Question: 'A little birdie told us an eagle is a score this many under par on one hole'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Each time a rattlesnake does this, its rattle gets a little bigger'

Answer: Sheds its skin


Question: 'Shrapnel from a 1916 munitions storage plant explosion in Jersey City, NJ damaged this famous statue'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'In both commercial & home property, the most important element is said to be this, this, this'

Answer: Location


Question: 'If you have one of these, you're great at making plants grow'

Answer: Green thumb


Question: 'Marilyn Tucker married this fellow Indiana Univ. law student after a whirlwind 10-week courtship'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'He played in 2,130 consecutive games; no wonder he was the pride of the Yankees'

Answer: Lou Gehrig


Question: 'These fluids are classified into 2 major groups: neurotoxic & hemotoxic'

Answer: Venom


Question: 'Frances Perkins was trying to improve working conditions in these in the 1910s, Kathie Lee in the '90s'

Answer: Sweatshops


Question: 'From the Latin for "fair", it's a property's fair market value minus outstanding debt'

Answer: Equity


Question: 'In 1973's top single, Tony Orlando and Dawn sing of tying this "Around the old oak tree"'

Answer: Yellow ribbon


Question: 'He played a cab driver obsessed with government cover-ups in "Conspiracy Theory"'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'Prior to making Astros out of themselves, the Houston team thought they were "big shots" with this name'

Answer: Colt .45\'s


Question: 'This snake, subject of a 1997 film, is the largest in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: Anaconda


Question: 'The U.S. made this great buy from France in 1803 & would have been happy with just New Orleans'

Answer: Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'The herbicide used in the Vietnam War used to defoliate jungle areas'

Answer: Agent Orange


Question:
'Congressman heard here, years before he entered politics:
Babe, I got you babe...'

Answer: Sonny Bono


Question: 'This Milwaukee NBA team moved to St. Louis in 1955 & then to Atlanta in 1968'

Answer: Hawks


Question: 'The Naja Haje or Egyptian cobra is commonly known by this 3-letter name'

Answer: Asp


Question: 'If this act hadn't passed July 14, 1798, we would have had just the Alien Acts'

Answer: Sedition Acts


Question: 'The prize-winning pig in "State Fair", or a lad painted by Gainsborough'

Answer: "Blue Boy"


Question: 'This woman who married a Beatle attended elementary school with Emperor Akihito'

Answer: Yoko Ono


Question: 'This steel-driving thoroughbred retired in 1985 with career earnings of over $6.5 million'

Answer: John Henry


Question: 'This snake's French name is from its head's resemblance to the tip of a knight's weapon'

Answer: Fer-de-lance


Question: 'In 1844 John C. Fremont crossed the Sierra Nevada & this John C. became Secretary of State'

Answer: John C. Calhoun


Question: 'Nickname of oil field firefighter Paul Adair'

Answer: "Red"


Question: 'When she's presented, a deb makes this knee-bending gesture to society, from the French word for "court"'

Answer: Curtsey


Question: 'Mining firm Bre-X' recent claims of an Indonesian lode of this metal proved mostly glitter'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'Mom could reduce the risk of this, including salmonella, by not thawing her chicken at room temperature'

Answer: Food poisoning


Question: 'On CBS, David Letterman hosts the "Late Show", & this man hosts "The Late Late Show"'

Answer: Tom Snyder


Question: 'A line in Rabelais' "Gargantua and Pantagruel" says to "strike" under this condition'

Answer: While the iron is hot


Question: 'Alex Haley described this 1976 work as "faction": part fact, part fiction'

Answer: "Roots"


Question: 'The young lady making an evening debut usually wears this color dress, as she eventually will down the aisle'

Answer: White


Question: 'Type of illegal "trading" that took Ivan Boesky from the heights of Wall Street to a $100 million penalty'

Answer: Insider trading


Question: 'Mom often forgets to put the lid on this appliance & gets fruit smoothies all over her walls'

Answer: Blender


Question: 'This CNN "ruler" used to do color commentary on Miami Dolphin broadcasts'

Answer: Larry King


Question: 'Small cinnamon-flavored candy, or slang for ballpark franks'

Answer: Red Hots


Question: 'When exorcising on your Scaremaster, you might want to read "The Shining" by this author'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Uncomfortable in a corset, Mary Phelps Jacob invented this garment at a debutante ball using 2 hankies'

Answer: Brassiere


Question: 'Christie's must have laughed in 1997 as 2 workers at this auction house were suspended for smuggling'

Answer: Sotheby\'s


Question: 'Mom's lasagna turns out a little too crisp because she doesn't boil these before baking'

Answer: Noodles


Question: 'Baba in the 1983 film "D.C. Cab", he now takes guests on a "Politically Incorrect" ride'

Answer: Bill Maher


Question: 'For this 1959 film, a female impersonator taught actors Jack Lemmon & Tony Curtis how to be girls'

Answer: Some Like It Hot


Question: 'A "Swift" read at about 300 pages, this 1726 novel sets sail to Laputa & Lilliput'

Answer: "Gulliver\'s Travels"


Question: 'This term for a formal debutante ball comes from a French word for petticoat'

Answer: Cotillion


Question: 'A complaint by Newt Gingrich about outside income led to this House speaker's 1989 resignation'

Answer: Jim Wright


Question: 'Mom can't keep the sponge kind of this dessert from falling'

Answer: Cake


Question: 'He's not acting; this man seen here really is a talk show host:'

Answer: Charles Grodin


Question: 'Recorded in 1979 by Donna Summer, it's the "hot"test hit to reach No. 1, with a 3-week stay at the top'

Answer: "Hot Stuff"


Question: 'In April 1986 Larry McMurtry won a Pulitzer Prize for this western novel'

Answer: "Lonesome Dove"


Question: 'This league was founded in 1901 by 2 debutantes eager to display social responsibility'

Answer: Junior League


Question: 'The scandals of his presidency began in 1923 with skimming by Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'Mom shouldn't call the strips of flounder she cuts by this name; she rarely gets all the bones out'

Answer: Filets/fillets


Question: 'Over 30 years, he's gone from San Diego, to L.A., to St. Louis, back to L.A., then to NYC, where he's "Live!"'

Answer: Regis Philbin


Question: 'The city Armistead Maupin did "Tales", "More Tales" & "Further Tales" about'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'In 1971 the eagle replaced this animal on the flag of the U.S. Postal Service'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'The June 1983 Challenger flight had the first 5-person crew, including this first U.S. woman in space'

Answer: Sally Ride


Question: 'In this 1971 hit, Don McLean wrote that "Something touched me deep inside the day the music died"'

Answer: "American Pie"


Question: '3-letter abbreviation for a type of line that keeps you constantly connected at high speed'

Answer: DSL


Question: 'These come in a variety of sizes from small to supercolossal & are often stuffed with pimientos'

Answer: Olives


Question: 'Aye, matey, Anne Bonny & Mary Read lived the high life on the high seas as this type of criminal'

Answer: Pirate


Question: 'In the 2-letter abbreviation of the Bluegrass State'

Answer: Y (KY - Kentucky)


Question: 'After going to the moon, Pete Conrad & Alan Bean's next trips were to this U.S. space station'

Answer: Skylab


Question: 'In 1978 the Bee Gees spent a total of 13 weeks at No. 1 & this youngest brother took the top spot for 9 weeks'

Answer: Andy Gibb


Question: 'Zone names include com, gov, net & this one found after www.stanford & www.hofstra'

Answer: .edu


Question: 'This fermented cabbage dish is a popular ingredient in a Reuben sandwich'

Answer: Sauerkraut


Question: '"The Last Madam" is a recent book about Norma Wallace, who ran a famous brothel in this city's French Quarter'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In the abbreviation of the military duty in which you assist the cook'

Answer: P (KP)


Question: 'James Lovell went on 2 Apollo missions & 2 of these missions that had 2-man crews'

Answer: Gemini


Question: '"Roll Over Beethoven and tell" this Russian composer "the news"'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'PGP, a popular e-mail encryption program, stands for "Pretty Good" this'

Answer: Privacy


Question: 'This tasty veal dish derives its name from the German for "Viennese cutlet"'

Answer: Wienerschnitzel


Question: 'A 1944 Broadway musical fictionalized the life of this 19th C. feminist known for her scandalous pants'

Answer: Amelia Bloomer


Question: 'On highway distance signs in Europe'

Answer: M (KM - kilometer)


Question: 'With Deke Slayton grounded with a heart condition, this man got to be the second U.S. man in space'

Answer: Scott Carpenter


Question: 'Hoyt Axton wrote 2 of this group's Top 5 hits:  "Joy To The World" & "Never Been To Spain"'

Answer: Three Dog Night


Question: 'Area 51 & Heartland are "neighborhoods" in this web page hosting service from Yahoo!'

Answer: GeoCities


Question: 'From French for "to strike" or "chill", it's a tall, cool coffee drink blended with sugar & ice'

Answer: Frappe/Frappucino


Question: 'Some say this "maternal" outlaw arranged the murder of her lover, Arthur Dunlop'

Answer: Ma Barker


Question: 'In the common name of the airline whose mileage program is called "Flying Dutchman"'

Answer: L (KLM)


Question: 'Astronaut Michael Foale was left in the dark in June 1997 after a supply ship punctured this craft's Spektr module'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'This Stevie Wonder hit is subtitled "Everything's Alright"'

Answer: "Uptight"


Question: 'This network that encompasses thousands of news groups was created in 1979 by 2 Duke University grad students'

Answer: Usenet


Question: 'How sweet it is!  This onion is Georgia's state vegetable'

Answer: Vidalia onion


Question: 'Born Martha, this Wild West gal, Wild Bill Hickok's pal, sometimes toiled as a lady of the evening'

Answer: Calamity Jane (Martha Jane Canary)


Question: 'In the symbol of the colorless, odorless gas whose atomic number is 36'

Answer: R (KR - krypton)


Question: 'This star had close encounters in "Men In Black" & "Independence Day"'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'These 2 countries form the Scandinavian Peninsula'

Answer: Norway & Sweden


Question: 'This west coast Major League Baseball team is the only one with both its city name & team name in a foreign language'

Answer: San Diego Padres


Question: 'One of these seen in 1769 had a tail estimated to be about 40 million miles long'

Answer: Comet


Question: 'This Peter Shaffer tragedy focuses on the life of a great composer, as seen by his rival in the Austrian court'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'As Jean-Paul Sartre rejected this award in 1964, the big cash prize was returned to its fund'

Answer: Nobel Prize


Question: 'Fictional TV series on which Jason Nesmith played Commander Taggart (& Tim Allen played them both)'

Answer: Galaxy Quest


Question: 'Jabal Katrinah, Egypt's highest point, rises 8,651 feet in the southern part of this peninsula'

Answer: Sinai Peninsula


Question: 'This Norse word for a fierce warrior is now associated with "going" nuts'

Answer: Berserk


Question: 'An island first seen in 1767 by a sailor with this last name was colonized in 1790 by mutineers'

Answer: Pitcairn


Question: 'Stephen Flaherty, not Scott Joplin, wrote the music for this show that's based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow'

Answer: Ragtime


Question: 'He was "Alabama Joe" back in 1964 but failed to lead 'Bama to an Orange Bowl win'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: 'Douglas Rain, who performed this role in "2001:  A Space Odyssey", never visited the set'

Answer: HAL (voice of the computer)


Question: 'Bertram Thomas was the first European to cross the Rub Al-Khali, the "Empty Quarter" of this peninsula'

Answer: Arabian Peninsula


Question: 'Selections by this French classical composer include "Tortoises", "Aquarium" & "The Elephant"'

Answer: Camille Saint-Saens


Question: 'In the 1790s the French made Toussaint L'Ouverture general-in-chief of this colony'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Olga, Masha & Irina Prozorov are the title characters in this play'

Answer: Three Sisters


Question: 'This city announced in January 1964 that it would build not 1, but 2 tallest buildings in the world'

Answer: New York City (World Trade Center)


Question: 'In 1998 this "Party Of Five" member was one of a party of seven "Lost In Space"'

Answer: Lacey Chabert


Question: 'This continent's northernmost tip lies on land once called Palmer Peninsula by the U.S. & Graham Land by the British'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'This publishing company founded in 1939 made Gertrude the Kangaroo its mascot'

Answer: Pocket Books


Question: 'France's political & social system before the revolution was known as the "Ancien" this'

Answer: Regime


Question: 'He wrote, "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ilium?"'

