Question: 'Arf!  Little Orphan Annie found this furry friend as a pup behind Mrs. Bottle's store'

Answer: Sandy


Question: 'In Spanish & Italian card games, this international trumper is merely a one'

Answer: an ace


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.)  The arrival of foxes in Western Australia in the 1920s was bad news for the quokka, a type of this kangaroo relative'

Answer: a wallaby


Question: 'This resort chain is "The antidote for civilization"'

Answer: Club Med


Question: 'Mount Disappointment,<br />Mount Muir'

Answer: California


Question: 'At 9:32 A.M. on July 16, 1969, Jack King declared, "We have" this "on Apollo 11"'

Answer: liftoff


Question: 'The little dog Snert wears a Viking helmet with horns just like this warrior owner'

Answer: Hagar the Horrible


Question: 'In a standard international deck, he's the only one-eyed king'

Answer: the king of diamonds


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia.)  This egg-laying mammal has no teeth with which to eat; its taxonomic name is Tachyglossidae, or "fast tongue"'

Answer: the echidna


Question: 'The song most commonly associated with the Air Force begins, "Off we go into" this'

Answer: "the wild blue yonder"


Question: '"They're creepy & they're kooky, mysterious & spooky, they're altogether ooky"'

Answer: The Addams Family


Question: 'This courageous aviator was known as "the Lone Eagle"'

Answer: Lindbergh


Question: 'Roger is HIV-positive & Mimi is a heroin addict in this musical'

Answer: Rent


Question: 'Depending on the month, it can be a peridot or a diamond'

Answer: a birthstone


Question: 'April 22 is Earth Day & the birthday of this leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'This European operation that began in 1948 was the independent USAF's first major international challenge'

Answer: the Berlin Airlift


Question: '"Woke up this mornin

Answer: The Sopranos


Question: 'To track & field fans, she was simply "Flo Jo"'

Answer: Florence Griffith Joyner


Question: 'According to the title of a Tom Stoppard play, these 2 attendant lords "are Dead"'

Answer: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern


Question: 'Sad songs may tug at these internal strands'

Answer: heartstrings


Question: 'Occurring the first new moon after the sun enters Aquarius, it's Vietnamese new year'

Answer: Tet


Question: 'By the end of the Vietnam War, the USAF was guiding bombs with this acronymic technology dating from around 1960'

Answer: laser


Question: '"Till the one day when the lady met this fellow, & they knew that it was much more than a hunch"'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'Old West personality Martha Jane Cannary was known by this misfortunate handle'

Answer: Calamity Jane


Question: 'This Terrence McNally musical is based on a novel by E.L. Doctorow'

Answer: Ragtime


Question: 'An event that happens in a movie but that the audience doesn't see is said to have taken place here'

Answer: offscreen


Question: 'This "Thursday" before Easter commemorates the Last Supper'

Answer: Maundy Thursday


Question: 'The continental U.S.-based interceptor force is provided by this homefront body formed the same day as the USAF'

Answer: the Air National Guard


Question: '"Who are you?  Who, who, who, who?"'

Answer: CSI


Question: 'Shakespeare was "the Bard of Avon"; this Scotsman was "the Bard of Ayrshire"'

Answer: Robert Burns


Question: 'Ionesco's play named for this pachyderm is about totalitarianism'

Answer: rhinoceros


Question: 'The vertical section of tile behind the sink'

Answer: a backsplash


Question: 'Held on March 3, Japan's Hinamatsuri festival celebrates young girls & these toys popular with them'

Answer: dolls


Question: 'The A-10 Thunderbolt II is less glamorously nicknamed for this hideous animal'

Answer: the warthog


Question: '"We don't get fooled again, don't get fooled again.  No, no"'

Answer: CSI: Miami


Question: 'Diminutive chanteuse Edith Piaf was known as "the Little" this bird'

Answer: a sparrow


Question: 'It's the 3-letter name of Karel Capek's play from which we get the word "robot"'

Answer: R.U.R.


Question: '"Deadly" herb also known as belladonna'

Answer: nightshade


Question: 'In Texas April 21 is a day to remember this battle, Sam Houston's 1836 victory over a passel of Mexicans'

Answer: San Jacinto


Question: '900 years old when he died, he spoke in OSV syntax, object-subject-verb'

Answer: Yoda


Question: 'Reportedly, this now booming Nevada city was once known to the railroad as Waterhole No. 25'

Answer: Las Vegas


Question: 'A frothy French dessert, or Bullwinkle, for instance'

Answer: Mousse/moose


Question: 'The third "Star Wars" movie released (sixth in the lore)'

Answer: Return of the Jedi


Question: 'What's called a break of this joint, common in the elderly, is actually a break in the top of the femur'

Answer: Hip


Question: 'Dear Gary, California's a lot of fun.  Today we visited this "Happiest Place on Earth" -- wish you were here!'

Answer: Disneyland


Question: 'This fruit is high in carbohydrates & rich in vitamin C'

Answer: Banana


Question: 'Flashing lights of this color are the universal sign of legal prostitution in Nevada's rural areas'

Answer: Red


Question: 'An artist's set of colors, or the roof of the mouth'

Answer: Palette/palate


Question: 'The second "Mad Max" movie was sometimes titled "Mad Max 2" & sometimes this'

Answer: The Road Warrior


Question: 'The PSA test, given yearly to men starting at around age 50, detects this type of cancer'

Answer: Prostate cancer


Question: 'Dear Harry, finally made it to this city.  Saw the Van Gogh Museum & the Anne Frank House -- wish you were here!'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'The ancient Greeks believed that the soul left the body after death in the form of this insect'

Answer: Butterfly


Question: 'On dec. 5, 1916 in Jarbidge Canyon, the last Nevada robbery of one of these conveyances took place'

Answer: Stagecoach


Question: 'Closing an envelope, or the overhead part of a room'

Answer: Sealing/ceiling


Question: 'The champ hit rock bottom yet again in this last of the "Rocky" sequels so far'

Answer: Rocky V


Question: 'Tapping your chest to listen to your lungs is called this, also a section of an orchestra'

Answer: Percussion


Question: 'Dear Teri, what a monumental day.  Saw this tomb of Shah Jahan & his wife -- wish you were here!'

Answer: Taj Mahal


Question: 'This bulb is related to the lily'

Answer: Onion


Question: 'This decade wasn't all depressing -- gambling became legal in Nevada'

Answer: 1930s


Question: 'A poem of praise, or was indebted to'

Answer: Ode/owed


Question: 'Robert Hays & Julie Hagerty returned for this 1982 comedy sequel'

Answer: Airplane II


Question: '"White Coat Syndrome" usually refers to the elevation of this measurement by anxiety in the doctor's presence'

Answer: Blood pressure


Question: 'Dear Shari, did some shopping in this famous Tokyo district.  Reminds me of Fifth Avenue -- wish you were here!'

Answer: The Ginza


Question: 'About 4 million of these live in Canada, most are pets<br />(signing the whiskers)'

Answer: Cats


Question: 'In 1870 a Liberty silver dollar was the first coin struck with the mint mark "C.C." in this city'

Answer: Carson City


Question: 'A portion, or a state of harmony'

Answer: Piece/peace


Question: '"A Nightmare on Elm Street 3" was appropriately about these title "warriors"'

Answer: Dream Warriors


Question: 'Kermit the Frog made a "connection" with this phenomenon'

Answer: Rainbow


Question: 'c. 1028<br />Falaise, Normandy'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'This futuristic hero "In the Caverns of Mongo" was a 1937 novel based on the comic strip'

Answer: Flash Gordon


Question: 'In 2000 he published "The Brethren" about 3 imprisoned ex-judges'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'Amy Brenneman's real-life relationship with her mom inspired this TV legal drama'

Answer: Judging Amy


Question: 'This port of southeastern Tennessee was a key city during the Civil War'

Answer: Chattanooga


Question: 'November 14, 1935<br />Amman, Jordan'

Answer: King Hussein


Question: 'It's the lowest temperature at which the vapor of a combustible liquid will ignite in the air'

Answer: Flash point


Question: 'He published his first Perry Mason book in 1933, 22 years after he was admitted to the bar'

Answer: Erle Stanley Gardner


Question: 'It gave us the catchphrase "The tribe has spoken"'

Answer: Survivor


Question: 'He received an Oscar nomination for his role as a ballet superstar in "The Turning Point", his film debut'

Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov


Question: 'Slang for an incessant talker, it sounds like a container for gossip'

Answer: Chatterbox


Question: 'September 5, 1638<br />Saint-Germain-En-Laye'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'This term refers to sheet metal that's used to reinforce the joints & angles of a roof'

Answer: Flashing


Question: '(Here with the clue is a former "Jeopardy!" college champion, Tom Cubbage)  This Harvard law professor wrote the novel "The Advocate's Devil"'

Answer: Alan Dershowitz


Question: 'In 2000 Mary Tyler Moore & this actress reunited for the TV movie "Mary and Rhoda"'

Answer: Valerie Harper


Question: 'Born Margaret Hookham, she was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1956'

Answer: Dame Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'Following one's natural instincts to passionate love is the main thrust of this controversial D.H. Lawrence novel'

Answer: "Lady Chatterley\'s Lover"


Question: 'June 4, 1738<br />London'

Answer: George III


Question: 'Raymond Larkin, the Fernwood Flasher, was the grandfather of this TV title character'

Answer: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman


Question: 'For his first mystery, "The Trials of Nikki Hill", this O.J. prosecutor collaborated with Dick Lochte'

Answer: Christopher Darden


Question: '(Hi, I'm Katie Wagner)  One of the highlights of hosting this "live" music show for TBS was that I got to flirt with Tom Jones'

Answer: Live From the House of Blues


Question: 'In 1936 he staged the "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" sequence for the Rodgers & Hart musical "On Your Toes"'

Answer: George Balanchine


Question: 'It forms about half the border between Alabama & Georgia'

Answer: Chattahoochee River


Question: 'February 11, 1920<br />Cairo'

Answer: King Farouk


Question: 'This lead singer & his Continental Kids appeared as the prom band in "American Graffiti"'

Answer: Flash Cadillac


Question: 'This attorney wrote about the prosecution of Charles Manson in "Helter Skelter"'

Answer: Vincent Bugliosi


Question: 'Fran Drescher was "The Nanny" & she was the nanny of "Nanny and the Professor"'

Answer: Juliet Mills


Question: 'It's a legal term for moveable property'

Answer: Chattel


Question: 'Named for a U.S. statesman, it was known in Central America as the "Flower of the Holy Night"'

Answer: Poinsettia


Question: 'In a children's tale, Jack traded one of these barnyard animals for some magic beans'

Answer: cow


Question: 'In 2003 Madonna guest-starred as Karen's potential roommate on this NBC sitcom'

Answer: Will & Grace


Question: 'Orwell was born Eric Blair in this country in 1903; Kipling, whom Orwell later wrote about, was born there in 1865'

Answer: India


Question: 'Lopp Motors in this city in Kansas has been selling Chryslers & Dodges there since 1973'

Answer: Dodge City


Question: 'Most of us know it better as Excalibur; Geoffrey of Monmouth called this king's sword Caliburn'

Answer: King Arthur


Question: 'To pursue for food or sport'

Answer: hunt


Question: 'Yipes Stripes!  The Grevy species of this was named for a president of France'

Answer: zebra


Question: '(Hi, I'm Lauren Graham from "The Gilmore Girls")  I played Valerie, on an episode of this sitcom, who put Jerry on speed dial after only 2 dates'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'In this book England is known as Airstrip One & is part of Oceania'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'In 1983 some considered this Salt Lake City native the best young quarterback in the country'

