Question: 'In 1381 Wat Tyler led a bloody peasant revolt in this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'The flippers of this large whale known for its "songs" may be a third as long as its body'

Answer: humpback whale


Question: 'Contestant Michael Skupin suffered 2nd & 3rd degree burns to his hands on this show'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'The zero-coupon one of these sold by the Treasury doesn't make periodic interest payments like a regular one'

Answer: bond


Question: 'Cerulean is a shade of this color'

Answer: blue


Question: 'These members of the starling family are known for their ability to mimic human speech'

Answer: mynah birds


Question: 'Czar Alexander II freed Russia's peasants from their "serfitude" in this year the U.S. Civil War began'

Answer: 1861


Question: 'Unlike most fish, the orange species of this has a swim bladder filled with oil & wax, not gas'

Answer: orange roughy


Question: 'Hey Hey, this Mike was a TV Monkee in 1966'

Answer: Mike Nesmith


Question: '"My Hero, Zero" was 1 of the 4 tunes used during the premiere weekend of these TV shorts January 6-7, 1973'

Answer: Schoolhouse Rock


Question: 'It's official!  In August 2002 this color joined the regular M&M line-up'

Answer: purple


Question: 'Used in packaging, insulation & photography, it's a trademarked thin polyester film'

Answer: mylar


Question: 'The third movement of his 1808 "Pastoral" Symphony is entitled "Merry Gathering of the Peasants"'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'The dust type of this arachnid lives in homes, where it feeds on dust produced by animal & human skin'

Answer: mite


Question: 'Darren McGavin, Rob Estes & Stacy Keach have all played this chain-smoking private investigator'

Answer: Mike Hammer


Question: 'The zero came about in part as a way to indicate the unused levels on this beaded device'

Answer: abacus


Question: 'While raw sienna is still around, Crayola crayons has retired this other "raw" color'

Answer: raw umber


Question: 'This nation's capital city is Yangon'

Answer: Myanmar


Question: 'According to legend, this European capital was founded by a peasant named Bucur'

Answer: Bucharest, Romania


Question: 'Many pianos have a middle or sostenuto one of these'

Answer: pedal


Question: 'The first French daily newspaper was the Journal de this city, founded in 1777'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'As a fundraising tool, this national organization began selling cookies in Philly in 1932'

Answer: the Girl Scouts


Question: 'Dale, who drove car No. 3'

Answer: E-A-R-N-H-A-R-D-T


Question: 'Max & Leo sing "We Can Do It" in this Broadway hit'

Answer: The Producers


Question: 'The direction preceding "Ho!"; or, a hospital area named for film legend Mae'

Answer: westward/west ward


Question: 'This tempo, from Italian for "quick", sounds like it could be the name of one of the Marx Brothers'

Answer: presto


Question: 'In the only trial of its kind in Pennsylvania history, Margaret Mattson was tried for this in February 1683'

Answer: witchcraft


Question: '1999 U.S. Open tennis champ Andre'

Answer: A-G-A-S-S-I


Question: '"The Slave of Duty" is the subtitle of this swashbuckling Gilbert & Sullivan work'

Answer: The Pirates of Penzance


Question: 'A gaunt monarch; or, the act of cogitation'

Answer: thinking/thin king


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  When I make my Carnegie Hall conducting debut, I'll begin with this stroke that begins each measure'

Answer: downbeat


Question: 'This president was the guest of honor at the opening of Pennsylvania's Centennial Exposition in 1876'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Yankees lefty Andy'

Answer: P-E-T-T-I-T-T-E


Question: 'The preface to this play says English is "not thus accessible even to Englishmen"'

Answer: Pygmalion


Question: 'Ordinary; or, a spot on a New England town square'

Answer: commonplace/common place


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  This type of chord is named for what your index finger forms across the strings'

Answer: bar chord


Question: 'The "free" members of this group split from the mainline Pennsylvania faction to serve in the Revolution'

Answer: Quakers


Question: '1999 100-meter dash record setter Maurice'

Answer: G-R-E-E-N-E


Question: 'The title character of this Ibsen play is based on a Norwegian folk hero'

Answer: Peer Gynt


Question: 'A military prison; or, a fruit drink regularly for sale'

Answer: stockade/stock ade


Question: 'Synonym for "snake" that's the name of the old-time instrument played here'

Answer: serpent


Question: 'Though born in Pennsylvania, he wrote the classic western novel "The Virginian"'

Answer: Owen Wister


Question: 'The Minnesota Timberwolves' Szczerbiak'

Answer: W-A-L-L-Y


Question: '"They Call the Wind Maria" is a song from this musical'

Answer: Paint Your Wagon


Question: 'The relationship of twin girls; or, a wimple for a nun'

Answer: sisterhood/sister hood


Question: 'Of the more than a dozen countries through which the equator passes, this country stretches farthest south'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'San Diego stays classy with its Old Globe Theatre, built in 1935 to present abridged versions of his plays'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'Alana & Jacob are 2 of the kids who have been on this show that's hosted by Jeff Foxworthy'

Answer: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?


Question: '12:15 A.M. or<br />3:11 P.M.'

Answer: Time


Question: 'Bill Murray referred to this 305-foot, 1-inch New Yorker as "a Harbor chick"'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'In 1958 Frito trademarked the rights to this ridged potato chip'

Answer: Ruffles


Question: 'The group empowered to make findings of fact in a court procedure'

Answer: a jury


Question: 'Check out the "Dolphin Discovery" & "Sea Lions Tonite" shows at this San Diego attraction'

Answer: Sea World


Question: 'Paul Reiser & Helen Hunt played a happily married couple on this '90s sitcom'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'XVII'

Answer: Seventeen


Question: 'This 1904 Rodin guy is more than 6 feet tall & a chiseled 2,000 lbs.'

Answer: The Thinker


Question: 'The "King of Mambo", his songs include "Ran Kan Kan" & "Oye Como Va"'

Answer: Tito Puente


Question: 'This term for the Japanese parliament sounds like a restrictive nutrition program'

Answer: the diet


Question: 'The San Diego stadium now named for this telecom company is known as "The Q"'

Answer: Qualcomm


Question: 'In the '90s Bill Cosby starred in a revival of this quiz show that was hosted by Groucho Marx in the '50s'

Answer: You Bet Your Life


Question: 'It "gathers no moss"'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'A WNBA-worthy 6-foot-8, this Greek statue was created around 130 B.C. but would have a hard time shooting the ball'

Answer: the Venus de Milo


Question: 'In 1956 Frito became the first Texas co. to advertise on NBC, on this Dave Garroway show'

Answer: The Today Show


Question: 'It can mean a landing pier for a ship, or to deduct from one's pay as a penalty'

Answer: dock


Question: 'This venue opened in 1989 crawls with sandmen & Doctor Whos as the home of the annual Comic-Con'

Answer: the convention center


Question: 'A homeowner is lured away while a loved one redecorates the house as a surprise on this TLC show'

Answer: While You Were Out


Question: 'Pennies or dollar bills'

Answer: Money


Question: 'Finished in 1504, this 17-foot Michelangelo man had his arm broken in 1527, but not for any gambling debts'

Answer: David


Question: 'This judge also presided over Charles Keating's 1992 S&L fraud trial'

Answer: Lance Ito


Question: 'Even the Turkish ordu, this, travels on its mide, "stomach"'

Answer: army


Question: 'In Presidio Park, a museum named for this Franciscan missionary has exhibits on early San Diego history'

Answer: Junípero Serra


Question: 'This Fox reality show is like "American Idol" for those who salsa, krump & jive'

Answer: So You Think You Can Dance?


Question: 'For example:<br />"Be just, and fear not"'

Answer: Maxim


Question: 'Completed in 1843, his column is 185 feet high; his 17-foot high statue stands atop it'

Answer: Horatio Nelson


Question: 'On May 4, 1980 Tito died in Ljubljana in what was then this country'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'The name of a bird probably was shortened to this 4-letter term for an eccentric person'

Answer: a kook


Question: 'Important strategically, the small island of Diego Garcia is found in this ocean'

Answer: the Indian Ocean


BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS BY CHARACTERS

Question: 'Clarice Starling,<br />"Buffalo Bill"'

Answer: Silence of the Lambs


Question: '(Sarah reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington DC) Albien College's project demonstrates how it's possible to generate energy, here in expo for this kind of technology, meaning "capable of being continued with minimal long term environmental effects"'

Answer: sustainable


Question: 'Found in water: cocodrilo'

Answer: a crocodile


Question: 'The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts is a leading tourist attraction in this capital'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Puppy _____ bug'

Answer: love


Question: 'Diego Garcia was critically important as a refueling base during this Jan. 1991 military operation'

Answer: Operation Desert Storm


BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS BY CHARACTERS

Question: 'Major Strasser,<br />Victor Lazslo'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: '(Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington DC) To help tsunami-ravaged Indonesia replace its food supply, students of Duke have made a mechanical aerator, that increases shrimp hatchery yields by adding this element'

Answer: oxygen


Question: '8-legged: araña'

Answer: a spider


Question: 'Pushkin was part black; one of his great-grandfathers was an Ethiopian general of this "great" Czar'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Charity begins at _____ on the range'

Answer: home


Question: 'Diego Garcia is named for a man from this nation who explored the region in the 1500s'

Answer: Portugal


BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS BY CHARACTERS

Question: 'Alain Charnier,<br />"Popeye" Doyle'

Answer: The French Connection


Question: '(Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington DC) A team from the University of New Hampshire is using camel power & a rope & washer system to replace gas power with green technology in the drip type of this in the fields of Niger, one of the world's poorest countries'

Answer: irrigation


Question: 'Toro ('nuff said)'

Answer: a bull


Question: 'Pushkin's masterpiece, the verse novel "Eugene Onegin" was turned into an opera by this fellow Russian'

Answer: Tchaikovski


Question: 'Great White _____ Diamond'

Answer: Hope


Question: 'Made from coral reefs and sand, Diego Garcia is one of these ring-shaped islands surrounding a lagoon'

Answer: an atoll


BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS BY CHARACTERS

Question: 'Emperor Joseph II,<br />Antonio Salieri'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: '(Sarah reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington DC) You might not think of turning manure into a resource, but a team from Western Washington University did; it's powering a hybrid engine using this bio-gas: CH4'

Answer: methane


Question: 'A reptile: tortuga'

Answer: a tortoise


Question: 'After a number of scandals as a young man, Pushkin was banished to this Ukrainian peninsula'

Answer: the Crimean


Question: 'Ride the _____ goodbye'

Answer: wave


Question: 'Diego Garcia is about equidistant from Mauritius & this island country off the southern coast of India'

Answer: Sri Lanka


BEST PICTURE OSCAR WINNERS BY CHARACTERS

Question: 'Molly Brown,<br />Jack Dawson'

Answer: Titanic


Question: '(Jimmy reporting from the EPA P3 Expo in Washington DC) Using solar power to kill water-borne bacteria at temperatures below the boiling point, Rochester Institute of Technology's team saves energy while accomplishing this, named for a 19th century French scientist'

Answer: Pasteurization


Question: 'A bird: paloma'

Answer: a dove


Question: 'The life of this 16th century czar was good enough to inspire a classic play written by Pushkin in 1825'

Answer: Boris Godunov


Question: 'The long _____ hare'

Answer: march


Question: 'Andrew Carnegie's future fortune & career were inspired by an 1873 visit with this inventor & engineer'

