Question: 'The only U.S. national park named for a president, its area includes the Badlands of North Dakota'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt National Park


Question: 'Holy Cow!  Zeus turned her into a heifer'

Answer: Io


Question: 'Among men in this occupation, King Henry VIII's was Will Somers & King Arthur's was Dagonet'

Answer: Court jester


Question: '"The Everglade State"'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This former Dodger manager threw out the first pitch in the Dodgers' 1997 opening game'

Answer: Tommy Lasorda


Question: 'In 1912 the iceberg that sank this ship was photographed with a slash of paint at its waterline'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'In 1996 she hosted the Oscars as well as a birthday bash for President Clinton'

Answer: Whoopi Goldberg


Question:
'A this "is a" this
"is a" this
"is a" this'

Answer: rose


Question: 'Disturb or harass'

Answer: annoy


Question: '"The Quaker State"'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'In 1997 this team won its first Stanley Cup in 42 years by completing a 4-game sweep of the Flyers'

Answer: Detroit Red Wings


Question: 'A common metaphor, this part of the iceberg that's above water might be only 1/9 of the whole'

Answer: tip


Question: 'She declared "America is my country", this European city "is my hometown"'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Perhaps from the French for "Cord fit for the King", it was originally woven from silk, not cotton'

Answer: corduroy


Question: '"The Cornhusker State"'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Only Fran Tarkenton & this Miami Dolphins quarterback have thrown over 300 career touchdown passes'

Answer: Dan Marino


Question: 'This U.S. service operates the Int'l Ice Patrol, which warns of icebergs & has tried melting & bombing them'

Answer: Coast Guard


Question: 'Cartoonist who created the character Boob McNutt & a series of wildly complex machines'

Answer: Rube Goldberg


Question: 'To this macho novelist, she remarked "Remarks are not literature"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Comedian Jerry Lewis made his directorial debut with a 1960 film in which he played this title role'

Answer: The Bellboy


Question: '"The Land Of The Midnight Sun"'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'On July 16, 1995 this American received her certificate of induction into the Int'l Tennis Hall Of Fame'

Answer: Chris Evert


Question: 'This 5-miilion-square-mile ice cap produces huge bergs, including one measured at 200 X 60 miles'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Familiar title of the piece of music heard here:'

Answer: The Goldberg Variations (by J.S. Bach)


Question: 'She popularized this term for writers living in Europe & generally, those who fought in WWI'

Answer: "The Lost Generation"


Question: 'In 1974 George Bush was sent to China in this diplomatic capacity'

Answer: envoy


Question: '"The Empire State Of The South"'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'With 18, this sport's Larissa Latynina has more Olympic medals than any other person'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: 'In 1965 Arthur Goldberg left this body to be U.N. Ambassador partly in hopes of stopping the Vietnam War'

Answer: U.S. Supreme Court


Question: 'She said of this city, "There is no there there"'

Answer: Oakland, California


Question: 'Meaning "Hear!  Attend!", it's a cry uttered by a court officer to command silence & attention'

Answer: "Oyez!"


Question: 'Between 1850 & 1864, the Taiping Rebellion claimed an estimated 20,000,000 lives in this country'

Answer: China


Question: 'This city's famous French Quarter is also called the Vieux Carre, which means "old square"'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'She earned an Oscar nomination for "Agnes Of God"; sis Jennifer Tilly earned one for "Bullets Over Broadway"'

Answer: Meg Tilly


Question: 'Exiled from the USSR in 1929, he lived in Turkey, France & Norway before finding asylum in Mexico'

Answer: Leon Trotsky


Question: 'Really big, like a Burger King burger'

Answer: Whopper


Question: 'The 1929 Lateran Treaty recognized the inherent sovereignty of this holy state'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'When it's coffee harvest time on this island, it's time for the Miss Kona Coffee Contest'

Answer: (Big Island of) Hawaii


Question: 'Barbra Streisand starred as Fanny Brice in these 2 movies, filmed 7 years apart'

Answer: Funny Girl & Funny Lady


Question: 'Despite his name, this "Native Son" author was on the left as a Communist Party member from 1932 to 1944'

Answer: Richard Wright


Question: 'In geometry, it's a plane figure with 6 sides & 6 angles'

Answer: hexagon


Question: 'Pocahontas was married to this man for just 3 years before her death in 1617'

Answer: John Rolfe


Question: 'A 45-ton statue of a bull named Albert decorates the Iowa town named for this 19th century bird artist'

Answer: John James Audubon


Question: 'Seen here, working at mission control, he's also played an astronaut:'

Answer: Ed Harris


Question: 'Movie director Edward Dmytryk, one of this numerical group, later named other Communists before Congress'

Answer: "The Hollywood 10"


Question: 'Book bag for baseball pitcher Paige'

Answer: Satchel


Question: 'We must confess, in 1161 this English king was made a saint'

Answer: Edward the Confessor (Edward III)


Question: 'From 1854 to 1900 these 2 cities served as co-capitals of Rhode Island'

Answer: Providence & Newport


Question: 'Sophia Loren did her own singing when she played Aldonza in this movie musical'

Answer: Man Of La Mancha


Question: 'In Twyla Tharp's ballet "Jump Start", dancers jump around to music by this member of the Marsalis family'

Answer: Wynton Marsalis


Question: 'This 1970s prime minister who made parts of Cambodia killing fields made more grim headlines in 1997'

Answer: Pol Pot


Question: 'In 1917 the U.S. acquired the U.S. Virgin Islands for $25 million from this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'This president & his wife are buried on the grounds of their 18th century Virginia estate, Montpelier'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Robert Mitchum & Gregory Peck, the original stars of this '62 thriller, had cameo roles in the '91 remake'

Answer: Cape Fear


Question: 'In Matthew Bourne's update of this classic 1877 ballet, the leading female role is played by a man:'

Answer: Swan Lake


Question: 'Joe Slovo led South Africa's Communist Party & this anti-apartheid party's military wing'

Answer: ANC (African National Congress)


Question: 'From the French for chest of drawers, it's all the clothes, bedding & accessories that a newborn needs'

Answer: layette


Question: 'In 1996 Raymond Benson took over a book series from John Gardner, who had taken over from this 1st author'

Answer: Ian Fleming


Question: '"Got" this drink?  It's Pennsylvania's state beverage'

Answer: Milk


Question: 'Tom went through boot camp-style training for his role as Captain Miller in this WWII epic'

Answer: Saving Private Ryan


Question: 'Offers for these money substitutes must include a disclosure statement & quote the APR'

Answer: Credit cards


Question: 'Its board is a 6-pointed star, on which each player starts with 10 marbles'

Answer: Chinese checkers


Question: 'Rich Harvard kid falls for Radcliffe boho; they get hitched; she dies; he cries'

Answer: Love Story


Question: 'They make a tasty poultry stuffing & in a Christmas song, they're "roasting on an open fire"'

Answer: Chestnuts


Question: 'In 1893 the world's first alligator farm was established in St. Augustine in this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Tom fell head over tail for a mermaid played by Daryl Hannah in this film'

Answer: Splash


Question: 'Filing under Chapter 7 of this code, you'll lose most of your nonexempt assets'

Answer: Bankruptcy


Question: 'This breed is a popular hunting & show dog'

Answer: Irish setter


Question: 'Fish chows down on visitors at Long Island resort; gets harpooned; eats pursuer'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'These large nuts from the Amazon River Valley can be used in cooking much the same way as coconut'

Answer: Brazil nuts


Question: 'Although this state is only 48 miles long & 37 miles wide, it has 384 miles of shoreline'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'Just the facts...it's the film in which Tom played Dan Aykroyd's police partner Pep Streebek'

Answer: Dragnet


Question: 'When signed the day before a wedding, this agreement may be invalidated as signed under duress'

Answer: Pre-nuptial agreement


Question: 'Beatles song that includes the line "And when I awoke I was alone, this bird had flown"'

Answer: Norwegian Wood


Question: 'Photographer stops to ask directions of an Iowa farm wife; gets 4 days of passionate lovemaking; leaves'

Answer: The Bridges Of Madison County


Question: 'To make a traditional pesto sauce, you need these nuts'

Answer: Pine nuts


Question: 'Most of North Dakota's border with this state is provided by the Red River of the North'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: '1954 Oscar winner seen here with Tom in 1986's "Nothing In Common":  "You have no idea what it was like since you moved away, David"'

Answer: Eva Marie Saint


Question: 'It's the part of your homeowner's insurance that covers accidental damage to another's property'

Answer: Liability


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Janet Leigh)  I romanced Frank Sinatra in this 1962 film about brainwashing, Communism & assassination"'

Answer: The Manchurian Candidate


Question: 'Family spends winter in isolated Colorado hotel; bushes move; Dad goes nuts'

Answer: The Shining


Question: 'The Mauna Loa Corporation is the world's leading grower, processor & marketer of these nuts'

Answer: Macadamia nuts


Question: 'This state lies at about the same latitude as Hong Kong'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Tom inherited a slobbering dog, his only witness in a murder case, in this 1989 film'

Answer: Turner And Hooch


Question: 'Not putting down at least 20% of a home's purchase price may force you to pay PMI, this'

Answer: Private mortgage insurance


Question: 'In Chrysler ads, Ricardo Montalban extolled this rich upholstery material'

Answer: "Rich Corinthian Leather"


Question: 'Fresh out of law school, Mitch gets great job in Memphis; turns out not so great'

Answer: The Firm


Question: 'These bright green nuts are said to have been a favorite of the Queen of Sheba'

Answer: Pistachios


Question: 'His 1947 doctrine offered aid to Greece, which was threatened by a Communist insurrection'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'These thin metal rods are the reason for the existence of the United States Twirling Association'

Answer: Batons


Question: 'The portrait on the U.S. $5 bill is from a photograph taken at this man's studio'

Answer: Mathew Brady


Question: 'This corncob pipe-smoking resident of the Manila Hotel left the Philippines in 1942; he returned in 1944'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: '"America",<br />"Tonight"'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: '"Too many cooks spoil" this'

Answer: Broth


Question: 'In 1938 he developed a way to electronically measure the size of a radio show's audience'

Answer: Arthur Nielsen


Question: 'In the Bible, his rod swallowed up the rods of Pharaoh's magicians'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'A device named for this woman drove around Mars'

Answer: Sojourner Truth


Question: 'Manila has been called this gem "Of The Orient", & the gem appears on the city's seal'

Answer: Pearl


Question: '"You Are Love",<br />"Ol' Man River"'

Answer: Showboat


Question: 'In the 1930s & '40s, Johnny Weissmuller donned this skimpy garment to play Tarzan in 12 films'

Answer: Loin cloth


Question: 'Nickname of New York City saloonkeeper & restauranteur Bernard Shor'

Answer: "Toots"


Question: 'In a gas engine the connecting rods transfer the motion of these to the crankshaft'

Answer: Pistons


Question: 'In this sport a long basket called a cesta is worn on one hand'

Answer: jai alai


Question: 'If this Polanski thriller had been set in Manila, we'd have heard "Forget it, Jake -- it's Binondo"'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: '"Shoeless Joe From Hannibal, MO",<br />"What Ever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)"'

Answer: Damn Yankees


Question: 'It can be a built-in bed or bunk on a ship, or the space for a ship to dock'

Answer: Berth


Question: 'W. Atlee sowed the seeds of this family's business with lettuce, & son David developed a new nasturtium'