Answer: Steve Young


Question: 'When loading a musket, first put in the gunpowder, then the wadding, then this'

Answer: ball/bullet


Question: 'The smallest puppy of a litter'

Answer: runt


Question: 'In an aardvark these are diiferent from yours; they have no enamel'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'Bebe Neuwirth has played Dr. Lilith Sternin on these 2 shows'

Answer: Cheers & Frasier


Question: 'According to the title of a 1933 work, 1 of the 2 cities in which Orwell was "Down and Out"'

Answer: London or Paris


Question: 'Invented in the late '50s, it's a functional circuit formed when diodes, transistors, etc. are integrated'

Answer: integrated circuit


Question: 'After WWI the U.S. gave infantrymen the new M1 rifle; in the 1960s this newer model was given to GIs in Vietnam'

Answer: the M16


Question: 'Married to Lynn Fontanne'

Answer: (Alfred) Lunt


Question: '"The Encyclopedia of Mammals" calls it the most heavily armored mammal alive today'

Answer: armadillo


Question: 'Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen shared the role of Michele Tanner on this family sitcom'

Answer: Full House


Question: 'Orwell's classic 1945 satire on the Stalinist dictatorship; 4 publishers turned it down'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question: 'In New York City Eighth Avenue becomes this street as it runs along the west edge of Central Park'

Answer: Central Park West


Question: 'The arrangement of these on a shotgun may be side-by-side or over-and-under'

Answer: the barrels


Question: 'It can be the indentation in the bottom of a champagne bottle or a narrow, flat-bottomed boat'

Answer: punt


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  The name of this raptor comes from a word meaning "to grasp"'

Answer: hawk


Question: 'This Latino comedian stars as an assembly line work in his eponymous sitcom'

Answer: George Lopez


Question: 'In 1936 Orwell headed south to fight in & write about this war; he got shot in the throat & wrote a book'

Answer: the Spanish Civil War


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Stratford-upon-Avon, England)  Although only its foundations remain today, in 1597 Shakespeare bought a new place in Stratford called this'

Answer: New Place


Question: 'Its name goes back to an Algonquin word for "an instrument to cut (it) off"'

Answer: tomahawk


Question: 'A medical device that diverts fluid from one part of the body to another'

Answer: shunt


Question: 'Ironically, this north Atlantic nation has the world's greatest number of hot springs'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'She called her 2001 & 2002 tours "Dream Within a Dream"'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'The name of these people was later applied to German soldiers'

Answer: the Huns


Question: 'His 1992 novel "The Pelican Brief" was a national bestseller'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'Regulus, from the Latin Rex, for "king", is in this king of beasts'

Answer: Leo


Question: 'In a Beatles hit, the title words preceding "Work It Out"'

Answer: We Can


Question: '21% of the area of this country, whose name is Spanish for "rich coast", is set aside for parks & sanctuaries'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'In 1999 this Latin heartthrob won an MTV award for Best Pop Video for "Livin' La Vida Loca"'

Answer: Ricky Martin


Question: 'In the "Goths" episode, our heroes hand this group its worst defeat in 600 years on Aug. 9, 378'

Answer: the Romans


Question: 'The first pope to visit a president in the White House was this man who met Jimmy Carter in 1979'

Answer: Pope John Paul II


Question: 'It's brighter than its twin, Castor'

Answer: Pollux


Question: 'Though the characters never mention it, the film "M*A*S*H" takes place during this war'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: 'The world's longest cable-car route runs over 10,000 feet up Pico Espejo south of Lake Maracaibo in this country'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'This veteran performer won a 1994 Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal for "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Father & son discussed in the following'

Answer: Erik the Red & Leif Ericson


Question: 'He was the tenth president & the second Whig president'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'This brightest star in our night sky shares its name with a Keanu Reeves grunge band'

Answer: Dogstar


Question: 'The Enbridge Stairclimb goes up this Toronto tower'

Answer: the CN Tower


Question: 'Oceania has 5 peaks exceeding 15,000 feet in height: all are in this country's Sudirman & Jayawijaya ranges'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'In 1980 Devo had its only Top 40 hit with this song'

Answer: "Whip It"


Question: 'We're told that the Mongols sowed the lands they conquered with this, to make them unfertile'

Answer: salt


Question: '"The Salinas Valley" was the original title of this man's 1952 novel "East of Eden"'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'This red supergiant in Orion is over 300 light years away from you, but it's much closer to Michael Keaton's heart'

Answer: Betelgeuse


Question: '"By the power of Grayskull!" Prince Adam becomes this hero'

Answer: He-Man


Question: 'The world's largest producer of Brazil nuts is not Brazil but this landlocked neighbor'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'The soundtrack CD of this 2002 movie blockbuster included "Learn to Crawl" by Black Lab & "Bug Bytes" by Alien Ant Farm'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'We know the conqueror seen here by this name'

Answer: Genghis Khan


Question: 'He served as Chief Justice of the U.S. from 1789 to 1795'

Answer: John Jay


Question: 'Proxima, a component of this constellation's brightest star system, is a super close 4.3 light years away'

Answer: the Centaur (Centaurus)


Question: '"Borstal Boy" is the autobiography of this Irish author named Brendan'

Answer: Behan


Question: 'The watch Timex introduced in 1986 for this event in Hawaii quickly became the best-selling watch in America'

Answer: the Ironman Triathlon


Question: 'The highest waterfall in the U.S. is Yosemite Falls, located in this state'

Answer: California


Question: 'In 2003 he & Art Garfunkel broke their "Sounds of Silence", reuniting for the Grammys & a new tour'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'Inventor Thomas Edison'

Answer: Alva


Question: 'A daily supply of this is asked for in the Catholic version of the Lord's Prayer'

Answer: bread


Question: 'In "Moby Dick", Starbuck chose the tattooed cannibal Queequeg to man this weapon'

Answer: the harpoon


Question: 'The name of this reference book has the same roots as "treasure"--& don't give us a synonym for it'

Answer: a thesaurus


Question: 'Virginia Gildersleeve signed its charter for the U.S. June 26, 1945'

Answer: the United Nations Charter


Question: 'Yes, Sir!  His 2002 "Back in the U.S." tour was named Tour of the Year by Billboard Magazine'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'President Ronald Reagan'

Answer: Wilson


Question: 'Kalkin is an avatar-to-come of this Hindu deity'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'In the largest man-made explosion in history, the USSR detonated a 50-megaton one of these in 1961'

Answer: a hydrogen bomb


Question: 'discjockey101.com says this term for rap music & culture came from DJs jumping between turntables'

Answer: hip-hop


Question: 'This city's first casino opened in 1978 & took in more than $2 million its first week'

Answer: Atlantic City


Question: 'He did a little of "My Way" his way when he appeared on an episode of TV's "Las Vegas"'

Answer: Paul Anka


Question: 'American catalog merchant & businessman Aaron Ward'

Answer: Montgomery


Question: 'A group of 16th century German princes started this Protestant denomination'

Answer: Lutheranism


Question: 'Unlike the longbow, this medieval weapon could be loaded & held ready; an arbalest was a later type of it'

Answer: a crossbow


Question: 'J. Langdon Down (of Syndrome fame) coined this 2-word phrase, French for "learned fool"'

Answer: idiot savant


Question: 'Arkansas' state tree is this & Alabama's is the southern this'

Answer: a pine tree


Question: 'The Raiders, a "Revolutionary" group of the '60s, were led by a man with this Revolutionary name'

Answer: Paul Revere


Question: 'Romantic poet Percy Shelley'

Answer: Bysshe


Question: 'From the Greek for an "act of choosing", it's something done or said against traditional doctrines'

Answer: heresy


Question: 'The U.S.S. Springfield submarine carries these cruise missiles with the name of an Indian weapon'

Answer: a tomahawk


Question: 'Once spelled H-O-R-T-Y-A-R-D & meaning "a garden yard", it now refers to a garden of fruit trees'

Answer: an orchard


Question: 'It's the name given the largest of Wyoming's Les Trois Tetons'

Answer: the Grand Tetons


Question: 'In 1972 he "and Mrs. Jones" had a "thing going on"'

Answer: Billy Paul


Question: '"Dynastic" architect I.M. Pei'

Answer: Ming


Question: '2-letter name shared by the Maori creator of the universe & Jupiter's third-largest moon'

Answer: Io


Question: 'U.S. troops in Iraq have been menaced by RPGs, which stands for these weapons'

Answer: rocket propelled grenades


Question: 'It's said that the first literary use of "stuffed shirt" for a pompous bore was in her 1913 novel "O Pioneers!"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'In October 2004 he got the final word that he gets to keep his 2004 all-around gymnastics gold medal'

Answer: Paul Hamm


Question: 'In 1927 James Thurber began a lifelong association with this Manhattan magazine'

Answer: The New Yorker


Question: 'Sauerbraten'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In 1979 she became the first woman prime minister in Europe; 13 years later she became a baroness'

Answer: (Margaret) Thatcher


Question: 'In 1903 the founder of this brand invented the "Foot Eazer"'

Answer: Dr. Scholl\'s


Question: 'This ballet skirt is sometimes made of a cotton fabric called tarlatan'

Answer: a tutu


Question: 'This U.S. women's team steamrolled to gold in Athens, outscoring opponents 51-1'

Answer: the women\'s softball team


Question: 'In a 1940 story Thurber wrote, "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this'

Answer: dead


Question: 'Vegemite'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In 1927 this Austrian baron married his children's governess, Maria Augusta Kutschera'

Answer: Baron von Trapp


Question: 'In 1962 this famed pediatrician joined the anti-nuclear group SANE'

Answer: Dr. Spock


Question: 'The name of this ancient trading post in Mali is now synonymous with any faraway place'

Answer: Timbuktu


Question: 'It was courtesy of an FBI instructor that Matthew Emmons got into this sport in which he won gold in 2004'

Answer: shooting


Question: 'Thurber's "My World--And Welcome To It" contained a story about "The Secret Life of" this henpecked man'

Answer: Walter Mitty


Question: 'Pho'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'In June 1960 this future baroness established a camp at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve to study chimps'

Answer: (Jane) Goodall


Question: 'This nonprofit international relief organization's humanitarian work won it the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Doctors Without Borders


Question: 'Extemporaneous'

Answer: impromptu


Question: 'Maurice Greene was better known, but this G-man took 100-meter gold in Athens in 2004'

Answer: Justin Gatlin


Question: 'Thurber's first book, 1929's "Is Sex Necessary?", was co-written with this collaborator of William Strunk'

Answer: (E.B.) White


Question: 'Feijoada'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'A sports trophy is named for the Canadian baron who donated it, Frederick Arthur, who was Lord this of Preston'

Answer: Stanley


Question: 'He got a life sentence for treating John Wilkes Booth in 1865 but was pardoned before the decade ended'

Answer: (Samuel) Mudd


Question: 'This group of African languages that has more than 50 million speakers is said to have originated in Cameroon'

Answer: the Bantu languages


Question: 'Seen here, he won the 50-meter freestyle swim in Athens at the ripe old age of 29'

Answer: Gary Hall, Jr.


