Question: 'The wedding meal eaten by this odd Edward Lear pair is "mince and slices of quince"'

Answer: the owl and the pussycat


Question: 'It's the tailless cat variety from an island south of Scotland'

Answer: a manx


Question: 'In July 2007 one of these instruments with a 34-foot mirror was completed on the Canary Islands'

Answer: a telescope


Question: 'After a near-un-requested fission surplus, I said Homer "turned a potential Chernobyl into a mere" this Pennsylvania place'

Answer: Three Mile Island


Question: 'Around the time of a veiled Muslim garment for women'

Answer: circa burka


Question: 'Fran's Chocolates of Seattle makes delectable caramels topped with the gray sea type of this'

Answer: salt


Question: 'This title flute player's "queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow & half of red"'

Answer: the Pied Piper of Hamelin


Question: 'This shorthaired "brown" cat is named for its color, which is said to resemble that of a Cuban cigar'

Answer: a havana


Question: 'In 1936 the Spanish government demoted this general to Governor of the Canary Islands'

Answer: Franco


Question: 'My mother's sordid affair with this president & later, Chief Justice of the United States, still rankles'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'A large Asian white winter radish that's a representation of a saint'

Answer: a daikon icon


Question: 'Good news:<br />Dark chocolate is rich in these antioxidant compounds whose very name sounds "flavorful"'

Answer: flavonoids


Question: 'These tiny people in a 1952 Mary Norton story live under the floor in a large country house'

Answer: the borrowers


Question: 'This breed of domestic feline from Maine is the first truly American show breed'

Answer: a Maine coon


Question: 'The Canary Islands were named for a large number of these the Romans found there, not yellow songbirds'

Answer: wild dogs


Question: 'In 1917 Allied troops from this North American country stormed up Vimy Ridge in a legendary charge'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Superman'

Answer: Clark Kent


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew sits at a Las Vegas blackjack table with Sarah.) To ask the dealer for another card, I can gesture or say this traditional 2-word phrase'

Answer: hit me


Question: 'Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'Sept. 4, 2007 was the first time that 2 of these, Henriette & Felix, made landfall on the same day'

Answer: hurricanes


Question: 'In football, it's a charge on the QB by linebackers or defensive backs'

Answer: a blitz


Question: 'In the 1st raid of its kind in history, the British town of Yarmouth was bombed in 1915 by a German one of these'

Answer: a Zeppelin


Question: 'Batman'

Answer: Bruce Wayne


Question: 'In multi-deck blackjack, the cards are usually dealt from one of these--but not the kind you wear'

Answer: a shoe


Question: 'In 2007 Drew Gilpin Faust became the first female president in this university's 371-year history'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds'

Answer: California


Question: 'A granular form of this common mineral is used to make sandpaper'

Answer: quartz


Question: 'Enver Pasha, this country's minister of war, commanded the troops defending the Dardanelles'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'The original Robin, the Boy Wonder'

Answer: Dick Grayson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew takes her turn reading the clue.) When you get a pair of 8's, it's recommended you do this, giving yourself a chance at 2 winning hands'

Answer: splitting


Question: 'Registering as K. Switzer, in 1967 Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially enter & run this race'

Answer: the Boston Marathon


Question: 'The forecast is cloudy with a 30% chance of these, characterized by the sudden start & stop of light rainfall'

Answer: showers


Question: 'Many French eateries include this word in their names; it means "at the home of"'

Answer: chez


Question: 'What the Germans called the Siegfried Line, the Allies called this, after a famous German general of the war'

Answer: the Hindenburg Line


Question: 'Wonder Woman'

Answer: Diana Prince


Question: 'When a player & dealer tie, it's called this & no money is won or lost'

Answer: a push


Question: 'Frances Perkins became the first woman cabinet member when FDR put her to work in this post'

Answer: Secretary of Labor


Question: 'High clouds may bring this type of damaging precipitation, especially to the "alley" for it in the Rockies'

Answer: hail


Question: 'It's true! This city, the first colonial post in Mexico, was founded by Hernando Cortes in 1519'

Answer: Veracruz


Question: 'At the 1914 Battle of Tannenberg in East Prussia, this country's army was surrounded & largely destroyed'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'Zorro'

Answer: Don Diego de la Vega


Question: '(Sarah reads the last clue.) Since my first 2 cards are an ace & 6, I have this type of 17 and will draw at least one more card'

Answer: soft


Question: 'Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to serve as principal chief of this Southeast Native American tribe'

Answer: the Cherokee


Question: 'Longer autumn nights let the ground cool, producing condensation & the "ground" type of this'

Answer: fog


Question: 'Last name of German engineer Karl, who in 1885 developed a 3-wheeled vehicle called the Motorwagen'

Answer: Benz


Question: 'He never won an Oscar, but this 1960s movie star got a patent for a low-slung bucket seat for race cars'

Answer: Steve McQueen


Question: 'Fighting started April 19, 1775 with a battle in Lexington that spread to this nearby town'

Answer: Concord


Question: 'This TV "Funny Face" did a 5-minute workout video in 1990 for people without a lot of time to exercise'

Answer: Sandy Duncan


Question: 'Real estate owned with no claims on it is said to be "free and" this'

Answer: Clear


Question: 'Napoleon said, "I have never loved anyone for love's sake, except, perhaps," her -- "a little"'

Answer: Josephine


Question: 'It's the musical featuring the song heard here:<br />("I'm Getting Married in the Morning")'

Answer: "My Fair Lady"


Question: 'He who does it is lost<br />(9)'

Answer: Hesitates


Question: 'At Bunker Hill, Colonel Prescott is said to have ordered, "Don't one of you fire until you see" these'

Answer: The whites of their eyes


Question: 'In the 1960s he set records of 4 career no-hitters & 382 strikeouts in one year'

Answer: Sandy Koufax


Question: 'In 1947 the U.S. was given a 99-year one on Philippine military bases -- it was later shortened'

Answer: Lease


Question: 'Samuel Butler rhymed, "Love is a boy by poets styled; then spare the rod and" do this'

Answer: Spoil the child


Question: '"Side Show" is based on the lives of Daisy & Violet Hilton, a famous pair of these extremely close siblings'

Answer: Siamese twins


Question: 'Sleep like a bear<br />(9)'

Answer: Hibernate


Question: 'During the war this American naval hero & captain of the Ranger raided the coast of England'

Answer: John Paul Jones


Question: '1978 film in which John Travolta sang "Sandy"'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'It's the term for items, such as bathtubs, that become part of the real estate they're attached to'

Answer: Fixtures


Question: 'According to a familiar song, it's where "me and my true love will never meet again"'

Answer: On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond


Question: '(Hi, I'm Robert Guillaume)  I sang "The Music of the Night" dozens of times when I starred in the Los Angeles production of this musical'

Answer: "Phantom of the Opera"


Question: 'Tall baby sitter<br />(9)'

Answer: highchair


Question: 'The British were aided by Hessian soldiers from the Hesse-Kassel region of this European country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'The Canning Basin on this continent is also called the Great Sandy Desert'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In 1981, when Sears bought it, this "banker" had 236 brokerage offices; today it has 10 times that'

Answer: Coldwell Banker


Question: 'Tennyson reasoned, "'Tis better to have" done this "than never to have loved at all"'

Answer: Loved and lost


Question: 'Funny thing...he wrote the music & lyrics for "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"'

Answer: Stephen Sondheim


Question: 'Jacket for corn<br />(4)'

Answer: Husk


Question: 'This general's 1779 assault on Stony Point, N.Y. earned him a medal & the nickname "Mad Anthony"'

Answer: Anthony Wayne


Question: 'She won Tonys for her performances in "A Thousand Clowns" & "Any Wednesday"'

Answer: Sandy Dennis


Question: 'This term for the conveyance of property to secure a loan literally means "dead pledge"'

Answer: Mortgage


Question: 'Richard Lovelace wrote, "I could not love thee dear, so much, loved I not" this "more"'

Answer: Honor


Question: 'An Oscar winner for "Amadeus", he made his Broadway musical debut in 1997 in "Triumph of Love"'

Answer: F. Murray Abraham


Question: 'X x X<br />(7)'

Answer: Hundred (X=10, x - times)


Question: 'To Isaiah a land of foreigners, it's home to Nazareth & a namesake sea'

Answer: Galilee


Question: 'She wrote about Jemima Puddle-Duck, Jeremy Fisher & Peter Rabbit'

Answer: (Beatrix) Potter


Question: 'FDR appointed this "hot dog" to the Supreme Court in 1939'

Answer: Felix Frankfurter


Question: 'It's easy to find the Insectarium in this largest Quebec city -- it's shaped like a bug'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Despite its title, you won't sleep through this Costa-Gavras thriller about a Greek political murder'

Answer: Z


Question: 'This reptile is known as a croc for short'

Answer: C-R-O-C-O-D-I-L-E


Question: 'Paul spoke on Aeropagus, a hill of this capital city of Attica, Greece'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'This Hugh Lofting title character communicates verbally with normally non-verbal creatures'

Answer: Doctor Doolittle


Question: 'This 20-year-old singer's hits include "Sleep to Dream" & "Criminal"'

Answer: Fiona Apple


Question: 'Whitehorse in this territory is home to the "Frantic Follies", a musical revue celebrating the gold rush days'

Answer: Yukon


Question: '(Alex: Take a look at the monitor.  Film seen here:)'

Answer: Jaws


Question: 'Often seen at Christmas, this flowering plant was named for Joel R. Poinsett'

Answer: P-O-I-N-S-E-T-T-I-A


Question: 'David reigned for 7 1/2 years in Hebron, then moved to this city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'A spider named Charlotte & a farmer's daughter keep the farmer from makin' bacon out of this pig'

Answer: Wilbur


Question: 'The Mets gave fans ice cream on a "sundae" event celebrating this outfielder's 1983 Rookie of the Year award'

Answer: Darryl Strawberry


Question: 'An enormous 30'-high nickel overlooks the town of Sudbury in this second-largest province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'Cop Al Pacino chases robber de Niro in this 1995 Michael Mann movie'

Answer: Heat


Question: 'Bra is the common abbreviaion for this item of clothing which is harder to spell'

Answer: B-R-A-S-S-I-E-R-E


Question: 'According to Genesis 11, this famous structure was built on the Plain of Shinar'

Answer: Tower of Babel


Question: 'Aslan is the lion in his "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"'

Answer: (C.S.) Lewis


Question: '"King of the Hill"'s guitar-playing comedian Celery Head is a spoof of this red-haired prop comic'

Answer: Carrot Top


Question: 'The elegant Pan Pacific Hotel in this Canadian city was built for Expo 86'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'The title of this 1968 film about a brutal boarding school consists of 2 letters & 3 dots'

Answer: if...


