Question: 'Administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, this territory consists of Tutuila & 6 other islands'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: 'Luther Burbank developed the Shasta variety of this flower'

Answer: daisy


Question: 'Laszlo Papp of this country was the first boxer to win Olympic gold medals in 3 successive games'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'To get something on credit is to get it "on" this part of a shirt where debts were once jotted down'

Answer: on the cuff


Question: 'Loomis was the middle name of this "Cantos" poet who loomed large over his fellow Imagists'

Answer: Ezra Pound


Question: 'Eloquent pacifist World War I film about German boys in the trenches'

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front


Question: 'James A. Michener once called this island 143 miles northwest of Tahiti the world's most beautiful island island'

Answer: Bora Bora


Question: 'In 1984 this cleric from Klerksdorp was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Bishop Desmond Tutu


Question: 'In the U.S. it refers to an old man, but in Britain it's just a guy, especially one like Black Sabbath's Mr. Butler'

Answer: geezer


Question: 'He claimed that he wrote his "Ode on Solitude" when he was 12 (& "An Essay on Man" somewhat later)'

Answer: Alexander Pope


Question: '"Spellbound" 1987 big screener featuring Susan, Michelle, Jack & Cher'

Answer: The Witches of Eastwick


Question: 'Current king Taufa'ahau Tupou IV was the first person in this nation's history to earn a college degree'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'In 1928 this Norwegian died in a plane crash while trying to rescue a fellow explorer from another crash'

Answer: Roald Amundsen


Question: 'This 19th century slang term for dollars may have been influenced by the French "Napoleon"'

Answer: samolians


Question: 'He was the first U.S. president not of British descent'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'There's Beth, Amy, Meg (I should give her a call)--all I'm missing from the "Little Women" is her'

Answer: Jo


Question: '"Coached UCLA to... 10 national titles" between 1964 & 1975'

Answer: (John) Wooden


Question: 'He was one of Time's Men of the Year for 1993 along with F.W. De Klerk, Nelson Mandela & Yitzhak Rabin'

Answer: Yasser Arafat


Question: 'Dashiki'

Answer: wear it


Question: 'The only one of these that still remains is the Pyramids of Giza'

Answer: the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World


Question: 'Federal post held by Ramsey Clark & Philander C. Knox'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'This woman filed under "S" for her first name certainly likes the oloroso type of the wine of the same name'

Answer: Sherry


Question: '"Golfer... 1st player to earn over $1 million in career (1968)... Made 48 consecutive Masters starts"'

Answer: Arnold Palmer


Question: 'This ancient dramatist is known for his innovative use of a second actor in his plays'

Answer: Aeschylus


Question: 'Kashi'

Answer: eat it


Question: 'Can I get an amen for Pope Gregory, who thankfully reduced the list of these to 7'

Answer: Deadly Sins


Question: 'This brazen biblical woman introduced the worship of Baal into Israel'

Answer: Jezebel


Question: 'From the meaning of her name, it makes sense that this daughter of rabid "Gone with the Wind" fans always wore black'

Answer: Melanie


Question: '"7-time NASCAR national champion... died in last lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500"'

Answer: Dale Earnhardt


Question: 'This famed fashion photographer passed away in October 2004'

Answer: (Richard) Avedon


Question: 'Jerkin'

Answer: wear it


Question: 'Steve McQueen's "magnificent" movie was actually a remake of a film about 7 of these guys'

Answer: samurai


Question: 'An unmarried young woman, especially on "The Dating Game"'

Answer: a bachelorette


Question: 'W is for this girl I once took to the Madison Avenue museum of the same name'

Answer: Whitney


Question: '"Energized TV sports journalism with abrasive 'tell it like it is' style"'

Answer: Howard Cosell


Question: 'After the 1994 midterm elections, this Texan became the first Republican House majority leader since the 1950s'

Answer: (Richard or Dick) Armey


Question: 'Birr'

Answer: spend it


Question: 'Tolkien should have consulted with the Brothers Grimm before having 13 of these accompany Bilbo in "The Hobbit"'

Answer: dwarves


Question: 'A "Paradise Lost" fallen angel, No. 2 to Satan'

Answer: Beelzebub


Question: 'Her Spanish name means "mercy", but she didn't show me any as she "drove" me crazy'

Answer: Mercedes


Question: '"Served 4 years for manslaughter... famous for... his catchphrase 'Only in America!'"'

Answer: Don King


Question: '"Revelations", based on African-American religious music, is this choreographer's masterpiece'

Answer: (Alvin) Ailey


Question: 'Schnecken'

Answer: eat it


Question: 'In "As You Like It" the speech that starts off "All the world's a stage" deals with these 7 periods'

Answer: the Seven Ages of Man


Question: 'This Pulitzer Prize winner penned "The Wapshot Scandal"'

Answer: (John) Cheever


Question: 'Her marriage to Mel Leventhal produced Rebecca Walker, who produced the memoir "Black, White and Jewish"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'His album "The 12 Year Old Genius" topped the U.S. charts in 1963'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: 'Lady Godiva was a naked babe in arms when this Scot & Shakespeare title character was on the throne'

Answer: Macbeth


Question: 'This Louisiana state tree could use some Rogaine'

Answer: the bald cypress


Question: 'In 1859 tightrope walker Charles Blondin crossed this watery wonder many times; later he did it on stilts'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'Financial support for a man's ex-wife'

Answer: alimony


Question: 'Jean Toomer's "Cane" (1923) is one of the major works of this New York City movement'

Answer: the Harlem Renaissance


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Yellowstone Nat'l Park.)  The scenery gave Yellowstone this nickname, so it was fitting when Teddy Roosevelt's daughter  Alice visited the park'

Answer: "Nature\'s Wonderland"


Question: 'In 1655 Cromwell suppressed a Royalist revolt & this Dutchman painted "The Slaughtered Ox"'

Answer: Rembrandt


Question: 'The strawberry is not a member of the berry family but is in fact a member of this garden flower family'

Answer: the rose


Question: 'In 1828, thanks to his syllabary, the Cherokee Phoenix became the USA's first Indian language newspaper'

Answer: Sequoyah


Question: 'From the  Greek for "long-lasting", it's a long-term close friend'

Answer: a crony


Question: 'Soon after this jazzman died, poet Michael Harper published a "Dear John" book about him'

Answer: John Coltrane


Question: 'In 2004 Brooke Shields was back on Broadway in the hit revival of this musical'

Answer: Wonderful Town


Question: 'The only writing Bronte sister whose life overlapped Jane Austen's'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'Andes Indians chew the leaves of this narcotic plant with lime juice for extra stamina'

Answer: coca


Question: 'Lincoln's election as captain of his company in this 1832 Indian war "gave me more pleasure than any I have had"'

Answer: the Black Hawk War


Question: 'Marked by an elegant or exclusive quality'

Answer: tony


Question: 'Donald Goines wrote 4 novels about an urban revolutionary named for this father of modern Kenya'

Answer: Jomo Kenyatta


Question: 'Families love this Orlando attraction housed in a building that appears to be upside down'

Answer: Wonder Works


Question: 'While Christopher Wren was drawing up plans for London, this man & Joliet were drawing the route of the Mississippi'

Answer: Marquette


Question: 'This Mediterranean fruit appears on the Spanish city of Granada's coat of arms'

Answer: a pomegranate


Question: 'In 1692, while president of Harvard, he received the first divinity degree in the American colonies'

Answer: Increase Mather


Question: 'A phony, exaggerated showing of holiness or moral superiority'

Answer: sanctimony


Question: 'Last name of poet Nikki, or first name of the man whose "room" is a James Baldwin book title'

Answer: Giovanni


Question: 'Michael Douglas was praised for his portrayal of a professor in this 2000 film'

Answer: Wonder Boys


Question: 'Abelard could have read the daily news about this famous Spaniard born Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar'

Answer: El Cid


Question: 'It's the Hawaiian good luck plant & it suits you to one'

Answer: a ti


Question: 'In 1787 this uprising reached its climax when 1,100 farmers attacked an arsenal in Springfield, Mass.'

Answer: Shays\' Rebellion


Question: 'Bitterness & resentment in speech or attitude'

Answer: acrimony


Question: 'The 2 island nations that are official members of the G-8 (Group of Eight)'

Answer: Japan & the United Kingdom


Question: 'The stars on the U.S. flag represent these'

Answer: The 50 states


Question:
'King Arthur,
Merlin,
Morgan Le Fey'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'Gazpacho, a soup often flavored with garlic, was created in this country'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Simple, like plunging from one felled tree trunk'

Answer: As easy as falling off a log


Question: 'Of Kukla, Fran or Ollie, the nickname preferred by the celebrity seen here<br />(Mr. North)'

Answer: Ollie (Oliver North)


Question: 'Rejecting this band in 1962, Decca Records said, "We don't like their sound & guitar music is on the way out"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'It's how the president rejects legislation passed by Congress'

Answer: Veto


Question:
'Nancy,
Workhouse Boys
Fagin's Gang'

Answer: Oliver!


Question: 'Jambonneaux doesn't mean beautiful jam; it's a fancy French word for this animal's knuckles'

Answer: Pig\'s knuckles


Question: 'Resemble a feline who ingested a yellow bird'

Answer: Look like the cat that swallowed the canary


Question: 'Coy is his real first name, but he's hardly coy: his real-life high school voted him "Biggest Flirt"'

Answer: Luke Perry


Question: 'An 1876 Western Union internal memo said this device has "many shortcomings" & "is inherently of no value to us"'

Answer: Telephone


Question: 'Before Al Gore, he was the last president of the Senate'

Answer: Dan Quayle


Question:
'Magaldi,
Peron's mistress,
People of Argentina'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'This nutritious tissue found in bones can be made into balls that the Germans call markklosschen'

Answer: Marrow


Question: 'An ancient alma mater attempt'

Answer: The old college try


Question: 'It's the full first name of the star seen here: she shares it with another comedienne-talk show host<br />(Rosie O'Donnell)'

Answer: Roseanne


Question: '"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" asked one of these Hollywood "Brothers" in 1927'

Answer: Warner Brothers


Question: 'Title given most of the people in the president's cabinet'

Answer: Secretary


Question:
'Rabbi,
Fruma-Sarah,
Grandma Tzeitel'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'In India ghee, a semi-fluid butter, is often made from the milk of this animal'

Answer: Water buffalo


Question: 'Beam from ear to ear, during an appearance before a clandestine Kodak'

Answer: "Smile!  You\'re on \'Candid Camera!\'"


Question: 'It was the original first name of the actor seen here, & of his famous father<br />(Beau Bridges)'

Answer: Lloyd


Question: 'In 1929 a Yale economics professor said these "have reached...a permanently high plateau"'

Answer: Stocks


Question: 'Prior to 1913 senators were chosen by these bodies, not the voters'

Answer: State legislatures


Question:
'Minnie Fay,
Waiters,
Horace Vandergelder'

Answer: Hello, Dolly!