Answer: Burpee Seeds


Question: 'Rods & cones are light-sensitive cells in this part of the eye'

Answer: Retina


Question: 'December 1997 saw the 2 millionth one of these in California:  "THINICE"'

Answer: Vanity/personalized license plate


Question: 'Manila's International Airport is named for this man called "Ninoy", Cory's husband'

Answer: Benigno Aquino


Question: '"I Enjoy Being A Girl",<br />"A Hundred Million Miracles"'

Answer: Flower Drum Song


Question: 'This ornamental bulb flower is grown in Holland for export'

Answer: Hyacinth


Question: 'The first woman to break the sound barrier, she also had her own cosmetics firm'

Answer: Jacqueline Cochran


Question: 'He was the first player to win the Grand Slam of tennis twice'

Answer: Rod Laver


Question: 'Washington thought of this general, in him "The spark of daring might flame into rashness"'

Answer: Mad Anthony Wayne


Question: 'A severe offense against moral law, or the title & last name of Jaime, Archbishop of Manila'

Answer: Cardinal Sin


Question: '"I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua",<br />"I Hate Men"'

Answer: Kiss Me, Kate


Question: 'The book of Job says this large animal's "bones are like bars of iron"'

Answer: Behemoth


Question: '1 of the 2 female crime writers who were in the British House of Lords in 1998'

Answer: P.D. James or Ruth Rendell


Question: 'In a 1918 treaty, this country gave up Ukraine but soon recovered it'

Answer: Russia (or the Soviet Union)


Question: 'Easterly's antonym'

Answer: westerly


Question: 'Bush asked him, "How'd you like it if I judged your career by those 7 minutes when you walked off the set?"'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" sings the praises of this state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'Sometimes made with squirrel, the Brunswick type of this more often contains chicken & lima beans'

Answer: stew


Question: 'A 1935 study found that water in Galesburg, Ill. helped prevent tooth decay because it contained this'

Answer: fluoride


Question: 'In 1929, the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats 8: Slovenes became known as this'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'In dictionary entries, this word is followed by fish, saucer & Dutchman'

Answer: flying


Question: 'In L.A. on both Feb. & 5, 1988, the 8:00 movie on 3 TV stations starred this man; talk about a death wish!'

Answer: Charles Bronson


Question: 'Herb Alpert spent time in one of its taxis while the Kingston Trio did time in its jail'

Answer: Tijuana


Question: 'This man whose eyebrows are on his hat is shown on boxes of Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal'

Answer: Cap\'n Crunch


Question: 'When a wisdom tooth is blocked from coming into the mouth, it's said to be this'

Answer: impacted


Question: 'The 1867 British North America Act united 3 colonies under this single name'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'What an "upsilon" is'

Answer: the Greek letter "U"


Question: 'Kraft is using the song "New York, New York" in commercials for this brand of cream cheese'

Answer: Philadelphia brand cream cheese


Question: '"Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody" & "Old Folks At Home" both misspell the name of this river'

Answer: the Suwannee


Question: 'Reportedly named for a girl who sold it in the streets, Sally Lunn is a sweet variety of this'

Answer: bread


Question: 'The World Book's article on dentistry features a photo of this man's dentures'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'When Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes, thousands of these French Protestants fled to America'

Answer: Huguenots


Question: 'Gullah, which has African roots, is a language spoken by some black inhabitants of this country'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'Todd Waring took over this actor's roles in the TV versions of both "Nothing in Common" & "Splash"'

Answer: Tom Hanks


Question: 'Meet me in this city & "we will dance the hoochee koochee" & "I will be your tootsie wootsie"'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'When it's young & tender, this gourd used in the bathtub can be eaten like a squash'

Answer: a luffa


Question: 'In 1986, the ADA successfully campaigned to have cancer warnings put on packages of these products'

Answer: smokeless tobacco products (or chewing tobacco)


Question: 'In 1835, many of them left Cape Colony & began their historic "Great Trek" to what's now the Transvaal'

Answer: the Boers


Question: 'A "valetudinarian" is constantly & morbidly concerned with this'

Answer: his health


Question: 'The title of this show stayed the same in 1982 even though half the title team left the show'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: 'Elton John wrote this song for Billie Jean King's tennis team, not our bicentennial'

Answer: "Philadelphia Freedom"


Question: 'From Latin for "day", famous ones have been written by Boswell & Pepys'

Answer: a diary


Question: 'Michele L'Esperance made the cover of people after having this many test tube babies all at once'

Answer: 5


Question: 'The constituent members of a multistar system, or the constituent members of a stereo system'

Answer: components


Question: 'Its south summit, some 28,700 feet high, was 1st scaled May 26, 1953'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'As NYC police commissioner, he had a "bully time" cracking down on graft in the department'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Late in life, Boccaccio gave public lectures on this other Italian poet's works'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'Tony Award-winning daughter of Tony winners Tammy Grimes & Christopher Plummer'

Answer: Amanda Plummer


Question: 'A 100-inch telescope collects 10,000 times more light than a telescope with a mirror this size'

Answer: 1 inch


Question: 'Snow sometimes covers the peaks in the Ahaggar Mountains, which are in the center of this desert'

Answer: the Sahara


Question:
'The 2 presidents referred to in the following song, Dion's only million seller:

"Anybody here seen my old friend Martin? /
Can you tell me where he's gone? /
He freed a lot of people /
But it seems the good they die young..."'

Answer: (Abraham) Lincoln & (John) Kennedy


Question: 'Balzac & Stendahl were early proponents of realism, which was a reaction against this movement'

Answer: Romanticism


Question: 'Historian who wrote about "The Calamitous 14th Century" in "A Distant Mirror"'

Answer: Barbara Tuchman


Question: 'It was founded in 1904 by George Ellery Hale in the mountains above Pasadena, Calif.'

Answer: the Mount Wilson Observatory


Question: 'The Grampian Mountains divide this northern country's lowlands & highlands'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'As President, FDR liked to wear the cape he got while serving as Assistant Sec'y of this'

Answer: the Navy


Question: 'Author of "The Devil's Dictionary", at 71 he went south of the border & was never seen again'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'A hall at this NYC site is named for Alice Tully, who provided most of the funds'

Answer: Lincoln Center


Question: 'A red giant star has exhausted all of this element used as fuel in its core'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'The Condor Mountains are an eastern range of this chain'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'Last president born in the 19th century'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'His 1st published story, "Childhood", appeared in 1852 while he was in the Russian army'

Answer: (Leo) Tolstoy


Question: 'In 1971, at the age of 19, this now-exiled leader became the youngest president in the world'

Answer: Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier


Question: 'Among planets in our solar system whose size is known, these 2 are closest in diameter'

Answer: Venus & the Earth


Question: 'While the major chain in Georgia, USA is the Appalachians, the major chain in Georgia, USSR is this'

Answer: the Caucas (or Caucasus)


Question: 'Sending troops to the Dominican Rep., he ordered 1st U.S. military intervention in Latin America since Coolidge'

Answer: Johnson


Question: '1 of 2 states represented in the 13 stars on the Confederate flag even though they stayed in the Union'

Answer: (1 of) Missouri & Kentucky


Question: '(Drew Barrymore delivers the clue one last time.) Bernie Taupin was a teenager when he answered an ad looking for songwriters, this future partner of his did the same, & the rest is rock & roll history'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'One of these one-horned mythical beasts, long a symbol of Scotland, graces Prince William's coat of arms'

Answer: a unicorn


Question: 'Holding reserves through winter, these globular underground buds let flowers like narcissus bloom early'

Answer: bulbs


Question: 'In 1963 the U.S., USSR & U.K. agreed not to test these aboveground'

Answer: nuclear weapons


Question: 'In chapter VIII of this novel, Atlanta is "very exhilarating...and temporarily even better than Tara"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'An early riser:<br />sore rot'

Answer: a rooster


Question: '(Drew Barrymore gives the clue again.) The music & lyrics of these famous brothers posed the "fever"ish question "How Deep Is Your Love"'

Answer: the Bee Gees


Question: 'I don't mean to "horn" in, but this first sign of the zodiac is represented by a symbol that looks like curved horns'

Answer: Aries


Question: 'This large group of flowering plants attracts serious devotees, like those who pay $10,000 for one Peruvian plant'

Answer: orchids


Question: 'Patch tests & scratch tests are done to see if you have this type of hypersensitivity reaction to a substance'

Answer: an allergic reaction


Question: 'In the preface to "The Moonstone", Vishnu commands 3 Brahmins in this country to guard the title gem night & day'

Answer: India


Question: 'A marsupial:<br />by a wall'

Answer: a wallaby


Question: '(Drew Barrymore gives the clue once more.) The ever-popular "Evergreen" has lyrics by Paul Williams & music by this singer who introduced it in "A Star Is Born"'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'This symbol of idolatry described in Exodus 32 has become a byword for materialism'

Answer: the golden calf


Question: 'The flower seen here is called the bridal this, also what it may be part of'

Answer: a bridal wreath


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew busts a groove at the Consumer Reports testing facility in Yonkers, NY.) Headphones are tested by simulating the major resonances of the auricle and this other part of the outer ear'

Answer: the external ear or the auditory canal


Question: 'In "Pride and Prejudice", Mrs. Bennet says, "The country is a vast deal pleasanter" than this city'

Answer: London


Question: 'A swinging ape:<br />big nob'

Answer: a gibbon


Question: '(Drew Barrymore gives the clue again.) "It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)" swings with the lyrics of Irving Mills & this jazzman'

Answer: (Duke) Ellington


Question: 'The Democratic Party's symbol dates back to 1828, when this man was called a jackass in his run for the presidency'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'A bouquet of a dozen cinquefoils ought to have a total of this many petals'

Answer: 60


Question: 'In A.I.'s Turing Test, a person asks questions of 2 subjects & has to determine which one is not human but this'

Answer: a computer


Question: 'In chap. V of "The Sun Also Rises", horse-chestnut trees are in bloom in this city's Luxembourg Gardens'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'An ermine is one:<br />see law'

Answer: a weasel


Question: '(Drew Barrymore gives the clue.) Some of the most romantic songs of all time, including "Embraceable you", were written by these brothers'

Answer: George & Ira Gershwin


Question: 'The double eagle was a symbol of Mother Russia long before it represented this family that came to power in 1613'

Answer: the Romanovs


Question: 'This may flower of the buttercup family has a "sea" version, too'

Answer: the anemone


Question: 'This 5-letter test restricts government programs to those in the direst financial need'

Answer: the means test


Question: 'It's the first river mentioned in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"'

Answer: the Hudson River


Question: 'The world's largest rodent:<br />pay a crab'

Answer: a capybara


Question: 'At Jefferson Davis' suggestion, in 1855 Congress bought some of these animals from Egypt for the Southwest'

Answer: camels


Question: 'A Wallyworld guard:<br />"Sorry folks, park's closed.  Moose out front shoulda told ya"'

Answer: Vacation


Question: '20th C. theologian Romano Guardini was born in Verona but studied at the Univ. of Tubingen in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Grammar schools originally emphasized the study of the grammar of these 2 ancient languages'

Answer: Latin & Greek


Question: 'In the early 1900s this all-American dessert was given out at Ellis Island'

Answer: Jello


Question: 'The "T" in ATM is this employee whom you don't need if you use an ATM'

