Question: 'Toes were tapping to this composer's wildly popular "Maple Leaf Rag"'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'Before "Braveheart" his story was told in the 15th century by Henry the Minstrel'

Answer: William Wallace


Question: 'Richard Wright's 1940 tale about Bigger Thomas'

Answer: "Native Son"


Question: 'A scum'

Answer: Camus


Question: 'You can find caledonite in this country that lent its ancient name to the mineral'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Finishing the title of the 1991 Garth Brooks hit "Two of a Kind, Workin' On..."'

Answer: a full house


Question: 'This borough celebrated its new children's museum, the USA's first, & its National League champion Superbas'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: '(Hi, I'm Wallace Langham)  Mike's son, this broadcaster became NBC News White House Correspondent in 1982'

Answer: Chris Wallace


Question: 'Howard Garis wrote the Tom Swift adventure books & created this character whose last name is Longears'

Answer: Uncle Wiggily


Question: 'Zinc sheet'

Answer: Nietzsche


Question: 'A beryl named for a New York financier isn't johnite or pierpontite, but this'

Answer: Morganite


Question: 'This song was a hit for John Mellencamp in 1984: ain't that America?'

Answer: "Pink Houses"


Question: 'This Dutch city, now the home of the World Court, hosted one of the first major international peace conferences'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'He & his wife Lila launched Reader's Digest in 1922 with a press run of 5,000'

Answer: DeWitt Wallace


Question: 'Title question a baby bird asks of everything in sight in a P.D. Eastman "Beginner Book"'

Answer: "Are You My Mother?"


Question: 'Rake, dig, rake'

Answer: Kierkegaard


Question: 'Antimony is the usual base of this dark eye shadow used by Middle Eastern women'

Answer: kohl


Question: 'In 1968 Glen Campbell sang of "The Dreams of" this woman'

Answer: the everyday housewife


Question: '"The Emperor of Ice-Cream" is a famous work by this poet whose day job was VP of an insurance company'

Answer: Wallace Stevens


Question: 'Robert Anderson's play title with a "musical" regret; the 1970 film version starred Gene Hackman'

Answer: I Never Sang for My Father


Question: 'Gee, dig her!'

Answer: Heidegger


Question: 'Francois Mitterand said this world leader "has the lips of Marilyn Monroe and the eyes of Caligula"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'In 1990 Mick Jagger & this model had a traditional Indonesian wedding ceremony on Bali'

Answer: Jerry Hall


Question: '"B" 1865:<br />On April 26, 12 days after literally breaking a leg onstage, he was shot dead by federal troops'

Answer: (John Wilkes) Booth


Question: 'The Seville'

Answer: Cadillac


Question: 'These brothers are known for their collections of folk songs & tales, like "Kinder-und Hausmarchen"'

Answer: the Brothers Grimm


Question: 'The "Stars & Bars" was the nickname of this breakaway government's flag'

Answer: the Confederacy


Question: 'He co-led an 1804 expedition to explore the Pacific Northwest'

Answer: Clark


Question: 'In 1992 presidential candidate Bill Clinton played the sax on this man's talk show'

Answer: Arsenio Hall


Question: '"I" 1958:<br />Army officers overthrew this country's King Faisal II & declared it a republic'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'The Skylark'

Answer: Buick


Question: 'In 1846 these 3 sisters published "Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell" at their own expense, & sold only 2 copies'

Answer: the Brontës


Question: 'The car part called an aerial across the pond is known as this here in the States'

Answer: an antenna


Question: 'An August zodiac sign'

Answer: Virgo


Question: '"Let's Make a Deal"--name this Canadian who was inducted into the American TV Game Show Hall of Fame in 2007'

Answer: Monty Hall


Question: '"N" 1810:<br />Josephine wasn't on the guest list at his April 1 marriage to Archduchess Marie-Louise'

Answer: Napoleon (Bonaparte)


Question: 'The LeBaron'

Answer: Chrysler


Question: 'These 2 brothers, sons of a president, were given the Secret Service code names Tumbler & Tripper'

Answer: Jeb & George (W.) Bush


Question: 'In Europe, it extends underwater for 31 miles from Cheriton to Sangatte'

Answer: the Chunnel


Question: 'Scientifically, this tart-tasting fruit is Citrus paradisi'

Answer: grapefruit


Question: 'He's been in the films "Sixteen Candles" & "The Breakfast Club" & the TV show "The Dead Zone"'

Answer: Anthony Michael Hall


Question: '"G" 1962:<br />He orbited the Earth for the first time on Feb. 20'

Answer: (John) Glenn


Question: 'The Sonata'

Answer: Hyundai


Question: 'Sun Yat-Sen & this leader who followed him were brothers-in-law; their wives were sisters'

Answer: Chiang Kai-shek


Question: '"Kick out" these side posts of doors & windows, from the French for "leg"'

Answer: jambs


Question: 'This phenomenon results from the accumulation of electrical charges in cumulonimbus clouds'

Answer: thunder


Question: 'In 1987 this secretary testified that she'd shredded documents for Oliver North'

Answer: Fawn Hall


Question: '"O" 8:<br />Augustus banished this Roman poet to an isolated fishing village on the Black Sea'

Answer: Ovid


Question: 'The Volare'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'With his brother Dan, this 19th c. outlaw committed a series of daring robberies in the Victoria-New South Wales borderland'

Answer: Ned Kelly


Question: 'Built in 1818, the Vulcan was one of the first ships made primarily of this metal'

Answer: iron


Question: 'In Britain's Royal Navy, it's the rank just below captain'

Answer: commander


Question: 'Scott Carpenter (1990), Pete Conrad (1993) & Sally Ride (2003) are members of this profession's Hall of Fame'

Answer: astronaut


Question: 'In this film Lt. Kaffee (Cruise) says, "I want the truth!" & Col. Jessep (Nicholson) replies, "you can't handle the truth!"'

Answer: A Few Good Men


Question: 'Afraid of blood?  Snakes?  Enclosed places?  You have one of these intense irrational fears'

Answer: phobia


Question: '70% of Albanians practice this religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'He's the troubled young narrator of "The Catcher in the Rye"'

Answer: Holden Caulfield


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads as he and Sarah hold an oversized bill at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.)  One of the last things printed is the seal of this department as it was first used under the Articles of Confederation--the seal is older than the federal government'

Answer: the Treasury Department


Question: '2004 inductees into the Hall of Fame for these include Asimo, C-3PO & Robby'

Answer: robots


Question: 'Ethan Hunt (Tom) says, "My team is dead... They knew we were coming and the disk is gone" in this 1996 thriller'

Answer: Mission: Impossible


Question: 'Ethics & logic are branches of this discipline'

Answer: philosophy


Question: 'This newish nation that's 90% ethnic Albanian is on Albania's northeast border'

Answer: Kosovo


Question: 'He oxymoronically described his 1966 book "In Cold Blood" as a "nonfiction novel"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from a printing press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.)  The color of the first ink used in printing $1 bills & the part of the sheet it goes on gives us this word that dates from 1862'

Answer: greenback


Question: 'The Natl. Women's Hall of Fame honored this 18th c. woman, "wife of one president and mother of another"'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'As Jerry Maguire, Tom tells Renee, "You complete me"; she says: "Shut up, just shut up", then this 5-word line'

Answer: "You had me at \'hello\'"


Question: 'It took nearly a hundred years, but women were finally admitted to this Greek letter society in 1875'

Answer: Phi Beta Kappa


Question: 'This European country conquered & annexed Albania in 1939'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'It was Bond, James Bond in this 1953 book, Ian Fleming's first bond novel'

Answer: Casino Royale


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.)  To foil counterfeiters, these security features are visible in the light and on either side of bills, because they're part of the paper rather than printed'

Answer: watermarks


Question: 'Wordsmith.org's hall of fame for these includes "listen=silent" & "Madam Curie= radium came"'

Answer: anagrams


Question: 'As this vampire in "Interview with the Vampire", Cruise says, "What I wouldn't give for a drop of good... Creole blood"'

Answer: Lestat


Question: 'It's the more common term for one who works as an apothecary'

Answer: a pharmacist


Question: 'Funny-named Albanian rivers include the Shkumbin, the Vjos & the Ishm, on which this capital is located'

Answer: Tirana


Question: 'In an 1869 R.D. Blackmore adventure novel, Lorna is kidnapped by this family of outlaws'

Answer: the Doones


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a press at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.)  The Bureau of Engraving and Printing uses this indirect printing technique, but not like the corner print shop: its 72-ton presses run 10,000 sheets per hour'

Answer: offset


Question: 'Floyd Holt ('06), Janice Gould ('02) & Jaime Escalante ('99) are in the Natl. this H.O.F.; we'd list them all if we could'

Answer: teachers


Question: 'Joel (Tom) tells his Princeton interviewer, "Sometimes you just gotta say, 'What the...'" in this film'

Answer: Risky Business


Question: 'In the scientific classification of organisms, it comes between kingdom & class'

Answer: phylum


Question: 'From 395 to 1204 Albania was ruled by this empire'

Answer: the Byzantine


Question: 'Walter Farley penned a series of novels about this title equine'

Answer: the Black Stallion


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C.) Sheets are forced at high pressure into the grooves of printing plates so bills are actually three-dimensional with slight rises & indentations; the process has this Italian name'

Answer: intaglio


Question: 'The singer/songwriter of this 1960s mega-hit has revealed that it was inspired by a president's daughter'

Answer: \"Sweet Caroline\"


Question: 'In 1999 Gisele Bundchen was this of the Year at the VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards'

Answer: Model


Question: 'This large barge of the Bible carried passengers in pairs'

Answer: Noah\'s Ark


Question: 'Akaka & Inouye'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Collective name for Tony's backup singers Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent'

Answer: Dawn


Question: 'Sri Lanka's port city of Colombo is near the mouth of the Kelani River on this ocean'

Answer: Indian Ocean


Question: 'Proverbially, this action "deserves another"'

Answer: one good turn


Question: 'Hollywood.com gives Golden Hitches to these previews of coming attractions'

Answer: trailers


Question: 'It can be logs lashed together or inflatable rubber'

Answer: raft


Question: 'Thurmond & Hollings'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'In 1980 Tony appeared in a Broadway production of a musical about this circus showman'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'Dating back 2,000 years, the Kelaniya Raja Mahavihara is Colombo's most prominent temple of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'This 4-word phrase means "suitable to be worn by almost everyone"'

Answer: one size fits all


Question: 'The Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership honors the late secretary of this cabinet department'

Answer: Commerce


Question: 'Take note, these large luxurious ships can hold passengers (& LPs)'

Answer: liners


Question: 'Cochran & Lott'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'In 1977 Orlando announced his retirement after the suicide of this comedian friend'

Answer: Freddie Prinze


Question: 'This political official's house in Colombo is known as "Queen's House"'

Answer: President


Question: 'This playground selection system counts closed hands as "spuds"'

Answer: "One potato, two potato..."


