Question: 'A man who lived to be 969, or a champagne bottle that holds 8 times as much as the standard size'

Answer: Methuselah


Question: 'A common method of torture involves running fingernails across this classroom aid'

Answer: Chalkboard/blackboard


Question: 'Some believe 1998 signals the end of the world because 1998 is 3 times this number'

Answer: 666


Question: 'In 1997 Sister Nirmala succeeded this Nobel Prize winner as head of the Missionaries of Charity'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'He speaks for a "dummy"'

Answer: Ventriliquist


Question: 'It wasn't until 1984, after a 33-year wait, that Florida's Miami returned to this home bowl game'

Answer: Orange Bowl


Question: 'Lerner & Loewe wrote "The Night They Invented Champagne" for this movie musical set in Gay Paree'

Answer: Gigi


Question: 'In a proverb, this noisemaker "Gets the grease"'

Answer: Squeaky Wheel


Question: 'May 14, 1998 marks the 50th anniversary of this nation's independence; Mazel Tov!'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'In 1984 she reached a "Turning Point" when she became "60 Minutes"' first female correspondent'

Answer: Diane Sawyer


Question: 'A peeping Tom'

Answer: Voyeur


Question: 'Jacksonville's bowl, we're glad they didn't call it the Croc Pot'

Answer: Gator Bowl


Question: 'The glass shaped like & named for this flower is perfect for serving champagne'

Answer: Tulip


Question: 'This film hero's yell was created by combining the sounds of a dog, a hyena, a camel, a violin string & a soprano'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'This ex-president turns 74 on October 1, 1998'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Among the women to serve in this post are Antonia Novello & Joycelyn Elders'

Answer: Surgeon General


Question: 'It's the proper term for a person who makes or sells wine'

Answer: Vintner


Question: 'In 1942 Oregon State & Duke duked it out in this bowl's temporary WWII home in Durham, N.C.'

Answer: Rose Bowl


Question: 'Of brut, demi-sec or doux, the term that denotes the sweetest champagne'

Answer: Doux  (50% sugar)


Question: 'It cuts down car noise by giving exhaust gases a place to expand gradually'

Answer: Muffler


Question: '1998 marks the centennial of this U.S. war'

Answer: Spanish-American War


Question: '"I Left My Heart In San Francisco" is something she might sing since leaving city hall for Capitol Hill'

Answer: Dianne Feinstein


Question: 'It's a room in the church where the clergy put on their robes'

Answer: Vestry


Question: 'LSU clung on in 1968 to win this Atlanta bowl's first championship'

Answer: Peach Bowl


Question: 'On this Scottish instrument, the melody is played on the chanter while the other tubes drone out single notes'

Answer: Bagpipes


Question: 'Ostrov, as in Ostrov Bering, near Kamchatka, means "island" in this language'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'He's the character who regularly worked with Sam Malone behind the bar at "Cheers"'

Answer: Coach & Woody


Question: 'Dodger Wilton Guerrero was thrown out of a game June 1, 1997 for having this in his bat'

Answer: Cork


Question: '"Colors of the Sea" features underwater photos with text from the society named for this Calypso skipper'

Answer: Jacques Cousteau


Question: 'On the cover of "Walk On the Wild Side", this NBA star's name is much larger than co-author Michael Silver's'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question:
'Boo Boo,
A glum investor,
The Big Dipper's constellation'

Answer: Bears


Question: 'Isabela is the largest island in this Ecuadoran group whose Spanish name honors Columbus'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'While "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was still in production, this sitcom was spun off from it'

Answer: Rhoda & Phyllis


Question: 'The Post Office wouldn't confirm reports that it's printing stamps with this letter, indicating a rate increase'

Answer: H


Question: 'A calendar of these insults includes "Your mother is so dumb, she sold the car for gas money"'

Answer: Snaps


Question: 'Jerry Lewis appears in & out of clown makeup on this biography with the same name as his 1983 film'

Answer: The King Of Comedy


Question:
'A place setting,
A baseball diamond,
The Earth's crust'

Answer: Things made of/with plates


Question: 'These people, the inhabitants of Greece's largest island, are known for their pride & independence'

Answer: Cretans


Question: 'In 1982 Heather Locklear was a regular on this series'

Answer: Dynasty & T.J. Hooker


Question: 'The body of this accused murderer whose case inspired "The Fugitive" was exhumed for testing'

Answer: Sam Shepherd


Question: 'For 1998 Landmark singled out this latest "Singled Out" star for her own calendar'

Answer: Carmen Electra


Question: 'Next to Ed McBain's name on "Nocturne" is the phrase "A Novel Of" this "Precinct"'

Answer: 87th


Question: 'California's Santa Catalina Island, like the U.K.'s Guernsey, belongs to a group called this'

Answer: Channel Islands


Question: 'This person sang "The Love Boat" theme'

Answer: Jack Jones & Dionne Warwick


Question: 'Rose Will Monroe, the model for this WWII poster girl, passed away in 1997'

Answer: "Rosie The Riveter"


Question: 'This preacher dresses casually or formally on different dustcovers for his 1997 book "Just As I Am"'

Answer: Billy Graham


Question: 'The Windward Passage separates Haiti from this large Caribbean island to the northeast'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Daytime serial history includes the NBC California-set soap with the initials "S.B."'

Answer: Santa Barbara & Sunset Beach


Question: 'This au pair's crime was reduced to manslaughter Nov. 10, 1997 & she was released on time served'

Answer: Louise Woodward


Question: 'In Spanish this agency is known as "La Migra"'

Answer: Immigration & Naturalization Service


Question: 'If you're in this South African town of about 3 million, take the cableway up Table Mountain, which overlooks it'

Answer: Cape Town


Question: 'Lyricist Will Jennings was inspired by artist Beatrice Wood when writing this song for the movie "Titanic"'

Answer: "My Heart Will Go On"


Question: 'The limequat is a cross between a lime & this fruit'

Answer: kumquat


Question: '"Yes we can"'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'Mark Twain first told of Tom Sawyer's adventures in this 1876 novel'

Answer: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer


Question: 'It follows powder, cream or power'

Answer: puff


Question: 'Irish-born architect James Hoban designed this Washington, D.C. building; he had to rebuild it after an 1814 fire'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'Madonna touched No. 1 "for the very first time" with this hit, which wasn't written for a woman singer'

Answer: "Like A Virgin"


Question: 'In Kenya Urwaga is a type of beer made from this starchy, potassium-rich fruit'

Answer: a banana


Question: '"It's morning again in America"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'It was the top-selling fiction book of 1986'

Answer: It


Question: 'The use of this word as a slang term for a corpse dates back to the mid-19th century'

Answer: stiff


Question: 'This city's new Opera Bastille is almost 30 stories, 10 of which are underground'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Swedish producer Max Martin wrote this 1999 hit, the first title containing an ellipsis to top the Billboard Hot 100'

Answer: "...Baby One More Time"


Question: 'In Spanish cereza is this red fruit'

Answer: a cherry


Question: '"Not just peanuts"'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'This sequel to "Love Story" tells of Oliver's life in the years following Jenny's death'

Answer: Oliver\'s Story


Question: 'From the Middle English for "mockery", it means to express derision or scorn'

Answer: scoff


Question: 'The Mexuar, the Serallo & the Harem are parts of the Royal Palace in this complex overlooking Granada, Spain'

Answer: the Alhambra


Question: 'Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink topped the charts with this song; none was born when LaBelle had the hit in 1975'

Answer: "Lady Marmalade"


Question: 'The aptly named sanguinelli is a variety of this citrus fruit with deep red flesh'

Answer: a blood orange


Question: '"A kinder, gentler nation"'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'It was the second book in Lawrence Sanders' "Deadly Sins" novel series'

Answer: The Second Deadly Sin


Question: 'The heaviest of dog breeds, it can exceed 180 pounds'

Answer: mastiff


Question: 'This New York City tavern at 54 Pearl Street is known for its Long Room where Washington said farewell to his officers in 1783'

Answer: the Fraunces Tavern


Question: 'Teacher Jimmy Driftwood wrote the lyrics to this song about the war of 1812; it topped the charts in 1959'

Answer: "The Battle Of New Orleans"


Question: 'You might not recognize this tropical fruit whole, but when sliced you can see how it got its familiar name'

Answer: a starfruit


Question: '"Country first" (that one didn't work)'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'This Mary McCarthy classic tells of the lives, loves & aspirations of a group of 8 Vassar graduates'

Answer: The Group


Question: 'In a kids' tale, it follows "Three Billy Goats"'

Answer: Gruff


Question: 'X-rays of his "Blue Boy" show that he painted over a dog in the lower right corner'

Answer: Gainsborough


Question: 'Jones was the maiden name of this author of "The Age of Innocence"'

Answer: (Edith) Wharton


Question: 'If a woman is suddenly going into labor in your house, go do this--no, not to make tea'

Answer: boil water


Question: 'More attractive, & one who snips with scissors'

Answer: cuter & cutter


Question: 'Arnold & his elite squad battle an almost invisible alien hunter of humans in the South American jungle in this film'

Answer: Predator


Question: 'The hardest substances in nature are wurtzite boron nitride & lonsdaleite; this gem is actually third'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'Frank Stella used ordinary house paint & named a series after this line of paints founded by a man named Benjamin'

Answer: Moore


Question: 'Lady Jones was the married name of Enid Bagnold, who wrote this 1935 novel about a 14-year-old girl & her horse'

Answer: National Velvet


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew ties a magazine around Kelly's arm.)  For a lower arm fracture, you could put a magazine or folded newspaper under the arm & tie it in place with pieces of cloth to make an emergency one of these'

Answer: a splint


Question: 'To move something into place, & to strike a golf ball gently into the hole'

Answer: put & putt


Question: 'At first a bad guy, in later movies he protected Earth from alien monsters like Gigan & Megalon'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'Despite their name, spring these, caused by alignment of the Sun, Moon & Earth, happen in the ocean in every season'

Answer: tides


Question: 'Dancer Jane Avril & printer Pere Cotelle are depicted in his 1893 lithograph "L'Estampe Originale"'

Answer: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'In 1882 he & Edward D. Jones formed a company that delivered news bulletins to Wall Street financial houses'

Answer: (Charles) Dow


Question: 'In case your dog encounters this, a remedy is hydrogen peroxide, baking soda & soap--tomato juice is a myth'

Answer: a skunk


Question: 'A unit of liquid measurement, & a number of recently born animal young'

Answer: liter & litter


Question: '28-year-old Steve McQueen played a teenager helping fight off the giant goopy alien in this 1958 film'

Answer: The Blob


Question: 'On the Earth's surface, it's 24,901 miles long'

Answer: the equator


Question: 'The pre-electric illumination used in his pictures gave Trophime Bigot the title "master" of this type of light'

Answer: candlelight


Question: 'A university in Greenville, South Carolina is named for the evangelist'

Answer: Bob Jones


Question: 'Darn it, car in the canal again?  Do this while there's still power so the pressure will be equalized once you're underwater'

Answer: roll down the windows


Question: 'Meant to be, & the adjective describing a calf in the Book of Luke'

Answer: fated & fatted


Question: 'This 2008 flick depicts an alien invasion of NYC seen through the video camera eyes of several young characters'

Answer: Cloverfield


Question: 'The 4 types of these waves are primary, secondary, Rayleigh & Love'

Answer: seismic waves


Question: 'You could say this alliterative American did his own paint by numbers with series like "0 Through 9"'

Answer: Jasper Johns


Question: 'This play by Eugene O'Neill is based loosely on an event in Haitian history'

Answer: The Emperor Jones


Question: 'If you smell the mercaptans that are deliberately added to this, get out of the house'

Answer: natural gas


Question: 'An Asian Buddhist temple, & a unit of power'

Answer: wat & watt


Question: 'In this 1956 cult classic, invading aliens hatch from giant pods, & you're next!'

