: the wrong way


Question: 'Excessively sentimental, like a soap opera'

Answer: schmaltzy


Question: 'This Sherlock Holmes nemesis might have been a brilliant mathematician but "a criminal stain ran in his blood"'

Answer: Moriarty


Question: 'King Hussein of Jordan offered David Lean camel-riders of the desert patrol as extras for this 1962 epic'

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia


Question: 'The Huey P. Long bridge spans this mighty river'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'This Jamie Oliver nickname refers to his minimalist style of cooking (it also fits in a nude dude category)'

Answer: the Naked Chef


Question: 'Over-the-counter remedies for this teen affliction should have resorcinol, salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide'

Answer: acne


Question: 'Someone who sells Waring liquid-mixing appliances'

Answer: a blender vendor


Question: 'The murder of 2 Supreme Court justices begins this author's "The Pelican Brief"'

Answer: (John) Grisham


Question: 'Early Lean films included adaptations of this man's plays "Brief Encounter" & "Blithe Spirit"'

Answer: Noel Coward


Question: 'The King Fahd Causeway links the island nation of Bahrain to this country'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Ethnicity of the "Muppet Show" chef whose little song ended, "bork bork bork"'

Answer: Swedish


Question: 'Clotrimazole is an anti-this type of drug, effective against ringworm & athlete's foot'

Answer: anti-fungal


Question: 'A joint Democratic/ Republican craftsperson'

Answer: a bipartisan artisan


Question: 'Auric is the first name of this 1959 Ian Fleming villain; he later got a snazzy movie theme song'

Answer: Goldfinger


Question: 'Of this Lean film's 8 Oscar nominations, the only one to lose was Sessue Hayakawa for supporting actor'

Answer: Bridge on the River Kwai


Question: 'The Bridge of Sighs in this city links the Doge's palace to the old state prison'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'The name of this famed Wolfgang Puck eatery is Italian slang for spaghetti'

Answer: Spago


Question: 'This principal constituent of oil of peppermint can be an ingredient in both cigarettes & lotions'

Answer: menthol


Question: 'Gave refuge to the right side of a ship'

Answer: harbored starboard


Question: 'A vicious teenage gang commits random acts of brutality in this 1962 Anthony Burgess novel'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange


Question: 'Tarek Sharif played this title character as an 8-year-old in Lean's 1965 epic'

Answer: Doctor Zhivago


Question: 'The Pont Neuf & the Pont Notre-Dame span this river'

Answer: the Seine


Question: 'Emeril Lagasse began shouting this 3-letter word years ago to jolt cameramen to attention'

Answer: Bam!


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of a table.)  The leaves of this plant are used in traditional remedies as a topical ointment; cutting open the leaves produces an easily applied clear gel'

Answer: Aloe vera


Question: 'A splendid, brilliantly shining person against whom legal action is brought'

Answer: a resplendent defendant


Question: 'Patricia Highsmith's series about this charming sociopath starts with "The Talented Mr." him'

Answer: Ripley


Question: 'Lean adapted the script for this, his last movie, from a work by E.M. Forster'

Answer: A Passage to India


Question: 'The Vasco da Gama bridge spans the Tagus river near this capital city'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'Bad boy of the culinary scene with the book "Kitchen Confidential" & the TV show "No Reservations"'

Answer: (Anthony) Bourdain


Question: 'The pink powder hemimorphite is also known as this, from which a soothing lotion is made'

Answer: calomine


Question: 'An Easter- or Passover-time rogue'

Answer: a paschal rascal


Question: 'In 1517 he wrote, "The treasures of indulgences are nets with which they now fish for the wealth of men"'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'This bloodsucking fly found only in Africa spreads sleeping sickness'

Answer: Tsetse fly


Question: 'Brigitta, Marta & Gretl are 3 of the Von Trapp children in this 1965 Oscar winner'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'Mattie Silks ran the House of Mirrors, once the most famous bordello in this Colorado capital'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'Heathrow Airport'

Answer: London


Question: 'This director-producer's "Star Wars" has generated more than $4.5 billion from licensed merchandise'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'College fraternities know it's a small cask or barrel with a capacity of about 15.5 gallons'

Answer: Keg


Question: 'Species of these in Africa include the puff adder & the gaboon viper'

Answer: Snakes


Question: 'Seen here, Charles Ogle played this legendary monster back in 1910:'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'Virginia Hill, who drove this gangster "Bugsy", was conveniently out of town when he was killed in her living room'

Answer: Bugsy Siegel


Question: 'Narita Airport'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'This author was a high school English teacher in Maine when his first book was published in 1974'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Running from stem to stern in the bottom of a hull, it's the main structural part of a ship'

Answer: Keel


Question: 'The African colobus species of this animal dines on leaves'

Answer: Monkey


Question: 'Yup, it's the western for which Gary Cooper won an acting Oscar'

Answer: High Noon


Question: 'This wild west "Belle" served time in prison for horse theft in 1883'

Answer: Belle Starr


Question: 'Logan International Airport'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This superstar has his own beer label, Pale Rider Ale, named for a 1985 film'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'In 1883 more than 36,000 died following an explosion on this volcanic Indonesian island'

Answer: Krakatoa


Question: 'The African bush shrike is a species of this'

Answer: Bird


Question: 'In the 1954 classic "Them!", these insects are turned into monstrous giants by atomic radiation'

Answer: Ants


Question: 'Just hearing the names of her newsletters -- Smasher's Mail & The Hatchet -- makes us cringe'