Answer: Christopher Marlowe


Question: 'This former prime minister was cremated on a sandalwood pyre beside the Jumna River May 28, 1964'

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru


Question: 'In "The Phantom Menace" she played Padme Naberrie'

Answer: Natalie Portman


Question: 'This peninsula on Luzon Island in the Philippines fell to the Japanese on April 9, 1942'

Answer: Bataan


Question: 'Translated as "Land of the Kings", this state is home to India's nuclear test sites & the world's largest camel fair'

Answer: Rajahstan


Question: 'In 1757 this man led the East India Company's forces to victory in the Battle of Plassey'

Answer: Robert Clive


Question: 'Christopher Isherwood & Sally Bowles are characters in this 1951 play on which a 1966 musical was partly based'

Answer: I Am A Camera (The musical was "Cabaret")


Question: 'Princess Irene of Orange-Nassau lost her claim to this country's throne because she married a Spanish Catholic'

Answer: Netherlands


Question: 'An edition of this 1934 book had on its cover a crab & "Not to be imported into Great Britain or U.S.A."'

Answer: Tropic of Cancer (by Henry Miller)


Question: 'Lots of Lutherans live there; its parliament is the Folketing; its royal library is in Copenhagen'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Our internet address, also known as this type of name, is Jeopardy.com'

Answer: URL (Uniform Resource Locator)


Question: 'As head coach, he puts the Indiana Pacers through their paces'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'Unlucky Cuban fisherman catches huge fish; sharks eat it'

Answer: "The Old Man and the Sea"


Question: 'His 1982 album "Thriller" spawned the No. 1 hits "Beat It" & "Billie Jean"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'The common name for the robe you wear with a cap when you graduate'

Answer: Gown


Question: 'Some locals eat a fruit called tuna; it's the home base of the Lima Times; llamas live there'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'Baseball term used for a visit to a web page; Jeopardy.com gets 14.7 million per week'

Answer: Hit


Question: 'The last man she divorced was Larry Fortensky'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'Greek sailor wanders around for 10 years & finally finds his way home; his wife isn't angry'

Answer: "The Odyssey"


Question: 'Andre Young is better known as this influential "physician" of rap'

Answer: Dr. Dre


Question: 'This term for the "A" or "B" you make in a course is from the Latin for "degree"'

Answer: Grade


Question: 'Goat is served as an entree; Spanish Town is the former capital; it's home to the Reggae Sunfest'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'Jeopardy.com has this hypertext connection to a page where you can play "Jeopardy!" online'

Answer: Link


Question: 'Plumbing-supply wholesaler Moe Gorelick is the father of this bestselling saxophonist'

Answer: Kenny G


Question: 'Bad day for a wedding: Jane's fiancee is already married, and his wife is nuts!'

Answer: "Jane Eyre"


Question: 'Noted singer & tour organizer heard here'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: 'From the Greek for "letter folded double", it's the document presented to a graduate'

Answer: Diploma


Question: 'It's a republic; it's in Africa; it has a tusk material in its name'

Answer: Ivory Coast


Question: 'Netscape makes this type of client software used to access & navigate web pages like Jeopardy.com'

Answer: Browser


Question: 'Alisan Porter was "Curly Sue" in 1991 & this child star was "Curly Top" in 1935'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'Socrates & pals hang around Cephalus' house talking about the ideal state...& talking...& talking'

Answer: "The Republic"


Question: 'Despite its name, this group seen here is better known for its music than its encounters with the police'

Answer: Arrested Development


Question: 'Add 3 letters to a synonym for "ailing" to get this word for a small campus hospital'

Answer: Infirmary


Question: 'It grows a lot of barley; its national anthem is "Long Live The King"; it's ruled by the man seen here<br />(King Hussein)'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Unsolicited junk e-mail is called this, the name of a Hormel canned meat'

Answer: Spam


Question: 'Bart Simpson might phone this establishment & page "Ringing, first name Isabelle"'

Answer: Moe\'s


Question: 'Leopold makes breakfast, walks around Dublin all day; goes home; goes to bed'

Answer: "Ulysses"


Question: 'In 1995 Montell Jordan had a No. 1 pop & R&B hit with "this"'

Answer: "This Is How We Do It"


Question: '3-letter term for the head of a British college or the head of a Mafia family'

Answer: Don


Question: 'Thomas Midgley, who put lead into gasoline, introduced this now banned refrigerant in 1930'

Answer: Freon


Question: 'A golden age of Jewish culture began in the 10th C. under these people who ruled Spain'

Answer: Moors


Question: 'Sarah Tueting & Cammi Granato were 2 of the heroines of this triumphant U.S. team'

Answer: Women\'s Hockey Team


Question: 'The mallard is one of the most widespread wild species of this bird'

Answer: Duck


Question: 'In "Scream", this actress seen here was the first to scream'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: 'An abecedarian is a person who's learning this, a necessity for "Wheel of Fortune"'

Answer: Alphabet


Question: 'In 1931, to produce this fiber, Wallace Carothers heated hexamethylene diamine & adipic acid'

Answer: Nylon


Question: 'Now a term for an urban minority area, this word originally referred to an area set aside for medieval Jews'

Answer: Ghetto


Question: 'Chris Thorpe & Gordy Shear went horizontal to win the USA's first silver medal in this event'

Answer: Luge


Question: 'The name of this talkative bird seen here can be spelled with or without an "H" at the end'

Answer: Myna/mynah


Question: '"I want my work to scare you to death", said this buff little actress & vampire slayer'

Answer: Sarah Michelle Gellar


Question: 'These socks with a diamond-shaped pattern are fit for a duke'

Answer: Argyle


Question: 'Studying "on the rocks" of northern Europe, Jean Louis Agassiz developed the idea of this "age"'

Answer: Ice Age


Question: 'In 1994 a bomb killed 96 at a Jewish community center in this S. American city where Eichmann once lived'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'Perhaps afraid of being shot by mistake, officials stopped this event due to fog & snow'

Answer: Biathlon


Question: 'This genus of woodpecker includes the red-breasted & the yellow-bellied types'

Answer: Sapsucker


Question: 'This former movie "Batman" is a distant cousin of the poet who wrote "Trees"'

Answer: Val Kilmer


Question: 'It's a place where bees are kept, though it sounds like a home for gorillas'

Answer: Apiary


Question: 'The "scope" of his career covers classifying galaxies by type & a constant on how fast they're receding'

Answer: Edwin Hubble


Question: 'Biblical Palestine was divided into Israel & this kingdom named for one of Jacob's sons'

Answer: Judah


Question: 'Beaten out by Ilya Kulik, this Canadian left the building with a silver medal in figure skating'

Answer: Elvis Stojko


Question: 'The toulouse, a breed of this bird, is especially popular at Christmas'

Answer: Goose


Question: 'He plays the snidely sarcastic Dennis on "Just Shoot Me" -- what a card!'

Answer: David Spade


Question: 'Your nose knows this adjective means shaped like an eagle's beak'

Answer: Aquiline


Question: 'The story goes, when asked to determine if King Hieron's crown was pure gold, this man figured out how to do it'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'The first congress of this movement met in 1897; its goal of Israeli statehood was achieved in 1948'

Answer: Zionist movement


Question: 'Cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie of this country won 3 golds, making him the Winter Games all-time leader'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'In falconry, the terms falcon & tercel traditionally apply to the female & male of this species'

Answer: Peregrine


Question: 'This actor has won 2 Tonys for "Brighton Beach Memoirs" & for the show ("How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying") in which he sang the following'

Answer: Matthew Broderick


Question: 'In "Paradise Regained", Milton called this European capital the "Mother of arts and eloquence"'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'In 1883 he wrote, "Your true pilot cares nothing about anything on Earth but the river"'

Answer: Mark Twain (\"Life on the Mississippi\")


Question: 'John Keats:<br />"A thing of Jeopardy! is a joy forever"'

Answer: beauty


Question: 'Drs. Cristina Yang & Miranda Bailey practice on this McDreamy series'

Answer: Grey\'s Anatomy


Question: 'In the Slavic countries, this pungent bulb was used to detect vampires as well as to prevent their attacks'

Answer: garlic


Question: 'Leviticus 11 says most insects that creep or fly are an abomination, but this 8th plague is kosher'

Answer: locusts


Question: 'Jack Tripper, Chrissy Snow & Janet Wood were the original housemates on this TV show'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'Bowl-shaped Chinese pan used for stir-frying'

Answer: a wok


Question: 'Percy Bysshe Shelley:<br />"If winter comes, can Jeopardy! be far behind?"'

