Question: 'A Latin word for "angel", it's a Catholic prayer & also the bell that's rung when you recite it'

Answer: Angelus


Question: 'In the best picture of '95, this actor exclaimed, "They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!"'

Answer: Mel Gibson (from Braveheart)


Question: 'The name of this writ that tells a lower court to butt out also applies to the 18th Amendment'

Answer: writ of prohibition


Question: 'She adopted the alias Tania while robbing banks with the SLA'

Answer: Patty Hearst


Question: 'Proverbially, you might be "a big fish in" one of these'

Answer: a small pond


Question: 'To cross over to Jordan from Egypt you can sail over this Red Sea gulf to the port city that bears its name'

Answer: Gulf of Aqaba


Question: 'In the "Inferno", an angel admits Dante & this poet-guide to the Sixth Circle of Hell'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'In "My Favorite Year" he wails, "I'm not an actor, I'm a movie star!"'

Answer: Peter O\'Toole


Question: 'This 2-word Latin phrase used as a plea means "I will not contest it"'

Answer: nolo contendere


Question: 'This Civil War guerrilla leader who wreaked havoc in Kansas used the alias Charles Hart'

Answer: William Quantrill


Question: 'It devastated overcrowded Scottish slums in the 19th century'

Answer: smallpox


Question: 'This state is 2nd in blueberry production, 3rd in cranberries, 4th in peaches but 1st in chemical production'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Paraguay,<br />Uruguay'

Answer: South America


Question: 'Just for you, a serving of this layered Italian dish seen here'

Answer: Lasagna


Question: 'Make no apology for this classic board game, the game of "sweet revenge"'

Answer: Sorry!


Question: 'April 14, 1828:<br />Noah Webster publishes this type of book'

Answer: a dictionary


Question: 'Deep Blue, who beat Garry Kasparov in a chess match in 1997, was actually one of these'

Answer: a computer (a supercomputer accepted)


Question: 'Not 7th & not 9th, but the ordinal one in between'

Answer: E-I-G-H-T-H


Question: 'Estonia,<br />Romania'

Answer: Europe


Question: 'How about some Middle East fast food? This sandwich of fried chickpea balls & tahini sauce served in a pita'

Answer: a falafel


Question: 'The hot toys for Christmas 2009 were the hamsters from this brand of "pets" with a double talk name'

Answer: Zhu Zhu Pets


Question: 'May 21, 1927:<br />Charles Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across this body of water'

Answer: the Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'The highest peaks of the Blue Ridge Mountains are in this "Tar Heel State"'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'The element we need to breathe to survive'

Answer: O-X-Y-G-E-N


Question: 'El Salvador,<br />Costa Rica'

Answer: North America


Question: 'Pretend it's Friday because I've whipped up the New England style of this soup'

Answer: clam chowder


Question: 'Bionicle is one of the lines from this brand of building blocks'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'June 8, 68:<br />Servius Sulpicius Galba becomes this empire's emperor'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Spores of Penicillium roqueforti are used to make a blue type of this'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'The second month of the year'

Answer: F-E-B-R-U-A-R-Y


Question: 'Sierra Leone,<br />Senegal'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'I know it's not Hanukkah, but I've made you some of these traditional potato pancakes anyway'

Answer: latkes


Question: 'Spheres transform into warriors, like Skyress & Stinglash from this line of battle brawlers'

Answer: Bakugan


Question: 'May 9, 1927:<br />this country's parliament moves to Canberra'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A Russian blue is this type of animal'

Answer: a cat


Question: 'The written note from a doctor to a pharmacist telling what medicine you need'

Answer: P-R-E-S-C-R-I-P-T-I-O-N


Question: 'Laos,<br />Turkmenistan'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'Could I interest you in a big, fat portobello sandwich, the portobello being a type of this?'

Answer: a mushroom


Question: 'Scrabble this is a card game in which players throw down their cards to change existing 4-letter words'

Answer: Scrabble Slam


Question: 'September 14, 1847:<br />General Winfield Scott captures this western hemisphere capital city'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'One of the loudest animals on earth is the blue type of this creature; it can be heard over 500 miles away'

Answer: a whale


Question: 'It sounds exactly like the name of a great lake, but it means weird or uncanny'

Answer: E-E-R-I-E


Question: 'In his inaugural address, he mentioned that "44 Americans have now taken the Presidential Oath"'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'Beyonce had us dancing when she sang, "'cause if you liked it then you should've" done this'

Answer: "put a ring on it"


Question: 'When Mr. & Mrs. Fox start a family, the babies are called pups, kits or this, like a bear's'

Answer: cubs


Question: '"Worm" by Jill Bailey focuses on this kind of worm found in the soil'

Answer: an earthworm


Question: 'The photo seen here ran to coincide with an exhibit on the terra-cotta warriors of this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'To force out, like a student from school (but not you, of course!)'

Answer: expel


Question: 'Upon the USA's entry into World War I, he told Congress, "We desire no conquest, no dominion"'

Answer: (Woodrow) Wilson


Question: 'Sasha Cohen & Evan Lysacek are among those who've dazzled in Smucker's Stars on this'

Answer: Ice


Question: 'The fantastic Arctic fox changes color with the seasons, from gray or brown in summer to this color in winter'

Answer: white


Question: 'In the kids' book "Granddad's Fishing Buddy", little Sara puts a piece of licorice instead of a worm on this'

Answer: hook


Question: 'There's a break in the case of this young king's death: he had a broken leg that could have gotten infected'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Term for the daughter of a person's sister or brother'

Answer: a niece


Question: 'Only 5'6", this 8th President was a mini-van'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'On TV her pets go way beyond cats & dogs, because she's "The Jungle Girl"'

Answer: Bindi (Sue Irwin)


Question: 'Foxes are members of canidae, this domestic animal's family'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'Doreen Cronin's series of creepy-crawly journals includes this "of a Spider", "of a Fly" & "of a Worm"'

Answer: a Diary


Question: 'A 2010 cover story shows just how smart & even verbal this species of dolphin is'

Answer: the bottlenose


Question: 'It's a 5-letter word for "poisonous"'

Answer: toxic


Question: 'This early 20th century president's foreign policy style was known as "big stick diplomacy"'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'She's a goldfish who wants to become human (funny, I'd kind of like to be a goldfish)'

Answer: Ponyo


Question: 'The small gray Bengal fox is found in grassland regions of this subcontinent'

Answer: India


Question: 'In a book by Leo Lionni, this type of worm is proud that he can measure anything'

Answer: an inchworm


Question: 'The lion seen here is from this desert in southern Africa, where they, very sensibly, do most of their hunting at night'

Answer: the Kalahari


Question: 'On Dec. 6, 1973 he took the oath of office as Vice President; 8 months later he succeeded to the presidency'

Answer: (Gerald) Ford


Question: 'Madame Medusa & a pair of crocodiles torment the title mice in this Disney classic'

Answer: The Rescuers


Question: 'Mr. Fox is not so fantastic if you're raising chickens; there's a proverb about not letting him near this "house"'

Answer: the hen house


Question: 'It's really a snake, but this Shakespeare queen asks for "the pretty worm of Nilus, that kills and pains not"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'The photo here was taken in a national park; the distinctive trees are named for this biblical man'

Answer: Joshua


Question: '2 of the 4 U.S. states that border Mexico'

Answer: (any 2 of ) Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California


Question: 'On the suggestion she reacquire & sell her infamous blue dress, she asked, "What sort of girl do you think I am?"'

Answer: Monica Lewinsky


Question: 'A house falls on a Kansas girl & the evil woman inside must find her way back to a magical land in this '39 film'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'This denomination is the oldest coin still in circulation, having been first minted in 1793'

Answer: the penny


Question: 'Meaning "son of", the -ian ending is common among people of this heritage, like ex-California gov. Deukmejian'

Answer: Armenian


Question: 'It's the serpentine name for the roll seen here'

Answer: snake eyes


Question: 'Eggs fried briefly on the yolk side'

Answer: over easy


Question: 'Asked to join a couple in a restaurant, this "Bill & Ted" star declined with a polite "No thanks.  I'm thinking"'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'Talia Shire takes on Apollo Creed for the heavyweight crown as this title pug looks on accordingly'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'Minted from 1979 to 1981, the coin featuring her was the first depicting a real woman that went into general circulation'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'We're not sure what one calls residents of this Indiana community where Larry Bird was born'

Answer: French Lick


Question: 'This critter seen here may not be able to change its spots, but we can'

Answer: a leopard


Question: 'Very cloudy, with no sun shining through'

Answer: overcast


Question: 'An NYU student said of this Clinton foe, "He's obviously a better teacher than he is a special prosecutor"'

Answer: Ken Starr


Question: 'FBI man Anthony Hopkins pursues Julianne Moore's Clarice the Cannibal, okey-dokey?'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Congress honored this slain U.S. senator from New York on a 1997 commemorative silver dollar'

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Question: 'A term for this Mexican-American as in the "studies" that form a program at the Univ. of Texas-El Paso'

Answer: Chicano


Question: 'This variety of peas seen here can really hit the spot'

Answer: black-eyed pea


Question: 'It's the fortuitous farm fashion featured here'

Answer: overalls


Question: 'Asked to name 3 things she liked about Rick Lazio, her opponent for Senate, she said, "He's an attractive young man"'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'Tough cop Bonnie Bedelia takes on terrorists that take over hubby Bruce Willis' office building'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: 'Scheduled for release in 2008, the last of the commemorative state quarters will honor this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'If JFK had been in Vienna on June 26, 1963, his declaration in German would have gone like this'

Answer: Ich bin ein Vienner


Question: 'By Jove!  A close-up of the surface of this planet is seen here'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'It's the highest gear in an automatic transmission'

Answer: overdrive


Question: 'After being on "Millionaire", this TV "Batman" said "There's a lot of pressure trying to be smarter than... Valerie Bertinelli"'

Answer: Adam West


Question: 'All Rebecca De Mornay wants to do is get into Princeton but she must deal with prostitute Tom Cruise'

Answer: Risky Business


Question: 'The 2 Federal Reserve notes now being issued that don't feature a president'

Answer: the $10 bill & the $100 bill


Question: 'Novocastrian is a posh name for residents of this British city on the Tyne'

Answer: New Castle


Question: 'The creature seen here can give you this spotted disease'

Answer: Rocky Mountain spotted fever


Question: 'This "Operation" was the Allied name for the D-Day invasion of Europe during World War II'

Answer: Overlord


Question: 'It's Ohio's largest city, as well as the capital'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Men's platform diving<br />(1988)'

Answer: Greg Louganis


Question: 'An atom consists of 3 basic types of particles called protons, neutrons & these'

Answer: electrons


Question: 'Howard Cosell covers an assassination & a marital consummation in this "fruity" Woody Allen film'

Answer: Bananas


Question: 'Around the year 1000, the pirate Mogahid roamed this sea from his base in Sardinia'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'Where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain:<br />"HALO AMOK!"'

Answer: Oklahoma!


