Question: 'Perceptive analysis of movement was a hallmark of this artist'

Answer: Edgar Degas


Question: 'This 1952 Gene Kelly film is on at 8 o'clock; it's 102 minutes; Gene Kelly on at 8 o'clock; 102 minutes'

Answer: "Singin\' In The Rain Man"


Question: 'Knowing he'd need more than a slingshot, he spied on King Saul in the wilderness of Ziph'

Answer: David


Question: 'Rash, reckless, or what Stan Laurel might do if he played a trick'

Answer: Foolhardy


Question: 'His uncertainty principle says a particle's position & momentum can't be known simultaneously'

Answer: Werner Heisenberg


Question: 'Many Russians love to pick these fungi, known as griby, & cook them in sour cream'

Answer: Mushrooms


Question: 'Come straight to the point & name this artist'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: 'Disney's feline film featuring Hayley Mills & Dean Jones as Maggie & Big Daddy'

Answer: That Darn Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'German military communications of WWII were a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside this coding machine'

Answer: Enigma


Question: 'According to Merriam-Webster, it's "a state of fatuous complacency based on unreal conditions"'

Answer: "Fool\'s Paradise"


Question: 'Unselfishly, carbon generally forms these bonds in which atoms share their electrons'

Answer: Covalent bonds


Question: 'Eaten in the British Isles, the "black" or "blood" type of this is really a sausage, not a dessert'

Answer: Pudding


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />This artist burned brightly as a poet as well'

Answer: William Blake ("The Illustration of God")


Question: 'George Hamilton dons the black mask & goes after androids in the future'

Answer: "Zorro The Gay Blade Runner"


Question: 'It was during her reign that Her Majesty's Secret Service was 1st organized'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Someone with little patience for stupidity is said not to do this "gladly"'

Answer: Suffer fools


Question: 'General term for cells that translate stimuli, like those of drugs, into nerve impulses'

Answer: Receptors


Question: 'Egri Bikaver, or "Bull's Blood From Eger", is a red wine from this country, also known for its white tokay'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'A neo-classicist, this artist often painted the high & mighty'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'Charles Bronson & 6 other gunslingers save a town & then all get married'

Answer: "The Magnificent Seven Brides For Seven Brothers"


Question: 'In the 1960s the FBI targeted radical groups with COINTELPRO, which was short for this'

Answer: Counter Intelligence Program


Question: 'This word for paper about 13 X 16 inches comes from the watermark once seen on it'

Answer: Fool\'s cap


Question: 'His last published work, an 1898 poem, was first issued under his cell number'

Answer: Oscar Wilde (\"The Ballad of Reading Gaol\")


Question: 'This bishop who died in 460 A.D. is celebrated on March 17'

Answer: Saint Patrick


Question: 'Buzz Aldrin walks on the moon'

Answer: 1969


Question: '"I Think I Can" is a lesson & a quote from this 1945 story'

Answer: "The Little Engine That Could"


Question: 'Jack, Chrissy & Janet shared a Santa Monica apartment on this sitcom'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: 'Don Messick was the voice of this companion to Yogi Bear'

Answer: Boo Boo


Question: 'Drake returned to Jeopardy! Place from this capital of Hungary not knowing Emily had had his child'

Answer: Budapest


Question: 'The 17th Amendment fixes the term length of these electees at 6 years'

Answer: Senators


Question: 'Bill Clinton reelected president'

Answer: 1996


Question: 'Thing One & Thing Two are characters in this 1957 Seuss classic'

Answer: "The Cat in the Hat"


Question: 'On "The Naked Truth", she was Nora Wilde, a photographer, later a reporter, for the National Inquisitor'

Answer: Tea Leoni


Question: 'The press called JFK Jr. by this boyhood nickname'

Answer: "John-John"


Question: 'The Post, the paper Emily's boyfriend Jonas works for, is being bought, like the L.A. Times, by this company'

Answer: Tribune Company


Question: 'This popular Japanese verse form uses only 17 syllables'

Answer: Haiku


Question: 'Jimi Hendrix performs at Woodstock'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'A young rabbit gets ready for bed in this classic by Margaret Wise Brown'

Answer: "Goodnight Moon"


Question: 'In the '60s this character's ooky maiden name was Frump'

Answer: Morticia Addams


Question: 'This dance originated in Cuba as a variation of the mambo'

Answer: Cha-cha


Question: 'Jealous, Teri took the baby & framed Emily for Carson's murder; Teri had killed him with a claymore, a big one of these'

Answer: a mine


Question: 'The nymphs of these insects remain in the Earth for 17 years & then emerge en masse'

Answer: Cicadas/locusts


Question: 'Richard Nixon moves into the White House'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'He's the puppy seen here'

Answer: Spot


Question: '[Hi, I'm Wendie Malick from "Just Shoot Me"] <br />I played Brian Benben's ex-wife Judith on this HBO comedy series that featured clips from old movies'

Answer: Dream On


Question: 'It's the pseudonym used by the lecherous middle-aged protagonist of Nabokov's novel "Lolita"'

Answer: Humbert Humbert


Question: 'Emily's sister, top model Misou, saw Teri & the baby at the diner eating this cheese, salsa, lettuce, tortilla & poached egg dish'

Answer: Huevos Rancheros


Question: 'By the Geneva Accords of 1954, the 17th Parallel divided this Asian nation into northern & southern sections'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Atlanta hosts the Olympics'

Answer: 1996


Question: 'In this Natalie Babbitt book, the Tuck family tries to convince Winnie that living forever is a curse'

Answer: "Tuck Everlasting"


Question: 'He served as the anchor of CBS' "Public Eye" & as the host of HBO's "Real Sports"'

Answer: Bryant Gumbel


Question: 'In "The Mikado", the "Three Little Maids From School" are Pitti-Sing, Peep-Bo & this tasty one'

Answer: Yum-Yum


Question: 'Spotting Misou,  Teri grabbed the baby & hit the road in her Lincoln LS, this magazine's 2000 Car of the Year'

Answer: Motor Trend


Question: 'Number of the Congress that began its term in 1789'

Answer: 1st


Question: 'Sheryl Crow's winning "Sweet Child O' Mine" was from the soundtrack of this Adam Sandler film'

Answer: Big Daddy


Question: 'The OAS'

Answer: Organization of American States


Question: 'She rose to fame in the early '50s with the song "Come On-A My House"'

Answer: Rosemary Clooney


Question: '2 words that precede "No Glory" in a popular saying'

Answer: "No Guts"


Question: 'In production of this, the U.S. has ALCOA & Bahrain has ALBA, one of its largest non-oil companies'

Answer: Aluminum


Question: 'In 1935 the 74th Congress became the first to begin in this month under terms of the 20th Amendment'

Answer: January


Question: 'Genre in which the albums "High & Lifted Up" & "Pray" won'

Answer: Gospel


Question: 'The IOC'

Answer: International Olympic Committee


Question: 'This actor, often a villain in '30s movies, is best remembered as a British detective in films of the '40s'

Answer: Sir Basil Rathbone


Question: 'It's the prohibition indicated here'

Answer: "No Smoking"


Question: 'Politically, Bahrain is this, like the 7 United Arab ones not far away'

Answer: Emirate


Question: 'The 93rd Congress created the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities to investigate this'

Answer: Watergate


Question: 'The Best Musical Show Album, it featured Bernadette Peters & Tom Wopat'

Answer: "Annie Get Your Gun"


Question: 'The IMF'

Answer: International Monetary Fund


Question: 'The heartthrob seen here sings lead for this group:<br />[Mark McGrath]'

Answer: Sugar Ray


Question: 'Some of these are awarded by the Swedish Academy of Sciences'

Answer: Nobel Prizes


Question: 'These gems, called "fish eyes" in ancient times, are historically a key Bahraini product'

Answer: Pearls


Question: 'This former speaker of the Texas state house was Speaker of the House in the 76th & 87th Congresses'

Answer: Sam Rayburn


Question: 'Baby, he proved he had "Staying Power" winning Best Male R&B Vocal Performance'

Answer: Barry White


Question: 'SEATO'

Answer: South East Asia Treaty Organization


Question: 'First name of Sylvester Stallone's son, who played Rocky Jr. in "Rocky V"'

Answer: Sage


Question: 'On January 3, 1990 he surrendered to U.S. forces outside the Vatican diplomatic mission in Panama'

Answer: Manuel Noriega


Question: 'The USA's Fifth one is based in Bahrain to watch the Persian Gulf'

Answer: Fleet


Question: 'It formed a sizable third-party presence in the 37th Congress during the Civil War'

Answer: Union Party


Question: '3 Grammys went to Michael Tilson Thomas' album of this composer's "Rite of Spring", "Firebird" & "Persephone"'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky


Question: 'The OAU'

Answer: Organization of African Unity


Question: 'Last name of Nick, who buys a house in West Egg & becomes fascinated by "The Great" Jay Gatsby'

Answer: Nick Carraway


Question: 'Like those in place in northern & southern Iraq, it's an area forbidden to aircraft'

Answer: No-Fly zone


Question: 'Among suffixes, .mx is Mexico, .jp is Japan, & in March 2000 .ps was assigned to this'

Answer: Palestine


Question: 'Created by So-ami, a garden at Ryoan-ji outside Kyoto consists of rocks arranged on a bed of this'

Answer: sand


Question: 'Burgess Meredith as this odd bird'

Answer: the Penguin


Question: 'In February 1865 General William Tecumseh Sherman forced this city's evacuation'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'Under Timothy Leary is the slogan "Turn on, tune in", do this'

Answer: drop out


Question: 'Around 207 B.C. the Greek Stoic philosopher Chrysippus died this way while watching a drunk donkey eat figs'

Answer: laughing


Question: 'In "Easy Rider", Peter Fonda's was named Captain America'

Answer: his motorcycle


Question: 'Before he was PM of this country, Samak Sundaravej hosted a TV cooking show, with recipes like larb tuna'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'Julie Newmar, Eartha Kitt & Lee Meriwether as this purr-fect villain (not all at the same time)'

Answer: Catwoman


Question: 'One variety from Pace is Pineapple Mango Chipotle'

Answer: salsa


Question: 'This comic's sole entry in "Bartlett's" is "Take my wife... please!"'

