Question: 'It's believed that the original baba was soaked in this liquor, but you can make it with kirsch instead'

Answer: rum


Question: 'She was nominated for a 1962 Tony for her Broadway debut in "I Can Get It for You Wholesale"'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'He not only played himself in "Sunset Boulevard", his name is mentioned in the film's last line'

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille


Question: 'Ladyfingers are a finger-shaped type of this light cake that's made without shortening'

Answer: sponge cake


Question: 'It was founded by the Gauls as a fishing settlement in the Seine River in the 3rd century B.C.'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'He was born in St. John, New Brunswick, but his son Kiefer was born in London, England'

Answer: Donald Sutherland


Question: 'A "monster" opera based on this Mary Shelley novel premiered in 1990'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'Through 1991 from 8 to 12% of this country's Amazon Basin had been deforested'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Every 4 years this Polish capital hosts a Frederic Chopin international piano competition'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'This actor from Ottawa played half of "The Blues Brothers"'

Answer: Dan Aykroyd


Question: 'In 1872 this composer conducted his "Aida" at La Scala in Milan'

Answer: Verdi


Question: 'This country is the world's largest producer of "greenhouse gases"'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'Schonbrunn, the Hapsburgs' summer palace, is a top tourist attraction just outside this capital'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'We'll bet you a buck you know this Canadian starred in "Uncle Buck"'

Answer: John Candy


Question: 'Part of this Rossini opera takes place on the shores of Lake Lucerne'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'To reduce smog at this nearby national park, a Page, Ariz. power plant agreed to slash emissions'

Answer: Grand Canyon (National Park)


Question: 'This Bahamian capital served as a supply base for Confederate blockade runners in the Civil War'

Answer: Nassau


Question: 'Act I of this opera ends with a love duet between Roddolfo & Mimi'

Answer: La bohème


Question: 'This older brother of Jesse James outlived Jesse by 33 years'

Answer: Frank


Question: 'In 1992 Hungary adbandoned its venture with Czechoslovakia to build 2 huge dams on this river'

Answer: the Danube


Question: 'A prominent landmark in this Australian capital is the 258-foot-tall Australian-American Memorial'

Answer: Canberra


Question: 'This Wagner opera concludes with a ship sinking & its captain & Senta ascending to heaven'

Answer: The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer)


Question: 'Charcoal canisters & alpha-track detectors are used to detect this radioactive gas in homes'

Answer: radon


Question: 'The 1973 case Doe v. Bolton was decided with this more famous case'

Answer: Roe v. Wade


Question: 'Born of French-Canadian parents, this "On the Road" author spoke only French until he was 6'

Answer: (Jack) Kerouac


Question: 'It's a synonym for a baptism, or a ceremony where an ocean liner is launched'

Answer: a christening


Question: 'Natives of this city think it's O.K. to call it OKC'

Answer: Oklahoma City


Question: 'Dickens had one "On the Hearth" & Disney had one narrate "Pinocchio"'

Answer: a cricket


Question: 'One stroke under par on a hole in golf is a birdie; one stroke over is one of these'

Answer: a bogey


Question: 'Through 1997 he had composed the scores to 7 of the top 10 money-making movies of all time'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'In his 1932 book "Death in the Afternoon", he treated bullfighting as a tragic ritual rather than sport'

Answer: (Ernest) Hemingway


Question: 'The Pyrotechnics Guild International enjoys launching varieties of these, including "stars" & "comets"'

Answer: fireworks


Question: 'Dole Cannery Square is one of this city's premier shopping destinations'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'The USA's top-selling candy bar, it added a peanut butter version in 1990'

Answer: Snickers


Question: 'In football, the defense earns this many points by tackling the opposing team's ball carrier in his own end zone'

Answer: two


Question: 'Marvin Hamlisch won Oscars for the score & love theme of this 1973 Streisand-Redford tearjerker'

Answer: The Way We Were


Question: 'When he began writing "Catch-22", he was an advertising writer for TIME magazine'

Answer: Joseph Heller


Question: 'The device that launches planes from aircraft carriers is named for this medieval rock-thrower'

Answer: a catapult


Question: 'This city boasts museums devoted to toys, beverage containers & Hank Williams Jr.'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Beginning in the early 1970s, we were urged to do this to our Bic lighters'

Answer: flick


Question: 'In volleyball, only the side who did this at the beginning of play can score a point'

Answer: serve


Question: 'This 1960 movie features the Bernard Herrmann score heard here:'

Answer: Psycho


Question: 'This "Call of the Wild" author reported on the Russo-Japanese War for the Hearst newspapers'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'The U.S.S. Seawolf, a navy submarine, can launch airborne missiles & these underwater projectiles'

Answer: torpedoes


Question: 'One of America's oldest churches, the Mission of San Miguel in this city, was erected around 1610'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'Many of these human-powered 2-wheeled carts once widely used in Asia were built in the U.S.'

Answer: rickshaws


Question: 'Number of points scored in the clip seen here:'

Answer: 3


Question: 'James Horner's scores for "Apollo 13" & this Mel Gibson epic both got Oscar nominations in 1996'

Answer: Braveheart


Question: '"The Man from Main Street" is a collection of this Nobel Prize winner's essays'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'At launching, it's attached to an external tank & 2 rocket boosters'

Answer: the Space Shuttle


Question: 'The Prudential Center Skywalk provides spectacular views of this New England capital'

Answer: Boston


Question: '"Heat" suffered by infants in warm weather, causing a rash'

Answer: prickly heat


Question: 'In tournament darts, it's the most points a player can earn on one throw; the most for one turn is 180'

Answer: 60 (triple 20)


Question: 'His scores for Tim Burton films include "Edward Scissorhands", "Beetlejuice" & "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"'

Answer: Danny Elfman


Question: 'A statement of belief; Christian ones include the Apostles' & the Nicene'

Answer: a creed


Question: 'According to Bob Dylan, it's what's "Blowin' In The Wind"'

Answer: the answer, my friend


Question: 'This former Beatle & his wife gave advice to new vegetarian Lisa Simpson'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'As any "P.I." could tell you, it holds twice as much as the usual wine bottle'

Answer: a magnum


Question: 'This society ordains no ministers; clerks, elders & overseers run the monthly & yearly meetings'

Answer: The Society of Friends (or Quakers)


Question: 'He claimed the smear & slander tactics of the 1828 election drove his wife Rachel to her grave'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Sans wind, this capital was so choked with le smog Oct. 1, 1997 that it banned half its motorists from driving'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This actor who plays "Frasier"'s brother voiced the brother of Sideshow Bob, played by Kelsey Grammer'

Answer: David Hyde Pierce


Question: 'It's a final demand or statement of conditions; don't make me give you one'

Answer: an ultimatum


Question: 'In Judaism, the Siddur is the one of these for daily use; the Mahzor is one used for festivals'

Answer: prayer books


Question: 'Heh-heh, heh-heh, this cartoonist who created "Beavis and Butt-head" was influenced by Monty Python'

Answer: Mike Judge


Question: 'Babe Ruth & Gene Tunney were among the champions for this New York governor who ran in 1928'

Answer: Al Smith


Question: 'Guinness lists Commonwealth Bay on this southern continent as the world's windiest place'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'After the success of the Flaming Moe drink, this Steven Tyler band performs at Moe's'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'It's the clear, thin part of the blood that remains after clotting, & that's the "truth"'

Answer: serum


Question: 'He hung up his sword, took on a beggar's garb & founded the Jesuits'

Answer: Ignatius Loyola


Question: 'An example of this pioneering abstract artist's work is seen here:'

Answer: (Piet) Mondrian


Question: 'This president asked America to observe Flag Day June 14, 1916, coinciding with the Democratic Convention'

Answer: (Woodrow) Wilson


Question: 'In March 1974 Volkswagen introduced this model named for a hot, dry Mediterranean wind'

Answer: a Sirocco


Question: 'One of Johnny Carson's last guests, she helped Krusty the Clown revive his career'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'Hydrogen is the only chemical element that's lighter than this one'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Roshi is a title of a master in this form of Buddhism'

Answer: Zen Buddhism


Question: 'Born in 1869, he excelled as a pointillist, a fauvist & finally, as a collagist'

Answer: Henri Matisse


Question: 'The Whigs ran Harrison in 1840 on a campaign of hard cider & these, not Merlot & mansions'

Answer: log cabins


Question: 'Shelley wrote most of this poem on a windy day in the woods near Florence'

Answer: "Ode to the West Wind"


Question: 'Bart appeared on the late night talk show of this man, a former "Simpsons" writer'

Answer: Conan O\'Brien


Question: 'He sculpted the head of Abraham Lincoln for the Capitol Rotunda & on Mt. Rushmore'

Answer: Gutzon Borglum


Question: 'In 1916, his assassins included a prince and a grand duke'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'A 1983 play about this fabled actress featured Scott Bakula as Joe DiMaggio & Will Gerard as Arthur Miller'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'On September 27, 1998, in his final at-bat, this Cardinal hit his record 70th home run of the season'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'In 1859 John Brown raided the arsenal of this town, now West Virginia's easternmost'

Answer: Harper\'s Ferry


Question: 'A mall'

Answer: llama


Question: 'The book "Fashionable Food" tells how to make a "truly awful" salad with a banana & this cinema snack'

Answer: popcorn


Question: 'In 1846 settlers in what is now this state staged the Bear Flag Revolt'

Answer: California


Question: 'On Nov. 17, 1968 Herschel Bernardi opened on Broadway in this role made famous by Anthony Quinn in a 1964 film'

Answer: Zorba the Greek


Question: 'On April 4, 1997 the new Turner Field opened with this home team defeating the visiting Cubs, 5-4'

Answer: the Atlanta Braves


Question: 'Each summer Grandview State Park presents a play based on this famous feud'

Answer: The Hatfields & The McCoys


Question: 'Neat pole'

Answer: antelope


Question: 'Witchetty grubs are large insect larvae savored (& named) by this country's Aborigines'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This gladiator's slave revolt was crushed in 71 B.C. when he died in battle against Marcus Licinius Crassus'

Answer: Spartacus


Question: 'When this play opened in 1972, Jack Albertson & Sam Levene played comedians Willie Clark & Al Lewis'

Answer: The Sunshine Boys


Question: 'In 1997 this Jim Leyland-managed team became the first wild card to win a World Series'

Answer: the Florida Marlins


Question: 'W. Va. has the highest average elevation east of the Mississippi, which may account for this official nickname'

Answer: "The Mountain State"


Question: 'Grade B'

Answer: badger


Question: 'These fleshy growths that top roosters' heads are blanched, dipped in batter & fried for use as a garnish'

Answer: combs


Question: 'During WWI, this British adventurer led the Arabs in a revolt against Turkish rule'

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia (T.E. Lawrence)


Question: 'His most recent Tony Awards for best score were for "Passion" in 1994 & "Into the Woods" in 1988'

Answer: Stephen Sondheim


Question: 'This Dodger won 27 games in 1966, but retired at season's end due to an arthritic arm'

Answer: Sandy Koufax


Question: 'This current U.S. senator served as West Virginia's governor from 1977 to 1985'

Answer: Jay Rockefeller


Question: 'The panel'

Answer: elephant


Question: 'Larousse reports that the moray type of this is served cold, with garlic mayonnaise'

Answer: eel


Question: 'In 1831 he led a famous slave revolt in Virginia'

Answer: Nat Turner


Question: 'Leiber & Stoller, composers of "On Broadway", made it to Broadway with this 1995 showcase of their music'

