Question:
'Gene Pitney wrote this musical greeting that charted for Ricky in 1961

"Passed me by one sunny day/
Flashed those big brown eyes my way/
And ooh, I wanted you forevermore"'

Answer: "Hello Mary Lou"


Question: 'Shulamith, a stray discovered in 1981, was the first American curl cat, named for its perky-looking pair of these'

Answer: ears


Question: 'Might be Ben Kenobi's favorite:<br />SIN GENUS'

Answer: Guinness


Question: 'In 1827 Allan Cunningham became the first European to explore this continent's Darling Downs'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Aquarius, translated from Latin'

Answer: water bearer


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads in front of a set of wooden doors at West Point, NY.)  The United States Military Academy's coat of arms depicts the helmet of this Greek goddess of wisdom & warfare'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'One of Ricky's identical twin sons who have recorded songs as the pop-rock duo Nelson'

Answer: Gunnar (or Matthew)


Question: 'A relatively new breed of cat with very short legs bears the name of these little beings introduced in a 1900 book'

Answer: Munchkins


Question: 'It's fitting in Japan:<br />APROPOS'

Answer: Sapporo


Question: 'In the 1870s this U.S. political party was split between the Stalwarts & the Half-Breeds'

Answer: the Republican Party


Question: 'Longfellow's middle name'

Answer: Wadsworth


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from in front of a military exercise.)  A shortage of blue cloth led to uniforms of a different color & to this 3-word term for the corps of cadets'

Answer: the long grey line


Question:
'This song heard here was Rick's last Top 40 hit, in 1972

"But it's all right now/
I've learned my lesson well/
You see, you can't please everyone..."'

Answer: "Garden Party"


Question: 'The Balinese is basically a long-haired version of this other Asian cat'

Answer: a Siamese


Question: 'It can be upon Tyne or a fresh palace:<br />NEWT LACES'

Answer: Newcastle


Question: 'During this war, the Allies took Sevastopol on September 9, 1855'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'After NATO admitted West Germany in 1955, the USSR & its satellites met & formed this'

Answer: the Warsaw Pact


Question: '1813:<br />"... and Prejudice"'

Answer: Pride


Question: 'Of insects, beets or berries, the one that's the original source of red cochineal dye used to color British uniforms'

Answer: insects


Question: 'Add a "G" to make a prominent member of the wedding into a prominent transportation structure'

Answer: bride & bridge


Question: 'The first section of this 1958 Leon Uris novel is titled "Beyond Jordan"'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'Pop hit P.T.A. site for Jeannie C. Riley'

Answer: Harper Valley


Question: 'This "pack" of fashionable dolls now includes Rock Angelz, who have their own guitars (or should that be guitarz?)'

Answer: Bratz


Question: '1912:<br />"...and the Lion"'

Answer: Androcles


Question: 'Chelia and Toubkal are 2 of the peaks in this mountain chain of North Africa'

Answer: the Atlas Mountains


Question: 'An "E" transforms your puppy into the chief magistrate in the former Republic of Genoa'

Answer: dog & doge


Question: 'The influential theologian Elaine Pagels has published "Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of" this doubting Apostle'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'At 282 feet below sea level, a spot in this valley is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'Kirsten, one the American Girl dolls, is a pioneer who immigrated to Minnesota from this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '1924:<br />"...and the Paycock"'

Answer: Juno


Question: 'In the Scarecrow's song "If I Only Had a Brain" from "The Wizard of Oz", this U.S. president is mentioned'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Without an "S", it's royal rule; with an "S", it means to quit'

Answer: reign & resign


Question: 'His "Giant" memoir is titled "Over the Edge: Tackling Quarterbacks, Drugs, and a World Beyond Football"'

Answer: Lawrence Taylor


Question: 'You'll find Queen Hatshepsut's tomb in this valley'

Answer: the Valley of the Kings


Question: '1598:<br />"...and Leander"'

Answer: Hero


Question: 'He was on the cover of the February 11, 1957 Time magazine with the headline "Brains v. Dollars on T.V."'

Answer: Charles Van Doren


Question: 'Luminous brightness degenerates into loud, empty protests when "B" gets in front'

Answer: luster & bluster


Question: 'This American playwright won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, including one for 1920's "Beyond the Horizon"'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'The monolith known as "El Capitan" towers over 3,500 feet above this valley'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: '1978:<br />"...and Remembrance"'

Answer: War


Question: 'This poet died with Edward Elliker Williams after his ship capsized during an 1822 storm'

Answer: Percy Shelley


Question: 'On adding an "R", a word meaning "stop" starts meaning a ridge made by folding'

Answer: cease & crease


Question: '"Beyond Giving" by this British author of "I, Claudius" contains a poetic tribute to those killed in WWI'

Answer: Robert Graves


Question: 'Valley near Dusseldorf famous for its human fossils'

Answer: the Neander Valley


Question: 'In the 20th century, 2 of the 3 men who served less than 1 year as VP before becoming president'

Answer: (2 of) Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman & Gerald Ford


Question: 'The patellar reflex is an involuntary reaction of this joint'

Answer: Knee joint


Question: 'In 1858 it was "Pikes Peak or Bust!" for gold miners who rushed to this state to find their fortune'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Antonio sang up a storm as Che in this 1996 musical'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'This pizza cheese is also sold in snack-size strips called string cheese'

Answer: Mozzarella


Question: 'In the U.S. these political divisions employ sheriffs & their deputies'

Answer: Counties


Question: 'In the 18th C. Linnaeus thought it was a type of citron; he must not have tried citron meringue pie'

Answer: Lemon


Question: 'Most of a cell's water passes through the plasma membrane by this process'

Answer: Osmosis


Question: 'In 1890 William Kemmler was in the hot seat as he became the first criminal to die by this method'

Answer: Electric chair


Question: 'In this 1993 film Antonio played Tom Hanks' lover'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'This method of dunking bread in bubbling cheese was all the rage in the 1960s'

Answer: Fondue


Question: 'California, Florida & Ohio are 3 of the states with these state police forces'

Answer: Highway patrol


Question: 'In "Love and Death", Woody Allen is accused of having this down his back, but insists it runs across'

Answer: Yellow streak


Question: 'Unlike the German species, the Asian variety of this kitchen insect is actually attracted to light'

Answer: Cockroach


Question: 'On Sept. 17, 1796 he issued his farewell address'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Madonna drools over Antonio in this 1991 documentary'

Answer: Truth or Dare


Question: 'It may have been the Meaux type of this French cheese the 1814-1815 Congress of Vienna titled "The King of Cheeses"'

Answer: Brie


Question: '[Hello, I'm Benjamin Bratt]  This piece of police equipment comes in a steel variety opened with a key & in a plastic version that has to be cut'

Answer: Handcuffs


Question: 'They were invented in Minnesota in the 1970s & the "Jeopardy!" office couldn't run without them'

Answer: Post-it Notes


Question: 'Paramecia & amoebas are types of this single-celled organism'

Answer: Protozoans/protists


Question: 'Built to replace the Challenger, this space shuttle made its maiden voyage in May of '92'

Answer: Endeavour


Question: 'It's Antonio to the rescue as this hero, whose symbol is seen here:<br />[Z]'

Answer: Zorro


Question: 'Although it looks like Swiss cheese, Jarlsberg isn't from Switzerland but from this country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Seattle started a national trend in 1987 by putting patrol cops on these vehicles'

Answer: Bicycles


Question: 'This yellow American songbird has a precious metal in its name'

Answer: Goldfinch


Question: 'In 1686 this English astronomer became the first to publish a meteorological chart'

Answer: Edmond Halley


Question: 'John Sevier was the first governor of Tennessee & the first & only governor of this short-lived state'

Answer: Franklin


Question: 'In this 1992 film, Antonio as one of the Castillo brothers appears on "I Love Lucy"'

Answer: The Mambo Kings


Question: 'There are 2 types of Munster cheese: Laitier, made in dairies, & Fermier, made on these'

Answer: Farms


Question: 'Because of this constitutional amendment, the police must have a warrant to search your property'

Answer: 4th Amendment


Question: 'Yeats wrote of Anne Gregory that no one could love her for herself alone & not for this yellow feature'

Answer: Her hair


Question: 'This country's Cancun resort lies on a barrier island once inhabited by Maya Indians'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Julie Andrews performed a striptease in "Darling Lili", the first film this man directed her in'

Answer: Blake Edwards


Question: 'If Cinderella's having a ball at 11 P.M. in Bangkok, she may not want to know it's this hour in Beijing'

Answer: Midnight


Question: 'Hurree Chunder Mookerjee is a Secret Service agent in this author's "Kim"'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'Superman's classic nickname, though in March 1997 he became a man of energy'

Answer: "Man of Steel"


Question: 'Libya's Gulf of Sidra is the southernmost point of this huge sea'

Answer: Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'Mel Brooks cast Anne Bancroft in this 1976 comedy but didn't give her a single line of spoken dialogue'

Answer: Silent Movie


Question: 'If you board a 1-hour flight from Detroit to Chicago at 3 P.M., you'll land at about this hour'

Answer: 3 P.M. (Detroit is one hour ahead)


Question: 'To counter an unauthorized sequel to this 1678 work, John Bunyan wrote his own'

Answer: "Pilgrims Progress"


Question: 'Don Quixote'

Answer: Man of La Mancha


Question: 'This country's Krishna & Godavari rivers lie on the Deccan plateau'

Answer: India


Question: '"Double talk" title of the first film Paul Newman directed; it starred his wife, Joanne Woodward'

Answer: Rachel, Rachel


Question: 'If you're treading water just east of the Int'l Date Line at 4 A.M., it's this time in Greenwich, England'

Answer: 4 P.M.


Question: 'The first name of this Sir Walter Scott title character is Wilfred'

Answer: Ivanhoe


Question: '"The minute you walked in the joint, I could see you were" one of these'

Answer: "A man of distinction"


Question: 'From the Greek for "daubed on", it provides a smooth surface for wall coverings like frescoes'

Answer: Plaster


Question: 'Little Belt is a strait that separates the island of Fyn from this Danish peninsula'

Answer: Jutland Peninsula


Question: 'Director of the movie seen here, he was married to its star:<br />["The Lady From Shanghai"]'

Answer: Orson Welles (he was married to Rita Hayworth)


Question: 'Indianapolis ignores Daylight Saving Time, so it's 3 hours ahead of L.A. in March but this many ahead in May'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Mr. Murdstone is the wicked stepfather of this Dickens lad'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'A spineless "Portuguese" creature'

Answer: Man-of-War


Question: 'The pie type keeps food cool; the file type does the same for valuable documents'

Answer: Safe


Question: 'La Guajira Peninsula is shared by Colombia & this neighbor to the east'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Gena Rowlands earned 2 Best Actress Oscar nominations for films directed by this spouse'

Answer: John Cassavetes


Question: 'A 7-hour time difference means 10 A.M. in the halls of Montezuma is this hour on the shores of Tripoli'

Answer: 5 P.M.


