Question: 'Coincidentally, today father's squash opponent was also his deponent, as father was taking this'

Answer: a deposition


Question: 'He was 24 years older than his friend Mozart, but outlived him by almost 20 years'

Answer: Franz Joseph Haydn


Question: 'The title pair of this TNT show is Boston detective Angie Harmon & medical examiner Sasha Alexander'

Answer: Rizzoli & Isles


Question: '"To An Athlete _____ Young"'

Answer: Dying


Question: 'This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002'

Answer: Hugo Chavez


Question: 'Lunar term meaning mentally deranged or dreamily romantic'

Answer: moonstruck


Question: 'Father learned about the quaint problems of the poor at Chicago's "Edwin F. Mandel" this type of "Clinic"'

Answer: legal aid


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Juilliard School.)  The string quartet is a stripped down, personal expression of a composer's feelings; Debussy wrote only one, but it's the only work that he gave one of these numbers'

Answer: an opus


Question: 'We are bananas about this celebrity stylist; the show titled her "Project" is seen on Bravo'

Answer: Rachel Zoe


Question: '"On First _____ Into Chapman's Homer"'

Answer: Looking


Question: 'In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead'

Answer: Musharraf


Question: 'It's the 9-letter name for a type of restaurant that specializes in steak & other meat on the bone'

Answer: chophouse


Question: 'As a non-partner who has a formal relationship with a firm, father is said to be "of" this to Bisbee, Pell & Bisbee'

Answer: Counsel


Question: 'As many mourned, this minister wrote in a letter, "Washington is gone!  Millions are gasping to read ...about him"'

Answer: Parson Weems


Question: 'Born in Brooklyn in 1944, he was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002'

Answer: Rudy Giuliani


Question:
'David Lee Roth,
Sammy Hagar,
David Lee Roth'

Answer: Van Halen


Question: 'In 2004 this Dutch airlines merged with Air France'

Answer: KLM


Question: 'Spaniards named these furry rodents for the Chincha Indians'

Answer: chinchilla


Question: 'This, food cooked in a central pot on the table, is from the French for "to melt"'

Answer: fondue


Question: 'A native of Copenhagen, or to stoop to do something'

Answer: dane/deign


Question: 'He received a degree from NC State & pushed papers at his own Raleigh law firm'

Answer: John Edwards


Question: 'Roger Daltrey'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor'

Answer: Volvo


Question: 'Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length'

Answer: a porcupine


Question: 'It's a Spanish baked custard coated with caramel'

Answer: flan


Question: 'To take a quick look, or the top of a mountain'

Answer: peek/peak


Question: 'Formerly a U.S. Secretary of Energy & U.N. Ambassador, he's now the Governor of New Mexico'

Answer: (Bill) Richardson


Question: 'Anthony Kiedis'

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers


Question: 'In an $80 billion deal these 2 oil companies joined forces in 1999 in the biggest merger up to that time'

Answer: Exxon & Mobil


Question: 'These rodents of the Plains received their name because they "bark" like canines'

Answer: prairie dogs


Question: 'It's the Japanese name for certain species of puffer fish that contain lethal poison but can be eaten as a delicacy'

Answer: fugu


Question: 'Antagonistic, or an inexpensive lodging place for young people abroad'

Answer: hostile/hostel


Question: 'He played the CIA chief in "No Way Out" & represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Fred Thompson


Question: 'Trent Reznor'

Answer: Nine Inch Nails


Question: 'In 2004 FedEx acquired this chain of stores, & you can copy me on that!'

Answer: Kinko\'s


Question: 'Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature'

Answer: lemmings


Question: 'The name of these long, flat egg noodles means "little ribbons"'

Answer: fettuccine


Question: 'It's a sausage, or the absolute least best'

Answer: wurst/worst


Question: 'At age 31, he was Cleveland's mayor'

Answer: Dennis Kucinich


Question: 'Adam Levine'

Answer: Maroon 5


Question: 'Despite opposition from the 2 founders' families, this company merged with Compaq in 2002'

Answer: Hewlett-Packard


Question: 'A S. Am. delicacy, this water-dwelling herbivore was declared a fish by the Vatican so it could be eaten during Lent'

Answer: a capybara


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew fries something up in the kitchen of the Little Diner in Canutillo, TX.)  In Spanish, the name of these fried, tightly rolled tortillas, filled with seasoned beef or chicken, is also the name of the woodwind instrument they resemble'

Answer: flauta


Question: 'A dish, or a braid of hair'

Answer: plate/plait


Question: 'In 1610 the Spanish began building the Palace of the Governors in what is now this Southwest city'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'On "Fat Actress", she poked fun at herself, playing a version of herself struggling with her weight'

Answer: Kirstie Alley


Question: 'The 2 symbols seen on pirate flags & bottles of poison'

Answer: skull & crossbones


Question: 'Writing about this author's "The Deerslayer", Twain called its pathos "funny" & "its love-scenes odious"'

Answer: (James Fenimore) Cooper


Question: 'In 1982 he co-anchored "NBC Nightly News" with Tom Brokaw, & you could say his name is...'

Answer: Roger Mudd


Question: 'Pronounced one way, it's the top of the head; pronounced another, it's French chopped liver'

Answer: pâté or pate


Question: 'In 1701 this college was founded in Conn., in part to counter the perceived liberalism of Harvard'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'We are "desperate" for you to name this actress seen here, who has a master's degree in psychology'

Answer: Marcia Cross


Question: 'Seen here is a computer emoticon used to represent this Beatle'

Answer: John Lennon


Question: '(Alex reads the clue from the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT.)  Mark Twain made notations in the books he owned; he wrote, "Can any plausible excuse be furnished for the crime of creating the human race" in this man's "Voyage of the H.M.S. Beagle"'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'The "Roger" to Michael Moore's "Me", in 1990 this GM chairman handed over the job to Robert Stempel'

Answer: (Roger) Smith


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew blows out a match and sticks it in a bottle.) The moisture in the air combines with particles of dust from the smoke to form this; Los Angeles is known for it'

Answer: smog


Question: 'The Molasses Act of 1733 placed high duties on molasses & this potent potable from non-English possessions'

Answer: rum


Question: 'She portrays real-life research medium Allison DuBois'

Answer: (Patricia) Arquette


Question: 'Baby, you're going to be a star, & we're going to put you next to this symbol on Turkey's flag'

Answer: a crescent


Question: 'One of Twain's favorite books was the "Diary of" this Englishman; Twain credited it as the model for his book "1601"'

Answer: (Samuel) Pepys


Question: 'I'll have a side of this 13th century English philosopher & creator of the "Opus Majus"'

Answer: Roger Bacon


Question: 'It's short for one of the muscles, or a large open space on campus surrounded by buildings'

Answer: a quad


Question: 'His 1699 proposal for a permanent French trading post on the Detroit River didn't include a car dealership'

Answer: Cadillac


Question: 'On "Brothers & Sisters", she plays right-wing TV pundit Kitty Walker'

Answer: Calista Flockhart


Question: 'It's what this symbol means on video equipment (& maybe fighter jet control panels, we don't know)'

Answer: eject


Question: 'A copy of the New Testament in Arabic was given to Twain during the cruise that inspired this 1869 travel classic'

Answer: The Innocents Abroad


Question: 'He was to fly as lunar module pilot on the first manned Apollo mission but tragically never made it'

Answer: Roger Chaffee


Question: 'From the Welsh, it's a steep, rugged rock, or a rough, broken projecting part of a rock'

Answer: a crag


Question: 'In the 1620s this Dutch company founded New Netherland in what later became N.Y., N.J., Delaware & Connecticut'

Answer: the Dutch West India Company


Question: 'Like her "Grey's Anatomy" character Izzie Stevens, she used to be a model'

Answer: Katherine Heigl


Question: 'At her swearing-in, Speaker Pelosi wore this color (also a longtime symbol of power) as a symbol of the Suffragettes'

Answer: purple


Question: '"The only poem I have ever carried about with me", said Twain, was this classic, best enjoyed with "a jug of wine"'

Answer: the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam


Question: 'The fifth Chief Justice of the United States, he succeeded John Marshall in 1836'

Answer: Roger Taney


Question: 'Used in linoleum & paints, linseed oil is made from the seeds of this plant'

Answer: flax


Question: 'This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'What the "D.C." stands for'

Answer: the District of Columbia


Question: 'Color of a lucky "letter day"'

Answer: red


Question: 'While 2 of its wheels head toward produce, 1 goes to dairy, the other to checkout'

Answer: a shopping cart


Question: 'Varieties include Chinese & Dijon'

Answer: mustard


Question: 'Turned down to be an "Our Gang" member, she became top box office star of 1935'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'The District's oldest neighborhood, it was named for a king'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'Johnny Cash is known for wearing only this color on stage'

Answer: black


Question: 'Tennis serve that touches net before dropping into proper court, it's replayed'

Answer: a let ball


Question: 'A sideways handspring'

Answer: a cartwheel


Question: 'Type of food that comes in shapes of bow ties, elbows & wagon wheels'

Answer: pasta


Question: 'Number of the sequel the following was the theme of'

Answer: Rocky III


Question: '287 miles long, it flows past Washington & induces "fever" in ambitious politicians'

Answer: the Potomac River


Question: 'Baby, sky, & steel'

Answer: blue


Question: 'You win this when you pick the winners of 2 successive horse races'

Answer: the Daily Double


Question: 'You can load it in your 8-track'

Answer: a (tape) cartridge


Question: 'Also known as an alligator pear'

Answer: an avocado


Question: 'For the first time in '68, the Academy Awards were held in this auditorium, its current home'

Answer: the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion


Question: 'Though this mound rises only 88

Answer: Capitol Hill


Question: 'Broadway's nickname'

Answer: the Great White Way


Question: 'What the letters in "scuba" stand for'

Answer: self-contained underwater breathing apparatus


Question: 'The 1st graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy to become president'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'California vegetable with a crown & a heart'

Answer: an artichoke


Question: 'In his best English Bronx accent he cried "Yonder lies the castle of my father"'

Answer: Tony Curtis


Question: 'Former Secretary of State for whom Washington, D.C. International Airport is named'

Answer: John Foster Dulles


Question: 'The 3 colors that make up the dots on a color TV screen'

Answer: blue, green, and red


Question: 'On an official archery target, it's the color of the bull's eye'

Answer: yellow (or gold)


Question: 'The non-chocolate version are called "blondies"'

Answer: brownies


Question: 'Some 40% of this country's land has been reclaimed from the sea'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'A wunnerful, wunnerful bandleader'

Answer: Lawrence Welk


Question: 'White supremacy group depicted as heroes in film classic "Birth of a Nation"'

Answer: the Ku Klux Klan


Question: 'This red bird is the state bird of 7 states'

Answer: the cardinal


Question: 'Its name comes from the Middle English word "bumblen"'

Answer: a bumblebee


Question: 'Baby book author who ran for president in '68'

Answer: Dr. Spock


Question: 'Both in size & population, it's largest Scandinavian country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 1937 he was "in the mood" to start a band'

Answer: Glenn Miller


Question: 'Name of FBI "sting" operation that sent 4 former Congressmen to prison in '83'

Answer: Abscam


Question: 'Depending on the species, a bird can have 940 to 25,000 of them'

Answer: feathers


Question: 'Common name of an apiculturist'

