Question: 'The 16th century Florentine Cosimo de Medici ruled the duchy of this Italian region'

Answer: Tuscany


Question: 'President Bush's education initiative begun in 2002'

Answer: No Child Left Behind


Question: 'He went from Hercules to outer space as the captain of "Andromeda"'

Answer: Kevin Sorbo


Question: 'This Willa Cather novel about a Bohemian girl was dedicated "in memory of affections old and true"'

Answer: My Antonia


Question: 'Gemelli, meaning this in Italian, looks like 2 strands of spaghetti twisted together'

Answer: twins


Question: 'In October 2000, Grand Duke Jean handed over the reins of this duchy to his son, Crown Prince Henri'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Artist Christy Brown's autobiography about overcoming cerebral palsy to paint'

Answer: My Left Foot


Question: 'He was nicknamed "The Robespierre of the Brush", but unlike his friend Robespierre, he was jailed but not guillotined'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'It's been said that this country "has but one hero, William Tell, and he is a myth"'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'If you're frigophobic, you won't like your pease porridge this way'

Answer: cold


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in front of Motown Studios in Detroit)  In 1959, with $800 borrowed from his family, he founded Motown, which he dubbed "Hitsville, USA"'

Answer: Berry Gordy


Question: 'With the Mets since 1998, he's been called "The greatest-hitting catcher ever to play the game of baseball"'

Answer: Mike Piazza


Question: 'A very thin pasta, capelli d'angelo means angel this'

Answer: hair


Question: 'A cherished stag'

Answer: dear/deer


Question: 'To tour a port wine lodge in the city of Oporto, you'd have to go to this country'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'If Mary's lamb had didaskaleinophobia, it would have been too scared to follow her here'

Answer: school


Question: 'On one of his early albums, released in 1963, he was billed as a "12 year old genius"'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'If you know that he bought a half interest in his father-in-law's brewing co. in 1864, you win the blue ribbon'

Answer: Frederick Pabst


Question: 'The bow-tie shaped farfalle gets its name from the Italian word for this insect'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'A naked Fozzie'

Answer: bare/bear


Question: 'This country is credited with giving Buddhism to Asia & what are called Arabic numbers to the West'

Answer: India


Question: 'Georgie Porgie didn't suffer from philemaphobia, a fear of this'

Answer: kissing


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew inside Motown Studios in Detroit)  In this very studio, the Temptations recorded their greatest hits, including this one that begins, "I've got sunshine, on a cloudy day..."'

Answer: "My Girl"


Question: 'A 1956 car crash cut short the life of this American drip artist'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'Slender vermicelli is less appetizing when you realize its name is from the Italian for this invertebrate'

Answer: worm


Question: 'The spicy yellow condiment assembled for roll call'

Answer: mustered/mustard


Question: 'In 1993 Eritrea formally declared its independence from this country'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'While Mary, Mary was quite contrary, she didn't seem to have antophobia, a fear of these'

Answer: flowers


Question: 'The Supremes had the most No. 1 hits of any U.S. group, beginning with this song in 1964: "Baby, baby..."'

Answer: "Where Did Our Love Go"


Question: 'She made a name for herself during the Revolutionary War by bringing water to thirsty soldiers'

Answer: Molly Pitcher


Question: 'Flat & broad, linguini is named for this body part'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'The appropriate initiation ceremony'

Answer: right/rite


Question: 'The Sinhalese make up nearly 75% of this island country's population'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'As he may have had peniaphobia, a fear of poverty, he was in the counting-house counting all his money'

Answer: the king


Question: 'This great Israeli-born violinist was stricken by polio when he was 4'

Answer: Itzhak Perlman


Question: 'Conchiglie are these, usually ridged'

Answer: shells


Question: 'An unemployed object of veneration'

Answer: idle/idol


Question: '"1963: Yesterday" is danced to music made famous by this group, including "Yesterday"'

Answer: the Beatles


Question: 'This "Marvelous" lefty boxer KO'd Thomas Hearns in a classic 3-round brawl'

Answer: Marvin Hagler


Question: 'With a B.A. from Cambridge in hand, he headed out to sea to see the world as a naturalist'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'At one point it was fashionable to say "Gray is the new" this; we don't know what the new gray is'

Answer: black


Question: 'The 1620s comedy "The Spanish Gipsy" took its plot from this Spanish novelist'

Answer: Cervantes


Question: 'Banishment from home or country'

Answer: exile


Question: 'In 1999 Ballet Pacifica premiered "Moonlight", performed to a sonata by this composer'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'This lefty seen here hits two-handed on both the forehand & backhand'

Answer: Monica Seles


Question: 'This fighting group was created in 1831 by Louis Philippe for service outside France'

Answer: French Foreign Legion


Question: 'They're the 2 appliances in a sub-zero over-under model'

Answer: refrigerator & freezer


Question: 'Pierre Corneille's masterworks "Horace" & "Cinna" are set in this city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'To dig for artifacts'

Answer: excavate


Question: 'In a ballet based on Bizet's opera, this hussy of a heroine meets a violent end outside a bullring'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'This fun-loving Raiders quarterback of the '70s was known as "Snake"'

Answer: Ken Stabler


Question: 'In 1831 Pedro I abdicated his throne in this country to his 5-year-old son & went back to Portugal'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'It's the 6-letter nickname for a BMW'

Answer: beemer


Question: '"Carolus Stuardus" by Andreas Gryphius is about this executed king of England'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'Boyd Matson hosts this National Geographic television program'

Answer: Explorer


Question: 'The story & the music of the ballet "Revenge" come from this composer's opera "Il Trovatore"'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: 'Seen here, he learned to golf lefty by standing opposite his father & imitating Dad's swing'

Answer: Phil Mickelson


Question: 'First settled in 1831, it's not true that this Michigan city was acquired from local Indians for 25 cents & a box top'

Answer: Battle Creek (the home of Kellogg\'s)


Question: 'This "24-hour" activity of buying & selling stocks for short-term gain boomed in the '90s'

Answer: day trading


Question: 'As their name implies, disguises were a usual element in these dramas performed at court'

Answer: masques


Question: 'Overstatement for effect'

Answer: exaggeration


Question: 'The Braves' pitching staff in the '40s was said to be this lefty "and (Johnny) Sain and two days of rain"'

Answer: Warren Spahn


Question: 'In 1831 the Anti-this party held the first national nominating convention in U.S. history'

Answer: Anti-Masonic Party


Question: 'Some restaurants prefer to call the Patagonian toothfish the Chilean one of these'

Answer: sea bass


Question: 'This playwright's "Bourgeois Gentilhomme" is stunned to find that he's been speaking prose all his life'

Answer: Moliere


Question: 'The 1943 landmark philosophic work "Being and Nothingness" espouses this philosophy'

Answer: existentialism


Question: 'Chapter III of this 1826 novel is prefaced by a quote from the poem "An Indian at the Burial-Place of His Fathers"'

Answer: \"The Last of the Mohicans\"


Question: 'This fossilized resin from prehistoric pines can preserve an insect forever'

Answer: amber


Question: 'In "The Wizard of Oz", Billie Burke told Judy Garland, "Never let those" items "off your feet for a moment"'

Answer: the Ruby Slippers


Question: 'Shoppers, take note:  the Potomac Mills discount mall is this state's No. 1 tourist destination'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'On May 5, 1981, Irish nationalist Bobby Sands died after a 66-day-long one of these'

Answer: a hunger strike


Question: 'One of these devices stocked with thistle seeds may attract goldfinches'

Answer: a birdfeeder


Question: 'When it breaks, the cradle will fall'

Answer: the bough


Question: 'Most icebergs in the north Atlantic come from about 20 glaciers on this island's west coast'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'This 1996 animated & live action sports film featured the songs "Fly Like an Eagle" and "I Believe I Can Fly"'

Answer: Space Jam


Question: 'Midwesterners know it's the "Sioux State", as well as the "Flickertail State"'

Answer: North Dakota


Question: 'An order was given in October, 1961 to remove this man's body from Lenin's tomb'

Answer: Josef Stalin


Question: 'It's a good idea to regularly test the pH & chlorine levels of the water in one of these'

Answer: a swimming pool


Question: 'A goon, a bruiser, a heavy, or a thug'

Answer: a tough


Question: 'Around 1840 chemist John William Draper took the first photograph of this heavenly body'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'He not only directed "The Doors" & "JFK", he co-wrote the screenplays'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'Known for its Victorian homes, Cape May in this state celebrates Victorian Week every October'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '2 British destroyers were sunk during this 1982 war'

Answer: Falkland Islands War


Question: 'Children help spread this common lawn weed when they blow off its white, puffy seeds'

Answer: dandelion


Question: 'It's similar to batter, but it's too stiff to pour'

Answer: dough


Question: 'Birds & bees perform this transfer of gametes from anthers to stigmas'

Answer: pollination


Question: 'In movie titles, this pop artist's name precedes "Bad", "Dracula", & "Frankenstein"'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'Tahlequah, in this state, is the capital of the Cherokee nation, so it's home to the Cherokee national museum'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'This country withdrew from the League of Nations in 1933 after the league condemned its attacks on China'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A craze in the '50s, these bunkers were built in case of nuclear war'

Answer: fallout shelters


Question: 'To truly eat like a pig, put your food in one of these'

Answer: a trough


Question: 'Einstein said measurements of this depend on whether the observer is moving; it's not absolute'

Answer: time


Question: 'This actor played a scarred ex-teacher in his directorial debut, "The Man Without a Face"'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'The world's oldest Zydeco festival takes place annually in Plaisance, near Opelousas in this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'A 1993 car bomb explosion in Florence, Italy damaged priceless works of art from this gallery'

Answer: the Uffizi Gallery


Question: 'This game played across a net became a medal sport at the 1992 Olympics'

Answer: badminton


Question: 'It's a political division of New York City; Queens is one'

Answer: a borough


Question: 'Until 1990 it was the capital of West Germany'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'This common Catholic prayer to Mary, the mother of Jesus, is often set to music'

Answer: Hail Mary (or Ave Maria)


Question: 'This term for a powerful business leader comes from the Latin for "great"--magnus'

Answer: magnate


Question: 'The Ritz-Carlton hotel in this Mass. capital is the setting for Moss Hart's comedy "Light Up the Sky"'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'During the Spanish-American War, his unit first saw action June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'This region, the namesake of a blues style, is a plain hundreds of miles from the Mississippi's mouth'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'Poland's third-largest city, its name can be spelled with 2 K's or with 2 C's'

Answer: Krakow (or Cracow)


Question: 'In Hinduism the ashes of the dead are cast into this river to insure safe passage from this life'

Answer: Ganges


Question: 'A quint has at least this many siblings'

Answer: 4


Question: 'Female impersonator Charles Busch called his 1996 New York show "Flipping My" this'

Answer: Wig


Question: 'Referring to his initials, classmates at West Point began calling him Uncle Sam'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'A famous 1914 composition by W.C. Handy or Missouri's professional hockey team'

Answer: St. Louis Blues


Question: '1 of only 2 Asian cities that hosted the Summer Olympics'

Answer: Seoul (or Tokyo)


Question: 'This term used to designate all monks in Tibetan Buddhism means "superior one"'