Question: 'The M in AMS, which gives awards for predicting the weather, stands for this 14-letter word'

Answer: Meteorological


Question: 'In the 1988 America's Cup, the Stars & Stripes, this type of ship, beat New Zealand's entry'

Answer: (racing) yacht


Question: 'Specter & Santorum'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Tony wondered about the whereabouts of this title woman in the following:'

Answer: "Sweet Gypsy Rose"


Question: 'In 1791 the city of Colombo passed to this empire that made it the capital of its crown colony of Ceylon'

Answer: Great Britain/England


Question: 'This 1954 big screener was highlighted by Marlon Brando as the leader of the "Black Rebels"'

Answer: The Wild One


Question: 'In 1979 Philip Johnson was the first winner of the Pritzker Prize in this field'

Answer: Architecture


Question: 'This 19th century speedy, sharp-bowed, fully rigged sailing ship sounds like it went to Barber-y Coast School'

Answer: clipper


Question: 'Grassley & Harkin'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'In the early '90s Tony moved to this Missouri city where he opened his own theater'

Answer: Branson


Question: 'Traders from this Iberian nation arrived in Colombo in the 16th c. & built a fort to protect their spice trade'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'In a No. 1 R&B hit from 1978, Funkadelic celebrated this "under a groove"'

Answer: "One Nation"


Question: 'In 1921 this Swiss psychiatrist developed his famous inkblot test'

Answer: Hermann Rorschach


Question: 'Horse-loving Princess Anne'

Answer: Prince Philip


Question: 'Introduced into New Zealand in 1906, this fruit was named for the country's national symbol'

Answer: Kiwi fruit


Question: 'Who could forget Demi Moore as Hester Prynne in this 1995 film?'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: '"I don't say he's a great man.  Willy Loman never made a lot of money"'

Answer: Arthur Miller (Death of a Salesman)


Question: 'This drug-addled big screener from 1987 was based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel'

Answer: Less than Zero


Question: 'During a cruise Harold Vanderbilt perfected the "contract" form of this game'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'Tricia Cox'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'The Holy Ghost flower, an orchid, is the national flower of this long, narrow Central American nation'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Al Pacino couldn't see but he sure could tango in this 1992 film'

Answer: Scent of a Woman


Question: '"WEAF presents Dinner at Brighton Beach starring the Jacob Jerome family..."'

Answer: Neil Simon (Brighton Beach Memoirs)


Question: 'Sappho's birthplace'

Answer: Lesbos


Question: 'Awarded a Pulitzer Prize for "Arrowsmith", he said no thanks'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'Ilyasah & Attallah Shabazz'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'This spice comes from the membrane that covers the nutmeg seed kernel'

Answer: Mace


Question: '"They stole his mind, now he wants it back" was a tagline for this Arnold Schwarzenegger film'

Answer: Total Recall


Question: '"I think you ought to know, Doolittle, that Mr. Higgins's intentions are entirely honorable"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw (Pygmalion)


Question: 'This country of southern Africa was formerly known as Basutoland'

Answer: Lesotho


Question: 'Expelled from the Communist Party in 1927, he was deported to Turkey in 1929 & later moved to Mexico'

Answer: Leon Trotsky


Question: 'Actress Angelina Jolie'

Answer: Jon Voight


Question: 'By definition, this branch of botany studies fossil plants'

Answer: paleobotany


Question: 'John Travolta was the perfect candidate for this 1998 movie based on a book by "Anonymous"'

Answer: Primary Colors


Question: '"Good-by, good-by world.  Good-by Grover's Corners... Mama and Papa.  Good-by to clocks ticking..."'

Answer: Thornton Wilder (Our Town)


Question: 'She's the towering Olympic & WNBA standout seen here:'

Answer: Lisa Leslie


Question: 'Some dispute it but Floyd Bennett & this man claimed to have been first to fly over the North Pole in May 1926'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: 'Tennis star Alexandra Stevenson'

Answer: Julius Erving


Question: 'In 1742 he became professor of botany at Upsala, Sweden'

Answer: Carl Linnaeus


Question: 'In this 1990 film Robin Williams played a doctor who was able to rouse a group of catatonic patients'

Answer: Awakenings


Question: '"Gimme a whiskey--ginger ale on the side.  And don't be stingy, baby"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill (Anna Christie)


Question: 'Group name for the islands that extend from Puerto Rico to the northeast coast of South America'

Answer: Lesser Antilles


Question: 'It's the second-shortest month in most of the U.S., beating out the third-shortest months by one hour'

Answer: April


Question: 'The most famous "rough" type of this dog is undoubtely Lassie - rough, rough!'

Answer: Collie


Question: 'On an outing to a baseball game, you'll usually see this number of innings'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Percy Shelley wrote his lyrical drama "Hellas" in this city, known for its leaning tower'

Answer: Pisa


Question: 'National Grandparents Day is celebrated in September on the first Sunday after this holiday'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'This British river flows through the Bard's birthplace'

Answer: Avon


Question: 'King John's failure to honor this document in 1215 led to a rebellion by the barons'

Answer: Magna Carta


Question: 'One of the first of these cats in the United States was given to Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes by the consul in Bangkok'

Answer: Siamese


Question: 'Winks in a catnap or days in Lent'

Answer: 40


Question: 'In 1922 this Illinois poet published a collection called "Slabs of the Sunburnt West"'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'In 1995 it occurred on April 16th; in 1996 it will occur on April 7th'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'The land between these two rivers, now known in part as Al-Jazira, was once Mesopotamia'

Answer: Tigris & Euphrates


Question: 'Her 63-year reign over England was the longest of any British monarch'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'This terrier with a vulpine name may be smooth-haired or wire-haired'

Answer: fox terrier


Question: 'Number of stars in the Big Dipper; it's two less than the number of stars that made up "The Hollywood Squares"'

Answer: 7


Question: 'This lord's 1879 poem "The Defence of Lucknow" concerns the Sepoy Rebellion'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'In Canada & Great Britain it's usually the day following Christmas'

Answer: Boxing Day


Question: 'The Chagres River supplies some of the water that operates this canal's locks'

Answer: Panama Canal


Question: 'The title "Defender of the Faith" was first bestowed upon this king in 1521 by Pope Leo X'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Most of these Myanmar cats are descended from a female named Wong Mau'

Answer: Burmese


Question: 'A dodecahedron has this many faces, one for every letter in its name'

Answer: 12


Question: 'William Wordsworth's poem about this Haitian begins "Toussaint, the most unhappy Man of Men!"'

Answer: Toussaint L\'Ouverture


Question: 'In 1789 it became the first U.S. holiday designated by presidential proclamation'

Answer: Thanksgiving Day


Question: 'In April of 1862, David Farragut ordered his fleet up this river'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'The Treaty of Bretigny in 1360 brought a brief period of peace during this war'

Answer: Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'The French call this dog la caniche'

Answer: Poodle


Question: 'On a telephone, the letters GHI go with this number'

Answer: 4


Question: 'She wrote "The Rhyme of the Duchess May" & her husband wrote "My Last Duchess"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'This Jewish holiday is also known as the Feast of Lots'

Answer: Purim


Question: 'The ancient Roman Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, now Cologne, Germany, is on this river'

Answer: Rhine


Question: 'In the 1560s, Richard Davies, Bishop of St. David's, helped translate the New Testament into this language'

Answer: Welsh


Question: 'His "Maple Leaf Rag", the most famous instrumental rag, was composed in 1899'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'This Kansas City-based greeting card company began marketing Christmas ornaments in the 1970s'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: 'She's Jackie Joyner-Kersee's famous sister-in-law'

Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner


Question: 'It's putting off until tomorrow what you could have done three weeks ago'

Answer: Procrastination


Question: 'On August 9, 1974, he became the first U.S. president to resign'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Sauterne is a sweet white wine named for a district in this country's Bordeaux region'

Answer: France


Question: 'This composer of "The Four Seasons" wrote 46 operas, but only 21 of the scores survive'

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi


Question: 'Aluminum Company of America, popularly called this, was the first industrial user of power from Niagara Falls'

Answer: Alcoa


Question: 'In 1877 this orator was appointed marshal for the District of Columbia'

Answer: Frederick Douglass


Question: 'A William Bradford Huie novel & a Julie Andrews movie told about "The" this "of Emily"'

Answer: Americanization


Question: 'During the War of 1812 he became the first president to face enemy gunfire while in office'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Probably the most famous Dutch cheese, it contains more fat than Edam'

Answer: Gouda


Question: 'The Czech subtitle of this Dvorak symphony is "Z noveho sveta"'

Answer: "New World Symphony"


Question: 'In 1983 this Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer opened Sam's Wholesale Club warehouse chain'

Answer: Wal-Mart


Question: 'In 1995 Ron Kirk was elected the first black mayor of this Texas city'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'A magician with nimble fingers'

Answer: Prestidigitator


Question: 'This 5th president was the 1st to serve previously as a U.S. senator'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'This soft cheese found in Greek salad is made from the milk of sheep or goats'

Answer: Feta


Question: 'This "Creation" composer's last 12 symphonies, nos. 93-104, are known as "The London Symphonies"'

Answer: Franz Joseph Haydn


Question: 'This company first marketed tires under the Allstate brand; insurance followed in 1931'

Answer: Sears Roebuck


Question: 'This author of "Jazz" & "Tar Baby" was the first black American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'It's any drug that makes veins or arteries narrow'

Answer: Vasoconstrictor


Question: 'In 1835 he became the first & only president to pay off the national debt'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Liebfraumilch is a fine Rhine wine named for a church in this city, Martin Luther's "diet" site'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'In 1809, Princes Kinsky & Lobkowitz & Archduke Rudolf guaranteed him an income if he'd remain in Vienna'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'In April of 1995 this beverage company agreed to buy 80% of MCA, Inc. from Matsushita'

Answer: Seagram\'s


Question: 'The "Voice of Harlem"; he served in the House of Representatives from 1945-67 & 1969-1970'

Answer: Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.


Question: 'From German myth, it means "Twilight of the Gods"'

Answer: Gotterdammerung


Question: 'This 20th century president was the first to visit Europe while in office'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'This pungent Italian cheese with blue-green veins goes well with a hearty red wine'

Answer: Gorgonzola


Question: 'DNA from Prince Philip helped prove that Anna Anderson-Manahan was not this woman, as she had claimed'

Answer: Anastasia


Question: 'From his time as a hunter of them in the Old West, it was the animal in the nickname of William F. Cody'

Answer: a buffalo


Question: 'University of Michigan QB Denard Robinson, who runs a 10.4 100 meters, is known for never tying these'

Answer: his shoes


Question: '"The Deerslayer" was the last written, but first chronologically, of his "Leatherstocking Tales"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'It's illegal in the European Union to manufacture energy-gobbling 100-watt incandescent these'

Answer: lightbulbs


Question: 'On enlisting in the U.S. Army, a soldier swears to defend this document "against all enemies, foreign and domestic"'

Answer: the U.S. Constitution


Question: '"Jesus loves me" is this, a sacred song<br />(4 letters)'

Answer: H-Y-M-N


Question: 'Famous for their yell, these Indians would attack during the full moon in August or September'

Answer: the Comanche


Question: 'In 2008 gymnast Shawn Johnson kept her equilibrium & got Olympic gold in this event'

Answer: the balance beam


Question: 'In this J.D. Salinger novel, the main character asks a cab driver where the Central Park ducks go in the winter'

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'This gas whose molecules have 3 oxygen atoms is a pollutant close to Earth, a protector higher up'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'These people led by Genghis Khan swore a blood-sealed oath called the Anda'

Answer: the Mongols


Question: 'A section of ice, flatter than a berg, that breaks off from a pack<br />(4 letters)'

Answer: F-L-O-E


Question: 'Starting around 1830, thousands of pioneers came west on this trail that bears the name of a West Coast state'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question: 'Tennis star Andy Roddick didn't make the Sports Illustrated cover in 2010, but this model wife of his did'

