Question: 'This being North Carolina's precious stone may turn other states green with envy'

Answer: Emerald


Question: 'Alamodome'

Answer: San Antonio Spurs


Question: 'A little-known, unexpectedly successful political candidate'

Answer: Dark horse


Question: '"Birds" brain who's known as the father of comedy'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'In 1 Samuel 28 this king consulted the witch of Endor'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'He once played young Tom Hughes on "As The World Turns" but he's better known as John-Boy Walton'

Answer: Richard Thomas


Question: 'The morel is Minnesota's state one of these'

Answer: Mushroom


Question: 'Molson Centre'

Answer: Montreal Canadiens


Question: 'Unit equal to 33,000 foot-pounds per minute'

Answer: Horsepower


Question: '2 of 3 who attended a military academy'

Answer: Grant, Eisenhower, Carter


Question: 'This brand of gelatin first jiggled in 4 flavors: strawberry, lemon, orange & raspberry'

Answer: Jell-O


Question: 'His "William Tell" was to have been the first of 5 operas for the Paris Opera but his contract was set aside'

Answer: G. Rossini


Question: 'In her diary she wrote, "It is not the Dutch people's fault that we are having such a miserable time"'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'What the Old Norse knew as Thorsdagr, we call this today'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'In this 1994 film Christian sank his teeth into the role of the interviewer'

Answer: Interview with the Vampire


Question: '3 of 5 Harvard grads'

Answer: J. Adams. J.Q. Adams, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt & Kennedy


Question: 'Despite its name, Sara Lee's "All Butter" one is only 10 3/4 ounces'

Answer: Pound cake


Question: 'In Weimar he wrote a set of organ chorales for his "Orgelbuchlein", or "Little Organ Book"'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'Johann Cruyff, known as the Dutch Major, was tops in this sport & even played for the L.A. Aztecs'

Answer: Soccer


Question: 'Of a person, place or thing, it's what the Rosetta Stone was named for'

Answer: Place


Question: 'At age 10 Christian played Winthrop Paroo in a New York revival of this Meredith Willson musical'

Answer: The Music Man


Question: '2 of 4 Baptists'

Answer: (2 of) Carter & Clinton (or Harding & Truman)


Question: 'A happy baking accident led to the invention of this semisoft candy that's often chocolate'

Answer: Fudge


Question: 'In 1939 the Helsinki Music Institute changed its name to honor this famed graduate'

Answer: Jean Sibelius


Question: 'In 1993 Northwest Airlines formed an alliance with this Dutch company'

Answer: KLM


Question: 'From the Greek for a "race discourse", it's the history of a family'

Answer: Genealogy


Question: 'Christian had a cameo in a film subtitled "The Undiscovered Country", the sixth in this series'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: '2 of 6 who married a widow'

Answer: Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Fillmore, B. Harrison, Wilson


Question: 'One variation of this cookie is the Double Stuf, with twice the creme filling of the original'

Answer: Oreo


Question: 'His 1905 composition "La Mer" was inspired by the ideas of painters J.M.W. Turner & Claude Monet'

Answer: Claude Debussy


Question: 'The roots of this U.S. state capital go back to Fort Nassau, a trading post founded by the Dutch in 1614'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'The words journey, journal & diurnal are all based on this unit of time'

Answer: Day


Question: 'Christian is not the brother of this "Legend of Billie Jean" co-star; in fact, he had a crush on her'

Answer: Helen Slater


Question: '2 of 4 Whigs'

Answer: W. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Fillmore


Question: 'Sea captain Hanson Gregory & the Pennsylvania Dutch are both credited with putting the hole in this treat'

Answer: Doughnuts


Question: 'In 1907 he became professor of piano at the Royal Academy of Music in Budapest'

Answer: Bela Bartok


Question: 'A new waterway opened in 1872 allowed large vessels passage to this Dutch city, now a top world port'

Answer: Rotterdam


Question: 'Alone it means "silence"; add "ble" & it means to talk indistinctly'

Answer: Mum


Question: 'As Will Scarlett, in this 1991 film Christian was in tight with Kevin Costner'

Answer: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves


Question: 'He played rhythm & blues guitar before working as a crane operator & raising a family in Gary, Indiana'

Answer: Joe Jackson


Question: 'It can be a group of Girl Scouts or a group of baboons'

Answer: a troop


Question: 'In 1977 I.M. Hipp ran for 254 yards against Indiana playing for this school's Cornhuskers'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Smile! Queso is this'

Answer: cheese


Answer: 1400


Question: 'From the Old French for "to rake again", it's a practice performance'

Answer: a rehearsal


Question: 'The person who usually answers the phone at an office'

Answer: a receptionist


Question: 'Yo, this term for a group of elk sounds like a group of troublemaking young people'

Answer: a gang


Question: 'Velvet Milkman coaches the women's golf team at Murray State University in this "Bluegrass State"'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Arroz is this side dish'

Answer: rice


Answer: 12,000


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates on stage.)  To stop your movement onstage at precisely the right spot is to hit this'

Answer: your mark


Question: 'Something needed before you can do something else, like a course you must take before enrolling in a more advanced one'

Answer: a prerequisite


Question: 'This collective term is used for a group of ants, badgers, seagulls or human settlers'

Answer: a colony


Question: 'Destiny Frankenstein was a star softball shortstop as a Jayhawk at this university'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'This breakfast pairing is tocino y huevos'

Answer: eggs & bacon


Answer: 420,000


Question: 'To be "born in" one of these suitcases means you're born into an acting family'

Answer: a trunk


Question: 'I'll take a pastrami on rye from one of these shops that sell ready-to-eat foods like meats & salads'

Answer: a delicatessen


Question: 'Gnats, flies & bees all get together in groups called these'

Answer: swarms


Question: 'In 1997 God Shammgod led Providence to the Elite 8 in NCAA hoops & later played for this D.C. NBA team'

Answer: the Wizards


Question: 'Papas fritas are these favorites'

Answer: french fries


Answer: 480


Question: 'Alliterative term for the return of actors to the stage in response to applause at a play's end'

Answer: curtain call


Question: 'It's an adjective meaning cancer-causing'

Answer: carcinogenic


Question: 'A group of 2 ballplayers, pitcher & catcher, is called this; so is a group of (usually more than 2) barracuda'

Answer: a battery


Question: 'Brooklyn Pope was a McDonald's High School All-American before playing for this state university of New Jersey'

Answer: Rutgers


Question: 'How cool!  This dessert is helado'

Answer: ice cream


Answer: 10,001,000


Question: 'A humorous interlude in a serious drama, or a Billy Crystal-hosted benefit'

Answer: comic relief


Question: 'An archeologist who specializes in the land of the pharaohs & its artifacts'

Answer: an Egyptologist


Question: 'During his travels Marco Polo saw "Jasper and Chalcedony", this type of stone the Chinese carve into jewelry'

Answer: jade


Question: '2006:<br />"We have to put a barrier between us & the snakes"'

Answer: (Samuel) Jackson


Question: 'A word meaning to make someone angry, or the last name of Al Michaels' former broadcast partner'

Answer: madden


Question: 'Me enjoy this author's Kinsey Millhone mystery "C is for Corpse"; C really for cookie, but me like book anyway'

Answer: Sue Grafton


Question: 'Wear one of these garlands to the luau; the haku type is worn on the head'

Answer: a lei


Question: 'Air pollution is damaging the marble facade of this mausoleum in Agra'

Answer: the Taj Mahal


Question: 'Around 1766 B.C. the Shang kingdom arose along the valley of this river, also known as the Huang He'

Answer: the Yellow River


Question: '1984:<br />"Wax on, right hand.  Wax off, left hand.  Wax on, wax off"'

Answer: (Pat) Morita


Question: 'A synonym for "bile", or what an annoying person does to you'

Answer: gall


Question: 'Me laugh reading about boy going from Mississippi to Memphis in "The Reivers" by him--you hear me? Me say "Mississippi"'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'You've got to massage the fish when making lomi this; use the sockeye 'type'

Answer: salmon


Question: 'The lion population is dwindling; get to this nation's Kruger National Park to see them'

Answer: South Africa


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  In October 1934, the Red Army retreated from Jiangxi; a year later, after crossing 18 mountain ranges, they arrived in Shaanxi, in a journey that's been called this'

Answer: the Long March


Question: '1998:<br />"The Dude abides" & "This rug... it really tied the room together"'

Answer: Jeff Bridges


Question: 'It's spelled the same way as an aromatic substance you burn, but with a different stress'

Answer: incense


Question: 'Me only able to eat 47 cookies after peruse this author's "The Silence of the Lambs"; me haunted by imagery'

Answer: (Thomas) Harris


Question: 'Poke, a common appetizer at many luaus, can be made with this fish that has a 3-letter Hawaiian name'

Answer: ahi


Question: 'Check out this, an Australian marine park since 1975, before the coral is destroyed'

Answer: the Great Barrier Reef


Question: 'In March 1839 the Chinese seized over 20,000 chests of this from British merchants in Guangzhou, causing war'

Answer: opium


Question: '1997:<br />"You make me want to be a better man"'

Answer: Nicholson


Question: 'From Latin for "call forth", it's to make someone angry enough to lash out'

Answer: provoke


Question: 'Me repulsed by Julien, amoral hero of this Stendhal novel; colors in title would be good for cookies'

Answer: The Red and the Black


Question: 'Get your guests in the tropical mood with a Blue Hawaii made blue with this liqueur'

Answer: curaçao


Question: 'Head to this island east of Sumatra to see the orangutans before they become extinct'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'In 1887 the Protocol of Lisbon confirmed that this colony was a free port under the control of Portugal'

Answer: Macao


Question: '1995:<br />"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist"'

Answer: Kevin Spacey


Question: 'In Scrabble words, "irk" has face value of 7; this 3-letter synonym, 13'

Answer: vex


Question: 'Me devour books by this creator of modern western novel; 1915 work "Lone Star Ranger" psychologically compelling'

Answer: (Zane) Grey


Question: 'For dessert, try haupia, a coconut-flavored this, though it's not made by Jell-O'

Answer: pudding


Question: 'Climate change & deforestation are threats to Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in this Central American nation'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'Besides Frank & Nancy Sinatra, they're the only other father & daughter who each had No. 1 solo hits'

Answer: Pat & Debby Boone


Question: 'Ghee is a form of clarified this that's been slowly melted, separating the milk solids'

Answer: butter


Question: 'While collecting material for "The Fountainhead", she worked without pay as a typist for a New York City architect'

Answer: (Ayn) Rand


Question: '"Speed"'

Answer: a bus


Question: 'Completing 2 tasks with one action is "killing 2" of these "with one stone"'

Answer: birds


Question: 'His name is on everything from underwear to glassware:<br />CK'

Answer: Calvin Klein


Question: 'At a park named for this late king, you can see his car collection, including Lawrence of Arabia's armored Rolls'

Answer: King Hussein


Question: 'This east Indian flatbread has a palindromic name'

Answer: naan


Question: 'In 1992 this "Cider House Rules" author was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame'

Answer: John Irving


Question: '"Speed 2"'

Answer: a boat (or a ship)


Question: 'This agricultural plot of land is the last one you'll "buy"'

Answer: (buying) the farm


Question: 'Let's hear it for the red, white & blue:<br />TH'