Question: 'It's the product made by Longaberger, the Ohio-based company whose headquarters is seen here'

Answer: baskets (picnic baskets accepted)


Question: 'Women's gymnastics all-around<br />(1984)'

Answer: Mary Lou Retton


Question: 'An honorary "Atoms for Peace" award went to this ex-U.S. president in 1969, the year of his death'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'In 1944, Gen. McAuliffe made this famed reply to the Germans; in 2001, Gen Hailstone used the word about Okinawans'

Answer: nuts


Question: 'In "Paradiso" Dante is queried by St. James about hope; by St. John about charity; & by St. Peter about this'

Answer: faith


Question: 'It was one singular sensation:<br />"SHUN CALORIE"'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'Ohio was part of this territory when it became a state in 1803'

Answer: the Northwest Territory


Question: 'Men's long jump<br />(1996)'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'Contrary to popular belief, the 28-year length of this for strontium 90 is not shared by a Twinkie'

Answer: the half-life


Question: 'In this film, Martin Balsam tells Anthony Perkins, "If it doesn't gel, isn't aspic"'

Answer: Psycho


Question: 'The Byzantine emperor got to appoint the head of his church, the patriarch of this city'

Answer: Byzantium (or Constantinople)


Question: 'Zero was my hero in this:<br />"INFERRED FOOT HOLD"'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'Named for Marie Antoinette, this is Ohio's oldest town'

Answer: Marietta


Question: 'Women's 100-meter run<br />(2000)'

Answer: Marion Jones


Question: 'Theoretical temperature at which atoms & molecules of a substance have the least possible energy'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'This Warner Bros. cartoon series launched in 1930 was soon followed by Merrie Melodies'

Answer: Looney Tunes


Question: 'In 1381, Wat Tyler led the revolt named for these farm laborers'

Answer: peasants


Question: 'The Sky (Masterson) was the limit:<br />"GLAD SUDS ONLY"'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'This first lady's Canton, Ohio home now houses the National First Ladies Library'

Answer: Mrs. McKinley


Question: 'Men's marathon<br />(1972)'

Answer: Frank Shorter


Question: 'In 1913, this Danish physicist made the 1st model that incorporated the field of quantum mechanics'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'The XFL's Memphis team isn't changing this nickname despite protests it insults the mentally ill'

Answer: the Maniacs


Question: '"Guide for the Perplexed" is a major work by this Jewish philosopher born Moses ben Maimon'

Answer: Maimonides


Question: 'Sondheim said que Seurat, Seurat:<br />"EDGE PRAISEWORTHY GIANT HUNK"'

Answer: Sunday in the Park with George


Question: 'In 1978, Congress restored U.S. citizenship to this man seen here'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Be prepared to fly high when you achieve this highest rank in the Boy Scouts'

Answer: Eagle Scout


Question: '1865:<br />"The South is avenged!"'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'He may no longer play Captain Kirk but he's kept the name alive in a series of "Star Trek" books'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'In the 2000 campaign, Al Gore insisted that as president he'd keep Medicare in one of these'

Answer: lock box


Question: 'Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village is the starting point for this thoroughfare'

Answer: Fifth Avenue


Question: 'Little Richard performed the ceremony when Bruce married this woman'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'This artist whose work is seen here illustrated the Boy Scout calendar from 1926-1976'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question:
'1651:
"L'etat c'est moi!"
("I am the state")'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'In "Blood and Gold", she fills in details about the life of 2,000-year-old vampire Marius'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'This X-Man seen here has bones & claws made from unbreakable adamantium'

Answer: Wolverine


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  Many ballet moves like the glissade begin from & end in this posture'

Answer: fifth position


Question: 'The title of the third film in this series starring Bruce Willis as cop John McClane added "With A Vengeance"'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: 'Like the forestry merit badge, the genealogy merit badge has one of these on it'

Answer: tree


Question: '1936:<br />"Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'It took a decade but in 1999 he fed us "Hannibal", a follow-up to "Silence of the Lambs"'

Answer: Thomas Harris


Question: 'Du Pont says this fiber product, its trademark, is used for automotive hoses & bullet-resistant apparel'

Answer: Kevlar


Question: 'Deuteronomy'

Answer: the fifth book of the Bible


Question: 'Bruce thanked Al Pacino & The Three Stooges when he picked up an Emmy in 1987 for his work on this TV show'

Answer: Moonlighting


Question: 'Published since 1911, it's the Boys Scouts' bimonthly magazine'

Answer: Boys Life


Question: '1770:<br />"If God did not exist it would be necessary to invent him"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'Some 15 years after the original novel, she published "Hollywood Wives: The New Generation"'

Answer: Jackie Collins


Question: 'Gilbert Vernam, an engineer with this telecom company, came up with an "unbreakable" cipher, using a random code'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'Political entity proclaimed in France in 1958'

Answer: Fifth Republic


Question: 'This Bruce Willis film premiered in 1998 at the Kennedy Space Center'

Answer: Armageddon


Question: 'He's the patron saint of both the Boy Scouts & England'

Answer: Saint George


Question: '1685:<br />"Let not poor Nelly starve"'

Answer: King Charles II


Question: 'This Olivia Goldsmith bestseller about 3 vengeful divorcees was initially rejected by 27 publishers'

Answer: "The First Wives Club"


Question: 'Hermes gave this mythical hero an unbreakable sword he used to cut Medusa into Gorgon-zola'

Answer: Perseus


Question: 'This term for a secret, subversive group originated during the Spanish Civil War'

Answer: fifth column


Question: 'The first feature film Bruce starred in was this dating comedy that also starred Kim Basinger'

Answer: Blind Date


Question: 'Of the 3 B's of classical music, the one born last'

Answer: Johannes Brahms


Question: 'This province's southernmost tip lies farther south than Boston'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'Mimi Leder moved from directing George Clooney in this medical drama to directing him in "The Peacemaker"'

Answer: ER


Question: 'This synonym for "friendliness" is what a friendly university gives a student to keep him alive'

Answer: fellowship


Question: 'In 1999 this Sega video game hedgehog starred in his own home video'

Answer: Sonic the Hedgehog


Question: 'This constellation is known as the "Great Bear"'

Answer: Ursa Major


Question: 'He paradoxically described his "Bolero" as a piece for orchestra without music'

Answer: Maurice Ravel


Question: 'In August 1998 Canada's highest court ruled this province cannot secede simply by majority vote'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Peter Bonerz directed several episodes of this sitcom, on which he also played Jerry the dentist'

Answer: The Bob Newhart Show


Question: 'The ridges in this type of heavy carton paper, from the Latin for "wrinkle", are called flutes'

Answer: corrugated


Question: 'Khrushchev said, "If you start throwing hedgehogs under me, I shall throw" 2 of these prickly beasts under you'

Answer: porcupines


Question: 'Some oxides of this silver-white element have been used to color glass & ceramics'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'He composed the waltz heard here'

Answer: Peter Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Place names in this province include Inverness & Caledonia'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'Joe Pytka is known for directing Pepsi commercials & the 1987 PSA of a frying egg with this slogan'

Answer: "This Is Your Brain on Drugs"


Question: 'It's a 10-letter word that can be used to describe the fractions 3/9 & 9/27'

Answer: equivalent


Question: 'The Intl. Hedgehog Society says the 38 accepted ones of these for show hedgehogs include silver & cinnamon'

Answer: colors


Question: 'This American author's first book, "Battle Cry", was drawn from his World War II experiences'

Answer: Leon Uris


Question: 'Amid much "Pomp and Circumstance", he was knighted by King Edward VII in 1904'

Answer: Edward Elgar


Question: 'It's not only the smallest province in area, it's the smallest in population as well'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'Future "Patton" helmer Franklin Schaffner won the first directing Emmy for this 1954 jury drama'

Answer: 12 Angry Men


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Seattle)  Used in "Hamlet", it's the common British term for the vendor I'm buying from'

Answer: fishmonger


Question: 'This Fairy queen in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" mentions the hedgehog'

Answer: Titania


Question: 'This Hittite was one of King David's soldiers'

Answer: Uriah


Question: 'His Opus 44 is also known as "From Fjeld and Fjord"'

Answer: Edvard Grieg


Question: 'It's called the Loyalist province because during the American Revolution many Loyalists fled there'

Answer: New Brunswick


Question: 'Directors who went from TV to film include John Frankenheimer & this John who made "Midnight Cowboy"'

Answer: John Schlesinger


Question: 'As an adjective, it means dependent on an uncertain event; as a noun, it's a group that's part of a larger one'

Answer: contingent


Question: 'Though hedgehogs' diet may include mice & snakes, they're still classified as part of this order'

Answer: Insectivores


Question: 'It's the same language as Hindi but written in a modified Arabic script'

Answer: Urdu


Question: 'A British airport recently named for him features a logo with the words "Above Us Only Sky"'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: 'This Twain hero is going to the territory because he doesn't want Aunt Sally to civilize him'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question:
'Agent K,
Agent J,
Jack Jeebs'

Answer: Men in Black


Question: 'You can use your iPhone as one of these that'll show you where magnetic north is'

Answer: a compass


Question: 'In 1493, during his second voyage to the New World, he built a trading post called Isabela on Hispaniola'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Centennial'

Answer: 100


Question: 'A surface on which pictures are projected for viewing'

Answer: a screen


Question: 'In this Orwell book, looking from pig to man & man to pig, it's impossible to say which is which'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question:
'Brian O'Conner,
Johnny Tran,
Dominic Toretto
(it's the first movie)'

Answer: The Fast and the Furious


Question: 'Don't know the name of a song?  Use Midomi or this app, whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Shazam


Question: 'Mactan warriors killed this explorer, spoiling his circumnavigation of the world'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'Triennial'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Brooke Mueller is the latest wife to try & tame this sitcom star'

Answer: Charlie Sheen


Question: 'In his "The House at Pooh Corner", "A little boy and his bear will always be playing"'

Answer: (A.A.) Milne


Question:
'Carl Fredricksen,
Charles Muntz,
Russell'

Answer: Up


Question: 'Several apps are available to test this, IQ for short'

Answer: the intelligence quotient


Question: 'When Henry Hudson entered Hudson Bay, he mistakenly thought he had found this route'

Answer: the Northwest Passage


Question: 'Septennial'

Answer: 7


Question: 'To remove a young mammal from breast feeding'

Answer: wean


Question: 'He wrote, "It is not often... someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.  Charlotte was both"'

Answer: (E.B.) White


Question:
'Holly,
Matt Lauer,
Chaka'

Answer: Land of the Lost


Question: 'Lex, seen here, is the title character of this word game'

Answer: Bookworm


Question: 'Lewis & Clark began their expedition on May 14, 1804 by traveling up this river on a keelboat'

Answer: the Missouri


Question: 'Quadricentennial'

Answer: 400


Question: 'To swerve a car dangerously from side to side'

Answer: careen


Question: 'In this Norton Juster novel, Milo wants to drive his car through the title entry but it's gone because others need it'

Answer: The Phantom Tollbooth


Question:
'Link Larkin,
Amber Von Tussle,
Wilbur Turnblad'

Answer: Hairspray


Question: 'You can figure out square roots & find coordinates on the x- & y-axes with the app called "Graphing" this'

Answer: Calculator


Question: 'In 1769 this British captain charted the coast of Tahiti & then set sail for New Zealand'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question: 'Novennial'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Once used in corsets, it's a jaw material from certain whales'

Answer: baleen


Question: 'It's hump isn't a water reservoir but an energy reserve'

