Question: 'Gregory Peck plays Green/Greenberg: <br />"____ Agreement"'

Answer: Gentleman\'s


Question: 'Every morning she brews up a cup of hot tea'

Answer: Hebrews (in she brews)


Question: 'In 1899 this future president said he wished to preach "the doctrine of the strenuous life"'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'In 1873 Canadian PM John A. MacDonald was accused of corruption in giving the contract to build this to the Pacific'

Answer: the Transcontinental Railroad (a railroad accepted)


Question: 'William Phipps was the speaking voice of this handsome fella in Disney's "Cinderella"'

Answer: Prince Charming


Question: 'At its peak the Ottoman Empire stretched as far south as the tip of the Arabian Peninsula in this current country'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'Pacino tries to go straight: <br />"____ Way"'

Answer: Carlito\'s


Question: 'As long as Lulu kept singing the crowd would cheer'

Answer: Luke (in Lulu kept)


Question: 'The 4 words preceding "...and grow up with the country"'

Answer: Go west, young man


Question: 'This comic strip title character, seen here, strides on despite the death of creator Jeff MacNelly in 2000'

Answer: Shoe


Question: 'Carol Bellamy was the first returned volunteer to be confirmed as director of this do-gooder agency'

Answer: the Peace Corps


Question: 'In the late 19th century the Ottoman Empire was disparagingly known as this "Man of Europe"'

Answer: the Sick Man of Europe


Question: 'A Frank Sinatra P.O.W. adventure: <br />"____ Express"'

Answer: Von Ryan\'s


Question: 'Drivers often got in a jam especially when it was raining'

Answer: James (in jam especially)


Question: 'To  Oscar Wilde's "I wish I'd said that", James Whistler famously responded this'

Answer: "You will, Oscar, you will"


Question: 'From 1939 to 1944 Archibald MacLeish used this bookish post to speak out for democracy'

Answer: Librarian of Congress (head of the Library of Congress accepted)


Question: 'Some say this busy road junction is the heart & soul of London'

Answer: Piccadilly Circus


Question: 'The Ottoman Empire was finally abolished due to the efforts of this president of the National Assembly'

Answer: Ataturk


Question: 'A Clint Eastwood wartime caper:<br />"____ Heroes"'

Answer: Kelly\'s


Question: 'It should prove to be a most interesting discussion'

Answer: Amos (in a most)


Question: 'In 1871 this New Yorker said, "As long as I count the votes, what are you going to do about it?"'

Answer: Boss Tweed


Question: 'Former British diplomat Donald MacLean died in this world capital in 1983'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'It became a national capital in the Western Hemisphere in 1903'

Answer: Panama City


Question: 'This red-bearded corsair, whose original name was Khidr, had an older brother who also had red whiskers'

Answer: Barbarossa (Redbeard)


Question: 'An adrenoleukodystrophy drama:<br />"____ Oil"'

Answer: Lorenzo\'s


Question: 'Yes there were many reasons to look at him'

Answer: Esther (in Yes there)


Question: 'Poet Charles Baudelarie said, "Il faut epater", or "You must shock", this social group'

Answer: the bourgeoisie


Question: 'From about 1250 to 1750, the MacDonald clan ruled this archipelago that has outer & inner parts'

Answer: the Hebrides


Question: 'At school, this artist was close friends with Emile Zola'

Answer: Paul Cezanne


Question: 'This word for a type of war is one of the few 5-letter words that can be made using only Roman numerals'

Answer: civil


Question: 'Gulliver's first of 4 voyages was to this land of tiny people'

Answer: Lilliput


Question: 'The first victim of this excavated mummy's curse may have been Lord Carnavon, a sponsor of the expedition'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'This "team" was first selected in 1889 & Yale's Pudge Heffelfinger made it the first 3 years'

Answer: All-American Team


Question: 'In July 1998 Japan launched Nozomi; it's set to reach this "Red Planet" in 2003'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'This bear, the ursus Maritimus, sometimes preys on humans'

Answer: Polar bear


Question: 'Ph.D.'

Answer: Doctor of philosophy


Question: 'A 1719 work by Daniel Defoe told of "The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of" this man, "of York, Mariner"'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'Also known as the "Bush", it's the Aussie term for the remote, rural areas of Australia'

Answer: Outback


Question: '(Hi, I'm Curtis Conway of the Chicago Bears)  I joined the Bears in 1993, so I just missed the pleasure of playing with this legendary coach'

Answer: Mike Ditka


Question: 'They are the 2 planets closest to our sun'

Answer: Mercury & Venus


Question: 'When defending its family, the silverback of this primate is potentially the most dangerous'

Answer: Gorilla


Question: 'D.D.S.'

Answer: Doctor of dental science


Question: 'He had been totally blind for 13 years when he completed "Paradise Lost" in 1665'

Answer: John Milton


Question: 'The lowest surface road in the world is more than 1,290 feet below sea level in this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Scandinavians Jan Stenerud & Morten Andersen have excelled in the NFL at this position'

Answer: Placekicker


Question: 'A 25-year-long telescope search for it ended with its discovery in 1930'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Guinness reports that sharks can detect 1 part of this in 100 million parts of water'

Answer: Blood


Question: 'J.D.'

Answer: Juris Doctor


Question: 'This poet said he wrote, "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree" in an opium-induced sleep'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'When top Crayola Crayon maker Emerson Moser retired after 37 years, he revealed he suffered from this affliction'

Answer: Colorblind


Question: '(Hi, I'm tight end Freddie Jones of the San Diego Chargers)  I hope to join this Chargers 1980s tight end in the Pro Football Hall of Fame'

Answer: Kellen Winslow


Question: 'Photos published in June 1999 show its largest moon, Titan, may have liquid seas'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Birds known to have attacked humans include cassowaries, mute swans & these largest African birds'

Answer: Ostriches


Question: 'On this fictional Sir Thomas More island, the interests of the individual are subordinate to those of society'

Answer: Utopia


Question: 'Home to the Temple of Buddha's Tooth, this Sri Lankan city's name sounds like it might cause a cavity in it'

Answer: Kandy


Question: 'Alan Page of this team's Purple People Eaters defense is now a state supreme court justice'

Answer: Minnesota Vikings


Question: 'Interplanetary distances are measured in AUs, which are these'

Answer: Astronomical units


Question: 'In 1981 numerous people were killed by these creatures when an overloaded boat capsized while docking in Brazil'

Answer: Pirahnas


Question: 'The name of his "Iliad" comes from Ilion, the Greek name for Troy'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'From 1983 to 1995 it was hosted by Ed McMahon; Martha Quinn joined him for the last season'

Answer: Star Search


Question: 'It's what RAM stands for'

Answer: Random access memory


Question: 'In 1992 Ann Landers swore she was printing her last letter on whether this goes under or over the roll'

Answer: Toilet paper/bathroom tissue


Question: 'The U.S. Navy has 12 of these equipped with steam-driven catapults'

Answer: Aircraft carriers


Question: 'A tour of this may include visits to its DNA lab, the material analysis unit & a display of over 5,000 weapons'

Answer: FBI headquarters


Question: 'During the Shang dynasty, China developed these horse-drawn vehicles for warriors to ride in during battle'

Answer: Chariots


Question: 'Jack Barry hosted the original version of this game, Maury Povich the 2000 revival'

Answer: Twenty-One


Question: 'This company that makes the Celeron processor celebrated its 30th anniversary in 1998'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'Een France eet ees what comez out when you turn zee andle marked "F"'

Answer: Cold water (froid)


Question: 'It's the area highlighted here:<br />(capital is Edmonton)'

Answer: Alberta, Canada


Question: 'Valley girls may pout, but this strip with the Lincoln Memorial at one end is lined with trees, not stores'

Answer: The Mall


Question: 'These people were freer in Sparta than elsewhere in Greece; Aristotle said they owned 40% of the land'

Answer: Women


Question: 'His son Peter has followed in his footsteps as host of "Candid Camera"'

Answer: Allen Funt


Question: 'Apple launched this popular computer line August 15, 1998'

Answer: iMac


Question: 'King Gillette's invention led to medicine cabinets equipped with slots to dispose of these'

Answer: Razor blades


Question: 'The June 1938 issue No. 1 of this periodical included Superman's first appearance'

Answer: Action Comics


Question: 'The Kennedy Center & the State Dept. are in this area named for smoke that industries there once emitted'

Answer: Foggy Bottom


Question: 'From the 300s B.C. Japan was ruled by the Yamato clan, who claimed descent from this celestial object'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'In 1988 he was a host on "Incredible Sunday" as well as "Hollywood Squares"'

Answer: John Davidson


Question: 'It's the outlet that connects a computer to a keyboard or a mouse; types include serial, parallel & USB'

Answer: Ports


Question: 'His Third Symphony includes his earlier "Fanfare for the Common Man"'

Answer: Aaron Copland


Question: '7 presidents have lain in state & Nixon gave his farewell speech in this room of the White House'

Answer: East Room


Question: 'Ancient Hindus learned to recite the Gayatri, one of these sacred series of syllables'

Answer: Mantra


Question: 'It wasn't an impossible mission for him to become host of A&E's "Biography"'

Answer: Peter Graves


Question: 'His attack on Stalinism in 1951's "L'Homme Revolte" put a chink in his relationship with Sartre'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'This mansion named for a Scottish landmark was home to a 1944 conference that led to the United Nations'

Answer: Dumbarton Oaks


Question: 'This middle name of a famous composer means "beloved by God"'

Answer: (Wolfgang) Amadeus (Mozart)


Question: 'Depressed prince can't decide whether to kill nasty uncle until the end of Act V (should have done it sooner)'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'The Palme d'Or is presented at this French film festival'

Answer: Cannes Film Festival


Question: 'Born in Massachusetts, she was descended from the Quincy family on her mother's side'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'The lady on the white horse shows her bling-bling, bros, waving rings on her fingers & these on her toes'

Answer: bells


Question: 'Gold-plated pistols used by this female sharpshooter are at L.A.'s Autry Museum of Western Heritage'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'This word for a time of day comes from the Latin for "ninth hour"'

Answer: noon


Question: 'Lady arrives in New Orleans for an extended visit with her sister; her brother-in-law throws a real hissy fit'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'Past winners of the Pritzker Prize for this include I.M. Pei & Frank Gehry'

Answer: architecture


Question: 'Seen here, she was one of the wealthiest women in Virginia in 1757'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'My homeboy Humpty ain't into crack, 'cept when he falls from this right on his back'

Answer: the wall


Question: 'Seen here, this "beastly" one-time Army scout & Pony Express rider later ran his own Wild West Show'

Answer: Buffalo Bill Cody


Question: 'This 7-letter verb can mean to close a meeting, or to meet in another place'

Answer: adjourn


Question: 'Spoiler warning!  We're about to give away the ending!  She throws herself under a train!  In Russia!'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'This organization awards the Spingarn Medal, its highest honor for achievement among African-Americans'

Answer: NAACP


Question: 'Her uncle lived in the White House when this future first lady got married in 1905'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'This trio I don't know from Adam can't see the lady with a knife comin' at 'em'

Answer: Three Blind Mice


Question: 'Wyatt Earp's brother Morgan survived this 1881 gunfight but was murdered 5 months later'

Answer: O.K. Corral


Question: 'This "animal" verb's synonyms include endure, stand, abide, suffer & support'

Answer: (to) bear


Question: 'Swordsman makes guys pay through the (ahem) nose if they dare to mention his incredibly long honker'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'The Mystery Writers of America named an award for this American, the creator of the detective story'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Marvin Pierce, the father of this first lady, was the publisher of McCall's magazine'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: 'The best horn player you'll ever see is this hit-the-hay boy, Master LBB'

Answer: Little Boy Blue


Question: 'It's the last name shared by brothers Ed, Jim & Bat, all of whom were Old West lawmen'

Answer: Masterson


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports)  This branch of mathematics deals specifically with the figure seen here'

Answer: trigonometry


Question: 'American college professor goes to Spain & blows up a bridge'

Answer: For Whom the Bell Tolls


Question: 'This foundation, the AFB, gives an award for the narration of talking books'

Answer: American Foundation for the Blind


Question: 'She was a hostess at the White House for the widowed Thomas Jefferson before becoming first lady in 1809'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'He's the cat who's gone to sea, silver buckles on his knee (shut your mouth) but, I'm talking about...'

