Question: 'For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory'

Answer: Copernicus


Question: 'No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves'

Answer: Jim Thorpe


Question: 'The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper'

Answer: the ant


Question: 'Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today'

Answer: the Appian Way


Question: 'No. 8: 30 steals for the Birmingham Barons; 2,306 steals for the Bulls'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in & was first displayed on'

Answer: Crate & Barrel


Question: '"And away we go"'

Answer: Jackie Gleason


Question: 'Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again'

Answer: the cud


Question: 'In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea'

Answer: Ceylon (or Sri Lanka)


Question: 'No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies'

Answer: Jim Brown


Question: 'On June 28, 1994 the nat'l weather service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the sun's radiation'

Answer: the UV index


Question: 'This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a  month'

Answer: Bulova


Question: 'Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"'

Answer: Jesse James


Question: 'A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)'

Answer: imp


Question: 'Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889'

Answer: the International


Question: 'No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats"'

Answer: (Lou) Gehrig


Question: 'Africa's lowest temperature was 11 degrees below zero in 1935 at Ifrane, just south of Fez in this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women'

Answer: (Paul) Bonwit


Question: '1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"'

Answer: Hattie McDaniel (for her role in Gone with the Wind)


Question: 'In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs'

Answer: era


Question: 'This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name'

Answer: the Congress Party


Question: 'No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer'

Answer: (Wilt) Chamberlain


Question: 'The Kirschner brothers, Don & Bill, named this ski company for themselves & the second-highest mountain'

Answer: K2


Question: 'Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'A single layer of paper, or to perform one's craft diligently'

Answer: ply


Question: 'Beyond ovoid abandonment, beyond ovoid betrayal... you won't believe the ending when he "Hatches the Egg"'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'California'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat'

Answer: a kennel


Question: 'He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'Steven Tyler of this band lent his steamin' vocals to "Train Kept A-Rollin'", first popularized by the Yardbirds'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero'

Answer: oratory


Question: '1 of the 2 born in Vermont'

Answer: Coolidge (or Chester Arthur)


Question: 'When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks'

Answer: business class


Question: 'Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor'

Answer: Muhammed


Question: 'During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"'

Answer: the "Mystery Train"


Question: 'The shorter glass seen here, or a quaint cocktail made with sugar & bitters'

Answer: an old-fashioned


Question: 'Ripped from today's headlines, he was a turtle king gone mad; Mack was the one good turtle who'd bring him down'

Answer: Yertle


Question: 'In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline'

Answer: Air France


Question: 'Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member'

Answer: the Quakers


Question: 'This "Modern Girl" first hit the Billboard Top 10 with "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"'

Answer: (Sheena) Easton


Question: 'This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate's in 2001'

Answer: organza


Question: 'Somewhere between truth & fiction lies Marco's reality... on Halloween, you won't believe you saw it on this St.'

Answer: Mulberry Street


Question: 'In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane'

Answer: Ted


Question: 'With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland'

Answer: (John) Knox


Question: 'This band's "Train In Vain" was a hidden track on its original 1979 "London Calling" album'

Answer: The Clash


Question: 'Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals'

Answer: XC


Question: '"500 Hats"... 500 ways to die.  On July 4th, this young boy will defy a king... & become a legend'

Answer: Bartholomew Cubbins


Question: 'In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella'

Answer: Mall


Question: 'In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus'

Answer: (St. Ignatius) Loyola


Question: 'In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train'

Answer: "Night Train"


Question: 'This 1797 imbroglio began when 3 French agents demanded a huge bribe from U.S. diplomats'

Answer: the XYZ Affair


Question: 'Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure'

Answer: Icarus


Question: 'It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom'

Answer: England


Question: '"Party In The U.S.A." is by this singer who also plays a young lady named Hannah'

Answer: Miley Cyrus


Question: 'If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine'

Answer: the skin


Question: '4 x 12'

Answer: 48


Question: 'This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering'

Answer: dribbling


Question: 'Blood pumper'

Answer: heart


Question: '(Tate: I'm Tate Shaffer aboard the National Geographic Endeavour.  Alex: And...)  We're here in the Galapagos Islands at zero degrees latitude, which means we're right above this imaginary line that goes all the way around the Earth'

Answer: the equator


Question: '"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?'

Answer: Care Bears


Question: 'Peaches are more than 80% this compound'

Answer: H2O


Question: '7 x 7 x 2'

Answer: 98


Question: 'Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater'

Answer: sonar


Question: 'Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game'

Answer: a dart


Question: 'This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: '"The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go'" said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website'

Answer: Avril Lavigne


Question: '5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach'

Answer: the stone


Question: '3 x 4 x 5 x 6'

Answer: 360


Question: 'In this kid's game, you bounce a small rubber ball while picking up 6-pronged metal objects'

Answer: jacks


Question: 'It can be a separating line in your hair or a role in a play'

Answer: a part


Question: 'Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: '"I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did'

Answer: Colbie Caillat


Question: 'These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped'

Answer: leaves


Question: '5 x 10 x 15'

Answer: 750


Question: 'It's a type of bounce house, or a dance made famous by Michael Jackson'

Answer: the moonwalk


Question: 'A graphic representation of information'

Answer: a chart


Question: 'The family history you wrote for school might include entering the U.S. at this island in New York Bay'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"'

Answer: OneRepublic


Question: 'These parts of a peach tree grow at nodes along the shoots of the previous season's growth; they're usually pink'

Answer: blossoms


Question: '2 x 1,035'

Answer: 2,070


Question: 'This device whose name is from the Italian for "springboard" was perfected in the 1930s'

Answer: a trampoline


Question: 'Composer Wolfgang'

Answer: Mozart


Question: '99.95% of the mass of an atom is in this part'

Answer: the nucleus


Question: 'Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series'

Answer: the Little League


Question: 'This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard'

Answer: Harry Potter


Question: 'Say the name of this type of mollusk you see'

Answer: an octopus


Question: 'A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland'

Answer: a kilt


Question: 'During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this'

Answer: surfing


Question: 'This city, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, has been called "the entertainment capital of the world"'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'Say this state that was admitted to the Union in 1859'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"'

Answer: correct


Question: 'The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this'

Answer: plane


Question: 'With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977'

Answer: the high jump


Question: 'This dog breed seen here is a loyal and protective companion'

Answer: a German Shepherd


Question: 'Say the name of this bug; don't worry, it doesn't breathe fire'

Answer: the dragonfly


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates, putting his arm over his mouth.) To avoid spreading germs & maybe flu, we learned the sneeze named for this character made famous in an 1897 book'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'Maize is another word for this'

