Question: 'Auckland's One Tree Hill is the former site of a "pa", or fortified village, of these people'

Answer: the Maori


Question: 'In Style defined this type of "fabulous" as requiring lots of jewelry & fur, as seen on Lil' Kim & Missy Elliott'

Answer: ghetto fabulous


Question: 'In 1982 Jimmy Carter established the Carter Center in partnership with this university'

Answer: Emory


Question: 'Yum!  It's removed from a fish, pressed through a screen to remove membranes, put in brine, then packed with salt in a tin'

Answer: caviar


Question: 'One of the "New Deal" programs created for the unemployed, it was abbreviated the WPA'

Answer: the Works Progress Administration


Question: 'Strangely, Charles XIV John of this Scandinavian country had a "Death to all kings" tattoo'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Dawson on "Dawson's Creek" idolized this man who directed "The Sugarland Express" in his mid-20s'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'Australia is home to 2 egg-laying mammals, or monotremes: the spiny anteater & this one'

Answer: the platypus


Question: 'It's where you'll find the protons in an atom'

Answer: the nucleus


Question:
'1958:
B.P.,
Russia'

Answer: Boris Pasternak


Question: 'George Washington's birthplace is on Pope's Creek, a small stream that flows into this'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'Emperor Menelik II of this African country once used an electric chair as his throne'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: '(Hi, I'm Joel Schumacher.)  Directing movies based on this author's "The Client" & "A Time to Kill" was like getting paid to go to law school'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'In 1983 the Yacht Club of Perth became the first outside the U.S. to house this trophy'

Answer: the Americas Cup


Question: 'These particles were named for Satyendra Nath Bose, who worked out their behavior in 1924'

Answer: bosons


Question:
'1946:
H.H.,
Switzerland'

Answer: Hermann Hesse


Question: 'Benjamin Bunny & Squirrel Nutkin were 2 of the many characters created by this harebrained author'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'Although officially listed, this 18th century French king was never crowned & never ruled'

Answer: Louis XVII


Question: 'His career includes directing "Paper Moon", writing the book "Who the Devil Made It" & acting in "The Sopranos"'

Answer: Peter Bogdanovich


Question: 'Australia's tallest building is the 823-foot high Rialto Towers in this former capital'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'The 2 main forms of quantum mechanics were developed by Erwin Schrodinger & this "uncertain" German'

Answer: Heisenberg


Question:
'1957:
A.C.,
France'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'In 1905 a famous mutiny took place aboard it'

Answer: the Potemkin


Question: 'A spider that died by falling into a a poisoned drink saved the life of this "Great" Prussian king'

Answer: Frederick


Question: 'This "Philadelphia Story" director was patriotically named for Admiral George Dewey'

Answer: George Cukor


Question: 'The title of this popular song refers to wandering with a blanket roll, not a dance or a lady'

Answer: "Waltzing Matilda"


Question: 'The mass of any 1 proton is about equal to the mass of one atom of this element'

Answer: hydrogen


Question:
'1971:
P.N.,
Chile'

Answer: Pablo Neruda


Question: 'Also known as a powwow, it's a Native American get-together for discussion & fun'

Answer: potlatch


Question: 'This director of "Casablanca", a classic film about refugees, had himself left his homeland of Hungary'

Answer: Michael Curtiz


Question: 'Located in a national park, it's about 1 1/2 miles long & rises 1,142 feet above the desert floor'

Answer: Ayers Rock


Question: 'In 1998 it was found that these particles that pass through everything at light speed do have mass'

Answer: neutrinos


Question:
'1938:
P.S.B.,
United States'

Answer: Pearl Buck


Question: '1969's "The Promise" & 1990's "The Gift of Asher Lev" are sequels to 2 of this writer's earlier works'

Answer: (Chaim) Potok


Question: 'He defended civil rights as a representative from Massachusetts' 11th District from 1895 to 1901'

Answer: John Francis Fitzgerald


Question: 'In 1506, 2 years after the death of his wife Isabella, this King of Aragon married Germaine de Foix'

Answer: Ferdinand


Question: 'On this series Noah Gray-Cabey is Micah Sanders, who can communicate with electronics by touch'

Answer: Heroes


Question: '2-word term for a guide listing the market value of used cars'

Answer: blue book


Question: 'In 1831 he published a book of poems called "Les Feuilles d'automnes", as well as that hunchback novel'

Answer: (Victor) Hugo


Question: 'Take a (sling)shot at this Old Testament name that may be from the Hebrew for "beloved"'

Answer: David


Question: 'This lowly chess piece takes its name from the Latin for "foot soldier"'

Answer: pawn


Question: 'A group of these gold seekers reached San Francisco on the steamer California 13 months after gold was found'

Answer: the Forty-Niners


Question: '40 kids ages 8-15 tried to live without their parents for 40 days on this show'

Answer: Kid Nation


Question: 'The St. Louis Blues play this sport'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'Johanna Spyri sent her heroine Heidi to live in the Alps of this country, her own homeland'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'The name of this one of the 4 gospel writers means "gift of God"'

Answer: Matthew


Question: 'From the Latin for "4-footed", it's an animal with 4 feet'

Answer: a quadruped


Question: 'On July 3, 1754 Fort Necessity was surrendered in one of the first battles in this 9-year war'

Answer: the French & Indian War


Question: 'On "Gossip Girl", Serena's life isn't serene; it's this, the last name of the actress who plays her'

Answer: lively


Question: 'Blue Cross is paired with this colorful protector in the name of a health insurance organization'

Answer: Blue Shield


Question: '"Bleak House" opens in this city, where, "at the very heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor"'

Answer: London


Question: 'Until the 17th century, this first name of nurse Nightingale was used for both men & women'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'This word for a type of priest comes from the Latin for "brother", not "cooker of chickens"'

Answer: friar


Question: 'From 1788 to 1790 Russia & Sweden fought over this country'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Mark Indelicato plays the fashion-obsessed nephew of the title character on this show'

Answer: Ugly Betty


Question: 'As it's not a true albino, the rare white Bengal one of these felines has blue eyes'

Answer: tiger


Question: 'Isabel Allende writes novels like "Ines of My Soul" in this language'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'This first name of "Legally Blonde" actress Blair is also a city on a bluff over the Alabama River'

Answer: Selma


Question: 'The 4-letter Latinate word for "highest point" that ends in "X"'

Answer: apex


Question: 'In 1918 Woodrow Wilson proposed this numbered set of principles, one being the removal of trade barriers between nations'

Answer: the Fourteen Points


Question: 'Andrea Bowen plays Teri Hatcher's levelheaded daughter on this show'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'This French expression of surprise or alarm is literally "holy blue"'

Answer: sacre bleu


Question: 'This Norwegian was in his early 20s when he wrote his first play, "Catalina", in 1850'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'Liam is a variant of this slightly longer name that's from Old German'

Answer: William


Question: 'From the Latin for "of the mother", it's the type of song heard here'

Answer: a madrigal


Question: 'The lumen, a unit of this, is the amount emitted from a source one candela strong'

Answer: light


Question: 'In many versions of this classic 1892 holiday ballet, Clara rides off to the Kingdom of Sweets in a magical sleigh'

Answer: The Nutcracker


Question: 'This prime minister who led Britain through WWII was a prolific & talented painter as well'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Because of its altitude, this Kenyan capital rarely exceeds 80 degrees'

Answer: Nairobi


Question: 'Launched in 1997, this Toyota features a dual engine system called a hybrid synergy drive'

Answer: the Prius


Question: 'It means to assume or believe, I guess'

Answer: suppose


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes the heat on his inner forearm at Stanford University's Pain Management Center.)  Types of pain studied here at Stanford's Human Pain Laboratory include chemical, electrical & this type produced by the application of heat'

Answer: thermal


Question: 'Don't try this at home: "La Croqueuse de diamants" is about a woman who eats these luxurious title items'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'Postage stamp glue is one of the more than 100 products this African American developed from sweet potatoes'

Answer: (George Washington) Carver


Question: 'Around 1050 Harald Hardrade founded this city on a fjord'

Answer: Oslo


Question: '2 solid rocket boosters along with the 3 main engines help this craft, such as the Atlantis, go 3,000 mph'

Answer: the Space Shuttle


Question: 'For an 80-degree angle, a 100-degree angle is this'

Answer: supplementary


Question: 'Interferons are proteins produced to interfere with the spread of these non-bacterial infectious agents'

Answer: viruses


Question: 'A high school is one of the settings for "Blue Suede Shoes", a ballet danced to this singer's hits'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'In 1913 he invented a counter for detecting atomic particles'

Answer: Geiger


Question: 'A statue of Czech theologian Jan Hus stands in front of this capital's Old Town Hall'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'Built in 1802, the tugboat Charlotte Dundas was innovative in having this type of engine'

Answer: a steam engine


Question: 'Snoopy hungers for this part of the day, a song title in "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"'

Answer: suppertime


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew pours the blue contents of a graduated cylinder into a beaker.)  Colored water, cooking oil & colored alcohol can be layered because each liquid has a different this, defined as mass divided by volume'

Answer: density


Question: '"Tonight, Tonight" let's see the ballet based on this 1957 musical about teen gangs (You know, the Jets & the Sharks)'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'This heart surgeon who saved millions of lives with the procedures he developed passed away in 2008 at 99'

Answer: Dr. Michael DeBakey


Question: 'This Central American capital, whose name means "holy savior", has a town center laid out in the form of a cross'

Answer: San Salvador


Question: 'Using a nuclear generator, the NautiIus, this tvpe of vessel, was in 1958 the first to cross the North Pole'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'This type of assistance comes before group, hose or system'

Answer: support


Question: 'The lowest temp. where vapor & oxygen form a combustible mixture is this point; bring in a flame & whoosh!'

Answer: the flash point


Question: 'Teens are touched by the ballet about this biblical kid who runs off but returns home (Oh, boy!  Fatted calf!)'