Answer: Lama


Question: 'Synonyms for this adjective include evil, unlucky, & to the left'

Answer: sinister


Question: 'James Earl Jones appeared as Lennie in a 1974 revival of this play based on a Steinbeck novel'

Answer: Of Mice and Men


Question: 'He was the first president to serve 2 terms in office'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'In the 1960s this still-rocking British rock band took its name from a Muddy Waters blues classic'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'After Rhodesia became this country, Salisbury, its capital, became Harare'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'One symbol of this Japanese religion is the Torii, a large gate traditionally made of wood'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'In 1907 humorist Gelett Burgess coined this word for the praising quotes on book jackets'

Answer: blurb


Question: 'Charlie Chaplin's son Sydney earned a Tony nomination for playing Nick Arenstein in this 1964 musical'

Answer: Funny Girl


Question: 'In 1832 this president vetoed the recharter of the Second Bank of the United States'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'With his band Double Trouble, this Texas guitar wizard led a blues revival until his death in 1990'

Answer: Stevie Ray Vaughan


Question: 'A church in this Italian city contains the tomb of Saint Anthony'

Answer: Padua


Question: 'On May 1, 1738, he & some friends began a "little society" that prefigured later Methodist societies'

Answer: John Wesley


Question: 'It's a term or expression used in place of an indelicate or taboo term'

Answer: euphemism


Question: 'His expressionistic 1922 play "The Hairy Ape" opens in the firemen's forecastle of an ocean liner'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'On March 4, 1853 this president gave his inauguration address from memory without notes'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: 'Known as the "Empress of the Blues", this singer often recorded with jazz great Louis Armstrong'

Answer: Bessie Smith


Question: 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Mystery of Marie Roget are mentioned in the 1st paragraph of this 1845 story'

Answer: \"The Purloined Letter\"


Question: 'He's at the abbey because he was Clerk of Works to the Palace of Westminster, not for writing "The Canterbury Tales"'

Answer: Chaucer


Question: 'She played Fanny Brice in "Funny Girl" & "Funny Lady", its sequel'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Where am I?  I can't remember anything!  Hey!  A locket with a frog's picture in it, maybe it'll jar my memory?  Kermy?'

Answer: Miss Piggy


Question: 'He was a student at Oxford when the photo seen here was taken'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'You use these broad noodles to make lasagna'

Answer: lasagna noodles


Question: 'This device lets a trombonist change pitch'

Answer: a slide


Question: 'This biographee of James Boswell died Dec. 13, 1784 & moved into the abbey shortly thereafter'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'The Rydell High class of 1961 is the focus of this sequel'

Answer: Grease 2


Question: 'OK, so there's a web above me that spells out "Some pig"; some pig, indeed'

Answer: Wilbur


Question: 'You're on the money if you know he's the president in this photo'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'This type of bed covering gets its name from an Old French word, cuilte'

Answer: a quilt


Question: 'A mixture of flour & water to make pancakes'

Answer: batter


Question: 'His remains?  "Is it safe?"  Yes, this 1948 Best Actor Oscar winner for "Hamlet" is safe at Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Laurence Olivier


Question: 'Courteney Cox & Neve Campbell starred in this scary movie & its 2 sequels'

Answer: Scream


Question: 'OK, I'm on some kind of farm... What does that say...Hoggett? & why are these sheep following me?'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'He's the young Naval officer pictured here'

Answer: (Jimmy) Carter


Question: 'Just before serving this Chinese soup, drop some beaten egg into it'

Answer: egg drop soup


Question: 'An intentional stoppage by workers'

Answer: a strike


Question: 'In 1841 "Pippa Passes"; in 1889 this poet passes; today, you can pass him by at Westminster'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: 'Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, Blake Lively & America Ferrera reunite as jeans-sharing friends in this 2008 sequel'

Answer: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2


Question: 'Oh d-d-dear-dear!  Where was it Pooh said we should meet? at least I have some haycorns in my pocket...'

Answer: Piglet


Question: 'He sat down & took a load off in the photo seen here'

Answer: (William Howard) Taft


Question: 'This rapper was born Tramar Dillard in Opa-locka, Florida'

Answer: Flo Rida


Question: 'An unraveling in your nylon stocking'

Answer: a run


Question: 'This "Gunga Din" writer was gunga done in 1936 & can be found in Poets' Corner'

Answer: (Rudyard) Kipling


Question: 'In a 2008 Guillermo del Toro sequel, this title superhero faced off against the Golden Army'

Answer: Hellboy


Question: 'I must remember! some plans for a windmill in my pocket that I must've drawn up & a note that says "Watch Napoleon"'

Answer: Snowball


Question: 'He was the first president to be born an American citizen'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'This book by Malcolm Gladwell is about the choices that are made in the blink of an eye'

Answer: Blink


Question: 'A single-handled jug with a spout for pouring'

Answer: a pitcher


Question: 'She had a dance hit with "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)"; Jay-Z put a ring on her'

Answer: Beyoncé


Question: 'More than half of sedimentary rock is this type from which oil & natural gas can be obtained'

Answer: shale


Question: 'Since 1902 this blue September birthstone has been made synthetically with the Verneuil process'

Answer: a sapphire


Question: 'It's where you'll find Kerry's lovely lakes of Killarney'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'I ran Chicago by age 26 / Showed Bugs Moran I knew a few tricks / For 6 years, it was just like heaven / Had 100 mil by 1927'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'These tight-fitting low-rise jeans that were all the rage in the 1960s made a comeback in the '90s'

Answer: hiphuggers


Question: '"Sober" was a 2009 hit for this woman whose hair color no longer matches her name'

Answer: Pink


Question: 'Trachyte & rhyolite are the most common varieties of this porous igneous volcanic rock'

Answer: pumice


Question: 'The Jabra Freespeak BT250 is this type of headset for cellphones'

Answer: Bluetooth


Question: 'In 2005 Lech Kaczynski became the president of this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Grew up poor in Texas / Wasn't rollin' in no Lexus / Ms. Parker was my matey / I was played by Warren Beatty'

Answer: Clyde Barrow


Question: 'It's the childhood activity seen here'

Answer: hopscotch


Question: 'You might think that this title track of Britney Spears' 2008 CD is a reference to the madhouse that is her life'

Answer: "Circus"


Question: 'On average rocks consist of 46.5% this gaseous element'

Answer: oxygen


Question: 'Before it merges with the White at Khartoum, this river known as Abbai in Ethiopia runs for 850 miles'

Answer: the Blue Nile


Question: 'In 2002 this country's drachma was replaced by the euro'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'My gun was for hire / When I ran with Meyer / I was born in Brooklyn, not Haiti / I was played by Warren Beatty'

Answer: (Bugsy) Siegel


Question: 'Members of Congress introduce new bills by placing them inside this wooden box'

Answer: a hopper


Question: 'It was "Amazing" how "Heartless" he was to Taylor Swift on the 2009 Video Music Awards'

Answer: Kanye West


Question: 'In its purest form, this rock used in the cement industry contains only calcite'

Answer: limestone


Question: 'Keep your hat on while you give us this name of Texas' state flower'

Answer: the bluebonnet


Question: 'This country's coat of arms has 3 stars for its 3 main island groups, an eagle for the U.S. & and a lion representing Spain'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'Escaped Indiana jail with a wooden gun / Was the 1st public enemy No. 1 / Know who didn't play me? / That'd be Warren Beatty'

Answer: (John) Dillinger


Question: 'Everyone on the dance floor for this party favorite heard here'

Answer: "The Bunny Hop"


Question: 'This "Nasty Girl" rapper's name sounds like an adjective meaning "farcical" or "absurd"'

Answer: Ludacris


Question: 'Chert, a hard, dense sedimentary rock, is called jasper if it's brightly colored, & this if it's dark'

Answer: flint


Question: 'Kandinsky & Klee were members of this informal expressionist painting group'

Answer: the Blue Rider group


Question: 'Comprising 170 islands in 3 main groups, this kingdom in the South Pacific has been called the "friendly islands"'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'In '29 Staten Island wasn't fine / Didn't move quick / Got stabbed with an ice pick / But I wasn't done / This Sicilian is fortunate, son'

Answer: "Lucky" Luciano


Question: 'Not surprisingly, his father Heraclides & his grandfather were both physicians & his mother was a midwife'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'Surprisingly, this word appears only twice in the New Testament, once in Acts & once in the First Epistle of Peter'

Answer: Christian


Question: 'In July 1996 he was reelected president of Russia in that country's first free presidential election'

Answer: Boris Yeltsin


Question: 'Rick Mears has won this May auto race a record 3 times from the pole position'

Answer: the Indianapolis 500


Question: 'This talk show host & son Cody share some of their experiences in "Listen to My Heart"'

Answer: Kathie Lee Gifford


Question: 'Actors should enjoy the Theater History Museum inside this Danish capital's Royal Court Theater'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'The two that are of the family Felidae'

Answer: lions & tigers


Question: 'My bologna's first name'

Answer: O-S-C-A-R


Question: 'This Bill Gates' company introduced its Internet Explorer web browser to compete with Netscape'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'Close but no; on August 10, 1996 this horse failed to break Citation's record of 16 straight victories'

Answer: Cigar


Question: 'If you know that "No Shirt. No Shoes. No Problem!" is a book by this comic, you might be a redneck'

Answer: Jeff Foxworthy


Question: 'Marine mollusk good at arm to arm to arm to arm to arm to arm to arm to arm combat'

Answer: octopus


Question: 'The only living Democratic ex-president, he didn't attend the 1996 convention, but vacationed in Montana'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'NBA player seen here:'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'This "Mad About You" star offered his witty views on marriage & living together in "Couplehood"'

Answer: Paul Reiser


Question: 'Zeus' mount'

Answer: Olympus


Question: 'On August 15, 1996 this Bosnian capital's airport opened for commercial flights after a 4-year closure'

Answer: Sarajevo


Question: 'This Olympic gold medal-winning tennis player won the ATP title for the second year in a row August 11, 1996'

Answer: Andre Agassi


Question: 'In 1996 this former "Dynasty" star published a Hollywood sizzler called "Infamous"'

Answer: Joan Collins


Question: 'Clinton can't be cornered in it'

Answer: the Oval Office


Question: 'On August 19, 1996 this consumer advocate accepted the Green Party's nomination for president'

Answer: Ralph Nader


Question: 'On December 25, 1995 this Dallas Cowboys running back set an NFL season record by rushing for his 25th touchdown'

Answer: Emmitt Smith


Question: 'This pop artist published his philosophy "From A to B & Back Again" in 1975 & his "Diaries" in 1989'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'Branch of medicine concerned with "labor" relations...& babies'

Answer: obstetrics


Question: 'The term "prawn" is used loosely for a large one of these shellfish'

Answer: shrimp


Question: 'This Massachusetts capital is the most populous city in New England'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'This Roman goddess who protected women during childbirth has the same name as the Princess of Wales'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'The last film he directed was "A Matter of Time" in 1976; it starred his daughter Liza'

Answer: Vincente Minnelli


Question: 'In a famous fairy tale opera, these 2 children turn the witch into a giant cookie -- serves her right'

Answer: Hansel and Gretel


Question: 'Before fermentation it's called "sweet"; after fermentation, it's "hard"'

Answer: cider


Question: 'Gold prospectors founded this Alaskan capital in 1880'

Answer: Juneau


Question: 'Pele, a Polynesian fire goddess, lives inside one of these; it erupts when she gets angry'

Answer: a volcano


Question: 'In 1996 he released "Natural Born Killers: The Director's Cut" on video with previously unseen footage'

Answer: Oliver Stone


Question: 'French for "again", it's the word audiences shout to get a diva to sing one more time'

Answer: "Encore!"


