Question: 'This woman's silent films include "The Torrent" & "Flesh And The Devil"'

Answer: Greta Garbo


Question: 'The L.A. Thunderbirds could tell you 2 bruising teams on skates lap each other to score in this sport'

Answer: Roller Derby


Question: 'Jodie Foster, for "Nell"; Jessica Lange, for "Blue Sky"; Winona Ryder, for "Little Women"'

Answer: Jessica Lange


Question: 'In this 1945 Hitchcock classic, Gregory Peck doesn't remember if he committed a murder'

Answer: "Spellbound"


Question: 'A victim of friendly fire, this man was born in Clarksburg in what is now West Virginia'

Answer: Stonewall Jackson


Question: '"Sow" these at breakfast, but make sure they've been hulled & steamed'

Answer: Rolled oats


Question: 'Robert Loggia, for "Jagged Edge"; Eric Roberts, for "Runaway Train"; Don Ameche, for "Cocoon"'

Answer: Don Ameche


Question: 'You probably forgot you knew this word was Greek for "forgetfulness"'

Answer: Amnesia


Question: 'It means "relating to the motion of projectiles", or "very angry"'

Answer: ballistic


Question: 'An exemption for pubs meant you could still get ale by the pint when Britain went to this system Oct. 1, 1995'

Answer: the metric system


Question: 'The central character in this 1953 novel by Ray Bradbury is third-generation fireman Guy Montag'

Answer: Fahrenheit 451


Question: 'A person fond of booze is known to "bend" this body part'

Answer: their elbow


Question: '"Be of good" this if you know that this laundry detergent was once labeled "All Temperature"'

Answer: Cheer


Question: 'He went to Peking University, where he met Li Dazhao & Chen Duxiu, later co-founders of the Chinese Communist Party'

Answer: Mao


Question: 'Lucy Lawless is best known for playing this warrior princess'

Answer: Xena


Question: 'On Oct. 3, 1951 Bobby Thomson hit his famous home run & the Soviets tested one of these'

Answer: a nuclear bomb


Question: 'Kevin J. Anderson & Brian (not Frank) Herbert continue with spice in 2007's "Sandworms of" this planet'

Answer: Dune


Question: 'Tripod for a painter'

Answer: an easel


Question: 'The name of this earth-friendly polishing cleanser is French for "good friend"'

Answer: Bon Ami


Question: 'Born in Argentina, he aided Castro in Cuba's revolution before being killed in Bolivia'

Answer: Che Guevara


Question: 'Drew Barrymore played the memory-impaired Lucy Whitmore in this romantic comedy with Adam Sandler'

Answer: 50 First Dates


Question: 'In 2010 we learned this word for bank workers who John Hancocked 1000s of unread foreclosure papers'

Answer: robo-signers


Question: 'In 1932 Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer collaborated on the novel "When Worlds" do this'

Answer: Collide


Question: 'Alphabetically, it's the first book of the Bible that starts with the letter "E"'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: 'The name of this dishwashing detergent is a synonym for "cataract"'

Answer: Cascade


Question: 'He escaped exile twice in Siberia, then was forced to seek asylum in Mexico in 1936'

Answer: (Leon) Trotsky


Question: 'This "angelic" actress supplied the voice of viper in "Kung Fu Panda"'

Answer: Lucy Liu


Question: 'Melvil Dewey co-founded this group, the ALA, in Philadelphia on October 6, 1876'

Answer: the American Library Association


Question: 'The 1932 film "Island of Lost Souls" was based on this 1896 novel by H.G. Wells'

Answer: The Island of Dr. Moreau


Question: 'To unceremoniously expel from a baseball game or an airplane'

Answer: eject


Question: 'Thomas Cadden wrote the jingle about this P&G personality who'll tidy "your whole house & everything that's in it"'

Answer: Mr. Clean


Question: 'The idealogy promoted by the leader of this South American country has become known as "Chavismo"'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'In "Peanuts" the great passion of Lucy Van Pelt is her unrequited love for this boy'

Answer: Schroeder


Question: 'On Oct. 2, 1187 this Muslim leader's forces recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders, who'd held it for 88 years'

Answer: Saladin


Question: 'Max Brooks left us wanting more braaaains with "World War Z", an oral history of the war versus them'

Answer: Zombies


Question: 'A broadcasting chamber with resonating walls that make hollow sound effects'

Answer: an echo chamber


Question: 'Invented in 1988, this hand sanitizer comes in spray, wipe & goo-from-the-pump forms'

Answer: Purell


Question: 'This Asian leader claims to have been born in 1942 on sacred Paektu Mountain, under a double rainbow'

Answer: Kim Jong Il


Question: 'Lucy Pevensie is a character in the books & movies set in this fictional land'

Answer: Narnia


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  During the winter, the Somali current flows south & west; in the summer, it changes course & flows in the opposite direction due to the winds of this Indian Ocean storm season'

Answer: the monsoon season


Question:
'Rizzo,
Sandy,
Danny Zuko'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'The only woman to receive this foremost military decoration is Dr. Mary Walker, for her actions at Bull Run'

Answer: the Congressional Medal of Honor


Question: 'The idea that additional input yields smaller & smaller increases in output is called "the law of diminishing" these'

Answer: returns


Question: 'Proverbially, if something is "all the" this, it's in style'

Answer: rage


Question: 'About 10% of this island nation is covered by snowfields & glaciers'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'The Kuroshio current, carrying tropical water northward toward the pole, is known by this "national" name'

Answer: the Japan current (Japanese current accepted)


Question:
'Tevye,
Yente,
Lazar Wolf'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: '(I'm Chevy Chase.) In 1993 I was honored as Man of the Year by this Harvard theatrical society'

Answer: the Hasty Pudding


Question: 'The 21st century doctrine named for this man allows the U.S. to wage preventive war if an attack on us is coming'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'They said I was this 3-letter word meaning angry or insane--I am this!  This, I tell you!'

Answer: mad


Question: 'At 15,200 feet, the Dufourspitze is its highest peak'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Warm water currents cool & sink in the North Atlantic, then are carried into the Indian & Pacific oceans along the system known as the global this 2-word term, like something you might find on an assembly line'

Answer: a conveyor belt


Question:
'Tony Manero,
Stephanie,
Bobby C.'

Answer: Saturday Night Fever


Question: 'This medal goes to the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children; Chris Van Allsburg won for "Jumanji"'

Answer: the Caldecott


Question: 'The political philosophy of "minimum government, maximum freedom", or a party whose motto is just that'

Answer: libertarian


Question: 'It belonged to Khan in a 1982 "Star Trek" title'

Answer: wrath


Question: 'It was first united under Casimir I in 1047'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'As early as 600 A.D., monks recorded these on England's coasts & noted their relationship to the Sun & Moon'

Answer: tides


Question:
'Deena Jones,
Effie White,
James "Thunder" Early'

Answer: Dreamgirls


Question: 'Seems odd, but in 1947 Columbia University received a special one of these prizes for its administration of those prizes'

Answer: the Pulitzers


Question: '"How Philosophy Can Save Your Life" says this Greek suggested, "opt for the good life" & "thrive on... simple pleasures"'

Answer: Epicurus


Question: 'There's a body joint within this verb that means to irritate you'

Answer: rankle


Question: 'Before the euro, it used the punt'

Answer: Ireland


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  When waves hit a beach at an angle, part of their energy is directed parallel to the land, generating a current called this; the "men" of the same name are dockworkers'

Answer: longshore currents


Question:
'Reverend Moore,
Ariel,
Ren'

Answer: Footloose


Question: 'This medal given by the NAACP is named for a former chairman of its board of directors'

Answer: the Spingarn Medal


Question: 'Kant's moral law, act according to principles you wish would be universally used, is called the categorical this'

Answer: the imperative


Question: 'These Greek female divinities punished crimes at the instigation of the victims'

Answer: the furies


Question: 'It occupies the western half of the Indochinese peninsula & the northern 2/3 of the Malay Peninsula'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'The only time 3 actors from the same movie were nominated for Best Actor was for this high seas film'

Answer: Mutiny on the Bounty


Question: 'In an 1864 letter, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "If" this "is not wrong, nothing is wrong"'

Answer: Slavery


Question: 'You auto know a ragtop is one of these'

Answer: Convertible


Question: 'Henry Luce helped create these 2 magazines, one in 1923, the other in 1936'

Answer: Time & Life


Question: 'Pisum sativum, the garden variety of this legume, usually bears 5 to 10 seeds in its pods'

Answer: Peas


Question: 'The famed rhyming signs of this shaving product first appeared on Highway 61 in Minnesota'

Answer: Burma Shave


Question: 'Jenna Elfman played drums when Bob made an appearance on this ABC sitcom'

Answer: Dharma & Greg


Question: 'In a televised speech, he told the nation, "I misled people, including my wife.  I deeply regret that"'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'Slang for a ship, it's what you'll find a nursery rhyme trio sailing in'

Answer: Tub


Question: 'It's how you say "She" in France & Korea & Romania & 29 other international editions'

Answer: Elle


Question: 'If you eat it slowly, this cereal might increase your "word power":'

Answer: Alpha-Bits


Question: 'The highway passes Castle Danger & Knife River as it skirts this Great Lake en route to Duluth'

Answer: Lake Superior


Question: 'In 1998 a man with "Soy Bomb" marked on his chest interrupted Bob's performance at this awards show'

Answer: Grammy Awards


Question: 'On January 8, 1947, he told Congress that "America was not built on fear.  America was built on courage"'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'Rhyme time term for a huge 18-wheeler'

Answer: Big rig


Question: 'People sure are saying things about this new magazine from Tina Brown'

Answer: Talk


Question: 'You're heading for this brand of beer when you "Head for the Mountains"'

Answer: Busch


Question: 'As a boy, this late entertainment giant lived in the Highway 61 town of Leland, where his best friend was named Kermit'

Answer: Jim Henson


Question: 'In 1975 Bob spoke out for this imprisoned boxer; in 1999 Denzel Washington played him on film'

Answer: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter


Question: 'Concerning this 1773 event, John Adams wrote, "This is the most magnificent movement of all"'

Answer: Boston Tea Party


Question: 'It's not madness, a reefer is this type of railroad car'

Answer: Refrigerator car


Question: 'Mary J. Blige got personal in the Sept. 1999 issue of this hip-hop music magazine founded by Quincy Jones'

Answer: Vibe


Question: 'Of crunchy, smoke flavored or less sodium, the one not yet a variety of Spam'

Answer: Crunchy


Question: 'In the 1980s this evangelist confessed to sins he'd committed in motels along Highway 61 in Louisiana'

Answer: Jimmy Swaggart


Question: 'When this Robbie Robertson group first backed Dylan in the '60s, it was known as The Hawks'

Answer: The Band


Question: 'He was the 1st president to call the White House "A bully pulpit"'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'An eggbeater is one of these'

Answer: Helicopter


Question: 'Carey Lowell wrote about Deepak Chopra for this Conde Nast magazine of personal well-being'

Answer: Self


Question: 'This Swiss chard relative found in Florentine dishes probably comes from Asia & was used medicinally'

Answer: Spinach


Question: 'Highway 61 leads to the Delta city of Clarksdale in this state'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Bob's "Lay Lady Lay" was considered for this 1969 Jon Voight film, but didn't make the soundtrack'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'This largest Tennessee city needed its own reconstruction after 1866 race riots there'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'In 1926 the Peet Bros. merged their soap company with this one, which then merged with Colgate'

Answer: Palmolive


Question: 'Voltaire thought this man was the greatest sage of all time & wrote "The Chinese Orphan" to show his morals'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'Ukrayina'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'John played this doctor & his potion-drinking alter ego in 1996's "Mary Reilly"'

Answer: Dr. Jekyll


Question: 'The "sport" of quickly scanning through TV stations by remote control'

Answer: Channel surfing


Question: 'The 1876 exposition celebrating this helped reconcile North & South'

Answer: Centennial


Question: 'In the 1950s Dannon popularized this product in the U.S.'