Answer: Carrie Nation


Question: 'Marco Polo Airport'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'There's a statue of this buxom singer on the Sevier County Courthouse lawn in her Tennessee hometown'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'The pro sports team position played by Ray Guy & Garo Yepremian'

Answer: Kicker


Question: 'The 2-horned black species of this mammal is famous for its prehensile upper lip'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'Ben Cross & Ian Charleson played the 2 1920s Olympians whose stories were so eloquently told in this 1981 film'

Answer: Chariots of Fire


Question: 'Kate Elder, a notorious lady of the evening, is best remembered as this dentist's companion'

Answer: Doc Holliday


Question: 'Lester B. Pearson International Airport'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'As Dana Owens this rap "Queen" played on 2 state championship basketball teams in high school'

Answer: Queen Latifah


Question: 'It's the Middle Eastern article of clothing seen here:'

Answer: Kafia


Question: 'Those who live in this capital are known as Quitenos'

Answer: Quito


Question: 'He stole scenes as a pipsqueak accountant on the run from the mob in "Lethal Weapon 2"'

Answer: Joe Pesci


Question: 'It was the biggest-selling American novel of the 1850s'

Answer: "Uncle Tom\'s Cabin"


Question: 'Cousteau's timepieces'

Answer: Jacques\' clocks


Question: 'The 13th century prophet Nichiren taught the people of this nation that they were a chosen people'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Fermented dough is used to make this tart variety of bread, a San Francisco staple'

Answer: Sourdough bread


Question: 'Atahualpa, who ruled in 1532 & 1533, was this civilization's last emperor'

Answer: Incas


Question: '(Hi, I'm Garry Marshall)  When I was hired as a wrtiter for the "Tonight Show" in 1959, this host said he liked me because I thought like a 4-year-old'

Answer: Jack Paar


Question: 'This 4-part satirical novel was published in 1726 as "Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World"'

Answer: "Gulliver\'s Travels"


Question: 'Sinatra's financial institutions'

Answer: Frank\'s banks


Question: 'The angel Gabriel, or Jibril, first spoke to him in a cave near Mecca in 610 A.D.'

Answer: Mohammed


Question: 'Oddly, this "national" pastry is called Vienna bread in Denmark'

Answer: Danish


Question: 'Bolivia's coat of arms features an alpaca & this large vulture'

Answer: Condor


Question: 'This leather-clad metal band took its name from a Bob Dylan song'

Answer: Judas Priest


Question: 'Roman Polanski brought this Ira Levin novel to the big screen in 1968'

Answer: "Rosemary\'s Baby"


Question: 'Explorer Ericson's undies'

Answer: Leif\'s briefs


Question: 'Setting the stage for later revolts, the prophet Hung Hsiu-ch'uan led the Taiping Rebellion in this century'

Answer: 19th century


Question: 'In 1912 inventor Otto Rohwedder began work on a groundbreaking machine to do this to bread'

Answer: Slice it


Question: 'Visitors to Rio can take a cable car ride to the top of this 1,296-foot-high granite rock on Guanabara Bay'

Answer: Sugarloaf Mountain


Question: 'She played Laurence Olivier's daughter in 1960's "The Entertainer", & became his wife the next year'

Answer: Joan Plowright


Question: 'In the 1930s early excerpts of this experimental James Joyce work were published as "Work in Progress"'

Answer: "Finnegan\'s Wake"


Question: 'Disney's beers'

Answer: Walt\'s malts


Question: 'In 1863 Baha'u'llah proclaimed himself a long awaited prophet & founded this faith'

Answer: Bahai Faith


Question: 'An early form of bread has been found in Stone Age ruins near Lake Neuchatel in this country'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The Chuquicamata open-pit copper mine, the world's largest, is located in this Chilean desert'

Answer: Atacama


Question: 'He was the founder of the New York Shakespeare Festival & the Public Theater'

Answer: Joseph Papp


Question: 'Thomas Hughes published this chronicle of life at an English boys' school in 1857'

Answer: "Tom Brown\'s Schooldays"


Question: 'Chagall's canine sounds'

Answer: Marc\'s barks


Question: 'The prophet Daniel understood "the writing on the wall" & told this king the bad news'

Answer: Belshazzar


Question: 'The first to learn leavening, these ancient people were once called the "Bread Eaters" by the ancient Greeks'

Answer: Egyptians


Question: 'This former Navy Seal is the only current member of Congress who has earned the Medal of Honor'

Answer: Robert Kerrey


Question: 'Term for the blood vessels which take the blood from the heart'

Answer: arteries


Question: 'Some unkindly called this vice president & successor "Nixon's revenge"'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'In 79 A.D., it destroyed the popular resort town of Herculaneum'

Answer: Mount Vesuvius


Question: 'To remove mildew from perma press fabric, Heloise says soak article in salt & this citrus juice & lay it in the sun'

Answer: lemon juice


Question: 'It's what Patti Page asked about "the one with the waggly tail"'

Answer: "(How Much Is) That Doggie In The Window?"


Question: 'Bermuda Rolfe, daughter of John Rolfe of Va., was the 1st English girl born on this island'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'In the scientific categories, Americans have won 142, or 38%, of these awards 1st given in 1901'

Answer: Nobel Prizes


Question: 'Reportedly, this "Rough Rider" once compared McKinley's backbone to a chocolate elcair'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Lethal gases are released when you combine some toilet bowl cleansers with this common stain remover'

Answer: bleach (or chlorine)


Question: 'It followed Linda Ronstadt's lament "I've been cheated, been mistreated"'

Answer: "When Will I Be Loved?"