Answer: a beekeeper


Question: 'Nickname of late Washington Senator Henry Jackson'

Answer: Scoop Jackson


Question: '19th century Sardinia took the lead in unifying this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'As famous for his marriages as his music; once wed Ava Gardner & Lana Turner'

Answer: Artie Shaw


Question: '32 inmates & 11 guards were killed in '71 uprising at this NY prison'

Answer: Attica


Question: 'All 16 species of the Hawaiian honeycreeper are on this list'

Answer: the endangered species list


Question: 'A large crowd of bees on the move'

Answer: a swarm


Question: 'U.S. ambassadors to this country have included Anne Armstrong & Joseph Kennedy'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'In '67 this last king of Greece went into exile'

Answer: Constantine (II)


Question: 'Benny Goodman got good "vibes" from him'

Answer: Lionel Hampton


Question: 'Despite his "fortunate" nickname, this gangster was deported to Italy in '46'

Answer: "Lucky" Luciano


Question: 'The 3 classes of a honeybee colony'

Answer: a drone, a queen, and a worker


Question: 'Florida Congressman who champions the senior citizen'

Answer: Claude Pepper


Question: 'Only predominanty Muslim country entirely in Europe'

Answer: Albania


Question: '"Royal" bandleader whose first two names were Edward Kennedy'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'He wrote the Howard Hughes "autobiography" that sent him to jail'

Answer: Clifford Irving


Question: 'Only 4 state governors serve terms this long'

Answer: two years


Question: 'President elected to 2nd term with 523 electoral votes, the greatest number in any election'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'About its eruption in 79 A.D., an observer wrote that "broad sheets of fire and leaping flames blazed at several points"'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'A hard blow or punch'

Answer: a sock


Question: '"The Shoulder of Athos, the Baldric of Porthos, and the Handkerchief of Aramis"'

Answer: The Three Musketeers


Question: 'In 2004 the most valuable guitar, this rocker's Stratocaster "Blackie", sold for $959,500 at auction'

Answer: (Eric) Clapton


Question: 'Dessert topping (the part after "Reddi")'

Answer: W-I-P


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Eataly in New York.)  Parmesan cheese comes from the northern Italian city of Parma, where the whey from cheese making is fed to the local pigs, helping create another famous local product, this'

Answer: prosciutto


Question: 'At least 57 people died as a result of this U.S. volcano's May 18, 1980 eruption'

Answer: Mount St. Helens


Question: 'To avoid or go around the edge of'

Answer: a skirt


Question: '"Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific"'

Answer: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea


Question: 'In the 1991 remake of "Father of the Bride", she played the mother of the bride'

Answer: Diane Keaton


Question: 'Mr. Potato Head maker (the part after "Play")'

Answer: S-K-O-O-L


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Eataly in New York.)  The Piedmont region is known for bread sticks, which an enthused Napoleon called "little sticks" of this city, that holds a famous shroud'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'This youngest surface volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii has distinctive lava formations like Pele's Hair'

Answer: Kilauea


Question: 'When followed by "down", it means to eat voraciously'

Answer: scarf


Question: '"Hester and Pearl"'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'He's the voice of country music seen here'

Answer: Blake Shelton


Question: 'Drugstore with 4,700 outlets (the part before "Aid")'

Answer: R-I-T-E


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Eataly in New York.)  The rugged Tuscan landscape has a vast number of microclimates, so this wine, made from up to 90% local sangiovese grapes, can very widely from vineyard to vineyard'

Answer: Chianti


Question: 'In 1908 members of Ernest Shackleton's expedition became the first to climb this continent's Mount Erebus'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Hard, quick gasps for air'

Answer: pants


Question: '"Mr. Badger"'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'After his death in 1974, his son Mercer took over his band'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: '"Kid tested, mother approved" cereal'

Answer: K-I-X


Question: 'This lake lies in a caldera formed when Oregon's Mount Mazama volcano collapsed 7,000 years ago'

Answer: Crater Lake


Question: 'A policy seeking to reduce pollution is referred to as this & trade'

Answer: cap


Question: '"The Lotus Eaters" & "Circe"'

Answer: Ulysses


Question: 'His "Boyz N the Hood" earned him the first-ever best director Oscar nomination for an African American'

Answer: John Singleton


Question: 'Amazing, phenomenal cleaner from SC Johnson'

Answer: F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-K


Question: 'U.S. News & World Report calls this New Haven school the best value college, even with tuition at over $38,000 a year'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'According to tradition, this prop used by magicians should be made of hazel wood cut at sunrise'

Answer: a wand


Question:
'1976:
Nadia Comaneci;
2008:
Nastia Liukin (champions all-around)'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: 'Patrick Jephson, her aide in the 1990s, doesn't aid her reputation with his book "Shadows of a Princess"'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'To hear about "My Highland Lassie" / My poor heart, it yearns / For he wrote 'em, I just quote 'em / He is...'

Answer: (Rabbie) Burns


Question: 'The Union Jack<br />(4)'

Answer: flag


Question: 'According to the Cat Fanciers' Assoc., the top breed of pedigreed cat is this feline with a Middle Eastern name'

Answer: Persian


Question: 'This duo first teamed up in 1975; one was a clown college graduate & juggler, the other, a silent magician'

Answer: Penn & Teller


Question:
'1964:
Joe Frazier;
1996:
Wladimir Klitschko'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'Vladislav Surkov, a longtime aide to this former president, is known as the Kremlin's "Gray Cardinal"'

Answer: (Vladimir) Putin


Question: '"The Lamb" & "The Fly" are far from a mess / But this man's "The Tyger" / Gets all the good press'

Answer: (William) Blake


Question: 'Velour, velvet or tricot<br />(6)'

Answer: fabric


Question: 'Not only is Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta the world's busiest airport, this airline based there is the largest'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'This magician's feats include walking through the Great Wall of China'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question:
'1924:
Helen Wills;
2004:
Justine Henin-Hardenne'

Answer: tennis


Question: '(Hi.  I'm Chris Matthews.)  Here's a tip for you: for 6 years, I was the top aide to this Democrat from Massachusetts when he was Speaker of the House'

Answer: Tip O\'Neill


Question: 'Being called "a gargoyle of a man" / May have caused him to lose all hope / But his "Rape of the Lock" was good / He's...'

Answer: (Alexander) Pope


Question: 'Long crack in a rock<br />(7)'

Answer: fissure


Question: 'Not surprisingly, this taste sensation is rocking as Ben & Jerry's top-selling ice cream flavor'

Answer: Cherry Garcia


Question: 'This 16-letter synonym for sleight of hand comes from the Latin for "nimble finger"'

Answer: prestidigitation


Question:
'1904:
Thomas Kiely, with 6,036 points;
2000:
Erki Nool, with 8,641'

Answer: the decathlon


Question: 'In 1948 White House aide Lauchlin Currie told this committee he wasn't a Soviet spy; today we know he was'

Answer: the House Un-American Activities Committee


Question: '"A hundred naked maidens" / Danced in his "Faerie Queene" / Give this Elizabethan credit / He sure could set a scene'

Answer: (Edmund) Spenser


Question: 'Islamic legal opinion or directive<br />(5)'

Answer: fatwa


Question: 'In 2011 this Nissan model was Consumer Reports' top pick for family sedan'

Answer: the Altima


Question: 'In November 2000 this illusionist known for his street magic was encased in a block of ice for 63 hours in Times Square'

Answer: David Blaine


Question:
'1896:
Ellery Clark, 20' 10";
2000:
Ivan Pedroso, 28' 3/4"'

Answer: the long jump


Question: 'In 2009 an aide to the Defense Sec. was ensnared in the scandal over a couple who crashed this White House event'

Answer: the White House State Dinner


Question: 'This romantic poet was really not clairvoyant / In 1822 / He put "Hellas" into view / But we wish he was more buoyant'

Answer: Shelley


Question: 'Smooth move in a bridge game<br />(7)'

Answer: finesse


Question: 'Of the top 10 cities in population within city limits, this one of 1.4 million is the only state capital'

Answer: Phoenix, Arizona


Question: 'He was at radio station WHO back in the 1930s & while president, went back to Des Moines'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: '[Hi, I'm Dick Butkus, Hall of Fame linebacker of the Chicago Bears]  Before moving to Soldier Field in 1971, the Bears played its home games for 50 seasons in this Cubs park'

Answer: Wrigley Field


Question: 'One of the hottest stocks of summer 2000 was for this nautical action film starring George Clooney'

Answer: The Perfect Storm


Question: 'Created by God to rule the Earth in Genesis'

Answer: Adam & Eve


Question: 'It's the double-talk name for the tropical food fish also known as the dolphinfish'

Answer: Mahi-mahi


Question: 'One of these might be thrown in an English pub or shot from a blowgun in Peru'

Answer: Dart


Question: 'He dedicated the Rathbun Dam July 31, 1971'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: '[Hi, I'm Champ Bailey, college football's top defensive player of 1998]  The award for top defensive player in college football is named for Bronislaw Nagurski, whose nickname was this'

Answer: Bronco


Question: 'With the release of "Me, Myself, and Irene", this actor's HSX stock shot up $125'

Answer: Jim Carrey


Question: 'Jesus' Earthly parents'

Answer: Joseph & Mary


Question: 'A bean with mottled markings shares its name with this equine'

Answer: Pinto


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme, a queen makes some of these only to have them stolen by a knave'

Answer: Tarts


Question: 'Lincoln has a monument in Council Bluffs; this other president has a grave in West Branch'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: '[Hi, I'm Franco Harris, Hall of Fame running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers]  In the 1972 playoff game against the Oakland Raiders, I caught a miraculous, game-winning pass that's been nicknamed this'

Answer: "The Immaculate Reception"


Question: 'Millions of HSX shares of this scary movie "project" were traded a full year before it was released'

Answer: The Blair Witch Project


Question: '"Hairy" couple from Judges 16'

Answer: Samson & Delilah


Question: 'You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo'

Answer: Calf


Question: 'Grammatically speaking, the word "the" is definitely one of these'

Answer: Article


Question: 'In 1887 Cleveland attended this city's Corn Palace (or should we say Maize Palace)'

Answer: Sioux City


Question: '[Hi, I'm Raghib Ismail of the Dallas Cowboys]  While at this school, I was named MVP of the Orange Bowl on the first day of the '90s'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: '"RBRIDE" was the HSX designation for this hot-performing stock & movie'

Answer: Runaway Bride


Question: 'The sons of Rebekah'

Answer: Jacob & Esau


Question: 'Ethiopian feline variety seen here'

Answer: Abyssinian


Question: 'They can be a city's highways or a person's blood vessels'

Answer: Arteries


Question: 'In 1975 Ford attended this, the subject of a 1945 Rodgers & Hammerstein film musical'

Answer: Iowa State Fair


Question: '[Hi, I'm Shannon Sharpe of the Denver Broncos]  In 1995 this Cowboys running back tied Jim Brown's record by scoring his 100th career TD in his 93rd NFL game'

Answer: Emmitt Smith


Question: 'At $4,147 a share, this star of "Firestarter" is one of the highest-valued actresses listed on HSX'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: 'God & Jesus are called by these 2 Greek letters in Revelation'

Answer: Alpha & Omega


Question: 'Useful in long-term avian study, it's the placing of metal identification tags on the legs of wild birds'

