Question: 'In 1956 George Miller defined it as holding 5 to 9 chunks of information -- what category did you pick again?'

Answer: short-term memory


Question: 'Brigadier General James Ewell Brown...'

Answer: J.E.B. Stuart


Question: 'Under Ottoman rule Yemen was big in the trade of this out of the town of Al Mukha, or Mocha'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'This adjective comes from the Greek for "Spaniard"'

Answer: Iberian


Question: 'This "I, Claudius" novelist was also a poet who taught poetry at Oxford in the 1960s'

Answer: Robert Graves


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the set of "The Producers" at the St. James Theatre)  I've just made my big entrance onto the Broadway set of "The Producers", the hit musical created by this comic genius'

Answer: Mel Brooks


Question: 'This structure seen here, which includes the medulla, transmits information from the spinal cord'

Answer: brain stem


Question: 'Statesman Frederik Willem...'

Answer: F.W. de Klerk


Question: 'In 1995 Eritrea & Yemen fought over ownership of Greater Hanish Island at the southern mouth of this sea'

Answer: Red Sea


Question: 'This high flyer's father built the Labyrinth'

Answer: Icarus


Question: 'The Rossettis published poems in The Germ, a short-lived magazine from this artsy group'

Answer: Pre-Raphaelites


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew on the set of "Les Miserables" at the Imperial Theatre)  You can almost hear the revolutionaries on the Broadway set of "Les Miserables", based on a novel by this French author'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'P.E.T., the positron emission type of this kind of imaging, can identify the focal points of seizures'

Answer: tomography


Question: '"Possession" author & Booker Prize winner Antonia Susan...'

Answer: A.S. Byatt


Question: 'Once 2 countries, Yemen still finds itself split religiously between the Sunni Muslims & these Muslims'

Answer: Shiites


Question: 'From the Japanese for "living flowers", it's the Japanese art of flower arranging'

Answer: Ikebana


Question: 'Its opera house lies on Bennelong Point in Port Jackson Harbour'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'A chance at a bounty brings retired killer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 1992 film'

Answer: Unforgiven


Question: 'He was christened by the Archbishop of Canterbury in the music room at Buckingham Palace on August 4, 1982'

Answer: Prince William


Question: 'In this Belgian surrealist's 1928 work "Threatening Weather", the clouds have the shapes of a tuba, a chair & a torso'

Answer: Rene Magritte


Question: 'When Arabs are first mentioned, in an Assyrian inscription of the 800s B.C., they are associated with these animals'

Answer: camels


Question: 'The star of "Contact" who's behind this brand of sunglasses'

Answer: Jodie Foster Grant


Question: 'Named for a British naturalist, it's Australia's northernmost capital'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'An old satellite brings retired engineer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 2000 film'

Answer: Space Cowboys


Question: 'Secret files released in 2003 revealed that "the woman he loved" was two-timing him with a car salesman'

Answer: King Edward VIII


Question: 'His several "At the Circus" drawings from 1898 include "The Tandem", "Acrobats" & "Rehearsing"'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'The tarsier, the pygmy marmoset & the baboon all belong to this order of mammals'

Answer: primates


Question: 'Autobiographical Arthur Miller play on a Poe mansion's tumble'

Answer: After the Fall of the House of Usher


Question: 'This capital of Victoria served as Australia's capital from 1901 to 1927 when the seat of govt. was moved to Canberra'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'John Malkovich forces Secret Service agent Clint Eastwood back on presidential detail in this 1993 film'

Answer: In the Line of Fire


Question: 'He was an 11-year-old prince when he was betrothed to his brother's 17-year-old widow in 1503'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'In 1879 she became the first & only American woman to exhibit with the Impressionists'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'The 2 types of alligator are the American alligator & a rare variety that makes its home in this Asian country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Senator & 2004 presidential hopeful who's the breed that won Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show in 2003'

Answer: John Kerry Blue Terrier


Question: 'This capital of Queensland was founded as a convict colony in 1824 & named for a governor of New South Wales'

Answer: Brisbane


Question: 'The Mafia pushes retired bareknuckle boxer Clint Eastwood back into service in this 1980 sequel'

Answer: Any Which Way You Can


Question: 'It isn't a deep, dark secret that this brave knight captured the French king at Poitiers in 1356'

Answer: Edward the Black Prince


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the front of Rembrandt's home in Amsterdam)  Sadly, 3 years after Rembrandt moved into this house, this wife & portrait subject passed away'

Answer: Saskia


Question: 'It's the colorful state bird of Delaware'

Answer: blue hen chicken


Question: '"Parade's End" author who drives the first of the Pony Cars'

Answer: Ford Madox Ford Mustang


Question: 'This capital of South Australia is the only Australian capital named for a woman'

Answer: Adelaide


Question: 'A foe brings former FBI agent Clint Eastwood back into play in this 2002 film'

Answer: Blood Work


Question: 'As Prince of Wales & Prince Regent, this future king was a close pal of Beau Brummell, & quite a dandy himself'

Answer: George IV


Question: 'The statue here shows this priest killed by sea serpents when he gave warnings about the Trojan Horse'

Answer: Laocoon


Question: 'Believed to bring good luck, the korat is a rare, short-haired breed of this animal from Thailand'

Answer: cat


Question: 'Supreme Court's "Separate but Equal" decision who's a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Cubs & Rangers'

Answer: Plessy v. Ferguson Jenkins


Question: 'Both partly of Cherokee descent, they're the 2 men whose statues represent Oklahoma in the U.S. Capitol'

Answer: Will Rogers & Sequoyah


Question: 'Deuteronomy 14:7 commands us that we can do everything to this desert animal but eat it'

Answer: a camel


Question: 'She had a No. 1 hit with the theme from "Mahogany" (she also starred in the movie)'

Answer: Diana Ross


Question: 'Now an Arizona senator, he spent 5 1/2 years in Vietnam as a POW'

Answer: John McCain


Question: '"Music City, USA",<br />Tennessee'

Answer: Nashville


Question: '18th century clergyman Augustus Montague Toplady wrote the verses, not heard here, to this hymn'

Answer: "Rock Of Ages"


Question: 'This common term for a weak, ineffectual person may be derived from "whimper"'

Answer: wimp


Question: 'Of the hippo, hawk or hammerhead shark, the one that can be described as insessorial'

Answer: the hawk


Question: 'Donna Summer was "Hot Stuff" in the summer of 1979, topping the charts with "Hot Stuff" & this naughty hit'

Answer: "Bad Girls"


Question: 'John Kerry served on these boats in the Mekong Delta & a group of their "Veterans for Truth" opposed him in '04'

Answer: swift boats


Question: 'The "Pittsburgh of the South",<br />Alabama'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'A work from around 1910 by this Auguste gentleman is seen here'

Answer: Rodin


Question: 'This word said to sled dogs may be an alteration of the French marchons, meaning "let's go"'

Answer: mush


Question: 'This order of mammals is often divided into prosimians & larger, smarter anthropoids'

Answer: primates


Question: 'This No. 1 hit by the Bee Gees says, "What you doin' and you're laying on your back, aah"'

Answer: "You Should Be Dancing"


Question: 'Shocking events in this Vietnamese village led to the 1970 court-martial of William Calley'

Answer: My Lai


Question: 'The "Hornets' Nest",<br />North Carolina'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'St. Ambrose himself converted & baptized this longtime influential bishop of Hippo'

Answer: (St.) Augustine


Question: 'Billingsgate, a term for foul language, comes from the name of an old fish market in this world capital'

Answer: London


Question: 'It's the 2-word name of the Arctic bovine seen here'

Answer: a musk ox


Question: 'Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots had a No. 1 hit in 1976 with this "fowl" song'

Answer: "Disco Duck"


Question: 'In December 1969 this Texas billionaire tried to send gifts, food & supplies to U.S. POWs in North Vietnam'

Answer: Ross Perot


Question: 'The "Cream City",<br />Wisconsin'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'Augusto is the first name of this controversial onetime South American dictator'

Answer: Pinochet


Question: 'From the Latin for "mother", it's a female prison worker who may be less than maternal'

Answer: matron


Question: 'Encyclopedia Britannica says this amphibian was originally an eft, then its name evolved into neft, & finally to this'

Answer: a newt


Question: 'Elton John & this woman had a No. 1 duet with "Don't Go Breaking My Heart"'

Answer: Kiki Dee


Question: 'This general who passed away in 2005 commanded the U.S. forces fighting in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968'

Answer: Westmoreland


Question:
'"Garden City",
"America's Most Beautiful City",
Georgia'

Answer: Savannah


Question: 'Augustus was the middle name of this "Lucky" hero born in 1902'

Answer: (Charles A.) Lindbergh


Question: 'Take a whirl on the dance floor under these lights whose name comes from the Greek for the "act of whirling"'

Answer: strobe lights


Question: 'This Low Country's principal rivers are the Maas, the Schelde & the Rhine'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'Unfortunately, Christopher Walken, as Nick, prefers the Russian variety of roulette in this '78 classic'

Answer: The Deer Hunter


Question: 'One of the EPA's 6 common air pollutants is this element that at least has been cut in gasoline'

Answer: lead


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew introduces her mummy.)  In 1978 some of the objects here at the Egyptian Museum went to New York in a historic exhibit fittingly titled these "of Tutankhamen"'

Answer: Treasures


Question: 'Aeneas & Dido are lovers in this ancient Roman poet's epic poem on the founding of Rome'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'From the Old English for "oath-breaker", it's a male sorcerer or wizard'

Answer: a warlock


Question: 'In 1999 this river was put on the back of the New Jersey quarter'

Answer: the Delaware


Question: 'Chris literally loses his robotic mind in this 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman'

Answer: The Stepford Wives


Question: 'Most of these biodiverse areas are in the tropics, but Chile's Valdivian one is in a temperate zone'

Answer: a rain forest


Question: 'King Tut's mummy was protected by 9 outer cases, the innermost made from almost 300 solid pounds of this'

Answer: gold


Question: 'In this 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winner, Wang Lung & O-Lan get along just fine until he takes a concubine'

Answer: The Good Earth


Question: 'TV title description of the leather-clad Xena'

Answer: warrior princess


Question: 'The country whose capital is Dakar, or the river that forms part of its border with Mauritania'

Answer: Senegal


Question: 'Trying to destroy Silicon Valley in a 1985 film, Walken tumbles off a blimp fighting this character'

Answer: James Bond


Question: 'As in a put-down, the name of India's forest-saving Chipko Andolan movement literally means do this'

Answer: hug trees


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.) I'm here, French for "room in front," between the entranceway and Tut's resting place; it was filled with objects when it was discovered'

Answer: antechamber


Question: 'In "Winter on Majorca", this author describes a wretched stay on the island with her ailing lover Chopin'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'A small American bird of the family Parulidae known for its singing & bright colors'

Answer: a warbler


Question: 'Columbus may have spotted the mouth of this Venezuelan river in 1498'

Answer: the Orinoco


Question: 'Chris was not quite dead yet as a coma patient who develops ESP in this Stephen King-based film'

Answer: The Dead Zone


Question: 'The sewage of half the Russians drains into the Volga--bad news for fish in this body of water at the Volga's end'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'Tut's tomb was protected from robbers by rubble from the building of the tomb of the 4th pharaoh with this name'

Answer: Ramses


Question: 'It's the classic novel about Emma, her husband Charles & her lovers Rodolphe & Leon'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'In 1955 the West formed the Baghdad Pact & the Eastern Bloc formed this military alliance'

