Question: 'Against bitterly divided Democrats, he won with the second-lowest percentage of the popular vote in history, 39.8%'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In 1805 an agricultural society gave this U.S. president a gold medal for one of his inventions'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'C plus a cry of pain equals this, a sofa'

Answer: couch


Question: 'This car that launched the 1960s "pony car" craze was the first to win the Tiffany Award for excellence in American design'

Answer: the Mustang


Question: 'Inside the Cabildo in New Orleans, you can visit the room where the documents for this sale were signed in 1803'

Answer: the Louisiana Purchase


Question: 'The university of this state has campuses at Asheville, Wilmington & Chapel Hill'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: '(Hi, I'm Malik Rose)  Rule 4, Section 14 says that while an opponent's doing this, I can't run past him, wave my arms or talk trash to him'

Answer: shooting a free throw


Question: 'Ida McKinley was born in this Ohio city that's also home to the Pro Football Hall of Fame'

Answer: Canton


Question: 'C plus the number of years you've lived equals this, an animal holder'

Answer: cage


Question: 'Nearly synonymous with the term "light plane", this Piper aircraft model first flew in 1937'

Answer: the Piper Cub


Question: 'Some call it the "Queen State" because it was named for Queen Henrietta Maria'

Answer: Maryland


Question: 'Region of the world to which the Eisenhower Doctrine was applied in 1957 & 1958; it's still a hot spot'

Answer: the Middle East


Question: 'It's the type of foul that can be called on a player who's not even in the game at the time'

Answer: technical foul


Question: 'The 13th & 14th Amendments were ratified during his term'

Answer: (Andrew) Johnson


Question: 'C plus go inside equals this, the middle'

Answer: center


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew)  My beautiful steed was carved by Charles I.D. Looff, who designed the first carousel at this Brooklyn site back in 1875'

Answer: Coney Island


Question: 'Established in 1802, it was the first school of engineering in the U.S. & women weren't admitted until 1976'

Answer: West Point


Question: '(Hi, I'm Michael Finley)  A substitute has to report to this person who gets to sit at a table while we run around'

Answer: scorekeeper


Question: 'William H. Rehnquist was nominated chief justice of the United States by him'

Answer: (Ronald) Reagan


Question: 'C plus human fur equals this, something to sit on'

Answer: chair


Question: 'The Western Meadowlark is one busy bird; it's the state bird of Kansas & of this state just north of Kansas'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: 'The president of this Asian country won the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'If a defensive player kicks the ball, this is reset & starts over'

Answer: the shot clock/24-second clock


Question: 'On April 12, 1945 she told Truman, "Is there anything we can do for you?  For you are the one in trouble now"'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'C plus 1/36 of a yard equals this, something easy'

Answer: cinch


Question: 'This Northwest city's famed Repertory Theatre won a 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'The treaty that ended the 30 Years' War in 1648 was the Peace of this Prussian province'

Answer: Westphalia


Question: '(I'm Derek Fisher)  In 2001 the time allowed to bring the ball across midcourt was lowered from this to 8 seconds'

Answer: 10 seconds


Question: 'Gregory Maguire's novel "Wicked" is subtitled "The Life and Times of" this character who terrorized the Munchkins'

Answer: the Wicked Witch of the West


Question: 'Dion:<br />"Runaround ____"'

Answer: Sue


Question: 'Ave. De la Grande Armee leads to this structure; so do Ave. Foch & Ave. Victor Hugo &...'

Answer: the Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'She's the winner in the behavior & deportment competition, or an offense less serious than a felony'

Answer: Miss Demeanor/misdemeanor


Question: 'This palace, whose name means "hall of the slain", had walls of gold & a roof of battle shields'

Answer: Valhalla


Question: 'After earning his MBA in 1966, he went to work on Wall Street; today he's in charge of the entire city'

Answer: Michael Bloomberg


Question: 'Pearl is the product of adultery in this classic of American lit'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'Barry Manilow:<br />"____"'

Answer: Mandy


Question: 'Marat published the revolutionary newspaper "Friend of the People", L'this du Peuple'

Answer: Ami


Question: 'You'll get a wrong number if you do this, one company's representative in the Antibacterial Soap Pageant'

Answer: misdial/Miss Dial


Question: 'This thunder god's appetite was so huge he once ate an ox & 8 salmon, & drank 3 barrels of mead'

Answer: Thor


Question: 'He's an MBA, a certified hypnotist & the creator of the character seen here'

Answer: (Scott) Adams


Question: 'James Trotter escapes his 2 horrible aunts & becomes a hero to his new insect family in this book by Roald Dahl'

Answer: James and the Giant Peach


Question: 'Looking Glass:<br />"____ (You're a Fine Girl)"'

Answer: Brandy


Question: 'This singer-actor played the lead in the 1960 French film "Shoot the Piano Player"'

Answer: Charles Aznavour


Question: 'If you forgot where you put something, ask this woman who looks great with a Hawaiian garland on'

Answer: mislay/Miss Lei


Question: 'In Norse mythology, he was the creator of the universe'

Answer: Odin


Question: 'In the 1970s this Stanford MBA founded what would become one of the nation's largest discount brokerages'

Answer: Charles Schwab


Question: 'His novels include "Beach Music" & "The Prince of Tides"'

Answer: (Pat) Conroy


Question: 'Paul Anka:<br />"____"'

Answer: Diana


Question: 'With Obelix at his side, this heroic Gaul is the "star" of his own comic strip'

Answer: Asterix


Question: 'She can win representing the 17th letter of the alphabet, or be a failed stroke in billiards'

Answer: Miss Q/miscue


Question: 'These white-armed, golden-haired warrior maidens were clad in gleaming helmets & breastplates'

Answer: the Valkyrie


Question: 'This PM of Israel, 1996 to 1999, earned his MBA from M.I.T. in 1976'

Answer: (Benjamin) Netanyahu


Question: '"Le Mariage" is Diane Johnson's follow-up to this 1997 novel'

Answer: Le Divorce


Question: 'Helen Reddy:<br />"____ Baby"'

Answer: Angie


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Hawaii)  French for pineapple, it's also the fruit's genus name'

Answer: Anana


Question: 'Sadly, this woman who's in the best physical condition is considered an odd duck by the other contestants'

Answer: Miss Fit/misfit


Question: 'In the final battle of good & evil, called Ragnarok, this trickster will lead the giants against the gods'

Answer: Loki


Question: 'It doesn't take a private eye like her V.I. Warshawski to uncover that she has both an MBA & a Ph.D.'

