Question: 'Deputy sheriff Lofty Craig was this Western heroine's boyfriend'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'The USSR banned the slaughter of wolves after the Russian version of this F. Mowat book appeared'

Answer: Never Cry Wolf


Question: 'Historic act pictured on the obverse of the $2 bill'

Answer: the signing of the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'The clavichord & the harpsichord are included in this group of musical instruments'

Answer: keyboard instruments


Question: 'From the Malay word for unhusked rice, it's a field where rice is grown'

Answer: a paddy


Question: '1 of 3 cabinet departments established by the 1st Senate session in 1789'

Answer: (1 of) State, Treasury, or War


Question: '"Blood Wedding" author Federico Garcia Lorca was executed by nationalists in this country in 1936'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'The musical "Ain't Misbehavin" was based on the music of this heavyweight pianist-songwriter'

Answer: Thomas "Fats" Waller


Question: 'In 18th century France she was known as "Madame Deficit"'

Answer: Marie Antoinette


Question: 'This brazen young blonde was caught napping in Baby Bear's bed'

Answer: Goldilocks


Question: 'According to religious custom, every Thai man is expected to spend 3 months in one of these'

Answer: a Buddhist monastery


Question: 'A formal opinion that's been approved by both houses is called this type of resolution'

Answer: a joint resolution


Question: 'A freed slave named Terence was one of the greatest comic playwrights of this ancient civilization'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'His quartet, featuring Paul Desmond on alto sax, reached the pop charts in 1961 with "Take Five"'

Answer: Dave Brubeck


Question: 'This empress of France was born in 1763 on the island of Martinique'

Answer: Josephine Bonaparte


Question: 'When a sailor drowns, he's said to go to this place'

Answer: Davy Jones\' Locker


Question: 'During Mao's leadership this "curtain" separated Communist China from the West'

Answer: the Bamboo Curtain


Question: 'This "plain old country lawyer" of Watergate fame attended plain old Harvard Law School'

Answer: Sam Ervin


Question: 'His bawdy 16th century play "The Mandrake" displays the cynicism he showed in "The Prince"'

Answer: Niccolo Machiavelli


Question: 'Early in his career this jazz pianist acquired the nickname "Fatha"'

Answer: Earl "Fatha" Hines


Question: 'Henry II & Henry IV both married members of this famed Florentine family'

Answer: the De Medicis


Question: 'She played the 1946 title role in "The She-Wolf of London" & Timmy's mom on TV's "Lassie"'

Answer: June Lockhart


Question: 'The 1st Anglo-Burmese War was provoked by the Burmese invasion of this country in 1823'

Answer: India


Question: 'The number of senators necessary to make a quorum'

Answer: 51


Question: 'This Irishman who worked for the IRA as a courier wrote about the IRA in "The Hostage"'

Answer: Brendan Behan


Question: 'This "royal" pianist's band made a cameo appearance in Mel Brooks' 1974 film "Blazing Saddles"'

Answer: Count Basie


Question: 'When George washington became president, this man was king of France'

Answer: Louis XVI


Question: 'Long, braided hairstyle favored by Rastafarians'

Answer: dreadlocks


Question: 'River whose headwaters are in the Tibet highlands & whose delta is just south of Ho Chi Minh City'

Answer: the Mekong River


Question: 'The minimum age of a member of the House of Representatives'

Answer: 25


Question: 'Swedish playwright whose last marriage inspired him to write "The Dance of Death"'

Answer: August Strindberg


Question: 'His inability to read music didn't prevent this pianist from composing the music to "Misty"'

Answer: Erroll Garner


Question: 'The last of the Bourbon kings to rule France was also the 10th & last French king named this'

Answer: Charles


Question: 'Psychologist whose "Studies in the Psychology of Sex" was banned in turn-of-the-century England'

Answer: Havelock Ellis


Question: 'The 2 "High" films in which Grace Kelly starred'

Answer: High Noon (1952) & High Society (1955)


Question: 'This man shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change'

Answer: Al Gore


Question: 'Michael Myers'

Answer: Halloween


Question: 'He was the only surviving son of Henry VII, so he became king in 1509'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'In 1962 Andy Warhol gained fame by painting cans of this food brand'

Answer: Campbell\'s Soup


THE WORLD ALMANAC'S WIDELY KNOWN AMERICANS

Question: 'This San Francisco-born woman is listed as "Former White House intern"'

Answer: Monica Lewinsky


Question: 'Join together parts of a rope or pieces of film'

Answer: splice


Question: 'He felt honored & humbled that the Nobel committee gave the prize to "a simple monk from Tibet"'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'Freddy Krueger'

Answer: Nightmare on Elm Street


Question: 'When his reign began in 1307, he was the eldest surviving son of Edward I'

Answer: Edward II


Question: 'Of the Atlantic, Pacific or the Arctic, the ocean that Blue Point oysters come from'

Answer: the Atlantic


THE WORLD ALMANAC'S WIDELY KNOWN AMERICANS

Question:
'The almanac notes of her:
"b 3/15/33
(Brooklyn, NY)
Sup. Ct. Justice"'

Answer: Ruth Bader Ginsburg


Question: 'Unfortunately, these insects, Pediculus humanus capitis, go straight to your head'

Answer: lice


Question: 'The Nobel committee felt solidarity in awarding the 1983 Peace Prize to this union leader'

Answer: Lech Walesa


Question: 'Jason Voorhees'

Answer: Friday the 13th


Question: 'The eldest son of Henry IV became king in 1413'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'In the 2004 presidential campaign, this candidate's wife promoted eating rabbit; with ketchup?'

Answer: John Kerry


THE WORLD ALMANAC'S WIDELY KNOWN AMERICANS

Question:
'The naked truth about him:
"b 4/9/26
(Chicago)
Publisher"'

Answer: Hugh Hefner


Question: 'In slang, they're referred to as "bones"'

Answer: dice


Question: 'F.W. De Klerk & this man went halfsies on the 1993 Peace Prize for the peaceful termination of apartheid'

Answer: (Nelson) Mandela


Question: 'Leatherface'

Answer: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre


Question: 'This third son of William I inherited the throne from his father in 1087'

Answer: William II


Question: 'She wrote the ever-popular "Boston Cooking School Cook Book" in 1896'

Answer: Fannie Farmer


THE WORLD ALMANAC'S WIDELY KNOWN AMERICANS

Question: 'This New Haven-born casino developer is nearly at the end of the list'

Answer: Steve Wynn


Question: 'It's what "The Postman Always" does in the title of a 1934 novel'

Answer: Rings Twice


Question:
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue from inside the Jimmy Carter Library in Atlanta, Georgia.)
Jimmy Carter's library has his 2002 Nobel Peace Prize; he can also share the credit for the Peace Prize won in 1978 by these two men'

Answer: Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat


Question: 'Pinhead'

Answer: Hellraiser


Question: 'He succeeded his elder brother George IV in 1830'

Answer: William IV


Question: 'Italian for "cooked", it's a pork & beef salami that contains whole peppercorns'

Answer: cotto


THE WORLD ALMANAC'S WIDELY KNOWN AMERICANS

Question: 'In order, you'll find Bob Costas, Ann Coulter, Katie Couric & this former TV anchor'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'This woman who once canoodled with Gary Hart has since become a leading Internet safety expert & advocate'

Answer: Donna Rice


Question: 'Simon wasn't born in Bolivia, he was born in this city, now the capital of Venezuela'

Answer: Caracas


Question: 'On the charts in the '60s, this followed Buffalo & Dusty'

Answer: Springfield


Question: 'At the end of this novel, Reverend Dimmesdale reveals publicly that he is the father of Hester Prynne's daughter'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'Maid Marian's main man'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'Founded as a haven for freed American slaves, it became an independent country in 1847'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'With no help from the U.S., Simon turned for aid to this Caribbean nation that threw out the French in 1804'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'With 1998's "Hard to Swallow" this white guy from Miami tried to recapture his gangster rap success'

Answer: Vanilla Ice


Question: 'This character's first literary appearance was in the tragic drama "The Seducer of Seville"'

Answer: Don Juan


Question: 'Darla Hood was a member of this Hal Roach troupe'

Answer: The Little Rascals (or Our Gang)


Question: 'Home to the Sami & covering parts of 4 countries, it's in the far north of Europe'

Answer: Lapland


Question: 'Simon found it a Gran night for singing when he created this republic in 1819, but the good times didn't last'

Answer: Gran Colombia


Question: 'One group found this bluesman's "Rollin' Stone" tune of 1950 inspiration enough for a band name'

Answer: Muddy Waters


Question: 'He wrote the "2001", "2010", "2061" & "3001" Odyssey books'

Answer: Arthur C. Clarke


Question: 'A 1901 film tells the story of Le Petit Chaperon Rouge, better known as this'

Answer: Little Red Riding Hood


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a shaded region of Canada on the monitor.) This large peninsula that covers about 600,000 square miles extends farther east than any other point on the North American mainland'

Answer: Labrador


Question: 'Following "tom" or on its own, it mean plain old silliness'

Answer: foolery


Question: 'On the comeback trail in 1817, Simon & his forces occupied the basin of this huge Venezuelan river'

Answer: the Orinoco


Question: 'Katrina Leskanich fronted this '80s band'

Answer: The Waves


Question: 'This Nevil Shute novel depicts the coming annihilation of the human race after a nuclear war'

Answer: On the Beach


Question: 'Fighting under Admiral Samuel Hood in Corsica, he was wounded in the right eye, losing his sight in it'

Answer: Nelson


Question: 'The city of Dublin, Ireland lies at the mouth of this river'

Answer: the Liffey


Question: 'From the Greek for "small" & "life" comes this 7-letter word for a germ or a disease-causing bacterium'

Answer: microbe


Question: 'The judicial capital of Bolivia is named for this man who helped Simon liberate Ecuador--sweet'

Answer: (Anotonio José de) Sucre


Question: 'Carl Palmer & Cozy Powell have been the third man in a group with these 2'

Answer: Keith Emerson & Greg Lake


Question: 'The 2-word title of this 1985 Bobbie Ann Mason novel refers to the time a soldier spent in Vietnam'

Answer: In Country


Question: 'Leroy Hood invented the first automated sequencer to figure out the pattern of its nucleotide bases'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'The cookies seen here derive their name from this Austrian city'

Answer: Linz


Question: 'A person who eats only milk & plant products may be described by this 15-letter word'

Answer: a lactovegetarian


Question: 'It's the Beatles' only U.S. No. 1 hit single whose title is the name of an actual place'

Answer: \"Penny Lane\"


Question: 'In 1949 Ed Seymour invented paint dispensed this way; aluminum was the first color'

Answer: spray paint


Question: 'If "Twilight" actress Fanning married a Marine lt. col. known from Iran-Contra, she'd be known as...'

Answer: Dakota North


Question: 'The home-building materials of the 3 Little Pigs in the Disney version'

Answer: straw, wood & brick


Question: 'John Keats:<br />"Beauty is ____,  ____ beauty,--that is all / Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know"'

Answer: truth


Question: 'The smallest bartender's measurement, it can also refer to a short foot race'

Answer: a dash


Question: 'George Clooney actually starred in 2 TV series with this title--the earlier one was a comedy'

Answer: ER


Question: 'As a newsboy on the Grand Trunk Railway in 1862, he "saw the light" & published the first newspaper printed on a train'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'If Miss Q of "Nikita" fame wed Queen guitarist Brian, Rod Stewart would sing to her as...'