Question: 'Unlike during the 2nd, U.S. auto production didn't stop during this world war'

Answer: the First World War


Question: 'The Hubble constant tells how fast the universe is expanding since this "noisy" event occurred'

Answer: the Big Bang


Question: 'Later vice president, he 1st visited the capital while leading Boy Scouts from Minnesota'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'The ancient Greek city of Syracuse is found on this Italian island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'The Shirelles said, "Tonight you're mine completely" but weren't sure about this'

Answer: "Will You Love Me Tomorrow?"


Question: 'Peanuts are not related to nuts, but to these'

Answer: peas


Question: 'Base 10 equivalent to the binary number "11"'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Jefferson's 1st vice president, he was officially divorced for adultery on the day he died'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'In 1936, he announced the Roman Empire was restored & the king was now Emperor of Ethiopia, too'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'In this song, Anthony Newley said, "I'll throw off my sorrow, beg, steal or borrow my share of laughter"'

Answer: "Who Can I Turn To?"


Question: 'Often seen in movies being chased by a train, its a small open railroad car operated by hand'

Answer: a hand car


Question: 'A metal that is "ductile" can be pulled into this while cold & under pressure'

Answer: wire


Question: 'Born in 1924, at 18 he became youngest naval pilot in WWII'

Answer: George Bush


Question: 'In their biggest hit, the Poppy Family asked Billy this'

Answer: "Which Way You Goin\' Billy?"


Question: 'Begun in 1829, it was the 1st encyclopedia published in America'

Answer: the Encyclopedia Americana


Question: 'Manioc, a major crop of the jungle, is used to make this popular pudding dessert'

Answer: tapioca


Question: 'Rex Reed claims he saw this Southern playwright almost hit by a bus named Desire'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'A San Francisco law against this ethnic group's laundries didn't wash with the Supreme Court'

Answer: the Chinese


Question: '"The Godfather of Soul", he went on TV to calm tensions after the assassination of Dr. King'

Answer: James Brown


Question: 'Responsible for about ½ of gross tonnage being built, this island country leads world in shipbuilding'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'If you "hire" a TV set in London, you've done this with it'

Answer: rent it


Question: 'Unlike a forest, marked by trees & shade, true jungle is marked by heavy vegetation at this level'

Answer: ground level


Question: 'This "Blithe Spirit" roared at Claudette Colbert, "I'd wring your neck, if you had one!"'

Answer: Noël Coward


Question: 'John S. Pemberton's "brain tonic" 1st introduced that year at an Atlanta drugstore'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Overcoming childhood stammering, he became the powerful voice of Othello & Darth Vader'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question: 'Tho only the see of Wisc., this country, whose capital is Dhaka, is 9th most populous nation in world'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'What we call "garters" the British call "suspenders", & what we call "suspenders" they call this'

Answer: braces


Question:
'Like most of us would, it's what Jethro Tull was doing "In The Jungle" in 1974:

"Walking through forests of palm-tree apartments /
Scoff at the monkeys who live in their dark tents /
Down by the waterhole--drunk every Friday /
Eating their nuts--saving their raisins..."'

Answer: Bungle


Question: 'His epitaph calls him "rare", but his "Volpone" was well-done'

Answer: Ben Jonson


Question: 'In a year when 610,000 workers struck, Samuel Gompers founded this'

Answer: the AFL (American Federation of Labor)


Question: 'He prefaced his famed cookbook with instructions for boiling water'

Answer: James Beard


Question: 'Asia borders on these 3 oceans'

Answer: the Pacific, the Indian & the Arctic


Question: 'An elephant visiting London might make this, a long distance phone call, to the folks back home'

Answer: a trunk call


Question: 'His 1881 play "Ghosts" was once banned for being "morally deranged"'

Answer: (Henrik) Ibsen


Question: 'The last major Indian war ended with this Chiricahua leader was captured'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'Novelist Henry's brother who, having given us "The Meaning of Truth" in 1909, in 1910, died'

Answer: William James


Question: 'Until 1904, Europeans were unwelcome in this capital of Tibet, & from '62-'80, no foreigners were admitted'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: 'At Ascot, if you do a "Heinz", you've made this many bets, involving 6 horses, in combination'

Answer: 57


Question: 'Lord Snowdon never studied at "The School for Scandal", but this ancestor of his wrote it'

Answer: Richard Sheridan


Question: 'Griswold Lorillard wore a short black coat with satin lapels to the Autumn Ball in this N.Y. town'

Answer: Tuxedo


Question: 'On early TV wrestling shows he broke dog biscuits into mike to sound like bones crunching'

Answer: Dennis James


Question: 'Negotiations over a hijacked plane in May '86 were 1st reported talks between these 2 countries since 1949'

Answer: Mainland China & Taiwan


Question: 'A Japanese Z-car is a Nissan, while a British Z-car is this type of vehicle'

Answer: a policecar


Question: 'The two 4-letter words found on a U.S. penny, one in English, one not'

Answer: cent & unum


Question: 'In 2010 he hit the shelves with his legal thriller "The Confession"'

Answer: (John) Grisham


Question: 'Patton Oswalt cooked up the voice of Remy the Rodent in this 2007 Pixar film'