Answer: Sara Paretsky


Question: 'This king covered his eyes with his shield so that he would not see the holy city he could not conquer'

Answer: Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted)


Question: 'Sitka is the largest city in this state's Alexander Archipelago'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '2003: James Gandolfini'

Answer: The Sopranos


Question: 'Now turning 60, the USAF was established in September 1947 under this Pres. with Carl Spaatz as Chief of Staff'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'The great men of France circa 1780 are immortalized in the "Grands Hommes" gallery of this museum'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'Moses by Michelangelo at San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome'

Answer: marble


Question: 'After the hungry German shepherd gnawed on the tree, it let out...'

Answer: bark


Question: 'In 1965 the Cook Islands became self-governing in free association with this country that provides for their defense'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: '2004: Cynthia Nixon'

Answer: Sex and the City


Question: '(Alex reports from Kadena Air Force Base in Japan.) This is the main job of the KC-135 Stratotanker; it helps put the "global" in the Air Force's global reach, global power'

Answer: fueling


Question: 'The highlight of Argentina's national history museum in this city is Candido Lopez's historical canvases'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'Queen Elizabeth II, seen here'

Answer: wax


Question: 'If the species were reversed at Thanksgiving, the birds chowing down on us would be doing a lot of...'

Answer: gobbling


Question: 'This Scottish archipelago is famous not only for its ponies but also for a breed of dog'

Answer: the Shetlands


Question: '2005: Felicity Huffman'

Answer: Desperate Housewives


Question: '(Alex reports in front of a U.S. Air Force aircraft.)  AWACS-E3s were among the very first airborne assets to deploy during this August 1990 operation, establishing round-the-clock radar capability'

Answer: Desert Shield


Question: 'NYC's MoMA is the Museum of Modern Art; L.A.'s MOCA is the museum of this type of art'

Answer: Museum of Contemporary Art


Question: 'Tecumseh on "Cheers"'

Answer: wood


Question: 'Playing bridge, the donkey led the 4 of clubs & the elephant decided to...'

Answer: trumpet (trump it)


Question: 'This Pacific island country is named for a British sea captain, not "Happy Days" producer Garry'

Answer: Marshall Islands


Question: '2001: Allison Janney'

Answer: The West Wing


Question: '(Alex reports from inside an aircraft cockpit.) The many sensors of the F-22A Raptor allowing it to track, identify and destroy enemy threats without being detected, make it the epitome of this kind of fighter'

Answer: stealth


Question: 'Works by Titian, Raphael & others, sold by the USSR to Andrew Mellon, became the core of this D.C. museum'

Answer: The National Gallery of Art


Question: 'St. John the Baptist by Donatello at Siena Cathedral'

Answer: bronze


Question: 'I should never have committed a crime on the farm; I knew the pig would...'

Answer: squeal


Question: 'This Portuguese archipelago once served as a stop for the treasure galleons returning to Spain from America'

Answer: the Azores


Question: '2002: Michael Chiklis'

Answer: The Shield


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports in front of a helicopter.) Kadena Air Base is home to the Air Force's largest combat one of these, the 18; not a part of a plane, but a military unit'

Answer: wing


Question: 'The Atheneum in Hartford, Conn. bears the name of this founder, no relation to Longfellow'

Answer: Daniel Wadsworth


Question: 'The warriors of China's first Chin emperors seen here'

Answer: terra cotta


Question: 'The day Churchill died, it was as if the horse kept calling for him with a neigh & a...'

Answer: whinny (Winnie)


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Consumer Reports road test facility.)  Consumer Reports checks out how well a car stops when its wheels are on different surfaces with its "split-mu" area, mu standing for coefficient of this'

Answer: friction


Question: '1972: "My father assured him that either his signature or his brains would be on the contract"'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'She's a foreign queen:<br />ALERT A COP'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Paper gifts are the traditional gifts at this anniversary party for a married couple'

Answer: first


Question: '5-word phrase repeated by Dorothy Gale when clicking her heels together in "The Wizard of Oz"'

Answer: there\'s no place like home


Question: 'A May 1999 White House ceremony unveiled the newly designed U.S. $1 coin with this historical person on the front'

Answer: Sacajawea


Question: 'Mileage tests show that these, using gas & electric power, deliver the best mileage of any 5-passenger cars'

Answer: hybrids


Question: '1984: "There was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf!"'

Answer: This is Spinal Tap


Question: 'He's magical:<br />ROSE PROP'

Answer: Prospero


Question: 'Must have been quite a "party"; the British passed 1774's "Intolerable Acts" to punish Massachusetts for it'

Answer: Boston Tea Party


Question: '3-word cliche used of exotic food; Ramona said it about rat on the first "Survivor"'

Answer: tastes like chicken


Question: 'He had a good year in 1999: he beat cancer & beat all the other riders to win his first Tour de France'

Answer: Lance Armstrong


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Consumer Reports road test facility.)  Among Consumer Reports' testing criteria is axle articulation, how well the wheels maintain this, from the Latin for "pull over rocky terrain"'

Answer: traction


Question: '2007: "Spartans! Enjoy your breakfast, for tonight we dine in Hell!"'

Answer: 300


Question: 'He domesticates his wife:<br />RIPE TOUCH'

Answer: Petruchio


Question: 'It's the beverage that would be most appropriate at the wild, riotous bacchanalia we've got planned'

Answer: wine


Question: '"In all" this, the state or fact of being probable'

Answer: likelihood


Question: 'Ta Mok, the last remaining leader at large of this murderous Communist group, was captured in Cambodia in March'

Answer: Khmer Rouge


Question: 'Ja wohl! Consumer Reports in 2007 said this brand's GL450 is the top large SUV'

Answer: Mercedes-Benz


Question: '1975: "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries"'

Answer: Monty Python and the Holy Grail


Question: 'A fairy:<br />NO ROBE'

Answer: Oberon


Question: 'This European party is named for the time of year when its thrown'

Answer: Oktoberfest


Question: 'A doppelganger'

Answer: likeness (or look-a-like)


Question: 'This African country lost its beloved founding father Julius Nyerere in 1999'

Answer: Tanzania


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Consumer Reports road test facility.)  To see how the car handles without it, Consumer Reports has disabled a system becoming standard on U.S. autos, ESC, electronic this control'

Answer: stability


Question: '2006: "Oh my God, I'm getting pulled over. Everyone, just pretend to be normal"'

Answer: Little Miss Sunshine


Question: 'He's a title prince:<br />CRISP EEL'

Answer: Pericles


Question: 'It's the Spanish name for a girl's 15th birthday coming of age party in Mexico'

Answer: quinceñera


Question: 'Ovine'