Answer: Yogurt


Question: 'This "Tom Jones" author's political satire "Pasquin" wasn't well received by the government'

Answer: Henry Fielding


Question: 'Eire'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'John Malkovich & Glenn Close play a game of intrigue & seduction in this 1988 costume drama'

Answer: Dangerous Liaisons


Question: 'Multislacking means playing with one of these instead of working'

Answer: Computer


Question: 'From what he's carrying, it's the nickname of the Northerner seen here:'

Answer: Carpetbagger


Question: 'This family's Texas "ranch" covers 825,000 acres, an area bigger than Rhode Island'

Answer: King Ranch


Question: 'In 1777, over 100 years after Moliere's "The School for Wives", Sheridan wrote "The School" for this'

Answer: Scandal


Question: 'Osterreich'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'John played Lennie & Gary Sinise was George in a 1992 film adaptation of this Steinbeck novel'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'It's the diesel-powered multipurpose U.S. military vehicle that replaced the Jeep'

Answer: Humvee


Question: 'To rejoin the Union, Southern states had to rartify this amendment giving citizenship to ex-slaves'

Answer: 14th Amendment


Question: 'In the 1970s, this white buck-shoed singer & his family endorsed the West Bend coffee maker'

Answer: Pat Boone


Question: 'Schiller's "The Robbers" was part of this 3-word German literary movement'

Answer: Sturm und Drang


Question: 'Clint Eastwood protects the president from would-be assassin John Malkovich in this 1993 thriller'

Answer: In the Line of Fire


Question: 'Achieve 3 sports championships in a row like the Chicago Bulls & you've achieved one of these triples'

Answer: Three-peat


Question: 'Andrew Johnson provoked his own impeachment when he fired Edwin Stanton from this post'

Answer: Secretary of War


Question: 'Sir Joshua Reynolds painted this British actress as the tragic muse seen here:'

Answer: Sarah Siddons


Question: '1999's "Being John Malkovich" has John being John Malkovich & this star being a puppeteer'

Answer: John Cusack


Question: 'A modern soldier no longer eats C-rations but instead gobbles up these, known as MREs for short'

Answer: Meals ready to eat


Question: 'The name of this author who died in 1924 has become an adjective meaning surreal or nightmarish'

Answer: Franz Kafka (Kafkaesque)


Question: 'Compared to other continents, Africa's rank in terms of size'

Answer: Second


Question: '"Bullitt"'

Answer: Steve McQueen


Question: 'He co-designed Osbourne House, the royal residence on the Isle of Wight for his wife, Queen Victoria'

Answer: Prince Albert


Question: 'Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. was the only general to land with the first wave of troops on this day'

Answer: D-Day


Question: 'This island country was formerly called Ceylon'

Answer: S-R-I L-A-N-K-A


Question: 'An estimated 1/3 of Africa's 150,000 pygmies live in this country once called the Belgian Congo'

Answer: Zaire


Question: '"Barbarella"'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'Sir Charles Barrie's greatest work was the Palace of Westminister, also known as this government building'

Answer: Houses of Parliament


Question: 'Though unrelated,  Joseph E. and Albert Sidney Johnston were both leading generals in this army'

Answer: Confederate


Question: 'Panama adjoins South America at this country's border'

Answer: C-O-L-O-M-B-I-A


Question: 'One of the four African countries that belong to OPEC'

Answer: (1 of) Nigeria, Libya, Algeria, or Gabon


Question: '"Barbarosa"'

Answer: Willie Nelson


Question: 'Sir Robert Smirke's masterpiece was this London museum based on classical Greek designs'

Answer: The British Museum


Question: 'William Westmoreland served in these three wars; the last two as a general'

Answer: World War II, Korea, and Vietnam


Question: 'The capital of French Polynesia; it's also the largest city in Tahiti'

Answer: P-A-P-E-E-T-E


Question: 'Of the 200 million acres of arable land in this largest African country, less than 15% is cultivated'

Answer: Sudan


Question: '"The Barefoot Contessa"'

Answer: Ava Gardner


Question: 'The aviary at London Zoo was designed by this ex-husband of Princess Margaret'

Answer: Antony Armstrong-Jones (aka Lord Snowdon)


Question: 'During the last seven years of his life, John J. Pershing lived in a special suite in this D.C. hospital'

Answer: Walter Reed Hospital


Question: 'Once a walled Inca city, these ruins near Cuzco, Peru are a favorite tourist site'

Answer: M-A-C-H-U P-I-C-C-H-U


Question: 'Any African capital that begins with the same letter as its country'

Answer: Algiers, Tunis....


Question: 'Till caught in 1987, CIA employees plotted to profit from a poster misprint featuring this design'

Answer: Candleholder


Question: '"Boxcar Bertha"'

Answer: Barbara Hershey


Question: 'Sir Basil Spence designed this controversial Coventry building which many thought too modern'

Answer: Coventry Cathedral


Question: 'US general who in 1945 told his wife "Peace is going to be hell on me!"'

Answer: George Patton


Question: 'The capital of Iceland'

Answer: R-E-Y-K-J-A-V-I-K


Question: 'In 1924 Congress finally passed a law making all these first Americans US citizens'

Answer: Indians


Question: 'El Greco told Pope Pius V he could improve this room by getting rid of Michelangelo's frescoes'

Answer: the Sistine Chapel


Question: 'During stress, adrenalin secreted into the blood stream causes the heartbeat to do this'

Answer: go faster


Question: 'He became a Bolshevik in 1918 & Soviet Premier in 1958'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: '1928 play by Bertolt Brecht which featured the following'

Answer: Three-Penny Opera


Question: 'The New York Daily News is owned by the parent company of this Chicago newspaper'

Answer: the Chicago Tribune


Question: 'When JFK commanded PT-109, his superior was this man, later Attorney General under Nixon'

Answer: John Mitchell


Question: 'Name shared by father and son 16th century German painters known as "The Older" and "The Younger"'

Answer: Hans Holbein


Question: 'Robert Hawke is the current prime minister of this 3 million square mile country, the sixth largest in the world'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This popular form of Japanese dance drama traces its origins to Bunrako puppet theatre and Noh'

Answer: Kabuki


Question: 'Attempting to beat the fictional Phileas Fogg, this woman reporter went around the world in 72 days in 1889'

Answer: Nellie Bly


Question: 'William Jennings Bryan died just a few days after the conclusion of this'

Answer: the Scopes Trial


Question: 'He's the man in "A Man of Sorrows"'s image'

Answer: Jesus


Question: 'In the nervous system, this is the term for the gap between axons & dendrites'

Answer: synapses


Question: 'This Costa Rican president's peace plan helped him win the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Oscar Arias Sanchez


Question: 'He directed the original production of his own play "Fool for Love" & starred in the film version'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'Main D.C. rival of the Washington Post is this paper published by the Reverend Moon's Unification Church'

Answer: the Washington Times


Question: '1787 law governing the area north of Ohio River; it became a model for territories entering the Union'

Answer: Northwest Ordinance


Question: 'Vincent Van Gogh's brother Theo did this for a living'

Answer: worked in an art gallery (or sold art)


Question: 'Body cholesterol is both made and destroyed in this large organ'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'He told the US and the USSR in August of 1987 that he was willing to destroy the Pershing missiles in his country'

Answer: Helmut Kohl (of Germany)


Question: 'Northern European expressionist whose dramas include "The Dance of Death" and "The Ghost Sonata"'

Answer: Auguste Strindberg


Question: 'The Midwest edition of this paper (circulation 600,000) is printed in Naperville, Illinois (population 43,000)'

Answer: the Wall Street Journal


Question: 'By the end of 1845, Mormon industry had turned it from swampland into the largest city in Illinois'

Answer: Nauvoo


Question: 'His 1872 work "Impression Sunrise" not only left an impression, but named a whole movement'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'Digestive juices are very active in this part of the human small intestine that's joined to the stomach'

Answer: the duodenum


Question: 'On his way home from a Swedish comedy film, February 28, 1986, this world leader was assassinated'

Answer: Olof Palme


Question: 'Among the last plays he wrote were "A Touch of the Poet" and "Huey"'

Answer: Eugene O\' Neill


Question: 'New York City editor acquitted of libel in 1735 establishing the principle of freedom of the press'

Answer: John Peter Zenger


Question: 'Just over 4,000 square miles, it's the largest single island under the US flag'

Answer: Big Island of Hawaii (4,028)


Question: 'In a 1996 film Leonardo DiCaprio & Claire Danes play these star-crossed lovers in a modern setting'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'In "Julius Caesar" Casca says, "For mine own part, it was" this "to me"'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'Promising more assertiveness, John Sweeney was elected president of this labor federation in 1995'

Answer: AFL-CIO


Question: 'Indonesia's Mount Marapi, whose name means "fire mountain", is one of these'

Answer: Volcano


Question: 'In March 1997 Clinton & Yeltsin agreed to disagree on the expansion of this defense organization'

Answer: NATO


Question: 'In 1983 he said, "We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way.  We pay it back"'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'This shock jock exposed his "Private Parts" in a recent film based on his autobiography'

Answer: Howard Stern


Question: 'Glossolalia, nonmeaningful speech, is also called speaking in these'

Answer: tongues


Question: 'In 1969 the brakemen, firemen & switchmen on these were "tied" together in one union'

Answer: railroads


Question: 'As the highest peak, 4,000-foot Ataviros could be called the colossus of this Greek island'

Answer: Rhodes


Question: 'In 1989 this president met Gorbachev on a ship in the "Seasick Summit"'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Attributed to Samuel Goldwyn: "Any man who goes to" one of these people "ought to have his head examined"'

Answer: a psychiatrist


Question: 'In this 1993 film, Holly Hunter performed the musical sequences herself'

Answer: The Piano


Question: 'Unclear bureaucratic talk; it's not talking turkey, but sounding like one'

Answer: Gobbledygook


Question: 'OCAW is the union of oil, chemical & these workers; let's hope Homer Simpson's not a member'

Answer: Nuclear/Atomic Workers


Question: 'The wind-blocking Panamint Range helps keep this lowest area of the U.S. hot & dry'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'Jimmy Carter invited Begin & Sadat to talk peace at this Maryland retreat & they acted accordingly'

Answer: Camp David


Question: '"Touch a scientist and you touch a child", said this "Martian Chronicles" author'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question:
'Letter perfect names of the 2 characters seen here:

"I don't suppose you know what kind of alien life form leaves a green spectral trail and craves sugar water, do you?"
"Oh, wait.  That was on Final Jeopardy! last night!"'

