Question: 'Lou Reed's 1973 hit "Walk on the Wild Side" was inspired by the friends of this artist'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: '(Picture of a note):  6-letter word for hasty writing that may be illegible'

Answer: scrawl


Question: 'In 1793 the Committee of Public this was created to rule the country'

Answer: Safety


Question:
'Files,
liquor,
Secretary Donna Shalala'

Answer: in a cabinet


Question: 'For its first national ad account, Ebony went to the "top", to this radio & later TV maker'

Answer: Zenith


Question: 'Periodically, his Western Heritage Museum in Griffith Park hosts Western serenades'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'Before his fatal accident, Tommy "Couldn't get Laura on the phone so to her mother Tommy said" this'

Answer: "Tell Laura I Love Her"


Question: 'It means to spend money lavishly indulging oneself, perhaps while on a spree'

Answer: splurge


Question: 'The Cult of the Supreme Being, based on this Swiss-French philosopher's deism was made an official religion'

Answer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau


Question:
'Codes,
songs,
Southern Florida'

Answer: things with keys


Question: 'The first issue included a profile of this author of "Native Son"'

Answer: Richard Wright


Question: 'We just now heard it's the "C" in MOCA, a museum in downtown L.A.'

Answer: Contemporary


Question: 'The hero of this Kenny Rogers song is named Tommy, "But folks just called him Yellow"'

Answer: "Coward Of The County"


Question: 'The mistle type of this common songbird is seen here:'

Answer: the thrush


Question: 'The first African-American Best Actress nominee, her life was the subject of a 1999 HBO film'

Answer: Dorothy Dandridge


Question: '"Uncle Abe"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'When an actor overacts, it's said that he's "chewing" this'

Answer: the scenery


Question: 'On November 22, 1986 at age 20, he became the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion ever'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'This piper's son "learnt to play when he was young"'

Answer: Tom


Question: 'In 1926 they were partnered by director Leo McCarey, & the rest is history; "a fine mess", but history'

Answer: Laurel & Hardy


Question: 'This music style is influenced by rap & funk'

Answer: Hip hop


Question: 'The "Sage of Monticello"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Ed Asner, Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan have been president of this actors union'

Answer: SAG (Screen Actors Guild)


Question: 'He's been Lothar, Dieter, Wayne & Austin Powers'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Some believe that these 2 pail fetchers actually represent Cardinal Wolsey & Bishop Tarbes'

Answer: Jack & Jill


Question: 'Meriwether Lewis & this man led the Corps of Discovery from 1804 to 1806'

Answer: William Clark


Question: 'Success in this game requires good balance & skill at tossing a stone'

Answer: hopscotch


Question: 'He was the "Man from Missouri" & the "Man of Independence"'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'An actor's "rep" (representation) may get him booked into "rep", one of these theater groups'

Answer: repertory


Question: 'He became the lead vocalist of the Beach Boys in 1961'

Answer: Mike Love


Question: '"Betwixt them both, they lick'd the platter clean"'

Answer: Jack Sprat & his wife


Question: 'By their last names, it looks like the actors seen here, partnered in 1997, were actors under aliases'

Answer: Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith


Question: 'If you're making a pub crawl, you're doing this'

Answer: barhopping


Question: '"Union Safeguard"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Pat Kingsley of PMK is one of the most famous of these people who keep actors' names in the news'

Answer: publicist


Question: 'One of the senior journalists on U.S. television, he's been the leading host of "60 Minutes" since 1968'

Answer: Mike Wallace


Question: 'William Hewlett & this other engineer joined forces in the late 1930s'

Answer: David Packard


Question: 'This 1950s Ray Anthony tune inspired a dance craze -- hop! hop! hop!'

Answer: the bunny hop


Question: 'The "Hero of Tippecanoe"'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'When an actress is "treading" these, she's appearing on stage'

Answer: the boards


Question: 'A 3 time league MVP, this former Phillie hit a career total 548 home runs'

Answer: Mike Schmidt


Question: 'In 1853 he borrowed $60 from his friend Henry Lomb to help his optical goods shop'

Answer: John Bausch


Question: 'Bumpkin farmers, or the heavy shoes they wear in the field'

Answer: clodhoppers


Question: 'Hamburg'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The Spanish duo Los Del Rio unleashed this song & its accompanying dance on the world'

Answer: the Macarena


Question: 'A warning to Scorpio skaters: don't pick a partner of this "lion-like" sign, you're not compatible'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'First name of the character played by Faith Ford on "Murphy Brown"'

Answer: Corky


Question: 'A boxing blow directed upward towards your opponent's chin'

Answer: uppercut


Question: 'This country officially surrendered on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on September 2, 1945'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Melbourne'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Celine Dion's "Let's Talk About Love" & the "Titanic" soundtrack both feature this Oscar-winning gold single'

Answer: "My Heart Will Go On"


Question: 'This "virginal" sign represents perfectionists; nothing less than a gold medal will do'

Answer: Virgo


Question: 'Nickname of the character played by Chris Burke on "Life Goes On"'

Answer: Corky


Question: 'The phrase about being "sent" here comes from the fact that Sing Sing Prison was north of NYC on the Hudson'

Answer: up the river


Question: 'An important Confederate supply depot, this Georgia capital surrendered to Union troops September 2, 1864'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Rio de Janeiro'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'It was "Hello Success", not loneliness for this duo with 1957's "Bye Bye Love", their first hit'

Answer: the Everly Brothers


Question: 'If this "fishy" sign is yours, your famous feet may be your best feature'

Answer: Pisces


Question: 'Micky Dolenz was billed as Micky Braddock when he played this "Circus Guy"'

Answer: Corky


Question: 'Home to fashionable shops & residences, it's the section of Manhattan E. of 5th Ave. & between 57th & 96th Streets'

Answer: Upper East Side


Question: 'Take a leap & name this leader whose surrender in 1886 ended the Apache Wars'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'Rotterdam'

Answer: The Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'In 1980 this duo topped the charts one more time with "Do That to Me One More Time"'

Answer: Captain & Tennille


Question: 'Born under this horned sign?  You're likely to have weak knees, & we're not getting your "goat"'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'Corin Nemec of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" acted under this nickname when he was on "Webster"'

Answer: Corky


Question: 'He won a Pulitzer in 1982 for his novel "Rabbit is Rich"'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'The Knights Hospitallers held Malta for over 250 years before surrendering it to this French emperor in 1798'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Alexandria'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Billy Idol reached No. 1 in 1987 with a cover of this Tommy James & the Shondells song'

Answer: "Mony Mony"


Question: 'Skaters born under this sign of the scales strive for perfect balance, on the ice & off'

Answer: Libra


Question: 'Nickname of Mouseketeer Carl O'Brien'

Answer: Cubby


Question: 'This hit by the 5th Dimension won the 1967 Grammy for Song of the Year'

Answer: "Up, Up and Away"


Question: 'With their base overwhelmed on May 7, 1954, French forces surrendered to the Viet Minh at this village'

Answer: Dien Bien Phu


Question: 'There are only 3 of these animals in U.S. zoos: a 28-year-old in D.C.'s National Zoo & 2 younger ones in San Diego'

Answer: pandas


Question: 'The passenger & crew compartment of an airship shares this name with a type of boat used in Venice'

Answer: a gondola


Question: '1996: <br />"Killing Me Softly"'

Answer: The Fugees


Question: 'Around 447 B.C. this group led by the "Scourge of God" devastated the Balkans & drove south into Greece'

Answer: the Huns


Question: 'Valued at $3.8 mil., the most expensive one of these is encrusted with 4,517 diamonds; it'll at least hold a lipstick'

Answer: a purse


Question: 'A professional solicitor of financial contributions for charity'

Answer: fundraiser


Question: 'His "Fun in Acapulco" included crooning "Bossa Nova Baby"'

Answer: Elvis


Question: 'In 2011 this firm announced it was phasing out its blimps in favor of rigid airships with aluminum & carbon skeletons'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: '1969: <br />"A Boy Named Sue"'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were spread out over three continents: 2 were in Africa, 3 in Asia, & the 2 in Europe were the Colossus of Rhodes & this other statue'

Answer: the Statue of Zeus (at Olympia)


Question: 'A $69 hot dog (called a "haute dog") is grilled in white truffle oil & topped with this liver from a duck'

Answer: foie gras


Question: 'I've got the munchies; ah, just what I need--these savory snacks from Frito-Lay'

Answer: Funyuns


Question: 'Later president of the U.S., he caught a sailfish on his honeymoon in Acapulco in 1953'

Answer: (John F.) Kennedy


Question: 'On March 31, 1936 it left Germany on its first transatlantic trip, arriving in Rio de Janeiro 4 days later'

Answer: the Hindenburg


Question: '1987: <br />"Touch of Grey"'

Answer: The Grateful Dead


Question: 'This king who died in 1750 B.C. left a code dealing with family laws, loans, debts & even witchcraft'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'Fetching $3.6 million at auction, the "Molitor" is a violin he made in 1697'

Answer: Stradivarius


Question: 'A strict, often literal adherent to a faith's tenets & practices'

Answer: fundamentalism


Question: 'Acapulco is famous for this daring activity at La Quebrada'

Answer: cliff diving


Question: 'This insurance company operates 2 full-time blimps, Snoopy One & Snoopy Two'

Answer: MetLife


Question: '1978: <br />"Dust in the Wind"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Doric columns, like at the Parthenon, had 16-20 grooves; these more slender columns at the nearby Erechtheum usually had 24'

Answer: Ionic


Question: 'Go ahead & splurge on a private island; Bird Cay is just $14 million & 30 minutes from Nassau in these islands'

Answer: The Bahamas


Question: 'An official dinner, or a mathematical variable with a specified relation to another one'

Answer: a function


Question: 'He spent his last days in Acapulco but died in flight on his private plane back to Houston in 1976'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'He began construction of his first airship in June 1898 in a wooden hangar on Lake Constance'

Answer: (Count) Zeppelin


Question: '2006: <br />"White & Nerdy"'

Answer: Weird Al Yankovic


Question: 'The 1st inscription on this 1799 discovery is in hieroglyphics, the 2nd in everyday Egyptian & the 3rd in Greek'

Answer: the Rosetta Stone


Question: 'He had more than 300 field animals in his private zoo at his San Simeon estate'

Answer: (William Randolph) Hearst


Question: 'It's a cable-operated railway going up a hillside'

Answer: a funicular


Question: 'Several of this artist's last murals were painted at the Acapulco estate of his friend Dolores Olmedo'

Answer: (Diego) Rivera


Question: 'Andrew Lloyd Webber composed "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina" for this Broadway show'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'It can mean 1,000 or a baseball strikeout'

Answer: K


Question: 'The porter & Duncan'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'This device detects sounds produced within the body & conveys them to doctors' ears through tubes'

Answer: stethoscope


Question: 'Top ballerina Sarah Lane was Natalie Portman's dance double for this 2010 film'

Answer: The Black Swan


Question: '(Janet Napolitano gives the clue) Threats from denial of service attacks to software are major concerns in this area, the CS in the division NCSD)'

Answer: Cyber Security


Question: 'The son of illustrator N.C., this painter had his first exhibition in 1936 at the Art Alliance of Philadelphia'

Answer: Andrew Wyeth


Question: 'Metaphysically speaking, it's the ego'