Answer: Maggie May


Question: 'Columbus' 3 ships in 1492'

Answer: the Niña, the Pinta & the Santa María


Question: 'Ogden Nash<br /> "The cow is of the bovine ilk; one end is moo, the other, ____"'

Answer: milk


Question: 'Bartenders ask, "straight" or this 3-word opposite'

Answer: on the rocks


Question: 'It's a symbol of pharmacy & an abbreviation for prescription'

Answer: Rx


Question: 'In 1810 England's Peter Durand patented the idea of using this metal to coat cans for food preservation'

Answer: tin


Question: 'Mike Tyson's first wife marries Chicago Cub great Ernie & begins a life of crime as...'

Answer: Robin Banks


Question: 'The 3 types of events in the Ironman Triathlon'

Answer: swimming, running & bicycling


Question: 'Robert Frost:<br />"Two roads diverged in a yellow ____"'

Answer: wood


Question: 'This directional term refers to a nonalcoholic drink placed at the side of the booze in a separate glass'

Answer: a back


Question: 'This 2-letter Korean company makes a sweet cell phone called the Chocolate Touch'

Answer: LG


Question: 'Ann Moore invented this "cozy" baby carrier after seeing women in Togo carry their babies in fabric slings'

Answer: a Snugli


Question: 'The "House of the Spirits" author gets hitched to a circus sibling who bought out Barnum in 1907 & becomes...'

Answer: Isabel Ringling


Question: 'On the East Coast "Tri-State Area" often refers to this trio, the 3rd, 5th & 11th to join the Union'

Answer: Connecticut, New York & New Jersey


Question: 'Alexander Pope:<br />"Fools rush in where angels ____ ____ ____"'

Answer: fear to tread


Question: '"Dry" in bartending can pertain to the use of this fortified liquid that also has a "sweet" type'

Answer: vermouth


Question: 'Lifebuoy soap once promised to stop this "from head to toe"'

Answer: B.O.


Question: 'Juan de la Cierva invented this rotary-wing aircraft that taxied for takeoff & was replaced by the helicopter'

Answer: the autogiro


Question: '"Criminal" singer Fiona weds Steve, author of legal thrillers like "Double Tap", & hyphenates to get this potable name'

Answer: Fiona Apple-Martini


Question: 'The "triple bottom line" concept urges companies to be successful, caring & green: "profit, people" & this "P"'

Answer: planet


Question: 'Thomas Gray:<br />"The paths of glory lead but to the ____"'

Answer: grave


Question: 'This term for the maceration of fruit in a bar using a pestle can also mean "to make unclear"'

Answer: muddle


Question: 'It's this pair of chromosomes that make a man a man'

Answer: XY


Question: 'In 1864 General Benjamin Butler appointed her superintendent of the Department of Nurses for the Army of the James'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'For the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Hasbro introduced a special line of this military action figure'

Answer: G.I. Joe


Question: 'She & Leo were nominated for a 1998 MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss'

Answer: Winslet


Question:
'O'Connell Street,
Parnell Street,
Pearse Avenue'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'In a common expression, you may be "out of" this; there's also this "of the draw"'

Answer: luck


Question: 'Tim Hatley won a 2009 Tony for Best Costume Design for the musical about this green ogre'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'Lincoln called this cartoonist "our best recruiting sergeant"'

Answer: Thomas Nast


Question: 'Not surprisingly, this woman's line of collectible dolls includes Baby Donny Little Bit Rock-n-Roll seen here'

Answer: Marie Osmond


Question: 'In "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" she & Matthew McConaughey end up on the kiss cam at Madison Square Garden'

Answer: (Kate) Hudson


Question:
'Cobb Place,
Chrysler Freeway,
Lansing Avenue'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'In Indian religion, this causal law explains the existence of evil; in a Culture Club title, it precedes "Chameleon"'

Answer: karma


Question: '"Sleep Tite" is a number from this musical with sleepwear in the title'

Answer: The Pajama Game


Question: '3 days after graduating from West Point, this future "Boy General" took part in the First Battle of Bull Run'

Answer: George Armstrong Custer


Question: 'Because they fit one inside the other, Russian matryoshka dolls are also called these'

Answer: nesting dolls


Question: 'At the end of "Temple of Doom" Indy snaps his whip around Willie (this actress) & lays a kiss on her'

Answer: Capshaw


Question:
'Quezon Boulevard,
United Nations Avenue,
Imelda (just "Imelda")'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'This word can be used for one's riches as well as one's lot in life; Twain (& others) have called it "outrageous"'

Answer: fortune


Question: 'A 2010 musical about this family revolves around daughter Wednesday dating a "normal" boy'

Answer: the Addams Family


Question: 'By the end of 1862 this newly appointed rear admiral controlled the entire Gulf Coast except for Mobile'

Answer: David Farragut


Question: 'Turning 25 in 2011 is this line of dolls that includes Josefina Montoya, a youngster growing up in 1824'

Answer: American Girl


Question: 'Kate Walsh (Dr. Addison Montgomery) got to kiss Tim Daly (Dr. Pete Wilder) on this TV drama'

Answer: Private Practice


Question:
'Hull Street,
Revere Street,
Shawmut Avenue'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Regulating each person's life, mythological sisters Atropos, Clotho & Lachesis were known as these'

Answer: the Fates


Question: 'A 2006 musical named for this Anne Rice character featured songs by Elton John & Bernie Taupin'

Answer: Lestat


Question: 'This Maine seascape painter traveled with the Army of the Potomac, sending sketches back to Harper's Weekly'

Answer: Winslow Homer


Question: 'This actress who played Marcia on "The Brady Bunch" voiced many of Mattel's talking dolls, including Chatty Cathy'

Answer: Maureen McCormick


Question: 'As Ethel Thayer in a 1981 film, she was asked, "Wanna dance or would you rather just suck face?"'

Answer: (Katharine) Hepburn


Question:
'Louis Botha Avenue,
Miriam Makeba Street,
Jan Smuts Avenue'

Answer: Johannesburg


Question: 'John Gast's 1872 "American Progress" is an allegorical depiction of "manifest" this'

Answer: destiny


Question: 'This show created by the minds behind "South Park" is very different from the same-named religious text'

Answer: Book of Mormon


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  According to the Census, this point has progressed westward since the U.S. was founded & has moved southwest since the 1960s'

Answer: the mean center of population


Question: 'The program on this country "& Iraq" includes the 1997 election of moderate Mohammed Khatami as president'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Diana played a fashion designer in this 1975 film & also sang its theme, "Do You Know Where You're Going To"'

Answer: "Mahogany"


Question: 'According to Moore's Law, named for a founder of Intel, these double in power roughly every 18 months'

Answer: computer chips


Question: 'Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius named Columba for the dove sent out by this Biblical character'

Answer: Noah


Question: 'Paris silverskins are the small ones of these used in Gibson cocktails'

Answer: onions


Question: 'Tissue trademark<br />(7)'

Answer: Kleenex


Question:
'From the "Founding Fathers" series, the following is a look at the composition of this document:

"He's got a copy of the draft of the Virginia constitution and old writings for the Continental Congress and puts them together"'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'In March 2000 Diana inducted this lady who sang the blues into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame'

Answer: Billie Holiday


Question: 'Dan Bricklin developed VISICALC, the first of these programs, similar to an accounting ledger'

Answer: spreadsheet


Question: 'With this constellation winding around it, Ursa Minor must hope it isn't fire-breathing'

Answer: Draco


Question: 'Yes, they were named after the capital of Peru'

Answer: lima beans


Question: 'Kith's partner<br />(3)'

Answer: Kin


Question: 'The channel's website tells us that this country's King Carlos was assassinated on Feb. 1 in 1908'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'This No. 1 hit that Diana sang with the Supremes was later recorded by Phil Collins in a 1982 hit'

Answer: "You Can\'t Hurry Love"


Question: 'Coherant & Xenix are 2 of these, part of the abbreviation in the better-known MS-DOS'

Answer: operating systems


Question: 'The brightest star in Bootes is this color giant & is 100 times more luminous than the sun'

Answer: Arcturus (Alpha Bootis)


Question: 'In Asian cuisine, sprouts are from beans & shoots are usually from this'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'Granny, or Gordian<br />(4)'

Answer: Knot


Question: 'The show on the Transatlantic cable was subtitled "2500 Miles of" this elemental metal'

Answer: Copper


Question: 'The most successful duet of the '80s was this ballad that Diana recorded with Lionel Richie'

Answer: "Endless Love"


Question: 'This programming language was named for calculating-machine inventor Blaise'

Answer: PASCAL


Question: 'The Pup is the companion to this star in Canis Major'

Answer: Sirius (the Dog Star)


Question: 'The Dutch type of this is white, as it's grown underground; the American is green, as the spears are grown above'

Answer: asparagus


Question: 'A medieval foot soldier, or composer Jerome<br />(4)'

Answer: Kern


Question: 'One show covered this Vietnam battle where Springsteen "had a brother" in "Born in the U.S.A."'

Answer: Khe San


Question:
'The 1975 hit heard here was a tribute to this singer:

"Oooh, ooh, I'm missing you, tell me where the road turns..."'

Answer: Marvin Gaye


Question: 'Among Internet users, the World Wide Web has surpassed the system named for this burrowing rodent'

Answer: gopher


Question: 'Antoine-Auguste Parmentier pushed this tuber on Louis XVI; now Parmentier in a recipe means "with" it'

Answer: potato


Question: 'Pakistan's principal port<br />(7)'

Answer: Karachi


Question: '4 English Channel lighthouses have been built on the Eddystone Rocks, famed cause of these disasters'

Answer: shipwrecks


Question: '2 old palaces in Barcelona house a museum of this cubist's works'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: '19th century lord whose last name rhymes with deer meat'

Answer: Tennyson (Venison)


Question: 'Buddy Hackett played Scuttle the Seagull in this seagoing fairy tale in 1989'

Answer: The Little Mermaid


Question: 'At the 1988 Democratic convention he said, "We are all precious in God's sight --- the real Rainbow Coalition"'

Answer: Jesse Jackson


Question: 'In 1973 Cape Kennedy's name reverted to this'

Answer: Cape Canaveral


Question: 'The Cinque Ports, an 11th century confederation, were Sandwich, Dover, Hythe, Romney & this 1066 battle site'

Answer: Hastings


Question: 'This prestigious art museum in London recently opened a new & separate gallery of modern art'

Answer: Tate Gallery


Question: 'Irish poet who rhymes with wooden boxes for packing'

Answer: Yeats (Crates)


Question: 'Rosie O'Donnell went "ape" as the voice of Terk in this 1999 adventure'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'Advice from this American author:  "When angry, count four; when very angry, swear"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Served as an appetizer, they're crackers or pieces of bread garnished with tasty toppings'

Answer: canapes


Question: 'These air-cushion vehicles that were "full of eels" in a Monty Python sketch first crossed the Channel in 1959'

Answer: hovercraft


Question: 'It houses the largest collection of art in the Netherlands'

Answer: The Rijksmuseum


Question: 'Ode-acious poet who rhymes with red root vegetables'

Answer: Keats (Beets)


Question: 'Seen'

Answer: The Hunchback of Notre Dame


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

Answer: an enigma


Question: '"Sweet" term for a teen girl who does volunteer work at a hospital'

Answer: Candystriper


Question: 'Victor Hugo lived for 15 years on this Channel Island, the largest after Jersey'

Answer: Guernsey


Question: 'If you get a chance, visit the Munch Museum in this world capital; it's a real scream!'