Answer: J & K


Question: 'People had a tough time figuring out exactly what the lyrics were to this 1963 Kingsmen hit'

Answer: "Louie Louie"


Question: 'This worker may be found on an airplane or as a union representative on a shop floor'

Answer: Steward


Question: 'The names Mont Blanc & the Rockies' Blanca Peak both mean this'

Answer: "white mountain"


Question: 'A 1961 JFK-Khrushchev summit ended in an agreement on this neighbor of Vietnam & Cambodia'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'John Buchan defined this kind of skeptic as "a man who has no invisible means of support"'

Answer: an atheist


Question: 'In this 1991 satire, Sally Field played the star of a daytime serial, "The Sun Also Sets"'

Answer: Soapdish


Question: 'Specialized language of a profession or trade that's meaningless to those outside the field'

Answer: jargon


Question: 'In 1995 the Int'l Association of Machinists staged a 69-day strike against this Seattle-based company'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'In 1945 Truman conferred with Stalin & with British leaders Churchill & Attlee at this Berlin suburb'

Answer: Potsdam


Question: 'P.G. Wodehouse defined it as the "only one real cure for grey hair.  It was invented by a Frenchman"'

Answer: the guillotine


Question: 'In 1961 the Washington Senators moved to Bloomington & became this A.L. team'

Answer: Minnesota Twins


Question: 'An astronomical unit is defined as the average distance between these 2 bodies'

Answer: Earth & Sun


Question: 'This was Bonnie Bedelia's original last name; she's Macaulay's aunt'

Answer: Culkin


Question: 'The title character in this classic came into the world as James Gatz'

Answer: "The Great Gatsby"


Question: 'In the 1550s this artist & sculptor was architect for the Palazzo Farnese'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'In Shakespeare, the 5 words that precede "And all the men and women merely players"'

Answer: "All the world\'s a stage"


Question: 'A state nickname was derived from a cartoon in which railroad promoters were likened to these pesky rodents'

Answer: Gophers


Question: 'At standard pressure it's the boiling point of water on the Fahrenheit scale'

Answer: 212 Degrees


Question: 'Here's "The Naked Truth"; she was born with the last name Pantleoni'

Answer: Tea Leoni


Question: 'She started sleuthing in 1930 & in 1991 solved her 100th mystery'

Answer: Nancy Drew


Question: 'First name shared by French artists Toulouse-Lautrec & Matisse'

Answer: Henri


Question: 'It was not called just the Pretty Good War, but the Great War'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'Minnesota's lowest point is 602 feet above sea level at the shore of this Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Superior


Question: 'This small letter denotes the speed of light in a vacuum:  299,792,458 meters per second'

Answer: c


Question: 'Her name was Holly Michelle Gilliam before she married Papa John & became a singing Mama'

Answer: Michelle Phillips


Question: 'Arkady Renko, a Moscow investigator in this author's "Gorky Park", becomes a seaman in "Polar Star"'

Answer: Martin Cruz Smith


Question: 'Out of favor with the leftists in Mexico, he created murals in the U.S., like one in the Detroit Inst. of Arts'

Answer: Diego Rivera


Question: 'The domain of Hades, brother of Zeus & Poseidon'

Answer: The Underworld


Question: 'A Duluth park named for this Norseman features a replica of the ship in which he sailed to America c. 1000'

Answer: Leif Erickson


Question: 'The acceleration of this at the Earth's surface is 9.8 meters per second squared'

Answer: Gravity


Question: 'Born Lawrence Harvey Zeiger, he became the "monarch" of TV interviewers'

Answer: Larry King


Question: '"Treasure" & "Raise The Titanic" by this author feature salvage expert Dirk Pitt'

Answer: Clive Cussler


Question: '"The Hay Wain" helped this British landscape artist win a gold medal at the Paris Salon of 1824'

Answer: John Constable


Question: 'F is 96,500 coulombs; F being named for this British physicist'

Answer: Michael Faraday


Question: 'Professional name of the punk rocker born James Jewel Osterberg; it sounds like a weird soft drink'

Answer: Iggy Pop


Question: 'She had "Great Expectations" until she was jilted on her wedding day'

Answer: Miss Havisham


Question: 'They shut the lid on this Dutch master after his death, March 19, 1997'

Answer: Willem de Kooning


Question: 'At this man's death in 1997, Jacques Chirac called him probably the best known Frenchman in the world'

Answer: Jacques-Yves Cousteau


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.)  One year ago he represented Michigan's 5th District.  Today, August 9th 1974, he enters the Oval Office as President'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'A back-stabbing friend tries to keep you from going pro in the underground game named for this skateboarder'

Answer: Tony Hawk


Question:
'China,
Japan,
South Korea'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'In 2004 Pitt alumna Wangari Maathai became the first woman from this continent to win the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'Oberlin, home to an underground railroad stop & one of the first U.S. colleges with black students, is in this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'An audible attempt to get someone's attention, or a chocolate drink endorsed by Yogi Berra'

Answer: Yoo-hoo


Question: 'Aug. 22, 1996: Pres. Clinton's signature reforms this system that sent federal cash grants directly to poor families'

Answer: welfare


Question: 'After his release from maximum security, Tommy Vercetti tries to take over Vice City in this game'

Answer: Grand Theft Auto: Vice City


Question:
'Iran,
Iraq,
Saudi Arabia'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'The Louisville-based factory named for these tries to make them come true for very ill children'

Answer: dreams


Question: 'The bestseller "The Rule of Four" was co-written by a graduate of this New Jersey school, also the book's setting'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'This web site started out as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web"'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'Our lead story for Jan. 21, 1961: this man, brother of the President, was sworn in as Attorney General'

Answer: Robert Kennedy


Question: 'Attain the crown of Grand Champion after completing over 30 levels of this epic first person bot shooter'

Answer: Unreal Tournament


Question:
'Vietnam,
Laos,
Cambodia'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'It's the small independent state that's headquarters to the aid group Caritas Internationalis'

Answer: the Vatican


Question: 'The James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy is on the campus of this Houston University'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'The slogan "let your fingers do the walking" was created for the this directory'

Answer: the Yellow Pages


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the White House.)  June 13, 1967 is a historic day as President Johnson appointed this great-grandson of a slave to the Supreme Court'

Answer: Thurgood Marshall


Question: 'A Ford Escort can race a VW Beetle in this "A-spec" PlayStation racing game with over 150 cars'

Answer: Gran Turismo


Question:
'France,
Italy,
Belgium'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'It's not just doctors--there are now groups called teachers, builders & clowns "without" these'

Answer: borders


Question: 'This private Christian university overlooks the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California'

Answer: Pepperdine


Question: 'It's not how a rapper gets your attention, it's a Naval Petty Officer'

Answer: yeoman


Question: 'History was made today, September 127, 1978, when P.M. Begin & Pres. Sadat signed these accords at the White House'

Answer: the Camp David Accords


Question: 'Spell-casters and adventures do battle in the land of Norrath in this online role playing game'

Answer: Everquest


Question:
'Malaysia,
Singapore,
The Philippines'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'Charles Dole helped create the Army's 10th Mountain Division & this "National" winter rescue organization'

Answer: the National Ski Patrol


Question: 'Founded in 1836 by the Methodist church, this Atlanta university is located along the Clifton Corridor'

Answer: Emory


Question: 'Sana is the capital of this Middle Eastern country'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'To fool the Nazis before an attack on this large island near Italy, the allies planted a dead man with false papers'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'In a 2003 film he played "Master and Commander" Captain Jack Aubrey'

Answer: Russell Crowe


Question: '"Human Variation" is a course in this department at NYU'

Answer: anthropology


Question: 'This synonym for trash can also mean a group of puppies'

Answer: a litter


Question: 'If you can tear yourself away from the beach in Puerto Rico, visit the Museum of Art & History in this capital city'

Answer: San Juan


Question: 'Prior to this novel's publication, its whitewash scene appeared in the Philadelphia Sunday Republic'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'In the first of several marriages, this English king married his sister-in-law in 1509'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'It might come back to you that this Civil War movie was based on a novel by Charles Frazier'

Answer: Cold Mountain


Question: 'The regional study of objects like the one shown here'

Answer: egyptology


Question: 'In the 1970s Woodsy Owl said, "Give a hoot! Don't" do this'

Answer: pollute


Question: 'Yum! Ant cakes & spicy locusts have been on the menu at the annual insect tastings in this Quebec city's Insectarium'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'It's the title locale of the story Twain originally called "Jim Smiley and his Jumping Frog"'

Answer: Calaveras County


Question: 'Clyde Tombaugh, who discovered this planet, made his telescope out of a cream separator & parts of an old Buick'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'Sofia Coppola won an Oscar for her screenplay & a nomination for directing this 2003 film'

Answer: Lost in Translation


Question: '8-letter opposite of demonology'

Answer: theology


Question: 'This term for detritus or trash is a French word that means "fragments" or "pieces"'

Answer: debris


Question: 'One of London's most fun attractions is the exhibition that opened inside this bridge in the 1990s'

Answer: Tower Bridge


Question: 'Travel letters Twain wrote during a tour of Europe were collected in his book called these "Abroad"'

Answer: Innocents


Question: 'During the Battle of the Marne in this war, 6,000 French soldiers were rushed to the front lines in taxicabs'

Answer: the First World War


Question: 'Satine, a courtesan, & Christian, a poet, pair off in this musical set at a French nightclub'

Answer: Moulin Rouge!


