Question: 'He wasn't "La Mer" but Le Pere of Chouchou, for whom he composed the "Children's Corner"'

Answer: Debussy


Question: 'Derived from Latin, it's the 10-letter term for the place where 2 or more rivers flow together'

Answer: confluence


Question: 'You're right to refuse to give up your rights by signing a ____; don't ____ in your convictions'

Answer: waiver/waver


Question: '"Now in his second stint as Israel's prime minister, he is Bibi; as with Bono, a single name suffices" (except right now)'

Answer: (Benjamin) Netanyahu


Question: '2005 Oscar nominee about the aftermath of an Olympic tragedy'

Answer: Munich


Question: 'In 1770, Cook made the map seen here, using "Ea Hei Nom Auwe" & "Toai Poonamo O" where atlases now use these two names'

Answer: the North and South Islands


Question: 'Next, from this musical family, a sonata by Alessandro; his son Domenico's "Inheritance" included talent'

Answer: Scarlatti


Question: 'In Greek mythology dryads were nymphs who lived here'

Answer: forest


Question: 'Listening to the facts spouted by the just-arrived talking antelope, I couldn't believe what the ____ ____ ____'

Answer: new/gnu/knew


Question: 'This performer is the only person to win Oscars for acting & also songwriting'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Fading actresses are the heroines of his novel "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" & his play "Sweet Bird of Youth"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Bonnie Blue Butler was the daughter of this colorful woman'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question:
'"Happy Days",
"Hee Haw",
"Hogan's Heroes",
"Home Improvement"'

Answer: Hogan\'s Heroes (1965)


Question: 'Models of this mask were popular in 1916<br />(man wearing one with skunk approaching)'

Answer: Gas mask


Question: 'To work this tool, you just have to take a whack, not at it, but with it'

Answer: A-X


Question: 'A tabby cat named Dusty produced exactly 420 of these during her life, a world record'

Answer: Kittens


Question: 'This "Lolita" author wrote verse plays such as "Dedushka" under the pseudonym V. Sirin'

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jane Leeves)  "FYI" producer Miles Silverberg was my boyfriend on this show that was set in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question:
'Toyota Corolla,
Ford Mustang,
Chevy Corvette,
Porsche Boxster'

Answer: Chevy Corvette (1953)


Question: 'Even if you wear this mask into a Colorado bank in January, people will notice'

Answer: Ski mask


Question: 'Freud had the gaul to divide the mind into three parts: the ego, the superego & this'

Answer: I-D


Question: 'More of these retrievers are registered in the U.S. than any other dog breed'

Answer: Labradors


Question: 'Folks in "Our Town" know his novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" made him famous'

Answer: Thornton Wilder


Question: 'She played Sue Ellen Ewing on "Dallas"'

Answer: Linda Gray


Question:
'Rachmaninoff's 2nd,
Beethoven's 5th,
Schubert's 7th,
Mozart's 41st'

Answer: Mozart\'s 41st


Question: 'This mask is good for stopping shots & generating movie sequels'

Answer: Goalie/hockey mask


Question: 'It's how to agree in German'

Answer: J-A


Question: 'The 2 heaviest dog breeds on average are the mastiff & this Alpine rescue breed'

Answer: Saint Bernard


Question: 'This native of Salinas adapted his play "The Moon is Down" from his own novel of the same name'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'Performer Divine competes for the title of World's Filthiest Person in this 1972 John Waters classic'

Answer: Pink Flamingos


Question:
'Jacques Cousteau,
Jacques Cartier,
Jacques Tati,
Jacques-in-the-box'

Answer: Jacques Cartier


Question: 'It's the pre-spring celebration at which you'd wear the mask seen here around the Vieux Carre'

Answer: Mardi Gras


Question: 'A-M is the present, first person singular form of this'

Answer: B-E


Question: 'Of 26, 46 or 66 pounds, the one closest to the weight of the world's heaviest domestic cat'

Answer: 46


Question: 'He was studying intermittently at the Univ. of Miss. when he wrote the 1-act play "Marionettes" in 1920'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'A Top 10 hit for Cream in 1968, this song mentions "black curtains"'

Answer: "White Room"


Question:
'"Guernica",
"Les Demoiselles D"Avignon",
"The Blue Room",
"Three Musicians"'

Answer: "The Blue Room" (all by Pablo Picasso)


Question: 'The famous mask seen here was discovered in this decade<br />(King Tut's burial mask)'

Answer: 1920\'s


Question: 'In the funnies, he's Lois Flagston's hubby'

Answer: H-I


Question: 'The smallest dog ever recorded, one of these terriers, stood 2 1/2 inches tall & stretched 3 3/4 inches long'

Answer: Yorkshire terrier


Question: 'Ancient miners using one of these to filter out gold may have inspired the object of Jason's quest'

Answer: Fleece


Question: 'The keynote speaker at the 1952 Republican Convention was this fading general'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'It'll "get you nowhere"<br />(8)'

Answer: Flattery


Question: 'Hansel & Gretel might claim that cooking this character was a "baking accident", but we know better'

Answer: The Witch


Question: 'The Caribbean city of La Guaira serves as the port for this Venezuelan capital'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'The twister in this 1939 film was so severe it threw the film into color'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'The condemned Socrates had a choice of going into exile or drinking this; he chose the latter'

Answer: Hemlock


Question: 'It's the only state that has elected 2 women governors'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'State Department's "Bottom"<br />(5)'

Answer: Foggy


Question: 'He shot an arrow into the air; it hit a guy named Gessler, we know where'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'Mombasa, a city in this country also serves as a port for landlocked Uganda'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'During an electrical storm in this 1931 horror film, a monster comes "alive"'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'With his temple finished around 950 B.C., he built palaces for himself & his wife, the daughter of a pharaoh'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'In 1996 Ralph Nader did best in Oregon where he got 4.1% of the popular vote running with this party'

Answer: Green Party


Question: 'Feared fer-de-lance features<br />(5)'

Answer: Fangs


Question: 'In a Strauss opera, Salome really wants to get ahead -- unfortunately, it's this man's head'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: '(Alex: I'm at the Titanic Artifacts Exhibit at the World Trade Center, Boston.  This 16-ton piece of the hull of R.M.S. Titanic was raised from the floor of the north Atlantic in August of 1998.)  The Titanic was still considered unsinkable when it sailed April 10, 1912 from this English port city'

Answer: Southampton


Question: 'In this Scorsese film, Nick Nolte struggles with Robert De Niro aboard a storm-tossed boat'

Answer: Cape Fear


Question: 'In 1792 B.C. this Semite sat down on the throne of Babylon; he ruled until 1750'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'In 1990, representing New York, she followed her father Guy into the House'

Answer: Susan Molinari


Question: 'Florence, to a Florentine<br />(7)'

Answer: Firenze


Question: 'After she stabs Scarpia, this Puccini heroine tosses herself from the top of the Castel Sant'Angelo'

Answer: Tosca


Question: 'The Croatian port of Pula was transferred from Italy to this country in 1947'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'In this film, Bogie & Bacall wait out a tropical storm with Edward G. Robinson'

Answer: Key Largo


Question: 'His laws for Athens in 621 B.C. were said to have been written in blood, due to the number of death penalties'

Answer: Draco


Question: 'This 1948 & 1952 Olympic decathloner was a California congressman from 1967 to 1975'

Answer: Bob Mathias


Question: 'Feydeau's forte<br />(5)'

Answer: Farce


Question: 'Valhalla & all its gods are consumed in flames at the end of this opera, so don't expect a sequel'

Answer: "Gotterdammerung" ("Twilight of the Gods")


Question: 'This Russian port on the Pacific is the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railroad'

Answer: Vladivostok


Question: 'In this Chaplin film, a snowstorm blows a prospector's cabin to the edge of a cliff'

Answer: The Gold Rush


Question: 'Adela Rogers St. Johns, who was hired by this man in 1913, reported on his granddaughter's trial in 1976'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'The atomic number of helium, or the number of right angles in a rectangle'

Answer: 4


Question: 'In the '60s this phrase for something that reduces anxiety was popularized by Linus Van Pelt'

Answer: Security blanket


Question: 'Toward the end of Benjamin Harrison's term, this man was elected president of the U.S. for a second time'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: '"Take Me Home, Country Roads", his first Top 40 hit, took him to No. 2'

Answer: John Denver


Question: 'All roads lead to Rome, but no roads lead to this rhyming Alaska city'

Answer: Nome


Question: ''60s Cardinal outfielder'

Answer: Curt Flood


Question: 'The atomic number of magnesium, or the number of karats in pure gold'

Answer: 24


Question: 'Ali Baba spoke these words to get into the cave of the 40 Thieves'

Answer: "Open, Sesame!"


Question: 'On August 24, 1891 he filed a patent for his motion picture camera'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'This singer hit No. 2 on the pop chart with the song heard here'

Answer: Barry White


Question: 'This famous peak is named for a lieutenant who discovered it in 1806 & tried to climb it, but never got to the top'

Answer: Pikes Peak


Question: '"Spy Who Loved Me" actor'

Answer: Curt Jurgens


Question: 'The atomic number of copper, or the number of squares on a checkerboard'

Answer: 64


Question: 'The melodrama & the sponsors of certain early radio serials earned them this nickname'

Answer: Soap operas


Question: 'Founded by John D. Rockefeller, the university of this city opened in 1891 on land donated by Marshall Field'

Answer: University of Chicago


Question: '1988 listeners found this singer "Simply Irresistible" at No. 2'

Answer: Robert Palmer


Question: '"Sooner" or later you'll tell us its state tree is the redbud'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Then a Phillie, he struck out 300 in 1997 & 1998'

Answer: Curt Schilling


Question: 'The atomic number of manganese, or a speed Sammy Hagar just can't drive'

Answer: 55


Question: 'On "Star Trek", the Vulcan salute is accompanied by this 4-word phrase'

Answer: "Live Long and Prosper"


Question: 'The federal government began construction on one of these in Fort Leavenworth'

Answer: Federal penitentiary/prison


Question: 'In 1994 she & Luther Vandross reached No. 2 with their remake of "Endless Love"'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: '[Hi, I'm J.J. Stokes, wide receiver for the San Francisco 49ers]  I was the all-time leading receiver for this school where Mark Harmon was once an All-American quarterback'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'Sportscaster with his own Wyoming state park'

Answer: Curt Gowdy


Question: 'The atomic number of potassium, this number was Jack Benny's favorite'

Answer: 39


Question: 'The Oracle at Delphi told Polycrates to look under every rock to find hidden treasure, hence this phrase'

Answer: To leave no stone unturned


Question: 'Paleontologist Eugene Dubois found fossil evidence of Pithecanthus erectus on this island'

Answer: Java (Java Man)


Question: 'This hip-hop duo "wrestled" "Whoomp! (There It Is)" to No. 2'

Answer: Tag Team


Question: 'American sculptor known for such Wild West bronzes as "The Outlaw" & "The Stampede"'

Answer: Frederic Remington


Question: 'Curt Cannon is a pen name of this "87th Precinct" author'

Answer: Ed McBain/Evan Hunter


Question: 'Dame Judi Dench & Cate Blanchett both received Oscar nominations for portraying this woman in different '98 films'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'Attach the letters "one" to a land run by a wizard & you'll be up in the air with this layer'

Answer: Ozone (Oz)


Question: 'Last name of Patricia Highsmith's "talented" title Tom who gets away with murder'

Answer: Ripley


Question: 'She created her No. 5 perfume in 1922'

Answer: Coco Chanel


Question: 'A tasty curry sauce for shrimp uses the milk of this fruit'

Answer: Coconut


Question: 'Ian McKellen played Magneto, leader of the bad guys, in this 2000 action movie based on Marvel Comics'

Answer: X-Men


Question: 'Add "one" to a synonym for "to panhandle" & get this order to vacate'

Answer: Begone (beg)


Question: 'W.R. Burnett's 1929 gangster tale that included the line "Mother of God, is this the end of Rico?"'