Answer: Oslo, Norway


Question: '"Gunga Din" author who rhymes with habitual drinking'

Answer: Kipling (Tippling)


Question: '(Hi, I'm Donny Osmond.)  I provided the singing voice of Captain Shang for this 1998 animated Disney film'

Answer: Mulan


Question: 'This innovative American director said, "Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!"'

Answer: Orson Welles


Question: '"Sweet Thursday" is John Steinbeck's sequel to this novel'

Answer: Cannery Row


Question: 'On Aug. 19, 1942 an Allied force took heavy casualties in an attack on this fort fortified by Germans'

Answer: Dieppe


Question: 'New Englander who rhymes with a price or sacrifice'

Answer: Frost (Cost)


Question: 'Young Kathryn Beaumont was so good as the voice of this title girl in 1951 that she got to play Wendy in "Peter Pan", too'

Answer: Alice in Wonderland


Question: 'In "The Power of Myth" he says, "Follow your bliss"'

Answer: Joseph Campbell


Question: 'He painted the view of Venice seen here:'

Answer: Cannoletto (The Grand Canal)


Question: 'The promotional slogan of this territory is "Where America's Day Begins"'

Answer: Guam


Question: 'This brand has been jokingly called "ham that failed its physical"'

Answer: Spam


Question: 'In a 1933 film this big ape was brought to America from his island home on a huge raft'

Answer: King Kong


Question: 'Galen's neighbors heard the squeals of stuck pigs when he proved that veins carry this, not air'

Answer: blood


Question: 'When the new "Love Boat" set sail in 1998, this "Vega$" star was in the captain's seat'

Answer: Robert Urich


Question: 'In 1990 these insects on the lam from South America since 1957 reached Texas'

Answer: killer bees


Question: 'In the '60s it meant trendy or hip, like a member of a TV "Squad"'

Answer: mod


Question: 'Ham lover seen here:'

Answer: Sam-I-Am


Question: 'In 1982 this film's original Japanese version, "Gojira", was shown in America without Raymond Burr's scene'

Answer: Godzilla


Question: 'In 1952 Hershey & Chase used a Waring model of this machine to study bacteria-eating viruses'

Answer: blender


Question: 'This "Exodus" author returned in 1999 with a new political novel, "A God In Ruins"'

Answer: Leon Uris


Question: 'The Aum Shinrikyo cult was behind a March 1995 nerve gas attack on this city's subway'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'For 5 & 7 it's 12'

Answer: sum


Question: 'This company that makes canned deviled ham once used the slogan "Branded with the devil but fit for the gods"'

Answer: Underwood


Question: 'The old Gypsy Maleva tells this dead character, "Your suffering is over...now find peace for eternity"'

Answer: The Wolf Man


Question: 'Josef Stefan heated up physics by showing that radiation from a glowing wire was proportional to this'

Answer: temperature


Question: 'In 1987 he outraced his son to win his fourth Indianapolis 500'

Answer: Al Unser


Question: '"(Hi, I'm Billy Warlock of "General Hospital") In the TV movie "Honor Thy Father And Mother:  The True Story Of" these "Murders", I played Lyle"'

Answer: the Menendez murders


Question: 'A criminal charge, it's listed on a "sheet"'

Answer: rap


Question: 'To be given this named, hams must be cured & processed in the Virginia area of the same name'

Answer: Smithfield


Question: 'Dr. Jack Griffin was the real name of this Claude Rains character; there's more to him than meets the eye'

Answer: The Invisible Man


Question: 'NASA's passive seismic experiment detected thousands of lunar seismic events, called these'

Answer: moonquakes


Question: 'This Norwegian star of such movies as "Autumn Sonata" was actually born in Japan'

Answer: Liv Ullman


Question: 'To get the crown for himself, this Shakespearean king murders 2 little princes'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'I can't tell either of these 2 3-letter words; I only tell the truth'

Answer: fib & lie


Question: 'Parma ham is the true form of this, Italian for "ham"'

Answer: prosciutto


Question: 'Also known as the Gill-Man, he was played by Ben Chapman; underwater scenes were done by Ricou Browning'

Answer: The Creature from the Black Lagoon


Question: '1887's Michelson-Morley experiment demolished the idea of this medium that supposedly conducted light'

Answer: aether


Question: 'Once a staff writer for the New Yorker, this "Rabbit, Run" author still contributes regularly'

Answer: John Updike


Question: 'The savage Gilles de Rais probably inspired this "colorful" character who keeps bodies in a locked room'

Answer: Bluebeard


Question: 'A gullible person, or the juice in a tree'

Answer: sap


Question: 'She tells Laertes, "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance....and there is pansies, that's for thoughts"'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: 'When you see this singer, tell her "We're Doing Fine"'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'Ferdinand IV rocked!  He conquered this rock in 1309'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'The WAVES were these "Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service"'

Answer: Women


Question: 'Quebec & this adjacent province are both on the board'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'This is the way the ladies sometimes ride'

Answer: sidesaddle


Question: 'Laertes' dad, he says of Hamlet, "Though this be madness, yet there is method in it"'

Answer: Polonius


Question: 'Hats off to this singer who gave a gutsy performance in "The Newton Boys"'

Answer: Dwight Yoakum


Question: 'While king of this country from 1914 to 1927, Ferdinand acquired Transylvania'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'Line that follows "O beautiful for spacious skies"'

Answer: "For amber waves of grain"


Question: 'Found on the board, it's the 2-word term for the region which includes Morocco & Algeria'

Answer: North Africa


Question: 'It's the next federal holiday after Memorial Day'

Answer: Independence Day


Question: 'Character whose lines are heard here: "I am forbid to tell the secrets of my prison house.  I could a tale unfold..."'

Answer: The Ghost (Hamlet\'s father)


Question: 'In the early '60s fans went "Crazy" for her'

Answer: Patsy Cline


Question: 'Ferdinand II of Bohemia joined this sort-of-lengthy war in 1619 when he fought a usurper'

Answer: 30 Years War


Question: 'The man waving, seen here, was designed by this astronomer'

Answer: Carl Sagan


Question: 'This old name of a southeast Asian kingdom lives on in the game'

Answer: Siam (for Thailand)


Question: 'This arachnid is also known as a harvestman'

Answer: daddy long legs


Question: 'Hamlet's former schoolmates, these 2 minor characters in Shakespeare are title characters in a Stoppard play'

Answer: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern


Question: 'This "outlaw" was Buddy Holly's bass player'

Answer: Waylon Jennings


Question: 'The central power of this empire was dissolved in 1648 during Ferdinand III's watch'

Answer: Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'First name of Paris stylist Grateau, who introduced his wave in 1872'

Answer: Marcel


Question: 'If you go north from the Risk territory of Northern Europe, you get to this peninsular territory'

Answer: Scandinavia


Question: 'It's a supplement to a book'

Answer: addendum


Question: 'At Hamlet's death, he says, "Good night, sweet prince; and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"'

Answer: Horatio


Question: 'He was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, but we know him better by this name'

Answer: Conway Twitty


Question: 'Trying to take Castile, Portugal's Ferdinand II aligned himself with the Duke of Lancaster, John of this'

Answer: Gaunt


Question: 'To do the wave in the world's biggest stadium, head south to the Maracana in this city'

Answer: Rio de Janeiro


Question: 'In the atlas, this country that gets its own territory is between Pakistan & Turkmenistan'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: 'Wild Bill Hickok cashed his chips in this town'

Answer: Deadwood


Question: 'Siegfried's funeral march was played when this man's coffin reached the train station in 1883'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'The U.N.'s NYC headquarters lies on 18 acres along this river from 42nd to 48th Streets'

Answer: East River


Question: 'This beer company's website includes "The Pad", the official home of its spokesfrogs'

Answer: Anheuser-Busch


Question: 'Traditionally in Japan, these implements are used by suicidal samurai, but not at the table'

Answer: Forks


Question: 'A series of notes at fixed intervals, it may be major or minor, or what a musician hates to work for'

Answer: Scale


Question: 'Bill Murray played himself in this 1996 film in which toons played basketball'

Answer: Space Jam


Question: 'These 2 birds represented conciliatory & aggressive attitudes toward war'

Answer: Doves & hawks


Question: 'This is the only major organ of the U.N. in which all 185 members have a vote'

Answer: General Assembly


Question: 'The New Bedford, Mass. blacksmith Lewis Temple developed the toggle type of this weapon'

Answer: Harpoon


Question: 'Musical instruments such as marimbas & maracas are classified as this type'

Answer: Percussion


Question: 'Color traveling matte composite cinematography put Andrews, Van Dyke & the toons together in this 1964 film'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Astranette, meaning a female one of these, has not stood the test of time, or space'

Answer: Astronaut


Question: 'In 1975 & 1976 this current U.S. senator from New York served as U.S. ambassador to the U.N.'

Answer: Daniel Patrick Moynihan


Question: 'Hitting the bull's eye in pub games,using these, brings you 50 points'

Answer: Darts


Question: 'When you reach this mark on a score you start the piece again; it's abbreviated D.C.'

Answer: Da Capo


Question: 'This MGM animated mouse danced onscreen with Gene Kelly & joined with Tom to swim with Esther Williams'

Answer: Jerry


Question: 'In '60s slang a wahine was a young woman who participated in this sport'

Answer: Surfing


Question: 'In 1945 representatives from 50 nations met in this U.S. city to draw up the U.N. charter'

Answer: San Francisco


Question: 'Group seen here, it took its name from a Monty Python skit: [video clue]'

Answer: Toad The Wet Sprocket


Question: 'When this long, straight fire iron is red-hot, it's not a game'

Answer: Poker


Question: 'Italian for "broad", it's an indication to play slowly'

Answer: Largo


Question: 'In "The Three Caballeros", Donald Duck dances with this "Brazilian Bombshell"'s sister Aurora'

Answer: Carmen Miranda


Question: 'Logically enough, it's the single word for a topless bikini'

Answer: Monokini


Question: '1 of 2 Africans to serve as U.N. Secretary-General'

Answer: Kofi Annan or Boutros Boutros-Ghali


Question: '"Brekekekex co-ax, co-ax" is a line from his 405 B.C. hit play "The Frogs"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'A large-eyed needle used to mend holes'

Answer: Darning needle


Question: 'Meaning "an ornament in Islamic style", it's a fanciful piano piece or a ballet pose'

Answer: Arabesque


Question: 'James Baskett got an honorary Oscar for playing this man who sang with the animals in "Song of the South"'

Answer: Uncle Remus


Question: 'Term for those who rode buses to test integration in interstate travel'

Answer: "Freedom Riders"


Question: 'In May 1997, after a 32-year rule, strongman Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted from the country he had named this'

Answer: Zaire


Question: 'Tommy Lee Jones & Anne Heche no doubt had a blast making this film that erupted on the screen in 1997'

Answer: Volcano


Question: 'In a French tale, a man climbs one of these to heaven; Jack climbs one & meets a giant'

Answer: Beanstalk


Question: 'Dracula can never see a facula, a large bright patch on this heavenly body'

Answer: Sun


Question: 'In 1996 this "Pacific" railroad peacefully took over Southern Pacific Rail'

Answer: Union Pacific


Question: 'As Roger Miller pointed out, "You can't roller skate" in this group of buffalo'

Answer: Herd


Question: 'In 1911 Italy took control of this country; today it's under Qaddafi's control'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Pair played by Mira Sorvino & Lisa Kudrow who return to Arizona for their 10-year high school reunion'

Answer: Romy & Michele


Question: 'The wise people of England's mythical town of Gotham pretended to be these people honored on April 1'

Answer: Fools


Question: 'To the nearest 100, the number of different elements we know about'