Answer: Brooklyn Decker


Question: 'In this Hemingway story, a fisherman named Santiago was once an arm wrestler known as "El Campeon"'

Answer: The Old Man and the Sea


Question: 'In 2009, Band-e-Amir became war-weary Afghanistan's first national this'

Answer: a park


Question: 'The pledge written for this kids' sporting organization ends, "Win or lose I will always do my best"'

Answer: Little League Baseball


Question: 'Dreadful; it comes before "consequences", & also means "to say" in French<br />(4 letters)'

Answer: D-I-R-E


Question: 'In 1851 James Savage became the first white man to enter this Calif. valley, now the site of a national park'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'Abby Wambach is the offensive powerhouse on the USA's national team in this sport'

Answer: Women\'s soccer


Question: 'His 1988 book "A Different Kind of Christmas" was based on a story outline for the TV film "Roots: The Gift"'

Answer: Alex Haley


Question: 'This word means catching an unsustainably high number of tuna & cod'

Answer: overfishing


Question: 'From the 16th to the 19th century, British office holders had to swear that they were members of this church'

Answer: the Anglican Church


Question: 'Before, in olden days, it meant before<br />(3 letters)'

Answer: E-R-E


Question: 'In 1659, 2 French traders made the first white contact with Sioux Indians when they ventured west of this Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Superior


Question: 'Anastasia Davydova & Anastasia Ermakova are one of the greatest ever duos in this aquatic event'

Answer: synchronized swimming


Question: 'The manuscript for "Billy Budd" was found among his papers & published in 1924, 33 years after his death'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'The EPA declared a public health emergency at the mining town of Libby, Montana due to fibers of this'

Answer: asbestos


Question: 'Its traditional version states, "I will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick"'

Answer: the Hippocratic Oath


Question: 'You turn wood to shape it on this machine<br />(5 letters)'

Answer: L-A-T-H-E


Question: '"Be Our Guest" & come audition for the lead role of belle in this musical'

Answer: Beauty and the Beast


Question: 'Blair Brown,<br />Joshua Jackson'

Answer: Fringe


Question: 'A hiccup is a sudden involuntary contraction of this skeletal muscle, a major muscle used in breathing'

Answer: the diaphragm


Question: 'Frederick Banting was just 32 when he shared the Medicine Prize for discovering this hormone that treats diabetes'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'Led by a man professing to be Jesus' brother, the Taiping Rebellion roiled this nation in the 19th century'

Answer: China


Question: 'This musical instrument usually has 6 strings'

Answer: a guitar


Question: 'Win the role of Elphaba in this musical & your friends will be green with envy'

Answer: Wicked


Question: 'Jennette McCurdy,<br />Nathan Kress'

Answer: iCarly


Question: 'This membrane, the partition between the external & middle ear, vibrates in response to sound waves'

Answer: the ear drum (or typmanic membrane)


Question: 'In their early 30s, Betty Williams & Mairead Corrigan won the 1976 Peace Prize for trying to end strife in this U.K. country'

Answer: Northern Ireland


Question: 'The U.S. fought a war in this Asian country where a nationalist Communist army had earlier fought the French'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'It's a feeling of resentment; you may "hold one" against someone who wronged you'

Answer: a grudge


Question: 'Looking for over-achievers to play Chip, Schwarzy, Coneybear & Barfee in "the 25th Annual Putnam County" this'

Answer: Spelling Bee


Question: 'Tom Welling,<br />Erica Durance'

Answer: Smallville


Question: 'The rounded head of one bone fits into the cuplike cavity of another bone in this type of joint'

Answer: a ball & socket joint


Question: 'What a family!  This husband-&-wife team were 44 & 36 when they won in 1903; their son-in-law & daughter won aged 35 & 38'

Answer: the Curies (Pierre & Marie)


Question: 'Japan's Satsuma Rebellion of the 1870s was the last attempt by this warrior class to regain its privileges'

Answer: the samurai


Question: 'A South American cowboy of the pampas, usually of mixed Spanish & Indian ancestry'

Answer: a gaucho


Question: 'Don't bother auditioning to play the title character in this 1952 Beckett play; he's a no-show'

Answer: Waiting for Godot


Question: 'Jensen Ackles,<br />Jared Padalecki'

Answer: Supernatural


Question: 'Leukocytes also have this 3-word name'

Answer: white blood cells


Question: 'This 31-year-old won for the creation of quantum mechanics & not for his uncertainty principle'

Answer: Heisenberg


Question: 'A joint North-South declaration in 2000 began a new move for the reunification of this Asian peninsula'

Answer: the Korean Peninsula


Question: 'The Greek word for milk gives us this word for a large feature of the skies'

Answer: galaxy


Question: 'It's Salem, 1692 & we're having a witch hunt to cast John & Elizabeth Proctor & Abigail Williams in this Arthur Miller play'

Answer: The Crucible


Question: 'Robert Buckley,<br />James Lafferty'

Answer: One Tree Hill


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  When swallowing, the soft palate is raised to keep food from entering the nasal cavity, & this flap of cartilage moves to prevent food from entering the trachea'

Answer: the epiglottis


Question: 'Konstantin Novoselov, 36, shared the 2010 Physics Prize for his work on graphene, a form of this element'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'Political parties in this island country called Formosa by the Portuguese have asserted its de facto autonomy in recent years'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'This root is seen here'

Answer: ginger


Question: 'Jack Odell gave his child a tiny vehicle to bring to school inside one of these items, & a toy brand name was born'

Answer: a matchbox


Question: 'Called ros caelestis, or "heavenly dew", it was the chief sweetener of ancient times'

Answer: honey


Question: 'On Sept. 26, 1981 he hurled his record-breaking 5th no-hit game; he went on to pitch 2 more in his career'

Answer: Nolan Ryan


Question:
'1975:
I'm wefuhwing to this cwazy cwitter, heheheh'

Answer: a rabbit (or a wabbit)


Question: 'This Great Lake is the lowest in elevation & the only one of the 5 sharing its name with a province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'This Chevy car is perfectly ship-shape'

Answer: a Corvette


Question: 'Snow White's only beardless dwarf'

Answer: Dopey


Question: 'Myron's Discobolus statue shows a man doing this, not dancing'

Answer: throwing a discus


Question: 'This Cincinnati Red had more career at-bats than any other player, 14,053; that's one reason for all those hits'

Answer: Pete Rose


Question: '1900: <br />It's slang for an informer'

Answer: a rat


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew points to a map of Southern California on the monitor that zooms in on a central region.)  This world-famous area within Los Angeles is also an adjective meaning flashy or glamorous'

Answer: Hollywood


Question: 'I think we can all agree on this Honda'

Answer: an Accord


Question: 'Oh, waiter!  Contact Hades & have them ship in a serving of this rich, dark chocolate cake'

Answer: devil\'s food


Question: 'Julius Caesar said this region was divided into 3 parts; Augustus divided it into 4, including Aquitania'

Answer: Gaul


Question: 'In 2004 this Seattle Mariner had 262 hits, breaking an 84-year-old record'

Answer: Ichiro


Question: '1965:<br />A wirepuller, or a treacherous person, as in "a low-down, dirty..."'

Answer: a snake


Question: 'We're sure the Berkshires are a chain of hills centered in the western part of this state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This Ford model created quite a storm in North America'

Answer: a Thunderbird


Question: 'The international road vehicle sticker of this nation is seen here'

Answer: Denmark


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Nile in Egypt.)  The mud deposited by the Nile made ancient Egypt "kemet", black land; the desert was "deshret", meaning this'

Answer: red land


Question: 'In 2003 this Atlanta Braves pitcher set a record by winning at least 15 games for the 16th straight season'

Answer: Greg Maddux


Question: '1940:<br />A Tom Clancy novel in 2000 was called "The Bear and" this beast'

Answer: the Dragon


Question: 'These largest cities of Michigan & Iowa were both given French names'

Answer: Detroit & Des Moines


Question: 'It would take many of this Nissan model to reach its limit'

Answer: a Maxima


Question: 'Until 1971 college students could get these delays of military service & avoid Vietnam'

Answer: deferments


Question: 'The Epigoni were the sons of the "7 against" this city who later succeeded where their dads had failed'

Answer: Thebes


Question: 'While with the Rockies, this outfielder became the first Canadian-born major leaguer to collect 2,000 hits'

Answer: Larry Walker


Question: '1980:<br />Proverbially, you can have one of these on your back, or make one of these out of someone'

Answer: a monkey


Question: 'Many Oregon Trail trekkers set out from this Missouri city, the trail's eastern terminus'

Answer: Independence


Question: 'This Volkswagen model is a real sport'

Answer: a Golf


Question: 'It's the technical name for a 12-sided solid figure'

Answer: a dodecahedron


Question: '1,6-diaminohexane & hexanedioic acid mix to make this polymer popular in stockings'

Answer: nylon


Question: 'This heartthrob has starred as Lt. Zac on "Battlestar Galactica" & Dr. Noah Drake on "General Hospital"'

Answer: Rick Springfield


Question: 'This state entered the Union on Sept. 9, 1850, becoming at the time the second-largest state in area'

Answer: California


Question: 'Yuban says it's 100% this type of coffee'

Answer: Colombian


Question: 'A 1921 poem by Vachel Lindsay was "In Praise of" this wandering planter'

Answer: Johnny Appleseed


Question: '1970s bodybuilding documentary & Avengers member whose secret identity is Tony Stark'

Answer: Pumping Iron Man


Question: 'In 1856 Sir William Perkin made the first synthetic one of these; he produced mauve while trying to make quinine'

Answer: dye


Question: 'His friendship with Robin Williams landed him a part as Robin's son on "Mork & Mindy"'

Answer: Jonathan Winters


Question: 'In 1851 this actor played his first major role when he replaced his father Junius as Richard III at the National Theatre'

Answer: Edwin Booth


Question: 'This breakfast cereal is "kid-tested, mother-approved"'

Answer: Kix


Question: 'The Phillips Exeter Academy was the model for the Steering School in his "The World According to Garp"'

Answer: John Irving


Question: '1991 Madonna pic highlighting her "Blond Ambition" tour in which she fights crime as a blind Marvel acrobat'

Answer: Truth or Daredevil


Question: 'These electron energy layers surrounding an atom's nucleus are labeled K, L, M, N, O, etc.'