Answer: I


Question: 'Benvolio & Friar Laurence'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Among the world's largest of these are the twin 400-inch ones on Mauna Kea in Hawaii'

Answer: telescopes


Question: 'Ryan Reynolds gets a mystical ring that endows him with special powers in this 2011 film'

Answer: Green Lantern


Question: '(Janet Napolitano gives the clue) In 2011, color-coded alerts were replaced by a warning system with information about particular terrorist threats, either elevated or this, meaning we think it will happen soon'

Answer: imminent


Question: 'In 1901 he sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan for a tidy $250 million'

Answer: Carnegie


Question: 'A scale measuring the popularity of a celebrity is this "rating"'

Answer: Q


Question: 'The fool & the Dukes of Cornwall & Albany'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'It's seen here & also in dramatic pursuit scenes in many a movie'

Answer: a radarscope


Question: 'Henry Mancini got an Oscar nomination for the score to this 1964 Peter Sellers film'

Answer: The Pink Panther


Question: 'Oddly, Andrew was the middle name of this "40 whacks" gal (that wasn't the only odd thing in her life, though)'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'The first letter alphabetically to appear alone as a periodic table element symbol'

Answer: B for Boron


Question: 'Brabantio & Cassio'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'From the Latin for "joint", it's an instrument that looks into the interior of joints'

Answer: arthroscope


Question: 'Amanda Seyfried donned the title cloak in this 2011 film'

Answer: Red Riding Hood


Question: 'This gay, often conservative british-born pundit serves up the blog "The Daily Dish"'

Answer: (Andrew) Sullivan


Question: 'Random House says it's the medieval Roman numeral for 7; makes sense'

Answer: S


Question: 'Octavius & Philo'

Answer: Antony and Cleopatra


Question: 'In the pre-videotape era, these trademarked cameras were used to record TV shows onto 16mm film'

Answer: kinescopes


Question: 'In this animated film Fred Captains the title transport to Pepperland'

Answer: Yellow Submarine


Question: 'It's the shorter, better-known name of the document "United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967"'

Answer: the Pentagon Papers


Question: 'To call for his paintings, like the one seen here, "just put your lips together and blow"'

Answer: James M. Whistler


Question: 'On June 17 Suffolk County in this state celebrates Bunker Hill Day'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Bite your tongue while eating & it means you've done this, though not necessarily "under oath"'

Answer: Lie


Question: '1976-1985:<br />"Family Feud"'

Answer: Richard Dawson


Question: 'The first college football game took place between Rutgers & this other N.J. university on November 6, 1869'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'A genuflection may include this body part touching the floor'

Answer: Knee


Question: 'This man's art, seen here, depicted popular cabaret entertainers:'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'Originally, Veterans Day was known as Armistice Day, to commemorate the end of this'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'It's said if these itch, you're about to get a kiss, so pucker up!'

Answer: Lips


Question: '1966-1975:<br />"Truth or Consequences"'

Answer: Bob Barker


Question: 'Abe Lincoln delivered it November 19, 1863'

Answer: The Gettysburg Address


Question: 'If you don't know the face card between the 10 & the queen, you don't know this'

Answer: Knave


Question: 'He painted the pretty flowers seen here:'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'Christians observe this holy day to celebrate Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem'

Answer: Palm Sunday


Question: 'Buy a car on this unlucky day & it'll spend most of its time with the mechanic'

Answer: Friday the 13th


Question: '1966-1981:<br />"Hollywood Squares"'

Answer: Peter Marshall


Question: 'Later a prime minister, she was born November 19, 1917 in Allahabad'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'I love to go a-wandering (Valderee, Valdera) with one of these on my back'

Answer: Knapsack


Question: 'She often painted everyday moments like the one seen here:'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'A foundation in Nebraska City, Nebraska oversees & coordinates the activities of this tree-planting holiday'

Answer: Arbor Day


Question: 'One reason horseshoes are considered lucky is that they're made of this magical metal'

Answer: Iron


Question: '1966-1980:<br />"The Newlywed Game"'

Answer: Bob Eubanks


Question: 'This man abdicated the German throne on November 9, 1918'

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm II


Question: 'In this city, you can visit the home of John Sevier, the first governor of Tennessee'

Answer: Knoxville


Question: 'Season represented in the masterpiece seen here:'

Answer: Spring


Question: 'Panama celebrates its independence from this country on November 3'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'We wonder if Mary Surratt ever had a stiff neck; it's supposed to be an omen that this will happen'

Answer: You will be hanged


Question: '1961-1967:<br />"Password"'

Answer: Allen Ludden


Question: 'On November 7, 1917 this "majority" political faction toppled the provisional Russian government'

Answer: Bolsheviks


Question: 'First name of the man famous for telling his team to "Win this one for the Gipper"'

Answer: Knute (Rockne)


Question: 'Paul Simon has said that he regrets letting this man sing lead on "Bridge Over Troubled Water"'

Answer: Art Garfunkel


Question: 'Chamonix in the French Alps is the historic capital of this Alpine sport imported from Norway'

Answer: Skiing


Question: 'Examples of these in Maori culture include Ruaumoko, who handles earthquakes, & Hinenuitepo, who handles death'

Answer: Gods/deities


Question: 'Some highbrow critics "Kurt"ly dismiss his sci-fi novel "The Sirens of Titan" as a lesser work'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut


Question: 'Were it not for 4 meddling kids & this title dog, many a cartoon crime would be unsolved'

Answer: Scooby-Doo


Question: 'Originally, it consisted of the attorney general & the secretaries of state, war & treasury'

Answer: Cabinet


Question: 'Famed for playing a sewer worker on TV, he originated the role of Felix Unger on Broadway'

Answer: Art Carney


Question: 'The Brenner Pass is a pathway from Austria to this country on the south'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Of 4, 14 or 40, the percent of New Zealand's population that is Maori'

Answer: 14 percent


Question: 'Though it's fiction, this first Henry Miller novel tells of the adventures of Henry Miller in Paris'

Answer: "Tropic of Cancer"


Question: 'Mystery author Jessica Fletcher solved crimes in Cabot Cove, Maine on this show'

Answer: Murder, She Wrote


Question: 'In names of birds, it follows gold, bull & purple'

Answer: Finch


Question: 'His book "Kids Say the Darndest Things!" topped the nonfiction bestsellers list for 2 years'

Answer: Art Linkletter


Question: 'This industry first brought income to the Alps in the 19th century & is now the main source of income there'

Answer: Tourism


Question: 'The Maoris are the southernmost members of this larger Pacific ethnic group with "many islands" for homes'

Answer: Polynesians


Question: 'Hemingway set "A Farewell to Arms" in WWI & "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in this war'

Answer: Spanish Civil War


Question: 'These 2 actors were "Moonlighting" as the Blue Moon Detective Agency's Maddie Hayes & David Addison'

Answer: Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis


Question: 'Last name of "The Phantom Menace" character seen here:'

Answer: Jar Jar Binks


Question: '(Hi, I'm Art Alexakis of the rock band Everclear)  This American jazz drummer formed the Jazz Messengers & was a pioneer in the bebop movement'

Answer: Art Blakey


Question: 'These features left over from the Ice Age include Maggiore, Constance & Como'

Answer: Lakes


Question: 'Trying to land on New Zealand's South Island in 1642, this "devil" of an explorer was attacked by Maoris'

Answer: Abel Tasman


Question: '"The Magician of Lublin", by this Yiddish language Nobel Prize winner, is set in his native Poland'

Answer: Isaac Bashevis Singer


Question: 'The prognosis is good that he will solve the case as Dr. Mark Sloan on "Diagnosis Murder"'

Answer: Dick Van Dyke


Question: 'A soft white candy usually containing nuts, or a word for a deity'

Answer: Divinity


Question: 'He wrote & illustrated the graphic novel "Maus: A Survivor's Tale"'

Answer: Art Spiegelman


Question: 'While wandering Alpine passes, you may meet up with this mountain goat:'

Answer: Alpine ibex


Question: 'This Maori diva performed at the wedding of Charles & Diana in 1981'

Answer: Kiri Te Kanawa


Question: 'Ex-reporter Allen Drury wrote this 1959 novel about a Senate confirmation battle'

Answer: "Advise and Consent"


Question: 'Based on Ralph McInerny's character, this TV detective was the pastor of St. Michael's Parish'

Answer: Father Dowling


Question: 'In area, it's the Mediterranean's second-largest island'

Answer: Sardinia


Question: 'Its first issue was intended to be read on sabbath day, August 5, 1821'

Answer: The Saturday Evening Post


Question: 'James Beard put this traditional topping on pumpkin pie, but the Pilgrims couldn't; they didn't have any cows yet'

Answer: whipped cream


Question: 'Marsha Hunt was the mom of his first child, Karis; he had daughter No. 2, Jade, with Bianca'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'Cold & wet conditions led him, in 1865, to make the "hat that could tame the American West"'

Answer: a Stetson


Question: 'Han lives in Changchun, in Kirin province, in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'After his 1616 death, his will stipulated that his "second best bed" go to his wife, Anne, which does beg a question...'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'It was 40 years ago, not today, that this album came out'

Answer: Sgt. Pepper\'s Lonely Hearts Club Band


Question: 'A molinillo is the special tool used to whisk champurrado, a Mexico version of this sweet beverage'

Answer: chocolate


Question: 'This guitarist originally named one daughter Dandelion; she goes by Angela these days'

Answer: Keith Richards


Question: 'Some speculated that this 1865 literary character was illustrated to resemble Prime Minister William Gladstone'

Answer: the Mad Hatter


Question: 'Yakubu used to send me e-mails from this country's old capital, Lagos'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Item 6 in his will:<br />"I give... unto my wife, Zelda... in the event she regain her sanity all of my household and kitchen furniture"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'It's a mellow, light-colored Italian cheese'

Answer: provolone


Question: 'Named for a town in Mexico, it's believed to be the first distilled spirit produced in North America'

Answer: tequila


Question: 'This bassist wed Mandy Smith; after the 2 split, his son dated Mandy's mom; he could've been step-dad to his ex-step-mom'

Answer: Bill Wyman


Question: 'Movie choreographer Mr. Berkeley is on a first-name basis with this furry hat worn by hussars'

Answer: busby


Question: 'Bela lives on central Europe's largest lake, Balaton, in this country'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops'

Answer: Warren Burger


Question: 'By the 1950s, scientists were able to do this to frogs; mice followed, in the '80s'

Answer: clone


Question: 'This pudding that makes heavy use of egg yolks has many varieties, including a challah one'

Answer: bread pudding


Question: 'Knock on this guitarist, Leah & Tyrone's dad, who joined the band in 1975'

Answer: Ron Wood


Question: '"Derby" is the American name for this British hat'

Answer: a bowler


Question: 'Joonas used to live in Goteborg, the second-largest city in this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, & to his 8 daughters... well, not as much'

Answer: (Cornelius) Vanderbilt


Question: '2-word term for one who prefers to live & act independent of others, like Mr. "McQuade"'

Answer: a lone wolf


Question: 'Have a "cup" of this gin-based English liquor first sold in 1859'

Answer: Pimm\'s (No.1 Cup)


Question: 'Seraphina's pop, he began manning the drums for the Stones in 1963'

Answer: Charlie Watts


Question: 'A topee is also called this kind of helmet, from the plant material it's made from'

Answer: a pith helmet


Question: 'Gustav lives in Bratislava, this country's capital'

Answer: Slovakia


Question: 'His will called for a "secret society" to take back the U.S. for Britain (his "scholarship" gets much more press)'

Answer: (Cecil) Rhodes


Question: 'This object seen here is just a shell of itself'

Answer: abalone


Question: 'You're seeing this produced by a lily (ah-choo!)'