Answer: Bobby Shaftoe


Question: 'This lawman tracked down & shot dead the outlaw Billy the Kid'

Answer: Pat Garrett


Question: 'This Italian musical term tells you that you are "obliged" to play a particular part of a piece'

Answer: obligato


Question: 'This tendon enables muscles at the back of the lower leg to lift the heel when walking or running'

Answer: Achilles tendon


Question: 'Born in Cadiz, he's the sex symbol seen here in the '30s'

Answer: Clark Gable


Question: 'An incorrectly tied square knot, perhaps tied by your mom's mom'

Answer: granny knot


Question: 'On this day of the month of Shawwal, Muslims begin the festival of breaking the fast'

Answer: the first day after Ramadan


Question: 'This river is 250 miles longer than the Amazon'

Answer: Nile River


Question: 'Senator Christopher Dodd told UConn grads that the only constant is this'

Answer: change


Question: 'Also called the master gland, it's the most important of the endocrine glands'

Answer: pituitary gland


Question: 'This "Saturday Night Live" cast member would say yes, she's one of the Shaker Heights Shannons'

Answer: Molly Shannon


Question: 'Guinness reports that in one hours a man tied 833 stems of this fruit into knots with his tongue'

Answer: cherries


Question: 'Festivals this Scottish city is famous for include a jazz one, a film one & of course, a fringe one'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'Cape Farewell on this country's South Island is north of Wellington on its North Island'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Do this if you're hurrying through life, or if you're passing a florist's aromatic shop'

Answer: stop and smell the roses


Question: 'If you've "mapped" out the body, you know it's the topmost cervical vertebra of the neck'

Answer: atlas vertebra


Question: 'This singer of "I Try" & "Why Didn't You Call Me?" originally moved from Ohio to L.A. to learn screenwriting'

Answer: Macy Gray


Question: 'From the Latin suere, "to sew", it's the thread used to tie knots & stitches during surgery'

Answer: suture


Question: 'In January in Michigan people set up shanties on Houghton Lake for a festival devoted to this sport'

Answer: ice fishing


Question: 'www.unibo.it is the web address of Europe's oldest university, in this northern Italian city'

Answer: Bologna


Question: 'Speakers compare themselves to the body at this Irish event -- people need you there, but don't expect you to say much'

Answer: wake


Question: 'The metatarsal bones are in the foot; these 5 bones lie between the wrist & the fingers'

Answer: metacarpals


Question: 'This Cincinnati gal's professional name comes from characters in a film based on a Bizet opera & in a Greek myth'

Answer: Carmen Electra


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports)  This non-slipping knot takes its name from the line attached to the front part of a boat'

Answer: bowline


Question: 'Each September the city of Lafayette in this southern state is home to Festivals Acadiens'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'In a deli, "Hold" this Irish county that features wild coastline & the country's largest bog'

Answer: Mayo


Question: 'This oft-quoted Robert Frost poem says the 2 paths were actually about equally worn'

Answer: "The Road Not Taken"


Question: 'The lowest part of the brain stem, it sits above the spinal cord'

Answer: medulla oblongata


Question: 'In "My City was Gone", this Pretenders singer mourned the Akron of her youth'

Answer: Chrissie Hynde


Question: 'According to legend, Alexander the Great was unable to untie this knot, so he cut it instead'

Answer: the Gordian Knot


Question: 'This Catholic feast on December 8 honors the Virgin Mary'

Answer: Immaculate Conception


Question: 'This Asian country with a nomadic tradition has the highest number of horses per capita in the world'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'You'll be reminded that "Commencement is not" this 3-letter antonym of "commencement"'

Answer: an end


Question: 'Physicist John Wheeler compared possible passages through space & time to the work of this creature'

Answer: a worm


Question: 'If you want to climb the tallest mountain in North Africa, go to Jebel Toubkal near Marrakech in this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'A newsman's stuck in a snowy Penn. town in this 1993 film.  A newsman's stuck in a snowy Penn. town in this 1993 film'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'In 1953 Ore-Ida introduced these alliterative hash brown babies'

Answer: Tater Tots


Question: 'On Oct. 26, 1881 Ike Clanton & Billy Claiborne escaped the hail of bullets at this site by fleeing to a photo studio'

Answer: the O.K. Corral


Question: 'This island state has the wettest point on Earth, with an average of 460" of rain a year'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'This medical term is also known as insolation or thermic fever'

Answer: sunstroke


Question: 'Tourism in tropic Seychelles has become a major employer since the opening of the 1st major one of these, SEZ, in 1971'

Answer: airport


Question: 'Heeeeere's Johnny!  Jack Nicholson has crazy fun in a snow maze in this 1980 thriller'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'This brand introduced the frozen TV dinner in 1953'

Answer: Swanson


Question: 'In May 1934 this bank-robbing duo died in a hail of bullets in Louisiana; her body had 23 slugs, his had 25'

Answer: Bonnie & Clyde


Question: 'Latin for "heap" or "mass" & typically in puffs or mounds, this type of cloud may reach up to 43,000 feet'

Answer: cumulus


Question: 'This interjection is literally German for "health"'

Answer: Gesundheit


Question: 'Cut a rug with locals on this island retreat found between Java & Lombok in Southern Indonesia'

Answer: Bali


Question: 'A man runs through the snowy streets of Bedford Falls shouting, "Merry Christmas!" in this 1946 classic'

Answer: It\'s a Wonderful Life


Question: 'This brand of frozen food is named for Clarence, born in Brooklyn in 1886'

Answer: Birds Eye


Question: 'Gangster George Nelson, nicknamed this, survived a hail of bullets from 2 FBI agents but was found dead the next day'

Answer: "Baby Face"


Question: 'Usually found below 8,000 feet, this 7-letter cloud class has a gray, horizontal layer & produces drizzle'

Answer: stratus


Question: 'Describes an egg fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over'

Answer: sunny side up


Question: 'Formerly Britain's colony, this archipelago in the NW West Indies once sheltered Blackbeard & Henry Morgan'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'Oh dontcha know, Sheriff Marge Gunderson checks out a body in da snow in this 1996 film'

Answer: Fargo


Question: '"It's not delivery... it's" this frozen pizza brand'

Answer: DiGiorno


Question: 'In 1911, these two men highlighted here reportedly died in a hail of bullets in Bolivia'

Answer: Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid


Question: '.03" a year of rain falls on Arica in this South American country whose name sounds like a weather condition'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'From the Middle English for "apart", this term tends to follow the words ripped or torn'

Answer: asunder


Question: 'Fancy dress & gaudy floats are the order of the day at a carnival in Valletta, this island nation's capital'

Answer: Malta


Question: '"Why can't they call me the adorable snowman or the agreeable snowman... I'm a nice guy" is said in this 2001 Pixar film'

Answer: Monsters, Inc.


Question: 'The name of this frozen food brand means "A lavish meal or feast"'

Answer: Banquet


Question: 'A hail of bullets from citizens of this Minn. town killed 2 members of the James-Younger gang in an 1876 bank raid'

Answer: Northfield


Question: 'In botany, it's a tendril; it's also this class of cloud noted for its thin white filaments & ice crystals'

Answer: cirrus


Question: 'In tan-speak, it's what SPF stands for'

Answer: sun protection factor


Question: 'Charlemagne standardized coinage to 12 pennies in a shilling & 20 shillings in this'

Answer: a pound


Question: 'This Californian known for her exquisitie artistry skated off with a silver medal at the 2006 Olympics'

Answer: Sasha Cohen


Question: '"Pudding and Pie" follows the name of this nursery rhyme boy who kisses & runs'

Answer: Georgie Porgie


Question: 'Mass General, as it's known'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Alcott:<br />"Oh, my girls, however long you may live, I never can wish you a greater happiness than this!"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'Any young woman of the 1920s who showed disdain for conventional dress & behaviour'

Answer: a flapper


Question: 'One way to judge guilt was "trial by" this 6-letter word, like putting the accused's arm in boiling water'

Answer: ordeal


Question: 'Olympic medalist Mary Ellen Clark was hampered in this sport by vertigo--a problem when you're 10 meters up'

Answer: diving


Question: 'He asked the pieman, "Let me taste your ware"'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'With Southern hospital-ity:<br />Emory University Hospital'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Heller:<br />"Yossarian jumped... the knife came down, missing him by inches, and he took off"'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'A change in frequency because of motion is named for this Austrian mathematician who first explained it'

Answer: Doppler


Question: 'Of the 4 major Crusades, the one in which the Christians actually captured Jerusalem'

Answer: the First Crusade


Question: 'Nancy Lopez & Beth Daniel are in this organization's Hall of Fame, founded in 1967'

Answer: LPGA


Question: 'First name of the little Flinders girl "who sat among the cinders warming her pretty little toes"'

Answer: Polly


Question: 'In Maryland:<br />National Naval Medical Center'

Answer: Bethesda


Question: 'Fitzgerald:<br />"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaslessly into the past"'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'Garibaldi or Verdi'

Answer: Giuseppe


Question: 'The pope hoped Pepin  & his Franks would protect him against these Germanic people (not the Gables) led by Aistulf'

Answer: the Lombards


Question: 'She's the American Wimbeldon & U.S. Open champ seen here'

Answer: (Lindsay) Davenport


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the shoe clue from Old World Wisconsin.)  A nursery rhyme says, this person, this person, "mend my shoe; get it done by half past two"'

Answer: cobbler


Question: 'Since 1962:<br />St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'Steinbeck:<br />"And Carlson said, 'Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin' them two guys?'"'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'Slip a dollar bill to this furniture designer whose name is synonymous with the British Rococo style'

Answer: Chippendale


Question: 'Sir Henry Percy, nicknamed this for his military aggressiveness, of course was slain in battle in 1403'

Answer: "Hotspur"


Question: 'In 1984 Carl Lewis' 4 Olympic golds in track & field were matched by Romania's Ecaterina Szabo in this sport'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: '"Goosey, goosey, gander" says, "there I met an old man who wouldn't" do this'

Answer: say his prayers


Question: 'A part of history:<br />Parkland'

Answer: Dallas, Texas


Question: 'Ayn Rand:<br />"(Galt) raised his hand and over the desolate earth he traced in space the sign of the dollar"'

Answer: Atlas Shrugged


Question: 'It can be a poisonous reddish-brown snake or a Yankee supporter of the South during the Civil War'

Answer: a copperhead


Question: 'If you'd invested $84 for 4 shares of this company at its March 13, 1986 IPO, you'd have 1,152 shares & $30,124.80 as of Jan. 1, 2006'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'Remember the proverb, this "goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall"'

Answer: pride


Question: 'A broiler or fryer, or, metaphorically, a young person (as in "You're no...")'