Answer: Henny Youngman


Question: 'Doing this with a cane, the composer Lully hit his toe & died of an abscess; a baton would have been safer'

Answer: conducting


Question: 'A chatterbox'

Answer: a motormouth


Question: 'In 2006 Business Week reported China has 300,000 millionaires & quoted Deng Xiaoping, "To get" this "is glorious"'

Answer: rich


Question: 'Frank Gorshin as this puzzling criminal'

Answer: the Riddler


Question: 'It's the drum seen here'

Answer: a conga


Question: 'In a 1992 interview she said, "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas"'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'In 163 B.C. Eleazer Maccabeus was crushed to death in battle by one of these enormous war animals'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'Sometimes surrounding a VIP, it's a procession of people traveling in cars'

Answer: a motorcade


Question: 'Back when Myanmar was Burma, this capital was Rangoon'

Answer: Yangon


Question: 'Cesar Romero as this kooky cutup'

Answer: the Joker


Question: 'An intermediate, transitional or midway state or place'

Answer: limbo


Question: 'Julius Epstein, Philip Epstein & Howard Koch are grouped together for quotes from this classic 1942 film'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'Jim Fixx, author of "The Complete Book of" this, died in 1984 doing just that'

Answer: Running


Question: 'Hit the road with these transports from Winnebago'

Answer: motorhomes


Question: 'Korea's West Coast, including Inchon, borders this arm of the Pacific'

Answer: Yellow Sea


Question: 'Victor Buono as this felonious pharaoh'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Movie ticket service that uses paper bag puppets in ads'

Answer: Fandango


Question: '"Ya got trouble, folks, right here in River City" is listed under this lyricist's name'

Answer: Meredith Willson


Question: 'In 1940 this Jamaican-born journalist & black nationalist died after reading his own mistakenly printed obituary'

Answer: (Marcus) Garvey


Question: 'A centrally controlled fleet of military vehicles intended for the use of personnel'

Answer: the motor pool


Question: 'Obsession with animating dead tissue bordering on the manic side; delusions of creating a race of creatures'

Answer: Dr. Frankenstein


Question: 'In 1985 this brother of Leon Spinks became the first reigning light-heavyweight champ to win the heavyweight title'

Answer: Michael Spinks


Question: 'In 1953 Marcel Bich formed a company to make these & wrote his name in business history'

Answer: pens


Question: 'He's the color-changing fellow seen here'

Answer: a chameleon


Question: 'U.S. vice president:<br />____ Horatio ____'

Answer: Hubert Humphrey


Question: 'You've got to pay up on arrival with C.O.D., which stands for "cash on" this'

Answer: delivery


Question: 'Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown; cruelty of 2 older daughters driving him mad; jesting fool not helping'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'In 1896 this former Tombstone lawman refereed a bout between Bob Fitzsimmons & Tom Sharkey in San Francisco'

Answer: Wyatt Earp


Question: 'To target online consumers, this company hopes to combine data from its ESPN & ABC online units'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'Can the lizard change its spots?  Not if it's this feline variety'

Answer: a leopard lizard


Question: 'American author:<br />____ Rice ____'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'The flag seen here normally includes these two 3-letter abbreviations'

Answer: P.O.W. & M.I.A.


Question: 'Master criminal with revenge fantasy regarding certain detective; suicidal tendency noted at Reichenbach Falls'

Answer: Moriarty


Question: 'Known as "Buster", he scored a dramatic upset of Mike Tyson in 1990'

Answer: Buster Douglas


Question: 'So as not to be gobbled up by Microsoft, Yahoo! offered a 20% stake to this company for MySpace'

Answer: News Corp.


Question: 'The blue coloring attracts predators to this lizard's tail, which it can shed at will; don't think, say...'

Answer: skink


Question: 'Teamsters president:<br />____ Riddle ____'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'It's what the "N" stands for in NICU, an intensive care unit for preemies & other critically ill babies'

Answer: neonatal


Question: 'Mumbles about "his precious"; hallucinations getting more vivid as witnessed in talks with self'

Answer: Smeagol (or Gollum)


Question: 'Take a ride with Giacobbe Fragomeni, who in 2008 won the WBC title in this division just below heavyweight'

Answer: cruiserweight


Question: 'This newspaper company also owns the Boston Globe & the International Herald Tribune'

Answer: The New York Times Company


Question: 'The decorative bumps on the head might tell you the name of this Mexican lizard, one of only two venomous species'

Answer: the beaded lizard


Question: 'Women's rights leader:<br />____ Cady ____'

Answer: Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Question: 'Taking a bite out of your paycheck, FICA is the Federal this Contributions Act'

Answer: Insurance


Question: 'Says joy of classical music is akin to joy when violent; speaks odd "nadsat" slang; blames other droogs'

Answer: Alex DeLarge


Question: 'After "dancing" in the ring with Oscar De La Hoya, this welterweight champ danced on "Dancing with the Stars"'

Answer: Floyd Mayweather


Question: 'Despite the name, not much has restricted the growth of this women's clothing company founded in Columbus, Ohio'

Answer: The Limited


Question: 'The tail of the legless lizard seen here breaks off easily, giving rise to this fragile name for it'

Answer: the eastern glass lizard


Question: 'Polar explorer:<br />____ Evelyn ____'

Answer: Richard Evelyn Byrd


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an environmental "green" house.)  The paint used inside contains minimal amounts of the health-endangering fuel oxygenates called VOCs, short for these'

Answer: volatile organic compounds


Question: 'This cheese was created in 1892 by Emil Frey & named for a New York singing society whose members loved the cheese'

Answer: Liederkranz


Question: 'One of 2 "homey" Stephen Foster songs that serve as official state songs'

Answer: "My Old Kentucky Home" &/or "Old Folks At Home"


Question: 'In 1982 this series was retitled "Little House: A New Beginning" & Shannen Doherty joined the cast as Almanzo's niece'

Answer: Little House on the Prairie


Question:
'The Red,
the Great,
the Terrible'

Answer: Ivan


Question: 'When tossing a coin, the French say, "Pile ou face?"; we say this'

Answer: Heads or tails?


Question: 'The more common name for your gingiva; you can flap 'em'

Answer: Gums


Question: 'Examples of these from the Czech Republic include Budvar & Pilsner Urquell'

Answer: Beers


Question: 'In 1960 this future state song became Ray Charles' first No. 1 pop hit'

Answer: "Georgia On My Mind"


Question: 'She was seen as Eileen on the '80s sitcom "Day By Day" before she played Elaine on "Seinfeld"'

Answer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus


Question:
'Rufus,
the Silent,
the Conqueror,
of Orange'

Answer: William


Question: '"Cowboy" phrase for what you do to 'em "at the pass"'

Answer: Head \'em off


Question: 'As recorded in the Ebers Papyrus, dentistry as part of medicine began in this civilization around 3700 B.C.'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'The old capital of Bohemia, it became the capital of the new nation of Czechoslovakia in 1918'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'In this Connecticut state song with a 2-word title, "Macaroni" refers to Londoners in fancy clothes'

Answer: "Yankee Doodle"


Question: 'He was playing Rev. Fordwick on "The Waltons" when he was cast as the irreverent Jack Tripper on "Three's Company"'

Answer: John Ritter


Question:
'The Mad,
the Cruel,
the Great'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'When you avoid drowning in debt, you're doing this'

Answer: keeping your head above water


Question: 'Communities adding this preventative to their water supply report up to 70 percent declines in tooth decay'

Answer: Fluoride


Question: 'At about 40 percent, this Christian denomination is the largest religious group in the country'

Answer: Roman Catholic


Question: 'State whose state song is heard here:<br />(go Badgers!)'

Answer: Wisconsin


Question: '(Hi, I'm Richard Kind of "Spin City")  I played Mark, the ex-husband of Jamie Buchman's friend Fran, on this NBC sitcom'

Answer: Mad About You


Question:
'The Fowler,
the Wrangler,
the Navigator'

Answer: Henry


Question: 'If someone tells you he's one of these, you might ask if he recruits executives or decapitates them'

Answer: Headhunter


Question: 'Made of plastic, porcelain or gold, these replacements cover an entire tooth'

Answer: Crown/cap


Question: 'Bohemia & Moravia, which make up most of the Czech Republic, were provinces of this empire until 1918'

Answer: Austria-Hungary


Question: '"Rocky Top" is one of its 6 state songs'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'This hostess of PBS' "Mystery!" series also stars in "The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries"'

Answer: Diana Rigg


Question:
'The Simple,
the Bald,
the Fat,
the Bold'

Answer: Charles


Question: 'This phrase may precede "above the rest" or "shampoo"'

Answer: Head and shoulders


Question: 'Medical name for the "correct teeth" treatment of realignment through the use of braces'

Answer: Orthodontics


Question: 'Called the Labe by Czechs, this river is a major commercial waterway of central Europe'

Answer: Elbe


Question: 'Valerie Bettis choreographed a ballet based on this Tennessee Williams play & sometimes played Blanche in it'

Answer: "A Streetcar Named Desire"


Question: 'Robert Morris' book "Select Architecture" inspired this man's plan for Monticello'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Single guy Adam Sandler tries to raise a kid in this 1999 comedy'

Answer: Big Daddy


Question: 'Grimace is used as a noun meaning pretense or sham in his novel "Moll Flanders"'

Answer: Daniel Defoe


Question: 'A close encounter of this degree involves actual contact with aliens'

Answer: Third kind


Question: '"Jeopardy!" announcer Johnny & '60s TV variety show host Ed'

Answer: Gilbert & Sullivan


Question: '"Company B" is danced to songs made famous by these sisters, including "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy"'

Answer: The Andrews Sisters


Question: 'This Chinese-born architect designed the Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing'

Answer: I.M. Pei


Question: 'Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest & Barbara Hershey are the title characters in this 1986 Woody Allen film'

Answer: Hannah and Her Sisters


Question: 'He mentioned the word mixen, a synonym for dunghill, in his novel "Far From the Madding Crowd"'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'This future governor & U.S. president filed a report of a UFO sighting in 1969'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Colony starter William & a clerk at a bank'

Answer: Penn & teller


Question: 'Salvador Dali created the story, sets & costumes for "Bacchanale", an odd ballet about this "Mad King"'

Answer: Ludwig


Question: 'Michael Graves designed whimsical Swan & Dolphin Hotels for this Florida theme park's resort area'

Answer: Walt Disney World


Question: 'Accused of murder in the Deep South, Ralph Macchio calls lawyer Joe Pesci, this title relative, to defend him'

Answer: My Cousin Vinny


Question: 'Cicerone, a synonym for sightseeing guide, appears in his novel "Washington Square"'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'This suicidal group believed an alien craft shadowing the Hale-Bopp comet had come to take them away'

Answer: Heaven\'s Gate


Question: 'A playing card knave & Ms. St. John'

Answer: Jack & Jill


Question: '"Aurora's Wedding", part of this Tchaikovsky ballet, is often presented as a separate ballet'

Answer: "Sleeping Beauty"


Question: 'The largest known one of these Mesopotamian temple towers is at Chogha Zabil in Iran'

Answer: Ziggurats


Question: 'Rosalind Russell brings up her orphaned nephew in this 1958 classic'

Answer: Auntie Mame


Question: 'He used the word mumpish, which means sullen, in his book "Of Human Bondage"'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'Prehistoric alien visitations to Earth are suggested in this author's "Chariots of the Gods?"'