Answer: corn


Question: 'Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest'

Answer: helium


Question: '11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent'

Answer: judo


Question: 'In 1751 the Penn Provincial Assembly placed the order for this symbol of freedom, now in Philadelphia'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'Say the name of these big trees; it has a color in it'

Answer: redwood


Question: 'In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot"'

Answer: pedestrian


Question: 'Lava & igneous rock are formed from this hot liquid rock material found under the earth's crust'

Answer: magma


Question: 'This sport has an under-17 World Cup every 2 years; Haris Seferovic starred for the 2009 champion Switzerland'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana'

Answer: Prince William


Question: 'Say the name of this man you see shaking hands with the Premier of China'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"'

Answer: the balloon boy


Question: 'Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards'

Answer: a palindrome


Question: 'She was born in Virginia around 1596 & died in Kent, England in 1617'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess"'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'Once Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law", John Spencer now plays White House chief of staff Leo McGarry on this series'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: 'The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour is a highlight of this Asian city's Disneyland'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic'

Answer: Billy Idol


Question: '"Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel'

Answer: Heart of Darkness


Question: 'We'll look smart in these vehicles that returned to London in 1999'

Answer: Trams (smart)


Question: 'She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold"'

Answer: James Brolin


Question: 'The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat'

Answer: Sloop (pools)


Question: 'Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: '(Hi, I'm Wallace Langham)  I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer"'

Answer: The Monkees


Question: 'We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'Nudge, nudge, wink, wink!  This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show'

Answer: Eric Idle


Question: 'She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this'

Answer: Evian (naive)


Question: 'The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question: 'Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital'

Answer: Nairobi, Kenya


Question: 'His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets'

Answer: Isaiah


Question: 'One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works'

Answer: The Origin of Species


Question: 'Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields'

Answer: Dew (wed)


Question: '"The Catholic" of 15th century Spain'

Answer: Queen Isabella


Question: 'On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi'

Answer: Will Ferrell


Question: 'Andrea Palladio's 1554 book on "The Antiquities of" this city was the standard guidebook for some 200 years'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'You know so much about policy, you qualify as this'

Answer: Wonk (know)


Question: 'After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire'

Answer: Sound effects


Question: 'Saint-Pierre & Miquelon'

Answer: France


Question: 'Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band'

Answer: The Sex Pistols


Question: 'Because he had the same thing for lunch every day for 20 years, Andy Warhol painted these, beginning in 1962'

Answer: Campbell\'s Soup cans


Question: 'Lerner & Loewe's "Lusty Month"<br />(3)'

Answer: May


Question: 'This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly'

Answer: John D. Rockefeller


Question: 'Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene'

Answer: Continuity


Question: 'Montserrat'

Answer: Great Britain (United Kingdom)


Question: 'Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'Patrick Dennis' "Auntie"<br />(4)'

Answer: Mame


Question: 'First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster'

Answer: Sinking of the Titanic


Question: 'Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film'

Answer: 35mm


Question: 'Cook Islands'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this'

Answer: Life


Question: 'Andy's "15 minutes of fame" quote was once the motto of this magazine'

Answer: Interview


Question: 'It "Becomes Electra"<br />(8)'

Answer: Mourning


Question: 'This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar'

Answer: Steadicam


Question: 'Madeira Islands'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Andy's loft on East 47th Street got this nickname from its former use & Andy's mass-production techniques'

Answer: The Factory


Question: 'Colchian jilted by Jason<br />(5)'

Answer: Medea


Question: 'In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film'

Answer: Negative cutter


Question: 'Northern Mariana Islands'

Answer: USA


Question: 'Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album'

Answer: Velvet Underground


Question: 'Faust's fiendish foe<br />(14)'

Answer: Mephistopheles


Question: 'If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract'

Answer: H.J. Heinz (Heinz 57 Varieties)


Question: 'This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body'

Answer: Enamel


Question: 'This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871'

Answer: Mrs. O\'Leary\'s cow


Question: 'It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)'

Answer: Great Britain/England


Question: 'Minoru Yamasaki reached new heights with this New York City complex'

Answer: World Trade Center


Question: 'Quentin Tarantino directed this film & also had a bit role as Jimmy of Toluca Lake'

Answer: Pulp Fiction


Question: 'A student, or a minor in Roman law'

Answer: Pupil


Question: 'The time it takes for 50% of the atoms to decay in a radioactive substance is called this'

Answer: Half-life


Question: 'At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest'

Answer: Pike\'s Peak


Question: 'Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood)'

Answer: India


Question: 'William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus'

Answer: Speed


Question: 'A blow with a whip'

Answer: Lash


Question: 'While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous'

Answer: Iodine


Question: 'While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve'

Answer: Adam\'s rib


Question: 'Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Jean Vander Pyl, who played Wilma in the original cartoon series, played Mrs. Feldspar in this movie adaptation'

Answer: The Flintstones


Question: 'A hollow area that holds a light bulb'

Answer: Socket


Question: 'The "super" class of these stars, the largest known, includes Antares & Betelgeuse'

Answer: Red giants


Question: 'You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts'

Answer: Martha\'s Vineyard


Question: 'In the 1990s, this nation whose flag is seen here moved its seat of government to a different city'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum'

Answer: Air & Space Museum


Question: 'Containing the hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", it was Disney's first animated feature not based on an existing story'

Answer: The Lion King


Question: 'Flower seen here (that fits the category)'

Answer: Iris


Question: 'On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution'

Answer: Neutral


Question: 'In Exodus, this was thrown down before Pharaoh at Moses' instruction'

Answer: Aaron\'s rod (turned into a snake)


Question: 'This Mediterranean country whose flag is seen here is "The Word"'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Louis Skidmore designed the secret atomic site that became this Tennessee town'

Answer: Oak Ridge


Question: 'In this film Martin Scorsese says the TV audience wants "To  watch the money"'

Answer: Quiz Show


Question: 'People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood'

Answer: Contacts


Question: '4 different species of bears live in Alaska:  Kodiak, grizzly, black & this'

Answer: Polar bears


Question: 'Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel'

Answer: Michael


Question: 'Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This term for a fluid can also mean "to sign" as a contract'

Answer: Ink


Question: 'Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job'

Answer: Governor


Question: 'Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17'

Answer: Soccer


Question: 'In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned"'

Answer: harps


Question: 'In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'Style of the 1877 painting seen here'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor'

Answer: Fairbanks


Question: 'Vladimir Samsonov is touted as Europe's only hope against China in this game'

Answer: Ping-pong


Question: 'A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these'

Answer: Angel Eyes


Question: 'Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud'

Answer: Ibn


Question: 'One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates'

Answer: "The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"


Question: 'The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!'