Answer: Invasion of the Body Snatchers


Question: 'The axial this of the Earth is 23.5 degrees'

Answer: tilt


Question: 'This planet is named for a Roman god; its only moons are named for the sons of his Greek counterpart'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'In weather forecasting, the UV index refers to the intensity of this type of radiation'

Answer: Ultraviolet


Question: '"Beat It"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'Astro is this 21st century family's dog'

Answer: The Jetsons


Question: 'It consists of 8 major & 124 minor islands'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Published in 1866, "Battle-Pieces" was Herman Melville's unappreciated book of poetry about this event'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'The lawyer who made famous the line "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit"'

Answer: Johnnie Cochran


Question: 'Whether alternating or direct, it's a flow of electricity'

Answer: Current


Question: '"Put Your Head On My Shoulder"'

Answer: Paul Anka


Question: 'It's the comic strip in which you'll find the Bumsteads' dog Daisy'

Answer: "Blondie"


Question: 'This state has more ethnic Norwegians than any other state, most of them in the Twin Cities area'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Poet who wrote the immortal, "when the world is mud-luscious the little lame balloonman whistles far and wee"'

Answer: E.E. Cummings


Question: 'This airport is located at 5757 Wayne Newton Blvd.'

Answer: McCarran (Las Vegas) International Airport


Question: 'The Babylonians kept abreast of the times using a form of this instrument seen here:'

Answer: Sundial


Question: '"That Don't Impress Me Much"'

Answer: Shania Twain


Question: 'Eddie is the Jack Russell Terrier who often steals the show on this sitcom'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'Reflecting its Catholic heritage, this state has 64 parishes & no counties'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'With 6 children, this poet was well-equipped to write "The Children's Hour"'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question: 'Owners of Giants Stadium were stunned in 1997 when the grass field began to "die", especially as it was this'

Answer: Astroturf


Question: 'Since limestone undergoes changes to become marble, marble is classified as this type of rock'

Answer: Metamorphic


Question: '"I Walk the Line"'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'A miniature bulldog named Bandit belongs to this adventurous TV cartoon boy'

Answer: Jonny Quest


Question: 'Its license plates bear a flag depicting the Big Dipper & the North Star'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'William O'Connor's pamphlet in defense of this poet was titled "The Good Gray Poet", hence his nickname'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'In 1969 Dalsey, Hillblom & Lynn founded this type of company'

Answer: Delivery/courier service (DHL)


Question: '"For every action there's an equal & opposite reaction" is Newton's third law of this'

Answer: Motion


Question: '"Short People"'

Answer: Randy Newman


Question: 'One of Hercules' labors was to fetch this monstrous watchdog'

Answer: Cerberus


Question: 'Its highest point is 5,344-foot Mount Marcy in the Adirondacks'

Answer: New York


Question: 'He wrote "To his coy mistress", "Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime"'

Answer: Andrew Marvell


Question: 'In a Grimm tale, a bunch of naked elves make these'

Answer: Shoes


Question: 'In 1689 William III & this queen ascended the British throne & accepted Parliament's Bill of Rights'

Answer: Mary II


Question: '1974:<br />"See, Mr. Gittes, most people never have to face the fact that...they're capable of anything"'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: 'The son of Peleus who was the leading warrior for the Greeks'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'The fair was held in this NYC borough, in a former ash dump called Flushing Meadow'

Answer: Queens


Question: 'Pop star Francis Thomas Avallone'

Answer: Frankie Avalon


Question: 'Even a functional illiterate knows it's equal to 1.057 quarts'

Answer: liter (in illiterate)


Question: 'In 1415 Czech religious reformer John Hus was condemned & burned at the stake for this crime'

Answer: Heresy


Question: '1975:<br />"We are the knights who say Ni!"'

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Question: 'Originally, she was Menelaus' wife'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'The theme was "World of" this, & there was also a "Road of" it & a "Town of" it'

Answer: Tomorrow


Question: 'Terpsichorean Georgi Balanchivadze'

Answer: George Balanchine


Question: 'In 1862 this Prussian said that "The great questions of the day" would be decided "by iron and blood"'

Answer: Otto von Bismarck


Question: '1986:<br />"That's not a knife.  That's a knife"'

Answer: Crocodile Dundee


Question: 'He was the judge of a divine beauty contest'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'The TV set seen here was brought to the fair by this company with "Radio" in its full name:'

Answer: RCA (Radio Corporation of America)


Question: '"Silent" comedian Adolph Marx'

Answer: Harpo Marx


Question: 'In 1946 Vojvodina & this province were made autonomous within Serbia in Yugoslavia'

Answer: Kosovo


Question: 'A 1968 George Romero film:<br />"Kill the brain and you kill the ghoul"'

Answer: Night of the Living Dead


Question: 'Pavilions included French, Japanese & one for this international organization that first met in 1920'

Answer: League of Nations


Question: 'Choreographer William Berkeley Enos'

Answer: Busby Berkeley


Question: 'To defame the players on the NHL's New York Islanders'

Answer: slander (in Islanders)


Question: 'In 338 B.C. this Macedonian king ended Greece's independence with victory in the Battle of Chaeronea'

Answer: Philip of Macedon


Question: 'A 1987 Glenn Close film:<br />"I'm not going to be ignored, Dan"'

Answer: Fatal Attraction


Question: 'Name for the over-600-foot-high three-sided structure seen here next to the Perisphere:'

Answer: Trylon


Question: 'Singer Shahnour Aznavourian'

Answer: Charles Aznavour


Question: 'It's the fear & unease a gangster might have about his criminal ways'

Answer: angst (in gangster)


Question: 'Over 90% of the sculpting on Mount Rushmore was done with this'

Answer: Dynamite


Question: 'At age 14 Wynton Marsalis performed Haydn's concerto for this instrument'

Answer: trumpet


Question: 'In the 1932 film "Horse Feathers", he remarked, "I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'This farm animal is una vaca'

Answer: cow


Question: '1992:<br />"Jigs Accompanied by Lupine Creatures"'

Answer: Dances with Wolves


Question: 'Anthracite, the highest grade of this, is made almost entirely of carbon'

Answer: coal


Question: 'Soon after Ataturk became Turkey's president in 1923, he banned the wearing of this traditional hat'

Answer: fez


Question: 'The Dixie Chicks' first CD had the rhyming title "Thank Heavens for" this TV cowgirl'

Answer: Dale Evans


Question: 'On Oct. 19, 1924 Grantland Rice wrote that "Their real names are Stuhldreher, Miller, Crowley, and Leyden"'

Answer: "Four Horsemen of Notre Dame"


Question: 'You can find libros at una libreria y una biblioteca, these 2 related places'

Answer: library & bookstore


Question: '1957:<br />"One Dozen Ticked-Off Dudes"'

Answer: 12 Angry Men


Question: 'Grades of this potable range from doux to brut'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'He founded Philly's first police force'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'It sounds like a small trench around a castle, but it was the major type of late medieval composition'

Answer: motet


Question: '"For want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse" this "is lost"'

Answer: the rider


Question: 'This color is azul'

Answer: blue


Question: '1969:<br />"12 O'Clock Herdsman"'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'A "less than investment grade" bond is usually referred to as this 4-letter term'

Answer: junk


Question: 'The longest currently serving leader in the Western Hemisphere; he started in 1959'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'The 19th century composer of the following, he basically wrote for only one instrument'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: 'Dr. Johnson called it "A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people"'

Answer: oats


Question: 'The word "alligator" comes from the Spanish el lagarto, this reptile'

Answer: lizard


Question: '1973:<br />"Final Argentine Dance on the Banks of the Seine"'

Answer: Last Tango in Paris


Question: 'Bond & book are grades of this product made from compressed cellulose'

Answer: paper


Question: 'In 1976 Bob Dole was his running mate'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'James Blake, who wrote the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry", was better known by this nickname'

Answer: Eubie


Question: 'An old cliche says a difference of opinion is "what makes" these'

Answer: horse races


Question: 'For spice, you use picante for this adjective; for climate, calido; for temperature, caliente'

Answer: hot


Question: '1992:<br />"Primal Impulse"'

Answer: Basic Instinct


Question: 'Excelso is a grade of coffee from this country, perhaps from Medellin'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'It's the other political party that, like the Whigs, elected only 2 U.S. presidents'

Answer: Federalists


Question: 'With a current population of 323,000 this North American national capital was founded in the early 1800s'

Answer: Ottawa, Canada


Question: '1989 by Dallas:<br />this Bruin, seen here'

Answer: Troy Aikman


Question: 'In 1998, more than a century after that incident with an ax, this accused murderess got her own musical'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'The Wright Brothers made almost 1,000 successful glider flights on a beach near this N.C. town in 1902'

Answer: Kitty Hawk


Question: 'A fighter might "take it on" this body part without flinching'

Answer: the chin


Question: 'This synonym for gibberish comes from the name of a Lewis Carroll poem'

Answer: jabberwocky


Question: 'The 1,000-year-old Al-Azhar University in this Middle East capital is an important center of Islamic learning'

Answer: Cairo, Egypt


Question: '1978 by Houston:<br />this Texas running back'

Answer: Earl Campbell


Question: 'The 2001 play "Snatches" depicts snatches of phone conversations between Monica Lewinsky & this former friend'

Answer: Linda Tripp


Question: 'He designed the Imperial Hotel to withstand Tokyo's earthquakes; in 1923, it was one of the few buildings that did'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Some of these have been dubbed middle, little or ring'

Answer: fingers


Question: 'A heptastich is a poem or stanza of this many lines'

Answer: 7


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Miami.)  Stretching from about 17th Avenue to 37th Avenue is this "small" area of Miami'

Answer: "Little Havana"


Question: '1993 by New England:<br />this quarterback'

Answer: Drew Bledsoe


Question: 'In 2001 Marlo Thomas got all dolled up to play this "Valley of the Dolls" author in the play "Paper Doll"'

Answer: Jacqueline Susann


Question: 'In 1986 this Texan became House majority leader, succeeding Tip O'Neill'

Answer: Jim Wright


Question: 'This long & winding portion of the alimentary canal is divided into small & large sections'

Answer: intestines


Question: 'Animal, vegetable or mineral: what kohlrabi is'

Answer: vegetable


Question: 'Pensione Erdarelli & the Hotel Hassler are both found in this capital city'

Answer: Rome, Italy


Question: '1998 by this team:<br />Peyton Manning'

Answer: Indianapolis Colts


Question: 'Bob Gaudio of the 4 Seasons wrote the music for a new musical based on this Kathleen Turner-Nicolas Cage film'

Answer: Peggy Sue Got Married


Question: 'Benjamin Wright, & not a mule named Sal, was chief engineer for the construction of this waterway from 1817 to 1825'

Answer: Erie Canal


Question: '12 of these 33 bones are thoracic'

Answer: vertebrae


Question: 'This word that rhymes with rough is used for the skin of a snake that's been cast off'

Answer: slough


Question: 'You'll find the Kenyatta Conference Center in this Kenyan city, one of Africa's largest & fastest growing'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: '1949 by Philadelphia:<br />this man, "Concrete Charlie", the NFL's last 60-minute player'

Answer: Chuck Bednarik


Question: 'John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" got more Broadway exposure as a toilet tycoon in this hit musical'

Answer: Urinetown


Question: 'A black Chicago youth is victimized by a white-dominated society in this novelist's "Native Son"'

Answer: Richard Wright


Question: 'This shoulder muscle is ready when you are'

Answer: deltoid muscle


Question: 'Pandiculation is the act of yawning & doing this, especially first thing in the morning'

Answer: stretching


Question: 'A New Deal Democrat in his youth, this president stated, "Government is not the solution to our problem"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Whidbey Island in Washington state is the largest island in this inlet'

Answer: Puget Sound


Question: 'MTV'

Answer: Music Television


Question: 'Number of bulbs in the Magicube that replaced a battery-powered flash on cameras'

Answer: 4


Question: 'In the Andersen tale, at age 15 she swims to the ocean's surface & views the world above for the first time'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'These antonyms that follow names are abbreviated "Sr." & "Jr."'