Answer: Erich von Daniken


Question: '"Happy Days" Ralph Malph actor & Nobel winner Curie'

Answer: Donny (Most) & Marie


Question: 'The Ballets Russes was dissolved after the 1929 death of this great Russian impresario'

Answer: Sergei Diaghilev


Question: 'The name of this design school was derived from the German for "Architecture House"'

Answer: Bauhaus


Question: 'Barbara Bel Geddes reminisces about her Norwegian mother, Irene Dunne, in this 1948 drama'

Answer: I Remember Mama


Question: 'In this "dated" novel, Syme says, "What need is there for a word like 'bad'?  'Ungood' will do just as well"'

Answer: "1984"


Question: 'It was the colorful 21-year "project" conducted by the U.S. Air Force to examine UFO phenomena'

Answer: Project Blue Book


Question: 'A Scottish word for pretty or appealing & former NBA star Drexler'

Answer: Bonnie & Clyde


Question: 'In 1998 the director of the U.S. Mint called her "A woman of exemplary physical courage and stamina"'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'On campouts, coolers keep this treat from melting before it & a hot marshmallow are made into a s'more'

Answer: a chocolate bar


Question: 'It was this cold historic site that Von Steuben reorganized our army in February 1778'

Answer: Valley Forge


Question: 'His high school nickname "Bruno" stayed with him while he was a "Die Hard" bartender'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'In "Civil Disobedience", he called his night in Concord Jail "novel and interesting enough"'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'Rounded, like the inside of a bowl'

Answer: concave


Question: 'It's the total number of ounces in a standard six-pack of Pepsi'

Answer: 72


Question: 'Latin for "dug up"; it's the term for ancient plants & animals that have been preserved in sedimentary rock'

Answer: fossils


Question: 'One of its more unimaginative nicknames is "the capital of the Keystone State"'

Answer: Harrisburg


Question: 'He tended bar & performed in coffeehouses before getting his break in "I Spy"'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Title of Sister Helen Prejean's book about death row & the Susan Sarandon film based on it'

Answer: Dead Man Walking


Question: 'The Southern states during the Civil War were banded together as one of these'

Answer: a confederacy


Question: 'Potato & macaroni salads made with this egg-based dressing are safe when kept in the cooler'

Answer: mayonnaise


Question: 'You gotta lava this rock, whose name means "foam"; it floats & makes a great abrasive'

Answer: pumice


Question: 'Pittsburgh's civic arena was the first public auditorium to have a retractable one of these'

Answer: a dome (or roof)


Question: 'He was working as a bartender when he started performing with Dan Rowan'

Answer: Dick Martin


Question: 'A work by Jean Genet stems from time at this type of "school", named for what it tries to do to youths'

Answer: a reform school


Question: 'A missionary, or a cable box'

Answer: a converter


Question: 'This sports drink's new "Frost" flavors are Whitewater Splash, Glacier Freeze, and Alpine Snow'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'It's nice to know the granite-like rock pronounced "nice" is spelled this way'

Answer: G-N-E-I-S-S


Question: 'Philadelphia's major league teams included the Phillies, Eagles, 76ers & this hockey team'

Answer: the Flyers


Question: 'He's gone from jobs like tennis instructor & bartender to films like "Fletch" & "Foul Play"'

Answer: Chevy Chase


Question: 'In 1981 jailed writer Jack Henry Abbott was sprung with the help of this "Executioner's Song" author'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'A plan you have, just in case'

Answer: a contingency plan


Question: 'It could be called solid dihydrous monoxide'

Answer: (ordinary) ice


Question: 'This lustrous source of radium & uranium derives its name from its tar-like appearance'

Answer: pitchblende


Question: 'This port city displays a reconstruction of Oliver Hazard Perry's ship, the Niagara'

Answer: Erie


Question: 'Heard here, he tended bar to earn money while he wrote songs:'

Answer: Kris Kristofferson


Question: 'Hitler's chief architect, he wrote "Spandau:  The Secret Diaries" of his time in prison for war crimes'

Answer: Albert Speer


Question: 'His disciples collected his sayings in "Analects"'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'Visit here & enjoy Mediterranean cuisine, beautiful women & a huge wooden horse donated by the Greeks'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'Rene Levesque long led the independence movement for this province, mais tant pis, it hasn't happened yet'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'Tiffany was just 17 when she hit the top 10 with a reworked version of this Beatles song'

Answer: "I Saw Her Standing There"


Question: 'Stanford hired 18-year-old Harvey Friedman in 1967; he had earned his B.A. at MIT in 2 years & this degree in 1'

Answer: Ph.D.


Question: 'This bed, raised & stored into a wall, lost its popularity when sofa convertibles came into vogue'

Answer: a murphy bed


Question: 'No bull, Crete will a-maze you as you wander through the labyrinth, this creature's lair'

Answer: the minotaur


Question: 'In 1997, this organization celebrated the 90th anniversary of its Christmas seals'

Answer: The American Lung Association


Question: 'This duo had only just begun when they covered "Ticket To Ride" in 1970'

Answer: The Carpenters


Question: 'Although he led the ill-fated charge of the light brigade, this earl is best known for his sweater'

Answer: Cardigan


Question: 'Luscious gardens hanging for your pleasure await you in this city on the Euphrates'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'IN 1997, Martin Luther King III was elected president of this group, the SCLC; Dad would have been proud'

Answer: the Southern Christian Leadership Conference


Question: 'Some want this India-Pakistan border region to be independent, & some want it united with Pakistan'

Answer: Kashmir


Question: '"We Can Work It Out" worked out to be one of the songs of his 1970 album "Signed, Sealed & Delivered"'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'Nobel economist & author of the exciting "A Monetary History of the United States 1867-1960"'

Answer: Milton Friedman


Question: 'Named for a Turkish Empire, it's the stumbling block Dick Van Dyke frequently encountered'

Answer: an ottoman


Question: 'Join us in this African hot spot & we'll supply elephants & a tour of Hannibal's birthplace'

Answer: Carthage


Question: 'An association in Annadale, Virginia is devoted to this man, Jefferson's vice-president'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'Be a prince & grant independence to Cymru, the native name for this UK division'

Answer: Wales


Question: 'This singer got by with a 1968 version of the Beatles song heard here:'

Answer: Joe Cocker


Question: 'Leader of the country group The Texas Jewboys, he's also an accomplished mystery author'

Answer: Kinky Friedman


Question: 'A cracker is named for this dietary reformer who advocated using unsifted whole wheat flour'

Answer: Dr. Sylvester Graham


Question: 'Barren accommodations, but plenty of exercise & military drill in this capital of Laconia'

Answer: Sparta


Question: 'It's the organization whose logo is seen here:'

Answer: the World Wildlife Fund


Question: 'Despite limited indepedence in N. Spain, many in this oldest W. European group desire full autonomy'

Answer: the Basques


Question: 'Written in 1966, this song was a Top 10 hit from the Beatles in 1976 & for Earth, Wind & Fire in 1978'

Answer: "Got To Get You Into My Life"


Question: 'In "Steambath" this author made God a steam room attendant'

Answer: Bruce Jay Friedman


Question: 'When forced into retirement, this Anglican clergyman reportedly said, "It came as a blushing crow"'

Answer: (Reverend William Archibald) Spooner


Question: 'Based on a myth, this 1913 play became a 1938 movie, a 1956 stage musical & a 1964 movie musical'

Answer: Pygmalion


Question: 'When an aircraft achieves this speed based on an Austrian's name, you'll hear a boom'

Answer: Mach 1


Question: 'This 1956 Elvis Presley hit was inspired by someone's suicide note that said, "I walk a lonely street"'

Answer: "Heartbreak Hotel"


Question: 'This Murdoch-owned news channel says it's "fair & balanced"'

Answer: Fox


Question: '2-word term for a long-shot candidate for nomination, like James Polk in 1844'

Answer: a dark horse


Question: 'Paris & her'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'You don't have to be at the beach to be "happy as" one of these "at high tide"'

Answer: a clam


Question: '-273 Celsius'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'Twin boys residing in a swank Boston hotel made Mr. Moseby's life a challenge on this Disney Channel TV show'

Answer: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody


Question: 'Rupe paid $5.6 bil. & said how now, Dow Jones, a deal that included this business paper founded in the 1880s'

Answer: The Wall Street Journal


Question: 'Calling someone who favors talk over military action this bird dates from the Cuban Missile Crisis'

Answer: a dove


Question: 'Him & Penelope'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'If you have the biggest or best part of something, you have this animal's "share"'

Answer: the lion\'s share


Question: 'Abbreviated MN, it's what a working compass needle is always pointing to in our hemisphere'

Answer: magnetic north


Question: 'It's the 1932 film in which Greta Garbo uttered the immortal line "I want to be alone"'

Answer: Grand Hotel


Question: '"Here comes" this Rupe-owned U.K. tabloid, known for its Page 3 girls & their contributions to the day's news'

Answer: The Sun


Question: 'In 1932 FDR said, "I pledge myself to" one of these "for the American people"'

Answer: a New Deal


Question: 'Cupid & her'

Answer: Psyche


Question: 'A proverb says, "You can't make a silk purse out of" this'

Answer: a sow\'s ear


Question: 'This type of fossil fuel is primarily methane'

Answer: natural gas


Question: 'This 1981 John Irving novel was made into a 1984 film starring Beau Bridges'

Answer: The Hotel New Hampshire


Question: 'Murdoch's News Corp. is a partner in this channel known for its "Explorer" & "Dog Whisperer" shows'

Answer: the National Geographic Channel


Question: 'An 1868 definition of this term: "men traveling with little luggage and less character" to profit from the situation'

Answer: a carpetbagger


Question: 'Pyramus & her'

Answer: Thisbe


Question: 'This term for the most sultry part of summer come from the Latin "dies caniculares"'

Answer: the dog days


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows two glasses of water, one with ice.)  Condensation won't necessarily appear on a glass filled with water, but with ice added, a glass reaches this point, & the condensation forms'

Answer: the dew point


Question: 'Episodes of this British sitcom included "The Hotel Inspectors" & "Basil the Rat"'

Answer: Fawlty Towers


Question: 'We wonder if Rupe discontinued his Facebook account when he bought this social network site for $580 million in 2005'

Answer: MySpace


Question: 'Spiro Agnew spoke of "nattering" these "of negativism"'

Answer: "nabobs"


Question: 'Him & Galatea'

Answer: Pygmalion


Question: 'Evoking images of jumping reptiles, it's one of little orphan Annie's favorite interjections'

Answer: "Leapin\' lizards"


Question: 'In the 15th century this alliterative type of play dealing with Jesus' crucifixion could take 3 days to complete'

Answer: a passion play


Question: 'The old section of Riga is surrounded by one of these trenches'

Answer: a moat


Question: 'This spy was executed at what's now 66th & 3rd in New York City'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'Yes, I should've worn long pants to ski--but my purple legs aren't symptoms of this cold-induced tissue damage'

Answer: frostbite


Question: 'urbandictionary.com informs us that an "idiot box" is actually one of these electronic devices'

Answer: a television


Question: 'He's "Mad"'s mascot, seen here behind the magazine's longtime publisher Bill Gaines'

Answer: Alfred E. Neuman


Question: 'Britannica says, "among his most-celebrated long plays is 'Anna Christie"''

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'For the Olympics it's "Citius, altius , fortius"'

Answer: the motto


Question: 'Portrayed on film in 2007's "Breach", Robert Hanssen was a mole within this organization'

Answer: the FBI


Question: 'Yes, I'm doing this a lot, but it's just a mosquito bite; no way I have atopic dermatitis'

Answer: scratching


Question: 'This 1843 character says, "every idiot... with 'Merry Christmas on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding"'

Answer: Ebenezer Scrooge


Question: 'Mad is under the corporate control of this comic book company that isn't based in Washington'

Answer: DC


Question: 'With over 20,000 performances, the longest-running show in London's West End is this Agatha Christie play'

Answer: The Mousetrap


Question: 'It's the bane of a chimneysweep'

Answer: soot


Question: '"Ashenden" is an account of his years as a World War I spy by this author of "Of Human Bondage"'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'Sure, my skull's been growing & my jaw's protruding a tad--I doubt I have acromegaly, a disorder of this gland'

Answer: the pituitary


Question: '"The Complete Idiot's Guide to" this year addresses Mayans' predictions & their long count calendar'

Answer: 2012


Question: 'This composer sued Mad & lost over "Louella Schwartz Describes Her Malady", spoofing his "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody"'

Answer: Irving Berlin


Question: 'Debuting in 1937, "The Lost Colony" by Pulitzer winner Paul Green has been playing in Manteo in this state for 73 years'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Skal!, for example'

Answer: a toast


Question: 'In exchange for Russian spy Rudolf Abel, this U.S. pilot was released by the Soviets in 1962'

Answer: (Francis Gary) Powers


Question: 'So my ankles are sore & swollen--doesn't mean I have this painful arthritic buildup of uric acid in my joints'

Answer: gout


Question: 'In "Love and Death" Berdykov is one of these & is seen attending a convention of them from all over Russia'

Answer: village idiots


Question: 'Manipulate the page so that "A" meets "B" & enjoy this Mad feature traditionally on the back cover'

Answer: the fold-in


Question: 'This work is made of 2 lengthy plays: "Millennium Approaches" won a Pulitzer & Tony; "Perestroika" only won a Tony'

