Question: 'Shazam!  Cleopatra called herself the new this goddess'

Answer: Isis


Question: 'Pete Doherty wrote "What Katie Did Next" for her'

Answer: Kate Moss


Question: 'Neptune, Saturn & Uranus are examples of this basic planet type whose name is derived from a large neighbor'

Answer: Jovian


Question: 'Subjects studied by this Lewis Carroll character included seaography, drawling & fainting in coils'

Answer: the Mock Turtle


Question: 'This river is described in Genesis as one of 4 flowing out of Eden'

Answer: the Euphrates


Question: 'Bede recorded this earliest-known Anglo-Saxon Christian poet's "Hymn" in prose'

Answer: Cædmon


Question: 'They are the two obelisks seen here; one is in Europe, the other in the United States'

Answer: Cleopatra\'s Needles


Question: 'Mick's muse, her 1964 debut single "As Tears Go By" preceded the Rolling Stones' version by a year'

Answer: Marianne Faithfull


Question: 'Some of the sculptures outside the entrance of this building depict Moses, Confucius, Solon & William Howard Taft'

Answer: the Supreme Court building


Question: '13-year-old Amanda Goad of Virginia was the winner of this national c-o-m-p-e-t-i-t-i-o-n'

Answer: the Spelling Bee


Question: 'This actress is married to French director Louis Malle'

Answer: Candice Bergen


Question: 'The crab-eating one of these masked animals eats fish, fruit & frogs, too'

Answer: raccoons


Question: 'This country that came into existence in the 20th century uses the shekel'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'He won a Best Actor Oscar for the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy"'

Answer: Jimmy Cagney


Question: 'The first national observance of this holiday took place May 30, 1868'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'Sports fans said bye bye to this Boston Celtic who retired after 13 seasons'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'When this royal couple announced they were separating, People Magazine sighed, "Alas, Poor Yorks!"'

Answer: Fergie & Andrew


Question: 'Found in this state's Keys, the Key Deer is only about 2 1/2 feet tall'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Open a Swiss bank account in the currency of Switzerland & it'll be in these'

Answer: (Swiss) francs


Question: 'Woody Allen's 1979 film, or the New York borough in which he lives'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'The common wild pigeon of North America is often called this because of its sad cooing'

Answer: the mourning dove


Question: 'On the Bush's 1991 tax return, this canine's book accounted for over half of the income'

Answer: Millie


Question: 'Part of state route 18 in Apple Valley, California was renamed Happy Trails Highway in honor of this famous couple'

Answer: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans


Question: 'Mason, miner & killer are 3 types of these insects'

Answer: bees


Question: 'In Greece, 100 lepta make up 1 of these'

Answer: drachma


Question: 'Ernest Borgnine & Paddy Chayefsky both won Oscars for this 1955 movie about a Bronx butcher'

Answer: Marty


Question: '1992 marks his 10th year as head coach of the Chicago Bears'

Answer: Mike Ditka


Question: 'In April 1992, after serving six months in prison, this former Washington, D.C. mayor was released'

Answer: Marion Barry


Question: 'She & Andy Mill have a real love match; they celebrated the birth of their first child in 1991'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'The adjective feliform describes anything that resembles one of these animals'

Answer: cat


Question: 'The currency of Cuba'

Answer: peso


Question: 'Robert Preston played Beauregard & Lucille Ball the title character in this 1974 musical'

Answer: Mame


Question: 'In the words of Noel Coward, these "and Englishmen go out in the midday sun"'

Answer: Mad dogs


Question: 'In August 1992 this federal judge who presided over the Watergate trials, died at the age of 88'

Answer: John Sirica


Question: 'When this British actress starred in "Ryan's Daughter", she was married to its screenwriter, Robert Bolt'

Answer: Sarah Miles


Question: 'Koalas & kangaroos belong to this order of mammals known for poorly developed young'

Answer: marsupials


Question: 'Before decimalization, 12 pence made 1 of these, 20 of which made one pound sterling'

Answer: the shilling


Question: 'In this 1962 film, brainwashed Laurence Harvey is controlled by his spy mother, Angela Lansbury'

Answer: The Manchurian Candidate


Question: 'In 1978 Christina Crawford hit No. 1 on the bestseller list with this book'

Answer: Mommie Dearest


Question: 'This Louisiana city's been called "The Queen of the South" & "Crescent City"'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'This first lady of song was Downbeat Magazine's Best Female Jazz Singer 18 years in a row'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'George Shelby dedicates his life to abolition in this Harriet Beccher Stowe novel'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'Historic ones of these occurred on St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572 & St. Valentine's Day in 1929'

Answer: massacres


Question: 'While living in Puerto Rico, Sally Jesse added this, her mother's maiden name. to her own'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'He snuck a self-portrait into his "The Last Judgment" fresco in the Sistine Chapel'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'To do something superfluous is like carrying coals to this town'

Answer: Newcastle


Question: 'Billy Strayhorn's music for this big band leader included "Take the "A" Train"'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'He wrote many short stories with surprise endings including "The Gift of the Magi"'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'The officer who led the mutiny on the Bounty'

Answer: Fletcher Christian


Question: 'Her original name was Jill Oppenheim; now she's Mrs. Robert Wagner'

Answer: Jill St. John


Question: '"At the Moulin Rouge" took this French artist to new heights of fame'

Answer: Lautrec


Question: 'Its state seal features the Navy frigate Raleigh, which was built in Portsmouth'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'His "The Girl from Ipanema" won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1964; the first jazz record to do so'

Answer: Stan Getz


Question: 'This Sylvia Plath novel was first published under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas'

Answer: The Bell Jar


Question: 'During the Six-Day War, ground troops under this eyepatched Israeli minister of defense almost reached Damascus'

Answer: Moshe Dayan


Question: 'Melted watches dot the landscape in this Spaniard's "The Persistence of Memory"'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: '"New" land discovered in 1642 by Abel Tasman'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Among the "Simple Pleasures" on his 1988 album was "Don't Worry, Be Happy"'

Answer: Bobby McFerrin


Question: 'Lady Brett Ashley elopes with a bullfighter in this Hemingway novel'

Answer: The Sun Also Rises


Question: 'In 1836, two months after he took the Alamo, this general was routed by Sam Houston at San Jacinto'

Answer: Santa Anna


Question: 'She modeled for husband-to-be Alfred Stieglitz's photos, and he sold her paintings'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'Interestingly, it's Canada's newest province'

Answer: Newfoundland


Question: '"It Wasn't All Velvet" is an autobiography of this man who once sang with the Chico Marx Band'

Answer: Mel Torme


Question: 'Dr. Pangloss is the tutor to this title character created by Voltaire'

Answer: Candide


Question: 'Two years after William II became emperor, he sank the hopes of this "Iron Chancellor" by firing him'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'You have to have a big wall for his circa 1480 work "The Birth of Venus"; it's over 5' X 9''

Answer: (Sandro) Botticelli


Question: 'This state with several hundred ghost towns was admitted to the Union on Halloween in 1864'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'This author presented "A Box of Unfortunate Events: The Situation Worsens"'

Answer: Lemony Snicket


Question: 'We'll always have this hotel heiress & her flighty, flirty Just Me perfume'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'Thanks to some 4 million donors, this "American" group is the USA's largest supplier of blood & blood products'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: 'Though Fidel remained head of the Communist party, his brother Raul took over as head of this country'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Found on Ross Island, Mount Erebus is the southernmost active one of these in the world'

Answer: a volcano


Question: 'It's a way to pitch a soffball; it can also mean done in a secret & deceptive manner'

Answer: underhand


Question: 'This pirate leader came to life in an 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson tale'

Answer: Long John Silver


Question: 'K-Fed knows that she smells like kiwi & cupcakes in her fantasy perfume'

Answer: (Britney) Spears


Question: 'This group, whose logo is seen here, has built or renovated more than 200,000 homes worldwide'

Answer: Habitat for Humanity


Question: 'Asif Ali Zardari, husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, became this country's president in September 2008'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Of -29, -129, or -229 F., the coldest temperature ever recorded on Earth, at Vostok, Antarctica in 1983'

Answer: -129


Question: 'Cordelia, Ophelia & Bianca are its 3 closest moons'

Answer: Uranus


Question: 'He wrote "The Unvanquished" & "The Sound and the Fury"'

Answer: Faulkner


Question: 'You may detect the scent of basil & amber in Unforgivable, from his Sean John line'

Answer: Diddy


Question: 'The ACLU helps protect these, the "CL" in its name'

Answer: civil liberties


Question: 'Kostas Karamanlis has received kudos as prime minister of this Mediterranean country since 2004'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'What some call the Antarctic Ocean is made up of the waters of these 3 oceans'

Answer: the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean


Question: 'Famous ones in literature include Tom, Remus & Vanya'

Answer: Uncles


Question: '(Harry Shearer reads the clue as Mr. Burns.)  I had 1,000 monkeys at 1,000 type-writers; I could only pen, "It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times", like this novel's start... stupid monkey!'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: 'This singer smells like wet gardenia petals & marshmallow in her M perfume'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'An organization that is using the Internet's power to help young people change the world is called "Do" this'

Answer: Something


Question: 'Martin Torrijos is a man with a plan & a canal in this country'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Antarctica's coasts are moist, but the interior gets so little snowfall it's been called a "polar" one of these'

Answer: a desert


Question: 'We salute you for knowing this popular name for the British flag'

Answer: the Union Jack


Question: 'Bratty & spoiled Mary Lennox becomes the ward of her English uncle in this 1911 Frances Hodgson Burnett classic'

Answer: The Secret Garden


Question: 'Deseo, a perfume from this Hispanic singer-actress, was inspired by a midnight walk in a garden after a storm'

Answer: (Jennifer) Lopez


Question: 'You can donate 10 inches of your hair to the group called these "of Love", which makes hairpieces for sick kids'

Answer: Locks


Question: 'Bashar al-Assad heads up this country from its capital, Damascus'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'A research base at the South Pole is co-named for these 2 explorers, the first 2 to reach it'

Answer: (Robert) Scott & (Roald) Amundsen


Question: 'Kampala is its capital'

Answer: Uganda


Question: 'In Japanese this religion means "way of the gods"'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'This lonely title character from a 2008 film is fixated on EVE, an "extraterrestrial vegetation evaluator"'

Answer: WALL·E


Question: 'In November daylight saving ends & this starts, so daytime ends earlier'

Answer: standard time


Question: 'After his April 1775 ride, he rescued papers from a Lexington tavern belonging to John Hancock'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'On Aug. 7, 1888 this murderer struck for the first time in London's East End'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'It's in Canada, eh?'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'At Folkvang, Freyja received half of all warriors slain in battle; he received the other half'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'Tom Cruise dodges nasty looks from Dakota Fanning & towering intergalactic tripods in this 2005 flick'

Answer: War of the Worlds


Question: 'A child born in 1995 turns 15 in 2010; a child born in 5 B.C. turned 15 in this year'

Answer: 11


Question: 'Last name of Declaration-signing Virginia brothers Richard & Francis; a later relative was a Southern general'

Answer: Lee


Question: 'This first Russian czar's cruel & bizarre behavior earned him the nickname "Grozny", Russian for "the Dread"'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'Words won't fail you if you have a good one'

Answer: vocabulary


Question: 'Trojan prophet Helenus told the Greeks Troy wouldn't fall unless Palladium, this wise goddess' statue, was stolen'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'The disappearance of a $5 billion space probe forces these title simians into action in a 2008 film'

Answer: Space Chimps


Question: 'Relativity says if you're on a train approaching this speed, 186,282 miles per second, time will seem to slow down'

Answer: the speed of light


Question: 'In April 1777 this pamphleteer was elected Secretary of the Committee of Foreign Affairs in Congress'

Answer: (Thomas) Paine


Question: 'The gun & rifle he used on November 22, 1963 were purchased & delivered through mail order'

Answer: Oswald


Question: 'A place to hoard your pennies'

Answer: a piggy bank


Question: 'Anubis wasn't only the god of the dead, he was also the god of this process used in mummification'

Answer: embalming


Question: 'Genetic experiment 626, this fuzzy blue guy who crash-landed in Hawaii in a 2002 film looks cute, but he's a weapon'

Answer: Stitch


Question: 'To land in NYC as the ball drops on New Year's Eve, your 6-hour flight from L.A. must have this departure time'

Answer: 3 PM


Question: 'On March 23, 1775 this famed orator told the Virginia Convention, "The war is inevitable and let it come!"'

