Question: 'A special op should know the S.O.P., this, but may deviate from it'

Answer: standard operating procedure


Question: 'Matthew Broderick briefly steps out of this 1986 character to become Abe Frohman, Sausage King of Chicago'

Answer: Ferris Bueller


Question: 'Helen! Feel it! W-A-T-E-R! Water! You can do it!'

Answer: Anne Sullivan


Question: 'Mrs. Kennedy's light tan pants'

Answer: Jackie\'s khakis


Question: 'His 1859 hanging inspired a song'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'It's made up of Northern Ireland & Great Britain'

Answer: the United Kingdom


Question: 'It's what D.I. stands for when referring to a noncommissioned officer in charge of a unit's basic training'

Answer: a drill instructor


Question: 'This 1984 title guy "is out there...it doesn't feel pity... remorse or fear. And it...will not stop, ever, until you are dead"'

Answer: the Terminator


Question:
'Keep up the pace! question--
response--
question-- response--OK, break. Be sure to drink hemlock'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'Mrs. Madison's tennis shots'

Answer: Dolley\'s volleys


Question: 'Saintly woman seen here'

Answer: Saint Joan of Arc


Question: 'The Spanish arrived on this Asian island nation in 1521 & later took control of it'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Marine Corps base Quantico.)  Marines here at Quantico are training on the MRAP, designed to protect against roadside explosives and short for this "resistant, ambush protected"'

Answer: mine


Question: 'Vizzini says, "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha..." (thunk) in this 1987 film'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: 'Reach, reach, reach for that truth of cessation! You're not leaving the Deer Park until you reach!'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Mrs. Coolidge's running competitions'

Answer: Grace\'s races


Question: 'This eminent Victorian was a Pip of an author'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question:
'In its native tongue, this nation is
al-Imarat
al-Arabiyah
al-Muttahidah'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'It's just what the "B" stands for in ICBM, so don't go this on us'

Answer: ballistic


Question: 'In this 1989 movie Burt Lancaster says, "No one's called me Moonlight Graham in 50 years"'

Answer: Field of Dreams


Question: 'A woman: Work that sense memory, work it, work it--that's the method! That's how Marlon did it when he was here!'

Answer: Stella Adler


Question: 'Mrs. Hoover's vocal sounds of disapproval'

Answer: Lou\'s boos


Question: 'His writing was revolutionary'

Answer: Karl Marx


Question: 'One of the 2 European nations that came into being with a split on January 1, 1993'

Answer: the Czech Republic (or the Slovak Republic)


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Marine Corps base Quantico.)  Of the Marines' six war-fighting functions, this one--C2 for short--is a challenge for confused urban warfare being simulated here at Quantico'

Answer: command & control


Question: 'In "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", it's the 2-word name of Indy's tiny sidekick played by Ke Huy Quan'

Answer: Short Round


Question: 'All right, everybody got their workout clothes off? No pain, no gain here at my Indiana Univ. institute'

Answer: Alfred Kinsey


Question: 'Julia Dent's mother's sisters'

Answer: Grant\'s aunts


Question: 'Czar-y-eyed holy man seen here'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'It commemorated its discovery by Europeans by issuing a 1971 coin with Columbus' ship, the Santa Maria, on it'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'The 2 famous painters who share a March 30 birthday, one born in Spain in 1746, the other in Holland in 1853'

Answer: Goya & Van Gogh


Question: 'In Tombstone, Arizona, you can visit the site of this famous gunfight & see a live reenactment'

Answer: O.K. Corral


Question: 'From the French for "to disguise", soldiers wear this to conceal themselves from the enemy'

Answer: camouflage


Question: 'The Stray Cats sang she was "Sexy &" this age, the same age when we "saw her standing there"'

Answer: 17


Question: 'I thought my cotton rum would reap millions, until this guy's cotton gin came out in 1793'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'Larry, Moe & Curly'

Answer: The Three Stooges


Question:
'One of these is one indeed:
----------------------------------
NEFRIENDED'

Answer: a friend in need


Question: 'It's the island where you'll find Iolani Palace, once home to Hawaii's monarchs'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'If your junior spy kit has run out of this, lemon juice can be substituted'

Answer: invisible ink


Question: 'Parrotheads know he followed up his song "A Pirate Looks at Forty" with his book "A Pirate Looks at Fifty"'

Answer: Jimmy Buffett


Question: 'Time ran out on my stock tocker after this prolific inventor cornered the market with his stock ticker in 1870'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'Their motto was "All for one, one for all"'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question:
'It's how one treats a loved one's mistakes:
----------------------------------
GIVE GIVE GIVE GIVE
GET GET GET GET'

Answer: forgive and forget


Question: 'It's the city where you'll find Britain's oldest university'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'Hidden features on DVDs are known as these "holiday" items'

Answer: Easter eggs


Question: 'Ringo Starr's girl was this title age, beautiful & his, while Chuck Berry's was sweet & little'

Answer: 16


Question: 'In 1908, with his counter, he stole my idea for the clucker, a device that clucked when it detected radiation'

Answer: Hans Geiger


Question: 'They're the group heard here'

Answer: Three Dog Night


Question:
'What singer Tiny Tim wanted to do:
---------------------------------

T
U
L
T I P T O E
P
S'

Answer: "Tiptoe Through the Tulips"


Question: 'Between April & June of 1945, one of WWII's bloodiest campaigns was fought on this Pacific island'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'In 1962 a Louisiana company got a patent for a device that added these to motion pictures in theaters'

Answer: subliminal advertisements


Question: 'In their 1997 hit "Fly", this "sweet" band sang "25 years old, my mother God rest her soul"'

Answer: Sugar Ray


Question: 'My breeze tunnel didn't operate like the wind tunnel invented in the early 1900s by this French tower designer'

Answer: Gustave Eiffel


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew deals the cards)  Let's see if I can con 'ya into finding the lady in this street game I've got going here'

Answer: Three-card Monte


Question:
'What most of us want to say to a boisterous & loud movie patron:
---------------------------------
T     S
U     I
H     T
S'

Answer: sit down and shut up


Question: 'It's where Joan of Arc had her first victory over the English during the Hundred Years War'

Answer: Orleans


Question: 'Latin for "things to be done", you have to watch out for a person's hidden one'

Answer: agenda


Question: 'Harry Chapin's "son turned 10 just the other day" in this song, No. 1 back in 1974'

Answer: "Cat\'s in the Cradle"


Question: 'In the '70s, my video game "Tong", in which you pick up olives & drop them into drinks, was eclipsed by his "Pong"'

Answer: Nolan Bushnell


Question: 'It's been called "Chekhov's richest and greatest play"'

Answer: The Three Sisters


Question:
'Two-fold complaint of many in the labor force:
---------------------------------
PAID
I AM
WORKED'

Answer: overworked & underpaid


Question: 'The world's 5 largest opera houses are in the U.S., with this one in NYC the largest at a capacity of 4,065'

Answer: Metropolitan Opera House


Question: 'Automaker David Buick was born in Scotland in 1854 & died in this U.S. city in 1929'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'On Jan. 5, 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming made history when she was inaugurated as this'

Answer: (first woman) governor


Question: 'This book is Volume 1 in the Tolkien trilogy "The Lord of the Rings"'

Answer: "The Fellowship of the Ring"


Question: 'William Wordsworth told us this form of literature "is the breath and finer spirit of all knowledge"'

Answer: poetry


Question: 'Phil Silvers co-wrote the 1944 song about this girl "with the laughing face"'

Answer: Nancy (about Frank Sinatra\'s daughter)


Question: 'Act II, Scene 2 of this opera begins with the song "Gloria All' Egitto e Ad Iside", or "Glory to Egypt and to Isis"'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'Charles Kettering invented an electric ignition & this device, which ended the need for hand-cranking'

Answer: starter


Question: 'Montana journalist Dorothy M. Johnson wrote the later-filmed story "The Man Who Shot" him'

Answer: Liberty Valance


Question: 'Brotherly circus showmen'

Answer: Ringling Brothers


Question: 'William Somerset Maugham observed, "People ask you for criticism, but they only want" this'

Answer: praise


Question: 'On May 5, 1904 he pitched the first perfect game in American League history; give that man an award!'

Answer: Cy Young


Question: 'This Mozart opera about an insatiable lover is also known as "The Reprobate Punished"'

Answer: Don Giovanni


Question: 'A NYC skyscraper project begun by a Coney Island developer was bought by this car man in 1927'

Answer: Walter Chrysler


Question: 'In 1985 Oklahoma-born Wilma Mankiller became the first woman chief of this Indian nation'

Answer: Cherokee


Question: 'The male of this bird species is seen here'

Answer: ring-necked pheasant


Question: 'Receiving the Nobel Prize in 1950, this Southern author said, "I decline to accept the end of man"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'Added to the National Film Registry list in 2000 was a 1957 short that featured snacks singing this song'

Answer: "Let\'s All Go to the Lobby to Get Ourselves a Treat"


Question: 'A highlight of Enrico Caruso's career was his rendition of the aria "Vesti la Giubba" in this Leoncavallo opera'

Answer: Pagliacci


Question: 'Fast Italian cars are named for Enzo Ferrari, Alfieri Maserati & Ferruccio this'

Answer: Lamborghini


Question: 'Much is unknown about this Sundance Kid companion, including whether her name was Etta or Ethel'

Answer: Etta Place


Question: 'This humorist's "You Know Me Al" is written as a series of letters from a bush league ballplayer'

Answer: Ring Lardner


Question: 'William Allen White is quoted as saying this 25th president's face was an "unchipped mask of a kindly, dull gentleman"'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'In the 2000 Rose Parade this Chicago company's float featured 10 pairs of twins'

Answer: Wrigley


Question: 'In "La boheme", the sickly Mimi dies in the arms of her lover, this poet'

Answer: Rodolfo


Question: 'Geographic nickname of Mary Guinan, who greeted her nightclub customers with "Hello, Suckers!"'

