Question: 'You can "ham" it up in the middle of this commonwealth in the Atlantic'

Answer: the Bahamas


Question: '"Sing for Your Life -- Top 24" &<br />"Hollywood Week -- Final Solos"'

Answer: American Idol


Question: 'You're 20 years late--Lagos was replaced in 1991 as the capital of this country'

Answer: Nigeria


Question: 'Isabella I'

Answer: Ferdinand


Question: 'Chelydra serpentina osceola is the snapping turtle subspecies named for this state'

Answer: Florida


Question:
'The +
the zodiac sign covering June 1 +
an autograph on a legal document'

Answer: The Gemini Signature


Question: 'You can find "Mali" spelled out in the name of this other African country'

Answer: Somalia


Question: '"Fizbo" &<br />"Manny Get Your Gun"'

Answer: Modern Family


Question: 'Not hockey but this summer sport was "the de facto national sport for many decades" per the Canadian Encyclopedia'

Answer: lacrosse


Question: 'Ka'ahumanu'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question: '(Alex kneels next to a tortoise on the beach in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.)  On lush islands, dome-shaped tortoises slowly plow through the brush; but where there's less vegetation & they have to reach higher to obtain food, some tortoises can do this because their shells are shaped like this equine accessory'

Answer: a saddle


Question:
'The +
an island prison in San Francisco Bay +
a straight line that touches a circle at only one point'

Answer: The Alcatraz Tangent


Question: 'Mind the "gap" here, at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula'

Answer: Singapore


Question: '"In Sickness" &<br />"Closing Arguments"'

Answer: The Good Wife


Question: 'I'm afraid the Canary Islands weren't named for birds but for these'

Answer: dogs


Question: 'Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, formerly Duchess of York'

Answer: George VI


Question: 'The genus Kinixys includes the only turtles with a hinge on this, the upper shell'

Answer: the carapace


Question:
'The +
any one of Jason's sailors in Greek myth +
any line of geographic longitude'

Answer: The Argonaut Meridian


Question: 'We can have a "ton" of fun in this northernmost Baltic state'

Answer: Estonia


Question: '"Mac's Mom Burns her House Down" &<br />"Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire"'

Answer: It\'s Always Sunny in Philadelphia


Question: 'Alexander Pope didn't write "a little knowledge is a dangerous thing" but "a little" this "is a dang'rous thing"'

Answer: learning


Question: 'Sofia of Greece, born 1938'

Answer: Juan Carlos of Spain


Question: 'This third "T" word refers to turtles of brackish water, especially one in genus Malaclemys in the eastern United States'

Answer: terrapins


Question:
'The +
a German "land" remilitarized in 1936 +
what Brando's Terry Malloy "coulda been"'

Answer: The Rhineland Contender


Question: 'In a poem he named himself Cadenus, an anagram of Decanus, or "Dean"'

Answer: Jonathan Swift


Question: 'He stopped at Gomera in the Canaries for nearly a month, then headed for the New World on Sept. 6, 1492'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Elijah Blue Allman is her son'

Answer: Cher


Question: '& in this corner, standing "six cubits and a span", from Gath & I Samuel 17, "The Philistine Fist" ...him!'

Answer: Goliath


Question: 'Allium cepa, & stop that crying right now!'

Answer: onion


Question: 'This Johnny Cash song begins, "Love is a burning thing"'

Answer: "Ring Of Fire"


Question: 'Its classic ads instructed, "Don't leave home without it"'

Answer: American Express


Question: 'His 1872 book was titled "How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa"'

Answer: Stanley


Question: 'The U.S. Army's blue uniforms were first replaced with khaki & then this color, abbreviated O.D.'

Answer: olive drab


Question: 'Before killing 1,000 Philistines with the jawbone of an ass, he set 300 foxes' tails afire; does PETA know about this?'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'Solanum tuberosum, we dig 'em!'

Answer: potato


Question: 'She helped Johnny kick his drug habit & converted him to fundamentalist Christianity; they married in 1968'

Answer: June Carter Cash


Question: '"There are some things money can't buy.  For everything else there's" this'

Answer: MasterCard


Question: 'On May 11, 1848 Johannes Rebmann became the first European to see this snow-clad mountain on the Equator'

Answer: Kilimanjaro


Question: 'It's the Illinois university whose sports teams are nicknamed the Blue Demons'

Answer: DePaul


Question: 'This shepherd buys the farm in Genesis 4:8'

Answer: Abel


Question: 'Lactuca sativa, it's also a slang term for paper money'

Answer: lettuce


Question: 'No flamboyant, rhinestone-studded outfits for Johnny Cash, whose usual stage wear earned him this nickname'

Answer: "The Man in Black"


Question: '"It pays to" use this credit card that has a Cashback Bonus award'

Answer: Discover


Question: 'In 1919 this British officer lost the manuscript for his "Seven Pillars of Wisdom", so he rewrote it from memory'

Answer: Lawrence


Question: 'Virginia's Blue Law of the 1620s said that if you missed church on Sunday the penalty was a pound of this'

Answer: tobacco


Question: '"Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?" he asks in chapter 7 of his book'

Answer: Job


Question: 'Brassica oleracea italica, it was once "banished" from the White House kitchen'

Answer: broccoli


Question: 'In a 1956 song Johnny had the "Blues" for this title place; he recorded a live album there in 1968'

Answer: Folsom Prison


Question: 'This credit card says that "it's everywhere you want to be"'

Answer: Visa


Question: 'On April 17, 1524 he became the first European to sight New York Harbor; 440 years later a bridge named for him opened there'

Answer: Verrazano


Question: 'In part because of the popularity of sushi & sashimi, this variety of tuna can sell for $50 a pound'

Answer: bluefin


Question: 'In I Kings 2, this man sat "upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly"'

Answer: Solomon


Question: 'Raphanus sativa, its giant white variety is known as a daikon in Japan'

Answer: radish


Question: 'Johnny wowed the MTV crowd with his stark cover of "Hurt", originally by this Trent Reznor band'

Answer: Nine Inch Nails


Question: 'A forgotten wallet led to the creation of this charge card, whose logo is seen here'

Answer: Diner\'s Club


Question: 'This George Costanza portrayer ascended the throne of Macedonia'

Answer: Jason Alexander the Great


Question: 'Leonard Gershe's "Butterflies Are..."'

Answer: Free


Question: 'The Pomeranian is a small dog named for a European region now mostly in this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'On June 12, 1987 Ronald Reagan told Mr. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall!"'

Answer: the Berlin Wall


Question: 'The "Eisenhower Tree" at this "National" site in Georgia is named for the way it frustrated the president'

Answer: Augusta National (Golf Club)


Question: 'Set on controlling the vichyssoise supply, Greg Kinnear & John Henson are vying for the role of this fascist'

Answer: Talk Soup Nazi


Question: 'John Osborne's "Look Back in..."'

Answer: Anger


Question: 'This small Mediterranean island lends its name to a cat breed as well as a dog breed'

Answer: Malta


Question: '"The time is out of joint, o cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right!" says this Shakespearean title character'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'The name of this ample dress is from a word that means "cut off"'

Answer: a muumuu


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Eisenhower Center in Abilene, KS.) In 1945 Eisenhower became the only American ever to be awarded this nation's Order of Victory'

Answer: the Soviet Union


Question: 'This former Wham! frontman continually barges into the apartment of the actor who plays Cosmo Kramer'

Answer: George Michael Richards


Question: 'Neil Simon's "45 Seconds from..."'

Answer: Broadway


Question: 'The pit bull terrier also bears the name of this British county'

Answer: Staffordshire


Question: 'Accepting Walter Mondale's 1984 invitation, she said, "Vice President--it has such a nice ring to it!"'

Answer: (Geraldine) Ferraro


Question: '"Star Trek" shows always seemed to be worried about messing up the space-time one'

Answer: continuum


Question: 'In 1958 Ike ordered the Navy to resupply Quemoy & Matsu, islands that were under bombardment in this strait'

Answer: the Strait of Formosa (or Taiwan Strait)


Question: 'Avuncular Seinfeld relative who managed to get 2,014 MLB wins without giving up too much of his trademark lip'

Answer: Uncle Leo (the Lip) Durocher


Question: 'Bernard Slade's "Same Time..."'

Answer: Next Year


Question: 'Jim Kjelgaard's heartwarming novel "Big Red" is about a boy's love for one of these dogs'

Answer: an Irish setter


Question: 'In a chapter called "The Pool of Tears", this title character exclaims, "Curiouser and curiouser!"'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'A coalition of 2 persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome'

Answer: a duumvirate


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Eisenhower Center in Abilene, KS.)  Ike's worst loss was his 3-year-old son, buried here. He was named this, his mother's maiden name, but called "Icky"'

Answer: Doud


Question: 'The Elaine actress was accused of treason against the French in this scandal'

Answer: the Julia Louis-Dreyfus Affair


Question: 'Robert Anderson's "You Know I Can't Hear You..."'

Answer: When the Water\'s Running


Question: 'This favorite of the British royalty is seen here'

Answer: the Welsh Corgi


Question: 'He penned the immortal 1902 line "The horror!  The horror!"'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'The third word in the name of this female Burmese democracy activist takes a double U'

Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi


Question: 'This 1952 classic contains the line "No one was with her when she died"'

Answer: Charlotte\'s Web


Question: 'Hugo Chavez is this country's controversial president'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'Gliding, bay or picture is a type of this'

Answer: a window


Question: 'If a traditional martini has something green floating in it, we hope it's this shade'

Answer: olive


Question: 'Etruscan civilization had gone past tense by the 453 A.D. wedding-night death of this Hun leader'

Answer: Attila


Question: 'JQA'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'In "Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back", Ben Affleck & Matt Damon are in a sequel to this, subtitled "Hunting Season"'

Answer: Good Will Hunting


Question: 'This nation is considered the Cradle of the Inca Empire'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'Bring those bricks over to me using this conveyance with 2 handles'

Answer: a wheelbarrow


Question: 'Sounds fishy, but there's a shade named for these legendary sexy sea creatures--must be the color of their tails'

Answer: a mermaid


Question: 'On July 26, 2004, this non-Etruscan couple, seen here, recreated a classic political convention moment'

Answer: Al and Tipper Gore


Question: 'GHWB'

Answer: George Herbert Walker Bush


Question: 'Cabbie Travis Bickle makes an unwise choice to see "Swedish Marriage Manual" with his date, Betsy, in this film'

Answer: Taxi Driver


Question: 'Bernardo O'Higgins is called "The Liberator" of this long nation & also founded its navy'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'In 1968 Albania withdrew from this "pact"'

Answer: The Warsaw Pact


Question: 'Introduced in 1993, the Crayola color named for this stalk veggie is more popular with kids than the real thing'

Answer: asparagus


Question: 'An Etruscan might say Samson had trichomania, a fascination with this, but as the group no longer exists, maybe not'

Answer: hair


Question: 'MVB'

Answer: Martin Van Buren


Question: 'In the third installment of this horror franchise, Sidney Prescott visits the set of "Stab 3"'

Answer: Scream


Question: 'You're not under a mis-concepcion if you know mate, a tea-like beverage, is also known as this country's tea'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'To lie in the mud for refreshment; "no time to" do this "in the mire"'

Answer: to wallow


Question: 'There's a shade named for this "sea" on which St. Kitts sits'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: '"Fat kids, skinny kids, even kids with chicken pox" (but not Etruscan kids) "love" these'