Answer: shells


Question: 'This German actress & model starred opposite Inspector Clouseau in "A Shot in the Dark"'

Answer: Elke Sommer


Question: 'Popularized by Horace Greeley, this 4-word phrase is often credited to an 1851 editorial by John Soule'

Answer: "Go West, young man"


Question: 'This Copenhagen-based beer brand became purveyors to the Royal Danish Court in 1904'

Answer: Carlsberg


Question: 'He regained paradise with 2nd wife Katharine & mourned her in "Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint"'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'Whitman "Leaves of Grass" poetic entry that, with patriotic shield in hand, battles the Red Skull'

Answer: "O Captain!  My Captain! America"


Question: 'Dextran, starch & glycogen are examples of these, meaning "many sugars"'

Answer: polysaccharides


Question: 'Lee Majors made a name for himself after "The 6 Million Dollar Man" playing Colt Seavers on this action series'

Answer: The Fall Guy


Question: 'On August 22, 1851 this U.S. yacht defeated 14 British vessels in a race around the Isle of Wight'

Answer: the America


Question: 'This candy-coated gum brand is named for a substance used to make gum'

Answer: Chiclets


Question: 'He dedicated his "Endymion" to Thomas Chatterton, a poet who killed himself at the age of 17'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'Flubberific Fred MacMurray film that leads the X-Men, albeit from his wheelchair'

Answer: The Absent-Minded Professor X


Question: 'This Frenchman known for his oxygen theory of combustion wrote the first modern chemistry textbook in 1789'

Answer: Lavoisier


Question: 'This actress from "The Poseidon Adventure" & "A Patch of Blue" passed away in January 2006'

Answer: Shelley Winters


Question: 'In 1852 this hero of Verzcruz in the Mexican War was nominated by the Whig party as its presidential candidate'

Answer: Winfield Scott


Question: 'An animated Santa glides over the snow in a rotary razor in classic holiday ads for this brand'

Answer: Norelco


Question: 'In Spanish his bestseller is "Los Hombres Son de Marte, las Mujeres Son de Venus"'

Answer: John Gray


Question: 'Judas' named biblical betrayal price was hanging ten & being confined to Earth by Galactus, the planet eater'

Answer: 30 pieces of Silver Surfer


Question: '2 of 3 European Union member nations whose names are only one syllable in English'

Answer: (2 of) France, Greece, & Spain


Question: 'Chamber Live, an interactive addition to this scary part of Madame Tussaud's, is unsuitable for the very nervous'

Answer: Chamber of Horrors


Question: 'Over to Elmo, who reports on the "Tickle Me Satchmo" doll honoring this "Hello, Dolly!" musician'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: '3 types of these are gas, electric & convection'

Answer: ovens


Question: 'On January 20, 1980<br />103,985 fans packed into this Pasadena stadium for Super Bowl XIV, the largest Super Bowl crowd ever'

Answer: the Rose Bowl


Question: 'In 2003 controversy erupted after Redbook magazine used a composite photo of her on its July cover'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'Another name for a handbag or purse'

Answer: a pocketbook


Question: 'You may want to "seek" this London park named for the Abbot of Westminster's manor'

Answer: Hyde Park


Question: 'Longtime roommates Bert & Ernie interview these 2 characters played by Lemmon & Matthau in 1968'

Answer: Felix Unger & Oscar Madison


Question: '3 basic types of this ingredient are table, Kosher & sea'

Answer: salt


Question: 'While with the 49ers, this receiver set single game records for most yards (215), receptions (11) & points (18)'

Answer: Jerry Rice


Question: 'She's also buried (sorry, entombed) at Riverside Dr. & 122nd St.'

Answer: Julia Grant


Question: 'One who accepts & pays off bets'

Answer: a bookie (or bookmaker)


Question: 'The Chelsea district begins at this square famous in the '80s for its "Rangers"'

Answer: Sloane


Question: 'Next, Cookie Monster gets up close & personal with the "Head Baker & Spokes-Elf" of this company'

Answer: Keebler


Question: '3 basic sugar types are granulated, brown & this one named for a profession'

Answer: confectioner\'s


Question: 'The only no-loss team to reach the Super Bowl, they won Super Bowl VII & finished with a perfect 17-0 record'

Answer: the Miami Dolphins


Question: 'This woman wed a diplomat after WWII, moved to Paris & went on to the Cordon Bleu School & TV fame'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'Used in preparation of copy for publication, it contains rules for punctuation & typography'

Answer: a stylebook


Question: 'A raven that escaped from this historic site in 1981 was last seen at a pub called the Rose & Punchbowl'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'In "Gonzo's Book Corner", our blue man snoop reviews this gonzo journalist's "Great Shark Hunt"'

Answer: Hunter S. Thompson


Question: '3 basic types of this ingredient are all-purpose, cake & bread'

Answer: flour


Question: 'This Panthers QB's 85-yard pass to Muhsin Muhammad on Feb. 1, 2004 was the Super Bowl's longest ever play from scrimmage'

Answer: Jake Delhomme


Question: 'To this writer seen here, we say, "Glory! Glory! Hallelujah"'

Answer: Julia Ward Howe


Question: 'In an 1895 speech he accepted some segregation in his "Atlanta Compromise"'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'This fashionable London district is so-named for the markets & festivities once held there in the first week of May'

Answer: Mayfair


Question: 'Hi ho, this CNN Finance host who replaced Willow Bay in 2001 here, sitting in for Kermit the anchorfrog'

Answer: Lou Dobbs


Question: '3 basic types of milk are fresh, sweetened condensed & this one that sounds like it's no longer there'

Answer: evaporated


Question: 'The Super Bowl's MVP Award is named for this man who served as the NFL's Commissioner from 1960 to 1989'

Answer: Pete Rozelle


Question: 'In a smart move, he arranged a marriage between his daughter Julia & Pompey the Great'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'William the Conqueror's census of 11th century England'

Answer: the Domesday Book


Question: 'Ants are descended from these narrow-waisted stinging insects'

Answer: wasps


Question: '2003:<br />Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez'

Answer: Gigli


Question: 'Every cloud has a silver lining, but not every driver has a Silver Cloud, launched by this co. in 1955'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'This "Where Are You Now, My Son" singer was noted for her anti-income tax & anti-war protests'

Answer: Joan Baez


Question: 'Ahoy! This symbol of a cereal is the commander of the S.S. Guppy'

Answer: Cap\'n Crunch


Question: 'Masterly concern of an MC'

Answer: ceremonies


Question: 'At 5/8" in length, the Gallinipper is one of the largest of these pests whose name is Spanish for "little fly"'

Answer: mosquitoes


Question: '2004:<br />Ben Stiller & Jennifer Aniston'

Answer: Along Came Polly


Question: 'The Touareg, a pastoral people of North Africa, might like to drive the Touareg made by this company'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'David Dellinger & other activists figured this event in Chicago in 1968 would make a good site for a protest'

Answer: the Democratic Natiobnal Convention


Question: 'Denmark's Gorm dynasty began with Gorm; next was Harald Bluetooth, then Sven Fork-this facial feature'

Answer: beard


Question: 'Varieties of these in a drum set include crash & ride'

Answer: cymbal


Question: 'Unlike the honey bee, this very large bee doesn't die when it stings; it can sting numerous times'

Answer: the bumblebee


Question: '2003:<br />Ben Kingsley & Jennifer Connelly'

Answer: House of Sand and Fog


Question: 'The 1948 Torpedo sedan was built by this unconventional automaker played on film by Jeff Bridges'

Answer: (Preston) Tucker


Question: 'Senator J. William Fulbright said his sponsorship of this resolution was one of his biggest political mistakes'

Answer: the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution


Question: 'When Billy Batson said this word, he got the wisdom of Solomon & the speed of Mercury'

Answer: Shazam


Question: 'n 1950 Chuck Cooper became the first African American drafted by an NBA team, this one'

Answer: Celtics


Question: '<u>Acheta domesticus</u>, the house species of this, is the one "on the hearth" in literature'

Answer: the cricket


Question: '2003:<br />Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner'

Answer: Daredevil


Question: 'In 2004, just in time for spring break, Chrysler introduced a convertible version of this cruisemobile'

Answer: the P.T. Cruiser


Question: 'This former New York Times journalist's Vietnam books include "The Best and the Brightest" & "Ho"'

Answer: David Halberstam


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks a dog at Yale University)
Handsome Dan is number 15 in the line of Yale mascots, including one who was cared for by this man, later Jimmy Carter's Secretary of State'

Answer: Cyrus Vance


Question: 'This island is 60 miles west of Syria & 40 miles south of Turkey'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'About 30% of all animal species are these insects which include the whirligig & weevil families'

Answer: beetles


Question: '2000:<br />Ben Affleck & Jennifer Grey'

Answer: Bounce


Question: 'Said to be Elvis' favorite of all his cars, a 1973 Blackhawk made by this company is on display at Graceland'

Answer: Stutz


Question: 'This man who often faced Kissinger across the bargaining table died in Hanoi in October 1990'

Answer: Le Duc Tho


Question: 'In 1937 Fred Noonan disappeared along with this person'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'The most abundant of the rare-earth metals, it has the chemical symbol Ce'

Answer: cerium


Question: 'In 1582 the man born Ugo Buoncompagni proclaimed this solar dating system still used today'

Answer: the Gregorian calendar


Question: 'In 1881 she founded the American Red Cross'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'On Jan. 30, 1969 the Beatles gave their last public performance on the roof of this record company's London offices'

Answer: Apple Records


Question: 'The Buddha was born in the kingdom of the Sakyas on the border of present-day Nepal & this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'The brown type of this rodent is known by many names including house, sewer & Norway'

Answer: Rat


Question: 'Paprika is an essential ingredient in this popular Hungarian stew, whose name is short for "herdsman's meat"'

Answer: Goulash


Question: 'Parton's streetcars'

Answer: Dolly\'s trolleys


Question: 'In May 1889 more than 2,000 lives were lost when a dam burst & flooded this Pennsylvania city'

Answer: Johnstown


Question: 'This leader of the Miracles named his daughter Tamla after Berry Gordy Jr.'s first record label'

Answer: Smokey Robinson


Question: 'Until he admitted his aunt, Buddha refused to allow these people into his community'

Answer: Women


Question: 'Paradichlorobenzene crystals are used to control these fabric-eating insects'

Answer: Moths


Question: 'In 1867 Hungary & this country established a dual monarchy that lasted until the end of World War I'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Seinfeld's fruits'

Answer: Jerry\'s cherries/berries


Question: 'While in London in 1886, Liszt gave a private concert for this queen'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'RCA stands for this'

Answer: Radio Corporation of America


Question: 'The World Peace Pagoda in this city also called Yangon was built to mark 2,500 years of Buddhism'

Answer: Rangoon


Question: 'Dog eczema is usually associated with the presence of these pests'

Answer: Fleas


Question: 'The Hungarians call this river the Duna'

Answer: Danube


Question: 'Jay's secretaries'

Answer: Leno\'s stenos


Question: 'Built for the Home Insurance Co., the first skyscraper was constructed in this U.S. city 1883-85'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'In 1952 Sam Phillips founded this Memphis label to record R&B & country artists'

Answer: Sun Records


Question: 'This name given to the Buddha at birth means "goal reached", as Hermann Hesse probably knew'

Answer: Siddhartha


Question: 'The black fire species of this insect was introduced to the United States from South America'

Answer: Ants


Question: 'In 1982 Hungary joined this organization, the IMF, which arranges economic aid to its members'

Answer: International Monetary Fund


Question: 'Diane's attorneys'

Answer: Sawyer\'s lawyers


Question: 'In 1883 she wrote "The New Colossus" to help raise funds for the Statue of Liberty'

Answer: Emma Lazarus


Question: 'In 1962 Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss founded Carnival Records, later renamed this'

Answer: A&M Records


Question: 'At age 29 Buddha had this many visions, later the number of Buddhism's noble truths'

Answer: 4


Question: 'When their population soars the crown-of-thorns type of this sea creature can damage coral reefs'

Answer: Starfish


Question: 'This ethnic group makes up at least 95% of Hungary's population'

Answer: Magyars


Question: 'Sajak's Siameses'

Answer: Pat\'s cats


Question: 'Features of this Kentucky park include the Frozen Niagara & Alice's Grotto'

Answer: Mammoth Cave


Question: 'In 1934 he assumed the title Fuhrer & chancellor of Germany'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'As a student, film composer Nino Rota based an opera on this Dane's fairy tale "The Prince And The Swineherd"'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'When this Tudor king died in 1547 he had circulatory disorders & a leg ulcer'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'This Belgian created by Agatha Christie became a sleuth after retiring from the police force'