Answer: (Patrick) Henry


Question: 'Denying his guilt to the end, Bruno Hauptmann was executed in 1936 for the kidnapping of this aviator's son'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen, for example'

Answer: fraternal twins


Question: 'Originally painted in Goya's own dining room, this planetary god is seen here devouring one of his kids'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'In this M. Night Shyamalan film, aliens are good at scaring people; not so good with locked pantry doors or water'

Answer: Signs


Question: 'Because the earth rotates as it orbits, a sidereal day, based on the stars, is about 4 minutes shorter than this day'

Answer: a solar day


Question: 'In 1777, while serving in Paris, this Pennsylvanian wrote that "our cause is the cause of all mankind"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'In 1717 & 1718 this pirate terrorized the southeastern coast in his ship the Queen Anne's Revenge'

Answer: Blackbeard (Edward Teach)


Question: 'Gaborone is its capital'

Answer: Botswana


Question: 'Baton Rouge & this other state capital both have 2-word French names; neither is named for a person'

Answer: Des Moines


Question: 'In 1932 he created the Taliesin fellowship for those wanting to learn organic architecture'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Rock royalty from Minneapolis: Nelson'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'Things that fell from the skies in Aristotelian times were known as these, from which a science later took its name'

Answer: meteors


Question: 'This term for the top of a mushroom can also be a small hat'

Answer: a cap


Question: '6-letter term for the type of closet with room for a person, not only clothes; Mariah Carey has one just for her underwear'

Answer: walk-in


Question: 'It means detestable or loathsome, though I have no beef with the snowman, myself'

Answer: abominable


Question: 'At each end, a pitched roof has one of these triangles, from an Old English word meaning "fork"'

Answer: a gable


Question: 'Late Tejano singer: Quintanilla'

Answer: Selena


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands by a board displaying numbers and letters)  In a simple substitution code, each number stands for its corresponding letter. For example, 3 15 23 spells COW, while 26 5 2 18 1 spells the name of this animal'

Answer: a zebra


Question: 'This term often given to a poisonous mushroom sounds like a chair for a frog's cousin'

Answer: toadstool


Question: 'Store this item from a memorable day in acid-free paper, especially if it's a Vera Wang, who's made them since 1990'

Answer: a wedding dress


Question: 'It precedes "...all hope, ye who enter here"'

Answer: abandon


Question: 'This Greek order of columns was the first created & the only one that normally has no base'

Answer: a Doric


Question: 'Barbados-born singer & covergirl: Fenty'

Answer: Rihanna


Question: 'Residents of this "Crossroads of the World" country can see the sun rise over the Pacific & set over the Atlantic'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Mushrooms are classed in the phylum Basidiomycota in this kingdom'

Answer: fungus


Question: 'Rubbermaid's Home Free Closet Kit is one of these, also someone trying to attract union membership'

Answer: organizer


Question: 'Heeeeey, this job title for the head of a monasteryi'

Answer: abbot


Question: 'The wheel-shaped windows found in Gothic cathedrals are known by this floral name'

Answer: a rose window


Question: 'In the '60s they called him "Mellow Yellow": Leitch'

Answer: Donovan


Question: 'This grassroots movement founded by Annabel Park invariably draws comparisons to the Tea Party'

Answer: the Coffee Party


Question: 'These large, dark edible mushrooms of Asia take their name from the Japanese for "oak mushroom"'

Answer: shiitake


Question: 'Your wear on Friday shelf may have these casual pants whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Dockers


Question: 'It's a turn of 180 degrees from the position of attention'

Answer: about face


Question: 'In 1851 Joseph Paxton designed this building for a London exhibition using a prefab iron frame & glass panels'

Answer: the Crystal Palace


Question: 'Get "Caught Up" with this R&B singer: Raymond'

Answer: Usher


Question: 'This 4-digit number is the Hollywood production company of director Chris Columbus'

Answer: 1492


Question: 'The name of this widely eaten variety, Agaricus bisporus, implies that it's cute'

Answer: a button mushroom


Question: 'A coiled spring is often part of these items that preserve the shape of hubby's brogues'

Answer: shoe trees


Question: 'This large mollusk is used as a source of mother-of-pearl'

Answer: abalone


Question: 'In 1952 Mikhail Gorbachev hit this big city to enter its state university law school; he graduated in 1955'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Bristol Palin made a cameo: "The Secret Life of the ____ ____"'

Answer: American Teenager


Question: 'Moncton in this Canadian province was the cultural center of the Acadians'

Answer: New Brunswick


Question: 'With 7, Nolan Ryan holds the record for having pitched the most of these rare games'

Answer: a no-hitter


Question: 'Cervantes at your service; long knight's journey into day; Rocinante is the horse he rode in on'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'Bosses do this, to writers' dismay; also, what happens at sea twice a day'

Answer: edit/tide


Question: 'In his 1991 lecture on winning this, Mikhail spoke of "a fundamentally new phase in our international cooperation"'

Answer: the Nobel Peace Prize


Question: 'Counterfeiter Neal Caffrey helps the FBI: "White ____"'

Answer: White Collar


Question: 'On the banks of India's Yamuna River, it was dedicated in 1931'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Elvis Presley was fond of biscuits & this "colorful" gravy made from bacon drippings & black coffee'

Answer: red-eye gravy


Question: 'Friend or Defoe?: the original "Survivor"; cannibals don't make for good company; thank God it's Friday!'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'A part of the body where the food goes; flip it around, it's a ship that tows'

Answer: gut/tug


Question: 'Gentlemen, start your engines: "RuPaul's ____ Race"'

Answer: Drag Race


Question: 'This city, later New York, was founded by the Dutch in 1624'

Answer: New Amsterdam


Question: 'According to its initials, an ATV is this type of vehicle'

Answer: all-terrain


Question: 'Dashwoods dally; in awe of Austen; 184 years later, Emma Thompson's a fan'

Answer: Sense and Sensibility


Question: 'This type of container can hold ale or mead; turn it around, it's a mouth part indeed'

Answer: mug/gum


Question: 'Starring Mark Valley: "Human ____"'

Answer: Target


Question: 'This shipbuilding city is found on England's Tyne river'

Answer: Newcastle


Question: 'This balsa raft that sailed 4,300 miles of the Pacific in 1947 is on display at a museum near Oslo'

Answer: Kon-Tiki


Question: 'Sam Spade Hammetts it up with Brigid O'Shaughnessy; a black piece of art causes all kinds of...heck'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'Rivers do this, bend upon bend; reverse it for one who sends sheep to their end'

Answer: flow/wolf


Question: 'On the CW: "Life ____"'

Answer: Unexpected


Question: 'The western half of this large island is a province of Indonesia'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'The Cooper-this, a national design museum in New York City, is actually part of the Smithsonian'

Answer: Hewitt


Question: 'What hath Roth Wrought?; title guy Alexander laments to a shrink; feels guilty? You bet!'

Answer: Portnoy\'s Complaint


Question: 'Your colorless dress may earn this adjective, I fear; not so for this minstrel or other balladeer'

Answer: drab/bard


Question: 'The names of 2 men, 1 born in Germany in 1834 & 1 in Kansas in 1875, were joined in this company name lasting 1998-2007'

Answer: Daimler-Chrysler


Question: 'Albert Einstein announced his special theory of this in 1905 & his general theory in 1915'

Answer: relativity


Question: 'Jack Jones sang this series' theme song from 1977 to 1985; Dionne Warwick sang it the last season'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question: 'Milk-Bone brand dog biscuits claim to clean teeth & freshen this naturally'

Answer: breath


Question: 'In Exodus he floated on the Nile in a bulrush basket'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Written as a marching song during the French Revolution, it later became the country's national anthem'

Answer: the "Marseillaise"


Question: 'Abbreviated "mlle.", it's the French equivalent of "miss"'

Answer: mademoiselle


Question: 'Under the oceans, this part of the Earth is generally only 3-5 miles thick'

Answer: the crust


Question: 'This 600-pound American black bear lived in the Florida Everglades with the Wedloes'

Answer: Gentle Ben


Question: 'A brand described as "just good cat food", or a stray feline who hangs out in passageways'

Answer: Alley Cat


Question: 'Numbers 7 mentions covered ones pulled by oxen'

Answer: wagons


Question: 'This country's "Hymn to Liberty" was based on a poem by Dionysios Solomos'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'On an application form, DOB is an abbreviation for this'

Answer: date of birth


Question: 'Chalk & limestone are naturally occurring forms of this compound, CaCO3'

Answer: calcium carbonate


Question: 'On December 2, 1969 astronaut Tony Nelson married her'

Answer: Jeannie


Question: 'A dog food "recommended by top breeders", or the ancestral line of a purebred canine'

Answer: Pedigree


Question: 'In Judges 1:19 these war vehicles are "of iron"'

Answer: chariots


Question: 'The melody to "America" was borrowed from this national anthem'

Answer: "God Save the King" (or "Queen")


Question: 'DM is an abbreviation for this German unit of currency'

Answer: Deutsche Mark


Question: 'Ammonia, widely used as a refrigerant & cleaner, is composed of hydrogen & this element'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'A 1976 Writing Emmy was awarded for the "Chuckles Bites the Dust" episode of this series'

Answer: The Mary Tyler Moore Show


Question: 'The cat food known as "Kit 'N" this claims "It makes other meals seem downright mousy!"'