Answer: a teller


Question: 'Franklin Pierce's hope for glory in this war ended when he was thrown from his horse & injured'

Answer: the Mexican-American War


Question: '"I'm sorry, son, but you have me confused with someone else.  My name is Roger Murdock.  I'm the co-pilot"'

Answer: Airplane


Question: 'One famous work by the 16th century artist Paolo Veronese was of the marriage at this town, site of Jesus' 1st miracle'

Answer: Cana


Question: 'Spoken by 45 million, it's a descendant of the language used in Kievan Rus from the 10th to 13th Centuries'

Answer: Ukranian


Question: 'Poblano is one type of this dark Mexican sauce made with chiles & chocolate'

Answer: mole


Question: 'In some religious beliefs, it's the process of transference of a soul into another body at death'

Answer: transmigration


Question: 'Founded in 1886, it became the major rival of the Edison Electric Company'

Answer: Westinghouse


Question: '"We've been going about this all wrong.  This Mr. Stay-puft's okay, he's a sailor, he's in New York"'

Answer: Ghostbusters


Question: 'Verona-born tenor Nino Martini performed brilliantly at this NYC location from 1933 to 1946'

Answer: the Metropolitan Opera


Question: 'Pomeranian & Silesian are major dialects of this West Slavic language'

Answer: Polish


Question: 'California's Green Globe is a popular variety of this veggie with an edible heart'

Answer: an artichoke


Question: 'It's a sustained pull applied mechanically to correct fractured or dislocated bones'

Answer: traction


Question: 'In November 1903 troops from the U.S.S. Nashville were used to stop Colombians from reaching this now-capital city'

Answer: Panama City


Question: '"Mongo only pawn, in game of life"'

Answer: Blazing Saddles


Question: 'Born in Verona, Gaetano Rossi was famous for writing more than 120 of these opera storylines'

Answer: librettos


Question: '"Bai nai" or "Where are you going?" is a greeting in this Asian language whose name also ends in -ai'

Answer: Thai


Question: 'The coarser "maison" type of this dish is basically a fancy meatloaf'

Answer: Pâté


Question: 'Another name for a billy club or a policeman's baton'

Answer: a truncheon


Question: 'Charles Evans Hughes was picked to represent the U.S. at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in this city in 1926'

Answer: The Hague


Question: '"Dear Lord...we thank you...for this bountiful harvest...my 2 beautiful sons, Walker & Texas Ranger..."'

Answer: Talladega Nights (The Ballad of Ricky Bobby)


Question: 'Verona's Giovanni Zenatello was (you guessed it) an opera singer & was the first Lt. Pinkerton in this opera'

Answer: Madame Butterfly


Question: 'The main language of Kosovo, an autonomous province of Serbia, is this language of a neighboring Muslim country'

Answer: Albanian


Question: 'In 1952 Lipton came out with a dehydrated version of this dish that's been used in countless recipes'

Answer: onion soup


Question: 'It can mean to veer, or to go sour as applied to milk'

Answer: turn


Question: 'He added an "E" to his last name to avoid being teased'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: 'The USA said "Deal!" on April 30, 1803 when it agreed to pay France $15 million for this'

Answer: the Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'This city, "Here I come.  They got some crazy little women there and I'm gonna get me one"'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'This evergreen tree was named for Scottish botanist David Douglas, who collected samples in America'

Answer: the Douglas fir


Question: 'Tofu or not tofu: in 2004 Grady High School in Atlanta introduced a lunch line for those who eat this kind of diet'

Answer: vegetarian


Question: 'I'm not going to adopt the same diet as this hungry animal'

Answer: chameleon


Question: 'Move to this mountain if you want to be like Moses, who fasted there for 40 days & nights'

Answer: Mount Sinai


Question: 'President Reagan said, "No deal!" to this group of striking federal employees & fired nearly 12,000 of them in 1981'

Answer: the air traffic controllers


Question: 'It's the city where you'd find "The House Of The Rising Sun", the ruin of many a poor boy'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In 1866 rancher Charles Goodnight introduced this vehicle used for transporting provisions & cooking equipment'

Answer: a chuck wagon


Question: 'Chocolate lovers might say that the best idea of 1928 was the peanut butter cup invented by this man'

Answer: Reese


Question: 'Here are the interior workings of this instrument'

Answer: piano


Question: 'Move to Yakutat Bay in this state if you want to fast before hunting, like the Lingit Indians once did'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'FDR not only said "Deal!", he said "New Deal!" in this year when he first accepted the nomination for president'

Answer: 1932


Question: 'Jan & Dean sang about "The Little Old Lady From" this city; "She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard"'

Answer: Pasadena


Question: 'A Roman hill where the emperors built their homes gives us this 6-letter word for a king's home'

Answer: palace


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from St. Petersburg, Russia.)  In laying the foundation for St. Petersburg's Alexander Column, it's said this potent potable was mixed with the mortar to keep it from freezing'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'This gas is causing the explosive reaction seen here'

Answer: CO2 (carbon dioxide)


Question: 'Move to the adobe dwellings of these southwest Indians & ritual fasters whose name means "village"'

Answer: the Pueblos


Question: 'In 1917 the U.S. said "Deal!" when it acquired the Virgin Islands from this Scandinavian country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'In this 1968 hit Dionne Warwick claimed that "L.A. is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car"'

Answer: "Do You Know The Way To San José"


Question: 'Often part of baptism, this 4-word "manual" phrase is derived from Acts 8:17-18'

Answer: laying on of hands


Question: 'This man was a mechanic in a bed factory when he invented the 1st elevator with an automatic safety brake'

Answer: Otis


Question: 'The animal seen here is loaded up with this saccharine secretion'

Answer: nectar


Question: 'Move to Central Anatolia in this country to fast during the holy month known there as Ramazan'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'In 1783 Ben Franklin said "Deal!" & signed the peace treaty of this city, ending the Revolutionary War'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This West Texas town was the home to Rosa's cantina and wicked Felina, "the girl that I loved"'

Answer: El Paso


Question: 'An Old French word for "throat" gives us this word meaning to stuff one's face'

Answer: gorge


Question: 'This brand of carpet introduced in 1986 uses Teflon to repel the coffee you just spilled'

Answer: Stainmaster


Question: 'This royal bird is seen here performing the action that gives it part of its name'

Answer: the kingfisher


Question: 'Move to this "Sleeping Land" of Russia to become an Evenki shaman & fast after you've received your first vision'

Answer: Siberia


Question: 'In 1906 Socialist Keir Hardie became this current party's first leader in Parliament'

Answer: the Labor Party


Question: 'Neil Simon's brother Danny roomed with a friend after a divorce, inspiring a Broadway hit & this sitcom'

Answer: The Odd Couple


Question: 'Prologue:<br />"In Troy there lies the scene"'

Answer: Troilus and Cressida


Question: 'Since losing its light bulb patents, it has brought to life atomic reactors used to power submarines'

Answer: General Electric


Question: 'Taller athletes can be at risk of fatal cardiomyopathy, an enlargement of this'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'The true one of these unfortunate birds had the scientific name Raphus cucullatus'

Answer: a dodo


Question: '"Everything for everybody everywhere" was a modest motto of this London department store'

Answer: Harrod\'s


Question: 'This series was inspired by the life & legal career of actress Amy Brenneman's mother'

Answer: Judging Amy


Question: 'Duke Orsino:<br />"If music be the food of love, play on"'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: 'Sumner Redstone heads up this company whose properties include MTV, VH1, Nick & Paramount'

Answer: Viacom


Question: 'The inquest finds the cause of death to be hypoxic encephalopathy, a lack of oxygen to this organ'

Answer: the brain


Question: 'It's Hawaiian for snacks or appetizers often served on a platter'

Answer: pupu


Question: 'This "royal" London hub from which the Hogwarts Express departs was the scene of tragedy on July 7, 2005'

Answer: King\'s Cross


Question: 'Allison DuBois, the heroine of this series, is based on a real-life psychic named... Allison DuBois'

Answer: Medium


Question: 'Antonio:<br />"In sooth I know not why I am so sad.  It wearies me, you say it wearies you"'

Answer: The Merchant of Venice


Question: 'Jeno Paulucci founded this company in 1947 to sell cans of chicken chow mein'

Answer: the Chun-King Company


Question: 'Coroner's verdict: the accident led to exsanguination, death by a complete loss of this'

Answer: blood


Question: 'This disease of the peripheral nerves is caused by a deficiency of vitamin B1'

Answer: beriberi


Question: 'In 1759 Francis Gastrell, enraged by a stream of visitors to his house in this town, destroyed the house'

Answer: Stratford-on-Avon


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the JFK Library & Museum.)  A famous 1961 photo of President Kennedy at his desk is echoed in the opening credits of this popular television series'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: 'Leonato:<br />"I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night to Messina"'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: 'In 1908 Camillo Olivetti opened a plant in Italy to manufacture these'

Answer: typewriters


Question: 'Looking like a bubble on a hose, this aortic dilatation caused by a weakening of the vessel wall led to the death'

Answer: an aneurism


Question: 'Chichi & this other term from the French both refer to elaborate, showy decoration'

Answer: froufrou


Question: 'Creator Marc Cherry has said that Bree Van de Kamp on this series is based in part on his mom'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'Valentine:<br />"Cease to persuade, my loving Proteus; home-keeping youth have ever homely wits"'

Answer: Two Gentlemen of Verona


Question: 'In 1937 this French leather-goods maker produced its first silk scarf'

Answer: Hermes


Question: 'An acute disease of the lungs marked by difficult breathing & fever, lobar this, did the guy in'

Answer: pneumonia


Question: 'A classic 1900 book says he "was not gray; he was a little black dog with long, silky hair"'

Answer: Toto


Question: 'In an 1863 essay Harriet Beecher Stowe called this woman whom she had met with "The Libyan Sibyl"'

Answer: Sojourner Truth


Question: 'Famous for his "Peaceable Kingdom" series, Edward Hicks depicted this Biblical event in the early 19th century'

Answer: Noah\'s Ark


Question: 'The 411 on this R&B singer: her song "Be Without You" was No. 1 in 2006, & her middle initial J. stands for Jane'

Answer: Mary J. Blige


Question: 'In this type of strike, strikers stop work but refuse to leave the factory'

Answer: a sit-in (or sit-down)


Question: 'Philadelphia'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'The current price of one first-class stamp for a one-ounce letter'

Answer: 39 cents


Question: 'According to tradition, Robin Hood was born in this English place'

Answer: Nottingham


Question: '1890's "Church at Auvers" is in the typical frenetic style of this artist'

Answer: (Vincent) van Gogh


Question: 'She met Cris Judd, her second husband, while filming the video for "Love Don't Cost A Thing"'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez ("J.Lo")


Question: 'NEA stands for National Endowment for the Arts, or for this union representing teachers'

Answer: the National Education Association (NEA)


Question: 'San Jose'

Answer: California


Question: '20500 is the ZIP code of this Washington, D.C. location'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'Generic name for a lightweight laptop computer'

Answer: notebook (or notepad)


Question: 'This Dutchman's 1655 "Head of Christ" is seen here'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: '"Toxic" was a hit from her 2003 "In the Zone" CD'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'In 1955 2 labor organizations combined to form this; George Meany became its first president'

Answer: the AFL-CIO


Question: 'Lexington'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'The most popular commemorative U.S. stamp ever featured this man'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'South Bend school noted for its law school & sports teams'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'Before he ran away to sea, this French postimpressionist painted "The Yellow Christ", seen here'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'Ladonna Gaines is the real name of this '70s disco queen'

Answer: Donna Summer


Question: 'The 1947 Labor-Management Relations Act curbed labor's power; these 2 legislators sponsored it'

Answer: Taft & Hartley


Question: 'Natchez'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'In 2002 the Post Office reported that more than 3,000 letter carriers suffered injury due to these'

Answer: dog bites


Question: '"Public" person authorized to authenticate contracts & other documents'

Answer: a notary (public)


Question: 'In the 19th century, Gustav Bauernfeind depicted Jerusalem, including this location'

Answer: the Wailing Wall


Question:
'Do cry out loud the name of this woman heard here

"Don't cry out loud..."'