Answer: Henry Bessemer


Question: 'Decoration Day is another name for this holiday when graves of soldiers are decorated'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'He "went to town, riding on a pony"'

Answer: Yankee Doodle


Question: 'Buffalo wings don't come from a bison, but from this bird (& from the city in New York)'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'Sadly, Bob's plans to make "Road to the Fountain of Youth" died in 1977 with this man'

Answer: Bing Crosby


Question: 'West Quoddy Head in this state is the easternmost point in the U.S.; East Quoddy Head is in Canada'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Horses can eat them whole; humans eat them after they've been cleaned, toasted, hulled & cleaned again'

Answer: oats


Question: 'Sweden celebrates this national symbol on June 6, eight days before the U.S. celebrates its own'

Answer: Flag Day


Question: 'When the South surrendered, Lincoln asked a band outside the White House to play this "Southern" song'

Answer: "Dixie"


Question: 'You don't have to live in Philly to spread your bagel with Philly, which is this'

Answer: cream cheese


Question: 'Bob's books include "Confessions of a Hooker: My Lifelong Love Affair with" this'

Answer: golf


Question: 'Industry that gave the Illinois & Pennsylvania cities of Carbondale their names'

Answer: coal mining


Question: 'Reporter Ben Reddick is credited with coining this "state"ly term for Dust Bowl refugees'

Answer: Okies


Question: 'National UNICEF Day coincides with this other holiday'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'George M. Cohan was awarded a Congressional medal for writing this most famous song of World War I'

Answer: "Over There"


Question: 'It's traditional to serve this city's steamed brown bread with its world-famous baked beans'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'We "beg" you to give us this name for the areas where you'd find Tallahassee, Florida & Amarillo, Texas'

Answer: the Panhandle


Question: 'Animal seen here, very much "alive"'

Answer: an opossum


Question: 'This country observes June 10 as Malvinas Day'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'In 1939 Irving Berlin had this song copyrighted in the name of boxer Gene Tunney & others to create a fund'

Answer: "God Bless America"


Question: '(Richard Simmons reads the clue.) Bananas Foster & Oysters Rockefeller are 2 yummy dishes created in this Southern city, my birthplace'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'These highlands stretching from St. Louis to the Arkansas River are called a plateau as well as mountains'

Answer: the Ozarks


Question: 'At Renaissance faires, the aire be sweet with the strains of this clay flute of oval shape'

Answer: an ocarina


Question: 'On Purim, the Biblical book named for this queen is read in synagogues'

Answer: Esther


Question: 'Its fifth verse begins, "In the beauty of the lillies Christ was born across the sea"'

Answer: "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"


Question: 'A typical Denver sandwich contains egg cooked with bits of ham, onion & this chopped green veggie'

Answer: green peppers


Question: 'If Bugs Bunny had taken that proverbial left at Albuquerque, he could have followed this river'

Answer: the Rio Grande


Question:
'Title of the 1974 suspense film seen here:

"All I did was to obey my orders.  Don't compare yourself with a soldier... you were an executioner..."'

Answer: The Odessa File


Question: 'After he toiled on his first work, "Cromwell", friends told this "Comedie Humane" man to give up literature'

Answer: Honore de Balzac


Question: 'She starred in "Shirley's World" in 1971; must seem like a lifetime ago to her'

Answer: Shirley MacLaine


Question: 'On June 28, 1914 Bosnian Serb terrorist Gavrilo Princip jumped on this archduke's car & killed him & his wife Sophie'

Answer: Franz Ferdinand


Question: 'He was named "Golfer of the Century" in 1988 & "Golf Course Architect of the Year" in 1993'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'Jesus said unto him, "Thou Art" this name, "And upon this rock I will build my church"'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'These people gave the letter Q its present form around the first or second century'

Answer: Romans


Question: 'Sartre's "L' Idiot de la Famille" was a large-scale study of this "Madame Bovary" author'

Answer: Gustave Flaubert


Question: 'This brother & sister's variety show ran from 1976 to 1979; their talk show debuted in 1998'

Answer: Donny & Marie Osmond


Question: 'Accused JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was himself killed by this nightclub owner'

Answer: Jack Ruby


Question: 'In 1991 he published "Prescription Medicide:  The Goodness of Planned Death"'

Answer: Dr. Jack Kevorkian


Question: 'Q is being communicated here in this code (two flags)'

Answer: Semaphore


Question: 'An Algerian named Mersault is the narrator of his 1942 novel "L' Etranger"'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'Anne Meara was Kate McShane & this Kate was Kate Columbo'

Answer: Kate Mulgrew


Question: 'In 1984 2 of her Sikh bodyguards killed her as revenge for her order to attack the Golden Temple of Amritsar'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'Jack McCall is best remembered for shooting this frontiersman while he was playing poker'

Answer: Wild Bill Hickok


Question: 'It's the highest caste among the Hindus'

Answer: Brahmans


Question: 'Sergeant Rock could tell you that the QMC is this "supply side" branch of the Army'

Answer: the Quartermaster (Corps)


Question: 'Author-aviator who created "Le Petit Prince"'

Answer: Antoine de Saint-Exupery


Question: 'In 1962 this pair was together at Carnegie Hall; 10 years later both had variety shows'

Answer: Carol Burnett & Julie Andrews


Question: 'At a reception in the palace for Muhammad's birthday in 1975, this Saudi king was assassinated by his nephew'

Answer: King Faisal


Question: 'This 1996 vice-presidential candidate was once a quarterback for the Buffalo Bills'

Answer: Jack Kemp


Question: 'In footnotes, it's what "q.v." means'

Answer: quod vide (which see)


Question: 'For over 100 years the publishing house he founded has been the leader in French dictionaries'

Answer: Pierre Larousse


Question: 'Way before Buffy, there was this 1974-75 Darrin McGavin series'

Answer: Kolchak:  The Night Stalker


Question: 'On February 28, 1986 this Swedish prime minister was shot by an unknown gunman on the streets of Stockholm'

Answer: Olof Palme


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Jack Ford, chief legal correspondent for NBC News)  Before joining NBC, I was an anchor for this cable network from its debut in 1991 to 1994"'

Answer: Court TV


Question: 'Umm Said & Dukhan are cities in this country, the only one in the world that begins with the letter Q'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'For his first opera, Andre Previn adapted this 1947 Pulitzer Prize play featuring sex, violence & insanity'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'When a bill reaches the President's desk, he may sign it, do nothing or do this'

Answer: veto


Question: 'Matthew Fox & 47 others survive a plane crash but are stranded on a mysterious Pacific island'

Answer: Lost


Question: 'A knickerbocker cocktail contains gin, as well as the sweet & dry types of this'

Answer: vermouth


Question: 'This artist collaged color strips onto a photo of Mick Jagger & silkscreened them into prints'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: '...as the U.S. holiday Decoration Day'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'Until 1999 the first snowfall signaled the start of the "Nude Olympics" at this university'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'On Jan. 8, 2002 the President signed this act making schools more accountable'

Answer: No Child Left Behind


Question: 'On a primetime ABC soap, Teri Hatcher, Felicity Huffman & their neighbors on Wisteria Lane'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'The bestselling imported liqueur in the U.S. is this coffee-flavored one from Mexico'

Answer: Kahlúa


Question: 'In 1933 Otto Dix was charged with obscenity by this political party; he was later drafted to fight for them'

Answer: the Nazis


Question: '...as lyssa or as canine madness'

Answer: rabies


Question: 'Satan, Dracula & Ozzy Osbourne go by this nickname'

Answer: the Prince of Darkness


Question: 'He was the first vice president who was born in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'The Kansas hamlet that's home to the Kents'

Answer: Smallville


Question: 'After imbibing this cocktail of gin or vodka & grapefruit juice, you'd better leave the driving to us'

Answer: greyhound


Question: 'Dirck, the younger brother of this "Laughing Cavalier" artist, was also big in Haarlem'

Answer: (Frans) Hals


Question: '...as Longacre Square, before a major metropolitian newspaper moved in'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'This was the name given to the ship cast in the starring role on "The Love Boat"'

Answer: the Pacific Princess


Question: 'Sen. Ted Stevens of this state chairs the Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Patricia Arquette, who sees dead people'

Answer: The Medium


Question: 'Peppermint & root beer are popular flavors of this strong potable, from the German for "mouthful"'

Answer: schnapps


Question: '16th century author Pietro Aretino is seen here in a portrait by this Venetian pal of his'

Answer: Titian


Question: '...as oil company Jersey Standard'

Answer: Exxon


Question: 'This Caribbean capital was occupied by the U.S. from 1915 to 1934 & from 1994 to 1995'

Answer: Port-au-Prince


Question: 'This independent agency insures individual deposits in banks & savings associations for up to $100,000'

Answer: FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)


Question: 'The McCallister brothers, one of whom becomes president in 2040'

Answer: Jack & Bobby


Question: 'The "original melon liqueur" from Suntory; it'll turn you green with envy'

Answer: Midori


Question: 'This Philadelphia painter of "Death of Wolfe" headed east to Italy in 1760 to learn new directions in art'

Answer: (Benjamin) West


Question: '...as Dutch Guiana, until 1948'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'A French explorer called this North American island Ile-St.-Jean'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'This property allows a razor blade to float on water or mercury to gather into globules'

Answer: surface tension


Question: 'In this show, Tony Manero is headed for the disco when he discovers--<br />Oh, no! A cold sore!!'

Answer: Saturday Night Fever Blister


Question: '"The Color Purple"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating such a move with Cheryl at a chessboard.)  The knight is well suited to this maneuver, that threatens two pieces at one time; it shares its name with a piece of tableware'

Answer: fork


Question: 'A short prayer of thanks said before a meal, it's from the Latin for "favor"'

Answer: grace


Question: 'The epithet of this prince, Richard II's father, probably refers to the color of his armor, not the terror he inspired'

Answer: (Edward) the Black Prince


Question: 'The pistils of most flowers have 3 main parts: the stigma, the style & this round base where egg cells are formed'

Answer: the ovary


Question: 'ABBA's rockin' musical about the very maternal star of "Rosemary's Baby"'

Answer: Mamma Mia! Farrow


Question: '"The Bridge of San Luis Rey"'

Answer: Thornton Wilder


Question: 'The "Sicilian" one starts with a move by black on the queen's half of the board'

Answer: a defense


Question: 'This 64-square-mile lake is really just a broad basin of the Jordan River'

Answer: the Sea of Galilee


Question: 'This Prussian statesman was given the title of Prince in 1871'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'His 2 laws of genetics are the law of segregation & the law of independent sssortment'

Answer: (Gregor) Mendel


Question: 'Mrs. Levi dumps matchmaking & busts out as a voluptuous country singer in this blockbuster'

Answer: Hello, Dolly! Parton


Question: '"The Fixer"'

Answer: Bernard Malamud


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while demonstrating in a chess game with Sarah.)  It's the 8-letter term for the direction in which I've chosen to castle'

Answer: kingside


Question: 'It's the 2-word nickname for the Mongol army that overran Eastern Europe'

Answer: the Golden Horde


Question: 'Austrian prince & foreign minister Metternich arranged a marriage between Napoleon & this archduchess'

Answer: Maria-Louisa


Question: 'Of the 6 simple machines, the screw is a spiral version of this other simple machine'

Answer: the inclined plane


Question: 'Fanny Brice is a laugh riot when she leaves the Follies to sell cookies & earn merit badges in this smash hit'

Answer: Funny Girl Scout


Question: '"All the King's Men"'

Answer: Robert Penn Warren


Question: 'Bring your queen out fast & you can have this victory after just 2 moves'

Answer: fool\'s mate


Question: 'It's not dad's dad, it's a large gray dolphin with a blunt snout'

Answer: a grampus


Question: 'The caravel was developed under the patronage of this man born in 1394'

Answer: Prince Henry (the Navigator, of Portugal)


Question: 'The Crab Nebula in this Zodiac constallation is the remains of the supernova of 1054 A.D.'