Answer: Banding


Question: 'One of these might be flip, flow or pie'

Answer: Chart


Question: 'A third, more sexually explicit version of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published in the U.S. in 1959'

Answer: "Lady Chatterley\'s Lover"


Question: 'In 44 B.C. the senate of Rome wanted his head -- on all silver coins'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Completed in 1345, the Ponte Vecchio crosses over the Arno River in this European country'

Answer: Italy


Question: '"Hef"'

Answer: Hugh Hefner


Question: 'He began composing "The Nutcracker Suite" in 1891'

Answer: Pyotr Tchaikovsky


Question: 'In baseball one's behind home plate & one's behind each base'

Answer: Umpire


Question: '"The Parson's Tale", which deals at length with the 7 deadly sins, concludes this 14th century work'

Answer: "The Canterbury Tales"


Question: 'The animal featured on the electrum coin of Lydia, it got the world's coinage off to a roaring success'

Answer: Lion


Question: 'It's the largest Scottish city on the banks of the Firth of Forth'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'Aviation's "Mysterious Billionaire"'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: '"Suite Bergamasque" contains this composer's famous piece "Clair De Lune"'

Answer: Claude Debussy


Question: 'It's bordered by Kenya to the east & Sudan to the north'

Answer: Uganda


Question: 'Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in this 1953 novel, which became a 1967 film starring David Niven'

Answer: "Casino Royale"


Question: 'Around 334 B.C. this Macedonian's stater became a world currency'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Granite pillars support the roof of this man's burial "hall" near "The Gate of Heavenly Peace"'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'Georgia's "Miss Lillian"'

Answer: Lillian Carter


Question: 'It's the title of the "chasmic" 1931 suite heard here'

Answer: "Grand Canyon Suite"


Question: 'It's the island instrument heard here'

Answer: Ukulele


Question: 'This James Joyce work is a dream sequence in the minds of the Earwicker family'

Answer: "Finnegans Wake"


Question: 'A Knossos coin of the 4th century B.C. had this creature on the front & a labyrinth on the reverse'

Answer: Minotaur


Question: 'In 1995 the Pacific island of Kiribati shifted this "line", making it the first nation to see the morning sun each day'

Answer: International Date Line


Question: 'Cinema's "Man of A Thousand Faces"'

Answer: Lon Chaney


Question: 'Go "trolling" with this Edvard Grieg suite that shares its name with an Ibsen work'

Answer: "Peer Gynt"


Question: 'In a hit song by the Irish Rovers, these animals didn't make it onto Noah's Ark'

Answer: Unicorns


Question: 'The title of this E.M. Forster novel refers to the house that belonged to Henry Wilcox' first wife'

Answer: "Howards End"


Question: 'Smyrna, which claimed to be the birthplace of this poet, put him on a 2nd century B.C. coin'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'It's the river that runs through Ludwigshafen & Mannheim'

Answer: Rhine


Question: '"The People's Lawyer" & 2000 Green Party presidential candidate'

Answer: Ralph Nader


Question: '"Mars" & "Uranus" are famous works within his 1916 suite "The Planets"'

Answer: Gustav Holst


Question: 'This technique uses high-frequency waves & is often used to view fetuses'

Answer: Ultrasound


Question: 'Using the aliases James Ryan & Harry Place, they boarded a steamer for Argentina in February 1901'

Answer: Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid


Question: 'This building in Philadelphia houses the inkstand used by the Declaration signers'

Answer: Independence Hall


Question: 'He played outfield for the Birmingham Barons before returning to the Bulls'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended this right not to be held in prison without court consent'

Answer: Habeas corpus


Question: 'Kathleen Turner is a psychopathic housewife on a killing spree in this 1994 John Waters comedy'

Answer: Serial Mom


Question:
'Some chairs,
A toy horse,
The cradle when the wind blows'

Answer: Things that rock


Question: '12 inches of hot dog'

Answer: Foot long


Question: 'The Whizstreet "Up In Smoke" Museum is a web site exhibiting the art of these colorful cigar items'

Answer: Cigar bands


Question: 'This TV actor heard here is not really known for his singing:  "Picture yourself...in a boat...on a river..."'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'From the Latin "to refer", it's the way by which laws proposed by a legislature are put to popular vote'

Answer: Referendum


Question: 'Billy Crystal is meant to kill Danny DeVito's mother according to DeVito's plan in this 1987 comedy'

Answer: Throw Momma From The Train


Question:
'Thunder,
Ol' Man River,
White House Easter Eggs'

Answer: Things that are rolled


Question: 'To pick up a check'

Answer: Foot the bill


Question: 'Barry Goldwater donated his Kachina doll collection to the Heard Museum in this state capital'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'This supermodel starred with William Baldwin in the film "Fair Game", which was fair game for critics'

Answer: Cindy Crawford


Question: 'The first of these "colorful" laws was enacted in 1619 to punish failure to attend church'

Answer: Blue laws


Question: 'Title of the 1981 biopic about the woman seen here:  "I wouldn't turn against you if it meant my life.  You are my life."'

Answer: Mommie Dearest


Question:
'Coconuts,
Udders,
Canaan'

Answer: Things that give milk


Question: 'It's a small trunk kept at the foot of a soldier's bunk'

Answer: Footlocker


Question: 'The Eisenhower Center in this Kansas town houses numerous mementos of the president's life & career'

Answer: Abilene


Question: 'He quit as the Beatles' bass player to become a painter in 1961'

Answer: Stuart Sutcliffe


Question: 'Failure to pay a building contractor  may result in his leaning on you with this type of lien'

Answer: Mechanic\'s lien


Question: 'According to the theme song, this cat "is a bad mother" -- shut your mouth'

Answer: Shaft


Question:
'A beaten wrestler,
A frat brother's girlfriend,
A dead butterfly'

Answer: Things that are pinned


Question: 'In tennis, it happens when the server steps over the baseline before hitting the ball'

Answer: Foot fault


Question: 'A Brussels art & history museum has a giant statue from this Chilean island on exhibit'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: 'He gave up his cushy European royalty job to become emperor of Mexico, & was executed there in 1867'

Answer: Maximillian


Question: 'Now a body of lawyers, it once referred to a rail separating spectators from courtroom proceedings'

Answer: Bar


Question: 'Bill Cosby, Raquel Welch & Harvey Keitel play this title trio in a movie about an ambulance service'

Answer: Mother, Jugs & Speed


Question:
'Hair,
Punch,
A volleyball'

Answer: Things that are spiked


Question: 'A person near death is said to have one'

Answer: One foot in the grave


Question: 'There's no doubt about it, he was born Harry, but we know him as "Bing"'

Answer: (Harry Lillis) "Bing" Crosby


Question: 'This capital whose name means "muddy estuary" was named for the 2 rivers that wind through it'

Answer: Kuala Lumpur


Question: 'For the first 8 weeks after fertilization, an unborn child is called this, from the Greek for "full"'

Answer: Embryo


Question: '"Proud Mary"'

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival & Ike & Tina Turner


Question: 'In the Aesop fable, he's so far ahead he takes a nap; what a loser!'

Answer: Hare


Question: 'Sylvia's tub times'

Answer: Plath\'s baths


Question: 'Nickname of Robert E. Lee's dad'

Answer: "Lighthorse" Harry Lee


Question: 'Endau-Rompin Park is one of the last homes of the Sumatran species of this horned mammal'

Answer: Rhinoceros


Question: 'Named for the sac surrounding the fetus, this fluid cushions the fetus from injury'

Answer: Amniotic fluid


Question: '"Live And Let Die"'

Answer: Wings & Guns N\' Roses


Question: 'He was the Democratic presidential frontrunner in 1987 until his "Monkey Business" did him in'

Answer: Gary Hart


Question: 'Ezra's Afghans'

Answer: Pound\'s hounds


Question: 'He's the Harry heard here:  "Dayyy...."'

Answer: Harry Belafonte


Question: 'Of proton, electron or neutron, with "Saga", it's Malaysia's national car'

Answer: Proton


Question: 'Pre-natal process that created the images seen here:'

Answer: Ultrasound


Question: '"California Girls"'

Answer: The Beach Boys & David Lee Roth


Question: 'By allowing rebel forces to escape after Gettysburg, this Union general may have prolonged the war 2 more years'

Answer: George Meade


Question: 'Alexander's expectations'

Answer: Pope\'s hopes


Question: 'Watergate-era chief of staff, his initial "H" stood for Harry'

Answer: HR Haldeman


Question: 'The states of Sarawak & Sabah on this island make up about 6% of Malaysia's land area'

Answer: Borneo


Question: 'From the Greek for "flat cake", this uterine wall organ connects to the fetus via the umbilical cord'

Answer: Placenta


Question: '"Blue Bayou"'

Answer: Linda Ronstadt & Roy Orbison


Question: 'She became Texas' governor in 1990 when her frontrunner opponent kept blundering in interviews'

Answer: Ann Richards


Question: 'William's anacondas'

Answer: Blake\'s snakes


Question: 'This trumpet-playing band-leader helped Sinatra get started, & lost him to the Tommy Dorsey band'

Answer: Harry James


Question: 'Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India'

Answer: Malacca


Question: 'Even at birth the skull isn't fully fused, leaving these, also called "soft spots"'

Answer: Fontenelles


Question: '"Soul Man"'

Answer: The Blues Brothers & Sam & Dave


Question: 'Heavy armor & heavy rains defeated the large French army as much as Henry V's men at this 1415 battle'

Answer: Agincourt


Question: 'Sir Philip's renal organs'

Answer: Sidney\'s kidneys


Question: 'The 5th edition of this work, published in 1676, included a section on fly fishing by Charles Cotton'

Answer: The Compleat Angler (by Izaak Walton)


Question: 'When your prom date leaves the dance without you, recall the proverb, this "heals all wounds"'

Answer: time


Question: 'In 2007 Marie Osmond blamed allergies & L.A. air quality for her waltz into unconsciousness on this show'

Answer: Dancing with the Stars


Question: 'Carob yields a sweet pulp that is roasted, ground, & used as a substitute for this flavoring'

Answer: chocolate


Question: 'Long before it was a capital, this city on the Thames River was a communications center'

Answer: London


Question: 'Sounds unlucky, but there were this many books in Lemony Snicket's "Series of Unfortunate Events"'

Answer: 13


Question: 'The name of this, also called a fireplug, is partly from a word for "water"'

Answer: a hydrant


Question: 'This saint of Assisi said, "Where there is hatred, let me sow love... where there is despair, hope"'

Answer: Francis


Question: 'Simon said "Simply dreadful... appalling" on this show that debuted on Fox in June '02'

Answer: American Idol


Question: 'Bursting with beta carotene, the melon we call this is actually a type of muskmelon'

Answer: the cantaloupe


Question: 'Though Kyoto remained the imperial capital, Tokugawa Ieyasu made this obscure village his capital'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'Sonnets are rhymed poems with this many lines'

Answer: 14


Question: 'The name of this bread spread goes all the way back to bous, a Greek word for "cow"'

Answer: butter


Question: 'Thinking of his sins, poet Heinrich Heine said, "Of course" God will do this to "me; that's his business"'

Answer: forgive


Question: 'Justin Timberlake had a rough day on this MTV show: phony "tax agents" said he owed $900,000 & raided his house'