Answer: Smokey Joe\'s Cafe


Question: 'When this Brooklyn field opened in 1913, borough pres. Alfred Steers tossed out the first ball'

Answer: Ebbets Field


Question: 'This river & its north branch provide the state's northern border with Maryland'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'Ape lord'

Answer: leopard


Question: 'Secreted by sperm whales & found in perfume, this waxy substance is used as a spice in the East'

Answer: ambergris


Question: 'In 1794 nearly 13,000 soldiers were called out to put down this revolt in Pennsylvania'

Answer: the Whiskey Rebellion


Question: '"All children, except one, grow up"'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Last name of Chicago's mayor; his father served as the city's mayor for 21 years'

Answer: Daley


Question: 'The Eastern diamondback species of this snake may reach a length of 8 feet'

Answer: a rattlesnake


Question: 'This 1949 movie about a boy & his horse featured a script by Steinbeck, based on his own novel'

Answer: The Red Pony


Question: 'Deganya, the first Jewish kibbutz in Palestine, was founded near this sea's shores in 1909'

Answer: the Sea of Galilee


Question: '"The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail"'

Answer: Jaws


Question: '1 of 2 women to serve as permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations'

Answer: Madeleine Albright (or Jeanne Kirkpatrick)


Question: 'To put things in perspective, this largest mammal has a heart the size of a VW Bug'

Answer: the blue whale


Question: 'Van Gogh wrote, "The peony is Jeannin's, the hollyhock belongs to Quost", but this bloom "is somewhat my own"'

Answer: the sunflower


Question: 'Small-town teens fight off a Commie invasion of the U.S. in this 1984 flick'

Answer: Red Dawn


Question: 'The 2 swords used in women's fencing are the foil & this'

Answer: the epée


Question: '"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"'

Answer: Rebecca


Question: 'This 12-term Congressman from Illinois is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee'

Answer: Henry Hyde


Question: 'It's the "nosy" critter seen here (foraging for food)'

Answer: an anteater


Question: 'His 1972 hit song "Vincent" was a tribute to Van Gogh'

Answer: Don McLean


Question: 'Moira Shearer made her movie debut in this film about a ballerina caught between 2 men'

Answer: The Red Shoes


Question: 'This classic 1940 film starred Mae West & W.C. Fields'

Answer: My Little Chickadee


Question: 'A former Vietnam War P.O.W., he succeeded Barry Goldwater as a U.S. Senator from Arizona on January 6, 1987'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'Smaller ones of these birds are frequently called doves'

Answer: pigeons


Question: 'It's the title of the early masterpiece seen here'

Answer: The Potato Eaters


Question: 'An innocent Tom Hanks is targeted by the CIA in this comedy'

Answer: The Man with One Red Shoe


Question: 'Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh's brother, was this Indian tribe's "prophet"'

Answer: Shawnee


Question: '(Hi, I'm Dee Dee Myers, former press secretary to President Bill Clinton.)  This man, my predecessor, had the distinction of serving under 2 presidents, Reagan & Bush'

Answer: Marlon Fitzwater


Question: 'The smallest of all monkeys is the pygmy type of this primate'

Answer: a marmoset


Question: 'One theory about the cause of Van Gogh's odd behavior is poisoning from this liqueur made from wormwood'

Answer: absinthe


Question: 'Brigitte Nielsen was the title character in this 1985 sword & sorcery saga'

Answer: Red Sonja


Question: 'This Massachusetts town was the birthplace of John Adams & John Hancock'

Answer: Braintree


Question: 'This band's last surviving brother lives & records in St. Charles, Illinois, far from the ocean'

Answer: The Beach Boys


Question: 'In 1921 this New Jersey city crowned its first Miss America'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'He was nominated for a 1994 Oscar for directing "Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: (Quentin) Tarantino


Question: 'A roofed porch or balcony may be called a gallery, a lanai, or especially in the south, this'

Answer: a verandah


Question:
'Gene Tunney,
Gene Tierney,
Gene Rayburn'

Answer: Gene Tierney


Question: '"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying but unconquering whale..."'

Answer: Ahab


Question: 'Manus usually refers to this part of the body; in fact, some people live "from manus to mouth"'

Answer: hand


Question: 'This Georgia  city that's popular with golfers was named for the mother of George III'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'Producers told him he could direct "Taxi Driver" only if he got Robert De Niro to play the lead'

Answer: (Martin) Scorsese


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the outside of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.)  The National Cathedral has 110 of these figures, whose function is to carry rain away from the walls and foundation'

Answer: a gargoyle


Question:
'Ashley Montagu,
Ashleigh Banfield,
Ashley Wilkes'

Answer: Ashleigh Banfield


Question: '"Take thou Excalibur, my good sword, and go with it to yonder waterside..."'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'Hibernal means pertaining to this season'

Answer: winter


Question: 'Had this Michigan city kept its earlier name, there might have been a song "I've Got A Gal In Bronson"'

Answer: Kalamazoo


Question: 'This director cast his son Kyle in a bit role as a bass player in a blues band in "The Bridges of Madison County"'

Answer: (Clint) Eastwood


Question: 'A fleche is a slender one of these rising above a church'

Answer: a spire


Question:
'Kim Philby,
Kim Stanley,
Kim Jong Il'

Answer: Kim Stanley


Question: '"Dave, stop... stop, Dave.  Will you stop, Dave?  Stop, Dave.  I'm afraid.  I'm afraid, Dave.  Dave, my mind is going..."'

Answer: HAL


Question: 'Related to the word "glacier", verglas is a thin coating of this on a rock'

Answer: ice


Question: 'A bay & a river bear the name of this city, Alabama's second largest'

Answer: Mobile


Question: 'This quirky Californian directed "Batman" & "Batman Returns"'

Answer: (Tim) Burton


Question: 'All right.  See the dome, players?  Now see the little "domey" thing on top of the dome?  That's called this, from the Latin for tub'

Answer: a cupola


Question:
'Barry Sullivan,
Barrie Chase,
Barry Humphries'

Answer: Barrie Chase


Question: '"It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done..."'

Answer: Sydney Carton


Question: 'Manducate, like this word that begins with the same 2 letters, means to chew'

Answer: masticate


Question: 'An A to Z list of Ohio cities might run from Aberdeen to this birthplace of a famous western author'

Answer: Zanesville


Question: 'In 1977 he directed his first film, "Grand Theft Auto", from a script he co-wrote with his father Rance'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'Of rooms usually found in real estate listings, the one on which a dormer window etymologically belongs'

Answer: the bedroom


Question:
'P.D. James,
P.G. Wodehouse,
P.J. O'Rourke'

Answer: P.D. James


Question: '"Precious, precious, precious! My precious! O my precious!"'

Answer: Gollum


Question: 'Lacteous describes something that's the color of this substance'

Answer: milk


Question: '2 of the closest presidential races involved this man; in 1796 he lost to John Adams & in 1800 he beat Aaron Burr'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'Linus Pauling pushed large doses of this vitamin in hopes that it would prevent cancer'

Answer: C


Question: 'This "sad" tree's shade reportedly comforted Napoleon in exile on St. Helena; later, he was buried under one'

Answer: a weeping willow


Question: 'This legal process involves a mortgagor losing rights to the mortgaged property'

Answer: foreclosure


Question: 'Israel's conflict with Egypt near the end of 1956 led to the Israeli seizure of this peninsula'

Answer: the Sinai


Question: 'The name of this covetous "green" feeling can also mean the person about whom you're feeling it'

Answer: envy


Question: 'COTY, once a prestigious fashion award, stood for this when the Mini Cooper won it in 2003'

Answer: Car of the Year


Question: 'In 1965 Vincent Dole & Marie Nyswander developed a way of treating heroin addicts using high doses of this'

Answer: methadone


Question: 'This Shel Silverstein story is about an apple tree & its friend who grows from child to adult'

Answer: The Giving Tree


Question: 'He won the best actor award at the 1988 Cannes film festival for his portrayal of Charlie Parker'

Answer: Forest Whitaker


Question: 'Queen Elizabeth & the Duke of Edinburgh made an official visit to Lagos in this, Britain's largest African colony'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Gary Cooper was this "of the Yankees" when playing Lou Gehrig in a 1942 weeper'

Answer: Pride


Question: 'In Serbia's first post-Communist direct elections held in 1990, this man won "reelection" by a large majority'

Answer: Slobodan Milosevic


Question: 'L-dopa, which becomes this neurotransmitter in the brain, is used to treat Parkinson's'

Answer: dopamine


Question: 'This 5-letter tree of the pine family mentioned often in a famous Monty Python sketch is used to make telephone poles'

Answer: the larch


Question: 'This Hitchcock film stars Joel McCrea as an American reporter who uncovers a spy ring in London prior to WWII'

Answer: Foreign Correspondent


Question: 'En route to New York, this ship collided with the Stockholm in dense fog in the North Atlantic on July 25'

Answer: the Andrea Doria


Question: 'Sadly, drunkenness is sometimes included with this deadly sin... hic'

Answer: gluttony


Question: 'Fittingly, the HMS Victory was the British flagship at this famous 1805 battle'

Answer: Trafalgar


Question: 'The hydrogen kind of this chemical is found in apple seeds & a dose of a few milligrams can be fatal'

Answer: cyanide


Question: 'While the white variety of this "berry" tree feeds silkworms, other types yield edible fruit'

Answer: the mulberry


Question: 'You laugh & dance now, but I have this, a feeling inside that something terrible is about to happen'

Answer: foreboding


Question: 'Deadly sin mentioned in the title of Irving Stone's Van Gogh book'

Answer: lust


Question: 'In 1984 this ice dancing pair won Olympic gold with all 9 judges giving them perfect scores for artistry'

Answer: Torvill & Dean


Question: '1 gray is equal to the dose absorbed when one kilogram of matter absorbs one joule of ionizing this'

Answer: radiation


Question: 'This type of pine named for its use in construction makes up most of the trees in Yellowstone National Park'

Answer: lodgepole


Question: 'This word can apply to a debate team or a lab that uses science to establish facts or evidence in the law'

Answer: forensic


Question: 'Founded as Queen's College in 1766, it didn't officially become the State University of New Jersey until 1956'

Answer: Rutgers


Question: 'It's an arboreal mammal of the Americas, & some have 3 toes'

Answer: sloth


Question: 'The introductory verse to this 1908 song begins, "Katie Casey was baseball mad"'

Answer: \"Take Me Out To The Ball Game\"


Question: 'She met Napoleon after her husband Alexandre de Beauharnais was guillotined in 1794'

Answer: Josephine


Question: 'He went "Old School" as a "Wedding Crasher"'

Answer: Vince Vaughn


Question: 'Try not to leave this Greek landmark in any more of a shambles than it already is'

Answer: the Parthenon


Question: 'Like actress Sally, this last name of 19th century U.S. department store owner Marshall is singular; add an "S"--imbibe'

Answer: Field


Question: 'The Boat U.S. foundation has a program at waterfronts to lend these & make sure they fit'

Answer: lifejackets


Question: '"Dammit! I'm" this'

Answer: mad


Question: 'She was a teacher & administrator at St. Mary's High School in Calcutta for about 17 years until 1946'

Answer: Mother Theresa


Question: 'This "X-Files" star went to grad school at Yale but didn't finish his thesis'

Answer: David Duchovny


Question: 'Hitting Innsbruck or Salzburg in this country & saying "G'day, mate!" over & over will only confuse the locals'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'When naming this member of the 2nd triumvirate, don't add an "H" to his last name or you're talking about J. Lo's hubby'