Answer: Melissa Manchester


Question: 'In the 1860s some well-"train"ed workers met to form the BLE, the Brotherhood of these'

Answer: Locomotive Engineers


Question: 'Wheeling'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: '"GU" is the official postal abbreviation for this U.S. territory'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'One of Jean-Paul Sartre's best-known works is "Being and" this'

Answer: Nothingness


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew walks among some desert ruins.)  While walking in this ancient Egyptian capital, you'll see Saqqara, which was its principal burial area'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'In this film, Bogie told Conrad Veidt, "Your business is politics. Mine is running a saloon"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'In the late 1960s the president & vice president of South Vietnam shared this name'

Answer: Nguyen


Question: 'This southwestern U.S. tree of genus Prosopis, often used for smoked BBQ, is invading Saudi Arabia, India, Africa & Australia'

Answer: mesquite


Question: 'Superconductivity occurs at temperatures near the point known as this'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'This company has dropped the "BF", sold its tire business & become a leading maker of landing gear'

Answer: Goodrich


Question: 'After the death of this Egyptian queen in 30 B.C., Egypt became a province of the Roman Empire'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Bacall's first film line was said to Bogie in "To Have and Have Not": "Anybody got" one of these'

Answer: a match


Question: 'On March 15, 2003 he was elected president of the People's Republic of China'

Answer: Hu (Jintao)


Question: 'This porcupine lookalike seen here is pigging out in New Zealand because it has no natural predators'

Answer: the hedgehog


Question: 'This type of rock that develops from magma can be divided into 2 groups: extrusive & intrusive'

Answer: igneous rock


Question: 'Foie gras source'

Answer: goose liver


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks among the pyramids at Giza, Egypt.)  The Egyptian period from about 2700 to 2200 B.C. is known as the Pyramid Age, or by this ancient name'

Answer: the Old Kingdom


Question: 'Upon meeting this actor in "The Shootist", Bacall observes, "You seem like a man accustomed to giving orders"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'As a junior at the University of Houston, this Heisman Trophy winner threw 46 TDs; his NFL career total was only 5'

Answer: Andre Ware


Question: 'An Asian fungus has killed virtually every one of the American variety of this popular holiday nut tree'

Answer: the chestnut


Question: 'Perennial plants live for many years; just change the first syllable to get this term for plants that live only 2 years'

Answer: biennial


Question: '1971 Wimbledon-winning woman'

Answer: (Evonne) Goolagong


Question: 'In the 1400s B.C. it was the "lofty" 2-word religious title of Hapuseneb'

Answer: high priest


Question: 'When Bogie as Philip Marlowe kisses Bacall in this film, she says, "I like that.  I'd like more"'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'This Coloradoan served as President Reagan's Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983'

Answer: James Watt


Question: '"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" is a cute story, but this animal's introduction to Hawaii to control the rat population has turned ugly'

Answer: the mongoose


Question: 'Iridium, osmium, rhodium, palladium & ruthenium are members of this precious metal's "group"'

Answer: platinum


Question: 'Don't throw out that shirt you can't fit into; donate it to this organization founded in 1902'

Answer: Goodwill


Question: '(Jimmy is in Giza, Egypt.) The pyramid of this son of Khufu is smaller than his dad's Great one, but he got his face on the Great Sphinx'

Answer: Khafre


Question: 'In "Key Largo", Bogie tells this actor that he wishes for "a world in which there's no place for Johnny Rocco"'

Answer: (Edward G.) Robinson


Question: 'The ruins of Tintern Abbey lie in a meadow on the right bank of this Welsh river'

Answer: the Wye


Question: 'Introduced from Asia in 1876 as a hay & to control soil erosion, this vine is now a menace in the southern U.S.'

Answer: kudzu


Question: 'Einstein's Nobel Prize was for work on this effect in which light absorption leads to electron emission'

Answer: photoelectric effect


Question: 'A one followed by 100 zeros'

Answer: a googol


Question: 'In Act I he says, "The funeral baked meats did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Tantor the elephant is a childhood companion of this Edgar Rice Burroughs character'

Answer: Tarzan (of the apes)


Question: 'Pacino's female pals'

Answer: Al\'s gals


Question: 'Epiphany commemorates 3 events, including the visit of this group to Bethlehem'

Answer: the Magi


Question: 'This traditional Austrian dish named for the country's capital is a breaded cutlet of veal'

Answer: Wiener schnitzel


Question: 'A temporary measure'

Answer: stopgap


Question: 'In 1940 this composer gave the Boy & Girl Scouts all future royalties from the song "God Bless America"'

Answer: (Irving) Berlin


Question: 'In "The Elephant's Child", Rudyard Kipling explained that a crocodile attack caused the elephant to get this body part'

Answer: its trunk


Question: 'Penn's pair of baby deer'

Answer: Sean\'s fawns


Question: 'Epiphany also celebrates this ceremony performed for the baby Jesus'

Answer: baptism


Question: 'There's no veal in boxty, Irish pancakes made from these tubers'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'Asian island fortress surrendered by the British in 1942'

Answer: Singapore


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Boy Scouts of America at Camp Winton.)  To be a first class scout, you have to able to find directions; one way is to place a stick in the ground & wait for the afternoon shadow, which will point this way'

Answer: east


Question: 'Throughout a 1954 book, this elephant repeats, "A person's a person, no matter how small"'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'Actress Hilary's financial institutions'

Answer: Swank\'s banks


Question: 'Rounding out the 3 events celebrated on Epiphany is this ceremony where Jesus performed his first miracle'

Answer: the wedding at Cana (turning water into wine accepted)


Question: 'The New York Times Cook Book's recipe for this Greek dish of ground meat & eggplant calls for lamb or beef, not veal'

Answer: moussaka


Question: 'It's that yawning gulf between the old & the young'

Answer: a generation gap


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Boy Scouts of America at Camp Winton.)  A popular scouting activity is the throwing of this type of hatchet or axe native to North America'

Answer: a tomahawk


Question: 'Created by Jean de Brunhoff, this pachyderm, who wears a green suit & a bowler hat, leaves the jungle & moves to Paris'

Answer: Babar


Question: 'Dunaway's "no" votes'

Answer: Faye\'s nays


Question: 'In Catholicism, Epiphany is more important than Christmas, joining Pentecost & this most holy of days'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'Made of browned, shredded beef or pork, not veal, this Mexican dish is Spanish for "little meats"'

Answer: carnitas


Question: 'Unit of resolution for your digital camera'

Answer: mega-pixels


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Boy Scouts of America at Camp Winton.) A traditional skill in scouting is knowing how to build a fire; one good method is named for this Native American shelter'

Answer: a tepee


Question: 'Pooh is always worried that woozles & these elephantine creatures will steal his honey'

Answer: heffalumps


Question: 'Ms. Thompson's quandries'

Answer: Emma\'s dilemmas


Question: 'This Shakespeare play title refers to Epiphany Eve'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: 'The name of this popular Italian dish of braised veal shanks means "bone hole"'

Answer: osso buco


Question: 'Greek term for spiritual, not sensual, love'

Answer: agápe


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Boy Scouts of America at Camp Winton.) The first Boy Scout to go on to be the president was this man who in a youthful letter to his father Joe asked for a bigger allowance to buy canteens and other scout supplies'

Answer: Kennedy (JFK)


Question: 'This song with a simple desire is significant as The Beatles' first chart topper in America'

Answer: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"


Question: 'May 2, 1863:<br />He sends Stonewall Jackson on a brilliant attack at Chancellorsville'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'One of the world's largest birds, this California avian can glide as far as 10 miles without beating its wings'

Answer: a condor


Question: 'Baby, you can drive this company's Forester, which was Motor Trend's 2009 sport/utility of the year'

Answer: Subaru


Question: 'This city's pink & white marble Palazzo Ducale, or Doge's Palace, stands on the Grand Canal'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'John Lennon said this 1965 movie title tune was one of his favorites, in part because he wrote it about himself'

Answer: "Help!"


Question: 'Nov. 16, 2004:<br />Elected Senate minority leader; the minority has since become the majority'

Answer: Harry Reid


Question: 'Consider going green, baby, by driving this hybrid model seen here'

Answer: a Prius


Question: 'Visitors to Warminster, England should go to this ancient rock circle site 15 miles east'

Answer: Stonehenge


Question: 'In 1964 it was all about "me" with the Beatles--the lads had these 2 No.1 hits with "me" in the title'

Answer: "Can\'t Buy Me Love" & "Love Me Do"


Question: 'Aug. 29, 1946:<br />Files a patent for an instant camera'

Answer: Edwin Land


Question: 'Really more of a scavenger, this beautiful bird was turned into a thief by Rossini'

Answer: the magpie


Question: 'Baby, you can take the whole family on a really long trip in this Honda minivan'

Answer: an Odyssey


Question: 'It might be quite a "jar" to Americans visiting this Dutch city that there's a museum devoted to the Pilgrims'

Answer: Leiden


Question: 'Opening this 1967 song with bars from "La Marseillaise" helped accentuate its message of international unity'

Answer: "All You Need Is Love"


Question: 'June 27, 1499:<br />He sights Brazil, on a continent now named for him'

Answer: Vespucci


Question: 'The razorbill, seen here, is a member of this flightless family of which the great one went extinct around 1844'

Answer: the auk


Question: 'Hey, baby, it's GM's luxury car division named for the explorer who founded Detroit'

Answer: Cadillac


Question: 'Main streets in this Tahitian city include Boulevard Pomare & Rue de General-De-Gaulle'

Answer: Papeete


Question: '"Saluton" & "Gis Revido" are hello & goodbye in this international language'

Answer: Esperanto


Question: '"This Bird Has Flown" was the original title of this tune, the first pop song to feature a sitar'

Answer: "Norwegian Wood"


Question:
'Nov. 4, 1954:
Gives his speech as the 1952 Nobel Prize winner; in 1952, he was busy with his humanitarian work in Africa'

Answer: (Albert) Schweitzer


Question: 'You crazy old guy, it's the American variety of this 4-letter waterfowl'

Answer: a coot


Question: 'William Lyons named this luxury car for its speed, sleekness & power'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: 'The "judgment" is that the gingerbread made in this second-largest city of Bavaria is the world's best'

Answer: Nuremberg


Question: 'At a Chinese restaurant, greet your server with this 5-letter Mandarin word for hello'

Answer: nihao


Question: '"Kings play chess on finely grained sand" is a mnemonic device used to help remember a system devised by this scientist'

Answer: Carolus Linnaeus


Question: 'This "King of the Wild Frontier" served as a scout during the 1813-14 war against the Creek Indians in Alabama & Florida'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'Last name of unrelated baseball greats & teammates Brooks & Frank'

Answer: Robinson


Question: '2013 is the year of this animal that can coil'

Answer: snake


Question: 'In Roald Dahl's story this "to the Slaughter", a woman bludgeons her husband with a frozen leg of it'

Answer: lamb


Question: 'July 4, 1946:<br />The U.S. grants full independence to these Asian islands'

Answer: Philippines


Question:
'Here's a sartorial story
There was a young man of the cape, who always wore trousers of crepe, when asked don't they tear, he replied here and there,
but they keep such a beautiful ____'

Answer: shape


Question: 'This was read to the cabinet on September 22, 1862 but it didn't go into effect until 101 days later'

Answer: Emancipation Proclamation


Question: '3:59.4 in 1954, it's now 3:43.13'

Answer: the record for the mile run


Question: 'Whippet, whippet good, 2006 is the year of this'

Answer: dog


Question: 'This part of the B-52D, a plane introduced in 1965, was called the "Big Belly"'

Answer: bomb bay


Question: 'Aug. 14 & 15, 1947:<br />These 2 nations are granted independence by Great Britain'

Answer: India & Pakistan


Question:
'I think I know the woman in the following
There was a young lady of Crete, who was so exceedingly neat, when she got out of bed, she stood on her head,
to make sure of not soiling ____  ____'

Answer: her feet


Question: 'Graduating from Geneva College in 1849, she became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the U.S.'