Answer: spring


Question: 'Maria Bello & Sherry Stringfield are among the many who doctored up this long-running NBC show'

Answer: ER


Question: 'Depending on local customs, these, used to kill vampires, may be made of iron or local woods'

Answer: stakes


Question: 'Leviticus 11:13 declares that this bird of prey, later a symbol of Roman legions, is an abomination'

Answer: an eagle


Question: 'This famous literary trio shows up again in Dumas' novel "Le Vicomte de Bragelonne"'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'Tasty treat seen here.  Pass the butter'

Answer: an artichoke


Question: 'Carl Sandburg:<br />"The Jeopardy! comes on little cat feet"'

Answer: fog


Question: 'Drs. Lisa Cuddy & Allison Cameron have roamed Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital with this acerbic title doc'

Answer: Gregory House


Question: 'Bela Lugosi didn't wear a set of these as Dracula, but Christopher Lee did, fixing the image of a vampire for successors'

Answer: fangs (or pointy teeth)


Question: 'Potpourri is not mentioned, but this burning perfume is an abomination according to Isaiah 1:13'

Answer: incense


Question: 'The 3 members of ancient Rome's First Triumvirate in 60 B.C. were Crassus, Pompey & him'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'This visage is useful when playing 5-card stud'

Answer: a poker face


Question: 'Lewis Carroll:<br />"'Twas Jeopardy!, and the slithy toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe"'

Answer: brillig


Question: 'Dr. Cavanaugh (the first name would give things away) was a Boston M.E. with a checkered past on this drama'

Answer: Crossing Jordan


Question: 'Meaning "the land beyond the forest", it's the area in which vamps camp'

Answer: Transylvania


Question: 'Leviticus 11:10 says "all that have not fins and" these "in the seas" shall be an abomination'

Answer: scales


Question: 'The 3 main regions that make up this country are Norrland, Svealand & Gotaland'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '"Lost colony" of 1580s North Carolina'

Answer: Roanoke


Question: 'Ernest L. Thayer:<br />"The outlook wasn't brilliant for the Jeopardy! nine that day"'

Answer: Mudville


Question: 'We dig forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan on this Fox drama'

Answer: Bones


Question: 'Though never explicitly stated, this 3-named English poet's "Christabel" is thought to be about vampires'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'In Genesis 46:34, every shepherd is an abomination unto this kingdom that was known as Kemet'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Aradus, Sidon & Tyre were 3 principal cities of this ancient civilization'

Answer: Phoenicia


Question: 'Thai one on in this Asian capital on the banks of the Chao Phraya River'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: '"Atomic" & this word describing the central region of an atom are both found before "power" & "fission"'

Answer: nuclear


Question: 'On winning top female vocalist at the 2007 ACM Awards, she thanked God, her fans & "American Idol"'

Answer: Carrie Underwood


Question: 'Chicago gangster Dion O'Banion had this civilian trade & started the practice of lavish arrangements at mob funerals'

Answer: a florist


Question: 'We'll start our trip east on Route E-90 in this chief seaport of Portugal'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'Mindy's up on her slang & knows you can "bring home" this porky term -- or if you're in trouble, you can "save" yours'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'It's a ballroom dance or the music for the dance, like the "Blue Danube" one'

Answer: a waltz


Question: 'Because they're most active after dark, opossums are described by this adjective'

Answer: nocturnal


Question: 'This Dolly Parton song recently topped CMT's list of the 100 greatest love songs of country music'

Answer: I Will Always Love You


Question: 'Competition from the new Chevrolet spurred Henry Ford to introduce this new model in 1927'

Answer: the Model A


Question: 'Let's head to this Spanish coastal city to shop along its Rambla de Catalunya'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'Mindy[s not overacting but is livin' on this meat from the hind leg of the hog; it's rich in thiamine & iron'

Answer: ham


Question: 'It can be a braid or plait of hair worn hanging down one's back'

Answer: a queue


Question: '(Cheryl makes some stone soup) Pumice, which floats on water because of little air pockets is described as this, meaning "full of holes" and derives from the Greek for "passage"'

Answer: porous


Question: 'His first No. 1 country hit & first Top 40 pop hit was 1975's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain"'

Answer: Willie Nelson


Question: 'In the 1923 photo seen here, a woman lights her stove with cash due to rampaging inflation in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'My cat wants me to look up its relatives in this capital of Turkey'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'On vacation, Mindy saw a '95 film about this title porker, known in Taiwan as "I am not Stupid, I have Something to Say"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'It's the organic material, such as straw or compost, on the ground around plants used to enrich the soil'

Answer: mulch


Question: 'A medical condition that was present at birth is described by this 10-letter adjective'

Answer: congenital


Question: 'At his wedding reception in 2006, he serenaded his movie star bride with the song "Making Memories of Us"'

Answer: Keith Urban


Question: 'On Jan. 7, 1927 transatlantic phone service began as the president of this company called London'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'Hope our stop in Thessaloniki goes better than Greece's George I in 1913; this happened to him there'

Answer: assassination


Question: 'Multi-tasking Mindy knows this term for a type of pig can also apply to a stove'

Answer: potbelly


Question: '(Kelly is at the blue board with a Spanish lesson)  In Spanish spelling, this mark above the "N" means that rather than "oona", the word should be pronounced "oon-ya"'

Answer: a tilde


Question: 'Sarcasm aside, this word from the Greek for "burning" describes a substance that causes corrosion'

Answer: caustic


Question: 'It's never too early for happy hour in this "timely" tune by Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett'

Answer: "It\'s Five O\'Clock Somewhere"


Question: 'This evangelist made plenty of headlines in the 1920s, like in 1926 when she claimed to have been kidnapped'

Answer: Aimee Semple McPherson


Question: 'E-90 goes through Brindisi; this famous ancient Roman road ended there'

Answer: the Appian Way


Question: 'Mindy goes semiwild hog with the Arkansas football team to name this type of pig'

Answer: the razorbacks


Question: 'A follower of the philosopher Diogenes was called this, from the Greek for "doglike"'

Answer: a cynic


Question: 'From 1889 until 1961, this mountain's highest point was known as Kaiser-Wilhelm-Spitze'

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro


Question: 'Tennessee's Bob Corker won the seat vacated by this ex-Majority Leader'

Answer: Bill Frist


Question: '"Murderball" chronicles quadriplegics who play this football-like game in tricked-out wheelchairs'

Answer: rugby


Question: 'Louis XIV's lasted 72 years'

Answer: a reign


Question: 'This large predator's name is from the Spanish "el lagarto", or the lizard'

Answer: alligator


Question: 'In the Grimm Bros. version, this "little" fairy tale girl on her way to visit her granny is carrying cake & wine'

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood


Question: 'The state of being away; you might take a "leave of" one'

Answer: absence


Question: 'Ex-rocker John Hall (of the band Orleans, not & Oates) now reps this states's 19th, including Peekskill'

Answer: New York


Question: '"The tiles and tribulations" of competetive players of this board game are examined in "Word Wars"'

Answer: Scrabble


Question: 'In the 1880s this country promised to build a railroad for Bolivia, whose coastline it took away'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'You might find this horned mammal of the genus Capra on a farm'

Answer: a goat


Question: 'If you don't add raisins to this holiday baked good, you might be "as nutty as" one'

Answer: a fruitcake


Question: 'Oxygenated endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness'

Answer: aerobic


Question: 'In a huge upset in Virginia, Jim Webb beat this senator & prospective presidential candidate'

Answer: (George) Allen


Question: 'Flightless birds head single file to their traditional breeding ground in this 2005 documentary'

Answer: March of the Penguins


Question: 'James Caan's character's name in "The Godfather" was Santino, but everyone called him this'

Answer: Sonny


Question: 'The reticulated species of this huge Asian snake can grow up to be 30 feet long'

Answer: a python


Question: '4-letter term for a thick piece of cake, bacon or marble'

Answer: a slab


Question: 'Tasty tuna type'

Answer: albacore


Question: 'Nick Lampson took the Texas House seat once held by "The Hammer"'

Answer: DeLay


Question: 'This Michael Moore documentary asked, "Are we a nation of gun nuts or are we just nuts?"'

Answer: Bowling for Columbine


Question: 'It's the architectural term for what the guy here is looking at'

Answer: a frieze


Question: 'In the Middle Ages, caparisons were a leather or fabric type of covering, mainly for these animals'

Answer: horses


Question: 'This children's book character rapidly grows to incredible size after eating a cake marked "EAT ME"'

Answer: Alice (in Wonderland)


Question: 'A plentiful or overflowing quantity or supply'

Answer: abundance


Question: 'Peter Roskam won the seat held for 32 years by this state's Henry Hyde'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'An Oscar-winning film about children from Calcutta's red-light district was called "Born into" these'

Answer: Brothels


Question: 'A container designed for cigars'

Answer: a humidor


Question: 'Humans and this "armored" mammal are among the only known animals that carry the bacterium that causes leprosy'

Answer: armadillos


Question: 'A long twisted doughnut topped with sugar or glaze, its name is from the Dutch for "twisted cake"'

Answer: a cruller


Question: 'Another word for a kidnapping, perhaps from a seraglio'

Answer: abduction


Question: 'The Taliban has been Talibanned from this landlocked country where it used to rule'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'In 2006 "The History Boys" won for Best Play & this other show with "Boys" in the title won for Best Musical'

Answer: Jersey Boys


Question: 'The Titian work seen here is titled "Georgio Cornaro with" this'

Answer: a falcon


Question: 'Chalked on a fence, the symbol seen here warned fellow hobos of the presence of one of these'

Answer: a mean dog (or junkyard dog)


Question: 'In 1968 this Arthur Haley novel took off, landing at No. 1 on the bestseller list'

Answer: Airport


Question: 'A stocking bag'

Answer: a sock sack


Question: 'Of the 3 countries of Indochina, the only one that is landlocked'

Answer: Laos


Question: '(Hi, I'm Martin Short.) I won a 1999 Tony for Cy Coleman & this playwright's "Little Me"; I also received a Tony nomination for his "The Goodbye Girl"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Michelangelo used this method of wall painting for the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel'

Answer: frescoes


Question: 'Fancy design firms like the one founded by Mr. Hodgetts & Ms. Fung often use this sign instead of "and" or an &'

Answer: a plus sign


Question: 'His "Clear and Present Danger" was the bestselling fiction book of 1989'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'A sodium chloride auction'

Answer: a salt sale


Question: 'This small landlocked nation of the Pyrenees is only 180 square miles in area'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'How about a Wolverine whistle for this actor who won a Tony for starring in "The Boy From Oz"'

Answer: (Hugh) Jackman


Question: 'Caravaggio has done this to the hands in the paniting seen here to give a three-dimensional appearance'

Answer: foreshorten


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) A symbol that is familiar from its use in biology is also used in astronomy to represent this planet'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'First published in 2003, it's Lauren Weisberger's humorous novel about the fashion world & the boss from hell'

Answer: The Devil Wears Prada


Question: 'A final printed series of names'

Answer: a last list


Question: 'The 2 landlocked nations of the Himalayas'

Answer: Bhutan & Nepal


Question: '(Hi, I'm Brian Stokes Mitchell.) I won a Tony for my portrayal of an actor playing Petruchio in the 1999 revival of this classic Cole Porter musical'

Answer: Kiss Me, Kate


Question: 'The name of this early 20th century art movement comes from a term meaning "wild beast"'

Answer: fauvism


Question: 'A coat of arms might include a cadency symbol, like crescent for a second of these'

Answer: a son


Question: 'In 2006 he was back at No. 1, this time with his first nonfiction book, "The Innocent Man"'

Answer: (John) Grisham


Question: 'A benevolently dispositioned male monarch'

Answer: a kind king


Question: 'Vaduz is the capital of this small principality that borders Switzerland'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'This "Sex and the City" co-star climbed into a "Rabbit Hole" to win the 2006 Tony for Best Leading Actress in a Play'

Answer: Cynthia Nixon


Question: 'Feel free to psychoanalyze the work by this current German-born British painter'

Answer: Lucian Freud


Question: 'It's the type of cross seen here; you'd think it would be on the flag of an island country'

Answer: a maltese cross


Question: 'Joe Klein (aka Anonymous) could have titled this political novel "Red, Yellow, Blue"'

Answer: Primary Colors


Question: 'A speedy fair'

Answer: a fast fest


Question: 'Between 1977 & 1980, he won a state high school championship, an NCAA championship, & an NBA championship'

Answer: Magic Johnson


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside a science lab.)  When hydrogen sulfide in the air reacts with silver, it creates a coating called silver sulfide, better known by this one word'

Answer: tarnish


Question: 'It premiered on August 1, 1981 at 12:01 A.M. with John Lack saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll"'

Answer: MTV


Question: 'Helen Gurley'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'From 1704 to 1713 he produced his own periodical, "The Review"; "Robinson Crusoe" washed ashore in 1719'