Question: 'Popular at brunches, it's a cocktail made with equal parts of champagne & orange juice'

Answer: mimosa


Question: 'Three Mile Island, the site of a 1979 nuclear accident, lies outside this Pennsylvania capital'

Answer: Harrisburg


Question: 'The name of this "Home Alone" & "Mrs. Doubtfire" director may remind you of a famous explorer'

Answer: Chris Columbus


Question: 'In "The Maid of Orleans", this saint has a lot at stake; by the opera's end, she's tied to a stake'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Retsina wine from this country is said to taste something like turpentine'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'About 75% of all U.S. coins are minted in this capital city'

Answer: Denver


Question: 'His 1985 film "Ran" is a Japanese version of "King Lear"'

Answer: Akira Kurosawa


Question: 'Ramfis is the high priest of Egypt in this Verdi opera'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'Chopped coriander leaves popular in salsas are also known by this Spanish name'

Answer: cilantro


Question: 'Bill Campbell became mayor of this southern capital in 1994'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'He's noted for such off-beat comedies as "Pink Flamingos", "Polyester" & "Serial Mom"'

Answer: John Waters


Question: 'Celestine Galli-Marie was the 1st to play this seductress from Seville in Bizet's most famous opera'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'His first important commission in Amsterdam was to paint that city's guild of surgeons'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'In 1880 he invented the photophone, which transmitted speech via light waves'

Answer: Bell


Question: 'Cuba Gooding's Oscar acceptance speech included this man!  "I love you, brother!"'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'Beck's'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The shop at Monticello sells coffee mugs adorned with his quotation "I cannot live without books"'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'This TV drama is set at Chicago's Cook County General Hospital'

Answer: ER


Question: 'Have a bawl<br />(3)'

Answer: cry


Question: 'In 1854 he demonstrated his elevator safety device by ascending in an elevator & having the rope cut'

Answer: (Elijah) Otis


Question: 'He & his band were runnin' down a dream as the halftime entertainment at the Super Bowl in 2008'

Answer: Tom Petty


Question: 'Asahi'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Zachary Taylor disapproved of his daughter Sarah's 1835 marriage to this future Confederate president'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'Born in 1861, this Chicago businessman was known as "Monarch of Mastication"'

Answer: (William) Wrigley


Question: 'Number cruncher<br />(10)'

Answer: calculator


Question: 'In 1863 this Swede developed a detonator for nitroglycerin that used shock rather than heat'

Answer: (Alfred) Nobel


Question: 'In addition to techno-thrillers, he's also written such nonfiction works as "Submarine" & "Fighter Wing"'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'Foster's'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'He wrote more than 1,300 letters to Bess; their 9-year courtship was called his longest campaign'

Answer: Truman


Question: 'This amusement park ride premiered at Chicago's Columbian Exposition in 1893'

Answer: the Ferris wheel


Question: '"Googly" sport<br />(7)'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'He conceived the idea of his revolver pistol by observing a ship's capstan on a voyage to India in 1830'

Answer: Colt


Question: 'In 2003 this Pennsylvanian became a presidential cabinet member'

Answer: Tom Ridge


Question: 'Harp'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'His parents gave him a sailboat for his 15th birthday; he loved sailing it from the family compound on Cape cod'

Answer: Kennedy


Question: 'In 1979 this Chicago Bear linebacking great was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame'

Answer: Butkus


Question: 'Kit's partner<br />(8)'

Answer: caboodle


Question: 'In 1837 he developed the steel plow & tested it on Lewis Crandall's farm near Grand Detour, Illinois'

Answer: (John) Deere


Question: '"Ambushing the audience is what theater is all about", asserted this author of "The Real Thing"'

Answer: Tom Stoppard


Question: 'Labatt'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'After serving as U.S. president, Millard Fillmore became president of the historical society in this upstate N.Y. city'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'Jesse James had a vendetta out for this Chicago detective whose men had killed his 8-year-old half-brother'

Answer: (Allan) Pinkerton


Question: 'To burst into flame<br />(7)'

Answer: combust


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew walks with a robotic Stegosaurus.)  You might encounter a real Stegosaurus if you can go back to the late part of this geological period, a good one for dinosaurs'

Answer: Jurassic


Question: 'On this TV show, Dan Aykroyd pitched a timesaving cooking device known as a Bass-O-Matic'

Answer: Saturday Night Live


Question: 'Hamlet tells her, "Get thee to a nunnery"'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: 'In 1933 this major became the aide to Gen. MacArthur; later, he would become Supreme Allied Commander'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'James Thurber observed, "It is better to ask some of the questions than to know all" of these'

Answer: the answers


Question: 'A decorative item on a ship's prow, or a leader with a title but no power'

Answer: figurehead


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is stalked by a giant robot T. rex.)  Until the recent discovery of the Gigantotasaurus fossil, 3 tons bigger, T. rex was thought to be the largest dinosaur of this dietary class... aaaagh!'

Answer: carnivore


Question: 'It's the nickname for "Seinfeld" character Yev Kasem, a role based on a real NYC cook'

Answer: the "Soup Nazi"


Question: 'When he first contemplates the murder of Duncan, he says its "horrid image doth unfix my hair"'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'In the 1860s Major John Wesley Powell led a pioneering Grand Canyon expedition on this river'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'On signing the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, this Egyptian said, "Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights"'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: 'This big adjective comes from Rabelais' giant king'

Answer: gargantuan


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands next to a robot Stegosaurus.)  The Stegosaurus' plates could have been used in mating, may have been for defensive purposes, or may have served as living solar panels and helped the dinosaur regulate this'

Answer: body heat (or body temperature)


Question: 'This Muppet celebrity once opined, "Never eat more than you can lift"'

Answer: Miss Piggy


Question: 'This villain tells Roderigo, "Now, sir, be judge yourself whether I in any just term am affined to love the Moor"'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'In 1655 this Lord Protector of England appointed major generals to combat royalist uprisings'

Answer: Oliver Cromwell


Question: 'Jacqueline Roque said of him, "If my husband ever met a woman... who looked like one of his paintings, he would faint"'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'In a children's song, this bird "sits in the old gum tree"'

Answer: kookaburra


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Named for its cattle-like horns, this 9-tonner whose name means "bull lizard" had the largest head of any known land animal'

Answer: Torosaurus (Torosaur accepted)


Question: 'This 2004 film about Miles & Jack boosted sales of pinot noir wine'

Answer: Sideways


Question: 'Julius Caesar observes that this man "has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much: such men are dangerous"'

Answer: Cassius


Question: 'Benedict Arnold is in the basement of St. Mary's Battersea; this major & contact of his lies in Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Major John André


Question: 'In 1939 Churchill said the action of Russia "is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside" this'

Answer: an enigma


Question: 'Slow down, as in a car'

Answer: decelerate


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.)  If a bite that could puncture a car roof wasn't enough, T. rex's teeth have recesses where these live; if the bite didn't kill you, the infection would'

Answer: bacteria


Question: 'The title character chugs raw eggs & punches slabs of beef in this 1976 Oscar winner'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'The first name spoken in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is that of this Amazon queen'

Answer: Hippolyta


Question: 'It's the Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera where an old major general sings his "modern" song'

Answer: The Pirates of Penzance


Question: 'Paine's seasonal phrase that precedes "and the sunshine patriot will... shrink from the service of their country"'

Answer: The summer soldier


Question: 'From the Latin for "sugar", this adjective means sugary or exaggeratedly sentimental'

Answer: saccharine


Question: 'Born at Chateau Chavaniac in 1757, he was later hailed as "the hero of two worlds"'

Answer: the Marquis de Lafayette


Question: '"True and False", David Mamet's no-nonsense book on this craft, includes a chapter called "Find Your Mark"'

Answer: acting


Question: '"Never let me go.  You have made my life complete, and I love you so"'

Answer: "Love Me Tender"


Question: 'You're the 4 lb., 1 oz. this of my eye (if you're the record this picked by a farmer in 2005)'

Answer: an apple


Question: 'Pres. Carter signed a treaty on Sept. 7, 1977 that said the U.S. would give up control of this in 1999'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'Ohio:<br />"With God, all things are" this'

Answer: possible


Question: 'There's no "beating around" this archaic term for a wineshop or tavern'

Answer: bush


Question: 'This playwright once said that his Aunt Belle, a Sunday School teacher, was the prototype of Blanche DuBois'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: '"The warden said, 'Hey, buddy, don't you be no square, if you can't find a partner use a wooden chair'"'

Answer: "Jailhouse Rock"


Question: 'In 2006 Stephen Clark was out of his gourd when he carved a face in one of these in 24.03 seconds'

Answer: a pumpkin


Question: 'Egypt was planning a new town to be built near Cairo to be called the Tenth of this holy month'

Answer: Ramadan


Question: 'North Dakota:<br />"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and" this'

Answer: inseparable


Question: 'A thurible is an ornamental container in which this is burned during a religious ceremony'

Answer: incense


Question: 'You might desire the rings & garters worn by this "Desire Under the Elms" author; they're in the Yale library'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: '"If you can't come around, at least please telephone"'

Answer: "Don\'t Be Cruel"


Question: 'In length, the smallest living dog is one of this breed, 6 inches from the nose to the tip of the tail'

Answer: a Chihuahua


Question: 'The world lost 2 more Marx Brothers in 1977--Milton, aka Gummo, & Julius, aka this'

Answer: Groucho


Question: 'Virginia:<br />"Sic semper" this'

Answer: tyrannis


Question: 'It really burns me up that "febrific" means having one of these'

Answer: a fever


Question: '(Famous playwright Edward Albee delivers the clue.)  My play "Fam and Yam" was inspired by a meeting I once had with this playwright for whom life was no "Picnic"'

Answer: (William) Inge


Question: '"Ooh, ooh, ooh, I feel my temperature rising, help me, I'm flaming, I must be a hundred and nine"'

Answer: "Burning Love"


Question: 'I'm looking over an 18-leaf this type of plant found in 2002 that I overlooked before'

Answer: a clover


Question: 'The 91-year-old widow of this British P.M. was selling off his paintings to supplement her $26-a-week pension'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'Wyoming:<br />"Equal" these'

Answer: rights


Question: 'Wynton Marsalis should know that "tubincinate" means to blow this instrument, his specialty'

Answer: a trumpet


Question: 'Pittsburgh's African American Cultural Center was renamed for this "Piano Lesson" author who was born in Pittsburgh'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: '"No such number, no such zone"'

Answer: "Return To Sender"


Question: 'In 57 min., 51 sec. a N.Y. man took the 1,899 steps in the "Fastest pogo stick jumping up" this Toronto landmark'

Answer: the CN Tower


Question: 'In October 1977 terrorists from this U.S. commonwealth took the Statue of Liberty hostage for 9 hours'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Nebraska:<br />"Equality before the" this'

Answer: law


Question: '"Lachrymiform" literally means shaped like this'

Answer: a teardrop


Question: 'In 602 Saint Augustine established himself in this city as the first Archbishop of the English Church'

Answer: Canterbury


Question: 'John Ford directed this "verdant" 1941 winner about a Welsh mining family'

Answer: How Green Was My Valley


Question: '"-aceous" is one of these add-ons'

Answer: a suffix


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew will stands in front of a building that extends partway over a river.)  I'm at the library of this president who says it symbolizes his efforts to build bridges from yesterday to tomorrow'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'An exact copy of something'

Answer: a duplicate


Question: 'It's commonly known as laughing gas'

Answer: nitrous oxide


Question: 'In the 1200s some towns began paving roads with these naturally rounded rocks that are larger than pebbles'

Answer: cobblestone


Question: 'Greer Garson survives a Luftwaffe attack & the annual flower show as this title "Mrs."'