Question: 'Thurber joined the cast as himself for 88 performances of the Broadway play "A Thurber" this'

Answer: Carnival


Question: 'Adobo & sinigang'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'For his role in training Revolutionary War troops, this Prussian was awarded 16,000 acres in New York'

Answer: Baron von Steuben


Question: 'This reputed "Nature of Man" author was born on the Greek island of Cos around 460 B.C.'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: '2-word Latin phrase meaning located in the original or existing place or position'

Answer: in situ


Question: 'In a 1964 film, he played 3 characters but received only one nomination for Best Actor'

Answer: Peter Sellers


Question: 'In 1778 James Cook became the first European to land on this island, the largest on Canada's west coast'

Answer: Vancouver Island


Question: '(Hi. I'm Rob Morrow.) As Joel Fleischman, I found myself the only doctor among the weirdos of Cicely, Alaska on this series'

Answer: Northern Exposure


Question: 'Salacious serpent dispenses bad dietary advice'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'Tapping your head in Holland or circling a finger at the ear in the U.S. usually means you think someone is this'

Answer: crazy


Question: 'Mamma mia! As Columbus could tell you, it was first designated National Pizza Month in 1987'

Answer: October


Question: 'It's the type of day we're having if it's very cloudy with little or no sun showing'

Answer: overcast


Question: 'Once the Canadian Pacific Railway reached this Alberta city in 1883, Settlers began a "stampede" to live there'

Answer: Calgary


Question: 'He married Dharma on their first date'

Answer: Greg


Question: 'Big fish puts the bite on a reluctant prophet'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'This gesture can mean "cut power to the microphone" or, in scuba diving, "I'm out of air"'

Answer: putting your hand across your (throat)


Question: 'Traditionally, Pizza Napoletana is topped with these little fish'

Answer: anchovies


Question: 'It's the result of the upper incisor teeth overlapping the lower ones'

Answer: an overbite


Question: 'In the Treaty of Paris of 1763, which ended this war, France surrendered most of New France to Britain'

Answer: the French and Indian War


Question: 'We found out in "Star Trek: Generations" that this navigator of Asian heritage had a daughter, Demora'

Answer: Sulu


Question: 'Brother's bovine effigy bothers big boy'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'In the most basic set of catcher's signals, one finger down equals this most basic pitch'

Answer: fastball


Question: 'Take some pizza dough; stuff it with meat, cheese & herbs; fold it over into a turnover; & you've got this favorite'

Answer: a calzone


Question: 'Once the punishment of heretics, to severely chastise someone is to "rake" him here'

Answer: over the coals


Question: 'The Charlottetown Accord recognizing this province as a "distinct society)" failed a 1992 vote'

Answer: Quebec


Question: '"My Name Is Earl" & this is my ex-wife'

Answer: Joy


Question: 'Writing on the wall breaks up party'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'It can be a billboard way up over the road, or an "OK" signal with thumb & forefinger'

Answer: a high sign


Question: 'It's the song title & lyric that follows the line "When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie..."'

Answer: "That\'s Amore"


Question: 'Tchaikovsky's "1812" is a famous one'

Answer: an overture


Question: 'The word "Canada" first appeared in 1535 in this French explorer's journal'

Answer: Jacques Cartier


Question: '(Hello. I am "Who is Mario Cantone?")  On "Sex and the City", I was the wedding planner of this desperate-to-be-married character played by Kristin Davis'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'Loyal daughter-in-law is betrothed in Bethlehem'

Answer: Ruth


Question: 'Mute & paralyzed from the neck down, Jean-Dominique Bauby dictated a classic memoir by doing this'

Answer: blinking


Question: 'As seen here, the three colors of the toppings on a Pizza Margarita represent this Italian symbol'

Answer: the flag


Question: 'The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 was code-named Operation this'

Answer: Overlord


Question: 'They're the 2 countries that make up almost all of the Scandinavian Peninsula'

Answer: Norway and Sweden


Question: 'In "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" these come in "comfort" & "joy" varieties'

Answer: tidings


Question: 'Lewis Carroll:<br />"O frabjous day! Callooh! _____!"'

Answer: "Callay!"


Question: 'A cube of this is used to allay the bitterness of absinthe'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'The left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood to the body; the right side picks it up from these organs'

Answer: the lungs


Question: '"Barefoot in the Park"'

Answer: Jane Fonda


Question: 'You can drive the length of this peninsula from Tijuana all the way to Cabo San Lucas'

Answer: the Baja Peninsula


Question: 'The television is sometimes referred to as this kind of "box", though not when you're watching our show'

Answer: the idiot box


Question: 'William Blake:<br />"When the stars threw down their spears,/ And watered heaven with their _____"'

Answer: "tears"


Question: 'Seen here is a 1901 painting by this Spaniard of a woman drinking absinthe'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'This term first meant a central court in a Roman house; now it also means a heart chanber'

Answer: an atrium


Question: '"Wild Hogs"'

Answer: Peter Fonda


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports.) Jutting into the Black Sea, this region of Ukraine includes Yalta and Sevastapol, the site of a famous 1855 siege'

Answer: the Crimean Peninsula


Question: '(Listen.) You're hearing this type of file for communication between electronic instruments & computers'

Answer: a midi file


Question: 'Maya Angelou: <br />"...your bitter twisted lies,/ You may trod me in the very dirt/ but still, like dust, I'll _____"'

Answer: "rise"


Question: 'The "Girdle of St. John" in Europe, this herb contains a toxic substance used to make absinthe'

Answer: wormwood


Question: 'Diastole is the part of the cardiac cycle when chambers are relaxed; when the chambers contract, it's this'

Answer: systole


Question: '"On Golden Pond"<br />(2 of 'em)'

Answer: Jane and Henry


Question: 'The inhabitants of this 70,000-square-mile peninsula are predominantly descendants of the Maya'

Answer: the Yucatan


Question: 'Derision'

Answer: ridicule


Question: 'Wordsworth:<br />"And then my heart with pleasure fills,/ And dances with the _____"'

Answer: "daffodils"


Question: 'A 1992 Paris retrospective of this short artist's life sold replicas of his cane with a hidden vial for absinthe'

Answer: (Henri de) Toulouse-Lautrec


Question: 'The mitral valve has 2 flaps & is also called this valve, just like a certain tooth'

Answer: a bicuspid


Question: '"Midway"'

Answer: Henry Fonda


Question: 'This European peninsula is named for a mythological son of Tantalus'

Answer: the Peloponnese (or the Peloponnesian Peninsula)


Question: 'This is either a regional dialect or an odd phrase that can't be understood by looking at the individual parts'

Answer: idiom


Question: 'Andrew Marvell:<br />"The grave's a fine and private place,/ But none, I think, do there _____"'

Answer: "embrace"


Question: 'A revival of absinthe-making in this country benefited from the 1989 "Velvet Revolution"'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'The Amer. Heart Assoc. defines bradycardia as a heart rate of fewer than this many beats per minute'

Answer: 60


Question: '"Single White Female"'

Answer: Bridget Fonda


Question: 'From the Old French for a soldier sent ahead to clear the way, today it refers to the first settlers of a region'

Answer: pioneers


Question: 'Often $10, it's what patients in HMOs shell out with every visit to the doctor'

Answer: a copay


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.)  In 1904, Oscar Hammerstein I brought Times Square this new entertainment form, with dancing girls and comedy teams'

Answer: Vaudeville


Question: 'In 1783 Benjamin Franklin saw the first piloted flight of this type of transport while in Paris'

Answer: a hot air balloon


Question: 'Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Springfield'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'Some people refer to chicken soup as the "Jewish" kind of this antibiotic'

Answer: penicillin


Question: 'To get these is to gain the ability to walk around on a moving ship'

Answer: sea legs


Question: 'California workers' comp includes up to 24 visits to this professional for spinal adjustment'

Answer: a chiropractor


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from Broadway.)  Fittingly, O. J. Gude, who designed many Times Square electric signs, coined this term for Broadway'

Answer: The Great White Way


Question: 'If you're wearing silks, you're on a horse; if you "hit the silk", you're strapped into one of these'

Answer: a parachute


Question: 'Salem, Omaha, Providence'

Answer: Omaha


Question: 'About the size of a marble & named for an oyster product, they garnish Gibson cocktails'

Answer: a pearl onion


Question: 'Aquatic critter of the genus Hippocampus'

Answer: seahorse


Question: 'In 2004 this person who once tried to fix the system wrote an article called "Now can we talk about health care?"'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Times Square.)  On the night of August 14th of this year, an estimated 2 million people spontaneously celebrated in Times Square'

Answer: 1945


Question: 'The name of this New York-Boston train combines "acceleration" & "excellence"'

Answer: the Acela


Question: 'Trenton, Concord, Boulder'

Answer: Boulder


Question: 'Named for its resemblance to a cheerleading accessory, the pom pom is a white type of this fungus'

Answer: a mushroom


Question: 'Hardtack'

Answer: seabiscuit


Question: '43 million people is the figure you usually hear bandied about'

Answer: Number of uninsured Americans (Americans who don\'t have health insurance)


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports Times Square.)  In 1907, risky fireworks were replaced for New Year's Eve with this, covered with 125-watt bulbs'

Answer: the (New Year\'s Eve dropping) ball


Question: 'The 3 broad classes of operational aviation are general, military, & this type of civil aviation'

Answer: commercial


Question: 'Columbus, Philadelphia, Hartford'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'A tasty dish is chicken marinated in yogurt & spices & cooked in this Indian oven'

Answer: tandoori oven


Question: 'U.S. Navy construction battalion'

Answer: the Seabees


Question: 'A 2001 government report warned of a shortage of these people, of whom 40% will soon be over age 50'

Answer: Nurses


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from Times Square.)  In 1904, Times Square got its name from the newspaper and this owner ushered in 1905 with a big party'

Answer: Adolph Ochs


Question: 'In railroading, maglev is short for this'

Answer: magnetic levitation


Question: 'Olympia, Detroit, Madison'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'California leads the nation in the production of the English, or Persian, type of this nut'

Answer: the walnut


Question: 'In "The Tempest", Ariel sings of this type of substantial transformation'

Answer: a sea-change


Question: 'It's that line off in the distance where the sky meets the land or the sea'

Answer: the horizon


Question: 'Silent film stars were all aflutter when the first false eyelashes were created by this makeup master'

Answer: Max Factor


Question: 'A nameless monster is often erroneously called this, the last name of his creator Victor'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: '"Sandy" was probably not a nickname of this British World War I hero'

Answer: Lawrence (of Arabia)


Question: 'You'll find them in albondigas soup'

Answer: meatballs


Question: 'In all 64 minutes of this 1941 Disney classic, the high-flying title character never speaks'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: 'What makes Rigel the brightest star in this constellation is that it's really 3 stars (& they're not in the belt)'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'Also known as Agent 86, he's the greatest spy in TV history!<br /> (Would you believe... second greatest?)'

Answer: Maxwell Smart


Question: 'In a 1726 Swift novel, this character saw "a human creature not six inches high"'

Answer: Gulliver


Question: 'This German's military fame arises mostly from his successes in North Africa'

Answer: (Erwin) Rommel


Question: 'The science of climate & weather'

Answer: meteorology


Question: 'This city that had a disastrous fire in 64 A.D. employed a corps of pumpers called siphonarii'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In the 1970s it was found that when CFCs break down, this is the main 1 of the 3 elements in them that harms the ozone'

Answer: chlorine


Question: 'Man von Mayerling is the tense teutonic butler to a faded star in this classic 1950 film'

Answer: Sunset Boulevard


Question: 'Jane Austen described this title 20-year-old as "handsome, clever, and rich"'

Answer: Emma


Question: 'Long-time opposer of Spanish rule in the Americas seen here'

Answer: (Simón) Bolívar


Question: 'It flows into the South China Sea'

Answer: Mekong River


Question: 'At 64 miles wide, this Hawaiian site is the world's largest active volcano'

Answer: Mauna Loa


Question: 'Amoebas use temporary extensions called these to move or to surround & engulf food'

Answer: pseudopods


Question: 'Woe is me! He played Wojo on "Barney Miller"'

Answer: Max Gail


Question: 'A self-sacrificing daughter named Amy is the title character of this Dickens novel'

Answer: Little Dorrit


Question: 'His infamy began on December 7th, 1941'

Answer: (Isoroku) Yamamoto


Question: 'In "Hamlet", it completes the line "The lady doth protest too much..."'