Answer: sheep-like


Question: 'Perhaps because it was there, a 1999 expedition to Mt. Everest found this man's body, which had been frozen there for 75 years'

Answer: Sir George Mallory


Question: 'After giving birth in Paris, American Marjorie Karmel wrote "Thank You" him & co-founded an orgianization now named for him'

Answer: Fernand Lamaze


Question: '7 years after crossing the Alps, he reached the gates of Rome with his troops in 211 B.C., but didn't get in'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'UCLA Men's Basketball, 1949-1975'

Answer: John Wooden


Question: 'Major Major is commander of an Air Force squadron in this WWII novel'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: 'Once a "Designing Woman" on TV, she now designs her own line of clothing for "Real Size Women"'

Answer: Delta Burke


Question: 'Need to use the bathroom?--just "skip to my" this'

Answer: loo


Question: 'Teri, still on the run with Emily's baby, crossed the border into this country which elected Vincente Fox in 2000'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In 1533 Pizarro killed Atahualpa, the leader of these people'

Answer: the Incas


Question: 'Indiana Pacers, 1997-2000'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'Bestsellers of 1998 included her novels "Mirror Image" & "The Long Road Home"'

Answer: Danielle Steel


Question: 'This famous ex-intern has finally found her bag: she designs bags like the one seen here:'

Answer: Monica Lewinsky


Question: 'When it's wet out, don't forget to take your brolly, one of these'

Answer: Umbrella


Question: 'Billionaire Trent Bishop hit town after seeing Misou on the cover of this mag known for a quiz, edited by Kate White'

Answer: Cosmopolitan


Question: 'Ivan the Great made the great decision to gain independence from this group known as the Golden Horde'

Answer: the Mongols


Question: 'Green Bay Packers, 1959-1967'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'Chief Bromden, a mental patient, narrates this 1962 novel'

Answer: One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest


Question: '"I am out of prison and back in business", says this woman who sells her "Heidi Wear" on-line'

Answer: Heidi Fleiss


Question: 'It's what the British call an apartment, or what you don't want to get on a freeway'

Answer: a flat


Question: 'Dr. Drake proved Emily didn't kill Carson Pike, after performing this, Greek for "See for yourself"'

Answer: an autopsy


Question: 'In 1632 this lord founded the colony of Maryland'

Answer: Lord Baltimore


Question: 'University of Nebraska Football, 1973-1997'

Answer: Tom Osborne


Question: 'The slogan "Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad" appears in this 1945 novel'

Answer: Animal Farm


Question: 'This ever-popular supermodel seen here introduced her new line of sportswear on QVC in 1998'

Answer: Cheryl Tiegs


Question: 'When a Briton is on vacation, everyday is one of these, literally'

Answer: Holiday


Question: 'Drake, walking through a field to Emily's, jumps to avoid a sidewinder, one of these, falls & cuts his head'

Answer: a rattlesnake


Question: 'He succeeded Henry II as king of England in 1189 & was himself succeeded by John in 1199'

Answer: Richard the Lionhearted


Question: 'Chicago Bears, 1920-1967 (with a few breaks)'

Answer: George Halas


Question: 'This 1906 novel is set in Packingtown, the nickname for Chicago's Union Stockyards'

Answer: The Jungle


Question: 'This "Million Dollar Mermaid" of the movies is still in the swim, with her own line of designer swimwear'

Answer: Esther Williams


Question: 'To calm her baby, a mummy might pop in a dummy, or what we call this'

Answer: a pacifier


Question: 'Trent happens on the hurt Drake & offers to donate his blood, this type, the universal recipient, the same as Drake's!'

Answer: AB


Question: 'On the eve of the premiere of "Carmen", he was named a chevalier of the legion of honor'

Answer: Georges Bizet


Question: 'He played Van Gogh in the 1956 film "Lust for Life"'

Answer: Kirk Douglas


Question: 'The Post-Dispatch, est. 1878'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'The 3 orders of ancient Greek column were doric, ionic, & this ornate one named for a city'

Answer: Corinthian


Question: 'In 1946 Churchill warned that this "drapery" had descended over Europe'

Answer: an Iron Curtain


Question: 'Angelenos know it's a period of heavy traffic & traffic jams'

Answer: rush hour


Question: 'It was musicographer Ludwing Von Kochel who assigned the "K" numbers to this man's musical works'

Answer: W.A. Mozart


Question: 'In 1993's "Backbeat", Stephen Dorff played this bassist who left the Beatles to be a painter'

Answer: Stu Sutcliffe


Question: 'The Free Press, est. 1831'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'This "ice cold" part of am entablature fits in between the cornice & architrave'

Answer: Frieze


Question: 'Churchill turned down a dukedom but did accept a knighthood from this monarch in 1953'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'This industrial unit is equal to the work one person can do in 60 minutes'

Answer: Man-hour


Question: 'In April, 1759, this German-born composer was buried in Westminster Abbey'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'In a 1989 film, Daniel Day-Lewis played Christy Brown, who could only paint with this title appendage'

Answer: My Left Foot


Question: 'The Mercury News, est. 1851'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'The cathedral of Ulm, Germany, has one of the most famous examples of this tapering structure at the top of a tower'

Answer: Steeple/Spire


Question: 'The first meeting between Churchill & these other 2 leaders was in Teheran, Iran in 1943'

Answer: F. Roosevelt & J. Stalin


Question: 'Term for the scheduled time for the start of a large-scale combat operation'

Answer: Zero Hour


Question: 'Upon his death, this Hungarian pianist's manuscripts passed to the Princess Carolyne Sayn-Wittgenstein'

Answer: Franz Liszt


Question: 'In a 1996 film, Natascha McElhone's Francoise Gilot tries to survive Anthony Hopkins as this artist'

Answer: Pablo Picasso


Question: 'The World-Herald, est. 1885'

Answer: Omaha


Question: 'Il Duomo of this city's cathedrals was based on the principles of Roman vaults'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'First name of Winston's American mother'

Answer: Jenny (Jennifer)


Question: 'In 1965 it was Wilson Pickett's first solo top 40 hit'

Answer: "Midnight Hour"


Question: 'In 1933 this "Sabre Dance" composer married fellow Russian composer Nina Makarova'

Answer: Aram Khatchatourian


Question: 'Gene Kelly is an expatriate singing & dancing painter in this Oscar winner'

Answer: An American in Paris


Question: 'The Morning News, est. 1885'

Answer: Dallas


Question: 'From the Latin for "gate", it's often an entryway consisting of a roof supported by columns'

Answer: Portico


Question: 'After graduating from this royal military college, Churchill was commissioned a second lieutenant'