Answer: Armour Hot Dogs


Question: 'WHT'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'This title Coen Brothers scribe wrestles with the task of writing a Wallace Beery wrestling movie'

Answer: Barton Fink


Question: 'Bordering Brazil's southernmost point, it's the second-smallest country in South America'

Answer: Uruguay


Question: 'In nature, this word can follow "black"; on fall Sundays, it can follow "football"'

Answer: widow


Question: 'It's the wisest herb in your spice cabinet'

Answer: sage


Question: 'Etruscans never foresaw in 1875 he'd pen the novel "Roderick Hudson"; "Daisy Miller" would arrive 3 years later'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'CAA'

Answer: Chester Alan Arthur


Question: 'Andy & Red view the Rita Hayworth film "Gilda" in this movie based on a Stephen King tale'

Answer: The Shawshank Redemption


Question: 'This artist's museum sells a full-size reproduction of his bronze "Coming Through the Rye" for a mere $5000'

Answer: (Frederic) Remington


Question: 'While working as a writer on this Fox TV show, Conan penned the memorable "Marge vs. The Monorail" episode'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'David McLean, who portrayed this rugged symbol in tobacco ads, died of cancer, & his family has sued Philip Morris'

Answer: the Marlboro Man


Question: 'Need a little R&R? It's time for one of these, from the Latin for "to be free"'

Answer: a vacation


Question: 'The U.S. Geological Survey has a database of these in a 1:100,000 scale'

Answer: maps


Question: 'The end of this play finds Bialystock & Bloom in Sing Sing rehearsing for "Prisoners Of Love"'

Answer: The Producers


Question: 'In 2006 the New Mexico museum devoted to her acquired 4 of her nude self-portraits'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'When Conan took over for David Letterman as the host of "Late Night" in 1993, this man was his sidekick'

Answer: Andy Richter


Question: 'The theatrical world mourned this playwright in 2005'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Meaning to slip away from confinement or pursuit, it's from the Latin meaning "to get out of one's cloak"'

Answer: escape


Question: 'Tragically, on Dec. 26, 2004 one of these Japanese-named events claimed more than 100,000 lives'

Answer: a tsunami


Question: 'A Spanish prison is the setting for the play within this musical with the songs "Dulcinea" & "The Impossible Dream"'

Answer: Man Of La Mancha


Question: 'This American expatriate was known for painting children, such as the ones seen here'

Answer: Mary Cassatt


Question: 'This "Insult Comic Dog" appears regularly on Conan to insult Canada, "Star Trek" nerds & others'

Answer: Triumph


Question: 'This Italian excited the world by engineering wireless reporting of the 1899 America's Cup'

Answer: Marconi


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports while an Omaha zookeeper plays with her monkey.) This little fellow weighs about 10 pounds but could grow up to weigh over  250 pounds, making orangutans the largest animals described as this, from the Latin for "tree"'

Answer: arboreals


Question: 'There are about 100,000 verses in the Mahabharata, a national epic poem of India written in this ancient language'

Answer: Sanskrit


Question: 'After a bad performance of the play within a play in this 1896 Chekhov work, Trepilov kills a bird'

Answer: The Seagull


Question: 'Born one year before the Civil War began, she died 101 years later during John F. Kennedy's administration'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'A gag begun in 2005 often points out how much Conan resembles Tarja Halonen, the female president of this nation'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'He endowed the institute that merged with Carnegie's'

Answer: (Andrew) Mellon


Question: 'This 6-syllable synonym for "off the cuff" comes from the Latin for "out of the time"'

Answer: extemporaneous


Question: '100000watts.com is a listing of these businesses in the U.S.'

Answer: radio stations


Question: 'Actors at Peter Quince's house go over "Pyramus & Thisbe" for Hippolyta & Theseus' wedding in this play'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'This Missouri artist painted the mural at the Truman Library, but President Truman applied some extra touches himself'

Answer: (Thomas Hart) Benton


Question: 'Early in his career, Conan performed with this L.A. comedy troupe named for a theater audience section'

Answer: the Groundlings


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks in Red Square.) This World War Two foreign minister had the distinction of being a pallbearer for both Lenin & Stalin'

Answer: Molotov


Question: 'From the Latin for "wedge", it means wedge-shaped writing & we're not just Babylon'

Answer: cuneiform


Question: 'Project Gutenberg's list of the 1st 100,000 of these runs from 1 to 1,318,699 (though some say 1 may not be one)'

Answer: prime numbers


Question: 'Rupert Holmes adapted this unfinshed Dickens work into a 1985 play-within-a-play musical'

Answer: The Mystery Of Edwin Drood


Question: 'Around 1830 the first Catholic priest ordained in the U.S. obtained land in this state where a university now stands'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Exhaust gas recirculation is one way to clean the emissions of these engines used in trucks & Jettas'

Answer: Diesel engines


Question: '"Another Brick In The Wall (Part II)"<br />(1980)'

Answer: Pink Floyd


Question: 'It's the room between the ceiling joists & the roof rafters where you keep crazy Aunt Meredith'

Answer: the attic


Question: 'Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743 in Shadwell in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'In 1497 da Vinci created this scene on a wall of a monastery dining room'

Answer: The Last Supper


Question: 'This capital lies on a plain in northern China, about 100 miles from the Bohai Gulf'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'Erase a hard disk before disposing of a computer: putting personal data out there risks this 2-word crime'

Answer: identity theft


Question: '"When Doves Cry"<br />(1984)'

Answer: Prince


Question: 'It's a self-regulating device that controls a home's heat & air conditioning'

Answer: a thermostat


Question: 'Jefferson paid $15 million for 828,000 square miles of land in this 1803 deal'

Answer: the Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'An explosion, or an enlargement of a photograph'

Answer: a blow-up


Question: '20 miles east of the Yellow Sea is this South Korean city whose name means "capital", which is convenient'

Answer: Seoul


Question: 'Using 8 industrial fans, University of Florida engineers have built a simulator of these with 125-mph winds'

Answer: a hurricane


Question: '"A Moment Like This"<br />(2002)'

Answer: Kelly Clarkson


Question: 'Also called a breast wall, this type of wall is built to resist lateral pressure & to hold back soil'

Answer: a retaining wall


Question: 'Palladio's Villa Rotonda in Italy was the inspiration for this home's symmetrical plan & central dome'

Answer: Monticello


Question: 'Pertaining to marriage or the marriage ceremony'

Answer: nuptial


Question: 'In 1972 the winter Olympics were held in this Japanese city on Hokkaido, near Otaru bay; beer me!'

Answer: Sapporo


Question: 'More cardiac arrest patients survive thanks to purposely induced this condition, which cools the blood 5-8 degrees'

Answer: hypothermia


Question: '"Lose Yourself"<br />(2002)'

Answer: Eminem


Question: 'It's the wooden finishing strip at the bottom of an interior wall where it meets the floor'

Answer: a floor molding


Question: 'After the 36th ballot in the House of Representatives on Feb.17,1801, Thomas Jefferson won the presidency & this New Yorker, the veep-stakes'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'A pair of successive lines of verse that rhyme & are of the same length & meter'

Answer: a couplet


Question: 'Known as "the roof of the world", this autonomous region of China averages more than 15,000' above sea level'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'These drone aircraft controlled from Nevada have been attacking targets in Pakistan'

Answer: Predator drones


Question: '"How Am I Supposed To Live Without You"<br />(1990)'

Answer: Michael Bolton


Question: 'It's the 10-letter area between the first floor joists & the earth's surface where you keep crazy Uncle Harry'

Answer: crawlspace


Question: 'In 2000 the Thomas Jefferson Foundation said it was likely Thomas fathered at least 1, if not all 6, of this woman's kids'

Answer: Sally Hemings


Question: 'Adjective meaning sudden or unexpected, such as when one is brusque in speech'

Answer: abrupt


Question: 'Macau is one of 2 special administrative regions of China; this, Chinese-controlled since 1997, is the other'

Answer: Hong Kong


Question: 'The innermost moon of Uranus is named for this faithful daughter of King Lear'

Answer: Cordelia


Question: '2002:<br />This girl "& Stitch"'

Answer: Lilo


Question: 'This redundant line by Gertrude Stein first appeared in the 1913 poem "Sacred Emily"'

Answer: Rose is a rose is a rose (is a rose.)


Question: 'Some in this country trace their ancestry to its 1788 "First Fleet", kind of a Mayflower of convicts'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Exorcism involves the expelling of demons from those who are this'

Answer: possessed


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.)  The fundraising campaign to build the memorial was led by this 1996 presidential candidate, decorated in World War II with a Bronze Star & Purple Heart'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'One of Saturn's many moons is named for this woman of Greek myth whose name means "all gifts"'

Answer: Pandora


Question: '1974:<br />"Harry &" this cat'

Answer: Tonto


Question: 'This "Water Lilies" artist said that he perhaps owed "having become a painter to flowers"'

Answer: Monet


Question: 'To this day, a list is kept of the descendants of this Chinese thinker of the 500s B.C.--it now numbers 2 million'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'Sirhan Sirhan or Cassius'

Answer: an assassin


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.)  Engraved in the memorial granite is this man's quote, prior to D-Day, that begins, "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade"'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'One of Saturn's many moons is named for this 2-faced Roman god'

Answer: Janus


Question: '1993:<br />"Benny &" this sister'

Answer: Joon


Question: 'In "To The Daisy" this Lake poet called the daisy "The Poet's Darling"'

Answer: Wordsworth


Question: 'The organization now called the United Daughters of this was formed in Tennessee in 1894'

Answer: the Confederacy


Question: 'Worries, strains or hassles'

Answer: stresses


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.)  Bas-relief panels at the World War II Memorial also depict stateside heroes, like this symbolic gal with a pivotal role who represented thousands'

Answer: Rosie the Riveter


Question: '1989:<br />This CEO "& Me"'

Answer: Roger


Question: 'At Ophelia's burial Laertes says, "From her fair and unpolluted flesh may " these purple flowers "spring"'

Answer: violets


Question: '(I'm Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)  As part of PBS' "African American Live" series, I hosted a 2007 special that explored the roots of this TV personality & located her ancestors among Liberia's Kpelle people'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'Adjective for one lacking strong emotion, or for a video store lacking Mel Gibson's movie about Jesus'

Answer: passionless


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.)  They had no right to win.  Yet they did, and in doing so, they changed the course of a war", reads an inscription about this decisive Pacific battle of June 4-7, 1942'

Answer: Midway


Question: '1991:<br />This waitress "& Johnny"'

Answer: Frankie


Question: 'Edgar Allan Poe described this daughter of Zeus & Leda as having "hyacinth hair" & a "classic face"'

Answer: Helen


Question: 'Search the Dawes Rolls for an ancestor who belonged to one of this group of tribes relocated to Oklahoma'

Answer: the Five Civilized Tribes


Question: 'To move back & forth over an area'

Answer: crisscross


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.)  A Quincy, Massachusetts ship inspector was the likely source of this 3-word phrase which was seen everywhere, often accompanying a cartoon figure during World War II'

Answer: Kilroy was here


Question: 'In 1882 he wrote, "Though I am often in the depths of misery, there is still calmness, pure harmony, and music inside me"'

Answer: Vincent van Gogh


Question: 'This London square is dominated by a 170-foot column topped by a statue of Horatio Nelson'

Answer: Trafalgar Square


Question: 'Opera & field glasses are classified as these, a pair of telescopes mounted on a single frame'

Answer: Binoculars


Question: '"The Greatest"'

Answer: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)


Question: 'If it weren't for a misspelling on her birth certificate, she would have had the first name Orpah'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'It's worth 6 points'

Answer: Touchdown


Question: 'To honor the dead, flags fly at this position'

Answer: Half-staff


Question: 'It's the square seen here<br />[New York City]'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'In 1997 this TV show with 2 2s in its title went to 2 nights a week'

Answer: 20/20


Question: '"The Brown Bomber"'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'And here's to Kathleen Turner who appeared in the buff in this role, in a British stage version of "The Graduate"'

Answer: Mrs. Robinson


Question: 'Telephone type'

Answer: Touch-tone


Question: 'On December 18, 1799, hundreds of people accompanied his coffin to its grave site'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'Krasnaya Ploshchad, the Russian name for this, can mean "beautiful square"'

Answer: Red Square


Question: 'The last time there were 2 of these at the same time was 1449 with Felix V & Nicholas V'

Answer: Popes


Question: '"The Manassa Mauler"'

Answer: Jack Dempsey


Question: 'In 1994 she was "The Next Karate Kid"; in 2000 she was the next Oscar winner for Best Actress'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'A practice landing & immediate takeoff for a pilot'

Answer: Touch and go


Question: 'From an Indo-European word meaning "to separate", it's the mate of the deceased'

Answer: Widow


Question: 'On June 3 & 4, 1989, the People's Liberation Army killed hundreds of pro-democracy supporters here'

Answer: Tiananmen Square


Question: 'In "The 12 Days of Christmas", it's the gift there are 2 of'

Answer: Turtledoves


Question: '"Macho"'

Answer: Hector Camacho


Question: 'This female TV "Friend" has a B.S. in biology from Vassar College -- who knew?'