Answer: 100


Question: 'This insurance company said "Glad I met ya" to U.S. Healthcare & purchased it in 1996'

Answer: Aetna


Question: 'It's a group of finches, or just one hanging from a bracelet'

Answer: Charm


Question: 'Hassan II has been the king of this country since 1961'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Hugh Grant encounters Andie MacDowell over & over & over again in this 1994 comedy'

Answer: Four Weddings and a Funeral


Question: 'Proverbial lore says, "Feed a cold and" do this, although we're not sure what it means'

Answer: Starve a fever


Question: 'Home appliance invented in 1858 by Hamilton Smith, it was a tub with a crank-turned spindle'

Answer: Washing machine


Question: 'In 1996 Sandoz & Ciba-Geigy, giant drug companies based in this country, announced they'd merge'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'A group of these birds is a mustering; we guess they muster up courage for some deliveries'

Answer: Storks


Question: 'Asmara is the capital & largest city of this country that was formerly part of Ethiopia'

Answer: Eritrea


Question: 'It's the last name of the family headed by Chevy Chase in the National Lampoon "Vacation" films'

Answer: Griswold


Question: 'Scholar Jan Brunvand calls tales of fatal Pop Rocks candy & hook-handed molesters this kind of "legend"'

Answer: Urban legend


Question: 'In 1881 Darwin published a book on these, something fishermen were waiting for with "baited" breath'

Answer: Worms


Question: 'First Chicago NBD was formed by a merger of banks in Chicago & this Michigan city'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Ask your nanny & she'll tell you a group of these is a trip'

Answer: Goats


Question: 'This country on the Atlantic coast is Africa's most populous'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Tom Cruise served up drinks as a hotshot bartender in this 1988 film'

Answer: Cocktail


Question: 'Artificial creature of Jewish lore seen here: [video clue]'

Answer: Golem


Question: 'It has no head, usually has 5 arms & feeds on oysters'

Answer: Starfish


Question: 'In February 1997 this brokerage that issues the Discover Card  agreed to merge with Morgan Stanley'

Answer: Dean Witter


Question: 'We're not splitting these, we're collecting them into a group -- a husk'

Answer: Hares


Question: 'In 1948 he returned to Europe & soon co-founded the Berliner Ensemble to stage his works'

Answer: Bertolt Brecht


Question: 'Launched in 1989, the Magellan spacecraft later radar-mapped most of the surface of this planet, Earth's twin'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Almost one year after receiving her Oscar for Best Actress, she became a real-life princess'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'To help reassure women, this First Lady spoke openly about her 1974 battle'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'Mount Fuji'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A round tower opened in Copenhagen in 1642 as an observatory has this name in English'

Answer: the Round Tower


Question: 'This word for fire is also an abusive note on a message board or in a chat room'

Answer: flame


Question: 'Gus Grissom's Gemini 3 capsule aptly had this "unsinkable" lady's name (his Mercury 4 capsule had sunk)'

Answer: Molly Brown


Question: 'Both Jose Ferrer & Gerard Depardieu received Oscar nominations for playing this title character'

Answer: Cyrano de Bergerac


Question: 'Dr. Jerri Nielsen was forced to treat herself for breast cancer while she was stuck at this remote location'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: 'Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Sparkling wine sold under the name Champagne must come from this region in Northeast France'

Answer: Champagne


Question: 'No relation to DC Comics' fastest man, this is the fast-loading animation by Adobe'

Answer: Flash


Question: 'On July 20, 1969 this lunar module separated from the Apollo 11 spacecraft & landed on the Moon'

Answer: the Eagle


Question: 'At the ceremony in 1998, this Best Director declared himself "King of the World"'

Answer: James Cameron


Question:
'This singer is donating the proceeds from the song heard here to breast cancer charities

"I run for you mother, your sister, your wife..."'

Answer: Melissa Etheridge


Question: 'Mount Logan'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'This is a day to honor all saints'

Answer: All Saints\' Day


Question: 'When a device can be attached to your computer & install itself, it's PnP, short for this'

Answer: Plug and Play


Question: 'In 1986 5 spacecraft rendezvoused with this object, Giotto came within 400 miles of its nucleus'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: '3 actors got 1982 nominations for acting in drag: Dustin Hoffman, Julie Andrews & this film's John Lithgow'

Answer: The World According to Garp


Question: 'This feminist felt women were so excluded from health care research, even the experimental mice were male'

Answer: Gloria Steinem


Question: 'Mount Apo on Mindanao'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'It takes an hour for each man in this theatrical group to apply blue greasepaint to his head before shows'

Answer: the Blue Man Group


Question: 'This word meaning to deal a blow is now a word for one look at a website'

Answer: a hit


Question: 'In 2005 the Hubble Space Telescope found 2 more small moons orbiting this, making 3, including Charon'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'This Oscar-winning song from 1952 is subtitled "Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'"'

Answer: "High Noon"


Question: 'A rare male victim of breast cancer, this actor who played John Shaft in 1971 gave the disease the "shaft"'

Answer: Richard Roundtree


Question: 'Pico Cristobal Colon'

Answer: Colombia


Question: 'This town on the York River was the site of the last major battle of the Revolutionary War'

Answer: Yorktown


Question: 'In chat rooms, "YMMV" is this disclaimer often used in car ads; it basically lets you off the hook for anything you say'

Answer: your mileage may vary


Question: 'In a Maria Van Oosterwijck still life, a butterfly represents this, like that of Jesus on the third day'

Answer: resurrection


Question: 'A golfer of some repute, on whether his rep as a neat freak is deserved: "I make the bed in my hotel rooms"'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'It follows tea or precedes drum<br />(6)'

Answer: kettle


Question: 'This city's Abbey Theatre was famous for debuting the plays of Synge, O'Casey & Yeats'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'This term meaning "king" is taken from the Old Persian khshayathiay'

Answer: shah


Question: 'Jan Van Eyck's "Arnolfini Marriage" portrait includes this animal, a symbol of fidelity'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'Noted grammarian Kelly Ripa corrected her when she said, "To play Daisy Duke, I mean, that's like an iconish" role'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'A jacket named for this "Spirit"ed aviator became extremely popular in 1927'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'Ireland's blue terrier county<br />(5)'

Answer: Kerry


Question: 'Gao Xingjian's "Fugitives" used this 1989 massacre as its setting & was later banned by the Chinese government'

Answer: Tiananmen Square


Question: 'Also a type of skiing competition, this term refers to a member of a Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857'

Answer: mogul


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a Flemish oil painting.)  In "Adoration of the Shepherds" by Rubens, the baby Jesus lies on wheat stalks, which are a reference to this sacrament'

Answer: the eucharist


Question: 'This ex-tennis champ was "playing a ton of golf, & my wife (Bridgette) is pregnant, so I've done a little bit of that"'

Answer: Pete Sampras


Question: 'The Romans' stola came from the Greek chiton, & this Roman garment was inspired by the Greek himation'

Answer: the toga


Question: 'It often precedes drag-out<br />(9)'

Answer: knock-down


Question: 'Bhavabhuti, one of India's greatest playwrights, is known for his mastery of this ancient Indic language'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'This Indian word means "king"; if "maha" is in front of it, it means "great king"'

Answer: raja


Question: 'In Vermeer's "Allegory of the Faith", Jesus is this crucial part of a building, crushing the devil'

Answer: the cornerstone


Question: 'A U.S. heiress, asked if she read blogs: "What's that?" (that's hot)'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'Fair Isle sweaters were popularized in the 1920s by the Prince of Wales who later became the Duke of this'

Answer: Windsor


Question: 'Curly cabbage cousin<br />(4)'

Answer: kale


Question: 'This South African playwright has had acting roles in the films "Gandhi" & "The Killing Fields"'

Answer: Athol Fugard


Question: 'Made up of 7 independent states, a country bordering Oman & Saudi Arabia is named for & run by men titled this'

Answer: emir


Question: 'This saint is often shown with the wheel meant to martyr her; her legend also gives us the name of a type of firework'

Answer: St. Catherine of Alexandria


Question: 'On his TV "Report": "Anyone can read the news to you.  I promise to feel the news at you"'

Answer: Stephen Colbert


Question: 'In 1886 mothers began forcing their sons to wear silly velvet suits inspired by this titled tot of literature'

Answer: Little Lord Fauntleroy


Question: 'Eye makeup known to the ancients<br />(4)'

Answer: kohl


Question: 'Dubbed the "inventor of tragedy", this Greek poet lends his name to a word for actors'

Answer: Thespis


Question: 'With or without an "H" at the end, this is a title for a Muslim teacher; a high-ranking one may be an ayatollah'

Answer: mullah


Question: 'When completed, the South Dakota memorial to this man will include a 44-foot tall feather on his 87-foot tall head'

Answer: Crazy Horse (the Oglala chief)


Question: 'Massachusetts'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'These sun-dried grapes can be found in oatmeal cookies'

Answer: Raisins


Question: 'He hangs around with the "Man in the Yellow Hat"'

Answer: Curious George


Question: 'She was on the "Mickey Mouse Club" before topping the charts with "...Baby One More Time"'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'Instead of a president, each of the states has this chief executive'

Answer: Governor


Question: 'This joint connects your upper arm to your forearm'

Answer: Elbow


Question: 'Nevada'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'Recipes for the cookie named for this spread may call for the smooth or chunky variety'

Answer: Peanut butter


Question: 'In the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, this very small animal is the only "ham"'

Answer: Piglet


Question: 'He's the youngest member of the group heard here<br />("MMMbop")'

Answer: Zac


Question: 'The U.S. Constitution has 7 articles & 27 of these additions'

Answer: Amendments


Question: 'On "The Simpsons", Mr. Burns usually uses this word when he finds something superb or first-rate'

Answer: "Excellent!"


Question: 'North Dakota'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'This tool is pressed down on sugar cookie dough to give the cookies a fun shape'

Answer: Cookie cutter


Question: 'You may have "heard" of this good-hearted pachyderm'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'The members of this "(God Must Havs Spent) A Little More Time on You" group range in age from 18 to 27'

Answer: \'N Sync


Question: 'This group that meets in the Capitol started in 1789 with 22 members & now has 100'

Answer: Senate


Question: 'This verb means to sneak off & get married'

Answer: Elope


Question: 'Pennsylvania'

Answer: Harrisburg


Question: 'About 1 of every 4 boxes of Girl Scout cookies sold is of this chocolaty-coated variety'

Answer: Thin Mints


Question: 'He's the E.B. White character seen here<br />(voiced by Michael J. Fox)'

Answer: Stuart Little


Question: 'This group of "Boys" was named after an open-air market in Orlando, Florida where it was formed'

Answer: Backstreet Boys


Question: 'NASA, which was created in 1958, stands for National Aeronautics & this Administration'

Answer: Space


Question: 'The solar type of this event happens when the moon comes between the sun & the Earth'

Answer: Eclipse


Question: 'West Virginia'

Answer: Charleston


Question: 'Nabisco is unsure if these cookies were named for a scientist or a town in Massachusetts'

Answer: Fig Newtons


Question: 'She was based in part on a real child'

Answer: Alice (of "Alice in Wonderland")


Question: 'Arnold is the last name of this 18-year-old who hit No. 1 with "Angel of Mine"'

Answer: Monica


Question: 'Justice Department head Janet Reno isn't called the Secretary of Justice, but this'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'For this Mexican dish, roll some meat & cheese in a corn tortilla & bake the "whole" thing'

Answer: Enchiladas


Question: 'The largest continent; it's also the continent that's home to the most people'