Answer: Sandhurst


Question: 'Fredric March & Humphrey Bogart starred in this tense 1955 film about escaped convicts which terrorize a family'

Answer: The Desperate Hours


Question: 'This brand name comes from machines devised by Benjamin Holt to crawl over soft farmland'

Answer: Caterpillar


Question: 'It's referred to in the New Testament as the Scriptures'

Answer: the Torah (or the Pentateuch)


Question: 'She's doing commercials for No Excuses sportswear following her fling with Gary Hart'

Answer: Donna Rice


Question: 'In various songs, she was a hit for Jimmy Clanton, Shocking Blue, Bananarama, and Frankie Avalon'

Answer: Venus


Question: 'Possibly from cuckoo, it's an eccentric or zany person'

Answer: Kook


Question: 'This country's Kruger National Park is its most popular tourist attraction'

Answer: South Africa


Question: '"Wiping out" her opposition, Joyce Hoffman of the U.S. became the first person to win two world titles in this sport'

Answer: surfing


Question: 'God said this man, childless at the time, would have as many descendants as the number of stars in heaven'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'The office of Baseball Commisioner was established in 1920 due to this 1919 event'

Answer: Black Sox Scandal


Question: 'Two of four girls' names mentioned in titles of Elton John top 10 hits'

Answer: Bennie, Jeannie, Lucy, and Nikita


Question: 'Words that complete the palindromic phrase "Niagara o' roar"'

Answer: roar again


Question: 'This city's Forest Park was the site of the 1904 Louisiana Purchase exposition'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'It's the only martial art that's an Olympic event'

Answer: judo


Question: 'Joseph was sold to the Ishmaelites for this price: two-thirds of what Judas got for betraying Jesus'

Answer: 20 pieces of silver


Question: 'This fugitive financier said, "I want my own !#^%* country!"'

Answer: Robert Vesco


Question: 'The only specific time of day that's a palindrome as a word'

Answer: noon


Question: 'Administered by the National Park System, Wilson's Creek; Kennesaw Mountain; and Petersburg are these'

Answer: battlefields


Question: 'Bones in this joint are the most likely to get broken in a fall while roller-skating'

Answer: the wrist


Question: 'It takes 13 verses in Exodus 26 to tell how to make the curtains for this tent that held the Holy Ark'

Answer: the tabernacle


Question: 'His private secretary was linked to the Whiskey Ring, one of many scandals during his administration'

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant


Question: 'It's usually classified into two general types: pulse and continuous wave'

Answer: radar


Question: 'The Channel Islands, a famed breeding place for sea lions, are this state's only offshore national park'

Answer: California


Question: 'Though pool tables may vary in size, all have length in this proportion<br />to width'

Answer: 2 to 1


Question: 'Greek for "hidden books", Lutherans view these as non-canonical, but useful works'

Answer: Apocrypha


Question:
'Though the financial scheme known as the "Mississippi Bubble"
burst in 1720, it led to
the settlement of this
city'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'It's generally held to be true and is often referred to as a basic'

Answer: tenet


Question: 'One of two large parks on the edge of Paris; each a bois with its own zoo & horse-racing track'

Answer: Bois de Bologne (or Bois de Vincenne)


Question: 'Soccer was forbidden in 14th century England for taking practice time away from this military skill'

Answer: archery


Question: 'It revealed a population of almost four million when first taken in 1790'

Answer: the first US census


Question: 'You can get wheels for your MG made of this element with the symbol Mg'

Answer: magnesium


Question: 'In titles, animal associated with both Volpone and Reynard'

Answer: fox


Question: 'It's claimed over $100 million worth of these currently go unclaimed'

Answer: scholarships


Question: 'Only one-half of the Soviet people are of this nationality'

Answer: Russian


Question: 'Though your dentist might have it on in the background, "it helps not the toothache"'

Answer: Muzak (or music or elevator music)


Question: 'This act of 1765 taxed legal documents, almanacs, newspapers, dice, and playing cards'

Answer: the Stamp Act


Question: 'Term for charcoal turned on to trap gases'

Answer: activated charcoal


Question: 'Malcolm Lowery's "Under the Volcano" is set mainly in this country'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'These two New England schools have competed in football since 1875 and in boat races since 1852'

Answer: Harvard and Yale


Question: 'This lake contains one-fifth of the Earth's non-frozen fresh water and about four-fifths of the USSR's'

Answer: Lake Baikal (the deepest)


Question: 'Line in Matthew 7:7 which follows "Ask and it shall be given you"'

Answer: Seek and ye shall find


Question: 'By its intended opening day, May 14, 1787, only the delegations from Virginia and Pennsylvania had arrived in full'

Answer: the Constitutional Convention


Question: 'Natural color of chlorine gas'

Answer: greenish-yellow


Question: 'Granddaughter of the author of "Trilby", she wrote "Rebecca"'

Answer: Daphne DuMaurier


Question: 'US military service academy located in Connecticut'

Answer: US Coast Guard Academy


Question: 'The Soviet Union's most important holiday, Revolution Day, is observed on the seventh of this month'

Answer: November


Question: 'Type of "grease that gives the best polish"'

Answer: elbow grease


Question: 'The threat of Spain led to the charter of this colony, the last of the thirteen to be organized'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Smog is produced from the action of this on chemicals in the air'

Answer: sunlight


Question: 'One contributor to "Knickerbocker" magazine was this author, who used Knickerbocker as a pseudonym'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'In 1923, the University of Delaware became the first to institute this junior year program'

Answer: a year abroad


Question: 'It's said Stalin induced Norway to expel this man in 1936 by buying its entire herring catch'

Answer: Leon Trotsky


Question: '"He that has many of these" finds that some of them will cool'

Answer: irons in the fire


Question: 'On November 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state to ratify this'

Answer: the Bill of Rights


Question: 'The ideal gas law combines Charles's law with the law of this 17th century Anglo-Irish scientist'

Answer: Robert Boyle


Question: 'English poet who wrote "Endymion",<br />"Hyperion", and its unfinished revision, "The Fall of Hyperion"'

Answer: John Keats


Question: 'Texas city whose junior college is famed for its Rangerette drill and dance team'

Answer: Kilgore


Question: 'While Gorbachev is head of the Communist Party, this man, the President, is considered head of state'

Answer: Andrei Gromyko


Question: '"As evidence of skill, a good archer is not known by his arrows" but by this'

Answer: his aim


Question: 'This consonant begins the last names of five presidents, more than any other letter'

Answer: H


Question: 'While rescuing Queen Guinevere, this knight mistakenly killed Sir Gareth, which led to disbandment of the round table'

