Question: 'This airline advertises that "bags fly free"... skis & golf bags too'

Answer: Southwest


Question: 'January 3, 1879 in Burlington, Vermont'

Answer: Grace Coolidge


Question: 'To stare with open mouth, as in wonder'

Answer: gape


Question: 'This spicy Cajun stew is made with crayfish & served over rice'

Answer: étoufée


Question: 'Z:<br />It's the only national park that fits the bill'

Answer: Zion


Question: 'In 1982, the year she appeared in "E.T.", she became the youngest "SNL" host at the age of 7'

Answer: Drew Barrymore


Question: 'In 2000 this firm introduced its Uncrustables, a peanut butter & jelly sandwich with no crust that just "has to be good"'

Answer: Smucker\'s


Question: 'His use of Tuscan dialect in the "Divine Comedy" helped make it the standard form of modern Italian'

Answer: Dante


Question: '"Thoroughly Modern ____"'

Answer: Millie


Question: 'Killer of "the radio star" in a Buggles song'

Answer: video


Question: 'Derived from another country'

Answer: foreign


Question: 'Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre's fight to keep the Latin this & other traditions led to his 1988 excommunication'

Answer: the mass


Question: 'Able to "sleep" in dried eggs for years, the ever-popular sea monkeys are actually a brine type of this'

Answer: shrimp


Question: 'Giacomo da Lentini is credited with inventing this poetic form ("Let's see, 12 lines--not enough, 16--too many, hmm")'

Answer: the sonnet


Question: '"____ Drum Song"'

Answer: Flower


Question: 'He offed the second Duke of Buckingham in 1483'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'An imitation that's trying to pass as genuine, as in money'

Answer: counterfeit


Question: 'In 1656 rabbis in this Dutch city excommunicated the philosopher Spinoza'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'One of the parasitic types of this one-celled creature is seen here'

Answer: an amoeba


Question: 'While Machiavelli was writing this, he was working on another book on how to preserve republics'

Answer: The Prince


Question: '"The Roar of the ____, the Smell of the Crowd"'

Answer: Greasepaint


Question: 'He killed Patroclus, Achilles' friend--mistake'

Answer: Hector


Question: 'In old physiology, vessels that convey one of the 4 elemental bodily humors'

Answer: veins


Question: 'He was excommunicated in 1955 for enacting an Argentine divorce law & expelling 2 priests'

Answer: (Juan) Perón


Question: 'A variety of Atlantic sea slug eats algae, retains some of it & can then undergo this plant process'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: 'Ignazio Silone revised his peasant novel "Pane e Vino" as "Vino e Pane"; either way, the title refers to these 2 things'

Answer: bread & wine


Question: '"The Boys From ____" (also a city in New York)'

Answer: Syracuse


Question: 'She made short work of Jean-Paul Marat'

Answer: Charlotte Corday


Question: 'It's a sultanate on the coast of Borneo, formerly under British protection'

Answer: Brunei


Question: 'She was excommunicated in 1570 & the church sanctioned efforts to dethrone her'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Able to reach a length of 6.5", the South American longhorn variety of this insect is one of the world's largest'

Answer: a beetle


Question: 'Dario Fo's plays include "Accidental Death of" this person of anti-government views'

Answer: an Anarchist


Question: '"110 in the ____"'

Answer: Shade


Question: 'Laura Palmer in "Twin Peaks"--mystery solved'

Answer: Bob


Question: 'This word was popularized as an appellation of the witches, or "sisters", in "Macbeth"'

Answer: weird


Question: 'Giving his name to a "razor" in logic, he was an Oxford prof. who stated church beliefs could not be proven logically'

Answer: (William of) Ockham


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a bird on the monitor.)  A bird's wing is composed of bones similar to our arm; & like us, birds have two bones between their elbow & wrist with these names'

Answer: the ulna & the radius


Question: 'The car company that sponsored the radio show for which his father worked inspired the middle name of this filmmaker'

Answer: Francis Ford Coppola


Question: 'Universal's Islands of Adventure & Disney's Pleasure Island are both near this seat of Florida's Orange County'

Answer: Orlando


Question: 'To resurface a piece of furniture with some new varnish'

Answer: refinish


Question: 'One can be barn or screech'

Answer: an owl


Question: 'One legend says the snows of Kilimanjaro are the final resting place of Menelik, son of Solomon & this queen'

Answer: Sheba


Question: 'This French blue cheese is aged in the limestone caverns of Mount Combalou'

Answer: Roquefort


Question: 'Tertiary Tolkien offering that journeys to Skull Island with Fay Wray'

Answer: Return of the King Kong


Question: 'Each winter the post office in this Indiana town, ZIP code 47579, gets letters from children all over the world'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'To increase your efforts--specifically twofold'

Answer: redouble


Question: 'Picnic predator of the family Formicidae'

Answer: an ant


Question: 'As a child, this tough Knight of the Round Table was plunged into the lake from which Excalibur came'

Answer: Lancelot


Question: 'This Dutch treat is Holland's most exported cheese'

Answer: Gouda


Question: 'Peter Parker spins a web of intrigue & help Denzel Washington protect Dakota Fanning'

Answer: Spider-Man on Fire


Question: 'Now famous for a golf tournament, it was the city where Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution'

Answer: Augusta


Question: '6 letters: hairlines do this, get farther away into the distance'

Answer: recede


Question: 'Also known as an Egyptian cobra'

Answer: an asp


Question: 'Shades of Moses: Ancient Sumer's Sargon I was sealed in a reed basket & floated down this river'

Answer: the Euphrates


Question: 'This French word for goat is a generic word for goat's-milk cheese'

Answer: chèvre


Question: 'On his last 007 mission, Timothy Dalton wanders into Vol. 1 of this Tarantino action saga; my money is on Uma'

Answer: License to Kill Bill


Question: 'This state capital lies on a narrow strip of land between the Gastineau Channel & the slopes of 2 mountains'

Answer: Juneau, Alaska


Question: 'To follow the title command of Frankie Goes to Hollywood's biggest hit'

Answer: relax


Question: 'Equine beast of burden'

Answer: an ass


Question: 'The headstone of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon says he was this legendary medieval outlaw'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'One story says that the name of this Italian cheese comes from a Spanish official calling it "mas que bueno"'

Answer: Mascarpone


Question: 'The Human Torch & 3 Friends interrupt several British nuptials & an entombment, & boy is Hugh Grant mad'

Answer: The Fantastic Four Weddings and a Funeral


Question: 'This largest North Dakota city forms a metropolitan area with Moorhead, Minnesota'

Answer: Fargo


Question: 'Refusal to accept someone or something; in basketball, it's a blocked shot'

Answer: reject


Question: 'It's an alternate name for the swift fox but is also used for any baby fox'

Answer: kit


Question: 'These legendary histories of Norse literature include a famous one about Njall & his adventures'

Answer: sagas


Question: 'This primary milk protein clumps together, or coagulates, to form the basis of cheese'

Answer: casein


Question: 'John Grisham meets Noel Coward as a law student & a reporter find each other for a short time'

Answer: The Pelican Brief Encounter


Question: 'Figuratively, it's a modest dessert eaten apologetically'

Answer: humble pie


Question: 'Read all about it!  The Nome Nugget, founded in 1900, is Nome's & Alaska's oldest one of these'

Answer: a newspaper


Question: 'Moliere didn't play favorites; he wrote satirical plays called "The School for Husbands" & "The School for" these'

Answer: wives


Question: 'Richard & Pat Nixon,<br />on June 21, 1940'

Answer: California


Question: 'This legend made his Opry debut on June 11, 1949 singing "Lovesick Blues"'

Answer: Hank Williams, Sr.


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the NY Stock Exchange floor.)  The person who buys & sells stocks on the floor is known as this, from an old word for "middle-man"'

Answer: a broker


Question: 'Stephen Vincent Benet rhymed, "Sherman's buzzin' along to the sea, like Moses ridin' on" this insect'

Answer: a bumblebee


Question: '"The Golden Beaches of Nome" is a chapter title in the novel "Alaska" by this author'

Answer: James Michener


Question: 'This French king's support for Moliere & his troupe allowed them to get their own theater in Paris around 1660'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'Gerald & Betty Ford,<br />on Oct. 15, 1948'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'In 1954 he made his only appearance on the Opry, singing "Blue Moon of Kentucky"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: '(Sarah reports from the NY Stock Exchange floor.)  The floor location where buying & selling occurs is called this, like the early American sites where furs were sold'

Answer: a trading post


Question: 'A foldaway for passengers on the back of some early automobiles'

Answer: a rumble seat


Question: 'Nome is situated on the south shore of a wide peninsula bearing the name of this cabinet member'

Answer: Seward


Question: 'I hate people who don't know that Moliere himself played the title role when this 1666 play of his premiered'

Answer: The Misanthrope


Question: 'Lyndon & Lady Bird Johnson,<br />on Nov. 17, 1934'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'On the Opry stage in 1993, the USPS unveiled 4 new country music stamps, one honoring this famed family'

Answer: the Carter family


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the NY Stock Exchange floor.)  In 1996 when Wall Street loved high tech, Lucent Technologies set a New York Stock Exchange $3 billion record for one of these'

Answer: an IPO


Question: 'It's a part of a lock'

Answer: a tumbler


Question: 'The subject of a 1995 animated movie, this sled dog led the team that brought medicine to save Nome in 1925'

Answer: Balto


Question: 'Andrew & Eliza Johnson,<br />on May 17, 1827'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'The Opry house stage has a circle of wood from this older Opry home, "the mother church of country music"'

Answer: the Ryman Auditorium


Question: '(Jimmy on the NY Stock Exchange floor.) The floor is tidier since the price reporting system went electronic, however the readout is still known by this old name'

Answer: the ticker


Question: 'Old game of knife throwing with the object being to stick the blade in the ground'

Answer: mumblety-peg


Question: 'As part of a voyage through the Northwest Pasage, this Norwegian reached Nome in September 1906'

Answer: Amundsen


Question: 'Warren & Florence Harding,<br />on July 8, 1891'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'In 2001, this future Celeb "Jeopardy!" contestant got the first Opry member award, a replica of the famous mic stand'

Answer: Brad Paisley


Question: '(Jimmy reports above the market floor of the NY Stock Exchange.)  These two terms for the market condition may come from the ways the creatures attacked their opponents'

Answer: the bear & the bull


Question: 'He "came into the world in the middle of the thicket, in one of those little, hidden forest glades..."'