Question: 'You call it your collarbone, but your doctor calls it this'

Answer: C-L-A-V-I-C-L-E


Question: 'A witch who survived Saul's witch hunt lived in this Canaanite city'

Answer: Endor


Question: 'John Steinbeck traveled across America in a 1962 bestseller, "Travels With" this title poodle'

Answer: Charley


Question: 'In 1983 this singer with the name of a Mexican food hit the top 5 with "Puttin' on the Ritz"'

Answer: Taco


Question: 'The musical "Anne of Green Gables" is staged every summer at this province's Charlottetown festival'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'Curran is the last name of this title bigfoot played by Peter Boyle in a 1970 film'

Answer: Joe


Question: 'It's the 12-letter word in the title of the French national anthem'

Answer: M-A-R-S-E-I-L-L-A-I-S-E


Question: 'On Dec. 25, 1991, he ended his farewell speech by saying, "I wish everyone all the best"'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'In 1898 Britain leased the New Territories from China, adding to the area of this dependency'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'He played Michael Knight's evil look-alike enemy Garthe on "Knight Rider"'

Answer: David Hasselhoff


Question: 'A type of endive & a type of waffle take their names from this country'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'The Kodak Hula Show in this city is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 1997'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'A popular type of this equipment is coded 7 X 35, meaning they magnify 7 times with a 35mm objective lens'

Answer: binoculars


Question: 'In 1273 Rudolf I became the first from this family to rule the Holy Roman Empire, though he was never crowned'

Answer: the Hapsburgs


Question: 'Name shared by Phoebe's twin (also played by Lisa Kudrow) & George of the Jungle's wife, possibly a twin'

Answer: Ursula


Question: 'This soup is made from the tail of any beef animal, including the cow & the steer'

Answer: ox-tail soup


Question: 'This seat of Kent County, Delaware is named for a city in England's county of Kent'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'The very common house type of this small brown bird is a non-challenging addition to your list'

Answer: a sparrow


Question: 'In January 1943 FDR & Winston Churchill met in this North African city to discuss the war effort'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tia & Tamara Mowry.)  Patty Duke played identical cousins on "The Patty Duke Show" & Sheryl Lee did it on this appropriately named series'

Answer: Twin Peaks


Question: 'To a Thai, they're ba mee; to a Filipino, pancit mami & to a Japanese, ramen'

Answer: noodles


Question: 'Magnolia Mound Plantation, an old Creole home, is a tourist attraction in this city'

Answer: Baton Rouge


Question: 'Since 1900 this group has sponsored the Christmas bird count across North America'

Answer: the Audubon Society


Question: 'In 1701 this pirate was hanged in London for murder & 5 counts of piracy'

Answer: Captain Kidd


Question: 'On this NBC soap, Eileen Davidson as Kristen got look-alike Susan to have a baby for her'

Answer: Days of Our Lives


Question: 'This pizza turnover is from Naples & its name means "trouser leg"'

Answer: calzone


Question: 'The Pueblo Revolt drove the Spanish out of this city in 1680, but they returned in 1692'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'A birdwatcher's bonanza, fallout is the sudden grounding of a population during this process'

Answer: migration


Question: 'This type of sailing vessel has a single mast with fore-and-aft rigging'

Answer: a sloop


Question: 'The first European to round Africa's southern tip, he was also on the voyage that discovered Brazil'

Answer: Bartolomeo Diaz


Question: 'These former "Full House" twins have their own line of home video mystery adventures'

Answer: Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen


Question: 'Term for whole wheat berries that have been steamed, dried & cracked; they're found in tabbouleh'

Answer: bulgur


Question: 'Appropriately, the capitol building in this capital of the "Silver State" has a silver dome'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'This artist & ornithologist known for his "Field Guide"s died at age 87 in 1996'

Answer: Roger Tory Peterson


Question: 'One's tax burden can be lowered by exploiting these'

Answer: loopholes


Question: 'We hope the ivory-billed species of this U.S. & Cuban bird makes a comeback, knock on .....'

Answer: Woodpecker


Question: '"Listen, my children, and you shall hear of" this'

Answer: "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere"


Question: '"G.I. Blues" was set in this European country where Elvis served 2 years in the Army'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'You'll find the John F. Kennedy School of Government at this Ivy League university, JFK's alma mater'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'The name of this candy or bite-sized chocolate-covered ice cream is French for "good good"'

Answer: bonbon


Question: 'This country has a launch site in the Negev Desert'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'The Asian species of this animal can weigh 11,000 lbs. & drinks about 40 gallons of water a day'

Answer: Elephant


Question: 'Robert Frost rhymed, "Nature's first green is" this color, "her hardest hue to hold"'

Answer: Gold


Question: 'Ronald Reagan's eldest child, she played the role of Lorraine in "Kissin' Cousins"'

Answer: Maureen Reagan


Question: 'At the 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State handed this school's Sun Devils their only loss of the season'

Answer: Arizona State


Question: 'In the nursery rhyme, it comes between "lavender's blue" & "lavender's green"'

Answer: Dilly-Dilly


Question: 'In 1986 it replaced the Salyut 7 space station'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'The blood of this smallest member of the camel family has adapted to high altitudes'

Answer: Vicuna


Question: 'Robert Burns told this "sweet" river to "Flow gently....among thy green braes"'

Answer: Afton


Question: 'In 1861 the faculty & most of the students of this 2nd-oldest U.S. college joined the Confederate army'

Answer: William & Mary


Question: 'First name of cellist Ma'

Answer: Yo-Yo


Question: 'This German developed the Saturn V rocket used on most of the Apollo missions'

Answer: Wernher Von Braun


Question: 'Not a "lot" of this cat, felis pardalis, can be spotted in the wild'

Answer: Ocelot


Question: 'This "Don Juan" poet adopted a third given name, Noel, to receive an inheritance from his mother-in-law'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Rice University's campus is located about 3 miles from the downtown area of this large city'

Answer: Houston


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Group heard here in a 1997 release from "The Saint" soundtrack:'

Answer: Duran Duran


Question: 'In 1919 the Smithsonian published his paper "A Method of Reaching Extreme Altitudes"'

Answer: Robert Goddard


Question: 'A reserve in Cyprus has been established to save the Mediterranean mouflon, a wild type of this'

Answer: Sheep


Question: 'This 1712 poem was based on the true story of a lord cutting a curl from Arabella Fermor's hair'

Answer: "The Rape of the Lock" (by Alexander Pope)


Question: 'Mary Stone on "The Donna Reed Show", she was the only female to co-star with Elvis in 3 films'

Answer: Shelley Fabares


Question: 'It's the world's only 4-year university devoted to deaf & hard of hearing undergraduate students'

Answer: Gallaudet


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

Answer: Pago Pago


Question: 'In 1997, in honor of her 90th birthday, she was made honorary First Lady of Old Saybrook, Connecticut'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'Okay, we've been savin' / His poem, "The Raven" / But to go even deeper / Check out "The Sleeper"'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: '"The Immaculate Collection"<br />(1990)'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'In Esperanto "no man is an" insulo, this'

Answer: an island


Question: 'For eligible vets, the VA offers guaranteed ones of these with competitive rates & little or no down payment'

Answer: mortgages (home loans)


Question: 'Joseph Hopkins Twichell, this man's "Tramp Abroad" traveling companion, conducted his funeral service'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'A great fuss about something trivial is "a tempest in" this, like chip's mother'

Answer: a teapot


Question: 'Our New Year's are fine / 'Cause he wrote "Auld Lang Syne" / His pen was hot, man / He's the national poet of Scotland'

Answer: (Robert) Burns


Question: '"Forty Licks" (2002) & "Hot Rocks: 1964-1971 "'

Answer: The Rolling Stones


Question: 'It began in 1986 as a 20-person Summer Solstice Fest at S.F.'s Baker Beach; in 2008, 49,599 went, but to a different place'

Answer: Burning Man


Question: '20,000 veterans of this war marched on Washington in 1932 demanding a war bonus that had been promised them'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'The Archbishop of Canterbury who presided over this royal's 2002 service was the ninth in her long life'

Answer: the Queen Mother


Question: 'If we could find him, a soldier who's gone AWOL could tell us that AWOL stands for this'

Answer: Absent Without Leave


Question: 'Blind by 1652 / 22 years of life remained / Still much for him to do / Like pen "Paradise Regained"'

Answer: Milton


Question: '"Greatest Hits: Straight Up!" (2007)'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'Don't take "four score & seven years" to tell us it equals this many total years'

Answer: 87


Question: 'In 1988 this president created the cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'In April 2005 Joseph Ratzinger officiated at this man's funeral'

Answer: John Paul II


Question: 'In a song he wrote during WWII Frank Loesser popularized the phrase, "Praise the lord and pass" this'

Answer: the ammunition


Question: 'Remember your classes / His "Bells and Pomegranates" collection / Includes "Pippa Passes"'

Answer: Robert Browning


Question: '"My Generation: The Very Best of..." (1996)'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'This composer's Nibelungs stopped working Feb. 13, 1883'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'The U.S. government expanded veterans' medical benefits following this conflict that ended in 1975'

Answer: the Vietnam War


Question: 'This Arizona senator's sendoff in 1998 was presided over by Rev. Carlozzi & Rabbi Plotkin'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'From "Casey at the Bat", when there's a letdown or disappointment "There is no joy in" this place'

Answer: Mudville


Question: 'A 19th c. shut-in / We really don't mean to butt in / Her "A Route of Evanescence" / Would've thrilled Donald Pleasence'

Answer: Emily Dickinson


Question: '"All the Hits: From Surf City to Drag City" (2004)'

Answer: Jan & Dean


Question: '"Dynam" is a combining form meaning this 5-letter word that can precede drill, broker or brake'

Answer: power


Question: 'The G.I. bill is officially the SRA, this group's "Readjustment Act"'

Answer: Servicemen


Question: 'Ralph Abernathy conducted his friend Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral service at this church'

Answer: Ebenezer Baptist Church


Question: 'The future is inevitable, at least according to this phrase translated from the Latin "iacta alea est"'

Answer: the die is cast


Question: 'In the 1910s O'Neill lived in this region of lower Manhattan where many an artist has found his "voice"'

Answer: Greenwich Village


Question: 'He played a trucker whose sidekick was an orangutan named Clyde in "Every Which Way But Loose"'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'Set out like Hemingway on a fishing trip due south from Key West & you eventually reach this nation'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'O3, aka this, can be detected many miles downwind from urban centers & can harm forest vegetation'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'This Mansion is the official residence of the mayor of New York City'

Answer: Gracie


Question: 'Any edible, aromatic vegetable substance added to food for flavor'

Answer: spice


Question: 'O'Neill was furious when this 18-year-old daughter of his married 54-year-old Charlie Chaplin'

Answer: Oona O\'Neill


Question: 'This cartoon ape lives at Mr. Peebles' pet store--he won't stay sold'

Answer: Magilla Gorilla


Question: 'Brush up on your kana & kanji if you head due west out of L.A. because you'll need them in this nation you reach'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'This term can refer to a decisive "event" or to an area that drains to a common waterway'

Answer: a watershed


Question: 'Tired of camping in tents at his San Simeon ranch, he told architect Julia Morgan "to build a little something"'

Answer: (William Randolph) Hearst


Question: 'A move in baseball that results in an out for you, but advances any runner on base'

Answer: a sacrifice


Question: 'In 1929 O'Neill's play "Strange" this was banned in Boston, so it played in nearby Quincy instead'

Answer: Strange Interlude


Question: 'Rod Serling co-wrote the screenplay for this 1968 classic--you damned dirty ape!'