Answer: Mark Antony


Question: 'BTSI technology makes you apply this when shifting out of park, so your 6-year-old can't drive off'

Answer: the brakes


Question: '"Dennis and Edna" did this'

Answer: sinned


Question: 'In 1956 this future Israeli prime minister adopted a new last name that means "to burn brightly" in Hebrew'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'We were "Enchanted" by her performance as Delysia in "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day"'

Answer: Amy Adams


Question: 'If in Norway on July 18, don't inquire if it's a national holiday due to the birth of this traitor in 1887'

Answer: (Vidkund) Quisling


Question: 'If you add the incorrect "S" to this last book of the Bible that tells of the opening of 6 seals, down a whole cup'

Answer: Revelation


Question: 'You're a lumberjack & you won't be okay if this item lacks a hand guard & throttle interlock'

Answer: chainsaw


Question: '"No lemon, no" this'

Answer: melon


Question: 'In her will, this queen of Castile pleaded for just treatment of New World Indians'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'This actor turned to directing & won an Oscar for his first effort--"Ordinary People"'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'Don't sneeze & use one of the 2 extant "originals" of this 1215 document at the British Library to wipe your nose'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'If you say the WCTU is the "Women's Christian" rather than the "Woman's Christian" this, take a non-alcoholic swig'

Answer: Temperance Union


Question: 'Uvex specializes in protecting these, as with its innovative Astrospec line'

Answer: eyes


Question: '"Lived on decaf, faced no" this'

Answer: devil


Question: 'While attending Oxford in the 1940s, this Brit became president of the university Conservative Association'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Getting caught in the wheels of a machine makes him go berserk in 1936's "Modern Times"'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'Loudly demanding only ketchup & no mustard at your meals in this capital of Burgundy... bad idea'

Answer: Dijon


Question: 'Drink up if you say (incorrectly) this African-American author wrote "The Invisible Man"; he penned "Invisible Man"'

Answer: Ralph Ellison


Question: 'Respirators can help prevent coal workers' pneumoconiosis, better known as this'

Answer: black lung disease


Question: '"Drab as a fool, aloof as a" this'

Answer: bard


Question: 'The 108th mayor of New York City, he is a graduate of Johns Hopkins & Harvard Business School'

Answer: (Michael) Bloomberg


Question: 'Weakened by scarlet fever, Beth March was sentenced to death by this author'

Answer: (Louisa May) Alcott


Question: 'On March 6, 1986 Vega 1 became the first spacecraft to rendezvous with this comet'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'One of the world's most recognizable characters, Bugs Bunny is a mascot of this movie studio'

Answer: Warner Brothers


Question: 'A nonfiction film about a factual event or person'

Answer: a documentary


Question: 'He "saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness"'

Answer: Allen Ginsberg


Question: 'This writer didn't flat out say, "Roderick Usher's own house fell on him", but the implication is clear'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'In 1989 Magellan became the first probe launched from a Shuttle when Atlantis sent it on its way to this, Earth's twin'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'He voiced Bugs in almost 200 cartoons over a 50-year period'

Answer: Mel Blanc


Question: 'A system of beliefs accepted as authoritative by a group's members'

Answer: a doctrine


Question: 'One of the most popular paintings at the National Gallery of Art is this surrealist's "The Sacrament of the Last Supper"'

Answer: Dalí


Question: 'We're quite sure that this German physicist won a 1932 Nobel Prize'

Answer: Heisenberg


Question: 'Air Force gunner Snowden catches some flak & dies in Yossarian's arms, courtesy of this author'

Answer: (Joseph) Heller


Question: 'The most distant manmade object, this probe launched in 1977 may travel to interstellar space in 2020'

Answer: Voyager


Question: 'This gun-toting nebbish tries to match wits with Bugs in classics like "Wabbit Trouble" & "What's Opera, Doc?"'

Answer: Elmer Fudd


Question: '8-letter word for a waterfront location where ships are built & repaired'

Answer: a dockyard


Question: 'In a fresco at the Sistine Chapel, Pietro Perugino depicted "The Giving of the Keys" to him'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'An Air Force base in California is named for this general, the second Air Force Chief of Staff'

Answer: (Hoyt) Vandenberg


Question: 'This novelist had Bull Meecham, aka "The Great Santini", go out in a plane crash'

Answer: (Pat) Conroy


Question: 'In 2005 the Huygens Probe landed on this largest moon of Saturn, revealing a world that rains liquid methane'

Answer: Titan


Question: 'Bugs Bunny officially debuted in the 1940 cartoon "A Wild" this'

Answer: Hare


Question: 'A summary of legal cases scheduled to be heard'

Answer: a docket


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.)  In a 17th-century painting, Isaac, now blind in his old age, is blessing Jacob, who, you'll notice, is wearing gloves to hide the fact that he isn't this hairier brother'

Answer: Esau


Question: 'His works of the 1950s like "Monogram" used found objects & bits of pop culture'

Answer: Robert Rauschenberg


Question: 'He titled his book "Le Morte d'Arthur" for a reason; Art takes a sword to the "brain pan"'

Answer: (Sir Thomas) Mallory


Question: 'In 1976, within 3 months, 2 U.S. spacecraft by this name soft-landed on the surface of Mars'

Answer: Viking


Question: 'To help him defeat the Monstars, Bugs recruited basketball legend Michael Jordan in this 1996 film'

Answer: Space Jam


Question: 'This disparaging word for an out-of-the-way place comes from the Tagalog for "mountain"'

Answer: boondocks


Question: 'While writing for Billboard, legendary producer Jerry Wexler coined this phrase to replace "race music"'

Answer: rhythm & blues


Question: '"Every time it rains, it rains" these'

Answer: Pennies From Heaven


Question: 'In 1968 the Kansas City A's moved to this city'

Answer: Oakland


Question: 'This general was known in the South as "Uncle Robert"'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'It's the principle natural resource of Oman'

Answer: oil


Question: 'Running from Cape Horn almost to Panama, it splits into 3 ranges in Colombia'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'According to Forbes Magazine, this talk show host is on her way to becoming America's first black billionaire'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'Madonna's 1990 music video for "Justify" this went multi-platinum'

Answer: "My Love"


Question: 'This pitcher hurled the first of his record 7 no-hitters in 1973 & his last 18 years later'

Answer: Nolan Ryan


Question: 'On Nov. 6 1861 he was elected to a 6-year term as President of the Confederacy'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Oman waspart of the international force that defeated this country in the 1991 Persian Gulf War'

Answer: Iraq


Question: '9 of the world's 14 tallest peaks are in Nepal as part of this mountain system'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'In March 1996 a Johannesburg judge pronounced their 38-year marriage officially over'

Answer: the Mandelas


Question: 'Johnny Cash's 1963 hit "Ring of Fire" was co-written by this woman, his future wife'

Answer: June Carter


Question: 'In 1941 this outfielder had a 56-game hitting streak, a Major League record'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'On the night of April 14, 1865, he met co-conspirator David Herold in Maryland'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'A section of Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the UAE, juts into this important strait'

Answer: the Strait of Hormuz


Question: 'Isolated range of the Rockies that shares its name with a sheep'

Answer: the Big Horn (Mountains)


Question: 'In 1995 Jordan's King Hussein eulogized this slain Israeli PM as "a brother, a colleague and a friend"'

Answer: (Yitzhak) Rabin


Question: 'The title song in an Elvis film, it was written for the 1937 Bing Crosby film "Waikiki Wedding"'

Answer: Blue Hawaii


Question: 'Inn 1993 this player "Mr. October", was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility'

Answer: Reggie Jackson


Question: '17 years before his famous "Charge" at Gettysburg, he graduated last in his class at West Point'

Answer: (George) Pickett


Question: 'With no constitution or legislature, Oman is governed by a ruler with this title'

Answer: the Sultan of Oman


Question: 'Continent on which youd find the Mesabi Range'

Answer: North America


Question: '1995 DNA tests confirmed that a body exhumed in Missouri probably was this notorious outlaw'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: 'In 1992 Mariah Carey took a cover version of this biggest Jackson 5 hit to No. 1 on the charts'

Answer: I\'ll Be There


Question: 'This Boston Red Sox player won back-to-back titles 3 times:<br />1941 & '42, 1947 & '48, & 1957 & '58'

Answer: Ted Williams


Question: 'James Buchanan's Vice President, he became a Confederate general in 1861'

Answer: John C. Breckinridge


Question: 'This, the capital city, was formerly paired with Oman in the country's name'

Answer: Muscat


Question: '3000' above sea level, a famous "Parkway" extends 450 miles in this Virginia-<br />North Carolina range'

Answer: the Blue Ridge Parkway


Question: 'Anchor of the "NBC Nightly News" 1970-1982, he passed away in 1996'

Answer: John Chancellor


Question: 'In 1953 this "Nightline" host moved with his family from England to the U.S.'

Answer: Ted Koppel


Question: 'Several structures called London Bridge have spanned this river, the latest completed in 1972'

Answer: the Thames


Question: 'Saint Ephraem the Syrian was deeply devoted to this woman, the mother of Jesus'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'In printing a kern is part of a letter that extends beyond its body; it can turn an O into this letter'

Answer: a Q


Question: 'The Office of Space Flight is a division of this U.S. agency'

Answer: NASA


Question: 'In 1972 he founded the Kinte Foundation, a clearing house for black genealogy'

Answer: (Alex) Haley


Question: 'Mother Cabrini came to the U.S. to work among immigrants from this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Kentucky's lowest point, 257

Answer: the Mississippi


Question: 'He's the Patron of Aragon & Portugal as well as of England'

Answer: George


Question: 'Pavonine means of or resembling this "proud" bird'

Answer: a peacock


Question: 'Postage stamps are printed by the Bureau of Engraving & Printing, a division of this cabinet dept.'

Answer: the Treasury


Question: 'In 1991 the U. of Alabama awarded this "To Kill A Mockingbird" author an honorary Doctor of Letters degree'

Answer: Harper Lee


Question: 'Jean Lafitte immigrated to this city around 1806; he defended it from the British in the War of 1812'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Sumatra & the Malay Peninsula are 2 of the land areas dividing the Pacific Ocean from this ocean'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


Question: 'Saint Cunegund is the Patroness of this European Grand Duchy of which she was a princess'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'It means to open or spread out, as a flag'

Answer: unfurl


Question: 'In January 1949 this Secretary of State known for his post-WWII "Plan" resigned for health reasons'

Answer: (George) Marshall


Question: 'This creator of Father Brown converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922'

Answer: G.K. Chesterton


Question: 'A pupil of Antoine Lavoisier, his gunpowder mill was the largest in the U.S. at the time of his death'

Answer: Du Pont


Question: 'Shallow, saline Lake Eyre is this continent's lowest point'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This saint is the subject of the play & movie "A Man For All Seasons"'

Answer: Thomas More


Question: 'From the Latin word for blood, it means blood-colored or cheerfully optimistic'

Answer: sanguine


Question: 'Some regulations of this agency, OSHA, deal with fire prevention & safe levels of exposure to asbestos'

Answer: the Occupational Safety & Health Administration


Question: 'In addition to writing, this "Tom Jones" author was also a justice of the peace'

Answer: (Henry) Fielding


Question: 'This man who organized NBC was born in Minsk in what's now Belarus'

Answer: Sarnoff


Question: 'Nizhneangarsk & Listvyanka are ports on this Siberian lake'

Answer: Lake Baikal


Question: 'At age 40 this saint of Avila has a transforming vision of heaven & hell'

Answer: Saint Teresa of Ávila


Question: 'An adit is a passageway into one of these & a winze is a shaft from one level to another'

Answer: a mine


Question: 'This 1996 presidential candidate was Tennessee Gov. 1979-1987, longer than any other Republican'

Answer: (Lamar) Alexander


Question: 'This author of "Acceptable Risk" has been dubbed "The Master of the Medical Thriller"'

Answer: Robin Cook


Question: 'This 1990 winner is the most recent to win the Best Director Oscar for his directorial debut'

Answer: Kevin Costner


Question: '1988:<br />In a major reorganization of the Soviet hierarchy, this man becomes head of the U.S.S.R.'