Answer: spring chicken


Question: 'Striae is the medical term for these silvery lines that sometimes appear on the skin during pregnancy'

Answer: stretch marks


Question: 'In 1587 Elizabeth I signed the execution order for this cousin of hers'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'Break down "fish in Nile" & get this end point of a race'

Answer: finish line


Question: 'This platform used during construction may have a brick guard so those below don't get conked'

Answer: the scaffold


Question: 'Completes the line from Luke 11:23, "He that is not with me is..."'

Answer: against me


Question: 'Song in which Don Henley could "see you, your brown skin shinin' in the sun"'

Answer: "The Boys of Summer"


Question: 'The umbilical cord connects the baby to this organ, which is attached to the mom's uterus'

Answer: the placenta


Question: 'Things got truly revolutionary in Russia in this year when the Russian royal family was assassinated'

Answer: 1918


Question: 'Break down "Germany" & get this Sally whom Harry met on film'

Answer: Meg Ryan


Question: 'Any wall providing the main support to a floor or the roof is called a structural wall or this'

Answer: a load-bearing wall


Question: 'In his short book, Jude describes this pair of cities as "suffering the vengeance of eternal fire"'

Answer: Sodom & Gomorrah


Question: 'It's the seasonal phrase in the first line of a Shakespeare history play'

Answer: "Now is the winter of our discontent"


Question: 'Before this is done on a pregnant woman, she drinks a lot of water & gets a gel applied'

Answer: ultrasound


Question: 'This well-known princess tragically died after a car crash in 1982'

Answer: Princess Grace


Question: 'Break down "dosage" & get this, someone like Poseidon'

Answer: sea god


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  This 4-letter type of concrete foundation saves money by also serving as the floor of the ground level'

Answer: the slab floor


Question: 'The "he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her" quotation concerned this crime'

Answer: adultery


Question: 'On the soundtrack of this weepy Winona Ryder film, you'll find the classic song of the same title'

Answer: Autumn in New York


Question: 'A 4- to 5-inch needle is used in this procedure that tests the fluid surrounding the fetus for genetic disorders'

Answer: amniocentesis


Question: 'France's King Henry II died in 1559 after he was wounded during one of these tournaments'

Answer: jousting tournament


Question: 'Break down "electron motor" & get this device that can operate it from a distance'

Answer: remote control


Question: 'The 440-million-pound Sears Tower is supported by 114 of these driven down to the bedrock'

Answer: pilings


Question: 'The other 5 categories on the board all take their titles from chapter 3 of this book'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: 'Seen here is where the czars used to hang their fur hats'

Answer: the Winter Palace


Question: 'These contractions are known as "false labor"'

Answer: Braxton Hicks


Question: 'After a decades-long battle to reclaim her throne, this former queen died Nov. 11, 1917 in Honolulu, Hawaii'

Answer: Liliuokalani


Question: 'Many skyscrapers have a stiff core that acts as the building's spine & also contains this column'

Answer: the elevator column


Question: 'As a youngster, Claude Monet did these exaggerated portraits popular with today's street artists'

Answer: caricatures


Question: 'Special delivery for the Lakers, who signed this forward, "The Mailman", in 2003'

Answer: Karl Malone


Question: 'The yellow flowers of this lawn herb can be used to make wine & its greens can be used to make salads'

Answer: the dandelion


Question: 'This "great" owl of North America has tufts of feathers called "ears"'

Answer: great horned owl


Question: 'Although most Indonesians are Muslims, this is the predominant religion on Bali'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'One of his 7 voyages took him to Serendib'

Answer: Sinbad


Question: '"The Portrait of a Lady on a Balcony" done around 1504-14 & hanging in the Louvre is better known as this'

Answer: the "Mona Lisa"


Question: 'This female soccer star earned the nickname "Jordan" after a certain basketball player'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: 'Use this company's "Turf Builder" on your lawn & it'll stay green all summer long'

Answer: Scott\'s


Question: 'The largest of songbirds, this large crow belongs to the genus Corvus'

Answer: the Raven


Question: 'This African country consists of 2 main islands with 95% of the population living on Sao Tome'

Answer: Sao Tome and Principe


Question: 'Now meaning evil or menacing, this adjective is from the Latin for "left"'

Answer: sinister


Question: 'The Van Eyck bros. weren't the 1st to use these paints, though sometimes creditied with it; they date back much earlier'

Answer: oils


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island)  His "Days of Grace" include July 5, 1975 when he became the first African-American male to win the Wimbledon singles title'

Answer: Arthur Ashe


Question: 'Perhaps to save the cost of cutting the White House lawn during World War I, these animals were grazed there'

Answer: sheep


Question: 'The Gila woodpecker of the American Southwest lives in a cavity of this giant cactus'

Answer: the Saguaro


Question: 'Spanish is the official language of this island but a Polynesian language called Rapanui is also spoken'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'A tough tissue connecting muscle to bone'

Answer: sinew


Question: 'Gustave Moreau was well known as a painter of this Biblical dancer'

Answer: Salome


Question: 'In 2003 this pitcher returned to the Dodgers announcing games for a Spanish-language radio station'

Answer: (Fernando) Valenzuela


Question: 'Grass for your lawn includes St. Augustine, Bahia & a variety named for this British Atlantic island'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'This stork-like wading bird was revered by the ancient Egyptians; the god Thoth was pictured with the head of one'

Answer: the ibis


Question: 'France owns 61% of this West Indian island; the Netherlands, 39%'

Answer: St. Martin/St. Maarten


Question: 'They're the dominant ethnic group in Sri Lanka'

Answer: the Sinhalese


Question: 'As it's what J.M.W. Turner did best, "Hannibal & His Army Crossing the Alps" is set during one of these'

Answer: a snowstorm


Question: 'She became a household name by playing a PGA Tour event -- the Bank of America Colonial; she missed the cut'

Answer: Annika Sorenstam


Question: 'If the soil in your lawn is acidic, add lime; if it's too alkaline, add this yellow element'

Answer: sulphur


Question: 'Jamaica is a leading source of this ore from which aluminum is extracted'

Answer: bauxite


Question: 'Culiacan is the capital city of this Mexican state'

Answer: Sinaloa


Question: 'A November 2003 report said better tree trimming may have prevented this event that affected 50 million people in August'

Answer: the power blackout


Question: '"The children were nestled all snug in their beds, while visions of" these "danced in their heads"'

Answer: Sugarplums


Question: 'Jean Nidetch founded this organization in 1963 after she lost 72 pounds'

Answer: Weight Watchers


Question: 'In October 1996 Superman got married in his own comic book & on this TV show'

Answer: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman


Question: 'In 1997 Mattel sued Miller'$, a magazine devoted to this fashion doll, for copyright infringement'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'Jove, by jove, is another name for this Roman god'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'When Scrooge's nephew says, "A Merry Christmas, Uncle!  God save you!", Scrooge replies, "Bah!" this'

Answer: Humbug


Question: '"Mamma in" this "and I in my cap, had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap"'

Answer: Her kerchief


Question: 'Alexander Graham Bell's son-in-law, Gilbert Grosvenor was president of this scientific society from 1920 to 1954'

Answer: National Geographic Society


Question: 'This former White House correspondent co-anchors "Primetime Live" with Diane Sawyer'

Answer: Sam Donaldson


Question: 'This building-block maker plans to open a theme park in Carlsbad, California  in 1999'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'This 2-faced god presided over doors & beginnings, such as the beginning of the year'

Answer: Janus


Question: 'This synonym for silliness might form a trio with Dickfoolery & Harryfoolery'

Answer: Tomfoolery


Question: 'St. Nick's reindeer were "more rapid" than these large birds'

Answer: Eagles


Question: 'It was formed in 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia & Venezuela'

Answer: OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries)


Question: 'MTV's 1997 spin-off "Daria" features a character from this moronic animated series'

Answer: Beavis and Butt-Head


Question: 'Ty's red heart logo on your "Bones the Dog" proves it's a genuine example of these stuffed animals'

Answer: Beanie Babies


Question: 'This messenger of the gods also conducted the souls of the dead to Hades'

Answer: Mercury/Hermes


Question: 'It's the kind of bed you might find in a cabin, or Henry Ford's definition of history'

Answer: Bunk


Question: '"He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, and his clothes were all tarnished with" these 2 items'

Answer: Ashes & soot


Question: 'In 1996 Adam Werbach, at 23, became the youngest pres. of this S.F.-based conservation group'

Answer: Sierra Club


Question: 'NBC refused to let this CBS talk show host use its clips on his 1997 prime-time special'

Answer: David Letterman


Question: 'Playmobil toys were introduced by this country's Geobra Brandstatter in 1974'

Answer: (West) Germany


Question: 'This Greek goddess of the hunt was also a goddess of virginity & oddly, childbirth'

Answer: Artemis


Question: 'The type of nonsense you'd expect to find aboard the Chinese boat of the same name'

Answer: Junk


Question: 'St. Nick exclaimed, "'ere he drove out of sight, 'Happy Christmas to all'" & this'

Answer: "and to all a good night"


Question: 'Founded by William Booth, this charitable Christian group operates in nearly 100 countries'

Answer: The Salvation Army


Question: 'Peter Boyle & Doris Roberts play the parents & neighbors of Ray Romano on this CBS sitcom'

Answer: Everybody Loves Raymond


Question: 'In 1997 Hasbro released the GI Joe seen here in honor of this historic general:'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'The laurel tree into which Daphne was transformed was sacred to this god who loved her'

Answer: Apollo


Question: 'It means swill or worthless stuff, though it sounds like something you'd bathe pigs in'

Answer: Hogwash


Question: 'This capital lies on the southern part of the Kanto plain, one of the largest areas of flat land in Japan'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'He won the Booker Prize for "Midnight's Children"; his "Satanic Verses" was nominated but didn't win'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'Polk offered Spain $100 million for this island 90 miles from Florida; Pierce offered $120 million'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Like Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin of this band went on to a solo career'

Answer: Go-Go\'s


Question: 'A common one is "water" in the road, caused by light passing through air at varying temperatures'

Answer: Mirage


Question: 'A Jewish toast to life, or to the health of author Potok'

Answer: L\'chaim


Question: 'This Libyan capital shares its name with a Lebanese city & both were founded by the Phoenicians'

Answer: Tripoli


Question: 'Paul Mellon named the Bollingen Prize for a town where this Swiss psychoanalyst lived'

Answer: Carl Jung


Question: 'After this bandit's attack on Columbus, N.M., General Pershing was sent in pursuit'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'Like Aretha Franklin, these sisters, Ruth, Jane & Anita, are the daughters of a minister'

Answer: The Pointer Sisters


Question: 'Type of "vision" defined as perceived outside the central area of the retina'

Answer: Peripheral


Question: 'Bogart makes this toast to Bergman in Paris before making it again, in "Casablanca"'

Answer: "Here\'s looking at you, kid"


Question: 'This city "sprouted" from Gallic-Roman settlements in the Senne valley prior to the 7th century A.D.'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'He "jockeyed" to win the 1996 Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery with "Come to Grief"'

Answer: Dick Francis


Question: 'In 1997 this former housing secretary was hired as president of the Univision TV network'

Answer: Henry Cisneros


Question: 'With the Blackhearts, she had the 1982 hit heard here: ("Crimson and Clover...")'

