Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on a stage.) W.T.G. Morton made history here in Mass General's surgical amphitheatre.  On October 14, 1886 he performed the first public successful surgery using this anesthetic'

Answer: ether


Question: 'The epilogue of this novel says, "I have now told the singular, but veracious story of the opera ghost"'

Answer: Phantom of the Opera


Question: 'Barenaked Ladies:<br />"____ Week"'

Answer: One


Question: '"I'm glad I met ya", this company providing medical insurance to more than 19 million Americans'

Answer: Aetna


Question: 'International Nurses Day, May 12'

Answer: (Florence) Nightingale


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of a piece of apparatus.)  Massachusetts General is the only place where PET scanning and this imaging use one machine; the combination in 3-D images gives information faster in brain cancer patients, minimizing the time between detection and treatment'

Answer: MRI


Question: 'Actually the third book in the series, this kids' classic recounts the Ingalls family's move to Kansas'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question: 'The Searchers:<br />"Love Potion Number ____"'

Answer: Nine


Question: 'For its 75th anniversary, it is offering flights between Dublin & Boston for as low as 199 euros'

Answer: Aer Lingus


Question: 'Arbor Day in California, March 7'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of another apparatus.)  A device that uses microchips to detect one cancer cell in a billion may supersede this technique of taking tissue samples from living patients and may lead to finding  cancers before tumors form'

Answer: a biopsy


Question: 'This thriller by Richard P. Hendrick is about a mutiny aboard the USS Alabama, a nuclear submarine'

Answer: Crimson Tide


Question: 'The White Stripes:<br />"____ Nation Army"'

Answer: Seven


Question: 'Per Virgil, he "was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores"'

Answer: Aeneas


Question: 'American Painters Day, February 3'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew is in front of another piece of apparatus.)  Massachusetts General is one of the first hospitals to make genetic testing standard in cancer treatment.  Robotics allow the processing of up to 96 samples at once so doctors can immediately target patients with these changes in DNA sequence'

Answer: mutations


Question: 'Almost 60, John Steinbeck set out in search of America with his dog & chronicled the adventure in this book'

Answer: Travels with Charlie


Question: 'The Vogues:<br />"____ O'Clock World"'

Answer: Five


Question: 'It's the 7-letter name for this traffic beater; too bad it never really got off the ground with the public'

Answer: the aerocar


Question: 'Peter Pan Day, May 9'

Answer: J.M. Barrie


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands before another apparatus.)  To spare healthy tissues while treating tumors Massachusetts General uses a state-of-the-art cyclotron to deliver radiation; beams of these</i> particles:  hydrogen atoms whose electrons have been removed'

Answer: protons


Question: 'This brand of franks was known in commercials to "plump when you cook 'em"'

Answer: Ball Park Franks


Question: '"Dean" comes from the Latin decan, meaning a ruler or chief of this many'

Answer: ten


Question: 'The Sami are also known by this name; a "land" within the European Arctic Circle has been named for them'

Answer: the Lapps


Question: 'There are 3 species of this marsupial with flat skulls, small eyes & adorable joeys'

Answer: wombats


Question: 'He wrote & directed the most recent incarnation of "King Kong"'

Answer: Peter Jackson


Question: 'Snake's end, or baby's plaything'

Answer: a rattle


Question: 'If you see a "K" in a triangle on your hot dog pack, it's been certified as this-- l'chaim!'

Answer: kosher


Question: 'In May 2010 this former Dean of Harvard Law was nominated to succeed Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens'

Answer: (Elena) Kagan


Question: 'The Sami live in Norway, Sweden & Finland & on this country's Kola Peninsula'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Mr. & Mrs. eastern gray this animal welcome joey, 1 inch long & weighing less than a gram'

Answer: a kangaroo


Question: 'In an HBO biopic John Lithgow played Blake Edwards, & Geoffrey Rush, this late actor'

Answer: Peter Sellers


Question: 'The formal confirmation of a treaty by a government'

Answer: ratification


Question: 'Austrians challenge Frankfurt's claim to have invented the meaty treat, saying it came from this city'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Lemann is also dean of the USA's best-known school of this, at Columbia'

Answer: journalism


Question: 'Many of the Sami make their living herding these animals of the family Cervidae'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'A joey of this marsupial with the same name as a non-powered aircraft takes flight at about 3 and a half months'

Answer: a glider


Question: 'The Peter of the Rat Pack was this British actor who married Patricia Kennedy'

Answer: Peter Lawford


Question: 'A toothed wheel that allows movement in only one direction'

Answer: a ratchet


Question: 'This now "famous" frank seller used 2 spice purveyors to keep his Coney Island hot dog recipe secret'

Answer: Nathan\'s


Question: 'Jonathan Swift was dean of this cathedral with a saintly Irish name-- in Dublin, not New York'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s


Question: 'The Sami were long considered this type of people, from the Greek for "to wander in search of pasture"'

Answer: nomads


Question: 'In marsupials only, these glands develop independently to provide tailored nutrition to individual joeys'

Answer: mammary glands


Question: 'His first Oscar nomination came in 1986 for directing "Witness"'

Answer: Peter Weir


Question: 'Climbing palm of Asia used to make furniture'

Answer: rattan


Question: 'Franks without "natural" casings were likely housed in this, the main constituent of plants' cell walls'

Answer: cellulose


Question: 'This association that accredits U.S. law schools stipulates that "a law school shall have a full-time dean"'

Answer: the American Bar Association


Question: 'The Sami were gravely affected by this 1986 disaster as fish & livestock meat became tainted'

Answer: Chernobyl


Question: 'Seen here is a joey of this marsupial species whose name is from the Telugu word pandi-kokku, meaning "pig-rat"'

Answer: bandicoot


Question: 'This British actor from "The Usual Suspects", "In the Name of the Father" & "The Town" passed away in 2011'

Answer: Pete Postlethwaite


Question: '9-letter word for the underlying reason for a belief or course of action'

Answer: rationale


Question: 'This novel's first epilogue says, "the activity of Alexander or of Napoleon cannot be called useful or harmful"'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'Mathematician Ian Malcolm confronts more dinosaurs in this 1995 Michael Crichton sequel'

Answer: "The Lost World"


Question: 'In 1979, at age 13, Sarah Jessica Parker took over the title role of this "Little Orphan"'

Answer: Annie


Question: 'Students especially should know this is the "black hole" in the center of the eye's iris'

Answer: Pupil


Question: 'The Arizona Republic'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'In 1787-88 the Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of this document'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'This command is the motto of the Girl Scouts of America'

Answer: "Be Prepared"


Question: 'In Frank Herbert titles, this word follows "Children of", "Heretics of" & "God Emperor of"'

Answer: "Dune"


Question: 'Jane Krakowski of this Calista Flockhart TV series was a teen star on Broadway in "Starlight Express"'

Answer: Ally McBeal


Question: 'A membrane called the pericardium encloses this organ'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'Pravda,<br />shut down in 1996'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'After a defeat in 1835 for reelection to Congress from Tennessee, this frontiersman moved to Texas'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'After your name is called for the first time on "The Price Is Right", you're told to do this'

Answer: "Come On Down!"


Question: '"The Gunslinger" is the first volume of this Stephen King series'

Answer: "The Dark Tower"


Question: 'In June 1998 Nathalie Paulding replaced Natalie Portman as this teenage diarist'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'There are 6 of these glands that make your mouth water'

Answer: Salivary glands


Question: 'The Inquirer,<br />founded 1829'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'A Ute legend says the Great Spirit created all life on this peak discovered in 1806'

Answer: Pikes Peak


Question: 'In Monopoly, after being told "Go Directly to Jail", "Do Not" do this'

Answer: Pass Go


Question: 'An attorney must search the Brazilian rain forest for a missing heir in his novel "The Testament"'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'Future Monkee Davy Jones was 17 when he played the Artful Dodger in this "Dickens" of a musical'

Answer: Oliver!


Question: 'Composed of 8 bones, it's the largest part of the skull; it shields the brain'

Answer: cranium


Question: 'Jornal do Brasil'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'Nickname given in the 1930s to the area seen here in a famous Arthur Rothstein photo'

Answer: "Dust Bowl"


Question: 'In Act III, Scene 1, Hamlet admonishes Ophelia to "Get thee" here'

Answer: To a nunnery


Question: 'This "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" author wrote of his days in the RAF in "Going Solo"'

Answer: Roald Dahl


Question: 'The current hit musical about teens who rebel against anti-dancing rules is based on this Kevin Bacon film'

Answer: Footloose


Question: 'It's the more common name for the easily fractued clavicle'

Answer: Collarbone


Question: 'The Rocky Mountain News'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'When he began his Progressive Party, Teddy Roosevelt said he felt as fit as one of these animals'

Answer: Bull moose


Question: 'It completes the Golden Rule that begins, "Do unto others..."'

Answer: As you would have them do unto you


Question: 'Boatmen in the Nile extended an index finger & thumb to ward off these reptiles'

Answer: Crocodiles


Question: 'It calls itself "The Document Company"'

Answer: Xerox


Question: 'A classic line from this 1994 movie is "Mama says stupid is as stupid does"'

Answer: Forrest Gump


Question: 'Bamboo groves circle the lower slopes of this highest Japanese mountain'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'In a weekly column, "Talking It Over", she writes about life as first lady'

Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton


Question: 'It's the island we're all standing on right now'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'The British Museum has a copy of "The Book of the Dead" on a 3500-year-old roll of this document material'

Answer: Papyrus


Question: 'Intuit Inc markets this program designed to speed up your personal finance planning'

Answer: Quicken


Question: 'The Nov. 10, 1998 episode of "90210" featured the triumphant return of this actor after a 3-year absence'

Answer: Luke Perry


Question: 'At 14,410 feet, this volcano is Washington state's highest point'

Answer: Mount Rainier


Question: 'Of the 3 Bronte sisters who were novelists, she's the only one who lived past the age of 35'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'An extensive search for a fugitive'

Answer: Manhunt


Question: 'This young lad took the -aton off his name & restored the old state religion Akhenaton had changed'

Answer: Tutankhamun


Question: 'This phone company got wired for cable with its $53 billion purchase of TCI'

Answer: AT&T


Question: 'He played Barney in the 1994 live-action "Flintstones" movie'

Answer: Rick Moranis


Question: 'About 20,000 Sicilians were killed in 1669 by this volcano's eruption & accompanying earthquakes'

Answer: Mount Etna


Question: 'An Indian woman in her 90s who died in 1884 claimed to be this famous interpreter'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'It's the representation of a human seen here'

Answer: Mannequin


Question: 'Statues show Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled Egypt, wearing a false one of these to look like a king'

Answer: Beard


Question: 'U.S. Robotics & other companies developed this modem speed governed by the V.90 standard'

Answer: 56K


Question: 'Dexter Holland, the lead singer of this group, is a dissertation away from a Ph.D. in molecular biology'

Answer: the Offspring


Question: 'The world's second-highest peak, Mount Godwin Austen is also known by this letter & number'

Answer: K2


Question: 'This woman seen here was flying high aboard the shuttle Columbia in July of 1999'

Answer: Eileen Collins


Question: 'These openings leading to the sewer are closed up with cast iron covers'