Answer: the Warsaw Pact


Question: 'To get from Madrid to Lisbon by river, take the Manzanares to the Jarama to this river'

Answer: the Tagus


Question: 'Walken's Frank Abagnale Sr. didn't live to see the end of this 2002 Spielberg scam film'

Answer: Catch Me If You Can


Question: 'In 1980 the U.S. Congress set aside 17 million acres of land in this state as a permanent wilderness'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew muses over the first glimpse at the boy king in Luxor, Egypt.)  In this year, the view into Tut's tomb was glimpsed for the first time in over 3,000 years by Howard Carter & Lord Carnarvon'

Answer: 1922


Question: 'Canio the clown stabs his wife Nedda & her lover Silvio to death near the end of this opera'

Answer: Pagliacci


Question: 'It was the maiden name of the American-born Duchess of Windsor'

Answer: Warfield


Question: 'Equatorial Guinea is the only African nation whose offical language is this'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'Independence, Missouri'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'Group heard here with a 1979 song: ("Walking On The Moon")'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'In 1997 Evanston, Illinois briefly banned these 15-minute breaks in its elementary schools'

Answer: Recess


Question: 'It means one lap left, not truce'

Answer: White flag


Question: 'Donald Duck's middle nephew alphabetically'

Answer: Huey


Question: 'If you order a G & T in a bar, you'll probably get this drink'

Answer: Gin & Tonic


Question: 'Quincy, Massachusetts'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'In "Space Oddity" he sang, "Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'In 1993 NYC's schools opened 11 days late after emergency inspection of this building material'

Answer: Asbestos


Question: 'A red flag is a sure sign to do this'

Answer: Stop


Question: 'It's the tallest land mammal north of Antarctica'

Answer: Giraffe


Question: 'Figuratively speaking, a deceived person is led "down" this "path", or perhaps "up" it'

Answer: Garden path


Question: 'West Branch, Iowa'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'in 1992 members of Queen held a tribute concert for this late lead singer'

Answer: Freddie Mercury


Question: 'As their name indicates, these schools were established to "attract" students from across the city'

Answer: Magnet schools


Question: 'A flag of this color doesn't tell the drivers to play chicken, it's just a caution flag'

Answer: Yellow


Question: 'He was Liz Taylor's first husband'

Answer: Nicky Hilton


Question: 'The perfect plaid for singer Campbell'

Answer: Glen


Question: 'Plymouth Notch, Vermont'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'Appropriately named English drummer heard singing here: "When you wish upon a star..."'

Answer: Ringo Starr (Richard Starkey)


Question: 'From Latin for "summon", they're certificates giving public funds to send kids to private schools'

Answer: Vouchers


Question: 'Get this flag & you have finished the race'

Answer: Checkered flag


Question: 'Number of yards in a mile times the number of feet in a yard'

Answer: 5,280


Question: 'Butt of course: this kind of muscle may be minimus, medius or maximus'

Answer: Gluteus


Question: 'Greeneville, Tennessee'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'The Dead Kennedys sang "One-Way Ticket To" this smallest planet'

Answer: Pluto


Question: '"Catholic" means broadminded, but Catholic schools are this type, which also means narrowminded'

Answer: Parochial


Question: 'When waved, a flag of this color lets you begin mile 1'

Answer: Green flag


Question: 'The 4 U.S. states that begin with the word "New"'

Answer: New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico & New York


Question: 'A coarse material made from jute, or the kind of sack made from it'

Answer: Gunny


Question: 'In 1992 Santo Domingo's Quinto Centenario celebration honored this explorer's discovery'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'The color Shirley Eaton was painted all over her body'

Answer: gold (in Goldfinger)


Question: 'These dark patches on the sun's surface appear & disappear in regular cycles'

Answer: sunspots


Question: 'They "scream" & TV movies are "ripped" from them'

Answer: headlines


Question: 'Arthur C. Clarke followed his book "The Nine Billion Names of God" with this other numerically titled tale'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'Length in yards you have to dash to cover an American football field goal line to goal line'

Answer: 100 yards


Question: 'Every August this country is home to the Reggae Sunsplash'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'James Bond's old flame, Teri Hatcher, was put out in this 1997 film'

Answer: Tomorrow Never Dies


Question: 'From the Greek for "yoke", it's a cell formed by the union of 2 gametes'

Answer: a zygote


Question: 'Look it up; it's the total of the fixed costs of running a business'

Answer: overhead


Question: 'Her 1997 book "Violin" features a phantom violinist'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'The Olympic record for tossing one of these is 73 feet, 8 3/4 inches in 1988'

Answer: a shot put


Question: 'El Yunque, the only truly tropical rain forest in the U.S. national forest system, is on this island possession'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'This "License To Kill" co-star seen here now has a license to practice "Law & Order":'

Answer: Carey Lowell


Question: 'Creature seen here, in full bloom'

Answer: a sea anemone


Question: 'Shark with the know-how to "tool around" the sea'

Answer: a hammerhead


Question: 'Be thankful we're not going to list all the characters in his "Gravity's Rainbow"; there are over 400'

Answer: Thomas Pynchon


Question: 'The greatest length of the Jewish one of these is 385 days'

Answer: a year


Question: 'It's T&T to the natives but Desmond Tutu called this nation the rainbow country'

Answer: Trinidad & Tobago


Question: 'She set the style for girls to come with her body of work as Honey Ryder in "Dr. No"'

Answer: Ursula Andress


Question: 'Son of a gun!  This female seed-bearing part of a flower consists of a stigma, a style & an ovary'

Answer: the pistil


Question: 'Acrobatic phrase meaning "hopelessly"; it describes someone who's hopelessly "in love"'

Answer: "head over heels in love"


Question: 'This 1993 Robert Altman film was based on a few tales of Raymond Carver'

Answer: Shortcuts


Question: 'You're at sea if you know this length is 1 mean minute of arc on the meridian'

Answer: a knot (or nautical mile)


Question: 'The Dutch side of this island uses 110 volts, the French side, 220'

Answer: St. Martin (or St. Maarten)


Question: 'Natalie's sister, she was Plenty O' Toole in "Diamonds Are Forever"'

Answer: Lana Wood


Question: 'Announced on February 14, 1946, this first electronic digital computer had 18,000 vacuum tubes'

Answer: ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer)


Question: 'Lots of people look up to these... well, okay, lots of dead people'

Answer: headstones


Question: 'The upshot is he won the Howell's Medal for his "Wapshot Scandal"'

Answer: John Cheever


Question: 'This distance used in astronomy is abbreviated pc & is equal to 19.2 trillion miles'

Answer: a parsec


Question: 'Name shared by the leaders of 2 nations that remain in a mutual state of war in 1998'

Answer: Kim (Kim Dae Jung of South Korea & Kim Jong Il of North Korea)


Question: 'Professor 'Enry 'Iggins sings, "I've grown accustomed to her face" in a song from this show'

Answer: My Fair Lady


Question: 'Usually roasted, squab is a young one of these birds'

Answer: a pigeon


Question: 'A series of these ill wishes includes one on "he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person"'

Answer: curses


Question: 'This present country's red, white & green tricolor got a boost from an 1848 decree by the king of Sardinia'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'I'd say $47,500 for the 2009-10 term at this school in New Haven?  No prob!'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Here's the church; here's the high tower rising above it that's usually capped with a spire'

Answer: a steeple


Question: '"I feel pretty, oh so pretty, I feel pretty and witty and bright" in a song from this musical'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'In a variation of Beef Wellington, Rachael Ray bakes meat, spinach & feta cheese in this Greek dough'

Answer: phyllo


Question: '"Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord" from Deuteronomy is part of Maariv, evening these'

Answer: prayers


Question: 'The blue on Panama's flag symbolizes the Pacific Ocean and this sea'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'I'd want &/or desire to buy this item seen here; it's about 45 carats, doc'

Answer: the Hope Diamond


Question: 'This Georgia city, home to the Bonaventure cemetery & statues, has been called "America's most haunted"'

Answer: Savannah


Question: 'One of this title character's big numbers is "The Music Of The Night", which he sings to Christine'

Answer: the Phantom of the Opera


Question: 'Sheboygan, Wisconsin began its annual festival of this sausage in 1953'

Answer: bratwurst


Question: 'Though its name is derived from the Greek for "two", Deuteronomy is this book of the Bible'

Answer: fifth


Question: 'The yellow stripe on Sao Tome & Principe's flag represents this crop; you'd think it would be chocolate brown'

Answer: cocoa (or cacao)


Question: 'I'd get a round-trip "Upper Class" ticket from NYC to Hong Kong on this man's Virgin Atlantic Airways; only $12,500!'

Answer: Branson


Question: 'The buzz is that rocker Gordon Sumner got this nickname from wearing a favorite yellow & black sweater'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'A song from this show says, "Won't forget, can't regret, what I did for love"'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'A nutritious snack & fun to pop from their pods, green soybeans go by this Japanese name'

Answer: edamame


Question: 'These dietary rules are detailed in Deuteronomy, like salting to remove blood'

Answer: kosher rules


Question: 'This South Pacific island nation's flag was based on an idea from King George Tupou I'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'I'd say to this "Mouth of the South", you gave the U.N. $1 billion in 1997?  I'm givin' 'em 10!'

Answer: Ted Turner


Question: 'A wonderful vaccine largely for older people can help prevent this disease carried by the same virus as chicken pox'

Answer: shingles


Question: 'He wrote the song from "The Gay Divorcee" that says, "Night and day, you are the one"'

Answer: Cole Porter


Question: 'Made of coconut or almond paste, these drop cookies are especially popular at Passover'

Answer: macaroons


Question: 'Verses from Deuteronomy are contained in the Mezuzah, which you can usually find on this part of the house'

Answer: the doorway


Question: 'Kenya's flag features an emblem depicting a shield & spears from this tribe'

Answer: the Masai tribe


Question: 'I wouldn't have paid this Dallas Mavericks owner & his pals $5.7 bil. for broadcast.com like Yahoo! did in '99; maybe 5.6 tops'

Answer: Mark Cuban


Question: 'A blushing crow rather than a crushing blow is an example of this play on words'

Answer: a spoonerism


Question: 'After this painting went missing from the Louvre in 1911, people lined up just to view the empty space'

Answer: the Mona Lisa


Question: 'The arrival of a Spanish woman causes problems for a man & his relationships with 2 American girls'

Answer: Vicky Cristina Barcelona


Question: 'That time of year thou may'st in me behold /<br />The easternmost Great Lake, so we are told'

Answer: (Lake) Ontario


Question: 'Despite the Chicago Tribune headline, he didn't defeat Truman'

Answer: Thomas Dewey


Question: 'Born in 1982, this famous son is second in line to the British throne'

Answer: Prince William


Question: 'Rawlings makes them for ballplayers'

Answer: gloves


Question: 'In 2009 "Landscape with Peasants" by Flemish painter Jan Brueghel was stolen in Namur of this country--Interpol's on it'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Abused wife seeks refuge in movie theater, falls for the fictional leading man'

Answer: The Purple Rose of Cairo


Question: 'In the room the women come and go /<br />Talking of this largest Central American lake, amigo'

Answer: Lake Nicaragua


Question: '"The Shadow Riders" & "The Quick and the Dead" are 2 of the many novels of the Old West by this author'