Answer: Ratatouille


Question: 'J. Edgar Hoover became the first director of the new FBI on March 22, 1935, serving this president'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped a sailor kissing a nurse on the August 1945 day known as this'

Answer: V-J Day


Question: '"Ho, ho, ho!"  This jolly guy has appeared in ads for vegetables since 1928; the company was named for him in 1950'

Answer: the Jolly Green Giant


Question: 'I try, & I try, but I can't get no this word meaning an act of gratification'

Answer: satisfaction


Question: 'In 1936 this Jazz Age author detailed his physical & spiritual collapse in "The Crack-Up"'

Answer: Fitzgerald


Question: 'From 1960 to 2010 Don Hastings played Bob Hughes on this "global" CBS soap opera'

Answer: As the World Turns


Question: 'Born in this city in 1895, J. Edgar Hoover graduated from its National University law school in 1917'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Certain Robert Mapplethorpe photos caused Congress to enact restrictions on grants given by this body'

Answer: the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)


Question: 'Robert Chesebrough produced a clear petroleum jelly & started selling it under this brand name in 1870'

Answer: Vaseline


Question: 'A decrease in economic activity; I couldn't bear it!  I can't!  I won't!  I shan't!'

Answer: a contraction


Question: 'Peru's version of "Super Mario", he won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Mario Vargas Llosa


Question: 'Esai Morales lawyered up as Edward James Olmos' dad, Joseph Adama, in this "Battlestar Galactica" prequel'

Answer: Caprica


Question: 'Hoover's many innovations included establishing a national bank for these biometric identifiers'

Answer: fingerprints


Question: 'John Filo, an undergrad at this Ohio school, won a 1971 Pulitzer after getting an iconic photo of a slain classmate'

Answer: Kent State


Question: '"Choosy moms choose" this brand of peanut butter'

Answer: Jif


Question: '2-word "atomic" term for a series of events in which each event is the result of the one preceding & the cause of the next'

Answer: a chain reaction


Question: 'Muriel Spark's 1961 novel about an eccentric Edinburgh teacher detailed "The Prime of Miss" this'

Answer: Miss Jean Brodie


Question: 'J.K. Simmons, seriously evil in "Oz", brought it down to "not so nice" as publisher J. Jonah Jameson in this 2002 film'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'In the 1960s Hoover expanded his COINTELPRO plan to harass & disrupt this Southern extremist white power group'

Answer: the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)


Question: 'Steve McCurry took a photo of an Afghan girl for this venerated magazine in 1984, then reunited with her 17 years later'

Answer: National Geographic


Question: 'This brand's Wienermobile dates back to 1936'

Answer: Oscar Mayer


Question: 'Rotting, or the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter by bacteria'

Answer: putrefaction


Question: 'This man who penned "A la recherche du temps perdu" suffered from asthma'

Answer: Marcel Proust


Question: 'This "Some Like It Hot" co-star who died in 2010 turned to Matisse-influenced art in later years'

Answer: Tony Curtis


Question: 'Among those Hoover's FBI tracked down & killed was this young-looking brute, in November 1934'

Answer: "Baby Face" Nelson


Question: 'He told the Warren Commission of a nightmare in which his film plays out until its violent end & he snaps awake'

Answer: Abraham Zapruder


Question: 'This superpremium ice cream brand produces a line called Five--with only (you guessed it) 5 ingredients'

Answer: Häagen-Dazs


Question: 'For federal contracts, this 2-word employment term was first used in an order issued by JFK in 1961'

Answer: affirmative action


Question: 'The star Arcturus is known as the "bear guard" because it guards this constellation'

Answer: Ursa Major


Question: '1981:<br />"Kiss On My List"; they had 2 other No. 1s that year'

Answer: Hall & Oates


Question: 'One of the "Six Crises" Richard Nixon faced in his book of that title was this president's heart attack'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Of the numbers 1-10 spelled out'

Answer: eight


Question: 'In the 1959 book "Cubism", he is quoted as saying, "I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them"'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'Attach this to your date on your way to the prom'

Answer: a corsage


Question: 'First named in 1603, Columba is also known as "Noah's" this, the bird that returned to the ark with an olive leaf'

Answer: the dove


Question: '1988:<br />"Look Away"; a groove from this pop-rock group with an urban name'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'As part of this crisis, JFK announced a naval blockade Oct. 22, 1962'

Answer: the Cuban Missile Crisis


Question: 'Of the Jovian planets'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'In 1888 he wrote to his brother Theo, "I cannot help it that my paintings do not sell"'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: 'The name of this drinking vessel comes from the Latin for "cup"'

Answer: a chalice


Question: 'Musca, or "the fly", was originally called Apis for this insect'

Answer: the bee


Question: '1984:<br />"Footloose"; kick off your Sunday shoes with this bearded guy'

Answer: (Kenny) Loggins


Question: 'It began Nov. 4, 1979 & lasted 444 days'

Answer: hostages in Iran


Question: 'Of presidents who died in office'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'The New York Times reported he said, "If the public dislikes one of my Post covers, I can't help disliking it myself"'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'Some of these small engravings date as far back as the 3rd century B.C.'

Answer: cameos


Question: 'Vega is the main star of this constellation with the Latin name of an instrument'

Answer: Lyra


Question: '1984:<br />"Against All Odds (Take A Look At Me Now)"; do you have the genesis of an idea about him?'