Answer: Bambi


Question: 'On Sept. 18, 1975 this fugitive heiress was captured by the FBI in a San Francisco apartment'

Answer: Patty Hearst


Question: '"A Nightmare on Elm Street"'

Answer: Freddy Krueger


Question: 'The emperor & king species of this can dive to a depth of over 780 feet'

Answer: Penguin


Question: 'This machine that produces printed letters on paper can be spelled using just letters on a typewriter's top row'

Answer: Typewriter


Question: 'In 1843 his story "The Gold Bug" won a $100 prize from the "Dollar Newspaper" in Philadelphia'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question: 'This fictional bull would rather smell the flowers than fight any day'

Answer: Ferdinand


Question: 'In 1984 this civil rights leader gained the release of 22 Americans & 26 Cubans detained in Cuban prisons'

Answer: Rev. Jesse Jackson


Question: '"Psycho"'

Answer: Norman Bates


Question: 'As ptarmigans often walk on this substance, their feet are feathered for insulation & support'

Answer: Ice/snow


Question: 'William Tyler Page, who wrote "The American's Creed" that the House adopted in 1918, had this job there in 1881'

Answer: Page


Question: 'From 1862 to 1864 he wrote for the Territorial Enterprise newspaper in Virginia City, Nevada'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Style of jazz heard here:'

Answer: Dixieland


Question: 'In 1952 this toy company founded by the Hassenfeld brothers introduced Mr. Potato Head'

Answer: Hasbro


Question: '"Friday the 13th"<br />parts 2 through 9'

Answer: Jason


Question: 'An owl's are nearly spherical; those of a hummingbird are long & elliptical'

Answer: Eggs


Question: 'In an April 17, 1965 speech in Johnson City, Texas, this president rejected appeals to halt the bombing in Vietnam'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'He was born in Salinas, California; his father was treasurer of Monterey County'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'It's the wide sash worn at the waist & fastened in back that's part of a man's formal suit'

Answer: Cummerbund


Question: 'On November 19,1919 the U.S. Senate failed to ratify this treaty which established the League of Nations'

Answer: Treaty of Versailles


Question: '"Halloween"'

Answer: Michael Myers


Question: 'The curlew & the willet were both named for this'

Answer: Their calls


Question: 'Millenios, a new cereal for the year 2000, contained 2 types of bits, little zeros & little these'

Answer: Twos


Question: 'The land on which he built a small cabin in 1845 was owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'This thick, succulent steak for 2 is traditionally served with Bearnaise sauce'

Answer: Chateaubriand


Question: 'In June 1934 this father of a future president was named chairman of the SEC'

Answer: Joseph Kennedy


Question: '"The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"'

Answer: Leatherface


Question: 'Like the baleen whale, this pink bird popular on front lawns & Miami cop shows strains the water for its food'

Answer: Flamingo


Question: 'Milestones in this director's career include "All Quiet on the Western Front" & "A Walk in the Sun"'

Answer: Lewis Milestone


Question: 'In his "Devil's Dictionary", a bore is defined as "A person who talks when you wish him to listen"'

Answer: Ambrose Bierce


Question: 'On a computer keyboard this symbol is usually on the same key as the 7'

Answer: Ampersand


Question: 'The first mention of her in British colonial records was in John Smith's "True Relations"'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question: 'From the Latin render, "to yield", it's something you have to yield up to your landlord'

Answer: Rent


Question: 'The Colorado River provides much of the border between this country's Baja California Norte & Sonora'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In 1991 this giant corporation ended its 10-year collaboration with Microsoft to pursue the OS/2 operating system'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'Dating to around 1100, the oldest ones still in existence are in the cathedral at Augsburg, Germany'

Answer: Stained glass windows


Question: 'This leader of his people at the Little Big Horn took no active part in the battle'

Answer: Sitting Bull


Question: 'From middle English for "lazy lout", someone who doesn't sail is a "land" one'

Answer: Lubber


Question: 'The Hooghly, a tributary of this river, passes through Calcutta on its way to the Bay of Bengal'

Answer: Ganges


Question: 'Microsoft jointly operates a cable news channel with this major broadcast network'

Answer: NBC (MSNBC)


Question: 'Because French windows reach the floor, they're also called these'

Answer: French doors


Question: 'This Shoshone's name meant "bird woman"'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'From the Latin for "a place of cleansing", it's a place to cleanse your soul before entering heaven'

Answer: Purgatory


Question: 'Men's 100 meters<br />           (1988)'

Answer: Carl Lewis


Question: 'Oman & Iran lie on opposite sides of this strait'

Answer: Strait of Hormuz


Question: 'Microsoft originally based this CD-ROM encyclopedia on the Funk & Wagnalls'

Answer: Encarta


Question: 'Useful at the drive-thru, they were pioneered by Daimler in 1946'

Answer: Electric windows in your car


Question: 'This Chiricahua Apache took part in the inaugural procession of Theodore Roosevelt in 1905'

Answer: Geronimo


Question: 'From the Chinook hayo makamak, meaning "plenty to eat", it's an important, overbearing person'

Answer: Muckety-muck/muckamuck


Question: 'Women's speed skating 1,000 meters<br />            (1994)'

Answer: Bonnie Blair


Question: 'This island is home to most of Indonesia's major citites, including Jakarta'

Answer: Java


Question: 'Microsoft's success has funded the $17 billion foundation named for these 2 people'

Answer: Bill & Melinda Gates


Question: 'A second sash that protects against wind & rain is usually called this type of "window"'

Answer: Storm windows


Question: 'At the Battle of Tippecanoe, William Henry Harrison defeated this warrior's brother, "The Shawnee Prophet"'

Answer: Tecumseh


Question: 'From the Greek dendron, something dendroid is shaped like one of these'

Answer: Tree


Question: 'Women's javelin<br />             (1932)'

Answer: Babe Didrikson Zaharias


Question: 'This Honduran capital is one of the few capitals in the world without a railroad'

Answer: Tegucigalpa


Question: 'From the Latin for "to rise", the name of this spreadsheet program implies that it rises above the others'

Answer: Excel


Question: 'This type of window named for its 2 sashes first appeared in the late 17th century'

Answer: Double-hung windows


Question: 'Popular 1950s vocalist who has written the autobiographies "Girl Singer" & "This For Remembrance"'

Answer: Rosemary Clooney


Question: 'One chapter in her book "Bossypants" is "30 Rock: An Experiment to Confuse Your Grandparents"'

Answer: Tina Fey


Question: 'Cheers, mate:<br />FORESTS'

Answer: Fosters


Question: 'Ulysses S. Grant appears on this U.S. bill'

Answer: the $50


Question:
'Tocantins,
Madeira,
Rio Negro'

Answer: the Amazon


Question: '1969:<br />American Indians begin a 2-year occupation of this island in San Francisco Bay'

Answer: Alcatraz


ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Question:
'"Abby, I hear The Naked Heiress is gonna be on Jeopardy! that's huge!"
"Mom, please.  I am rich and famous." [Sighs]
"Honey, don't you think you're being..."
...this adjective that means "world-weary" & "cynical"--it doesn't mean "covered in green gemstones"'

Answer: jaded


Question: 'In "All That Is Bitter & Sweet", this actress says mom Naomi likes to say their family put the "fun" in dysfunctional'

Answer: Ashley Judd


Question: 'Weekends were made for it:<br />CLIMB HOE'

Answer: Michelob


Question: 'In 1970 this Japanese currency was at 360 to the dollar; today it's under 100'

Answer: the yen


Question:
'River Leach,
River Churn,
River Cherwell'

Answer: the Thames


Question: '1770:<br />This man & Seth Warner organize the Green Mountain Boys'

Answer: Ethan Allen


ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Question:
'"We can never do this again.  Nobody, and I mean nobody, can know about it."
"Tres romantic, Nick.  What are you implying, that I'm not..."
...this 11-letter adjective meaning reliable & responsible like a Boy Scout'

Answer: trustworthy


Question: '"Stories I Only Tell My Friends" includes his days in the Brat Pack & his romance with Princess Stephanie of Monaco'

Answer: Rob Lowe


Question: 'Enjoy this Belgian brew:<br />ATLAS LOITERS'

Answer: Stella Artois


Question: 'Seen here is one of these currency units from a country that's in the zone'

Answer: the euro


Question:
'Parma,
Trebbia,
Ticino'

Answer: the Po


Question: '2011:<br />This company founded by a 1941 merger downgrades the USA's long-term credit rating to AA+'

Answer: Standard & Poor\'s


ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Question:
'"Please, Lily, understand, everything I did was to keep you and the twins safe."
"Cane, you pretended that you were dead and made me think that I was sleeping with a ghost.  I ended up in an insane asylum.  You're..."
...this 10-letter adjective from the Latin for "look down on" (& favored by Daffy Duck on occasion)'

Answer: despicable


Question: 'Once a celebrity daughter named chastity, this child of Cher revealed "The Story of How I Became a Man" in "Transition"'

Answer: Chaz Bono


Question: 'Let's go Dutch:<br />SIGHT MALLET'

Answer: Amstel Light


Question: 'Released by the U.S. Mint in January 1999, the first quarter honoring a state honored this one'

Answer: Delaware


Question:
'Moselle,
Main,
Neckar'

Answer: the Rhine


Question: '1789:<br />This French landmark is stormed & its governor, killed'

Answer: the Bastille


ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Question:
'"Oh, Jack, it feels just like yesterday that you and Diane and I were celebrating the IPO."
"I've had my eye on you since before Diane died, and now I have even more reason to be..."
...this doubtful word that's in the title of Elvis' last No. 1 pop hit'

Answer: suspicious


Question: 'This country star called her 2011 memoir "From This Moment On", also the name of one of her hit songs'

Answer: Shania Twain


Question: 'I enjoy "33" bottles:<br />CORK ON GRILL'

Answer: Rolling Rock


Question: 'The 50,000-rial note of this Middle East country is seen here'

Answer: Iran


Question:
'Big Salmon,
Pelly,
Klondike'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: '1653:<br />This Izaak Walton ode to piscatory endeavors splashes ashore'

Answer: The Compleat Angler


ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

Question:
'"Dear God.  You manipulate everyone around you, just like a marionette.  You are downright..."
...this adjective, also the title of a hit Broadway musical that features Munchkins & flying monkeys'

Answer: wicked


Question: 'In this type of triangle, all 3 angles are less than 90 degrees'

Answer: acute


Question: 'CCR:<br />"Proud ____"'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'She mentions her sister Margot's diary in her own diary, but Margot's was never found'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'Williams believed this was his best long play because of "the kingly magnitude of Big Daddy"'

Answer: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof


Question: 'No state shall engage in this (unless invaded)'

Answer: war


Question: 'You can follow the fairway or hit over the rough on this type of golf hole that has an angle in it'

Answer: a dogleg


Question: 'This segment of a circle can be measured by its length or the angle it forms'

Answer: an arc


Question: 'Taylor Swift:<br />"____ McGraw"'

Answer: Tim


Question: 'One of England's first abstract painters, Vanessa Bell was the sister of this Bloomsbury Group author'

Answer: Virginia Woolf


Question: 'Tennessee's first success was this play about the Wingfield family that premiered in 1944'

Answer: The Glass Menagerie


Question: 'No law respecting an establishment of this'

Answer: religion


Question: 'They're seen here'

Answer: dog tags


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.)  The Exchange now allows brokers on the floor to execute trades from handheld devices using programs called "algos", short for this type of step-by-step mathematical process'

Answer: an algorithm


Question: 'Night Ranger:<br />"Sister ____"'

Answer: Christian


Question: 'Ann & Nancy Wilson are the creative spark behind this rock band'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'Born Thomas, Williams may have first used his nickname in this Tennessee port for a writing contest'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'No compulsion in a criminal case to be this against yourself'

Answer: a witness


Question: 'On "Cheers" Norm once said it's this type of "world and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear"'

Answer: a dog-eat-dog


Question: '2 angles in a plane sharing a common vertex & side are said to be this'

Answer: adjacent


Question: 'Falco:<br />"Rock Me ____"'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'The first siblings to earn more than $1 million on the LPGA tour were this Swede & her sister Charlotta'

Answer: (Annika) Sorenstam


Question: 'Marlon Brando hitchhiked to Williams' home to read for this role; he also fixed the writer's toilet during the visit'

Answer: Stanley Kowalski


Question: 'No being a senator if you haven't been this for at least 9 years'

Answer: a citizen


Question: 'This canine cliche means you should avoid disturbing a calm situation'

Answer: Let sleeping dogs lie


Question: 'It's the length from the base of a cone to the apex'

Answer: the altitude


Question: 'R.E.M.:<br />"What's the Frequency, ____?"'