Answer: Taurus


Question: 'A Siamese monarch & a governess team up for this ungrammatical salute to the play that inspired "Cabaret"'

Answer: The King and I Am a Camera


Question: '"A Confederacy of Dunces"'

Answer: John Kennedy Toole


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue while at a chessboard with Cheryl.)  Even chess masters often begin a game with this familiar opening named for a Spanish priest'

Answer: Ruy Lopez


Question: 'He's the cutting-edge composer of works like "Koyaanisqatsi"'

Answer: Philip Glass


Question: 'While Prince of Novgorod in the 13th century, he became its hero'

Answer: Alexander Nevsky


Question: 'In 1790 this Midwest city was named for a society that had been named for a Roman citizen-soldier'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'Some citizens in this Canadian capital get their news from the Citizen newspaper'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'In the 1500s the Portuguese transported Angolans as slaves to this South American colony'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'You saw thousands of spots before your eyes in the 2 Disney movies about this number of dalmatians'

Answer: 101


Question:
'Racket,
baseline,
backcourt'

Answer: Tennis


Question: 'Xinhua, China's news agency, was founded by this political party'

Answer: Communist Party


Question: 'In 1969 General Siad Barre led a military coup in this country on the horn of Africa'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'In the Biblical flood, the rain lasted this many days; the water stayed 110 more'

Answer: 40


Question: 'When bringing home the bacon, remember that this animal's meat is taboo to observant Muslims & Jews'

Answer: Pig/swine


Question: 'On July 8, 1993 this British princess' stepmother, Raine Spencer, married a French count'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question:
'Fletching,
bow,
bull's-eye'

Answer: Archery


Question: 'It's the length of time between issues of Germany's news magazine Der Spiegel'

Answer: One week


Question: 'Shaka increased the population of this tribe by absorbing his defeated enemies into it'

Answer: Zulu


Question: 'On a square, it's the total number of degrees of the interior angles'

Answer: 360


Question: 'A "maid" may have a special stool to sit on while attending to this bovine animal'

Answer: a cow


Question: 'She was sworn in as Pakistan's first female prime minister on December 2, 1988 in Islamabad'

Answer: Benazir Bhutto


Question:
'Backward short leg,
bat,
wicket'

Answer: Cricket


Question: 'El Periodico de Catalunya is the second-largest newspaper serving this second-largest Spanish city'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'This west African country takes its name from a trading empire that once included Timbuktu'

Answer: Mali


Question: 'John Lennon & Paul McCartney were in their 20s when they wrote "When I'm" this old'

Answer: 64


Question:
'Pelota,
cesta,
cancha'

Answer: jai alai


Question: 'Now available around the world, this paper grew out of the N.Y. Herald's Paris edition'

Answer: The International Herald Tribune


Question: 'From 1912 to 1959 there were this many states in the United States'

Answer: 48


Question:
'Dohyo,
chonmage,
yobidashi'

Answer: Sumo wrestling


Question: 'The running of these animals starts daily at 8 A.M. during the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain'

Answer: Bulls


Question: 'In 1504 Leonardo da Vinci was on the commission that decided the location for this man's "David"'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'At the National Museum in Dublin you can see a bell reportedly used by this patron saint'

Answer: Saint Patrick


Question: 'Around 3600 B.C. King Menes of Egypt set this precious metal's value at two-fifths that of gold'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'Many of these English Christmas songs are translations, like "Silent Night" from German'

Answer: Carols


Question: 'This second-largest Australian city's Moomba Festival features a world-class waterskiing tournament'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'The name of the Farnese bull comes from the Farnese Palace in this Italian capital where it was once kept'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Not surprisingly, this Israeli national airline offers the most nonstop flights between Israel & the U.S.'

Answer: El Al


Question: 'By volume, this element makes up about 78% of our atmosphere'

Answer: Nitrogen


Question: 'He was a U.S. senator when he married Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Gilbert Adair faithfully adapted Georges Perec's novel "A Void", written without this vowel'

Answer: E


Question: 'In 1996 Wayne Shorter & Dave Brubeck performed at Vienna's festival for this type of music'

Answer: Jazz


Question: 'In 1881 this Cubist painter & sculptor was born in Malaga, Spain, the son of a professor of art'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'In Moscow's Teatralnaya Square, you can take in a show at this famous opera & ballet theater'

Answer: Bolshoi


Question: 'Diamond, the hardest known substance, is made of crystallized atoms of this element'

Answer: Carbon


Question: 'On June 15, 1775 he was unanimously elected Commander in Chief of the Continental Army'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Translator Rosemary Edmonds leaves the final "A" off the last name of this Tolstoy title heroine'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: '"Abduction from the Seraglio" is performed at Topkapi Palace at this city's annual music festival'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'A Cellini masterpiece shows this Greek hero holding the head of Medusa'

Answer: Perseus


Question: 'Verses from the Koran decorate the walls of this marble tomb in Agra built by Shah Jahan for his late wife'

Answer: Taj Mahal


Question: 'This metal, the lightest solid element, was discovered here in Sweden by J.A. Arfvedson'

Answer: Lithium


Question: 'A revolving book stand he adapted may be seen at his home, Monticello'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: '2 translators of this man's "The Satanic Verses" were brutally attacked in July 1991'

Answer: Salman Rushdie


Question: 'Yearly this small southeast Asian island country celebrates the 9 Emperor Gods with a 9-day festival'

Answer: Singapore


Question: 'Toronto's City Hall has an outdoor work by this British sculptor known for using holes in his art'

Answer: Henry Moore


Question: 'Tourism is a growing industry in this pair of Caribbean islands known as T&T for short'

Answer: Trinidad & Tobago


Question: 'This synthetic radioactive element was named for the discoverers of radium'

Answer: Curium


Question: 'In 1859, before he was president, he wrote, "He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave"'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Rabindranath Tagore translated his own poetry into English from this language spoken in Dhaka'

Answer: Bengali


Question: 'On January 30, 1997, the 49th anniversary of his death, some of his ashes were scattered in the Ganges River'

Answer: Mohandas K. Gandhi


Question: 'The deepest diver among these birds is the emperor species of this, which may dive to 900 feet in the Antarctic waters'

Answer: penguin


Question: 'Actor Nicholas Coppola'

Answer: Nicolas Cage


Question: 'The term "Star-Spangled Banner" was first used for the U.S. flag during this war'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'He composed the operetta "The Rose of Persia" to a libretto by Basil Hood, not Gilbert'

Answer: Sullivan


Question: 'This seaside structure is abbreviated whf.'

Answer: wharf


Question: 'In Texas Hold 'Em, if the flop doesn't fit your hand, the experts say do this'

Answer: fold


Question: 'A grub is this soft, thick stage of metamorphosis of flies, wasps & beetles'

Answer: larva


Question: 'West Winger Ramon Estevez'

Answer: Martin Sheen


Question: 'Israel's flag features 2 dark blue stripes on a white background & this symbol'

Answer: the Star of David


Question: 'A few years after Rolls died in a plane crash, he started making airplane engines'

Answer: (Frederick) Royce


Question: 'This 3-letter abbreviation can stand for package or parking'

Answer: pkg.


Question: 'In the '50s, Edward Thorp fed millions of hands of this game into a computer which figured out how to win at it'

Answer: blackjack


Question: 'It's the fossilized resin from pine trees'

Answer: amber


Question: '"Seinfeld" co-star Jay Greenspan'

Answer: Jason Alexander


Question: 'In 1198 this British king adopted a flag with 3 lions'

Answer: Richard the Lionhearted


Question: 'This first man listed in the "Film Encyclopedia" voiced cartoons after his partner's death'

Answer: (Bud) Abbott


Question: 'A.M. after a particular time stands for ante meridian, which means "before" this'

Answer: noon


Question: 'In this game a don't pass bet is a wager against the shooter'

Answer: craps


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  This bovine name is given to the process whereby huge chunks of ice break off glaciers, giving birth to icebergs'

Answer: calving


Question: 'Wrestler turned politician James Janos'

Answer: Jesse Ventura


Question: 'Early in the 2nd millennium, ships from this city began flying the flag of Saint Mark, its patron'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'He didn't need Marx to publish the 1880 work "Socialism: Utopian and Scientific"'

Answer: Engels


Question: 'A doctor could tell you that q.i.d., which is the abbreviation for the Latin "quater in die", means this'

Answer: four times


Question: 'When betting on one of these, a consistently low Beyer speed figure should be a red flag'

Answer: racehorse


Question: 'This cloudy atmosphere containing the nucleus of a comet may reach a diameter of 1 million miles'

Answer: coma


Question: 'Wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson'

Answer: The Rock


Question: 'Maryland's state flag features the coats of arms of 2 families related to Lord Baltimore: the Crosslands & this family'

Answer: the Calverts


Question: 'He led a creative revolution in advertising after the retirement of partner John Orr Young'

Answer: Raymond Rubicam (of Young & Rubicam)


Question: 'In formal addresses this 2-letter "directional" abbreviation precedes Hon. & Rev.'

Answer: Rt. (for Right)


Question: 'In this fancy-schmancy card game, it's just who gets closest to a total of 9 who wins'

Answer: baccarat


Question: 'It's home to the Johnson Space Center'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'It's the borough where Edith, Gloria, Archie & Mike lived on the small screen'

Answer: Queens


Question: 'His unladylike horror story "The Cask of Amontillado" was first published in Godey's Lady's Book, in 1846'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'A cockroach'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Don't visit the court of Louis XIII without one of these -- the prematurely bald king made them the fashion'

Answer: a wig


Question: 'Bette Midler won an Emmy for an appearance in which she sang a goodbye song to this retiring host'

Answer: Johnny Carson


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  I'm in this city that in 1836 was the biggest in Texas with around 2,000 people'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'It's how often the Summer Olympics are held'

Answer: quadrienally


Question: 'The mock turtle sings a song about the lobster quadrille in this classic children's book'

Answer: Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland


Question: 'Charlotte in "Charlotte's Web"'

Answer: 8


Question: 'Einstein?  Beethoven?  No thanks, I'd rather hang out with Dean, Sammy, Frank & the rest of this group'

Answer: the Rat Pack


Question: 'In a 1993 TV version of this musical, Bette played Rose Hovick'

Answer: Gypsy


Question: 'Grab your cowboy hat & let's go walk "out in the streets" of this Texas city, the chief port of entry into Mexico'

Answer: Laredo


Question: '(Hey, it's Gary Dell'Abate from "The Howard Stern Show")  My nickname Baba Booey comes from the character Baba Looey, who was the sidekick of this bumbling equine TV marshal'

Answer: Quick Draw McGraw


Question: 'A scientist tests poison on his own daughter in this American author's 1840s story "Rappaccini's Daughter"'

Answer: (Nathaniel) Hawthorne


Question: 'A grand piano (normally)'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Let's go back to 1820 for some literary talk with this Romantic poet; don't mind his coughing'

Answer: Keats


Question: 'Punning word that completes the title of Bette's 1980 book "A View from a..."'