Answer: Tommy Hilfiger


Question: 'In the 200s B.C. Bruce Springsteen could have sung "Streets of" this, as the city was then called'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Get your bread piping hot from this type of Indian clay oven, seen here'

Answer: a tandoor


Question: 'John Ehle is the author of "The Winter People", which became a film, & the father of this woman, who went into film'

Answer: Jennifer Ehle


Question: '"The Great Waldo Pepper"'

Answer: planes (biplanes & triplanes)


Question: 'This longest-serving "Tonight Show" host used "staying at Club Mud" & "time-sharing the oblong condo"'

Answer: Johnny Carson


Question: 'In 2010 she launched a children's line, yeah, yeah, yeah:<br />SM'

Answer: Stella McCartney


Question: 'By 1300 Amman had disappeared; it was resettled by this empire in 1878 & grew from there'

Answer: the Ottoman Empire


Question: 'The vegetarian dish saag paneer is this & cheese, which is what its name means'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'Having served on a mine-sweeper during World War II, he wrote about one in "The Caine Mutiny"'

Answer: Herman Wouk


Question: '"American Flyers"'

Answer: bicycles


Question: 'How dead?  "Dead as" one of these 8-letter carpentry items'

Answer: a doornail


Question: 'Among his projects are purses & shoes:<br />MK'

Answer: Michael Kors


Question: 'Amman is built on 7 jabals, or these; Jabal el-Qala'a offers especially great views'

Answer: hills


Question: 'This Indian specialty, a spicy curry, gets its name from the Portuguese for "wine and garlic sauce"'

Answer: vindaloo


Question: 'In the 1950s he won $10,000 on "You Bet Your Life", allowing him time off to write a novel... "The Exorcist"'

Answer: William Peter Blatty


Question: '"Ice Station Zebra"'

Answer: a nuclear submarine


Question: 'What are the dead doing?  "Pushing up" these, be they English or oxeye'

Answer: daisies


Question: 'He often dressed Jackie Kennedy:<br />OC'

Answer: Oleg Cassini


Question: 'The Palace of Culture is modeled on the tent of these desert people whose tents don't stay pitched in one place long'

Answer: the Bedouins


Question: 'British protests over university fees included an attack on the car of this not-young royal couple'

Answer: Charles & Camilla


Question: 'From the Arabic for "sign of god", it's a high-ranking Muslim cleric regarded as the most learned of the time period'

Answer: ayatollah


Question: 'The Order of the Nile'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This "maneuver" is the method of choice to use when a person is choking'

Answer: the Heimlich


Question: 'No, we are not doing "Stairway"! first, we play "Immigrant Song", then "Black Dog"! that's how you cover this band!'

Answer: Led Zepplin


Question: 'As president of this new private univ. in 1891, David Starr Jordan worked to attract eastern brains to California's wilds'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'On December 7 this popular American political wife passed away in Chapel Hill'

Answer: Elizabeth Edwards


Question: 'This small scented pouch takes its name from the French for "little bag"'

Answer: a sachet


Question: 'The Order of the Aztec Eagle'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The body produces many of these, including prolactin & insulin'

Answer: hormones


Question: 'Wait 'til you hear me belt out my version of this singer's 1967 top 10 hit "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'Advertising writer James J, Jordan came up with "Ring around the collar" & this airline "is ready when you are"'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'A volume of his bird art sold at auction for more than $10 million, a record for a printed book'

Answer: Audubon


Question: 'My gardener told me we don't need to plant; all my flowers are this type, from the Latin for "through the year"'

Answer: perennial


Question: 'The Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'This 8-letter word for a collection of blood, usually clotted, comes from words for "blood" & "tumor"'

Answer: hematoma


Question: 'Let's lip-synch "All or Nothing", a 1990 top 5 hit by this rhyming-named duo from Germany'

Answer: Milli Vanilli


Question: 'Pascual Jordan's 1925 papers launched this physics field that tries to explain the behavior of teensy particles'

Answer: quantum physics (mechanics)


Question: 'The Senate ratified an updated arms control treaty with Russia known as "New" this'

Answer: New START


Question: 'This term for a type of airship is from the Latin for "to direct"'

Answer: a dirigible


Question: 'The National Order of the Cedar'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'A transplant rejection problem, GVH, stands for graft versus this'

Answer: host


Question: 'This Irish film director based "The Crying Game" on one of his own short stories'

Answer: Neil Jordan


Question: 'Laurent Gbagbo & Alassane Ouattara both had themselves sworn in as pres. of this African country on December 4'

Answer: Cote d\'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast)


Question: 'From the Italian for "of a cave", this adjective today refers to anything strange or ugly'

Answer: grotesque


Question: 'Unrelated to the one in "Harry Potter" , the Order of the Phoenix'

Answer: Greece


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  This occurs when the nucleus of a disk protrudes through the surrounding cell & puts pressure on a spinal nerve'

Answer: a herniated disk


Question: 'This Atlanta-born civil rights leader was a key adviser to President Clinton'

Answer: Vernon Jordan


Question: 'For a 1953 play, he spent time in Salem doing research at the courthouse & at the Witch House'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'The menu for his 1865 inaugural banquet included terrapin stew & quail'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Delia Bacon was obsessed with the idea that other Elizabethans wrote the works attributed to this man'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'On Nov. 10, 1958 New York City jeweler Harry Winston donated this great blue stone to the Smithsonian'

Answer: the Hope Diamond


Question: 'The Jutland horse is named for this country's Jutland Peninsula, where it has been bred for centuries'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'A 25th anniversary is a "silver" this'

Answer: jubilee


Question: 'This animated feline is "the most daring swashbuckler, ladies man and all-around coolest cat"'

Answer: Puss in Boots


Question: 'His 1957 inauguration included a "minority dinner" featuring gefilte fish, minestrone soup & Greek salad'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'This British missionary was obsessed with finding the headwaters of the Nile but died in 1873 with no luck'

Answer: Livingstone


Question: 'In 1893 Kokichi Mikimoto developed a process to create these "cultured" gems'

Answer: pearls


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew holds the bridle of a Budweiser Clydesdale at the Anheuser-Busch Brewery in St. Louis, MO.)  Descendants of the great Flemish horse, which could pull a ton or more walking at 5 miles per hour, the Clydesdales were named for a major river in this country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This word for a man's wig comes from the French for "tuft"'

Answer: a toupee


Question: 'This character's 3 husbands were played by Rand Brooks, Carroll Nye & Clark Gable'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: 'Guests at his inaugural parties downed some 40 million jelly beans'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'In 1674 Anton van Leeuwenhoek's obsession with lenses paid off; he discovered these, from the Latin for "first animal"'

Answer: protozoa


Question: 'The Chinese call it the "jewel of heaven" & believe it protects against accidents'

Answer: jade


Question: '"Real" in the name of the alter-real means this; it was bred for the Portuguese court'

Answer: royal


Question: 'Ah, yes, hello, my dear, my little this bird of the titmouse family'

Answer: chickadee


Question: 'In this title role, Ellen Page says, "I'm already pregnant, so what other kind of shenanigans could I get into"'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'This bachelor president's inaugural guests were served 400 gallons of oysters & 60 mutton saddles'

Answer: Buchanan


Question: 'This African-American composer was so obsessed with his opera "Treemonisha" that he suffered a breakdown in 1911'

Answer: (Scott) Joplin


Question: 'Check out the bejeweled head covering of this living woman'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'The name of this horse of the American plains comes from a Spanish word meaning "stray"'

Answer: the mustang


Question: 'Let me rock you, Kubla Khan, with this type of authoritative & formal order'

Answer: a decree


Question: 'When Winona Ryder whispers, "Hold me", this Johnny Depp title character replies, "I can't"'

Answer: Edward Scissorhands


Question: 'Instead of an elaborate meal, this southerner served peanuts & pretzels'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Cato the Elder's obsession with the threat offered by this city led in part to the Third Punic War'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'From Latin for "thread", this style of jewelry is made by twisting fine wires of precious metals into patterns'

Answer: filigree


Question: 'This breed takes its name from a city in Slovenia that was home to the Austrian imperial stud'

Answer: lipizzaner


Question: 'French term for an evening party, perhaps a musical one'

Answer: a soirée


Question: 'This Bogart character exclaims in court, "Ah, but the strawberries!  That's... that's where I had them"'

Answer: Captain Queeg


Question: 'He's seen here a decade before his most famous broadcasts'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'It's the northernmost country in Asia'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'It's short for the room or building where experiments are done'

Answer: a lab


Question: 'In 2008 the USDA ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of this meat, though most of it had already been eaten'

Answer: beef


Question: '"Going Through The Motions" from the "Buffy" musical episode'

Answer: Sarah Michelle Gellar


Question: 'First & last name of the scout who's Cooper's most famous creation'

Answer: Natty Bumppo


Question: 'Radio nickname of Howard Stern producer & on-air personality Gary Dell'Abate'

Answer: Baba Booey


Question: 'The popular sport muay thai is a type of this martial art'

Answer: kickboxing


Question: 'It's the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea'

Answer: ebb


Question: 'In 2010 Legacy propane infrared plaque heaters were recalled due to the chance of poisoning by this odorless gas'

Answer: carbon monoxide


Question: '"Building A Mystery" & a TV ad for British Columbia tourism'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: '"The troops and rangers call me" this title, "inasmuch as I have never been known to miss one end of the trail"'

Answer: Pathfinder


Question: 'If you're happier listening to this NPR program not knowing what Michele Norris looks like, cover your eyes'

Answer: All Things Considered


Question: 'The modern cooking style called this landlocked country's "barbecue" was invented in Taiwan'

Answer: Mongolian


Question: 'Sn is the chemical symbol for this'

Answer: tin


Question: 'Oops!  DePuy Orthopedics had to recall defective implants for this 3-letter joint'

Answer: the hip


Question: 'A song to Jimmy Kimmel about Matt Damon'

Answer: Sarah Silverman


Question: 'Fittingly, the title character of this 1841 novel dines on venison in Chapter 1'

Answer: the Deerslayer


Question: 'This Southerner who announced Brooklyn Dodgers games gave fans folksy expressions like "the catbird seat"'

Answer: Red Barber


Question: 'The only U.S. mint ever outside the continental U.S. was opened in 1920 in this Asian country, then a U.S. colony'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'This unit of illumination shares its name with an old brand of soap & detergent'

Answer: lux


Question: 'A 2009 recall covered millions of window coverings, including Roman shades & roll-up these'

Answer: blinds


Question: '"All I Ask Of You", by her onetime husband Andrew Lloyd Webber'

Answer: Sarah Brightman


Question: 'In "The Last of the Mohicans", he's Chingachgook's friend with a name out of "M*A*S*H"'

Answer: Hawkeye


Question: 'This disc jockey is often credited with coining the term "rock 'n' roll"'

Answer: Alan Freed


Question: 'Get high in the Himalayas in Thimphu, this nation's capital'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'These 2 similarly spelled words mean a span of time longer than an era & an electrically charged atom'

Answer: an eon & an ion


Question: 'Millions of these made from 1995 to 2007 for kids were recalled; the MTV show of the same name is still safe'

Answer: cribs


Question: 'Standards like "Lover Man" & "Misty"'

Answer: Sarah Vaughan


Question: 'In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness'

Answer: Leatherstocking


Question: 'Geraldine Doyle, who in 1942 took a job at a Michigan metal factory, helped inspire the look & job of this iconic character'

Answer: Rosie the Riveter


Question: 'On his third voyage, Columbus discovered what we now know as this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: '(Cheryl shoots some hoops with Shawn Bradley.) There's a regular as well as a sky type of this shot'

Answer: hook shot


Question: 'The folks in this "Cornhusker State" have been called bug-eaters, from a type of bird found there'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'One of the stamps that celebrated the 1960s commemorated this concert event'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: '1 of the 2 manufacturing companies classified under "Toys" in the 500'

Answer: 1 of (Mattel and Hasbro)


Question: 'Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you know they're the two words that complete the phrase "Been there..."'