Answer: Manholes


Question: 'We know from people with this job that Prince Khaemwase, a son of Ramses II, had been one too'

Answer: Archaeologist


Question: 'Linus Torvalds developed this upstart computer operating system that's usually available at no cost'

Answer: Linux


Question: 'Mekhi Phifer, who was in "The Boy is Mine" video, was one of Brandy's co-stars in this 1998 movie sequel'

Answer: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer


Question: 'This Tanzanian mountain's highest point, Uhuru Peak, is covered with snow & ice year round'

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro


Question: 'Read all about it: in 1908 she established the Christian Science Monitor'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'It's an adjective that describes something absolutely required or obligatory'

Answer: Mandatory


Question: 'This lake is the remnant of former Lake Bonneville, which existed during the Pleistocene epoch'

Answer: The Great Salt Lake


Question: 'Friar Lawrence laments that this pair's "stol'n marriage day was Tybalt's doomsday"'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'This "Material Girl" was paid $100 to appear in "A Certain Sacrifice", her film debut'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'The first robbery of one of these occurred May 5, 1865; first the crooks derailed it'

Answer: Train


Question: 'A Gothamite is a resident of this U.S. city'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'In football's shotgun formation, this player stands several yards behind the center to take the snap'

Answer: Quarterback


Question: 'A cod, or to catch a cod'

Answer: Fish


Question: '"She has light by her continually, 'tis her command", & she sleepwalks carrying a taper'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'Her 1996 album "Stardust" features another duet with her late dad on "When I Fall In Love"'

Answer: Natalie Cole


Question: 'Signed into law May 5, 1961, the Fair Labor Standards Act raised this to $1.15'

Answer: Minimum wage


Question: 'The Mbuti of Zaire's Ituri Forest may be the best known of these people noted for their short stature'

Answer: Pygmies


Question: 'In this sport it may be a foul to hold either the ball or an opponent's head underwater'

Answer: Water polo


Question: 'What belongs to the victor, or what food does when left out'

Answer: Spoils


Question: 'Some scholars think this bawdy comedy was based on a ballad, "A Merry Jest of a Shrewd and Curst Wife..."'

Answer: "The Taming of the Shrew"


Question: 'A few months after her October 4, 1970 death, "Me And Bobbie McGee" topped the charts'

Answer: Janis Joplin


Question: 'Tchaikovsky conducted this New York City landmark's opening concert May 5, 1891'

Answer: Carnegie Hall


Question: 'The name of these Eastenders comes from a middle English word that meant "cock's egg"'

Answer: Cockneys


Question: 'It's said this game using little padding originated when a schoolboy grabbed a soccer ball & ran'

Answer: Rugby


Question: 'A jester, or to hoodwink'

Answer: Fool


Question: 'Act I, scene 1 of this play is set in front of Priam's palace in Troy'

Answer: "Troilus and Cressida"


Question: 'This gospel artist hit No. 1 on the pop charts in 1991 with "Baby Baby"'

Answer: Amy Grant


Question: 'Founded in the 13th century by the Kirghiz, it adopted its constitution May 5, 1993'

Answer: Kyrgyzstan


Question: 'The 2 Scandinavian countries with the largest population of Lapps'

Answer: Norway & Sweden


Question: 'Hockey's Colorado Avalanche once played for this city, birthplace of their star Patrick Roy'

Answer: Quebec City


Question: 'A jewelry setting, or to get on a horse'

Answer: Mount


Question: 'After stabbing him, Hamlet cries, "This incestuous, murderous, damned Dane...follow my mother"'

Answer: Claudius


Question: '"Love Is", her duet with Brian McKnight, was featured on the "Beverly Hills 90210" soundtrack'

Answer: Vanessa Williams


Question: 'Italian forces took this African capital city May 5, 1936'

Answer: Addis Ababa


Question: 'Some people in St. Barthelemy, an island in this sea, still speak the Norman dialect of their ancestors'

Answer: Caribbean Sea


Question: 'Using a frisbee & combining football & other games, it's the "last" word in team sports'

Answer: Ultimate frisbee


Question: 'Home to a smithy, or to make counterfeit bills'

Answer: Forge


Question: 'Proxima Centauri is the second-closest star to the Earth; this is the closest'

Answer: The sun


Question: 'This bright green fruit is featured in pavlova, a dessert from New Zealand'

Answer: Kiwi fruit


Question: 'When selling its box camera, this company used the slogan, "You Press the Button, We Do the Rest"'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'At the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, you can see this Indian princess as she really appeared'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Lon Chaney wore a 70-pound rubber hump & harness for this 1923 film'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: '"The Pilgrim From Hannibal"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'The constellation Taurus, not Cancer, contains this famous nebula'

Answer: Crab Nebula


Question: 'One cookbook says "There are as many varieties of" this Hungarian stew "as there are cooks in Hungary"'

Answer: Goulash


Question: 'At the outbreak of the Civil War, he hired a staff of about 20 photographers to cover every phase of the conflict'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'This leader of the Green Mountain Boys  was born in Litchfield, Connecticut'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'This 1925 film set in the Klondike was Charlie Chaplin's first starring vehicle for United Artists'

Answer: The Gold Rush


Question: '"The Fourth Musketeer"'

Answer: Alexandre Dumas (pere)


Question: 'Arteries branch off into arterioles & these join to form veins'

Answer: Venuoles


Question: 'A famous dish from Germany is this peppery rabbit stew'

Answer: Hassenpfeffer


Question: 'Aperture size is measured in these numbers which usually range from 2 to 16'

Answer: F-stops


Question: 'He was sworn in as vice president December 19, 1974'

Answer: Nelson Rockefeller


Question: 'William Wellman, who directed this first Oscar winner, about WWI, was a veteran of aerial combat'

Answer: Wings


Question: '"The Chronicler of Main Street"'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'Often quite expensive, it's considered the strongest natural fiber'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'A popular Chinese dish, it consists of stir fried shredded meat & vegetables served in thin pancakes'

Answer: Mu Shu Pork


Question: 'In this type of photography, auras are seen surrounding the photographic subject'

Answer: Kirlian photography


Question: 'This founder of the Mormon church was murdered by a mob in 1844'

Answer: Joseph Smith


Question: 'In 1926 John Barrymore romanced Mary Astor as this swashbuckling Spanish lover'

Answer: Don Juan


Question: '"The Father of English Poetry"'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'This gray metal is used in spark plugs & x-ray tubes as well as filaments'

Answer: Tungsten


Question: 'This salad of bulgur wheat, onions, tomatoes, parsley & mint is a classic dish of the Middle East'

Answer: Tabbouleh


Question: 'This photographer & her husband Erskine Caldwell published the 1937 work "You Have Seen Their Faces"'

Answer: Margaret Bourke-White


Question: 'At 80 she stepped down as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1900'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: '"The Torrent", released in 1926, was this Swedish actress' first American film'

Answer: Greta Garbo


Question: 'Italy's "Poet of the Damned"'

Answer: Dante Alighieri


Question: '2 of the 5 presidents in the 20th century who were former U.S. senators'

Answer: (2 of) Warren Harding, Harry Truman, John Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon


Question: 'After its 1980 eruption, this volcano in the American Northwest lost over 1,200 feet in height'

Answer: Mount St. Helens


Question: 'Senior counselor Spiffy at Camp Runamuck, Dave Ketchum was also Agent 13 on this show'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'Florence Chadwick was the first woman to swim this in both directions; Gertrude Ederle swam it one way'

Answer: the English Channel


Question: 'Due to the Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494, Portugal gained possession of this country in the New World'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'In checkers, the dark squares farthest from a player form this row'

Answer: king


Question: 'Waldorf or Caesar<br />(5)'

Answer: salad


Question: 'This city's metro area includes Universal City, Castle Hills & Alamo Heights'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'In 1967 the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series went to this show'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: '13-year-old Rebecca Sealfon won it in 1997 by knowing euonym,<br />E-U-O-N-Y-M'

Answer: the National Spelling Bee


Question: 'Pinckney's Treaty ended disputes between the U.S. & Spain over Florida's borders & access to this river's mouth'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'In its first Top 20 hit, Queen sang about a "Killer" one'

Answer: Queen


Question: 'City by the bay<br />(3, 9)'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Exceeded only by the Mackenzie, it's Canada's second-longest river if you include the seaway'

Answer: the St. Lawrence


Question: 'The 1962 TV drama "Seven Against the Sea" with Ernest Borgnine became this sitcom a few years later'

Answer: McHale\'s Navy


Question: 'Check it out!  In 1972 he became the first American chess player to win the world championship'

Answer: Bobby Fischer


Question: 'The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 in this hall at the Palace of Versailles'

Answer: the Hall of Mirrors


Question: 'The one not mentioned in the title of the TV series starring Kevin James'

Answer: jack


Question: 'Teacher's long vacation<br />(10)'

Answer: sabbatical


Question: 'The Diavolezza & the Piz Corvatsch are famous ski areas near this Swiss resort'

Answer: St. Moritz


Question: 'One book calls this character "unctious & oily to adults ('Good evening Mr. & Mrs. Cleaver') but a bully to... kids"'

Answer: Eddie Haskell


Question: 'In 1957 this future astronaut set a speed record flying from L.A. to NYC in 3 hrs., 23 min., 8.4 sec.'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'This conflict ended in 1902 with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging, a town just south of Johannesburg'

Answer: the Boer War


Question: 'You don't have to call that salmon a Chinook, you can call it this'

Answer: king


Question: '"Baby" bird<br />(5)'

Answer: stork


Question: 'This largest island in the U.S. Virgin Islands was earlier owned by the Dutch, English, Spanish, French & Danes'

Answer: St. Croix


Question: 'Jackie Coogan's most famous TV role was this electrifying character on "The Addams Family"'

Answer: Uncle Fester


Question: 'In 1884, the year of his death, he published the memoir "30 Years a Detective"'

Answer: (Allan) Pinkerton


Question: 'Turkey regained control of these 2 straits by the Montreaux Convention of 1936'

Answer: the Dardanelles & the Bosporus


Question: 'The one flown on the bow of a British ship'

Answer: jack


Question: 'Before energy or plexus<br />(5)'

Answer: solar


Question: 'Perhaps best known for his plays, such as "Uncle Vanya", he was also a famed short-story writer'

Answer: Chekhov


Question: '1 of only 2 Americans to win the men's figure skating gold medal since 1960'

Answer: Scott Hamilton (or Brian Boitano)


Question: 'A 13-foot-tall one of these stands on the highway near the city limits of Plains, Georgia'

Answer: a peanut


Question: 'In "The African Queen", Humphrey Bogart called these bloodsucking worms "filthy little devils"'

Answer: leeches


Question: 'She was the first female Secretary of State'

Answer: Madeleine Albright


Question: 'The last section of a racecourse'

Answer: the home stretch


Question: 'After winning the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Doctor Zhivago", he was expelled from the Soviet Writers Union'

Answer: Pasternak


Question: 'In 1998, the first Olympics in which it was held, Italy's Gian Simmen won the men's halfpipe in this sport'

Answer: snowboarding


Question: 'These off the state tree of Illinois were ground, leached & cooked by Indians for food'

Answer: acorns


Question: 'The Culex species of this insect may transmit encephalitis & certain kinds of parasitic worms'