Question: 'Some Canadians cook this reindeer relative whose name is from the Algonquin for "pawer"'

Answer: Caribou


Question: 'Uncurbed kissers scuttle scows'

Answer: Loose lips sink ships


Question: 'It's the name the astronaut seen here goes by; his real first name is Edwin'

Answer: "Buzz" Aldrin


Question: 'In 1899 Charles Duell, the head of this U.S. "Office" said, "Everything that can be invented has been invented"'

Answer: U.S. Patent Office


Question: 'Now New York's governor, he was once Peekskill's youngest mayor ever'

Answer: George Pataki


Question: 'A Hall of Fame in Waco tells the story of this law enforcement agency via a 20-minute slide show'

Answer: Texas Rangers


Question: 'On Columbus' first voyage, this flagship was wrecked while a cabin boy was at the helm'

Answer: Santa Maria


Question: 'The Army initially refused to authorize these hats now synonymous with U.S. Special Forces'

Answer: Green Berets


Question: 'This other musical icon called Elvis "deplorable" in the 1950s & "A tremendous asset to the business" after his death'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Blow up a balloon or a beach ball'

Answer: Inflate


Question: 'Bob, a member of this best-known Ohio political family, won the governorship in 1998'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'This Amsterdam museum was first called the Great Royal Museum'

Answer: Rijksmuseum


Question: 'After this captain began to fight, he won the Serapis but lost his own ship, the Bonhomme Richard'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: '"The Legion is our Fatherland" is a motto of this specialized overseas corps'

Answer: French Foreign Legion


Question: 'The title of this Elvis boxing movie includes the name of a chaste Round Tabler'

Answer: Kid Galahad


Question: 'In geometry, it's the term for a triangle with 2 equal sides'

Answer: Isosceles


Question: 'Nickname of Joseph Graham Davis Jr., elected California's governor in 1998'

Answer: Gray


Question: 'A hut from this admiral's Antarctic expedition is on display at the Navy Museum in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Richard Byrd


Question: 'In 1997 one of Benedict Arnold's gunboats was found on the floor of this Vermont-New York lake'

Answer: Lake Champlain


Question: 'The GSG 9, or Grenzschutz-Gruppe 9, is an elite anti-terrorist unit from this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Any way you spell it, this name was Elvis' middle name'

Answer: Aaron


Question: 'These lizards are the largest in the Americas'

Answer: Iguanas


Question: 'In 1995 this state's voters went bananas for Mike Foster, who succeeded 4-termer Edwin Edwards'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson has a replica of this 1903 Wright Brothers airplane'

Answer: The Flyer


Question: 'This book by Sebastian Junger details the loss of a fishing boat, the Andrea Gail, to bad weather'

Answer: "The Perfect Storm"


Question: 'This U.S. Navy Special Force takes its name from its 3 areas of operation'

Answer: Navy Seals (Sea, Air & Land)


Question: 'An illegal Dutch immigrant, this man who was Elvis' manager was once the Tampa, Florida dogcatcher'

Answer: Colonel Tom Parker


Question: 'It's the scientific study of fish'

Answer: Ichthyology


Question: 'In 1997 he quit as Massachusetts governor only to be denied the ambassadorship to Mexico'

Answer: William Weld


Question: 'The Museo Stradivariano in this Italian city exhibits the plans & models Stradivarius used for his violins'

Answer: Cremona


Question: '(Alex: I'm at the Titanic Artifacts Exhibit at the World Trade Center, Boston)  A megaphone like this one might have been used during the sinking by this captain to shout commands'

Answer: Captain Edward Smith


Question: '"By way of deception, thou shalt do war" is the motto of this agency that captured Eichmann in Argentina'

Answer: The Mossad (from Israel)


Question: 'In 1973 viewers all over the world enjoyed Elvis' live TV special broadcast by satellite from this U.S. state'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Once the capital of the Picts, today it's the capital of the Scottish Highlands'

Answer: Inverness


Question: 'A 1993 anthology of contemporary Asian-American fiction is titled this character "is Dead"'

Answer: Charlie Chan


Question: 'Built in the early 1700s, it was originally the chapel of the mission San Antonio de Valero'

Answer: the Alamo


Question: 'Most of the Vitamin C in pears is located here'

Answer: the peel


Question: 'UNICEF is the world's largest buyer of these for poor countries, a shot in the arm for the survival of kids'

Answer: vaccinations


Question: 'He unveiled the Model A in 1927'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'When writing a Spanish question, do this to a question mark & put it at the start of the sentence'

Answer: invert it


Question: 'Guinness reported that in 2002 Rick Belden took 3 minutes to rip up a total of over 28,000 pages' worth of these'

Answer: telephone books


Question: 'Henry Wirz, commander of this Confederate prison, was executed in November 1865'

Answer: Andersonville


Question: 'Clingstone & freestone are the 2 main classifications for this fruit once called a Persian apple'

Answer: a peach


Question: 'Formerly, the "I" stood for International & the "E" stood for this'

Answer: Emergency


Question: 'Her CB handle in the 1970s was "First Mama"'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question:
'Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a Mexican market:
If you're going to do some shopping in Mexico, it helps if you remember the phrase "cuanto cuesta?", which means this'

Answer: How much does it cost?


Question: 'Lifter Alexei Petrov escaped suspension & won gold when he proved that these had been slipped into his food'

Answer: steroids


Question: 'In 1741 Vitus Bering discovered Unimak & Unalaska, the largest islands in this archipelago'

Answer: the Aleutian Islands


Question: 'Raisins are rich in this, symbolized Fe'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Throughout October 2003 Katie Couric & the "Today" show promoted the UNICEF program called this'

Answer: Trick Or Treat for UNICEF


Question: 'Born Sean Aloysius O'Feeney, he changed his name & became a leading Hollywood director'

Answer: John Ford


Question: 'Doris Day could tell you it's Spanish for "what will be, will be"'

Answer: que sera sera


Question: 'At the 2000 Olympics, Hossein Rezazadeh set a record of 468 pounds in this single continuous lift'

Answer: the snatch


Question: 'This sailor, a former slave, was one of 5 men killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre'

Answer: Crispus Attucks


Question: 'It's a cross between the mandarin orange & the bitter orange'

Answer: tangerine


Question: 'Seen here, he's UNICEF's longest-serving goodwill ambassador'

Answer: Peter Ustinov


Question: 'This Yankee is the only Ford in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: Whitey Ford


Question: 'Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from a Mexican beach This Spanish word for beer comes from Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture'

Answer: cerveza


Question: 'Beefy Barry bonds has hit many balls into the "cove" named for this earlier Giants slugger'

Answer: Willie McCovey


Question: 'In 1867 entrepreneur Joseph McCoy selected this Kansas town as the railhead for Tex. cattle drives'

Answer: Abilene


Question: 'Lisbon & eureka are types of this citrus fruit'

Answer: lemon


Question: 'This 1971 George Harrison project has raised over $10 million for UNICEF programs'

Answer: the concert for Bangladesh


Question: 'This "Parade's End" author wrote 3 novels about Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of Henry VIII'

Answer: Ford Madox Ford


Question: 'Many a Spanish love song mentions this Spanish word for "Heart"'

Answer: Corazon


Question: 'Last name brothers Joe & Ben, scrawny kids who bulked up & founded a bodybuilding empire'

Answer: Weider


Question: 'In 1956 this Cuban organized the 26th of July Movement, named for the date of his 1953 revolt against Batista'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question:
'Seen here, he often portrayed the quintessential
American hero

"I know I must look funny to you.  But maybe if you went to Mandrake Falls, you'd look just as funny to us, only nobody'd laugh at you and make you feel ridiculous 'cause that wouldn't be good manners."'

Answer: Gary Cooper


Question: 'Snowball, Napoleon, Squealer'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question: 'Nuaire is world's leading manufacturer" of equipment for this type of place, e.g. biological safety cabinets'

Answer: laboratories


Question: 'Lincoln's 1863 proclamation was to free slaves; Russia's Alexander II's 1861 edict was to free these'

Answer: the serfs


Question: 'In 2003 this Georgian strongman was toppled & Nino Burjanadze replaced him as president'

Answer: Eduard Shevardnadze


Question: 'This Nicaraguan capital shares its name with the large lake on which it lies'

Answer: Managua


Question: 'He said he prepped for sad "Scorpion King" scenes by thinking of the time he found Dunkin' Donuts closed'

Answer: The Rock


Question: 'Badger, Mole, Rat & Toad'

Answer: The Wind In The Willows


Question: 'Crown Cork & Seal makes 1/3 of these used for food in North America & 1/5 of them used for drinks worldwide'

Answer: cans


Question: 'Gee, ghee is a big export from this country whose capital is Mogadishu'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'In 1995 this country's Franjo Tudjman signed a peace deal with the leaders of Serbia & Bosnia'

Answer: Croatia


Question: 'When Guatemala gained its independence in 1821, it claimed this eastern neighbor, a claim lasting 170 years'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'In 1932 David Manners was the hero of "The Mummy"; in 1999 it was this actor'

Answer: Brendan Fraser


Question: 'Fern, Wilbur, Templeton'

Answer: Charlotte\'s Web


Question: 'Baldor is the USA's leading maker of industrial electric ones'

Answer: electric motors


Question: 'This curved wind instrument was invented in Belgium around 1840'

Answer: saxophone


Question: 'Brutal repression marked his rule of Syria from 1970 to 2000'

Answer: Assad


Question: 'In October 1998 the presidents of Peru & this country signed a treaty ending a border dispute in Amazon territory'

Answer: Ecuador


Question: 'There was occasional talk of a comeback during her 49-year retirement from the screen'

Answer: Greta Garbo


Question: 'Fly, Rex, Farmer Hoggett'

Answer: Babe


Question: 'Look down at the little tab on this on your clothing--chances are it'll bear the name YKK'

Answer: the zipper


Question: 'The 2 Triple Crown-winning thoroughbreds of the 1970s who fit the category'

Answer: Secretariat and Seattle Slew


Question: 'Since independence from the Dutch in 1975, much of this S. Amer. country's history has been dominated by Desi Bouterse'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'The earliest known Indian civilization in the Americas, they lived in what is now Mexico over 3,000 years ago'

Answer: the Olmecs


Question: 'This alliterative-named actor caught many eyes as the smooth Trent in "Swingers"'

Answer: Vince Vaughn


Question: '1950: Mr. Beaver, the White Witch, Aslan'

Answer: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe


Question: 'Wolverine, the world leader in the casual type of these, once had "tanning company" in its name'

Answer: shoes or boots


Question: 'The 2 last names of R.L. & M.L., who formed a company in 1924 to publish a book of crosswords'

Answer: Simon and Schuster


Question: 'This man who shares his name with an antelope & a drum has been president of Gabon for the last 37 years'

Answer: Omar Bongo


Question: 'With a book about the south, he became the first president--past or present--to publish a novel'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Returning to the Senate in 1875, he served with senators who had voted "Guilty" at his impeachment trial'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'Jeff was the voice of caution in this 1993 dinosaur blockbuster'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: '"Author of the Declaration of American Independence..."'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'If you're habitually up & active late into the night you're one of these "bird"s'

Answer: Night owl


Question: 'In the classic folktale, this trio faces off against a huffing, puffing wolf'

Answer: The Three Little Pigs


Question: 'This common name for the foot's calcaneus bone is also a command to control a dog'

Answer: Heel


Question: 'In 1841 he represented the Amistad mutineers before the Supreme Court'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Jeff was an L.A. party guest who said that he'd forgotten his mantra in this 1977 Woody Allen classic'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: '"Quoth the raven nevermore"'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'A trademark for luminous paints & colors like that of my "Rocket Red" underwear'

Answer: DayGlo


Question: 'Use this porcine anguagelay to confuse your iendsfray'

Answer: Pig Latin


Question: 'Fallen arches in adults can lead to this condition known medically as pes planus'

Answer: Flat feet


Question: 'He continued to support the political career of protege James "Young Hickory" Polk'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Jeff tests himself in a matter transporter machine with not-so-good results in this 1986 horror film'

Answer: The Fly


Question: '"Truth and history.  21 men.  The boy bandit king -- he died as he had lived"'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'One of mine is being chased by a tyrannosaurus rex, one of yours may be "on Elm Street"'

Answer: Nightmare


Question: 'This country is the number one producer & consumer of fresh pork, hopefully not all sweet & sour'

Answer: China


Question: 'Someone held in high regard who shows disappointing weakness is said to have these kind of feet'

Answer: Feet of clay


Question: 'Although he "crashed" in the election of 1932, he later led 2 commissions to reorganize the executive branch'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'Jeff was an executive at a shipping network & Eddie Murphy was a televangelist in this 1998 comedy'

Answer: Holy Man


Question: '"61/61.  Against all odds"'

Answer: Roger Maris


Question: 'The goddess Eos knows it's another word for dawn'

Answer: Daybreak


Question: 'In the "Te" of this character, he asks, "Supposing a tree fell down, Pooh, when we were underneath it?"'