Answer: "...done that"


Question: 'Christopher's son Diego was a page in the house of Juan, the only son of this royal pair'

Answer: Isabella and Ferdinand


Question: 'In 1997 the NBA briefly shelved this contest whose winners included Isaiah Rider with the East Bay Funk'

Answer: Slam Dunk competition


Question: 'The Kamba are a Bantu people of this country that also starts with the letter "K"'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'The Legendary Playing Fields of Baseball set includes this Boston ballpark'

Answer: Fenway Park


Question: 'It's a shoe-in as the top apparel company on the list'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'To be politically correct, don't call someone short, say he's vertically this'

Answer: challenged


Question: 'In 1862 this Italian city erected its big monument to the man'

Answer: Genoa


Question: '(Sofia goes head-to-head with Bradley.) It's a musical artist who broadens his appeal or the type of dribble Shawn Bradley is using to beat me'

Answer: crossover


Question: 'The Niases reside on the island of Nias, which is west of Sumatra in this country'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This Looney Tunes character graced a 1999 stamp with his trademark "That's Despicable" look'

Answer: Daffy Duck


Question: 'Once No. 7 on the list, this energy company's stock was downgraded to junk bond status in late 2001'

Answer: Enron


Question: 'It's the 3-character acronym  computer users and non-users alike used for the year 2000'

Answer: Y2K


Question: 'This Catskills author had a theory on where Columbus first landed: Cat Island'

Answer: (Washington) Irving


Question: 'The underhand free throw technique is associated with this Golden State Warriors hall of famer'

Answer: Rick Barry


Question: 'A Wichitan maybe from Wichita, Kansas or from Wichita Falls in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'These depicted on stamps include ones at Sandy Hook, New Jersey & Cape Hatteras, North Carolina'

Answer: lighthouses


Question: 'AMR & UAL are the top 2 companies in this industry'

Answer: airline


Question: 'It actually sounds like a rodent but it's actually slang for a teen who hangs out at shopping centers'

Answer: mall rat


Question: 'In the lawsuits that followed, a Columbus descendant got the title Duke of this, also Zorro's family'

Answer: de la Vega


Question: '(Cheryl is attempting a rebound from Bradley.) Shawn's doing this to me; it sounds like fighting, but he's actually in position for the rebound'

Answer: boxing out


Question: 'On a cruise to this one of the U.S. Virgin Islands, you'll learn that the people there are called Cruzans'

Answer: St. Croix


Question: 'A 1999 international rate stamp featured this landmark, also an electric power producer'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'The top food services company, it has twice the revenues of No. 2, Tricon Global Restaurants'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'A combination of 2 other words, it describes a place or product for kids that's both informative & fun'

Answer: edutainment


Question: 'What's Chris been up to lately? Directing the first 2 films based on this book series'

Answer: "Harry Potter"


Question: 'It's the road where Big Bird lives'

Answer: Sesame Street


Question: 'Henry Clay told the U.S. Senate that he'd "rather be" this "than be President"'

Answer: right


Question: 'In 2000 this film critic gave thumbs up to new balcony-mate Richard Roeper of The Chicago-Sun Times'

Answer: (Roger) Ebert


Question: 'Hypo- means "deficient"; add one letter to make it this, meaning "sleep"'

Answer: hypno-


Question: 'Clint Howard's nice TV bear who makes Cherry Garcia ice cream'

Answer: Gentle Ben & Jerry\'s


Question: 'Chris wrote this 1984 film directed by Joe Dante, but not the 1990 "New Batch" sequel'

Answer: "Gremlins"


Question: 'Freddy Krueger induced fitful sleep on this thoroughfare'

Answer: Elm Street


Question: 'In 1807 this inventor went from New York City to Albany "wholly by the power of the steam engine"'

Answer: (Robert) Fulton


Question: 'This rapper's "The Marshall Mathers LP" became the fastest-selling rap CD in history'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'Pedo- can mean "child"; pedi- can be used for this body part'

Answer: the foot


Question: '"Hee Haw" regular whose straw hat had a $1.98 price tag still attached is a 2001 WWII flick with Ben Affleck'

Answer: Minnie Pearl Harbor


Question: '1 of the 2 films Chris directed in which Robin Williams played the title character'

Answer: 1 of ("Mrs. Doubtfire" and "Bicentennial Man")


Question: 'In literature, it leads to The Emerald City'

Answer: The Yellow Brick Road


Question: 'This President said that the second bank of the U.S. is "trying to kill me, but I will kill it"'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Partial proceeds from the sale of his Boomer's BBQ sauce goes to cystic fibrosis research'

Answer: Boomer Esiason


Question: 'Ovi- is a 3-letter prefix for "egg"; oto- is this 3-letter body part'

Answer: the ear


Question: 'Russian Empress who is a "pip" of a Dickens novel'

Answer: Catherine The Great Expectations


Question: 'Chris adpated this 1995 comedy with Hugh Grant from the French film "Neuf Mois"'

Answer: "Nine Months"


Question: 'Built over 2,000 years ago & still in use, it was the main "way" to get from Rome to Greece'

Answer: the Appian Way


Question: 'In 1886 this Chiricahua Apache told government troops, "Once I moved about like the wind, now I surrender to you"'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: '"Play Misty for Me" was the first film directed by this actor'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'Melano- means "black"; leuko-, "white"; & erythro-, this'

Answer: gray


Question: 'In a Shakespeare play, it's the drink Viola, Orsino, & Malvolio drink when they can't get a bottle of Thunderbird'

Answer: Twelfth Night Train


Question: 'Sean Astin was one of the treasure-hunting kids in this 1985 Steven Spielberg film with a script by Chris'

Answer: "The Goonies"


Question: 'Tucked behind Regent Street, you'll find this street was the fashion center of swinging 1960s London'

Answer: Barnaby Street


Question: 'In McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819, this Chief Justice wrote, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy"'

Answer: John Marshall


Question: 'This screenwriter reportedly received $3 million for "Basic Instinct" & $4 million for "One Night Stand"'

Answer: (Joe) Eszterhas


Question: 'We know you know blepharo- is this body part (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean?)'

Answer: the eyelids


Question: 'Dee Snider band who sang "We're Not Gonna Take It" to Caroline Meeber in a Dreiser novel'

Answer: Twisted Sister Carrie


Question: 'Literary history was shaped in 1905 when this female author moved from 22 Hyde Park to 46 Gordon Square'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Part of this big state crosses the 180th meridian of longitude'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Since 1979 it's been tempting the "tummy with the taste of nuts & honey"'

Answer: Honey Nut Cheerios


Question: 'She's the lass in the Stephen Foster ditty heard here'

Answer: Jeannie (with the light brown hair)


Question: 'Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration'

Answer: Department of Transportation


Question: 'Tobey Maguire said kissing Kirsten Dunst upside-down in the rain was the hardest thing he's done as this superhero'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'Around the Vatican you might be able to practice this source language of all Romance languages'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'With a population of about 120,000, Columbia is this state's most populous city'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'As its name suggests, this General Mills cereal provides 100% daily value of 12 vitamins & minerals'

Answer: Total


Question: 'Aye, aye! It's the title of the military anthem heard here'

Answer: "Anchors Aweigh"


Question: 'Grain Inspection,<br />Packers & Stockyards Administration'

Answer: Department of Agriculture


Question: 'In "To Have and Have Not", she kisses Bogart & says, "It's even better when you help"'

Answer: Lauren Bacall


Question: 'Of Catalan, Bulgarian or Romanian, the one that is not a Romance language'

Answer: Bulgarian


Question: 'These 2 states have the shortest coasts on the Gulf of Mexico, only about 50 miles apiece'

Answer: Alabama & Mississippi


Question: 'About a third of all Life cereal sold is of this flavor introduced in 1978'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'You might need to join A.A. if you take this song literally'

Answer: "Little Brown Jug"


Question: 'U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service'

Answer: Department of the Interior


Question: 'A mutt & a cocker spaniel slurp spaghetti & smooch in this 1955 classic'

Answer: Lady and the Tramp


Question: 'It's the most widely spoken Romance language in the world'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'This state has the highest average altitude of any state east of the Mississippi; must be pretty "mountainous"'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'Introduced in the 1980s, it's the trademark name for a cereal of "seven whole grains & sesame" & little puffs'

Answer: Kashi


Question: 'Some big gloves might be a nice present for the guy in this song heard here'

Answer: "He\'s Got The Whole World In His Hands"


Question: 'Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management'

Answer: Department of Energy


Question: '1940s classic film in which the heroine says, "Kiss me. Kiss me as if it were the last time"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'Ligurian, Lombard & Piedmontese are all dialects of this Romance language'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'Tears were shed when the Teddy Bear Museum in Naples in this state closed its doors forever in 2005'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This cereal from Kellogg's is "crispy rice on one side, crunchy corn on the other"'

Answer: Crispix


Question: 'They're the dancing title females in the song heard here'

Answer: "Buffalo Gals"


Question: 'Government National Mortgage Association'

Answer: Department of Housing and Urban Development


Question: '1981 drama in which Norman Thayer asks wife Ethel, "Wanna dance or would you rather just suck face?"'

Answer: On Golden Pond


Question: 'Linguists trace Romance languages back to this hyphenated family of languages'

Answer: Indo-European


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Among the many utensils used in the ceremony are the Chashaku, or scoop, and the Chasen, or wisk, made from a single piece of this'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'Nessus, one of these half-horse creatures, tried to abduct Hercules' wife; big mistake'

Answer: a Centaur


Question: 'It created an all-water link from NYC to the Great Lakes & opened up the settlement of the Great Lakes area'

Answer: the Erie Canal


Question: 'Of U.S. News & Word Report's 5 top U.S. hospitals in pediatrics, 4 include these 2 words in their names'

Answer: Children\'s Hospital


Question: '"Jaws" & "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"'

Answer: the 1970s


Question: 'Battles between these fighters in the Roman Colosseum were stopped in 404 A.D.'