Answer: Kaboodle


Question: 'In Genesis 6 God said it should be pitched within & without with pitch'

Answer: Noah\'s Ark (the ark accepted)


Question: '"Hatikvah", meaning "hope", was adopted as this country's national anthem in 1948'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Meaning "conversely", V.V. is an abbreviation for this Latin phrase'

Answer: vice versa


Question: 'Proteins such as pepsin & rennin that act as catalysts in the body are termed these'

Answer: enzymes


Question: 'In "The Dick Van Dyke Show", it was the series for which Rob Petrie was head writer'

Answer: The Alan Brady Show


Question: 'Something given in return for a good deed, or a dog food "for the very best dogs in the world"'

Answer: Reward


Question: 'Genesis 24 explains how to care for these, water them, feed them & make them kneel'

Answer: camels


Question: 'Franz Erkel, a noted composer of this country, wrote its nat'l anthem, "Isten Aldd Meg A Magyart"'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'In optics & photography, FL stands for this'

Answer: focal length


Question: 'The lighthouse on Pharos in the harbor of this Egyptian city was 1 of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'Thomas Hart Benton was once a cartoonist for the Joplin American in this, his home state'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'Petronius & Cicero were known to write in the Vulgar form of this language'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'John Galsworthy refused this honor in 1918, so we don't have to call him Sir John'

Answer: the knighthood


Question: 'Something of insignificant value is said not to be worth this color cent'

Answer: red


Question: 'This amendment guarantees that a person cannot be forced to testify against himself'

Answer: the Fifth Amendment


Question: 'This European capital has a Tycho Brahe Planetarium on Gammel Kongevej Street'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Of Miro, Marisol or Morisot, the one who isn't female'

Answer: (Joan) Miró


Question: 'Khalkha, spoken around Ulan Bator, is the official dialect of this country'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'John Fletcher wrote "The Wild Goose Chase" & this Norwegian wrote "The Wild Duck"'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'It's the money paid by golfers to play on a course'

Answer: greens fees


Question: '"In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy & public" one of these'

Answer: a trial


Question: 'This Canadian city's metro was the first subway in the Western Hemisphere to use rubber tires'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Jose Orozco, a colleague of Diego Rivera, was one of this country's greatest muralists'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Street signs in Brussels are printed in French & this language'

Answer: Flemish


Question: 'George Bernard Shaw's play "The Devil's Disciple" takes place in America during this 18th century war'

Answer: the American Revolution


Question: 'Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina is one of the highest peaks in this Appalachian range'

Answer: the Blue Ridge


Question: 'The Bill of Rights guarantees that private property shall not be taken for public use without this'

Answer: just compensation


Question: 'From 1920 to 1939, this Lithuanian capital was the capital of the Polish province of Wilno'

Answer: Vilnius


Question: 'Goya's wall paintings decorate the Church of San Antonio de la Florida in this capital city'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'In addition to English, most people of this self-governing U.S. island also speak Chamorro'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Turgenev wrote a play called "A Month in" this place — how bucolic'

Answer: the Country


Question: 'Type of reporting Hearst & Pulitzer used to fan the fires of war between Spain & the U.S.'

Answer: yellow journalism


Question: 'This state's Declaration of Rights was the model for our first 10 amendments'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Pakistan's largest city, it was the country's capital from 1947 to 1959'

Answer: Karachi


Question: 'The modern artist who was born Milton Rauschenberg changed his first name to this'

Answer: Robert


Question: 'It's the only Slavic language that is an official language of the United Nations'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'The N.Y. Drama Critics Circle gave its 1991 Best Play prize to John Guare's play "Six Degrees of" this'

Answer: Separation


Question: 'This city in Southern Texas lies on the Rio Grande across from Matamoros, Mexico'

Answer: Brownsville


Question: 'This future president served on the House committee which prepared the Bill of Rights'

Answer: (James) Madison


Question: 'Story that begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill Mountains"'

Answer: \"Rip Van Winkle\"


Question: 'Alphabetically, the countries in Europe run from Albania to this tiny landlocked nation'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'Emmy has spoken: he won his fourth straight award as Best Reality Host & we can tell you for sure that he knows how to rock & roll'

Answer: (Jeff) Probst


Question: 'Her married life began in military housing in San Antonio in 1916; 37 years & 22 moves brought her to the White House'

Answer: Mamie Eisenhower


Question: 'An entertainer: <br />"Moonwalk"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'The SSA, this association, says I'ts members control 2 1/4 billion square feet'

Answer: Self Storage


Question: 'U.S. chief executive plus prosthetic teeth'

Answer: presidentures


Question: 'We're counting on your knowing that the Firth of Forth is an estuary in this country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Guy Pearce won an acting Emmy for playing Monty in this HBO miniseries'

Answer: Mildred Pierce


Question: 'Mary Custis had other suitors, like Sam Houston, but she was set on this soldier son of Light-horse Harry; they wed in 1831'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'A vice president: <br />"In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir"'

Answer: Dick Cheney


Question: 'This item on which Garrick Ohlsson sits while working often has a compartment to store sheet music'

Answer: a piano bench


Question: 'Jack-o-lantern gourd plus school for wee ones'

Answer: pumpkindergarten


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  Beginning northwest of Moscow and flowing 2,300 miles to the Caspian Sea, this river is the longest in Europe'

Answer: the Volga


Question: 'With clear eyes & a full heart, Kyle Chandler couldn't lose Lead Actor in a Drama for this show'

Answer: Friday Night Lights


Question: 'In 1824 David Farragut married Susan Marchant of this Virginia city & made that port his home'

Answer: Norfolk


Question: 'An actor: <br />"My Wicked, Wicked Ways"'

Answer: Errol Flynn


Question: 'Store your manly possessions using a gun, bat or pipe type of this 4-letter word'

Answer: rack


Question: 'Additional note at the end of a letter plus revered texts'

Answer: postscriptures


Question: 'Ports on this bay include Bilbao, Spain & Bayonne, France'

Answer: the Bay of Biscay


Question: 'After joining her fellow nominees onstage, Melissa McCarthy won for this double "M" sitcom'

Answer: Mike and Molly


Question: 'A few weeks before their 1864 wedding, his fiancee Elizabeth called him her "old fellow with the golden curls"'

Answer: (George Armstrong) Custer


Question: 'A songwriter: <br />"Bound for Glory"'

Answer: Woody Guthrie


Question: 'At U.S. nuclear power plants, most spent fuel is stored in these, which cool them'

Answer: ponds (or pools)


Question: 'Periodic student allowance plus swinging Foucault feat'

Answer: stipendulum


Question: 'From their name, these Danish islands sound like they should be ruled by Egyptian royalty'

Answer: the Faroe Islands


Question: 'This best director was a raging bull in an Emmy shop for his work on "Boardwalk Empire"'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question: 'That's the former Beatrice Ayer, gazing up at this husband of hers'

Answer: General George Patton


Question: 'An architect: <br />"Inside the Third Reich"'

Answer: (Albert) Speer


Question: 'In 1955 the Sentry company made the first one of these classified as fire-resistant'

Answer: a safe


Question: 'Morning meal plus picky about details'

Answer: breakfastidious


Question: 'What a sport! In 2008 this Russian leader put out an instructional judo DVD'

Answer: (Vladimir) Putin


Question: 'The gorilla'

Answer: primate


Question: 'Thomas Keneally won for a book about this title German man, an unlikely savior to Jews in WWII'

Answer: (Oskar) Schindler


Question: 'Dana Owens took this name, Arabic for "gentle", at age 8; about 10 years later she put "Queen" in front of it'

Answer: Latifah


Question: 'A new production of an old play, or an evangelistic service'

Answer: a revival


Question: 'In 2011 the Fed, led by him, said let's do the Operation Twist, buying long-term bonds & selling shorter-term debt'

Answer: Bernanke


Question: 'A butterfly expert, he wrote much of "Lolita" while on butterfly hunting trips with his wife'

Answer: Nabokov


Question: 'The chinchilla'

Answer: rodent


Question: 'A burned man is the title figure of this novel by Michael Ondaatje that's set in 1945'

Answer: The English Patient


Question: 'A 21-crunch salute to the late Arch West, the Frito-Lay executive credited with creating this brand of tortilla chips'

Answer: Doritos


Question: 'To develop gradually, Darwin-style'

Answer: evolve


Question: 'In 2011 Christine Lagarde became the managing director of the IMF, this body, after it did a needed shuffle'

Answer: the International Monetary Fund


Question: 'The inspiration for Dracula, Prince Vlad Tepes earned this nickname by executing enemies by driving a stake through them'

Answer: Vlad the Impaler


Question: 'The grizzly bear & the gray wolf'

Answer: carnivore


Question: 'Roddy Doyle, born in this city, won for "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", set in a fictional part of that city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'We are royally mad about this British-born host'

Answer: Cat Deeley


Question: 'Adjective meaning unforgiving or vengeful'

Answer: vindictive


Question: 'This 3-named Brit's "General Theory" says unemployment is reduced with more government spending; how low can you go?'

Answer: John Maynard Keynes


Question: 'This Russian-born piano virtuoso was the son-in-law of Arturo Toscanini'

Answer: Vladimir Horowitz


Question: 'The gypsy moth'

Answer: Lepidoptera


Question: '1989's winner was this novel by Kazuo Ishiguro about a perfect English butler reflecting on his 30-year career'

Answer: The Remains of the Day


Question: 'In 2011 she returned to TV with a reality series about her efforts to run a macadamia farm in Hawaii'

Answer: Roseanne


Question: '8-letter adjective preceding "procedure", as when a scalpel is required'

Answer: invasive


Question: 'In honor of "Alas, Brazil", a 1999 article by this newspaper columnist & 2008 Nobel winner, it's time to lambada'

Answer: Paul Krugman


Question: 'In 1929, while working for RCA, this inventor & engineer demonstrated the first practical all-electronic TV'

Answer: Vladimir Zworykin


Question: 'The platypus'

Answer: monotremes


Question: 'The 2002 prize went to Yann Martel's bestseller "Life of" this'

Answer: Pi


Question: 'Got that song "Pumped Up Kicks" stuck in your head? Blame this trio led by Mark Foster'

Answer: Foster the People


Question: 'Last name of the 1904 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, dog'

Answer: Pavlov


Question: 'This "funny" man said cuts in marginal tax rates increase tax revenues & draws (then dances) his "curve"'

Answer: (Arthur) Laffer


Question: 'They were the first 2 sisters ever nominated for the same acting Oscar in the same year'

Answer: Joan Fontaine and Olivia de Havilland


Question: 'Natural killer cells target other cells that pose a danger, as in this, the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S.'

Answer: cancer


Question: 'The inscription on the London statue of this man seen here reads, "There is no darkness but ignorance"'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'To combat hypothyroidism, iodine was first added in the 1920s to this common seasoning'

Answer: salt


Question: 'After a 1976 gig in Memphis, Bruce scaled the wall of this music icon's home & was busted by a security guard'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'The boss is vacationing with Diddy & taking in a film festival in this French resort city on the Gulf of Napoule'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'A meal served at 11:00 A.M. on a Sunday'

Answer: brunch


Question: 'Interferons interfere with the replication of these organisms that live in cells, so only 1 at a time can get you'

Answer: viruses


Question: 'The inscription above this man's D.C. memorial starts, "We hold these truths to be self-evident..."'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a slice of bread toasted to golden brown.)  Toasting bread is actually a chemical reaction where this element, from the Latin for "charcoal", is released from the starch & sugar during the heating process'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'In July of 1984 this Boss album began a 7-week stay atop the charts; it stayed on the survey for 139 weeks'

Answer: Born in the U.S.A.