Answer: mosquito


Question: 'George Washington picked this future president to be his first Secretary of State'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'School study of household management'

Answer: home economics


Question: 'His novella "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" was based on his own struggles in a Siberian labor camp'

Answer: Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'Lydia Skoblikova has a record 6 gold medals in speed skating; this American woman is second with 5'

Answer: Bonnie Blair


Question: 'New Yorkers claim their bagels are best, because this ingredient is best in New York'

Answer: the water


Question: 'The teeth of this bloodsucking cave dweller are so sharp that victims may not even feel the bite'

Answer: the vampire bat


Question: 'Dwight Eisenhower & JFK both attended the 1962 dedication of the airport named for him'

Answer: John Foster Dulles


Question: 'Civilian activities in support of a war waged overseas'

Answer: the home front


Question: 'One of this poet's great-grandfathers was a black Ethiopian courtier to Peter the Great'

Answer: (Alexander) Pushkin


Question: 'In 1992 Kjetil Aamodt set the Olympic record at 1 min., 13.04 sec. in the Super G, short for super giant this'

Answer: slalom


Question: 'Bill Rosenberg opened the first shop in this chain in 1950 in Quincy, Ma. (we don't know when the cops came)'

Answer: Dunkin\' Donuts


Question: 'All of the species of this parasite-carrying fly in the genus Glossina live in sub-Saharan Africa'

Answer: a tsetse fly


Question: 'This silver-tongued orator & publisher of "The Commoner" resigned as Secretary in 1915'

Answer: (William Jennings) Bryan


Question: 'In this 1978 film, Jane Fonda becomes involved with a paraplegic war veteran played by Jon Voight'

Answer: Coming Home


Question: 'Novelist & short-story writer Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov used this pseudonym'

Answer: (Maxim) Gorky


Question: 'The Winter Olympics have been held in Austria twice, both times in this city'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'Famous for its seafood, this "Old Original" restaurant in Philly is a premier reading, er, dining spot'

Answer: Bookbinder\'s


Question: 'When this eel-like fish bites & attaches itself to another fish, an anticoagulating fluid keeps the wound open'

Answer: a lamprey


Question: 'In 1842 this silver-tongued orator negotiated a treaty with Lord Ashburton which settled the Maine boundary dispute'

Answer: (Daniel) Webster


Question: 'Equilibrium'

Answer: homeostasis


Question: 'Once slang for brain, this 2-word phrase now means the Heritage Foundation or the Brookings Institution'

Answer: a think tank


Question: 'In 1942 RCA plated a master copy of Glenn Miller's "Chattanooga Choo Choo" this color to honor a million sold'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'When "Wheel of Fortune" with Chuck Woolery premiered on NBC, this man was in his 5th month of 29 as president'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'The legendary Dai Vernon was known as "The Man Who Fooled" this escape king'

Answer: Harry Houdini


Question: 'The "Mile High City"'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'In Tempe, Arizona one of your main responsibilities is naturally to learn the layout of these mains'

Answer: Water mains


Question: 'Dude!  It's a Keanu movie!'

Answer: The Matrix


Question: 'In his first speech as prime minister May 13, 1940 he delivered the blood, toil, tears & sweat line'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Starring Erin Moran, it was the last primetime sitcom spun off from "Happy Days"'

Answer: Joanie Loves Chachi


Question: 'Magician's instrument seen here in the logo of a magical organization<br />(Magic Dealers Association)'

Answer: Wand


Question: 'The "City of Paul Revere"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'A Virginia Beach firefighter waives his right to do this on or off duty -- & especially, we guess, in bed'

Answer: Smoke


Question: 'A 2-tenant dwelling with separate entrances'

Answer: Duplex


Question: 'In 1942 an "A" ration card allowed you 3 gallons of this a week'

Answer: Gasoline


Question: 'Before the finale of "M*A*S*H", this TV drama held the record for highest-rated single episode ever'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'Dice tricks are part of this category of magic, also a type of movie shot'

Answer: Close-up magic


Question: 'The "Fun-Tier Capital of Texas"'

Answer: Austin


Question: 'A physical exam may require you to lift & extend a 20- or 24-foot aluminum one of these'

Answer: Ladder


Question: 'Oh my gosh!  It's the most exciting point in a dramatic narrative!'

Answer: Climax


Question: 'In June 1947 this general accepted Columbia University's offer to become its president'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: '"One of the fastest growing languages in the Quadrant", this "Trek" language was co-invented by Marc Okrand'

Answer: Klingon


Question: 'Vegas star Lance Burton knew his future profession at age 5 when a magician pulled this from behind his ear'

Answer: Coin


Question: '"Arkopolis"'

Answer: Little Rock, Arkansas


Question: 'An applicant in San Jose will be tested with this device, like Ben Stiller in "Meet the Parents"'

Answer: Polygraph/lie detector


Question: 'This bacterial cattle disease whose name is from the Greek for "coal" can be transmitted to humans'

Answer: Anthrax


Question: 'The women for whom Walter Annenberg founded this magazine in 1944 are now on Social Security'

Answer: Seventeen


Question: '(Hi, I'm Austin Peck from "Days of Our Lives")  Versatile actor Robert Clary has played Robert Leclair on "Days of Our Lives" & Lebeau on this series'

Answer: Hogan\'s Heroes


Question: '"Magic Man" & "Street Magic" are TV specials featuring this young trickster'

Answer: David Blaine


Question: 'The "Bluegrass Capital"'

Answer: Frankfort, Kentucky


Question: 'In Anchorage, you must be certified as an EMT 1 or as this related job'

Answer: Paramedic


Question: 'It can be the highest point in someone's career or the highest point of a building'

Answer: Apex


Question: 'It's the gossip heard around the "drinking fountain" on a ship'

Answer: Scuttlebutt


Question: 'It's the only archipelago that's a U.S. state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'This woman seen here is the head of a billion dollar company'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question:
'1978:
"I'm A Mean Ole Lion",
"Ease on Down the Road"'

Answer: The Wiz


Question: 'Agrippa says of her, "Royal wench!  She made great Caesar lay his sword to bed"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Dot & Dottie are shortened forms of this female name'

Answer: Dorothy


Question: 'It's one who reveals another's plans, especially in front of Bert Convy'

Answer: Tattletale


Question: 'The Kodiak Archipelago in this gulf was the site of the first Russian colony in North America'

Answer: Gulf of Alaska


Question: 'Later chief justice, this man once got stuck in a White House bathtub & couldn't get out'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question:
'1939:
"The Cornfield",
"Poppies"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Richard III's mother is the Duchess of this, a title Fergie has today'

Answer: York


Question: 'This cabinet department is sometimes called DOT'

Answer: Department of Transportation


Question: 'One-word term for an artist whose canvas is human skin'

Answer: Tattooist


Question: 'The islands of the Sulu Archipelago south of Mindanao form the Sulu, Basilan & Tawitawi provinces of this Asian nation'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'This Englishman's detailed & highly popular novels examined 19th century social conditions'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question:
'1968:
"All You Need Is Love",
"Sea of Monsters"'

Answer: Yellow Submarine


Question: '"I am a gentleman of Verona, sir" says Petruchio in this comedy'

Answer: "Taming of the Shrew"


Question: 'In Morse code this letter is represented by 3 dots'

Answer: S


Question: 'Stopping & starting at regular intervals, like summer showers'

Answer: Intermittent


Question: 'Ecuador calls this island group Archipielago de Colon'

Answer: Galapagos Islands


Question: 'First name of this Stooge who joined the act in 1955'

Answer: Joe (Besser)


Question:
'1978:
"We Go Together",
"There Are Worse Things I Could Do"'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'Act V of "The Merchant of Venice" takes place on the avenue before her home in Belmont'

Answer: Portia


Question: 'U.S. Olympic heroine seen here<br />(played softball)'

Answer: Dot Richardson


Question: 'It's the conversion of one substance into another, like wine into the blood of Jesus'

Answer: Transubstantiation


Question: 'This atoll at the southern end of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean is the site of a U.S. naval base'

Answer: Diego Garcia


Question: 'Citing the exaggerated shadow of his mistakes, this man ended his presidential candidacy in '87'

Answer: Senator Joseph Biden


Question:
'1983:
"No Wonder",
"Papa, Can You Hear Me?"'

Answer: Yentl


Question: 'Margarelon describes himself as "A bastard son of Priam's" in this play'

Answer: "Troilus and Cressida"


Question: 'The Braille system is based on the arrangement of up to this many raised dots per character'

Answer: 6


Question: 'From 1964 to 1982 this man was leader of a nation with nuclear weapons'

Answer: Leonid Brezhnev (of the Soviet Union)


Question: '"The Honor and Glory of Whaling" is a chapter in this American masterpiece'

Answer: Moby-Dick


Question: 'Since taking over the Yankees in 1996, he's guided the team to 6 World Series appearances, winning 4 times'

Answer: Joe Torre


Question: 'The ships of Columbus' first voyage were 2 caravels & this bigger ship, a type called a nao'

Answer: the Santa Maria


Question: 'Of roughly 1, 5 or 10 square miles, it's the country's area'

Answer: 1


Question: 'This small 4-stringed instrument's name comes from the Hawaiian for "jumping flea"'

Answer: a ukulele


Question: 'A young ewe, to you<br />(4)'

Answer: lamb


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

Answer: Holden Caulfield


Question: 'After retiring as the Dodgers' manager, he guided the 2000 U.S. Olympic baseball team to the gold medal'

Answer: Tommy Lasorda


Question: 'The Andrea Doria was replaced with a ship named for this artist, followed by the Michelangelo & the Raffaello'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Rich foreigners like to make Monaco home as it doesn't have this, begun in the U.S. in 1913 via the 16th Amendment'

Answer: an income tax


Question: '"Tailgate" was once a popular style of New Orleans jazz featuring this slide instrument'

Answer: trombone


Question: 'Serendipity<br />(4)'

Answer: luck


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.)  Novel in which Moscow was without its inhabitants & the soldiers were sucked into her, radiating from the Kremlin'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Lip", he managed the Dodgers, Giants, Cubs & Astros in his 24-year career'

Answer: (Leo) Durocher


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.)  The Vasa capsized on its 1628 maiden voyage because tons of stones, used as this, didn't counterweigh the guns, masts, sails, & upper hull'

Answer: ballast


Question: 'A 1918 treaty said if the royal family produced no male heirs, Monaco would come under this country's rule'

Answer: France


Question: 'The name of this stringed instrument is also a homophone for a word meaning "pillaged goods"'

Answer: lute


Question: '"Presidential" auto<br />(7)'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: '1815's "Emma" was the last of her novels published in her lifetime'

Answer: (Jane) Austen


Question: 'Born Cornelius McGillicuddy, he's the only manager in history to win more than 3,000 games--3,776, to be precise'

Answer: Connie Mack


Question: 'The U.S.S. Constitution was one of the first 6 of this type of warship authorized by Congress in 1794'

Answer: frigate


Question: 'Citizens of Monaco are not admitted to the casino founded in 1856 in this district'

Answer: Monte Carlo


Question: 'It's a Russian musical instrument with 3 strings, a triangular body & a guitar-like neck'

Answer: a balalaika


Question: 'A cradle song<br />(7)'