Answer: Gorbachev


Question:
'Your first hit was this /
'74 was the year /
Say, does that microphone /
Still smell like beer?'

Answer: "Piano Man"


Question: 'Even if you spill it, don't cry over die Milch, this'

Answer: milk


Question: 'So it's 6:55 P.M., so what?  The Sarge told me to be on duty at 1900 hours!  That's not until this civilian time'

Answer: 7:00 P.M.


Question: '"'Some pig!' whispered Mr. Zuckerman.  They stared and stared for a long time at Wilbur"'

Answer: Charlotte\'s Web


Question: 'Proverbially, a praiseworthy accomplishment is this "in your cap"'

Answer: a feather


Question: '1979:<br />This religious figure makes his first official visit to the United States'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question:
'I recall this 2-word vid /
That starred a young top model /
The song was nice, but nicer still /
Was watching Christie waddle'

Answer: "Uptown Girl"


Question: 'These, like Donder & Blitzen, are das Rentier'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'No need to mail yet!  It's only Feb. 16, & that payment isn't due till this day, Washington's birthday'

Answer: February 22


Question: '"I have no plans to call on you, Clarice, the world being more interesting with you in it"'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'You're giving this when you donate 10% of your income to your church'

Answer: a tithe


Question: '1946:<br />An international military tribunal in this city sentences 12 Nazi leaders to death'

Answer: Nuremberg


Question:
'We saw your show with this man /
But some of it's a blur /
Loved that duet on "Your Song" /
Hey, do you call him "Sir"?'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'The ceremony called a bar mitzvah in English is this in German'

Answer: a Bar Mitzvah


Question: 'In 2009 I filed Form 4868 & got an automatic 6-month extension on my tax return--now it's not due until this date'

Answer: October 15


Question: '"His lips parted into a timid smile, and our neighbor's image blurred with my sudden tears.  'Hey, Boo,' I said"'

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird


Question: 'The Beatles had this head of a Christian religious community for women "jump the gun"'

Answer: Mother Superior


Question: '1914:<br />This country closes the Dardanelles waterway to Allied ships'

Answer: Turkey


Question:
'You sang to Virginia in this hit /
Don't get mad & don't try to fix me /
All I'm saying about it /
Is that you just turned 60'

Answer: "Only The Good Die Young"


Question: 'Ein Museum fur moderne Kunst is this specific type of place'

Answer: a museum of modern art


Question: 'It's only 1915--I've got this many years to get my bets in on the Reds before the White Sox throw the World Series'

Answer: 4


Question: '"'Is it safe to get my diamonds?'… Szell opened the black leather case.  And took out a portable hand drill"'

Answer: Marathon Man


Question: 'It's the condition where the human body's temperature falls below 95 degrees'

Answer: hypothermia


Question: '1979:<br />A ceremony returns a chunk of territory to this Central American country'

Answer: Panama


Question:
'This album won a Grammy /
& made you some real bones /
Its title's a reminder /
Some folks should not throw stones'

Answer: Glass Houses


Question: 'Take a guess:<br />Blut ist dicker als Wasser is this familial proverb'

Answer: blood is thicker than water


Question: 'It's only 6:45 P.M. here in L.A.; I still have this many minutes to call my pal in Montreal before his 11 P.M. bedtime'

Answer: 75


Question: '"For him evidently Mr. Kurtz was not in his grave; I suspect that for him Mr. Kurtz was one of the immortals"'

Answer: Heart of Darkness


Question: 'It's an old term for a drugstore'

Answer: an apothecary


Question: 'http://www.j-archive.com/Read all about me at www.jeopardy.com this punctuation mark showguide_bioalex.php'

Answer: forward slash


Question: 'This former NBAer fell backward for a victory after a sprint against 67-yr.-old ref Dick Bavetta at the 2007 All-Star game'

Answer: Charles Barkley


Question: 'The rocks of the Carboniferous period provide the Earth with this, some of it bituminous'

Answer: coal


Question: 'In a Shakespeare play, he says, "Let Rome in Tiber melt and the wide arch Of the ranged empire fall!"'

Answer: Mark Anthony


Question: 'A meeting arranged in advance'

Answer: an appointment


Question: 'The son of Jamaican immigrants, Colin was born in this section of Manhattan in 1937'

Answer: Harlem


Question: 'Distinct from parentheses, these are used around editorial insertions that clarify a text, like "sic"'

Answer: brackets


Question: 'Not for harvesting machines, this annual NFL scouting event is known for its 40-yard dash'

Answer: the combine


Question: 'The Cenozoic's Tertiary period is logically followed by this period'

Answer: Quaternary


Question: 'He wrote, "I am a great & sublime fool.  But... I am God's fool, & all his works must be contemplated with respect"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'A type of embroidery resembling tapestry'

Answer: needlepoint


Question: 'In 1962 Colin was one of the 16,000 military advisers dispatched to South Vietnam by this president'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Independent clauses within a sentence can be separated with a conjunction or with this'

Answer: a semicolon


Question: 'Aussie John Landy shaved 1.5 seconds off this Brit's mile record in 1954, but lost to him in a race 2 months later'

Answer: Roger Bannister


Question: 'As evidenced by Dover, England, the Cretaceous period's name derives from this type of limestone'

Answer: chalk


Question: 'When asked if he has any writers, this piano-playing comic says, "Yes, I have 535 writers.  100 in the Senate & 435 in the House…"'

Answer: (Mark) Russell


Question: 'Numerical term for maneuvering a vehicle around by a series of back & forth arcs'

Answer: a three-point turn


Question: 'Colin was on a drill team known as the Pershing Rifles when he was in ROTC, short for this'

Answer: Reserve Officers Training Corps


Question: 'An "Oxford" or "series" this is the one before "and" in a series of items'

Answer: a comma


Question: 'Meaning "all Earth" in Greek, this hypothetical supercontinent tore apart during the Triassic period'

Answer: Pangaea


Question: 'To this painter, the battle of horizontal & vertical was a metaphor for existential conflicts'

Answer: Rothko


Question: 'A spot with a wide perspective; Lyndon Johnson used it as the title of his memoir of the presidency'

Answer: vantage point


Question: 'In 1983 Colin was an assistant to Secy. of Defense Caspar Weinberger when the U.S. invaded this island nation'

Answer: Grenada


Question: 'Suspension points is another term for this indication of a pause'

Answer: an ellipsis


Question: 'A period is one of 4 major units of geologic time; these are the other 3, & they all start with "E"'

Answer: eon, era & epoch


Question: 'Mark Haddon penned the bestselling novel "The Curious Incident of" this'

Answer: the Dog in the Night-time


Question: 'Hyphenated term for being so close to a target that the projectile travels in a straight line to it'

Answer: point-blank


Question: 'In 2009 this controversial radio host called Colin part of the "stale... worn-out GOP that never won anything"'

Answer: (Rush) Limbaugh


Question: 'For 200 years, much of this large current country was known as "Rupert's Land", in honor of a cousin of Charles II'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The British tell the tale of St. George & this; the Apocrypha has the book of Bel & this'

Answer: the Dragon


Question: 'In the ESPN drama "3", Barry Pepper played this late NASCAR legend'

Answer: Dale Earnhardt


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew observes a female kabuki performer at a kabuki theatre in Tokyo, Japan.)  In the word "kabuki", the middle syllable, "bu", stands for this art form, a major part of kabuki'

Answer: dance


Question: 'I could go for some of these sugar & marshmallow chicks--especially the blue ones--when's Easter?'

Answer: Peeps


Question: 'It's black & white & eats about 80 pounds of bamboo shoots a day'

Answer: a panda bear


Question: 'A pentad is a group of this many'

Answer: 5


Question: 'You can read his "Song" in the Old Testament & his "Wisdom" in the apocrypha'

Answer: Solomon


Question: '3 sharps team up to take down Don "The Matador" Everest in "Tilt", an ESPN series about this card game'

Answer: poker


Question: 'Kabuki introduced the revolving stage to the world in the 1770s; it was inspired by this children's toy'

Answer: a (spinning) top


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" has a recipe for dark chocolate this & credits Baltimore with the invention; I prefer vanilla or maple'

Answer: fudge


Question: 'Born in South Africa, this Sisters of Notre Dame nun wears her habit to host TV shows on art'

Answer: Sister Wendy


Question: 'In 1840 Christian Schonbein followed his nose to identify this form of oxygen & named it from the Greek for "smell"'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'There are up to 4 books of this military group associated with Hanukkah'

Answer: the Maccabees


Question: 'John Turturro played this oft-fired manager in the 2007 ESPN miniseries "The Bronx is Burning"'

Answer: Billy Martin


Question: '(Alex holds up a mask in a store in Tokyo, Japan.) These traditional masks are worn by the shite, or hero, of this revered & highly stylized form of Japanese drama'

Answer: noh


Question: 'Meaning "no equal", it's another name for snow caps'

Answer: nonpareils


Question: 'Famous for his B&W images used in psychology, as a youth he was named "Kleck", German for "inkblot"'

Answer: (Hermann) Rorschach


Question: 'Triglycerides are these, from the Greek for "fat"'

Answer: lipids


Question: 'Break out the hamantaschen--the apocrypha contains additions to her Old Testament book'

Answer: Esther


Question: 'In 2005 ESPN aired "Four Minutes", about this athlete who was born in Middlesex, England in 1929'

Answer: Roger Bannister


Question: 'Instead of human actors, bunraku theatre features these, which are manipulated in full view of the audience'

Answer: puppets


Question: 'You can buy squares of its chocolate, like the raspberry or mint-filled, at its famous square in San Francisco'

Answer: Ghirardelli


Question: '"My fellow Americans", this black & white cocker spaniel gave its name to a 1952 speech'

Answer: Checkers


Question: 'From Greek for "steward", it's been defined as "the dismal science"'

Answer: economics


Question: 'This beautiful widow who beheads General Holofernes gets her own book'

Answer: Judith


Question: 'Matt Dillon narrates "Once in a Lifetime", about this New York City soccer team Pele played for'

Answer: the Cosmos


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents in front of a kabuki demonstration in Tokyo, Japan.)  Kabuki theatre's golden age came as Japan developed an urban culture in this era, named for what Tokyo was called then'

Answer: the Edo era


Question: 'Hershey's could have called this candy bar "Thingamajig"; it would have been 4 letters shorter'

Answer: Whatchamacallit


Question: 'An African name for this monkey that sits in trees as if in prayer means "messenger of the gods"'

Answer: the colobus


Question: 'This first name of poet Roethke means "gift of God"'

Answer: Theodore


Question: 'Susanna the maid is the bride in this Mozart opera'