Question: 'Subjects of this branch of zoology are seen here'

Answer: herpetology


Question: 'This word for trash may come from the word "rubble"'

Answer: rubbish


Question: 'The Peer Gynt ski area has been called this country's best place for cross-country skiing'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'In the first part of this 1883 memoir, Twain recalled his days as a riverboat pilot'

Answer: Life on the Mississippi


Question: 'An 1881 autopsy on this assasinated president proved he died from infection from his doctors' efforts, not the bullets'

Answer: (James) Garfield


Question: 'Keisha-Castle Hughes played a young Maori girl destined to be her tribe's leader in this critically acclaimed film'

Answer: Whale Rider


Question: 'The this of this is: from the Greek for "true sense of a word"'

Answer: etymology


Question: 'Pronounced one way, it means to decline; pronounced another way, it's trash'

Answer: refuse


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Venice, Italy.)  I'm here in Venice on this beautiful square which Napoleon called "The Drawing Room of Europe"'

Answer: St. Mark\'s Square


Question: 'It's the humorous nickname of the lawyer who solves the murder of York Driscoll, Dawson Landing's chief citizen'

Answer: Pudd\'n\'head Wilson


Question: 'Never directly seen in the Northern Hemisphere, it's featured on the flags of 5 of the world's countries'

Answer: the Southern Cross


Question: '"Little" ones of these have "big ears"; the ears are handles'

Answer: Pitchers


Question: 'The "Creole State"'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Cabbage, whose leaves of the most common varieties are red, purple, white or this color'

Answer: Green


Question: 'Yo-Ho-Ho!  Named for a river in South America, Demerara sugar is largely used to make this liquor'

Answer: Rum


Question: 'The coast near Varberg has been called the "Swedish" this, a term associated more with Cannes, Nice & Rapallo'

Answer: Riviera


Question: 'Term for a canis lupus that leaves the pack or someone who prefers to live independent of others'

Answer: Lone wolf


Question: 'Office device whose handle is seen here'

Answer: Pencil sharpener


Question: 'The "Knickerbocker State"'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Cribbage, a game in which this is the value of a face card, as in blackjack'

Answer: 10


Question: 'American Indians boiled down this tree's sap & called the sugary result "sweetwater"'

Answer: Maple


Question: 'As well as automaker Volvo, Goteborg is home to Hasselblad, a world-famous maker of these'

Answer: Cameras


Question: 'A Chinese dish of boiled noodles & stir-fried meats'

Answer: Lo mein


Question: 'It's the star found at the end of the handle of the Little Dipper'

Answer: North Star


Question: 'The "Down East State"'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Chaney, an actor known as "The Man Of A Thousand" these'

Answer: Faces


Question: 'Brown sugar is made by combining white sugar & this dark liquid'

Answer: Molasses


Question: 'The "Dictionary Of Wars" lists 9 between Sweden & this giant from 1240 to 1808'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Environmentalist Rene Dubos coined the phrase "Think Globally, Act" this way'

Answer: Locally


Question: 'A once-popular christening gift was a spoon with one of the 12 of these on the handle'

Answer: Apostles


Question: 'The "Hot Water State"'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Cambridge, home of this school opened in Boston in 1865 by geologist William Barton Rogers'

Answer: MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)


Question: 'Napoleon honored Benjamin Delessert for refining this vegetable into sugar during a cane blockade'

Answer: Sugar beets


Question: 'This king of Sweden was a bit of a "grouch" when he had to give up Norway's throne in 1905'

Answer: Oscar


Question: 'A roofed open area in the side of a building, or the last name of the actor seen here'

Answer: Loggia


Question: 'Operetta with the line "I polished up that handle so carefullee that now I am the ruler of the Queen's Navee!"'

Answer: H.M.S. Pinafore


Question: 'The "Cyclone State"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Chansons de Geste, French epic poems usually about the exploits of this emperor'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'In medicine, "blood sugar" refers to levels of this monosaccharide'

Answer: Glucose


Question: 'This type of stone bearing an old alphabet is a common sight in Sweden'

Answer: Rune stone


Question: '1850 work that features the piece heard here'

Answer: Lohengrin


Question: 'Handel's oratorio about him debuted in January 1745 (He never got to do a Xena spin-off)'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'This "Pieta" sculptor's statue of Bacchus is in the Bargello in Florence'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'This company's first Emmy came in 1958 for Art Direction in its "Hall Of Fame" production of "Twelfth Night"'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: 'This element makes up most of the weight of water & about half the weight of rocks'

Answer: Oxygen


Question: 'In 1951 Douglas MacArthur told Congress, "I now close my military career and just" do this'

Answer: Fade away


Question: 'This brightest object in the night sky gives off no light of its own'

Answer: The Moon


Question: 'During his years in this country, he signed his works G.F. Hendel for Giorgio Federico Hendel'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Parisian who painted the distinctly non-Parisian work seen here'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'In his 1983 acceptance speech Judd Hirsch tried to persuade NBC to renew this show -- didn't work'

Answer: Taxi


Question: 'In its pure form, this fundamental element can look like coal, or like glass'

Answer: Carbon


Question: 'In Russia in 1917 he said, "We shall now proceed to construct the Socialist order"'

Answer: Vladimir Lenin


Question: 'A 1998 federal study stated that at least 92,000 crashes a year are prevented by a car's third one of these'

Answer: Brake lights


Question: 'Handel's keyboard music was written mainly for this stringed instrument'

Answer: Harpsichord


Question: 'Paul Delaroche executed a famous painting of "The Execution Of" this "Nine-Day Queen"'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'Presenter John Ritter accepted this actor's Emmy in 1979; guess Sacheen was busy that night'

Answer: Marlon Brando


Question: 'The red form of this element that glows in the dark is used in the production of matches'

Answer: Phosphorus


Question: 'Jogging on August 19, 1997 he said, "It's the longest I've been able to go since I hurt myself on March 14"'

Answer: President Bill Clinton


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Alex: "(I'm here at the Titanic Artifacts Exhibit at the World Trade Center, Boston)  The Titanic's navigation beacon seen here was located on the front mast just above this lookout position"'

Answer: The Crow\'s Nest


Question: 'Handel borrowed a timpani from the Tower of London for the 1739 oratorio about this king & David'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'In 1895 this impressionist finished his famous series of paintings of Rouen Cathedral'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'This network that broadcast the 1988 Primetime awards won none during the show'

Answer: FOX


Question: 'Its chemical symbol derives from the Latin word "natrium"'

Answer: Sodium (Na)


Question: 'In his preface to this work, Walt Whitman said, "The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem"'

Answer: Leaves Of Grass


Question: 'On August 9, 1988 the Cubs' first game under this stadium's new lights was postponed due to rain'

Answer: Wrigley Field


Question: 'Handel bequeathed the "Messiah" manuscript to a hospital for these children, like Tom Jones'

Answer: Foundlings


Question: 'Neo-classicist who exemplified the Empire Style with his portrait of Madame Recamier, seen here'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'Giving away $1,000,000 in its first 17 months, it was 1955's Best Audience Participation Series'

Answer: The $64,000 Question


Question: 'Extracted from seawater, it's the only nonmetallic element that's liquid at room temperature'

Answer: Bromine


Question: 'Benjamin Franklin wrote in "Poor Richard's Almanack", "A little neglect may breed" this'

Answer: Mischief


Question: 'A 19th century form of theatrical spotlight gave us the common phrase "In" this'

Answer: The limelight


Question: 'The name of the Montecchi, a noble family of the 13th century, was anglicized to this'

Answer: Montague (from Romeo and Juliet)


Question: 'In a 1964 book by Louise Fitzhugh, this 6th grader spies on people & writes down her thoughts in a notebook'

Answer: Harriet the Spy


Question: 'Max the dog narrates the hit musical about "How the Grinch Stole" this holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'You can climb the ladder of success working with pumps & hydrants in this exciting job'

Answer: firefighter


Question: 'A record 73 inches of this fell on the island of Reunion in just 24 hours in 1952'

Answer: rain


Question: 'Some say his 12 labors were penance for killing his wife Megara & their children'

Answer: Hercules


Question: '"She sells sea shells" at this location'

Answer: the seashore


Question: '"The Big Honey Hunt", published in 1962, was the first in a series of books about this bear family'

Answer: the Berenstain Bears


Question: 'Ariel is the fish-tailed heroine who's tired of living "Under The Sea" in the show based on this animated movie'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'As a mountain climber, you can reach the top at Harvard--a 14,420' peak in this Rocky Mountain State'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'In 2004, Tia, a mastiff, gave birth to the largest litter of these ever--24'

Answer: puppies


Question: 'Jupiter is the Roman equivalent of this Greek god'

Answer: Zeus


Question: '"In Hertford, Hereford & Hampshire" these windy storms "hardly ever happen"'

Answer: hurricanes


Question: 'They are the little workers at Willy Wonka's chocolate factory'

Answer: the Oompa Loompas


Question: 'You could play Princess Jasmine or the genie if your school puts on the stage version of this animated 1992 film'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'On a fishing boat, you could boss around the deckhands as the captain's assistant, the "first" this'

Answer: mate


Question: 'At 451 feet tall, the one named for Khufu at Giza in Egypt is the tallest one of these structures in the world'

Answer: a pyramid


Question: 'She was given a box & told not to open it; she did, releasing the world's evils, but shut it before Hope could escape'

Answer: Pandora


Question: 'These animals "shouldn't sleep in a shack", these animals "should sleep in a shed"'

Answer: sheep


Question: 'Chapters in this Katherine Paterson book include "The Giant Killers" & "Building the Bridge"'

Answer: Bridge to Terabithia


Question: 'In a 2007 musical, this fairy tale heroine wakes up & finds herself in a sleep-disorder center'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'You may get the call to be this person who does religious work overseas, from the Latin for "send"'

Answer: a missionary


Question: 'At 70 years old in 2004, George Brunstad became the oldest person to swim this waterway between Britain & France'

Answer: the English Channel


Question: 'This Greek sea god could cause springs to flow & create storms with a flourish of his trident'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: '"The sawingest saw I ever saw saw was the saw I saw saw in" this "Land of Opportunity State"'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'A book by George Selden related the adventures of Chester, this insect "in Times Square"'

Answer: a cricket


Question: 'The mask for this little hero of Broadway's "The Lion King" was designed without a lower jaw, like a Roman helmet'

Answer: Simba


Question: 'You could toil in an office and work in one of these of your own--it sounds like a small geometric shape'

Answer: a cubicle


Question: 'The world's largest royal family, with over 4,000 princes, is the Al-Saud family of this Mideast country'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'The subject of a huge statue, this monster on the road to Thebes ate people who could not answer its riddle'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'One of these animals "sat on a stump & thunk the stump stunk"'

Answer: a skunk


Question: 'In 1819 Thomas Jefferson founded the University of this, his home state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'The dad of this 2006 British Open winner was the 1st African-American baseball player in the then-Big 7 conference'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'The name Lebanon comes from a word for "white", referring to this atop mountains'

Answer: snow


Question: 'This colored part of the eye shares its name with a type of flower'

Answer: the iris


Question: 'This bird's head endures an impact of up to 1200 gs as it hammers away at trees'

Answer: a woodpecker


Question: 'This is the thin-sliced, salted & dried back & sides of the hog'

Answer: bacon


Question: 'Thomas was staying just outside this European city July 14, 1789, so he knew of the big events there'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Now with Miami, at age 24, this 7'1", 325-lb. guy was the youngest man on the NBA's "50 Greatest Players" list'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'In the board game Risk, they're 2 of the 4 South American countries represented'

Answer: (2 of) Brazil, Argentina, Peru, & Venezuela


Question: 'Pink, red or purplish, a port-wine stain is a large one of these usually on the face or neck'

Answer: a birthmark


Question: 'The blue & green "eyes" on this bird's tail feathers are just circular patches of feathers'

Answer: the peacock


Question: 'Still used today, in Ancient Rome this instrument called the faithful to worship in the temples'

Answer: the bell


Question: 'It's what Thomas was designing here'

Answer: his own tombstone (or his own grave marker)


Question: 'In 2006 this team's David Ortiz was wicked excellent with 54 HRs & 137 RBIs'

Answer: the Boston Red Sox


Question: 'Built on 14 islands, this capital of Sweden is one of the world's most picturesque cities'

Answer: Stockholm


Question: 'The dura mater is the outermost protective layer that covers the spinal cord & this organ'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'This "camel bird" now found only in Central & South Africa doesn't really bury its head in the sand when threatened'

Answer: the ostrich


Question: 'This type of immunization is used to renew or maintain the effects of a previous one'

Answer: a booster


Question: 'In 1815 Thomas sold his collection of about 6,700 of these to the government for $23,950'