Answer: Piglet


Question: 'The bones of these foot parts are called phalanges'

Answer: Toes


Question: 'In 1984 Jimmy Carter worked his first building project for this international organization'

Answer: Habitat for Humanity


Question: 'Alien Jeff Goldblum finds love with Valley Girl Geena Davis in this wacky 1989 musical'

Answer: Earth Girls Are Easy


Question: '"Man of 1000 Voices"'

Answer: Mel Blanc


Question: 'On his 20th attempt, Dale Earnhardt won this grueling auto race February 15, 1998'

Answer: Daytona 500


Question: 'The phrase about "living" this way is from a Southern expression for the better off getting the better pork'

Answer: High on the hog


Question: 'From the Latin for "on foot", it's a person who travels that way'

Answer: Pedestrian


Question: 'This South Dakota capital was first known as Mahto, Sioux for "bear"'

Answer: Pierre


Question: 'Mark Knopfler & Neil Dorfsman produced this group's "Money for Nothing"'

Answer: Dire Straits


Question: 'This dentist drilled Tom McLowery at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881'

Answer: Doc Holliday


Question: 'The Louvre or Prado, for example'

Answer: Museum


Question: 'After the First Punic War this island was ceded to Rome in an offer it couldn't refuse'

Answer: Sicily


Question: 'Before his "of Arabia" days, he built a raft in defiance of an Ottoman order & visited the Sinai's Pharaoh's Island'

Answer: Lawrence


Question: 'Every October 23 this California city's swallows leave its mission for the winter, but return on March 19'

Answer: San Juan Capistrano


Question: 'Some Hindus were taken aback at her 1998 MTV Video Awards performance of "Ray of Light"'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'It's the first color mentioned in the song "America the Beautiful"'

Answer: Amber


Question: 'Term for the minimum number of people required at a meeting to conduct business legally'

Answer: Quorum


Question: 'Under the Treaty of Utrecht France ceded Acadia in what is now this country to England'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Chapter 19 of this Biblical book says the Hebrews left Egypt & "The same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai"'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'Founded in 1565, this Florida city served as one of Spain's North American military headquarters'

Answer: Saint Augustine


Question: '(Hi, I'm Rebecca Herbst from "General Hospital")  On "G.H." Miguel Morez was played by Ricky Martin, an ex-member of this Puerto Rican singing group'

Answer: Menudo


Question: 'This word for fun little facts comes from the Latin for "The place where 3 roads meet"'

Answer: Trivia


Question: 'It's where you keep your guppies, gourami & mollies'

Answer: Aquarium


Question: 'This national park created in 1890 didn't have its spectacular valley until California ceded it in 1906'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'Still in the Sinai are these "inhabitants of the desert" who wandered in over the last 1,400 years'

Answer: Bedouins


Question: 'Located 60 miles west of Albany, it's the burial site of the author of the "Leatherstocking Tales"'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: '"Ukulele Lady" is a track on her "Bathhouse Betty" album'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'It's elementary, if 98 is California & 100 is Enrico Fermi, then 99 is this man'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'This lightest metal is often used in the treatment of manic depression'

Answer: Lithium


Question: 'The Munich Pact ceded the western part of Czechoslovakia, known as this, to Germany'

Answer: Sudetenland


Question: 'This metal from the mines of El Maghara helped usher in the Bronze Age in the area'

Answer: Copper


Question: 'Once a large Mormon settlement, this Illinois town is now home to a Labor Day weekend grape festival'

Answer: Nauvoo


Question: 'This "We're an American Band" band was named after a railroad line'

Answer: Grand Funk Railroad


Question: 'This futuristic novel written in the 1940s was originally to be titled "The Last Man in Europe"'

Answer: "1984"


Question: 'It's the point or support on which a lever pivots'

Answer: Fulcrum


Question: 'Spain ceded this largest of the Marianas to the U.S. in 1898 & sold the rest to Germany in 1899'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'Israel, which occupied the peninsula from 1967 to 1982, withdrew because of these accords'

Answer: Camp David Accords


Question: 'As minister to Mexico, he was authorized by President Pierce to buy border land for the railroads'

Answer: James Gadsden


Question: 'In 181 the N.Y. Central, Delaware & Hudson R.R. opened, linking New York City with this, the state capital'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'Newsweek says 57% of Americans polled placed themselves in this class, only 1% in upper'

Answer: middle


Question: 'This CBS newsman began his World War II broadcasts with "This is London"'

Answer: (Edward R.) Murrow


Question: 'This animal used in bathtubs doesn't have a nervous system'

Answer: a sponge


Question: 'The snake foot seen on 18th century furniture is carved to look like this part of a snake'

Answer: its head


Question: 'It can be a deep hole in the ground, or the kernel of a cherry'

Answer: the pit


Question: 'The Cabildo in this city was the headquarters of the Spanish rulers of Louisiana'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In a Gallup survey, 8% of the 1,012 lovers polled said they do this with their eyes open; 20% peek sometimes'

Answer: kiss


Question: 'This cowboy star's "Melody Ranch" program features Pat Buttram & the Cass County Boys'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'The affenpinscher is grouped as one of these small "plaything" dogs'

Answer: a toy


Question: 'Cellini made a magnificent saltcellar out of enamel & this precious metal for King Francis I'

Answer: gold


Question: 'To strike someone, or a successful song or show'

Answer: a hit


Question: 'G. Washington helped lay out this city's streets in 1749; it's across the Potomac from Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'The U.S. is second to this country in hours worked a year by Industrial workers'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'His show began, "Good evening, Mr. & Mrs. North & South America & all the ships at sea"'

Answer: Walter Winchell


Question: 'Also called puffers, these fish are known for their ability to inflate themselves'

Answer: blowfish


Question: 'The bold, extravagant churrigueresque style originated in this Iberian country during the Baroque era'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Physically sound & healthy, or what a temperamental child might "throw"'

Answer: a fit


Question: 'Over twice as many people live in this most populous Missouri city as in the city that shares its name in another state'

Answer: Kansas City, Missouri


Question: 'A little bird told us that with a 15% share, it's the best-selling soap in the U.S.'

Answer: Dove


Question: 'While in the Orient, this character learned "the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds"'

Answer: The Shadow


Question: 'It's the second-largest wildcat in the Americas'

Answer: puma or mountain lion


Question: '"The Miraculois Draught of Fishes", one of these woven wall hangings, was designed by Raphael'

Answer: a tapestry


Question: 'It can refer to a humorist, or to one's intellect & reason'

Answer: a wit


Question: 'Beaverton in this state is the home of Nike Athletic Shoes'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'The National Automobile Dealers Assoc. says this state has the fewest new-car dealerships'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This TV game show producer hosted "This is Your Life" & "Truth or Consequences"'

Answer: Ralph Edwards


Question: 'These apes who live on the Rock of Gibraltar are tailless monkeys, not true apes'

Answer: the Barbary apes


Question: 'The name of Millefiori glass comes from Italian & Latin & means "1,000" of these'

Answer: flowers


Question: 'The metal mouthpiece on a bridle, or 12 1/2 cents'

Answer: a bit


Question: 'In 1980 Reykjavik Theater director VIgdis Finnbogadottir became this country's first woman president'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'An atoll is a circular one of these that has grown around a sunken volcanic island'

Answer: a coral reef


Question: 'This sauce is made with catsup, horseradish & lemon juice, not with martinis as its name implies'

Answer: a cocktail sauce


Question: 'Among the new things Marco Polo saw in China was money made from this'

Answer: paper


Question: 'This puppet's been whacking his wife Judy since the Restoration'

Answer: Punch


Question: 'Emerson wrote, "The only way to have" one of these "is to be one"'

Answer: a friend


Question: 'In 1977 Amnesty Int'l estimated that as many as 300,000 may have died under this Ugandan leader's rule'

Answer: Idi Amin


Question: 'It's believed the Earth is over 4.5 billion yrs. old, based on 4.6 billion yr. old rocks found on this neighbor'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'Once a favorite of Russian czars, the Sterlet type of this fish egg delicacy is golden in color'

Answer: caviar


Question: 'The tallest building outside North America is in this former crown colony'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'Bartlett's attributes "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" to this Austrian psychoanalyst'

Answer: Freud


Question: 'Resisting Soviet control, this Yugoslavian leader broke with Stalin in 1948'

Answer: Tito


Question: 'Dolomitization is the process by which this rock, including its fossils, turns into dolomite'

Answer: limestone


Question: 'Burghul is another name for the Bulghur type of this cereal grain'

Answer: wheat


Question: 'Reaching this site in 1912, Robert Scott wrote, "Great God! This is an awful place"'

Answer: the South Pole


Question: 'In a 1952 campaign speech, this Illinois Democrat said, "A hungry man is not a free man"'

Answer: Adlai Stevenson


Question: 'Li Peng, who became China's premier in 1987, was an adopted son of this 1st premier who died in 1976'

Answer: Zhou Enlai


Question: 'Term given to the tundra's always-frozen soil layer'

Answer: permafrost


Question: 'Tipsy pudding, which might make you feel a little tipsy, is an old-fashioned dessert from this country'

Answer: England


Question: 'This league's headquarters is in Dahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt'

Answer: the Arab League


Question: 'In the 1660s this blind poet went into hiding to escape arrest'

Answer: Milton


Question: 'James Bryant Conant said, "Liberty like" this "must begin at home"'

Answer: charity


Question: 'Amin Gemayel became President of this country in 1982 after his brother, the president-elect, was assassinated'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Until this 19th century French scientist, no one had proved the Earth rotated'

Answer: Foucault


Question: 'This slightly bitter salad green is also known as rucola'

Answer: arugula


Question: 'This Tyrolean city hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964 & 1976'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: 'A drama form of the time was the "Comedy of" these, like Congreve's "The Way of the World"'

Answer: manners


Question: 'Mark Twain defined a classic as "A book which people praise and don't" do this'

Answer: read


Question: 'You have this bone, snakes don't, & in bats, it's keeled'

Answer: a breastbone or sternum


Question: '"Gusher" usually refers to a flowing or spouting well of this substance'

Answer: Oil


Question: 'That's right, guv, the first Holmes story was this "scarlet" one'