Answer: Hercule Poirot


Question: 'It's believed to be an abbreviation for "Oll Korrect"'

Answer: "OK"


Question: 'The bathhouses on Bathhouse Row in this Arkansas park were modeled on those in Europe'

Answer: Hot Springs


Question: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine was queen consort of this country before becoming queen consort of England'

Answer: France


Question: 'American composer Robert Ward based a 1961 opera on this author's famous play "The Crucible"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Tried since the 17th C., blood transfusions were mostly unsuccessful until these were discovered'

Answer: Blood types


Question: 'The high spirited Alexandra Bergson is the heroine of this author's "O Pioneers!"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'The name of this forecast prepared by an astrologer is from the Greek for "hour watcher"'

Answer: Horoscope


Question: 'In 1963 & 1964 the Park Service reintroduced 53 bison into this South Dakota park'

Answer: Badlands


Question: 'This empire existed from Christmas Day 800 until August 6, 1806, when Francis II dissolved it'

Answer: Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'When Torroba's opera "El Poeta" premiered in 1980, this Spanish tenor played the title role'

Answer: Placido Domingo


Question: 'Anthelmintic drugs are also called vermifuges because they destroy these'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'In a novel by this man, Annie Wilkes punishes Paul Sheldon for killing literary heroine Misery Chastain'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'LASER & MASER are examples of this type of word formed from the first letters of a series of words'

Answer: Acronym


Question: 'To visit Jackson Hole, Wyoming, travel to this national park south of Yellowstone'

Answer: Grand Teton


Question: 'James Connnolly & Patrick Pearse were among those executed for leading this April 1916 rebellion'

Answer: Easter Rebellion


Question: 'The 1995 bestseller "The Hot Zone" chronicles this virus' near-outbreak in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Ebola virus


Question: 'Tessie Hutchinson draws the unlucky ticket in this enigmatic Shirley Jackson story'

Answer: "The Lottery"


Question: 'Meaning shapely or desirably plump, the word "zaftig" comes from this language'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'The Great White Throne, a flat-topped monolith, rises about 2,400 feet above this Utah park's canyon floor'

Answer: Zion


Question: 'In 1927 the 2nd Treaty of Tirana established a 20-year defensive alliance between Italy & this country'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'Discovered in 1928, it kills gonococci, meningococci & streptococci'

Answer: Penicillin


Question: 'In "To Kill A Mockingbird", his defense of Tom Robinson causes his children to be harassed by classmates'

Answer: Atticus Finch


Question: 'Spelled one way it refers to an artillery weapon; spelled another way, it's an ecclesiastical rule'

Answer: Cannon/Canon


Question: 'Nicknamed for the sport their children play, they were part of the swing vote in 1996'

Answer: \"Soccer Moms\"


Question: 'Born in Shrewsbury Feb. 12, 1809, Charles Darwin was sent at 16 to study medicine in this Scottish city'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'I Won't Back ___<br />On The Corner'

Answer: Down


Question: '"There's a" variety of this brand of eye lubricant "for that" or if you prefer the old slogan, "It gets the red out"'

Answer: Visine


Question: 'The 42,000 square miles of this country are dotted with Mayan ruins'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'Somebody paid $2,000 for an "18th century" kit for killing these; contents included hammer, stakes & a crucifix'

Answer: vampires


Question: 'Will someone pass me the bag of crisps--I have a hankering for this snack'

Answer: potato chips


Question: 'Born in Kentucky Feb.12, 1809, Abe Lincoln lived from age 7 to 21 in this state before the move to Illinois'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Born To Be ____<br />Thing'

Answer: Wild


Question: 'Hershey's boasts that these cups are the No. 1 selling candy in America'

Answer: Reese\'s Peanut Butter Cups


Question: 'This country in Transcaucasia was in the news in 2008 fighting a much bigger nation'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'A Colo. woman paid $455 for water from a cup this guy drank from in 1977; he left the building soon after'

Answer: Elvis


Question: 'If mum takes little Alistair to a childminder, he's going to what Americans would call this type of "center"'

Answer: a day care center


Question: 'It's what Lincoln called his youngest & favorite son, Thomas; it can also mean "a little bit"'

Answer: Tad


Question:
'Blowing Kisses
In The ____
Beneath My Wings'

Answer: Wind


Question: 'In the classic ad jingle, these hot dogs are even enjoyed by kids with chickenpox'

Answer: Armour hot dogs


Question: 'Hagatna is the capital of this U.S. island in the North Pacific'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Now that's recycling! A Seattle man got a $3,850 bid for this, worn only once, that had belonged to his ex-wife'

Answer: her wedding dress


Question: 'A landlord would refer to one of these as a flat'

Answer: an apartment


Question: 'The first chapter of "On the Origin of Species" features this bird, which Darwin bred in a dovecote he built'

Answer: a pigeon


Question: 'Die Another ____<br />Tripper'

Answer: Day


Question: 'Lilac spring is among the air freshener scents "Created by nature" & "captured by" this brand'

Answer: Glade


Question: 'A country on the west coast of Africa used to be known as Spanish this; now it's Equatorial this'

Answer: Guinea


Question: 'An online casino paid $1,209 for a Dorito in the shape of this man's big pointy hat, or mitre'

Answer: the pope


Question: 'Long before it was the name of a computer, it was Brit speak for a raincoat'

Answer: a mackintosh


Question: 'Maiden name of Darwin's wife; she came from the pottery-making family & was shattered by his talk of evolution'

Answer: Wedgwood


Question: 'U Got ____ ____<br />Of Love'

Answer: The Look


Question: 'Toyota dropped this provocative name for its new Celica sports model days after a December 2004 natural disaster'

Answer: a Tsunami


Question: 'King Constantine of this Balkan country was forced from his throne in 1917 & again in 1922'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'An offer to impart this drew only 8 bids & $3.26; heck, the DVD of the 1983 Monty Python flick goes for more than that'

Answer: the meaning of life


Question: 'For sports & working out, you need a good pair of trainers, which are these'

Answer: (running) shoes


Question: 'In chap. I, Scarlett says, "I've never gotten so tired of any one word in my life as" this, "unless it's 'secession"''

Answer: war


Question: 'Broadway is going green--a lovely ogre shade of green--with the musical based on this animated 2001 film'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'A study reported in March 2008 says these siblings don't have the exact same genomic sequence, as was thought'

Answer: identical twins


Question: 'A violinist, cellist & pianist from Denmark rhymingly call themselves this "con Brio"'

Answer: a Trio


Question: 'At least 20 died & many suffered decompression sickness building this East River landmark that opened in 1883'

Answer: the Brooklyn Bridge


Question: 'Talk amongst yourselves<br />(7)'

Answer: discuss


Question: 'It was a literary trilogy, then a film trilogy, then--heavens to Gollum!--a musical that opened in Toronto in 2006'

Answer: The Lord of the Rings


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a graphic on the monitor.)  An exact copy of biological material, it can be of a DNA segment, a cell or a complete organism'

Answer: a clone


Question: 'This composer's "Musical Offering" is based on a theme given him by Frederick the Great in 1747'

Answer: Bach


Question: 'Billed as the Eighth Wonder of the World when it opened in 1965, it housed victims of Katrina in 2005'

Answer: the Astrodome


Question: 'Happy or Doc<br />(5)'

Answer: dwarf


Question: 'Timeless Irving Berlin tunes--& a snowfall--are highlights of this holiday musical based on a 1954 film'

Answer: White Christmas


Question: 'Take a swim in this term for all the possible variations of genes within an interbreeding population'

Answer: the gene pool


Question: 'Happily, he found the time to finish the "trout" quintet, heard here'

Answer: Schubert


Question: 'This D.C. landmark is 2-toned because it was partially built but lost funding for close to 15 years, until the centennial'

Answer: the Washington Monument


Question: 'Rastafarian hair style<br />(10)'

Answer: dreadlocks


Question: 'In the last chapter, Scarlett plans a return to Tara & yearns to see this woman, now her "last link with the old days"'

Answer: Mammy


Question: '"Step In Time" to see this musical set in part at 17 Cherry Tree Lane in London'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a graphic on the monitor.)  To determine a unique identifier, scientists look at patterns formed by multiple alleles in a person's DNA the process is called this, like taking inked impressions of a crime suspect'

Answer: genetic fingerprinting


Question: 'The "American" quartet is an 1893 work by this Czech composer known for his interest in the New World'

Answer: (Antonin) Dvorak


Question: 'The first official flag of the U.S. was agreed upon in this building that has also served as the city dog pound'

Answer: Independence Hall


Question: 'It puts a spin on Hanukkah<br />(7)'

Answer: a dreidel


Question: 'The first 2 men mentioned by name in the novel are these twins, recently expelled from the Univ. of Georgia'

Answer: the Tarleton twins


Question: 'Elton John wrote the music for this Broadway show in which a working-class British lad dreams of being a ballet dancer'

Answer: Billy Elliot


Question: 'The true power behind DNA & genes, this can be messenger, transfer or ribosomal'

Answer: R(ibo) N(ucleic) A(cid)


Question: 'A 1996 sonata by Lowell Lieberman is for flute & this, also a popular pairing at weddings'

Answer: a harp


Question: 'You can tour numerous Frank Lloyd Wright buildings in Oak Park in this state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: '"Sweet" Appalachian folk instrument<br />(8)'

Answer: a dulcimer


Question: 'The Air Force's C-130 "Hurricane Hunters" are the only U.S. military aircraft allowed to enter this country's airspace'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Born into Philadelphia's "High Society" in 1929, became a princess in 1956, lived happily ever after until 1982'

Answer: Princess Grace/Grace Kelly


Question: 'A strong leg & an empty container are elements in this kids' game'

Answer: kick the can


Question: 'Man in the title of the 1863 poem that says, "One, if by land, and two, if by sea"'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Geographically, it's made up of 12 nations & 2 dependencies'

Answer: South America


Question: 'He showed a flair for deadpan comedy with roles in "Airplane!" & in the "Naked Gun" films'

Answer: Leslie Nielsen


Question: 'The rain leaked in & damaged your complete video collection of this sci-fi show that aired from Sept. 1966 to Sept. 1969'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: 'Born in the West Indies in the 1750s, got involved in money matters, fatally wounded in a duel in 1804'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Foxwoods Casino, on an Indian reservation in Connecticut, claims the world's largest hall for this game'

Answer: bingo


Question: 'An 1872 ditty:<br />"'The time has come,' the walrus said, 'to talk of many things'"'

Answer: "The Walrus and the Carpenter"


Question: 'In 1891 a crab pot in San Francisco became this organization's first "kettle" for Christmas donations'

Answer: Salvation Army


Question: '"Comic Cruise to a Greek Isle" was the Washington Post's headline for its review of this 2002 romantic comedy'

Answer: My Big Fat Greek Wedding


Question: 'You're called the office "Beta Geek" instead of this higher position indicating the most tech-smart person there'

Answer: "Alpha Geek"


Question: 'Turned on in 1920, tuned in to LSD in the '60s, dropped out in 1996'

Answer: Dr. Timothy Leary


Question: 'Nepal hosts the championships of the elephant version of this game that's usually played on horseback'

Answer: polo


Question: '"Water, water, everywhere; nor any drop to drink" says this 1798 poem'

Answer: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"


Question: 'A founding member of OPEC'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Zach Braff plays medical intern John "J.D." Dorian on this NBC sitcom'

Answer: Scrubs


Question: 'Nodding off at 9 P.M., you missed the 10:00 CNN interview with this Microsoft chairman'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'Born in England in 1919, formed a famous partnership with Nureyev, died a dame in 1991'

Answer: Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'Bandai introduced this society of monsters in cards & toys to compete with Pokemon'

Answer: Digimon


Question: 'A 1667 work:<br />"Of man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree"'

Answer: "Paradise Lost"


Question: 'It's not my fault, it's a 600-mile geologic fault zone stretching from southern to northern California'

Answer: San Andreas Fault


Question: 'According to a title of a Fox sitcom, this guy "Controls the Universe"'

Answer: Andy Richter


Question: 'You wanted to eat while in the Xena chat room but your packet of these "Top" noodles from Nissin is gone!'