Answer: (Daniel) Defoe


Question: 'The wormlike larva of a moth'

Answer: a caterpillar


Question: 'The 50-story Canary Wharf Tower on the Thames River is this capital city's tallest building'

Answer: London


Question: 'The digestive effect of sodium hydroxide on organic material makes this Clorox drain cleanr a winr'

Answer: Liquid-Plumr


Question: 'In August 1994 about 30,000 gathered in Bethel, New York to celebrate the 25th anniversary of this festival'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'Anne Morrow'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'When he made Time's 2005 Top 100 List, his book was described as "the novel that ate the world"'

Answer: Dan Brown


Question: 'Henny Youngman began his career as a violinist playing the "Borscht Belt" in these N.Y. mountains'

Answer: the Catskills


Question: 'The world's largest canary diamond, a vivid yellow gem from South Africa, bears the name of this NYC jeweler'

Answer: Tiffany


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a science lab.)  To make cake batter rise, you need to create a chemical reaction by combining an acid like buttermilk with this alkaline compound--NaHCO3'

Answer: baking soda


Question: 'In 1967 this TV group became the only band other than The Beatles to have consecutive No. 1 albums'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: 'Billie Jean Moffitt'

Answer: King


Question: '"Standing Firm" & "Worth Fighting For" are 2 books by this ex-Vice President'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'An audition open to everyone; it may bring a stampede of actors'

Answer: cattle call


Question: 'Harz Mountain & St. Andreasberg are 2 regions in this European country famous as canary breeding centers'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Some fire extinguishers for fossil fuels use potassium compounds & are known as Purple this letter'

Answer: K


Question: 'In January 1995 he became probably the only singer with a No. 1 record to serve in Congress'

Answer: Sonny Bono


Question: 'Bianca Macias'

Answer: Jagger


Question: 'In 1977 he wrote "The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist"'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'The southern part of what's now China was called Mangi; the northern part was called this'

Answer: Cathay


Question: 'Better-known nickname of Wild West woman Martha Jane Canary'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from inside a lab.)  Because the enzyme catalase turns it into water & oxygen gas, this compound, H2O2, foams when used as an antiseptic on human skin or on a potato'

Answer: hydrogen peroxide


Question: 'Kurt Cobain's suicide note quoted from this man's "My My, Hey Hey": "It's better to burn out than to fade away"'

Answer: Neil Young


Question: 'Marie Sklodowska'

Answer: Curie


Question: 'Lemony Snicket should know this novelist penned "Adverbs" & "Watch Your Mouth"'

Answer: Daniel Handler


Question: 'For Kant, to act according to principles that you'd like to see become universal is this type of "imperative"'

Answer: a categorical imperative


Question: 'Canaries take their name from the Canary Islands, which belong to this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Donatello sculpted 3 well-known statues of this biblical figure, 2 in marble & a nude bronze'

Answer: David


Question: '2005:<br />TV news producer Fred Friendly'

Answer: Good Night and Good Luck


Question: 'Collinsville, Illinois, on the historic National Road, has a 170' bottle of this, waiting for a 200' burger'

Answer: ketchup


Question: 'Just like a papaya, this fruit when unripe contains enzymes that can tenderize meat'

Answer: mango


Question: 'In 1793 this French queen was tried & executed, charged with giving military secrets to her brother Emperor Leopold II'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: '1928:<br />No yolk, just this white part of the egg'

Answer: A-L-B-U-M-E-N


Question: 'This American's 1942 mobile "Red Petals" stands 8 1/2 feet high & consists of painted sheet metal & wire'

Answer: (Alexander) Calder


Question: '2005:<br />Undercover CIA operative Bob Barnes'

Answer: Syriana


Question: 'This state's Edge of the Wilderness byway takes you near more than 1,000 lakes'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'This hot pepper is named after the capital of the state of Veracruz'

Answer: jalapeño


Question: 'Around 325 this Christian emperor began a basilica in Rome on the spot where St. Peter's stands today'

Answer: Constantine (the Great)


Question: '1954:<br />This architectural term for the part of a church that crosses the nave at right angles'

Answer: T-R-A-N-S-E-P-T


Question: 'At age 75 he began to sculpt his Florentine Pieta, in which he portrayed himself in the guise of Nicodemus'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: '1999:<br />Gulf War soldier Major Archie Gates'

Answer: Three Kings


Question: 'The byway called "Top of" these is at over 9,000 feet, which is considered the lowlands there'

Answer: the Rockies


Question: 'The large dark brown crimino mushroom became much more popular when its name was changed to this'

Answer: portobello


Question: 'Plato's "Phaedo" describes this man's final days, including his death by poison'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'This Roman's campaign against the Dacians in the early 2nd century was commemorated in a relief on a famous column'

Answer: Trajan


Question: '2000:<br />Escaped convict Ulysses Everett McGill'

Answer: O Brother, Where Art Thou?


Question: 'Once a 900-mile route extending to Missouri, it's now a 565-mile scenic byway mostly in New Mexico'

Answer: the Santa Fe Trail


Question: 'This fruit related to the grapefruit is also called a shaddock'

Answer: pomelo


Question: 'After abdicating this country's throne in 1654, Christina tried to get the throne in Poland or Naples--didn't work'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This cowboy sculptor, a contemporary of Remington, represents Montana in Statuary Hall'

Answer: (Charles Marion) Russell


Question: '2002:<br />CIA recruiter Jim Byrd'

Answer: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind


Question: 'An Illinois byway covers 179 miles of this highway, the USA's first paved transcontinental road'

Answer: the Lincoln Highway


Question: 'The name of this kind of tuna is Spanish for "pretty"'

Answer: bonito


Question: 'He told the Rump Parliament, "You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing lately, depart, I say"'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question:
'1982:
Psoriasis was the winning word;
1965:
This itchy skin condition'

Answer: E-C-Z-E-M-A


Question: 'The 1549 Act of Uniformity imposed upon England this single liturgical volume to be used by everyone'

Answer: The Book of Common Prayer


Question: 'In book titles, this inquisitive monkey "Visits the Library", "Goes to the Beach" & "Goes to a Costume Party"'

Answer: Curious George


Question: 'As this title duo, Carmen & Juni Cortez have a secret-agent mom & dad in 3 Robert Rodriguez movies'

Answer: Spy Kids


Question: 'The largest in area'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In badminton, it's the less-formal name for a shuttlecock'

Answer: a bird (a birdie accepted)


Question: 'It has seasonal weather patterns & iron-rich minerals in the soil, giving it a distinct red color'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Swallowtail, viceroy & monarch are types of this pretty insect'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'Please look after this bear from Darkest Peru, thank you'

Answer: Paddington Bear


Question: 'Frankie Muniz has saved the day in 2 movies as this CIA teen'

Answer: Cody Banks


Question: 'It's 90% Catholic'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This game with a military name can be pretty funny if the rope breaks'

Answer: tug of war


Question: 'Greater in mass than all the other planets combined, it's surrounded by dozens of moons'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'This aromatic herb of the genus Nepeta will drive your feline crazy'

Answer: catnip


Question: 'This title girl lives at a convent school in Paris; she has her appendix out in the first story about her'

Answer: Madeline


Question: 'Anna Paquin seeks treatment for a mutant gene in her body in the latest installment of this film series'

Answer: X-Men


Question: 'The most populous'

Answer: the U.S.


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew uses a wooden cup & ball toy.)  The ancient pastime I'm practicing was said to improve coordination between these two body parts'

Answer: hand & eye


Question: 'Its mean distance from the Sun is only about 36 million miles'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'If you've "gone" this, you might have said something extreme or fallen from the Queen Mary'

Answer: overboard


Question: 'The book about this title stuffed hare is subtitled "How Toys Become Real"'

Answer: the Velveteen Rabbit


Question: 'Tanner, Engelberg & the rest of this underdog baseball team showed moxie vs. the Yankees in a 2005 remake'

Answer: Bad News Bears


Question: 'It has 2 official languages'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Front & Australian are types of this fast overarm swimming stroke used in freestyle events'

Answer: crawl


Question: 'It's the smallest & densest of the outer gas giants & has an appropriate name, as it has a watery interior'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Looking for a "needle" in one of these is a metaphor for an impossible search'

Answer: haystack


Question: 'In "Alice in Wonderland", it "vanished quite slowly... ending with the grin, which remained some time"'

Answer: Cheshire Cat


Question: 'Jake Lloyd won the pod race as this 9-year-old kid who is stuck on Tatooine'

Answer: Anakin Skywalker


Question: 'Ruled by an emperor from 1864 to 1867'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a tennis racket.)  In tennis, like in life, coaches teach the importance of this last part of the swing--it keeps the racket accelerating at contact'

Answer: the follow-through


Question: 'Bands of debris & ice surround it, as do its satellites, including Titan'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'In days of yore, women sometimes rode in this style, meaning both feet on the same flank of the horse'

Answer: sidesaddle


Question: 'People of this religion call Christians & Jews, their fellow monotheists, Ahl al-Kitab, "People of the Book"'

Answer: Muslims (the Islams accepted)


Question: 'Britney's younger sister, she was "All That" before she became "Zoey 101"'

Answer: Jamie Lynn


Question: 'This ancient city is the capital of Greece'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Youngest sons Archibald & Quentin are seen here with their proud papa, this president'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: '...one of these peformers, so I'm practicing my arabesques & pirouettes so I can perform with the Kirov'

Answer: a ballerina


Question: 'To shine with a flickering gleam of light, as a "little star" might'

Answer: twinkle


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Prague, Czech Republic.)  I'm in Prague at one of these Jewish houses of worship; completed in the 1200s, it's the oldest working one in Europe'

Answer: a synagogue


Question: 'This actor's band has appeared on "So Little Time" as well as on his show with Josh Peck'

Answer: Drake Bell


Question: 'The 48th U.S. state to join the Union, this Southwest state is now 17th in population'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'His son John Adams II married Mary Catherine Hellen in the White House on Feb. 25, 1828'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: '...one of these, from the Greek for "star sailor", like John Glenn or Buzz Aldrin'

Answer: an astronaut


Question: 'To apply pressure to extract juice, or to give someone a hug'

Answer: squeeze


Question: 'Begin this act, part of penance, by saying, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned"--then spill the beans'

Answer: confession


Question: 'Kirsten Storms is seen as Zenon & her voice is heard as Bonnie, the cheerleader nemesis on this cartoon'

Answer: Kim Possible


Question: 'Mont Blanc is the highest peak in these mountains that stretch from France to Austria'

Answer: the Alps


Question: 'His daughter Margaret was born in Independence, Missouri'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: '...one of these & deal with the health problems of vicunas, pintos & Great Danes'

Answer: a veterinarian


Question: 'Not aligned with any side or position in a controversy, like Switzerland'

Answer: neutral


Question: 'Zen, a branch of this Asian religion, aims for satori, or enlightenment'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'The phoenix, thunderbird, mermaid, minotaur & butterfly are the symbols for this group's "Mystic Force"'

Answer: the Power Rangers


Question: 'Kabul is the capital of this Asian country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'This future president is seen here with his mom'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: '...like Martin Luther King & the Dalai Lama & be honored with this humanitarian prize given in Oslo'

Answer: the Nobel Peace Prize


Question: 'A place of seclusion, or an army's forced withdrawal before an enemy'