Answer: A Study in Scarlet


Question: 'Genuine Roquefort cheese is made from this animal's milk'

Answer: Sheep


Question: 'Uh, just one more thing; he played Columbo'

Answer: Peter Falk


Question: 'The atmospheric pressure of this planet nearest to Earth is about 90 times that of the Earth'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'You shouldn't let the tail do this to the dog'

Answer: Wag


Question: 'A hilltop well in Kilmersdon, England is the supposed site of this nursery rhyme pair's downfall'

Answer: Jack & Jill


Question: 'Holmes goes to see a man about a dog in this 1902 novel about a deadly legend'

Answer: The Hound of the Baskervilles


Question: 'This 1860 invention by L.O. Colvin really sucked; it used a vacuum'

Answer: Milker/milking machine


Question: 'As hunky private eye Dan Tanna, this actor drove topless around Vegas'

Answer: Robert Urich


Question: 'Examples of these celestial events include Perseids, Orionids & Leonids'

Answer: Meteor showers


Question: 'Just 15% of an iceberg left in a restaurant'

Answer: Tip


Question: 'No one has unearthed the treasure Jim Bowie is said to have hidden in a well at this fort'

Answer: The Alamo


Question: 'If you ever needed his services, all the mates knew this was Sherlock's London address'

Answer: 221B Baker Street


Question: 'Lady Macbeth said of her husband, "I fear thy nature, it is too full" of this'

Answer: The milk of human kindness


Question: 'He laid down the law as Mayberry's bumbling Barney Fife'

Answer: Don Knotts


Question: 'The name of this light display in the Earth's atmosphere is from the Latin for "northern dawn"'

Answer: Aurora Borealis


Question: 'In baseball, it puts you "out"; it's also a game in which you may be "it"'

Answer: Tag


Question: 'Despite the name, these pieces used to drill wells aren't little; they can be 2 1/2 feet long'

Answer: Bits


Question: 'Conan Doyle did this to Holmes in "The Final Problem", but the public outcry caused him to change his mind'

Answer: Killed him off


Question: 'In "H.M.S. Pinafore" you'll hear, "Things are seldom what they seem." This "masquerades as cream"'

Answer: Skim milk


Question: 'This actor rolled over the criminals as Ironside'

Answer: Raymond Burr


Question: 'In January 1999 a spacecraft called "NEAR" is due to go into orbit around Eros, one of these objects'

Answer: Asteroid


Question: 'It describes something radioactive or illegally obtained'

Answer: Hot


Question: 'Jesus chatted with a Samaritan woman at a well named for this Biblical patriarch'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'If events would come a cropper, this Scotland Yard inspector would seek out Holmes for help'

Answer: Inspector Lestrade


Question: 'This sugar, which makes up almost all the carbohydrates in milk, is found only in milk'

Answer: Lactose


Question: 'He played Baretta, & that's the name of that tune!'

Answer: Robert Blake


Question: 'It's nothing to fear, but this inner & larger of Mars' 2 moons orbits the planet every 7.65 hours'

Answer: Phobos


Question: 'Animal seen here (flightless bird)'

Answer: Emu


Question: 'Cinematographer Gregg Toland helped Orson Welles create the innovative style of this 1941 masterpiece'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'No one knows why Stonehenge was built, but these Celtic priests usually & incorrectly get credit for it'

Answer: Druids


Question: 'Paine's first pamphlet in the "Crisis" series began, "These are the times that" do this'

Answer: Try men\'s souls


Question: 'The state house in this city is where George Washington resigned his commission in 1783'

Answer: Annapolis


Question: 'At a sugaring off party, you may eat tire sur la neige, which is this syrup poured over snow'

Answer: Maple syrup


Question: 'If you didn't know that this Greek sea god also created the horse, say "Neigh!"'

Answer: Poseidon


Question: 'As soon as shooting ended on "The Lady From Shanghai", this star filed for divorce from Welles'

Answer: Rita Hayworth


Question: 'Now coach of the Pacers, this legendary Celtic was enshrined in the NBA Hall of Fame October 2, 1998'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'In this pamphlet, he wrote, "The birthday of a new world is at hand"'

Answer: Common Sense


Question: 'At Hancock, the state is less than 3 miles wide between West Virginia on the south & this state on the north'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'French Canadians "pig out" on tourtiere, a pie traditionally filled with this meat'

Answer: Pork


Question: 'It's "Nine Points of the Law", or when someone's got a little devil in him'

Answer: Possession


Question: 'Welles & John Houseman launched this theater in 1937 with a modern-dress "Julius Caesar"'

Answer: Mercury Theater


Question: 'This Celtic horse goddess shares her name with a 1976 Fleetwood Mac hit'

Answer: Rhiannon


Question: 'Paine wrote that it "Even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one"'

Answer: Government


Question: 'This U.S. Army "Proving Ground" for weapons testing occupies over 70,000 acres in Harford County'

Answer: Aberdeen


Question: 'A tasty pastry named for this beaver appendage is a specialty of Hooker's, an Ottawa eatery'

Answer: Beaver tail


Question: 'Film in which Heather O' Rourke proclaims: "They're heeere!"'

Answer: Poltergeist


Question: 'In "A Man For All Seasons", Welles played this cleric & adviser to Henry VIII'

Answer: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey


Question: 'From 1959 to 1966, the Celtics won 8 straight NBA titles led by this coach'

Answer: Arnold "Red" Auerbach


Question: 'Paine took on religion in his book "The Age Of" this'

Answer: Reason


Question: 'Among U.S. racetracks, only Saratoga is older than this Preakness site, opened in 1870'

Answer: Pimlico Race Course


Question: 'These lingual organs of cod are so popular in Newfoundland that St. John's has a contest for eating them'

Answer: Tongues


Question: 'Named for a Bannock Indian chief, it's home to Idaho State University'

Answer: Pocatello


Question: 'This "magnificent" Welles film was mutilated by the studio before its 1942 release'

Answer: The Magnificent Ambersons


Question: 'Celtic languages are still spoken in parts of Ireland & this "New" Canadian province that includes Cape Breton Sound'

Answer: Nova Scotia ("New Scotland")


Question: 'This tract was Paine's response to Edmund Burke's attack on the French Revolution'

Answer: The Rights Of Man


Question: 'Legend says this Maryland heroine told off Stonewall Jackson when he threatened the flag'

Answer: Barbara Fritchie


Question: 'Aw, shucks -- Malpeque Bay oysters are a taste treat from this small island province'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'Post currently held by William J. Henderson'

Answer: Postmaster General


Question: 'Written in exile in Turin & Brussels in the 1850s, his "The Royal House of Savoy", was finally published in France in 1998'

Answer: Alexandre Dumas (pere, the father)


Question: 'It keeps your neck warm in the winter, or your engine quiet all year'

Answer: a muffler


Question: 'Where you are when you "open the door & see all the people"'

Answer: the church


Question: 'It's said this SW. feast comes from French "from snout to tail," the way meat is put on a spit'

Answer: barbecue


Question: 'In genetics, it's what passing of characteristics from Mom & Dad to Junior is called'

Answer: heredity


Question: 'Letter referring to string originally used to hold up Indians' loincloths'

Answer: G


Question: 'He recorded "Mack The Knife" under this name he picked out of a phone book'

Answer: Bobby Darin


Question: 'The frame of the car without the out shell, some are classy'

Answer: a chassis


Question: 'In England, "the merriest month in all the year"'

Answer: May


Question: 'Though known for pickles and "slow" ketchup, this company's 1st product was horseradish'

Answer: Heinz


Question: 'When sexually aroused, the carpenter species of this insect will chase jet liners'

Answer: bees


Question: 'How Mr. Rogers' sweaters "suit him"'

Answer: to a T


Question: 'A drummer, she & brother Richard were best known as vocalists'

Answer: Karen Carpenter


Question: 'In newer cars it has generally replaced the generator for keeping the battery charged'

Answer: an alternator


Question: 'Colchester, England was named for this legendary Celtic king immortalized in rhyme'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'Since overeating was a status symbol, early rulers of what's now this state often weighed over 400 lbs.'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The period of time between egg laying & hatching is called this'

Answer: incubation


Question: 'Links "the wisp" & will", or McDonald's "fish" & "filet"'

Answer: O


Question: 'Singer of this song, he spent 9 years in a coma before dying'

Answer: Jackie Wilson


Question: 'You might throw a fit if you "throw" this part joining the crankshaft & piston'

Answer: a connecting rod


Question: '"Rub a dub dub", these 3 went to sea in a tub'

Answer: the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker


Question: 'In 1879, Chase & Sanborn became 1st U.S. company to pack this in sealed cans'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'In an apple, it's the "inside" name for the pericarp'

Answer: the core


Question: 'Strung together for snoring sleepers'

Answer: Z\'s


Question: 'Needing time to do laundry on tour, this early rock giant chartered a fatal flight'

Answer: Buddy Holly


Question: 'Used to open & close points & valves, they come in single or double overhead, if you're cool'

Answer: a cam


Question: 'After turning around, what "Teddy bear, teddy bear" does'

Answer: touches the ground


Question: 'Due to contamination of crops from N.W. states, growers of this small fruit had a bad Nov. in 1959'

Answer: cranberries


Question: 'Found even in dinosaurs, this world's oldest known disease is still considered incurable'

Answer: arthritis


Question: 'When doubled, this letter can be shot from a gun'

Answer: a B


Question: 'He had 4 Top 40 hits before & 4 after his death at 30 on Sept. 20, 1973'

Answer: Jim Croce


Question: 'The U.N. basically copied the structure of this, its forerunner'

Answer: The League of Nations


Question: 'Before the 17th century, the word theater referred only to this'

Answer: the building itself


Question: 'National British newspaper that was formerly published in Manchester'

Answer: The Guardian


Question: 'This young religion was becoming so popular, a school teaching it was estab. in Alexandria'

Answer: Christianity


Question: 'To visit the largest lake in all of Britain, you have to go to this lake's "bonnie, bonnie banks"'

Answer: Loch Lomond


Question: 'Deuteronomy 24 provides a no fault legal procedure for this, but only for men'

Answer: divorce


Question: 'The hub of the U.N., it's been called the "Town Meeting of the World"'

Answer: the General Assembly


Question: 'In 15th century, Italian scholars saw commedia Erudita, nobles saw commedia intermezzi, & commoners, this'

Answer: commedia dell\'arte


Question: 'In 1844, "The Cherokee Advocate" became the 1st paper ever published in what's now this state'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'By 193, Rome had sunk so low, Juliannus bought this at public auction, but never reigned on it'

Answer: a throne


Question: 'If a Muslim calls himself "Haji", it means he's visited there'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'Word used over 25 times in Genesis 11, it's the Biblically polite way of saying "fathered"'

Answer: begat


Question: 'Currently, it's Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru'

Answer: the Secretary-General


Question: 'Greek for "cleansing", Aristotle used it to mean the purging of emotions in an audience'

Answer: catharsis


Question: 'What N.Y. World-Telegram & Sun, St. Louis Globe-Democrat & Wash. Star currently have in common'

Answer: they are no longer being published


Question: 'This civilization's pyramids & hieroglyphic writing were making their initial appearance'

Answer: Mayans


Question: 'Main attraction of New Orleans' Preservation Hall'

Answer: a jazz band


Question: 'The 5 permanent members of the Security Council'