Answer: Angels in America


Question: 'Struck mightily, in the Bible'

Answer: smote


Question: 'This playwright was slain under mysterious circumstances possibly related to spying for Elizabeth I'

Answer: Christopher Marlowe


Question: 'So the drain in my shower is always clogged, so what?  It doesn't mean I'm developing this, androgenetic alopecia'

Answer: hair loss (or baldness)


Question: 'At the end of this man's "The Idiot", Prince Myshkin goes back to his doctor in Switzerland after failing at love'

Answer: Dostoyevsky


Question: 'In 1987 legendary cartoonist Don Martin left Mad & jumped to this rival magazine'

Answer: Cracked


Question: 'This Oscar winner who had his own WB sitcom took his last name as a tribute to an earlier comic & sitcom star'

Answer: Jamie Foxx


Question: 'Since 1847 this religion has been based in Salt Lake City, Utah'

Answer: the Mormons


Question: 'The top 10 video game titles of 2005 included 2 from LucasArts about this film series'

Answer: Star Wars


Question: 'Georges Bizet was born on Oct. 25, 1838 in this capital & was admitted to its conservatory by age 10'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Back in 1934 Lou Gehrig was the first athlete to appear on a box of this "Breakfast of Champions"'

Answer: Wheaties


Question: 'It's the primary source of nourishment for an embryo in an egg'

Answer: a yolk


Question: 'Later a home run king, in 1916 he had 23 pitching wins & a sparkling 1.75 ERA'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'Apis, a bull god of this ancient people, was believed to be the personification of the creator god Ptah'

Answer: the Egyptians


Question: 'The top 10 most common phobias include the fear of heights, the fear of flying & the fear of these, aka arachnophobia'

Answer: spiders


Question: 'Bizet said this Austrian & fellow prodigy's "music affects me too deeply and makes me really unwell"'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'He's the spokes-character seen here'

Answer: Cap\'n Crunch


Question: 'The overall leader in the Tour de France bike race wears this item of clothing'

Answer: a yellow jersey


Question: 'Get a grip, dude!  Warren Moon made the Hall of Fame despite an NFL record 161 of these; Len Dawson had 7 in one game'

Answer: fumbles


Question: 'The Loas in Voodoo are roughly equivalent to these in Catholicism'

Answer: saints


Question: 'The top 10 highest cities in the world include La Paz, Bolivia & Lhasa in this region once ruled by the Dalai Lama'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'Bizet penned this 1875 opera where the title gal leaves Don Jose for a bullfighter; big mistake'

Answer: Carmen


Question: 'With flavors like Raspberry Red, Lemony Lemon & Grapity Purple, it's hard for silly rabbits to resist this classic'

Answer: Trix


Question: 'This black & white comedy film starred Peter Boyle as the manmade man'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'Wilt Chamberlain & this '60s Celtic are the only NBAers to average more than 20 rebounds per game'

Answer: Bill Russell


Question: '2 of the 3 religions practiced simultaneously by the majority of Taiwan's population'

Answer: (2 of) Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism


Question: 'The top 10 most populous countries in the world include China, India & this country with over 300 million'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'A teenaged Bizet won the Prix de Rome for "Clovis et Clotilde", this type of 7-letter choral composition'

Answer: a cantata


Question: 'In 2004 this cereal introduced a new flavor, Honey Graham--wonder how Mikey likes it'

Answer: Life


Question: 'Slovenia broke away from it in 1991'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'This "Great One" had a record 382 career playoff points; Mark Messier is No. 2 with 295'

Answer: Gretzky


Question: 'The Koran was revealed to Muhammad during this century'

Answer: the seventh


Question: 'The top 10 fastest fish in the sea include the tiger shark, the sailfish & the bluefin variety of this food fish'

Answer: the tuna


Question: 'Bizet wrote, "As for" this Austrian "Surprise" symphony man, "he has sent me to sleep for some time past"'

Answer: Haydn


Question: 'In 1987 Bela Lugosi appeared on boxes of this cereal, the first in General Mills' "Monster Cereals"'

Answer: Count Chocula


Question: 'He led the opposition to the coup that tried to overthrow Gorbachev in 1991'

Answer: (Boris) Yeltsin


Question: 'This Cleveland RB of the '50s & '60s led the NFL in rushing 8 times; the most times for any other back is 4'

Answer: Jim Brown


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.)  St. Norbert & St. Sigmund are portrayed with this Good King; all three are Czech patron saints'

Answer: Wenceslas


Question: '"Fonzie's Baptism"'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: 'Robert Fulghum shared "uncommon thoughts on common things" in "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in" here'

Answer: Kindergarten


Question: 'In April 2006 she was given a 41-gun royal salute in Hyde Park to celebrate her 80th birthday'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth (II)


Question: 'In astronomy, this letter typically designates the brightest star in a constellation'

Answer: alpha


Question: 'In 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded in this state; how enchanting'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'As Jim Phelps, Jon Voight falls off the Charles Bridge in this blockbuster 1996 movie'

Answer: Mission: Impossible


Question: '"Uncle Martin's Wisdom Tooth"'

Answer: My Favorite Martian


Question: 'Her autobiography "Shelley: Also Known as Shirley" was a bestseller in 1980'

Answer: Shelley Winters


Question: 'Her work with mountain gorillas inspired the 1988 movie "Gorillas in the Mist"'

Answer: (Dian) Fossey


Question: 'This is the end, my only friend, the end (of the alphabet, this 24th letter, the end)'

Answer: omega


Question: 'This state produces most of the world's bourbon whiskey'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'A statue of this nature-loving Italian saint has stood on the bridge since 1855'

Answer: Francis of Assisi


Question: '"Love and the Spaced-Out Chick"'

Answer: Love, American Style


Question: 'Of all of Stephen King's bestsellers, this hefty novel from 1986 has the shortest title'

Answer: It


Question: 'Surrounded by family, this expatriate baroness & musical matriarch died in Vermont in 1987'

Answer: Maria von Trapp


Question: 'Letter number 4; Mississippi has a famous one'

Answer: delta


Question: 'Country roads, take me home, to this state (admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863), I belong...'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'Originally called Stone Bridge, the Charles Bridge was built with this "stone", like the walls of the White House'

Answer: sandstone


Question: '"The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker"'

Answer: McHale\'s Navy


Question: 'Gore Vidal's monumental novel about this president was a bestseller in 1984'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: '(Hi, I'm Dana Delany.)  As a pro-choice advocate, I was happy with the title "Choices of the Heart", in which I played this pioneering birth control advocate'

Answer: Margaret Sanger


Question: 'This type of radiation, & letter of the alphabet, hulked out Bruce Banner'

Answer: gamma


Question: 'The 3 states on Michigan's southern borders'

Answer: Indiana, Ohio, & Wisconsin


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew rubs a statue on the Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.)  It brings luck to touch the statue of this saint of Nepomuk, who was martyred by being thrown from the bridge in 1393'

Answer: Saint John


Question: '"The Unsinkable Mr. French"'

Answer: Family Affair


Question: 'The third book in her "Earth's Children" series, "The Mammoth Hunters" was a mammoth bestseller in 1985'

Answer: (Jean) Auel


Question: 'In 1977 this Danish queen, an artist & a Tolkien fan, illustrated an edition of "The Lord of the Rings"'

Answer: Queen Margrethe


Question: 'Number 9, Number 9, Number 9; it's seen here'

Answer: iota


Question: 'The name of this Rocky Mountain state comes from 2 Indian words meaning "at the big plains"'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'In 1946 he wrote, "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful & murder respectable"'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'Born in Shawnee, Oklahoma in 1963, he's People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive for the second time'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'On March 16, 1974 this president played "God Bless America" on the piano at the dedication of the new Opry house'

Answer: Richard M. Nixon


Question: 'This 1995 film is based on the book "The Sheep-Pig"'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'To wander, or a European capital'

Answer: Roam/Rome


Question: 'While the Mounds bar was introduced in 1920, this nutty counterpart didn't appear until 1946'

Answer: Almond Joy


Question: 'Brat Packer haunted by Patrick Swayze in "Ghost"'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'This school in Stillwater opened in the 1890s as the Oklahoma Agricultural & Mechanical College'

Answer: Oklahoma State University


Question: 'From 1980 through 1993, this "stately" group led by Randy Owen had 32 of its 42 charted singles reach No. 1'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Piggy is one of the boys stranded on a desert island in his "Lord of the Flies"'

Answer: William Golding


Question: 'A big gun, or a book of religious law'

Answer: Cannon/canon


Question: 'These malted milk balls were first sold unwrapped, 2 for a penny; today they come in milk carton packaging'

Answer: Whoppers


Question: 'The Lone Ranger'

Answer: Clayton Moore


Question: 'This Apache leader was a prisoner of war at Oklahoma's Fort Sill from 1894 until his death in 1909'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'She's the famous fiddler & singer seen here'

Answer: Alison Krauss


Question: 'In "Charlotte's Web", Charlotte helps keep this pig from becoming Christmas dinner'

Answer: Wilbur


Question: 'A member of a royal family, or some photographs'

Answer: Prince/prints


Question: 'Fire Stix was the first flavor of this candy to be introduced'

Answer: Jolly Rancher


Question: 'A big screen Bond'

Answer: Roger Moore


Question: 'Peter Sellers could tell you that the "Pink Panther" movies were produced & directed by this Oklahomie'

Answer: Blake Edwards


Question: 'Released in May 1992, his debut album "Some Gave All" was certified triple platinum by July'

Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus


Question: 'This author wrote about Piglet, a toy that had been a gift to his son from a neighbor'

Answer: A.A. Milne


Question: 'Large ocean mammals, or a small division of Great Britain'

Answer: Whales/Wales


Question: 'A little birdie told me these classic candies are simply licorice-flavored dots'

Answer: Crows


Question: 'A would-be Gerald Ford assassin'

Answer: Sara Jane Moore


Question: 'As it crosses Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 81 follows or parallels this famous 1800s cattle trail'

Answer: Chisholm Trail


Question: 'Ferocious man-eating wild boars appear in this author's "Hannibal"'

Answer: Thomas Harris


Question: 'Masticates, or select'

Answer: Chews/choose


Question: 'A baby's first words might be the name of this chocolate, peanut, marshmallow & caramel treat created in 1912'

Answer: Goo Goo Cluster


Question: 'His handiwork is seen here<br />("Locking Piece")'

Answer: Henry Moore


Question: '(Hi, I'm Yolanda King)  In 1963 my father delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech before this monument in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Lincoln Memorial


Question: 'Jimmy Stewart fights kidnappers in "The Man Who Knew" this'

Answer: Too Much


Question: 'God actually told him to transport 7 pairs of each clean animal'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Expect cloudy days when a cold one of these catches a warm one & forms an occluded one'

Answer: Front


Question: 'A dentist may employ 1 or more of these licensed technicians to clean teeth & to provide other preventive care'

Answer: Hygienist


Question: 'On TV Sally Field played a flying one'

Answer: Nun


Question: '(Hi, I'm Reverend Bernice A. King)  As an advocate of nonviolence, my father, Martin Luther King, Jr., embraced the philosophy & teachings of this Indian leader'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'In "Safari", Victor Mature gets the girl played by this actress seen here'

Answer: Janet Leigh


Question: 'Mary "brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in" these, "and laid him in a manger"'

Answer: Swaddling clothes


Question: 'This type of air from above 66 degrees north latitude will send the mercury falling'

Answer: Arctic air


Question: 'Apothecary is an old-fashioned term for this professional'