Answer: "Little Caesar"


Question: 'At the Sorbonne she studied philosophy & met Sartre, beginning a lifelong association with both'

Answer: Simone de Beauvoir


Question: 'Curry is native to this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'Belgrade'

Answer: Danube


Question: 'He played a movie executive with a screenwriter problem in 1992's "The Player"'

Answer: Tim Robbins


Question: 'Insert "one" into the surname of actress Myrna & get crazy with this cartoon word'

Answer: Looney (Loy)


Question: 'The 1936 book "The Wheel Spins", about a woman who disappears on a nonstop train, became this Hitchcock film'

Answer: The Lady Vanishes


Question: 'This French actress' films include "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" & "Indochine"'

Answer: Catherine Deneuve


Question: 'Curry can include cumin, tumeric & this spice, the world's most expensive'

Answer: Saffron


Question: 'Dublin'

Answer: Liffey


Question: 'She was married to Kenneth Branagh when they played sparring lovers in 1993's "Much Ado About Nothing"'

Answer: Emma Thompson


Question: 'Append "one" to a word for each individual in a group & get this word for all members of a group'

Answer: Everyone (every)


Question: '"The Strange Case of Peter the Lett" was one of his first Maigret books'

Answer: Georges Simenon


Question: '"La Vie en Rose" was one of the signature songs of this singer nicknamed "The Little Sparrow"'

Answer: Edith Piaf


Question: 'This spicy fruit condiment was created to accompany curry'

Answer: Chutney


Question: 'Warsaw'

Answer: Vistula


Question: 'As Bela Lugosi, Martin Landau wrestled a fake octopus in this 1994 film biography'

Answer: Ed Wood


Question: 'Put "one" into the name of Homer Simpson's oldest child & get this title of nobility'

Answer: Baronet (Bart)


Question: '1971 Michael Caine film or 2000 Sylvester Stallone film based on "Jack's Return Home" by Ted Lewis'

Answer: Get Carter


Question: 'The first female impressionist, she's the seated figure in the painting of the balcony seen here'

Answer: Berthe Morisot


Question: 'One type of curry powder shares its name with this plaid textile'

Answer: Madras


Question: 'In its first U.S. performance in English, this play was billed as "The Child Wife" in 1882'

Answer: \"A Doll\'s House\" (by Ibsen)


Question: '"The Man Who Flew the Memphis Belle",<br />"Slaughterhouse Five"'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'With this name, Muhammad Ali won 1960 light-heavyweight gold'

Answer: Cassius Clay


Question: 'Princess Cruises shipped in tons of this to keep its private Caribbean island beach looking pristine'

Answer: sand


Question: 'The glossy green leaves & red berries of this state tree of Delaware are used to make Christmas wreaths'

Answer: a holly tree


Question: 'She went to Smith in 1918 hoping to become a doctor; her dream was "Gone with the Wind" when her mom died in 1919'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: '"The storm of protest was nipped in the bud" is a "mixed" one of these'

Answer: a metaphor


Question: '"Gods and Generals",<br />"Li'l Dan: The Drummer Boy"'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'You'd be chillin' & grillin' if you knew that he won the heavyweight gold medal in 1968'

Answer: (George) Foreman


Question: 'As you'd expect, it was the first company to launch a fleet exclusively in the Caribbean'

Answer: Royal Caribbean


Question: 'The seeds of the horse chestnut, Ohio's state tree, resemble the orb of a male deer, giving it this nickname'

Answer: the buckeye


Question: 'This chef who died at age 91 in 2004 earned a history degree from Smith in 1934'

Answer: (Julia) Child


Question: 'The more delicate and vague "to pass away" when used as a substitute for "to die"'

Answer: a euphemism


Question: '"A Farewell to Arms",<br />"Goodbye to All That"'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'Teofilo Stevenson of this country impressively won heavyweight gold in 1972, 1976 & 1980'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Destiny & Liberty are 2 of this line's "Fun Ships"'

Answer: Carnival


Question: 'Both Colorado & Utah chose the blue species of this'

Answer: a spruce


Question: 'These 2 20th century First Ladies both attended Smith College in the 1940s'

Answer: Barbara Bush & Nancy Reagan


Question: 'Nick Lowe's "cruel to be kind" or Ahnold's "girlie men"'

Answer: an oxymoron


Question: '"The Splendid Little War",<br />"The Rough Riders"'

Answer: The Spanish-American War


Question: 'Both the 1972 & 1976 Olympic light-welterwight gold medalists had this "sweet" nickname'

Answer: "Sugar Ray"


Question: 'If you're cruising on the Royal Clipper, it will most likely be under this power'

Answer: wind


Question: 'The fan-shaped leaves of this South Carolina state tree are sometimes used to make baskets'

Answer: the palmetto


Question: 'This 1956 grad co-founded the Ms. Foundation & the Women's Action Alliance'

Answer: (Gloria) Steinem


Question: '9-letter term for the deliberate exaggeration of "to wait an eternity"'

Answer: a hyperbole


Question: '"Hold Back the Night",<br />"The Coldest War"'

Answer: The Korean War


Question: 'Last name of the brotherly pair who both won gold medals in Montreal'

Answer: Spinks


Question: 'When you pull into Guadeloupe, you may have to change your dollars into this official currency'

Answer: euros


Question: 'This nut pine is the state tree of New Mexico'

Answer: the piñon


Question: 'Ann M. Martin (Smith, 1977) is the author of the book series about this "Club"'

Answer: The Baby-sitters Club


Question: '"A well-boiled icicle" & "a scoop of boy trouts" are 2 of these transpositions'

Answer: spoonerisms


Question: 'Orchestra section with the name of an alloy'

Answer: the brass


Question: 'In August 1578 this English navigator sailed around Cape Horn'

Answer: Drake


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew points to a chalkboard with linguistic symbols.)  Danish linguist Otto Jesperson first suggested what's now known as the IPA, short for this'

Answer: the international phonetic alphabet


Question: 'Legal term for the burning of a building with malicious or criminal intent'

Answer: arson


Question: 'In a 1960 comedy, a bumbling Jerry Lewis has this title job at the Fontainebleau Hotel'

Answer: The Bellboy


Question: 'Temporary loss of electricity'

Answer: a power outage


Question: 'There's a special case, seen here, for this item used on the podium'

Answer: a baton


Question: 'Willem Schouten, who rounded the Horn, named it after his birthplace in this country'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'The long symbolic history of the pentacle includes representing Jesus' five of these'

Answer: wounds (or stigmata)


Question: 'In 59 A.D. this Roman emperor went too far & had his mom Agrippina murdered'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'He made us laugh as "Tommy Boy", the dimwitted heir to an auto parts factory'

Answer: Chris Farley


Question: 'Children's game of giving letters & receiving kisses in return'

Answer: post office


Question: 'For much of the 20th c., Gregor Piatigorsky was regarded as the world's second-greatest virtuoso on this instrument'

Answer: the cello


Question: 'In the 1830s this British ship visited the Patagonian Coast & the Falkland Islands & made a passage around Cape Horn'

Answer: the Beagle


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reviews some symbols on a chalkboard.)  An adscript, which goes directly to the right of a letter, is more rare than these two types of characters named for their positions'

Answer: a subscript & a superscript


Question: 'This system for informing people about abductions is named for an unfortunate 9-year-old'

Answer: Amber Alert


Question: 'John Belushi played this most notorious Delta in "Animal House"'

Answer: Bluto


Question: 'Of the genus Rhus, it'll give you a rash if touched'

Answer: poison oak


Question: 'It was invented in the 18th century, & in the 19th Monsieur Sax developed it into the saxophone'

Answer: a (bass) clarinet


Question: 'In 1910 he said he was sailing from Norway to the Arctic Ocean via Cape Horn, but he was really headed to the South Pole'

Answer: Amundsen


Question: 'Delta, Alitalia and KLM are part of this "Team", whose symbol is seen here'

Answer: SkyTeam


Question: 'In WWII he headed the Gestapo in Lyons, France; in January 1983 he was arrested in South America'

Answer: Klaus Barbie


Question: 'Luckily, Jim Carrey gave a more dastardly turn as this evil relative in "A Series of Unfortunate Events"'

Answer: Uncle (or Count) Olaf


Question: 'A drink of raw egg, Worcestershire sauce, salt & pepper, taken as a hangover cure'

Answer: a prairie oyster


Question: 'A gold "concert grand pedal" one of these instruments from Lyon & Healy costs $42,000'

Answer: a harp


Question: 'This British naval captain "Endeavour"ed to sail around the Horn--& did in 1769'

Answer: Cook


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Abu Simbel, Egypt.)  Heiroglyphs can be phonograms, representing sounds, or these, representing concepts, like "sun"'

Answer: ideographs


Question: 'Assassinated by a naval officer in 1628, English nobleman George Villiers was the first duke of this "palatial" title'

Answer: the Duke of Buckingham


Question: 'This comic's "Rush Hour" character was billed as "The Biggest Mouth in the West"'

Answer: Chris Tucker


Question: 'A time for the media to take pictures of a politician doing something newsworthy'

Answer: a photo opportunity


Question: 'Books by this alumnus include 1957's "Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy" & 1994's "Diplomacy"'

Answer: Henry Kissinger


Question: 'In a poem by Longfellow, Hiawatha's marriage to her is no laughing matter'

Answer: Minnehaha


Question: 'American pioneer John Chapman would press you to eat this fruit & would plant the seeds to make orchards'

Answer: the apple


Question: 'It's the term of office of Ohio state representatives--<br />come on, take a guess'

Answer: 2 years


Question: 'This oft-divorced Hungarian said, "I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house"'

Answer: Zsa Zsa Gabor


Question: 'In 1864 its capital moved from Fort Whipple to Prescott, which lost the honor in 1867, then got it back in 1877'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'This word for a type of business like Quizno's comes from the French for "free"'

Answer: a franchise


Question: 'In this 1959 William Gibson drama, Helen Keller realizes things have names'

Answer: The Miracle Worker


Question: 'Eat some orange vegetables, like the acorn, butternut & hubbard types of this gourd'

Answer: a squash


Question: 'In both NYC & L.A., the mayor is the chief executive & this is the main legislative body'

Answer: the city council


Question: 'This country star said she's not offended by dumb blonde jokes: "I know... I'm not dumb... I also know I'm not blonde"'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'A then 1 1/2-mile horse race was inaugurated in this state in 1875; Aristides won by 2 lengths'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'The name of this rodent that hibernates nearly half the year may come from the French for "sleep"'

Answer: a dormouse


Question: '"Living By The Word" is a collection of prose pieces by this author of "The Color Purple"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'Eat spears of this green vegetable, but not the same-named fern, which is a houseplant'

Answer: asparagus


Question: 'The USA's oldest appellate court in continuous existence is this highest body in Massachusetts'

Answer: the Supreme Court of Massachusetts


Question: 'The witticism A verbal agreement isn't worth the paper it's printed on" is attributed to this film pioneer'

Answer: Samuel Goldwyn


Question: 'Don't go nuclear on us, but the federal government owns about 85% of this state's land'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'This elaborate sumptuous meal takes its name from the French for "little bench"'