Answer: Kenneth


Question: 'Last name of sisters Loretta & Linda, U.S. representatives from California'

Answer: Sanchez


Question: 'In this 1950 play, a dressmaker's deceased husband & her new boyfriend both sport the title art on their chests'

Answer: The Rose Tattoo


Question: 'No denial of voting rights for "failure to pay" this specific tax'

Answer: a poll tax


Question: 'In 2011, Orrin Hatch used a picture to indicate he felt a Senate hearing had become this'

Answer: a dog and pony show


Question: 'He was executed in 1780 & buried in Tappan, New York; his remains were moved to Westminster Abbey in 1821'

Answer: Major John André


Question: 'In 1997 their career was "Stayin' Alive" with a new CD & induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: the Bee Gees


Question: 'Founding brothers Joyce, Rollie & William Hall put their stamp on this greeting card company'

Answer: Hallmark


Question: 'Hitting a chip shot onto the green'

Answer: golfing


Question: 'After she cooked an omelette on a book review show, WGBH created "The French Chef" for her'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'The 1996 GOP platform proposed amending this to protect crime victims & the unborn'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'A street sign with this letter pair denotes a crossing that has the ties that bind'

Answer: RR


Question: 'A "Magic Earring Ken" doll is among the items displayed in a Palo Alto, Calif. Hall of Fame devoted to her'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'Time was on Jerry Hall's side in 1990 as she married this singer after a long romance'

Answer: Mick Jagger


Question: 'Splitting a pair & taking a hit on each'

Answer: playing blackjack


Question: '"How To Boil Water" & "Grillin' & Chillin'" are cooking shows featured on this cable channel'

Answer: The Food Network


Question: 'In 1939 Albert Einstein wrote to Franklin Roosevelt urging development of this weapon'

Answer: the atomic bomb


Question: 'This suffix denotes a person who is a recipient of something'

Answer: ee (as in honoree)


Question: 'This comic duo's "Who's on First?" routine is enshrined on a gold record in the Baseball Hall of Fame'

Answer: Abbott & Costello


Question: 'In 1987 she testified to altering & shredding documents for her boss Oliver North'

Answer: Fawn Hall


Question: 'Setting the timing after gapping the points & plugs'

Answer: tuning an automobile


Question: 'Based on an actual New York restaurateur, this Seinfeld character refused to serve Elaine'

Answer: the Soup Nazi


Question: 'An 1886 convention on copyrights & an 1864 convention on the rules of war were signed in this country'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'A little ball, 0.18 inches in diameter, fired from an air rifle or a special gun'

Answer: BB


Question: 'This prodigy who won the U.S. Open at age 14 in 1957 was a charter member of the U.S. Chess Hall of Fame'

Answer: Bobby Fischer


Question: 'As head of the National Theatre, Peter Hall oversaw its 1976 move out of this "old" home'

Answer: the Old Vic


Question: 'Blending 1 teaspoon sugar, the juice of 1/2 a small lime & 2 ounces of rum & straining it into a glass'

Answer: making a daiquiri


Question: 'In 1222 the Golden Bull of Hungary gave rights to nobles, like this English charter 7 years before'

Answer: the Magna Carta


Question: 'Ask a Spaniard how to pronounce this double letter pair & he may say "y"'

Answer: ll


Question: 'The Dog Mushers Hall of Fame in Knik, Alaska is in a building used as the 1967 HQ for this sled dog race'

Answer: the Iditarod


Question: 'The 1995 movie "Kids" was written by the grandson of Huntz Hall, one of these tough movie kids'

Answer: the Bowery Boys (or the Dead End Kids or the East Side Kids)


Question: 'In the 1850 Punctuation of Olmutz, this German-speaking country halted Prussia's aims to unite Germany'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'For the ivory tickler it means "very softly"'

Answer: pp (pianissimo)


Question: 'In this novel, Mr. Rochester "has a fine bass voice, and an excellent taste for music"'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'After watching this movie dancer, Baryshnikov said, "We all should have been in another business"'

Answer: Fred Astaire


Question: 'Producing about 30% of the world's wool, this country has 7.7 jumbucks per person'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Though he's acted on screen, as in "Tommy", his first nomination & win was for a song in "The Lion King"'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'This future president was U.S. envoy to China in 1974 & 1975'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'The book of Leviticus says of an evildoer, "The people of the land shall stone him with" these'

Answer: stones


Question: 'Dorlcote Mill in her book "The Mill on the Floss" resembles Arbury Mill, where she played as a child'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'A movement & a call in square dancing, it comes from French for "back to back"'

Answer: do-si-do


Question: 'Song from "Pinocchio" that won a real, not wooden, Oscar'

Answer: "When You Wish Upon A Star"


Question: 'Many places now appoint one of these instead of a coroner'

Answer: a medical examiner


Question: 'This word, the "A" in the acronym scuba, makes "scuba gear" somewhat repetitive'

Answer: apparatus


Question: 'He wrote his semi-autobiographical novel "Sons and Lovers" in part as a tribute to his mother'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: 'The name of this high-stepping dance developed on plantations means something certain or easy'

Answer: cakewalk


Question: 'Film seen here, its director was nominated, but it didn't make it into the Best Picture category:'

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: 'St. Louis has a board of these, literally meaning "older" people'

Answer: aldermen


Question: '007 film song in which Paul & Linda McCartney wrote of "this ever-changing world in which we live in"'

Answer: "Live And Let Die"


Question: 'The young man who wishes, "If the picture could change, and I could be always what I am now!"'

Answer: Dorian Gray


Question: 'Critic Arlene Croce refused to do this before attacking Bill T. Jones' piece "Still/Here" as "victim art"'

Answer: see it


Question: 'This country's 266,000 people should keep its 500,000 sheep away from Mount Hekla, an active volcano'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'In 1951 "Harvey"'s Jimmy Stewart lost by a nose to best actor Jose Ferrer in this title role'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'President Grant appointed Chester A. Arthur collector of customs for this port'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Using "from" before this word that means "from where" has been called redundant'

Answer: whence


Question: 'In an Evelyn Waugh novel, one of Lord Marchman's children is known as Bridey, which is short for this'

Answer: Brideshead


Question: 'This second-largest member of the C.I.S. has almost twice as many sheep & goats as people'

Answer: Kazakhstan


Question: 'Paul Newman's only win for Best Actor was for the second time he played this character'

Answer: "Fast Eddie" Felson


Question: 'Archibald Cox was appointed as one of these in 1973'

Answer: a special prosecutor


Question: 'You don't need to put "the" before this Greek phrase for "the masses" because hoi means "the"'

Answer: hoi polloi


Question: 'This city's official seal depicts a phoenix & a motto in Spanish:  "Gold in Peace -- Iron in War"'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'On August 4 he was born in Honolulu, & he has the papers to prove it'

Answer: Obama


Question: 'Dionne Warwick:<br />"I ____ A Little Prayer"'

Answer: Say


Question: 'Oreos, Jell-O & Planters peanuts are treats from this company, KFT'

Answer: Kraft


Question: 'It better stay neutral--France, Italy, Austria & Germany have it surrounded'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'On his last trip to Greece, Johnny picked up this wind instrument; someday, I'll take lessons'

Answer: a pan flute


Question: 'From the Greek for "thief", it's someone who suffers from an irresistible impulse to steal'

Answer: a kleptomaniac


Question: 'On January 3 the U.S. severed diplomatic relations with this nation'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Nelly, P. Diddy & Murphy Lee:<br />"____ Ya Tailfeather"'

Answer: Shake


Question: 'If you're in the market for a backhoe loader (& who isn't?), CAT, this company, may have what you need'

Answer: Caterpillar


Question: 'To the west, Louisiana; to the east, Alabama'

Answer: Mississippi


Question: 'If the heat goes out, we could always burn our piece of this hard, high-carbon type of coal'

Answer: anthracite


Question: 'As an adjective, this word can refer to a document drawn up in 1787; as a noun, it means a healthy walk'

Answer: a constitutional


Question: 'In his January 17 farewell address, he warned about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'Young M.C.:<br />"____ A Move"'

Answer: Bust


Question: 'This company's symbol is MMM; don't overthink it'

Answer: 3M


Question: 'To the east, Argentina; to the west, the Pacific'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Home run--the bobblehead seen here of this former national league manager will get something on eBay, right?'

Answer: (Tommy) Lasorda


Question: 'Adjective for a condition not suitable for surgery'

Answer: inoperable


Question: 'On February 9 they made their first appearance at the Cavern Club'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'Crowded House:<br />"Don't ____ It's Over"'

Answer: Dream


Question: 'Can you hear me now?  VZ is this company'

Answer: Verizon


Question: 'To the south, Israel; to the east, Syria; to the west, the Mediterranean'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Mmm.  A pecan log roll from this chain of restaurants with over 200 interstate locations--anyone hungry?'

Answer: Stuckey\'s


Question: 'Traditionally, these waters are within 3 miles of a country's coast'

Answer: territorial


Question: 'While in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, this dancer requested asylum in France'

Answer: Rudolf Nureyev


Question: 'Sheryl Crow:<br />"____ Up The Sun"'

Answer: Soak


Question: 'This energy company, XOM, gives me gas'

Answer: Exxon Mobil


Question: 'To the west, Thailand; to the east, Vietnam; to the south, Cambodia'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'Some diehard "Jeopardy!" Democrat still has the pin seen here from this election year'

Answer: 1988


Question: 'This type of physics uses mathematical models & abstractions rather than experimentation'

Answer: theoretical


Question: 'More than 542,000 complaints flooded this agency after the 2004 broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show'

Answer: the FCC


Question: 'Olivia Cole was one of the 9 Emmy winners for this '70s broadcasting phenomenon'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'Martin Luther contradicted Clement VI's "Unigentus Dei Filius", this 4-letter type of document'

Answer: a bull


Question: 'On its southwest this nation borders the Bay of Bengal'

Answer: Burma


Question: 'The first Spanish mission in California was established in 1769 in what is now this city near the Mexican border'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'Presbyterian Minister Henry Spalding planted the first potatoes in this state in 1837'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'In 2008 this agency issued a warning against eating certain frozen mussel products imported from Ireland'

Answer: the FDA


Question: 'In "Pillow Talk" to romance Doris Day he pretends to be a Texan named Rex Stetson'

Answer: Rock Hudson


Question: 'Martin Luther spoke of Aristotle & this man of Ockham as "his teachers"'

Answer: William (of Ockham)


Question: 'A plain-woven fabric of jute or hemp'

Answer: burlap


Question: 'The "Almanac of Famous People" lists 1 person born in this desert resort, 56 who died there, including Zeppo Marx'

Answer: Palm Springs


Question: 'On average a potato contains 3 grams of protein, 23 grams of carbohydrates & this many grams of fat'

Answer: zero


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookhaven National Laboratory.)  Department of Energy scientists at Brookhaven are prepping cell samples for a lab that simulates the environment of space in partnership with this government agency'

Answer: NASA


Question: 'AKA Mr. Gwen Stefani, this former singer for Bush put out a solo CD in 2008 called "Wanderlust"'