Answer: methinks


Question: 'It's the more popular & timely name for "Opus 64 No. 1", heard here'

Answer: "The Minute Waltz" (by Frédéric Chopin)


Question: 'This amino acid is the sodium salt of glutamic acid'

Answer: monosodium glutamate (or MSG)


Question: 'The "colorful" title of this George Peppard-Ursula Andress flm refers to a German medal'

Answer: The Blue Max


Question: 'Sort of a Russian Don Juan, this Pushkin character spurns Tatyana's love, only to try to win her back later'

Answer: Eugene Onegin


Question: 'You might say this German military leader of World War I was full of hot air'

Answer: (Paul von) Hindenburg


Question: 'Reagan's attorney general'

Answer: (Edwin) Meese


Question: '64 symbolic hexagrams make up this divinatory Chinese system'

Answer: I Ching


Question: 'This sea that extends about 1,200 miles was referred to in ancient times as the Erythraean Sea'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'Eat too many chockies, these, & you may find yourself crook, "sick"'

Answer: chocolates


Question: 'This "Mean Girls" star who appeared in a controversial 2008 photo spread in New York Magazine'

Answer: Lindsay Lohan


Question: 'This fluffy white confection holds your Rice Krispies Treats together'

Answer: marshmallows


Question: 'Recent computer analysis determined her face is 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% afraid & 2% angry'

Answer: Mona Lisa


Question: 'This bent steel rod struck by a small metal rod is used in the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'The alpha factor measures a stock's own volatility; this Greek letter compares it to the entire market'

Answer: beta


Question: 'Like the highest peak in Western Europe, the highest peak in Australia is in a chain with this name'

Answer: the Alps


Question: 'This Dallas Cowboys fan whose ex, Nick Lachey, gave her a maltepoo dog that now spends time with Tony Romo'

Answer: Jessica Simpson


Question: 'Sharing its name with a French novel, this candy bar was originally 3 nougat bars'

Answer: Three Musketeers


Question: 'His photograph subjects include John Quincy Adams, Zachary Taylor, and Jefferson Davis'

Answer: (Mathew) Brady


Question: 'This string quartet instrument that's deeper pitched & slightly larger than a violin has a similar name'

Answer: the viola


Question: 'In this sport, the ball has 3 holes in which you put your fingers'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'An Australian sporting hero, Sir Donald Bradman is the only Aussie knighted for his services to this sport'

Answer: cricket


Question: 'This object of Borat's affection who, in 2008, had a romantic Valentine's Day performing at a Paris strip club'

Answer: Pamela Anderson


Question: 'In "The Godfather", Richard Castellano says, "Leave the gun.  Take" these pastries'

Answer: cannolis


Question: 'This American symbol is said to come from a N.Y. butcher who stamped his army supplies "U.S." in the War of 1812'

Answer: Uncle Sam


Question: 'The name of this small guitar-like instrument popular in Hawaii is Hawaiian for "jumping flea"'

Answer: the ukulele


Question: 'It's what Papa had in a 1965 James Brown hit'

Answer: "A Brand New Bag"


Question: 'In 1967 a talking koala became the spokesmarsupial for this airline'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'This star on the pregnancy watch list who's very fond of her partner who produced her film "A Mighty Heart"'

Answer: Angelina Jolie


Question: 'Liquor brand that's integral to the sweet potato pudding at Miss Mary Bobo's boarding house in Lynchburg, Tenn.'

Answer: Jack Daniel\'s


Question: 'Using descriptions from the events at Gethsemane, forensic experts constructed what they believe is this person's face'

Answer: Jesus


Question: 'The bull-fiddle is also known as the double this'

Answer: the bass


Question: 'Beginning in the 1970s, more than 1 million of these Indochinese refugees fled the Communist regmes where they lived'

Answer: boat people


Question: 'Besides the platypus, Australia's other egg-laying mammal is this one that looks like a porcupine'

Answer: an echidna


Question: 'This actress whose father Billy Ray "got caught up in...filming" & forgot to buckle up for one of his scenes'

Answer: Miley Cyrus


Question: 'In 1948 Aaron Lapin's company introduced this aerosol dessert topping brand'

Answer: Reddi-wip


Question: 'Research says he had a toothbrush mustache because the Prussian style didn't fit under a WWI gas mask'

Answer: (Adolf) Hitler


Question: 'This orchestral giant can have up to 48 strings & measure more than 6 feet tall'

Answer: a harp


Question: 'This national variety of python can grow to 30 feet long'

Answer: the Burmese python


Question: 'Voyeur information, this actor spied on his neighbors in Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window"'

Answer: Jimmy Stewart


Question: 'A person who comes to a hospital or clinic for treatment but is not hospitalized'

Answer: an outpatient


Question: 'The original title of this adventure novel was "Der Schweizerische Robinson"'

Answer: The Swiss Family Robinson


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew ties a knot.) It's the common knot I'm tying here'

Answer: a square knot


Question: 'This bird that isn't really losing its hair is a national symbol of the U.S.'

Answer: the bald eagle


Question: 'Afrikaaners would spell this 1985 Schwarzenegger ex-military man film with a "K"'

Answer: Commando


Question: 'In "Psycho", it's the inn where Norman does his evil--or was it his mother?'

Answer: the Bates Motel


Question: 'This type of "working" therapy gives the individual something meaningful to do'

Answer: occupational therapy


Question: 'They're the "Magnificent" family written about by Booth Tarkington in a 1919 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel'

Answer: the Ambersons


Question: 'The name of this decorative art that uses rope or string comes from the Turkish word for "napkin"'

Answer: macrame


Question: 'Herring & laughing are 2 species of this "sea" bird'

Answer: a gull


Question: 'The Swahili word that means "I'm fine" is pronounced like this "Show Me State" but spelled differently'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'In a 1944 Hitchcock film, several survivors of a torpedoed ship find themselves in this title object'

Answer: a lifeboat


Question: 'Impulsive, consistent disorder abbreviated OCD'

Answer: obsessive-compulsive disorder


Question: 'A "colorful" dog with only one ear adopts a Texas family in the 1860s in this beloved Fred Gipson novel'

Answer: Old Yeller


Question: 'The name for this length of catch rope comes from the Spanish for "noose"'

Answer: a lasso


Question: 'If you're a C. corax, this bird, you may be given to gloomy pronouncements like the one in Poe'

Answer: a raven


Question: 'Chinese thought says this energy force flows through the body; it can be spelled with a "Q" or a "CH"'

Answer: chi


Question: 'On the BFI's top 100 British films, this classic Hitchcock mystery from 1935 ranked no. 4, not "39"'

Answer: The 39 Steps


Question: 'In psychoanalytic theory, it's the first & most primitive stage of development'

Answer: the oral stage


Question: 'The title of this Faulkner novel about the troubled Compson family comes from a line in "Macbeth"'

Answer: The Sound And The Fury


Question: 'It's the 6-foot unit of length used to measure water depth or ropes & cables'

Answer: a fathom


Question: 'It's the thick-walled muscular pouch that grinds food in a bird's lower stomach'

Answer: a gizzard


Question: 'The inconsistent spelling of names in this British soldier's "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" bothered the proofreader'

Answer: T.E. Lawrence


Question: 'Hitchcock's 1940 classic "Rebecca" was based on a book by this female novelist'

Answer: (Daphne) du Maurier


Question: 'This adjective refers to the rear lobe of the brain'

Answer: occipital


Question: '1985's "Jubal Sackett" was this prolific Western author's last novel about the Sackett family'

Answer: Louis L\'Amour


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crue ties a knot.) An animal term precedes the word "shank" in the name of this knot used to shorten rope'

Answer: a sheepshank


Question: 'The colorful lovebird, with a curved beak & short tail, is a member of this bird family'

Answer: a parrot


Question: 'These 2 letters together sound like a long test answer you write out for school'

Answer: "SA" (essay)


Question: 'A Mennonite leader who was pro-foot washing & anti-beard trimming gave his name to this group'

Answer: the Amish


Question: '8 days after publishing his first novel, "This Side of Paradise", he married Zelda Sayre'

Answer: (F. Scott) Fitzgerald)


Question: 'From 1970 to 1996 this baseball team's address was 100 Riverfront Stadium'

Answer: Cincinnati Reds


Question: 'Reigning from around 67 to 79 A.D., Linus is considered to be the second man to hold this position'

Answer: Pope


Question: 'This tiny principality has the highest population density'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'In South America:<br />TO A BOG'

Answer: Bogota


Question: 'In 1976 Evel Knievel had a farewell to these, breaking both in an attempt to jump a tank full of sharks'

Answer: Arms


Question: 'His ability to imitate the family doctor earned him this playwright the nickname "Doc"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'These turtles are fast swimmers, so it's appropriate that the University of Maryland's swim teams bear their name'

Answer: the Terrapins


Question: 'A major Red Sea port, Jeddah is this country's second most populous city'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: 'Elizabeth is this state's fourth-largest city in population'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'A European metropolis:<br />ADD RIM'

Answer: Madrid


Question: 'They may be the strongest and longest bones in the body but Evel snapped both of 'em in the famous leap at Caesars'

Answer: the femur


Question: 'This poet who wrote "Trees" was killed in action during WWI'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: '(Hi, I'm Julius Erving.)  In the 1972 NBA draft I was picked by this team that 3 years earlier drafted some guy named Lew Alcindor'

Answer: the Milwaukee Bucks


Question: 'In the 1924 Olympic 100-meter freestyle, Duke Kahanamoku was second to this man'

Answer: Johnny Weissmuller


Question: 'From 1970 to 1990 the population center shifted west from southern Illinois to near Steelville in this state'

Answer: Missouri


Question: 'In the Western hemisphere:<br />AT A TOW'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'Alas, poor Yorick, do not leap forth at Caesars, for verily, Evel fractured this upon landing in the year 1969'

Answer: his skull


Question: 'This author of "The Joy Luck Club" was born in California shortly after her parents immigrated to the U.S.'

Answer: Amy Tan


Question: 'In 1999 the U.S. women's soccer team won its first World Cup when it defeated this country's team in the finals'

Answer: China


Question: 'K2, the world's second-highest mountain, is also called this, after a geographer'

Answer: Mount Godwin Austen


Question: 'With a population of about 500,000, it's bordered by Belgium, Germany & France'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Down under:<br />BARN RACE'

Answer: Canberra


Question: 'Evel says he's broken 35 bones, including this, the slender bone that forms the anterior part of the shoulder'

Answer: the clavicle


Question: 'His "Tales of the South Pacific" was the basis for a Broadway musical'

Answer: (James) Michener


Question: '(I'm Dan Fouts, Hall of Famer.)  In my career, this team's offense was called "Air Coryell" for the innovative passing coach Don Coryell'

Answer: the San Diego Chargers


Question: 'In her second book Nancy Drew's title concern was "the hidden" this'

Answer: staircase


Question: 'With more than 10% of the population, they form Turkey's largest minority ethnic group'

Answer: the Kurds


Question: 'An Asian capital:<br />HELD WINE'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'In '99, fast running out of original parts, Mr. K. had a transplant of this, due to hepatitis C complications'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'Lightning not only strikes the same place twice, it strikes this 110-story Chicago tower hundreds of times a year'

Answer: Sears Tower


Question: 'He gave his one life for his country on Sept. 22, 1776'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'This magician's incantation may be derived from the Hebrew word "ha-b'rakah"'

Answer: Abracadabra


Question: 'This cup became sort of a family heirloom for the descendents of Joseph of Arimathea'

Answer: the Holy Grail


Question: 'Because of short-term memory loss, girl meets boy over & over in this Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore comedy'

Answer: 50 First Dates


Question: 'It was made a national park in 1994'

Answer: Death Valley


Question: 'Old Testament structure built on the Plain of Shinar'

Answer: Tower of Babel


Question: 'Prime Minister of Japan during World War II, he was hanged for war crimes in 1948'

Answer: Tojo


Question: 'This "amazing" magician's educational foundation debunks paranormal claims'

Answer: (The Amazing) Randi


Question: 'Often with a cup-shaped hilt, it's the type of sword seen here, or the type of wit we'd all like to display'

Answer: rapier


Question: 'Jason Biggs & Alyson Hannigan tie the knot in this 2003 comedy, the third in a series'

Answer: American Wedding


Question: 'Completes the famous quote "I know not what course others may take, but as for me..."'