Answer: Louis L\'Amour


Question: 'World Almanac lists his birth name (Paul David Hewson) & calls him a "musician, social activist, and philanthropist"'

Answer: Bono


Question: 'Split, like some hooves'

Answer: cloven


Question: 'In 1978 2 of his studies in bronze for his "Burghers of Calais" were stolen from a St. Louis museum'

Answer: Rodin


Question: 'Bodyguard kills his boss' girlfriend so that the show can go on'

Answer: Bullets Over Broadway


Question: 'It was many & many a year ago in a kingdom by this "sea" /<br />The 2nd & 4th largest lakes combined, can't compete with thee'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'In 1935 Dr. Carl Weiss allegedly killed him in Louisiana'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'The Almanac notes that the Reverend Sun Myung Moon was the founder of this church'

Answer: the Unification Church


Question: 'It seceded from Yugoslavia in 1991'

Answer: Slovenia


Question: 'His "Poppies Near Vetheuil" was discovered in the back seat of a car a week after it was stolen in Zurich'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'Ditzy prostitute is set up with boxer while Greek chorus weighs in on protagonist's fate'

Answer: Mighty Aphrodite


Question: 'I hate to be a kicker, I don't want to start a fracas /<br />It's 50 miles from Tovar & 300 from Caracas'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: '"Pops", a 2009 biography of this trumpeter, breaks the stories of his run-ins with Chicago gangsters & President Eisenhower'

Answer: Louis Armstrong


Question: 'The World Almanac says she's the "American-born widow of Jordan's King Hussein"'

Answer: Queen Noor


Question: 'Careless or untidy'

Answer: slovenly


Question: 'In 1976 she sued for the return of 3 paintings, claiming they'd been stolen from Alfred Stieglitz' gallery in 1946'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: '"Sugary" biography of pimp turned jazz guitar hero; he likes to shoot rats'

Answer: Sweet and Lowdown


Question: 'Do not go gentle into this "ursine" Canadian lake /<br />Rage, rage against the cold; it can be just too much to take'

Answer: Great Bear Lake


Question: 'This oversized cartoon duckling debuted in the 1950 release "Quack a Doodle Doo"'

Answer: Baby Huey


Question: 'Gerry Adams, born in Belfast, is listed as a leader of this political organization, "We Ourselves"'

Answer: Sinn Féin


Question: 'A common name for trefoil'

Answer: clover


Question: 'This general commanded the first official American force to fight on the European continent'

Answer: John Pershing


Question: 'He cut a rug with Cameron Diaz in "The Mask"'

Answer: Jim Carrey


Question:
'Benchley,
Boyle,
O'Toole'

Answer: Peter


Question: '"Cow's breakfast" is a slang term for a big straw one of these worn by a farmer'

Answer: a hat


Question: 'First course, fettuccine & shiitake these in a cream sauce with Madeira wine; then I have a surprise for you'

Answer: mushrooms


Question: 'Where you sit at the doctor's office reading ancient magazines'

Answer: the waiting room


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew hands us down a tale from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) How stones of several tons were moved and lifted with Stone Age technology is the mystery of structures called dolmens, which were built as these'

Answer: tombs


Question: 'Tina Fey said acting with Alec Baldwin is like this man dancing with a hatrack--he makes the hatrack look good'

Answer: Fred Astaire


Question:
'Judd,
Campbell,
Watts'

Answer: Naomi


Question: 'In a timeworn phrase, something that may never take place won't happen "until the cows" do this'

Answer: come home


Question: 'I hope you give an "A" to my salad of these pungent leaves, also called rocket; it's a perfect side dish for you'

Answer: arugula


Question: 'This feature lets you know someone else is trying to reach you on the phone while you're talking to another'

Answer: call waiting


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports with a modern European from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) Drinking horns show the importance of booze in the Iron Age; until wine spread up from the south, the choices were beer and this honey-based drink'

Answer: mead


Question: 'He danced with cartoon mouse Jerry (as in Tom &) in "Anchors Aweigh", the film that established him as a superstar'

Answer: Gene Kelly


Question:
'Pitman,
Mizrahi,
Bashevis Singer'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'A flirtatious female is said to be "making" these cow parts "at you"'

Answer: eyes


Question: 'What's in this 4-letter spread of pureed game, served in your hors d'oeuvre? That's my secret, isn't it?'

Answer: pâte


Question: 'Female attendants to a queen'

Answer: ladies-in-waiting


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew chops up a fact for us at the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) The Stone Age is divided into three parts, depending on the sophistication of the tools; these antler axes tell us we're in this middle part'

Answer: the Mesolithic


Question: 'She danced with the animated MC Skat Kat in the video to her 1990 no. 1 hit "Opposites Attract"'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question:
'Leakey,
McCarthy,
Matalin'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'Of all the world's countries, this one has the most cattle (appropriately, if you think about it...)'

Answer: India


Question: 'This 2-word small, tender round of steak cut from the thick end of a beef tenderloin goes well with postman'

Answer: filet mignon


Question: 'Drama in which Estragon & Vladimir idly pass time away hoping for the title character to appear'

Answer: Waiting for Godot


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew plants information in our minds from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) The Lejre site has recreated a sacrificial bog like those from which many bodies have been recovered, luckily preserved by sphagnan, a component of this plant material'

Answer: moss


Question: 'A lowlight of this Brat Packer's career: singing & dancing with Snow White at the Academy Awards in 1989'

Answer: Rob Lowe


Question:
'Silver,
Grey,
McCrea'

Answer: Joel


Question: '"The cattle are lowing" in this ever-popular Christmas carol'

Answer: "Away In A Manger"


Question: 'Dessert! I'll have the ladyfingers, please, a small type of this "absorbent" cake; oh, you thought I meant...!'

Answer: sponge cake


Question: 'Terry McMillan's bestselling 1992 novel about 4 African-American friends'

Answer: Waiting to Exhale


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew hammers out a clue from the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) Because it's the Iron Age, the village has this, as in a Longfellow poem; it forged everything from axes to knives'

Answer: a smithy (or blacksmith)


Question: 'The origins of this Shakespeare tragedy go back to Ovid's tale of Pyramus & Thisbe'

Answer: Romeo & Juliet


Question: 'This actor divorced Demi Moore in 2000; did she ask for the whole 9 yards?'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'A thrave is 24 sheaves of this grain, whether spring, winter or durum'

Answer: wheat


Question: 'Often compared to golf balls, this is the largest form of precipitation'

Answer: hail


Question: 'Dramatized by an HBO series, this Black Hills South Dakota hamlet boomed & waned with nearby gold mines'

Answer: Deadwood


Question: 'Japanese for "exalted gate", it was a title once used for the emperor of Japan'

Answer: Mikado


Question: 'Shakespeare provided the first printed appearance of this word, from the Spanish for "lizard"'

Answer: alligator


Question: 'He divorced Farrah Fawcett in 1982; did that make him the $3 Million Man?'

Answer: Lee Majors


Question: 'For dry measurements, it's one eighth of a peck; for liquid, it's .946 liters'

Answer: a quart


Question: 'The cold phase of the weather-causing phenomenon El Niño is referred to as "La" this'

Answer: Niña


Question: 'This southernmost Florida town, population 25,000, takes its name from Cayo Hueso, or "Bone Island" in Spanish'

Answer: Key West


Question: 'It's Spanish for "Saturday"'

Answer: sábado


Question: 'It's the "earthy" Shakespearean term for the lower-class spectators'

Answer: groundlings


Question: '"It's the Pitts" was one headline describing Brad's broken engagement with her in 1997'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'In viscosity ratings, the "W" in 10W-40 means 10 is the winter grade rating of this liquid'

Answer: motor oil


Question: 'Monsoons prevail mainly in this ocean'

Answer: the Indian


Question: '"We bathe the world" is the slogan of this West Central Arkansas town'

Answer: Hot Springs


Question: 'The easternmost island of the West Indies, its national flag is seen here'

Answer: Barbados


Question: 'Lysander uses the word "bedroom" while trying to convince Hermia to sleep close to him in this comic play'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Steven Spielberg divorced this actress in '89; was the courtroom a War of the Worlds? (Sorry, pun fatigue [I'm sure])'

Answer: Amy Irving


Question: 'In a surveyor's chain, it's a unit of length equal to 7.92 inches; on the web, it's an object connected via hypertext'

Answer: a link


Question: 'Meteorologist Theodore Fujita came up with the F-scale based on wind damage while studying these events'

Answer: tornadoes


Question: 'On May 28, 1934 this fivesome was born in the hamlet of Callander, Ontario'

Answer: the Dionne Quintuplets


Question: 'In 1988 Congress passed an Indoor Abatement Act to reduce levels of this toxic gas in the home'

Answer: radon


Question: '"Men are April when they woo, December when they wed", explains Rosalind in this comedy'

Answer: As You Like It


Question: 'In 1999 director James Cameron's marriage to this actress--dare we say--terminated?'

Answer: Linda Hamilton


Question: 'With regard to height, 3 hands equals 1 of these'

Answer: a foot


Question: 'Some cyclones turn clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere due to this effect, which has no influence on toilet rotation'

Answer: the Coriolis effect


Question: 'Sherwood Anderson's collection of short stories about life in a small Ohio Town'

Answer: Winesburg, Ohio


Question: 'This handsome young man loved by Aphrodite was killed by a wild boar'

Answer: Adonis


Question: 'On Advertising Age's list of the Top 10 Ad Icons of the 20th c., they're the 2 alliterative entries that end in "Man"'

Answer: the Michelin Man & the Marlboro Man


Question: 'In Indochina:<br />1957-1975'

Answer: the Vietnam War


Question: 'A Santa Cruz, California pub is named for this irritating ditty sung on long journeys'

Answer: "99 Bottles of Beer"


Question: 'It's the European city you'll visit to see the dome seen here'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'The right side of a ship'

Answer: starboard


Question: 'In 2002 China unveiled its first homegrown "super" one of these, with 272 gigabytes of RAM'

Answer: computer


Question: 'Ordered by Texas inmate Stanley Baker, Jr., it included 2 16-oz. ribeyes, 2 potatoes & a pint of ice cream'

Answer: his last meal


Question: 'In South Africa:<br />1899-1902'

Answer: the Boer War


Question: 'The "Pop!" in this children's song may be an old word for pawn, & the song is about pawning all one's possessions'

Answer: "Pop! Goes the Weasel"


Question: 'The only ruin intenionally left standing in this Japanese city is the A-Bomb Dome'

Answer: Hiroshima


Question: 'You might "promenade left" & "do-si-do" in this style of popular American folk dance'

Answer: square dance


Question: 'Named for a typographical mark, it copied written material using an ink-transfer process'

Answer: ditto machine


Question: '"Why Me?" Dept.:<br />In 1973 apprentice plumber Dwight Stone became the last man to enter the U.S. Army this way'

Answer: the draft


Question: 'In the south Atlantic:<br />1982'

Answer: the Falkland Islands War


Question: 'Now over a century old, it's the seasonal song heard here'

Answer: "In the Good Old Summertime"


Question: 'Architect Thomas Walter completed the cast-iron dome of this Washington, D.C. building in 1863'

Answer: the U.S. Capitol


Question: 'Until nylon was developed, many parachutes were made out of this natural material'

Answer: silk


Question: 'The Jack LaLanne power one of these has surgical blades & a super-sized pulp catcher'

Answer: juicer


Question: 'The Garde Republicaine is France's last of these horse-mounted regiments'

Answer: cavalry


Question: 'In France:<br />1337-1453'

Answer: the Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'Lines added to this song include "She'll be tuggin' on two turtles" & "She'll be pluckin' four fat pheasants"'

Answer: "She\'ll Be Coming \'Round the Mountain"


Question: 'The frescoes that decorate the interior of the dome of this London cathedral are by Sir James Thornhill'

Answer: St. Paul\'s Cathedral


Question: 'It's the body of water in the title of the following orchestral favorite'

Answer: "Swan Lake"


Question: 'Also meaning "to disturb or excite", it's the term for the action of most automatic washing machines'

Answer: agitate


Question: 'Alaska is home to the USA's last flagstop one of these, which passengers flag down as it approaches'

Answer: the train


Question: 'A series of wars in north Africa & around the Mediterranean:<br />264-146 B.C.'