Answer: Punk\'d


Question: 'Cannellini is a white kidney bean, cannelloni is a type of this'

Answer: pasta


Question: 'A small village sacked by Mongol as well as Afghan invaders, it later became the largest Persian city'

Answer: Tehran


Question: 'Rack all your pins in bowling & 10 are set up; rack your balls in a game of 8-ball & this many are set up'

Answer: 15


Question: 'These sparkly fake gems are partly named for a river that flows through Germany'

Answer: rhinestones


Question: 'In 1903 Pope Pius X wrote, "Where justice is lacking there can be no hope of" this, pax in Latin'

Answer: peace


Question: 'We're still waiting for a "Des Moines" version of this CBS crime show to accompany the Vegas, Miami & N.Y. ones'

Answer: CSI


Question: 'This word was once used for the meat of any hunted animal; now it refers to deer meat'

Answer: venison


Question: 'This capital was created because Rio de Janeiro was overcrowded & isolated from the rest of the country'

Answer: Brasilia


Question: 'Including wisdom teeth, the number of teeth typically found in the fully developed adult upper jaw'

Answer: 16


Question: 'The name of this type of reference work is from the Greek for "cyclical" (i.e., well-rounded) & "education"'

Answer: an encyclopedia


Question: 'This "Candide" author helped popularize the saying, "The perfect is the enemy of the good"'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'Bryan Fuller created this show about a piemaker whose touch can bring the dead to life'

Answer: Pushing Daisies


Question: 'Mostly made from the whites, egg substitutes don't contain fat or this artery-clogging lipid'

Answer: cholesterol


Question: 'One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities, it became a capital in 1946 when Syria gained independence'

Answer: Damascus


Question: 'In "The Sound of Music", Liesl was "going on" this number'

Answer: 17


Question: 'This 5-letter synonym of "question" comes from the Latin for "to ask" or "to seek"'

Answer: a query


Question: 'Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'To start your golf round, put your ball up on one of these little pegs'

Answer: a tee


Question: 'In April 1803 Napoleon renounced this territory in America "with the greatest regret"; so we bought it'

Answer: the Louisiana Territory


Question: 'Catch the flue here, where fire goes up in smoke'

Answer: a chimney


Question: 'The Scott brothers sold rolls of this in 1890; 2-ply came later'

Answer: toilet paper


Question: 'Alphabetically last of our solar system's planets'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line in 1947 when he was signed by this team'

Answer: the Dodgers


Question: 'Kermit the Frog's eyeballs were originally made of these light sports balls'

Answer: ping pong balls


Question: 'In 1807, after a trip up the Hudson, he wrote, "The power of propelling boats by steam is now fully proved"'

Answer: (Robert) Fulton


Question: 'If you're sleepless in Seattle you're suffering from this malady'

Answer: insomnia


Question: 'Marie Antoinette is credited with introducing these rolls to France'

Answer: croissants


Question: 'Though this book has the word "last" in its title, it's only the second of the 5 "Leatherstocking Tales"'

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans


Question: 'Harlem had one of these literary & cultural rebirths in the '20s & '30s'

Answer: renaissance


Question: 'A target ball called a "pallino" is thrown first in this Italian ball game'

Answer: bocce


Question: 'On July 12, 1808 this large city's Missouri Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Mississippi'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: ''Tis this season (of the year)'

Answer: autumn


Question: 'Event at which Jesus performed his first miracle, providing enough wine for a feast'

Answer: the wedding at Cana


Question: 'In 1966 Congress authorized the Uniform Time Act, creating this from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October'

Answer: daylight savings time


Question: 'Edward & Burghardt were the middle names of this organizer of the NAACP'

Answer: (W.E.B.) Du Bois


Question: 'In racquetball, the ball must strike the front wall before hitting this'

Answer: the ground (or the floor)


Question: 'In 1807 Jefferson tried to have this man, his first vice president, convicted of treason'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: '6-letter word meaning mirthless, sober, or grave'

Answer: solemn


Question: 'The first meeting of this international assembly convened November 15, 1920'

Answer: the League of Nations


Question: 'The Battle of Castillon in 1453 was the last battle of this war that began back in 1337'

Answer: the Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'In 1957 Martin Luther King helped establish this religious organization, the SCLC'

Answer: Southern Christian Leadership Conference


Question: 'The ball & bat used in this sport are seen here'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'In 1805 U.S. Marines stormed the shores of this Barbary state at Derna, helping to end the raids on American ships'

Answer: Tripoli


Question: 'Please don't forget this word, from the Greek for "oblivion"'

Answer: amnesia


Question: 'On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the 1st state to do this'

Answer: ratify the U.S. Constitution


Question: 'The name of the last dynasty to rule Vietnam, it's the family name of about half Vietnam's people'

Answer: Nguyen


Question: 'This character says, "It's Christmas Day!  I haven't missed it.  The Spirits have done it all in one night"'

Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge


Question: 'He was shot on Sept. 6, 1901 while shaking hands with a crowd of well-wishers at the Pan-American Exposition'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'In 2008 he swam 200 meters freestyle in a record 1 minute, 42.96 seconds'

Answer: Michael Phelps


Question: 'A large sack'

Answer: a big bag


Question: 'This country is "The Land of the Shamrock"'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In mammals, milk is secreted by these glands'

Answer: mammary glands


Question: '& Honey, could you pick up some of the Huggies brand of these on the way home?'

Answer: diapers


Question: 'On May 17, 1954 the Supreme Court ruled on this case, unanimously outlawing public school segregation'

Answer: Brown vs. the Board of Education


Question: 'This manager went out on top when he called it quits Oct. 31, 2011'

Answer: La Russa


Question: 'Excellent eats'

Answer: good food


Question: 'Victoria Land, one of its regions, lies north of the Ross Ice Shelf'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Many countries have laws requiring that milk undergo this process that guards against pathogens'

Answer: pasteurization


Question: '& Honey, if you get a chance, could you wash my favorite pants?  You know, the ones named for that 19th century woman'

Answer: bloomers


Question: 'The Egyptian government opened his mummy case on March 6, 1924'

Answer: Tutankhamun


Question: 'In 2011 this QB was a first-round draft pick by Carolina'

Answer: (Cam) Newton


Question: 'Humorous wordplay about a quill'

Answer: a pen pun (a pun about a pen accepted)


Question: 'Look east! Japan has long been known by this dawning nickname'

Answer: the Land of the Rising Sun


Question: 'This sugar makes up almost all the carbohydrates in milk'

Answer: lactose


Question: '& Honey, it's May--we gotta call your mom in London for Mother's Day; don't forget it's this many hours ahead of N.Y. time'

Answer: five


Question: 'He dissolved England's Rump Parliament on April 20, 1653'

Answer: Cromwell


Question: 'He split 2 1980 title fights with Roberto Duran'

Answer: Sugar Ray Leonard


Question: 'A hole in the ground for your baked pastry'

Answer: a pie pit


Question: 'After killing Abel, Cain was banished to the sleepy-sounding land of this place, east of Eden'

Answer: Nod


Question: 'Canned milk that has 60% of the water removed is known by this 10-letter term'

Answer: evaporated


Question: '& Honey, could you take the minivan to the mechanic? It's still making noise here, also called the gearbox'

Answer: the transmission


Question: 'The accident of April 25-26, 1986 at this facility was caused by a poorly designed experiment at its reactor unit 4'

Answer: Chernobyl


Question: 'Since 2009 the Mercury, Storm & Lynx have been championship teams in this league'

Answer: the WNBA


Question: 'A speechless minute arachnid'

Answer: a mute mite


Question: 'The name of this state is from Choctaw & means it's the land of the "red people"'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'Mongolians cool off with airag, a slightly fermented version of this alliterative liquid'

Answer: mare\'s milk


Question: '& Honey, while you're up, can you grab my copy of "Caligula" by this French-Algerian author? He's so existential'

Answer: (Albert) Camus


Question: 'Meaning "first", it can precede color, election or health care'

Answer: primary


Question: 'On a map'

Answer: a capital


Question: 'He's the transatlantic TV, film & stand-up comic seen here'

Answer: Ricky Gervais


Question: 'Not just women but men over 50 also need at least 1,200 mg of this bone-building element daily'

Answer: calcium


Question: 'He was cornered & fatally wounded by federal troops on a farm near Port Royal, Virginia on April 26, 1865'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'Ernest L. Thayer is represented by a pair of quotations, both from this baseball poem'

Answer: "Casey at the Bat"


Question: 'Aussies are familiar with this term for native inhabitants that once referred to pre-Roman Italians'

Answer: aborigines


Question: 'In math, this set'

Answer: the null set (or empty set)


Question: 'Snow White & Prince Charming are characters on this TV show set in the town of Storybrooke'

Answer: Once Upon a Time


Question: 'For many centuries this drug derived from a poppy was the main painkiller used in medicine'

Answer: opium


Question: 'President Jefferson sent this fellow Virginian, later our 5th president, to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase'

Answer: (James) Monroe


Question: 'Fred Allen gets 2 zingers, including "California's a wonderful place to live--if you happen to be" this fruit'

Answer: orange


Question: 'An adjective meaning "first", or a letter like "F" in F. Murray Abraham'

Answer: an initial


Question: 'In a weather report (keep your response P.C.)'

Answer: partly cloudy


Question: 'This man who died in 1918 was Snoopy's cursed nemesis in "Peanuts"'

Answer: the Red Baron


Question: 'Once the open main court of a Roman house, it's now a skylit central court in an office building or hotel'

Answer: atrium


Question: 'In 1699 the capital of Virginia was moved from Jamestown to this city'

Answer: Williamsburg


Question: 'Kenneth Grahame's 2 quotes both come from this children's book'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'Something that's leading in every respect is "first &" this superlative adjective'

Answer: foremost


Question: 'In astrology'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'In a 2011 movie comedy, the 3 title "horrible" these were summarized as psycho, maneater & tool'

Answer: bosses


Question: 'The Latin name for ancient Troy, it's also a broad flat hipbone'

Answer: Ilium


Question: 'In 1763 this gifted orator & lawyer presented the "Parson's Cause", an early test case of royal authority'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'The 2 quotes by Charles Evans Hughes, the USA's 11th this, include "The Constitution is what the judges say it is"'

Answer: Chief Justice


Question: 'Jung was fond of this word, an original pattern from which all similar things are based'

Answer: an archetype


Question: 'In particle physics'

Answer: an alpha particle


Question: 'This late country singer called his autobiography "Thirty Years of Sausage, Fifty Years of Ham"'

Answer: Jimmy Dean


Question: 'It's the muscle tissue that forms the middle layer of the heart's walls'

Answer: myocardium


Question: 'In 1716 Virginia's governor claimed possession of this scenic valley for England'

Answer: the Shenandoah Valley


Question: 'The first of this French playwright's 2 quotes begins, "A great nose indicates a great man"'

Answer: Edmond Rostand


Question: 'The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria'

Answer: Daedalus


Question: 'She commanded Samson, "Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth"'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'Kurt Cobain & Krist Novoselic met through Buzz Osborne, leader of the Melvins, & found freedom as this group in 1987'

Answer: Nirvana


Question:
'Hobble,
wrap,
micro mini'

Answer: skirt


Question: 'Keep a big donor's gifts flowing: put him on this "of directors" or "of governors"'