Answer: Lisa Kudrow


Question: 'An object to test gold, or a standard by which something is judged'

Answer: Touchstone


Question: 'Originally performed to protect against evil spirits, it's the all-night vigil held beside the body'

Answer: Wake


Question: 'Called the "Drawing Room of Europe" by Napoleon, it's been the heart of Venetian life for over 1,000 years'

Answer: Piazza San Marco (St. Mark\'s Square)


Question: 'The constellation Bootes contains at least 3 of these, or at least 6 little twinklers total'

Answer: Double/binary stars


Question: '"The Real Deal"'

Answer: Evander Holyfield


Question: 'This actor is the son of a British poet laureate & the son-in-law of playwright Arthur Miller'

Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis


Question: 'Literally to make contact with a foundation, or to briefly communicate with someone'

Answer: Touch base


Question: 'Like St. Helena's in Jerusalem, an underground burial vault is known by this "hidden" term'

Answer: Crypt


Question: 'This north African country is widely suspected in the Pan Am 103 bombing'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'Collect this when it falls & store it in a tank outside your greenhouse; it's just right for orchids'

Answer: Rainwater


Question: 'Hemingway's "The Snows of" this mountain was first published in Esquire in August 1936'

Answer: Kilimanjaro


Question: 'Melvin Purvis of this organization ended the careers of Pretty Boy Floyd & Baby Face Nelson'

Answer: FBI


Question: '"A Musical Celebration" of this singer included "All The Way" & "I've Got the World on a String"'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Any dog<br />(6)'

Answer: Canine


Question: 'In 1998 U.S. missiles hit a suspected chemical weapons plant in this Sudanese capital'

Answer: Khartoum


Question: 'One way to grow big ones of these "love apples" is to pick a variety that normally grows big, like beefsteak'

Answer: Tomatoes


Question: 'An old woman asks this Washington Irving character, "Why, where have you been these twenty long years?"'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'This painter & farm wife lived for 40 years in the 19th century & 61 years in the 20th'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: '4-word title of an Arthur Laurents revival; it sounds like a sequel to "Land of the Free"'

Answer: "Home of the Brave"


Question: 'Malaria remedy<br />(7)'

Answer: Quinine


Question: 'Violence has resulted from the land reform policy of this longtime president of Zimbabwe'

Answer: Robert Mugabe


Question: 'Thrips are types of these & gardeners don't like them'

Answer: Insects (pests)


Question: 'In this Poe story, Mme L'Espanaye & her daughter Camille are murdered by an orangutan owned by a sailor'

Answer: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"


Question: 'Famous astro-returnee heard here:<br />["I was going to be the fifth human in space & the first American to orbit"]'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'Todd Price produced the U.S. premiere of "Shadows in the Evening" by this witty Brit who died in 1973'

Answer: Noel Coward


Question: 'Really silly<br />(7)'

Answer: Asinine


Question: 'In 2000 Foday Sankoh's forces in this west African country took U.N. peacekeepers hostage'

Answer: Sierra Leone


Question: '"Dancing" varieties of roses include Disco Dancer & this one that would feel at home in the Bolshoi'

Answer: Ballerina


Question: 'This master of surprise endings gave us the double-suicide tale "The Furnished Room"'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'This owner who brought baseball fans Satchel Paige & 3' 7" Eddie Gaedel wrote the memoir "...as in Wreck"'

Answer: Bill Veeck


Question: 'Critics weren't all kind to a revival of "Arms and the Man" by this playwright & critic'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'Like the MGM logo<br />(7)'

Answer: Leonine


Question: 'In the Congo he's battled rebels himself since overthrowing Mobutu in 1997'

Answer: Laurent Kabila


Question: 'To pollinate a bearded iris, take the anther from the first flower & wipe its pollen onto these in the second'

Answer: Pistils/stigmas


Question: 'The title of this James Thurber short story is synonymous with "an advantageous position"'

Answer: "The Catbird\'s Seat"


Question: 'In 1949 this 71-year-old became the only U.S. vice president ever to marry while in office'

Answer: Alben Barkley


Question: 'This group seen here has become an off-Broadway fixture'

Answer: Blue Man Group


Question: 'Melancholy, like a planet<br />(9)'

Answer: Saturnine


Question: 'Sime Silverman founded it in 1905 after he was fired from another paper for panning a show'

Answer: Variety


Question: 'He was only 30 when he won his U.S. Senate seat in 1962'

Answer: Ted Kennedy


Question: 'This word can refer to an ancient spice or a segment of a bulb, as of garlic'

Answer: clove


Question: 'So far, he's the only "Friends" actor to move on to star in a TV spinoff'

Answer: (Matt) LeBlanc


Question: 'The Romans referred to it as Mare Nostrum, "Our Sea"'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'Neil Young &<br />Peter Jennings'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'To vanish from sight'

Answer: disappear


Question: 'This senator's U.S. Navy career lasted from 1958 to 1981'

Answer: John McCain


Question: 'This herb is also known as Chinese parsley or coriander'

Answer: cilantro


Question: 'The only cast member never nominated for an Emmy, she's had a successful film career with the "Scream" series'

Answer: Courteney Cox Arquette


Question: 'During the first of these wars, the army of Hamilcar Barca, Hannibal's father, was defeated by the Romans in Sicily'

Answer: the Punic Wars


Question: 'Omar Sharif &<br />Boutros Boutros-Ghali'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'Egyptian female pharaoh Hatshepsut wore one as part of her uniform of office'

Answer: a beard


Question: 'Once a Democrat, this senator switched parties before her 1975 marriage'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole


Question: 'When dried and ground, the lacey membrane of this spice becomes mace'

Answer: nutmeg


Question: 'He's 6'2", was born in New York, raised in L.A. & graduated from Northwestern'

Answer: David Schwimmer


Question: 'In the first century B.C., Rome conquered what is now this country, the major part of "Gallia"'

Answer: France


Question: 'Sergio Mendes &<br />Antonio Carlos Jobim'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'Robert Mitchum was in both the 1962 & 1991 versions of this film'

Answer: Cape Fear


Question: 'The wife of this political operative and ex-marine nicknamed him "Serpent Head"'

Answer: James Carville


Question: 'The name of this herb that's similar to marjoram is from the Greek for "joy of the mountain"'

Answer: oregano


Question: 'Born in 1963, this former member of the Groundlings is the oldest of the 6 "Friends"'

Answer: Lisa Kudrow


Question: 'Emperor Antonius Pius extended the Empire's frontier into Scotland & built a new wall to replace this'

Answer: Hadrian\'s Wall


Question: 'Haing Ngor &<br />Dith Pran'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'It's the single word for the distance "within" which sound is audible to someone'

Answer: earshot


Question: 'He was elected Senator from New Jersey in 1978, 1984 and 1990'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'Sri Lanka is the principal source of this spice that comes from the inner bark of a tropical evergreen tree'

Answer: cinnamon


Question: 'Of Greek heritage, she lived in Greece as a child & her godfather was Telly Savalas'

Answer: (Jennifer) Aniston


Question: 'Under Claudius, the Roman troops conquered Britain & founded the current capital city they called this'

Answer: Londinium


Question: 'Gen. John Shalikashvili &<br />Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'Often causing difficulties for aircraft, it's a sudden change in wind direction & speed'

Answer: shear


Question: 'This artist adored Camembert cheese because it could assume the shape of the limp watches he was noted for painting'

Answer: Salvador Dalí


Question: 'Lenny Kravitz in 1999;<br />The Guess Who in 1970'

Answer: "American Woman"


Question: 'It's another word for a hoedown'

Answer: a square dance


Question: 'Sportswriter Rick Reilly wrote about lugging golf bags for Donald Trump & Jack Nicklaus in "Who's Your" this'

Answer: Caddy


Question: 'In humans, this internal organ is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter & 20-25 feet long'

Answer: the small intestine


Question: 'Sometimes the principal uses this state as an electronic amplification apparatus to get the word out'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'His statue of "Bacchus" led to a commission to create the famous "Pieta" now in St. Peter's Basilica'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Bananarama in 1986;<br />Shocking Blue in 1970'

Answer: "Venus"


Question: 'Characters in this 1990 Oscar winner included Wind In His Hair, Kicking Bird & Lt. John Dunbar'

Answer: Dances With Wolves


Question: 'The title of this 1813 novel refers to the attitudes that characterize Mr. Darcy & Elizabeth Bennet'

Answer: Pride and Prejudice


Question: 'This group of muscles at the back of the thigh bends the knee'

Answer: the hamstrings


Question: 'This state starts the name of Iron Butterfly's biggest song'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'Picasso depicted this bird on his posters promoting world peace, & his daughter Paloma is named for it'

Answer: a dove


Question: 'Power Station in 1985;<br />T. Rex in 1972'

Answer: "Bang A Gong"


Question: 'It's the famous "dance" from the ballet "Gayane" by Aram Khachaturian'

Answer: the "sabre dance"


Question: 'David Sedaris' bestselling 2004 essay collection was "Dress Your Family in" these 2 fabrics'

Answer: denim & corduroy


Question: 'The axis is the second one of these bones; it serves as a pivot for the atlas, the topmost one'

Answer: your vertebrae


Question: 'Add a "47" to this state & you have a Russian assault rifle'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'El Greco probably received his early training painting icons on this, his native island'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'Sheryl Crow in 1999;<br />Guns N' Roses in 1988'

Answer: "Sweet Child O\' Mine"


Question: '1984 bestseller by Norman Mailer'

Answer: Tough Guys Don\'t Dance


Question: 'A volume of Kurt Vonnegut's shorter works is called "Welcome to" this place'

Answer: the Monkey House


Question: 'This "superior" vein collects blood from all of a person's upper trunk, delivering it to the right atrium'

Answer: the superior vena cava


Question: 'You might have to show a bartender this state if he thinks you're underage'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Manhattan's Frick collection is home to a 1644 portrait of King Philip IV by this great Spanish artist'