Question: 'The boss wants to see you; seems you've been online playing a lot of this "stately" card game with a "river" & "turn"'

Answer: Texas hold \'em


Question: '"I ran with llamas & bought 22 6-packs & went skydiving with Beyonce & Jay-Z was upset with me" is this type of sentence'

Answer: a run-on sentence


Question: 'Lysozyme found in these secretions destroys bacteria that attack the cornea'

Answer: tears


Question: 'Underneath the sculpture of Ramses II and his falcon god friend is an example of this type of writing'

Answer: hieroglyphics


Question: 'When heated, the moisture turns to steam & explodes the shell, turning this snack inside out'

Answer: popcorn


Question: 'In an unprecedented move in 1975, these 2 rival news magazines both featured cover stories on Bruce'

Answer: Newsweek & Time


Question: 'The boss isn't so tech-savvy; he just said to send a telegram using this company, which sent its last one on Jan. 27, 2006'

Answer: Western Union


Question: 'Meaning sulky or peevish, this 11-letter word seems to precede "ex-employee" a lot'

Answer: disgruntled


Question: 'Outside the building where this group meets is a statue with a tablet that reads "Lex", Latin for "law"'

Answer: the U.S. Supreme Court


Question: '1 serving of this from Stonyfield contains 5 billion units of Lactobacillus rhamnosus bacteria'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'On August 11, 1989 Bruce joined this noted drummer onstage for 4 songs, including "With A Little Help From My Friends"'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: 'The boss has lots of stories from his years at this insurance company that's "Like a good neighbor"'

Answer: State Farm


Question: 'You're said to do this to "numbers" when processing a large amount of data'

Answer: crunch


Question: '"The Union must and shall be preserved" is under this man's statue in New Orleans'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'From the French for "sour wine", this liquid will go bad over time, so it should be stored in a cool, dark place'

Answer: vinegar


Question: 'Bruce's 2006 album "We Shall Overcome" paid tribute to this folk music legend who turned 87 that year'

Answer: Pete Seeger


Question: 'The boss is scaring me; he's acting weird & and growing his nails long, like this guy who sold his TWA shares for $500 million in 1966'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'This small, silvery food fish spawns at high tide in wet sand'

Answer: a grunion


Question: '"And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless us, every one!"'

Answer: A Christmas Carol


Question: 'In "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure", this actor asks, "Want a Twinkie, Genghis Khan?"'

Answer: Keanu Reeves


Question: '16,945-foot Ararat'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'On Sept. 1, 1944 Bernard Montgomery was promoted to this rank'

Answer: field marshal


Question: 'Rudolf-Christoph Gersdorff was one of several trying to kill this man in 1943'

Answer: Hitler


Question: 'A loose-fitting cloak extending to the hips or knees'

Answer: a tunic


Question: '"He loved Big Brother"'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'In a stretch from his normal cowboy roles, this Hollywood legend played Genghis Khan in 1956's "The Conqueror"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'Mount Cook, aka Aorangi'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Britannica says this '30s film star was famed "for his distinctive nasal voice... and his fondness for alcohol"'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Police reportedly arrested every dwarf in London after John Bean tried to kill her in 1842'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'A long, steep-sided depression in the ground or the ocean floor'

Answer: a trench


Question: '"...I even think of old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty"'

Answer: On the Road


Question: 'A 1959 Japanese film about Genghis Khan starring Hashizo Okawa was titled "King of" this ethnic group'

Answer: the Mongols


Question: '19,551-foot Mount Logan'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'in Matthew 27:7 "They took counsel, and bought with them" this "field, to bury strangers in"'

Answer: Potter\'s field


Question: 'In 1878 Max Hodel & Karl Nobiling both tried to assassinate this German monarch'

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm


Question: 'Instability in the atmosphere that means it's time to buckle your airplane seatbelt'

Answer: turbulence


Question: '"It was the... Rachel, that in her search after her missing children, only found another orphan"'

Answer: Moby-Dick


Question: 'Robert Morley played the Chinese Emperor & this Egyptian actor played the title character in 1965's "Genghis Khan"'

Answer: Omar Sharif


Question: 'Kilimanjaro'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: 'In 1485 Henry Tudor joined local commanders at Milford Haven in Wales, then took on Richard III at this fateful field'

Answer: Bosworth Field


Question: 'This magazine publisher was shot and wounded by serial would-be assassin Joseph Franklin in 1978'

Answer: Larry Flynt


Question: 'From the Latin for "dyeing", it's a medicine used in small amounts, consisting of an extract in solution'

Answer: tincture


Question: '"One bird said to Billy Pilgrim, 'Poo-tee-weet?'"'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five


Question: 'This colorful army "of Genghis Khan" rolled forth on the big screen in 1951 with Marvin Miller as the great leader'

Answer: The Golden Horde


Question: 'The summit of Aconcagua'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'John McCrae wrote "In" these "Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row"'

Answer: Flanders


Question: 'in 1933 Guiseppe Zangara killed the mayor of Chicago but failed to kill this target'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'The act of abstaining from excess or an anti-alcohol movement of the late 19th century'

Answer: temperance


Question: 'This corps' motto is "Building strong"'

Answer: the Army Corps of Engineers


Question: 'Casablanca is the chief port & most populous city of this nation'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Before becoming a Bronco, Jake "The Snake" Plummer played for this university's Sun Devils'

Answer: Arizona State


Question: 'When the airway narrows, the soft palate or uvula may vibrate; the old man is doing this'

Answer: snoring


Question: 'Names of the Three Stooges at the time of the 1946 film "Beer Barrel Polecats"'

Answer: Moe, Curly & Larry


Question: '"Shelter" where you can live out your nuclear armageddon fears'

Answer: a fallout shelter


Question: 'On May 21, 1945 Humphrey Bogart married her'

Answer: Lauren Bacall


Question: 'Casablanca's bleached city walls gave it its name, which means this in English'

Answer: white house


Question: 'Appropriately, this NHL team's mascot lists "Devil Inside" by INXS as one of his favorite songs'

Answer: the New Jersey Devils


Question: 'Lady Macbeth has a famous scene where she experiences this, aka somnambulism; things don't work out well for her'

Answer: sleepwalking


Question: 'The foolhardy trio that went to sea in a tub in a classic nursery rhyme'

Answer: the butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker


Question: 'It's the operatic vocal register I'm using to read you this clue'

Answer: falsetto


Question: 'As a young man, Bogie originally planned on studying for a medical degree at this Connecticut college'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Carousels & bumper cars are waiting for you at the Casablanca amusement park named for this famous sailor'

Answer: Sinbad the Sailor


Question: 'New owner Stu Sternberg vowed to change this MLB nickname by '07; no word whether "Manta" is in the running'

Answer: the Devil Rays


Question: 'Anxiety over business or domestic affairs may cause predormital this; enjoy the 4 A.M. movie'

Answer: insomnia


Question: 'The 3 members of pop music's Bee Gees'

Answer: Barry, Robin & Maurice


Question: 'Adjective for land left unseeded after plowing to let it return to its natural fertility'

Answer: fallow


Question: 'In the Navy during this war, Bogie got a severe facial injury while escorting a prisoner'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'One of Casablanca's main streets bears the name of the fifth king to share his name with this religious figure'

Answer: Muhammad


Question: 'David Beckham played for this posh British football club that features a little red devil on its logo'

Answer: Manchester (United)


Question: 'Michael Stipe knows this type of sleep occurs about every 90 minutes & lasts from 5 to 30 minutes'

Answer: REM sleep


Question: 'The 3 B's of classical music'

Answer: Bach, Brahms & Beethoven


Question: '2-word term for "jumping the gun" in a track & field race'

Answer: a false start


Question: 'In 1947 Bogie joined other actors in protesting the witch hunts conducted by this committee'

Answer: the House Un-American Activities Committee


Question: 'To help ships access the once-difficult ports of Casablanca, the El Hank, one of these, was built in 1905'

Answer: a lighthouse


Question: 'A Wake Forest win in its 1923 football season led a writer to term the team this 2-word name due to "devilish" play'

Answer: the Demon Deacons


Question: 'Alpha waves occur when you're relaxed with eyes closed; beta, when alert; these waves, when in deep sleep'

Answer: delta waves


Question: 'The 3-word motto of the French Revolution'

Answer: "Liberty, equality, fraternity"


Question: 'This character appears in 3 different plays by Shakespeare & is referred to in a fourth'

Answer: Falstaff


Question: 'Bogie's breakthrough film was this 1936 feature that shares its name with a national park'

Answer: The Petrified Forest


Question: 'Clause 39 in this document of 63 articles was the beginning of the principle of due process of law'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'Tony Orlando & Dawn:<br />"Knock __ Times"'

Answer: Three


Question: 'The first school for these people in the U.S. was founded by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet'

Answer: deaf people


Question: 'In the 1920s Eliot got religion and converted to this church, independent since the 16th century'

Answer: the Church of England


Question: 'Napoleon commissioned this 164-foot Paris landmark to celebrate his military victories'

Answer: the Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'It can mean to drain of energy or the gases that escape from an engine'

Answer: exhaust


Question: 'In 976 this Venice church was badly damaged by fire; rebuilding began in 1050 & was completed around 1090'

Answer: St. Mark\'s


Question: 'Bob Dylan:<br />"Highway __ Revisited"'

Answer: 61


Question: 'Every trendy home should have a mozzarella slicer from this retailer founded by Chuck Williams'

Answer: Williams-Sonoma


Question: 'Eliot grew up in this city where his grandfather had co-founded Washington University'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'Edgar Allan Poe mentioned "shattered cornices" in his poem about this ancient Roman amphitheater'

Answer: the Colosseum


Question: 'Depending where you place the emphasis, this word can mean to comfort, or an instrument panel'

Answer: console


Question: 'This explorer's brother Thorvald was killed while on an expedition in Vinland'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'U2:<br />"__"'

Answer: One


Question: 'In this cruel month in 1923, T.S. went on a hellish holiday near Chichester with his ill & unstable wife'

Answer: April


Question: 'Arizona, Colorado, Utah & New Mexico intersect at this monument'

Answer: the Four Corners monument


Question: 'This 13-letter word can mean sudden haste, or the falling of rain, snow or hail'

Answer: precipitation


Question: 'By 1096 the Holy Roman Empire stretched from Italy to this peninsula that makes up most of Denmark'

Answer: the Jutland peninsula


Question: 'Wilson Pickett:<br />"Land Of __ Dances"'

Answer: A Thousand


Question: 'Practical cats know that Eliot was nicknamed after this animal because his cold manner seemed like playing dead'

Answer: the possum


Question: 'This 13,796-foot inactive volcano, Hawaii's highest peak, is snow-covered in winter; its name means "white mountain"'

Answer: Mauna Kea


Question: 'Hebrew for "beasts", this "B" word for something huge derives from the name of a beast in the Book of Job'

Answer: behemoth


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.)  Founded in 1201, Riga, Latvia soon came under control of this order of knights that began in far-off Palestine'

Answer: the Teutonic Knights


Question: 'Skid Row:<br />"__ And Life"'

Answer: 18


Question: 'In 1892, in exile in the U.S., he founded Patria, the journal of the Cuban Revolutionary Party'

Answer: (Jose) Martí


Question: 'Before he turned 23, Eliot created this poetic figure who asks, "Do I dare disturb the universe?"'