Answer: retreat


Question: 'You'll find the word "angel" in this movement that stresses the Gospels & personal salvation'

Answer: Evangelism


Question: 'This lil' rapper made it big time in the movie "Honey" with Jessica Alba & on his own Nick show'

Answer: Lil\' Romeo


Question: 'Known to the Romans as Numidia, this large African country borders the Mediterranean Sea'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'He took his four sons with him to the White House; Martin Jr. even worked for Dad'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: '...this kind of 12-letter person & make some big bucks correcting crooked teeth with braces'

Answer: an orthodontist


Question: 'From the Latin for "prophetic sign", it's a child having extraordinary talent'

Answer: prodigy


Question: 'This Roald Dahl book begins, "These two very old people are the father and mother of Mr. Bucket"'

Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


Question:
'Paris,
Brussels,
Rome'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'He starred in the films "Fists of Fury" & "Game of Death"'

Answer: Bruce Lee


Question: 'NHL regulations stipulate that this must be kept in a frozen state in order to be used in a game'

Answer: a puck


Question: 'In 2006 more than 40% of this airline's customers flew to, from or through Atlanta'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'The Maccabees fought a guerrilla war to keep the Syrians out of this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'The definitive English writer of game rules; now everything is "according to" him'

Answer: (Edmond) Hoyle


Question:
'San Salvador,
San Jose,
Santiago'

Answer: San Salvador


Question: '19th century man seen here; we know you were waiting for this one'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'This term once meant an entire golf course; now it refers to the area surrounding the cup'

Answer: a green


Question: 'In 2005 this Phoenix-based airline merged with US Airways to create the world's largest low-fare airline'

Answer: America West


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Prague, Czech Republic.) Josefov, named for an emperor, is Prague's version of this area, to which Jews were restricted'

Answer: the ghetto


Question: 'Bronze is an important one of tin & copper'

Answer: an alloy


Question:
'Pyongyang,
Tokyo,
Taipei'

Answer: Pyongyang


Question: 'He began working at the Texas School Book Depository in October 1963'

Answer: Lee Harvey Oswald


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the University of Iowa.)  It's the structural term for the arched position a wrestler uses to avoid his back touching the mat'

Answer: a bridge


Question: 'It's the airline whose familiar logo is seen here'

Answer: Alaska Airlines


Question: 'Term for attacks on Jews, from the Russian for "destruction"; they started to get bad around 1881'

Answer: pogroms


Question: 'These edible bivalve mollusks can reach 12 inches across'

Answer: oysters


Question:
'Riyadh,
Baghdad,
Ankara'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'As of 1975, this Pulitzer Prize-winner was said to be working on her second novel but it hasn't been published yet'

Answer: Harper Lee


Question: 'In bowling, if only the 2 & 7 pins or 3 & 10 pins are left standing after the first roll, it's called a baby this'

Answer: a split


Question: 'It's easy to recognize this airline's planes: they have a shamrock on the tail'

Answer: Aer Lingus


Question: 'Now the USA's largest Jewish movement, it began in the 19th c. to change Judaism by reducing ritual'

Answer: Reform


Question: 'Used as waterspouts, these stone figures take their name from the Old French for "throat"'

Answer: gargoyles


Question:
'Minsk,
Monrovia,
Manama'

Answer: Minsk


Question: 'In 1986 Bruce Springsteen refused his $12 million offer to use "Born in the U.S.A." in an automoble ad'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'In this illegal block, a football player hits an opponent from behind, below the waist, resulting in a 15-yard penalty'

Answer: clipping


Question: 'Icarus is the frequent-flyer program of this international airline'

Answer: Olympic Airlines


Question: 'In 1984 an airlift began flying Jews called falashas from this African country to Israel'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Castle that was the birthplace of St. Ignatius, the founder of the Jesuits'

Answer: Loyola


Question: 'A McBurney's incision is made in the lower right abdomen by a surgeon about to remove this'

Answer: the appendix


Question:
'Sir Alec Guinness
&
Ewan McGregor'

Answer: Obi-wan Kenobi


Question: '"I'll never love anybody but you, Tom, and I'll never marry anybody but you--and you ain't to ever marry anybody but me"'

Answer: Becky (Thatcher)


Question: 'Tugela, a set of these in South Africa, totals over 5 Washington Monuments high'

Answer: waterfalls


Question: 'This movement includes works by Claes Oldenburg, David Hockney &, of course, Andy Warhol'

Answer: pop art


Question: 'I see this plant-eating aquatic mammal from Florida'

Answer: a manatee


Question: 'Popularly called JAMA, this medical publication has been published continuously since 1883'

Answer: The Journal of the American Medical Association


Question:
'Gene Wilder
&
Johnny Depp'

Answer: Willy Wonka


Question: '"The way I flew?  Do you know... I sometimes wonder whether I did really fly"'

Answer: Wendy Darling


Question: 'Power plant runoff is responsible for the water in Iceland's "Blue" one of these, seen here'

Answer: Blue Lagoon


Question: 'In 1937 he painted a masterpiece that depicted the bombing of a Spanish town'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'It's this light fabric, originally used to wrap a certain food'

Answer: cheesecloth


Question: 'In the 400s B.C. this Greek wrote, "Into whatever houses I enter I will go into them for the benefit of the sick"'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question:
'Kirk Alyn
&
George Reeves'

Answer: Superman


Question: '"Our names are worn away to Durbeyfield; but we have several proofs that we are d'Urbervilles"'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'This type of "plain" is covered by water when a river overflows; the Ganges & Yangtze have big ones'

Answer: a floodplain


Question: 'This abstract expressionist had his first solo show at Peggy Guggenheim's art gallery'

Answer: Pollock


Question: 'That's right, you heard me!  I found this item that addresses a lot of people'

Answer: a speaker


Question: 'Robert Koch, in 1876, was the first to identify the bacterium causing a specific disease, this disease of cattle & man'

Answer: anthrax


Question:
'Rex Harrison
&
Eddie Murphy'

Answer: Dr. Dolittle


Question: '"It should be Christmas Day... on which one drinks the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man"'

Answer: (Mrs.) Cratchit


Question: 'In 1998 the water supply was threatened by mercury in Russia's huge Bratsk "holding" one of these'

Answer: a reservoir


Question: 'It's the technique of applying paint in little spots, as exemplified by Seurat'

Answer: pointillism


Question: 'This type of gluttonous eater is going to rack me up the maximum 11 points'

Answer: a gourmand


Question: 'The name of this instrument used to see within the stomach & intestines is from the Latin for "see within"'

Answer: endoscope


Question:
'Michael Caine
&
Jude Law'

Answer: Alfie


Question: '"It is too deeply branded.  Ye cannot take it off.  And would that I might endure his agony, as well as mine!"'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'Sounds odd, but this type of treatment plant opened in 1992 on the Colorado to give Mexico drinkable water'

Answer: a desalination plant


Question: 'An anarchist, he was the only artist whose work was at every one of the Impressionist exhibitions'

Answer: Pissarro


Question: 'It must be Christmas; there's this colorful plant'

Answer: a poinsettia


Question: 'In this building Ella Fitzgerald & Sarah Vaughan both won amateur talent contests, one in 1934 & the other in 1942'

Answer: the Apollo Theater


Question: 'In breathing it's the gas you expel to the atmosphere'

Answer: Carbon Dioxide


Question: 'From 1982-87, she held the top rank in tennis for all but 22 weeks of a 270-week stretch'

Answer: Martina Navratilova


Question: 'As Wall Street is associated with stocks, this NYC street is associated with advertising'

Answer: Madison Avenue


Question: 'Jacob Neufer was the first on record to perform this operation where the mother & baby both survived'

Answer: Caesarean Section


Question: 'Christmas festivities in this Utah city begin with the lighting of Temple Square in November'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'Speak softly'

Answer: Whisper


Question: 'Erosion from these created fjords & drumlins'

Answer: glaciers


Question: 'Dave "Tiger" Williams holds the career record for penalty minutes in this sport with 3,966'

Answer: Ice Hockey


Question: 'This Paris main street recently received a facelift and 850 underground parking spaces'

Answer: Champs Elysees


Question: 'Holyrood Palace was built in this capital city around 1500'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'In May, 1993, this city on the Riviera held its 46th International Film Festival'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'It's the watery part of milk that separates from the curds when making cheese'

Answer: Whey


Question: 'Scientist John Dalton suffered from the red-green type of this'

Answer: Colorblindness


Question: 'This Dolphins quarterback has passed for over 400 yards in a single game a record 10 times'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'Roxbury, Spago, & The Whiskey are on this Los Angeles street's "strip"'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question: 'When blown off course, explorer Pedro Cabral discovered this country and claimed it for Portugal'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Inspired by a short story, Angels' Camp in Calaveras County, CA, hosts this type of contest each May'

Answer: Jumping-Frog Contest


Question: 'It's the gentle neighing of a horse'

Answer: Whinny


Question: 'The surfaces of this type of element can be anodized'

Answer: Metal


Question: 'In 1993, this Seattle center fielder tied a Major League record by hitting home runs in eight straight games'

Answer: Ken Griffey, Jr.


Question: 'In this city, you can enter Tiananmen Square off Changan Avenue'

Answer: Beijing/Peking


Question: 'This most famous morality play dates to around 1500'

Answer: "Everyman"


Question: 'In autumn, Lake Havasu City, AZ, celebrates the dedication of this landmark'

Answer: London Bridge


Question: 'In 1948 Harry Truman toured the country during this type of railroad campaign'

Answer: Whistle Stop


Question: 'He discovered that if nitroglycerin was absorbed by an inert substance, it wouldn't explode from shock'

Answer: Alfred Nobel


Question: 'In 1980, this U.S. speed skater became the first athlete to win five individual gold medals in one Olympics'

Answer: Eric Heiden


Question: 'Collins Avenue runs through Miami Beach's South Beach and the Embarcadero runs through this city's North Beach'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This first Tudor king reigned on the throne of England'

Answer: Henry VII


Question: 'The first weekend in October, Las Cruces, in this state, has a whole enchilada fiesta'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'It's to get something by coaxing or flattery'

Answer: Wheedle


Question: 'During World War II, he served in the German army occupying Greece'

Answer: Kurt Waldheim


Question: 'Getting right to the point, Jean-Paul Gauthier designed the costumes for her 1990 "World Tour"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'The Stoics derived their name from a painted porch in this Greek city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Her first husband is Charles Hamilton, Melanie's brother; Rhett Butler is her third'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: 'A seafood cocktail called zarzuela is a specialty of this country's Costa Brava'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Slang for remarkable or gutsy, it may be a blend of "bold" & "audacious"'

Answer: Bodacious


Question: 'In 1988 this Peruvian personally negotiated the end of fighting in the Iran-Iraq War'

Answer: Javier Perez de Cuellar


Question: 'In French, this clothing style or line is called pret-a-porter'

Answer: ready-to-wear


Question: 'This church put most of Descartes' books on its "Index of Proscribed Literature"'

Answer: Roman Catholic Church


Question: 'This doctor becomes acquainted with Lara when they work together at a Russian Red Cross hospital'

Answer: Dr. Zhivago


Question: 'It's the monetary unit of Vatican City'

Answer: Lira


Question: 'This term for all the letters in a language comes from the names of two Greek letters'