Answer: Pharmacist


Question: 'This automaker has asked you to "Enjoy the Ride" in its models that include the Sentra, Altima & Maxima'

Answer: Nissan


Question: '(Hi, I'm Christine King Farris)  As a student at Morehouse College, my brother was inspired by this writer's essay on "Civil Disobedience"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'This musical opens at the premiere of a movie starring Gene Kelly's & Jean Hagen's characters'

Answer: Singin\' in the Rain


Question: 'Absalom was killed during a rebellion against this man, his father'

Answer: David


Question: 'Don't worry about Ulka yet -- she's not a hurricane, just one of these "storms" with winds over 38 MPH'

Answer: Tropical storm


Question: 'From the Latin word for "wine", it's a person who makes or sells wine'

Answer: Vintner


Question: 'It's usually used to describe a treaty calling for the cessation of the spread of nuclear weapons'

Answer: Non-proliferation


Question: '(Hi, I'm Martin Luther King III)  In 1998 I became president of this organization co-founded by my father & known as the SCLC for short'

Answer: Southern Christian Leadership Conference


Question: 'Norma Shearer played Elizabeth Barrett Browning in a 1934 film version of "The Barretts of" this street'

Answer: Wimpole Street


Question: 'Shamgar the judge passed sentences on 600 Philistines by killing them with a goad for this animal'

Answer: Ox


Question: 'Brace yourself for storms -- we're in one of these elongated low-pressure areas, like a hungry pig'

Answer: Trough


Question: 'The manager of a hotel or the headwaiter at a restaurant often goes by this French title'

Answer: Maitre d\'


Question: 'A slang term for the head, it can also be a small mug or cup'

Answer: Noggin


Question: '(Yolanda King speaking)  In 1960 my father, MLK Jr., joined my grandfather as co-pastor of this Baptist church in Atlanta'

Answer: Ebenezer Baptist Church


Question: 'This director made a splash with the 1962 film "Noz W Wodzie" or "Knife in the Water"'

Answer: Roman Polanski


Question: 'While this king was boasting about Babylon, a voice from heaven said, "The kingdom is departed from thee"'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: 'Poor air quality will result from this layer in which the atmosphere warms as you go higher'

Answer: Inversion layer


Question: 'It's a type of criminal, or a person who heats & hammers metal into shape'

Answer: Forger


Question: 'A 9-sided closed plane figure'

Answer: Nonagon


Question: 'Introduced to desktops in 1950, it was designed by Arnold Neustadter & featured a ball-bearing clutch'

Answer: Rolodex


Question: 'Alcohol may have contributed to his leaving the army in the 1850s; he came back fighting in the 1860s'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'This author returns with "Harry Potter and the Nagging Back Injury", because why not make another billion?'

Answer: Rowling


Question: 'Until 1809 this legendary character was portrayed as tall & thin; Washington Irving made him jolly & stout'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'By him in 1899, the Oedipus Complex'

Answer: Freud


Question: 'Number of representatives from Alaska in the U.S. house'

Answer: one


Question: 'A move from coach to first class'

Answer: an upgrade


Question: 'He drove around his Texas ranch in a convertible & stopped to have the Secret Service refill his scotch & soda'

Answer: (Lyndon) Johnson


Question: 'Luke Perry returns as Dylan, now a jaded AARP rep, on the newest incarnation of this ZIP code show'

Answer: 90210


Question: 'On Jan. 13, 1948 at the age of 78, he began his last fast, which lasted 5 days'

Answer: Gandhi


Question: 'By Newton--no, Leibniz--no, Newt--anyway, this branch of math'

Answer: calculus


Question: 'Number of toes on each front paw of most cats'

Answer: five


Question: 'Jill, from Jack (for a moment)'

Answer: uphill


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew uncorks a bottle in a replica distillery in Mount Vernon, VA.)  One of Washington's most successful endeavors was Mount Vernon's distillery, the largest in America at the time, which produced this potent potable'

Answer: whiskey


Question: 'What a career makeover! this "Simple Life" hotel heiress wins a best actress Oscar for "The English Patient 2"'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'Told that his obesity would be the death of him, this former governor of Arkansas lost 110 pounds'

Answer: (Mike) Huckabee


Question: 'By Rutherford in 1919, this particle, 22 years after the electron'

Answer: the proton


Question: 'According to the International Astronomical Union, the number of planets in our solar system'

Answer: eight


Question: 'Breaking news from Seth Meyers'

Answer: Weekend Update


Question: 'The wine tab for this Virginian president for one year in office was $7,597'

Answer: (Thomas) Jefferson


Question: 'She won an Oscar as the queen in "Shakespeare in Love"; now she wins a Grammy for her CD of 50 Cent rap covers'

Answer: Dame Judy Dench


Question: 'This one of the "Three Tenors" who died in 2007 had mobility problems due to his 350-pound frame'

Answer: Pavarotti


Question: 'By McCollum in 1913, this, which you need for healthy eyes'

Answer: vitamin A


Question: 'Decennoval refers to this number that's also the atomic number of potassium'

Answer: 19


Question: 'Manhattan north of 59th street'

Answer: uptown


Question: 'This future president disgraced himself as Lincoln's VP with a drunken speech on inauguration day'

Answer: (Andrew) Johnson


Question: 'Pam Anderson's ex (at press time), this Motley Crue drummer is back on reality TV when he "Goes to Medical School!"'

Answer: Tommy Lee


Question: 'Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers said, "I had to create this...strong, powerful (king) without being 6 feet 4 & 300 lbs,"'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'By an African trawler in 1938, this antediluvian fish'

Answer: coelacanth


Question: 'Number of U.S. states that begin with the letter I'

Answer: four


Question: 'St. Paul, from St. Louis'

Answer: upriver


Question: 'Lorraine Hansberry's African-American family now visits Jake Barnes in Spain for some bullfighting'

Answer: Raisin in the Sun Also Rises


Question: 'Film actor: male turkey boat trip'

Answer: Tom Cruise


Question: 'Philadelphia's Torre is one of the nation's largest retailers specializing in this type of clothing for large fellas'

Answer: Big & Tall


Question: 'The Pacific Ocean current named for this South American country is also called the Humboldt Current'

Answer: Peru


Question: '"Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also" do this'

Answer: reap


Question: 'She entered the House of Commons in 1959; a higher post awaited'

Answer: (Margaret) Thatcher


Question: 'H.G. Wells sci-fi novel about Sir Thomas More & his ability to not be seen'

Answer: The Invisible Man for All Seasons


Question: 'Country singer: belief knoll'

Answer: Faith Hill


Question: 'This Virginia college founded in 1693 is home to the Flat Hat Club, the nation's oldest academic secret society'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'This capital is built on a promontory with the Lebanon Mountains behind it'

Answer: Beruit


Question: '"And God looked upon the Earth, and behold, it was corrupt" is part of the story of this man'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Works by this anthropologist include "Growing up in New Guinea"'

Answer: Margaret Mead


Question: 'Norman Mailer's true story of Gary Gilmore, a key player in Toni Morrison's "biblical" novel'

Answer: The Executioner\'s Song of Solomon


Question: 'Sports star: big cat forest'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'Ricky Nelson's parents on TV & in real life'

Answer: Harriet & Ozzie


Question: 'Popular for winter sports, this Austrian city is the capital of the Tirol state'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'This chair "of God" comes up a lot in Revelation; "a pure river of water of life" flows from it'

Answer: throne


Question: 'Sun Tzu meets Tolstoy on the battlefield in this classic strategy meets storytelling merger'

Answer: The Art of War and Peace


Question: 'Magnate: invoice fence openings'

Answer: Bill Gates


Question: 'In French this 1843 Edgar Allan Poe tale is "Le Puits et le Pendule"'

Answer: The Pit & the Pendulum


Question: 'St, John & Newcastle are towns in this Canadian province'

Answer: New Brunswick


Question: 'After Jesus walked on water, the disciples said, "of a truth thou art" this'

Answer: the Son of God


Question: 'She is credited with coining the term "birth control"'

Answer: Margaret Sanger


Question: 'A clue to Umberto Eco's murdered monks--they have the same indelible skin pattern, a flower from Tennessee Williams'

Answer: The Name of the Rose Tattoo


Question: 'Promoter: organized-crime-family-head monarch'

Answer: Don King


Question: 'The founders of Arthur Treacher's bought the London restaurant that originated this convenience food'

Answer: fish & chips


Question: 'In 2005 this New Mexico city was sued to remove the religious symbols from its official logo'

Answer: Las Cruces


Question: 'In 1 Samuel 10, Saul is presented "and all the people shouted" this anthemic phrase'

Answer: God save the king


Question: 'The last names found on these 2 sports venues, both in Queens, are anagrams of each other'

Answer: Arthur Ashe Stadium & Shea Stadium


Question: 'The state capital out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'The 2011 documentary subtitled "Never Say Never" follows this singing sensation'

Answer: Justin Bieber


Question: 'As opposed to a cable modem, a DSL connection uses these lines to connect to the web'

Answer: phone lines


Question: 'This desert extends more than 3,500 miles across northern Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: 'I can smell it in the oven--be it white, wheat or sourdough, November 17 is homemade this'

Answer: bread


Question: 'It's a male singing voice just above a baritone'

Answer: a tenor


Question: 'This Missouri capital is one of the 4 named after a U.S. president'

Answer: Jefferson City


Question: 'This actress said she was relieved that her series "Hannah Montana" had ended: "I've grown out of it"'

Answer: Miley Cyrus


Question: 'Malware can generate this type of threat that's also the name for an infectious agent that plagues humans'

Answer: a virus


Question: 'It's wet, sticky earth; it's also a term for nasty accusations politicians throw at each other'

Answer: mud


Question: 'December 15 is the day to celebrate the ratification of this part of the constitution'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'A beginning Boy Scout'

Answer: a tenderfoot


Question: 'One of the 2 that end in "polis"'

Answer: Annapolis (or Indianapolis)


Question: 'Before the "Twilight" movies, he was sharkboy in "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl"'

Answer: Taylor Lautner


Question: 'If a program locks up, try hitting this combination of 3 keys at the same time to open the task manager'

Answer: ctrl + alt + delete


Question: 'In hardness, pellets called graupel that fall from the sky are partway between snow & this'

Answer: hail


Question: 'Mid-June brings world this day; give me 3 balls, 3 rings or better yet 3 flaming torches & I'll show you!'

Answer: juggling


Question: 'It attaches a muscle to a bone'

Answer: a tendon


Question: 'It's the northernmost state capital; it can get real cold there too'

Answer: Juneau


Question: 'On "Drake & Josh" she played Drake's little sister Megan; now she plays Carly Shay'

Answer: Miranda Cosgrove


Question: 'When an Internet page says "file not found", you're getting this 3-digit error'

Answer: a 404


Question: 'We itch to tell you the scientific name of this shrub is toxicodendron radicans; not so good, old planet earth!'