Answer: J. Alfred Prufrock


Question: 'The official residence for the V.P. of the U.S. is on the grounds of the USNO, the United States Naval this'

Answer: Observatory


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shoes a horse.)  A blacksmith who shoes horses is referred to by this name from the Latin for "iron"'

Answer: a farrier


Question: 'To date, he's the only person to be elected governor of 2 different states'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: 'Little Eva befriends a slave in this Harriet Beecher Stowe classic'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'The Galilee site where tradition says Jesus preached this in Matthew 5 is described as more of a hill'

Answer: the Sermon on the Mount


Question: 'These tiny creatures love to dance, but Santa prefers that they make toys'

Answer: elves


Question: 'In an animal cell, it's where the chromosomes are contained'

Answer: the nucleus


Question: 'In the 1997 series based on this Jean-Claude Van Damme film, police in 2007 keep history on track'

Answer: Timecop


Question: 'Raspberry Tart, Apple Dumplin' & Lemon Meringue are characters in this line of dolls'

Answer: Strawberry Shortcake


Question: 'When you were little you probably read about this "I-Think-I-Can" character'

Answer: the Little Engine that Could


Question: 'L.A.'s Mount Lee is the home of this 50' tall, 450' long sign'

Answer: "Hollywood"


Question: 'Their name comes from the old Irish luchorpan, meaning "little body"'

Answer: leprechaun


Question: 'People who are allergic to dust are actually more allergic to this arachnid, seen here:'

Answer: a dust mite


Question: 'In the Showtime series based on this 1994 film, Richard Dean Anderson picks up where Kurt Russell left off'

Answer: Stargate


Question: '"Hams" broadcast via this'

Answer: shortwave radio


Question: 'Adults who read this Antoine de Saint-Exupery tale may pick up on the allegory'

Answer: The Little Prince


Question: 'Going from Monroe to Shreveport, you might see this state's highest peak, 535' Mt. Driskill'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'These sprites are quite happy if you give them milk, just like the little Girl Scouts of the same name'

Answer: brownies


Question: 'Until this pair, never before had a big screen meerkat & warthog been given their own TV series'

Answer: Timon & Pumbaa


Question: 'In this 1995 film in which John Travolta played mob enforcer Chili Palmer, the real Palmer had a cameo'

Answer: Get Shorty


Question: 'British author who created Little Nell & Little Dorrit'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'A women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts is named for this nearby 878' mount'

Answer: Mount Holyoke


Question: 'These Scandinavian beings often lurk under bridges; just ask the 3 Billy-Goats Gruff'

Answer: trolls


Question: 'Baleen whales eat this mixture of microscopic organisms, like algae, that drift near the surface of the sea'

Answer: plankton


Question: 'This ABC teen series totally up'n moved to UPN in 1997'

Answer: Clueless


Question: 'Myopic'

Answer: short-sighted


Question: 'In this E.B. White tale, a 2-inch mouselike boy is the title character'

Answer: Stuart Little


Question: 'Belgium's 2,277' Botrange is the highest peak in this group of 3 countries named for their un-mountainousness'

Answer: the Low Countries


Question: 'Menehune are magical little beings who like to work at night in the islands of this U.S. state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The parts inside a living cell move in this semifluid substance whose name in part means "cell"'

Answer: Cytoplasm


Question: 'This 1980 film about a high school for the performing arts has inspired 2 TV series'

Answer: Fame


Question: 'In 1927 court reporter Martin Dupraw used this to take testimony at the rate of 282 words per minute'

Answer: shorthand


Question: 'Janet Evans holds the world record in the 400, 800 & 1500-meter freestyle events in this sport'

Answer: swimming


Question: 'If your predicates don't agree in number & person with these words, Ms. Plumly will see red'

Answer: subjects


Question: 'Morning meeting of all the students'

Answer: assembly


Question: 'Topping a pizza with this tropical fruit will make it Hawaiian'

Answer: pineapple


Question: 'Egyptians could read the latest Book of the Dead on scrolls made from this reed'

Answer: papyrus


Question: 'It was in Tongan waters that the crew of this ship mutinied against Captain Bligh'

Answer: the Bounty


Question: 'In 1993 this center, then with the Orlando Magic, was named the NBA's Rookie of the Year'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'One or more sentences on a single thought; Ms. Plumly calls them the basic units of composition'

Answer: paragraphs


Question: 'In England, it's a barrister or solicitor; in the U.S., it's this'

Answer: an attorney


Question: 'Picked from trees & sometimes picked off pizza, the black ones are more common as toppings than the green ones'

Answer: olives


Question: 'About 4,000 years ago, the Mesopotamians reinvented the wheel, using these to make it lighter'

Answer: spokes


Question: 'Go straight south across the Strait of Gibraltar from Europe & you'll be in this N. African country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'This Baltimore Orioles shortstop once wore a T-shirt that read "2130+ Hugs and Kisses for Daddy"'

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.


Question: 'Ms. Plumly says one should spend time on this plan of an essay; H.G. Wells wrote a long one "of History"'

Answer: an outline


Question: 'One of the Commandments says not to commit it'

Answer: adultery


Question: 'This fungal topping is grown in buildings that simulate the conditions inside a cave'

Answer: mushrooms


Question: 'When he died at age 33 in 323 B.C., his empire was over 2,500 miles wide'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: '300,000-square-mile plain that's home to the Argentinian gaucho'

Answer: Pampas


Question: 'This German tennis star has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, second only to Margaret Smith Court's 24'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: 'Ms. Plumly doesn't use this word for a list of sources because it implies they're all books'

Answer: bibliography


Question: 'Go with a person or play with a singer'

Answer: accompany


Question: 'It goes on a pizza as an ingredient of the sauce or as a "sun-dried" topping'

Answer: tomato


Question: 'After the Persians destroyed the temples on this hill, Pericles had them rebuilt & added the Parthenon'

Answer: the Acropolis


Question: 'This island off Africa is home to over 13 million people & the animal seen here:'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: '(Hi, I'm Reggie White.) In Super Bowl XXXI, I sacked this team's quarterback, Drew Bledsoe, 3 times, setting a Super Bowl record'

Answer: the New England Patriots


Question: 'A statement of what an essay will discuss, or what you may write to get your M.A.'

Answer: a thesis


Question: 'Field work in this field involves digging up the field looking for remains of past cultures'

Answer: anthropology (or archaeology)


Question: 'A quatro formaggi pizza is topped with this many different cheeses, including mozzarella'

Answer: 4


Question: 'While ruling Babylonia from 605 to 562 B.C., he conquered Jerusalem'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'During the winter, ice closes the northern ports of this "sea", the largest inland body of water in the world'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'This foe of Bugs Bunny is a marsupial'

Answer: Tasmanian Devil


Question: 'A Beatles tune talks about this bird seen here singin' in the dead of night'

Answer: blackbird


Question: 'This game show's mysterious banker, who is seen only in shadow, has his own blog on the NBC website'

Answer: Deal or No Deal


Question: 'Vernon Rudolph used a secret recipe from a New Orleans chef to begin selling the Krispy Kreme brand of these'

Answer: doughnuts


Question: 'The lira'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Juneau is the capital & this city is the most populous'

Answer: Anchorage


Question: 'Lemony's fence parts'

Answer: Snicket\'s pickets


Question: 'In myth, this real bird was believed to have access to the waters of creation, the source of all fertility'

Answer: the stork


Question: 'On this sitcom, Tim Taylor's neighbor Wilson dispensed advice from behind a fence with his face partially obscured'

Answer: Home Improvement


Question: 'It's a tasty breakfast pastry usually filled with fruit, almond paste, or cheese'

Answer: a danish


Question: 'The drachma'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Alaska's state motto is "North to" this'

Answer: the Future


Question: 'Ayn's rock groups'

Answer: Rand\'s bands


Question: 'The name of this bird seen here can also mean an unscrupulous person who preys greedily'

Answer: a vulture


Question: 'He was the unseen boss of detectives Jill, Sabrina & Kelly (& later replacements Kris, Tiffany & Julie)'

Answer: Charlie


Question: 'In the classic French dish Canard à l'orange, this is served in an orange sauce'

Answer: duck


Question: 'The Schilling'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Of Canada's 13 provinces & territories, one of the 2 that border Alaska'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'The termites & ants in Nathanael's home'

Answer: West\'s pests


Question: 'The name of this game bird is also a verb that means "to shrink with fear"'

Answer: quail


Question: 'We never saw the face of this Yankees owner on "Seinfeld"; it was really Larry David voicing the part'

Answer: Steinbrenner


Question: 'It's a fluffy white fudge made with sugar, corn syrup, beaten egg whites & often nuts; tastes heavenly!'

Answer: divinity


Question: 'The franc<br />(2 of 3 countries)'

Answer: France and Belgium


Question: 'Alaska's Malaspina one of these ice formations, covers an area larger than Rhode Island'

Answer: a glacier


Question: 'Ms. Ephron's soft felt hats'

Answer: Nora\'s fedoras


Question: 'The house variety of this common songbird was introduced to North America in the 1850s'

Answer: sparrow


Question: 'Producer Lorenzo Music played this unseen doorman whose voice was heard via the intercom on "Rhoda"'

Answer: Carlton


Question: 'In the mood for a steak? Try this one named for a famous New York restaurant where it was once the house cut'

Answer: Delmonico


Question: 'The punt'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'This spot on the Arctic Ocean is the northernmost "point" of Alaska'

Answer: Point Barrow


Question: 'Benchley's furnaces'

Answer: Peter\'s heaters


Question: 'Nabokov's Humbert Humbert called his nymphet "light of my life, fire of my loins"'

Answer: Lolita


Question: 'Wisely tell us this avian team name for both Rice University & Temple University'

Answer: The Owl


Question: 'Lena Horne called this woman who died in 1996 "the world's golden songbird"'

Answer: Ella Fitzgerald


Question: 'Peary found that the Inuit on Greenland's west coast got iron for their knives from 3 of these heavenly objects'

Answer: meteorites


Question: 'A minor god, Aeolus was the keeper of these North, South, East & West'

Answer: the winds


Question: 'The handle of a sword, you can play this term to the ...'

Answer: a hilt


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Freud Museum in Vienna.) Despite all the research that's been done on Freud, no one can definitely say if, or when, he made the attributed remark "sometimes a" this "is just a" this'

Answer: a cigar


Question: 'This Indian tribe lends its name to Florida State University's sports teams'

Answer: Seminole


Question: 'She's the nationally prominent Californian seen here'

Answer: Dianne Feinstein


Question: 'William Bligh served as master of the HMS Resolution during this captain's third voyage to the Pacific'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question: 'In Hindu myth, Kama, armed with a bow of sugarcane & flower-tipped arrows, is the god of this'

Answer: love


Question: 'It's the highest point or peak, or the notoriously unreliable company of choice for Wile E. Coyote'

Answer: acme


Question: 'O. Henry gave us "busy as" this type of "man ... pasting on wall-paper"'

Answer: a one-armed man


Question: 'We hope these colorful birds don't leave their University of Delaware fans feeling "blue"'

Answer: Blue Hens


Question: 'In 1966 she & Nureyev danced in a movie version of the ballet "Romeo and Juliet"'

Answer: Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'In 1861, 3 years after reaching the shores of Lake Tanganyika, he became the first to ascend Mount Cameroon'

Answer: Sir Richard Burton


Question: 'For the Norse god Balder, this plant was the "kiss" of death; a piece of it pierced and killed him'

Answer: mistletoe


Question: 'Often accompanied by a drum, it's the instrument heard here'

Answer: a fife


Question: '"More light" were the 1832 last words of this great German writer'

Answer: Goethe


Question: 'They set sail for Vanderbilt University'

Answer: The Commodores


Question: 'In art, she's the traditional figure shown spinning the wheel that brings us the highs & lows of life'

Answer: Fortuna


Question: 'In 1880 he founded a French colony on the Congo; a "ville" in the Republic of the Congo is named for him'

Answer: Brazza


Question: 'Appropriately, 2 sons of this Greek god were named Phobos (Fear) & Deimos (Terror)'

Answer: Ares


Question: 'In 1916 this movement was founded by a group of artists & poets in Zurich; come to ...'