Answer: Asia


Question: 'You'll score a hole-in-one if you can identify this "A" student of Anaheim's Western High'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'There are approximately this many weeks between full moons'

Answer: 4


Question: 'In "Space Jam", classic Looney Tunes characters recruit this NBA star to help them win a basketball game'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'She presides over a courtroom & instructs the jury in the law'

Answer: Judge


Question: 'In sports & life, it's often said that the best defense is this opposite'

Answer: (good) Offense


Question: 'This line divides the Northern & Southern Hemispheres'

Answer: Equator


Question: 'Before he was "sent up the creek", he was part of the Cheshire Academy'

Answer: James Van Der Beek


Question: 'Our solar system lies on one of the spiral arms of this galaxy'

Answer: Milky Way


Question: 'This "Great One" won the National Hockey League scoring title in 10 of his 20 years in the league'

Answer: Wayne Gretzky


Question: 'She gets $65 an hour to fix pipes & toilets'

Answer: Plumber


Question: '3-letter opposite of "con" or "amateur"'

Answer: Pro


Question: 'I'll be doggone, the Chihuahua Desert is in this neighbor of the U.S.'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The actor seen here played this vampire on "Buffy"'

Answer: Angel (played by David Boreanaz)


Question: 'Last seen in 1997, another 2,400 years will pass before the next visiti of Hale-Bopp, one of these'

Answer: Comet


Question: 'In the 1998 Winter Olympics, she became the youngest ever to win the women's figure skating gold medal'

Answer: Tara Lipinski


Question: 'She uses her baton to lead a symphony orchestra'

Answer: Conductor


Question: 'This ocean liner & movie wouldn't have been as famous if they'd been called "Diminutive"'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'The Amundsen-Scott research base is located at this famous point on Antarctica'

Answer: South Pole


Question: 'The photo of her "On the 6" CD is a little different from the 1987 high school yearbook photo seen here'

Answer: Jennifer Lopez


Question: 'This planet is the closest planet to Earth & is about the same size'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Between 1982 & 1998, this Oriole appeared in over 2,600 consecutive games & started every one'

Answer: Cal Ripken, Jr.


Question: 'She provides food & supplies for weddings & other big parties'

Answer: Caterer


Question: 'In intelligence, it's the opposite of "acute"; in geometry, it refers to a wider angle'

Answer: Obtuse


Question: 'It's the longest river of the world's largest tropical forest'

Answer: Amazon


Question: 'This "Party of Five" star was part of the class of '86 at West Orange High in New Jersey'

Answer: Scott Wolf


Question: 'The star Polaris doesn't seem to move through the sky because it is almost directly above this place'

Answer: North Pole


Question: 'In 1999 this Denver Broncos quarterback retired after 16 seasons & 2 Super Bowl championships'

Answer: John Elway


Question: 'She's a doctor who specializes in caring for children'

Answer: Pediatrician


Question: 'If you don't want to be attractive to insects, use this, the opposite of "attractive"'

Answer: Repellent


Question: 'Number of degrees the minute hand on a standard clock travels in one hour'

Answer: 360


Question: 'A French curator is killed.  Symbology Professor Langdon is called to help.  Sophie learns her family history'

Answer: The Da Vinci Code


Question: 'Frankie Muniz was one of the first celebrities to have a prank played on him by Ashton Kutcher on this series'

Answer: Punk\'d


Question: 'Section where Troy Polamalu & Shawn Green make headlines'

Answer: Sports


Question: 'In computerese, it's the "app" in "killer app"'

Answer: application


Question: 'Charles' Law says that the volume of a fixed amount of gas is directly proportional to this'

Answer: temperature


Question: '...in Drama, if you can name this city that hosted the ancient drama festival called the City Dionysia'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'Holden is to be expelled from Pencey.  Holden had adventures in NYC.  Holden watches his sister'

Answer: The Catcher in the Rye


Question: 'One of MTV's most popular series ever featured this family: Ozzy, Kelly, Jack & Sharon'

Answer: The Osbournes


Question: 'The New York Times runs bestseller lists in this Sunday section'

Answer: the Book Review section


Question: 'This 4-letter term for a small image on a computer screen shares its name with a specialized image of a holy person'

Answer: an icon


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew gives the clue in front of a flask and beaker.)  Milk has its solids distributed throughout the liquid; to clump the solids into curd, I've added vinegar, a weak one of these'

Answer: an acid


Question: '...in American History, if you know that this man was the only U.S. President named Chester'

Answer: Arthur


Question: 'Jerry has a run-in with a gang, the Vigils.  Jerry is told to refuse to sell chocolate for his school.  Jerry gets beat up'

Answer: The Chocolate War


Question: 'Like previous teens, if you dream of becoming a rapper, a lifeguard, or a prom prince, this show's for you'

Answer: Made


Question: 'It doesn't contain secret data but ads divided into categories'

Answer: the Classifieds


Question: 'A flatbed one of these optical devices is used to get images into your computer to use on your website'

Answer: a scanner


Question: 'Rusting is also called this process, for the element that causes it'

Answer: oxidation


Question: '...in French, if you remember this French word for "friend"'

Answer: ami


Question: 'Roy gets shot on the way to a Cubs tryout.  Roy turns the Knights around.  Wonderboy breaks, Roy fails'

Answer: The Natural


Question: 'For all of the latest music videos, watch "TRL", which stands for this'

Answer: Total Request Live


Question: 'Wow!  This L.A. Times section says ALCAN is up 5 cents!  Sell!!'

Answer: Business


Question: 'In order to get online, you'll need one of these, an ISP'

Answer: an Internet service provider


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew gives the clue from behind a lab table.)  When put on paper, graphite's lubricant properties reduce this force that resists relative motion'

Answer: friction


Question: '...in Biology, if you recall that millipedes belong to this phylum of animals'

Answer: arthropods


Question: 'Paul & friends join the German army in WWI.  The Kaiser visits the front.  Paul is killed'

Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front


Question: 'MTV has been a big supporter or RTV, this organization that encourages young people to be active in politics'

Answer: Rock the Vote


Question: 'The Washington Post section on city life; it's also the city's subway'

Answer: Metro


Question: '"Broadcast yourself" is the slogan of this website that was recently bought for $1.6 billion'

Answer: YouTube


Question: 'These can be almost instant, like an explosion, or very slow, like the corrosion of copper'

Answer: a reaction


Question: '...in Geography, if you know that this country calls itself Republik Oesterreich'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'By the time he was 13, Louis XV had already been king of this country for 8 years'

Answer: France


Question: 'Proverbially, "it's not" this, "it's the humidity"--but don't tell that to Shaq'

Answer: The Heat


Question: 'A line drawn from the Lincoln Memorial to the U.S. Capitol would pass through this 555' tower'

Answer: the Washington Monument


Question: 'In the Norse creation story, Embla is the equivalent of this biblical woman'

Answer: Eve


Question: 'Oil flows through the Black Hills of Custer County in this state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'This adjective that means "immediate" can precede "coffee" or "pudding"'

Answer: instant


Question: 'When teen king Ptolemy XIV died in 44 B.C., it was rumored that this queen, his sister, had had him poisoned'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'It's the common bond of Catherine of Siena, Francis of Assisi & Thomas Aquinas'

Answer: Saints


Question: 'Legend says if you're looking for someone, wait under Nelson's statue in this London square'

Answer: Trafalgar


Question: 'This day of the week was sacred to the goddess Frigga--thank God!'

Answer: Friday


Question: 'Known for tobacco farming & horse breeding, this Bluegrass State also has oil in the Cumberland Plateau'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'This adjective can mean "relating to fingers" or "relating to numbers"'

Answer: digital


Question: 'Augustus Caesar was just 18 when he learned he'd been named the heir to this Roman leader'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'The annual running of these in Spain got international notice with Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"'

Answer: Bulls


Question: 'This city's Point State Park at the tip of the Golden Triangle contains Fort Pitt Blockhouse, built in 1764'

Answer: Pittsburgh


Question: 'This magic tool of Thor's wasn't just a weapon; he also used it to bless weddings'

Answer: a hammer


Question: 'Champaign toasted the oil discovered in this state; now it's second in production for states east of the Mississippi'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Marvelous, like Sam's hair care franchises or 4 certain comic book superheroes'

Answer: fantastic


Question: 'In the 1460s this teen, the future husband of Queen Isabella, fought in the Catalonian Wars'

Answer: King Ferdinand


Question: 'Job title of Susan Collins, Carl Levin & Barack Obama'

Answer: senators


Question: 'The Central Park statue by Georg Lober donated by this European country features an ugly duckling'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Bragi, the god of poetry, is the son of this chief Norse god, quite a poet himself'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'In the 1850s a prairie wheat state was known as "Bleeding" this; today, oil might make it "Gushing" this'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Both pontifical and this 5-letter adjective mean "relating to the Pope"'

Answer: papal


Question: 'By age 16, Nijinsky was already known as the "eighth wonder of the world" as one of these performers'

Answer: ballet dancer


Question: 'Melancholy, or a type of music with lyrics like, "I missed the last clue, my woman left me, I got the 'Jeopardy!'..."'

Answer: Blues


Question: 'The Selimiye Mosque, which was formerly the Cathedral of Saint Sophia, is in Nicosia on this island'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'Feasting and fighting are favorite pastimes at this "hall of the slain"'

Answer: Valhalla


Question: 'One of the oldest producing wells is Burning Springs, which was once destroyed by Confederates in this 35th state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'This directional adjective comes from a word meaning "sun"'

Answer: southern (or south)


Question: 'In South America, these are the 2 most widely spoken languages'

Answer: Spanish & Portuguese


Question: 'In 1885 the first successful vaccine for this was tested on a boy who had been bitten by a dog'

Answer: rabies


Question: 'In Forbes magazine's 2007 list of billionaires, this Omahan was again ranked No. 2, behind Bill Gates'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: 'El Sol de Tehuacan, The Acapulco Times'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This type of sphere with a map of the Earth depicted on it has a name from the Latin for "sphere"'

Answer: globe


Question: 'This character has gone "Psycho" long before he says, "She might have fooled me, but she didn't fool my mother"'

Answer: Norman Bates


Question: 'According to an 1833 description, Poe dressed entirely in this color'

Answer: black


Question: 'In 1852 George Cammann gave physicians a version of this instrument that they could listen to with both ears'

Answer: a stethoscope


Question: 'In 1990 United Brands changed its name to this to take advantage of its name recognition as a banana producer'

Answer: Chiquita


Question: 'The Brunswickan, The Edmonton Examiner'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'This kind of book is quite handy; it's name comes from the Latin for "hand"'

Answer: manual


Question: 'Kathleen Quinlan finds comfort talking to shrink Bibi Andersson in "I Never Promised You" this'

Answer: "A Rose Garden"


Question: 'Poe's "MS. Found in" one of these won a short story contest in 1833'

Answer: a bottle


Question: 'The invention of the ophthalmoscope in 1851 by Hermann von Helmholtz aided inspection of this body part'

Answer: the eye


Question: 'Legend has it that the design of this company's Monsieur Bibendum logo was inspired by a pile of rubber tires'

Answer: Michelin


Question: 'The Daily Punjab, The Balochistan Post'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'If "You've Got" this flexible armor, you know its name comes from macula, a Latin word for "mesh of a net"'

Answer: mail


Question: 'As John Nash in this movie, Russell Crowe does quite a bit of talking to people who don't exist'

Answer: A Beautiful Mind


Question: 'In 1842 Poe reviewed this author's "Barnaby Rudge", which features (hmmm) a human-like raven'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'In 1865 Joseph Lister began using carbolic acid as this, from the Latin for "against putrefaction"'