Answer: Joan Jett


Question: 'This part of the eye controlled by the iris is equivalent to the aperture of a camera'

Answer: Pupil


Question: 'A popular toast with bubbly is "Champagne to our real friends and real" this "to our sham friends"'

Answer: Pain


Question: 'This South American capital was named for the feast day of the Assumption of the Virgin'

Answer: Asuncion, Paraguay


Question: 'Following this Russian's name on the Nobel Prize for Literature list is "declined the prize" & "1958"'

Answer: Boris Pasternak (Doctor Zhivago)


Question: 'The Reagan administration backed the Contras' attempt to oust this country's Sandinista govt.'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'Bette Midler's film "The Rose" was based on this legendary vocalist who died in 1970'

Answer: Janis Joplin


Question: '3-word term for the optical phenomenon that makes motion pictures work'

Answer: persistence of vision


Question: 'Following "Our Country", it completes a jingoistic 1816 toast by Stephen Decatur'

Answer: Right or wrong


Question: 'Once called Niislel Khurehch, meaning "capital of Mongolia", it was given its present name in 1924'

Answer: Ulan Bator


Question: 'This Russian literary prize was established in 1881 & named for the author of "Eugene Onegin"'

Answer: Aleksandr Pushkin


Question: 'The U.S. recognized this country in 1903, 3 days after it declared its independence from Colombia'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill is a leader in this movement of angry "Grrrls"'

Answer: Riot Girls


Question: 'The book "Toasts" advises that this 2-word one is inappropriate at a boat race'

Answer: "Bottom\'s Up!"


Question: 'Queen Victoria was not amused when this animal ridden by kids at the London Zoo was sold to a U.S. showman'

Answer: Jumbo the elephant


Question: 'Lincoln's House Divided speech may "ring" in your ears at the State Capitol where he gave it, in this city'

Answer: Springfield


Question: 'Cheers to you if you will grace us with the name of this sitcom that cast Debbie Reynolds & Blythe Danner as moms'

Answer: Will & Grace


Question: 'Feline-sounding flogging whip'

Answer: a cat-o\'-nine-tails


Question: 'The ankle type of this is usually wider in circumference than the kind you wear around your wrist'

Answer: a bracelet


Question: 'A storm, not unusual in the Channel in February, ended a planned 1744 invasion by this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'The unlucky guy seen here is the hawk variety of this insect'

Answer: a moth


Question: 'Spending a day in this Western city?  Try to "cram" in a trip to the Crocker Art Museum'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'This TV show that deals with a Miami CSI team has characters named Sgt. James Doakes, Dexter Morgan & Rita Bennett'

Answer: Dexter


Question: 'Hat named after the hero of a 1791 poem by Robert Burns'

Answer: tam-o\'-shanter


Question: 'Once reportedly worn in a sultan's belt buckle, a 75-carat one of these green gems is now in the Smithsonian'

Answer: an emerald


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Spanish coast.)  Francis Drake's attacks on the Spanish province of Galicia were the last straw for Spain's king in deciding to gather this naval force'

Answer: the Spanish Armada


Question: 'The aphid species of this stinging flier is seen magnified here; you don't want to know what it does to aphids'

Answer: a wasp


Question: 'I'll quaff some "ale" at the Carolina Ale House in this capital'

Answer: Raleigh


Question: 'A line from this book: "Spring now comes unheralded by the return of birds, & the early mornings are strangely silent"'

Answer: Silent Spring


Question: 'Cubed spuds fried with green peppers & onions'

Answer: Potatoes O\'Brien


Question: 'A stunning pink type of this gem is sometimes harvested from the queen conch'

Answer: a pearl


Question: 'A Brit named Cassivellaunus opposed this Roman's invasion in the 50s B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Yikes!  It's the rhinoceros type of this common insect'

Answer: a beetle


Question: 'In an ESPN ad, Danica Patrick's race car is towed from a designated space as this ex-"SportsCenter" anchor looks on'

Answer: Dan Patrick


Question: 'Late afternoon stubble'

Answer: five o\'clock shadow


Question: 'The name of this jeweled ornament is pronounced like something you do to "the subject"'

Answer: brooch


Question: 'During WWII this German Air Force was supposed to soften up the Brits, paving the way for Operation Sea Lion'

Answer: the Luftwaffe


Question: 'It's easy to see how this insect got its familiar name'

Answer: a walking stick insect (stick insect accepted)


Question: 'A misleading hope, or phosphorescent light seen at night over a marsh'

Answer: will-o\'-the-wisp


Question: 'Sunlight may change the color of this traditional November birthstone that's often a sunny shade of yellow'

Answer: topaz


Question: 'In 1667 Admiral de Ruyter of this European power led an expedition up the Medway River to within 20 miles of London'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'Did she or didn't she?  Only an entomologist knows for sure, but it's this type of grasshopper seen here'

Answer: a katydid


Question: 'Women should have this test regularly to screen for cervical cancer'

Answer: the Pap test


Question: 'After leaving Oakland in 1975, this pitcher signed a $3.75 million contract with the Yankees, the richest in MLB'

Answer: Jim "Catfish" Hunter


Question: 'Reason for the 2006 recall of the novel "How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild & Got A Life"'

Answer: plagiarism


Question: 'At the 2008 Democratic Natl. Convention, daughter Chelsea introduced her as "my hero and my mother"'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'A part of the body: <br />cerebro'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'The first intl. cricket match took place in September 1844; Canada beat this neighbor by 23 runs'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'A 2008 Toronto study found that doctors are more likely to recommend replacing this joint in men'

Answer: the knee


Question: 'Bill Parcells got his nickname of the "Big" this when he likened himself to a StarKist commercial'

Answer: Tuna


Question: 'Her next book after "Fear of Flying" was a poetry collection, "Loveroot"'

Answer: Erica Jong


Question: 'Sadly, she died in 1934, just a year before daughter Irene won a Nobel Prize for chemistry'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'A place to stew: <br />cocina'

Answer: a kitchen


Question: 'Cricket is played between teams (or "sides") of this many players each--handy if a football game breaks out'

Answer: 11


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew indicates some spines.) Normally, the spine is pretty straight from the neck to the tailbone; in this condition the spine curves in an "S" or a "C" shape & may require surgery'

Answer: scoliosis


Question: 'Given his last name, this Lefty for the White Sox & Cubs was naturally nicknamed "Rainbow"'

Answer: (Steve) Trout


Question: 'Artax was Atreyu's mount in this "interminable" kids tale'

Answer: The Neverending Story


Question: 'Reportedly, the Manhattan cocktail was created for a banquet given by this British P.M.'s Amer. mum Jennie'

Answer: (Winston) Churchill


Question: 'A novel:<br />"Cien Años de Soledad"'

Answer: One Hundred Years of Solitude


Question: 'Cricket's World Cup is contested every 4 years; crikey! This country has now won 3 straight'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'It's estimated that 1 in 150 children in the U.S. have this disability whose name is partly from the Greek for "self"'

Answer: autism


Question: 'This former UConn guard got a change of scenery in 2007 & won a championship ring with the Celtics'

Answer: Ray Allen


Question: 'This Behrendt & Tuccillo book, now a movie, is subtitled "The no-excuses truth to understanding guys"'

Answer: He\'s Just Not That Into You


Question: 'She was the mom of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife'

Answer: Queen Isabella of Spain


Question: 'A metallic element: <br />plomo'

Answer: lead


Question: 'This diagnostic procedure uses ultrasound to image the heart; a "stress" one is done after some form of exercise'

Answer: an echocardiogram


Question: 'Nickname of the NFL's Kenneth Gant & of his dance that featured an upraised hand to look like a fin'

Answer: The Shark


Question: 'This "Fight Club" author's book "Rant" is described as the "oral biography" of a serial killer'

Answer: Chuck Palahniuk


Question: 'This saint & mother of Constantine the great is credited with finding the True Cross'

Answer: Saint Helena


Question: 'A proverb:<br />"Pensar antes de hablar"'

Answer: Think before you speak


Question: 'The 1949 shooting of Philly 1B Eddie Waitkus by Ruth Steinhagen inspired this novel, later a 1984 film'

Answer: The Natural


Question: 'The ciliata are considered the most highly evolved organisms consisting of just 1 of these'

Answer: Cells


Question: 'He was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'This novel about a mouse-like boy became a 1999 movie'

Answer: "Stuart Little"


Question: 'This California city also includes 90211 & 90212'

Answer: Beverly Hills


Question: 'The "sweet" type of this has about 120 calories per 4 baked ounces, no more than the regular type'

Answer: Potato


Question: 'Release kitty from confinement in a sack'

Answer: Let the cat out of the bag


Question: 'To draw food in, vorticella create one of these, also called a vortex'

Answer: Whirlpool


Question: 'This coin is 2 bits'

Answer: Quarter


Question: 'In the 1999 movie version of this Shakespeare play, Rupert Everett & Michelle Pfeiffer are the king & queen of fairies'

Answer: "A Midsummer Night\'s Dream"


Question: 'Zip codes starting with 999 are in this state, in places like Ketchikan & Metlakatla'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This sweet substance has about 145 calories per ounce & each American consumes about 11 pounds of it a year'

Answer: Chocolate


Question: 'Resembling H2O dripping down from one mallard's dorsal region'

Answer: Like water off a duck\'s back


Question: 'This organism seen here always has pseudopods & sometimes an "O" in its name:'

Answer: Amoeba


Question: 'Bird that's the "bushman's clock" in Australia'

Answer: Kookaburra


Question: 'Winston Groom's novel was the basis for this 1994 film about a man with an IQ of 75'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'This Virginia suburb where famous dead are remembered has the easily remembered code 22222'

Answer: Arlington


Question: 'If you can afford the calories as well as the price, a tablespoon of this sturgeon product has about 40'

Answer: Caviar


Question: 'Participating with one cent, participating with 100 p.'