Answer: a banquet


Question: 'Sinclair Lewis' real estate salesman who's "never done a single thing I've wanted to do in my whole life"'

Answer: (George) Babbitt


Question: 'They have no flavor or aroma, but cloud ears, a type of this, are used in many Chinese dishes for their texture'

Answer: a mushroom


Question: 'Created in 1914, this commission works to maintain competition & protect customers'

Answer: the F.T.C. (the Federal Trade Commission)


Question: 'Trailing in the GOP nomination race in 2008, this Arkansan said, "I didn't major in math--I majored in miracles"'

Answer: Huckabee


Question: 'Hop over to Grasshopper Glacier in this state's Custer National Forest; you can still see 'em in the ice'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'The name of this type of silk is from the French for "curled"'

Answer: crêpe


Question: '"Lost Laysen" is a once-lost novella that this "Gone With The Wind" author wrote when she was just 16'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'Whether it's the pascal or golden variety of this vegetable, its name comes from the Greek for "parsley"'

Answer: celery


Question: 'Some say the Bush administration's domestic spying conflicts with FISA, the Foreign Intelligence this Act'

Answer: Surveillance


Question: '"Brevity is the soul of lingerie" is attributed to this "Round Table" wit'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands next to a Seeing Eye dog.) While there are other schools, only dogs trained at The Seeing Eye's Morristown location in this East Coast state can rightly be called Seeing Eye dogs'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '"Big Love", about a polygamist & his 3 wives, is set in this state'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'In a classic children's story, he tries to get the 3 little pigs & instead ends up in a pot of boiling water'

Answer: the Big Bad Wolf


Question: 'Koalas are fussy eaters & dine almost exclusively on the leaves of this genus of trees in the myrtle family'

Answer: eucalyptus


Question: 'Roman candidates for public office made these whiter by rubbing them with chalk; black ones were worn at funerals'

Answer: togas


Question: 'The MGM classic "The Wizard of Oz" premiered in August of this year'

Answer: 1939


Question: 'A statue at his memorial reads, "I never met a man I didn't like"'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'On "Extras", this British heartthrob sent himself up by acting jealous of one of his "Pirates" co-stars'

Answer: Orlando Bloom


Question: 'Rooseveltian partner of "speak softly"'

Answer: big stick


Question: 'In one production of the ballet "Cinderella", Robert Helpmann & Frederick Ashton danced the parts of these 2 meanies'

Answer: the ugly stepsisters


Question: 'In the mid-1st century, Rome was trading one amphora of this for one slave from Gaul'

Answer: wine


Question: '"The Wizard of Oz" won 2 Oscars, one for Original Score & one for Best Song--<br />this one almost cut from the film'

Answer: "Over The Rainbow"


Question: '"The best is yet to come" says this swingin' singer's grave in California's Desert Memorial Park'

Answer: (Frank) Sinatra


Question: 'On the 7th episode of "Rome", this warring general & rival of Julius Caesar is killed after fleeing to Egypt'

Answer: Pompey


Question: 'Bogey played Philip Marlowe in this 1946 big screener'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'An apple that the USDA grades "extra" this doesn't have a ribbon on it but is mature, clean & well-formed'

Answer: fancy


Question: 'The domus was a single-family house, & insulae were a block or blocks of these'

Answer: apartments


Question: 'In 2000 a whopping $666,000 was paid by a collector for a pair of these worn in the film'

Answer: ruby slippers


Question: 'New Englander whose epitaph, "I had a lover's quarrel with the world", is from his poem "The Lesson For Today"'

Answer: (Robert) Frost


Question: 'She played a corrections officer on "Oz" but is more famous as Tony's dissatisfied wife Carmela Soprano'

Answer: Edie Falco


Question: 'The state animal of Colorado is a breed of this'

Answer: a bighorn sheep


Question: 'Differences in this bony structure that includes the hip distinguish the sexes & reveal if a woman ever gave birth'

Answer: the pelvis


Question: 'Virgil tells of the travels of this vowel-heavy Trojan prince who laid the groundwork for Rome'

Answer: Aeneas


Question: 'Buddy Ebsen was hired to play this character but had to quit after he developed an allergy to aluminum dust'

Answer: the Tin Man


Question: 'His tombstone says, "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge, yellow fever"'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'In the hobo song, it's the mountain "where you sleep all day" & "where they hung that jerk who invented work"'

Answer: The Big Rock Candy Mountain


Question: 'A song in this duo's operetta "Iolanthe" says, "What a joy to breathe the balmy air of Grosvenor Square"'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: 'It's said Romulus founded Rome on this hill, found between the Circus Maximus & the Colosseum'

Answer: the Palatine


Question: 'Frank Morgan played 5 different roles in the movie: a guard, a professor, a gatekeeper, a cabbie & this'

Answer: the Wizard


Question: 'From one of his works, this Irish poet's epitaph is "Cast a cold eye on life, on death. Horseman, pass by!"'

Answer: William Butler Yeats


Question: 'Living from 1846 to 1935, this celebrated Frenchman was known as "the king of chefs and the chef of kings"'

Answer: Georges Auguste Escoffier


Question: '(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-03-02_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a  table at 21, holding a cocktail. </a>)  Cosmo in hand and wearing my Manolos's, I'm at the table at 21, where this comedy's Carrie dined with Mr. Big'

Answer: Sex and the City


Question: 'History:<br />Herman's Hermits hit No. 1 in 1965 singing "I'm" this man, "I Am"'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: '"You teach and admonish rebels to no purpose, and in vain you cast pearls of divine eloquence before" these'

Answer: swine


Question:
'"Bell Jar".
Dead.'

Answer: (Sylvia) Plath


Question: 'The green triangle on Sudan's flag represents this religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'You've got the right profile if you know it's over 5,600 feet high in the Black Hills'

Answer: Mt. Rushmore


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a lectern at 21.)  "A lot of people still don't really know who I am", said this Massachusetts senator at an April 2004 fundraiser at 21'

Answer: John Kerry


Question: 'Shop:<br />In '66 the Rolling Stones saw "a red door" & wanted to perform this title deed'

Answer: "Paint It, Black"


Question: '"It was your command, not love of God, which made me take" this, meaning to become a nun'

Answer: the veil


Question:
'Apple.
First law guy.'

Answer: Newton


Question: 'This amusement park chain is named for the multiple banners that once flew over Texas'

Answer: Six Flags


Question: '13th U.S. president'

Answer: Filmore


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from behind the bar at 21.)  Among the mementos at 21 is a gift, donated by John F. Kennedy, of the  model that represents this boat'

Answer: PT-109


Question: 'Math:<br />This group hit No. 1 with "You're Once, Twice, Three Times A Lady"'

Answer: The Commodores


Question: '"No one would lay on an ass a burden suitable for" this huge mammal'

Answer: an elephant


Question:
'Nobel Prize.
Wrote Okie story.'

Answer: Steinbeck


Question: 'This geographic feature on Nebraska's state flag bears the name of another state'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Won an acting Oscar in 1931 for "A Free Soul"'

Answer: Lionel Barrymore


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a booth at 21.)  In 1944, the year they made "To Have and Have Not", these two superstars got engaged right here, at table 30'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall


Question: 'Gym:<br />Olivia Newton-John topped the charts for 10 weeks with this 1981 1-word-title tune'

Answer: "Physical"


Question: '"The punishment you suffered would have been proper vengeance for men caught" committing this, a biblical no-no'

Answer: adultery


Question:
'Speech.
32 days.  Dead.'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'This grizzly-bannered nation was declared in California in 1846'

Answer: the Bear Flag Republic


Question: 'This tree is also called a buttonwood & a buttonball'

Answer: a sycamore


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a booth in the wine cellar  at 21.)  During Prohibition this mayor, called "Gentleman Jimmy", had his own booth here at 21 in the secret wine cellar the feds never found'

Answer: Jimmy Walker


Question: 'Bad English:<br />That group made its Top 40 debut in '89 with "When I See You" do this'

Answer: "Smile"


Question: '"But if I lose you, what is left for me to hope for?  What reason for continuing on life's" this, a sacred journey'

Answer: pilgrimage


Question:
'Scottish.
Steel guy.'

Answer: (Andrew) Carnegie


Question: 'The colors on this Low Country's flag came from the coat of arms of the province of Brabant'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Paired with Lawrence in the name of a California nuclear weapons lab'

Answer: Livermore


Question: 'The largest horde this Mongol leader who died in 1227 ever assembled was less than 240,000 men'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'He played Tony Spampatta in the 1991 TV movie "N.Y.P.D. Mounted" before getting "Blue" in '93'

Answer: Dennis Franz


Question: 'The charcoal used in barbecues is usually sold in this form, a French diminutive'

Answer: a briquette


Question: '3-letter word for any of the small coral islets off the tip of Florida'

Answer: key


Question: 'An early 1730s work by Canaletto shows this canal city's "Quay of the Piazzetta"'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Poetic title of M. Scott Peck's 1978 self-help bestseller'

Answer: The Road Less Traveled


Question: 'On Nov. 8, 2004 U.S. & Iraqi forces entered this Sunni city of 300,000 beginning a firece battle'

Answer: Fallujah


Question: 'Heeey maaan, he was soooo groovy playing Billy in "Easy Rider", man'

Answer: Dennis Hopper


Question: 'A W-shaped rack was created & named for these "anatomical" taste treats'

Answer: ribs


Question: 'From the French for "throat", it's a narrow steep-walled canyon'

Answer: gorge


Question: 'In "The Story of Painting" Sister Wendy says, "He is much more than a painter of the fair and fat"'

Answer: (Peter Paul) Reubens


Question: '2-word descriptive term for an island group of the eastern West Indies'

Answer: the Lesser Antilles


Question: 'In 774 this Frank took the crown of Desiderius, the last king of the Lombards'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'You could say the blushing bride seen here was on the rebound'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'In 1793 the laying of the cornerstone of this D.C. building was celebrated by barbecuing a 500-pound ox'

Answer: the Capitol


Question: '5-letter term for a territory ruled by a duke'

Answer: a duchy


Question: 'There are 2 versions of John Singleton Copley's "Watson and" this sea predator in U.S. galleries'

Answer: the shark


Question: 'She explored the inner workings of feminine identity in novels like "The Golden Notebook"'

Answer: Doris Lessing


Question: 'It declared its independence in January of 1822 at Epidauros but still had to fight for 7 years'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'This Oakland A's Hall of Famer is the only pitcher with 100 complete games & 100 saves (& he threw a no-hitter too!)'