Answer: Velazquez


Question: 'Sixpence None The Richer in 2003;<br />Crowded House in 1987'

Answer: "Don\'t Dream It\'s Over"


Question: '17th century name for the medical condition today known as Sydenham's Chorea'

Answer: St. Vitus\' Dance


Question: 'Erskine Caldwell told the story of a Georgia sharecropper in this "Road" story'

Answer: Tobacco Road


Question: 'It's the thin membrane that lines the outside of the lungs'

Answer: the pleura


Question: 'From the Latin for "way" & "work", this state is used by police to denote a criminal's methods'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'In the last 400 years, over 2/3 of all the deaths caused by volcanoes occurred in what is now this nation'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1936 George V's reported last words were "How is the Empire?--we presume he meant this one'

Answer: the British Empire


Question: 'This U.S. President was born in Delaware-- Delaware, Ohio, that is'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew checks under the hood.)  Got me a four-barrel one of these to mix the air & fuel'

Answer: a carburetor


Question: 'The 4th Gospel of the New Testament'

Answer: John


Question: 'The smell of & even the thought of food can start the glands in your mouth producing this'

Answer: saliva


Question: 'A photograph made from a single frame of film'

Answer: a still photograph


Question: 'The Canary Islands are just about all that's left of this empire that once held much of the Americas'

Answer: the Spanish Empire


Question: 'John Michael Hayes wrote some of this director's finest films, including "Rear Window" & "To Catch a Thief"'

Answer: Hitchcock


Question: 'You won't get a bad bounce with Bilstein, a leading maker of the gas pressure type of these'

Answer: shocks


Question: 'The 4th dimension according to the theory of relativity'

Answer: time


Question: 'The liver produces up to 2 pints of this a day, a concentrated 2 ounces of which can be stored in the gallbladder'

Answer: bile


Question: 'A watery feed for hogs containing food byproducts'

Answer: swill


Question: 'This thousand-year empire was centered in Germany & its early emperors were crowned by the pope'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'This great stage actress made her movie debut as a child in the 1910 silent film "Jean and the Calico Doll"'

Answer: Helen Hayes


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew has a lead foot.) This dial measures how fast the engine is revving'

Answer: the tachometer


Question: 'The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet'

Answer: delta


Question: 'Using one of these to drink your can of soda increases your air intake & makes you burp more'

Answer: a straw


Question: 'A flavorful gherkin'

Answer: dill (pickle)


Question: 'An empire was established in 1867 under Franz Josef, Emperor of Austria & king of this country'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Sam & Dave's 1967 hit "Soul Man" was co-written by David Porter & this legendary soul man'

Answer: Isaac Hayes


Question: 'A throttle regulates the flow of fuel; this synonym for "throttle" regulates the flow of air'

Answer: the choke


Question: 'The 4th oldest college in the United States, it's found in New Jersey'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'If you have trouble digesting dairy products, you have a condition called this'

Answer: lactose intolerance


Question: 'A fleet of small sailing vessels'

Answer: a flotilla


Question: 'Alpaca wool was a major commodity in this empire that peaked in the 1400s'

Answer: the Inca Empire


Question: 'Ex-model Cybill Shepherd played this ex-model on "Moonlighting"'

Answer: Maddie Hayes


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stops to give the clue.)  I'm glad I have this 4-letter type of brakes that uses pads & rings for more stopping power than drum brakes'

Answer: discs


Question: 'The 4th most populous country in the world, it follows China, India & the U.S.'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'Gravity isn't required to move food down to your stomach; this process moves it down the esophagus'

Answer: peristalsis


Question: 'A formal ball for debutantes'

Answer: a cotillion


Question: 'Of a person, a city or a river, what the forth in Firth of Forth refers to'

Answer: a river


Question: 'This kids' host dons sneakers & a cardigan to dance with this female star of "Shall We Dance" & "Swing Time"'

Answer: Fred & Ginger Rogers


Question: '(Bill Clinton reads the clue.)  A bill I signed in 1994 banned several assault weapons & funded the hiring of 100,000 of these'

Answer: police officers


Question: 'In 2000 this Los Angeles Laker was named the NBA's MVP, receiving 120 of 121 first place votes'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Charles Berlitz of the language-teaching family put this plane-swallowing area of the Atlantic on the map'

Answer: the Bermuda Triangle


Question: '2 consecutive baseball games are a doubleheader; this is 2 movies'

Answer: a double bill (or double feature)


Question: 'Abundant in the Gulf of St. Lawrence & the Firth of Forth are gannets, which are these'

Answer: (sea) birds


Question: 'This actress is in "A League of her Own" with this president of the CSA'

Answer: Geena & Jefferson Davis


Question: 'On this man's 87th birthday, Clinton signed a bill renaming Washington National Airport for him'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'A Heisman Trophy winner at Oklahoma State, he was the NFC's Rookie of the Year in 1989 with the Detroit Lions'

Answer: Barry Sanders


Question: 'Not Peter Benchley but Hank Searls was on the bestseller list in 1978 with this follow-up'

Answer: Jaws 2


Question: 'Those big red buses in London are described as these'

Answer: double-deckers


Question: 'The firth in Firth of Forth is equivalent to this in Norwegian'

Answer: a fjord


Question: 'This British comic had scantily clad women on his TV show; in 1991 this law professor testified about sexual harassment'

Answer: Benny & Anita Hill


Question: '(Bill Clinton reads the clue.)  Legislation I signed in 1996 lifted 8 million people off this type of government program'

Answer: welfare


Question: 'He's the multi-ringed Celtic legend seen here'

Answer: Bill Russell


Question: 'Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy & his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic'

Answer: The Winds of War


Question: 'It's the common name for diplopia'

Answer: double vision


Question: 'These people built the Antoine Wall from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde around 142 A.D.'

Answer: the Romans


Question: 'Rhoda's mom on TV, she thinks that this "Good TImes" actor is "Dy-no-mite!"'

Answer: Nancy & Jimmie Walker


Question: 'A Nov. 6, 2000 Clinton's signature helped protect the confidentiality of these 9 digits'

Answer: a Social Security number


Question: '1 of 2 Canadian men to win the World Figure Skating title 3 or more times'

Answer: Kurt Browning (or Elvis Stojko)


Question: 'Thousands of people got pushed around & bought Robert J. Ringer's "Winning Through" this'

Answer: Intimidation


Question: '2 bad serves in tennis are called this & you lose a point'

Answer: a double fault


Question: 'Dunfermline, a town on the Firth, was the birthplace of this American industrialist, & benefited from his charity'

Answer: (Andrew) Carnegie


Question: 'This British actress could put some "Sense and Sensibility" into this gonzo journalist'

Answer: Emma & Hunter Thompson


Question: 'In 1996 Clinton signed a bill giving him this power to strike particular morsels of pork from spending bills'

Answer: the line-item veto


Question: 'On July 31, 1994 this Ukranian set the world pole vault record at 20 feet, 1-3/4 inches'

Answer: (Sergei) Bubka


Question: 'William Shawcross' "Sideshow" was subtitled "Kissinger, Nixon and the Destruction of" this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'A "Match Game" clue like "Mike bought 2 owls because he wanted a pair of _____s" tries to elicit one of these'

Answer: a double-entendre


Question: 'Opened in 1962, its paint included Astronaut White for the supports & Re-entry Red for the "halo"'

Answer: the Space Needle (in Seattle)


Question: 'On Nov.1, 1755 an earthquake devastated this Portuguese capital, killing tens of thousands'

Answer: Lisbon


Question: 'It follows "When in Rome..."'

Answer: "Do as the Romans do"


Question: 'The small green light on this writer's stamp represents a symbol he used in "The Great Gatsby"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'East of the Rocky Mountains malaria is spread by the anopheles quadrimaculatus species of this insect'

Answer: Mosquito


Question: 'Catoctin Mountain Park in northern Maryland is the site of this presidential retreat'

Answer: Camp David


Question: 'The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't..."'

Answer: Cry


Question: 'In 1717 Danes settled on St. John in this Caribbean island group; 16 years later Denmark bought St. Croix'

Answer: Virgin Islands


Question: 'Long ago this was "as good as an ell"; now it's "as good as a mile"'

Answer: A miss


Question: 'Amelia Earhart appears on a 1963 issue of this type of special purpose stamp'

Answer: Air Mail


Question: 'Guinness says this cat pest has been known to jump a height of 34 inches'

Answer: Flea


Question: 'Clark Mills' statue of this U.S. president stands in the heart of New Orleans' French Quarter'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Herman's Hermits' "Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely..."'

Answer: Daughter


Question: 'As early as the 1730s cuckoo clocks were made in this "woodsy" region of southwest Germany'

Answer: Black Forest


Question: 'It precedes "And master of none"'

Answer: "A jack of all trades"


Question: 'Though living presidents can't appear on U.S. stamps, this living 40th president is on Grenada's stamps'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'In the colonies of these "white ants" 3 principal castes exist:  workers, soldiers & reproductives'

Answer: Termites


Question: 'This breed of chicken is Rhode Island's state bird'

Answer: Rhode Island Red


Question: 'Tommy James & The Shondells' "Hanky..."'

Answer: Panky


Question: 'In 1719 this small principality was formed by consolidating the counties of Vaduz & Schellenberg'

Answer: Liechtenstein


Question: 'It's another way to "add insult to injury" using a common seasoning'

Answer: "Rub salt in one\'s wound"


Question: 'On June 24, 1996 this actor's stamp premiered on the Warner Bros. lot, where he made "East of Eden"'

Answer: James Dean


Question: 'Encarta says this light-sensitive household insect can start to flee from danger within .054 seconds'

Answer: Cockroach


Question: 'This Latin motto on our coins can be traced back to Virgil's "Moretum" in the first century B.C.'

Answer: E Pluribus Unum


Question: 'Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Them..."'

Answer: Goodbye


Question: 'In 1745 she became the mistress of Louis XV, serving as his executive secretary for about 20 years'

Answer: Madame du Pompadour


Question: 'The phrase "Hope springs eternal in the human breast" sprang from his "Essay on Man"'

Answer: Alexander Pope


Question: 'Tanzania wanted to print stamps honoring this Steven Tyler band but didn't, at the band's request'

Answer: Aerosmith


Question: 'This wingless household pest with 3 appendages at its tail eats anything containing paste, glue or starch'

Answer: Silverfish


Question: 'In 1955 he was elected to the first of 12 2-year terms as president of the AFL-CIO'

Answer: George Meany


Question: 'Elvis Presley's "Suspicious..."'