Answer: Gavin Rossdale


Question: 'After deeming his writings heretical, Pope Leo X gave Luther 60 days to do this, from the Latin for "sing again"'

Answer: recant


Question: 'In this ordinal type of injury, only the epidermis is affected'

Answer: a first-degree burn


Question: 'In 1926 Zane Grey built a home on this island off Los Angeles where he spent most of the rest of his life'

Answer: Catalina Island


Question: 'Use red spuds & leave the skin on & you get this dish that adds 1 letter to a classic comfort food'

Answer: smashed potatoes


Question: 'Things got more explosive at this bureau: though still abbreviated ATF, its full name includes "Explosives"'

Answer: Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms


Question: 'This 2008 movie with Ed Harris & Viggo Mortensen as lawmen is a real horse opera'

Answer: Appaloosa


Question: 'Luther responded to claims of heresy at a diet held in this German city in 1521'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'This adventure author penned "Beyond The Farthest Star"'

Answer: Edgar Rice Burroughs


Question: 'The California poppy is the state's official flower & this tough critter is the official state animal'

Answer: the grizzly bear


Question: 'Potatoes arrived in North America in 1621 when 2 chests of them were sent from Bermuda to this Virginia colony'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'The Department of the Interior administers the BLM, the Bureau of this'

Answer: Land Management


Question: 'During WWII this "All-American Boy" of radio drama helped track down Nazi spies & traitors'

Answer: Jack Armstrong


Question: 'The 95 Theses were partly inspired by anger at the attempts to get the faithful to buy these, freeing them from punishment'

Answer: indulgences


Question: 'He surrendered at Saratoga on October 17, 1777'

Answer: John Burgoyne


Question: 'This 10,400-foot peak in Shasta County is one of the few active volcanoes in the U.S. outside of Alaska'

Answer: Lassen Peak


Question: 'More than a million died in the Irish Potato Famine that started in this 19th Century decade'

Answer: 1840s


Question: 'His only competitive Oscar win was for Best Score in 1973 for a 1952 film in which he had starred as a washed-up comic'

Answer: Charlie Chaplin


Question: 'Across the continent, the euro is divided into 100 of these--sound familiar?'

Answer: cents


Question: 'Morgan Spurlock eats nothing but McDonald's for a month in this documentary'

Answer: Super Size Me


Question: 'Told Antonio usury wuz kewl w/ examples from Bible... GTG.  Check my site @ italianmoneyguy.com'

Answer: Shylock


Question: 'It's the Eskimo term for any dwelling, not just those made of ice'

Answer: igloo


Question: 'Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner & Fritz Strassman discovered nuclear fission by bombarding atoms of this element'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'A high-price/low-risk stock issued by a major company'

Answer: blue chip


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 2007 Germany introduced a payment of up to $34,700 to Damen und Herren who do this together'

Answer: have children


Question: 'Catherine Zeta-Jones heats up the screen with sous-chef Aaron Eckhart in this film'

Answer: No Reservations


Question: 'Played Cassio like a keyboard (BEG)'

Answer: Iago


Question: 'It means "people" in the Eskimo language, & it's what most Canadian Eskimos call themselves'

Answer: Inuit


Question: 'The first fission bomb ever dropped in war had this diminutive name'

Answer: Little Boy


Question: 'This saying about ignoring the consequences goes back to the lumber industry's devil-may-care woodcutters'

Answer: let the chips fall where they may


Question: 'In 1998 2 million pilgrims went to see a piece of cloth in this Italian city's cathedral'

Answer: Turin


Question: 'A food critic names Adam Sandler "the best chef in the country" in this multicultural film'

Answer: Spanglish


Question: 'EM me @ thaneoffife @ I'mtheregicider.com'

Answer: Macduff


Question: 'From a Greenland dialect of Eskimo, it means "small boat made of skins"'

Answer: kayak


Question: 'In fission, total mass decreases because part of the original mass is converted to this, as seen in Einstein's equation'

Answer: energy


Question: 'The "son" of Angela Lansbury's character in "Beauty and the Beast", Chip is one of these'

Answer: a teacup


Question: 'The Alhambra towers above this southern Spanish city'

Answer: Grenada


Question: 'Tita's desire for Pedro becomes a part of the food she prepares, & people who eat it literally smolder in this film'

Answer: Like Water for Chocolate


Question: 'Hammy called us "excellent good friends"; he's even giving us a trip to England! GGOH!'

Answer: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern


Question: 'Eskimos have words for different varieties of this; api is for when it's on the ground'

Answer: snow


Question: 'Controlled or uncontrolled, this is a process in which neutrons released in fission produce additional fissions'

Answer: chain reaction


Question: 'This U.S. president's 4 children include Amy & Chip'

Answer: Carter


Question: 'Paris is organized into 20 of these'

Answer: arrondissements


Question: 'Tony Shalhoub & Stanley Tucci, Primo & Secondo, try to keep their Italian restaurant cooking in this film'

Answer: Big Night


Question: 'Come c me in "Pyramus and Thisbe"! OBTW, tired of "head of an ass" jokes, TYVM'

Answer: Bottom


Question: 'Eskimos know this high flyer, Branta canadensis, is an iqsrabutilik'

Answer: Canada goose


Question: 'Einstein's letter to FDR about the possibility of fission bombs mentions the work of this Italian-born physicist'

Answer: (Enrico) Fermi


Question: 'Ojibwa is another name for this American Indian tribe'

Answer: Chippewa


Question: 'This bone in the lower leg is the second-longest in the human body'

Answer: the tibia


Question: 'Jack & other members of the Counter Terrorism Unit are chasing & sometimes being chased in this series'

Answer: 24


Question: 'The President signed legislation in 1990 requiring the government to track these crimes done out of prejudice'

Answer: hate crimes


Question: 'He did not go gentle into that good "Nightline", ripping ABC in an op-ed for trying to replace him with Letterman'

Answer: Ted Koppel


Question: 'From 1793 to 1834, this now-largest Canadian city was known as York'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'A research institute, like the RAND Corporation'

Answer: a think tank


Question: 'These glands also produce norepinephrine'

Answer: the adrenal glands


Question: 'On this series, survivors from the 12 colonies hunt for the mythical 13th colony called Earth'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question: 'It's obtaining & using another person's name, social security number & other personal info to commit fraud'

Answer: identity theft


Question: 'In 2006 Roger Mahoney, high up in this organization, said he would disobey a bill & keep helping illegal immigrants'

Answer: the Catholic Church


Question: 'What was once East Pakistan is today this country'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'Title question in a 1979 No. 1 hit by Rod Stewart, & the answer ahead of time is "Yes"'

Answer: "Da Ya Think I\'m Sexy?"


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew plays with a skeleton.) The bones of the shoulder--the clavicle, the scapula & the humerus--form this type of joint, which is more susceptible to injury because it moves in multiple directions'

Answer: a ball and socket


Question: 'The horned-rimmed glasses guy pursued & kidnapped people with special abilities on this show'

Answer: Heroes


Question: 'While he was never convicted of murder, Al Capone did spend 8 years in prison for this crime'

Answer: tax evasion


Question: 'In 1995 Don Hewitt, then executive producer of this TV show, wrote that some trials shouldn't be televised'

Answer: 60 Minutes


Question: 'This country was formerly called Abyssinia'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Marvelous, melodic mantra of The Little Engine That Could'

Answer: "I think I can"


Question: 'This heart valve gets its name from its resemblance to a bishop's hat'

Answer: the mitral valve


Question: 'Framed for robbing the Bank of Hanoi, this group escapes from military prison & hires themselves out'

Answer: The A-Team


Question: 'In March 2006 he was denied parole for the 13th time for the murder of Robert Kennedy'

Answer: Sirhan Sirhan


Question: 'This Russian eulogized Reagan as "a president who listened" though "we had to overcome mistrust"'

Answer: Gorbachev


Question: 'Miss Saigon?  It's still around, it just goes by this name'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh City


Question: 'Describing the essence & vitality of the city, Dallas' slogan is "Live large", do this'

Answer: "think big"


Question: 'This bone is between the last lumbar vertebra & the coccyx'

Answer: the sacrum


Question: 'Bill Paxton flees the polygamist Juniper Creek compound & forms a "compound" of his own on this HBO series'

Answer: Big Love


Question: 'In a letter to her sons before her 1953 execution, she wrote, "Always remember that we were innocent"'

Answer: Ethel Rosenberg


Question: 'This free market-loving economist praised vouchers in 2002's "The Market Can Transform Our Schools"'

Answer: (Milton) Friedman


Question: 'In 1966 Leopoldville, the capital of Congo, was renamed this'

Answer: Kinshasa


Question: 'The motto "Honi soit qui mal y pense" is often translated as this, starting with "evil"'

Answer: "Evil to him who thinks evil"


Question: 'Referring to the Great Bear constellation, this area's name is from the Greek meaning "opposite the bear"'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Deciduous trees spend this season in a state of dormancy'

Answer: winter


Question: 'Related to the fear of falling, climacophobia is the fear of climbing these'

Answer: stairs


Question: 'Denmark's Queen Margrethe II was born in this "wonderful, wonderful" Danish capital in 1940'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: '"Magical Mystery Tour"'

Answer: The Beatles


Question: 'The National Civil War Museum is in this Pennsylvania city, site of a famous Civil War battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'Alan Alda on TV, or Donald Sutherland on the big screen'

Answer: Hawkeye (Pierce)


Question: 'People in Florida in the 1920s thought it useless & wanted it drained; it was made a national park in 1947'

Answer: Everglades


Question: 'Givenchy, Armani & Nicole Miller have chic shops on this street synonymous with the ad industry'

Answer: Madison Avenue


Question: 'In 1565 this 22-year-old Scottish queen married her second husband, 19-year-old Lord Darnley'

Answer: Mary (Queen of Scots)


Question: '"Still Crazy After All These Years"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'The scariest part of Madame Tussaud's in London is "The Chamber of" these'

Answer: horrors


Question: 'In superstitution, looks can kill but some say you can outstare the person who possesses this'

Answer: evil eye


Question: '1% of these areas' plants have been tested for medical use & are in 25% of U.S. prescription drugs'

Answer: tropical rain forest


Question: 'Heloise cleans this bowl by pouring in cola that has gone flat & letting it soak for an hour'

Answer: toilet bowl


Question: 'This duchess of Aquitaine may have been the most powerful woman in 12th century Europe'

Answer: Eleanor


Answer: Van Halen


Question: 'He donated his costume from his "Bad" video for his wax figure to wear at Movieland Wax Museum'

Answer: Michael Jackson


Question: 'Take a look at the monitors players: It was used to take the photo seen here:'

Answer: fish-eye lens


Question: 'On Sept. 16, 1987 the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete this was signed'

Answer: ozone


Question: 'Spanish for "sauce", this chip dip may be so spicy it'll make you want to dance'

Answer: salsa


Question: 'Hunting & masonry were favorite hobbies of this king, Marie Antoinette's husband'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: '"You Don't Mess Around With Jim"'

Answer: Jim Croce


Question: 'Jean Lafite & Louis Armstrong are depicted in wax at the Musee Conti Wax Museum in this Louisiana city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'In her first pop hit, Crystal Gayle asked this colorful title question'

Answer: Don\'t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue


Question: 'It's the full name of the group, the NRDC, that takes on the legal eagles of the polluters'