Answer: Phil Collins


Question: 'Speculative attacks on the Baht triggered this continent's financial crisis of 1997-98'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Of the colors of the Olympic rings'

Answer: black


Question: 'John Singer Sargent reportedly said, "Every time I paint" this type of work, "I lose a friend"'

Answer: a portrait


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew uses paper cups & sheets of paper to demonstrate.) There is little support on one horizontal surface; however, with the load distributed  among several vertical surfaces, you get much stronger support when the paper is ridged this way, from the Latin for "wrinkle"'

Answer: corrugated


Question: 'An exquisite double star is part of the urn, or pitcher, in this constellation'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: '1988:<br />"Wishing Well"; whatever happened to him?  He lives in Milan & goes by Sananda Maitreya'

Answer: Terence Trent D\'Arby


Question: 'Bad feelings left by 1908's Bosnian crisis, in which this dual monarchy annexed Bosnia, helped start WWI'

Answer: Austria-Hungary


Question: 'Of South Africa's 3 national capitals'

Answer: Bloemfontein


Question: 'He said, "One night I dreamt I painted a large American flag, and the next morning I... bought the materials to begin it"'

Answer: Jasper Johns


Question: 'This large flightless ratite is found on New Guinea & nearby islands'

Answer: the cassowary


Question: 'Its Declaration of Independence was signed in 1847 by 11 men in that nation's Providence Baptist Church'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'In Grant Wood's "American Gothic", a farmer is holding this implement in his right hand'

Answer: Pitchfork


Question:
'Buddy Sorrell,
Sally Rogers,
Rob Petrie'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: 'The USA's largest rodent, it has a flat tail that acts as a rudder in water'

Answer: Beaver


Question: 'On May 10, 1869 it became the first continent to have a rail line running from its east coast to its west coast'

Answer: North America


Question: 'Something known to be feasible is this "and true"'

Answer: Tried


Question: 'The Marine Corps motto, it means "Always Faithful"'

Answer: Semper Fidelis


Question: 'Portraitist Gilbert Stuart produced over 1,100 paintings, 104 of which were likenesses of this man'

Answer: George Washington


Question:
'Don Hollinger,
Lou Marie,
Ann Marie'

Answer: That Girl


Question: 'The black panther is actually this cat with a black coat through which traces of spots can still be seen'

Answer: Leopard


Question: 'In the early 1990s the Ford Taurus overtook this model of Honda as No. 1 in U.S. auto sales'

Answer: Accord


Question: 'Mount a picture, or contrive evidence to make an innocent person look guilty'

Answer: Frame


Question: 'Ground troops are based at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina & this camp near San Diego'

Answer: Camp Pendleton


Question: 'In the early 19th century, this Spaniard created a sensation with his "Majas" paintings, one clothed & one nude'

Answer: Francisco Goya


Question:
'Jonas Grumby,
Roy Hinkley,
Mary Ann Summers'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'The Indian species of this large land mammal has only 1 horn; other species have 2'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'This wheeled war vehicle was introduced to the Egyptians around 1600 B.C. by an invading people called the Hyksos'

Answer: Chariot


Question: 'This synonym for fast can also refer to all the ships in a navy'

Answer: Fleet


Question: 'In the Mexican War the Marines raised the flag over the National Palace, known by this phrase in their hymn'

Answer: "From The Halls of Montezuma"


Question: 'His 17th century work seen here is known as "The Jewish Bride":'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question:
'Murray Slaughter,
Sue Ann Nivens,
Ted Baxter'

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show


Question: 'The 2 species of alligator are the American & the Chinese, which inhabits the basin of this longest Asian river'

Answer: Yangtze River


Question: 'The SR.N4 MK III, one of the largest of these, crosses the English Channel on a cushion of air'

Answer: Hovercraft


Question: 'Skip school, or the furrow on the side of the road'

Answer: Ditch


Question: 'During the Spanish-American War, the Marines were the first Americans to land in Cuba, seizing this bay'

Answer: Guantanamo Bay


Question: 'This French fauvist's "Joie De Vivre" features naked women frolicking & lounging in a field'

Answer: Henri Matisse


Question: 'Princess,<br />Bud & Kitten Anderson'

Answer: Father Knows Best


Question: 'This deer's name is from a Canadian Indian word for "snow shoveler" because it paws for food in the snow'

Answer: Caribou


Question: 'In 1993 this former Denver mayor became the first Hispanic-American Secretary of Transportation'

Answer: Federico Pena


Question: 'A superlative form of little, it's an antonym of utmost'

Answer: Least


Question: 'The conquest of this Pacific island in February & March 1945 was the largest all-Marine battle in U.S. history'

Answer: Iwo Jima


Question: 'A suicide note that called life "A lonely street" helped inspire the lyrics to this No. 1 song from 1956'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'When hanging around urban plazas, the rock dove is usually called this'

Answer: a pigeon


Question: '"The Four Seasons" consists of 4 concertos for this instrument & orchestra'

Answer: Violin


Question: 'We hope you don't contract a virus on your scenic boating holiday in this country's Ebola River region'

Answer: the Congo


Question: 'A subpoena is a writ to call you to testify; this writ calls you to defend yourself in a lawsuit'

Answer: a summons


Question: 'He added a sleeping basket to the presidential yacht, the U.S.S. Potomac, for his dog Fala'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'Rob Lowe & Jodie Foster starred in this 1984 movie based on a John Irving novel'

Answer: The Hotel New Hampshire


Question: 'This capital city's Zocalo or Plaza de la Constitucion is on the former area of the main Aztec temple'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'The concerto for this season depicts peasants celebrating the harvest'