Answer: Senior & junior


Question: 'Cleo disguised herself as a slave to carouse with Antony in the streets of this city, her capital'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'This Texas island was named for a priest, Father Nicholas Balli'

Answer: Padre Island


Question: 'CBS'

Answer: Columbia Broadcasting System


Question: 'The IBM "computer" of 1928 stored its data on these'

Answer: Punch cards


Question: 'In this H.G. Wells novel, the first Martian spaceship lands near the town of Woking'

Answer: "War of the Worlds"


Question: 'It's just a frown turned upside down'

Answer: Smile


Question: 'When Cleo barged into Tarsus to seduce Antony, she was suitably dressed as this Roman goddess'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'With an average elevation of 6,800 feet, it's the highest of all the states'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'TLC'

Answer: The Learning Channel


Question: 'Laser beams are "directed" by these optical devices'

Answer: Mirrors


Question: 'Tom Canty, born in a slum called Offal Court, & Edward Tudor are the title characters in this Twain novel'

Answer: "The Prince and the Pauper"


Question: 'In business, it's the opposite of boom'

Answer: Bust


Question: 'In another great entrance, Cleo was carried to Caesar rolled up in one of these, perhaps wearing nothing but lint'

Answer: Carpet


Question: 'Look out for Capes Lookout, Hatteras & Fear when sailing along this state's coast'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'AMC'

Answer: American Movie Classics


Question: 'This brand of garbage disposer invented by John Hammes is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 1998'

Answer: InSinkErator


Question: 'In this novel, Mr. Charrington, who runs an antique shop, is actually a member of the Thought Police'

Answer: "1984"


Question: 'A judge may never hold you in awe, but he can hold you in this antonym of awe'

Answer: Contempt


Question: 'This animal that spelled the end for Cleo was a symbol of divine royalty in ancient Egypt'

Answer: Asp


Question: 'Coeur d'Alene Lake in this state is at the heart of a popular resort area'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'BET'

Answer: Black Entertainment Television


Question: 'In 1908 a carbon tetrachloride gas type of this was invented; in 1917 a foam type'

Answer: Fire extinguishers


Question: 'Leora, the wife of this Sinclair Lewis doctor, dies of bubonic plague on the island of St. Hubert'

Answer: Arrowsmith


Question: 'With an "I" it's the antonym of expose; with a "Y", it's the antonym of Jekyll'

Answer: Hide/Hyde


Question: 'To impress Antony with her extravagance, Cleo dropped 2 of these mollusk gems in wine & drank them'

Answer: Pearls


Question: 'After Pope Pius XI died in February 1939, Eugenio Pacelli was elected to the post & took this name'

Answer: Pope Pius XII


Question: '"Golden Legend", a book from the late Middle Ages, popularized his dragon-killing prowess'

Answer: Saint George


Question: 'Brooklyn's Ruth Bader Ginsburg & this El Paso lass are among millionaires on the Supreme Court'

Answer: Sandra Day O\'Connor


Question: 'In a 1973 film Edward Fox, as an assassin with the code name of this other canine, tried to kill de Gaulle'

Answer: The Jackal


Question: 'For Peter Gabriel & Phil Collins, this group was indeed a "beginning"'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'His short reign as King of England fell in in 1936'

Answer: King Edward VIII


Question: 'Legend says a procession with St. Agatha's veil in it stopped eruptions of this Sicilian volcano'

Answer: Mount Etna


Question: 'To fly in this stage role, it might help to be born in Texas; Sandy Duncan & Mary Martin were'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'This flightless bird of Australia may weigh up to 120 pounds'

Answer: an emu


Question: 'In "Space Jam" the alien Nerdlucks kidnap Looney Tunes stars, who turn to this man for help'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'The film version of "Anna Christie" was advertised with the line she "Talks"'

Answer: (Greta) Garbo


Question: 'When created in 1933 it insured bank accounts up to $2,500 in the case of bank failure'

Answer: FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Commission)


Question: 'This female mystic from Avila was a contemporary of El Greco'

Answer: Saint Teresa of Avila


Question: 'In 1966 she became the first black woman elected to the Texas Senate'

Answer: Barbara Jordan


Question: 'The largest free-flying flock of this wading bird in the U.S. is kept at Hialeah Racetrack in Florida'

Answer: flamingos


Question: 'Rebecca de Mornay, not Fran Drescher, uses this job to get revenge in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle"'

Answer: Nanny


Question: 'It used to be a sailor; in plural, it could be a lot of sailors'

Answer: a gob


Question: 'Gen. Emilio Mola said this group of Fascist supporters in Madrid would help him take the city'

Answer: the Fifth Column


Question: 'Relic dealers credit this major find to Saint Helena, who found it in Palestine'

Answer: True Cross


Question:
'It's not news she was born in Bryan, Texas:

"Sometimes the best way to keep time is by trying to have a good one.  This is 'Nick News'"'

Answer: Linda Ellerbee


Question: 'The mute species of this bird is not entirely mute; it makes a hoarse, wheezing sound'

Answer: a swan


Question: '1988 film in which Alan Rickman takes over a high-rise building to steal bonds'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: 'You can run it as a challenge, or throw it down as a challenge'

Answer: a gauntlet


Question: 'In 1933 the New York Society for the Prevention of Vice wanted his "God's Little Acre" declared obscene'

Answer: Erskine Caldwell


Question: 'This brother of Methodius created a Slavic alphabet; his followers may have created the one named for him'

Answer: Saint Cyril


Question: 'This Miss Texas went on to become Miss America of 1971 & first lady of Kentucky in 1980'

Answer: Phyllis George


Question: 'The Arctic species of this bird migrates farther than any other--about 11,000 miles each way between the polar regions'

Answer: a tern


Question: '1996 film in which John Travolta takes time out from his job as an Air Force pilot to steal bombs'

Answer: Broken Arrow


Question: 'Known by the acronym "GUT", physicists have been working on it for decades, but may never be able to prove one'

Answer: Grand Unification Theory (or Grand Unified Theory)


Question: 'Campbell Soup launched this flavor in 1990 with a recipe contest bearing President Bush in mind'

Answer: Cream of Broccoli


Question: 'This play begins at a queen's palace in Alexandria'

Answer: Antony and Cleopatra


Question: 'I kept a close watch on this hit of mine as it climbed into the top 20 in 1956'

Answer: "I Walk The Line"


Question: 'For our dish I'm sauteing this type of mushroom, actually creminis but called this when they get big & fat'

Answer: portobello


Question: 'This baby food company began operations in Fremont, Michigan in 1928'

Answer: Gerber


Question: 'China's 100-yuan banknote shows this guy's head in red'

Answer: Mao


Question: 'Pink, reef & sea preceder (5)'

Answer: coral


Question: 'This happy play is set in Athens & a nearby wood where fairies cast their spells'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'I duetted with this lady on a hit version of "If I Were A Carpenter"; she did marry me & have my baby'

Answer: June Carter Cash


Question: 'For the sauce I'm making this 9-letter concoction that'll be ready when part of the port's volume has cooked off'

Answer: a reduction


Question: 'This U.S. political party held its first statewide meeting in Jackson, Michigan in July 1854'

Answer: the Republican party


Question: 'Israel's 1968 5-lira banknote showed this scientist in green & white next to a blue & orange cloud of atoms'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Siesta for a feline? (6)'

Answer: catnap


Question: 'The courtyard of Inverness is the setting for Act I, Scene vii of this masterpiece'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'In a 1963 hit I recounted my fall into one of these--ouch! it burns, burns, burns!'

Answer: a "Ring Of Fire"


Question: 'For a leafy garnish, I've cored a tomato & am stuffing it with this green from the Italian for "rocket"'

Answer: arugula


Question: 'In 1935 Michigan workers formed this organization, the UAW'

Answer: United Auto Workers


Question: 'A dark blue image of this spooky ancient riddler stares out from Egypt's 10-piastre note'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'Irish city & county (4)'

Answer: Cork


Question: 'Most of "Hamlet" takes place within this castle'

Answer: Elsinore


Question: 'I heard the gravy train a-comin' in 1968 when I recorded these "blues", a No. 1 country hit, at the title place'

Answer: "Folsom  Prison Blues"


Question: 'Before baking, I'm brushing olive oil on our puff pastries described by this 10-letter term, as they lack yeast'

Answer: unleavened


Question: 'The Michigan region was ceded by France to Great Britain by the 1763 Treaty of Paris ending this war'

Answer: the  Seven Years\' War / the French and Indian War


Question: 'Ireland's 1999 10-pound note showed this author in green against the brown Wicklow Hills & blue Dublin Bay'

Answer: (James) Joyce


Question: 'A "Swiss" beet (5)'

Answer: chard


Question: 'Most of "As You Like It" takes place in this forest'

Answer: Arden


Question: 'I was a proud papa when this gal, my daughter, topped the country charts with "Seven Year Ache"'

Answer: Rosanne Cash


Question: 'I'm layering the pastry with mushrooms & sauce, creating this appetizer named for an emperor'

Answer: a Napoleon


Question: 'In 1894 C.W. Post created his warm cereal drink Postum in this Michigan city'

Answer: Battle Creek


Question: 'In 1982, this country issued a 5,000-zloty note featuring a green Frederic Chopin'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Barrel maker (6)'

Answer: cooper


Question: 'In 1877 "Swan Lake" premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in this city with choreography by Julius Reisinger'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The murder of Marion Crane in this 1960 film is one of the most famous in film history'

Answer: Psycho


Question: 'The disease named for this sports legend develops when certain nerve cells in the brain & spinal cord degenerate & die'

Answer: Lou Gehrig\'s disease


Question: 'The first radio-controlled target, this "Hawkeye State" ship was sunk in an exercise in 1923'

Answer: the Iowa


Question: 'Ms. Hilton, population 2.1 million'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'To permit'

Answer: allow


Question: 'In the ballet "Petrouchka", the ballerina is one of these doll-like toys, as is Petrouchka himself'

Answer: a puppet


Question: 'In a 2004 film, he dies via the 5-point palm exploding heart technique; what did you expect in a movie called "Kill" him'

Answer: Bill


Question: 'Last name of Alois, the German neurologist who in 1907 1st described the terrible brain disease that would be named for him'

Answer: Alzheimer


Question: 'Adm. Rickover said this ship's 1898 explosion was due to heat from fire in a coal bin that set off ammunition... remember?'