Answer: Minds


Question: 'In 1976 he became the first reigning king of Spain to visit the Americas'

Answer: Juan Carlos


Question: 'This celebrity interviewer grew up around celebrities; her father owned NYC's Latin Quarter nightclub'

Answer: Barbara Walters


Question: 'It's the religion of most of Guatemala's people'

Answer: Roman Catholic


Question: 'Kuan Han-Ch'ing was a leading playwright of this country's Yuan dynasty'

Answer: China


Question: 'This Greek mountain's peaks include Mytikas, Skolio & the Throne of Zeus'

Answer: Mount Olympus


Question: 'A 1949 book on Poe's life & works had an introduction by this psychoanalyst who died in 1939'

Answer: Sigmund Freud


Question: 'She ascended the British throne in 1837 upon the death of her uncle, King William IV'

Answer: Queen Victoria


Question: 'Her roles include Glennis Yeager in "The Right Stuff" & Mary Magdalene in "The Last Temptation of Christ"'

Answer: Barbara Hershey


Question: 'Practiced by the Soto sect, Zazen is a type of seated meditation in the Zen form of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'Laurence Olivier played the Button-Moulder in a 1944 revival of this playwright's "Peer Gynt"'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'Nepal's Sagarmatha National Park bears the local name of this peak which it surrounds'

Answer: Mount Everest


Question: 'In 1835's "The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall", Hans balloons 231,920 miles to this place'

Answer: The moon


Question: 'Saudi Arabia's King Fahd is a half brother of this monarch who was murdered in 1975'

Answer: King Faisal


Question: 'She earned a 1996 Emmy nomination for playing prosecuting attorney Miriam Grasso on "Murder One"'

Answer: Barbara Bosson


Question: 'Compiled in 712, the Kojiki, "Records of Ancient Matters", is one of this religion's oldest texts'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'This "Antigone" author starred in his own play "Nausikaa" but later gave up acting'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'Of the summits of this Tanzanian mountain, Kibo is covered with ice & snow; Mawensi is usually clear'

Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro


Question: 'In "A Predicament", a woman's head becomes stuck in a large clock & the minute hand finally does this'

Answer: Decapitates her


Question: 'In 1961 this current queen earned a doctorate in law from the University of Leiden'

Answer: Queen Beatrix


Question: 'She appeared with Lassie in the 1949 film "The Sun Comes Up" before she played Beaver's mother on TV'

Answer: Barbara Billingsley


Question: 'The Granth Sahib is the holy book of this religion known for its golden temple in Amritsar'

Answer: Sikhism


Question: 'In the 1500s the Gelosi troupe became famous for performing this Italian form of improvised comedy'

Answer: Commedia dell\'arte


Question: 'Pico Bolivar, about 40 miles south of Lake Maracaibo, is this country's highest peak'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'This tale ends, "The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies"'

Answer: "The Pit and the Pendulum"


Question: 'Under Communist pressure, this country's King Michael abdicated in 1947 after a 7-year reign'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'This major Hindu god known for his avatars has a lucky curl of hair, called the Srivatsa, on his chest'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'He wrote his 1st play, "The Beloved Bandit" , by himself, before he teamed up with George S. Kaufman'

Answer: Moss Hart


Question: 'Mount Hermon, Syria's highest point, lies on its western border with this country'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Name shared by the prince who held the masque of the red death & Miranda's father in "The Tempest"'

Answer: Prospero


Question: 'In December 1996 his reference to "Irrational Exuberance" sent stock prices plunging around the world'

Answer: Alan Greenspan


Question: 'British Airways retired its fleet of this supersonic jet in 2003'

Answer: the Concorde


Question: 'Sinatra:<br />"These vagabond shoes are longing to stray, right through the very heart of it", this city, this city'

Answer: New York (New York)


Question: 'Of countries belonging to the Group of 8, it has the largest population'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'Learn about "The Clydesdales... an American tradition" at this beer's .com'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'In 1974 Art Fry of 3M added a weak adhesive to his church hymnal markers, creating these "Notes"'

Answer: Post-It Notes


Question: '3-letter British term for a noisy quarrel'

Answer: a row


Question: 'The FDA began recalling peanut butter after investigating a September 2008 outbreak of this illness'

Answer: salmonella


Question: 'Sinatra:<br />"Bet your bottom dollar you lose the blues in" this city, this city, "the town... Billy Sunday could not shut down"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'There is actually a ninth member of the G8, this organization usually referred to by 2 letters'

Answer: the EU


Question: 'You could "See what's new in Windows 7" & "Watch the demos" at this company's site'

Answer: Microsoft


Question: 'In 1947 Ed Lowe gave a neighbor absorbent clay for her feline's box; he soon packaged the clay under this name'

Answer: Kitty Litter


Question: 'From the Old High German for "contention", it's a protracted hostility between 2 families over time'

Answer: a feud


Question: 'This Pakistani politician was killed in an attack on her motorcade while campaigning in December 2007'

Answer: (Benazir) Bhutto


Question: 'Sinatra:<br />This city "is my lady, she's always there for me"'

Answer: L.A.


Question: 'Augenbrauen were raised when she got a massage from a fellow G8 leader in 2006'

Answer: Angela Merkel


Question: 'Shh!  This 2-word company had a link for "most-loved bras ...inspire desire ...giving & getting"'

Answer: Victoria\'s Secret


Question: 'In 1701 this British farmer, not an Ian Anderson rock group, invented the horse-drawn seed drill'

Answer: Jethro Tull


Question: 'It's a scuffle between rival gangs; are you ready to?'

Answer: rumble


Question: 'In January 2009 this former Senate majority leader was named a special U.S. envoy for the Middle East'

Answer: Senator George Mitchell


Question: 'Ray Charles:<br />"Moon over" this city, "shine on my love and me, so we can stroll beside the roll of the rolling sea"'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'Pages 11-17 of the 2009 online G8 agenda deal with the development & peace support of this continent'

Answer: Africa


Question: '"It's in the game" at this gamemaker's site where you can get into the "community" of its Madden NFL 10'

Answer: EA Sports (Electronic Arts accepted)


Question: 'In 1954 Hildaur Nielsen invented this filing system using slotted cards on a cylinder'

Answer: Rolodex


Question: 'From Middle English for "brandish a weapon", it's a brief military clash'

Answer: a skirmish


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the United Nations in New York.)  Here in the General Assembly in March, 2006, the U.N. established a new council on these; the old commission on them had a bad name, with members like Sudan & Libya'

Answer: human rights


Question: 'Marc Cohn:<br />"Then I'm walking in" this city, "walking with my feet, ten feet off of Beale"'

Answer: Memphis


Question: 'In 2009 the G8 countries met in L'Aquila in this country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In November 2009 the website of this Texas co. bragged it was "awarded integrated turnkey drilling contract for South Ghawar"'

Answer: Halliburton


Question: 'In 1936 Oklahoma City supermarket owner Sylvan Goldman created this, which he called a folding basket carrier'

Answer: the shopping cart


Question: 'This 2-word term sounds like a fight between kings, but it's really a large, usually intense conflict'

Answer: a battle royal


Question: 'In 1924 this New Englander won for "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes and Grace Notes"'

Answer: Frost


Question: 'This Middle Eastern sweet consists of several layers of very thin filo pastry filled with nuts & drenched with honey'

Answer: baklava


Question: 'Obama divided by Madison'

Answer: 11 (44 ÷ 4)


Question: 'Pecans & rolls of cloth'

Answer: nuts and bolts


Question: 'Her adopted daughter Christina didn't think she was such a "Mommie Dearest"'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'Including the wives of Noah & his sons, there were this many humans on the ark'

Answer: 8


Question: 'In 1923 this "Saint" of a woman won for work that included "Eight Sonnets in American Poetry"'

Answer: Edna St. Vincent Millay


Question: '"Make 'Em Laugh" mentions this pastry-employing gag that's always fun (for the onlookers, anyway)'

Answer: a pie in the face


Question: 'Lincoln times Jefferson'

Answer: 48 (16 × 3)


Question: 'A legal proceeding & a mistake'

Answer: trial and error


Question: 'This folkie had a No. 3 hit with "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"'

Answer: Joan Baez


Question: 'In Islamic tradition Noah's ark ended up on al-Judi, a mountain near the Euphrates & the headwaters of this other Iraqi river'

Answer: the Tigris


Question: 'The "Complete Poems" of this "Chicago" man took the 1951 prize'

Answer: (Carl) Sandburg


Question: 'The 2-word name of this pastry that can be filled with custard is also used to mean "a timid person"'

Answer: a cream puff


Question: 'John Quincy Adams divided by John Adams'

Answer: 3 (6 ÷ 2)


Question: 'Bowling targets & a California city near the Arizona border'

Answer: pins and needles


Question: 'She was Grammy-nominated for her 1983 comedy album "What Becomes a Semi-Legend Most?"'

Answer: Joan Rivers


Question: 'After finally resting on dry land, Noah built one of these raised platforms on which to thank God'

Answer: an altar


Question: 'The 1948 prize went to "The Age of Anxiety" by this poet, whose initials stood for Wystan Hugh'

Answer: Auden


Question: 'In Copenhagen, these are called "Wienerbrod", though in Vienna they're "Kopenhagener"'

Answer: Danish pastry


Question: 'Reagan times Monroe'

Answer: 200 (40 × 5)


Question: 'An illegal parking penalty & an old term for a man much concerned with his dress & appearance'

Answer: fine and dandy


Question: 'We have a "Suspicion" you know she was born Joan de Havilland'

Answer: Joan Fontaine


Question: 'According to popular legend & a hit song by the Irish Rovers, these animals frolicked & didn't make it onto Noah's Ark'

Answer: unicorns


Question: 'This "All The King's Men" novelist won the poetry prize twice, for 1958 & 1979'

Answer: Robert Penn Warren


Question: 'Oft-attributed to Marie-Antoinette, "Let them eat cake" in French is "Qu'ils mangent de la" this roll made with yeast dough & eggs'

Answer: brioche


Question: 'Clinton minus Nixon'

Answer: 5 (42 - 37)


Question: 'Kids' lemonade vending place & to make good on a pledge'

Answer: stand and deliver


Question: 'This founder of the Children's Television Workshop is in the National Women's Hall of Fame'

Answer: Joan Ganz Cooney


Question: 'Former astronaut James Irwin launched several expeditions looking for Noah's Ark on this Turkish peak'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'This concept dates to a 1783 paper by John Michell, who theorized about a body with the sun's density & 500 times its diameter'

Answer: a black hole


Question: 'Juices naturally occuring in this organ include hydrochloric acid & pepsin, but no orange'

Answer: the stomach


Question: '"Joanie Loves Chachi"'

Answer: Happy Days


Question: '390 B.C.: These people usually associated with ancient France sack Rome'

Answer: the Gauls


Question: 'In 1980 the World Heath Organization announced the eradication of this viral disease'

Answer: smallpox


Question: 'For over 100 years the Arnott's biscuit company has made special editions of these"metallic" containers'

Answer: biscuit tins


Question: 'Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian dealer in these, was involved in the 1980s swap of them for hostages'

Answer: arms


Question: '"Skin" term for the layer of cells on the upper & lower surfaces of a leaf; it may be one cell thick'

Answer: the epidermis


Question: '"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C."'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: '410 A.D.: Under Alaric, these "Westerners" sack Rome'

Answer: the Visigoths


Question: 'In area, it's the smallest constitutional monarchy in the world'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'The Australian Aircraft & Engineering Co. assembled the AVRO 504K, sent to this fledgling company in 1921'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'Compensation owed from an earlier time is this type of "pay"'

Answer: back pay


Question: 'It's the stage in a cocooned butterfly's metamorphosis between caterpillar & adult'

Answer: chrysalis (or pupa)


Question: '"Gloria"'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: '455 A.D.: These people, whose name is now synonymous with pillage & destruction, sack Rome'

Answer: the Vandals


Question: 'New York & New Jersey have plains named for this 5-letter type of pine whose growth is stunted'

Answer: dwarf


Question: 'What was built as the centerpiece of this big event has since gotten the corporate name Telstra Stadium'

Answer: the Summer Olympics


Question: 'A sailor stores his possessions in a sea one'

Answer: a sea chest


Question: 'This reaction occurs in the chloroplasts, the oval-shaped green organelles in plants'

Answer: photosynthesis


Question: '"The Ropers"'

Answer: Three\'s Company


Question: '1084 A.D.: Having successfully invaded England 18 years before, they then sack Rome'

Answer: the Normans


Question: 'From the old French for "small horn", it's the instrument heard here'

Answer: a trumpet


Question: 'Though Foster's is associated with beer, most of the company's assets are in Beringer Blass, a producer of this'

Answer: wine


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew joins snowboarders on the slopes.)  "James!  Let's see a hand plant!"  Watch as he places his hand on the top edge of the half-pipe, which has this anatomical term'

Answer: the lip


Question: 'Aye-aye, it's a lack of ascorbic acid that can cause this disease'

Answer: scurvy


Question: '"Benson"'

Answer: Soap


Question: '1527 A.D.: French & German troops working for this "Empire" end the High Renaissance by sacking Rome'

Answer: the Holy Roman Empire


Question: 'From the Latin for "a small sphere", it's a small drop of liquid'

Answer: a globule


Question: 'In 2004 this corp. whose holdings include 20th Century Fox, announced plans to reincorporate in the U.S.'