Answer: "Give me liberty or give me death"


Question: 'Opened in 1976, it's the tallest structure in Canada'

Answer: CN Tower


Question: 'Lewis Paine, David Herold & George Atzerodt were all hanged for conspiring in this man's murder'

Answer: Abe Lincoln


Question: 'Billy McComb's version of this classic illusion used a boy & a girl & switched their lower halves'

Answer: cutting a body in half


Question: 'The pentacle, or 5-pointed star, has symbolic importance in the Scottish rite of this order'

Answer: Freemasons


Question: 'Cary Grant plans to meet Deborah Kerr at the Empire State building in this weepie'

Answer: An Affair to Remember


Question: 'Legend says the tapping noise these beetles make heralds a death in the house'

Answer: death watch beetles


Question: 'Upon its completion in 1930, the Chrysler Building beat out this structure as the world's tallest'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'On Aug. 23, 1305 this Scottish freedom fighter was hanged, drawn & quartered, but they'll never take his freedom!'

Answer: William Wallace


Question: 'One aspect of sleight of hand magic is this art of drawing the spectator's attention away from a move'

Answer: misdirection


Question: 'It's the type of wand wielded by Claudio Abbado & Lorin Maazel'

Answer: conductor\'s baton


Question: 'Back in 1991 he made a strong impression as the drifter who hooks up with Geena Davis in "Thelma & Louise"'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'Well-earned deadly nickname of the amanita phalloides mushroom'

Answer: death cap mushroom


Question: 'It rises 865 feet above the Belle Fourche river in Wyoming'

Answer: Devil\'s Tower


Question: 'This religious reformer of Florence who set up a democratic republic was hanged for his efforts in 1498'

Answer: Girolamo Savonarola


Question: 'It's the directional term for the magical trick "lady" who appears to be cut into 3 pieces'

Answer: zigzag lady


Question: 'Before it was an antipersonnel mine, it was a 2-handed Scottish sword'

Answer: claymore


Question: 'Being pursued by brothers Greg Kinnear & Harrison Ford is a dilemma for Julia Ormond in this remake of a classic'

Answer: Sabrina


Question: 'Azrael is the Muslim name for this heavenly horror'

Answer: the Angel of Death


Question: 'Experts believe that 16th C. Dutch growers, through breeding, gave this vegetable its color to honor their ruling house'

Answer: the carrot


Question: 'European production of this fiber began after 2 monks smuggled some worms out of China c. 550'

Answer: silk


Question: 'BSN sells this product under the Danone name in France & Dannon in the U.S.'

Answer: yogurt


Question: 'In the pilot, Desi & Lucy played Larry & Lucy Lopez & this landlord couple was nowhere to be found'

Answer: the Mertzes


Question: 'The Ten Thousand islands lie near the city of Everglades in this state'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This kitchen tool is specially made to crush garlic'

Answer: a garlic press


Question:
'Sam,
Fester,
Vanya'

Answer: all uncles


Question: 'In 1929 the Serbo-Croat-Slovene kingdom changed its name to this'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'On June 23, 1863 Napoleon III authorized commercial exploitation of this spring water'

Answer: Perrier


Question: 'In a 1956 episode, the Ricardos visited this country, Ricky's homeland'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'At about 440 square miles, Red Lake is the largest of this state's "10,000 Lakes"'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'The curler commonly used on this spread has a serrated hook on one end'

Answer: butter


Question:
'Prison gangs,
pocket watches,
bicycles'

Answer: things with chains


Question: 'The 1805 battle fought off this Spanish cape established British naval superiority for 100 years'

Answer: Trafalgar


Question: 'If this perfume hadn't been made in 1921, we might never have seen the musical "Coco"'

Answer: Chanel No. 5


Question: 'John Wayne made his TV acting debut in 1955 when Lucy stole his footprints from this locale'

Answer: Graumann\'s Chinese Theatre


Question: 'Yuma, Arizona is the largest city lying on this 1450-mile-long river'

Answer: the Colorado


Question: 'You can use 2 sizes of biscuit cutters to cut out these fried treats; the smaller one is for the holes'

Answer: doughnuts


Question:
'The street,
T's,
swords'

Answer: crossed


Question: 'Janos Kadar took power after this country's 1956 revolution & ruled it until 1988'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'It took very little disposable income to buy the disposable pen this company introduced to the U.S. in 1958'

Answer: Bic


Question: 'Reflecting her Scottish ancestry, it was Lucy's maiden name on the show'

Answer: McGillicuddy


Question: 'This bay nearly cuts Rhode Island in two'

Answer: the Narragansett


Question: 'Special round cutters are made to slice these Italian pies'

Answer: pizzas


Question:
'Ferdinand,
Scottie Pippen,
Richard Moll'

Answer: all named "bull"


Question: 'King Gustav III restored autocratic rule to this country in the 18th century'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Eugene Schueller, who invented a die to cover grey hair, founded this company in Paris in 1947'

Answer: L\'Oréal


Question: 'In one famous show, Lucy got tipsy while touting this cure-all medicine for a commercial'

Answer: Vitameatavegamin


Question: 'This twin-peaked volcano in northern California has 5 small glaciers on its slopes'

Answer: Mt. Shasta


Question: 'A double one of these is often used to melt chocolate'

Answer: boiler


Question:
'Willard Scott,
Ted Mack,
Major Bowes'

Answer: connected with (hosted) The Amateur Hour


Question: 'Of the forbidden fruit, Eve said, this creature "beguiled me, and I did eat"'

Answer: the serpent


Question: 'The Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt ended when her son Ptolemy XV was murdered by Octavian'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'It's name is from the Greek for "well covered" & it covers Australia pretty well'

Answer: eucalyptus


Question: 'From 1967 to 1978 Joyce Carol Oates taught English at the University of Windsor in this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'This ship was refloated, rebuilt & renamed the CSS Virginia'

Answer: the Merrimac


Question: 'This heroine's Japanese name is Cio-Cio-San'

Answer: Madame Butterfly


Question: 'In Genesis 17:4 God told him, "Thou shalt be a father of many nations"'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'When Nicholas II abdicated in 1917, it brought an end to this Russian dynasty'

Answer: the Romanov


Question: 'This family of tropical trees has 2 major types of leaves: fan-shaped & feather-shaped'

Answer: palms


Question: '"Heartburn" author whose parents, Henry & Phoebe Ephron, wrote the screenplay for "Carousel"'

Answer: Nora Ephron


Question: 'Built to accommodate 10,000 prisoners, this Georgia prison camp often had 3 times that number'

Answer: Andersonville


Question: 'Guinness says the longest commonly performed opera is his "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg"'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'Completes the line from a parable, "Many are called…"'

Answer: "…but few are chosen"


Question: 'During much of the Middle Ages, France was ruled by this dynasty founded by Hugh Capet'

Answer: the Capetian


Question: 'The "save" this giant tree "league" was one of the first conservation groups in the U.S.'

Answer: the redwood


Question: 'She went abroad to visit Cro-Magnon caves after writing "The Clan of the Cave Bear"'

Answer: (Jean) Auel


Question: 'Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain won the medal of honor for defending Little Round Top at this Penn. battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'The title of this Leoncavallo opera can be translated as "Clowns"'

Answer: Pagliacci (I Pagliacci accepted)


Question: 'In Matthew 16:18 Jesus said to Peter, "Upon this rock I will" do this'

Answer: build my church


Question: 'In 1644 China's last dynasty was established by these foreigners from the north'

Answer: the Manchus


Question: 'These trees are known for their winged seeds called keys'

Answer: maples


Question: 'In 1991 on cable television he introduced stories from his book "Welcome to the Monkey House"'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut


Question: 'Confederate General John C. Breckinridge previously held this U.S. office under Pres. Buchanan'

Answer: vice president


Question: 'The earliest opera that survives, Peri's 1600 "Euridice" tells of Euridice & this husband'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: 'In I Samuel he admitted to David, "I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly"'

Answer: (King) Saul


Question: 'This famous Italian dynasty ended in 1737 with the death of Gian Gastone, Grand Duke of Tuscany'

Answer: the Medici


Question: 'Species of this popular poplar include the bigtooth and the quaking'

Answer: aspen


Question: 'He wrote "The Alexandria Quartet" & "The Avignon Quintet"'

Answer: Lawrence Durrell


Question: 'This famous Mary's diary, published in 1905, gives an inside view of Confederate leaders'

Answer: Mary Chestnut


Question: 'Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" revolves around this 1572 massacre of the Huguenots'

Answer: the St. Bartholomew\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'Before Eisenhower, he was the last president to preside over the admission of a new state'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'Like a fisherman, the spider seen here casts a unique web called one of these over its doomed prey'

Answer: a net


Question: '"Lindsay", designed by this "Mean Girls" actress, is a clear pink cream enclosed in a recyclable case made from corn'

Answer: (Lindsay) Lohan


Question: '"S.O.S." doesn't stand for "save our ship"; it was chosen as a distress signal because it's easy to send by this'

Answer: Morse code


Question: 'In 1993 Mandela shared this prize with white South African president F.W. De Klerk'

Answer: the Nobel Peace Prize


Question: 'This Japanese company made the Gameboy & the Game Cube'

Answer: Nintendo


Question: 'Istanbul inhabitant<br />(4)'

Answer: Turk


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram of a spider casting a web on the monitor.)  To create webs, some spiders release a silk thread in hopes that this aeolian process will help the silk attach to something solid'

Answer: wind


Question: 'This "Dreamgirl" has hawked L'Oreal's "Infallible Never Fail Lipcolour"; experience the redundancy!'