Answer: pollen


Question: 'This Grammy-winning comedian has been on such TV shows as "Mork & Mindy" & "Davis Rules"'

Answer: Jonathan Winters


Question: '"The Shining", <br />"The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'In 1977 General Mills acquired the U.S. licensing rights to this French "yo"gurt brand'

Answer: Yoplait


Question: 'In the Cattle Wars Sheriff Pat Garrett captured this criminal, who later escaped from jail in 1881'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'To get a horse to go fast, shift your body weight forward & tell it to do this, from the phrase "get up"'

Answer: giddyup


Question: '"JTT" for short, he was the voice of the young Simba in "The Lion King"'

Answer: Jonathan Taylor Thomas


Question: '"The Brethren",<br />"The Street Lawyer"'

Answer: (John) Grisham


Question: 'Lancome sells this, maquillage in French'

Answer: cosmetics (or makeup)


Question: 'NYPD calls its quick responders the E.S.U.; L.A. calls its squad this 4-letter acronym'

Answer: S.W.A.T.


Question: '"Muppet" comes from these 2 handy words'

Answer: marionette & puppet


Question: '(Alex gives the clue from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.)  These razor-thin TV screens of the future are made with OLED technology--organic light-emitting this, which allows the current to pass in only one direction'

Answer: diodes


Question: 'This Tony winner adds class to the "Pirates of the Caribbean" films as Gov. Swann, Keira Knightley's dad'

Answer: Jonathan Pryce


Question: '"'E' Is for Evidence",<br />"'F' Is for Fugitive"'

Answer: (Sue) Grafton


Question: 'Jean-Marie Messier changed a water company's name to this, which he put before the U.S. movie studio Universal'

Answer: Vivendi


Question: 'This naval hero thought up his surname to hide from the British, who tried to arrest him as a pirate'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'A component of acids, this gas discovered in 1774 gets its name from the Greek words for "acid" & "forming"'

Answer: oxygen


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew compares the color of bananas.)  A banana will ripen quicker in a bag, because the ethylene gas produced by the fruit cannot escape; ethylene gas is one of these growth regulators, Greek for "set in motion"'

Answer: a hormone


Question: 'He directed "The Silence of the Lambs" & "Philadelphia"'

Answer: Jonathan Demme


Question: '"Harlot's Ghost",<br />"Why Are We in Vietnam?"'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'This company, whose symbol is seen here, eagerly embraced the automobile around 1890'

Answer: Peugeot


Question: 'A hacker ran away with 1.5 million credit card numbers from DSW, a warehouse for this consumer product'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'From a misspelling of the words "all correct", it was later used by Democratic partisans of Martin Van Buren'

Answer: O.K.


Question: 'He played the dreamy soccer coach in "Bend It Like Beckham" before becoming a hunky Henry VIII in "The Tudors"'

Answer: Jonathan Rhys Meyers


Question: '"Mr. Sammler's Planet",<br />"Herzog"'

Answer: Saul Bellow


Question: 'An Eastern French city inspired the name of potatoes with onions & the banking company called "Credit" this'

Answer: Lyonnais


Question: 'Many police forces use this car that got its name from the wife of a Ford exec after she saw a coronation'

Answer: Crown Victoria


Question: 'A card player who didn't want to deal would give the deal marker to the next player, or do this, hence the phrase'

Answer: pass the buck


Question: 'In 1954 he won a record 4 Oscars, including one for "Best Documentary Feature" for a film set in the American desert'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: '2005, it return to bestseller list after long time, about 1959 Kansas murders, Tarzan horrified yet can't put book down'

Answer: In Cold Blood


Question: 'Female; born 1965; moved to NYC, 1977; starred as Carrie on some TV show, 1998-2004'

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker


Question: 'Jungala is the newest land at the Busch Gardens park inspired by this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Once considered a front-runner, this New Yorker withdrew from the race on June 7, 2008'

Answer: Hillary Rodham Clinton


Question: 'A roof covering, or something a new lawyer might "hang out"'

Answer: a shingle


Question: 'Better 90 years late than never? in 2006 Britain announced pardons for 306 soldiers executed during this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: '3 police states always war, plus, English hard enough, but deal with Newspeak in this novel. Tough read for Tarzan'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'Male; born Minneapolis, 1958, not 1999 (& give us his name, not that "artist" stuff or that darn symbol thing)'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'The Temple of the Forbidden Eye could turn into a Temple of Doom on the Disneyland ride named for this character'

Answer: Indiana Jones


Question: 'Once considered a front-runner, this New Yorker withdrew from the race in January 2008'

Answer: (Rudy) Giuliani


Question: 'In 1550 Sweden's king Gustavus I founded this city, now the capital of a neighboring country'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'If you want to see a moa-nalo, a large duck native to these islands, you're only about 1,000 years late: they're extinct'

Answer: the Hawaiian Islands


Question: 'McMurphy tries to break torpor of inmates by stage war on authority in this. Tarzan ponder who truly insane in world'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'Male; born Baltimore, 1985; ransacked Athens for gold, 2004; knocked over Beijing, 2008'

Answer: Michael Phelps


Question: 'A kiss to the chocolaty characters seen here who delight visitors to Hershey Park in this state'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'This "Law & Order" Tennessean didn't go all the way, but he's got a nifty acting career to fall back on'

Answer: Fred Thompson


Question: 'From the Greek for "motion", it's a theater for motion pictures'

Answer: a cinema


Question: 'He waited for the ground to dry before sounding "Charge" at Waterloo, giving the Prussians time to arrive--oops'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'This 1856 Flaubert novel introduce new element of realism in western literature; Tarzan shocked by title woman immorality'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'Male; born NYC, 1926; musically lost vital internal organ in S.F., 1962'

Answer: Tony Bennett


Question: 'You'll get wet when you ride blazing fury at this theme park named for a country singer'

Answer: Dollywood


Question: 'Born in Michigan, he spent millions of his own money on his bid, but only made it to Feb. 7'

Answer: Mitt Romney


Question: 'This woodwind instrument was invented by Johann Christoph Denner around 1700'

Answer: a clarinet


Question: 'George Shelby arrives too late to save this title character from bad, bad Simon Legree'

Answer: Uncle Tom


Question: 'This 1976 novel, Manuel Puig write, published as "El Beso de la Mujer Araña". Wait. Tarzan speak Spanish?'

Answer: Kiss of the Spider Woman


Question: 'Female; born Melbourne, 1969; specializes in playing queen Elizabeth I on film'

Answer: Cate Blanchett


Question: 'Ohio's Kings Island is the lair of "The Beast", the longest wooden one of these in the world'

Answer: a roller coaster


Question: 'In Sept. 2008 this Rep. had his own mini-convention at Minneapolis' Target Center & drew 10,000 folks'

Answer: Ron Paul


Question: 'Cab Calloway first recorded his song about this "Moocher" in 1931'

Answer: Minnie


Question: 'Archaeologist Ian Gilligan claims these guys died out because they learned to sew too late to survive the Ice Age'

Answer: the Neanderthal


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Spain.)  In Spain, December 6th commemorates the signing of this in 1978, 191 years after the United States'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'Robert Redford: "The _____ Whisperer"'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'Behave or I'll turn this car around right now! this many degrees--half a circle; don't think I won't'

Answer: 180


Question: 'Bean sauce, an essential ingredient in Chinese cooking, is usually made from these beans'

Answer: soy beans


Question: 'Star of "The Bourne Supremacy" who penned "Guys and Dolls"'

Answer: Matt Damon Runyon


Question: 'He waited till 62 to start licking fingers at the first of his chicken franchises'

Answer: Colonel Sanders


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Belgium.)  Here in Belgium, July 21st is a celebration of the enthronement of the newly independent nation's first king, who reigned as "this" the first'

Answer: Leopold


Question: 'Peter sellers: "The _____ that Roared "'

Answer: Mouse


Question: 'If you sit that close to the TV & burn this eye part that receives images from the lens, don't come running to me'

Answer: the retina


Question: 'This brewed beverage is a traditional ingredient in redeye gravy'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'Weight-loss program that was the star of TV's "Coach" & the voice of Mr. incredible in "The Incredibles"'

Answer: Jenny Craig T. Nelson


Question: 'After arthritis made her quit embroidery, she took up painting in her 70s & had her first one-woman show at 80'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Denmark.)  If you're here in Denmark on April 16th, raise a toast to the annual celebration of this queen's birthday'

Answer: Margrethe


Question: 'Burt Reynolds: "The Man Who Loved _____ Dancing"'

Answer: Cat


Question: 'When you have daughters of your own, with this chromosomal letter pair, you'll understand'

Answer: XX


Question: 'The 2 main ingredients in the Greek sauce tzatziki are cucumber & this base'

Answer: yogurt


Question: '"Sir Duke" singer who's a Michael Chabon novel about a professor & his student, a budding writer'

Answer: Stevie Wonder Boys


Question: 'Her first novel, "Little House in the Big Woods", didn't appear until she was 65'

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from France.)  This date in 1945 is still observed in France each year to celebrate victory & liberation'

Answer: May 8th


Question: 'Divine: "Pink _____"'

Answer: Flamingos


Question: 'Keep making that face & it'll freeze that way... absolute zero, mister! on this scale named for a British scientist'

Answer: Kelvin


Question: 'In rollmops, this Scandinavian staple fish is wrapped around a piece of pickle or onion & marinated'

Answer: herring


Question: 'British gal singer of "Bleeding Love" who wrote "Alice in Wonderland"'

Answer: Leona Lewis Carroll


Question: 'According to him, this guy didn't publish the first of his books on games until the age of 70'

Answer: Edmund Hoyle


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Spain.)  The Running of the Bulls is part of this July fiesta honoring a priest born here in Pamplona, the patron saint of the city'

Answer: San Fermin


Question: 'Matt Dillon: "Albino _____"'

Answer: Alligator


Question: 'Why is this & not oxygen the most abundant element in the earth's atmosphere? because I said so!'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'Bearnaise sauce largely gets its flavor from this herb whose name is from the Greek for "Dragon"'

Answer: tarragon


Question: 'John Reed witnesses the Russian revolution with John Irving's characters Jenny Fields & her son T.S.'