Answer: Dada


Question: 'Nixon's Secretary of State, he once quipped, "There cannot be a crisis next week.  My schedule is already full"'

Answer: Kissinger


Question: 'This Georgetown University sports team nickname may come from a Greek & Latin term meaning "what rocks"'

Answer: A Hoya


Question: 'Known for her aggressive interviews, this Italian journalist turned to writing against radical Islam'

Answer: Oriana Fallaci


Question: 'In 1488 this Portuguese navigator rescued Duarte Pacheco & several companions on the island of Principe'

Answer: Bartolomeu Dias


Question: 'He's the jackal-headed god of the dead seen here on an ancient Egyptian fresco'

Answer: Anubis


Question: 'Formally surrender your territory & give us this word' from the Latin for "yield"'

Answer: cede


Question: 'In 2006 Albert II of Monaco attended the Newport Jazz Festival's 50th anniv. celebration of this film that's set during the festival'

Answer: High Society


Question: 'Tableware from the battleship Florida is a highlight of the governor's mansion in this city'

Answer: Tallahassee


Question: 'This "Good Morning America" hostess' "Healthy Cooking" cookbook was a 1996 bestseller'

Answer: Joan Lunden


Question: 'This Christian holiday can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'An EEG records the electrical activity of this organ'

Answer: Brain


Question: 'This oblong seat without a back holds baseball players'

Answer: Bench


Question: 'They have breathing room<br />            (5)'

Answer: Lungs


Question: 'This city, central Florida's largest, is one of the world's top tourist destinations'

Answer: Orlando


Question: '"3rd Rock From The Sun" is this Oscar nominee's first sitcom'

Answer: John Lithgow


Question: 'Shelley, Idaho celebrates this tuber each September'

Answer: Potato


Question: 'Human beings normally have 46 of these in most of their cells'

Answer: Chromosomes


Question: 'Part of the house that precedes "clock", "chair" & "tree"'

Answer: Hall


Question: 'Paul Bunyan, for one<br />           (10)'

Answer: Lumberjack


Question: 'Miami is the seat of this county, which is entirely within Miami's metropolitan area'

Answer: Dade County


Question: 'This actor who plays Dr. Mark Greene on "ER" became the first cast member to direct an episode'

Answer: Anthony Edwards


Question: 'Each June Grand Rapids, Minnesota honors this "Wizard of Oz" star with a 4-day festival'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: 'This second-lightest metal, symbol K, is so soft it can be cut with a knife'

Answer: Potassium


Question: 'The Boston type of this chair has a spindle back & arms that match the curve of the seat, & sits on curved slats'

Answer: Rocking chair


Question: 'Bagel topper<br />          (3)'

Answer: Lox


Question: 'John Ringling exerted major influence on the development of this city where he made his home in the 1920s'

Answer: Sarasota


Question: 'This former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host covered gymnastics for NBC at the 1996 Olympics'

Answer: John Tesh


Question: 'Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day telethon raises money to fight this disease'

Answer: Muscular Dystrophy


Question: 'He's been called the "Father of Modern Rocketry"'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question: 'Any "birdbrain" knows these are the small compartments for papers in a desk'

Answer: Pigeonholes


Question: 'Tetanus woe<br />          (7)'

Answer: Lockjaw


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Florida city in which the group seen here is headquartered: (Blue Angels)'

Answer: Pensacola


Question: 'Caroline on "Baywatch", she was a Johnson & Johnson baby at age 6 months'

Answer: Yasmine Bleeth


Question: 'The Fiesta Bowl Parade & Prescott Bluegrass Festival are annual events in this state'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'According to his law, resistance in a DC circuit is the ratio of volts to amps'

Answer: Georg Ohm


Question: 'This French term for a tall cupboard with doors goes back to what it originally held -- weapons'

Answer: Armoire


Question: 'Dictionary compiler<br />           (13)'

Answer: Lexicographer


Question: 'This Dane's first novel "The Improviser", was published the same year as his first book of fairy tales'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'Claiming he was innocent, Captain Kidd was hanged in 1701 in this English capital for murder & piracy'

Answer: London


Question: 'A fine series of these paintings on fresh plaster in Assisi is tentatively attributed to Giotto'

Answer: frescoes


Question: 'If you're out in this European mountain range you may find the Inn Valley'

Answer: the Alps


Question: 'The inventor of this substitute named it after the Greek word for "pearly"--margarites'

Answer: margarine


Question: 'Friar Lawrence urges her to join "a sisterhood of holy nuns" but she ignores him & kills herself'

Answer: Juliet


Question: 'In this first Tom Clancy novel, the captain of a Soviet sub decides to defect with his ship'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'This first prime minister of independent India was educated in England at Harrow & Cambridge'

Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru


Question: 'His father, Auguste Manet, worked for the Ministry of Justice & wanted him to become a lawyer'

Answer: Edouard Manet


Question: 'Bayern is the German name of this German state known for its beer'

Answer: Bavaria


Question: 'Ancient Greeks used this pressed oil from the fruit of the Olea Europaea for skin lotion & anointings'

Answer: olive oil


Question: 'This comedy ends in Lucentio's house, not in Petruchio's'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'Sherwood Anderson helped this Mississippian find a publisher for "Soldier's Pay", his first novel'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'For health reasons, this founder of the Boy Scouts spent his last years in Kenya'

Answer: Lord Robert Baden-Powell


Question: 'As an art student in Madrid he met director Luis Bunuel with whom he later made the film "An Andalusian Dog"'

Answer: Salvador Dali


Question: 'Though Bornholm is a Danish island, it's much closer to this Scandinavian country than to Denmark'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This type of fat found in plum pudding can be used to make tallow candles'

Answer: suet


Question: 'The last scene of this tragedy takes place in a pavillion in Titus' garden in Rome'

Answer: Titus Andronicus


Question: 'He introduced intelligence agent George Smiley in 1961's "Call for the Dead"'

Answer: John le Carré


Question: 'King Haakon I of this country was killed in battle while fighting Erik Bloodax' sons'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'He was 24 when he first painted Spain's Philip IV who became his patron'

Answer: Diego Velasquez


Question: 'An island called the Calf of Man lies southwest of the Isle of Man in this sea'

Answer: Irish Sea


Question: 'The name of this oil was changed from "rapeseed oil" by the Canadian oil-seed industry'

Answer: canola oil


Question: 'This prince of Tyre discovers the wife he believed was dead has become a priestess of Diana'

Answer: Pericles


Question: 'Later a Bertolucci film, this first novel by Paul Bowles is considered a model of existential fiction'

Answer: The Sheltering Sky


Question: 'William H. Seward negotiated the Alaska Purchase during this president's administration'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'In 1906 Rodin invited this Romanian sculptor to work in his studio, but he refused'

Answer: Constantin Brancusi


Question: 'At 7,339 feet, Mount Orohena on this island is the highest point in the Society Islands'

Answer: Tahiti


Question: 'Found in fish, omega-3 oils are thought to lower the level of this bad cholesterol'

Answer: LDL (low density lipoproteins)


Question: 'Shortly before he dies this king laments, "And my poor fool is hang'd!"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'Last name of 2 brothers, one currently a cabinet secretary & one mayor of a city of several million'

Answer: Daley (William M. & Richard M.)


Question: 'In one of its official languages, this nation of 1 billion is known as Bharat'

Answer: India


Question: 'Marmaduke'

Answer: Dog (Great Dane)


Question: 'Proverbially, to indicate one's candidacy is to throw one's hat here'

Answer: In the ring


Question: 'It's what the child seen here is making'

Answer: Snow angel


Question: 'Some say Arafat was born in Jerusalem in 1929; others, in Gaza; still others, in this capital of Egypt'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Term for the sharp increase of birthrate in the U.S. after World War II'

Answer: Baby Boom


Question: 'The darkest area seen here, this Scandinavian nation is the fourth-largest country in Europe'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Pepe Le Pew'

Answer: Skunk


Question: 'An officeholder during the interval before a successor takes over is known as one of these limping birds'

Answer: Lame duck


Question: 'A Hasbro machine made them in the '70s, & you can make them yourself using juice concentrate'

Answer: Sno-cones


Question: 'It's "The Loneliest Number" of nights Arafat will reportedly sleep in a house before moving on'

Answer: 1


Question: 'Site where 1 of the 7 wonders of the ancient world "hung around"'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'Almost twice the size of the U.S., it's the largest member of the C.I.S.'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Pinky & the Brain'

Answer: Mice


Question: 'From the Latin for "to be away", this type of ballot is a vote cast by mail, not at a polling place'

Answer: Absentee


Question: 'In December 1968 Philadelphia Eagles fans pelted this usually-beloved personage with snowballs'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'In 1969 Arafat was named chairman of the PLO, which stands for this'

Answer: Palestine Liberation Organization


Question: 'This 1963 song was the Ronettes' biggest hit'

Answer: "Be My Baby"


Question: 'It borders every country on its continent but Ecuador & Chile'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Quick Draw McGraw'

Answer: Horse


Question: 'Term for the speech at a convention that sets the tone & outlines the main issues'

Answer: Keynote speech


Question: 'At the 1939 World's Fair, the Carrier Corp. demonstrated A/C in an imitation one of these domed dwellings'

Answer: Igloo


Question: 'Arafat & this Likud leader signed a 1997 accord on Israeli troop withdrawal from most of the city of Hebron'

Answer: Benjamin Netanyahu


Question: 'So called from its delicate odor, it's a tall plant with many small white or pink flowers'

Answer: Baby\'s breath


Question: 'Principal mountain ranges in this large country include the Kunlun, the Tian Shan & the Trans-Himalaya'

Answer: China


Question: 'PBS' Arthur'

Answer: Aardvark


Question: 'From the Latin for "grow together", it's an alliance of different groups for a specific cause'

Answer: Coalition


Question: 'Skiers know this 6-letter term for fresh, loose unpacked snow'

Answer: Powder


Question: 'In the '50s Arafat worked in an engineering firm in this country, the invasion of which triggered the Gulf War'

Answer: Kuwait


Question: 'This 1991 U2 album featuring "Mysterious Ways" caught our attention'

Answer: "Achtung Baby"


Question: 'This private Utah university is controlled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints'

Answer: Brigham Young University


Question: 'Daucus carota'

Answer: Carrot


Question: '"Voyages to Vinland" begins with this lucky guy getting baptized'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'Benecio del Toro plays troubled cop Javier Rodriguez in the 2000 film tale of America's war on drugs'

Answer: Traffic


Question: 'Like Abe Lincoln, 19th century VP Adlai Stevenson was born in Kentucky but was a congressman from this state'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Current actress Barrymore says "I Do" with Bugs' voice Mel & becomes...'