Answer: The Marriage of Figaro


Question: 'In "A Day at the Races", while checking a pulse, he said, "Either he's dead or my watch has stopped"'

Answer: Groucho Marx


Question: 'Bishop Albert made this Latvian capital the HQ of the Knights of the Sword'

Answer: Riga


Question: 'Lava that flows far forms shield volcanoes; this island is made up of 5 of them, including Mauna Kea'

Answer: the Big Island of Hawaii


Question: 'Some yoga poses, or asanas, are named after animals, like the upward facing this, seen here'

Answer: dog


Question: 'This 2-word phrase for a loyal & resourceful assistant comes from a character in a Daniel Defoe novel'

Answer: Man Friday


Question: 'The name of this Verdi opera means "The Fallen Woman"'

Answer: La Traviata


Question: 'This good sport said, "Always go to other people's funerals, otherwise they won't come to yours"'

Answer: Yogi Berra


Question: 'Newly independent at the time, Latvia joined this world body on Sept. 22, 1921'

Answer: the League of Nations


Question: 'One difference between wide & narrow craters is the presence of this to mix with magma & cause big steam explosions'

Answer: water


Question: 'Contrary to popular belief, only a minuscule fraction of this "weaving" school of yoga deals with sex'

Answer: Tantric


Question: 'March Madness is in effect with this instrument named for a composer whose band first used it'

Answer: a sousaphone


Question: 'Puccini's last opera, it's set in Peking'

Answer: Turandot


Question: 'This director: "There are worse things" than death; "ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'About 60% of Latvians are ethnically Latvian; this nationality makes up about a third of the population'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'Volcanoes can be formed by plumes of magma originating in this layer of the Earth below the crust'

Answer: the mantle


Question: 'A tradition of yoga teaches that the cosmos was once filled with this 1-syllable mantra'

Answer: om


Question: 'Call the sheriff!  This English shire is named for an Old Saxon landowner; the name means "Snot's home"'

Answer: Nottingham


Question: 'This 1892 Leoncavallo work has a play within the opera'

Answer: Pagliacci


Question: 'This man who played Honore Lachaille in "Gigi" said, "I prefer old age to the alternative"'

Answer: (Maurice) Chevalier


Question: 'This is the sea on Latvia's west coast'

Answer: the Baltic


Question: 'In this island country, nearly 60% of eruptions, like those of Katla, occur under glacial ice'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Yoga is mentioned in these ancient religious texts of India that date back 3,500 years'

Answer: the Vedas


Question: 'Seen here, it's named for a U.S. Army officer who designed it as an effective weapon for trench warfare'

Answer: a Thompson (submachine) gun


Question: '"La Bisbetica Dominata" was based on this Shakespeare play'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'This 19th c. journalist said, "Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate"; then he disappeared'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'In Latvia, male first names usually end in "S"; female first names, usually in this vowel'

Answer: A


Question: 'From words meaning "fire" & "broken", this type of flow of searing gas & rock swept down Mt. Pelee in 1902'

Answer: a pyroclastic flow


Question: 'According to yoga philosophy, these "wheels" are the 7 main centers of spiritual energy in the human body'

Answer: the chakras


Question: 'It's the financial "scheme" named for the Italian swindler who made it famous in the 1920s'

Answer: Ponzi


Question: 'The title of this award-winning 1963 film refers to the number of films its director felt he had made to that point'

Answer: 8½


Question: 'A Longfellow poem & a Lillian Hellman play about a girls' boarding school share this timely title'

Answer: The Children\'s Hour


Question: 'From 1964 to 1970 this British songwriting duo churned out a record 21 Billboard No. 1 hits as a team'

Answer: Lenon & McCartney


Question: 'In winter these are often connected by a string that runs through the sleeves of a child's coat'

Answer: mittens


Question: '"Twilight"'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'The 1935 Social Security Act established this type of insurance nationally'

Answer: unemployment


Question: 'Back around 100 A.D. Ptolemy studied the refraction of this through several media'

Answer: light


Question: 'To signal that you are about to start transmitting a message on one of these, start by saying, "Breaker"'

Answer: a C.B. radio


Question: 'This songwriting duo's many classics include "Ruby Tuesday" & "Tumbling Dice"'

Answer: Mick Jagger & Keith Richards


Question: 'This hooded, fur-lined Inuit garment can also be called an anorak'

Answer: a parka


Question: '"Needful Things" &<br />"Salem's Lot"'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Not shortened, like Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary'

Answer: unabridged


Question: 'A football position, or the point in a pendulum's arc at which it reaches maximum velocity'

Answer: the center


Question: 'The Electric Boogaloos & the Rock Steady Crew are masters of this, featuring windmills & head spins'

Answer: breakdancing


Question: 'Brian Holland, Eddie Holland & Lamont Dozier wrote 13 No. 1 hits for this label, including "Stop! In The Name Of Love"'

Answer: Motown


Question: 'This raincoat with a glossy name can be made of oilskin, plastic or rubber'

Answer: a slicker


Question: '"The Bridges of Madison County"'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'To move gently up & down in a wavy pattern'

Answer: undulate


Question: 'In 1954 Charles Townes, James Gordon & Herbert Zeiger developed the first maser, the "M" standing for this'

Answer: microwave


Question: 'The Afikomen is this, broken off from a larger piece & hidden for children to find at a Passover Seder'

Answer: matzo


Question: '"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" & "I'm Every Woman" were written by this man who died in 2011 & his wife Valerie Simpson'

Answer: (Nick) Ashford


Question: 'Its parts include ribs, stretchers & a crook handle'

Answer: an umbrella


Question: '"My Antonia"'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'To remove a no-longer-wanted computer program from your hard drive'

Answer: uninstall


Question: 'In some particle accelerators, particles can reach energies of over a trillion eV, which stands for this'

Answer: electron volt


Question: 'This other name for a green bean comes from the sound it makes when you break it in half'

Answer: snap beans


Question: 'With partner Gerry Goffin, she wrote 5 No. 1 hits, then 2 more without him'

Answer: Carole King


Question: 'These sunglasses were introduced in 1929;  the "Who's that behind those..." ads began in the 1960s'

Answer: Foster Grants


Question: '"The Yearling" by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'There are even-toed & odd-toed orders of these hoofed mammals'

Answer: ungulates


Question: 'Milk is an example of this suspension of tiny drops of one liquid in another'

Answer: an emulsion


Question: 'Musicians use this Italian term for a broken chord whose notes are played in succession'

Answer: an arpeggio


Question: 'China's Song Dynasty marked a high point in the making of this, like Jingdezhen whiteware'

Answer: porcelain (or pottery or ceramics)


Question: 'You usually saw a thatcher working on this part of the house'

Answer: the roof


Question: 'In 2007 this opposition leader & former Prime Minister was assassinated at a political rally'

Answer: Benazir Bhutto


Question: 'A peck on the lips from a Genevan'

Answer: a Swiss kiss


Question: 'In 2007 this New York City mayor changed his party affiliation from Repubolican to Independent'

Answer: (Michael) Bloomberg


Question: 'Matt Damon began writing this screenplay as a student at Harvard'

Answer: Good Will Hunting


Question: 'These fierce invaders from the north took out the Jin Dynasty before overthrowing the Song in 1279'

Answer: the Mongols


Question: 'Farriers & ostlers had occupations tending to these animals'

Answer: horses


Question: 'In 1882 gunman Charles Guiteau was hanged for the assassination of this man'

Answer: Garfield


Question: 'Talk in the language of Athens or Thessaloniki'

Answer: Greek speak


Question: 'Probably one of the few vegans in the House of Representatives, this Oh. Democrat ran for President in 2004 & 2008'

Answer: Kucinich


Question: 'Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci & Ray Liotta--need I say more?'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'Attributed to Song Emperor Huizong, the painting here shows court ladies ironing this newly woven luxury material'

Answer: silk


Question: 'A lavender was a woman who did this'

Answer: wash clothes


Question: 'He was shot in February 1965 while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'A Mexican midday nap party'

Answer: a siesta fiesta


Question: 'This Minnesota liberal ran for president in 1960 & was elected vice president in 1964'

Answer: (Hubert) Humphrey


Question: 'Cameron Diaz doesn't care what child gets left behind in this 2011 comedy'

Answer: Bad Teacher


Question: 'Song dynasty innovations included rockets powered by this explosive stuff'

Answer: gunpowder


Question: 'According to the name, an aurifex worked with this metal'

Answer: gold


Question: 'Played on screen by Liam Neeson, this leader of the Irish struggle for independence was ambushed & killed in 1922'

Answer: Michael Collins


Question: 'An overly pushy person from Sydney'

Answer: a bossy Aussie


Question: 'Bruce Babbitt served in this Cabinet post throughout the Clinton presidency'

Answer: Secretary of the Interior


Question: 'Ho! ho! no!  Billy Bob Thornton is anything but in the spirit as a foul-mouthed con man in this 2003 flick'

Answer: Bad Santa


Question: 'Song Dynasty philosopher Zhu Xi systematized traditional Chinese thought into the school called "neo" this -ism'

Answer: Confucianism


Question: 'A loblolly boy specifically assisted this person onboard ship'

Answer: the doctor (or the surgeon)


Question: 'In 1828 this great Zulu warrior chief was killed by 2 of his half-brothers & a servant'

Answer: Shaka


Question: 'A barrel of wine from a group of people living in the Western Pyrenees of Spain & France'

Answer: a Basque cask


Question: 'Inaugurated in 2010 as New Jersey's governor, this ex-prosecutor is tough on spending'

Answer: Chris Christie


Question: 'Piper Perabo plays a fledgling songwriter who serves up sass & drinks in this 2000 movie'

Answer: Coyote Ugly


Question: 'In the original 1883 work, this title character kills a talking cricket, has his feet burned off & nearly starves'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'Done in comic strip form, Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" is about life during this country's Islamic Revolution'

Answer: Iran


Question: '1984 NYC-set movie in which a priest says, "Because you share a love so big, I now pronounce you frog & pig"'

Answer: The Muppets Take Manhattan


Question: 'In 1927 an Austrian candy man created the name "Pez" by shortening the German word "Pfefferminz" (this flavor)'

Answer: peppermint


Question: 'This enigmatic & reclusive captain has lost a leg & possibly his mind'

Answer: Ahab


Question: 'BBS can refer to a bulletin board system or this phrase meaning you'll return shortly'

Answer: be back soon


Question: 'All things being this, meaning as great as, we know you're this to the task'

Answer: equal


Question: '"Red Scarf Girl" chronicles this horrifying Chinese Revolution of the 1960s'

Answer: the Cultural Revolution


Question: 'This cartoon elephant king of Celesteville is married to his, eek, cousin Celeste'

Answer: Babar


Question: 'Pez was invented as an alternative to this habit; early dispensers had no character heads & resembled lighters'

Answer: smoking


Question: 'The ship in "Moby Dick", the Pequod, was named after one of these groups'

Answer: a Native American tribe


Question: 'TTFN is short for this double talk phrase "for now"'

Answer: ta-ta


Question: 'You can try to contact the dear departed using this trademarked spiritual board'

Answer: a Ouija board


Question: '(I'm author and journalist Helene Cooper.)  In "The House at Sugar Beach", my memoir of a childhood in Liberia, I recount the event that changed my life: the 1980 coup by Sgt. Doe against President Tolbert in this capital city named for the USA's 5th president'

Answer: Monrovia


Question: 'Orson Welles voiced Nag & June Foray voiced his wife Nagaina, 2 cobras who were dealt with by this 1975 title hero'

Answer: Rikki Tikki Tavi


Question: 'In 1987 these body parts were added to the bottoms of dispensers to help them stand upright'

Answer: feet


Question: 'Have yourself a cup of coffee after you name this first mate in the book'

Answer: Starbuck


Question: 'An e-mail bearing the ominous acronym NSFW means that the racy attachment is this'

Answer: not safe for work (not suitable for work accepted)


Question: 'Il est un 2-word term for "see ya around, dude"; en francais, s'il vous plait!'