Answer: lullaby


Question: 'Some early reviewers objected to the realistic depiction of Archdeacon Frollo's death in this classic'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'Hall of Fame manager George Anderson receved this nickname because of his scrappy determination'

Answer: "Sparky"


Question: 'C.Y. Tung bought this ocean liner in 1970 with plans to convert her into the floating Seawise University'

Answer: the Queen Elizabeth


Question: 'Taking bodyguarding to a new level, 2 of this royal's protectors have fathered her 3 kids'

Answer: Princess Stephanie


Question: 'This rhyming instrument is also known as a street organ'

Answer: a hurdy-gurdy


Question: 'Apso city<br />(5)'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: '"Relax, said the nightman" of S.F.'s Fairmont Hotel to the men who chartered this world group there in 1945'

Answer: the United Nations


Question: '2-word term for the loud noise that results when a jet flies faster than the speed of sound'

Answer: a sonic boom


Question: 'One April night in 1912 Titanic passenger Henry Harper lay in bed & saw this scrape past his cabin window'

Answer: an iceberg


Question: 'Similar to its larger relative the mammoth, this extinct mammal had shaggy hair & 2 sets of tusks'

Answer: the mastodon


Question: 'To the east, the Red Sea is bordered by Saudi Arabia & this nation'

Answer: Yemen


Question: '"The Boys Of Summer" was a solo hit for this Eagles drummer'

Answer: Don Henley


Question: 'What a nice surprise!  This San Diego island hotel known as "The Del" was the backdrop for "Some Like It Hot"'

Answer: Hotel del Coronado


Question: 'A fuzzbuster is one of these devices that helps motorists elude cops trying to catch them speeding'

Answer: a radar detector


Question:
'He's heard here in a speech the night of Martin Luther King's murder

"What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another."'

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Question: 'A remnant of this large, extinct & thankfully plant-eating critter of the Cretaceous period is seen here'

Answer: Triceratops


Question: 'Neil Simon won a Pulitzer for his play "Lost in" this city'

Answer: Yonkers


Question: '"You Belong To The City" was a solo hit for this Eagles guitarist'

Answer: Glenn Frey


Question: 'Plenty of room at this ship docked at Long Beach that opened its first hotel rooms in 1972'

Answer: the Queen Mary


Question: 'This planet was named for a swift messenger because of its speedy orbit around the sun'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'After his ballet troupe's Toronto performance on June 29, 1974, he didn't get on the KGB bus'

Answer: Baryshnikov


Question: 'The quagga, a type of this equine, was found in Southern Africa until going extinct around 1900'

Answer: a zebra


Question: 'In 1966 this company became the world's largest piano maker'

Answer: Yamaha


Question: 'This Eagles hit begins, "Well I'm running down the road tryin' to loosen my load, I've got 7 women on my mind"'

Answer: "Take It Easy"


Question: 'John Belushi could have checked out of this Hollywood Hotel any time he liked, but he died there in 1982'

Answer: (Chateau) Marmont


Question: 'Considered the world's fastest ball game, its name comes from Basque words meaning "merry festival"'

Answer: jai alai


Question: 'Hitler massacred the leadership of the SA, his own paramilitary group, on June 30, 1934, "The Night of the Long" these'

Answer: Knives


Question: 'Author Jean Auel could tell you this better-known name of the extinct prehistoric Ursus spelaeus'

Answer: a cave bear


Question: 'This NYC school is the oldest & largest Jewish university in the U.S.'

Answer: Yeshiva


Question: 'This name of a '90s Eagles tour & album was a reference to the likelihood of an Eagles reunion'

Answer: Hell Freezes Over


Question: 'No need to travel down a dark desert highway to reach this themed inn in San Luis Obispo with a virginal name'

Answer: the Madonna Inn


Question: 'In the equation E=mc2, it's the constant that "c" represents'

Answer: the speed of light


Question: 'After the Last Supper & a little hymn singing, Jesus went to this Jerusalem site to pray'

Answer: Gethsemane


Question: '2-word "steller" name for this relative of the dugong & the manatee that went extinct around 1768'

Answer: Steller\'s sea cow


Question: 'In the late 1917 battle for this town, the British lost 400,000 men & only gained about 5 miles of territory'

Answer: Ypres


Question: '"Tequila Sunrise" is a track on this cowboy-themed Eagles album from 1973'

Answer: Desperado


Question: 'The television documentary "America's Favorite Neighbor" was a tribute to him'

Answer: Fred Rogers


Question: 'Originally President McKinley only wanted Luzon in this island group, but we ended up with the entire archipelago'

Answer: the Philippines


Question:
'Jim Ignatowski:
"What does a yellow light mean?" "Slow down!"
"OK. What...does...a...
yellow...light...mean?"'

Answer: Taxi


Question: '...planet to Earth is this one 26 million miles off'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Historically, fruitcakes were preserved with alcohol-soaked cloth; the golden type of this liquid helps to liberate flavor compounds and has a restorative effect on dry fruit'

Answer: rum


Question: 'You'll hear this web search site's name yodeled if you click the exclamation mark on the home page'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'Get your daily dose of A, B & C with a One-A-Day one of these'

Answer: a multivitamin


Question: 'Jules Cambon, this country's ambassador to the U.S., served as an intermediary to begin peace talks'

Answer: France


Question: 'Niles:<br />"After that shouting match...I had my secretary leave a heartfelt apology with your service"'

Answer: Frasier


Question: '...of your 4 limbs to your heart is this one'

Answer: your left arm


Question: 'Add a little brandy or other spirit to the fire, then with a little fire, and you've created this French presentation'

Answer: flambé


Question: 'Typing "PBJ" in the JetBlue search box brought up Brian the dog dancing in a banana suit from this FOX show'

Answer: Family Guy


Question: 'A modern cinema with many movie screens'

Answer: a multiplex


Question: 'General Nelson Miles led the invasion of this Caribbean island & reported that 4/5 of its people were thrilled'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Oscar, to Felix:<br />"Look at this. You're the only man in the world with clenched hair"'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: '...Starbucks to the White House is a kiosk on this street'

Answer: Pennsylvania Avenue


Question: 'It's best to store raw chicken on a bottom shelf to prevent it dripping onto other foods, because chicken is less acidic than other meats, making it susceptible to these one-celled organisms'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'Flickr listed the language option "Arrr" on Sept. 19, this annual day'

Answer: International Talk Like a Pirate Day (National Talk Like a Pirate Day accepted)


Question: '"A great number" as expressed in the Bible'

Answer: a multitude


Question: 'On January 24, 1898 Captain Sigsbee was told to sail this battleship from Key West to Cuba to protect American interests'

Answer: the (USS) Maine


Question: 'Larry David:<br />"I don't like talking to...people I know, but strangers, I have no problem with"'

Answer: Curb Your Enthusiasm


Question: '...international airport to the Central Park Zoo is this one'

Answer: LaGuardia Airport


Question: 'After shaking oil and vinegar, they separate quickly; add mustard, and you have one of these colloidal suspensions that will stay mixed longer'

Answer: an emulsion


Question: 'When you click the invisible link on this website, you'll see CEO Jeff Bezos' page honoring a past worker'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'Finding the product of 2 integers'

Answer: multiplication


Question: 'During the war he headed a committee to investigate the spread of yellow fever in military camps'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'Jack Donaghy, asked why he's in a tux with no event to attend:<br />"It's after 6...what am I, a farmer?"'

Answer: 30 Rock


Question: '...person to Wild Bill Hickok is her'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: 'So, you wanna freeze some broccoli, but you also wanna make sure that it stays bright green months on down the line? Well, you might want to employ this hot water–cold water process'

Answer: blanching


Question: 'Typing in 600673.com brings up this search engine in online leet speak'

Answer: Google


Question: 'From the Latin for "many sided", it's an adjective for diplomatic talks between more than 2 parties'

Answer: multilateral


Question: 'An amphoteric compound like aluminum hydroxide can act either as an acid or as this'

Answer: a base


Question: 'Buggy's partner:<br />caballo'

Answer: horse


Question: 'With its own Parthenon, Nashville, Tennesse is this Greek city "of the South"'

Answer: Athens


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew unlocks a lock with the magic word.)  In their combinations, old-time locks of this popular portable type often used letters rather than numbers'

Answer: a paddlock (puzzle lock originally ruled incorrect)


Question: '"Moby Dick" is subtitled "or, the" this 5-letter word'

Answer: Whale


Question: 'French title of the film remade stateside as "The Birdcage"'

Answer: La Cage Aux Folles


Question: 'Lye can be 1 of the compounds known by this 4-letter name, though you won't pop open a can of lye when thirsty'

Answer: a soda


Question: 'A popular pet:<br />gato'

Answer: cat


Question: 'Louisville is this "city", like the race that's run there'

Answer: Derby


Question: 'The type of lock now standard on U.S. residences was patented in 1865 by a guy with this Ivy League-sounding name'

Answer: a Yale lock


Question: 'The long, long subtitle of "Robinson Crusoe" includes this calamity'

Answer: a shipwreck


Question: 'With films like "A Better Tomorrow", John Woo brought attention to the cinema of this place where he grew up'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'A substance, like a plastic, made of macromolecules; the American Chemical Society has a division of this "chemistry"'

Answer: polymer


Question: 'Langosta<br />(with butter, yum!)'

Answer: lobster


Question: 'This Egyptian city earned the nickname "Mother of Books" from the library that was there in ancient times'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew picks a pick.)  To open a lock without a key, specialists use many different styles of picks; because of its shape, this one is known either has a rake or by this reptilian name'

Answer: a snake


Question: '"The Audacity of Hope" offers "Thoughts of Reclaiming the American" this'

Answer: Dream


Question: 'A film about Che Guevara's youthful travels is called these "Diaries", the vehicle he used'

Answer: Motorcycle Diaries


Question: 'By definition, a carbide is a compound of carbon & this type of substance'

Answer: metal


Question: 'An arctic dweller:<br />oso blanco'

Answer: a polar bear


Question: 'Portland, Oregon is "The City of" these flowers'

Answer: Roses


Question: 'For good home security, get a lock with this fatal-sounding latching system; they're tough & hard to jimmy'

Answer: a deadlock (also deadbolt or deadlatch)


Question: '"Frankenstein" is subtitled "or the Modern" this mythical man'

Answer: Prometheus


Question: 'This Italian director's 1954 film "La Strada" won the Foreign Language Film Oscar'

Answer: Fellini


Question: 'Thiols, emitted by skunks & chopped onions, resemble alcohols but with an atom of this element in place of an oxygen atom'

Answer: sulfur


Question: 'A provider of meat:<br />venado'

Answer: deer


Question: 'Due to its sprawling area, the city of Lima is also called El Pulpo, or this sea creature'

Answer: an octopus


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew turns the key on a cutaway demonstration lock.)  On an everyday key, the cuts raise the moving parts commonly known by this name to the proper height, allowing the cylinder to turn & open the lock'

Answer: the tumblers


Question: 'In 1740 good girls read "Pamela: or," this "Rewarded"'

Answer: Virtue


Question: '"Katyn", from this country, is the story of the killing of its army officers by Soviet soldiers in 1940'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'His 2003 People magazine obituary was headlined "Fade to Black"'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'With more than 500,000 inhabitants, it's Ireland's most populous city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'Discovering Patty is drinking the only beer left, Homer Simpson says this'

Answer: D\'oh!