Question: 'Philip Carey is 9 when this Somerset Maugham novel begins'

Answer: "Of Human Bondage"


Question: 'A scholar, author or postal delivery person'

Answer: Man of letters


Question: 'First traded in 1824 under the name New York Gas Light Co., it's the longest continually listed co. on the NYSE'

Answer: Consolidated Edison


Question: 'Itinerant workers George & Lennie dream of owning a ranch; Lennie accidentally kills a girl; George kills Lennie'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'This singer's hip gyrations on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1957 were not shown because they were deemed too sexual'

Answer: Elvis


Question: 'Originally, this candy bar that debuted in 1932 was made of 3 pieces in 3 different flavors, hence its name'

Answer: 3 Musketeers


Question: '"Seward's ice box"'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1853 she became head of London's Harley Street Nursing Home; a year later, she shipped out to Scutari, Turkey'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: '8 ounces of yogurt contain about 8 grams of this; an 8-ounce sirloin steak contains about 70'

Answer: protein


Question: 'Swiss scientist creates monster that craves bride; scientist makes & destroys bride; scientist dies, monster mourns'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'In a speech, this real-life V.P. blasted fictional Murphy Brown for her choice to have a child out of wedlock'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'Peter Paul's 1st candy bar was the Konabar; its 2nd, in 1920, was this chocolate & coconut bar, still popular today'

Answer: Mounds


Question: '"The birthplace of eight presidents"'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Prior to moving back to India in 1914, he lived in South Africa for 21 years, editing the Indian Opinion newspaper'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'It can be an introductory scene of a play or the preface to a novel'

Answer: a prologue


Question: 'Heathcliff is raised in the Earnshaw home, falls for Cathy; love thwarted; both die'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: 'This animated show proved nothing is sacred with the episode "Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo"'

Answer: South Park


Question: 'The 5th Avenue candy bar was first made by this company famous for its cough drops'

Answer: Luden\'s


Question: '"The Switzerland of America" & "The highest state"'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'After WWII, this Boys Town founder served as a consultant in setting up youth programs in Korea & Japan'

Answer: Father Flanagan


Question: 'Popularly served with melon, it's paper-thin slices of ham that have been salt-cured & air-dried'

Answer: prosciutto


Question: 'Raskolnikov murders an old woman; Raskolnikov confesses & is sentenced to 8 years in Siberia'

Answer: Crime and Punishment


Question: 'She shocked many with her "wardrobe malfunction" in the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: 'The "Clucking Bunny" could tell you that this company hatched its first creme eggs in 1923'

Answer: Cadbury


Question: '"The Star-Spangled Banner state"'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'This Scottish-American steel magnate once gave Marie Curie a $50,000 grant to aid her radium research'

Answer: (Andrew) Carnegie


Question: 'Introduced in 1986, it's one of the most widely prescribed antidepressants in history'

Answer: Prozac


Question: 'Constance marries paralyzed Sir Clifford, has an affair with the gamekeeper, gets pregnant, awaits divorce & new life'

Answer: Lady Chatterley\'s Lover


Question: 'It was alien telekinesis that caused TV's first interracial kiss on this show'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: 'The York Cone Co. was best known for ice cream cones before introducing these cool round treats in 1940'

Answer: Peppermint Patties


Question: '"The coal state" & "The birth state of the nation"'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'He helped support his humanitarian efforts in Gabon in the early 20th century by giving organ concerts in Europe'

Answer: (Albert) Schweitzer


Question: 'It's an object that's designed to be hurled or shot forward, like a bullet or a rocket'

Answer: a projectile


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows satellite video of storm movement on two monitors at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.)  A tropical storm in the North Atlantic that reaches 74 miles per hour is called a hurricane; if it's here in the Northwest Pacific, it's classified as this'

Answer: a typhoon


Question: 'When Sinatra caught his act, this "Mr. Warmth" comic said, "Make yourself at home, Frank, hit somebody"'

Answer: Don Rickles


Question: 'Charles & Camilla are characters in a ballet named for this princess that premiered in Manchester in 2005'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'The red & white labels used by this soup company were inspired by the uniforms of the Cornell football team'

Answer: Campbell\'s


Question: 'In 1902 he took a job in the patent office in Bern, Switzerland; 19 years later, he won a Nobel prize'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Hopefully you're a dynamo on this day of the week'

Answer: Monday (from dynamo)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew gives us a a high level take on the weather at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.)  The Weather Channel uses this type of colorful satellite image to show the relative warmth of objects: colder ones are brighter while warmer objects are darker'

Answer: infrared


Question: 'He found the joy of sax with his 12-million-selling "Breathless"'

Answer: Kenny G


Question: 'In 1985, to honor the wishes of her late mother, this princess re-established Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo'

Answer: Caroline (of Monaco)


Question: 'It precedes "Pacific" in the name of a papermaker headquartered on Peachtree Street'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'In this 1925 film, Russian director Sergei Eisenstein told the story of a naval revolt aboard a battleship'

Answer: Potemkin


Question: 'Hold Earth dearly in this body part'

Answer: heart (from Earth)


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew rains supreme at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.)  Showing the density and motion of clouds, this type of radar named for an Austrian scientist can predict the formation of a tornado'

Answer: Doppler


Question: 'In the '40s, zis sex therapist was a sniper for Jewish forces in Palestine (yes, you heard me, a sniper!)'

Answer: Dr. Ruth


Question: 'The first ballet, "Ballet Comique de la Reine", was presented at the court of this Medici Queen of France in 1581'

Answer: Catherine


Question: 'The Apogee & Century II are these made by Cross'

Answer: pens


Question: 'On Jan. 18, 1958 this conductor hosted the first of many "Young People's Concerts" on CBS'

Answer: Leonard Bernstein


Question: 'Put out some coasters for a drink with this Greek thinker'

Answer: Socrates (from coasters)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a 3-D view of rugged terrain on the monitor at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.)  In 2006, the Weather Channel program "Beyond the Forecast" detailed the search for 3 climbers & how weather hindered rescue efforts on this Oregon mountain'

Answer: Mt. Hood


Question: 'Sean Connery played one of the most Scottish-sounding Lithuanians ever as a sub captain in this film'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'This prince who has 2 daughters became patron of the English National Ballet in 2001'

Answer: Prince Andrew


Question: 'In 1999 this co. spun off Delphi, which became the biggest U.S. auto parts supplier but went bankrupt in 2005'

Answer: GM (General Motors)


Question: 'The distinctive pop-art stylings of this American artist are seen here'

Answer: Roy Lichtenstein


Question: 'Wear an ascot to this Puccini opera'

Answer: Tosca (from ascot)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew is back on the map at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.)  Fronts are boundaries where different air masses meet; alternating red & blue lines depict this type of front with little or no movement'

Answer: a stationary front


Question: 'Mr. Blackwell said she "dresses like the centerfold for the Farmer's Almanac... definitely not 'a good thing'"'

Answer: Martha Stewart


Question: 'This current queen is a big fan of ballet, & the Netherlands Dance Theater often accompanies her on state visits'

Answer: Queen Beatrix


Question: 'Where would insurer TIAA be without this companion annuity organization?'

Answer: CREF (College Retirement Equities Fund)


Question: 'Bohemian General Albrecht von Wallenstein won decisive battles during this decades-long 17th century war'

Answer: the Thirty Years War


Question: 'Author Stendhal wanted this type of pony for Christmas'

Answer: Shetland (from Stendhal)


Question: 'This work says, "Victorious warriors win first & then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first & then seek to win"'

Answer: The Art of War (by Sun Tzu)


Question: 'One of its nicknames is the "City of Paul Revere"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'The Santa Anita Derby is 1 1/8 miles long, or 9 of the measurements called this'

Answer: furlong


Question: 'Scattered trash & a liquid metric measurement'

Answer: litter & liter


Question: 'From the Greek for "time observer", it's an astrological forecast based on time of birth & other factors'

Answer: horoscope


Question: 'Before he was president, Gerald Ford was a congressman from this state's Fifth District'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'From the Latin for "rupture", this condition can arise after heavy lifting, so leave the couch where it is, Hercules'

Answer: hernia


Question: 'One of the world's largest pipe organs is found in the tabernacle in this state capital'

Answer: Salt Lake City


Question: 'In the names of thoroughbred stables, this 4-letter word follows Calumet, Claiborne or North Ridge'

Answer: Farm


Question: 'A hot espresso served with hot milk arrives tardy'

Answer: latte & late


Question: 'Considered the first sign of the zodiac, it's often represented by a ram'

Answer: Aries


Question: 'Who, what, when, where & this are the 5 Ws that reporters should be concerned with'

Answer: why


Question: 'Used to treat diabetes, this hormone produced in the pancreas may be obtained from human, beef or pork cells'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'In 1860 & 1861 Pony Express riders carried the mail from St. Joseph, Mo. ending in this Western capital'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'This Hall of Fame jockey who passed away in 2003 said that Spectacular Bid was "the best horse I ever sat on"'

Answer: (Bill) Shoemaker


Question: 'A single-masted sailing vessel similar to a sloop becomes more adorable'

Answer: cutter & cuter


Question: 'The start of the sign of Cancer usually coincides with this observance when you have the most time to sunbathe'

Answer: the Summer Solstice


Question: 'This DJ on New York's WINS was nicknamed "The Fifth Beatle"'

Answer: Murray "The K"


Question: 'It's the fancy 11-letter term doctors use for a nose job, to sound smart & justify the 10 grand cost'

Answer: rhinoplasty


Question: 'Rosa Parks helped make this city "The Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement"'

Answer: Montgomery


Question: 'It's been said that this grandson of Man O' War had more newspaper coverage in 1938 than any public figure'

Answer: Seabiscuit


Question: 'The adjective preceding "calf" in Luke 15:23 becomes predetermined'

Answer: fatted & fated


Question: 'As Kris Kristofferson knows, the traditional date of Jesus' birth made him this zodiacal sign'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'AKA the "Father of the Military Academy", Col. Sylvanus Thayer was the fifth superintendent at this school'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'In 2005 a woman birthed a twin 59 days after the 1st, as she had 2 of these body parts instead of just one'

Answer: a uterus


Question: '4 cities lie within this state capital's city limits: Beech Grove, Southport, Lawrence & Speedway'

Answer: Indianapolis


Question: '2 of the Triple Crown races, the Kentucky Derby & the Preakness, take place during this month'

Answer: May


Question: 'The substance of which any physical object consists & informal Brit-speak for "mother"'

Answer: matter & mater


Question: 'According to astrology, we are influenced not only by the planets but also by these objects, like Ceres & Vesta'

Answer: asteroids (or minor planets)


Question: 'On January 8, 1959 Charles de Gaulle took office as the first president of what was termed this French government'

Answer: the Fifth Republic


Question: 'Spongy gums, weakness, depression, had no vitamin C in a year?  Must be this disease (& cut the pirate act)'

Answer: scurvy


Question: '2 affairs inspired Baudelaire's poem cycles titled "Black" & "White" this love goddess'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'In 1848 John B. Curtis made this product commercially for the first time in the U.S.; Wrigley came later'

Answer: chewing gum


Question: 'Some say a spring at this southwestern French town & pilgrimage site has curative powers'

Answer: Lourdes


Question: 'She sold more than 100 million books before her non-mysterious Jan. 12, 1976 death in Wallingford, England'

Answer: Agatha Christie


Question: 'From the French for "mounted musketeer", it's a lightweight rifle with a short barrel'