Answer: the Punic Wars


Question: 'This Italian classic whose title translates as "O My Sun!" dates from 1898'

Answer: "\'O Sole Mio"


Question: 'Completed around 691, this Muslim shrine in Jerusalem is also known as the Mosque of Omar'

Answer: the Dome of the Rock


Question: 'The Red Sea is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by this peninsula'

Answer: the Sinai Peninsula


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the Louisville Slugger Museum)  Once upon a time Louisville Sluggers were made by hand, in 30 minutes each; this machine turns them out in 20 seconds'

Answer: lathe


Question: 'The last of the Yahi Indians wouldn't tell his name, so anthropologists called him Ishi, meaning this word'

Answer: man


Question: 'In 1812 fleeing Muscovites burned many buildings as his troops marched into Moscow'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Sharon, Jack, Kelly & Ozzy'

Answer: The Osbournes


Question: 'Norman Mailer's "Ancient Evenings" is set in this country between the reigns of Ramses II & Ramses IX'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Bronner's Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, MI. has over 500 of these scenes, & one's life-size'

Answer: nativity scenes


Question: 'In 1724 this Dane was sent to explore the water routes between Siberia & North America'

Answer: (Vitus) Bering


Question: '29.57 ml., milliliters, equals 1 fl. oz., this'

Answer: fluid ounce


Question: 'In 1703 this city on the Neva River became Russia's first built in imitation of western European cities'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question:
'Cousin Pearl,
Mr. Drysdale,
Elly May'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: 'This dueling vice president was the subject of a 1973 novel by Gore Vidal'

Answer: (Aaron) Burr


Question: 'Liberty, Kansas has restored the site of the first daylight bank robbery by this man's gang'

Answer: (Jesse) James


Question: 'This Danish baroness' best-known work is "Out of Africa"'

Answer: (Isak) Dinesen/Karen Blixen


Question: 'It's abbreviated V.O. & movies that tell coming-of-age stories use a lot of it'

Answer: voiceover


Question: 'In 1972 Nixon & Brezhnev signed an agreement to limit nuclear arms after a series of meetings called SALT, or this'

Answer: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks


Question:
'Hannibal Smith,
Howling Mad Murdock,
B.A. Baracus'

Answer: The A-Team


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  This famed western writer turned way northwest to write his historical novel "Sitka"'

Answer: Louis L\'Amour


Question: 'The Alpine-Alpa Restaurant near Wilmot, Ohio has a 23 1/2-foot-tall one of these timepieces'

Answer: cuckoo clock


Question: 'In 1920 this man became the director of Copenhagen's Institute for Theoretical Physics'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'MRE is short for these military munchies'

Answer: meals, ready-to-eat


Question: 'In 1240 Batu & his troops destroyed Kiev & Russia became a part of this empire'

Answer: the Mongol Empire


Question:
'Basil,
Sybil,
Polly,
Manuel'

Answer: Fawlty Towers


Question: 'Robert Graves wrote this 1934 classic about a Roman emperor in the form of an autobiographical memoir'

Answer: I, Claudius


Question: 'An Auburn, Indiana museum has over 15 examples of this "Duesy" of a car, including the one seen here'

Answer: Duesenberg


Question: 'Born in Copenhagen in 1813, this Danish philosopher helped lay the foundation of existentialism'

Answer: (Soren) Kierkegaard


Question: 'Found before Albany & Oswego, SUNY stands for this'

Answer: State University of New York


Question: 'In 1903 Russia's Socialist Democratic Labor Party split into 2 groups: the Bolsheviks & this'

Answer: the Mensheviks


Question:
'Noah Bain,
Alexander Mundy,
Alister Mundy'

Answer: It Takes a Thief


Question: 'In a 2002 novel this author of the "North and South" trilogy told the history of "Charleston"'

Answer: (John) Jakes


Question: 'The Berghoff Restaurant in Chicago displays one of these issued in 1933, bearing the number 1'

Answer: liquor license


Question: 'Kepler's mentor, this Danish astronomer lost part of his nose in a duel'

Answer: Tycho Brahe


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Goodyear Blimp's home base)  Each side of the Goodyear Blimp displays about 3,800 of these devices, abbreviated LED'

Answer: light-emitting diode


Question: 'Camelus, the genus name of camels, is also the species name of these birds'

Answer: ostriches


Question: 'Of the 5 treaties signed at the end of World War I, this one was signed with Germany'

Answer: Treaty of Versailles


Question: 'Dick Grayson'

Answer: Robin


Question: 'Leigh-Anne's favorite lunch, it's the specialty of this restaurant seen here (Tail O' The Pup)'

Answer: Hot dog


Question: 'Tourists are wary of Amity Island's beaches when swimmers disappear from the water in this 1975 classic'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'If you're "belly up" or "strapped on your horse, toes down", you're this'

Answer: Dead


Question: '"Ask not what your country can do for you..."'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'The Constitution stipulates that the president makes treaties "With the advice and consent of" this body'

Answer: The Senate


Question: 'Diana Prince'

Answer: Wonder Woman


Question: 'On her way downtown, Leigh-Anne hung out on this school's campus (Trojan statue)'

Answer: University of Southern California


Question: 'The first 20 minutes of this 1998 film recreate the storming of the beaches of Normandy on D-Day'

Answer: Saving Private Ryan


Question: 'Western riders referred to the English style of these as postage stamps'

Answer: Saddles


Question: '"I'm President of the United States, and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli!"'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Until the 18th century, European treaties were generally written in this language'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'TV's Billy Batson'

Answer: Captain Marvel


Question: 'This neighborhood was planned to include a network of waterways like the one seen here'

Answer: Venice


Question: '(Hi, I'm Brooke Burns of <i>Baywatch</i>.) 1987's "Back to the Beach" reunited this team from the beach party movies of the '60s'

Answer: Frankie Avalon & Annette Funicello


Question: 'A rawhide artist was a ranch hand who was good with this implement'

Answer: Branding iron


Question: '"The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here..."'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln (The Gettysburg Address)


Question: 'The 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty called for the return of this peninsula to Egypt'

Answer: Sinai


Question: 'Radio's Lamont Cranston'

Answer: The Shadow


Question: 'Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr kiss in the pounding surf....need we say more?'

Answer: From Here To Eternity


Question: 'If you're downright mean, your veins are filled with this reptile's "blood"'

Answer: Snake


Question: '"I have never been a quitter."'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'A concordat is an agreement between this individual & a sovereign nation'

Answer: The Pope


Question: 'Shoeshine Boy'

Answer: Underdog


Question: 'In "Beaches", Barbara Hershey & this star have a lifelong friendship that began on an Atlantic City beach'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'This term for a Southwestern tavern is Spanish'

Answer: Cantina


Question: '"We must be the great arsenal of democracy"'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'In 1890 this senator's Anti-Trust Act was passed'

Answer: John Sherman


Question: 'Smearcase is another name for this dairy product found in small & large curds'

Answer: Cottage cheese


Question: 'You can take a History of Beer tour & sample a brew at the Heineken Brewery Museum in this capital'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'According to the lyrics, this "May be quite continental, but diamonds are a girl's best friend"'

Answer: A kiss on the hand


Question: '"Oedipus The King" opens with a priest of this living god asking Oedipus to stop a plague'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'NYC's Rockefeller Center was once also known by this name, preserved in its "Music Hall"'

Answer: Radio City


Question: 'Battle sites in this war include Buena Vista, Los Angeles & Monterrey'

Answer: Mexican-American War


Question: 'A side trip from Copenhagen should include a visit to this "Out Of Africa" author's home in Rungstedlund'

Answer: Isak Dinesen


Question: 'It's the alternate title of "The Shoop Shoop Song"'

Answer: It\'s In His Kiss


Question: 'Though many plays were written about Oedipus, those by this man are our main source for the story'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'This city's $262 million Rose Quarter Complex houses its beloved Trail Blazers'

Answer: Portland (Oregon)


Question: 'The cover of the May 29, 1943 Saturday Evening Post featured this "Female War Worker"'

Answer: "Rosie The Riveter"


Question: 'This city's Ducal Palace displays Tintoretto's "Paradise", the world's largest oil painting on canvas'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'This song by Seal is from the movie "Batman Forever"'

Answer: Kiss From A Rose


Question: 'To evade their fate, Oedipus' parents gave little Oeddie to one of these rural workers for disposal'

Answer: Shepherd


Question: 'Plays & ballets are also staged at this Australian landmark designed by Jorn Utzon'

Answer: Sydney Opera House


Question: 'In 1834, a new political party adopted this name after they "flipped" over its use in a Henry Clay speech'

Answer: Whigs


Question: 'German landmark seen here:'

Answer: Brandenburg Gate


Question: 'This Crystals song says, "When he walked me home that night, all the stars were shining bright"'

Answer: And Then He Kissed Me


Question: 'The aged Oedipus lived out his days "at" this pleasant suburb of Athens'

Answer: Colonus


Question: 'Type of architecture seen in the Hagia Sophia Complex; it's also a synonym for "complex"'

Answer: Byzantine


Question: 'His golden-voiced speech at the 1896 Democratic Convention clinched his nomination'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question: 'While in this city, stop by its beautiful Boboli Gardens behind the Pitti Palace for a picnic lunch'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Completes the title of the No. 1 hit by Steam "Na Na Hey Hey..."'