Answer: Natural Resources Defense Council


Question: 'He became clerk of the Pennsylvania assembly in 1736'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'King Carol II of this country was married to Princess Helen of Greece when he began romancing Magda Lupescu'

Answer: Romania


Question: '"Bella Donna"'

Answer: Stevie Nicks


Question: 'You'll find this city's wax museum near the rock where the Pilgrims disembarked'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'After selling the rights to his frozen food process he became a consultant to General Foods'

Answer: (Clarence) Birdseye


Question: 'In 1830 one of these raced the locomotive Tom Thumb & beat it'

Answer: horse


Question: 'July 13, 1934: This "Amazing" Yankee "Hits 700th Home Run"'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: 'In the 1700s many visitors to this Italian city bought Canaleto's paintings of its canals'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Thornton Wilder called Act I of this play "Daily Life"'

Answer: Our Town


Question: 'We were bowled over by Liza Minnelli's performance as Sally Bowles in this 1972 movie musical'

Answer: Cabaret


Question: 'It's a disparaging term for a man's wife'

Answer: the old ball and chain


Question: '19th century feminists denounced the 14th Amendment for putting this 4-letter word in the constitution'

Answer: male


Question: 'October 30, 1974: "Ali 'Ropes'" this heavyweight champ'

Answer: George Foreman


Question: 'In 1553 Hans Holbein the Younger painted the French ambassadors to this English king's court'

Answer: Henry the Eighth


Question: 'It took him only 5 days in 1941 to write "Blithe Spirit"'

Answer: Noel Coward


Question: 'She had the "Basic Instinct" to romance Robert de Niro in "Casino"'

Answer: Sharon Stone


Question: 'This neck injury is often caused by the violent forward & backward motion of a car accident'

Answer: whiplash


Question: 'At noon April 30, 1789 George Washington was sworn in as president in this city'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'August 22, 1989: This pitcher "Fans 5,00th"'

Answer: Nolan Ryan


Question: 'Take a look at the monitor players: French ex-patriate who painted the following in 1896'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'Stockard Channing starred on Broadway in a 1957 revival of this woman's "Little Foxes"'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: '[Hi, I'm Teri Garr.] I played Michael Keaton's wife in this hit 1983 comedy about a stay-at-home dad'

Answer: Mr. Mom


Question: 'Pretenders song heard here:'

Answer: Back on the Chain Gang


Question: 'During the War of 1812 the British took over his American Fur Company post in the Oregon Country'

Answer: (John Jacob) Astor


Question: 'June 3, 1975: This aging superstar "Signs With The Cosmos"'

Answer: Pele


Question: 'Diego Rivera created a mural called "Creation" for the National Preparatory School in this capital city'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'Thomas More & Thomas Cromwell are characters in this Robert Bolt drama'

Answer: A Man For All Seasons


Question: 'In 1997 he married model Jennifer Flavin, the mother of his infant daughter Sophia'

Answer: Sylvester Stallone


Question: 'Light one cigarette from the previous one, smoke until done, repeat; don't try this at home, kids'

Answer: chain smoke


Question: 'Developed in the 1860s, these vehicles made it possible to ship fresh produce across the nation'

Answer: refrigerated cars


Question: 'July 30, 1976: This American "Wins Decathlon"'

Answer: Bruce Jenner


Question: 'Jacopo Robusti became known by this name because his father was a dyer, or tintore'

Answer: Tintoretto


Question: '"An American Daughter" by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright, opened on Broadway in 1997'

Answer: (Wendy) Wasserstein


Question: 'This "Gandhi" star is the son of an Indian physician who emigrated to England from South Africa'

Answer: Ben Kingsley


Question: 'This swift shorthaired dog can reach speeds of 35 MPH'

Answer: whippet


Question: 'One of the 2 European capitals closest to the United States'

Answer: (1 of) Lisbon or Reykjavik


Question: 'Target and field as well as flight shooting are popular versions of this sport'

Answer: Archery


Question: 'Dee Brown's Indian history of the American west is called "Bury My Heart at" this place'

Answer: Wounded Knee


Question: 'It's the opposite of larboard'

Answer: Starboard


Question: 'When he won for the 1st time in 1970, he said he "should have put on that eyepatch 35 years earlier"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: '"You can be sure" it was this manufacturer & inventor who first patented the railroad air brake'

Answer: George Westinghouse


Question: '"The Key Reporter" is a newsletter published by this college & university honor society'

Answer: Phi Beta Kappa


Question: 'A heavenly herb, or a dessert wine said to have originated near Los Angeles, for which it's named'

Answer: Angelica


Question: 'In 1941, a collection of his speeches was published under the title "Blood, Sweat, & Tears"'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'Besides a young man, Horace Greeley also told the unemployed in New York City to head this way'

Answer: West


Question: 'These 2 "Becket" stars have each been nominated 7 times without winning'

Answer: Peter O\' Toole & Richard Burton


Question: 'The track consists of 2 rails held by these supports that bind them'

Answer: Ties


Question: 'Shorthand teacher Emma Dearborn originated this fast form of shorthand around 1924'

Answer: speed writing


Question: 'It's a violent dance performed by Parisian couples, not by American Indians, as its name implies'

Answer: Apache Dance


Question: '"Hit Men" is Frederick Dannon's 1990 book about powerbrokers and fast money inside this business'

Answer: Music Business


Question: 'Acoording to the kids' joke, you "don't get it from an elephant; you get it from a duck"'

Answer: Down


Question: 'The only Oscar-winning song sung by a cricket'

Answer: "When You Wish Upon a Star"


Question: 'Term for the uniform distance between the rails; each country has a standard one'

Answer: Gauge


Question: 'The name of this island precedes "and Barbuda" in the name of a Caribbean country'

Answer: Antigua


Question: 'In "History of My Calamities", he wrote about his tragic romance with Heloise'

Answer: Abelard


Question: 'If you own a watch, you might know this direction is also known as withershins'

Answer: Counter-clockwise


Question: 'These two actors have won Oscars only as directors in 1980 & 1981'

Answer: Robert Redford & Warren Beatty


Question: 'Running from Paris to Constantinople, it was called the "king of trains" & the "train of kings"'

Answer: Orient Express


Question: 'This Egyptian god of the dead is often depicted with the head of a jackal'

Answer: Anubis


Question: 'This author of "Our Man in Havana" published a volume of his letters to the editor in 1990'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'In general, the Nile flows in this direction'

Answer: North


Question: 'She broke an Academy ban when she walked up to receive her "Darling" Oscar in 1966 in a mini-dress'

Answer: Julie Christie


Question: 'The world's longest railroad line connects Vladivostok to this city, 5600 miles away'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The IRS approved this form for use by all persons whose income was $10,000 or less'

Answer: Short Form


Question: 'On June 1, 1831, James Clark Ross discovered this when a compass needle he was holding pointed straight down'

Answer: Magnetic North Pole


Question: 'The saxophone belongs to this family, not the brass'

Answer: Woodwinds


Question: 'The University of San Marcos, Peru's oldest school of higher learning, was founded here in 1551'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'Not surprisingly in 1892, this state became the first to make Lincoln's birthday a legal holiday'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'In "The Compleat Angler", Izaak Walton wrote "I have laid aside business and gone to do this"'

Answer: Fishing


Question: 'In December, he became head of France for the 2nd time'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'Newton figured the Earth should be an oblate spheroid with an equatorial bulge because it does this'

Answer: Spin on its Axis


Question: 'If someone showed you his "Fender Stratocaster", you'd be looking at one of these'

Answer: Guitar


Question: 'From 1936-1961, this capital of the Dominican Republic was called Ciudad Trujillo'

Answer: Santo Domingo


Question: 'In Canada, the Monday before May 25th is a holiday named for this queen'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'When crowned in 1804, he told the Pope, "I am the successor of Louis XIV, not Charlemagne"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'The World's Fair, symbolized by a 334-foot high atomium, was opened April 17 by King Baudouin in this capital'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'From the Greek for "number", it's the science of numbers'

Answer: arithmetic


Question: 'Term for the various strands of gut, nylon, or wire stretched over the head of a sidedrum'

Answer: Snares


Question: 'This city was founded in 1434 to succeed Angkor Thom as capital of the Khmer Empire'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: 'In 1889 the 2nd Socialist International designated this day to honor the world's workers'

Answer: May 1st


Question: 'In March, 1964, he said, "For the first time in our history, it is possible to conquer poverty"'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'Jordan's King Hussein's cousin was overthrown and killed in this neighboring country'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'A lean, small-boned person is an ectomorph; an endomorph is round; and this type is muscular'

Answer: Mesomorph


Question: 'In a famous opera, the Queen of the Night gives Tamino this instrument'

Answer: The Magic Flute


Question: 'Windhoek is the capital & largest city of this newly independent former mandate of South Africa'

Answer: Namibia


Question: 'American wit who said that "Puritanism was the haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy"'

Answer: H.L. Mencken


Question: 'This Russian made news on October 29th when he turned down a cash prize worth $41,420'

Answer: Boris Pasternak


Question: 'In this pre-birth procedure, a small amount of fluid is withdrawn from the sac in the uterus and tested'

Answer: amniocentesis


Question: 'The pitch of one of the two standard orchestra clarinets'

Answer: B Flat and A


Question: 'When in this European capital, don't forget to see the Antonin Dvorak Museum and the tomb of St. Wenceslas'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'Failing to corner the silver market in 1980, he said "A billion dollars is not what is used to be"'

Answer: Bunker Hunt


Question: 'Striking soft chords on the piano, he says, "Like the painting of a sorrow; a face without a heart"'

Answer: Dorian Gray (\"The Picture of Dorian Gray\")


Question: 'In the Middle Ages, circular shields were largely replaced by this shape, like something kids would "go fly"'

Answer: a kite


Question: 'These 2 men who played romantic rivals in "It's Complicated" were your hosts'

Answer: Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin


Question: 'Your average garden variety of this creature moves at about .03 miles per hour'

Answer: a snail


Question: 'Apples,<br />Walla Walla onions'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'This film character's curtain dress, made to match Vivien Leigh's eyes, is stored at the University of Texas'

Answer: Scarlett O\'Hara


Question: 'Food bought in a restaurant to be eaten at home'

Answer: takeout


Question: 'The targe, a wooden shield of this country north of England, was in use from the 12th c. through the rebellion of 1745'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'Barbra Streisand said, "The time has come" before announcing this best director winner'

Answer: Kathryn Bigelow


Question: 'Chile,<br />frijole'

Answer: New Mexico


Question: 'In London during World War II, blackout curtains were drawn in anticipation of these Luftwaffe attacks'

Answer: air raids


Question: 'The most populous city in Poland'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'Late medieval "heater shields" are so called for their resemblance to the bottom of this household pressing device'

Answer: an iron


Question: '"Did I just wear you all down?" plaintively asked this actress & first-time winner'

Answer: Sandra Bullock


Question:
'Mayhaw jelly,
crawfish,
beignet'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'A curtain with its rod half-way up the window, seen here, is named for this four-letter type of establishment, seen here'

Answer: a café


Question: 'A change of job within a company that's not a promotion or demotion is this kind of side-to-side move'

Answer: lateral


Question: 'When threatened, Roman legions joined shields to form a box called a testudo, the Latin term for this reptile'

Answer: a turtle


Question: 'He continued a major awards haul for his performance as Nazi officer Hans Landa'

Answer: Christoph Waltz


Question: 'Huckleberries,<br />potatoes'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'The Thermaweave, which blocks light, is from a line of curtains named for this astronomical event'