Answer: a carbine


Question: 'For consultations about Loraxes & McBoing Boings, I'd see this "physician"'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from St. Petersburg.)  This author lived in St. Petersburg & one of his novels opens with Roskolnikov walking out on a summer night here'

Answer: Dostoyevsky


Question: 'In 1848 Marx & Engels wrote, "A spectre is haunting Europe--the spectre of" this'

Answer: communism


Question: 'The group we Yanks call "the Pilgrims" first left England & went to Leiden in what's now this country from 11 years'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'After April 22, 1994 in New York City, we didn't have him to kick around anymore'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'This device in an engine mixes vaporized liquid fuel with air in correct proportions'

Answer: the carburetor


Question: 'Julius is the first name of this James Bond movie title villain played by Joseph Wiseman'

Answer: Dr. No


Question: 'Garcia Lorca wrote "Lament for a Bullfighter" in 1935, but a year later he was the lamented one in this war'

Answer: the Spanish Civil War


Question: 'In 1840 Antarctic explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named a species of this for his wife Adelie'

Answer: a penguin


Question: 'The first matchup in this sports classic was between the unofficial "Pilgrims" & the Pirates in 1903'

Answer: the World Series


Question: 'On Jan. 7, 1989 it was sayonara to this 124th emperor of Japan'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'A cooking term meaning to heat or boil sugar until it turns dark brown'

Answer: to caramelize


Question: 'Alan Alda was Emmy nominated for "ER", but he's slightly better known for playing this Korean War doctor'

Answer: Hawkeye Pierce


Question: 'This author was born in what was then Danzig; "Cat & Mouse", "Dog Years" & "The Tin Drum" make up his Danzig trilogy'

Answer: Günter Grass


Question: 'Reports from the Mexican War were so slow that N.Y. Sun publisher Moses Beach founded this news service in 1848'

Answer: the Associated Press


Question: 'One of the principal religious obligations of Muslims, it's the Arabic term for a pilgrimmage to Mecca'

Answer: the Hajj


Question: 'This Shakespeare rival & possible secret agent got the point on May 30, 1593'

Answer: Christopher Marlowe


Question: 'Germans call these seeds Kummelkorn & flavor cheese with them'

Answer: caraway


Question: 'A 1964 film featured Major "King" Kong, Gen. Buck Turgidson & this title character'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove


Question: 'In the 1970s Milan Kundera was stripped of his citizenship by this country's government'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'The U.S. gained ownership of this iron-rich range of Minnesota via the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842'

Answer: the Mesabi Range


Question: 'In "Of Plymouth Plantation", this Pilgrim wrote that upon sighting Cape Cod "they were not a little joyful"'

Answer: William Bradford


Question: 'This Russian jeweler died eggs-actly on Sept. 24, 1920'

Answer: (Karl) Fabergé


Question: 'Cleopatra's unusual mode of transportation when she first met Julius Caesar'

Answer: carpet


Question: 'While serving in WWI, he created the character of Dr. Dolittle in illustrated letters home to his kids'

Answer: Hugh Lofting


Question: 'This sea's south boundary is a line from the southern tip of India to the eastern tip of Africa'

Answer: the Arabian Sea


Question: 'The decree became law with the passage of this actually quite lucky amendment to the Constitution'

Answer: the 13th Amendment


Question: 'In the mid-1980s the Giants started the tradition of dumping this beverage on a winning coach'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'When you file one of these with the U.S. Postal Service, you may get a welcome kit at your new home'

Answer: change of address


Question: 'Some say a comment by an overworked Ringo gave this Beatles song its title'

Answer: "A Hard Day\'s Night"


Question: 'This clear soft drink has been called "The Uncola"'

Answer: 7 Up


Question: '"Valley of the Horses" is Jean Auel's sequel to the novel "The Clan of" this'

Answer: the Cave Bear


Question: 'It was signed by Abe Lincoln & this Secretary of State'

Answer: William Seward


Question: 'Letter formations include the "T" & this one with the running backs in a line behind the quarterback'

Answer: the "I" formation


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew moves two heavy boxes with a little help.)  It's the item I'm using in my move, also old-time slang for the type of woman I'd like to say "hello" to next door'

Answer: a dolly


Question: 'It's a lightweight, protective helmet used by construction workers'

Answer: a hard hat


Question: 'Proverbially, a sow's ear isn't the source to construct a purse made of this soft fabric'

Answer: silk


Question: 'Like the title of a 1962 hit by Dion, they call an Old English poem about a homeless & kinless warrior this'

Answer: The Wanderer


Question: 'The preliminary Proclamation was issued Sept, 22, 1862: the real one followed 100 days later, on this date'

Answer: January 1, 1863


Question: 'If your team, trailing 14-6, scores a touchdown with 10 seconds left, go for one of these to tie the game'

Answer: a 2-point conversion


Question: 'In marking boxes, don't hesitate to use this word, from the Latin for "to break"'

Answer: fragile


Question: 'She took a whack at figure skating, winning the U.S. nationals in 1994'

Answer: Tonya Harding


Question: 'Alliterative 2-word term for the proverbially soft object seen here'

Answer: a baby\'s bottom


Question: '"My First Days in the White House", by this Louisiana political legend, was published in 1935, affer his death'

Answer: Huey P. Long


Question: 'It was the westernmost state mentioned by name in the Proclamation'

Answer: Texas


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew draws an arrow to complete a diagram on the blackboard.) Vince Lombardi's Packers lived by this play'

Answer: the sweep


Question: 'A California landlord must return this 21 days after you move out, less the cost of that fire you set'

Answer: a security deposit


Question: 'On June 14, 1971 the first in this chain of restaurants opened in London'

Answer: the Hard Rock Cafe


Question: 'In 2001 Senators McCain & Feingold proposed a bill to ban this type of financing of political campaigns'

Answer: soft money


Question: 'He wrote "Torch Song Trilogy" & got torched by aliens in "Independence Day"'

Answer: Harvey Fierstein


Question: 'An 1862 proclamation freeing D.C.'s slaves offered to help them move to Haiti or this African country'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'Coaches go gray from these plays that the players "hear" at the line of scrimmage rather than in the huddle'

Answer: audibles


Question: '"Mr. Gradgrind's Facts" was a possible title before Dickens "fell on" this as the name of his 1854 novel'

Answer: Hard Times


Question: 'Abbreviated pp, this term tells a musician to play "very softly"'

Answer: pianissimo


Question: 'This comic play, written by British dramatist Tom Taylor in 1858, sadly gained lasting fame in April 1865'

Answer: Our American Cousin


Question: 'He was on Harvard's swim team but was more famous for his touch football games'

Answer: JFK


Question: 'NYC-born novelist Joseph Heller went to P.S. 188, P.S. standing for this'

Answer: Public School


Question: 'This show starring the man seen here as an ex-con ran from 1974 to 1980'

Answer: The Rockford Files


Question: '"The Gourmet Guide to Beer" says most major beers are either ales or these'

Answer: lagers


Question: 'In 1996 this South African city's airport, code JNB, surpassed Cairo's as the busiest in Africa'

Answer: Johannesburg


Question: 'Southpaw<br />(5)'

Answer: lefty


Question: 'Though he was the first president to win the Nobel Peace Prize, he enjoyed boxing. jujitsu & wrestling'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Nicholas Murray Butler was president of this Manhatfan Ivy League school from 1902 to 1945'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'Problems on this '90s Fox drama included Charlie's Hodgkin's disease & Julia's abusive boyfriend'

Answer: Party of Five


Question: 'This brand, first sold in 1876, is symbolized by the animals seen here'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'This precious mineral product accounts for 4/5 of Botswana's exports'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'Galahad's dad<br />(8)'

Answer: Lancelot


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Eisenhower home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.)  A golf enthusiast, the president achieved this feat while playing a round in 1968'

Answer: a hole in one


Question: 'William Van Duzer Lawrence named a college for his wife, her'

Answer: Sarah Lawrence


Question: 'On "Friends" Joey has acted on this soap opera that starred real-life "Friends" dad John Aniston'

Answer: Days of Our Lives


Question: 'The name of Egypt's rulers the Mamelukes. once slaves, comes from a word for "slave" in this language'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'Beatles' birthplace<br />(9)'

Answer: Liverpool


Question: 'He was the first baseman & captain of Yale's 1948 baseball team'

Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush


Question: 'Now named for a benefactor, it opened in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art'

Answer: Juilliard


Question: '"The Carringtons" was never spun off from "Dynasty", but this '80s show was'

Answer: The Colbys


Question: 'In 1991 the first African-African American summit was held in this coastal country's city of Abidjan'

Answer: the Ivory Coast (le Côte d\'Ivoire)


Question: 'House of Henry V & VI<br />(9)'

Answer: Lancaster


Question: 'He was a cross-country runner at the U.S. Naval Academy'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'This NYC college named for its founder sounds like it teaches you to shoot game'

Answer: Hunter (College)


Question: 'Barbara Stanwyck, Lee Majors & Linda Evans were big names on this big Western show'

Answer: The Big Valley


Question: 'Associated with the people of Ghana, it's the African word for the style of cloth seen here'

Answer: kente


Question: 'Fine French porcelain<br />(7)'

Answer: limoges


Question: 'Peter Roget's new device for performing mechanically the involution & evolution of numbers'

Answer: the slide rule


Question: 'He puts "sleepy dust" in children's eyes to help them sleep'

Answer: Sandman


Question: 'Be prepared to tell us that this group's motto is "Be Prepared"'

Answer: Boy Scouts


Question: 'Fans from around the world sped to Winnipeg to see this "Speed" star play Hamlet there in 1995'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: 'If you've been to a prom, you should know "prom" is short for this, also a popular name for a shopping mall'

Answer: Promenade


Question: 'The Danes call this island dependency in the north Atlantic Gronland'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'Of a bird, a fish or an insect, what a water boatman is'

Answer: Insect


Question: 'On stage, this fairy, visible only as a dancing light, swallows poison to save Peter Pan's life'

Answer: Tinkerbell


Question: '"Ring" in if you know it's engraved with the motto "Proclaim Liberty Throughout All The Land..."'