Answer: News Corp.


Question: 'King Kalakaua, who helped revive the ancient hula, said hula is this kind of beat "of the Hawaiian people"'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'On an orchestral score, the woodwinds are on top, then brass, then percussion & these on the bottom'

Answer: the strings


Question: 'After Dustin Hoffman sleep-deprived himself for a "Marathon Man" scene, this co-star said, "Dear boy...try acting"'

Answer: Sir Laurence Olivier


Question: 'A cross between a Bing and a Van, the Rainier is a yellow type of this'

Answer: a cherry


Question: 'Ruth Bader Ginsburg'

Answer: Bill Clinton


Question: 'In 1979 fought a war with this small former ally that had just completed a war with the U.S. a few years earlier'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Osiris was the Egyptian god of this'

Answer: the afterlife


Question: 'It's the Italian instruction for "growing louder"; it's up to the conductor to determine how loud'

Answer: Crescendo


Question: 'In 1978, 2 months after calling Keith Moon irreplaceable, this group hired Kenney Jones as drummer'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'A blight-resistant purple one of these from Eastern Europe may be a boon to farmers'

Answer: a potato


Question: 'Clarence Thomas'

Answer: George H. W. Bush


Question: 'Abbreviated P.R.O.C., this nation was founded by Mao & friends in 1949'

Answer: People\'s Republic of China


Question: 'If you stare at the graphic seen here long enough, you'll still see this when it's taken away'

Answer: the afterimage


Question: 'A single one marks the end of a segment; a double one marks the end of a section or work'

Answer: a bar


Question: 'In '66 John Lennon told this Brit to go into music or he'd regret it; he chose acting & won the 1982 Best Actor Oscar'

Answer: Ben Kingsley


Question: 'From Washington, the Fuji type of one fruit flavoured with the Concord type of another yields this, also meaning "wrestle"'

Answer: Grapple


Question: 'Thurgood Marshall'

Answer: Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'In 87 B.C. the Chinese recorded an astronomical phenomenon that scientists think was this, also seen in 1607 A.D.'

Answer: Halley\'s Comet


Question: 'An epilogue'

Answer: an afterword


Question: 'The rest seen here is the same length as one of these'

Answer: a quarter note


Question: '(Hi, I'm Al Franken.)  I played Decline's henchman in this 1978 parody documentary that was also known as "All You Need Is Cash"'

Answer: The Rutles


Question: 'This word was created for the hybrid veggie seen here'

Answer: Brocciflower


Question: 'Antonin Scalia'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Founded in the 6th century B.C., this religion's sacred texts include the Shih Ching, the Li Chi, & the Shu Ching'

Answer: Confucianism


Question: 'Volcanic ash in the sky can cause a brilliant one after the sun has set'

Answer: afterglow


Question: 'Before birds get sucked into jet engines, do they think, is that Rod Stewart in first class? opined this transvestite comic'

Answer: Eddie Izzard


Question: 'William Howard Taft'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'This dynasty, China's last, had a problem with its boxers rising up'

Answer: Manchu dynasty


Question: 'In 1930 the Motorola radio became a popular automobile add-on kit as this type of product'

Answer: after-market product


Question: 'His 1840s romance with an older housemaid in Grimstad may have inspired his later themes of guilt & social hypocrisy'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: '<big>÷</big>'

Answer: a division sign


Question: 'This term for baby frogs means "round head", so their enemies must be Cavaliers'

Answer: tadpoles


Question: 'A marriage-minded monster awaits this title creation in a 1935 horror classic starring Elsa Lanchester'

Answer: The Bride of Frankenstein


Question: 'In 1964 he introduced his first musical synthesizer; it was used on Walter Carlos' "Switched On Bach" LP'

Answer: (Robert) Moog


Question: 'Returning from the Third Crusade, this English "lion" king was kidnapped & held until a huge ransom was paid in 1194'

Answer: Richard the Lion-Hearted


Question: '"Hi, cher" isn't necessarily a pop star greeting; "cher" means this endearing term'

Answer: dear


Question: '<big>√</big>'

Answer: square root


Question: 'If you were a Hun in 450 A.D. this man was your king'

Answer: Atilla


Question: 'A dimwitted shut-in becomes the toast of Washington, D.C. society in this comedy starring Peter Sellers'

Answer: Being There


Question: 'In 1854, he demonstrated his elevator safety device by ascending in an elevator & having the rope cut'

Answer: Otis


Question: 'Assassin James Earl Ray was arrested in this capital city June 8, 1968 by Scotland Yard detectives'

Answer: London


Question: 'You'll find a "cocodril" on the bayou but it isn't a crocodile; it's this relative'

Answer: an alligator


Question: '<big>≠</big>'

Answer: not equal


Question: 'To sing "the home of the brave" in the home of the National League Braves, you have to be in this stadium'

Answer: Turner Field (Turner Stadium accepted)


Question: 'As Josef Mengele, Gregory Peck sets out to breed a new race of Hitlers in this thriller'

Answer: The Boys from Brazil


Question: 'In 1922, he marketed quick-frozen fish, his first packaged frozen food product'

Answer: Birdseye


Question: 'This publishing heiress was kidnapped on February 4, 1974'

Answer: Patty Hearst


Question: 'Who was that masked animal?  It was a chaoui, or this creature with 5 or 6 dark rings on its tail'

Answer: a raccoon


Question: '<big><</big>'

Answer: less than


Question: 'In the Marvel Comics universe it's Tony Stark's alter ego'

Answer: Iron Man


Question: 'Bogie stars as Phillip Marlowe in this 1946 film noir classic based on Raymond Chandler's first novel'

Answer: The Big Sleep


Question: 'There was little demand for his revolver until the Mexican-American War when the U.S. government ordered 1,000'

Answer: (Samuel) Colt


Question: 'Bank robber Clyde Barrow died along with this woman in a 1930s police ambush'

Answer: Bonnie Parker


Question: 'Kawasaki knows "laissez les bons temps rouler!" means this'

Answer: let the good times roll


Question: '<big>≈</big>'

Answer: approximately


Question: 'His libretto for the opera "The Devil and Daniel Webster" was based on his own short story'

Answer: (Stephen Vincent) Benét


Question: 'Stanley Kubrick's directorial style in this 1975 movie mimicked the detached manner of 18th century English painters'

Answer: Barry Lyndon


Question: 'In 1769, he obtained his first patent, a separate condensing chamber & other improvements to the steam engine'

Answer: (James) Watt


Question: 'The man who shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel was vice president under this man'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: '"May a pregnant yak chew on your ears for eternity" is a bad example of what Cajuns call gris gris or this'

Answer: a curse


Question: 'The Times thinks it's fitting that the musical revue "newyorkers" features this statue singing a torch song'

Answer: the Statue of Liberty


Question: 'When this product was first released in 1944, it carried a picture of an Indian chief & the slogan "Don't be a paleface"'

Answer: Coppertone


Question: 'Federalist Party<br />1789-1797'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'He was known as "The Louisville Lip" & "Cassius the Brashest"'

Answer: Mohammed Ali


Question: 'This man brought the Roman alphabet & Latin literature to Ireland in the 400s A.D.'

Answer: St. Patrick


Question: 'Number of persons a love seat is designed for'

Answer: 2


Question: 'According to the Times, this show is "Ireland's answer to the Rockettes"'

Answer: Riverdance


Question: 'This firm began in 1897 as Nippon Gakki Company, an organ manufacturer; electronic organs came along in 1959'

Answer: Yamaha


Question: 'Democratic<br />1913-1921'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Nickname toted by baseball legend Leroy Paige who once advised, "Don't look back, something might be gaining on you"'

Answer: "Satchel" Paige


Question: 'This sixth-largest country in the world was first sighted by Europeans in the 17th century'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'We don't know how many faces death has, but a die has this many'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Reba McEntire said that this musical show she joined in 2001 felt like her life story because she's so similar to Annie Oakley'

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun


Question: 'This animal feed company began using its familiar red & white checkerboard trademark around 1900'

Answer: Ralston-Purina


Question: 'Whig<br />1841-1841'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'This "Round Mound of Rebound", also dubbed "Boy Gorge", was a first round pick of the '76ers in 1984'

Answer: Charles Barkley


Question: 'About 35% of Bhutan's people are ethnically related to this small neighbor famous for its sherpas'

Answer: Nepal


Question: 'Number of legs on an orb weaver'

Answer: 8


Question: 'Ben Brantley said the Jetsons-style Egyptian outfits in this opera-inspired show "should top every drag queen's must-have list"'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'Now a clothing retailer, it began in 1963 as a Chicago-based mail-order supplier of sailboat equipment'

Answer: Land\'s End


Question: 'Republican<br />1901-1909'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Nickname of 5'10" Harold Henry Reese of the Brooklyn Dodgers'

Answer: "Pee Wee" Reese


Question: 'Until the 1980s the city of Harare in this country was known as Salisbury'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'Number of "Summits" in a climbing feat first completed in 1985'

Answer: 7


Question: 'Maxmillan Schell talked to the Times about his new role in the 2001 stage version of this film that won him an Oscar'

Answer: Judgment at Nuremberg


Question: 'Named for its 2 owners, it introduced the first commercial drink mixer in 1911'

Answer: Hamilton-Beach


Question: 'Democratic-Republican<br />1817-1825'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'His Hockey Hall of Fame dad was "The Golden Jet" so naturally, this Dallas Star is known as "The Golden Brett"'

Answer: (Brett) Hull


Question: 'You'll find this 5,130-square-mile lake in Northwest Venezuela'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: 'Used for self-understanding, the enneagram is a diagram showing this many personality types'

Answer: 9


Question: 'This expression comes from a 1956 novel about Frank Skeffington's final run for mayor'

Answer: \"the last hurrah\"


Question: 'After the South took it, the fort endured a 15-mo. siege, reinforcing its walls, symbolically, with bales of this'

Answer: cotton


Question: 'The bobbleheaded character seen here plays a pivotal role in this horrific film series'

Answer: Hellraiser


Question: 'Women will curse thee if this bathroom object is left in the up position'

Answer: the toilet seat


Question: 'The Portuguese were the first Europeans to enter this country'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'This city precedes "Fog" in the name of a brand of raincoats'

Answer: London


Question: 'Any song about Earth's natural satellite'

Answer: a Moon tune


Question: 'The "Civil War Dictionary" says this "developer of modern baseball" "aimed the first gun fired in defense of Ft. Sumter"'

