Question: 'A German valley renowned for its coal deposits is named for this tributary of the Rhine'

Answer: Ruhr


Question: 'He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1989 & the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990'

Answer: Joe Frazier


Question: 'Judith Anderson played Big Mama Pollitt, the matriarch of a greedy Southern family, in this film'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'Imre Nagy, this country's leader during the 1956 uprising, was reburied with honors in 1989'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, for example<br />(8)'

Answer: Mongoose


Question: 'This river flows through Toledo, Spain on its westerly trip to the sea'

Answer: Tagus


Question: 'He uses his muscle to oversee a $400 million health & fitness empire based in Woodland Hills, California'

Answer: Joe Weider


Question: 'Some images of this "Enlightened One" show a top-knot which symbolizes his supreme wisdom'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'After "Body Heat" steamed up the screen, Lawrence Kasdan cooled down & directed this movie next'

Answer: The Big Chill


Question: 'Carl Weiss was exhumed to investigate his alleged 1935 assassination of this former Louisiana gov.'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'Dastardly deed "in the Cathedral"<br />(6)'

Answer: Murder


Question: 'The name of this waterfall on the Brazil-Argentina border comes from a Guarani word for "great water"'

Answer: Iguazu Falls


Question: 'This Democrat from Delaware served as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1987 to 1995'

Answer: Joe Biden


Question: 'The beliefs of this religion appear in books like the "Lao-Tzu" & the "Chuang-Tzu"'

Answer: Taoism


Question: 'As Rev. Clayton Brooks, Dick Van Dyke led a townwide effort to quit smoking in this 1971 film'

Answer: Cold Turkey


Question: 'In 1991 this 12th president was exhumed to see if he'd been poisoned by pro-slavers'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: 'Wilkie Collins' gem<br />(9)'

Answer: Moonstone


Question: '6 of his albums landed on Billboard's Top Pop Catalog Chart for May 30, 1998, including 3 in the Top 10'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Members of the House of Representatives serve terms of this many years'

Answer: 2


Question: 'On a "Manic Monday", this group taught us to "Walk Like an Egyptian"'

Answer: the Bangles


Question: 'This Las Vegas hotel & casino has 3 thrill rides on its 1,149-foot tower'

Answer: the Stratosphere


Question: 'Born in Germany in 1879, he fled to America in 1932 & became a U.S. citizen in 1940'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'In 1901 he joined with a machinist named Nickerson to make his safety razor'

Answer: (King) Gillette


Question: 'It's a whaler's weapon of choice'

Answer: a harpoon


Question: 'He appointed more justices (9) to the Supreme Court than any other president in the 20th century'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'This group was "Headin' down the Atlanta Highway... headin' on down to the Love Shack"'

Answer: the B-52\'s


Question: 'The lateral halves of the cerebrum are called these'

Answer: hemispheres


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the NASA White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico.)  To develop U.S. rockets like the Redstone, many German scientists were brought to America after World War II, including this chief designer of the Saturn V'

Answer: (Wernher) von Braun


Question: 'Based in Laufen, Switzerland, this company makes cough drops & breath mints from alpine herbs'

Answer: Ricola


Question: 'Mary Poppins told us that this "of sugar helps the medicine go down in a most delightful way"'

Answer: a spoonful


Question: 'You'll find its home page at www.uscg.mil'

Answer: the Coast Guard


Question: 'On the Michael Jackson hit "Beat It", this virtuoso lead guitarist played a solo'

Answer: Eddie Van Halen


Question: 'You can take a tour under the glass of this Arizona facility seen here'

Answer: Biosphere 2


Question: 'He published his quantum theory in 1900 while a professor of physics in Berlin'

Answer: (Max) Planck


Question: 'In 1903 James L. Kraft began a company to handle the wholesale distribution of this food'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'A type of camera lens, or to go really fast'

Answer: zoom


Question: 'This document served as our basic charter of government from 1781 until the Constitution in 1789'

Answer: the Articles of Confederation


Question: 'This 1983 Police album gave the world "Every Breath You Take" & "Wrapped Around Your Finger"'

Answer: Synchronicity


Question: 'The name of this layer of the Sun comes partly from the Greek for "light"'

Answer: the photosphere


Question: 'He became president of the Royal Society in 1703 & was reelected annually until his death in 1727'

Answer: (Sir Isaac) Newton


Question: 'In 1959 the Ohio Art toy company got the rights to l'Ecran magique, the Magic Writer, & renamed it this'

Answer: the Etch A Sketch


Question: 'A portable music player with large speakers'

Answer: a boombox


Question: 'It's the F in the outdoors-oriented agency known as FWS'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'This band's first album, which included "Blister In The Sun", went platinum without making the Top 40'

Answer: the Violent Femmes


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the National Geographic Society's Explorers Hall.) The National Geographic Society has a replica of this device that William Beebe invented & in which he descended to a record 3,028 feet off Bermuda in 1934'

Answer: a bathysphere


Question: 'His uncertainty principle says a particle's position & momentum can't be known simultaneously'

Answer: Heisenberg


Question: 'The name of this fruit & vegetable canner came from a hotel in Monterey'

Answer: Del Monte


Question: 'A light, good-hearted satire, or a "National" magazine that does satire'

Answer: a lampoon


Question: '1 of the 2 Australian states with "Australia" in their names'

Answer: South Australia (or Western Australia)


Question: 'This A.A. Milne feline finally earned his stripes: he got his own movie in 2000'

Answer: Tigger


Question: 'If Anouilh gives you ennui, you may not want to see "The Lark", his play about this female saint'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'The 1946 film "Night and Day" was about this composer who wrote "Begin the Beguine" & "It's De-Lovely"'

Answer: (Cole) Porter


Question: 'In 1610 he described the moon as seen in his telescope as having a "rough and unequal" surface'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Lettuce tell you the term "salad" comes from the French salade, meaning with this seasoning'

Answer: salt


Question: 'There are first-person accounts of this volcano's eruption in 1767 (as there had been in 79 A.D.)'

Answer: Vesuvius


Question: 'Someone left the cat out in the rain in this 1961 film (P.S.--it was Audrey Hepburn)'

Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany\'s


Question: 'Founded in the 1600s, the Comedie Francaise is also known as "La maison de" this comic playwright'

Answer: Molière


Question: 'This physician ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988 & as a Republican in 2008'

Answer: (Ron) Paul


Question: 'Last name of Nathaniel, who fostered a 1676 rebellion against Virginia governor Berkeley's Indian policies'

Answer: Bacon


Question: 'From the Dutch for "a twisted cake", it's a twisted doughnut'

Answer: a cruller


Question: 'Staffordshire's chief river is the Trent, & its largest city is this-"on-Trent"'

Answer: Stoke


Question: 'Fans of a 1940 Disney film know that Figaro the cat belongs to this woodcarver'

Answer: Gepetto


Question: 'Andre de Lorde was the master of the gruesome French thrillers in this "Grand" gory genre'

Answer: Grand Guignol


Question: 'This "drippy" abstract expressionist died in 1956'

Answer: (Jackson) Pollack


Question: 'In 1632 this Lord was granted a charter to found the colony of Maryland'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Derived from the Latin word for "body", it's used to describe a large or bulky person'

Answer: corpulent


Question: 'On 11/27/00 King Harald V opened this country's Laerdal Highway Tunnel, the world's longest at 15.2 miles'

Answer: Norway


Question: '(Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.)  I could tell you a Thing One or a Thing Two about this film: I played Mr. Humberfloob & the voice of the fish in it'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat


Question: '"La Revolution Francaise" was the 1st musical collaboration by Boublil & Schonberg; this mega-hit was 2nd'

Answer: Les Miserables


Question: 'On May 7, 1960 Soviet leader Khrushchev announced his nation was holding this American as a spy'

Answer: (Francis Gary) Powers


Question: 'In the 1697 Treaty of Rijswijk, the French recognized this Dutch-born man as King of England'

Answer: William of Orange


Question: 'From the Greek for "generalship", it's a plan of action, like those employed by the military'

Answer: a strategy


Question: 'These 2 republics united in 1964 to form Tanzania'

Answer: Tanganyika & Zanzibar


Question: 'This villain's face was never shown in his first film, "From Russia with Love", but we did get a good look at his cat'

Answer: (Ernst) Blofeld


Question: 'The French play "The Madwoman of" this place inspired Jerry Herman's Broadway musical "Dear World"'

Answer: Chaillot


Question: 'Born around 1550, this man also known as Wahunsonacock came to wield enormous power in what is now Va.'

Answer: Powhatan


Question: 'Born aboard the Mayflower in the New World, he grew up to be a captain of militia--maybe a falconer too'

Answer: Peregrine White


Question: 'From the Old French for "man", it's a special honor expressed publicly for a person'

Answer: homage


Question: 'Circled 7 times by the Israelites in Joshua, it's said to be the world's oldest walled city'

Answer: Jericho


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Huachipa Zoo in Lima, Peru.)  The endangered pacarana is in this mammal order; its ancestors were the largest that ever lived, reaching the size of a small rhinoceros'

Answer: rodents


Question: 'Near 2 major rivers, this Missouri city was founded as a fur trading post by Pierre Laclede in 1763'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'The largest in area'

Answer: Belarus


Question: 'This state first put an orange on its plates in 1997; today it features 2 oranges'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'It's a form of a lottery in which people buy a chance to win a prize'

Answer: a raffle


Question: 'Charlie Daniels reported a fiddle of gold was bet against a soul when "The Devil Went Down To" this state'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Also called tigre americano, it's unique among big cats in using its canine teeth to pierce the skull of prey'

Answer: the jaguar


Question: 'Frankfurt's Rossmarkt was a site for this type of animal "trading", also a term for hard bargaining'

Answer: horse trading


Question: 'The farthest south'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'In 1998 this Midwest state began issuing its plates with the slogan "Birthplace of aviation"'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'I'll flip through this trademarked term for a small desktop file containing cards for phone numbers'

Answer: a Rolodex


Question: 'Naturally, Sidney Sax played violin on this Beatles hit with "all the lonely people"'

Answer: "Eleanor Rigby"


Question: 'The unique whitish rings around the eyes are why South America's only bear has this name'

Answer: the spectacled bear


Question: 'Located on this continent, the Kanem-Bornu Empire lasted a thousand years by being a center of trade'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'The most populous'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'This state tree/flower lies smack dab in the center of Mississippi's license plates'

Answer: the magnolia


Question: 'One of these jobs can be grain or grim; don't fear it!'