Answer: Planet of the Apes


Question: 'Head due east from Washington, D.C. or New York City & you'll first hit this Southern European country'

Answer: Portugal


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.)  During rainstorms, forest floors can hold as much as five times their weight in water; the trees' roots hold the saturated soil in place, controlling this'

Answer: erosion


Question: 'An official residence of Queen Elizabeth, it's the largest occupied castle in the world'

Answer: Windsor Castle


Question: 'From the Latin for "in my view", it's guidance offered to another'

Answer: advice


Question: 'As a young man O'Neill was fast friends with this reporter & Communist Labor Party co-founder'

Answer: John Reed


Question: 'Alisa Berk played Kala, the primate mother, in this 1984 film subtitled "The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes"'

Answer: Greystoke


Question: 'Attu island in the Aleutians is only 560 miles due east of this Russian peninsula'

Answer: Kamchatka


Question: 'In rain forests epiphytes, AKA air plants, grow both in the understory & in this top forest layer'

Answer: the canopy


Question: 'This chateau just outside of Paris was built in 1623 as a hunting lodge for Louis XIII'

Answer: Versailles


Question: 'To lure or lead on by exciting hope or desire'

Answer: entice


Question: 'This epic O'Neill work is based partly on the "Oresteia" of Aeschylus'

Answer: Mourning Becomes Electra


Question: 'He's the wise shaman baboon in "The Lion King"'

Answer: Rafiki


Question: 'The closest nation to the contiguous U.S. that it doesn't border is this archipelagic country'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: 'Most endangered species become that way because of the loss of this, Latin for "it dwells"'

Answer: habitat


Question: 'This 70-room palazzo in Newport, Rhode Island was the Vanderbilts' summer cottage'

Answer: The Breakers


Question: 'Governor of a province who rules as the representative of his sovereign'

Answer: a viceroy


Question: 'On Oct. 14, 1947 in the Mojave Desert the first of these sounds was made by man; it was the byproduct of another first'

Answer: sonic boom


Question: '"Eat to live, and not" this'

Answer: live to eat


Question: 'Similar to a relief map, a tactual map is designed for use by these people'

Answer: the blind


Question: 'The Diamondbacks broke this Florida team's record as the expansion team to win a World Series fastest'

Answer: the Marlins


Question: 'On Feb. 18, 1999 at Lincoln Center, this orchestra performed its 13,000th concert'

Answer: the New York Philharmonic


Question: 'The region of Brie produced the Briard dog but is most famous for this food product'

Answer: Brie cheese


Question: 'Pass food or drink through the mouth & throat'

Answer: swallow


Question: 'These "fell great oaks"'

Answer: Little strokes


Question: 'Photogrammetry is the science of making maps from photographs taken from these'

Answer: aircraft


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands in the stands at Bank One Ballpark in Phoenix.)  Game 5 of the 2001 World Series was the first Major League game to be played in this month'

Answer: November


Question: 'This city's orchestra began its Pops Concerts in 1885 under the name Promenade'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'De Tocqueville called this event that changed world history "Inevitable<br />yet... completely unforseen"'

Answer: the French Revolution


Question: 'If "ruffed" up, you might complain or grumble as this bird's name suggests'

Answer: grouse


Question: '"Remember that" this "is money"'

Answer: time


Question: 'The symbol seen here represents one of these; the Khyber & Donner are 2 of the most famous'

Answer: passes


Question: 'This lengthy lefty became the first pitcher to win games 6 & 7 of a World Series on consecutive days'

Answer: Randy Johnson


Question: 'During WWII Allied bombs destroyed the Philharmonie, home to this German city's Philharmonic'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This figure seen here has an inflated sense of his own importance'

Answer: the Michelin Man


Question: 'Mindlessly repeat the words of others'

Answer: parrot


Question: 'In a letter to Josiah Quincy, Franklin wrote that "There never was a good war or" one of these'

Answer: a bad peace


Question: 'Profession of Joshua Fry, who mapped Virginia, & of his subordinate George Washington'

Answer: surveyor


Question: 'This losing manager said philiosophically, "You have to take both sides"'

Answer: Joe Torre


Question: 'This city's Philharmonic, formed in 1842, also plays regularly at the Salsburg festival'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Fames Socialist Eugene V. Debs was named for 2 socially conscious French authors: Eugene Sue & this man'

Answer: Victor Hugo


Question: 'Figuratively, to prod someone into action'

Answer: goose


Question: '"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are" this'

Answer: dead


Question: 'In mapmaking the Mercator is one example of this, a system of lines on a plane surface'

Answer: a projection


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew steps up to the plate & takes a swing at Bank One Ballpark.) In Game 7 of the 2001 World Series this player called "Gonzo" stood here & delivered the championship hit'

Answer: Luis Gonzalez


Question: 'Eugene Goossens, first chief conductor of this city's Symphony, helped get the famous Opera House built'

Answer: Sydney


Question: 'This French term for a temporary residence means "foot on the ground"'

Answer: pied à terre


Question: 'Flutter, as in a candle'

Answer: flicker


Question: 'Samoa has 2 official languages: Samoan & this'

Answer: English


Question: 'Guiness played this mythic character in the first 3 "Star Wars" films'

Answer: Obi-Wan Kenobi


Question: 'The 421 B.C. Peace of Nicias between Athens & the city-state was supposed to last for decades--<br />didn't work'

Answer: Sparta


Question: 'Tool men: <br />Samuel & Alonzo'

Answer: Black & Decker


Question: 'A young girl's trial testimony against her rapist inspired his novel "A Time to Kill"'

Answer: John Grisham


Question:
'For
 the White House,
it's 20500'

Answer: ZIP code


Question: '(Jeff Probst delivers the clue from Nuku Hiva.)  Born in Paris, this artist lived in Peru as a child & died in the Marquesas Islands in 1903'

Answer: (Paul) Gauguin


Question: 'Guinness played many Shakespearean roles at this theatre aka the Royal Victorian Theatre'

Answer: Old Vic


Question: 'Name given the 85 essays written by Hamilton, Jay & Madison that promoted the ratification of the Constitution'

Answer: the Federalist Papers


Question: 'Car men:<br />Henry-Charles'

Answer: Rolls-Royce


Question: 'In 1955 he got an offer he couldn't refuse: the publication of his first novel, "The Dark Arena"'

Answer: Mario Puzo


Question: 'Kazantzakis' fictional funloving title peasant'

Answer: Zorba the Greek


Question: 'In 1957 remains of the H.M.S. Bounty were discovered off this tiny island'

Answer: Pitcairn Island


Question: 'It's the 1957 Best Picture winner for which Guinness won his best actor Oscar as Col. Nicholson'

Answer: Bridge on the River Kwai


Question: 'This Empress' decree annexing the Crimea was issued on April 8, 1783'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'Toy makers:<br />Herman-Irving'

Answer: Fisher-Price


Question: 'Oui! Oui! in 1863 this science fiction pioneer published his first novel, "Five Weeks in a Balloon"'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'In the 1838 Battle of Blood River, Andres Pretorius led troops against this African people's warriors'

Answer: the Zulus


Question: '(Jeff Probst delivers the clue.)  This author visited the Typee Valley on Nuku Hiva & his 1846 "Peep at Polynesian Life" is set here'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'In a 1965 romantic epic, Guinness portrayed Yevgraf, the half-brother of this title physician'

Answer: Doctor Zhivago


Question: 'The Tripartite Pact of 1940 allied Germany, Japan & this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Paint guys:<br />Henry-Edward'

Answer: Sherwin-Williams


Question: 'Stephen Crane's first novel told the story of this "Girl of the Streets"'

Answer: Maggie


Question: 'This "Master of the Pan Flute" has sold millions of albums worldwide'

Answer: Zamfir


Question: 'This kingdom's largest annual festival is Heilala, which coincides with the king's birthday on July 4'

Answer: Tonga


Question: 'Guinness received his first Oscar nomination for this 1951 comedy about a "Mob" that robs a bank'

Answer: The Lavender Hill Mob


Question: 'Baron Eduard De Stoeckl for Russia & this man for the U.S. worked out the 1867 Alaska Purchase Treaty'

Answer: Seward


Question: 'Mapmakers:<br />William-Andrew'

Answer: Rand-McNally


Question: 'He wrote his first novel, "Junkie", under the pen name William Lee; "Naked Lunch" would follow'

Answer: (William S.) Burroughs


Question: 'This domesticated critter seen here has a dewlap & it do lap up lots of water when it gets thirsty'

Answer: the zebu


Question: 'In his job since 1984, this man has been called "the Prince who awakened Sleeping Beauty"'

Answer: Michael Eisner


Question: 'The Sixth Amendment gives you the right to "enjoy" (yep, enjoy) "a speedy and public" one of these'

Answer: a trial


Question: 'In Exodus his wife is identified as Zipporah'

Answer: Moses


Question: 'The Mayo Clinic suggests sitting on an exercise ball--you'll improve this, the way you sit, starting with a straight back'

Answer: your posture


Question: 'With her 1993 marriage to Crown Prince Naruhito, Masako Owada became this country's empress-in-waiting'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A complete, renovative beauty treatment; mine needed spackle & a trowel'

Answer: a makeover


Question: 'Walter Alston,<br />Sparky Anderson'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'The Seventh Amendment gives you the right to a jury if you're suing for more than this much--2 sawbucks'

Answer: $20


Question: 'He was U.S. President when the stock market crashed in 1929'

Answer: Hoover


Question: 'Practice the office version of this exercise by sitting down & standing up in rapid succession a few times a day'

Answer: squats


Question: 'After her 1956 wedding, she & her prince drove through the streets of Monte Carlo in an open-top car'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: '3-word term for keeping your finances in order, or joining 2 opposite extremes of a rope'

Answer: to make ends meet


Question: 'Tom Osborne,<br />Marty Schottenheimer'

Answer: football


Question: 'The First Amendment states that "Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of" these 2 things'

Answer: speech & the press


Question: 'Hephaestus was the Greek god of this; Prometheus was chained to a rock for stealing it'

Answer: fire


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates an office exercise.) With water bottles, you can tone these muscles in the front of the upper arms'

Answer: the biceps


Question: 'She became Philip Mountbatten's bride in 1947'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'This adjective refers to using whatever is available to meet an urgent need'

Answer: makeshift


Question: 'Valery Liukin,<br />Bela Karolyi'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: 'The 3rd Amendment says that in time of peace, one of these can't be quartered in a house without the owner's consent'

Answer: a soldier


Question: 'This U.S. state is "The Magnolia State", y'all'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'On your break, walk laps around the office, tracking your steps on this gadget; 10,000 a day is your goal'

Answer: a pedometer


Question: 'This Powhatan princess wed John Rolfe in 1614'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'It sounds like a farm machine, but it's really a hard punch that renders an opponent unable to continue boxing'

Answer: a haymaker


Question: 'Lute Olson,<br />Lenny Wilkens'

Answer: basketball


Question: 'The 4th Amendment says "No warrants shall issue but upon" this 2-word phrase "supported by oath or affirmation"'

Answer: probable cause


Question: 'This controversial man won an Oscar for directing "On the Waterfront"'

Answer: (Elia) Kazan


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates an office exercise.)  It may not look like much, but pressing down on a desk for several seconds and holding is this type of static exercise, which increases muscle strength'

Answer: isometric


Question: 'Single mom Mette-Marit Tjessem Hoiby wed Crown Prince Haakon in 2001, making her a princess of this country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Matthew 5:9 says they shall be called "the children of God"'

Answer: the peacemakers


Question: 'Jacques Lemaire,<br />Scotty Bowman'

Answer: hockey


Question: 'It's the colorful body of water between Korea & Shanghai'

Answer: the Yellow Sea


Question: 'Near the end of this movie, Maverick makes one final "flyby", annoying the "air boss" of USS Kitty Hawk'

Answer: Top Gun


Question: 'When a Twain title loses a letter, young royal Edward Tudor learns the problems of The London Times'

Answer: The Prince and the Paper


Question: 'It's the largest Gothic-style Catholic church in the United States'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s cathedral


Question: 'Varieties of this plant grown in American gardens include madonna, Korean aureum & tiger'