Answer: Broad


Question: 'This "colorful" city at the southern tip of Texas is home to Texas Southmost College'

Answer: Brownsville


Question: 'This Eskimo was the subject of a 1968 Top 10 hit by Manfred Mann'

Answer: "(The Mighty) Quinn"


Question: '"The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish" is this author's 1829 novel about King Philip's War'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'A muskellunge'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Ladies, this royal hunk of man was single from late 1537 to early 1540..any takers?'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Boy in Bette's band who arranged her 1973 hit "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"'

Answer: Barry Manilow


Question: 'In January 2003 this "Port" city celebrated the 60th birthday of famous daughter Janis Joplin'

Answer: Port Arthur


Question: 'In "Star Wars" the language of Greedo the bounty hunter is this language of S. America's Andean regions'

Answer: Quechua


Question: 'The title gem in this Wilkie Collins novel was once in the handle of a dagger owned by Tippoo, the sultan of Seringapatam'

Answer: The Moonstone


Question: 'An archaeopteryx'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Stiffen that upper lip...you're going to fight in the Battle of Britain piloting this plane, seen here'

Answer: the Spitfire


Question: 'This film in which she sang "The Wind Beneath My Wings" put the sand beneath her toes'

Answer: Beaches


Question: 'In July 2003 the last old-style one of these rolled off an assembly line in Mexico, headed for a museum in Germany'

Answer: the Volkswagen Beetle


Question: 'Charles Stone III's short film "True" was the inspiration for the series of Bud spots with this catchphrase'

Answer: "Whassup?"


Question: 'In 1977 this Florida city replaced its old capitol building with a new high-rise capitol'

Answer: Tallahassee


Question: 'Computer hard drives are usually measured in GBs, which are these'

Answer: Gigabytes


Question: 'Repo, as in "They can't repo my car because I owe ten lousy payments!", is short for this'

Answer: Repossess/repossession


Question: 'Leap Day<br />(usually)'

Answer: Once every 4 years


Question: 'Hamlet, or Hans Christian Andersen'

Answer: Dane


Question: 'Cartoon Network enlisted Bob Dole for this rabbit's campaign for the presidency'

Answer: Bugs Bunny


Question: 'The name of this Southwestern capital is Spanish for "holy faith"'

Answer: Santa Fe, New Mexico


Question: 'This metric unit is equivalent to 1.056 quarts'

Answer: Liter


Question: 'Insert 1 letter in "debt" to get this, a bookkeeping entry for money you owe'

Answer: Debit


Question: 'Twelfth night'

Answer: Once a year


Question: 'State where you'll find the lighthouse seen here'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'This "Spin City" & "Family Ties" star sold fishing reels in Japanese ads'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'Abraham Lincoln moved to this capital city in 1837'

Answer: Springfield, Illinois


Question: 'The symbol for this unit of electrical resistance is the Greek letter omega'

Answer: Ohm


Question: 'These popular student loans are named for a Vermont senator'

Answer: Stafford loans


Question: 'The Venice Biennale Art Exhibit'

Answer: Every 2 years


Question: 'Whoop-ee!  The tallest bird native to North America is a species of this'

Answer: Crane


Question: 'In 1999 this character came out of retirement to peddle a new Charmin'

Answer: Mr. Whipple


Question: 'America's oldest public art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum, is in this city whose name contains the word "art"'

Answer: Hartford


Question: 'Subtract an "E" from 1,760 yards & you get this measurement for one-thousandth of an inch'

Answer: Mil


Question: 'A time during which late payments aren't penalized, or the years 1956-1982 in Monaco'

Answer: Grace period


Question: 'Mr. Spock of "Star Trek" feels the urge to mate'

Answer: Once every 7 years


Question: 'It's the opposite of wax, when referring to phases of the moon'

Answer: Wane


Question:
'Barnes & Noble
--Bam!--
sent this chef out
--Bam!--
into people's
houses--Bam!--
to push his book'

Answer: Emeril Lagasse


Question: 'In 1957 this city's Central High was at the center of a desegregation battle'

Answer: Little Rock, Arkansas


Question: 'The name of this system of weights & measures comes from the Old French for "goods of weight"'

Answer: Avoirdupois


Question: 'This partner of "forget" is what Bono wants Western nations to do with Third World debt'

Answer: Forgive


Question: 'An ordinary jubilee year in the Roman Catholic Church'

Answer: Every 25 years


Question: 'It means to fabricate or imitate, or to pretend, as ignorance'

Answer: Feign


Question: 'Born in 69 B.C., she was the daughter of the ruler known as Ptolemy the Flute Player'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'In "Scream 2" this actress' character, Sidney Prescott, is a student at Windsor College'

Answer: Neve Campbell


Question: '"Life These Days" finds Garrison Keillor telling "Stories From" this title place'

Answer: Lake Wobegon


Question: 'Worn today by both men & women, the coat variety seen here is known by this "military" name'

Answer: Bomber jacket


Question: 'PBS fans know that "Evening at Pops" refers to this city's Pops'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'If you're a professor, reader or lecturer, you're also a "Jolly Good" one of these scholars'

Answer: Fellows


Question: 'Before he went into politics, Cicero used his oratorical skills in this profession'

Answer: Lawyer


Question: 'This singer played a college professor in love with portly prof. Sherman Klump in "Nutty Professor II: The Klumps"'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'His novellas include "Hearts in Atlantis", "The Body" & "Apt Pupil"'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'He's the clothing designer who gave us Tommy Girl cologne'

Answer: Tommy Hilfiger


Question: 'Schubert & Gounod both wrote works called this, Latin for "Hail Mary"'

Answer: "Ave Maria"


Question: 'It's an Oxford academic, as well as the title of that infamous Mr. Corleone'

Answer: Don


Question: 'The Second Punic War ended in 201 B.C when this Carthaginian general made peace with Rome'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: '"Rudy" tells the true story of Rudy Ruettiger, who realized his dream of playing football for this university'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'This Brad Pitt film was based on Norman MacLean's fly-fishing novella of the same name'

Answer: A River Runs Through It


Question: 'Seen here, these trousers bear the name of the island where they first became popular'

Answer: Capri pants


Question: 'This Italian term for the deepest range of male voice often precedes "profondo" or "profundo"'

Answer: Basso


Question: 'The rivalry between students & city dwellers is rhymingly known as "Town &" this'

Answer: Gown


Question: 'Of Samos, Davos or Junior, the island on which Pythagoras was born'

Answer: Samos


Question: 'This "Ferris Bueller" star meets up with Marlon Brando & a komodo dragon in "The Freshman"'

Answer: Matthew Broderick


Question: 'His complete short stories were published in 1998 in the Finca Vigia edition'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Trading on its century-old name, this Ohio company abbreviated A&F sells casual clothes & accessories'

Answer: Abercrombie & Fitch


Question: 'Andre Previn composed a cello sonata for this noted musician seen here'

Answer: Yo-Yo Ma


Question: 'You may do this in polite company; it means to register or enroll at a college'

Answer: Matriculate


Question: 'Ashurbanipal turned this capital city of Assyria into a cultural mecca'

Answer: Nineveh


Question: 'This "American Beauty" seen here is enamored of her professor, Greg Kinnear, in the 2000 flick "Loser"'

Answer: Mena Suvari


Question: '"The Angel on the Roof" compiles 37 years of stories by this man who wrote "Affliction" & "The Sweet Hereafter"'

Answer: Russell Banks


Question: 'Lycra is a brand of this, the sturdy, non-rubber elastic fabric in use here'

Answer: Spandex


Question: 'Rossini's "Otello" debuted 71 years before this composer's more famous "Otello" opera'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: '3-letter Yank slang for one's physique; at Oxford it's short for a centuries old library'

Answer: Bod (for the Bodleian Library)


Question: 'As a warning to Congress, president James Garfield named his dog this'

Answer: Veto


Question: 'During peacetime, one of these may not be quartered in your house without your consent'

Answer: a soldier


Question: 'Ma Li Hua went 303,621 for 303,628 single-handedly setting up & toppling these'

Answer: dominoes


Question: 'A buffalo roams on this state's flag'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Bogs of this carbonized vegetation useful as fuel are found in much of Europe, including Estonia'

Answer: peat


Question: 'WWII types of these included the German Panther & Tiger, the Soviet T-34 & the U.S. Sherman'

Answer: tanks


Question: 'This Beatles producer started out making comedy records with Peter Sellers'

Answer: George Martin


Question: 'An amendment becomes law when 3/4 of these approve it'

Answer: states


Question: 'For a Valentine's Day special, in 2001 a N.J. couple did this for 30 hours, 59 minutes & 27 seconds; we're G-rated, folks'

Answer: kiss


Question: 'Scary movie in which young Danny say, "Redrum.  Redrum.  Redrum"'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'On Sept. 17, 1991 fighting continued in Croatia as a ceasefire was signed, & Estonia joined this organization'

Answer: The United Nations


Question: 'Pineapple-shaped with a delay of about 4 seconds, the British Mills type of this was used in both World Wars'

Answer: a hand grenade


Question: 'After being replaced by Ringo Starr in 1962, this man got a job in a bakery & then became a civil servant'

Answer: Pete Best


Question: 'Article I, Section 3 states that this person shall preside when a president is tried under articles of impeachment'

Answer: the Chief Justice of the United States


Question: 'The largest of these party faves was 34 ft., 10 in. high & 13 ft., 10 in. in diameter & yes, you can beat that with a stick!'

Answer: piñata


Question: 'Stones with handles on them are used in this game played on ice'

Answer: curling


Question: 'The burning of a papal bull in 1520 was a key moment in this movement that reached Estonia 3 years later'

Answer: the Reformation


Question: 'This heavy 19th century sheath knife was named for a Texas frontiersman killed at the Alamo'

Answer: Bowie knife


Question: 'In "Backbeat" Stephen Dorff played this alliterative bassist who died of a cerebral hemorrhage in 1962'

Answer: (Stuart) Sutcliffe


Question: 'The last right enumerated in the Sixth Amendment provides the accused with the assistance of this'

Answer: counsel


Question: 'Appropriate 10 letter nickname of David Smith Sr. shown here.  He has travelled a record 185 ft., 10 in.'

Answer: the Human Cannonball


Question: 'This British coin was withdrawn from circulation in 1961'

Answer: farthing


Question: 'Many conservatives call for the U.S. to adopt this; Estonia has it, set at 23%'

Answer: flat income tax


Question: 'If attacked, use this petrified tear gas spray, then the same-named armor-breaking weapon'

Answer: mace


Question: 'This manager who died in 1967 was referred to as the "Fifth Beatle"'

Answer: Brian Epstein


Question: 'The Constitution is in Jacob Shallus' handwriting, but this "Gouverneur" composed the final draft'

Answer: Morris


Question: 'From top to bottom, Ed Shelton ripped 55 of these, each with 1,044 pages, in 3 minutes'

Answer: phonebooks


Question: 'It "Becomes Electra"'

Answer: Mourning


Question: 'This movement to faithfully depict behavior included George Eliot, Flaubert & Estonian novelist Tammsaare'

Answer: Realism


Question: 'It's an explosive mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal & sulfur'

Answer: gunpowder


Question: 'This keyboardist, who died in 2006, sat in with the Beatles often and also wrote Joe Cocker's hit "You Are So Beautiful"'

Answer: Billy Preston


Question: 'This composer & conductor gave his last performance with the Marines in July 1892 & formed his own band in Sept.'