Answer: an antiseptic


Question: 'Her red spoon logo was introduced in 1954 & now appears on more than 200 products'

Answer: Betty Crocker


Question: 'The Cape Times, The Volksblad'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'The name of this fin on a shark's back comes from the Latin for "back"'

Answer: dorsal


Question: 'In "Quills", this author muses, "My glorious prose filtered through the minds of the insane...They might improve it"'

Answer: Marquis de Sade


Question: 'Poe's wife, who passed away at age 24, had this name, like the state at whose university Poe studied'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'This German's discovery of x-rays in 1895 had visible effects in diagnosing medical problems'

Answer: Roentgen


Question: 'In 1978 he was fired as the president of Ford, only to become the new president of Chrysler'

Answer: Lee Iacocca


Question: 'Haaretz, Yedioth Ahronoth'

Answer: Israel


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M University.) Texas A&M's Coastal Engineering Lab studies the coastal type of this, from Latin for "to gnaw"'

Answer: erosion


Question: 'This Johnny Depp character tells his psychiatrist, "Don Octavio, you are a great lover like myself''

Answer: Don Juan de Marco


Question: 'The first obituary of Poe, which spoke of the frailties of genius, appeared in this newspaper'

Answer: The Baltimore Sun


Question: 'Helen Frankenthaler's "soak and stain" technique was inspired by this artist's drip paintings'

Answer: (Jackson) Pollock


Question: 'To see this team's home games at FedEx Field, you can take a shuttle bus from the Landover, Md. Metro stop'

Answer: the Redskins


Question: 'It's 1922 & the Black Shirts force King Victor Emmanuel III to appoint this far-right fielder as Prime Minister'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'He's not just a dessert any more; there's also a mozzarella & eggplant version of this layered Bonaparte treat'

Answer: a Napoleon


Question: 'Admiralty Inlet & the Hood Canal are the 2 main branches of this irregular inlet in the NW corner of Washington State'

Answer: Puget Sound


Question: 'Olympic event won twice by Jackie Joyner-Kersee'

Answer: the heptathlon


Question: 'Picasso painted this work as a protest against the bombing of a town in the Spanish Civil War'

Answer: Guernica


Question: 'This Cowboys wide receiver of the 1990s entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2007'

Answer: Michael Irvin


Question: 'It's going back, back...& it's over this 73-mile-long wall built in the 120s A.D.; "the Emperor" has done it again!'

Answer: Hadrian\'s Wall


Question: 'We wonder if this Victorian consort was as rich & creamy as the horseradish sauce said to be named for him'

Answer: (Prince) Albert


Question: 'Although only about 1.5 square miles in area, Lake Conneaut, south of Erie, is this state's largest natural lake'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'It's the island republic of almost 9 million highlighted here in red'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'One of his last paintings before his 1903 death in the South Pacific was a landscape of Brittany in winter'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Green Bay, Wisconsin.) He coached the Packers from 1919 to 1949, and his statue is here at the stadium named for him'

Answer: (Curly) Lambeau


Question: 'It's 1902 & Teddy Roosevelt is putting this "Jr." on the bench...the Supreme Court bench, & he'll be there for 29 years'

Answer: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.


Question: 'The raspberry sauce named for this opera singer may top many dishes, not just her eponymous peach dessert'

Answer: (Nellie) Melba


Question: 'The Gila River joins this river near Yuma, Arizona'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'It's the "ht" in http & html'

Answer: hypertext


Question: 'In her 1949 painting "Diego and I", Diego Rivera is depicted on her forehead'

Answer: Frida Kahlo


Question: 'The cup representing Canadian football supremacy has this colorful name; a descendent of the tea guy donated it'

Answer: the Grey Cup


Question: 'It's 1649 & this king is lookin' kind of tired out...yep, here comes Oliver Cromwell to give him the hook'

Answer: Charles I


Question: 'Do "tell": this Italian composer was quite a gourmet, & an omelet with foie gras & truffles is named for him'

Answer: Rossini


Question: 'One of the world's longest multiple-arch dams helped form this state's Grand Lake o' the Cherokees'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'In the 18th century B.C., he wrote down his famous list of dos & don'ts'

Answer: Hammurabi


Question: 'This 19th century inventor's notable portraits included those of the Marquis de Lafayette & William Cullen Bryant'

Answer: Samuel Morse


Question: 'Seen here, he's carrying on the tradition of great Chicago Bears linebackers'

Answer: Urlacher


Question: 'It's July 10, 1553 & this lady will pinch hit for Edward VI, who's been taken out of the game; Cousin Mary is on deck'

Answer: Lady Jane Grey


Question: 'Perhaps this French author consumed the consomme named for her alongside her lover Chopin'

Answer: George Sand


Question: 'This river, which connects Lake St. Clair & Lake Erie, provides part of the border between Michigan & Ontario'

Answer: the Detroit River


Question: 'Used in marching bands, it's a large bass tuba that encircles the player's body'

Answer: helicon


Question: 'The names of the president & premier of the world's most populous nation are homophones of these 2 words'

Answer: who & when


Question: 'This general term for any small fish also refers to the largest fish family, including carp, & to Gilligan's boat'

Answer: minnow


Question: 'As well as a "road" type, there's a "roid" type of this, aggression fueled by steroids'

Answer: rage


Question: 'Couched in the 13th edition was Britannica's first article on psychoanalysis & it was written by this expert'

Answer: Freud


Question: 'Mini-Me, a 2'8" clone'

Answer: Dr. Evil


Question: 'The collection of laws abbreviated U.S.C. is the United States this'

Answer: code


Question: 'A little lie of this color is not intended to cause any harm'

Answer: white


Question: 'The rock & largemouth black types of this are both in the sunfish family'

Answer: bass


Question: '(Dr. Joyce Brothers delivers the clue.)  Just because your man flirts with an attractive blonde at a party, don't give in to this emotion--he's probably just circulating'

Answer: jealousy


Question: 'As he found the time to write an article in 1926, Britannica found space for it under "space-time"'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'Timon, a movie & TV meerkat'

Answer: Pumbaa


Question: 'To lawmen "perp" is short for this person'

Answer: the perpetrator


Question: 'To deceive someone is to "pull" this material "over the eyes"'

Answer: wool


Question: 'It's the nondeadly member of the nightshade family seen here'

Answer: an eggplant


Question: 'From the Greek for "healthy", it's a feeling of great happiness or well-being'

Answer: euphoria


Question: 'In a 1929 bio on his brother Wilbur, he wrote that in 1890 Wilbur joined him in publishing a newspaper'

Answer: (Orville) Wright


Question: 'Sherman, a time traveling cartoon boy'

Answer: Mr. Peabody


Question: 'This old British court of Common Law was abbreviated Q.B. or K.B., depending'

Answer: Queen\'s Bench (or King\'s Bench)


Question: 'To bluff, not just at cards, wear this "face"'

Answer: a poker face


Question: 'The tallest flying birds are members of this family'

Answer: the crane


Question: 'Something lowly may be "beneath" this synonym for "disdain"'

Answer: contempt


Question: 'T.E. Lawrence's article on this type of warfare notes its name is the Spanish diminutive of "war"'

Answer: guerrilla warfare


Question: 'Cecil, a seasick sea serpent'

Answer: Beany


Question: 'This official is the head of the United States D.O.J.'

Answer: the Attorney General


Question: 'The title of Spike Lee's 2000 joint, it means cheated by trickery'

Answer: Bamboozled


Question: 'This member of the cat family is now available in regular, snowy & clouded varieties'

Answer: the leopard


Question: 'The fourth of FDR's "Four Freedoms" is freedom from this'

Answer: fear


Question: 'In the 13th edition, the article on socialism signed G.B.S. was written by him'

Answer: (George Bernard) Shaw


Question: 'Lennie, a lover of mice & rabbits'

Answer: George


Question: 'It's the H.L.R. first published in 1887'

Answer: the Harvard Law Review


Question: 'An offstage area where prompters whispered lines to actors gave us this phrase for impromptu performing'

Answer: winging it


Question: 'This was the price of Volume I, No. 1 on Sept. 18, 1851; subscribers probably wanted a discount anyway'

Answer: a penny


Question: 'One of the 2 films for which Barbra Streisand has won an Oscar'

Answer: Funny Girl (or A Star is Born)


Question: 'The EPA tells yard owners that using a push instead of a power type of this can save 80 pounds of emissions a year'

Answer: a lawn mower


Question: 'This island has less than 1 person per square mile; Godthaab, its largest city, has fewer than 15,000 people'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'In a European capital, it stands 984 feet high'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'Elvis Presley, phone home to this mansion, your last residence; someone stepped on your blue suede shoes!'

Answer: Graceland


Question: 'In 1904, the paper moved to this area now named for it & later cleaned up by Disney & Rudy'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'This 2000 love story that won 4 Oscars is the highest-grossing foreign language film in North America'

Answer: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon


Question: 'In the 1870s Mary Potts filled a "pressing" need by putting a handle on this object'

Answer: an iron


Question: 'Surrounded by 2 populous countries, Russia & China, it only has 4 people per square mile'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'A paperless reservation for air travel'

Answer: an e-ticket (or an electronic ticket)


Question: 'Biblical prophet Joesph, phone home!  This man, your father, needs your investment advice'

Answer: Jacob


Question: '2-word name for the section with headlines about "Clues to the Cosmos" & "Plants as Pollution Sponges"'

Answer: "Science Times"


Question: 'In 1973, "The Godfather" won Best Picture, while this musical won 8 Oscars'

Answer: Cabaret


Question: 'Common term for a hanging grid that kills bugs by electrocution'

Answer: a zapper


Question: 'Althings considered, this North Atlantic country has 7 people per square mile'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'In 1945 this Hungarian-born physicist helped construct the first atomic bomb'

Answer: Edward Teller


Question: 'Major John Andre, phone home!  This American traitor just called trying to warn you!'

Answer: Benedict Arnold


Question: 'The Times' 1946 coverage of its first session added an "O" to the initials familar today'

Answer: the U.N.