Answer: lilies


Question: 'From the Latin for "energy" or "force" comes this word sometimes paired with vim'

Answer: vigor


Question: 'This branch of the Nile used to flood due to seasonal rainfall in Lake Tana'

Answer: the Blue Nile


Question: 'Thanks to Rodney Dangerfield, Judge Smails' boat The Flying Wasp meets an untimely end in this comedy'

Answer: Caddyshack


Question: 'A Faulkner tale about the Compson family loses a letter to focus on animal pelts'

Answer: The Sound and the Fur


Question: 'Despite his big 1775 "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, this man was a wealthy colonial slave owner'

Answer: Patrick Henry


Question: 'Tigers generally avoid man but enjoy the shelter of this tropical tree whose name starts with "man"'

Answer: a mangrove


Question: 'This word for a strong man shares its name with a Georgia-Pacific paper product'

Answer: brawny


Question: 'Guyana shares the Acarai Mountains with this nation, its largest neighbor'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'This drama adapted from a book concerns the Massachusetts fishing boat the Andrea Gail'

Answer: The Perfect Storm (A Perfect Storm accepted)


Question: 'Courageous neologisms abound when a Huxley title drops a letter'

Answer: Brave New Word


Question: 'The New York Knicks retired his No. 33 jersey'

Answer: Patrick Ewing


Question: 'Ochroma pyramidale, this tree, yields a lightweight wood often used to make surfboards'

Answer: balsa


Question: 'Completed 12 labors? You may be described with this adjective, like an ancient hero who did the same'

Answer: herculean


Question: 'What was once called Muslim East Bengal is today known as this'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'In "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", Davy Jones helms this ship, also the name of a Wagner opera'

Answer: The Flying Dutchman


Question: 'Drop a letter from a George Eliot novel & the Tulliver siblings are unwell on a certain river'

Answer: The Ill on the Floss


Question: 'In 2000 this political commentator was the Reform Party nominee for president'

Answer: Pat Buchanan


Question: 'This hardy gray-leaved shrub is so abundant in Nevada that it gave the state one of its nicknames'

Answer: sagebrush


Question: 'Meaning tough or resilient, this 6-letter word refers to tendons'

Answer: sinewy


Question: 'The Gobi Desert straddles these 2 countries'

Answer: Mongolia & China


Question: 'In "Waterworld" Dennis Hopper helmed this ship once piloted by Joseph Hazelwood'

Answer: the Exxon Valdez


Question: 'Look out!  A Thomas Hardy title loses a letter & you'll want to keep your distance from a frenzied black bird'

Answer: Far from the Madding Crow


Question: 'Author of the swashbuckling naval adventure novel "Master & Commander"'

Answer: Patrick O\'Brian


Question: 'This chalky white "infantile" flower used in bouquets is from the genus Gypsophila, which means "lover of chalk"'

Answer: baby\'s breath


Question: 'Post-Civil War Republicans opposed to civil service reform were called these'

Answer: Stalwarts


Question: 'He is the only president of the United States to be awarded the Purple Heart'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'In early April 1775 William Dawes, Samuel Prescott & this man rode to warn Patriots to move military stores from Concord'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'UC Berkeley's teams are known as the golden these, & there's one on the state flag'

Answer: a bear (or Bears)


Question: 'A Louis XVI one of these that showed phases of the moon as well as the seconds & minutes sold in 1999 for $3 million'

Answer: a clock


Question:
'Mexico,
United States,
Canada'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'She probably wrote about her cheerleading days at Katy High School in Texas in her own diary, not Bridget Jones's'

Answer: (Renée) Zellweger


Question: 'In the 1930s it was advertised as "the handkerchiefs you can throw away"'

Answer: Kleenex


Question: '3 years after writing the Declaration of Independence, he succeeded Patrick Henry as Virginia governor'

Answer: (Thomas) Jefferson


Question: 'Pepperdine's nickname is this, & some lap not too far away from the campus'

Answer: Waves


Question: 'Some of this early Rock & Roll singer's hair (maybe his sideburns?) sold in 2002 for $115,120'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question:
'Pakistan,
India,
Bangladesh'

Answer: India


Question: 'This ex-Eastern Regional High cheerleader must have let out a cheer when she became Regis Philbin's co-host'

Answer: Kelly Ripa


Question: 'Feline term for a pool of money to which many have contributed'

Answer: the kitty


Question: 'On 7/3/76 he wrote to his wife Abigail that the colonies "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states"'

Answer: John Adams


Question: 'This word describing Penn State's Lions comes from an Algonquian term meaning "single mountain"'

Answer: Nittany


Question: 'In 2001, an anonymous buyer paid more than $6 million for a 1623 "first folio" of this English author's plays'

Answer: (William) Shakespeare


Question:
'Saudi Arabia,
Oman,
Yemen'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Mandy Moore spent years as a cheerleader before playing one in this "Regal" Anne Hathaway film of 2001'

Answer: The Princess Diaries


Question: 'The "K" is silent in this word meaning complicated, as in a difficult problem; the word also describes ropes & trees'

Answer: knotty


Question: 'In 1724, at the age of 18, he left Philadelphia for England to train as a printer; he stayed there 2 years'

Answer: (Benjamin) Franklin


Question: 'The University of Texas at Arlington uses this nickname shared by the NBA team closest to them'

Answer: Mavericks


Question: 'In 2000 a set of books about these critters "Of America" by John James Audubon sold at auction for $8.8 million'

Answer: birds


Question:
'Spain,
Germany,
France'

Answer: France


Question: 'These 2 stars of "Desperate Housewives" were high school cheerleaders<br />(Hint: they're both brunettes)'

Answer: Eva Longoria and Teri Hatcher


Question: 'We may put you to sleep telling you its standard dimensions are an impressive 76 x 80 inches'

Answer: a king-sized bed


Question: 'In "Public Good", this pamphleteer called for Virginia to cede land needed to form a strong central government'

Answer: (Thomas) Paine


Question: 'This University of Idaho nickname is from an old Germanic tribe whose name has come to mean troublemakers'

Answer: Vandals


Question: 'The world's most valuable one of these instruments is one made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 worth $18 million'

Answer: a violin


Question:
'Libya,
Egypt,
Tunisia'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar.  If you know this Phillips Academy cheerleader, stand up and holler!'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'The colors of Hawaii Pacific University are Columbia blue and this shade of green'

Answer: kelly


Question: 'Around 400 B.C. the Greek Ctesias described it as having a white body with a straight cubit-long horn'

Answer: a unicorn


Question: 'This 2003 "Lord of the Rings" installment has Frodo & Sam approaching Mount Doom to destroy the one ring'

Answer: The Return of the King


Question: 'Hitting a speed of about 800 miles per hour, Chuck Yeager broke this barrier in October 1947'

Answer: the speed of sound


Question: 'This U.S. commonwealth lies about 70 miles across the Mona Passage from the Dominican Republic'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'Don't be embarrassed to use the Cargo Beach or Suede type of this cheek makeup'

Answer: blush


Question: 'Hemi-'

Answer: half


Question: 'The earliest ballads of this outlaw say that his activities took place in the South Yorkshire, not Nottinghamshire'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'James Cameron also won an Oscar for editing this 1997 blockbuster'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'August 1983 saw the first night launch of this reusable U.S. orbital vehicle'

Answer: the space shuttle


Question: 'Russia's Wrangel Island & Canada's Prince Patrick Island lie in this ocean'

Answer: the Arctic (Ocean)


Question: 'Spanish for "mask", this cosmetic is used to color the eylashes'

Answer: mascara


Question: 'Di-<br />as in dicephalous'

Answer: two


Question: 'This steel drivin' man beat a steam drill in a race to make a railroad tunnel but died with his "hammer in his hand"'

Answer: (John) Henry


Question: 'Jack-Jack Parr is the baby of the family of superheroes in this animated film'

Answer: The Incredibles


Question: 'Taking 16 hours, in 1919 British aviators Alcock & Brown became the first to cross this large body of water nonstop'

Answer: the Atlantic  Ocean


Question: 'A chain of shoals known as Adam's Bridge stretches between India & this island nation'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Talk about killer looks--Egyptians used toxic plants called fucus on this facial part; Lancome's Juicy Wear is safer'

Answer: the lips


Question: 'Contra-'

Answer: against


Question: 'In some legends it's the influence of the full moon that changes a man into one of these, also called a lycanthrope'

Answer: a werewolf


Question: 'The title guys of this 1997 sci-fi comedy are "protecting the earth from the scum of the universe"'

Answer: Men in Black


Question: 'In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first person to fly a plane over this between Great Britain & France'

Answer: The English Channel


Question: 'This large island's 2 highest peaks lie in the Maoke Mountains on the Indonesian side'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'In the 1930s Max Factor introduced pan-cake, which was this makeup base'

Answer: foundation


Question: 'Circum-'

Answer: around


Question: 'This hero of mythology cleaned the Augean stables by diverting the courses of 2 nearby rivers'

Answer: Hercules


Question: '"I see dead people" is a line from this Bruce Willis film'

Answer: The Sixth Sense


Question: 'In 1907 Paul Cornu became the first man to fly freely in one of these horizontally rotored aircraft'

Answer: a helicopter


Question: 'This large Italian island in the Mediterranean lies just 7 miles south of Corsica'

Answer: Sardinia


Question: 'Some makeup shades come in one of these containers named for a board on which artists mix paints'

Answer: palette


Question: 'Dys-<br />(of several definitions, give us a simple 3-letter word)'

Answer: bad


Question: 'In 1910 his new invention helped Scotland Yard catch a murderer escaping to North America across the Atlantic'

Answer: Marconi


Question: 'Though the son of Lord Greystoke, this swinger was raised in the jungle by apes'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'Jeff Probst,<br />16 or so people in the middle of nowhere'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'A small fib intended not to harm but told in order to avoid embarrassment or distress'

Answer: a white lie


Question: 'If you were a member of the House of Bourbon & ruled France, this was most likely your first name'

Answer: Louis


Question: 'In 1984 this chain sold its 50 billionth hamburger & opened in Finland & Taiwan'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'If you practice this discipline, we assume you can assume the lotus position'

Answer: yoga


Question: 'In their first encounter, this house-elf warns Harry Potter not to return to Hogwarts'

Answer: Dobby


Question: 'Donald Trump,<br />18 people in the middle of New York City'

Answer: The Apprentice


Question: 'It's rolled out at special events for the stars to walk on'

Answer: a red carpet


Question: 'The Americas bear the name of this Italian who explored the area around 1499'

Answer: Amerigo Vespucci


Question: 'Oxford House in Hong Kong clocks in as the home of the Asia edition of this newsmagazine'

Answer: Time


Question: 'Not only is it one of the most populous cities in the world, The Economist reports it's also the most expensive'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'This popular series of books features young royal Mia Thermopolis'

Answer: The Princess Diaries


Question:
'Matthew Fox,
Evangeline Lilly,
Terry O'Quinn'

Answer: Lost


Question: 'Roquefort is a variety of this dairy product'

Answer: blue cheese


Question: 'He was president of the United States during the Spanish-American War'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'Can't keep this co. bottled up--it was the first U.S. co. to distribute in China when that nation was opened in 1979'

Answer: Coke


Question: 'To sing in the manner of cowboys or Swiss mountaineers'

Answer: yodel


Question: 'In an 1897 novel, he's described as having pointed ears, a cruel-looking mouth & peculiarly sharp white teeth'

Answer: Dracula


Question:
'Dax Shepard,
Al Shearer,
Ashton Kutcher'

Answer: Punk\'d


Question: 'It's the name for a "special" restaurant meal served at a set price'

Answer: a blue plate special


Question: 'Agnes was the original first name of this nun who became "Mother" to the poor of Calcutta'

Answer: Mother Teresa


Question: 'In 1889 the Eastman Company was incorporated in London to distribute products under this snappy name'

Answer: Kodak


Question: 'It's the nighttime "preyer" heard here'

Answer: a coyote


Question: 'In a 1909 sequel, this girl "of Green Gables" returns to "Avonlea" to teach school'

Answer: Anne


Question:
'Paul DiMeo,
Paige Hemmis,
Ty Pennington'

Answer: Extreme Makeover: Home Edition


Question: 'Jack London's follow-up doggie tale to "The Call of the Wild"'

Answer: White Fang


Question: 'Famous last name of the anti-Stalinist born Lev Davidovich Bronstein in 1879; you could say he was hot to...'

