Question: 'The late governor Mel Carnahan won a U.S. Senate seat in this state'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'The L.A. Times reports the X in Gen-X stands for this, the number of generations of Americans since 1776'

Answer: 10


Question: '"Born on the Fourth of July"'

Answer: Ron Kovic


Question: 'She had a face that could launch a thousand ships, or stir teen hearts in "A Summer Place"'

Answer: Helen of Troy Donahue


Question: 'Because he was clever & inventive, this speedster with winged sandals was sometimes called the "master thief"'

Answer: Hermes


Question: 'This silent screen star seen here was born in Poland: P-o-l-a, N.-D.'

Answer: Pola Negri


Question: 'The same-named son of a famous football coach, he won a Senate seat in Virginia'

Answer: George Allen


Question: 'When the Greeks used an "X", they called the letter this'

Answer: Chi


Question: '"The Glass Menagerie"'

Answer: Tom Wingfield


Question: 'Kids' song with the line, "Fly's in the buttermilk, shoo Hulk, shoo"'

Answer: "Skip to My Lou Ferrigno"


Question: 'Sylvester IV & Calixtus III are 2 of the nearly 40 men now placed on the list of these'

Answer: Anti-Popes


Question: 'Thousands of these Protestants were killed by pro-Catholic forces in the Massacre of Saint Bartholomew's Day'

Answer: Huguenots


Question: 'Bobby Jones' Grand Slam didn't include this Augusta, Georgia tournament he later co-founded'

Answer: The Masters


Question: 'The energy released during fission can be calculated using this famous calculation'

Answer: E=MC2 (squared)


Question: 'The head of a union of these workers calls them the only mainly female transportation work force'

Answer: Flight attendants


Question: '2-letter word that means "you" in Julius Caesar's dying words'

Answer: Tu


Question: 'In Japan, a type of this curd normally made with soy beans is made with kudzu'

Answer: Tofu


Question: 'In 1709 Sweden was defeated by this Russian czar in the Battle of Poltava, losing its dominance in the Baltic area'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'In 1999 Justin Leonard's putt capped the dramatic U.S. comeback to help win this trophy'

Answer: Ryder Cup


Question: 'In 1938 2 Germans bombarded this element, No. 92, with neutrons, but didn't realize they'd induced a fission reaction'

Answer: Uranium


Question: 'By federal regulation, you have to be told that federal law bars "tampering with, disabling, or destroying" this'

Answer: Smoke detector


Question: '"You" is defined as the pronoun of this "person", singular or plural'

Answer: Second person


Question: 'Like ginseng, kudzu finds its way into medicinal & herbal varieties of this beverage'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'In 1996 Emil Constantinescu defeated Ion Iliescu in a runoff election for president of this country'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'Seen here, he learned his game working as a greenskeeper in Texas'

Answer: Lee Trevino


Question: 'In 1942 this Italian-born physicist & his team produced the first controlled self-sustaining fission reaction'

Answer: Enrico Fermi


Question: 'This airline term for "to get off an aircraft" sounds like Tattoo's line on "Fantasy Island"'

Answer: Deplane


Question: 'A little-used plural of "thou", it comes before "of little faith"'

Answer: Ye


Question: 'Kudzu leaves can be dipped in a light batter & cooked this way until crispy like a potato chip'

Answer: Deep-fried


Question: 'In 1905 journalist Arthur Griffith founded this political party, urging the Irish to not pay taxes to the British'

Answer: Sinn Fein


Question: 'Now married to Ray Knight, she joined the LPGA Hall of Fame in 1987, the year she turned 30'

Answer: Nancy Lopez


Question: 'It was named for a district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, first assigned because early work was done at Columbia'

Answer: The Manhattan Project


Question: 'The "type II" version of the fluid for this winter process is good for about 30 minutes'

Answer: Deicing


Question: 'This Brooklynese plural of "you" is a homophone of a word meaning "multiple female sheep"'

Answer: Youze


Question: 'This purplish part of the kudzu plant can be turned into a jelly'

Answer: Flower


Question: 'In 1928 this finance minister grabbed power & began his 40-year rule as dictator of Portugal'

Answer: Antonio Salazar


Question: 'In 2000 Tiger Woods' winning streak brought new attention to this man's record 11 straight wins in 1945'

Answer: Byron Nelson


Question: 'The director of the Los Alamos lab, he owned a cabin near Santa Fe called "Perro Caliente" ("Hot Dog")'

Answer: J. Robert Oppenheimer


Question: 'This cable outfit's airport network is now seen at over 1,500 gate areas in the U.S.'

Answer: CNN (Cable News Network)


Question: 'This Southern plural of "you" is a homophone of a word meaning "a two-masted sailing vessel"'

Answer: Y\'all


Question: 'A powder made from this part of the plant is used as a starchy thickener for soups'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'The 14th century "Black Death" that swept Europe was this type of plague, from the Greek for "groin"'

Answer: Bubonic


Question: 'This ancient time-measuring device must be designed for its specific location on Earth'

Answer: Sundial


Question: 'Woody Harrelson hustled basketball games while Rosie Perez won big on "Jeopardy!" in this comedy'

Answer: White Men Can\'t Jump


Question: '"Sic Semper Tyrannis"'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'In the 1930s she wrote biographies of her father & mother, who were Presbyterian missionaries to China'

Answer: Pearl S. Buck


Question: 'Paronomasia, from the Greek for "A play on words", is the rhetorical term for this 3-letter word'

Answer: Pun


Question: 'The first of these was the Nile turning to blood'

Answer: 10 plagues of Egypt


Question: 'Of dog days, halcyon days or salad days, the one that's the most weather-related'

Answer: Dog days


Question: 'It's the "monster" hit seen here: [video clue]'

Answer: The Creature From The Black Lagoon


Question: '"If You Seek A Pleasant Peninsula, Look About You"'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'In his 1841 essay "Self-Reliance", he wrote, "Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind"'

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson


Question: 'An example of antanaclasis is Ben Franklin's "We must all hang together, or....we shall all" do this'

Answer: Hang separately


Question: 'This physician & seer of the "centuries" treated plague victims in 16th century France'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'You don't have to check your watch, you know it's this time if you see mad dogs & Englishmen'

Answer: Midday


Question: 'A terrorist group plots to blow up the Super Bowl in this 1977 flick'

Answer: Black Sunday


Question: '"Excelsior"'

Answer: New York


Question: 'His 2 middle names were Scott & Key'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question:
'A
correct
response
on
seeing
these
initial
characters'

Answer: Acrostic


Question: 'He published "The Plague" in 1947'

Answer: Albert Camus


Question: 'Brazil is celebrating its qunicentennial, this many years since its discovery by the Portuguese'

Answer: 500


Question: 'Jennifer Jason Leigh played the roommate from hell in this 1992 thriller'

Answer: Single White Female


Question: '"Crossroads of America"'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'From 1944 to 1946 he served as a naval historian in the south Pacific'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'Character who gave his name to lines like, " 'The prisoner's coming down,' he said condescendingly"'

Answer: Tom Swift


Question: 'In his diary, Samuel Pepys recounted the "Great Plague" sweeping through London in this decade'

Answer: 1660s


Question: 'From the Latin for "grape-gathering", it's the time for gathering grapes for wine'

Answer: Vintage


Question: 'Cops Michael Douglas & Andy Garcia tangle with the Japanese mafia in this 1989 film'

Answer: Black Rain


Question: '"Equal Rights"'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'This author & his loose lifestyle were the subject of Tom Wolfe's "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"'

Answer: Ken Kesey


Question: 'A contronym can mean 2 opposite things, like this word meaning "to adhere" & "to divide"'

Answer: Cleave


Question: 'Known to many as The Colossus, this man was elected to the Cape Colony Assembly in 1881'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: '"Listen my children & you shall hear", this silversmith did more than horse around; he made surgical instruments too'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Fittingly, in 4 films Ronald Reagan played Brass Bancroft, one of these agents who guard the U.S. president'

Answer: the Secret Service


Question: 'As a verb, it means to raise the shoulders to express indifference; in fashion, it's a type of short sweater'

Answer: a shrug


Question: '"While Angie and the kids hung in L.A.", he was promoting "Inglourious Basterds" in Germany'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'Diamond Head Volcano & Iolani Palace in this city'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Groucho quipped, "One morning I shot" this "in my pajamas; how he got into my pajamas I'll never know"'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'In the 2008 presidential primary season, she received 18 million votes'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'This 1996 film about a sports agent popularized the phrase "Show me the money!"'

Answer: Jerry Maguire


Question: 'These are also called bib-top pants'

Answer: overalls


Question: 'In 2009, "dressed in Laker purple", this sunglasses-wearing "avid fan... watched the Lakers beat the... Magic 100-75"'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'The Macaulay Salmon Hatchery & the Alaska State Museum'

Answer: Juneau


Question: 'According to a proverb, "Every dog has his" this'

Answer: day


Question: 'This guy who taught the world about glasnost, or openness, led the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'It's the nickname of hall of fame baseball manager George Anderson of the Reds & Tigers'

Answer: "Sparky"


Question: 'A sweater is named for the 7th Earl of this, who needed an extra layer of warmth under his uniform during the Crimean War'

Answer: Cardigan


Question: 'This man "(A.K.A. Tony Stark) takes five atop the... Randy's Donuts sign while filming... 'Iron Man 2'"'

Answer: Robert Downey Jr.


Question: 'Completes the Clement Clarke Moore line, "Not a creature was stirring--"'

Answer: not even a mouse


Question: 'On April 21, 1918 this German pilot credited with downing 80 enemy aircraft was killed in his triplane; Snoopy's revenge?'

Answer: the Red Baron


Question: 'Known as the Colonel, this showbiz manager built Elvis Presley into an international phenomenon'

Answer: Colonel Parker


Question: 'The dress called cheongsam, which blends traditional Chinese & Western styles, is also called this, like a Chinese dialect'

Answer: Mandarin


Question: 'In Malibu, this actor relived "a Jeff Spicoli moment during a surfing session at Zuma Beach"'

Answer: Sean Penn


Question: 'In "Winnie-the-Pooh" he wrote, "Isn't it funny how a bear likes honey?  Buzz! Buzz!  Buzz!  I wonder why he does"'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'As depicted here, this English king & Shakespeare hero did some hands-on fighting at the Battle of Agincourt'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'Anne Hathaway was Agent 99 to Steve Carell's Agent 86 in this movie adaptation from the small screen'

Answer: Get Smart


Question: 'Usually of black lace, this veil that is draped over the head & down the shoulders is from the Spanish for "shawl"'

Answer: a mantilla


Question: '"Mr. Smooth" was in L.A. on July 20, 2009 "as his alter ego, 1960s ad exec Don Draper, on the set of 'Mad Men'"'

Answer: Jon Hamm


Question: 'Lord Dufferin wrote, "It is upon" this animal "that the Laplander is dependent for (almost) every comfort in life"'

Answer: a reindeer


Question: 'The doctor in Berg's "Wozzeck" is sung by this lowest male voice'

Answer: bass


Question: 'In the Shrek movies, she's the voice of Queen Lillian; in "The Princess Diaries", she's Queen Clarisse Renaldi'

Answer: Julie Andrews


Question: 'In the theater it's bad luck to wish someone "good luck"; instead, use this traditional 3-word phrase'

Answer: break a leg


Question: 'This person, sometimes addressed as "garcon"'

Answer: a waiter


Question: 'In the 1930s this future CBS anchorman was on the radio in Kansas City as Walter Wilcox'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'Good gardeners are said to have these appendages'

Answer: a green thumb


Question: 'Don Prudenzio is a doctor in "Il viaggio a Reims", written for the coronation of Charles X of this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'A decade after winning an Emmy for "Seinfeld", she won again for "The New Adventures of Old Christine"'

Answer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus


Question: 'The tradition of breaking one of these fowl clavicles to see who gets to make a wish dates back to the Etruscans'

Answer: a wishbone


Question: 'These public safety workers who traditionally slide down a pole'

Answer: a fireman


Question: 'In a May 6, 1937 radio broadcast, Herb Morrison said of it, "The frame is crashing to the ground... Oh, the humanity"'

Answer: the Hindenburg


Question: 'In show biz it's a studio OK to go ahead, as in the 2008 Variety headline "'Gulliver' Gets Fox" this'

Answer: a green light


Question: 'Marcello fetches a doctor, but Mimi still dies, leaving Rodolfo heartbroken at the end of this opera'

Answer: La bohème


Question: '40 years later & Julie Newmar is still best remembered for playing this villainess on "Batman"'

Answer: Catwoman


Question: 'Make a wish when you see 8 magpies, 3 birds on a wire or the first one of these birds in the spring'

Answer: a robin


Question: 'This type of professional, who may teach on- or off-leash'

Answer: a dog trainer


Question: 'Get some "Fresh Air" & find "All Songs Considered" on this; it has more than 800 member stations'

Answer: NPR


Question: 'Crusty old Dr. Bartolo keeps Rosina under lock & key in this Spanish-set opera'

Answer: The Barber of Seville


Question: 'Naturally, both she & Tricia are on the board that oversees their dad's Presidential Library & Birthplace'

Answer: Julie Nixon


Question: 'If you hold this little beetle while making a wish, she will then fly in the direction from which good luck will come'

Answer: a ladybug


Question: 'This type of healer who adjusts & aligns you based on a system developed in 1895'

Answer: a chiropractor


Question: 'This man, whose real name is actually Gary, began hosting "A Prairie Home Companion" in 1974'

Answer: Garrison Keillor


Question: 'Despina disguises herself as a doctor in the Mozart opera "Cosi fan" this'

Answer: tutte


Question: 'Lara in "Doctor Zhivago", this "Darling" Oscar winner grew up on her father's plantation in India'

Answer: Julie Christie


Question: 'The original tradition of this Rome fountain was to drink the water then make a wish; today, just toss some coins'

Answer: the Trevi Fountain


Question: 'An HVAC technician, HVAC standing for heating, this & air conditioning'

Answer: ventilation


Question: 'This nonprofit corp. abbreviated R.F.E. was created to oppose the USSR's isolating its citizens from world info'

Answer: Radio Free Europe


Question: 'His work of the 1930s & '40s is so associated with sentimentality that his name is often combined with "corn"'

Answer: Frank Capra


Question: 'Before his death, this cruel Russian czar joined an order of monks & renamed himself Jonah'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'Who could forget this funny lady as Lisa Loopner & Baba Wawa'

Answer: Gilda Radner


Question: 'Monthly fees to groups of physicians for miners' health care evolved into this program in 1939'

Answer: Blue Shield


Question: '1 of the 2 current U.S. possessions acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War'

Answer: Guam or Puerto Rico


Question: 'Its atomic number is 79 & the purest types are said to be 24-karat'

Answer: gold


Question: 'A short trip somewhere to do something on behalf of somebody else'

Answer: errand


Question: 'In the 13th century a Japanese monk named Nichiren founded a branch of this religion based on the Lotus Sutra'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'Joe Piscopo was Pokey to his Gumby, dammit!'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'Israel's national emergency medical service, Magen David Adom, is this color shield of David'

Answer: red


Question: 'After World War I, Czechoslovakia was established on territory formerly belonging to this empire'

Answer: Austro-Hungarian Empire


Question: 'On October 30, 1954 this sport introduced the use of the 24-second clock'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'This small northern weasel is also known as a stoat'

Answer: ermine


Question: 'England's first archbishop of this city was a Benedictine monk named Augustine in the 7th century'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'Sluggo & Mr. Hand were the arch-nemeses of this falsetto-voiced character'

Answer: Mr. Bill


Question: 'From the Old French, it's the heraldic design on the shield seen here'

Answer: chevron


Question: '1848's Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending this war added over 500,000 square miles to the U.S.'

Answer: Mexican War


Question: 'In an old nursery rhyme four and twenty of these birds are baked into a pie served to a king'

Answer: blackbirds


Question: 'From the Latin for "pull up by the roots", it means to completely get rid of something, like a disease'

Answer: eradicate


Question: 'This monk tested over 28,000 pea plants between 1856 & 1863'

Answer: Gregor Mendel


Question: 'Enid Strict is the rarely used name of this Dana Carvey character'

Answer: The Church Lady


Question: 'By law, this state's seal "shall be a shield argent charged with a pine tree with a moose at the foot of it"'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'This empire lost nearly all of its European territories during the Balkan Wars of 1912 & 1913'

Answer: Ottoman Empire


Question: 'This political party split during Buchanan's presidency & wasn't elected to the presidency for 24 years'

Answer: Democrats


Question: 'This 3-word Gaelic phrase means "Ireland Forever"'

Answer: "Erin Go Bragh!"


Question: 'Cheers to this blind French monk who is credited with pioneering the making of champagne around 1698'

Answer: Dom Perignon


Question: 'This "Weekend Update" anchor seen here is the first female head writer in the show's over-25-year history'

Answer: Tina Fey


Question: 'The shield of these Catholic "knights", founded in 1882, bears a sword & axe'

Answer: Knights of Columbus


Question: 'Following this "long" conflict that ended in 1453, England had lost all its territory on the continent except Calais'

Answer: Hundred Years\' War


Question: 'You're within this "circle" if you experience 24 continuous hours of sunlight on June 21'

Answer: Arctic Circle


Question: 'Asmara is this African nation's capital'

Answer: Eritrea


Question: '"Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"<br />(1907)'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'The title of the category is the title of a famous album by this comedian'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'White fringe tree, named for its fringes of white flowers, is also called "old man's" this facial feature'

Answer: beard


Question: 'In the 1940s Raphael Lemkin coined this term for destruction of a group, now a crime under international law'

Answer: genocide


Question: 'This actress who plays Elf queen Galadriel provides the narration for "The Fellowship of the Ring"'

Answer: Cate Blanchett


Question: 'A catechumen is a student getting the basics of Christianity in this question-&-answer form'

Answer: catechism


Question: '"Irises"<br />(1889)'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'A dust devil is a small whirlwind in the desert or a small, cordless hand-held brand of these'

Answer: vacuum cleaners


Question: 'It's the part of the cannonball tree that gives the tree its name'

Answer: fruit


Question: 'The Vienna Conventions codified this principle that protects ambassadors from local prosecution'

Answer: diplomatic immunity


Question: 'We can't get this Aussie singer & soap star out of our heads'

Answer: Kylie Minogue


Question: 'Rhyming with clasp, it's a clasp for a door or lid that's fastened with a padlock'

Answer: hasp


Question: '"St. Bartholomew" (seen here)<br />(1661)'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'A small place of worship, it was originally the place French kings stored the capella or "cape" of St. Martin'

Answer: chapel


Question: 'This follows "shag" in the name of a hickory tree because it breaks up into loosely attached plates as the tree ages'

Answer: bark


Question: 'In case of losses, the 1988 Basel Capital Accord makes banks set aside 8 cents on every dollar they make in these'

Answer: loans


Question: 'This Melbourne native seen here plays an American on "Six Feet Under"'

Answer: Rachel Griffiths


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  Spicy-sounding name for the type of comb I'm using to give Daily Double a good grooming'

Answer: curry comb


Question: '"The Blue Boy"<br />(1770)'

Answer: Thomas Gainsborough


Question: 'It's what's "small" on a black bass that differentiates it in name from the "large" one'

Answer: mouth


Question: 'Hamamelis virginiana gets this common name from the use of its branches to find water, my pretty'

Answer: Witch-hazel


Question: 'In 1793, as France & Britain went to war, George Washington proclaimed this status for the U.S.'

Answer: neutral


Question: 'Born in Hawaii to Australian parents, this star of "The Others" moved to Sydney at age 4'

Answer: Nicole Kidman


Question: 'This word starting with "T" means "one who does believe in God" (add an A & you'd get one who doesn't)'

Answer: theist


Question: '"Napoleon Crossing the Alps"<br />(1800)'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'While you're enjoying the mountain scenery you might spot a tarn, a small one of these left by a glacier'

Answer: lake


Question: 'This tree's odd appearance gave it an odd name from Lewis Carroll, "for the snark was one of these, you see"'

Answer: boojum tree


Question: 'The 1919 Treaty of Versailles was this type, from the Latin for "many" & "side"'

Answer: multilateral


Question: 'He co-wrote & directed the movies "Strictly Ballroom" & "Moulin Rouge!"'

Answer: Baz Luhrmann


Question: 'It's a person of great learning in a variety of subjects, though it sounds like only in trig & calculus'

Answer: polymath


Question: 'Disney theme park attractions based on this 1960 film flew the flag seen here'

Answer: Swiss Family Robinson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Giza, Egypt.)  After seeing the Sphinx he wrote in "Innocents Abroad", "The great face was so sad, so earnest, so longing"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'In 1975, using her grandkids' ages, a Pennsylvania woman won about $28,000 with this alliterative racetrack bet'

Answer: a daily double


Question: 'Grant quipped, "I only know 2 tunes.  One is" this patriotic tune "and the other one isn't"'

Answer: "Yankee Doodle"


Question:
'Sean Bean,
Sean Young,
Sean O'Casey'

Answer: Sean Young


Question: 'Among his top 10 "worst names for a seafood restaurant" were "The Gagging Deck Hand" & "It Might Be Flounder"'

Answer: David Letterman


Question: 'A type of mustache, or a bicycle's steering rod'

Answer: a handlebar


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.)  Lady Herbert, daughter of this lord, was at the opening of Tut's tomb & lived to age 79--so much for the curse!'

Answer: Lord Carnarvon


Question: 'Anything that gives you a solution to a mystery, or a Parker Brothers board game'

Answer: a clue


Question: 'The U.S. city where he's entombed'

Answer: New York City


Question:
'Sidney Lanier,
Sydney Greenstreet,
Sydney Biddle Barrows'

Answer: Sydney Biddle Barrows


Question: 'Chris Rock doesn't think gun control is necessary, as "long as" these "cost $5,000"'

Answer: bullets


Question: 'To be or not to be this type of small village, that is the question (or in this case, the answer)'

Answer: a hamlet


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.)  When he invaded Egypt in 1798 he said, "Soldiers, from atop of these pyramids, 40 centuries are looking at us"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '5-letter term used to show feelings of regret, or a Parker Brothers board game; ooo...'

Answer: sorry


Question: 'His mother's maiden name'

Answer: Simpson


Question:
'George Sand,
George Sanders,
George Santayana'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'One real headline featured on his talk show read, "Holidays make child's dream of shiny, new ax a reality"'

Answer: Jay Leno


Question: 'The emblem the Soviet Union adopted in 1923'

Answer: the hammer & sickle


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Giza, Egypt.)  In a letter, this 19th century limerick poet wrote about riding a camel, "Away you go, just as if on a rocking chair"'

Answer: Edward Lear


Question: 'From the French for "rotten pot", it's any mixture of unrelated objects'

Answer: potpourri


Question: 'The newspaper publisher he defeated in 1872 to win his second term'

Answer: Horace Greeley


Question:
'Jesse White,
Jesse Ventura,
Jessie Royce Landis'

Answer: Jessie Royce Landis


Question: 'You wouldn't be wrong if you knew this comic said, "Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect"'

Answer: Steven Wright


Question: 'C'mon, take a chance, just for this flatfish, genus Hippoglossus'

Answer: the halibut


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Luxor, Egypt.)  One of the people behind moving the other obelisk to Paris was this decipherer of the Rosetta Stone'

Answer: Champollion


Question: 'Don't look now, but from the Latin for "balcony", it's a small platform for a public speaker'

Answer: a podium


Question: 'Grant & Lee's battle of attrition in the forest May 5-7, 1864'

Answer: the Wilderness


Question:
'Terry Kiser,
Terry Moore,
Terry-Thomas'

Answer: Terry Moore


Question: 'This "Brain Droppings" author said, "If you love someone, set them free; if they come home, set them on fire"'

Answer: George Carlin


Question: 'The music for this Cuban dance has a slow duple meter'

Answer: the habañera


Question: 'Basquiat got attention, not detention, for this type of wall writing in "Hollywood Africans"'

Answer: graffiti


Question: 'Crazed bank robber Sonny'

Answer: Dog Day Afternoon


Question: 'Abe Lincoln lived in this city in the 1840s & '50s; his home still stands at Eighth & Jackson'

Answer: Springfield


Question: 'A scratch player in golf is one who plays without this'

Answer: a handicap


Question: 'In the '30s Miller attendid this school at Ann Arbor, which he said was "regarded as a radical enclave"'

Answer: the University of Michigan


Question: 'Able to live both on land & in water'

Answer: amphibious


Question: 'Her large installations "The Dinner Party" & "The Holocaust Project" have been published in book form'

Answer: Judy Chicago


Question: 'Say hello to my Cuban drug lord Tony Montana'

Answer: Scarface


Question: '"Will it play in" this city, headquarters of the earthmoving Caterpillar, Inc.'

Answer: Peoria


Question: 'Used for flogging, it takes its name from the feline scratch-like marks it left on its victims'

Answer: a cat-o\'-nine-tails


Question: 'Speaking of this play, Miller said, "The threat of this kind of hysteria is never really gone.  It's with us always"'

Answer: The Crucible


Question: 'Geographically, it precedes "City" in Iowa & "Falls" in South Dakota'

Answer: Sioux


Question: 'Neo-expressionest Julian Schnabel changed canvases & directed this film about Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas'

Answer: Before Night Falls


Question: 'Manhattan drug addict Bobby'

Answer: Panic in Needle Park


Question: 'Illinois' southernmost city, it shares its name with Africa's largest city (pronounced differently)'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'In nine-ball, whenever you sink this, it's a scratch'

Answer: the cue ball


Question: 'Brian Dennehy, seen here playing "Jeopardy!" in 1999, played this Miller character on Broadway that same year'

Answer: Willy Loman


Question: 'Thrill to this word meaning "performed in place of another", from the Latin for "substitute"'

Answer: vicarious


Question: 'Christo had the idea for the Central Park project with this title in 1979; it was finally realized in 2005'

Answer: The Gates


Question: 'CIA headhunter Walter Burke'

Answer: The Recruit


Question: '2 state penitentiaries are in or near this northeastern Illinois city, the seat of Will County'

Answer: Joliet


Question: 'This nocturnal mammal's name comes from an Algonquin word for "he scratches with his hands"'

Answer: a raccoon


Question: 'This scathingly personal drama portrayed Marilyn Monroe as a singer named Maggie'

Answer: After the Fall


Question: 'From the Latin for "propitiate", it means earnestly religious'

Answer: pious


Question: 'This artist who died in 1990 created "Radiant Baby", which is sold at his art store in New York City'

Answer: Keith Haring


Question: 'Playwright Travalian'

Answer: Author! Author!


Question: 'Here's "de" story; barbed wire was first perfected & manufactured in this city'

Answer: DeKalb


Question: 'In the Old South he was sometimes known as "Old Scratch"'

Answer: the devil (Satan)


Question: 'Miller is seen here receiving this highest honor the United States gives for a life of creativity'

Answer: the National Medal of Arts


Question: 'Don't "object" to this 13-letter adjective that means scrupulous or meticulous'

Answer: conscientious


Question: 'In this language spoken by 120 million worldwide, all of the days of the week but one end with the same 3 letters'

Answer: German


Question: 'The snake dance of the Hopi is a petition to the gods to bring this'

Answer: rain


Question: 'The theme song for "The Beverly Hillbillies", "The Ballad of" this man, went to No. 44 in 1962'

Answer: Jed Clampett


Question: 'A wild hog'

Answer: a boar


Question: 'Matthew was a publican, meaning he collected these'

Answer: taxes


Question: '"Lion on the Links" is the subtitle of a biography of him'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'This PM had a swimming pool built at his home Chartwell, in Kent, where he spent the last 40 years of his life'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'Johann Blumenback determined from his collection of these body parts that there were 5 races of humans'

Answer: skulls


Question: 'Whatcha gonna do?  This "Cops" theme song by Inner Circle peaked at No. 8 in 1993'

Answer: "Bad Boys"


Question: 'Represented Tennessee in the Senate, 1985 to 1993'

Answer: Gore


Question: 'This author of Corinthans is very proud of the fact he's multilingual'

Answer: Paul


Question: 'The same firm did the beading on Dorothy's ruby slippers for "The Wizard of Oz" & this man's famous sequined glove'

Answer: Jacko (Michael Jackson)


Question: 'This 1920s matinee idol is said to haunt Falcon Lair, his Hollywood home'

Answer: Valentino


Question: 'From the name of the ancient Greek city of Pergamum we get this word for an old material to write on'

Answer: parchment


Question: 'Heard here, the theme to this TV show hit the charts 3 different times'

Answer: Peter Gunn


Question: '20 years'

Answer: a score


Question: 'Acts reports that John & he were arrested under suspicion of promoting resurrection of the dead'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'This Halloween favorite that has bands of white, orange & yellow dates back to the 1880s'

Answer: candy corn


Question: 'Prefabricated & shipped by steamboat to Hannibal, Mo., Pilaster House is a childhood home of this author'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'To a Yurok Indian of the Pacific NW, the scalps of these birds that eat insects in trees were a form of wealth'

Answer: woodpeckers


Question: 'Climbing to No. 25 in 1976, "Making Our Dreams Come True" was the hit them song for this TV show'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: 'Return a painting or a piece of furniture to its original condition'

Answer: restore


Question: 'Acts & this Gospel are credited to the same author'

Answer: Luke


Question: 'The use of steel girders in construction inspired A.C. Gilbert to invent this classic toy'

Answer: an erector set


Question: 'After the deaths of his Uncle George & Aunt Martha, Bushrod Washington moved into this home'

Answer: Mount Vernon


Question: '"The Book of Knowledge" refers to these New Mexico Indian dwellings as large apartment houses'

Answer: pueblos


Question: 'Appropriately, his 1976 No. 1 hit "Welcome Back" was the theme song to "Welcome Back, Kotter"'

Answer: John Sebastian


Question: 'Pakistan's second most populous city'

Answer: Lahore


Question: 'Object opened in Revelation 8, or a Bergman film that opened in 1957'

Answer: the Seventh Seal


Question: 'Sit-N-Snooze & Slack-Back were suggested names for what became this brand of reclining lounge chairs'

Answer: La-Z-Boy


Question: 'Once home to a prosperous NYC merchant who went bankrupt, it's now the mayor's official residence'

Answer: Gracie Mansion


Question: 'Anti-civilization philosopher Jean-Jacques Rosseau advocated man's "Return to" this'

Answer: Nature


Question: 'Kauai filled in for South America in this first Indiana Jones film'

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark


Question: 'It's California's capital as well as the "Almond Capital of the World"'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'This planet closest to the sun features a crater, the Caloris basin, which is about the size of Texas'

Answer: Mercury


Question: '...the Tet Offensive was launched'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'You'll know it's from the German for "rule" & "army" if you just do the Matthau'

Answer: Walter


Question: 'This ancient philosopher wrote about a theory of forms in his "Republic"'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'Part of this 1961 Elvis movie was filmed at the Hilton Hawaiian village, also the birthplace of the colorful cocktail'

Answer: Blue Hawaii


Question: 'They're Washington State's 2 largest "s"ities'

Answer: Seattle & Spokane


Question: 'Triton, this planet's largest satellite, has a surface temperature of about -390 degrees F.'

Answer: Neptune


Question: '...the Spanish Armada was destroyed'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'It's German for "strong ruler", like a lion-heart, we guess'

Answer: Richard


Question: 'Kierkegaard said that God telling Abraham to do this in Genesis 22 is an example of absurdity in religion'

Answer: sacrifice his son (kill Isaac)


Question: 'We assume that Jessica Lange was impressed by the size of her co-star in this 1976 remake filmed partly in Hawaii'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'You can score some points right now if you know that this city is "The Birthplace of Basketball"'

Answer: Springfield (Mass.)


Question: 'Jupiter's feature called this is really a windstorm raging at around 250 mph & large enough to cover 2 Earths'

Answer: the Great Red Spot


Question: '...the U.S. ended its Civil War'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'In English it means "truthful"; in German it's "Frenchman"'

Answer: Frank


Question: 'Ancient Greek philosopher from Samos whose school promoted pleasure & let women & slaves join, too'

Answer: Epicurus


Question: 'Danny DeVito scampered off to Kauai to murder Billy Crystal's wife in this 1987 comedy caper'

Answer: Throw Momma from the Train


Question: 'The first Olympics held in the U.S. were in this Midwest city in 1904'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'Meteors, also known as shooting stars, may be debris left by these icy bodies traveling around the sun'

Answer: comets


Question: '...Napoleon lost at Waterloo'

Answer: George III


Question: 'This name we spell with a G or a J may be from the German Gaufrid, "land-peace" or Gisfrid, "pledge-peace"'

Answer: Jeffrey


Question: 'This Scot wanted to change the course of philosophy with his 1739-1740 "A Treatise of Human Nature"'

Answer: David Hume


Question: 'In a John Ford movie filmed on Kauai, John Wayne played "Guns" Donovan, the owner of this title bar'

Answer: Donovan\'s Reef


Question: 'Until 1867 it was the capital of Russian America'

Answer: Sitka


Question: 'Part of this astronomer's "belt" theory says small chunks of matter are the building blocks of planets'

Answer: Gerard Kuiper


Question: '...the Union Jack was first used'

Answer: James I


Question: 'Halmric, "home-power", became this in English, a powerful name of a '70s Secretary of State'

Answer: Henry


Question: 'Aptly, his middle name contained the word "rich"'

Answer: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller


Question: 'This state's Gold Rush began in 1858, about 10 years after California's'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Harry Lillis Crosby'

Answer: "Bing"


Question: 'Sliced apples sauteed in butter are a classic filling for these French pancakes'

Answer: Crepes


Question: 'Persecutory delusions & hallucinations are characteristics of this psychotic disorder abbreviated p.sz'

Answer: Paranoid schizophrenia


Question: 'The Cadillac Automobile Company was founded in this city in 1902'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'The Milwaukee Brewers joined it at the start of the 1998 season'

Answer: National League


Question: 'Canada's Hamilton River was renamed in 1965 to honor this British statesman'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Carl H. Severinsen'

Answer: "Doc"


Question: 'To make mousse d'ecrevisses, you need at least 30 of these freshwater crustaceans'

Answer: Crayfish


Question: 'Combat or battle fatigue & this phrase from WWI are outmoded terms for post-traumatic stress disorder'

Answer: Shell shocked


Question: 'It's the company that produced classics like the 1967 Z/28 Camaro'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'Lafayette in 1789 & Dan Quayle in 1969 each joined an organization called this'

Answer: National Guard


Question: 'Originally, it was President Coolidge's middle name'

Answer: Calvin


Question: 'William James Basie'

Answer: "Count"


Question: 'Many a French meal ends with a dry red wine served with this blue-veined treat, the "cheese of kings and popes"'

Answer: Roquefort


Question: 'Parapraxis is this seemingly innocent conversational blunder that is the result of unconscious wishes'

Answer: Freudian slip


Question: 'Chief designer of the 1965 Pontiac GTO, he later designed a sports car he named for himself'

Answer: John DeLorean


Question: 'If you're catching "Morning Edition" on KANU Lawrence, Kansas, you're listening to this'

Answer: National Public Radio


Question: 'In 1860 Abe Lincoln became the Republican presidential nominee at a convention held in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Ferdinand Joseph Morton'

Answer: "Jelly Roll"


Question: 'This chilled leek & potato soup is traditionally topped with chopped chives'

Answer: Vichyssoise


Question: 'Like a baby removed from her mother, an adult can suffer from this when away from familiar surroundings'

Answer: Separation anxiety


Question: 'Mopar, a company that helps keep vintage cars running, stands for this'

Answer: MOtor PARts


Question: 'The area seen here (Point Reyes) was established as one of these in 1962'

Answer: National Seashore


Question: 'In 1594 France's King Henry IV was crowned in the Magnificent Cathedral in this city'

Answer: Chartres


Question: 'Kenneth Edmonds'

Answer: "Babyface"


Question: 'For a change of pace at soup time, try soup aux cerises, made with red wine & this fruit'

Answer: Cherries


Question: 'Projection & denial are 2 of these; you may use them but I never do'

Answer: Defense mechanisms


Question: 'This classic Plymouth muscle car with a 383 c.i. engine shares its name with a speedy cartoon bird'

Answer: Roadrunner


Question: '(Hi, I'm political commentator Al Franken)  In 1996 I addressed this august Washington, D.C. club on the topic "Neo-Post-Multilateralism"'

Answer: National Press Club


Question: 'Miko are women dedicated to working with the Kami, this Japanese religion's sacred powers'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'King Arthur's conjurer<br />(6)'

Answer: Merlin


Question: 'This name of a Berber-inhabited region of Africa was applied to a wild & woolly district of San Francisco'

Answer: Barbary Coast


Question: 'Pres. Harding's interior secretary Albert Fall spent 9 months in prison for his role in this scandal'

Answer: Teapot Dome


Question: 'The source of "The Two Noble Kinsmen", probably co-written by Shakespeare, was this author's "The Knight's Tale"'

Answer: Geoffrey Chaucer


Question: 'In 1932 Peg Entwhistle jumped from the first letter of this local landmark'

Answer: the Hollywood Sign


Question: 'Dick may spot a Jain in this country -- the Jains originated there'

Answer: India


Question: 'Mother Wolf's human cub<br />(6)'

Answer: Mowgli


Question: 'The USA's coast ranges include the Klamath Mountains of Oregon & the Kenai Mountains of this state'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In 1823 he declared that the Americas were no longer "subjects for future colonization" by European powers'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'At the beginning of "The Tempest" he tells his daughter Miranda he was once the Duke of Milan'

Answer: Prospero


Question: 'This gangster was gunned down in his girlfriend's Beverly Hills home June 20, 1947'

Answer: Bugsy Siegel


Question: 'These 2 ancient & opposite forces are symbolized in China by a white tiger & an azure dragon'

Answer: Yin & Yang


Question: 'Ashley Wilkes' wife (& cousin)<br />(7)'

Answer: Melanie


Question: 'L.A.'s Sunset Boulevard ends at this road known as PCH'

Answer: Pacific Coast Highway


Question: 'When Congress first met in 1789, the House of Representatives had 65 members; today there are this many'

Answer: 435


Question: 'A 1958 Three Stooges short changed "All" to "Oil" in this Shakespeare title'

Answer: All\'s Well That Ends Well


Question: 'He was on his way to compete in a car race when he crashed Sept. 30, 1955'

Answer: James Dean


Question: 'Members of the Society of Friends are Quakers & members of the Society of Jesus are these'

Answer: Jesuits


Question: 'Twain's "Stranger" or Verne's "Island"<br />(10)'

Answer: Mysterious


Question: 'This region provided the title of a film in which Harrison Ford moves his family to Central America'

Answer: The Mosquito Coast


Question: 'After a close & bitter contest, this Illinois Democrat lost her Senate seat in 1998'

Answer: Carol Moseley Braun


Question: 'Considered Shakespeare's first comedy, as its title shows he wanted you to know it was one'

Answer: The Comedy of Errors


Question: 'Her daughter Cheryl's stabbing of Johnny Stompanato was ruled justifiable homicide'

Answer: Lana Turner


Question: 'Michael Flatley could be challenged by Nataraja, a Hindu cosmic being whose name means this in Sanskrit'

Answer: Lord of the Dance


Question: 'Austen's "Park", or author Katherine<br />(9)'

Answer: Mansfield


Question: 'A former British colony now part of Ghana, or a city in Queensland, Australia'

Answer: Gold Coast


Question: 'To encourage the issuance of more paper money, farmers in the 1870s formed this political party'

Answer: Greenback Party


Question: 'The story goes, Queen Elizabeth wanted to see Falstaff in love so Shakespeare quickly wrote this comedy'

Answer: The Merry Wives of Windsor


Question: 'Floral nickname of aspiring actress Betty Short, victim of a still unsolved 1947 murder'

Answer: "The Black Dahlia"


Question: 'This tennis player was ranked No. 1 for the year a record 6 times in a row in the 1990s'

Answer: Pete Sampras


Question: 'Paris was founded around 250 B.C. by the Celtic Parisii tribe, who built a settlement on an island in this river'

Answer: the Seine


Question: 'Bo knows that this Auburn running back & Heisman winner played MLB for 8 years, hitting 141 home runs'

Answer: Bo Jackson


Question: 'Spanish name for what's basically a blanket with a hole in the center for the head'

Answer: a poncho


Question: 'This state seen here is shaped like the letter it starts with'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Traditionally, this was defined as the amount that can be taken between the thumb & forefinger'

Answer: a pinch


Question: 'Someone who repairs water pipes & bathroom fixtures'

Answer: a plumber


Question: 'After its forces put down a revolt led by Vercingetorix, the area came under this empire's control in 52 B.C.'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 2006 this 1984 Heisman winner from Boston College executed the first drop kick in the NFL in 65 years'

Answer: (Doug) Flutie


Question: 'Often strapless & covered with beads, a clutch is one of these used in the evening'

Answer: a purse


Question: 'It's bigger than it looks'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'A stick of this is equivalent to 4 ounces'

Answer: butter


Question: 'In song, it was wielded by Mack'

Answer: a knife


Question: 'To defend Paris against attack, King Charles V built this grim fortress-prison in the 14th century'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'Only 2 Heisman winners have played for Navy: Joe Bellino & this man, "Roger the Dodger"'

Answer: Roger Staubach


Question: 'This pattern of numerous round spots was first used on 19th c. fashion wear & named for a Bohemian dance'

Answer: polka dot


Question: 'Let's have the three seen here in order from north to south, please'

Answer: South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas


Question: 'Americans using British cookbooks should know that a recipe calling for one of these is equivalent to 20 ounces, not 16'

Answer: a pint


Question: '5-letter word for a small morsel of bread or cake'

Answer: a crumb


Question: 'On June 14 of this year during World War II, German troops entered Paris & would hold it for 4 years'

Answer: 1940


Question: '4 schools have had back-to-back Heisman winners: Yale, Army, Ohio State & this one with Matt Leinart & Reggie Bush'

Answer: USC (University of Southern California)


Question: 'This term for a striped tie often used to represent a snooty school comes from the word "ribbed"'

Answer: rep


Question: 'The Old Man used to be in the upper left there somewhere'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'The amount of cookies produced at one baking, it's from the Old English for "bake"'

Answer: a batch


Question: 'Circular foliage arrangement used for ornamental purposes'

Answer: a wreath


Question: 'Student riots in Paris in 1968 threatened to bring down this French president's government'

Answer: (Charles) de Gaulle


Question: 'The 2008 film "The Express" told the story of this 1961 Heisman trophy winner, the first African American to win the award'

Answer: (Ernie) Davis


Question: 'In the 1950s, at age 23, she owned 2 London shops called Bazaar where she sold her Chelsea or mod look fashions'

Answer: Mary Quant


Question: 'Put the three seen here in alphabetical order, please'

Answer: Alabama, Iowa, Pennsylvania


Question: 'A dessert spoon is equivalent to 2 of these, roughly 10 milliliters in the United States'

Answer: a teaspoon


Question: 'Hanseatic or Little'

Answer: a league


Question: 'Muslims believe he was the last prophet of God'

Answer: Muhammad


Question: 'Down on the corner, this group was known as CCR'

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival


Question: 'That's not a papal advisor: it's this red fish of the family Apogonidae'

Answer: a cardinal


Question: 'If you're 62 or older & receive loans that are charged against your equity in your house, it's this type of mortgage'

Answer: a reverse mortgage


Question: 'He said getting out of a milk can was "the best escape that I have ever invented"'

Answer: Houdini


Question: 'You do it for a casting director to get a part'

Answer: audition


Question: 'He was called in by Belshazzar to interpret the handwriting on the wall'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'Fans popularly refer to them as GN'R'

Answer: Guns N\' Roses


Question: 'The blue species of this spear-nosed sport fish can weigh 1,000 pounds or more'

Answer: a marlin


Question: 'Add 1 letter to a Darwinian word to get this, meaning assuming characteristics of an earlier form'

Answer: devolution


Question: 'He was the first of Europe's 20th century fascist dictators'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'A small business owner who fails to pay payroll taxes may find this person at his door'

Answer: an auditor


Question: 'The so-called "Shawnee Prophet" was discredited after William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnees at this battle'

Answer: Tippecanoe


Question: 'Don't bring me down; tell me that ELO is short for this'

Answer: Electric Light Orchestra


Question: 'The bottom-dwelling fish named for this stinging arachnid can be red in color'

Answer: a scorpion


Question: 'Chronometrically speaking, in contrast to most twining vines, morning glory climbs this way'

Answer: counterclockwise


Question: 'Ingrid Bergman's career suffered for a time due to her affair with this Italian film director'

Answer: (Roberto) Rossellini


Question: 'One of these in the LDS conference center in Salt Lake City seats 21,000'

Answer: auditorium


Question: 'The book of Lamentations is short for the Lamentations of this prophet, whose book precedes it'

Answer: Jeremiah


Question: 'What would you say if I told you DMB is this'

Answer: Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'Seen here are red & blue specimens of this combative fish, native to Thailand, maybe getting ready to rumble!'

Answer: Siamese fighting fish


Question: 'In psychology when a 40-year-old acts like a 10-year-old, it's called this'

Answer: regression


Question: 'Borromini was the greatest rival of this St. Peter's architect with a similar name'

Answer: Bernini


Question: 'In 1934 the first 33 1/3 RPM long-playing record was one of these, for the blind'

Answer: an audiobook


Question: 'Cassandra, a prophetess of Greek myth, also appears in this Shakespeare play'

Answer: Troilus and Cressida


Question: 'nin.com is the official website of this dark outfit'

Answer: Nine Inch Nails


Question: 'The sharptoothed Lutjanus campechanus is better known as this popular food fish'

Answer: red snapper


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.)  From Earth's point of view, shown here by the red line, planets sometimes appear to reverse direction because the Earth overtakes them in their orbits; the backward motion is called this--from the Latin for "walking backward"'

Answer: retrograde


Question: 'His last name begins with the 5-letter title of a Puccini opera he conducted'

Answer: (Arturo) Toscanini


Question: 'After the Marines turned him down as too short, he became a WWII hero in the U.S. Army'

Answer: Audie Murphy


Question: 'Translator Edward Fitzgerald wrote that her 1861 "death is rather a relief to me... no more Aurora Leighs, thank God"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: '1953:<br />"The Spirit of St. Louis"'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'The Banks family nanny, this fictional woman could fly through the air by opening her umbrella'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'On October 27 this team won its 25th World Series in the 20th century by sweeping the Atlanta Braves'

Answer: New York Yankees


Question: 'The Summer Olympics will be held in this city'

Answer: Sydney, Australia


Question: 'The flag seen here is of this nation that no longer exists:<br />(hammer & sickle)'

Answer: Soviet Union


Question: 'Your car's tachometer measures them'

Answer: RPM (revolutions per minute)


Question: '1986:<br />"Absolutely Mahvelous"'

Answer: Billy Crystal


Question: 'In 1920 she married Douglas Fairbanks & in the mid-'30s she retired from acting'

Answer: Mary Pickford


Question: 'He not only won the NL home run title with 65, he now ranks tenth on the all-time career home run list'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'As part of official millennium plans, this 79-year-old religious figure will travel to Jerusalem in March 2000'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'Seen here, the flag of this nation was featured prominently in 1998's soccer World Cup:'

Answer: France


Question: 'If you're half an hour away at 2:47, your this is 3:17'

Answer: ETA (estimated time of arrival)


Question: '1962:<br />"Casey at the Bat"'

Answer: Casey Stengel


Question: 'At the 1984 Summer Olympics, this West Virginia native won 5 medals in gymnastics'

Answer: Mary Lou Retton


Question: 'On Sept. 30 Willie Mays threw out the ceremonial last pitch as this Giants park closed after 40 seasons'

Answer: Candlestick Park


Question: 'The 2000 Republican Convention will be held in this Eastern city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: '9 million people live in this northern European country whose flag is seen here:<br />(gold cross on a blue field)'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'On June 24, 1996 it reintroduced the "Bucket" that's made many families' mouths water'

Answer: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)


Question: '1924:<br />"My Struggle"'

Answer: Adolf Hitler ("Mein Kampf")


Question: 'This author's works include "Valperga", "The Last Man" & "Frankenstein"'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'In 1999 this Diamondbacks pitcher had 364 strikeouts -- the fourth-highest total in major league history'

Answer: Randy Johnson


Question: 'Starting June 1, 2000 the largest ever of these global showcases will be held in Hanover, Germany'

Answer: World\'s Fair


Question: '"Zone" in on this Central American country whose flag is seen here:'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This group had a Top 10 hit when it joined Olivia Newton-John for "Xanadu"'

Answer: ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)


Question: '1901:<br />"Up from Slavery"'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'Works by this female impressionist include "The Loge" & "The Bath"'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'This team's Manny Ramirez led the American League with 165 runs batted in -- the highest league total in 61 years'

Answer: Cleveland Indians


Question: 'In 2000 the America's Cup will be held off the coast of this nation that currently holds the trophy'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'Adopted in 1994 & seen here, the flag of this African nation reflects its racial & ethnic diversity:'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Classic radio & TV messages of this type include "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk"'

Answer: PSA (Public Service Announcement)


Question: 'In 1976 this candidate's down-home mother "Miss Lillian" became a celebrity in her own right'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'As well as the Saturday Evening Post, he created covers for Ladies' Home Journal & Look'

Answer: Norman Rockwell


Question: 'Memphis & Minneapolis'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'This impressive condor measurement can be over 10 feet'

Answer: Wingspan


Question: 'This scholarly quiz show "Bowl" was originally hosted by Allen Ludden & sponsored by General Electric'

Answer: College Bowl


Question: 'On August 18, 1937 Robert Redford was born in this "saintly" California beach city that borders Los Angeles'

Answer: Santa Monica


Question: 'This man's 1964 running mate, William Miller, was in the first group of American Express "Do You Know Me?" ads'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: '"Bigger and Blacker" was the title of a 1999 TV special by this comedian'

Answer: Chris Rock


Question: 'Memphis & Aswan'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'The 2 species are the California condor & this one named for South American mountains'

Answer: Andean condor


Question: 'He's the host of the Canadian quiz show "Reach for the Top", seen here, in the late '60s:'

Answer: Alex Trebek


Question: 'Early in his career, Robert Redford played Mr. Death in a 1962 episode of this TV anthology series'

Answer: The Twilight Zone


Question: 'It's the FDR campaign promise advertised here:<br />(poster with a beer mug)'

Answer: The repeal of Prohibition


Question: 'This northern Illinois city of 140,000 is the seat of Winnebago County'

Answer: Rockford


Question: 'Brazzaville & Kinshasa'

Answer: Congo


Question: 'Directional name for the air currents on which condors can soar for hours'

Answer: Updrafts


Question: 'At the $8,000 level on this quiz show, the contestant was placed in an onstage isolation booth'

Answer: The $64,000 Question


Question: 'Costume designer Edith Head won her 8th & final Oscar for this Chicago-set film that starred Redford & Newman'

Answer: The Sting


Question: 'He gained fame prosecuting racketeers, but lost 2 presidential elections in the 1940s'

Answer: Thomas E. Dewey


Question: 'Hakeem Olajuwon has led this team to 2 NBA championship titles'

Answer: Houston Rockets


Question: 'Limerick & Killaloe'

Answer: Shannon


Question: 'A panel of 5 children answered questions sent in by home viewers & won savings bonds on this show'

Answer: Quiz Kids


Question: 'In his directorial debut, Robert Redford won an Oscar for this 1980 film'

Answer: Ordinary People


Question: 'The 1864 candidate seen here; he lost to his old boss:'

Answer: George McClellan (he lost to Abraham Lincoln)


Question: 'In 1985 Australia's Aborigines regained ownership of this monolith they call Uluru'

Answer: Ayers Rock


Question: 'Abrantes & Lisbon'

Answer: Tagus


Question: '2 teams of sports stars answered questions about historic moments in athletics on this Dick Enberg-hosted show'

Answer: Sports Challenge


Question: 'One of Redford's favorites among his films is this 1972 story of a solitary trapper in the wilds of 19th century Utah'

Answer: Jeremiah Johnson


Question: 'In 1999 Placido Domingo opened the Met for a record 18th time, breaking this man's record of 17'

Answer: Enrico Caruso


Question: 'Oil-producing nations belonging to OPEC include Algeria, Nigeria & this one led by Muammar Al-Qaddafi'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'In the late 1960s this neighborhood was the center of San Francisco's hippie population'

Answer: Haight-Ashbury


Question: 'Steak'

Answer: Keats


Question: 'In 1926 this future first lady started a furniture factory at Hyde Park to help the unemployed'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'In 1956 Elvis "Found a new place to dwell" when this pop hit topped the country charts for 17 weeks'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'This NBC drama series is filmed in part in the Rhode Island city for which it's named'

Answer: Providence


Question: 'Africa's second-longest river, it shares its name with a country formerly called Zaire'

Answer: Congo


Question: 'To formally quit or give up one's job or office'

Answer: Resign


Question: 'Hell, yes'

Answer: Shelley


Question: 'On July 20, 1957 this evangelist set a Yankee Stadium attendance record when 100,000 jammed in to hear his message'

Answer: Billy Graham


Question: 'His classic song "Your Cheatin' Heart" didn't chart until several weeks after his death'

Answer: Hank Williams, Sr.


Question: 'Before starring as Greg on "Dharma & Greg", Thomas Gibson played Dr. Daniel Nyland on this medical series'

Answer: Chicago Hope


Question: 'In the summertime of 1796, he, not Mungo Jerry, explored the Niger River'

Answer: Mungo Park


Question: 'Last name shared by writers Ted & Langston & chief justice Charles Evans'

Answer: Hughes


Question: 'Throw sword!'

Answer: Wordsworth


Question: 'In 1929 this American hero married Anne Spencer Morrow, daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: '1 of 2 prisons at which Johnny Cash recorded live gold albums in the late 1960s'

Answer: Folsom or San Quentin


Question: 'Sheena Easton appeared as a rock singer who married detective Sonny Crockett on this series'

Answer: Miami Vice


Question: 'Western Cape & Kwazulu-Natal are 2 of its provinces'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'A gold coin once used in Great Britain, or the chief of state in a monarchy'

Answer: Sovereign


Question: 'Ogle cider'

Answer: Coleridge


Question: 'Although he made no campaign speeches, he was elected president in 1868 by a wide electoral margin'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'This group's Bob Nolan wrote their classic hits "Cool Water" & "Tumblin' Tumbleweeds"'

Answer: Sons of the Pioneers


Question: 'Brenda & Dylan's spring dance rendezvous was a highlight of this series' first season'

Answer: Beverly Hills, 90210


Question: 'Sierra Leone's capital is Freetown while this Gabon capital's name is French for "free town"'

Answer: Libreville


Question: 'Knotty, misshapen or rugged due to old age or work, such as the hands of an old carpenter'

Answer: Gnarled


Question: 'Hot suey'

Answer: Southey


Question: 'In 1837 his phonetic system of shorthand was published as "Stenographic Soundhand"'

Answer: Isaac Pitman


Question: 'Dame Judith Anderson starred as grande dame Minx Lockridge when this Calif.-set soap debuted in 1984'

Answer: Santa Barbara


Question: 'Ernest Rutherford, the first to split this central part of the atom, doubted you could get power by doing so'

Answer: Nucleus


Question: 'This team's home, the Pontiac Silverdome, is the NFL's largest stadium with a seating capacity of over 80,000'

Answer: Detroit Lions


Question: 'She was born in 1946, the year her mother Judy Garland starred in "The Harvey Girls"'

Answer: Liza Minnelli


Question: 'Composer Jean-Baptiste Lully brought this French country dance to Louis XIV's court'

Answer: Minuet


Question: 'Item removed with the device seen here:<br />(holds papers together)'

Answer: Staples (stapler)


Question: 'A flabby tabby'

Answer: Fat cat


Question: 'In 1998 it was in the news that particles called neutrinos do have this -- perhaps a millionth of an electron's'

Answer: Mass


Question: 'This team's Marv Levy is the only coach to lead his team to 4 straight Super Bowl appearances'

Answer: Buffalo Bills


Question: 'The Duchess of Bedford introduced the beloved British custom of afternoon tea in this century'

Answer: 19th century


Question: 'Then the largest church in the Christian world, this basilica was dedicated in 1626'

Answer: St. Peter\'s Basilica


Question: 'Term for a person who okays projects with no discussion, or the object illiustrated here:'

Answer: Rubber stamp


Question: 'An iguana who's skilled at sorcery'

Answer: Lizard wizard


Question: 'It's not a great railway employee, it's a modern material in which electricity meets no resistance'

Answer: Superconductor


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jake Plummer, quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals)  On November 16, 1997 I set an NFL rookie record by passing for 388 yards, breaking the record set by this Cowboys quarterback'

Answer: Troy Aikman


Question: 'She's written some of her romance novels under her married name, Barbara McCorquodale'

Answer: Barbara Cartland


Question: 'Now a museum, its Grande Galerie was completed by Henri IV around 1606'

Answer: The Louvre


Question: 'It's what the artwork seen here is warning you against doing with eggs:'

Answer: Don\'t put all your eggs in one basket


Question: 'Seat you sit on in a Parisian park'

Answer: French bench


Question: 'The M in maser, which preceded the laser, stands for these "waves"'

Answer: Microwaves


Question: 'This University of Kentucky quarterback was the first player picked in the NFL's 1999 draft'

Answer: Tim Couch


Question: 'Goalkeeper Gwen Cheeseman was part of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team in this sport at the 1984 Olympics'

Answer: Field hockey


Question: 'This Dutch master was barely 22 in 1628 when he started teaching in Leiden'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'A puzzle such as "Why did the violin cross the road?"'

Answer: Fiddle riddle


Question: 'This late quantum electrodynamics pioneer was also known for his memoir "Surely You're Joking..."'

Answer: Richard Feynman


Question: 'The Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio is on a street named for this longtime owner-coach'

Answer: George S. Halas


Question: '"The Dying Swan" was a "cygnet"ure solo for this ballerina for whom it was created in 1905'

Answer: Anna Pavlova


Question: 'This Dutch artist turned out "The Jolly Toper" & "The Laughing Cavalier"'

Answer: Frans Hals


Question: 'The thighbone of a Madagascar mammal'

Answer: Lemur femur


Question: 'In 1996 it came home to Scotland after 700 years'

Answer: Stone of Scone


Question: 'This state has state parks named for Curt Gowdy near Buford & Buffalo Bill near Cody'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'He's 7 feet tall & the Millennium Falcon's first mate, but he's not much of a conversationalist'

Answer: Chewbacca


Question: 'In 1928 William S. Paley bought a chain of 16 radio stations & created this broadcasting network'

Answer: CBS


Question: 'This method of preserving bacon can be done by either the salt method or the smoke method'

Answer: curing


Question: 'In this year, Nixon faced off against JFK in the first presidential debates ever'

Answer: 1960


Question: 'To solicit a free ride along a road'

Answer: hitchhike


Question: 'At 1,149 feet, this city's Stratosphere Tower is the tallest structure west of the Mississippi'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'This syntactically challenged Jedi called Dagobah home'

Answer: Yoda


Question: 'Daniel Webster served only a month as Secretary of State for this president'

Answer: (William Henry) Harrison


Question: 'Though it sounds like a more hasty or reckless way to make bacon, this 6-letter word refers to one slice'

Answer: a rasher


Question: 'Herbert Hoover & Nixon were the only 2 presidents of this religious group'

Answer: Quakers


Question: 'A sharp rise on a graph followed by a sharp decline'

Answer: a spike


Question: 'It's the USA's largest lake west of the Rockies'

Answer: the Great Salt Lake


Question: 'Slate said this Gungan's "weirdly offensive personality make(s) him the focus of fan disillusionment"'

Answer: Jar Jar Binks


Question: 'Part Cherokee, he once quipped, "My ancestors didn't come over on the Mayflower, but they met the boat"'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'Joan Reardon's book on these shellfish includes angels on horseback, in which they're wrapped in bacon'

Answer: oysters


Question: 'It was Richard Nixon's mother's maiden name'

Answer: Milhous


Question: 'Unbecoming conduct on the gridiron'

Answer: unsportsmanlike (conduct)


Question: 'This 2nd largest Arizona city is called "The Astronomy Capital of the World" due to the many telescopes located nearby'

Answer: Tucson


Question: 'He played Senator Bail Organa, Princess Leia's adoptive father'

Answer: Jimmy Smits


Question: 'Filling a business vacuum, he started the Electric Suction Sweeper Company in 1908'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'Similar to a Kellogg elf name, bits of diced & fried bacon rind are known as these'

Answer: cracklings


Question: 'These 2 men served under Nixon as vice president'

Answer: Gerald Ford & Spiro Agnew


Question: 'A double that visually resembles another'

Answer: a look-alike


Question: 'Named for a British admiral, this inactive volcano in the Cascades last erupted in 1865'

Answer: Hood


Question: '3 of the 4 "Star Wars" movie characters with Darth in their names'

Answer: (3 of) Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, & Darth Tyranus


Question: 'After this man's speech at the National Convention in 1896, the Democrats came out pro-silver'

Answer: William Jennings Bryan


Question: 'From the Italian for "paunch" or "belly", this bacon is often wrapped around other meats'

Answer: pancetta


Question: 'This daughter of Nixon married Edward Cox at the White House in 1971'

Answer: Tricia


Question: 'A forward on a soccer team'

Answer: a striker


Question: 'Legumes absorb this element from the air & are often planted to restore it to the soil'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'In 1960 he won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal; 4 years later he won the professional heavyweight title'

Answer: Cassius Clay (or Muhammad Ali)


Question: 'Jonathan Buttall is the young man in this "colorful" work by Thomas Gainsborough'

Answer: The Blue Boy


Question: 'It's the hour when "The Raven" takes place'

Answer: midnight


Question: 'Dick King-Smith:<br />"The Gallant Pig"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'Arrr!  If you have mal de mer, you've got a case of this'

Answer: seasickness


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a kitchen.)  The ancients & the alchemists knew about the flammability of this element; today, it's the main fuel that makes matches strike'

Answer: sulfur


Question: 'In 2000 the Czech Republic's Jan Zelezny hurled this an Olympic record 295 feet, 9 1/2 inches'

Answer: the javelin


Question: 'The pop art stylings of this artist are exemplified by his "Nurse", seen here'

Answer: Lichtenstein


Question: 'Things sped up with FedEx' 1982 promise to deliver overnight mail by this time so you could read it before lunch'

Answer: 10:30 AM


Question: 'Hunter S. Thompson:<br />"A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream"'

Answer: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas


Question: 'U2's Bono wished Johnny "Drama" happy birthday on this HBO series, from the French for "to surround"'

Answer: Entourage


Question: 'Heinrich Geissler found he could create a vacuum by moving a column of this element up & down in a tube'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'Norwegian Magnar Solberg is the oldest individual winter gold medalist, winning this 2-event sport at 35 in 1972'

Answer: the biathlon


Question: 'Impressionism got its name thanks to his painting "Impression: Sunrise"'

Answer: (Claude) Monet


Question: 'In 1946 Tote'm Convenience Stores went to these opening & closing hours & changed their name accordingly'

Answer: 7-11 (7:00 AM & 11:00 PM)


Question: 'Helen Prejean:<br />"An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States"'

Answer: Dead Man Walking


Question: 'You're very adroit if you know this term for clumsiness or awkwardness means "left" en francais'

Answer: gauche


Question: 'Baron Axel Cronstedt isolated this element in 1751; that fact & 5 cents will get you...'

Answer: nickel


Question: 'Normal hill & large hill are the 2 individual events in this Winter Olympic sport'

Answer: the ski jump


Question: 'A reddish-brown color is named for this Venetian artist who used the color frequently in his paintings'

Answer: Titian


Question: 'London's Draycott Hotel serves tea in the drawing room starting at this hour'

Answer: 4:00 (PM)


Question: 'Anthony Swofford:<br />"A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles"'

Answer: Jarhead


Question: 'From the French for "raw", it's an appetizer of raw veggies served maybe with aioli'

Answer: crudités


Question: 'These 2 elements were named for substances they were first separated out of--potash & soda ash'

Answer: potassium & sodium


Question: 'In this team sport you'll hear the terms "house", "tee" & "stone"'

Answer: curling


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in front of a projection screen.)  Correggio got an almost religious ecstasy into his mythological paintings, such as this Roman god & Io'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'In a 1940s hit song Papa said he worked "till half past two 'cause" this whistle "never blew"'

Answer: the 5:00 whistle


Question: 'Samuel Taylor Coleridge:<br />"A Vision in a Dream"'

Answer: Kubla Khan


Question: 'Indifference or coldness, this hyphenated French term could also apply to reptiles in an ectothermic sense'

Answer: sang-froid


Question: 'The 2 planets in our solar system that have atmospheres made up mostly of carbon dioxide'

Answer: Venus & Mars


Question: 'Whether it passes too slowly or too quickly, chronophobia is a fear of this'

Answer: time


Question: 'Woolf was active in this cause which she wrote "roused in man an extraordinary desire for self-assertion"'

Answer: women\'s suffrage


Question: 'The giant ones of these mammals live in the bamboo forests of China'

Answer: pandas


Question: 'Home field advantage in baseball's fall classic was decided in midsummer by this event'

Answer: the All-Star Game


Question: 'Bobby Vinton revived this Tony Bennett song & took it to No. 1 in 1963'

Answer: Blue Velvet


Question: 'When asked what she wanted on her tombstone, she replied, "Here lies Elizabeth.  She hated to be called" this'

Answer: Liz


Question: 'It's the opposite of agoraphobia'

Answer: claustrophobia


Question: 'This gathering of artsy types that flourished between 1907 & 1930 sometimes met at Virginia's house'

Answer: the Bloomsbury Group


Question: 'Completes Neil Armstrong's July 20,1969 statement "That's one small step for man..."'

Answer: one giant leap for mankind


Question: 'In France this weather event killed 5,000 & the director-general of health quit'

Answer: a heat wave


Question: '"Dark" mixed drink of stout beer & champagne'

Answer: Black Velvet


Question: 'This man married her in Montreal & then again in Botswana'

Answer: Richard Burton


Question: 'Erica Jong might know that aviophobia is this'

Answer: fear of flying


Question: 'A 1931 novel ends with the line: these, also the novel's title, "Broke on the Shore"'

Answer: Waves


Question: 'Giant tortoises & marine iguanas were featured in an IMAX film about these islands that Darwin visited in 1835'

Answer: the Galapagos Islands


Question: 'The Columbia accident investigation board reported, "The breach was initiated by a piece of" this'

Answer: foam/insulation


Question: 'Holy Roman emperor Charles V spoke of power as "An iron hand in" one of these'

Answer: a velvet glove


Question: 'Elizabeth Taylor was the first star to earn a million dollars for a film, for this 1963 title role'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'For someone with eosophobia, "it is always darkest" at this point of the day'

Answer: dawn


Question: 'This event claims the life of the title character of "Jacob's Room", as it did of millions of real-life young men'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'The giant type of this seaweed, a form of leafy brown algae, can be 200 feet long'

Answer: kelp


Question: 'A Frankfurt newspaper broke the story that this American hero had fathered 3 kids with a German hatmaker'

Answer: (Charles) Lindbergh


Question: 'Classic songs by this '60s band include "Venus in Furs" & "All Tomorrow's Parties"'

Answer: The Velvet Underground


Question: 'On January 15, 2001 this man who has been married 7 times interviewed Ms. Taylor on TV'

Answer: Larry King


Question: '"Autophobia" could be the alternative title for Reba McEntire's hit "The Fear of Being" this'

Answer: Alone


Question: 'First name of Virginia's husband; he survived her by 28 years'

Answer: Leonard


Question: 'In Greek mythology, this group of primeval gigantic beings includes Cronus & Rhea'

Answer: the Titans


Question: 'Fox News tried to sue Al Franken for using this 3-word phrase in the subtitle of a book'

Answer: fair and balanced


Question: '1989 Czechoslovakian uprising that led to democratic elections'

Answer: the "Velvet Revolution"


Question: 'On New Year's Eve 1999, Queen Elizabeth awarded her this title'

Answer: Dame


Question: 'This 4th century B.C. conqueror was said to let no one but the sculptor Lysippus do his portrait'

Answer: Alexander (the Great)


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Gleason's Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y.)  Among Gleason's trainees, Marvin Hagler was "Marvelous" & Joe Frazier had this "hot" nickname'

Answer: "Smokin\' Joe"


Question: 'Between 1978 & 1994, an amazing 460 of these struck the CN Tower'

Answer: lightning bolts


Question: 'Pomme'

Answer: apple


Question: 'In 1885 Nana & this other Apache leader broke out of the San Carlos Reservation; they were caught & sent to Florida'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'Known for its barbed tail, it also lent its name to a Corvette'

Answer: Stingray


Question: '6-letter title of the John Singer Sargent WWI painting seen here in detail; it's what happened to the men'

Answer: (they were) "Gassed"


Question: 'On the undercard in game 3 of the 2003 Red Sox-Yankees playoff was Don Zimmer vs. this pitcher'

Answer: (Pedro) Martinez


Question: 'It's the numerical name of the CN Tower's revolving restaurant, & the incredible view it provides'

Answer: 360


Question: 'Raisin'

Answer: grape


Question: 'Sir James Barrie chose noted animal impersonator Arthur Lupino to play Nana in this play's 1904 opening'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'Being flat, rays spend much of their time here & some are colored to match it'

Answer: the sea bottom


Question: 'This single-named Renaissance artist who died in 1520 was regarded in the 19th century as the greatest painter ever'

Answer: Raphael


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Redondo Beach, California)  George Freeth, the man who brought surfing to California, was born in this present-day state capital in 1883'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'The horizontal bands are called "Friday lines" because they mark where the pouring of this was stopped each week'

Answer: concrete


Question: 'Citron'

Answer: lemon/lime


Question: 'At the end of this "Star Trek" series Kira, played by Nana Visitor, was in charge of the station'

Answer: Deep Space Nine


Question: 'Like a shark, a ray doesn't have bones; it has a skeleton made out of this'

Answer: cartilage


Question: 'For 37 years, 1623 to 1660, he painted Philip IV of Spain & his family, court & jesters'

Answer: (Diego) Velasquez


Question: 'In January 2004 this South African golfer known as the "Big Easy" won the Sony Open for the second year in a row'

Answer: Ernie Els


Question: 'The world's tallest self-supporting structure at 1,815 feet, the CN Tower was built by this railway company'

Answer: Canadian National


Question: 'Poire'

Answer: pear


Question: 'Puu Nana is a peak on this island, home to Hawaii's leprosy treatment center'

Answer: Molokai


Question: 'These rays of the genus Raja produce eggs instead of live young, hopefully not on thin ice'

Answer: skate


Question: 'Elaine de Kooning, Willem's painter wife, wrote "The Spirit of" this 2-word art movement of the 1940s & '50s'

Answer: Abstract Expressionism


Question: '8 days older than Wayne Gretzky, this Edmonton teammate of Gretzky's was playing with the Rangers in 2004'

Answer: Mark Messier


Question: 'In 1995 the American Society of Civil Engineers designated the CN Tower as one member of this numerical group'

Answer: one of the 7 Wonders of the Modern World


Question: 'Cerise'

Answer: cherry


Question: 'Britannica notes that this French author's 1880 work "Nana" is known as "Nana" in its English translation'

Answer: (Emile) Zola


Question: 'This ray was used by ancient Romans to treat gout & headaches (What's Latin for "Clear!"?)'

Answer: the electric ray


Question: '"Oh, The Places He'll Go!" was USA Today's headline announcing the 2004 stamp honoring this artist & author'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'Anthracite, the highest grade of coal, is composed almost entirely of this element'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'A closed fracture is also called a simple fracture; an open fracture is better known as this'

Answer: a compound fracture


Question: 'Bill Clinton could tell you its state motto is "The people rule"'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Traditionally, pizza napoletana is topped with these little fish'

Answer: anchovies


Question: 'In 1971 Mick Jagger married this Nicaraguan socialite in St. Tropez; they divorced 8 years later'

Answer: Bianca Jagger


Question: 'In casinos it's another name for the card game twenty-one'

Answer: blackjack


Question: 'Scientists once tried to estimate the Earth's age by measuring the level of this substance in the ocean'

Answer: salt


Question: 'A person who feels like he's going to do this should lie down or sit with his head between his knees'

Answer: faint


Question: 'This phrase not only serves as Florida's state motto, it's the U.S. motto as well'

Answer: "In God we trust"


Question: 'Ghee, a type of clarified butter used in curry paste, originated in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'Mick Jagger & Keith Richards were among those singing in the chorus on this group's "All You Need Is Love"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'It's a place or method for selling goods illegally'

Answer: the black market


Question: 'Aircraft often use the "gyro" type of this instrument, as it's unaffected by local magnetic fields'

Answer: a compass


Question: 'If this is not severe, it can often be controlled by direct pressure'

Answer: bleeding


Question: 'This state motto of Virginia translates to "Thus always to tyrants"'

Answer: Sic semper tyrannis


Question: 'To make a simple quesadilla, start by folding one of these around a cheese filling'

Answer: a tortilla


Question: 'A cleaned-up version of "Let's Spend The Night Together" was sung on this TV variety show in 1967'

Answer: The Ed Sullivan Show


Question: 'It means to exclude socially, or a vote against a candidate'

Answer: blackball


Question: 'About 70% of this pungent gas produced is converted into fertilizer'

Answer: ammonia


Question: 'To help a drowning victim start breathing, use the mouth-to-mouth or mouth-to-nose method of this'

Answer: artificial resuscitation


Question: '"The Star of the North" is not Alaska's motto but the motto of this northernmost of the lower 48 states'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Kaasdopen, a cheese fondue dish from this country, is made with Gouda & served with bread'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: 'This Stones drummer took the photos in the 1984 book "Chagall's World"'

Answer: Charlie Watts


Question: 'It's military slang for coffee, or a thick, dark molasses'

Answer: blackstrap


Question: 'Nearly all of the Earth's weather occurs in this layer of the atmosphere below the stratosphere'

Answer: the troposphere


Question: 'A paste made with this cooking ingredient is recommended to soothe the pain of an insect sting'

Answer: baking soda


Question: 'Its motto is "Live free or die"'

Answer: New Hampshire


Question: 'Tunisians like to eat this ubiquitous North African semolina dish with spicy harissa sauce'

Answer: couscous


Question: 'Footage from a 1969 concert at this speedway was released in 1970 as the documentary "Gimme Shelter"'

Answer: Altamont


Question: 'During the War of 1812, this Sauk Indian chief & about 500 of his warriors fought for the British'

Answer: Black Hawk


Question: 'In 1981 Wojciech Jaruzelski established martial law in this country & outlawed Solidarity'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Strangely, Man Friday is a mezzo-soprano in this Offenbach work based on a Daniel Defoe book'

Answer: Robinson Crusoe


Question: 'In 1888 he painted his "House at Arles", his "Bedroom at Arles" & several still lifes of sunflowers'

Answer: van Gogh


Question: 'Joseph P. Kennedy II represents this state's 8th district in the U.S. House'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Similar artifacts found in Siberia & off Alaska indicate that a land bridge once existed across this strait'

Answer: the Bering Strait


Question: 'The expression "to grow like topsy" comes from this 1852 novel'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'Great Britain was twice rejected for membership in this economic union; it became a member in 1973'

Answer: the Common Market


Question: 'This British playwright of "Private Lives" wrote the twice-filmed operetta "Bitter Sweet"'

Answer: Noël Coward


Question: 'At a 1989 auction, this pop artist's "Shot Red Marilyn" sold for $4.07 million'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'He taught business law at Huntington College in 1975, before becoming vice president'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question: 'Bones dating from Mesolithic times indicate that this wolf relative was the first domesticated animal'

Answer: the dog


Question: 'Dew-of-june, an Indian heroine, appears in his novel "The Pathfinder"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'The middle class that arose in medieval society was called burgesses in England & this in France'

Answer: the bourgeoisie


Question: 'This composers "Die Fledermaus" was first performed in Vienna in 1874'

Answer: Johann Strauss


Question: 'Of winter, spring, summer or fall, the alternate title of Botticelli's painting "Primavera"'

Answer: Spring


Question: 'His father, Thomas Dodd, also represented Connecticut in the U.S. Senate'

Answer: Christopher Dodd


Question: 'In the early 1970s it was reported that the Gran Grifon, flagship of this fleet, was found in Scottish waters'

Answer: the Spanish Armada


Question: 'The Italian type of this 14-line poem is also known as the Petrarchan'

Answer: a sonnet


Question: 'Americans fought in the Abraham Lincoln Battalion in this 1936-39 conflict'

Answer: the Spanish Civil War


Question: 'The German title of this Lehar operetta is "Die Lustige Witwe"'

Answer: The Merry Widow


Question: 'Noted Rubens works include the "Raising of" & "Descent from" this religious symbol'

Answer: the Cross


Question: 'Vice president under Truman, he represented Kentucky in Congress before & after his term as veep'

Answer: Barkley


Question: 'Early in WWII fossils of this "Man" were lost in an attempt to smuggle them out of China'

Answer: Peking Man


Question: 'Famous price of the novels written by Ned Buntline'

Answer: dime


Question: 'Around 1400 Tsong-kha-pa founded the Yellow Hat order of this Tibetan form of Buddhism'

Answer: Lamaism


Question: 'Like most of his works, this American sculptor's "The Diner" features figures cast from living models'

Answer: George Segal


Question: 'The Whig candidate of 1852, he held the rank of general in 3 wars'

Answer: Winfield Scott


Question: 'In 1977 an archaeologist uncovered the possible burial site of this king, Alexander the Great's father'

Answer: Philip (of Macedon)


Question: 'Time magazine called this "Working" author "the tape recorder's best friend"'

Answer: Studs Terkel


Question: 'This contemporary of Columbus established the concept of a New World in his 1504 letter "Mundus Novus"'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: 'This woman seen here met her future husband at a D.C. dinner party in 1951'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy


Question: 'In the U.S. there are over 5 times as many of these sub franchises as Blimpies'

Answer: Subway


Question: '"See ya here on the Feud"'

Answer: Family Feud


Question: 'Despite his efforts, Texas voted to secede from the Union & forced him from office in March 1861'

Answer: Sam Houston


Question: 'Past stars for this team include Truck Robinson & Charles Barkley'

Answer: Phoenix Suns


Question: 'He was "watching you" in "1984" & you might've watched it in 2000 as a TV reality show'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: 'As a child, this first lady seen here grew up living a half-mile from her future husband'

Answer: Laura Bush


Question: 'You have to soft serve up between $20,000 & $35,000 to get into this top ice cream franchise in the U.S.'

Answer: Dairy Queen


Question: '"Don't forget to tell 'em Groucho sent ya"'

Answer: You Bet Your Life


Question: 'He replaced David Lee Roth as Van Halen's lead singer, at least for a while'

Answer: Sammy Hagar


Question: 'Founded in 1885, this Tempe institution was originally called the Arizona Territorial Normal School'

Answer: Arizona State University


Question: 'Aykroyd & Belushi were the original men in black playing these movie musicians'

Answer: The Blues Brothers


Question: 'This first lady seen here was portrayed on film by Joan Allen in 1995'

Answer: Pat Nixon


Question: 'You can really get P.O.ed with this major franchise whose name ends in "Etc."'

Answer: Mail Boxes Etc.


Question: '"Bye bye, and I hope you always get the date that you really want"'

Answer: The Dating Game


Question: 'He was ABC News' chief White House correspondent from 1977 to 1989'

Answer: Sam Donaldson


Question: 'Wyatt Earp moved to this Arizona town in 1879; 2 years later, he did "O.K." in a gunfight'

Answer: Tombstone


Question: 'The famous boxing expert & TV personality seen here'

Answer: Dr. Joyce Brothers


Question: 'She's the former class valedectorian seen here with her daughter'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'Judi Sheppard Missett founded this "jazzy" franchise that claims to be the world's largest fitness program'

Answer: Jazzercise


Question: '"This is Bob Barker, hoping all your consequences are happy ones"'

Answer: Truth or Consequences


Question: 'The cousin of an early president, or a prize-winning beer'

Answer: Samuel Adams


Question: '"Well I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona" in this 1972 Eagles hit'

Answer: Take It Easy


Question: 'It's the numerical nickname for singer James Brown'

Answer: "Soul Brother No. 1"


Question: 'In 1875 this woman seen here was put in a sanitarium, but she was deemed sane a year later'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'There are about 4,000 of these professional tool & equipment franchises attached to the U.S.'

Answer: Snap-on Tools


Question: '"Caveat emptor.  Let the buyer beware"'

Answer: Let\'s Make a Deal


Question: 'He served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for 17 years, the longest term ever'

Answer: Sam Rayburn


Question: 'In 2000 this Arizona senator's "Straight Talk Express" ran off the rails after the GOP primaries'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'Depression-era antherm containing the lyric "Once I built a railroad, I made it run, I made it race against time"'

Answer: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Orange County Fair)  I'm waiting for the big race with Porkbiscuit, Pig-O-War & this pig who led the revolt at "Animal Farm"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '(Hi, I'm Randy Travis, here at the Hollywood Bowl)  On August 23, 1964 18,000 frenzied fans got to see this group in their Hollywood Bowl debut'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Silver chloride:<br />___Cl'

Answer: Ag


Question: 'This New Zealand fish isn't quite as appealing when it's called a slimehead'

Answer: orange roughy


Question: 'In 1970 he crossed the Atlantic on Ra II to prove the ancient Egyptians could have sailed to America'

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl


Question: 'It's the pastry seen here'

Answer: bear claw


Question: '"Meet the Tiger!" was the first of many books by Leslie Charteris to feature this hero, AKA Simon Templar'

Answer: The Saint


Question: '"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" went to No. 1 after it was featured in this 1969 film'

Answer: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid


Question: '(Vat you call saltpeter) Potassium nitrate:<br />___NO3'

Answer: K


Question: 'From 1962 to 1971 Operation Ranch Hand used this notorious chemical defoliant'

Answer: agent orange


Question: 'In this country in 1992, extremists destroyed a 400-year-old Muslim mosque built on the believed site of Rama's birth'

Answer: India


Question: 'If your feet turn in, bird-brain, you're considered this'

Answer: pigeon-toed


Question: 'H.G. Wells subtitled this 1895 classic "An Invention"'

Answer: The Time Machine


Question: 'That's Brian Wilson singing in the background on this duo's 1963 hit "Surf City"'

Answer: Jan and Dean


Question: 'Magnesium carbonate:<br />___CO3'

Answer: Mg


Question: 'This 1962 novel includes a glossary of Nadsat language'

Answer: A Clockwork Orange


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew at Sea World in San Diego)  Europeans learned about penguins from this Portuguese explorer, the namesake of these ---- penguins'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'These 2 hairstyles that have the hair all drawn back, either loose or braided, & cinched, may be found on a farmer's daughter'

Answer: pigtails & ponytails


Question: 'All of the action of this novel takes place on June 16, 1904 in Dublin'

Answer: Ulysses


Question: 'This group's 1968 album "Waiting for the Sun" included a poem, "The Celebration of the Lizard King"'

Answer: The Doors


Question: '(To kill ze insects)  Copper arsenate:<br />___HAsO3'

Answer: Cu


Question: 'This orange-flavored liqueur that's made from dried orange peel can be blue in color'

Answer: Curacao


Question: 'Fleeing the Romans in 195 B.C., Hannibal took refuge with King Antiochus III in what's now this Mideast country'

Answer: Syria


Question: 'You enter the Magnolia Saloon in Coulterville, California through this type of swinging doors'

Answer: batwing doors


Question: 'It's the last name of father & son novelists Kingsley & Martin'

Answer: Amis


Question: 'Little-known artists Janis Joplin & Jimi Hendrix made big impressions at this 1967 festival'

Answer: Monterey Pop Festival


Question: 'Sodium bromide:<br />___Br'

Answer: Na


Question: 'This royal was born in The Hague in 1650 & died in London in 1702'

Answer: William of Orange


Question: 'On Feb. 12, 1912 the rule of the Manchu dynasty ended when this emperor abdicated'

Answer: Pu Yi


Question: 'Feline nickname of the wire touching the crystal on the old-style radio seen here'

Answer: cat whisker


Question: 'This organization is headquartered at 1776 D Street, NW Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Daughters of the American Revolution


Question: 'The Sam McGuire Football Cup is awarded to a league champion in this island country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'John Travolta & Gabe Kaplan starred in this series about a classroom of remedial students'

Answer: Welcome Back, Kotter


Question:
'Bufflehead,
eider,
teal'

Answer: Ducks


Question: 'It's a British bottom or an American tramp'

Answer: Bum


Question: 'You'll find the USA's tallest building in this state'

Answer: Illinois (Sears Tower)


Question: 'This diminuitive dress style seen here was introduced by Mary Quant in the 1960s:'

Answer: Mini dress/skirt


Question: 'Even at 5.4 million square miles, it's the world's smallest ocean'

Answer: Arctic


Question: 'Robin Givens & Howard Hesseman were featured in this series about a classroom of honors students'

Answer: Head of the Class


Question:
'Bushmaster,
coral,
hognose'

Answer: Snakes


Question: 'A chance spectator; one may be innocent'

Answer: Bystander


Question: 'More breakfast cereal is produced in this state's city of Battle Creek than any other place on Earth'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Often used as a dressing robe, it's the Asian style of dress seen here:'

Answer: Kimono


Question: 'A manufacturing powerhouse since the Industrial Revolution, this city is England's 2nd largest in population'

Answer: Birmingham


Question: 'You might want to hang with this title high school teacher played by Mark Curry'

Answer: Mr. Cooper


Question:
'Tucuxi,
bottle-nosed,
spinner'

Answer: Dolphins


Question: 'The Royal Sonesta Hotel in New Orleans has a webcam aimed at this famous street'

Answer: Bourbon Street


Question: 'The light bulb & the phonograph were invented in this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '"Canine" favorite of the 1950s seen here:'

Answer: Poodle skirt


Question: 'Of Brazil, India or Australia, the one that's largest in area'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This series that debuted in the '70s was set in the '50s & featured students of Jefferson High'

Answer: Happy Days


Question:
'White-tailed,
harpy,
golden'

Answer: Eagles


Question: 'Sport seen here as it looked way back in 1932:<br />(Winter Olympics mainstay)'

Answer: Bobsledding


Question: 'This state's "Crater of Diamonds" near Murfreesboro is the only diamond mine in the U.S.'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'Don't apologize, it's the popular Hindu style of garment seen here:'

Answer: Sari


Question: 'You'll find the Dolomite Alps rising to nearly 11,000 feet in this European country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1952 Wally Cox was this title science teacher'

Answer: Mister Peepers


Question:
'Harbor,
northern fur,
bearded'

Answer: Seals


Question: 'From the Latin for "projecting", it's a rich silk cloth with a raised pattern in gold or silver'

Answer: Brocade


Question: 'This state gets fewer inches of rain each year than any other'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'This term for the dress seen here could also apply to its Roaring '20s wearers:'

Answer: Flapper


Question: '"The Coming of Arthur" & "Gareth and Lynette" are parts of his "Idylls of the King"'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'This nickname for a potato comes from the sharp spade used to dig it up'

Answer: Spud


Question: 'Isaiah 53:7 -- "He is brought as a lamb to the ____"'

Answer: Slaughter


Question: 'This 1996 blockbuster showed humanity fighting for freedom from enslaving aliens on July 4'

Answer: Independence Day


Question: 'The number of loaves in a baker's dozen plus the number of months in a year'

Answer: 25 (13 + 12)


Question: 'As a princess, Queen Margrethe II of Denmark studied philosophy at this Danish capital's university'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'This romantic poet's name gave us an adjective for the type of hero he created -- a brooding young man'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Meaning "light bringer", it refers to Venus when appearing as the morning star, or to Satan'

Answer: Lucifer


Question: '1 John 4:8 -- "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is ____"'

Answer: Love


Question: 'A skyscraper burns, baby, burns in this all-star 1974 disaster flick'

Answer: The Towering Inferno


Question: 'The traditional number of wise men of the East times the number of Ali Baba's thieves'

Answer: 120 (3 x 40)


Question: 'She doesn't look amused in the portrait seen here:'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: '"Resolution and Independence" is found in this lake poet's 1807 "Poems in Two Volumes"'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'From Latin for "cuttlefish", it's the brown color of the cuttlefish ink once used to make a brown dye'

Answer: Sepia


Question: 'Genesis 4:15 -- "And the Lord set a mark upon ____"'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'Miniaturized Navy test pilot Dennis Quaid is accidentally injected into Martin Short in this 1987 comedy'

Answer: Innerspace


Question: 'Number of "Days of Christmas" in the carol divided by its number of French hens'

Answer: 4 (12/3)


Question: 'Queen Liliuokalani was born in 1838 in what is now this state capital'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'The leaves of grass at this poet's grave surround a tomb of his own design in Harleigh Cemetery'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'Today it simply means a sailing race; in the Venetian dialect, it meant a gondola race'

Answer: Regatta


Question: 'Mark 2:9 -- "Arise, and take up thy bed, and ____"'

Answer: Walk


Question: 'Matthew Perry & Salma Hayek hurry into marriage in this 1997 romance'

Answer: Fools Rush In


Question: 'The original title number of Disney dalmatians minus the number of Snow White's dwarfs'

Answer: 94  (101 - 7)


Question: 'Alix was the original name of this German-born empress of Russia'

Answer: Alexandra


Question: 'Last name of poet Wystan Hugh, who wrote, "A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere"'

Answer: W.H. Auden


Question: 'Chiefly used in Louisiana, it's Creole for a gift given a customer by a shopkeeper at the time of purchase'

Answer: Lagniappe


Question: '1 Corinthians 15:26 -- "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is ____"'

Answer: Death


Question: 'In this loopy film, Peter Falk involves dentist Alan Arkin in a possible CIA plot before their kids' wedding'

Answer: The In-Laws


Question: 'The number of pounds in a ton multiplied by the number of feet in a yard'

Answer: 6000 (2000 x 3)


Question: 'Maria Cristina ruled as queen regent of this country during the childhood of her son Alfonso XIII'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Immigrating to the U.S. at age 17, he cooked at the Plaza in New York & catered Pres. Wilson's wedding reception in 1915'

Answer: Chef Boyardee (real name Ettore Boiardi)


Question: 'This former CBS anchorman is affectionately known as "Uncle Walter"'

Answer: Walter Cronkite