Answer: the gladiators


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Crawling or crouching through the door to enter the room signifies Kenson, Japanese for this 8-letter opposite of pride'

Answer: humility


Question: 'Every 500 years or so, this bird was reborn from its own ashes'

Answer: the Phoenix


Question: 'On May 10, 1869 telegraph operators in Utah signaled the nation that this had been completed'

Answer: the Transcontinental Railway


Question: 'There's a stroke center at Boswell Hospital in this Arizona retirement city'

Answer: Sun City


Question: '"Red Storm Rising" & "The Prince Of Tides"'

Answer: the 1980s


Question: 'Bartenders use it to make an orange blossom'

Answer: gin


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Like the altar of a Zen chapel which inspired it, the Tokonoma, or decorated alcove, faces this direction, thought lucky due to its exposure to sunlight'

Answer: south


Question: 'The Numean lion was the sibling of this monster who liked to riddle people with her own riddle before eating them'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'This 1862 act gave 160 acres of free land to anyone who had lived on it & improved it for 5 years'

Answer: the Homestead Act


Question: 'An L.A. "home for the incurables" named for this holy mountain later merged with Cedars of Lebanon'

Answer: Mount Sinai


Question: '"The Agony And The Ecstasy" & "You Only Live Twice"'

Answer: the 1960s


Question: 'These large masses of slow-moving ice occur where winter snowfall exceeds summer melt'

Answer: glaciers


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Many elements of the ceremony like the fire and water, the open tea bowl, and the closed tea caddy, represent these two complementary forces of nature borrowed from the Chinese'

Answer: yin and yang


Question: 'It wasn't hard for this Lernaean serpent to get ahead; every time one of its heads was cut off, 2 grew in its place'

Answer: the Hydra


Question: 'In the 1846 Oregon Treaty, the British gave up claims to all territory below the 49th parallel except this large island'

Answer: Vancouver Island


Question: 'London's HTD, Hospital for these Diseases, has a consultant parasitologist & leprologist'

Answer: tropical diseases


Question: '"Forever Amber" & "The Naked And The Dead"'

Answer: the 1940s


Question: 'Rich in phosphates, this waste matter left by bats & seabirds can be a valuable commodity'

Answer: guano


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.) Once, sitting on these mats could signify one's noble stature.  Today, everyone sits on them for the tea ceremony'

Answer: tatami


Question: 'She was a beautiful Nymph before she was turned into a sea monster, doomed to live in a cave opposite Charybdis'

Answer: Scylla


Question: 'This 1853 deal that brought the U.S. chunks of New Mexico & Arizona is known in Mexico as the sale of La Mesilla'

Answer: the Gadsden Purchase


Question: 'Seen here is this fittingly named Paris complex founded as a Veteran's hospital founded by Louis XIV'

Answer: Les Invalides


Question: '"Arrowsmith" & "The Age Of Innocence"'

Answer: the 1920s


Question: 'In construction, it's a horizontal load-bearing structural member'

Answer: a girder


Question: 'This term for a deadly substance may derive from the name of a love goddess'

Answer: venom


Question: 'What?  Him worry?'

Answer: Alfred E. Neuman


Question: 'Take an archaic version of a second person pronoun & add beach grains to make this number'

Answer: thousand


Question: 'A woman altered the numbers on one of these to win $20; dumb move, it was already a $5,000 winner'

Answer: a lottery ticket


Question: '"Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there'll be sun"'

Answer: Annie


Question: 'Pigs were among the creatures that killed off this bird on Mauritius in the 1600s'

Answer: the dodo


Question: 'In a Joseph Conrad work, Marlow heads into the Congo & finds the "Heart of" this'

Answer: Darkness


Question: 'You'd be smiling like this man if you had helped build another house for Habitat for Humanity'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Take being actively engaged & add the physical structure of a person to make a meddlesome person'

Answer: busybody


Question: 'A vending machine thief had a hard time claiming innocence after paying $400 bail in this currency with Washington on it'

Answer: quarters


Question: '"Give 'em the old razzle dazzle, razzle dazzle 'em"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The Puerto Rican plain one is endangered; the passenger one has already passed on'

Answer: a pigeon


Question:
'This novel was adapted into the film seen here

"You must let me free the lifeboats."
"Why so you can abandon us?"
"You believe that?"'

Answer: Lord Jim


Question: 'Even the teeth of this politician seem to have muscles'

Answer: Governor Schwarzenegger


Question: 'Take the opposite of front & add someone who has been legally placed under a court's care to make reverse'

Answer: backward


Question: 'A Georgia woman was surprised to find they don't take $1 million bills at this chain co-founded by Sam Walton in 1962'

Answer: Wal-Mart


Question: '"I dreamed I met a Galilean, a most amazing man"'

Answer: Jesus Christ Superstar


Question: 'This city's Bishop Museum has a princess' pa'u (skirt) made from feathers of the extinct mamo & 'o'o'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'The young Conrad apparently attempted suicide, though he claimed the wound came in one of these confrontations'

Answer: a duel


Question: 'Take a partly ground husk of wheat & add a serving plate to do this, like waving a sword'

Answer: brandish


Question: 'A counterfeiter found out the hard way they don't take $16 bills in this city, Kansas' most populous'

Answer: Wichita


Question: '"A lady doesn't wander all over the room and blow on some other guy's dice"'

Answer: Guys and Dolls


Question: 'The last known Mariana mallard died in 1981 at this San Diego adventure park'

Answer: Sea World


Question: 'In a 1903 work, this title type of storm hits the Nan-Shan on its way to China'

Answer: a typhoon


Question: 'Take a group & add a large wild cat to make a cluster of nerve cells'

Answer: ganglion


Question: 'Robert Ligon got 15 months for repacking these as "low fat" when each had 530 calories--as Homer says, Mmm, these'

Answer: donuts


Question:
'"That carriage ride--
You walked me home--
You lost a glove--
I lost a comb"'

Answer: Gigi


Question: 'Like the ostrich, which it resembled, the 10-foot moa of this country defended itself by kicking'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Joseph Conrad was introduced to English at age 8 when his dad was translating Shakespeare into this language'

Answer: Polish


Question: '16 months before his ride from Charlestown to Lexington, he participated in the Boston Tea Party'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Fans of "CI" & "SVU" know they're both spin-offs from this TV drama'

Answer: Law & Order


Question: 'This capital was once known as Frank's Ford after Stephen Ford who was killed by Indians nearby in 1780'

Answer: Frankfort


Question: 'This brand of artificial sweetener was introduced in a gumball in 1981'

Answer: NutraSweet


Question: 'It can be steel, conga or bongo'

Answer: a drum


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through one of the terminals at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.)  It's the large passage along which airport gates are located, like here at O'Hare'

Answer: the concourse


Question: 'During a 6-week cruise in 1776, this American naval commander captured 8 British ships & sank 8 others'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: 'James Taylor was just 22 when he first hit the charts in 1970 with this pop classic'

Answer: "Fire And Rain"


Question: 'The Johnson Victrola Museum in this Delaware capital tells the history of the Victor Talking Machine Company'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'This "big" movie of 1983 featured Kevin Costner... as a corpse!'

Answer: The Big Chill


Question: 'It's sounded by the strokes of a clapper'

Answer: a bell


Question: 'One-word term for the small stall seen here'

Answer: confessional


Question: 'In late 1774, he declared, "The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph"'

Answer: King George III


Question: 'It's TV Guide's weekly section of praises & putdowns'

Answer: "Cheers and Jeers"


Question: 'Named for a French city, this smallest state capital commands the main pass through the Green Mountains'

Answer: Montpelier (Vermont)


Question: 'In 1984 he threw "The Pass" against the University of Miami to help Boston College win on the final play of the game'

Answer: Doug Flutie


Question: 'In the South, a "mouth" one of these is a harmonica'

Answer: a harp


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a diagram.)  In geometry, it's a segment that joins two points on a circle'

Answer: a chord


Question: '3 days before his surrender at Yorktown, a storm prevented this British general's escape across the York River'

Answer: Cornwallis


Question: 'In 1956 Audrey Hepburn played Natasha Rostov in a nearly 3 1/2 hour film version of this book'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'This capital lies about halfway between the North Dakota & Nebraska borders'

Answer: Pierre (South Dakota)


Question: 'In 1982 he began a 16-year run as Chancellor of West Germany'

Answer: Helmut Kohl


Question: 'The English horn, or cor anglais, is an alto form of this double-reed instrument'

Answer: an oboe


Question: 'According to the poem inscribed on it, the type of statue seen here'

Answer: a colossus


Question: 'Not one shot was fired when Ethan Allen & Benedict Arnold seized this New York Fort on May 10, 1775'

Answer: Ticonderoga


Question: 'This 1985 miniseries focused on 2 families, the Mains & the Hazards, in the years leading up to the Civil War'

Answer: North and South


Question: 'The Missouri River lies about 10 miles to the east of this capital, the continental divide about 10 miles west'

Answer: Helena (Montana)


Question: 'In 1986 she published her "Mayflower Madam" memoir'

Answer: (Sidney Biddle) Barrows


Question: 'When it has circular coiling, call it a helicon'

Answer: a tuba


Question: 'This luminous constellation has a daughter, Andromeda, placed near her in the heavens'

Answer: Cassiopeia


Question: 'Last name of the Chicago cab fleet operator who started the "Drive-Ur-Self" rental system'

Answer: Hertz


Question: 'Until the first battle of this in July 1861, the North estimated that the war would last about 90 days'

Answer: (the first Battle of) Bull Run


Question: 'This rapper had the aptly titled hit "Big Poppa"'

Answer: Biggie Smalls


Question: 'A site near Walla Walla commemorates the role of Marcus & Narcissa Whitman in establishing part of this trail'

Answer: the Oregon Trail


Question: 'In 1889 this Elizabethport, New Jersey company electrified the sewing machine'

Answer: Singer


Question: 'There's no getting around this company's Dakota & Ram pickups'

Answer: Dodge


Question: 'Thin soup made from a butterfly relative'

Answer: moth broth


Question: 'The fatefully named Stapleton Crutchfield lost one of these limbs at Chancellorsville'

Answer: a leg


Question: '"Don't go chasing" these, TLC asked, "please stick to the rivers and lakes that you're used to"'

Answer: waterfalls


Question: 'The armory in this Mass. town was  America's small arms manufacturer for nearly 200 years'

Answer: Springfield


Question: 'For astronomy, not hunting, William Gascoigne created the telescopic site with these strands'

Answer: crosshairs


Question: 'You could drive this automaker's Silverado through an avalanche'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'The indistinct grumble of a yellow bread spread'

Answer: butter mutter


Question: 'As chief of aeronautics, U.S. Army, Thaddeus Lowe organized a corps of 5 of these'

Answer: balloons


Question: 'In 1995 this brother & sister hit No. 5 with the song "Scream"'

Answer: Michael & Janet Jackson


Question: 'The ruins of Puukohola Heiau, a temple built by this king, lie on the Northwestern shore of Hawaii'

Answer: King Kamehameha


Question: 'In the '40s AT&T used a radio with no conventional vacuum tubes to demonstrate this device invented in its lab'

Answer: a transistor


Question: 'This company gives its trucks an "F":<br />150, 250 & 350'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'A Toll House treat that's just been recruited'

Answer: a rookie cookie


Question: 'McClellan, Burnside, Hooker & Meade successively headed this army'

Answer: the Army of the Potomac


Question: 'A successful songwriter & producer, she had "criminal" success with her debut album "Supa Dupa Fly"'

Answer: Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott


Question: 'The Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site consists of the Monroe Elementary School in this city'

Answer: Topeka, Kansas


Question: 'This 18th century seed drill inventor shares his name with the band that gave us "Aqualung"'

Answer: Jethro Tull


Question: 'When you hit the tundra, take this truck maker's Tacoma'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'A citrus fruit that emulates Marcel Marceau'

Answer: a lime mime


Question: 'Troops under the command of this bottom-of-his-class grad from West Point made a disastrous charge at Gettysburg'

Answer: Pickett


Question: 'It's no mystery--this Canadian woman made her Top 40 debut in 1997 with "Building A Mystery"'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: 'This war relocation center in California is 1 of 10 camps where Japanese-Americans were interned during WWII'