Answer: Alphabet


Question: 'Boutros Boutros-Ghali served as this nation's minister of state for foreign affairs from 1977-1991'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Yves St. Laurent first made his mark at this fashion house'

Answer: Christian Dior


Question: 'The Latin name of this great philosophical work by St. Augustine is "De Civitate Dei"'

Answer: City of God


Question: 'In "Go Tell It on the Mountain", John Grimes represents this author of the novel'

Answer: James Baldwin


Question: 'The imposing ruins of Angkor Tom temple complex, built around 1200, are in this country'

Answer: Cambodia/Kampuchea


Question: 'Our word "blanket" is derived in part from Old French for this color'

Answer: white


Question: 'He served as headmaster of the national high school in his hometown of Pantana, Burma'

Answer: U Thant


Question: 'This store has sold over 30 million pieces of Jaclyn Smith's sportswear'

Answer: Kmart


Question: 'This Frenchman later said that his 1945 lecture on existentialism & humanism was a mistake'

Answer: Jean-Paul Sartre


Question: 'In a novel by Edith Wharton, this New England farmer falls in love with his wife's cousin Mattie'

Answer: Ethan Frome


Question: 'You might call the Pearl Mosque the "pearl" of this Taj Mahal city'

Answer: Agra


Question: 'Humorist Gillette Burgess coined this 5-letter term for a brief laudatory phrase on a book jacket'

Answer: Blurb


Question: 'He headed Norway's delegation to the 1945 UN conference in San Francisco before becoming secretary general'

Answer: Trygve Lie


Question: 'In August, 1993, this company's co-founder and CEO, George Marciano, announced that he was stepping down & selling out'

Answer: Guess Jeans


Question: 'Lewis Carroll's 1896 book on the symbolic type of this branch of philosophy was not intended for children'

Answer: Logic


Question: 'In one G.K. Chesterton tale, this reverend detective is called Paul; in another, he has the initial "J"'

Answer: Father Brown


Question: 'Her first-born son, Frederic, is Denmark's crown prince'

Answer: Queen Margrethe II


Question: 'The Middle English phrase for this position with hands-on-hips & elbows bent out was "Ankinibo"'

Answer: Akimbo


Question: '1 of 3 women who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in the 1980s'

Answer: (1 of) Beth Henley (for Crimes of the Heart), Marsha Norman (for \'Night, Mother) & Wendy Wasserstein (for The Heidi Chronicles)


Question: 'Born in 1934, Shirley MacLaine was named after this film star born in 1928'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'I was "in good hands" with this insurance company but I let my theft coverage lapse; guess I won't be replacing that TV'

Answer: Allstate


Question: 'A New Deal agency for major government engineering projects was the PWA, this "Administration"'

Answer: Public Works


Question: 'There are Fruity & Cocoa varieties of this cereal pitched by the Flintstones'

Answer: Pebbles


Question: 'Tajikistan rocks!  We just looked off one of these on the Vakhsh River; it's 300 meters tall & makes 3/4 of the country's power'

Answer: a dam


Question: 'Traditional Chinese sauce that combines sugar & vinegar; you like pork?'

Answer: sweet-and-sour


Question: 'He's Shirley's famous brother, 3 years her junior'

Answer: Warren Beatty


Question: 'Oh no!  I have 100 new roach roommates!  Good thing I have this brand of insecticide that "kills bugs dead"'

Answer: Raid


Question: 'Nature's own one of these substances is synovial fluid, which reduces friction in our joints'

Answer: oil (or lubricant)


Question: 'Nestle sells a hot cocoa mix featuring mini these to put on top'

Answer: marshmallows


Question: 'Had fun going to the top of this 630' monument, tallest in the U.S.; we looked east & saw the Mississippi River & Illinois'

Answer: the Gateway Arch


Question: 'I always listen to this rock anthem after "Free Bird"'

Answer: "Sweet Home Alabama"


Question: 'Shirley was great friends with the fabled Rat Pack & starred with them in this 1960 caper film'

Answer: Ocean\'s Eleven


Question: 'Thank goodness my satellite dish from this U.S. company recently sold by Rupert Murdoch is back working; I was lost without it'

Answer: DirecTV


Question: 'The Khurais Project in this country's desert involves piping millions of barrels of water to pump up the oil'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Unsweetened cocoa powder is often sprinkled on these fungus-named chocolates'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'We'll always have the Hassan II mosque in this West African country; it has the world's tallest minaret!'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Slang for the most effective place to hit a ball on a tennis racket'

Answer: the sweet spot


Question: 'When William Peter Blatty was writing this horror novel in the early '70s, he based the mother on Shirley, a close friend'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'The flapper, lift arm & ballcock assembly of this very necessary fixture are all fine--why won't it work?!'

Answer: a toilet


Question: '16th c. scientist William Gilbert is called the father of this type of engineering; a device he invented detected charge'

Answer: electrical engineering


Question: 'This African "coast" country is the world's No. 1 producer of cocoa'

Answer: Ivory Coast


Question: 'Wish you weren't here!  Our raft is nearing the drop of this tallest Venezuelan cataract!  See you next fall!'

Answer: Angel Falls


Question: 'Per the Bard in "Romeo and Juliet", it's what parting is'

Answer: sweet sorrow


Question: 'In 1970 Shirley replaced Elizabeth Taylor in "Two Mules for Sister Sara" opposite this action star'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'The super's cousin parked his Xterra from this company in my space again--at least it's smaller than his old Armada'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'Georgia Tech's School of Aeronautics, founded in 1930, is now called the School of this engineering'

Answer: Aerospace Engineering


Question: 'In the chocolate-making process, high pressure is used to remove this fatty substance used in cosmetics'

Answer: cocoa butter


Question: 'Toured the Burj in this U.A.E. city.  They say it's the tallest tower in the world; looked over ledge & lost my lunch'

Answer: Dubai


Question: 'Villanova's Mendel Medal depicts the school's seal encircled by a wreath of these'

Answer: sweet peas


Question: 'At the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Type of old crime that the Philadelphia Homicide Squad endeavors to finally solve'

Answer: Cold Case


Question: 'If you hear "Wassail" at a Christmas party, it's an Old Norse salutation wishing you good this'

Answer: health


Question: 'Lawrence of Arabia's wartime memoirs, published in 1926, were called "Seven Pillars of" this'

Answer: Wisdom


Question: 'The Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota is located on the waterfront of this Great Lake'

Answer: Superior


Question: 'Beaded calculator<br />(6)'

Answer: an abacus


Question: 'At his Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'Allison DuBois (Patricia Arquette), who has dreams & visions of dead people'

Answer: Medium


Question: 'This character from an 1843 story "bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame!"'

Answer: Tiny Tim


Question: 'Aeschylus recounted a tale of legendary heroes making war in "Seven Against" this city'

Answer: Thebes


Question: 'Popular exhibits at the Waikiki Aquarium include the Hawaiian monk seals, coral farms & these "giant" bivalves'

Answer: clams


Question: 'Go upward<br />(6)'

Answer: ascend


Question: 'The 2 who are buried at the First Unitarian Church in Quincy, Massachusetts'

Answer: John Adams & John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Melinda Gordon (Jennifer Love Hewitt), who communicates with earthbound spirits'

Answer: Ghost Whisperer


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside a display window in New York.)  In 1998, Macy's introduced holiday window displays honoring this classic film; now you'll see them appropriately in the windows facing 34th Street'

Answer: Miracle On 34th Street


Question: 'After returning to Denmark, she finished the "Seven Gothic tales" she had been working on in Africa'

Answer: Karen Blixen (or Isak Dinesen)


Question: 'Nearly 2 million people each year visit the aquarium in this California city, located where else but on Cannery Row'

Answer: Monterey


Question: 'Heart-y artery<br />(5)'

Answer: aorta


Question: 'At the Washington, D.C. National Cathedral'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'The Oceanside Wellness Center, at which Dr. Addison Forbes Montgomery works'

Answer: Private Practice


Question: 'Weighing upwards of 25 pounds, a Toulouse is the traditional one of these eaten at Christmas'

Answer: a goose


Question: 'A 1964 film was based on the novel "Seven Days in" this month, about an army coup attempt in the United States'

Answer: May


Question: 'In the no bone zone of the Florida Aquarium, kids can crawl in supersized shells of this "solitary" crab'

Answer: a hermit crab


Question: 'Charitable donations<br />(4)'

Answer: alms


Question: 'The first of 2 presidents buried at Arlington National Cemetery'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'The "Buy More" Nerd Herd employee Mr. Bartowski'

Answer: Chuck


Question: '13-year-old Jimmy Boyd had a hit in the '50s with this tune, decried by Boston's Roman Catholic Archdiocese'

Answer: "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"


Question: 'This author's novel "QB VII" takes its title from the London courtroom where a libel trial takes place'

Answer: Leon Uris


Question: 'Watch out for anacondas & piranhas at the Shedd Aquarium exhibit called this river "Rising"'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'Sharp accent?<br />(5)'

Answer: acute


Question: 'A chorus in this 1741 work says, "King of kings and Lord of lords and He shall reign forever and ever"'

Answer: Handel\'s Messiah


Question: 'Bart's dad, he works at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, sector 7G'

Answer: Homer Simpson


Question: 'Debbi is the first name of this woman whose name is on over 700 cookie franchises'

Answer: Mrs. Fields


Question: 'This date is written at the top of the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: July 4, 1776


Question: 'Though it's not really made out of it, the ball used in this sport is nicknamed a pigskin'

Answer: football


Question: 'The Köln-Düsseldorfer line seen here takes you up & down the Rhine in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'I was so clumsy at the Chicago NBA Arena that I felt like one of these critters "in a china shop"'

Answer: a bull


Question: 'It's where you could get a pitcher full of beer from Sam or Woody or an earful from Carla'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'He's the cookie maker seen here'

Answer: the Keebler Elf


Question: 'Of 1, 3 or 5, it's the fewest number of electoral votes a state can have'

Answer: 3


Question: 'You strike this ball to begin a game of pool'

Answer: the cue ball


Question: 'The votive candles seen here are in this Gothic church located on the Île de la Cité'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'I warned the ostrich farmer, "Don't keep all" of these "in one basket"'

Answer: an egg


Question: 'The title character on this NBC drama works for the Massachusetts State Coroner's Office'

Answer: Crossing Jordan


Question: 'A machine that is a funnel within a funnel fills this cake-like cookie with fig jam'

Answer: a Fig Newton


Question: 'In 1994 Bill Clinton appointed Stephen Breyer to this body'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: 'It's where astronaut Alan Shepard famously hit a golf ball in February 1971'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'Children's tales like "Pippi Longstocking" come to life at Junibacken in this capital of Sweden'

Answer: Stockholm


Question: 'I told the private investigator that one of these "is worth a thousand words"'

Answer: a picture


Question: 'This drama was set at the firm of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak'

Answer: L.A. Law


Question: 'In 1921 "sandwich" was added to the name of this cookie that you can take apart to eat the icing first'

Answer: an Oreo


Question: 'The preamble to the Constitution begins, "We the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect" this'

Answer: Union


Question: 'The only player on a soccer team who can touch a live ball with his hands'

Answer: the goalie


Question: 'To ensure good luck, I tell piano players to always "keep" these crossed'

Answer: fingers


Question: 'Restaurant where Alice, Vera & "Kiss My Grits" Flo waited tables'

Answer: Mel\'s Diner


Question: 'Founder Margaret Rudkin named this brand for a property her family owned in Connecticut'

Answer: Pepperidge Farm


Question: 'As minority leader of the House, this San Franciscan is the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. Congress'

Answer: Nancy Pelosi


Question: 'At the boring seance, I observed that this "is willing, but the flesh is weak"'

Answer: the spirit


Question: 'In a painting by his friend John Trumbull, he's seen here resigning his commission in 1783'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'If a patient has suffered cardiac arrest, this color "code" should be called'

Answer: blue


Question: 'This L.A. landmark opened in 1934 on land owned by the Gilmore family with 18 vendors selling fresh produce'

Answer: the Farmer\'s Market


Question: 'Good news: your agent booked you for the opera "Hansel and Gretel"; bad news: you're playing this villainess'

Answer: the witch


Question: 'This symbol of Halloween may have originated in Medieval Scotland & was originally carved from a large turnip'

Answer: a jack-o\'-lantern


Question: 'Amethyst'

Answer: mineral


Question: 'On March 30, 1865 General Fitzhugh Lee was enjoying a shad bake & missed the Battle of Five Forks in this war'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'This 4-letter term means ASAP!  Immediately!'