Answer: Drew Blanc


Question: 'In 1695 the Christopher Wren Building was built on this Virginia school's campus; classes are still held in it'

Answer: William and Mary


Question: 'Solanum tuberosum'

Answer: Potato


Question: 'This Englishman's 1577-1580 trip around the world wasn't mentioned in Hakluyt's 1589 book on English voyages'

Answer: Sir Francis Drake


Question: 'In 1996 Sean Connery was the voice of Draco, the last of these creatures'

Answer: Dragon


Question: '1 of the 2 19th century VPs named John C.; both were partisans of the South'

Answer: John C. Calhoun or John C. Breckenridge


Question: 'Ms. Farrow might be sorry if she makes it legal with "I Spy" actor Robert & becomes...'

Answer: Mia Culp


Question: 'On May 17, 1987 pranksters from this Pasadena school changed the Hollywood sign to the name of the school'

Answer: Caltech


Question: 'Capsicum annuum'

Answer: Pepper


Question: 'By his account, he reached the New World's mainland 14 months before Columbus; that's why we're not in Columbia'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: 'In 1981 Wallace Shawn came prepared to eat in "My Dinner With" this man'

Answer: Andre


Question: 'We were going to save this 1870s VP for a "Starts With 'Colf'" category, but here goes'

Answer: Schuyler Colfax


Question: 'If the corn-rowed star of "10" married English diarist Samuel, she'd make an entry as...'

Answer: Bo Pepys


Question: 'This state university of New Jersey was founded by the Dutch Reformed Church as Queen's College in 1766'

Answer: Rutgers


Question: 'Zea mays'

Answer: Corn


Question: 'This Tarrytown, N.Y. author's cross-country trip was the source for his 1835 book "A Tour on the Prairies"'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'This 1992 Denzel Washington film is reportedly the first & only non-documentary film allowed to be made in Mecca'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'Richard Johnson was elected with the slogan "Rumpsey Dumpsey Colonel Johnson Killed" this Shawnee leader'

Answer: Tecumseh


Question: 'If bubbly Ms. Hawn reaches a "Human Understanding" with British philosopher John, she'd become...'

Answer: Goldie Locke


Question: 'The Statler Inn at this Ithaca, N.Y. school was built as a "teaching hotel" for its school of hotel administration'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'Phaseolus limensis'

Answer: Lima bean


Question: 'In the 5th century B.C. he added a great description of the land of Egypt to his great history work'

Answer: Herodotus


Question: '(Hi, I'm Nathan Lane.)  My movie with Robin Williams, "The Birdcage", is an English language version of this film'

Answer: La Cage aux Folles


Question: 'In 1848 future VP Henry Wilson helped form this party opposed to extending slavery to new territory'

Answer: Free Soil Party


Question: 'Ivanka's mom, the former Mrs. Trump, makes it legal with '70s chief justice Warren & becomes...'

Answer: Ivana Burger


Question: 'This man commanded the last organized military force to invade the lower 48 states'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'At Southern Nazarene Univ., you can find a happy medium by majoring in the print or broadcast type of this'

Answer: Journalism


Question: 'This state's first community college was established in Fresno in 1910'

Answer: California


Question: 'In 1997 the Fighting Sioux of the Univ. of this "North" state won their 6th NCAA hockey title'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'Oil-checking device that's used as slang for a stupid person'

Answer: Dipstick


Question: 'It wouldn't be barbecue night without this, scientific name Zea mays'

Answer: Corn


Question: 'Conan O'Brien sharpened his comedy skills at this university by writing for its famous Lampoon'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'The 2 languages you'll most likely have to learn as a classics major'

Answer: Greek & Latin


Question: 'It's home to Concordia College as well as the University of Michigan'

Answer: Ann Arbor


Question: 'Pat Summitt has led this school's Lady Volunteers to 5 NCAA basketball championships in the past 11 years'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'Something that doesn't require much use of your gray matter is a "no" this'

Answer: Brainer


Question: 'These Mexican "sandwiches", whose name means "plug", can be made with crisp or soft tortillas'

Answer: Tacos


Question: 'This magazine editor seen here played Antonio in "The Tempest" when he was a student at Brown in 1981'

Answer: John F. Kennedy Jr.


Question: 'Anthropology majors study them as group ways of life; biology majors grow them in petri dishes'

Answer: Cultures


Question: 'Even if Gallaudet weren't here, it's still quite the party town...a 2-party town mainly'

Answer: Washington, D.C.


Question: '(Hi, I'm Summer Sanders)  In 1992 I led this school, now attended by Chelsea Clinton, to a national swimming championship'

Answer: Stanford


Question: 'They're referred to as "da 'rents", or "rentals"'

Answer: Parents


Question: 'Italian for "little turnip", these cheese-filled pillows are served on pasta night in the dining hall'

Answer: Ravioli


Question: 'Janet Reno was president, not attorney general of the women's student govt. at this Ithaca, N.Y. school'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'Washington State offers majors in both this social science & the "home" version'

Answer: Economics


Question: 'In 1942 the University of this city was the site of the first controlled nuclear chain reaction'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'From 1962 through 1997, this North Carolina men's basketball coach had an NCAA record 879 wins'

Answer: Dean Smith


Question: 'If you do it with "a dime" you inform on someone'

Answer: Drop a dime


Question: 'Combine greens, veggies & dressing at this counter the dining hall calls "The Garden of Eatin'"'

Answer: Salad Bar


Question: 'As a student at Berkeley in '76, she had her first short story published, maybe while "Waiting to Exhale"'

Answer: Terry McMillan


Question: 'College major of the man (Newt Gingrich) seen here; he's also taught the subject'

Answer: History


Question: 'Ex-senator Sam Nunn is on the Emory board of trustees, which meets in this city'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'In 1997 Ohio State's Blaine Wilson won the rings, vault & all-around titles in this sport'

Answer: Gymnastics


Question: 'Hit someone "on his hip" & you've sent him a message this way'

Answer: On his pager


Question: 'The dining hall's carving board features roast beef & this bird, Meleagris gallopavo'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'It's no rumour; while studying at Oxford this politician seen here sang with the rock band Ugly Rumours'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'Major John Andre, this traitor's contact on the British side, was hanged in 1780'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'Appropriately, a Spin Doctors tune is used as this sitcom's theme'

Answer: Spin City


Question: 'Of the 3 branches of the U.S. government, it's the one that makes the laws'

Answer: Legislative


Question: '"A low, dull quick sound...such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton" is from this Poe story'

Answer: "The Tell-Tale Heart"


Question: 'It's the event portrayed in a Jan van Eyck painting seen here'

Answer: Wedding


Question: 'Typical college course in which you learn about proper food & diet'

Answer: Nutrition


Question: 'In 1923 he was an obscure major stationed in Panama; 30 years later he was U.S. president'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'For its 1997-98 season, this show used the following as its theme<br />("Cleveland Rocks")'

Answer: The Drew Carey Show


Question: 'He's the current president of the Senate'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: '"The Sisters" & "Araby" are 2 of the 15 stories in his "Dubliners"'

Answer: James Joyce


Question: '19th century French romantic who painted the following<br />("Liberty Leading the People")'

Answer: Eugene Delacroix


Question: 'It's a 4-letter slang term meaning to cook in a microwave'

Answer: Nuke


Question: 'This major's major achievement was proving that mosquitos transmit yellow fever'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'Paula Cole wrote the theme to this new WB teen drama'

Answer: Dawson\'s Creek


Question: 'Every 10 years when it counts the population, this agency also conducts a study of housing'

Answer: Census Bureau


Question: 'This playwright first wrote short stories while he was a medical student at Moscow University in the 1880s'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'This painted exhibited the work seen here with the Impressionists, who didn't all get the point'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: 'This region on both sides of the Nile was known to the ancient Egyptians as Cush'

Answer: Nubia


Question: 'One of his first stands, at Gettysburg when he was 23, got him promoted to major in the regular army'

Answer: George Custer


Question: 'The Bodeans song heard here is the theme of this series'

Answer: Party of Five


Question: '(Hi, I'm Pat Schroeder)  In 1972 I became the first woman ever to be elected to Congress from this state'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'The "Secret Life" of this character in a Thurber story ends with him imagining facing a firing squad'

Answer: Walter Mitty


Question: 'Post-Impressionist whose work is seen here'

Answer: Paul Cezanne


Question: 'It's the proper term for a coin collector'

Answer: Numismatist


Question: 'A Florida fort named for this major gave its name in turn to a city of 160,000'

Answer: William Lauderdale


Question: 'This group features Les Claypool performing the theme for "South Park"'

Answer: Primus


Question: 'This privilege allows members of Congress free use of the mail for official business'

Answer: Franking


Question: 'Based on Stephen Crane's experience, it's the story of 4 shipwreck survivors'

Answer: "The Open Boat"


Question: 'Abstract expressionist who painted the following'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'From the Latin for "to harm", it's a pest, or anything annoying'

Answer: Nuisance


Question: 'On the initiative of Sen. Patrick Leahy, in 1998 it was designated the sixth Great Lake'

Answer: Lake Champlain


Question: '"'He is a strange, half-savage creature of the jungle, Miss Porter'"'

Answer: Tarzan of the Apes


Question: '"H" is for this 1956 song for which Elvis found "a new place to dwell"--at the top of the charts'

Answer: Heartbreak Hotel


Question: 'On Oct. 8, 1871 I didn't see her cow start the fire at her Chicago barn, but I should have put it out early'

Answer: Mrs. O\'Leary


Question: 'This hemorrhage of a blood vessel leading to the brain is also known as an apoplexy'

Answer: a stroke


Question: 'In 1875 the first swim across this waterway took about 22 hours; in 1994 it was accomplished in about 7'

Answer: the English Channel


Question: 'The chief attendant of the bridegroom'

Answer: the best man


Question: '"They reached the carriage-drive at Toad Hall to find, as the badger had anticipated, a shiny new motor-car"'

Answer: Wind in the Willows


Question: '"A" is for this Las Vegas hotel where Elvis & Priscilla were married on May 1, 1967, not by a genie but by a judge'

Answer: the Aladdin


Question: 'I didn't "aid" the thief by giving him directions to the bank, nor did I do this companion act; I didn't incite him to rob it'

Answer: abet


Question: 'Also known as dens sapientiae, these can be a pain if they have to come out'

Answer: the wisdom teeth (or third molars)


Question: 'This San Antonio Spurs star originally trained to be an Olympic swimmer, but Hurricane Hugo wrecked the pool'

Answer: Tim Duncan


Question: 'Proverbial 3-word term for a dog in relation to our species'

Answer: man\'s best friend


Question: '"'Thanks, Ollie.'  Those were her last words"'

Answer: Love Story


Question: '"V" is for this 1964 film that used the tagline "Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!"'