Question: 'Followed by several sequels, this 1970 film was the first modern disaster movie nominated for Best Picture'

Answer: Airport


Question: 'Images on the PC are at your "finger"tips with these, like Sony's Mavica & Nikon's Coolpix'

Answer: digital cameras


Question: 'The people are spread pretty thin in this country that was formerly Dutch Guiana'

Answer: Suriname


Question: 'It's a small projection on the beak of a baby bird to help it break out of its shell'

Answer: an egg tooth


Question: 'Hideki Tojo, phone home!  This man, your emperor, is trying to reach you'

Answer: Hirohito


Question: 'This New York Times editor married to Margaret Truman had a biblical last name'

Answer: Clifton Daniel


Question: 'This 3-time Oscar winner won his third Academy Award for playing Judge Roy Bean in "The Westerner"'

Answer: Walter Brennan


Question: 'A crumb-collecting box with a hinged lid is called the "silent" type of this servant'

Answer: butler


Question: 'The Tsuana make up about half the sparse population of this African country'

Answer: Botswana


Question: 'A disputed part of Indonesia, it's capital is Dili'

Answer: East Timor


Question: 'Hey, you in the  picture!  Phone home to this plantation where you lived the last 8 years of your life'

Answer: the Hermitage


Question: 'With over 20,000 stores worldwide, it began trading on the NYSE in July 2000 under the symbol SE'

Answer: 7-Eleven


Question: 'It's what Louis Pasteur used to kill bacteria in his process now known as pasteurization'

Answer: Heat


Question: 'An active sportsman, this revolutionary leader seen here is also an adept ping-pong player'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'The ides of this month was special; it honored not only Jupiter but the goddess Anna Perenna, too'

Answer: March


Question: 'The French serve it with vinaigrette; the Germans serve it hot; we make it with great gobs of mayonnaise for picnics'

Answer: Potato salad


Question:
'Capt. Roger Healey,
Dr. Bellows,
Capt. Tony Nelson'

Answer: I Dream of Jeannie


Question: 'This outdoor Hawaiian feast often features a roast pig'

Answer: Luau


Question: 'In 1999 the FDA approved Xenical, a pill that stops the body from absorbing 30% of this that a person eats'

Answer: Fat


Question: 'A woman named Butterfly perched for over a year in one of these large Calif. trees to protest logging'

Answer: Redwood


Question: 'It's a cinch you'll know this toxic metal was used for water pipes'

Answer: Lead


Question: 'It gets its name because it contains the wax, green & kidney types'

Answer: Three bean salad


Question:
'Aunt Hilda,
Aunt Zelda,
Salem the Cat'

Answer: Sabrina, the Teenage Witch


Question: 'From the Latin for "castle", it's a French castle or manor house'

Answer: Chateau


Question: 'Originally used to check for flaws in machine parts, this device was first used on pregnant women in the 1950s'

Answer: Ultrasound


Question: 'In Earth's history, this field has flipped over many times switching its north & south poles'

Answer: Magnetic field


Question: 'During a siege the Romans might have used an Aries, one of these, to break into the enemy's fortifications'

Answer: Battering ram


Question: 'This salad topped with crumbled cheese is named for a restaurateur, not a Detroit Tiger legend'

Answer: Cobb salad


Question:
'Det. John Kelly,
Det. Bobby Simone,
Det. Danny Sorenson'

Answer: NYPD Blue


Question: 'Off-the-cuff, without preparation, such as a speech'

Answer: Impromptu


Question: 'This procedure to correct myopia was first performed in Japan in 1955'

Answer: Radial keratotomy


Question: 'While president of the Royal Society in 1895, this lord remarked "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"'

Answer: Lord Kelvin


Question: 'Under Julius Caesar there were 900 of these, 9 times as many as Clinton has to deal with'

Answer: Senators


Question: 'National name of the tomato-&-feta salad also called horiatiki'

Answer: Greek salad


Question:
'Bobby Donnell,
Lindsay Dole,
Ellenor Frutt'

Answer: The Practice


Question: 'In 1932 Australia tried to eradicate this large flightless bird by using machine guns -- didn't work'

Answer: Emu


Question: 'Testing this anesthetic on himself, Sir Humphry Davy found it made him dizzy & euphoric'

Answer: Nitrous oxide (laughing gas)


Question: 'Now you know -- borborygmus is the technical term for the noises made by these long organs, not the stomach'

Answer: Intestines


Question: 'In 20 B.C. the Curatores Viarum was a board set up to manage these'

Answer: Highways/roads


Question: 'Kitchen personage whose "salad" includes hard-boiled eggs & strips of meat & cheese'

Answer: Chef salad


Question:
'Chris Stevens,
Maggie O'Connell,
Dr. Joel Fleischman'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'This stubby yellow-green winter pear has a blander taste than most other varieties'

Answer: Anjou


Question: 'St. John's, Newfoundland has Signal Hill; this state capital is home to Beacon Hill'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Last name of Old West brothers James, Warren, Virgil & Wyatt'

Answer: Earp


Question: 'In "Nuts" she was a hooker accused of murder who fought to stand trial rather than be declared insane'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Starbuck serves as chief mate aboard the Pequod in the most famous work by this author'

Answer: Herman Melville ("Moby Dick")


Question: '260 seamen perished when this battleship was sunk by an explosion in 1898'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'In New York City, if you order "regular coffee", you'll get it with these 2 items added'

Answer: Cream & sugar


Question: 'The Beatles' Rocky Raccoon was raised in them'

Answer: Black Hills


Question: 'Last name of British brothers William & James who began marketing their wrapped soap bars in 1885'

Answer: Lever


Question: 'A feisty prisoner enters an insane asylum, stirs up the other inmates & gets lobotomized in this 1975 film'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: 'Starbuck openly spoke against this captain's mad quest'

Answer: Captain Ahab


Question: 'A superior coffee variety is named for this district on the island of Hawaii'

Answer: Kona


Question: 'What Teddy Roosevelt called the greatest day of his life was spent on San Juan Hill on this island'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Ballplayer Jay Dean was nicknamed Dizzy & his brother Paul was nicknamed this'

Answer: Daffy


Question: '1986's "Manhunter" featured the brilliant but criminally insane Hannibal Lecter, also seen in this 1991 movie'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'Because Starbuck was a member of this religious group, anyone on board could call him "Friend"'

Answer: Quakers (Society of Friends)


Question: 'This plant related to & sometimes confused with endive has been used to flavor coffee since the 18th Century'

Answer: Chicory


Question: 'Extending northeast from Bath, these limestone hills were home to a thriving wool trade'

Answer: Cotswolds


Question: '(Hi, I'm Rebecca Herbst from "General Hospital".) I was a regular on "Brotherly Love", a sitcom that featured these real-life brothers'

Answer: Andy, Joey & Matthew Lawrence


Question: 'Nick Nolte reveals horrific childhood memories to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist in this 1991 film'

Answer: The Prince of Tides


Question: 'Starbuck was a native of this Massachusetts island, like that man in the limerick'

Answer: Nantucket


Question: 'In 1956 this Italian liner sank after a collision with the Swedish liner Stockholm'

Answer: Andrea Doria


Question: 'For the taste of coffee with a kick, try this Jamaican coffee liqueur with a rhyming name'

Answer: Tia Maria


Question: 'Across Victoria Harbor from Hong Kong, its name meaning "Nine Dragons" refers in part to its hills'

Answer: Kowloon


Question: 'Brothers who designed the 1st hot air balloon to carry people; they got 2 other suckers...er, people to try it'

Answer: Montgolfier brothers


Question: 'In "Crazy People" he played an ad exec whose brutally honest ad campaigns land him in an insane asylum'

Answer: Dudley Moore


Question: '"I will have no man in my boat", said Starbuck, "who is not afraid of" one of these'

Answer: Whale


Question: 'This corporation bears the first name of a German housewife who invented the drip coffee filter in 1908'

Answer: Melitta (Benz)


Question: 'He began his political career by defeating Jerry Voorhis in 1946 for a California house seat'

Answer: Richard M. Nixon


Question: 'This capital city has an area of over 3,000 square miles & a population of under 30,000'

Answer: Juneau


Question: 'In commercials for Pizza Hut, this Queen of Soul sang "Deliver Me" to the tune of "Rescue Me"'

Answer: Aretha Franklin


Question: 'This dynasty that ruled China between 1368 & 1644 is known for its bright porcelain'

Answer: the Ming Dynasty


Question: 'Most of the meteors in a meteor shower are debris left behind by one of these tailed bodies'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'The Anjou & Comice varieties of this fruit originated in France'

Answer: a pear


Question: 'Blackjack's one or eleven<br />(3)'

Answer: ace


Question: 'This chain of islands is partly in the Eastern and partly in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: the Aleutians


Question: 'His father's first name was Herbert but this general's first name is just the initial H.'

Answer: H. Norman Schwarzkopf


Question: 'One decorative technique used on this material is called blind tooling'

Answer: leather


Question: 'In 1966 Venera 3 became the first space probe to reach another planet when it crash-landed here'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'This Italian summer squash is also called a small marrow'

Answer: zucchini


Question: 'Galahad's garb<br />(5)'

Answer: armor


Question: 'Of 6%, 16% or 60%, the approximate percentage of Alaska's land owned by the federal govt.'

Answer: 60%


Question: 'In 1976 Ludmila Pakhomova & Aleksandr Gorshkov won the 1st Olympic gold medals in this skating event'

Answer: ice dancing


Question: 'In the 16th century the art of making clear crystal glass was discovered in this Italian city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Deimos, the outermost moon of this planet has an average diameter of only 7.8 miles'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'The name of this popular soul food vegetable comes from colewort'

Answer: collard greens


Question: 'A man of morals<br />(5)'

Answer: Aesop


Question: 'This Dane credited with discovering Alaska died during his 1741 expedition to the area'

Answer: (Vitus) Bering


Question: 'This former First Lady was president of the Dramatic Club at the Girls' Latin School in Chicago'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'It's the process of decorating metal by using acid to bite patterns into the surface'

Answer: etching


Question: 'Also called the Dog Star, it's the brightest star in the night sky'

Answer: Sirius


Question: 'The cardoon, a type of thistle, is closely related to this "globe" vegetable'

Answer: artichoke


Question: 'Greek beginning<br />(5)'

Answer: alpha


Question: 'Alaska's principal oil field is on the Arctic Coastal Plain around this bay'

Answer: Prudhoe (Bay)


Question: 'This straight-shooting Texas governor called her autobiography "Straight from the Heart"'

Answer: Ann Richards


Question: 'The pillow type of this made in the town of Chantilly was usually black; white wasn't as common'

Answer: lace


Question: 'In 1992 cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev returned home after nearly a year aboard this space station'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'The "Japanese" persimmon was introduced to the U.S. by this commodore in 1855'

Answer: Commodore (Matthew) Perry


Question: 'Last battle site<br />(10)'

Answer: Armageddon


Question: 'During his reign, 1953-1964, King Saud nearly bankrupted this country'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'In Italy some families eat a traditional supper of fried eels on this December Eve'

Answer: Christmas Eve


Question: 'Ronald Reagan was described as this kind of politician because no criticism would stick to him'

Answer: Teflon


Question: 'He demonstrated his cotton gin in April 1793'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'Between 1951 & 1977 this "automotive" foundation pumped about $290 million into public TV'

Answer: the Ford Foundation


Question: 'The title of his 1840 novel "The Pathfinder" refers to Natty Bumppo'

Answer: (James Fenimore) Cooper


Question: '2 members of this Florentine family, Catherine & Marie, became queens of France'

Answer: the de Medici


Question: 'An annual festival in Kandy, Sri Lanka honors one of this religious figure's teeth'

Answer: Buddha


Question: 'Though it sounds a little more intimate, "pressing" this just refers to handshaking'

Answer: the flesh


Question: 'This man who said "Give me liberty or give me death!" died in 1799'

Answer: (Patrick) Henry


Question: 'He was named to the CBS board of directors after he gave up his news anchor position to Dan Rather'

Answer: Walter Cronkite


Question: 'The sequel to "Tom Brown's Schooldays" is called "Tom Brown at" this university'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'Named Franco's successor in 1969, he became king in 1975'

Answer: Juan Carlos


Question: 'Though Kwanzaa was inspired by an African harvest festival, it was developed in this country'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'A victory so overwhelming it resembles the rapid downward movement of a mass of rock & soil'

Answer: a landslide


Question: 'This 44-gun frigate was "new" when launched on Oct. 21, 1797'

Answer: the U.S.S. Constitution ("Old Ironsides")


Question: 'This company was created to produce "I Love Lucy"; it combined the 2 stars' names'

Answer: Desilu


Question: 'Natasha Rostova marries Pierre Bezukhov in this classic Tolstoy novel'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'In 1558 Elizabeth I succeeded this half-sister as Queen of England'

Answer: Mary I (Mary Tudor)


Question: 'The Thursday before Easter is known as Holy Thursday or this'

Answer: Maundy Thursday


Question: 'A fervent desire to hang on to political power, it sounds like a disease you'd catch on a D.C. river'