Answer: Top Ramen


Question: 'Born in Kenya in 1903, married Mary in 1936, dead & buried in 1972'

Answer: Louis Leakey


Question: 'Like many real 18th century gents, fictional Horatio Hornblower enjoys this card game related to bridge'

Answer: whist


Question: '1923 poem that reads:<br />"But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep"'

Answer: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"


Question: 'General Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that overthrew this president in 1973'

Answer: Salvador Allende


Question: '"Back in Therapy" was the tagline of this 2002 sequel that starred Billy Crystal & Robert De Niro'

Answer: Analyze That


Question: 'Your hacker friends sneer at you, calling you by this rhyming word that sounds like something to eat'

Answer: cracker


Question: 'This country's boot fits snuggly between the Tyrrhenian & Adriatic Seas'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'A 1977 Grammy winner for Album of the Year, this Fleetwood Mac LP produced the group's first No. 1 single, "Dreams"'

Answer: "Rumours"


Question: 'Gray Davis'

Answer: California


Question: 'Debra Winger takes a memorable ride on one of these in "Urban Cowboy"'

Answer: mechanical bull


Question: 'He's the tempestous genius seen here'

Answer: Ludwig von Beethoven


Question: '1997 film in which unemployed steel workers take it all off & form a comedy troupe with Eric Idle & John Cleese'

Answer: The Full Monty Python


Question: 'The favorite NPR show of this country's president Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is probably "Althings Considered"'

Answer: Iceland


Question: '(Hi, I'm Lorrie Morgan)  I recorded "You and Me" for a 1998 tribute album to this late legend; Rosanne Cash contributed "D-I-V-O-R-C-E"'

Answer: Tammy Wynette


Question: 'Bob Taft'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'In 1905 the American Arithmometer Co. was renamed the Burroughs this Machine Co.'

Answer: Adding


Question: 'In 1844 this man delivered the eulogy for Carl Maria von Weber, founder of German romantic opera'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'Elvis sings "Rock-a-Hula Baby" while Steve McGarrett says, "Book 'em, Dan-o" in this musical cop show'

Answer: Blue Hawaii Five-O


Question: 'We're not letting the Siamese cat out of the bag; in 1996 the baht, this country's currency, was in bad shape'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'For this 1980 album, John Lennon & Yoko Ono each contributed 7 songs'

Answer: "Double Fantasy"


Question: 'Mike Huckabee'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'The machine seen here is for reading this'

Answer: microfilm


Question: 'Leonard Bernstein called his name "a colossal syllable" that makes composers tremble & performers kneel'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'Trademark name for the "While You Were Sleeping" co-star who provides sleeping accommodations on a train'

Answer: Bill Pullman Car


Question: 'Greece placed trade embargoes on this neighbor for appropriating the name of one of its provinces'

Answer: Macedonia


Question: 'It completes the title of Elton John's 1975 album "Captain Fantastic &..."'

Answer: the Brown Dirt Cowboy


Question: 'It's the logical name for a device that divides one substance from another, especially cream from milk'

Answer: separator


Question: 'In his teens, conductor Eas-Pekka Salonen studied at the Helsinki academy named for this composer'

Answer: Jean Sibelius


Question: 'Oscar-winning portrayer of Salieri in "Amadeus" who delivered the Gettysburg Address'

Answer: F. Murray Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Be careful when addressing mail -- Guinea is adjacent to this country that also has Guinea in its name'

Answer: Guinea-Bissau


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at Buddy Guy's Legends Blues Club in Chicago)  I'm at Buddy Guy's Legends, & if you ask, I'll say this, the 6-word title of Buddy's 1991 Grammy-winning album'

Answer: "Damn Right, I\'ve Got the Blues"


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh)  From the Greek for "self-acting", it's another word for a robot that mimics human actions'

Answer: automaton


Question: 'The 9/11 tribute "On the Transmigration of Souls" is by this composer with the same name as a U.S. president'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'Movie based on an E.M. Forster novel in which Helena Bonham Carter & 007 vacation in Italy & fight Grace Jones'

Answer: A Room With a View to a Kill


Question: 'On June 12, 2001 Johnson & Johnson relaunched this brand with a ceremony in a Missouri city'

Answer: St. Joseph aspirin


Question: 'Edward G. Robinson snarled his way to stardom as Rico Bandello in this 1930 gangster classic'

Answer: Little Caesar


Question: 'Jimmy swears by Windows, while his pal Ned sticks to this Apple system that Windows mimics'

Answer: Macintosh


Question: 'He wrote amateur musical comedies at Princeton about 10 years before "The Great Gatsby"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'Like humans, the lungfish has a heart with this many chambers'

Answer: 4


Question: 'Though he shares his name with a city in Ohio, this president was born in Caldwell, New Jersey'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'Trixie has only one of these propellant devices in the water'

Answer: an oar


Question: 'Jack Nicholson played a dental patient in this film that inspired a musical about a bloodthirsty flower'

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors


Question: 'On Jimmy's monitor, this moving image that prevents burn-in is comely model Tippy Sealy'

Answer: a screensaver


Question: 'As a war correspondant, this Tarzan creator witnessed the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'Like some gouramis, several grunts are famous for doing this when 2 of them meet'

Answer: kissing


Question:
'Pair seen here--they were both born in New Jersey

"All right, you take Joan and I'll take Sandra."
"Oh, Sandra sends me."
"Well then I'll take Joan!"
"Joan sends me too."
"Now listen, you...  I'm going to send you!"
"Sorry, you don't even appeal to me."'

Answer: Abbott & Costello


Question: 'Abner's device perfected by Otis "doesn't go to the top floor"'

Answer: the elevator


Question: 'She played "The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane" before she directed "Little Man Tate"'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Jimmy learned HTML, hypertext markup language, to create this, addressable at jimmyland.com'

Answer: his web site


Question: 'He began his "Goosebumps" series with 1992's "Welcome to Dead House"'

Answer: R.L. Stine


Question: 'Aquarium fish include the fighting fish & this one that shares its name with the Manassa Mauler'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question: 'Englewood would always "Welcome Back" this ex-sweathog born there February 18, 1954'

Answer: John Travolta


Question: 'Mitzi is this device that doesn't emit enough luminescence'

Answer: a dim bulb


Question: 'Richard Mulligan passed muster & was cast as General Custer in this Dustin Hoffman film'

Answer: Little Big Man


Question: 'Jimmy created one of these to catalog his coin collection, with fields including date & nation of origin'

Answer: a database


Question: 'Harper Lee helped him research an article which developed into the work "In Cold Blood"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'This name for the rock bass sounds like it takes late-night flights'

Answer: the redeye


Question: 'Middle name of Chatham-born merchant Aaron Ward'

Answer: Montgomery


Question: 'The lights are on, but this is Skippy's problem'

Answer: no one\'s home


Question: 'Katharine Hepburn's film "The Little Minister" was based on a play by this creator of Peter Pan'

Answer: (Sir James) Barrie


Question: 'Ironically, Jimmy spent the second Sunday in May replacing this, his PC's main circuit board'

Answer: a motherboard


Question: 'In 1962 this "Cardinal Sins" author received the Edison Award for his "Catholic Hour" radio broadcasts'

Answer: (Andrew) Greeley


Question: 'Clown fish can avoid their enemies by swimming among these marine polyps with a floral name'

Answer: anenomes


Question: 'This Trenton-born Colorado explorer was killed in an 1813 assault on York, Canada; he was "piqued"'

Answer: (Zebulon) Pike


Question: 'Biff could be thick as one, or one short of a load'

Answer: a brick


Question: '"Big Jake" was the last of 5 films this big guy made with Maureen O'Hara'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'The Old State House Charles Bullfinch designed for this Connecticut city is now the city hall'

Answer: Hartford


Question: 'Bavaria, this country's southernmost state, is also its largest in area'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Nickname of Edmund Gibson, who hunted owls as a youth & starred in Westerns as an adult'

Answer: "Hoot"


Question: 'He ignored the warning "Don't go into Mr. McGregor's garden"'

Answer: Peter Rabbit


Question: 'She left the Philippines with her husband on Feb. 26, 1986, leaving 3,000 pairs of shoes behind'

Answer: Imelda Marcos


Question: 'Lilly Tomlin & this actress were just "divine" as pairs of mismatched twins in "Big Business"'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'Two 60,000-pound statues of these graceful birds top a Disney World hotel designed by Michael Graves'

Answer: swans


Question: 'Asia's longest river, it's called "China's fortune" because of its fertile soil & economic importance'

Answer: the Yangtze


Question: 'A hit 1965 musical was called this "of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd"'

Answer: The Roar


Question: 'In a hit song, Dion warned, "Keep away from" this title female: she "goes out with other guys"'

Answer: Runaround Sue


Question: 'Chris Patten, governor of this British colony, left it on July 1, 1997 on the royal yacht Britannia'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'Most of Kevin Costner's scenes were cut from this film, except for his opening bits as a corpse'

Answer: The Big Chill


Question: 'Philip Johnson designed the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Sculpture Garden at this Manhattan museum'

Answer: MOMA (the Museum of Modern Art)


Question: 'This small island nation in the North Atlantic has more than 100 volcanoes'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Someone who creates high expectations & can't fulfill them is "all" this "and no steak"'

Answer: sizzle


Question: 'He warned Nixon that there was a cancer growing on the presidency, & it's on tape'

Answer: John Dean


Question: 'This country has exiled Norodam Sihanouk twice & twice crowned him king'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'Her daughter Tracy Reiner appeared as a test market researcher in her film "Big"'

Answer: Penny Marshall


Question: 'I.M. Pei designed the 75-story Texas Commerce Tower, the tallest building in this city'

Answer: Houston


Question: '763-foot Mount Royal stands in the center of this Canadian city'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'An organized illegal activity, like extortion'

Answer: a racket


Question: 'After hearing dire warnings, King Saul regretted having the spirit of this prophet raised at Endor'

Answer: Samuel


Question: 'In 1994, 2 days after Philippe Biamby & Raoul Cedras left Haiti for exile, this president returned'

Answer: (Jean-Bertrand) Aristide


Question: 'Sausage King Jimmy Dean played a former sheriff in this 1990 film named for his biggest hit record'

Answer: Big Bad John


Question: 'In the 1960s John Carl Warnecke redesigned this city's Lafeyette Square to include 2 new government buildings'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Deep granite gorges of this river have led some to call it "the crease in the map of Spain"'

Answer: the Tagus


Question: 'Analogous to a type of light, this kind of sound contains all audible frequencies'

Answer: white noise


Question: 'Title of a 1972 Tennessee Williams play, they're advisories put out to boat-owners in high winds'