Answer: Lancelot


Question: 'In a 1961 Elvis smash, this 8-word refrain follows, "wise men say only fools rush in, but"'

Answer: I can\'t help falling in love with you


Question: 'This spinner of such tales as "It" & "The Stand" stands well over 6 feet'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: '"A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic" is attributed to this Soviet leader'

Answer: Stalin


Question: 'Apt. space is tight in this borough, also home to the mil. sq. ft. of storage rental at Chelsea mini-storage'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'One of this Norse god's main epithets is Vingnir ("the hurler") (4 letters)'

Answer: T-H-O-R


Question: 'In "Le Morte D'Arthur", Arthur tells him, I must take a wife but only "by thy counsel and thine advice"'

Answer: Merlin


Question: 'In 1957 the King recorded this seasonal song about getting somewhere for the holidays "if only in my dreams"'

Answer: I\'ll Be Home For Christmas


Question: 'I Samuel 17:4 says he was "six cubits and a span"; that's 9 feet 6 inches!'

Answer: Goliath


Question: 'In 1859 he joined a Shakespearean stock company in Richmond, Virginia (but that's not why he's in the category)'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: 'The highest business rents in the world are along this Paris boulevard'

Answer: Champs-Elysées


Question: '"To Anacreon in Heaven" mentions this rollicking Roman god's vine (7 letters)'

Answer: B-A-C-C-H-U-S


Question: 'This sword-proffering lady was a Tony-winning role in "Spamalot" for Sara Ramirez of "Grey's Anatomy"'

Answer: The Lady of the Lake


Question: 'Completes the title of the King's second No. 1 "I Want You, I Need You..."'

Answer: I Love You


Question: 'Fans of this shock jock might be shocked to learn that he stands 6-foot-5'

Answer: Howard Stern


Question: 'Living up to his nickname, in 440 this "Scourge of God" broke a truce with eastern Romans & blitzed Danubian towns'

Answer: Attila the Hun


Question: 'This car rental business began in Chicago in 1918 with a fleet of 12 Model Ts'

Answer: Hertz


Question: 'This Egyptian god of death & resurrection was the brother-husband of Isis (6 letters)'

Answer: O-S-I-R-I-S


Question: 'The King called this Hank Williams classic he recorded in 1973 "the saddest song I've heard in my life"'

Answer: I\'m So Lonesome I Could Cry


Question: 'Who better to tell us how to "Awaken The Giant Within" & control our own destiny than this 6'7" motivational speaker'

Answer: Tony Robbins


Question: 'In 1565 he said he'd rule Russia... if he could execute traitors as he wished & take their possessions: Russia said sure!'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'A one-year rental for a luxury suite in this downtown Los Angeles arena can set you back about $475,000'

Answer: Staples Center


Question: 'Vulcan is the Roman equivalent of this Greek fire god (10 letters)'

Answer: H-E-P-H-A-E-S-T-U-S


Question: 'The King's debut album included a rockin' version of this Ray Charles classic about a gal way across town'

Answer: I Got A Woman


Question: 'Sadly, the tale of this 7-foot-7 former NBA center came to an end in June 2010; he was laid to rest in his native Sudan'

Answer: Manute Bol


Question: 'In the '70s nearly a million Cambodians died under the regime of this Khmer Rouge leader'

Answer: Pol Pot


Question: 'In the 16th century the knights of Malta paid Holy Roman Emperor Charles V an annual rent of one of these birds'

Answer: Maltese falcon


Question: 'This Hindu god of wisdom & good fortune has the head of an elephant (7 letters)'

Answer: G-A-N-E-S-H-A


Question: 'Sicily<br />(on all sides)'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'Hopkins was Richard, son of Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, in this 1968 film'

Answer: The Lion In Winter


Question: 'Soccer-playing teens are prone to Osgood-Schlatter disease, mainly seen as a swelling just below this joint'

Answer: the knee


Question: 'It means sad or listless; when tripled, it means "and so on"'

Answer: blah


Question: 'Stanley Kubrick's WWI film "Paths Of Glory" is about a real incident involving this country's army'

Answer: France


Question: 'Aruba'

Answer: the Carribean


Question: 'Anthony Hopkins won an Oscar for his role in this 1991 film'

Answer: Silence Of The Lambs


Question: 'This contact sport injury resulting from a blow to the head has several grades; with grade I, you stay conscious'

Answer: a concussion


Question: '"To run" this way means to run viciously, frenzied for blood; originally the term referred to a crazy malay'

Answer: amok


Question: 'In 1916 some 10,000 British & Indian troops trapped in the Mesopotamian town of Kut surrendered to these foes'

Answer: the Turks


Question: 'Lesbos &<br />Lemnos'

Answer: the Aegean


Question: 'Sir Anthony was the voice of Hrothgar in the 2007 animated version of this epic'

Answer: Beowulf


Question: 'It's the most common sports sprain & also common is your buddy telling you to just walk it off'

Answer: the ankle


Question: 'Led Zeppelin knows that this word refers to a concluding passage of a musical piece or a ballet'

Answer: a coda


Question: 'In the War's biggest naval battle, the British & German fleets fought to a draw off this Danish peninsula'

Answer: Jutland


Question: 'Nunivak'

Answer: the Bering Sea


Question: 'It was Anthony Hopkins for whom death (Brad Pitt) came calling in this 1998 film'

Answer: Meet Joe Black


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical demonstration on a monitor) If the inflamation called bursitis happens where the tendons in your forearm attach to the prominence of the humerus bone, it's known as this sporty affliction'

Answer: tennis elbow


Question: 'A symbol of life in Egypt, it's also known as an Ansate Cross'

Answer: an ankh


Question: 'The British & this ally took the German colony of Tsingtao in 1914; in 1941, the teams would be different'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'At the invitation of President Nkrumah, the first overseas volunteers arrived in this country on the Gulf of Guinea in August of 1961'

Answer: Ghana


Question:
'Masirah,
off the
Omani coast'

Answer: the Arabian Sea


Question: 'In "Amistad", about an 1839 uprising of Africans on a slave ship, Hopkins played this former president arguing for the defense'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: 'Accute mountain sickness can develop into the pulmonary or cerebral type of this accumulation of fluid'

Answer: edema


Question: 'This word from Heinlein's "Stranger In A Strange Land" means "to communicate sympathetically"'

Answer: grok


Question: 'When war began, the Triple Alliance of Germany, Italy & Austria-Hungary faced the Triple this'

Answer: the Triple Entente


Question: 'The Corps serves the 2nd as well as the 3rd <br />World, in Romania & this Balkan neighbor on its southern border'

