Question: 'In January 1997 he bid a tearful farewell after almost 15 years as "Today" Show co-host'

Answer: Bryant Gumbel


Question: 'When a simple salad won't do, a cannibal might feed on "Hearts of" this tree'

Answer: Palm


Question: 'Encarta says this Massachusetts school has the largest private endowment of any university in the world'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'It's the contraction for "am not" & it is in the dictionary'

Answer: Ain\'t


Question: 'A popular performer at aquariums, this dolphin is named for the shape of its snout'

Answer: Bottlenose dolphin


Question: 'In 1826 this Low Country established its first tea plantations on Java'

Answer: The Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'Formerly Rhoda's sister Brenda, Julie Kavner now provides the voice of this Simpson matriarch'

Answer: Marge Simpson


Question: 'After a hard day, a cannibal might kick off his shoes & dine on filet of this fish'

Answer: Sole


Question: 'This Baltimore university is noted for its medical school & the Peabody Conservatory of Music'

Answer: Johns Hopkins


Question: 'Under calmer circumstances, this interjection is a word for the male human being'

Answer: Man!


Question: 'These swift felines of Africa & Asia are also known as "hunting leopards"'

Answer: Cheetahs


Question: 'Before the Battle of Trafalgar, he told his fleet, "England expects every man will do his duty"'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'In 1996 Anthony Edwards & Eric Roberts starred in a TV adaptation of this Truman Capote tale'

Answer: In Cold Blood


Question: 'A well-stocked cannibal kitchen would be armed with this tubular pasta, a favorite with cannibal kids'

Answer: Elbow macaroni


Question: 'This university near Palo Alto, California was founded by a railroad magnate & named for his son'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'This expression of gratitude also refers to one's grateful feelings'

Answer: Thanks


Question: 'The name of this graceful antelope may remind you of a classic Chevy'

Answer: Impala


Question: 'Stephen I, the son of a Magyar prince, became king of this country in 1000 A.D.'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Premiering in 1997 & set in a California coastal community, it's Aaron Spelling's first daytime soap'

Answer: Sunset Beach


Question: 'For dessert a cannibal might indulge on ice cream & this delicate sponge cake shaped like a feminine digit'

Answer: Ladyfingers


Question: 'This Canadian region's Aurora College, formerly Arctic College, has its main campus in Yellowknife'

Answer: Northwest Territories


Question: 'This slang noun for a painful injury comes from what you say when you get hurt'

Answer: Ouch


Question: 'These Arctic rodents famous for their mass migrations are a favorite food of the snowy owl'

Answer: Lemmings


Question: 'In 1920 the League of Nations gave this country a mandate to administer the territory of Namibia'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'From 1985 to 1992 Richard Dean Anderson played this resourceful agent for the Phoenix Foundation'

Answer: MacGyver


Question: 'A favorite among cannibals is this sausage or jellied meat called fromage de tete in France'

Answer: Head cheese


Question: 'This country had no university until 1986, when Sultan Qaboos University opened in the Muscat area'

Answer: Oman


Question: 'An expression of disdain, or a "Bear of very little brain"'

Answer: Pooh


Question: 'Molly Ringwald played Cordelia in Jean-Luc Godard's unique version of this tragedy'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'The addition of chromium to this alloy makes it extra strong & "stainless"'

Answer: Steel


Question: 'This Spaniard painted religious works like the "Madonna of Port-Lligat" & those famous melting watches'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: '"Pehea oe?" means "How are you?" in this language spoken in the 50th state'

Answer: Hawaiian


Question: 'Mark Twain used the tall tale form in his book about "Life on" this river'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'As this substance is denser than the human body, you may drown in it, but you won't sink'

Answer: Quicksand


Question: 'He took time off from playing Barney Fife to hook the title role in "The Incredible Mr. Limpet"'

Answer: Don Knotts


Question: 'Amalgams are alloys of this liquid metal combined with other metals'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'In 1892 this French artist painted the nightclub waltzers seen here:'

Answer: Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'This language whose native speakers call it Svensk has some loanwords from French'

Answer: Swedish


Question: 'He wrote "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys" to capitalize on the success of "The Scarlet Letter"'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'In the 1980s the Supreme Court approved the use of these in hiring to remedy past discrimination'

Answer: Quotas


Question: 'In a 1975 film Sally Kellerman & Mackenzie Phillips are the "Gold Dust Twins" who kidnap this title character'

Answer: Rafferty


Question: 'The pewter used to make bowls & tea services is at least 90% this metal'

Answer: Tin


Question: '"The Oxbow" is one of the most famous paintings produced by this Landscape "school" named for a river'

Answer: Hudson River School


Question: 'It's the language you'd expect a native Rhodian to speak'

Answer: Greek (island of Rhodes)


Question: 'He described the setting of "Cannery Row" as "A poem, a stink...a habit, a nostalgia, a dream"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'For convicted British traitors of yore, this procedure followed drawing, or disembowelment'

Answer: Quartering


Question: 'Francis Ford Coppola followed "The Godfather" with this film starring Gene Hackman as a wiretapper'

Answer: The Conversation


Question: 'Francois Boucher, known for his portraits of Mme. de Pompadour, was named first painter to this king in 1765'

Answer: Louis XV


Question: 'Mazovian is one of the major dialects of this eastern European language'

Answer: Polish


Question: 'The books of his "U.S.A." trilogy contain "newsreels" made up of headlines & catchphrases'

Answer: John Dos Passos


Question: '[Hello, I'm Robin Quivers]  This marquess who wrote a set of boxing rules also helped bring down Oscar Wilde'

Answer: Marquess of Queensbury


Question: 'The title character of this 1991 Coen Brothers film is a caricature of writer Clifford Odets'

Answer: Barton Fink


Question: 'This famous series of paintings by Edward Hicks depicts animals living together in peace & harmony'

Answer: "Peaceable Kingdom"


Question: 'Hiligaynon, a Bisayan language of this country, is closely related to Tagalog'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'He wrote the short story "Nightfall", a science fiction classic, in 1941 when he was 21 years old'

Answer: Isaac Asimov


Question: 'Some of these objects are the size of one solar system, but brighter than a thousand galaxies'

Answer: Quasars


Question: 'Inductees into the Hall of Fame for these include Bob Keeshan, Oleg Popov & Red Skelton'

Answer: Clowns


Question: 'It's popularly referred to as "Chicken of the Sea"'

Answer: Tuna


Question: 'In Muay Thai, the Thai form of this western sport, kicking is allowed'

Answer: Boxing


Question: 'In various versions of this film, Gene Kelly, Don Ameche & Chris O'Donnell have been d'Artagnan'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'A French scientist suggested using wood as a paper source after watching these insects make it'

Answer: Wasps


Question: 'It's not stolen money, my Lord, this instrument heard here is an old relative of the guitar:'

Answer: Lute


Question: 'Mr. Gifford, or his hot dog'

Answer: Frank


Question: 'It's the traditional meat for a gyro sandwich'

Answer: Lamb


Question: 'The largest land mammal in Thailand, the shape of the country looks like its head, in profile'

Answer: Elephant


Question: 'What a rip-off!  Joanne Woodward won only one Oscar for this 1957 film'

Answer: Three Faces of Eve


Question: 'Lily pads must have made une impression on him, as this man painted over 200 versions of them'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'The chevalier must have brought this instrument; its name is Old French for "small drum":'

Answer: Tambourine


Question: 'It's also called the crazy bone, which sounds "humerus" to us'

Answer: Funny bone


Question: 'In 1998 Barq's, a brand of this beverage, celebrates its 100th birthday'

Answer: Root beer


Question: 'At a Thai restaurant you may wimp out & say, "Mai phet, farang", meaning "Not" this, "I'm a foreigner"'

Answer: Spicy


Question: 'Rene Russo is Mel Gibson's love interest in this 1992 sequel'

Answer: Lethal Weapon 3


Question: 'Everything was shipshape, but no one was home when this ghost ship was boarded in 1872'

Answer: The Mary Celeste


Question: 'Apprentice, wake thy knight, these instruments being struck announce the day:'

Answer: Bells


Question: 'Any Quaker, whether or not he's your buddy'

Answer: Friend


Question: 'Of Turkish origin, the confection called halvah is made from these seeds & honey'

Answer: Sesame seeds


Question: 'The tuk-tuk, a motorized transport, costs less than a taxi, maybe because it only has this many wheels'

Answer: 3


Question: 'This 1954 film set in Rome featured a Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn title song'

Answer: Three Coins in the Fountain


Question: 'Some members of these Melanesian "cults" await consumer goods that will be sent by supernatural forces'

Answer: Cargo cults


Question: 'I'll announce your arrival at the joust, my liege, with a coiled one of the instruments heard here:'

Answer: Trumpet


Question: 'To struggle helplessly, like a certain flatfish'

Answer: Flounder


Question: 'This popular coffee liqueur is produced in the Mexican town of Ramos Arizpe'

Answer: Kahlua


Question: 'First name of the famous Western governess of King Rama IV's son'

Answer: Anna


Question: 'Sissy Spacek, Shelley Duvall & Janice Rule were this 1977 Robert Altman title trio'

Answer: Three Women


Question: 'This lieutenant colonel led the British forces in the battle that began the French & Indian War'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Drink some mead, young squire, & sing along with this rhyme time instrument heard here:'

Answer: Hurdy gurdy


Question: 'Some guitarists "worry" about these ridges on their fingerboards'

Answer: Frets


Question: 'These wingless bloodsuckers often infest sleeping quarters; don't let 'em bite!'

Answer: Bedbugs


Question: 'This "Little House on the Prairie" chick once served as poultry editor for the St. Louis Star'

Answer: Laura Ingalls Wilder


Question: 'This synonym for "fundamental" is the name of a common beginner's programming language'

Answer: Basic


Question: 'In 1918 this automaker bought the Deaborn Independent, calling it the "chronicler of neglected truth"'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'On Feb. 29, 1932 this Manassa Mauler KOed 2 men in less than 3 minutes in an exhibition match'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question: 'The original draft for this read, "We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable"'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'The woolly bear caterpillar grows up to be the Isabella tiger species of this insect'

Answer: Moth


Question: 'In her 1995 memoir "Angels Don't Die", she paid tribute to her father, Ronald Reagan'

Answer: Patti Davis


Question: 'Digital computers use this number system in which the decimal number 12 becomes 1100'

Answer: Binary


Question: 'Ralph Capone was an important figure in organized crime, like this brother whom he survived'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'Named 1971's best amateur athlete in the U.S. on Feb. 29, 1972, he went on to win 7 Olympic gold medals'

Answer: Mark Spitz


Question: 'In a 1774 letter this king wrote, "The die is now cast, the colonies must either submit or triumph"'

Answer: George III


Question: 'This African mammal is named for the distinctive features seen here in close-up:'

Answer: Warthog


Question: 'Like her "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", her 1997 novel "Perfidia" was inspired by a real murder case'

Answer: Judith Rossner


Question: 'From Greek for "to hide", it's putting a message in secret code'

Answer: Encrypting


Question: 'In her lifetime, this dollar coin suffragette's autograph was traded much like baseball cards today'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'On Feb. 29, 1972 he signed a new contract with Atlanta making him the highest paid player in baseball'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'In 1783 Benjamin Franklin wrote to Josiah Quincy, "There never was a good war or a bad" one of these'