Answer: Beyoncé


Question: 'S.O.S., indeed--it's the nickname of spooky David Berkowitz'

Answer: "Son of Sam"


Question: 'Mandela was already 45 years old when he was sentenced to life in prison early in this decade'

Answer: the 1960s


Question: 'To make the pants more durable, this company patented the use of rivets on the pocket corners in 1873'

Answer: Levi\'s


Question: 'They grasp ice cubes or escargots<br />(5)'

Answer: tongs


Question: 'Spiders don't just use their silk to make webs, they also use them to make these egg enclosures'

Answer: cocoons


Question: '"Evangeline" is a sheer vibrant coral cream by this ABC show's Ms. Lilly; all the smoke monsters wear it today'

Answer: Lost


Question: 'It's the "S.O.S." in the president's cabinet'

Answer: Secretary of State


Question: 'For 18 years of his 27-year imprisonment, Nelson was held in Robben Island Prison near this South African city'

Answer: Cape Town


Question: 'Spielberg, Katzenberg & Geffen are the SKG on the bottom of this movie studio's logo'

Answer: DreamWorks


Question: 'Bambi's bunny buddy<br />(7)'

Answer: Thumper


Question: 'Found in Australia, the spider seen here is named for this saint, whose cross is seen on Scotland's flag'

Answer: St. Andrew


Question: 'Lip-wise, Kim Raver designed "Cherry Bliss": career-wise, she had 3 really rough days as Audrey Raines on this Fox drama'

Answer: 24


Question: 'In sports rankings, "S.O.S." is this measure of the quality of a team's opponents'

Answer: strength of schedule


Question: 'Recounting his life & his struggles, Nelson's autobiography is titled "Long Walk to" this'

Answer: Freedom


Question: 'No-contract & pay as you go plans are selling points of this cell phone company started by Sir Richard Branson'

Answer: Virgin Mobile


Question: 'Any platinum-haired kid<br />(7)'

Answer: towhead


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram of a spider completing a web on the monitor.)  The catching spiral is covered with a sticky substance & stops short of the center of the web, known as this 3-letter word, just like the middle of a wheel'

Answer: hub


Question: 'Sarah Chalke moonlighted from her day job as Dr. Elliot Reid on this medical sitcom to create the lipstick "Sarah"'

Answer: Scrubs


Question: 'If you fall into deep water without a life jacket, there's no time to send an S.O.S.--it's time to do this "S.O.S."'

Answer: sink or swim


Question: 'Nelson was a leading member of this long-banned political party, the ANC'

Answer: the African National Congress


Question: 'The light bulb was one of the first products by this conglomerate that also has financial & media divisions'

Answer: General Electric


Question: 'Suet synonym<br />(6)'

Answer: tallow


Question: 'While working at the International Shoe Company, he met a man named Stanley Kowalski, a name he would later use in a play'

Answer: Tennessee Williams


Question: 'Larry David (playing a version of himself) gets into uncomfortably funny situations on this show'

Answer: Curb Your Enthusiasm


Question: 'Hieronymous Bosch:<br />"The Garden of Earthly __"'

Answer: Delights


Question: 'This fowl character was convinced the sky was falling after being hit on the head with an acorn'

Answer: Chicken Little


Question: 'In a Eugene Field nonsense poem, this trio "sailed off in a wooden shoe"'

Answer: Wynken, Blynken & Nod


Question: '2-word term for a small gift given at Christmas'

Answer: stocking stuffer


Question: 'One of this Norwegian playwright's early jobs was serving as theatre poet at the National Theatre in Bergen'

Answer: Ibsen


Question: 'Bill Paxton juggles 3 wives & 7 kids on this series'

Answer: Big Love


Question: 'Edouard Manet:<br />"Luncheon on the ___"'

Answer: Grass


Question: 'This Republican Party slogan from 1928 also mentioned "a car in every backyard"'

Answer: "A chicken in every pot"


Question: 'A character in an Oliver Goldsmith story lends her name to this term for a smug, well-behaved person'

Answer: goody two-shoes


Question: 'A person subjected to general ridicule'

Answer: a laughingstock


Question: 'Her 1941 screen adaptation of her 1939 drama "The Little Foxes" received an Oscar nomination'

Answer: Lillian Hellman


Question: 'The Eulogy is the official newsletter of this dearly departed HBO series'

Answer: Six Feet Under


Question: 'Henri Rousseau:<br />"The ___Gypsy"'

Answer: Sleeping


Question: 'There are no water or electric utilities in the town of Chicken in this state, but mail comes by plane twice a week'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'In Vanity Fair Rupert Murdoch described this man as "a very political old monk shuffling around in Gucci shoes"'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'It became the capital of its country in 1634'

Answer: Stockholm


Question: 'This dramatist's "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" was a reworking of his first play'

Answer: William Inge


Question: 'This show follows the trials & tribulations of a 2-man digi-folk band from New Zealand'

Answer: Flight of the Conchords


Question: 'Francisco Goya:<br />"The Third of ___, 1808"'

Answer: May


Question: 'Ben Vereen's role in "Roots"'

Answer: Chicken George


Question: 'On Oct. 12, 1960 he used a shoe to great effect while giving a speech to the U.N. General Assembly'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'Get a "lode" of this rich vein of gold & silver discovered in western Nevada in 1859'

Answer: the Comstock Lode


Question: 'In 1959 she became the first black female playwright to have a drama produced on Broadway'

Answer: Lorraine Hansberry


Question: 'Based on an Israeli series, this show follows psychoanalyst Paul Weston through his week'

Answer: In Treatment


Question: 'Paul Gauguin:<br />"The Vision After the Sermon (___ Wrestling with the Angel)"'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'It's a series of lunches or dinners that politicians feel compelled to attend'

Answer: the rubber chicken circuit


Question: 'The deliberate destruction of equipment, it may come from workers throwing wooden shoes into machines'

Answer: sabotage


Question: 'Collective term for farm animals held as an asset'

Answer: livestock


Question: 'This arboreally named area was made famous by a prince in the region noted for impaling enemies on stakes'

Answer: Transylvania


Question: 'The screech type of this bird has an unusual whistling call'

Answer: an owl


Question: 'The 1st railway suspension bridge was completed over the gorge near these U.S.-Canadian falls in 1855'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: '"The Hogan Family" was set in Oak Park, Illinois & "Hogan's Heroes" was set in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'On the Beaufort scale, it's the next step up from a tropical storm'

Answer: a hurricane


Question: 'Missouri's national forest named for this writer is nowhere near the city of Hannibal'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'If you're clumsy your fingers may be all these'

Answer: thumbs


Question: 'The gray jay is not as famous as this relative whose scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata'

Answer: the blue jay


Question: 'At the Columbian Exposition in 1893, this tall amusement park ride had everyone going in circles'

Answer: the Ferris Wheel


Question: 'On its final episode Lt. Gerard shot Fred Johnson, the One-Armed Man'

Answer: The Fugitive


Question: 'The EPA determines whether drinking water contains more lead than 15 ppb, ppb standing for this'

Answer: parts per billion


Question: 'Much of this state is covered by 10 national forests including Salmon, Boise & Nez Perce'

Answer: Idaho


Question: 'Something quickly accomplished is done in the twinkling of a bedpost or of this body part'

Answer: an eye


Question: 'These birds are so named because their long legs look like the poles circus performers walk on'

Answer: stilts


Question: 'With Vince Lombardi as its coach, this team won the 1st Super Bowl in 1967'

Answer: the Green Bay Packers


Question: 'In 1996 Lily Tomlin took over the role of "F.Y.I." producer on this show'

Answer: Murphy Brown


Question: 'This small measurement used by bartenders equals about 1 1/2 ounces'

Answer: a shot glass (or a jigger)


Question: 'This Cornhusker State's Blaine & Thomas Counties have the USA's largest hand-planted forest'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'Act bluntly & you "shoot from" this'

Answer: the hip


Question: 'The coscoroba, which weighs only about 8 pounds, is the smallest of these graceful birds'

Answer: swans


Question: 'The 1st land engagement of this war took place June 24, 1898 at Las Guasimas, Cuba'

Answer: Spanish-American War


Question:
'Part played on "Bewitched" in the '60s by the person seen here in a recent photo:
[Erin Murphy]'

Answer: Tabitha


Question: 'To determine this for a circle, multiply the diameter by pi'

Answer: the circumference


Question: 'The northernmost of Arkansas' national forests shares its name with these mountains in the area'

Answer: the Ozarks


Question: 'You've got them if you can stand on a ship without losing your balance'

Answer: sea legs


Question: 'The "snowy" type of this member of the heron family is known for its beautiful white plumes'

Answer: an egret


Question: 'Oveta Culp Hobby, who passed away in 1995, was the 1st to head this former cabinet department, HEW for short'

Answer: Health, Education and Welfare


Question: '"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was the theme to this '90s series featuring Christopher Burke as Corky'

Answer: Life Goes On


Question: 'Abbreviated G or GB in computerese, it's equal to 1,024 MB'

Answer: a gigabyte


Question: 'Minnesota's largest national forest shares its name with this Great Lake'

Answer: Superior


Question: 'You put your nose to the grindstone & this to the wheel'

Answer: a shoulder


Question: 'In 1993 she published "The Downing Street Years", a memoir of her time as prime minister'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'On the night of April 14, 1986, U.S. warplanes bombed Tripoli & Benghazi in this African country'

Answer: Libya


Question: 'He began his famous murder spree in the slums of London's Whitechapel on August 7, 1888'

Answer: Jack The Ripper


Question: 'Puerto Varas is in Chile & Puerto Vallarta is in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'A spring roll is a smaller, more delicate version of this Chinese appetizer'

Answer: Egg Roll


Question: 'At 14 Wynton Marsalis was a featured soloist on this instrument with the New Orleans Philharmonic'

Answer: Trumpet


Question: 'Conrad Busken Huet wrote "The Country of Rembrandt", a classic cultural history of this country'

Answer: Holland/The Netherlands


Question: 'Traffic on this trail between San Antonio & Abilene peaked in 1871 with 600,000 cattle'

Answer: the Chisholm Trail


Question: 'She wrote "The Story of Suicide Sal" as well as "The Story Of" herself "And Clyde"'

Answer: Bonnie Parker


Question: 'Part of the Northwest Passage, the Davis Strait separates Canada's Baffin Island from this Danish one'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'The Jordan type of this nut is often sold encased in a candy coating'

Answer: Almond


Question: 'James Galway has performed in several orchestras playing the flute & this smaller relative'

Answer: Piccolo


Question: '"Motherhood In Bondage" is one of the books by this birth control pioneer'

Answer: Margaret Sanger


Question: 'Until the late 1840s, this largest North Carolina city was the USA's chief source of gold'

Answer: Charlotte


Question: 'Albert Anastasia was "Lord High Executioner" of the gang of killers dubbed this by the press'

Answer: "Murder, Incorporated"


Question: 'The city of Tangier lies at the western end of this strait'

Answer: Strait of Gibraltar


Question: 'English name of the mashed-bean specialty Frijoles Refritos'

Answer: Refried Beans


Question: 'Kenny G took up this instrument after seeing someone play it on "The Ed Sullivan Show"'

Answer: Saxophone


Question: '"Ten Days That Shook The World" was his last book published during his lifetime'

Answer: John Reed


Question: 'At the same time that John Foster Dulles was Secretary of State, his brother Allen headed this agency'

Answer: CIA (Central Intelligence Agency)


Question: '"Babe" & "Dickie" were the nicknames of these Chicago thrill killers of young Bobbie Franks'

Answer: Leopold & Loeb


Question: 'About 65% of the Philippines' total land area is divided between Luzon & this island'

Answer: Mindanao


Question: 'The French name of this layered ice cream dessert means "perfect"'

Answer: Parfait


Question: 'Jacques Offenbach was a virtuoso on this instrument, as is Yo-Yo Ma'

Answer: Cello


Question: 'This Swiss-born woman psychiatrist wrote the bestselling book "On Death And Dying"'

Answer: Elizabeth Kubler-Ross


Question: '19 members of this Irish-American terrorist society active in 1870s Pennsylvania were hanged'

Answer: The Molly Maguires


Question: 'In 1985 3 members of this family were arrested for participating in a Naval spy ring'

Answer: The Walkers


Question: 'The Potala, the former palace of the Dalai Lama, is a landmark of this Tibetan city'

Answer: Lhasa


Question: 'The Chioggia type of this round root vegetable has concentric circles of red & white'