Answer: Texas Guinan


Question: 'Found in the constellation Lyra, it's the heavenly body seen here'

Answer: Ring Nebula


Question: '"He who meanly admires mean things is a snob", wrote this "Vanity Fair" author'

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray


Question: 'The eagle that represented the 1984 Summer Olympic Games was named this'

Answer: Sam


Question: 'This Mediterranean country is the world's only nation whose flag bears a geographic outline of itself'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'Deriving its name from the Russian for "fellow traveler", it made news in 1957'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'Also known as Tatanka Iyotake, he was a leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: 'The 25 hospitals you can choose from in this city include the famous Massachusetts General'

Answer: Boston


Question: '"Annie Hall"<br />(1977)'

Answer: Diane Keaton


Question: 'In 1832 the first streetcars in New York City were powered by these'

Answer: Horses


Question: '"Imitation is the sincerest form of" it'

Answer: Flattery


Question: 'President Mireya Moscoso of this country oversaw the 1999 transfer of control of a major ship canal'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This Civil War battle is also known as the First Battle of Manassas'

Answer: Bull Run


Question: 'This gambling mecca was originally settled by Mormons back in 1855'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: '"Batman"<br />(1989)'

Answer: Michael Keaton


Question: 'Getting millions of tons lighter every second, it supplies most of the energy the Earth receives'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'This rocker is the leader of the Heartbreakers'

Answer: Tom Petty


Question: 'This man named his brother king of Spain in 1808'

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte


Question: 'Because the Bull Moose Party split the Republican vote, this Democrat won the White House in 1912'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'This coastal city's name goes back to Louisiana governor Bernardo de Galvez'

Answer: Galveston


Question: '"Uncle Buck"<br />(1989)'

Answer: John Candy


Question: 'Before their energy can be released, molecules of this in potatoes must be broken down into sugars'

Answer: Starch


Question: 'A diplomatic official, or his briefcase'

Answer: Attache


Question: 'Leading to new & better fire codes, the 1903 Iroquois Theatre fire in this Midwest U.S. city killed over 500'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Founded by Pompey the Great around 75 A.D., this city hosts the Running of the Bulls each July'

Answer: Pamplona


Question: 'Women outnumber men in this North Carolina city named for the wife of King George III'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: '"The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill, But Came Down A Mountain"<br />(1995)'

Answer: Hugh Grant


Question: 'Hans Oersted & Michael Faraday were among those who found magnetism could be converted into this & vice versa'

Answer: Electricity


Question: 'On a male North American turkey it's that long, loose piece of red flesh that hangs from its neck'

Answer: Wattle


Question: 'In 1534 this king began a reassertion of English influence in Ireland'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'The common European variety of this non-mythological creature is seen here'

Answer: Bullfinch


Question: 'Site of the 1982 World's Fair, it was twice capitol of Tennessee'

Answer: Knoxville


Question: '"Cat Ballou"<br />(1965)'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'A mechanical clock that requires a key stores its potential energy in this'

Answer: Spring


Question: 'It's the text of an opera, as opposed to the music'

Answer: Libretto


Question: 'He met Miss Watson's runaway slave Jim on Jackson's Island'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'The chemical symbol for cobalt is the U.S. postal abbreviation for this state'

Answer: Colorado (CO)


Question: 'Mary Todd'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'On a Tijuana taxi, this belt is la correa del ventilador'

Answer: Fan belt


Question: '(Hi, I'm Michael Feinstein here at the Hollywood Bowl)  In 1943 this man became the first pop singer to perform with the L.A. Philharmonic at the Bowl & he did it "His Way"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'On the small screen she played Rhoda'

Answer: Valerie Harper


Question: 'In this pirate story, the booty is discovered in the cave of the half-mad Ben Gunn, not the map location'

Answer: "Treasure Island"


Question: 'It's no scandal that scandium's symbol is the postal abbreviation for this "Palmetto State"'

Answer: South Carolina (SC)


Question: 'Bess Wallace'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'In Latin, uva is a bunch of these, whether green or purple, seeded or seedless'

Answer: Grapes


Question: 'This ex-Beatle appeared as a nightclub singer in the movie "Shanghai Surprise"'

Answer: George Harrison


Question: 'Courageous central European president seen here'

Answer: Vaclav Havel


Question: 'This Norman Mailer novel records the lives of 13 American soldiers stationed on the Pacific island of Anopopei'

Answer: "The Naked and the Dead"


Question: 'A Cornhusker chemist might know the symbol of this gas matches the abbreviation of his state'

Answer: Neon (NE/Nebraska)


Question: 'Edith Kermit Carow'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'In Moscow Roy Rogers might have sung, "Happy Trails to You..." & this, meaning "until we meet again"'

Answer: Dasvidanya


Question: 'This lead singer of the group Our Gang joined the New Mamas & the Papas in the early '80s'

Answer: Spanky


Question: 'After his death in 1885, his body lay in state under the Arc de Triomphe'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'William LeGrand & his servant Jupiter dig up the buried treasure of Captain Kidd on Sullivan's Island in this Poe tale'

Answer: "The Gold Bug"


Question: 'The postal abbreviation of the "Golden State" is the symbol of this common element'

Answer: Calcium (CA/California)


Question: 'Abigail Smith'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'The Finnish greeting "Hyvaa Paivaa" is literally "Good" this, which is 2 months long in northern Finland in summer'

Answer: Good Day


Question: 'This "First Lady of Contemporary Christian Music" was born in Augusta, Georgia, & that's the gospel truth'

Answer: Amy Grant


Question: 'Born in Kiev in 1904, this pianist was one of the best known concert performers of the 20th century'

Answer: Vladimir Horowitz


Question: 'In this 1896 H.G. Wells story, a shipwrecked naturalist performs experiments to humanize animals'

Answer: "The Island of Dr. Moreau"


Question: 'This "Flickertail State" shares its postal abbreviation with the chemical symbol for neodymium'

Answer: North Dakota (ND)


Question: 'Lucy Ware Webb'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: 'Italian indication for violin players to pluck rather than bow'

Answer: Pizzicato


Question: 'She belted out "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" in "Dreamgirls" & turned it into a No. 1 R&B hit'

Answer: Jennifer Holliday


Question: 'Last name of the fictional Dutch professor who battled Dracula'

Answer: Van Helsing


Question: 'In 2000 the film center of the school of the Art Institute of Chicago was renamed in his honor'

Answer: Gene Siskel


Question:
'Southampton Island,
Prince Charles Island,
Baffin Island'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Grenadans love to eat ice cream made from this main guacamole ingredient'

Answer: Avocado


Question: 'In a popular cartoon series, he was Natasha's diminutive partner'

Answer: Boris Badanov


Question: 'Handel wrote a 1743 oratorio about this Biblical guy who got a famous haircut'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'In 1930 this automaker co-wrote a book on Thomas Edison titled "Edison As I Know Him"'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'You won't sleep soundly with this in your coffee'

Answer: Caffeine


Question:
'Abu Muharrik Dunes,
Al-Ajmah Mountains,
Sinai Peninsula'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Puerto Ricans make mofongo by frying & mashing these "cooking bananas"'

Answer: Plantains


Question: 'Boys greased this legendary figure's frying pan by skating across it with hams on the bottom of their feet'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: 'A Haydn symphony bears the name of this British university that gave Haydn an honorary degree'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'In 1816 Johann Nepomuk Maelzel patented this device used by musicians to keep correct tempo'

Answer: Metronome


Question: 'Area bared here:'

Answer: Midriff


Question:
'Carinthia,
Tyrol,
Styria'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'In the Dominican Republic, la bandera ("the flag") is made with red beans, meat & this white grain'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'This character's "Da Plane!  Da Plane!" quickly became a TV catchphrase'

Answer: Tattoo


Question: 'In 1842 Mendelssohn completed his "Scottish Symphony" & dedicated it to this queen'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'In 1929 this wireless communications pioneer was made an Italian marquis'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'Variety might report this, abbreviated "B.O.", as boffo'

Answer: Box office


Question:
'Cheju,
South Kyongsang,
Kangwon'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'In Haiti, lambi is this big spiral-shelled sea snail (If I eat it, can I hear the ocean?)'

Answer: Conch


Question: 'Ted Cassidy played this towering butler for 2 seasons in the '60s'

Answer: Lurch


Question: 'This Russian turned some of the music he wrote for the ballet "Petrushka" into a suite'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky


Question: 'In 1807 he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"'

Answer: Robert Fulton


Question: 'During threshing you separate the wheat from it'

Answer: Chaff


Question:
'Punjab,
Baluchistan,
Sind'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'In Barbados, you'll go cuckoo for cou-coo, a mix of cornmeal & this eesential gumbo veggie'

Answer: Okra


Question: 'On "Taxi" Danny DeVito played this menacing dispatcher'

Answer: Louie De Palma


Question: 'Charles T. Griffes' tone poem "The Pleasure Dome of" this man is based on a Coleridge poem'

Answer: Kublai Khan


Question: 'The cabin of this inventor of the Cherokee syllabary is a national historic landmark in Oklahoma'

Answer: Sequoyah


Question: 'This Arizona city was named for an object created there in 1876 for a Fourth of July fair'

Answer: Flagstaff


Question: 'In December 1776 Washington crossed this river to safety, then recrossed it to attack'

Answer: Delaware River


Question: 'Dr. Evil, who's plotting world domination but can't get along with his son Scott Evil'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Sophocles' first play about this Theban king marked the summit of formal Greek drama'

Answer: Oedipus


Question: 'In July King Phumiphon of Thailand joined this king of swing in a jam session'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'TV character Theodore Cleaver'

Answer: The Beaver


Question: 'Its hosts were Richard Dawson & Ray Combs; now it's -- survey says -- Louie Anderson'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: 'Three Island Crossing on the Snake River, was a pivotal point on this pioneer trail'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'Factory owner Oskar Schindler'

Answer: Liam Neeson


Question: 'This O'Neill play about former Pullman porter Brutus Jones was based on a real event in Haitian history'

Answer: "The Emperor Jones"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jeff Greenfield)  In 1960 Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. wrote of these 2 candidates, "Does it make any difference?"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon


Question: 'Cookie magnate Wally Amos'

Answer: "Famous" Amos


Question: 'They were listed in a January 6, 1941 speech by FDR'

Answer: Four Freedoms


Question: 'In 335 B.C., at about 21, he crossed the Danube to get at the Getae'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Struggling Notting Hill bookstore owner William Thacker'

Answer: Hugh Grant


Question: 'One of the first African adventure stories, this 1885 novel chronicled the search for legendary diamond mines'

Answer: "King Solomon\'s Mines"


Question: 'Wealthy playboy Tommy Manville made news in January when he did this for the 13th time'

Answer: Got married


Question: 'TV heartthrob Coy Luther Perry III'

Answer: Luke Perry


Question: 'Deposits like petroleum or coal that were formed from living matter'

Answer: Fossil fuels


Question: 'Fatally shot near the Rappahannock, this general's last words asked to "cross over the river"'

Answer: Stonewall Jackson


Question: 'Viola De Lesseps, who pretended to be Thomas Kent to play Romeo, but played Juliet instead'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'A pair of comic adventurers become the godlike leaders of an Afghan tribe in this Kipling story'

Answer: "The Man Who Would Be King"


Question: 'This hockey team won its fifth Stanley Cup in a row'

Answer: Montreal Canadiens


Question: 'Big screen Bond girl Maud Solveig Wikstrom'

Answer: Maud Adams


Question: 'He was a Supreme Court justice from 1939 to 1962'

Answer: Felix Frankfurter


Question: 'Crossing the Sabarmati River was part of this leader's 1930 protest march to the sea'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'Game show contestant Charles Van Doren'

Answer: Ralph Fiennes


Question: 'Spenser reworked Elizabethan court chivalry along allegorical lines in this epic poem'

Answer: The Faerie Queene


Question: 'In a Moscow trial, he pleaded guilty to having flown an intelligence mission over the Soviet Union'

Answer: Francis Gary Powers


Question: 'Baseball's Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy'

Answer: Connie Mack


Question: 'He won the 13 1/2-inch Oscar for his "8 1/2"'

Answer: Federico Fellini


Question: 'In 1999 the Bushes became the first brothers to serve as governor at the same time since these 2 brothers in 1971'

Answer: Nelson & Winthrop Rockefeller


Question: 'In 1981, just minutes after President Reagan was sworn in, the 52 hostages in this country were released'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'A gephyrophobic won't burn these behind him; he's afraid to cross them in the first place'

Answer: bridges


Question: 'You may "put" this "on the line" or "where your mouth is"'