Answer: Dennis Eckersley


Question: 'George Stephen invented the Weber grill using the bottom of one of these items found in harbors'

Answer: a buoy


Question: 'This term for an administrative district in England has largely been replaced by county'

Answer: a shire


Question: 'For your information, no, your six-year-old could not make paintings just like this man's 1952 "Convergence"'

Answer: (Jackson) Pollock


Question: 'His company went bankrupt trying to build the Panama Canal'

Answer: Ferdinand de Lesseps


Question: 'A participant in WWI's First Battle of the Marne was the BEF, short for this'

Answer: British Expeditionary Force


Question: 'This actor can do it all; he can sell you insurance as the Allstate spokesman, or run the country as president on "24"'

Answer: Dennis Haysbert


Question: 'Hardwoods work best for this type of cooking that some purists call the only real type of barbecue'

Answer: smoking


Question: 'It's a bay formed by a bend in a coastline, like the one "of Benin"'

Answer: a bight


Question: 'Victorine Meurent, his favorite model, is the nude in his "Le dejeuner sur l'herbe"'

Answer: Eduard Manet


Question: 'Count Volta's first name'

Answer: Alessandro


Question: '"Grand Master Villiers de l'Isle d'Adam had" this made "by Turkish slaves in the castle of St. Angelo"'

Answer: the Maltese Falcon


Question: 'He went to Damascus to arrest Christians but became one instead'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'This Chubby Checker hit charted twice, both times reaching No. 1'

Answer: "The Twist"


Question: 'In 1996 Graceland Gifts in this city sold a limited edition Elvis Cabbage Patch Kid in a gold lame suit'

Answer: Memphis


Question: '2 old Quakers, Captain Peleg & Captain Bildad, are part-owners of the Pequod in this 1851 novel'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'In Altdorf, Switzerland a statue marks the spot where he shot an apple off his son's head'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'It may be indelible or invisible<br />(3)'

Answer: ink


Question: 'At Cornelius' house in Caesarea, this leader of the apostles preached to the first Gentile converts'

Answer: Simon Peter


Question: '"Beefy" singer whose first No. 1 hit was "I'd Do Anything For Love" from his 1993 CD "Bat Out Of Hell II"'

Answer: Meat Loaf


Question: 'Rumors on Royal Street in this city specializes in hand-crafted Mardi Gras masks'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In this novel, d'Artagnan, a native of Gascony, is described as "Don Quixote at 18"'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'In 1952 Nina Ricci introduced "Fille D'Eve", one of these that came in an apple-shaped bottle'

Answer: perfume


Question: 'Mesopotamia today<br />(4)'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'The apostles believed Judas' act of betrayal was predicted by this king's psalms'

Answer: David


Question: 'This group's 1995 album "Pulse" includes a live performance of all the songs from "Dark Side of the Moon"'

Answer: Pink Floyd


Question: 'Browsing for baubles?  Tiffany, Cartier & Van Cleef & Arpels all have shops on this chic Beverly Hills street'

Answer: Rodeo Drive


Question: 'In "Good Wives", the second part of this novel, Aunt March dies & leaves her home, Plumfield, to Jo'

Answer: Little Women


Question: 'Voltaire first spread the story about this scientist & the falling apple'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'Dante's Hell<br />(7)'

Answer: Inferno


Question: 'Philip preached in this area known for the "good" neighbor in Jesus' parable'

Answer: Samaria


Question: 'Her 1991 hit "Coming Out of the Dark" was about her tour bus accident of the preceding year'

Answer: Gloria Estefan


Question: 'J. Crew picked this city's South Street Seaport as the site for its first retail store, opened in 1989'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'William Makepeace Thackeray wrote that "Some of the love passages" of this Charlotte Bronte work "made me cry"'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'In a Grimm fairy tale a bit of poisoned apple lodged in her throat'

Answer: Snow White


Question: 'Claude Monet or Rich Little<br />(13)'

Answer: Impressionist


Question: 'On Pentecost the apostles received this ability, as witnessed by Jews from "every nation"'

Answer: speaking in tongues


Question: 'R&B quartet consisting of "Squirt", "Bass", "Slim" & "Alex Vanderpool"'

Answer: Boyz II Men


Question: 'The Mall of America in this state gets more tourists than the Grand Canyon & Disney World combined'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'In a Thomas Hardy novel, grain merchant Michael Henchard serves in this title political office'

Answer: The Mayor of Casterbridge


Question: 'In the third quarter of 1995, Apple passed this company as the No. 2 maker of PCs in the U.S.'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'Give the third degree<br />(11)'

Answer: interrogate


Question: 'The name of this French site was a corruption of Bastide, meaning "fortification"'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'In 1835 the N.Y. Sun reported there were bat-winged creatures living on this heavenly body; it was a hoax'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'It's a circular hollow often formed by volcanic action or by a meteor strike'

Answer: a crater


Question: 'This "Caroline In The City" star made her screen debut in 3-D, in "Jaws 3-D"'

Answer: Lea Thompson


Question: 'The university of this state has 9 campuses, including those in Davis, Irvine & Berkeley'

Answer: California


Question: 'Tennessee broke onto the Broadway scene in 1945 with this play with a "breakable" title'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'One of the buildings at this British site is named for Robert Devereux, held there before his 1601 execution'

Answer: Tower of London


Question: 'Originally this novel was published as a serial from 1851-52 in an anti-slavery paper'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'It's a valley formed between 2 parallel faults; there's a "Great" one in the Eastern Hemisphere'

Answer: a rift valley


Question: 'This older brother of Charlie Sheen was just 20 when he made his feature film debut in "Tex" in 1982'

Answer: Emilio Estevez


Question: 'In 1892 this New Haven, Connecticut university first admitted women to its graduate school'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'A Time magazine piece on Kathleen Turner in this play was titled "Once More, With Feline"'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: '"Shark Island" Prison is part of Dry Tortugas National Park in the extreme southwest of this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'When farmers of the 1800s learned this color absorbed sunlight well, it became quite popular for barns'

Answer: red


Question: 'Name of the type of formation seen here:<br />[video clue - in Alex's hand]'

Answer: a geode


Question: 'Ned Beatty made a memorable debut in this 1972 film about a nightmarish canoe trip'

Answer: Deliverance


Question: 'City in which you'd find Marmara University & the University of the Bosporus'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'One of Tennessee's last plays, "Clothes for A Summer Hotel", was about this Jazz Age author & his wife'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'According to British accounts 123 perished in 1756 in this dungeon in India; later studies say just 43'

Answer: the Black Hole of Calcutta


Question: '"The Education of Mr. Pipp" is a book of satirical drawings of high society by this artist known for his "girl"'

Answer: Charles Gibson


Question: 'A moraine is the rocky material left behind by one of these'

Answer: a glacier


Question: 'Amy Irving & Betty Buckley debuted in this 1976 Brian De Palma film about horror at a high school prom'

Answer: Carrie


Question: 'Manitoba's Catherine Booth Bible College is affiliated with this charitable organization'

Answer: The Salvation Army


Question: 'Williams' "The Notebook of Trigorin", based on this "soaring" Chekhov play, opened in 1996 in Cincinnati'

Answer: The Seagull


Question: 'This rocky islet is the smallest of French Guiana's 3 Iles du Salut'

Answer: Devil\'s Island


Question: 'In 1861 this ex-president from Virginia was chairman of a peace convention that tried to avert civil war'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'When discussing sedimentary rock, this term means formed of layers or beds'

Answer: stratified


Question: 'Kathy Baker's career blasted off when she played the wife of Alan Shepard in this 1983 film bio'

Answer: The Right Stuff


Question: 'This Washington, D.C. school was once the Columbia Inst. for the Instruction of the Deaf & Dumb & the Blind'

Answer: Gallaudet University


Question: 'Williams worked with Jule Styne on a musical version of this play whose title mentions skin art'

Answer: The Rose Tattoo


Question: 'It's the site of a presidential swearing-in & the headquarters of Southwest Airlines'

Answer: Love Field (in Dallas)


Question: 'John Queeny founded the chemical company Monsanto in St. Louis in 1901 to make this sweetener'

Answer: saccharine


Question: '"You've stuck your webs into my business for the last time!"'

Answer: Spider-Man 2


Question: 'The famous American Indian Geronimo spent his childhood in this "dogged" Mexican region'

Answer: Chihuahua


Question: 'AKA a dun, this 4-winged insect has multiple tails & does not eat'

Answer: a mayfly


Question: 'I always update the antivirus definitions for this Symantec Corp. program; it's not named for Kramden's pal'

Answer: Norton


Question: 'Popular term for a person born in the U.S. between 1946 & 1965'

Answer: a Baby Boomer


Question: 'A dipole is a molecule in which this is opposite at the 2 poles'

Answer: charge


Question: 'One thing about trains, it doesn't matter where they're going. What matters is deciding to get on'

Answer: The Polar Express


Question: 'In English, this nation's national anthem begins, "Arise children of the fatherland, the day of glory has arrived"'

Answer: France


Question: 'She collaborated with Warren Beatty on "Heaven Can Wait" (hooray!) & on "Ishtar" (did we mention "Heaven Can Wait"?)'

Answer: Elaine May


Question: 'I've been using this product created in 1984 by the Intuit owner after he saw his wife tediously pay the bills'

Answer: Quicken


Question: 'One of these is given by your doctor to maintain or renew your immunity to a disease'

Answer: a booster shot


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from beside a mummy from Cairo, Egypt.)  To remove all the moisture from a body, natron, a variety of this, was applied both inside & outside the corpse'

Answer: salt


Question: '"Honey?  Where's my super suit?"'

Answer: The Incredibles


Question: 'Between 1961 & 1983, this nation sent numerous Venera probes to Venus to study its atmosphere & chemical makeup'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'Swedes set these up for their midsummer festivals in June--a few weeks late, we think'

Answer: a maypole


Question: 'I'm now using the Firefox web browser that got its start from this Time Warner company's Netscape division'

Answer: AOL


Question: 'In this hobby that's all the rage, you create fun and memorable pages like the ones seen here'

Answer: scrapbooking


Question: 'In 1947 Willard Libby perfected the archaeological dating method named for this isotope'

Answer: carbon-14


Question: '"I'm going to steal the Declaration of Independence!"'

Answer: National Treasure


Question: 'Nawaz Sharif was the prime minister of this nation until deposed by its current military leader'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Cape May is a resort town in this state, down the shore from Point Pleasant'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Like the asbestos partitions on my house, I use ZoneAlarm as this type of software to keep my computer secure'

Answer: a firewall


Question: 'A popular balloon-busting game of the 1960s, or a General Mills cereal from the same era'

Answer: Kaboom


Question: 'Adjective for a substance that evaporates readily; pronounced differently, it follows "sal"'

Answer: volatile


Question: '"Is there no one else? Is there no one else?"'

Answer: Troy


Question: '2 cities, both named Tripoli, are Libya's largest & this country's second-largest'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Her first novel, "Moods", was published in 1864'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'I don't click on an email link to update any of my accounts, because it may be this type of "sporting" spam'

Answer: phishing


Question: 'Another word for pirate, it's derived from the same Dutch word as "filibuster"'

Answer: freebooter


Question: 'Libya<br />since 1969'

Answer: Qadhafi


Question: 'Inducting this group, Springsteen said, "Uno, dos, tres, catorce" (1, 2, 3, 14) "is the correct math for rock 'n' roll"'

Answer: U2


Question: 'Mmm... these doughnuts'

Answer: Krispy Kremes


Question: 'Rudolph is the commander of Gessler's archers in this opera'

Answer: William Tell


Question: 'A reading room at the Lorain Public Library in Ohio is named for this "Beloved" prize-winner from 1988'

Answer: (Toni) Morrison


Question: '6-letter word used to express sorrow or regret'

Answer: lament


Question: 'Yugoslavia<br />1953-1980'

Answer: Tito


Question: 'At the induction ceremony, Percy Sledge sang this classic hit of his & dedicated it to his wife Rosa'

Answer: "When A Man Loves A Woman"


Question: 'He was the majority stockholder in MGM until it was sold to Sony in 2005'

Answer: Kirk Kerkorian


Question: 'He's the local barber & general busybody in an 1816 Rossini opera'

Answer: Figaro


Question: 'In 1923 she won a Pulitzer for her novel "One of Ours", set where else but in Nebraska'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'It was previously known as cante & baile gitano, "Gypsy" song & dance'

Answer: flamenco


Question: 'The Dominican Republic<br />1930-1961'

Answer: Trujillo


Question: '"Put Your Hands Together" for this "Love Train" group that joined the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2005'