Answer: the U.S.A., the Soviet Union, Great Britain, France & China


Question: 'In Paris, this musical was called "Brilliantine" & in Mexico City, "Vaselina"'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'Despite its name, this large Midwest city's "Free Press" costs 20 cents, 75 cents on Sundays'

Answer: Detroit


Question: '"Handy Tables", "Harmonica", & "The Almagest" are among this astronomers surviving works'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'In 1983 & 84, this country got more tourists from around the world than any other in Europe'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In 1963, the U.N. declared this area should benefit mankind & no nation could claim it'

Answer: (outer) space


Question: 'In 1700, his "The Way of the World" was so poorly received, he wrote no more plays'

Answer: William Congreve


Question: 'The Rutland Herald, begun in 1794, is still publishing in this state'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'Since the publication of Alex Haley's "Roots", tourism has increased to this African country'

Answer: Gambia


Question: 'This president appointed more Supreme Court justices than any other'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Rattlesnakes belong to the pit group of this snake family'

Answer: vipers


Question: 'Meryl Streep as an Iowa farm wife finds a once-in-a-lifetime love with Clint Eastwood in this 1995 film'

Answer: The Bridges of Madison County


Question: 'Art collected by Peggy Guggenheim is displayed in her palazzo on the Grand Canal in this city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'These organizations called BBBs protect consumers from unethical business practices'

Answer: Better Business Bureaus


Question: 'The first of these buildings for publicly displaying fish was opened at Regent's Park in England'

Answer: aquarium


Question: 'They're what a pompous person "puts on"'

Answer: airs


Question: 'The silvery blue, the spring azure & the common oakblue are blue-winged types of this beautiful insect'

Answer: butterfly


Question: 'This 1994 prison film with Tim Robbins & Morgan Freeman was based on a Stephen King tale'

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption


Question: 'The Jacques Marchais Center of Tibetan Art isn't in Tibet but in this "island" borough of New York City'

Answer: Staten Island


Question: 'In 1906 this auto firm introduced its Silver Ghost model'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'This 1,932-foot-deep Oregon lake in the Cascades was discovered by a prospector in 1853'

Answer: Crater Lake


Question: 'Formerly the sixth month, it was originally called Sextilis'

Answer: August


Question: 'This tall bird whose scientific name is Struthio camelus is nicknamed the camel bird'

Answer: ostrich


Question: 'A call-in radio show brings Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan together in this romantic comedy'

Answer: Sleepless in Seattle


Question: 'There's a London museum devoted to these objects formerly fluttered by flirtatious females'

Answer: fans


Question: 'Before moving to Chicago in 1856, this department store owner clerked in a Pittsfield, Mass. dry goods store'

Answer: Marshall Field


Question: '2 of his best-known works debuted, "Il Trovatore" & "La Traviata"'

Answer: Giuseppe Verdi


Question: 'Words that have opposite meanings are called these'

Answer: antonyms


Question: 'The Patagonian cavy, which resembles a hare, belongs to this order of mammals'

Answer: rodents


Question: 'He played Elijah Wood's cruel & creepy cousin in 1993's "The Good Son"'

Answer: Macaulay Culkin


Question: 'Once a center for blockade runners, this British colony in the Atlantic has a Confederate museum'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'This stagecoach company owned the Pony Express during the last few months of its existence'

Answer: Wells Fargo


Question: 'On December 30 this American diplomat signed a treaty ceding Mexican land south of the Gila River to the U.S.'

Answer: (James) Gadsden


Question: 'On a typewriter keyboard, this symbol usually appears above the number 8'

Answer: asterisk


Question: 'Found in Africa, the colobus type of this mammal often has distinctive black & white fur'

Answer: monkey


Question: 'This 1994 Oliver Stone film featured Woody Harrelson & Juliette Lewis as murderers on the run'

Answer: Natural Born Killers


Question: 'A statue of King Olav V on skis stands near the Holmenkollen Ski Museum in this capital'

Answer: Oslo


Question: 'In 1962 he founded Electronic Data Systems after working for IBM for 5 years'

Answer: Ross Perot


Question: 'Born on July 5, 1853 in Hertfordshire, he later founded the De Beers mining company'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'From the Latin word for "tree", it's a place where many kinds of trees & plants are exhibited'

Answer: arboretum


Question: 'Horemheb, general to this boy pharaoh, fought the Hittites in Syria'

Answer: Tutankhamun


Question: '"Some Day My Prince Will Come" is from this 1937 film'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'At about 2/3 of a square mile, Upper Lake is the smallest of this country's lakes of Killarney'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In names of thin, crisp cookies, this word follows brandy & ginger'

Answer: snap


Question: 'He first wrote about a woman doomed to wear the letter in his 1838 story "Endicott and the Red Cross"'

Answer: (Nathaniel) Hawthorne


Question: 'Variations of this dance include the Boston & Viennese'

Answer: waltz


Question: 'This Israeli lost his left eye fighting with Allied forces in Lebanon during WWII'

Answer: Moshe Dayan


Question: '"Nothing could be finer than to be" here "in the morning"'

Answer: in Carolina


Question: 'Explorer Jacques Cartier called it the "River of Canada"'

Answer: the St. Lawrence


Question: 'Yogurt Gone Crazy is a low-fat treat from this company famed for its 31 flavors'

Answer: Baskin-Robbins


Question: 'Henry March in his novel "The Deerslayer" is nicknamed Hurry Harry because he's always on the move'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'Often printed with flowers, this glazed fabric has been used to make drapes & slipcovers as well as dresses'

Answer: chintz


Question: 'In the early days of WWI, General Erich Ludendorff captured the fortress city of Liege in this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: '"Pick yourself up, dust yourself off," do this'

Answer: start all over again


Question: 'Cities on this Swiss lake include Montreux & Lausanne'

Answer: Lake Geneva


Question: 'This crystalized candy that looks like chunks of quartz may be used to sweeten coffee'

Answer: rock candy


Question: 'The storytelling characters in his book "Tales of a Wayside Inn" are based on real people'

Answer: (Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow


Question: 'Begun in 1967, it was the USSR's third man-in-space program'

Answer: Soyuz


Question: 'Tomas Estrada Palma, a leader in this Caribbean island's indep. movement, became its first president in 1902'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'This Cole Porter tune's second line is "I've got you deep in the heart of me"'

Answer: "I\'ve Got You Under My Skin"


Question: 'This lake in the Andes is divided into 2 bodies of water connected by the Tiquina Strait'

Answer: Lake Titicaca


Question: 'Nesselrode pudding contains a puree of these nuts that the French call marrons'

Answer: chestnuts


Question: 'This "Sophie's Choice" author set his 1st novel, "Lie Down in Darkness", in his native Virginia'

Answer: William Styron


Question: 'German for "replacement", this word describes something artificial & usually inferior'

Answer: ersatz


Question: 'At the outbreak of WWII, General Joseph Stilwell became chief of staff to this generalissimo'

Answer: Chiang Kai-shek


Question: 'This 5-word phrase follows "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"'

Answer: I\'m in love with you


Question: 'This river in west central Africa is also called the Zaire River'

Answer: the Congo


Question: 'Baklava is made from many layers of this paper-thin pastry whose name is Greek for "leaf"'

Answer: phyllo


Question: 'Book one of this Willa Cather novel is entitled "The Shimerdas"'

Answer: "My Antonia"


Question: 'Court painter to King Philip IV, he was Spain's greatest Baroque artist'

Answer: (Diego) Velazquez


Question: 'In 1962 she said, "Nineteen-fourteen was the birthday of us all"'

Answer: Barbara Tuchman


Question: 'On October 20, 1803, the senate ratified the treaty for this land acquisition'

Answer: Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'The lager form of this is stored in casks or vats until free of sediment'

Answer: beer


Question: '"In short, there's simply not, a more congenial spot for happily ever aftering than here in" this place'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'There are 9 cartilages in the larynx, & the largest of them forms this bulge'

Answer: the Adam\'s apple


Question: 'In Japan, paper currency in this unit is printed in denominations of 1,000, 5,000 & 10,000'

Answer: the yen


Question: 'This cousin of John Adams represents Massachusetts in the collection'

Answer: Samuel Adams


Question: 'Benedict Arnold & this man's Green Mountain Boys captured Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'This is the most popular Collins drink'

Answer: a Tom Collins


Question: 'In a Jerry Herman song, this woman's name follows "You charm the husk right off of the corn"'

Answer: Mame


Question: 'The dilator muscle enlarges this part of the eye while the sphincter muscle makes it smaller'

Answer: the pupil


Question: 'In 1986 this foreign country issued commemorative coins honoring the Statue of Liberty'

Answer: France


Question: 'Jefferson Davis represents this state in the hall'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'In 1866 he became general of the U.S. Army; the first officer so designated'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'It's the liquor in a Moscow mule, a cocktail developed by Smirnoff in 1946'

Answer: vodka


Question: '"Track Down This Murderer" is sung near the end of this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical'

Answer: "Phantom of the Opera"


Question: 'In a single red blood cell, there are more than 300 million molecules of this iron-rich pigment'

Answer: hemoglobin


Question: 'Prior to 1971, this monetary unit was divided into 20 schillings of 12 pence each'

Answer: the pound


Question: 'This state is represented by a monarch'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The name of this anti-Jackson party was introduced to the senate by Henry Clay, April 14, 1834'

Answer: Whigs


Question: 'For this cocktail, the rim of the glass is usually dipped in lime juice and salt'

Answer: a margarita


Question: 'In a song from "Oklahoma", this title line follows, "Sweetheart, they're suspecting things"'

Answer: "People will say we\'re in love"


Question: 'At the hip joint, this thighbone joins the pelvis'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'In this Asian country, a tugrik is equivalent to 100 mongos'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'This military officer & author of "Ben-Hur" represents Indiana'

Answer: Lew Wallace


Question: 'In 1843 Daniel Webster resigned as this president's Secretary of State'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Jerez de la Frontera is the center of trade in this Spanish wine'

Answer: Sherry


Question:
'The two men who wrote the Broadway song heard here:

"When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way /
From your first cigarette to your last dyin' day /
When you're a Jet if the spit hits the fan..."'

Answer: Stephen Sondheim & Leonard Bernstein


Question: 'The pia mater is the innermost membrane that covers the brain, & this is the outermost layer'

Answer: the dura mater


Question: 'It's the monetary unit of Suriname'

Answer: the (Dutch) guilder


Question: 'This state is represented by a statue of Thomas Hart Benton'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'This Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tale about a ghostly canine was based on local legend'

Answer: The Hound of the Baskervilles


Question: 'His record as the youngest international grand master in chess stood from 1958-1991'

Answer: Bobby Fischer


Question: 'Term for the circle that encloses a comic strip character's dialogue'

Answer: a balloon


Question: 'Many say this country's ruler, Tzu-Chi, gave a deathbed command to have her nephew, the emperor, killed'

Answer: China


Question: 'The word "malossol" on a caviar label means the roe is preserved with a minimum of this seasoning'

Answer: salt


Question: 'This element has two crystalline allotropes: diamond & graphite'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'Some consider this author's "The History of Henry Esmond" his greatest work, not "Vanity Fair"'

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray


Question: 'In 1995, 8th grader Chris Galeczka won this contest by knowing that Afghanistan is where Pashtu & Dari are spoken'

Answer: the National Geography Bee


Question: 'Typesetters may use the Dvorak layout on one of these; it reduces their finger movements from Qwerty'

Answer: a keyboard


Question: 'This emperor for whom a wall is named built a spectacular villa at Tivoli, near Rome'

Answer: Hadrian


Question: 'These chocolate confections are so-called because they resemble the fancy fungi of the same name'

Answer: truffles


Question: 'These charged, stable elementary particles are present in all atoms in shells around the nucleus'

Answer: electrons


Question: 'The title of his novel "Far From the Madding Crowd" is found in "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'In 1995, for her groundbreaking study of African chimps, she was awarded the Hubbard Medal'

Answer: Jane Goodall


Question: 'This term refers to printing beyond the edges & trimming back the sheet; first aid isn't required'

Answer: bleeding


Question: 'This country's King Alphonso II was known as "Alphonso El Gordo", which means Alphonso the Fat'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Ancient Romans cultivated these gastropods on farms; fattening them on meal & wine'

Answer: snails


Question: 'It's a material such as germanium whose resistivity is midway between a conductor & an insulator'

Answer: a semiconductor


Question: 'Philip Carey is the central character in this Somerset Maugham novel'

Answer: Of Human Bondage


Question: 'The daughter of a world champion steer roper, she was the Country Music Association's best Female Vocalist, 1984-1987'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'Term for non-copyrighted pictures or drawings you can snip out & include in your own work'

Answer: clip art


Question: 'This founder of the Capetian Dynasty succeeded his father as duke of the Franks in 956'

Answer: Hugh Capet


Question: 'Eggs Meyerbeer, named in honor of the composer, is made with these organs the French call reins'

Answer: kidneys


Question: 'This force, supposed to act radially outward on a body moving in a curve, is a fictitious force'

Answer: centrifugal force


Question: 'This monumental work by Edward Gibbon covers 13 centuries until the capture of Constantinople'

Answer: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire


Question: 'In 1993 the Metropolitan Museum presented an exhibition of paintings by this grandson of Sigmund Freud'

Answer: Lucien Freud


Question: 'A color separator produces four negatives: cyan, magenta, yellow & this color'

Answer: black


Question: 'As a child during World War II, this current Dutch queen lived in Canada'

Answer: Beatrix


Question: 'Served with bearnaise sauce, this thick cut of beef is named for a French statesman, not a French castle'

Answer: Chateaubriand


Question: 'It's the resistance of a fluid to a flow; syrup has a higher one than water'

Answer: viscosity


Question: 'Aesculapius, Hygeia, Panacea & Apollo are all mentioned in the first line of this'

Answer: The Hippocratic Oath


Question: 'In his second week as president, Jimmy Carter evoked memories of an earlier president with this type of informal speech on energy'

Answer: a Fireside Chat


Question: 'In a variation of a theme, the 1983-84 season of this series ended with J.R.'s brother Bobby getting shot'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'In 1949 this greeting card company's torch & shield emblem was replaced with a crown over its name in script'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: 'This city was just a regional capital before Kublai Khan made it, for the first time, the political center of the nation'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'Cube the bread & saute or bake it to make these to garnish soup or salad'

Answer: croutons


Question: 'One of these can be down or bulletproof'

Answer: a vest


Question: 'The 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit made progress on arms issues but snagged over this Reagan defense plan'

Answer: "Star Wars"


Question: 'Tanya Roberts looked "heavenly" when she joined the cast of this series in November 1980'

Answer: Charlie\'s Angels


Question: 'This product's distinct circus wagon boxes have held 37 different caricatures since its 1902 founding'

Answer: Animal Crackers


Question: 'The military & administrative center of the Aztecs became this capital of the colony of New Spain'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Make this breakfast dish--bread dipped in an egg-milk mixture & fried until golden brown on both sides'

Answer: French toast


Question: 'A boll weevil, or an annoying brat'

Answer: a pest


Question: 'The wedding of this younger daughter in 1966 was a break for LBJ amid the mounting problems in Vietnam'

Answer: Luci Baines Johnson


Question: 'Chad Lowe was the star of the sitcom "Spencer"; this man starred as detective "Spenser: For Hire"'

Answer: Robert Urich


Question: 'This symbol of Playboy Magazine was created by art director Art Paul in about a half hour'

Answer: a bunny


Question: 'An oasis that was the residence of the Ibn Saud family, it became the capital when the country was formed in 1932'

Answer: Riyadh


Question: 'Stale bread is handy as an ingredient in this Thanksgiving side dish, named for its placement inside the bird'

Answer: stuffing


Question: 'Type of playful prank that's the specialty of the court fool'

Answer: jest


Question: 'When you take a deep breath, you can thank Bush Sr. for signing a strengthened version of this 1970 law'

Answer: the Clean Air Act


Question: 'Jonathan Winters showed up in the cornfield as a regular on the 1983-84 season of  this countrified laugh-fest'

Answer: Hee Haw


Question: 'The logo of this brand of cleanser is seen here'

Answer: Scrubbing Bubbles


Question: 'This North African city was once a Roman fortress named Babylon; the Mamelukes made it an African capital'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'Use stale bread to make these to bind meatloaf or to coat chicken before baking; panko is a Japanese type'

Answer: breadcrumbs


Question: 'A lidded box for toys or jewelry'

Answer: a chest


Question: 'Through his pursuit of Alger Hiss and others, Richard Nixon gained national fame on this House committee'

Answer: HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee)


Question: 'He was actually 12 when he began playing the 7-year-old "Webster" in 1983'

Answer: Emmanuel Lewis


Question: 'This mode of transportation adorns boxes of Rice-a-Roni'

Answer: a cable car


Question: 'Prospering under Tatar rule & expanding as it intersected trade routes, this city became a capital in the 15th century'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'Make this Italian bread topped with tomatoes; its name is from the Italian for "to roast over coals"'

Answer: bruschetta


Question: 'Conjunction meaning "for fear that"'

Answer: lest


Question: 'I consider myself a unique, special person, so I'm appalled that I'm sniffling with the "common" one of these'

Answer: a cold


Question: '2005:<br />Pickpocket patriarch Fagin'

Answer: Oliver Twist


Question: 'We learn of the loss of Belle Reve, ancestral home of the DuBois family, in this classic 1947 play'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands next to a rotating crayon conveyor at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.)  It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood on February 6, 1996, when this man stopped by to help make the 100 billionth Crayola'

Answer: Mr. Rogers


Question: 'It's the last name of Harry Potter's pal Hermione'

Answer: Granger


Question: '"Il Matrimonio Segreto" got the longest one of these ever: Leopold II ordered the whole opera repeated'

Answer: an encore


Question: 'I'm not a rooster, so I hope I'm not coming down with this disease also known as varicella'

Answer: chicken pox


Question: '1993:<br />Bookkeeper Itzhak Stern'

Answer: Schindler\'s List


Question: 'Of Dragonwyck, Gryphonwyck or Unicornwyck, the mysterious mansion in Anya Seton's 1944 bestseller'

Answer: Dragonwyck


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a packaging machine at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.)  In the early 1900s, this "American Gothic" artist entered a Crayola coloring contest & won; he later said that's what gave him the encouragement he needed to pursue a career in art'

Answer: Grant Wood


Question: 'In mythology Hermione was the daughter of Menelaus & her, & must have hoped to look like mom'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'Tchekalinsky, Tomsky & Prince Yeletsky are roles in "The Queen of Spades" by this composeretsky'

Answer: Tchaikovsky


Question: 'Kitty clawed me, so I may have this mild disease, also the title of a Ted Nugent album'

Answer: cat scratch fever


Question: '1991:<br />Syndicate accountant Meyer Lansky'

Answer: Bugsy


Question: 'In a Jane Austen novel, this medieval abbey sparks Catherine Morland's Gothic fantasies'

Answer: Northanger Abbey


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with machinery at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.)  Edwin Binney & this cousin of his began their partnership in 1885 to sell carbon black and other pigments; Crayolas didn't come until 1903'

Answer: (Harold) Smith


Question: 'At age 19 in 1925, Hermione Bulwer-Lytton was acting vicereine of this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'Donna Elvira is one of the women seduced by the title character of this Mozart opera'

Answer: Don Giovanni


Question: 'Uh-oh... I feel itchy.  Hope I wasn't bitten by this outdoor pest, the red larva of a harvest mite'

Answer: a chigger


Question: '2003:<br />Iranian immigrant & new home owner Colonel Behrani'

Answer: The House of Sand and Fog


Question: 'Lady Grove is an estate purchased by Uncle Edward in this "timely" British author's 1909 novel "Tono-Bungay"'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands with a melting vat at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.)  Edwin Binney's wife Alice coined the name "Crayola" by combining "cray", French for chalk, and "ola", short for oily, because Crayolas are made from this'

Answer: paraffin wax


Question: 'In "Gigi" Hermione Gingold is Maurice Chevalier's partner for this duet; ah, yes...'

Answer: "I Remember It Well"


Question: 'This title Wagner hero blows a mighty horn call & then kills Fafner, who's in the shape of a dragon'

Answer: Siegfried


Question: 'A blain is an inflammatory swelling; my exposure to icy weather may have given me this kind of "blain"--brrr!'

Answer: a chilblain


Question: '2000:<br />Homicidal British gangster Don Logan'

Answer: Sexy Beast


Question: 'The hero of this Thackeray novel woos & wins the widow who inhabits Castle Lyndon'

Answer: Barry Lyndon


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands with a melting tray at the Crayola Museum & Factory in Easton, PA.)  The makers of Crayola introduced dust-free school chalk; it was so successful that it won a gold medal at the 1904 World Exposition in this city'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'Hermione suffers from the jealousy of her husband Leontes in this late Shakespeare play'

Answer: The Winter\'s Tale


Question: 'This Beethoven opera features the wonderful quartet "Mir ist so wunderbar"'

Answer: Fidelio


Question: 'Of the world's 11 countries whose English names start with "A", the only 2 whose names don't end with "A"'

Answer: Afghanistan & Azerbaijan


Question: 'Later president, this man is seen here back in 1898'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'If you're jonesing to take "Twisted Metal" on the road, you'll need this Sony handheld gaming system'

Answer: the PSP


Question: 'Term for the line that cuts a square into 2 triangles'

Answer: a diagonal


Question: '"The Beaver State"'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'This 2005 film in the "Star Wars" saga won People's Choice Awards for Favorite Picture & Favorite Drama'

Answer: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith


Question: 'VLT'

Answer: violet


Question: 'Forthright one-time White House resident seen here'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'Race between classes with this brand of sneaker that's named for the location of its hidden removable wheel'

Answer: Heelys


Question: 'In a fraction, the numerator is the dividend & this is the divisor'

Answer: the denominator


Question: '"The Razorback State"'

Answer: Arkansas


Question: 'With about 100 awarded yearly, Rhodes Scholarships enable students to study at this British university'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'PTN'

Answer: petunia


Question: 'The risktaking of this 20th-century high flier will be long remembered'

Answer: (Charles) Lindbergh


Question: 'You might say "Wii" while using the wireless controller for this company's game system'

Answer: Nintendo


Question: 'A binary system is based on 2; this is a system based on 10'

Answer: a decimal system


Question: '"The Tar Heel State"'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'In 2007 Doris Lessing became only the 11th woman to win this--Pearl Buck won in 1938'

Answer: the Nobel Prize in Literature


Question: 'PPP'

Answer: poppy


Question: 'Against all the odds, he was the losing 1948 Republican candidate for president'

Answer: (Thomas) Dewey


Question: 'Use the SkyScout to look up at night & identify nebulae & the 88 official groups of stars called these'

Answer: constellations


Question: 'Angles & compass readings are measured in these'

Answer: degrees


Question: '"The Gopher State"'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'The ALA presents an award named in honor of Theodore Geisel, aka this author, for beginning readers' books'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'GRNM'

Answer: geranium


Question: 'He's the 18th-century musical prodigy seen here'

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


Question: 'Watch the DVDs included in this board game that has Disney, sports, Marvel & music editions'

Answer: Scene It?