Answer: Abner Doubleday


Question: 'Dude, in the 1970s, this comedy team was smokin''

Answer: Cheech & Chong


Question: 'To capitalize all text in an email is an abomination that signifies the person is doing this'

Answer: shouting


Question: 'It first achieved independence in 1821'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'Ironically, commercials using a toy bunny to advertise this brand weren't meant to "keep going"'

Answer: Energizer


Question: 'Red planet pubs'

Answer: Mars bars


Question: 'On Dec. 27, 1860 Major Robert Anderson raised the stakes when he raised a 36- by 20-foot one of these'

Answer: the American flag


Question: 'You'll be my Little Buddy when you name this actor depicted here'

Answer: Bob Denver


Question: 'God's grace will shine on mealtime when this is put on a lap, not tucked into one's collar'

Answer: the napkin


Question: 'Most of its people are Sunni Muslims'

Answer: Tajikistan


Question: 'This brand name was first put on sacks of generic "self-rising pancake flour" around 1890'

Answer: Aunt Jemima


Question: 'Space telescope problem'

Answer: Hubble trouble


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the waters of Charleston, SC.)  In January 1861, this president tried to relieve Ft. Sumter with a supply ship, but it was turned back, & the stage was set'

Answer: Buchanan


Question: 'On the late-'70s TV series that featured the big guy seen here, he was played by this big man'

Answer: Lou Ferrigno


Question: 'The Kingdom of Heaven will be thine, even to those who remove the tags from this signature Serta product'

Answer: the mattress


Question: 'At one time, it consisted of several independent kingdoms, including Ganja & Ashanti'

Answer: Ghana


Question: 'Say bonjour, kitty to this faux French clothing brand with a leaping feline as its logo'

Answer: Le Tigre


Question: 'Comet discoverer Edmond's narrow lanes'

Answer: Halley\'s alleys


Question: '3 decades after the Civil War, fear of this European enemy prompted the building of a new battery; it was never used'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Pleasant dreams--it's the full name of this character who repeats his mayhem across multiple movies'

Answer: Jason Voorhees


Question: 'Thou shalt not wear white shoes from Labor Day til this holiday first officially observed in 1868'

Answer: Memorial Day


Question: 'The most common language there, after Spanish, is Guarani'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'This company's first washing machines were "So simple, a child could do it"'

Answer: Maytag


Question: 'One who determines the age of meteorite impact holes'

Answer: a crater dater (crater rater accepted)


Question: 'This Mediterranean port is France's second-largest city (& something to sing about)'

Answer: Marseilles


Question: 'Viola Fields, Mom to J. Lo's fiance'

Answer: Monster-in-Law


Question: 'Sawbones is Old West slang for this profession'

Answer: surgeon


Question: '"Monet Working on his Boat in Argenteuil" was an 1874 work by this similarly-named master'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'Serving the poor, it's the nation's largest public health insurance program'

Answer: Medicaid


Question: 'In the 1587 "Faust-Book", the doc has a son with this famed beauty of ancient times'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'The dagger stuck on the end of a rifle may have been developed in & named for this French town'

Answer: Bayonne


Question: 'A sexy "queen of the galaxy"'

Answer: Barbarella


Question: 'This masculine first name, also a world capital, is Spanish for "Saint James"'

Answer: Santiago


Question: 'Although her hands were crippled with arthritis, she began painting in oils in 1938 at age 77'

Answer: Grandma Moses


Question: 'London's Hospital for Tropical Diseases focuses on this mosquito-spread illness that kills millions yearly'

Answer: malaria


Question: 'Devilish name of the last movement of Liszt's "Faust Symphony"'

Answer: "Mephistopheles"


Question: 'Loire Valley castle t--uh, excursions can begin in this capital of the Indre-et-Loire Department'

Answer: Tours


Question: 'TV reporter Kimberly Wells'

Answer: The China Syndrome


Question: 'Let's toast this word for an often day-long seminar; it's from the Greek for "to drink together"'

Answer: symposium


Question: 'In 1929, a year before his most famous work, this Iowan painted his mother in "Woman with Plants"'

Answer: Grant Wood


Question: 'This term for an artificial limb comes from the Greek for "to add"'

Answer: prosthesis


Question: 'He wrote a 1947 novel about a German composer whose masterpiece is "The Lamentation of Doctor Faustus"'

Answer: Thomas Mann


Question: 'In a 1964 Jacques Demy film we saw "Le Parapluies de" this English Channel city'

Answer: Cherbourg


Question: 'V.A. hospital volunteer Sally Hyde'

Answer: Coming Home


Question: 'The Mars Pathfinder carried this famous "Rover"--& that's the truth'

Answer: Sojourner


Question: 'Alfred Stieglitz discovered her drawings & exhibited them in 1916 while she was teaching art in the south'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'It's the AL in ALFA, an association of communities for seniors who don't quite need nursing homes'

Answer: assisted living


Question: 'The Metropolitan Opera was once known as the "Faustspielhaus", since it played this Frenchman's "Faust" so often'

Answer: Gounod


Question: 'The Papal Palace is a landmark in this capital of the Vaucluse Department'

Answer: Avignon


Question: 'Playwright Lillian Hellman'

Answer: Julia


Question: 'The British East India Company was abolished after this Indian rebellion broke out in 1857'

Answer: the Sepoy


Question: 'This Venetian's "Assumption of the Virgin" of 1516-18 is known for the vivid red of the virgin's robe'

Answer: Titian


Question: 'Per USA Today, from 1985-2000 these doctors with a 2-part specialty paid the most malpractice claims'

Answer: obstetrician-gynecologist


Question: 'Marlowe's Faustus uses this magic power to snatch things from the hands of the astonished pope'

Answer: invisibility


Question: 'On August 6 & 7, 1961, Gherman Titov did this 17 times; the previous record was one'

Answer: orbit the Earth


Question: 'This U.S. university was founded October 28, 1636'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'The February 28, 1983 finale of this military sitcom was the most-watched episode in TV history'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Every "dog will have" this'

Answer: His day


Question: 'The 1st important Ottoman capital was Bursa, now in this country'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'What a kick!  This forward has scored a world-record 111 goals in international play'

Answer: Mia Hamm


Question: 'With John F. Kennedy in command, this boat was sunk by the Japanese August 2, 1943'

Answer: PT-109


Question: 'In late October 1922, he became premier of Italy'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'A 1996 episode of this series was titled "Dick is From Mars, Sally is From Venus"'

Answer: 3rd Rock From the Sun


Question: '"Frailty, thy name is" this'

Answer: Woman


Question: 'It was the section of an Ottoman household that housed the 4 wives permitted by law'

Answer: Harem/Seraglio


Question: 'He played astronaut Jack Swigert in "Apollo 13"'

Answer: Kevin Bacon


Question: 'In "Star Wars" Luke Skywalker gets an important holographic message from the innards of this robot'

Answer: R2-D2


Question: 'Martin Sheen played Bobby Kennedy in this 1974 TV movie about a crisis in Cuba'

Answer: The Missiles of October


Question: 'This "Seinfeld" character described himself as a "Short, stocky, slow-witted bald man"'

Answer: George Costanza


Question: '"Neither" one of these, "nor a lender be"'

Answer: A borrower


Question: 'Built up by Bayezid II, this branch of the Ottoman military first proved itself in wars against the Venetians'

Answer: Navy


Question: 'On "The Dukes of Hazzard" Sheriff Coltrane was this crooked politician's right-hand man'

Answer: Boss Hogg


Question: 'It's a common name for the dog detail of a police department'

Answer: K-9


Question: 'This Middle Eastern president was assassinated while reviewing a military parade October 6, 1981'

Answer: Anwar Sadat


Question: 'This NBC sitcom's last episode featured Janeane Garofalo as a grown-up Mabel Buchman'

Answer: Mad About You


Question: 'This person "Doth protest too much"'

Answer: The lady


Question: 'In 1534 the Ottomans captured this city, as some wanted Gen. Schwarzkopf to do in 1991'

Answer: Baghdad


Question: 'Nickname of the chubby schoolboy who comes to an unfortunate end in "Lord of the Flies"'

Answer: Piggy


Question: 'In 1994 Calvin Klein introduced this unisex scent'

Answer: CK-1


Question: 'On October 21, 1520 this sailor entered the Chilean strait that today bears his name'

Answer: Ferdinand Magellan


Question: 'Lead TV character who worked as a salesman at Gary's Shoe Emporium'

Answer: Al Bundy


Question: '"More honored in" this "than in the observance"'

Answer: The breach


Question: 'This word for the governor of an Ottoman province was also the last name of actor Turhan'

Answer: Bey


Question: 'One of John Candy's last films was this comedy about the U.S. declaring war on its neighbor to the north'

Answer: Canadian Bacon


Question: 'Matthew Scott got the USA's first hand transplant after losing his hand to one of these illegal firecrackers'

Answer: M-80


Question: 'The Red Sea's Dahlak Archipelago was once famous for its production of these gems'

Answer: Pearls


Question: '"My Heart Will Go On"<br />            (1997)'

Answer: Titanic


Question: 'The Golden Fleece sought by this young Greek prince hung from a tree in the land of Colchis'

Answer: Jason


Question: 'The peacock is actually a type of this fowl-like game bird which includes golden & ring-necked species'

Answer: Pheasant


Question: '10 years after this novel, Harriet Beecher Stowe was shocking again with "Lady Byron Vindicated"'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'A monoglot is a person who only knows one of these'

Answer: Language


Question: 'The Bismarck Archipelago got its name when it was annexed by this European country in 1884'

Answer: Germany


Question: '"Gonna Fly Now"<br />            (1976)'

Answer: Rocky


Question: 'For daring to compare herself to Athena, this Gorgon maiden was changed into a monster'

Answer: Medusa


Question: 'The yapok, a species of this Western Hemisphere marsupial, has webbed feet for swimming'

Answer: Opossum


Question: 'John Murray, Lord Byron's publisher, also put out this woman's "Emma" & "Mansfield Park"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'Singularly, it's a quick turn; in this plural form, they are pranks that are usually "high"'

Answer: Jinx


Question: 'This cape is the southern extremity of the Tierra Del Fuego Archipelago'

Answer: Cape Horn


Question: '"Moon River"<br />            (1961)'

Answer: Breakfast At Tiffany\'s


Question: 'He was known as the "God of the Vines" or the "God of Wine"'

Answer: Dionysus


Question: 'Unlike other lizards, it makes a distinctly audible sound & has specialized feet allowing it to run across a ceiling'

Answer: Gecko


Question: 'Virginia Woolf used this technique to convey the "river"like flow of a character's thoughts'

Answer: Stream of consciousness


Question: 'If you're forswunk, you're this; & probably underpaid, too'

Answer: Overworked


Question: '"Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah"<br />             (1947)'

Answer: Song Of The South


Question: 'Thetis dipped her baby son Achilles into this river to make his body impervious to wounds'

Answer: River Styx


Question: 'The name of this long-snouted large pig-like mammal of Latin America is from a Brazilian Tupi Indian word'

Answer: Tapir


Question: 'Hannah Arendt's book on Adolf Eichmann presented her theory known as "The Banality Of" this'

Answer: Evil


Question: 'To decrepitate is to do this, not snap or pop'

Answer: Crackle


Question: '"Somewhere Out There"<br />            (1986)'

Answer: An American Tail


Question: 'The name of this woman created out of clay by Hephaestus means "all gifted"'