Answer: money


Question: 'This Arkansas capital is nicknamed "The City of Roses" for its many gardens'

Answer: Little Rock


Question: 'Vin Santo, a sweet specialty of this country's Tuscany region, is made with semi-dried grapes'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'This former lead singer of the Commodores wrote Kenny Rogers' 1980 hit "Lady"'

Answer: Lionel Richie


Question: 'In 1950 2 Puerto Rican nationalists made an attempt on this president's life'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'A frigophobic is afraid of this, so a Frigidaire would be off limits'

Answer: the cold


Question: 'Those who play cricket know an awkward situation is this kind of "wicket"'

Answer: sticky wicket


Question: 'The historic Natchez Trace Parkway runs about 10 miles north of this Mississippi capital'

Answer: Jackson


Question: 'Qualitatswein Bestimmter Anbaugebiet is in the middle of this country's 3 quality classifications'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'He formed the Miracles, then called the Matadors, while in high school'

Answer: Smokey Robinson


Question: 'Robert McNamara served in this post 1961-68'

Answer: Secretary of Defense


Question: 'Alektorophobia is the fear of this & we don't know if it comes before or after a fear of eggs'

Answer: chickens


Question: 'David Copperfield knows to accomplish something that seems impossible is to "pull" this "out of the hat"'

Answer: a rabbit


Question: 'More crayfish are produced in this state than any other'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Most of this state's vineyards lie along Lake Erie's shores, from Sandusky to the Pennsylvania border'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Her first solo chart topper came in 1970 with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"'

Answer: Diana Ross


Question: 'Philanthropist Gerrit Smith helped finance this man's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'A sciaphobic would jump at his own one of these, not just at Lamont Cranston's'

Answer: shadow


Question: 'Something superior is said to be "head and" these above the rest'

Answer: shoulders


Question: 'It's Alabama's oldest city & its only seaport'

Answer: Mobile


Question: 'This famous chateau releases some wine under its second label, Les Carruades de Lafite'

Answer: Chateau Lafite Rothschild


Question: 'His biggest U.S. hit record, "The Dock of the Bay" wasn't released until after his 1967 death'

Answer: Otis Redding


Question: 'This 1890 act was designed in part to prevent monopolies'

Answer: Sherman Anti-Trust Act


Question: 'He's probably the Bible's most famous tonsurphobic'

Answer: Samson (he was afraid of having his hair cut)


Question: 'A bright person knows "never" do this to "my door again" means stay away forever'

Answer: darken


Question: 'This fertile valley was called "The Granary of the Confederacy"'

Answer: Shenandoah Valley


Question: 'This fortified wine is produced in the Iberian Peninsula's Douro Valley'

Answer: port


Question: 'She made 3 albums with the Stone Poneys before beginning a solo career'

Answer: Linda Ronstadt


Question: 'In 1923 Angora, now called Ankara, succeeded this city as its country's capital'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'This "Striptease" star provides the voice of Esmeralda for Disney's "The Hunchback of Notre Dame"'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'Due to stormy weather, this ship arrived at Cape Cod instead of Virginia November 21, 1620'

Answer: the Mayflower


Question: 'This jiggly dessert was introduced in 1897 by Pearl B. Wait'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'This famous chef's sister Enola Prudhomme has her own Cajun cafe in Carencro, Louisiana'

Answer: Paul Prudhomme


Question: 'Saul Bellow said this "Jazz Age" author "couldn't distinguish between innocence and social climbing"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'Island that's home to the picturesque Mount Fujiyama'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'In 1988 she showed her flair for comedy as Wanda Gerschwitz in "A Fish Called Wanda"'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: 'On May 7, 1915 the Germans sank this British liner because of the 173 tons of rifle ammunition & shells on board'

Answer: the Lusitania


Question: 'California Fat's in this state capital isn't named for its caloric content; it's owned by the Fat family'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'Ambrose Bierce described this "Earnest" playwright as "That sovereign of insufferables"'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'These 2 largest rivers of the Asian portion of the Mideast flow to the Persian Gulf'

Answer: Tigris & Euphrates


Question: 'Julia Ormond played "Sabrina" in the 1995 film,  & this actress played her in the original'

Answer: Audrey Hepburn


Question: 'In November 1609 the British seized this Henry Hudson ship but later returned it to the Dutch East India Co.'

Answer: The Half Moon


Question: 'This leader of the Nation of Islam, or Black Muslims, was born Elijah Poole in 1897'

Answer: Elijah Muhammad


Question: 'The Trellis in Williamsburg, VA. is run by Marcel Desaulniers, who hosts the TV series "Death By" this sweet'

Answer: Chocolate


Question: 'This poet said of Ezra Pound, "mr. pound is humane, but not human"'

Answer: E.E. Cummings


Question: 'During the rainy season the Mekong backs into the Tonle Sap, flooding the central part of this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'Abby Bradford on "Eight Is Enough"; today she's one of Broadway's leading divas'

Answer: Betty Buckley


Question: 'Jacque's Cousteau's ship; John Denver sang about it'

Answer: Calypso


Question: 'The Vladivostok to Khabarovsk section of this Russian railroad opened to traffic in 1897'

Answer: Trans-Siberian Railway


Question: 'This pirate-themed Las Vegas hotel has a restaurant called The Plank; hope they don't make you walk it'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'In a 1931 issue of The New Yorker, she quipped, "Theodore Dreiser should ought to write nicer"'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: '2 of the 4 countries bordering Afghanistan whose names also end in "stan"'

Answer: (2 of 4) Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan


Question: 'This British star won acclaim for her roles in "Enchanted April", "Damage" & "The Crying Game"'

Answer: Miranda Richardson


Question: 'Brothers Martin & Vincente Pinzon commanded these 2 ships on Columbus' first voyage to the New World'

Answer: Nina & Pinta


Question: 'In this French artist's 1897 painting "The Sleeping Gypsy", a woman sleeps while a lion examines her'

Answer: Henri Rousseau


Question: 'Poi pancakes & taro hash browns are served for breakfast at Bali Hai on this, Hawaii's "Golden Isle"'

Answer: Kauai


Question: 'Sean O' Casey sniped that this author of "Jeeves" was "English literature's performing flea"'

Answer: P.G. Wodehouse


Question: 'Supposedly made by William the Conqueror's wife, there's a 230' long copy of it in the V&A Museum'

Answer: The Bayeux Tapestry


Question: 'British scientist Henry Cavendish made the first reliable measurement of gravity late in this century'

Answer: the 18th century


Question: 'Romaine & leaf, aka loose-leaf, are types of this salad starter'

Answer: lettuce


Question: 'Bacchus gave this king the "golden touch"--but after that worked out horrifically, the king decided to worship Pan'

Answer: Midas


Question: '"All My Ex's Live" here'

Answer: In Texas


Question: 'It's what fills a cream puff'

Answer: custard


Question: 'This military force is still used today when France has problems overseas'

Answer: the Foreign Legion


Question: 'NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab puts astronauts in a simulation of this condition that's experienced during space flight'

Answer: zero gravity


Question: 'The fuzz-free baby type of this fruit named for a New Zealand bird is eaten whole, as one would eat a grape'

Answer: a kiwi


Question: 'Thrym, king of the frost giants, stole the hammer of this god & buried it 8 miles deep in the earth; bad idea'

Answer: Thor


Question: '"You Can't Make" this organ "Love Somebody"'

Answer: The Heart


Question: 'What you are in legally if you're held until your trial'

Answer: custody


Question: 'This hot dog topping of minced pickles takes its name from the Old French for "remainder"'

Answer: relish


Question: 'The Sun's gravity is said to perturb, or affect, this path of the Moon relative to the Earth'

Answer: its orbit


Question: 'The name of this so-called artichoke isn't from a city in Israel but from girasole, Italian for "sunflower"'

Answer: Jersalem


Question: 'Venus' boy, this god, said, "Your arrows may strike all things else, Apollo, but mine shall strike you"... & they did'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'One of these "I Can't Put Out"'

Answer: a fire


Question: 'You're "on" this if your birthday separates 2 signs of the zodiac'

Answer: the cusp


Question: 'The name of these "Grand" mountains near Jackson Hole comes from the French'

Answer: the Tetons


Question: 'Building on the work of Galileo and Kepler, he published the first quantitative theory of gravitation in 1687'

Answer: Newton


Question: 'What we call this is actually the netted melon or muskmelon'

Answer: a cantaloupe


Question: 'This sometimes destructive Hindu deity cut off one of Brahma's heads & dropped it in Uttar Pradesh'

Answer: Shiva


Question: '"Am I" this, "Baby" this or this "Clear Sky"; (3 No. 1 hits with the same word!)'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'If you'd give your eye teeth for something, these are the teeth you'd give'

Answer: cuspids


Question: 'This tennis term may come from the French l'oeuf, meaning "egg", like a goose egg'

Answer: love


Question: 'There's "gravity" in this term for the point in an object that, if supported, puts the whole object in equilibrium'

Answer: center of gravity


Question: 'Prickly but edible, they're one letter different from the name of cities in Arizona & Mexico'

Answer: nopales


Question: 'Prometheus should have bewared of Zeus, who in Greek myth had a vulture eat this organ each day'

Answer: his liver


Question: '"Let's Fall" this way "Together"'

Answer: To Pieces


Question: 'One of the ceremonial titles of the king of Saudi Arabia is this keeper "of the two holy mosques"'

Answer: custodian


Question: 'The European Space Agency launches its Ariane rockets from this South American territory'

Answer: French Guiana


Question: 'Magic has been banned by Uther Pendragon in the Syfy series about this title youthful wizard'

Answer: Merlin


Question: 'This site that started as AuctionWeb has more than 5,000 "ugly Christmas sweaters" on the auction block'

Answer: eBay


Question: 'Jodi Picoult's first novel is titled "Songs of" this whale'

Answer: the Humpback


Question: 'To be fired from a job is "to get" this bladed tool'

Answer: the ax


Question: '663,267 total square miles, a little bigger than Iran'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This Fox show transitions between our universe & one in which the World Trade Center still stands'

Answer: Fringe


Question: 'QVC sold out of a Christmas sweater that had reindeer whose noses lit up using this technology with hair-thin filaments'

Answer: fiber optics


Question: 'Ethan Hawley, descendant of whaling captains, is the protagonist of this author's "The Winter of Our Discontent"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'In a game of tag, this player attempts to catch other players'

Answer: it


Question: '1,545 total square miles, a little smaller than Miami-Dade county'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.)  It looks like the painter initially included himself but then changed his mind; that shy artist was Branwell, the brother of these literary siblings, in their only group portrait'

Answer: the Brontës


Question: 'One episode in the last season of this show was titled "The Bar Manager, the Shrink, His Wife & Her Lover"'

Answer: Cheers


Question: 'In Killington in this state, My Ugly Christmas Sweater Inc. makes tacky holiday sweaters as ironic fashion statements'

Answer: Vermont


Question: '"Humphrey the Lost Whale" is the true tale of a whale trapped in the Sacramento River after venturing into this bay'

Answer: San Francisco Bay


Question: 'Slang for the featured product at Papa John's & Domino's'

Answer: za


Question: 'It's the smallest on the West Coast, with 71,300 total square miles'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Please, sir, I want someone to name this author & statesman seen here eight years before his execution'