Answer: Liberty Bell


Question: 'He's only 9 years younger than Glenn Close, but he called her Mom in Zeffirelli's 1990 version'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'A type of large snake; it may be "reticulated"'

Answer: Python


Question: 'Hey, mon!  The Cayman Islands were colonized about 1734 by British settlers from this nearby island'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'The American Water & Irish Water breeds of this dog are both noted for retrieving waterfowl'

Answer: Spaniel


Question: 'In December 1892 "The Nutcracker" was first produced with Antonietta Dell'era in this role'

Answer: Sugarplum Fairy


Question: 'Put a feather in your cappa if you know this Greek society's motto is "Philosophy The Guide Of Life"'

Answer: Phi Beta Kappa


Question: 'The role of Obi-Wan Kenobi was light-years away when he played Hamlet at the Old Vic in 1938'

Answer: Sir Alec Guinness


Question: 'From the name of a river, it's the "fever" that tends to afflict national politicians'

Answer: Potomac fever


Question: 'The Safety Islands off French Guiana consist of Royale, Saint-Joseph & this diabolical island'

Answer: Devil\'s Island


Question: 'Bubalus babalis is the scientific name of this animal also known as the water ox'

Answer: Water buffalo


Question: 'This mischievous fairy speaks the epilogue of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"'

Answer: Puck


Question: '"Power To The People" was one of the mottoes of this '60s militant group, founded in Oakland'

Answer: Black Panthers


Question: 'He played Hamlet at the New York Shakespeare Festival before he hammed it up as Mike Hammer:'

Answer: Stacy Keach


Question: 'It's the kind of lurid fiction printed on the low-quality paper of the same name'

Answer: Pulp fiction


Question: 'Politically, this Greek island is divided into 4 departments: Canea, Lasithi, Rethymne & Iraklion'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Water hog is another name for this, the largest living rodent, that looks like a giant guinea pig'

Answer: Capybara


Question: 'Sometimes a fairy will steal one of these & leave a changeling in its place'

Answer: Baby


Question: '"Duty, Honor, Country" is the motto of this New York school'

Answer: U.S. Military Academy/West Point/Army


Question: 'This star of "A Fish Called Wanda" not only starred in but directed a 1990 production of "Hamlet"'

Answer: Kevin Kline


Question: 'This term for a social outcast is from the Tamil for "drummer", a position once held by a person of low caste'

Answer: Pariah


Question: 'This island was specially built for San Francisco's Golden Gate Int'l Exposition of 1939 & 1940'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question: 'The water opossum is also called the yapok, in honor of this continent's Oyapok River'

Answer: South America


Question: 'She had the "Face that launched a thousand ships"; sounds painful!'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'A nat'l memorial near Kitty Hawk features reconstructions of the camp & hangar used by this pair'

Answer: The Wright Brothers


Question: 'Isabella II was proclaimed queen of this country a few days before her third birthday, in 1833'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'In March 1997 this Swiss miss became the youngest player to be ranked No. 1 in women's tennis'

Answer: Martina Hingis


Question: 'In 1494 Pope Alexander VI gave this country the right to colonize the east coast of Brazil'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'The great white whale who hosted "American Bandstand"'

Answer: Moby Dick Clark


Question: 'Believing Thisbe to be dead after finding her bloody veil, this youth killed himself'

Answer: Pyramus


Question: 'Open to the public, a St. Louis farm once owned by Ulysses Grant is now operated by this brewery'

Answer: Anheuser-Busch


Question: 'Kipling wrote of this queen, "Walk wide o' the widow at Windsor, for 'alf o' creation she owns"'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'Nancy Lieberman-Cline is among the inductees in the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame for this sport'

Answer: Basketball


Question: 'The Dutch had already sighted Australia, & Aborigines lived there, when he claimed it for England in 1770'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: '"That Girl" who wrote the Declaration of Independence'

Answer: Marlo Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'She was Pygmalion's "statuesque" wife'

Answer: Galatea


Question: 'Wish you were in Dixie -- National Forest?  You'll find it near Bryce Canyon in this state'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'He & Carlota landed in Mexico on May 28, 1864'

Answer: Maximilian


Question: 'Kathy Whitworth was the first woman in this sport to win a million dollars in prize money'

Answer: Golf


Question: 'This 2-word term coined in 1845 asserted that the U.S. had dibs on land stretching to the Pacific'

Answer: Manifest destiny


Question: 'Now ear this: it's an "ear" vegetable served on a spider structure'

Answer: Corn on the cobweb


Question: 'As the muse of this scholarly discipline, Clio probably tended to repeat herself'

Answer: History


Question: 'You can visit the Netherlands Museum without ever leaving the USA; it's located in this Michigan city'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'This country's King Carl XVI Gustaf was born Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus at Haga Castle in 1946'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 1996 Christy Martin became the first female pro in this sport to be featured live on national TV'

Answer: Boxing


Question: 'When this native group had dibs on the Mexico City area, they called it Tenochtitlan'

Answer: Aztecs


Question: 'A Lerner & Loewe musical about a lovely insect who flies away home'

Answer: My Fair Ladybug


Question: 'Vulcan's Greek counterpart, he created Achilles' armor'

Answer: Hephaestus


Question: 'For some fun in this Pennsylvania city, drop by the Dutch Wonderland Family Fun Park'

Answer: Lancaster


Question: 'Duchess Sophie of Bavaria married this tiny country's Crown Prince Alois in 1993, in Vaduz'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'In 1997 this 14-year-old American became the youngest women's world figure skating champion'

Answer: Tara Lipinski


Question: 'The Russians & Japanese both want these northern islands that were first occupied by the Ainu'

Answer: Kuril Islands


Question: 'Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Michael Jackson's ex-wife'

Answer: Mona Lisa Marie Presley


Question: 'This 1726 satire reported the existence of Mars' 2 moons 151 years before Asaph Hall discovered them'

Answer: Gulliver\'s Travels


Question: 'After this 1980 natural disaster, Congress created a natl. monument incorporating 110,000 acres in SW Washington'

Answer: the Mount St. Helens eruption


Question: 'Let's horse around with this tune; it ain't what it used to be'

Answer: "The Old Gray Mare"


Question: 'Conservative journalist Patrick & bachelor president James'

Answer: Buchanan


Question: 'In 1589 Kevin Federline became a professor at the University of Pisa & taught mathematics'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'The Blu-ray disc-playing PS3'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'Will Rogers admired Vincente Oropeza, who introduced tricks using this in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show'

Answer: rope


Question: 'The people of George, Washington named their streets for varieties of this fruit'

Answer: cherry


Question:
'Ah, Christmas.
A time to relax.
Reflect.
& headbang! (to this song heard here)'

Answer: "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"


Question: 'Scout Kit &<br />marine biologist Rachel'

Answer: Carson


Question: 'In 1986 Emeril Lagasse became Chief Justice of the U.S.; Bam!'

Answer: Rehnquist


Question:
'V8 beverages;
this company is
M'm! M'm! Good!'

Answer: Campbell\'s


Question: 'It's the state bird of New Mexico'

Answer: the roadrunner


Question: 'In 1962 Seattle got one of the first elevated ones of these in a U.S. city; it carried people to the World's Fair'

Answer: a monorail


Question: 'We now bring you, oh so gently, this song of a man separated from his love by water'

Answer: "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"


Question: 'Cotton gin maker Eli & NYC museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt'

Answer: Whitney


Question: 'Lenny Dykstra became emperor of Japan in 1926 & his reign was designated Showa, or "Enlightened Peace"'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'The 166-horsepower Miata MX-5'

Answer: Mazda


Question: 'A cooking device in which meat turns slowly on a spit'

Answer: a rotisserie


Question: 'The cities of Olympia & Tacoma lie on this inland waterway'

Answer: Puget Sound


Question: 'It's this kids' song heard here; hold your applause, though'

Answer: "If You\'re Happy And You Know It"


Question: 'Former CBS Evening News host Douglas & former NPR morning host Bob'

Answer: Edwards


Question: 'Jessica Simpson's oeuvre includes 1996's "The Same River Twice" &, of course, the Pulitzer-winning "The Color Purple"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'A1 steak sauce; this company is known for its American cheese slices'

Answer: Kraft


Question: 'On one of these, tight turns & steep slopes propel people along in small open carriages'

Answer: a rollercoaster


Question: 'An 1846 treaty set Washington's northern boundary at the 49th parallel; but Britain got to keep this island'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'A land cultivator & a wooded valley get metal-ized here'

Answer: "The Farmer In The Dell"


Question: 'Angler Izaak &<br />entrepreneur Sam'

Answer: Walton


Question: '2 people, please: in 1911 Paula Abdul won a Nobel for chemistry, after sharing a physics Nobel with hubby Richard Simmons'

Answer: Marie & Pierre Curie


Question:
'The news show
"AC360º"
(the network)'

Answer: CNN


Question: 'Pale ale in a green bottle from the Latrobe Brewing Company'

Answer: Rolling Rock


Question: 'In 2006 a fossilized one of these containing 22 broken eggs sold at auction for $420,000'

Answer: a nest


Question: 'Brad Pitt in <br />"___ Monkeys"'

Answer: Twelve


Question: 'This mythic Wild West hero invented the lasso, rode a cyclone & married a girl named Slue-Foot Sue'

Answer: Pecos Bill


Question: 'The name of this preserve often made from oranges comes from the Portuguese for "quince jam"'

Answer: marmalade


Question: 'The first geodesic dome was built in 1922 in Germany, but it was this man who received a patent for it 32 years later'

Answer: (Buckminster) Fuller


Question: 'A businessman of exceptional wealth & power'

Answer: a tycoon


Question: 'In 2001 Chinese scientists said a group of these made by dinosaurs included one 1 1/2 yards long'

Answer: a footprint


Question: 'Harrison Ford in <br />"Force ___ from Navarone"'

Answer: Ten


Question: '"Show me a hero", wrote Fitzgerald, "and I will write you" one of these dramas'

Answer: a tragedy


Question: 'The unripe skin of mangifera indica, this tropical fruit, can cause an allergic skin reaction'

Answer: mangoes


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue)<br />He did some early work on buildings as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 1880s, assisting the construction supervisor of Science Hall'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'A type of duck or sailing vessel, as well as a 2-wheeled vehicle'

Answer: a scooter


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue)<br />No one knows the purpose, but like modern birds, the stegosaurus has a small hole in its skull called a fenestra, from the Latin for this'

Answer: window


Question: 'David Strathairn in <br />"The Return of the Secaucus ___"'

Answer: Seven


Question: 'Dickens work where you'll find "whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life…these pages must show"'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'The name of this dessert that's similar to custard means "burnt cream"'

Answer: crème brûlée


Question: 'The firm of Pei & Partners designed this Boston landmark tower completed in 1976'

Answer: the Hancock tower


Question: 'Hall of Fame city of Otsego County, New York'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: 'We grew up calling the alleged apatosaurus this; to us it'll always be this--so there!'