Answer: Potomac Fever


Question: 'In 1793 NYC's daily newspaper The American Minerva was founded by this lexicographer'

Answer: Noah Webster


Question: 'Launched in 1990, this cable network has been likened to a 24-hour version of "Entertainment Tonight"'

Answer: the E! network


Question: 'His poems from the Scots Observer were collected in "Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses"'

Answer: (Rudyard) Kipling


Question: 'In 1587 Sigismund, the son of Sweden's king, became ruler of this Eastern European country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'It's the most famous holiday we know that was named for a prison'

Answer: Bastille Day


Question: 'You don't need a medical degree to be this kind of public relations "physician"'

Answer: a spin doctor


Question: 'This city was capital of the United States 1790-1800'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'The 1960 CBS documentary "Harvest of Shame" dealt with the plight of these workers'

Answer: migrant workers


Question: 'He wrote his 1848 novel "Dombey and Son" while living in Switzerland'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'Mrs. Patrick Campbell said of this vegetarian, "God help us if he should ever eat a beefsteak"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'In 64 A.D. when Rome burned, this emperor was fiddling around at his house in Antioch'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'On April 23 dragons tend to tell him, "You slay me, you really slay me"'

Answer: Saint George


Question: 'The allicin in cloves of this may help lower your blood cholesterol level'

Answer: Garlic


Question: 'Casey Jones & Choo-Choo Charlie were famous ones'

Answer: Engineers


Question: 'Rolling Stone named this "Piano Man"'s "River of Dreams" CD sleeve 1994's worst album cover'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'AM-FM morning alarm'

Answer: Alarm clock/clock radio


Question: 'On Jan. 28, 814 this "Most serene majesty, crowned by God, emperor great and pacific" died in Aachen'

Answer: Charlemagne


Question: 'Joseph of Arimathea shares this day with Patrick'

Answer: March 17


Question: 'Victorians believed the bigger & heavier this organ was, the smarter you were; Thackeray's was 3 lbs. 10 oz.'

Answer: Brain


Question: '"Shunting" is when a train switches these'

Answer: Tracks


Question: 'Singer heard here with a 1968 smash hit:'

Answer: James Brown


Question: 'In the mid-14th century, it was the plague on you'

Answer: Black death


Question: 'Many historians consider his death at Bosworth Field to be the end of the Wars of the Roses'

Answer: Richard III


Question: 'It's no mystery Christie & Sayers celebrated these 2 saints on February 5 & 6'

Answer: Agatha & Dorothy


Question: 'The biga, triga & quadriga were chariots that used 2, 3 & 4 of these, respectively'

Answer: Horses


Question: 'Railroad term that's also slang for the following:<br />(roll of 2 6's in dice)'

Answer: Boxcars


Question: 'Singer seen here, boogeying with Courteney Cox:'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'North Pole toymaker'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'In 1699 this czar forced his noblemen to shave off their beards & adopt Western dress'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'She waltzes in with a March 14 date, mate'

Answer: Saint Matilda


Question: 'This Hindu priestly caste oversaw the slaughter of cattle until the animals were declared sacred'

Answer: Brahmans


Question: 'The boarding area for passengers at a station; women have "shoes" for it'

Answer: Platform


Question: 'The 2 groups for which Stephen Stills was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on May 6, 1997'

Answer: Buffalo Springfield & Crosby, Stills & Nash


Question: 'Catch one of these quick naps & you can "count" on being refreshed'

Answer: Forty winks


Question: 'This Fascist leader was named for 3 revolutionaries, one of whom was Mexican president Benito Juarez'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'December 1 is the day for this saint who was "Elsewhere" on TV'

Answer: Saint Eligius


Question: 'This insurance company was named in the 19th century after a live volcano'

Answer: Aetna


Question: 'A bed on a Pullman for a Roman emperor might be a "Caesarean" one'

Answer: Berth


Question: 'This country superstar & Linda Davis won a 1993 Grammy for their hit duet, "Does He Love You"'

Answer: Reba McEntire


Question: 'A person's temperature & pulse & respiration rates'

Answer: Vital signs


Question: 'She wrote about shy teacher Lucy Snowe in "Villette" after creating a shy governess named Jane Eyre'

Answer: Charlotte Bronte


Question: 'Tossed in rhythmic gymnastics, it's 30-35" in diameter, about the size of the hula type'

Answer: Hoop


Question: 'Public Law 89-152 made burning or mutilating one of these cards a federal crime'

Answer: Draft cards


Question: 'Consummate politician portrayed here in a 1995 film:<br />(by Anthony Hopkins)'

Answer: Richard M. Nixon


Question: 'A Bruxellois is a native of the European city we call this'

Answer: Brussels


Question: 'Aikman's playthings'

Answer: Troy\'s toys


Question: 'Rosamond Vincy is the selfish spouse of Tertius Lydgate in her 1870s novel "Middlemarch"'

Answer: George Eliot


Question: 'The finishing move of a routine on a pommel horse or of a ride on a real horse'

Answer: Dismount


Question: 'We kid you not, in October this U.N. agency won the Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: UNICEF


Question: 'First elected in 1978 from Georgia's 6th District, he's that state's senior member in the House'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: 'It's okay for folks to call you a pelican if you're from this "Pelican State"'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Redgrave's transgressions'

Answer: Lynn\'s sins


Question: 'This Defoe heroine calls herself "As impudent a thief...as" the infamous "Moll Cut-Purse"'

Answer: Moll Flanders


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kerri Strug)  This word that means "falling" is part of the floor exercise, which includes rolls & somersaults'

Answer: Tumbling


Question: 'Italy's & France's presidents did the ribbon-cutting on a new tunnel through this mountain'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'At $130,000, this current New York governor is one of the highest paid in America'

Answer: George Pataki


Question: 'If you're Medinese, you're from a sacred city in this country'

Answer: Saudi Arabia (Medina)


Question: 'Patinkin's peppermints'

Answer: Mandy\'s candies


Question: 'At the beginning of a Thomas Hardy novel, she is "A mere vessel of emotion untinctured by experience"'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'In the 1930s George Nissen developed this bouncy apparatus which later split off from gymnastics'

Answer: Trampoline


Question: 'This singer with a famous father had a No. 1 hit in 1965 with the song heard here:<br />("This Diamond Ring")'

Answer: Gary Lewis


Question: 'On Nov. 2, 1993 she became the first woman elected governor of New Jersey'

Answer: Christine Todd Whitman


Question: 'Lett us be the first to tell you that these Baltic people are also known as Letts'

Answer: Latvians


Question: 'Torn's midnight swims'

Answer: Rip\'s dips


Question: 'Asked, "What do you make, madame?", this knitter replied, "Many things...for instance, shrouds"'

Answer: Madame Defarge


Question: 'In 1972 Nancy Thies became the first to do a backflip on this piece of equipment'

Answer: Balance beam


Question: 'Congress created this cabinet dept. in 1965 but a secretary wasn't picked to head it until 1966'

Answer: HUD (Housing and Urban Development)


Question: 'Represented by Olympia Snowe & Susan Collins, it's the only state with 2 female GOP senators'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'A person from an island country near Sicily, or his little lap dog'

Answer: Maltese


Question: 'Jessica's forehead fringe'

Answer: Lange\'s bangs


Question: 'Created by Clarence E. Mulford, in books he was a crusty guy with a bad leg; in film, a romantic lead'

Answer: Hopalong Cassidy


Question: 'Enjoy the Sleep-in-Heaven Youth Hostel or the Nyhavn Boat Hostel in this capital of Denmark'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: '1995:<br />"You Oughta Know"'

Answer: Alanis Morissette


Question: 'For his pregnant wife who had lost her appetite, a chef named Alfredo created a creamy dish using this pasta'

Answer: fettuccine


Question: 'He said a nation half-slave & half-free can't exist.  I say he's wrong.  I'm Stephen Douglas & I approved this message'

Answer: Lincoln


Question: 'A fitted sheet that's 60" x 80", or a chess piece that can move across the entire board in one move'

Answer: a queen


Question: 'Bad, bad Leroy Brown was meaner than this kind of dog'

Answer: a junkyard dog


Question: 'I'm sure the Red Bus Hostel is fine, but the Mellow Mood Central Hostel caught my eye in this capital of Hungary'

Answer: Budapest


Question: '1994:<br />"Come To My Window"'

Answer: Melissa Etheridge


Question: 'When salted & dried, this Massachusetts Bay Colony fish crop was stacked & shipped like lumber'

Answer: cod


Question: 'Alex Hamilton wants him to be pres.; them's fighting words.  I'm Aaron Burr & I approved this message'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'Types of these include hairline, greenstick & compound'

Answer: fractures


Question: 'Someone who's there when you need him, or "Jeopardy!"'s announcer hitting his mark'

Answer: Johnny-on-the-spot


Question: 'Do the Funky Chicken Hostel or the Butterfly Villa Hostel in this Romanian capital'

Answer: Bucharest


Question: '1979:<br />"Hot Stuff"'

Answer: Donna Summer


Question: '2-word term for the controversial "New Beverly Hills Diet" practice of eating certain things together'

Answer: food combining


Question: 'You elect him, I say in 7 months, the economy'll be in shambles.  I'm Al Smith & I approved this message'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab.)  Princeton studies the physics of magnetic reconnection, which ionizes the upper atmosphere & produces this spectacular natural phenomenon'

Answer: the northern lights


Question: 'When Superman debuted on TV in 1952, he fought for a trio of ideals, including this one that fits the category'

Answer: justice


Question: 'It's off to the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel or Durty Nellys Inn (sounds inviting!) in this major European city'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: '1981:<br />"Fire And Ice"'

Answer: Pat Benatar


Question: 'This gut of a turkey may be considered the bird's teeth as it grinds up its food; who wants it?'

Answer: a gizzard


Question: 'In 1814 this gen. had a pirate, Jean Laffite, help him in N.O.; what's next?  I'm John Q. Adams & I approved this message'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'If you're a banderillero, your job is to taunt one of these'

Answer: a bull


Question: 'A staircase in Prague Castle was built wide & shallow for mounted knights to enter for this competition'

Answer: jousting


Question: 'Surf the Internet Hostel or the Mariot Hostel (note the lack of an extra R & T in Mariot) in this Bulgarian capital'

Answer: Sofia


Question: '2000:<br />"There Goes The Neighborhood"'

Answer: Sheryl Crow


Question: 'The Pure Food & Drug Act was passed in June 1906 following this Upton Sinclair meatpacking industry expose'

Answer: The Jungle


Question: 'So what if he's the 1st West Point grad pres.; some say he drinks.  You decide.  I'm Horace Greeley & I approved this message'

Answer: (Ulysses) Grant


Question: 'Something labeled semidiurnal occurs this often'

Answer: twice a day


Question: 'The monarchy that borders the Gulf of Aqaba'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'This industry accused of creating huge health care costs agreed to cough up $368.5 billion'

Answer: the cigarette industry (or the tobacco industry)


Question: 'Helen Mirren as this queen in "The Queen"'

Answer: Elizabeth II


Question: 'The striped species of this mammal is identifiable by the 2 white stripes down its back forming a "V"'

Answer: a skunk


Question: 'A slang term for a trucker's large tractor-trailer gives it this many wheels'

Answer: 18


Question: 'In Macmillan's spring 1936 catalog, her upcoming novel was misidentified as "Come with the Wind"'

Answer: Margaret Mitchell


Question: 'From the color of a penny, this term for something trivial often follows the words "Not worth a..."'

Answer: red cent