Answer: au revoir


Question: 'Marc Cooper's "Chilean Anti-Memoir" is called this coup leader/military dictator "and Me"'

Answer: (Augusto) Pinochet


Question: 'In the 1936 movie sequel "After" this guy, Asta the Terrier is seen chasing away a "suitor" of Mrs. Asta'

Answer: the Thin Man


Question: 'This beloved icon remains the best-selling dispenser today (but that won't make him visit more than once a year)'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'Moby Dick is a ferocious albino whale of this species'

Answer: a sperm whale


Question: 'Chatting at your desk on Instant Messenger?  Type AFK into the window to tell them you're "away from" this'

Answer: the keyboard


Question: 'This practice is sometimes called mercy killing'

Answer: euthanasia


Question: 'No coups or revolutions in Bruce McCall's "Thin Ice: Coming of Age in" this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'This animated family comprises Mama & Papa Bear & their kids, Sister & Brother Bear'

Answer: the Berenstain Bears


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows some Pez dispensers.) In 2006 for the first time, Pez put currently-living real people on top of their dispensers--the Teutul family from this TLC series'

Answer: American Chopper


Question: 'The ominously named Peter Coffin owns the Spouter-Inn in this "New" Massachusetts whaling port'

Answer: New Bedford


Question: 'IANARS is a humorous caveat to your audience that you're not one of these, like Wernher von Braun'

Answer: a rocket scientist


Question: 'A disinfectant spray, or a system of colloidal particles dispersed in a gas'

Answer: aerosol


Question: 'Fittingly, members of this Motor City's Symphony Orchestra played on the Supremes' "I Hear A Symphony"'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'This actress & Don Johnson were wed in 1976, divorced in 1977, remarried in 1989 & split for good 7 years later'

Answer: Melanie Griffith


Question: 'These fasteners were patented by Walter Hunt in 1849 & made diapering a cinch'

Answer: safety pins


Question: 'This test uses high-frequency waves to provide images of the developing baby'

Answer: a sonogram (or ultrasound)


Question: 'A small solid extraterrestrial object that hits the Earth's surface'

Answer: a meteorite


Question: 'It's the largest lake in Utah'

Answer: the Great Salt Lake


Question: 'Popularized at Louis XIV's Court, this dance, from the French for "small", is often the third movement in symphonies'

Answer: the minuet


Question: 'Nicollette Sheridan & this singer, an item for 5 years in the '90s, reunited in 2005... for a while'

Answer: Michael Bolton


Question: 'The trademarked name of this hook & loop fastener is from the French for "hooked velvet"'

Answer: Velcro


Question: 'This breathing technique used in childbirth is named for a French doctor'

Answer: Lamaze


Question: 'With a name from Afrikaans, it's the critter seen here'

Answer: a meerkat


Question: 'The Iberian Peninsula is the second largest in Europe; this Northern one is the largest'

Answer: the Scandinavian


Question: 'His Third Symphony in E Flat Major is known as "Eroica"'

Answer: Beethoven


Question: 'She & Robert Wagner got married in 1972, 15 years after their first try'

Answer: Natalie Wood


Question: '"Manly" name for the fasteners that go through the front of formal dress shirts'

Answer: studs


Question: 'During pregnancy, the fetus is suspended in this sac filled with its own watery fluid'

Answer: the amniotic sac


Question: 'A middle position, or someone who communicates with the dead'

Answer: a medium


Question: 'The largest democracy in the world by population is this nation of 1.2 billion'

Answer: India


Question: 'Sophia Loren & this producer had their 1st marriage annulled under pressure; their 2nd lasted 'til death did them part'

Answer: Carlo Ponti


Question: 'From Old French for "attach", it's a short metal fastener used to join 2 sheets of metal together'

Answer: a rivet


Question: 'Late in pregnancy, a woman should sleep on her left side; back sleeping makes this organ put pressure on the aorta'

Answer: the uterus


Question: '"Back at the ranch", you might know this adverb denoting at the same time but in another place'

Answer: meanwhile


Question: 'At almost 1 million square miles, this nation is the largest in Africa'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'Rent asunder in 2006, playmate Shanna Moakler & this Blink-182 drummer reunited after his 2008 plane crash'

Answer: (Travis) Barker


Question: 'Around 1891, Whitcomb Judson took out a patent on the slide fastener, which today we call this'

Answer: the zipper


Question: 'You may choose to work with a midwife or one of these, from the Greek for "female servant"'

Answer: a doula


Question: 'This job of resolving disputes is one of U.S. News & World Report's 30 best careers for 2009'

Answer: a mediator


Question: 'The highest waterfall in the world at 3,212 feet, it's in eastern Venezuela'

Answer: Angel Falls


Question: 'These 2 men with 16 total career Emmys appeared in series with Mary Tyler Moore, one playing a TV host, one a TV producer'

Answer: Ed Asner & Carl Reiner


Question: 'In 1881 this "bonney" lad was killed daid in Fort Sumner, New Mexico'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question:
'Fred,
Ethel,
Ricky'

Answer: I Love Lucy


Question: 'This "Sesame Street" character bounced onto the pop music charts with the song "Rubber Duckie"'

Answer: Ernie


Question: 'We hope you aren't assigned any homework after visiting the National Hall for these in Emporia, Kansas'

Answer: teachers


Question: 'Syrians enjoy a drink called Arak, a strong liquor made from anise & this vined fruit'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'This capital was devastated by the great Kanto earthquake of 1923'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'This former "Ziegfeld follies" humorist died in 1935 in an Alaskan plane crash'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question:
'Tad Martin,
Brooke English,
Erica Kane'

Answer: All My Children


Question: 'Although his discovery of rubber vulcanization made millions for others, he died deeply in debt'

Answer: (Charles) Goodyear


Question: 'Old King Cole could tell you there's a Gall of Fame for these musicians in Weiser, Idaho'

Answer: fiddlers


Question: 'Cultural attractions in this city include the Umayyad Mosque & The Tomb of Saladin'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'It's Thomas Wolfe's first novel'

Answer: Look Homeward, Angel


Question: 'Anarchy reigned when this President was shot while in a receiving line at the 1901 Buffalo Pan-American Expo'

Answer: William McKinley


Question:
'Buffy,
Jody,
Cissy'

Answer: Family Affair


Question: 'Soon after he invented a rubberized waterproof fabric in 1823, this Scotsman began making raincoats'

Answer: Charles Macintosh


Question: 'If you're into a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants, a hall for these is in Milwaukee'

Answer: clowns


Question: 'In the 1967 6-day war, Israeli troops captured this southwestern corner of Syria'

Answer: the Golan Heights


Question: 'A tube-shaped portable rocket launcher, comic strip not included'

Answer: a bazooka


Question: 'This Dickens heavy gets his after dodging a bloodthirsty crowd bent on revenge after Nancy's murder'

Answer: Bill Sikes


Question:
'Jack,
Janet,
Chrissy'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'Noted for its rubber products, this Ohio city of 217,000 was once known as the "Rubber Capital of the World"'

Answer: Akron


Question: 'Members of this pro sports Hall of Fame include "Tuffy" Leemans, "Blood" McNally & Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch'

Answer: football


Question: 'In June 2000 he succeeded his father as Syria's president'

Answer: Bashar (Assad)


Question: 'To dupe, or a variety of billiards'

Answer: snooker


Question: 'This former Secy. of State under Wilson died soon after winning a famous 1925 court case'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question:
'Mary Beth,
Chris,
Lt. Samuels'

Answer: Cagney & Lacey


Question: 'Named for an English duke, they're the waterproof item seen here'

Answer: Wellingtons


Question: 'Lydia Hall is in the Washington, D.C. hall for those in this profession; so is Dorothea Dix'

Answer: nursing


Question: 'In 1958 Syria joined this country in forming the United Arab Republic; the union disbanded 3 years later'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This New Jersey port city was incorporated in 1855'

Answer: Hoboken


Question: 'A bill granting a bonus to these men, backed by the American Legion, was vetoed by Harding in 1922'

Answer: the WWI vets


Question: 'Napoleon:<br />"Five foot" this, "eyes of blue, but oh! what those five feet could do!"'

Answer: two


Question: 'In 1831 Victor Hugo published a novel whose title translates to "Our Lady of" this'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In the last game of the 1961 season, Roger Maris swatted this number home run'

Answer: 61


Question: 'On April 10, 1986 it was 38,785,700 miles from Earth: close enough to be visible through binoculars'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'If you win the lottery, expect long-lost friends & relatives to "come out of" this'

Answer: the woodwork


Question: 'Hayes vetoed a bill restricting immigration from this country, but another version passed under Arthur'

Answer: China


Question: 'Catherine the Great: <br />"I try and I try and I try and I try...I can't get no" this'

Answer: satisfaction


Question: 'Our lady of Czestochowa, called The Black Madonna, is one of this country's most beloved icons'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'It's the first year in the 21st century that's a prime number'

Answer: 2003


Question: 'Sadly, Shoemaker-Levy 9 is no more; it broke up in 1992 & the fragments crashed into this planet in 1994'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'It's the name of the small hole in the sink, often just below the faucet, or what it may prevent'

Answer: the overflow


Question: 'In 1985 Reagan vetoed a bill to help out these people, but Willie Nelson started a concert to benefit them'

Answer: farmers


Question: 'Oedipus:<br />"I want a girl just like the girl who" did this'

Answer: married dear old dad


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew rings a mission bell.) The bell called "Mater Dolorosa" or "Our Lady of" these was cast from fragments found around Mission San Diego'

Answer: sorrows


Question: 'NFL tight ends wear jerseys with number in this range'

Answer: the 80s


Question: 'This meteor shower seen each August is from the rubble of comet Swift-Tuttle'

Answer: the Perseids


Question: 'One example of a "daffynition" is defining this synonym for a beggar as "a fry cook"'

Answer: a panhandler


Question: 'Peeved at pork & patronage, he vetoed 584 bills in the 1880s & '90s'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Sen. Joseph McCarthy: <br />"The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud" is this title Beatles guy'

Answer: "The Fool On The Hill"


Question: 'Florence Cathedral, simply called The Duomo, is dedicated to Our Lady of this, which the city's name also recalls'

Answer: the flowers


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds the grips of a shipboard machine gun.)  Weapons on the USS Tarawa include these machine guns that fire a bullet of this impressive caliber, or half-inch'

Answer: 50-caliber


Question: 'In 1577 this Danish astronomer proved comets were heavenly bodies, not atmospheric phenomena'

Answer: (Tycho) Brahe


Question: 'The movie "JFK" includes talk  about catching someone in a triangulated one'

Answer: a crossfire


Question: 'Nixon vetoed a 1973 bill increasing this, partly because he thought teens should have a lesser one'

Answer: the federal minimum wage


Question: 'Atilla:<br />"A hundred-&-one pounds of fun, that's my little" this'

Answer: honey bun


Question: 'Our Lady of Gethsemani in Kentucky is the USA's largest abbey of these silent monks'

Answer: Trappists


Question: 'Total number of U.S. states that begin and end with the same letter; (hint: they all start with vowels)'

Answer: four (Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, & Ohio)


Question: 'The comet belt this Dutchman predicted to be between Neptune & Pluto in 1951 was detected by the Hubble in 1995'

Answer: (Andre) Kuiper


Question: 'Like the title "Angel" in a Jimmy Stewart film, it means faded or soiled, as by prolonged store exposure'

Answer: shopworn


Question: 'This boy introduced in a 1902 book flew away from his mother when he was 7 days old'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'It ranks No. 1 in agriculture & people'

Answer: California


Question:
'Ruff,
Mr. Wilson,
Dennis Mitchell'

Answer: Dennis the Menace


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a laptop while looking at a paper sheet labeled "Exercise No. 1".)  It's the alliterative 2-word term for the skill I'm trying to master'

Answer: touch typing


Question: 'In 1865 this city succeeded Auckland as capital of New Zealand'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'There are 4 of them on a Monopoly board'

Answer: the railroads


Question: 'Of north, south, east or west, the direction to travel to get from the U.S. Naval Acad. to the U.S. Military Acad.'