Answer: Sousa


Question: '"8 Mile"'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Drivers on U.S. 101 can use the Astoria-Megler bridge to cross this river that separates Oregon & Washington'

Answer: the Columbia


Question: 'In Spanish this R.L. Stine book series is called "Escalofrios", which means "chilles"'

Answer: Goosebumps


Question: 'Something you do without thinking, because you've always done it, is from this "of habit"'

Answer: force


Question: 'His "Siegfried Idyll", composed in 1870, featured themes from his "Siegfried" opera, which hadn't yet been produced'

Answer: Wagner


Question: '"Blade Runner"'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'Paris' first iron bridge, the Pont des Arts, was for these, not cars'

Answer: pedestrians


Question: 'This book sabout "El Escandalo Watergate" is "Todos los Hombres del Presidente"'

Answer: All the President\'s Men


Question: 'A building's lobby may get this fancier-sounding synonym if it's done in marble'

Answer: foyer


Question: '"The Clown's Morning Song" by this composer is far less famous than his "Bolero"'

Answer: Ravel


Question: '"Ferris Bueller's Day Off"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'It's not news that the "vecchio" in Florence's Ponte Vecchio just means the bridge is this'

Answer: old


Question: 'This Fitzgerald novel is "El Ultimo Magnate"'

Answer: The Last Tycoon


Question: 'It's a mindlessly obedient person, perhaps from (an attendant at someone's) "flank"'

Answer: flunkie


Question: 'This beetle gets its name from a large Philistine'

Answer: the goliath beetle


Question: '"The Age of Anxiety" is one of this composer's storied symphonies, though not a "West Side Story"'

Answer: Leonard Bernstein


Question: '"Pacific Heights"'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'The friendship bridge links Nong Khai in Thailand to Vientiane in this country'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'You might stay up late reading this "Medianoche en el Jardin del Bien y del Mal"'

Answer: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil


Question: 'English words derived from Gaelic include Gillie, a guide for this activity'

Answer: fishing


Question: 'This desctructive beetle spread into Texas in 1892'

Answer: the boll weevil


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew adds to the decor of the Imperial Chapel in Vienna.)  Here in the Imperial Chapel this great song composer was a Vienna Choir Boy until 1812; his parting note said he had "crowed" for the last time'

Answer: Franz Schubert


Question: '"The Sixth Sense"'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Japan's Akashi Kaikyo bridge links the island of Awaji to the city of Kobe on this island'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'William Faulkner shined this, "Luz de Agosto"'

Answer: Light in August


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points out a flow chart.)  This type of loop is positive if it reinforces the activity of the system, as in a vicious circle'

Answer: a feedback loop


Question: 'Labor hard and tells us the name of the beetles seen here named for a mythological hero'

Answer: the hercules beetle


Question: 'The first name of both a naval hero & a character in "Hamlet", it's from the Latin for "timekeeper"'

Answer: Horatio


Question:
'It's the residence referred to here:

Nov. 1800

John & Abby -

Best of luck in your new home!  Can't wait to visit you there.'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'In Palo Alto, the USA's 1st free-standing public children's library has a "secret" this, named for the Burnett tale'

Answer: a garden


Question: 'You'll "spot" this feline variety in Jeremiah 13:23'

Answer: a leopard


Question: 'He popped out of a drum at the end of many a Looney Tune & said, "That's all, folks"'

Answer: Porky Pig


Question: 'Head to L.A.'s Chinatown to eat this classic dish named for a capital city'

Answer: Peking duck


Question: 'Hypersensitivity to a substance'

Answer: allergy


Question:
'This mobster got a card from wife Mae:

Sweetheart,

I'm glad your mind is on love instead of business.
Happy Valentine's Day '29!'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'Galleries at his Iowa Pres. Library & Museum include "The Humanitarian Years" & "From Hero to Scapegoat"'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'I Kings 10 tells us that these were imported from Egypt at 150 shekels each; the chariots were extra'

Answer: horses


Question: 'Mais oui, he's the scent-imental lover seen here'

Answer: Pepé Le Pew


Question: 'A stuffed duck wearing glasses & a mustache would drop down when someone on this show uttered the "secret word"'

Answer: You Bet Your Life


Question: 'If you're riding around in your black & white, APB is short for this'

Answer: all points bulletin


Question:
'Sailor who in 1500 got the Father's Day card:

To a Great Dad,

Someday you'll get your own day!
Love,
Diego'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'The United Nations' library is named for this Secretary-General who was killed in a 1961 plane crash'

Answer: Dag Hammarskjold


Question: 'In Exodus 29 God demands a rump roast from a male one of these as tribute'

Answer: a sheep


Question: 'This "down under" creature whirls like a tornado & slices through trees like a rotary saw'

Answer: the Tasmanian Devil


Question: 'The athletic teams of this West Coast college are called the Ducks'

Answer: the University of Oregon


Question: 'Quick!  It's a musical direction to play quickly'

Answer: allegro


Question:
'Author of the 1541 anniversary card:

Catherine,

I can't believe it's been a year. Wishing us many more happy months together...'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'In 1887 Melvil Dewey founded the USA's first library school at this NYC university'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'The Song of Solomon 2:15 tells of these "little" critters "that spoil the vines"'

Answer: foxes


Question: 'Acme delivered to the American desert, the backdrop for the endless chases between these 2'

Answer: Wile E. Coyote & the Roadrunner


Question: 'It's on the puss of a platypus'

Answer: a duckbill


Question: 'This 325-mile river rises in the hilly plateau region of Potter County, Pennsylvania'

Answer: the Allegheny


Question:
'1840 graduate whose card came with a horse in a red bow:

Cump,

West Point made a fine young man. We're so proud.'

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman


Question: 'In 1451 Nicholas V founded this library "for the common convenience of the learned"'

Answer: the Vatican library


Question: 'Since Leviticus 19:19 expressly forbids this, mules are not allowed'

Answer: crossbreeding


Question: 'Punning on Bugs' catchphrase, it's the title of the cartoon in which Bugs played Brunhilde & Elmer Fudd was Siegfried'

Answer: "What\'s Opera, Doc?"


Question: 'This controversial social drama by Henrik Ibsen premiered in Norway in 1885'

Answer: The Wild Duck


Question: 'The lowest part of Tennessee is the "Mississippi" this type of plain'

Answer: the alluvial plain


Question: 'In the early 1900s Argentine writers Benito Lynch & Ricardo Guiraldes wrote novels about the lives of these cowboys'

Answer: the gauchos


Question: 'She followed in her father's footsteps when she directed "The Virgin Suicides"'

Answer: Sofia Coppola


Question: 'Pinatubo'

Answer: volcano


Question: 'The show-buz newspaper Variety calls this studio "The Mouse"'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: 'Jupiter's Callisto is covered with these, but unlike those on our moon they've mostly collapsed on themselves'

Answer: craters


Question: 'From the Arabic for "journey", it's an overland journey in Eastern Africa for hunting or exploring'

Answer: safari


Question: '"L'art d'etre grand-pere" is a not so miserables poetry collection by this author'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'Born NYC 1928; directed "2001" 1968; died England 1999'

Answer: Stanley Kubrick


Question: 'Jutland'

Answer: peninsula


Question: 'Type of winged being who backs a startup venture with much-needed cash'

Answer: an angel


Question: 'Due to its thick one of these, Saturn's Titan was once thought to be the solar system's biggest satellite'

Answer: atmosphere


Question: 'In "My Darling Clementine", the two places where the miner forty-niner excavated for a mine'

Answer: a canyon & a cavern


Question: 'This Aussie's books include "Outback" as well as "Schindler's List"'

Answer: Thomas Keneally


Question: '(Anthony Daniels reads the clue.)  C-3PO was modeled after a robot from the 1926 film "Metropolis" directed by this human'

Answer: Fritz Lang


Question: 'Hainan'

Answer: island


Question: 'The trucking industry hates deadheading, when trucks are driven this way'

Answer: empty


Question: 'The moon Phobos is only about the same distance form this planet as Chicago is from London'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'From the Latin mansio, "house", this adjective describes degrading work, perhaps done by a servant'

Answer: menial


Question: 'Jacobean who wrote the ghoulish & violent plays "The White Devil" & "The Duchess of Malfi"'

Answer: John Webster


Question: 'Chris Columbus discovered a whole new world when he directed Elisabeth Shue in these "Adventures"'

Answer: Adventures in Babysitting


Question: 'Kamchatka'

Answer: peninsula


Question: '8-letter anatomical plural meaning visitors viewing a website'

Answer: eyeballs


Question: 'This solid material covers the surface of Jupiter's Europa, so scientists hope to find life there'

Answer: ice


Question: 'Later versions of this light, sharp-pointed sword are used only for thrusting & have no cutting edges'

Answer: rapier


Question: 'Czar Boris Godunov inspired an 1825 drama by this writer, Russia's equivalent of Shakespeare'

Answer: Pushkin


Question: 'In 1948 Roberto Rossellini directed this future wife as Joan of Arc'

Answer: Ingrid Bergman


Question: 'Soufriere Hills'

Answer: volcano


Question: 'Major underwriters in this type of banking are the "bulge bracket"'

Answer: investment banking


Question: 'In June 2004, astronomers got pictures of this Saturn-lite with the same name as a "Friends" character'

Answer: Phoebe


Question: 'The two main types of this fungus that attacks plants are powdery & downy'

Answer: mildew


Question: 'This 2-word city is named for the founders' wives (they had the same name) & the natural groves found there'

Answer: Ann Arbor, Michigan


Question: 'It's right up in the pole position on the periodic table, atomic number 1'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'Though spelled differently than her BFF, Ms. King, this is Oprah's middle name'

Answer: Gail


Question: 'Musso & Frank Grill in Hollywood serves roast lamb with this traditional jelly accompaniment'

Answer: mint


Question: 'On Sept. 28, 2010 Britney Spears was a guest star on this Fox TV show'

Answer: Glee


Question: 'In 2011, the Pope nixed a iPhone app for guiding people through this penitent act'

Answer: confession


Question: 'To distribute playing cards'

Answer: Delaware and Alabama


Question: 'Alphabetically, it's the first of the noble gases'

Answer: argon


Question: 'Oprah flew an entire audience to this city for a tour, including a run up the "rocky" steps of the Museum of Art'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: '"The Good Housekeeping Cookbook" says to garnish lamb with broiled halves of pears or this fuzzy fruit'

Answer: peach


Question: 'The name of a marsupial pal of Winnie-the Pooh'

Answer: Roo


Question: 'I got a fever and the only prescription is "more" this percussion instrument, also an app from Maverick Software'

Answer: cowbell


Question: 'It precedes "Ho" in a shipboard sighting'

Answer: Louisiana and North Dakota


Question: 'Don't take this the wrong way:  it's the most used & cheapest  metal'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Oprah was an executive producer of this 2009 film that earned Mo'nique an Oscar'

Answer: Precious


Question: 'Berkeley's Chez Panisse serves rack of lamb with this traditional Mexican sauce; the olives are an unusual touch'

Answer: salsa


Question: 'In Greenland and Canada, this temporary dwelling is also known as an aputiak'