Answer: books


Question: 'The jersey of the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady was China's top seller in 2005; this teammate & center was 3rd'

Answer: Yao Ming


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew takes a stroll outside in Kyoto, Japan.)  The tourist areas of Japan are especially crowded in the spring season of hanami, the time for viewing these blossoms'

Answer: the cherry blossoms


Question: 'Unfortunately, high cholesterol can lead to atherosclerosis, in which these blood vessels become clogged'

Answer: the arteries


Question: 'In the 1800s John Farrar was one of the first to move teeth in slow increments using a mechanism that evolved into these'

Answer: braces


Question: 'In October 1823 he wrote this man, his predecessor as president, to implore him to renew their friendship'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In 1997 this QB led the Packers to a 35-21 Super Bowl win vs. the Patriots; as of 2007, he was still their QB'

Answer: Brett Favre


Question: 'This large sea serves as the Sahara's northern boundary'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'Also called leukocytes, these nearly colorless blood cells defend the body against infection'

Answer: white blood cells


Question: 'The oldest signs of life on Earth are fossilized ancestors of these one-celled organisms'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'This 2003 film spawned a craze for clown fish in home aquariums'

Answer: Finding Nemo


Question: 'In 1991, just 5 days after he resigned as party leader, Communist rule in the Soviet Union ended'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'Beverly Owen & Pat Priest both played Marilyn, the most normal-looking member of this bizarre family'

Answer: The Munsters


Question: 'The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in this capital city has an exceptional collection of Himalayan art'

Answer: Richmond


Question: 'In Exodus, this miracle occured after a strong east wind blew all night'

Answer: Parting of the Red Sea


Question: 'The seedless navel is a sweet variety of this'

Answer: Orange


Question: 'She lazed around with F. Scott'

Answer: Zelda (lazed)


Question: 'He hinted he'd run for president in March of 1992, withdrew in July, then re-entered in October'

Answer: H. Ross Perot


Question: 'This 1919 silent film classic inspired director Peter Sellers' PBS special "The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez"'

Answer: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari


Question: 'Lemont, Illinois has a museum of these jars that never stay full when there are children around'

Answer: Cookie jars


Question: 'Type of event in Cana at which Jesus turned water into wine'

Answer: Wedding


Question: 'Alligator pear is another term for this'

Answer: Avocado


Question: 'We felt sorry for Megan when her dog had this skin disease'

Answer: Mange (Megan)


Question: 'Navy Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett III resigned in the wake of this scandal'

Answer: Tailhook


Question: 'The real name of this member of Alan Brady's writing staff on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" was Maurice'

Answer: Buddy Sorrell


Question: 'Except for the entrance area, the National Museum of African Art in this city is completely underground'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'Of the four authors of the gospels, the one who was a tax collector'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'The plantain member of this fruit family, musaceae, is also called Adam's fig'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'Ann never wears any gem paler than this one'

Answer: Pearl (paler)


Question: 'This governor who was wounded in the gunfire that killed President Kennedy died in 1993'

Answer: John Connally


Question: 'It was the last name of Aunt Bea, played by Frances Bavier, on "The Andy Griffith Show"'

Answer: Taylor


Question: 'The Winterthur Museum in this state displays Henry Francis DuPont's collection of American antiques'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'Luke 8:2 talks of Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went this many devils'

Answer: 7


Question: 'A wedge of this fruit is the traditional accompaniment for a shot of tequila'

Answer: Lime


Question: 'Cilla redecorated her entire house in this shade of purple'

Answer: Lilac (Cilla)


Question: 'After serving 2 years of a 10-year sentence, this junk bond king was released from prison'

Answer: Michael Milken


Question: 'This famous woman came up with the title "Evening Shade" for a TV series produced by two of her friends'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'The Lila Acheson Wallace wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is named for the co-founder of this magazine'

Answer: Reader\'s Digest


Question: 'In the book of Esther, he was hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai'

Answer: Haman


Question: 'Called a nut when dried, this is the fruit of the Soapberry tree, native to China'

Answer: Lychee nut


Question: 'Rose loves to read about this Greek god -- how romantic!'

Answer: Eros (Rose)


Question: 'Sadly, both she & her daughter Irene, also a scientist, died of leukemia caused by radiation'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question: 'Due to its icecap, no one is sure whether this world's largest island is one island or many'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'His father, a Salzburg teacher, wrote a treatise on the fundamental principles of violin playing'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'Encyclopedia Americana calls the Homeric form of this "an artificial literary language"'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'His "Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" was published in 1786 with about half the 600 copies pre-sold'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'Hayes' number as president, or the century in which he served'

Answer: 19


Question: 'Much of our knowledge of ancient science comes from a 37-book work by this naturalist, The Elder'

Answer: Pliny


Question: 'Japan's highest mountain range, the Japanese Alps, rises in the central part of this island'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'In 1859 this "Swan Lake" composer graduated from the St. Petersburg School of Jurisprudence'

Answer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky


Question: 'The word Mexico comes from Nahuatl, the language of the Toltecs & these other ancient people'

Answer: Aztecs


Question: 'Before this poet died on October 25, 1400, he was living in a house in the garden of Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'When William Wheeler was first suggested for this post, Hayes asked "Who is Wheeler?"'

Answer: Vice president


Question: 'This botanist, known for his classification system, was also the first to use the symbols for male & female'

Answer: Carl Linnaeus


Question: 'A 15 1/2-mile-long causeway connects this Persian Gulf nation with the Saudi Arabian mainland'

Answer: Bahrain


Question: 'His "Water Music" was performed during an aquatic fete held by King George I on the Thames July 17, 1717'

Answer: G.F. Handel


Question: 'Abruzzese is a dialect of this language'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'The first line of this poet's "Endymion" is "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'Hayes' wife, she was the 1st first lady to earn a college degree'

Answer: "Lemonade Lucy" Hayes


Question: 'In 1918 this orignator of the quantum theory  won the Nobel Prize for Physics'

Answer: Max Planck


Question: 'The largest of Spain's Balearic Islands, it's been called the "Pearl of the Mediterranean"'

Answer: Majorca


Question: 'His "Fingal's Cave" is also known as the "Hebrides Overture"'

Answer: Felix Mendelssohn


Question: 'Rif is a Berber language spoken mainly in the northern part of this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'In 1883 Queen Victoria gave this poet laureate the title "Baron of Aldworth & Freshwater"'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'His last executive order was to ban the sale of this at army camps & forts'

Answer: Alcohol


Question: 'In 1913 this Danish physicist proposed the first modern model of the atom'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'In 1616 Jacob Lemaire became the first European to see what is now this Pacific island kingdom'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'In 1855 this "Orpheus in the Underworld" composer opened his own theater, the Bouffes Parisiens'

Answer: Jacques Offenbach


Question: 'The fables known as the Panchatantra were originally written in this classical language'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'In 1714, two years after "The Rape of the Lock" was first published, he expanded it from 2 cantos to 5'

Answer: Alexander Pope


Question: 'Hayes served two terms as governor of this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'On June 27, 1525 he married former nun Katherine von Bora'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'This state's name is from Chippewa words meaning "great water", after the lake of the same name'

Answer: Michigan


Question: '1990: Arnold Schwarzenegger as undercover police detective John Kimble, teaching little kids'

Answer: Kindergarten Cop


Question: 'this character, who's as well-traveled as anyone I know'

Answer: Waldo


Question: 'Novel in which we learn that one Mr. Caulfield has failed 4 out of 5 classes at Pencey'

Answer: Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'Jack Wilson of the Eugene Register-Guard writes these opinion pieces, from the Latin for "to put forth"'

Answer: editorial


Question: '"Still waters run ____"'

Answer: deep


Question: 'Its name is from the French for "green mountain"'

Answer: Vermont


Question: '1995: Michelle Pfeiffer as ex-Marine & inner city high school teacher Louanne Johnson'

Answer: Dangerous Minds


Question: 'this ex-world leader'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'You'll find Draco Malfoy studying at this school'

Answer: Hogwarts


Question: 'Jack Dorsey is chairman of this information network that touts itself as "the evolution of mobile messaging"'

Answer: Twitter


Question: 'It may seem permanent but "this, too, shall ____"'

Answer: pass


Question: 'It was named for a king of France'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: '1980: Debbie Allen as dance instructor Lydia Grant'

Answer: Fame


Question: 'this country'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'This John Irving character is a student at steering prep school, where he takes up wrestling'

Answer: Garp


Question: 'Jack Horkheimer, who passed away in 2010, was the longtime host of PBS' "Star Gazer", devoted to naked-eye this'

Answer: astronomy


Question: '"Where there's life there's ____" (the last name of Bing's "Road" partner)'

Answer: hope


Question: 'The first part of its name honors the father of the colony's founder; the rest means "woodland"'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: '1986: William Hurt as James Leeds, a new speech teacher at a school for the deaf'

Answer: Children of a Lesser God


Question: 'him'

Answer: St. Joseph


Question: 'In an early Stephen King novel, she has the last laugh at Ewen High'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'Jack Cawthon, the "Bar-B-Que King" of this town, has a restaurant overlooking the Ryman Auditorium'

Answer: Nashville


Question: '"The darkest hour is just before ___"'

Answer: dawn


Question: 'This state was named for an island in the English Channel'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '1989: Morgan Freeman as baseball bat-wielding principal Joe Clark'

Answer: Lean on Me


Question: 'this Beantown building'

Answer: the John Hancock Building (Tower)


Question: 'This title Shakespeare guy attended school in Wittenberg & 2 of his mates there are later brought into the plot'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Jack Mazzola serves only organic & fair trade at his west village "Stir Brew" this'

Answer: Coffee


Question: '"There are none so ____ as those who will not hear"'

Answer: deaf


Question: 'He concluded his "Ring" cycle with "The Twilight of the Gods" in 1874'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'On Showtime 2, you could see what the housemates on this Julie Chen-hosted show were like "After Dark"'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: 'As president of the Mormon church, he laid one of the cornerstones for the Salt Lake temple in 1853'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'This character said, "Every time a child says, 'I don't believe in fairies

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Craig Ferguson is a proud Glaswegian--a native of this city'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: 'Biblical tower town (5)'

Answer: Babel


Question: 'This "Carmen" composer became a student at the Paris conservatory just before turning 10'

Answer: Bizet


Question: 'Only 1 of these 2 magicians speaks, but both are "pit bulls for the truth"'

Answer: Penn & Teller


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Red Cross headquarters in Washington, D.C.)
In 1915, this president made a short trip from the White House to lay the cornerstone for the American Red Cross headquarters'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'In 1975 this comedian-director wrote, "It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'Sheet retailers try to impress you with this number, 300 or 600 or even 1,500'

Answer: thread count


Question: 'Fasten your seat belt (6)'

Answer: buckle


Question: 'Erich Korngold had this middle name, so he had to become a composer, of movie scores like "Captain Blood"'

Answer: Wolfgang


Question: 'Buck, Alice & T are personalities among the "United States of" her'

Answer: Tara


Question: 'In June 1825, 50 years after the battle, Lafayette laid the'

Answer: the Bunker Hill monument


Question: 'John Donne wrote <br />that "any man's death diminishes me... therefore never send to know" this Hemingway title'

Answer: for whom the bell tolls


Question: 'The Crooked House seen here was completed in 2003 in Sopot in this country; the language over the door is a big clue'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'A desert nomad (7)'

Answer: Bedouin


Question: 'In 1867 he founded the Norwegian Academy of Music'

Answer: Grieg


Question: 'Joss Stone played Anne of Cleves on this drama where Henry VIII had heir problems'

Answer: The Tudors


Question: 'The cornerstone for this Virginia school's first building, the Wren Building, was laid in 1695'

Answer: the College of William & Mary


Question: 'In "Rabbit is Rich", he wrote, "the great thing about the dead, they make space"'

Answer: Updike


Question: 'Alfalfa has a long one of these primary roots; on older plants it can go down 50 feet'

Answer: a taproot


Question: 'To invite or summon (6)'

Answer: beckon


Question: 'Here's a surprise: "The Drumroll" is the nickname of symphony no, 103 by this Austrian composer'

Answer: Haydn


Question: 'This title E.R. woman had an affair, forged an organ donor card, etc., etc.'