Question: 'Pi is the ratio of the circle's circumference to this'

Answer: diameter


Question: '"The Pine Tree State"'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Winners of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama include this playwright, for "Death of a Salesman"'

Answer: (Arthur) Miller


Question: 'RS<br />(2 responses, please)'

Answer: rose & iris


Question: 'This Danish city's name means "merchant's harbor"'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'A mom in real life, she plays Grendel's mother in 2007's "Beowulf"'

Answer: Angelina Jolie


Question: 'In November 1999 this country launched Shenzhou, its first capsule capable of carrying a man into space'

Answer: China


Question: 'The "Good News" version of this "Good Book" debuted in 1976'

Answer: the Bible


Question: 'It's the second-lightest element'

Answer: helium


Question: 'By adding a letter to "ticked", you can go from being ticked to this much better opposite'

Answer: tickled


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew points out a region on a map.)  Violence in this region of Western Sudan has spilled over into Chad and has led to worldwide humanitarian appeals'

Answer: Darfur


Question: 'The Autobots & the Decepticons are dueling alien races that bring their war to Earth in this sci-fi flick'

Answer: Transformers


Question: 'Its moon Phobos orbits the planet in 7 hours, rises in the west, & sets in the east'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'Fireworks light up India's sky during Diwali, this religon's festival of lights'

Answer: Hinduism


Question: 'This element's symbol, Hg, comes from the Latin word hydrargyrum, meaning "liquid silver"'

Answer: mercury


Question: 'Add a letter to "neuron" & instead of a nerve cell, it's this subatomic particle'

Answer: neutron


Question: 'Capri sits at the entrance to the bay of this Italian city'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'Amir & Hassan are boys who fly kites in Kabul in this film based on a novel'

Answer: The Kite Runner


Question: 'This first space shuttle concluded its maiden voyage on April 14, 1981'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'Attention, young Buddhists: the World Fellowship of Buddhist Youth is headquartered in this Thai city'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'This element, symbol Mg, is essential to the diet & to green plants'

Answer: magnesium


Question: 'When you add a letter to "started" you may be truly surprised when you get this'

Answer: startled


Question: 'Wrecked military vehicles remain by the road from Tel Aviv to this city as a memorial of Israel's 1948 War of Independence'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Vince Vaughn played this title guy, Santa's bitter older brother, in a 2007 holiday film'

Answer: Fred Claus


Question: 'On July 4, 2005 the probe Deep Impact blasted a crater in Tempel 1, one of these celestial travelers'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'One of the few marked graves from this group's trek west is Rebecca Winter's, E. of Scottsbluff, Nebraska'

Answer: the Mormons


Question: 'As a coloring agent, this element between iron & nickel on the periodic table will literally give you the blues'

Answer: cobalt


Question: 'With the addition of a letter, a "gentle" person becomes this non-Jewish person'

Answer: gentile


Question: 'This continent's highest mountain was named for Polish hero Tadeusz Kosciuszko'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Lyra Belacqua has an extraordinary adventure in this film, based on the first volume of the "Dark Materials" trilogy'

Answer: The Golden Compass


Question: 'Near-earth ones of these include Ida, which has its own moon named Dactyl'

Answer: an asteroid


Question: 'Followers had to contribute it, so one movement of Taoism was called "the way of the 5 pecks of" this grain'

Answer: rice


Question: 'In the Haber process, hydrogen & this element are combined under high pressure to produce ammonia'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'Confer if you wish, but if you add a letter to "confer", it becomes this type of evergreen'

Answer: conifer


Question: 'Walt Whitman called this "the beautiful uncut hair of graves"'

Answer: grass


Question: 'If you stand inside this cathedral & look around, you'll see Christopher Wren's monument'

Answer: St. Paul\'s Cathedral


Question: 'From a Greek word for desolate, it's a crab or a person who's withdrawn from society'

Answer: Hermit


Question: 'Comedy satire in which Sally Field played the star of a daytime drama, "The Sun Also Sets"'

Answer: Soapdish


Question: 'The first rockets were used in this country as early as 1232'

Answer: China


Question: 'This paper launched in 1982 is now America's second-largest'

Answer: USA Today


Question: 'After Maurice Starr made stars out of New Edition, he put this new "New" group on the charts'

Answer: New Kids on the Block


Question: 'The statue of Eros, in this circle, was a tribute to Lord Shaftesbury; the bow & arrow, a play on his name'

Answer: Piccadilly Circus


Question: 'This adjective refers to anything oxlike or cowlike'

Answer: Bovine


Question: 'Ron Howard set the screen ablaze with this 1991 film about Chicago firefighters'

Answer: Backdraft


Question: 'Added thrust for takeoffs is provided by these extra rockets attached to the first stage'

Answer: Boosters


Question: 'Noted for its investigative reporting, it was founded in 1877 as an organ of the Democratic party'

Answer: The Washington Post


Question: 'This Theodore Roosevelt quote comes from an African proverb that ends "you will go far"'

Answer: "Speak softly and carry a big stick"


Question: 'In case you want to "steal" a look at them, they're in a room in Wakefield Tower'

Answer: Crown Jewels


Question: 'The enclosure over a plane's cockpit or the layer of the tallest treetops in a forest'

Answer: Canopy


Question: 'Harrison Ford played a lawyer who lost his identity after a gunshot wound in this film'

Answer: Regarding Henry


Question: 'After World War II, the U.S. used these captured German rockets as atmospheric probes'

Answer: V-2 rockets


Question: 'In 1951 the Peron government seized control of this paper whose name is Spanish for "the press"'

Answer: La Prensa


Question: 'This fashion item could have been an eschscholtz if the name of the atoll hadn't changed'

Answer: Bikini


Question: 'It contains the Strangers Gallery'

Answer: House of Parliament


Question: 'This frothy dessert is made of sweetened & flavored whipped cream & is frozen without stirring'

Answer: Mousse


Question: '"Once Around" re-teamed Holly Hunter & this actor, her co-star from "Always"'

Answer: Richard Dreyfuss


Question: 'One of Goddard's early inventions was developed into this anti-tank rocket gun'

Answer: Bazooka


Question: 'U.S. daily nicknamed "The Old Gray Lady"'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'The old part of this street with luxury shops was created around 1690; the new, about 30 years later'

Answer: Bond Street


Question: 'U.S. Navy petty officer who performs clerical duties, or Janice Rand's rank on "Star Trek"'

Answer: Yeoman


Question: 'Robert De Niro played a film director during the anti-Communist witch hunts in this 1991 drama'

Answer: Guilty by Suspicion


Question: 'They're fired to slow down the movement of a space vehicle'

Answer: Retrorockets


Question: 'Two Communist papers, the Morning Star of London & America's Daily World, formerly shared this name'

Answer: The Daily Worker


Question: 'Your average rhombus has this many sides'

Answer: 4


Question: 'Life forms created in the laboratory can be registered with this Commerce Department office'

Answer: Patent Office


Question: 'Poet Sidney Lanier was captured during this war & contracted tuberculosis in prison'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'This country's most famous bronze statue is the Great Buddha at Kamakura'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It is said his descendants still live in Shantung province where he was born in 551 B.C.'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'In a 1588 sea battle, the English defeated this "invincible" fleet of ships'

Answer: Spanish Armada


Question: 'The cape buffalo uses its horns to defend itself, & a warthog uses these'

Answer: Tusks


Question: 'Established in 1942, it's the worldwide broadcasting division of the U.S. government'

Answer: Voice of America


Question: 'Poet & novelist James Dickey was once poetry consultant to this national library'

Answer: Library of Congress


Question: 'One thousand years ago, more than 1/3 of this European country's land was underwater'

Answer: Netherlands/Holland


Question: 'In 1881 she founded the Massachusetts Metaphysical College, a school for Christian Science'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: '16th century Flemish scientist Andreas Vesalius is considered the father of this branch of biology'

Answer: Anatomy


Question: 'World Book calls this common tree dweller the smartest rodent'

Answer: Squirrel


Question: 'The packaging of atomic materials is under the jurisdiction of this agency'

Answer: Nuclear Regulatory Commission


Question: 'She left the Atlanta Journal in 1926 after injuring her ankle, & spent the next ten years writing a novel'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'This country's coat of arms features a two-tailed lion, the symbol of the historic Bohemian kingdom'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'Elijah Muhammad, formerly Elijah Poole, was the leader of this movement from 1934 to 1975'

Answer: Black Muslims


Question: 'In 1522 he became the first captain-general of New Spain'

Answer: Hernando Cortes


Question: 'The highly vascular fine-haired skin on a deer's antlers is called this'

Answer: Velvet


Question: 'In July 1989 Richard H. Truly succeeded James C. Fletcher as administrator of this agency'

Answer: NASA


Question: 'This author of "God's Little Acre" was the son of a missionary who ministered to sharecroppers'

Answer: Erskine Caldwell


Question: 'This small country extends farther north than any other country in Africa'

Answer: Tunisia


Question: 'In Britain, the Methodists' formal break with the Church of England came after the death of this founder'

Answer: John Wesley


Question: 'This cardinal's downfall began when he couldn't get an annulment for Henry VIII'

Answer: Cardinal Thomas Wolsey


Question: 'The opposite of hibernate; lungfish & some snails do it'

Answer: Estivate (sleep during the summer)


Question: 'The Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York is administered by this cabinet department'

Answer: Department of Transportation


Question: 'The film of her novel, "Reflections in a Golden Eye", was released shortly after her death in 1967'

Answer: Carson McCullers


Question: 'Panama is bordered by these two countries'

Answer: Colombia & Costa Rica


Question: 'He was the founder & first general of The Salvation Army'

Answer: William Booth


Question: 'Michelangelo worked on the Sistine Chapel while this artist was painting the walls in the Pope's apartments'

Answer: Raphael


Question: 'Either of the smallest or largest types of monkey whose names both begin with the letter M'

Answer: Marmosets or mandrills


Question: 'More writings of this orator survive than of any other Latin author'

Answer: Cicero


Question: 'This general eventually won the Civil War, toppling the elected Spanish government'

Answer: Franco


Question: 'Elvis Presley:<br />"You ain't never caught a rabbit"'

Answer: "Hound Dog"


Question: 'Cat in the Hat Day,<br />March 2'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'Term for the strings of tubular shell beads used by Native Americans in lieu of money'

Answer: wampum


Question: 'Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk!  It's Missouri's U.S. postal abbreviation'

Answer: MO


Question: 'A Vegas chorus line dancer'

Answer: a showgirl


Question: 'These 2 Axis powers backed & supplied the rebel Fascist revolt'

Answer: Germany & Italy


Question: 'The Beatles:<br />"Goo goo g'joob"'

Answer: "I Am The Walrus"


Question: 'Take a Walk on the Moon Day,<br />August 5'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


Question: 'Dating to the 600s B.C., the first Western coins were made of electrum, an alloy of gold & 20 percent this stuff'

Answer: silver


Question: 'Check it out! His presidential library is in Independence, Missouri'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'A river steamer equipped with a theater & an acting troupe'

Answer: a showboat


Question: 'Supporters of the government were known as Loyalists or as these, also an American political party'

Answer: Republicans


Question: 'Elton John:<br />"Me and Suzie had so much fun, holding hands and skimming stones"'

Answer: "Crocodile Rock"


Question: 'Thesaurus Day,<br />January 18'

Answer: (Peter) Roget


Question: 'The earliest coins of ancient Britain were made of speculum, this alloy containing 20 percent tin'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'Here's the scoop: popularized at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, it's Missouri's state dessert'

Answer: the ice cream cone


Question: 'A minor attraction that is part of a larger one, like at a circus or carnival'

Answer: a sideshow


Question: 'The Civil War ended in March 1939 when Fascist forces finally succeeded in taking this city'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'Harry Chapin:<br />"Little Boy Blue and the Man in the Moon.  When ya comin' home, dad?"'