Answer: poison ivy


Question: 'In Tennessee, Confederate Memorial Day is observed on June 3, the birthday of this confederate president'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: '9-letter word meaning unsure or hesitant'

Answer: tentative


Question: 'As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger had his office in this state capital'

Answer: Sacramento


Question: 'She co-wrote "Lovesick", a song from her 2010 album "Fight or Flight"'

Answer: Emily Osment


Question: 'The trident logo refers to this type of 3-letter port, to which you can add all sorts of peripherals'

Answer: a USB port


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew writes with a rock.)  It's not surprising that the name of this mineral comes from the Greek for "to write"'

Answer: graphite


Question: 'Officially approved by Congress in 2009, National Pi Day is celebrated on this date'

Answer: March, 14


Question: 'The person who pays rent to a landlord'

Answer: a tenant


Question: 'The megaloceros was the largest one of these mammals that ever lived; it was over 10 feet tall & had 11-foot antlers'

Answer: a deer


Question: 'Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy are the favorite superheroes of this title Nickelodeon guy'

Answer: Sponge Bob Square Pants


Question: 'On July 8, 1776 to announce the first public reading of this'

Answer: the Declaration of Independance


Question: 'The original slogan for these: "Drop 'em in the toaster--or eat 'em just as they are"'

Answer: pop tarts


Question: 'I:XI'

Answer: 1:11


Question: 'A stone marker on a grave, or an Old West Arizona town'

Answer: a tombstone


Question: 'Cultivation of this 3-letter tree fruit may have started in the Middle East over 10,000 years ago'

Answer: a fig


Question: 'Here's a quote from this kid who shares a show title with "Fanboy": "I'm a pony! Vroom vroom! Beep beep!"'

Answer: Chum Chum


Question: 'On February 4, 1771 to summon the Pennsylvania assembly into session to repeal the duty on this commodity'

Answer: tea


Question: 'The Dorsa family created this frozen waffle'

Answer: Eggos


Question: 'VII:XXX'

Answer: 7:30


Question: 'The non-returning type of this Australian weapon is used for hunting'

Answer: a boomerang


Question: 'Anthropologists say this was the first of the genus Homo to leave Africa, sometime after 1.8 million years ago'

Answer: Homo erectus


Question: '"Cute & cuddly, boys!" this animated series set at the Central Park zoo is for the birds'

Answer: The Penguins of Madagascar


Question: 'On July 8, 1763 to give notice of the end of this war'

Answer: the French and Indian War


Question: 'This Kellogg's cereal has been "talking" since 1927'

Answer: Rice Krispies


Question: 'You hear this term meaning a term of 3 months a lot regarding pregnancy'

Answer: a trimester


Question: 'The Mousterian industry was the tool culture associated with these humans who predated the cro-magnons'

Answer: Neanderthals


Question: '"Dodgebrawl" & "Brunch of Disgustingness" were episodes set on this title "Survivor " -like "island"'

Answer: Total Drama Island


Question: 'On Feb 3, 1757, when the Assembly directed this man to go to England to address colonial grievances'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'This word precedes the Big Red "K" in the name of a Kellogg's cereal'

Answer: Special


Question: 'Seen here are the remnants of one of these star imploding & exploding transformations'

Answer: a supernova


Question: 'These 3-lobed sea creatures breathed through gills on their legs'

Answer: trilobites


Question: 'A 6-foot-tall blue jay named Mordecai & Rigby the Raccoon are best buds on this Cartoon Network offering'

Answer: Regular Show


Question: 'On feb,11, 1915; a recording was transmitted to the opening of the Pan Pacific Exposition in this west coast city'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'An apple wearing high tops & a cinnamon stick in a hat are on the box of this Kellogg's cereal'

Answer: Apple Jacks


Question: 'It's a plot of land on which many different trees are grown for study or display'

Answer: an arboretum


Question: 'On September 2, 1945 New Zealand Air Marshal Leonard Isitt put the final signature on the document that ended this'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'In U.S., most rainy days per year, up to 350, occur in this state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'A U.S. Treasury bond called "a James Bond" matures in this year of the next century'

Answer: 2007


Question: 'We don't know if Lois ever complained about him being "faster than a speeding bullet"'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'While the pharaohs built ancient wonders, Ferdinand de Lesseps built this "modern" one'

Answer: the Suez Canal


Question: 'Much married bandleader Arthur Arshawsky'

Answer: Artie Shaw


Question: 'It's both the title of Donna Summer's hit of January 1980 & where you could hear it'

Answer: "On The Radio"


Question: 'Glacial advances into Europe from mid 16th to late 19th C. are sometimes called little versions of these'

Answer: the ice age


Question: 'If you're into "heavy breathers", you might have read one of these by Rosemary Rogers or Danielle Steel'

Answer: a romance novel


Question: 'Her man still is Moondoggie'

Answer: Gidget


Question: 'Nefertari & Nefertiti were 2 of them'

Answer: queens of Egypt


Question: 'Born Edith Giovanna Gassion, her stage surname was Parisian slang for "sparrow"'

Answer: Piaf


Question: 'In 1984, comfortably or not, Lionel Richie was "stuck" here'

Answer: "On You"


Question: 'Tiros was an experimental prototype for these'

Answer: weather satellites


Question: 'Canine name for a person who makes a business of smuggling aliens into U.S.'

Answer: a coyote


Question: 'Lea Thompson, bedding down with this "boyfriend" in a 1986 film really bedded "down"!'

Answer: Howard the Duck


Question: 'Though union with Syria fell through, Gamal Abdel Nasser continued to call Egypt this'

Answer: the United Arab Republic


Question: 'Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck, George V's consort'

Answer: Queen Mary


Question: 'Travel song from 1939 film to which the following 1970s song is equivalent:'

Answer: "We\'re Off To See The Wizard"


Question: 'Though named for snow, it's the dirtiest state in the U.S.'

Answer: Nevada


Question: '"Celebrity rot" refers to an aging entertainer's increasing inability to do this'

Answer: entertain


Question: 'The millionaire boyfriend about whom Margot Lane might have sung "Me & My Shadow"'

Answer: Lamont Cranston


Question: 'It's said the Mosque of Ibn Tulun has the only spiral one of these in the world'

Answer: a minaret


Question: 'When you say "bonjour" to Francoise Quoirez, call her by this nom de plume'

Answer: Françoise Sagan


Question: 'This 1962 #1 hit by Mr. Acker Bilk could be about an alien at the beach'

Answer: "Stranger On The Shore"


Question: 'The instrument most often used to measure surface wind speed'

Answer: anemometer


Question: '"Greeny" is slang, not for a little martian, but for anyone concerned about this'

Answer: the environment


Question: 'As Frau Blucher in "Young Frankenstein" she spoke the line, "Yes, yes he was my boyfriend"'

Answer: Cloris Leachman


Question: 'Though founded in Cairo in 1945, in 1979 this organization suspended Egypt's membership'

Answer: the Arab League


Question: 'Born Elizabeth Bloomer, this late bloomer was a divorcee when she married a future president in 1948'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: '"I'll keep on tryin' & I'll smile when I feel like cryin'" are part of this Stephen Bishop philosophy'

Answer: "On And On"


Question: 'Holiday on which Washington "crossed the Delaware"'

Answer: Christmas


Question: 'Football's New York Jets play their home games in a N.J. stadium named for this other team'

Answer: the Giants


Question: 'This department puts the "T" in T-bills'

Answer: the Treasury Department


Question: 'Lorimar-Telepictures bought this studio's Culver City lot & will rename the Thalberg Bldg.'

Answer: MGM


Question: 'Encyclopedia Americana estimates it to be 61,600,600'

Answer: the world horse population


Question: 'Circa 1800, Josiah Spode II created this by adding powdered bone to hard-paste porcelain'

Answer: bone china


Question: 'Colloquial term for German mercenaries who served with the British'

Answer: Hessians


Question: 'Oldest NFL stadium is this city's Soldier Field'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'What the letters I.R.A. stand for'

Answer: individual retirement account


Question: 'They built their first soundstage in 1931 but didn't release a live-action feature until 1950'

Answer: Disney


Question: 'Of a senator, Civil War hero, or horse, identity of the Justin Morgan for whom the Morgan is named'

Answer: a horse


Question: 'Glasslike substance used in painting decorations on china, whether "over" or "under"'

Answer: lay


Question: 'Under the Treaty of Paris, the British ceded Florida back to this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Sites of the largest stadiums named for JFK & RFK'

Answer: Washington, DC & Philadelphia


Question: 'The interest or dividends you get, or a sign saying you must give up the right-of-way'

Answer: yield


Question: 'In 1971, this studio's president, Darryl F. Zanuck, fired head of production, his son Richard'

Answer: 20 Century Fox


Question: 'The small Welsh pony was bred to work in the confined spaces of these'

Answer: coal mines


Question: 'France's Sevres factory 1st developed the color "bleu de roi", now commonly called this'

Answer: royal blue


Question: 'After England passed the Stamp Act, Samuel Adams helped form this opposition group in Boston'

Answer: the Sons of Liberty


Question: 'Major League baseball park with smallest seating capacity is in this city in the American League East'

Answer: Boston (Fenway Park)


Question: 'This fidelity mutual fund shares its name with a Portuguese explorer'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'Studio which has brought us 6 "Friday the 13th" movies so far - thanks, guys'

Answer: Paramount


Question: 'Suffolk, Shire, & Clydesdale breeds are this type of horse whose name means "pulling"'

Answer: draft horses


Question: 'English potter famed for his pale blue jasperware, he was grandfather to Charles Darwin'

Answer: Wedgwood


Question: 'This general did so well in the Revolution Washington made him our country's 1st Sec'y of War'

Answer: General Henry Knox


Question: 'Major League baseball park with largest seating capacity is in this city in the American League East'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'Discount bonds which, as their names suggest, pay no dividends'

Answer: zero coupons


Question: 'The largest studio stage in the world is the "007 Stage" at this English studio'

Answer: Pinewood


Question: 'Until reaching this milestone, stallions, geldings & mares alike are known as "maidens"'

Answer: until winning a race


Question: 'Tho it's named for nearby East German city, this fine porcelain is a speciality of Meissen Men'

Answer: Dresden china


Question: 'Now seen as a TV spokesman, he was only astronaut to orbit earth in Mercury, Gemini, & Apollo craft'

Answer: Wally Schirra


Question: 'Local languages besides French include Provencal in Provence & this in Flanders'

Answer: Flemish


Question: 'Spanish:<br />Lunes'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'This fan-suggested flavor is the first named for a rock legend'

Answer: Cherry Garcia


Question: 'Hebrew for "praise God", it's a shout of praise to God'

Answer: hallelujah


Question: 'September 8: she defeats her younger sister 6-2, 6-4 to repeat as women's champion at the U.S. Open'

Answer: Venus Williams


Question: 'Soccer fan Marc Anthony sent an apology to this L.A. Galaxy midfielder after missing his first game'

Answer: David Beckham


Question: 'A part-iridium cylinder in France is the standard for this metric unit of mass (about 2.2 pounds)'

Answer: a kilogram


Question: 'French:<br />Mardi'

Answer: Tuesday


Question: 'It's the rhyming name of Ben & Jerry's banana ice cream with fudge and walnuts'

Answer: Chunky Monkey


Question: 'If you order hirame in a sushi bar, you'll get this North Atlantic fish'

Answer: halibut


Question: 'April 1: April fool! This former Serbian dictator surrenders to the police'

Answer: Milošević


Question: 'Chris Farley apologizes after a deer ruins this actor's car in "Tommy Boy"'

Answer: David Spade


Question: '(Sarah gives the clue from Omaha Beach.) The amphibious assault on Normandy took place at five beaches. The British landed at Gold and Sword, the Canadians at Juno, and the Americans at Omaha Beach and this beach to the west'

Answer: Utah


Question: 'German:<br />Mittwoch'

Answer: Wednesday


Question: 'A sweet cream ice cream with fudge dinosaurs has this alliterative name, though it tastes better than coal'

Answer: Fossil Fuel


Question: 'This astronomer financed the 1687 publication of Isaac Newton's masterwork, the "Principia"'

Answer: Edmund Halley


Question: 'November 19: the establishment of this agency that cleared you to get on the plane that brought you to Los Angeles'

Answer: the TSA (Transportation Security Administration)


Question: 'A 2008 Best Picture nominee hinges on whether a former president will apologize during an interview with this man'