Answer: Trotsky


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a marketplace in Moscow, Russia.)  This 150-year-old San Francisco brand used to be a coveted black market item here in Russia; now it's commonplace'

Answer: Levi Strauss


Question: 'During the Cretaceous period plesiosaurs & these "fish lizards" ruled the seas'

Answer: ichthyosaurs


Question: 'Baroque classicism is seen in the temple-like design of this Paris museum where the Venus de Milo lives'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'Of 6, 16 or 26 pounds, the weight limit for a standard bowling ball'

Answer: 16


Question: 'When Herod said he'd give his stepdaughter anything, she asked for his head on a platter'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Galway & Donegal Bays indent it'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In a letter to these 2 regents, Columbus states no colonists can look for gold without a license from the gov.'

Answer: Isabella & Ferdinand


Question: 'In TV, it's the VC in VCR (you do remember those, don't you?)'

Answer: videocassette


Question: 'From about 1305, the work seen here is one of Italy's first great masterpieces in this, a type of mural painting'

Answer: fresco


Question: 'Gobble up this term for 3 strikes in a row'

Answer: a turkey


Question: '1 of the 2 women with their own books in the standard King James Bible'

Answer: Ruth (or Esther)


Question: 'It put the "zan" in Tanzania'

Answer: Zanzibar


Question: 'The sands of the River Pactolus are fabled to contain gold because Dionysus once told this king to bathe there'

Answer: Midas


Question: 'The enrichment of soil; Dad uses a spreader on the lawn'

Answer: fertilization


Question: 'After buying a country house, Rubens turned to this type of work, like this "with a view of Het Steen"'

Answer: landscapes


Question: 'When making your approach & roll, be sure to not cross over this "line" 60 feet from the headpin'

Answer: a foul line


Question: 'In Judges 16 this strong man dies in Gaza, one of the Philistines' 5 strong cities'

Answer: Samson


Question: '12 million future Americans were inspected there'

Answer: Ellis Island


Question: 'King Pelias sent this man to search for the Golden Fleece, hoping he wouldn't return'

Answer: Jason


Question: 'Don't delay; it's from the Latin for "to put off til the morrow"'

Answer: procrastinate


Question: 'An iconic work showing the American frontier as Bingham's these "Traders Descending the Missouri"'

Answer: fur traders


Question: 'A perfect 3-game series of 12 strikes in each game would total this many combined points'

Answer: 900


Question: 'The subject of the second book of Samuel is this king's reign over Judah & all of Israel'

Answer: David


Question: 'Point Udall in the U.S. these is the easternmost U.S. point'

Answer: the Virgin Islands


Question: 'This shiny name was applied to the Mongols & Tatars who overran Europe under Batu Khan's rule'

Answer: the Golden Horde


Question: 'A polygon with 4 sides'

Answer: quadrilateral


Question: 'Cezanne used this style in the 1870s but found it mushy; he wanted to make it "solid and durable"'

Answer: Impressionism


Question: 'In bowling, it's the best spot between the front pins to roll your ball, or something found in pants & shirts'

Answer: the pocket


Question: 'Because Joab wouldn't take Absalom to meet the king, Absalom had this done to Joab's field'

Answer: burnt it


Question: 'War's first nuclear attack was on this island'

Answer: Honshu


Question: 'An island group east of New Guinea is named for the biblical king famous for his legendary gold mines'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'It means having one color'

Answer: monochromatic


Question: 'Originally beardless, Uncle Sam got  his chin whiskers from images depicting this real-life man'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'The female cockroach has a packing case for these & carries it until she finds a good spot for them'

Answer: her eggs


Question: 'This Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character once remarked "A man's brain originally is like a little empty attic"'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'As Kojak, this actor loved you, baby'

Answer: Telly Savalas


Question:
'Old Grand-Dad,
Jim Beam,
Wild Turkey'

Answer: bourbon


Question: 'Transportation for kids'

Answer: go karts


Question: 'Any Scottish one over 3,000' is called a Munro, for the man who made a list of them in 1891'

Answer: mountain


Question: 'Of its nose, tongue or feet, it's where a fly has its "taste buds"'

Answer: feet


Question: 'Examples of these pains in the brain include the cluster & tension varieties'

Answer: headaches


Question: 'Darrin Stephens was the flabbergasted husband on this magical sitcom'

Answer: Bewitched


Question:
'Finlandia,
Absolut,
Stolichnaya'

Answer: vodka


Question: 'From a Persian word for "snake-eater", a markhor is a wild type of this bearded ruminant'

Answer: goat


Question: 'When handled, these jumpers spit a brown liquid some call "tobacco juice"'

Answer: grasshoppers


Question: 'It does "matter" that you give us this colorful slang term for the brain'

Answer: gray matter


Question: 'In the "Star Trek" episode "Amok Time" this character wants to return to his home planet to mate'

Answer: Mr. Spock


Question:
'Bombay,
Beefeater,
Tanqueray'

Answer: gin


Question: 'This 1965 record was Shirley Bassey's biggest hit in the U.S.'

Answer: "Goldfinger"


Question: 'These long-snouted pests may attack shrubs & berries, but the boll type concentrates on cotton'

Answer: weevils


Question: 'It's not cloudbursts in the skull, but shared problem solving in which everyone contributes ideas'

Answer: brainstorming


Question: 'Harvard-educated surgeon Charles Winchester replaced Major Frank Burns on this show'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question:
'Appleton,
Captain Morgan,
Bacardi'

Answer: rum


Question: 'A word for mining haphazardly in irregular holes comes from the name of this burrowing rodent'

Answer: gopher


Question: 'The chigoe, or chigger, is also known as the sand type of this pest'

Answer: flea


Question: 'It's the name for the brain-wasting cattle infection that crippled the British beef industry in 1996'

Answer: mad cow disease


Question: 'The Brady Bunch had a cat named Fluffy & a dog named this'

Answer: Tiger


Question:
'Two Fingers,
Herradura,
Jose Cuervo'

Answer: tequila


Question: 'Biblical name shared by the oldest son of Japheth & a TV Marine'

Answer: Gomer


Question: 'The flag of this international organization is based on the Swiss flag'

Answer: the Red Cross


Question: 'Act I of this 1997 "Best Musical" features an opening sequence titled "The Launching"'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'She played Erica's cellmate on "All My Children" before she won an Oscar for "Misery"'

Answer: Kathy Bates


Question: 'Flipper'

Answer: dolphin


Question: 'If you go swimming, wear the waterproof type of this lash enhancer so you don't get "raccoon eyes"'

Answer: mascara


Question: 'Muy caliente!  This Spanish superstar has sung successful duets with Stevie Wonder & Willie Nelson'

Answer: Julio Iglesias


Question: 'On June 12, 1897 Karl Elsener officially registered this multipurpose pocket tool'

Answer: Swiss army knife


Question: '"Big River", featuring such characters as the Widow Douglas & Tom Sawyer, is based on this book'

Answer: "Huckleberry Finn"


Question: 'This "Suddenly Susan" co-star appeared on film in "The Cable Guy" & "Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: Kathy Griffin


Question: 'Mighty Joe Young'

Answer: ape


Question: 'French for "red", L'Oreal makes a "Virtuale" version of it'

Answer: rouge


Question: 'Gelato is the Italian word for this treat'

Answer: ice cream


Question: 'If you're into this Swiss product you may want to "hole" up in the town of Gruyeres'

Answer: Swiss cheese


Question: 'In an Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice show, it's the other title word describing Joseph's amazing dreamcoat'

Answer: Technicolor


Question: 'As Olive on "Veronica's Closet", she finds that life isn't the pits'

Answer: Kathy Najimy


Question: 'Black Beauty'

Answer: horse


Question: 'Estee Lauder suggests putting this on top of your foundation twice: with a cotton ball & a big, fluffy brush'

Answer: powder


Question: 'In criminal law, it's defined as an individual's inability to distinguish right from wrong'

Answer: insanity


Question: 'This geographic extreme for Switzerland is 636 feet above sea level at Lake Maggiore'

Answer: the lowest point


Question: 'This Sondheim tune begins, "Something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone, a..."'

Answer: "Comedy Tonight"


Question: 'This supermodel's official website features shopping tips, a book corner & a "Get in Touch with Kathy" section'

Answer: Kathy Ireland


Question: 'Beethoven'

Answer: St. Bernard


Question: 'This makeup maven has the same name as Whitney Houston's husband, but she spells it differently'

Answer: Bobbi Brown


Question: 'We Canadians know this U.S. government branch is abbreviated I.N.S.'

Answer: Immigration and Naturalization Service


Question: 'You'd have to have your head examined to check into the C.G. Jung Institute of this largest Swiss city'

Answer: Zurich


Question: '1959 musical that introduced the song "Everything's Coming Up Roses"'

Answer: Gypsy


Question: 'Lauren Chapin played Kathy, also known as "Kitten", on this classic sitcom'

Answer: Father Knows Best


Question: 'Fievel'

Answer: mouse


Question: 'Gash & acid rain are popular hues of Urban Decay makeup, whose ads have asked, "Does" this pastel color "make you puke?"'

Answer: pink


Question: 'This ancient Greek epic poem attributed to Homer describes the siege of Troy'

Answer: "The Iliad"


Question: 'A traveling exhibit honoring the 200th anniversary of his death features his false teeth'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '80% of this molasses-based potent potable consumed in the U.S. is imported from Puerto Rico'

Answer: rum


Question: '1941:<br />"Rosebud..."'

Answer: Citizen Kane


Question: 'Britney, Christina & Justin were part of the Mickey Mouse one'

Answer: Club


Question: 'In 622 Muhammad fled this city; in 630 he came back with 10,000 followers & captured it'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'In the 1940s Borden's came up with this companion for Elsie to be the symbol for its new white glue'

Answer: Elmer


Question: 'It can be a king, a queen or a butterfly'

Answer: monarch


Question: 'In 1917 the Second Organic Act, also called the Jones Act, gave this to Puerto Ricans'

Answer: citizenship


Question: '2001:<br />"Good evening, Clarice!  Just like old times"'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Chambers Dictionary says its "sense as a baseball infield area appeared...in 1875"'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'The opening of this in 1869 cut 4,000 miles & weeks of sailing off trips'

Answer: the Suez Canal


Question: 'His first appearance on the cover of Mad was in 1956 as a write-in candidate for president'

Answer: Alfred E. Neuman


Question: 'Dishes cooked a la Florentine contain this vegetable'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'Now a popular tourist attraction, El Morro Fortress was built by the Spaniards to guard this city's bay'

Answer: San Juan


Question: '1960:<br />"No novocaine...it dulls the senses"'

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors


Question: 'Kasper Gutman tells him, "By gad, sir, you're a character"'

Answer: Sam Spade


Question: 'Einhard's "Life of" this Frankish ruler says he almost doubled the size of the realm his father Pepin left him'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'In 1957 the New York Evening Enquirer expanded its scope & renamed itself this'

Answer: the National Enquirer


Question: 'Nationality that can precede auction, oven & treat'

Answer: Dutch


Question: 'In 1509 he became Puerto Rico's first governor; 4 years later he sailed for Florida'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: '1967:<br />"Mrs. Robinson, do you think we could say a few words to each other first this time?"'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'It gets a 10 on the standard Mohs scale'

Answer: diamond


Question: 'It was under this czar that Russia went on the Julian calendar used in the West; he liked Western stuff'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Unhappy with the quality of these, Dr. Amar Bose designed his own & formed a company to sell them'

Answer: speakers


Question: 'It's what Canadians call Bigfoot, eh?'