Answer: Viva Las Vegas


Question: 'I was a lookout--I didn't bust open the lock for the "breaking" part or do this crime that goes with it'

Answer: entering


Question: 'The NFL recently set a policy for these injuries, from the Latin for "shaking"'

Answer: concussions


Question: 'The wife of this "Give me liberty or give me death" speechmaker was confined at home due to mental illness'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'Day-of-the-week term for clothing worn on special occasions'

Answer: Sunday best


Question: '"Adam Trask was born on a farm on the outskirts of a little town which was not far from a big town in Connecticut"'

Answer: East of Eden


Question: '"T" is for this Mississippi town of Elvis' birth which was once called Gum Pond but later renamed for a tree'

Answer: Tupelo


Question: 'I did give the guy a crowbar, but I never dreamed he would steal a car & commit this 3-word crime, also a video game'

Answer: grand theft auto


Question: 'Vegetable term for an ear that's misshapen from repeated blows'

Answer: a cauliflower ear


Question: 'Horace Gray was the first Supreme Court Justice to hire 1 of these; he spent more time as Gray's barber than researching'

Answer: a clerk


Question: 'Uno, a 15-inch beagle, took this Westminster Kennel Club top prize in 2008'

Answer: Best in Show


Question: '"Habit, n. A shackle for the free" & "Prejudice, n. A vagrant opinion without visible means of support"'

Answer: The Devil\'s Dictionary


Question: '"P" is for this manager who sold Elvis' entire music catalog to RCA in 1973 for about $5 million, far below its market value'

Answer: Colonel (Tom) Parker


Question: 'I only introduced this British war secretary to Christine Keeler; I had no idea a scandal would ensue & he'd quit'

Answer: John Profumo


Question: 'Antonio Egas Moniz won a 1949 Nobel Prize for introducing this procedure that affects the prefrontal lobes'

Answer: a lobotomy


Question: 'Christianity Today said this animated TV dad is more associated with Christianity than the Pope or Mother Teresa'

Answer: Ned Flanders


Question: 'Brian Epstein was assigned to boot this drummer from the Beatles in 1962'

Answer: Pete Best


Question: 'In 1821 Panama broke away from Spain & became a province of this country'

Answer: Colombia


Question: '"Mandibles"'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'Residents of Greensburg, Kansas had about 20 minutes warning before one of these destroyed their town in 2007'

Answer: a tornado


Question: 'When it's just you & this person, be prepared to show a letter of consent or order of custody'

Answer: your child


Question: 'This Scottish poet rhymed "purple" with "curple" (meaning "the rump")'

Answer: (Rabbie) Burns


Question: 'Put a letter on your mitten & you become this, love-struck'

Answer: smitten


Question: 'In October 1520 this Portuguese explorer became the first European to reach Chile & Tierra del Fuego'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: '"Capital of Bavaria"'

Answer: Munich


Question: 'NOAA forecasts include wind speeds like 25-30 mph "with" these sudden bursts of wind "up to 50"'

Answer: gusts


Question: 'Though not big enough to get a star on our flag, they're the cabins aboard cruise ships'

Answer: staterooms


Question: 'His "Wealth of Nations" is widely considered the first great work in political economy'

Answer: Adam Smith


Question: 'After you take a beating, add a letter to it & I'll give you one of these tongue-lashings'

Answer: a berating


Question: 'Shipwrecked English sailors founded a settlement in 1638 in what is now this Central American nation'

Answer: Belize


Question: '"Forever"'

Answer: Always


Question: 'It blew into southern Louisiana Sept. 1, 2008 but fortunately didn't turn out to be Katrina II'

Answer: Gustav


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Machu Picchu in Peru.)  Nationals of the European Union, Australia, Canada & the U.S. who visit Peru for less than 90 days aren't required to carry one of these documents unless they're here for business'

Answer: a visa


Question: 'In the 1760s he improved upon the Newcomen steam engine by making a separate condenser, his first invention'

Answer: (James) Watt


Question: 'Adding a letter to scone turns a baked good into this bracket for candles'

Answer: a sconce


Question: 'This Indian civilization, probably the first in the Americas, lived in eastern Mexico from about 1200 to 400 B.C.'

Answer: the Olmec(s)


Question: '"Achieve My Apprehension Where Possible"'

Answer: Catch Me if You Can


Question: 'The hot "khamsin" blows about 50 days a year & gets its name from the word for 50 in this language'

Answer: Arabic


Question: 'City on the south side of the most congested U.S.-Mexico crossing; half the northbound cars wait 90 minutes'

Answer: Tijuana


Question: 'This Scottish reformation leader published his "Faithful Admonition" to Protestants in England in 1554'

Answer: John Knox


Question: 'Add a letter to ignite & it becomes this brown coal'

Answer: lignite


Question: 'In 1990 she defeated Daniel Ortega to become president of Nicaragua'

Answer: Violeta Chamorro


Question: '"Helios' Kingdom"'

Answer: Empire of the Sun


Question: 'These winds are no longer needed for commerce, but they do make for great windsurfing in Barbados'

Answer: the trade winds


Question: 'A U.S. embassy may provide services through this "section" whose name recalls an ancient Roman office'

Answer: consular (consulate accepted)


Question: 'After recovering from a nervous breakdown, this Scottish philosopher wrote "A Treatise of Human Nature"'

Answer: David Hume


Question: 'Haddock is a fish; add a letter & it becomes this large citrus fruit'

Answer: shaddock


Question: 'One of the 2 presidents to win the national popular vote 3 times but only be elected president twice'

Answer: (1 of) Grover Cleveland & Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Dante begins his journey on this day, the anniversary of the crucifixion'

Answer: Good Friday


Question: 'Magic Johnson'

Answer: the Lakers


Question: 'From 1869 to 1939 education was administered by this cabinet department that manages national parks'

Answer: Interior


Question: 'The first week of August honors these circus performers & is appropriately followed by Smile Week'

Answer: clowns


Question: 'Exodus 12 has instructions for this holiday; please respond with one question, not 4'

Answer: Passover


Question: 'Profession of Pinter, Shaw & Beckett'

Answer: playwrights


Question: 'Dante journeys through Hell to the rim of Purgatory with the guidance of this Roman epic poet'

Answer: Virgil


Question: 'John Elway'

Answer: the Broncos


Question: 'It can be a school of higher education for girls, or a school for training priests, ministers or rabbis'

Answer: a seminary


Question: 'Among other things, this month is Cherry Month & Creative Romance Month'

Answer: February


Question: 'In 1:22 he says, "Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river"'

Answer: the pharaoh


Question: 'It's the symbol seen here, more gigantic than usual'

Answer: a copyright symbol


Question: '"Purgatory" & "Paradise" contain 33 of these poem subdivisions; "Inferno" has 34'

Answer: cantos


Question: 'Ted Williams'

Answer: the Red Sox


Question: 'The NMSA is the "National" this type of "Association" for young adolescents'

Answer: middle schools


Question: 'Knoxville's Boomsday festival celebrating this Sept. holiday has one of the USA's largest fireworks displays'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: '14: 16 says, "And the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea" --this one'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: '"Let It Snow" begins, "Oh the weather outside is" this'

Answer: frightful


Question: 'Capocchio & Griffolino of Arezzo are damned to Hell for being falsifiers of metal using this process'

Answer: alchemy


Question: 'Isiah Thomas'

Answer: the Pistons


Question: 'In August 1995 Shannon Faulkner became the first female cadet at this South Carolina military college'

Answer: The Citadel


Question: 'By presidential proclamation, October 9 is set aside to honor this Viking & all Americans of Nordic heritage'

Answer: Leif Ericson


Question: 'In chapter 4 Moses casts a rod to the ground, & it turns into this'

Answer: a snake


Question: 'Adjective meaning animated, vivacious or lively'

Answer: sprightly


Question: 'Paging Mr. Magus, this magician who offered to purchase the power of transmitting the Holy Spirit'

Answer: Simon


Question: 'Kirby Puckett'

Answer: the Minnesota Twins


Question: 'In 1838 this Massachusetts educator founded the biweekly Common School Journal for teachers'

Answer: Horace Mann


Question: 'On this November holiday created in 1937 by Al Capp in "Li'l Abner", unmarried women pursue bachelors'

Answer: Sadie Hawkins Day


Question: 'Chapter 20 has the 10 Commandments; these 2 are each 4 words long in the King James Version'

Answer: "Thou shalt not kill" & "Thou shalt not steal"


Question: 'This U.S. government scholarship program named for a senator began in 1946'

Answer: Fulbright


Question: 'The statue was based on this giant Greek statue destroyed by an earthquake around 225 B.C.'

Answer: the Colossus of Rhodes


Question: '1964:<br />"Ponderosa Matador"'

Answer: Bonanza


Question: 'By order of the king, this innovation came to the streets of Paris in 1184'

Answer: stone paving (sewer drains accepted)


Question: '2, 4, 6'

Answer: 2


Question: 'At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the team from this island used a modified Olympic flag as its national banner'

Answer: Taiwan


Question: 'An example of the wavering cry of this type of bird is heard here'

Answer: a warbler


Question: 'It's the decade the Statue of Liberty was dedicated & opened in New York harbor'

Answer: the 1880s


Question: '1997:<br />"Welcome To The Hellmouth"'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'Hippodamus of Miletus advocated this basic pattern of crisscrossing streets forming squares'

Answer: a grid


Question: '9, 13, 15'

Answer: 13


Question: 'The only common first name to appear on a national flag is this one on the flag of Saudi Arabia'

Answer: Muhammad


Question: 'Lech Kaczynski used the mayoralty of this city as a political springboard'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'This French engineer was consulted to design the statue's skeleton & make it sound structurally'

Answer: (Gustave) Eiffel


Question: '2004:<br />"Viva Las Vegas"'

Answer: CSI


Question: 'Also preceding "glasses" & "knot", it's the type of accessory "flat" that may be encouraged to increase density'

Answer: a granny flat


Question: '21, 23, 27'

Answer: 23


Question: 'This nation's maritime self-defense force, successor to the imperial navy, uses the flag seen here'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Have some cherry pie & name this group'

Answer: Warrant


Question: 'A poem on the statue reads "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to" do this'

Answer: breathe free


Question: '1981:<br />"Alexis' Secret"'

Answer: Dynasty


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a plot design, and green space appears along the road curves.)  In suburban planning, additional green space created by curved streets & houses with varying setbacks is called this 4-letter word, also a small, sheltered bay'

Answer: a cove


Question: '39, 49, 59'

Answer: 59


Question: 'Both the flag & the coat of arms of this Eastern Canadian province bear the Cross of St. Andrew'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'This phrase is derived from Oliver Cromwell's request to be painted as he was, including blemishes'

Answer: warts and all


Question: 'The statue was designed by this French sculptor & took 10 years to build'

Answer: (Frédéric Auguste) Bartholdi


Question: '1989:<br />"How To Survive In Vietnam"'

Answer: China Beach


Question: 'STC, like the one in Hoboken, is short for this commission that aims to keep the city green, leafy & cool'

Answer: Shade Tree Commission


Question: '81, 85, 89'

Answer: 89


Question: 'This European principality added a crown to its flag in 1936 to differentiate it from the identical flag of Haiti'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a piece of materiel.)  The energetic materials center at New Mexico tech is testing shape charges, a type of this that's formed for maximum impact'

Answer: a warhead


Question: 'In 2002 the soundtrack to this George Clooney film won album of the year, only the third to do so'

Answer: O Brother, Where Art Thou


Question: 'This "A" word means to relinquish power or give up the throne'

Answer: abdicate


Question: 'In 1991, after 8 years as the AKC's top dog, the cocker spaniel lost the No. 1 ranking to this dog called a lab'

Answer: a Labrador retriever


Question: 'Upton Sinclair wrote "The Jungle" & he wrote "The Jungle Book"'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling