Question: 'The name of this light, crinkled fabric comes from the Persian shir o shakkar, meaning "milk & sugar"'

Answer: seersucker


Question: 'Ismael Rodriguez' 1961 film "Animas Trujano" starring Toshiro Mifune was Oscar-nominated in this category'

Answer: Foreign Language Film


Question: 'In Concepcion this large dog is called un gran danes'

Answer: a Great Dane


Question: 'Meggie Cleary & Father Ralph de Bricassart shared a secret & doomed love in this bestseller set in the Outback'

Answer: The Thorn Birds


Question: 'Similar to steak tartare, kitfo is a cold ground beef dish that is served this way'

Answer: uncooked (or raw)


Question: 'To completely reverse your direction while driving is to "pull" one of these'

Answer: a one-eighty


Question: 'A shooting in Morocco touches off a story spanning 3 continents in this 2006 Gonzalez Inarritu film'

Answer: Babel


Question: 'Any lassie in Chile could tell you that this dog is un perro de pastor escoces'

Answer: a collie


Question: 'Nobel Prize winner Patrick White was noted for using this technique where thoughts flow freely & at random'

Answer: stream of consciousness


Question: 'Tej is a type of this made with honey; Ethiopians think it was once shared by Solomon & the Queen of Sheba'

Answer: a mead (or wine)


Question: 'Numerical name for Scheherazade's tales'

Answer: One Thousand and One Nights


Question: 'Cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki has worked with many Hollywood filmmakers, like this director of "Sleepy Hollow"'

Answer: Tim Burton


Question: 'In Santiago this dog unrivaled for its scenting powers is un sabueso'

Answer: a bloodhound


Question: 'Nearly 30 years after "The Female Eunuch", she followed it up with "The Whole Woman"'

Answer: Germaine Greer


Question: 'For Ethiopian meals, coffee is usually served in this small cups, from the French for "half-cup"'

Answer: a demitasse


Question: 'The main dramatic section that begins a play, or the title of playwright Moss Hart's autobiography'

Answer: Act One


Question: 'Before Alfonso Cuaron brought "Children of Men" to the big screen, he directed this third Harry Potter outing'

Answer: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban


Question: 'Play fetch with un perro perdiguero de oro, this fetching dog'

Answer: a golden retriever


Question: 'Go here, young man, to this author of "The Devil's Advocate" & "The Shoes of the Fisherman"'

Answer: Morris West


Question: 'Teff, similar to millet, is a type of this that comes from a grass grown in Ethiopia'

Answer: a grain


Question: 'A popular koan, or meditation subject or Zen Buddhism, asks the student to try to imagine this sound'

Answer: one hand clapping


Question: 'Guillermo del Toro's directing credits include "The Devil's Backbone" & this 2006 Oscar-winning film'

Answer: Pan\'s Labyrinth


Question: 'Chile dogs include the pastor aleman, this breed'

Answer: the German shepherd


Question: 'After settling in Australia, he set many of his novels there, like "On the Beach" & "A Town Like Alice"'

Answer: (Nevil) Shute


Question: 'Similar to the Indian ghee, niter kibbeh is a clarified spice-infused type of this & is used in many dishes'

Answer: butter


Question: 'Based in Chicago, this financial services provider merged with J.P. Morgan Chase in 2004'

Answer: Bank One


Question: 'In 1881 he wrote to Emile Zola, "I must soon leave Vetheuil, and I am looking for a pretty place by the Seine"'

Answer: Claude Monet


Question: '"Because I could not stop for death, he kindly stopped for" this poet on May 15, 1886'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: 'It's also known as sonography, baby'

Answer: ultrasound


Question: 'In 1984 Sammy Hagar sang, "Write me up a 125, post my face wanted dead or alive...I can't drive" this speed'

Answer: 55


Question: 'On a clear day you can see 60 miles to Mount Rainier from the 520-foot observation deck of this Seattle tower'

Answer: Space Needle


Question: 'It's the common variety of worm seen here'

Answer: earthworm


Question: 'This noted Philistine-slayer ruled Israel for 4 decades starting around 1000 B.C.'

Answer: David


Question: 'In a poem titled "September 1" of this year, W.H. Auden wrote, "The clever hopes expire of a low dishonest decade"'

Answer: 1939


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew on a ski slope in Colorado)  On the slopes, protect yourself from the A & B types of these; snow reflects about 80% of them'

Answer: ultraviolet rays


Question: 'Prince drove this tiny title auto to No. 6 in 1983'

Answer: "Little Red Corvette"


Question: 'In 2001 you could have taken in performances of "Il Grande Gatsby" & "Turandot" at this famous opera house in Milan'

Answer: La Scala


Question: 'Hirudinea medicinalis is a species of this bloodsucking worm used in medicine'

Answer: leech


Question: 'Around 1720 B.C. the Minoans were shaken up by this event that destroyed their palace at Knossos'

Answer: earthquake


Question: 'Pastoral poetry portrays rural life, in particular this occupation for which Spenser wrote a "calendar"'

Answer: shepherding


Question: 'Used for TV transmissions between 300 & 3,000 megahertz, it's abbreviated UHF'

Answer: ultra high frequency


Question: 'This "Little" Beach Boys vehicle can "do a hundred & forty with the top end floored"'

Answer: "Little Deuce Coupe"


Question: 'Sand on the floor of the Virgin Islands' St. Thomas Synagogue commemorates the Israelites' escape from this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'A worm that shares its name with this volcano-buried city lives in the scalding water of ocean vents'

Answer: Pompeii


Question: 'Dying in 149 B.C. finally stopped Roman statesman Cato from nagging, this African city "must be destroyed"'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'In 1650 Anne Bradstreet's poems appeared as "The Tenth" of these goddesses "lately sprung up in America"'

Answer: Muses


Question: 'A deep blue pigment made from the mineral lapis lazuli'

Answer: ultramarine


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit)  In the opening to "All in the Family", Archie & Edith sang, "Gee, our old" one of these cars "ran great"'

Answer: LaSalle


Question: 'Caesars Palace, the Luxor & the Excalibur lie on this boulevard nicknamed "The Strip"'

Answer: Las Vegas Boulevard


Question: 'This disease in humans is caused by parasitic worms found in undercooked meat, usually pork'

Answer: trichinosis


Question: 'He died violently around 3,000 B.C. & lay in a glacier until he was found in 1991'

Answer: the Iceman


Question: 'A stamp issued in 2002, for the 100th anniversary of his birth, included the full texts of 6 of his whimsical poems'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: 'A single-seat aircraft powered by a small motor'

Answer: ultralight


Question: 'In 1976 Rose Royce did the dirty work & went to No. 1 "employed" here (Whoa Whoa Whoa Whoa!)'

Answer: "Car Wash"


Question: 'The tossing of this very heavy, long wooden pole is a highlight of Scotland's Highland Games'

Answer: caber


Question: '"Dracula" author Bram Stoker also wrote the spooky & supernatural novel "The Lair of" this'

Answer: the White Worm


Question: 'In the 1400s B.C. Egypt ruled these supersailors of what's now Lebanon'

Answer: Phoenicians


Question: 'Mamet's "American Buffalo" didn't premiere in Buffalo, but at the Goodman Theatre in this Midwest city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Winston Churchill's father had this name, from the Old English rand, "shield" & wulf, "wolf"'

Answer: Randolph


Question: 'Regis' Ripa'

Answer: Kelly


Question: 'This word comes before "propre" to mean self-love or vanity'

Answer: amour


Question: 'With circulation not so "stellar", this 129-year-old Washington D.C. paper folded in 1981'

Answer: The Washington Star


Question: 'A World's Fair opened in this British Columbia city in May 1986 to great fanfare & a fainting spell by Princess Diana'

Answer: Vancouver


Question:
'Who -- the Who;
Where -- La Jolla Playhouse;
When -- 1992;
What -- this musical'

Answer: Tommy


Question: 'This first name of one of the Olsen twins was the top girl's name of the 1990s'

Answer: Ashley


Question: 'The fruit of Citrus aurantifolia'

Answer: lime


Question: 'In French it's the first word of the pre-revolutionary phrase translated as "after us the deluge"'

Answer: apres


Question: 'In a war of London papers for this title time of day, the News folded in 1980, leaving the Standard standing'

Answer: evening


Question: 'The Okanagan Valley is a big producer of these, also the major fruit crop of Washington state, due south'

Answer: apples


Question: 'Fittingly, this Neil Simon play was booked into the Ahmanson Theatre in L.A. for its premiere in April 1976'

Answer: California Suite


Question: 'The Claus in Santa Claus came from this name'

Answer: Nicholas


Question: 'A rare variety of beryl valued as a gem'

Answer: emerald


Question: 'French word for the accent over the E in Andre'

Answer: accent aigu


Question: 'This paper went under in 1950, but a new version using the same logo seen here, debuted in 2002'

Answer: New York Sun


Question: 'Yoho National Park, named for a Cree word for "awe", is in eastern B.C., in these mountains'

Answer: Rockies


Question: 'The Philadelphia Theatre Co.'s play "Barbra's Wedding" by actor Daniel Stern was about trouble caused by her ceremony'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Not using the diminutive, "Educating Rita" becomes "Educating" her'

Answer: Margarita


Question: 'The river that flows through Cairo'

Answer: Nile


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Paris)  The 7th of the Paris subdivisions called these is filled with government offices'

Answer: arrondissements


Question: 'This St. Louis newspaper was on its last legs in the 1870s when it merged with the Post'

Answer: St. Louis Dispatch


Question: 'City where you'll find the statue seen here'

Answer: Victoria


Question: '"Joe Turner's Come and Gone" by this playwright first came & went with the Yale Repertory'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'Meaning "bright", it's the first name of the woman who brightened our TV screens yelling, "Where's the Beef?"'

Answer: Clara Peller


Question: 'A small nonflowering plant, like hairy cap or peat'

Answer: moss


Question: 'Literally "with the current", this phrase means "well informed"'

Answer: au courant


Question: 'Publisher Sam Maxwell chose this imposing name for the Seattle paper that later merged with the Post'

Answer: Seattle Post-Intelligencer


Question: '"Climb the mountains and get their good tidings" was a goal of this group at its 19th century founding'

Answer: Sierra Club


Question: 'The British shortened this term to "bolshie", which also came to mean stubborn & uncooperative'

Answer: bolshevik


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey reads the clue.) After tossing a hat into the air for a 1997 show, an homage to one of my heroes, this inspiration turned the world on with her smile & thrilled me by joining me onstage'

Answer: Mary Tyler Moore


Question: 'Baby food:<br />This brand that has a NatureSelect 2nd Foods line'

Answer: Gerber


Question: '"She brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in ____ clothes"'

Answer: swaddling


Question: 'Scholars don't know the origin of this magic word; one theory is that it comes from Hebrew berakah, "blessing"'

Answer: abracadabra


Question: 'Having decorative ruffles'

Answer: frilly


Question: 'Around 1950 3 Southeast Asian states were given some autonomy, ending the union known as French this'

Answer: Indochina


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey reads the clue.) In a 1997 show, I got to live out one of my wildest fantasies by singing "Simply the Best" with this music icon who real name is Anna Mae Bullock'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'Ground coffee:<br />This brand that's the best part of wakin' up'

Answer: Folger\'s


Question: '"For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own ____"'

Answer: soul


Question: 'This term for a magician comes from Middle English for "wise"'

Answer: wizard


Question: 'Composed of crags'

Answer: hilly


Question: 'Support from laborers called descamisados, "shirtless ones", brought him to power in Argentina in 1946'

Answer: Juan Peron


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey reads the clue.) When I interviewed this actor, I got to tell him what it meant to me as a young girl to see an African American walk into the Academy Awards & take home the Best Actor prize'

Answer: (Sidney) Poitier


Question: 'Dry cat food:<br />This "mix"'

Answer: Meow Mix


Question: '"But when I became a man, I put away ____ things"'

Answer: childish


Question: 'Gol-lee!  When Billy Batson spoke this word, he became Captain Marvel'

Answer: shazam


Question: 'Its mother is a dam'

Answer: a filly


Question: 'The 1992 Olympics in this Spanish city were the first boycott-free summer games in 20 years'

Answer: Barcelona


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey reads the clue.) This movie icon said to me his food company "started as a joke & just got out of control" & then he said "the terrible thing is it's outgrossing all my films"'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'Soft drink:<br />Regular & low calorie'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: '"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained ____ unawares"'

Answer: angels


Question: 'This 2-word term originated in an old tale as a way to get into a locked cave'

Answer: open sesame


Question: 'In Spanish it's frio'

Answer: chilly


Question: 'The Nazis may have contrived the February 1933 burning of this parliament building, giving them more control'

Answer: the Reichstag


Question: '(Oprah Winfrey reads the clue.) I don't often get nervous before an interview, but the night before sitting down with this supreme female Motown talent, I've cried in my bathtub so I wouldn't break down on camera'

Answer: Diana Ross


Question: 'Alkaline batteries:<br />This brand's Coppertop'

Answer: Duracell


Question: '"For unto you is born this day in the city of ___ a saviour"'

Answer: David


Question: 'The first part of this 2-word term used to make something transform comes from Italian for "soon"'

Answer: presto chango


Question: '2-word rhyming term meaning in a disorganized or unplanned way'

Answer: willy-nilly


Question: 'The Libyan desert is actually the northeastern portion of this much larger desert'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: '1966: <br />"Nowhere Man"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'An electron on a higher than normal energy level is said to be this, like a "Price is Right" contestant'

Answer: excited


Question: 'Lucille Ball popularized the short, curly style named for this dog breed'

Answer: a poodle


Question: 'The Joads suffer loads of hardships as migrant farm workers in this classic'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'This water-loving South American snake that kills by constricting comes in 3 types: green, yellow & dark-spotted'

Answer: an anaconda


Question: 'To find the last remaining bactrian camels in the wild, you'll have to travel to this Mongolian desert'

Answer: the Gobi


Question: '1974: <br />"Piano Man"'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'Of renewable energy sources, this type produces the USA's most electricity'

Answer: hydroelectric


Question: 'This haircut named for a guy who died in 44 B.C. is a short cut for a man, with longer bangs'

Answer: a caeser


Question: 'More than one of the sons wished Fyodor dead in this Dostoyevsky novel: the crime is patricide'

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov


Question: 'This 6-letter term means having a surface that is curved or rounded outward'

Answer: convex


Question: 'The name of this desert comes from a Tswana word meaning "great thirst" or "waterless place"'

Answer: the Kalahari


Question: '1979 remake of the Sam & Dave hit: <br />"Soul Man"'

Answer: The Blues Brothers


Question: 'In karate you might focus your energy with a kiai, which often produces one of these sounds'

Answer: a shout (or yell)


Question: 'A short, layered women's cut is named for thin elfin sprite'

Answer: a pixie


Question: '"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created" is a line in this classic'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'Bellow out the name of this instrument see here'

Answer: a concertina


Question: 'Joseph Ives used some artistry to give a brilliantly colored section of Arizona this name'

Answer: the Painted Desert


Question: '1970: "Solitary Man"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) When 1-pound steel spheres are smashed together, enough heat is generated to burn a hole in paper, illustrating the conversion of this type of energy into heat energy'

Answer: mechanical (kinetic accepted)


Question: 'An alteration of the name and the style of a punk haircut, it retains the hair on the sides'

Answer: a faux hawk


Question: 'This 1929 novel follows 4 German youths into WWI; the silence is permanent for 3 of them'

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front


Question: 'This type of always dissatisfied person is the title of a 1604 play by John Marston'

Answer: The Malcontent


Question: 'This desert ranges almost as far north as Albuquerque & as far south as Mexico's state of Zacatecas'

Answer: the Chihuahuan (or the Sonoran)


Question: '2001: "Superman (It's Not Easy)"'

Answer: Five For Fighting


Question: 'Exploring for this type of energy that utilizes the earth's heat can cause small earthquakes'

Answer: geothermal


Question: 'Any style that takes a woman's long hair & piles it atop the head is known bv this 4-letter word'

Answer: an updo


Question: 'The name of this Rabelais character comes from words meaning "all" & "thirsty"'

Answer: Pantagruel


Question: 'Latin gives us this verb meaning "to depart suddenly & secretly, as to avoid capture"'

Answer: to abscond


Question: 'His grave notes his 1842 West Point graduation, his time at Ft. Sumter, Gettysburg & 2nd Bull Run, but does not mention sports'

Answer: Abner Doubleday


Question: 'Of the Monica, the Rachel or the Phoebe, the rescue ship at the tale's end'

Answer: the Rachel


Question: 'To mark his 18th birthday in 2002, this prince visited the sick & homeless to carry on the work of his late mother'

Answer: Prince Harry


Question: 'KO the competition with this "Classic" soft drink company, symbol KO'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Installments of this controversial crime-based game include "San Andreas" & "Vice City"'

Answer: Grand Theft Auto


Question: 'Office of Strategic Services'

Answer: the United States


Question: '"Memorable" battleship of 1898<br />(5)'

Answer: the USS Maine


Question: 'Melville's subtitle for the first American edition'

Answer: The Whale


Question: 'In 1996 he was "Livin' La Vida Loca" on Broadway, playing Marius in "Les Miz"'

Answer: Ricky Martin


Question: 'For the ultimate in geek chic, get the TI-89 Titanium graphing calculator from this company, TXN'

Answer: Texas Instruments


Question: 'In the '05 version of the EA title named for this ex-Raiders coach, Al Michaels does the play-by-play'

Answer: John Madden


Question: 'Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Dash-ing code creator born in 1791<br />(5)'

Answer: Morse


Question: 'The harpooner from Kokovoko with the rad tats'

Answer: Queequeg


Question: 'The website of this tennis "goddess" told us that she's 6'2", loves to write poetry & wants to go to Croatia'

Answer: Venus Williams


Question: 'Spokesman Jeff Gordon sprays the fastlane with Halston Z-14 from this company, RDEN'

Answer: Elizabeth Arden


Question: 'In "God of War", PlayStation 2 lets you play Kratos, a Greek warrior whose final fight is with this Greek god of war'

Answer: Ares


Answer: Britain


Question: 'Canada's fifth province<br />(8)'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: 'Salem, Massachusetts author to whom the 1851 novel is dedicated'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'Visitors to the Sundance Film Festival know that the Sundance Institute was founded by this man in 1981'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'Buy books at this company, BKS, which also goes under the B. Dalton name'

Answer: Barnes & Noble


Question: 'It's Master Chief versus the Covenant in the first version of this Xbox game named for a ring-like space station'

Answer: Halo


Question: 'Mossad'

Answer: Israel


Question: '"Swamp Fox" Francis<br />(6)'

Answer: Marion


Question: 'The biblical prophet who's the subject of chapter 83'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'He wore a kilt when he married Madonna in a Scottish castle'

Answer: Guy Ritchie


Question: 'Originally named Sound of Music, this company, BBY, still offers sound electronics & music'

Answer: Best Buy


Question: 'This role-playing game out in 2004 returns to the "World" of Azeroth, where heroes like Leeroy Jenkins do battle'

Answer: World of Warcraft


Question: 'Within the Oglaigh na h-Eireann:<br />G2'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'A "Dolley" house (home to the Madisons)<br />(10)'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'Oskar Schindler is buried on Mount Zion in this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'He's the funny man who played the title role in the movie version of "The Cat in the Hat"'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: '1984:<br />To this "physician", for his books of playful rhymes, nonsense words & strange illustrations'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'This ditty about a pony-riding gentleman is Connecticut's state song'

Answer: "Yankee Doodle"


Question: 'Catch an express train to the Algarve from the Barreiro Station in this Iberian capital'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'A cntrctd. form of a wd. or phrs., frm. the Ltn. for "shrtnd."'

Answer: abbreviation


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from outside a black brick edifice in Lubeck, Germany.)  The elaborate use of brick in Lubeck, Germany began early in the city's history, partially in response to this disaster in 1157'

Answer: fire


Question: 'This innovative Polish director brought Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist" to life in 2005'

Answer: (Roman) Polanski


Question: '1960:<br />To Professor Garrett Mattingly, for his study of this 16th century Spanish fleet'

Answer: the Armada


Question: 'How sweet it is that this is North Carolina's official state insect'

Answer: the honeybee


Question: 'President Harding drove the golden spike at Nenana for this state's RR & died on the way home'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Class of a pro boxer topping out at 160 pounds'

Answer: middleweight


Question: 'This capital's Plaza Independencia has a statue of Jose Artigas, hero of Uruguayan independencia'

Answer: Montevideo


Question: '"Zathura" is from a book by Chris van Allsburg, author of this "cool" story, later a Tom Hanks animated film'

Answer: The Polar Express


Question: '1978:<br />To Richard Lee Strout, for his body of work for this "Christian" publication'

Answer: the Christian Science Monitor


Question: 'The state motto of Pennsylvania is "Virtue, liberty, and" this, quite a declaration'

Answer: "indepedence"


Question: 'Commuter maglevs are still being tested in this country, so take a ride on the slower Shinkansen bullet trains'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'The walls at the U.S. one in Leavenworth are 40 feet high & 40 feet below ground'

Answer: penitentiary


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.)  The Aswan High Dam gave Egyptians control over this annual event that dominated ancient agriculture'

Answer: the flooding of the Nile


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the set of Zathura.)  The heroes of "Zathura" meet up with one of these mechanical devices, not the helpful kind, but one with claw hands that smashes through walls'

Answer: a robot


Question: '1952:<br />To this Missouri city's Star newspaper, for its coverage of a series of natural disasters'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'This arthropod, seen here, Delaware's state marine animal, shares its name with quadruped footware'

Answer: a horseshoe crab


Question: 'The Eurostar chunnels from London to Paris & this other nearby capital'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'Luggage-based term for a war-profiteering Northerner in the Postbellum South'

Answer: carpetbagger


Question: 'Somalia is on the geographic projection usually called this "of Africa"'

Answer: the horn


Question: 'In 2004 Reese Witherspoon starred in the big screen version of "Vanity Fair" by this author'

Answer: Thackeray


Question: '1938:<br />To this Alberta city's Journal newspaper, for its freedom of the press editorials'

Answer: Edmonton


Question: 'This state gem of Washington was once a tree, or at least a piece of it'

Answer: petrified wood


Question: 'This country's royal trains will take you from a Jain temple city to the Arabian Sea'

Answer: India


Question: 'Term for the fear or hatred of Gallic culture'

Answer: francophobia


Question: 'This word meaning "complete range" comes from the 3rd Greek letter, which used to be the low end of the musical scale'

Answer: gamut


Question: 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art allows still photography but you must shoot without using this'

Answer: a flash


Question: 'Gators,<br />Seminoles'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This April birthstone is "a girl's best friend"'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'J.K. Rowling held us "captive" in book lines when this third Harry Potter novel came out in 1999'

Answer: The Prisoner of Azkaban


Question: 'At 14, this fairy tale author worked for a director of the Royal Theater in Copenhagen'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'The name of this fabric can precede flower, glass or stitch'

Answer: satin


Question: 'As well as an establishment that sells art, it can be one room or area in a museum'

Answer: a gallery


Question: 'Longhorns, <br />Aggies'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'You'll always looked "cultured" in the cultured type of this June birthstone'

Answer: a pearl


Question: 'On Dec. 31, 1999 this country took control of a waterway that connects the Atlantic & Pacific oceans'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'At 16, Tracy Austin beat Chris Evert to win this tennis tournament at Flushing Meadows'

Answer: U.S. Open


Question: 'This kind of fat is found in butter & can raise cholesterol levels'

Answer: saturated


Question: 'You may have antiques in your house; the Louvre has this similar but longer word for ancient relics'

Answer: antiquities


Question: 'Wildcats,<br />Sun Devils'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Princess Stephanie of Monaco was born to the purple, so it's fitting that this is her birthstone'

Answer: the amethyst


Question: 'In 1999, this anti-apartheid activist retired as president of South Africa'

Answer: Nelson Mandela


Question: 'In the 1720s at age 16, this statesman & inventor wrote popular articles for the New England Courant newspaper'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: '"Gulliver's Travels" is this type of work that exposes human foolishness & corruption'

Answer: satire


Question: 'If you liked the exhibition, stop by the museum shop to buy this book about it, from the Greek for "to list"'

Answer: the catalog


Question: 'Black Knights,<br />Orangemen'

Answer: New York


Question: 'You'll rarely see a flaw in this sea-colored gem that's a birthstone for March'

Answer: aquamarine


Question: 'On Feb. 7, 1999, Abdullah II became king of this Arab nation, bounded on the west by Israel'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'At 13, this march composer became an apprentice with the U.S. Marine Band'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'It's a small bag'

Answer: a satchel


Question: 'The museum with the world's largest Van Gogh collection is in this European city'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'Indians,<br />Razorbacks'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'It may surprise you that Montana is a good place to find this blue September birthstone'

Answer: the sapphire


Question: 'Born James Janos, he entered the body politic in '99 as governor of Minnesota'

Answer: (Jesse) Ventura


Question: 'At 16, Cornelius Vanderbilt started a ferry service between Staten Island & this famous 31-square-mile-island'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: '"Curiosity killed the cat but" this "brought it back"'

Answer: satisfaction


Question: 'Charles Dickens called him "tightfisted... hard and sharp as flint"'

Answer: (Ebenezer) Scrooge


Question: 'On the Sept. 2, 2004 Top 30, she was No. 3, 4, 11, 13, 14  & 16; No. 3 was a duet with her sister Haylie'

Answer: Hilary Duff


Question: 'The name of this kind of celestial body comes from the Greek for "wearing long hair"; guess that refers to its tail'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'In 1995 this "M'm M'm Good" soup company bought Pace Foods, known for its picante sauce'

Answer: Campbell\'s


Question: 'At Fatima, the travelers seen here are called by the same name as these figures of early U.S. history'

Answer: pilgrims


Question: 'The name of this manual computing device is from the Greek abax, or "counting board"'

Answer: abacus


Question: '1852 U.S. novel with the line "Eliza made her desperate retreat across the river just in the dusk of twilight"'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'In 2004, "Breakaway" broke onto the chart for this first winner of "American Idol"'

Answer: Kelly Clarkson


Question: 'From a Latin word for "attendant", it can be a celestial body that orbits a planet or a manmade object that orbits earth'

Answer: satellite


Question: 'This company introduced its popular peanut butter cup in the 1920s'

Answer: Reese\'s


Question: 'In England the Walsingham one in Norfolk is less well known than the Westminster one'

Answer: abbey


Question: '"Mum's the word" dates back to his "Henry IV, Part 2": "Seal up your lips and give no words, but--mum"'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'This vessel under Captain Nemo was "cigar in shape" with "two hulls, one inside, the other outside"'

Answer: the Nautilus


Question: 'Lindsay Lohan charted with this song & starred in the movie "Confessions of a Teenage" one'

Answer: Drama Queen


Question: 'It was big science news in 1998 when a fourth ring was discovered around this gigantic planet'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'With this company's Mindstorms kits you can build things like "Star Wars" droids'

Answer: Lego


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from ruins in Delos, Greece.)  Greek temples were generally built so as to face this daily event'

Answer: the sunrise


Question: 'This verb comes from an Old English word for "tremble"; you might do it during a temblor'

Answer: quake


Question: 'Poe wrote that this title maiden "lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me"'

Answer: Annabelle Lee


Question: '"Ocean Avenue" washed onto the Top 30 for this band, whose name is an official warning in soccer'

Answer: Yellow Card


Question: 'This zodiac constellation appears to be pouring water on the sculptor constellation below it'

Answer: Aquarius


Question: 'This Donkey Kong company introduced its home video game console in Japan in 1983'

Answer: Nintendo


Question: 'Adult Muslims are required to travel at least once to this city, birthplace of Muhammad'

Answer: Mecca


Question: '"Meaningless chatter" in medieval French, it's now the specialized vocabulary of a profession'

Answer: jargon


Question: 'He spent 14 years in "the gigantic structure of the Chateau d'If"--A fortress off Marseilles'

Answer: Edmond Dantes (The Count of Monte Cristo)


Question: 'It's not "Complicated"; this Canadian rocked the House of Mouse with "My Happy Ending"'

Answer: Avril Lavigne


Question: 'If we were on Mars, the atmosphere would be incredibly thin, consisting mainly of this gas'

Answer: carbon dioxide


Question: 'You might feel the earth move under your feet using products from this company whose stock symbol is CAT'

Answer: Caterpillar


Question: 'The city of Varanasi, which devout Hindus believe has always existed, is on this river'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'The concept "an eye for an eye" didn't originate in the Bible, but in this Babylonian King's "Code"'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'Located SE of Charlottesville, Virginia, it has 3 stories, an octagonal dome & 33 rooms of varying shapes'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'This "War and Peace" author's play "The Power of Darkness" was once banned in his native Russia'

Answer: Leo Tolstoy


Question: 'He's the pop star who has thrilled fans with such albums as "Bad" & "Thriller"'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'Also a classic Volkswagen, it's the insect with the greatest number of species'

Answer: Beetle


Question: 'In 1959 this spiritual leader of Tibet fled to exile in India'

Answer: Dalai Lama


Question: 'The name of this Japanese electronics company comes from the Latin word for "sound"'

Answer: Sony


Question: 'In Greek an arithmos is one of these, whether it's even, odd, rational, etc.'

Answer: Number


Question: 'Conor McPherson's haunting play "The Weir" is set in a pub in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'This action star seen here once held the title of "Best Built Man of Europe"'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'Due to where mosquitos lay eggs, the "mosquito" species of this creature feeds on their larvae'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'In 1953 a truce suspending the war in this divided country was signed at Panmunjom'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'Seen here is the American Sign Language & what could be the international symbol for this restaurant chain'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'Agape is Greek for the "brotherly" type of this'

Answer: Love


Question: 'Israeli playwright Nathan Alterman called his first play "Kineret, Kineret...", Kineret being Hebrew for the Sea of this'

Answer: Sea of Galilee


Question: 'Supermodels Heidi Klum & Claudia Schiffer were both born in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The American F/A-18 fighter plane, or a paper-making wasp'

Answer: Hornet


Question: 'After a 43-year reign, King Gustavus V of this country died at the age of 92'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 2000 Lukoil, Russia's largest oil company, bid on the gas stations that were part of this man's oil empire'

Answer: J. Paul Getty


Question: 'Arvi is this young animal seen here, often served souvlak'

Answer: Lamb


Question: 'The "Chushingura", about a band of avenging Ronin, is one of the most famous plays in this form of Japanese drama'

Answer: Kabuki


Question: 'Chryssomallis is the last name of this Greek-born New Age pianist who goes by his first name'

Answer: Yanni


Question: 'Shakira sings of "Moscas en la Casa", these in the house'

Answer: Flies


Question: 'The Warsaw Pact was created in 1955 to oppose this defense organization formed by the U.S. & European allies'

Answer: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)


Question: 'This brokerage house uses the logo seen here'

Answer: Merrill Lynch


Question: 'Astro means this, & examples include Procyon & Arcturus'

Answer: Star


Question: 'Juliette Binoche starred in the 2000 Broadway revival of this British playwright's 1978 classic "Betrayal"'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'His film "La Vita e Bella" or "Life is Beautiful" was inspired by his father who was imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen'

Answer: Roberto Benigni


Question: 'The cells bees make for workers, males & queens are different in size, but all are this shape'

Answer: Hexagonal


Question: 'In 1952 Eritrea became part of this African country'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'The Boulevard des Invalides is home to this French pharmaceuticals company, the maker of RU-486'

Answer: Roussel Uclaf


Question: 'It's Greek for "market"; in English the "phobia" of it is the fear of public places'

Answer: Agora


Question: 'Julius' palace chapel may have included a shrine to this love goddess that his family regarded as an ancestor'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'In the 1960s & 1970s he won the world's heavyweight boxing title 3 times'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'Known as Hoba & weighing 60 tons, the largest single known one of these was discovered in Africa in 1920'

Answer: Meteorite


Question: 'His Florentine Pieta, intended for his own tomb, is a self-portrait of the sculptor holding the body of Christ'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'If Arthur Miller had written "Before the Fall", it would be set in this garden'

Answer: Eden


Question: 'Sir Arthur Conan Doyle used to imbibe at the London pub now named for this fictional detective'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'In the palace swimming pool Julius might have practiced crossing this river & declaring "The die is cast"'

Answer: Rubicon


Question: 'This German tennis star was ranked the world's No. 1 woman's player a record 186 straight weeks from 1987 to 1991'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: 'Whether absolute or apparent, it's the measure of a star's brightness'

Answer: Magnitude


Question: 'In 1928 this cubist & Julio Gonzalez pioneered the welded sculpture'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'Aztec warriors who died in battle served the sun for 4 years, then were reborn as this tiny bird'

Answer: Hummingbird


Question: 'Spain's National Organization for the Blind maintains the touchy-feely Museo Tiflologico in this city'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'In Caesar's map room you might find his plans to fight the Helvetii, a people from a region today known as this'

Answer: Swiss


Question: 'This Australian swimmer nicknamed "The Thorpedo" won the gold in the 400-meter freestyle at Sydney'

Answer: Ian Thorpe


Question: 'The star cluster known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters is found in this bullish constellation'

Answer: Taurus


Question: 'His male nude sculpture "The Age of Bronze" was titled "The Vanquished" when first exhibited in 1877'

Answer: Auguste Rodin


Question: 'In this, the top level of Islam's levels of heaven, you'll find the Most High'

Answer: 7th Level


Question: 'When in Austria, try to visit the Hofburg Palace Chapel for a performance by this youthful group heard here'

Answer: The Vienna Boys Choir


Question: '1 of the 2 other members of the First Triumvirate who might join Julius in the palace study'

Answer: Pompey (or Crassus)


Question: 'In 1980, at age 23, this Spaniard became the first European to win the U.S. Masters golf tournament'

Answer: Seve Ballesteros


Question: 'To honor the Beatles, 4 of these mini-planets were named McCartney, Lennon, Harrison & Starr'

Answer: Asteroids


Question: 'This "hole-y" British sculptor created the "Draped Reclining Figure" for London's Time-Life Building'

Answer: Henry Moore


Question: 'Xena's son & Hercules' family are dead & residing in this wonderful afterlife area'

Answer: Elysian Fields


Question: 'Jesus Christ lizards & poison arrow frogs inhabit the Serpentarium in this capital of Costa Rica'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'In Julius Caesar's private chamber you might find this woman, the last of his 3 Roman wives'

Answer: Calpurnia


Question: 'This unit equal to 3.262 light years can be used to measure the distance between stars'

Answer: Parsec


Question: 'His bronze David from the 1430s was the first nude statue of the Renaissance'

Answer: Donatello


Question: 'The land of heroes to King Arthur, it was the Island of the Blessed in Celtic myth'

Answer: Avalon


Question: 'Often made from yams, fufu are yummy dumplings served in Accra, the capital of this African country'

Answer: Ghana


Question: 'Written in 1904, "Himno Istmeno" is the national anthem of this country that won its independence a year earlier'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'Northern India is the birthplace of this religion started by Siddhartha'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'This host of "American Idol" was born in Atlanta in 1974'

Answer: (Ryan) Seacrest


Question: 'Was born a British subject'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'The insect repellent product Off! has a special formula for hikers who venture into the "Deep" these'

Answer: woods


Question: 'This 4-letter word for egg-shaped comes from the Latin word for "egg"'

Answer: oval


Question: 'A really extensive musical ballad'

Answer: a long song


Question: 'Under the East India Company & then the government, this country ruled most of India until 1947'

Answer: Great Britain


Question: 'This Brit signed on to play for the L.A. Galaxy soccer team in 2007'

Answer: David Beckham


Question: 'The tallest'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'The Etesian wind blows all summer over the lands around the Adriatic & Aegean Seas, arms of this sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'As seen here, the cells that make a honeycomb are in this geometric shape'

Answer: a hexagon


Question: 'A jacket for a nanny or a billy'

Answer: a goat coat


Question: 'Eden Gardens in Calcutta is the world's largest stadium for this sport popular in India'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'This portrayer of Borat studied history at Cambridge University'

Answer: (Sacha Baron) Cohen


Question: 'Lost the popular vote in a presidential election'

Answer: Bush


Question: 'On warm days the mind turns to this rhyming word that precedes "basket" & "table"'

Answer: picnic


Question: 'Something that's described as "deltoid", including your deltoid muscle, is shaped like this'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'A rather hefty Webelo or Tenderfoot'

Answer: a stout Scout


Question: 'Though never prime minister himself, this man seen here influenced India like few others before or since'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'Before he was James Bond, he was Alex West in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider"'

Answer: Daniel Craig


Question: 'Went to Yale & Harvard'

Answer: Bush


Question: 'This name for the summertime spot seen here often follows the "old" as in the title of a James Whitcomb Riley book'

Answer: a swimming hole


Question: 'Geometrically, this "great" polyhedron has a polygonal base & sides which come to a common vertex'

Answer: a pyramid


Question: 'A bed covering made from bits & pieces of Scottish skirts'

Answer: a kilt quilt


Question: 'A job you might want to try in India is as a mahout, a keeper of these large animals'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'Catch the "Pheever" for "Over It", the first single from her 2007 self-titled debut album'

Answer: Katharine McPhee


Question: 'Received a patent'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'Are you smarter than a fifth grader?  Not a fifth grader who's at SIG, summer institute for them'

Answer: the gifted


Question: 'It's another term for a spiral, especially when talking about spiraled strands of DNA'

Answer: a helix


Question: 'An engineless aircraft for a brown recluse'

Answer: a spider glider


Question: 'Christian Huygens wrote about this planet's rings way back in 1659'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'An early version of this water sport had players riding on barrels painted to look like horses'

Answer: water polo


Question: 'At 15 Lady Jane Grey was imprisoned in this fortress when accused of treason by Mary Tudor'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'While fleeing the destruction of Sodom, Lot's wife "looked back from behind him, and she became" this'

Answer: a pillar of salt


Question: 'Most languages of Western Europe get their words for "read" & "write" from this language's legere & scribere'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'Of praise, increase or mock, what you do to something you augment'

Answer: increase


Question: 'Instrument-laden rovers landed on this planet in 2004'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'This 5-sport Olympic event had its origins in the activities of a military dispatch rider in enemy territory'

Answer: pentathlon


Question: '18 when she became queen in 1837, she reigned for 63 years'

Answer: Victoria


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands at the head of a massive supine statue at Giza, Egypt.)  Many believe Ramses the Great, whose colossal statue rests here, was the pharaoh to whom Moses said "Let my people go" in this book of the Bible'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'Hochdeutsch is the modern standard form of this language'

Answer: German


Question: 'The body of songs a chanteuse is prepared to sing or of plays a company is prepared to put on'

Answer: a repertoire


Question: 'The Great Red Spot on this planet is actually a giant storm'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'This Olympic sport is said to date from 12th century Holland, where frozen canals were used as courses'

Answer: speed skating


Question: 'Wilhelmina of this country reigned as a teen after the last male in the house of Orange-Nassau died in 1890'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'David gave this son & successor advice & plans for building the temple in Jerusalem'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'The Pinyin system for writing this language in the English alphabet was officially adopted Jan. 1, 1979'

Answer: Chinese


Question: 'The time of day described as "crepuscular" is when this is happening'

Answer: when it\'s starting to get dark


Question: 'A year on this planet is only 88 days long'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'This sport was invented in England by modifying a dining room table; the ball was made of rubber or cork'

Answer: Ping-Pong


Question: 'In 1615 14-year-old Anne married Louis XIII & was later accused of treason by this cardinal'

Answer: Richelieu


Question: 'When this man's brother said that he was still alive, his father Jacob's "heart fainted, for he believed them not"'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'In French, "Hier Henri m'aimait", "Yesterday Henry loved me", is an example of this "flawed" past tense'

Answer: imperfect


Question: 'Noun for a person who's sorry & is ritually showing his sorrow under the guidance of a confessor'

Answer: a penitent


Question: 'With Pluto demoted, this is now the outermost planet'

Answer: Neptune


Question: 'In 1895 at a YMCA, this indoor sport was developed for businessmen who found basketball too vigorous'

Answer: volleyball


Question: 'In 1343 Joanna was a teen queen of a kingdom with the name of this large port city near Pompeii'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'This heroine for whom a Bible book is named was married to King Ahasuerus of Persia'

Answer: Esther


Question: 'Douglas Hyde, aka An Craoibhin Aoibhinn, fought to preserve this language & founded a league of the same name'

Answer: Gaelic


Question: 'This adjective for a terrifying experience comes from a toothed farm implement used on plowed ground'

Answer: harrowing


Question: 'It was the only state physically & politically formed directly because of the Civil War'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'The fall guy in the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert Fall, was born November 26, 1861 in this season'

Answer: the fall


Question: 'A fungal infection common in this state's San Joaquin valley is now called Valley fever'

Answer: California


Question: 'Unusually, the Palomino type of this, from which sherry is made, is also tasty to eat'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'On December 7, he said his primary task was to "establish a continuity in government"'

Answer: LBJ


Question: 'This pirate punishment is more fiction than reality'

Answer: walking the plank


Question: 'In 1997 scientists extracted this genetic material from a Neanderthal's arm bone'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'According to "You've Got A Friend", it's when you can call your "friend" James Taylor'

Answer: winter, spring, summer, or fall


Question: 'This poet called a valley outside Balaklava "The Valley of Death"'

Answer: Alfred, Lord Tennyson


Question: 'Term for wine, like sherry or port, that has spirits added to boost its potency'

Answer: fortified


Question: 'On December 4, the American Cancer Society released a study linking this with early death'

Answer: smoking


Question: 'The U.S. Army Signal Corps developed this portable 2-way radio set in 1933.  Over.'

Answer: a walkie-talkie


Question: 'In 1978 Mary Leakey noticed these, left by hominids 3 million years ago in volcanic ash'

Answer: footprints


Question: 'According to the old song, it's when "she's your tootsey wootsey"'

Answer: the good old summertime


Question: 'Come & sit by my side if you know this valley straddles the border of Texas & Oklahoma'

Answer: the Red River Valley


Question: 'Flor, a white film type of this fermenting agent, gives some sherries a distinctive tang'

Answer: yeast


Question:
'In Dec. 1963, The 4 Seasons split with their record label, signed with a new one & had a hit with this song:

"Think!  Think!  Oh the places you'll see /
Now think what the future would be /
With a poor boy like me..."'

Answer: "Dawn"


Question: 'This Bangles hit was aided by a "King Tut" video, & was later certified gold'

Answer: "Walk Like An Egyptian"


Question: 'Found in China's Cho-K'ou-Tien caves in the 1920s, the fossils of this "man" disappeared in WWII'

Answer: Peking Man


Question: 'The University of Cambridge's Michaelmas term takes place in this season'

Answer: the fall


Question: 'This "Great" valley runs from the Valley of the Jordan to Southern Africa'

Answer: the Great Rift Valley


Question: 'Don't sit on your response; identify this sherry barrel holding over 100 gallons'

Answer: a butt


Question: 'Kenya gained its independence from Britain on December 12, & this man became its first prime minister'

Answer: (Jomo) Kenyatta


Question: 'If you've been fired, you've received these'

Answer: your walking papers


Question: 'In this 1973 film Joanne Woodward obsesses on her childhood'

Answer: Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams


Question: 'In 1997 thousands left this river valley in Germany & Poland to avoid extensive floods'

Answer: the Oder


Question: 'The cream sherry of this Bristol, England firm is perhaps the world's best-known brand'

Answer: Harveys


Question: 'On December 4, this coach at Northwestern signed a 4-year contract to coach football at Notre Dame'

Answer: Ara Parseghian


Question: 'In the 1960s this tropical fish which comes out of the water at night was introduced into Florida'

Answer: the walking catfish


Question: 'The urbane Brazilian author Machado de Assis set most of his works among the wealthy of this city'

Answer: Rio


Question: 'Working men wear blue ones, businessmen wear white ones & clergymen wear reversed ones'

Answer: collars


Question: 'Shades of Davy Crockett, David killed him one of these when he was a lad; it was attacking his sheep'

Answer: a bear


Question: 'A depiction of Long Island appears on the logo of this NHL team'

Answer: the Islanders


Question: 'Julia Roberts' ex-husband, he's toured & recorded with his "Large Band"'

Answer: Lyle Lovett


Question: 'Totem poles were once raised as a part of the potlatch feast of tribes living on the coast of this ocean'

Answer: the Pacific


Question: 'This chronicler of boys rising from poverty never wrote the major novel he planned'

Answer: Horatio Alger


Question: 'By sneaking around in rubber soles, some detectives acquired this sobriquet'

Answer: a gumshoe


Question: 'According to 1 Kings 10, Solomon imported apes & these eye-tailed birds'

Answer: peacocks


Question: 'A starting lineup consists of 2 defensemen, 3 forwards & this player, the only one allowed to hold the puck'

Answer: a goalie


Question: 'In 1924 he teamed up with Nathan Leopold to commit a highly imperfect crime'

Answer: (Richard) Loeb


Question: 'Totem poles are traditionally carved in the fragrant wood of this tree also popular for chests'

Answer: cedar


Question: 'H.C. Andersen & this existentialist philosopher were contemporaries in 19th century Copenhagen'

Answer: Kirkegaard


Question: 'This term for a shapely young woman was Lana Turner's nickname in her pinup days'

Answer: sweater girl


Question: 'The Pharaoh gave Abraham's wife some asses & some of these desert draft animals'

Answer: camels


Question: 'Most shots in hockey are wrist shots, or these in which a full backswing is used to gain more force'

Answer: a slapshot


Question: 'In "The Maltese Falcon", he calls Sydney Greenstreet "You bloated idiot!  You stupid fathead!"'

Answer: Peter Lorre


Question: 'This feature on a thunderbird's face is often carved separately & attached to the pole'

Answer: the beak


Question: 'The 1867 stage melodrama "Under the Gaslight" featured a dramatic rescue from an oncoming one of these'

Answer: a train


Question: 'The office attire of business-minded entertainment executives gives them this name'

Answer: the suits


Question: 'According to Deuteronomy, you can't do this to a bat, even if it's been batter-dipped'

Answer: eat it


Question: 'In 1924 this Boston team became the first from the U.S. to join the NHL'

Answer: the Bruins


Question: 'This Medici to whom Machiavelli addressed "The Prince" was less magnificent than his same-named grandfather'

Answer: Lorenzo


Question: 'Also known for its tree carving ability, it's the rodent depicted here:'

Answer: the beaver


Question: 'Felicia Dorothea Hemans' best-remembered poem tells of the brave boy who "stood on" this'

Answer: the burning deck


Question: 'A college athlete sitting out a year of games, preserving his or her eligibility'

Answer: a redshirt


Question: 'The eighth plague on Egypt not only came down like a plague of these, it was a plague of these'

Answer: locusts


Question: 'The game of cricket gave us this term for 3 or more goals scored by a player in a game'

Answer: a hat trick


Question: 'This politician married Teddy Roosevelt's daughter Alice, who outlived him by 49 years'

Answer: (Nicholas) Longworth


Question: 'The figures on a pole often represent these societal units within tribes'

Answer: families


Question: 'This type of establishment gets its name from the Latin for "to restore"'

Answer: a restaurant


Question: 'A headline in Pulitzer's "The World" newspaper asked, was this ship's "Explosion Caused by Bomb or Torpedo?"'

Answer: the Maine


Question: 'Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this'

Answer: the board


Question: 'In 1924 Harvey Firestone started these plantations in Liberia'

Answer: rubber plantations


Question:
'Rio de Janeiro,
Buenos Aires,
Asuncion'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'In 1907 this city's Braves stopped wearing red socks, so this city's other major league team adopted the name'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Perhaps based on a real monarch, this nursery rhyme figure called for his bowl, his pipe & his fiddlers three'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'Leonard Wood was the original commander of this cavalry regiment made up mainly of cowboys & college athletes'

Answer: the Rough Riders


Question: 'In this type of race, you may bet on the winner & then buy it'

Answer: the claiming race


Question: 'Conrad Hilton started with a hotel in 1919; James Christie started with one of these houses in 1766'

Answer: auction house


Question:
'Calcutta,
Thimphu,
Phnom Penh'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'Up to 10,000 people from 63 countries attend the International Hosiery Expo in this city, North Carolina's largest'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'This long poisonous snake is also known as a hamadryad'

Answer: king cobra


Question: 'The Platt Amendment, which resulted from the war, gave the U.S. the rights to this naval base in perpetuity'

Answer: Guantanamo Bay


Question: 'Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race'

Answer: 3 years old


Question: 'Put them in the order Richard Branson founded them: airline, record store, record label'

Answer: record store, record label, airline


Question:
'Nicosia,
Istanbul,
Belgrade'

Answer: Istanbul


Question: 'Oban, Scotland is the center of this region that lent its name to a diamond pattern'

Answer: Argyle


Question: 'If & when Prince Charles succeeds Elizabeth II, this will be Great Britain's national anthem'

Answer: "God Save the King"


Question: 'Commodore Dewey blockaded this bay after destroying a fleet of 10 Spanish ships'

Answer: Manila Bay


Question: 'The quarter pole is 2 furlongs before this'

Answer: the finish line


Question: 'The Electric Suction Sweeper Company was later renamed for this man (who had bought the patent from a janitor)'

Answer: Hoover


Question:
'Katmandu,
Kabul,
Karachi'

Answer: Karachi


Question: 'This brand of men's dress socks, seen here, has headquarters in Burlington, North Carolina'

Answer: Gold Toe


Question: 'Before being imploded in 2000, it was home to the Seattle Mariners & the Seattle Seahawks'

Answer: the Kingdome


Question: 'In May 1898 Lt. Andrew Rowan delivered his famous message from President McKinley to this Cuban military man'

Answer: General Garcia


Question: 'It means to assign weights to equalize the competition'

Answer: to handicap


Question: 'Giovanni Agnelli made a pronouncement in 1899: he was founding this Italian auto company'

Answer: Fiat


Question:
'Lusaka,
Casablanca,
Dakar'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'In 1996 this Chicago-based underwear maker sold its sock line to Renfro Corp., which became the USA's sock leader'

Answer: Fruit of the Loom


Question: 'Found east of Bullhead City, this city of northwest Arizona has a population of only 20,000'

Answer: Kingman


Question: 'Center practice is done without the support of this wall-lining object'

Answer: the bar


Question: '1905's "The Clansman" by Thomas Dixon, Jr. became this silent D.W. Griffith classic'

Answer: Birth of a Nation


Question: 'In 2002 this city's Mayor Akiba invited President Bush to come see what nuclear weapons do to a city'

Answer: Hiroshima


Question: '7 Calle San Fermin in Pamplona was an address of this American author in 1959'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Cape Cod, Massachusetts)  Long used by whalers, this 3-word phrase lets others know a whale has been spotted'

Answer: Thar she blows!


Question: '"Culture Club" lead singer who was "The Father of His Country"'

Answer: Boy George Washington


Question: '"Flowers for Algernon" became this Cliff Robertson movie'

Answer: Charly


Question: 'Ron Gonzales of this Silicon Valley city is the first Latino mayor of a major California city since statehood'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'From 1939 until his death in 1975 (yes, he's still dead) he lived in the palace of El Pardo just NW of Madrid'

Answer: Francisco Franco


Question: 'Whalers used to pass the time at sea by carving designs on whale bone & teeth in an art form called this'

Answer: scrimshaw


Question: 'Seal's hit song about smooching with a president's mom'

Answer: Kiss from a Rose Kennedy


Question: '1995 film based on "Lost Moon" by Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger'

Answer: Apollo 13


Question: 'The city's former budget director, he led New York City during the fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s'

Answer: Abe Beame


Question: 'A reconstruction of this author's 1547 birthplace stands at 48 Calle Mayor in Alcala de Henares'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Cape Cod)  A chance happening, perhaps, but it's also the flattened tail of the whale'

Answer: fluke


Question: 'A leading real estate brokerage firm that was a TV series starring Johnny Depp as an undercover cop'

Answer: Century 21 Jump Street


Question: 'The name of this scissor-legged ballet leap means "thrown"'

Answer: jete


Question: 'Larry McMurtry's "Horseman, Pass By" inspired this 1963 Paul Newman film'

Answer: Hud


Question: 'In 2003 Uri Lupoliansky was elected the first modern ultra-Orthodox mayor of this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'The convent named for this saint is on the site of her birthplace in Avila'

Answer: St. Teresa (of Avila)


Question: 'This whale's scientific name, Monodon monoceros, refers to its unusually long left tooth'

Answer: narwhal


Question: '"Bullet in the Head" heavy metal rap band that's a weapon perfected by Richard Gatling in the late 19th century'

Answer: Rage Against the Machine Gun


Question: 'Nijinsky is seen here in costome for this ballet, with a score by Stravinsky'

Answer: Petrushka


Question: 'Kubrick filmed "Dream Story" by Arthur Schnitzler under this title'

Answer: Eyes Wide Shut


Question: 'Once U.S. drug czar, & New York City's police commissioner, he became mayor of Houston in 1998'

Answer: Lee Brown


Question: 'In 1838 a derelict monastery on Majorca was this author's choice to nurse Chopin back to health'

Answer: George Sand


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Cape Cod)  Baleen, which certain whales have instead of teeth, is composed of mainly this protein, just like hair & fingernails'

Answer: keratin


Question: 'Classic Chaucer work adapted for a 1990s TV sci-fi/horror anthology series'

Answer: Canterbury Tales from the Crypt


Question: 'Queen Victoria & Indira Gandhi each held this title, though only one was official'

Answer: Empress of India


Question: 'Nanga Parbat & Namcha Barwa, both over 25,000 feet'

Answer: the Himalayas


Question: 'Count Casimir Pulaski led his own cavalry unit in this war'

Answer: Revolutionary War


Question: '"They brought" this Old Testament man, "and cast him into the den of lions"'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'This "Good to the last drop" brand lets you choose among smooth, rich & bold'

Answer: Maxwell House


Question: 'Making an Irishman out of potato chip entrepreneur Herman brings this cry of approval'

Answer: O\'Lay (olé)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew takes the snap and holds for the kick.) The ball is snapped from the 3-yard-line to the holder a few yards back to kick a PAT, which stands for this'

Answer: a point after touchdown


Question:
'Monte Leone
&
the Rheinwaldhorn'

Answer: the Alps


Question: 'You don't need a Gallup  poll to tell you it has the horse seen here on its grille'

Answer: the Ford Mustang


Question: 'In Genesis 5 we learn this man "was five hundred years old; and... begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth"'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'At Starbucks, a "shot" is typically a shot of this coffee brew'

Answer: espresso


Question: 'Make baseball pitcher Nolan (even more) Irish & you get this "belted" constellation'

Answer: O\'Ryan (Orion)


Question: '(Jimmy watches a receiver catch the ball while running out of bounds.)  It's the reason that's a completed pass under NCAA rules, but would be an incompletion in the NFL'

Answer: the receiver had only one foot in bounds


Question:
'Mount Elbert
&
Longs Peak'

Answer: the Rockies


Question: 'Overo & Tobiano are 2 major color patterns of this breed that's not available from Sherwin-Williams'

Answer: a paint (or pinto)


Question: 'In his Bible book he "prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly"'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'The press you can use to infuse your coffee bears the name of this country that invented the infusion method'

Answer: France (a French press accepted)


Question: 'Make the band that sang "She Sells Sanctuary" Irish, & you've got this realm of the supernatural'

Answer: O\'Cult (occult)


Question: '(Jimmy describes a formation.)  Usually there's a split end about ten yards from one tackle & this end close to the other tackle; Junior Miller was a great one'

Answer: a tight end


Question:
'Lassen Peak
&
Mount Rainier'

Answer: the Cascades


Question: 'Among trees, the Aesculus hippocastanum is the common horse this'

Answer: chestnut


Question: 'In Exodus 3:14 "God said unto" this man, "I am that I am"'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'If you feel a chill in Chinchina, Colombia, you may be passing the factory where instant coffee is made this way'

Answer: freeze-dried


Question: 'Take any wise man, like the one "of Monticello", turn him Irish & you'll have this Oklahoma tribe'

Answer: O\'Sage (Osage)


Question:
'(Jimmy stands and takes the snap from center.) By lining up several yards behind the center, the quarterback pulls the trigger on this offense popularized by the Dallas Cowboys

"Hut, hut!"'

Answer: shotgun


Question:
'Mont-Louis
&
Monte Perdido'

Answer: the Pyrenees


Question: 'We'll issue you one if you can name this horse who in 1951 became the first million-dollar earner'

Answer: Citation


Question: 'In Acts he says, "I am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city"'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'This "heavenly coffee", a New York institution, is the official coffee of Radio City Music Hall'

Answer: Chock Full O\' Nuts


Question: 'Turning Hero's mythical lover into an Irishman gives you this evergreen shrub'

Answer: O\'Leander (Oleander)


Question: '(Jimmy watches an offensive drill.) In this pattern, whose name is also an insect, the receiver runs straight down the field at full speed'

Answer: a fly pattern


Question: 'Not Natty Dresser but Natty this dies in the novel "The Prairie"'

Answer: Bumppo


Question:
'1967:
"I just want to say one word to you--just one word... plastics!"'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'At a 1944 auction a copy of his paper on the special theory of relativity brought a $6.5-mil. pledge in war bonds'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Capone's men were disguised as these during the "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" of 1929'

Answer: policemen


Question: 'His guerrilla war against Chaing Kai-shek led him to his own brand of Marxism where the peasants lead the revolution'

Answer: Mao Zedong


Question: 'Ann Richards delivered this "address" at the 1988 Democratic National Convention'

Answer: the keynote


Question: 'This Melville character's artificial leg is carved from the jawbone of a sperm whale'

Answer: Ahab


Question:
'1970:
"Oh, Frank, my lips are hot.  Kiss my hot lips"'

Answer: MASH


Question: 'In the 1930s Charles A. Lindbergh helped secure financial backing for this man's rocket experiments'

Answer: Goddard


Question: 'In 19th c. India British troops dyed their white uniforms to blend with the dry earth, utilizing this 10-letter term'

Answer: camouflage


Question: 'U.S. Army Lt. Col. Wendell Fertig was a WWII guerrilla leader on Mindanao in this country'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Jewish "ravioli" served in soup'

Answer: kreplach


Question: 'Jim Hawkins narrates this 1883 novel'

Answer: Treasure Island


Question:
'1987:
"Hello.  My name is Inigo Montoya.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die!"'

Answer: The Princess Bride


Question: '"General Chemistry", a 1947 textbook by this Peace & Chemistry Nobel winner, is still a useful introduction'

Answer: (Linus) Pauling


Question: 'Imprisoned for Bonapartist sympathies, Edmond Dantes returns disguised, rich & mad in this book'

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'For Encyclopedia Britannica, he wrote a "Guerrilla Warfare" article based on the Arab revolt of 1916-18'

Answer: Lawrence (of Arabia)


Question: 'In playing cards, it's another word for a jack'

Answer: a knave


Question: 'At the start of this Dickens novel, Pip meets an escaped convict who threatens to eat him'

Answer: Great Expectations


Question:
'1983:
"You wanna play rough?  Okay.  Say hello to my little friend"'

Answer: Scarface


Question: 'We're certain that in the 1920s, this "principled" German physicist developed the principle of matrix mechanics'

Answer: (Wener) Heisenberg


Question: 'In Sept. 1776 this patriot disguised himself as a schoolmaster & carried his Yale diploma while tracking the Brits'

Answer: (Nathan) Hale


Question: 'Ramdane Abbane fought the French in this African country in the 1950s'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'Called Durobrivae in ancient times, Rochester, England is found in this county where you'll also find Canterbury'

Answer: Kent


Question: 'This governor of a Southern state asks his aide to dig up dirt on Judge Irwin, a man of integrity'

Answer: Willie Stark


Question:
'1952, Grace Kelly:
"You're asking me to wait an hour to find out if I'm going to be a wife or a widow"'

Answer: High Noon


Question: 'This professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Bologna discovered that electricity can cause frogs' legs to twitch'

Answer: Galvani


Question: 'Gugilemo & Ferrando gussy up as Albanians to test their finacees' fidelity in his opera "Cosi fan tutte"'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'In December of 1991 Nursultan Nazarbayev became this -stan's first democratically elected president'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'A play-within-a-play, called "Pretty Lady", suddenly needs a new leading lady in this ever-popular musical'

Answer: 42nd Street


Question: 'Surfer & Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Horses of this breed "usually go for two" playing football in a Budweiser spot'

Answer: Clydesdales


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" laments the disappointment of this pie topping, stiffly beaten egg whites & sugar, when it puddles'

Answer: meringue


Question: 'Nikita Khrushchev was a shoe-in... make that a shoe off at a meeting of this organization on Oct. 12, 1960'

Answer: the United Nations


Question: 'In this "national" folk dance, you dance around the brim of a sombrero'

Answer: the Mexican hat dance


Question: 'He's the rock 'n' roll guitar legend who infected us with 1977's "Cat Scratch Fever"'

Answer: Ted Nugent


Question: 'Former senator Barry Goldwater'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'Yao, Yogi & "yo" all played a part in an ad for this credit card company'

Answer: Visa


Question: 'The sour types of this fruit, like the Montmorency, make excellent pies'

Answer: cherries


Question: '1965 amendments to the Social Security Act, titles 18 & 19, created these 2 huge healthcare programs'

Answer: Medicare & Medicaid


Question: 'You may feel like you're between heaven & hell when you bend over backward to do this under-the-stick dance'

Answer: the limbo


Question: 'In 1016 Olaf II Haraldsson effectiviely became its king & later its patron saint'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Bestselling author Margaret Mitchell'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'Young Michael Jordan matches up against older Michael Jordan in a clever commercial for this beverage'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'An old rhyme says that this "without some cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze"'

Answer: apple pie


Question: 'A patent for the first successfully manufactured electric razor was issued to this man in November 1928'

Answer: Jacob Schick


Question: '"Bring in 'da noise, bring in 'da funk", bring in Savion Glover, famous as a performer of this type of dance'

Answer: tap dance


Question: 'Nocturnal avian name of the F-117A fighter seen here'

Answer: the Nighthawk


Question: 'Senator Patrick Leahy'

Answer: Montpelier


Question: 'In an ad for Nike, these 2 Americans played an epic game of tennis through the streets of NYC'

Answer: Andre Agassi & Pete Sampras


Question: 'This Southern pie with an insect name really is green & often has a cookie-crumb crust'

Answer: grasshopper pie


Question: 'Adman Hal Riney came up with the 1984 Reagan slogan "It's" this "again in America"'

Answer: morning


Question: 'I always get a kick out of this dance that's performed to the music heard here'

Answer: the can-can


Question: 'Its "Image Awards" go to those who contribute positive images of people of color in film, TV & theater'

Answer: the NAACP


Question: 'Confederate Civil War general George Edward Pickett'

Answer: Richmond


Question: 'In Miller Lite ads, he was inevitably moved to the worst seat in the house while saying, "I must be in the front row"'

Answer: Bob Uecker


Question: 'It's the "structural" name for the top crust of a pie that has strips of dough in a crisscross pattern'

Answer: lattice


Question: 'Composed around 1905, this Debussy symphonic work contains the movement "Play of the Waves"'

Answer: La mer


Question: 'Mayim, a popular folk dance from this country, means "water" in the native language'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'In 612 B.C. rebel armies systematically burned & destroyed this ancient Assyrian capital'

Answer: Niniveh


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Bretton Woods Mountain Resort in New Hampshire.)  In 1944 the Washington Mountain Resort in Bretton Woods hosted the conference that set up these two major international financial institutions'

Answer: the International Monetary Fund & the World Bank


Question: '1987:<br />"It's all about bucks, kid.  The rest is conversation"'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'A true Pittsburgh Steeler, he was born in Dunfermline, Scotland in 1835'

Answer: Andrew Carnegie


Question: 'On the explosivity index for these, Krakatoa got a 6 but Tambora in 1812 rated a 7'

Answer: volcanoes


Question: 'This sheep-raising region of Northeastern France is synonymous with a type of white sparkling wine'

Answer: Champagne


Question: 'Athletes Testaverde or Del Negro'

Answer: Vinny


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Portsmouth, NH.)  Washington was too warm, so in 1905, Portsmouth was the site of the negotiations & treaty signing ending this war'

Answer: the Russo-Japanese War


Question: '1987:<br />"She keeps calling the apartment... I'm scared, Jimmy, and I don't want to lose my family"'

Answer: Fatal Attraction


Question: 'Kirriemuir, Scotland must have seemed like Neverland to this author born there in 1860'

Answer: (James) Barrie


Question: 'A Gemological Institute of America scale for these runs from D, colorless, to Z, light yellow'

Answer: diamonds


Question: 'Spanish mission padres introduced wine grapes to this valley where vineyards like Robert Mondavi are based'

Answer: Napa


Question: 'A dilute acetic acid made by fermeting wine, beer or cider'

Answer: vinegar


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Strawbery Banke Museum in Portsmouth, NH.) The home of this orator & statesman who won the case of McCollough v. Maryland in 1819 still stands in Portsmouth'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: '1995:<br />"The White House is the single greatest home-court advantage in the modern world"'

Answer: The American President


Question: 'Of the last 5 British prime ministers, the one born in Scotland'

Answer: Tony Blair


Question: 'Zero is "exclusively heterosexual" on a scale for men that's named for this scientist'

Answer: Kinsey


Question: 'Soon after becoming the first winemaker in the Bible, he became the first Biblical man to get drunk'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'The act of proving someone or something is blameless'

Answer: to vindicate


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the State House in Concord, NH.)  The State House has a portrait of this youngest speaker of the New Hampshire House; he was later president of the United States at age 48'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: '1993:<br />"I am not a vigilante.  I'm just trying to get home to my little girl's birthday party"'

Answer: Falling Down


Question: 'He was born in East Lothian, Scotland in 1848, & his "Declaration" supported the creation of the State of Israel'

Answer: Balfour


Question: 'Zero on the Danjon Scale of these events means Earth's satellite is nearly invisible'

Answer: lunar eclipses


Question: 'From the Latin for "cup", it's the special cup used in Catholic churches to hold consecrated wine during a mass'

Answer: a chalice


Question: 'An archaic adjective meaning able to be defeated or conquered'

Answer: vincible


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mt. Washington in New Hampshire.)  Mt. Washington was named in 1784; Adams, Madison, & the other peaks in this range had to wait until 1820'

Answer: the Presidental Range


Question: '1996:<br />"Lions don't do this... they're doing it for the pleasure"'

Answer: The Ghost and the Darkness


Question: 'A part of this philosopher's human nature was to be born in Edinburgh in 1711'

Answer: David Hume


Question: 'The universe's background radiation is about 3 on this temperature scale'

Answer: the Kelvin scale


Question: 'To wash down your seafood in Spain, order a glass of Manzanilla, one of these fortified wines'

Answer: sherry


Question: 'Over 16,000 feet high, this "Massif" is the highest peak in Antarctica'

Answer: Vinson Massif


Question: 'This 1906 novel says, "Now & then a visitor wept, to be sure; but this slaughtering machine ran on, visitors or no..."'

Answer: The Jungle


Question: 'Travelling 171 MPH in a Lockheed Vega, she set a record for women January 15, 1930'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'British singer Robyn Hitchcock is known for his tunes about these animals, including "Bass" & "Aquarium"'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'The Old Medina is the oldest section of this largest city in Morocco, sweetheart'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'This gas, symbol Xe, is used in stroboscopes & high-speed camera flashes'

Answer: Xenon


Question: 'In the 1930s this cereal maker introduced Bisquick; Cheerios came along in 1941'

Answer: General Mills


Question: 'To use this common household device, remove the handset from the cradle'

Answer: Telephone


Question: 'These cream-filled shortcakes were introduced by Continental Baking'

Answer: Hostess Twinkies


Question: 'R.E.M.'s "The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite" borrows from this hit by the Tokens'

Answer: The Lion Sleeps Tonight


Question: 'Shopping for summer hats & handbags?  Head for the Straw Market in Nassau in this island group'

Answer: Bahamas


Question: 'Nearly twice as sweet as sucrose, this fruit sugar is the main sweetener in honey'

Answer: Fructose


Question: 'The automotive safety products division of this salt maker is one of the USA's leading air bag makers'

Answer: Morton (Thiokol)


Question: 'This landmark is called "The Cradle of Texas Liberty"'

Answer: The Alamo


Question: 'An underwater tunnel connecting Detroit & this Canadian city opened November 3, 1930'

Answer: Windsor, Ontario


Question: 'The Beatles urged it to "Take these broken wings and learn to fly"'

Answer: Blackbird


Question: 'Gastown, a popular area of this B.C. city, is named for saloonkeeper "Gassy" Jack Deighton'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'An archipelago is a group of islands & this is a ring of coral islands like Bikini in the Pacific'

Answer: Atoll


Question: 'Some of this toy retailer's stores have in-store specialty shops, including the Lego Store & The Learning Center'

Answer: Toys "R" Us


Question: 'U.S. city called "The Cradle of Jazz"'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Written in 1930, this Stuart Gorrell - Hoagy Carmichael classic is now a state song'

Answer: Georgia On My Mind


Question: 'Animal mourned in the following: [audio clue: "Go tell Aunt Rhody..."]'

Answer: "(The old) grey goose (is dead)"


Question: 'Some visitors to this country drive the Trollstigveien -- Troll's Path -- to Geiranger Fjord'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Developed by Edward Jenner, the first true vaccine was designed to protect against this disease'

Answer: Smallpox


Question: 'The smallest of the big 6 accounting firms, it's well-known for tallying the votes for the Oscars'

Answer: Price Waterhouse


Question: 'These 2 rivers were the cradle of civilization in Mesopotamia'

Answer: Tigris & Euphrates


Question: 'In August 1930 this judge made headlines when he disappeared'

Answer: Joseph F. Crater


Question: 'In 1971 these animals couldn't drag Mick Jagger away from his lady'

Answer: Wild horses


Question: 'When in Prague, you can visit the chapel of this "Good King" of Christmas carol fame'

Answer: Wenceslas


Question: 'They're the 2 lines of latitude lying 23 1/2 degrees north & south of the Equator'

Answer: Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn


Question: 'This drugstore chain once known for its soda fountains leads U.S. retailers in filling prescriptions'

Answer: Walgreens


Question: 'Incorporated in 1819, this current state capital was once the cradle of the Confederacy'

Answer: Montgomery, Alabama


Question: 'The Penguins, the Pirates & the Steelers represent this city, Pennsylvania's second-largest'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'This wild west showman's 1872 Congressional Medal of Honor was revoked in 1917 but restored in 1989'

Answer: "Buffalo Bill" Cody


Question: 'This club's first emblem was a 3-leaf clover; a fourth leaf for "health" was added later'

Answer: 4-H


Question: 'Reminiscent of "Big", the 1996 film "Jack" featured this comic as a 10-year-old boy in a man's body'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'When Edward VII died at this London palace May 6, 1910, he had reigned only 9 years'

Answer: Buckingham Palace


Question: 'This second-largest city of Minnesota is the twin of the largest'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'It often goes by its initials ROTC'

Answer: Reserve Officers Training Corps


Question: '"The Producers", starring Zero Mostel & Gene Wilder, was his first feature film as a director'

Answer: Mel Brooks


Question: 'He defeated Saladin's forces in the battle of Arsuf in 1191, during the third Crusade'

Answer: Richard the Lionhearted (Richard I)


Question: 'The "Oil Capital of the World", it's also Oklahoma's second-largest city'

Answer: Tulsa


Question: 'In 1971 this West German chancellor won the Nobel Peace Prize for easing East-West tensions'

Answer: Willy Brandt


Question: 'A team from Williamsport, PA. won this athletic organization's first World Series in 1947'

Answer: Little League


Question: 'In this classic, Cary Grant plays a paleontologist involved with Katharine Hepburn & her pet leopard'

Answer: Bringing Up Baby


Question: 'This Scotsman, the first Stuart king of England, was called "The Wisest Fool in Christendom"'

Answer: James I


Question: 'Because of gambling, Little Nell's grandfather loses this title business to the evil dwarf Quilp'

Answer: The Old Curiosity Shop


Question: 'This city is home to the University of Oregon'

Answer: Eugene


Question: 'For her work directing the Salvation Army effort in WWI, she received the Distinguished Service Medal'

Answer: Evangeline Booth


Question: 'For over 75 years this group has taught applied economics with the help of the business community'

Answer: Junior Achievement


Question: 'Referring to the uniforms in this film, Goldie Hawn asks, "Is green the only color these come in?"'

Answer: Private Benjamin


Question: 'George IV first visited this seaside resort in 1783 & later built his royal pavilion there'

Answer: Brighton


Question: 'Though T.S. Eliot wrote it, the title says it's this character's "Book of Practical Cats"'

Answer: Old Possum


Question: 'The natural features that gave this Montana city its name now provide hydroelectric power'

Answer: Great Falls


Question: 'This Civil War historian won a 1954 Pulitzer Prize for his book "A Stillness At Appomattox"'

Answer: Bruce Catton


Question: 'Named for a Knight Templar, this club for young men is sponsored by the Masons'

Answer: DeMolay


Question: 'A Kalahari Bushman recovers a Coke bottle with hilarious consequences in this film from South Africa'

Answer: The Gods Must Be Crazy


Question: 'King Edward VI was persuaded to will his crown to this "lady" rather than to one of his half-sisters'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'In a 1979 Allan Gurganus bestseller, 99-year-old Lucy Marsden "tells all" as this title character'

Answer: The Oldest Living Confederate Widow


Question: 'In 1914 Jan Smuts wrote of this man's departure, "The saint has left our shores, I hope forever"'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'His 1976 campaign plane was called Peanut One'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'State universities in this country include ones in Bari & Bologna'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Under-wearers & self-wrappers are 2 types of these retail criminals'

Answer: Shoplifters


Question: 'The radio operators used Morse code to send out the CQD distress call, as well as this newer one'

Answer: SOS


Question: 'It's the "Fab" group heard here:<br />("I'll Follow the Sun")'

Answer: Beatles


Question: 'It's the type of innocence demonstrated by a 6-year-old'

Answer: Childlike


Question: 'The Profile in Courage Award is presented on or near the anniv. of his birth; he would have been 80 May 29, 1997'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'College towns in this country include Goteborg, Lund &, of course, Uppsala'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'A new bride might seek out this colorful event that features discounted sheets & pillowcases'

Answer: White sale


Question: 'Unlike the Titanic, when sister ship the Britannic sank in 1916, it had enough of these for all aboard'

Answer: Lifeboats


Question: 'No whats or whys about it; it's the band heard here:<br />("My Generation")'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'Devoted to combat, like the ancient Spartans'

Answer: Warlike


Question: 'His administration created a tempest in a teapot -- whoops!  Make that Teapot Dome'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'Learn all about Islam at Al-Azhar University in this Egyptian city'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'In 1997 U2 announced their Popmart tour at an outlet of this "mart" in Manhattan'

Answer: Kmart


Question: 'Frederick Fleet was here when he was first to spot the iceberg; he had a bird's eye view'

Answer: Crow\'s nest


Question: 'A Tennessee native, this singer heard here was born Anna Mae Bullock:<br />("GoldenEye")'

Answer: Tina Turner


Question: 'It's the word for bad conduct on the football field, like hiding the ball in your jersey'

Answer: Unsportsmanlike


Question: 'Long before he was president, he taught debate & public speaking at Sam Houston High School from 1930 to 1931'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'Soak up the Bohemian culture in Prague when you study at Charles University in this country'

Answer: Czech Republic


Question: 'Term for any food that decays fast; it's placed at the back of the store to pull shoppers there'

Answer: Perishables


Question: 'The Titanic had 4 of these; 3 were functional, the fourth was mostly there for aesthetics'

Answer: Smokestacks


Question: 'Daughter of an opera singer heard here with a 1992 No. 1 hit:<br />("I'll Be There")'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'Grandma knows when wearing a skirt, keeping one's knees together is more this'

Answer: Ladylike


Question: 'He wrote an article "About Man-Eating Lions" for the November 1913 issue of Boy's Life'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'LSE doesn't mean "Let's See Europe"; it's this city's school of economics & political science'

Answer: London


Question: 'P.O.S. stands for this type of display cleverly placed near a store's counters'

Answer: Point of Sale


Question: 'This American financier who owned the Titanic cancelled his trip on it before it sailed'

Answer: J.P. Morgan


Question: 'Group that flew up the charts with the song heard here:'

Answer: Counting Crows


Question: 'It's a high level of proficiency or precision, like that of a Swiss watchmaker'

Answer: Clocklike


Question: 'This 19th century Norwegian is considered the father of modern realistic drama'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'Literally a "hot" topic, it's partly caused by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide'

Answer: Global warming


Question: 'As the first holder of this office, Hamilton created the First Bank of the United States'

Answer: Secretary of the Treasury


Question: 'NBC may ask you to pardon their French -- French Stewart, that is -- as the not too wise Solomon on this sitcom'

Answer: 3rd Rock from the Sun


Question: 'You can visit the boyhood home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in this city, Maine's largest'

Answer: Portland


Question: '"So long as men can breathe or eyes can see" is written in heroic verse, which is this meter'

Answer: Iambic pentameter


Question: '"Tender Offer" is a one-act play by this author of "The Heidi Chronicles"'

Answer: Wendy Wasserstein


Question: 'On Jan. 22, 1998 demonstrators on both sides marked the 25th anniversary of this Supreme Court ruling'

Answer: Roe v. Wade


Question: 'In the 11th of these "papers", Hamilton says the U.S. Navy should use southern wood & northern sailors'

Answer: Federalist Papers


Question: 'On this series Peg & Kelly once entered a talent contest as a singing duo -- the Juggs'

Answer: Married... with Children


Question: 'This Italian outlived Mozart by 34 years, but the rumor that he poisoned him probably isn't true'

Answer: Antonio Salieri


Question: 'Pathos evokes sympathy; this rhyming word is an unsuccessful attempt at pathos'

Answer: Bathos


Question: 'This "Glengarry Glen Ross" playwright co-wrote the screenplay for "Wag the Dog"'

Answer: David Mamet


Question: 'Wisconsin studies have found higher crime near these fun palaces on tribal lands'

Answer: Casinos


Question: 'As a NYC lawyer in the 1780s, Hamilton lived on this street associated with the stock market'

Answer: Wall Street


Question: 'He was the first mate & only crewman of the S.S. Minnow'

Answer: Gilligan


Question: 'The South American bug seen here is of a longhorn species of this insect & grows 4 inches long:'

Answer: Beetle


Question: 'In "Reality Bites" Ethan Hawke says it's when the actual meaning is different from the literal meaning'

Answer: Irony


Question: 'Famous Terrence who wrote the Tony-winning plays "Master Class" & "Love! Valour! Compassion!"'

Answer: Terrence McNally


Question: 'In 1998 Richard Seed planted doubts when he announced he would open a clinic for this procedure'

Answer: Cloning


Question: 'Hamilton led an attack in this 1781 siege that ended the Revolutionary War'

Answer: Yorktown


Question: 'On "Saved by the Bell", Dustin Diamond played Samuel Powers, who had this nickname'

Answer: Screech


Question: 'TV newsman Peter Arnett was once the editor of Vientiane World, a newspaper in this country'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'From Greek for "beyond opinion", this kind of statement's truth lies in its contradiction'

Answer: Paradox


Question: 'Born in Zlin, Czechoslovakia in 1937, his original surname was Straussler, not Rosencrantz or Guildenstern'

Answer: Tom Stoppard


Question: 'This word comes from Greek for good or easy death'

Answer: Euthanasia


Question: 'In colonial times, this Ivy League school was called King's College when Hamilton went there'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'He played Luther Van Dam, assistant to the coach on "Coach"'

Answer: Jerry Van Dyke


Question: 'In Sweden, young girls wear crowns of candles on December 13, this saint's day'

Answer: Saint Lucia


Question: 'The pathetic fallacy is a type of this, attributing human traits to inanimate objects'

Answer: Anthropomorphism


Question: 'On the line of latitude known as this, the sun doesn't rise on the winter solstice or set on the summer'

Answer: Arctic Circle (or for people in the Southern Hemisphere, the Antarctic Circle)


Question: 'It's also called the white or ice bear'

Answer: Polar bear


Question: 'He's played "Dirty Harry" Callahan in 5 films; the most recent was "The Dead Pool" in 1988'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'In back slang this word is "dab"; in Pig Latin it's "ad bay"'

Answer: Bad


Question: 'Napoleon said, "The history of" this Italian city "is the history of the world"'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Noah took clean beasts & fowls on the ark by sevens & unclean beasts by this amount'

Answer: Twos/pairs


Question: 'A.A. Milne boy who stole from the rich to give to the poor'

Answer: Christopher Robin Hood


Question: 'Named for its short, fluffy white tail, it's the most abundant wild rabbit of the U.S.'

Answer: Cottontail


Question: '31 years after starring in "Hud", he appeared in "The Hudsucker Proxy"'

Answer: Paul Newman


Question: 'Bru, spoken in Vietnam, has 41 of these sounds; at $250 each, that's $10,250'

Answer: Vowels


Question: 'Rutherford B. Hayes said that "He serves his party best who serves" this "best"'

Answer: His country


Question: 'In 2:3 God blesses this numbered day because "In it he had rested from all his work"'

Answer: Seventh day


Question: 'Popular sax-playing war action figure'

Answer: Kenny G.I. Joe


Question: 'It has the largest mouth of any land mammal'

Answer: Hippopotamus


Question: 'In the early 1980s this star of "Scarface" & "Serpico" was an artistic director of the Actors Studio'

Answer: Al Pacino


Question: 'Language honored on the U.S. stamp seen here:'

Answer: American Sign Language


Question: '"Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these"'

Answer: It might have been


Question: 'He was Adam & Eve's third-born child'

Answer: Seth


Question: 'Instructor's favorite "West End Girls" group'

Answer: Teacher\'s Pet Shop Boys


Question: 'They're the only truly amphibious members of the weasel family'

Answer: Otters


Question: 'He co-starred with Woody Harrelson in "White Men Can't Jump" & with Sean Connery in "Rising Sun"'

Answer: Wesley Snipes


Question: 'Natives on Gomera in the Canaries talk by using these warbling sounds, so wet yours before chatting'

Answer: Whistle


Question: '"Poor Richard's Almanack" says, "To lengthen thy life, lessen" these'

Answer: Meals


Question: 'God made a covenant with this son of Terah'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'Exclamation point who played Luke Skywalker'

Answer: Punctuation Mark Hamill


Question: 'Found Down Under, it's the sole member of the family Ornithorhynchidae'

Answer: Duck-billed platypus


Question: 'Jon Voight took over the role of Rolf, the young Nazi in love with Liesl, in this Broadway musical in 1961'

Answer: "The Sound of Music"


Question: 'All the words in our Webster's Collegiate Dict. that begin with "sht" are borrowed from this language'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'Of her 1962 novel "Ship of Fools" she said, "I finished the thing; but I think I sprained my soul"'

Answer: Katherine Anne Porter


Question: 'God made all sorts of these, including one of life & one of the knowledge of good & evil'

Answer: Trees


Question: 'Dogpatch resident who claims to have invented baseball'

Answer: Li\'l Abner Doubleday


Question: 'In her first No. 1 solo hit, Tina Turner asked this title question'

Answer: "What\'s Love Got To Do With It"


Question: 'This capital's Avenida Juarez was named for Benito Juarez, president of the country in the 1860s & 1870s'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Today it's a couch without a back, but in 1922 it became an empire without a future'

Answer: Ottoman


Question: 'Flavored types of this liquor, like Pertsovka, are popular in the U.S. & have long been a Russian favorite'

Answer: Vodka


Question: 'A collision between cars that causes only minor damage'

Answer: Fender bender


Question: 'Song heard here, it's also the title of a 1997 film:'

Answer: "Addicted To Love"


Question: 'The name of this Austrian city means "Salt Castle"'

Answer: Salzburg


Question: 'Known as the "Iron Chancellor", he was forced out of power by Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1890'

Answer: Otto von Bismarck


Question: 'Colt 45 & Olde English 800 are brands of this "liquor" that's stronger than most beers'

Answer: Malt liquor


Question: 'Young Florence Griffith, called Dee Dee, grew up, got married & acquired this rhyming nickname'

Answer: "Flo-Jo"


Question: 'In 1943, in Morocco, FDR became the 1st sitting president since this one to visit an actual theater of war'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 1992 Whitney Houston had a hit with this Dolly Parton song'

Answer: "I Will Always Love You"


Question: 'This Cambodian capital lies at the confluence of the Bassac, Tonle Sap & Mekong rivers'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: 'He returned to Amsterdam after the end of WWII & his daughter Anne's death, to collect her papers'

Answer: Otto Frank


Question: 'Booker's, Baker's & Knob Creek are "small batch" producers of this Southern elixir'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: 'In a '60s routine George Carlin was Al Sleet, this groovy type of weatherman'

Answer: Hippy Dippy


Question: 'His travels included an 1875 trip to Salt Lake City; he later visited Mark Twain to do the book deal'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Hi there -- it was the Doors' last No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Hello, I Love You"


Question: 'You can visit the home of former prime minister John Diefenbaker in this Saskatchewan capital'

Answer: Regina


Question: 'Movie in which the "Otto Pilot" seen here appears:'

Answer: Airplane!


Question: 'In Spanish, the name of this cocktail means "daisy"'

Answer: Margarita


Question: 'This term can mean "haphazardly" or have its original sense, "whether you want to or not"'

Answer: Willy-nilly


Question: 'In 1972 he went to both Moscow & Peking'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: '"But darling most of all", the Paris sisters are remembered for this '60s classic'

Answer: "I Love How You Love Me"


Question: 'The Prefecture, the palace of Pizarro, still stands in this southern Peru city known for its Incan remains'

Answer: Cuzco


Question: 'The conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic from 1933 to 1939, his son Werner gained fame as Col. Klink'

Answer: Otto Klemperer


Question: 'Despite its name, this cocktail of rye, sugar & bitters over ice is not quite out of date'

Answer: Old Fashioned


Question: 'General who invaded Italy during WWII & commanded U.N. forces in Korea'

Answer: Mark Clark


Question: 'Standing on the banks of the Concord River, it's also known as the "Statue of the Embattled Farmer"'

Answer: the Minuteman Statue (by Daniel Chester French)


Question: 'This statue got a new torch in 1986; the old one was 100 years old'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'He called his 1988 autobiography "Sweet Life"; he could have called it "I Write the Songs"'

Answer: Barry Manilow


Question: 'Not surprisingly, in 1984 his "1984" was a bestseller'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'Glenn Close had hair glued to her chest for her cameo role as a male pirate in this Spielberg film'

Answer: Hook


Question: 'Jimmy Dean's new flapsticks are sausages dipped in this batter & stuck on sticks'

Answer: pancake batter


Question: '1903 Jack London work in which a dog, half St. Bernard, half Scotch shepherd, survives the wilderness'

Answer: The Call of the Wild


Question: 'Term for the women of the 1920s who wore bobbed hair, short dresses & long strings of beads'

Answer: flappers


Question: 'The rappers known as Kris Kross kreated a kraze by wearing their oversized klothes in this unusual way'

Answer: backwards


Question: 'Stephen Crane established his reputation with this novel of the Civil War'

Answer: The Red Badge of Courage


Question: 'When she danced in the 1935 film "Dante's Inferno", she was still using the name Rita Cansino'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'This basic sauce named for a color is made with rich meat stock'

Answer: brown sauce


Question: 'It's the appearance of a performer after the play in response to applause'

Answer: a curtain call


Question: 'This Sunshine State once had east & west portions; the western part now belongs to Ala., Miss. & La.'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'During the 1992 Summer Olympics, this country singer, born Randy Traywick, was a spokesman for Coca-Cola'

Answer: Randy Travis


Question: 'An article that he wrote about his riverboat days was eventually expanded into "Life on the Mississippi"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Peter Lawford had a bit role as a pilot in this Greer Garson film, the "Best Picture" of 1942'

Answer: Mrs. Miniver


Question: 'In Italy, kidneys are rognoni, brains are cervello & this variety meat is lingua'

Answer: tongue


Question: '"Bovine" term for an audition open to a large number of actors'

Answer: a cattle call


Question: 'Peter Allen wrote "Quiet Please, There's a Lady on Stage" to honor this woman who was once his mother-in-law'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: 'In 1937 this "Sweater Girl" strutted across the screen in a sweater in "They Won't Forget"'

Answer: Lana Turner