Answer: (Sir Thomas) Moore


Question: 'The sanguine opening to this Showtime series shows the title character killing a mosquito'

Answer: Dexter


Question: 'Knit a virtual heinous wool sweater at a site whose motto is "We love holiday sweaters.  We hate" these creatures'

Answer: sheep


Question: 'It's the native country of Witi Ihimaera, author of "The Whale Rider"'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Archaic second-person pronoun found before "gods" in a mild expletive'

Answer: ye


Question: 'Land area 43,562 square miles, about 2,000 less than a century ago'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.)  Holding a compass with his plans for the west end of St. Paul's Cathedral, this man was 79 when his portrait was painted in 1711'

Answer: Christopher Wren


Question: 'The title character from this animated FX show works for the International Secret Intelligence Service'

Answer: Archer


Question: 'In England, pullover sweaters are called these, as in the website cheesychristmas these.com'

Answer: jumpers


Question: 'The hero stows away on a whaler in Poe's "Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, of" this Massachusetts island'

Answer: Nantucket


Question: 'The second-largest city in Sierra Leone, or an Indian fig tree under which Buddha once sat'

Answer: bo


Question: '59,425 total square miles, today the biggest of the original 13'

Answer: Georgia


Question: '1 of the 2 islands with a population exceeding 100 million; each one is part of an Asian country'

Answer: (1 of) Honshu or Java


Question: 'You don't have to know it was Pulitzer's first name to win a Pulitzer prize'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'The largest U.S. naval base is at Norfolk in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Georgia poet Sidney Lanier spent several months in a Maryland prison during this war'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'These smallest blood-carrying tubes in the body link arteries to veins'

Answer: capillaries


Question: 'Acronym used to refer to the treaty signed by Brezhnev & Carter in Vienna in June'

Answer: SALT II


Question: 'Larry Hagman's famous mom who's famous for playing a boy'

Answer: Mary Martin


Question: 'The dynamite first name of the founder of the Nobel prizes'

Answer: Alfred


Question: 'The two U.S. states that begin with "N" that are neither "North" nor "New"'

Answer: Nebraska & Nevada


Question: 'In one of his cute couplets he quipped, "A bit of talcum is always walcum"'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: 'To prevent rejection of transplanted organs, doctors suppress these blood cells'

Answer: lymphocytes (or white blood cells)


Question: 'This Boston outfielder became the first American League player to get both 3,000 hits and 400 home runs'

Answer: Carl Yastrzemski


Question: '"Dr. Zhivago" wasn't this actress' first film;  as a child she appeared in her father's film "Limelight"'

Answer: Geraldine Chaplin


Question: 'Were he alive, you would call him by this first name to thank him for a Rhodes scholarship'

Answer: Cecil


Question: 'Among its 77 counties are Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole & Osage'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Ralph Waldo Emerson spent much of his life in this New England state where he was born'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Though associated with ill temper, this organ actually produces antibodies'

Answer: the spleen


Question:
'Group heard here singing the first No. 1 hit of the year:

"Nobody gets too much heaven no more, it's as high..."'

Answer: The Bee Gees


Question: 'Mariska Hargitay of "Falcon Crest" is the daughter of this late sex symbol'

Answer: Jayne Mansfield


Question: 'Colonel Sanders of "finger lickin'" fame'

Answer: Harland


Question: 'Its state song is "Home On The Range", not  "Over The Rainbow"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This nineteenth-century poet laureate was the most famous poet born in the Lake District of England'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'The integumentary system is another term for this, the body's largest organ'

Answer: the skin


Question: 'Amity Island was the setting for this 1975 film that topped 1979's TV ratings'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'This former brother-in-law of Angela Lansbury co-starred with her in "Death on the Nile" as Hercule Poirot'

Answer: Peter Ustinov


Question: 'According to Hoyle, it was his first name'

Answer: Edmund


Question: 'Named for John Jacob Astor, Astoria, first American settlement west of the Rockies, is in this state'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This Maine poetess sometimes wrote under the shorter pen name Nancy Boyd'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'The scientific name for the shinbone'

Answer: the tibia


Question: 'This general resigned as Supreme Commander of NATO and also retired from the U.S. Army'

Answer: Alexander Haig


Question: 'Singer whose ex-son-in-law, Sidney Lumet, directed her in "The Wiz", in the role of a witch'

Answer: Lena Horne


Question: 'He built Babylon's Ishtar Gate as well as the Hanging Gardens'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar (II)


Question: 'In the 1940s the University of Chicago came to be recognized as the birthplace of this type of energy'

Answer: Atomic/Nuclear


Question: 'The written notes for all the instruments and voices of a particular work, or Tigers 5  Yankees 3'

Answer: Score


Question: 'Due to the number of climbers, the Park Service may put an outhouse at the 17,000' level of this Alaskan peak'

Answer: Mount McKinley


Question: 'President Mitterand is this country's head of state'

Answer: France


Question: 'Shaw character who thinks she's descended from a sacred cat and that her blood is made with Nile water'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'The place in Egypt where Jacob settled was known to the Hebrews as the Land o' ....this'

Answer: Goshen


Question: 'In 1779 this Virginia institution became the first U.S. college to establish a law department'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'A concertino is a short concerto, and a concertina is a simple one of these instruments'

Answer: Accordion


Question: 'The third highest peak in North America is in this third largest country in North America'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Prime Minister Mulroney'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The first line of this Strindberg play tells us that the title "miss" is "absolutely wild!"'

Answer: "Miss Julie"


Question: 'Byzantine emperor who built the Hagia Sophia Church and collected Roman laws into one code'

Answer: Justinian (I)


Question: 'It ends its cheer, "cosine, secant, tangent, sine, 3.14159; integral, radical, u dv; slipstick, slide rule...."'

Answer: MIT


Question: 'Before he composed the "London" Symphony in 1795, he had written the six Paris symphonies'

Answer: Franz Joseph Haydn


Question: 'Mountain ranges on this continent include the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Alexandra, and Queen Maud'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'President Mubarak'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'In Euripides' tragedy, Jason's new wife is burned alive by a wedding gift from this woman'

Answer: Medea


Question: 'With the defeat of this man at Actium in 31 B.C., Octavian had full control of the Roman Empire'

Answer: Mark Antony


Question: 'This Ivy League school is the land grant college of New York State'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'Name shared by the operatic heroines of "Fidelio" and "Il Trovatore"'

Answer: Leonora


Question: 'This Englishman was the first to survey K2's peak'

Answer: Henry Godwin-Austen


Question: 'Queen Margrethe II'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Violet Venable's son, who never appears in the play "Suddenly Last Summer" because he's been eaten'

Answer: Sebastian (Venable)


Question: 'The ancient Persian holy book, called the "Avesta", contains the writings of this man and his followers'

Answer: Zoroaster


Question: 'The University of Dublin, which has its own representative in the Irish Parliament , is also called this'

Answer: Trinity College


Question: 'The famous "Sabre Dance" is from this Soviet-Armenian composer's ballet "Gayane"'

Answer: Aram Khachaturian


Question: 'Today climbers can make it from the Chamonix city hall to the top of this mountain and back in less than 5 1/2 hours'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'Prime Minister Mugabe'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'At the end of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" he realizes that George and Martha's son is imaginary'

Answer: Nick


Question: 'Husband and wife who won Oscars almost 30 years apart, she in 1958, he in 1987'

Answer: Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward


Question: 'This animal joined Halloween after the 15th century fear of witches spread through Europe'

Answer: the black cat


Question: 'The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty of 1901 gave the U.S. almost exclusive rights to this waterway'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'A western U.S. river, or Kurt Russell's eyepatch-wearing anti-hero in 2 John Carpenter flicks'

Answer: Snake


Question: 'It's a lecture about one's journeys, usually accompanied by slides, film or video'

Answer: a travelogue


Question: 'Not surprisingly, this breed seen here was formerly used for dog fighting & bull baiting'

Answer: a boxer


Question: 'The opponents in the 1776 Battle of Long Island were this general and Howe'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'This Halloween game may be derived from the inclusion of the goddess Pomona in the festivities'

Answer: bobbing for apples


Question: 'A 40 B.C. treaty called for Mark Antony to marry the sister of this Roman, the future Emperor Augustus'

Answer: Octavius


Question: 'This man whose first name is also a Scottish river was killed by a police posse in Louisiana in 1934'

Answer: Clyde


Question: 'For 21 years in TV commercials for these, Karl Malden pleaded, "Don't leave home without them"'

Answer: American Express travellers cheques


Question: 'Lassie of TV & movie fame was this breed of dog'

Answer: a Collie


Question: 'A poster shows the Three Stooges as members of the law firm Dewey, this and Howe'

Answer: Cheatem


Question: 'Originally, instead of pumpkins, this small root vegetable of the mustard family was used for carving'

Answer: a turnip


Question: 'New Yorkers are familiar with this river that shares its name with the Roman philosopher who tutored Nero'

Answer: Seneca


Question: 'Formed in Bob Dylan's garage, this supergroup included Dylan, George Harrison & Roy Orbison'

Answer: the Traveling Wilburys


Question: 'This cutie from New England is one of the few breeds to originate in the United States'

Answer: the Boston terrier


Question: 'This Christian holiday also called Hallowmas was created as the day after Halloween to convert people'

Answer: All Saints\' Day


Question: 'Chief Justice No. 1, his 1794 treaty helped settle post-Revolutionary War disputes'

Answer: John Jay


Question: 'This name appears on a list of the full names of Canada's prime ministers; it's also Canada's longest river'

Answer: Mackenzie


Question: 'British comedian Harry Enfield provides the voice of the Roaming Gnome, this website's spokesgnome'

Answer: travelocity.com


Question: 'Named for a bay, this retriever is Maryland's state dog'

Answer: the Chesapeake Bay retriever


Question: 'This character comes from a tale of a dead man barred from heaven & hell who wandered the Earth with his fire'

Answer: the jack-o\'-lantern


Question: 'The 843 Treaty of Verdun divided his massive empire into 3 parts, but he didn't mind; he'd been dead about 30 years'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'Seen here, this man with a river's name chaired the Clinton transition team after the 1992 elections'

Answer: Vernon Jordan


Question: 'This 1962 account of Steinbeck's tour of 38 states was subtitled "In Search of America"'

Answer: Travels with Charley


Question: 'This little dog seen here is named for the way its ears resemble a butterfly's wings'

Answer: a papillon


Question: 'In 1975 balloting for Tory leader, there were 19 votes each for Prior and Howe but 146 votes for her'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'This group of female sex hormones is used in certain cancer treatments'

Answer: estrogen


Question: 'Clifton Webb in "Stars and Stripes Forever"'

Answer: (John Philip) Sousa


Question: 'In city names, it follows Montego, Coos, & Green'

Answer: Bay


Question: 'Biblical research by Bishop Ussher, a 17th century Trinity prof, dated this event to Oct. 23, 4004 B.C.'