Answer: a brontosaurus


Question: 'Jean-Pierre Leaud in<br />"The ___ Blows"'

Answer: 400


Question: 'Preparing for one more Antarctic journey, this heroic explorer died on the isl. of S. Georgia in 1922 & is buried there'

Answer: Ernest Shackleton


Question: 'For lunch, let's have this Mexican dish whose name is from the Spanish for "spiced with chili"'

Answer: enchilada


Question: 'This Finnish American not only designed Dulles Intl. Airport, he also created furniture, especially chairs'

Answer: Eero Saarinen


Question: '3-word anatomical idiom meaning to wait, perhaps impatiently'

Answer: cool your heels


Question: 'Known for long necks & small heads, dinosaurs like diplodocus belonged to this "lizard foot" group'

Answer: sauropods


Question: 'Gerard Depardieu in<br />"___: Conquest of Paradise"'

Answer: 1492


Question: 'Raised by animals, Enkidu was a companion of this Sumerian hero'

Answer: Gilgamesh


Question: 'This type of onion is named for  a place in Georgia'

Answer: Vidalia


Question: 'In 1818 he was appointed supervising architect of the National Capitol'

Answer: Charles Bulfinch


Question: 'The rabbit-eared type of this insectivorous critter is seen here'

Answer: a bandicoot


Question: 'Amazon.com said this novel, set in Iowa, was "the romantic classic of the 1990s"'

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County


Question: 'Persia'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Earth's tides are affected primarily by these 2 heavenly bodies'

Answer: Sun & moon


Question: 'This boxer had his first professional fight in 1960 under his given name, Cassius Clay'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'This American's 1940 novel "For Whom the Bell Tolls" takes place near Segovia, Spain'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'The telephone company named for this man was founded in 1877, a year after his invention'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'On the night of April 14-15, 1912 this ship sank in the north Atlantic'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'Ceylon'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'On some trees & shrubs, this protective covering slowly peels off & is replaced'

Answer: Bark


Question: 'Flamboyant Italian slalom skier rhymingly dubbed "La Bamba"'

Answer: Alberto Tomba


Question: 'In her native Denmark, her book "Out of Africa" is called "Den Afrikanske Farm"'

Answer: Isak Dinesen/Karen Blixen


Question: 'American Indians sent signals using this vaporous substance'

Answer: Smoke


Question: 'Paris didn't take Helen to Paris; he took her to this city & instigated a war'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'Helvetia'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'From "calm" to "hurricane", the Beaufort scale measures the strength of this'

Answer: Wind


Question: 'She shot out of Sweden to win the world championship of women's golf in 1995 & 1996'

Answer: Annika Sorenstam


Question: '"A Child's Christmas in Wales" by this Welsh poet was published in 1955, 2 years after his death'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'Shakespeare's Bassanio says Portia uses these facial features to send him "fair speechless messages"'

Answer: Eyes


Question: 'In 1802 this madame inherited her uncle's wax museum & went to London to set up an exhibition'

Answer: Marie Tussaud


Question: 'The United Republic of Tanganyika & Zanzibar'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: 'The only poisonous snake in Great Britain, the common adder belongs to this snake family'

Answer: Viper


Question: 'This man who led Argentina to the 1986 World Cup soccer title played for Italy's Napoli from 1984 to 1991'

Answer: Diego Maradona


Question: 'Belgian author Georges Simenon wrote dozens of novels about this pipe-smoking police inspector'

Answer: Inspector Maigret


Question: 'These largest pachyderms communicate with infrasonic signals below the range of human hearing'

Answer: Elephants


Question: 'He was sent to bring Isolde to Cornwall to marry his uncle, King Mark'

Answer: Tristan


Question: 'The Malagasy Republic'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'These "laughing" scavengers will eat almost anything & will steal food even from lions'

Answer: Hyenas


Question: '14-year-old Tara Lipinski upset this world champion at the 1997 U.S. Figure Skating Championship'

Answer: Michelle Kwan


Question: 'Stung by the hostile reaction to his 1862 novel "Fathers and Sons", this Russian moved to Baden-Baden'

Answer: Ivan Turgenev


Question: 'In 1982 France Telecom introduced this system of home terminals linked by phone lines'

Answer: Minitel


Question: 'After the monarchy fell in 1792, this French statesman fled to England, then to the U.S.'

Answer: Talleyrand


Question: 'This current vice president served as an Army reporter during the Vietnam War'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'He hasn't directed a feature film since 1977's "Star Wars"'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'In 1759 Portugal banned the Jesuit order of this Christian church'

Answer: Roman Catholic Church


Question: 'In the 930s Wang Kon unified this peninsula; it was divided again in the 1940s'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'Traditionally, a female singer plays the role of Hansel in this Humperdinck opera'

Answer: "Hansel and Gretel"


Question: 'In selecting her for the 1979 Peace Prize, the committee cited her work with refugees & children'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'As commander of the Apollo 11 mission, he was the first man to set foot on the moon'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'His 1983 film "Fanny and Alexander" was edited from a larger television miniseries'

Answer: Ingmar Bergman


Question: 'The son of a copper miner, he initiated the Protestant Reformation'

Answer: Martin Luther


Question: 'Crusader Godfrey of Bouillon was chosen king of this holy city but was left in the soup by his allies'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Jules Massenet composed an opera based on this famous novel by Miguel de Cervantes'

Answer: "Don Quixote"


Question: 'This Italian won the 1938 Physics Award for discovering radioactive elements beyond uranium'

Answer: Enrico Fermi


Question: 'He painted the portrait seen here:<br />("Arrangement in Grey and Black")'

Answer: James Whistler ("Whistler\'s Mother")


Question: 'He directed John Wayne in many westerns, including "The Searchers" & "Fort Apache"'

Answer: John Ford


Question: '2 of the forms of this Eastern religion are Theravada & Mahayana'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'The town-dwellers known by this French term evolved into the Capitalist class of Marxist thought'

Answer: Bourgeoisie


Question: 'This hefty superstar tenor from Modena, Italy is often compared to Caruso'

Answer: Luciano Pavarotti


Question: 'This Russian physiologist's 1904 Nobel Prize was for his work on the physiology of digestion'

Answer: Ivan Pavlov


Question: 'In 1916 this architect moved to Japan where he designed the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'This director's "Scream" pokes fun at horror films of the '80s, including his own Freddy Krueger movies'

Answer: Wes Craven


Question: 'This religion's chief god, the Jade Emperor, was officially sanctioned around 1000 A.D.'

Answer: Taoism


Question: 'Philosopher Albertus Magnus popularized the "Physics" & other works of this ancient Greek'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Originally, this composer's opera "Rigoletto" was titled "La Maledizione" ("The Curse")'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: 'In 1969 Ragnar Frisch & Jan Tinbergen became the first to win in this newly established category'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'This sharpshooter is the subject of the musical "Annie Get Your Gun"'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'This French director appears as a passerby who points out Belmondo to the police in his 1959 film "Breathless"'

Answer: Jean-Luc Godard


Question: 'The main religion on the island of Bali is a mixture of local religious rites & this major religion'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'Frankish king Charles Martel & the Schlegerbund, a group of Swabian knights, took their names from this tool'

Answer: Hammer


Question: 'Originally, this Czech composer's opera "The Bartered Bride" contained some spoken dialogue'

Answer: Bedrich Smetana


Question: 'This playwright born in Colonus around 496 B.C. wrote one of his finest plays when he was 90'

Answer: Sophocles (\"Oedipus at Colonus\")


Question: 'New York-New York Hotel & Casino'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: '"The weather outside is frightful" & "we've no place to go" so allow this to happen'

Answer: Let It Snow


Question: 'Chances are, you know that this singer's "Chances Are" was a No. 1 hit in 1957'

Answer: Johnny Mathis


Question: 'A TV show that is an extended advertisement, like those used by Ross Perot in 1992 & 1996'

Answer: Infomercial


Question: 'Many racing car drivers started in these small vehicles whose name may be preceded by "go"'

Answer: Carts/karts


Question: 'In the woods, don't pet the crested variety of this rodent; its quills can be 14 inches long!'

Answer: Porcupine


Question: 'Cadillac Tower'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'The title of a Clash song says this happens "not once, but twice"'

Answer: Lightning Strikes


Question: 'In May, John F. Kennedy was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for Biography for this book'

Answer: Profiles In Courage


Question: 'It's the "game" played by parties telephoning back & forth trying to reach each other'

Answer: Phone tag


Question: 'If you're on a "moving" one, you're either drunk or trying to cover a long distance in an airport'

Answer: Sidewalk


Question: 'Avoid this 3-leafed plant in the cashew family, unless you want to be itching all day'

Answer: Poison ivy


Question: 'Transamerica Pyramid'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'A Gershwin song says one of these "In London town had me low and had me down"'

Answer: A foggy day


Question: 'Sworn in as Haiti's president in October, he became the abusive "father" of his country'

Answer: Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier


Question: 'To teach academic subjects to your children at your own house is called this'

Answer: Home schooling


Question: 'This military transport is also a ride for the rich'

Answer: Humvee/Hummer


Question: 'Look for one of these birds in a pear tree in the woods, just like in "The 12 Days Of Christmas"'

Answer: Partridge


Question: 'Pillsbury Building'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'In this song, "The rain is gone" & "It's gonna be a bright ... sunshiny day"'

Answer: I Can See Clearly Now


Question: 'This Swedish statesman was elected to a second term as U.N. Secretary-General'

Answer: Dag Hammarskjold


Question: 'This kind of "novel" is a fictional story for adults presented in a comic book format'

Answer: Graphic novel


Question: 'There are over 300 million of these vehicles on the road in China'

Answer: Bicycles


Question: 'It's not the larch, it's this widely-liked tree'

Answer: Poplar


Question: 'James K. Polk State Office Building'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Rainy songs from this band include "Box Of Rain" & "Cold Rain And Snow"'

Answer: Grateful Dead


Question: 'Signing a $100,000 contract with the Red Sox, he became the highest paid player in baseball'

Answer: Ted Williams


Question: 'It's the practice of visiting natural habitats on vacation in a manner that minimizes ecological impact'

Answer: Eco-tourism


Question: 'From Latin for "place" & "moving", it may be steam, electric or diesel-electric'

Answer: Locomotive


Question: 'If you're picknicking in the woods of "The Lost World", one of these flying reptiles might decide to lunch on you!'

Answer: Pterodactyl


Question: 'This founder of the Franciscans was canonized in 1228, only 2 years after his death'

Answer: St. Francis of Assisi


Question: 'Annie Leibovitz got her first assignment from this magazine in 1970 & worked there for 13 years'

Answer: Rolling Stone


Question: 'The hypnotic eyes of this actor created a shiver of fear in his audiences as well as his victims'

Answer: Bela Lugosi


Question: 'You can ride this city's Main St. trolley across Beale St. en route to the National Civil Rights Museum'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'C'est la vie!'

Answer: That\'s/Such is life


Question: 'His name is on none of his print jobs, so if you have one of his famous bibles from 1456, stop looking'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'Lynn Fontanne was an actress & Margot Fonteyn made her living as this kind of artist'

Answer: Ballerina


Question: 'It was "Love At First Bite" for this actor when he played Count Dracula in 1979'

Answer: George Hamilton


Question: 'Established by Roger Williams, the oldest Baptist church in the U.S. is on this city's Main St.'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'UNESCO is helping restore the Wat & Thom temple complexes in this former Cambodian capital'

Answer: Angkor


Question: 'Vox populi'

Answer: Voice of the people


Question: 'England's throne went from Ethelwulf to Ethelbald to Ethelbert to Ethelred to this "great" man'

Answer: Alfred


Question: 'Early in her career Amalia Hernandez founded this national dance company of Mexico'

Answer: Ballet Folklorico


Question: 'The consumate vampire, this tall, dark & gruesome actor played a bloodsucker in 7 Hammer Studio films'

Answer: Christopher Lee


Question: 'The home of this poet who was out of the mainstream is at 280 Main St. in Amherst, Massachusetts'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'In March 1998 UNESCO took offense at the atrocities of the Taliban in this country'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Vaya con Dios'

Answer: Go with God


Question: 'He was born in 1265, & the love of his life, Beatrice, was born the next year'

Answer: Dante Alighieri


Question: 'Motherhood was a favorite subject of this France-based artist who was born in 1845 in Pittsburgh'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: '"Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck" was the subtitle of this Roman Polanski horror spoof'

Answer: The Fearless Vampire Killers


Question: 'Main St. in Council Grove, Kansas was once part of this trail'

Answer: the Santa Fe Trail


Question: 'Keep it under your hat, the Medina section of this Moroccan city is protected by UNESCO's World Heritage Committee'