Answer: board


Question: 'Home to a major U.S. Air Force base, this capital was founded in 1683'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'In 1887 Joseph Conrad gained literary material sailing as this on a ship bound for Java'

Answer: first mate


Question: 'This disciple wouldn't believe Jesus' resurrection until he saw "in his hands the print of the nails"'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'This Jimmy Page foursome first played together as part of the session group on P.J. Proby's "Three Week Hero"'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question:
'Action,
kid,
opera'

Answer: gloves


Question: 'This service's code says donors to a 501 (c)(3) organization can generally take a tax deduction'

Answer: the IRS


Question: 'Delaware has this many representatives in the U.S. House'

Answer: 1


Question: 'Ryan Howard's day job with the Phillies'

Answer: first baseman


Question: 'In Exodus Moses & Aaron inform pharaoh that the lord has this very strong 4-word suggestion'

Answer: "Let my people go"


Question: 'Jack wed Meg & took her name, & in 1997 formed this band on a lark, with him on bass & her on drums'

Answer: The White Stripes


Question:
'Puritan,
Peter Pan,
choir-boy'

Answer: collars


Question: 'Chilly alliterative term for phoning someone to ask for money without any prior notice'

Answer: cold call


Question: 'Designated in 1999, the tiger swallowtail is Delaware's official one of these insects'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'In 1975 Donald Johanson found a group of 13 hominid fossils he dubbed this, like the Nixons or Trumans'

Answer: the first family


Question: 'Herod thought that Jesus was this man "whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead"'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'This punk group was the brainchild of entrepreneur Malcolm McLaren, who asked John Lydon to be its lead singer'

Answer: The Sex Pistols


Question:
'French,
Cuban,
wedge'

Answer: heels


Question: 'Donations in the form of equipment or time instead of money are called "in" this 4-letter word'

Answer: in kind


Question: 'Nicknamed "Pete", this former gov. of Delaware once worked in the chemical co. his ancestors founded in 1802'

Answer: du Pont


Question: 'This nuclear capability is designed to completely knock out an enemy's ability to respond to your attack'

Answer: first strike


Question: 'In Proverbs this king writes, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge"'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'This Southern California group was originally assembled as a backup band for Linda Ronstadt'

Answer: The Eagles


Question:
'Hobo,
envelope,
beaded'

Answer: purses


Question: 'In fundraising DM stands for this mail, which aims to scare up new donors'

Answer: direct mail


Question: 'Sailing under a Dutch flag, this English navigator & explorer discovered Delaware in 1609'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'In a symphony orchestra, the leader of this group serves as concertmaster'

Answer: first violin


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up a sugar cube.)  At sea level, at 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 1 cubic centimeter of air, the size of a sugar cube, contains 45 billion billion of these, from the Latin for "little mass"'

Answer: a molecule


Question: 'This 1984 movie recounted the friendship of an American journalist & a translator in war-torn Cambodia'

Answer: The Killing Fields


Question: 'Born in 1803 in Tennessee, Sarah later attended school in this state due east, husband James' birthplace'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'John Travolta & Debra Winger demonstrated the fine art of riding a mechanical bull at Gilley's in this 1980 film'

Answer: Urban Cowboy


Question: 'This instrument heard here reminds me of something; hmm...I'm starting to remember'

Answer: a harp


Question: 'All things considered, NPR is this popular listening place'

Answer: National Public Radio


Question: 'The name of this green pigment found in plants is partly from the Greek for "green"'

Answer: chlorophyll


Question: 'In "Changeling" she plays a mom who takes on the LAPD after her son disappears & a different boy is returned to her'

Answer: Angelina Jolie


Question: 'In the 1840s First Lady Sarah, seeing James enter rooms unnoticed, made this song a regular feature of his entrances'

Answer: "Hail To The Chief"


Question: 'This energy drink was originally developed by a Thai businessman in 1962 & sold under the name Krating Daeng'

Answer: Red Bull


Question: 'This guitar family member's circular body is covered in front with tightly stretched plastic or parchment'

Answer: a banjo


Question: 'Plan for your golden years by putting money in an IRA, one of these'

Answer: an individual retirement account


Question: 'Newton's first law, about bodies at rest & in motion, is also called the law of this'

Answer: the law of inertia


Question: 'African captives revolt aboard their slave ship & then have to stand trial in this movie based on an 1839 event'

Answer: Amistad


Question: 'During the Civil War, Mrs. Polk's Tennessee home had this official status & both union & CSA leaders visited'

Answer: neutrality


Question: 'In 1996 Standing Rock College of Fort Yates, N.D., a Native American school, changed its name to this for a Sioux chief'

Answer: Sitting Bull (College)


Question: 'George Harrison enjoyed this instrument seen here'

Answer: a sitar


Question: 'A PAC, one of these, might help your electoral chances'

Answer: a political action committee


Question: 'Graphite is a soft form of this element'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'In this 1990 movie Robin Williams played a doctor who roused a group of patients out of their catatonic states'

Answer: Awakenings


Question: 'In 1877 Sarah got the first one of these ever hooked up in Nashville'

Answer: a telephone


Question: 'In 1923 James Cummings & Earl McLeod designed the first one of these using a Model T frame & a wooden blade'

Answer: a bulldozer


Question: 'On this pre-piano item played by Lurch on TV, the strings are plucked by points connected with the keys'

Answer: a harpsichord


Question: 'Yes, sir! A PFC is one of these in the military'

Answer: a private first class


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.)  Symbolized lambda, the total distance covered by one complete cycle of oscillation from peak to peak or trough to trough is called this'

Answer: a wavelength


Question: 'In this movie Meryl Streep as Aussie mom Lindy Chamberlain exclaimed, "The dingo's got my baby!"'

Answer: A Cry In The Dark


Question: 'In 1888 Mrs. Polk pushed a button in Nashville & these came on at the Cincinnati Centennial Expo'

Answer: the lights


Question: '"Bull City", this place's nickname, is derived from a product sold by American Tobacco'

Answer: Durham


Question: 'It ain't slang for money, dough or cashola, but it is the instrument seen here'

Answer: a lute


Question: 'To a home viewer, a DVD is one of these'

Answer: a digital video disc


Question: 'He was also the U.S.'s best-paid sportswriter, with stories of people like Chicago O'Brien & Jack the Bookie'

Answer: Damon Runyon


Question: 'In 1997 a Houston airport was renamed in honor of this recent president'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'In dessert:<br />Burton Baskin &...'

Answer: Irv Robbins


Question: 'This Chicago native worked as a DJ in Vietnam & a weatherman in Nashville before hosting "Wheel of Fortune"'

Answer: Pat Sajak


Question: '"Where The Streets Have No Name",<br />"With Or Without You"'

Answer: U2


Question: 'On your phone & in conversation, these numbers mean information'

Answer: 411


Question: 'It can be a gamble to hang the well-known image of dogs playing this card game'

Answer: Poker


Question: 'Nearly 91 when he died the same day as Thomas Jefferson, he was the longest-lived president'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In tools:<br />Duncan Black &...'

Answer: Alonzo Decker


Question: 'In the film "Animal House", this Chicago native played wild & crazy "Bluto" Blutarsky'

Answer: John Belushi


Question: '"Iris",<br />"Slide"'

Answer: Goo Goo Dolls


Question: 'To Grandpa it meant he'd stirred up & fed a fire; to his grandson it means happy or excited'

Answer: Stoked


Question: 'The Mitchell, South Dakota "palace" seen here is built of & named for this cereal grain'

Answer: Corn


Question: 'It was the last name of the 17th & 36th presidents'

Answer: Johnson (Andrew & Lyndon)


Question: 'In a brokerage:<br />William Paine &...'

Answer: Wallace Webber


Question: 'Tarzan was the most famous creation of this Chicago-born writer'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: '"Angel",<br />"Building A Mystery"'

Answer: Sarah McLachlan


Question: 'This brand name means to eat voraciously, or to vacuum'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'The work of "Artists Barely in Control of the Brush" is seen at Boston's MOBA, museum of this art'

Answer: Bad art


Question: 'For helping to end the Russo-Japanese War, he was awarded the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'In paint:<br />Henry Sherwin &...'

Answer: Edward Williams


Question: 'On the big screen, this Chicagoan has played Rick Deckard, Jack Ryan & Han Solo'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question: '"Doo Wop<br />(That Thing)"'

Answer: Lauryn Hill


Question: 'A sports team member who sees many women at once fits 2 definitions of this word'

Answer: Player


Question: 'Julian Schnabel won acclaim & abuse with his 1979 paintings that featured this tableware, broken in pieces'

Answer: Dishes


Question: 'In the campaign slogan "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too", he's Tippecanoe'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'In paper products:<br />John Kimberly &...'

Answer: Charles Clark


Question: 'You're keeping up with the Joneses if you name this producer of "Thriller" who was born in Chicago in 1933'

Answer: Quincy Jones


Question: '"How's It Going to Be",<br />"Semi-Charmed Life"'

Answer: Third Eye Blind


Question: '"What An Appealing Young Lady" can be translated to this title of a 1999 movie'

Answer: She\'s All That


Question: 'Tattooed showman The Enigma had tiny versions of these embedded in his skull, perhaps for a Satanic look'

Answer: Horns


Question: 'About two-thirds of this U.K. country's area is in its highlands & islands'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This best-known Greek cheese, from the milk of sheep & goats, has been made for thousands of years'

Answer: Feta


Question: 'Sancocho, a stew made with 5 to 7 meats, is a specialty of this country, Haiti's next-door neighbor'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question: 'Football great Dierdorf'

Answer: Dan


Question: 'Henry I's famous father was this conqueror who reigned from 1066 to 1087'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'Settlers began living in this section of New Orleans in the early 18th century'

Answer: French Quarter


Question: 'When Sudan takes you to a place by this river, you can sit by the Blue or White one'

Answer: Nile


Question: '98% of Greece's population belongs to this church'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'Don't worry if you see this word on a Barbados menu: it refers to a fish, not the star of "Flipper"'

Answer: Dolphin


Question: '"Law & Order" actor Bratt'

Answer: Benjamin


Question: 'Pope Leo X named Henry VIII "Defender of the Faith" for his written attack on this German Protestant leader'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'In a French restaurant, they're called pommes frites'

Answer: French fries


Question: 'Pier 21, considered "Canada's Ellis Island", is in this Nova Scotia city'

Answer: Halifax


Question: 'Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino'

Answer: Clarinet


Question: 'If you order "mountain chicken" in Dominica, you won't get chicken but one of these amphibians'

Answer: Frogs


Question: 'Jeans maker Strauss'

Answer: Levi


Question: 'King Henry III extensively rebuilt this abbey where he had been formally crowned in 1220'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'In France this musical instrument is called "cor d' harmonie"'

Answer: French horn


Question: 'Tea & coconuts are top products of this country, the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean"'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Crowds flock to Dodona, Philippi & Thassos to see festivals of this art performed in ancient venues'

Answer: Theater


Question: 'Adventurous eaters in Grenada may dine on this burrowing mammal (it's best to remove the armor first)'

Answer: Armadillo


Question: 'Novelist Heller'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'Victory at Agincourt in 1415 earned this king a visit from the Holy Roman Emperor'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763'

Answer: French and Indian War


Question: 'In 1991 the Yanomami tribe in this country was awarded a reserve 3 times the size of Belgium'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Patricia Storace titled her 1996 book on travels in Greece "Dinner with" this goddess of the underworld'

Answer: Persephone


Question: 'Puerto Ricans love to drink the juice of this fruit they call parcha -- maybe it makes them feel "amorous"'

Answer: Passion fruit


Question: 'Explorer Pike'

Answer: Zebulon


Question: 'These 2 warring royal houses were united in 1486 when Henry VII married Elizabeth, the daughter of Edward IV'

Answer: Lancaster & York


Question: 'They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve'

Answer: French cuffs


Question: 'This book begins, "All states and dominions which hold or have held mankind are either republics or monarchies"'

Answer: \"The Prince\" (by Machiavelli)


Question: '1940-1945,<br />1951-1955'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Hilo, I love you, you're the seat of this county that's also a "Big Island"'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: '1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas'

Answer: "California Dreamin\'" & "Dream a Little Dream of Me"


Question: 'If his employee's price is $50.00, Bill could buy a billion of the "98" version of this operating system'

Answer: Windows


Question: 'Elliott Gould,<br />James Brolin'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'I hates it when the cops put these "bracelets" on me after a bust'

Answer: Handcuffs


Answer: John Major


Question: 'Paris (population 8,730) is the seat of Bourbon County in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Title that follows "When I want you in my arms, when I want you and all your charms, whenever I want you..."'