Answer: the O\'Jays


Question: 'Before writing his first novel, he worked as a night attendant in the mental ward of a V.A. hospital'

Answer: Ken Kesey


Question: 'The prince sings, "Si, ritrovarla, io guiro" ("Yes, I will find her, I swear it") in this fairy tale opera'

Answer: La Cenerentola


Question: 'Her Cross Creek farmhouse where she penned "The Yearling" is part of a state historic site in Florida'

Answer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings


Question: 'It flows into the Columbia River at Portland'

Answer: the Willamette


Question: 'Indonesia<br />1945-1967'

Answer: Sukarno


Question: 'Drummer Martin Chambers was inducted as part of this "Middle Of The Road" group'

Answer: The Pretenders


Question: 'Poem that mentions "A sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice"'

Answer: "Kubla Khan"


Question: 'This 1819 Rossini opera is based on a poem by Sir Walter Scott'

Answer: The Lady of the Lake


Question: 'This member of a prominent Boston family won a 1926 Pulitzer for her poetry collection "What's O'Clock"'

Answer: Amy Lowell


Question: 'In botany, it's the stalklike portion of a stamen, supporting the anther'

Answer: a filament


Question: 'Albania<br />1944-1985'

Answer: Enver Hoxha


Question: 'The Hall honored Seymour Stein, the co-founder of this record label, who's credited with discovering & signing Madonna'

Answer: Sire Records


Question: 'On radio, this bandleader had a "Kollege of Musical Knowledge"'

Answer: Kay Kyser


Question: 'The title character of this 1816 opera is in service with the Venetian army'

Answer: Otello


Question: 'Sadly, like her friend & fellow poet Sylvia Plath, this winner for "Live or Die" died by her own hand, in 1974'

Answer: Anne Sexton


Question: 'A thin membrane or layer, as of bone, tissue or cell walls'

Answer: lamella


Question: 'Some of the periods of time called this occurred in 304 A.D. (4 years), 1314 (2 years), 1958 (19 days), 1963 & 2005'

Answer: interregnum


Question: 'North Carolina supplied 1/4 of the casualties to the losing side in this war'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'In the 1998 TV movie "Dallas:  War of the Ewings", another attempt was made on this Larry Hagman character's life'

Answer: J.R. Ewing


Question: 'Mount Vesuvius looms over this city'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'Percussion instrument seen here'

Answer: Cowbell


Question: '"Double your pleasure, double your fun" with this gum'

Answer: Doublemint gum


Question: 'A 1971 Supreme Court case brought this mobile method of racial integration to Charlotte, N,C.'

Answer: Busing


Question: 'As a child in the early '70s, Jodie Foster played Eddie's pal Joey on this Bill Bixby series'

Answer: The Courtship of Eddie\'s Father


Question: 'The raft in the picture is called a bublik, a Russian word for this Jewish bakery item'

Answer: Bagel


Question: '1857 song that includes the line "Bells on bob-tail ring"'

Answer: Jingle Bells


Question: 'This "Bologna has a first name"'

Answer: Oscar Mayer


Question: 'In 1995 the first woman was admitted to this Charleston, S.C. military academy'

Answer: The Citadel


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Alan Rachins)  When I played legal eagle Douglas Brackman on this hit TV series, I got to date Vanna White"'

Answer: L.A. Law


Question: 'In June '97, National Geographic ran a 16-page article on the restoration of this thick-hulled frigate'

Answer: U.S.S. Constitution


Question: 'Ding, dong!  You can now shop online with this company that began "calling" in 1886'

Answer: Avon


Question: 'You don't need a lot because with this product "A little dab'll do ya"'

Answer: Brylcreem


Question: 'In 1902 "In The Good Old Summertime" was a hit & this current senator was born in Edgefield, S.C.'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: 'Lara Flynn Boyle of "The Practice" used to play Laura Palmer's friend Donna on this series'

Answer: Twin Peaks


Question: 'The prairie dogs seen here are having a picnic at this national monument (in Wyoming)'

Answer: Devils Tower


Question: 'This Sousa march was used as the theme to "Monty Python's Flying Circus"'

Answer: Liberty Bell March


Question: 'They're "The dogs kids love to bite"'

Answer: Armour hot dogs


Question: 'During WWII the Army trained its first 2 airborne divisions at this N.C. fort'

Answer: Fort Bragg


Question: 'Swoosie Kurtz of "Suddenly Susan" starred as Alex Reed Halsey Barker on this NBC sibling series'

Answer: Sisters


Question: 'Dr. Livingstone named these falls on the Zambezi River'

Answer: Victoria Falls


Question: 'In March 1988 students at this U.S. university demonstrated in favor of hiring a deaf president'

Answer: Gallaudet


Question: 'Traditionally you hit the bell & yell this 5-letter word to get a bellhop hopping'

Answer: "Front!"


Question: 'This motorcycle company likes to "Let the good times roll"'

Answer: Kawasaki


Question: '3,414-foot-high Carrantuohill west of Killarney is the highest peak on this island'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'This autumn beer-bust, an annual highlight, reflects the German heritage of Kitchener & Waterloo, Ont.'

Answer: Oktoberfest


Question: 'Call me this, the eldest son of Abraham through which Muslim Arabs trace their descent'

Answer: Ishmael


Question: 'In his 18th, Shakespeare asks, "Shall I compare thee to" this'

Answer: A summer\'s day


Question: 'Shock jock Howard Stern let it all hang out in this 1993 autobiography'

Answer: Private Parts


Question: 'An invitation might stipulate that attire should be this kind of "dressy"'

Answer: Casual dressy


Question: 'The Tasman Glacier is a popular ski area on this country's South Island'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'On July 13, 1953 this city's drama festival began with a production of "Richard III"'

Answer: Stratford, Ontario


Question: 'The sacred Muslim site seen here can be found in this city (the Kaaba)'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'Completes Elizabeth Barrett Browning's title "Sonnets From..."'

Answer: The Portuguese


Question: 'In collaboration with Weight Watchers, she shares some low cal fare in "Dining With the Duchess"'

Answer: Sarah Ferguson


Question: 'In 1969 Jerry Garcia's band released an album called "Live" this'

Answer: Dead


Question: 'This "American" territory in the south Pacific is administered by the Department of the Interior'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'Some have called it the "Biggest, wildest, woolliest western fling on Earth"'

Answer: Calgary Stampede


Question: 'Granada, Spain is home to this fortress-palace, the most beautiful example of western Islamic architecture'

Answer: The Alhambra


Question: 'He was a romantic poet, a lake poet, a poet laureate & the poet who penned the "Ecclesiastical Sonnets"'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'This star treks through the future in his bestselling "Tekwar" novels'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'Green Keepers is a brand of "spikeless cleats" for this sport'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'If you want to rent a car on this British colony in the Atlantic, you'll come up "short"; it's not allowed'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'These Nova Scotia games include Celtic workshops & tossing the caber, a 20-foot log'

Answer: The Highland Games


Question: 'This ancient city is the third holiest in Islam'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Named for a lovesick poet-scholar, this type of sonnet is also known as an Italian sonnet'

Answer: Petrarchan Sonnet


Question: 'Not surprisingly, the hero of this TV personality's "Murder Under Blue Skies" is a former weatherman'

Answer: Willard Scott


Question: 'It's the Shakespearean play that features the speech heard here:  <br />"Why then, o' brawling love, o' love & hate, cold, fire, sick, health; still waking sleep, that is not what it is, this love feel I that feel no love in this"'

Answer: Romeo And Juliet


Question: 'Its name suggests that this island in the Indian Ocean might be perfect for a family get-together'

Answer: Reunion


Question: '"Somewhere in the World..." is a pageant presented each July & August in Charlottetown in this province'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'The Shi'ite branch of Islam honors this son-in-law of Muhammad who was also the fourth caliph'

Answer: Ali


Question: 'One of her most evocative sonnets begins, "Euclid alone has looked on beauty bare"'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'With "Great Expectations", this "Gattaca" star published his first novel "The Hottest State" in 1996'

Answer: Ethan Hawke


Question: 'The painting seen here has this oxymoronic title (solid black square on top of solid red rectangle)'

Answer: Untitled


Question: 'It's believed this saint began the custom of the nativity scene in 1223, using real people & animals'

Answer: Saint Francis of Assisi


Question: 'The Wasatch & Oquirrh Mountains surround this Utah capital'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'According to Paul Simon, 2 of them are "Slip out the back, Jack" & "Make a new plan, Stan"'

Answer: "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover"


Question: 'She was offered 1,100 pieces of silver from each Philistine lord for help in defeating Samson'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'The Brady Bill requires a 5-day waiting period on the purchase of these'

Answer: handguns


Question: 'They can be Arabica, robusta or Liberian'

Answer: coffee beans


Question: 'A close shave means you made it out "by the skin of " these'

Answer: your teeth


Question: 'He was only a candidate for president when North America's tallest mountain was named for him'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'This 1995-96 hit by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 with 16'

Answer: "One Sweet Day"


Question: 'When David first saw her, she was "washing herself, and" she "was very beautiful to look upon"'

Answer: Bathsheba


Question: 'Unlike his horse, his sidekick Pat Brady isn't mounted for display at his museum'

Answer: Roy Rogers


Question: 'It's the enumerative slang for an accountant or other financial exec'

Answer: beancounter


Question: 'When you "jump down" another person's, you may see some words that got stuck there'

Answer: throat


Question: 'The view from the top of this Colorado peak inspired the words to "America The Beautiful"'

Answer: Pikes Peak


Question: 'Tony Orlando & Dawn sang, do this "on the ceiling if you want me, twice on the pipe if the answer is no"'

Answer: "Knock Three Times"


Question: 'The Lord told Ahab, "The dogs shall eat" her "by the wall of Jezreel"'

Answer: Jezebel


Question: 'From 1988 to 1993 Nicholas Brady was Secretary of this, so he was always on the money'

Answer: the Treasury


Question: 'Born Dallas Burroughs in 1928, he's the actor seen here'

Answer: Orson Bean


Question: 'It's what a guy is "twisted around" by a girl who can get him to do anything'

Answer: your little finger


Question: 'In 1829 Johann Jacob von Parrot climbed this mountain but didn't find Noah's Ark'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'In this 1955 hit Tennessee Ernie Ford owed his "soul to the company store"'

Answer: "Sixteen Tons"


Question: 'She looked back at Sodom & Gomorrah & "became a pillar of salt"'

Answer: Lot\'s wife


Question: 'Sources list him as the official photographer of the Civil War'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'These crisp edible shoots of germinated beans like mung are popular in Chinese cooking'

Answer: bean sprouts


Question: 'A nit-picker might "split" them & a monster might make them "stand on end"'

Answer: hairs


Question: 'Tacoma's name was derived from Tahoma, an Indian name for this mountain'

Answer: Mount Rainier


Question: 'In September 1996 "The Drew Carey Show" began using a dance routine to this Vogues hit as its opening theme'

Answer: "Five O\' Clock World"


Question: 'When told she was going to have a child by Abraham, she "laughed within herself"'

Answer: Sarah


Question: 'The Urological Institute at Johns Hopkins came about through an endowment by this flashy 19th C. financier'

Answer: "Diamond Jim" Brady


Question: 'These beans resemble the human internal organs with which they share their name'

Answer: kidney beans


Question: 'An old proverb says "Many" these "make light work"'

Answer: hands


Question: 'The Brahmins are at the top of this hierarchical "system" most associated with India'

Answer: Caste system


Question: 'Eliot Ness was born in this city, where he would later rise to crimefighting fame'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Part of this sitcom's 100th episode, aired Nov. 11, 1997, was shot on location in Seattle'

Answer: Frasier


Question:
'Crimean War,
Boer War,
War of 1812'

Answer: 1812, Crimean, Boer


Question: 'We bet you never called this second wife "Dingbat"; pucker up for....'

Answer: Edith


Question: 'Porthos & his pals<br />            (10)'

Answer: Musketeers


Question: 'Brahmins who worship Vishnu practice this dietary habit, like George Bernard Shaw'

Answer: Vegetarianism


Question: 'The Untouchables were formed to harass this mobster kingpin'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Jason Alexander)  This actor co-starred with me on a sitcom called "E/R" before starring on the medical series "ER" "'

Answer: George Clooney


Question:
'Paul VI,
John Paul I,
Pius XII'

Answer: Pius, Paul, John Paul


Question: 'How about a game of "Black Jack" with this man you put in charge of U.S. forces in Europe?  Yes, it's....'

Answer: John J. Pershing


Question:
'Flirtatious
floozy
Flanders
            (4)'

Answer: Moll


Question: '"Brahmin" originally meant "prayer" in this ancient Hindu language'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: '"Wallpaper" Wolff, the last surviving Untouchable, helped this actor prepare to play Eliot Ness in the 1987 film'

Answer: Kevin Costner


Question: 'In May 1998 the final episode of this sitcom featured Julia Roberts falling for Frank Fontana'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question:
'Oklahoma statehood,
California statehood,
Nebraska statehood'

Answer: California, Nebraska, Oklahoma


Question: 'This foreign general ticked you off when he raided Columbus, New Mexico in 1916; Bienvenido a.....'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'We've seen "The Last Of" them<br />              (8)'

Answer: Mohicans


Question: 'This Brahmin who became India's first prime minister was called Pandit, or "teacher"'

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru


Question: 'Eliot Ness was hired by the Prohibition bureau in 1929, the same year as this holiday bloodletting'

Answer: The St. Valentine\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'Sam Neill played this whiz of a wizard in a 1998 miniseries'

Answer: Merlin


Question:
'Buddhism,
Islam,
Christianity'

Answer: Buddhism, Christianity, Islam


Question: 'No hard feelings, though this Socialist was only released from prison by your successor; welcome....'

Answer: Eugene V. Debs


Question: 'Transformation, for Kafka<br />             (13)'

Answer: Metamorphosis


Question: 'Traditionally, Brahmins are devoted to the study of these books, like the Atharva- & the Rig-'

Answer: Vedas


Question: 'The Untouchables cooperated with this government agency by providing confiscated mob account books'

Answer: IRS (Internal Revenue Service)


Question: 'This star of "Webster" was 16 years old when the series ended its 4-year run in 1987'

Answer: Emmanuel Lewis


Question:
'The Jackson administration,
The Fillmore administration,
The Buchanan administration'

Answer: Jackson, Fillmore, Buchanan


Question: 'Who could forget this VP's line about the country needing a good 5-cent cigar?  Say hi to....'

Answer: Thomas Marshall


Question: 'Rebecca resided there<br />             (9)'

Answer: Manderley


Question: 'This city was once known as Dong Kinh & to Europeans as Tonquin'

Answer: Hanoi, Vietnam


Question: 'Ellis Island opened Jan. 1, 1892 & the first immigrant was from County Cork on this island'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Between July 1954 & August 1955 this Memphis label released 5 Elvis Presley singles'

Answer: Sun Records


Question: 'Go this breed, which originated more than 5,000 years ago in Egypt to hunt deer, & leave the driving to us'

Answer: the greyhound


Question: 'The females of these insects suck the blood of humans & animals, transmitting diseases like yellow fever'

Answer: a mosquito


Question: 'Speculators were blamed for the 1929 stock market crash that marked the beginning of this decade-long calamity'

Answer: the Great Depression


Question: 'Congressional committee responsible for raising the money to fund the government'

Answer: Ways and Means


Question: 'In 1919 this auto company got a new president, son succeeding father, & raised its minimum wage to $6 a day'

Answer: Ford


Question: 'In 1990 Herb Alpert & Jerry Moss sold this label to Polygram for a sum said to be more than $500 million'

Answer: A&M Records


Question: 'In 1998 a canine of this breed, the world's smallest, became spokesdog for Taco Bell'

Answer: a Chihuahua


Question: 'New Mexico's Acoma people have this form of social organization with the mother as the head of the family'

Answer: matriarchy


Question: 'Napoleon's cannons usually get blamed, but the head of this huge statue near Giza was damaged long before him'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'The industry exposed by Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"'

Answer: meatpacking


Question: 'The Post Office began this service Jan. 1, 1913 & it was soon sending such objects as eggs, bricks & a 4-year-old girl'

Answer: parcel post


Question: 'In 1980 this DreamWorks SKG partner founded his own record label'

Answer: David Geffen


Question: 'The malamute is sometimes confused with this breed, seen here'

Answer: the Siberian husky


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew strikes a pose.)  I feel like Sarasvati or Lakshmi when I'm in the pose named for this type of being'

Answer: a (Hindu) goddess


Question: 'This song from the movie "South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut" garnered a 2000 Oscar nomination'

Answer: "Blame Canada"


Question: 'To blur by rubbing or to vilify by negative depiction'

Answer: smear


Question: 'This new Czech president began the 1990s with an amnesty for 3/4 of his country's prison inmates'

Answer: Havel


Question: 'While in India, George Harrison got the idea for this record label's mystical logo from a small tin box'

Answer: Dark Horse Records


Question: 'Both Yale's & the Univ. of Georgia's mascot, it's the large-headed Brit dog that's often born by caesarian section'

Answer: a bulldog


Question: 'An odalisque is a female slave or concubine in this women's residence whose name is Arabic for "forbidden"'

Answer: a harem


Question: 'In 1990 a flaw in this $1.5 billion piece of hardware was blamed on a spherical aberration in one of its mirrors'

Answer: the Hubble Telescope


Question: 'Union general in charge of the Army of the Potomac at the end of the U.S. Civil War'

Answer: Meade


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 1959, suddenly out of power, he fled Cuba for the Dominican Republic'

Answer: (Fulgencio) Batista


Question: 'In 1973 KISS became the first group to sign with this new label founded by Neil (not Humphrey) Bogart'

Answer: Casablanca Records


Question: 'Insert 2 letters into the name of a cute '70s movie pooch to know this breed seen here'

Answer: a basenji


Question: 'This term for a female cabaret singer comes from the French for "to sing"'

Answer: a chanteuse


Question: 'A January 1942 report faulted Gen. Walter Short & Admiral Husband Kimmel for the disastrousness of this event'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'Capable of allowing fluids to pass through it'

Answer: permeable


Question: 'A brutal 1959 mass murder was the basis of this Truman Capote nonfiction novel'

Answer: In Cold Blood


Question: 'His first animated cartoons were shown in Kansas City under the title "Laugh-O-Grams"; Mickey came later'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: 'Called the world's most famous grating cheese, it was first made in the area of Parma'

Answer: Parmesan


Question: 'It's a complete or partial loss of memory caused by... caused  by... I forget'

Answer: amnesia


Question: 'A battle to keep a girl from the clutches of Satan takes place in this William Peter Blatty novel that turned heads in '71'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: 'His professional directorial debut was the 24-minute short "Amblin'", shown at the Atlanta Film Festival in 1969'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin'

Answer: the 18th century (1793)


Question: 'The last act of this ballet is sometimes presented independently in one act as "Aurora's Wedding"'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'Tillamook is an American variety of this British cheese'

Answer: cheddar


Question: 'Wham-O introduced this in 1957 as the Pluto Platter'

Answer: a Frisbee


Question: 'In this Tom Robbins novel, Sissy Hankshaw is born with enormous thumbs & hitchhikes across America'

Answer: Even Cowgirls Get the Blues


Question: 'This great 1930s choreographer ended his career in 1962 with a circus flick, "Billy Rose's Jumbo"'

Answer: Busby Berkeley


Question: 'The King James version of the Bible is first published'

Answer: the 17th century (1611)


Question: 'Pat Garrett is one of the roles in this American ballet'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'This blue cheese comes from a village near the vineyards of Sauternes, its classic companion'

Answer: Roquefort


Question: 'Harlem's famed Apollo Theater originally featured this bawdy type of entertainment'

Answer: burlesque


Question: 'One of the 2 Erskine Caldwell novels of the 1930s that were censored for their portrayals of poor whites'

Answer: Tobacco Road (or God\'s Little Acre)


Question: 'Her many costume designs include the sarong worn by Dorothy Lamour & Redford & Newman's suits in "The Sting"'

Answer: Edith Head


Question: 'Martin Luther is excommunicated'

Answer: the 16th century (1521)


Question: 'This Nijinsky-choreographed ballet has 2 scenes: "Adoration of the Earth" & "The Sacrified"'

Answer: The Rite of Spring


Question: 'It's the only British blue cheese that has a certification trademark'

Answer: Stilton


Question: 'These primitive plants are usually grouped according to color: brown, red, blue-green, golden...'

Answer: algae


Question: 'This American's stories like "Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?" are in a style some have called K-Mart Realism'

Answer: Raymond Carver


Question: 'Alfred Uhry is the only person to win an Oscar for an adaptation of his own Pulitzer Prize-winning play--this one'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: 'The English defeat a vastly superior French force at Agincourt'

Answer: the 15th century (1415)


Question: 'This alliterative Jerome Robbins ballet focuses on 3 sailors on shore leave in New York'

Answer: Fancy Free


Question: 'This semi-hard cheese from Italy's Aosta Valley is traditionally dressed in a reddish-brown wax coat'

Answer: Fontina


Question: 'From the Latin for "messenger", the highest-ranking diplomatic representative of the pope is a "papal" this'

Answer: nuncio


Question: 'A memorial window near his grave at Winchester Cathedral was a gift from the fishermen of England & America'

Answer: Izaak Walton (author of The Compleat Angler)


Question: 'In addition to writing operettas with Sir William Gilbert, he also composed the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers"'

Answer: Arthur Sullivan


Question: 'Identical-looking boys trade places & a wacky mix-up ensues in this 1881 Twain novel'

Answer: "The Prince and the Pauper"


Question:
'Steve Young
(B.S. '83,
J.D. '94)'

Answer: Brigham Young University


Question: '"Sisters" actress Kurtz sashays down the aisle with "Dirty Dancing" Patrick & becomes...'

Answer: Swoosie Swayze


Question: 'Once he could be heard every weeknight announcing "Heeeeeeere's Johnny!"'

Answer: Ed McMahon


Question: 'It's the only Zodiac sign represented by an animal with a stinging tail'

Answer: Scorpion


Question: 'On the first day of its publication in 1859, all 1,250 copies of his "On the Origin of Species" sold out'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'In the "Continued" story of this fairy tale character, the Princess tells him, "Stop sticking your tongue out like that"'

Answer: "The Frog Prince"


Question: 'James Meredith & Trent Lott'

Answer: University of Mississippi


Question: 'If the queen of daytime talk married the "Seven Spiritual Laws" author, she'd have this rhyming name'

Answer: Oprah Chopra


Question: 'This former New York City mayor had a cameo role in the movie "The First Wives Club"'

Answer: Ed Koch


Question: 'The Earth probably passed through its tail during its 1910 visit'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'The Westminster Reference Library in London occupies the site where this scientist lived from 1710 to 1725'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'Barbra Streisand directed Nick Nolte in the film adaptation of this novel'

Answer: The Prince of Tides


Question: 'Woody Allen<br />(did not graduate)'

Answer: New York University


Question: 'Thurman's "Dangerous Liaisons" with "L'Etranger" Albert turn to wedded bliss & she is...'