Answer: Elizabeth Blackwell


Question: 'It's been widely reported that the silhouette in the NBA's logo is this Lakers guard of the '60s'

Answer: Jerry West


Question: 'You'll probably find the other 11 animals all taste like this one for 2005'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'On the fatal night, it's the number of shots John Wilkes Booth had in his gun'

Answer: 1 (it was a one-shot derringer)


Question: 'June 30, 1960:<br />This country's King Baudouin grants independence to its large Congolese colony'

Answer: Belgium


Question:
'Edward Gorey wrote this one
There was a young woman named Plunnery, who rejoiced in the practice of gunnery, til one day unobservant, she blew up a servant,
and was forced to retire to ____ ____'

Answer: a nunnery


Question: 'Under the terms of this 1848 treaty, Mexico recognized Texas as a part of the United States'

Answer: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo


Question: 'Laura Hillenbrand wrote a recent bestseller about this '30s horse'

Answer: Seabiscuit


Question: 'It's the animal for 2003, 2003, 2003, 2003, 2003 (sorry, it got cloned)'

Answer: sheep


Question: '2-word nickname of Florida's electric chair, built by inmates back in 1923'

Answer: "Old Sparky"


Question: 'May 1967:<br />Biafra unilaterally declares its independence from this African country'

Answer: Nigeria


Question:
'This one's kind of heavy
K is for plump little Kate, who's handicapped sadly by weight, when we send her away, for a visit we say,
'twill be cheaper to send her by ____'

Answer: freight


Question: 'In 1892 this party met in Omaha; its plank called for the secret ballot & the unlimited coinage of silver at a 16:1 ratio'

Answer: Populist Party


Question: 'Horror film nickname of the coach seen here<br />[Jon Gruden of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers]'

Answer: "Chucky"


Question: 'As 2004 will be the year of this, maybe the Angels will rally & win the Series again'

Answer: monkey


Question: 'A bolt-action rifle & a pistol are named after this man from Oberndorf, Germany'

Answer: Mauser


Question: 'Nov. 11, 1975:<br />Angola becomes this country's last African colony to gain independence'

Answer: Portugal


Question:
'This one's by Ogden Nash
There was an old man of Calcutta, who coated his tonsils with butter, thus converting his snore, from a thunderous roar,
to a soft oleaginous ____'

Answer: mutter


Question: 'Edward Craven Walker said about this invention of his, "If you buy my lamp, you won't need drugs"'

Answer: lava lamp


Question: '1983 "Was A Very Good Year" for this entertainer; that's when he was honored'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'The 2 main tales of the Norse Vinland Sagas are "Greenlanders" & one about this son of Thorvald'

Answer: Erik the Red


Question: 'In April 2002 this cult leader who masterminded Sharon Tate's murder was denied parole for a 10th time'

Answer: Charles Manson


Question: 'Gingerbread figures prominently in this 1893 Humperdinck opera'

Answer: Hansel and Gretel


Question: 'It was the size of a turkey & had a large hooked bill'

Answer: dodo


Question: 'Types of this hard gemstone seen in Asian carvings include "mutton fat", which is white, & "spinach", which is green'

Answer: jade


Question: 'She was a child star, an ambassador & in 1998 a Kennedy Center honoree'

Answer: Shirley Temple Black


Question: 'The name of this "Lord of the Rings" character is from "The Poetic Edda", a book of myths, & it means magic elf'

Answer: Gandalf


Question: 'Ransom money that he used at a filling station led to his arrest for the Lindbergh kidnapping'

Answer: Bruno Hauptmann


Question: 'The score for "The Bread and Roses Opera" by Steve Friedman was lifted from this composer's "Don Giovanni"'

Answer: Wolfgang A. Mozart


Question: 'This musical covers 50 years in the life of a married couple from their wedding day on'

Answer: I Do! I Do!


Question: 'The Valenciennes type of this delicate pillow fabric typically features fancy floral motifs'

Answer: lace


Question: 'This musician who gave off good "vibes" was one of the honorees in 1992'

Answer: Lionel Hampton


Question: 'In Norse mythology, the evil Loki finds out the secret of this god's vulnerability from the goddess Frigg'

Answer: Balder


Question: 'At age 10, this "fortunate" future mobster sold kids "protection" (for a penny) against beatings'

Answer: Charles "Lucky" Luciano


Question: 'The knights in this Wagner opera eat bread & drink wine consecrated by the Holy Grail'

Answer: Parsifal


Question: 'Artistic movement that included Man Ray & Duchamp'

Answer: Dada


Question: 'This 19th C. Brit known for his wallpaper designs isn't the same guy who founded the theatrical agency'

Answer: William Morris


Question: 'In 1984 children from the United Nations School Chorus sang the praises of this beloved comedian & actor'

Answer: Danny Kaye


Question: 'When the Vikings settled in this Canadian province around 1000 A.D., they called the natives there Skraelings'

Answer: Newfoundland


Question: 'The exploits of boyhood friends-turned-spies Christopher Boyce & Andrew Daulton Lee inspired this 1985 movie'

Answer: The Falcon and the Snowman


Question: 'In Act II of this Verdi opera, some of the gypsies go off to a nearby town to buy bread & some sing the "Anvil Chorus"'

Answer: Il Trovatore


Question: 'It's the administrative capital of American Samoa'

Answer: Pago Pago


Question: 'Derived from scutum, the Latin for "shield", it's a shield bearing a coat of arms, or a metal plate around a keyhole'

Answer: escutcheon


Question: 'The first group of honorees in 1978 included Arthur Rubinstein & this African-American opera singer'

Answer: Marian Anderson


Question: 'Some say the Viking Age ended in 1066 when this king defeated the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge'

Answer: Harold II


Question: 'After prison this famous member of another outlaw family produced Wild West shows with Frank James'

Answer: Cole Younger


Question: 'In this Beethoven opera, Leonore gives the weak, imprisoned Florestan some bread'

Answer: Fidelio


Question: '(Alex in Tanzania)  This crater in Tanzania is the largest unbroken caldera in the world, & it's home to over 20,000 wild animals'

Answer: Ngorongoro


Question: 'The company that produced most of Marion Davies' films was named for this magazine; the same person owned both'

Answer: Cosmopolitan


Question: '"African Game Trails"'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'In 1969 "Something" became the only No. 1 hit he composed for the Beatles'

Answer: George Harrison


Question: 'Marxism combined with a strong party structure is called "Marxism/" this "ism"'

Answer: Leninism


Question: 'This northwestern city's seal bears the image of Chief Sealth, for whom the city is named'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Title of the gagster who doffed the top seen here in the Middle Ages:'

Answer: Court jester


Question: 'It's the Major League record for home runs in a season'

Answer: 70


Question: '"Where's the Rest of Me?"'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'In 1969 B.J. Thomas had the biggest hit of his career with this song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"'

Answer: "Raindrops Keep Fallin\' on My Head"


Question: 'This group manages the daily work of a Communist Party & might also win the Triple Crown'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'The seal of this Texas city features a plow & a locomotive, but no Saturn V rocket'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'A 1,200-year-old city lends its name to this hat seen here:'

Answer: Fez


Question: 'On March 29, 1999 the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above this benchmark for the first time'

Answer: 10,000


Question: '"My Boyhood in Iowa"'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'In this 1965 hit, Roger Miller tells us that "Two hours of pushing broom buys a eight by twelve four-bit room"'

Answer: "King of the Road"


Question: 'Chinese Communists could have used "Greyhound" in place of this term for counter-revolutionaries'

Answer: Running dogs


Question: 'Its seal features the Latin phrase for "Let Brotherly Love Continue"'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Hatmaker whose name is found on a Florida university & the brand of hat seen here:'

Answer: Stetson


Question: 'A U-turn, or a complete reversal of opinion'

Answer: 180


Question: '"As We Remember Joe"'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'In 1968 his "Hurdy Gurdy Man" came singing songs of love'

Answer: Donovan


Question: 'One who accepts Communist doctrine but doesn't join the party is this type of "journeyer"'

Answer: Fellow traveler


Question: 'This state capital's seal features a ship; we're sure it's the Santa Maria'

Answer: Columbus, Ohio


Question: 'The jipijapa plant is the main ingredient of this national hat seen here'

Answer: Panama hat


Question: 'In 1899 the Jamais Contente, "Never Satisfied", became the first auto to "go like" this'

Answer: 60


Question: '"Crusade in Europe"'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'In the 1960s she reached the Top 20 3 times with duets:  twice with Lee Hazelwood & once with her father'

Answer: Nancy Sinatra


Question: 'This organization whose name was an abbreviation of "Communist International" existed from 1919 to 1943'

Answer: Comintern


Question: 'The seal of Memphis shows a steamboat & this fiber plant'

Answer: Cotton


Question: '"Bakery" nickname for the wearers of the hat seen here:'

Answer: Doughboys


Question: 'Number of psalms in the Biblical book of Psalms'

Answer: 150


Question: 'It's a private compartment on a ship or train'

Answer: Stateroom


Question: 'Party chairman from 1949-1976'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'Russia claims it invented this unaged liquor once made from potatoes'

Answer: Vodka


Question: 'Some of his stories of the Yukon were published in the 1910 collection "Lost Face"'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'Hitchcock's "Blackmail" of 1929 was Britain's first feature film of this type'

Answer: Talkie


Question: 'The thunderous waters of this world famous tourist attraction border Canada's Victoria Park'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Created in 1789, it replaced Foreign Affairs in the U.S. cabinet'

Answer: Department of State


Question: 'President in China, 1948-1949; President in exile on Taiwan, 1949-1975'

Answer: Chiang Kai-shek


Question: 'To serve it in traditional style, always garnish this Russian beet soup with a dollop of sour cream'

Answer: Borscht


Question: 'A rum smuggler is the central character in his 1937 novel "To Have and Have Not"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Of 1885, 1895 or 1905, the year Birt Acres launched the British film industry with his "Kinetic Lantern"'

Answer: 1895


Question: 'The Nova Scotia museum named for this man features early experimental models of his telephones'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'On January 19, 1999 this speech was given to the combined houses of Congress'

Answer: State of the Union


Question: 'The last emperor, 1908-1912'

Answer: Pu Yi


Question: 'As "holubtsi", this slaw ingredient is stuffed, seasoned, baked & served as an entree'

Answer: Cabbage


Question: '"Horseman, Pass By", the first novel by this Texan, was made into the movie "Hud" in 1963'

Answer: Larry McMurtry


Question: '1914's version of this colorful story was the first big screen treatment of a Sherlock Holmes mystery'

Answer: "A Study in Scarlet"


Question: 'Each year this British Columbia city hosts the Symphony of Fire, a 4-day fireworks extravaganza'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'When something is at the highest level of current development, it's described with this 4-word phrase'

Answer: State of the art


Question: 'President, 1993-today'

Answer: Jiang Zemin


Question: 'To prepare this gourd, curcurbita pepo, Russian style, stuff it with rice, apples & sour cherries, then bake it'

Answer: Pumpkin


Question: 'This 1936 novel by Faulkner tells the story of Thomas Sutpen & bears the name of an Old Testament figure'

Answer: "Absalom, Absalom!"