Answer: an eclipse


Question: 'A 4-letter U.S. state (remember the category!)'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'Hoplites, ancient warriors of Thebes & other parts of this land, got their name from a shield called the hoplon'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Supporting actress winner Mo'nique wore a gardenia in her hair in honor of this pioneering African-American actress'

Answer: Hattie McDaniel


Question:
'Baked navy beans,
chocolate chip cookies,
cranberry juice'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'In a theater, the curtain falls immediately behind this arch'

Answer: a proscenium arch


Question: 'Someone who owns a big cattle farm'

Answer: a rancher


Question: 'Mount Rushmore is named for Charles Rushmore, a lawyer sent to check on land ownership in 1885 in what's now this state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: '1970:<br />Him for "Bridge Over Troubled Water"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'McDonald's:<br />"We love to see you ____"'

Answer: smile


Question: 'The early 1900s saw 2 different types of bestsellers in "The Jungle" & "Rebecca of" this "Farm"'

Answer: Sunnybrook


Question: 'The basement, or last place in the standings of a sports league'

Answer: the cellar


Question: 'He died April 15, 1865, after a really bad night at the theater'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'This third president's head originally was on Washington's right then blasted away & resculpted on George's left'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: '2007:<br />Her for "Rehab"'

Answer: Amy Winehouse


Question: 'Visine:<br />"Gets the ____ out"'

Answer: red


Question: 'Good grief!  His "Happiness Is a Warm Puppy" was a bestseller in 1963'

Answer: (Charles) Schulz


Question: 'These fatty deposits cause a dimpled appearance around the hips & thighs'

Answer: cellulite


Question: 'This screen legend found herself alone at last April 15, 1990'

Answer: Garbo


Question: 'About 90% of the carving on the mountain, removing about 450,000 tons of granite, was done using this'

Answer: dynamite


Question: '1983:<br />Him for "Every Breath You Take"'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'Rolaids:<br />"How do you ____ relief?"'

Answer: spell


Question: 'If you want to make it in fashion, pick up Kelly Cutrone's "If You Have to" do this, "Go Outside"'

Answer: Cry


Question: 'This clear wrap used to package food was developed from a failed attempt to invent stain-proof tablecloths'

Answer: cellophane


Question: 'Raymond Bailey, who played banker Milburn Drysdale on this sitcom, made his final withdrawl April 15, 1980'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: '1971:<br />Her for "You Got A Friend"'

Answer: Carole King


Question: 'Visa:<br />"It's ____ you want to be"'

Answer: everywhere


Question: 'This sci-fi scribe of "The Time Machine" also wrote hit nonfiction with "The Outline of History"'

Answer: (H.G.) Wells


Question: 'This temperature scale has 100 units between the freezing point & the boiling point of water'

Answer: Celsius


Question: 'George Calvert, better known as Lord this, died clear across the pond from Maryland April 15, 1632'

Answer: Lord Baltimore


Question:
'1986:
"That's What Friends Are For"
(1 of 2)'

Answer: Burt Bacharach (or Carole Bayer Sager)


Question: 'Libby's:<br />"...You will like it like it like it on your ____ ____ ____"'

Answer: table table table


Question: 'A Sawtelle is a breed of dog in 2008's "The Story of" this young man'

Answer: Edgar Sawtelle


Question: 'Originally this word meant "unmarried"; its other meaning is a more recent development'

Answer: celibate


Question: 'On April 15, 1980 this French existentialist got a firsthand look at being & nothingness'

Answer: (Jean-Paul) Sartre


Question: 'In 1970 he became the first professional actor to be named a lord'

Answer: Laurence Olivier


Question: 'Ali Baba takes his son to the cave & teaches him this 2-word password'

Answer: open sesame


Question: 'Rice Krispies comes from this company's kitchen'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question: 'This older name for tuberculosis referred to the disease's wasting away of the body'

Answer: consumption


Question: 'Born just days apart in 1951, in 1976 they opened their first ice cream shop in a renovated gas station in Vermont'

Answer: Ben & Jerry


Question: '"Memory" & "Mr. Mistoffelees"'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'It's what Casper is, according to his theme song'

Answer: the friendly ghost


Question: 'An African magician claiming to be this boy's uncle traps him in a cave: a genie gets him out'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'Kit Kat is part of this European chocolate company'

Answer: Nestlé\'s


Question: 'What was once referred to as mongolism is now called this'

Answer: Down\'s Syndrome


Question: 'In 1944 they won a special Pulitzer for their musical "Oklahoma!"'

Answer: Rodgers and Hammerstein


Question: '"Tradition" & "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"'

Answer: Fiddler on the Roof


Question: 'In a song from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", diamonds are said to be this'

Answer: a girl\'s best friend


Question: 'This sailor's first voyage begins, "My father left me a considerable estate"'

Answer: Sinbad


Question: 'P&G for short, it owns Pampers & Pantene shampoo'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: 'In "Julius Caesar", Shakespeare mentions "falling sickness", this disorder characterized bv seizures'

Answer: epilepsy


Question: 'Chang & Eng, born in May 1811 & died in January 1874, were known as this pair'

Answer: Siamese twins


Question: '"Johnny's Mambo" & "(I've Had) The Time Of My Life"'

Answer: Dirty Dancing


Question: '"Meteorological" acquaintance who only hangs out with you when things are good'

Answer: fair-weather friend


Question: 'Prince Houssain buys this transportation device at a bazaar for 40 purses of gold'

Answer: a magic carpet


Question: 'Dockers are a product of the company named for this man'

Answer: Levi Strauss


Question: 'An old name for influenza wasn't grab or clutch but this, from French for "seize"'

Answer: the grippe


Question: 'Seen here Bringing Home the Logs, Winter Landscape is a 19th century lithograph from this pair'

Answer: Currier and Ives


Question: '"It's Raining On Prom Night" & "Look At Me, I'm Sandra Dee"'

Answer: Grease


Question: 'When describing themselves, the Quakers are this religious group'

Answer: The Society of Friends


Question: 'To prevent her execution, this daughter of a vizier tells the king a story a night for 1,001 nights'

Answer: Scheherazade


Question: 'Philadelphia cream cheese is from this company headquartered in Northfield, Illinois'

Answer: Kraft


Question: 'Pens down, scrivener's palsy is an old term for this, also known as graphospasm'

Answer: writer\'s cramp


Question: 'Their first map appeared in an 1872 issue of the "Railway Guide"'

Answer: (William) Rand (Andrew) McNally


Question: '"The Music And The Mirror" & "One"'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'The feeling must have been shared in 1865 when Charles Dickens published this novel'

Answer: Our Mutual Friend


Question: 'The largest natural lake on this North Atlantic island is Thingvallavatn near the capital'

Answer: Iceland


Question: '"Howling Mad" Murdock was part of this title TV group that also included Sgt. B.A. Baracus'

Answer: The A-Team


Question: 'Like his dad, he made the big leagues, & his 1794 appointment as minister to the Netherlands pads his intl. stats'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Makes you strong to the finish if you eat it all: <br />cash nip'

Answer: spinach/cash nip


Question: 'Near Ulaanbaatar is the world's largest equestrian statue, a 131-foot-tall one of this Mongol leader'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'After learning about the Intl. Red Cross while visiting Europe, she founded the American Red Cross in 1881'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: '(Tom Ritchie of Lindblad Expeditions stands in front of a war monument in the Falkland Islands) Stanley is the only city on the Falkland Islands, and underwent bombing during the 1982 conflict between Britain and this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'Peggy Olson & Joan Holloway are characters on this '60s-set series'

Answer: Mad Men


Question: 'In saying there was no "right of secession" but not backing it up, his PTCWOL (push the Civil War onto Lincoln) is huge'

Answer: (James) Buchanan


Question: 'It's a type of Chinese cabbage: <br />boy hock'

Answer: bok choy/boy hock


Question: 'A 25' headless shark monument was installed in England Aug. 9, 1986, anniversary of the dropping of one of these'

Answer: the second atomic bomb


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew describes a gray suit on a mannequin) The suit here is typical of those worn by Red Cross murses in the 1950s, who assisted in the conflict here, where Red Cross staff have been continuously since 1953'

Answer: Korea


Question: 'Until 1995, the U.S. maintained an air base on St. David's Island in this British group off the coast of Cape Hatteras'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'On the '90s sitcom "Mad About You", he played Paul Buchman'

Answer: (Paul) Reiser


Question: 'His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Minn. said no--& his I.G. (invade Grenada) stats are big, too'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'A pungent green: <br />aura lug'

Answer: arugula/aura lug


Question: 'Go to this European capital if you'd like to see a statue of Saint Wenceslas mounted atop the belly of a dead horse'

Answer: Prague


Question: 'In 1889, in one of its earliest relief efforts, the Red Cross aided victims of the killer flood in this Pennsylvania city'

Answer: Johnstown


Question: 'In antiquity this Spanish archipelago with an avian-sounding name was known as the Fortunate Isles'

Answer: the Canary Islands


Question: 'This "SCTV" veteran became the Mad Hatter for a 1999 TV movie of "Alice in Wonderland"'

Answer: Martin Short


Question: 'His R.E.M. (re-election metric) is killer; he won 49 states--only Mass. said no--but his TC (term completion) worries me'

Answer: Nixon


Question: 'Its name tells you it's an aquatic plant: <br />rest arc sew'

Answer: watercress/rest arc sew


Question: 'Careful--this American mobile artist's fountain in Barcelona has mercury coursing through it'

Answer: (Alexander) Calder


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with a grey uniform on a mannequin at the American Red Cross) Named for their dresses, gray lady volunteers provided hospitality services, especially to sick and wounded soldiers beginning in 1918 at this Washington, D.C. hospital'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'This island was discovered on May 21,1502, the feast day of the mother of Constantine the Great'

Answer: St. Helena


Question: 'This fiery money manager literally rolls up his sleeves to host CNBC's "Mad Money"'

Answer: (Jim) Cramer


Question: 'His O-LZT (out-living Zachary Taylor) looms large but I worry about his short pres. career of only 32 months'

Answer: (Millard) Fillmore


Question: 'Caesar salad is made with it: auctioneer melt'

Answer: romaine lettuce/auctioneer melt


Question: 'Thebes in Egypt is home to a vast one of these, from the Greek for "city of the dead"'

Answer: necropolis


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks through the American Red Cross headquarters Depicting the theme of ministry to the sick and wounded through sacrifice, the windows at the Red Cross headquarters were commissioned in 1917 and created by this man's studio'

Answer: Tiffany


Question: 'In his journals he described how he once set 2 groups of boys against each other, likely inspiring his 1954 novel'

Answer: (William) Golding


Question: 'This organ is flexible, so it expands when food is eaten; its capacity in an adult is about a quart'

Answer: the stomach


Question: '"Chaplin's Cherubim"'

Answer: Charlie\'s Angels


Question: 'One of the Twin Cities, its name literally means "water city"'

Answer: Minneapolis


Question: 'Mr. Potato Head's "Picnic Pals" of the '60s included Mr. Ketchup Head & this other condiment character'

Answer: Mr. Mustard Head


Question: 'From India, the shashpar was a multi-bladed version of this spiked club'

Answer: a mace


Question:
'It
towers
605 feet
over
Seattle'

Answer: the Space Needle


Question: 'A trapezius artist would draw the muscle pulling back or elevating this bone'

Answer: the scapula (or the shoulder blade)