Answer: igloo


Question: 'This "Star Wars" weapon "Unleashed" is available for free; just keep the noise down, Obi-Wan'

Answer: a lightsaber


Question: 'Jack and Jill were carrying one'

Answer: Pennsylvania  Illinois


Question: 'Decompression sickness, AKA the bends, is characterized by the formation of bubbles of this gas in the blood'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'Calling it "her proudest day", in 2007 Oprah opened a school for impoverished girls in this country'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'The "New York Times Cook Book" offers a "Bengal" recipe for lamb flavored with this kind of powder'

Answer: curry


Question: 'It precedes "enterprise" in a term for an economic doctrine'

Answer: free


Question: 'How about a round of this 8-letter app? You can select "burst out", "concert" or "very long"'

Answer: Applause


Question: 'To decrease, as opposed to "wax"'

Answer: Washington and Nebraska


Question: 'The last element in the table that occurs widely in nature, it was named for a planet discovered 8 years before'

Answer: uranium


Question:
'(Oprah sits in her usual chair)
This autobiography by Maya Angelou was the first book I ever read that made me feel my life as a colored girl growing up in Mississippi deserved validation'

Answer: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings


Question: 'New York's Le Cirque serves rack of lamb with eggplant & this cheese whose name means "recooked"'

Answer: ricotta


Question: 'A formal order from a king or a judge'

Answer: a decree


Question: 'Waterflea has an app called this; it's a simulated sheet of the packaging item that you can pop 'til you're pooped'

Answer: Bubblewrap


Question: 'Othello was one "of Venice"'

Answer: Missouri Oregon


Question: 'As a result of the 1967 Arab-Israel War, Israel took control of this disputed piece of land along the Mediterranean'

Answer: the Gaza Strip


Question: 'Ralph ___ Ellison & Ralph ___ Emerson'

Answer: Waldo


Question: 'King George II began the tradition of rising when hearing this chorus in Handel's "Messiah"'

Answer: the "Hallelujah Chorus"


Question: 'When you're up late trying to meet a deadline, you're burning this lamp fuel'

Answer: the midnight oil


Question: 'Dialysis is a process used when these organs aren't working properly'

Answer: kidneys


Question: 'Richard Dreyfuss,<br />Roy Scheider'

Answer: Jaws


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Stretching from the Taurus Mountains in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south, with its heart between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is this ancient region, home to the world's first cities'

Answer: Mesopotamia


Question: 'James ___ Cooper'

Answer: Fenimore


Question: 'New types of vocal music emerged during the Baroque period including monody, a style with this many melodic lines'

Answer: one


Question: 'A gnatlike fly'

Answer: a midge


Question: 'This baseball term for a substitute batter is abbreviated PH'

Answer: the pinch hitter


Question: 'Tom Cruise,<br />Jack Nicholson'

Answer: A Few Good Men


Question: 'An anagram of the present-day capital, this city was the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868'

Answer: Kyoto


Question: 'Henry ___ Longfellow'

Answer: Wadsworth


Question: 'While staying with his brother Johann Christoph, he learned to play & repair organs'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'Founded in 1884 as a depot for the Texas & Pacific Railway, this city is the birthplace of Laura Bush'

Answer: Midland


Question: 'This 4-syllable word refers to the substitute who learns a role in case the lead actor can't perform'

Answer: an understudy


Question:
'The voices of
Mike Myers,
Cameron Diaz'

Answer: Shrek


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Germany's 1939 invasion of Poland was due largely to friction over a strip of land called the Polish Corridor; it was taken from Germany and awarded to Poland by the Versailles Treaty, giving Poland direct access to this sea'

Answer: the Baltic Sea


Question: 'Joyce ___ Oates'

Answer: Carol


Question: 'Vivaldi's "La primavera", "L'estate", "L'autunno" & "L'inverno" are known by this collective title'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'In "Send In The Clowns", it's "me here at last on the ground, you" up there'

Answer: (in) mid-air


Question: 'The mellophone is sometimes used as a substitute in marching bands for this "national" instrument'

Answer: the French horn


Question: 'Geoffrey Rush,<br />Colin Firth'

Answer: The King\'s Speech


Question: 'In 1999, 400 years after establishing a permanent settlement there, Portugal returned this overseas territory to China'

Answer: Macao


Question: 'David ___ Wallace'

Answer: Foster


Question: 'Henry Purcell's 1689 opera "Dido and" this Trojan hero is one of the finest English works of the Baroque period'

Answer: Aeneas


Question: 'People are always trying to "cut out" this retailer between producer & consumer'

Answer: the middleman


Question: 'From the Latin for "management" comes this term for a person authorized to act on behalf of another'

Answer: a proxy


Question: 'James Franco,<br />Sean Penn'

Answer: Milk


Question: 'In 2009 Alabama replaced a statue in the collection with one of her at age 7, the first child honored'

Answer: Helen Keller


Question:
'Application: $65
Tuition: $32,557
Dropping this Cambridge, Mass. school's name for the rest of your life: priceless'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'This actress provided the inspiration & voice for Stone Age sexpot Ann-Margrock on "The Flintstones"'

Answer: Ann-Margret


Question: 'Occupational adjective for a western shirt or western boots'

Answer: cowboy


Question: 'The Aswan High Dam'

Answer: the Nile


Question:
'"I won't think of it now...
I'll go home to Tara tomorrow"'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: '"When" this large branch "breaks, the cradle will fall"'

Answer: bough


Question: 'This Poughkeepsie, N.Y. graduator was the first of the "7 Sisters" to go co-ed--in 1969, too late for me, darn it!'

Answer: Vassar


Question: 'Pinto Colvig was the original voice of Goofy, but in this 1937 classic he got to be Sleepy & Grumpy'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'This Ray-Ban style was designed for military pilots in the 1930s'

Answer: aviators


Question: 'The Glen Canyon Dam & a certain presidential one'

Answer: the Colorado River


Question:
'"We are in Transylvania;
and Transylvania is not England.
Our ways are not your ways"'

Answer: Count Dracula


Question: 'It was founded in Seattle in 1916 as Pacific Aero Products Company'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'Look out!<br />This Big 10 school unleashes about 6,000 new Wolverines on the Upper Midwest each spring'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Rip Torn ripped into the role of this supreme Greek god in the Disney film "Hercules"'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'The strap-happy sandals named for these ancient combatants were hot in 2008'

Answer: gladiators


Question: 'The 3 Gorges<br />(Qutang, Wu & Xilang)'

Answer: the Yangtze


Question: '"Tom...that injun devil wouldn't make any more of drownding us than a couple of cats"'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'On a bottle of champagne, this word indicates that it's very dry; how savage!'

Answer: brut


Question: 'Size doesn't matter--this Calif. school has just 200 grads a year, but its alumni & staff have nabbed 32 Nobel Prizes'

Answer: the California Institute of Technology


Question: 'Steve Carrell was elected to be the voice of the Mayor of Whoville in this 2008 flick'

Answer: Horton Hears A Who


Question: 'A type of bulky knit sweater originated in Ireland with men in this line of work'

Answer: fishermen


Question: 'The Grand Coulee Dam'

Answer: the Columbia


Question: '"Towards thee I roll, thou all-destroying bu unconquering whale; to the last I grapple with thee"'

Answer: Captain Ahab


Question: 'A small Montana city is named for one of these small, steep flat-topped hills'

Answer: Butte


Question: 'Tipper Gore & Dinah Shore got degrees from this prestigious university in Nashville'

Answer: Vanderbilt


Question: 'Sebastian Cabot of "A Family Affair" bagged the role of Bagheera the panther in this 1967 film'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'Though Ashton Kutcher sported this hat, basically a mesh-back ball cap, it did not have a long haul of trendiness'

Answer: a trucker\'s hat


Question: 'Gabcikovo<br />(To be Gabcikovo-Nagymaros when the Hungarians build their half)'

Answer: the Danube


Question: '"Thou must know Pearl! Our little Pearl! Thou hast seen her,--Yes, I know it!--but thou wilt see her now with other eyes"'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'Established in Alberta in 1885, it's Canada's oldest national park'

Answer: Banff


Question: 'This liberating document took effect Jan. 1, 1863'

Answer: the Emancipation Proclamation


Question:
'"The coyotes wail,
along the trail,
deep in the heart of" this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'In combination with chlorine, this element makes up about 80% of the dissolved constituents of seawater'

Answer: sodium


Question: 'Phillips head or flat blade'

Answer: a screwdriver


Question: 'The Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena has this type of garden where you can see 3-dimensional works'

Answer: a sculpture garden


Question: 'This 18-mile-wide national park in Arizona is considered one of the world's finest examples of arid-land erosion'

Answer: the Grand Canyon


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 1502 Portuguese sailors arrived at this present-day city & thought the bay was a river'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'This group's Kerry Livgren wrote "Dust in the Wind" after reading a book of Native American poetry'

Answer: Kansas


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a bedside.)  Here at the sleep center at Stanford Hospital and Clinics, one of the 32 devices attached to a subject measures the levels of this element in the blood, which can be an indicator of sleep apnea'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'NYC borough that has the Murray Hill neighborhood'

Answer: a Manhattan


Question: 'Tacoma & Durham are 2 cities that have regular events named this in which you stretch your legs & see paintings'

Answer: art walks


Question: 'The National Park Service has a webcam on this feature in Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin'

Answer: Old Faithful


Question: 'One of the 4 of all the president's men convicted by a federal court Jan. 1, 1975'

Answer: (1 of) John Mitchell, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, or Robert Mardian


Question: 'This state precedes "Rain" in an Elvis song title & "Woman" in the title of a Neil Diamond hit'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Ba is the symbol for this whitish metal whose compounds are used in radiology'

Answer: barium


Question: 'Any wan Muscovite'

Answer: a White Russian


Question: 'Cinephiles seek out the work of this late Swedish director, like "Smiles of a Summer Night"'

Answer: Ingmar Bergman


Question: 'This national park in Wyoming has a big hole in it--<br />Jackson Hole'

Answer: Grand Teton


Question: 'Crowds in Romania & Bulgaria celebrated as their nations became the 26th & 27th in this org. Jan 1, 2007'

Answer: the European Union


Question: 'This group had 26 No. 1 country hits in the '80s, including "Feels So Right"'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Clap your hands for Martin Klaproth, who discovered uranium & this alphabetically last element'

Answer: zirconium


Question: 'A collegiate mascot from West Lafayette, Indiana'

Answer: a Boilermaker


Question: 'Catch a recital by Emanuel Ax, who despite his last name doesn't play guitar but this'

Answer: piano


Question: 'This national park in Southwest Texas is named for a feature of the Rio Grande's course'

Answer: Big Bend


Question: 'Registering the symbol seen here Jan. 1, 1876 gave this beverage brand England's first trademark'

Answer: Bass Ale


Question: 'Bruce Springsteen recorded this 1982 album in his New Jersey bedroom using a 4-track cassette recorder'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: '(Jimmy reports from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) To track global warming, scientists use Antarctic ice cores & measure relative amounts of different forms of elements known as these'

Answer: isotopes


Question: 'Paired with "The Master" in a Bulgakov novel'

Answer: Margarita


Question: 'When I saw "Les Noces", "Everything was beautiful at" this, as they say in "A Chorus Line"'

Answer: the ballet


Question: 'You have to take a boat or a seaplane to reach this national park that's in Lake Superior'

Answer: Isle Royale


Question: 'In German, this chess piece is "der Springer"'

Answer: the knight


Question: 'It's what Lassie was asked to do in the title of the classic 1938 Eric Knight short story'

Answer: Come home


Question: 'This beverage is the primary source of vitamin C for most Americans'

Answer: Orange juice


Question: 'For years "Arnie's Army" has followed this golfing hero around'

Answer: Arnold Palmer


Question: 'Woody Allen won 2 Oscars for this 1977 film'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: 'Frank Morgan played this 1939 movie title character who is revealed as a humbug'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: '"Jerry Of The Islands" is the tale of an Irish Terrier pup by this "White Fang" author'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'This type of coffee is made by freeze-drying or less expensively, by spray-drying'

Answer: Instant coffee


Question: 'Colorful characters like "Andre the Giant" & "Gorgeous George" were faithfully cheered in this sport'

Answer: Professional wrestling


Question: 'I'll trade you $200 for the name of this "Let's Make A Deal" host'

Answer: Monty Hall


Question: 'In the '50s the Platters sang about "The Great" one'

Answer: Pretender


Question: 'Pioneer trails through South Pass included the California, Mormon & this one to the Northwest'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'Dodie Smith's 1956 tale about Missis, a dalmatian whose litter of 15 puppies is stolen'

Answer: 101 Dalmatians


Question: 'Made with grenadine, ginger ale & a cherry, it was named for an underage movie star'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'Brokenhearted fans of this man gather in Memphis each August 16th'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Known as "The Storyteller", this country music legend wrote the mega-selling hit "Harper Valley P.T.A."'

Answer: Tom T. Hall


Question: 'French architectural term illustrated here that in the abstract means "an illusion"'

Answer: Facade


Question: 'This large prairie animal is featured in white silhouette on the state flag'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: '"Hound Dunnit" is a collection of dog mysteries for kids by this "I, Robot" author'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: 'Hey this man!  He started softening water in the '20s & founded his company in 1936'

Answer: Emmett Culligan


Question: 'A lifelong diehard fan of this college's football team is seen here (dressed in red & wearing a "corn cob" hat)'

Answer: University of Nebraska


Question: 'U.S. Marines sing that they will fight from this location "To the shores of Tripoli"'

Answer: "From the halls of Montezuma"


Question: 'Legal term for deliberate deception; by mail, it's a federal offense'

Answer: Fraud


Question: 'This chief tributary of the Columbia River rises near the Continental Divide in Yellowstone'

Answer: Snake River


Question: '"The Plague Dogs" is a book from this "Watership Down" author'

Answer: Richard Adams


Question: 'The lapsang souchong type of this beverage is treasured for its smokey flavor & aroma'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'As the Horta could tell you, fans known as Trekkies prefer to be called this similar name instead'

Answer: Trekkers


Question: 'This secretary denied ever smuggling Iran-Contra documents in her underwear'

Answer: Fawn Hall


Question: 'This word for one who feigns principles he does not possess is from Greek meaning "a stage actor"'

Answer: Hypocrite


Question: 'First performed on Helsinki Radio in 1958, Merikanto's "Juha" is one of this country's finest operas'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Alice Glass reportedly broke off her affair with this president because she opposed the Vietnam War'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'He starred solo & directed before being paired with Oliver Hardy'

Answer: Stan Laurel


Question: 'In a poem by Eugene Field, Wynken, Blynken & this partner "sailed off in a wooden shoe"'

Answer: Nod


Question: 'His "Murders In The Rue Morgue" is often cited as the first detective story'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'Noel Coward began his stage career as a child actor & even played one of the Lost Boys in this classic'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'In the sex-change opera "The Breasts of Tiresias", the husband bears 40,000 of these in a single day'

Answer: Children


Question: 'It's out of the closet that he was in the closet with Nan Britton, a young flapper'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'John Barrymore played this role twice, silently in "The Sea Beast" & talking in "Moby Dick"'

Answer: Captain Ahab


Question: 'This firm whose members use their first names stands for ordinary people in the street'

Answer: Tom, Dick & Harry


Question: 'How symbolic, this magazine's first issue in 1936 featured a photo of a doctor slapping a newborn baby's behind'

Answer: Life


Question: 'As a teenager, Noel appeared in this "Birth Of A Nation" director's silent film "Hearts Of The World" in 1918'

Answer: D.W. Griffith


Question: 'Ari liked the arias of this Greek diva who was nicknamed "La Divina"'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: '1884 reports that he committed his lover to an insane asylum nearly cost him the election'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'It's reported Francis X. Bushman refused the use of a stunt double in this 1926 classic's chariot race'

Answer: Ben Hur


Question: 'They're Ready's 2 partners in the firm that represents qualified buyers of real estate'

Answer: Willing & Able


Question: 'Take note, in 1957 this company with a once hyphenated name began marketing the 1st electric portable typewriters'

Answer: Smith-Corona


Question: 'Noel wrote the songs for the musical "The Girl Who Came To Supper"; it starred this "Brady Bunch" actress'

Answer: Florence Henderson


Question: 'Carlisle Floyd's opera based on this Steinbeck work has rodentia & homo sapiens in its title'

Answer: Of Mice And Men


Question: 'Famous for his series of films with Vilma Banky, he starred as "Beau Geste"'

Answer: Ronald Colman


Question: 'This firm with the names of 2 Kansas cities & 1 New Mexico city tells its clients, "All Aboard!"'

Answer: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe


Question: 'Say what?  In the first recording for his phonograph, Thomas Edison recited this nursery rhyme'

Answer: "Mary Had A Little Lamb"


Question: 'Noel, Alfred Lunt & this actress formed a menage a trois in Noel's controversial comedy "Design for Living"'

Answer: Lynn Fontanne


Question: 'His tragicomedy "Six Characters In Search Of An Author" inspired a modern opera by Hugo Weisgall'

Answer: Luigi Pirandello


Question: 'In 1914 this gem of an actress starred in the serial "The Perils Of Pauline"'

Answer: Pearl White


Question: 'Completes the name of the law firm of NPR's "Car Talk", Dewey, Cheatem & ....'

Answer: Howe


Question: '15 years after co-starring with Noel in the film "Boom!", this famous couple starred in his play "Private Lives"'

Answer: Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'While making a torsion meter, an engineer got the idea for this classic toy'

Answer: Slinky


Question: 'On June 20, 1942 she wrote that no one would be "interested in the unbosomings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl"'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'Roz Doyle was his producer & call screener at Seattle's KACL Radio'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'A Modern Greek word for "bread" gave us the name of this bread that's often stuffed with delicious fillings'

Answer: pita


Question: 'It was enacted in the United States to save energy in World War I, but farmers forced its repeal a year later in 1919'

Answer: daylight savings time


Question: 'Elsie the Cow's "husband", his face is plastered on glue bottles'

Answer: Elmer


Question: 'Yes, Bubbe, it's a headscarf worn by Russian women, or a term for a Russian grandmother'

Answer: a babushka


Question: 'Julie Powell's book about mastering Julia Child's recipes began as this type of online journal'

Answer: a blog


Question: 'Viewers finally got to see Wilson's face when the cast took their bows on this sitcom's last episode'

Answer: Home Improvement


Question: 'In a traditional Chinese dish, hard-cooked eggs get a marbled appearance by being simmered in this beverage'

Answer: tea


Question: 'In military time, this time is rendered 1900 hours'

Answer: 7 pm


Question: 'It's "the quicker picker-upper"'

Answer: Bounty


Question: 'Moon walker Aldrin's moniker'

Answer: Buzz


Question: 'In describing a species of tortoise of this island group, Darwin wrote that "some grow to an immense size"'

Answer: the Galapagos


Question: 'In 1997 Carol Burnett won an Emmy for playing Teresa Stemple, Jamie Buchman's mother on this series'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'The name of the popular pudding arroz con leche is Spanish for this "with milk"'

Answer: rice


Question: 'It's the second month of the year with exactly 30 days in it'

Answer: June


Question: 'In 1986 this company introduced its Dockers line of men's casual wear'

Answer: Levi\'s


Question: 'Whether he "did it" or not, he's the male head servant'

Answer: the butler


Question: 'An 1855 entry in this Scottish missionary's African journal mentions the discovery of Victoria Falls'

Answer: (David) Livingstone


Question: 'Julia Louis-Dreyfus competes with her ex's new girlfriend on this sitcom'

Answer: The New Adventures of Old Christine


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew mixes a potent potable in a bar in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.)  Virtually Brazil's national drink, caipirinha is an icy concoction of fresh lime & cachaca, a liqueur distilled mainly from this sweet crop'

Answer: sugar cane


Question: 'This type of year is also known as a bissextile year'

Answer: a leap year


Question: 'Brother began by making sewing machines; it made its first portable one of these in 1961'

Answer: a typewriter


Question: 'An athletic competition combining skiing & shooting'

Answer: a biathlon


Question: 'This "Life of Samuel Johnson" author also wrote "Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides", an early travel diary'

Answer: James Boswell


Question: 'She plays the amnesiac title character of "Samantha Who?"'

Answer: Christina Applegate


Question: 'If you see "lumache" on an Italian menu, find out if they're these gastropods or the pasta shaped like them'

Answer: snails


Question: 'Quick, it's the term for 1 billionth of a second'

Answer: a nanosecond


Question: 'This cross-country skiing simulator wasn't invented in Scandinavia; it's from Minnesota'

Answer: NordicTrack


Question: 'Until 1973, it was known as British Honduras'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'In 1867 Edvard Grieg founded the Norwegian Academy of Music in this city, then known as Christiania'

Answer: Oslo


Question: '1993:<br />"He's having the worst day of his life... over and over again"'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'President Felipe Calderon is the head honcho in this North American nation'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The B-17 is the Flying this, the B-29 the Super this, & the B-52 the Strato this'

Answer: Fortress


Question: 'This student of Plato recognized 4 types of cause: material, efficient, formal & final'

Answer: Arisotle


Question: 'There's a lot of "love" inside this country that borders Croatia'

Answer: Slovenia


Question: 'Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770'

Answer: Beethoven


Question:
'1987:
"Part man.
Part machine.
All cop.
The future of law enforcement."'

Answer: RoboCop


Question: 'Years before she became president, Michelle Bachelet of this nation was imprisoned by its Pinochet regime'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Col. Paul Tibbets commanded the bomber nicknamed this over Japan in August 1945'

Answer: Enola Gay


Question: 'Around 480 B.C. this North African city-state controlled most of the western Mediterranean'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'All "hail" this country & its beautiful Buddhist temples'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'In 1863 he became music director of the court balls in Vienna'

Answer: Johann Strauss


Question: '2007:<br />"Growing up and the bumps along the way"'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'Sandinista Daniel Ortega is having his second run as president of this Central American country'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'A name for a class of French fighter jets comes from this term meaning a desert optical illusion'

Answer: Mirage


Question: 'Lycia, like Nicaea, was in what's now this Eurasian country'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'I could live simply in a "hut" in this Himalayan country'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'This composer of the ballet "Rodeo" scored an Oscar for his score from "The Heiress"'

Answer: Aaron Copland


Question: '1973:<br />"Where were you in '62?"'

Answer: American Graffiti


Question: 'He's the controversial president of Venezuela'

Answer: Chavez


Question: 'In 1955 West Germany's national airline resumed flights under this revived name'

Answer: Lufthansa


Question: 'He tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian knot'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: '"Our" trip to Europe won't be complete without a visit to this small grand duchy'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer's first visit to the U.S.'

Answer: Béla Bartók


Question: '2004:<br />"Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other"'

Answer: Crash


Question: 'Ronald Venetiaan is president of this South American country, formerly a Dutch colony'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'In May 1987 a plane built by this Wichita, Kansas company landed in Red Square'

Answer: Cessna


Question: 'A major goddess of this first great Cretan civilization was often depicted holding snakes'

Answer: the Minoans


Question: 'I could "dive" & swim all day in this island republic in the Indian Ocean'

Answer: the Maldives


Question: 'Hall of Famer Willie Stargell called it "a butterfly with hiccups"'

Answer: a knuckleball


Question: 'Of Jerome Robbins' ballet based on this musical, New York Magazine quipped, "When you're a Jete..."'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'Indiana's NBA team'

Answer: Indiana Pacers


Question: '400-meter star Cathy Freeman is the first of these indigenous Australians to win a world track gold medal'

Answer: Aborigines


Question: 'Before its completion in 1917, the Quebec railway bridge over this river collapsed twice'

Answer: St. Lawrence River


Question: '"Don't sit under" this hardwood "tree with anyone else but me"'

Answer: Apple tree


Question: 'Just because Grandma collects these shakers doesn't mean there's too much sodium in her diet'

Answer: Salt shakers


Question: 'Matthew Bourne set his innovative new production of "Cinderella" in this city during the Blitz'

Answer: London


Question: 'A rhytidectomy; it's a nip & tuck done on the mug'

Answer: Facelift


Question: 'She had won 7 of 9 Grand Slam singles events when she was stabbed & wounded in 1993'

Answer: Monica Seles


Question: 'Clevelander Hart Crane's great poem "The Bridge" praises this one across NYC's East River'

Answer: Brooklyn Bridge


Question: 'It precedes alder & Hazel & you may ask if it's a good one or a bad one'

Answer: Witch


Question: 'Grandma collects this man's albums & has read his memoir "The Kingdom Of Swing" 25 times'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'We hope the Artist Formerly Known As this saw "Billboards", a rock ballet danced to his music'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'Keyboard button that may have the following symbol: (arrow pointing toward left)'

Answer: Backspace


Question: 'Paula Newby-Fraser could be called Ironwoman for winning this Ironman event 7 times from 1986 to 1994'

Answer: Triathlon


Question: 'This type of movable bridge that protected castles is also used to permit river traffic'

Answer: Drawbridge


Question: 'By the year 2000 a species of this tree that's resistant to that dreaded Dutch disease should be available'

Answer: American elm


Question: 'On Grandma's wall there's a picture of this president from his Navy days on a PT boat'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'The 18 vampire brides in the Houston Ballet's show about this count could be called the corpse de ballet'

Answer: Count Dracula


Question: 'One goes between the dinner plate & the dinner table'

Answer: Placemat


Question: 'In 1997 this gymnast who vaulted hurt at the '96 Olympics went to Israel for the Maccabiah Games'

Answer: Kerri Strug


Question: 'River crossed by the Allenby, or King Hussein, Bridge'

Answer: Jordan River


Question: 'This hardwood may not be cheap, but it is an anagram of cheap'

Answer: Peach


Question: 'Grandma still has the diaries she wrote at this Poughkeepsie  school before it went co-ed'

Answer: Vassar


Question: 'In just 2 months in 1993 the NYCB presented 73 works by this late Russian-American choreographer'

Answer: George Balanchine


Question: 'Whales, dolphins & porpoises'

Answer: Cetaceans


Question: 'In 1993 Marge Schott, owner of this team, was suspended for making racist remarks'

Answer: Cincinnati Reds


Question: 'Puente de Piedras is a centuries-old bridge in this country where "The Bridge Of San Luis Rey" is set'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'It's the hardwood used to make clarinets & some piano keys'

Answer: Ebony


Question: 'Grandma loves the puppy pictures on the plates she collects from this "exchange"'

Answer: The Bradford Exchange


Question: 'Get too close to this beloved of Quasimodo & he might just ring your bell'

Answer: Esmeralda


Question: 'The "E" in his equation, E=mc(squared), stands for energy, not his name'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'In Jan. some said this computer chip maker would become the world's most profitable company by 1999'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'In 1541 Charles led a doomed naval campaign to take Algiers from this Turkish empire'

Answer: Ottoman Empire


Question: 'Whitney Houston:<br />"I Will Always Love You"'

Answer: The Bodyguard


Question: '1961 invasion of Cuba wrapped in a tasty pastry'

Answer: "Bay Of Pigs in a blanket"


Question: 'He & his dog Wolf were hunting squirrels in the Catskills when he fell asleep'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'This monk conceived the laws of heredity while minding his peas & Qs as a teacher in Brunn, Austria'

Answer: Gregor Mendel


Question: 'In July this retailer said it was closing 400 stores; it had nickeled-&-dimed itself to death'

Answer: Woolworth\'s


Question: 'In 1522 he wrote Charles that the Aztecs "said that by no means would they give themselves up"'

Answer: Hernando Cortez


Question: '"A Whole New World"'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'The lead singer of Hole appearing on Chuck Woolery's old show'

Answer: "Courtney Love Connection"


Question: 'In "Vanity Fair" Sir Pitt Crawley proposes to her but she's already secretly married to his son Rawdon'

Answer: Becky Sharp


Question: 'In 1920 this Dane became director of The Institute For Theoretic Physics in Copenhagen'

Answer: Niels Bohr


Question: 'New on the magazine stand in 1997 was this women's fitness magazine that might be abbreviated O2'

Answer: Oxygen


Question: 'In 1530 Charles became the last of these emperors to be crowned by a Pope'

Answer: Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'Carly Simon:<br />"Nobody Does It Better"'

Answer: The Spy Who Loved Me


Question: 'Long disputed Israeli-Palestinian land area that's a mini-shopping complex'

Answer: "The Gaza Strip Mall"


Question: 'Last name of Soames & Irene, the 2 principal characters in John Galsworthy's 3 novel "saga"'

Answer: Forsyte


Question: 'His discoveries, published in the 1704 work "Opticks", explained why objects appear to be colored'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'The FTC blocked Staples' purchase of this company in March -- antitrust & all that'

Answer: Office Depot


Question: 'In 1522 Charles introduced this Spanish institution to the Netherlands to persecute Protestants'

Answer: The Inquisition


Question: '"You Must Love Me"'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'King Kong plunges from Edward Gibbon's massive history'

Answer: "The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire State Building"


Question: 'Roxane married Christian de Neuvillette not knowing his love letters were written by this poet & soldier'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'This Dane's 1572 supernova sighting helped disprove the idea that no changes occur past the moon's orbit'

Answer: Tycho Brahe


Question: 'This automaker, whose logo is seen here, turned 50 in 1997 but has only made about 70,000 cars: (black stallion)'

Answer: Ferrari


Question: 'Charles convened the Diet of Worms where this man refused to recant his beliefs'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Barbra Streisand & Bryan Adams:<br />"I Finally Found Someone"'

Answer: The Mirror Has Two Faces


Question: 'Jimmy Carter's "Achy Breaky" Secretary of State'

Answer: "Billy Ray Cyrus Vance"


Question: 'One of his most famous works had its premiere on a barge in 1717'

Answer: George Frideric Handel (the Water Music)


Question: 'Pius XII okayed transplanting these eye parts from dead people but vetoed monkey-gland rejuvenation'

Answer: corneas


Question: 'In Vegas to marry Alana Collins in 1972, he probably spent some time tanning poolside'

Answer: George Hamilton


Question: 'A maker of bread to earn some dough, or a code word used in communications to represent the letter B'

Answer: baker


Question: 'C'est magnifique: <br />LEMON RAT'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'This popular radio & TV comedian began in vaudeville at the age of 17 as a violinist'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'It's where you try on clothes in a store'

Answer: a fitting room


Question: 'Ex-drummer boy Albert Woolson, the last survivor of this over 2-million-man army, died in Duluth aged 109'

Answer: the Union Army


Question: 'Maiden name of the blushing bride seen here after her 1967 wedding at the Aladdin'

Answer: (Priscilla) Beaulieu


Question: 'A mender of pots, kettles & pans, or a Cubs shortstop of yore'

Answer: tinker


Question: 'Oh, man, it's in Manitoba:<br />GIN IN PEW'

Answer: Winnipeg


Question: 'In the 1950s at age 16 this young golfer won the Ohio Open'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'This is the surplus left to an employer after deducting wages, rent & cost of raw materials'

Answer: profit


Question: 'This Democratic presidential candidate only carried 7 states--all in the South'

Answer: (Adlai) Stevenson


Question: 'This acting couple, married at the El Rancho Jan. 29, 1958, celebrated their 48th anniversary in 2006'

Answer: Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward


Question: 'A maker or mender of clothes, or a verb meaning "to customize"'

Answer: tailor


Question: 'B.C.-ing you there:<br />NOVA CURVE'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'The personification of very cold wintry weather'

Answer: Jack Frost


Question: 'This legendary early film director had the given names David Wark'

Answer: D.W. Griffith


Question: 'One thing that led to this crisis named for a waterway was attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip'

Answer: the Suez Crisis


Question: 'A year after Kelly Ripa married him at the Chapel of the Bells, their characters tied the knot on "All My Children"'

Answer: Mark Consuelos


Question: 'An enlisted man, or a specialized ant with powerful jaws to defend the colony from invaders'

Answer: soldier


Question: 'My hometown:<br />BUS RUDY'

Answer: Sudbury


Question: 'A former presidential cabinet secretary, in the '60s he was a quarterback for the Buffalo Bills'

Answer: Jack Kemp


Question: 'Greek mercenaries used a Cypriot dialect to put this on the Sphinx'

Answer: graffiti


Question: 'George Metalious was fired as a small-town principal the year of the small-town expose "Peyton Place" by this wife'

Answer: Grace (Metalious)


Question: 'He's the blushing groom seen here after his 1967 wedding at the Riviera'

Answer: Roger Smith


Question: 'The work of Kim Philby & "Harriet", or to catch sight of suddenly'

Answer: spy


Question: 'Cowboys love it:<br />LACY RAG'

Answer: Calgary


Question: 'Some call this controversial Michigan physician "Dr. Death"'

Answer: Jack Kevorkian


Question: 'Duck or goose cooked & preserved in its own fat'

Answer: confit


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Hammershus Fortress on Bornholm Island, Denmark.)  The disrepair of the once mighty 13th century Hammershus Fortress comes from having been used as this type of resource for rocks'

Answer: a quarry


Question: 'Hooray for Captain Stubing, who was played by Gavin MacLeod on this series'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question: '"The Winter's..."'

Answer: Tale


Question: 'A painful sensation in your esophagus?  Sounds like this "cardiac" term, also called pyrosis'

Answer: heartburn


Question: 'Classic Bette Davis movie chronicling the life of the TV star who played Jan Brady'

Answer: All About Eve Plumb


Question: 'This type of physical discipline means "union" in Sanskrit'

Answer: yoga


Question: 'Amid the wreckage of this city's capitol, Edward Gibbon decided to write of its decline & fall'

Answer: Rome


Question: '"All's fair in" these 2 things, also the title of a Susan Dey sitcom'

Answer: Love & War


Question: '"The Tragedy of Hamlet..."'

Answer: Prince of Denmark