Answer: Ten Days that Shook the World According to Garp


Question: 'Richard Adams was 52 when he hopped into prominence with this smash bestseller, his first novel'

Answer: Watership Down


Question: 'This Pulitzer Prize-winning play was inspired by the writer's own experiences selling real estate in Chicago'

Answer: Glengarry Glen Ross


Question: 'Alphabetically, she's first on the list of first ladies'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'In 1920 champion swimmer Duke Kahanamoku formed the first club for this water sport in Waikiki'

Answer: Surfing


Question: 'When this fruit is added, a sundae becomes a royale or a split'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'He described the Ephesians, one of the groups he wrote to, as "living unaware of spiritual riches"'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'In 1920 this youth organization held its first world jamboree'

Answer: Boy Scouts


Question: 'Herb Shriner said, "All you need to be a fisherman is patience and" one of these creatures'

Answer: A worm


Question: 'In the spring of 1891, Caroline Harrison had the White House wired for this'

Answer: Electricity


Question: 'Cooper Industries owns the Champion brand of these auto parts'

Answer: Spark plugs


Question: 'A zester cuts threads of this from an orange, lemon or lime'

Answer: Rind


Question: 'Mark 6:29 reports that his disciples collected his headless body & laid it in a tomb'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: '(Clue temporarily missing due to technical glitch)'

Answer: American Heart Association


Question: 'George Bernard Shaw wrote, "He who can does; he who cannot does" this'

Answer: Teach


Question: 'When her fiance forgot to buy a ring for their quickie San Antonio wedding, a friend was sent to Sears'

Answer: Lady Bird Johnson


Question: 'In 1987, at age 21, he became the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'Taking a few days, it's among the oldest methods of preserving food; today, it's considered chic for tomatoes'

Answer: Sun-drying


Question: 'John says Mary Magdalene looked into the tomb & saw two of these where Jesus' body had been'

Answer: Angels


Question: 'In 1986 Eva Burrows became this organization's second woman general; Evangeline Booth was first'

Answer: The Salvation Army


Question: 'Wilfred Sheed wrote, "If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak" this language'

Answer: English


Question: 'To save the cost of cutting the White House lawn during World War I, Edith Wilson put these animals on it'

Answer: Sheep


Question: 'Daughter of a Quaker abolitionist, she was known as the champion of women's rights'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'They're added to cakes to give off a sweet, pungent aroma & stuck in fruit to make pomanders'

Answer: Cloves


Question: 'Peter quotes Joel, who said "that before the final day, the sun will turn dark and the moon will turn into" this'

Answer: Blood


Question: 'This organization was involved in the defense of Sacco & Vanzetti & in the Scottsboro case'

Answer: ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)


Question: 'Of this prime minister, Austin Mitchell said, "She is democratic enough to talk down to anyone"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'She spent her first years of marriage in China during the Boxer Rebellion'

Answer: Lou Henry Hoover


Question: 'Emmanuel Lasker was world champion of this game from 1894 until defeated by Capablanca in 1921'

Answer: Chess


Question: '"Cooking A to Z" recommends you choose one with a full or rat-tail tang & full rivets'

Answer: Knife


Question: 'In chapter 22 of Revelation, Jesus spoke a little Greek, mentioning these 2 words'

Answer: Alpha & Omega


Question: 'In 1920, after the 19th Amendment passed, Carrie Chapman Catt founded this organization'

Answer: League of Women Voters


Question: 'Told of this president's death in 1933, Dorothy Parker supposedly asked, "How can they tell?"'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'The Gulf of Ob in Siberia is only free of this for about two months of the year'

Answer: Ice


Question: 'A progressive tax is one that rises as this rises'

Answer: Income


Question: 'This outermost skin layer may be five times thicker on the palms & soles than on the rest of the body'

Answer: Epidermis


Question:
'Robert Preston,
Barbara Cook,
Pert Kelton,
Iggie Wolfington'

Answer: The Music Man


Question: 'Among the places visited in this novel are Glubdrubdib, an island of sorcerers, & Luggnagg'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'According to a centuries-old proverb, "Its mother is necessity"'

Answer: Invention


Question: 'The highest point in this mountain range is Pico de Aneto, near Spain's northern border'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question: 'Take note, it's the Central Bank of the United States'

Answer: Federal Reserve


Question: 'Luciferin is a substance found in certain plants & animals that causes them to do this'

Answer: Glow in the dark


Question:
'Walter Matthau,
Art Carney,
Paul Dooley,
Carole Shelley'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'In "Beowulf", this monster regularly devours Hrothgar's sleeping warriors'

Answer: Grendel


Question: 'Types of this plant include English, ground Boston & poison'

Answer: Ivy


Question: 'This port on the Arabian Sea is known as "The Gateway to India"'

Answer: Bombay


Question: 'Tariffs & quotas are part of the ammunition used in these wars'

Answer: Trade wars


Question: 'Metanephros is the medical name for this organ found in birds, reptiles & humans'

Answer: Kidneys


Question:
'Donna McKechnie,
Priscilla Lopez,
Carole Bishop,
Sammy Williams'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'Esmeralda earns her living by dancing with her goat, Djali, in this novel'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'This branch of the Justice Department controls the entry of aliens'

Answer: INS (Immigration & Naturalization Service)


Question: 'This South American country, a former British colony, is officially called a cooperative republic'

Answer: Guyana


Question: 'Term for the stock of unsold finished goods held by a manufacturer'

Answer: Inventory


Question: 'The paramecium, a microorganism found in fresh water, moves by means of these tiny, hair-like threads'

Answer: Cilia


Question:
'Lauren Bacall,
Len Cariou,
Penny Fuller,
Lee Roy Reams'

Answer: Applause


Question: '"The Legend of the Knight of the Red Cross" is the 1st book in this Edmund Spenser work'

Answer: The Faerie Queene


Question: '"The Crossroads of America" is its state motto'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'This Canadian province proportionally has more people of Asian descent than any other'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'He's considered the first of the classical economists'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: 'During fertilization, two of these cells, one each from the male & female, unite to form a zygote'

Answer: Gametes


Question:
'Alexis Smith,
Dorothy Collins,
Gene Nelson,
Yvonne De Carlo'

Answer: Follies


Question: 'The rises to power of Cesare Borgia & Francesco Sforza, among others, are related in this 1513 work'

Answer: The Prince


Question: 'The first Pope to bear this name tried to prevent Alaric from sacking Rome; it didn't work'

Answer: Innocent


Question: 'His autobiography was the bestselling hardcover book of the 1980s'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'This Who guitarist broke his first axe at the age of 13 when his grandma complained about the noise'

Answer: Pete Townshend


Question: 'This object with a holy name is supposed to find water'

Answer: a divining rod


Question: 'An American hero on April 18, 1775, he was accused of cowardice in 1779, but a court-martial cleared him'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'She's in Copenhagen, on a rock in the harbor just east of Kastellet Fortress'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'Part of an egg, or a natural grease exuded from sheep skin; now it's on you'

Answer: yolk


Question: 'As Lauren Bacall advised, you just put your lips together & blow'

Answer: whistle


Question: 'Contestants, "can you hear me?"  Then respond with the name of this "deaf, dumb and blind kid"'

Answer: Tommy


Question: 'On Sept. 15, 1862 Stonewall Jackson captured this town made famous by John Brown 3 years earlier'

Answer: Harpers Ferry


Question: 'It's in Agra, India, on the banks of the Yamuna River between the Old Fort & the Protected Forest'

Answer: the Taj Mahal


Question: '"Seinfeld" popularized this repeating term meaning "and so on"'

Answer: yada yada yada


Question: 'Keep it short; hand over accrued vacation pay; don't try to make things easier with complimentary lies'

Answer: fire someone


Question: 'This Who drummer died in 1978 in the same London flat as Mama Cass'

Answer: Keith Moon


Question: 'On June 11, 2004 this ex-British P.M. delivered a videotaped eulogy for Ronald Reagan at Washington's National Cathedral'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'It's at the north end of the Champ de Mars, just across the Seine from the Jardins du Trocadero'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'This "Y" word is in the title of Robert Crawford's 1939 Air Corps (now Air Force) song'

Answer: yonder


Question: 'Use your dominant leg; aim for the lock or knob area; first make sure the person inside isn't just in the bathroom'

Answer: break down a door


Question: 'The Who provided the theme songs to all 3 shows in this 3-letter CBS franchise'

Answer: CSI


Question: 'This residence is in London, just past the Victoria Memorial at the southwest end of the mall'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'You could say it's the desire to acquire this Japanese currency'

Answer: a yen


Question: 'Wash & dry vehicle first; use 1/2-dollar size clumps & rub in circles; remove in the same order you applied'

Answer: wax a car


Question: 'Ocularly speaking, "No one knows what it's like, to be the bad man, to be the sad man" this Who title'

Answer: "Behind Blue Eyes"


Question: 'Also known as a 64th note, this 18-letter name of the note seen here has three--yes, three--rhymes in its name'

Answer: a hemidemisemiquaver


Question: 'On Dec. 17, 1819 this "George Washington of South America" became Gran Colombia's first president'

Answer: Bolívar


Question: 'It's at the entrance to Guanabara Bay, overlooking Rio from a height of 1,300 feet'

Answer: Sugarloaf Mountain


Question: 'A plant of the agave family, or a Nevada mountain that may or may not end up full of nuclear waste'

Answer: Yucca


Question: 'Dump old grounds; fill carafe with 1 part vinegar to 2 parts water; brew; don't drink result'

Answer: clean a coffee pot


Question: 'A goat's are hollow, arch backwards & may be a pain in the butt to you'

Answer: horns


Question: 'A flask for carrying water'

Answer: a canteen


Question: 'Whether natural or acquired, it's the body's ability to resist certain diseases'

Answer: an immune system


Question: 'This magazine man, born in 1926, claims to be a direct descendent of Puritan patriarchs John Winthrop & William Bradford'

Answer: Hugh Hefner


Question: '"The Bostonians"<br />by H.J.'

Answer: Henry James


Question: '(Alex presents the clue from the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race track in Long Beach, CA.)  The car I'm going to be driving is a souped-up one of these, a line introduced by Toyota in 2002 to appeal to younger buyers; the name even means an heir or a descendent'

Answer: a Scion


Question: 'Emerson, Thoreau & of course Washington Irving are all buried in cemeteries with this name'

Answer: Sleepy Hollow


Question: 'A program that constantly shifts the pattern on your computer monitor to prevent damage to it'

Answer: a screen saver


Question: 'A frog's heart has this many chambers, one fewer than a human's'

Answer: three


Question: 'His production co. was "Simian Films" because then-girlfriend Liz Hurley thought he looked like a monkey'

Answer: Hugh Grant


Question: '"The Rainbow"<br />by D.H.L.'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew points out the race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race track in Long Beach, CA.)  Like many sporty cars, Alex's has the pattern called double wishbone this; it's been modified so the ride's more responsive but also bumpier'

Answer: suspension


Question: 'One of the earliest records of Chinese history was written on this tall hollow-stemmed grass'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'To dress or groom with elaborate care, like a bird does to its feathers'

Answer: preen


Question: 'It's no disgrace, it's just the sticky part of the pistil that receives the pollen during pollenation'

Answer: the stigma


Question: 'If you could talk to the animals, maybe you would have created Dr. Dolittle, but he beat you to it in 1920'

Answer: Hugh Lofting


Question: '"Tevye the Dairyman"<br />by S.A.'

Answer: Sholem Aleichem


Question: '(Alex gives the clue from inside the car on the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race track in Long Beach, CA.)  The dashboard has a light which tells you the best moment to shift, like when the engine hits 6,000 of these'

Answer: RPM


Question: 'In 1687 Joseph Wadsworth reportedly hid this state's charter in the hollow of a white oak tree'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'About the size of a fist, it's located on the left side of the abdomen, near the stomach'

Answer: the spleen


Question: 'White blood cells are also known by this medical name, from the Greek for "white"'

Answer: leukocytes


Question: 'In 2007 this Brit & Claire Danes met while filming "Evening"; in 2009 they got engaged'

Answer: Hugh Dancy


Question: '"The Way of All Flesh"<br />by S.B.'