Answer: Fez


Question: 'Que sera sera'

Answer: What will be, will be


Question: 'In 1381 John Ball & he led the English peasants in a rebellion against new taxes'

Answer: Wat Tyler


Question: 'In a 1988 film Isabelle Adjani played this sculptress; Gerard Depardieu played her lover Rodin'

Answer: Camille Claudel


Question: 'Before taking a bite out of Susan Sarandon, this French actress put David Bowie in a box in 1983's "The Hunger"'

Answer: Catherine Deneuve


Question: 'A small college (& yet there are those who love it), it's located on Main St. in Hanover, New Hampshire'

Answer: Dartmouth College


Question: 'Veni, vidi, vici'

Answer: I came, I saw, I conquered


Question: 'He's on the 1997 stamp honoring the European recovery program'

Answer: George Marshall


Question: 'In 1492 this man landed on the island of San Salvador & came in contact with Native Americans called Arawaks'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'This classic Warner Bros. animated duo helps Granny solve mysteries'

Answer: Sylvester & Tweety


Question: 'In the 1600s his findings like the phases of Venus made this Italian think maybe the sun is what stuff revolves around'

Answer: Galileo


Question:
'J-10--miss!
H-5--hit!
One more hit in this game & I'll have sunk your title vessel'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'On the highway this co.'s Corolla gets 40 mpg, its Land Cruiser, 17 (it'll be important to you one day, trust me)'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'Starbucks & most parents couldn't survive without this drink'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'The Pawtuxet Indian known as Squanto is famous for teaching the Pilgrims how to plant this crop aka maize'

Answer: corn


Question: 'These title crime fighters all live together in a tower that might be even messier than your room'

Answer: the Teen Titans


Question: 'Ares Vallis is one of the larger channels on the surface of this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'In 1985 Russian computer scientist Alexey Pajitnov created this maddening video game that features blocks'

Answer: Tetris


Question: 'S. Dak., Alaska, Wyo. &, obviously, Hawaii are the only 4 states not on this natl. train co.'s passenger route map'

Answer: Amtrak


Question: 'You'll want to visit this building to send a parcel or letter'

Answer: the post office


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew brings a Native American artifact for show and tell.) Warring tribes often used this ceremonial item to try to settle their differences'

Answer: a peace pipe


Question: 'Mechanikat is one of the evil adversaries of this new breed of superhero seen here'

Answer: Krypto the Superdog


Question: 'Using Newton's laws of motion, astronomer Edmund Halley determined that these travel in elliptical orbits'

Answer: comets


Question: 'Spinning the Wheel of Fate in this game can take you to Millionaire Estates, or you can end up in Countryside Acres'

Answer: LIFE


Question: 'On May 20, 1927 at 7:52 A.M., Charles Lindbergh took to the skies of New York in this plane'

Answer: The Spirit of St. Louis


Question: 'Term for working on a computer that is not on the network'

Answer: offline


Question: 'Gaining his powers from exposure to mutagenetic gas, he's the African-American teen superhero seen here'

Answer: Static Shock


Question: 'On Jan. 14, 2005 the Huygens Probe soft-landed on this largest moon of Saturn; photos reveal its surface to be orange'

Answer: Titan


Question: 'This "game for your whole brain" features a big purple brain in the center of the game board'

Answer: Cranium


Question: 'In 2005 Dan Wheldon led a 1-2-3-4 finish at the Indy 500 for cars made by this co., known for its Accord & CR-V'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'It's the first play of a football game'

Answer: a kickoff


Question: 'Monks in training battle villains for sacred, ancient objects on this action-packed program'

Answer: Xiaolin Showdown


Question: 'Consisting of a continuous flow of gases from the sun, its top speed may reach 2.25 million miles per hour'

Answer: solar wind


Question: '"Pop in the shapes fast or out they'll blast" is what can happen in this "flawless" game for kids'

Answer: Perfection


Question: 'On May 10, 1869, No. 119 & the Jupiter were the 2 trains head-to-head when this golden item was hammered home'

Answer: a spike


Question: 'It's the first play of a basketball game'

Answer: a tipoff


Question: 'Of 103, 206 or 412, the total number of bones in the adult body'

Answer: 206


Question: 'It's the show in which Simba sings "I Just Can't Wait To Be King"'

Answer: The Lion King


Question: 'Due to use of the magnetic type of this device in the Middle Ages, mapmakers started putting north at the top of maps'

Answer: a compass


Question: 'This third president had siblings who were fraternal twins'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'The Encyclopedia of American Comics called Charlie Brown of this comic strip a "likable loser"'

Answer: Peanuts


Question: 'Building this type of large outdoor fire has been an autumn tradition for centuries'

Answer: a bonfire


Question: 'Digestion begins in the mouth, where this secretion breaks down starches into sugars'

Answer: saliva


Question: 'Phil Collins wasn't a star yet when he played this young pickpocket in the London stage production of "Oliver!"'

Answer: the Artful Dodger


Question: 'Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator is said to have invented this word for a map collection'

Answer: an atlas


Question: 'World Book tells us that the brown recluse is one of these with a violin-shaped mark on its back'

Answer: a spider


Question: 'A prayer of this is one that expresses gratitude, not always over turkey & stuffing'

Answer: thanksgiving (thanks accepted)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads.) When you make a muscle, you can track the two-headed upper arm muscle called this'

Answer: biceps


Question: 'This Dr. Seuss-inspired musical sort of rhymes with "musical"'

Answer: Seussical: The Musical


Question: 'A U.S. county's equivalent of a capital, it's often shown on maps as a dot inside a circle'

Answer: the county seat


Question: '"Cooking A to Z" tells us that brown sugar is a mixture of white sugar & this thick syrup, which gives it its color'

Answer: molasses


Question: 'A small bite, a small sip or a touch of cold in the air one autumn night'

Answer: nip


Question: 'Your body's largest joint is this one that's capped by a bone called the patella'

Answer: your knee


Question: 'This musical has it all: cute kids named Jeremy & Jemima, a truly scrumptious leading lady &, oh yes, a flying car'

Answer: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang


Question: 'There are lines of latitude called this of Cancer & this of Capricorn'

Answer: Tropics


Question: 'According to Encyclopedia Britannica, his raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'Puff the Magic Dragon "frolicked in" this "in a land called Honah Lee"'

Answer: the autumn mist


Question: 'Elastic tissue called this forms the auricle; that's the outside of your ear'

Answer: cartilage


Question: '"Annie" is based on a comic strip; "Annie Get Your Gun" is based on this real-life girl who "shot" to fame in the 1800s'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew traces lines on a globe.) Two of these meet around the poles to form what's called a great circle around the Earth'

Answer: the meridians


Question: 'Though it has a different number in our calendar, its name comes from the Latin for "eight"'

Answer: October


Question: 'Chapter 1 of this book describes "a cyclone cellar, where the family could go in case one of those… whirlwinds arose"'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'New Mexico's largest city, it was named for a viceroy of New Spain'

Answer: Alburquerque


Question: 'Holy jumpin' cats!  Here's an African sand cat squaring off with a sand viper in this 3-million-square-mile sandpile'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: '"Yentl"'

Answer: Barbara Streisand


Question: 'The simplest version of IRS Form 1040 adds these 2 letters'

Answer: E-Z


Question: 'A small piano about 5 feet long'

Answer: a baby grand


Question: 'In Genesis he wakes up to find himself minus one rib but plus one female'

Answer: Adam


Question: 'The animal seen here was rescued in New Mexico's capitan mountains & became the living symbol of this mascot'

Answer: Smokey the Bear


Question: 'Sibon annulata, named for preying on these very slow movers, lives in central America, not France'

Answer: snails


Question: '"Easy Rider"'

Answer: Dennis Hopper


Question: 'To get the 411, submit an eFOIA (Freedom of Information Act) form to this Justice Dept. main investigative body'

Answer: the FBI


Question: 'Louise Brown's arrival in 1978 made her the first successful one of these in vitro creations'

Answer: a test tube baby


Question: 'In architecture a ribbed ceiling with arches is called one of these, like a room in a bank'

Answer: vaulted


Question: 'In 1942 this comparatively isolated New Mexico place was chosen for an atomic research lab'

Answer: Los Alamos


Question: 'The modern-day Rikki-Tikki-Tavis here are watching one of these snakes emerging from a hole'

Answer: a cobra


Question: '2010's "The Town"'

Answer: Ben Affleck


Question: 'In form VA4962, Verification of Eligibility for Burial in a National Cemetery, VA is this Cabinet department'

Answer: Veterans Affairs


Question: 'In 2007 the first of these, born 1 second after midnight January 1, 1946, filed for social security'

Answer: a Baby Boomer


Question: 'This cotton fabric with vertical raised ribs comes in wide wale & pinwale varieties'

Answer: corduroy


Question: 'Lilian Whiting used this phrase as the title of a 1906 book; it became New Mexico's official state nickname in 1999'

Answer: "Land of Enchantment"


Question: 'You can tell by its stripes that the deadly Australian snake here is named for this big cat'

Answer: a tiger


Question: '"The Horse Whisperer"'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: '302-AM is an application for a broadcast station license with this agency'

Answer: the FCC


Question: 'At diapers.com power outlet covers are listed among the "essentials" for this activity'

Answer: babyproofing


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.)  The lowest two pairs of ribs in humans are known by this suspended adjective, as they don't attach in the front'

Answer: floating


Question: 'Most of what is now New Mexico was ceded to the U.S. in 1848 through this treaty that ended the Mexican War'

Answer: the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


Question: 'The prominent horn on the nose shows why Bitis nasicornis is also known as this viper, after another African animal'

Answer: a rhinoceros


Question: '"Throw Momma From The Train"'

Answer: (Danny) DeVito


Question: 'These 3 letters refer to a Cabinet department & precede 30106 in a sample move in/move out inspection form'

Answer: H.U.D.


Question: 'This youthful fellow had a bad run-in with the authorities in 1934'

Answer: Baby Face Nelson


Question: 'The ribs of a boat's frame, they're "shiver"ed in a salty expression'

Answer: timbers


Question: 'As the story goes, this poem was written on December 24, 1822 on the way home with a turkey for dinner'

Answer: \'Twas The Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)


Question: 'Send a one-hopper home to get the guy who tagged up; shoot it around the horn'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'This Italian term for the deepest male voice range can precede profundo or continuo'

Answer: basso


Question: 'Though spelled differently, it's the real first name of Diddy & Jay-Z'

Answer: Shawn


Question: 'Thousands have died in this country's 2011 uprising against the Assad regime'

Answer: Syria


Question: '"He" is one:<br />poor nun'

Answer: a pronoun


Question: 'H. Rider Haggard is said to have penned "King Solomon's" these in a little over a month to back up a boast he'd made'

Answer: Mines


Question: 'In a Namco game, eat fruit, dodge ghosts, get the hungry gal around the maze'

Answer: Ms. Pac-man


Question: 'It's the time signature of the Chopin piece heard here; listen to the left hand'

Answer: 3/4


Question: 'Like late actor Nielsen, Gerald Ford had this given first name'

Answer: Leslie


Question: 'In 2011 the New York Times it was a-changin' as Jill Abramson became its first female executive this'

Answer: editor


Question: '"Hasn't" is one:<br />iron contact'

Answer: a contraction


Question: 'He wrote "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" in one night for Esquire magazine'

Answer: Tom Wolfe


Question: 'Clear the zone; stay out of the crease when trying to score on the power play'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'In 1990, on this composer's 150th birthday, Itzhak Perlman was fiddling away in Russia in his honor'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Telly Savalas may not have had Mr. Onassis' money, but he did share this intellectual first name'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'A hunger strike by Anna Hazare forced India's govt. to agree to this type of "man" investigating corruption'

Answer: an ombudsman


Question: 'Surrounding words that give meaning:<br />next cot'

Answer: context


Question: 'For a magazine story, this author of westerns once did his day's writing on a traffic island on Sunset Blvd.'