Answer: Mrs. Miniver


Question: 'You can take a vitamin one or read the one that's inserted in your Sunday paper'

Answer: a supplement


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands before a giant enclosed water tank.)  I'm in the 434-acre research park of this Texas school that's as proud of being a sea, space & land-grant university as it is of its Aggies teams'

Answer: Texas A&M


Question: 'A down-filled quilt used as a comforter'

Answer: a duvet


Question: 'This term for an object of ridicule sounds like shares bought in a comedy club'

Answer: laughing stock


Question: 'In the 10th century the Moors built a fortress called Magerit on the site of what became this capital'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart as Buttons the Clown upstages Charlton Heston in this 3-ring affair from 1952'

Answer: The Greatest Show on Earth


Question: 'As a noun, it's an addition to a building; as a verb, it's to add land to your country'

Answer: annex


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew tours a warehouse.)  Watching the Macy's parade, you may not know the floats are built here in a warehouse in this New Jersey city, also known as Sinatra's hometown'

Answer: Hoboken


Question: 'The member of the United Arab Emirates that fits the category'

Answer: Dubai


Question: 'In an Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem, they're the 7 words that precede "weep and you weep alone"'

Answer: laugh and the world laughs with you


Question: 'We're in love with the Medieval French literary work called this "of the Rose"'

Answer: Romance


Question: 'Alcoholic Ray Milland is reminded that "One's too many and a hundred's not enough" in this film'

Answer: The Lost Weekend


Question: 'During WWII, the WAAAF was the Women's this Australian Air Force'

Answer: Auxiliary


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands before an outdoor display of a whale skeleton.)  Holy Cross is a college in Massachusetts; across the country, the name of this University of California campus means "holy cross"'

Answer: UC Santa Cruz


Question: 'It's another name for the sea cow'

Answer: a dugong


Question: 'Named for its call, this Australian bird is also known as a laughing jackass'

Answer: a kookaburra


Question: 'This dynasty of Frankish kings ruled France from 751 to 987'

Answer: the Carolingian dynasty


Question: 'Gregory Peck gets the scoop on anti-semitism in this film adapted by Moss Hart'

Answer: Gentlemen\'s Agreement


Question: 'Hey, if the toy added into a cereal box is called one of these, where is it in the Saltines of the same name?'

Answer: a premium


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from among the cacti.)  I'm in Arizona at a museum of the life of this desert whose name is allied to that of the nearest Mexican state'

Answer: the Sonoran Desert


Question: 'A philosophical system that seeks to explain all phenomena in terms of 2 distinct principles'

Answer: dualism


Question: '"Jolly" name of the 1624 work seen here'

Answer: The Laughing Cavalier


Question: 'Books about this American are subtitled "Warrior as Wordsmith" & "The Far Eastern General"'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'In 1777 this land, later a state, was named in honor of the Green Mountain Boys'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This talk show queen sometimes seats people at the Eccentric Restaurant in Chicago -- she's a co-owner'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'The common U.S. coin that's named for the metal it contains'

Answer: Nickel


Question: 'In India, ghee, which is a clarified form of this, is widely used in cooking'

Answer: Butter


Question: '"Ev'ry morning, ev'ry evening, ain't we got" this'

Answer: Fun


Question: 'The March Hare had one of these with a dormouse in it, not a tempest'

Answer: Teapot


Question: 'Term for the American colonists who supported the Redcoats during the revolution'

Answer: Tories/Loyalists


Question: 'Shelley Duvall, exec. producer of "Nightmare Classics", says she was named for this nightmarish authoress'

Answer: Mary Shelley


Question: 'Taxpayers will have to share the burden of bailing out more than 500 of these insolvent institutions'

Answer: Savings & Loans


Question: 'Be quiet little dog, & I'll feed you these deep fried concoctions made of corn meal'

Answer: Hush Puppies


Question: '"When you're smiling, the whole world" does this'

Answer: Smiles with you


Question: 'It's the name of a national monument in the Salt River Valley in Arizona, kimosabe'

Answer: Tonto National Monument


Question: 'In 1776, with a membership of 5 students, it became the 1st social fraternity at a U.S. college'

Answer: Phi Beta Kappa


Question: 'This author of "Hollywood Wives" said, "People don't believe it, but everything I write is true!"'

Answer: Jackie Collins


Question: 'The lowest rate of interest on bank loans at any given time, it's offered to preferred borrowers'

Answer: Prime Rate


Question: 'Flavor of the jelly or sauce that's a common accompaniment to roast lamb'

Answer: Mint


Question: '"Nicknack paddywhack, give a dog a bone", he "came rolling home"'

Answer: This old man


Question: 'Type of drum played by a piper's son'

Answer: Tom-Tom


Question: 'Year in which Thomas Jefferson wrote to James Madison, "France will be quiet this year"'

Answer: 1789


Question: 'Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in this country'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Established December 23, 1913, it's the central bank of the U.S.'

Answer: Federal Reserve Bank


Question: 'Color of the beans you'd find in a feijoada, the national dish of Brazil'

Answer: Black


Question: 'Casey would waltz with this girl "and the band played on"'

Answer: the Strawberry Blonde


Question: 'This line lies 23 degrees 27 minutes north of the Equator'

Answer: Tropic of Cancer


Question: 'Known for their simple furniture, this sect came to the U.S. from England in 1774, led by "Mother Ann" Lee'

Answer: Shakers


Question: 'Dionne Warwick co-wrote this TV show's theme song, "Champagne Wishes & Caviar Dreams"'

Answer: "Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous"


Question: 'Scene on the reverse of the Jefferson $2 bill'

Answer: Signing of the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'Islanders who live in this group are called Fuegians'

Answer: Tierra Del Fuego


Question: 'Uriah Heep is the 'umble clerk who embezzles from Mr. Wickfield in this Dickens novel'

Answer: "David Copperfield"


Question: 'The ring-necked species of this bird was introduced into Oregon from China in the 1880s'

Answer: Pheasant


Question: 'Conservationists estimate almost 90% of Indiana was once covered by these, now less than 20% is'

Answer: Forests/Trees


Question: 'If your soil is too heavy or sandy, you can add this moss to improve its texture'

Answer: Peat Moss


Question: 'This terrifying czar died on March 18, 1584 while playing a game of chess'

Answer: Ivan The Terrible


Question: 'When he said, "I coulda been a contender!" in "On The Waterfront", he was referring to this sport'

Answer: Boxing


Question: 'His 1st major novel was the autobiographical "Sons & Lovers"'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Though these members of the parrot family rarely learn to talk, they can perform stunts:'

Answer: Cockatoos


Question: 'Indiana, not Pennsylvania, ranks 1st in the U.S. in the production of this alloy'

Answer: Steel


Question: 'Organic fertilizer that can be made by layering plant matter, soil & lime'

Answer: Compost


Question: 'This had just become a federal prison when Al Capone was transferred there in 1934'

Answer: Alcatraz


Question: 'Brando starred in the last film this silent screen legend directed, 1967's "A Countess From Hong Kong"'

Answer: Charles Chaplin


Question: 'When Lord Petre cut off a bit of Arabella Fremor's hair, it inspired this poem by Alexander Pope'

Answer: "The Rape of the Lock"


Question: 'This process usually includes taking oil from a gland at the base of the tail & applying it to the feathers'

Answer: Preening


Question: 'City that's located on the southernmost point along the St. Joseph River'

Answer: South Bend


Question: 'A self-contained indoor garden consisting of small plants grown in a covered glass container'

Answer: Terrarium


Question: 'Dona Marina, who was this man's mistress & interpreter, has been called the betrayer of the Aztecs'

Answer: Hernando Cortez


Question: 'Yes, he did stuff his cheeks for this 1972 film; he wore a special mouthpiece, too'

Answer: "The Godfather"


Question: 'The Reader's Encyclopedia says his best-known novel is "The Way of All Flesh"'

Answer: Samuel Butler


Question: 'Because these baby birds feed from their parents' pouches, some think they're drinking blood'

Answer: Pelicans


Question: '19th century president who grew to manhood in southern Indiana'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'They were gunned down near Gibsland, Louisiana on May 23, 1934'

Answer: Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow


Question: 'Brando's bravura performance in this brutish role made him a Broadway star in 1947'

Answer: Stanley Kowalski  ("A Streetcar Named Desire")


Question: 'The 1812 publication of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" made this poet an immediate sensation'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Before the metal-tipped pen, the standard writing instrument was a feather from this bird'

Answer: a goose


Question: 'The highest point in Indianapolis is at the Crown Hill Cemetery grave of this Indiana poet'

Answer: James Whitcomb Riley


Question: 'Haiti's "Papa Doc" Duvalier's dreaded secret police force'

Answer: Tonton Macoute


Question: 'He took a gamble & made his musical debut in this 1955 film, & he did his own singing, too'

Answer: "Guys And Dolls"


Question: 'The only state that's home to 2 Ivy League schools'

Answer: New York (Columbia, in NYC & Cornell, in Ithaca)


Question: '400s B.C.:<br />This Greek "father of medicine" bases medicine on observation & reasoning'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from a castle rampart in the Shubert Theatre, New York.)  In "Spamalot" the year is 932 A.D., & most of the action takes place in this Merrie Olde country'

Answer: England


Question: 'Osso bucco is the shank cut of this meat'

Answer: veal


Question: 'Alexandra Ripley read this novel 6 times in preparation for writing its sequel, "Scarlett"'

Answer: Gone with the Wind


Question: 'Shown in 1941, the first TV commercial was a Bulova ad for these'

Answer: watches


Question: 'Dangerous Indonesian seen here'

Answer: a komodo dragon


Question: '1590:<br />Dutch lens grinder Zacharias Janssen invents a type of this optical research instrument'

Answer: a microscope


Question: 'The piazza where the young lovers meet in "The Light in the Piazza" is in this romantic city on the Arno'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'Literally Italian for "little turnip", it's a little meat-filled case of pasta'

Answer: ravioli


Question: 'She turned her short story collection "Wind and Water" into the bestseller "The Joy Luck Club"'

Answer: Amy Tan


Question: 'Advertising Age ranked the 1959 "Think Small" ads for this car the top campaign of the 20th century'

Answer: the (VW) Beetle


Question: 'A small, roofed street booth from which items like newspapers & candy can be bought'