Answer: David Frost


Question: 'The oldest society of the Institut de France, it published its first dictionary in 1694'

Answer: the (French) Academy


Question: 'Dutch:<br />Donderdag'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'The name of this West Indies island is followed by "Me Crazy" in the name of a pineapple sorbet'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'It's the medical term for bad breath'

Answer: halitosis


Question: 'March 13: the U.S. bans meat imports from the EU due to outbreaks of this "anatomical" disease'

Answer: hoof-and-mouth


Question: 'Before losing to David Cook, he sang "Apologize" with One Republic on the 2008 "American Idol" finale'

Answer: David Archuleta


Question: 'In 1848 Louis Napoleon Bonaparte was elected president; in 1852 he took this name as Emperor'

Answer: Napoleon III


Question: 'Hebrew:<br />Shabbat'

Answer: Saturday


Question: 'There are almond cookies in the flavor called "Mission to" this confection'

Answer: Marzipan


Question: 'Naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride'

Answer: halite


Question: 'This presidential hopeful said "I screwed up" after skipping out on a David Letterman taping in 2008'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'Vivaldi was born in this city where his dad was a violinist at St. Mark's'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'On HBO: "Those highest natural singing voices"'

Answer: The Sopranos


Question: '"You may delay, but time will not", he wrote in "Poor Richard's Almanack"'

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


Question: 'Though it's gone beyond the corporate world, IBM stands for this'

Answer: International Business Machines


Question: 'This university's Hargrett Library has a special collection devoted to author Margaret Mitchell'

Answer: the University of Georgia


Question: 'A favorite of chefs, this type of chocolate contains at least 35% chocolate liquor'

Answer: bittersweet


Question: 'Vivaldi suffered from a lifelong strettezza di petto ("tightness of the chest"), thought to be bronchial this'

Answer: asthma


Question: 'Since 2004, a Sunday night staple: "Needy domestic engineers"'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: 'This Marlowe title doctor asks the heavens to stand still "that time may cease and midnight never come"'

Answer: Faustus


Question: 'Originally an adding machine maker, in 1944 IBM made its first steps toward one of these with the Harvard Mark I'

Answer: a computer


Question: 'Although founded in 1867, this Washington, D.C. school didn't have its first black president until 1926'

Answer: Howard


Question: 'Try, make an effort, even a "vain" one'

Answer: attempt


Question: 'A redhead, Vivaldi was called il prete rosso, "the red" this (he'd been ordained in 1703)'

Answer: priest


Question: 'A game show: <br />"Tinseltown Nerds"'

Answer: Hollywood Squares


Question:
'Per Longfellow, "We can make our lives sublime /
And parting leave behind us /
footprints on" these'

Answer: the sands of time


Question: 'Making data transport easier, one of IBM's innovations was the creation of this "disk" in 1971'

Answer: floppy disk


Question: 'The 20-inch Hale Telescope on Mount Palomar is owned and operated by this school'

Answer: Caltech


Question: 'On "Mindfreak", Criss Angel escaped from 2 of these restrictive garments while dangling from a crane'

Answer: straitjacket


Question: 'In 1725 Vivaldi published this (Opus 8, Nos. 1-4), a cycle of violin concerti'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'A sitcom: "DeFazio plus Feeney"'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: '"The time has come", this character says, "to talk of many things"'

Answer: the Walrus


Question: 'IBM may have earned this colorful nickname from the conservative dress code imposed on its employees'

Answer: "Big Blue"


Question: 'This New London, Connecticut academy's motto is "The sea yields to knowledge"'

Answer: the Coast Guard Academy


Question: 'From the white lining seen when it opens its jaws, the water moccasin is also called this'

Answer: cottonmouth


Question: 'Vivaldi composed nearly 40 of these sung pieces, including "Amor, Hai Vinto" & "Perfidissimo Cor"'

Answer: cantatas


Question: 'A cop drama: "Those thoroughfares within a  West Coast bay city"'

Answer: Streets of San Francisco


Question: 'Andrew Marvell wrote, "At my back I always hear /<br />Time's winged" this transport "hurrying near"'

Answer: a chariot


Question: 'It's the last name of father & son Thomas Sr. & Jr., who led IBM for more than 50 years'

Answer: Watson


Question: 'In 1842 Willamette University in this state capital became the first college on the West Coast'

Answer: Salem (Oregon)


Question: 'It's the 18-letter term for a doctor who treats stomach & intestinal disorders'

Answer: gastroenterologist


Question: 'On April 14, 1865 Abraham Lincoln authorized this govt. agency; its main job then was to protect against counterfeiting'

Answer: the Secret Service


Question: 'In 2004 the Stratocaster, one of these, turned 50'

Answer: an electric guitar


Question: 'Cicely, Alaska'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'In 1954 Tolkien followed up "The Hobbit" with this novel, the first part of a trilogy'

Answer: The Fellowship of the Ring


Question: 'The pancreas secretes this hormone in response to high levels of blood sugar'

Answer: insulin


Question: 'In 2000 Fortune magazine named this toy of plastic "automatic binding blocks" the toy of the past century'

Answer: Legos


Question: 'It follows "America" in the name of an airline that went into the sunset in 2005'

Answer: West


Question: 'Licorice stick is a slang term for this woodwind instrument'

Answer: clarinet


Question: 'Sunnydale, California'

Answer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer


Question: 'And it burns, burns, burns, this 3-word zone of the Pacific Ocean highlighted here'

Answer: the Ring of Fire


Question: 'This pigmented circular muscle surrounds the pupil of the eye'

Answer: the iris


Question: 'These Massachusetts siblings began their empire in the 1880s with a game called Banking'

Answer: Parker Brothers


Question: 'You can't help but love Shrek even though he's a big, green one of these monsters'

Answer: ogre


Question: 'A pedal mechanism allows this large orchestral drum to be tuned to different pitches'

Answer: a timpani (or kettledrum)


Question: 'Metropolis, Kansas'

Answer: Smallville


Question: 'This newspaperman established his fame with 1916's "You Know Me, Al"; his "Jr." son was also a writer of note'

Answer: Ring Lardner


Question: 'In the late 1950s the Asian type of this virus caused 70,000 deaths in the U.S.; the Hong Kong strain struck in the '60s'

Answer: influenza


Question: 'These cute, cuddly plush toys were introduced in 2005 along with a code allowing kids access to an online community'

Answer: Webkinz


Question: 'It's the word you normally see on this traffic sign'

Answer: detour


Question: 'It wasn't until the '60s that we really became familiar with this instrument heard here'

Answer: the sitar


Question: 'Dillon, Texas; Go Panthers!'

Answer: Friday Night Lights


Question: 'Slip into the bikini this, the ring-shaped geographic feature seen here'

Answer: an atoll


Question: 'Robert Edwards won a 2010 Nobel Prize for developing this, which led to the birth of Louise Brown in 1978'

Answer: in vitro fertilization


Question: 'This toy train was created in 1901 as an animated ad for a toy store window display'

Answer: Lionel


Question: 'Several members of the Dandolo family held this Venetian job'

Answer: doge


Question: 'Jascha Heifetz taught a master class on this instrument at USC'

Answer: the violin


Question: 'New New York, New York'

Answer: Futurama


Question: 'This poet finished "The Ring and the Book", a story of a Roman murder case of the 1600s, 28 years after "Pippa Passes"'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: 'This superficial skin infection is caused by staphylococcus & streptococcus bacteria'

Answer: impetigo


Question: 'In 1938 William Gruber developed this 3-D viewer; it took off after he got the rights to use Disney characters'

Answer: View-Master


Question: 'John Hancock was a sufferer of this chronic disease that causes a painful swelling of the joints'

Answer: gout


Question: 'When this Russian empress learned she had dandruff, she locked up her hairdresser so he couldn't tell'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'A man... a woman in distress... ladder climbing... a giant ape... this video game that debuted in 1981 had it all!'

Answer: Donkey Kong


Question: '"Tithe" comes from the Old English meaning this fraction'

Answer: 1/10


Question: 'Leapin' lizards!  Andrea McArdle & Sarah Jessica Parker have both played this title orphan'

Answer: Annie


Question: 'A competition in which culinary specialties are prepared'

Answer: a cook-off


Question: 'One reason this fascist Italian dictator adopted the Roman salute may have been a fear of shaking hands'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'The Wayfarer style of this brand of sunglasses was an '80s fave'

Answer: Ray-Ban


Question: 'The Advent of Christ on Judgment Day is also called this 2-word phrase'

Answer: the second coming


Question: 'Katherine Leigh Doherty & Matthew Gumley played Jane & Michael Banks when this title woman flew onto Broadway in 2006'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'In 1889 this territory was divided into 2 states; so Sioux me!'

Answer: the Dakota Territory


Question: 'This "rock" of a general was an unpopular teacher at VMI before the Civil War & was often the target of pranks'

Answer: Stonewall Jackson


Question: 'He was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 1982 & 1986 & then it was on to the presidency!  Well, not quite'

Answer: (Michael) Dukakis


Question: 'As 4 of his units moved on Madrid, a Spanish Civil War general coined this term to describe the extra support inside the capital'

Answer: the fifth column


Question: 'Wednesday has Mondays off in this 2010 Broadway show, along with Pugsley, played by Adam Riegler'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'A tree of the walnut family, or slang for a baseball bat'

Answer: hickory


Question: 'This electricity pioneer & coil inventor lived as a virtual recluse & was obsessed with raising pigeons'

Answer: Tesla


Question:
'2004: Matt Dillon;
2006: Jessica Simpson
(there are 12 a year at some businesses)'

Answer: Employee of the Month


Question: 'This stainless-steel car with gull-wing doors debuted in 1981; fewer than 10,000 were made'

Answer: the DeLorean


Question: 'In Judaism, Arabot, a place where righteousness & justice are found, is also called this, just like a Jessica Biel TV show'

Answer: seventh heaven


Question: 'In 1983 Roshi Handwerger was 10-year-old Patrick Dennis & Angela Lansbury, this title woman'

Answer: (Auntie) Mame


Question: 'Electronic guidance has phased out navigation by compass & clock, this morbid-sounding art'

Answer: dead reckoning


Question: 'In 1778 this man, the elder, suffered a fatal collapse minutes after speaking against Colonial independence'

Answer: (William) Pitt


Question:
'1946: Ingrid Bergman;
2009: Jamal Woolard
(not saying which, but one is about rap music)'

Answer: Notorious


Question: 'The piece seen here is by this pop artist who started out graffitiing New York City subways in 1981'

Answer: Keith Haring


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Though the 1954 Geneva Accords boundary included the Ben Hai River, it was named for this northern parallel of latitude'

Answer: the 17th


Question: 'In 1991 11-year-old Daisy Eagan became the youngest female Tony winner, for "The Secret" this'

Answer: Garden


Question: 'This blue-gray & white-bellied shark can weigh 1,000 pounds'

Answer: the mako


Question: 'In the 4 major U.S. sports leagues, he's won more regular season MVP awards than any other player'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'Since 1974 mulch from this annual Rockefeller Center sight has gone to Boy Scouts to use as ground cover in camps'

Answer: the Christmas tree


Question: 'Emil & Kjellfrid were the parents of this actress who had us at "Hello"'

Answer: Renée Zellweger


Question: 'Gin, lemon juice, sugar & soda water:<br />____ Collins'

Answer: Tom


Question: 'The ringhals of southern Africa is also known as the spitting this'

Answer: a cobra


Question: 'It took 62 seconds in 1911 for this ship's hull to slide from its building berth into Belfast's waters'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'It covers a baby bird, or it's in your quilt'

Answer: down


Question: 'Oregon's 1972 first-in-the-nation recycling act for containers is commonly known as this alliterative "bill"'