Answer: Louis L\'Amour


Question: 'Roll dice & try to get your 15 counters off the board before the other guy; watch out for doubling'

Answer: backgammon


Question: 'The name of this instrument consisting of steel bars on a frame is from the German for "play of bells"'

Answer: glockenspiel


Question: 'In Spanish please, it's the real first name of Chuck Norris & Charlie Sheen'

Answer: Carlos


Question: 'This country's leader tried to squash rumors of his ill health with tweets from his account @chavezcandanga'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Misplaced or not, it adds meaning:<br />if do re mi'

Answer: a modifier


Question: 'Unable to sleep, Longfellow knocked out "The Wreck Of" this ship between midnight & 3 A.M.'

Answer: the Hesperus


Question: 'As Master Chief, shoot at the Covenant, massacre the flood; rinse, repeat'

Answer: Halo


Question: 'In 1888 John Philip Sousa wrote this march that later became the official march of the Marine Corps'

Answer: Semper Fideles


Question: 'Paul McCartney's real first name; he shares it with 2 apostles'

Answer: James


Question: 'In 2011 the Kimberly Process regulating these "sanguine" items allowed Zimbabwe to sell certain gems'

Answer: blood diamonds


Question: '"Highest" is one example:<br />elusive trap'

Answer: a superlative


Question: 'The Hebrew word for this Biblical unit of measurement is Ammah, aptly meaning "elbow" or "forearm"'

Answer: a cubit


Question: 'Hogamous higamous, ostrich are polygamous; higamous hogamous, eagles are this'

Answer: monogamous


Question: 'On Oct. 1, 1924, he was born at the Wise Clinic in Plains, Georgia, the first president born in a hospital'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'You can signify the title of this 1994 Beck hit by making an L with your right finger & thumb'

Answer: "Loser"


Question: '"Everything's better with" this margarine "on it"'

Answer: Blue Bonnet


Question: 'And the Lord said unto him, "Make thee an ark of gopher wood"'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'It's the honest answer by a Spanish speaker to the question "Hablas espanol?"'

Answer: Si


Question: 'The bird's sharp binocular vision gave us this expression for someone with keen sight or alertness'

Answer: "eagle-eyed"


Question: 'The first presidential airplane, nicknamed The Sacred Cow, was delivered to him in 1944'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'According to the title of the following, it's what the singer won't tell:'

Answer: Your name


Question: 'A cover up if we've ever heard one, Tom Sawyer had others do it to his fence'

Answer: whitewash


Question: 'He said, "If I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak"'

Answer: Samson


Question: '"Da" is how to accept an invitation to visit this, the world's largest country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'The Latin rapere, "to carry off", gave us this 6-letter term for birds of prey, & for a type of dinosaur'

Answer: raptor


Question: 'He was the first president to preside over 49 states, as well as 50'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'This Bob Carlisle ballad about watching his daughter grow was a surprise hit in 1997'

Answer: "Butterfly Kisses"


Question: 'Capt. Janeway goes to this when an enemy attack appears imminent'

Answer: red alert


Question: 'The gospel of Matthew says this governor of Judea "washed his hands" of the guilt for crucifying Jesus'

Answer: Pontius Pilate


Question: 'Dutch, Swedish & German "yes men" all use this word'

Answer: Ja


Question: 'The Bald Eagle is the USA's symbol while this other North American type has been called the king of birds'

Answer: the Golden Eagle


Question: 'Graduating from Princeton in 1879, he was the first president to earn a Ph.D.'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'This group conquered the U.K. & had a big U.S. hit with "Wonderwall"'

Answer: Oasis


Question: 'You look up the value of a used car in it'

Answer: Blue Book


Question: 'The Old Testament book about this "virtuous woman" begins, "Now it came to pass in the day when the judges ruled"'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'This Japanese word for yes sounds like an American way of saying hello'

Answer: Hai


Question: 'Term for an eagle's nest, often found high in a tall tree'

Answer: an aerie


Question: 'He was the first & only president to administer the oath of office to a successor'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'On the sound track of "Nothing to Lose", it's when Coolio will "C U"'

Answer: When U Get There


Question: 'Reverse the colors on the Swiss flag & you get the symbol of this organization'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: 'Once named Saul, he escaped Damascus by being let down a wall in a basket'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'You'll hear the yes-word "sim" on the streets of Sao Paulo from people speaking this language'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'In romantic ballets such as "La sylphide", it's traditional for this ballet skirt to be calf-length'

Answer: a tutu


Question: 'Kids roll eggs across the White House lawn on the Monday after this holiday'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'Some high schools have parties where students trade signatures in these annual publications'

Answer: yearbooks


Question: 'They sound short, but these documents Mom writes to present her case go on for pages'

Answer: briefs


Question: 'The second Monday in October, it's also called Discoverers' Day'

Answer: Columbus Day


Question: 'A person of no fixed residence who wanders the Earth'

Answer: a nomad


Question: 'A company's leading ballerina is known as this, from the Italian for "first"'

Answer: prima ballerina


Question: 'This area that existed before the District of Columbia was founded was once known simply as George'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: 'This student with the highest academic ranking traditionally speaks at graduation'

Answer: the valedictorian


Question: 'Rather than criminal, Mom practices this law, & tells me to keep the same type of tongue in my head'

Answer: civil law


Question: 'In February 1887, Oregon became the first state to declare this September day a legal holiday'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'Airplanes & stock prices are said to make these sharp drops'

Answer: nosedives


Question: 'It's the weapon featured in "Fall River Legend", Agnes De Mille's ballet about Lizzie Borden'

Answer: an axe


Question: 'Some 58,000 names are inscribed on this memorial designed by Maya Lin'

Answer: the Vietnam Veterans Memorial


Question: '(Hi, I'm Ben Savage.)  Football games are common at these high school celebrations for returning graduates'

Answer: homecomings


Question: 'Mom's profession is in the name of this document she prepared so our neighbor could act on behalf of his dad'

Answer: power of attorney


Question: 'A highlight of Freedom Weekend Aloft in Greenville, S.C. is a race of these craft'

Answer: hot air balloons


Question: 'A pitcher can walk a batter & still accomplish one of these games'

Answer: a no-hitter


Question: 'Prince Florimund awakens Princess Aurora with a kiss in Act 3 of this fairy tale ballet'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'John Wilkes Booth's pistol is on display in this building, where he used it'

Answer: Ford\'s Theater


Question: 'It's a tradition for girls to ask guys to this dance, which bears a woman's name'

Answer: Sadie Hawkins Dance


Question: 'Mom bet me that I wouldn't do better on the SAT than she did on this legal licensing test'

Answer: the bar exam


Question: 'Tahiti's Heiva Festival centers on this French holiday & is celebrated with canoe races & dance contests'

Answer: Bastille Day


Question: 'Meaning without a possible positive outcome, it's usually found before "situation"'

Answer: no-win


Question: 'This Spanish cubist painter designed the scenery & costumes for the 1920 ballet "Pulcinella"'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Hsing-Hsing, one of these "giant" Asian animals, is a popular attraction at the National Zoo'

Answer: a giant panda


Question: 'From the Latin for "within walls", it's a sports activity played by teams from the same school'

Answer: intramurals


Question: 'Mom shouted, "You go, girl!" in 1993 when this women's rights lawyer was nominated to the Supreme Court'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: 'On April 25 this Italian city celebrates the feast day of St. Mark, its patron saint'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'In naming biological specimens, each species has a binomial one'

Answer: nomenclature


Question: 'This Co.'s 4-letter name is from Danish meaning "play well"; coincidentally, in Latin it means "I put together"'

Answer: Lego


Question: 'Like the people of an ancient civilization, residents of Phoenix are called this'

Answer: Phoenicians


Question: 'Congratulations were in order on May 4 when this man was elected to a third term as British PM'

Answer: (Tony) Blair


Question: 'Running about 8 1/2 minutes on the radio, this Don McLean hit is the longest song ever to hit No. 1'

Answer: "American Pie"


Question: 'Brownies are divided into these large divisions; Ken Berry & Larry Storch were in one, too'

Answer: troops


Question: 'Ample leg & hip room were important design traits for this Toyota hybrid that's electrifying drivers'

Answer: a Prius


Question: 'A mixture of fruit juices--Hawaiian, for example'

Answer: a punch


Question: 'Since 1986 Phoenix has gotten much of its water from this "stately" river to the west'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'To the relief of many, on August 8 this Space Shuttle returned safely to Earth following launch problems'

Answer: Discovery


Question: 'Sung by Apollo IX astronauts, this traditional song was one of the first sung in outer space'

Answer: "Happy Birthday"


Question: 'Brownies of this faith achieve religious recognition via the Dharma Award'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'The Flatout! container's accordion design by this company can change its capacity & flatten for storage'

Answer: Tupperware


Question: 'An L.A.-based basketball team'

Answer: the Clippers


Question: 'One of Phoenix' most famous landmarks is this mountain, named for its resemblance to a humped mammal'

Answer: Camelback Mountain


Question: 'In Sept. 2005 the Post Office assigned the ZIP code 77230 to this Texas arena so that people could again receive mail'

Answer: the Astrodome


Question: 'In 1969 Johnny Cash had a hit with this Shel Silverstein song'

Answer: "A Boy Named Sue"


Question: 'As per President Bush's 2001 request, U.S. Brownies gave $1 each to children of this country due east of Iran'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'This paint brand uses the Ready to Roll packaging that features a built-in roller tray in the lid'

Answer: Dutch Boy


Question: 'A folder for holding papers'

Answer: file


Question: 'Here's something to chew on--for some 40 years the Arizona Biltmore Hotel was owned by this famous Chicago family'

Answer: Wrigley


Question: 'One of the 2 major airlines that declared bankruptcy on September 14'

Answer: Delta (or Northwest)


Question: 'Barry Manilow's first hit, the title was changed to distance itself from a song of the same name by Looking Glass'

Answer: "Mandy"


Question: 'The mom of Carrie Fisher helped the Brownies recruit & retain members in the 1960s with the "Piper Project"'

Answer: Debbie Reynolds


Question: 'New York City's mayor could tell you this company's terminal has a fingerprint scanner & covers all the financial markets'

Answer: Bloomberg


Question: 'A "stud"ly card game'

Answer: poker


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks the green at Ping Hdqtrs, Phoenix, AZ.)  Ping Golf is approximately based in Phoenix, a golf capital; the first golf resort here was built in this year of Arizona statehood'