Answer: north


Question: 'It was once proposed that this state be called Deseret, meaning "land of honeybees"'

Answer: Utah


Question:
'Jughead,
Betty,
Veronica Lodge'

Answer: Archie


Question: 'Michael Moschen has a ball, often several at once, turning this activity into an art form'

Answer: juggling


Question: 'The oldest of horse racing's Triple Crown races, it was first run on June 19, 1867 at Jerome Park, New York'

Answer: the Belmont (Stakes)


Question: 'This 1942 Hope & Crosby flick was "bound" for North Africa'

Answer: Road to Morrocco


Question: 'Direction that also means to swallow liquid hastily'

Answer: down


Question: 'It contains the easternmost point in the continental U.S.: West Quoddy Head'

Answer: Maine


Question:
'Aunt May,
Dr. Doom,
J. Jonah Jameson'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shuffles the deck.) Pushing is one way of shuffling cards, but this technique is more common & fancier'

Answer: a riffle


Question: 'The drawing accompanying an 1862 weapons patent by this man is seen here'

Answer: Gatling


Question: 'Twin brothers Leigh & Leslie Keno are famous as appraisers on this PBS program'

Answer: Antiques Roadshow


Question: 'Title direction for Arthur Sullivan's "Christian Soldiers"'

Answer: onward


Question: 'In 1791 this seventh state gave up some of its land to form Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Maryland


Question:
'April O'Neil,
Master Splinter,
Donatello'

Answer: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles


Question: 'With over 180 locations the In-N-Out Burger chain boasts of always hand-leafing this'

Answer: their lettuce


Question: 'He built a modern sleeping coach with a folding upper berth & a lower berth made from seat cushions'

Answer: Pullman


Question: 'Swift American seen here'

Answer: the roadrunner


Question: 'From its derivation, if you turn sinister, you've gone in this direction'

Answer: left


Question: 'Including Fairfield & litchfield, this state has only 8 counties'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'Elly, John, Michael, Elizabeth & April Patterson'

Answer: For Better or for Worse


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew manipulates a toy.) This Rubik's product is more for the artistic type than the cube is'

Answer: the (Rubik\'s) snake


Question: 'On March 17, 1861 this last king of Sardinia became the first king of Italy'

Answer: Victor Emmanuel


Question: 'AKA "Mad Max 2"'

Answer: The Road Warrior


Question: 'In the army, it's an order to move the troops forward, or for a soldier to move up in rank'

Answer: advance


Question: 'This thermometer developer discovered that the boiling point of a liquid varies with atmospheric pressure'

Answer: Fahrenheit


Question: 'This South American soccer great was known as Perola Negra, "The Black Pearl"'

Answer: Pelé


Question: '...the first female Supreme Court justice took the bench'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'An adult volunteer in charge of a Girl Scout troop is called this--take me to yours!'

Answer: a leader


Question: 'This neighborhood in Merton is famous as the home of the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club'

Answer: Wimbledon


Question: 'It's said Nero did this "while Rome burned" in 64 A.D.'

Answer: fiddled


Question: 'Of the noble gases, this one has the lowest atomic weight'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Pearl White became an international film star in 1914 by playing the title role in "The Perils of" this woman'

Answer: Pauline


Question: '...Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic gold medals'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'Chicago's Francis George is among the few U.S. archbishops also to be this (since February 1998)'

Answer: a cardinal


Question: 'You might say these 5th century invaders who gave the country its name took over England by degrees'

Answer: the Angles


Question: 'An appendix to a book'

Answer: addendum


Question: 'From 1838 to 1841 this naturalist was Secretary of the Geological Society of London'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'Scarlett Johansson poses for Jan Vermeer in this 2003 film'

Answer: Girl with a Pearl Earring


Question: '...the Communist People's Republic of China was founded'

Answer: Truman


Question: 'Marc Grossman didn't feel it was beneath him to take the job of this for Political Affairs in the State Department'

Answer: Undersecretary


Question: 'As its name suggests, this body of water separates the Emerald Isle from England'

Answer: the Irish Sea


Question: 'Removed mud & silt from the bottom of a river'

Answer: dredged


Question: 'This 2-letter-named moon of Jupiter is the most volcanically active body in the solar system'

Answer: Io


Question: 'Known as "The Pearl", he helped lead the New York Knicks to the NBA championship in 1973'

Answer: Earl Monroe


Question: '...the Russian Revolution toppled Czar Nicholas II'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'London police ranks range from commissioner down to this'

Answer: constable


Question: 'In '50s England these tough "boys" dressed in a style reminiscent of Edward VII's time'

Answer: the Teddy Boys


Question: 'G'day!  It's the aboriginal wind instrument seen here'

Answer: a didgeridoo


Question: 'Kelp is an especially rich source of this halogen'

Answer: iodine


Question: 'This 1970 film showed the bombing of Pearl Harbor from both sides--Japanese & American'

Answer: Tora! Tora! Tora!


Question: '...Napoleon became First Consul & began rule as dictator of France'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In the U.S. Navy, if you rise above your petty officer concerns, you can become this "officer" rated W-1 to W-4'

Answer: warrant officer


Question: 'This "dark" resort with a pleasure beach claims to be Britain's most popular holiday destination'

Answer: Blackpool


Question: 'America took itself off this April 19, 1933'

Answer: the gold standard


Question: 'Daniel means "God is my judge", Ezekiel, "God strengthens"; & this name in Genesis 32, "he strives with God"'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Of a village, a convent or a factory, it's where "Cavalleria Rusticana" is set'

Answer: a village


Question: 'Kudrow's credit cards'

Answer: Lisa\'s Visas


Question: 'Centuries ago this spice was used to dye cloth a deep yellow; today, it gives a yellow hue to Risotto Milanese'

Answer: saffron


Question: 'At Ulm, Germany, here is the church & here is this structure, a towering 528 feet'

Answer: the steeple


Question: 'The flag of the federated states of Micronesia has 4 stars on a blue background, the blue standing for this ocean'

Answer: the Pacific


Question: 'Saleswoman Oprah has tote bags specially for the items you saw on this popular segment of her show'

Answer: Oprah\'s Book Club


Question: 'Virgil Thomson's 1933 opera "Four Saints In Three" of these actually has 4 of them'

Answer: Acts


Question: 'Ms. Spelling's tall tales'

Answer: Tori\'s stories


Question: 'Its seeds are used in curing gherkins; the leaves, or weeds, are used on salads & meats'

Answer: dill


Question: 'Thomas Dorsey, "The Father of" this type of music, developed it in the 1930s at Chicago's Pilgrim Baptist'

Answer: gospel


Question: 'Flags of both Japan & Bangladesh feature disks of this color'

Answer: red


Question: 'Healthy Oprah lost 33 lbs. in one of these military-sounding programs with Sgt.--er, trainer Bob Greene'

Answer: a boot camp


Question: 'Sung by Rodolfo to Mimi, "Che Gelida Manina", "Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen", is a beloved aria in this opera'

Answer: La bohème


Question: 'Jane or Keri's old-fashioned booty boosters'

Answer: Russell\'s bustles


Question: 'Most varieties of this herb essential to Italian pesto have green leaves, but the opal variety has purple leaves'

Answer: basil


Question: 'Relics at Rome's Santa Croce in Gerusalemme include thorns from the crown & a piece of this paid to Judas'

Answer: silver


Question: 'The 4 bo leaves on Sri Lanka's flag represent this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'Career woman Oprah has said marriage wouldn't work with this beau she calls "a traditional black man"'

Answer: Stedman Graham


Question: 'In 1935 black soprano Anne Brown originated this Gershwin role'

Answer: Bess


Question: 'Buzzi's voting structures'

Answer: Ruth\'s booths


Question: 'The 3 main types of beans that yield this flavoring are Tahitian, Mexican & bourbon-Madagascar'

Answer: vanilla


Question: 'On April 18, 1975 President Ford inaugurated the USA's bicentennial celebrations in this appropriate church'

Answer: the Old North Church


Question: 'Its flag colors stand for Bohemia & Moravia'

Answer: the Czech Republic


Question: 'Educator Oprah taught a graduate course on leadership at this university based in Evanston'

Answer: Northwestern University


Question: 'Debussy wrote an opera about Pelleas & this woman, his brother's wife'

Answer: Mélisande


Question: 'Ms. Spears' little buses'

Answer: Britney\'s jitneys


Question: 'This spice is used to make chili powders &, along with caraway seed, kummel liqueur'

Answer: cumin


Question: 'Kiev's St. Sophia was inspired by a cathedral built in this city'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'Revolutionaries in New York plotting the overthrow of Spanish rule in this Caribbean country based its flag on the USA's'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Mogul Oprah co-founded this media company, a breath of fresh air with its women's cable network'

Answer: Oxygen


Question: '1605:<br />Part One of this Spanish classic is first published'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'A cotton swab, or a member of A Tribe Called Quest'

Answer: Q-tip


Question: 'You could take a family car trip & play the game of spotting these; Alaska's Gold Rush one would be a big score'

Answer: license plates


Question: 'It should ring a bell that he was the title character in "The Hunchback Of Notre Dame"'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'As the "avis" suggests, Argentavis' distinction was being able to do this, even at over 250 pounds'

Answer: fly


Question: 'A fibrous mineral formerly used to make fireproof articles'

Answer: asbestos


Question: '1505:<br />Christ's College is founded at this university'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'This Internet abbreviation provides a newcomer with additional information on a topic'

Answer: FAQ


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a horse corral in Montana.) Hubbard's Six Quarter Circle Ranch is a member of the association of these ranches, which welcome tenderfoots'

Answer: a dude ranch


Question: 'In "Young Frankenstein",  Marty Feldman played this bumbling hunchback assistant'

Answer: Igor


Question: 'The best guess on the purpose of spinosarus' sail was that by turning it the beast could regulate this'

Answer: body temperature


Question: 'A paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration characterized by bronchospasm & wheezing'

Answer: asthma


Question: '1005:<br />Malcolm II succeeds Kenneth III as king of this nation'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'To keep things on the down low & secret, keep it "on" this 2-letter expression'

Answer: the q.t.