Answer: "Cat\'s In The Cradle"


Question: 'Gravity Day,<br />December 25'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: '"Pecuniary" comes from this language's pecu, meaning "herd", as livestock were long used as a means of exchange'

Answer: Latin


Question: 'The seat of Greene County, Springfield, Missouri is found in the foothills of these mountains'

Answer: the Ozarks


Question: '"Level" term for a series of entertainments presented at a nightclub'

Answer: a floor show


Question: 'Many areas were indiscriminately bombed & destroyed, like this town seen in a famous 1937 painting'

Answer: Guernica


Question: 'The Tokens:<br />"Wimoweh, wimoweh , wimoweh, wimoweh, in the jungle, the mighty jungle"'

Answer: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"


Question: 'National Handwriting Day,<br />January 23'

Answer: John Hancock


Question: 'Large stone disks were once used as money on the Yap Islands, part of the Federated States of this "tiny" country'

Answer: Micronesia


Question: 'This "saintly" Missouri city was the eastern terminus of the Pony Express'

Answer: St. Joseph


Question: 'Bring grandma's old piece of junk to this highest-rated PBS TV show & find out if it's really worth $1 million'

Answer: Antiques Roadshow


Question: 'It was during this war against the British that naval captain James Lawrence said, "Don't give up the ship"'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'God in "Oh, God!"'

Answer: George Burns


Question: 'This NYC borough's museum created such a "sensation" that mayor Giuliani tried to cut off its funding'

Answer: the Brooklyn Museum


Question: 'In song it's "a drink with jam and bread"'

Answer: tea


Question: 'III cubed'

Answer: XXVII


Question: '(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  Many giant tortoise subspecies in the Galapagos are named for the islands on which they are found, like these beauties here on this fertile island whose name is Spanish for "holy cross"'

Answer: Santa Cruz


Question: 'More than 1,000 feet long, the USS John F, Kennedy is one of these large ships'

Answer: an aircraft carrier


Question: 'African prince Akeem in "Coming to America"'

Answer: Eddie Murphy


Question: 'State where you'll find the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture & the International UFO Museum & research center'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'To a TV actor it's this type of card with the dialogue written on it'

Answer: a cue


Question: 'The square root of LXIV'

Answer: VIII


Question: '(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) The largest animal in the island lives in a harem--1 bull, about 30 cows & their babies; now, often mistaken for seals, they have external ears, which means they are these creatures'

Answer: sea lions


Question: 'In 1983 the ship called the Rainbow this tried to get evidence of the Soviets making illegal use of whale meat'

Answer: Warrior


Question: 'George Banks, the "Father of the Bride" in the 1991 remake'

Answer: Steve Martin


Question: 'Famed architect Philip Johnson called this man's Bilbao museum "the greatest building of our time"'

Answer: Frank Gehry


Question: 'A yes vote'

Answer: aye


Question: 'VI squared'

Answer: XXXVI


Question: '(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) One of three varieties found in the Galapagos, the blue-footed type of this bird really stands out against the drab rocks'

Answer: booby


Question: 'An ancient province that included Portugal shares its name with this ship torpedoed in 1915'

Answer: Lusitania


Question: 'Popeye in the 1980 film'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'When you visit the Chinese city Hohhot, see cultural relics at the museum devoted to Inner this region'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'Now prized for cabinetwork, this tree's wood was used by British archers in the Middle Ages for longbows'

Answer: yew


Question: 'LII plus XV'

Answer: LXVII


Question: '(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  Contending with cold water & hot land, the Galapagos penguin is the only species to occur north of this line, the midpoint of the Tropics'

Answer: the equator


Question: 'Made famous in a 1975 John Denver song & in documentaries, it was originally a Minesweeper built for the Royal Navy'

Answer: Jacques Cousteau\'s Calypso


Question: 'Chester Lee, a girl's soccer coach in "Ladybugs"'

Answer: Rodney Dangerfield


Question: 'The national Underground Railroad freedom center & the Great Lakes science center are in this state'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'It follows Tappan in a New York State place name'

Answer: Zee


Question: 'XL times V'

Answer: CC


Question: '(Alex reports from the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  The keel of the breastbone, where strong wing muscles would attach, is reduced on the flightless one of these; with no predators, in an isolated environment, it has become earthbound'

Answer: the cormorant


Question: 'His collection of books suffered disastrous fires at the home called Shadwell in 1770 & at the Library of Congress in 1851'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'It can refer to the birth of Christ, his second coming or the 4 Sundays before Christmas'

Answer: Advent


Question: '"The Flintstones" was modeled on this Jackie Gleason series'

Answer: The Honeymooners


Question: 'Hello out there...in 1969 this president placed the first telephone call to the moon'

Answer: Richard Nixon


Question: 'Professor Bhaer in her book "Little Women" was partly based on Ralph Waldo Emerson'

Answer: Louisa May Alcott


Question: 'Dorothy's doggie<br />(4)'

Answer: Toto


Question: 'Zoologically minded watchers don't like us accepting this more general term as a synonym for antlers'

Answer: Horns


Question: 'The 7 virtues are temperance, fortitude, justice, prudence & this trio'

Answer: Faith, hope & charity


Question: 'In the 1993 primetime special "I Yabba-Dabba Do!", these 2 kids got married'

Answer: Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm


Question: 'In 1930 Ellen Church was flying high as the first woman to serve the airlines in this capacity'

Answer: Stewardess


Question: 'During one year, 1802, Wordsworth wrote 3 poems about this beautiful winged insect'

Answer: Butterfly


Question:
'Surf's partner,
on a menu
(4)'

Answer: Turf


Question: 'Some viewers objected when we ascribed this title to Indian leaders Geronimo & Tecumseh'

Answer: Chief


Question: 'On his visit to this city on January 22, 1999 John Paul II toured around in his "Papabus"'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'In 1996, after years of exclusion & a national vote, she joined the rest of the gang as a Flintstone vitamin'

Answer: Betty Rubble


Question: 'Tired of carrying 2 pairs of glasses around, Benjamin Franklin invented these'

Answer: Bifocals


Question: 'The poems of Scotland's Robert Fergusson, who died insane at age 24, influenced this "Tam O'Shanter" poet'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'Bow, or bolo<br />(3)'

Answer: Tie


Question: 'This relative of John King of the Dust Brothers production duo says we confused them with the Chemical Bros.'

Answer: His mom


Question: 'You can assume correctly it is this person's assumption that is celebrated each August 15'

Answer: Virgin Mary


Question: '"The Flintstones" theme is based on the chord changes of this song; "Who Could Ask for Anything More?"'

Answer: "I Got Rhythm"


Question: 'Mickey Mouse found his voice in this 1928 cartoon, the first to feature synchronized sound'

Answer: Steamboat Willie


Question: 'She set her 1931 novel "Shadows on the Rock" in Quebec, not in Nebraska'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'Saltwater sweet<br />(5)'

Answer: Taffy


Question: 'Penitence was demanded when a Final Jeopardy! called Ash Wednesday this type of religious "day"'

Answer: Holy day


Question: 'Some consider cherubim the second order of angels, just below these'

Answer: Seraphim


Question: '2 Stone Age movie heartthrobs were Stoney Curtis & this suave star, perhaps born Archiboulder Leach'

Answer: Cary Granite


Question: 'A member of Congress from 1940 to 1973, this Down Easter was the first woman to serve in the House & Senate'

Answer: Margaret Chase Smith


Question: 'Alfred Venison was a pseudonym of this "Cantos" poet (is that 16 ounces of Venison?)'

Answer: Ezra Pound


Question: 'Hitchhiking essential<br />(5)'

Answer: Thumb


Question: 'This entertainer informs us sources are wrong in saying his sister-in-law Audrey Meadows was born in China'

Answer: Steve Allen


Question: 'Windemere is the largest lake in this country's Lake District'

Answer: England


Question: 'As a child, future studio executive Jon Peters appeared as a boy on a donkey crossing this sea'

Answer: Red Sea


Question: 'This "Yankee Doodle Dandy" composer was actually born on July 3 in 1878'

Answer: George M. Cohan


Question: 'Assimilate, like a sponge'

Answer: Absorb


Question: 'The Greek god Hephaestus is usually identified with this Roman god'

Answer: Vulcan


Question: 'Howard Schultz made this chain ubiquitous in the U.S. after having an epiphany over espresso'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'Baku in Azerbaijan & Astrakhan in Russia are ports on this sturgeon-filled sea'

Answer: Caspian Sea


Question: 'Actor Henry Wilcoxon said this director of the film cast himself as the voice of God -- who better?'

Answer: Cecil B. DeMille


Question: 'This July 3-born British playwright co-wrote the award-winning script for "Shakespeare in Love"'

Answer: Tom Stoppard


Question: 'One of the grammatical parts of speech, this can modify another one of its type'

Answer: Adverb


Question: 'Friday is named for this Norse goddess who was the mother of Balder & the wife of Odin'

Answer: Freya


Question: 'President Harry Cunningham opened this "K" company's first K Mart in Michigan in 1962'

Answer: Kresge


Question: 'A 1795 land fraud case concerned land near the Yazoo, a tributary of this American river'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'Carl Switzer, who had a bit role as a slave, is best known as this "Little Rascal"'

Answer: Alfalfa


Question: 'Born July 3, 1883 in Prague, this author died after a "Trial" with TB in an Austrian sanitarium June 3, 1924'

Answer: Franz Kafka


Question: 'Only 3 letters long, it's a long white robe worn by priests'

Answer: Alb


Question: 'Rise & shine for this Roman goddess of the dawn'

Answer: Aurora


Question: 'One letter was changed in this tycoon's last name to get the company name Revlon'

Answer: Charles Revson


Question: 'This bay separating Nova Scotia & New Brunswick has high tides of up to 70 feet'

Answer: Bay of Fundy


Question: 'Born July 3, 1951, at age 19 he became his country's "President for Life": why, he was just a "Baby"'

Answer: Jean-Claude Duvalier


Question: 'Something done with poise & assurance is done with this'

Answer: Aplomb


Question: 'The daughter of Geb & Nut, this Egyptian goddess was the sister-wife of Osiris'

Answer: Isis