Answer: Peace


Question: 'The "straw-necked" type of this wading bird isn't as well-known as the "sacred" or the "scarlet"'

Answer: Ibis


Question: 'The name of this late "Petals on the Wind" author is now a registered trademark'

Answer: V.C. Andrews


Question: 'This term for diplomatic procedure also refers to an agreed format for data to be communicated'

Answer: Protocol


Question: 'Losing sight in the eye meant she couldn't perform surgery, but she became the USA's first woman doctor'

Answer: Elizabeth Blackwell


Question: 'Dick Button won the world figure skating title Feb. 29, 1952, 8 days after his Olympic gold in this Norway city'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'In "The American Crisis", he wrote, "A bad cause will ever be supported by bad means and bad men"'

Answer: Thomas Paine


Question: 'Sadly, the black-footed type of this small member of the weasel family is endangered'

Answer: Ferret


Question: 'In a 1916 story this "Little Lord Fauntleroy" author revealed "The Way to the House of Santa Claus"'

Answer: Francis Hodgson Burnett


Question: 'This powerful operating system from Bell Labs replaced an earlier system called Multics'

Answer: Unix


Question: 'A famous Broadway theater & the alley it's on bear the name of these producer brothers'

Answer: Shubert


Question: 'On Feb. 29, 1980 this 51-year-old ex-Red Wing scored his 800th NHL goal'

Answer: Gordie Howe


Question: 'Defending British soldiers for the Boston Massacre, he said, "Facts are stubborn things"'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'It began in the early 1980s as Club des Talons Hauts, a stilt-walking troupe'

Answer: Cirque du Soleil


Question: 'A frigid state capital:<br />3,248 square miles'

Answer: Juneau, Alaska


Question: 'Kevin Spacey played this evangelist in a TV movie (Bernadette Peters co-starred as Tammy Faye)'

Answer: Jim Bakker


Question: 'This president disapproved of slavery but approved of his slave Sally Hemings'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Ratatosk, a messenger of Norse myth, was one of these animals & ran up & down Yggdrasil, a giant tree'

Answer: Squirrel


Question: 'After meeting the pieman, this nursery rhyme character goes fishing for a whale'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'You'll find this "big top" casino in Las Vegas'

Answer: Circus Circus


Question: 'An Austin campus:<br />over 410 acres'

Answer: University of Texas


Question: 'She starred as a rookie cop in the 1977 TV series "Dog and Cat" 20 years before "L.A. Confidential"'

Answer: Kim Basinger


Question: 'On October 16, 1859 this man & his followers seized a U.S. arsenal in what is now West Virginia'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'If Romulus did a "Got Milk?" ad, he'd talk about this animal who suckled him & Remus'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'One of these ratios is simple if both its numerator & denominator are whole numbers'

Answer: Fraction


Question: 'It was the nickname of designer Chanel'

Answer: Coco


Question: 'An independent European country:<br />109 acres'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'His "Glory" days were yet to come when he played Dr. Philip Chandler on "St. Elsewhere"'

Answer: Denzel Washington


Question: 'He founded a "City of Little Men" on December 12, 1917 in Omaha, Nebraska'

Answer: Father Flanagan


Question: 'In Incan myth, it was this South American camel relative that warned man about the impending flood'

Answer: Llama


Question: 'The simple type of this is computed on only the principal of a loan'

Answer: Interest


Question: 'This city of southeast Washington state was founded in 1856 at the site of an old Army fort'

Answer: Walla Walla


Question:
'The region seen here:
345,000 square miles
(in northern Europe)'

Answer: Scandinavia


Question: 'She played a teenage vamp on "As The World Turns" before "My Cousin Vinny" won her an Oscar'

Answer: Marisa Tomei


Question: '"The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune", said this aviator in 1928'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'The Zuni believe that when the kachina Paiyatemu played the flute, these insects fluttered into existence'

Answer: Butterflies


Question: 'This grammatical unit can be simple, compound or complex'

Answer: Sentence


Question: 'It's the third name in Idi Amin's full name'

Answer: Dada


Question: 'An Asian desert:<br />500,000 square miles'

Answer: Gobi Desert


Question: 'In 1985 this future "Howards End" star was starring onstage in London in the musical "Me and My Girl"'

Answer: Emma Thompson


Question: 'Later a Clinton cabinet member, he was the mayor of San Antonio, Texas from 1981 to 1989'

Answer: Henry Cisneros


Question: 'Island on which Theseus slew the Minotaur'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'This 1984 homage to film noir was the Coen Brothers' first film'

Answer: Blood Simple


Question: 'This singer's only No. 1 hit in the U.S. was "To Sir With Love" in 1967'

Answer: Lulu


Question: 'This Seville strumpet seduces her soldier by singing a seguidilla'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'This 1897 novel contains the line "At sunrise the Count could appear in his own form"'

Answer: "Dracula"


Question: 'Laverne De Fazio'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: '"Gay" or not, it's Spanish for gentleman'

Answer: Caballero


Question: 'Organized combat between 2 mounted knights trying to unseat each other with blunted lances'

Answer: Jousting


Question: 'It was built before 2400 B.C. & rose to a height of 481 feet'

Answer: Great Pyramid of Cheops


Question: 'Mephistopheles celebrates human greed in the "Song of the Golden Calf" from this Gounod opera'

Answer: "Faust"


Question: 'This 14th century work is divided into 3 sections: "Inferno", "Purgatorio" & "Paradiso"'

Answer: "The Divine Comedy"


Question: 'Agent 99'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'It's the droning organism seen here:<br />(locust relative)'

Answer: Cicada


Question: 'Painted on his shield & surcoat, it was a knight's only recognizable feature when his face was covered'

Answer: Coat of arms


Question: 'It was the "gift" given to the Trojans by the "retreating" Greeks around 1240 B.C.'

Answer: Trojan Horse


Question: 'He composed the following song sung by Siegmund:'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'Dickens said this title character was "born at Blunderstone, in Suffolk" as a "posthumous child"'

Answer: "David Copperfield"


Question: 'Martin Crane'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'The ability of blood to clot or become semisolid is known as this'

Answer: Coagulation


Question: 'A favorite of medieval knights, it's the armor-breaking weapon seen here:'

Answer: Mace


Question: 'This religious figure began teaching his new doctrines in the Ganges River Valley around 528 B.C.'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'The title of this famed aria from "Rigoletto" is translated as "woman is fickle"'

Answer: "La Dona e Mobile"


Question: 'This 1861 George Eliot novel is subtitled "The Weaver of Raveloe"'

Answer: "Silas Marner"


Question: 'Erica Kane'

Answer: All My Children


Question: 'Used as an artificial diamond, it's made from the element symbolized Zr'

Answer: Cubic zirconia


Question: 'Serious military training as a knight began when a page became one of these in his teens'

Answer: Squire


Question: 'In 60 B.C. the Triumvirate was formed by Crassus, Pompey & this man'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'An aria in "H.M.S. Pinafore" declares, "I'm called Little" this, "though I could never tell why"'

Answer: Buttercup


Question: 'At the beginning of Orwell's "Animal Farm", Major Snowball & Napoleon are pigs who live on this farm'

Answer: Manor Farm


Question: 'Carlton the Doorman'

Answer: Rhoda


Question: 'According to yoga philosophy, they are the "wheels" of spiritual energy in the human body'

Answer: Chakras


Question: 'From French for "to compose", it's the name of the poet-musicians who sang of the adventures of heroic knights'

Answer: Troubadours


Question: 'This "father" began his influential "history" around 443 B.C.'

Answer: Herodotus


Question: 'This politician adopted his last name from a southern California beach & surfing community'

Answer: Governor Jesse Ventura


Question: 'She remarked on her "Grandmother's" tooth size'

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood


Question: 'They ensnare their prey in silk, then finish them off with poison-dispensing fangs'

Answer: Spiders


Question: 'This murder weapon could also light up the table in the dining room'

Answer: Candlestick


Question: 'Transparent, as a blouse'

Answer: See-through


Question: 'Perhaps this nickname for Alcatraz came from the composition of the island'

Answer: "The Rock"


Question: '"A Midsummer Night's Dream" includes the line "The course of" this "never did run smooth"'

Answer: True love


Question: 'The English name of this hooded snake is from Portuguese for "snake with a hood"'

Answer: Cobra


Question: 'Types of bear include the brown, black & this one whose name means "streaked with gray"'

Answer: Grizzly


Question: 'In the 1985 film based on Clue, this "Rocky Horror" actor played Wadsworth the butler'

Answer: Tim Curry


Question: 'It completes a tennis or a golf stroke'

Answer: Follow-through


Question: 'John Belushi's alter ego Joliet Jake Blues served time in this state's Joliet Pen'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'To be sure, one of his soliloquies begins, "How all occasions do inform against me"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'According to his TV theme, he's "feared by the bad, loved by the good"'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'To smaller birds, the sharp-shinned type of this predator is as menacing as its name'

Answer: Hawk


Question: 'It's the main claim to fame of Anthony E. Pratt, a fire warden in Leeds, England'

Answer: He invented the game ("Cluedo")


Question: 'A significant advance in science, like the polio vaccine'

Answer: Breakthrough


Question: 'The New York prison in this town has the singsong name Sing Sing'

Answer: Ossining


Question: 'She persuades her husband to kill Duncan'

Answer: Lady Macbeth


Question: 'It's the British term for the hood of a car; hopefully there are no bees in it'

Answer: Bonnet


Question: 'This carnivorous member of the sundew family is native only to a small area of the Carolinas'

Answer: Venus Flytrap


Question: 'He's the only academic among the 6 suspects'

Answer: Professor Plum


Question: 'A triple alliterative expression for when someone sticks with you in difficult times'

Answer: "Through thick & thin"


Question: 'A U.S. Army colonel left this name on a Kansas fort, the town near it & the prison there'

Answer: Leavenworth


Question: 'In this play Gratiano has the last speech; Portia has the next to last'

Answer: "The Merchant of Venice"


Question: 'Hoodman blind is another name for this game'

Answer: Blind Man\'s Bluff


Question: 'Pigs may be infected with trichinella spiralis, which causes this disease in humans'

Answer: Trichinosis


Question: 'In the U.S. version, the game of Clue starts when this man is found dead in his mansion'

Answer: Mr. Boddy


Question: 'Having undergone a difficult experience, like a wet sock in an old washing machine'

Answer: "Going through the wringer"


Question: 'American P.O.W.s called North Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison this after the hotels known for better accommodations'

Answer: "The Hanoi Hilton"


Question: 'The 1995 film of this play includes the following:'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'In 1981 this country formally annexed the Golan Heights, land it had held militarily since 1967'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'George Martin, often called a fifth member of this group, can be heard playing keyboard on "In My Life"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Texarkana, Texas was incorporated in 1874; Texarkana in this state wasn't incorporated until 1880'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'His early career was so "Rocky" he had to sweep out the lion cages at the Central Park Zoo'

Answer: Sylvester Stallone


Question: 'In Germany this beverage is made of malt, hops, yeast & water & nothing else'

Answer: Beer


Question: 'The 1997 Greater L.A. edition has 17 columns of Smiths & 20 columns of Rodriguezes'