Answer: a kiosk


Question: '1948:<br />Johns Hopkins scientists find that this antihistamine alleviates motion sickness'

Answer: dramamine


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.)  "Beauty and the Beast" takes place in & around a quiet provincial village in this country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Made from pan drippings, flour & milk, this gravy is served over chicken-fried steak'

Answer: country gravy


Question: 'Virginia Woolf originally called her "Mrs. Dalloway" novel this, like a 2002 Nicole Kidman movie'

Answer: The Hours


Question: 'January 1, 1971 was the last day these could be advertised on U.S. TV'

Answer: cigarettes


Question: 'These tiny shrimp-like crustaceans are the primary food of baleen whales'

Answer: krill


Question: '1952:<br />Paul Zoll develops the first of these cardiac aids that help control an irregular heartbeat'

Answer: a pacemaker


Question: 'Like "The Music Man", "The Pajama Game" takes place in this U.S. state'

Answer: Iowa


Question: 'In "Yankee Doodle" the men & boys in the camp are as thick as this food'

Answer: hasty pudding


Question: 'Following up her 1978 bestseller, she dished out "Scruples Two" in '92'

Answer: Judith Krantz


Question: 'Medieval merchants hired these to shout out praises for their wares in addition to the local news'

Answer: town criers


Question: 'It's the structure where you'll find the black stone, a revered object believed to have been given to man by God'

Answer: the Kaaba


Question: '1844:<br />During a tooth extraction, Dr. Horace Wells makes the first use of this gas as an anesthetic'

Answer: nitrous oxide (laughing gas)


Question: 'Come & sit for a spell at "The 25th Annual" spelling bee in this title county'

Answer: Putnam


Question: 'Beurre noir is this cooked over a low heat until brown'

Answer: butter


Question: '"The Senator's Daughter" is one of several thrillers by this daughter of the "Teflon Don"'

Answer: Victoria Gotti


Question: 'Clairol's "Does she... or doesn't she" ads read, "Only her mother knows for sure" but were soon changed to this'

Answer: hairdresser


Question: 'Silk-stringed instrument heard here'

Answer: a koto


Question: 'This well-known fault is considered the main boundary between the North American & Pacific plates'

Answer: the San Andreas Fault


Question:
'1942--
"Louis, I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship"'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'Commander-in-chief plus a job with teeth'

Answer: presidentist


Question: 'This Akron-based company got rolling in 1898, making bicycle & carriage tires, horseshoe pads, & yes, poker chips'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'Deadheads know that his ashes were scattered in the Ganges & beneath the Golden Gate Bridge'

Answer: Jerry Garcia


Question: 'During the 1930s this drought-ridden area of the Great Plains included parts of Kansas, Oklahoma & Texas'

Answer: the Dust Bowl


Question: 'The biggest quake ever recorded, a magnitude 9.5, occurred in 1960 off this South American nation's west coast'

Answer: Chile


Question:
'1964--
"Mein fuhrer!  I can walk!"'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove


Question: 'Tanzanian island of Hope/Crosby fame plus Sweeney Todd profession'

Answer: Zanzibarber


Question: 'Disgusted by Americans' tobacco chewing, Dickens noted the prevalence of these vessels in public places'

Answer: spittoons


Question: 'There's no business like show business, & after her 1984 death, her ashes made a final appearance on Broadway'

Answer: Ethel Merman


Question: 'In 2001 the Odyssey spacecraft observed one of the largest dust storms ever on this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'S, or secondary, seismic waves travel fairly slowly, but these waves deep in the earth exceed 25,000 mph'

Answer: P waves (primary)


Question:
'1940--
"We'll go on forever, Pa, 'cause we're the people"'

Answer: The Grapes of Wrath


Question: 'Sweet treat symbol of Kojak plus tree of willow family'

Answer: a lollipoplar


Question: 'In 1815 he was appointed minister to Great Britain, a post held by his father &, later, by his son Charles'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'In 2005 this journalist went out with a bang; his ashes were shot from a cannon near his Colorado home'

Answer: Hunter Thompson


Question: 'In Genesis "God said unto" this creature "dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life"'

Answer: the serpent


Question: 'The USA's most powerful quake occurred in 1964 in Alaska on this Christian holiday also associated with a quake'

Answer: Good Friday


Question:
'1931--
"Mother of mercy, is this the end of Rico?"'

Answer: Little Caesar


Question: 'Hawaiian nut plus an adjective meaning cordial'

Answer: macadamiable


Question: 'In 1811 the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought in what is now this state'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'As requested, his ashes were buried beneath a tree in front of his office on Ventura Blvd. in Tarzana, Calif.'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'This geographic area is estimated to generate more than 60% of the Earth's airborne dust'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: 'A 2005 quake beneath Lake Tanganyika on this 3,500-mile-long "Great" African fault was felt 600 mi. away in Nairobi'

Answer: the Great Rift Valley


Question: 'Amendment to a will plus a Latin American leafy spice, aka coriander'

Answer: codicilantro


Question: 'The Boston Public Library houses the ashes & death masks of this anarchist pair executed in 1927'

Answer: Sacco & Vanzetti


Question: 'In "King Lear", Albany tells her, "You are not worth the dust which the rude wind blows in your face"'

Answer: Goneril


Question: 'Last name of Sir Clifford, whose crippling war injuries make life difficult for his wife'

Answer: Chatterley


Question: 'The Spanish called the Muslims Moors, meaning from this country'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'A real butcher gave his name to this line of processed meats that includes B-O-L-O-G-N-A'

Answer: Oscar Mayer


Question: '1822-1885:<br />"I don't want to hear any jokes about who's buried in my tomb"'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'Cleavon Little plays Black Bart, the sheriff of Ridge Rock in this 1974 Mel Brooks comedy'

Answer: Blazing Saddles


Question: 'This Lexington school abbreviated VMI began admitting women in August 1997'

Answer: Virginia Military Institute


Question: 'Cosmetic surgery to pull the skin back & up to remove wrinkles'

Answer: facelift


Question: 'This expensive spice from La Mancha gives paella its golden hue'

Answer: saffron


Question: 'This brand was named for a rice grower who was known for the quality of his rice'

Answer: Uncle Ben\'s


Question: '1899-1957:<br />"Here's looking (up) at you, kid"'

Answer: Humphrey Bogart


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew rides on the carousel.)  I'm riding the Santa Monica Pier carousel, which you may recognize from this 1973 Newman & Redford ragtime film'

Answer: The Sting


Question: 'He was the first man to walk on the moon as an active member of the military'

Answer: Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin


Question: 'The worth of a stamp or coin stated on it'

Answer: face value


Question: 'This 2.25-square-mile area on the Iberian Peninsula belongs to the United Kingdom'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'A certain sea commander is the namesake of this breakfast cereal'

Answer: Cap\'n Crunch


Question: '1847-1922:<br />"The inventor you've reached has been disconnected"'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'George Burns & Walter Matthau are 2 cranky ex-vaudevillians who reunite for a TV special in this 1975 comedy'

Answer: The Sunshine Boys


Question: '"Equine" nickname of the WWII plane seen here; it wasn't built by Ford'

Answer: Mustang


Question: 'Maintaining one's reputation'

Answer: saving/keeping face


Question: 'To make port in Porto, Portugal, add this to wine & age'

Answer: brandy


Question: 'This whiskey was named for its founder, who was born near Lynchburg, Tennessee'

Answer: Jack Daniels


Question: '69-30 B.C.:<br />"One day Liz Taylor will play me onscreen (whatever onscreen means)"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Gordon Parks, Sr. directed this 1971 film about a "black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks"'

Answer: Shaft


Question: 'The micro version of this Israeli-made submachine gun is seen here'

Answer: Uzi


Question: 'To deal with a pressing problem directly, or the name of a 1980 TV game show similar to "Name That Tune"'

Answer: Face the Music


Question: 'Eastern region that's the center of Spain's citrus industry; its oranges are harvested in December'

Answer: Valencia


Question: 'The man was a restaurant & hotel critic; the brand includes cake & muffin mixes & ready-to-spread frostings'

Answer: Duncan Hines


Question: '1809-1892:<br />"A poet laureate who wouldn't lord it over you"'

Answer: Alfred Lord Tennyson


Question: 'Oliver Stone won an Oscar for his screenplay of this 1978 film'

Answer: Midnight Express


Question: 'This man was the first Vietnam veteran nominated for president by either the Democrats or Republicans'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'Andy Griffith starred as a bumpkin turned TV star in this 1957 movie drama penned by Budd Schulberg'

Answer: A Face in the Crowd


Question: 'By any means necessary, tell us the name of this black leader seen here'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: 'The statue's total weight of 225 tons is made up of about 125 tons of steel & about 90 tons of this metal'

Answer: copper


Question: '"In the Eye of the Storm" chronicles the life of this American general who led Operation Desert Storm'

Answer: Norman Schwarzkopf


Question: 'A preliminary contest; when preceded by "dead", it's a tie'

Answer: heat


Question: 'The title of Schumann's "Kinderscenen" means "scenes from" this period of life, perhaps his happiest'

Answer: childhood


Question: 'A group of goats or sheep<br />(5)'

Answer: flock


Question: 'This boxing hall of famer seen here "bombed" many an opponent'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'The American Museum of this was opened in the base of the statue in 1972'

Answer: Immigration


Question: 'This "Little" children's classic begins "Chug, chug, chug.  Puff, puff, puff.  Ding-dong, ding-dong"'

Answer: "The Little Engine That Could"


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the golf course.)  This name for my present location sounds like a place to seek shelter from an air raid'

Answer: bunker


Question: 'In 4 glorious days in 1841, Schumann wrote his first symphony, named for this joyous season'

Answer: spring


Question: 'Like a brother<br />(9)'

Answer: fraternal


Question: 'She's the "Caged" poet seen here'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'This N.Y. World publisher's fundraising efforts to build the base should have won him a prize'

Answer: Joseph Pulitzer


Question: 'The novel that inspired "Blade Runner" was titled "Do Androids Dream of" these'

Answer: Electric Sheep


Question: 'It's a swimming race in which each of the contestants does a different stroke each quarter'

Answer: individual medley


Question: 'Robert's demons were at bay during 6 years in this Saxony city that was firebombed in 1945'

Answer: Dresden


Question: 'A Boeing's body<br />(8)'

Answer: fuselage


Question: 'He started "warming the bench" in 1967'

Answer: Thurgood Marshall


Question: 'The statue & torch were shipped from this city in France where another famous lady was torched'

Answer: Rouen


Question: 'Name shared by a Shakespearean play-within-a-play & a long-running Agatha Christie play that premiered in 1952'

Answer: The Mousetrap


Question: 'A reprise is an attack done in fencing after a brief return to this position'

Answer: en garde


Question: 'Pathetic & deranged, on February 27, 1854 Schumann attempted suicide by leaping into this river'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: 'Cynical cinema style of the '40s<br />(4,4)'

Answer: film noir


Question: 'In 1972 this woman's place was in the House; the House of Representatives'

Answer: Barbara Jordan


Question: 'This Flemish man once owned the island on which the statue sits'

Answer: Isaac Bedloe


Question: '(Hi, I'm Leif Garrett.)  In 1983 I appeared with Matt Dillon & C. Thomas Howell in this film adaptation of a bestselling S.E. Hinton novel'

Answer: The Outsiders


Question: 'Unless there's a puck in this area in front of a hockey net, attacking players aren't allowed in it'

Answer: the crease


Question: 'Robert Schumann died age 46 in an asylum near Bonn, the city where this musical titan was born in 1770'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'British bad "Guy"<br />(6)'

Answer: Fawkes


Question: 'According to tradition, he was descended from the clan of the Pontii & killed himself in 39 A.D.'