Answer: Manzanar


Question: 'In the late 19th century, Ellen Eglui invented this washing machine attachment that saved a lot of drying time'

Answer: a wringer


Question: 'Take this company's Titan to a new frontier'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'A Scottish cap made from Hormel's "spiced ham"'

Answer: a Spam tam


Question: 'Penguin Classics' introduction to this novel says, "Emily... developed a passionate love of the rough Moorland scenery"'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: '"Oliver on 'Still the Beaver'" & "Sherman Hemsley series" have been clues in this publication's weekly puzzle'

Answer: TV Guide


Question: 'This city was home to our favorite "German-American physicist" for the last 20 years of his life'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'To mix drinks in the comfort of your living room, it's handy to have this counter with a sink and running water'

Answer: a wet bar


Question: 'Edward James Olmos was Lt. Castillo, the laconic boss of Crockett & Tubbs, on this Florida cop show'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'It rises 12,837 feet above central Honshu Island'

Answer: Mount Fuji


Question: 'Kurt Vonnegut's opening remarks on this author say, "His schoolbooks were steamboats and mining camps"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'You'll find the crossword in the "Life" section of this, "The Nation's Newspaper"'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'The daughter of a "Spanish Cubist", she designs jewelry & fashion accessories'

Answer: Paloma Picasso


Question: 'This bed that folds into a closet when not in use is named for its inventor'

Answer: a Murphy bed


Question: 'This actor skyrocketed to fame playing an altar boy accused of killing a priest in "Primal Fear"'

Answer: Edward Norton


Question: 'In the novel's original full title, Tom Jones is described as this, meaning an abandoned infant'

Answer: foundling


Question: '"According to" this author, "The Delawares themselves acknowledge the royalty of the Mohicans"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: '2004 puzzle themes in this daily paper included "Financial Trouble" & "Buy, Buy, Baby"'

Answer: The Wall Street Journal


Question: 'The "Magyar capital" is divided by this major river'

Answer: the Danube


Question: '7-letter term for the short drapery hung across the top of a window, often used to hide structural fixtures'

Answer: a valance


Question: 'He's lent a patrician air to dozens of movies and TV shows'

Answer: Edward Herrman


Question: 'In 1992 this person was elected to replace California's interim senator John Seymour'

Answer: Dianne Feinstein


Question: 'Its foreword says the "singularly lackluster" Marius is "supposedly a portrait of the youthful Victor Hugo himself'

Answer: Les Miserables


Question: 'Will Shortz, this newspaper's crossword editor, presents puzzles on NPR's "Weekend Edition"'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'Girlfriend of the "Polish-French composer", she penned the novel "La Mare au Diable"'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'The name of this large wardrobe with doors & shelves partly comes from the Latin for weapons'

Answer: an armoire


Question: 'He served as a midshipman in the U.S. Navy at age 9; that "Damn the torpedoes" quote came 55 years later'

Answer: Farragut


Question: '"Tess's tragedy is deeper and more far-reaching than" this author's "bare philosophizing about it"'

Answer: (Thomas) Hardy


Question: 'A decade after crosswords were invented, this company with an alliterative name published the 1st book of them'

Answer: Simon & Schuster


Question: 'The partner in crime of "Jeopardy!"'s No. 1 "American traitor", this Brit was hanged in 1780'

Answer: Major John André


Question: 'It can be an overcoat or a large overstuffed sofa with upholstered arms'

Answer: a chesterfield


Question: 'The name of this small flute comes from the Latin for "peep"'

Answer: fife


Question: 'After being subdued by the Franks in the 700s, this people formed a kingdom at Pamplona in the 800s'

Answer: the Basques


Question: 'In 1925 this American anthropologist first visited Samoa; she wrote a book about it 3 years later'

Answer: Margaret Mead


Question: 'This guy "knew that the sun was out that day, so he said, 'let's run and have some fun now before I melt away'"'

Answer: Frosty the Snowman


Question: 'You could be giving someone the ol' 1-2 with a left hook & an uppercut in this "sweet science"'

Answer: boxing


Question:
'India,
Italy,
Iceland'

Answer: India


Question: 'To join England's venerable Carlton Club, Margaret Thatcher had to be made an honorary one of these'

Answer: a man


Question: 'It's the practice of pairing swimmers, with each responsible for the other's safety'

Answer: the buddy system


Question: 'In 1909, after 7 years with the Swiss Patent Office, he became a professor at the University of Zurich'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'Title that follows "the fire is slowly dying, and, my dear, we're still goodbye-ing, but as long as you love me so..."'

Answer: "Let It Snow (Let It Snow, Let It Snow)"


Question: 'As Ernestine, it's what Lily Tomlin usually said before she reached the party to whom she was speaking'

Answer: one ringie-dingie, two ringie-dingie


Question:
'Zaire,
Zimbabwe,
Zambia'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'For many years, Henny Youngman received much of his fan mail at this comedy "club" found on NYC's East 55th Street'

Answer: the Friar\'s Club


Question: 'In 1873 3 adjoining cities united with Margaret Island to form this city, now a world capital'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'In the 1870s this French chemist demonstrated that anthrax was caused by a particular bacillus'

Answer: Pasteur


Question: 'He "looked out on the feast of Stephen, when the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even"'

Answer: Good King Wenceslas


Question: 'The poem that begins with this line includes "11, 12 dig and delve"'

Answer: one two, buckle my shoe


Question:
'The United Arab Emirates,
The United Kingdom,
The Federated States of Micronesia'

Answer: Micronesia


Question: 'It's the "happy" name for a group of college singers who perform short pieces of choral music'

Answer: a glee club


Question: 'An 1876 Montana battle between the U.S. Army & the Sioux, or the last word "Citizen Kane" utters before dying'

Answer: Rosebud


Question: 'In the 1930s this California transplant posthumously received plant patents No. 12-16'

Answer: Luther Burbank


Question: '"In the lane snow is glistening, a beautiful sight, we're happy tonight" in this place'

Answer: a winter wonderland


Question: 'The Lennon Sisters are featured on his album "A-One A-Two"'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question:
'Chile,
South Africa,
Malaysia'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'The Baum Bugle is the newsletter of the international club for fans of this tale'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'He preached his first sermon to 5 disciples in a park near the holy city of Varanasi'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'The "Hans"-on work of this biochemist born in 1900 unraveled the mystery of the citric acid cycle'

Answer: Hans Krebs


Question: 'In "I'll be home for Christmas", "please have" these 2 rhyming items "and presents on the tree"'

Answer: snow and mistletoe


Question: 'At the 2002 Winter Olympics, with Kati Wilhelm & Uschi Disl this country took 1 & 2 in the women's 7.5K biathlon'

Answer: Germany


Question:
'Nicaragua,
Panama,
Honduras'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Founded in 1795, this Harvard club is famed for its theatricals'

Answer: the Hasty Pudding Club


Question: 'His name precedes "Foretopman" in the title of a 19th century novel'

Answer: Billy Budd


Question: 'In 1965 aeronautical engineer Own MacLaren made a folding aluminum one of these for his parents'

Answer: a stroller


Question: 'Richard Harris & Michael Gambon: this wizard at Harry Potter's school'

Answer: Dumbledore


Question: 'In this work, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is revealed as the father of Hester Prynne's daughter Pearl'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: '"Caustic" is related to this murderous term, subject of a U.S. Memorial Museum'

Answer: holocaust


Question: 'He is the groundbreaking second baseman seen here in 1946'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'Treasures of the Havana City Museum include a throne room built for the king of this country, but never used'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Henry Dreyfuss' "300" of 1937 was one of these with the mouthpiece and earpiece in a single bakelite shell'

Answer: a telephone


Question: 'Brian Cox & Anthony Hopkins: this movie villain'

Answer: Hannibal Lecter


Question: 'The archvillainous archdeacon Claude Frollo plots his schemes in this work'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


Question: 'One who's loquacious or eloquent can't resist making one of these monologues when he's alone'

Answer: soliloquy


Question: 'Mount Rushmore was finished during this president's administration'

Answer: Franklin Roosevelt


Question: 'In operation since 1845, Havana's Casa del Habaño employs 500 people 6 days a week making these'

Answer: cigars


Question: 'In 1972 this company introduced the SX-70, its first SLR model'

Answer: Polaroid


Question: 'Cary Grant & Kevin Kline: this American songwriter'

Answer: Cole Porter


Question: 'Minister Gruffydd is a central character in this inspiring 1939 novel about Welsh coal miners'

Answer: How Green Was My Valley


Question: 'Impeccable means without flaws (originally, sins); this word is a slight flaw (or sin)'

Answer: peccadillo


Question: 'There's a circus collection in the Sarasota Museum of Art named for this man'

Answer: (John) Ringling


Question: 'Havana sites associated with him include Hotel Ambos Mundos (where he wrote) & La Bodeguita (where he drank)'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Popular in the 1960s, this brand made a comeback in 2001'

Answer: Vespa


Question: 'Vanessa Redgrave & Keira Knightley: this queen'

Answer: Guinevere


Question: 'The old priest Stephen Kumalo seeks his son in the urban sprawl of Johannesburg in this "Beloved" Alan Paton novel'

Answer: Cry, the Beloved Country


Question: 'This term for a servant or follower has the same French origin as a type of filet'

Answer: minion


Question: 'This man hosts "Meet the Press", the USA's longest-running TV show'

Answer: Tim Russert


Question: 'Until Castro's 1959 victory, what's now the Museum of the Revolution served as this man's presidential palace'

Answer: (Fulgencio) Batista


Question: 'Quick, raise a cup to Achille Gaggia, who created a domestic machine to make this in the late 1940s'

Answer: espresso


Question: 'Anthony Hopkins & Dan Hedaya: this political figure'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Kiril Lakota is the Russian priest who is elevated to Pope in this 1963 Morris West novel'

Answer: The Shoes of the Fisherman


Question: 'If you're lucky, your remuneration will be this, an adjective from the same Latin root'

Answer: munificent


Question: 'He helped overthrow Marcos & was later president of the Philippines himself'

Answer: Fidel Ramos


Question: 'A 450' monument to this Cuban poet & "Father of the Nation" stands in Havana's Havana's Revolution Square'

Answer: José Martí


Question: 'He was the first vice president to cast zero tiebreaking votes in his capacity as president of the Senate'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Her last husband'

Answer: Marc Antony


Question: 'Mike, Carol, their son Greg & his 5 other siblings'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'When George Washington was sworn in on April 30, 1789, he was wearing one of these weapons'

Answer: a sword


Question: 'The angel shark is so-named because its pectoral fins are shaped like these'

Answer: wings


Question: 'In 1920 he celebrated the birth of his only child, Christopher Robin'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'Take this dessert & you're surprising or unusual'

Answer: the cake


Question: 'The critter that ended her life'

Answer: an asp


Question:
'Ross,
his sister Monica,
his ex-wife Carol,
his ex-wife Emily &
his ex-wife Rachel'

Answer: Friends


Question: 'This South American weapon consists of a hollow reed & a dart'

Answer: a blowpipe (or blowgun)


Question: 'Britannica says that the pygmy sperm type of this creature "is of no commercial value" (probably a blessing)'

Answer: a whale


Question: 'After developing his Maine hunting shoe in 1911, he opened a mail order business'

Answer: Bean


Question: 'Suffer a heavy financial loss & you take one of these; & there are no bubbles'

Answer: a bath


Question: 'The city where she died in 30 B.C.'