Answer: Garry Kasparov


Question: 'In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Group whose feast day is October 2, or a group founded in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa'

Answer: Guardian Angels


Question: 'David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine'

Answer: Ottoman Empire


Question: 'From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"'

Answer: Imminent


Question: 'The mainland peninsula closest to Russia is named for this man'

Answer: William Seward


Question: 'New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport'

Answer: Rugby


Question: 'The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain'

Answer: Isabella


Question: 'With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"'

Answer: Angel of Death


Question: 'Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995'

Answer: Lesotho


Question: 'Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term'

Answer: Inflation


Question: 'Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries'

Answer: Slovenia


Question: 'His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'Yeah, baby!  Meaning "magnificent", this Texas-sounding name comes with certain "Powers"'

Answer: Austin


Question: ';-)<br />Ocular act that sends a signal'

Answer: winking


Question: 'The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com'

Answer: seventeen.com


Question: 'Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics'

Answer: a siege


Question: 'The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic'

Answer: Chris Rock


Question: 'This name shared by great & terrible rulers is a Russian variation of John'

Answer: Ivan


Question: ':-$<br />It's where this emoticon tells you to "put your money"'

Answer: where your mouth is


Question: 'This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key'

Answer: the Star-Spangled Banner


Question: 'If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday'

Answer: thirteen


Question: 'Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces'

Answer: Richmond


Question: 'He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote'

Answer: Rupert Grint


Question: 'This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"'

Answer: Regina


Question: ':-*<br />Gene Simmons might accept one of these from any pretty woman'

Answer: a kiss


Question: 'The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada'

Answer: red & white


Question: 'A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store'

Answer: a canteen


Question: 'In Feb. 2005 a reenactment was staged for this 140th anniversary of this fort's reoccupation by Union troops'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake'

Answer: Hilary Duff


Question: 'This Welsh form of Margaret was among the USA's top 10 girls' names of the 1990s'

Answer: Megan


Question: '=|:-)=<br />This is an extension of the initials U.S.'

Answer: Uncle Sam


Question: 'The flag of this U.S. possession is almost the same as the flag of Cuba'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage'

Answer: 19th


Question: 'On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"'

Answer: Sherman


Question: '"You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer'

Answer: Ryan Cabrera


Question: 'Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"'

Answer: Dora


Question: ':-b..<br />Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig'

Answer: drooling


Question: 'The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year'

Answer: 1960


Question: 'Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"'

Answer: 14


Question:
'Ljubljana,
Bratislava,
Barcelona'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: 'Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'At sea level at 70 degrees this travels 1,129 feet per second; it speeds up over 1 foot per sec. for each rising degree'

Answer: sound


Question: '"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store'

Answer: Circuit City


Question: 'The name of this color comes from the Greek word porphyra'

Answer: purple


Question:
'Istanbul,
Ottawa,
Amman'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew puts some lines on the ice in the Olympic Oval rink at Park City, UT.)  In 1998, this U.S. skater was 2nd at Nagano; in 2002, she was 3rd here in Utah'

Answer: Michelle Kwan


Question: 'The largest tree, the General Sherman in California, is this type, also called a Sierra Redwood'

Answer: a sequoia


Question: '"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'SKX is the stock symbol for this manufacturer of sporty shoes'

Answer: Skechers


Question: 'A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl"'

Answer: crater


Question:
'Sofia,
Sarajevo,
Saigon'

Answer: Saigon


Question: 'Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes'

Answer: moguls


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the pole vault at Duke University's track in Durham, NC.)  In bending an elastic solid, stress is the force causing deformation & this is the 6-letter term for the deformation'

Answer: strain


Question: '"'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?'  'Of course they do, Scout'"'

Answer: Harper Lee


Question: 'This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie'

Answer: Urban Outfitters


Question: 'From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author'

Answer: a pseudonym


Question:
'Bucharest,
Bonn,
Bern'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport'

Answer: the bobsled


Question: '6 elements once known as inert gases are now known by this aristocratic name'

Answer: noble gases


Question: '"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'This bookstore chain is named for its "edgy" founders, brothers Tom & Louis'

Answer: Borders


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew paddles his kayak.)  Kayak is an example of this type of reversible word from the Greek for "running back again"'

Answer: a palindrome


Question:
'Belize City,
Guatemala City,
Panama City'

Answer: Belize City


Question: 'His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002'

Answer: Bode Miller


Question: '(A honey-colored retriever named Max tries to lick Cheryl of the Clue Crew as she pets him at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.)  Veterinarians refer to this area of an animal's body as the posterior or this region, from the Latin for "the tail"'

Answer: the caudal region


Question: '"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"'

Answer: Aéropostale


Question: 'It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum'

Answer: a syllabus


Question: 'On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America'

Answer: the HMS Beagle


Question: 'goop.com is a lifestyles website from this Oscar-winning actress; the g & p represent her initials'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question:
'Baylor,
Stephen F. Austin,
Rice'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions'

Answer: a pride


Question: 'If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope'

Answer: a bunny hill


Question: 'If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier'

Answer: Southwest


Question: 'In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news show'

Answer: Meet the Press


Question: 'Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"'

Answer: Finding Nemo


Question:
'Antioch,
Bowling Green,
Kent State'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these'

Answer: pods


Question: 'Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow'

Answer: powder


Question: 'Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)'

Answer: a goose


Question: 'Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers'

Answer: Linux


Question: 'Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"'

Answer: Harrison Ford


Question:
'DePaul,
Wheaton,
Northwestern'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'A crash is a group of these large horned mammals'

Answer: rhinoceroses


Question: 'In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant'

Answer: Mammoth


Question: '"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question'

Answer: "I don\'t know"


Question: 'The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him'

Answer: Ron Burgundy


Question: 'Wayne State,<br />Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them'

Answer: a kennel


Question: 'In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order'

Answer: a slalom


Question: 'When mom tells you to do something "Maintenant!", she means this'

Answer: now


Question: 'Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system'

Answer: PayPal


Question: 'We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question:
'Grambling,
McNeese State,
Southern'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'A flock of these black birds is called a murder'

Answer: crows


Question: 'Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people'

Answer: moguls


Question: '"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number'

Answer: eighth


Question: 'Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: '"X&Y",<br />"Parachutes"'

Answer: Coldplay


Question: 'This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein'

Answer: the umbillical cord


Question: 'Che Guevara probably knew the political-sounding term for the root symbol seen here'

Answer: radical


Question: 'The World Wide Web gets its first page'

Answer: the 1990s


Question: 'This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way"'

Answer: devious


Question: 'During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: '"American Idiot",<br />"Dookie"'