Question: 'In April 1861 the Times began Sunday issues for all the crucial up-to-date news on this'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'During World War II, she joined the Women's Auxiliary & drove a military truck in London'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Kids in Somerset, England call pumpkins "punkies", & "Punky Night" is their version of this celebration'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'Seat fit for a king'

Answer: throne


Question: 'No surprise--at 88%, it's the most practiced religion in the Republic of Ireland'

Answer: Catholic


Question: 'This show's Colonel Potter knew "Horse hockey!" when he saw it'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Of 6, 12, or 18 pounds, it's the record for a Sunday Times paper, spread over 1,612 pages in 1987'

Answer: 12


Question: 'In February 2008, word leaked out that this young royal was serving with h is army unit in Afghanistan'

Answer: Prince Harry


Question: 'If you're in Denmark, you're most likely to see the wee folk called Nisser during this holiday season'

Answer: the Christmas season


Question: 'Cardinal compass direction'

Answer: north


Question: '6 counties in Ulster make up this political unit'

Answer: Northern Ireland


Question: 'When things go wrong, this title cartoon guy lets loose with "Barnacles!" or "Tartar sauce!"'

Answer: SpongeBob SquarePants


Question: 'Blogs found at nytimes.com include one by this TV personality & talk show host seen here'

Answer: (Dick) Cavett


Question: 'This British prince was made a vice admiral, an air marshal & a lt. general all on his 54th birthday in 2002'

Answer: Prince Charles


Question: 'Buying gold jewelry insures good fortune on Akshaya Tritiya, a special day of this religion'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Thin clear soup of concentrated stock'

Answer: broth


Question: 'The 2 official languages of the Republic of Ireland are English & this one, also known as Irish'

Answer: Gaelic


Question: 'This 1970s Robin Williams show was full of "Shazbot"'

Answer: Mork & Mindy


Question: 'Among its dozens of Pulitzer prizes is one for coverage of this 1986 tragedy, citing "serious design flaws"'

Answer: the Challenger (explosion)


Question: 'In 1982 Prince Andrew flew helicopters during a war against this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'How romantic!  Oregon entered the Union in 1859 on this special day'

Answer: February 14 (Valentine\'s Day)


Question: 'One story told in 3 books'

Answer: trilogy


Question: 'In 2008 he announced he'd step down after 11 years as Ireland's prime minister'

Answer: Bertie Ahern


Question: 'When Steve Carell's chest waxing goes bad in this film, there's only one name to scream--"Kelly Clarkson!"'

Answer: The 40 Year Old Virgin


Question: 'While he gave up his political column, he still shares his love of words in his "On Language" column'

Answer: (William) Safire


Question: 'To begin his training as an army officer, Prince William entered this British military academy in 2006'

Answer: Sandhurst


Question: 'Temporary shelters that may be decorated are built for Sukkot, a festival of this religion'

Answer: Judaisim


Question: 'Last name of one of our last 3 vice presidents'

Answer: Gore


Question: 'John Boorman's man-returns-to-the-jungle film "The Emerald Forest" takes place mostly in this S.A. country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Film in which Daniel Day-Lewis searches for oil & citrus fruits with dark red flesh'

Answer: There Will Be Blood Oranges


Question: 'A Manolin (a person) & a marlin (a fish) appear in this Hemingway tale'

Answer: The Old Man and the Sea


Question: 'We'll learn how to groom llamas if we stay at Hidden Acres Llama Farm in Jefferson in this Down East state'

Answer: Maine


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.)  Japanese Buddhism is divided into several sects; Kiyomizudera Temple represents North Hosso Buddhism, brought from this country in the 600s'

Answer: China


Question: 'The Yeti'

Answer: the Abominable Snowman


Question: 'Emerald is the birthstone for this month'

Answer: May


Question: 'Film of a typical day in the life of the Beatles, which includes running from bloodthirsty zombie fans in a Romero classic'

Answer: A Hard Day\'s Night of the Living Dead


Question: 'The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel clarifies that he is not "one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms"'

Answer: Invisible Man


Question: 'Maybe I'll spend a day getting lost at Oakes Farm in Tennessee, in their 11-acre one of these mazes'

Answer: a corn maze


Question: 'Kiyomizudera is said to have been built in honor of a bodhisattva, one who forgoes advancing to this enlightened state'

Answer: nirvana


Question: 'Tolkien's "There and Back Again"'

Answer: The Hobbit


Question: 'In the 1940s, this superhero's abilities came from a ring that was fashioned from an emerald lamp'

Answer: the Green Lantern


Question: 'Jim Carrey voices an elephant that heads to Toon Town to solve a murder with Bob Hoskins in this animated classic'

Answer: Horton Hears a Who Framed Roger Rabbit


Question: 'Stephen Dedalus' formative years in Dublin are the subject of this novel by James Joyce'

Answer: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man


Question: 'Horseback riding is the rein event at Lady Hawk Farm in this state's Citrus County'

Answer: Florida


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.)  This is the shoro, or bell tower; you can see the imperial emblem that features the kiku, this flower symbolizing nobility'

Answer: the chrysanthemum


Question: 'Oral defamation'

Answer: slander


Question: 'Roll out this--emerald is the green variety of it; aquamarine is the blue-green variety'

Answer: beryl


Question: 'Josh Brolin, Tommy Lee Jones & Javier Bardem go to Alaska to get love advice from Anne Heche in this movie-TV hybrid'

Answer: No Country for Old Men in Trees


Question: 'This play by George Bernard Shaw portrays Don Juan as the quarry, not the hunter'

Answer: Man and Superman


Question: 'If I tire of snowshoeing at Ohlers' Acres in this Canadian province, I'll take a side trip to the W. Edmonton Mall'

Answer: Alberta


Question: 'Behind Sai-mon, the West Gate, rises Sanju-no-to, the tallest of these structures in all of Japan'

Answer: a pagoda


Question: 'Vitamin B2, partner of thiamine & niacin on cereal boxes'

Answer: riboflavin


Question: 'The hardness of emeralds ranges from 7.5 to 8 on this scale'

Answer: Mohs


Question: 'Boxer Hilary Swank has some tough decisions for Diane Keaton in this film: life or death, career or family'

Answer: Million Dollar Baby Boom


Question: 'In a pamphlet, Thomas Paine wrote about government founded on "the indefeasible hereditary" these'

Answer: the Rights of Man


Question: 'Hey, Sugar, sugaring season is a great time to stay at Shearer Hill Farm in this state'

Answer: Vermont


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads once more from outside Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, Japan.)  Most of the complex here was rebuilt in the 1630s under Iemitsu Tokugawa who had this title, meaning barbarian-subduing general'

Answer: shogun


Question: 'The Mexica, ethnically'

Answer: the Aztecs


Question: 'This city's Olympics were exactly 200 years after the death of the British cabinet secretary it was named for'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'Colleges in this city include Harold Washington, Malcolm X & Richard J. Daley'

Answer: Chicago


Question: '"Oh, Pretty Woman" in 1964 was this artist's last Top 10 hit until "You Got It" reached No. 9 in 1989'

Answer: Roy Orbison


Question: 'In 1972 this company introduced its SX-70 instant camera, which was only one inch thick when closed'

Answer: Polaroid


Question: 'In the marsupial mole, hearing & this sense are poorly developed'

Answer: Sight


Question: 'Antique majolica pottery was often decorated in the cobalt shade of this color'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'Romanians call this musical instrument a flaut'

Answer: Flute


Question: '171-foot-wide Canal Street runs from Lake Pontchartrain to the Mississippi River in this city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In 1962 he teamed with Dee Dee Sharp to record yet another dance hit, "Slow Twistin'"'

Answer: Chubby Checker


Question: 'This baby food company once used the slogan "Babies Are Our Business, Our Only Business"'

Answer: Gerber


Question: 'In the mistaken belief that it washes its food, it was given the scientific name lotor, meaning "washer"'

Answer: Raccoon


Question: 'Coquiage is a design motif that features representaions of these items you find by the sea'

Answer: Seashells


Question: 'Travelers in Italy should know that the sign "Fermata d'Autobus" means this'

Answer: bus stop


Question: 'This city's metropolitan area has the largest Jewish population of any city in the world'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'No. 1 song that begins "Imagine me and you, I do, I think about you day and night..."'

Answer: Happy Together


Question: 'This package delivery firm was founded in 1907 as the American Messenger Company'

Answer: UPS (United Parcel Service)


Question: 'The Indian species of this cobra killer can be tamed when young'

Answer: Mongoose


Question: 'During Victorian times, objects made from this molded paper pulp were often inlaid with mother-of-pearl'

Answer: papier-mâché


Question: '"Buon dia" is Portuguese for this greeting'

Answer: Good Day!


Question: 'Paterson, in this state, was once known as "America's Silk City"'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'This Irish group's "Rattle and Hum" album topped both the U.S. & U.K. album charts'

Answer: U2


Question: 'This winery in Modesto, California is the world's largest, & accounts for more than 25% of the U.S. market'

Answer: Ernest & Julio Gallo


Question: 'In this type of crab, the male has a large claw & waves it like a violinist's bow'

Answer: Fiddler crab


Question: 'Carriage clocks had these on top because they were designed to be carried on carriages'

Answer: Handles


Question: 'In Norwegian this body part is the tommelfinger'

Answer: the thumb


Question: 'Giant Springs, one of the world's largest freshwater springs, is located at this "great" Montana city'

Answer: Great Falls


Question: 'In 1983 this group from down under hit it big with "Down Under"'

Answer: Men At Work


Question: 'In 1952 Kemmons Wilson opened the first motel in this chain, on the outskirts of Memphis'

Answer: Holiday Inn


Question: 'Extinct for hundreds of years, the elephant bird weighed 1,000 pounds & lived on this east African island'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'It is incorrect to refer to grotesque carved beasts on buildings as these, unless they drain water'

Answer: Gargoyles


Question: 'The Spanish word for this ever-popular hobby is jardineria'

Answer: Gardening


Question: 'It lasted so long that it should have been called the "116 Years War"'

Answer: 100 Years War


Question: 'In 1956 Dr. William Masters hired her as an assistant in his sex research project'

Answer: Virginia Johnson


Question: 'The completion of the Panama Canal made this one of the world's most traveled seas'

Answer: the Caribbean Sea


Question: 'At her 100th birthday celebration in 1960, she performed a jig with her doctor'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'To earn the name, Smithfield hams must be cured in the area around Smithfield in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This novel contains the line, "Well, Clarice, have the lambs stopped screaming?"'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'Medieval people did this with swords around maypoles & in chain formations'

Answer: Dance


Question: 'On August 8, 1950 Florence Chadwick broke her 1926 English Channel swim record'

Answer: Gertrude Ederle


Question: 'The Wedell Sea, off this continent, is said to have the clearest waters of any'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'HIs "Self-Portrait With Pipe and Bandaged Ear" is part of the Leigh B. Block collection in Chicago'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'Foie gras is the liver of ducks or these animals fattened by force-feeding'