Answer: Fall


Question: 'An active holiday in this European nation might begin with becoming radioactive in its Kiev Reservoir region'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: '(Hi, I'm Greg Gerrmann and I play Richard Fish on Ally McBeal.)  This name for a variety of legal writs comes from the Latin for "you have the body"'

Answer: habeas corpus


Question: 'This multimillionaire used to sail with dad Malcolm on the family yacht, The Highlander'

Answer: Steve Forbes


Question: '"Life In The Fast Lane" & "New Kid In Town" are songs from this album'

Answer: Hotel California


Question: 'The American People's Encyclopedia Yearbook called this type of place "A 1960 neoglism":'

Answer: a toll plaza


Question: 'This man who composed the work was very popular in his time & a major influence on Bach'

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi


Question: 'Holiday in this Asian capital to visit a former U.S. embassy & the killing fields of Choeung Ek'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: 'When a writ of dower is issued, it normally follows a death & assigns property to this person'

Answer: a widow


Question: 'Part of a 1997 opera named for this American woman is set on the yacht Christina'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'Greta Garbo & John Barrymore are 2 of the guests in this 1932 movie blockbuster'

Answer: Grand Hotel


Question: 'Manhattan's Grand Army Plaza has a statue of this general, something probably not too common in Atlanta'

Answer: William T. Sherman


Question: 'The excerpt heard here depicts this dental event caused by winter cold:'

Answer: Teeth chattering


Question: 'The Cite Soleil shantytown is not to be missed on a holiday in this Caribbean nation of 7 million'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Land can be transferred with a writ of this, which we guess is 9/10 of a writ of law'

Answer: possession


Question: 'In June 1999 Michael Douglas & this Welsh beauty were spotted, as a London paper put it, canoodling on his yacht'

Answer: Catherine Zeta-Jones


Question: 'In a 1974 song, Leonard Cohen remembered you well in this hotel'

Answer: Chelsea Hotel


Question: 'In Barcelona, you can call it the Plaza del Rei, or you can translate it to this person's "Square"'

Answer: King\'s Square


Question: '"The Four Seasons" is part of a work titled "Il Cimento Dell'armonia...", "The Test of" this'

Answer: Harmony


Question: 'On holiday in this disputed territory where you'll find K2, you might be served Indian food one day & Pakistani the next'

Answer: Kashmir


Question: 'The name of this writ ordering a specific action is Latin for "we command"'

Answer: mandamus


Question: 'In 1988 Gary Hart had a merry time with Donna Rice aboard this yacht'

Answer: Monkey Business


Question: 'While pregnant with him, the mother of this actor, gazing at the Uffizi's art, 1st felt him move, hence his 1st name'

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio


Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'In 1906 these 2 Chicago teams played each other in the Series for the first & last time'

Answer: Cubs & White Sox


Question: 'A 1998 study reports half the "vegetables" we eat are these, & half of those are deep-fried'

Answer: Potatoes


Question: 'The word monosyllable has this many syllables'

Answer: 5


Question: 'A male goose you might take a look at'

Answer: Gander


Question: 'In an 1884 work, runaway slave Jim rafts down the Mississippi with this title character'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In 1955 the series between the Yankees & dese Bums became the first televised in color'

Answer: Brooklyn Dodgers


Question: 'Over 70% of teens know Al Gore is vice president; 90% know this man starred in "Titanic"'

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio


Question: 'This final board game maneuver comes from the Arabic phrase "Shah Mat"--the king is dead'

Answer: checkmate


Question: 'Garbology is the study of this, not of Greta Garbo movies'

Answer: Garbage


Question: 'The Associated Press named him the greatest male athlete of the first half of the 20th century'

Answer: Jim Thorpe


Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'In 1992 this Canadian team won 3 of its 4 World Series games in its last-at-bat'

Answer: Toronto Blue Jays


Question: 'The USA's largest private employer, it has over 700,000 workers, most stocking shelves & pushing carts'

Answer: Wal-Mart


Question: 'A group of things of the same kind, or scenery constructed for a theatrical performance'

Answer: Set


Question: 'A small cave, perhaps a "blue" one'

Answer: Grotto


Question: 'In this 1939 book, the Joads run into Jim Casy, a preacher who becomes an activist'

Answer: The Grapes Of Wrath


Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'This fabled Yankee catcher holds many World Series records including most career hits with 71'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'The national average is about 1,000 (500 verbal, 500 math) of a possible 1,600 on the test abbreviated this'

Answer: SAT (Scholastic Aptitude Test)


Question: 'From one to ten, the only digit with the same number of letters as its value'

Answer: 4 (four)


Question: 'It's the slang term for a newcomer to India, even if his first name isn't Merv'

Answer: Griffin


Question: 'Name shared by a Minnesota Twins pitcher & a "Sale Of The Century" host'

Answer: Jim Perry


Answer: John Nance Garner


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Reggie Jackson)  Only 3 men have been named MVP of the World Series twice:  me, Sandy Koufax & this Cardinals pitcher in 1964 & 1967"'

Answer: Bob Gibson


Question: 'Good News!  About 60 million U.S. Christians are this type, from Greek for "good news"'

Answer: Evangelical


Question: 'The most common first name in the world is the name of this religious figure'

Answer: Mohammed


Question: 'Perhaps from the Latin for "throat", it's a noise made by brooks & babies'