Answer: Bulgaria


Question: 'Although capital of its country, it is not the capital of the province in which it's located, nor is it the seat of government'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'Like other vertebrates, birds have 2 hind limbs & 2 forelimbs, the latter being these'

Answer: Wings


Question: 'If you studied Latin, you'll know that Nova Scotia's name is Latin for this'

Answer: New Scotland


Question: 'Sonny is the bird who's "cuckoo for" this cereal'

Answer: Cocoa Puffs


Question: 'Both of these female friends of Archie Andrews have their own comics & share a third'

Answer: Betty & Veronica


Question: 'These stands where you buy popcorn & soda are where theaters make most of their profits'

Answer: Concessions


Question: 'MacGraw or Baba<br />          (3)'

Answer: Ali


Question: 'The largest crustacean is the giant spider type of this aquatic creature whose claws can be 10' apart'

Answer: Crab


Question: 'Afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel is a treasured tradition in this "regal" British Columbia city'

Answer: Victoria


Question: 'Edmund Spenser called "The Merry Cuckoo" the "messenger of" this season'

Answer: Spring


Question: 'He's Donald Duck's rich uncle & he has his own comic book'

Answer: Scrooge McDuck


Question: 'Located in Los Angeles, the USA's last theater devoted to these films of the 1920s closed in 1997'

Answer: Silent Films


Question: 'Fore's antonym<br />        (3)'

Answer: Aft


Question: 'Fruit types of these insects may be named for the fruit they infest, such as olives or cherries'

Answer: Flies


Question: 'This world-famous Montreal comedy festival is known in French as "Juste Pour Rire"'

Answer: "Just For Laughs"


Question: 'This term for the husband of an adulterous wife is derived from cuckoo'

Answer: Cuckold


Question: 'This superhero's debut in a 1939 issue of Detective Comics also introduced Commissioner Gordon'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'Introduced in the '30s, they usually included one major release & one B movie'

Answer: Double Feature


Question: 'Fossil resin "forever"<br />          (5)'

Answer: Amber


Question: 'From the Latin for "first", this early-blooming flower contains another flower in its name'

Answer: Primrose


Question: 'Wawa is Ojibwa for this wild bird & the town of Wawa, Ontario, a migration stop, boasts a giant statue of one'

Answer: (Canada) Goose


Question: 'In this 1962 novel, McMurphy takes on Nurse Ratched'

Answer: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest"


Question: '(It's a video; take a look at the monitor):  Half-human, half-alien crime fighter seen here:'

Answer: Hawkman


Question: 'The line "This is where I" did this began when movies ran continuously & you entered & left midway'

Answer: "This is where I came in"


Question: 'Descriptive of Dickens' dodger<br />           (6)'

Answer: Artful


Question: 'The poisonous marine toad preys on these animals, its companions in the order Anura'

Answer: Frogs


Question: 'When the province of Saskatchewan was created in 1905, this city became its capital'

Answer: Regina


Question: 'In this film, Harry Lime says Switzerland's 500 years of democracy & peace produced--the cuckoo clock'

Answer: The Third Man


Question: 'In January 1997 Acclaim Comics began reissuing this series with "A Tale of Two Cities" & "Tom Sawyer"'

Answer: Classics Illustrated


Question: '(VIDEO Daily Double):  4-word motto that accompanies the following:<br />     (THX  Logo)'

Answer: "The Audience is Listening"


Question: 'A fruit carrier you don't want to upset<br />            (9)'

Answer: Applecart


Question: 'TWA, in full'

Answer: Trans World Airlines


Question: 'Implicated in a plot to kill Hitler, this "Desert Fox" committed suicide rather than stand trial'

Answer: Erwin Rommel


Question: 'If this Brit's family had kept their original name, Da Pinta, his plays would be described as "Da Pintaesque"'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'I.M. Pei's glass pyramid entrance to this Paris museum houses the hall of Napoleon'

Answer: the Louvre


Question: 'Hong Kong director John Woo's 1993 U.S. debut "Hard Target" starred this Belgian kickboxer'

Answer: Jean Claude van Damme


Question: 'This African country's people are known as Ivorians'

Answer: Ivory Coast


Question: 'To this Disney song title, comic Steven Wright adds the thought, "But I wouldn't want to have to paint it"'

Answer: "It\'s A Small World"


Question: 'This Czech writer of "R.U.R." wrote "The Insect Comedy" with his brother Josef'

Answer: Karel Capek


Question: 'The typewriter used to write "Out of Africa" is exhibited at her home in Rungstedlund, Denmark'

Answer: Isak Dinesen (Karin Blixen)


Question: '"A Fistful of Dollars" was director Sergio Leone's first of these "edible" Westerns'

Answer: Spaghetti Westerns


Question: 'The tower of Hallgrim's church provides a sweeping view of this Icelandic capital'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'It's said of someone who can find profits & perhaps pearls in his surroundings'

Answer: "The world\'s his oyster"


Question: 'Racine wrote a racy tragedy about Phaedra, a daughter of this king of Crete'

Answer: Minos


Question: 'One highlight of this capital's Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum is a piano used by Beethoven'

Answer: Budapest


Question: '"Knife in the Water" was this director's first feature after film school at Lodz'

Answer: Roman Polanski


Question: 'This French town may have been named for Cantilus, who built the first villa there; the lace came later'

Answer: Chantilly


Question: 'This exclamation by Miranda in "The Tempest" became an ironic Aldous Huxley title'

Answer: "Brave new world!"


Question: 'This Irishman's 1926 play "The Plough and the Stars" was so controversial it provoked riots'

Answer: Sean O\'Casey


Question: 'This Florentine palace houses several museums including Galleria Palatina & Museo Degli Argenti'

Answer: the Pitti Palace


Question: 'This Kurosawa film gives 4 different versions of a single crime'

Answer: Rashomon


Question: 'Juan Santamaria International Airport serves this capital of Costa Rica'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'A British band played this song as Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown:'

Answer: "The World Turned Upside Down"


Question: 'On Feb. 12, 1912, the last emperor of this dynasty abdicated, ending more than 3,000 years of Chinese monarchy'

Answer: Manchu


Question: 'He was resident playwright at the National Theatre in Bergen when he wrote "The Feast at Solhaug"'

Answer: Henrik Ibsen


Question: 'This 18th century lexicographer's first dictionary is on display in the London townhouse where he lived & worked'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'Simone Signoret plots the death of her schoolmaster lover in this 1955 French classic'