Answer: In for a penny, in for a pound


Question: 'Radiolarians have tiny versions of these supporting structures, made of silica rather than bone'

Answer: Skeletons


Question: 'It's also called catmint'

Answer: Catnip


Question: 'John Irving adapted his own novel into this 1999 film in which orphan Tobey Maguire works in an apple orchard'

Answer: The Cider House Rules


Question: '50010 is found in the heartland, Ames in this state'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'A large one has about 80 calories, so that was 4,000 calories for Cool Hand Luke'

Answer: Hard-boiled egg


Question: 'Having sufficient volume to rouse corpses from their slumbers'

Answer: Loud enough to wake the dead


Question: 'One nasty flagellate causes African trypanosomiasis, this disease marked by lethargy'

Answer: Sleeping sickness


Question: 'Also known as Wild Bill, Mr. Hickok's real first name was this, not William'

Answer: James Butler Hickok


Question: 'David Guterson's book about racism in the Pacific Northwest became this 1999 film that stars a brooding Ethan hawke'

Answer: Snow Falling on Cedars


Question: 'In the '90s the Spiegel Catalog warehouse moved to Groveport, Ohio 43125 from this city 60609'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'This McDonald's item "weighs" in at 430 calories -- with cheese, 530'

Answer: Quarter Pounder


Question: 'Relate stories while not within a learning establishment'

Answer: Tell tales out of school


Question: 'President Reagan's alliterative description of the USSR; he softened it at a 1988 summit meaning'

Answer: "Evil Empire"


Question: 'Introduced in 1948, these items let jazz become more complex by allowing longer performances on a single side'

Answer: LPs


Question: 'Before "NYPD Blue", Dennis Franz played detective Sal Benedetto & Lt. Norman Buntz on this cop drama'

Answer: Hill Street Blues


Question: 'If this insect were to "fly away home", it might fly to Massachusetts, where it's the state insect'

Answer: Ladybug


Question: 'She's 1 of 2 Clinton appointees'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: '"Magandang Gabi" means "Good Evening" in Tagalog, a major language spoken in ____'

Answer: The Philippines


Question: 'Future leader Yuri Andropov was the double-dealing envoy to this country before the 1956 uprising'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Look away, look away, look away, it's a revivalist style of New Orleans jazz'

Answer: Dixieland


Question: 'Franz Gruber wrote the music & Joseph Mohr the lyrics to this "quiet" Christmas carol'

Answer: "Silent Night"


Question: 'West Virginia shares this "sweet" state tree with 3 other states, including Vermont'

Answer: Sugar maple


Question: 'This great-grandson of a slave served as an associate justice from 1967 to 1991'

Answer: Thurgood Marshall


Question: 'The person seen here is an avid ____ :<br />(checking stamps)'

Answer: Philatelist


Question: 'In 1978 & 1981 Soviet defector Viktor Korchnoi lost championship chess matches to this Russian "K"'

Answer: Anatoly Karpov


Question: 'Billy Strayhorn composed classics like "Take The 'A' Train" during his collaboration with this bandleader'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'Max Brod befriended this budding writer while in college in Prague'

Answer: Franz Kafka


Question: 'It's the state gem of Arkansas'

Answer: Diamond


Question: 'Hot dog!  This justice appointed by FDR was born in Vienna'

Answer: Felix Frankfurter


Question: 'According to Hamlet, "There are more things in heaven and Earth...than are dreamt of in your ____"'

Answer: Philosophy


Question: 'Before Leningrad, St. Petersburg was given this Russian-sounding name at the start of WWI'

Answer: Petrograd


Question: 'In 1998 Ellis, patriarch of this jazz family, released his own trio album, "Twelve's It"'

Answer: Marsalis


Question: 'In 1925 Prof. Franz Boas sent this author & anthropologist on her first field study in American Samoa'

Answer: Margaret Mead


Question: 'It's the "Granite State"'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'A famous 1794 treaty resolving disputes between the U.S. & Britain is named for this chief justice who negotiated it'

Answer: John Jay (Jay Treaty or Treaty of London)


Question: 'By nationality, the guy in the foreground in the Biblical illustration seen here is a ____ :<br />(David and Goliath)'

Answer: Philistine


Question: 'Stalin suppressed nationalities in Russia, though he came from this region that's now its own country'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'In the '70s Weather Report had "nuclear" results with this style that combined jazz & rock'

Answer: Fusion


Question: 'Franz Schubert wrote over 600 musical pieces known by this German word for songs'

Answer: Lieder


Question: 'Contrary to popular opinion, this yellowish state flower of Nebraska & Kentucky doesn't cause hay fever'

Answer: Goldenrod


Question: 'Before becoming chief justice in 1864, he'd been Secretary of the Treasury & governor of Ohio'

Answer: Salmon P. Chase


Question: 'Dennis Rodman's father, who reportedly has 27 children, has the first name ____, which means "to womanize"'

Answer: Philander


Question: 'Article of clothing named for an old character who dressed in loose trousers in Commedia Dell'arte'

Answer: Pantaloons (named for Pantalone)


Question: 'St. Valentine is the patron saint of these, which "the world will always welcome"'

Answer: lovers


Question: '1983: This singer's "Thriller"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'He "was a merry old soul, and a merry old soul was he"'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'Shalom'

Answer: Hebrew


Question: 'Georgians Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall & George Walton all signed this document in 1776'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'This botanist is in the U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame for a variety of peach he developed, not his potato'

Answer: (Luther) Burbank


Question: 'He's the patron saint of travelers & motorists; give him a medal'

Answer: St. Christopher


Question: '1995: Her "Jagged Little Pill"'

Answer: Alanis Morissette


Question: 'He said, "What a good boy am I!"--if he's so good, why was he in the corner?'

Answer: (Little Jack) Horner


Question: 'Salaam'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'From 1942 to 1961 it was the occupation of William Hartsfield, for whom Atlanta's Intl. Airport is named'

Answer: mayor


Question: 'Available in 100 proof & 76 proof varieties, this "Southern" potent potable is a peach-flavored bourbon liqueur'

Answer: Southern Comfort


Question: 'This biblical husband is the patron saint of carpenters'

Answer: Joseph


Question: '1979: His "52nd Street"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: '"Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over" this'

Answer: the candlestick


Question: 'Pax'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'This Georgia native won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964'

Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'The main European producer of peaches is this nation, growing vast quantities of them in its Campania region'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'St. Vitus is the patron saint of these performers'

Answer: dancers


Question: '1985: His "No Jacket Required"'

Answer: Phil Collins


Question: 'Mary, Mary who grows silver bells in her garden is quite this, opposite in position or character'

Answer: contrary


Question: 'Paz'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'This Georgia-born Secretary of State served under 2 presidents from 1961 to 1969'

Answer: Dean Rusk


Question: 'This sweet fruit is known as the "peach of the tropics"'

Answer: the mango


Question: 'These hospital employees have their patron in St. Agatha'

Answer: nurses


Question: '2009: Her "Fearless"'

Answer: Taylor Swift


Question: 'This little guy "runs through the town, upstairs and downstairs, in his nightgown"'

Answer: Wee Willie Winkie


Question: 'Paix'

Answer: French


Question: 'In 1540 this Spaniard became the first European to explore the interior of Georgia'

Answer: Hernando de Soto


Question: 'The word peach comes from Malum persicum, meaning "apple of" this empire'

Answer: Persia


Question: 'The shallowest of the Great Lakes, it was the site of a U.S. naval victory in 1813'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'In this 2010 Coen Brothers Western, Hailee Steinfeld as young Mattie finally catches up with Josh Brolin'

Answer: True Grit


Question: 'A temporary loss of the voice is a symptom of this, inflammation of the mucous membrane of the voice box'

Answer: laryngitis


Question:
'Chin rest,
scroll,
bridge'

Answer: violin


Question: '"If there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans, it's that we all hated the bank bailout"'

Answer: Barack Obama


Question: '"Slaughter" ends in -er; this other word for the killing of many ends in -re'

Answer: massacre


Question: 'Rising on the Langres Plateau & heading for the capital, it's the second-longest river in France'

Answer: the Seine


Question: 'In "Legends of the Fall", "It was a good death" as he gets killed by the grizzly he wounded as a kid'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'On a blood test, a level of 60 or above of this, the "good cholesterol", is healthy'

Answer: HDL


Question:
'Buoyancy compensator,
emergency regulator,
purge valve,
air tank'

Answer: scuba gear


Question: '"Five years ago, our college campuses were a battleground"'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'The name of this man-eating fairy tale monster was popularized by French author Charles Perrault'

Answer: ogre


Question: 'The name of this South American estuary means "silver river"'

Answer: Río de la Plata


Question: 'In "Seven Pounds" this actor gets in a bathtub with a deadly box jellyfish'

Answer: Will Smith


Question: 'From the Greek for "stopper", it's a clot, as of fat or blood, that can get lodged in a blood vessel & obstruct it'

Answer: embolism


Question:
'Rotor blade,
skid,
horizontal stabilizer'

Answer: a helicopter


Question: '"We must guard against feverish building of vast armaments to meet glibly predicted moments of... 'maximum peril'"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Composed of calcium carbonate & conchiolin, it creates the iridescent effect attributed to pearls'

Answer: nacre


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram comparing sea level & various depths on the monitor.)  Starting at sea level, here is the Empire State Building & the world's tallest building, compared to the full depth of this oceanic trench'

Answer: the Marianas Trench


Question: 'In this film Dennis Hopper tells a Tarantino tale to Christopher Walken, who laughs, but isn't really that amused'

Answer: True Romance


Question: 'The adenoids are also called the pharyngeal these'

Answer: tonsils


Question:
'If the $1200 response gets in big trouble--
brake loop,
canopy,
stabilizer'

Answer: a parachute


Question: '"'Mister Sam' Rayburn is gone.  Neither this house nor the nation is the same without him"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'The Tyndale Bible translated a Greek passage meaning "shameful gain", as "filthy" this'

Answer: lucre


Question: 'Once the name of a country, this is still the name of a lake in East Central Africa with a depth of over 4,700 feet'

Answer: Tanganyika


Question: 'Woody Harrelson kills Rodney Dangerfield in a fish tank in this movie'

Answer: Natural Born Killers


Question: 'It's the 2-word term for the birth defect in which the roof of the mouth fails to close'

Answer: cleft palate


Question:
'Winds,
dragons,
season tiles'

Answer: a mah-jongg set


Question: '"I know Congress had to... invite me & it could've been a close vote.  So, Mr. VP, I appreciate you being here to break the tie"'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'This quality of sound distinguishes it from other sounds of the same pitch & volume'

Answer: timbre


Question: 'The longest period in American history with no changes to the Constitution was from 1804 to this year'

Answer: 1865


Question: 'On February 15, 1898 the U.S. battleship Maine blew up in this Cuban capital's harbor'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'This duo had hits in the '60s with "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" & "Unchained Melody"'

Answer: the Righteous Brothers


Question: 'The 2003 TV special "100 Years of Hope and Humor" celebrated this entertainer's first 100 years'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'To write the book "Newjack", Ted Conover spent a year in this job at Sing Sing'

Answer: corrections officer


Question: 'The primary colors are red, yellow & this'

Answer: blue


Question: 'A chunky flying mammal'

Answer: fat bat


Question: 'This "King of the Wild Frontier" once claimed to have killed 105 bears during a few months in 1825'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'Siblings Debra, Joni, Kim & Kathy make up this group that sang the aptly titled "We Are Family"'

Answer: Sister Sledge


Question: 'In Europe, 1 euro is made up of 100 of these; feels like home'

Answer: cents


Question: 'People who don't want their day in court can have problems with these people, AKA bail enforcement agents'

Answer: bounty hunters


Question: 'Traveling 1 astronomical unit from the sun, you should just reach this planet'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'A life preserver for a nanny or a billy'

Answer: goat float


Question: 'The "War on" this, approved by Congress in August of 1964, included VISTA, Volunteers in Service to America'

Answer: poverty


Question: 'This group made its Top 40 debut with "California Dreamin'"'

Answer: the Mamas and the Papas


Question: 'Of 93 years, 116 years or 131 years, the actual length of the Hundred Years War'

Answer: 116


Question: 'A 2002 study found this job, perhaps on the Dogger Bank, is Britain's riskiest profession'

Answer: fisherman


Question: 'It's the international name for the Centigrade scale'

Answer: Celsius


Question: 'Carriage for a cucaracha'

Answer: roach coach


Question: 'What's known as the second of these programs began with FDR's January 4, 1935 message to Congress'

Answer: the New Deal


Question: 'In the mid-'60s Frank Zappa's record label made him lengthen the name of his band to this (perhaps out of necessity)'

Answer: Mothers of Invention


Question: 'On March 2, 1962 this NBA superstar scored 100 points in one game'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in front of an oil rig in Oklahoma City)  From his coarse appearance, it's a term for a person who works on an oil rig, other than a driller'

Answer: roughneck


Question: 'In 1909 Soren Sorensen came up with this scale to measure acidity'

Answer: pH scale


Question: 'River horses' trademark cigarette lighters'

Answer: hippos\' Zippos


Question: 'John Smith was among the early members on the Council of Seven that governed this Virginia colony'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'Kid Rock's DJ, he went solo with the song heard here'

Answer: Uncle Kracker


Question: 'This state gave us senators 99 & 100'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: '2 assistants left Jayde Hanson, this type of circus performer, who admits, "My concentration wavers"'

Answer: knife thrower


Question: 'This element's name is from the Latin for "charcoal"'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'A sudden quick thrust to grab a porous marine invertebrate'

Answer: sponge lunge


Question: 'This book by Virginia Woolf inspired Michael Cunningham's novel "The Hours"'

Answer: "Mrs. Dalloway"


Question: 'In 1975 Jack Nicholson & Gena Rowlands won Golden Globes & amateur boxer Aaron Pryor won these'

Answer: the Golden Gloves


Question: 'Feinstein & Boxer'

Answer: California


Question: 'In August in Salt Lake City there's a festival for this Mideastern dance (& you thought Utahans were a staid bunch...)'