Answer: Sasquatch


Question: 'In June musicians take part in a festival honoring this cellist who lived there the last 17 years of his life'

Answer: (Pablo) Casals


Question: '1989:<br />"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'It's a synonym for core or center'

Answer: heart


Question: 'He was the junker, or landowner, whom Prussia's Wilhelm I chose to be his prime minister in 1862'

Answer: (Otto von) Bismarck


Question: 'Milan company known for its tires & sexy calendars'

Answer: Pirelli


Question: 'Derived from Yiddish, it means to complain, with a little whining thrown in for good measure'

Answer: kvetch


Question: 'The Comstock Lode on Mt. Davidson in western Nevada was the richest find of this element in the U.S.'

Answer: silver


Question: 'In 1986 Johnny Cash recorded a religious song called this, the opposite of his nickname'

Answer: "The Man in White"


Question: 'Friar with an everlasting name in the Bluegrass State'

Answer: Tuck


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Gleason's Gym in New York City)  This great champ who trained at Gleason's Gym invented the "Rope-a-dope" technique to tire his opponents'

Answer: Muhammad Ali


Question: 'For losing 3 pairs of these, the 3 Little Kittens temporarily lost pie privileges in a Mother Goose rhyme'

Answer: their mittens


Question: 'A thespian:<br />"Kate Remembered"'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'Baking soda, salt & lye all contain this element'

Answer: sodium


Question: '(Hi, I'm Richie McDonald) They say this is good news, but not in my band Lonestar's No. 1 song with this title'

Answer: "No News"


Question: 'Trumpeter Armstrong, who could be found in a gulf state'

Answer: Louis (from "Louisiana")


Question: 'After a knockdown during a match, the standing boxer must retire to one of these'

Answer: a neutral corner


Question: 'This football team from New York state lost 4 straight Super Bowls'

Answer: the Buffalo Bills


Question: 'A comedienne:<br />"Ball of Fire"'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'Plants absorb its isotope 90 generated by nuclear fallout'

Answer: strontium


Question: 'The song "On the Beach at" this place, which became a stateside standard, was first published in Honolulu in 1915'

Answer: Waikiki


Question: 'The Woolf is at the door as this stately name'

Answer: Virginia


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  From the Middle English for "thrust", it's a term used for practice fighting'

Answer: sparring


Question: '1 of the 3 losing numbers on a first roll in craps'

Answer: 2, 3, or 12


Question: 'An athlete:<br />"It's Not About the Bike"'

Answer: Lance Armstrong


Question: 'Element No. 16, it's used in vulcanization'

Answer: sulphur


Question: 'Undistinguished congressman Joseph Hopkinson is remembered for writing "Hail" this, now the VP's intro music'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'The Everglades & this first name of "Tank Girl" Petty are found in the Sunshine State'

Answer: Lori (from "Florida")


Question: 'By setting many of the rules still used today, the 8th Marquess of this turned boxing from fisticuffs into an art form'

Answer: Queensberry


Question: 'In Genesis he loses one garment to his brothers & another to Potiphar's wife'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'A president:<br />"Fortunate Son"'

Answer: George W. Bush


Question: 'It was named for the moon as it was found with tellurium which was named for the Earth'

Answer: selenium


Question: 'In this 1938 song the title line is followed by "Where you're terrific if you're even good"'

Answer: "Hooray for Hollywood"


Question: 'German actress & drama coach Hagen who's been hangin' around a Western state'

Answer: Uta (from "Utah")


Question: '(Cheryl) The subject of the film "Raging Bull", this Gleason's Gym trainee held the middleweight title from 1949 to 1951'

Answer: Jake LaMotta


Question: 'It's an atom that can become electrically charged by losing one or more electrons'

Answer: ion


Question: 'An impresario:<br />"The Colonel"'

Answer: (Tom) Parker


Question: 'Of the genus Phascolarctos, it's 23-33" tall with a stout gray or brown body, a big round nose & strong claws'

Answer: a koala


Question: '"C" is for this dramatic device of the Greeks, employed to speak the prologue in "Henry V"'

Answer: a chorus


Question: 'Dean & Jerry'

Answer: Martin & Lewis


Question: 'Ghosts at the Mounds Theatre in this "twin city" of Minneapolis are said to sit with the audience & watch shows'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'The woman who started 1956 as Golda Myerson ended it as this at the insistence of her boss, David Ben-Gurion'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'Slavery was introduced into what would become the U.S. in this Virginia settlement in 1619'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'Avian term for an abrupt quitting of an addictive habit'

Answer: cold turkey


Question: '"A" is for this "Romeo & Juliet" tradesman, a druggist from whom Romeo buys poison'

Answer: apothecary


Question: 'George & Gracie'

Answer: Burns & Allen


Question: 'The ghost of impresario David Belasco is said to haunt the theatre named for him on West 44th St. in this city'

Answer: New York


Question: 'Philadelphia philanthropist Rebecca Gratz was the inspiration for Rebecca in this Sir Walter Scott novel'

Answer: Ivanhoe


Question: 'Born in Virginia in 1856 & elected in 1912, he was the last Virginian to become president'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Elevated platform on which a convicted criminal is executed'

Answer: a scaffold


Question: 'Used in "Othello": "Z" is for this interjection, a corruption of "God's wounds"'

Answer: zounds


Question: 'Dan & Dick'

Answer: Rowan & Martin


Question: 'In this Toni Morrison novel, the ghost of a slave's baby visits post-Civil War Ohio'

Answer: Beloved


Question: 'This Vietnam Veterans Memorial designer was the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary'

Answer: (Maya) Lin


Question: 'The state of Virginia was so named in her honor'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Fantail & telescope-eyed are fancy varieties of these popular aquarium fish of the genus Carassius'

Answer: goldfish


Question: '"O" is for this lover of Rosalind in "As You Like It"'

Answer: Orlando


Question: 'Edgar & Charlie'

Answer: Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy


Question: 'London's Cock Lane ghost was so famous that it was investigated by this man, the subject of a Boswell bio'

Answer: (Samuel) Johnson


Question: 'This relative of a famed film director began choreographing for the Ballet Theatre before it was "American"'

Answer: Agnes de Mille


Question: 'Called the Eastern Shore, Virginia's part of the Delmarva Peninsula is split from the mainland by this bay'

Answer: the Chesapeake


Question: 'To burn slowly without flame, like a suppressed anger or passion'

Answer: to smolder


Question: '"F" is for this character in "Hamlet"; his father, the king of Norway, was killed by Hamlet's dad'

Answer: Fortinbras


Question: 'Jerry & Anne'

Answer: Stiller & Meara


Question: 'A poltergeist known as "Old Jeffrey" haunted the English home in which these Methodist brothers grew up'

Answer: the Wesleys (John & Charles)


Question: 'NPR legal eagle Nina Totenberg reported on this woman's story, helping reopen the Clarence Thomas hearings'

Answer: Anita Hill


Question: 'From the genus Cornus, it's Virginia's state flower'

Answer: the dogwood


Question: 'Until 1991 this landlocked nation east of the Carpathian Mountains was a republic of the Soviet Union'

Answer: Moldova


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Gerald R. Ford museum in Grand Rapids, MI.) This is the actual pen used by President Ford on Sept. 8, 1974 to affix his signature to this document, saying that "It is the right thing to do"'

Answer: the pardon of Richard Nixon


Question: 'Her husband, from the band Bush, could tell you she's sung about rich, Orange County & Harajuku girls'

Answer: Gwen Stefani


Question: 'The bestselling car in 9 of the past 10 years is this model, now available in a hybrid version'

Answer: Camry


Question: 'On 1950s TV, the answer that followed "Say, kids, what time is it?"'

Answer: Howdy Doody Time!


Question: 'Food item that's the culinary specialty of the Israeli restaurant chain McDavid'

Answer: a hamburger


Question: 'A detachable shirt front, as worn by cousin Eddie in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"'

Answer: a dickey


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) I'm holding Gerald Ford's football helmet; he was a 2-way player at linebacker & center, & this team's MVP of 1934'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'Her management wanted her to go to "Rehab", so she fired them & sang about it on "Back to  Black"'

Answer: Amy Winehouse


Question: 'This 3-letter movie theater system standard was developed at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch'

Answer: THX


Question: 'In 1956 this 4-word phrase became the national motto of the U.S.'

Answer: In God we trust


Question: 'How about a salad, like this one created at legendary Hollywood restaurant The Brown Derby'

Answer: a Cobb salad


Question: 'The act of uttering words to be transcribed by another'

Answer: dictation


Question: '(Cheryl stands next to a large ornate plate.) This beautiful Kutani plate was presented to President Ford in 1975 by this emperor, the first from his country ever to visit the United States'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'Created in 1958, this agency superseded the NACA, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics'

Answer: NASA


Question: 'Sasha Cohen would know this name for an edible ray; I'm having it poached'

Answer: skate


Question: '"Let us go in, the fog is rising" were said to be the last words of this poet'

Answer: Dickinson


Question: '(Cheryl gives the clue from the Ford Museum.) This Colt .45 pistol was used in an attempted assassination of President Ford on Sept. 5, 1975 in Sacramento by this disciple of Charles Manson'

Answer: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme


Question: 'Guy Mollet became France's premier on Jan. 31, 1956; on Feb. 6 he flew to this country to evaluate the situation'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'Japanese noodles, whether udon or these buckwheat-flour ones, are often served in broth'

Answer: soba


Question: '6-letter term for a judicial assertion or an edict'

Answer: a dictum


Question: '(Jimmy stands next to a menorah.) This ancient menorah was a gift from this Israeli prime minister & Labor Party leader; his first term in office coincided with Gerald Ford's: 1974-1977'

Answer: (Yitzhak) Rabin


Question: 'In 2001 IBM sold these types of USB drives called "memory keys" in 8MB size; today you can get them in gigs'

Answer: flash drives


Question: 'The '50s saw the arrival of the word "neato" & of this defense org. that included the U.S., Thailand & the Philippines'

Answer: SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)


Question: 'Hope you're hungry! This choice steak cut is huge & contains meat from the top loin & the tenderloin'

Answer: a porterhouse


Question: 'A division into 2 usually contradictory parts or opinions'

Answer: a dichotomy


Question: 'Of all the cities to host the modern Olympic Games, this one lies closest to the equator'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'This impressionist was as skilled at painting people as he was at painting fields & sunsets'

Answer: Renoir


Question: 'Jack Handey "Deep Thought": "To me", this sport "is like a ballet, except, there's no music... and the dancers hit each other"'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'Comfy casual brand for your dogs<br />(4, 7)'