Answer: Kiss Him Goodbye


Question: 'On Jerry Springer's "I Slept With My Mom And Now I Can't Look At Myself" show, Oedipus would appear with her'

Answer: Jocaste


Question: 'In the early days, this baseball team was known as the Alleghenies'

Answer: Pittsburgh Pirates


Question: 'In 1980 the Solidarity labor union was formed when the Gdansk shipworkers went on strike in this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'This 4-letter adjective can mean "showing courage" or "typeset in thick, dark lines"'

Answer: bold


Question: 'Born Golda Mabovitch in Kiev, she changed her name to this after moving to Israel'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'You'll find this phrase prominently featured on the menu of Boston's Union Oyster House'

Answer: half shell


Question: 'The star Algol in the constellation Perseus represents the severed head of this Gorgon'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'Tribbles'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: 'Declaring "there is no right to strike against the public safety", Mass. governor Coolidge broke a 1919 strike by them'

Answer: the police


Question: 'Avery Dennison makes them in green & purple as well as yellow & has trademarked the word with no "gh" in it'

Answer: a Hi-Liter


Question: 'In 1962 former pres. Eisenhower remarked that this dance craze represented "some kind of change in our standards"'

Answer: the twist


Question: 'Kennedy first appeared on it in 1964'

Answer: the half-dollar


Question: 'The head of this "hunter" is marked by the binary star Meissa'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'Festivus'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'A 2011 strike by 45,000 workers at this telecom company was the USA's largest since a 2007 GM walkout'

Answer: Verizon


Question: 'Where the cupcake is in the picture; it's also a 10-letter verb meaning to make something your dominant subject'

Answer: the foreground


Question: 'In 1910 the Intercollegiate Athletic Association changed its name to this'

Answer: the NCAA


Question: 'A midfielder in soccer, or a ball-carrier in football'

Answer: a halfback


Question: 'They represent the heads of Gemini, but these 2 stars are not twins; one is a giant, the other a triple binary'

Answer: Castor & Pollux


Question: 'Spam! (one word, but repeated dozens of times)'

Answer: Monty Python\'s Flying Circus


Question: 'An early battle for this union formed in 1962 was when grape pickers went on strike for the minimum wage'

Answer: United Farm Workers


Question: 'If an author quotes a passage & puts part of it in italics, he traditionally uses a note saying this "added"'

Answer: emphasis


Question: 'In 1981 the Nissan company dropped this name under which it had sold its cars in the United States'

Answer: Datsun


Question: 'This flag custom may have begun at the end of naval battles; today it's done to show respect to the recently departed'

Answer: flying it at half-staff


Question: 'Hamal, the alpha star in this constellation, is from the Arabic al ras al hamal, "head of the sheep"'

Answer: Aries


Question: 'Plinko'

Answer: The Price Is Right


Question: 'Railway workers' salaries were cut but rents in the company towns were not, bringing on this strike in 1894'

Answer: the Pullman strike


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.)  In the Caravaggio painting, Jesus is summoning this man, who is wondering why a humble tax collector is being called'

Answer: Saint Matthew


Question: 'In 1944 this Republican presidential candidate used the campaign slogan "Time for a Change"'

Answer: (Thomas) Dewey


Question: 'Residence to help individuals readjust to society after release from jail or an institution'

Answer: a halfway house


Question: 'M15, one of the brightest globular clusters in the sky, is near the head of this winged stallion'

Answer: Pegasus


Question: '"Bazinga!"'

Answer: The Big Bang Theory


Question: 'It was Casca, then a bunch of other guys & lastly him, stabbing Julius Caesar, on the Senate floor'

Answer: Brutus


Question: 'Survivor topped the charts with this song from "Rocky III"'

Answer: "Eye Of The Tiger"


Question: 'On New Guinea, the pacu, seen here, which is in the same family as this South American fish, may have given up vegetarianism to be a river monster'

Answer: a piranha


Question: 'Humboldt University International:<br />This now-fallen German obstacle "and European Integration"'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'A "polarpoint presentation" is an office meeting in which the boss has adjusted this so no one will nap'

Answer: air conditioning (or temperature)


Question: 'It's the name of cities in 14 states, not just Wisconsin'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'It was Othello, perhaps with a pillow, smothering her in her bedroom'

Answer: Desdemona


Question: 'This Kim Carnes song begins, "Her hair is Harlow gold"'

Answer: "Bette Davis Eyes"


Question: 'It's no surprise that this fish, a relative of the puffer, is named for a prickly rodent'

Answer: a porcupinefish


Question: 'Cornell I.T. training:<br />"Boundaries: Good" these "Make Good Neighbors"'

Answer: Fences


Question: 'Drop 1 letter from the type of creature Sonic is in video games & you get this, one who monopolizes the aisle seat'

Answer: an edgehog


Question: 'Alfonso VI of Castile captured this city from the Moors in 1083'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'It was Hamlet, in the Queen's chamber, stabbing this man through a curtain'

Answer: Polonius


Question: '"Behind These Hazel Eyes" was a hit for this Idol'

Answer: Kelly Clarkson


Question: 'Giant isopods, which feed on the deep ocean floor, are members of this subphylum that also includes shrimp & crabs'

Answer: crustaceans


Question: 'University of Ostrava:<br />"Limits of Development in China and" this country'

Answer: India


Question: '"Jumping the couch" means to flip out like this guy who inspired the phrase on an "Oprah" appearance'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'It was formerly the Malagasy Republic'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'It was this Thane of Fife, with a sword, on the battlefield, who killed Macbeth'

Answer: Macduff


Question: 'A 2011 commercial for Pretzel M&Ms used this song from the "Dirty Dancing" soundtrack'

Answer: "Hungry Eyes"


Question: 'The scary guy seen here gets this holy 8-letter name from the cowled appearance of its head'

Answer: a monkfish


Question: '"Froday" is the day you realize you need one of these'

Answer: a haircut


Question: 'The volcanic soil of this Atlantic island helps give a distinctive rich flavor to the fortified wine named for it'

Answer: Madeira


Question: 'It was Romeo, in a public place, with a sword, killing this relative of Juliet'

Answer: Tybalt


Question: 'In 1978 this British-American rock group experienced some "Double Vision"'

Answer: Foreigner


Question: 'Like the type of snake it's named for, which includes moccasins, this fish has serious fangs'

Answer: a viperfish


Question: '"Fomo" stands for "fear of" this happening, because you know that party's going to be great'

Answer: missing out


Question: 'Have a tea cake & remember this French name of a group of islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence'

Answer: Madeleine


Question: 'The cup presented since 1887 to the man who wins this is inscribed "single handed champion of the world"'

Answer: Wimbledon (the men\'s singles championship)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) This date of the Normandy invasion had been set for one day earlier, but because of bad weather, the 6,000 ships & 13,000 support planes had to wait'

Answer: June 6, 1944


Question: 'Rock & roll & dancing are forbidden in small puritanical town; rebellious Ren to the rescue'

Answer: Footloose


Question: 'Popular in the '50s the slim skirts named for this writing implement have become chic again'

Answer: pencil skirts


Question: 'Breathe Right strips alleviate this sleeping noise, but became huge when Jerry Rice used them on the field'

Answer: snoring


Question: 'On the day of his birth, this Greek messenger god stole his brother's cattle'

Answer: Hermes


Question: 'Your employer sends you this, the most common income-reporting tax statement in the United States'

Answer: W-2


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.)  Hours before his troops stormed these shores, he told them, "You are about to embark on the great crusade towards which we have striven these many months"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Crusading Houston radio host exposes Chicken Ranch'

Answer: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas


Question: 'retro-housewife.com calls a '70s-style tunic in a '60s print a "mippie", a blend of mod & this word'

Answer: hippie


Question: 'The bronchodilator Albuterol helps relieve this condition, from the Greek for "panting"'

Answer: asthma


Question: 'One myth says that some of these, a hybrid of man & horse, were descended from the mares of Mount Pelion'

Answer: a centaur


Question: 'Bingo square coordinate that sounds like a synonym for "not malignant"'

Answer: B-9


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.)  German bunkers above the beach were named for these containers; some could only be taken by soldiers crawling up & tossing in explosives'

Answer: pillboxes


Question: '"Prince of Humbug" creates freak show, signs Jenny Lind'

Answer: Barnum


Question: 'This couturiere's iconic collarless jacket of 1954 is still part of her line today'

Answer: Coco Chanel


Question: 'Nexium fights acid reflux, which also goes by this name, though it has nothing to do with the organ'

Answer: heartburn


Question: 'Ovid coined the name of this Greek god of dreams as an allusion to the forms seen in dreams'

Answer: Morpheus


Question: 'In a sequel title, it precedes "X-Men United"'

Answer: X2


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.)  Within days, the Allies had in place artificial harbors of sunken caissons; one harbor was dubbed "Port" this, the first name of a certain prime minister who favored the plan'

Answer: Winston


Question: 'Charlemagne's son leads a revolution against his dad'

Answer: Pippin


Question: 'Too bad you didn't buy a Birkin one of these in the '80s; now the waiting list can take years'

Answer: a handbag


Question: 'Atorvastatin is the generic name of this cholesterol drug from Pfizer'

Answer: Lipitor


Question: 'This winged creature with an eagle's head & a lion's body pulled Zeus' chariot'

Answer: a griffin


Question: 'In 2002 the last of this model Camaro rolled off the assembly line--a bright rally red convertible'

Answer: a Z28


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.)  In the early hours of D-Day here at Pointe-Du-Hoc, members of this elite U.S. Army force braved heavy enemy fire to scale the steep cliffs & take out cannons'

Answer: the Army Rangers


Question: 'Slave tries to win freedom by helping his master earn the love of a courtesan; when in Rome…'

Answer: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum


Question: 'On or off a yacht, this neckline whose name is French for "boat" has been stylish for decades'

Answer: bateau


Question: 'This medicine is sold under the brand names Feverall & Tylenol'

Answer: acetaminophen


Question: 'In Greek myth, these wood nymphs lived in trees & died when the trees died'

Answer: dryads


Question: 'Triple-engined McDonnell Douglas plane whose maiden flight was August 29, 1970'

Answer: the DC-10


Question: 'Gertrude Stein, in a famous line, said this "is a" this "is a" this "is a" this'

Answer: a rose


Question: 'In 1984 he dashed off with Olympic gold in the 100m; in 1988 he did it again; then there are his 7 other golds…'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'Hater of foreigners<br />(9)'

Answer: xenophobe


Question: 'Featuring a crust with shallow sides, a filling & no top crust, it isn't a tramp, it's this 4-letter pastry'

Answer: a tart


Question: 'This type of bed is named for the small wheels that allow it to roll under for storage'

Answer: a trundle


Question: 'Ding-dong!  This river that runs through Bath is calling'

Answer: Avon


Question: 'A 1981 book by her was published in English as "Adieux: A Farewell to Sartre"'

Answer: (Simone de) Beauvoir


Question: 'At a Big 10 meet in Michigan in 1935, this grandson of a slave broke 3 world records & tied a fourth, all in an hour'

Answer: (Jesse) Owens


Question: 'Coleridge place<br />(6)'

Answer: Xanadu


Question: 'Traditionally oblong, this cream-filled pastry is often topped with chocolate icing'

Answer: an éclair


Question: 'This bed that can be folded up into a closet is named for its American inventor'

Answer: Murphy


Question: '"Are you going to" this British seaside town?  In medieval times it hosted a 45-day trading fair'

Answer: Scarborough


Question: 'She gained fame as a playwright & later wrote memoirs like "Pentimento"'

Answer: (Lillian) Hellman


Question: 'In 2003 she returned to London to run her first-ever marathon--in shoes, we might add'

Answer: Zola Budd


Question: 'Element discovered by Ramsay & Travers<br />(5)'

Answer: xenon


Question: 'It's the chocolate-foam concoction lumbering past your eyes here'

Answer: mousse


Question: 'To make the bed so the sheets stay tucked in, use the tight-fitting triangular fold called this place's corner'

Answer: a hospital


Question: 'It's the name of the second-largest city in England & also of the largest city in Alabama'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'This Frenchwoman who went by 1 name liked 1-name titles, like "Mitsou" & "Cheri"'

Answer: Colette


Question: 'The Pre Classic, an Oregon track & field meet, is named for this legendary runner & subject of 2 major movies'

Answer: Steve Prefontaine


Question: 'The hard tissue of a plant<br />(5)'

Answer: xylem


Question: '2-word term for teeny iced & decorated cakes; the French also use it to describe small, fancy cookies'

Answer: petits fours


Question: 'The name of this type of down comforter comes from the French for "down"'