Answer: a camel


Question: '"Some Hearts", her debut CD, was the best-selling female country album of 2005, 2006 & 2007'

Answer: Carrie Underwood


Question: 'To leave something as a guarantee in return for money'

Answer: pawn


Question: 'Oenomaus died in a race--seems the axle pin was removed from this'

Answer: his chariot


Question: 'The world's highest mountain, it was known as Peak XV before it was renamed in 1865'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'Diana Prince of comic books was called this kind of woman'

Answer: wonder


Question: 'This knuckle-walker is as closely related to humans as it is to the gorilla'

Answer: a chimpanzee


Question: 'A squad of guinea pigs tries to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world in this 2009 animated film'

Answer: G-Force


Question: '2 historical books in the Old Testament'

Answer: Kings


Question: 'Also a capital city, he fired the arrow into Achilles' heel'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Belgium, Luxembourg & Germany all border this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Often seen on pianos, this mechanical timekeeper has an adjustable pace'

Answer: a metronome


Question: 'This bird, often kept as a pet, gets its name from a group of Spanish islands'

Answer: a canary


Question: 'This rapper born Chris Bridges dueted with Mary J. Blige on "Runaway Love"'

Answer: Ludacris


Question: '1984 Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu was this in Johannesburg'

Answer: a bishop


Question: 'Buzyges invented this to harness oxen'

Answer: a yoke


Question: 'The city of Wagga Wagga in this Down Under nation straddles the Murrumbidgee River'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Nationality of Bela Bartok & Franz Liszt'

Answer: Hungarian


Question: 'This predator seen here has been clocked at over 60 miles per hour when it hunts'

Answer: a cheetah


Question: 'This "Hero"-ic actress is working with the Whaleman Foundation to try to stop all commercial whaling'

Answer: Hayden Panettiere


Question: 'A black bird'

Answer: a rook


Question: 'No one could undo this creation of Gordius'

Answer: the Gordian knot


Question: 'Take a gamble--Monte Carlo is one of this small European country's 4 quartiers'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'Adjective for a union of states under a central government'

Answer: federal


Question: 'The name of this sea bird comes from the Latin Corvus marinus, "sea raven"'

Answer: a cormorant


Question: 'A team of 6 friends tries to keep quiet while one endures a hysterical task on this MTV show hosted by Zero Kazama'

Answer: Slient Library


Question: 'A paladin'

Answer: a knight


Question: 'Memory-erasing fruit eaten by Odysseus' men'

Answer: lotus


Question: 'This gulf is the westernmost extension of the Atlantic Ocean'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'They're feelings, especially highly emotional ones; you might say, "my" these "exactly"'

Answer: sentiments


Question: 'On July 11, 1804 he gasped to his doctor, "This is a mortal wound"; he died the next day'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'This largest artery begins in the lower left chamber & gives rise to the coronary arteries'

Answer: Aorta


Question: 'Name this little man who spun straw into gold or he'll take your first-born child'

Answer: Rumpelstiltskin


Question: 'This city's second-most famous bell was cast in 1926 for Wanamaker's Department Store'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Poe's maiden who lived "Many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea"'

Answer: Annabel Lee


Question: 'In 1959 Glen Raven Mills introduced these waist-high nylons that don't need garters or corsets'

Answer: Panty hose


Question: 'The Skyway to Fantasyland closed down in this Calif. theme park in 1994, so now it's just a fantasy'

Answer: Disneyland


Question: 'In 1984, in the first surgery of its kind, Baby Fae received a heart transplant from this mammal'

Answer: Baboon


Question: 'Greek sailors after the Golden Fleece, or another name given to Forty-Niners after California gold'

Answer: Argonauts


Question: 'The bells in this 12th century Italian tower are no longer rung; we just hope they don't fall out'

Answer: Leaning Tower of Pisa


Question: 'On March 5, 1946 Winston Churchill remarked that this had "descended across the continent"'

Answer: Iron Curtain


Question: 'The ravens that sit on this Norse god's shoulders are Hugin & Munin, meaning thought & memory'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'Since 1974, you can't be voted "Miss" this in the Miss America pageant, no matter how much you smile'

Answer: Miss Congeniality


Question: 'The heart has 4 of these to regulate the flow of blood, including the mitral'

Answer: Valves


Question: 'In 1996 he asked to run the 400m relay to try for a record tenth Olympic gold, but was turned down'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'The world's largest bell, which has never rung, is in this walled area of Moscow'

Answer: The Kremlin


Question: 'On Nov. 27, 1963 he told Congress, "All I have I would have given gladly not to be standing here today"'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'Sharon Gabet played Raven on this ABC soap that drifted off into the twilight December 28, 1984'

Answer: The Edge of Night


Question: 'In 1996, at age 64, she told People magazine, "I'm through with marriage", but "I'm not through with men"'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'This term for an irregular heartbeat is from the Greek for "without measure"'

Answer: Arrhythmia


Question: 'In 1995 Mel Fisher recovered silver & gold from a Spanish galleon sunk off the coast of this state in 1622'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Big Ben hangs over Parliament & a rival, Great Tom, hangs over Christ Church College at this university'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'Dramatist who wrote that a salesman is "way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine"'

Answer: Arthur Miller ("Death of a Salesman")


Question: 'Drama with the line "The Raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements"'

Answer: "Macbeth"


Question: 'Jean Arthur's last feature film was this 1953 Alan Ladd classic; she never made a "Come Back"'

Answer: Shane


Question: 'The atria make up the upper, smaller part of the heart & these chambers form the lower portion'

Answer: Ventricles


Question: 'The Incan ruler Atahualpa offered this conquistador a roomful of gold for his freedom'

Answer: Francisco Pizarro


Question: 'One of this city's Temple Bells, which Kipling heard calling him back, weighs 90 tons'

Answer: Mandalay


Question: 'In the 12th of these letters, Alexander Hamilton wrote, "A nation cannot long exist without revenues"'

Answer: The Federalist Papers


Question: 'This Biblical prophet is known for being fed by ravens & flying to heaven in a chariot of fire'

Answer: Elijah


Question: 'This sitcom's last episode, which aired on May 20, 1993, was titled "One for the Road"'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'Up to 400,000 fans attended this August 1969 folk-rock festival on Max Yasgur's farm near Bethel, N.Y.'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'His letter to the Thessalonians, written about 51 A.D., is considered the earliest New Testament writing'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'Juliette Lewis was first seen onscreen in the 1988 comedy "My Stepmother Is" one of these'

Answer: An Alien


Question: 'Trim the green skin & pink flesh from this melon's rind before pickling it'

Answer: Watermelon


Question: 'This game of hiding the face & reappearing helps babies define themselves as separate entities'

Answer: Peek-a-boo


Question: 'In "Clueless" Alicia Silverstone responds to male advances with this 2-word phrase'

Answer: "As If"


Question: 'On July 30, 1965 this bill providing health care for the aged was signed into law'

Answer: Medicare


Question: 'The name of this Japanese religion means "The way of the gods"'

Answer: Shinto


Question: '"Born on the Fourth of July" was the 1st film for this Baldwin brother born 5 years after Alec'

Answer: William Baldwin


Question: 'In 1942 Neil Fletcher introduced this battered frankfurter at the Texas State Fair'

Answer: Corn dog


Question: 'In a 2-week-old, it's been estimated at about 20/400'

Answer: Eyesight/vision


Question: 'Start of a Sting lyric that continues, "Set them free"'

Answer: "If you love somebody"


Question: 'On August 2, 1964 North Vietnamese PT boats attacked the U.S. destroyer Maddox in this gulf'

Answer: Gulf of Tonkin


Question: 'During this Jewish holiday, it is customary to greet neighbors with "May You Be Inscribed for a Good Year"'

Answer: Rosh Hashanah


Question: 'In 1961 she made her film debut in the Charles Bronson movie "X-15" & began playing Laura Petrie on TV'

Answer: Mary Tyler Moore


Question: 'Green food coloring often brightens the filling of this pie named for a Florida fruit'

Answer: Key lime pie


Question: 'Many of small babies' actions are these, including the grasping & startle types'

Answer: Reflexes


Question: 'A phrase spoken by Longfellow's Paul Revere gave us this title of a 1996 Sandra Bullock film'

Answer: Two if by Sea


Question: 'Direct commercial flights between the USA & the USSR began July 15, 1968 when this Soviet airline landed at JFK'

Answer: Aeroflot


Question: 'The Golden Temple in Amritsar, India is the holiest shrine in this religion'

Answer: Sikhism


Question: '[Hi, I'm Joseph Gordon-Levitt]  I made my feature film debut in this '92 movie directed by Robert Redford; if you want to know the title, "Go Fish"'

Answer: A River Runs Through It


Question: 'This type of salad can be made by adding hot red-eye gravy or pork drippings to the greens'

Answer: Wilted salad


Question: 'This pain that makes infants cry gets its name from the intestinal area where it may start'

Answer: Colic


Question: 'Harry Truman had this to say to people who don't bear up under criticism'

Answer: "If you can\'t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"


Question: 'On June 1, 1967, 4 days before the beginning of the 6-Day War, he was named defense minister of Israel'

Answer: Moshe Dayan


Question: 'Kevin Kline chose to debut in this 1982 Meryl Streep film based on a novel'

Answer: Sophie\'s Choice


Question: 'Most agree this stew once made with squirrel meat originated in a Virginia county of the same name'

Answer: Brunswick stew


Question: '2-word term for fear & discomfort felt by a 1-year-old when Mommy leaves the room'

Answer: Separation anxiety


Question: 'Proverbial condition under which "beggars might ride"'

Answer: "If wishes were horses"


Question: 'TV's No. 1 show for the 1979-80 season, it was also tops 13 years later for the 1992-93 season'

Answer: 60 Minutes


Question: 'An Osawatomie, Kansas park is named for this 19th century abolitionist & includes the cabin where he lived'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'Cliff Robertson <br />in "PT 109"'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'A milliner makes & sells these; I believe the cloche is making a comeback'

Answer: hats


Question: 'An "explosion of" these insects that feed on cellulose & lignin, key ingredients in all wood & wood products'

Answer: termites


Question: '"Land of the Midnight Sun"'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Whether a Corona, a Lonsdale or a Panatela, this rolled item is named for its shape & size'

Answer: a cigar


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a map of southern France and Italy.) Originally referring to the Mediterranean seacoast around Genoa, this name, meaning shore, today refers to the entire stretch of land from La Spezia, Italy to Hyeres, France'

Answer: the Riviera


Question: 'Ralph Bellamy <br />in "Sunrise at Campobello "'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Take a note: a stenographer takes this in shorthand'

Answer: dictation


Question: 'A "squeeze of" these snakes; the reticulated ones of southeast Asia can grow 30 feet long'

Answer: pythons


Question: '"Rocky Mountain High"'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'This sport uses a ball that has a circumference of 27 inches & a weight limit of 16 pounds'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'Free coffee is dispensed in the Customs area of El Dorado Intl. Airport in this South American capital'

Answer: Bogotá


Question: '2 presidents: Stephen Dillane & David Morse <br />in HBO's "John Adams"'

Answer: Washington and Jefferson


Question: 'From the Greek for "to put off", an ecdysiast performs this tantalizing act'

Answer: a striptease


Question: 'A "stench of" these, be they spotted, hog-nosed or striped'

Answer: skunks


Question: '"Great Potatoes, Tasty Destinations"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'This Mexican dish comes from the Spanish for "little donkey"'

Answer: a burrito


Question: 'Choosing from more than 70 courses, you'll be in golf heaven while visiting this South Carolina "Beach"'

Answer: Myrtle Beach


Question: 'Kevin Kline <br />in "Wild Wild West"'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Hope you are a well-balanced person if you are a funambulist, this type of performer'

Answer: a tightrope walker


Question: 'A "panic of" these Scandinavian rodents, infamous for cliff-diving (or falling)'

Answer: lemmings


Question: '"Great Faces, Great Places"'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Invented in the 1970s, this sushi roll named for its place of origin consists of crab, avocado & cucumber'

Answer: a California Roll


Question: 'Relics from Danish sugar plantation days can be seen at a museum on this largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands'

Answer: St. Croix


Question: 'Donald Moffat<br />in "The Right Stuff"'

Answer: LBJ


Question: 'An apiarist keeps bees; this person shapes hedges'

Answer: a topiarist


Question: 'An "army of" these African mammals, aka earth pigs. that catch ants with their 12-inch tongues'

Answer: aardvarks


Question: '"Restart your Engines"'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Spinning, grinding, prayer & paddle are different types of this object'

Answer: a wheel


Question: '4-letter word for the storyline of a book: occasionally it's been known to thicken'

Answer: the plot


Question: 'Her mother did her hair for every movie & she always had 56 curls'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'Great Chalfield, a medieval manor, has one of these water-filled trenches'

Answer: a moat


Question: 'A type of insulating tape is named for this force that resists movement'

Answer: friction


Question: '...The middle name of Jock Whitney, millionaire art collector & publisher of this city's Herald Tribune'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The 4 horsemen of the apocalypse appear in chapter 6 of Revelation, written by this man'

Answer: John


Question: 'From Iceland we get this word for any heroic narrative, or for a long family story spanning 2 or more generations'

Answer: a saga


Question: 'In 2009 Tom Brady married this supermodel (twice!)'

Answer: Gisele Bündchen


Question: 'He was born at Woolsthorpe Manor in 1642; you can still see an apple tree from his bedroom window'

Answer: Newton


Question: 'To bend light'

Answer: refraction (or refract)


Question: '...Slang for this, as in the expression "hit the hay"'

Answer: sleep


Question: 'The first horseman rides out "to conquer"; he wears a crown & carries one of these long-range weapons'

Answer: a bow & arrow


Question: 'Cooking term for a type of tough guy fiction featuring a no-nonsense street-smart detective like Sam Spade'

Answer: hard-boiled


Question: 'When this film "Reloaded" in 2003, it needed the 1,943 people listed in its credits to make it happen'

Answer: The Matrix


Question: 'A racquet game derives its name from this manor house in Gloucestershire'

Answer: Badminton


Question: 'A dish of meat lightly stewed, then served in a sauce of its own stock'

Answer: a fricassee


Question: '...The last name of Oliver Perry, one of these scientists, known for his history of the vertebrates of the Pleistocene'

Answer: a paleontologist


Question: 'The second horseman, who symbolizes war & bloodshed, rides a horse of this color'

Answer: red


Question: 'They're the subdivisions of a long poem, or with "the", an 800-page unfinished poem by Ezra Pound'

Answer: cantos


Question: 'This "Dynasty" star was 50 when she posed for what became Playboy's bestselling issue of 1983'

Answer: Joan Collins


Question: 'Get to know Queen Victoria's favorite P.M. by visiting Hughenden Manor, where he lived from 1848 to 1881'

Answer: Disraeli


Question: 'A noisy quarrel'

Answer: fracas


Question: '...The last name of the man who became this president's Secretary of State in 1898'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'The third horseman, who symbolizes famine, rides a horse of this color'

Answer: black


Question: 'Oui! Lewis Carroll came up with this 11-letter term for a blended word like smog from smoke & fog'

Answer: a portmanteau


Question: 'In 1986 this singer published a religious novel about St. Paul that he called "Man in White"'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'It's said that this Nov. 5, 1605 "incendiary" plot was hatched at Eastbury manor house'

Answer: the Gunpowder Plot


Question: 'In football it's any act that draws a penalty'

Answer: an infraction


Question: '...Animal fodder made from cereal grasses like this one, also the first name of the current treasury secretary'

Answer: Timothy


Question: 'The horsemen appear when the first 4 of these are opened, signaling the apocalypse; there are 7 in all'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'The railroad founded in 1859 by a Kansas state charter reached this state capital on February 16, 1880'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'This city is the brightest area along the East Coast'

Answer: New York


Question: 'He outwitted, outplayed & outlasted Heidi Klum, among others, to take Best Reality Show Host'

Answer: Jeff Probst


Question: 'This "Union" was formed in 1920 because the Supreme Court wasn't upholding free speech claims'

Answer: the ACLU


Question: 'A sharp plunge:<br />____ dive'

Answer: nose


Question: 'After taking office, Eisenhower ended hostilities in this conflict by agreeing to a ceasefire'

Answer: the Korean War


Question:
'Myers,
Ditka, or
Wallace'

Answer: Mike


Question: 'You can see the shore of this Asian capital's bay has orange sodium lamps, while the city uses green mercury lamps'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'We know you're all over Outstanding Sound Editing... this Fox drama's "4:00 am - 5:00 am" episode won; Beep! boop!  Beep! boop!'

Answer: 24


Question: '(Former President Bill Clinton presents the clue.)  My work with the first President Bush helps groups that create & carry out their own projects; a 2005 effort focused on the U.S. Gulf Coast in the wake of these 2 hurricanes'

Answer: Katrina & Rita


Question: 'The result of a boxer's injuries:<br />cauliflower ____'

Answer: ear


Question: 'In 1916 Eisenhower married this woman, whom her father called "Puddy"'

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower


Question: 'A proverb says that powerful cerebrums "think..." this way'

Answer: alike


Question: 'This Great Lakes city has almost 3 million people, but the surrounding suburbs increase the population to almost 10 million'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Jim Parsons enjoys Klingon Boggle as physicist Sheldon Cooper on this CBS sitcom; he also enjoys his new Emmy'

Answer: The Big Bang Theory


Question: 'Started in 1961 to stop human rights abuses around the globe, this organization lit its first candle the same year'

Answer: Amnesty International


Question: 'Alert watchfulness:<br />eagle ____'

Answer: eye


Question: 'It was the highest military rank Eisenhower achieved before resigning so he could run for the presidency'

Answer: 5-star general


Question: 'A sudden variation in voltage or current'

Answer: a spike


Question: 'The amazing variety of light colors must belong to this U.S. desert city'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Know what Emmy voters like?  Meth & murder!  OK, not really, but they loved Aaron Paul as Jesse Pinkman on this AMC show'

Answer: Breaking Bad


Question: 'This service "Club" has a 4-way test of things they think, say & do, including "Will it be beneficial to all concerned?"'

Answer: the Rotary Club


Question: 'These were part of the "Flashdance" look in the '80s:<br />____ warmers'

Answer: leg


Question: 'Eisenhower died in this year, the same year his vice president took up residence in the White House'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'Long-snouted freshwater swimmer of the family Esocidae'

Answer: (northern) pike


Question: 'This Capital gleams on the southern shore of the Rio de la Plata'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'Claire Danes won for playing the title role in this HBO movie; Julia Ormond won for playing her mother'

Answer: Temple Grandin


Question: 'Julian Bond was the first president of this "Law Center" that works for civil rights & tolerance education'

Answer: the Southern Poverty Law Center


Question: 'The Beatles wore them:<br />____ boots'

Answer: ankle


Question: 'From 1971 to 1978 Eisenhower's image graced the front of this U.S. coin'

Answer: the dollar


Question: 'To form coins by stamping metal'

Answer: strike


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Jerusalem's Mayer Museum in Israel.)  This chess set was made around the year 1000 in this present-day country; their king was called "shah" & the end of the game was "shah mat", our checkmate'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Lucky, who wears a vest, bow tie & bowler hat with shamrocks on them'

Answer: the Celtics


Question: 'In may 2009 Carol Ann Duffy became the first woman in history appointed to this U.K. post'

Answer: Poet Laureate


Question: 'If you're having albondigas in a Mexican restaurant, you're eating meatball this'

Answer: soup


Question: 'Associated with Juno, she's Zeus' sister-wife'

Answer: Hera


Question: 'To combine, perhaps for movie cowboy Tom'

Answer: mix


Question: 'The spiritual center of Tunisia is Kairouan, "The City of 50" of these religious buildings'

Answer: mosques


Question: 'A flaming red basketball going through a white hoop'

Answer: the (Miami) Heat


Question: 'In his "Essay on Man", he wrote, "Know then thy self presume not God to scan, the proper study of mankind is man"'

Answer: Alexander Pope


Question: 'Somerimes confused with a sea creature, they're also called green onions'

Answer: scallions


Question: 'Hesiod mentioned the names of these 9 sister goddesses, patrons of particular arts & sciences'

Answer: the Muses


Question: 'It can follow "wind" or "pepper"'

Answer: mill


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Mayer Museum in Israel.)  Astronomy was just one area in which the Islamic world made great strides with devices like these navigational instruments with the same root as the word "astronomy"'

Answer: the astrolabe


Question: 'A shield with a horse's head & a single star'

Answer: the (Dallas) Mavericks


Question: 'He wrote a 1671 poet about the biblical Samson, who like him suffered blindess'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'There's a pineapple type of this herb whose name also means wise'

Answer: sage


Question: 'This Greek goddess of war & handicraft changed Arachne into a spider after a weaving contest between them'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'To imitate'

Answer: mimic


Question: 'Ta'ziyah, Muslim passion plays, tend to show the martyrdom of members of this minority branch of Islam'

Answer: Shia


Question: 'A sword goes through the "C" in the team's name'

Answer: the (Cleveland) Cavaliers


Question: 'In early 1956 he met Sylvia Plath at a launch party for his literary magazine St. Botolph's Review'

Answer: Ted Hughes


Question: 'This quick bread takes its name from the Stone of Destiny'

Answer: scones


Question: 'You think your family is unusual?  This Greek goddess of victory was the daughter of Pallas (a Titan) & Styx (a river in Hades)'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Full of life, or when talking about color, strikingly intense'

Answer: vivid


Question: 'A qibla indicator shows where to face when praying: toward Mecca & specifically, toward this holy structure'

Answer: the Kaaba


Question: 'The letter "W" forms the body of a man in blue wearing a pointy hat'

Answer: the (Washington) Wizards


Question: 'The famous "Death be not proud" line is from this man's "Holy Sonnets"'

Answer: John Donne


Question: 'This Italian dish that contains slices of veal & prosciutto sounds like a Cirque du Soleil show'

Answer: saltimbocca


Question: 'The name of this Greek goddess means "foam born", which some stories say she was'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'Furious'

Answer: livid


Question: 'The alternate name of this 16th century Italian painting also means "cheerful"'

Answer: the Mona Lisa


Question: 'He wrote "The Murders In The Rue Morgue" shortly after becoming editor of Graham's Magazine'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'After Charles Dickens' cat William did this, Dickens renamed it Williamina'

Answer: Had kittens


Question: 'In addition to his own bands, this guitarist has played with The Yardbirds, Cream, & Derek & The Dominos'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'Theodore Pomeroy had the shortest term as this, one day; Sam Rayburn, the longest, 17 years'

Answer: Speaker of the House


Question: 'Henry F. Phillips invented a popular type of this hand tool'

Answer: Screwdriver


Question: 'Constitutional right that protects you from self-incrimination'

Answer: Fifth Amendment


Question: 'It's thought that this "Gift Of The Magi" author partly took his pen name from a prison guard'

Answer: O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)


Question: 'To an Englishman, stroking one of these means good luck'

Answer: Black cat


Question: 'B.B. King made a guest appearance on this Irish group's "Rattle And Hum" album'

Answer: U2


Question: 'The late Jeanne Calment holds this record but now it's up for grabs again'

Answer: Oldest person in the world


Question: 'It can wear down metal, shape plastic or be baked in a cake for a prison inmate'

Answer: File


Question: 'Catherine Howard was this for Henry VIII, but not for long'

Answer: Fifth wife


Question: '"The Celestial Railroad" from his "Twice-Told Tales" is a parody of John Bunyan's works'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'Desmond Morris reports that a 1987 study found cats outnumbering these in the U.S. for the first time'

Answer: Dogs


Question: '2 years before "Take It Easy" was released, they backed Linda Ronstadt on her "Silk Purse" LP in 1970'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'How low can Dennis Walston go in this dance?  6 inches in 1991'

Answer: The limbo


Question: '"(Hi, I'm Debbie Dunning)  The head of this type of hammer has one side to drive nails & another to pull them out"'

Answer: Claw hammer


Question: 'Jupiter'

Answer: Fifth planet from the sun


Question: 'Sunnyside, the old Dutch home he remodeled in Tarrytown, N.Y., was made a public shrine in 1947'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'A homeless orphan in 1990, this cat now lives the high life at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue'

Answer: Socks


Question: 'Jim Seals & this partner toured with The Champs in 1958, but didn't have a hit as a duo until 1972'

Answer: Dash Crofts


Question: 'Nick Vermeulen has a collection of over 2,100 of these from hundreds of airlines, we hope none are used'

Answer: Airsick bags


Question: 'A brace & bit is a simple type of this hand tool'

Answer: Drill


Question: 'A group of spies or traitors within your own defensive lines'

Answer: Fifth column


Question: 'Of this author of "The Necklace", Flaubert said, "He's my disciple and I love him like a son"'

Answer: Guy de Maupassant


Question: 'This English scientist didn't need a cat to fall on him to inspire the cat flap, a swinging door'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: '"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that he was once a session drummer for Smokey Robinson'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: '1 of the 3 men who've been the farthest from Earth; they were all on Apollo 13'

Answer: (1 of) Fred Haise, James Lovell or John Swigart


Question: 'The carpenter & torpedo types of this measuring tool use bubbles as indicators'

Answer: Level


Question: 'Term for the French government's current incarnation'

Answer: The Fifth Republic


Question: 'This star of the film sang the theme song'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'This author & steamboat pilot's Civil War experience was serving about a month in the Missouri militia'

Answer: Mark Twain  (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)


Question: 'This novelist & medical school graduate (Harvard '69) created the TV show "ER"'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Sir Robert Peel organized this city's police force in 1829 & they've been nicknamed for him ever since'

Answer: London


Question: 'In 1935, in one of this red-caped hero's first adventures, he finds the real killer of Jack Kennedy'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'Founded in 1874, Gamma Phi Beta was the first Greek-letter society for women to be called this'

Answer: Sorority


Question: 'The film was based on a comic from this conglomerate whose aliens include the Silver Surfer'

Answer: Marvel


Question: 'This nickname that General Barnard Bee gave Thomas Jackson may have been an insult'

Answer: "Stonewall"


Question: 'In the 1980s Robert Gallo identified this virus but called it HTLV'

Answer: HIV


Question: 'This word for a French policeman comes from an older word meaning people-at-arms'

Answer: Gendarme


Question: 'A redcap is one of these, usually in a railroad station'

Answer: Porter


Question: 'This talk show host used to get big laughs with her comedy act for women, "Girls' Night Out"'

Answer: Jenny Jones


Question: 'J's little weapon is named for this "noisy" insect'

Answer: Cricket


Question: 'Pierre G.T. Beauregard was known as "The Little" this from his admiration of the French leader'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Dr. Stanley Prusiner's theory of protein bits called prions may explain this degenerative bovine disease'

Answer: Mad Cow Disease


Question: 'This organization is the only police force serving the Northwest & Yukon Territories'

Answer: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)


Question: 'Someone raised by committed Communists may be called this kind of "baby"'

Answer: "Red-diaper" baby


Question: 'Once called water ballet, this women's sport officially joined the Olympics in 1984'

Answer: Synchronized swimming


Question: 'An alien on "Star Trek:  Voyager", Jennifer Lien is the voice of this human MIB agent in the cartoon series'

Answer: "L"


Question: 'This tank-commanding general was a III; his grandfather was a Confederate colonel'

Answer: George S. Patton


Question: 'A type of chorea, a nerve disease, is named for this physician, who died in 1916'

Answer: Dr. George Huntington


Question: 'This country's Carabinieri evolved from a military group that served the Savoyard states'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'On "My Aim Is True", Elvis Costello claimed "The angels wanna wear" these'

Answer: My red shoes


Question: 'These dancers seen here first gained "exposure" with female audiences in 1978'

Answer: Chippendales


Question: 'Last, but not least, he's the head of MIB'

Answer: Chief Zed (played by Rip Torn)


Question: 'He never forgave Lee for having him send his men on that doomed charge at Gettysburg'

Answer: George Edward Pickett


Question: 'This English discoverer of blood circulation studied at Padua with the great anatomist Aquapendente'

Answer: William Harvey


Question: 'The national police forces of 171 countries are members of this cooperative organization'

Answer: Interpol


Question: 'Red Schoendienst wore red for 3 decades as a player & manager with this National League team'

Answer: St. Louis Cardinals


Question: 'In mythology these warrior women tolerated men only in a servile capacity'

Answer: Amazons


Question: 'In 1765 this city was named in honor of the peaceful resolution of a boundary dispute'

Answer: Concord, New Hampshire


Question: 'In 1996 Franck Goddio discovered her palace underwater in the harbor of Alexandria'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Basketball'

Answer: 5


YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!

Question: 'Our drinking game: if someone on C-SPAN says, "Madam Speaker", take a sip of Darjeeling this'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Yes, there really is a name for the fear of this number--it's triskaidekaphobia'

Answer: 13


Question: 'A merchant's 1919 bequest for music education resulted in this NYC academy's graduate school'

Answer: the Juilliard School


Question: 'Showers, or leather straps that control a horse'

Answer: rains/reins


Question: 'Rano Raraku, a quarry on this South Pacific island, produced about 900 moai, or statues, some over 30' tall'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'Ice hockey'

Answer: 6


YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!

Question: 'Around 11:00 P.M., we break out the card game "authors"; do you have any of this man seen here?'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'It's the country someone with sinophobia would be least apt to visit'

Answer: China


Question: 'This religious leader bought a building from the Univ. of Deseret, founded a school & named it for himself'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'A horse's harness, or pertaining to a wedding'

Answer: bridle/bridal


Question: 'In 1865 John Lubbock became the first to use this term referring to the "Old Stone Age"'

Answer: paleolithic


Question: 'Olympic synchronized platform diving'

Answer: 2


YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!

Question: 'The karaoke machine is loaded weth arias, like this composer's "Celeste Aida"'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'Sadly, with panphobia, you're afraid of this, & this, & this & this...'

Answer: everything


Question: 'N.C.'s Trinity College changed its name to this after a tobacco family that gave the school millions'

Answer: Duke


Question: 'To acquire through merit, or a large decorative vase'

Answer: earn/urn


Question: 'The Clovis people, who date back 13,000 years, were named for the town in this state where artifacts were first found'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'Soccer'

Answer: 11


YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!

Question: 'We get wild with the Greek crowd when our friend Christos stuffs these leaves'

Answer: grape leaves


Question: 'If you're a tachophobe, you won't be feeling the need for this'

Answer: speed


Question: 'It's no surprise that a New Hampshire university is named for this 14th president'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: 'A plant of the parsley family, or a unit to measure the fineness of gold'

Answer: carrot/karat


Question: 'Carved in 196 B.C., its text was written by priests to honor Ptolemy V'

Answer: the Rosetta Stone


Question: 'Canadian football'

Answer: 12


YOU CAN'T SPELL JEOPARDY! WITHOUT PARTY!

Question: 'After too much Jolt, we call MIT's Alan Guth & argue about his inflation model, which modifies this cosmic theory'

Answer: the Big Bang theory


Question: 'Papyrophobia is the fear of this--touching it, seeing it, being cut by it'

Answer: paper


Question: 'James Bayley founded this N.J. university & named it for his aunt, the first American-born saint'

Answer: Seton Hall


Question: 'Transparently thin, or to cut wool'

Answer: sheer/shear


Question: 'Kuala Lumpur is on this 5-letter peninsula'

Answer: Malay


Question: 'A mech war on the planet Cybertron over the Allspark spills out on Earth in this 2007 film'

Answer: Transformers


Question: 'It's to free this land invaded by China in 1950'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'N is the symbol for the unit of force named for him'

Answer: Newton


Question: 'For your third-place finish in the Olympic 200m butterfly, just a bit behind Michael Phelps:<br />One of these medals'

Answer: a bronze medal


Question: 'Tempus fugit (meaning this) when you're having fun'

Answer: time flies


Question: 'Venice, Italy is the "mistress of" this arm of the Mediterranean'

Answer: the Adriatic


Question: 'Road & Track magazine reviewed the tech-laden Mach 5 of this film'

Answer: Speed Racer


Question: 'We're against this--a '60s slogan says it's "not healthy for children & other living things"'

Answer: war


Question: 'It sounds like a pit crew, but it's the branch of physics concerned with motion & the action of forces on matter'

Answer: mechanics


Question: 'For your expose of the cafeteria:<br />One of these Columbia University journalism awards'

Answer: a Pulitzer


Question: 'The name of this 100-member body comes from the Latin & means "council of elders"'

Answer: the senate


Question: 'This desert's name is from the Mongolian'

Answer: the Gobi


Question: 'Shia LaBeouf is tracked & controlled with technology of everyday life in this 2008 film'

Answer: Eagle Eye


Question: 'Bring candles--it's for TBTN, "Take Back" this'

Answer: the Night


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.)  The distance x that a runner will cover from a standing start is given by the equation x = 1/2 at2, where t is time & a stands for this'

Answer: acceleration


Question: 'For that term paper on the DNA of mice:<br />One of these in physiology or medicine, just like Sir Martin Evans'

Answer: a Nobel Prize


Question: 'We have grave concerns you'll know that requiescat in pace means "may he" do this'

Answer: rest in peace


Question: 'In 1990 it was the seat of the German federal government'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'In this Coen Brothers comedy, 2 gym employees find a disk containing the memoirs of a CIA agent'

Answer: Burn After Reading


Question: 'It's organized by this lefty dot-org, motto "Democracy in action"'

Answer: MoveOn


Question: 'It's the branch of physics that deals with the relationship between heat, work, temperature & energy'

Answer: thermodynamics


Question: 'For your all-around fabness:<br />One of these scholarships that have been sending U.S. kids to Oxford since 1904'

Answer: a Rhodes Scholarship


Question: 'This type of phone that you may have heard your parents talk of is from the Latin for "wheel"'

Answer: rotary


Question: 'Bloemfontein is the judicial capital of this nation'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In "Swordfish" John Travolta enlists this Aussie actor to hack billions from the government'

Answer: Hugh Jackman


Question: 'It's to save equal Internet speed for all, aka "net" this'

Answer: neutrality


Question: 'In classical physics, laws of conservation cover mass, energy & this, equal to mass times velocity'

Answer: momentum


Question: 'For your work in college radio:<br />One of these awards given for radio excellence since 1941; TV shows win them too, now'

Answer: the Peabodys


Question: 'Vox dei translates to this--I hear it speaking now'

Answer: the voice of God


Question: 'It's the last word of the inscription on Apollo 11's plaque on the Moon & is also found in a related quotation'

Answer: mankind


Question: '(Judge Maria Lopez reads the clue.)  Well, I know we've all enjoyed the trial, but it looks like the jury has reached this, from the Latin for "true speech"'

Answer: a verdict


Question: 'Woody Hayes<br />(1951-1978)'

Answer: Ohio State


Question: 'In 2003 Toyota unveiled vehicles with "IPA", a system that allows a car to do this "P" by itself'

Answer: park


Question: 'He betrayed Jesus with a kiss'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'On a flight from Oakland to Chicago on May 15, 1930, Ellen Church became the first woman to work as one of these'

Answer: a flight attendant


Question: 'A lack or deficiency; it's said to "make the heart grow fonder"'

Answer: absence


Question: 'Your partner in crime didn't show up for court?  He may get one of these orders that will compel him to testify'

Answer: a subpoena


Question: 'Bo Schembechler<br />(1969-1989)'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Mercedes-Benz' "smart" cruise control uses this detecting & ranging system to sense vehicles ahead of you'

Answer: radar


Question: 'This term for an artistic representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead Christ is from the Italian'

Answer: a pietà


Question: 'These mischievous supernatural creatures of Arab lore were made famous by "The 1,001 Nights"; make a wish!'

Answer: a genie


Question: 'Connect the dots & name the disease seen here'

Answer: measles


Question: '(Judge David Young reads the clue.)  This legal term may sound like a rich cake, but actually it refers to a civil wrong'

Answer: a tort


Question: 'Tom Osborne<br />(1973-1997)'

Answer: (University of) Nebraska


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from inside a car.)  This vehicle is the only still-existing 1970 Boss 429 Lawman type of this "pony" car'

Answer: a Mustang


Question: 'Jesus told Martha, the sister of this man, "I am the resurrection and the life"--& proved it'

Answer: Lazarus


Question: 'It's alphabetically last among the member countries of the United Nations'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'It precedes "Man March" & "-aire"'

Answer: million


Question: 'Lending money?  Be sure to ask for one of these notes in which the borrower agrees to pay it back'

Answer: promissory


Question: 'Bobby Bowden<br />(1976-present)'

Answer: Florida State


Question: 'Henry Ford planned for this biofuel made from grain to be the principal fuel for the Model T'

Answer: ethanol


Question: 'This divine messenger told Mary that she would give birth to a son'

Answer: the angel Gabriel


Question: 'The rock musical "Hair" features a chant of this Hindu sect founded in the U.S. in 1966'

Answer: the Hare Krishna


Question: 'There's no business like shoe business if you're in this job; it's also a type of pie'

Answer: cobbler


Question: '(Judge Hatchett reads the clue.)  Your parrot got loose & pecked your neighbor so severely that you are charged with this type of negligence, likely to result in grave injury'

Answer: gross negligence


Question: 'Vince Dooley<br />(1964-1988)'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Powered by both a gasoline engine & an electric motor, this company's Insight was the first hybrid car sold in the U.S.'

Answer: Honda


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a symbol on the monitor.)  A symbol used as a monogram of Jesus Christ is formed by superimposing these two Greek letters, which come from Christ's name'

Answer: chi & rho


Question: 'Yeeeeeee-haaaa!  Billy Idol knows this drink's got bourbon, triple sec, lemon juice, an egg white & an orange slice'

Answer: a Rebel Yell


Question: 'If it ain't this period of music said to have ended with Bach's death in 1750, don't fix it'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'In 1770 England repealed all of the Townshend Acts except the tax on this commodity'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Bono'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Unlike most others in this animal family, female caribou grow antlers, which they shed each year'

Answer: deer


Question: '"The House Without a Key" was the first case solved by this Chinese detective'

Answer: Charlie Chan


Question: 'Featuring an eagle & a sunburst, one of the most sought-after political buttons in the U.S. is from his 1789 inaugural'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Someone from Prague, or a person who lives & acts free of regard for conventional rules'

Answer: Bohemian


Question: 'During the Battle of Bunker Hill, patriots were warned not to "fire until you see" these'

Answer: the whites of their eyes


Question: 'Enrique Iglesias'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Deep-sea shrimp have organs called photophores, which emit this to help identify a mate'

Answer: light


Question: 'This detective debuted in the story "Killer in the Rain", from which material was later used in "The Big Sleep"'

Answer: Philip Marlowe


Question: 'In the course of the 18th century, this part of a man's shirt shrank in size & got buttons'

Answer: a cuff


Question: 'An archer pulls it back to launch an arrow'

Answer: bowstring


Question: 'British forces captured this Georgia port city on Dec. 29, 1778 & soon controlled all of the state'

Answer: Savannah


Question: 'Gloria Estefan'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Before 1935, turkeys were bred mainly for this feature, not meat'

Answer: feathers


Question: 'Except for "Gone Fishin'", all novels featuring this black detective created by Walter Mosley have had a color in the title'

Answer: Easy Rawlins


Question: 'Type of a jacket named for its overlapping front flap & 2 rows of buttons'

Answer: double-breasted


Question: 'Evo Morales, an Aymara Indian, is this nation's first indigenous president'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'The capture of Forts Ticonderoga & Crown Point on this lake in May 1775 paved the way for the invasion of Canada'

Answer: Lake Champlain


Question: 'Sade'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'The yellowfin & other types of this fish are unusual in having body temperature higher than the water they live in'

Answer: tuna


Question: 'Writer H.C. McNeile gave British crime-solver Captain Hugh Drummond this nickname'

Answer: "Bulldog"


Question: 'This type of flower with a round head has a name that sounds like it's only for single men'

Answer: a bachelor\'s button


Question: 'The Mauser was the first practical version of this type of rifle with a manually operated slide'

Answer: a bolt action


Question: 'This "foxy" general usually struck the British at night & then fled back into the swamps of the Carolinas'

Answer: Francis Marion


Question: 'Shakira'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Named for a fabric made in Baghdad, it's a cat with a striped or brindled coat'

Answer: a tabby


Question: 'This rotund P.I.'s household includes chef Fritz Brenner & "orchid nurse" Theodore Horstmann'

Answer: Nero Wolfe


Question: 'He won an Oscar for "Sayonara" & also appeared in "The Poseidon Adventure"'

Answer: Red Buttons


Question: 'Primate sometimes referred to as a pygmy chimpanzee'

Answer: a bonobo


Question: 'Of the USA's 50 tallest peaks, all are in Alaska, Colorado & California except this peak'

Answer: Mt. Rainier (in Washington)


Question: 'Around 1850, you could find Eugene Delacroix painting the ceiling of this French museum's Salon d'Apollon'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'In 2002 this rocker wed Gavin Rossdale, vocalist/guitarist of the group Bush'

Answer: Gwen Stefani


Question: 'In 1 Samuel 18, Jonathan gives his own robe to this man who earlier defeated a large Philistine warrior'

Answer: David


Question: 'Being spineless, jellyfish are members of this "no bones about 'em" animal group'

Answer: invertebrates


Question: 'Ask if the little darlings have any of the food type of these; milk, egg & peanut are among the most common'

Answer: allergies


Question: 'In Greek myth, Hera is both the wife & the sister of this supreme god'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'George Romney painted many portraits of Lady Hamilton dressed as this militant 15th century saint'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'In the summer of 2002 this Canadian teen made her debut with the hit song "Complicated"'

Answer: Avril Lavigne


Question: 'Reuben tore his clothes when he learned this man, his brother who traveled to Egypt, was missing from the pit'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'Jellyfish are composed of about 5 percent organic matter & 95 percent this'

Answer: water


Question: 'Mom & Dad may restrict kids' TV to shows with this letter rating, the same as the blandest movies'

Answer: G


Question: 'Gold Rush is a variety of this Italian squash but with yellowish skin'

Answer: zucchini


Question: 'This Spaniard painted some dreary-looking clowns during his Blue & Rose Periods in the early 1900s'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Nickelback's Chad Kroeger is featured on this song, heard here, a hit from a 2002 soundtrack'

Answer: "Hero"


Question: 'After the exodus, priestly clothes were given to this man, Moses' brother, & his sons'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'A lion's mane jellyfish is the means of death in a 1926 story featuring this British detective'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'Learn diapering skills at sitter certification classes from this group whose "American" branch dates from 1881'

Answer: Red Cross


Question: 'It's the branch of biology that studies various animals'

Answer: zoology


Question: 'Maybe it's just me, but I'd rather look at his ballerinas than the "Two Laundresses" he drew in the 1880s'

Answer: Edgar Degas


Question: 'Liz Phair was a guest vocalist on this Sheryl Crow song that says, "I don't have digital, I don't have diddly squat"'

Answer: "Soak Up the Sun"


Question: 'In Genesis 3, God himself makes tunics out of animal skin for this man to wear'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'Some varieties of cyanea jellyfish can grow these up to 120 feet long'

Answer: tentacles


Question: 'If little Cindy gets into the medicine cabinet, you can reach the closest of these centers at 800-222-1222'

Answer: poison control centers


Question: 'Alphabetically, it's last among the nations of the world'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'His pictures of Tahitian women with spirits include "Manao Tupapau (The Specter Watches Over Her)"'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'Tunes from this singer-songwriter include "No Such Thing" & "Your Body is a Wonderland"'

Answer: John Mayer


Question: 'Rebecca dresses Jacob in Esau's clothes in order to trick this man, her husband'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'A free-floating jellyfish is called this, also the name of a mythological snake-haired woman'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'Some kids won't go to sleep without this rhyming item, though a 1999 study suggests it may cause myopia'

Answer: night light


Question: 'At the time of his death, Irish author James Joyce was living in this Swiss city'

Answer: Zurich


Question: 'Anne Frank's diary was published by this person, the only member of her immediate family to survive the war'

Answer: Otto Frank (her father)


Question: '32,000 ounces make a short one; 3,274 more make a metric one'

Answer: ton


Question: 'The cost of any of the railroads, it's what you get every time you travel around the board'

Answer: $200


Question: 'The costume of this villainous "Batman" character is covered in question marks'

Answer: the Riddler


Question: 'About 75 percent of this U.S. state's population is found on only one island'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Visa or American Express, for example'

Answer: credit cards


Question: 'Anne was born in this country in 1929; her family fled to the Netherlands in 1933'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Metric cowboys wear 37.85-liter hats instead of these'

Answer: 10-gallon hats


Question: '1 of the 2 squares that say "Pay"'

Answer: Luxury Tax or Income Tax


Question: 'Abdullah the Butcher of Sudan (ne Larry Shreeve in Windsor, Canada) was a famous bad guy in this spectacle'

Answer: professional wrestling


Question: 'The 3 most populous cities in the U.S.'

Answer: New York, Chicago & Los Angeles


Question: 'A ringing bell in the original advertising campaign for these Hostess snack cakes  gave them their name'

Answer: Ding Dongs


Question: 'Anne Frank had just turned 13 when she went into hiding; she was this old when she was discovered'

Answer: 15


Question: 'That grain of salt you're taking is just .0648 of this basic metric unit'

Answer: gram


Question: 'It's bordered by Mediterranean Avenue & Boardwalk'

Answer: Go!


Question: 'In 2002 Spider-Man climbed walls, but it was Willem Dafoe who went over the top as this villain'

Answer: the Green Goblin


Question: 'The city of Hollywood in this state has 121,000 people, half as many as the movie district of Hollywood'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'It's the second volume of the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy'

Answer: "The Two Towers"


Question: 'Anne addressed the entries in her diary to this imaginary friend'

Answer: Kitty


Question: 'The measure abbreviated cu yd equals .765 of this'

Answer: cubic meter


Question: 'A hotel costs the cost of a hotel plus the cost of this many houses'

Answer: 4


Question: 'This James Bond's title character's plan is to set off an A-bomb inside Fort Knox'

Answer: Goldfinger


Question: 'These 2 countries that border each other are first & second in population'

Answer: China & India


Question: 'In a canyon, it can be the sudden result of a lot of rain in a little time'

Answer: flash flood


Question: 'Before going into hiding, Anne wrote about how Jews had to give up their bikes, be in by 8 PM & wear a star of this color'

Answer: yellow


Question: '"The acre" anagrams to this measure, 2.47 acres'

Answer: hectare


Question: 'Edgar Mallory is pictured on this space blowing a whistle'

Answer: Go to Jail


Question: 'This English actor, seen here, played a sadist in "Rob Roy" & a tyrannical primate in "Planet of the Apes"'

Answer: Tim Roth


Question: 'This province, my birthplace, is home to one-third of all Canadians'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'The name of this Jewish service organization means "children of the covenant" in Hebrew'

Answer: B\'nai Brith


Question: 'It's the only state in New England that doesn't border the Atlantic Ocean'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Prohibition was repealed in this year, the first year of FDR's first term'

Answer: 1933


Question: 'In "Monty Python & the Holy Grail", a woman is weighed against this fowl to see whether she's a witch'

Answer: a duck


Question: 'This Indiana city near the University of Notre Dame was once home to the Studebaker Automobile Co.'

Answer: South Bend


Question: 'Probably named for the Roman goddess of marriage, this month is one of the most popular for weddings'

Answer: June


Question: 'It's the stretch between the tee & the green on a golf-course hole'

Answer: a fairway


Question: 'It's the classic song in which Frank faced off against "the final curtain"'

Answer: "My Way"


Question: 'The New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles to take their first World Series in this year'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'This word for an assembly of 13 witches comes from the same root as a word for a gathering of nuns'

Answer: a coven


Question: 'This New Hampshire capital is home to the Franklin Pierce Law School'

Answer: Concord


Question: '"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards", he advised in "Poor Richard's Almanack"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Someone who hides aboard a ship to obtain free transportation'

Answer: a stowaway


Question: 'In "New York, New York" Frank sang he wanted to be "king of the hill" & "top of" this'

Answer: the heap


Question: 'Cheering crowds met Allied troops liberating Rome from the Axis Powers in this year'

Answer: 1944


Question: 'Though it's not one of the 10 Commandments, "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live" is in this book of the Bible'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'On Nov. 16, 1941 Berwyn, Oklahoma was renamed for this singing cowboy who owned land there'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'A rose has long been a symbol of love; rearrange its letters & you get the name of this Greek god of love'

Answer: Eros


Question: 'It's a popular New York City piano-making company'

Answer: Steinway


Question: 'Frank won an Oscar for playing the role of Maggio in this 1953 war movie'

Answer: From Here to Eternity


Question: 'We hadn't heard anything yet when Al Jolson sang & spoke in "The Jazz Singer", a talkie released way back in this year'

Answer: 1927


Question: 'It's an "intimate" term for a cat or other animal that embodies the supernatural & helps a witch'

Answer: a familiar


Question: 'In 1851 Prairie Rapids, Iowa was renamed this for the Belgian site of Napoleon's last defeat'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'Sort of the Sanskrit "Joy of Sex", this classic Indian love manual dates back to the 4th century B.C.'

Answer: the Kama Sutra


Question: 'The passage from the nose or mouth to the lungs'

Answer: the airway


Question: 'Frank's last No. 1 hit was 1967's "Somethin' Stupid", a duet with her'

Answer: Nancy Sinatra


Question: 'Roald Amundsen first reached the South Pole late in this year'

Answer: 1911


Question: 'Title of a B'way play & also a Jimmy Stewart film, these 3 items are part of a Catholic rite concerning witches'

Answer: bell, book & candle


Question: 'In 2006 Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater opened in this entertainment capital in Missouri'

Answer: Branson


Question: 'Traditionally, when a Jewish couple marries, it's under a canopy called this'

Answer: chuppah


Question: 'It's a high bridge between islands'

Answer: a causeway


Question: 'The first names of 2 of Frank's 4 wives'

Answer: (2 of) Nancy, Ava, Mia, & Barbara


Question: 'The Nebraska city where he was born in 1913'

Answer: Omaha


Question: 'From the Latin for "invite", it's to strive in competition, as for a title'

Answer: vie


Question: '"One Enchanted Recorder"'

Answer: The Magic Flute


Question: 'Famous title of the divine coming-ashore party seen here'

Answer: The Birth of Venus


Question: 'Fitzgerald's translation of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" is quite enthused about "this forbidden" drink'

Answer: wine


Question: '2 of the model numbers for these big-screen robots are the T-800 & the T-1000'

Answer: a Terminator


Question: 'The Michigan city where he set up his law practice, before his political career'

Answer: Grand Rapids


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds a peanut in her hand.)  A peanut is more "pea" than "nut": it's actually a legume; the nuts are seeds and the shell is properly called this'

Answer: a pod


Question: '"Herodias' Daughter Who Was Trying to Get a Head"'

Answer: Salome


Question: 'This type of monkey seen here is not much bigger than the rodent whose name it bears'

Answer: the squirrel monkey


Question: 'Written in September 1819, his "To Autumn" begins, "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness."'

Answer: Keats


Question: 'In "Blade Runner", this is the term for the androids that Rick Deckard is tracking down & killing'

Answer: Replicants


Question: 'The man he succeeded as vice president'

Answer: Agnew


Question: 'This 3-letter word can refer to a globe or an eyeball'

Answer: an orb


Question: '"How You Might Address an Upper-Class Married Creature of the Order Lepidoptera"'

Answer: Madame Butterfly


Question: 'Somewhat fancifully, a Mexican fashion favorite lends its name to this galaxy pictured here'

Answer: the Sombrero (Galaxy)


Question: 'Shortly after writing "I Have a Rendezvous With" this, WWI poet Alan Seeger met it'

Answer: Death


Question: 'This Comedy Central series featured fighting robot vehicles trying to disable each other'

Answer: Battlebots


Question: 'The investigative body to which Ford was appointed on November 29, 1963'

Answer: the Warren Commission


Question: 'A water spirit, or to put the kibosh on something'

Answer: nix


Question: '"A Hairstylist in an Andalusian City in Spain"'

Answer: The Barber of Seville


Question: 'In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire controlled what is today this country'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Though born on Long Island, in his poetry he was "Walt Whitman, a Kosmos, of" this island "the Son"'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'The 1957 MGM film "The Invisible Boy" featured this "Forbidden Planet" robot turning in his 2nd mechanical role on film'

Answer: Robby


Question: 'The location where Pres. George W. Bush eulogized Ford as "the best of America"'

Answer: the Washington National Cathedral


Question: 'Arabic for "son of", it's often used in personal names'

Answer: Bin (or Ibn)


Question: '"Masculine Singular Ablative in Latin for Faithful or True"'

Answer: Fidelio


Question: '1872 U.S. presidential candidate seen here'

Answer: Victoria Woodhull


Question: '"A terrible beauty is born", this Irishman wrote on "Easter, 1916"'

Answer: (William Butler) Yeats


Question: 'This series featured 2 robots & one human making sarcastic comments while watching B movies'

Answer: Mystery Science Theater 3000


Question: 'Carel Fabritius, whose self-portrait is seen here, is considered this man's greatest pupil'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'Built in 1792, St. Joseph's Cathedral is the oldest church in this Louisiana capital'

Answer: Baton Rouge


Question: 'They couldn't help falling in love, so in 1994 this superstar & Lisa Marie Presley tied the knot'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'He led the expedition that rescued Emin Pasha, as well as the one that found Livingstone'

Answer: Henry Stanley


Question: 'When sending or bringing flowers to a person in the hospital, provide one of these, hospitals have few'

Answer: Vase/container


Question: 'LIke other male bovines, adult male yaks are called these'

Answer: Bulls


Question: 'It's the direction in which the hands of a watch move backward'

Answer: Counterclockwise


Question: 'It was once called Anne Arundel Town after the wife of the 2nd Lord Baltimore'

Answer: Annapolis


Question: 'On Valentine's Day, 1991, this "Sleepless in Seattle" star married her sweetheart, Dennis Quaid'

Answer: Meg Ryan


Question: 'There's no picture of him atop Everest because he assumed Tenzing couldn't work the camera'

Answer: Sir Edmund Hillary


Question: 'Traditionally, this person pays for the marriage license'

Answer: Husband/groom


Question: 'A hinny has an ass for a mother & one of these animals for a father'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'A being not of this earth'

Answer: Extraterrestrial


Question: 'This Kansas city's zoological park boasts a tropical rain forest habitat'

Answer: Topeka


Question: 'Clark Gable's short but happy marriage to this actress ended with her death in a 1942 plane crash'

Answer: Carole Lombard


Question: 'Alexandra David Neal was the first European woman to visit this Tibetan capital'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: 'At a private audience with the Pope, visitors should immediately do this when he enters the room'

Answer: Kneel


Question: 'To escape predators, many lizards break off this body part; it later regenerates'

Answer: Tail


Question: 'A quarrel, or a failure to comprehend correctly'

Answer: Misunderstanding


Question: 'You can visit the Rodeo Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in this city'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'Elizabeth Taylor converted to Judaism shortly before her 1959 marriage to this singer'

Answer: Eddie Fisher


Question: 'Though Russian Semyon Dezhnev was the first European to sail through this strait, it's named for a Dane'

Answer: Bering Strait


Question: 'Emily Post says a man may put his hand under this part of a woman only when helping her into a car or upstairs'

Answer: Elbow


Question: 'These stinging arachnids give birth to live young which cling to their mother's backs for several days'

Answer: Scorpions


Question: 'This type of doctor specializes in the study of the organs of digestion'

Answer: Gastroenterologist


Question: 'This city covers 3,108 square miles, making it the largest state capital in area in the U.S.'

Answer: Juneau, Alaska


Question: 'In the movies, she was the "Bride of Frankenstein"; in real life, she was the bride of Charles Laughton'

Answer: Elsa Lanchester


Question: 'Naval officer Ernest Doudart de Lagree led the first European expedition up this river past Angkor Wat'

Answer: Mekong


Question: 'You don't have to wear tails to a formal party; a tux will do unless the invitation says this'

Answer: White tie


Question: 'This bear-like carnivore, a large member of the weasel family, is also known as the glutton'

Answer: Wolverine


Question: '28 letters long, it's opposition to taking away state support from an established church'

Answer: Antidisestablishmentarianism


Question: 'Britain was drawn into the war when this Low Country was invaded August 4, 1914'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'He made his official adult Warsaw debut in 1830 with his "Piano Concerto in F Minor"'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: 'Riz au lait samp is a simple dessert made of rice cooked in this dairy product'

Answer: Milk


Question: 'It can be a blow to the head, or the resulting brain injury that produces brief unconsciousness'

Answer: a concussion


Question: 'This author of "The Lord of the Rings" was born in South Africa & brought to England at age 4'

Answer: J.R.R. Tolkien


Question: 'Bolivia's highest peak,  Sajama, lies in this range'

Answer: Andes


Question: 'This liner was carrying about 5500 cases of ammunition when sunk by a U-boat May 7, 1915'

Answer: Lusitania


Question: 'His "Goldberg Variations" were actually commissioned by a Russian diplomat named Kaiserling'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'Escoffier said these shellfish, which the French call huitres, are best raw, but he also served them a la Florentine'

Answer: Oysters


Question: 'The hypothalamus monitors your body temperature by using the temperature of this fluid as a control'

Answer: Blood


Question: 'In "Vespers" he wrote, "Hush, hush, whisper who dares, Christopher Robin is saying his prayers"'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'They separate the Iberian Peninsula from the rest of Europe'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question: 'About 7 pounds of peach pits were needed to make one of these protective devices'

Answer: Gas mask


Question: 'Though a strong Hungarian nationalist, this "Mephisto Waltz" composer barely spoke the language'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'A famous French sauce is called chaud froid, French for these 2 antonyms'

Answer: Hot & cold


Question: 'Collectively, the brain & spinal cord are known as this system'

Answer: Central nervous system


Question: 'His "i:six nonlectures", a book of autobiographical essays, was published in 1953'

Answer: E.E. Cummings


Question: 'It's been said that more climbers have died on this peak than any other in the Swiss Alps'

Answer: The Matterhorn


Question: 'The 1916 Battle of Jutland was fought in the Skagerrak, an arm of this sea'

Answer: North Sea


Question: 'This composer's "Trout Quintet" is one of the most popular pieces of classical chamber music'

Answer: Franz Schubert


Question: 'Dishes described as a la Dubarry contain this vegetable that the French call chou-fleur'

Answer: Cauliflower


Question: 'This progressive, degenerative disease of the brain is the leading cause of senile dementia'

Answer: Alzheimer\'s


Question: 'The 16th edition of Bartlett's devotes more than 5 pages to this "Four Quartets" poet'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'Mount Vesuvius lies in this mountain range that stretches from the Gulf of Genoa to the toe of Italy's boot'

Answer: Apennines


Question: 'The famous Zimmerman Note was sent to Heinrich von Eckhardt, the German minister in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This Italian maestro became conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony in 1928'

Answer: Arturo Toscanini


Question: 'Reins, these organ meats, may be sauteed with mushrooms'

Answer: Kidneys


Question: 'The occipital lobe is devoted to this sense'

Answer: Sight


Question: '"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" was the only book by this American horror writer published during his life'

Answer: H.P. Lovecraft


Question: 'The Aures Mountains of Algeria are a part of this greater chain'

Answer: Atlas Mountains


Question: 'This phrase first appeared in 1845, followed by "to overspread the continent alloted by providence"'

Answer: Manifest Destiny


Question:
'To: Junglechick.
From: Mr_Simian.
Subject: Pronouns.
FYI, I do use "I" when referring to myself in a 1914 novel'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'The Beatles honed their chops playing clubs in the Reeperbahn, a red-light district in this German port city'

Answer: Hamburg


Question: 'In 2008 this company's 77-year run as the world's largest automaker came to an end'

Answer: GM


Question: 'I'm darn proud knowin' no other part of North America is closer to Asia than this state, you betcha!'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'When a sheep hangs out with the family, they're just a bunch of...'

Answer: sheep


Question:
'A guitar,
a marionette,
a too-good offer'

Answer: have strings attached


Question: 'To: Maneating_Harpooner,<br />From: lSailor. Captain A's off his nut. Call me scared'

Answer: Ishmael


Question: 'One of 2 official Beatles German-language releases, "Komm, gib mir deine Hand" was the lads' take on this 1964 smash'

Answer: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"


Question: 'This Norse god hammered Hrungnir to death'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'I'm pleased to find this state has the Miss. Alluvial Plain & that the Miss. River empties into the Gulf of Mexico there'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'One crisis, but 6 these, like in a Nixon book title'

Answer: crises


Question:
'A rhino,
a steering wheel,
a Marsalis brother'

Answer: (things with) horns


Question: 'To: RButlerdidit. From: Melanies-man. Subject: Your marriage.<br />Your Southern wife loves me. Is that a problem?'

Answer: Ashley Wilkes


Question: 'Astrid Kirchherr & Klaus Voormann are characters in this movie dramatization of the Beatles' time in Germany'

Answer: Backbeat


Question: 'In July 1918 this world leader was executed in the Ural Mountains'

Answer: Tsar Nicholas II


Question: 'The fact that some vehicles have gone more than 600 mph on its Bonneville Salt Flats amazes me'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'An ox has a hard life, so when you see a group of them, please call them this, not "oxes"'

Answer: oxen


Question:
'A boxer,
a surgeon,
Rita Hayworth in "Gilda"'

Answer: gloves


Question:
'To: LouisLouis.
From: Fangsalot.
Subject: Dinner.
I made you a vampire, let's have Italian tonight--his name is Gino'

Answer: Lestat


Question: 'To please their rabid German fans, the boys re-recorded this hit as "Sie liebt dich" in 1964'

Answer: "She Loves You"


Question: 'This element's symbol is Po'

Answer: polonium


Question: 'If I don't have a bourbon in hand when I visit this state's Cumberland Falls State Park, I'm vexed'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'When an alumnus parties with the rest of the Class of '83, they're a bunch of drunk these'

Answer: alumni


Question:
'A zoo,
Bengal,
Detroit's Comerica Park'

Answer: tigers


Question:
'To: (general island mailing).
From: Asthmaboy. Subject: My name.
I'm not happy with the "porcine" name you boys gave me'

Answer: Piggy


Question: 'While making "Let It Be", the Beatles recorded "Geh Raus", a German-language spoof of this No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Get Back"


Question: 'Exodus 2:10 says "and she called his name" this (it's Exodus, folks)'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'I'm of one mind to say it's the only state with a unicameral state legislature'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Look, it's a winged celestial being called a cherub! That makes it one of these, an unusual plural'

Answer: cherubim


Question:
'A car,
the mafia,
Sherwood Forest'

Answer: hoods


Question: 'In a perfectly inelastic collision, this is what would happen to the 2 objects that meet'

Answer: they would stop


Question: 'In Christianity, Gabriel is considered to be one of these high-ranking angels like Michael & Raphael'

Answer: an archangel


Question: 'Month and year of the famous first seen here'

Answer: July, 1969


Question: 'The Banzai Pipeline rolls in as part of the venue for the Vans Triple Crown of this sport'

Answer: surfing


Question: 'Equip with a gun'

Answer: arm


Question: '"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", "Some Like It Hot"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'In refraction, radiation passes from one medium into another; this is when radiation bends around an obstacle's edge'

Answer: difraction


Question: 'Shortly before Muhammad's death, Gabriel took him to this city to meet Abraham & Jesus'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This governor is seen here in 1963 blocking a doorway'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: 'Brought to the mainstream via the South Bronx, this "floor show" has such moves as poppin

Answer: breakdancing


Question: 'One stage of a journey'

Answer: leg


Question: '"Foul Play",<br />"Private Benjamin"'

Answer: Goldie Hawn


Question: 'With 8 drops in 75 years, the fluid pitch seen here exemplifies this physics quality of stickiness or flow resistance'

Answer: viscosity


Question: 'In the N.T., Gabriel appears to Zacharias & tells him that his wife Elizabeth will give birth to this person'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'The 1936 photograph of Florence Owens Thompson seen here came to symbolize this national crisis'

Answer: the Great Depression


Question:
'Popular with
Latin dance bands,
this instrument
is made from a gourd'

Answer: maracas


Question: 'Hug & kiss, maybe in a car'

Answer: neck


Question: '"Charlie's Angels", "Vanilla Sky"'

Answer: (Cameron) Diaz


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates pedulums in action.) Two of the three pendulums have the same resonant frequency, in this case, the same length; when one swings, the matching one
will begin to swing, too,  which is known  as this type of vibration'

Answer: sympathetic vibration


Question: 'In his second appearance in the Old Testament, Gabriel announces the coming end of the Jewish exile here'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'The historic career-ending photo seen here was taken in this year'

Answer: 1974


Question: 'Also slang for losing a defender & scoring in basketball, this food coating is applied by using a plastic bag'

Answer: Shake \'n Bake


Question:
'Cool,
with it,
stylish'

Answer: hip


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a spring and a monitor.) A spring and earthquakes generate these waves with a geographic-sounding name in which the vibrations parallel the direction'

Answer: longitudinal


Question: 'In the Old Testament, when this man has a vision he can't understand, God sends Gabriel to explain it'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'Senator Joseph McCarthy is seen here with this young associate in 1954'

Answer: Roy Cohn


Question: 'The first one of these was invented in China in 132 A.D.; a water spillage type was invented in 19th century Italy'

Answer: a seismograph


Question: 'To tolerate or endure'

Answer: to stomach


Question: 'After a large French army was wiped out by yellow fever on this island in 1802, Napoleon decided to sell Louisiana'

Answer: Hispaniola (or Haiti)


Question: 'Among its numerous city squares are Ledise, known for its cafes, & Rembrandt, known for its cabarets'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'This city’s Superdome has been just super, hosting 6 Super Bowls, more than any other site'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'This desert plant that looks part cactus, part tree bears the name of the man chosen by Moses to be his successor'

Answer: a Joshua Tree


Question: 'George I’s father was elector of this, hence its turnover into a house name'

Answer: Hanover


Question: 'You’ll find this 4-word motto on all U.S. coins'

Answer: In God We Trust