Answer: "All I Have to Do Is Dream"


Question: 'In this state where he lives, Bill could pay the governor's salary for 413,000 years'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Heather Locklear,<br />Pamela Anderson'

Answer: Tommy Lee


Question: 'You mugs, I need a "can opener", a tool used to open one of these, not a tin can'

Answer: Safe


Answer: Neville Chamberlain


Question: 'This Iowa city, the seat of Black Hawk County, has a name Wellington would remember'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: '"Cheer up sleepy Jean, oh what can it mean to" one of these "and a homecoming queen"'

Answer: A daydream believer


Question: 'In 1997 Americans spent about $40 billion on these, & many wanted to be in Bill's'

Answer: Shoes


Question: 'Roger Vadim,<br />Tom Hayden'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'Roll out these "bones", boys, so we can play some games of chance'

Answer: Dice


Question:
'The Elder,
1766-1768;
The Younger,
1783-1801,
1804-1806'

Answer: William Pitt


Question: 'Quincy, Illinois is the seat of a county with this presidential name'

Answer: Adams


Question: 'In 1959 Bobby Darin wailed, "Every night I hope and pray", she "will come my way"'

Answer: "Dream Lover"


Question: 'OK, we're not allowing for inflation, but Bill could afford over 8,000 Steve Austins, this title character'

Answer: The Six Million Dollar Man; The "Bionic Man"


Question: 'Ava Gardner,<br />Mia Farrow'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'One day I might go legit & get a cush job as a "gumshoe", a private one of these'

Answer: Detective/private eye


Answer: Clement Atlee


Question: 'As I walked out in the streets of this city, I was in the seat of Webb County, Texas'

Answer: Laredo


Question: 'In the 1986 film "Blue Velvet", Dean Stockwell peerforms a lip-synched rendition of this Roy Orbison hit'

Answer: "In Dreams"


Question: 'Bill could easily bid on Bolivia: their GDP, this annual figure, is less than half what he's worth'

Answer: Gross Domestic Product


Question: 'Ursula Andress,<br />Linda Evans'

Answer: John Derek


Question: 'Keep your head low...I just saw a "Salt & Pepper", one of these, go by'

Answer: Police car


Question: 'Henry Fleming shares a tent with a loud soldier & a tall soldier in this Stephen Crane novel'

Answer: "The Red Badge of Courage"


Question: 'His epitaph reads, "Founder of Boys Town and Lover of Christ and Man"'

Answer: Father Flanagan


Question: 'You could call Henry Thomas Ishmael & Patrick Stewart Ahab in this 1998 miniseries'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'Bayer hailed the FDA's endorsement of this drug for use during a suspected heart attack'

Answer: Aspirin


Question: 'The Honda is a slip knot used by cowboys to make this tool of the trade'

Answer: Lasso


Question: 'After her election, this British prime minister said that she owed "everything to my father"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Joanna Higgins' 1998 novel "A Soldier's Book" tells the story of Ira Stevens, a Union P.O.W. in this notorious prison'

Answer: Andersonville


Question: 'While rounding the tip of South America in 1520, this Portuguese explorer named Cape Virgines & Patagonia'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'Vanessa Williams played Calypso & Greta Scacchi was the long-suffering Penelope in this 1997 epic'

Answer: The Odyssey


Question: 'Alexander the Great cut it with his sword after being told that whoever could undo it would rule Asia'

Answer: Gordian Knot


Question: 'This author's Mr. Bumble declared that "The law is a ass, a idiot"'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'He drew on his wartime nursing experience for the poem "The Wound-Dresser"'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'It's been said that the 1831 Russian capture of Warsaw inspired him to write his C minor etude'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kristoff St. John from "The Young and the Restless")  Earlier in my career, I appeared in "Roots: The Next Generation", playing this author as a boy'

Answer: Alex Haley


Question: 'It is second only to "Gunsmoke" as TV's longest-running primetime drama series'

Answer: Knots Landing


Question: 'In 1803 Jacques Delille wrote, "Fate chooses our relatives, we choose" these'

Answer: Our friends


Question: 'His works about the war include the essay "What I Saw of Shiloh" & the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'This family that once controlled Nicaragua saw 2 members killed -- the father in 1956, a son in 1980'

Answer: Somoza


Question: 'Robert Duvall sat tall in the saddle as Augustus McCrae in this 1989 4-part western'

Answer: Lonesome Dove


Question: 'This South American civilization used Quipu, a system of knots, to record dates & large sums of figures'

Answer: Incas


Question: '"When the one great scorer comes to write against your name, he marks -- not that you won or lost -- but" this'

Answer: How you played the game


Question: 'Jeff Shaara has written a prequel & a sequel to this 1974 novel about Gettysburg by his father Michael'

Answer: "The Killer Angels"


Question: 'This discoverer of Uranus thought the sun was an inhabited body with a luminous atmosphere'

Answer: William Herschel


Question: '(Hi, I'm Stephen Collins of "7th Heaven")  In 1994 I played Ashley Wilkes in this miniseries sequel to "Gone with the Wind"'

Answer: Scarlett


Question: 'From the Turkish for "napkin", it's the art which creates decorative items by knotting cord, rope or string'

Answer: Macrame


Question: 'In his 1918 poem "Prairie", he wrote, "I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes"'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'The 3 people who did this most recently were Midori Ito, Muhammad Ali & Crown Prince Haakon of Norway'

Answer: Lighting the Olympic flame at the Olympic Games


Question: '1900:<br />"Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies..."'

Answer: "The Wizard of Oz"


Question: 'There are this many houses in the astrological subdivision'

Answer: 12


Question: 'Joe Brown, Greg Mathis & Mills Lane joined the ranks of these on TV'

Answer: TV judges


Question: 'The Maker's Mark bourbon distillery in Loretto in this state is a national historic landmark'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'She was Wanda in "A Fish Called Wanda" & Willa in the sort-of follow-up "Fierce Creatures"'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: 'In math, it means raised to the third power'

Answer: cubed


Question: '1843:<br />"Marley was dead: to begin with"'

Answer: "A Christmas Carol"


Question: 'The only moon in our solar system that astrologists say has an influence circles this planet'

Answer: the Earth


Question: 'In 1994 a flaw found in this company's new Pentium processor cost it $475 million in a recall'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'Whiskey is usually about 40% alcohol, which is equal to this number in proof'

Answer: 80


Question: 'Thaddaeus in the 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told", he got his greatest role ever in 1972 as Max Klinger'

Answer: Jamie Farr


Question: 'Native Americans called this fence material the "Devil's rope"'

Answer: barbed wire


Question: '1854:<br />"When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone in the woods..."'

Answer: "Walden; or, Life in the Woods"


Question: 'Chinese astrology has 5 classical elements, each associated with a planet; knock this when you think Jupiter'

Answer: wood


Question: 'His 1997 meeting with Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams was the first for a British P.M. & an IRA leader in 76 years'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'The world's most popular whiskey is this color Johnnie Walker'

Answer: Red


Question: 'This comic was Bundini Brown in "Ali" & Steamin' Beamen in "Any Given Sunday"'

Answer: Jamie Foxx


Question: 'Kidded & teased (like Adam did to Eve, perhaps?)'

Answer: ribbed


Question: '1976:<br />"In our family there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing"'

Answer: "A River Runs Through It"


Question: 'The masculine signs are the air signs, including Gemini, & these signs, which include Leo'

Answer: fire signs


Question: 'Hello!  In May 1999 scientists found this famous sheep might be susceptible to premature aging'

Answer: Dolly


Question: 'In the 1880s Ontario-brewed Club whiskey got this new national name'

Answer: Canadian Club


Question: 'In a 2002 WB show people got to view his "experiments" with his hidden camera practical jokes'

Answer: Jamie Kennedy


Question: 'If you've been clubbed, you've been made unconscious; if you've been this, you've been made a knight'

Answer: dubbed


Question: '1973:<br />"There were 117 psychoanalysts on the Pan Am flight to Vienna and I'd been treated by at least six of them"'

Answer: "Fear of Flying"


Question: 'This planet spends an average of 20 years in each sign of the Zodiac'

Answer: Pluto (because it\'s so far away)


Question: 'Born Louis Eugene Walcott, he led a million man march in Washington, D.C. in 1995'

Answer: Louis Farrakhan


Question: 'This "Regal" brand assures us it's "Without Question the Best of the Scottish Blends"'

Answer: Chivas Regal


Question: 'Jamie in this family that includes N.C. & Andrew said, "Everybody in my family paints -- excluding possibly the dogs"'

Answer: Wyeth


Question: 'In the Bible she was mom to Moses & Aaron'

Answer: Jochebed


Question: 'In 1985 Sukarno-Hatta Int'l Airport was opened at Cengkareng just west of this city's center'

Answer: Jakarta


Question: 'Milt Jackson, heard here, was one of the masters of this instrument'

Answer: vibes (vibraphone)


Question: 'This scientist & author of "2001" wrote, 'Any...advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'The snap-brim style of this accessory tuns up in the back & down in the front & has a dented crown'

Answer: hat


Question: 'This king died in 1760, leaving it to his grandson & successor to lose the American colonies'

Answer: George II


Question: 'Wan, or a bucket'

Answer: pale/pail


Question: 'Indonesia's Molucca Islands were once called this because they were famous for growing cloves, nutmeg & mace'

Answer: Spice Islands


Question: 'We think jazzman Ron Carter is this kind of "guy"; we know he plays the same kind of bass'

Answer: stand-up guy


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Field Museum in Chicago)  Snail shells are in a pattern usually called this; they add new coils as the snail ages'

Answer: spiral


Question: 'Along with Snap, they've been appearing on boxes of Rice Krispies since the 1930s'

Answer: Crackle & Pop


Question: 'A yearly football game is played near the NC/SC border to "settle" the issue of this president's birthplace in 1767'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Sugary, or a group of hotel rooms'

Answer: sweet/suite


Question: 'Most of the world's supply of this medicine comes from Indonesia's cinchona trees'