Answer: Alexandria


Question:
'Ray, Debra,
their 3 kids,
Robert,
Marie & Frank'

Answer: Everybody Loves Raymond


Question: 'From an imitative Czech word for "whistle", it's any small gun held & fired with one hand'

Answer: a pistol


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jeff Probst [in Thailand].)  Several species of these migratory sea creatures, including green & hawksbill, lay their eggs on Tarutao's beaches'

Answer: a turtle


Question: 'He designed the Richelieu Wing of the Louvre, as well as the pyramidal glass entrance'

Answer: I.M. Pei


Question: 'To leave hurriedly is to take one of these, so have a puff ready'

Answer: a powder


Question: 'About 70 feet high each, one of these obelisks is in Central Park, another by the Thames River'

Answer: Cleopatra\'s Needle


Question: 'Rev. Eric, Annie & their 7 wholesome children'

Answer: 7th Heaven


Question: 'The 16th c. Swiss turned their foes into Swiss cheese with this metal-tipped spear similar to a lance'

Answer: a pike


Question: 'The male of this "musical" species uses its large claw to attract females'

Answer: a fiddler crab


Question:
'He's the singer heard here in one of his biggest hits

"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head /
And just like the guy whose feet are too big..."'

Answer: B.J. Thomas


Question: 'When a congressman gets up to make a formal address he takes this part of the room'

Answer: the floor


Question: 'Name shared by the 2 brothers with whom Cleo co-ruled Egypt'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'Hank, Peggy,<br />Bobby & Luanne'

Answer: King of the Hill


Question: 'This company that brought us the microwave oven also gave us the Patriot missile'

Answer: Raytheon


Question: 'The "Beast" that terrified Bermuda in a 1991 Peter Benchley novel was a giant one of these'

Answer: a squid


Question: 'By the time she was 17, she'd published her first novel, "The Outsiders"'

Answer: S.E. Hinton


Question: 'Assume a secondary position, maybe in the car'

Answer: take a backseat


Question: 'Its construction over the Thames between 1176 & 1209 reportedly cost the lives of 150 workmen'

Answer: London Bridge


Question: 'He owns the last letter ever written by George Harrison, which complimented him & asked for a Mini-Me doll'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Most Moroccan rivers flow into the Atlantic or disappear in the Sahara, but the Moulouya flows into this sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'AAmerican AAirlines offers this, the oldest frequent flyer program'

Answer: AAdvantage


Question: 'With his exposed bones & skull-like head, Ah Puch is unmistakable as the Mayan god of this'

Answer: death


Question: 'A children's game, it can also serve as a verb meaning to move around making irregular jumps'

Answer: hopscotch


Question: 'In Thailand a sound & light show depicts the bombing of this bridge built by P.O.W.s'

Answer: the bridge on the River Kwai


Question: 'He worked as a professional carpenter before starring in movies like "Witness" & "Patriot Games"'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question: 'A 2003 movie directed by Clint Eastwood was named for this river that flows into Boston Harbor'

Answer: Mystic


Question: 'This van lines company moved Ronald Reagan to Washington & Elvis into Graceland'

Answer: Allied Van Lines


Question: 'A son of either Hermes or Dionysus, Priapus was a fertility god of this civilization'

Answer: Ancient Greece


Question: 'This British dependency is one of the southernmost points on the Iberian Peninsula'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'The famed Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly in this country was completed in 1943, near the end of the Raj'

Answer: India


Question: 'Born in Smyrna, Ga., she dated Jason Patric, Benjamin Bratt, Matthew Perry, Liam Neeson & Daniel Day-Lewis'

Answer: Julia Roberts


Question: 'It's the capital of the Lombardy region'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'For its U.S. HQ in Wake Forest, N.C. this socially conscious cosmetics company "recycled" an existing building'

Answer: The Body Shop


Question: 'It's from a Latin word meaning "sword"; Russell Crowe played one in an Oscar-winning movie'

Answer: gladiator


Question: 'Pepsi dropped Madonna after the release of this song's video showed her kissing a saint in a church'

Answer: "Like A Prayer"


Question: 'It's the collective name for Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands & others'

Answer: Melanesia


Question: 'This current Ford CEO has appeared in ads for the family business'

Answer: Bill Ford (William Clay Ford, Jr.)


Question: 'Izanagi & Izanami are male & female creator gods from this island nation of Asia'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A flesh-eater'

Answer: a carnivore


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Brooklyn Bridge.)  It's the last name of the father-&-son engineers who were instrumental in building the Brooklyn Bridge'

Answer: Roebling


Question: 'A 2-time Oscar winner, he was a roommate of funnyman Wally Cox during his theatrical training in NYC'

Answer: Marlon Brando


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew flies over a glacier in Alaska.) This glacier, 13 miles from downtown Juneau, was called Auk Glacier by naturalist John Muir; the name was changed in 1892'

Answer: the Mendenhall Glacier


Question: 'Starting as a New York Regents Exam tutor, he built an empire on standardized test preparation'

Answer: Stanley Kaplan


Question: 'Neil Baldwin's 1998 book "Legends of the Plumed Serpent" is a "Biography of" this Mexican god'

Answer: Quetzlcoatl


Question: 'A descendant of 17th century Dutch settlers in South Africa'

Answer: Afrikaner


Question: 'Its 1st broadcast, February 24, 1942, said, "The news may be good.  The news may be bad.  We shall tell you the truth"'

Answer: Voice of America


Question: 'This Twain boy tells the story of helping a slave named Jim escape'

Answer: Huck Finn


Question: 'Fourth down'

Answer: football


Question: 'Flatbush & Flatlands are neighborhoods in this NYC borough'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'Sure, it's only -15° F. at the summit on a July day, but you can still dream of conquering this highest mountain'

Answer: Mt. Everest


Question: '"Miss Poppins Once Owned One Tiny Baby Sheep"'

Answer: "Mary Had A Little Lamb"


Question: 'A rural group with collective ownership--your skeevy uncle was in the "Hog Farm" one in the '70s'

Answer: a commune


Question: 'Chapter 5 of this classic novel is "Hester at her Needle"'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'Triple play'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'A resort town in Northern Ireland shares its name with this third-largest city in Maine'

Answer: Bangor


Question: 'On NASA's website, Sally Ride says study math & science if you dream of becoming one of these, like she did'

Answer: an astronaut


Question: '"Glimmer, Glimmer, Small Heavenly Body"'

Answer: "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"


Question: 'The "Great Migration" from the south brought 120,000 African Americans to this "Windy City" in the 1920s'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'A Louise Erdrich novel is titled "The Plague of" these birds'

Answer: doves


Question: 'Triple bogey'

Answer: golf


Question: 'It's the westernmost & third largest of Canada's provinces'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'Dream of free shipping forever on millions of items if you took over for Jeff Bezos as CEO of this online giant'

Answer: Amazon


Question: '"A Trio Of Vision-Impaired Rodents"'

Answer: "Three Blind Mice"


Question: 'The Bengali language is spoken by more people than Russian or French, with the greatest number in this country'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'It's book 3 in the "Hunger Games" trilogy'

Answer: Mockingjay


Question: '6-4, 7-6 (7-3)'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'This city's ruins lie on the Euphrates River about 50 miles south of Baghdad'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'You may dream of taking a cruise through this artificial waterway that connects the Atlantic & Pacific'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: '"An Elderly Scotsman Owned One Ranch"'

Answer: "Old MacDonald Had A Farm"


Question: 'It's a person's level of social standing or prestige; a big house is an alliterative "symbol" of it'

Answer: status


Question: 'This Trojan war-set epic poem is the story of the wrath of Achilles'

Answer: the Iliad


Question: 'Standing 8 count'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'In the 1990s the sultan of this country was the world's richest man'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'Dream of trading in that Civic for this automaker's Enzo, seen here'

Answer: Ferrari


Question: '"One Grizzly Ventured Across A Summit"'

Answer: "The Bear Went Over The Mountain"


Question: 'It means a government with no monarch; Ben Franklin said we have one, "if you can keep it"'

Answer: a republic


Question: 'Under the Treaty of Breda, the Dutch gave up New Netherland to the British, who renamed it this in 1664'

Answer: New York


Question: 'At 19, this country cutie became the youngest singer ever named CMA entertainer of the year'

Answer: Taylor Swift


Question: 'Some people collect these metal objects, used instead of cash as fare on subways & buses'

Answer: tokens


Question: 'We suppose you know that adipose is a layer of this that insulates the body from heat loss'

Answer: fat


Question: 'It's the glass above a car's dashboard'

Answer: windshield


Question: 'In September 2010 Tinker Bell got one of these on the Hollywood Walk of Fame'

Answer: a star


Question: 'In 1635 William Blackstone became the first European to settle in this colony, one year before Roger Williams'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'She was just 16 when her first single, "...Baby One More Time", hit the airwaves'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'In the 1980s feet were added to the bottom of these collectible dispensers to make them more stable'

Answer: Pez


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us some photos in the science lab.) After a butterfly goes through four life stages, from egg to larva to pupa, & finally, to adult, it's said to have undergone complete this, Greek for "transformation"'

Answer: metamorphosis


Question: 'To move a kidney from one body to another'

Answer: transplant


Question: 'In 1882 the first grove of these was planted in Redlands, which was soon the heart of California production'

Answer: orange trees


Question: 'It was the last colony founded & the only one established in the 18th century'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'After they started dating in 2005, these teen lovebirds were dubbed "Zanessa"'

Answer: Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens


Question: 'Patti the Platypus & Chocolate the Moose were among the first of these "Babies"'

Answer: Beanie Babies


Question: 'By definition, phototaxis is the movement of an organism in response to this'

Answer: light


Question: 'It's the round instrument heard here'

Answer: tambourine


Question: 'The state's southernmost county shares its name with this big city'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'In 1741 King George II set this colony's southern border with Massachusetts'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'At 19, he was the youngest competitor in the house on season 11 of "Dancing with the Stars"'

Answer: Kyle Massey


Question: 'Conchology is the study & collecting of these natural objects'

Answer: shells


Question: 'It's the proper term for a human embryo after the first trimester'

Answer: a fetus


Question: '"V" know it's another term for a respirator; do you?'