Answer: Green Day


Question: 'The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth'

Answer: muscles


Question:
'You should answer this one automatically:
It's the property that says
a = a'

Answer: reflexive


Question: 'The first controlled nuclear chain reaction'

Answer: the 1940s


Question: 'This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well'

Answer: John Cheever


Question: '"Master of Puppets",<br />"Death Magnetic"'

Answer: Metallica


Question: 'The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint'

Answer: the tibia & fibula


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an array of numbers enclosed in brackets on the monitor.)  A set of numbers in rows and columns can be used in many ways--for example, to encrypt a code or create 3-D computer graphics; the set shares this name with a 1999 film'

Answer: a matrix


Question: 'Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin'

Answer: the 1950s


Question: 'This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"'

Answer: north


Question: 'He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006'

Answer: (Truman) Capote


Question: '"In Your Honor",<br />"The Color and the Shape"'

Answer: Foo Fighters


Question: 'Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body'

Answer: your neck


Question: 'The symbol <i>i</i> is used to represent the imaginary square root of this number'

Answer: -1


Question: 'George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list'

Answer: the 1980s


Question: 'From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test'

Answer: a polygraph


Question: 'He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959'

Answer: Philip Roth


Question: '"Beggars Banquet",<br />"Steel Wheels"'

Answer: the Rolling Stones


Question: 'The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance'

Answer: the cerebellum


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.)  Half the base times the height gives the area of a triangle; for a cylinder, the area of the base times the height gives this measurement'

Answer: volume


Question: 'Man first reaches the South Pole'

Answer: the 1910s


Question: 'A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"'

Answer: cochlear


Question: 'He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast'

Answer: gold


Question: 'The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back'

Answer: wax


Question: 'This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"'

Answer: Lois & Clark


Question: 'This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'A complete donut center'

Answer: whole hole


Question: 'Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer'

Answer: the Sun


Question: 'Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops'

Answer: teeth


Question: '"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series'

Answer: Nightmare on Elm Street


Question: 'Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request'

Answer: for four


Question: 'Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast'

Answer: Lewis & Clark


Question: 'An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked'

Answer: a pedometer


Question: 'The sister of Orestes, mourning became her'

Answer: Electra


Question: 'This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon'

Answer: Hart to Hart


Question: 'Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Contented performing kittens might be paid this way'

Answer: per purr


Question: 'Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry'

Answer: fur trading


Question: 'A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs'

Answer: the lungs


Question: 'Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12'

Answer: Titans


Question: 'Character seen here, his action-packed journeys are legendary:'

Answer: Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)


Question: 'The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn'

Answer: gored gourd


Question: 'Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"'

Answer: John C. Frémont


Question: 'A nilometer measures the height of the water in this'

Answer: the Nile River


Question: 'Leda laid 2 eggs:  one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him'

Answer: Castor


Question: 'Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama'

Answer: Melrose Place


Question: 'The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Remained sedate'

Answer: stayed staid


Question: 'This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian'

Answer: Adolf Hitler


Question: 'This isthmus connects North & South America'

Answer: Isthmus of Panama


Question: 'He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide'

Answer: H&R Block


Question: 'Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress'

Answer: Carl Sandburg


Question: 'In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line'

Answer: the Tropic of Capricorn


Question: 'This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King"'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo'

Answer: Gorilla


Question: 'The lowest river in the world, it's revered by Jews, Christians & Muslims alike'

Answer: The River Jordan


Question: 'He spent several summers painting pointillist seascapes including "Le Bec Du Hoc, Grandcamp"'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: 'In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff'

Answer: Fala


Question: 'Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert'

Answer: Kalahari Desert


Question: 'His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: 'On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle'

Answer: Bucephalus


Question: 'In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia'

Answer: Myanmar (Burma)


Question: 'You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis'

Answer: Henry Moore


Question: 'In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen'

Answer: Krupp


Question: 'In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms'

Answer: Syngman Rhee


Question: 'He once wrote, "I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer"'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"'

Answer: The Time Machine


Question: 'While making repairs on the Intl. Space Station, Scott Parazynski lost a needle-nose pair of these'

Answer: pliers


Question: 'September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon'

Answer: Jerry Lewis


Question: 'Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts'

Answer: pinata


Question: '"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"'

Answer: Gingrich


Question: 'We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic'

Answer: grand


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.)  The GMC Motorhome from the '60s & 70s was among the first models to have this innovation that helps with traction by putting the weight over the wheels that do the work'

Answer: front-wheel drive


Question: 'In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer'

Answer: General Hospital


Question: 'This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field'

Answer: pull


Question: '"See Simon, Paul"'

Answer: (Art) Garfunkel


Question: 'Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough'

Answer: bread


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.)  I'm behind the wheel of the very first motor home, from the company whose name has become a synonym for "motor home"; since 1967, they've sold over 400,000 of them'

Answer: Winnebago


Question: 'Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"'

Answer: a glove


Question: 'In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News'

Answer: CBS


Question: 'Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet'

Answer: Whack-A-Mole


Question: '"American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s"'

Answer: (Allen) Ginsberg


Question: 'The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate'

Answer: a clam


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.)  One of the first times a movie star received a fancy trailer as a perk was in 1931; Paramount gave a Chevy house car to  this sexy star as she left the stage to make movies like "She Done Him Wrong"'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship'

Answer: Discovery


Question: 'Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997'

Answer: the pro bowling tour


Question: 'Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties'

Answer: punching bags


Question: '"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull'

Answer: a fin


Question: 'In 1992 Space Shuttle astronauts delivered ashes of this "Star Trek" creator into the final frontier'

Answer: Gene Roddenberry


Question: '2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company'

Answer: Hallmark Hall of Fame


Question: 'In some casinos, a blackjack dealer must hit with an ace & a 6, known as this type of 17'

Answer: soft


Question: '"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"'

Answer: (Frank) Gehry


Question: 'When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized'

Answer: the Benjamins


Question: 'Blanche DuBois'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie'

Answer: The Exorcist


Question: '3.6 million: Down Under'

Answer: Melbourne


Question: 'In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count'

Answer: Blagojevich


Question: 'As Franklin D. Roosevelt's blood pressure was 300/190, he suffered from this 1-word condition'

Answer: hypertension


Question: 'If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these'

Answer: a handstand


Question: 'Emily Webb of Grover's Corners'

Answer: Our Town


Question: 'In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand'

Answer: Die Hard


Question: '11 million: on Luzon Island'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'In 2006 this Illinois governor was busted for racketeering; what's in the water there?'