Answer: the prodigal son


Question: 'For his 1755 "Dictionary of the English Language", he wrote definitions for more than 40,000 words'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'This capital of Belarus was on a great trade route, thus its Russian name, meaning "exchange"'

Answer: Minsk


Question: 'Named for its inventor, this engine sprays fuel directly into the chamber, where it is ignited by high- temperature air'

Answer: a Diesel engine


Question: 'One who begs humbly'

Answer: supplicant


Question: 'When the GOP convened in 1888, he became the 1st black man to earn a vote for president at a major party convention'

Answer: Frederick Douglass


Question: 'Eugene Dubois died in 1940 still believing his "Java Man" to be this legendary connector between man & ape'

Answer: the missing link


Question: '2 Bartletts make up this couple'

Answer: pear pair


Question: 'It's what a bullwhacker whacked with'

Answer: a bullwhip


Question: 'Born in this Austrian city, Maximilian Schell directed a film of "Tale from" its "Woods"'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'In 1935 & 1942 the U.S. military bombed lava flows that endangered the city of Hilo on this island'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'John Wayne won his only Oscar for this film'

Answer: True Grit


Question: 'Sadly for science, when he was elected abbot in 1868 he had no more time for puttering around in the garden'

Answer: (Gregor) Mendel


Question: 'Biblical killer's walking sticks'

Answer: Cain\'s canes


Question: 'Though the Cattalo occurs in nature, Charles Jones claimed to be the first to cross a cow with this to make one'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'It was originally built on 7 hills & enclosed by the Servian Wall'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'If it cools underground, it forms igneous rock; if it erupts, it becomes lava'

Answer: magma


Question: 'A "colorful" Madonna album, or a synonym for loyalty'

Answer: True Blue


Question: 'In 1929 this Berkeley physicist bought a cabin in New Mexico; he'd spend lots of time in the state in the early '40s'

Answer: (Robert) Oppenheimer


Question: 'Consumed an octet'

Answer: ate eight


Question: 'It's the gathering in of the cattle; the "last" one means going to meet your maker'

Answer: roundup


Question: 'We have no beef with its being the capital of the Hyogo prefecture in Japan'

Answer: Kobe


Question: 'This North Atlantic nation is home to Odadahraun, the largest lava bed on Earth'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Arnie dances the tango with Jamie in this 1994 film'

Answer: True Lies


Question: 'In the 19th century Gerhard Hansen found out what causes this disease that goes back to Biblical times'

Answer: leprosy


Question: 'To forcefully grab small oceans'

Answer: seize seas


Question: 'Passel, as in "the ranch owner's wife has a passel of kids", is an alternation of this word'

Answer: parcel


Question: 'After founding this city in 1535, Francisco Pizarro got his "Bean there, done that" t-shirt'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'In the 1990s the Magellan spacecraft discovered large lava flows on this planet'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'It follows "E!" in the title of a cable TV show that reveals "Tinseltown's Steamiest Secrets"'

Answer: True Hollywood Story


Question: 'Gottfried Leibniz likened this number system to God & the void'

Answer: the binary system


Question: 'The stuff breathed by the designated successor to the king'

Answer: heir air


Question: 'Owen Wister dedicated this 1902 novel to Teddy Roosevelt, who, like him, was an Eastener who had gone west'

Answer: The Virginian


Question: 'This suburb of Cairo is the third-largest city in Egypt'

Answer: Giza


Question: 'Formed from solidified lava, this type of rock actually floats'

Answer: pumice


Question: 'Ironically, this Milli Vanilli album went to No. 1 in 1989'

Answer: Girl You Know It\'s True


Question: 'In "The Tempest" he's invisible to everyone but Prospero'

Answer: Ariel


Question: '2 years before he turned down an Oscar, he tried to have his stolen Oscar for "On The Waterfront" replaced'

Answer: (Marlon) Brando


Question: 'In 1967 these funny singing siblings, one playing a bass, the other a guitar, were awarded a gold record'

Answer: the Smothers Brothers


Question: 'The L.A. Coliseum hosted the summer Olympics first in 1932 & then again in this year'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'A parents' organization: <br />MADD'

Answer: Mothers Against Drunk Driving


Question: 'The main plot of this comedy comes from Boccaccio's "Decameron"; its title ensures a happy ending'

Answer: All\'s Well That Ends Well


Question: 'A Broadway actress for decades, she also played "Weezie" on "The Jeffersons"'

Answer: (Isabel) Sanford


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tavis Smiley.)  I led a successful campaign to have the Congressional Gold Medal awarded to this woman, a civil rights icon'

Answer: (Rosa) Parks


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Berlin, Germany.)  The most visible symbol  of the Cold War,  the Berlin Wall was  torn down by the citizens of Berlin in this year'

Answer: 1989


Question: 'A military alliance:<br />NATO'

Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization


Question: '"A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in this Mediterranean City that's in the title of another Shakespeare play'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Before he was Captain Kangaroo, he was Clarabell the Clown on "The Howdy Doody Show"'

Answer: Bob Keeshan


Question: 'This country's Governor General's Award has 7 categories each for writing in English & French'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'After leaving Spain in 1824, this artist wound up in Bordeaux, where he turned out many of his lithographs'

Answer: (Francisco) Goya


Question: 'The first election year in which Al Gore ran for president'

Answer: 1988


Question: 'A government mortgage insurance provider:<br />FHA'

Answer: Federal Housing Administration


Question: 'Romeo buys poison with which to kill himself from a minor character with this job title'

Answer: apothecary


Question: 'A 2-time Oscar winner for "Spartacus" and "Topkapi", he also played Hercule Poirot & Charlie Chan on film'

Answer: Peter Ustinov


Question: 'John Sayles, Susan Sontag & Thomas Pynchon are among the fellows who got this award that is paid over 5 years'

Answer: the MacArthur Fellowship Award


Question: 'In 1944 Time Magazine described this French leader as "hulking" & "unshapely"'

Answer: (Charles) de Gaulle


Question: 'In November of this year, the Columbia became the first space shuttle to be launched'

Answer: 1982


Question: 'An eye operation:<br />RK'

Answer: Radial Keratotomy


Question: 'An Italian businessman with this first name is "The Merchant of Venice"'

Answer: Antonio


Question: 'An Oscar winner for "All The King's Men", she was also a voice of the possessed child in "The Exorcist"'

Answer: Mercedes McCambridge


Question: '(I'm Aaron Brown of CNN.)  I've won several of these awards for excellence in journalism from the Society of Professional Journalists'

Answer: the Sigma Delta Chi Awards


Question: 'It's the year in which a would-be assassin wounded John Paul II & a would-be assassin wounded Ronald Reagan'

Answer: 1981


Question: 'Also called somatotropin, it's found in the body:<br />HGH'

Answer: Human Growth Hormone


Question: 'Today, many who visit Santa Maria delle Grazie Church admit doing so because of this 2003 No. 1 bestseller'

Answer: The Da Vinci Code


Question: 'You're "wiser" if you know it's a small pointed structure on a stem that grows into a flower or a leaf'

Answer: Bud


Question: 'Milky-White was the name of the cow that this kid sold for beans'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'The poet who penned the line, "I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'James Gregory played this post-Civil War president on the classic TV series "The Wild Wild West"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Pharaonic Village, which recreates life in ancient times, is on an island in this river'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'People were "aurified" by King Midas; he turned them into this'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'About 4.5 billion years old, it's the closest G2 type star to where you're standing'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'This company's barn includes Elsie & Elmer'

Answer: Borden


Question: 'Wordsworth wrote, "My" this "leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky"'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'Then-president John F. Kennedy chose this actor to play him in the 1963 film "PT 109"'

Answer: Cliff Robertson


Question: 'Want to ride an elephant in this country?  Head for the Gokarna Safari Park east of Katmandu'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'This insect stores pollen in a "corbicula", a little basket in its body'

Answer: Bee


Question: 'You add this element to copper & zinc to get bronze'

Answer: Tin


Question: 'This cable channel has renewed "Cow & Chicken" created by David Feiss, so there will be 52 episodes total'

Answer: Cartoon Network


Question: '"Forever wilt thou love, and she be fair!" wrote this poet in his "Ode on a Grecian Urn"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: '(I'm Sam Waterston)  I starred in a 1988 miniseries based on Gore Vidal's book about this president'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Portimao is one of the most visited fishing villages in this country's Algarve region'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'A "woubit" is a hairy one of these, most often the one that becomes a tiger moth'

Answer: Caterpillar


Question: 'A neutral atom will become one of these when it gains or loses an electron'

Answer: Ion


Question: 'The very animated Clarabelle Cow belongs to this studio'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'American poet who wrote the following:<br />("The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.")'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'Burgess Meredith could have sung "Hello, Dolley!" when he played this man in the film "Magnificent Doll"'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'The 625-foot-high Calgary Tower in this Canadian province features a revolving restaurant'

Answer: Alberta


Question: 'To "cantillate" is to do this (maybe to an old Gregorian one)'

Answer: Chant


Question: 'Ir"resistable" German physicist with a law about the flow of an electric current'

Answer: Ohm


Question: 'Ancient people whose goddess Hathor had the head of a cow'

Answer: Egyptians


Question: 'Her Poem No. 1333 tells us: "A little madness in the spring is wholesome even for the king"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'Charlton Heston played this president in 2 films: "The Buccaneer" & "The President's Lady"'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'A lot of visitors to this country fly LOT, its national airline, to cities like Poznan & Szezecin'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'A "mako" is an apprentice one of these women who entertain men in Japan'

Answer: Geisha


Question: 'In the 19th C. he fled the German military draft & went on to brew beer in Golden, Colorado'

Answer: Adolph Coors


Question: 'Before turning to painting in her 70s, she embroidered pictures on canvas'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'After 36 seasons in this stadium named for a U.S. senator, the Redskins moved to a new facility in Sept. 1997'

Answer: RFK (Robert F. Kennedy) Stadium


Question: 'Anti-smoking groups beware: this state's flag has a peace pipe on it'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'A poker hand consisting of the 6, 5, 4, 3, & 2 of clubs'

Answer: a straight flush


Question: 'It was the first film that teamed Frankie Avalon with Annette Funicello'

Answer: Beach Party


Question: 'Todd McFarlane's career drawing Spiderman for this comics line spawned his own private company'

Answer: Marvel Comics


Question: 'In 1963 this "Christina's World" painter became the first artist to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom'

Answer: Andrew Wyeth


Question: 'He was the NBA's Coach of the Year twice: once with the Lakers & once with the Knicks'

Answer: Pat Riley


Question: 'On its flag a sunflower sits above the state seal'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This adjective describes Archie Bunker & his opinions'

Answer: Narrow-minded


Question: 'Sherry drinking & flamenco dancing are highlights of the Cadiz Grape Harvest Festival in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'In 1968 Robert Noyce & Gordon Moore founded this microchip company & soon brought Andrew Grove on board'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'His portraits of George Washington include Athenaeum, Vaughan & Landsdowne types'

Answer: Gilbert Stuart


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jim Lampley)  This Oakland A's first baseman in 1996 hit 52 home runs -- most in the A.L. since Roger Maris hit 61 in '61'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'This object on the Indiana flag symbolizes liberty & enlightenment, like the big one in New York'

Answer: Torch


Question: 'Gracie Allen was married to hers'

Answer: Straight man (George Burns)


Question: 'Act II of this musical opens with a festive masked ball at the Paris Opera House'

Answer: "Phantom of the Opera"


Question: 'The company founded by this man in 1876 developed insulin, many antibiotics & Prozac'

Answer: Eli Lilly


Question: 'Known for his watercolors, many of his famous seascapes were set at his home in Prout's Neck, Maine'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'On Aug. 5, 1997 this U.S. sprinter won his record third straight world 400-meter title in Athens'

Answer: Michael Johnson


Question: 'Its state motto, "Virtue, LIberty and Independence" is on its flag; Ben Franklin would approve'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'The restored Durango & Silverton Railroad in Colorado uses this type of track'

Answer: Narrow gauge


Question: 'This singer was just 17 when she had a No. 1 hit with the following:<br />("It's my party and I'll cry if I want to...")'