Answer: the creation of the world


Question: 'These trailblazers are found in the titles of novels by James Fenimore Cooper & Willa Cather'

Answer: pioneers


Question: 'It precedes "after while, crocodile"'

Answer: see you later, alligator


Question: 'Made of stratified squamous epithelium, it's your outer layer of protection'

Answer: the epidermis


Question: 'Don Ameche in "Swanee River"'

Answer: Stephen Foster


Question: 'At the top of Mount Ruapehu, New Zealand is this type of body of water, also the name of a U.S. national park'

Answer: a crater lake


Question: 'This giant of Brit lit could first be called "Doctor" when Trinity made him an honorary doctor of laws in 1765'

Answer: Dr. Samuel Johnson


Question: 'In this 1954 novel Ralph & Piggy fail in their attempt to set up a democratic society on a desert island'

Answer: Lord of the Flies


Question: 'This term for an innocent person who takes the blame for others comes to us from Leviticus'

Answer: a scapegoat


Question: 'The name of this type of event comes from the Greek for "fail to appear"'

Answer: eclipse


Question: 'Allan Cordunder in "Topsy-Turvy" (Hint: Jim Broadbent played his partner W.S.)'

Answer: (Sir Arthur) Sullivan


Question: 'A sandbar with a curve at the tip; in New jersey you'll find a "sandy" one'

Answer: hook


Question: 'In this Tom Wolfe novel, bond salesman Sherman McCoy claims he's "going broke on a million dollars a year"'

Answer: The Bonfire of the Vanities


Question: 'Ballplayers have used this 2-word phrase for a cramp or stiffness in an arm or leg muscle since the 1880s'

Answer: charley horse


Question: '"Firth" is a synonym for this broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows'

Answer: estuary


Question: 'Tom Drake in "Words and Music" (Hint: Mickey Rooney played his partner Lorenz Hart)'

Answer: (Richard) Rodgers


Question: 'The U.S. has the Great Dismal Swamp; Ireland has the peat-loaded this of Allen'

Answer: Bog


Question: 'Melville created this scrivener who "would prefer not to" run to the post office, work, eat, etc.'

Answer: Bartleby


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Savannah, GA.)  After meeting with black leaders here in Savannah, General Sherman issued an order giving land to black farmers, the likely origin of the promise "40 acres and" this'

Answer: a mule


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island, CA.)  Pentaradial symmetry & hard, spiny skin are two major qualities of this phylum of creatures'

Answer: Echinodermata


Question: 'F. Murray Abraham in "Amadeus"'

Answer: Salieri


Question: 'Chadds this, Pennsylvania was originally a place to cross the Brandywine'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'Isaac Asimov won a 1977 Hugo Award for this novelette about a robot named Andrew who lives to be 200 years old'

Answer: Bicentennial Man


Question: 'In good spirits?  Then you're probably this 4-word phrase "at high tide"'

Answer: happy as a clam


Question: 'The title of form OSC-12 says it is used by this type of person, who's asked to "describe the agency wrongdoing"'

Answer: a whistleblower


Question: 'Financial crimes committed by high-status people are referred to as this-collar type'

Answer: white


Question: 'Diego Velazquez founded this capital on Cuba's south coast; 4 years later it was moved to the north coast'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'Writer Erle Stanley Gardner had script approval of this series' episodes'

Answer: Perry Mason


Question: 'This planet is named for the god of the dead'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'He passed away at Monticello July 4, 1826'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'Mickey & Minnie (4)'

Answer: mice


Question: 'People born in the 1946-1964 birth explosion make up this generation'

Answer: Baby Boomers


Question: 'This city's main shopping street is the Mercerie, between the Rialto Bridge & St. Mark's Square'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'In 1987 this Stephen Bochco series was named Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmys'

Answer: L.A. Law


Question: 'The Aztecs believed dead warriors were reborn as these swift, small birds'

Answer: hummingbirds


Question: 'After leaving office, this generally "silent" president wrote a syndicated news column'

Answer: Coolidge


Question: 'Bates building (5)'

Answer: motel


Question: 'The former Communist nations of the Soviet bloc were part of this numerical "world"'

Answer: the Second World


Question: 'The home of Prime Minister William Gladstone still stands in this British city on the Mersey River'

Answer: Liverpool


Question: 'This "Rifleman" star played attorney John Egan in the 90-minute series "Arrest and Trial"'

Answer: Chuck Connors


Question: 'This explorer's heart is buried in Chitambo, now in Zambia, his body in Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Livingstone


Question: 'He beat Charles Evans Hughes by only 23 electoral votes to win reelection in 1916'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'Pestle's partner (6)'

Answer: a mortar


Question: 'It's the web of relationships between people; you may use it to get a job'

Answer: networking


Question: 'This capital of New South Wales is Australia's oldest British settlement'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'When Michael Moriarty left this NBC series in 1994, he was replaced by Sam Waterston'

Answer: Law & Order


Question: 'She wrote, "Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for me"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'He was the first president to preside over all 50 states'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Sexy civet scent (4)'

Answer: musk


Question: 'It's the study of how births, deaths & people moving affect population'

Answer: demographics


Question: 'It's said this North Korean capital is the Korean Peninsula's oldest city'

Answer: Pyongyang


Question: 'In 1961 Martin Sheen had his first major TV role on this series starring E.G. Marshall & Robert Reed'

Answer: The Defenders


Question: 'On this November 2 holiday, Roman Catholic priests can say 3 masses for the dead'

Answer: All Souls Day


Question: 'On graduating from West Point in 1843, he hoped to become a math teacher'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Tolkien's terrain (6,5)'

Answer: Middle Earth


Question: 'The title of a Gauguin painting featuring the bird of the devil, or a quote from a Poe raven'

Answer: "Nevermore"


Question: 'Corbin in this "Bluegrass State" is home to the Nibroc (Corbin spelled backward) festival'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'In this 1940 winner, Steinbeck alternates narrative with discussion of the problems of migrant workers'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'The crisis over these islands escalated into a war'

Answer: the Falklands


Question: 'This measure has been defined as the combined lengths of 12 poppyseeds'

Answer: an inch


Question: 'Annapurna was the highest mountain climbed until this peak was scaled in 1953'

Answer: Everest


Question: 'In Botticelli's "Primavera", this blindfolded cherub is ready to shoot an arrow at the 3 graces'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'This state has a rose festival in Jackson & a lilac festival on Mackinac Island'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Will Durant shared a Pulitzer for "Rousseau and Revolution" with this woman, his wife'

Answer: Ariel


Question: 'This heir to the throne was born June 21, 1982'

Answer: (Prince) William


Question: 'This system of measurement is abbreviated avdp.'

Answer: avoirdupois


Question: 'The highest peaks in these mountains of France & Spain lie in the Maladeta Range'

Answer: Pyrenees


Question: 'His 2nd & 3rd most famous women's portraits are "Cecilia Gallerani" & "Ginevra de' Benci"'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Don't "space out" or you'll miss Panoply, a spring celebration of the arts in this Alabama city'

Answer: Huntsville


Question: 'This American historian, born Barbara Wertheim in 1912, won 2 Pulitzers for general nonfiction'

Answer: Barbara Tuchman


Question: 'In October this Tudor king's flagship the Mary Rose, which sank over 400 years earlier, was raised'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Gold of this many karats is 3/4 pure'

Answer: 18


Question: 'Only 2 Alpine peaks exceed 15,000 feet -- Monte Rosa & this one'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'Venus, Juno & Minerva are the full-bodied women in this Flemish master's 1638 "Judgment of Paris"'

Answer: Rubens


Question: '"Mountaineers are always free" to attend Mountaineer Week in Morgantown in this state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'James Michener won his only Pulitzer Prize for this, his first book of fiction'

Answer: Tales of the South Pacific


Question: 'In operation since 1977, this low-fare airline declared bankruptcy'

Answer: Laker


Question: 'In 1967 this unit of time was defined as 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation of a cesium-133 atom'

Answer: the second


Question: 'In Arabic this North African range is called Djezira El-Maghreb, or "Island of the West"'

Answer: the Atlas Mountains


Question: 'Victorine Meurend, his "Chanteuse des rues", is the nude in his "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe"'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'A fire ant mating call contest is part of the Fire Ant Festival in Marshall in this southwest state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'This Truman Secretary of State won for his autobiographical book "Present at the Creation"'

Answer: Dean Acheson


Question: 'This opera company known for its Gilbert & Sullivan shows went out of business in February'

Answer: D’Oyly Carte


Question: 'This unit was originally intended to be 1/40,000,000 of the Earth's circumference'

Answer: the meter


Question: 'Mount Kosciusko, Australia's highest peak, lies in this range of the Australian Alps'

Answer: the Snowy Mountains


Question: 'It's the biggest single customer of the domestic airline industry, using about 15,000 flights a day'

Answer: the US Postal Service


Question: 'Composer profiled in "Song Without End" and "Lisztomania"'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'Ecuador derives its name from this geographical line'

Answer: the equator


Question: 'Lightning causes over 10,000 of these a year and Smokey the Bear is getting mad!'

Answer: forest fires


Question: 'Bridge term for a set of three games or what a hot rod lays when it takes off'

Answer: rubber


Question: '1951 saw the first electric power ever generated from this source'

Answer: nuclear energy


Question: 'Kind of knot that sounds like its tied by your mother's mother'

Answer: a granny knot


Question: 'In his first screen role since 1939, he won the 1975 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Sunshine Boys"'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'In the past, 12- to 14-year-old brides were not unusual in this Portuguese-speaking country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'In the 1931 film, he used lightning to bring his monster to life'

Answer: Dr. Frankenstein


Question: 'The appropriate goal in authors is to form these'

Answer: books


Question: 'Books in 1951 included "The Caine Mutiny", "From Here to Eternity", and this Salinger classic'

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'Term for a knot used to fasten a rope to an object or "your wagon to a star"'

Answer: hitch


Question: 'Director Norman Jewison's alliterative tale of a black infantry unit'

Answer: A Soldier\'s Story


Question: 'Up to 80% of the counterfeit dollars passed in the U.S. are from this coffee country'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'Of 25, 50, or 100 miles, the longest length lightning strokes can reach'

Answer: 100 miles


Question: 'A shutout in gin rummy, or Pat Harrington in "One Day at a Time"'

Answer: Schneider


Question: 'In the early 1950s, "Teddy Boys" first appeared in this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'This geometric knot is one of the oldest in use'

Answer: a square knot


Question: 'David Carradine was "Bound for Glory" playing this great folk singer'

Answer: Woody Guthrie


Question: 'An estimated 40% of the world's total copper supply is in three mines in this coastal country'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Aided by lightning each year, 100 million tons of this gas washes into the soil and becomes fertilizer'

Answer: Nitrogen


Question: 'About 30 years ago, this South American game created the biggest fad in card history'

Answer: canasta


Question: 'Listed as a billionaire in 1957, this American lived in a modest room in London'

Answer: J. Paul Getty


Question: 'Half a pair of pants, or the looseness in a knot'

Answer: slack


Question: 'For this Kipling story, John Huston first thought of Gable and Bogart, not Michael Caine and Sean Connery'

Answer: The Man Who Would Be King


Question: 'Once known as Upper Peru, it has had over twenty presidents since World War II'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'Unpunished in the Maxwell Anderson play, Rhoda is roasted by lightning in this movie's finale'

Answer: The Bad Seed


Question: 'Variation of poker where the worst hand wins'

Answer: lo-ball


Question: 'Not tightness per se, but this kinetic force gives knots their holding power'

Answer: friction


Question: 'As a young congressman, LBJ escorted this author of "Pygmalion" around Texas'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'In the 1890s, autos were so new and strange they were shown under the big top at these'

Answer: circuses


Question: 'Contrary to popular legend, "mush!" isn't a command usually used in these races'

Answer: dogsled races


Question: 'According to Kodak, only 45% of these are taken by a professional'

Answer: wedding pictures


Question: 'Year the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded and the United States entered World War I'

Answer: 1917


Question: 'The insect kind eats binding, and the human kind devours pages'

Answer: bookworms


Question: 'His "Volpone" played at Shakespeare's Globe Theater in 1605'

Answer: Ben Jonson


Question: 'You could use a Mustang to round up this discontinued Ford horse'

Answer: Pinto


Question: 'In six of the first seven Winter Olympics, Canadian teams took the gold in this sport'

Answer: ice hockey


Question: 'In a military wedding, an enlisted bride may wear a gown or this'

Answer: a dress uniform


Question: 'Before he died in 1547, this Tudor king weighed over 400 pounds'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Common pharase that might follow "Call me!"'