Answer: duvet


Question: 'Her novel "Persuasion" satirizes Bath & its fashionable denizens'

Answer: (Jane) Austen


Question: 'Clip the "tag" off a German building & you've got this creator of forensic sleuth Tempe Brennan of "Devil Bones"'

Answer: (Kathy) Reichs


Question: 'Among his many nicknames were "The Finnish Running Marvel" & "The Phantom Finn"'

Answer: (Paavo) Nurmi


Question: 'Sword-shaped, like a breastbone<br />(7)'

Answer: xiphoid


Question: 'If you have the panache, you can use this type of French icing made of chocolate & cream, heated & stirred together'

Answer: ganache


Question: 'As a verb, this name of the long cylindrical pillow seen on the bed means "to support"'

Answer: a bolster pillow


Question: 'An important seaport, this Welsh capital was once the world's largest coal shipper'

Answer: Cardiff


Question: 'You have to go back over a century to find him, the last president who never had a vice president'

Answer: Chester Arthur


Question: 'The peach type of this insect attacks peaches, plums & other fruit, but not clothing'

Answer: Moth


Question: 'This women's publication is known as LHJ for short'

Answer: Ladies\' Home Journal


Question: 'The New England Revolution's red, white & blue logo resembles one of these American symbols'

Answer: The American Flag


Question: 'Legend says Hi'iaka, sister of the goddess Pele, introduced this dance to Hawaii'

Answer: Hula


Question: 'Daniel Stern, as the adult Kevin Arnold, narrated this series set in the 1960s'

Answer: "The Wonder Years"


Question: 'A console on a piano or typewriter'

Answer: Keyboard


Question: 'The wolf type of this arachnid rides on its mother's back when it's a baby'

Answer: Spider


Question: 'This organization publishes Boys' Life'

Answer: Boy Scouts


Question: 'The excitement generated by this 1994 event was partially responsible for MLS being formed'

Answer: The World Cup


Question: 'It's the kind of hat traditionally tossed on the floor in the Jarube Tapatio, or Mexican Hat Dance'

Answer: Sombrero


Question: 'On this series CONTROL HQ was located underground at 123 Main Street in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: "Get Smart"


Question: 'Where partyers like to "pin the tail"'

Answer: On the donkey


Question: 'The nine-banded type of this mammal almost always gives birth to quadruplets of the same sex'

Answer: Armadillo


Question: 'This Gannett Company publication has been dubbed "McPaper"'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'In keeping with the Buccaneer theme of its football team, this area's MLS team is the Mutiny'

Answer: Tampa Bay


Question: 'Pablo Casals composed music for the Sardana, a dance of this country's Catalan people'

Answer: Spain


Question: '"Georgia On My Mind" served as the theme song for this Delta Burke series'

Answer: "Designing Women"


Question: 'Mentioned in Pennsylvania's state nickname, it's the central topmost support of an arch'

Answer: Keystone


Question: 'These marine animals of the phylum Porifera, which means pore-bearing, have no heads or internal organs'

Answer: Sponges


Question: 'This British humor magazine founded in 1841 folded in 1992'

Answer: Punch


Question: 'MLS' debut season was televised on Univision & on this network & its offshoot "2"'

Answer: ESPN


Question: 'This sitarist's older brother Uday created the ballet "Radha And Krishna" for Anna Pavlova'

Answer: Ravi Shankar


Question: 'In 1967 Frances Bavier won an Emmy for playing this role on "The Andy Griffith Show"'

Answer: Aunt Bee


Question: 'It describes a schoolchild left unattended at home while the parents are working'

Answer: Latchkey


Question: 'The agouti, about the size of a rabbit but related to the guinea pig, belongs to this order of mammals'

Answer: Rodents


Question: 'Arthur Hays Sulzberger was publisher of this U.S. newspaper from 1935 to 1961'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'This "Melrose Place" actor won a spot on the L.A. Galaxy team'

Answer: Andrew Shue


Question: 'Casanova thought this dance performed by sailors was "lascivious"'

Answer: Hornpipe


Question: 'On "Petticoat Junction", Homer Bedloe of the C.F.& W. Railroad tried to scrap this old locomotive'

Answer: Cannonball Express


Question: 'Thingamajig'

Answer: doohickey


Question: 'The Grampians, a part of this continent's Great Dividing Range, is also known by its Aboriginal name, Gariwerd'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'As producer, Tom accepted the task of bringing this TV spy series to the screen in a blockbuster film'

Answer: Mission: Impossible


Question: 'Renaissance writers gave medieval architecture this barbarian name because they thought it ugly'

Answer: Gothic


Question: 'On Aug. 5, 1884 the cornerstone of this landmark's pedestal was laid on Bedloe's Island'

Answer: Statue of Liberty


Question: 'The New York Times Magazine has called him "King of the Techno-Thriller"'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: '"Landslide Lyndon"'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'This African river enters the Mediterranean via 2 main branches:  the Rosetta & the Damietta'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'Now a TV doctor, Anthony Edwards was Tom's fighter plane partner in this film'

Answer: "Top Gun"


Question: 'The roots of this kind of "expressionism" are seen in the works of Wassily Kandinsky'

Answer: Abstract expressionism


Question: '41 male passengers signed this document in Provincetown Harbor, November 11, 1620'

Answer: The Mayflower Compact


Question: 'In the late 1940s this "Princess Daisy" author worked  as a fashion publicist in Paris'

Answer: Judith Krantz


Question: '"Hero of Appomattox"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Located on the Danube, Linz is one of this country's major ports'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Despite her initial objection, Anne Rice conceded that Tom did a good job in this film'

Answer: "Interview With The Vampire"


Question: 'Fathers of this modern style include Claes Oldenburg, George Segal & Roy Lichtenstein'

Answer: Pop Art


Question: 'On May 9, 1995 the Senate, by a vote of 98-0, confirmed John Deutch as director of this agency'

Answer: CIA


Question: 'This author once had a newsletter devoted to him titled "Castle Rock"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Lincoln's adversary "The Little Giant"'

Answer: Stephen Douglas


Question: 'Dragon's Mouth is a strait that separates Venezuela's Paria Peninsula from this Caribbean nation'

Answer: Trinidad & Tobago


Question: 'Tom hustled pool as Paul Newman's protege in this 1986 film'

Answer: "The Color Of Money"


Question: 'Cezanne said, "Treat nature in terms of the cylinder," this shape & "the cone, all in perspective"'

Answer: Sphere


Question: 'In 1769 he founded San Diego de Alcala, the first Franciscan mission in California'

Answer: Fr. Junipero Serra


Question: 'This "The Cradle Will Fall" author's first book was a biography of George Washington'

Answer: Mary Higgins Clark


Question: 'Defense secretary "Cap The Knife"'

Answer: Caspar Weinberger


Question: 'This world capital is the most populous city in the West Indies'

Answer: Havana, Cuba


Question: 'Tom turned on the Irish brogue for this 1992 film directed by Ron Howard'

Answer: "Far And Away"


Question: 'This 20th century Spanish artist called his works "Hand-painted dream photographs"'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'In 1975 200 U.S. Marines recaptured this merchant ship that had been seized by Cambodia'

Answer: Mayaguez


Question: 'The paperback release of his "The Apocalypse Watch" climbed the best seller charts in 1996'

Answer: Robert Ludlum


Question: '"The Butcher of Lyon"'

Answer: Klaus Barbie


Question: 'Introduced at the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, its name comes from Latin for "one that takes you up the ladder"'

Answer: Escalator


Question: 'One day soon we may go even greener with fuel made from these green goopy simple aquatic organisms'

Answer: algae


Question: 'In December 2007 this chanteuse gave her last performance of the Vegas spectacular "A New Day"'

Answer: Celine Dion


Question: 'The weapons in this board game are a rope, a lead pipe, a knife, a wrench, a candlestick & a revolver'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'This element of Christianity's Trinity is also called the Paraclete'

Answer: the Holy Spirit


Question: 'The MX-5'

Answer: Mazda


Question: 'Have some fjun at the Roskilde Fjord, about 20 miles west of this Danish capital'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'NASA is studying the possibility of a manned mission to one of these hurtling objects; it could help with deflection plans'

Answer: asteroids


Question: 'This singer from Halifax, Nova Scotia had hits with "Adia" & "Sweet Surrender"'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: 'If you're cornered in Kamchatka, end this board game by bumping your opponent's armies off the board'

Answer: Risk


Question: 'This object, of course, is what all the endlessly silly questing in "Spamalot" is about'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question: 'The Sienna'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'The name says it all--Fiordland is this Kiwi country's largest national park'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Inventions of the Year included a special glove to help a person perform this life-saving procedure correctly'

Answer: CPR


Question: 'She must be a Keith Jackson fan, as she titled one of her albums "Whoa, Nelly!"'

Answer: Nelly Furtado


Question: 'If your opponent asks for the "3s" that you don't have in your hand, tell him this, the name of the game'

Answer: Go Fish


Question: 'Hebdomada Major in Latin, it runs from Palm Sunday to Easter'

Answer: Holy Week


Question: 'The Ridgeline'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'Kenai Fjords, which became a national park in 1980, lies in the south-central part of this U.S. state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Some neurological disorders are being treated with elec. impulses in a procedure called DBS, or deep brain this'

Answer: stimulation


Question: 'She put her initials on duets of "Crying" with Roy Orbison & "What A Wonderful World" with Tony Bennett'

Answer: k.d. lang


Question: 'It's also called "table soccer" & "that game in bars where you spin the rods"'

Answer: foosball


Question: 'The stoup in a Catholic church contains this liquid'

Answer: holy water


Question: 'The Murano'

Answer: Nissan


Question: 'Fjords have high walls; the walls of these, a term used mostly in Scotland, can be low'

Answer: firths


Question: 'No. 1 on the bottom-10 list of the worst jobs in science was this type of diver who swims in sewage & toxic waste'

Answer: a HAZMAT diver


Question: 'Leslie is the first name of this "1234" singer who was a dancer at the 1988 Calgary Olympics'

Answer: Feist


Question: 'Used to foretell the future, this game gets its name from the French & German words for "yes"'

Answer: Ouija


Question: 'In 1756 Voltaire opined that this political entity did not reflect the 3 parts of its name'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'The Grand Vitara'

Answer: Suzuki


Question: 'Between this country's Snaefells & Reykja Peninsulas, Faxa Bay has 2 eastern arms: the Hval & Borgar Fjords'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Christian has a wife named Christiana in this John Bunyan allegory'

Answer: Pilgrim\'s Progress


Question: 'The daughter of a doctor and a suffragette, she's been called "the First Lady of Cinema"'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'After this pirate aka Edward Teach died in 1718, his head was taken to Virginia & displayed on a pole'

Answer: Blackbeard


Question: 'This service branch's annual marathon starts & ends at a memorial depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising'

Answer: the Marines


Question: 'Check out the International Speedway at this Florida beach city on the Atlantic Ocean & Halifax River'

Answer: Daytona


Question: 'Used underwater, ammonia gelatin is a waterproof type of this explosive'

Answer: dynamite


Question: 'Hester Prynne named her infant this, "as being of great price"'

Answer: Pearl


Question: 'Joseph was the real first name of this deadpan daddy-o of the early silver screen'

Answer: Buster Keaton


Question: 'A 2007 commemorative coin honors the 400th anniversary of the founding of this settlement'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Atsugi NAF in Japan.)  The Navy Seahawk has many roles, including anti-submarine warfare using sonar buoys to find the subs & these tubular weapons to destroy them'

Answer: a torpedo


Question: 'Gold, Sword, Juno, Utah & Omaha were the 5 code-named beaches in this endeavor'

Answer: the Normandy invasion


Question: 'Around 1892 Nikola Tesla invented one that used alternating current'

Answer: a dynamo


Question: 'A fascist named Berzelius Windrip becomes president of the U.S. in this "Dodsworth" author's novel "It Can't Happen Here"'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'Meet this Oscar-winning star of "Meet John Doe"'

Answer: Gary Cooper


Question: 'This Civil War general's left arm is buried at Ellwood Plantation; the rest of him is interred at VMI'

Answer: "Stonewall" Jackson


Question: 'In WWII the Germans mounted redesigned 88mm anti-aircraft guns on the Tiger 1 version of this weapon'

Answer: tanks


Question: 'A wrong turn at Albuquerque had Bugs Bunny miss this Calif. beach city, home of the Monarch Butterfly Grove'

Answer: Pismo Beach


Question: 'Michael Fokine created this avian ballet in 1905 for ballerina Anna Pavlova'

Answer: The Dying Swan


Question: 'Homer Simpson is "an exact model for the kind of person who comes to California to die" in this novel by Nathanael West'

Answer: Day of the Locust


Question: 'He's the jr. actor seen here who swashbuckled his way to cinematic fame & fortune'

Answer: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.


Question: 'Archaeologists visit Hopewell to dig at Kippax, once the home of Jane Rolfe Bolling, this historic woman's granddaughter'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV.)  One of the Thunderbirds' standing engagements is an air show for the commencement of this Colorado Springs location'

Answer: the Air Force Academy


Question: 'Print ads for this muscleman had "Mac" get bullied on the beach & lose his girl--until Mac bulks up & kicks some tush'

Answer: Charles Atlas


Question: 'Tang or Bourbon, for example'

Answer: a dynasty


Question: '"Good heavens!  That must be a bad woman!" says Scarlett O'Hara at her first glimpse of this scarlet woman'

Answer: Belle Watling


Question: 'Come with me to the Casbah & name this French star of flims like "Gaslight" & "Algiers"'

Answer: Charles Boyer


Question: 'This "house" found in a National Cemetery in Virginia is a memorial to & once was the home of Robert E. Lee'

Answer: Arlington House


Question: 'An Army corps that provides legal assistance, "JAG" stands for this'

Answer: Judge Advocate General


Question: '"The sea is calm to-night. The tide is full, the moon lies fair" in this 1867 Matthew Arnold Poem'

Answer: "Dover Beach"


Question: '2 individuals or units regarded as a pair'

Answer: a dyad


Question: 'Seen here with 2 other troubled mythic figures, he's the man on the left who can never quite reach the fruit'

Answer: Tantalus


Question: 'Rhyme time opposite of e-mail, it's the slow way, using the U.S. Postal Service'

Answer: snail mail


Question: 'Cousin to whom Elisabeth said, "Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb"'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'The leading commercial crop of the Dominican Republic, it's grown on plantations'

Answer: sugarcane


Question: 'In 1284 the Bishop of Ely founded Peterhouse, the first of this British school's colleges'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Europe's northernmost point on the continent is Cape Nordkyn in this country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Born William Anderson in Walla Walla, Washington, this TV Batman faced 3 different Catwomen'

Answer: Adam West


Question: 'The emoticon made up of a colon, a hyphen & a right parenthesis stands for this'

Answer: happy face/smiley


Question: 'The 4 Gospels appear in this order'

Answer: Matthew, Mark, Luke & John


Question: 'Indians taught the Pilgrims to fertilize crops by putting one of these in the ground'

Answer: fish


Question: 'This college in Williamsburg, Virginia was founded to train Anglican clergy'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'The southernmost point in the continental U.S. is Cape Sable in this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'He was the Batman in "Batman Returns"'

Answer: Michael Keaton


Question: 'FAQs are these'

Answer: Frequently Asked Questions


Question: 'In the Latin Vulgate bible, this book is called "Liber Judicum"'

Answer: Judges


Question: 'A field is "left" this way if it's plowed but not seeded'

Answer: fallow


Question: 'This team nickname is credited to William Lander, editor of Duke Univ.'s newspaper during WWI'

Answer: Blue Devils


Question: 'The terrain of this Chilean cape in the Drake Passage rises to 1,391 feet'

Answer: Cape Horn


Question: 'This 1960s TV Robin was once married to the daughter of Merv Griffin's bandleader Mort Lindsey'

Answer: Burt Ward


Question: 'One of a race of brutes in "Gulliver's Travels", it's now the name of a famous internet directory'

Answer: Yahoo!


Question: 'This angel makes his only O.T. appearance when he interprets Daniel's vision of a ram & a goat'

Answer: Gabriel


Question: 'Pyrethrum, extracted from a type of chrysanthemum, is a natural one of these pest controllers'

Answer: insecticide


Question: 'In 1994 Bennington College in this state eliminated all academic departments & abolished its tenure system'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This state's Cape Ann is the site of such resorts as Gloucester  & Essex'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This most recent Dick Grayson wore an earring'

Answer: Chris O\'Donnell


Question: 'You may follow one of these, a series of newsgroup postings, on the same subject'

Answer: thread


Question: 'After seducing Bathsheba, David plotted to have this man, her husband, killed in battle'

Answer: Uriah the Hittite


Question: 'In this type of tropical agriculture, trees are cut down in an area & set on fire'

Answer: slash & burn


Question: 'The university of this state at Machias is the easternmost 4-year college in the U.S.'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'This Canadian city's most famous landmark, The Citadel, overlooks the city from Cape Diamond'

Answer: Quebec City


Question: 'In the 1960s this voice of "American Top 40" was the voice of the animated Robin'

Answer: Casey Kasem


Question: 'Accoridng to legend, he used a shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity'

Answer: Saint Patrick


Question: 'The Republic of China is also known by this name, which is that of its main island'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'The sixth of this German's 9 symphonies is nicknamed "Pastoral"'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'Last name of "Lighthorse Harry", a member of the Continental Congress from 1785 to 1788'

Answer: Lee


Question: 'Tolstoy wrote "War And Peace"; Herman Wouk wrote "War And...." this'

Answer: Remembrance


Question: 'Activity in which you'd use a hook, line & sinker'

Answer: fishing


Question: 'Despite American pressure, Ireland maintained this stance during World War II'

Answer: neutrality


Question: 'In 1995 this country marked 20 years of reunification & the U.S. restored full diplomatic ties'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'He began to suffer from tuberculosis shortly after taking up with George Sand around 1837'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: 'In 1811 Virginia had 4 governors: John Tyler, George William Smith, Peyton Randolph & this fifth president'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'His 1993 novel "Gai-Jin" takes place in 19th century Japan'

Answer: James Clavell


Question: 'Toucan Sam is the spokescharacter for this cereal'

Answer: Froot Loops


Question: 'In 1937 the Irish Free State, a British dominion, changed its name to this Gaelic one'

Answer: Eire


Question: 'The origins of Bangalore, a city in this country, go back to a mud fort erected in 1537'

Answer: India


Question: 'Charles-Marie Widor worked with his pupil Albert Schweitzer on an edition of this man's organ works'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'Lady Bird Johnson often babysat for this governor's daughters so he & his wife could campaign'

Answer: Charles (Chuck) Robb


Question: 'The elegant St. Gregory is the setting for this 1965 Arthur Hailey bestseller'

Answer: Hotel


Question: 'Uranology is an old term for this science'

Answer: astronomy


Question: 'A word for Protestants of Northern Ireland comes from this ruling house of the Netherlands'

Answer: Orangemen


Question: 'In the 1850s, Empress Eugenie helped popularize Biarritz, a town on this bay, as a fashionable resort'

Answer: Bay of Biscay


Question: 'He wrote "Lincoln Portrait" for speaker & orchestra the same year as "Rodeo"'

Answer: Aaron Copland


Question: 'In 1776, 2 years after the House of Burgesses was dissolved, this orator became the state's first governor'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'This author leaves "Gorky Park" for a British coal-mining town in his 1996 novel "Rose"'

Answer: Martin Cruz Smith


Question: 'Daryl Dragon of The Captain & Tennille was named for this movie studio chief, a family friend'

Answer: Darryl F. Zanuck


Question: 'This head of IRA intelligence helped future PM Eamon De Valera escape from jail in 1919'

Answer: Michael Collins


Question: 'Frederiction, the capital of this Canadian province, is named for a son of King George III'

Answer: New Brunswick


Question: 'He conducted the debut of his "Also Sprach Zarathustra"'

Answer: Richard Strauss


Question: 'The USA's first elected black governor, he won a Bronze Star for bravery in Korea'

Answer: Douglas Wilder


Question: 'Using their first names, it's the pen name of the husband & wife team who wrote "Deceptions" & "Pot Of Gold"'

Answer: Judith Michael


Question: 'An agency of the Justice Department, the DEA stands for this administration'

Answer: Drug Enforcement Administration


Question: 'Before his death in 1920, he led America's Communist Labor Party, drew up its manifesto & edited its paper'

Answer: John Reed


Question: 'It's the famous ship depicted here in Plymouth harbor'

Answer: the Mayflower


Question: 'This "American Idol" winner's hit single "Miss Independent" was co-written by Christina Aguilera'

Answer: Kelly Clarkson


Question: 'Country Time was introduced as a drink mix of this fruit beverage'

Answer: lemonade


Question: 'Completes the line "The spirit indeed is willing, but..."'

Answer: the flesh is weak


Question: 'Newswoman Ellerbee must know this first name of hers means "pretty"'

Answer: Linda


Question: 'The narration that opened this TV show began, "A mighty princess forged in the heat of battle..."'

Answer: Xena: Warrior Princess


Question: 'Jacob Lawrence did a well-known series of paintings of Frederick Douglass & this Underground Railroad leader'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'At a benefit for stopping violence against women, this Hole leader slapped a woman & began wrestling with her'

Answer: Courtney Love


Question: 'The name of this bean is Spanish for "spotted"'

Answer: pinto


Question: 'He revealed, "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Latin for "happy", it was the name of several popes & a "wonderful, wonderful cat"'

Answer: Felix


Question: 'Located in Cincinnati, it's one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges & Universities'

Answer: Xavier


Question: 'She's the woman depicted here at the coronation of Charles VII'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Beginning with "Vision Of Love" in 1990, she has written 14 No. 1 pop hits, more than any other female composer'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'This "royal" herb is essential to classic Italian pesto'

Answer: basil


Question: '"When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and" this'

Answer: myrrh


Question: 'This first name of a "Spartacus" star is from Old Norse for "church"'

Answer: Kirk


Question: 'William B. Davis played the mysterious Cigarette-Smoking Man on this Fox show'

Answer: The X-Files


Question: 'A painting at Versailles shows this leader at Ratisbonne in 1809, after he was shot in the foot'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'She won a 2002 Grammy for best female rock vocal for the song "Steve McQueen"'

Answer: Sheryl Crow


Question: 'Always good to keep a box of pasta on hand, like this kind whose name means "little tongues"'

Answer: linguine


Question: '"Beware of false" these "which come to you in sheep's clothing"'

Answer: prophets


Question: 'This biblical name climbed the ladder to become the most popular baby name for boys, 1993-2003'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'From the Greek, it's literally someone who likes foreigners & foreign things'

Answer: a xenophile


Question: 'Laurits Tuxen's painting of this pair's 1894 royal wedding is, where else, but at the Hermitage'

Answer: Nicholas & Alexandra


Question: 'Ja Rule has teamed with this pop star for 2 No. 1 hits, "I'm Real" & "Ain't It Funny"'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez


Question: 'To flavor your broth, use a cube of this, from the French for "to boil"'

Answer: bouillon


Question: 'In Matthew 26:15 he asks, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you?"'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'This feminine name evokes images of the blossoms seen here blanketing the British countryside'

Answer: Heather


Question: 'Colorless & odorless element first discovered in 1898'

Answer: xenon


Question: 'This Nazi was known as the "Angel of Death"; in 1985 his remains were found in a grave in Brazil'

Answer: Mengele


Question: 'William Shatner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is in front of this theater that opened in 1927'

Answer: Grauman\'s Chinese Theater


Question: 'The National Earthquake Information Center is in this "colorful" city just west of Denver'

Answer: Golden, Colorado


Question: 'Longtime Chicago Bear Harold "Red" Grange was also known by this "spectral" nickname'

Answer: the Galloping Ghost


Question: 'Burns never said he wrote this now traditional Scottish song of parting, he rewrote an earlier song'

Answer: "Auld Lang Syne"


Question: 'Complete'

Answer: a verb & an adjective


Question: 'Germany's ME-262 jet fighter was made by this manufacturer'

Answer: Messerschmitt


Question: 'Shatner plays Boston attorney Denny Crane on this spinoff of "The Practice"'

Answer: Boston Legal


Question: 'This New Mexico city was founded in 1706 & named for a viceroy of New Spain'

Answer: Albuquerque


Question: 'In 1935 this pollster founded the American Institute of Public Opinion'

Answer: George Gallup


Question: 'This was Burns' day job, hence the rustic touch to his poetry'

Answer: a farmer


Question: 'Main'

Answer: a noun & an adjective


Question: 'The battle for this island in the Ryukyus resulted in 12,500 U.S. deaths, the heaviest toll in the Pacific war'

Answer: Okinawa


Question: 'Shatner had a recurring role on this 1960s TV show named for a doctor'

Answer: Dr. Kildare


Question: 'The growth of this state capital in Eagle Valley was stimulated by the discovery of the Comstock Lode in 1859'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'The literary works of this onetime film critic include "This Gun for Hire" & "The Power and the Glory"'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'The Kilmarnock Volume by Burns includes the famous "To a Louse" & this title that's one letter different'

Answer: "To a Mouse"


Question: 'Sting'

Answer: a noun & a verb


Question: 'On May 7, 1945 Germany signed the Articles of Surrender in this city, the coronation place of French kings'

Answer: Reims


Question: 'Shatner played Capt. Byers, an aide to Spencer Tracy, in this war crimes trial drama'

Answer: Judgment at Nuremberg


Question: 'This raisin center of more than 400,000 people in California's San Joaquin Valley has grapes on its seal'

Answer: Fresno


Question: 'Born near Melbourne, this Aussie feminist is best known for her revolutionary work "The Female Eunuch"'

Answer: Germaine Greer


Question: 'The hornpipes & strathspeys Burns mentions in a poem are these'

Answer: dances (or tunes)


Question: 'Dull'

Answer: a verb & an adjective


Question: 'In terms of tonnage involved, the 1944 battle for this Philippine gulf was the greatest in history'

Answer: Leyte (Gulf)


Question: 'One of William Shatner's early movie roles was as Alexi in this 1958 film based on a Dostoyevsky novel'

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov


Question: 'Montana State University has a branch in this city named for frontiersman John'

Answer: Bozeman


Question: 'Born in France in 1807, he played a leading part in the unification of Italy'

Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi


Question: 'Hat's off to this Burns poem based on the legend of Alloway Kirk'

Answer: "Tam O\'Shanter"


Question: 'Hard'

Answer: an adjective & an adverb


Question: 'In 1956 she published "Venice Observed" & her brother Kevin starred in "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"'

Answer: Mary McCarthy


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in the Goodyear Blimp)  I'm in California aboard the Spirit of America; her sister blimp, the Spirit of Goodyear, is based near this "rubber capital"'

Answer: Akron (Ohio)


Question: '1985:<br />Sade with this "smooth" song'

Answer: "Smooth Operator"


Question: 'Chapter 9 of this novel is entitled "Meg Goes to Vanity Fair"'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'Crowds of 30,000 are the rule for commencement at this Austin school'

Answer: University of Texas


Question: 'On May 1, 1873 the first postcards at this postage rate were issued'

Answer: one cent (penny)


Question: '1995 film in which actor Beau's brother has a love affair in Iowa with Meryl Streep'

Answer: Jeff Bridges of Madison County


Question: 'Air-filled ballonets control how much this gas is allowed to expand in the envelope'

Answer: helium


Question: '1966:<br />This TV band with "Last Train to Clarksville"'

Answer: the Monkees


Question: 'The Charles Ingalls family moves to the Great Plains area in this 1935 novel'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question: 'A statue of this reptile movie terror stands about 8 feet tall on top of Austin's Mangia Pizza on Guadalupe Street'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'In 1825 the Marquis de Lafayette laid the cornerstone for a monument to this battle'

Answer: Bunker Hill


Question: 'Perhaps Salome danced to "Crocodile Rock" when demanding the head of this singer & voice in the wilderness'

Answer: Elton John the Baptist


Question: '(Sofia standing in front of the Goodyear Blimp)  The blimp captain controls the elevators, the horizontal fins, & these steering devices, the vertical fins'

Answer: the rudders


Question: '1995:<br />This "Band" with "What Would You Say"'

Answer: the Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'This pal of Robin Hood stood out in a crowd: he was at least 7 feet tall'

Answer: Little John


Question: 'A statue commemorating these lawmen stands in front of the state capitol in Austin'

Answer: the Texas Rangers


Question: 'Name of the ship that James Lawrence urged his men, "Don't give up", it was also paired in a railroad with Ohio'

Answer: Chesapeake


Question: 'Mr. Romano's sitcom featuring the hard-boiled writer of "The Big Sleep"'

Answer: Everybody Loves Raymond Chandler


Question: 'A winter visitor to Florida, or a Goodyear airship that stayed aloft for 11 days, going from Massachusetts to Florida via Africa'

Answer: the Snowbird


Question: '1999:<br />Christina Aguilera with this song that rubbed listeners the right way'

Answer: "Genie in a Bottle"


Question: 'The mousy hero of this E.B. White book leaves home to search for the bird who's his dearest friend'

Answer: Stuart Little


Question: 'Built in 1856 & now home to Rick Perry, it's located at 1010 Colorado Street in Austin'

Answer: the Governor\'s Mansion


Question: 'In 1863 he patented his popular folding upper berth'

Answer: (George) Pullman


Question: 'Star of TV's "The Dead Zone" who checks students' passes if they're en route to the loo during classtime'

Answer: Anthony Michael Hall monitor


Question: '(Sofia standing in front of the Goodyear Blimp)  The Goodyear Blimp's skin isn't made with natural rubber, but this synthetic rubber made from chloroprene'

Answer: neoprene


Question: '1983:<br />This heavy metal group with "Cum on Feel the Noize"'

Answer: Quiet Riot


Question: 'Regina Giddens is the vixenish lead character of this 1939 Lillian Hellman play'

Answer: The Little Foxes


Question: 'A museum in Austin is dedicated to this "Gift of the Magi" author who lived in the city for many years'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: '1889 event that caused the damage seen here'

Answer: the Johnstown Flood


Question: 'Hong Kong action star of "The Replacement Killers" who's the English name for the day before Lent'

Answer: Chow Yun-Fat Tuesday


Question: 'One of the smallest of these "white" diminutive stars is Van Maanen's Star at 7,800 miles in diameter'

Answer: white dwarf


Question: 'This international newsmaker was on the cover of the May 29 issue in all her crowning glory'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Just across the Mexican border, Tijuana is the cuate, or twin, of this U.S. city'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'Hearsay & leading the witness are grounds for this during testimony'

Answer: objection


Question: 'When Lorenz Hart declined to work on the show that became "Oklahoma!", Richard Rodgers partnered with him'

Answer: Oscar Hammerstein


Question: 'A small earthquake or tremor that occurs following a major one'

Answer: aftershock


Question: 'Crickets "hear" via highly sensitive membranes on these body parts'

Answer: their legs


Question: 'Was he on the cover of the July 24 issue?  "You Bet Your Life" he was'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'Go up the north face of Mount Everest & down the south face & you'll cross from Tibet into this country'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'Personal injury lawyers may work on this type of fee, a percentage of the money awarded'

Answer: contingency fee


Question: '"Rhapsody in Blue", a piece by this composer, was used as the title of a 1945 movie biography of him'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'Tim Burton's spooky stop-motion animated feature from 1993'

Answer: The Nightmare Before Christmas


Question: 'In 1857 this French chemist's theory of fermentation was first presented in a paper "on Lactic Fermentation"'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: 'Just the facts, Ma'am: he missed being on the first cover by 1 week & was back the end of the year on the Dec. 11 cover'

Answer: Jack Webb


Question: 'The problem with the Maginot Line was it covered France's border with Germany, but not with this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'If you fill out lots of EOIR-40s, applications for suspension of deportation, this area of law is your specialty'

Answer: immigration law


Question: 'He wrote the words & music to "I Happen to Like New York" & "I Love Paris"'

Answer: Cole Porter


Question: 'Antebellum'

Answer: before the war


Question: 'This whale, whose name is from Russian for "white", is born grey or brown; it turns a milky white by age 5'

Answer: beluga


Question: 'An investigative report in the November 6 issue looked into why this man "Fired Julius La Rosa"'

Answer: Arthur Godfrey


Question: 'Argentina's border with this country is 3,200 miles long, about the same as its coastline'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Some firms require lawyers to amass a minimum weekly number, like 40, of these, for which a client can be charged'

Answer: working hours/billable hours


Question: 'He collaborated with Yip Harburg on "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady" & "Over the Rainbow"'

Answer: Harold Arlen


Question: '1840 Richard Henry Dana memoir that became one of the most popular tales of life at sea'

Answer: Two Years Before the Mast


Question: 'Seed plants are divided into 2 main groups: angiosperms & these, which include the conifers'

Answer: gymnosperms


Question: 'The cover story on this actor was subtitled "Man and Superman"'

Answer: George Reeves


Question: 'A monument at Pervoururalsk in the Ural Mountains marks this geographic border'

Answer: the border between Asia & Europe


Question: 'This "Moon River" lyricist has been called "The Sentimental Gentleman from Georgia"'

Answer: Johnny Mercer


Question: 'It's the title of the 1894 "Prelude" heard here'

Answer: "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun"


Question: 'In the 2002 film "Frida", Geoffrey Rush portrayed this European firebrand during his final days'

Answer: Leon Trotsky


Question: 'In 1998 November 1 is a Sunday; therefore, this date will be election day for Congress'

Answer: November 3 (the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday)


Question: 'Seen on talk shows with her furry friends, she's goodwill ambassador for the San Diego Zoo'

Answer: Joan Embery


Question: 'For the record, it's what old phonograph records are made of'

Answer: Vinyl


Question: 'The eyes of Texas have been on this Dallas "boll" game since 1937'

Answer: Cotton Bowl