Answer: George Ryan


Question: 'In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry'

Answer: novocaine


Question: 'A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion'

Answer: an inchworm


Question: 'Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"'

Answer: Beverly Hills Cop


Question: '1.1 million: in the heart of the Po River Valley'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000'

Answer: manager


Question: 'Micro-Trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this physician known for his "maneuver"'

Answer: (Henry) Heimlich


Question: 'A loop found on footwear, it's a symbol of success through one's own efforts'

Answer: a bootstrap


Question: '18 million: on the Arabian Sea'

Answer: Mumbai


Question: 'In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations'

Answer: (Charlie) Rangel


Question: '(Dr. Oz presents the clue.) By surgically interrupting the electrical impulses that are causing an abnormal rhythm, the maze procedure is designed to threat this type of heart arrhythmia abbreviated "A.F."'

Answer: atrial fibrillation


Question: 'Hard coal that burns with little flame'

Answer: anthracite


Question: 'Barbara Undershaft'

Answer: Major Barbara


Question: 'In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting'

Answer: The Hudsucker Proxy


Question: '3.2 million: 150 miles from Bogota'

Answer: Medellin


Question: 'Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig'

Answer: Huey Long


Question: 'The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"'

Answer: neonatal


Question: 'This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock'

Answer: the mainspring


Question: 'In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad"'

Answer: Norway and Sweden


Question: 'While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things'

Answer: open & close


Question: 'A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: California


Question: 'Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits'

Answer: ATMs


Question: 'He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: 'Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million'

Answer: Bucharest


Question: 'In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris'

Answer: the Tour de France


Question: 'With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's bald eagles'

Answer: DDT


Question: '(Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.) Among my many "Simpsons" voices are the subservient Smithers & this man who lives next door to Homer--Howdy, neighbor'

Answer: Ned Flanders


Question: 'Any mountain's summit'

Answer: crest


Question: '(Alex reports from the Mark Twain House.) Mark Twain said that this anti-slavery novelist, his next-door neighbor, liked to sneak up behind people and "fetch a war-whoop that would jump that person out of his clothes"'

Answer: (Harriet Beecher) Stowe


Question: '"From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end'

Answer: from soup to nuts


Question: 'It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state'

Answer: Texas


Question: '"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners'

Answer: NPR


Question: 'The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)'

Answer: Mel Blanc


Question: 'A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm'

Answer: a trestle


Question: 'Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz'

Answer: L. Frank Baum


Question: 'These titles of the 2 paintings seen here represent the beginning & end of Jesus' life'

Answer: "The Nativity" & "The Crucifixion"


Question: 'Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush'

Answer: the CIA


Question: 'He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"'

Answer: Antonio Banderas


Question: 'Quickly! (to an Italian)'

Answer: Presto


Question: 'William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"'

Answer: Stephen Vincent Benet


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.) A porkchop plot, named for its shape, is used for planning space missions; the vertical & horizontal axes plot possible dates for these 2 flight events'

Answer: takeoff & landing (or launch & arrival)


Question: 'Its Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett is the world's largest building by volume'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'A TV cable network, or an explosive for bombs'

Answer: TNT


Question: 'He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead'

Answer: Mike Judge


Question: 'The son of Agamemnon, he avenged his father's death by killing his mother Clytemnestra'

Answer: Orestes


Question: 'In 1718 this Texas town was founded by Martin de Alarcon & Father Olivares & named for St. Anthony of Padua'

Answer: San Antonio


BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

Question: '1980: "Regular Folks"'

Answer: Ordinary People


Question: 'In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice'

Answer: the World Cup


Question: 'Going on a cruise? You might pick up this Pfizer product, the "original" or "less drowsy" formula'

Answer: Dramamine


Question: 'The bestselling passenger car of all time is this company's Corolla'

Answer: Toyota


Question: 'A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind'

Answer: a lei & a lee


Question: 'In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"'

Answer: the Boston Massacre


BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

Question: '1932: "Magnificent Inn"'

Answer: Grand Hotel


Question: 'This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers'

Answer: Acapulco


Question: 'Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this'

Answer: alcohol


Question: 'The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these'

Answer: a carriage


Question: 'A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection'

Answer: strep & strip


Question: 'In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death'

Answer: Cotton Mather


BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

Question: '1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'Founded in the 1530s, this capital of Jalisco state is the second-largest in Mexico'

Answer: Guadalajara


Question: 'Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men'

Answer: prostate cancer


Question: 'Cabbies in this Eur. city spend 2 years gaining "the knowledge", mental maps needed to get a license'

Answer: London


Question: '"Gentle" becomes "to blend"'

Answer: mild & meld


Question: 'In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal'

Answer: the Huguenots


BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

Question: '1954: "Dockside"'

Answer: On the Waterfront


Question: 'This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel'

Answer: Night of the Iguana


Question: 'Pravastatin aims to block your body's ability to make this'

Answer: cholesterol


Question: 'In "Sixteen Candles", Molly Ringwald says, "I loathe" this method of transport'

Answer: the bus


Question: 'One means "severely tested"; the other, "trapped on a branch"'

Answer: tried & treed


Question: 'In "Of Plymouth Plantation", he wrote that there was so much disease "the living were scarce able to bury the dead"'

Answer: William Bradford


BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS

Question: '1966: "One Bloke Year-Round"'

Answer: A Man For All Seasons


Question: 'This popular resort island lies north of Cozumel off the coast of the state of Quintana Roo'

Answer: Cancun


Question: 'This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug'

Answer: Miltown


Question: 'Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets'

Answer: mules


Question: '"To replenish" becomes "to knock down"'

Answer: to fill & to fell


Question: 'Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000'

Answer: The Mousetrap


Question: 'Can you hear me?  This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994'

Answer: Tommy


Question: 'George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river'

Answer: Little Bighorn


Question: 'Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail'

Answer: Elephants


Question: 'Radio abbreviation that precedes the name of rap figures Quik, Pooh & Jazzy Jeff'

Answer: DJ


Question: 'On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question:
'Door,
Nobel,
booby'

Answer: prizes


Question: 'In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail'

Answer: Oregon Trail


Question: 'It's the familiar term for a circus' largest tent, where the main show appears'

Answer: the big top


Question: 'Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed  "King of All Media"'

Answer: Howard Stern


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks.)  Tea Leoni ran into this "X-Files" star at the Golden Globes & soon they were newlyweds'

Answer: David Duchovny


Question:
'Inner tubes,
doughnuts,
the ozone layer'

Answer: things with holes


Question: 'This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began'

Answer: Fort Sumter


Question: 'Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar'

Answer: cotton candy


Question: 'Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this'

Answer: K


Question: 'People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"'

Answer: Jon Bon Jovi


Question:
'Peeling onions,
watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young",
missing Final Jeopardy!'