Answer: Lesley Gore


Question: '"Uncle Herb" Kelleher founded this no-frills airline named for a quadrant of the U.S.'

Answer: Southwest Airlines


Question: 'In 1916 Alfred Stieglitz exhibited her paintings at 291, his NYC gallery; 8 years later he married her'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'Abe Mitchell is the golfer depicted on top on this cup sought by teams from the U.S. & Europe'

Answer: Ryder Cup


Question: '1 of 3 animals on Michigan's flag (Hint: There are no wolverines)'

Answer: Eagle, elk or moose


Question: 'Nat King Cole hit heard here:'

Answer: "Straighten Up and Fly Right"


Question: 'The Earl of Leicester gave this Tudor queen a party that lasted 17 days'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'When "Fantasia" was released in 1940, he was the only one of its composers still alive to hear his music'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky


Question: 'Like its giant relative, the lesser variety of this is also a bamboo eater'

Answer: Panda


Question: 'To make up a men's lacrosse team, you need this many people, one more than a baseball team'

Answer: 10


Question: 'Mac Davis had to learn how to twirl a rope before he took over the role of this cowboy humorist in 1992'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'In the last week of July, 1992, 3 books about this woman were on "The New York Times" best-seller list'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'In 1991 this Soviet leader won the Martin Luther King, Jr. Non-Violent Peace Prize'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'This personality conflict between husbands & wives is grounds for divorce in some states'

Answer: Incompatibility


Question: 'The macropis rufus; it can lean back on its tail to free its hind feet for use as weapons'

Answer: Kangaroo


Question: 'Lacrosse was played for medals just twice in these games: in 1904 & 1908'

Answer: Olympics


Question: 'Lots of people took taxis to see this "Taxi" star in "Conversations With My Father"'

Answer: Judd Hirsch


Question: 'She had never held public office before she was elected governor of Alabama in 1966'

Answer: Lurleen Wallace


Question: '"The Best Intentions" was the 1992 winner of the Golden Palm, the top prize at this film festival'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'It's the process of removing radioactive material from the body'

Answer: Decontaminating


Question: 'A few of these large bovines still exist in the wild in Tibet at elevations over 14,000 feet'

Answer: Yak


Question: 'Each half, each team is allowed two 2-minute ones'

Answer: Time Outs


Question: '"Six Degrees of Separation" was inspired by a man who passed himself off as this actor's son'

Answer: Sidney Poitier


Question: 'Famed for his coverage of the Gulf War, this CNN corrspondent was born in New Zealand in 1934'

Answer: Peter Arnett


Question: 'Gavel Awards & Pro-Bono Publico Awards are given annually by this legal organization'

Answer: American Bar Association


Question: 'This adjective describes conduct not appropriate for a good ballplayer'

Answer: Unsportsmanlike


Question: 'An elephant has 5 toes on a front foot & a camel has this many'

Answer: 2


Question: 'As in hockey, each period begins with one of these'

Answer: Face-Off


Question: 'In 1991 Cyd Charisse made her Broadway debut as the ballerina in this musical set in Germany'

Answer: Grand Hotel


Question: 'This showbiz agent is famous for throwing star-studded parties at Spago on Oscar night: think fast!'

Answer: Irving "Swifty" Lazar


Question: 'Though the Patty Berg Award was established in this sport in 1979, Patty Berg didn't win it until 1989'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'This type of rumor lacks a basis in fact'

Answer: Unsubstantiated


Question: 'They're the tallest North American birds'

Answer: Whooping Cranes


Question: 'The sport was named & developed in what's now this country, where it's a national game'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'She not only hosted the Tony Awards in 1992 -- she won one for "Death & the Maiden"'

Answer: Glenn Close


Question: 'Dian Fossey was murdered in this country in 1985'

Answer: Rwanda


Question: 'In 1947 this university was given a special citation for its high standards in governing the Pulitzer Prizes'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'It's concern for the welfare of others, frequently shown through philanthrophy'

Answer: humanitarianism


Question: 'Pythias, an ancient Greek geographer, was perhaps the 1st to associate tidal motion with this body'

Answer: Moon


Question: 'Most of his profits from "The Birth of a Nation" were lost when he made "Intolerance"'

Answer: D.W. Griffith


Question: 'This arched brick or stone ceiling can be of the barrel, grain, or rib style'

Answer: Vault


Question: '"Sister Carrie" was Theodore Dreiser's 1st novel, and "Carrie" was this author's'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'When Columbus reached this future U.S. commonwealth in 1493, he named it San Juan Bautista'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Most of England's Hanoverian monarchs had this first name'

Answer: George


Question: 'This proposer of the absolute temperature scale was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1866'

Answer: Lord Kelvin


Question: 'He directed his last film, "A Countess from Hong Kong" in 1967, over 50 years after his 1st film'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'From the Latin for porch, it's a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns'

Answer: Portico


Question: 'She sometimes joked that she was writing a sequel to her famous novel to be titled "Back With the Breeze"'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'Argentina's claim to this British south Atlantic colony dates back to 1820'

Answer: Falkland Islands/Islas Malvinas


Question: 'This prominent Monegasque family is descended from wealthy Genovese merchants & politicians'

Answer: Grimaldis


Question: 'Hugo DeVries, who rediscovered Mendel's laws of heredity, also proposed this theory of altered genes'

Answer: Mutation


Question: 'Although best known for his sound films, William Wellman directed this 1st Best Picture winner'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'Bernini's bronze canopy over the main altar at St. Peter's is a masterpiece of this style of architecture'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'He wrote about Jews in "Exodus"; Muslims in "The Hajj"; & Protestants & Catholics in "Trinity"'

Answer: Leon Uris


Question: 'Quebec's Anticosti Island, at the mouth of this river, is the site of a provincial park'

Answer: St. Lawrence


Question: 'The 3rd Swedish king to bear this name was shot at a masquerade & died a few days later'

Answer: Gustav


Question: 'This German astronomer born in 1571 was the 1st to explain how the planets move around the sun'

Answer: Johannes Kepler


Question: 'As an actor, this Vienna-born director was billed as "The Man You Love to Hate"'

Answer: Erich Von Stroheim


Question: 'Mesopotamians built these temples to look like miniature mountains'

Answer: Ziggurats


Question: 'Sebastian Melma was the name used by this Irish playwright while in exile'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'This island off the coast of southern California was named in honor of St. Catherine of Alexandria'

Answer: Santa Catalina


Question: 'This 4-time British prime minister tried to abolish income taxes, but failed'

Answer: William Gladstone


Question: 'It was American physicist Arthur Compton who came up with this name for a quantum of light'

Answer: Photon


Question: 'He remade his 1st Hollywood film, "The Squaw Man", twice'

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille


Question: 'This architect born in 1573 founded the English Society of Classical Architecture'

Answer: Inigo Jones


Question: '"Scientific American" was one of the magazines that reviewed his novel, "Gravity's Rainbow"'

Answer: Thomas Pynchon


Question: 'This Caribbean island in the Leeward group has both French & Dutch sections'

Answer: St. Martin/Maarten


Question: 'The name of this political faction in Medieval Italy was derived from the Welps, a German family'

Answer: Guelphs


Question: 'Laid to rest temporarily at Arlington in 1941, his remains were returned to Poland in 1992'

Answer: Jan Paderewski


Question: 'Near the end of this novel, the protagonist sends a turkey to the Cratchits'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question: 'Texas A&M grads got this former U.S. president telling them to "Dream Big"'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Except for a small European population, almost all Djiboutians are followers of this religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'Last name of the founder of Detroit, or a car found in Detroit'

Answer: Cadillac


Question: 'A properly stocked first aid kit should have some of the butterfly type of these'

Answer: Bandages


Question: '"He got o-no sideboard, he one spinal cracker"'

Answer: Come Together


Question: 'The trade this title character soon learns is pickpocketing'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'Hey, hey, hey!  He told Colgate grads that whining won't get you your way anymore'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Djibouti's economy is largely dependent on the railroad that links it with this Ethiopian capital'

Answer: Addis Ababa


Question: 'The Egyptians were the first civilization to switch from a lunar-based one to a solar-based one'

Answer: Calendar


Question: 'Illegal logging in Mexico is endangering the lives of these "royal" butterflies that summer in Canada'

Answer: Monarch butterflies


Question: '"It always leads me here, leads me to your door"'

Answer: The Long And Winding Road


Question: 'All Miss Havisham's clocks are permanently stopped in this 1860 work'

Answer: Great Expectations


Question: 'At the U. of Richmond this retired general stormed on about how character is what counts in leadership'

Answer: Norman Schwarzkopf


Question: 'This Djiboutian currency, which trades at about 170 to the U.S. dollar, is divided into 100 centimes'

Answer: Franc


Question: '(Hi, I'm Caroline Rhea.) From the Latin for "warm", it may be a feminine symbol linked with the womb of the mother goddess, or a big iron pot'

Answer: Cauldron


Question: 'This "Ever After" star has a butterfly tattoo just below her navel'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: '"Closer, let me whisper in your ear, say the words I love to hear"'

Answer: Do You Want To Know A Secret?


Question: 'The title character of this work spends his early childhood with his mother & their servant Clara Peggotty'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'He told Vassar grads, "May the force be with you; hey, he could have said, "This is CNN"'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question: 'In ancient times, Djibouti exported these 2 gum resins used in perfume that the Magi brought to the infant Jesus'

Answer: Frankincense & myrrh


Question: 'This name in an Italian chicken dish refers to hunters, as the dish was in their style'

Answer: Cacciatore


Question: '"Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you"'

Answer: All My Loving


Question: 'It's no mystery why this work was Dickens' last; he didn't live to finish it'

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood


Question: 'This "China Girl" singer joked at a music school, "How does a tuba player answer the telephone?  Hello, Domino's"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'The war helmet of these Native Americans was a bison scalp complete with horns'

Answer: Comanche


Question:
'"Love, love, love,
love, love, love,
love, love, love"'

Answer: All You Need is Love


Question: 'Lawrence first visited the Middle East in 1909 to research a college paper on the castles of these soldiers'

Answer: Crusaders


Question: 'This 1980 comedy starred Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin & Dolly Parton as office workers'

Answer: 9 To 5


Question: 'This member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic baseball team hit a record number of homers in 1998'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'In 1966 this president pulled France's troops out of NATO's military command'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'The most famous structure designed by George Dance the Younger was this city's Newgate Prison'

Answer: London


Question: 'I cannot tell a lie, this fruit is cerasus'

Answer: Cherry


Question: 'Lawrence campaigned for Arab independence at the post-WWI peace conference of this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'The title of this 1970 Jack Nicholson film refers to musical compositions, not toast'

Answer: Five Easy Pieces


Question: 'He's shown here during his heyday in the national scene'

Answer: Senator Joseph McCarthy


Question: 'In 1979 NATO agreed to place these in Europe, though the Dutch balked until 1985'

Answer: Nuclear missiles


Question: 'This fruit is palmula in Latin; the palm in its name should give you a clue'

Answer: Date


Question: 'Lawrence owned 7 of these machines built by George Brough; he died after crashing one'