Question: 'In 1933 Brit cinema enjoyed a boost with Alexander Korda's film "The Private Life of" this king'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'If you're a Shakespeare fan, don't miss Canada's most famous dramatic festival, held each year in this city'

Answer: Stratford, Ontario


Question: 'A Nittany Lion could tell you this city is home to Penn State's main campus'

Answer: State College


Question: 'Vice Premier & most powerful member of Chinese Communist Party from 1980-1989'

Answer: Teng Hsiao-ping


Question: 'The popular codfish soup named for this Russian mystic reputedly gave him his health, vigor & virility'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'Her essays in "Against Interpretation" & "On Photography" call for an emotive response to creative works'

Answer: Susan Sontag


Question: 'Britain's most popular silent film star, this woman shares her last name with a 1917 "Declaration"'

Answer: Betty Balfour


Question: 'Each February the Northern Trapper's Festival held north of Winnipeg in this province celebrates early Canadian pioneers'

Answer: Manitoba


Question: 'Name of the new Olympic event that will cover a total of 51.5 kilometers'

Answer: Triathlon


Question: '"Fulton's Folly"'

Answer: a steamboat


Question: 'Where all roads were supposed to have led'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Brando was 2 when his mom appeared on stage with this dad of Peter & Jane'

Answer: Henry Fonda


Question: 'Daimler & Benz borrowed this name from a friend's daughter'

Answer: Mercedes


Question: 'The Empire State'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Fermented apple juice'

Answer: hard cider


Question: 'Early ones were called the "hobby horse", "penny-farthing" & "high-wheeler"'

Answer: a bicycle


Question: 'Its people called it "kemet", color of black, from land after flooding by Nile'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'She won 8 Academy Awards with only her clothes appearing on screen'

Answer: Edith Head


Question: 'GM car named for Indian chief who tried to take Ft. Detroit'

Answer: Pontiac


Question: 'The ceiling of its capitol features a lone star'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Descriptive of Mike Hammer, Private Eye, or a 20-minute egg'

Answer: hard-boiled


Question: '1899 device for attaching papers that can ruin a computer disc when magnetized'

Answer: a paper clip


Question: 'Followed the Stone Age; named for copper alloy people used for tools & weapons'

Answer: the Bronze Age


Question: 'The 3 stars of "Rebel Without a Cause" who met with untimely deaths'

Answer: Natalie Wood, James Dean, and Sal Mineo


Question: 'What BMW stands for'

Answer: Bavarian Motor Works


Question: 'Only U.S. state with a "Z" in its name'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'Reason people used to stick a trumpet in their ear'

Answer: hard of hearing


Question: 'After inventing the lever & pulley, this Greek said, "I will move the Earth"'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'The Chinese once regarded calligraphy as a branch of this art'

Answer: painting


Question: 'In her 1st film she sang with "Alfalfa" Switzer; in her next, she was paired with Lassie'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'The New England state without an Atlantic Ocean coastline'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'TV role Brian Keith judged OK to play'

Answer: Hardcastle


Question: '1st one to attempt sinking a warship was the "Turtle" in the Revolutionary War'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'Civilization of sailors that developed 1st Western alphabet'

Answer: the Phoenicians


Question: 'Oliver Hardy's co-star in "The Fighting Kentuckian"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: '8th state of the Union, it was the 1st state to secede'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'Album & film featuring "Tell Me Why" & "You Can't Do That"'

Answer: A Hard Day\'s Night


Question: 'The Shannon River, longest in the British Isles, is in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Major New York daily that runs no comic strips'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'With India's help Bangladesh broke away from this country'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Among his famous "pianos" have been his bed & swimming pool'

Answer: Liberace


Question: 'Lysergic acid diethylamide'

Answer: LSD


Question: 'Way you can have your eggs or Mary Martin'

Answer: over easy


Question: 'A bridge has been proposed to connect Long Island & Rhode Island, across this waterway'

Answer: the Long Island Sound


Question: 'Wash., D.C.'s 2nd largest paper, The Times, is published by members of this church'

Answer: the Moonies (or the Unification Church)


Question: 'The Cavaliers opposed the close-cropped Roundheads in this country's civil war'

Answer: England


Question: 'In spite of "koochie koochie" image, she's an accomplished guitarist'

Answer: Charo


Question: 'In 1903, barbital became the 1st of this type of drug'

Answer: barbiturates


Question: 'Slang for parasitical hanger-on, or what Peter Fonda played in '69'

Answer: easy rider


Question: 'He now owns the New York Post, Village Voice, Boston Herald, Chicago Sun-Times & San Antonio Express'

Answer: Rupert Murdoch


Question: 'Its starving children symbolized the defeat of this Nigerian region'

Answer: Biafra


Question: 'He succeeded Arthur Fiedler directing the Boston Pops'

Answer: John Williams


Question: 'Keith Carradine's Oscar-winning song from the movie "Nashville"'

Answer: "I\'m Easy"


Question: 'Roaring '20s president who was a journalist by profession'

Answer: Harding


Question: 'Symbolic colors of opposing sides in Northern Ireland'

Answer: green and orange


Question: 'Pioneer of multi-track recording, he was creator of popular Gibson solid-body guitar'

Answer: Les Paul


Question: 'Movie title which refers to a "handful" of etudes'

Answer: Five Easy Pieces


Question: 'West Coast newspaper that owns Long Island's "Newsday"'

Answer: The Los Angeles Times


Question: 'Name of Franco's party in Spain & main Christian party in Lebanon'

Answer: the Phalange


Question: 'His brilliance on the violin might be explained by his unusual hand formation'

Answer: Jascha Heifetz


Question: ''30s domestic comedy radio show featuring Goodman Ace & wife, Jane'

Answer: Easy Aces


Question: 'Country whose flag includes pictures of the British & Dutch flags'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In 1836 at Washington-On-The-Brazos, Texas declared its independence from this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '"I'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse"'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'This Judd, whose real name is Christina, took her stage name from a line in the song "Route 66"'

Answer: Wynonna


Question: 'Sensible consumers clip these to get cents off'

Answer: Coupons


Question: 'A large knife whose name comes from an earlier Spanish word for "mallet"; it's handy for cutting jungle paths'

Answer: Machete


Question: 'A small bit of snow, soap or cereal'

Answer: Flake


Question: 'Texas has 2 national parks:  Guadalupe Mountain & this 'big" one on the Rio Grande'

Answer: Big Bend National Park


Question: '"Houston, we have a problem"'

Answer: Apollo 13


Question: 'In her teens this "Queen Of Soul" toured with the New Bethel Choir as a featured singer'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'It's the boating term used when the government comes to the aid of a "sinking" business, like Chrysler in 1979'

Answer: Bailout


Question: 'The length of this South American water boa may exceed 30 feet'

Answer: Anaconda


Question: 'Eliza Doolittle, or a precious little petal scatterer'

Answer: Flower girl


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE);<br />He was managing general partner of the Texas Rangers until 1994'

Answer: George W. Bush (Governor of Texas)


Question: '"I never drink...wine"'

Answer: Dracula


Question: 'She & husband Bobby Brown have "Something In Common":  that was the duet they sang on his 1992 album'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'A firm that buys & sells other firms, or part of the name of Janis Joplin's '60s band'

Answer: Holding Company


Question: 'About 2/3 of this river's 2.3 million square mile tropical rain forest lies in Brazil'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'It's the "digital" technique seen here'

Answer: Fingerpainting


Question: 'The Cactus Jack Festival, held annually in Uvalde, honors this vice president of FDR'

Answer: John Nance Garner


Question: '"Aaah!  You cursed brat!  Look what you've done!  I'm melting, melting!"'

Answer: The Wizard Of Oz


Question: 'The Talk of the Town Theatre in Branson, MO is named for these 2 singers whose initials form the word "town"'

Answer: Tony Orlando & Wayne Newton


Question: 'Term for the amount a retailer adds to the cost price of a product; it may not be all profit'

Answer: Mark-up


Question: '6-letter term for the thick covering formed by the tops of trees & vines where many animals live'

Answer: Canopy


Question: 'Broken, like some bones or cartoon "fairy tales"'

Answer: Fractured


Question: 'From 1817 to 1821 Jean Laffite used this Texas island as his headquarters'

Answer: Galveston Island


Question: '"You've got to ask yourself one question, 'Do I feel lucky?'  Well, do ya, punk?"'

Answer: Dirty Harry


Question: 'Her father, Jose Fajardo, was once a bodyguard to Cuban president Fulgencio Batista'

Answer: Gloria Estefan


Question: 'A factory's manual labor is blue-collar & these are "steel-collar"'

Answer: Robots


Question: 'In 1863 French archaeologists began uncovering this temple of Vishnu in the jungles of Cambodia'

Answer: Angkor Wat


Question: 'It comes on "little cat feet"'

Answer: Fog


Question: 'Clara Barton, who had lunch on this ship a few days earlier, was in her Red Cross office when it exploded'

Answer: The Maine


Question: 'In 1998 this film director made his Broadway acting debut in "Wait Until Dark" & that's no "Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: Quentin Tarantino


Question: 'Longfellow used Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's books on North American Indian tribes as a source for this poem'

Answer: Hiawatha


Question: 'Bibliophilism'

Answer: Love of books


Question: 'The word "adobe" comes from an ancient word for these straw-filled objects mentioned in Exodus'

Answer: Bricks


Question: 'Joe Gillis, played by this actor, gets involved with Norma Desmond in 1950's "Sunset Boulevard"'

Answer: William Holden


Question: 'William Randolph Hearst sent this western artist to Cuba where he drew the Rough Riders charging up the hill'

Answer: Frederic Remington


Question: 'TV's "Odd Couple", they played an even odder couple in a recent Broadway revival of "The Sunshine Boys"'

Answer: Jack Klugman & Tony Randall


Question: '"Tales Of A Wayside Inn" was modeled in part on this Chaucer work'

Answer: The Canterbury Tales


Question: 'It's the "loving" nickname of the city seen here (back of the $100 bill)'

Answer: "The City of Brotherly Love"


Question: 'Type of adobe communal structure seen here at Taos, New Mexico'