Answer: ventilator


Question: 'Take a drink at communities called Warner, Borrego & Palm these'

Answer: springs


Question: 'Last name of the family that regained control of Maryland from the Crown in 1715'

Answer: Calvert


Question: 'In 2010, this actress seen here celebrated her sweet 16 & was voted homecoming queen at her high school'

Answer: Dakota Fanning


Question: 'Numismatics is a fancy name for this popular hobby'

Answer: coin collecting


Question: 'In 1901 botanist Hugo de Vries coined this term to describe sudden genetic change'

Answer: mutation


Question: 'Literary term meaning to show or indicate earlier in the story'

Answer: foreshadow


Question: 'The Chocolate Mountains don't produce chocolate, but some say there's $100 billion in this under them'

Answer: gold


Question: 'He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased.  It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'This country borders both Belgium & Monaco'

Answer: France


Question: 'A veritable feast for Pixar in 2007'

Answer: Ratatouille


Question: 'Once upon a time she was born July 1, 1961 in Norfolk, England; the fairy tale ended in Paris August 31, 1997'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'Named for China's capital, these vocal dogs were thought to be semi-divine & considered to be good fortune'

Answer: a Pekingese


Question: 'It's the gastropod "pace" that ensures a late arrival'

Answer: a snail\'s pace


Question:
'In the song "Take Me Out To The Ballgame":
beer,
hot dogs,
peanuts'

Answer: peanuts


Question: 'Olav V was crowned this Scandinavian country's king in 1957 & reigned there for 34 years'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Robots in disguise'

Answer: Transformers


Question: 'This seamstress born Feb. 4, 1913 took a long bus ride home out of Detroit in 2005'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'Known to the Toltec, this small breed tends to wheeze & snore because of its short nose'

Answer: a Chihuahua


Question: 'The Guinness record for knot-tying measures the fastest time for tying the 6 knots listed in this handbook'

Answer: the Boy Scout handbook


Question:
'The Smithsonian:
Archie Bunker's chair,
the Declaration of Independence,
the Liberty bell'

Answer: Archie Bunker\'s chair


Question: 'On southern Africa's west coast, it's been independent of Portugal since 1975'

Answer: Angola


Question: 'Translating the structure into Spanish gets you this Oscar winner'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'His adventures began in Wales in 1888 & ended with a motorcycle accident in England in 1935'

Answer: Lawrence (of Arabia)


Question: 'This breed is quick to sound the yap alarm is someone tries to steal, say, your falcon statue'

Answer: a Maltese


Question: '2 of the 4 original U.S. presidential cabinet posts'

Answer: (2 of) Treasury, Secretary of State, Secretary of War & Attorney General


Question:
'The solar system:
Arcturus,
Canopus,
Deimos'

Answer: Deimos


Question: 'In a 1948-49 war, this Middle Eastern country increased the territory it controlled by about 50%'

Answer: Israel


Question: '2007 film about a paralyzed editor'

Answer: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly


Question: 'He was born May 5, 1818 in Germany & died in das kapital of England in 1883'

Answer: (Karl) Marx


Question: 'These dogs that come in "teacup" varieties hail from the north of England & like to bark but can be trained not to'

Answer: Yorkshire terriers


Question: '1189,1377 &1483 are the 3 years the only 3 kings of England with this name each ascended the throne'

Answer: Richard


Question:
'The Caribbean:
Bahrain,
Barbados,
Bermuda'

Answer: Barbados


Question: 'Murmansk in this country is the largest city in population found north of the Arctic Circle'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'A J.J. Abrams monster flick'

Answer: Cloverfield


Question: 'Act I:<br />Born in Dublin, October 16, 1854; Final act: died November 30, 1900 in Paris'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'This fluffy little yapper is named for a district of Prussia'

Answer: Pomeranian


Question: 'Vegemite, a trademarked vegetable extract used as a sandwich spread, is from this country'

Answer: Australia


Question:
'"War and Peace":
Kutuzov,
Raskolnikov,
Vronsky'

Answer: Kutuzov


Question: 'Geologists called stratigraphers are involved with determining the earth's age & history by looking at layers of these'

Answer: rock


Question: 'A statue of this "Golden Bear" with his putter was unveiled in Augusta in 2000'

Answer: Nicklaus


Question: 'The first edition of this homespun almanac was published in 1792; it's known for valuable weather data'

Answer: The Farmer\'s Almanac


Question: 'Calcium oxide, not a citrus fruit, gives us this term for what you bask in at center stage'

Answer: the limelight


Question: 'She made a cameo appearance in the movie "Fried Green Tomatoes" based on her novel'

Answer: (Fannie) Flagg


Question:
'The Baseball Hall of Fame:
Reese,
Rose,
Ruth'

Answer: Rose


Question: 'Using spectrometry, you'll find that helium produces a bright line of this color'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'A quote on his Chicago statue reads, "He stood before us, suspended above the earth, free from all its laws"'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'He patented his mechanical reaper in 1834 but didn't sell the first one until 6 years later'

Answer: McCormick


Question: 'A removable cover, or old slang for a hat'

Answer: a lid


Question: 'In his 8-volume "Kent Family Chronicles", he took readers through 7 generations of family history'

Answer: John Jakes


Question:
'U2:
Bono,
Edge,
Sting'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'A block & tackle uses 2 or more of this simple machine to reduce the amount of effort needed to lift a load'

Answer: a pulley


Question: 'You can see statues of Honus Wagner, Roberto Clemente & Willie Stargell outside this team's PNC Park'

Answer: the Pittsburgh Pirates


Question: 'On Sept. 11, 1847 this Stephen Foster song had its premiere in Pennsylvania; the 49ers then carried it west'

Answer: "Oh! Susanna"


Question: 'A pale purple, or a plant of the mint family'

Answer: lavender


Question: 'He wrote "Our Man in Havana" & "The Third Man" as well as the screenplays for them'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question:
'The Pledge of Allegiance:
freedom,
justice,
liberty'

Answer: freedom


Question: 'Types of seismic waves include L, P & S, which stand for love, primary & this'

Answer: secondary


Question: 'Father to War Admiral, this horse who died in 1947 is buried under his statue at the Kentucky Horse Park'

Answer: Man o\' War


Question: 'In March of 1775 Daniel Boone began blazing this trail from the Holston River in Tennessee to central Kentucky'

Answer: the Wilderness Trail (or Road)


Question: 'From the Latin for "tear", it means mournful or likely to cause weeping'

Answer: lachrymose


Question: 'His "From Here to Eternity" was the top-selling novel of 1951'

Answer: James Jones


Question:
'The top row of letters on a standard keyboard:
E,
S,
Q'

Answer: S


Question: 'Diatoms are among the most numerous of these plantlike plankton that drift with the ocean currents'

Answer: phytoplankton


Question: 'In 2006 the Arizona Cardinals unveiled a statue of this man, killed in Afghanistan 2 years earlier'

Answer: Pat Tillman


Question: 'This type of stable is one where horses are stored for a fee'

Answer: a livery


Question: 'The author of the Dirk Pitt novels is the founder of NUMA, the National Underwater & Marine Agency'

Answer: Clive Cussler


Question:
'The Old Testament:
Nahum,
Philemon,
Zephaniah'

Answer: Philemon


Question: 'He's the only singer to headline Yankee Stadium, Giants Stadium & Shea Stadium, closing Shea in 2008'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'It was the wolf's reply to Red's comment, "Grandmother, what large eyes you have"'

Answer: the better to see you with


Question: 'The shortwave band begins at about 1700 these units abbreviated kHz; below that you're in AM territory'

Answer: kilohertz


Question: 'This popcorn magnate burst into the world on July 16, 1907 in Brazil, Indiana'

Answer: Orville Redenbacher


Question: 'The only native mammal in Micronesia is this flying one'

Answer: a bat


Question: 'Probably the most famous ukulele player to have a top 40 hit, his name came from a Charles Dickens character'

Answer: Tiny Tim


Question: 'My newt, seen here, gets offended when people call it a lizard--it's obviously one of these amphibians'

Answer: a salamander


Question: 'In the 1934 Disney cartoon "The Big Bad Wolf", this trio warns Red about the wolf waiting at Grandma's house'

Answer: the Three Little Pigs


Question: 'Mainly funded by the CIA, this broadcasting operation began transmitting behind the Iron Curtain in 1949'

Answer: Radio Free Europe


Question: 'As a player, this man led tiny Williston, N.D. High to the state basketball championships'

Answer: Phil Jackson


Question: 'In the 1950s Enewetak & this atoll consisted the Pacific proving ground of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission'

Answer: Bikini Atoll


Question: 'Leon Prober composed this Don Ho standard'

Answer: "Tiny Bubbles"


Question: 'When my newt developed this pair of organs, it was ready to start living on land & be called an eft'

Answer: lungs


Question: 'In the Grimms' version, this character was added to save Red's life after the wolf had devoured her'

Answer: the woodsman


Question: 'One book calls this 12-letter word the "arch-enemy of shortwave listeners"; I just call it annoying'

Answer: interference


Question: 'Last name of Cecile, Yvonne, Annette, Emelie, & Marie, born May 28, 1934 in the village of Callendar, Ontario'

Answer: Dionne


Question: 'The name Micronesia comes from 2 Greek words, micro & nesos, which mean this'

Answer: small island


Question: '1980s Boston Celtics standout Nate'

Answer: "Tiny" Archibald


Question: 'My newt takes pride in how carefully female newts attach these individually to aquatic plants'

Answer: her eggs


Question: '"Lil' Red Riding Hood" was a No. 2 hit in 1966 for Sam the Sham & this group'

Answer: The Pharaohs


Question: 'This service that broadcasts from Abuja & Lagos has a name reflecting that of the USA's official radio service'

Answer: Voice of Nigeria


Question: 'This bandleader whose hit is heard here grew up in the small towns of Clarinda, Iowa; Tryon, Neb.; & Grant City, Mo.'

Answer: Glenn Miller


Question: 'In Agana, the capital of this U.S. territory, you can visit Latte Stone Park & see stone pillars from a prehistoric people'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'This TV show featured younger versions of classic Warner Bros. animated characters'

Answer: Tiny Toon Adventures (Tiny Toons accepted)


Question: 'It's no fun for my newt to hug his European cousin named for these bumps attributed to toads'

Answer: warts


Question: '"Little Red Riding Hood" was first written as "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" in 1697 by this French fairy tale compiler'

Answer: Charles Perrault


Question: 'To catch the BBC at 1700 UTC, or Universal Time Coordinated, tune in at this morning hour Pacific Standard time'

Answer: 9:00 AM


Question: 'From Dublin, Mich. this actor & Verizon spokesman first used a phone when he won a college scholarship'

Answer: James Earl Jones


Question: 'Most of the Caroline Islands are now a part of this independent country known as FSM for short'

Answer: the Federated States of Micronesia


Question: 'In the Oscar-nominated song, the 3 words that follow "Thumbelina, Thumbelina..."'