Answer: Nurse Jackie


Question: 'In June 1904 the cornerstone for the U.S. Naval Academy chapel was laid by this hero & admiral'

Answer: George Dewey


Question: '"The Ballad of" this gaol says, "something was dead in each of us, and what was dead was hope"'

Answer: Reading Gaol


Question: 'It's the illustration facing the title page of a book'

Answer: the frontispiece


Question: '"Decameron" dude (9)'

Answer: Boccaccio


Question: 'It's the only Canadian province that is separated from the North American mainland'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'This bone runs down the side of the leg from just below the knee to the ankle'

Answer: fibula


Question: 'It's Gouda to know that Gouda & Edam are cheeses from this country'

Answer: Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'If you order bangers & mash at a London restaurant, you'll receive these & mashed potatoes'

Answer: sausages


Question: 'Scenes in this 1995 Oliver Stone film include the Checkers Speech & the summit in China'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Rose Kennedy's was Fitzgerald'

Answer: maiden name


Question: 'You'll find this sacred landmark, seen here, on the island of Honshu:'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'The splitting of a heavy nucleus -- it sounds like where Fermi has "gone" on vacation'

Answer: fission


Question: 'This Belgian cheese is said to be "undoubtedly the stinkiest of the strong-smelling cheeses"'

Answer: Limburger


Question: 'You'll need to ask a Savile Row tailor for a waistcoat if you want to add one of these to your wardrobe'

Answer: vest


Question: 'In this 1999 Steve Martin film, Eddie Murphy plays 2 roles: movie star Kit Ramsey & his brother Jiff, a hapless loser'

Answer: Bowfinger


Question: 'Robin Hood's sweetheart'

Answer: Maid Marian


Question: 'The Japanese began following this religious leader's beliefs around 500 A.D.:'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'It's the fruit of the Ficus carica'

Answer: fig


Question: 'In the '70s this name brand was advertised with the slogan "We Will Sell No Wine Before Its Time"'

Answer: Paul Masson


Question: 'At British construction sites, a tipper lorry is this specific type of vehicle'

Answer: dump truck


Question: 'This superstar directs himself as an investigative reporter in the 1999 film "True Crime"'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'Nautical term for a first launch'

Answer: maiden voyage


Question: 'It's said a Baptist minister living in Yokohama invented this popular vehicle in 1869; it was quickly copied:'

Answer: rickshaw


Question: 'It's the hot, glowing part of an incandescent lamp'

Answer: filament


Question: 'Vermont & Tillamook are American varieties of this cheese'

Answer: Cheddar


Question: 'If you use a rubber to fix a mistake, you're using one of these'

Answer: eraser


Question: 'The music of Ritchie Valens was performed by Los Lobos in this 1987 biography of the rock star'

Answer: La Bamba


Question: 'The chief unmarried woman attendant of a bride'

Answer: maid of honor


Question: 'Known locally as Shinkansen, the Japanese technological advancement seen here is known by this "ballistic" name:'

Answer: bullet train


Question: 'This branch of physics came out of the combined work of Bell Labs & Corning Glass'

Answer: fiber optics


Question: 'The name of this red-wine grape means "young blackbird" in French'

Answer: Merlot


Question: 'A member of the RAF knows an airscrew is called this in the USAF'

Answer: propeller


Question: '1972 film that ends with "Here life is beautiful."  The girls are beautiful.  Even the orchestra is beautiful"'

Answer: Cabaret


Question: 'They guard the gold in "Der Ring Des Nibelungen"'

Answer: Rhine maidens


Question: 'Chanting & melodramatic portrayal are hallmarks of this traditional Japanese art form seen here:'

Answer: Kabuki


Question: 'A part of Newark until 1806, it was named for the Dutch royal house of Prince William'

Answer: Orange


Question: 'Rosie was this futuristic cartoon family's robot maid'

Answer: The Jetsons


Question: 'It's the organ associated with dioptometers & ophthalmoscopes'

Answer: eye


Question: 'This Richard Bach story is an allegory about a seabird who seeks to attain perfect flight'

Answer: Jonathan Livingston Seagull


Question: 'In Gutenberg's time, each printer had his own lampblack & linseed oil formula for this'

Answer: ink


Question: 'If you don't keep an eye on it, this Italian squash can grow to the size of a watermelon'

Answer: zucchini


Question: 'Once the capital of the Colorado Territory, it's home to the Adolph Coors Brewery'

Answer: Golden


Question: 'Ripley discovers Ash is actually a dangerous robot in this 1979 sci-fi thriller'

Answer: Alien


Question: 'From the Greek for "pipe", this device can withdraw fluids from as well as inject fluids into a body'

Answer: syringe


Question: 'The romantic saga of sheep-rearing Australians plays out in this 1977 Colleen McCullough work'

Answer: The Thorn Birds


Question: 'In dithering, shades of this are created by using different densities of black & white dots'

Answer: gray


Question: 'Ye Gods!  One of the 7 Ancient Wonders was a 40 foot-high statue of him on his throne'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'Built around 1776, Tank Cottage in this city is said to be the oldest house in Wisconsin'

Answer: Green Bay


Question: 'On this show the robot was often heard to remark "Warning!  Warning!" & "Danger, Will Robinson!"'

Answer: Lost In Space


Question: 'A knife a surgeon uses for puncturing, or a famed medical journal'

Answer: The Lancet


Question: 'Daryl Hannah starred in the 1986 big screen version of this Jean Auel work'

Answer: Clan of the Cave Bear


Question: 'This software company makes the Photoshop & Illustrator graphic programs'

Answer: Adobe


Question: 'In 1997 this country reverted to its previous name: The Democratic Republic of the Congo'

Answer: Zaire


Question: 'Washington used Elijah Miller's house in this New York town as his HQ at the Battle of Chatterton Hill'

Answer: White Plains


Question: 'The brave humans of "Battlestar Galactica" battled these towering men of metal'

Answer: Cylons


Question: 'To stitch up a wound, or the thread itself'

Answer: suture


Question: 'Desmond Morris stripped humanity bare in this provocative 1967 bestseller'

Answer: The Naked Ape


Question: 'A print made to test the accuracy of the press, it's also "in the pudding"'

Answer: proof


Question: 'It's featured in the folk tune heard here:'

Answer: zither


Question: 'Texan & Mexican culture are combined in this city's pre-Lenten festival Charro Days'

Answer: Brownsville


Question: 'This Capek play about machine-men premiered in London in 1923'

Answer: R.U.R. ("Rossum\'s Universal Robots")


Question: 'The bulldog type of these clamp blood vessels'

Answer: forceps


Question: 'Savagery lurking beneath the Hollywood dream breaks free in this Nathanael West novel'

Answer: The Day of the Locust


Question: 'In 1987 this online company came up with the GIF, a graphics interchange format'

Answer: CompuServe


Question: 'Go shopping in Poland & you might need to swap your dollars for this unit of currency'

Answer: zloty


Question: 'This man for whom a car is named previously worked for Daimler-Benz & designed the Volkswagen'

Answer: Ferdinand Porsche


Question: 'This New York governor was the man & "DeWitt" behind the Erie Canal'

Answer: (DeWitt) Clinton


Question: '(Alex reads from the cockpit of a race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, CA.)  I'm not praying--I'm just psyching myself up for this Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race because I'm gonna face a field that includes this movie star who played the lead... the lead in "Speed"'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'In September 2010 he visited England & spoke in the hall where Thomas More was condemned to death'

Answer: Benedict


Question: '0:<br />A dope'

Answer: the Fool


Question: 'In "Peanuts" Charlie Brown's friend Patricia Reichardt was known by this name'

Answer: Peppermint Patty


Question: 'In 2007 Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first of this college level to win the Heisman Trophy'

Answer: sophomore


Question: 'The plan:<br />To build a canal connecting Lake Erie with the upper part of this New York river'

Answer: the Hudson


Question: 'In 1975, he became the first actor to drive the Indy 500 pace car--a Buick V8, not Rockford's Pontiac Firebird'

Answer: James Garner


Question: 'This chief Facebooker is the subject of the biopic "The Social Network"'

Answer: Zuckerberg


Question: 'I:<br />The Great Blackstone'

Answer: the Magician


Question: 'A 1962 "first name" promotion gave this bald advertising icon a first name--Veritably'

Answer: Mr. Clean


Question: 'This U.S. city was founded in 1729 & named for Charles Calvert'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Part of the plan:<br />To put the canal's western end at this city on Lake Erie'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'A racer & actor, he did some of his own stunts in "The Great Escape" & is seen here on the cover of Sports Illustrated'

Answer: (Steve) McQueen


Question: '33 miners trapped 2,000 feet down still celebrated this South American country's bicentennial'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'VI:<br />The world will always welcome these, as time goes by'

Answer: Lovers


Question: 'The policeman featured in this board game is Officer Edgar Mallory'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'American acting family that included siblings John, Lionel & Ethel'

Answer: Barrymore


Question: 'Another part of the plan:<br />83 of these, to move boats up & down the canal's natural elevations'

Answer: locks


Question: 'Patrick Dempsey has zoom-zoomed around with this automaker's racing team & lent his voice to ads for the car'

Answer: Mazda


Question: 'Anna Chapman & 9 fellow moles were returned to Russia in this alliterative type of trade right out of the Cold War'

Answer: a spy swap


Question: 'Scooby-Doo's owner, his real name is Norville Rogers & he really needs a haircut'

Answer: Shaggy


Question: 'The American species of this massive shade tree is also called a buttonwood'

Answer: a sycamore


Question: 'More of the plan:<br />Hire Canvass White, who invented a type of this that hardened into a concrete-like stuff underwater'

Answer: cement


Question: 'This "90210" star was badly injured in 2002 going 180 mph at the Kentucky Speedway'

Answer: Jason Priestley


Question: 'In July 2010 this Brit quit as BP's CEO'

Answer: (Tony) Hayward


Question: 'Art Deco artist Romain de Tirtoff became known by this name, the French pronunciation of his initials'

Answer: Erté


Question: 'This 250-room estate in Asheville, N.C. was modeled on 3 chateaux built in 16th century France'