Answer: 1912


Question: 'On Sept. 30 he was appointed U.N. Ambassador, bypassing Senate approval'

Answer: (John) Bolton


Question: 'This legendary duo first started Warbling under the name Caesar & Cleo'

Answer: Sonny & Cher


Question: 'Before you can earn the Girl Scouting in the U.S.A. badge, you must read about this founder'

Answer: Juliette Gordon Low


Question: 'You don't need oversized shirt pockets if you have the Cyber-shot camera by this company'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'A helicopter'

Answer: a chopper


Question: '"De Profundis" was a letter he wrote while in Reading Gaol to Lord Alfred Douglas, with whom he'd had an affair'

Answer: Oscar Wilde


Question: 'This Oscar-winning actress directed herself in the film "Little Man Tate"'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Giovanni Arduino classified rocks oldest to newest as primary, secondary & this, a term still used'

Answer: tertiary


Question: 'Come on in for our Monday special: flapjacks topped with this official state fruit of New Jersey'

Answer: the blueberry


Question: 'Than Shwe rules this country that moved its capital from Rangoon & leads the world in child soldiers'

Answer: Myanmar (or Burma)


Question: 'Proverbially, true actors love the roar of the crowd & the smell of this stage makeup'

Answer: greasepaint


Question: 'The only known surviving example of his handwriting is his signature on a 1585 will; his name as written was Marley'

Answer: Christopher Marlowe


Question: 'Gurinder Chadha scored when she directed Parminder Nagra in this soccer film'

Answer: Bend It Like Beckham


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew quarters the Earth on the monitor to show its three concentric layers.)  Temperatures range from about 2,000 to 8,000 degrees Fahrenheit in this part of the Earth between the crust & the core'

Answer: the mantle


Question: 'Ma found the recipe for Tuesday's special, a tasty garden scramble, on this margarine's website'

Answer: Blue Bonnet


Question: 'Hu Jintao is in charge here, where the rate of conviction is 99.7% & 250-300,000 dissidents are held without trial'

Answer: China


Question: 'Someone who practices weightlifting to develop his or her muscles & physical form'

Answer: bodybuilder


Question: 'A year after he wrote "Candida", he became a drama critic for the Saturday Review, a job he held for 3 1/2 years'

Answer: Shaw


Question: 'Mira Nair had "Hysterical Blindness" before directing Reese Witherspoon in this Thackeray film'

Answer: Vanity Fair


Question: 'Essential minerals can give rocks their names: ferromagnesian minerals contain this &/or magnesium'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Yum, yum!  Wednesday's special is this crustacean that has its own festival in Panacea, Florida'

Answer: a blue crab


Question: 'No. 2 is this man of North Korea, which had the worst score on political rights & civil liberties for 34 straight years'

Answer: Kim Jong Il


Question: 'A shameful or immoral act is said to be one of these before God'

Answer: abomination


Question: 'William Shakespeare acted in one of this "To Celia" poet's first plays, "Every Man in His Humour"'

Answer: (Ben) Jonson


Question: 'Martha Coolidge directed this actress to an Emmy for playing Dorothy Dandridge'

Answer: Halle Berry


Question: 'Change 2 letters in magnetism & you get this term for the formation of igneous rocks in the Earth's crust'

Answer: magmatism


Question: 'Ma looked for the Maytag type of this in appliances instead of the grocery aisle before she put it in Thurs.'s salad'

Answer: blue cheese


Question: 'Under Robert Mugabe of this country, life expectancy went from 62 to 38 years'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'If you fail to make your mortgage payments, the bank might place your property in this'

Answer: foreclosure


Question: 'His 1697 tragedy "The Mourning Bride" contains the well-known line "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast"'

Answer: William Congreve


Question: 'In this TV drama's "The Supremes" episode, Oscar winner Jessica Yu directed Glenn Close as a Court nominee'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a ribboned timeline on the monitor.)  Named for the tiny time period that followed it, this interval covers 80% of geological time'

Answer: Precambrian


Question: 'For Friday, we're frying up some of these oysters named for a place on Long Island'

Answer: Blue Point oysters


Question: 'No. 1 on the list is Omar al-Bashir of this country where 180,000 civilians have been killed in Darfur'

Answer: the Sudan


Question: 'The hard protective outer covering of an insect or a crustacean'

Answer: exoskeleton


Question: 'During the American Revolution, this New England newspaper had the USA's highest circulation; it's still in the top 50'

Answer: the Hartford Courant


Question: 'At Malmo, the Oresund Bridge joins Denmark & Sweden for the 1st time since 7,000 years ago during one of these ages'

Answer: an ice age


Question: '"Still the fairest of them all"'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'A Twain tale celebrated a jumping frog of this title county'

Answer: Calaveras County


Question: 'About 100,000 people were on hand to greet him at Le Bourget Airfield when he landed there in 1927'

Answer: (Charles) Lindbergh


Question: 'He began printing his double-G motif on luggage & purses after WWII; his famous loafers came later'

Answer: (Guccio) Gucci


Question: 'To interlock yarn loops to make a garment'

Answer: knit


Question: 'A sort of museum of children's books, Junibacken re-creates the cottage of this beloved fictional Swedish girl'

Answer: Pippi Longstocking


Question: '"The toys are back in town"'

Answer: Toy Story 2


Question: 'This 1906 novel was intended as a companion piece to "The Call of the Wild"'

Answer: White Fang


Question: 'At 81, he was the oldest man to sign the U.S. Constitution'

Answer: (Benjamin) Franklin


Question: 'This waist-length, sleeveless women's jacket was inspired by a Spanish bullfighter's emroidered jacket'

Answer: a bolero


Question: 'Super soul sister backed up by The Pips'

Answer: Gladys Knight


Question: 'The world's first open-air museum, Skansen, shows how people live in Sweden & has a camp of these people AKA Sami'

Answer: Laplanders


Question: '"She's high-society...he's back-alley...and it's a doggone wonderful world!"'

Answer: Lady and the Tramp


Question: 'He won National Book Awards for "Goodbye, Columbus" & "Sabbath's Theater"'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: 'Maryville Wood, an Iowa farmer, gave this name to his artistically gifted son'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'This long, narrow scarf that's looped or knotted in the front was named for a British racetrack'

Answer: an ascot


Question: 'Literally German for "crack sausage", it's like a shorter, thicker frankfurter'

Answer: knackwurst


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Stockholm, Sweden.) Sweden has more than 2500 of these carved stones, many commemorating fallen Viking heroes'

Answer: rune stones


Question: '"Pure enjoyment...with no strings attached"'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'A telegram in this Hemingway novel says, "Lady Ashley Hotel Montana Madrid arriving Sud  Express...love Jake"'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question: 'He led revolts in South America before helping unify Italy, making him the "Hero of Two Worlds"'

Answer: (Giuseppe) Garibaldi


Question: 'A traditional trench coat features these accessories, from the Latin for "shoulder blade"'

Answer: an epaulet


Question: 'President Polk's middle name'

Answer: Knox


Question: 'The grave of this Swedish prime minister who was assassinated in 1986 is in the Adolf Fredrik's Churchyard'

Answer: Olof Palme


Question: '"Awaken to a world of wonders"'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'Dupin figures out that the title object of this Poe story is hidden in plain sight'

Answer: The Purloined Letter


Question: 'This 1970s Philly mayor & police comm. once said, "The streets are safe...it's only the people who make them unsafe"'

Answer: (Frank) Rizzo


Question: 'The Montecristi Fino is a top-of-the-line roll-up-able type of this hat made in Ecuador'

Answer: a Panama hat


Question: 'Ancient capital of the Minoan civilization on Crete'

Answer: Knossos


Question: 'The year Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, leading to World War I'

Answer: 1914


Question: 'You might feel a little green on March 17, this Saint's feast day'

Answer: (St.) Patrick


Question: 'For 1923's "Icebound", about Maine, Owen Davis was the fifth winner of this prize for drama'

Answer: the Pulitzer


Question: '1 of the 2 items the Eagle clutches on the reverse side of the current JFK half dollar'

Answer: arrows (or an olive branch)


Question: '2-word slang for the smallest continent'

Answer: Down Under


Question: 'Completes the title of a 2003 50 Cent album & a 2005 50 Cent film "Get Rich Or..."'

Answer: Die Trying


Question: 'The title by which Franz Ferdinand is commonly known; in German, it's Erzherzog'

Answer: Archduke


Question: 'To receive one of these means to be given the go-ahead, especially if you're driving'

Answer: a green light


Question: 'In a 1963 play Shelley Winters reminisced, "I'd lay ...on my back, and swish my arms up and down" & make this title item'

Answer: snow angels


Question: 'The 1964 JFK half dollar was 90% this transition metal, symbol Ag'

Answer: silver


Question: 'When you descend a steep grade, it helps to do this instead of braking to save wear on your car's brakes'

Answer: downshift


Question: 'A Coldplay song says, "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you... yeah they were all" this color'

Answer: yellow


Question: 'The European capital city where he fell to his assassin's bullets'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'Colorful term for the gases in our atmosphere that let the sun's rays through but stop the heat from escaping'

Answer: greenhouse gases


Question: 'This Scandinavian's "John Gabriel Borkman" takes place on a winter night in a snowstorm'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'Built between 1732 & 1756, this Philadelphia building is on the reverse of the Bicentennial half dollar'

Answer: Independence Hall


Question: 'Olympic event mastered by Jean-Claude Killy & Franz Klammer'

Answer: downhill skiing


Question: 'This 2004 concept album by Green Day is about a character known as Saint Jimmy'

Answer: "American Idiot"


Question: 'The empire to which Franz Ferdinand became heir in 1896'

Answer: the Austro-Hungarian Empire


Question: 'A southern U.S. journalism award is named for this traditional forehead accoutrement of editors'

Answer: Green Eyeshade


Question: '"Go where the snow never melts away" is from the song "Lost Horizon" in the musical named for this place'

Answer: Shangri-La


Question: 'From 1948 to 1963 the half dollar had Ben Franklin on the front & this iconic symbol on the back'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'Where the actors are during a theater performance when they're closest to the audience'

Answer: downstage


Question: 'System of a Down played off a book title by this '60s activist with its 2002 CD "Steal This Album!"'

Answer: Abbie Hoffman


Question: 'The Royal Family to which he belonged'

Answer: the Hapsburgs


Question: 'This shiny "Asian" green insect has become a major destructive pest in the Eastern United States'

Answer: a Japanese beetle


Question: 'This James Goldman play is set in a castle at Christmas, 1183'

Answer: "The Lion In Winter"


Question: 'He was the first African American on a U.S. coin; the reverse of his half dollar read, "from slave cabin to hall of fame"'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'This group was responsible for the accolade seen here'

Answer: the Downtown Athletic Club


Question: 'Alt rock band Franz Ferdinand formed in this largest Scottish city'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: 'Of the 4 U.S. states that are officially called commonwealths, this one was not 1 of the original 13 Colonies'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'Dolphins & porpoises belong to a suborder called Odontoceti, which means they have these'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'This smartphone brand is gunning for the iPhone with the "Storm" touchscreen phone'

Answer: the BlackBerry


Question: 'Often served as an appetizer, edamame are these legumes, served in the pod'

Answer: soybeans