Answer: Telephone book


Question: 'Magellan visited these islands in 1521; MacArthur visited them in 1942, then returned in 1944'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'Known for his "Wall of Sound", he returned like a "ghost" with the 1991 compilation "Back to Mono"'

Answer: Phil Spector


Question: 'The town of Speedway lies within this Midwest capital'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: 'The Fabulous Baker Boys might know she was a supermarket checker before becoming a superstar'

Answer: Michelle Pfeiffer


Question: 'This Mexican dish made with mashed avocados can be used as a dip, a sauce or a topping'

Answer: Guacamole


Question: 'It can mean an insect or a person who devours volumes'

Answer: Bookworm


Question: 'After a 22-year reign, this country's Queen Christina abdicated June 6, 1654'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'He produced the all-time bestselling pop album by a single artist'

Answer: Quincy Jones (for Michael Jackson\'s "Thriller")


Question: 'This California city hosts America's oldest continuously running jazz festival'

Answer: Monterey


Question: 'The perfect comic "foil", this actor who played Young Frankenstein was once a fencing instructor'

Answer: Gene Wilder


Question: 'This dish whose name comes from French for "to puff up" must be served the instant it comes out of the oven'

Answer: Souffle


Question: 'Bob Hoskins' father was a bookkeeper & Peter O'Toole's father had this "racier" profession'

Answer: Bookmaker/bookie


Question: 'The 1842 Treaty of Nanking ended the first of these "drug" wars'

Answer: Opium Wars


Question: 'Glen Ballard co-wrote as well as produced this smash hit album by Alanis Morissette'

Answer: "Jagged Little Pill"


Question: 'Now the second largest, Nashua is predicted to become this New England state's largest city by the year 2000'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'This late comedian was once a Pentecostal preacher:'

Answer: Sam Kinison


Question: 'Risotto Alla Milanese gets its golden color from this expensive spice'

Answer: Saffron


Question: 'Aimed at women, it's the biggest-selling U.S. magazine that fits the category'

Answer: Redbook


Question: 'In 1959 a disgruntled Buddhist monk assassinated this country's PM Solomon Bandaranaike'

Answer: Ceylon/Sri Lanka


Question: 'Appropriately, disco giant Nile Rodgers of Chic produced this man's 1983 album "Let's Dance"'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'The playing field for a popular outdoor game gave this Kentucky city its name'

Answer: Bowling Green


Question: 'He used to be a cab driver in London; now he's Bond...James Bond'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: 'This English blue cheese is named for a small village in Huntingdonshire where it was first sold'

Answer: Stilton


Question: 'The 1954 work "Seduction of the Innocent" blamed these publications for corrupting America's youth'

Answer: Comic books


Question: '1 of the 3 women in the only statue that depicts women in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott and/or Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Question: 'Michelle LaVaughn Robinson'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'Will Ferrell & Brad Pitt square off in this super story (well, their voices do)'

Answer: Megamind


Question: 'It's the answer to the riddle, "What weighs more, a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers?"'

Answer: neither (they weigh the same)


Question: 'Despite its name, this dog breed began in Germany'

Answer: the Great Dane


Question: 'In 1636 Thomas Hooker, a Congregationalist minister, founded what would be this capital of Connecticut'

Answer: Hartford


Question: 'From the Latin for "cup", a chanterelle is one of these edible fungi'

Answer: a mushroom


Question: 'Martha Dandridge'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'This third entry in the "Twilight" saga occluded screens in June'

Answer: Eclipse


Question: 'She weighs in at 225 tons, including 125 tons of steel & 31 tons of copper'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'The California spangled cat was created by a breeder inspired by the sight of these wild African felines'

Answer: a leopard


Question: 'This "Big Island" was formed by 5 volcanoes, 2 of which are still active'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'To cachinnate is to do this loudly, maybe while watching your favorite sitcom'

Answer: laugh


Question: 'Dolley Payne'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'John Malkovich trains the Triple Crown-winning title star in this animal biopic'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'Known as the Super Stallion, the Sikorsky CH-53E one of these is capable of lifting 16 tons'

Answer: helicopter


Question: 'Descended from the water spaniel, this "precious" breed can be quite fetching'

Answer: golden retriever


Question: 'This world capital lies about 100 miles south of Key West, Florida'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'A snaste is this part of a candle after it's been snuffed'

Answer: the wick


Question: 'Mamie Geneva Doud'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Bruce Willis & Morgan Freeman are retired assassins in this "colorful" spy drama'

Answer: RED


Question: 'A cleaning of this Michelangelo statue showed that under 6 tons of dead weight, his ankles are weakening'

Answer: David


Question: 'Germans object to this edible alternate name for the dachshund'

Answer: a wiener dog (or sausage dog)


Question: 'Ho Chi Minh's remains are on display in a mausoleum in Ba Dinh Square in this Vietnamese city'

Answer: Hanoi


Question: 'A katana is a single-edged one of these used by a samurai'

Answer: a sword


Question: 'Edith Bolling'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'Noah Ringer stars as the avatar (no, not that avatar) in this live-action adaptation of an animated TV series'

Answer: The Last Airbender


Question: 'It's 43 1/2 feet long, weighs 12 tons & has been orbiting the Earth for 20 years'

Answer: the Hubble Telescope


Question: 'This cat breed of Asian origin has a distinct vocal tone that can be endearing or annoying'

Answer: Siamese


Question: 'The Potomac River meets the Shenandoah at this West Virginia village famed for an abolitionist's Civil War raid'

Answer: Harpers Ferry


Question: 'Eutexia is the quality of doing this at a minimum temperature, like ice in a soft drink'

Answer: melt


Question: 'A railway link across the Mekong River connects Thailand with this country'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'The dollar sign in her name is pronounced as an "S"'

Answer: Ke$ha


Question: 'The Greeks & this city had a dispute over Helen'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'The position between second & third in baseball'

Answer: shortstop


Question: 'New York Avenue, Tennessee Avenue & St. James Place are the 3 orange properties in this game'

Answer: Monopoly


Answer: 8


Question: 'Golf great Vijay Singh hails from this country in the South Pacific'

Answer: Fiji


Question: 'This St. Louis rapper's real name is Cornell Haynes Jr.'

Answer: Nelly


Question: 'It gets chilly in this Canadian territory, the last alphabetically'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'The yield in a single growing season'

Answer: a crop


Question: 'In literature Athos, Porthos & Aramis were this title trio'

Answer: the Three Musketeers


Answer: 27


Question: 'In September 1980 war broke out between these 2 countries & would last for 8 years'

Answer: Iraq & Iran


Question: 'This R&B singer had the aptly titled album "Rated R"'

Answer: Rihanna


Question: 'George Washington was popular in this year when he was both elected & first inaugurated as President'

Answer: 1789


Question: 'Karate or pork'

Answer: chop


Question: 'The 3 rivers in Pittsburgh's nickname are the Allegheny, the Monongahela & this "stately" river'

Answer: the Ohio


Answer: 216


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Landlocked & mostly made up of arid desert land, it's no wonder this country has been referred to as the Dead Heart of Africa'

Answer: Chad


Question: 'This R&B singer had the aptly titled album "All About U"'

Answer: Usher


Question: 'His statement to Othello, "My Lord, you know I love you", is not entirely truthful'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'Garment factory employing workers for long hours in poor conditions'

Answer: a sweatshop


Question: 'During WWII the Allied leaders known as the "Big Three" were Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt & him'

Answer: Churchill


Answer: 1/64


Question: 'It was formerly known as French Sudan'

Answer: Mali


Question: '"Hips Don't Lie" was a bonus track that gave her the bonus of topping the Billboard Hot 100 in June 2006'

Answer: Shakira


Question: 'One should be careful with this substance, formula HCl'

Answer: hydrochloric acid


Question: 'The mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with humorous effect'

Answer: a malaprop


Question: 'Belgium, France & Germany are the 3 countries that border this European monarchy'

Answer: Luxembourg


Answer: -1


Question: 'His "story was soon told, for the whole twenty years had been to him but as one night"'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'This type of triangle has sides that are all the same length'

Answer: Equilateral


Question: '"The Man in the Iron Mask"<br />(1998)'

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio


Question: 'This "monarch" of Southeast Asia is the longest venomous snake'

Answer: King cobra


Question: 'This capital is linked to the North Sea via the Thames River'

Answer: London


Question: 'In 1999 this Hasbro action figure celebrated his 35th year in the service'

Answer: G.I. Joe


Question: 'Cotton gin inventor who needed a big screen "Bodyguard"'

Answer: Eli Whitney Houston


Question: 'A dodecahedron is a solid figure that has this many faces'

Answer: 12


Question: '"Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo"<br />(1999)'

Answer: Rob Schneider


Question: 'Capable of speeds of 12 MPH, this aggressive "black" snake of tropical Africa is the world's fastest'

Answer: Black mamba


Question: 'Indira Gandhi International Airport lies just outside this capital'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'They're the conversation pieces seen here'

Answer: Furbys


Question: 'Female "Party of Five" star who's "Mm! Mm! Good"'

Answer: Neve Campbell Soup


Question: 'An X-axis & Y-axis divide a plane into 4 of these aptly-named areas'

Answer: Quadrants


Question: '"Johnny Mnemonic"<br />(1995)'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'It's the "metallic" name for the American pit viper seen here:'

Answer: Copperhead


Question: 'As its name implies, this Middle Eastern capital was once known for its damascened steel sword blades'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'The snacktime version of these "Kids" went up for adoption in 1996, until they began snacking on kids' hair'

Answer: Cabbage Patch Kids


Question: '"The Bone Collector" star who penned "Rip Van Winkle"'

Answer: Denzel Washington Irving


Question: 'It has no height, weight or depth & can be located by an ordered pair'

Answer: Point


Question:
'"Stuart Little"
(1999)
(Voice)'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'Eunectes notaeus, the "yellow" variety of this South American snake, is much smaller than its "giant" cousin'

Answer: Anaconda


Question: '1 of 2 capitals on South America's Rio de la Plata'

Answer: Buenos Aires/Montevideo


Question: 'In the late '60s Mattel took on Matchbox with this line of toy cars; today it owns both'

Answer: Hot Wheels


Question: '"Gilligan" actor's football team that won back-to-back Super Bowls in '98 & '99'

Answer: Bob Denver Broncos


Question: 'To find the volume of one of these solids, multiply the area of its circular base by its height'

Answer: Cylinder


Question: '"Titus"<br />(1999)'

Answer: Anthony Hopkins


Question: 'One of these reticulated snakes shot in Indonesia in 1912 measured 32 feet 9 1/2 inches'

Answer: Python


Question: 'In this capital on the Danube you can stroll the Nagy Korut (Great Boulevard) or the Kis Korut (Small Boulevard)'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'This classic seen here first "drew in" kids in the mid-'60s:'

Answer: Spirograph


Question: 'A Watchtower distributor's relocation service provided by U.S. marshals'

Answer: Jehovah\'s Witness Protection Program


Question: 'Species of this evergreen include the aleppo, limber & loblolly'

Answer: Pine


Question: 'This author of "Jurassic Park" put himself through Harvard medical school writing under the name John Lange'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'On this band's first album, Dave Grohl played all of the instruments'

Answer: Foo Fighters


Question: 'It's a spread for a bed'

Answer: Quilt


Question: 'Largely because of high crime, no one will call you chicken if you avoid this Ukranian capital'