Answer: a reaper


Question: 'In 1977 Phil Woods was smooth as silk playing a sax solo on this man's "Just The Way You Are"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'This creature with a snout extending over its lip has been mistaken for a small type of hippo'

Answer: the tapir


Question: 'This city's Grand Bazaar was built in 1461 by Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'It's landlocked'

Answer: Belarus


Question: 'The Space Shuttle, a cowboy on horseback & oil wells are among the features on its state license plates'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'It's a French term dating from the 1820s for a skilled storyteller'

Answer: a raconteur


Question: 'A young David Bowie took sax lessons from Ronnie Ross, who played on this man's hit "Walk On The Wild Side"'

Answer: Lou Reed


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Huachipa Zoo in Lima, Peru.) The soft, lustrous fleece of this animal was once reserved for nobility; coats made of it later had a vogue as a status symbol in North America'

Answer: the vicuna


Question: 'From its founding in 1898 until 1919, this exchange was known as the Chicago Butter & Egg Board'

Answer: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange


Question: 'It's part of the British Commonwealth of Nations'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'It's the species of cactus appearing on Arizona's state license plate'

Answer: the saguaro


Question: 'A sharp return to an insult, or a quick fencing thrust after parrying a lunge'

Answer: a riposte


Question: 'Boyd Tinsley rocks the violin (& yes, he makes that possible) in this "Ants Marching" jam band'

Answer: the Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'In the 17th century, Andre le Notre was the chief designer of the gardens of this palace'

Answer: Versailles


Question: 'Hedy was born Hedwig Eva Kiesler to a banker & his wife in this neighbor of Germany in 1914'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Rudolf Nureyev'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'geekculture.com sells beanies with actual working ones of these (you can even get 2 or 3 of them on one hat!)'

Answer: a propeller


Question: 'According to Shakespeare, this quality "is not strained, it droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven"'

Answer: mercy


Question: 'This creature is gripping a bunch of stuff on the back of the U.S. dollar bill'

Answer: an eagle


Question: 'This religious & political figure created the Academie Francaise in 1635, & it's still around today'

Answer: Richelieu


Question: 'In a 1941 film, Hedy starred with Lana Turner & Judy Garland as 3 young women who join these fabled broadway "Follies"'

Answer: the Ziegfeld Follies


Question: 'Margot Fonteyn'

Answer: England (Great Britain)


Question: 'As "Sons of the Desert", Laurel & Hardy were known for wearing these, even more than their bowlers'

Answer: fezzes


Question: 'This character's last line is "Then fall, Caesar"'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'In golf, if you gouge out this clump of grass during a swing, it's proper etiquette to replace it'

Answer: a divot


Question: 'Ironically, he collapsed on stage in 1673 while performing in his play "The Imaginary Invalid"'

Answer: Molière


Question: 'A fervent anti-Nazi Hedy sold war bonds during WWII & entertained U.S. enlisted men at this "Canteen"'

Answer: the Hollywood Canteen


Question: 'Uday Shankar'

Answer: India


Question: 'Those feathers on the top of this critter's head are called a crest'

Answer: a cockatoo


Question: 'In the poem about her "and Adonis", Shakespeare wrote, "Her lips are conquerors, his lips obey"'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'It was a geek tragedy when you were 2 hours late to the festival of this Japanese type of animation'

Answer: anime (manga accepted)


Question: 'Assassinated in 1610 by a religious zealot, King Henry IV was the first French king of this royal house'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: 'In 1938 Hedy made her American film debut with Charles Boyer in this film bearing the name of an African capital'

Answer: Algiers


Question: 'Carla Fracci'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Having this on the top of his helmet certainly made a Roman soldier ready for a this "with death"'

Answer: a brush


Question: 'They're the first 2 women to speak in "Romeo and Juliet"; Juliet doesn't show up until Scene 3'

Answer: Lady Capulet & Lady Montague


Question: 'A university crewing boat'

Answer: a scull (or shell)


Question: 'In an effort to unite France under a Catholic banner, King Louis XIV revoked this edict in 1685'

Answer: the Edict of Nantes


Question: 'In 1949 Hedy played Delilah to this actor's Samson in Cecil B. DeMille's epic version of this Biblical story'

Answer: Victor Mature


Question: 'Angel Corella'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Often seen hanging around sharks, the remora comes equipped with one of these on the top of its head'

Answer: a sucker (or a suction cup)


Question: 'Duke Senior is banished to the Forest of Arden by his brother in this "amenable" play'

Answer: As You Like It


Question: '& then there's this color also known as aniline purple'

Answer: mauve


Question: 'This 900-mile Eastern European mountain range shares most of its name with a ship famous for its April 1912 actions'

Answer: the Carpathian Mountains


Question: 'First signed in 1864, these conventions were the genesis of the humane treatment of wartime wounded'

Answer: the Geneva Conventions


Question: 'One theory on this ancient wonder is that it was irrigated by the Euphrates'

Answer: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: 'When Mary Todd Lincoln was First Lady, the White House was still known as this "Mansion"'

Answer: Executive


Question: 'In 1789 architect Robert Adam designed the University of this Scottish city'

Answer: Edinburgh


Question: 'A popular British treat is Eve's pudding, which has sponge cake &, fittingly, this baked fruit'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'In this 1981 film Harrison Ford delivers the immortal line "I hate snakes"'

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark


Question: 'The Voice of America first hit the airwaves during this war'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'Travel like a god on the Odin Express at Tivoli Gardens amusement park in this Scandinavian capital'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'From the Latin for "shoulder blade", they're what's being worn here'

Answer: epaulettes


Question: 'He said to found a great empire only for customers seems to be a project "for a nation of shopkeepers"'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: 'EVE Online is a multiplayer game in which players take on the role of pilots of these'

Answer: spaceships


Question: 'Kaa the serpent had his mesmerizing eyes set on Mowgli in this 1967 Disney favorite'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'This duo's expedition began in Missouri in May of 1804; they got back 2 years later'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'Things get ruff at the Westminster Dog Show, held in this NYC arena each February'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'The civil branch of this occupation is concerned with the building & maintenance of public structures'

Answer: engineering


Question: 'Though born in Zurich, Hans Adam II is the head of state of this tiny European principality'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'The Duke of Wellington comes upon an inn in a painting detailing the eve before this battle'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'A scary evil snake called a basilisk squares off against the young magician in this second Harry Potter film'

Answer: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets


Question: 'On May 24, 1607 English colonists named their New World settlement this'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'Garden Grove, California is where this reverend opened the 10,000-window Crystal Cathedral in 1980'

Answer: (Dr. Robert) Schuller


Question: 'It's the E in an IED, a regrettable addition to 21st century warfare vocabulary'

Answer: explosive


Question: 'In 1945 this African American was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Harlem'

Answer: Adam Clayton Powell


Question: 'EVE, the Essay Verification Engine, helps guard against this, from the Latin for "kidnapping"'

Answer: plagiarism


Question: 'In "Vol. 2" of this revenge 2-parter, Daryl Hannah kills off Michael Madsen with a deadly black mamba'

Answer: Kill Bill


Question: 'In 1862 he began to manufacture nitroglycerin in Sweden'

Answer: (Alfred) Nobel


Question: 'It's the garden where Judas kissed Jesus'

Answer: the Garden of Gethsemane


Question: 'Cryptically named cryptogram machine used by the Nazis'

Answer: Enigma


Question: 'Some words from Wordsworth serve as the epigraph to this novel by George Eliot'

Answer: Adam Bede


Question: 'The mitochondrial Eve theory suggests everyone inherited their mitochondrial this from one woman in Africa'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'James Earl Jones sports a Bettie Page haircut & turns into a giant evil snake in this Schwarzenegger film from 1982'

Answer: Conan the Barbarian


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from next to a big bell in New York.) The Japanese Peace Bell is rung twice a year: when the General Assembly opens, and on the first day of this season'

Answer: spring


Question: '...before Michael Jordan played for the Wizards'

Answer: the Bulls


Question: '"The Musgrave Ritual" begins with Watson's complaint about this man's slovenly habits'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'He was an Esquire copywriter in 1953 when he designed his own men's magazine in his Chicago apartment'

Answer: (Hugh) Hefner


Question: 'It's paired with Newfoundland in the name of a Canadian province'

Answer: Labrador


Question: 'Give me 5!--this 5-event Greek-named athletic competition'

Answer: the pentathlon


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue reports from the U.N. General Assembly.) When this man first stood at the podium in the General Assembly in 1960, he gave a speech lasting 4 hours 29 minutes'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: '...before Joe Montana played for the Chiefs'

Answer: the 49ers


Question: 'The "prize" in this 1948 short story is death by stoning'

Answer: "The Lottery"


Question: '(I'm Elisabeth Moss.  I play copywriter Peggy Olson on Mad Men.)  This woman was a copywriter for an ad agency before being named editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine'

Answer: Helen Gurley Brown


Question: 'This Scottish body of water is the largest freshwater lake by volume in Great Britain'

Answer: Loch Ness


Question: 'Meaning "life ball", it's the part of the earth & its atmosphere that supports life'

Answer: the biosphere


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Assembly floor.) Many U.N. agencies, like the World Health Organization, are headquartered in this country that didn't get its General Assembly seat until 2002'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: '...before babe Ruth played for the Yankees'

Answer: the Red Sox


Question: 'As luck would have it, his "The Luck of Roaring Camp" was published in 1868'

Answer: Bret Harte


Question: 'After being fired from an L.A. ad agency, he flew to England & animated "Monty Python"'

Answer: Terry Gilliam


Question: 'In 1893 this Southeast Asian nation became a protectorate of France'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'Meaning "to put under", it's an assumption or proposition put forth in science that can then be tested'

Answer: hypothesis


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the speaker's podium.) In a 2003 speech to the General Assembly, where a predecessor once banged his shoe, he called the U.N. "irreplaceable"'

Answer: (Vladimir) Putin


Question: '...before Karl Malone played for the Lakers'

Answer: the (Utah) Jazz


Question: 'In this Joyce story, Gabriel goes to a party, then realizes his wife deeply loved a deceased man'

Answer: "The Dead"


Question: 'She was an ad copywriter before marrying John Gregory Dunne & writing essays, novels & screenplays'

Answer: Joan Didion


Question: 'Founded in 1854, it's the oldest city in Kansas; some "citizens" would rather be living elsewhere'

Answer: Leavenworth


Question: 'Sadly, this word literally means a hatred of mankind'

Answer: misanthropy


Question: '(Sarah of the Cue Crew reports from outside the U.N.) In 1945, there were 51 U.N. members including Yugoslavia; as of 2008, there are 192 including this newest entry, once part of Yugoslavia'

Answer: Montenegro


Question: '...before Wayne Gretzky played for the L.A. Kings (they're up north)'

Answer: Edmonton Oilers


Question: 'A girl is seduced by a creepazoid in this 3-named woman's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"'

Answer: Joyce Carol Oates


Question: 'This "Big Chill" director found advertising so loathsome, he refused to have a 2nd child until he escaped from it'

Answer: Lawrence Kasdan


Question: 'Riga is its capital'

Answer: Latvia


Question: 'From Greek words for "first" & "glue", it's the accepted rules of behavior to follow on official occasions'

Answer: protocol


Question: 'This first name of a patron saint of a country comes from a Roman word referring to a social class'

Answer: Patrick


Question: 'No sacraments for Sergei: The Vatican approved excommunication of those spreading this doctrine'

Answer: Communism


Question: 'The NFL's<br />Jaguars'

Answer: Jacksonville


Question: 'On this show, Mr. Roper let Chrissy & Janet have a male roommate because he thought Jack was gay'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'Children "chain" them; older folks pluck their petals to determine love status'

Answer: Daisies


Question: 'From the Latin for "unrecognizable", to travel this way is to have one's identity concealed or disguised'

Answer: Incognito


Question: 'People of this Zodiac sign represented by a lion can be brave, noble & ferocious'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'Argentina's new 1949 constitution meant this incumbent president could succeed himself'

Answer: Juan Peron


Question: 'MLB's<br />Mariners'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Johnny Depp & Holly Robinson were undercover officers who fought crime in high schools on this Fox drama'