Answer: Uma Camus


Question: 'He's won several Emmys for his "60 Minutes" reports, including one for his profile of Lena Horne'

Answer: Ed Bradley


Question: 'The train feathers of this bird's tail bear large blue & green eyespots called ocelli'

Answer: Peacock


Question: 'At his death in 1902, he left most of his fortune to establish a scholarship program to study at Oxford'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'The song "Two Princes" was on this band's "Pocket Full of Kryptonite" album'

Answer: The Spin Doctors


Question: 'Chester W. Nimitz<br />(Class of '05)'

Answer: U.S. Naval Academy


Question: 'Former TV "Angel" Smith ties the knot with House Judiciary Chair Henry & takes on this monstrous name'

Answer: Jaclyn Hyde


Question: 'He's credited with directing some of the worst movies of all time, including "Plan 9 From Outer Space"'

Answer: Ed Wood


Question: 'She "Tried what she could, as a shepherdess should, to tack" each tail back to its lamb'

Answer: Little Bo Peep


Question: 'In 1876 this prime minister was created Earl of Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria'

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli


Question: 'He won a Tony for producing "The Pajama Game" & one for directing "Cabaret"'

Answer: Hal Prince


Question: 'Stephen Hawking<br />(Ph.D., 1966)'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'If "Sister Act" star Goldberg wed British actor Peter, known for '60s horror films, she'd be...'

Answer: Whoopi Cushing


Question: 'His "87th Precinct" novels include "Kiss", "Widows" & "Lullaby"'

Answer: Ed McBain


Question: 'From the Latin for "to gnaw", it's the natural process by which material is worn away from the Earth's surface'

Answer: Erosion


Question: '"Joy to the World" was a No. 1 hit for this band in 1971'

Answer: Three Dog Night


Question: 'In Dickens' antonymic opening to "A Tale of Two Cities", "It was the spring of hope, it was" this season "of despair"'

Answer: Winter


Question: 'In 1960 its Bombay state was divided into 2 states, Gujarat & Maharashtra, to reflect their languages'

Answer: India


Question: 'This president was wounded during army action in Algeria in the 1950s'

Answer: Jacques Chirac


Question: 'Tectonics studies these rigid pieces of the Earth's crust that cover large areas'

Answer: Plates


Question: 'In 1995 Mary Ramsey replaced her as the lead singer of 10,000 Maniacs'

Answer: Natalie Merchant


Question: 'In 1998 Pres. Clinton said America was ending 3 decades of deficits as he welcomed this antonym'

Answer: Surplus


Question: 'The troubadours of the 1100s & 1200s wrote their poetry in Provencal, a dialect of this language'

Answer: French


Question: 'This prime minister earned his law degree from Laval University in Quebec City'

Answer: Jean Chretien


Question: 'A coral reef roughly parallel to a shore & separated from it by a lagoon; it may be a "Great" one'

Answer: Barrier reef


Question: 'Albums by this band include "Boy" & "Achtung Baby"'

Answer: U2


Question: '3-letter word whose antonyms include "ordinary" & "even"'

Answer: Odd


Question: 'In Belgium dialects of this language include Oost-Vlaams & West-Vlaams'

Answer: Flemish


Question: 'This president took power after the 1981 assassination of his predecessor'

Answer: Hosni Mubarak (of Egypt)


Question: 'Also called pergelisol, it's the perennially frozen subsoil of Arctic & subarctic regions'

Answer: Permafrost


Question: 'It's really just Trent Reznor as singer, guitarist & keyboardist for this band'

Answer: Nine Inch Nails


Question: 'Antonyms in the next line of the song heard here<br />("Karma karma karma karma karma chameleon, you...")'

Answer: Come and go


Question: 'It's the official language of Dominica in the West Indies'

Answer: English


Question: 'This president joined the Baath political party at an early age'

Answer: Hafez al-Assad (of Syria)


Question: 'It's Charles Frazier's bestseller about a wounded Confederate soldier struggling home'

Answer: "Cold Mountain"


Question: 'It's not the building where I keep my Perrier, it's the elevated tract of ground between 2 drainage areas'

Answer: Watershed


Question: 'The band Seven Mary Three got its name from motorcycle cop Jon Baker's call number on this '70s TV series'

Answer: CHiPs


Question: 'Until 1974 the theory of quarks posited 3 types: strange & these 2 directions'

Answer: Up & down


Question: 'Belorussian is also known by this "colorful" name'

Answer: White Russian


Question: 'This president visited the United States October 26 to November 3, 1997'

Answer: Jiang Zemin


Question: 'This Roman emperor who succeeded Caligula narrates 2 novels by Robert Graves'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'First uttered in 1962, this 3-word self-introduction tops Guinness' list of the most famous movie quotes ever'

Answer: \"Bond, James Bond\"


Question: 'After their second glider crashed at Kitty Hawk, it was back to the drawing board'

Answer: The Wright Brothers


Question: 'Four years before "Laugh-In", Jo Anne Worley understudied Carol Channing in this smash hit musical'

Answer: Hello, Dolly!


Question: 'The first mile of concrete paving was laid in 1909 along this "Motor City"'s Woodward Avenue'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Most of Copenhagen is on the island of Sjaelland, this country's most densely populated area'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'It's said that a Kansas City madam gave Charles Floyd this nickname, & he hated it'

Answer: "Pretty Boy"


Question: 'They're paired with aches<br />            (5)'

Answer: Pains


Question: 'On December 10, the king of Sweden awarded the first of these prizes'

Answer: Nobel Prizes


Question: 'Lainie Kazan not only played a showgirl in this show, she understudied Barbra Streisand'

Answer: Funny Girl


Question: 'He's in the record books for making the shortest manned space flight'

Answer: Alan Shepard


Question: 'It's known as "The Land of the Apennines"'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In September 1992, Gregory Kingsley, a 12-year-old Florida boy, was granted one of these from his parents'

Answer: Divorce


Question: 'A head rest<br />           (6)'

Answer: Pillow


Question: 'The Spindletop gusher in this state gave Standard Oil a competitor in the new Gulf Oil Company'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'John Cullum of "Northern Exposure" understudied Richard Burton in this 1960 musical'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'The battle in which this ship was nicknamed "Old Ironsides" lasted just 25 minutes'

Answer: The Constitution


Question: 'Politically, this country is divided into 7 provinces & Nairobi'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'Sounds of dental drills failed to budge this Branch Davidian leader from his compound'

Answer: David Koresh


Question: 'Where floats are flaunted<br />           (6)'

Answer: Parade


Question: 'Known by this name, Cornelius McGillicuddy became manager of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team'

Answer: Connie Mack


Question: 'Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward understudied in the original 1953 production of this William Inge play'

Answer: Picnic


Question: 'The penny-farthing was an old-fashioned one of these'

Answer: Bicycle


Question: 'In October 1956 the international city of Tangier became part of this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'In July 1993 the Israeli Supreme Court said John Demyanyuk might not be this infamous guard'

Answer: "Ivan the Terrible"


Question: 'Election before the election<br />           (7)'

Answer: Primary


Question: 'Andrew Carnegie sold his steel business to this new company'

Answer: U.S. Steel


Question: 'Richard Gere was an understudy in this musical set at Rydell High before he starred in it in London'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'It can be a bus for tourists or a private carriage for state occasions'

Answer: Coach


Question: 'The Bay of Ancon de Sardinas is shared by Colombia & this neighbor to the south'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'Collective name given to the group defended by William Kunstler & Leonard Weinglass in 1969 & 1970'

Answer: "Chicago Seven"


Question: 'A dog's descent<br />           (8)'

Answer: Pedigree


Question: 'After serving in Vietnam, he worked as a reporter for the Tennesseean newspaper'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'Listen to her marriage advice; this "dear" columnist has been married to Morton Phillips for over 50 years'

Answer: Abigail Van Buren


Question: 'This J.D. Salinger novel covers two days in the life of Holden Caufield'

Answer: Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'Beriberi was once a major problem in Asia because this grain was polished, removing vitamin B1'

Answer: Rice


Question: 'Louis XIII hunted little birds with falcons in what is now this Paris museum'

Answer: The Louvre


Question: 'Born in 1894, he grew up in Waukegan, Illinois, where he took violin lessons as a child'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'He was the first vice president who didn't go on to become president'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'The New Yorker called her "the premiere household hints columnist of all time"'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'At the end of "Moby Dick", this ship sinks & Ishmael is the lone survivor'

Answer: Pequod


Question: 'Though this mineral is needed for building bones & teeth, megadoses can cause extreme lethargy'

Answer: Calcium


Question: 'This country had rulers named Boleslaw the Bold, Boleslaw the Brave & Boleslaw the Wrymouthed'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'In the 1740s this Italian lover & adventurer was a violinist at the San Samueli Theater in Venice'

Answer: Casanova


Question: 'In 1993 this vice president under Carter was appointed ambassador to Japan'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'She & husband Tom bought 5 Iowa papers & locals can write to her new advice column'

Answer: Roseanne Arnold


Question: 'In a 1947 novelette, he told of a great pearl, how it was found & how it was lost again'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'Half a cup of cottage cheese has as much of this element linked to hypertension as 32 potato chips'

Answer: Sodium


Question: 'In 1960 this Belgian king married Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, a Spanish noblewoman'

Answer: Baudouin I


Question: 'The first U.S. president we know was a violinist'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Alaska's second most populous city is named for this man who was vice president from 1905-1909'

Answer: Charles Fairbanks


Question: 'Omar Sharif & Tannah Hirsch advise readers who play this game'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'Part of this poet's autobiography was reprinted in 1955 as "Prairie-Town Boy"'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'Sweet acidophilus milk contains bacteria that help break down this milk sugar'

Answer: Lactose


Question: 'Queen Mary, consort of this 20th century British king, had been his late brother's fiance'

Answer: George V


Question: 'This violinist, stricken with polio at age 4, was discovered in Israel by Ed Sullivan'

Answer: Itzhak Perlman


Question: 'This man who served under Lincoln was also the second Republican governor of Maine'

Answer: Hannibal Hamlin


Question: 'This "street" is Dan Dorfman's beat in USA Today'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'His story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", was first published in Cosmopolitan magazine in 1936'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'This mineral has an important role in the formation of myoglobin in muscles'

Answer: Iron


Question: 'She was the last queen of the Netherlands who was the daughter of a king'

Answer: Wilhelmina


Question: 'A documentary, "From Mao to Mozart", was made of his 1979 tour of China'

Answer: Isaac Stern


Question: 'On July 27, 1971 Richard Nixon gave her the first of the new U.S. dollar coins'

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower


Question: 'In December 2006 NASA announced that water may have flowed on this planet's surface within the past decade'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Its fast-acting formula "gets the red out"'

Answer: Visine


Question: 'You'll need one of these to change a tire'

Answer: a jack


Question: 'In 1953 he produced the first issue of Playboy for $10,000'

Answer: Hugh Hefner


Question: 'According to one legend, Oman was the home of this "Thousand and One Nights" sailor'

Answer: Sinbad


Question: 'This "colorful" branch of the Nile River begins at Lake Tana in Ethiopia'

Answer: the Blue


Question: 'In 1980 Hermes, one of these objects, came within 300,000 miles of the Earth'

Answer: an asteroid


Question: 'According to its website, "when you need better allergy relief, you need" this histamine blocker'