Answer: Kiev


Question: 'The second of these military campaigns was proclaimed by Pope Eugene III in 1147'

Answer: Crusades


Question: 'The name of this type of tree sounds like the name of a large Mediterranean island:'

Answer: Cypress


Question: 'Under the name Richard Bachman, he wrote "Thinner", about a man with a wasting disease'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'Her CD "Mirrorball" includes live versions of her songs "Adia" & "I Will Remember You"'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: 'According to its name, a 10-gallon hat would hold 40 of these'

Answer: Quarts


Question: 'Things are still unstable in this country that received over 440,000 Kosovar refugees in 1999'

Answer: Albania


Question: 'Spanish navigator Vincente Yanez Pinzon captained this vessel on a famous 1492 voyage'

Answer: Nina


Question: 'The Chinese & Siberian elms are resistant to this fungal disease, but the American elm isn't'

Answer: Dutch elm disease


Question: 'Edith Van Dyne, who wrote a series of books about "Aunt Jane's Nieces", was actually this Oz author'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'With help from Matchbox 20's Rob Thomas, he topped the charts with the song "Smooth"'

Answer: Carlos Santana


Question: 'This archaic word for "said" is associated forevermore with a raven'

Answer: Quoth


Question: 'This area, an Indonesian province since the 1975 invasion, got really scary in 1999'

Answer: East Timor


Question: 'As a boy in 238 B.C, this general accompanied his father Hamilcar on an expedition to conquer Spain'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Long, droopy branches give this tree, Salix babylonica, its weepiness'

Answer: Weeping willow


Question: 'Newsweek columnist Joe Klein was "Anonymous", the author of this 1996 political novel'

Answer: "Primary Colors"


Question: '(Hey, how ya doing, I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray)  It's the title of my band's song that says, "Once again as predicted left my broken heart open and you ripped it out"'

Answer: "Every Morning"


Question: 'It can be the object of a hunt or a place to excavate stone'

Answer: Quarry


Question: 'In border areas of Eritrea, avoid wandering into this country from which Eritrea broke away in 1993'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'This British general surrendered at Saratoga October 17, 1777, 4 years before Cornwallis did'

Answer: John Burgoyne


Question: 'The name of this tree comes from a Native American word for a dish made from its nuts, pocohiquara'

Answer: Hickory


Question: 'Originally, his 1893 novel "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" appeared under the pseudonym Johnston Smith'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: 'The group Len rides motor scooters in the video for this song that samples from "More, More, More"'

Answer: "Steal My Sunshine"


Question: 'In 1981 the U.S. placed one on Japanese car imports'

Answer: Quota


Question: 'To learn this European language, you'll be safer in Europe than in Angola or Mozambique, where it's official'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'The name of these ancient invaders of India comes from a Sanskrit word meaning "aristocrat"'

Answer: Aryans


Question: 'The city of Tromso in this country is home to the world's northernmost university & brewery'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'The highest & northernmost points in the U.S. are in this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'These snack "nuts" bear the name of a vegetable that also grows in a pod'

Answer: peanuts


Question: 'Diarist Bridget Jones'

Answer: Renee Zellweger


Question:
'Stereoscope,
bifocal lens,
x-ray tube'

Answer: bifocal lens


Question: 'It's a meeting with the pope, or a group of people attending a TV show taping'

Answer: audience


Question: 'Society of Friends member who works as a bread cook'

Answer: Quaker baker


Question: 'With water covering about 40% of this state's 96,000 square miles of total area, it must have some great lakes'

Answer: Michigan


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Atlanta Zoo)  The wristbones of the giant panda are elongated & act as thumbs for holding stalks of this food, its primary diet'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'Hack screenwriter Joe Gillis, who ends up living & dying on Sunset Blvd.'

Answer: William Holden


Question:
'Microwave oven,
fiberglass,
frozen food'

Answer: frozen food


Question: 'From the French for "sitting", it's a "medium-sized" gathering for communicating with the dead'

Answer: seance


Question: 'A frightening milk production facility'

Answer: scary dairy


Question: 'Between 1990 & 2000 this state's population increased 66.3%'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'This bacterial product was dubbed "milk of eternal life" when it rejuvenated French king Francis I'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'Ex-Secret Service agent turned bodyguard Frank Farmer'

Answer: Kevin Costner


Question:
'Gyroscope,
stethoscope,
telescope'

Answer: telescope


Question: 'It's the famous presidential retreat where Carter, Begin & Sadat got together in 1978'

Answer: Camp David


Question: 'An overloaded Corvette'

Answer: heavy Chevy


Question: 'You'll find the country's lowest ratio of men to women in the Sarasota metro area of this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" influenced Teddy Roosevelt to help pass this act abbreviated the PFDA'

Answer: Pure Food and Drug Act


Question: 'Dying Radcliffe music major Jenny Cavilleri'

Answer: Ali MacGraw


Question:
'Linoleum,
bakelite,
aspartame'

Answer: linoleum (around 1860)


Question: 'It's the small hammer used to quiet disturbances at parliamentary functions'

Answer: gavel


Question: 'Someone who gorges himself on sheep meat'

Answer: mutton glutton


Question: 'This state has 2 of the Top 10 busiest airports in the world'

Answer: California (San Francisco & LAX)


Question: 'Breeding female Antarctic fur seals rely almost totally on these shrimplike crustaceans for food'

Answer: krill


Question: 'Lt. Chris Burnett, a Navy pilot shot down "Behind Enemy Lines"'

Answer: Owen Wilson


Question:
'Bunsen burner,
Geiger counter,
Leyden jar'

Answer: Leyden jar (1745)


Question: 'A gathering of famous historical people, "Meeting of Minds" was an Emmy-winning creation of this comedian'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'A defeated Minoan'

Answer: beaten Cretan


Question: 'Step on a rusty nail & you better hope you've had your booster shot for this'

Answer: tetanus


Question: 'This poet's "La Vita Nuova" was just a warmup for his "Divine Comedy"'

Answer: Dante


Question: '1896 summer games<br />(an obvious choice)'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'The book "Before the Storm" argues that this man's failed 1964 campaign led to victory for his ideas'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'The death cup & destroying angels are poisonous ones of these'

Answer: mushrooms


Question: 'Her see-through outfit the night she won for "Funny Girl" inspired a few "On A Clear Day..." jokes'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'In ancient times, it was an elaborate stone coffin fit for a king'

Answer: sarcophagus


Question: 'One of Whittier's many works attacking this begins, "Our fellow-countrymen in chains!"'

Answer: slavery


Question: '1936 summer games<br />(Marty Glickman was pulled from the U.S. team)'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Nevada governor Kenny Guinn is fighting plans to make this mountain a nuclear waste repository'

Answer: Yucca Mountain


Question: 'Fatal to Socrates, this foul-smelling plant now grows in the U.S. & can be seen along roadsides'

Answer: hemlock


Question: 'In 2001 this Icelandic singer appeared in a much talked-about swan dress'

Answer: Bjork


Question: 'The Sutlej & Ravi are major tributaries of this river'

Answer: Indus


Question: 'George Herbert's pattern poem about this religious structure is seen here'

Answer: altar


Question: '1984 winter games<br />(a war zone in the 1990s)'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'His website says being GOP leader is important but he's first & foremost a senator from Mississippi'

Answer: Trent Lott


Question: 'The nonpoisonous tomato & the poisonous belladonna both belong to this family of plants'

Answer: nightshade


Question: 'In 1968 Sammy Davis Jr. was swinging in love beads & this "Indian"-style jacket'

Answer: Nehru jacket


Question: 'Based partly on Plutarch's "Lives", it's Shakespeare's one-word-title tragedy about an ancient Roman warrior'

Answer: Coriolanus


Question: 'In a poem on this Italiah city, Wordsworth wrote, "She must espouse the everlasting sea"'

Answer: Venice


Question: '1952 summer games<br />(kayakers Wires & Hietanen win homeland gold)'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'This current Kentucky senator pitched a perfect game for the Phillies in 1964'

Answer: Jim Bunning


Question: 'The leaves of the purple species of this plant contain a powerful poison used to make digitalis'

Answer: foxglove


Question: '"Boys Don't Cry" star seen here in Versace, in 2001'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'Remember the Titans?  They were cast into this region below Hades by Zeus'

Answer: Tartarus


Question: 'At 21, Shelley wrote a poem about this queen, the subject of a speech in "Romeo and Juliet"'

Answer: Queen Mab


Question: '1980 winter games<br />(southeast of St. Regis Falls)'

Answer: Lake Placid, New York


Question: 'This early 20th century movie star was named for 19th century GOP leader Roscoe Conkling'

Answer: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle


Question: 'This weed with poisonous juices gets its name from the first permanent English settlement in North America'

Answer: Jimsonweed (Jamestown weed)


Question: '"Boys Don't Cry" co-star seen here in Yves Saint Laurent, in 2000'

Answer: Chloe Sevigny


Question: 'Of the world nations whose English names contain "land", this nation has the most people, 60 million'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'Neale Donald Walsch, author of "Conversations with" this being, says that anybody can have them'

Answer: God


Question: 'The personification of freezing weather, he might nip at your nose'

Answer: Jack Frost


Question: 'In Italian minestrina is a thin soup; this related word describes a thick vegetable soup'

Answer: Minestrone


Question: 'Oscar Wilde made a veiled reference to this woman, unnamed in the Bible when she danced before Herod'

Answer: Salome


Question: 'Mattel introduced Barbie in 1959; this boyfriend came along 2 years later'

Answer: Ken


Question:
'Your legs,
your T's,
the Rubicon'

Answer: Things you cross


Question: 'In the crime tale "Pretend You Don't See Her", a woman leaves NYC for Minneapolis in this federal "program"'

Answer: Witness Protection Program


Question: 'This first modern black major leaguer was also the first black player inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: Jackie Robinson


Question: 'The Mexican soup menudo, like the "hair of the dog", is supposedly a cure for this condition'

Answer: Hangover


Question: 'Unnamed in the Bible, this queen is called Balkis or Bilqis in other places; Solomon didn't ask'

Answer: Queen of Sheba


Question: 'Barbie's shoulder-length flip style hair cut of the 1960s was inspired by this star of TV's "That Girl"'

Answer: Marlo Thomas


Question:
'The sun,
kids with measles,
Dalmatians'

Answer: Spotted things


Question: 'In 1999 David Reuben published an updated version of this "sex"y, long-titled bestseller of 1970'

Answer: "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)"


Question: 'It's the tool heard here'

Answer: Jackhammer


Question: 'The lamb lies down with the barley in the "Scotch" type of this liquid food'

Answer: Broth


Question: '"The Prince of Egypt" says Seti gave the order to kill the newborn Hebrews & adopted this Hebrew boy'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'In the early '70s this Barbie with the name of a California beach community sported a tan & had fun in the sun'

Answer: Malibu Barbie


Question:
'A player at bat,
your dog,
the plank'

Answer: Things you walk


Question: 'Leon Uris had a 1976 bestseller with "Trinity", a novel of this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Term for someone who tries anything & everything but is not an expert in any one field'

Answer: Jack of all trades


Question: 'We'll take the "risque" that you can name this creamy French soup usually made with seafood'

Answer: Bisque


Question: 'Latin for "wise men", they were later named Melchior, Gaspar & Balthazar'