Answer: I\'m in the book!


Question: 'This playwright and actor portrayed Colonel Chuck Yeager, not Alan Shepard, in "The Right Stuff"'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'This engine-driven band sounds like what a sports enthusiast might buckle'

Answer: fan belt


Question: 'Participants can sail through this sport at speeds over 100 mph'

Answer: ice sailing (or boating)


Question: 'Actual title of this selection from Mendelssohn's music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream:"'

Answer: "The Wedding March For Titania And Oberon"


Question: 'A 6th-century monk originally established the first day of the Christian era not as January the 1st, but this holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Something set next to a volume, or something done according to the rules'

Answer: by the book


Question: '17-year-old usher Sheila Delaney got a taste for theatre and went home one night to start this play'

Answer: A Taste of Honey


Question: 'The first artificial bobsled run was built in 1904 at this Swiss resort town'

Answer: St. Moritz


Question: 'The bride-price is the opposite of this'

Answer: dowry


Question: 'This term first applied only to manners and conduct at royal courts'

Answer: etiquette


Question: 'Samuel Pepys sometimes put one of these in both the front and the back of his books'

Answer: a bookplate


Question: 'Oliver Goldsmith thrashed a publisher whose paper attacked this, his last play'

Answer: She Stoops to Conquer


Question: 'A rink of players--it's the number of persons on a curling team'

Answer: 4


Question: 'By ancient law of this religion, one of three ways to get married was simply to consumate the union'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'Once France's richest colony, this now-impoverished country was 2nd in the New World to gain independence'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Famous fooderie, found on 15th, for feasting on fish in Philly'

Answer: Bookbinder\'s


Question: 'Foreign country in which the most American soldiers are stationed'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'It forbids Congress from interfering with a citizen's freedom of religion, speech, assembly or petition'

Answer: the First Amendment


Question: 'Who could forget Paul Lynde as the practical-joking warlock Uncle Arthur on this series'

Answer: Bewitched


Question: 'The astronauts drank this orange-flavored breakfast drink'

Answer: Tang


Question: 'Dedicated to upholding this nation's constitution, the Samuel Griffith Society is HQ'd in New South Wales'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A unique mobile library in Kenya is transported from place to place by these "ships of the desert"'

Answer: camels


Question: 'El Paso has a 459-foot lighted one of these, also in the nickname of its state'

Answer: star


Question: 'It's the seasonal favorite heard here'

Answer: "The First Noel"


Question: 'On a 1998 episode of this sitcom, Uncle Leo got caught shoplifting a book'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'Mr. Solo of the movies'

Answer: Han


Question: 'English painter Samuel Cooper's 1657 portrait of this British Puritan leader is seen here'

Answer: (Oliver) Cromwell


Question: 'Most of the books in the ancient library at Alexandria in Egypt were in this language'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'In 2003 chef Daniel Boulud started shaving truffles onto this fast food favorite & charging $50 for it'

Answer: hamburger


Question: 'The woman born Julia Gardiner is best known to history as one of these'

Answer: a first lady


Question: 'On "The Dukes of Hazzard", Uncle Jesse was played by Denver Pyle; on "Full House", Uncle Jesse was played by this man'

Answer: John Stamos


Question: 'The past participle of the verb that means to make music vocally'

Answer: sung


Question: 'Canadian business executive Samuel Bronfman was the founder & chief operating officer of this distilling company'

Answer: Seagram\'s


Question: 'The Laurentian Library in Florence, Italy was founded in the 15th century by members of this family'

Answer: the Medicis


Question: 'The Nelson Knitting Co. made these pieces of apparel that people made monkeys out of'

Answer: socks


Question: 'It's marked by pain & reddening of the top layer of skin'

Answer: first degree burn


Question: 'As Uncle Charley, William Demarest helped Fred MacMurray raise his boys on this '60s series'

Answer: My Three Sons


Question: 'A protruding part of the face below the lips'

Answer: chin


Question: 'This publishing company founded in 1830 has drama bookstores in New York, Hollywood, Toronto & London'

Answer: Samuel French


Question: 'The Morris, this type of library at the University of Virginia, has first editions of Coke & Blackstone'

Answer: law library


Question: 'Mary Edna Fraser, whose work is seen here, had the first one-woman show at this Smithsonian museum'

Answer: The Air & Space Museum


Question: 'It culminated in the bloody conquest of Jerusalem in July 1099'

Answer: the First Crusade


Question: 'Bill Bixby passed off Ray Walston as his Uncle Martin on this classic sitcom'

Answer: My Favorite Martian


Question: 'The last name of designer Anna, it sounds like a popular hog call'

Answer: Sui


Question: 'A Chicago park is named for this founder & longtime president of the American Federation of Labor'

Answer: Samuel Gompers


Question: 'Amazonas state in this country has a floating library that brings books to children along the Orinoco River & its tributaries'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: '2-word title of the artwork seen here; New Englanders might call it "Spa"'

Answer: "Soda Fountain"


Question: 'The Nehru Memorial Museum & Library'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: '"Into these last nine beers" Hank Williams "shed a million" of these'

Answer: tears


Question: 'In "This Side of Paradise" he called Princeton, his alma mater, "The pleasantest country club in America"'

Answer: (F. Scott) Fitzgerald


Question: 'Robert Harris' historical novel about the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius is named for this ancient city'

Answer: Pompeii


Question: 'Kangaroos, like Girl Scouts, come in these groups'

Answer: troops


Question: 'A male duck'

Answer: drake


Question: 'The Sigmund Freud Museum (complete with his consulting room)'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'For the Sons of the Pioneers, it came between "cigareetes" & "wild, wild women"'

Answer: whiskey


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  The inscribed names of Yale students killed in wars partly inspired this Yale grad to create a famous memorial'

Answer: Maya Lin


Question: '"The Perfect Wife" is a biography of this Texas-born woman'

Answer: Laura Bush


Question: 'A flight of these returns to Capistrano'

Answer: swallows


Question: 'Cheers to you if you know that it's a place where liquor is made'

Answer: distillery


Question: 'The Imperial War Museum'

Answer: London


Question: 'Tracy Byrd calls his "Ten Rounds with" this tequila maker "Country's answer to Margaritaville"'

Answer: Jose Cuervo


Question: 'Born in Cornish, New Hampshire, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase went to this Ivy League school'

Answer: Dartmouth


Question: 'This actress wrote "The Best Awful", a follow-up to "Postcards from the Edge"'

Answer: Carrie Fisher


Question: 'Be all that you can be with this group of ants'

Answer: army


Question: 'A large city in Iowa, or a large sofa that often converts into a bed'

Answer: Davenport


Question: 'The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'He's the artist heard here'

Answer: Roger Miller


Question: 'This cartoonist is said to have used College Hall at Penn, seen here, as the inspiration for a Gothic mansion'

Answer: Charles Addams


Question: '"Living to Tell the Tale" is a memoir by this Colombian Nobel laureate'

Answer: Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Question: 'A group of foxes is a skulk; a group of these dogs tracking them is a brace or a pack'

Answer: hounds


Question: 'In newer dictionaries you'll now find this hyphenated term for a person who works for an online company'

Answer: dot-commer


Question: 'The Coptic Museum'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Garth Brooks' album "Sevens" kicks off with an appeal to this beer bottle style'

Answer: longnecks


Question: 'In the '50s she took an Ivy League tour -- Cornell, undergrad, Harvard & Columbia law schools'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: 'His nonfiction works include "Into the Wild", "Into Thin Air" & "Under the Banner of Heaven"'

Answer: Jon Krakauer


Question: 'Boris & Natasha would be driven nuts if they faced a herd & a dray, groups of these 2 foes of theirs'

Answer: moose & squirrel


Question: 'The third leader of the Yellow Hat sect was the first to bear this title in 1578'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: 'It's the original meaning of the word "checkmate", or what many newspaper headlines said on August 17, 1977'

Answer: \"The King Is Dead\"


Question: 'Founded by this reverend in 1979, the Moral Majority was against the Equal Rights Amendment'

Answer: Falwell


Question: 'She was the first champion'

Answer: Kelly Clarkson


Question: 'On February 28, 2001 northwest Washington State was rocked by one of these that measured 6.8'

Answer: an earthquake


Question: 'Bai zhang'

Answer: Chinese


Question: 'A pipkin is a metal pot; a Pippin is a type of this fruit'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'This feature on a shark's back acts as a stabilizer--& a warning to swimmers'

Answer: the dorsal fin


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Schlosskirche in Wittenburg, Germany.) Number 25 of Luther's 95 Theses says this man had no more power to relieve souls in purgatory than any bishop'

Answer: the pope


Question: 'He co-hosted the first version & went solo hosting the second'

Answer: Ryan Seacrest


Question: 'In 1953 meteorologists began assigning female names to these'

Answer: hurricanes


Question: 'Perdido'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'Of a rug, a bug or a jug, the one you'd normally find weft in'

Answer: a rug


Question: 'Living up to its name, this Thai fish also called the betta will even attack its own reflection in a mirror'

Answer: the Siamese fighting fish


Question: 'During this 8-day Jewish observance, the eating of hametz, leavened bread, is prohibited'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'This judge remarked, "Did you really believe you could become the American Idol?  Well, then, you're deaf"'

Answer: Simon Cowell


Question: 'The "El Nino" ' phenomenon of this ocean causes unusual weather patterns about every 3 to 7 years'

Answer: the Pacific


Question: 'Perdu'

Answer: French


Question: 'Common 10-letter name for a timbal or timpani'

Answer: kettledrum


Question: 'A guitarfish might say, "You can call me" this, because that's the type of fish it is'

Answer: ray


Question: 'Rachel, Monica & Phoebe might run away & join this group better known as the Quakers'

Answer: the Society of Friends


Question: 'He edged out Clay Aiken to become the second "American Idol"'

Answer: Ruben Studdard


Question: 'It's a suddenly formed large depression in the ground that may attain a depth over 100 feet'

Answer: a sinkhole


Question: 'Verloren'

Answer: German


Question: 'It's what one usually does behind a rostrum; you can also do it behind a lectern'

Answer: give a speech


Question: 'The pigfish is a type of this fish named for a noise it makes when taken out of the water'

Answer: a grunt


Question: 'One of the great Hindu gods, he's also called the "Preserver"'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'It's the name of the original British TV singing contest on which "American Idol" was directly based'