Answer: Geese


Question: 'Herman Wouk called this 1971 novel "a prologue to 'War And Remembrance'"'

Answer: The Winds of War


Question: 'This monk who led the Peasants' Crusade is known in French as Pierre l'Ermite'

Answer: Peter the Hermit


Question: 'On January 7, 1955 she made history as the first black in a major role at the Metropolitan Opera'

Answer: Marian Anderson


Question: 'New Zealand is bordered by the south Pacific Ocean on the east & by this sea on the west'

Answer: Tasman Sea


Question: 'He sculpted George Bernard Shaw & Nijinsky as well as Balzac & Victor Hugo'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'The minneola is a popular variety of this cross between a tangerine & grapefruit'

Answer: Tangelo


Question: 'A line from this playwright's "Sonnet 18" inspired the title of John Mortimer's book "Summer's Lease"'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'This tower-like structure, the strongest part of a medieval castle, is also called the donjon'

Answer: Keep


Question: 'She served as U.S. Ambassador to Italy 1953-1956 & to Brazil for less than a month in 1959'

Answer: Claire Booth Luce


Question: 'Gdansk, Poland is a major port on this sea'

Answer: Baltic Sea


Question: 'Some of his paintings like "The Sleeping Gypsy" strongly influenced the Surrealist movement'

Answer: Henri Rousseau


Question: 'This puffy pudding is often served with roast beef in Britain'

Answer: Yorkshire pudding


Question: 'At the end of this Pat Conroy novel, Tom Wingo whispers, "Lowenstein, Lowenstein"'

Answer: The Prince of Tides


Question: 'This king of England was killed by a Norman arrow at the Battle of Hastings'

Answer: Harold II


Question: 'Betty Friedan said that as a feminist she owes much to this author of "The Second Sex", published in the U.S. in 1953'

Answer: Simone de Beauvoir


Question: 'Named for one of Jupiter's loves, this sea is the deepest part of the Mediterranean'

Answer: Ionian Sea


Question: 'Last name of Willem & Elaine, husband & wife who were both significant 20th century artists'

Answer: de Kooning


Question: 'This dish consists of poached peaches filled with ice cream & topped with raspberry sauce'

Answer: Peach Melba


Question: 'This author proclaimed the amoeba the official mascot of his novel "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues"'

Answer: Tom Robbins


Question: 'It's the northernmost mountain in the world over 20,000 feet in elevation'

Answer: Mt. McKinley (Denali)


Question: 'Have you heard the latest buzz? The Mayans domesticated this native insect'

Answer: the bee


Question: 'A starlet in a mink bikini gets thrown into the Grand Canal in "Grab Me a Gondola", set in this city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Green olives are traditionally stuffed with these red veggies'

Answer: pimientos


Question: 'This prolific British mystery writer's last published novel was 1976's "Sleeping Murder"'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'Everyone hits the beach to enjoy this state's official sports: surfing & outrigger canoe paddling'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'An amphibian avenue'

Answer: toad road


Question: 'Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name'

Answer: Jason


Question: 'Farley Granger played Mr. Darcy to Polly Bergen's Elizabeth in "First Impressions", based on this classic novel'

Answer: Pride and Prejudice


Question: 'If chives were chive talkin

Answer: onions


Question: 'In a 1972 book, Hunter S. Thompson sent Raoul Duke & Dr. Gonzo to this city to cover the Mint 400 race'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'We wonder whether the pheasant that's its state bird nests in the Black Hills Spruce, its state tree'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'An Appaloosa from Oslo'

Answer: a Norse horse


Question: 'In 1950, 2 years into his long dictatorship, he invaded South Korea'

Answer: Kim Il-sung


Question: 'This future "Brady Bunch" mom had a fling with Jose Ferrer (onstage, that is) in "The Girl Who Came to Supper"'

Answer: Florence Henderson


Question: 'For cooking, garlic bulbs are broken up into segments called these'

Answer: cloves


Question: 'Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy & his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic'

Answer: Winds of War


Question: 'This feline with long, pointed canines is California's state fossil'

Answer: the saber-toothed tiger


Question: 'Goldilocks sat on one (actually, on all 3)'

Answer: a bear chair


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew narrates from Lima, Peru.)  The Plaza Mayor, Lima's main square since colonial days, was used for executions during the time of this tribunal that began in Peru around 1568'

Answer: the Inquisition


Question: 'After just 5 performances, the door slammed on "A Doll's Life", based on this Scandinavian drama'

Answer: A Doll\'s House


Question: 'When making a pie with strawberries & this tart vegetable, just use its red stalks; the leaves are toxic'

Answer: rhubarb


Question: 'A book by Flora Screiber says, Mary, Peggy Lou, Vicky & Vanessa were 4 of this title character's 16 personalities'

Answer: Sybil


Question: 'Appropriately, it's Nevada's state metal'

Answer: silver


Question: 'The jargon of an Australian wild dog'

Answer: dingo lingo


Question: 'In 601 the Lombards destroyed this Italian city, home to a shrewish Kate, but it made a quick comeback'

Answer: Padua


Question: 'Orson Welles & Cole Porter collaborated on a 1946 musical adaptation of this "globe-trotting" Jules Verne novel'

Answer: Around the World in Eighty Days


Question: 'Before cooking, you have to top & tail & maybe destring the runner type of these'

Answer: beans


Question: 'A review said this 1979 William Styron novel "belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces"'

Answer: Sophie\'s Choice


Question: 'This state bird is depicted on Louisiana's state seal in a nest with her 3 young'

Answer: the pelican


Question: 'A marine bivalve's improvisational music session'

Answer: a clam jam


Question: 'During this war, U.S. helicopters such as the Sea Knight landed more than 750,000 tons of supplies a month'

Answer: the Vietnam War


Question: 'Renee Zellweger is down on the farm as Jude heads back to North Carolina in this 2003 film'

Answer: Cold Mountain


Question: 'If you got a trapezoid for your birthday, you got a figure with this many sides & a crummy gift'

Answer: four


Question: 'The Rijksmuseum is an art museum in this city'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'One of the 2 astronomical images found on Alaska's official license plate'

Answer: the Big Dipper (or the North Star)


Question: 'It took place in June 1876 at the Little Bighorn River'

Answer: Custer\'s Last Stand


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, Nevada.)  To accelerate a plane, this force must be greater than the drag. Luckily, the F-16's engines provide 27,000 pounds of it'

Answer: thrust


Question: 'Jude was the "Saturday Night Live" host on the night this "Pieces Of Me" singer did not actually sing'

Answer: Ashlee Simpson


Question:
'In our number system, it's 10;
in a triangle,
it's the lowest side'

Answer: the base


Question: 'The Museum of the American West in Los Angeles is part of the complex named for this singing cowboy'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'An extreme snowboarding competition held at Valdez, Alaska, or a Fox show featuring Hank & Bobby'

Answer: King of the Hill


Question: 'Sarah Michelle Gellar could have used some of Buffy's moves in this 1997 slasher flick'

Answer: I Know What You Did Last Summer


Question: 'Despite the Spruce Goose's nickname, most of the wood used in its making is from this tree that has white & paper varieties'

Answer: birch


Question: 'Jude was Sean Penn's beast of (Jack) Burden in this 2006 film based on a Robert Penn Warren novel'

Answer: All the King\'s Men


Question: '1/15 + 1/45 = this'

Answer: 4/45


Question: 'In 1902 the Egyptian Museum moved from this "pyramid" city to nearby Cairo'

Answer: Giza


Question: 'The U.S. used a 48-star flag for 47 years until Alaska gained statehood in this year'

Answer: 1959


Question: 'One week after a full moon, when half the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun'

Answer: last quarter


Question: 'Toronto's airport is named for this Nobel Prize-winning prime minister'

Answer: Lester Pearson


Question: 'It's any system of geometry not based on the system in "Elements", a book from around 300 B.C.'

Answer: non-Euclidean


Question: 'Ceremonial robes of these onetime highest Venetian officials are displayed in Venice's Museo Correr'

Answer: the doges


Question: 'The only 2 "national" regions of this type in Alaska are Chugach & Tongass'

Answer: forests


Question: 'It's the famous description used as a slogan of Maxwell House coffee'

Answer: "good to the last drop"


Question: 'In aviation, FBN is this--the literal meaning, not the "shady" or "transient" figurative one'

Answer: fly by night


Question: 'From the Latin for "agreeing", it describes 2 figures that coincide when superimposed'

Answer: congruent


Question: 'Last name of paleontologist Richard, who was director of the National Museums of Kenya from 1968 to 1989'

Answer: Leakey


Question: 'The largest oil reserves in the U.S. were found in 1968 near this bay on the Arctic coast'

Answer: Prudhoe Bay


Question: 'After Biagio da Cesena complained about this painting in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo added him to it'

Answer: The Last Judgement


Question: 'On March 10, 2003 this nation got control of the .af Internet domain'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Lake Tear of the Clouds is the source of this river, the longest in New York State'

Answer: Hudson


Question: 'A sacred sister'

Answer: Nun


Question: 'The dry white variety of this wine is used in a martini; the sweet variety, in a Manhattan'

Answer: Vermouth


Question: 'When light is passed thru a prism, it produces this spread of colors'

Answer: Spectrum


Question: 'Byte magazine covers new trends & technology related to the use of these'

Answer: Computers


Question: 'Johnny told this river, "I'm crossing you in style someday"'

Answer: "Moon River"


Question: 'It curves thru Paris for about 8 miles, dividing the city into right & left banks'

Answer: Seine


Question: 'As a verb, you do it with your hands to get a drink; as a noun, it's something you drink from'

Answer: Cup


Question: 'This sweet sparkling wine hails from the Italian town of Asti'

Answer: Spumante


Question: 'It's the branch of chemistry that deals with carbon compounds'

Answer: Organic Chemistry


Question: 'The Apothecary is a quarterly magazine for members of this profession'

Answer: Pharmacists


Question: 'Phrase following "So you met someone who set you back on your heels"'

Answer: "Goody Goody"


Question: 'South of Terre Haute, this river forms the boundary between Indiana & Illinois'

Answer: Wabash


Question: 'In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper'

Answer: Ant


Question: 'A liquor that's 100 proof contains this percentage of alcohol'

Answer: 50%


Question: 'All lines of longitude are measured east or west of this line'

Answer: Prime Meridian


Question: '"Boys' Life" & "Exploring" magazine are both published by this organization'

Answer: Boy Scouts


Question: 'Song that urges "E-lim-inate the negative; latch on to the affirmative; don't mess with Mr. In-Between"'

Answer: "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive"


Question: 'To most Chinese, it's known as the Chang-Jiang, or "long river"'

Answer: Yangtze


Question: 'It can mean to crowd about & annoy, or the crowd itself'

Answer: Mob


Question: 'To make it, combine gin, vodka, cola, and a twist of lemon, but not a drop of tea'

Answer: Long Island Ice Tea


Question: 'The Big Dipper is part of this constellation'

Answer: Ursa Major


Question: 'Yes, it's the name of the magazine Hugh Hefner founded in 1972 for contemporary men & women'

Answer: "Oui!"