Answer: Gurgle


Question: 'This Speaker of the House resigned in 1989 under charges of wrongdoing'

Answer: Jim Wright


Question: 'Its capital was East Berlin'

Answer: East Germany


Question: 'Can we talk about this funny lady's books? -- they include "Enter Talking" & "From Mother To Daughter"'

Answer: Joan Rivers


Question: 'Preceding Bengali, it's alphabetically first of the dozen most spoken languages in the world'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'A dream angel tells this New Testament man to "Take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt"'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'We're not going out on one to say daredevils risk "life and" this'

Answer: Limb


Question: 'Static positions combine with rapid movements in this event where you grasp 2 hanging parallel hoops'

Answer: Rings


Question: 'In 1902 Panama was still part of this country'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'In "In The Arena", he takes readers behind the scenes of such movies as "Ben-Hur"'

Answer: Charlton Heston


Question: 'The Mexican pop group Kabah took the name of this language created in 1887 as the title of its 1998 CD'

Answer: Esperanto


Question: 'He said "little people" in his dreams inspired stories like "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'Push this button on the TV remote & your sou'

Answer: Mute


Question: 'This gymnastics event is performed by both men & women on a mat without any other equipment'

Answer: Floor exercise


Question: 'Bangladesh was known as this until a 1971 civil war'

Answer: East Pakistan


Question: '"Holiday In Your Heart", about a young country singer, was co-written by this teen country sensation'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes


Question: 'Language being listened to by the man seen here with Clinton (Vaclav Havel)'

Answer: Czech


Question: 'Chemist Friedrich Kekule described the benzene molecule after dreaming of this creature swallowing its tail'

Answer: Snake


Question: 'Type of chart seen here'

Answer: Flow


Question: 'She's the legendary gymnast famous for using "The Young And The Restless" theme song in 1976'

Answer: Nadia Comaneci


Question: 'When part of the Soviet Union, this country was abbreviated the B.S.S.R.'

Answer: Byelorussia


Question: 'Good Heavens!  This star of TV's "7th Heaven" wrote the erotic thriller "Eye Contact"'

Answer: Stephen Collins


Question: 'To read the Domesday Book in its original form, you have to know this language'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'This director of "M*A*S*H" & "Nashville" based his 1977 film "Three Women" on one of his dreams'

Answer: Robert Altman


Question: 'From the Dutch for "slippery", if you're this, you're a smooth talker'

Answer: Glib


Question: 'In this men's event, it's "routine" to work your way around a long leather-covered apparatus'

Answer: the pommel horse


Question: 'In 1954 French Indochina was divided into these 4 countries'

Answer: Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam & South Vietnam


Question: 'This zany duo reveals the "magical" secrets of "How To Play With Your Food" & "How To Play In Traffic"'

Answer: Penn & Teller


Question: 'The earliest written record we have of any Indo-European language is from this empire of Asia Minor'

Answer: Hittite


Question: 'According to Plutarch, in the 300s B.C., Persian king Darius dreamed this conqueror would wait on him'

Answer: Alexander The Great


Question: 'Merriam-Webster says glob may be a blend of globe & this word'

Answer: Blob


Question: 'A relative newcomer to the Olympics, this type of gymnastics uses ropes, clubs, balls, hoops & ribbons'

Answer: Rhythmic gymnastics


Question: 'He was the son of an Irish immigrant who was the Viceroy of Peru'

Answer: Bernardo O\' Higgins


Question: 'Henry VI was just 9 months old when he succeeded his dad, Henry V, as king of this in 1422'

Answer: England


Question: 'Bruno the dog is turned into a footman for the horse-drawn pumpkin coach in this animated film'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'Spiders usually have this many eyes; one for each leg?'

Answer: 8


Question: 'Yokohama in this country was a small fishing village of only 350 people when Commodore Perry first visited'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In 2009 14-year-old Danny Johnson became a legend of rock when he scored 973,954 points in this game'

Answer: Guitar Hero


Question: 'They're routine tasks done around the house, & before you go out to play, you'd better do yours'

Answer: chores


Question: 'This "boy king" was about 9 years old when he became a pharaoh around 1333 B.C.'

Answer: Tutankhamen


Question: 'This pet of Lilo's is actually Genetic Experiment 626, a fugitive alien'

Answer: Stitch


Question: '"Charlotte's Web" is about a spider who becomes friends with Wilbur, one of these farm animals'

Answer: a pig


Question: 'This largest city in Texas has a 52-mile shipping channel that links its port with the Gulf of Mexico'

Answer: Houston


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a proverbial glass of, well, colored liquid of some sort.)  As an optimist, it's how I see this glass'

Answer: half full


Question: 'It's the form of carbon your dad probably uses when he fires up the barbecue'

Answer: charcoal


Question: 'Fyodor III was 14 in 1676 when he ascended to the throne of Russia & took this Russian title'

Answer: Tsar Fyodor


Question: 'In this film Rhino the hamster helps his dog hero, who doesn't actually have super powers'

Answer: Bolt


Question: 'Scientifically known as Lactrodectus mactans, this "dark" spider can have a deadly bite'

Answer: a black widow


Question: 'This largest Maryland city & port saw the rockets' red glare during the War of 1812'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Even if your parents don't drive one, you should know that SUV stands for this type of vehicle'

Answer: a sports utility vehicle


Question: 'To make butter, you need one of these special containers in which to stir the milk or cream'

Answer: churn


Question: 'Jeanne de Navarre was 13 when she became this country's queen in 1285'