Answer: Motorcycles


Question: 'George Roy Hill directed the 1972 film adaptation of this Kurt Vonnegut war novel'

Answer: Slaughterhouse Five


Question: 'She won an Emmy in 1987 for her role in "The Golden Girls"'

Answer: Rue McClanahan


Question: 'Its initials tell you NATO is an "organization" formed by this "N.A.T.", signed April 4, 1949'

Answer: North Atlantic Treaty


Question: 'The olea, it's famous for its oleum, "oil"'

Answer: Olive


Question: 'After 1923 Lawrence used this surname as an alias; it was also the surname of his friend the noted playwright'

Answer: (George Bernard) Shaw


Question: 'The title of a 1982 Cher film asks Jimmy Dean to "come back to" this place'

Answer: The Five and Dime


Question: 'As the Civil War began, he was the model of a modern major general -- of the Ohio Volunteers'

Answer: George McClellan


Question: 'To oppose NATO, in 1955 Communist nations formed the pact named for this city'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'Popular in the 1300s, Rayonnant, which features radiating lines of tracery, is a French form of this style'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'A malum is one of these & it may be of your oculus'

Answer: Apple ("Apple of your eye")


Question: 'After losing the manuscript of this wartime memoir, Lawrence rewrote it from memory'

Answer: Seven Pillars of Wisdom


Question: 'Danny Kaye starred in this 1959 biography of Red Nichols named for his backing group'

Answer: The Five Pennies


Question: 'This Canadian philanthropist used his fur trade proceeds to endow a university in Montreal'

Answer: James McGill


Question: 'Later Secretary of State, he was in charge of NATO forces from 1974 to 1979'

Answer: General Alexander Haig


Question: 'This "flashy" Spanish architect died in 1926, without finishing his masterpiece, seen here'

Answer: Antonio Gaudi


Question: 'Originating around Iran, it's a malum granatum'

Answer: Pomegranate


Question: 'On January 12, 1998 19 European nations endorsed the first international ban of this practice on humans'

Answer: Cloning


Question: 'Like many North African cities, this Tunisian capital has an older section called the Casbah'

Answer: Tunis


Question: 'The mafia melodrama continues for the Corleone Family in this 1974 film'

Answer: The Godfather Part II


Question: 'This 1884 book is subtitled "Tom Sawyer's Comrade"'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'Yearly'

Answer: annual


Question: 'Hello?  Randall Stephenson dialed up $18 million in 2007 as CEO of this 3-letter phone company'

Answer: AT&T


Question: '11-letter term for entering onto another's property without right or permission'

Answer: trespassing


Question: 'In 1574 this empire began 3 centuries of control in Tunisia, appointing beys, or rulers, to govern the country'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'Secrets are revealed to the Hogwarts gang in this second film in the popular series'

Answer: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Question: 'Brothers Frank & Joe have been solving mysteries in this series since 1927's "The Tower Treasure"'

Answer: The Hardy Boys


Question: 'Hat for Easter'

Answer: a bonnet


Question: '$14 million in 2007 compensation helped Jeffrey Immelt keep the lights on for this company'

Answer: GE


Question: 'The unlawful act of abducting & carrying away a person against his or her will'

Answer: kidnapping


Question: 'This mountain system that extends across North Africa has its eastern terminus at Cape Bon in Tunisia'

Answer: the Atlas Mountains


Question: 'The doctor methodically manufactures a mate for his monster in this 1935 follow-up'

Answer: Bride of Frankenstein


Question: 'In a 1904 play, she & her brothers Michael & John get sprinkled with pixie dust & fly off into the night'

Answer: Wendy (Darling)


Question: 'Man-eater, when you're a man'

Answer: a cannibal


Question: 'At $28 million in 2007, Robert Iger doesn't need to wish upon a star with this company'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'It's paired with "assault" when the attacker makes physical contact'

Answer: battery


Question: 'The vacation isle of Pantelleria, just 40 miles off the coast of Tunisia, actually belongs to this European nation'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'The DVD of this second "Pirates of the Caribbean" feature hit stores in time for Christmas 2006'

Answer: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man\'s Chest


Question: 'This feline friend of Winnie-the-Pooh appeared in "The House at Pooh Corner" but not in the original book'

Answer: Tigger


Question: 'From Helsinki'

Answer: Finnish


Question: 'CEO Angelo Mozilo received well over $100 million from this company at the heart of 2008's mortgage crisis'

Answer: Countrywide


Question: 'Malicious burning to destroy property'

Answer: arson


Question: 'Ruins in Tunisia today are from the later Roman occupation of this city founded by the Phoenicians around 814 B.C.'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'Danny Glover tracks the nearly invisible alien hunter through the streets of L.A. in this 1990 sequel'

Answer: Predator 2


Question: 'This American actress has penned several kids' books, including "Where Do Balloons Go?"'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: 'A type of Anabaptist'

Answer: Mennonite


Question: 'Kenneth Lewis of this "national" financial institution scraped by on $20 million in 2007'

Answer: Bank of America


Question: 'Altering a document such as a check with intent to defraud'

Answer: forgery


Question: 'Around 1910 Thomas Morgan found that these hereditary units are located on chromosomes within cells'

Answer: genes


Question: '"Fiddler on the Roof" may be the most famous American musical set in this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'In 1835 this Dane published his first book of fairy tales'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Of the 2 U.S. presidents who were the sons of U.S. presidents, the one known as "Old Man Eloquent"'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.) The Gathering of Nations is the largest meeting of native tribes in North America & is known by this rhyming term'

Answer: a powwow


Question: '"Dead men<br />T. N. T."'

Answer: tell no tales


Question: 'Some minerals can readily be identified by taste; halite has this type of taste'

Answer: salty


Question: 'In "Curtains", it's curtains for a leading lady who ends up dead in this New England city during a pre-Broadway run'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Though the U.S. won the war, it still paid this country more than $18 million for the land it took in the 1840s'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Before he was pope, his resistance to female priests partly led to this German's nickname of "Cardinal No"'

Answer: Benedict XVI


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.) The origins of the Kiowa gourd dance
come from the tale of a man who saw a red one of these singing & dancing; the howl is a tribute to the sacred animal'

Answer: a wolf


Question: '"Many hands<br />M. L. W."'

Answer: make light work


Question: 'Cilia later!  These long hairlike extensions help bacteria move by means of a whipping motion'

Answer: flagella


Question: '4 blue-collar guys work their way up from the streets of Newark to the heights of stardom in this 2005 smash'

Answer: Jersey Boys


Question: 'In 1841 photography pioneer Henry Talbot patented the calotype, slashing this time to minutes'

Answer: exposure


Question: 'When spotted in his military dress as a youngster, Gaius Caesar got this nickname meaning "little boots"'

Answer: Caligula


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.) Meticulously carved from cottonwood root by Hopi Indians, these dolls represent spirit beings'

Answer: kachinas


Question: '"Strike<br />W. T. I. I. H."'

Answer: while the iron is hot


Question: 'Sugars, alcohols & starches are all formed by different combos of these 3 elements'

Answer: hydrogen, carbon & oxygen


Question: 'When we first meet Horace Vandergelder in "Hello, Dolly!", he's in this N.Y. city & feeling a little "lost in" it'

Answer: Yonkers


Question: 'In 1831 James Clark Ross pinpointed this spot; later Arctic studies found it had moved more than 150 miles'

Answer: the north magnetic pole


Question: 'Occupational nickname of the Duke of Cumberland for harsh repression of Scots rebels in the 1740s'

Answer: "Butcher"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.)  One of the farthest journeys to the Gathering was made by Nicole, a member of the Alaskan Yupek, who, along with the Inuit, comprise this Native American group'

Answer: the Eskimos


Question: '"Beggars<br />C. B. C."'

Answer: can\'t be choosers


Question: 'The fundamental forces are electromagnetism, gravity & these 2 "opposite" nuclear forces'

Answer: the strong & the weak


Question: '(I'm Andrew Lloyd Webber.) The underground lair in which the Phantom lurks is based on fact; there really is a lake beneath this famous building'

Answer: the Paris Opera House


Question: 'This 1830s work is included in the Library of America though it was written by a Frenchman, de Tocqueville'

Answer: Democracy in America


Question: 'This ex-queen of England who died in 1557 was called "the Flanders Mare"'

Answer: Anne of Cleves


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Gathering of Nations in Albuquerque, NM.)  Tribal war bonnets are highly revered at the Gathering; the feathers come from the golden type of this bird, & each one represents a great deed'

Answer: an eagle


Question: '"The eyes are<br />the W. O. T. S."'

Answer: windows of the soul


Question: 'It's the name of today's longest-ruling family in Europe, in power for most of the last 711 years'

Answer: Grimaldi


Question: 'In a classic book, d'Artagnan hopes to serve as a guard to King Louis XIII & is befriended by this title group'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'In '74 in Zaire, Ali KO'd this heavy hitter, long before he started selling us BBQ equipment'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'Robert Louis Stevenson created this good doctor in 1886'

Answer: Dr. (Henry) Jekyll


Question:
'Mexico,
the U.S.,
Canada'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'On the Gregorian calendar, it's the second month'

Answer: February


Question: 'Someone who's a bit erratic might be said to have one of these'

Answer: a split personality


Question: 'Tyrone Slothrop is a central character in his novel "Gravity's Rainbow"'

Answer: Pynchon


Question: 'Ali TKO'd this Philly man who had a smokin' left hook after the 14th round in the "Thrilla in Manila"'

Answer: (Joe) Frazier


Question: 'Before becoming a renowned pediatrician, he was a star rower at Yale & won gold in the 1924 Olympics'

Answer: Dr. (Benjamin) Spock


Question:
'Italy,
Iceland,
Indonesia'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'In an informal congressional vote for indep. on the first of this month in 1776, there were only 9 yes votes'

Answer: July


Question: 'A reason to like being in a crowd'

Answer: there\'s safety in numbers


Question: 'This "Invisible Man" author was working on a novel called "Juneteenth" when he died in 1994'

Answer: Ellison


Question: 'Ali "shocked the world" in '64 with his TKO upset of this champ, who died mysteriously in Vegas in 1970'

Answer: Sonny Liston


Question: 'This 20th century president was the first to hold a doctorate; his degree was in political science'

Answer: Wilson


Question:
'China,
Australia,
Brazil'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'A 1941 song asked, "I like New York in" this month, "how about you?"'

Answer: June


Question: 'It's how I describe Johnny Gilbert when he starts telling jokes'

Answer: too funny for words


Question: 'Part one of this Carson McCullers novel says Frankie "belonged to no club and was a member of nothing in the world"'

Answer: The Member of the Wedding


Question: 'There were fewer teeth than usual for Ali to knock out when he decisioned this man in '78 to regain the title'

Answer: Leon Spinks


Question: 'Seen here, he was the first African American awarded a doctorate by Harvard'

Answer: W.E.B. Du Bois


Question:
'Burma,
Thailand,
Malaysia'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'Our federal government's fiscal year begins on the first of this month'

Answer: October


Question: 'They can be purchased without a prescription'

Answer: over-the-counter drugs


Question: 'In 1912 this Polish-born author shared with readers "The Secret Sharer", a short story in English'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'This man whose son played LB for the 49ers broke Ali's jaw in the 12th round (or possibly the first) of their '73 fight'

Answer: Ken Norton


Question: 'This theologian author of "Summa Theologica" was made a saint in 1323 & Doctor of the Church in 1567'

Answer: Thomas Aquinas


Question:
'Bolivia,
Peru,
Ecuador'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the sign-in desk at Bally Total Fitness.)  It's named for a god of doors, & it's the month the greatest number of Americans walk through that door & join a gym'

Answer: January


Question: 'What I'm usually accused of having whenever I try to dance'

Answer: two left feet


Question: 'From the Latin for "smell", these nerves originate from deep processes of the nasal mucous membrane'

Answer: olfactary


Question: 'The topnotch Bell Labs scientists have a website that lets you "ynthesize-say" any phrase into this language'

Answer: Pig Latin


Question: 'So far, this actor who played Joey is the only member of the "Friends" cast to star in a spinoff of the show'

Answer: Matt LeBlanc


Question: 'This disease in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin is common in overweight or inactive people'

Answer: diabetes


Question: 'Yuri Vladimirov danced the role of this notorious 16th century tsar in the 1975 premiere of the ballet about him'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'According to Rachel Carson, the use of pesticides & herbicides will lead to this title occurrence'

Answer: Silent Spring


Question: 'These nodes 0.1 centimeters to 2.5 centimeters (1 inch) long, are especially numerous in the neck'

Answer: lymph nodes


Question: 'This company's website says shaking a photo too hard during development may damage the image'

Answer: Polaroid


Question: 'The goofy but likeable 1950s TV character seen here was played by this Oscar-winning actor'

Answer: Art Carney


Question: 'This agency of the U.S. Public Health Service based in Atlanta reported that obesity cost the U.S. $75 billion in 2003'

Answer: the CDC (the Centers for Disease Control)


Question: 'The future Nicholas II had to end an affair with ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya to marry this German princess'

Answer: Alexandra


Question: 'The voting for a new pope takes place in this room'

Answer: the Sistine Chapel


Question: 'When we all use our frontalis muscles, there are a lot of raised these--literally'

Answer: eyebrows


Question: 'The website for this brand of gum is its name followed by .quit.com'

Answer: Nicorette


Question: 'The big-screen exploits of this oafish duo included "Putting Pants on Philip" & "Sons of the Desert"'

Answer: Laurel & Hardy


Question: 'In 2003 this Senate majority leader introduced the Improved Nutrition & Physical Activity Act'

Answer: (Bill) Frist


Question: 'On seeing "The Sleeping Beauty", Alexander III's only comment to this composer was "Very nice"'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Italian term for a young, unmarried woman'

Answer: signorina


Question: 'The hypoglossal nerve functions as the motor to most of the muscles of this organ'

Answer: the tongue


Question: 'The website for this "American" organization sells onesies that say, "My dad loves me He knows CPR"'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: '(Anthony Daniels of Star Wars reads the clue.)  The characters of C-3PO & R2-D2 are based on 2 crooks from "The Hidden Fortress" by this Japanese film director'

Answer: Kurosawa


Question: 'The FTC wants to ban ads that promise 2 pounds per week or more of weight loss without doing these 2 things'

Answer: diet & exercise


Question: 'In 1801, Tsar Paul I brought Charles Didelot, the man who introduced flesh-colored tights, to this city as Ballet Master'

Answer: Saint Petersburg


Question: 'Gnarly, dude!  Scope out this groovy math wave seen here'

Answer: a sine wave


Question: 'The middle thyroid vein crosses in front of the carotid artery & joins up with this vein'

Answer: the jugular vein


Question: '(Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge reads the clue.)  Including information on First Aid kits & family communication plans, this DHS website on citizen preparedness is www.this.gov'

Answer: ready


Question: 'Thorkelson is the real last name of this man who played the dopey bass player of The Monkees on TV'

Answer: Peter Tork


Question: 'In relationship to weight, BMI stands for this; if yours is over 30, you may want to be more active'

Answer: body mass index


Question: 'There are pretty good seats at this Moscow theater in the historic Tsar's Box seen here'

Answer: the Bolshoi


Question: 'Historic East Central European region lying mostly within present-day Poland'

Answer: Silesia


Question: 'Its state flag, based on a design from 1776, shows Virtue, dressed like an Amazon, triumphing over Tyranny'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Monday is named for this, first visited by man 40 years ago today'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'Voted most popular at her East Nashville high school, in the '80s, she'd become the talk of the town'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'For the sake of convenience & brevity, this 19th c. author signed his early essays "RLS"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'He was the last one who also served as a U.S. president'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'In 1967 John Lennon appeared on the cover of the first issue of this music magazine'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'Tomatoes are frequently grown in one of these where the temperature can be controlled'

Answer: a hothouse


Question: 'Sensibly, pondeli, the Czech word for Monday, literally means "after" this'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'In 1994 his California high school voted him "most likely to succeed"; you watch golf?'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'He wrote his first 2 novels, "A Time to Kill" & "The Firm", while serving in the Mississippi legislature'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'In 1903 & 1904 he served in the Philippines as a second lieutenant'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'Warren Buffett topped this mag's 2008 list of billionaires; mayor Bloomberg was its most powerful billionaire in 2009'

Answer: Forbes


Question: 'I prefer to use my key, but you can start a car this way, by short-circuiting the ignition'

Answer: hot-wiring


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme, "Monday's child is fair of" this'

Answer: face


Question: 'At her New York high school in 1999, she was voted most likely to appear on "Jeopardy!"; we'd love to have her'

Answer: Natalie Portman


Question: 'In the 1940s this writer created his "three laws of robotics" for use in his stories'

Answer: Asimov


Question: 'He was the man with a plan named for him'

Answer: (George) Marshall


Question: 'The name of this food magazine is a French phrase often said before dining'

Answer: Bon Appetit


Question: 'Flapjacks, come & get 'em under this name!'

Answer: hotcakes


Question: 'Not just a bad day for the stock market, it's the Monday after the last day of the NFL season, when coaches get fired'

Answer: Black Monday


Question: 'At her Virginia high school, this "Speed" star was voted "most likely to brighten your day"'

Answer: Sandra Bullock


Question: 'His "True at First Light", about an African safari, was published in 1999, 38 years after his suicide'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'The fifth star was a reward for his service in World War I & he retired at that rank in 1924'

Answer: Pershing


Question: 'This mag now distributed with the Sunday paper debuted in 1941, subtitled "The Weekly Picture Newspaper"'

Answer: Parade


Question: 'This Arkansas city has been called the "Baden-Baden of America"'

Answer: Hot Springs


Question: 'The U.S. declared war on Japan on this Monday in 1941'

Answer: December 8th


Question: 'At his Longview, Texas high school in 1988, this actor was voted most handsome'

Answer: Matthew McConaughey


Question: 'Written in Portuguese, "O Alquimista" by Paulo Coelho has sold 30 mil. copies, many under this English title'

Answer: The Alchemist


Question: 'In 1949 he became the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'

Answer: General Omar Bradley


Question: '"Life made easier" is the motto of the magazine called "Real" this'

Answer: Simple


Question: 'Launched by Wired magazine in 1996, this early search engine was later acquired by Lycos'

Answer: HotBot


Question: 'You might have to window shop in this Swiss city's elegant Bahnhofstrasse: prices are lethal there'

Answer: Zurich


Question: 'Seattle Grace'

Answer: Grey\'s Anatomy


Question: 'This U.S. state where you're the official marine mammal'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Robert Ripley's 1st "Believe It or Not!" had sports oddities like "A. Forrester...ran 100 yards" this way in 14 seconds'

Answer: backwards


Question: 'I saw 3 of these objects, first reported near Mt. Rainier in June 1947, hovering over my house last night'

Answer: UFOs (or flying saucers)


Question: 'In "The Wizard of Oz", Glinda was a good one'

Answer: a witch


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from The Hague in the Netherlands.)  This upper house of the Dutch Parliament meets here; like this corresponding U.S. body used to be, it's selected indirectly rather than directly by the people'

Answer: a senate


Question: 'St. Eligius'

Answer: St. Elsewhere


Question: 'This 4,000-mile river'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: 'Ripley Castle in this nation has been home to the Ingilby family for 700 years & 26 generations'

Answer: England (the United Kingdom acceptable)


Question: 'My luggage was lost & I'm convinced it's now in this region named for a British Atlantic isle'

Answer: the Bermuda Triangle


Question: 'Mesmerizing, like the Greek god of sleep'

Answer: hypnotic (or hypnotizing)


Question: 'Marcel Proust is buried in this vast Parisian cemetery'

Answer: the Père-Lachaise Cemetery


Question: 'Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital'

Answer: House (M.D.)


Question: 'This continent, for the species Trichechus senegalensis'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'You can actually sleep with the fishes at Ripley's Aquarium in Myrtle Beach in this state'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Last time I was fishing in Scotland I hooked this large, ancient plesiosaur & she got away with my best lure'

Answer: Nessie (the Loch Ness Monster)


Question: 'From a method of shining army shoes, this word is paired with "polish" to mean extreme cleanliness'

Answer: spit


Question: 'Its name is from a jebal, or mount, named for Tariq ibn Zizad, the general who led the Muslim conquest of Spain'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'Sacred Heart'

Answer: Scrubs


Question: 'Moises the Manatee's home, this island commonwealth'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Ornithologist S. Sillon Ripley served as the head of this D.C. institution from 1964 to 1984'

Answer: the Smithsonian


Question: 'Hold onto your bug spray--I saw one of these insect/human creatures Richard Gere sought in a movie'

Answer: mothman


Question: 'Adjective meaning tediously repetitive... or repetitious... or lacking in variety'

Answer: monotonous


Question: 'Steg & Schaan are towns in this landlocked principality'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'In the 1980s:<br />San Francisco Memorial Hospital'

Answer: Trapper John, M.D.


Question: 'The wetlands of this Mexican state, also the home of the Zapatistas'

Answer: Chiapas


Question: 'On June 6, 1849 Major Ripley Arnold founded what became this city near Dallas'

Answer: Fort Worth


Question: 'I saw one of these hare/antelope hybrids in Johnny's dressing room just now & he called it by name!'

Answer: a jackalope


Question: 'It's reparation made by giving compensation for damages'

Answer: restitution


Question: 'Longfellow began a poem about this earlier poet, "Tuscan, that wanderest through the realms of gloom"'

Answer: Dante Alighieri


Question: 'A 1948 Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting, Harold Sakata played Oddjob, henchman to this title villain'

Answer: Goldfinger


Question: 'Bo Derek probably knows diamonds rate this on the Mohs scale, which measures hardness'

Answer: 10


Question: 'For the Moon this process is the opposite of waning'

Answer: waxing


Question: 'The shoestring type of this sweet treat usually comes in red or black'

Answer: licorice


Question: '...those aren't freckles, it's this disease; see Koplik's spots inside the cheeks? A rash will appear in a few days'

Answer: the measles


Question: 'A U.S. state'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'This title was a reference to Sean Connery's 1971 insistence that he'd played Bond for the last time'

Answer: Never Say Never Again


Question: 'Sanguinary term for a diamond sold to finance military operations'

Answer: a blood diamond


Question: 'In 1959 the Soviet Union launched the second craft appropriately bearing this name & crashed it into the Moon'

Answer: Luna


Question: 'You might be on a "shoestring" one of these allotments of funds, from the Latin for "leather bag"'

Answer: a budget


Question: '...it's rhinoplasty, surgery to change the structure of this, but the patient doesn't want a horn'

Answer: the nose


Question: 'Precedes Tavi in the name of a furry Kipling character'

Answer: Rikki-Tikki


Question: 'Orson Welles played "Le Chiffre" in the campy 1967 version of this Bond film'

Answer: Casino Royale


Question: 'Astronomers gave this Beatles-inspired name to BPM 37093, a white dwarf star with a 2,500-mile-wide diamond core'

Answer: Lucy


Question: 'When translated into English, the names of this planet's moons are fear & terror'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Nicknamed 'Trane, this sax-y jazzman once quipped, "You can play a shoestring if you're sincere"'

Answer: John Coltrane


Question: '...his arm doesn't have to come off; he just has lateral humeral epicondylitis, this "sporty" affliction'

Answer: tennis elbow


Question: 'The Mayo Clinic says as many as 80% of adults have this periodontal disease'

Answer: gingivitis


Question: 'The title of this film with Timothy Dalton & Carey Lowell explains why Bond gets away with murder'

Answer: Licence to Kill


Question: 'The slogan "A diamond is forever" was coined in 1947 by an ad exec for this South African commercial giant'

Answer: De Beers


Question: 'They are the 2 planets in our solar system that have no known moons'

Answer: Mercury & Venus


Question: 'That plastic or metal tip at the end of your shoelace is called this'

Answer: an aglet


Question: '...that's not Bart Simpson; the yellowed skin, enlarged liver & loss of appetite indicate this 9-letter disease'

Answer: hepatitis


Question: 'We could go on forever about this luxury division of Nissan'

Answer: Infiniti


Question: '"On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was the only film to feature him as Bond'

Answer: (George) Lazenby


Question: 'This state park in Arkansas is the USA's only diamond-producing site open to the public'

Answer: Crater of Diamonds State Park


Question: 'This unlicensed Puritan preacher & "Pilgrim's Progress" author made shoelaces in prison'

Answer: John Bunyan


Question: '...parietal bones aren't in the leg, they're at the top of this 5-letter bony structure; you did finish med school, right?'

Answer: the skull


Question: 'Reducing or making smaller, like one might do to an Internet browser window'

Answer: minimizing


Question: 'The traditional hula is danced in skirts made of leaves; skirts made of this came from the Gilbert islands'

Answer: grass


Question: 'ABBA-solutely fabulous!  In 2008 it passed "Hello, Dolly!" to become the 16th longest-running show in Broadway history'

Answer: Mamma Mia!


Question: 'It's home to the Castro, the Presidio & the Giants'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'When named to the court in 1897, Joseph McKenna brushed up at this type of school at Columbia University'

Answer: a law school


Question: 'In 1923 he wrote, "Whose woods these are I think I know.  His house is in the village though"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'The aches of Abel's older brother'

Answer: Cain\'s pains


Question: 'In building, you get a rough look with beton brut, this material left just as it was poured'

Answer: cement


Question: 'This actor who saw plenty of carnage as Tony Soprano starred on Broadway in "God of Carnage" in 2009'

Answer: James Gandolfini


Question: 'It's the capital of El Salvador'

Answer: San Salvador


Question: 'Going from a temp job to permanent employment, he's the only president who also served on the Supreme Court'

Answer: Taft


Question: '"A tree whose hungry mouth is prest against the earth's sweet flowing breast" is one of his lines from "Trees"'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: 'A porcine hairpiece'

Answer: a pig wig


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a pink rock sample at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Museum.)  Because of its softness, rhodochrosite is not used in jewelry, but it's highly valued for its color; the name means this, also glasses used by optimists'

Answer: rose-colored


Question: 'In 2009 Jeremy Irons trod the boards in a play named for this "-ism"--we hope it makes a lot of Monet'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'City that was Davy Crockett's final frontier'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'In September 1991 Clarence Thomas was the subject of a contentious confirmation hearing before this committee'

Answer: the Senate Judiciary Committee


Question: '"The woods decay, the woods decay and fall... and after many a summer dies the swan", wrote this lord in 1860'

Answer: Tennyson


Question: 'Your bill for taking a taxi'

Answer: a cab tab


Question: 'The word serigraphy, a type of printing, comes from the Latin for this fabric'

Answer: silk


Question: 'Angela Lansbury played the happy medium Madame Arcati in the 2009 revival of this Brit's "Blithe Spirit" "'

Answer: Noel Coward


Question: 'There's a park named for JFK in this capital of Costa Rica'

Answer: San José


Question: 'Her marriage to Texas oilman J. Howard Marshall became a Supreme Court ordeal in 2006'

Answer: Anna Nicole Smith


Question: 'In a famous ode Keats called this bird "light-winged Dryad of the trees"'

Answer: a nightingale


Question: 'A group of 3 under the zodiac sign of the lion'

Answer: the Leo trio


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a washi, or paper, factory in Kyoto, Japan.)  This material from plant cell walls is the basis of papermaking; soaking fibers in a strong solution dissolves more of it, resulting in softer washi'

Answer: cellulose


Question: 'Geoffrey Rush & Susan Sarandon hit Broadway in 2009 in a revival of this Romanian-born absurdist's "Exit the King"'

Answer: Ionesco


Question: 'With a population of less than 5,000, it's one of the smallest capitals in Europe & is in one of the smallest nations'

Answer: San Marino


Question: 'One of the few decisions made in the summer was in the case United States v. this person in 1974'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: '"Who has seen" this?  "Neither you nor I: but when the trees bow down their heads," it "is passing by"'

Answer: the wind


Question: 'A glass handgun made by Waterford'

Answer: a crystal pistol


Question: 'Napoleon died before some of his officers could sneak him to this U.S. state where his death mask now resides'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'In other words, this game could be called "blood-pumping organs"'

Answer: hearts


Question: 'The record for jet-to-jet kills is 16, accomplished by Capt. Joseph McConnell Jr. in his 1950s war'

Answer: the Korean Conflict


Question: 'This country was so unstable during the reign of Isabella II that it had 60 different governments'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'After joking around in "Batman", he directed & starred in "The Two Jakes"'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'The show is set in this city; in the opening, you can see Fisherman's Wharf and Alcatraz'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'The Diomede Islands, one belonging to Russia, the other to Alaska, lie in this strait'

Answer: the Bering Strait


Question: 'In blackjack, if you want the dealer to give you another card, you ask him to do this to you -- ouch!'

Answer: hit me


Question: 'Although this German was credited with 80 kills in World War I, fewer than 60 have been verified'

Answer: Baron von Richthofen


Question: 'The leaders of several royal families take turns ruling this country whose capital is Kuala Lumpur'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'In the '60s he reigned as TV's exercise guru'

Answer: Jack LaLaine


Question: 'Last name of Candace, who plays the eldest Tanner daughter; her brother Kirk has been a guest star'

Answer: Cameron


Question: 'The Strait of Messina separates this island from Italy'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'You don't need an accordion or a partner to play the accordion form of this game'

Answer: solitaire


Question: 'Of 3, 5 or 10, the number of enemy aircraft a fighter must shoot down to qualify as an ace'

Answer: 5


Question: 'In French this King of England is called Guillaume le Conquerant'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'In 1989 this former NFL quarterback became U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development'

Answer: Jack Kemp


Question: 'Lori Loughlin's character did this November 12, 1991, making the house a lot fuller'

Answer: had twins


Question: 'Two huge rocks called the Pillars of Hercules flank the eastern entrance to this strait'

Answer: the Strait of Gibraltar


Question: 'A popular "Jeopardy!" category, or a children's game with pictures of writers on the cards'

Answer: Authors


Question: 'This Marine Corps major led the Black Sheep squadron & was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor'

Answer: Gregory "Pappy" Boyington


Question: 'Like this great leader whom he'd served as a general, Egypt's King Ptolemy I was Macedonian'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Explaining why he lost the heavyweight championship to Gene Tunney, he said, "I forgot to duck"'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question: 'Dave Coulier's character Joey Gladstone, who like Dave is a stand-up comic, went on this Ed McMahon show'

Answer: Star Search


Question: 'In 1588 the first serious check of the Spanish Armada took place in this strait between France and England'

Answer: the Strait of Dover


Question: 'You could get a bird in the hand when you play this card game with a black bird on the box'

Answer: Rook


Question: 'He was the USA's leading air ace in World War I with 22 enemy planes & 4 balloons shot down'

Answer: Eddie Rickenbacker


Question: 'This 11th daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I was guillotined in 1793'

Answer: Marie Antionette


Question: 'One of his last adventure novels, "Jerry of the Islands", told of an Irish terrier pup in the south seas'

Answer: Jack London


Question: '"Full House" creator Jeff Franklin's first job as a producer was on this Penny Marshall series'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: 'This 19-mile-long Turkish strait connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara'

Answer: the Bosporus


Question: 'The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ended the war between the U.S. & this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Francis Hopkinson, who composed 1754's "Ode to Music", also signed this famous 1776 document'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'A 1974 stamp celebrating this tale showed the headless horseman in pursuit of Ichabod Crane'

Answer: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"


Question: 'In the mid-1980s, the Swiss exported about 25 million of these devices a year'

Answer: watches


Question: 'This most malleable metal can be beaten into sheets 1 ten-thousandth of a millimeter thick'

Answer: gold


Question: 'In 1872 he published "How I Found Livingstone"'

Answer: Stanley


Question: 'The Neutrality Treaty of 1978 designated this as an international waterway which is always to be neutral'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'This "Bolero" composer orchestrated Mussorgsky's piano work "Pictures at an Exhibition"'

Answer: Ravel


Question: 'A mortar & pestle & an Rx symbol are featured on a 1972 stamp honoring this profession'

Answer: pharmacy


Question: 'The Swiss gave the world of music this form of wordless singing that echoes through the hills'

Answer: yodeling


Question: 'This element whose symbol is Zr is alphabetically the last element'

Answer: zirconium


Question: 'Betty Edwards' 1979 bestseller on creativity was called "Drawing on the Right Side of" this'

Answer: the Brain


Question: 'The first of Bernard Herrmann's many film scores was for this 1941 classic'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'As a tribute to WWII Marines, the Post Office issued a 1945 stamp depicting this event'

Answer: the raising of the flag on Iwo Jima


Question: 'Lucerne is known for its lion & Bern is associated with this animal'

Answer: a bear


Question: 'The Portland type of this substance is limestone & shale heated until almost fused, then ground'

Answer: cement


Question: '"Forgiven" by Charles E. Shepard tells of "The Rise and Fall of" this PTL leader'

Answer: Jim Bakker


Question: 'He wrote "Peter and the Wolf" for a Moscow Children's Theatre'

Answer: Sergei Prokofiev


Question: 'In 1991 a stamp commemorating the 100th anniversary of this sport was issued in Springfield, Mass.'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'Two of these that predominate during the year and affect the country are the Bise & the Foehn'

Answer: winds


Question: 'This term can mean active by day, or happening every day'

Answer: diurnal


Question: 'This comedienne wrote of good times & bad in her autobiographical "It's Always Something"'

Answer: Gilda Radner


Question: 'This Norwegian composer was sometimes called "The Chopin of the North"'

Answer: (Edvard) Grieg


Question: 'This late California governor & U.S. Chief Justice was honored on a postage stamp in 1992'

Answer: (Earl) Warren


Question: 'This densely woolly plant is the floral emblem of Switzerland'

Answer: edelweiss


Question: 'In the third century B.C. this "principled" Greek showed the value of pi was between 223/71 & 220/70'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'He titled his eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution "Ten Days that Shook the World"'

Answer: John Reed


Question: 'Last names of the motor car maker & mortor car dealer who merged in Manchester, England in 1906'

Answer: Rolls & Royce


Question: 'Named for the third Greek letter, they resemble X rays but have shorter wavelengths'

Answer: Gamma rays


Question: 'Before his diplomatic career he was an educator, serving on Burma's textbook committee'

Answer: U Thant


Question: 'Arthur gets trapped in Morgan Le Fey's enchanted forest in this legendary musical'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'She was born in Alberta in 1907, 26 years before King Kong held her in his hand'

Answer: Fay Wray


Question: 'P.T. Barnum's victims<br />            (7)'

Answer: Suckers


Question: 'Like coffee, tea can take on this "nationality" when combined with whiskey'

Answer: Irish


Question: 'A battery may have a single one of these electricity producing units or have several connected in series'

Answer: Cells


Question: 'He lived with his parents in Uppsala Castle'

Answer: Dag Hammarskjold


Question: 'Louise is just a little stripling at the beginning of this musical, but by the end, she's a burlesque queen'

Answer: Gypsy


Question: 'Last name of Ontario natives Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie & Yvonne, born May 28, 1934'

Answer: Dionne


Question: 'Specters, or their liquor<br />             (7)'

Answer: Spirits


Question: 'Before being sliced or put into a salad for tea sandwiches, eggs must be cooked this way'

Answer: Hard-boiled


Question: 'The simplest of the aldehyde compounds, it prevents deterioration of protein-rich substances'

Answer: Formaldehyde


Question: 'After leaving the U.N., he served as governor of Oslo & Akershus'

Answer: Trygve Lie


Question: 'Attention, matchmakers:<br />Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze & Bielke are the 5 daughters in this musical'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'Being born in southern Ontario might have influenced his 1970 rock classic "Southern Man"'

Answer: Neil Young


Question: '"Astral" sea creature<br />            (8)'

Answer: Starfish


Question: 'The longer you infuse your tea, the more of this stimulant winds up in your cup'

Answer: Caffeine


Question: '4-letter word for the force that hinders an airplane's forward thrust, caused by friction with the air'

Answer: Drag


Question: 'After his term as secretary-general, he ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1995'

Answer: Javier Perez de Cuellar


Question: 'Unlike many of the other characters in this musical, Tuptim is from Burma'

Answer: The King And I


Question: 'This wacky pianist who died in 1982 played with his eyes nearly at keyboard level & hummed along with himself'

Answer: Glenn Gould


Question: 'John Philip's tuba<br />             (10)'

Answer: Sousaphone


Question: 'Gunpowder is one of the most popular varieties of this "color" tea in America'

Answer: Green tea


Question: 'The MR in MRI, it's the absorption of energy by atoms'

Answer: Magnetic resonance


Question: 'In 1987 he was a member of the Egyptian parliament'

Answer: Boutros Boutros-Ghali


Question: 'Harry Beaton's unrequited love for Jean McLaren threatens to make this title village vanish forever'

Answer: Brigadoon


Question: 'This man from Alliston, Ontario went with the best, Charles Best, to jointly discover insulin'

Answer: Dr. Frederick Banting


Question: '"Snakelike" Hyde Park lake<br />             (10)'

Answer: Serpentine


Question: 'Not the English, but this colonial power introduced tea to North America in the 1650s'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'The Wabash River provides part of Illinois' border with this neighbor, also its neighbor alphabetically'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'He played the brilliant inventor of screw-top brain surgery in "The Man With Two Brains"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'In 1501, in the service of Portugal, he sailed for the new world that's now named for him'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: '"In Living Color" creator Ivory'

Answer: Keenan Wayans


Question: 'In "Kidnapped" it's the appropriate first name of David Balfour's Scrooge-like uncle'

Answer: Ebenezer


Question: 'Hieratica is the finest type of this writing material of ancient Egypt'

Answer: Papyrus


Question: 'If you go directly east from the Four Corners, you'll be on Colorado's border with this state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'They don't get much smarter than this scientist played by Walter Matthau in "I.Q."'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'As its title suggests, this Shakespeare comedy may have opened Jan. 6, 1601, a dozen evenings after Christmas'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: '"Pulp Fiction"al Leroy'

Answer: Samuel Jackson


Question: 'If you want to know more about this "Tobacco Road" author, head for his museum in Moreland, Georgia'

Answer: Erskine Caldwell


Question: 'Forfex is another name for a pair of these, something a seamstress might need'

Answer: Scissors


Question: 'If you cross the St. Croix River from Wisconsin, you'll be in this state to the west'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'A Greek symbol serves as the title of this 1998 film about an eccentric math whiz'

Answer: Pi


Question: 'In 1801, under pressure from King George III, this "younger" man resigned after 17 years as prime minister'

Answer: William Pitt


Question: 'U.S. Senator Nighthorse'

Answer: Ben Campbell


Question: 'Sick of this title doctor, Hugh Lofting sent him to the moon in 1928, & grudgingly brought him back in 1933'

Answer: Doctor Dolittle


Question: 'A turbo is a supercharged car; a turbot is a flat type of this'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'The communities of Morrowville & Fairbury lie on either side of this border, also the name of an 1854 act'

Answer: Kansas & Nebraska


Question: 'Adam Hann-Byrd plays the young title intellectual & Jodie Foster his mother in this 1991 film'

Answer: Little Man Tate


Question: 'This world leader died September 14, 1901'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: '1960s Defense Secretary Strange'

Answer: Robert McNamara


Question: 'This "Giant" novelist tried to burn her first novel, "Dawn O'Hara"; luckily, her mom stopped her'

Answer: Edna Ferber


Question: 'From old French for "apple of amber", it's a fragrant ball of perfume'

Answer: Pomander


Question: 'The Connecticut River forms the border of these 2 New England states north of Connecticut'

Answer: New Hampshire & Vermont


Question: 'Val Kilmer & his college friends research interesting uses for lasers in this 1985 comedy'

Answer: Real Genius


Question: 'Around 2,000,001 B.C., this probable ancestor of ours, whose name means "handy man", was using simple tools'

Answer: Homo habilis


Question: 'Author & "Infinite Jest"er Foster'

Answer: David Wallace


Question: '"Fairies And Fusiliers" is a collection of poems by this author of "I, Claudius"'

Answer: Robert Graves


Question: 'Meaning clear or transparent, it's often used by writers to describe eyes as "pools"'

Answer: Limpid


Question: 'Early in the 20th century, he took one of many pseudonyms, Nguyen Ai Quoc, or "Nguyen the Patriot"'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'In 1866 Mary Ellen Pleasant, "Mother of Civil Rights in California", sued & won after being thrown off this city's streetcar'

Answer: San Francisco


Question:
'1999:
Agent Smith,
Morpheus,
Cypher'

Answer: The Matrix


Question: 'In 2001 thieves in Birmingham, Eng. stole 23 of these animals--which flew back to their domicile a short time later'

Answer: homing pigeons (carrier pigeons accepted)


Question: 'Mark Twain was born in Florida--Florida, Missouri that is--& moved with his family to this town in 1839'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'In 2000 he gave kids more "Goosebumps" with a new series of books called "The Nightmare Room"'

Answer: R.L. Stine


Question: '"Loose Lips" do this was a WWII catch phrase about defense plant workers watching their tongues'

Answer: sink ships


Question: 'Now a congressman, John Lewis was a featured speaker at this August 1963 event when he was just 23'

Answer: the March on Washington


Question:
'1968:
Taylor,
Cornelius,
Dr. Zaius'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'Born in New York City in 1859, this notorious killer, seen here, specialized in cattle rustling'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'In the titles of 2 of Twain's travel books, it follows "The Innocents" & "A Tramp"'

Answer: Abroad


Question: 'With 67, he has more Indy car victories as a driver than anyone else in history'

Answer: A.J. Foyt


Question: '2,000 years ago, the Roman Sextus Propertius said "absence" does this'

Answer: makes the heart grow fonder


Question: 'As counsel to this organization, Charles Houston devised the legal strategy that led to school desegregation'

Answer: NAACP


Question:
'1984:
Kyle Reese,
Sarah Connor,
Dr. Peter Silberman'

Answer: The Terminator


Question: 'Stolen in 1911, this painting was returned to the Louvre in Jan. 1914 after a 2-month tour of Italy'

Answer: the Mona Lisa


Question: 'Twain once defined this type of book (& he wrote several) as one "which people praise and don't read"'

Answer: a classic


Question: 'At Ezra Pound's suggestion, he pared down his "Waste Land" to a mere 434 lines'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: 'In several games of pool, it's unlucky to have your cue ball "behind" it'

Answer: the eight ball


Question: 'In 1963 George Olden became the first black designer of a U.S. stamp, one issued for the centennial of this event'

Answer: the Emancipation Proclamation


Question:
'1968:
Astronauts Frank Poole,
Heywood Floyd &
Dave Bowman'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'As he predicted he would, Twain died in 1910, a year in which this appeared, just as it did in 1835 when he was born'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'After a 1907 panic, this financier who helped organize U.S. Steel led the effort to keep banks afloat'

Answer: J.P. Morgan


Question: 'It completes the old maxim "Speech is silvern..."'