Answer: Hush Puppies


Question: 'This state had the first hospital, the first circulating library & the first scientific society, endowed by Ben Franklin himself'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'Hortense Powdermaker did fieldwork in this California place & wrote a book calling it "The Dream Factory"'

Answer: Hollywood


Question: 'The only word in "The Pledge of Allegiance" that starts & ends with "N"'

Answer: nation


Question: 'One of the hundreds of portraits painted by this artist is seen here'

Answer: Stuart


Question: 'Hallelujah!  This "Late Night" bandleader co-wrote The Weather Girls' "It's Raining Men"'

Answer: Paul Shaffer


Question: 'All Star high-top brand<br />(8)'

Answer: Converse


Question: 'In 1933 this state ushered in the first drive-in movie theater; it was located in Camden'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Ruth Benedict's study of this country began at the behest of the U.S. Office of War Information in the 1940s'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It's the first age you reach when you're surrounded by "N"s'

Answer: nineteen


Question: 'Life in the tenements of New York was a favorite subject of this Robert Henri "School"'

Answer: the Ashcan School


Question: 'Neal McDonough was drafted to play Lt. Buck Compton in this WWII miniseries co-produced by Steven Spielberg'

Answer: Band of Brothers


Question: 'Soft shoes to walk a mile in<br />(9)'

Answer: moccasins


Question: 'In 1869 this state scored big with the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Among the Ndembu, Victor Turner studied these transitional "rites", like isolation for young boys'

Answer: rites of passage


Question: 'A webcam on this university's School of Communications is pointed at Lake Michigan'

Answer: Northwestern


Question: 'He painted the 1784 Neoclassical masterpiece seen here'

Answer: (Jacques-Louis) David


Question: 'Sigourney Weaver made her debut as "Alvy's date outside theater" in this 1977 Oscar winner'

Answer: Annie Hall


Question: 'Comic book girl's namesake patent-leather shoes<br />(4, 5)'

Answer: Mary Janes


Question: 'In 2001 it became the first U.S. state to ban hand-held phone use while driving'

Answer: New York


Question: 'A debate raged between Sahlins & Obeyesekere over whether the Hawaiians really thought this man was a god'

Answer: (Capt.) Cook


Question: 'This "Dance" by the Pointer Sisters was featured in the film "Beverly Hills Cop"'

Answer: "The Neutron Dance"


Question: 'First name of the son seen here in a 1655 portrait by his father'

Answer: Titus


Question: 'Before winning an Oscar for playing a shrink, he imitated Elmer Fudd singing Bruce Springsteen'

Answer: Robin Williams


Question: 'Classic tennis shoe brand<br />(1-5)'

Answer: K-Swiss


Question: 'In 1989 this state elected the first African-American governor, L. Douglas Wilder'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'Franz Boas organized the Jesup Expedition of 1902, exploring the relationship of people of these 2 continents'

Answer: Asia & North America


Question: 'A black widow spider's venom is classified as this 10-letter type of poison'

Answer: a neurotoxin


Question: 'In "Civil Disobedience", this transcendentalist said, "That government is best which governs least"'

Answer: Thoreau


Question: 'A 1981 movie-within-a-movie:<br />"The ___ Lieutenant's Woman"'

Answer: French


Question: 'This room isn't just for actors; it's become part of many master bedroom suites'

Answer: a dressing room


Question: 'This future Chief Justice was Dewey's 1948 running mate'

Answer: (Earl) Warren


Question: 'One of the Canterbury Tales tells of the Wyf of this place (which Chaucer spelled with an E on the end)'

Answer: Bath


Question: 'It was really after this 1815 battle that Louis XVIII felt secure back on his old throne'

Answer: Waterloo


Question: 'His "Beyond Good and Evil" is prophetically subtitled "Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future"'

Answer: Nietzsche


Question: 'A 1996 weepie:<br />"The ___ Patient"'

Answer: English


Question: '(Hi, I'm Paige Davis, host of TLC's Trading Spaces.)  Tips for doing this to your space include hanging mirrors, washing a wall with light & laying down area rugs'

Answer: making it look larger


Question: 'The name of this 1868 loser is on the president's guest house'

Answer: (Francis) Blair


Question: 'In the first line of "The Canterbury Tales" this calendar word is spelled to end with a double L'

Answer: April


Question: 'The roof of a factory & museum in Eden, N.Y. has the world's largest metal one of these toy instruments'

Answer: a kazoo


Question: 'It may defy pure reason, but this philosopher seen here spent his whole life, 1724 to 1804, in Koenigsburg in East Prussia'

Answer: Kant


Question: ''50s nostalgia from 1978:<br />"___ Hot Wax"'

Answer: American


Question: 'Before "dining room", this word that evokes tuxedos just means it's a separate room'

Answer: formal


Question: 'His 1920 run with James M. Cox didn't end his political career'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: 'Chaucer spells this word to end in D-E-L; it's where a child of "half yeer age" lies'

Answer: a cradle


Question: 'Members of this Algonquian-speaking tribe live in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas & Mexico, but not in Dogpatch'

Answer: the Kickapoo


Question: 'This Scottish philosopher who died in 1776 denied that a miracle can be proved with any amount or kind of evidence'

Answer: David Hume


Question: 'A 1995 comedy:<br />"___ Bacon"'

Answer: Canadian


Question: 'A storage room by the kitchen where china & silver are kept is his "pantry"'

Answer: the butler\'s pantry


Question: 'Bryan's 1900 running mate; his grandson with the same name also lost a race or 2'

Answer: Adlai Stevenson


Question: 'One Chaucer poem is about "The Parliament" of these (spelled with a U in place of the W)'

Answer: Fowls


Question: 'They're the two pets seen here whose names differ by a letter'

Answer: cockapoo & cockatoo


Question: 'This 20th century German wondered about the nature of being in works like "Being and Time"'

Answer: Martin Heidegger


Question: 'A 1997 Mamet mystery:<br />"The ___ Prisoner"'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'Named for its recessed panels, it's the type of ceiling shown; you can get a less elaborate version for the home'

Answer: coffered ceiling


Question: 'This New Yorker was landslided with Goldwater'

Answer: William Miller


Question: 'The pilgrims are off to the shrine of Thomas Becket, whom Chacuer calls the "Blisful" this (with an I where we put a Y)'

Answer: martyr


Question: 'Common Australian term for a newcomer on a sheep or cattle ranch'

Answer: a jackeroo


Question: 'Capital of the ancient Roman province of Galatia, it became a modern national capital in 1923'

Answer: Ankara


Question: 'Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr.'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'The dormer type of this is placed vertically in a gable in a sloping roof'

Answer: Window


Question: 'They were ancient even before the other 6 wonders were built'

Answer: Pyramids


Question: 'In 1949 Bing Crosby played this title New Englander who travels back to a time of knights & ladies'

Answer: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur\'s Court


Question: 'At about 9 feet & 1,700 pounds, this large bear shares its name with an Alaskan island'

Answer: Kodiak


Question: 'A lot of exaggerated hip swinging is used in this complex Cuban dance'

Answer: Rhumba


Question: 'Theodore Roosevelt'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Home is where this floor of the fireplace is'

Answer: Hearth


Question: 'Its flowers & trees were irrigated by slaves turning screws to lift water from the Euphrates River'

Answer: Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: 'When this duo traveled through time in a souped-up phone booth, everything was "Excellent"'

Answer: Bill & Ted


Question: 'The Asiatic black bear also bears the beary nice name of these Indian mountains where it dwells'

Answer: Himalayas


Question: 'Glen Campbell was this kind of "Cowboy" in a 1975 No. 1 hit'

Answer: "Rhinestone Cowboy"


Question: 'Benjamin Harrison V'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'It's a tastier-sounding synonym for a doorcheck or doorpost'

Answer: Door jamb


Question: 'This ancient wonder is said to have worn a sun-ray crown & stand beside, not over, a harbor'

Answer: Colossus of Rhodes


Question: 'The fourth installment of this film series involved 2 time-traveling whales'

Answer: Star Trek


Question: 'Often named Bruin, this species is the most likely to be found in children's stories of Europe & Asia'

Answer: Brown bear


Question: 'It can be a serious quarrel or a red-stalked vegetable used in cooking'

Answer: Rhubarb


Question: 'Leslie Lynch King'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'An unsolicited book manuscript is submitted "over" this, a crosspiece above a door'

Answer: Transom


Question: 'Its light was created by fires of wood or oil intensified by several metal mirrors'

Answer: Lighthouse of Alexandria


Question: 'As this author, Malcolm McDowell chases Jack the Ripper across time in the 1979 thriller "Time After Time"'

Answer: H.G. Wells


Question: 'This smallest bear species bears the name of a heavenly object'

Answer: Sun bear


Question: 'This critter seen here shares its name with a wife of the ancient Greek god Cronus:'

Answer: Rhea


Question: 'William Jefferson Blythe III'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'L-E-N-T-I-L spells a legume; rearranged & spelled this way, you get a supporting piece'

Answer: L-I-N-T-E-L


Question: 'In the 4th century, this ancient wonder was transported from Olympia to Constantinople'

Answer: Statue of Zeus at Olympia


Question: 'A military "Experiment" sends sailor Michael Pare over 40 years into the future in this film'

Answer: The Philadelphia Experiment


Question: 'Spectacled bears are the only species found on this continent'

Answer: South America


Question: 'It's a term for a free-form musical composition emotional in effect & improvisational in nature'

Answer: Rhapsody


Question: 'With 1 T it's an English county; with 2 Ts, Heisman Trophy winner Tony'

Answer: Dorset/Dorsett


Question: 'This star who plays TV's Dharma is a classically trained ballerina'

Answer: Jenna Elfman


Question: 'This Emily Bronte novel opens with Mr. Lockwood telling of a visit with his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff'

Answer: "Wuthering Heights"


Question: '"When You Wish Upon A Star"'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'In 1805, in memory of this admiral, his brother William was made an Earl of Trafalgar'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'By definition, it's the ism practiced by a peeping Tom'

Answer: Voyeurism


Question: 'Sussex was named for the south Saxons; this county was named for the east Saxons'

Answer: Essex


Question: 'Movies like "The River" & "Crimes of the Heart" have earned her 5 Oscar nominations for Best Actress'

Answer: Sissy Spacek


Question: 'Charlotte's experience at boarding school formed the basis for Lowood in this 1847 novel'

Answer: "Jane Eyre"


Question: '"Take My Breath Away"'

Answer: Top Gun


Question: 'He died a vice admiral in 1817, that little 1789 mutiny behind him'

Answer: William Bligh


Question: 'This "rate" tells how many criminals leave prison & relapse into bad behavior'

Answer: Recidivism


Question: 'Its name means "Southern district with the fringe on top" (okay, we lied about the fringe part)'

Answer: Surrey


Question: 'She revealed that after making "The Heartbreak Kid" she had a fling with Elvis Presley'

Answer: Cybill Shepherd


Question: 'Like the title character of Anne's "Agnes Grey", Anne & Charlotte both worked as these'

Answer: Governesses


Question: '"You Must Love Me"'

Answer: Evita


Question: 'In less than a day, May 1, 1898, his fleet demolished the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay'

Answer: George Dewey


Question: 'Max Weber's best-known work is "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of" this economic system'

Answer: Capitalism


Question: 'Becket was killed in this county, home to Canterbury'

Answer: Kent


Question: '(Hi, I'm Melody Thomas Scott from "The Young and the Restless")  In my film debut at age 8, I stole the show playing this Alfred Hitchcock thief as a young girl'