Answer: stat


Question: 'Poet Dame Mary Gilmore fought for women's rights & the rights of the aborigines in this, her home country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras & this Italian called; they're doing a "Four Tenors" tour, & you're number four!!!!'

Answer: Luciano Pavarotti


Question: 'On June 28, 1894 President Grover Cleveland signed an act making the first Monday in September this holiday'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'Semolina'

Answer: vegetable


Question: 'He's seen here standing up for democracy in August 1991'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin


Question: 'Give the patient 250 c.c.s of normal saline, c.c. standing for this'

Answer: cubic centimeter


Question: 'Major League Baseball's top award to pitchers is named for this man who was born in Gilmore, Ohio in 1867'

Answer: Cy Young


Question: 'You're such a diva that folks compare you to this Greek soprano who was born in NYC in 1923'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'National Humor Month begins on this date, often with a joke-telling contest'

Answer: April Fool\'s Day


Question: 'Silica'

Answer: mineral


Question: 'Toledo's El Transito changed from synagogue to church after Jews were expelled from this country in 1492'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'You'll need follow-up rehab with a P.T., this professional'

Answer: a physical therapist


Question: 'The 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to Norman Mailer for a book on this convicted murderer'

Answer: Gary Gilmore


Question: 'Casting call for "Anna Bolena"!  You'll need to sing bass (& gain 200 pounds) to play this hefty English king'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'The folk song "Sivivon, Sov, Sov, Sov" or "Dreidel, Spin, Spin, Spin", is traditionally sung during this Jewish holiday'

Answer: Hanukkah


Question: 'Ibex'

Answer: animal


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew strolls the shores of Waimea Bay, Kauai.)  When this man arrived here on Kauai in the late 1770s, he was welcomed as the harvest god Lono'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question: 'Know your ABCs: check this (the "A"), breathing & circulation'

Answer: airway


Question: 'Patrick Gilmore organized an 1869 concert that had 100 firemen on this "instrument" that's in the title of the following'

Answer: the anvil


Question: 'Your performance as Loris in "Fedora" will make everyone forget this great tenor who originated the role in 1898'

Answer: Caruso


Question: 'Canada's version of this holiday is the 2nd Monday in October; the U.S. usually celebrates it 46 days later'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'Kale'

Answer: vegetable


Question: 'In 2000 Emma Peel's leather pants & Maxwell Smart's shoe phone were on display at this agency that's not open to the public'

Answer: the CIA


Question: '"Not that I loved Caesar less", says Brutus, "but that I loved" this city "more"'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In 2002 she legally dropped Voight as her last name'

Answer: Angelina Jolie


Question: 'In England no patents are listed from Jan. 30, 1649 to May 29, 1660 due to this man's tenure as Lord Protector'

Answer: (Oliver) Cromwell


Question: 'The first popularly elected president of the Russian Republic, he survived 5 heart attacks during his 2 terms'

Answer: Yeltsin


Question: 'AKA Panchamas, these people were called "children of God" by Gandhi; Eliot Ness was another type'

Answer: an untouchable


Question: 'Teutonic Knights trace their origin to this present country where men from Bremen & Lubeck formed a fraternity'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Jessica states that "love is blind" as she elopes (with dad Shylock's ducats) in this comedy'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'This TV "Newlywed" complimented Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton on her decorating of the White House'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'The first British patent was given in 1449 by Henry VI to make stained glass for this largest English boys' college'

Answer: Eton


Question: 'In 1991 George H.W. Bush gave this Defense Secretary & heart attack survivor the Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Cheney


Question: 'In Matthew 27:5 he "cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself"'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'The current headquarters of the Teutonic Knights are in this European capital at Singerstrasse 7'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'He declares his love to Ophelia in a letter saying, "Doubt Truth to be a liar, but never doubt I love"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'In 2005 British beauty Twiggy joined this creator of "America's Next Top Model" on the judging panel'

Answer: Tyra Banks


Question: 'Litigation on this man's 1796 patent for steam engines established that improvements for known machines were allowed'

Answer: (James) Watt


Question: 'This South African performed the first human heart transplant & disdained his nation's system of apartheid'

Answer: (Dr. Christiaan) Barnard


Question: 'The name of this biblical son of Abraham who was cast away after the birth of Isaac now means "outcast"'

Answer: Ishmael


Question: 'In 1263 Urban IV allowed the Teutonic Knights freedom from this vow, increasing their influence & wealth'

Answer: poverty


Question: 'She says, "My only love sprung from my only hate!"'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'She went from San Francisco 49er cheerleader to Lois Lane to Wisteria Lane'

Answer: Teri Hatcher


Question: 'John Harrington's patent for a water closet was denied by this ruler in 1596 on grounds of propriety'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Invasive coronary bypass surgery was the standard for unclogging arteries before the advent of this procedure'

Answer: angioplasty


Question: 'Pravda reported in 2001 that Ukraine declared U.S. Ambassador Carlos Pasqual this 3-word Latin term'

Answer: persona non grata


Question: 'Hermann Von Salza reigned over the Knights from 1210 to 1239 with this title, like one a chess expert might have'

Answer: grandmaster


Question: 'Will's only play with "love" in the title'

Answer: Love\'s Labour\'s Lost


Question: 'In 1994 this "Die Another Day" actress played a character named Sharon Stone in "The Flintstones"'

Answer: Halle Berry


Question: 'James Burbage was part of the Earl of Leicester's men, which in 1574 was the first ever of these to get a patent'

Answer: theatre troupe


Question: 'The first permanent artificial heart, implanted in Barney Clark in 1982, was named for this doctor'

Answer: Robert Jarvik


Question: 'On June 19, 1953 at Sing Sing, this couple became the first U.S. civilians executed for the crime of spying'

Answer: the Rosenbergs


Question: 'In 1525 Teutonic Knight Albert of Hohenzollern made himself Duke of this area; Frederick I later ruled there'

Answer: Prussia


Question: 'Joaquin Rodrigo's best-known work is "Concierto de Aranjuez" for this instrument (Did Hendrix record that?)'

Answer: guitar


Question: 'He was Bourne again in 2004, when he returned as Jason Bourne in "The Bourne Supremacy"'

Answer: Matt Damon


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Tinos in Greece.) In 1715, Tinos became the last island to fall to these conquerors from across the Aegean'

Answer: the Turks


Question: '"If you've got the time, we've got the beer"'

Answer: Miller


Question: 'Richard Suskind & Clifford Irving both received prison terms for their fake autobiography of this billionaire'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'Add this letter to rave & you're in deep trouble, as in underground'

Answer: G (for grave)


Question: 'His "Moonlight" sonata was dedicated to Giuletta Guicciardi with whom he was romantically involved'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'Remove all wire hangers from your closet before watching this 1981 Faye Dunaway film'

Answer: Mommie Dearest


Question: 'Ile Jesus in this river is close by to Montreal Island'

Answer: the St. Lawrence River


Question: '"The beer drinker's light beer"'

Answer: Amstel Light


Question: 'Snap this letter into your Kodak & you'll have yourself a big brown bear'

Answer: I (for Kodiak)


Question: 'Tchaikovsky once referred to this "Lullaby" composer as "giftless" & a "mediocrity"'

Answer: (Johannes) Brahms


Question: '(I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.)  My "circle of friends" now includes this actress, who plays a diva named Carlotta in the film "The Phantom of the Opera"'

Answer: Minnie Driver


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sweden.) This Swedish island, the largest in the Baltic Sea, is said to be the original home of the Goths; makes sense'

Answer: Gotland


Question: '"Tastes as great as its name"'

Answer: Old Milwaukee


Question: 'In slang your foes will become much more attractive when you insert this letter'

Answer: X (for foxes)


Question: '"William Tell" was the 38th opera that he completed, & he was only 37!'

Answer: (Gioacchino) Rossini


Question: 'This frequent foil for the Marx Brothers was the goddaughter of author Joel Chandler Harris'

Answer: Margaret Dumont


Question: 'Rio Grande de Cagayan is the longest river on this largest Philippine island'

Answer: Luzon


Question: '"You never forget your first girl"'

Answer: St. Pauli Girl


Question: 'Forged by the Czar's secret police, these "Protocols" are often cited to "prove" Jewish conspiracies'

Answer: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion


Question: 'There'll be a lot to contemplate when you add this letter to mediate'

Answer: T (for meditate)


Question: 'He's the German composer of the famous piece heard here, an invocation to the dawn, not a waltz'

Answer: Richard Strauss


Question: 'On an '80s TV series, Blair Brown showed us "The Days and Nights of" this character'

Answer: Molly Dodd


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Aswan, Egypt.) This island here in the Nile bears the name of this British field marshal, who conquered Khartoum in 1898'

Answer: Lord Kitchener


Question: '"Miles away from ordinary"'

Answer: Corona


Question: 'In 1983 this German news magazine published forged diaries supposedly written by Adolf Hitler'

Answer: (Der) Stern


Question: 'Adding this letter to Orpheus makes him a pretty dreamy guy'

Answer: M (for Morpheus)


Question: 'A 20th century writer derived this pen name from the patron saint of England & a river in Suffolk'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'This assoc. spread CPR by starting a program in 1960 to sell doctors on closed rather than open chest massage'

Answer: the American Heart Association


Question: 'CCR:<br />"Left a good job in the city..."'

Answer: "Proud Mary"


Question: 'He starred as Governor of California from 1967 to 1975'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'After being thoroughly cleaned by Kanga, this A.A. Milne character was referred to as "Henry Pootel"'

Answer: Piglet


Question: 'In a Stravinsky ballet, this title creature gives Prince Ivan a magic feather'

Answer: the Firebird


Question: 'The woman who runs a small group in a Cub Scout troop'

Answer: den mother


Question: 'In 1964 doctors at Ole Miss gave a man a heart transplant from a close relative--this closely related species'

Answer: a chimp


Question:
'Pink Floyd (Part 2):
"We don't need no education..."
(5 words)'

Answer: "Another Brick In The Wall"


Question: 'In 1999 he wrestled his way into the Minnesota governor's office'

Answer: Jesse "The Body" Ventura


Question: 'This British woman wrote "The Tale of Pigling Bland", a tale of the Christmas pig'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'In 1799 Canada's Isle St. John was renamed this in honor of the Duke of Kent'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'They won back-to-back Super Bowls in 1998 & 1999'

Answer: the Denver Broncos


Question: 'American trypanosomiasis is also called Chagas' disease; the African version is known as this "sickness"'

Answer: sleeping sickness


Question: 'Nancy Sinatra:<br />"You keep sayin' you've got something for me..."'