Answer: Pontius Pilate


Question: 'Wanting parts of actress Seena Owen to look bigger on screen, D.W. Griffith in 1916 came up with false these'

Answer: eyelashes


Question: 'Expert cooks make sure this is crisp on Peking Duck'

Answer: skin


Question: 'Kings Faisal, Khalid & Fahd have all reigned over this country'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Sony founder Akio Morita was born in 1921 into a family famous for brewing this beverage for 400 years'

Answer: sake


Question: 'In Colombia, they are known as "Los Tres Chiflados"'

Answer: The Three Stooges


Question: 'Overly awed & fascinated in the presence of celebrities'

Answer: starstruck


Question: 'Pre-Xerox, in 1806 Ralph Wedgwood came up with this "apparatus for producing duplicates of writing"'

Answer: carbon paper


Question: 'The filling of a fajita is rolled up in one of these'

Answer: tortilla


Question: 'In November 2000 he celebrated 25 years on the Spanish throne'

Answer: King Juan Carlos


Question: 'In 1975 Sony introduced this videotape system format for home use'

Answer: Beta/Betamax


Question: 'City represented by the star seen here'

Answer: Bogota


Question: 'Structure from which the 3-year-olds fly forward at Churchill Downs'

Answer: starting gate


Question: 'Charles Babbage got the idea of using these to "program" his computer from the ones used in Jacquard looms'

Answer: punch cards


Question: 'A traditional accompaniment to blini, it's also an ingredient in beef stroganoff'

Answer: sour cream


Question: 'Between 1424 & 1542, Scotland was ruled by 5 Stuart kings, all named this'

Answer: James


Question: 'This show about Ponch & Jon was filmed right here on Sony's Stage 10'

Answer: CHiPs


Question: 'In 1903 this president did not discourage the natives from revolting in Colombia'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Banner carried by the attackers during Pickett's Charge'

Answer: "Stars and Bars"


Question: 'In 1963 the 1st time this was used on TV the announcer explained, "Ladies and gentlemen, Army did not score again"'

Answer: instant replay


Question: 'The meat that results from the mating of a bison & a domestic bovine'

Answer: beefalo


Question: 'When he became king of Sweden in 1520, Christian II was already king of these 2 countries'

Answer: Denmark & Norway


Question: 'This title Sony movie role played by Adam Sandler in 2002 was originated by Gary Cooper 66 years earlier'

Answer: Mr. Deeds (Wellington Deeds)


Question: 'He's the promotional character seen here in stylized form'

Answer: Juan Valdez


Question: 'An asteroidean echinoderm found in tidepools'

Answer: starfish


Question: 'Leo Szilard & this man finally got a patent for a nuclear reactor in 1955, but it was assigned to the U.S.'

Answer: Enrico Fermi


Question: 'To turn your smooth potato-leek soup into this French-American classic, add heavy cream'

Answer: vichyssoise


Question: 'In the 900s German king Henry the Fowler annexed the region French quiche eaters now know as this'

Answer: Lorraine


Question: 'The theme music for this Sony soap opera has been known as "Nadia's Theme" for Nadia Comaneci'

Answer: The Young and the Restless


Question: 'This simple Simon is on the money in Colombia; the 1,000-peso note'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'It's composed mainly of amylose & amylopectin'

Answer: starch


Question: 'The only evidence of an indigenous form of writing in Polynesia comes from this island known for giant statues'

Answer: Easter Island


Question: '"They're a page right out of history"'

Answer: The Flintstones


Question: 'The willow ptarmigan, an Arctic grouse, is its state bird'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'It's one of the 3 branches of the government of the United States'

Answer: Judicial


Question: 'Held by the Spanish in the 16th century, La Fortaleza is a national historic site on this Caribbean island'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Brrrrrrr!  It's the condition that may afflict you if you read "The Road Not Taken" outside without your mittens on'

Answer: Robert Frostbite


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii)  These people who live in New Zealand are famous for their carving skills'

Answer: Maoris


Question: '"Then away he'll schlep on his elephant Shep while Fella and Ursula stay in step"'

Answer: George of the Jungle


Question: 'The bittern's scientific name is Botaurus lentiginosus, the "-taurus" for its call resembling this animal's'

Answer: bull


Question: 'In the Old Testament, there's a first & a second book of these'

Answer: Kings


Question: 'The Alabama airfield where this black air corps trained during WWII was added to the list in 1998'

Answer: Tuskegee Airmen


Question: '"Leaves of Grass" poet who's an enticing box of assorted chocolates'

Answer: Walt Whitman Sampler


Question: 'A Pidgin called Tok Pisin is the most widely spoken language in this nation that occupies eastern New Guinea'

Answer: Papua New Guinea


Question: '"Here he comes...he's a demon on wheels"'

Answer: Speed Racer


Question: 'The largest North American species of the bird known as the martin is this "royal" one'

Answer: purple martin


Question: 'It's among our country's top 3 newspapers in circulation'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'A Cold War launch site for these "timely" missiles in South Dakota shot onto the list in 1999'

Answer: Minutemen


Question: 'You might hear him singing "The Times They Are A-Changin'" somewhere "Under Milk Wood"'

Answer: Bob Dylan Thomas


Question: '"Long tails and ears for hats"'

Answer: Josie and the Pussycats


Question: 'This "quiet" species is the only swan that has an orange bill'

Answer: mute swan


Question: 'After six, it's the next number that fits the category'

Answer: thirty


Question: 'Added to the list in 1992 is a site in Topeka, Kansas honoring this 1954 Supreme Court case'

Answer: Brown v. Board of Education


Question: 'Jimmy Dean's hit song about the rough, tough poet who penned "Endymion"'

Answer: Big Bad John Keats


Question: '"We're zany to the max, there's baloney in our slacks"'

Answer: Animaniacs


Question: 'The call of this Australian bird, AKA the laughing jackass, is often used in films & TV to typify jungle sounds'

Answer: kookaburra


Question: 'This island is over 200,000 square miles in area'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'The Martinez, California home of this conservationist & writer has been preserved on the list since 1964'

Answer: John Muir


Question: 'Transcendentalist poet-turned-British rock trio who sang "From the Beginning"'

Answer: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lake & Palmer


Question: 'French physicist Leon Foucault gave it its name, which is from the Greek for "to view the rotation"'

Answer: gyroscope


Question: 'Book 1 of Livy's 142-book "History of Rome" deals with these 2 sons of Rhea Silvia'

Answer: Remus & Romulus


Question: 'The Bucs'

Answer: Tampa Bay


Question: 'For most escaped slaves, the final destination was this country where slavery was illegal'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Normally known for its keen sense of smell, one of these dogs holds the Guinness record for longest ears also'

Answer: the bloodhound


Question: 'In January 2006 a single B-share of this Omahan's Berkshire Hathaway was $2,952; by Oct. 2008 it was $4,650'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: 'This layered, flat-noodled Italian favorite is sometimes made with a bechamel sauce instead of tomato'

Answer: lasagna


Question: 'Confucian writing includes the "Shih Ching", "Shu Ching" & this, whose title means "Classic of Changes"'

Answer: I Ching


Question: 'America's Team,<br />in the '70s'

Answer: the (Dallas) Cowboys


Question: 'Like their counterparts on real railroads, helpers on the Underground Railroad were called these'

Answer: conductors


Question: 'These 2 states got their names from the 2 longest rivers in the United States'

Answer: Missouri & Mississippi


Question: 'This shipbuilder led a group that bought the Yankees for $10 million in 1973; in 2008, the team was worth $1 billion'

Answer: (George) Steinbrenner


Question: 'Campbell's classic recipe for green bean casserole calls for one can of this soup'

Answer: cream of mushroom


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.)  The complex bridge of fools proof showing that the angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal is the point beyond which only very clever students are said to go in this book by Euclid'

Answer: The Elements


Question: 'The Monsters of the Midway'

Answer: Chicago Bears


Question: 'Abolitionist Levi Coffin's house in Fountain City, Ind. was known as this "Station" on the Underground Railroad'

Answer: Grand Central


Question: 'Growing to an intimidating 18 feet long, this hooded snake reigns as the world's longest venomous snake'

Answer: the king cobra


Question: 'This company's venti cappuccinos must've sold big between Sept. '05 & May '06; its stock went up more than $16 a share'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'I'm all up for Deli but let's skip this lingual meat, even if it does come with a potato pancake'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'Macrobius' book set during a banquet shares its title with this December festival, ancient Rome's jolliest'

Answer: the Saturnalia


Question: 'The Fins'

Answer: the Miami Dolphins


Question: 'Called "Moses" & a former slave herself, she ventured back into the South to help hundreds of slaves escape'

Answer: (Harriet) Tubman


Question: 'Linking Brooklyn & Staten Island, it's the USA's longest suspension bridge'

Answer: the Verrazano(-Narrows)


Question: 'This 4-letter item was about $300 an ounce in Oct. 1998 but eureka! It had tripled a mere 10 years later'

Answer: gold


Question: 'At a sushi bar order iwashi to see how many of these fish you can pack away'

Answer: sardines


Question: 'Epictetus produced books of these ethical lectures; today the word means furious rants'

Answer: diatribes


Question: 'The Bolts'

Answer: the San Diego Chargers


Question: 'Widely ignored in the North, this 1850 act, abbreviated FSA, outlawed assisting escaped slaves'

Answer: the Fugitive Slave Act


Question: 'This Connecticut daily has been published continuously since 1764, longer than any other U.S. newspaper'

Answer: the Hartford Courant


Question: 'Hope you got in when this Page/Brin search engine went public in '04; by 2007, it was up 510%'

Answer: Google


Question: 'Oui! An hors d'oeuvre of raw cut-up vegetables served with a cold dip goes by this French name'

Answer: crudites


Question: 'In 1506 Pope Julius II chose architect Donato Bramante to design the new Basilica of this church in Rome'

Answer: St. Peter\'s


Question: 'Hip hip hooray! It's that tasseled stick or fluffy ball a cheerleader waves in her hand'

Answer: a pom-pom


Question: 'This Finnish capital is often called "The White City of the North", as it's built largely of the local light-colored granite'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'I'm supposed to "beware of Greeks bearing gifts"--but if they bring me a gift one of these, I shouldn't look in its mouth...hmmm'

Answer: a horse


Question: '"The Pickwick Papers"(1836-1837)'

Answer: (Charles) Dickens


Question:
'(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.)  From the Latin for "hearing", it's a short performance usually given when applying for a job; here's a clip of one of mine from the early 1960s

"And we've got John Livingston sitting somewhere in the Penetanguishene River up to his little rubber dinghy in scum as he watches the fish float down the river."'