Answer: Biltmore


Question: 'In November 2009 science news, a NASA probe found water here, & not a little bit, either'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees slashed his way through this 2009 reboot'

Answer: Friday the 13th


Question: 'Margery Williams' story of a stuffed toy that comes to life:<br />"The ____ Rabbit"'

Answer: Velveteen


Question: 'It's the collective name for the heart, liver & gizzard of a turkey, used for gravy'

Answer: giblets


Question: 'In Luke 22, Jesus assumes this position to pray, "Father... remove this cup from me"'

Answer: he kneels


Question: 'It's an old name for the tomato'

Answer: a love apple


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.)  The flame appears to be underwater, but actually the water is cooling the candle's outer layer, preventing the wax from burning, because it can't do this, from the Latin for "to disperse to vapor"'

Answer: evaporate


Question: 'Jaden Smith stepped into Ralph Macchio's gi for this 2010 remake'

Answer: The Karate Kid


Question: 'By Judith Viorst:<br />"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, ____ ____ Day"'

Answer: Very Bad


Question: 'Use 3 of these to prepare them Newburg style; the first step in the "Joy of Cooking" recipe: "Kill with a knife"'

Answer: a lobster


Question: 'This person opens the day in the House of Representatives with a prayer'

Answer: the chaplain


Question: 'An amusement park ride for 2, or a 1987 Springsteen hit'

Answer: Tunnel of Love


Question: 'About 65% of iron in humans is in the form of this, which transports molecular oxygen from the lungs through the body'

Answer: hemoglobin


Question: 'In this movie's 2005 incarnation, the role of the girl, Ann Darrow, was played by Naomi Watts'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'By Dr. Seuss:<br />"The ____ Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"'

Answer: 500


Question: 'Does calling these veggies petits pois make them any tastier?'

Answer: peas


Question: 'When using Tibetan prayer beads, get into this "flowery" position if your tendons will allow it'

Answer: lotus


Question: '2-word term for fat bulges at the sides of the waist'

Answer: love handles


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.)  The keys weigh much more than the paper clips and fall to the ground, but a pencil acts as this support, pulling the clips sideways, where gravity & friction stop the keys' descent'

Answer: a fulcrum


Question: 'This Al Pacino film was a remake of the Italian movie "Profumo di donna"'

Answer: Scent of a Woman


Question: 'By Maurice Sendak:<br />"In the ____ Kitchen"'

Answer: Night


Question: 'For a well done filet mignon, do this "insect" cooking term that means to cut down the center almost completely'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'A Jew who does this while davening, or praying, is said to shokel'

Answer: bow (or sway or rock)


Question: 'Phyllis York, co-founder of this no-nonsense therapy, said, "we had... rotten kids; now they're wonderful"'

Answer: tough love


Question: 'It's the largest number in the Fibonacci sequence that's also a day in a month'

Answer: 21


Question: 'This 2006 Oscar-winning film set in Boston was based on the Hong Kong crime film "Infernal Affairs"'

Answer: The Departed


Question: 'A classic by Crockett Johnson:<br />"Harold and the ____ Crayon"'

Answer: Purple


Question: 'You can make your panini with this Italian bread whose name comes from the Latin for "hearth"'

Answer: focaccia


Question: 'Legend says this German artist's 1508 drawing of praying hands was inspired by his own brother'

Answer: Albrecht Durer


Question: 'Canine proverb implying that one's feeling for a person includes caring about those close to him'

Answer: love me, love my dog


Question: 'In 1950, 2 years after his murder, some of his ashes were enshrined at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'Casanova was director of this gambling game in Paris; it's now state-run in most of the U.S.'

Answer: Lottery


Question: 'She plays the dastardly Cruella de Vil in the 1996 remake of "101 Dalmatians"'

Answer: Glenn Close


Question: 'A rough definition of a small business is one with fewer than 500 of these'

Answer: Employees


Question: 'He cried, "Sic Semper Tyrannis!  The South is avenged!" at Ford's Theater'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'This state has a woodchopper's jamboree in Encampment & a primitive weapons contest in Casper'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: '"American Bandstand" debuts, Federal troops sent to Little Rock, Alaska becomes a state'

Answer: 1950s


Question: 'She not only starred in & directed "The Mirror Has Two Faces", she composed its love theme'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Tax relief for small businesses was part of the 1996 legislation raising this to $5.15 an hour'

Answer: Minimum wage


Question: 'On seeing the valley of the Great Salt Lake in 1847, he said, "This is the place!"'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'The 1st  Monday in October is Zoo Founders Day in this Calif. city, so admission to its world-famous zoo is free'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'Watergate break-in, 55 MPH speed limit, "Frampton Comes Alive!"'

Answer: 1970s


Question: 'In a dictionary you'll find her name next to the definition "An inflatable life jacket vest"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'Common term for a store owned & run by a married couple'

Answer: "Mom & Pop"


Question: 'On toppling Ferdinand Marcos in 1986, she said, "I'm sure no one ever thought it would happen"'

Answer: Corazon Aquino


Question: 'The Crescent City Classic, a 10K run held in the spring in this Louisiana city, is followed by a huge celebration'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Rh factor discovered, Pentagon opens, Tokyo Rose tried for treason'

Answer: 1940s


Question: 'Besides writing his popular autobiography, Casanova translated this Homer war work in 1775'

Answer: the Iliad


Question: 'In "Mommie Dearest" Faye Dunaway portrayed this famous actress'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'Many companies stay open 24 hours & take credit cards to provide this money for the just-jailed'

Answer: Bail bonds


Question: 'He's credited with the remark "L' etat C'est Moi", "I am the state"'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Headquarters of the Yakima Indian nation, Toppenish in this state celebrates Yakima Treaty Day in June'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Peace Corps founded, The Gambia gains independence, Armstrong moonwalks'

Answer: 1960s


Question: 'In 1755 he was denounced as a magician & sent to prison under the roof of the doge's palace in this city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'This Oscar winner has made several TV guest appearances as "Roseanne"'s grandmother Nana Mary'

Answer: Shelley Winters


Question: 'There's nothing gained by this type of "capitalist" if he doesn't finance a start-up company'

Answer: Venture capitalist


Question: 'Victor Cousin wrote, "We need religion for religion's sake, morality for morality's sake" & this'

Answer: Art for art\'s sake


Question: 'Cheraw State Park is the site of this state's annual Palmetto Regatta'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: '"O Canada" is made national anthem, Konstantin Chernenko dies, Ford buys Jaguar'

Answer: 1980s


Question: 'Executed in 1587, she was the last reigning queen of Scotland'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'It describes the mouth of the ancient hadrosaur & the mouth of the modern platypus'

Answer: Duck-billed


Question: 'In June 1995 he released "History: Past, Present And Future, Book One", a solo double-CD set'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'Important mining centers in this range include Leadville, Colorado & Kimberley, British Columbia'

Answer: Rocky Mountains


Question: 'In 1922 he published "The Red House Mystery"; in 1928 "The House At Pooh Corner"'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'It's Sunday for Placido'

Answer: Domingo


Question: 'In 1894 he succeeded his father, Alexander III, as czar of Russia'

Answer: Nicholas II


Question: 'The name of the ichthyornis comes from the Greek for "bird" & this type of animal'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'His 1966 No. 1 hit "Strangers In The Night" was released on his own Reprise Records label'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Since 1980 most of this Indonesian island known for its giant monitor lizards has been a national park'

Answer: Komodo


Question: 'Mr. Kurtz is an agent of a Belgian Congo trading station in this Joseph Conrad novella'

Answer: "Heart Of Darkness"


Question: 'Socialite ball girls, or a Socialist Party presidential candidate'

Answer: Debs


Question: 'This Portuguese patron of exploration was the grandson of England's John of Gaunt'

Answer: Prince Henry the Navigator


Question: 'It was similar to the mammoth but it had different teeth'

Answer: the mastodon


Question: 'Her 1994 hit "All I Wanna Do" won a Grammy for Record of the Year'

Answer: Sheryl Crow


Question: 'Pest is this European country's most popular county'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'This western author stopped using pen names soon after the publication of "Hondo " in 1953'

Answer: Louis L\'Amour


Question: 'Another term for the 10 Commandments'

Answer: Decalogue


Question: 'In 1900 he became head of a U.S. Army commission in Havana to study yellow fever'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'Continent that was home to the albertosaurus'

Answer: North America


Question: 'She was the woman in the title of the 1977 album "Allman And Woman: Two The Hard Way"'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'This sea between the Dardanelles & the Bosporus was once called Propontis'

Answer: Sea of Marmara


Question: '"The Big Knockover", a collection of his stories & short novels, was edited by Lillian Hellman'

Answer: Dashiell Hammett


Question: 'Sung by Marlene Dietrich, "See what the boys in the back room will have" is from this 1939 western'

Answer: "Destry Rides Again"


Question: 'Famous for his sonnets, he was crowned poet laureate of Rome in 1341'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'The fossils of these common 3-lobed primitive arthropods are useful date markers'

Answer: trilobites


Question: 'Shortly after Eric Burdon joined the Alan Price Combo, the group changed its name to this'

Answer: The Animals


Question: 'In 1897 Swiss climber Mattias Zurbriggen became the first to scale this Argentinian peak'

Answer: Mount Aconcagua


Question: 'His novel "Cancer Ward" originally was banned in the Soviet Union'

Answer: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'This term for the female side of the family comes from the rod used by Roman women to spin flax'

Answer: Distaff


Question: 'On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Scottish Protestant reformer John Knox'

Answer: James Knox Polk


Question: 'Vets help prevent bird owners from catching psittacosis, known as this bird's "fever"'

Answer: Parrot fever


Question: 'In basketball this violation occurs when you take more than the allowed number of steps while holding the ball'

Answer: Traveling


Question: 'He was criticized for not invading Baghdad & removing Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'A truly terrified person is said to be "shaking in" this footgear'

Answer: Their boots/shoes


Question: 'After "Singin' in the Rain", he found sun in his next directorial effort, "It's Always Fair Weather"'

Answer: Gene Kelly


Question: 'We heard stories that this Fleetwood Mac album held the No. 1 spot for 31 weeks'

Answer: "Rumors"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Mike Farrell; I play a veterinarian on "Providence")  An epizootic is the animal world's equivalent of this type of disease outbreak among humans'

Answer: Epidemic


Question: 'Bowlers are more likely to get a strike if they hit this space between the 1&3 or 1&2 pins'

Answer: Pocket


Question: 'Communist forces invaded South Korea during his second term'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'Cirque du Soleil performs its dazzling "Alegria" show at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi in this state'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'Seen here, he began working in Hollywood in the '20s:'

Answer: Mickey Rooney


Question: 'Sir Walter of Disney had a "Wonderful World of" this'

Answer: Color


Question: 'When a veterinarian spays your dog, she removes these organs'

Answer: Ovaries


Question: 'This sharp bend in a golf fairway sounds like a canine appendage'

Answer: Dogleg


Question: '7 months into his term in 1929, the stock market crashed'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'Heloise says to remove this from the screen in the clothes dryer & toss it to the birds; they'll use it in their nests'

Answer: Lint


Question: 'Nickname of tap dancer Bill Robinson, who often acted & sang with Shirley Temple'