Answer: Beets


Question: 'Midori is one of the most celebrated players of this instrument'

Answer: Violin


Question: '4 single biographies & 23 pairs of biographies make up this classical work'

Answer: \"Plutarch\'s Lives\"


Question: 'In this Broadway musical, Julie Andrews got frisky singing about "the lusty month of May"'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'This sport was introduced in the 688 B.C. Olympics; the modern sport has its origins in bare-knuckle contests'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'The Smithsonian has the stovepipe hat this president wore to the theater when he was killed'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Fort Campbell,<br />Fort Knox'

Answer: Kentucky


Question:
'Soba,
somen,
udon'

Answer: noodles


Question: 'Run off & get married'

Answer: elope


Question: 'For centuries, May Day merriments have featured this outlaw who led a band of merry men'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'USC, not from California but in this state, has a gamecock mascot that goes back to the Revolutionary War'

Answer: South Carolina


Question: 'You'll get some ideas for summer vacation from this president's book "African Game Trails"'

Answer: Theodore Roosevelt


Question: 'Fort Hood,<br />Naval air station Corpus Christi'

Answer: Texas


Question:
'Spice,
Interrupted,
Georgy'

Answer: girls


Question: 'Cold & volcanic island nation of the North Atlantic'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'May 1 is the perfect time to read "May Day", one of this author's "Tales of the Jazz Age"'

Answer: (F. Scott) Fitzgerald


Question: 'This NBA team got its name when it was based in San Diego--there was so much yachting in the harbor'

Answer: the Clippers


Question: 'He made his first run for the office in 1980'

Answer: George H.W. Bush


Question: 'Fort Bragg,<br />Camp Lejeune'

Answer: North Carolina


Question:
'"Beverly Hills Cop",
your car,
Guns N' Roses'

Answer: Axle


Question: 'You use it when you play the organ or propel a bike'

Answer: a pedal


Question: 'On the 1st of May it has long been a tradition to crown the fairest maiden in the land with this "regal" title'

Answer: Queen (of the May)


Question: 'The name of this Triple Crown winner seen here also means a traffic ticket'

Answer: Citation


Question: 'His reputed affair with Mrs. Mary Peck threatened to quash his presidential hopes in 1912'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'Fort McPherson,<br />Robins Air Force Base'

Answer: Georgia


Question:
'A shoulder,
a keg of beer,
a telephone wire'

Answer: things you tap


Question: 'It's a 3-letter word meaning to cut off, especially a limb from a tree'

Answer: lop


Question: 'May Day festivities date back to an ancient festival honoring this Roman goddess of flowers'

Answer: Flora


Question: 'Indians developed a game to train for war; the French renamed it this because the stick looked like a bishop's staff'

Answer: lacrosse


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.) Arlington's first interment of an Unknown Soldier to rest in honored glory took place on November 11, 1921 with this president leading the ceremonies'

Answer: Warren Harding


Question: 'Fort Monmouth,<br />Fort Dix'

Answer: New Jersey


Question:
'Butterfly,
brush,
hemorrhagic'

Answer: strokes


Question: 'Spelled one way, it's someone who's worshipped; spelled another, it means inactive'

Answer: idol & idle


Question: 'In 1964 he became the White House correspondent for CBS'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'On Louisiana's flag, an Eastern brown this bird is feeding its young'

Answer: a pelican


Question: 'By 1513 da Vinci's patron was Giuliano, a member of this powerful Florentine family'

Answer: the Medicis


Question: 'Inflected a verb in its different forms for number, person, mood, voice or tense'

Answer: conjugated


Question: 'After 200 years Clarence Oddbody finally gets his wings in this 1946 movie'

Answer: It\'s a Wonderful Life


Question: 'Agrippina married her uncle, then probably poisoned him so her 16-year-old son could become this debauched Caesar'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'In 1814 an act of Congress confirmed this frontiersman's land righrts'

Answer: Daniel Boone


Question: 'Between 1960 & 1986, he racked up 44 Top 40 hits, but no No. 1s'

Answer: James Brown


Question: 'Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code" reveals clues in da Vinci's works including one titled this woman "of the Rocks"'

Answer: The Madonna


Question:
'Complicated,
twisted,
coiled up'

Answer: convoluted


Question: 'Wim Wenders' "Wings of Desire" was remade as this "urban" Nicolas Cage flick'

Answer: City of Angels


Question: 'The "Dan" in former Vice President Quayle's name was short for this middle name'

Answer: Danforth


Question: 'A close-up of one of these potentially deadly arachnids is seen here'

Answer: the brown recluse spider


Question: 'This da Vinci work recounts events found in Matthew 26:21'

Answer: The Last Supper


Question: 'Chang & Eng were this type of twins'

Answer: conjoined


Question: 'In the "Prophecy" series, Christopher Walken plays this familiar though vengeful angel'

Answer: Gabriel


Question: '(I'm Vincent Kartheiser of Mad Men.)  The ruthless leader Commodus believed he was this god, the son of Zeus, & showed off his physical strength by fighting & dressing as a gladiator'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'Currently it's the only state with 2 senators named Daniel'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Though Carter won the 1976 Democratic nomination, this Californian beat him in the Nevada primary'

Answer: Jerry Brown


Question: 'This other name for the "Mona Lisa" comes from her husband, who commissioned the portrait'

Answer: La Gioconda


Question: 'Used a spell to call upon a spirit'

Answer: conjured


Question: 'The tagline to this 1996 John Travolta film was "He's an angel... not a saint"'

Answer: Michael


Question: 'This Cambodian born Saloth Sar was convicted of treason after carrying out mass murder'

Answer: Pol Pot


Question: '3-named artist whose work seen here commemorates the American Revolution'

Answer: Daniel Chester French


Question: 'After coming up with the Yellow Kid comic strip, Richard Outcault created this other colorful boy'

Answer: Buster Brown


Question: 'Leonardo was born in 1452 in this North Central Italian region'

Answer: Tuscany


Question: 'Formed a clot'

Answer: coagulated


Question: 'The 2 fallen angels in the 1999 film "Dogma" were played by these 2 Oscar-winning screenwriters'

Answer: Matt Damon & Ben Affleck


Question: 'He assumed the post of senator-for-life after, as leader, he had 28,000 Chileans tortured'

Answer: Pinochet


Question: 'This human gland important in the immune system takes its name in part from its resemblance to an herb'

Answer: the thymus gland


Question: 'When the natives wanted to form an alliance with the Europeans, they shared a calumet stuffed with this'

Answer: tobacco


Question: 'This model spent most of the '90s married to Mick Jagger'

Answer: Jerry Hall


Question: 'Florida, Puerto Rico & this form the apexes of a triangle within which ships & planes disappear'

Answer: Bermuda


Question: 'Comedian & actor Richard Marin'

Answer: Cheech Marin


Question: 'Developed by British inventor John Starley, the safety bicycle features these of equal size'

Answer: wheels


Question: 'Number of partners in a duumvirate'

Answer: 2


Question: 'The Sanpoil, who lived on this river, selected a special salmon chief each fishing season'

Answer: Columbia River


Question: 'Patti Boyd, who inspired this rocker's "Layla", married him after leaving hubby George Harrison'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'The Witiko creature of Algonquian myth may be a forerunner of this mystery of the Northwest'

Answer: Bigfoot/Sasquatch


Question: 'The very representative Thomas P. O'Neill'

Answer: Tip O\'Neill


Question: 'Anthropologist Francis Galton notes the uniqueness of these for every individual, a help to police'

Answer: fingerprints


Question: 'Somniloquists do this in their sleep'

Answer: speak


Question: 'To the Iroquois, the "Three Sisters" were squash, beans & this'

Answer: corn


Question: 'Patti Scialfa is married to this rocker for whom she sings back-up'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'A reader of these checks out the Line of Mars & Mount of Venus'

Answer: palms


Question: 'Would-be assassin Lynette Fromme'

Answer: "Squeaky" Fromme


Question: 'Designed by William L. Jenney, the first of these buildings, the 10-story Home Insurance Co., goes up in Chicago'

Answer: skyscrapers


Question: 'This word can mean a representation of the nativity or a hospital for abandoned children'

Answer: creche


Question: 'On his second voyage over, Jacques Cartier thought this river was the best choice for a route to Asia'

Answer: St. Lawrence


Question: 'Just days after her divorce from Sonny, Cher married this guitarist'

Answer: Gregg Allman


Question: 'Meaning "far movement", it's the strange power of moving things without touching them'

Answer: telekinesis


Question: 'Hereditary Haitian honcho Jean-Claude Duvalier'

Answer: "Baby Doc" Duvalier


Question: 'German engineer Carl Friedrich Benz develops the first working one of these powered by a gasoline engine'

Answer: automobile


Question: 'This wind that rolls down the eastern Rockies derives its name from an Indian word for "snow eater"'

Answer: chinook


Question: 'Hot on the trail of 7 magnificent cities, Estevanico called the first one this, entered it & was killed there'

Answer: Cibola


Question: 'The 2 rockers whom Heather Locklear married'

Answer: Tommy Lee & Richie Sambora


Question: 'Appropriately, Champ is the name of this lake's version of Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster'

Answer: Lake Champlain


Question: 'Expeditious superagent to the stars Irving Lazar'

Answer: "Swifty" Lazar


Question: 'American electrical engineer William Stanley invents this device for changing energy from AC to DC'

Answer: transformer


Question: 'This word for a trite phrase is borrowed from the French where it means "a stereotype plate" for printing'

Answer: cliche


Question: 'Lord Burghley convinced Elizabeth I to execute this rival for the throne'

Answer: Mary, Queen of Scots


Question: 'In 2002 this "Big Fat" success became the highest-grossing film never to have a No. 1 weekend at the box office'

Answer: My Big Fat Greek Wedding


Question: 'Mary McCarthy famously said of Lillian Hellman, "Every word she writes is a lie, including and" & this one'

Answer: the


Question: 'Of your 10 fingers, the 2 not normally used in playing the harp'

Answer: pinkies


Question: 'He beat Goldwater in 1964'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'In 1613 Samuel de Champlain visited the site of this future North American capital'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in London with Parliament in the background)  As a tourist, I can visit the gallery, but since 1642 no British monarch has been allowed into this house of Parliament'

Answer: House of Commons


Question: 'This 1987 Danny DeVito-Richard Dreyfuss film about aluminum siding salesmen was set in 1963 Baltimore'

Answer: Tin Men


Question: 'This novelist & author of "Advertisements for Myself" celebrated his 80th birthday on Jan. 31, 2003'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'The orchestral harp has 7 double-action ones, each controlling one string in every octave'

Answer: pedals


Question: 'He's the "Very Interesting" comedian seen here'

Answer: Arte Johnson


Question: 'Siwa & Bahriyah are 2 well-known examples of these green, fertile areas found in the Sahara'

Answer: oases (oasis)


Question: 'Britain signed its first agreement with France to build this in 1875'

Answer: the "Chunnel"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Leonard Maltin)  In this 1990 Martin Scorsese-directed film based on the book "Wiseguy", Scorsese's mother plays Joe Pesci's mom'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'In 1913 he published his first book of poems as well as "Sons and Lovers"'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: 'The concert grand harp has this many strings, 3 more than half the number of keys on a piano'

Answer: 47


Question: 'As a senator in March 1861, this future vice president branded the secessionists traitors'

Answer: Andrew Johnson


Question: 'The Pacific species of this animal can have an arm span more than 20 feet long'

Answer: octopus


Question: 'Shire known for its gypsum &, with Mr. Hood, its Rob-some'