Answer: Diabolique


Question: 'Some cyclists take a downhill bicycling tour of this Caribbean country's Blue Mountains'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'According to McDonald's, it's the only country where their outlets do not sell beef hamburgers'

Answer: India


Question: 'On Feb. 14, 1985 the conservative Jewish movement announced its decision to accept women in this post'

Answer: Rabbi


Question: 'This 2-wheeled east Asian cart is pulled by a runner called a shafu'

Answer: Rickshaw


Question: 'When this German beat Martina Navratilova in the 1987 French Open, she became its youngest champ to date'

Answer: Steffi Graf


Question: 'World Book says this type of bear has been seen on ice chunks as far south as the Gulf of St. Lawrence'

Answer: Polar Bear


Question: 'Whether cloth or disposable, you'll need about 65 of these per week for baby's first year'

Answer: Diapers


Question: 'Kukla or Ollie, but not Fran'

Answer: Puppet


Question: 'He told the 20th Communist Party Congress Feb. 14, 1956 that war with capitalist imperialism was not inevitable'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'A 1935 act of Congress gave this agency, the ICC, authority over motor carriers & drivers'

Answer: Interstate Commerce Commission


Question: 'American baseball team with Dominican Ramon Martinez, South Korean Chan Ho Park & Japanese Hideo Nomo'

Answer: Los Angeles Dodgers


Question: 'The largest freshwater species of this reptile in the U.S. is the alligator snapper'

Answer: Turtle


Question: 'Color in the term for an infant with a cyanotic complexion, often due to a heart defect'

Answer: Blue baby


Question: 'They blow in Flanders Fields'

Answer: Poppies


Question: 'This partner of Bob Woodward was born Feb. 14, 1944 in Washington, D.C., the city that made him famous'

Answer: Carl Bernstein


Question: 'In terms of total passengers, this London airport is the world's busiest outside the U.S.'

Answer: Heathrow


Question: 'This "Super Mario" from Canada is a Pittsburgh Penguin'

Answer: Mario Lemieux


Question: 'The largest species of this American marsupial is the common or Virginia species'

Answer: Possum


Question: 'The epidural type of this lowers blood pressure during labor as well as removing sensation'

Answer: Anesthesia


Question: 'Fancy "cuppa" coffee'

Answer: Cappuccino


Question: 'New Mexico had been a state for almost 5 weeks when this neighbor joined the Union in 1912'

Answer: Arizona


Question: 'In 1840 this line sent its first ship, the Britannia, across the Atlantic'

Answer: Cunard Line


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />She went from Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine to the top of her sport: (figure skater)'

Answer: Oksana Baiul


Question: 'This ground squirrel is distinguished from others by its striped face'

Answer: Chipmunk


Question: 'In most cases the stump of this falls off painlessly when baby's about a week old'

Answer: Umbillical Cord/Umbillicus


Question: 'It "knocks but once" & Arkansas is the "Land Of" it'

Answer: Opportunity


Question: 'A young girl received the first dual transplant of the heart & this organ Feb. 14, 1984'

Answer: Liver


Question: 'In 1954 this city opened Canada's first subway'

Answer: Toronto


Question: 'Born of Italian immigrant stock in Brazil, he's a 2-time Indy 500 winner'

Answer: Emerson Fittipaldi


Question: 'The largest & heaviest New World monkey, its characteristic roar can be heard for about 2 miles'

Answer: Howler Monkey


Question: 'This procedure used to get a picture of the developing baby is commonly called a scan'

Answer: Ultrasound


Question: 'Raiment'

Answer: Apparel


Question: 'He insisted "The Cherry Orchard" was "A comedy, in places even a farce"; some may disagree'

Answer: Anton Chekhov


Question: 'From east to west, it extends 20 miles from Makapuu Point to Pearl Harbor'

Answer: Honolulu


Question: 'Even Daddy Warbucks couldn't buy this 1982 John Huston-directed musical an Oscar; it lost both nominations'

Answer: "Annie"


Question: 'An extended work in 3 or 4 movements, or the type of large orchestra that would play it'

Answer: Symphony


Question: 'In April 1985 this company announced it was replacing its 99-year-old formula with a sweeter one'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'This type of glass is reinforced with plastic & molded into auto bodies & boat hulls'

Answer: Fiberglass


Question: 'He completed "The Brothers Karamazov" shortly before his 1881 death in St. Petersburg'

Answer: Fyodor Dostoyevsky


Question: 'An annual tulip festival in this New York capital commemorates the city's Dutch heritage'

Answer: Albany


Question: 'Woody Allen was nominated for acting in, directing & writing this 1977 film; he won for the latter 2'

Answer: "Annie Hall"


Question: 'On a musical score, a black rectangle on the underside of a staff line symbolizes this pause'

Answer: Rest


Question: 'In 1984 he left Paramount to become chairman & chief executive of Walt Disney Productions'

Answer: Michael Eisner


Question: 'The first glass making plant in America was built at this Virginia settlement in 1608'

Answer: Jamestown


Question: 'Boris Pasternak's only novel, it was rejected by Soviet publishers for its critical approach to communism'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'In 1777 it replaced New Castle as the capital of Delaware'

Answer: Dover


Question: 'Greta Garbo was nominated for this, her first MGM sound film, based on a Eugene O'Neill play'

Answer: "Anna Christie"


Question: 'If your sheet music features no sharps or flats, just a treble clef, this is the key'

Answer: C


Question: 'In 1986, after months of protest, this dictator fled Haiti & settled in France'

Answer: Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier


Question: 'This black glass named for its discoverer is formed by the high heat of a volcanic eruption'

Answer: Obsidian


Question: 'This "Gulag Archipelago" writer taught mathematics while in exile in central Asia'

Answer: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


Question: 'It's said the Christo Rey Church in this capital is the largest adobe structure in the U.S.'