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE) - Johnny wrote the updated lyrics for this classic in the 1940s:  (clue: Mills Brothers classic)'

Answer: "Glo-Worm"


Question: 'In Greek myth, this river flows by Hades; in reality, it's in Alabama'

Answer: Styx


Question: 'When preceding "out", it means "to just barely make a living"'

Answer: Eke


Question: 'Often served at a brunch, it's made with equal amounts of champagne & orange juice'

Answer: Mimosa


Question: 'The most important source of uranium & radium is this mineral ore'

Answer: Pitchblende


Question: 'Covering combat & military subjects, it's the journal of professional adventurers'

Answer: "Soldier of Fortune"


Question: '"A woman's a two-face, a worriesome thing who'll leave you to sing" this song'

Answer: "The Blues in the Night"


Question: 'Both Lord Protectors of Great Britain, Oliver & Richard had this last name'

Answer: Cromwell


Question: 'Joel Engle's book about him is subtitled "The Dreams & Nightmares of Life in the "Twilight Zone" "'

Answer: Rod Serling


Question: 'Some products are sanforized to prevent this'

Answer: Shrinkage


Question: 'Speaking of her husband, she joked, "Anyone who eats pork rinds can't be all good"'

Answer: Barbara Bush


Question: 'It's the correct name for a 90-degree angle'

Answer: Right Angle


Question: 'To have your teeth straightened, you'd seek out this type of dentist'

Answer: Orthodontist


Question: 'The Montreux Convention of 1936 recognized this country's right to fortify the Dardanelles'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'Peter Straub collaborated with this man on the wildly successful best-seller, "The Talisman"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'About one-third of the world's wool is produced by this country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A portrait of her, painted by her husband, hangs in grandson David's dining room'

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower


Question: 'To find the product of two or more numbers, use this process'

Answer: Multiplication


Question: 'Someone who's trained to put patients to sleep before surgery is called this'

Answer: Anesthesiologist


Question: 'This liner was sunk by the submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915'

Answer: Lusitania


Question: 'Isabel, niece of this former president of Chile, wrote her first novel in exile in Venezuela'

Answer: Salvador Allende


Question: 'One of the oldest textile fabrics; it comes from the stock of the flax plant'

Answer: Linen


Question: 'First name shared by the wives of Millard Fillmore & John Adams'

Answer: Abigail


Question: 'In geometry, the term for two or more figures that are identical in size and shape'

Answer: Congruent


Question: 'Disorders of the brain & nervous system are the concern of this medical specialist'

Answer: Neurologist


Question: 'Former slave Jean-Jacque Dessalines ruled this country as emperor Jacque I from 1804-1806'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Tapes in the title of Lawrence Sander's first novel, published in 1970'

Answer: "The Anderson Tapes"


Question: 'The word textile comes from the Latin "texere", meaning to do this'

Answer: Weave


Question: 'When she came out in 1947, Charlie Knickerbocker proclaimed her "Queen Deb of the Year"'

Answer: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'The symbol for this looks like a number 8 lying on its side'

Answer: Infinity


Question: 'Type of doctor who's an expert in treating acne or removing a mole'

Answer: Dermatologist


Question: 'England's Henry V won this battle in France on St. Christan's Day in 1415'

Answer: Agincourt


Question: 'He was a member of the House of Commons before he wrote "Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less"'

Answer: Jeffrey Archer


Question: 'This 1764 invention by James Hargreaves permitted a spinner to make eight or more yarns at once'

Answer: Spinning Jenny


Question: 'Sarah Bernhardt claims she once saved this extravagant first lady from falling to her death on a ship'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'A dodecahedron is a solid figure with this many faces'

Answer: 12


Question: 'An otorhinolaryngologist specializes in treating these three body parts'

Answer: Ear, Nose & Throat


Question: 'One of two English kings since William The Conqueror who were never crowned'

Answer: Edward V & Edward VIII


Question: 'Your body has millions of these glands, up to 625 per square inch of skin, & they're probably now working overtime'

Answer: sweat glands


Question: '"Broadway Joe"'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: 'In the 1920s Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly made a name for himself by sitting atop these, often for days at a time'

Answer: flagpoles


Question: 'Farmer Arable dabbed the napkin at his mouth.  Mmm!  That Wilbur...  "Some pig", indeed!'

Answer: Charlotte\'s Web


Question: 'One particle of sand'

Answer: a grain


Question: 'The 2005 version of the Mac operating system shares its name with this tawny Asian feline'

Answer: a tiger


Question: 'Total number of sides on a Klein bottle or a Mobius strip'

Answer: one


Question: '"Mean Joe"'

Answer: Joe Greene


Question: 'An air and space museum in Wapakoneta, Ohio is named for this Wapakoneta native'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'Jenny told me "Love means never having to say you're sorry".  But now she was gone, & that nurse was giving me the eye.'

Answer: Love Story


Question: 'It's the geographic feature mentioned in Arizona's state nickname'

Answer: the Grand Canyon


Question: 'The Apple iBook & Powerbook are this type of portable computer'

Answer: a laptop (or a notebook)


Question: 'If the solar system's 9 planets were lined up smallest to largest, Earth would be this number in line'

Answer: fifth


Question: '"The Refrigerator"'

Answer: William Perry


Question: 'Robert E. Lee's wife, Mary Ann Randolph Custis, was the great-granddaughter of this first lady'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'Enraged, Lemuel tore the ropes from his body.  His captors were "not six inches high"!  His boot rose ominously.'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'Not only did Buck Henry pen this 1967 coming-of-age film classic, he played a hotel desk clerk, too'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'Making $1 a year at Apple, he's the Guinness World Record holder for lowest paid chief executive officer'

Answer: (Steve) Jobs


Question: 'This prized natural substance is made up of alternating thin plates of calcium carbonate & chochiolin'

Answer: mother of pearl


Question: '"Too Tall"'

Answer: (Ed) Jones


Question: 'In 1811 work began on the 1st national highway, the Cumberland Road, between Illinois & Cumberland in this state'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Kitty & Levin's marriage is great, she thought.  My guy stinks.  With that, she pushed Hubby under the train.  Whoomp!'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'In 1967 "The Colonel's Coup" overthrew the monarchy in this country'

Answer: Greece


Question: '"Take off" & "land" information wirelessly with this Apple WiFi device'

Answer: Airport (Express)


Question: 'What we call a Thermos goes back to the flask this scientist invented in the 1890s'

Answer: Dewar


Question: '"Sweetness"'

Answer: Walter Payton


Question: 'Closed in 2002, this lavish NYC restaurant began as a place for immigrants to gather & drink tea'

Answer: the Russian Tea Room


Question: '"Hey, it's Dantes!  He must've escaped in Abbe Faria's burial shroud!" shouted Villefort.  So they hanged him.  Fin.'

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'The 4 basic forces in physics are the strong nuclear, the weak nuclear, the electromagnetic & this one'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'This "speedy" Mac software lets you watch movies or graphics on your PC or Mac computer'

Answer: QuickTime


Question: 'This existentialist gave the world "Nausea", a philosophical novel, in 1938'

Answer: (Jean-Paul) Sartre


Question: 'The middle name of this "Kill Bill" star is Karuna & she has a brother named Mipam'

Answer: Uma Thurman


Question: 'Vermont hogs have lived high off this company, eating ice cream waste & loving it (except for mint Oreo)'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'In the endgame, 2 opposing ones of these pieces that always move on the same color often leads to a draw'

Answer: bishops


Question: 'Julius Caesar burst into tears when he thought of how many lands this man had conquered by Julius' age'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'The Spanish put a tilde above this letter to indicate a palatal nasal sound'

Answer: N


Question: 'Cartesianism, based on mathematical principles, comes from the Latin verison of his name'

Answer: Rene Descartes


Question: 'Born in Vancouver in 1981, on film he "skywalked" into space in 2002'

Answer: Hayden Christensen


Question: 'Let's not keep silent about the fact that this president was born in Plymouth Notch, Vermont in 1872'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'In the newspaper, your dumb move that lost a knight would be followed by this symbol, maybe 2 of them'

Answer: question marks


Question: 'Born in 1638, the first child of a 22-year marriage, this king was christened Louis Dieudonne, or "gift of God"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'In ASL this letter is indicated by bending the 3 middle fingers to the palm & extending the thumb & pinkie up'

Answer: Y


Question: 'A Gershwin song says, "My nights were sour, spent with" this gloomy German philosopher'

Answer: Schopenhauer


Question: 'A star of the "Matrix" movies, she was named after a Hollies song'

Answer: Carrie-Anne Moss


Question: 'While living in Arlington, Vt., he featured many of its residents on his Saturday Evening Post covers'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'A guy looking over a game making annoying suggestions is doing this, from a Yiddish word'

Answer: kibitz


Question: 'In the 1670s, this Quaker preached in Germany, & many of his listeners later came to his American colony'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'It precedes "note" in a slang term for a hundred-dollar bill'

Answer: C


Question: '"Zarathustra's Sister" is a biography of Elisabeth & her brother, this philosopher'

Answer: Nietzsche


Question: 'He delivered the "Jaws" speech about the shark attack on the Indianapolis' crew'

Answer: (Robert) Shaw


Question: 'From Burlington, you can hop aboard the cruise ship The Spirit of Ethan Allen III & cruise this lake'

Answer: Lake Champlain


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays chess with Cheryl.)  By moving my rook, I've given my opponent the nasty shock of discovered this'

Answer: check


Question: 'In 1889 this 74-year old chancellor instituted old age pensions in Germany'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'On a piece of sheet music, play loudly when you come to this letter, short for the Italian meaning "strong"'

Answer: f


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Athens, Greece.)  Stoicism, the name for his school of philosophy, is derived from the stoa; he taught his followers here'

Answer: Zeno


Question: 'OK, one more time: John C. McGinley is on "Scrubs"; this actor played Amos in the 2002 film "Chicago"'

Answer: John C. Reilly


Question: 'In 2004 some residents of this city, Vermont's largest & most bustling ski area, wanted to secede & join N.H.'