Answer: belly dancing


Question: 'At an April 2003 auction, a loincloth worn by this screen Tarzan didn't meet its reserve, so it wasn't sold'

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller


Question: 'It's equal to 1.057 quarts'

Answer: liter


Question: 'The first line of this Philip Roth novella is "The first time I saw Brenda she asked me to hold her glasses"'

Answer: "Goodbye, Columbus"


Question: 'Britain's 200-year-old Rumford Medal is given for discoveries about heat or this form of energy'

Answer: light


Question: 'Kyl & McCain'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Directional corner of Utah that's home to 1/4 of the Four Corners Monument'

Answer: southeast


Question: 'MGM rejected this Olympic swimmer for the role in 1931; in 1933 he played it for another film company'

Answer: Buster Crabbe


Question: '(Hi, I'm Hal Sparks)  In the Women's National Basketball Association, the Sparks play their home games in this city'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'In 2003 Spenser & Hawk returned in a novel called "Back Story" by this author'

Answer: Robert B. Parker


Question: 'The award seen here, named for a man killed on the job, is given for this type of work'

Answer: journalism


Question: 'Edwards & Dole'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'This Mormon left his name on the Utah canyon seen here, which he described as "a hell of a place to lose a cow"'

Answer: Ebenezer Bryce


Question: 'In a 1981 film Miles O'Keeffe was Tarzan to this lady's Jane'

Answer: Bo Derek


Question: 'This family of archaeologists has made many important fossil discoveries in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge'

Answer: the Leakeys


Question: 'This 2002 novel by Yann Martel tells the story of 16-year-old Pi Patel, who survives a shipwreck'

Answer: "Life of Pi"


Question: 'In 2003 engineering's prestigious Draper Prize went to the co-inventors of this 24-satellite system'

Answer: GPS (Global Positioning System)


Question: 'Cornyn & Hutchinson'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'To demonstrate the acoustics in this Salt Lake City building, tour guides will drop a pin'

Answer: the Mormon Tabernacle


Question: 'We guess that starring as Tarzan in 1984's "Greystoke" made him a Highlander ape man'

Answer: Christopher Lambert


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville)  The Kentucky Derby is run on a track made of this, a mixture of sand, silt & clay'

Answer: loam


Question: 'His "Myth of Sisyphus" outlined his theory of the absurd'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'Thomas Mann won the prize named for this German author in 1949, his bicentennial'

Answer: Goethe


Question: 'Hagel & Nelson'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'In the 1870s silver brought folks in droves to this city; now it's the silver screen that's the draw each January'

Answer: Park City


Question: 'This TV "Pretender" was the voice of "Disney's Tarzan" on TV'

Answer: Michael T. Weiss


Question: 'Woe is me!  This book follows Jeremiah in the Bible'

Answer: Lamentations


Question: 'Verdi's Nabucco, who's also known by a longer form of his name, is the king of this ancient place'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'Romanians enjoy eating mamaliga, a bread or mush made from this meal'

Answer: Cornmeal


Question: 'It was the title number of Beacon Street & Jump Street'

Answer: 21


Question: 'Originally a case to hold medieval goblets called hanaps, it's a covered basket used for laundry'

Answer: Hamper


Question: 'An early version had 4 & 20 naughty boys in a pie; it was changed to these feathered friends'

Answer: Blackbirds


Question: 'In July of 1996 an era in baseball ended when this Dodgers manager retired after 20 seasons'

Answer: Tommy Lasorda


Question: 'Skating venue<br />            (4)'

Answer: Rink


Question: 'Dominica was discovered on this day of the week, hence its name'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'Bill Cullen hosted this many "on a match" & Dick Enberg hosted this many "for the money"'

Answer: Three


Question: 'Barbara Mandrell sang about "sleeping single in" one of these, also called a full-sized'

Answer: Double Bed


Question: 'According to the rhyme, she had a little crook'

Answer: Little Bo Peep


Question: 'This Nation of Islam leader formerly went by the name Louis X'

Answer: Louis Farrakhan


Question: 'Seismic scale<br />            (7)'

Answer: Richter


Question: 'The Count of Urgel was the first known ruler of this country in the Pyrenees'

Answer: Andorra


Question: 'Life-threatening situations were re-enacted on this series hosted by William Shatner'

Answer: "Rescue 911"


Question: 'From a Latin word for bacon, it's a pantry or cellar in which food is stored'

Answer: Larder


Question: 'Webster's defines this 6-letter word as a low seat; Chambers' defines it as a mound'

Answer: Tuffet


Question: 'This actress, who stopped traffic in "It Happened One Night", passed away in 1996'

Answer: Claudette Colbert


Question: 'Knee jerk<br />           (6)'

Answer: Reflex


Question: 'In Rio de Janeiro, this "sweet" landmark is known as Pan de Azucar'

Answer: Sugarloaf Mountain


Question: 'On its 1978 debut, this ABC newsmagazine was hosted by Harold Hayes & Robert Hughes - they lasted one show'

Answer: "20/20"


Question: 'Room in which you're most likely to find a salamander, a poacher & a savarin'

Answer: Kitchen


Question: '"These two fruits, say the bells of St. Clemon's"'

Answer: Oranges & Lemons


Question: 'Bob Kerrey & J. James Exon, senators from this state, have also served as its governor'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Musical mass for the dead<br />           (7)'

Answer: Requiem


Question: 'The Schwedagon pagoda in this Myanmar city may have been built more than 2000 years ago'

Answer: Yangon


Question: 'Room of Walt Whitman High featured in a 1969-1974 series'

Answer: 222


Question: 'From Old French for watchtower, it's a room under a sloping roof, often rented by starving artists'

Answer: Garret


Question: 'Completes "As your bright and tiny spark lights the traveler in the dark, though I know not what you are"'

Answer: "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star"


Question: 'After leaving China in 1935, this architect studied at M.I.T. & became a U.S. citizen in 1954'

Answer: I.M. Pei


Question: 'Painter Pierre Auguste<br />           (6)'

Answer: Renoir


Question: 'In 1977 Bank of America changed the name of its Bank Americard to this 4-letter word'

Answer: Visa


Question: 'Near the end of this tragedy, Lodovico tells Gratiano to "seize upon the fortunes of the Moor"'

Answer: "Othello"


Question: 'Quartz is more effective than glass for making lenses for this kind of light, UV for short'

Answer: Ultraviolet


Question: 'If you visit the Turks & Caicos Islands, you may see Jojo, a friendly bottlenosed one of these mammals'

Answer: Dolphin


Question: 'This Jordanian king is a direct descendant of the prophet Mohammed'

Answer: King Hussein


Question: 'Popular in 1830s England, "gonof", a slang term for pickpocket, appears in his novel "Bleak House"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'In June of 1970, fighting between Israel & Syria reached new heights on these heights'

Answer: The Golan Heights


Question: 'In this play's first scene, Bernardo says, "Tis' now struck twelve and a ghost appears soon after"'

Answer: "Hamlet"


Question: 'A fuel cell converts chemicals directly into this type of energy'

Answer: Electrical


Question: 'Montserrat is the Caribbean's "Emerald Isle" & this plant is stamped on your passport when you arrive'

Answer: The Shamrock


Question: 'In 1976 Carl XVI Gustaf of this country married Sylvia Sommerlath, a West German commoner'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'The word "fairlings" means presents bought at a fair in his novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi left Iran on vacation January 16, 1979, and 2 weeks later, this man returned from exile'

Answer: Ayatollah Khomeini


Question: 'Prospero's first line in this play is "Be collected - no more amazement"'

Answer: "The Tempest"


Question: 'Fluid dynamics is divided into aerodynamics, the study of gases in motion, & this study of liquids in motion'

Answer: Hydrodynamics


Question: 'The name of this Jamaican resort means "eight rivers", but originated as a corruption of Choreras'

Answer: Ocho Rios


Question: 'Albert II, who succeeded Baudoin I as king of this country, had been expected to refuse the throne'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'This author used the word "eleemosynary", which means charitable, in the 1st line of "Tom Jones"'

Answer: Henry Fielding


Question: 'Presidents re-elected in 1971 include South Korea's Park Chung Hee & this country's Nguyen Van Thieu'

Answer: South Vietnam


Question: 'When Benedict says "Come, bid me do anything for thee", she says "Much ado - kill Claudio"'

Answer: Beatrice


Question: 'This radioactive metal is the heaviest naturally occuring element'

Answer: Uranium


Question: 'Willemstad is the capital of this island known for a famous liqueur'

Answer: Curacao


Question: 'This current king became Saudi minister of education in 1953'

Answer: King Fahd


Question: 'He invented words such as "vlossyhair" for "Finnegan's Wake"; vlossy is the Polish word for hair'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: 'The Senate Watergate Committee was also called this, after the senator who headed it'

Answer: The Ervin Committee


Question: 'He's the king of the fairies in medieval legend as well as in "A Midsummer Nights' Dream"'

Answer: Oberon


Question: 'Robert Bunsen could identify an element by examining this, the pattern of wavelengths its light makes'

Answer: Spectrum


Question: 'The Musee Volcanologique on this island displays relics from the 1902 volcanic eruption'

Answer: Martinique


Question: 'In 1986, Prince Makhosetwe was crowned King Mswati III of this landlocked African country'

Answer: Swaziland


Question: 'Title character who says, "Here I am noble, I am Boyer", meaning he belongs to a privileged class in Romania'

Answer: Count Dracula


Question: 'Of the 4 states that border Lake Michigan, the one whose name is not derived from a Native American word'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'To get this 3-toed animal to move faster, you might say, "Ai, wish you'd shake a leg!"'