Question: '"Identify This Melody"'

Answer: Name That Tune


Question: 'Its pro sports teams include the Chiefs, Royals & Wizards'

Answer: Kansas City


Question: 'Hmm... when Katie the Carrot was introduced in '64, this other female character went (temporarily) bye-bye'

Answer: Mrs. Potato Head


Question: 'A French riot policeman may wield this, simply the French word for "stick"'

Answer: a baton


Question: 'It's been making people scream at Disney World since the '70s'

Answer: Space Mountain


Question: 'The sweat glands originate in this bottom layer of skin'

Answer: the dermis


Question: '"7 Plus 1 Completes the Need"'

Answer: Eight Is Enough


Question: 'The Roger Maris Museum at the West Acres Shopping Center is a big hit in this North Dakota city'

Answer: Fargo


Question: 'It was no insult when this comic was hired to provide the voice of Mr. Potato Head in "Toy Story"'

Answer: Don Rickles


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew speaks softly and carries a big stick.) An Irish saying says you can accomplish more with a kind word & one of these than just with a kind word'

Answer: a shillelagh


Question: 'It's between the 2 "Alt" keys on a standard keyboard'

Answer: the spacebar


Question: 'Diverticulitis is a common disease of this 5-foot-long section of the large intestine'

Answer: the colon


Question: '"Hurrahs"'

Answer: Cheers


Question: '2 of the 3 state capitals in the Midwest that are named for U.S. presidents'

Answer: (2 of) Lincoln, Jefferson City, & Madison


Question: 'Mr. Potato Head got political in the 1980s &, appropriately, ran for mayor of this state capital'

Answer: Boise


Question: 'These sporting items L.J. Nicolls started making in Sussex in 1876 have been good for many centuries'

Answer: cricket bats


Question: 'The Chandra or the Hubble, for example'

Answer: a space telescope


Question: 'The name of this narrowest bone of the leg is Latin for "clasp"'

Answer: the fibula


Question: '"Which One's in Charge?"'

Answer: Who\'s the Boss?


Question: 'The famous question "Will it play in" this Illinois city goes back to its Vaudeville days'

Answer: Peoria


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands with a big, shiny statue of Mr. Potato Head in Providence, RI.) Mr. Potato Head was introduced back in 1952 by this toy company that's based here in Rhode Island'

Answer: Hasbro


Question: 'A tetsubo is a club used by these fighters who originated as Japanese spies & commandos'

Answer: the ninja


Question: 'The Oscar-winning actress & actor who fit the category'

Answer: Kevin Spacey & Sissy Spacek


Question: 'Under this name Angelo Siciliano was billed as "the world's most perfectly developed man"'

Answer: Charles Atlas


Question: 'She was the Associated Press' female athlete of the year for 1932, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950 & 1954'

Answer: (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias


Question: 'Berkshire Hathaway's 2002 annual report had assets at $169 billion & these at $104 billion'

Answer: liabilities


Question: 'In Washington, D.C.'s Statuary Hall, this man represents the State of Vermont'

Answer: Ethan Allen


Question: 'Oops!  The first catalogue showing all 50 stamps accidentally had New York twice, leaving this neighbor out'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'It can be equal parts lager & stout, or milk & cream'

Answer: half & half


Question: 'In 1923 Alma Cummings set a short-lived record by doing this for 27 hours (using 6 different male partners)'

Answer: dancing


Question: 'This skier's' first name really is pronounced like the children's game, though it's Indian for "shining waters"'

Answer: Picabo Street


Question: 'Uncle Sam tells business accountants that to be this, an expense must be ordinary & necessary'

Answer: deductible


Question: 'This actor named his son Ethan after a role he played in the film "The Searchers"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'It was the 5th time the Post Office has released a 50-state set; the 1st was in 1976 & featured these of each state'

Answer: flags


Question: 'In Arizona the Navajo Indian reservation completely surrounds the one of this pueblo tribe'

Answer: the Hopi


Question: 'Girlfriend Louise Rolfe provided a romantic alibi for Machine Gun Jack McGurn, who planned this event for Capone'

Answer: the Saint Valentine\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'Subject of the movie "Heart Like a Wheel", she retired in 2003 after more than 40 years on the racetrack'

Answer: Shirley Muldowney


Question: 'Firms are prohibited from reporting this, the "river" of money coming in, on a per-share basis'

Answer: cash flow


Question: '"Ethan Brand: A Chapter from an Abortive Romance" is a short story in this author's "Twice-Told Tales"'

Answer: Hawthorne


Question: 'The general designs of the stamps were based on popular ones of these from the 1930s & '40s'

Answer: postcards


Question: 'James M. Barrie called life "a long lesson in" this'

Answer: humility


Question: 'First published in 1922 as Fruit, Garden and Home, the magazine was retitled this in 1924; much more exciting'

Answer: Better Homes & Gardens


Question: 'This Belgian tennis star married Pierre Hardenne in 2002 & became No. 1 in 2003'

Answer: Justine Henin-Hardenne


Question: 'Accelerated & straight-line are the 2 types of this, cost allocation for a major purchase as it wears down'

Answer: depreciation


Question: 'Ethan Stiefel is one of the leading dancers with this New York City group abbreviated ABT'

Answer: the American Ballet Theatre


Question: 'Though the Ohio stamp featured Cleveland, its first day cover was released in this city'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'The pituitary gland, the body's master gland, is controlled by this small area at the base of the brain'

Answer: the hypothalamus


Question: 'Boosters' clubs were so popular they became fodder for satire in this author's "Babbitt"'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: '(Hi, I'm Sue Bird of the WNBA.)  In 2000, 2001 & 2002 I won the Point Guard of the Year award named after this female basketball great; she's now a broadcaster'

Answer: Nancy Lieberman


Question: 'That shipment of tissue paper left out in the rain has to be removed from the assets account, this 2-word procedure'

Answer: written off


Question: '"The Drunken Driver Has the Right of Way" is a book of poems by this man who produced "Miller's Crossing"'

Answer: Ethan Coen


Question: 'Details on this state's stamp include Denali'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Often misused, this Greek term means the common people, or the masses'

Answer: hoi polloi


Question: 'This title character's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs'

Answer: the Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Leviticus 23:24 sets this horn-blowing high holiday on the 1st day of the 7th month'

Answer: Rosh Hashanah


Question: 'In a 1917 game Fred Toney & Hippo Vaughn both pitched these for 9 innings; Vaughn cracked in the 10th'

Answer: a no-hitter


Question: 'Barry Manilow performed the jingle "Like a good neighbor" this insurance co., No. 19, "is there"'

Answer: State Farm


Question: 'The male emperor variety of these birds stands about 4 feet tall & incubates eggs between its feet & belly'

Answer: a penguin


Question: 'If you're abusing your position, you do it to your nest; if you were Shaun Cassidy in the '70s, you did it to your hair'

Answer: feather


Question: 'A favorite cocktail made with tomato juice & spices'

Answer: a Bloody Mary


Question: 'I Chronicles 15 reports even King David was dancing when he brought this container into Jerusalem'

Answer: the Ark of the Covenant


Question: 'In 2004 this team led by manager Bobby Cox won its remarkable 13th straight division title'

Answer: Atlanta Braves


Question: 'This Bentonville, Arkansas chain checked in (or is that out?) at No. 1'

Answer: Wal-Mart


Question: 'Equipped with cameras, these birds were used to conduct aerial surveillance during World War I'

Answer: pigeons


Question: 'In the "Death" chapter in "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Eva has her "long, golden-brown" these sheared & hands them out'

Answer: curls


Question: 'This droopy-eared critter is often used to track people'

Answer: a bloodhound


Question: 'One lie he told was "If they bind me with 7 green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak"'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Yankee shortstop Bucky Dent helped win the 1978 pennant for the Yankees with a playoff home run at this park'

Answer: Fenway Park


Question: 'This Round Rock, Texas computer maker was No. 28, up 3 spots from 2003'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'Early Roman epicureans slaughtered flamingos to eat this organ of the lower mandible'

Answer: the tongue


Question: 'A method of hair restoration uses grafts with this "electric" name'

Answer: hair plugs


Question: 'The Coen Brothers' first feature film'

Answer: Blood Simple


Question: 'After he went to heaven in a chariot of fire, his servant Elisha inherited his power'

Answer: Elijah


Question: 'Many balls have gotten lost in this, originally planted along Wrigley Field's outfield walls by Bill Veeck in 1937'

Answer: the ivy


Question: 'No. 25, it's odd to see this company is now based in Chicago & not Seattle'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'This smallest variety of owl sounds like it works for Santa Claus'

Answer: an elf owl


Question: 'Lisha Coleman has added these to Shari Belafonte's & Laila Ali's locks'

Answer: extensions


Question: '2-word term for a multigenerational fight between 2 families'

Answer: a blood feud


Question: 'Sorrowful prophet who wrote the Old Testament book of Lamentations'

Answer: Jeremiah


Question: 'Tom Connolly & Bill Klem, "The Old Arbitrator", were the first men to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame as these'

Answer: umpires


Question: 'On Aug. 3, 2005 "A" shares of this Omaha-based co., No. 12, were trading at a mere $83,490 a pop'

Answer: Berkshire Hathaway


Question: 'These large birds can be found in mixed herds with Guanacos in South America'

Answer: rheas


Question: 'This once-popular scented hair ointment got its name because apples were once an ingredient'

Answer: pomade


Question: 'This citrus fruit grown in Mediterranean countries has a pink to red pulp & rind'

Answer: a blood orange


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from the beautiful Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  The Peacock Clock at the Hermitage was given to Catherine the Great by this prince for whom a Russian battleship was named'

Answer: Potemkin


Question:
'A 1975 thriller:
Steven Spielberg,
John Williams'

Answer: Jaws


Question: '"Auto racing is boring except when a car is going at least 172 mph upside-down", wrote this Miami Herald columnist'

Answer: Dave Barry


Question: 'It's the disease of the nervous system abbreviated MS'

Answer: multiple sclerosis


Question: 'This Northern state had draft riots in July 1863 even as its industrial output exceeded that of the entire South'

Answer: New York


Question: 'The star garnet gets star billing as the state gem of this "Gem State"'

Answer: Idaho


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from outdoors in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  From a grateful Russia, the Alexander Column here in Palace Square is dedicated to the czar who helped defeat this man'

Answer: Napoleon


Question:
'You've got a friend in this 1995 film:
John Lasseter,
Randy Newman'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: 'Tom Lehrer joked, "It is a sobering thought... that when Mozart was my age he had been" this "for two years"'

Answer: dead


Question: 'The chance of getting this on a single deal in poker is 1 in 649,740'

Answer: a royal flush


Question: 'On September 17, 1862 Gen. Robert E. Lee's Northern march was halted in this slave-holding Union state'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Christopher Buckley quipped that the name of these theatres stands for "I make the audience cross-eyed"'

Answer: IMAX


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  A tradition was born in the 1880s when Alexander III gave his czarina a jeweled Easter egg made by this design firm'

Answer: Fabergé


Question:
'A 1983 weeper & Oscar fave:
James L. Brooks,
Michael Gore'

Answer: Terms of Endearment


Question: '"The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected", opined this fella, who never met a man he didn't like'

Answer: Will Rogers


Question: 'In Latin this Charlie Rich song would be titled "Januis Clausis"'

Answer: "Behind Closed Doors"