Answer: Pueblo


Question: 'On early TV, Jim Gillis was a friend & neighbor in the "LIfe Of" this William Bendix character'

Answer: Chester Riley


Question: 'He said in his inaugural address "War should never be entered upon until every agency of peace has failed"'

Answer: William McKinley


Question: 'In 1998 this "M*A*S*H" star made a s*m*a*s*hing return to Broadway in the hit play "Art"'

Answer: Alan Alda


Question: 'A statue of this Longfellow character in St. Martinsville, Louisiana honors exiled Acadians'

Answer: Evangeline


Question: 'The Beatles asked, "Would you believe in" this type of love, & others have wondered too'

Answer: Love at first sight


Question: 'This term for workers in adobe is also applied to stoneworkers & to members of certain lodges'

Answer: Masons


Question: 'Lester Gillis was the original name of this youthful-looking gangster, but he found it sissy'

Answer: "Baby Face" Nelson


Question: 'This future admiral's fleet was in Hong Kong when he got word to move it to the Philippines'

Answer: George Dewey


Question: 'You could say Kirstie Alley was an alley cat when she played Maggie The Cat in a 1984 revival of this play'

Answer: Cat On A Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'Longfellow's glowing review of this author's "Twice-Told Tales" led to a close friendship'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'Change 1 syllable in the name of Hole's lead singer to get this chivalric code of behavior'

Answer: Courtly Love


Question: 'Mali's city of Jenne is famed for an adobe one of these religious structures'

Answer: Mosque


Question: 'Brad Gillis was a founding member of this rock band known for its 1984 hit "Sister Christian"'

Answer: Night Ranger


Question: 'The U.S. declared war on April 25, but made it retroactive to April 21, the day before this was ordered on Cuba'

Answer: Blockade


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jerry Orbach.) I introduced the song "Try To Remember" in this musical that opened in 1960 & is still running'

Answer: The Fantasticks


Question: 'Longfellow was 15 when he began attending this college in Brunswick, Maine'

Answer: Bowdoin College


Question: 'The phrase "The love that dare not" do this was coined by Oscar Wilde's friend Alfred Douglas'

Answer: Speak its name


Question: 'These Mideastern nomads whose name means "desert dwellers" often build adobe homes when they settle down'

Answer: Bedouins


Question: 'Don Gillis' "Symphony No. 5 1/2" was performed in 1947 by this conductor & the NBC Symphony'

Answer: Arturo Toscanini


Question: 'In a 15-minute-long ceremony, his New York townhouse was designated a "Cultural Landmark" in 1998'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'U.S. 101 is usually called the "Hollywood" one; it leads into the "Ventura " one'

Answer: Freeway


Question: 'With 2,216 consecutive games played, he topped the record of Japanese star Sachio Kinugasa'

Answer: Cal Ripken Jr.


Question: 'Kyobashi & Toranomon are stops on the Ginza Line cutting through this city'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'The Virgin Mary is frequently referred to by this name, Italian for "Our Lady"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'This company introduced its "Roman" whirlpool bath in 1968'

Answer: Jacuzzi


Question: 'The Rubaiyat & Chrysler Imperial are hybrid tea varieties of this flower'

Answer: Rose


Question: 'A Sunset Blvd. shop specializing in these instruments has a "rock walk" of musicians' handprints'

Answer: Guitars


Question: 'This team entered the National League in 1993 & won the World Series in 1997'

Answer: Florida Marlins


Question: 'You'll have to switch lines in this city to go from Chapultepec to Politecnico'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Manolete of Spain made his mark as one of these bullfighters'

Answer: Matador


Question: 'Meaning "spirit" & "visible", this adjective for hallucinatory experiences came into heavy use'

Answer: Psychedelic


Question: 'This tall heliotropic flower is grown for its oil & nutritious seeds'

Answer: Sunflower


Question: 'You can't roll a strike at this venue, but you can picnic & listen to the L.A. Philharmonic'

Answer: Hollywood Bowl


Question: 'In 1975 & 1998 the New York Yankees played home games in this stadium'

Answer: Shea Stadium


Question: 'You can ride one line in this world capital from Kifissia to Pireas'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Without this broadcasting device, we wouldn't be able to hear your response'

Answer: Microphone


Question: 'In 1968 hirsute volunteers got "Clean For Gene", this candidate from Minnesota'

Answer: Eugene McCarthy


Question: '4-letter suffix to such wildflowers as rag-, soap- & St. John's, it's from the Old English for "root" or "plant"'

Answer: Wort


Question: 'The movie theater seen here was designed for this projection system of the '50s & '60s'

Answer: Cinerama (the Cinerama Dome)


Question: 'Stops on this city's Line 1 include Carioca, Flamengo & Botafogo'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'Curry dishes are popularly accompanied by a chutney made with this tropical fruit'

Answer: Mango


Question: 'Similar names of an NFL title game & a Wham-O bouncing toy, both debuting in the '60s'

Answer: Super Bowl & Super Ball


Question: 'This "bruised" Maryland state flower is also called a yellow daisy'

Answer: Black-Eyed Susan


Question: 'Founded by Adolph Zukor, it's the only major film studio actually based in Hollywood'

Answer: Paramount Pictures


Question: 'Going from Govan to Cowcaddens on this city's subway, you'll cross the Clyde & Kelvin Rivers'

Answer: Glasgow


Question: 'In Greek mythology, this sorceress helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece'

Answer: Medea


Question: 'The 4 title characters of the 1969 movie seen here'

Answer: "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"


Question: 'The term "perfect" refers to a flower that has both of these male & female reproductive organs'

Answer: Stamens & pistils


Question: 'The title of the epic "Omeros" by Caribbean-born Derek Walcott is the Greek name of this poet'

Answer: Homer


Question: 'About 1/5 of all Arabs live in this country'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'In 1949 he established a new government on Taiwan'

Answer: Chiang Kai-shek


Question: 'First name of Denver's first wife, it's never mentioned in the lyrics of her "song"'

Answer: Annie


Question: 'In 1967 he was stripped of his heavyweight title after refusing army induction on religious grounds'

Answer: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)


Question: 'The mother of Mick's kids walks down the aisle with the host of "Let's Make A Deal"'

Answer: Jerry & Monty Hall


Question: 'Beverage praised by China's 7 Sages of the Bamboo Grove & by Persia's Omar Khayyam'

Answer: Wine


Question: 'This country was once part of the U.S.S.R.'

Answer: Estonia


Question: 'Charles Stewart Parnell was nicknamed "The Uncrowned King Of" this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Of this state Denver sang "Life is old there, older than the trees"'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'In Shakespeare this man refuses the crown, but according to Casca "He would fain have had it"'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Former Yankees manager strikes up the nuptials with a famous "Peter Pan" actress'

Answer: Billy & Mary Martin


Question: 'Gustaf Froding of this country was known for his brooding verse'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This nation was conquered by the Spanish in 1534'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'In 1920, Eugene V. Debs, this party's candidate, ran for U.S. president from his jail cell'

Answer: Socialist Party


Question: '"Take my hand and say you'll...." do this'

Answer: Follow me


Question: 'Once a partner in Whitewater, she went to jail for refusing to answer questions about President Clinton'

Answer: Susan McDougal


Question: 'Genghis' emperor grandson weds the female lead singer of Rufus'

Answer: Kublai & Chaka Khan


Question: 'His parents named him Rene Maria & dressed him in girls' clothes; he chose the name "Rainer" himself'

Answer: Rainer Maria Rilke


Question: 'Latin America's first Communist revolt took place in this nation in 1932'

Answer: El Salvador


Question: 'In this song, "He was born in the summer of his 27th year"'

Answer: "Rocky Mountain High"


Question: 'In 1943 this woman who later made a famous refusal was elected secretary of the Montgomery NAACP'

Answer: Rosa Parks


Question: 'The name of a Stallone title character echoes this 19th C. French author of "A Season In Hell"'

Answer: Arthur Rimbaud


Question: 'The Christian religious tradition of this country goes back 1700 years'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'John found "Some days are diamonds, some days are" these'

Answer: Stones


Question: 'After refusing to take an oath denying Papal supremacy, he was beheaded at London July 6, 1535'

Answer: St. Thomas More


Question: 'The 1648 Peace of Westphalia ended a war that began on May 23 of this year'

Answer: 1618 (when The Thirty Years\' War began)


Question: 'The stomach is found in what's called this "cavity"'

Answer: abdominal


Question: 'Couples were separated & then surrounded by enticing singles on this FOX reality show'

Answer: Temptation Island


Question: 'Eaten with the fingers, this traditional dish is made by pounding cooked taro root to a paste'

Answer: poi


Question: 'It was ollie, ollie, oxen free for Kazakhstan from this union in 1991'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'This hit's third verse begins "Well, the bellhop's tears keep flowin and the desk clerk's dressed in black"'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'It can be an experienced soldier or a doctor for your pet'

Answer: vet


Question: 'The thyroid gland straddles this tube also known as the windpipe'

Answer: the trachea


Question: 'Richard Mulligan had to deal with his 2 grown daughters moving back home on this sitcom'

Answer: Empty Nest


Question: 'Lomi lomi salmon is diced, salted salmon, tomatoes & this, both green & the Maui kind'

Answer: onions


Question: 'As East Timor, the eastern half of the island of Timor broke from this island nation in 2002'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1924, he wrote "A Magician Among the Spirits", debunking mind readers & mediums'

Answer: Harry Houdini


Question: '3-letter word often partnered with neither in a sentence'

Answer: nor


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from an old-time pharmacy.)  Polio, which forced young victims to wear braces like this, was once often referred to by this two-word name'

Answer: infantile paralysis


Question: 'Roger Moore was "The Saint" while playing this character'

Answer: Simon Templar


Question: 'Boneless chicken is popularly rolled into a crust made from these'

Answer: macadamia nuts


Question: 'This country let Brazil become independent back in 1822'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'In 1607, he sailed further north than anyone before him, reaching Spitsbergen, 700 mi. from the Pole'

Answer: Henry Hudson


Question: 'This watery term turns up in the names of 2 NFL teams'

Answer: Bay


Question: 'These bones in the foot correspond to the carpal & metacarpal bones in the hand'

Answer: the tarsals and the metatarsals


Question: 'In a TV movie, Treat Williams played this Colorado boxer who knocked out more than half of this opponents'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question: 'Today's special is this Hawaiian yellowfin tuna, seared & served over mango chutney'

Answer: ahi


Question: 'The Central African Republic got free from this country in 1960, but kept its language as official'

Answer: France


Question: 'In 1989, she recreated her stage role as Carnell Scott in the film "Miss Firecracker"'

Answer: Holly Hunter


Question: 'A wildebeest is also known by this 3-letter name'

Answer: gnu


Question: 'The spinal cord passes through a large opening in this bone at the back of the skull'

Answer: the occipital


Question: 'Alan Ball wrote the "Grace Under Fire" episode where they got "all shook up" in this Southern city'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'A fresh fruit platter might include pineapple, papaya, berries and this tropical fruit seen here'

Answer: guava


Question: 'In 1811, this country said "You go Paraguay and we'll go ours"'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'At the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars, this fictional character takes command of the Hotspur'

Answer: Horatio Hornblower


Question: 'It's the three letter term for the device that shoots out the electrons in a TV picture tube'

Answer: gun


Question: 'In his 1845 work "Dramatic Romances", Robert Browning introduces us to this musical rat remover'