Question: 'Several companies offer religious tours around the Near East called "In" these "Of St. Paul"'

Answer: the Footsteps


Question: 'The 2003 musical "The Fabulist" tells the tale of this hunchbacked slave of Ancient Greece who told tales of his own'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'The sharklike acanthodians were the first vertebrates with these; earlier ones had vacuum-cleaner mouths'

Answer: jaws


Question: 'A village in Berkshire, England or a scarf with broad ends'

Answer: an ascot


Question: '1605:<br />This man is discovered under the English Parliament along with barrels of gunpowder'

Answer: Guy Fawkes


Question: 'This abbreviation used in math proofs means "which was to be shown"'

Answer: QED


Question: 'The now peaceful vista shown here at the Somme might be part of a  tour of places that enter history as these'

Answer: World War I battlefields


Question: 'As portrayed by Shakespeare, this 15th century king was a murderous hunchback'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'Fossils in Niger indicate the "super" type of this animal was the size of a bus; it often drowned its prey'

Answer: a crocodile


Question: 'In TV, this ratio of the width of an image to its height can be 4 to 3'

Answer: an aspect ratio


Question: '405:<br />St. Jerome completes this Latin version of the Bible'

Answer: the Vulgate


Question: 'World Book says the exportation of petroleum & petroleum products provides 95% of this nation's income'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'Skiing Ruthie's Run in this Colorado resort city, watch for moguls, both the human & terrain kind'

Answer: Aspen


Question: 'He's the title hunchback & court jester of an 1851 Verdi opera'

Answer: Rigoletto


Question: 'If Horton climbed his family tree, he'd go from elephant to stegodon to stegolophodon to this'

Answer: mastodon


Question: 'A secluded building, often the residence of a guru, used for the instruction of Hinduism'

Answer: an ashram


Question: 'In 1938, at age 25, she became the youngest person made a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav'

Answer: Sonja Henie


Question: 'Nebuchadnezar is sometimes credited with building the hanging gardens of this city'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'This Bill Haley number was only a minor hit until featured in the movie "Blackboard Jungle"'

Answer: "Rock Around The Clock"


Question: 'Jokingly, this May observance is said to fall nine months after Father's Night'

Answer: Mother\'s Day


Question: 'Thomas Hardy, who gave us "The Return of the Native", also wrote of this girl "of the d'Urbervilles"'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'The name of this aromatic wine found in martinis comes from the German word for wormwood'

Answer: vermouth


Question: 'This metal, Al, used in beverage cans & food wrap was once considered a precious metals'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'The ancient Egyptians were a polytheistic people, meaning they had many of these'

Answer: gods


Question: 'It's the last federal holiday of the year'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Last name shared by "Murder in the Cathedral" author T .S. & "Adam Bede" author George'

Answer: Eliot


Question: 'The sour mash type of this Kentucky whiskey is made by adding part of the old mash to new batches'

Answer: bourbon


Question: 'Selenium is sometimes added to this material during vulcanization to increase abrasion resistance'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'For the Persian Empire, Cyrus the Great set up a mail delivery system similar to this Old West one'

Answer: the Pony Express


Question: 'It's celebrated the evening before All Saints' Day'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'This Miss Marple creator was one of the 1st authors to be published in a Penguin paperback'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'It's the spirit found in a daiquiri cocktail'

Answer: rum


Question: 'This element, symbol He, is the most difficult of all gases to liquefy'

Answer: helium


Question: 'About all that is accepted about this author is that he was blind & wrote the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey"'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'The name of this 8-day Jewish festival is Hebrew for "dedication"'

Answer: Hannukah


Question: 'He's the legendary king in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King"'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'This country produces a resinated wine called kokkineli in addition to the more famous retsina'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'This metal, aka quicksilver, becomes a solid at minus 40 degrees'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'At his death in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great's empire covered parts of these 3 continents'

Answer: Europe, Asia & Africa


Question: 'This French holiday that commemorates the storming of a prison is also known as la Fete Nationale'

Answer: Bastille Day


Question: 'The final veision of his "Paradise Lost" was published in 1674'

Answer: Milton


Question: 'Zubrowka is a Polish form of this spirit with a bit of buffalo grass steeped in it'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'Betadine, used as a skin antisepttc, is a solution of povidone & this element symbolized I'

Answer: iodine


Question: 'In 1877 this inventor of the telephone married Mabel Hubbard, a deaf girl whom he had taught'

Answer: (Alexander Graham) Bell


Question: 'Bergen's Charlie or communist-hunting senator Joseph'

Answer: McCarthy


Question: 'The most important form of this hormone in women is estradiol'

Answer: estrogen


Question: 'The Old Capitol Building in this Cuban capital resembles ours in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'Kleptophobia is the fear of doing this; if you wanted to do it all the time you'd be a kleptomaniac'

Answer: stealing


Question: 'While in law school, this current Supreme Court justice received the nickname "Ruthless Ruthie"'

Answer: Justice Ginsberg


Question: '"Twentieth Century" playwright Charles or 20th century general Douglas'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'The tongue's taste buds distinguish 4 basic tastes: salty, bitter, sweet & this one'

Answer: sour


Question: 'A bullet train runs between this capital & Fukuoka'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'In 1803 this emperor's youngest brother, Jerome, married an American teenager in Baltimore'

Answer: Napoléon


Question: 'As well as 325 products from peanuts, this black scientist developed several from soybeans & pecans'

Answer: George Washington Carver


Question: 'This joint serves as a hinge for the femur & tibia'

Answer: the knee


Question: 'In 1886 Freud set up a private practice in this capital'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Discoveryland is Euro Disney's equivalent of this futuristic land found in Disneyland & Disney World'

Answer: Tomorrowland


Question: 'His criticisms of Aaron Burr's character led to their fatal 1804 duel'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'During a person's lifetime, these organs will remove waste from more than 10 million gallons of blood'

Answer: the kidneys


Question: 'The statue of Leif Ericson in this country's capital of Reykjavik was a gift from the U.S.'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'The French call this musical instrument la petite flute'

Answer: the piccolo


Question: 'In 1901 this Scottish-American sold his steel company to U.S. Steel for more than $250 million'

Answer: Andrew Carnegie


Question: 'The common bile duct is formed by the cystic duct from the gallbladder & the hepatic duct from this organ'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'In 1930 the name of its capital was changed from Angora to Ankara'

Answer: Turkey


Question: '"Museita's Waltz" is a highlight of this composer's 1896 opera "La boheme"'

Answer: Giacomo Puccini


Question: 'James Hoban, who designed & built this, had to rebuild it after a fire in 1814'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'He began selling watches by mail order in 1886 & later hired a repairman named A.C. Roebuck to work for him'

Answer: Richard Sears


Question: 'Sexy "City" dweller seen here:'

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker


Question: 'The 2 island nations that are members of the European Union are the U.K. & this neighbor'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In 1912 this Asian country gave the U.S. a bunch of cherry trees'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'He graced the stage of the Westport County Playhouse in "Ancestral Voices" with his wife, Joanne Woodward'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'Antipasto'

Answer: Grub


Question: 'In 1937 FDR's opponents accused him of trying to "pack" this'

Answer: The Supreme Court


Question: 'Her New Yorker book reviews were written as "Constant Reader"'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: 'With land reclaimed using dikes on the North Sea, this nation now occupies about 16,000 square miles'

Answer: Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'They wrote, "A couple Deadheads in Maine sent us a postcard with a name for a new flavor" -- Cherry Garcia'

Answer: Ben & Jerry


Question: 'In January 2000 Larry Gatlin began touring the U.S. in Frank Wildhorn's musical about this war'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'Azalea'

Answer: Shrub


Question: 'In 1972 the "T" in the newsmaking SALT stood for this, not "treaty"'

Answer: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks


Question: 'He managed Elvis'

Answer: Colonel Tom Parker


Question: 'This nation's city of Rostov-on-Don grew up around a fortress built there in 1761'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'For a basketball player, it's scoring an easy hoop after a long pass downcourt'

Answer: Cherry-picking


Question: 'Seen here, John Glover played this storyteller in a new musical based on the Danny Kaye film'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Old Horny'

Answer: Beelzebub


Question: 'This paper that had sent Stanley to find Livingstone merged with the New York Tribune in 1924'

Answer: New York Herald


Question: 'In 1984 he hit No. 1 with "Ghostbusters"'

Answer: Ray Parker Jr.


Question: 'Franz Ferdinand was heir to the throne of this dual empire when he was assassinated in 1914'

Answer: Austria-Hungary


Question: 'Stepdaughter of jazz musician Don, she stood high on the charts in 1989 with "Buffalo Stance"'

Answer: Neneh Cherry


Question: 'Making her Broadway debut, Cheryl Ladd replaced Bernadette Peters in this sharp-shootin' musical'

Answer: "Annie Get Your Gun"


Question: 'Azazel'

Answer: Beelzebub (Biblical term)


Question: 'Geronimo was buried in this state in 1909, 2 years after statehood'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'The middle initial of this detective writer, Spenser's creator, stands for Brown'

Answer: Robert B. Parker


Question: 'Barcelona is the capital of this autonomous region of northeast Spain'

Answer: Catalonia


Question: 'This play debuted in 1904 at the Moscow Art Theater'

Answer: "The Cherry Orchard"


Question: 'This '30s sexpot, the diva of the double entendre, is the subject of Claudia Shear's 2000 hit "Dirty Blonde"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'Hasenpfeffer'

Answer: Grub (rabbit stew)


Question: 'One of the few portraits of colonial craftsmen is Copley's painting of this silversmith'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Her mother Cissy sang back-up on her 1985 hit "How Will I Know"'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'The leading fashion influence of 1961, she picked Oleg Cassini to do her official wardrobe'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'End of the Lake, Wisconsin'

Answer: Fond du Lac


Question: '3 sequels followed this delightful Disney comedy about a magical Volkswagen'

Answer: The Love Bug


Question: 'In "Snow White", it follows the line, "Magic Mirror on the wall..."'

Answer: Who is the fairest of them all?


Question: 'After traveling west on this famous trail that led to the Willamette Valley, Albert Bierstadt painted it in 1869'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'The title cut from Aretha Franklin's "A Rose Is Still A Rose" album was written & produced by this Fugees phenom'

Answer: Lauryn Hill


Question: '1963 Elizabeth Taylor film that inspired the fashionable, at the time, eye makeup seen here'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Wooded Place, Idaho'

Answer: Boise


Question: 'Captain Merrill Stubing was the main man onboard this title TV cruiser'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question: 'It's the question asked of Scooby Doo in the title & theme of his first TV series'

Answer: Where are you?


Question: 'The book "Iowans of Impact" calls him "Anamosa's Famous Artist"'

Answer: Grant Wood


Question: '(Hi, I'm Brian McKnight)  In 1993 I duetted with this beautiful lady on the hit song "Love Is"'

Answer: Vanessa Williams


Question: 'Introduced by Scott as a publicity stunt, in 1966 they sold for about $1.25 each'

Answer: Paper dresses


Question: 'Clear Water, Wisconsin'

Answer: Eau Claire


Question: 'Robert Shaw & Lotte Lenya joined Sean Connery in this 1963 James Bond adventure'

Answer: From Russia With Love


Question: 'Rod Stewart asked this title question in a 1978 No. 1 hit song, so "come on sugar, let me know"'

Answer: "Da Ya Think I\'m Sexy?"


Question: '4 of the murals lining this building's rotunda are by John Trumbull'

Answer: U.S. Capitol


Question: 'The first female artist to sign with LaFace Records, in 2000 she released her third CD, "The Heat"'

Answer: Toni Braxton


Question: 'This late 1960s "Look" was basically men's clothing tailored for women, not vice-versa'

Answer: Unisex