Answer: Samuel Butler


Question: 'This aboriginal instrument is traditionally made from a eucalyptus branch that is hollowed out by termites'

Answer: a didgeridoo


Question: 'Scotland's third-largest city, it's known as the oil capital of Europe'

Answer: Aberdeen


Question: 'This process that occurs in specialized sex cells is also known as reduction division'

Answer: meiosis


Question: 'On a 1990 edition of "20/20", he revealed he was "related to Davy Crockett, rather closely"'

Answer: Hugh Downs


Question: '"A Journal of the Plague Year"<br />by D.D.'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'Hera sent a gadfly to torment this 2-letter goddess, who later escaped to Egypt across a sea since named for her'

Answer: Io


Question: 'If Bogie were still Running Rick's Cafe Americain like he did on film, he'd be living in this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Valerie Bertinelli has joined Kirstie Alley as a spokesperson for this weight-loss program'

Answer: Jenny Craig


Question: 'Introduced in 2007, the Forever Stamp "rings in" the 41-cent rate, depicting this American icon'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'On March 6, 1836 Jim Bowie, weak as a kitten from illness, was killed by Mexican troops while lying in his cot there'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'You know, this place...  London's West End...  775 rooms, 4 main wings, a 40-acre garden... Ah, geez...'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'A big lie, or a Burger King favorite'

Answer: a whopper


Question: 'On landing in Accra, the very first Peace Corps volunteers sang this country's national anthem on the tarmac'

Answer: Ghana


Question: 'In 2006 this actor was in Bond-age & left moviegoers shaken & stirred'

Answer: Daniel Craig


Question: 'The EID Stamp, featuring Arabic calligraphy, celebrates festivals of this religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'This 3-word Virginia village, site of a surrender, was made a National Historic Park in 1954'

Answer: Appomattox Court House


Question: 'Singing this way...  Like Tyrolean mountaineers...  Going from ordinary voice to falsetto & back...  It's right there...'

Answer: yodeling


Question: 'Mayor James Harper equipped the NYC police with their first uniforms, with buttons made of this'

Answer: copper


Question: 'This nation has the dubious distinction as the birthplace of the Internet e-mail scams known as 419 Fraud'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'As food editor of this newspaper, Craig Claiborne gave all the recipes that were fit to print for nearly 30 years'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'The Crops of the Americas stamps included corn & this state flower of Kansas'

Answer: the sunflower


Question: 'On New Year's Day 1801, she opened the executive mansion to visitors for the first time'

Answer: Abigail Adams


Question: 'It's a weather term...  Perhaps from a word for "long grass on damp ground", it describes a daze...  I'm in one now...'

Answer: fog


Question: 'A helicopter or a motorcycle'

Answer: a chopper


Question: 'In the first Allied victory of World War I, Togo was captured from this European country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'This funny Scotsman is seen here & on late, late television'

Answer: Craig Ferguson


Question: 'A triangular stamp honoring the 400th anniversary of its settlement depicts the Discovery, the Godspeed & the Susan Constant'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'In 1942 Japanese forces captured Attu in this Alaskan island group & relocated its inhabitants'

Answer: the Aleutians


Question: 'Oh yeah, this car company...  It makes the Explorer & the Excursion...  I can't believe I'm blanking here...'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'He rode on the same last flight as Ritchie Valens & Buddy Holly'

Answer: the Big Bopper


Question: 'The Drakensberg Mountains form part of South Africa's border with this small landlocked country'

Answer: Lesotho


Question: 'Craig Bierko played Max Baer in this 2005 film about Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock'

Answer: Cinderella Man


Question: 'A 1-cent stamp that's part of the American design series shows a lamp named for this designer'

Answer: (Louis Comfort) Tiffany


Question: 'Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949'

Answer: (Dean) Acheson


Question: 'Oh man, this guy...  Was director of scientific studies at the Ecole Normale in 1857...  Him"-ization"...  Help me out here!'

Answer: (Louis) Pasteur


Question: 'The cone-headed type of this is related to the katydid'

Answer: a grasshopper


Question: 'In June 1928 Amelia became the first woman to fly across this body of water, though she was only a passenger'

Answer: the Atlantic


Question: 'The latest recording on the 2006 additions to the list is this Paul Simon album recorded with African musicians'

Answer: Graceland


Question: 'This "Age" is divided into the Paleolithic, the Mesolithic, & the Neolithic'

Answer: the Stone Age


Question: 'You can tell from the name that a vin blanc sauce has this specific type of potent potable in it'

Answer: white wine


Question: 'She died on July 18, 1817 after dealing with some pride & prejudice in her day'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'It was first dispensed as a peppermint candy in Vienna'

Answer: Pez


Question: 'Amelia was promised her independence when she married George Putnam, of a prominent family in this business'

Answer: publishing


Question: 'This singer made the list with his 1920 recording of "Swanee"'

Answer: Al Jolson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) We've rubbed the pigment of a radish on these cards; lemon juice turns the pigment orange, indicating that it's an acid; milk of magnesia turns it blue, indicating that it's this'

Answer: a base


Question: 'Chasseur sauce, aka this style sauce, gets its name because it was originally meant for badly shot game'

Answer: hunter sauce


Question: 'On Sept. 28, 1891 he died in New York City after a whale of a life'

Answer: (Herman) Melville


Question: 'The name of this, a thin pancake filled with cheese or fruit, is from the Yiddish'

Answer: a blintz


Question: 'Amelia's first plane was bright yellow & named for this songbird'

Answer: a canary


Question: 'The Fisk Jubilee Singers were coming for to carry this spiritual onto the Registry'

Answer: "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"


Question: 'As a visiting scientist to this Caltech lab, Carl Sagan contributed to the first missions to Venus'

Answer: JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)


Question: 'Go "Dutch" & tell me the name of this butter, egg yolk, & lemon juice sauce'

Answer: hollandaise


Question: 'No amount of electricity could reanimate her on Feb. 1, 1851'

Answer: (Mary) Shelley


Question: 'A schmancy hotel gives us this word for a fancy display that you might "put on"'

Answer: the Ritz


Question: 'In 1935 Amelia flew solo in about 18 hours from Wheeler Field, located here, to Oakland, California'

Answer: Hawaii


Question:
'He's the populist pol heard here in a 1935 speech

"Every man a king: every man sharing in the splendor and abundance of God's Earth."'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'Gustav Kirchhoff & Robert Bunsen used this prismed "scope" to see the bands of colored light each element produced'

Answer: a spectroscope


Question: '"The butter of Provence", this sauce gets its name from the French for garlic, "ail"'

Answer: aioli


Question: 'After Oct. 19, 1745 he would make no more modest proposals'

Answer: (Jonathan) Swift


Question: 'Adjective meaning artificial or synthetic'

Answer: ersatz


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is in the pilot's seat of a cockpit mockup.)  I'm at the National Geographic Society's Explorers Hall in a Lockheed Electra like the one in which  Amelia Earhart took off from this large island on her last flight'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'His 1963 "Live at the Apollo" album brought his soul to a wider audience'

Answer: James Brown


Question: 'Named for a physicist, it's the amount of work done when 1 amp passes through 1 ohm of resistance for 1 second'

Answer: a joule


Question: 'Gherkins & anchovies go in this chilled, flavored mayonnaise that's big in Cajun shrimp dishes'

Answer: remoulade


Question: 'It was this author, not the wallpaper, who went on Nov. 30, 1900'

Answer: (Oscar) Wilde


Question: 'This unit of frequency is equal to one cycle per second'

Answer: hertz


Question: 'Rated "R" for violence, this 2004 film set in ancient times is the highest-grossing "R" movie ever in the U.S.'

Answer: The Passion of the Christ


Question: 'In area, it's the largest country that borders China'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Helen Mirren won acclaim in 2006 playing this daughter of Henry VIII who faced down the Spanish Armada'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth


Question: 'Confusingly, "second"-this American can mean either that your parents or your grandparents immigrated here'

Answer: generation


Question: 'It's the instrument you can use to draw a circle (not to be confused with the one you use when lost in the woods)'

Answer: a compass


Question: 'This center includes restaurants, theaters, a concert hall & an opera house'

Answer: the Kennedy Center (for the Performing Arts)


Question: 'I really wish "Jeopardy!" would tape shows in this southernmost state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: '2 of the 5 "stan"s that border China'

Answer: (2 of) Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, & Afghanistan


Question: '"Mrs. Harris" details the life & death of Herman Tarnower, known for creating this diet named for an east New York village'

Answer: the Scarsdale Diet


Question: 'It's the more colorful nickname for the document affirming lawful permanent residence'

Answer: a green card


Question: 'Pi times a circle's diameter gives the measure of this'

Answer: the circumference


Question: 'This motto is on the base of the Statue of Freedom that sits atop the Capitol'

Answer: E pluribus unum


Question: 'An airplane is doing this down a runway, presently'

Answer: taxiing


Question: 'Of the nations that border China, it has the largest population'

Answer: India


Question: 'On "Deadwood," Gerald McRaney played a vicious magnate whose son would become this real-life publishing mogul'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'On March 1, 2003 this former service mutated into CIS, Citizenship & Immigration Services'

Answer: Immigration & Naturalization


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of a circle on the monitor with arc AB, angle a between them, and the formula l(A,B)=ra.)  In the formula here, the length of arc (A,B) equals the angle a times r, which stands for this measurement'

Answer: radius


Question: 'At its 500-foot level, it has 8 small windows, 2 on each side'

Answer: the Washington Monument


Question: 'Klammer, Moe & Killy aren't Stooges, they're notable names in this sport'

Answer: skiing


Question: 'The one country that borders both China & the Yellow Sea'

Answer: North Korea


Question: 'In "Warm Springs", Kathy Bates gives therapy to this politico seeking a miracle cure in 1920s Georgia'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'It's the first form of transportation in the lyrics of Neil Diamond's "Coming To America" song'

Answer: boat


Question: 'A wheel that rotates 360 degrees makes a complete one of these; it’s also an historical term'

Answer: a revolution


Question: 'The building on Pennsylvania Ave. named for him houses the FBI'

Answer: (J. Edgar) Hoover


Question: 'Italian city that suddenly wasn't in 79 A.D.'