Answer: France


Question: 'In this film the mouse Roddy St. James finds a new world after going down the bathroom's whirlpool'

Answer: Flushed Away


Question: 'Stand back--it's the hairy variety of spider seen here'

Answer: the tarantula


Question: 'Port Said in this African country was established when work on the Suez Canal began'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'In 1881 a famous gunfight took place at the O.K. Corral in this Arizona city with a "grave" name'

Answer: Tombstone


Question: 'The basic tools for carving stone are a hammer & this long-bladed implement seen here'

Answer: a chisel


Question: 'Isabella II, the daughter of Ferdinand VII, was just under 3 years old when she was proclaimed queen of this in 1833'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Lovelace is a rockhopper who will answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble in this film'

Answer: Happy Feet


Question: 'Little Miss Muffet was a well-known sufferer of this phobia, the technical term for a fear of spiders'

Answer: arachnophobia


Question: 'This Australian port city was founded as a British penal colony in 1788'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'This holiday that celebrates a Mexican victory in 1862 may be more widely celebrated in the U.S. than in Mexico itself'

Answer: Cinco de Mayo


Question: 'One of the driest places on Earth, the Atacama Desert lies mainly in this South American country'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In 2008 people wondered whether this former president might add the title "First Man" to his resume'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'You may want to take your parents to the Memphis Rock 'n' Soul Museum in this state'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'If your mom says you have a fever with a body temperature of 39, she's using this scale'

Answer: Celsius


Question: 'The Virgin Mary was betrothed to this village carpenter'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'The galaxy that we're in shares its name with this candy bar'

Answer: a Milky Way


Question: 'Ms. Missy Massey got mussed up & messy in <u>Missoula</u>, Montana'

Answer: a noun


Question: 'After his tragic assassination, he was succeeded by Andrew Johnson'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Sweet!  Learn all about sugarcane at the sugar museum on the island of Maui in this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The can seen here holds this many fluid ounces'

Answer: 12


Question: 'After he was swallowed by a great fish, he finally obeyed God's orders to go to Nineveh'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'These candies were named for their resemblance to something you hope you won't need on a boat'

Answer: Life Savers


Question: 'I'm sorry, but I didn't know   <u>you</u> owned that yak when I said that'

Answer: a pronoun


Question: 'In 1960 he defeated Richard Nixon by fewer than 115,000 popular votes'

Answer: JFK (John Kennedy)


Question: 'At circus world in Wisconsin, you can visit the circus museum & ride a pony or this gray pachyderm, too'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'For moderately active 12- & 13-year-old boys, the government recommends consuming 2,200 of these units a day'

Answer: calories


Question: 'Jesus gave his apostle Simon this name, from the Greek for "rock", & made him a "fisher of men"'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'Hershey's "affectionately" introduced these in 1907; the name may be from the sound of machines that make them'

Answer: Hershey\'s Kisses


Question: 'Paper <u>or</u> plastic?'

Answer: a conjunction


Question: 'In 1978 he made an unsuccessful run for a Texas congressional seat'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'Wow!  The "largest children's museum in the world" is in this capital of Indiana'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'In Portugal, ask someone how heavy he is & he'll answer you in these units, each 2.2 pounds'

Answer: a kilogram


Question: 'Appropriately, the name of this guy who suffered righteously comes from a Hebrew word meaning "persecuted"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'As an adjective, it means "easily broken"; as a noun, it's candy made with caramelized sugar & nuts'

Answer: brittle


Question: 'Fo' shizzle, my dizzles!  I've recorded a new rap CD you'll find <u>extremely</u> phat'

Answer: an adverb


Question: 'As Georgia's gov., he shrank state government by merging about 300 state agencies & boards into about 30 agencies'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'The Tactile Dome inside the Exploratorium is totally dark; you have to use this tactile sense to guide you'

Answer: touch


Question: 'If the minimum height for a ride is 3'4", you must be this many inches tall to get on'

Answer: 40 inches


Question: 'This prophet's hobbies included dunking people in the river & dining on locusts & wild honey'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: '"Hungry?  Grab" one of these peanut, caramel & nougat chocolate bars that also come in Cruncher & Almond varieties'

Answer: a Snickers (a Snicker accepted)


Question: 'The roof, the roof, the roof is <u>on</u> fire!'

Answer: a preposition


Question: 'As a child, she liked to play witches & wizards with her friends Ian & Vikki Potter'

Answer: J.K. Rowling


Question: 'Jim Morin's editorial cartoons for this Miami newspaper won a Pulitzer in 1996'

Answer: Miami Herald


Question: 'In 1997 the Patriots & this New York football team both had Bill Parcells as their coach'

Answer: New York Jets


Question: 'Concerns over the environment led to the first national observance of this day on April 22'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: 'Types of beans & peas are called this for the sound they make when broken'

Answer: snap


Question: 'He called his steamboat launched August 17, 1807 "The Steamboat", not "The Clermont"'

Answer: Robert Fulton


Question: 'This Australian capital's tallest landmark, Telecom Tower, towers 600' atop Black Mountain'

Answer: Canberra


Question: 'This "Dilbert" creator is possibly the most successful cartoonist ever "downsized" by Pacific Bell'

Answer: Scott Adams


Question: '(Hi, I'm Greg Gumbel.)  In '97 this Chicago Bulls player set an NBA record by leading the league in rebounds for the 6th straight year'

Answer: Dennis Rodman