Answer: the Pied Piper


Question: 'Des Moines River'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'A famous trio was made up of Eugene Istomin on piano, Leonard Rose on cello & Isaac Stern on this'

Answer: violin


Question: '..."to pull", on the farm it comes in wheel & crawler types'

Answer: tractor


Question: 'This designer born in 1848 took discarded bits from his stained-glass windows & made lamps with them'

Answer: Tiffany


Question: 'Hard partying, a boa constrictor, & Tom Green take this college comedy down the low road'

Answer: Road Trip


Question: 'Of a future land, a patent medicine, or an alien visitor, what H.G. Wells' "Tono-Bungay" is'

Answer: patent medicine


Question: 'Wabash River'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'In March of 2004 this renowned tenor made his farewell Metropolitan Opera apparance, in "Tosca"'

Answer: (Luciano) Pavarotti


Question: '..."substitute", the type of motherhood in the court case "In the Matter of Baby M"'

Answer: surrogate


Question: 'The multi-block floral applique as well as the album type of this folk art item were popular in the 19th century'

Answer: a quilt


Question: 'Meat Loaf strives to work on the Alice Cooper tour in this film'

Answer: Roadie


Question: 'An early version of this D.H. Lawrence novel was published in 1972 as "John Thomas and Lady Jane"'

Answer: Lady Chatterley\'s Lover


Question: 'Susquehanna River'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'In his early teens, around 1890, he studied cello in Barcelona with Jose Garcia'

Answer: (Pablo) Casals


Question: '..."native country", it's returning a refugee or P.O.W. to his homeland'

Answer: repatriating


Question: 'As seen here, this American religious group's furniture reflected the belief that form follows function'

Answer: the Shakers


Question: 'Patrick Swayze plays a bouncer out to tame a tough bar in this late '80s bone-breaker'

Answer: Roadhouse


Question: 'He did his freelance writing as Michael Angelo Titmarsh to keep his vanity fair'

Answer: Thackeray


Question: 'Chattahoochee River'

Answer: Georgia


Question: '30 years older, this composer was a pal of Vladimir Horowitz, who could really bang out his 3rd Piano Concerto'

Answer: (Sergei Vassilievich) Rachmaninoff


Question: '..."around", in recording it's the natural acoustics of the room'

Answer: ambience


Question: 'Named for the areas where they were developed, serabands, saruks & ferahans are types of this product'

Answer: Persian rugs


Question: 'An Asian city was the destination for this first film in the Bob Hope & Bing Crosby "Road" series'

Answer: Road to Singapore


Question: 'His spy novels sure are manly: "The Third Man", "Our Man in Havana" & "The Human Factor"'

Answer: (Graham) Greene


Question: 'James River'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'La Diva Renee is a dessert named for this popular soprano'

Answer: (Renée) Fleming


Question: '..."pour" or "melt", it's an establishment where metal is cast in molds'

Answer: foundry


Question: 'The Depression for hitmen Tom Hanks & Jude Law ends in the title town of this film'

Answer: Road to Perdition


Question: 'This brand's airtight seal, introduced in 1946, was patterned after the inverted rim of a paint can'

Answer: Tupperware


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew is playing bass.)  I'm playing an F down here, then going up this interval, the basis of our scale system, to play an F here'

Answer: an octave


Question: 'Her $2 million wedding to David Gest, with an 80-piece orchestra, was delayed because Liz Taylor forgot her shoes'

Answer: Liza Minelli


Question: 'These 2 Shakespearean lovers meet at a feast & extemporize a sonnet together'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'Ole'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'The mask doesn't fool me; I recognize this as Tennessee's state wild animal'

Answer: the raccoon


Question: 'It's our lucky 13th state'

Answer: Rhode Island


Question: 'A score may say "M.D." for "mano destra" where it's suggested tha a pianist use this, even on low notes'

Answer: right hand


Question: 'Promises in Malibu is one of these facilities providing celebrities luxury along with recovery'

Answer: a rehab facility


Question: 'Meeting in Tehran in 1942, the "big three" were Roosevelt, Churchill & this leader'

Answer: Stalin


Question: 'Bent dice'

Answer: Benedict


Question: 'Grrr! This bear is Montana's state animal'

Answer: a grizzly


Question: '7-letter word meaning to wear or eat away by the action of a chemical'

Answer: corrode


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew is playing bass.)  You'll get an "A" for effort if you name this Italian musical term; here's an example of one'

Answer: arpeggio


Question: 'Punning on her name, she was known as "gimme more" for demands like a bigger private jet for all her bags'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'The show's host since 1991, he's pretty much "the press" that politicians "meet" on Sundays'

Answer: Tim Russert


Question: 'A drain'

Answer: Adrian


Question: 'Kansas fancied the fancy shell of the ornate box type of this & made it the state reptile'

Answer: the turtle


Question: 'The 14 species of marmots are types of these'

Answer: rodents


Question: '"Lento" is slow; this is even slower, the slowest conventional tempo'

Answer: largo


Question: 'On Oscar night 2006, winners Three 6 Mafia sported these in gold & diamonds-- on their teeth, not their cars'

Answer: grills


Question: 'This convention of delegates met for the second time in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775'

Answer: the (Second) Continental Congress


Question: 'A burn'

Answer: Urban


Question: 'I howled when I heard that this canine critter was the state animal of South Dakota'

Answer: the coyote


Question: 'NASA was one of the first to use this product I.D. system to keep track of millions of spacecraft parts'

Answer: bar code


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents some musical notation.)  Ledger lines are for notes that don't fit on the 5-line staff, like this note that's one line below the treble staff, or one line above the bass staff'

Answer: middle C


Question: 'The premiere of "The Reaping" was truly "the affair of" this for Hilary Swank, who wore a million-dollar diamond one'

Answer: necklace


Question: 'In 2007 this annual summit of the world's leading industrialized nations met in Heilegendamm, Germany'

Answer: G8 (the Group of Eight)


Question: 'Elm cent'

Answer: Clement


Question: 'A group of 3rd graders got a bill passed to make the Pacific chorus type of this Washington's state amphibian'

Answer: a frog


Question: 'This company created fine bone china, and perfected the underglaze blue printing seen here'

Answer: Spode


Question: 'In the native Inuit language, this place is known as Kalaallit Nunaat'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'She didn't just sing the blues, she called her autobiography "Lady Sings The Blues"'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'In black holes this force is so strong that not even light can escape'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'Youngest of the 8 sons of Jesse, this supposedly redheaded King of Israel reigned from 1000 to 962 B.C.'

Answer: David


Question: 'This southern "Vampire" author continued her purple prose with the bewitching novel "Lasher"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Popular term for a baggage porter at a railway station'

Answer: redcap


Question: 'Ceded to the U.S. in 1783, it's the oldest city in Wisconsin'

Answer: Green Bay


Question: 'His early billing as the "Beale Street Blues Boy" was way shortened'

Answer: B.B. King


Question: 'Micro black holes are believed to have been formed by this primordial event at the beginning of the universe'

Answer: Big Bang


Question: 'He's the red-headed and lab-challenged Muppet seen here'

Answer: Beaker


Question: 'Sister of actress Joan, this author of "The Stud" was dubbed "Hollywood's own Marcel Proust" by Vanity Fair'

Answer: Jackie Collins


Question: 'In 1982 these 2 organizations merged to become America's largest single provider of managed health-care coverage'

Answer: Blue Cross Blue Shield


Question: 'They extend from Canada through Vermont into western Massachusetts'

Answer: Green Mountains


Question: 'The first & last names of this legendary Chicago Blues guitarist can both be slang for "man"'

Answer: Buddy Guy


Question: 'Black holes are thought to emit a weak form of radiation named for this physicist'

Answer: Stephen Hawking


Question: 'Totally cosmic, dude-- this redhead orbited the earth in 1962 & again in 1998'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'This author of "The Carpetbaggers" & "The Betsy" has been called "papa of the purple prose paperback"'

Answer: Harold Robbins


Question: 'A real-life mutiny aboard a soviet frigate inspired this 1984 Tom Clancy bestseller'

Answer: The Hunt for Red October


Question: 'Bob Jones University is located in this South Carolina city'

Answer: Greenville


Question: 'McKinley Morganfield got this nickname from his habit of playing in a creek as a child'

Answer: Muddy Waters


Question: 'In science fiction stories, black holes are often gateways to these vermiform travel tubes'

Answer: wormholes


Question: 'A toast to this redheaded 18th c. Scottish outlaw, pardoned after his 1725 capture for his part in the Jacobite rebellion'

Answer: Rob Roy


Question: 'Fittingly, his "Riders of the Purple Sage" has been accused of having purple prose'

Answer: Zane Grey


Question: 'In "Othello", Iago warns, "O! Beware, my lord, of jealousy", it is this creature'

Answer: a green-eyed monster


Question: '26 miles east of Winston-Salem, this North Carolina city is a leading textile-producing center'

Answer: Greensboro


Question: 'Credited with writing "Sweet Home Chicago", this "King of the Delta Blues" said the Devil taught him to play guitar'

Answer: Robert Johnson


Question: 'This "horizon" is the gravitational point of no return in a black hole'

Answer: event horizon


Question: 'This Dublin-born redhead, called the most important British dramatist since Shakespeare, won a 1925 Nobel Prize'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'Purple prose is exemplified by this hyphenated author's "It was a dark and stormy night..."'

Answer: Edward Bulwer-Lytton


Question: 'Porphyrogenitus, a royal epithet given to Byzantine emperors, translates to this phrase'

Answer: Born to the purple


Question: 'Britannica said the court's ruling in his case "seemed a mortal blow to the newly created Republican Party"'

Answer: Dred Scott


Question: 'In 1935 Robert Goddard was the first to have a liquid fuel rocket break this "barrier"'

Answer: Sound barrier


Question: 'This band's 1994 tour was documented in "Pulse", a CD set that had a blinking light on its spine'

Answer: Pink Floyd


Question: 'In 1914 German troops came within 15 miles of this capital before being repulsed at the Marne'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'If you hit a wild golf shot & it's heading towards people, yell this at the top of your lungs'

Answer: "Fore!"


Question: 'The top-selling Mexican beer in the U.S., it became a yuppie trend in the 1980s'

Answer: Corona


Question: 'A group of kangaroos, or of Girl Scouts'

Answer: Troop


Question: 'With 4 patents in 1933, Edwin H. Armstrong is credited as the sole inventor of this radio system'

Answer: FM (Frequency Modulation)


Question: 'This country's 19th C. unification was impeded by the Papal states which physically divided it'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Guests, a clue to this is the host offering "one last nightcap" & locking the liqueur away'

Answer: Time to go home/the party\'s over


Question: 'Maccabee is one of this country's most popular beers'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Leapin' Lizards!  A "leap" isn't a group of lizards but of these animals that can't change their spots'

Answer: Leopards


Question: 'In 1938 this company brought fluorescent lighting "to life"'

Answer: General Electric


Question: 'In the 17th C. Shabbetai Tzevi attracted a mass following among Jews after declaring himself this'

Answer: The Messiah


Question: 'In public, if you hear the opening strains of this, stand, & don't talk, chew gum loudly or smoke'

Answer: "The Star-Spangled Banner" (National Anthem)


Question: 'The name of Germany's Hefe-Weizen beer means yeast & this grain, not barley'

Answer: Wheat