Answer: things that make you cry


Question: 'Every December, the Kennedy Center invites the public to a free sing-along of this composer's "Messiah"'

Answer: G.F. Handel


Question: 'This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock'

Answer: Devils Tower


Question: 'Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus'

Answer: trapeze


Question: 'Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"'

Answer: Casey Kasem


Question: 'In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy, Jr.


Question:
'Bobby,
bowling,
rolling'

Answer: pins


Question: 'A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.'

Answer: St. Augustine


Question: 'This steam whistle organ draws crowds to circus parades because it can be heard from miles away:<br />[audio clue]'

Answer: calliope


Question: 'The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this'

Answer: alternative


Question: 'Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"'

Answer: Tori Amos


Question:
'Hollywood,
salad,
Super'

Answer: bowls


Question: 'The one word quothed by Edgar Allan Poe's raven'

Answer: "Nevermore!"


Question: 'You can't make a genuine tempera painting without breaking these'

Answer: eggs


Question: 'On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back'

Answer: France


Question: 'Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s'

Answer: high-tops


Question: 'It's the go-ahead in a kid's game & for a car at an intersection'

Answer: a green light


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: Oregon State University


Question: 'It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."'

Answer: "But only God can make a tree"


Question: 'Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"'

Answer: collage


Question: 'During the war, this first signer of the Declaration of Independence commanded the Mass. Militia'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s'

Answer: the high five


Question: 'A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here'

Answer: scratch


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: the University of Florida


Question: 'In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"'

Answer: Evangeline


Question: 'Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"'

Answer: photographs


Question: 'In it, Thomas Paine wrote, "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind"'

Answer: Common Sense


Question: 'Coastal waters beyond national jurisdiction, or the tops of some sopranos' ranges'

Answer: High seas/C\'s


Question: 'It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation'

Answer: an icebreaker


Question: '[video clue]'

Answer: the University of Texas


Question: 'In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"'

Answer: 1930s


Question: '17th century Flemish master known for painting women like the one seen here:'

Answer: Peter Paul Rubens


Question: 'The Battle of Long Island was fought in what is now this New York City borough'

Answer: Brooklyn


Question: 'The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this'

Answer: high definition


Question: 'It begins a football game or a special event like a political campaign'

Answer: the kickoff


Question: 'Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales)


Question: 'In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: 'The British ferried 2,200 troops across this river to battle the Americans at Bunker Hill'

Answer: the Charles River


Question: 'Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service'

Answer: high mass


Question: 'In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on"'

Answer: the ground floor (or the ground level)


Question: 'Word completing the line "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in" this'

Answer: Jeopardy


Question: 'This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Name shared by a Sauk chief famous for his war & a U.S. military helicopter'

Answer: Black Hawk


Question: 'In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"'

Answer: China


Question: 'This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."'

Answer: "I\'ll Be There"


Question: 'This Hormel product was once simply known as "spiced ham"'

Answer: Spam


Question: 'This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"'

Answer: (John) Grisham


Question: 'This publication that Ben first put out in 1732 often sold 10,000 copies a year'

Answer: Poor Richard\'s Almanack


Question: 'This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"'

Answer: Betty White


Question: 'In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group'

Answer: The Wallflowers


Question: 'It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese'

Answer: nachos


Question: 'You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"'

Answer: (Robert) Ludlum


Question: 'In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785'

Answer: France


Question: 'People have asked why the whole airplane isn't made out of the same material as this "indestructible" device'

Answer: the black box


Question: 'In 1526 he greeted an Inca nobleman on his ship, but conquest would have to wait a few years until funds were raised'

Answer: Pizarro


Question: 'Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992'

Answer: "Layla"


Question: 'Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake'

Answer: crêpes


Question: '"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt'

Answer: Clive Cussler


Question: 'Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this'

Answer: "Electricity"


Question: 'John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it'

Answer: black hole


Question: 'In 1998 U.S. cruise missiles hit this African country in response to bombings of U.S. embassies'

Answer: Sudan


Question: 'She's the single-named Colombian pop star heard here'

Answer: Shakira


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gets ready to eat skewered meat.)  This Asian favorite, sometimes chicken, sometimes beef, is usually served with a spicy peanut sauce'

Answer: satay


Question: '"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author'

Answer: Steve Martini


Question: 'The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774'

Answer: postmaster general


Question: 'Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England'

Answer: the White Cliffs of Dover


Question: 'This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait'

Answer: Russo-Japanese War


Question: 'Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together'

Answer: "Scream"


Question: 'Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced'

Answer: lamb


Question: 'About 80,000 Scots still speak the Scottish version of this ancient Celtic language'

Answer: Gaelic


Question: 'In 1960 this Democrat spoke first in the first televised U.S. presidential election debate'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'So as not to confuse it with the mammal, this fish is commonly referred to as mahi-mahi'

Answer: a dolphinfish


Question: 'Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer'

Answer: T.J. Hooker


Question: 'In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these'

Answer: your shoes


Question: 'Bizet's "Carmen", for example'

Answer: an opera


Question: 'Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland'

Answer: mountains


Question: 'Likely containing a sandwich, the first of these depicting a TV character came along in 1950 with Hopalong Cassidy'

Answer: a lunchbox


Question: 'The black type of this fish with a woman's name is a striking addition to any aquarium'

Answer: a molly


Question: 'Reminiscent of "Highway to Heaven", this popular series stars Roma Downey & Della Reese'

Answer: Touched by an Angel


Question: 'Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday'

Answer: Thanksgiving


Question: 'Phrase that precedes "dope" in Ali's famed boxing strategy'

Answer: "rope-a"


Question: 'Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'The John Birch Society coined the term comsymp, short for this'

Answer: Communist sympathizer


Question: 'Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert'

Answer: a goby


Question: 'This offbeat series on E! provides a daily recap of funny chat show highlights'

Answer: Talk Soup


Question: 'As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists'

Answer: the Wesleys


Question: 'In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"'

Answer: "Go Bragh"


Question: 'The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination'

Answer: Presbyterian


Question: 'In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book'

Answer: Old Yeller


Question: 'Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years'

Answer: the coelacanth


Question:
'He's the large & goofy title TV superhero seen here

"Probably that one.
The balcony..."'

Answer: The Tick


Question: 'Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader'

Answer: Ayatollah


Question: '(Jeff Probst reports from the Marquesas.)  One of Nuku Hiva's main exports is this--dried coconut meat'

Answer: copra


Question: 'Hundreds of years old, the de facto national flag features this saint's cross'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'In 1967 this 21-year-old started Rolling Stone magazine'

Answer: Jann Wenner


Question: 'It springs to mind that there's a Florida city named for this game fish seen here'

Answer: tarpon


Question: 'Co-hosted by John Davidson, it was ABC's response to NBC's "Real People"'

Answer: That\'s Incredible!