Answer: quinine


Question: 'Saxophonist Sonny Rollins was one of the leaders of the "hard" type of this style that began in the '40s'

Answer: bebop/bop


Question: 'His 1947 oceanic expedition began in Callao, Peru & ended 10 days later in Polynesia'

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl


Question: 'This TV series that debuted September 18, 1964 featured finger-snapping in its theme'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'This 1909 Nobel Prize winner once failed the entrance exams at the Univ. of Bologna, Italy'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: 'A negative vote, or a horse's whinny'

Answer: nay/neigh


Question: 'On Dec. 27, 1949, after 3 years of fighting, Indonesia was granted its independence from this country'

Answer: the Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'At the 2000 Grammys the Best Boxed Recording Package was this late trumpeter's "Complete Bitches Brew Sessions"'

Answer: Miles Davis


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Field Museum in Chicago)  This spider, named for a mammal, doesn't wait patiently for prey, but hunts it down'

Answer: wolf spider


Question: 'A snap fastener is simply a ball-and-this, like your hip joint'

Answer: ball-and-socket


Question: 'In 1961 scared villagers thought he was a downed U2 pilot until he removed his helmet & spoke Russian to them'

Answer: Yuri Gagarin


Question: 'Lies in the sun, or people who live in the Pyrenees'

Answer: basks/Basques


Question: 'An economic downturn in 1998 forced this president to resign & vice president Habibie succeeded him'

Answer: Suharto


Question: 'This Thelonious Monk composition provided the title for a 1986 jazz film starring Dexter Gordon'

Answer: \'Round Midnight


Question: 'Light energy can be studied as these massless quantum units'

Answer: photons


Question: 'Common name of the reptile Chelydra serpentina'

Answer: snapping turtle


Question: 'AP's chief Mideast correspondent, he got a firsthand look as a Beirut hostage for nearly 7 years'

Answer: Terry Anderson


Question: 'Quote an authority, or catch a glimpse of something'

Answer: cite/sight


Question: 'A Civil War general, he was the last man to go directly from the House of Representatives to the presidency'

Answer: James A. Garfield


Question:
'This 1963 film features Ann-Margret's unforgettable rendition of the following

"I'll miss the way you smile /
As though it's just for me /
And each and every night /
I'll write you faithfully..."'

Answer: Bye Bye Birdie


Question: '2-word term for the job that takes you to homes to figure out how much people owe the power company'

Answer: a meter reader


Question: 'In Park County, 30 miles northwest of Pike's Peak'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'In "Johnny Strikes Up", a violin performance at the North Pole inspires the whole world to do this 1920s dance'

Answer: the Charleston


Question: 'Group name for all letters other than A, E, I, O & U'

Answer: consonants


Question: 'A female nickname, or a fall guy'

Answer: a patsy


Question: 'On May 29, 1963 Ann-Margret sang at this famous man's 46th, & last, birthday party'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'This type of plant seen here--controversial in the U.S.--provides about 3/4 of France's power'

Answer: a nuclear power plant


Question: 'In Kent County, 11 miles south of Dover'

Answer: Delaware


Question: 'It was truly a red-letter day when an opera based on this Hawthorne novel premiered in Boston in 1896'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'From the Greek for "sound", these sounds represented by letters might get you "hooked on" them'

Answer: phonics


Question: 'It's the organ seen here'

Answer: a kidney


Question: 'Ann-Margret got her second Oscar nomination for playing Roger Daltrey's mom in this rock film'

Answer: Tommy


Question: 'California's 2001 energy crisis was attributed to a 1996 state law mandating this for the electricity industry'

Answer: deregulation


Question: 'In Yavapai County, 55 miles east-southeast of Prescott'

Answer: Arizona


Question: '"The Jesters' Supper" was first performed in this city where you'll find Da Vinci's "Last Supper"'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'Some reading rates are gauged by wpm, which stands for this'

Answer: words per minute


Question: 'Collective term for domesticated fowl like turkeys & chickens'

Answer: poultry


Question: 'Ann-Margret is touring in a 2001 revival of this musical about Chicken Ranch--a publicity photo is seen here'

Answer: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas


Question: 'Founded in 1933, it's America's largest public power company'

Answer: TVA (the Tennessee Valley Authority)


Question: 'In Story County, 5 miles northeast of Ames'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'In an 1893 opera, the Sandman puts this young title duo to sleep & the Dew Fairy wakes them up'

Answer: Hansel & Gretel


Question: 'From the Greek for "bad word", this disorder is marked by difficulty in recognizing written language'

Answer: dyslexia


Question: 'The last stage of a robbery, as in the McQueen-MacGraw movie'

Answer: a getaway


Question: 'The Riviera was the site of Ann-Margret's marriage to him (not the French Riviera, the one in Las Vegas)'

Answer: Roger Smith


Question:
'The name of this device that reduces voltage for home use is also the title of the album heard here

"Satellite of love (hoo hoo) /
Satellite of love /
Satellite of love..."'

Answer: a transformer


Question: 'In Wexford County, 5 miles north-northwest of Cadillac'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'In Nicolai's opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor", this fat, funny rogue gets dumped into the river in a laundry basket'

Answer: Falstaff


Question: 'President Carter has been among the many users of this woman's "Reading Dynamics" system'

Answer: Evelyn Wood


Question: 'It's defined as government by many officials & administrators'

Answer: bureaucracy


Question: 'Lines attributed to Twain include "Everybody talks about" this, "but nobody does anything about it"'

Answer: the weather


Question: 'In July 1965 Bob Dylan was booed at the Newport Festival of this, for abandoning that type of music'

Answer: Folk Music


Question: 'He won an Oscar as co-writer of "Good Will Hunting"'

Answer: Matt Damon


Question: 'After Perry met the enemy in the September 1813 battle of this great lake, they were ours'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'In addition to protecting all of us from funny money, it protects the president'

Answer: the Secret Service


Question: 'Rideshare is the program of the wise & benevolent Sony Corporation to help employees get to work this way'

Answer: carpooling


Question: '"Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is" this "that does the work"'

Answer: the lightning


Question: 'This annual event in Park City, Utah gives out the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award'

Answer: the Sundance Film Festival


Question: 'He's broken many stories in his online "Report"'

Answer: Matt Drudge


Question: 'The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII'

Answer: the Battle of the Bulge


Question: 'It's the bureau for booze, butts & bazookas'

Answer: the ATF (Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms)


Question: 'Legend says in 1652 Dutch Admiral Tromp placed this at his masthead after sweeping the English from the sea'

Answer: a broom


Question: 'In July Deer River, Minnesota remembers its Indian heritage with a festival of the "wild" type of this food'

Answer: rice


Question: 'In "Return To Me", David Duchovny has a heart-to-heart with her'

Answer: Minnie Driver


Question: 'In the Battle of Thermopylae, the Greeks felt the heat of these people under Xerxes I'

Answer: the Persians


Question: 'This service quarantines animals & can stop you from bringing sausages into the country'

Answer: Customs


Question: '(Well-known film critic Roger Ebert delivers the clue.)  As the Movie Answerman I informed readers that "A Bug's Life" purposely created a "reel" of these comical errors'

Answer: bloopers


Question: '2001 is the 35th season of Lincoln Center's music festival called "Mostly" him'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'Like Neve & Denise, he was one of the "Wild Things"'

Answer: Matt Dillon


Question: 'This king of England beat the odds to trounce the French in the 1415 Battle of Agincourt'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'Willie Nelson's album "Who'll Buy My Memories" was subtitled this agency's "Tapes"'

Answer: the IRS


Question: 'A lateral branch on a main stem'

Answer: an offshoot


Question: 'In an essay, Twain said surely no language is "so slip-shod & systemless" as this one he called "awful"'

Answer: German


Question: 'The festival of this type of boat, seen here, is a major Chinese holiday'

Answer: a dragon boat


Question: 'Her name was Lola, she was a showgirl in "Der Blaue Engel"'

Answer: Marlene Dietrich


Question: 'With 1/3 the troops of his enemy, this American general beat Santa Anna in the 1847 Battle of Buena Vista'

Answer: (Zachary) Taylor


Question: 'When it invites you up to see its etchings, you'll see stamps & dollar bills'

Answer: the Bureau of Engraving & Printing


Question: 'It's the shy marsupial seen here'

Answer: a bandicoot


Question: '"Land Of Two Rivers" is the anthem of this country whose history goes back thousands of years'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'In North America, these tiny birds are the main birds that pollinate flowers'

Answer: hummingbirds


Question: 'Last year it was Da Vinci; this fall it's nothing but dots & dashes with the...'

Answer: the Morse Code


Question: 'This peak in the Black Hills is 5,725 feet above sea level, or a little over 95 times the height of Washington's head'

Answer: Mount Rushmore


Question: 'The last 2 Latinos elected mayor of this huge U.S. city are Cristobal Aguilar (1872) & Antonio Villaraigosa (2005)'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'Zip, nada, el zilcho'

Answer: nothing


Question: 'An athlete who is "swinging for the fences" is playing this sport'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'Nitrogen makes up around 78% of the atmosphere; this gas, only about 20%'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Finally, this 1963 Betty Friedan book hits the theaters--and wait 'til you see the car chases'

Answer: The Feminine Mystique


Question: 'Venezuela's highest peak is named for this man; there's a bronze bust of him at the summit'

Answer: (Simon) Bolivar


Question: 'After this 1906 disaster, Mayor Eugene Schmitz authorized the summary execution of looters'

Answer: the San Francisco earthquake


Question: 'A ring for a baby's incisors'

Answer: teething


Question: 'It's the activity you're participating in if you're instructed to "swing your partner, do-si-do"'

Answer: square dancing


Question: 'At last count, this planet in our solar system had 63 known moons'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'First she was Pam Ewing on "Dallas"; now her name is the must-see film of the year. This summer, she is "The..."'

Answer: Victoria Principal


Question: 'This state's 11,031-foot-high Deseret Peak overlooks Rush Valley'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'Actress Melina Mercouri ran unsuccessfully for mayor of this foreign city, a post her Grandpa held for 30 years'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Giving a portion of one's income, typically 10%, to one's church'

Answer: tithing


Question: 'This rock band sang, "We are the sultans of swing"'

Answer: Dire Straits


Question: '8 years before "The Origin of Species" was published, this British naturalist wrote a paper on barnacles'

Answer: Darwin


Question: 'This emotional bond to a captor by a hostage due to stress & need for survival is the psychothriller of the summer!'