Answer: Magi


Question: 'In celebration of Barbie's 40th anniversary, this "costumer to the stars" designed the doll seen here<br />("Papillon Barbie")'

Answer: Bob Mackie


Question:
'A sword,
a bitter pill,
your words'

Answer: Things you swallow


Question: 'Richard Carlson counsels stress cases in "Don't Sweat" this "...and it's all" this'

Answer: The Small Stuff


Question: 'The 2 "Odd Couple" stars from the big & small screen who fit the category'

Answer: Jack Lemmon & Jack Klugman


Question: 'Sopa de frijol negro translates as this traditional Cuban fare'

Answer: Black bean soup


Question: 'Dismas, the penitent one of these, & Gestas, the impenitent one, died by crucifixion & acquired their names much later'

Answer: Thieves


Question: 'This creator of Barbie named the doll after her daughter Barbara'

Answer: Ruth Handler


Question:
'Trout,
loose change in your pockets,
compliments'

Answer: Things you fish for


Question: 'Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte was just 18 when she gave birth to him in 1769'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Term for the decade just before the turn of the 19th to the 20th century'

Answer: "The Gay \'90s"


Question: 'In southwestern Asia:<br />Kabul'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'As he first recorded it, "Tutti-Frutti" was a bit risque, so it was toned down when released as a single in 1955'

Answer: Little Richard


Question: '"The trees are white with dust" in this "Hiawatha" author's poem "The Jewish Cemetery at Newport"'

Answer: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Question: '18th U.S. president who painted "American Gothic"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant Wood


Question: 'This king of Aragon was so consummate a politician he was a model for Machiavelli's "The Prince"'

Answer: Ferdinand


Question: 'In August 1945 the B-29 named this dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima'

Answer: Enola Gay


Question: 'North of Iran:<br />Baku'

Answer: Azerbaijan


Question: 'Title men on the charts in 1958 included the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley" & his "Johnny B. Goode"'

Answer: Chuck Berry


Question: '"The Haunted Tree" is a haunting poem by this Lake poet'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'Australian golfing great "Stormin'" the Iraqi desert in 1991'

Answer: Greg Norman Schwarzkopf


Question: 'This suffragist from Adams, Mass. was an agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society from 1856 to 1861'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'This 1934 Astaire-Rogers film featured the Oscar-winning song "The Continental"'

Answer: The Gay Divorcee


Question: 'In northeastern Africa:<br />Djibouti'

Answer: Djibouti


Question: 'In 1950 Patti Page had a No. 1 hit with this, later a state song'

Answer: "Tennessee Waltz"


Question: '"My apple tree will never get across and eat the cones under his pines", he wrote in "Mending Wall"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'Female "Grease" star leading "The Green Berets" into battle'

Answer: Olivia Newton-John Wayne


Question: 'Elected governor of Oaxaca in 1847, by the end of the 1850s he was the provisional president of Mexico'

Answer: Benito Juarez


Question: 'This N.Y. Times journalist has written celebrity profiles for Esquire & novels like "Thy Neighbor's Wife"'

Answer: Gay Talese


Question: 'On the Arabian Peninsula:<br />Doha'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'Having sold Elvis to RCA, this label had a new star in 1956 -- Johnny Cash'

Answer: Sun Records


Question: 'His poem "The Pine Forest of the Cascine Near Pisa" was published by his wife Mary after his death'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: '"Lady Chatterley's Lover" author who leads his big band in playing "Champagne Music"'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence Welk


Question: 'In 1791 John Rutledge left the U.S. Supreme Court to be chief justice of this feisty Southern state, his home'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'His "Beggar's Opera" was turned into "The Threepenny Opera"'

Answer: John Gay


Question: 'In south central Africa:<br />Lusaka'

Answer: Zambia


Question: 'Dave White, Frank Maffei & Joe Terranova made up this backup group of Danny Rapp'

Answer: The Juniors


Question: 'Harlem poet who wrote "Rest at pale evening... a tall slim tree... night coming tenderly black like me"'

Answer: Langston Hughes


Question: '"Make Room for Daddy" star who chronicled "Jude the Obscure"'

Answer: Danny Thomas Hardy


Question: 'This 1957 film opens with the judge's instructions to the jury in a murder trial'

Answer: 12 Angry Men


Question: 'The name of this famed rock & the strait beneath it come from the name of a Berber slave'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'Before he was Rockford, James Garner was this wisecracking Western card shark'

Answer: Maverick


Question: 'This compound noun can refer to a leaflet given at a lecture or to food given to a hobo'

Answer: a handout


Question: 'After it's shelled & deveined, it's popularly served in lobster sauce'

Answer: shrimp


Question: 'In the Dire Straits song, the sultan who "knows all the chords" on this instrument is a real musician, George Borowski'

Answer: the guitar


Question: 'It can't breathe fire, but a dragonfly does have this many wings'

Answer: 4


Question: 'The Bab el Mandeb Strait connects the Gulf of Aden to this "colorful" sea'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'This widely popular variety show was hosted by a frog'

Answer: The Muppets


Question: 'It's an 8-letter synonym for "insolvent"'

Answer: bankrupt


Question: 'The Szechuan version of this fowl, "ya" in Chinese, is served with rolls to offset the rich skin'

Answer: duck


Question: 'In 1957 Sultan Muhammad V took the title "King" a year after France gave this north African country its independence'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'As big as the California variety of this type of vulture is, the Andean variety is even larger'

Answer: a condor


Question: 'A busy shipping lane, the Strait of Malacca between Sumatra & the Malay Peninsula, links these 2 oceans'

Answer: the Indian & the Pacific


Question: 'Ken Berry played a widower raising a young son on this "Andy Griffith Show" spinoff'

Answer: Mayberry R.F.D.


Question: 'Unexpected cash from the bossman; NBA teams can go "into" it once their foe has committed too many fouls'

Answer: bonus


Question: 'Most Chinese shun the strong flavor of this meat; it's most popular in the North, where the local Muslims shun pork'

Answer: lamb


Question: 'Tourist sites in this Mideast capital include Ramses Square & the Mosque of Sultan Hassan'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'The so-called wingspan of the manta variety of this creature can reach 20 feet'

Answer: a ray


Question: 'Named after navigator John & not his son Sebastian, this strait joins the Atlantic to the St. Lawrence Gulf'

Answer: Cabot


Question: 'An alien was sent to Earth to study humans in Boulder, Colorado on this sitcom'

Answer: Mork & Mindy


Question: 'Not someone who is enamored of U2's frontman, this Latin term is for something done for free for the public good'

Answer: pro bono


Question: 'From the word for yellow cassia blossom, this pancaked dish symbolizes the blossoms by using scrambled egg'

Answer: mu shu


Question: 'Tanzania's capital Dar es Salaam was founded in 1862 by the sultan of this island that's now part of Tanzania'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'With a wingspan of up to 12 feet, this critter can wander quite a distance without landing'

Answer: an albatross


Question: 'Byzantium levied a toll on ships using this strait that opens into the Black Sea'

Answer: the Bosporus


Question: 'Rock Hudson was paired with Susan St. James on this San Francisco-set police series'

Answer: McMillan & Wife


Question: 'From the Latin for "support", they're government grants given to industry; billions have gone to U.S. farmers'

Answer: a subsidy


Question: 'The name of this pork dish comes from its preparation: first the meat is simmered, then it's stir-fried'

Answer: twice-cooked pork


Question: 'Hassanal Bolkiah is the wealthy sultan of this Asian sultanate'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'Bats are of the order Chiroptera, which translates from the Greek as these "wings"'

Answer: hand wings


Question: 'You can get the Mahler "Symphony of a Thousand" with the London Philharmonic Orch. & London Philharmonic this'

Answer: Choir


Question: 'Known as the "M & M Boys", these 2 Yankees slugged a total of 115 regular season home runs in 1961'

Answer: Mantle & Maris


Question: 'At the end of "As You Like It", Rosalind says "when I make" this respectful movement, "bid me farewell"'

Answer: curtsy


Question: 'Cocktail dresses were recommended for a woman's second or third one of these ceremonies'

Answer: a wedding


Question: 'In this religion Brahmins are regarded as Dvija, or "twice born", the second "birth" being an initiation ceremony'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Nero met his match in this city'

Answer: Rome (Nero met)


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows us a treble clef.)  The F Major key signature tells me to flatten this fourth note in the scale'

Answer: B


Question: 'Say hey!  This Giants outfielder was named the National League's most valuable player in 1965'

Answer: Willie Mays


Question: 'You don't need a university education to know that the Earl of this appears in "Henry V"'

Answer: Cambridge


Question: 'Lana Turner was nicknamed this kind of "girl" for a certain form-fitting garment she wore'

Answer: a sweater girl


Question: 'It's divided into chapters called Surahs; the 23rd Surah is titled "The True Believers"'

Answer: the Koran


Question: 'Because of the traffic, I often feel mad riding in a taxi in this European capital'

Answer: Madrid (mad riding)


Question: 'This string instrument got its name from its old job of playing along with other instruments low notes'

Answer: a double bass


Question: 'In 1967 Carl Yastrzemski led this team to the American League pennant'

Answer: the Boston Red Sox


Question: 'In "Julius Caesar", this man "has a lean and hungry look"; in "Antony and Cleopatra", he's "lean and wrinkled"'

Answer: Cassius


Question: 'Winkle pickers, named because they were so pointed you could dig up periwinkles with them, were a style of these'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'Cairo's "hanging church" is the site of services for this ancient group of Christians'

Answer: the Coptics


Question: 'Help a soldier find this  Texas city as fast as possible'

Answer: El Paso (Help a soldier)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew is )  From the French for "to slide," it's the term for sliding across the notes on a piano or keyboard like this'

Answer: glissando


Question: 'In 1962, in its first year in the National League, this East Coast team lost 120 regular season games'

Answer: the Mets


Question: 'Twin brothers named Dromio are servants to twin brothers named Antipholus in this highly confusing play'

Answer: The Comedy of Errors


Question: '"Enchanted Evening", a pink satin gown worn by this somewhat plastic icon in the '60s, was produced again in 1996'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'The Jewish prayer known by this Hebrew name begins, "Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one"'

Answer: Shema Yisrael


Question: 'Enos lost his way in the snow in this Scandinavian city'

Answer: Oslo (Enos lost)


Question: 'Term for an opera passage that's more spoken than sung, with little accompaniment'

Answer: a recitativo


Question: 'On June 21, 1964 this Philadelphia Phillies pitcher, now a U.S. Senator from Kentucky, hurled a perfect game'

Answer: Jim Bunning


Question: 'He's the brutish character who says, "This island's mine, by Sycorax my mother, which thou tak'st from me"'

Answer: Caliban


Question: 'In 1954 this great French couturier unveiled his "flat look", which some feared would abolish bosoms; it didn't'

Answer: Christian Dior


Question: 'Meaning "enlightenment being", in Buddhism this person has enough good karma to hand it out to others'

Answer: Bodhisattva


Question: 'Down Under you can find a super theme park near this city'

Answer: Perth (super theme)


Question: '2 of the 5 women to win both Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress Oscars'

Answer: (2 of) Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman, Helen Hayes, Jessica Lange, & Maggie Smith


Question: 'A native of Cardston, Alberta, she went native co-starring with King Kong in 1933'

Answer: Fay Wray


Question: 'Often available on CD, it's the music & songs from a movie'

Answer: soundtrack


Question: 'In a 1976 article in New York Magazine, Tom Wolfe dubbed the '70s this decade'

Answer: the "Me Decade"


Question: '...of months of the year'

Answer: September


Question: 'After a 3,900-mile journey, this Chinese river flows into the East China Sea'

Answer: the Yangtze


Question: 'Frenchman Odette Philippe is credited with introducing this large citrus fruit to Florida around 1823'

Answer: the grapefruit


Question: 'Aye, Captain; he was born in Vancouver & played Scotty on "Star Trek"'

Answer: James Doohan


Question: 'The Internet or the online world'

Answer: cyberspace


Question: 'In the 1970s many studied ESP, short for this awareness beyond the normal senses (but you already knew that)'

Answer: extrasensory perception


Question: '...of the countries of Africa'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'The Chinese didn't invent the block & tackle types of this, but the block & moveable'

Answer: printing


Question: 'In 1916 Aron Streit began baking these unleavened breads on Manhattan's Lower East Side'

Answer: matzah


Question: 'This Edmonton, Alberta native has starred in "Best Buds", "Half Baked" & "Up in Smoke"'

Answer: Tommy Chong


Question: 'Here's the drill--a sapsucker is one of these birds'

Answer: woodpecker


Question: 'This company's 1973 Gremlin had a Levi's trim package option featuring nylon "blue jeans" seat covers'

Answer: AMC (American Motors)


Question: '...of the Great Lakes'

Answer: Superior


Question: 'Dots make up 36 of the tiles in this Chinese game; there are also cracks & winds'

Answer: mah jongg


Question: 'Spinach is added to pasta to turn it green & "ink" from this ocean cephalopod is added to turn it charcoal gray'

Answer: squid


Question: 'Halperin is the real last name of this Winnipeg-born man who hosted "Let's Make a Deal" from 1963 to 1986'

Answer: Monty Hall


Question: 'It's another name for your clavicle'

Answer: collarbone


Question: 'Notable disappearances during the '70s were those of Jimmy Hoffa & this hijacker/parachutist'

Answer: D.B. Cooper


Question: '...of the U.S. states'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Wushu is the Chinese word for martial arts; this term more familiar to TV watchers means any acquired skill'

Answer: kung fu


Question: 'This "Beantown" dessert is 2 layers of sponge cake with a custard filling & chocolate glaze'

Answer: Boston cream pie


Question: 'This Manitoba-born woman's biggest success as a writer & an actress has been "My Big Fat Greek Wedding"'

Answer: Nia Vardalos


Question: 'A type of rafting in the rapids, or a real estate scandal involving the Clintons'

Answer: whitewater


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.)  This capsule was the U.S. half of this project; President Ford said it opened a new era in international cooperation'

Answer: the Apollo-Soyuz Project


Question: '...among current U.S. senators is this Oregonian'

Answer: Ron Wyden


Question: 'In Chinese, Wanli Changcheng is the name of this formidable construction'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'What fearful folks call Frankenfood is defined as GM, short for food modified this way'

Answer: genetically


Question: 'His presidential library has a sailfish he caught during his 1953 honeymoon in Acapulco'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: 'Over a 20-year period, he played vigilante Paul Kersey in 5 "Death Wish" movies'

Answer: Charles Bronson


THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY

Question: 'He left Elba in February 1815 but abdicated (again!) by June 22... what a dreadful performance'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'The "Shuffle", "Nano" & "Photo" are versions of this Apple music player'

Answer: the iPod


Question: 'Contrary to popular legend, this breed never carried a cask hanging from its collar on rescue missions'

Answer: a Saint Bernard


Question: 'Do something intensely & you do it "to the" this, like Planck or Born'

Answer: max


Question: 'In a 1989 ceremony at Buckingham Palace, the Queen of England made him an honorary knight'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'I kid you not!  In 1972 he brought his famous role to TV, starring in a sitcom version of "Anna and the King"'

Answer: Yul Brynner


THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY

Question: 'In 1843 Congress granted $30,000 for a  line to test his new telegraph; finally, some brilliance in the competition!'

Answer: Morse


Question: 'NASA technology used to detect a star's birth is now used in the ear type of this, which measures your infrared energy'

Answer: a thermometer


Question: 'The Gordon breed of this was named for a Scottish nobleman who bred them'

Answer: setter


Question: 'Oh, happiness!  She shares "The View" with Elisabeth & Barbara'

Answer: Joy


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke University in Durham, NC.)  Before he became president of the United States, he was president of Duke University's bar association & graduated 3rd in his class from Duke Law School'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Of the actors who have played James Bond, he's the one born in Ireland in 1951'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY

Question: 'I'd say this man's "ornithological biography", written from 1831 to 1839, is for the birds'

Answer: Audubon


Question: 'With the Delphi Roady, you can listen to NASCAR in the car on this satellite radio provider'

Answer: XM


Question: 'This breed was launched in the U.S. with the gift of dogs from the Dalai Lama to an American traveler in 1933'

Answer: the Lhasa Apso


Question: 'A German soldier during WWI, or a member of Attila's tribe'

Answer: Hun


Question: 'He was nicknamed "The Driving Force" (& "The Trust Buster")'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'For his starring role in "The Pianist", he shed 30 pounds & brushed up on his arpeggios'

Answer: (Adrien) Brody


THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY

Question: 'After an 1835 election loss, he told Tennesseans, "You may all go to Hell & I will go to Tex."; never did like his hat'

Answer: Crockett


Question: 'The 2nd version of his game system has over 5,000 game titles; no news on how many Blu-ray titles for the 3rd'

Answer: PlayStation 2


Question: 'This hound with a 6-letter name hunts by sight, not scent, & was used to hunt wolves in Russia'

Answer: Borzoi


Question: 'A sealed vase in which to keep a loved one's ashes'

Answer: urn


Question: 'In 1931 Herbert Hoover, who had been this Pres.'s Secretary of Commerce, helped dedicate his tomb in Marion, Ohio'

Answer: Harding


Question: 'This Dublin-born actor who's featured in "The Usual Suspects" & "Stigmata" was formerly married to Ellen Barkin'

Answer: (Gabriel) Byrne


THE NASTY CRITIC REVIEWS THE 19th CENTURY

Question: 'I found this Swedish soprano's 1838 debut as Agathe in "Der Freischutz" to be second-rate karaoke, at best'

Answer: Jenny Lind


Question: 'RFID chips, this type of I.D., can be placed on store products or on soldiers to find them in an emergency'

Answer: radio frequency


Question: 'Named for a British city, this terrier is a cross between the whippet & the black-and-tan terrier'

Answer: the Manchester terrier


Question: 'A projection on a gearwheel; you may feel like one in a giant machine'

Answer: cog


Question: 'In an 1868 novel, this mysterious title object is believed to sparkle or dim depending on lunar phases'

Answer: the Moonstone


Question: 'July temperatures on this continent range from about -94 to a balmy high of around -40'

Answer: Antarctica


THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE

Question: 'The Times' review of this film said "Miss Wray goes through her ordeal with great courage"'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'Founded in 1847, the AMA'

Answer: the American Medical Association


Question: 'The Pulitzer folks found Michael Chabon's "Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &" him amazing enough to win'

Answer: Clay


Question: 'This watch brand with a Greek letter name says it made the world's first diver's watch'

Answer: Omega


Question: 'An untruth told with shameless confidence is this type of "lie"'

Answer: a bald-faced (or bare-faced) lie


Question: 'This continent covers only about 5% of the earth's land area; deserts cover about 1/3 of the continent'

Answer: Australia


THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE

Question: '"We wouldn't know how closely--if at all--" this film "parallels the life of an eminent publisher, as has been...alleged"'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'The NAACP'

Answer: the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People


Question: 'Richard Ford wrote this novel in which Will Smith saves the world from alien invasion... wait, that's not right'

Answer: Independence Day


Question: 'A "complication" is a watch feature showing anything besides the time; Blancpain's grand complication has the phases of this'

Answer: phases of the moon


Question: 'When a check failed to clear because of insufficient funds, we say it did this'

Answer: bounced


Question: 'This continent has the longest freshwater lake, 420 miles, in the world'

Answer: Africa


THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE

Question: '"John Hughes lets the (5) kids challenge, taunt and confront each other as if this (film was) 'Twelve Angry Men' "'

Answer: The Breakfast Club


Question: 'The AKC'

Answer: the American Kennel Club


Question: 'We'd sum up this 1952 winner as quew quits Queeg'

Answer: The Caine Mutiny


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Mayer Museum in Jerusalem.)  Featuring a calendar and barometer and valued at over $10 million, a watch ordered in 1783 for this queen took until 1827 to finish.
 Sadly, she wasn't around to receive it'

Answer: Marie Antionette


Question: 'On Nov. 13, 1979 the 76ers' Darryl Dawkins shattered one of these'

Answer: a backboard


Question: 'Both the highest & lowest places on earth are on this continent'

Answer: Asia


THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE

Question: '"Mr. Rains is properly slippery and crafty as a minion of Vichy perfidy" in this drama'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'The K of C, all 1.8 million of them'

Answer: the Knights of Columbus


Question: 'Virginia Woolf won no Pulitzers, but "Mrs. Dalloway" resonates in 3 different stories & decades in this novel'

Answer: The Hours


Question: 'The timepiece that in 1760 solved the problem of determining the degrees of this at sea still runs'

Answer: longitude


Question: 'The state of being a single guy'

Answer: bachelorhood


Question: 'A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3,212 feet'

Answer: South America


THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST 1,000 MOVIES EVER MADE

Question: 'This pic shows "the social changes taking place in the south between 1948 and 1973, and (a) remarkable 25-year friendship'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: 'Similar to the DAR, the SAR'

Answer: the Sons of the American Revolution


Question: 'In this novel a southern politician's life is described in stark detail, with exquisite Penn-manship'

Answer: All the King\'s Men


Question:
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Mayer Museum in Jerusalem.)  This pistol, which marked the hours
 with the sound of a shot, was made in the early 1800s
 in this country,
 fulfilling its reputation for clock-making, but not so much for peaceability'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Terminating in 2 points, like certain teeth'

Answer: bicuspid


Question: 'He was in jail at Poona when time named him its man of the year for 1930'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'Washington county in this state is the easternmost county in the contiguous 48 states'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'In baseball statistics, these 2 letters represent stepping up to the plate one time'

Answer: AB


Question: 'Aquatic aid on display here'

Answer: a wetsuit


Question: 'Carl weathers played this boxer who slugged it out with Rocky'

Answer: Apollo Creed


Question: 'Hawaiians carefully boil the taro root to make this staple, as the raw tubers are poisonous--no pun intended'

Answer: poi


Question: 'Stokely Carmichael was "honorary prime minister" of these '60s radicals'

Answer: the Black Panthers


Question: 'Oneida county, Idaho was named for the lake Oneida area in this state from which many of the early settlers emigrated'

Answer: New York


Question: 'An interjection, or a popular Vegas show'

Answer: O


Question: 'Shakespeare used this word for a tunnel made by an invertebrate; he didn't know it would come up in astrophysics'

Answer: a wormhole


Question: 'It's only logical that Spock hailed from this rock'

Answer: Vulcan


Question: 'Intertidal zones are a good place to find dulse, a reddish purple type of this popular in the North Atlantic'

Answer: seaweed


Question: 'Pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi was under house arrest in this capital from 2003 to 2010'

Answer: Rangoon (or Yangon)


Question: 'This state's Citrus County was named for its citrus trees; today Bellamy Grove is the only remaining commercial grove'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'It sounds like a command urging optimism'

Answer: B+ (be positive)


Question:
'Large or small,
these simple turbines
can generate power'

Answer: a waterwheel


Question: 'Diablo Cody won a screenwriting Oscar for this movie with lots of pregnant pauses'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'Forget Kim Jong Il; South Koreans are worried about shortages of this other "kim", their pungent national dish'

Answer: kimchee


Question: 'Frank Pais was a leader of the 26th of July movement, which sought to overthrow this man's Caribbean regime'

Answer: Fulgencio Batista


Question: 'The 2 most populous Penn. counties are Philadelphia & this one that shares its name with a Pittsburgh river'

Answer: the Allegheny


Question: 'One single photography image in which brightness values are reversed'

Answer: A- (a negative)


Question: '5-letter word for a hauling machine using a chain wrapped around a drum'

Answer: a winch


Question: 'Remember these rockets? They propelled both the Gemini spacecraft & missiles aimed at the Russkies'

Answer: Titans


Question: 'Triple word score is yours if you can name this sliced pork loaf made famous by the Pennsylvania Dutch'

Answer: scrapple


Question: 'During World War II, Josip Broz led these Yugoslav resistance fighters against Nazi occupation'

Answer: the Partisans (the People\'s Liberation Army)


Question: 'New Mexico's last created county, it doesn't have "7 cities", just 2, the county seat of Grants & the village of Milan'

Answer: Cibola


Question: 'The sixth tone in the scale of C minor'

Answer: A


Question:
'This African creature is
an affectionate
and devoted parent'

Answer: a warthog


Question: 'What American chocolate lovers call a Milky Way, the British call this'

Answer: a Mars Bar


Question:
'Okay, Lawrence, we've turned off
the bubble machines.  Now finish eating your meal, this gastropod'

Answer: a whelk


Question: 'The 2003 bestseller "The Meaning of Everything" is subtitled "The Story of" this reference classic'

Answer: the Oxford English Dictionary


Question: 'On Sept. 9, 1087, this English king died at Rouyn in Normandy after falling from his horse'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'Mary Higgins Clark called her 1980 bestseller "The Cradle Will" do this'

Answer: Fall


Question: 'Their 1991 NBA championship was the first in the club's 25-year history'

Answer: Chicago Bulls


Question: 'On January 8, 1918, he outlined his "Fourteen Points" to the U.S. Congress'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'In 1871 U.S. telegraphers honored him with a bronze statue in NYC's Central Park'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'From the name of its U.S. developer, it's a screwdriver with a cross-shaped tip'

Answer: Phillips Screwdriver


Question: 'The first 18 years of this French king's reign were managed by Cardinal Mazarin'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'It's the last name of Tom, the psychopath Patricia Highsmith created in 1955:  believe it or not!'

Answer: Ripley


Question: 'In 1992 he became the first American to win the men's title at Wimbledon since McEnroe in 1984'

Answer: Andre Agassi


Question: 'Jacobites supported the cause of this royal house after the abdication of James II'

Answer: The Stuarts


Question: 'This playwright starred with girlfriend Jessica Lange in the movies "Country" & "Frances"'

Answer: Sam Shepard


Question: 'An inflatable lifejacket introduced during World War II was named for this shapely actress'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'As a child, Roman emperor Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was nicknamed this, meaning "little boot"'

Answer: Caligula


Question: 'Her book, "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd", was inspired partly by a suggestion from Lord Mountbatten'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'This Triple Crown-winning steed holds the record times for the Kentucky Derby & the Belmont Stakes'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'France calls its capability to use this type of weapon its "Force de Frappe"'

Answer: nuclear weapons


Question: 'He wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for a book of poetry co-written with William Wordsworth'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'Named & fit for a Babylonian king, it's a wine bottle that holds about 20 quarts'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'In 1524 this Florentine navigator became the first European to visit the New York area'

Answer: Giovanni da Verrazzano


Question: 'This Dickens title character disappears after breaking off his engagement with Rosa Budd'

Answer: Edwin Drood


Question: 'This current world chess champion is scheduled to defend his crown again in 1993'

Answer: Garry Kasparov


Question: 'This term for a member of the British Conservative party comes from Irish for "pursuer"'

Answer: Tory


Question: 'The main goal of Paul Revere's ride was to warn John Hancock & this patriot that the British were out to capture them'

Answer: Samuel Adams


Question: 'George Joseph Camel, a Moravian Jesuit missionary, gave his name to this flowery shrub'

Answer: Camellia


Question: 'This territory, known for its coal mines, voted to become part of Germany in 1935'

Answer: The Saar


Question: '"Your Royal Hostage" is a mystery novel by this noted biographer who's married to Harold Pinter'

Answer: Lady Antonia Fraser


Question: 'Yokozuna, or Grand Champion, is the highest rank in this sport'

Answer: Sumo Wrestling


Question: 'This numerical term for secret enemy sympathizers comes from the Spanish Civil War'

Answer: Fifth Column


Question: 'He's Georgia's senior senator'

Answer: Sam Nunn


Question: 'The term "bobby", for a British policeman, is from the name of this Bobby who reorganized London's force'

Answer: Robert Peel


Question: 'Bought by the Dutch in 1626, this island is named for the Indian tribe who lived there'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'Crawford W. Long is credited with being the first to use this for surgical anesthesia'

Answer: Ether


Question: 'Although in a predominantly Flemish region, most of this city's inhabitants speak French'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'America's first public high school was opened in 1821 in this New England capital'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This 1973 Peter Schaeffer play became a ballet in 1980; a horse opera would have made more sense'

Answer: "Equus"


Question: 'Alexander II was called "Czar Liberator" for freeing these Russian peasants in 1861'

Answer: Serfs


Question: 'New Haven Colony merged with this colony in 1664'

Answer: Connecticut


Question: 'The EPA has called for a 94% reduction of this mineral fiber, a cause of lung disease, by 1997'

Answer: Asbestos


Question: 'This South American capital lies only 7 miles inland from the Caribbean Sea'

Answer: Caracas, Venezuela


Question: 'The oldest of these 2-year colleges opened in 1901 in Joliet, Illinois'

Answer: Junior/Community Colleges


Question: 'The Antrobuses of Excelsior, New Jersey are an "ice age" family in his "The Skin of Our Teeth"'

Answer: Thornton Wilder


Question: 'The empress Elizabeth founded Russia's first university in this city in the 18th century'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The 1649 Toleration Act gave religious freedom to Catholics as well as to Protestants in this colony'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Due to successful vaccines, this viral disease was finally declared extinct in 1980'

Answer: Smallpox


Question: 'In ancient times this Libyan capital was known as Oea'

Answer: Tripoli


Question: 'In 5th century B.C. India, only the people of this caste were able to get a complete education'

Answer: Brahmins


Question: 'The Crown Guide to Plays says this Lawrence & Lee play was known in Norway as "Min Fantastika Tante"'

Answer: Mame (Auntie Mame accepted)


Question: 'Czar from 1613-1645, Michael founded this dynasty that ruled until 1917'

Answer: Romanov


Question: 'As Pennsylvania had no coast, William Penn was given land in 1682 that later became this small state'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'In 1851 Hermann von Helmholtz invented this instrument for examining the eye's interior'

Answer: ophthalmoscope


Question: 'It controls the main approaches thru the Khyber Pass to Pakistan & India'

Answer: Kabul


Question: 'In 1922 she became a government inspector of schools in Italy'

Answer: Maria Montessori


Question: 'The name of this 1933 Eugene O' Neill comedy ends in an exclamation point, and it isn't a musical'

Answer: "Ah, Wilderness!"


Question: 'In Russian she is called "Ekaterina Velikaya"'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Between 1631 & 1648, he was chosen governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony twelve times'

Answer: John Winthrop


Question: 'Used especially in diagnosing brain disorders, CAT, as in CAT scan, stands for "computerized" this'

Answer: axial tomography


Question: 'The name of this capital is probably from Sinhalese for "port" or "ferry"'

Answer: Colombo


Question: 'Kids are taught to play musical instruments at an early age in this method named for a Japanese violinist'

Answer: Suzuki Method


Question: 'To end a war, this Aristophanes title character gets the women to stop sleeping with the men'

Answer: "Lysistrata"


Question: 'Alexander I entered this foreign capital city in triumph in March, 1814'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'It was first published between 1861 and 1865; it was revived in 1918; stopped in 1919, and revived again in 1942'

Answer: Stars and Stripes


Question: 'Soft water is made soft by adding ions of this element that's abundant in seawater'

Answer: sodium


Question: 'This Beverly Hills street is a magnet for fashionistas: its stores include Prada, Escada, Gucci & Versace'

Answer: Rodeo Drive


Question: 'The Darling children fly off on the adventure of a lifetime in this J.M. Barrie play'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Get down!  It's this Russian beet soup usually served with sour cream; it's cold, but it could stain'

Answer: borscht


Question: 'In 1953 Tetley introduced bags filled with this to Britain'

Answer: tea


Question: 'These flowers are named for their resemblance to tiny jaws'

Answer: snapdragon


Question: 'Soft gooey stuff in the cavities of your ulna'

Answer: marrow


Question: 'Trump has luxury condos at "New York's best corner": 59th Street & this avenue, 1 east of Madison'

Answer: Park Avenue


Question: 'A deaf & blind girl gets help from a special teacher in this 1959 play'

Answer: The Miracle Worker


Question: 'From the French for "boil", this is heading our way!'

Answer: bouillon


Question: 'As this Scottish garment lacks pockets, a pouch called a sporran is worn instead'

Answer: a kilt


Question: 'It's the colorful culinary favorite seen here'

Answer: red snapper


Question: 'Though soft, this metal is durable & corrosion resistant, so the Romans made water pipes of it (not a good idea)'

Answer: lead


Question: 'It runs from place Charles de Gaulle to Place de la Concorde'

Answer: the Champs-Élysées


Question: 'A Dickens tale of child pickpockets & orphans came to the stage as this Tony-winning musical'

Answer: Oliver!