Answer: Marnie


Question: 'The book of poetry Charlotte, Emily & Anne published under this pseudonymous last name sold only 2 copies'

Answer: Bell (Currer, Ellis & Acton)


Question: '"I'm Easy"'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'At the National Security Council Ollie North reported to this vice admiral'

Answer: John Poindexter


Question: 'From Greek for "The Inhabited World", it refers to the movement toward Christian unity'

Answer: Ecumenism


Question: 'The westernmost county of England, or what the eldest son of the monarch is duke of'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'This French actress played a seductress in "Damage" before nursing "The English Patient"'

Answer: Juliette Binoche


Question: 'The portrait of the Brontes seen here was painted by this man, their brother:'

Answer: Patrick Branwell Bronte


Question: '"Sooner or Later (I Always Get My Man)"'

Answer: Dick Tracy


Question: 'He supervised the planning & construction of the first U.S. nuclear-powered sub, the Nautilus'

Answer: Hyman Rickover


Question: 'As part of this Renaissance movement, Montaigne & Erasmus advocated individual reason'

Answer: Humanism


Question: 'After his 1955 death, his papers were given to Jerusalem's Hebrew Univ. & his violin was left to his grandson'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'This crayon brand also makes Click Em On markers & Spider Writers'

Answer: Crayola


Question: 'If this play were written today, Blanche would have to ride the bus; the title vehicle doesn't run any more'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'Trista Rehn was this 2003 TV title person'

Answer: The Bachelorette


Question: 'It means to defrost or melt'

Answer: thaw


Question: 'It's the first verb in the Pledge of Allegiance'

Answer: pledge


Question: 'Brewed up a 1954 marriage to Marilyn Monroe & several TV coffee ads'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'This brand name is found on disposable lighters & razors, as well as ballpoint pens'

Answer: Bic


Question: 'You could ride in a carriage to St. Louis Cathedral, named for Louis IX, a canonized king of this country'

Answer: France


Question: '"New Romantic" artist Richard Clayderman has recorded over 1,000 melodies on this instrument'

Answer: piano


Question: 'Not surprisingly, the city of London, Ontario Canada is located on a river called this'

Answer: Thames


Question: 'The name of the Gobi, a vast desert of central Asia, means this in Mongolian'

Answer: desert


Question: 'Went solo in 1985 & had a hit with the following<br />["Just A Gigolo"]'

Answer: David Lee Roth


Question: 'Fluorescent yellow or pink is a good choice for this felt tip pen whose name indicates its use in marking texts'

Answer: highlighter


Question: 'Many types of birds featured in this man's paintings may be seen at the New Orleans zoo named for him'

Answer: John James Audubon


Question: 'In the film "Raw Deal" he tells a woman who throws a cake at him, "You should not drink and bake"'

Answer: Arnold Schwarzenegger


Question: 'He's the beloved British phenom seen here'

Answer: Thomas the Tank Engine


Question: 'Charlie & David Kaufman got an Oscar nomination for their adaptation of "The Orchid Thief" into this film'

Answer: Adaptation


Question: 'Graduated 21st of 39 from West Point in 1843, came out No. 1 at Appomattox in 1865'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  Appropriately, the name of this kind of pen is from the Greek for "beautiful writing"'

Answer: calligraphy


Question: 'Enjoy munching on the beignets at the Cafe Du Monde on this "presidential" square'

Answer: Jackson Square


Question: 'Red Dress Ink, a new line from this romance publisher, features neurotic, cocktail-swilling urban heroines'

Answer: Harlequin


Question: 'With ketchup, mayo & relish, you can make a simple version of this salad dressing'

Answer: Thousand Island


Question: 'I'm Charley Pride, It's the title of my 10th album'

Answer: "Charley Pride\'s 10th Album"


Question: 'Born Joseph Vissarionovich Dzhugashivili in 1879, died suddenly under a different name in 1953'

Answer: Joseph Stalin


Question: 'In 1884 Louis E. Waterman patented the first practical one of these'

Answer: fountain pen


Question: 'Canal St. boasts a statue of Ignatius J. Reilly, the hero of this prize-winning novel by John Kennedy Toole'

Answer: "A Confederacy of Dunces"


Question: 'You've sung along with the car radio to this band heard here -- don't tell us you haven't<br />["Don't Stop Believing"]'

Answer: Journey


Question: 'It's another name for vitamin B-1'

Answer: Thiamine


Question: 'It's the state song of the state of Maine'

Answer: "The State of Maine Song"


Question: 'Mockingly suggested that poor children should be fed to rich people in his pamphlet "A Modest Proposal"'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'He was "Poor" Richard Saunders'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'This show won the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy in 1968, but we disavow any knowledge of it'

Answer: Mission: Impossible


Question: 'In the 1930s inventive minds at Warner's introduced the A, B, C & D cup sizes for these'

Answer: bras


Question: 'It's the color that's usually found before "tea ice cream"'

Answer: green


Question: 'When Kennedy & Khrushchev met in Vienna in 1961, JFK suggested the countries combine their efforts to go here'

Answer: the moon


Question: 'Sidney Poitier movie opera that preceded Mamie Eisenhower as first lady'

Answer: Porgy and Bess Truman


Question: 'His first book, "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets", was so shocking that he published it under the name Johnston Smith'

Answer: Stephen Crane


Question: 'The actress seen here (Kathy Kinney) plays this sitcom character'

Answer: Mimi


Question: 'In 1957 W. Ralph Gamber became the first to sell honey in a container shaped like one of these'

Answer: bear


Question: 'At age 10, future New Jersey governor Christie Whitman raised $10 for the G.O.P. at this type of stand'

Answer: lemonade stand


Question: 'This 11-country group that includes Algeria & Venezuela is headquartered in Vienna, but Austria isn't a member'

Answer: OPEC


Question: '"Wizard of Oz" song that made it to the big screen with Tom Hanks as a hit man for the Irish mob'

Answer: Follow the Yellow Brick Road to Perdition


Question: 'Nathan Weinstein wrote "Miss Lonelyhearts" using this name'

Answer: Nathanael West


Question: 'Believe it or not, back in 1949, he was the original host of "Believe It or Not"'

Answer: Robert Ripley


Question: 'In the 1960s Hoyle Schweitzer & Jim Drake added one of these to a surfboard to help create a new sport'

Answer: sail


Question: 'Diced hard-boiled eggs are sometimes added to this cold tomato soup from Andalusia'

Answer: gazpacho


Question: 'At the Congress of Vienna, the duchy of Parma was given to this man's second wife, Marie-Louise of Austria'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Liberator & king of Scotland who starred in "Die Hard"'

Answer: Robert the Bruce Willis


Question: 'This pseudonym means "2 fathoms deep"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'She's the "Night Court" actress seen here'

Answer: Markie Post


Question: 'In 1952 he & Charles Bowman joined forces to develop a hybrid corn that left fewer kernels unpopped'

Answer: Orville Redenbacher


Question: 'Lemon juice, sugar, gin, club soda & an egg go into a refreshing royal gin one of these'

Answer: royal gin fizz


Question: 'The Wienerwald; Johann Strauss composed some "Tales of" them'

Answer: the Vienna Woods


Question: 'Sondheim musical about a Seurat painting & the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee'

Answer: Sunday in the Park with George McGovern


Question: 'Mary Ann Evans became George Eliot; Amandine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin wore men's clothes & used this male name'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'The 1985-86 troupe on this show included Anthony Michael Hall, Joan Cusack & Robert Downey, Jr.'

Answer: Saturday Night Live


Question: 'Scott Archer came up with the wet collodion process used in the first 20 years of this art'

Answer: photography


Question: 'Kefir, a treat from the Caucasus, is this liquid fermented until it's up to 3% alcohol'

Answer: goat\'s milk


Question: 'The 450-foot steeple of this saint's cathedral can be seen from almost anywhere in the city'

Answer: St. Stephen


Question: 'American general who negotiated the Treaty of Greenville, earned the nickname "Mr. Las Vegas" & sang "Danke Schoen"'

Answer: Mad Anthony Wayne Newton


Question: 'This department contains the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Secret Service & the Coast Guard'

Answer: Department of Homeland Security


Question: 'Florenz Ziegfield produced his first of these extravaganzas in 1907 & would continue them for the next 24 years'

Answer: the Follies


Question: 'In a nice 2-year run, he married Marilyn in 1954 & was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in '55'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'In a song from Meredith Wilson's "The Music Man", this many trombones "led the big parade"'

Answer: 76


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew visits with the bison at the Catalina Island Conservancy.)  Catalina can't support large numbers of bison, so in 2004, about 100 of them were repatrioted to their ancestral home in this Mt. Rushmore state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: '"All the news that's fit to print"'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: '"Dumbledore" is actually an old word for this insect; J.K. Rowling imagined him humming all the time'

Answer: a bumblebee


Question: 'With this man as president, the government budget was $579 million & unemployment stood at 2.8%'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Richard Nixon's "Enemies List" included Jane Fonda & this N.Y. Jets quarterback'

Answer: Joe Namath


Question: 'Using a 200-year-old technique, a V.A. hospital in Long Beach, Calif. has utilized these fly larvae to treat patients'

Answer: maggots


Question: 'Amsterdam Island in the Indian Ocean, 1,800 mi. from any cont., has a rare type of this wandering seabird'

Answer: the albatross


Question: '"With a name like" this one, "it has to be good!"'

Answer: Smuckers


Question: 'Robinsonade is not a refreshing drink, it's a novel similar in theme to a work by this author'

Answer: Defoe


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew compares two paintings on the monitor.)  The work here from 1906 doesn't quite prepare us for the launch of this art movement by the same artist 1 year later'

Answer: Cubism


Question: 'In 1973 George Foreman grilled this "Smokin'" guy, knocking him down 6 times in 2 rounds'

Answer: Joe Frazier


Question: 'Ranking just above a captain, not behind him, it's a U.S. Navy admiral with 1 star'

Answer: a rear admiral


Question: 'We hope the endangered Carolina Northern "flying" species of this rodent keeps on flying'

Answer: a squirrel


Question: '"It takes a licking and keeps on ticking"'

Answer: Timex


Question: 'Too much time enjoying potent potables?  You could end up with a katzenjammer, one of these'

Answer: a hangover


Question: 'For works like "Gunga Din", he became the first Brit awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Kipling


Question: 'In 1908, troubled by blisters, this outfielder played in his stocking feet'

Answer: "Shoeless Joe" Jackson


Question: 'In 1989 Pope John Paul II added these 2 automobile-related acts to the official list of Catholic sins'

Answer: speeding & drunken driving


Question: 'Steller's sea cow was extinct by 1768; Stellar's sea this animal is hanging tough'

Answer: a sea lion


Question: '"Choosy moms choose" this'

Answer: Jif


Question: 'The fact that clavate means shaped like this isn't something you have to hit me over the head with'

Answer: a club


Question: 'More than 40 nations attended the second "International Peace Conference" of this Dutch city'

Answer: The Hague


Question: 'In 1950 he became an assistant coach for Penn State football; in '66, he took over as head coach'

Answer: (Joe) Paterno


Question: 'For one game, minor league baseball's St. Paul Saints used these on top of the dugout to reenact big plays'

Answer: mimes


Question: 'South America's woolly spider type of this has a rudimentary or no thumb & a badly fragmented habitat'

Answer: a monkey


Question: '"Because I'm worth it"'

Answer: L\'Oréal