Answer: an audition


Question: 'His drawing of the "Vitruvian Man" represented the body of the human male in perfect proportion'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'Zurich & Paris were centers of this early 20th C, art movement based on chance & spontaneity'

Answer: Dada


Question: 'During WWII Finland fought this country in 2 separate wars, the Winter & the Continuation'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'OK, OK--"he who hesitates is lost"...but aren't I supposed to do this before I leap?'

Answer: look


Question: '"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"<br />(1962)'

Answer: Ken Kesey


Question: '(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.)  Many stars got their early breaks here at the CBC, & some of them came back for a special 1979 film on Louis Riel--Christopher Plummer, Leslie Nielsen and this "Boston Legal" star'

Answer: William Shatner


Question: 'When not painting frescoes, he did odd jobs like making models of saltcellars for the Duke of Urbino'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'This sound of firecrackers is also a name for Grandpa, as in the kids' book "My" this "Is A Pirate"'

Answer: pop-pop


Question: 'The markka was taken out of circulation in 2002; Finland now uses this'

Answer: the Euro


Question: 'If this is "mightier than the sword", then why the heck do "actions speak louder than words"?'

Answer: a pen


Question: '"The Scarlatti Inheritance"<br />(1971 )'

Answer: Robert Ludlum


Question: 'On Dec. 10, 1513 he wrote to Francesco Vettori that he had "composed a little work on princedoms"'

Answer: (Niccolo) Macchiavelli


Question: 'This Chinese pianist has appeared with the world's great orchestras & has his own Adidas shoe'

Answer: Lang Lang


Question: 'Despite centuries of conflict, this language is also an official one of Finland (but only about 5% speak it)'

Answer: Swedish


Question: 'Wait a minute--"opposites attract", but these "flock together"? Huh?'

Answer: birds of a feather


Question: '"Buddenbrooks"<br />(1901)'

Answer: Thomas Mann


Question: '(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.)  In 1967, the CBC international broadcast center was used by crews from all around the world who were here to report on this World's Fair'

Answer: Expo \'67


Question: 'On April 8, 1341 the Roman Senate crowned this sonneteer poet laureate'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a picture on the monitor.)  Mentioned by Jane Austen, a sunken fence designed to keep out animals but not ruin the view is called this, from the chuckle of surprise on noticing it'

Answer: a ha-ha


Question: 'In 1897 the Finnish government awarded this musician a pension; in 1900 he rewarded them with "Finlandia"'

Answer: (Jean) Sibelius


Question: 'So do I need a bigger kitchen, or not? "Many hands make light work", but "too many cooks spoil" this stuff'

Answer: the soup


Question: '"The Bluest Eye"<br />(1970)'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question:
'(Alex delivers the clue from back at the CBC.)  Starting in 1978 on this Canadian comedy TV series, Eugene Levy began spoofing me as a wacky game show host called Alex Trebell

"Good evening, everybody.  Welcome to "Half Wits", the game show that's fun and at times extremely trying."'

Answer: SCTV


Question: 'This N. European said his grave-stone should be inscribed Princeps botanicorum, "prince of botanists"'

Answer: Carolus Linnaeus


Question: 'Jack Norworth, who wrote "Shine On Harvest Moon", also wrote the lyrics of this between-innings classic'

Answer: "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"


Question: 'An unsporting hunter just looking for lunch is said to "take" these at game'

Answer: Potshots


Question: 'She once said that of all her sorrows, the death of her son Tad, at 18, hurt the most'

Answer: Mary Todd Lincoln


Question: 'Cowardly'

Answer: Yellow


Question: 'It was rumored that the crime rate dropped dramatically during their February 9, 1964 appearance'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Usually, to begin a long distance call from your home phpne, it's the first number you must press'

Answer: 1


Question: 'He got an Oscar for "White Christmas" & a Medal of Honor for songs like "God Bless America"'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'To make this beef dish named for its cooking vessel, keep it below a boil so the meat stays tender'

Answer: Pot roast


Question: 'A widow when she wed the future president in 1759, she had been married to Daniel Parke Custis'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'Sad or depressed'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'Asked not to sing "Girl, we couldn't get much higher" in this song, Jim Morrison sang it anyway'

Answer: "Light My Fire"


Question: 'In popular phrases it follows "gimme" & "take"'

Answer: Five


Question: 'His first published work, 1872's "Moonlight on the Potomac", contained waltzes, not marches'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'It's a mediocre book written just to keep food on the table'

Answer: Potboiler


Question: 'In 1987 she & the former president published "Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life"'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'New, inexperienced or envious'

Answer: Green


Question: 'On his 3rd & final appearance -- Jan. 6, 1957 -- he commented that fans had sent him 282 teddy bears for Christmas'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Years of bad luck associated with breaking a mirror'

Answer: 7


Question: 'He was 23 in 1849 when his "Oh! Susanna" became a hit'

Answer: Stephen Foster


Question: 'The 3 main types of pottery are stoneware, porcelain & this most common "ware", seen here:'

Answer: Earthenware


Question: '2 of the 3 first ladies seen in the photo here:'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Truman &/or Edith Wilson


Question: 'Fry or saute'

Answer: Brown


Question: 'This folk-rocker didn't do the show when CBS refused to let him sing "Talking John Birch Society Blues"'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'Total number of royal flushes that can be dealt out of one deck of cards'

Answer: 4


Question: 'He toured with the Texas Medley Quartette before going solo & becoming the king of ragtime'

Answer: Scott Joplin


Question: 'This type of communal lunch or supper is also called a covered-dish meal'

Answer: Pot luck


Question: 'This first lady whose maiden name is Pierce is a distant relative of President Franklin Pierce'

Answer: Barbara Bush (nee Barbara Pierce)


Question: 'Abandon on a desert island'

Answer: Maroon


Question: 'This group was "Groovin" on a Sunday evening, not afternoon, when they appeared in 1966'

Answer: The Rascals


Question: 'The difference between a million & a billion in the U.S. is just this many zeros'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Patricia Harris, the first black woman in the cabinet, was named secretary of this "urban" department in December 1976'

Answer: HUD (Housing and Urban Development)


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jason Sehorn of the New York Giants)  If a referee calls a personal foul during a football game, the offending player's team is penalized this many yards'

Answer: 15


Question: 'Author-filmmaker Sherman Alexie, who is part Spokane Indian, grew up on a reservation in this state'

Answer: Washington


Question: '0.621 miles'

Answer: Kilometer


Question: 'It's the only national memorial found in South Dakota's Black Hills'

Answer: Mount Rushmore


Question: 'In a German-speaking region, it's a motor expressway'

Answer: Autobahn


Question: 'On December 15, 1961 an Israeli court sentenced this man to death for World War II atrocities'

Answer: Adolf Eichmann


Question: '(Hi, I'm Ed McCaffrey of the Denver Broncos)  Before we won the Super Bowl in '98, the last AFC team to win was this team led by Jim Plunkett at QB in 1984'

Answer: Los Angeles Raiders


Question: 'She dedicated "O Pioneers!" to her fellow novelist Sarah Orne Jewett'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: '0.035 ounces'

Answer: Gram


Question: 'The name of this hill on which Jesus was crucified means "skull"'

Answer: Golgotha


Question: 'Taken from the name of Plato's institution, it's a school for special instruction'

Answer: Academy


Question: 'In December 1967 the first successful heart transplant was performed by this doctor at a Cape Town hospital'

Answer: Dr. Christiaan Barnard


Question: '(Hi, I'm Darrell Green of the Washington Redskins.)  In 1997, I was selected for the 7th time to the NFL Pro Bowl game, played each year in this state capital'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Iris Murdoch wrote "The Accidental Man" & she wrote "The Accidental Tourist"'

Answer: Anne Tyler


Question: '.3937 inches'

Answer: Centimeter


Question: 'In Oyster Bay, New York you can visit Sagamore Hill, this president's home'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'It borders Slovenia, Hungary & Switzerland'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'In early December 1170 this man returned to Canterbury after exile in France: bad move'

Answer: Thomas Becket


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kurt Warner of the St. Louis Rams)  Before coming to the NFL, I played for 3 years with the Iowa Barnstormers of this football league'

Answer: AFL (Arena Football League)


Question: 'Selma Lagerlof, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Lit., was also the first person from this country to win it'

Answer: Sweden


Question: '33.8 fluid ounces'

Answer: Liter


Question: 'The first transatlantic wireless message was received in 1901 at Signal Hill near St. John's in this province'

Answer: Newfoundland


Question: 'The first Jewish high priest'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'Ending the War of 1812, this treaty was signed by the U.S. & Great Britain in December 1814'

Answer: Treaty of Ghent


Question: '(Hi, this is Dick Riordan, mayor of Los Angeles)  Renovated in 1993, this 88,000-seat facility first opened in May of 1923'

Answer: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum


Question: '"Goblin Market" is one of the finest poems by this sister of Dante Gabriel Rossetti'

Answer: Christina Rossetti


Question: '2,204.62 pounds'

Answer: Metric ton


Question: 'On February 23, 1945 U.S. Marines raised the American flag on this Iwo Jima hill'

Answer: Mount Suribachi


Question: 'Yes, captain, it's the small Madagascan primate seen here:'

Answer: Aye-aye


Question: 'The entire action of this Eugene O'Neill play takes place in 1850 at a New England farmhouse flanked by massive trees'

Answer: \"Desire Under The Elms\"


Question: 'Laszlo Biro was inducted into the Inventors Hall of Fame in 2007 for developing this type of pen in the 20th century'

Answer: a ballpoint pen


Question: '"Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming To The Canyon)" & "California Dreamin'"'

Answer: The Mamas & The Papas


Question: 'In the comics, Jimmy Olsen was this hero's cub reporter pal'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'Right up your ___ Oop'

Answer: alley


Question: 'Mmm... a big plate featuring this sea-dweller, prepared Newburg or Thermidor... pass me the bib'

Answer: lobster


Question: 'In 1942 the first training base for the WAAC, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, opened in this capital'

Answer: Des Moines


Question: 'Smile!  In 1888 this American introduced the first simple consumer camera to use roll film'

Answer: (George) Eastman


Question: '"Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show" &<br />"Sweet Caroline"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: 'The Jimmy was a popular SUV from this American automaker'

Answer: GMC (or General Motors)


Question: 'Hi-yo ___ wedding anniversary'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'Short answer--yes; seen here is Hanauma Bay in this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The Mississippi forms all of Iowa's eastern boundary, & this river, with a tributary, bounds the west'

Answer: the Missouri


Question: 'Patented in 1965, this stadium ground covering was first used commercially on a large scale in Texas'

Answer: AstroTurf


Question: '"What Would You Say" &<br />"Crash Into Me"'

Answer: The Dave Matthews Band


Question: 'From 1957 to 1971, Jimmy Hoffa was the president of this labor union; today, his son is'

Answer: the Teamsters


Question: 'Break the ___ of America'

Answer: bank


Question: 'The name of this Japanese massage technique that uses acupressure sounds a bit like a Tibetan toy dog breed'

Answer: shiatsu


Question: 'The largest of the "Quad Cities", this city shares its name with a type of large sofa'

Answer: Davenport


Question: 'Setting 5 on the 1935 model of this Sunbeam appliance was "Whipping Potatoes"; setting 6 was "Cream"'