Question: 'Gallagher is advancing on us with this Mexican meatball soup; thank God we have tarps'

Answer: albondigas


Question: 'Type of traveling bag that gave its name to Northern profiteers during Reconstruction'

Answer: carpetbaggers


Question: 'This drink company uses the slogan "Made from the best stuff on Earth"'

Answer: Snapple


Question: 'Western red this is a soft wood, popular for decks, as seen here'

Answer: cedar


Question: 'In Chicago, "the Magnificent Mile" refers to a stretch of this famed avenue'

Answer: Michigan Avenue


Question: '"Revenge of the Space Pandas" is a play for children by this playwright better known for profane dialogue'

Answer: (David) Mamet


Question: 'Banzai!  This fermented soybean paste is used in the Japanese soup that's flying toward your head'

Answer: miso


Question: 'Comedian David's sister-in-law, she has her name on a popular line of handbags'

Answer: Kate Spade


Question: 'An impertinent or delinquent young person'

Answer: whippersnapper


Question: 'Used for steam generation, this soft variety of coal is called steam coal in Britain'

Answer: bituminous


Question: 'If you want a bespoke suit, make a reservation & head to this London "Row"'

Answer: Savile Row


Question: 'In this play based on a 1954 novel, a mother discovers that her young daughter Rhoda is an amoral murderer'

Answer: The Bad Seed


Question: 'This incoming chilled soup is named for a provisional capital of unoccupied France'

Answer: vichyssoise


Question: 'This double-talk word refers to a voodoo talisman: a bag filled with herbs, oils, stones & jujus'

Answer: gris-gris


Question: 'These aggressive freshwater reptiles can reach 30 inches across & 200 pounds'

Answer: snapping turtle


Question: 'The war's first casualty, Daniel Hough, was killed in an accidental explosion at this fort'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: '"Your heart sweats, your teeth grind, another kiss and you'll be mine"; might as well face it, it's this tune'

Answer: "Addicted To Love"


Question: 'Forefinger'

Answer: the index finger


Question: 'Wednesday is named after this top god'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'To repeat mindlessly'

Answer: parrot


Question: '(Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.)  This bust, once identified as just an early Ptolemaic queen, has now been shown to be this woman--famous through the ages'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a flag on the monitor.)  Replaced in 1863 because it was often confused with the U.S. flag in battle, the Confederacy's first flag, for obvious reasons, was known by this descriptive name'

Answer: the Stars and Bars


Question: '"Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna, man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe" in this Beatles song'

Answer: "I Am The Walrus"


Question: 'You can see me because of this type of light produced by a heated element'

Answer: incandescent


Question: 'In Arthurian legend, this chaste son of Lancelot found the Holy Grail'

Answer: Galahad


Question: 'Generic name for a boom for hoisting a TV or movie camera'

Answer: crane


Question: '(Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.)  The ROM has a cast of a large pterosaur, which ruled the skies while T. rex roamed the Earth below during the Jurassic & this next period'

Answer: the Cretaceous


Question: 'Though designed to hold 10,000 men, this notorious prison once held more than 32,000'

Answer: Andersonville


Question: 'In this tune Rick James informed us "She's a very kinky girl, the kind you don't take home to mother"'

Answer: "Super Freak"


Question: 'The next day, you'll wish you weren't stupefied with drink & hadn't become this, from a word for "poison"'

Answer: intoxicated


Question: 'The legendary labyrinth was found on this island'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'English architect Sir Christopher'

Answer: Wren


Question: '(Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.)  You could really get the measure of a man when you check out his tailor-made armor; this one belonged to the Earl of Pembroke, who fought for this son of & successor to Henry VIII'

Answer: Edward VI


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After capturing & burning Atlanta, General Sherman led his devastating march to the sea, ending at this port city; he offered it to President Lincoln as a Christmas gift in 1864'

Answer: Savannah


Question: 'In 1985 this comic made it to No. 2 singing, "My girl wants to party all the time"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'To chant or speak in a singing voice'

Answer: incant (or intone)


Question: 'Orpheus goes through hell trying to get this woman back from Hades'

Answer: Eurydice


Question: 'To sell or peddle wares'

Answer: hawk


Question: '(Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.)  The museum has the war shirt & war bonnet of this Sioux chief who led his followers to Canada after the Little Bighorn, but who finally surrendered to U.S. authorities'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: 'The Union gained control of much of the N.C. coast after an attack on this island settled in the 1580s'

Answer: Roanoke Island


Question: '"In and around the lake, mountains come out of the sky", sang this group in 1972's "Roundabout"'

Answer: Yes


Question: 'From the 17th to 19th century, it was a person who was placed under contract to work, usually for 7 years'

Answer: an indentured servant


Question: 'What a blowhard!  He was the Greek god of the winds'

Answer: Aeolus


Question: 'A carefree adventure or escapade'

Answer: lark


Question: '(Alex reads from the Royal Ontario Museum in Canada.)  One of the first history paintings of recent events was Benjamin West's "The Death of" this general at Quebec shortly after his 1759 victory sealed Britain's control over Canada'

Answer: General Wolfe


Question: 'Completed in 1791, it was reopened in 1989 after being closed for 28 years'

Answer: the Brandenburg Gate


Question: 'Sparta provided Greece's toughest men & its most gorgeous woman, this one who later lived elsewhere'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'A Hindu prince who ranks just above a rajah is known by this title'

Answer: maharajah


Question: 'The Presidents of the United States perform its theme, "Cleveland Rocks"'

Answer: The Drew Carey Show


Question: 'This stickier version of "Jurassic Park" is at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles'

Answer: La Brea Tar Pits


Question: 'This 3-wheeler that kids long to graduate from was patented by M.A. Cherry in the 1880s'

Answer: tricycle


Question: 'Many consider this Conde Nast magazine the world's fashion authority'

Answer: Vogue


Question: 'The Spartans' region, Laconia, & their dislike of wasting words gave us this English adjective'

Answer: laconic


Question: 'Used chiefly in reference to Hitler, it's German for leader'

Answer: fuhrer


Question: 'Spell it out:<br />he's "The Leader of the Club That's Made for You and Me"'

Answer: M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E


Question: 'This patriot of few regrets was hanged in 1776 on what is now 66th & 3rd in New York City'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'This term for a racing boat propelled by oars is a homophone for a bony body part'

Answer: scull


Question: 'They're the noisy footwear seen here'

Answer: clogs


Question: 'The sight of this Greek letter emblazoned on Spartan shields terrified other warriors, even illiterate ones'

Answer: lambda


Question: 'This term for a Muslim ruler or judge is also the first name of the NBA's Mr. Olajuwon'

Answer: Hakeem


Question: '"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" is the theme to this series that began on PBS in 1970'

Answer: Mister Rogers\' Neighborhood


Question: 'In 1993 Joe Carter hit a World Series-winning home run at 1 Blue Jays Way in this city'

Answer: Toronto


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway)  Some NASCAR tires are inflated to higher pressure than your tires, around 50 PSI, which stands for this'

Answer: pounds per square inch


Question: 'In 1867 the last one of these Japanese warrior rulers resigned & power returned to the emperor'

Answer: Shogun


Question: 'For a Spartan name to appear on a tombstone, a man had to die in battle; a woman had to die this way'

Answer: in childbirth


Question: 'It's the U.S. Air Force rank abbreviated A1C'

Answer: Airman First Class


Question: 'This 1960s TV sitcom's theme song reminded us that it took place in a "tropic island nest"'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'At 110 stories, see the taller side of Sears at 233 S. Wacker Dr, in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Bred in 17th century Virginia, this horse with a "fractional" name is the oldest all-American breed'

Answer: quarter horse


Question: 'A typical one of these Navajo homes has 8 sides & 1 door which faces east'

Answer: hogan


Question:
'It's the mountain pass featured in the following:
It was the time & the place that would forever crystalize the essence of Sparta in a single event that future generations will turn to again & again'

Answer: Thermopylae


Question: 'It was the title of the chief magistrate of independent Genoa'

Answer: doge


Question: 'Jan Hammer had only one Top 40 hit, but it was a big one: the No. 1 theme from this police drama'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'A sign that says "Get In Here" greets you at the Fog City Diner, located at 1300 Battery St. in this U.S. city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'The first of these under the brand name Indian appeared in 1901 with a 1.75-horsepower engine'

Answer: motorcycle


Question: 'The moon's farthest point from the Earth is referred to by this term'

Answer: apogee


Question: 'The Wicked Witch of the West's skywritten demand of the 1976 ladies' Olympic figure skating champion'

Answer: Surrender, Dorothy Hamill!


Question: '"The Seven Samurai"'

Answer: The Magnificent Seven


Question: 'The Pennsylvania Dutch weren't Dutch immigrants, they were of this background'

Answer: German


Question: 'A George Orwell essay argues for using this voice rather than the passive'

Answer: active


Question:
'An 1845 Wagner opera is titled
A. "Blechtrommel"
B. "Tannhauser"
C. "Doppelganger"
D. "Schweinhund"'

Answer: B. Tannhauser


Question: 'When you convert a pair of jeans into shorts, by definition you've made a pair of these'

Answer: cut-offs


Question: ''50s pop duo Phil & Don who also collected classic fairy tales'

Answer: The Everly Brothers Grimm


Question: '"Trois Hommes et un Couffin"'

Answer: Three Men and a Baby


Question: 'This old corset-stiffening substance is actually baleen'

Answer: whalebone


Question: 'Mary Beton is the imaginary speaker in her essay "A Room of One's Own"'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question:
'This word isn't in the Constitution's First Amendment:
A. press
B. redress
C. compress
D. establishment'

Answer: C. compress


Question: 'Title undies of a San Francisco Film Society program that featured Charlie Chaplin in "The Champion" & "The Knockout"'

Answer: "Boxer Shorts"


Question: 'Beatles tune that's "dying to take you away" to a European bike race begun in 1903'

Answer: The Magical Mystery Tour de France


Question: '"La Cage aux Folles"'

Answer: The Birdcage


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates)  Milk, seltzer & chocolate syrup combine to make this drink'

Answer: egg cream


Question: 'In 1859 John Stuart Mill published an essay "on" this; 12 years later Bartholdi designed a "Statue of" it'

Answer: liberty


Question:
'6' 7" NFL linebacker Ted Hendricks was known as
A. "The Mad Crow"
B. "The Mad Heron"
C. "The Mad Stork"
D. "The Mad Cow"'

Answer: C. "The Mad Stork"


Question: 'The "Who Wears Short Shorts?" commercials plugged this hair remover'

Answer: Nair


Question: 'Haley Joel Osment "dead people" flick that featured Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood'

Answer: The Sixth Sense and Sensibility


Question: '"Abre los Ojos"'

Answer: Vanilla Sky


Question: 'What's called India ink didn't come from India, but from this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'Novelist Henry's brother, his works include "The Will to Believe and Other Essays..."'

Answer: William James


Question:
'The element with atomic number 34 is
A. Solarium
B. Sphagnum
C. Substratum
D. Selenium'

Answer: D. Selenium


Question: 'Shorter than Bermudas, these shorts were named for an island far southwest of Bermuda'

Answer: Jamaica shorts


Question: 'Proverb about repeating a task until it becomes flawless that turns into a Bronson Pinchot sitcom'

Answer: Practice makes Perfect Strangers


Question: '"Le Retour de Martin Guerre"'

Answer: Sommersby


Question: 'Properly, it's the cavy; it's not from the place & not related to the animal in this other name'

Answer: Guinea pig


Question:
'Paris' Pompidou Center was designed by
A. Angelo Viola
B. Renzo Piano
C. Tonio Piccolo
D. Gianni Tuba'

Answer: B. Renzo Piano


Question: 'Bicycle shorts often come in this spandex fiber, a DuPont trademark introduced in 1958'

Answer: lycra


Question: 'In April 1952 he wrote in a poem, "Cherry blossoms are blooming full today, now is the nation's springtime"'

Answer: Emperor Hirohito


Question: 'He lost a presidential election & a gubernatorial election before winning the White House in 1968'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'The first "L" in the Internet acronym "LOL" stands for this, as it does in "ROFL"'

Answer: laughing


Question: 'Sun, rain & Easter are all types of these'

Answer: a bonnet