Answer: a bottle bill


Question: 'Yvonne Strahovski plays a CIA agent on this TV show about a geek turned spy'

Answer: Chuck


Question: 'Apple brandy, pineapple juice & bitters:<br />____-in-the-box'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'Because its markings resemble the patterns on an oriental rug, an Australian python species is called this'

Answer: the carpet python


Question: 'On March 15, 2006 the George H.W. Bush was launched as the 10th & final ship in the Nimitz class of these'

Answer: an aircraft carrier


Question: 'A gap through a mountain range, e.g. Donner'

Answer: pass


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us the solar array on the roof of Sony Pictures Studios.)  Solar panels like the one used here at Sony convert energy from the sun into direct current, using these types of cells, PV for short'

Answer: photovoltaic


Question: 'This "30 Rock" actress changed her own name--it used to have a "J" before the second "K"'

Answer: Jane Krakowski


Question: 'Gin, lime & club soda:<br />Gin this guy'

Answer: Rickey


Question: 'A penny for your thoughts on this venomous snake aka the highland moccasin'

Answer: a copperhead


Question: 'Formerly known as the Bethia, this refitted ship set sail to find Tahitian breadfruit in 1787'

Answer: the Bounty


Question: 'The distance along a city street from where one road crosses it to the next road'

Answer: a block


Question: 'The U.S. Army experimented with green bullets, thought to be more Earth-friendly without this metal'

Answer: lead


Question: 'This singer/model "Fifth Element" star wants you to know her last name begins with a "yo" sound'

Answer: Milla Jovovich


Question: 'Brandy, heavy cream & brown creme de cacao:<br />Brandy ____'

Answer: Alexander


Question: 'The harlequin snake is an eastern species of this colorful but deadly biter that sounds like a real undersea serpent'

Answer: a coral snake


Question: 'Launched in 1938, it became a WWII troopship & then entered regular transatlantic service for Cunard in 1946'

Answer: the Queen Elizabeth


Question: '6-letter word for fishing equipment'

Answer: tackle


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us an engine compartment at Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI.)  Among Ford's future products is this environmentally-friendly update of the Ford Focus, with a lithium ion power train; it's known as the BEV, which stands for this'

Answer: battery electric vehicle


Question: 'This actress whose dad is from Senegal followed up "Precious" with a role as a student on "The Big C"'

Answer: Gabourey Sidibe


Question: 'Tequila, tomato juice, lemon juice, Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce:<br />the variation Bloody ____'

Answer: Maria


Question: 'A white lining exposed by an angry Agkistrodon piscivorus gets it this name'

Answer: a cottonmouth


Question: 'This guy with the name of a Norse god first took his raft Kon-Tiki for a spin in 1947'

Answer: Thor Heyerdahl


Question: 'Electrical activity impeding communication'

Answer: interference


Question: 'M<br />(Shares its name with an Ancient Egyptian city)'

Answer: Memphis


Question: '1988:<br />Teacher Jaime Escalante'

Answer: Stand and Deliver


Question: 'OMG!  So tired of bro James b-ting me up! I'm 17 & running away 2 live in this city!  Market St is gr8!'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Popular vending spot seen here--you want fries with that?'

Answer: a drive-thru


Question: 'This American sci fi author started looking into the future in Petrovichi, Russia on Jan. 2, 1920'

Answer: Asimov


Question: '2-word term for the highest emergency state of readiness'

Answer: red alert


Question: 'P<br />(It's rising out west)'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: '2004:<br />Revolutionary Che Guevara'

Answer: The Motorcycle Diaries


Question: '1758 will b last yr of me writing & pub. this: been at it 4 25 yrs, that's enuf'

Answer: Poor Richard\'s Almanack


Question: 'During times of drought this activity can be in high demand'

Answer: dowsing


Question: 'This son also rose on July 21, 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'You're "in" this if you're in good health'

Answer: the pink


Question: 'J<br />(On the Atlantic coast)'

Answer: Jacksonville


Question: '2005:<br />Boxer James J. Braddock'

Answer: Cinderella Man


Question: 'This 2-wd invention of mine saved my house during bad storm! oz./prev. = lb./cure!'

Answer: a lightning rod


Question: 'This design feature seen here has a nationality in its name'

Answer: a Dutch door


Question: 'Born in Bedfordshire, England in 1628, he was making "Progress" from the start'

Answer: (John) Bunyan


Question: 'To do this is to bring your own lunch to work from home, not necessarily in a paper sack'

Answer: to brown bag


Question: 'R<br />(Bearing the name of a 16th century English explorer)'

Answer: Raleigh


Question: '1990:<br />Mobster Henry Hill'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: '1783: War over!  Didnt get Canada 2day when I signed Treaty of this but USA h2s!'

Answer: (Treaty of) Paris


Question: 'This prominent 19th-century Englishman was an author as well as a politician'

Answer: Disraeli


Question: 'We'll give you a chocolate bar if you'll name this short story writer born Sept. 11, 1862 in North Carolina'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: '"Metallic" term for what you see when you see the bright side of a bad situation'

Answer: the silver lining


Question: 'A<br />(Named for one of the founders of the state where it's located)'

Answer: Austin (Texas)


Question: '1995:<br />Writer Jim Carroll'

Answer: The Basketball Diaries


Question: '1722: wrote 14 essays as "Silence" this: gr8 2 make fun of kids @ Harvard! LOL!'

Answer: Dogood


Question: 'This type of semi-conducting rectifier allows flow in one direction only'

Answer: a diode


Question: 'He was born at home Oct. 3, 1900 in Asheville, N.C. & later found out you can't go home again'

Answer: Thomas Wolfe


Question: 'This slang term for the intellect is also the name of colorful nerve tissue in the brain'

Answer: gray matter


Question: 'The 2 Middle East prime ministers of the same country who shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with another leader'

Answer: Shimon Peres & Yitzhak Rabin


Question:
'Nigeria,
Nepal,
Norway'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: '"Ribby" refers to this baseball stat'

Answer: runs batted in


Question: 'Archaeologists found the remains of walls near the Euphrates that may have belonged to this famous project'

Answer: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: 'Charles Darwin once wrote, "The voyage of" this ship "has been by far the most important event in my life"'

Answer: the Beagle


Question: 'These are meant to be used regularly during the meal (just in case you have a milk mustache or something...)'

Answer: napkins


Question: 'This type of photoelectric cell converts sunlight to energy'

Answer: solar


Question:
'Spain,
Mexico,
Argentina'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '(I'm Troy Vincent of the NFL.)  Along with 2 safeties, 2 players at this position of mine normally make up the secondary'

Answer: cornerbacks


Question: 'This site has seen more than its share of historic & ceremonial occasions'

Answer: the Rose Garden


Question: 'Neither this man nor his flagship the Trinidad completed the circumnavigation of the world in the 1520s'

Answer: Magellan


Question: 'These "are still the 'magic' words they've always been", & you should insist your child use them'

Answer: please & thank you


Question: 'This type of light can drill holes in diamonds or carry information over long distances'

Answer: laser


Question:
'Belgium,
the Netherlands,
Luxembourg'

Answer: the Netherlands


Question: '"Around the world" is a round of golf with this score, an allusion to a certain novel'

Answer: 80


Question: 'Term given the home vegetable gardens planted by patriotic Americans during WWII'

Answer: victory gardens


Question: 'The Mary Rose, a warship built for this British king, sank in 1545 & was raised in 1982'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'Post goes on for over a page on the "the validity of" this 2-letter word, a kid's earliest must-learn concept'

Answer: no


Question: 'A bulb gives off light from this which comes from the resistance of the filament to the electric current'

Answer: heat


Question:
'East Timor,
North Korea,
South Africa'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'In basketball, this position that can be either "small" or "power" is sometimes called "cornerman"'

Answer: forward


Question: 'Not the Golden Gate, but the gate seen here, gets you into this garden'

Answer: the Japanese Tea Garden (in San Francisco)


Question: 'In 1787 the great cabin of this ship once called the Berthia was converted to house pots to hold breadfruit'

Answer: the Bounty


Question: 'Children should learn not to interrupt others' conversations except in the case of one of these'

Answer: an emergency


Question: 'Light can behave like a particle or, when it bends, like one of these'

Answer: wave


Question:
'The Dominican Republic,
Haiti,
the Bahamas'

Answer: the Dominican Republic


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew comes to a quick stop on the slopes.)  A sharp turn perpendicular to the hill is this kind of stop, named for the game played by Brendan Shanahan'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'It's a garden in which plants are grown for scientific & educational purposes; Brooklyn has one'

Answer: a botanical garden


Question: '3 torpedoes fired from the British cruiser Dorsetshire helped sink this battleship on May 27, 1941'

Answer: the Bismarck


Question: 'On formal correspondence, you may address a boy under 7 years old by this title'

Answer: Master


Question: 'The photon, a light particle, has momentum & energy but no electric charge or this'

Answer: mass


Question: 'On "The Practice" Rebecca started at this job, not a lawyer but one authorized to use legal skills'

Answer: a paralegal


Question: '"This Land Is Your Land" is a famous song written by this man, a major influence on folk & rock'

Answer: Woody Guthrie


Question: 'In this 1903 book, Buck, a dog in California, is stolen & taken to the Klondike'

Answer: The Call of the Wild


Question: 'Lively high-kicking dance<br />(6)'

Answer: can-can


Question: 'The Sixth Amendment guarantees your right to a speedy & public one'

Answer: a trial


Question: 'A depiction of Mount Rushmore appears on this state's official license plates'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'In 1817 the first U.S. university law school was established near the Charles River at this school'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Fred Astaire's sister Adele introduced this Gershwin tune'

Answer: "The Man I Love"


Question: 'In 1798 he wrote several poems, including "France: An Ode" & "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"'

Answer: Coleridge


Question: 'Picasso's "square" style<br />(6)'

Answer: Cubism


Question: '"I feel the need... the need for speed!" is a line from this high-octane Tom Cruise movie'

Answer: Top Gun


Question: 'It's the "dark" mountainous region where you'll find Mount Rushmore'

Answer: the Black Hills


Question: 'This voluntary organization of over 350,000 lawyers was founded in 1878 by 75 of them'

Answer: the ABA (American Bar Association)


Question: 'In this song standard, Otto Harbach wrote, "Someday you'll find all who love are blind"'

Answer: "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"


Question: 'Gloria Naylor took home a 1983 National Book Award for "The Women of" this "Place"'

Answer: Brewster Place


Question: 'An exact duplicate<br />(6, 4)'

Answer: carbon copy


Question: 'In France, the TGV is a high-speed one of these'

Answer: a train


Question: 'Of the 4 men on Mount Rushmore, the 2 who were lawyers'

Answer: Lincoln & Jefferson


Question: 'In the plea known by this 2-word Latin phrase, the defendant doesn't admit or deny the charges'

Answer: nolo contendere


Question: 'There was a rush to record this big hit of 1948'

Answer: "You Call Everybody Darling"


Question: 'A 1980 Mordecai Richler novel told about this character "Then and Now"'

Answer: Joshua


Question: 'Cranky lawn weed<br />(9)'

Answer: crabgrass


Question: 'When going after prey, this chameleon part can top speeds of 16 1/2 feet per second'

Answer: its tongue


Question: 'Of the 4 men immortalized on Mount Rushmore, the one who was born last'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'If a lawyer talks to a judge about a case without opposing counsel present, it's this Latin phrase for "on one side only"'

Answer: ex parte


Question: 'The 1925 tune about this instrumental female begins, "I saw the splendor of the moonlight on Honolulu Bay"'

Answer: "Ukulele Lady"