Answer: Killington


Question: 'In tournament play, a fallen flag means you've lost because this has happened'

Answer: ran out of time


Question: 'In 1940 he got more votes than any Republican presidential candidate before him, & still lost'

Answer: Wendell Wilkie


Question: 'It's the symbol for the old British penny'

Answer: d


Question: 'He was the only 20th century president who had previously served as U.S. House Minority Leader'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'Abraham Gottlob Werner's Neptunism theory claimed the Earth was once covered by this; he was wrong'

Answer: water


Question: 'Presidents' Day is observed on the third Monday in this month'

Answer: February


Question: 'Odysseus clings to the belly of a ram to escape from Polyphemus, one of these one-eyed creatures'

Answer: a cyclops


Question: 'In 1957-58 this James Arness series received the highest one-season rating of any western in TV history'

Answer: Gunsmoke


Question: 'A simple high-back narrow chair is named for this first U.S. first lady'

Answer: a Martha Washington


Question: 'Prince Rainier III'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'In 1957 Sir Vivian Fuchs led the first crossing of this continent; it took 99 days'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'You can tour old homes in this city's Garden District & French Quarter during its spring fiesta'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'This woman, the cause of the Trojan War, gives Telemachus a rich robe for his bride to wear'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'On "Bonanza" this character was the youngest of the Cartwright brothers'

Answer: Little Joe


Question: 'Gaboon is one of the blackest forms of this wood in use today'

Answer: ebony


Question: 'President Aleksander Kwasniewski'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'This country's highest peak, Mount Logan, is named for geologist Sir William Logan'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'In 1889 this day was designated a labor holiday by the Second Socialist International'

Answer: May Day


Question: 'This goddess of wisdom pleads with Zeus to release Odysseus from the embrace of the nymph Calypso'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'The theme to "Have Gun, Will Travel" called this character "a knight without armor in a savage land"'

Answer: Paladin


Question: 'From the name of a queen, it's the general term for English & American furniture of the period 1840-1900'

Answer: Queen Victoria (Victorian furniture)


Question: 'President Suharto'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1972 Harrison H. Schmitt became the first & last geologist to pick up rocks here'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'This "Camptown Races" composer's death is commemorated on January 13'

Answer: (Stephen) Foster


Question: 'Antinous is the leader of the suitors for her hand'

Answer: Penelope


Question: 'This Ward Bond series started its trek in St. Joseph, Missouri & headed west to California'

Answer: Wagon Train


Question: 'This colorful material from the inside of shells has been used for inlays since the 8th century'

Answer: mother-of-pearl


Question: 'President Ernesto Perez Balladares'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'It's Alfred Wegener's name for the single supercontinent that broke up into Laurasia & Gondwanaland'

Answer: Pangaea


Question: 'Originally this holiday was celebrated on the last day of the Celtic year'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'Moly, a flower, protects Odysseus from the charms of this enchantress'

Answer: Circe


Question: 'It was Steve McQueen's only starring series'

Answer: Wanted: Dead or Alive


Question: 'The use of this, this decorative wood glued to a backing of ordinary wood, goes back to ancient Egypt'

Answer: veneer


Question: 'President Leonid D. Kuchma'

Answer: the Ukraine


Question: 'Over 2,100 feet above sea level, this city is one of Europe's highest capitals'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'This university has a medical branch in Galveston'

Answer: University of Texas


Question: 'The homing or carrier type of this bird can fly at an average speed of 45 miles per hour'

Answer: a pigeon


Question: 'Although John Jacob Astor IV perished during this 1912 voyage, his pregnant wife survived & gave brith to an heir'

Answer: the Titanic


Question: 'In July 1778 a fleet commanded by Admiral Charles D'Estaing reached America from the country'

Answer: France


Question: 'The vampire Lestat takes a journey through Hell in her 1995 novel "Memnoch the Devil"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'A famous painting by El Greco shows a "View of" this city, but you have to go to New York, not Ohio, to see it'

Answer: Toledo


Question: 'This country's largest university is the University of Helsinki'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'This large, sometimes pinkish wading bird has black flight feathers'

Answer: a flamingo


Question: 'She named her No. 5 perfume for her lucky number'

Answer: Chanel


Question: 'This silversmith was accused of cowardice on the Penobscot Expedition but was later cleared'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'This mystery author & presidential daughter has published an account of the "First Ladies"'

Answer: Margaret Truman


Question: 'Though born in Linares, guitarist Andres shared his name with this Spanish city'

Answer: Segovia


Question: 'This school's Urbana-Champaign campus is home to the National Center for Supercomputing Applications'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'The Emperor and King species of this bird lay one egg: the others normally lay two'

Answer: a penguin


Question: 'St. Leo I, St. Gregory I & St. Nicholas I were the only popes to share this epithet'

Answer: "The Great"


Question: 'The resolution for independence was introduced by Richard Henry Lee of this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Eleanor Hodgman Porter is best remembered for her 1913 novel about this ever-optimistic heroine'

Answer: Pollyanna


Question: 'This city whose name reflects its founding by the Carthaginians is home to one of Spain's chief naval bases'

Answer: Cartagena


Question: 'Well known colleges of this university are King's, Churchill & St. John's'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'These small, solitary, flightless birds of New Zealand locate food by smell'

Answer: a kiwi


Question: 'The initials in the name of this famous psychologist stood for Burrhus Frederic'

Answer: B.F. Skinner


Question: 'In 1776 he wrote in "The Crisis", "Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'Her "Windy Cty Blues" is a collection of nine stories featuring V.I. Warshawski'

Answer: Sara Paretsky


Question: 'This city where St. Teresa was born is one of Spain's great religious centers'

Answer: Avila


Question: '"The Rock" is the alumni magazine of this California college attended by Richard Nixon'

Answer: Whittier


Question: 'Darwin discovered 14 related species of this bird on the Galapagos Islands'

Answer: finches


Question: 'This aviator famous for his WWII raid on Tokyo died in 1993 at age 96'

Answer: Doolittle


Question: 'This commander of British forces resigned in 1778 following crticisms of his inactivity'

Answer: Howe


Question: 'This Mississippi-born author received a 1973 Pulitzer Prize for "The Optimist's Daughter"'

Answer: Eudora Welty


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 1996 this oldest government regulatory agency, established in 1887, closed'

Answer: the Interstate Commerce Commission


Question: 'This resort city is famous for the cliff divers of La Quebrada'

Answer: Acapulco


Question: 'Kurt Russell's father, Bing Russell, played a deputy sheriff on this series set on the Ponderosa'

Answer: Bonanza


Question: 'When you give one of these to a man, a coin or bill should be in it so he'll never be out of money'

Answer: a wallet


Question: 'This bug has been called a "hundred-legger"'

Answer: a centipede


Question: 'In 1882 the emperor of this country established the Order of the Double Dragon for foreigners'

Answer: China


Question: '"All things come to him who" does this'

Answer: waits


Question: 'Bohemia, Superior & Dos Equis are brands of this produced in Mexico'

Answer: beer


Question: 'Lee Majors not only starred in this series, he sang its theme song, "The Unknown Stuntman"'

Answer: The Fall Guy


Question: 'If your left hand does this, money is coming'

Answer: itches


Question: 'The field & house types of this chirping insect are raised & sold as fish bait'

Answer: crickets


Question: 'In August 1992 the medal whose reverse is seen here was presented in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'This type of "fruit is sweet" or "sweetest"'

Answer: forbidden


Question: 'This 760-mile-long peninsula forms the western border of the Gulf of California'

Answer: the Baja


Question: 'Of all Mr. Newhart's TV series, this one has the shortest name'

Answer: Bob


Question: 'A groom may give a bride a penny to wear in this for good luck'

Answer: a shoe


Question: 'Types of this bug transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever'

Answer: a tick


Question: 'There are Army, Navy & Air Force versions of this highest U.S. medal'

Answer: the Congressional Medal of Honor


Question: 'In "The Tempest", Shakespeare wrote, "Misery acquaints a man with strange" ones of these'

Answer: bedfellows


Question: 'Though Victor Hugo & Garibaldi petitioned to save this emperor's life, he was executed in 1867'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'On "The Addams Family", she played Morticia & Morticia's sister Ophelia'

Answer: Carolyn Jones


Question: 'Turn over a silver coin in your pocket when you see this heavenly body & your wish will come true'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'The smallest of these insects is the pygmy locust at less than 1/2 inch in length'

Answer: a grasshopper


Question: 'This country established an Independence Medal in 1924, throwing out the old Ottoman Empire Orders'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'On this holiday "all the birds of the air in couples do join"'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'Every December 12, Mexicans converge on a basilica in Mexico City to honor the virgin of this place'

Answer: Guadalupe


Question: 'Now a sales rep, Larry Mazzeo used the name Larry Mathews when he played Ritchie on this TV series'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: 'Carrying a coin with this year stamped on it is supposed to bring you good luck'

Answer: the year of your birth


Question: 'This North American spider is distinguished by a violin-shaped mark on its back'

Answer: the brown recluse spider


Question: 'Great services to this country are rewarded with the Order of Henry the Navigator'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'According to Ovid, "To be loved" you have to be this'

Answer: lovable


Question: 'In 1963 this former British P.M. became an honorary citizen of the U.S. by an act of Congress'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Castor, Pollux & Theseus accompanied Jason on his journey aboard this ship'

Answer: the Argo


Question: 'The world's most powerful solar telescope is near Tucson in this state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Although most of these featured a skull & crossbones, some had flaming swords or hourglasses'

Answer: pirate flags (or the jolly roger)


Question: 'An astroblame is a scar on the Earth's surface caused by one of these'

Answer: a meteor


Question: 'Shortly before his death, this "Nutcracker" composer received an hon. doctorate from Cambridge Univ.'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'He was the first president of Gran Colombia; after all , he helped liberate it'

Answer: Simón Bolívar


Question: 'He was condemned to support the heavens after supporting Cronus' war against the Olympians'

Answer: Atlas


Question: 'An 1867 flood in this state allowed a steamboat to travel down Chattanooga's Main Street'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'Several pirates of the Indian Ocean, including William Kidd, used this large island off the African coast as a haven'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'These warm, dry winds can raise the temperature at the base of the Rockies as much as 40º F. in 1 hour'

Answer: the Chinooks


Question: 'In addition to marches, he composed an orchestral piece inspired by the novel "Ben-Hur"'

Answer: Sousa


Question: 'This French king was condemned in mid-January 1793 & was executed January 21'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'Some poets described this dog as having 50 heads, but he's usually shown with 3'

Answer: Cerberus


Question: 'In 1992 most of this state's permanent residents got $915.84 from its oil revenues'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'One of the many weapons used by pirates was this short, slightly curved sword with a single cutting edge'

Answer: the cutlass


Question: 'From the Latin for "body", it's a free-moving cell such as an erythrocyte or leukocyte'

Answer: a corpuscle


Question: 'His "Bolero" had its American debut at a 1929 concert of the N.Y. Philharmonic-Symphony'

Answer: Ravel


Question: 'On June 16, 1963 she blasted into orbit, joining Valery Bykovsky who had been launched 2 days earlier'

Answer: (Valentina) Tereshkova


Question: 'In her sanctuary in the Forum, she was not represented by a statue but by a flame tended by virgin priestesses'

Answer: Vesta


Question: 'This state has a Lake Sidney Lanier about 25 miles north of Stone Mountain'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'It's the term pirates used for the land along the Caribbean coast of South America'

Answer: the Spanish Main


Question: 'In the 2nd U.S. suborbital flight, his Mercury capsule, Liberty Bell 7, sank in the Atlantic upon splashdown'

Answer: Gus Grissom


Question: 'A 1791 Handel music festival inspired him to compose the oratorio "The Creation"'

Answer: Haydn


Question: 'Alsace-Lorraine was annexed by Germany as a result of this 1870-71 war'

Answer: the Franco-Prussian War


Question: 'Troy could not fall while it contained the Palladium, an image of this goddess'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'In 1777 New Connecticut changed its name to this, the name the state's still known by'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'These Mediterranean pirates were based in Algiers, Tunis & Tripoli'

Answer: the Barbary pirates


Question: '2 isotopes of the same element differ in the number of these subatomic particles'

Answer: neutrons


Question: 'Early in his career, Igor Stravinsky was tutored by this "Flight of the Bumblebee" composer'

Answer: Rimsky-Korsakov


Question: 'The woman with the most quotes in the new edition of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is this American'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'In 1983 only 7% of U.S. homes had one of these; in 1996 40%, 18% with modems'

Answer: Computers