Answer: small craft warnings


Question: 'After the Mormons left this Illinois town in 1846, a group of French socialists moved in'

Answer: Nauvoo


Question: 'All the medals have Alfred Nobel on 1 side; these 2 categories share an identical design on the reverse'

Answer: Chemistry & Physics


Question: 'Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" was commissioned for the 1966 opening of this company's new opera house'

Answer: The Metropolitan Opera


Question: 'This Dodger won the Cy Young Award in 1963, 1965 & 1966, then retired from baseball'

Answer: Sandy Koufax


Question: 'A privately owned apartment gains its strength from this element'

Answer: condominium


Question: 'Continent between 35 & 85 degrees west longitude'

Answer: South America


Question: 'It's the state immediately to the east of North Dakota'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Rains made a mess of this 1969 concert, but didn't dampen the spirits at Max Yasgur's place'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'Sounds hot: a biblical opera based on the book of Daniel is called "The Burning Fiery" this'

Answer: Furnace


Question: 'In 2008 Cliff Lee won the A.L. Cy Young for this team, just like C.C. Sabathia did the year before'

Answer: the Cleveland Indians


Question: 'A decorative fish dwelling is often made from this'

Answer: aquarium


Question: 'Guy who thought the Iran-Contra scheme was a "neat idea"'

Answer: Ollie North


Question: 'It's the country immediately to the east of Haiti'

Answer: the Dominican Republic


Question: 'The picture seen here represents this idiom, meaning a source of unpredictable problem'

Answer: opening a can of worms


Question: 'Gertrude S., a character in "The Mother of Us All", is really this Gertrude S. who wrote the opera's libretto'

Answer: (Gertrude) Stein


Question: 'In 1969 the "Miracle Mets" won the World Series & this star pitcher, "Tom Terrific", won the Cy Young Award'

Answer: Tom Seaver


Question: 'Most high-quality lecterns are made from this element'

Answer: podium


Question: 'Annual Austin, Texas music festival'

Answer: South by Southwest


Question: 'It's the country immediately to the west of Egypt'

Answer: Libya


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at ILM.) Referred to in Ghostbusters as a Class-5  full-roaming vapor, Slimer, now here at Industrial Light & Magic was an homage to this late SNL actor'

Answer: John Belushi


Question: 'When Mozart's "Il Re Pastore" premiered, it starred Tommaso Consoli, one of these surgically altered singers'

Answer: a castrato


Question: 'He won 7 Cy Young awards, more than any other pitcher, & he did it with 4 teams: the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees & Astros'

Answer: Roger Clemens


Question: 'Ingesting this element produces a mental disorder or a state of great excitement'

Answer: delerium


Question: 'Bob & Doug McKenzie could tell you this 3-word term for Canada, eh'

Answer: the Great White North


Question: 'It's the province immediately to the west of Alberta'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'The sliminess of this vegetable seen here in cross-section is what helps it to thicken soups & stews'

Answer: okra


Question: 'Critics were carried away when Dwayne Croft played Nick Carraway in the 1999 opera based on this novel'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'With a 31-6 record in 1968, this Detroit Tiger is the only Cy Young Award winner with more than 30 wins'

Answer: Denny McLain


Question: 'Homeostatis is a state of this element'

Answer: equilibrium


Question: '"Dense" term for the former Confederacy & its once-consistent support of the Democratic Party'

Answer: the Solid South


Question: 'It's the state immediately to the west of South Australia'

Answer: Western Australia


Question: 'Seen here are the fruiting bodies of the slime type of this'

Answer: mold


Question: 'This wit penned the line "I can resist everything except temptation"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'Cannibal & the Headhunters were one of 5 opening acts when these guys headlined Shea Stadium in August 1965'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'The Asian tiger variety of this insect is invading the U.S. & transmits dengue fever, encephalitis & dog heartworm'

Answer: mosquito


Question: 'Mary I'

Answer: Tudor


Question: 'Today's special is this classic: roast beef on a crusty roll, au jus for dunking'

Answer: a French dip


Question: 'Ammunition pellets like gold dot or hot-cor'

Answer: bullets


Question: 'Novel in which you'd find "Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't, you feel mighty free..."'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'As one of Buffalo Bill's opening acts, she shot a cigarette out of the hand of Kaiser Wilhelm II'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Sarah Palin could tell you it's 3 times as heavy as caribou & its name is from an Algonquian word'

Answer: moose


Question: 'Charles I'

Answer: Stuart


Question: 'How about this one with chicken or turkey, bacon, lettuce & tomato on 3 slices of toast'

Answer: a club sandwich


Question: 'In journalism, when a reporter gets her name on a story, it's called this'

Answer: a by-line


Question: 'He wrote in "Remembrance of Things Past", "The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic"'

Answer: Marcel Proust


Question: 'This guy's last time as an opening act was at a 1974 NYC show; Anne Murray insisted on headlining & got badly broooced'

Answer: Springsteen


Question: 'When disturbed, this slow-moving 3-toed mammal lashes out with a sound from which it gets its S. Am. name, the Ai'

Answer: a sloth


Question: 'George V'

Answer: Windsor


Question: 'Direct from Cleveland, a Polish boy is one of these Polish sausages on a bun topped with BBQ sauce & coleslaw'

Answer: a kielbasa


Question: 'This subfamily of mammals also includes buffaloes, bison & kudus'

Answer: bovine


Question: 'This fictional character says the Houyhnhnms "live under the government of reason"'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'On a 1967 tour, Jimi Hendrix was the opening act for this "Prefab Four"--wonder what the parents thought'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: 'The bay, pink, brown & white are the most popular commercial varieties of this animal'

Answer: shrimp


Question: 'John'

Answer: Plantagenet


Question: 'The name of this hot pressed sandwich made with a variety of fillings is Italian for "little bread"'

Answer: panini


Question: 'Dr. John B. Watson originated this school of psychology, influencing B.F. Skinner'

Answer: behavioral


Question: 'A WWI poem by Canadian John McCrae ends, "we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in" these "Fields"'

Answer: Flanders


Question: 'Comic Pat Henry (ne Scarnato) was this singer's longtime opening act & died in Las Vegas 1 day after a gig with him'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Typically used for mating combat, the horns of the desert species of this animal can weigh 30 pounds'

Answer: the bighorn sheep


Question: 'Victoria'

Answer: Hanover


Question: 'A chopped olive salad tops the layers of meat & cheese in this specialty sandwich of New Orleans'

Answer: a muffuletta


Question: 'It's a musical note equal in length to 2 whole notes'

Answer: a breve


Question: 'The first known use of this word is a 1763 entry in John Adams' diary describing a club meeting in a friend's attic'

Answer: caucus


Question: 'Arterioles are a link between arteries & these fine blood vessels'

Answer: capillaries


Question: 'He made his starring debut in "Blind Date", foolishly letting Kim Basinger have a drink'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'The standard way to determine the first turn in darts is by whose throw is closest to this'

Answer: the bull\'s-eye


Question: 'Mount Vignemale, the highest French peak in this range, lies on France's southwestern border'

Answer: the Pyrenees


Question: '"Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief" this Bayer product "is"'

Answer: Alka-Seltzer


Question: '1946:<br />This system of flag & arm position signals'

Answer: S-E-M-A-P-H-O-R-E


Question: 'It's often a warning when this tuft or plume on a cockatoo's head stands up'

Answer: the crest


Question:
'"Pushover" features this woman seen here in her first lead

"Afraid I don't read the paper.  And I don't know anyone named Harry."'

Answer: Kim Novak


Question: 'This game named for a ship used to clear explosives tempts many away from more important computer tasks'

Answer: Minesweeper


Question: 'This continent has only one mountain exceeding 16,000 feet: Vinson Massif'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'quickerpickerupper.com is this product's website'

Answer: Bounty


Question: '1983:<br />This festival commemorating the rescue of Persia's Jews'

Answer: P-U-R-I-M


Question: 'From the Latin for "to carry", it's the time period between conception & birth'

Answer: gestation


Question: 'In 1912, when most everyone in movies was a newcomer, these sisters debuted in "An Unseen Enemy"'

Answer: the Gish sisters (Dorothy & Lillian)


Question: 'Chemin-de-fer is a variant of this basically mindless casino game'

Answer: baccarat


Question: 'Named for the director who filmed there, John Ford's Point is in this Utah valley known for its red sandstone buttes'

Answer: Monument Valley


Question: '"Tough on bad hair.  Tough on the causes of bad hair" & "A little dab'll do ya"'

Answer: Brylcreem


Question: '1976:<br />This condition, characterized by frequent & uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep'

Answer: N-A-R-C-O-L-E-P-S-Y


Question: 'The chela on arthropods are these, & it may make them crabby if you mess with them'

Answer: claws (or pincers)


Question: 'One of Tobey Maguire's first films, "This Boy's Life", starred this young actor as a character named Toby'

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio


Question: 'In the game called this: "The Gathering", players vie with rival wizards by casting spells'

Answer: Magic


Question: 'The Limbang Valley of Sarawak divides this sultanate in two'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'Beginning in 1982, this vacation chain claimed it was "The antidote for civilization"'

Answer: Club Med


Question: '1985:<br />This 6-letter French word meaning setting or environment'

Answer: M-I-L-I-E-U


Question: 'This material, such as your stapes, is formed by ossification'

Answer: bones


Question: 'Known for playing cop Roger Murtaugh, he debuted onscreen as a con in "Escape from Alcatraz"'

Answer: Danny Glover


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew displays a grid of numbers and empty squares on a monitor.)  I both divert & torment myself doing these puzzles with a Japanese name that's become a worldwide fad'

Answer: Sudoku


Question: 'Mount Ararat is Turkey's highest peak; the similar sounding mount Aragats is the highest pt. in this eastern neighbor'

Answer: Armenia


Question: '"A Sloppy Joe is a sandwich, but" this "is a meal!"'