Answer: Pompeii


Question: 'One of the 2 monarchies that border China'

Answer: Nepal (or Bhutan)


Question: 'In this role, Albert Finney tries to keep Clemmie happy & warns the British P.M. about "the gathering storm"'

Answer: (Winston) Churchill


Question: 'On Form I-589, "Application for" this, explain who would hurt you if you returned to your home country'

Answer: asylum


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor a diagram of a clock face with hands at 12 and 4.)  If we imagine a circle as a clock face, the 4 would be this many degrees clockwise from high noon'

Answer: 120


Question: 'This library on the Hill has a theatre that evokes the courtyard of an English Renaissance inn'

Answer: the Folger Library


Question: 'A large, meaty black mushroom native to eastern Asia'

Answer: shiitake


Question: 'The main historical figure connected with the St. Valentine legend was martyred in this imperial capital'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In this Rob Reiner film, Westley tells Buttercup, "Death cannot stop true love.  All it can do is delay it for a while"'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: 'Research cited in the New York Times says heart attacks are most common on this day of the week'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'First, a toast, my sweet, with a glass of this potent potable whose invention is credited to Dom Perignon'

Answer: champagne


Question: 'It was first played January 1, 1902 with Michigan beating Stanford 49-0'

Answer: the Rose Bowl


Question: 'Since 1902, Necco has been making this brand of appropriately shaped candies with bons mots printed on them'

Answer: Sweet Hearts (or Conversation Hearts)


Question: 'Valentine is the patron saint not only of lovers but also of sufferers of this deadly medieval disease'

Answer: the plague


Question: 'It's arguably the only movie ever in which a fire-breathing dragon falls in love with a donkey'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'The left ventricle sends oxygen-rich blood to this largest artery in the body'

Answer: the aorta


Question: 'To start, my little pot sticker, how about an appetizer--this Asian one, skewered meat dipped in a peanut sauce'

Answer: satay


Question: 'For quick access to outdoor events, the White House press briefing room opens on this floral area'

Answer: the Rose Garden


Question: 'This term for a beloved is also the surname of Peter Pan's Wendy'

Answer: Darling


Question: 'In some accounts, St. Valentine was not a European but actually one of these that today we would call an Iranian'

Answer: Persian


Question: 'In this film, Helen Hunt tells Jack Nicholson, "I thought you were handsome... then, of course, you spoke"'

Answer: As Good as It Gets


Question: 'In this type of heart failure, from the Latin for "crowd together", slow pumping causes fluid to clog the lungs'

Answer: congestive heart failure


Question: 'Now mi corazon, the soup; this liquid Spanish delight of chopped tomatoes, onions & spices, served cold'

Answer: gazpacho


Question: 'In a 1943 work by Saint-Exupery, this title character has a special rose'

Answer: the Little Prince


Question: 'Van Morrison sings, "she's as sweet as" this, something you might find in a Mississippi apiary'

Answer: Tupelo honey


Question: 'As a prisoner of Emperor Claudius, Valentine's fateful mistake leading to his martyrdom was trying to do this to Claudius'

Answer: convert him


Question: 'In this movie, Captain Renault boldly exclaims, "If I were a woman... I should be in love with Rick"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'When these need to be replaced, it's generally the ones on the left side of the heart, where the pressure's higher'

Answer: a valve


Question: 'On to the main course, ma cherie, a fine gigot d'agneau, roast leg of this meat in a garlic & rosemary sauce'

Answer: lamb


Question: 'His play "The Rose Tattoo" tells the story of a Louisiana widow withdrawing from the world'

Answer: Tennessee Wiliams


Question: 'This pigeon seen here has two animals in its name & is known for being affectionate with its mate'

Answer: turtledove


Question: 'A St. Valentine's church in Italy was built over one of these subterranean tombs where his remains were found'

Answer: the catacombs


Question: 'This Nicolas Cage-Meg Ryan weeper is a remake of the Wim Wnders film "Der Himmel Uber Berlin"'

Answer: City of Angels


Question: 'The myocardium, or heart muscle, is covered by this thin sac'

Answer: the pericardium


Question: 'For dessert, my baby, this chocolate chip cookie bearing the name of the Mass. inn where it was invented'

Answer: tollhouse


Question: 'In a sonnet, Shakespeare refers to these pink roses whose name is derived from the capital of Syria'

Answer: damask roses


Question: 'Originally a term used by women for Christ, this word comes from the French for "with love"'

Answer: paramour


Question: 'This drama is set at a summer home in August 1912; Act 1 takes place at 8:30 A.M.; Act 4 is 15 1/2 hours later, at midnight'

Answer: A Long Day\'s Journey into Night (by Eugene O\'Neill)


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.)  In his Stride Toward Freedom, he organized many Civil Rights mass meetings held here at the 16th Street Baptist Church'

Answer: Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: 'In his first pro bike race, Lance Armstrong finished last at the Classico San Sebastian in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: '"Heidi" author Johanna Spyri wrote during the Franco-Prussian War to raise money for this new organization'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: 'The favorite book of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, is this author's "Interview with the Vampire"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: '7 priests of the Congregation of Holy Cross are on this university's board of trustees'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'Slang for 1,000 bucks, or an aerospace unit of acceleration'

Answer: G


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from Birmingham, AL in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge.)  It took three tries, but finally, several thousand crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965 on a Civil Rights march from Selma to this state capital'

Answer: Montgomery


Question: 'Lance became the first pro cyclist on a box of this product originally named Washburn's Gold Medal Whole Wheat Flakes'

Answer: Wheaties


Question: 'Moscow girls know it's where you go to hang out at the famous Gum Department Store'

Answer: Red Square


Question: 'She liked "Their Eyes Were Watching God" so much that she made it into a TV movie'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'This Big 10 member was the first U.S. university to establish a school of speech'

Answer: Northwestern


Question: 'A withering review by Dorothy Parker said Katharine Hepburn "ran the gamut of emotions from A to" this'

Answer: B


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from inside the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL.)  Civil Rights activists fought segregation permitted by this 3-word slogan in an 1896 Supreme Court decision'

Answer: "separate but equal"


Question: 'By age 13, Lance was already winning these events that include cycling, swimming & running'

Answer: triathlons


Question: 'These horses of these symbolic figures are red, white, black & pale'

Answer: the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse


Question: 'In 2000 Christina Ricci cited this C.S. Lewis series'

Answer: The Chronicles of Narnia


Question: 'This Midwestern school won national football championships in 1970, '71, '94, '95 & '97'

Answer: the University of Nebraska


Question: 'Add C plus C plus C plus C plus C & you get this Roman numeral'

Answer: D


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL.)  Though Rosa Parks made her living as a seamstress, she had also served as secretary of a branch of this organization'

Answer: the NAACP


Question: 'In the Tour de France, Lance often gained time racing through these 2 mountain ranges'

Answer: the Alps & the Pyrenees


Question: 'In 1964 the new constitution of this nation on Hispaniola changed its flag's colors from red & blue to red & black'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Asked about his favorite books, Kofi Annan had 2: "All the Pretty Horses" & this author's "Siddhartha"'

Answer: Hermann Hesse


Question: 'Bob Kerrey never became U.S. president, but he is president of this school for social research in the Big Apple'

Answer: the New School


Question: 'Often a math symbol for an unknown quantity, it's also defined by Random House as a semivowel'

Answer: Y


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL.)  Activist Bayard Rustin said when the Supreme Court announced the decision in this case, things began to move into a new era of activism & confrontation'

Answer: Brown v. Board of Education


Question: 'Lance was dropped from a team after he got cancer; in 1997 this new team picked him up & he delivered victories'

Answer: U.S. Postal Service


Question: 'Sinopia are the sketches in red an artist makes on a wall before beginning one of these painted murals'

Answer: frescos


Question: 'A fan of history books & bios, Lucille Ball said one of her favorites was James Boswell's "Life of" this man'

Answer: (Samuel) Johnson


Question: 'Author John Irving is an alum of this university; the state's name appears in the title of one of his books'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'Burmese title of respect applicable to a man such as Mr. Thant'

Answer: U


Question: 'In 2005, for the tenth straight year, this South Carolina city was voted tops in politeness'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'Louie de Palma did de dispatchin' on dis drive fest'

Answer: Taxi


Question: 'In 1833 musician Jakob Brahms named his second child this'

Answer: Johannes


Question: 'This Jewish right of passage marks a boy's 13th birthday'

Answer: a Bar Mitzvah


Question: 'Marx & Engels published this explosive work in 1848'

Answer: the Communist Manifesto


Question: 'The annular type of this heavenly event is seen here'

Answer: an eclipse


Question: 'Because Malaria was still common in the South, the Communicable Disease Center was established in this city in 1946'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Roma & Della help bring about mortal miracles'

Answer: Touched by an Angel


Question: 'Like Freudian analysis, it uses dreams a lot, but it's not so much about the sex all the time'

Answer: Jungian (analysis)


Question: '2-word alliterative term describing musical acts like 'N Sync & New Kids on the Block'

Answer: a boy band


Question: 'The Russian word poputchik is this 2-word phrase & describes a type of communist "fellow"'

Answer: fellow traveller


Question: 'The image seen here caused a lot of excitement following a 1976 exploration to this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Delaware's largest city was named for the Earl of this'

Answer: Wilmington


Question: '"Bewitched" spin-off'

Answer: Tabitha


Question: 'Belonging to a tennis star, it's a Scandinavian first name meaning "bear"'

Answer: Bjorn


Question: 'Usually affecting teenage girls, it's an extreme eating disorder marked by an excessive fear of being overweight'

Answer: anorexia


Question: 'He left Vietnam for Europe in 1911 & was a founding member of the French Communist Party'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'This high-flyer seen here first began cruising the heavens in 1973'

Answer: Skylab


Question: 'This Nevada city that was little more than a bait shop on the Colorado River is now a gambler's mecca'

Answer: Laughlin


Question: 'Heather Locklear could have put the handcuffs on me any day on this show'

Answer: T.J. Hooker


Question: 'Some bars have a special machine to chill this German beverage to 4 degrees'

Answer: Jagermeister


Question: 'From the Latin for "adult", it's the stage of physiological maturity that usually happens to teenagers'

Answer: puberty


Question: '2-word term for the drawn-out 6,000-mile retreat begun by the Chinese Communist Army in 1934'

Answer: the long march


Question: 'The closest of its kind to the Milky Way, it's our nearby companion seen here'

Answer: the Andromeda Galaxy


Question: 'The boys from this city could tell you it's home to the New York State Fair'

Answer: Syracuse


Question: 'One of its most famous episodes was entitled "To Serve Man"'

Answer: The Twilight Zone


Question: 'The work shown here is object No. FK-A-3038 at this location'

Answer: the Rijksmuseum


Question: 'This term for a teenage girl of the 1940s & '50s comes from a style of foot coverings'

Answer: a bobby-soxer


Question: 'The red, white & blue flag was adopted by Laos in this year when the country fell to the Communists'

Answer: 1975


Question: 'Appropriate beastly name of the nebula seen here'

Answer: the Horsehead Nebula


Question: 'The first prime minister of his country to be born in that land, he was assassinated in 1995'

Answer: Yitzhak Rabin


Question: 'It's the dividing line between the northern & southern hemispheres'

Answer: the equator


Question: 'A gnat can beat these over 500 times a second'

Answer: their wings


Question: 'This 14-year-old female singer won a 1996 Grammy for Best New Artist'

Answer: LeAnn Rimes


Question: 'This second pope shares his name with a male friend of Charlie Brown (but not the blanket)'

Answer: Linus


Question: 'It's a curved piece of plastic or metal used to ease one's heel into a tight-fitting boot'

Answer: a shoehorn


Question: 'At the beginning of this classic TV show, a sheriff & his son carry their fishing rods down to a lake'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: 'When the top of one of these collapses, a caldera remains'

Answer: a volcano


Question: 'Invented by Dietrich Winkel, this musical device can sound a steady beat at various speeds'

Answer: a metronome


Question: 'In 1972 California governor Ronald Reagan granted a full pardon to this "Okie from Muskogee"'