Answer: "Bojangles"


Question: 'In a race, the horse with the lowest odds is this'

Answer: Favorite


Question: 'In the U.S., to become a veterinarian, you'll need this 4-year professional degree'

Answer: DVM (doctor of veterinary medicine)


Question: 'In football you'd better pray to a "higher power" to complete one of these last minute near-impossible passes'

Answer: "Hail Mary"


Question: 'The White House was burned by the British while he was president'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Aviatrix is a feminine form of this noun'

Answer: Aviator


Question: 'The subject of his own movie "All That Jazz", he was the snake in the movie of "The Little Prince"'

Answer: Bob Fosse


Question: 'Natalie Wood found it "in the Grass"'

Answer: Splendor


Question: 'The Center for Veterinary Medicine, which regulates drugs given to animals, is a part of this federal agency'

Answer: FDA (Food and Drug Administration)


Question: 'It's 3 goals by the same player in a game of soccer, as well as hockey'

Answer: Hat trick


Question: 'He sent U.S. soldiers into Little Rock, Ark. to enforce a court order mandating school desegregation'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'The 1999 Tony for Scenic Design went to "Not About Nightingales" by this late Southern playwright'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: '(Hi, I'm Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond")  Everybody loved this actor-dancer who sang "Once in Love With Amy"'

Answer: Ray Bolger


Question: 'I do declare, watching condensation trails left by jets gives me these'

Answer: Vapors


Question: 'The Bonus Army that marched on Washington in 1932 was made up of veterans of this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'We love the name of this 1999 Ashley Judd thriller (no need to ask why)'

Answer: Double Jeopardy


Question: 'Trinidad is over 15 times the size of this national partner'

Answer: Tobago


Question: 'Number of days in a leap year minus the number of days in a week'

Answer: 359 (366 - 7)


Question: 'It's the title of Tom Wolfe's "fiery" 1987 bestseller'

Answer: "Bonfire of the Vanities"


Question: 'You can do it to a hint, a subject or charges'

Answer: Drop


Question: 'This late veteran bombardier wrote a novel about a bombardier, "Catch-22"'

Answer: Joseph Heller


Question: 'Kevin Spacey & Annette Bening played an awesomely dysfunctional suburban couple in this 1999 drama'

Answer: American Beauty


Question: 'In exploration this name is paired with Clark; in the Outer Hebrides it's paired with Harris'

Answer: Lewis


Question: 'The number of U.S. senators times the number of amendments in the Bill of Rights'

Answer: 1000 (100 X 10)


Question: 'Hemingway reportedly considered this short story about a dying novelist on African safari to be his best'

Answer: "The Snows of Kilimanjaro"


Question: 'It means to sharpen, but it's now used before "in on" to mean focusing on a target'

Answer: Hone


Question: 'The name of this group chartered in 1936 reflects its membership of soldiers who served overseas'

Answer: VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars)


Question: 'This Broadway star plays the voice of Snowbell the Cat in "Stuart Little":'

Answer: Nathan Lane


Question: 'Alsatian, a German dialect, is the Lingua franca, not the Lingua germanica, of this paired region'

Answer: Alsace-Lorraine


Question: '"A la recherche du temps perdu" is the French title of this Proust masterpiece'

Answer: "Remembrance of Things Past"


Question: 'This 5-letter word can mean to disentangle or to separate threads, just like it would if you added "un"'

Answer: Ravel


Question: 'U.S. senator John McCain is a Vietnam veteran of this armed service'

Answer: Navy


Question: 'Her 1814 novel "Mansfield Park" became a 1999 film featuring playwright Harold Pinter as Fanny's rich uncle'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'This cattle-breeding region is paired with Schleswig in Germany's northernmost state'

Answer: Holstein


Question: 'Former jeweler Clym Yeobright is the title returnee in this Thomas Hardy novel'

Answer: "Return of the Native"


Question: 'In the U.S. this furniture verb means to stop discussing a topic, but in the U.K. it means to start'

Answer: Table


Question: 'This "army" of Union veterans of the Civil War disbanded in 1956, the year its last member died'

Answer: Grand Army of the Republic


Question: 'Look closely: some of the brides chasing Chris O'Donnell at the end of this film are male extras in drag'

Answer: The Bachelor


Question: 'In South Carolina Greenville & this city are paired in the name of an international airport'

Answer: Spartanburg


Question: 'A gentleman impersonates a king to save the title "prisoner" in this Anthony Hope work'

Answer: "The Prisoner of Zenda"


Question: 'It means to beat or reprimand, not to moisten a young sheep while cooking it'

Answer: Lambaste


Question: 'Growing this pretty flower seen here can get you in big trouble'

Answer: Poppy (opium poppy)


Question:
'Haiti,
Cuba,
Jamaica'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Arnie's first win as a professional was in 1955 at this PGA event north of the border'

Answer: the Canadian Open


Question: 'In 1988 Val Kilmer was doomed to play this Dane at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'The name of this soft leather Native American shoe comes from an Algonquin word'

Answer: a moccasin


Question: 'Actors<br />Affleck & Seinfeld'

Answer: Ben & Jerry


Question: 'Someone who drops, say, candy bars a lot might get this 13-letter moniker'

Answer: butterfingers


Question:
'Luxembourg,
Liechtenstein,
Liberia'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Arnie's last top 10 PGA finish was when he tied for seventh in 1977 at this overseas major'

Answer: the British Open


Question: 'Patrick Stewart prospered as Prospero in this play in 2006'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'The Canarsie, a Delaware subtribe, sold this New York City borough to the Dutch'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'Suri's mom Katie & British actress Emily'

Answer: Holmes & Watson


Question: 'Old-fashioned or trite, like jokes from your "pop"'

Answer: corny


Question:
'Argentina,
Ecuador,
Bolivia'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'Arnie, & sometimes his old tractor, have been in TV ads for this petroleum company since the 1970s'

Answer: Pennzoil


Question: 'Roger Rees tried to domesticate Bebe Neuwirth  (Good luck!) in a 1999 production of this comedy'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'The Crow are known for their ceremonial costumes with unique beadwork & dyed quills from these'

Answer: porcupines


Question: '"Band of Brothers" actor Wahlberg & Madame Curie'

Answer: Donny & Marie


Question: 'Bing can help you with this process whereby you select the best or most desirable items for yourself'

Answer: cherrypicking


Question:
'Fiji,
Tuvalu,
the Philippines'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Arnie won this premier event 4 times, in 1958, '60, '62 & '64'

Answer: the Masters


Question: 'You may have witnessed Kelly McGillis as this obsessive hand-washer onstage in 2004'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.) This adorned clay jar is designed to hold this vision-inducing substance that's derived from a spineless cactus'

Answer: peyote


Question: 'Game show host Monty & author Joyce Carol'

Answer: Hall & Oates


Question: 'A baked tuber, or a situation that's risky to deal with'

Answer: a hot potato


Question:
'Senegal,
Seychelles,
Saudi Arabia'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Arnie won more than 60 PGA events in his career & a total of 12 on this tour'

Answer: the Seniors Tour


Question: 'Wearing just a few small leaves, Judi Dench leaves nothing to the imagination as Titania in this 1968 film'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'A Cree word meaning "he makes grease" gives us the name of this treat that's similar to jerky'

Answer: pemmican


Question: 'Authors Sinclair &<br />Arthur C.'

Answer: Lewis & Clarke


Question: 'Someone fawning over or flattering another is this type of person who makes a fruit shiny'

Answer: polishing the apple


Question: 'Act II of Schoenberg's opera "Moses and Aaron" features a "Dance Before" this idol'

Answer: the Golden Calf


Question: '"The noonday train will bring Frank Miller" at 12 sharp in this 1952 film; look out, Gary!'

Answer: High Noon


Question: 'John Glenn'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'The makers of "grandiose" & "pompous" unveil this 11-letter adjective, "pre" for short'

Answer: pretentious


Question: 'A block of salt given to cattle, or encrustations of salt animals feed on naturally'

Answer: a salt lick


Question: 'The key to deep-frying these Hostess treats created in 1930 is to chill them before dipping them in batter'

Answer: Twinkies


Question: '"The Golden Age", with music by Shostakovich, was premiered by the Kirov ballet in this city in 1930'

Answer: Leningrad or St. Petersburg


Question: 'Danny DeVito's first feature as a director was this 1987 comedy involving matricide'

Answer: Throw Momma From the Train


Question: 'Jesse Helms'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Meaning questionable or distrustful , it's found in the title of a 1969 Elvis hit'

Answer: suspicious


Question: 'Found in mineral waters, these 5-letter salts are named for the English town where they were first prepared'

Answer: Epsom


Question: 'Pronto pup is another name for this type of battered treat that comes on a stick'

Answer: a corn dog


Question: 'His 1919 funeral march "The Golden Star" was in memory of soldiers killed in World War I'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'Rebecca De Mornay teaches Tom Cruise a few tricks aboard Chicago's El in this 1983 coming-of-age film'

Answer: Risky Business


Question: 'George McGovern'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Sociable, outgoing, fond of others' company'

Answer: gregarious


Question: 'In the typical ionic bonding found in table salt, sodium gives up one of these to chlorine'

Answer: electrons


Question: 'Cat's tongues are a type of this made by pressing a thick batter through a pastry bag'

Answer: cookies


Question: 'W.S. Gilbert did not write the text for this composer's 1886 cantata "The Golden Legend"'

Answer: Arthur Sulllivan


Question: 'As Reb engineer Johnnie Gray in this silent classic, Buster Keaton chases down the damn Yankees who stole his train'

Answer: The General


Question: 'Stephen A. Douglas'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'We'd be surprised if you were completely unaware that this word is from the Latin for "forgetful"'

Answer: oblivious


Question: 'As early as 1727 Johann Schulze discovered the light sensitivity of salts of this element but no images were made'

Answer: silver


Question: 'The Japanese don't dip just fish in the batter for this mealtime treat; they use vegetables, too'

Answer: tempura


Question: '"The Golden Spinning Wheel" is an 1896 symphonic poem by this Czech composer'

Answer: Dvorak


Question: 'Eric Roberts & Jon Voight bust out of stir & hop a freight only to find they're on one of these 1985 title things'

Answer: Runaway Train


Question: 'Henry Clay'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'From the Latin for "diverse", it can mean dissimilar or numerous'

Answer: various


Question: 'Used in fireworks & gunpowder, potassium nitrate gets this other name from the Latin for "rock"'

Answer: saltpeter


Question: 'Beef drippings are the key to this souffle-like roast beef side dish named for a county in Northern England'

Answer: Yorkshire pudding


Question: 'On June 5, 1989 a young man never positively identified became world famous for actions he took in this city'

Answer: Beijing


Question:
'Chorus:
"Two households,
both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene"'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Guess this "Idol" judge wasn't pitchy, dog, when she hit No. 1 in '91 with "Rush, Rush"'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'This country's Order of the Rising Sun features a garnet surrounded by 32 white rays'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Waltzes are characterized by swift, gliding turns & music that has this many quarter notes to a measure'

Answer: 3


Question: 'The Triceratops found in this state's Black Hills won official fossil status'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'Mile'

Answer: lime