Question: 'Made up of 1,028 hymns in 10 books, it's the oldest of the Vedas in Hinduism'

Answer: Rigveda


Question: 'In 2001 this author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" published "The <br />Deeper Wound"'

Answer: (Deepak) Chopra


Question: 'This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"'

Answer: the New World


Question: '"Body Heat"'

Answer: Kathleen Turner


Question: 'Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In 1991 this telephone company launched its Friends & Family promotion'

Answer: MCI


Question: 'This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative'

Answer: a yam


Question: 'You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram'

Answer: All\'s Well That Ends Well


Question: '"To Have and Have Not"'

Answer: (Lauren) Bacall


Question: 'Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas'

Answer: the LBJ library


Question: 'As of July 1, 1968 you could dial this 3-digit number in New York City & get the police'

Answer: 911


Question: 'This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805'

Answer: Joseph Smith


Question: 'It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine'

Answer: a zebra


Question: 'Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua'

Answer: The Two Gentlemen of Verona


Question: '"The Outlaw"'

Answer: Jane Russell


Question: 'Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast'

Answer: the "War of the Worlds"


Question: 'This plow inventor was a Vermont blacksmith before moving to Grand Detour, Illinois'

Answer: John Deere


Question: 'Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer'

Answer: a yak


Question: 'Near the end of "Henry VIII", this princess is described as "a most unspotted lily", who will die a virgin'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: '"Oklahoma!"'

Answer: Shirley Jones


Question: 'Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist'

Answer: Steinbeck


Question: 'In 1980 Dial-It National Sports became the first service on this new area code'

Answer: 1-900


Question: 'George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890'

Answer: the Sherman (Antitrust Act)


Question: 'Some of these are produced by bremsstrahlung, from the German for "breaking radiation"'

Answer: x-rays


Question: 'Puck's last speech in this play begins, "If we shadows have offended, think but this--and all is mended"'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: '"Halloween"'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: 'In 1602 this university's library reopened after restoration work by Sir Thomas Bodley'

Answer: Oxford University


Question: 'In 1880 he invented the photophone, a device that sent messages through the air on beams of light'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'At age 15 this future New York Tribune editor was apprenticed to a printer in East Poultney'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question: 'This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"'

Answer: Xavier


Question: 'In the last scene of this comedy, Petruchio wins a bet that he has the most obedient wife'

Answer: The Taming of the Shrew


Question: 'In 1751, with Benjamin Franklin's help, the 1st hospital in the U.S. was founded in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Of the 31 pilgrims in this Chaucer work, only 23 tell their stories'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'Large aboriginal populations live in this country's states of Queensland & New South Wales'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The juice of one of these citrus fruits makes a Whiskey Sour sour'

Answer: a lemon


Question: 'In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'He recorded "Gone At Last" with Phoebe Snow, not Art Garfunkel'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'In 1867 Thomas Allbutt invented one of these instruments which took 5 minutes to register instead of 20'

Answer: a thermometer


Question: 'This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts'

Answer: "The Village Blacksmith"


Question: 'Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink'

Answer: grenadine


Question: 'This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'She sang "Better Be Good To Me" in 1984, a few years after she broke up with Ike'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Dutch physician Willem Kolff developed the 1st of these kidney machines that cleanse the blood'

Answer: a dialysis machine


Question: 'Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"'

Answer: "Old Ironsides"


Question: 'This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo'

Answer: the Tagus


Question: 'A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir'

Answer: white wine


Question: 'Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937'

Answer: the akita


Question: 'In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease'

Answer: syphilis


Question: 'His "When the Frost is on the Punkin" was written for a series in the Indianapolis Journal'

Answer: (James Whitcomb) Riley


Question: 'Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire'

Answer: Angola


Question: 'A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable'

Answer: soda water


Question: 'He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930'

Answer: Arthur Fiedler


Question: 'Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"'

Answer: the Osmonds


Question: 'In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man'

Answer: Barney Clark


Question: 'He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson'

Answer: (Aleksandr) Pushkin


Question: 'The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert'

Answer: the Thar Desert


Question: 'Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink'

Answer: a Rob Roy


Question: 'This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935'

Answer: (Lucy Maud) Montgomery


Question: 'This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"'

Answer: Dionne Warwick


Question: 'On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word'

Answer: Treason!


Question: 'A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)'

Answer: the Simpsons


Question: 'In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure'

Answer: leisure


Question: 'The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights'

Answer: the Amendments


Question: 'Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory'

Answer: the Yukon Territory


Question: '"Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"'

Answer: (Ty) Cobb


Question: 'This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series'

Answer: (Edwin) Hubble


Question: 'In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865'

Answer: Wild Bill Hickok


Question: 'The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: noticeable


Question: 'In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these'

Answer: month


Question: 'Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: '"'Mr. October

Answer: (Reggie) Jackson


Question: 'A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"'

Answer: Harriet Beecher Stowe


Question: 'Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations'

Answer: exceed


Question: 'In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through'

Answer: Santa Monica


Question: 'Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"'

Answer: Rickey Henderson


Question: 'An international rate stamp has a photo of this nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia and Florida'

Answer: the Okefenokee


Question: 'This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s'

Answer: Bugsy Siegel


Question: 'We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively'

Answer: categorizing


Question: 'The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"'

Answer: Decameron


Question: 'This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States'

Answer: Ontario


Question: '"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"'

Answer: Ted Williams


Question: 'The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named'

Answer: Lt. Gen. John Lejeune


Question: 'Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.'

Answer: Philip


Question: 'The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best'

Answer: accommodations


Question: '(Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.) The exhibit G-men and journalists contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept. It began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?"'