Answer: Pop Idol


Question: 'The record for a single snowstorm was 189 inches in 1959 on this California mountain with a soda pop name'

Answer: Mount Shasta


Question: 'Rosuto'

Answer: Japanese


Question: 'A neophyte is a new convert; neoprene is a synthetic type of this material'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'The striped type of this fish earned its stripes as the official state fish of Rhode Island'

Answer: bass


Question: 'This Peruvian city was founded in 1535; Villa El Salvador, a squatter's camp of 350,000 on its outskirts, in 1971'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'At the 2000 Olympics, 4 boxing golds went to fighters from this Caribbean island'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Blanche of Castile ruled France as regent when her son Louis went on one of these expeditions in 1248'

Answer: a crusade


Question: 'Each fall this university holds its raucous pep rally known as the "Gator Growl"'

Answer: the University of Florida


Question: 'In January 2004 Dick Gephardt was on his show to present the top 10 signs "You've Been on the Campaign Trail Too Long"'

Answer: Letterman


Question: 'If someone tries to impress you with their baccalaureate, know it's just one of these degrees'

Answer: bachelor\'s


Question: 'The northern end of this country stands between Bolivia & a seacoast'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In 1937 Joe Louis became heavyweight champ; in 1997 this Lewis wore the crown'

Answer: Lennox Lewis


Question: 'We're sure this Ohioan's mother, Viola, was elated on July 20, 1969, but she kept her feet on the ground'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'Popularly known as the "Zags", the Bulldogs of this Spokane university are a force to be reckoned with in college athletics'

Answer: Gonzaga


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Raptor Center in Alaska.) In 1999, President Clinton announced plans to remove the bald eagle from this list'

Answer: the Endangered Species list


Question: 'Whittier wrote of a "barefoot" one with "cheek of tan"'

Answer: a boy


Question: 'This country's Atrato River flows into the Gulf of Darien'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'In 1973 Joe Frazier lost his title to this man'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'This globetrotting U.S. statesman always came back for the baking of his mom, born Paula Stern'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'Booker T. Washington founded this college as a "School for Colored Teachers" in 1881'

Answer: Tuskegee


Question: 'Dr. Kubler-Ross' list of the 5 states of grief runs from denial to this'

Answer: acceptance


Question: 'It's a synonym for width'

Answer: breadth


Question: 'Uruguayans call their highlands Cuchilla Grande, or "big" this, for the sharp, narrow rock formations'

Answer: knife


Question: 'Fearsome nickname of 1980s heavyweight champ James Smith'

Answer: "Bonecrusher"


Question: 'The woman born Mary Arden lived quietly in this town while her son gained fame in the London theater'

Answer: Stratford


Question: 'This New Jersey college found in New Brunswick was originally called Queen's College'

Answer: Rutgers


Question: 'At Ellis Island you can look for your ancestors on these, ships' passenger lists including names & arrival dates'

Answer: manifests


Question: 'It's unglazed china or a thick, cream soup with shellfish'

Answer: a bisque


Question: 'This country has border disputes with French Guiana to its east & Guyana to its west'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'His sweetest moment came on June 17, 2000 when he beat Oscar De La Hoya'

Answer: "Sugar" Shane Mosley


Question: 'After she killed her husband, her son Orestes went into exile, then returned to kill her'

Answer: Clytemnestra


Question: 'This town is home to Hampshire College & a U. of Massachusetts campus as well as the college that shares its name'

Answer: Amherst


Question: 'It's a list of cases in court for trial or the names of the parties who have cases pending'

Answer: a docket


Question: 'We're not being prejudiced; it's a line diagonal to the grain of a fabric'

Answer: a bias


Question: 'This fruit of North America shares its name with a literary character who debuted in an 1876 novel'

Answer: the huckleberry


Question: 'This German capital was once the capital of Prussia'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Removing one of these with tweezers rather than a hot match reduces the risk of lyme disease'

Answer: Tick


Question: 'In his first year as a coach, this former Celtic led the Pacers to their best NBA record ever'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'Its working title was "Catch-18"'

Answer: "Catch-22"


Question: 'Water is used in this, considered the first sacrament'

Answer: Baptism


Question: 'Twine Show'

Answer: Snow White


Question: 'Once known as the Escholtz Islands, this atoll in the Marshall Islands was the site of U.S. nuclear tests'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'These insects not only leave behind itchy welts, they may infect you with viral encephalitis'

Answer: Mosquitos


Question: 'The first U.S. tennis player to win $100,000 in a year, in 1975 he became the first black man to win at Wimbledon'

Answer: Arthur Ashe


Question: 'Alex Haley used the working title "Before This Anger" for this bestseller'

Answer: "Roots"


Question: 'Whether mortal or venial, you should confess them in penance'

Answer: Sins


Question: 'Chaos On Tap'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Due to summer fog & winter snow, there are few clear days in this north Pacific sea in the Aleutian Basin'

Answer: Bering Sea


Question: 'The saliva of these worms prevents blood from clotting with an anticoagulant called hirudin'

Answer: Leeches


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bob Costas.) In 1956 this N.Y. Yankee became the only player ever to win baseball's Triple Crown while hitting more than 50 home runs'

Answer: Mickey Mantle


Question: 'He originally wanted to title his 1860s classic "All's Well That Ends Well", but settled for "War And Peace"'

Answer: Leo Tolstoy


Question: 'Priests don't perform this sacrament that can be annulled, they just witness it'

Answer: Marriage


Question: 'Net Paper'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'This country consists of a Muslim-Croat federation & a Serb republic'

Answer: Bosnia


Question: 'Ringworm isn't caused by a worm, but, like athlete's foot, is caused by one of these'

Answer: Fungus


Question: 'College football's Butkus Award is named for Dick Butkus, a 6-time all-pro for this NFL team'

Answer: Chicago Bears


Question: 'This working title for "The Wizard of Oz" came from the Wizard's adopted hometown'

Answer: "The Emerald City"


Question: 'To receive holy orders, a priest lies prone before this structure'

Answer: Altar


Question: 'Hope Within One'

Answer: Winnie The Pooh


Question: 'This Mississippi port was the capital of the Louisiana Territory for a brief time in the early 1700s'

Answer: Biloxi


Question: 'One species of this arachnid lives harmlessly in hair follicles; another causes scabies'

Answer: Mites


Question: 'In 1998 this flamboyant Italian skier won the 50th World Cup race of his career'

Answer: Alberto Tomba


Question: '"Twilight" was the original title of his "The Sound and the Fury"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'This procedure "of the sick" is also called extreme unction'

Answer: Anointing


Question: 'Old Dank Cud'

Answer: Donald Duck


Question: 'In 1814 & 1815 New England leaders took part in the Hartford Convention to discuss opposition to this war'

Answer: War of 1812


Question: 'Darjeeling is classified as a "black" type of this beverage'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'This "Mad About You" star played the cute girl next door on the '70s drama "The Fitzpatricks"'

Answer: Helen Hunt


Question: 'While Marco Polo was meeting the Khan, he missed the 10th birthday party of this "Divine Comedy" author in Italy'

Answer: Dante Aligheri


Question: 'A subway platform under State Street in this city's "Loop" is the world's longest at about 3,500''

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'After a meal, don't fold this again; a waiter might mistake it for clean'

Answer: Napkin


Question: 'In 1962 the U.S agreed to give Cuba $53 million in aid for the release of 1,113 prisoners taken in this invasion'

Answer: Bay of Pigs


Question: 'To make a French "75" cocktail, you need champagne, powdered sugar, gin & this sour juice'

Answer: Lemon juice


Question: 'From 1987 to '89 Courteney Cox played Alex Keaton's girlfriend Lauren on this sitcom'

Answer: Family Ties


Question: 'In 1653 Cyrano de Bergerac wrote "The Ridiculous Pedant" & this man made himself Lord Protector of England'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'A cheap way to haul cargo, these flat ships may have their own engines or be pushed by a tugboat'

Answer: Barges


Question: 'This California valley is known for its table wines'

Answer: Napa Valley


Question: 'In 1804 Justice Samuel Chase was impeached for comments critical of this president's administration'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This 'butter" is extracted from beans during the chocolate-making process'

Answer: Cocoa butter


Question: 'Diane Brewster was seen in flashbacks as the murdered Helen Kimble on this '60s series'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'The 2 of the 3 Bs among classical composers that Ben Franklin could have met'

Answer: Bach & Beethoven


Question: 'In 1909 the Wright Brothers founded a firm to manufacture airplanes in this city'

Answer: Dayton, Ohio (same as the bicycle shop)


Question: 'To snooze, like a Siamese'

Answer: Catnap


Question: 'On August 5, 1864 David Farragut barreled full speed ahead into this Alabama bay, defeating the Confederate navy'

Answer: Mobile Bay


Question: 'Hey, bird brain!  The British use this fruit seen here in a dessert known as fool'

Answer: Gooseberries


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Seymour.) I was nominated for a Golden Globe for playing this famous woman in the TV movie "The Woman He Loved"'

Answer: Duchess of Windsor (Wallis Warfield)


Question: 'While Hannibal was working out how to take Rome, this "Eureka" mathematician was killed by a Roman soldier'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'In 1954 Nash-Kelvinator & Hudson merged, forming this automaker'

Answer: American Motors (AMC)


Question: 'Naptown is a nickname of this Indiana city'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'In 1621 this Wampanoag chief & about 90 of his people shared Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims'

Answer: Massasoit


Question: 'Daikon, an Asian type of this root vegetable, is often found in salads'

Answer: Radish


Question: 'Lee Remick played Kay Summersby in the '70s miniseries about this president's war years'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'Around the time Anacreon went to heaven, this philosopher from Lu was traveling around Asia'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'In 1830 Peter Cooper built this "tiny" locomotive, the first U.S. coal-burning steam engine, for the B&O Railroad'

Answer: "Tom Thumb"


Question: 'This 1886 novel recounts the abduction of David Balfour'

Answer: "Kidnapped"


Question: '1 of only 2 actors who directed themselves to a Best Acting Oscar'

Answer: Roberto Benigni (\"Life Is Beautiful\") & Sir Laurence Olivier (\"Hamlet\")


Question: 'Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond were contemporaries at Erasmus Hall High in this borough'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'Baltic Avenue is the second property after "Go" in this game'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'He was the son of Czar Alexis by his second wife Natalya'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Good one deserves another turn'

Answer: one good turn deserves another


Question: 'The title role in "Boris Godunov" is for a singer in this vocal range'

Answer: bass


Question: 'In this film Dustin Hoffman's character Raymond Babbitt habitually watches "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: Rain Man


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew skates on the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, New York.)  Though there was a depression on, Rockefeller Rink opened on this festive day in 1936'

Answer: Christmas Day


Question: 'It's the second of the Harry Potter books'

Answer: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Question: 'This man was the drummer for the Beatles before Ringo joined in 1962'

Answer: Pete Best


Question: 'Boils never watched a pot'

Answer: a watched pot never boils


Question: 'Peter Cornelius' opera "The Barber of Baghdad" was based on a tale in this collection'

Answer: Arabian Nights


Question: 'Frank Wills, the security guard who discovered the Watergate break-in, played himself in this Hoffman film'

Answer: All the President\'s Men


Question: 'The heart of Little Italy is this street also found in a Dr. Seuss book title'

Answer: Mulberry Street


Question: 'On Dec. 12, 1787 this "Keystone State" became the second U.S. state to ratify the Constitution'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Gray Davis succeeded him as governor of California'

Answer: Pete Wilson


Question: 'Dogs lie sleeping let'

Answer: let sleeping dogs lie


Question: 'In Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Ivanhoe", "Ho, Jolly Jenkin" is an aria for this Friar'

Answer: Friar Tuck


Question: 'Posters for this 1982 film featured Hoffman in a red sequined dress'

Answer: Tootsie


Question: 'In honor of NYC's blaze-battlers, these 4 letters appeared on a lot of caps in 2001'

Answer: FDNY


Question: '"No graven images" is number 2 on this ancient list'

Answer: the Ten Commandments


Question: 'In 2000 he won the Wimbledon men's singles, his 13th Grand Slam title'

Answer: Pete Sampras


Question: 'Once twice shy bitten'

Answer: once bitten twice shy


Question: 'Wagner didn't want "Parsifal" performed outside of this city that now holds Wagner festivals'

Answer: Bayreuth


Question: '"Everybody's Talkin'" served as the theme to this 1969 film in which Hoffman played street hustler Ratso Rizzo'

Answer: Midnight Cowboy


Question: 'This mental hospital is the primary teaching hospital for NYU's medical school'

Answer: Bellevue


Question: 'It's the second chemical element listed on the periodic table'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Dutch colonial governor of New Amsterdam who bought it from the Indians'

Answer: Peter Minuit


Question: 'A color different of a horse'

Answer: a horse of a different color


Question: 'His "Elecktra" in 1908 may have been electric, but it was his "Salome" 3 years earlier that was scandalous'

Answer: Richard Strauss


Question: 'In this 1997 film a Washington spin doctor & a Hollywood producer team up to stage a phony war'

Answer: Wag the Dog


Question: 'Accepting the GOP nomination for U. S. senate in 1858, he said "A house divided against itself cannot stand"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'This duo dedicated a 1984 to "All the girls who shared my life who are now someone else's wives"'

Answer: Willie Nelson and Julio Iglesias


Question: 'By dropping 2 letters in Osiris' name, you get this Greek goddess who shares her name with a flower'

Answer: Iris


Question: 'In "Through the Looking Glass" he tells Alice there's no chance he'd ever fall off his wall'

Answer: Humpty Dumpty


Question: 'In the mid-1880s, it was the capital of the Crown colony of Vancouver Island'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Surrealist, Spanish, died in 1989, hello...'

Answer: (Salvador) Dalí


Question: 'Completed in June 1854, the lighthouse on this island in San Francisco Bay was the West Coast's first active one'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'This 1980 No. 1 hit was the theme from the movie "American Gigolo"'

Answer: "Call Me"


Question: 'I can't recall the last time that I saw one of these hyphenated perennials, from the Old French "Ne m'oubliez mie"'

Answer: forget-me-not


Question: 'In "Through the Looking Glass" he tells Alice his horse has anklets to guard against shark bites'

Answer: the White Knight


Question: 'It's the only provincial capital that lies on the shore of one of the Great Lakes'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'Finnish composer, "Valse triste", died in 1957'

Answer: Sibelius


Question: 'In April 1824 the U.S. & this country agreed to 54 deg. 40 min. N. latitude as the southern limit of its west coast claims'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'The video for this song, Toni Basil's only hit, featured cheerleaders'

Answer: "Mickey"


Question: 'This computing term for a series of peripherals connected to a computer sounds like a school day flower bracelet'

Answer: daisy chain


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew wears inappropriate attire that is too revealing.)  Here's some advice--don't wear a St. Patty's Day shirt when working with this'

Answer: a green screen


Question: 'Lying about 175 miles north of Calgary, it's known as the "Gateway to the North"'

Answer: Edmonton


Question: '"Lion of Judah", Ethiopian, died in 1975'

Answer: Haile Selassie


Question: 'This 19th C. glass was named for the Massachusetts village where it was made, not for a club or a dagwood'

Answer: Sandwich glass


Question: 'This Pat Benatar song says, "You come on like a flame, then you turn a cold shoulder"'

Answer: "Fire And Ice"


Question: 'This flower that Shakespeare wrote about several times was also the name of a theatre he once worked at'

Answer: a rose


Question: 'Nickname of Irwin Allen, who produced "The Towering Inferno" & "The Poseidon Adventure"'

Answer: the Master of Disaster


Question: 'This capital's harbor is spanned by the Angus L. MacDonald & A. Murray MacKay suspension bridges'

Answer: Halifax


Question: '2-time Pulitzer winner, Mississippian, died in 1962'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'On July 4, 1828 President John Quincy Adams broke ground for this canal, known as the C&O'

Answer: the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal


Question: 'A Belgian DJ created this studio group that had hits with "Pump Up The Jam" and "Move This"'

Answer: Technotronic


Question: 'Type of "wine" mentioned in the title of a 1957 Ray Bradbury novel'

Answer: dandelion wine


Question: 'Ronald Reagan often accused pessimistic critics of peddling this rhyming pair'

Answer: gloom and doom


Question: 'It's the provincial capital closest to Europe'

Answer: St. John\'s


Question: 'Monk, "Ecclesiastical History", born around 673'

Answer: the Venerable Bede


Question: 'Norma McCorvey recently sought a reversal to her landmark 1973 case in which she had this name'

Answer: (Jane) Roe


Question: 'Magna Carta island is in this river, just north of Runnymede'

Answer: the Thames


Question: '2009:<br />Paul Blart, Mall Cop'

Answer: Kevin James


Question: 'The "Al" in Alcoa stands for this'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'To clean this type of disc, wipe with a soft cloth from the center to the edge; a circular motion could damage data'

Answer: a compact disc (or a DVD)


Question: 'David McCullough's 2005 book covering the military side of a momentous time is titled this revolutionary year'

Answer: 1776


Question: 'I want a man who's competent & this adjective, from the Latin efficere, "to cause"'

Answer: efficient


Question: 'Because it was out of the jurisdiction of both Missouri & Illinois, Bloody Island in this river was a popular 19th c. dueling site'

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'From 2001 on:<br />Minerva McGonagall, one of Harry Potter's professors'

Answer: Maggie Smith


Question: 'Mitch Kapor named this computer software company after the yoga position also known as the padmasana'

Answer: Lotus


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew brushes the cut surface of an apple.)  Apples brushed with lemon juice don't brown, because the enzymes that cause the apple's oxidation are rendered inactive by this acid, also known as vitamin C'

Answer: ascorbic acid


Question: 'The title of Tom Coyne's golf memoir "Paper" this pays homage to George Plimpton's "Paper Lion"'

Answer: Tiger


Question: 'Give me a man who's this brave 4-letter word, like the last few words of the clue'

Answer: bold


Question: '2 of the 3 rivers that flow around the island of Manhattan'

Answer: the Hudson & the East Rivers


Question: '2008:<br />Father Brendan Flynn, whose behavior causes doubt'

Answer: (Philip Seymour) Hoffman


Question: 'This TV production company's name is its TV host owner's first name backwards'

Answer: Harpo


Question: 'A history of early Christianity, "Beyond Belief" is subtitled "The Secret Gospel of" this doubting apostle'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'Faithful, steadfast or the first name of Nancy Reagan's adoptive father, Dr. Davis'

Answer: loyal


Question: 'Marajo, the world's largest island produced by river sediment, lies at the mouth of this'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: '2008:<br />Studio exec Les Grossman, who's producing "Tropic Thunder"'

Answer: (Tom) Cruise


Question: 'This stolen vehicle recovery company's name is a play on a word meaning to steal a vehicle'

Answer: LoJack


Question: 'Nora Ephron is humorously self-deprecating in her memoir called "I Feel Bad About" this part of her body'

Answer: My Neck


Question: 'A synonym for "punctual", it's also a reminder that a computer is ready for input; the C: type is one'

Answer: prompt


Question: 'Bateman Island, about 300 miles from the Pacific, was the farthest Lewis & Clark traveled upstream on this river'

Answer: the Columbia


Question: '1967:<br />Dr. John Wade Prentice, who (guess what?) came to dinner'

Answer: (Sidney) Poitier


Question: 'South Korea's second-largest auto manufacturer, its 3-letter name means "rising from Asia"'

Answer: Kia


Question: 'To remove odor from shoes, add oil of this spice to a cotton ball & leave it in the shoes'

Answer: cloves


Question: '"Endurance" & "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" chronicle this Brit's ill-fated 1914 expedition'

Answer: Sir Ernest Shackleton


Question: 'Union General George Thomas & ballplayer Tommy Henrich were nicknamed "Old" this'

Answer: Reliable


Question: 'The planet Uranus was named for the sky god of this ancient civilization'

Answer: the Greeks


Question: 'If your boat has "turned turtle", it's done this 8-letter word (past tense, please)'

Answer: capsized


Question: 'To dig up, specifically the deceased'

Answer: to exhume


Question: '"Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!"  Joan Baez sang this national hymn on a 1963 concert album'

Answer: "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"


Question: 'In 31 B.C. a huge Roman fleet led by Augustus & Agrippa defeated the fleets of Cleopatra & this man at Actium'

Answer: Mark Antony


Question: 'He wrote "Layla" for future wife Pattie Boyd while she was still married to George Harrison'

Answer: (Eric) Clapton


Question: 'In addition to 27 moons, 13 of these have been discovered around Uranus, including 2 by Voyager 2'

Answer: rings


Question: 'Songs in their 1990 concert tour included "Pizza Power" & "Coming Out Of Our Shells"'

Answer: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Question: 'The Screen Actors Guild gives an acting award named for this type of group on a TV series'

Answer: ensemble


Question: '"In the snow of far off northern lands and in sunny tropic scenes" is in the second part of their hymn'

Answer: the Marine Corps


Question: 'Her brothers didn't fare well with Cleopatra; fleeing from his sister in 47 B.C., one drowned in this river'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'His wife Claudette inspired "Oh Pretty Woman"'

Answer: Roy Orbison


Question: 'One of the 3 main gases that make up Uranus' upper atmosphere'

Answer: hydrogen (or helium or methane)


Question: 'Like cajun pralines, the longtime Nestle treat Turtles contained this nut that comes in a paper shell variety'

Answer: pecans


Question: 'Literally meaning "out of center", it means deviating in a peculiar or odd way'

Answer: eccentric


Question: 'Also meaning a commonly repeated word or phrase, this term originally referred to a Hindu vedic hymn'

Answer: mantra


Question: 'Cleopatra's means of suicide at age 39 remains unclear, though this symbol of divine royalty is often cited'

Answer: an asp


Question: 'On her 1969 honeymoon, this inspiring conceptual artist staged a "Bed-in for Peace"'

Answer: Yoko Ono


Question: 'In 1781 William Herschel discovered Uranus & initially named it after this king of England'

Answer: George III


Question: 'Jerry Ferrara, seen here, plays Turtle on this HBO show'

Answer: Entourage


Question: 'Adjective for a speech given without advance preparation'

Answer: extemporaneous


Question: 'A processional is sung as clergy & laity enter a church; this type of hymn, as they leave'

Answer: recessional