Answer: a sloth


Question: 'After playing for Queen Victoria, his Wild West Show's billing read "From prairie to palace"'

Answer: Buffalo Bill (Cody)


Question: 'Country that is home to Royal Copenhagen Porcelain'

Answer: Denmark


Question: '14-week streak of #1 Beatles hits on the 1964 charts was broken when Satchmo sang this show tune'

Answer: "Hello Dolly"


Question: 'In track & field, a runner finishes the race when this part of the body crosses the finish line'

Answer: the chest


Question: 'Snow geese are found naturally only on this continent'

Answer: North America


Question: 'After inventing it, he arranged to have his revolver produced in Eli Whitney's factory'

Answer: Samuel Colt


Question: 'Of trains, buses, or taxicabs, the one you can't ride in Iceland because they haven't any'

Answer: trains


Question: 'Singer-composer who wore wire-rimmed glasses & played the autoharp for the Lovin' Spoonful'

Answer: John Sebastian


Question: '"Stump the Stars" charade symbol for "That's exactly right"'

Answer: on the nose


Question: 'Among swine, it's boar, sow & pig, while among the ursids, it's boar, sow & this'

Answer: cub


Question: 'He was born Henry McCarty in NYC; it<br />s not known for sure where he got the name William H. Bonney'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'This country's ads invite you to "Come stay with friends"'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Bowie & Jagger do it today, but in 1964 this gal & her group were "Dancing In The Streets'

Answer: Martha & the Vandellas


Question: 'It's where a Civil War soldier would have worn his kepi'

Answer: on his head because it\'s a hat


Question: 'Now kept on 3rd Monday in Feb., Washington's Birthday traditionally was celebrated on this date'

Answer: 22nd (of February)


Question: 'Named for the sound it makes, the dik-dik is the smallest member of this group in the bovid family'

Answer: antelope


Question: 'World's largest cattle market was in this Kan. town where Wyatt Earp & Bat Masterson were marshalls'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: 'In Vatican City, the big toe of St. Peter's statue has worn away from tourists touching & doing this to it'

Answer: kissing it


Question: 'The three "words" Manfred Mann sang right after "Do wah diddy diddy"'

Answer: dum diddy do


Question: 'Gesture of the 3rd & last wise monkey in carving over the door of the sacred stable in Nikko, Japan'

Answer: (speak no evil)


Question: 'Holiday observed in the U.S.S.R. on November 7'

Answer: the anniversary of the revolution


Question: 'Moving at speeds of 175-180 mph, this "wandering" falcon is the fastest animal on earth'

Answer: the peregrine falcon


Question: 'Exactly 187 defenders were killed there March 6, 1836'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'Country where 1000s of tourists flock each year to a desolate region to look at the following:'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Their "96 Tears" punctuated the charts in 1966'

Answer: ? & the Mysterians


Question: 'He penned a campaign biography for Franklin Pierce and pinned "The Scarlet Letter" on Hester Prynne'

Answer: (Nathaniel) Hawthorne


Question: 'Few of this country's people are Buddhists, though Buddha spent most of his life there'

Answer: India


Question: 'The E in EPA'

Answer: Environmental


Question: '"The Big Apple does not grow in the Garden of Eden", this mayor explained'

Answer: Koch


Question: 'Founder of Russian science, Mikhail Vasilievich Lomonosov, has a crater named for him there'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'In "Fail Safe", it was the city "offed" as a tradeoff for Moscow'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'His experiences as a bombardier in WWII were the basis of the novel "Catch-22"'

Answer: Joseph Heller


Question: 'Currently the only Muslim spiritual leader to head a country'

Answer: Ayatollah Khomeini


Question: 'Mysterious & puzzling, like the Mona Lisa's smile'

Answer: enigmatic


Question: '"Those who labor in the Earth are the chosen people of God," said this President from Virginia'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'He was the first modern astronomer to chart the Southern Hemisphere, but didn't see'

Answer: Edmund Halley


Question: 'Child's game which convinced computer in "War Games" of the futility of nuclear war'

Answer: tic tac toe


Question: '"Little Women" is set during this war'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'Both Martin Luther King Sr. & Jr. were pastors of this Atlanta church'

Answer: Ebenezer Baptist Church


Question: 'Tradition says that King Solomon wrote this book of the Old Testament containing essays on life'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: 'Upon joining the Monastery, this botanist took on the name Gregor & later took up growing peas'

Answer: Mendel


Question: 'An amanita, of the cloudy shape of things to come'

Answer: a mushroom cloud


Question: 'Among his pen names were Jonathan Oldstyle, Gentleman & Diedrich Knickerbocker'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'To bubble, hiss or foam as gas escapes, or what game show contestants are encouraged to do'

Answer: to effervesce


Question: 'Famous quote to which Carl Schurz added, "When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right"'

Answer: "My Country, Right or Wrong"


Question: 'In 1895, Marie Sklodowska married this French chemist'

Answer: Pierre Curie


Question: 'Actor in "Dr. Strangelove" who dropped in on the Soviet Union astride a bomb'

Answer: Slim Pickens


Question: 'Author of "A Heap o' Livin'", listed in Avenel's companion to American Literature as "Famous Bad Poet"'

Answer: Edgar Guest


Question: 'President Polk's middle name indicates he was a descendant of this Scottish religious reformer'

Answer: John Knox


Question: 'Adjective that means an inferior & artificial substitute'

Answer: ersatz


Question: 'Asked what the Constitutional Convention had given us, he said, "A republic, if you can keep it"'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'From cowpox germs, he developed the smallpox vaccine'

Answer: Jenner


Question: 'Official nickname for the MX, it sounds like an example of Orwellian Newspeak'

Answer: the Peacekeeper


Question: '2 stars who have portrayed author/reporter Carl Bernstein or a character directly based on him in film'

Answer: Jack Nicholson & Dustin Hoffman


Question: 'Lots of chaps wear chaps in the Gaucho Parade in Salta in this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Jesus asked, if you have 100 of these animals & 1 is lost, don't you leave the 99 to go find the 1?'

Answer: the sheep


Question: 'Flat slab forming the top of a capital of a column (also an ancient calculator)'

Answer: an abacus


Question: 'The USA's Mariner 4 was the first probe to photograph the surface of this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'The Jolly guy in the logo for this veggie brand wears a one-shouldered leaf cloak'

Answer: Green Giant


Question: 'The science of flight'

Answer: aeronautics


Question: 'Children are the chefs & waiters at the Kinderkookkafe in this world capital'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'It's the sea in the line from Exodus "The sea covered them, they sank as lead in the mighty waters"'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'Gallery or balcony open on at least one side (& actor Robert)'

Answer: loggia


Question: 'Of a basketball, an SUV or a circus tent, the approximate size of Sputnik 1'

Answer: a basketball


Question: 'The logo of this French yogurt brand features a red & orange flower'

Answer: Yoplait


Question: 'Arizona's Petrified Forest is mostly this type of tree that has 4 vowels in a row'

Answer: a sequoia


Question: 'Have a 72-ounce steak at the Big Texan Steak Ranch in this Texas Panhandle city'

Answer: Amarillo


Question: 'The last Psalm begins & ends, "Praise ye the Lord", a translation of this Hebrew word'

Answer: hallelujah


Question: 'Stone laid on top of a wall from which an arch springs (it's also a season)'

Answer: summer


Question: 'In 1979 debris from the abandoned space station Skylab fell from orbit & dropped into this ocean'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'This brand's keystone label includes its pickle insignia'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'Shirley Hufstedler served under Jimmy Carter as the first Secretary of this department'

Answer: Education


Question: 'See one of Diego Rivera's last murals at the House of Dolores Olmedo in this resort city'

Answer: Acapulco


Question: 'Paul wrote 2 Epistles to the Corinthians, 2 to the Thessalonians & 2 to this individual'

Answer: Timothy


Question: 'Projecting part of a cornice (& a Mexican beer)'

Answer: corona


Question: 'In 1998 Nozomi was this nation's first spacecraft sent to study another planet'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A perched mother bird is feeding her young in the logo of this Swiss conglomerate'

Answer: Nestlé


Question: 'This word comes from the French for "self-movable"'

Answer: automobile


Question: 'The stunning stretch of coastline between Sorrento & Salerno is called this "Coast"'

Answer: The Amalfi


Question: 'In John, this high priest says, "One man should die for the people, and... the whole nation perish not"'

Answer: Caiaphas


Question: 'Monumental temple gateway in ancient Egypt (also a Faulkner novel) (Bonus: & an orange traffic cone)'

Answer: a pylon


Question: 'Greek name of NASA's series of probes launched in the mid-'70s to study the Sun'

Answer: Helios


Question: 'This mammal is in the Bacardi Rum logo'

Answer: a bat


Question: 'FEMA says to keep a full tank of gas in your car if this order seems likely'

Answer: evacuation


Question: 'Mendelssohn put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on the first movement of his "Italian" symphony'

Answer: allegro


Question: '...where we've met Zonker, B.D. & Boopsie'

Answer: Doonesbury


Question: 'His novel "Sister Carrie" sold fewer than 500 copies in its first edition'

Answer: (Theodore) Dreiser


Question: 'A Cuban 1-peso note shows Jose Marti on the obverse & this man entering Havana in 1959 on the reverse'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'Urging his execution, in 1792 Robespierre said this king "must perish because our country must live!"'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'It means "to the point of making one sick"'

Answer: ad nauseam


Question: 'Joseph Rheinberger played this instrument for his parish church at age 7 & wrote 2 notable sonatas for it'

Answer: the organ


Question: '...about a witch who was once married to Attila the Hun'

Answer: Broom-Hilda


Question: 'This experimental novelist named William published a 1953 account of drug addiction under the name William Lee'

Answer: (William) Burroughs


Question: 'This country's $50 bill features William Lyon Mackenzie King, its longest-serving prime minister'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'A busy guy, he was King of Italy (1900 to 1946), Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 to 1941) & King of Albania (1939 to 1943)'

Answer: Victor Emmanuel (III)


Question: 'Literally "rare bird", it's used today to describe something very unusual'

Answer: rara avis


Question: 'A 1725 notebook of compositions by this Baroque master bears the name of a wife who bore him 13 children'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: '...named for the character seen here (don't forget his degree)'

Answer: Rex Morgan, M.D.