Answer: the Stockholm Syndrome


Question: 'Canada's highest peak, Mount Logan, lies in the St. Elias Range in the SW corner of this territory'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'In New Orleans' first post-Katrina mayoral election, this man held on to his job'

Answer: (Ray) Nagin


Question: 'Raiment or apparel'

Answer: clothing


Question: '"Swing Time" was the sixth film to team this pair of legendary dancers'

Answer: Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers


Question: 'At the Earth's surface, this force produces acceleration of about 32 feet per second per second'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'In Australia, water is going down drains backwards (to us). This fall, Mel Gibson takes on the reason why--this "Effect"'

Answer: Coriolis


Question: 'The name of this volcano in Martinique is from the French for "bald mountain"'

Answer: Mount Pelee


Question: 'At age 31, though looking more like 13, this future presidential candidate was Cleveland's mayor'

Answer: Dennis Kucinich


Question: '"In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking", now heaven knows, this'

Answer: "Anything Goes"


Question: 'Cool, Daddy-O! The 1939 autobiography by this bandleader was titled "The Kingdom of Swing"'

Answer: Benny Goodman


Question: 'The Pulitzer folks gave "A Delicate Balance" by thIs playwright a 1967 "Woolf" whistle'

Answer: Albee


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a bowling scorecard on the monitor.) In bowling, you score a spare by adding 10 to the number of pins knocked down in this'

Answer: the first ball of the next frame


Question: 'Following his victory in the Battle of Friedland in June, he forced the capitulation of the Russian Empire'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird'

Answer: a duck


Question: 'In his youth, Bach played this instrument in church & later was a virtuoso consulted in their crafting'

Answer: an organ


Question: 'One who gives blood<br />(5)'

Answer: a donor


Question: 'David Mamet won in 1984 for this salesman drama whose title includes 2 4-letter words'

Answer: Glengarry Glen Ross


Question: 'In this sport you score a point for each 42-pound stone closer to the tee than the opponent's nearest stone'

Answer: curling


Question: 'In September he was acquitted of treason against the U.S.'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring'

Answer: a robin


Question: 'Bach often paired a prelude with this form in which a theme is stated, repeated & varied with contrapuntal lines'

Answer: a fugue


Question: 'Conversation for 2 people<br />(8)'

Answer: a dialogue


Question: 'In 1928 this playwright had a "Strange Interlude"'

Answer: O\'Neill


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a baseball scorecard on the monitor.) In baseball, a player singled, stole second, went to third on an error by the second baseman, but was gunned down at home by this player'

Answer: the right fielder


Question: 'Later to lead the revolutionary Redshirts, he was born on the Fourth of July'

Answer: Garibaldi


Question: 'One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname'

Answer: (One of) Iowa or Louisiana


Question: 'Bach was a composer of great reknown in this musical era that takes its name from "imperfect pearls"'

Answer: Baroque


Question: 'France's patron saint<br />(5)'

Answer: Denis


Question: 'In 1989 her "Heidi Chronicles" was the story of the night; sadly she passed away in 2006'

Answer: Wasserstein


Question: 'Figure skating has scrapped the old system, where this number was perfect, for a new one with triple-digit scores'

Answer: 6


Question: 'In August, this Robert Fulton-built steamship left NYC for Albany on the Hudson River'

Answer: the Clermont


Question: 'This long-legged wading bird of the genus Platalea is named for its prominent flatware-like bill'

Answer: the spoonbill


Question: 'A count's insomnia prompted these pieces that were to be played by a 14-year-old harpsichordist'

Answer: the Goldberg Variations


Question: 'Fate or kismet<br />(7)'

Answer: destiny


Question: 'In 1938 this playwright's "Our Town" had some Pulitzer with the voters'

Answer: (Thornton) Wilder


Question: '(Jon indicates a tennis score on the monitor.) In scoring a tennis set, the number in parentheses means the losing player got just two points in this'

Answer: the tiebreak


Question: 'In July, Jacobitism ended with the death of Henry Benedict, the last claimant of this royal family to the British throne'

Answer: the Stuarts


Question: 'The Rainbow variety of this parakeet relative is seen here'

Answer: a lorikeet


Question: 'From the Latin for "to sing", only 202 of the 295 of these that Bach wrote in Leipzig survive'

Answer: cantatas


Question: 'Horn of Africa country<br />(8)'

Answer: Djibouti


Question: 'This currency of Costa Rica gets its name from the first European to see the nation'

Answer: the Colon


Question: 'Walt Whitman's 52-section "Song Of Myself" is the longest work in this collection first published in 1855'

Answer: "Leaves of Grass"


Question: 'Nancy Davis' married name'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'In August 2000 Lea Thompson sallied forth as Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of this musical'

Answer: "Cabaret"


Question: 'In 1991 Bahrain was one of the good guys in this conflict & the U.S. sold it Apache helicopters'

Answer: The Gulf War/Operation Desert Storm


Question: 'Jay Leno's show, it sounds like how you address a letter for Sir Galahad'

Answer: Tonight


Question: 'Porky popped out of this type of drum at the end of many a Looney Tune'

Answer: Bass drum


Question: 'In this Steinbeck novel, Lennie has nightmarish visions of his dead aunt Clara & of a gigantic rabbit'

Answer: "Of Mice and Men"


Question: 'A small filet of prime beef'

Answer: Mignon


Question: 'In 1992 you could have seen James Gandolfini playing cards with Stanley Kowalski in a revival of this play'

Answer: "A Streetcar Named Desire"


Question: 'This country that controlled Bahrain in the 18th century renewed its claim after its 1979 revolution'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'A cylindrical storage container for grain, it sounds like an order to exhale quietly'

Answer: Silo


Question: 'Type of drum seen here, or a dance done to them'

Answer: Conga


Question: 'In this novel, Javert says, "There is a brigand, there is a convict called Jean Valjean, and I have got him!"'

Answer: "Les Miserables"


Question: 'It can mean relating to home or a servant who works there'

Answer: Domestic


Question: 'He starred on Broadway in "The Crucible" in 1991, a few years before becoming president (on TV, that is)'

Answer: Martin Sheen


Question: 'The "humped" shape of a Bahraini island gives it the name Hawer, meaning "young" one of these'

Answer: Camel


Question: 'A pitcher who comes in late in the game, it sounds like a feeling trees have in the spring'

Answer: Relief


Question: 'On the web you can find A. Claude Ferguson's masterful manual on playing these eating utensils'

Answer: Spoons


Question: 'This James M. Cain novel, which has been filmed "twice", was written under the title "Bar-B-Q"'

Answer: "The Postman Always Rings Twice"


Question: 'This kind of "name" is also known as an Internet address'

Answer: domain


Question: 'George Grizzard was on board as Cap'n Andy when this "Ol' Man River" musical rolled into London in 1998'

Answer: "Showboat"


Question: 'The Khalifa clan, which has ruled Bahrain for 2 centuries, belongs to this majority branch of Islam'

Answer: Sunni


Question: 'It sounds like the kind of personality most likely to have a heart attack in the capital of Taiwan'

Answer: Taipei


Question: 'Originally bean-containing dried gourds on handles, they were named by the Tupi of South America'

Answer: Maracas


Question: 'This Muriel Spark novel is set at the Marcia Blaine School For Girls in Edinburgh'

Answer: "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"


Question: 'Harmful or poisonous fumes caused by decaying organic matter'

Answer: Miasma


Question: 'Ethan Hawke appeared in a 1992 production of this Chekhov play with another bird in its name'

Answer: "The Seagull"


Question: 'A causeway linking Bahrain & Saudi Arabia is named for this man who became Saudi king in 1982'

Answer: King Fahd


Question: 'A runway material, it sounds like what you do before you feather your Apple computer'

Answer: Tarmac


Question: 'Percussion instrument whose possible changes for a set of five are seen here'

Answer: Bells


Question: 'In the 16th C. the Earl of Surrey helped bring this 14-line poetic form to England'

Answer: Sonnet


Question: 'University of Washington'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'With his new $88.5 million contract, this Laker said, "I'm not really a big spender, I can get a lot of Krispy Kremes"'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'She done Cary right casting him as her co-star in "She Done Him Wrong"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'Wollomombi Falls in northern New South Wales is one of this continent's highest waterfalls'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Its state flower is the goldenrod'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Kansas State University'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'Woody Guthrie wrote for this party's paper & joked, "I've been in the red all my life"'

Answer: Communist party


Question: 'In this 1944 film about a pair of murderous aunts, Cary says, "Insanity runs in my family.  It practically gallops"'

Answer: Arsenic and Old Lace


Question: 'This African waterfall is also known as Mosi-Oa-Tunya, or "Smoke That Thunders"'

Answer: Victoria Falls


Question: 'The Nancy Drew books are written under this pseudonym'

Answer: Carolyn Keene


Question: 'Johns Hopkins University'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'In 1783 he wrote, "There never was a good war or a bad peace"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: '"High Society" is a musical version of this Cary Grant-Jimmy Stewart-Katharine Hepburn classic'

Answer: The Philadelphia Story


Question: 'One of the most spectacular sites in this national park is Bridalveil Fall, which drops a misty curtain of water 620 feet'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'His "Ode To A Nightingale" says, "With beaded bubbles winking at the brim, and purple-stained mouth"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'As a boy in 1461, the future King Richard III was made Duke of this'

Answer: Gloucester


Question: 'University of South Carolina'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'During the Cuban Missile Crisis, this Sec. of State said, "We're eyeball to eyeball & I think the other fellow just blinked"'

Answer: Dean Rusk


Question: 'Joan Fontaine thinks that hubby Cary Grant is trying to murder her in this Hitchcock film'

Answer: Suspicion


Question: 'The height of Shoshone Falls on this river in Idaho exceeds that of Niagara Falls'

Answer: Snake River


Question: 'Former mortuary science student Jonathan Davis plays bagpipes & sings for this "Freak on a Leash" group'

Answer: Korn


Question: 'In 1702 military hero John Churchill became this "man" as the first Duke of it'

Answer: Marlborough


Question: 'University of Miami'

Answer: Coral Gables


Question: 'This Nixon aide coined the phrase "Twist slowly, slowly in the wind" during a phone call to John Dean'

Answer: John Ehrlichman


Question: 'This 1957 Cary Grant-Deborah Kerr weepie was a major plot device in "Sleepless In Seattle"'

Answer: An Affair To Remember


Question: 'This scenic waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border actually consists of about 275 individual cataracts'

Answer: Iguazu Falls


Question: 'This is white wine & creme de cassis; substitute champagne for white wine & it becomes "royale"'

Answer: Kir


Question: 'This type of program that began in 1981 was inspired by Green Stamps'

Answer: Frequent flyer program


Question: 'A founders photo includes one representative who couldn't actually vote in Congress - Walter Fauntroy, the first elected delegate from here'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: 'This stage musical around since 1973 has Brad & Janet but no "Picture" in the title'

Answer: The Rocky Horror Show


Question: 'I died around 965 B.C. & my son Solomon succeeded me as King of Israel'

Answer: David


Question: 'A knock to the ulnar nerve at the bend of the elbow, which we call this, causes that weird tingling sensation'

Answer: the funny bone


Question: 'Daniel & Gabriel were the first 2 names of this thermometer inventor'

Answer: Fahrenheit


Question: 'In this 1986 video game, Luigi & his sibling are trying to rescue Princess Toadstool'

Answer: Super Mario Brothers


Question: 'The CBC's fight against this overseas system of segregation included sponsoring a landmark 1986 act'

Answer: apartheid


Question: 'Gonna be a big man someday & name this hit U.K. musical based on the music of Queen'

Answer: We Will Rock You


Question: 'On Feb. 3, 1930 I presided over the founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'The first cranial nerve, it's responsible for the sense of smell'

Answer: the olfactory nerve


Question: '(Dan Patrick reads the clue.) When this Charger retired in 1988, he was one of only 3 quarterbacks to have racked up 40,000 passing yards'

Answer: Dan Fouts


Question: 'This person is in charge of repairs & maintenance at an apartment building'

Answer: superintendent


Question: 'The CBC led the push for the establishment of this federal holiday, signed into law by President Reagan in 1983'

Answer: Martin Luther King Day