Question: 'What is now this state was briefly called Kanawha after it refused to secede from the Union'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'This 3-letter abbreviation for the study of fishes is also the name of a fish disease'

Answer: ich


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports again from St. Petersburg, Russia.)  As prime minister of Russia's provisional government in 1917, this man moved into the Winter Palace & used the czar's private library as his office'

Answer: Kerensky


Question:
'A 1962 epic:
David Lean,
Maurice Jarre'

Answer: Lawrence of Arabia


Question: 'In "Without Feathers", he penned, "Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'In the Cajun vernacular, this double-talk term refers to a voodoo spell, good or bad'

Answer: grigri (juju accepted)


Question: 'The USS Monitor sank off the shore of this state that supplied the most troops to the Confederate Army'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Dorothy Hamill must have fond memories of this Tyrolean city: she won her Olympic gold medal there'

Answer: Innsbruck


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads a final time from St. Petersburg, Russia.)  Here in Palace Square on June 28, 1762, this czar was overthrown & his wife Catherine the Great was hailed as empress'

Answer: Peter III


Question:
'2 pianos, 1 gorgeous blonde:
Steven Kloves,
David Grusin'

Answer: The Fabulous Baker Boys


Question: 'In his "Devil's Dictionary", he defined "appeal" as "In law, to put the dice into the box for another throw"'

Answer: (Ambrose) Bierce


Question: 'In legend, after slaying a dragon, Cadmus sowed its teeth & grew a crop of warriors who helped him defeat this city'

Answer: Thebes


Question: 'The first major victories for the Union were at Fort Donelson & Fort Henry in this state'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'Enlightened folks know that this secret society figures prominently in the novel "Angels & Demons"'

Answer: the Illuminati


Question: 'It was the first TV series to win the Hugo Award for best dramatic presentation'

Answer: The Twilight Zone


Question: 'Portugal'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'On Sept. 9, 1965 Sandy Koufax pitched his fourth no-hitter, a perfect game at this West Coast venue'

Answer: Dodger Stadium


Question: 'For 15 years Jim Otto hiked his way through every game for the Oakland Raiders at this position'

Answer: center


Question: 'The Philadelphia men who founded the first U.S. club for this sport in 1828 were probably straight arrows'

Answer: archery


Question: 'The diet of this title gal is seen here; mmm mmm!'

Answer: Little Miss Muffet


Question: 'Italian for "pounded", this basil-y sauce originated in Genoa'

Answer: pesto


Question: 'Monaco'

Answer: France


Question: 'The sinking of the Titanic pushed the opening of this Boston ballpark off the front pages of Boston newspapers'

Answer: Fenway


Question: 'Sabine Ulibarri's novel "Mi Abuela Fumaba Puros" translates to "My Grandma Smoked" these'

Answer: Cigars


Question: 'It quacks me up that the NDSCS is a club for people who collect stamps featuring these'

Answer: ducks


Question: 'Gaze upon a representation of the tragic end of this character'

Answer: Humpty Dumpty


Question: 'French term for a thickener of soups & white sauces, made from flour & butter'

Answer: roux


Question: 'Qatar'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'This Denver baseball stadium is known for its red brick exterior & on-site microbrewery'

Answer: Coors Field


Question: 'Juice from a Granny Smith'

Answer: cider


Question: 'If you belong to a Parrot Head club, we bet you're devoted to this singer'

Answer: Jimmy Buffett


Question: 'Title guy with high self esteem whose famous act is shown here'

Answer: Little Jack Horner


Question: 'The tomatoey sauce duglere is to be served over this, perhaps a nice brill'

Answer: fish


Question: 'Lesotho'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Call 888-848-BIRD for information about this Baltimore ballpark'

Answer: Camden Yards


Question: 'Restriction of expression, often by a government'

Answer: censorship


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a California dog show.)  Babu, an eager dog show entrant, is a chow chow breed registered with this organization founded on September 17, 1884 & abbreviated AKC'

Answer: the American Kennel Club


Question: 'Title duo whose end results we've illustrated'

Answer: Jack & Jill


Question: 'Don't hold the mayo in this sauce, whose name is something to avoid in dentistry'

Answer: tartar


Question: 'East Timor'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This team's Great American Ball Park has a riverboat deck that offers views of the park & of the Ohio River'

Answer: the Cincinnati Reds


Question: 'The suspension of active hostilities in a war zone'

Answer: a cease-fire


Question: 'Circle K Intl., a collegiate branch of this service org., circles the globe with members on some 450 campuses'

Answer: the Kiwanis Club


Question: 'This title guy requested the items shown here'

Answer: Old King Cole


Question: 'A "truthiness"-loving TV pundit shares his name with this meat glaze, butter, shallots, wine & lemon juice sauce'

Answer: colbert


Question: 'It's the process by which water goes from a liquid to a gas'

Answer: evaporation


Question: '"Hey! Hey!  Hey hey hey!  Macho, macho man, I've got to be, a macho man"'

Answer: The Village People


Question:
'Artis Gilmore,
John Garner,
Horace Grant'

Answer: John Nance Garner


Question: 'While a student at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, he won championships in the mile run'

Answer: Roger Bannister


Question: 'In "The Devils of Loudon", Grandier the priest is killed this way, a la Joan of Arc'

Answer: burning at the stake


Question: 'Most Orkney Islanders overstep their bounds'

Answer: a stork (in most Orkney)


Question: '13-letter collective name for any & all forms of water that fall from the sky'

Answer: precipitation


Question: '"A few times I've been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that, because I ain't no hollaback girl"'

Answer: Gwen Stefani


Question:
'Eustace Collins,
Erving Toney,
Elbridge Gerry'

Answer: Elbridge Gerry


Question: 'This French guy's ex-wives included Brigitte Bardot & Jane Fonda (he never married Catherine Deneuve)'

Answer: Roger Vadim


Question: '"Lulu" has a lulu of an ending: the heroine is killed by this notorious London murderer'

Answer: Jack the Ripper


Question: 'After the party, keg returns are easier'

Answer: an egret (in keg returns)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays a geological diagram on the monitor.)  It's the 2-word furniture term for the boundary between saturated & unsaturated zones of soil'

Answer: the water table


Question: '"To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, light up a stage & wax a chump like a candle... ice ice baby"'

Answer: Vanilla Ice


Question:
'Riley B.B. King,
William Rufus DeVane King,
Bernard King'

Answer: William Rufus DeVane King


Question: 'As the government photographer of this war, Roger Fenton portrayed the Charge of the Light Brigade as glorious'

Answer: the Crimean War


Question: 'Aargh!  In "Zampa", Zampa the pirate is dragged into the sea & drowned by one of these marble artworks'

Answer: a statue


Question: 'She could never handle his wandering through caves all by himself'

Answer: a swan (in his wandering)


Question: 'The main source of thermal pollution is water that's been used industrially as this'

Answer: a coolant


Question: '"C'mon, take a bottle, shake it up, break the bubble, break it up, pour some sugar on me, in the name of love"'

Answer: Def Leppard


Question:
'James Brown,
George Clinton,
Sylvester Stone'

Answer: George Clinton


Question: 'He founded the town of Providence, which became a haven for Quakers & Anabaptists'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'In "Il Trovatore" Leonora escapes the clutches of a count by drinking poison from this piece of jewelry'

Answer: a ring


Question: 'Using a bib is helpful when feeding a baby'

Answer: an ibis (in bib is)


Question: 'Multiply chlorinity, the amount of chlorine in seawater, by 1.80655 to get this figure'

Answer: salinity


Question: '"I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts"'

Answer: Right Said Fred


Question:
'Levi P. Morton,
Samuel L. Miller,
George F. McGinnis'

Answer: (Levi) Morton


Question: 'Sir Roger Penrose, with Stephen Hawking, proved that all matter within one of these collapses to a singularity'

Answer: a black hole


Question: 'In an opera based on a Pushkin poem, Lensky challenges this title character to a duel--big mistake'

Answer: Eugene Onegin


Question: 'Nothing is solved with rushing around like a crazy man'

Answer: a thrush (in with rushing)


Question: 'An 1870 novel by this man mentions Moby Dick as well as a sea monster called a Kraken'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: 'Of Rye, White or Pumpernickel, it's the city where chief justice John Jay is buried'

Answer: Rye


Question: 'When his 1972 film "Beware! The Blob" was reissued, it was subtitled "The Movie J.R. Shot"'

Answer: Larry Hagman


Question: 'This king romanced Mary Boleyn before her sister Anne lost her head over him'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'A national Philippine dish, adobo contains chicken & pork, & the "milk" of this palm fruit'

Answer: Coconut


Question: '1 of 2 Spinks brothers to win boxing gold medals at the 1976 games'

Answer: Leon or Michael


Question: 'A deep shade of black, or a 747'

Answer: Jet


Question: 'Appropriately, it was once known as "The Cataract City"'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'He directed himself, dad Lloyd & brother Jeff in the TV movie "The Thanksgiving Promise"'

Answer: Beau Bridges


Question: 'A tall, thin mistress of George I was nicknamed this, for a tall, thin thing folks dance around on May 1'

Answer: Maypole


Question: 'A German specialty, braunschweiger is a smoked sausage traditionally made from this organ meat'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'On July 28, 1996 the USA's Charles Austin set the Olympic record in this event with a leap of 7' 10"'

Answer: High jump


Question: 'In 1882 Prof. Jigaro Kano opened the first school for this in Japan'

Answer: Judo


Question: 'Once the site of a Utopian community, today it's famous for its flatware'

Answer: Oneida


Question: '"A Bronx Tale", the first film directed by this "Taxi Driver" star, earned critical praise, not Bronx cheers'

Answer: Robert De Niro


Question: 'She blamed Prince Albert's early death in part on anxiety over their son Bertie's fling with an actress'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'Watch out for the hot peppers when partaking of this Szechwan Chinese dish made with chicken & peanuts'

Answer: Kung Pao Chicken


Question: 'In 1976 Hungary's Miklos Nemeth threw this farther than any field apparatus in Olympic history -- 310' 4"'

Answer: Javelin


Question: 'Bette Davis picked up her second Oscar for this film'

Answer: Jezebel


Question: 'It's home to the Rockwell Museum of Western Art, as well as to a famous glass works'

Answer: Corning


Question: 'This daughter of director John made her own directing debut with the TV movie "Bastard Out of Carolina"'

Answer: Anjelica Huston


Question: 'This king nicknamed Lackland didn't lack a love life; he had at least 7 children out of wedlock'

Answer: John


Question: 'It's the traditional meat in souvlaki, a popular Greek dish'

Answer: Lamb


Question: 'Then with the Phoenix Suns, he was a member of the USA's "Dream Team" in both 1992 & 1996'

Answer: Charles Barkley


Question: 'Slang for electric current'

Answer: Juice


Question: 'Ulysses could tell you it's where Cornell University is located'

Answer: Ithaca


Question: 'Peter Ustinov directed the 1962 film version of this Herman Melville novel & played Captain Vere in it'

Answer: Billy Budd


Question: 'This famous diarist's wife called King Charles II's mistress 'Moll' Davis "The Most Impertinent Slut"'

Answer: Samuel Pepys


Question: 'Rad Na & pad woon sen are popular noodle dishes from this country'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'In 1984 he became the first man in 56 years to win the springboard & platform diving events in one Olympics'

Answer: Greg Louganis


Question: 'To put together in a makeshift fashion is to jury-rig or to "build" this way'

Answer: Jerry-build