Answer: Manwich


Question: '1994:<br />Pertaining to the period before the flood, it also means out of date'

Answer: A-N-T-E-D-I-L-U-V-I-A-N


Question: 'William Cowper called it "The very spice of life"'

Answer: variety


Question: 'Formed in Topeka, their biggest hits included "Dust In The Wind" & "Carry On Wayward Son"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'In 1712 the Duke of Hamilton & Lord Mohun killed each other in a duel with swords in this London park'

Answer: Hyde Park


Question: 'Rand Afrikaans University'

Answer: Johannesburg


Question: 'This Baroque artist painted dozens of self-portraits & went "Baroque" with a 1656 bankruptcy'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'To mean a veranda, Gulf staters use this word for a place to view art'

Answer: gallery


Question: 'In an elegy, Shelley said this poet's soul "Like a star, beacons from the abode where the eternal are"'

Answer: Keats


Question: '"Old Days" & "Saturday In The Park" were just two of the many hits for this band'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'In Dumas' "The Three Musketeers", this character commits himself to 3 consecutive duels with Athos, Porthos & Aramis'

Answer: d\'Artagnan


Question: 'College of William and Mary'

Answer: Williamsburg


Question: 'A form of Baroque was applied in his 17th century design of London's St. Paul's Cathedral'

Answer: Christopher Wren


Question: 'Note to Hoosiers: instead of "pitch-in dinner", use this "fortunate" term if you want out of staters to understand'

Answer: pot luck


Question: 'About one of his most famous poems, he said, "I began it upon leaving Tintern, after crossing the Wye"'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'A sleek country-rock sound helped this "Tennessee River" band have a string of hits in the '80s & '90s'

Answer: Alabama


Question: '"The Conqueror of the Barbary Pirates", this naval hero was shot down by an embittered fellow officer in 1820'

Answer: Stephen Decatur


Question: 'A branch campus of the University of Southern Florida'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'This 17th century Antwerp painter's portrait of Charles I hunting is seen here'

Answer: Anthony van Dyck


Question: 'Illinois kids may call this sidewalk game "sky blue", after the top part of the diagram'

Answer: hopscotch


Question: '5-word Kipling phrase that precedes "is more deadly than the male"'

Answer: "The female of the species"


Question: 'David Johansen was the lead singer of this pre-punk band'

Answer: The New York Dolls


Question: 'This "Volpone" playwright narrowly escaped the death penalty after killing an actor in a duel in 1598'

Answer: Ben Jonson


Question: 'University of Southern Mississippi'

Answer: Hattiesburg


Question: 'In the 1620s he painted 21 large pictures in the life of Marie de Medicis; why, they were positively him-esque'

Answer: Rubens


Question: 'To Bostonians it's not just a quinine-flavored mixer but a word for any soft drink'

Answer: tonic


Question: 'In 1677 this poet wrote "All for Love", a play adapted from Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra"'

Answer: John Dryden


Question: '"Fire" & "Love Rollercoaster" both took this funk band to number one'

Answer: The Ohio Players


Question: 'While he was PM of England, this "Younger" man dueled in 1798 with George Tierney, a political rival'

Answer: (William) Pitt (the Younger)


Question: 'South Carolina State University'

Answer: Orangeburg


Question: 'Seen here, the "Supper at Emmaus" is a work by this painter who killed a man and fled Rome in 1606'

Answer: Caravaggio


Question: 'It can mean "repairing"; when Southerners use it before "to", they mean "on the verge of"'

Answer: fixin\'


Question: 'Henri Desgrange, founder of this event, created its maillot jaune, 1st worn by Eugene Christophe, riding from Grenoble'

Answer: the Tour de France


Question: 'On "Saturday Night Live" he was Johnny Carson & George Bush, as well as The Church Lady'

Answer: Dana Carvey


Question: 'She sat on a low stool eating cottage cheese'

Answer: Little Miss Muffet


Question: 'Since 1301, it's been the geographic title for the male heir to the British throne'

Answer: Prince of Wales


Question: 'Don Diego de la Vega'

Answer: Zorro


Question: 'This Arctic bear may travel 40 miles a day on ice floes'

Answer: Polar bear


Question: 'It's Latin for "O Come, All Ye Faithful"'

Answer: Adeste Fideles


Question: 'Will Jordan was famous for his impression of this man, & even performed it on the "Really Big Show"'

Answer: Ed Sullivan


Question: 'This mischievous girl with corkscrew curls appeared in the Saturday Evening Post for over 10 years'

Answer: Little Lulu


Question: '37-year-old Reza Pahlevi is the exiled heir to this country's "Peacock Throne"'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'TV's Dr. David Banner'

Answer: The Incredible Hulk


Question: 'In the mountain "mist" of central & w. Africa you can still find a few of these endangered mammals'

Answer: Gorillas


Question: '"Dictum sapient sat est" translates as "A word to" these people'

Answer: The wise


Question: 'Back when authors were recognizable, Rich Little did him "In Cold Blood" as Dickens' Tiny Tim'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'Once Carole King's babysitter, she's the singer heard here:  "I know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance now, c'mon baby, do the Loco-Motion...."'

Answer: Little Eva


Question: 'The assassination of this Austro-Hungarian heir triggered WWI'

Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand


Question: 'Peter Parker'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'It's the nearly extinct tiger seen here in its natural habitat:'

Answer: Siberian tiger


Question: 'We've probably asked "Nil novi sub sole" before, as there's "Nothing new under" this'

Answer: The sun


Question: 'One of "The Usual Suspects", he expertly mimics fellow Oscar winners William Hurt & Al Pacino'

Answer: Kevin Spacey


Question: 'This H.C. Andersen character tries to keep warm on New Year's Eve & has visions of her grandmother'

Answer: The Little Match Girl


Question: 'He was Hirohito's heir; now he's the emperor'

Answer: Akihito


Question: 'TV's Barbara Gordon'

Answer: Batgirl


Question: 'In 1961 a federal law banned the importation of this South American fish into the U.S.'

Answer: Piranha


Question: 'It's what's no excuse in "Ignorantia legis neminem excusat"'

Answer: Ignorance of the law is no excuse


Question: 'In 1962 Vaughn Meader's recorded impressions of this man sold a million copies in 2 weeks'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Sara Crewe is this title character of a Frances Hodgson Burnett novel'

Answer: The Little Princess


Question: 'In 1536, with only a female heir, she was first of Henry VIII's wives to go on the chopping block'

Answer: Anne Boleyn


Question: 'Edmond Dantes'

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'The Western Hemisphere's largest snake, it's also called a water boa'

Answer: Anaconda


Question: 'Ancient Romans put great stock in "Ars moriendi", "The art" of doing this'

Answer: Dying


Question: 'Landscape artist Eugene Boudin influenced the impressionists to paint "En Plein Air", meaning this'

Answer: Outside


Question: 'At the VH1 Fashion Awards, this "Liar, Liar" star modeled a fig leaf & said "This is where fashion began"'

Answer: Jim Carrey


Question: 'It's the only state lying south of the Tropic of Cancer'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: '"The men will cheer, the boys will shout, the ladies they will all turn out" when this happens'

Answer: When Johnny Comes Marching Home


Question: 'A psychological obstacle to completing a project, a writer may suffer, a, a.......a'

Answer: Block


Question: 'Petruchio might have said of her:  Take my wife -- please!'

Answer: Kate (take)


Question: 'Hey Mom!  An important non-French impressionist was this man from Lowell, Mass.'

Answer: James Whistler


Question: 'Demi Moore shed her clothes & her hair to play a Navy SEAL in this 1997 film'

Answer: G.I. Jane


Question: 'The principal drainage system between the Rockies & the Appalachians, it's the "Father of Waters"'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'In 1912, the year the Titanic sank, people were singing "We were sailing along" on this'

Answer: Moonlight Bay


Question: 'Bipolar disorder is an illness commonly referred to as "manic" this'

Answer: Depression/depressant


Question: 'We wonder if Roger Moore ever played this tragic young lover'

Answer: Romeo (Moore)


Question: 'Guerbois, one of these Paris institutions, was a hangout for the young impressionists'

Answer: Cafe


Question: 'In 1997 Brad Pitt sued this magazine for publishing nude photos of him'

Answer: Playgirl


Question: 'This 36-mile-long river provides part of the border between New York & Ontario'

Answer: Niagara River


Question: '"I like New York in" this month, "How about you?"'

Answer: June


Question: 'This cognitive process has 3 stages:  acquisition, retention & retrieval'

Answer: Memory


Question: 'It's the title town where Timon's found, we hasten to tell you'

Answer: Athens (hasten)


Question: 'Name shared by impressionist Pissarro & a Garbo film'

Answer: Camille


Question: 'Actress seen here on a Times Square billboard from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals'

Answer: Pamela Anderson Lee


Question: 'This artificial lake is Nevada's only lake with an outlet to the sea'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: 'It leaves "the Pennsylvania Station 'bout a quarter to four"'

Answer: "Chattanooga Choo Choo"


Question: 'In WWI, "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder" was known as "combat fatigue" or this alliterative 2-word term'

Answer: Shell shock


Question: 'We doubt if this king of the fairies would feel at home on Borneo'

Answer: Oberon (Borneo)


Question: 'Impressionist Berthe Morisot was influenced by this "Bar at the Folies-Bergeres" artist, her brother-in-law'

Answer: Edouard Manet


Question: 'A 1997 episode of "The Drew Carey Show" was inspired by this British film about hapless male strippers'

Answer: The Full Monty


Question: 'Rhode Island's Sakonnet & Seekonk Rivers are really saltwater arms of this bay'

Answer: Narragansett Bay


Question: '"Once in love with" this girl, "Always in love with" this girl'

Answer: Amy


Question: 'Freud theorized that the "instinctual & infantile" drives are located in this part of the mind'

Answer: Id (unconscious)


Question: 'She's "one girl" King Lear should have been leery of'

Answer: Goneril (one girl)


Question: 'In February 1998 David Satcher was sworn in to this post, left vacant since 1994'

Answer: Surgeon General


Question: '(I'm Suzanne Malveaux.)  Pope Benedict's visit to the U.S. was extra festive: during his White House visit, he was serenaded with this 1893 song'

Answer: "Happy Birthday To You"


Question: 'Choose from 26 hot babes holding 26 briefcases on this hit game show'

Answer: Deal or No Deal


Question: 'Some say that the medieval tapestries about the hunting of this mythical beast symbolize the life of Christ'

Answer: the unicorn


Question: 'The story "The Snows of" this African mountain first appeared in a 1936 Esquire spread'

Answer: Kilimanjaro


Question: 'Josef Delarose Lascaux introduced this confection, aka spun sugar, at his dental practice'

Answer: cotton candy


Question: 'I'm at the car & I'm the first to call this word--now I get to ride in the front seat!'

Answer: shotgun


Question: 'Done to prevent repeat voting, the purple fingers were a symbol of the return of democracy to this country'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'You face off against the mob on this Bob Saget-hosted show'

Answer: 1 vs. 100


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.)  If side a equals 3 & side B equals 4, it's the length of side C'

Answer: 5


Question: 'Inman is a confederate soldier trying to get home in this Charles Frazier novel'

Answer: Cold Mountain


Question: 'The supple consistency of this chewy saltwater candy is achieved by twisting & pulling as it cools'

Answer: taffy


Question: 'It's a Y-shaped schoolyard weapon using small projectiles'

Answer: a slingshot


Question: '(I'm Anderson Cooper, anchor of A.C. 360.)  In 2005, this craft put the Space Shuttle program back in flight after Columbia's tragedy 2 years earlier'

Answer: Discovery


Question: 'Though Bob has retired from this game show, it still tapes in the "Bob Barker Studio"'

Answer: The Price Is Right


Question: 'In "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Littte Eva's first name is actually this, like the heroine of a Longfellow poem'

Answer: Evangeline


Question: 'Before "Into the Wild", this author wrote "Into Thin Air", about a Mount Everest trip gone wrong'

Answer: Jon Krakauer


Question: 'Admiral Byrd took 2 1/2 tons of these Necco candies on his trip to the South Pole'

Answer: Necco Wafers


Question: 'The odds of you not saying this term for a horse with little chance of winning must be 100 to 1'

Answer: a longshot


Question: 'The Doomsday Vault in Arctic Norway preserves these in case of a disaster affecting the world's food supply'

Answer: seeds


Question: '5 elementary school kids help adults make the grade on this Jeff Foxworthy game show'

Answer: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?


Question: 'Aptly, a big, fluffy makeup brush is named for this form of Japanese theatre known for its distinctive heavy makeup'

Answer: kabuki theatre


Question: 'A crash landing in the Himalayas sets the stage for this James Hilton tale of a fabled land'

Answer: Lost Horizon


Question: 'George Renninger invented this tricolored confection in the 1880s; farmers loved its agrarian look'

Answer: candy corn


Question: 'For olympians, the ball weighs 16 pounds; for high school boys, 12, in this event'

Answer: the shotput