Question: 'This novel by Richard Wright tells of Bigger Thomas, the product of a Chicago slum'

Answer: Native Son


Question: 'Pitcairn Island & the Cook Islands use this country's dollar as their currency'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the "magical" Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen, Denmark.) Denmark's fourth king of this name was a notable builder who contributed to the plans of Rosenborg Castle, constructed in the early 1600s as his summer home'

Answer: Christian


Question: 'Be careful at the Roman flea market & remember this, Latin for "buyer beware"'

Answer: caveat emptor


Question: '"Blessed are they that go mourning" is the opening chorus of Brahms' "German" this'

Answer: Requiem


Question: '...by Matt Groening of "Simpsons" fame'

Answer: Life in Hell


Question: 'This series of tales by Ovid with a plural title begins with the creation of the world'

Answer: Metamorphoses


Question: 'This country's 1,000-pound notes feature Hafez al-Assad & scenes depicting its oil industry'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'This country's King Bhumbol was born in Cambridge, Mass., where his father was studying at Harvard'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'It's the legal phrase meaning "friend of the court"'

Answer: amicus curiae


Question: 'Richard Chamberlain played him in "The Music Lovers", which featured his piano concerto No. 1, heard here'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: '...seen here & often called the greatest ever produced'

Answer: Krazy Kat


Question: 'Isabel Archer is the title woman of this Henry James masterpiece'

Answer: Portrait of a Lady


Question: 'In 1999 Denmark honored this author of "Out of Africa" by featuring her on the 50-kroner bill'

Answer: (Isak) Dinesen


Question: 'Killed in battle in 1031, this king of Norway was made a saint in 1164'

Answer: Olaf


Question: 'This phrase means "there's no accounting for taste"'

Answer: de gustibus non est disputandum


Question: 'Of the 6 Civil War-related national military parks, the northernmost & southernmost are in these 2 states'

Answer: Pennsylvania & Mississippi


Question: 'The founding of this party on July 1, 1921 opened a pivotal period in Chinese politics & history'

Answer: the Communist Party


Question: 'Brian Jones,<br />Keith Richards'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'This author's own age of innocence is seen here'

Answer: Edith Wharton


Question: 'This fussy protocol droid was re-assembled by young Anakin Skywalker from his scraps on Tatooine'

Answer: C-3PO


Question: 'An 1855 book was called this cash crop "is King; or, the Economical Relations of Slavery"'

Answer: Cotton


Question: 'A noble who stole from those passing through his lands, or a U.S. capitalist who became rich unethically'

Answer: a robber baron


Question: 'On April 24, 1970 China launched its first of these, an important achievement for Chinese science'

Answer: a satellite


Question: 'Bob Weir,<br />Jerry Garcia'

Answer: The Grateful Dead


Question: 'He's the reluctant Union general seen here--check out those sweet whiskers'

Answer: Burnside


Question: 'Also a key on your PC, it represents the most destructive tornado class recorded'

Answer: F5


Question: 'Washington State leads the U.S. in the production of pears &, of course, this fruit (Jonagolds are big)'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'Skip to this baseball player who, from 1966 to 1974, led the NL in stolen bases in every season but one'

Answer: Lou Brock


Question: 'In 1976 the downfall of the Gang of Four & the end of this revolution marked a new stage for China'

Answer: the Cultural Revolution


Question: 'Pete Townshend'

Answer: The Who


Question: '"Mine eyes have seen the glory" of this woman, & now yours have, too'

Answer: (Julia Ward) Howe


Question: 'In May of 2002 explorer Robert Ballard discovered the wreckage of this boat in the Solomon Islands'

Answer: PT-109


Question: 'Georgia produces 45% of the nation's supply of this legume'

Answer: peanut


Question: 'A relative of the hermit, the coconut type of this crustacean is also called a robber'

Answer: a crab


Question: 'The return of these 2 territories to China in 1997 & 1999 put an end to centuries of humiliation'

Answer: Hong Kong & Macao


Question: 'The Edge'

Answer: U2


Question: 'Despite flimsy evidence against them, these two Italian immigrants were convicted of murder & executed in 1927'

Answer: Sacco & Vanzetti


Question: 'In 1953 the Rocket Chemical Company developed this, first used to protect the Atlas missile from rust & corrosion'

Answer: WD-40


Question: 'This perennial forage crop is also known as lucerne; you may have its sprouts on a sandwich'

Answer: alfalfa


Question: 'In the novel "Les Miserables", Jean Valjean spends 19 years in prison after stealing this'

Answer: a loaf of bread


Question: 'The democratic revolution led by this man led to the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty & the end of Chinese feudalism'

Answer: Sun Yat-sen


Question: 'Izzy Stradlin,<br />Slash'

Answer: Guns N\' Roses


Question: 'Thus spake this German philosopher who was human, all too human'

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche


Question: 'This video gamers' TV network calls itself "TV that's plugged in"'

Answer: G4


Question: 'To the Chinese, the 5 sacred grains are rice, wheat, barley, millet & this bean'

Answer: soy


Question: 'Members of this Kansas gang tried one raid too many; Emmett lived & was sentenced to prison'

Answer: the Daltons


Question: '1923:<br />Lofting's lofty "Voyages of" this talkative physician'

Answer: Doctor Dolittle


Question: 'Johnny Depp gave a bloody good performance as this little shaver whom Len Cariou had played on Broadway'

Answer: Sweeney Todd


Question: 'During the Tertiary Period, India plowed into Eurasia & this highest mountain range was formed'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'In 1797 it was incorporated as the town of Harrington; it became the capital in 1831'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'The sockeye type of this fish with saffron sauce'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'It means "a male swan"; it's also what you eat corn on'

Answer: a cob


Question: '1940:<br />Daugherty's tale of this 18th century frontiersman'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'The Dreamettes are the "supreme"ly talented trio in this musical that sashayed from stage to screen'

Answer: Dreamgirls


Question: 'The Triassic saw the first of this lactating type of animal, evolving from creatures called synapsids'

Answer: mammals


Question: 'Notable spots in this coastal town are the seashore trolley museum & George H.W. Bush's summer home'

Answer: Kennebunkport


Question: 'How about this Mexican dish whose name means toasted? We'll top it with guacamole'

Answer: tostada


Question: 'In some dictionaries, "cheerful" is now a secondary definition of this'

Answer: gay


Question: '1961:<br />O'Dell's "Island of" these colorful creatures'

Answer: the Blue Dolphins


Question: 'This big bouffant Broadway show became a 2007 film starring a big bouffant John Travolta'

Answer: Hairspray


Question: 'It's why you couldn't have lived in most of the present-day U.S. during Ordovician times'

Answer: it was submerged (or underwater)


Question: 'This seaport on Casco Bay is the seat of Cumberland County'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'This tasty sausage with an internal organ in its name; it's served on a plate or spread onto sandwiches'

Answer: liverwurst


Question: 'St. Paul wrote, "by one man" this "entered into the world",--that'd be yours, Adam'

Answer: sin


Question: '1944:<br />Esther Forbes' patriotic story of this young member of the Sons of Liberty'

Answer: Johnny Tremain


Question: 'We have "evidence" that Anthony Hopkins played Gwyneth Paltrow's dad in this film of a Pulitzer prize-winning play'

Answer: Proof


Question: 'The 1st claw of the Utahraptor was thought to be a rib--they grew 'em big in this period, from Latin for "chalk"'

Answer: the Cretaceous


Question: 'This city's name came from the title of a hymn--how does that strike you?'

Answer: Bangor


Question: 'Turkey & these, the first Canadian-bred potatoes marketed by name; their skin & flesh are buttery yellow'

Answer: Yukon Gold


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue crew stands with a geisha at a geisha house in Kyoto, Japan.)  Maiko, or apprentice geisha, traditionally use darari, 1 of over 300 ways to tie the sash called this around a kimono'

Answer: an obi


Question: '1970:<br />This William Armstrong doggie tale of the Deep South'

Answer: Sounder


Question: 'Michael Douglas won an Oscar for producing a film based on this play that his dad Kirk had starred in on Broadway'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'The supercontinent called this land was the southern part of the Paleozoic landmass Pangaea'

Answer: Gondwanaland


Question: 'L.L. Bean's company headquarters are in this city, just down the road from the original store'

Answer: Freeport


Question: 'This specialty from Philly, sorta like a calzone but rolled instead of folded'

Answer: stromboli


Question: 'Of the chemical elements, it has the shortest name'

Answer: tin


Question: 'Though not elected to the position, a man from this state became the 1st blind governor & the 4th black governor in the U.S.'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Legendary General George Armstrong Custer first saw action in this war'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: '"If You Love Somebody Set Them Free"<br />(1985)'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'A goose egg'

Answer: 0


Question: 'This Renaissance man's invention of the maritime lock allowed Milan to link with the Po river via a canal system'

Answer: Da Vinci


Question: 'As is often said, you can't be a little bit this, also called "in a family way"'

Answer: pregnant


Question: '(Mr. Pogue points a handheld projector at a screen.)  Micro projectors are tiny, but at short range they give you a nearly cinematic experience; they use the same type of DLP technology that's replacing film in movie theaters; DLP stands for this type of light processing'

Answer: digital


Question: 'He's the future governor & labor union president seen here around 1940'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: '"Cry Me A River"<br />(2002)'

Answer: Justin Timberlake


Question: 'Fourscore'

Answer: 80


Question: 'Hoping to capitalize on the popularity of Superman was one factor in naming this '70s audio product'

Answer: the Walkman


Question: 'A nickname of Rome is this type of "City", an adjective that should not be modified'

Answer: Eternal


Question: '(David Pogue reads the clue.)  You can track your car, your dog or even your teenager with a Zoombak, which pinpoints their location courtesy of this space-based system'

Answer: GPS


Question: 'Today found on the $10 bill, he was an aide-de-camp to Washington & also served in his cabinet'

Answer: (Alexander) Hamilton


Question: '"The Heat Is On"<br />(1984)'

Answer: Glenn Frey


Question: 'Number of ounces in a Starbucks "venti"<br />(hope you speak Italian)'

Answer: 20


Question: 'Fashion designer Jacques Heim called his smallest style the Atom; rival Louis Reard named his after this atoll'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'This 6-letter word for "one of a kind" should never be preceded by "very"'

Answer: unique


Question: '(David Pogue reads the clue.) A truly green product, the prototype Sony Ericsson Greenheart phone is made of recycled plastic & bioplastic from this most commonly grown U.S. grain'

Answer: corn


Question: 'In 1995 astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to board this Russian space station'

Answer: Mir


Question: '"London Bridge"<br />(2006)'

Answer: Fergie


Question: 'A long-playing record, in RPMs'

Answer: 33 1/3


Question: 'Friedrich Jahn of Germany invented this gymnastics event that uses a surface 16 feet long & 4 inches wide'

Answer: the balance beam


Question: 'Absolute mathematical terms include parallel & this, indicated by 2 parallel lines'

Answer: equal (equals accepted)


Question: '(David Pogue reads the clue.)  I'm holding a Blu-ray DVD player that can also download movies & TV shows from this service that's now living up to its name; its CEO has said, "There's a reason we didn't call the company DVD By Mail"'

Answer: Netflix


Question: 'Though the Constitution says the U.S. can't have one of these, it was the last name of Constitution signer Rufus'

Answer: King


Question: '"Mother And Child Reunion"<br />(1972)'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: '3-digit number for a gross'

Answer: 144


Question: 'This magnetic device was invented in China & used to find the best burial place'

Answer: the compass


Question: 'It's not just unlikely, it's this, the I in the IM Force'

Answer: impossible


Question: '(David Pogue reads the clue.) OLED technology delivers such an incredible picture in such a thin screen because there's no backlight needed; each of these 518,400 units making up the image generates its own light'

Answer: a pixel


Question: 'A 1979 third-round draft pick by the 49ers, this QB was Super Bowl MVP 3 times'

Answer: Joe Montana


Question: 'The dolphin kick is used in competition in this sport'

Answer: swimming


Question: '"Hands of Victory", giant crossed swords made from melted guns used in the war against Iran, dominate this city's skyline'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'The "Q" in QSST, a proposed 12-passenger luxury jet, stands for "quiet", as it wouldn't produce this 2-word sound'

Answer: a sonic boom


Question: 'It's grain ground into flour, o-tay?'

Answer: buckwheat


Question: 'Canonized in 1933, this French nun & visionary is the Patron Saint of Lourdes'

Answer: Bernadette (Soubirous)


Question: 'That's right, Watson--this Steeler's catch in the waning seconds of Super Bowl XLIII won him the MVP'

Answer: (Santonio) Holmes