Answer: "Tiny Little Thing"


Question: 'My newt wonders why newts aren't a Japanese delicacy like this fish that secretes the same poison'

Answer: blowfish (or fugu)


Question: 'If a chunk of this New England city's Travelers Tower falls on you, we're confident they're insured'

Answer: Hartford, Connecticut


Question: 'In 1946, Elmore Morgenthaler was the first NBA player with this physical distinction'

Answer: being 7 feet tall


Question: 'This "male" brand of frozen dinners contains more than 1 pound of food; the XXL line has 1 1/2 pounds'

Answer: Hungry-Man


Question: 'NASA has 134 of these & has no current plan to hire more'

Answer: astronauts


Question: 'The shortest "war" in history, 45 minutes, occured in 1896 between Zanzibar & naval forces of this vast empire'

Answer: the British Empire


Question: 'A person who fought against slavery, like John Brown, was termed this 12-letter word'

Answer: abolitionist


Question: 'Manhattan's Lever House helped usher in the era of the building style known as a box of this material'

Answer: glass


Question: 'Through 2003 this pitcher now with Arizona had 3,871 strikeouts in 3,122 innings'

Answer: Randy Johnson


Question: 'The Overtons named this restaurant for a certain dessert; it's known for its large menu & giant portions'

Answer: Cheesecake Factory


Question: 'On August 27, 2003 this planet reached its closest point to Earth in nearly 60,000 years'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'This nation of 200 million has fought small independence movements like those in Aceh & East Timor'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This instrument, often attached to an inflatable cuff, is used to measure blood pressure'

Answer: a sphygmomanometer


Question: 'You might expect decor by Michelangelo at the over 500-foot towers with this name in Dallas & Detroit'

Answer: Renaissance


Question: 'North-of-the-border star athlete seen here'

Answer: Vince Carter


Question: 'A 32-ounce soft drink at 7-Eleven has this trademarked name'

Answer: Big Gulp


Question: 'In 1965, Belyayev just had to sit there while his partner Leonov became the first to do this'

Answer: walk in space


Question: 'This 11-letter word for "sleight of hand" is from the French for "light of hand"'

Answer: legerdemain


Question: 'The Jin Mao Building, China's tallest, is in this commercial center in the east of the country'

Answer: Shanghai


Question: 'Known as "Tooz", he played defensive line for the Raiders & played Tonda in the film "Caveman"'

Answer: John Matuszak


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to three stacks of different-sized paper cups in a Starbucks in Seattle, Washington.)  At Starbucks, tall is only 12 ounces, grande is 16 ounces & this, Italian for 20, is 20 ounces'

Answer: venti


Question: 'In 1945 this "Space Odyssey" author suggested a space-based telecommunication system'

Answer: Arthur Clarke


Question: 'This adjective refers to a 150th anniversary'

Answer: sesquicentennial


Question: 'This establishment, seen here, isn't in Asia, but in Atlantic City'

Answer: the Taj Mahal


Question: '(I'm Hall of Famer Dan Hampton.)  My Hall of Fame biography mentions this beatly nickname that came from my first name & my fierce attitude'

Answer: "Danimal"


Question: 'This bottle size named for one of the Magi is the equivalent of 16 standard bottles of wine'

Answer: Balthazar


Question: 'Try & come up with this name of the Apollo 15 command module or the shuttle first launched in 1992'

Answer: Endeavor


Question: '28-letter term for opposition to the withdrawal of state support, as for the Anglican church'

Answer: antidisestablishmentarianism


Question: 'In the '20s the alleged spirit powers of Margery caused a rift between these 2 men, a magician & a writer'

Answer: Harry Houdini & Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Question:
'"Along Came Polly",
"Office Space",
"Love Happens"'

Answer: Jennifer Aniston


Question: 'In 1900 they made history with a glider that had a new feature: a horizontal front rudder for pitch control'

Answer: the Wright Brothers


Question: 'The dad & brother of this House Speaker have both served as the mayor of Baltimore'

Answer: Nancy Pelosi


Question: 'In the 1950s Sinatra described the music of this rock legend as "deplorable, a rancid smelling aphrodisiac"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'After Zelda broke their engagement, he went on a bender, then to St. Paul to rewrite a novel he'd begun at Princeton'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'A scatterbrained or eccentric person'

Answer: a ditz


Question:
'"Laugh-In",
"Shampoo",
"Private Benjamin"'

Answer: Goldie Hawn


Question: 'This duke of Bohemia spread Christianity, was martyred & is remembered in a Christmas carol as a "good king"'

Answer: Wenceslas


Question: 'In her 2008 memoir "Audition", this journalist from "The View" says that Alan Greenspan is "a very nice dancer"'

Answer: Barbara Walters


Question: 'From Old French for "entertainer", they were the strolling musicians of the Middle Ages'

Answer: minstrels


Question: 'This author of the 1950 novel "Burning Bright" felt the wrath of grapes'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'From the German for "to spray", it's a quick spray or squirt'

Answer: spritz


Question:
'"Sleeper",
"Annie Hall",
"The Godfather"'

Answer: Diane Keaton


Question: 'It's what the "W" stands for in WPA, a New Deal program FDR created for the unemployed in 1935'

Answer: Works


Question: '...And God created this French actress & animal rights activist in Paris Sept. 28, 1934'

Answer: Bardot


Question: 'Though it wasn't particularly jazzy, the ukulele reached its peak of popularity in the U.S. in this decade'

Answer: the \'20s


Question: 'An overdose of alcohol helped kill this Welsh poet on Nov. 9, 1953'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'This cracker was introduced by Nabisco in 1934 & named to conjure up an image of wealth & glamour'

Answer: Ritz


Question:
'"Boys on the Side",
"Never Been Kissed",
"Charlie's Angels"'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: 'This English cardinal died Nov. 29, 1530, on the way to face treason charges'

Answer: Wolsey


Question: 'This style maven launched her "Everyday" collection at Kmart in 1997'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question: 'Timpani are multiple mounted ones of these instruments'

Answer: drums


Question: 'In 1929 this Algonquin wit's "Big Blonde", about an alcoholic serial mistress, won the O. Henry Award'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: 'This 2-time Winter Olympics site has been known for its mineral springs since Roman times'

Answer: Saint Moritz


Question:
'"Henry & June",
"Pulp Fiction",
"The Truth About Cats & Dogs"'

Answer: Uma Thurman


Question: 'Signed in 1648, the peace of this historic German region ended the Thirty Years' War'

Answer: Westphalia


Question: 'In a letter to Abelard, she not-so-subtly hinted, "letters from absent friends are welcome"'

Answer: Héloïse


Question: 'Of classical music's "three B's", the one born in Hamburg in 1833'

Answer: Johannes Brahms


Question: 'This alcoholic playwright created the bitter alcoholic Jamie Tyrone & a "long day" for his cursed family'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'Nickname of Friedrich Christian Lang, director of the classic 1927 film "Metropolis"'

Answer: Fritz


Question: 'Citizen soldiers of the Revolutionary War couldn't have dreamed of this U.S. ICBM first deployed in 1962'

Answer: the Minuteman


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an archery target on the monitor.)  In target archery, an arrow that hits the outer white ring is worth 1 point, the inner blue scores 6, & a shot in the center yellow scores this many'

Answer: 10


Question: 'It's the principal ingredient on the label of a Tootsie Roll (don't think too hard)'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'An outbreak of disease<br />(8)'

Answer: an epidemic


Question: 'The biography for this Cuban leader says he likes classical music, baseball & skin diving'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'Before taking a drink, you might say "down" this, also an opening in the deck'

Answer: the hatch


Question: 'In 1985 this company said that it hadn't seen the "deep emotional" ties people had to its traditional product'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Thrown straight from the shoulder with a sharp, snapping motion, it's the quick lead punch seen here'

Answer: a jab


Question: 'Year of the patriotic ad seen here'

Answer: 1918


Question: 'Simple substance, my dear Watson<br />(7)'

Answer: an element


Question: 'The oldest of 6 kids in a Catholic family; her father, John F. Fitzgerald, was a mayor of Boston'

Answer: Rose Kennedy


Question: 'This 4-letter entrance is also the total paid attendance at a concert or sporting event'

Answer: gate


Question: '1958's Cooper v. Aaron was one of several Supreme Court decisions aimed at ending this policy in schools'

Answer: segregation


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a football diagram on the monitor.)  Designed to confuse the defense with a quick change of direction, this type of football play has a backwards-sounding name'

Answer: a reverse


Question: 'Tootsie Roll's Chicago plant also produces more than 4 billion of these gumdrops annually--that's a lot of connecting'

Answer: Dots


Question: 'Negative particle<br />(8)'

Answer: an electron


Question: 'His "canon comprises more than 900 published pieces" including "Sophisticated Lady"'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'This word precedes "of Perception" in an Aldous Huxley book title, & it gave Jim Morrison an idea'

Answer: Doors


Question: 'On April 21, 1976 FDA administrator Harry Meyer got the first vaccination in the campaign against this piggish strain'

Answer: swine flu


Question: 'Canine name for the type of golf hole seen here'

Answer: a dogleg


Question: 'Tootsie Roll's recipe for this treat has graham cracker crumbs, 2 lbs. of cream cheese & 8 oz. of Tootsie Rolls'

Answer: the Tootsie Roll cheesecake


Question: 'A catalyzing protein, like amylase<br />(6)'

Answer: an enzyme


Question: '"One Generation After", his tenth book, marked the 25th anniversary of his liberation from Buchenwald'

Answer: (Elie) Wiesel


Question: 'An opening to board a ship, or an exclamation meaning "Move, I'm coming through!"'

Answer: gangway


Question: 'In 1922 he & Ub Iwerks started a business to make animated cartoon "Laugh-O-Grams", but it went bankrupt'

Answer: (Walt) Disney


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a tennis court on the monitor.)  It's the name for the tennis court area highlighted here or for the guards on a basketball team'

Answer: the backcourt


Question: 'We "fell" for these candies introduced in 2008; they're Tootsie Pops without the stick'

Answer: Tootsie Pop Drops


Question: 'A real piece of work<br />(3)'

Answer: an erg


Question: 'This publisher & philanthropist's bio mentions his 1969 swearing in as U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain'

Answer: Walter Annenberg


Question: 'An Internet site that offers e-mail & a search engine is called one of these entryways to the web'

Answer: a portal


Question: 'Used in 1947's "U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey", this 2-word term became widely used again in NYC on 9/11/01'

Answer: ground zero


Question: 'This novel is all about our Depression'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'StarKist's recipe for this grilled sandwich includes toast, onion, celery, mayo & cheese'

Answer: a tuna melt


Question: 'Although it's known that this Hun died on his wedding night in 453, it's not known how he died'

Answer: Attila


Question: 'When created by Congress in 1792, the Mint was part of this department more concerned with foreign affairs'

Answer: the State Department


Question: 'Before iPods & CDs, we spun these, LPs for short'

Answer: long playing recordings


Question: 'A long, narrow hospital bed on wheels'

Answer: a gurney


Question: 'Warning--this Alan Moore novel is extremely graphic'

Answer: Watchmen


Question: '"Everything's better with" this margarine brand on my toast'

Answer: Blue Bonnet


Question: 'Demosthenes wrote that the second king of this name wasn't Greek but a "pestilent knave from Macedonia"'

Answer: Philip


Question: 'The first U.S. Mint building was in this city, then the nation's capital'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Wikileaks, shmiki-leaks--we read the Pentagon Papers in this paper that's in the name of the resulting Supreme Court case'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'This adjective means an animal is awake & active mostly at night'

Answer: nocturnal


Question: 'It's about little kids, but not necessarily for little kids'

Answer: Lord of the Flies


Question: 'Cole's quality foods claims the 1970s introduction of this Italian restaurant bread in frozen form'

Answer: garlic bread


Question: 'Plato referred to this Athenian philosopher & mentor as "the justest man of that time"'

Answer: Socrates


Question: 'The Mint maintains a bullion depository at this Kentucky location'

Answer: Fort Knox


Question: 'We didn't need Cris Collinsworth or even John Madden on "MNF", we had this man who wrote "I Never Played the Game"'

Answer: (Howard) Cosell


Question: 'Technically it's caused by gastroesophageal backflow'

Answer: heartburn


Question: 'I finally caved & read this 1924 British novel'

Answer: A Passage to India


Question: 'If you're ailing, your diet might be reduced to toast & this, such as Lady Grey'

Answer: tea


Question: 'At birth this ancient sage of China was given the name Ch'iu, meaning "hill", because he had a noticeable bulge on his head'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'The Mint's 3 main coin-producing facilities include the one begun in 1852 in this city to address a sudden "rush"'

Answer: San Francisco