Answer: Merle Haggard


Question: 'He was the first pope who wasn't born in Italy'

Answer: Saint Peter


Question: 'From 1970 to 1999 he held the record for career victories as a jockey'

Answer: (Willie) Shoemaker


Question: 'This action of fishermen is also a term for selecting the performers for a film'

Answer: casting


Question: 'It's a small body of water, or how the British refer to the Atlantic'

Answer: the pond


Question: 'This battery-operated device is implanted to stimulate the heart to beat in a normal rhythm'

Answer: a pacemaker


Question: 'In 1995 Vince Gill recorded "I Will Always Love You", a hit duet with this woman, the song's composer'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'This name taken by 8 popes means of or relating to a city'

Answer: Urban


Question: 'This smooth-soled variety of tap dancing was made famous by George Primrose'

Answer: the soft-shoe


Question: 'No mistake, a gaff is a large one of these on a handle used to help land large fish'

Answer: a hook


Question: 'It's a bit of land lower than the surrounding area, or a jazzy street in New Orleans'

Answer: a basin


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew dances in costume while clicking with hand-held wooden instruments.)  From the spanish for "chestnuts", these instruments put the beat in flamenco dancing'

Answer: castanets


Question: 'This "Red-Headed Stranger" wrote "Crazy" for Patsy Cline'

Answer: Willie Nelson


Question: 'His reign as pope, 34 days long, was the shortest in modern history'

Answer: John Paul I


Question: 'Say it ain't this disgraced 1919 Chicago white Sox ballplayer'

Answer: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson


Question: 'A Canada goose & a large rainbow trout are featured in the logo of this popular hunting & fishing magazine'

Answer: Field & Stream


Question: 'This term for a chain of islands came from the Greek name for the Aegean Sea'

Answer: an archipelago


Question: 'A common effect of lightning injury is this, defined as a heartbeat of over 100 beats per minute'

Answer: tachycardia


Question: 'On May 31, 1991 this "Forever And Ever, Amen" singer married his longtime manager Lib Hatcher'

Answer: Randy Travis


Question: 'In 1964 this pope canonized 22 Christian Ugandan martyrs killed in the 19th century'

Answer: Paul VI


Question: 'This large East African wading bird sports shaggy gray plumage & long legs'

Answer: the shoebill


Question: 'It's the 2-word term for a reel-less inexpensive bamboo fishing rod'

Answer: a cane pole


Question: 'The Meech Lake Accord, which recognized this province as a distinct society, failed to win approval in 1990'

Answer: Quebec Province


Question: '1938:<br />Spencer Tracy'

Answer: Boys Town


Question: 'The white liquid inside this fruit is its water; its milk is made by crushing the "meat"'

Answer: a coconut


Question: 'To use a concealed microphone like a member of the order Hemiptera'

Answer: to bug


Question: 'Wordsworth defined this form of literature as "the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"'

Answer: poetry


Question: 'What we usually call the gray & white matter is the nerve tissue of the spinal cord & this organ'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'The 1967 World's Fair held in this city celebrated the city's 325th anniversary & Canada's centennial'

Answer: Montreal


Question: '1991:<br />Cuba Gooding Jr.'

Answer: Boyz n the Hood


Question: 'Slice the carambola, seen here, crosswise & you'll see why it has this alternate name'

Answer: star fruit


Question: 'To continually nag a spouse like a Gallus domesticus'

Answer: to henpeck


Question: 'The Hugo work whose title means "the wretched" is known worldwide by this French title'

Answer: Les Misérables


Question: 'The uterine tubes known as oviducts are also called these, after the man who discovered them'

Answer: the Fallopian tubes


Question: 'In 1874 Lt. Colonel George Arthur French became the first commissioner of this law enforcement agency'

Answer: the Mounties


Question: '1995:<br />Chris Farley'

Answer: Tommy Boy


Question: 'The tree that bears this fruit, often used to make chutney, is sacred in India'

Answer: the mango


Question: 'To treat somebody like a celebrity like a Panthera leo'

Answer: to lionize


Question: 'The Romantic nationalist composer Bedrich Smetana was born in 1824 in what's now this republic'

Answer: Czech Republic


Question: 'Too much insulin in the body can cause this condition in which there's too little sugar in the blood'

Answer: hypoglycemia


Question: 'In 1534 this Frenchman became the first European to set foot on the Gaspe Peninsula & sail up the St. Lawrence River'

Answer: Cartier


Question: '1989:<br />Jeff & Beau Bridges'

Answer: The Fabulous Baker Boys


Question: 'This pear-shaped tropical fruit has edible black seeds that resemble peppercorns & can be ground & used like pepper'

Answer: a papaya


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stretches to read over Cheryl's shoulder.)  It's to do what I'm doing, like a bird of the family Gruidae'

Answer: to crane


Question: 'This composer was the great-grandson of a poor Jewish scribe named Mendel'

Answer: (Felix) Mendelssohn


Question: 'These oil glands that keep your skin & hair lubricated are especially plentiful on your face & scalp'

Answer: the sebaceous glands


Question: 'In 1670 this British firm was granted the charter to establish fur trading posts in Canada'

Answer: Hudson Bay Company


Question: '1987:<br />Jason Patric & Kiefer Sutherland'

Answer: The Lost Boys


Question: 'Captain Bligh was on a trip to Tahiti to get trees of this tropical fruit when that whole mutiny thing went down'

Answer: breadfruit


Question: 'To categorize something into a narrow slot without a great deal of thought like a Columba livia'

Answer: to pigeonhole


Question: 'This first name of several Romantic writers was the last name of Caspar David, whose artwork is seen here'

Answer: Friedrich


Question: 'It's the -ology that studies the structure, function & diseases of the bones'

Answer: osteology


Question: '"Music Man" composer Meredith Willson wrote the song "Banners And Bonnets" for this organization'

Answer: the Salvation Army


Question: 'Arizona's state bird is a wren named for this type of plant'

Answer: Cactus


Question: 'This "jolly happy soul" had a "corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal"'

Answer: Frosty the Snowman


Question: 'In 1970 the Pringles plant in Tennessee produced one of these measuring 23" X 14 1/2" -- Yum! Yum!'

Answer: Potato chip


Question: 'Disraeli created Vivian Grey; he created Dorian Gray'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'This greeting card company operates "Gold Crown" stores full of gift ideas'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: 'It's slang for a control lever on an airplane or on a video game'

Answer: Joystick


Question: 'There'll be blue hens over the capital, Dover, in this state where they're the state bird'

Answer: Delaware


Question: '"On the tenth day of Christmas my true love gave to me, ten lords" a-doin' this'

Answer: Leaping


Question: 'Charles Osborne did this every 1 1/2 seconds from 1922 to 1990; what he needed was a good scare!'

Answer: Hiccupped


Question: 'He created Mrs. Flanders, also known as Moll'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'In the past, a gold watch from an employer followed an employee's decision to take this action'

Answer: Retirement


Question: 'A pleasurable trip in an automobile, especially when driving recklessly'

Answer: Joyride


Question: 'City name of the state bird seen here'

Answer: Baltimore oriole


Question: 'Elvis sang, "You'll be doin' all right with your Christmas of white, but I'll have" this'

Answer: A blue Christmas


Question: 'Located near Seattle, the world's largest building in volume is this company's main assembly plant'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'Griffin is the name of this H.G. Wells title character'

Answer: The Invisible Man


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks)  Traditionally, presents for newlyweds' first anniversary are made from this material"'

Answer: Paper


Question: 'A "wrapped up" baby is described as one of these happy packages'

Answer: A bundle of joy


Question: 'Wyoming honors this blackbird relative whose name also belongs to a legendary Harlem Globetrotter'

Answer: Meadowlark


Question: '"I saw Mommy" doing this, "underneath the mistletoe last night"'

Answer: kissing Santa Claus


Question: 'There are more statues honoring this religious leader than any other person in the world'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Richard Llewellyn novel with coal miner Gwilym Morgan & minister Mr. Gruffydd'

Answer: How Green Was My Valley


Question: 'When prom dates exchange flowers, the girl gets a corsage & the boy gets one of these'

Answer: Boutonniere


Question: 'A classic practical joke, this device vibrates irritatingly when pressed into the hand of another'

Answer: Joy buzzer


Question: 'The willow ptype of this ptundra dweller is Alaska's state bird'

Answer: Ptarmigan


Question: 'In the 1964 TV special "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer", this singer introduced "A Holly Jolly Christmas"'

Answer: Burl Ives


Question: 'A 1987 Sunday edition of this U.S. newspaper holds the record for most massive issue, 12 pounds & 1,612 pages'

Answer: New York Times


Question: 'Self-described "singleton" whose bestselling "diary" was concocted by Helen Fielding'

Answer: Bridget Jones


Question: 'This large gift France gave to the U.S. was dedicated in 1886'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'It's the rousing musical composition heard here'

Answer: Ode To Joy (from Beethoven\'s 9th)


Question: 'In May 1927 this American aviator became the first man to fly the Atlantic solo'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'It's German for "struggle", as in my or "mein" struggle'

Answer: Kampf


Question: 'Can we talk?  This comedienne guest-starred as Kathy Griffin's wacky mom on "Suddenly Susan"'

Answer: Joan Rivers


Question: 'The Nile of Africa'

Answer: Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'Dining utensil "in the road"<br />             (4)'

Answer: Fork


Question: 'He abdicated the Russian throne in 1917, a year before he & his family were executed'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'Churchill's famous statement about the R.A.F. begins "Never in the field of human" this'

Answer: Conflict


Question: 'She went from being "That Girl" to appearing as Rachel Green's mom on "Friends"'

Answer: Marlo Thomas


Question: 'The Rio Grande of the U.S.'

Answer: Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'While living in Davos, Switzerland, far from an ocean, he wrapped up "Treasure Island"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'Morris the Cat's adjective<br />             (7)'

Answer: Finicky


Question: 'Leopold I became king of this country in 1831 after refusing the throne of Greece'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Vic Morrow was Sergeant Chip Saunders in this 1960s TV series'

Answer: Combat


Question: 'Jerry Stiller & Estelle Harris were the ever-screeching parents of this "Seinfeld" character'

Answer: George Costanza


Question: 'The Jordan of Israel'

Answer: Dead Sea


Question: 'In 1895 these newlyweds moved into a home on Rue de la Glaciere in Paris, & radiated happiness'

Answer: Pierre & Marie Curie


Question: 'Mr. Christian's Christian name<br />             (8)'

Answer: Fletcher


Question: 'After his mother died in 1827, this Zulu chief became openly psychotic & was murdered the next year'

Answer: Shaka


Question: 'As it's French for "war", it makes the title "The Return of Martin War"'

Answer: Guerre


Question: 'George Segal plays Jack Gallo, publisher of Blush magazine & Laura San Giacomo's dad on this sitcom'

Answer: Just Shoot Me


Question: 'The Danube of Europe'

Answer: Black Sea


Question: 'La Rabida, a Franciscan monastery in Spain, was home to this explorer in 1485 & later, to Hernando Cortes'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'Just, or just blond<br />            (4)'

Answer: Fair


Question: 'This Austrian archduchess' 1736 marriage established the house of Hapsburg-Lorraine'

Answer: Maria Theresa


Question: 'A Muslim may fulfill one of these fights against evil by heart, tongue, hand or sword'

Answer: Jihad


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Carol Burnett)  On the 100th episode of "Mad About You", I played Jamie's mom & this actor played her dad"'

Answer: Carroll O\' Connor


Question: 'In the 1890s while studying law, he lived with an Anglo-Indian family at 20 Baron's Court Road, London'

Answer: Mohandas K. Gandhi


Question: 'Pits that lack atheists<br />             (8)'

Answer: Foxholes


Question: 'This coffee brand was so named because its creator served it only once a year at a yuletide dinner party'

Answer: Yuban


Question: 'On a 1923 trip, Warren G. Harding made the 1st presidential visit to the Alaska Territory & to this nation'

Answer: Canada


Question: '"And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true"'

Answer: "Over The Rainbow"


Question: 'Proverbial lining for a cloud'

Answer: silver


Question: 'In a Coasters hit song this title man asks, "Why's everybody always pickin' on me?"'