Answer: Benadryl


Question: 'In a famous 1858 speech, S.C. Sen. James Hammond said, "You dare not make war on cotton...Cotton is" this'

Answer: king


Question: 'No butts about it, David Caruso, Jimmy Smits & Dennis Franz turned the other cheek on this cop show'

Answer: NYPD Blue


Question: 'Ben Franklin said "There never was a good war or" one of these'

Answer: a bad peace


Question: 'In 1902 construction was completed on the first dam on the Nile, at this southern Egyptian city'

Answer: Aswan


Question: 'On Oct. 10, 1846, 17 days after the discovery of this planet, its largest moon, Triton, was discovered'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'Ooo...shouldn't have had that  fourth bowl of chili...now I need  this antacid that "spells relief"'

Answer: Rolaids


Question: 'In 2007 102-year-old Elsie McClean became the oldest person ever  to achieve one of these on a golf course'

Answer: an ace


Question: 'Kathleen Turner & Jerry Hall weren't clothes-minded playing Mrs. Robinson in the stage version of this 1967 film'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'This racquet sport was added to the Olympics in 1992'

Answer: badminton


Question: 'A center of Egypt's rice trade, this Nile delta city lends its name to an important translating "stone"'

Answer: the Rosetta Stone


Question: 'These solar discharges consisting of light, heat & cosmic rays may last up to an hour'

Answer: solar flares


Question: 'For a quick tan, pick up one of the self-tanning products sold under this  brand whose name means "bath of the sun"'

Answer: Bain du Soleil


Question: 'Juice Newton was "Playin' with" her, "knowin' it ain't really smart"'

Answer: the Queen of Hearts


Question: 'Trying to escape his teen-idol image, this "Partridge Family" star posed nude for Rolling Stone in 1972'

Answer: David Cassidy


Question: 'One of these critters appears on the state flag of Wisconsin'

Answer: a badger


Question: 'This ancient Greek historian called Egypt "the gift of the Nile"'

Answer: Herodotus


Question: 'In July 2005 scientists announced the discovery of Eris, a dwarf planet larger than Pluto, in this belt'

Answer: the Kuiper Belt


Question: 'Aveno's Balancing Bar contains this "finely milled" product to soothe & cleanse the skin; just don't eat it!'

Answer: oatmeal


Question: '40-40 at Wimbledon'

Answer: deuce


Question: 'It's the immodest title of the 1912 Marcel Duchamp painting seen here'

Answer: "Nude Descending A Staircase"


Question: 'Richard the Lionhearted had a favorite one of these minstrels named Blondel'

Answer: a troubadour


Question: 'In this country south of Egypt, the Atbara River joins the Nile as its last tributary'

Answer: Sudan


THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Bush Library.) I'm in a mock-up of Bush's Air Force One office.  The President banned this from the menu of the presidential jet, saying he hadn't liked it since his mother made him eat it'

Answer: broccoli


Question: 'In "Rhinestone" she turned Sly Stallone into a country singer'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'England's Henry VIII'

Answer: the 16th century


Question: 'It's estimated that the amount left by this fairy has grown from 25 cents to around $2 over the past 25 years'

Answer: the tooth fairy


Question: 'This treacherous pirate in "Treasure Island" has a pet parrot named Captain Flint'

Answer: Long John Silver


Question: 'Kids' story character who says, "The sky is falling! The sky is falling! A-wop-bop-a-loo-mop a-lop-bam-boom!"'

Answer: Chicken Little Richard


THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Question: '(Kelly  reports again from the Library.) As a pilot in this branch of the service, Bush was shot down near the island of Chichi Jima on Sept. 2, 1944, and rescued by the crew of the Finback'

Answer: the Navy


Question: 'Hats off to this singer who played the dad & horse rancher in 2006's "Flicka"'

Answer: Tim McGraw


Question: 'Germany's Wilhelm I'

Answer: the 19th century


Question: 'She appoints Jiminy Cricket Pinocchio's official conscience'

Answer: the Blue Fairy


Question: 'A gray spider named Charlotte brings about a series of miracles to keep this pig from the butcher's knife'

Answer: Wilbur


Question: 'A dangerous substance like asbestos that's a Madonna hit in which a "boy with the cold hard cash is...Mr. Right"'

Answer: hazardous Material Girl


THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Bush Library.) In the mid-1970s, George H.W. Bush served as chief U.S. liaison to this country that had just opened to the West. These bicycles were a gift from that nation'

Answer: the People\'s Republic of China


Question: 'He was the mean & abusive Doyle Hargraves in "Sling Blade"'

Answer: Dwight Yoakam


Question: 'France's Louis XV'

Answer: the 18th century


Question: 'In a famous ballet her dance is preceded by "The Waltz of the Flowers"'

Answer: the Sugarplum Fairy


Question: 'This ex-CIA agent who's in search of his identity has appeared in 3 novels by Robert Ludlum & 2 by Eric Van Lustbader'

Answer: (Jason) Bourne


Question: 'Run, run as fast as you can! You can't catch this folk tale play that ends with the death of Sir Thomas More'

Answer: A Gingerbread Man for All Seasons


THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Question: '(Jon reports again.) The Bush Library has a replica of the office at Camp David where on Feb. 1, 1992, President Bush & this Russian president pledged to end remnants of Cold War hostility'

Answer: Yeltsin


Question: 'How do you like him now, now that he made his film debut in 2006 as fading country star Bo Price in "Broken Bridges"'

Answer: Toby Keith


Question: 'England's William II'

Answer: the 11th century


Question: 'This fairy in "The Tempest" serves the magician Prospero without "grudge or grumblings"'

Answer: Ariel


Question: 'Tom Sawyer saw him murder Dr. Robinson in the cemetery & testified against him in court'

Answer: Injun Joe


Question: 'Aerosmith song that says, "She had the body of a Venus...imagine my surprise" & is a Disney movie about 2 dogs in love'

Answer: "Dude Looks Like A Lady and the Tramp"


THE GEORGE H.W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Question: '(Kelly reports one last time.) This teakwood gate was presented to George H.W. Bush by the emir of this country in appreciation for helping the country reclaim its freedom'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'In a 1969 film he showed some "True Grit" as John Wayne's young sidekick'

Answer: Glen Campbell


Question: 'Italy's Victor Emmanuel III (45 years of it)'

Answer: the 20th century


Question: 'This fairy of Irish legend has long, streaming hair & fiery red eyes from continual wailing'

Answer: a banshee


Question: 'This E.L. Doctorow title character joins Dutch Schultz's gang as a 15-year-old in 1930s New York City'

Answer: Billy Bathgate


Question: 'Collaboration between Milan Kundera & Jean-Paul Sartre on a massive treatise about existentialism'

Answer: The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Nothingness


Question: 'One description of it said its "spokes look like cobwebs; they are after the fashion of those on the newest...bicycles"'

Answer: the Ferris Wheel


Question: 'If ever a whiz of a wiz there was, it's this Tolkien wise guy who gets promoted from "the Grey" to "the White"'

Answer: Gandalf


Question: 'Schweinknochel, a German favorite, are this animal's knuckles'

Answer: a pig


Question: 'In 2010 this Lakers guard became the youngest player in NBA history to reach 25,000 points'

Answer: Kobe Bryant


Question: 'Don't do a spit take & say, "Tuition's $37,380 at" this school?  "Nearby Palo Alto is great, but that's a cardinal sin"'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'Trademark name for a plastic concave throwing disk; "plastic concave throwing disk", not as catchy a name'

Answer: a Frisbee


Question: 'J.T. outwitted, outplayed & outlasted Stephen & all the rest to win $1 mil. on the Tocantins edition of this show'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'Gildor & Glorfindel are 2 of these immortal creatures, but they don't work for Keebler'

Answer: elves


Question: 'Ocean Spray makes Cran-Cherry, Cran-Grape & Cran-this variety of orange'

Answer: tangerine


Question: 'On Forbes' 2008 list of the World's Most Powerful Women, this then Secretary of State ranked seventh'

Answer: Condoleezza Rice


Question: 'Don't bust into Urban Meyer's office at this school & scream, "I wanna start at quarterback like Tim Tebow!"'

Answer: the University of Florida


Question: 'A popular 1960s hairdo, or habitation for an insect'

Answer: a beehive


Question: 'In 2010 siblings Dan & Jordan hit the finish line in San Francisco to win this CBS show's $1 million prize'

Answer: The Amazing Race


Question: 'Tolkien's name for the "Black Land", the home of the bad guys'

Answer: Mordor


Question: 'Crudites are generally served with this 3-letter item, like baba ganoush or aioli'

Answer: a dip


Question: 'Of that bus incident in 1955, she once said, "All I was doing was trying to get home from work"'

Answer: (Rosa) Parks


Question: 'Make sure to put "the" before the rest of the name of this Big 10 university in Columbus'

Answer: The Ohio State University


Question: 'This paging device was invented around 1950 with doctors in mind'

Answer: a beeper


Question: 'Captain Sig Hansen led the crew of the Northwestern on this Discovery Channel show; my fishing's a lot less risky'

Answer: Deadliest Catch


Question: 'Tolkien insisted on spelling this plural with a "ves", not an "fs" as in a 1937 Disney fairy tale title'

Answer: dwarves


Question: 'In 2010 Wendy's introduced natural-cut these with the skins on, sprinkled with sea salt'

Answer: (french) fries


Question: 'The first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize, Gwendolyn Brooks won in this category in 1950'

Answer: Poetry


Question: 'Don't ask why this state university would "volunteer" to change its name from Blount College'

Answer: Tennessee University


Question: 'Someone no longer popular or useful; it's better than a never-was'

Answer: a has-been


Question: 'In 2010 Bravo's "Real Housewives of" this California city included Kim Richards, from 1975's "Escape to Witch Mountain"'

Answer: Beverly Hills


Question: 'Tolkien used this Old English word for "monster" as a synonym for "goblin"'

Answer: orc


Question: 'Meaning "fresh" in Spanish, this grapefruit soda was introduced in the 1960s'

Answer: Fresca


Question: 'This astronomer & mathematician helped survey the land that became Washington, D.C.'

Answer: (Benjamin) Banneker


Question: 'If you're a guy, be prepared for odd looks when you visit this Mass. school where Gloria Steinem went'

Answer: Smith


Question: 'It's the 700-square-mile lake highlighted here'

Answer: Lake Okeechobee


Question: 'In 2009 this TLC couple was "Plus 8" & plus a few domestic issues'

Answer: Jon & Kate (Gosselin)


Question: 'John XII was only about 18 when he was elected to this office in 955--that's a big step up from altar boy'

Answer: Pope


Question: 'A trombone provided the "mwa-mwa-mwa" adult voices in the animated versions of this Charles Schulz comic strip'

Answer: Peanuts


Question: 'This African capital's environs include Gezira & Roda, 2 islands in the Nile'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'I work as one of these, carrying clubs around the Shinnecock Hills Golf Course'

Answer: a caddie


Question: 'Hg, its chemical symbol, is derived from the Latin hydrargyrum, "liquid silver"'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'You use this letter to delete something, or to sign a document in place of your name'

Answer: X


Question: 'In 2005 CT scans confirmed that this "boy king" was about 19 when he was mummified'

Answer: Tutankhamen


Question: 'Hannah Montana's grandmother (Vicki Lawrence) is always feudin' with Hannah's godmother (her)'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'In 1857 this city was chosen to be the capital of what was then the United Provinces of Canada'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'I dream up flavors like "Imagine Whirled Peace" for this "Vermont's Finest" ice cream company'

Answer: Ben & Jerry\'s