Answer: Pandora


Question: 'The lion is the only natural enemy of this "cape" bovine, the most dangerous of Africa's big game animals'

Answer: Cape buffalo


Question: 'Offred is this title character whose "tale" is told in a Margaret Atwood novel'

Answer: The Handmaid\'s Tale


Question: 'A canephorus is a sculpture of a maiden bearing one of these on her head'

Answer: Basket


Question: 'The seal of this cabinet department has an anvil on it'

Answer: Department of Labor


Question: 'A sound's repetition by reflection'

Answer: an echo


Question: 'By 1966 the Air Force had logged 10,147 sightings of these, but didn't believe any'

Answer: UFOs


Question: 'The pari-mutuel system lets you do it legally'

Answer: bet on horses


Question: 'Minneapolis' "twin", it's capital of Minnesota'

Answer: St. Paul


Question: 'He's been played by Reeves & Reeve'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'He originated "The Origin of Species"'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'It's what LBJ showed off to reporters in October 1965'

Answer: a scar


Question: 'Race where faster horses carry more weight than slower ones'

Answer: a handicap


Question: 'California mission town which is annual destination for famed swallows'

Answer: San Juan Capistrano


Question: 'Still seen in Thanksgiving parades, Wally Cox gave this hero his voice'

Answer: Underdog


Question: 'Singular form of the word "bacteria"'

Answer: bacterium


Question: 'Jean Nidetch in 1963 lost 72 lbs. & started this company'

Answer: Weight Watchers


Question: 'Race horse that runs well on a wet track, or a Bronx mommy'

Answer: a mudder


Question: '8th most populous city in the world, it was once capital of Brazil'

Answer: São Paulo


Question: 'His theme was the following:'

Answer: Mighty Mouse


Question: 'Negative particle that orbits an atom's nucleus'

Answer: an electron


Question: 'In 1967 he was kicked out of the House of Representatives for reprehensible behavior'

Answer: Adam Clayton Powell


Question: 'Reputed site of Columbus' tomb, it's capital of Dominican Republic'

Answer: Santo Domingo


Question: 'His archenemy, Dr. Sivana, nicknamed him "The Big Red Cheese"'

Answer: Captain Marvel


Question: 'Cytology is the study of these biological building blocks'

Answer: cells


Question: 'In '61 this oil billionaire installed a pay phone in his mansion for guests to use'

Answer: J. Paul Getty


Question: 'Poshest of all Swiss ski resorts'

Answer: St. Moritz


Question: 'Originally Reed Richards, his wife Sue, The Human Torch & The Thing'

Answer: The Fantastic Four


Question: 'Honolulu is on this Hawaiian island'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'Won medals for helping British in South Africa but his opposition drove them from India'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'Combat candies made to melt in a GI's mouth, not in his hand'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'Second largest planet in the solar system'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Though never declared, it was the longest war in which America took part'

Answer: the Vietnam War


Question: 'The seasick sea serpent'

Answer: Cecil


Question: '2 of 4 countries bordering Greece'

Answer: (2 of) Yugoslavia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania


Question: 'Since independence in '45, Sukarno & Suharto have been this island nation's only presidents'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'Until Swanson offered them in '54, you couldn't officially eat in front of the boob tube'

Answer: frozen TV dinners


Question: 'Stars forming patterns as seen from Earth, such as Orion'

Answer: a constellation


Question: 'The material cost of this war was greater than all other wars put together'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'While Lassie was played by a male, this dolphin was played by a female'

Answer: Flipper


Question: 'In 1946 Norway's Trygve Lie became 1st to hold this post'

Answer: Secretary General of the U.N.


Question: 'The first ones had to be nurses to serve coffee, tea or milk'

Answer: stewardesses (or flight attendants)


Question: 'From Greek for "milk", a system of stars such as the Milky Way'

Answer: galaxies


Question: 'Sports event that set off a 1969 war between Honduras & El Salvador'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'He was 1st of several chimps featured in the early days of "The Today Show"'

Answer: J. Fred Muggs


Question: 'Brand of cereal thou could 1st buy in 1901'

Answer: Quaker Oatmeal


Question: 'The Inquisition forced him to retract his belief the Earth orbits the Sun'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'In 19th C., Brazil, Argentina & Uruguay wiped out over 80% of this nearby country's population'

Answer: Paraguay


Question: 'In the TV show "Maya", it's what Maya was'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'In 1868, a Mobile, Ala. Mardi Gras parade 1st featured these'

Answer: floats


Question: 'To nearest ½ day, time it takes Moon to orbit Earth'

Answer: 29 and a half


Question: 'Spaniards started war in colonial America by cutting off this part of Robert Jenkins' body'

Answer: his ear


Question: 'In this series, Starbuck's little friend Boxie had a pet Daggit'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question: 'The only day of the week named for a Roman god'

Answer: Saturday


Question: 'The year before assassinating Lincoln, this actor organized an attempt to abduct the president'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater put his wife here "and there he kept her very well"'

Answer: Pumpkin shell


Question: 'This "fever" is caused by a bacterium called salmonella typhosa'

Answer: Typhoid fever


Question: 'The lighthouse at the Castillo del Morro is a landmark of this Cuban capital'

Answer: Havana


Question: 'Conducted every 10 years by the U.S. government since 1790, it's a major resource for ancestor hunters'

Answer: Census


Question: '"Lady Sings The Blues"'

Answer: Diana Ross


Question: 'In 1862 the Union captured this Louisiana capital; the Confederates moved the capital to Opelousas'

Answer: Baton Rouge


Question: 'He told the pieman, "Let me taste your ware"'

Answer: Simple Simon


Question: 'Most cases of this mosquito-transmitted disease can be cured by chloroquine & primaquine'

Answer: Malaria


Question: 'A brick lighthouse on this N.C. cape warns ships away from Diamond Shoals, a famous ship graveyard'

Answer: Cape Hatteras


Question: 'A "General Society" traces the descendants of passengers on this ship, including Myles Standish'

Answer: Mayflower


Question: '"The Bodyguard"'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'Before his troops' charge at Gettysburg, he told them "Don't forget today that you are from old Virginia"'

Answer: George Pickett


Question: 'They were the "Three Men In A Tub"'

Answer: The butcher, the baker & the candlestick maker


Question: 'Chronic hepatitis can lead to cancer & this disease in which scar tissue forms throughout the liver'

Answer: Cirrhosis


Question: 'It's said that the fires of this Egyptian lighthouse could be seen for about 30 miles'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'This 1976 bestseller sparked interest in the subject, especially by African Americans'

Answer: Roots


Question: '"9 To 5"'

Answer: Dolly Parton


Question: 'This Union commander's men in the field called him "Little Mac"'

Answer: George McClellan


Question: '"There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, he found" this "beside a crooked stile"'

Answer: Crooked sixpence


Question: 'Bulbar paralysis, the most serious form of this disease, results from nerve damage to the brain stem'

Answer: Poliomyelitis


Question: 'France's lighthouse the Phare de Cordouan is at the mouth of the Gironde estuary near this bay'

Answer: Bay of Biscay


Question: 'To aid in the salvation of ancestors, this religious group has the world's largest archive of genealogy'

Answer: Mormons


Question: '"Oh, God!"'

Answer: John Denver


Question: 'Possibly from a snake's name, this term referred to northern Democrats urging compromise with the South'

Answer: Copperheads


Question: 'This insect saw Cock Robin die, "With my little eye, I saw him die"'

Answer: The Fly


Question: 'In 1882 Robert Koch discovered the bacteria that cause this disease also called consumption'

Answer: Tuberculosis


Question: 'This easternmost "point" of New York state at the tip of Long Island has a lighthouse built in 1796'

Answer: Montauk Point


Question: 'This word comes from middle French for "crane's foot" which the lines on family trees resemble'

Answer: Pedigree


Question: '"The Electric Horseman"'

Answer: Willie Nelson


Question: 'China's national legislature meets in this capital's Great Hall of the People'

Answer: Beijing/Peking


Question: 'Though it's old German for "famous wolf", we know it better as the name of a red-nosed reindeer'

Answer: Rudolph


Question: 'Spontini's 1809 opera "Fernand Cortez" is also called "The Conquest Of" this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This queen of talk shows ranked among Ebony magazine's 15 Most Beautiful Black Women of 1996'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: '1997 marks the 60th anniversary of her disappearance over the Pacific'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'One book calls her " a stereotypical nice girl"; we wonder how Mark Twain would have answered that'

Answer: Becky Thatcher


Question: 'This Saudi Arabian holy city was called Macoraba by the ancients'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'Bram, as in Bram Stoker, is short for this name'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'In "Maria Stuarda", this queen orders Mary Stuart's execution after Mary calls her a "bastarda"'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth I


Question: 'A statue of this late tennis star now stands on Monument Avenue in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia'

Answer: Arthur Ashe


Question: 'Grounded for 3 1/2 months after a crash in the Everglades, this airline resumed flights in September 1996'

Answer: ValuJet


Question: 'Holland is the last name of this character whose life was chronicled by Wendy Wasserstein'

Answer: Heidi


Question: 'This Vietnamese city's downtown area is still called Saigon'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh City


Question: 'A French form of "white", it was a popular name for women around the turn of the century'

Answer: Blanche


Question: 'Bizet & Rimsky-Korsakov both wrote fine operas about this dreadful czar'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'For President Clinton's 1st inauguration, she wrote & recited the poem "On The Pulse Of Morning"'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'In 1995 this airport, in operation for 66 years, was replaced by Denver International'

Answer: Stapleton International Airport


Question: 'In this poet's only novel, "The Bell Jar", she related the coming of age of Esther Greenwood'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'The tomb of Pakistan's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, is a landmark in this former capital'

Answer: Karachi


Question: 'Denise is derived from the name of this Greek god of wine'

Answer: Dionysus


Question: 'Meyerbeer's opera "Les Huguenots" takes place in 1572 in Touraine & in this capital city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'In 1990 he took office as New York City's first black mayor'

Answer: David Dinkins


Question: 'In 1913 he built & flew the first 4-engine airplane; later he built helicopters'

Answer: Igor Sikorsky


Question: 'Miranda, a young woman, appears in several of her works, including "Pale Horse, Pale Rider"'

Answer: Katherine Anne Porter


Question: 'With a population of over 2 million, this capital of Uzbekistan is central Asia's largest city'

Answer: Tashkent


Question: 'Name of a late actor-director, it's from Latin meaning "like a bear"'

Answer: Orson


Question: 'The famous aria known as "Handel's Largo" is sung in "Serse", a 1738 opera about this great ruler'

Answer: Xerxes


Question: 'This bandleader whose theme was "One O' Clock Jump" was pictured on a 1996 postage stamp'

Answer: Count Basie


Question: 'Famous for his 1942 raid on Tokyo, he was named Aviator of the Decade in 1950'

Answer: Jimmy Doolittle


Question: 'This Scottish teacher & spinster is Muriel Spark's most famous creation'

Answer: Miss Jean Brodie


Question: 'Like its major streets Hope, Benefit & Friendship, its name is an abstraction'

Answer: Providence, Rhode Island


Question: 'One adventure of these 2 Twain boys:  attempting to cure warts with a dead cat out in the cemetery at midnight'

Answer: Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer


Question: 'The Commodores:<br />"____ Times A Lady"'

Answer: Three


Question: '...how to install an aerator on this sink part to control flow & splashing'

Answer: the faucet


Question: 'A radio antenna'

Answer: an aerial


Question: 'National Inventors Day, February 11'

Answer: Thomas Edison