Answer: the FBI\'s 10 most wanted list


Question: 'In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas'

Answer: Mendel


Question: 'It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"'

Answer: a bassoon


Question: 'This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare'

Answer: blank


Question: '"The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"'

Answer: T.S. Eliot


Question: '"Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")'

Answer: Sarah Jessica Parker


Question: 'Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage'

Answer: a stepfather


Question: 'Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick'

Answer: asteroids


Question: 'Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect'

Answer: the flea


Question: 'It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face'

Answer: smirk


Question: 'The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: '"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"'

Answer: Tom Hanks


Question: 'From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words'

Answer: dictionary


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle wheel)  When I torque a spinning bike wheel, an equal and opposite torque causes me to rotate also, an illustration of the conservation of angular this'

Answer: momentum


Question: 'The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars'

Answer: wood


Question: 'In the 1600s Charles Le Brun drew illlustrations for each of the passions. Here's la haine, this opposite of love'

Answer: hate


Question: 'In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"'

Answer: Paradise Lost


Question: '"Friends", "Bruce Almighty"'

Answer: Jennifer Aniston


Question: 'Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils'

Answer: guillotine


Question: 'This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base'

Answer: a salt


Question: 'From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument'

Answer: clarinet


Question: 'Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus'

Answer: the Joker


Question: 'This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"'

Answer: William Butler Yeats


Question: '"In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty"'

Answer: Jim Carrey


Question: 'The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons'

Answer: toxicology


Question: 'Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger'

Answer: rhizomes


Question: 'The name of this instrument has nothing to do with the religion, but is more likely a corruption of the word "jaw"'

Answer: Jew\'s harp


Question: 'This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"'

Answer: a leer


Question: 'His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual'

Answer: James Baldwin


Question: '"The Office", "Bruce Almighty"'

Answer: Steve Carell


Question: 'Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his'

Answer: birthright


Question: 'Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title'

Answer: Prince of Wales


Question: 'Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert'

Answer: Sahara


Question: 'He's an African explorer, "I presume"'

Answer: Dr. Livingstone


Question: 'A score of 22-22, for instance'

Answer: tie


Question: 'A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this'

Answer: castle


Question: 'You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years'

Answer: February 29 (for a leap year)


Question: 'It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business'

Answer: junket


Question: 'In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii'

Answer: trade winds


Question: 'Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name'

Answer: Dylan Thomas


Question: 'To lose footing on icy ground'

Answer: slip


Question: 'As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river'

Answer: van


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii)  Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"'

Answer: December 7


Question: 'It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together'

Answer: jamboree


Question: 'In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March'

Answer: rainy season


Question: 'This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"'

Answer: Marlon Brando


Question: 'Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger'

Answer: pants


Question: 'The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings'

Answer: wigwams


Question: 'Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie'

Answer: February 14


Question: 'It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over'

Answer: Stu Sutcliffe


Question: 'A layer of paint'

Answer: coat


Question: 'A book subtitled "Architecture in the Colombian Countryside" showcases the estates called these in Spanish'

Answer: haciendas


Question: 'It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing'

Answer: May 1


Question: 'This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall'

Answer: "Jane Eyre"


Question: 'The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July'

Answer: Snowy


Question: 'This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells'

Answer: Karl Marx


Question: 'Hits hard'

Answer: socks/belts


Question: 'A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this'

Answer: yurt


Question: 'O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday'

Answer: July 1


Question: 'The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor'

Answer: Justinian I


Question: 'Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "The worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation"'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these'

Answer: king


Question: 'She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot"'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Examples of this TV format include "Leave It to Beaver" & "The King of Queens"'

Answer: sitcom


Question: 'It's not the capital, but this Vietnamese city is the most populous'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)


Question: 'Liza & Lorna's mom'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: '"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897'

Answer: "Frankenstein" (created in 1818)


Question: 'The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"'

Answer: George Washington Carver


Question: 'Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player'

Answer: southpaw


Question: 'Of the 3 countries that border Vietnam, the one whose name does not begin with the same letter as the other 2'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'This animated girl attends Orbit High School'

Answer: Judy Jetson


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City)  This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Jonathan Larson


Question: 'Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing'

Answer: stepdaughter


Question: 'Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse"'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player'

Answer: shoestring catch


Question: 'A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river'

Answer: Mekong


Question: 'Twice nominated for Oscars, this actress once studied at an Australian convent & sang in a rock band'

Answer: Judy Davis


Question: 'These British twin brother playwrights wrote mystery novels under the rather obvious alias Peter Anthony'

Answer: Peter & Anthony Shaffer


Question: 'Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"'

Answer: Robert Taft


Question: '(I'm NFL running back Shaun Alexander)  I play in this city that's the farthest distance away from any other NFL city'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name'

Answer: South China Sea


Question: 'She played an airheaded blonde to whom William Holden had to teach manners in "Born Yesterday"'

Answer: Judy Holliday


Question: 'Born in 1799, this poet, novelist & playwright is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English literature'

Answer: Alexander Pushkin


Question: 'Gloria Vanderbilt or Doris Duke; it's also the translation of the Victoria Ruffo telenovela title "Pobre Nina Rica"'

Answer: Poor Little Rich Girl


Question: 'Peter Falk narrated this 1978 documentary in which hardened convicts frightened delinquent kids'

Answer: Scared Straight


Question: 'Vietnam's narrowest point, about 30 miles, is just north of this port city where U.S. troops landed in 1965'

Answer: Da Nang


Question: 'This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"'

Answer: Judy Woodruff


Question: 'Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter'

Answer: Jolly Rancher


Question: 'Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie"'

Answer: George III


Question: 'Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest'

Answer: Union Station


Question: '2 reporters unearth a political scandal that goes all the way to the top in this 1976 film based on a book'

Answer: All the President\'s Men


Question: 'On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards'

Answer: the Denver Broncos


Question: 'Do the wild fais-do-do in this state while motoring on Interstate 10 to Baton Rouge or Ponchatoula'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"'

Answer: George Washington Carver


Question: 'The 120-foot big bat being transported here is now at the Kentucky museum named for this 2-word brand'

Answer: Louisville Slugger


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith, the naive & idealistic appointee to the U.S. Senate in this Capra classic'

Answer: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington


Question: 'On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: 'It's the only U.S. state named for a French king'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'This animal phrase meaning "courageous" was Richard I of England's nickname'

Answer: the Lionhearted


Question: 'In 1956 a 12,000-square-mile one of these was seen floating off Antarctica; you might call it titanic'

Answer: an iceberg


Question: 'This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president'

Answer: Primary Colors


Question: 'On Nov. 5, 1996, this GOP candidate joked, "Tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do"'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'He was the "Father of Texas", but the Indians called him "Big Drunk"'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  In 1996 a 505 X 255-foot flag decorated this structure seen here in the West'

Answer: the Hoover Dam


Question: 'Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator'

Answer: Dave


Question: 'In April 1992 riots broke out in L.A. after a jury failed to convict the policemen involved in the beating of this man'

Answer: Rodney King


Question: 'This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"'

Answer: Stephen Douglas


Question: 'Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s'

Answer: (Lord) Nelson\'s Column


Question: 'Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating'

Answer: The American President


Question: 'Queen Elizabeth II & Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994'

Answer: the opening of the "Chunnel" (the Channel tunnel)


Question: 'Scotch, & make it this<br />(6)'

Answer: double