Answer: the Maine


Question: 'Multiple episodes of military service in a war zone, population 137,000'

Answer: Tours


Question: '4-letter word meaning to declare openly'

Answer: avow


Question: 'Soon after defecting to the West on June 17, 1961, he began performing with the Ballet of Marquis de Cuevas'

Answer: Nureyev


Question: 'He was killed by his real-life ex-wife in both "Mortal Thoughts" & "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle"'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'A virus that causes mono is known by these hyphenated names, but Bert Achong helped isolate it with them in 1964'

Answer: Epstein-Barr


Question: 'Alliterative names of the 2 Civil War ships that fought to a draw on March 8, 1862; both would be lost within the year'

Answer: the Merrimack & the Monitor


Question: 'High-quality brandy, population 20,000'

Answer: Cognac


Question: 'After trying to steal Frodo's ring he becomes heroic & fights off waves of Orcs before succumbing to arrows'

Answer: Boromir


Question: 'Named for a 19th-century English physician, the most common lymphatic cancer is non-this lymphoma'

Answer: Hodgkin\'s


Question: 'Eight battleships were damaged at Pearl Harbor; all but the Oklahoma & this were repaired & returned to service'

Answer: the Arizona


Question: 'A Miami Beach hotel where the GOP was headquartered for its 1968 convention, population 18,000'

Answer: Fontainebleau


Question: 'In a crooked position'

Answer: askew


Question: 'Newly transferred policeman Alex Murphy's grisly murder in a 1987 film leads to his "reincarnation" as this title lawman'

Answer: Robocop


Question: 'A pocket battleship, the Graf this sank 9 British merchant ships before it was scuttled in 1939'

Answer: Spee


Question: 'A 4-door automobile with a hard top, population 21,000'

Answer: Sedan


Question: 'It's another name for the constellation Sagitta'

Answer: Arrow


Question: 'Since coming on the beat, he's had more N.Y. Times bestsellers than any other author, including over 20 in the last 5 years'

Answer: James Patterson


Question: 'A 1 on the Mercalli scale or below a 3 on the Richter scale is only measurable by these devices'

Answer: seismographs


Question: '1984:<br />Robot Arnold tries to change the future'

Answer: The Terminator


Question: 'Observe the critter seen here in his native habitat, & you'll discover you're in this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Cezanne's later paintings & African sculpture were 2 great influences on Picasso's development of this movement'

Answer: Cubism


Question: 'Models from this car company include Escort & Mustang'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'Mild white California cheese that terrorized England in 1888'

Answer: Monterey Jack the Ripper


Question: 'When William Ramsay told of the discovery of this gas on Earth in 1895, we wonder if he used a squeaky voice'

Answer: helium


Question: '1990:<br />Policeman Arnold goes undercover at an Oregon school'

Answer: Kindergarten Cop


Question: 'Catch a glimpse of the footprint seen here & you're treading around this location where it was made'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'On the subject of painting, Picasso said, "If only we could pull out" this organ & "use only our eyes"'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'Serapis Bey performs the catchy "Zoom-Zoom-Zoom" song in this carmaker's commercials'

Answer: Mazda


Question: '"Fatal Attraction" star who is a 1977 Spielberg film about UFOs'

Answer: Glenn Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the chalkboard)  By adding two lines, I've turned a math symbol for division into a symbol for this'

Answer: inequality/not equal to


Question: '1994:<br />Secret agent Arnold fibs to his wife about his day job'

Answer: True Lies


Question: 'Gawk at the art seen here & know it's by this innovator'

Answer: (Andy) Warhol


Question: 'This Picasso masterpiece went on tour in 1938 & 1939 to raise money for Spanish relief'

Answer: Guernica


Question: 'Introduced in 1963, the Sting Ray was a version of this Chevrolet sports car'

Answer: the Corvette


Question: 'The lead singer of Hole who's a 1964 Beatles song that says, "I'll always be there"'

Answer: Courtney Love Me Do


Question: 'A hemoglobinometer measures the amount of hemoglobin in this'

Answer: the blood


Question: '1987:<br />Army man Arnold fights an extraterrestrial'

Answer: Predator


Question: 'To take a meeting with the man seen here at his residence, you'll have to head to this street'

Answer: Downing Street


Question: 'Picasso's art often depicted this mythological monster that's part man & part bull -- he identified with it'

Answer: the Minotaur


Question: 'Actor Paul Hogan appeared in ads for its Outback model'

Answer: Subaru


Question: 'Victor Hugo's novel of a bellringer named Barry Humphries who performs in drag, possums'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame Edna


Question: 'Brighter in the night sky than any star is this planet that comes closest to the Earth'

Answer: Venus


Question: '1999:<br />Ex-cop Arnold fights Satan's efforts to find a bride'

Answer: End of Days


Question: 'This man seen here played a leading role in the Constitutional Convention'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'Appropriately, "The Tragedy" is from this period of Picasso's work that lasted from 1901 to 1904'

Answer: the Blue Period


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  This legendary GM designer introduced tailfins in 1948 & saw them reach a peak with the 1959 Cadillac'

Answer: Harley Earl


Question: 'Sitcom in which Scott Baio is a nanny who rides into the Valley of Death with the 600'

Answer: Charles in Charge of the Light Brigade


Question: 'In 2003 she became the first woman inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame'

Answer: Sally Ride


Question: 'This famed coach won an NCAA record 88.1% of his games during his tenure at Notre Dame, 1918-1931'

Answer: (Knute) Rockne


Question: 'Paul von Hindenburg'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The Magic Mirror said she "is the fairest of them all"'

Answer: Snow White


Question: 'After 10 years of independence, it became the 28th state in 1845'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'An 18-acre British capital fortress complex made of tenderized flank steak'

Answer: the Tower of London Broil


Question: 'Sadly, this country's first astronaut, Ilan Ramon, died aboard the space shuttle Columbia in 2003'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Tom Harmon, Desmond Howard & Charles Woodson won the Heisman Trophy at this Big Ten school'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Ferdinand Marcos'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'To make one of these, (1) Lie down face up in the snow with arms outstretched, & (2) Flap your arms & legs'

Answer: a snow angel


Question: 'The world's largest flat-top mountain, Grand Mesa, is found there'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'A society where people of all races & cultures mix & enjoy a slowly braised cut of beef'

Answer: melting pot roast


Question: 'It was the more familiar nickname of Donald Kent Slayton'

Answer: Deke


Question: '(Hi, I'm Matt Hasselbeck of the NFL)  I was a 4-year letterman & 2-year starter at quarterback when I soared for this New England college's Eagles'

Answer: Boston College


Question: 'Nguyen Van Thieu'

Answer: South Vietnam


Question: 'The epigraph of this Hemingway story says that the "frozen carcass of a leopard" lies on an African peak'

Answer: The Snows of Kilimanjaro


Question: 'Becoming unique among the states, this state installed its unicameral legislature in 1934'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'A beef jerkyesque product named for Robert MacNeil's old news partner'

Answer: Slim Jim Lehrer


Question: 'In 1985 this Utah senator became the first sitting member of Congress to fly in space'

Answer: Jake Garn


Question: 'Mississippi State has named Sylvester Croom the first black head coach ever in this conference'

Answer: the SEC


Question: 'Anastasio Somoza'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'On the big screen, Nathan Lane provides the voice of this curmudgeonly feline friend of Stuart Little'

Answer: Snowbell


Question: 'This state was named for a European king in 1682 by Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The thin round piece of ground meat who married John Astin'

Answer: hamburger Patty Duke


Question: 'A few months after her historic 1963 flight she married fellow cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev'

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova


Question: '(Hi, I'm Keyshawn Johnson of the NFL)  In 1996, after playing for this school, I became one of the few wide receivers ever selected the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft'

Answer: USC


Question: 'John G. Diefenbaker'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Australia's highest peak, Mount Kosciusko, lies in this range'

Answer: the Snowy Mountains


Question: 'In 1906 this state's Devils Tower became the nation's first national monument'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'This Jude Deveraux romance novel about a man who appears attired in gleaming metal is one "Kids Love to Bite"'

Answer: A Knight in Shining Armor (Armour) Hot Dogs


Question: 'In the '50s, she taught English at Smith College, then worked as a secretary at a Boston psychiatric clinic'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'Li Po, who lived over 1,000 years ago, was one of this country's greatest poets'

Answer: China


Question: '3 months after Congress authorized the Department of Foreign Affairs, it changed its name to this'

Answer: Department of State


Question: 'Silent screen cowboy Tom, or what many people do at cocktail parties'

Answer: Mix


Question: 'JFK outlined his idea for the Peace Corps during a 1960 campaign speech on this school's Ann Arbor campus'

Answer: University of Michigan


Question: 'It's also called the Drinker Respirator, after Philip Drinker, who invented it'

Answer: Iron Lung


Question: 'The appearance of a performer at the end of a show in response to applause'

Answer: Curtain Call


Question: '"Shadows On The Grass" is a collection of African vignettes by this Danish baroness'

Answer: Isak Dinesen


Question: 'He died in 1804 the day after his duel with Aaron Burr'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Mr. Martindale, or what he might do if he likes you'

Answer: Wink


Question: 'Nixon & Khrushchev sang this school's song, "The Ramblin' Wreck", during Nixon's '59 visit to Moscow'

Answer: Georgia Tech


Question: 'The iron first used by man was probably taken from these that fell to Earth'

Answer: Meteors/meteorites


Question: '1939 movie that included the line "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain...."'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'In German, the title of this Thomas Mann novella is "Der Tod in Venedig"'

Answer: "Death In Venice"


Question: 'In 1945-46 the number of these government employees dropped from 12 million to less than 3 million'

Answer: Armed Forces/Servicemen & women


Question: 'Mr. Owens, or what his horse might do to throw him'

Answer: Buck


Question: 'Tulane & Loyola, both on St. Charles Ave. in this city, are an average of 4 feet below sea level'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Spike-lined medieval torture device that had a deadly hug'

Answer: Iron Maiden


Question: 'Game show that asked "Would you like the box or what's behind the curtain Carol's pointing to?"'

Answer: Let\'s Make A Deal


Question: 'Virginia Woolf wrote about one "of one's own"; E.M. Forster wrote about one "with a view"'

Answer: Room


Question: 'In 1932 Hattie Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to this body'

Answer: U.S. Senate


Question: 'E. Howard, or what he'd do stalking game'

Answer: Hunt


Question: 'McGill University in this Canadian city is known as the "Harvard of the North"'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Most iron ore is reduced to pig iron in this type of furnace'

Answer: Blast Furnace


Question: 'Song that begins "And now the end is near, and so I face the final curtain"'

Answer: "My Way"


Question: 'Nationality of the woman who created Hans Brinker'

Answer: American (Mary Mapes Dodge)


Question: 'After the original 13 colonies, this was the first state to enter the union'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'TV "Avenger" Emma, or what she could do in a burlesque show'

Answer: Peel


Question: 'This land grant university operates joint campuses with Indiana U. at Indianapolis & Ft. Wayne'

Answer: Purdue


Question: 'By definition, steel is an alloy of iron & this element'

Answer: Carbon


Question: 'This popular detective died in the 1975 best seller "Curtain"'

Answer: Hercule Poirot


Question: 'In the beginning of the 17th C. the "." & the "x" were introduced as signs for this & both are still used today'

Answer: Multiplication


Question: 'Garry Kasparov recently beat a computer program, Deep Thought, in a game of this'

Answer: Chess


Question: 'Legendary tax protester whose real name was probably Godgifu, meaning "Gift of God"'

Answer: Lady Godiva


Question: 'Chapultepec Park, 1st used by Aztec emperors, is the largest park in this Latin American capital'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: '2 varieties of this desert plant are named for holidays: Christmas & Easter'

Answer: Cactus


Question: '"Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I'm free at last!"'

Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'Philologists of the Renaissance most commonly studied these 2 classical languages'

Answer: Greek & Latin


Question: 'This evangelist who has personally preached to over 100 mil. now has his own star on Hollywood Blvd.'

Answer: Rev. Billy Graham


Question: 'He's the primate of all England'

Answer: Archbishop of Canterbury


Question: 'Drugs that the FDA approves as safe for self-medication are termed "OTC", which stands for this'

Answer: Over-the-Counter


Question: 'Term for the cutting of plants & trees to enhance growth & improve appearance'

Answer: Pruning


Question: 'A statue at the Will Rogers Memorial bears this epitaph, his most famous line'

Answer: "I never met a man I didn\'t like"


Question: 'In 1414 the Council of Constance condemned Jan Hus, who was burned at the stake for this "crime"'

Answer: Heresy


Question: 'Leftist guerrillas are in their 10th yr. of trying to overthrow this country's gov't now led by Alfredo Cristiani'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'He's the patron saint of The Order of the Garter, the highest order of English knighthood'

Answer: St. George


Question: 'The steel drum was developed in the 1940s in this Caribbean island nation near Venezuela'

Answer: Trinidad


Question: 'It can mean any umbrella-shaped fungus or inedible mushroom'

Answer: Toadstool


Question: 'The epitaph on his footstone reads, "Truth & history.  21 men.  The boy bandit king -- he died as he lived."'

Answer: Billy the Kid (William H. Bonney)


Question: 'The word "renaissance" comes from the Old French "renaistre", meaning to be this'

Answer: Reborn


Question: 'This oil company announced it is moving its hdqrs. from Rockefeller Center in NYC to Irving, Texas'

Answer: Exxon


Question: 'The last of Henry VIII's children to rule England'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'This planet was named for the father of Saturn & the grandfather of Jupiter'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'One way to recognize poison ivy is to know its leaves always come in clusters of this many'

Answer: 3


Question: 'This New Englander's "I had a lover's quarrel with the world" is from his poem "The Lesson For Today"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'Field in which Brunelleschi & Palladio worked during the Renaissance'

Answer: Architecture


Question: 'Relics of this culture found at Nimrud in Iraq's Nineveh region were called the greatest find since King Tut'

Answer: Assyrian


Question: 'Walter Tyler, who led a 1381 rebellion, was better known by this nickname'

Answer: "Wat" Tyler


Question: 'Every 4 years Dixville Notch in upstate New Hampshire holds this distinction'

Answer: First primary voting for President of the U.S.


Question: 'Spruces have drooping cones & angular leaves while these have upright cones & flat leaves'

Answer: Firs


Question: 'His tombstone says, "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever"'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'The 2 astronauts who went on to become U.S. Senators'

Answer: John Glenn (Ohio) & Harrison Schmitt (New Mexico)


Question: 'The Greek god of erotic love'

Answer: Eros


Question: 'The Brig O'Doon refers to a bridge over the River Doon in this part of the United Kingdom'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'The Jetsons' maid, Rosie, & George's office supervisor, Uniblab, are these'

Answer: robots


Question: 'Chiang Ching was his 3rd wife; he may well have had a little black book in addition to his red one'

Answer: Mao Zedong


Question: 'A general term for the young of most fish, or how you cook them after you catch them'

Answer: fry


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" says these 8-armed creatures can be tenderized by "mercilessly" beating them'

Answer: octopi


Question: 'A smoldering coal'

Answer: an ember


Question: 'It's the largest area of land named for Thomas West, Lord de la Warr'

Answer: the State of Delaware


Question: 'Member of the family who attends the little dipper school'

Answer: Elroy


Question: 'In 1962 he went into space; in 1975, he went into the Senate'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'A young kangaroo, or a musical pal'

Answer: a joey


Question: '1 recipe for this holiday pie filling calls for candied orange peel, chopped ox heart, & suet'

Answer: mincemeat pie (mince pie accepted)


Question: 'The kind of letter you'd send to the Ephesians'

Answer: an epistle


Question: 'The northern part of this country was once called "Kitai" or "Cathay"'

Answer: China


Question: 'While Spacely made sprockets, Cogswell made these'

Answer: cogwheels (or cogs)


Question: 'Jawaharlal Nehru's daughter'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'The male young of these are called cockerels; the female young, pullets'

Answer: chickens


Question: 'To make jellied cranberry sauce, boil fresh cranberries until they do this'

Answer: burst (or pop)


Question: 'Anything relating to "Good Queen Bess" is known by this adjective'

Answer: Elizabethan


Question: 'Since August 10 was this saint's day, Cartier named the bay he discovered that day in 1535 after him'

Answer: St. Lawrence


Question: 'Best known as "Blondie" in films, she provides Jane Jetson with her voice'

Answer: Penny Singleton


Question: 'The Washington Post said Nixon sent this man a letter praising the tone of his May 8, 1987 withdrawal speech'

Answer: Gary Hart


Question: 'A young rat, seal, or, so we're told, dragon'

Answer: a pup


Question: 'After melted butter has its sediment removed, it's called this'

Answer: clarified


Question: 'International language known by the pseudonym of its inventor, L.L. Zamenhof'

Answer: Esperanto


Question: 'The rock & fortress of Masada are found by this sea's shore'

Answer: the Dead Sea


Question: 'Before the Jetsons got him, he belonged to zillionaire J.P. Gottrockets & was named Tralfax'

Answer: Astro


Question: 'This Greek actress is now Greece's Minister of Culture'

Answer: Melina Mercouri


Question: 'A hinny is the offspring of these 2 animals'

Answer: a horse & a donkey


Question: 'A milk made from these beans may be substituted in recipes calling for cow's milk'

Answer: soy


Question: 'His drinking & arguments with friend Gauguin may have led to his self-inflicted ear "surgery"'

Answer: Van Gogh


Question: 'This Union general's facial growth gave us the word "sideburns"'

Answer: (Ambrose) Burnside


Question: 'His daddy used to say, "You're makin' me nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof!"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'In England, if you're "riding to hounds", you're not headed for a dog show but engaged in this sport'

Answer: fox hunting


Question: 'Miles Labs is owned by this W. German co., but Sterling Drug makes the brand of aspirin'

Answer: Bayer


Question: 'He's backed by The Beaters'

Answer: Billy Vera


Question: 'In later life, Renoir's hands became so crippled with arthritis, these had to be tied to them'

Answer: his brushes


Question: 'U.S. officials twice asked this Italian patriot to serve as a Union major-general'

Answer: Garibaldi


Question: 'He left Norway in 1864 & wrote nearly all of his major plays abroad'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'If you ask for jelly in a British restaurant, you won't get jam but this trade name dessert'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'After taking over this company, Thomas Watson ordered "THINK" signs placed in every company room'

Answer: IBM


Question:
'Heard here, he changed his last name, saying "I can be" one "just by calling myself one":

"Hey, little sister, what have you done? /
Hey, little sister, who's the only one?"'

Answer: Billy Idol


Question: 'His own stunted physique caused him to seek out & paint outcasts of Paris'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'Before becoming a Republican, Abraham Lincoln belonged to this political party'

Answer: the Whigs


Question: 'Ben Hecht's partner, Chas. MacArthur, was married to this "First Lady of the American Theater"'

Answer: Helen Hayes


Question: 'A panda car isn't driven by pandas but by these people'

Answer: the police


Question: 'It's known as "the AMEX" for short'

Answer: the American Stock Exchange


Question: 'He's the only filmmaker ever to take home three Academy Awards in 1 night for 1 film, in 1960 for "The Apartment"'

Answer: Billy Wilder


Question: 'Rembrandt's career is spanned by a remarkable series of painfully honest portraits of this man'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'His victories led to his being appointed 1st rear admiral , vice admiral & admiral in U.S. history'

Answer: Farragut


Question: 'Though he was a British subject when he wrote "The Cocktail Party", he was born in Missouri'

Answer: Thomas Stearns (T.S.) Eliot


Question: 'Headlines in the London papers mentioning the "Provos" are referring to them'

Answer: the Provisional IRA


Question: 'If you buy Yuban, Sanka, Brim, Maxim, or Maxwell House, you're getting your coffee from this co.'

Answer: General Foods


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Vibrato", he was 1 of the 1st black singers to break the color barrier'

Answer: Billy Eckstine


Question: '16th century Venetian artist named for his father's profession as a dyer'

Answer: Tintoretto


Question: 'Because this Mississippi stronghold fell on July 4, Independence Day wasn't observed there until 1945'

Answer: Vicksburg


Question: 'He won an Oscar for writing "Splendor in the Grass", was he's better known for "Bus Stop"'

Answer: (William) Inge


Question: 'In America, Checkers was Richard Nixon's dog; in Britain, chequers is this'

Answer: the prime minister\'s retreat (or official country residence)


Question: 'In 1859, the world's 1st successful oil well was drilled just outside this Penn. town'

Answer: Titusville


Question: 'As far as we know, this black American is the only "5th Beatle" who fits this category'

Answer: Billy Preston


Question: 'Never mentioned by name in the Bible, this daughter of Herodias is one of the most famous women in it'

Answer: Salome


Question: 'About 200,000 black soldiers served in the Civil War on this side'

Answer: Union


Question: 'The people of Columbia, Tenn. persuade these stubborn farm animals to parade through town each spring'

Answer: Mules


Question: 'Over 30 movies have been made from my works, including "Maximum Overdrive"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Grumari has been called "The Most Beautiful" of these in Rio, & Ipanema, "The Most Chic"'

Answer: Beaches


Question: 'The smallest of the hounds, this popular pet is active & inquisitive, you might even say snoopy'

Answer: Beagle


Question: 'Tongues & tails do it'

Answer: Wag


Question: 'This Harlem-born singer-dancer-actor was a member of the 1960s "Rat Pack" with Frank & Dino'

Answer: Sammy Davis, Jr.


Question: 'A Christmas Eve festival in Provence celebrates these workers who visited Jesus in the manger'

Answer: Shepherds


Question: 'The bass player on "The Partridge Family", I went on to be voted the most dangerous former child star'

Answer: Danny Bonaduce


Question: 'You'll find this famous statue just a few hundred feet southeast of the Great Pyramid'

Answer: The Sphinx


Question: 'If your fish gets spots of this color on his skin, he's probably suffering from a disease called ich'

Answer: White


Question: 'Next in sequence:<br />One, two, six,.....'

Answer: Ten


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jesse Jackson, Jr.)  About 2/3 of the people that I represent in Congress live in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The Welsh Eisteddfod originally honored these medieval poets, but not Shakespeare'

Answer: Bards


Question: 'I've been referred to as "America's Home Improvement Guru" & "America's Handyman"'

Answer: Bob Vila


Question: 'The Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz is a good start for a tour of these South American islands'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'Provide shallow water that your snake can soak in to aid this process'

Answer: Molting


Question: 'When it precedes "off", it means to fall asleep'

Answer: Nod


Question: 'In the 1950s this man sued the Topeka Board of Education over which school his daughter might attend'

Answer: Oliver Brown


Question: 'Culbertson, Montana holds a bee each September for this activity of separating grain'

Answer: Threshing


Question: 'I never drew my gun during my 6 years as Ponch on "CHiPs"'

Answer: Erik Estrada


Question: 'Watch your head when entering the Blue Grotto on this Italian island; the opening is about 3 feet high'

Answer: Capri


Question: 'The Waltham Center for Pet Nutrition reports humans who own pets have lower systolic levels of this'

Answer: Blood pressure


Question: 'It describes a bomb that falls down & doesn't go boom'

Answer: Dud


Question: '"Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" is a famous work by this jazz bassist & bandleader'

Answer: Charlie Mingus


Question: 'Eje is a west African festival giving thanks for this potato-like staple food'

Answer: Yam


Question: 'Tallest of the Nerds, I'm now operating on "ER"'

Answer: Anthony Edwards


Question: 'Zebras & leopards are among the wildlife found at Kruger National Park in this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'These rodents from Mongolia are slightly smaller & newer to the U.S. than hamsters'

Answer: Gerbils


Question: 'It's the only zodiac sign that fits the category'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'After the Burmans sacked Ayutthaya, Siam's government was moved to this city'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'Central America's east coast forms this sea's western boundary'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'Biographer Donald Spoto says that as a schoolboy, this "Vertigo" director was nicknamed "Cocky"'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'Once Lance sees from the gatehouse that you're not hostile, he might lower this method of entry'

Answer: Drawbridge


Question: 'This "Rising Sun" author took to the skies with "Airframe", a suspense novel'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'The "Quick & Easy" one sponsored by Pillsbury offers a $1,000,000 grand prize'

Answer: Bake-off


Question: 'This "Great" Prussian, king from 1740 to 1786, hated German & spoke French at court'

Answer: Frederick the Great


Question: 'This sea formed millions of years ago when the Arabian Peninsula & Africa "parted"'

Answer: Red Sea


Question: 'In his late teens this director, seen here, taught English in Saigon'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'Since Lance's castle dates from before the Gothic period, it lacks the "flying" type of these supports'

Answer: Buttresses


Question: '"Caesar", published in 1997, is the fifth volume in this Aussie author's Masters Of Rome series'

Answer: Colleen McCullough


Question: 'He guards the jurors & maintains order in a courtroom'

Answer: Bailiff


Question: 'In 1789 General Nguyen Hue led an attack on Chinese forces during this holiday'

Answer: Tet


Question: 'If you row the entire length of the Po, eventually you'll flow into this sea'

Answer: Adriatic Sea


Question: 'Elia Kazan directed both this 1947 play, that made Marlon Brando a star, & the 1951 film'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'The ever-cautious Lance might refuse to raise this iron grating, named from French for "sliding door"'

Answer: Portcullis


Question: '"The Third Twin" is a 1996 thriller by this "Eye Of The Needle" author'

Answer: Ken Follett


Question: 'This Welsh capital was once the world's greatest coal-exporting port, a veritable "giant"'

Answer: Cardiff


Question: 'The French encyclopedists inspired this publication which first appeared across the Channel in 1768'

Answer: Encyclopaedia Britannica


Question: 'The Strait of Dover & the rest of the English Channel connect it with the Atlantic Ocean'

Answer: North Sea


Question: 'The 1985 action film "Runaway Train" was based on a screenplay by this great Japanese director'

Answer: Akira Kurosawa


Question: 'Lance uses this structure, named from Old Norse for "small hut", for the castle's domesticated pigeons'

Answer: Dovecote


Question: 'In this author's "Deadlock", V.I. Warshawski investigates the death of her cousin, a former hockey star'

Answer: Sara Paretsky


Question: 'Title of the man seen here that fits the category: (Pope John Paul II)'

Answer: (Supreme) Pontiff


Question: 'As a navigator, this future Pacific explorer helped capture Quebec in 1759'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'St. Lawrence Island & the Pribilof Islands lie in this sea'

Answer: Bering Sea


Question: 'This Englishman won a 1957 Oscar for directing the epic film seen here: ("The Bridge On The River Kwai")'

Answer: David Lean


Question: 'With taxes rising, Lance hopes he'll be able to "hold onto" this central tower, his real home'

Answer: Keep


Question: 'Det. Alex Cross is featured in this author's "Kiss The Girls", "Jack & Jill" & "Cat & Mouse"'

Answer: James Patterson


Question: 'It's a tax placed by a government on exports or imports'

Answer: Tariff


Question: 'This historic city was named for the Bishop of Hippo on whose feast day the area was first sighted'

Answer: St. Augustine, Florida


Question: 'She was just 25 when she became queen of England 46 years ago'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'It was hair today, gone tomorrow for this Biblical hero when he fell asleep on Delilah's knees'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Cyrano's was really long, but Rudolph's was famous in a Christmas song'

Answer: nose


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: I Dream of Jeannie


Question: 'Amy Feng, Wei Weng & Lily Yip made up the 1996 U.S. Olympic team in this sport, also known as ping pong'

Answer: table tennis


Question: 'Mark Antony's "marriage" to her wasn't exactly legal; he already had a wife in Rome'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'When this fairy tale maiden let down her hair, a handsome prince climbed up it -- must have hurt!'

Answer: Rapunzel


Question: 'The covering that's all about, to keep your innards from falling out'

Answer: skin


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'This sister-in-law of Jackie Joyner-Kersee set world records in the 100 & 200 meter dashes in 1988'

Answer: Florence Griffith-Joyner ("Flo-Jo")


Question: 'If this queen hadn't approved Columbus' voyage to America, we might not be here today'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'We loved this Little Rascal, even though he never had a good hair day in his life'

Answer: Alfalfa


Question: 'Cooked most certainly is your goose, when this is surrounded by a noose'

Answer: neck


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'Born in Mannheim, Germany in 1969, she's one of only 5 tennis players in history to win a Grand Slam'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: 'This queen of Scotland got the ax -- literally -- at Fotheringhay Castle in 1587'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart)


Question: 'In a 1903 opera, this queen strangles herself with her own hair after she's caught with Lancelot'

Answer: Guinevere


Question: 'Be careful when you do a flip, that one of these back parts doesn't slip'

Answer: disc


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: The Partridge Family


Question: 'This name for the WNBA team from Los Angeles should light your fire'

Answer: the Sparks


Question: 'Queen Beatrix reigns over this European country'

Answer: the Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'This Irish singer had more than a bad hair day when she tore the pope's picture on "Saturday Night Live"'

Answer: Sinead O\'Connor


Question: 'Ballerinas & night watchmen, are both alert when they stay on them'

Answer: toes


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Sanford and Son


Question: 'Fore!  This Mexican-American woman won a record 5 golf tournaments in a row in 1978'

Answer: Nancy Lopez


Question: 'Start spreading the news, Ol' Blue Eyes is off to this "Big Apple"'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Harley-Davidson markets these vehicles & the boots to wear while riding them'

Answer: motorcycles


Question: 'Geena Davis & Susan Sarandon take the ultimate road trip & meet Brad Pitt in this 1991 movie'

Answer: Thelma & Louise


Question: 'He wrote "Christine", about a scary car, & "Cujo", about a scary dog'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Affecting the weather in the U.S., this Pacific Ocean current's name is Spanish for "the child"'

Answer: El Nino


Question: 'Dorothy followed this colorful road in Oz to get to the wizard'

Answer: the Yellow Brick Road


Question: 'Make some room, this Midwest metropolis is the "City of the Big Shoulders"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Basketball shoes from this company include Air Swoopes Zooms & Air Pennys'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'This actress tries to win Dermot Mulroney & put a stop to "My Best Friend's Wedding"'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'The title beast in "Meg" is a 60 foot ancestor of this creature seen in "Jaws"'

Answer: shark


Question: 'Of a basketball, a volleyball or a softball, the one closest in size to the USA's largest hailstone'

Answer: softball


Question: '"Rebecca of" this "Farm" is a popular children's book by Kate Douglas Wiggin'

Answer: Sunnybrook Farm


Question: 'You may have left your heart in this "Baghdad by the Bay" city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'This actress seen here is famous for wearing sneakers to awards shows'

Answer: Cybill Shepherd


Question: 'Bette Midler, Diane Keaton & Goldie Hawn were a trio of spurned spouses in this 1996 movie'

Answer: The First Wives Club


Question: 'The National Weather Service issues tornado watches during storms & these when a tornado is spotted'

Answer: tornado warnings


Question: 'This Indian woman, who saved John Smith, changed her name to Rebecca when she became Christian'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'It's the "City Without Clocks" that's west of the Mississippi'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'These shoes are advertised with the slogan, "Looks Like a Pump, Feels Like a Sneaker!"'

Answer: Easy Spirit


Question: 'Title of the 1993 tearjerker seen here:'

Answer: Sleepless in Seattle


Question: 'It lags behind a stroke of lightning at a rate of about 5 seconds per mile'

Answer: thunder


Question: 'Steamy '70s singer heard here:'

Answer: Donna Summer


Question: 'With its history, this Mass. city deserves its nickname as "America's Hometown", Pilgrim'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'Converse All-Stars are also known by this old-time basketball player's name'

Answer: Chuck Taylor(s)


Question: 'Secretary Melanie Griffith becomes an executive & wins Harrison Ford in this 1988 office comedy'

Answer: Working Girl


Question: 'Usually wearing very little, this famous Dorothy appeared in all the "Road" movies with Bob Hope & Bing Crosby'

Answer: Dorothy Lamour


Question: 'The Greeks had 4 national festivals: the Nemean Games, the Pythian Games, the Isthmian Games & these'

Answer: the Olympic Games


Question: 'This Nebraska city of 251,000 was named for a man who died in 1865'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Southern matron Sandra Bullock takes a future NFL lineman into her home in this film'

Answer: The Blind Side


Question: '"Nobody doesn't like" this food corporation of which Brenda Barnes became CEO in 2005'

Answer: Sara Lee


Question: 'A great aid in identifying predators, these ostrich body parts are the largest of any land animal's'

Answer: their eyes


Question: 'A fraternity pin is generally worn on this 5-letter part of a jacket'

Answer: the lapel


Question: 'A young deer, or Ms. Hall'

Answer: a fawn


Question: 'In 1950 Omaha became the home of this sport's men's college championship'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'This 2008 drama features the line Clint Eastwood was born to say: "Get off my lawn!"'

Answer: Gran Torino


Question: 'Thank you Akio Morita, who didn't take over the family sake biz but co-founded this electronics giant instead'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'We have Pliny the Elder to thank for the legend about ostriches doing this when frightened, but it's just not true'

Answer: hiding their head in the sand


Question: 'The small, bloodsucking wingless insect lives in a dog-eat-dog world'

Answer: a flea


Question: 'Nebraska's state insect is this industrious one'

Answer: the honey bee


Question: 'Kid: "You just killed a helicopter with a car"; John McClane: "I was out of bullets" in this 2007 film with a 5-word title'

Answer: Live Free or Die Hard


Question: 'In 1985 this Aussie-born mogul became a U.S. citizen to meet requirements for owning TV stations'

Answer: (Rupert) Murdoch


Question: 'The 2 main colors of an adult male ostrich's feathers are these'

Answer: black and white


Question: 'Stick this point where a river divides into branches in him, he's done'

Answer: a fork


Question: 'In 1945 the state nickname was changed from "The Tree Planter State" to this'

Answer: the Cornhusker State


Question: 'Here's a Rorschach test: Jackie Earle Haley said, "Politicians will...shout 'save us!' & I'll whisper 'no'" in this film'

Answer: Watchmen


Question: 'In 2008 this Texas oilman introduced a plan promoting oil alternatives such as natural gas & wind power'

Answer: (T. Boone) Pickens


Question: 'In a tradition stretching back millennia, residents of this desert in Botswana use ostrich eggs as water jugs'

Answer: the Kalahari


Question: '"All aboard" this length of material at the back of a gown'

Answer: a train


Question: 'A flexible, 4-sided weapon having a blunt point'

Answer: a foil


Question: 'The name Nebraska comes from an Oto native American word meaning "flat water", referring to this river'

Answer: the Platte


Question: 'Frozone, Bomb Voyage & Edna Mode were characters in this 2004 animated film'

Answer: The Incredibles


Question: 'In 1901 this Hartford-born man financed the creation of U.S. Steel, the first billion-dollar company'

Answer: J.P. Morgan


Question: 'They can't fly, but ostriches still belong to the bird class with this Latin name'

Answer: Aves


Question: 'This type of cuff formed from a single band of material sounds perfect for a cooper'

Answer: a barrel cuff


Question: 'Securely fixed in place, or a law business'

Answer: firm


Question: 'A Slovak state was nominally independent during WWII, but collapsed when this army arrived in April 1945'

Answer: the Red Army


Question: '"You're the one that I want, oo oo oo"'

Answer: Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta


Question: 'Total number of days in March, April & May'

Answer: 92


Question: 'Cervantes is believed to have begun writing this classic in 1597 or 1598 while confined to a Seville jail'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'The Silver Star'

Answer: the U.S.


Question: 'A legal charge that someone is guilty of an offense'

Answer: an accusation


Question: 'Regiomontanus, the 1st scientific student of comets, taught at the Academia Istropolitana, Slovakia's 1st this'

Answer: university


Question: '"Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?"'

Answer: McCartney & Wonder


Question: 'It's the square root of the square root of 81'

Answer: 3


Question: 'He wrote about his imprisonment in Rome in 2 Timothy, saying, "I have fought the good fight...I have kept the faith"'

Answer: (Saint) Paul


Question: 'The Fighter against Nazis Medal'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'As in bratwurst or liverwurst, it's what "wurst" is in English'

Answer: sausage


Question: 'In 2007 socialist PM Robert Fico pulled Slovakia's troops out of Iraq; they'd mainly been busy clearing these 2-word items'

Answer: land mines


Question: '"Well I don't know if all that's true, 'cause you got me, and baby I got you"'

Answer: Sonny & Cher


Question: 'It's the branch of math that deals with the relationships between the sides & angles of triangles'

Answer: trigonometry


Question: 'His first story, "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking", was written in prison; "The Gift of the Magi" wasn't'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'The Order of Leopold'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'A free-swimming stage in the life of a jellyfish, or a snake-coiffed hag of myth'

Answer: medusa


Question: 'These people looked down on the Slovaks until around 1910 Karel Kalal insisted the 2 peoples' futures were entwined'

Answer: the Czechs


Question: '"You don't sing me love songs, you don't bring me flowers anymore"'

Answer: (Barbra) Streisand & (Neil) Diamond


Question: '(Sarah of the clue crew stands in front of a board with numbers.) The highest number that divides evenly into two different numbers is  called this, also known as GCF; for 40 and 100, the GCF is 20'

Answer: the greatest common factor


Question: 'While imprisoned in the tower of London, this Elizabethan courtier began writing a "History of the World"'

Answer: (Walter) Raleigh


Question: 'The Military Order of William'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'It's South Korea's chief port & second-largest city'

Answer: Pusan


Question: 'Slovakia was conquered by the Magyars in 907 & this country proceeded to rule it for 1,000 years'

Answer: Hungary


Question: '"Love lift us up where we belong, where the eagles cry on a mountain high"'

Answer: Jennifer Warnes & Joe Cocker


Question: 'It's -5 x -5 x -5'

Answer: -125


Question: 'Thomas Paine began part 1 of this work in a French prison, with "I believe in one god, and no more..."'

Answer: The Age of Reason


Question: 'King Haakon VII's Freedom Cross'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'A document might be submitted for this, your close attention & scrutiny'

Answer: perusal


Question: '1-word name of the committee that sets the spending priorities that the Finance & Appropriation committees carry out'

Answer: budget


Question: 'In January 1935 Krueger's Brewery of Newark , N.J. became the first to sell beer in these'

Answer: cans


Question: 'This duo's "59th Street Bridge Song" is subtitled "Feelin' Groovy"'

Answer: Simon & Garfunkel


Question: 'Arriving at the hospital on March 30, 1981, he told one of his doctors, "I hope you're a Republican"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: '2 porpoises or as many as 100 traveling together make up this, just like "two peas"'

Answer: a pod


Question: 'In Sept. 2007 shares of this brokerage house were a bullish $75; in Sept. 2008 it got bought for $29 a share'

Answer: Merrill Lynch


Question: 'Long-tailed marsupial<br />(8)'

Answer: a kangaroo


Question: 'Surfers & slackers rejoice! Reef Sportswear's "Dram" line holds secret shots in the heels of these beach items'

Answer: sandals


Question: 'A show tune says, "Come and meet those dancing feet, on the avenue I'm taking you to"--this title one'

Answer: "42nd Street"


Question: 'In 1953 he told visitors, "There is one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'As seen in the photograph, the finless porpoise is so named because it lacks this fin on its back'

Answer: a dorsal fin


Question: 'On Sept. 7, 2008 the government announced a takeover of these 2 mortgage-backing companies'

Answer: Freddie Mac & Fannie Mae


Question: 'Buzzing, uh, musical instrument?<br />(5)'

Answer: a kazoo


Question: 'Cansha hear me now, shweetie? Franmara, Inc. has a 3-oz. flask shaped like this ...$24.99 & no roaming charges!'

Answer: a cell phone


Question: 'This title line precedes "Remember me to Herald Square!"'

Answer: "Give My Regards to Broadway"


Question: 'In a January 6, 1947 diary entry, he called the White House the "great white jail"'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'In contrast to sharks, porpoises have a poor sense of taste & lack this sense altogether'

Answer: smell


Question: 'Sept. 16 brought an $85 billion government loan to this insurance organization operating in 130 countries'

Answer: AIG


Question: 'Israeli agricultural collective<br />(7)'

Answer: a kibbutz


Question: 'In your cups, indeed! The "Winerack" holds 25 oz. of your favorite potable in one of these'

Answer: a sportsbra


Question: 'Christopher Cross sang, "If you get caught between" this & NYC, "the best that you can do is fall in love"'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'This 16th pres. said about a lawyer, "He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met"'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'The smallest porpoise is the critically endangered vaquita of this gulf just w. of Mexico's mainland'

Answer: the Gulf of California


Question: 'On Sept. 19 this treasury secy. proposed a several-hundred-billion-dollar "Troubled Asset Relief Program"'

Answer: Henry Paulson


Question: 'DuPont's bulletproof fiber<br />(6)'

Answer: Kevlar


Question: 'You can carry 80 oz. of suds under your shirt with the removable spare tire sold under this descriptive name'

Answer: a Beerbelly


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in a park.) In the song "Danke Schoen", you'll find the lyric "I recall" this 4-word phrase, and that's what I'm experiencing now'

Answer: "Central Park in fall"


Question: 'He said he made his brother attorney general "to give him...experience before he goes out to practice law"'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'Like whales, porpoises belong to this order of mammals'

Answer: cetaceans


Question: '1 of the last 2 major high-flying investment banks that became regular old banks on Sept. 21'

Answer: Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs


Question: 'An arch's wedge-shaped summit piece<br />(8)'

Answer: a keystone


Question: 'The Vikings used human blood to christen their ships; thank Odin this potent potable is traditional today'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'Philly fighter fed by fierce fisticuffs'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'In this play the Duke of Albany is Goneril's husband'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'In 1999 Abdullah II succeeded his late father, King Hussein, as this country's monarch'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Denver's windmill has been restored, so take the A10 in Norfolk County to visit it in this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'Game maker Milton Bradley also invented this one-armed office slicing device'

Answer: a paper cutter


Question: 'New Orleans' mayor warned a post-Katrina Mardi Gras crowd that it's bad luck to drink a toast with this stuff'

Answer: water


Question: 'Acrimony accompanies aberrant Austrian amateur's ascent'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'In "The Merchant of Venice", Jessica is his daughter'

Answer: Shylock


Question: 'In 1870 a Spanish queen of this famous name abdicated'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'If you're on the Mosquito Coast, don't forget to visit Atlanta in this country'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'Title 7 of California's this covers "crimes against public justice"'

Answer: the penal code


Question: 'A traditional Irish toast runs, "may the Lord keep you in his hand and never close" this "too 'tight on you"'

Answer: his fist


Question: 'Suicidal soldier sees Sioux, sights stampede'

Answer: Dances with Wolves


Question: 'In this play Guildenstern says, "O, there has been much throwing about of brains"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'On Feb. 19, 1960 he became the first child born to a reigning British monarch in 103 years'

Answer: Prince Andrew


Question: 'Ski on Antuco Volcano close to Los Angeles near the Argentine border of this country'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Total income divided by population gets you this figure'

Answer: per capita


Question: 'In Scots lore a single person who gets the last "lucky" glass in a New Year's bottle will soon do this (Lucky? Och!)'

Answer: get married


Question: 'Taking trip, Tom transports toothpick tallier'

Answer: Rain Man


Question: 'The title of this comedy refers to Mistress Ford & Mistress Page'

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor


Question: 'This country was still involved in the 30 Years' War when Queen Christina came to power in 1644'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Orlando in this country does not have Disney World, but nearby Soweto is becoming a tourist destination'

Answer: South Africa


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out an animated traffic diagram.)  Because of their triangular shape, traffic islands that separate right-turning vehicles are named for this meat item'

Answer: a pork chop


Question: 'The royal navy has a traditional toast for each day of the week; Saturday's is to these, may they never meet'

Answer: wives and girlfriends


Question: 'Card-cheating con men create Chicago chaos'

Answer: The Sting


Question: 'He says, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings"'

Answer: Cassius


Question: 'On paper the name of this first king of Poland looks a lot like coleslaw; try some!'

Answer: Boleslav


Question: 'In Victoria, the town of Portland is an ideal spot to visit the southern coast of this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This body once advised the British sovereign on matters of state'

Answer: the Privy Council


Question: 'A sequence of 3 vowels creates this common French word, a homophone of a different vowel altogether'

Answer: eau


Question: 'This sitcom was well into its first season when Jaleel White joined it as Steve Urkel'

Answer: Family Matters


Question: 'This Teflon Don & Gambino Family boss spilled the beans on tape at the Ravenite Social Club in Manhattan'

Answer: John Gotti


Question: 'Not guilty,<br />"I is for..."'

Answer: Innocent


Question: 'This future Supreme Court justice hid her pregnancy for fear of losing her teaching job at Rutgers'

Answer: Ginsburg


Question: 'Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. said never falsely shout this warning in a theater; it isn't free speech'

Answer: fire


Question: 'It's a local branch of a club, or any of the main divisions of a book'

Answer: a chapter


Question: 'In 1997 TV Guide described this Bob Newhart-Judd Hirsch comedy as "More Grumpier Old Men"'

Answer: George & Leo


Question: 'As the video revealed, the LAPD didn't treat this man like royalty on March 3, 1991'

Answer: Rodney King


Question: 'It's murder,<br />"H is for..."'

Answer: Homicide


Question: 'In 1977 Kay Koplovitz founded what is now this cable network, now home to "La Femme Nikita"'

Answer: the USA Network


Question: 'According to the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields movie, "Never give a sucker" one of these'

Answer: an even break


Question: 'You can draw with it, or use it as fuel in your barbeque'

Answer: charcoal


Question: 'This man, seen here, now does his presiding on television:'

Answer: Mayor Koch


Question: 'Unaware the mike was open, Ronald Reagan said of this country in 1984, "The bombing begins in 5 minutes"'

Answer: the Soviet Union (or Russia)


Question: 'The deceased, <br />"C is for..."'

Answer: Corpse


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Seymour.)  This woman not only founded the 1st birth control clinic, she also pioneered the term'

Answer: (Margaret) Sanger


Question: 'Chiquita Banana likes "the climate of the very, very tropical equator, so you should never put bananas" in this'

Answer: the refrigerator


Question: 'It's the goblet for the wine used in holy communion'

Answer: a chalice


Question: 'After a 10-year absence, this series returned in 1997 with Stacy Keach reprising the title role'

Answer: Mike Hammer


Question: 'Footage of this mayor using drugs failed to crack the confidence of D.C. voters; they re-elected him in 1994'

Answer: Marion Barry


Question: 'It can be direct or circumstantial,<br />"E is for..."'

Answer: Evidence


Question: '"America's Sweetheart", she was just 24 in 1917 when she commanded $350,000 per film'

Answer: Mary Pickford


Question: 'When observing Jewish dietary laws, it's not kosher to eat meat with these products'

Answer: dairy


Question: 'It's the equivalent of prime minister in some countries, or the title of the president of some universities'

Answer: a chancellor


Question: 'In the early '60s Martin Milner & George Maharis got their kicks riding around on this series'

Answer: Route 66


Question: 'One on the run,<br />"F is for..."'

Answer: Fugitive


Question: 'She was the leading financial columnist for the New York Post from 1935-1978'

Answer: Sylvia Porter


Question: 'Related to the beet, this vegetable is grown for its spinach-like leaves & thick stalks'

Answer: chard


Question: 'He was so angry at the Israelites, he pulverized their golden calf & made them devour it'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'On June 16, 1858 he said, "This government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free"'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'In it, Paul Reubens' alter ego joins the circus'

Answer: Big Top Pee-Wee


Question: 'Timbuktu in Mali was once a major caravan center for those crossing this desert'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: 'A book on this veep's forced resignation was titled "A Heartbeat Away"'

Answer: (Spiro) Agnew


Question: 'Another name for a bucket, or your coloring if one falls on you'

Answer: pail/pale


Question: 'Subtitled "Or, Life in the Woods", this 1854 Thoreau book was 1 of 2 published in his lifetime'

Answer: Walden


Question: 'It's the 1970 Dustin Hoffman film with the line "It's a good day to die"'

Answer: Little Big Man


Question: 'This remote Asian nation once had "Outer" attached to its name; an "Inner" region belongs to China'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'After killing this criminal for the $10,000 reward, Bob Ford made personal appearances & was booed'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: 'You open it in a fireplace, or it may mean you're already way too warm'

Answer: flue/flu


Question: 'In 1852 the Albany Evening Journal coined this word to be used instead of "Telegraphic Dispatch"'

Answer: telegram


Question: 'Humphrey Bogart played Philip Marlowe in this 1946 film'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'Tours in this faraway land include a safari in Royal Chitwan National Park & rafting trips near Katmandu'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'He was hanged, drawn & quartered in front of Parliament Jan. 31, 1606; not a good "Day" for him'

Answer: Guy Fawkes


Question: 'A caustic substance in soap, or an untruth'

Answer: lye/lie


Question: 'David plays the harp to calm this tormented king in the Rembrandt painting seen here:'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'This 1857 Supreme Court decision permitted slavery in all U.S. territories'

Answer: Dred Scott


Question: 'Lee Marvin & Mark Hamill starred in this 1980 Sam Fuller film full of WWII stories'

Answer: The Big Red One


Question: 'Punta Arenas, in this country, is the world's southernmost city on a continental mainland'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Bang!  Bang!  An assassin's deadly ax came down on his head, August 20, 1940 in Mexico'

Answer: Leon Trotsky


Question: 'Twisted, like a sense of humor, or bread in a deli'

Answer: wry/rye


Question: 'A priest confronted this prophet & author of Lamentations with a letter that accused him of madness'

Answer: Jeremiah


Question: 'The Treaty of Paris of 1856 ending this war forced Russia to give up the mouth of the Danube to Turkey'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'If Disney starts a soccer team, they'll probably name it for this 1995 film with Olivia d'Abo'

Answer: The Big Green


Question: 'A city "Uz"ing culture, Samarkand in this former Soviet republic is the site of Tamerlane's tomb'

Answer: Uzbekistan


Question: 'This Mafioso tuned songbird in the '60s with his testimony & his 1968 "Papers"'

Answer: Joseph Valachi


Question: 'It's a corridor, or how you might carry something down one'

Answer: hall/haul


Question: 'He also created a 2-letter land called Ix'

Answer: L. Frank Baum (creator of the Wizard of Oz)


Question: 'John Sherman is remembered for an antitrust act; this brother is remembered for a march to the sea'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: 'This sign represents very sensitive people who sometimes withdraw into their little "crab" shells'

Answer: Cancer


Question: 'In a 1996 novel Jane Mendelsohn adopts the voice of this female aviator, lost on a desert island'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'With the release of 1991's "Too Legit To Quit", he dropped the M.C. from his name'

Answer: Hammer


Question: 'Koreans pay honor to both parents May 8, sometimes the same day Americans honor this one'

Answer: Mothers


Question: 'It's the "hair apparent" on a lion's or horse's neck'

Answer: Mane


Question: 'Brothers Nelson & Winthrop & their nephew Jay of this wealthy family all served as state governors'

Answer: The Rockefellers


Question: 'It's the most hircine sign of the Zodiac -- by the way, hircine means "goatlike"'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'Kim Wozencraft & Dorothy Uhnak used their experiences in this job to write crime novels'

Answer: Policewomen


Question: 'In 1996 this group featuring Bobby Brown reunited for a new album called "Home Again"'

Answer: New Edition


Question: 'Its early April start & its late October end cause many missed appointments'

Answer: Daylight Savings Time


Question: 'To walk in shallow water'

Answer: Wade


Question: 'His brother Raul was his comrade in guerrilla warfare against Cuban dictator Batista'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'People born under this sign of the water carrier like to attain knowledge & then "pour it out" for others'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'You'll find all you need to know about Anne, Emily & Charlotte in Juliet Barker's 1,000-page bio of this family'

Answer: The Brontes


Question:
'(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):
A 1994 album by this group features the song heard here:
"....I only wanna be with you"'

Answer: Hootie And The Blowfish


Question: 'A communal dip in the Pacific January 1 in Vancouver, Canada is named for these Arctic animals'

Answer: Polar Bears


Question: 'It precedes tough, loose & glider'

Answer: Hang


Question: 'After his brother Raul was arrested in 1995, he fled Mexico, which he'd governed 1988-1994'

Answer: Carlos Salinas de Gortari


Question: 'If this "arachnid" sign is yours, you're probably aggressive & dominant & should be quick on the buzzer'

Answer: Scorpio


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald's wife, she based her 1932 novel "Save Me The Waltz" on their life together'

Answer: Zelda Fitzgerald


Question: '"Mr. Jones" could tell you "Recovering The Satellites" is the second album by this Adam Duritz group'

Answer: Counting Crows


Question: 'Mashpee, Massachusetts holds one of these American Indian conferences every July'

Answer: Pow-Wow


Question: 'Buss is a synonym for this 4-letter word that also ends in "ss"'

Answer: Kiss


Question: 'Richard Wellesley, governor-general of India, had to settle for marquess; brother Arthur won this title'

Answer: Duke of Wellington


Question: 'This sign of natural-born diplomats is represented by a pair of well-balanced scales'

Answer: Libra


Question: 'Sites associated with this author's heroine Anne of Green Gables are a tourist draw in eastern Canada'

Answer: Lucy Maud Montgomery


Question: 'In 1996 this 13-year-old became an overnight sensation with her country hit "Blue"'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes


Question: 'Countries that celebrate these documents include Mexico on February 5 & the U.S. on September 17'

Answer: Constitutions


Question: 'To tightly roll up a flag or a sail'

Answer: Furl


Question: 'During his 16 months of treasonous activities, he used the name "Monk" when dealing with the British'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'At 15 she won a Golden Globe for "My So-Called Life"; at 16 she played Leonardo DiCaprio's Juliet'

Answer: Claire Danes


Question: 'Among college students, it's known as the "kissing disease"'

Answer: Mononucleosis


Question: 'This magazine abbreviated "GH" features tips in "The Better Way" section'

Answer: Good Housekeeping


Question: 'Some say these one-eyed giants were master craftsmen who worked for Hephaestus'

Answer: Cyclopedes


Question: 'This Bedouin transport also provides food, milk, clothing & fuel'

Answer: Camel


Question: 'In 1779 this pamphleteer was appointed clerk of the Pennsylvania assembly'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'He starred in "Coriolanus" in 1979; a few years later he was "Driving Miss Daisy"'

Answer: Morgan Freeman


Question: 'Allan Cormack & Sir Godfrey Hounsfield shared the 1979 Nobel Prize for developing this medical scanner'

Answer: CATscan


Question: 'In 1993 the Chicago Tribune launched Exito!, a weekly paper in this language'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'When he was depicted as a child god, Horus, son of this Egyptian goddess, was known as Harpokrates'

Answer: Isis


Question: 'From March to May Arctic Odysseys leads expeditions on these vehicles in the Baffin area'

Answer: Dogsleds


Question: '"If every nerve is not strained...the game is pretty near up", Washington wrote before this New Jersey battle'

Answer: Trenton


Question: 'In 1995 he played Iago to Laurence Fishburne's Othello; in 1996 he starred in his own film of "Hamlet"'

Answer: Kenneth Branagh


Question: 'Down's Syndrome can be determined by analyzing this fluid enveloping the fetus in the womb'

Answer: Amniotic fluid


Question: 'To help plan a museum of journalism, Peter Prichard quit in '94 as editor of this, "The Nation's Newspaper"'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'Homer described this wife of Zeus as "ox-eyed", which was supposed to be a compliment'

Answer: Hera


Question: 'It's the traditional color of London's double-decker buses'

Answer: Red