Answer: "These Boots Are Made For Walkin\'"


Question: 'Governor of Vermont for most of the '90s, in 2005 he became Chairman of the Democratic National Committee'

Answer: Howard Dean


Question: 'In a Dick King-Smith novel, Ace is the great-grandson of this "sheep-pig"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'In a Victor Hugo novel, this tragic character is paraded through the streets of Paris as "The Prince of Fools"'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'False teeth that might take a bite out of your wallet'

Answer: dentures


Question: 'In Guillain-Barre syndrome patients, these lose their myelin sheaths, so impulses slow down or stop'

Answer: nerves


Question: 'The Beatles:<br />"Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner..."'

Answer: "Get Back"


Question: 'This statesman who lived to the age of 100 was governor of South Carolina from 1947 to 1951'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: 'Seen here as a U.S. Postal Service stamp honoring this character created by E.B. White in 1952'

Answer: Wilbur


Question: 'Royal family name of the prince in Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper"'

Answer: Tudor


Question: 'Sometimes expressed in grams per cubic centimeter, it's mass divided by volume'

Answer: density


Question: 'Doctors use a central line to puts lots of fluid into a large vein, such as the one in the head & neck'

Answer: the jugular


Question: 'Elvis:<br />"We're caught in a trap..."'

Answer: "Suspicious Minds"


Question: 'In 2001 Ruth Ann Minner became the first female governor of this small Eastern state'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'Dirty Dan, in this "Giving Tree" author's "The Dirtiest Man in the World", lives "in a pen with 5 hogs and a hen"'

Answer: Shel Silverstein


Question: 'This member of the infamous Borgia family was the model for & was idealized in Machiavelli's "The Prince"'

Answer: Cesare Borgia


Question: 'In English, the name of this 20,320-foot North American peak means "The Great One"'

Answer: Denali


Question: 'This "aromatic" German city was the target of the first Allied "Thousand Bomber Raid"'

Answer: Cologne


Question: 'In "Son of the Sheik", he played the title role as well as the character's father'

Answer: Rudolph Valentino


Question: 'While commanding an expedition in this territory, William Dall learned that Russia had sold it to the U.S.'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '"The Father of the Declaration of Independence"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'A reporter in "Citizen Kane" says Rosebud is just a piece in this, "a missing piece"'

Answer: a puzzle


Question: 'It's worn in the buttonhole of a lapel, so the name of this floral accessory is French for "buttonhole"'

Answer: boutonniere


Question: 'Marshal Rydz-Smigly was the commander in chief of this country's army when it was invaded in 1939'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'In 1920, at the age of 27, this actress known as "America's Sweetheart" played a girl of 12 in "Pollyanna"'

Answer: Mary Pickford


Question: 'Since a storm blew him around it, Dias named it the Cape of Storms; King John II later renamed it this'

Answer: the Cape of Good Hope


Question: '"The Father of Epic Poetry"'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'An employee's not showing up for work is more formally called this -ism'

Answer: absenteeism


Question: 'If you're wearing the fabric known as "peau de" this, you know that its name is French for "skin of silk"'

Answer: soie


Question: '"Metallic" name for the westernmost British landing zone on D-Day'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'Gary Cooper had a small role as a cadet in this first Best Picture winner about 2 flyers in love with the same girl'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'Arctic explorer Bob Bartlett was ticked off when this man said he was taking Henson, & not him, to the North Pole'

Answer: Peary


Question: '"The Father of the Gunpowder Plot"'

Answer: Guy Fawkes


Question: 'Rhyming term for one who buys a ticket for an event & doesn't attend'

Answer: a no-show


Question: 'I insist that my onion soup be served to me this way, French for "in crust"'

Answer: en croute


Question: 'Sgt. Yakov Pavlov & a dozen Russian soldiers held out for more than 50 days in the center of this city in 1942 & never lost it'

Answer: Stalingrad


Question: 'In 1927's "It", she played Betty Lou Spence, a department store salesgirl with designs on her boss'

Answer: Clara Bow


Question: 'This Jesuit missionary explored the Mississippi with Louis Joliet'

Answer: Marquette


Question: '"The Father of Methodism"'

Answer: John  Wesley


Question: 'Chronological lists of England's kings are missing 1649-1660, between 2 kings of this name'

Answer: Charles


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew inspects a jewel.) Once a French term for an imperfect gem, it's now the name of the magnifying glass jewelers use to find flaws in gems'

Answer: a loupe


Question: 'At Remagen on March 7, 1945, American forces made their first bridgehead across this river'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'This German film directed by F.W. Murnau was an adaptation of the 1897 novel "Dracula"'

Answer: Nosferatu


Question: 'In 1501 Portugal sent Vespucci to what's now this country; he'd sailed there earlier on Alsonso de Ojeda's voyage'

Answer: Brazil


Question: '"The Father of Condensed Milk"'

Answer: (Gail) Borden


Question: 'To warn of the space between the train & the platform, London subway riders are told to "mind" this'

Answer: the gap


Question: 'From the French for "caper", it's a curved furniture leg that often tapers to a paw'

Answer: cabriole


Question: 'In 1898 he wrote, "As for the persons I have accused... they are... embodiments of social malfeasance"'

Answer: Émile Zola


Question: 'Robert Engle & Clive Granger earned this prize for their new statistical models for financial data'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'Welsh singer Thomas John Woodward became this after his boss compared him to a Henry Fielding character'

Answer: Tom Jones


Question: 'Ashcroft, Colorado & Jerome, Arizona are 2 examples of these "spiritual" communities'

Answer: ghost towns


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  According to legend this star of "Citizen Kane" set a record by eating 18 of Pink's famous hot dogs at one sitting'

Answer: Orson Welles


Question: 'At 1,864 square miles, it's much bigger than its neighbor Tobago'

Answer: Trinidad


Question: '$1.99 for a box of Uncle Ben's'

Answer: rice price


Question: 'Of both Boer & English descent, J.M. Coetzee of this country won the Nobel for Literature'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'This techno musician got his name from a book about a big ocean mammal'

Answer: Moby


Question: 'The well-known Drury Lane Theatre in this capital city is equally well-known for its ghosts'

Answer: London


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  It's the alliterative name for this stretch of boulevard featuring clubs like the Whiskey-A-Go-Go'

Answer: the Sunset Strip


Question: 'His term as U.S. president was just 1,036 days'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'A chilly swimming basin'

Answer: cool pool


Question: 'Abriskosov, Ginzburg & Leggett fielded this award for their work with quantum superconductivity'

Answer: Physics


Question: 'The band Veruca Salt took its name from the spoiled rich girl in this Roald Dahl children's book'

Answer: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory


Question: 'The ghost of the first Duke of Buckingham has been seen at this royal residence, burial place of Henry VIII'

Answer: Windsor Castle


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  Edgar Rice Burroughs bought 550 acres in what's now Tarzana, California, the year after this first "Tarzan" movie came out'

Answer: Tarzan of the Apes


Question: 'There are mille six cent soixante-cinq steps to the top of this famous landmark'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'A large, noisy group of people'

Answer: loud crowd


Question: 'John Paul II was the favorite, but Shirin Ebadi, a female Muslim from this country, took home the Peace Prize'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'This band was born to be wild enough to take its name from a Herman Hesse novel'

Answer: Steppenwolf


Question: 'The first ghost to appear to Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" is of this dead partner of his'

Answer: (Jacob) Marley


Question: '(Sofia)  Very busy as it moves through L.A., the 405 freeway is named for this big city to the south'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'To travel at a speed of 1,037 miles per hour just stand on the Earth anywhere along this'

Answer: the Equator


Question: 'Where to hide your sodium chloride'

Answer: salt vault


Question: 'For their work leading to the MRI, American Paul Lauterbur & Briton Sir Peter Mansfield scanned this Nobel'

Answer: Medicine


Question: 'These mega-cool rockers took their band name from an Aldous Huxley book about using mescaline'

Answer: the Doors


Question: 'In the first book of Samuel, Samuel's ghost appears to this king of Israel & predicts his military defeat'

Answer: Saul


Question: '(Sarah)  Mulholland Drive overlooks L.A. from these mountains that share their name with a beachside community'

Answer: the Santa Monica Mountains


Question: 'It's the number inscribed on Plymouth Rock'

Answer: 1620


Question: 'Smooched with the composer of "Hungarian Rhapsodies"'

Answer: kissed Liszt


Question: 'Maureen McCormick played this sitcom girl who had hair of gold like her mother'

Answer: Marcia Brady


Question: 'This classic name for dogs comes from the Latin for "faithful"'

Answer: Fido


Question: 'Thomas Mallon's book "Henry and Clara" concerns Henry Rathbone, wounded by this man at Ford's Theater'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'New thermometers containing this may not be sold in Minnesota'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'Handel composed it in about 3 weeks in 1741; its text was adapted from the Bible & the Book of Common Prayer'

Answer: The Messiah


Question: 'This syrup brand comes in a distinctive grandmother-shaped bottle'

Answer: Mrs. Butterworth\'s


Question: 'Born in Ireland in 1911, she played Jane to Tarzan & wife to John Farrow'

Answer: Maureen O\'Sullivan


Question: 'A book on the making of "Heaven's Gate", or the approved edited version of a motion picture'

Answer: final cut


Question: 'Starting out in 1865, this man famous for his cowboy hats became the leading hatmaker in the U.S.'

Answer: Stetson


Question: 'Per the Alabama Code, section 13A-12-1, it's when card playing is illegal'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'Along with Bach, Handel is considered one of the greatest composers of the late era of this musical style'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'In a game of Monopoly, 2 ways you can get out of jail are by rolling doubles or by paying this amount of money'

Answer: $50


Question: 'Born in Ireland in 1920, she appeared in several John Ford films, starting with "How Green Was My Valley"'

Answer: Maureen O\'Hara


Question: 'Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is the chairman of this U.S. Senate committee'

Answer: Finance


Question: 'One of the first U.S. presidents to have his picture taken, James Polk was photographed by this man in 1849'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'In Massachusetts you can get 5 years for hiding one of these, like the one Grandma cut you out of'

Answer: a will


Question: '2 women dispute the parentage of a child in a scene from Handel's 1749 oratorio about this Biblical figure'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'As a senator, Andrew Johnson suggested the abolition of this body in choosing the president'

Answer: the Electoral College


Question: 'Maureen Tucker played drums for this '60s band led by Lou Reed'

Answer: the Velvet Underground


Question: 'Predatory insect invader seen here'

Answer: fire ant


Question: 'The world's largest diamond bears the name of this man who was head of South Africa's Premier Mine in 1905'

Answer: Sir Thomas Cullinan


Question: 'Under the Federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act, you can't send the junk type of these'

Answer: faxes