Answer: silence is golden


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from inside the Pentagon.)  The service of these aviators honored here was a factor in leading President Truman to desegregate the military'

Answer: the Tuskegee Airmen


Question:
'1951:
Professor Jacob Barnhardt,
Gort,
Klaatu'

Answer: The Day the Earth Stood Still


Question: 'Twain wrote of how the "Maid of the Mist descends the fearful rapids" in a piece called "A Visit to" this place'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Married to Marjorie Merriweather Post, he founded the brokerage company that used to talk & people listened'

Answer: E.F. Hutton


Question: 'Meaning simple & basic, this 4-word phrase was never actually said by Sherlock Holmes in any of the Conan Doyle tales'

Answer: Elementary, my dear Watson


Question: 'The lake James Fenimore Cooper called Horicon is now called this, after the second British king of that name'

Answer: Lake George


Question: 'Courteney Cox' famous in-laws include these 2 acting sisters'

Answer: Patricia & Rosanna Arquette


Question: 'Grover dedicated this 152-foot monument on October 28, 1886'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'Decapitated by Perseus; survived by 2 immortal sisters'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'Roget is so synonmous with this term that his name is entry meaning it in the OED'

Answer: a thesaurus


Question: 'He was about to turn 78 when his final presidential term ended'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Created by the Aswan High Dam, the artificial reservoir Lake Nasser is shared by these 2 countries'

Answer: Egypt & Sudan


Question: 'She played Celia on "7th Heaven"; sister Jessica played Daisy in "The Dukes of Hazzard" movie'

Answer: Ashlee Simpson


Question: 'Candy bar lovers might know this name of Grover's daughter, born October 3, 1891'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'Wasted away staring at his own reflection'

Answer: Narcissus


Question: 'A form of government by priests who claim divine authority'

Answer: theocracy


Question: 'In 1862 O.W. Norton helped compose this as a substitute for the bugle call "To Extinguish Lights"'

Answer: "Taps"


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew strolls a scenic walkway by a riverbank at Gorky Park.)  Famous as the setting of a book and a movie, Gorky Park lies on the right bank of this river'

Answer: the Moscow River


Question: 'These 2 British sisters played sisters in a 1991 TV movie of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"'

Answer: the Redgrave sisters


Question: 'Grover was known as "The Hangman" of this city--not the most warm & cuddly nickname'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'Musician torn apart by the love-crazed women of Thrace'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: 'A subject for a composition; I'll finish mine & get my master's degree any year now'

Answer: a thesis


Question: 'The "Companion" book for this game says it ends "when all players are bankrupt, save one.  That player wins.  Period"'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'This lake lies behind the Parker Dam on the border of Arizona & California'

Answer: Lake Havasu


Question: 'The 2002 movie "Crossroads" featured these 2 sisters who played the same character at different ages'

Answer: Britney Spears & Jamie Lynn Spears


Question: 'In this year Grover won the presidential election with 58 more electoral votes than he'd won with in 1884'

Answer: 1892


Question: 'Son of the sun god, he took dad's chariot for a fatal joy ride'

Answer: Phaeton


Question: 'From the Greek for "to attend", this adjective means curative; you might find answreing the clue to be quite...'

Answer: therapeutic


Question: 'In 2001 Russia announced that it was closing its eavesdropping station on this Western Hemisphere island'

Answer: Cuba


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a marina in Greece.)  The island of Aegina is in what the Greeks call Saronikos Kolpos, or what we call the Saronic this'

Answer: the Saronic Gulf


Question: 'What a stretch--these twin sisters played twin sisters on the '90s sitcom "Sister, Sister"'

Answer: Tia & Tamera Mowry


Question: 'Born there in 1837, Grover is the only president native to this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'The first law of this states that energy in a system cannot be created or destroyed'

Answer: thermodynamics


Question: 'When it ended in 1806, its last emperor, Francis II, continued to rule Austria'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'In I Kings 8 there was nothing inside it except 2 tablets put there by Moses'

Answer: the Ark of the Covenant


Question: 'In August this jumped to 4 cents, the first increase in 26 years'

Answer: a postage stamp


Question: 'Speed racer Anthony Joseph'

Answer: (A.J.) Foyt


Question:
'Iodized
_____
lick'

Answer: salt


Question: 'A single one of these is actually an unopened flower bud from a thistlelike plant; its leaves & "Heart" are edible'

Answer: an artichoke


Question: 'Chapter 33 of this book begins, "Dear Marmee and Beth: I'm going to write you a regular volume, for I've got lots to tell"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.)  The name of Monticello refers to the home's geographical setting--it's Italian for "little" this'

Answer: hill (mountain)


Question: 'On March 24 this future inductee to the Rock Hall of Fame was inducted into the U.S. Army in Memphis'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Boston Red Sox player Jonathan David'

Answer: Drew


Question:
'Swiss
_____
mousse'

Answer: chocolate


Question: 'It's easy to see why the wood ear type of this is so named'

Answer: a mushroom


Question: 'We'll gamble you know that the federal government owns about 84% of this lower 48 state's land'

Answer: Nevada


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.)  Jefferson had the USA's largest private book collection, 6,000 of which were sold in 1815 to form the nucleus of this'

Answer: the Library of Congress


Question: 'After circling the earth some 1,400 times, this first Soviet satellite disintegrated as it made its return'

Answer: Sputnik


Question: 'Baseball pitcher--& quite a hitter--Carsten Charles'

Answer: Sabathia


Question:
'No-win
_____
comedy'

Answer: situation


Question: 'If these are too hot, drink milk: casein in milk wipes away capsaicin, the fiery compound that gives them heat'

Answer: chilies (chili peppers)


Question: 'Its co-founder said this company began in "1974, when my friend...& I saw an article in 'Popular Electronics"''

Answer: Microsoft


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.)  In 1824, this French nobleman came to Monticello for a week-long visit; incidentally, after he left, the wine cellar had to be replenished'

Answer: the Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'He began making a name for himself, becoming, at age 15, the youngest grandmaster in chess to that time'

Answer: Bobby Fischer


Question: 'NFL giant of yore Yelberton Abraham'

Answer: (Y.A.) Tittle


Question:
'Digital
_____
obscura'

Answer: camera


Question: 'These veggies, often garnet red, have the highest sugar content of any vegetable, but are very low in calories'

Answer: beets


Question: 'See the latest in shank tech at an Ossining visitor's center plaque of confiscated shivs from this prison'

Answer: Sing Sing


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.)  Monticello's famous dome, which we have the privilege of seeing from the inside, was inspired by the ancient Temple of Vesta in this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Imre Nagy, a former premier of this country, was executed for his role in a 1956 revolt against Soviet rule'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Giants 1B (& son of a Rams Pro Bowl receiver) Jack Thomas'

Answer: (J.T.) Snow


Question:
'Grand
_____
fixe'

Answer: prix


Question: 'These sprouts, a member of the cabbage family, are one of the few vegetables to have originated in northern Europe'

Answer: Brussels sprouts


Question: 'Old writings from Hamelin say that in 1284 this traveling magician led 130 kids out of town'

Answer: The Pied Piper


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Monticello in Virginia.)  For convenience, Thomas Jefferson built into the sides of the fireplace these small elevators to bring wine up from the cellar--it's not as unintelligent as it sounds'

Answer: a dumbwaiter


Question: 'The largest species of this fish is the bluefin, which may reach a length of 14 feet & weigh 1,600 pounds'

Answer: tuna


Question: 'He said, "Let's run and we'll have some fun now before I melt away"'

Answer: Frosty the Snowman


Question: 'The book that started it all, his "The Bourne Identity" was a bestseller in 1980'

Answer: Robert Ludlum


Question: 'Gerontocracy'

Answer: the elderly


Question: 'Australia's least populous state, it consists of the main island & many smaller ones, including King & Flinders'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'A large ruminant, or to talk idly'

Answer: a yak


Question: 'Rays & skates have skeletons made of this material, not bone'

Answer: cartilage


Question: 'In the rarely sung intro to this Irving Berlin song, the narrator is in Beverly Hills dreaming "to be up north"'

Answer: "White Christmas"


Question: 'His "The Cardinal of the Kremlin" was the top-selling fiction book of 1988'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'Plutocracy'

Answer: the rich


Question: 'Java belongs to Indonesia, but Ontong Java Atoll belongs to this island nation with the name of a wise king'

Answer: the Solomons


Question: 'A solemn promise, or to promise solemnly'

Answer: vow


Question: 'Although some species of this in the class Asteroidia have more than 20 arms, 5 is the usual number'

Answer: a starfish


Question: 'This song's Latin chorus, "Gloria in Excelsis Deo", means "Glory to God in the Highest"'

Answer: "Angels We Have Heard on HIgh"


Question: 'In 1982 & '83, he had back-to-back bestsellers with "Foundation's Edge" & "The Robots of Dawn"'

Answer: (Isaac) Asimov


Question: 'Theocracy'

Answer: the religious elders


Question: 'This large island of the W. Pacific may have been named for its resemblance to the coast of a W. African nation'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'If you're an atom & you lose or gain an electron, you're one of these'

Answer: an ion


Question: 'Barnacles were once classified as mollusks but now are included in this class along with crayfish'

Answer: crustacean


Question: 'This Brenda Lee perennial failed to chart in 1958 & 1959, but its re-release in 1960 reached No. 14'

Answer: "Rockin\' Around the Christmas Tree"


Question: 'Sadly, she passed away in May 1989, shortly before the publication of her memoir "It's Always Something"'

Answer: Gilda Radner


Question: 'Gynocracy'

Answer: the women


Question: 'Noted for its sea turtles, this volcanic island "rises" northwest of St. Helena in the South Atlantic'

Answer: Ascension Island


Question: 'This term meaning "to mark or write quickly" comes from the Greek letter "iota"'

Answer: jot


Question: 'Named for a feline, it's the only seal that feeds extensively on warm-blooded prey such as penguins'

Answer: the leopard seal


Question: '"I'll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me, please have snow and" this "and presents on the tree"'

Answer: mistletoe


Question: 'A lawyer can't stop losing weight after he's cursed in this 1985 Stephen King/Richard Bachman bestseller'

Answer: Thinner


Question: 'Kleptocracy'

Answer: the thieves


Question: '"Survivor" fans know 3 of this group's 6 inhabited islands contain the word hiva: Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, & Fatu Hiva'

Answer: the Marquesas


Question: 'From the German for "bog", it's a lowland covered wholly or partially with water'

Answer: fen


Question: 'The house in Canada seen here inspired this beloved novel that's celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2008'

Answer: Anne of Green Gables


Question: 'At age 9 she was "Zadorable" as a Martian child in 1964's "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians"'

Answer: Pia Zadora


Question: 'This basic state of matter has no fixed volume or fixed shape'

Answer: Gas


Question: 'On rainy days, be careful not to poke other people with the point of this device'

Answer: Umbrella


Question: 'While Alco Standard distributes paper products, ALCOA is known for products made of this material'

Answer: Aluminum


Question: 'Many of these lion-bodied statues were found in ancient Egypt; the most famous is at Giza'

Answer: Sphinxes


Question: 'Dance or dot<br />              (5)'

Answer: Polka


Question: 'He eased on down the road with his mentor Diana Ross when he played the Scarecrow in "The Wiz"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'In a rainbow this color appears between blue & violet'

Answer: Indigo


Question: 'It's a charming custom to give each guest at a wedding reception a slice of this in a white box'

Answer: Wedding Cake


Question: 'In 1995 this fast food division of Pepsico, Inc. introduced a "stuffed crust" product'

Answer: Pizza Hut


Question: 'Though depicted with the head of a cow, Hathor is a goddess of beauty equated with this Greek goddess'

Answer: Aphrodite


Question: 'Peter's pepper<br />              (7)'

Answer: Pickled