Answer: 21 Jump Street


Question: 'This plant is used as a symbol by Aer Lingus'

Answer: Shamrock


Question: 'The initials of computer giant "IBM" stand for this'

Answer: International Business Machines


Question: 'This "Lion-Hearted" king was born in Oxford in 1157'

Answer: Richard


Question: 'Ireland became a republic on this post-holiday Monday, the anniversary of the 1916 "Rising"'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'The NHL's<br />Blackhawks'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'On this series divorcee Ann Romano lived in an apartment building where Dwayne Schneider was the super'

Answer: One Day at a Time


Question: 'Also called the goora nut, this caffeine-containing seed is popular in the beverage industry'

Answer: Kola nut


Question: 'Rod Stewart had a Top 10 hit in 1984 about this kind of foolish, unreasoned passion'

Answer: "Infatuation"


Question: 'More than one lion has been the spokesroarer for this legendary motion picture company'

Answer: MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)


Question: 'On July 20, 1949 this country signed the final armistice of its 1948 war of independence, with Syria'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'The WNBA's<br />Liberty'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Adam Rich & Willie Aames were 2 of the kids on this show set in Sacramento'

Answer: Eight is Enough


Question: 'Vitis vinifera, or its fruit'

Answer: Grape


Question: 'Illegally obtained evidence is an example of this kind of evidence not allowed in a courtroom'

Answer: Inadmissible evidence


Question: 'This mythical hero wore the skin of the Nemean lion he had slain'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Nathuram Godse was executed in November, almost 2 years after he assassinated this man'

Answer: Mohandas Gandhi


Question: 'The NBA's<br />Raptors'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'As its title suggests, correspondents originally followed a story for 2 days on this news show'

Answer: 48 Hours


Question: 'This English courtier is credited with introducing Europe to the wonders of Nicotiana rustica'

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh


Question: 'This Korean port was the site of an important invasion by U.N. troops in September 1950'

Answer: Inchon


Question: 'One of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie's titles was the "Conquering Lion of" this tribe'

Answer: Judah


Question: 'A small part of this California mountain range extends into the Lake Tahoe area of Nevada'

Answer: Sierra Nevadas


Question:
'Venus,
Earth,
Mars...'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'Her foreword to the 35th Anniv. edition of "To Kill A Mockingbird" says, "I am still alive, although very quiet"'

Answer: Harper Lee


Question: 'Burt Lancaster starred as a general plotting to overthrow the U.S. government in "Seven Days in" this month'

Answer: May


Question: 'It can be a fugitive, a criminal or a social nonconformist; Josey Wales was one'

Answer: Outlaw


Question: 'If your fleece is "white as snow", you might be tended by this classic nursery rhyme shepherdess'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'This Utah river named for a river in the Holy Land flows from freshwater Utah Lake to the Great Salt Lake'

Answer: Jordan River


Question:
'In the U.S. Army:
2nd Lieutenant,
1st Lieutenant,
Captain...'

Answer: Major


Question: 'An accidental gunshot wound when she was 8 left this "Color Purple" author blind in one eye'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'This pop artist's 1974 film "Dracula" was actually directed by Paul Morrissey'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'It's another name for the privy, cousin'

Answer: Outhouse


Question: 'For many years this award-winning puppeteer left her hand to Lamb Chop'

Answer: Shari Lewis


Question: 'In 1644 Aquidneck Island in Narragansett Bay was officially renamed this'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question:
'Hexagon,
heptagon,
octagon...'

Answer: Nonagon


Question: 'Henry Miller hailed this novel as a female "Tropic of Cancer" when Erica Jong published it in 1973'

Answer: "Fear of Flying"


Question: 'Ella Fitzgerald played herself in "St. Louis Blues", the film biography of this composer'

Answer: W.C, Handy


Question: 'Popular in Hawaii, it's the type of transport seen here'

Answer: Outrigger canoe


Question: 'The lambskin aprons worn by this largest fraternal order represent innocence & purity'

Answer: Masons


Question: 'Of the states that have counties, it has the fewest: Kent, New Castle & Sussex'

Answer: Delaware


Question:
'Edward V,
Richard III,
Henry VII...'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Jackie Collins published her first novel the year before this other Jackie published "The Love Machine"'

Answer: Jacqueline Susann


Question: 'Topol was tops as this Italian astronomer in the 1973 film based on Bertolt Brecht's play'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Bret Harte told the story of these "Poker Flat" exiles'

Answer: Outcasts


Question: 'This controversial daughter of Winston Churchill has been called "The lamb who strayed from the fold"'

Answer: Sarah Churchill


Question: 'The Valley of the Sun is the locale of this state capital'

Answer: Phoenix


Question:
'Pius XI,
Pius XII,
John XXIII...'

Answer: Paul VI


Question: 'Kids who grew up with her "Are You There God?  It's Me, Margaret" now enjoy her adult novels like "Summer Sisters"'

Answer: Judy Blume


Question: 'This cartoonist wrote the screenplays for two 1971 films: "Little Murders" & "Carnal Knowledge"'

Answer: Jules Pfeiffer


Question: 'Like a 1981 Sean Connery sci fi movie, or anything conspicuously unconventional or bizarre'

Answer: Outlandish


Question: 'You'd be like this "Lady" if you were Lord Byron's lover in 1812'

Answer: Lady Caroline Lamb


Question: '1960 musical that contains the line: "Your table is cracking...can you hear the timbers split?"'

Answer: \"Camelot\"


Question: 'Trekking through the River of No Return Wilderness Area in this state will turn "Boise" to men'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Don't use these anabolic lipids when bulking up; they can have serious side effects'

Answer: Steroids


Question: 'This country's King Louis XVI was guillotined in the square once named for King Louis XV'

Answer: France


Question: 'He debuted in "The Long Good Friday" in 1980, became Remington Steele in 1982 & now he's 007'

Answer: Pierce Brosnan


Question: 'Shirley MacLaine is this to Warren Beatty'

Answer: a sister


Question: 'In "The Wizard of Oz" the Scarecrow sings this lament'

Answer: "If I Only Had a Brain"


Question: 'The first president from this state was the first president, George Washington'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'In 1982 Chris Dickerson was Mr. Olympia & Rachel McLish, seen here, had this title'

Answer: Miss Olympia


Question: 'King Juan Carlos attended the army, navy & air academies & the university of this Spanish capital'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'Millie Perkins was a teenage model before she starred in "The Diary of" this famous teenager in 1959'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'It's done with indoctrination & persuasion, not soap & water'

Answer: Brainwashing


Question: 'By far, it's the state with the most foreign-born people in its population'

Answer: California


Question: 'From the Latin for "heat", bodybuilders know to fuel up with food high in these heat units'

Answer: Calories


Question: 'Rama IX could say yes, Siam king of what is now this Asian country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'This singer made her film debut in "The Love Parade" opposite Maurice Chevalier, not Nelson Eddy'

Answer: Jeanette MacDonald


Question: '1983 movie comedy with Steve Martin as cranial surgeon Michael Hfuhruhurr'

Answer: The Man with Two Brains


Question: 'Colorado is called the Centennial State because it entered the Union in this year'

Answer: 1876


Question: 'Bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno pumped up as this big green guy on TV'

Answer: The Incredible Hulk


Question: 'He lost the American colonies for good in 1783 & lost his mind for good in 1810'

Answer: George III


Question: 'Dick Van Dyke was happy to make his debut in this 1963 film seen here:<br />("Put on a Happy Face")'

Answer: Bye Bye Birdie


Question: 'Rhyming term for a loss of intellectual talent to another company or country'

Answer: Brain drain


Question: 'This state sits on the east side of the Bering Strait'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This manufacturer of fitness equipment shares its name with a chambered shell'

Answer: Nautilus


Question: 'A breed of spaniel is named for England's second king of this name'

Answer: Charles II


Question: 'The 1945 film "Rhapsody in Blue" introduced Alan Alda's dad Robert Alda as this composer'

Answer: George Gershwin


Question: 'This Superman foe is really Vril Dox from the planet Colu'

Answer: Brainiac


Question: 'During the Boer War, this future British prime minister escaped from a prison camp in Pretoria'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'No beans about it, this pair of organs helps maintain blood pressure & wash away waste'

Answer: Kidneys


Question: 'This Wisconsin city is the least populous city in the name of an NFL franchise'

Answer: Green Bay


Question: 'When this begins in April, remember to "spring forward"'

Answer: Daylight saving time


Question: 'A famous castle in Anaheim's Disneyland is named for this celebrated snoozer'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'In 1996 Roger Daltrey & other members of this group reunited for a new presentation of "Quadrophenia"'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'In May 1502, with his son Ferdinand, he set sail on his fourth & last transatlantic voyage'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'In most women after age 50, these egg-producing organs stop functioning'

Answer: Ovaries


Question: 'The Colorado Belle in this Nevada town is a riverboat-shaped casino on the banks of the Colorado River'

Answer: Laughlin


Question: 'Before "Dave's World", Harry Anderson kept disorder as Judge Harry T. Stone on this sitcom'

Answer: Night Court


Question: 'When you daydream, you're said to build "castles in" this'

Answer: The Air


Question: 'The last name of rocker Eddie who "cashed in" on the 1978 hit heard here:<br />("Two Tickets To Paradise")'

Answer: Money


Question: 'She claimed that St. Catherine, St. Margaret, & St. Michael told her to free the city of Orleans from the English'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Veins carry blood to the heart & these vessels like the aorta carry it away'

Answer: Arteries


Question: 'Once a whaling center, Edgartown is now a resort area on this Massachusetts island'

Answer: Martha\'s Vineyard


Question: 'This actor proved himself a fighter in both "My Left Foot" & 1997's "The Boxer"'

Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis


Question: 'Much of this musical that features the following is set in a castle:'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'In 1985 he fled "The Police" to release his first solo album, "The Dream of the Blue Turtles"'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'This "Great" czar, born in 1672, was prone to violent anger & sometimes beat his subordinates with a stick'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'The gallbladder, in which extra bile is stored, lies just below this organ'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'Utica in this state chose its name in 1798 by drawing it out of a hat'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Before 1997's "Titanic", there was this 1958 film about the ship, based on a Walter Lord book'

Answer: "A Night to Remember"


Question: 'Despite hits like "Un-Break My Heart", this singer recently announced she's broke'

Answer: Toni Braxton


Question: 'This generalissimo from El Ferrol, Spain was often known simply as El Caudillo -- "The Leader"'

Answer: Francisco Franco


Question: 'You wouldn't want to visit the islets of Langerhans; they produce insulin in this organ'

Answer: Pancreas


Question: 'Not Dayton, Ohio, but Dayton in this state was the site of the Scopes Monkey Trial'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'Make the most of this clue & tell us the literal translation of "carpe diem"'

Answer: Seize the day


Question: 'Ironically, Tina Turner's first solo hit in 1984 was a remake of this Al Green hit'

Answer: "Let\'s Stay Together"


Question: 'In the parade line-up, this company's float was 57th'

Answer: H.J. Heinz


Question: 'Hemicrania, literally "pain on one side of the head", gives us this word for a terrible pain in the head'

Answer: migraine


Question: 'Before he was president, he was "The Hero of San Juan Hill"'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'It comes after an initial'

Answer: a period


Question: 'This term for the principal female singer of an opera company is Italian for "first lady"'

Answer: prima donna


Question: 'Shades of this include Dodger, steel & sky'

Answer: blue


Question: 'The dwarfs' self-appointed leader, he wears glasses'

Answer: Doc


Question: 'ADHD refers to attention deficit/ this disorder'

Answer: hyperactivity


Question: 'This "60 Minutes" commentator first joined CBS in 1949 as a writer for "Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts"'

Answer: Andy Rooney


Question: 'It replaces omitted letters in a contraction'

Answer: an apostrophe


Question: 'A ballabille is a section of dance music: Verdi used one in "Macbeth" to describe the dancing of them'

Answer: the witches


Question: 'Often used to describe a black & shiny hair color, it's also the name of a black bird'

Answer: a raven


Question: 'This youngest of the 7 dwarfs is completely bald & speechless'

Answer: Dopey


Question: 'Variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease is a human form of this fatal brain disease of cattle'

Answer: mad-cow disease


Question: 'This man famous for his synthesizers faded out & passed away in 2005'

Answer: (Robert) Moog


Question: 'Sesquipedalian words on 2 lines of text are divided by this'

Answer: a hyphen


Question: 'A barcarolle has a lilting rhythm, suggesting the songs of these Venetian singers'

Answer: gondoliers


Question: 'Light goldenrod is also known by this name because it resembles the color of the seeds from which we get linseed oil'

Answer: flax


Question: 'Whenever Snow White's around, he blushes & bats his long eyelashes'

Answer: Bashful


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows two sponges.)  A sponge with larger holes can't absorb as much water the same way that this chronic disease affects the lungs, making the alveoli larger, but less efficient, at taking in oxygen'

Answer: emphysema


Question: 'Long before his famous raid, he was the first pilot to fly across the U.S. in less than a day'

Answer: (James) Doolittle


Question: 'When writing a time of day in the U.S., it separates the hours & minutes'

Answer: a colon


Question: 'A piece of orchestral music played between 2 scenes of an opera'

Answer: an interlude (or intermezzo)


Question: 'This brown pigment obtained from the secretion of the cuttlefish has a grayish-yellowish tint'

Answer: sepia


Question: 'Maybe this dwarf pictured with heavy eyelids needs a cup of coffee'

Answer: Sleepy


Question: 'Central vision is affected but peripheral vision is maintained in this degeneration'

Answer: macular degeneration


Question: 'Her writing includes a Wall Street Journal column & the books "On Speaking Well" & "Patriotic Grace"'

Answer: Peggy Noonan


Question: 'One of these goes between independent clauses when a conjunction isn't used'

Answer: a semicolon


Question: 'He coined the term "gesamtkunst, werk" to describe a "total art work" in which all the art forms combine to the same end'

Answer: (Richard) Wagner


Question: 'According to Webster's, the serpentine shade of this color is "paler than citrine"'

Answer: green


Question: 'The most rotund of the 7 dwarfs, he's just too darn cheerful'

Answer: Happy


Question: 'On July 14, 1789 commander Bernard de Launay opened up the gates of this & a mob stormed in'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'A "Beverly Hills Cop" star folds up into this piece of furniture'

Answer: an Eddie Murphy bed


Question: 'Dr. Bartlett Durham (1854)'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'The show's very first project in 1979 fixed up a Boston area house from 1860 in this royal style of the time'

Answer: Victorian


Question: 'Although best known for his Pooh stories, he did publish "The Red House Mystery" in 1922'

Answer: Milne


Question: 'One rally away from winning a tennis contest'

Answer: match point


Question: 'In June 1791 this king & his family tried to escape France in what's known as the "Flight to Varennes"--no go'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'An '80s rocker who sang "Take Me Home Tonight" becomes a biblical cliche about the all-corrupting dollar'

Answer: Eddie Money is the root of all evil


Question: 'Sedona Schnebly (1902)'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'In 1998 the show worked on a home in this bay city, addressing concerns about seismic fitness'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'In 1953 she adapted her short story "Witness for the Prosecution" for the London stage'

Answer: (Agatha) Christie


Question: 'Beyond comparison'

Answer: matchless


Question: 'The Constitution of 1791 divided France into 83 of these political units that still exist today'

Answer: departments


Question: 'Grambling State's football coach from 1941 to 1997 becomes a Defoe title character'

Answer: Eddie Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'Commodore Robert F. Stockton (1850)'

Answer: California


Question: 'A 1993 Miami project restored a home devastated by this disaster the year before; note the new storm shutters'

Answer: Hurricane Andrew


Question: 'This stripper is credited with writing the 1941 mystery "The G-String Murders" with herself as the detective'

Answer: Gypsy Rose Lee


Question: 'These are given to candidates by the government, corresponding to amounts raised by a campaign itself'

Answer: matching funds


Question: 'His brother Lucien was President of the Council of 500 in the legislature & helped him gain power'

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte


Question: 'A hall of fame Baltimore Oriole first baseman becomes the music man who gave us "One Night in Bangkok"'

Answer: Eddie Murray Head


Question: 'Reverend Newitt Vick (1811)'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'This master carpenter is pure New England & even has the same name as a "Cheers" character'

Answer: Norm Abram


Question: 'A Swedish novel about a "Laughing" one of these won the 1971 Edgar Award as best mystery novel'

Answer: Policeman


Question: 'Mattel now owns this popular toy car company'

Answer: Matchbox


Question: 'At her July 17, 1793 execution, this Girondist sympathizer said, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand"'

Answer: Charlotte Corday


Question: 'A "Green Acres" star goes existential (& French) as the author of "The Fall"'

Answer: Eddie Albert Camus


Question: 'Lieutenant Caspar (sic) Collins (1888)'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'To help revive the area, the 30th anniversary project home is in Roxbury, hard hit by these seizures of houses by lenders'

Answer: foreclosures


Question: 'At the end of the 15th century, this type of a gun's firing device was quite the innovation'

Answer: the matchlock


Question: 'In 1962 the people of Perth, Australia saluted this American by turning their lights on & off at the same time'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: '"The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the ____ Election"'

Answer: 1948


Question: '"In the words of Jean-Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher"''

Answer: Caddyshack


Question: 'The senseless murder of the Clutter family in 1959 prompted this man to pen "In Cold Blood"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'Cortland,<br />Golden Delicious'

Answer: apple


Question: 'It's dueling buzzers in a race to name this instrument'

Answer: banjos


Question: 'It's something wanted or needed that happens unexpectedly, perhaps coming from heaven'

Answer: a godsend


Question: '"____"<br />(Oh, you need more?  One word--Orwell)'

Answer: 1984


Question: '"I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met a girl... that was a pretty good day.  Why couldn't I get that day over & over?"'

Answer: Groundhog Day


Question: 'The London district of Whitechapel is where this fiend carried out his slayings in 1888'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'Red Globe,<br />Champagne'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'I need more of this instrument rockin' out here'

Answer: cowbell


Question: 'Make believe'

Answer: pretend


Question: '"The Year the Dream Died: Revisiting ____ in America"'

Answer: 1968


Question: '"Why worry?  Each of us is wearing an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back"'

Answer: Ghost Busters


Question: 'Al Capone had 7 members of a rival crime gang killed on this date in 1929'

Answer: St. Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'Bearss,<br />Key'

Answer: lime


Question: 'We didn't get Zamfir, but we did get a sample of this instrument; check it out'

Answer: the pan flute


Question: 'To do this to the U.S. Constitution, approval must be given by 3/4 of the state legislatures or 3/4 of state conventions'

Answer: amend


Question: '"All Stations! Distress! April 15, ____"'

Answer: 1912


Question: 'After a props guy on a Christmas TV special says antlers won't stay glued to a mouse, Bill asks, "Have you tried staples?"'

Answer: Scrooged


Question: 'The airport of this Sicilian city is named for 2 anti-organized crime judges, both murdered in 1992'

Answer: Palermo


Question: 'Cavendish,<br />Manzano'

Answer: bananas


Question: 'Vic Dickenson was a master of this instrument'

Answer: a trombone


Question: 'This title for a member of the clergy can be preceded by very, most or right'

Answer: reverend


Question: '"____: The Year of Magna Carta"'

Answer: 1215


Question: 'As Dustin Hoffman's friend Jeff: "That is one nutty hospital"'

Answer: Tootsie


Question: 'In 1593 this English playwright & poet was murdered under mysterious circumstances'

Answer: (Christopher) Marlowe


Question: 'Crenshaw,<br />Santa Claus'

Answer: melon


Question: 'Lurch into this instrument'

Answer: a harpsichord


Question: 'From the Latin for "things to be read", it's a table explaining symbols on a map or chart'

Answer: a legend


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a geometric diagram) Bernini said his plan of a large oval connected to a trapezoidal space for the piazza of this building was meant to evoke the arms of the Church embracing its faithful'

Answer: St. Peter\'s Basilica


Question: 'In 2010 this golfer rejected a s75 million, 5-year deal from Paddy Power, an Irish co.; yes, in 2010, & yes, he rejected it'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'We can diagnose this Oz dweller with pyrophobia--he says the one thing he fears is a lighted match'

Answer: the Scarecrow


Question: 'From its post: "Dummy uses dummy as weapon in Macy's melee"'

Answer: the New York Post


Question: 'These cards used by fortune tellers to predict the future include the High Priestess & the Hierophant'

Answer: Tarot cards


Question: 'Part of a certain Scottish musical instrument, it can also mean one who talks but says nothing important'

Answer: a windbag


Question: 'In Bernini's sculpture, this biblical figure is casting a stone at an unseen adversary'

Answer: David


Question: 'Barclays halved--from $400 to $200 million--how much it will pay in arena naming rights when this NBA team moves to Brooklyn'

Answer: the Nets


Question: 'The Flutterbudgets suffer from belonephobia, the fear of being pricked by one of these'

Answer: a needle


Question: 'From its Times-Picayune: "Capitol projects director left after long dispute over hurricane recovery spending"'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Around 1143 the Irish priest & Saint Malachy predicted there would only be 111 of these church leaders after his time'

Answer: popes


Question: 'A.A. Milne adapted this children's book for the stage & renamed it "Toad of Toad Hall"'

Answer: The Wind in the Willows


Question: 'Bernini's sculpture of this French king set the standard for royal portraits for 100 years'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'As of May 2009 this company had $4.2 billion in total endorsement contractual obligations, including LeBron'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'It's healthy to keep down your body fat, but not to the point of the Growleywogs, who are all bone, skin & this'

Answer: muscle


Question: 'From its Free Press: "State board backs tax rollback for Greektown"'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'The 16th century French prophet Nostradamus wrote his predictions in this 4-line stanza form'

Answer: a quatrain


Question: 'As 1 word, it means charming in a childlike way; as 2 words, it's part of a saying meaning life has ups & downs'

Answer: winsome


Question: 'Bernini's Fountain of the Four Rivers represents rivers of 4 continents: the Ganges, the Plata, the Danube & this one'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'A co. statement said he "will compete for team RadioShack as a cyclist (in events) including the 2010 Tour de France"'

Answer: Lance Armstrong


Question: 'Dorothy & Toto meet the shaggy man, whom I would diagnose with hypertrichosis, also called this -ism'

Answer: hirsutism


Question: 'From its advertiser: "Hilo retailers say police presence needs beefing up"'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'These Greek female prophets made their predictions from the 500s B.C. until suppressed in 393 A.D.'

Answer: the Oracles


Question: 'Model 1866 of this rifle helped tame the Wild West'

Answer: a Winchester


Question: 'In his masterpiece The Ecstasy of this Carmelite nun of Avila, Bernini crafted cascading marble drapery'

Answer: St. Teresa


Question: 'In 2006 Marco Andretti finished 2nd at Indy for the Nyse: back in 1969, Mario Andretti won for this 3-letter oil treatment'

Answer: STP


Question: 'From its Sun-Sentinel: "Broward commissioners target big banking for role in mortgage crisis"'

Answer: Fort Lauderdale


Question: 'This seer became a celebrity in the 1960s after she predicted that a Democrat would win the White House but die in office'

Answer: (Jeane) Dixon


Question: 'It's the largest lake entirely within the province of Manitoba'

Answer: Lake Winnipeg


Question: 'Sharing his first name with the man who took this 1850s photo, he's the diplomat & officer seen here'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: 'In 1737 in Boston, the Charitable Irish Society held the first municipal celebration of this holiday'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s Day


Question: 'Dulles'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: '"One if by land, and two, if by sea; and I on the opposite shore will be"'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: 'This Sioux chief led warriors in the Battle of the Rosebud'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: 'For hundreds of years, the Barbary apes have rocked atop the world-famous Rock of this'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'Danny Kaye sang about "Wonderful Copenhagen" when he played this role on film in 1952'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson laid the foundation of this home in 1769'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'Orly'

Answer: Paris


Question: '"Then Sally and I saw them run down the hall. We saw those two Things bump their kites on the wall"'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'It was famously torpedoed & sunk in May 1915 with a loss of nearly 1,200 lives'

Answer: the Lusitania


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a Broadway stage.) If you know the name for a group of lions, you can guess the name of this famous rock, here on the set of The Lion King'

Answer: Pride Rock


Question: ' Hi, I'm Sam Waterston, and I'm a huge fan of this American president & I've been lucky enough to play him on Broadway & in a TV miniseries'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 1614 Presbyterian minister Alexander Whitaker baptized this daughter of Powhatan in Jamestown'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Templehof'

Answer: Berlin


Question: '"Don Juan's parents lived beside the river, a noble stream, and call'd the Guadalquivir"'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Ravi Shankar is a virtuoso on it'

Answer: the sitar


Question: 'Images carved on rocks by people of the past are a highlight of Petroglyph Nat'l Monument in this SW state'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'In the 1946 film "The Green Years", she played the daughter of her real-life husband Hume Cronyn'

Answer: Jessica Tandy


Question: 'The Stamp Act was repealed soon after this founding father argued against it in Britain's Parliament'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Jose Marti'

Answer: Havana


Question: '"Reel'd from the sabre-stroke shatter'd and sunder'd. Then they rode back, but not, not the six hundred"'

Answer: Tennyson


Question: '12-letter term for a college course needed to be taken & passed before you can take another one'

Answer: prerequisite


Question: 'The Colonial Dames donated an elegant portico that was erected around this rock in 1920'

Answer: Plymouth Rock


Question: '(Hi, I'm Christopher Meloni of Law & Order: SVU.)  For some reason, Julia Roberts decided to flee from marrying me when I played her fiance Coach Bob in this 1999 film'

Answer: Runaway Bride


Question: 'In 1765 this orator proclaimed that the House of Burgesses, not Britain, had the "exclusive right...to lay taxes"'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'Schiphol Airport'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: '"Who mourns for Adonais? Oh, come forth, fond wretch!"'

Answer: Shelley


Question: 'This Alaskan city shares it name with a type of spruce'

Answer: Sitka


Question: 'You'll find this geological attraction about 280 miles from Alice Springs'

Answer: Ayers Rock


Question: 'Dorothy Comingore played a character based on actress Marion Davies in this classic 1941 film'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'Spanish for "rich port", it was ceded to the U.S. in 1898'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'In 1978 this comedian & "the Toot Uncommons" dug up a No. 17 hit with "King Tut"'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Attended by 14,178 people, the largest one of these was held in Japan, not in Boston Harbor'

Answer: a tea party


Question: 'A dictator: Il Duce'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'Atrial fibrillation may reduce the efficiency of this pump, especially the atrium'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'Internet gratitude: TYVM'

Answer: Thank You Very Much


Question: 'A battle was fought over Midway atoll; now it's officially this peaceful type of "refuge", like for albatross'

Answer: a wildlife refuge


Question: 'Cheech teamed with Chong for 3 Top 40s, but this "Nash Bridges" star duetted with Streisand to make the charts'

Answer: Don Johnson


Question: 'Pictured here, Robert Wadlow, the guy in the middle, holds this world record'

Answer: the world\'s tallest man


Question: 'A 19th century British Prime Minister: Dizzy'

Answer: Benjamin Disraeli


Question: 'Leo Szilard & this more-famous Euro-American physicist worked together to develop a refrigeration pump'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'Law north of the border: RCMP'

Answer: Royal Canadian Mounted Police


Question: 'This U.S. territory was named for "martyred maiden" Saint Ursula by Christopher Columbus'

Answer: the Virgin Islands


Question: 'This "Thorn Birds" star had 3 Top 40s, including the "Theme From Dr. Kildare"'

Answer: (Richard) Chamberlain


Question: 'As of 2004, Shunpei Yamakazi of Semiconductor Energy Labs of Japan held more of these than anyone else, 3,245'

Answer: patents


Question: 'A 20th century U.S. President: Poppy'

Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush


Question: 'Joe Dumars could tell you that reciprocating pumps have one of these moving back & forth to regulate flow'

Answer: a piston


Question: 'A school near the Rio Grande: UTEP'

Answer: University of Texas - El Paso


Question: 'Saipan, Tinian & Rota are the main islands in the Northern this group, made a commonwealth in 1986'

Answer: Marianas


Question: 'Aw, Pa! "Bonanza" was the B-side of his No. 1 1964 hit "Ringo"'

Answer: Lorne Greene


Question: 'Ralf Laue of Germany tossed more than 400 of these in 2 minutes, & it wasn't even on a Shrove Tuesday'

Answer: pancakes


Question: 'A member of the post-WWI Big Four: Le Tigre'

Answer: Georges Clemenceau


Question: 'This ancient Greek's "screw" aided in pumping water from deep in the ground'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'It includes AT&T: DJIA'

Answer: Dow Jones Industrial Average


Question: 'Navassa Island was claimed with this appropriately named 1856 Act of Congress because of its bird, uh, fertilizer'

Answer: the Guano Act


Question: 'In 1958 this actor, famous as Thurston Howell III, charted with "Delicious!"'

Answer: (Jim) Backus


Question: 'In 1989 this "Lord of the Dance" set a record as the world's fastest tap dancer, with 28 taps per second'

Answer: Michael Flatley


Question: 'A French clergyman: The Red Eminence'

Answer: (Cardinal) Richelieu


Question: 'Rotary pumps are also known as this type of pump, from the Latin for "to flee the middle"'

Answer: centrifugal


Question: 'It certifies albums platinum: RIAA'

Answer: Recording Industry Association of America


Question: 'Of the 24 letters of the Greek alphabet, it's the only one that ends in an English letter that none of the others does'

Answer: Rho


Question: 'The name of this Houston trio honors Texas bluesman Z.Z. Hill'

Answer: ZZ Top


Question: 'To North Americans, the sun reaches its vernal point in this month'

Answer: March


Question:
'Riga,
St. Petersburg,
Vilnius'

Answer: St. Petersburg


Question: 'This presidential relative, quite logically, had his own brand of beer in the 1970s'

Answer: Billy Carter


Question: 'Flathead or Phillips head'

Answer: a screwdriver


Question: 'Forms of this atmospheric phenomenon include forked, streak & ball'

Answer: lightning


Question: 'A road sign inspired the name of this band from the land "Down Under"'

Answer: Men at Work


Question: 'If a business invests $10,000 in a product, when it has sold 100 of them at $100 each it has reached this point'

Answer: the break-even point


Question:
'Port-au-Prince,
Toronto,
Nassau'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'When this president was a governor, his brother Roger was arrested'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'With so much brainpower on stage today, this "Living Dead" movie monster wouldn't know where to start'

Answer: a zombie


Question: 'This noun can precede chair, terrier or pudding'

Answer: Yorkshire


Question: 'Debbie Harry had often been called this, so it was "a natural" for the name of her band'

Answer: Blondie


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a flow chart on an easel pad.)  In a flow chart, a diamond shape represents this point of the process'

Answer: a decision


Question:
'Sydney,
Wellington,
Jakarta'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'His wife had many brothers in the Confederate Army, prompting some to question her loyalty to the Union'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'It was last call for this Scottish outlaw on Dec. 28, 1734'

Answer: Rob Roy


Question: 'From the Latin for "make similar", it's an exact duplicate'

Answer: facsimile


Question: 'This "Money For Nothing" group was named for its sorry financial condition'

Answer: Dire Straits


Question: 'After 4 hours of struggle & grit, we've reached this point for the first time, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 5-4, 40-15'

Answer: match point


Question:
'Amman,
Mecca,
Damascus'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'His stepson by Dolley once owed debts of over $40,000 that the president himself had to pay'

Answer: Madison


Question: 'Take a flying leap & name this type of reconnaissance plane or insect of the family Acrididae'

Answer: a grasshopper


Question: 'From the French for "to relate", it's one who tells stories & anecdotes with wit & skill'

Answer: raconteur


Question: 'The last name adopted by all members of this punk band was an alias used by Paul McCartney'

Answer: The Ramones (Ramone accepted)


Question: 'Author Malcolm Gladwell calls the moment when social phenomena reach critical mass this title point'

Answer: the tipping point


Question:
'San Marcos,
San Jose,
Santo Domingo'

Answer: San Marcos


Question: 'When he was veep, his brother Donald was involved in financial dealings with Howard Hughes'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'G'day!  This wooden weapon can also be a scheme that does injury to its originator'

Answer: a boomerang


Question: 'Italian poet who won 1959 Nobel Prize, or a Victor Hugo character'

Answer: Quasimodo


Question: 'According to this brand of frozen foods, "Nothing comes closer to home"'

Answer: Stouffer\'s


Question: '1980 miniseries that featured extensive Japanese dialogue (& Richard Chamberlain in a kimono)'

Answer: Shogun


Question: 'Jing-Mei Woo & 6 other women <br />(1989)'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club


Question: 'The long white leg hair is called feathers on this horse that originated in Lanarkshire, Scotland'

Answer: the Clydesdale


Question: 'A version of this sculpture, one of your most famous works, was placed over your tomb in Meudon'

Answer: The Thinker


Question: 'At one's post or work, & thus possibly not allowed to drink'

Answer: on the job (or on duty)


Question: 'Like its other vitamins, this brand's Silver for adults 50 & over is "Always complete.  From A to zinc"'

Answer: Centrum


Question: 'Our head writer Gary Johnson still dreams about this "Queen of the Jungle" played by Irish McCalla'

Answer: Sheena


Question: 'Nick Carraway <br />(1925)'

Answer: The Great Gatsby


Question: 'This spotted breed developed by the Nez Perce was praised in Lewis & Clark's journal for its quality'

Answer: the Appaloosa


Question: 'Rodin, you portrayed Paolo & Francesca, lovers in the Middle Ages, in this masterpiece seen here'

Answer: The Kiss


Question: 'If you're having a winning streak in gambling, or maybe if you're a pat of butter, you're on a...'

Answer: on a roll


Question: 'This antibiotic ointment promises to help "minimize the appearance of scars while preventing infection"'

Answer: Neosporin


Question: 'Don't know about you, but I'm waiting for this David Carradine series based on an Alan Ladd film to "come back"'

Answer: Shane


Question: 'Phillip Pirrip<br />(1860)'

Answer: Great Expectations


Question: 'All the horses of this breed derive from 3 stallions imported into England between 1689 & 1728'

Answer: the thoroughbreds


Question: 'The controversy surrounding your monument to this French author was a real "human comedy"'

Answer: (Honoré de) Balzac


Question: 'To be undecided or uncommitted is to be on this, maybe between 2 adjoining properties'

Answer: on the fence


Question: 'It's the brand of activewear & dancewear for women, whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Danskin


Question: 'This rock 'n' roll show that made Bobby Sherman a star premiered in September 1964, 4 months before "Hullabaloo"'

Answer: Shindig!


Question: 'Stingo<br />(1979)'

Answer: Sophie\'s Choice


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a horse corral.) These types of horses are bred for herding or running races of 1,320 feet'

Answer: quarter horses


Question: 'The scenes on this monumental door were inspired by "The Divine Comedy", one of your favorite books'

Answer: The Gates of Hell


Question: 'It's what someone or something that's exceeded a normal life span is "living on"'

Answer: borrowed time


Question: 'Lands' End still has its own catalog, even though it was purchased by this retailer in 2002'

Answer: Sears


Question: 'Don Rickles exercised his "jaws" as this chief petty officer'

Answer: C.P.O. Sharkey


Question: 'Ponyboy Curtis<br />(1967)'

Answer: The Outsiders


Question: 'This is the breed used by the Spanish riding school in Vienna'

Answer: Lipizzaners


Question: 'Rodin! Oh how you sculpted this princess, prior to her rescue by Perseus'

Answer: Andromeda


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a chalkboard diagram.)  A line that continues in its own direction, it's also part of this expression for where some people go when talking'

Answer: on a tangent


Question: 'Born in 43 B.C., his most famous work begins, "My intention is to tell of bodies changed to different forms"'

Answer: Ovid (in Metamorphoses)


Question: 'Seen here, the first President Bush celebrated his 80th birthday with the Golden Knights, a parachute team of this military force'

Answer: the U.S. Army


Question: '"With Or Without You",<br />"Pride (In the Name of Love)"'

Answer: U2


Question: 'They say "people who live in" these "houses shouldn't throw stones", but if it's 9 inches thick, Pig 1 says fire away!'

Answer: glass houses


Question: 'If Recife, in this S. Am. country, had been around 200 million years ago, you could have walked from it to what's now Africa'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Flutter & frog are types of this in swimming'

Answer: kicks


Question: '(Alex Trebek reports from inside a Jerusalem landmark.)  The beautiful Dome of the Rock is one of the oldest surviving Islamic monuments, & it also boasts some of the oldest mihrabs which are niches, all of them designed to point to this holy city'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'The precision of spinning rifles in leather-gloved hands exemplifies this military branch's Silent Drill Platoon'

Answer: the Marines


Question: '"What's The Frequency, Kenneth?",<br />"Losing My Religion"'

Answer: R.E.M.


Question: 'Lund in this Scandinavian country isn't named for Ilsa Lund; it was founded before the year 1000'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This center is the center of the action for Space Shuttle launches'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: '(Alex Trebek reports from outside a Jerusalem landmark.)  These multicolored Turkish tiles are faithful replicas of the ones donated by this "Magnificent" Ottoman sultan in 1545'

Answer: Suleyman


Question: 'Though it's carrying on an older tradition, 2010 marks the 50th birthday of the current this & Drum Corps'

Answer: Fife


Question: '"Deadbeat Club",<br />"Private Idaho"'

Answer: the B-52s


Question: 'From a German word for "crust", this exterior finish of cement, sand, lime & water is both pigs' siding choice now'

Answer: stucco


Question: 'This Asian country of 240 million people also has 17,500 islands'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'On July 24, 1959 he was the Soviet half of the "Kitchen Debate"'

Answer: Khrushchev


Question: '(Alex Trebek reports from inside a Jerusalem landmark.)  The Dome of the Rock, which is now under extensive renovation, is built over this sacred stone, thought to be the place from which he ascended to heaven during his night journey'

Answer: Muhammad


Question: 'Any group of armed forces personnel who carry or escort the flag during a parade'

Answer: a color guard


Question: '"For Those About To Rock (We Salute You)",<br />"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"'

Answer: AC/DC


Question: 'Really, Pig 1, I think your reproduction of this newspaperman's castle was a bit much'

Answer: Hearst


Question: 'In 1856 American adventurer William Walker conquered this Central American country & ruled it as "president"'

Answer: Nicaragua


Question: 'On the big screen he was billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"'

Answer: King Kong


Question: '(Alex Trebek reports from outside a Jerusalem landmark.)  From the western courtyard at al-Aqsa, you get a good view of Silsila & Fakhriyya, two of these structures from which Muslims traditionally are called to prayer'

Answer: minarets


Question: 'Courtesy of the U.S. Navy, it's the colorful name of the entertaining flight team seen here'

Answer: the Blue Angels


Question: '"Waterfalls",<br />"No Scrubs"'

Answer: TLC


Question: 'Pig 2 likes having all the rooms open one into the next in a line from front to back & builds this "weaponized" type of "shack"'

Answer: a shotgun shack


Question: 'In this Asian nation bordering Russia & China, many rural people live in camel skin tents called yurts'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'This word meaning "praise" looks plural but is actually singular & should be used with a singular verb'

Answer: kudos


Question: '(Alex Trebek reports from outside a Jerusalem landmark.)  When entering al-Aqsa, worshippers must clean themselves, so this type of fountain was placed; it's name comes from the Latin for "wash away"'

Answer: ablution


Question: 'In 1905, before he took up Cubism, this Spaniard painted his friend Gertrude Stein, who wore her favorite brown velvet coat'

Answer: Picasso


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew starts the clue, but hands it off to Kelly.)  In this basic camera shot, the camera moves from left to right... or from right to left'

Answer: pan (panning)


Question: 'This marsupial has powerful hind legs & feet for hopping & leaping; the gray species can clear more than 30 feet in a bound'

Answer: kangaroos


Question: 'Fiji's currency features this monarch on the obverse'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Jack Ryan helps avert a nuclear war in "The Sum of All Fears" by this author; thanks, Jack!'

Answer: (Tom) Clancy


Question: 'This clasp holds a girl's hair in place'

Answer: a barrette


Question: 'Augustus John, known for his portrait of this Welsh poet, introduced the poet to his future wife Caitlin'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'Well, "hello" this wheeled platform on which a camera can be mounted for moving shots'

Answer: dolly


Question: 'The Virginia type of this New World marsupial is about the size of a house cat'

Answer: an oppossum


Question: 'In 1980 this country issued 2 versions of its 500-franc coin, one in French, one in Flemish'

Answer: Belgium


Question: '2002's "A Long Way from Home" detailed this NBC news anchor's experiences growing up in South Dakota'

Answer: Tom Brokaw


Question: 'A writer of 14-line poems'

Answer: a sonneteer


Question: 'This British prime minister hated Graham Sutherland's 1954 portrait of him so much that his wife destroyed it'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'The slate that gets the action going on a film is also called this, from the sound it makes'

Answer: a clapper


Question: 'The name of this marsupial, also called a native bear, may come from the language of the Katang, an Aboriginal tribe'

Answer: the koala


Question: 'Jabal al-Noor, where the Koran began to be revealed to Muhammad, is on the reverse of its 20-riyal currency'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Never afraid to wear white after Labor Day, this author penned "A Man in Full" in 1998'

Answer: (Tom) Wolfe


Question: 'A dessert called fool is traditionally made with this tart fruit'

Answer: gooseberries


Question: 'Around 1927 this American known for his mobiles created a portrait of Josephine Baker out of wire'

Answer: (Alexander) Calder


Question: 'Despite the fact that it usually rolls by quite quickly, the display of credits at the end of a movie is called this'

Answer: a crawl


Question: 'This ill-tempered marsupial is named for its native island habitat'

Answer: a Tasmanian devil


Question: 'The ouguiya of Mauritania & the Malagasy ariary of this country are the world's only non-decimal currencies'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'In 1997 this "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" playwright was knighted'

Answer: (Tom) Stoppard


Question: 'It's a small sofa'

Answer: a settee


Question: 'In 1797 Goya painted this duchess, his mistress, pointing to the words "solo Goya", or "Goya alone"'

Answer: the Duchess of Alba


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew produces some sounds effects with common items.)  Sound effects, like a horse's hooves done with coconut shells, or a snapped bone done with celery, are created by this type of artist named for a sound editor at Universal Studios'

Answer: Foley


Question: 'There's a hairy-nosed species of this marsupial that's a tailless burrower'

Answer: a wombat


Question: 'In 2006 Serbia issued several coins honoring this electricity pioneer'

Answer: Tesla


Question: 'This ex-head of Homeland Security wrote "The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege... and How We Can Be Safe Again"'

Answer: Tom Ridge


Question: 'Watch the birdie--this birdie with a colorful name'

Answer: a yellowhammer


Question: 'This fishing port is the setting for Kipling's "Captains Courageous" & the wreck of the Hesperus was nearby'

Answer: Gloucester, Massachusetts


Question: 'California & New Mexico'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Some believe that it was built on England's Salisbury Plain to predict eclipses, equinoxes & solstices'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'Film in which William Hurt, Glenn Close & friends reminisce about the U. of Michigan in the '60s'

Answer: The Big Chill


Question: 'In the first 2 years of the Nobel Peace Prize, 3 individuals from this peaceful country won'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'A mustache style gets its name from this sinister Chinese villain'

Answer: Fu Manchu


Question: 'There are about 120,000 of these on your body & each growing about 1/100 of an inch a day'

Answer: Hairs


Question: 'Florida & South Carolina'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Inscribed with a decree praising Ptolemy V, it was named for the city near which it was found in 1799'

Answer: The Rosetta Stone


Question: 'It's the rebellious title of the 1954 flick seen here'

Answer: The Caine Mutiny


Question: 'Karl Branting & Klas Arnoldson are among those from this country, where Nobel made his home, to win'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Someone on the run from the cops'

Answer: Fugitive


Question: 'It's the humerus name for the point on the elbow where your ulnar nerve runs close to the surface'

Answer: Funny bone


Question: 'Michigan & Pennsylvania'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'In the 1998 animated film "Antz", she provided the voice of Princess Bala, the daughter of the queen ant'

Answer: Sharon Stone


Question: 'His sex education in "Eyes Wide Shut" was continued from the teen classic "Losin' It"'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'In 1954 & 1981 the Peace Prize went to the U.N. High Commission for these displaced people'

Answer: Refugees


Question: 'A brilliant deep pink color tinged with purple'

Answer: Fuschia


Question: 'On your body, this weighs about 6 pounds & covers about 17 square feet'

Answer: Skin


Question: 'Alabama & Louisiana'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'The major piece of equipment in this sport is a 42 1/2 pound, disk-shaped stone with a handle attached to it'

Answer: Curling


Question: 'It's the 1970 documentary on the Rolling Stones' notorious Altamont concert'

Answer: Gimme Shelter


Question: 'With Rabin & Peres, he rounded out a trio of 1994 Nobel Peace Prize winners'

Answer: Yasser Arafat


Question: 'In an engine it allows internal combustion without a carburetor'

Answer: Fuel injection


Question: 'This largest part of the brain controls thought & learning'

Answer: Cerebrum


Question: 'Vermont & Maine'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'The Black Stone at the corner of this structure in Mecca is kissed by all Muslim pilgrims who can gain access to it'

Answer: Kaaba


Question: 'As the title character in this gory 1985 flick, Jeffrey Combs makes a serum that brings the dead to life'

Answer: Re-Animator


Question: 'Jody Williams, heading an international campaign to ban these weapons, won in 1997'

Answer: Land mines


Question: 'First name of clergyman & old-time radio broadcaster Sheen'

Answer: Fulton


Question: 'You'll find millions of alveoli in these paired organs'

Answer: Lungs


Question: 'Let's drink to this equivalent of Dionysus depicted here by Caravaggio'

Answer: Bacchus


Question: 'This author's bestseller "Presumed Innocent" became a movie starring Harrison Ford'

Answer: Scott Turow


Question: 'GM's Suburban & Tahoe'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'This Asian country is the oldest remaining monarchy; legend says its dynasty dates from 660 B.C.'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'This shock jock has the highest-rated series on E!'

Answer: Howard Stern


Question: 'Snoopy's breed'

Answer: Beagle


Question: 'An artist may "clean" up a watercolor with one of these broad, thin layers of color'

Answer: Wash


Question: '"Stella Got Her Groove Back" with the help of this actor, whose stage name comes from the nickname Scott-Taye'

Answer: Taye Diggs


Question: 'RAV4 & 4Runner'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'This country's head of state belongs to the house of Bourbon'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Restaurant critic Gil Chesterton & sportscaster Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe have also worked at KACL on this sitcom'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'His Top 10 hits include "Rainy Night in Georgia" & the duet "Baby (You Got What It Takes)" with Dinah Washington'

Answer: Brook Benton


Question: 'Die Brucke, a 20th century German movement, means this, & was meant to be one to the future'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'In 1806 this author became clerk to the Court of Session in Edinburgh'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'CR-V & Passport'

Answer: Honda


Question: 'A founding member of the U.N., it also gave the U.N. its first Secretary-General, Trygve Lie'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Phil Hartman played vain anchor Bill McNeal on this '90s sitcom'

Answer: Newsradio


Question: 'This hero rode Pegasus'

Answer: Bellerophon


Question: 'French word for a category of art, like landscape, or for a painting of scenes of everyday life'

Answer: Genre


Question: 'Make the "decision" to name this man, seen here'

Answer: Dred Scott


Question: 'Montero'

Answer: Mitsubishi


Question: 'This sultanate gained full sovereignty & independence from Britain January 1, 1984'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'After 1 year we said "goodbye" to this sitcom with McLean Stevenson as a call-in talk show host'

Answer: Hello, Larry


Question: 'David Bowie played Andy Warhol in the 1996 movie about this graffiti artist'

Answer: Jean-Michel Basquiat


Question: 'In Greek sculpture the other basic difference between kouroi, which were nude, & korai, which were clothed'

Answer: Gender


Question: 'On his first Antarctic expedition, he & his men reached a latitude of 82 degrees 17 minutes S., 500 miles from the South Pole'

Answer: Robert Scott


Question: 'Grand Vitara'

Answer: Suzuki


Question: 'The Faroe Islands are a self-governing part of this monarchy'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'On a FOX sitcom, he played a wisecracking talk show host on Detroit's WZUP'

Answer: Martin Lawrence


Question: 'Gaborone is the capital of this southern African country'

Answer: Botswana


Question: 'In 1859 he was knighted for offering his ships for service in the Crimean War'

Answer: Sir Samuel Cunard


Question: 'Benjamin Rush was 1 of 4 practicing physicians who signed this 1776 document'

Answer: Declaration of Independence


Question: 'Yoicks was originally a cry meant to encourage these animals to pursue a fox'

Answer: Hounds


Question: 'Today Jennifer Aniston's is popular; in 1977 it was Farrah Fawcett's'

Answer: Hairstyle


Question: 'The shape of the letter A goes back to an Egyptian symbol for this bird, a symbol of the U.S.'

Answer: Eagle


Question: 'It's the theme song of the Harlem Globetrotters'

Answer: "Sweet Georgia Brown"


Question:
'Sanpete,
San Juan,
Salt Lake'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'This father of psychoanalytic theory received his medical degree in Vienna in 1881'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'Gloriole is another name for this circle of light seen around the head of a saint'

Answer: Halo


Question: 'In the mid-'30s there were hats, shoes, glasses, books & dolls of this 6-year-old movie star'

Answer: Shirley Temple


Question: 'It can weigh up to 33 pounds, its wingspan may reach 10 feet & it has a big pouch under its lower mandible'

Answer: Pelican


Question: 'This crooner's "Sweet Leilani" from the 1937 film "Waikiki Wedding" won an Oscar for best song'

Answer: Bing Crosby


Question:
'Jackson,
Jefferson,
Jefferson Davis'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'George Richards Minot discovered a way to treat the "pernicious" type of this through nutrition'

Answer: Anemia


Question: 'A compotator is a person who does this with another person -- how sociable'

Answer: Drinks


Question: 'In 1971 wholesaler N.G. Slater sold 20 million buttons featuring this smiling expression'

Answer: Happy Face


Question: 'Though it's a type of this bird, the flicker feeds on the ground, not by drilling holes in trees'

Answer: Woodpecker


Question: 'In a Tony Orlando & Dawn song, "She's got rings on her fingers and bells on her toes"'

Answer: "Sweet Gypsy Rose"


Question:
'Chautauqua,
Cayuga,
Columbia'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Vincent Dole introduced the therapeutic use of methadone to control addiction to this'

Answer: Heroin


Question: 'A languet resembles this body part, in shape or in function'

Answer: Tongue


Question: 'This fruit-scented doll & her friends Lemon Meringue & Huckleberry Pie were big in the early '80s'

Answer: Strawberry Shortcake


Question: 'On chicken farms females under a year old are called pullets; over a year old, they're called these'

Answer: Hens


Question: '"Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" was the first No. 1 hit for this Annie Lennox duo'

Answer: The Eurythmics


Question:
'Choctaw,
Cherokee,
Cimarron'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'This oral polio vaccine pioneer was granted a medical degree 1 year after obtaining U.S. citizenship'

Answer: Albert Sabin


Question: 'It's a portable circular domed tent used by Mongol nomads'

Answer: Yurt


Question: 'Long before the View-Master, these handheld 3-D stereoscopes were popular from 1850 to 1910'

Answer: Stereopticons


Question: 'It's the man-made structure common to names of certain owls & swallows'

Answer: Barn


Question: 'Marvin Gaye & James Taylor each had a hit with this song'

Answer: "How Sweet It Is To Be Loved By You"


Question:
'Prince George,
Prince William,
Powhatan'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Elihu Washburne, who sponsored a bill making this man a Civil War general, became his secretary of state'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'William Makepeace Thackeray was an early staff member of this British humor magazine'

Answer: Punch


Question: 'Delicately-hued portraits made with these pale crayonlike sticks were popular in the 1700s'

Answer: Pastels


Question: 'The 1952 movie "Here Come The Nelsons" served as the pilot for this sitcom'

Answer: "(The Adventures Of) Ozzie & Harriet"


Question: 'Used in the Roman Catholic Church, it's a circle of 50 beads attached to a crucifix'

Answer: Rosary


Question: 'The real first name of this Peter Rabbit creator was Helen'

Answer: Beatrix Potter


Question: 'Tyler appointee Abel Upshur was expelled from the College of N.J., now called this, for being in a student rebellion'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'This Canadian province's largest newspaper is the Edmonton Journal'

Answer: Alberta


Question: 'A painting applied to & made integral with a wall or ceiling, its name is from Latin for "wall"'

Answer: Mural


Question: 'This character was a bus driver for the Gotham Bus Company in New York City'

Answer: Ralph Kramden


Question: 'In the 18th century, this ancient Japanese religion was revived through the writings of Mabuchi & others'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'In titles of mysteries by Lilian Jackson Braun, this animal precedes "Who Saw Red" & "Who Played Brahms"'

Answer: The Cat


Question: 'Strobe Talbott is his deputy'

Answer: Warren Christopher


Question: 'In 1955 this monthly founded by DeWitt & Lila Wallace was forced to accept advertising for the first time'

Answer: Reader\'s Digest


Question: '18th C. artist Clodion sculpted nymphs & satyrs from this fired clay whose name is Italian for "baked earth"'

Answer: Terra Cotta


Question: 'Robert Young also starred as Jim Anderson in an earlier radio version of this series'

Answer: "Father Knows Best"


Question: 'In 1649 George Fox, leader of this movement, was jailed for interrupting a minister'

Answer: Quakers


Question: 'This "Age of Innocence" author launched her career with a how-to book on "The Decoration of Houses"'

Answer: Edith Wharton


Question: 'With Lord Ashburton he negotiated the 1842 treaty that set the border for Maine'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: 'In 1954 this Civil War historian was named editor of American Heritage magazine'

Answer: Bruce Catton


Question: 'If this paint that has one egg yolk binder is applied too thickly, it may crack'

Answer: tempera


Question:
'(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):
Series that included this intro in its opening:
"Anne Jeffreys as Marion Kirby, the ghostess with the mostess"'

Answer: "Topper"


Question: 'With over 1 billion followers, it's the largest non-Christian religion'

Answer: Islam


Question: 'This "Thorn Birds" author is an admitted Scrabbleholic; she likes to play daily'

Answer: Colleen McCullough


Question: 'This man from Maine served James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur & Benjamin Harrison'

Answer: James G. Blaine


Question: 'Perhaps best known as a sportswriter, he's been editor-in-chief of the Paris Review since 1953'

Answer: George Plimpton


Question: 'Traditionally, Pueblo Indians carve these dolls that represent spirits as teaching devices for children'

Answer: Kachinas


Question: 'In the 1950s this actor played Luke McCoy on "The Real McCoys" & Walter Denton on "Our Miss Brooks"'

Answer: Richard Crenna


Question: 'These oldest Hindu scriptures existed for centuries before they were written down'

Answer: Vedas


Question: 'This British author dedicated her 1928 novel "Orlando" to Vita Sackville-West'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Arrested twice at the 1968 convention for demonstrating, he was a delegate to the 1996 convention'

Answer: Tom Hayden


Question: 'King Juan Carlos' main home, Zarzuela Palace, lies just outside this capital'

Answer: Madrid


Question: '"Smoke on the Water" was a 1973 hit for this British band'

Answer: Deep Purple


Question: 'After his 1859 hanging, Civil War troops sang of this abolitionist's body "mouldering in the grave"'

Answer: John Brown


Question: 'In an Aesop tale this animal decided the grapes he couldn't reach had to be sour'

Answer: The fox


Question: 'This name belongs to the last martyred Pope & to actor Sheen'

Answer: Martin


Question: 'The jubilant delight with which Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's friends shouted'

Answer: Glee


Question: 'Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea; this is the capital of South Korea'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'In 1987 jazz vocalist Al Jarreau had a pop hit with the theme from this Cybill Shepherd-Bruce Willis series'

Answer: Moonlighting


Question: 'In 1913 the 16th Amendment was passed allowing Congress to collect taxes on this'

Answer: Income


Question: 'A form of this company's grape & apple logo, seen here, dates back to 1851'

Answer: Fruit of the Loom


Question: 'An apostle, or a son of Queen Elizabeth II'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'A hoarse whistling sound produced by breathing'

Answer: Wheeze


Question: 'Augustus Caesar said he found it "A city of bricks and left it a city of marble"'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'This group's gold records include "After the Love has Gone", "Boogie Wonderland" & "Let's Groove"'

Answer: Earth, Wind & Fire


Question: 'Plessy vs. Ferguson, which upheld segregation, was overturned by this 1954 case'

Answer: Brown v. Board of Education


Question: 'Mae West's famous order in "I'm No Angel"'

Answer: "Peel me a grape!"


Question: 'Meaning "harvester", it was the name taken by one of the most famous nuns of the 20th century'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'They're the periods each fall, winter & spring when TV ratings are collected so that ad rates can be reset'

Answer: Sweeps


Question: 'It's served by Saddam International Airport'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'This group made its U.S. Top 40 debut with "Brass in Pocket" in 1980'

Answer: The Pretenders


Question: 'During WWII America won its 1st major victory over Japan in this naval battle, about 1,200 miles from Hawaii'

Answer: Midway


Question: 'This dentist & prohibitionist began selling his "unfermented wine" in 1869; in 1890 he renamed it "Grape Juice"'

Answer: Thomas B. Welch


Question: '"Speak out" with this given name of the noted Christian seen here'

Answer: Oral Roberts


Question: 'It means strange & frightening, but it sounds like a big lake'

Answer: Eerie


Question: 'This Ecuadorian capital is located near the foot of the volcano Pichincha'

Answer: Quito


Question: 'What a delight!  This band's "Afternoon Delight" topped the charts & went gold'

Answer: the Starland Vocal Band


Question: 'Bushrod, the favorite nephew of this president, became a Supreme Court justice in 1798'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '1939 book dedicated in part "To Tom Who Lived It"'

Answer: "The Grapes of Wrath"


Question: 'The original name of St. Peter & the name of Mr. Pure in an 18th century play'

Answer: Simon


Question: 'Emma Peel's John on TV's "The Avengers"'

Answer: Steed


Question: 'Henry Purcell wrote operas about "The Faery" one & "The Indian" one'

Answer: Queen


Question: 'It's the type of paper used in the artwork seen here'

Answer: Tracing paper


Question: '"E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial"'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'Having no idea, like Alicia Silverstone in a 1995 movie'

Answer: Clueless


Question: 'The mineral Andalusite was discovered in & named for a region in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'We wonder if this variety meat tastes you while you're tasting it'

Answer: Tongue


Question: 'In 1829, after his move to Paris, this Italian composer wrote "William Tell"'

Answer: Gioachino Rossini


Question: 'A pad of paper for quick drawings, it appears in a Washington Irving title along with Geoffrey Crayon'

Answer: Sketch book


Question: '"Fargo"'

Answer: Joel Coen


Question: 'This buttoned sweater & a matching shell usually make up a twin set'

Answer: Cardigan


Question: 'Fluvial is a term that refers to these geographic features'

Answer: Rivers


Question: 'Don't put your PB&J on this -- it's the thymus gland or pancreas of a calf'

Answer: Sweetbread


Question: 'Lorenzo Da Ponte supplied composers with over 40 librettos, including "Cosi fan tutte" for this man'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'This Hunt Corporation brand, seen here, has been on the cutting edge for over 50 years'

Answer: X-Acto Knife


Question: '"Paper Moon"'

Answer: Peter Bogdanovich


Question: 'This wood, seen here, gives a room a solid feeling'

Answer: Mahogany


Question: 'Granite is composed mainly of feldspar & this transparent crystalline material'

Answer: Quartz


Question: 'This word for beef stomach lining has become a slang term for "rubbish"'

Answer: Tripe


Question: 'He was in his 70s when he composed "Otello" in 1887 & "Falstaff" in 1893'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: 'A smooth, heavy cardboard is called this "board", after a city west of London'

Answer: Bristol board


Question: '"The Apostle"'

Answer: Robert Duvall


Question: 'A type of anesthesia used during childbirth, or the space around the spinal cord where it is injected'

Answer: Epidural


Question: 'A 79 A.D. letter about the death of this "Elder" scientist had the first accurate description of a volcanic eruption'

Answer: Pliny


Question: 'A sausage made out of trotters is made from these parts of a pig or a sheep'

Answer: Feet


Question: 'After his 1711 opera "Rinaldo" made his name, he immediately moved from Hanover to England'

Answer: G.F. Handel


Question: 'This term for Plaster of Paris mixed with glue to prepare a surface comes from the Latin "gypsum"'

Answer: Gesso


Question: '"Dead Man Walking"'

Answer: Tim Robbins


Question: 'This type of chemical bond can be polar, nonpolar, single, double, triple or coordinate'

Answer: Covalent bond


Question: 'In 1812 this German scientist devised a scale to measure the hardness of minerals'

Answer: Frederich Mohs


Question: 'Often sauteed with onions (probably to mask the taste), this brownish large organ has great nutritional value'

Answer: Liver


Question: '"A Simple, Decent Place to Live" is Millard Fuller's book about the history of this organization'

Answer: Habitat For Humanity


Question: 'This Mark Twain character says that "Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it"'

Answer: Huck Finn


Question: 'From the Greek for "not remembered", it's partial or complete memory loss'

Answer: amnesia


Question: 'It was joystick to the world in 1977 when this company released its 2600 system'

Answer: Atari


Question: 'Botticelli's 1481 fresco of St. Sixtus II is at this landmark, part of the Vatican Museums'

Answer: the Sistine Chapel


Question: 'A move toward political liberalism, or the move NASCAR drivers perform all race long'

Answer: a left turn (to the left accepted)


Question: 'Adverb meaning "to where I am"; it often precedes "and yon"'

Answer: hither


Question: 'In this author's "The Cask of Amontillado ", Montresor narrates his own revenge on Fortunato'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'A first shot in golf, or a psychological term for a strong motivating instinct'

Answer: drive


Question: 'In 1984 this 76er & Larry Bird went "one-on-one" for the Commodore 64'

Answer: Dr. J


Question: 'You can view Veronese's "The Wedding Feast at Cana" (& the French crown diamonds, too) at this museum'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'If you're driving west-northwest, it's the quickest turn to change your direction to east-southeast'

Answer: a 180 (or a U-turn)


Question: 'Reptilian way of moving'

Answer: slither


Question: 'The narrator of David Foster Wallace's "The Pale King" battles boredom at this agency's Regional Examination Center'

Answer: the IRS


Question: 'Bipolar disorder was once known as this type of "depression"'

Answer: manic


Question: 'id Software says hardcore PC games went mainstream in 1994 when it unleashed this fatal-sounding game'

Answer: Doom


Question: 'Manet's "Before the Mirror" & Monet's "Palazzo Ducale" are in this unique NYC circular building'

Answer: the Guggenheim


Question: 'Sharp type of turn that sounds like an accessory to keep your toupee from flying off'

Answer: a hairpin


Question: 'Ruth Welcome was a virtuoso on this musical instrument'

Answer: the zither


Question: 'Oliver Barrett IV narrates this 1970 novel about his romance & marriage to Jenny Cavilleri'

Answer: Love Story


Question: 'Peccatophobia is the fear of committing one of these religious transgressions'

Answer: a sin


Question: 'OK chums, Deathwing the Dragon has caused a "cataclysm" on Azeroth in a 2010 expansion of this massive game'

Answer: World of Warcraft


Question: 'This Madrid museum has Van Dyck's "Beatrice, Countess of Oxford" & "The Executions" by Goya'

Answer: the Prado


Question: 'At sea, if you want the wheel turned all the way in 1 direction, say this 4-letter word "a-port" or "a-starboard"'

Answer: hard


Question: 'To behave indecisively'

Answer: dither


Question: 'Both Nelly Dean & Mr. Lockwood provide narration about Heathcliff & the denizens of his manor in this 1847 novel'

Answer: Wuthering Heights


Question: 'I love Dr. Freud for using this term for strong feelings of attachment by a patient toward an analyst'

Answer: transference


Question: 'In December 2002 Will Wright moved these virtual people "online"'

Answer: the Sims


Question: 'Titian's "St. Sebastian" & "Danae" are at this St. Petersburg museum known for its arsenal'

Answer: the Hermitage


Question: 'If you perform a step turn or a stem Christie, you're on a pair of these'

Answer: skis (snow skis accepted)


Question: 'The area between a horse's shoulder blades'

Answer: the withers


Question: 'She reshaped "the state department to emphasize development and people-powered diplomacy"'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: '1993 Tom Hanks / Denzel Washington film'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Cook was 26 when he joined the navy; he'd spent the previous years mainly ferrying this fuel around the North Sea'

Answer: coal


Question: 'The concert includes keyboard music by this master who left 3 claviers to his youngest son, Johann Christian'

Answer: Johann Sebastian Bach


Question: 'This goat constellation is the smallest of the zodiac'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'When you fast, food often goes to ____; start eating again, & it will go to your ____'

Answer: waste/waist


Question: 'Robert Gates said this U.S. general who was in charge in Afghanistan "is the premier soldier-scholar of his time"'

Answer: (David) Petraeus


Question: 'Robert Altman's 1975 movie about the music business'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Young Cook's charts of this river's estuary were vital to the British victory at Quebec in 1759'

Answer: the St. Lawrence


Question: 'I hear a waltz by this composer who died in 1849, father of a Vienna dynasty'

Answer: Johann Strauss


Question: 'A Buick was named for this New York City street that runs parallel to & between Fifth & Lexington'

Answer: Park Avenue


Question: 'When the ____ wrote a letter in cursive, the king pored over it & said, "next time, he ____"'

Answer: prince/prints


Question: 'Her "post is now one of the 50 most frequented web destinations... in Feb. it attracted more than 23 mil. unique visitors"'

Answer: (Arianna) Huffington


Question: 'Steve Buscemi is part of a botched kidnapping; you might say it had a chipper ending'

Answer: Fargo


Question: 'Cook's first visit to Australia was tagged onto a voyage to this South Seas island later visited by Captain Bligh'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: 'Last name of Carmine, who composed the music for his son's film "Godfather III"'

Answer: Coppola


Question: 'Thomas Gore, a blind senator from Oklahoma, was the grandfather of this "Myra Breckinridge" author'

Answer: Gore Vidal


Question: 'Some thieves in the night sought the troubadour's ____; they found not a dime, just a 6-stringed ____'

Answer: loot/lute


Question: '"The face of Wikileaks... (no matter) what happens to (him), secrets will never be safe again"'

Answer: Assange


Question: 'Roxie & Velma (Renee & Catherine) make a path from death row to stardom'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'On Jan. 17, 1773 Cook & crew became the first people to cross this geographic circle'

Answer: the Antarctic Circle