Answer: Mixmaster


Question: '"Saturday Night Special" &<br />(Woohoo!) "Free Bird"'

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd


Question: 'A book by former president Jimmy Carter compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to this policy of white South Africa'

Answer: apartheid


Question: 'Fall by the ___ Inn'

Answer: Wayside


Question: 'Motor Trend said this car company's 380-hp Testarossa could hit 60 mph in 5.29 seconds; a test drive could be fun'

Answer: Ferrari


Question: 'You've hit a Bumppo in the road: it's the name of the University of Iowa's sports teams'

Answer: the Hawkeyes


Question: 'Named after its inventor, a large one of these coils can wirelessly power lights 50 feet away'

Answer: a Tesla coil


Question: '"Harry Truman" &<br />"25 Or 6 To 4"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'He's Jerry Lee Lewis' famous evangelist cousin'

Answer: Jimmy Swaggart


Question: 'News ___ photography'

Answer: flash


Question: 'In 1935 Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house seen here'

Answer: Fallingwater


Question: 'Named for a Native American tribe, this city of 85,000 lies near where Iowa, Nebraska & South Dakota meet'

Answer: Sioux City


Question: '"Song to" this liberator was a famous patriotic poem written by Ecuador's Jose Joaquin Olmedo in 1825'

Answer: Bolivar


Question: 'He was in as Danny Ocean in a 2001 film & its 2 sequels'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: 'Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski was military dictator of Poland when Lech Walesa headed this organization'

Answer: Solidarity


Question: 'A projecting ornament where the ribs of a vault ceiling meet, or a nickname for Bruce Springsteen'

Answer: the boss


Question: '"If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive" is attributed to this movie mogul'

Answer: Samuel Goldwyn


Question: 'Poetically, "Candy is dandy but" this "is quicker"'

Answer: liquor


Question: 'In the 19th century, literature about these Argentine cowboys was popular, with Jose Hernandez' "Martin Fierro" a classic'

Answer: gauchos


Question: 'He got an Oscar nomination for playing Danny Archer, a smuggler interested in a "Blood Diamond"'

Answer: DiCaprio


Question: 'The Russians replaced Alexander Dubcek as leader of this country when it tried to go democratic in 1968'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'A stupa, like the Great Stupa of Sanchi, India, is a hemispherical mound enshrining relics of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'She began a famous poem, "Because I could not stop for death--he kindly stopped for me"'

Answer: (Emily) Dickinson


Question: 'A small shop, or a specialty department within a larger store'

Answer: a boutique


Question: 'He was detective Scottie Ferguson, whose vertigo caused him to leave the police force'

Answer: Jimmy Stewart


Question: 'For 35 years, Todor Zhivkov ruled this eastern Balkan nation that borders the Black Sea'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'Robert Mills, a Greek Revivalist architect, designed the U.S. Treasury building & this 555-foot-tall structure'

Answer: the Washington Monument


Question: 'Joseph Stalin reportedly said, "A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is" this type of number'

Answer: a statistic


Question: 'A narrow, exclusive group that shares an interest, perhaps like knocking their heels together'

Answer: a clique


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a gym in Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, NE.)  I'm at the spot where in a 1938 movie this actor, as Whitey Marsh, is elected mayor of Boys Town'

Answer: Mickey Rooney


Question: 'Leader Volodymyr Shcherbytsky suppressed press coverage of a 1986 disaster in this Soviet republic'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'This city's state capitol, built in 1788, is considered the USA's 1st building of the classical revival style'

Answer: Richmond, Virginia


Question: '"For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and to melt into the sun", he wrote in "The Prophet"'

Answer: Gibran


Question: 'Adjective meaning neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface'

Answer: oblique


Question: 'This 3-named actor gave a gritty performance as Sandman in "Spider-Man 3"'

Answer: Thomas Haden Church


Question: 'Before becoming foreign minister of the Soviet Union, Eduard Shevardnadze led this Soviet republic'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, known by this name, called his houses "machines for living in"'

Answer: Le Corbusier


Question: 'In his "Holy Sonnets", he wrote, "Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadful"'

Answer: (John) Donne


Question: 'Agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor'

Answer: piquant


Question: 'For an historic February 1972 trip, Richard Nixon & Henry Kissinger each learned to use these; Nixon was better at it'

Answer: chopsticks


Question: 'Around 600 B.C. Alcaeus (Alky for short?) wrote verse in praise of this drink & how it brings out truth'

Answer: wine


Question: 'Tarzan sob like schoolgirl when little guy leave Elliott at end of this 1982 film'

Answer: E.T.


Question: 'Author Hans Christian Andersen'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'The Whigs were fond of referring to him as "King Andrew I"'

Answer: (Andrew) Jackson


Question: 'Someone with many great options is often said to be "like a kid in" this place, such as California's See's'

Answer: a candy store


Question: 'In an office of the Commerce Department, it's patent's partner'

Answer: trademarks


Question: '"The sweep of easy wind and downy flake" appears in the poem "Stopping by Woods on" this type of "Evening"'

Answer: Snowy


Question: 'Tarzan not stop weeping as watch Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger  confront mother/daughter dynamic in this film'

Answer: Terms of Endearment


Question: 'Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Visiting what is now Hopewell, Va. in early April 1865, this man had a terrifying dream that he would be assassinated'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'King Kullen, which started selling groceries in an old garage in Queens in 1930, calls itself the first of these'

Answer: a supermarket


Question: 'It's the automotive item seen here'

Answer: a spark plug


Question: 'British Romantics included Wordsworth in England &, north of the border, this "Lady of the Lake" author'

Answer: Sir Walter Scott


Question: 'Tarzan build ballpark in jungle after view this 1989 Kevin Costner film; now have deep need game of catch with dad'

Answer: Field of Dreams


Question: 'Pianist/entertainer Victor Borge'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Few know that Truman had offered to be this for Ike in 1948'

Answer: vice president


Question: 'Retailers love it when you buy these-- of $80 billion worth sold in the U.S. a year, $8 billion goes unredeemed'

Answer: gift cards


Question: '6-letter term meaning to board a ship'

Answer: embark


Question: 'Rimbaud had quite a bit of teen angst, as in his book title "Une saison en enfer", a season here'

Answer: Hell


Question: 'Faye play slap jack in this 1974 film; She sister! She daughter! She sister! She daughter! Tarzan confused'

Answer: Chinatown


Question: 'Actress Greta Garbo'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This 1920s president popularized the word "bloviating", which he used to mean "shooting the breeze"'

Answer: Harding


Question: 'You don't need to be buzzed in to read the 137-page manual from the Security Alliance for these pricey retailers'

Answer: jewelers


Question: 'A songbird of the genus Sturnella, or a Globetrotter of the Genius variety'

Answer: Meadowlark


Question: 'Beloved poet seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-01-29_J_25.jpg" target="_blank">here'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: 'Jame Gumb nasty, memorable villain in this 1991 film; also, Tarzan never drink chianti same way again'

Answer: Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'Dancer Peter Martins'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'This aide-de-camp to "Mad" Anthony Wayne went on to become the first U.S. president to die in office'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Try the bin of these cheap books, a word that means left over when the publisher printed too many'

Answer: remainders


Question: 'It's a family of tiny building blocks of matter'

Answer: quark


Question: 'On the Ohio River, it's named after a society of Revolutionary War officers'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA) The winners were the Maynard Midgets from right here in Williamsport, & this trophy was used at the very first of these events.'

Answer: the Little League World Series


Question: 'The models for this renowned Rodin sculpture were Paolo Malatesta & Francesca da Rimini'

Answer: The Kiss


Question: 'On Sept. 6 1990, the White House received this new Air Force One, this 4-engine type of Boeing jet'

Answer: 747


Question: 'Her grave marker at Arlington bears only a cross, the years 1929-1994, & her full name, including "Bouvier"'

Answer: Jackie Kennedy


Question: 'A stringed instrument of yore, or a fabricator'

Answer: lyre/liar


Question: 'It's the largest city in Wyoming'

Answer: Cheyenne


Question: 'Begun in 2001, an orientation program for these people tells them not to freak out over coaches' or umpires' decisions'

Answer: parents


Question: 'To try to stimulate trade, the Khedive of Egypt donated this obelisk to Central Park in the 1800s'

Answer: Cleopatra\'s Needle


Question: 'Clyde Cessna & Walter Beech helped make this city in Kansas the "air capital of the world"'

Answer: Wichita


Question: 'Last name of the brothers whose "Of Thee I Sing" was the first musical to win a Pulitzer Prize'

Answer: Gershwin


Question: 'One levy, or 2 pushpins'

Answer: tax/tacks


Question: 'Between 1963 & 1973, this city was called Cape Kennedy'

Answer: Cape Canaveral


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA) The original Little League logo had an eagle. The current one features a baseball diamond inside this architectural shape that represents Pennsylvania, where Little League was founded'

Answer: keystone


Question: 'The statue "Man at the Wheel" in Gloucester, Massachusetts is dedicated to men in this profession'

Answer: fishermen


Question: 'In 1920 Aeromarine West Indies Airways began the first intl. passenger service, Key West to this world capital'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'This man who helped win ratification of the Constitution by Maryland gave his name to a famous fort'

Answer: (James) McHenry


Question: 'Corn, or a labyrinth'

Answer: maize/maze


Question: 'It was founded at the foot of Pikes Peak in 1871'

Answer: Colorado Springs


Question: 'Kids as young as 5 participate in this version of baseball where you swing at a ball that isn't pitched'

Answer: tee-ball


Question: 'Once derogatory, the name of this 17th century style may come from the Portuguese word for an irregular pearl'

Answer: baroque


Question: 'It's a recreational 1-seat, 1-engine aircraft that weighs no more than 254 pounds & carries 5 gallons of fuel or less'

Answer: ultralight


Question: 'This 19th century political cartoonist popularized the elephant & donkey as party symbols'

Answer: (Thomas) Nast


Question: 'A trigonometric function, or a placard'

Answer: sine/sign


Question: 'An oil & gas center, this Texas city has a name that translates as "Body of Christ"'

Answer: Corpus Christi


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the LIttle League Museum in Williamsport, PA.)  In 1948 this rubber-cleated shoe from this sneaker's brand known for its "They feel good" slogan became the first product officially developed for Little League'

Answer: Keds


Question: 'In 1904 this American was awarded the French Legion of Honor, one of the few awards she accepted'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'In <i>Winnie Mae</i>, his Lockheed Vega, this pilot known for his eyepatch became the first to solo around the world in 1933'

Answer: Wiley Post


Question: 'After filling Joe McCarthy's Senate seat, this Democrat fought long & hard against wasteful govt. spending'

Answer: William Proxmire


Question: 'Grumbling in the ranks, or hereditary derivation'

Answer: dissent/descent


Question: 'Founded in 1856, this company introduced a numbering system for U.S. highways in 1917'

Answer: Rand McNally


Question: 'Wasn't Santana awesome at this event in August 1969?'

Answer: Woodstock


Question: 'Wang Qishan is the mayor of this Asian city'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'On Jan. 3, 2004 this pop star walked down the aisle at Las vegas' Little White Wedding Chapel in jeans & a baseball cap'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'If you're one of these, your job in fairy tales is to eat grannies & blow down poorly constructed houses'

Answer: wolf