Answer: "Charlie Brown"


Question: 'Alexandra Tydings plays this totally cool Greek love goddess, created by the foam of the sea, on "Xena" & "Hercules"'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question:
'In 1866 Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of this (1)

(1) He also founded a similar society to protect children'

Answer: Cruelty to Animals


Question: 'A statewide law that went into effect Jan. 1, 1998 banned smoking cigarettes in bars & restaurants in this state'

Answer: California


Question: '"Look at me I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"'

Answer: "Misty"


Question: 'Awake's "Nuance Veil" tan-faking makeup'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'The doctor was in when this important hominid fossil was discovered in 1974'

Answer: Lucy


Question: 'Dating back to the early 18th century, it's a pie topping made of beaten egg whites & sugar that's browned'

Answer: meringue


Question:
'Judah Benjamin, an adviser to this man, was "The Brains of the Confederacy" (2)

(2) He fled to England & became a successful lawyer'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is located in this city'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: '"They can beg and they can plead but they can't see the light... 'cause the boy with the cold hard cash is always Mr. Right"'

Answer: "Material Girl"


Question: 'A regular on "Growing Pains"'

Answer: Tracey Gold


Question: 'In 1973 this woman from Colorado began her 24-year tenure in the House'

Answer: Pat Schroeder


Question: 'Don Ho is associated with "Tiny Bubbles" & this late bandleader with "Champagne Music"'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question:
'Mathematician Hermann Minkowski combined space & time, laying groundwork for this theory (3)

(3) His brother Oskar found that diabetes originates in the pancreas'

Answer: Theory of Relativity


Question: 'This peninsula gives its name to a cocktail made of vodka, cranberry juice & a slice of lime'

Answer: Cape Cod


Question: '"Someone left the cake out in the rain, I don't think that I could take it 'cause it took so long to bake it..."'

Answer: "MacArthur Park"


Question: 'This was often found under the Lone Ranger'

Answer: silver


Question: 'His blankets were very holy as Pope in 67 A.D.'

Answer: Linus


Question: 'The aqueous film-forming foam type of these safety devices form an oxygen-excluding barrier'

Answer: fire extinguishers


Question:
'Etienne Brule was the first European to see this second-largest Great Lake (4)

(4) And was killed by the tribe of the same name'

Answer: Huron


Question: 'It's the seat of Laramie County'

Answer: Cheyenne, Wyoming


Question: '"Funny thing, but you can sing it with a cry in your voice"'

Answer: "Song Sung Blue"


Question: 'Historic coast that's now part of Ghana'

Answer: Gold Coast


Question: 'She took a 6-day shuttle ride in 1983'

Answer: Sally Ride


Question: 'In this 2000 film Mel Gibson supplied the voice to a character made out of foam latex & clay'

Answer: Chicken Run


Question:
'A WWII battleship sunk in Uruguay was named for this German graf (5)

(5) Who lost the WWI Battle of the Falklands & drowned'

Answer: Spee


Question: 'Prepare a 5% solution of acetic acid in water & you've got this salad dressing ingredient'

Answer: vinegar


Question: 'In Italy a jettatore is one who casts this deadly glance'

Answer: evil eye


Question: 'Ads for the Gap told us that James Dean & Humphrey Bogart wore these pants:'

Answer: khakis


Question: 'Whether it was integral or differential, it was hard to understand the math this guy would spout'

Answer: Calculus


Question:
'Felix Trinidad,
Lennox Lewis,
Oscar De La Hoya'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'It's the second volume of the "Leather-Stocking Tales"'

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans


Question: 'Once popular with anesthesiologists & hanky-wielding villains, it's also called trichloromethane'

Answer: chloroform


Question: 'You didn't want to be slow at a school that held races in which he would "take the hindmost"'

Answer: the devil


Question: 'In 1985 the bodysuit was a signature piece by this NY designer seen here:'

Answer: Donna Karan


Question: 'He was retired from many official positions, including professorships, but kept all his titles'

Answer: Emeritus


Question:
'Alexander Khalifman,
Anatoly Karpov,
Garry Kasparov'

Answer: chess


Question: 'Peter Bogdanovich directed the 1971 big screen version of this early Larry McMurtry bestseller'

Answer: The Last Picture Show


Question: 'Texas' Lake Worth one is less well known than Scotland's Loch Ness one'

Answer: monster


Question: 'A man's formal evening coat with 2 long tails in back is named for its resemblance to the tail of this bird:'

Answer: swallow ("swallowtail")


Question: 'This Roman always had the full details on new stock offerings'

Answer: Prospectus


Question:
'Svetlana Chorkina,
Shannon Miller,
Kim Zmeskal'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: 'This Edwin O'Connor novel is based on the political career of James M. Curley'

Answer: The Last Hurrah


Question: 'This vitamin got its initial from the way the Danes spell "coagulation"'

Answer: vitamin K


Question: 'In the "Chanson de" or "Song of" this hero, he's betrayed by the jealous Ganelon'

Answer: Roland


Question: 'This illustrator's girl seen here on a stamp had a hairstyle that was the look of the early 20th century:'

Answer: Charles Dana Gibson


Question: 'Found around sacred people, he had an identical twin named Halo'

Answer: Nimbus


Question:
'Alexei Yagudin,
Todd Eldredge,
Elvis Stojko'

Answer: figure skating


Question: 'This Bulwer-Lytton novel takes place just before & during a catastrophic volcanic eruption'

Answer: The Last Days of Pompeii


Question: 'This Titan, the father of Zeus, did something nasty to Uranus with a sickle'

Answer: Cronus


Question: '"Observe" the name of this shoe seen here:'

Answer: Spectator shoes


Question: 'He would have been surprised to know he's the state flower of Hawaii'

Answer: Hibiscus


Question:
'Lasse Kjus,
Hermann Maier,
Alberto Tomba'

Answer: skiing


Question: 'Published in 1964, it's Hubert Selby's unflinchingly realistic portrayal of residents of a NYC borough'

Answer: Last Exit to Brooklyn


Question: 'This 4-word slogan was also the name of a refreshing egg & fruit juice drink served at the 1924 GOP convention'

Answer: \"Keep Cool With Coolidge\"


Question: 'It's the central library of the Roman Catholic Church'

Answer: The Vatican Library


Question: 'Before debuting in this series, Jerry Mathers had appeared in 2 Bob Hope movies'

Answer: Leave it to Beaver


Question: 'Meaning "settlement by a bridge", it's the first name of a man who settled Utah'

Answer: Brigham


Question: 'It's a "cumulus" word for an accumulation of gnats'

Answer: Cloud


Question: '1775's "Shot Heard Round the World" was shot at the battle of this town'

Answer: Concord


Question: 'Its 3,400-square-mile metropolitan area extends over 8 administrative units known as parishes'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Developer of the decimal classification system, he directed the New York State Library, 1889-1906'

Answer: Melvil Dewey


Question: 'Word that completes the line sung by Jimmy Nelson "N-e-s-t-l-e-s, Nestle's makes the very best..."'

Answer: Chocolate


Question: 'Using the meanings of their names, they become Farmer & Watchful Gershwin'

Answer: Ira & George


Question: 'Just thinking about a "grist" of these insects gives me hives'

Answer: Bees


Question: 'Back in 1964 Surgeon General Luther L. Terry labeled this habit a "health hazard"'

Answer: Smoking


Question: 'The area between this city's Allegheny & Monongahela Rivers is called the Golden Triangle'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'Only 2 presidential libraries are not administered by the National Archives: Hayes' in Ohio & his in Yorba Linda, CA.'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Dum de dum dum.  This cop show won an Emmy as Best Mystery, Action or Adventure Program of 1952'

Answer: Dragnet


Question: 'Edgar means "rich spear" & this name, stifled a lot in the '70s, means "rich war"'

Answer: Edith


Question: 'If a drift of these mammals drifts into your yard, don't cast pearls before them'

Answer: Swine/pigs


Question: 'The Supreme Court held that blacks couldn't claim U.S. citizenship in the 1857 decision named for this man'

Answer: Dred Scott


Question: 'The Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition of 1905 brought 3 million visitors to this city on the Willamette River'

Answer: Portland, Oregon


Question: 'The life & career of this female senator from Maine is on display at a library in Skowhegan'

Answer: Margaret Chase Smith


Question: 'In the 1950s this western was the top-rated series of the season 3 times'

Answer: Gunsmoke


Question: 'To explain it all, this name from a 1740s novel was made novel by Melissa Joan Hart'

Answer: Clarissa


Question: 'A sedge is a group of these birds, perhaps the sandhill type seen here'

Answer: Cranes


Question: 'In 1894 riots broke out during a railroad strike targeting this company'

Answer: Pullman


Question: 'Northwest Airlines & The 3M Corp. are headquartered in suburbs of this capital on both banks of the Mississippi'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'The Lilly Library at Indiana University has one of this man's 1,453 printings of the New Testament'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'A future Oscar winner for "Charly", he played Rod Brown of the Rocket Rangers'

Answer: Cliff Robertson


Question: 'First name of actress Miles, this 4-letter feminine name is from the Russian for "faith"'

Answer: Vera


Question: 'In the evening you might watch for a watch of these nocturnal avian singers'

Answer: Nightingales


Question: 'In 1797 3 French agents later known by these 3 letters asked U.S. trade representatives for a bribe'

Answer: "X", "Y" & "Z"


Question: 'Of this country's hundreds of islands, Crete & Euboea are the 2 largest'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In 1914 he married Rose Fitzgerald, a daughter of Boston's mayor'

Answer: Joseph Kennedy


Question: 'George Kennedy won an Oscar in part for beating the heck out of Paul Newman in this movie'

Answer: Cool Hand Luke


Question: 'In 1997 a made-up war record helped get M. Larry Lawrence buried at this Virginia cemetery -- briefly'

Answer: Arlington National Cemetery


Question: 'Jo's older sister<br />(3)'

Answer: Meg


Question: 'A 7-mile tunnel through Mont Blanc connects Chamonix, France to this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1998, using his persona from "My Cousin Vinny", he cut the album "Vincent Laguardia Gambini Sings Just for You"'

Answer: Joe Pesci


Question: 'A brutal murder is solved in this 1967 Oscar winner'

Answer: In the Heat of the Night


Question: 'Per his widow's wishes, this architect was moved from his native Wisconsin to Taliesin West in Arizona'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Noted novelist Norman<br />(6)'

Answer: Mailer