Answer: Nottinghamshire


Question: 'In this 2001 film, Kevin Spacey's character Prot insisted that he was from a planet 1,000 light years from Earth'

Answer: K-Pax


Question:
'Tennyson used this rhyme scheme for "In Memoriam", quoted here
I held it truth with him who sings, to one clear harp in diverse tones, that men may rise on stepping stones, of their dead selves to higher things'

Answer: abba


Question: 'In his autobiography, this movie harpist said, "I couldn't read a note of music"'

Answer: Harpo Marx


Question: 'This "King of the Delta Blues Singers" wrote classics like "Sweet Home Chicago" before dying young in 1938'

Answer: Robert Johnson


Question: 'This author wrote, "He had won the victory over himself.  He loved Big Brother"'

Answer: George Orwell


Question: 'The new flag this king introduced in 1606 combined the crosses of Saints Andrew & George'

Answer: James I (also known as James VI of Scotland)


Question: 'Madonna was set to play violin teacher Roberta Guaspari in "Music of the Heart", but this lady got the role'

Answer: Meryl Streep


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Oahu, Hawaii)  When this Scottish-born author took refuge in Samoa, he was known as Tusitala, or "story-teller"'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'It's the Italian term for running your finger quickly up or down the keys of a piano or the strings of a harp'

Answer: glissando


Question: 'Winning the silver medal in the decathlon in 1956, he came back to win the gold in 1960'

Answer: Rafer Johnson


Question: 'Magnetite is an important one of iron'

Answer: ore/oxide


Question: 'Odobenus, the genus name of this animal, comes from the Greek for "one who walks with his teeth"'

Answer: walrus


Question: 'It can precede blanket, eel or Light Orchestra'

Answer: Electric


Question: 'This beef stroganoff ingredient can be "sour" or "whipping"'

Answer: Cream


Question: 'The 4th building to bear this name is at 8th Avenue & 33rd Street in NYC, atop Penn Station'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'This man shot President Reagan, James Brady & 2 security men in March'

Answer: John Hinckley


Question: 'The first 13 people to win the Nobel Prize for Literature were from this continent'

Answer: Europe


Question: 'We don't know what possessed her to play Dr. Peter Venkman's girlfriend, Dana Barrett'

Answer: Sigourney Weaver ("Ghostbusters")


Question: 'A clergyman of any denomination attached to a hospital, ship or university'

Answer: Chaplain


Question: 'This ground beef dish was named for J. Salisbury, a physician who advocated dietary reform'

Answer: Salisbury steak


Question: 'The Mariners baseball team & NFL's Seahawks play their home games in this domed stadium'

Answer: Kingdome


Question: 'David & Elizabeth Emanuel became world famous as designers of her wedding gown'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'Of mollusks, algae or dinosaurs, the last one to appear on Earth'

Answer: Dinosaurs


Question: 'This TV doctor has not only taken his girlfriend Wanda, out, he's taken her appendix out too'

Answer: Doogie Howser, M.D.


Question: 'Term for a barrier that impedes progress or a course made up of such barriers'

Answer: Obstacle


Question: 'To make chicken a la this, you usually need mushrooms & pimientos'

Answer: Chicken a la king


Question: 'This arena used by the Celtics is the oldest in the NBA'

Answer: Boston Garden


Question: 'His $25,000 sports car with a stainless-steel finish & gull-wing doors was built in Northern Ireland'

Answer: John De Lorean


Question: 'Of the 4 sections in a typical orchestra, the 1 that includes the most musicians'

Answer: String section


Question: 'In "Three Men and a Baby", it was his girlfriend who had the baby'

Answer: Ted Danson


Question: 'The large rounded part of the brain that occupies most of the cranial cavity'

Answer: Cerebrum


Question: 'Quite simply, this is melted butter with the sediment removed'

Answer: Clarified butter


Question: 'A Detroit arena named for this heavyweight boxing champ was the site of the 1980 GOP Nat'l Convention'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'To show "Smoking Spoils Your Looks", she posed for an ad with cigarettes in her ears'

Answer: Brooke Shields


Question: '2 of the 6 U.N. members whose names begin with the letter "L"'

Answer: Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya & Luxembourg


Question: 'On this TV series Jason Bateman found that someone special in Lisa Rinna'

Answer: The Hogan Family


Question: 'The name of this flatfish can mean to move about clumsily'

Answer: Flounder


Question: 'The name of this French dish means "pot on the fire"'

Answer: Pot-au-feu


Question: '1 of 2 pro sports teams that play in the Brendan Byrne Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey'

Answer: New Jersey Devils/New Jersey Nets


Question: 'In April 1981 this former V.P. was ordered to pay the state of Maryland $248,735 for bribes he took'

Answer: Spiro Agnew


Question: 'Of the planets in our solar system, this one is last alphabetically'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'In "Back to the Future Part II", she played Marty's girlfriend in 1985 & his wife in 2015'

Answer: Elisabeth Shue


Question: 'It's believed in 1455 Johann Fust foreclosed on & took over this man's printing operation'

Answer: Johannes Gutenberg


Question: 'In "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", he is adopted by the widow Douglas'

Answer: Huckleberry Finn


Question: 'Over half of Mexico's trade is with this country'

Answer: United States


Question: 'In 1973 push-through tabs began to replace the pull tabs on these'

Answer: Pop/soda cans


Question: 'Modern movement that is named for the optical illusions created by its geometric patterns'

Answer: Op Art


Question: 'Flower named for King George III's royal gardener, William Forsythe'

Answer: Forsythia


Question: 'Spanish warrior, knight errant & star of his own epic, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar was known by this name'

Answer: El Cid


Question: 'Experience as a gold miner in the Klondike provided the basis for his "The Son of the Wolf" stories'

Answer: Jack London


Question: 'In the 16th C. he founded Villa Rica de Veracruz, the site of present day Veracruz'

Answer: Hernando Cortez


Question: 'Until '39 the clock used to keep Greenwich Mean Time was regulated by one of these crystals'

Answer: Quartz


Question: 'Greek for "beautiful writing", it's the art of beautiful handwriting'

Answer: Calligraphy


Question: 'A city in western Wisconsin named for the Indian game played there in the 19th Century'

Answer: La Crosse


Question: 'Ethelred the Unready managed to lose most of England to King Sweyn Forkbeard of this country'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Don Quixote chose a peasant girl as his lady love & gave her this name'

Answer: Dulcinea


Question: 'The 140-mile-wide Isthmus of Tehuantepec separates these 2 major bodies of water'

Answer: Pacific Ocean & Gulf Of Mexico/Atlantic Ocean


Question: 'The first cable of this type laid across the Atlantic went into service in 1988, doubling call capacity'

Answer: Fiber optic


Question: 'Building in which you'd find Michelangelo's masterpiece "The Creation of Man"'

Answer: The Sistine Chapel


Question: 'This word for a long journey is named for a Homeric hero who took quite a long journey himself'

Answer: Odyssey (Odysseus)


Question: 'Known as Friar Roger, this English scientist & philosopher foresaw the airplane'

Answer: Roger Bacon


Question: 'Before writing "Jaws", this novelist served as a speechwriter for LBJ'

Answer: Peter Benchley


Question: '1 of the 2 Central American countries that border Mexico'

Answer: Belize or Guatemala


Question: 'If you see the following symbol at the start of a TV show, it means this service is available:'

Answer: Closed Captioning


Question: 'You can see "The Maid of Honor" by Velazquez in this Madrid museum'

Answer: The Prado


Question: 'A shallow covered dish used to grow microorganisms for research, named after its inventor'

Answer: Petri dish


Question: 'Author of the "Summa Theologica", he held one of the chairs of theology at the Univ. of Paris'

Answer: St. Thomas Aquinas


Question: 'Ole Rolvaag's tale of Norwegian immigrants on the prairie whose title is from the Bible'

Answer: "Giants in the Earth"


Question: 'Honored as the father of independence, he was captured by the Spanish, defrocked & executed in 1811'

Answer: Father Miguel Hidalgo


Question: 'Condition of zero electrical resistance, it occurs in metals cooled to very low temperatures'

Answer: Superconductivity


Question: 'Renoir depicted this mythical character having to choose the most beautiful of 3 goddesses'

Answer: Paris ("The Judgment of Paris")


Question: 'A deductive system of algebra named after its creator, a 19th Century English mathematician'

Answer: Boolean algebra


Question: 'His vaccine was announced safe in April '55, the 10th anniversary of FDR's death'

Answer: Dr. Jonas Salk


Question: 'Iodine gas is this color associated with royalty & with a dinosaur who loves you'

Answer: purple


Question: 'You want to break ties in the U.S. Senate, so use recess to study hard & become VP like this man is today'

Answer: Dick Cheney


Question: 'In the title of a Dr. Seuss book, it's served with "Green Eggs"'

Answer: ham


Question: '"Pop" is on this 'N Sync album whose title refers ironically to the band's fame'

Answer: Celebrity


Question: 'First reached in 1911, it's the point in Antarctica through which the Earth's axis passes'

Answer: the South Pole


Question: 'Frau & fraulein are terms for women in this language'

Answer: German


Question: 'When you see starlight, star bright, know it's from the star burning this gas, whose symbol is H'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'Head to the art room & paint a masterpiece like the 16th century "Mona Lisa" by this man'

Answer: (Leonardo) da Vinci


Question: 'This character dresses his dog like a reindeer & steals Christmas from Who-ville'

Answer: the Grinch


Question: 'You'll understand her songs, like "Ironic" & "Hands Clean", when you're older & more bitter'

Answer: Alanis Morissette


Question: 'The crab-eater type of this, like the one seen here, is a common sight in Antarctica'

Answer: a seal


Question: 'Literally meaning "to God", it's how you say good-bye in Spanish'

Answer: adiós


Question: 'The air that we breathe is mostly not oxygen but this gas, N'

Answer: nitrogen


Question: 'Impress the gym coach; practice your spin technique for tossing a 16-pound metal ball in this Olympic event'

Answer: shotput


Question: 'This kind Seuss elephant "Hears a Who" & also "Hatches the Egg"'

Answer: Horton


Question: 'These "Who Let The Dogs Out?" hitmakers come, logically enough, from the Bahamas'

Answer: the Baha Men


Question: '2 species of these birds that inhabit Antarctica are the adelie & the emperor'

Answer: the penguin


Question: 'If you're in a store in Spain & you see a sign over a door saying "Salida", it means this'

Answer: exit


Question: 'Indium is an element in the family of this popular wrap metal'

Answer: aluminum


Question: 'Go to metal shop & make a scale model of this Parisian landmark that cost over $1 million to build from 1887 to 1889'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'This Dr. Seuss book has been published in Spanish as "El Gato Ensombrerado"'

Answer: The Cat in the Hat


Question: 'With spiky hair & names like Sid Vicious, this style of rock music shocked people in the '70s'

Answer: punk


Question: 'You're very busy if you have too many bars of this element, Fe, in the fire'

Answer: iron


Question: 'Dash off a major piece of literature like this 1852 Harriet Beecher Stowe novel'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'This turtle king stacks up all the other turtles to build a towering throne only to fall down from the top'

Answer: Yertle (the Turtle)


Question:
'Despite their name, at least 1 member of this band has already hit 20

"That is how we want it /
Floorfiller /
That is how we need it"'

Answer: the A-Teens


Question: 'It flows through Washington, D.C. & on past Mount Vernon'

Answer: the Potomac


Question: 'This imaginary creature takes away the tooth you leave under your pillow & replaces it with money'

Answer: the Tooth Fairy


Question: 'According to the Declaration of Independence, "All men are created" this way'

Answer: equal