Answer: Santa Fe, New Mexico


Question: 'Her supporting actress win for 1993's "The Piano" made her the 2nd-youngest winner of a competitive Oscar'

Answer: Anna Paquin


Question: 'On a piano it's sweeping a finger up the white keys; on a harp, drawing the finger across the strings'

Answer: Glissando


Question: 'Government position held 1981-85 by David Stockman'

Answer: Budget Director


Question: 'This glassmaker & artist called his iridescent glass "Favrile Glass"'

Answer: Louis Tiffany


Question: 'He began his most famous work, "Eugene Onegin", in 1823 & completed it in 1831'

Answer: Aleksandr Pushkin


Question: 'Franklin Pierce is buried in the Old North Cemetery in this capital city'

Answer: Concord, New Hampshire


Question: 'She won for her starring role in her first English language film, "The Rose Tattoo"'

Answer: Anna Magnani


Question: 'The 3 basic components of music are melody, harmony & this'

Answer: Rhythm/Beat


Question: 'Oscar Arias Sanchez, president of this Central American country, won the 1987 Nobel Peace Prize'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: 'This glass making city on New York's Chemung River is often called the "Crystal City"'

Answer: Corning


Question: '1 of 2 women who served in the cabinet for a total of 6 or more years'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole & Frances Perkins


Question: 'The top chess players in the world have this 11-letter rank'

Answer: grandmaster


Question: 'Socrates'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'A Chiquita cocktail combines cointreau, cream & this flavor liqueur'

Answer: banana


Question: 'A big appliance, or a small ring (drip) in your faucet (drip) that can drive you (drip) insane when it (drip) wears out'

Answer: washer


Question: 'Young fans know Richard Harris best for his role as headmaster Dumbledore in this film series'

Answer: Harry Potter


Question: 'This animal verb means to seek notice by servile behavior'

Answer: fawn


Question: 'This 8-letter honorary title often follows the name of a retired college professor'

Answer: emeritus


Question: 'Catherine Deneuve'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This type of spirit was once known as Barbados waters'

Answer: rum


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew)  I'm using a sensor to find one of these behind the wall; that'll be a secure spot to nail up a picture'

Answer: stud


Question: 'Since Harris was born in this Irish town, we assume he knew lots of saucy 5-line poems'

Answer: Limerick


Question: 'Matthew & Mark both quote Jesus saying "I will make you" these "of men"'

Answer: fishers


Question: 'Like the sadistic Claggart in "Billy Budd", the master-at-these is the petty officer who maintains discipline'

Answer: arms


Question: 'Corazon Aquino'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'An alliterative potable is made with "rock" (candy) & this type of whiskey'

Answer: rye


Question: 'Home insulation is rated by R-value, R standing for this to heat flow'

Answer: resistance


Question: 'One of Harris' last roles was as emperor Marcus Aurelius in this Oscar-winning epic'

Answer: Gladiator


Question: 'In 1985 Bob Dylan went to Philadelphia for Live Aid & to Champaign, Illinois for the first of these benefits'

Answer: Farm Aid


Question: 'Orange ya glad you know this title for a Chinese official goes back to the Sanskrit for "counselor"'

Answer: mandarin


Question: 'Jane Campion'

Answer: Wellington (New Zealand)


Question: 'Boodles is a popular brand of the London dry type of this'

Answer: gin


Question: 'Windows with interior condensation are said to be doing this, like people sometimes do'

Answer: sweating


Question: 'Harris took the throne in the 1967 film version of this Lerner & Loewe musical & starred in a stage revival in the '80s'

Answer: Camelot


Question: 'Reynard, the hero of medieval French fables, is one of these'

Answer: fox


Question: 'Title of a feudal Scottish lord; Macbeth was one of Glamis'

Answer: thane


Question: 'Wassily Kandinsky'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'In the 1930s Mouton-this was created as the label for vintages unworthy of being Mouton-Rothschild'

Answer: Cadet


Question: 'Bob Vila says you can get by with 3 paintbrushes -- 3" flat, 2" trim & a 2" one named for this part of a window'

Answer: sash


Question: 'This Jimmy Webb song that Harris recorded in 1968 was such a hit it almost knocked "Hey Jude" out of the No. 1 spot'

Answer: "MacArthur Park"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Belize)  Xunantunich means "stone woman" or "maiden of the rock" & is associated with this 9-letter quality'

Answer: fertility


Question: 'In 1864 he organized a conspiracy to abduct Lincoln; it didn't work so he came up with a cunning new plan'

Answer: John Wilkes Booth


Question: '1979:<br />Kurt Russell as this "monarch"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'Thomas Harris introduced the world to Hannibal Lecter in this 1981 novel'

Answer: "Red Dragon"


Question: 'Name of the font seen here & of a hound-haunted literary family'

Answer: Baskerville


Question: 'To attract females during the Worso Festival, Wodaabe men do this, like the Western grebe'

Answer: dance


Question: 'Nicklaus' pants'

Answer: Jack\'s slacks


Question: 'Robert E. Lee called Gen. James Longstreet his "Old War" this'

Answer: horse


Question: '1985:<br />Jessica Lange as this country legend'

Answer: Patsy Cline


Question: 'Much of this Stephen King serial novel takes place at Cold Mountain Penitentiary'

Answer: "The Green Mile"


Question: '"Here's the story" of the font named for this sitcom'

Answer: The Brady Bunch


Question: 'The Mongo of central Africa may sport a hat made out of the skin of a pangolin, also known as the scaly this'

Answer: anteater


Question: '"60 Minutes" man Rooney's jellybeans'

Answer: Andy\'s candies


Question: 'The Harpers Ferry National Historical Park includes a museum named for this Civil War figure'

Answer: John Brown


Question: '1991:<br />Val Kilmer as this "reptilian" superstar'

Answer: Jim Morrison (The Lizard King)


Question: 'The real unsolved murder of an aspiring actress inspired this James Ellroy novel'

Answer: "The Black Dahlia"


Question: 'This font, or the fancy avenue between Madison & Lexington'

Answer: Park Avenue


Question: 'The Beta Israel or Falashas of Ethiopia call this scroll the Orit'

Answer: Torah


Question: 'Ebert's elderly eccentrics'

Answer: Roger\'s codgers


Question: 'Confederate general George Randolph, a grandson of this president, was born & buried at Monticello'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: '1994:<br />Gary Oldman as this "Immortal" genius'

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven


Question: 'This Sebastian Faulks novel set during WWII was turned into a 2001 movie starring Cate Blanchett'

Answer: Charlotte Gray


Question: 'The font seen here is named for this crime'

Answer: kidnapping


Question: 'The Afar cut blocks of this from the Danakil Desert & used it as a currency'

Answer: salt


Question: 'Diesel's lower jaws'

Answer: Vin\'s chins


Question: 'After losing the presidential election in 1856, this explorer became a major general in the Union army'

Answer: John C. Fremont


Question: '1975:<br />Roger Daltrey as this Romantic era composer'

Answer: Franz Liszt (Lisztomania)


Question: 'Originally published in 1970, & later an Oprah selection, it was Toni Morrison's first novel (wink, wink)'

Answer: "The Bluest Eye"


Question: 'This font shares its name with William, the first English printer'

Answer: Caxton


Question: '2.3 million-year-old tools have been found in this gorge in northern Tanzania'

Answer: Olduvai Gorge


Question: 'Goodall's aches'

Answer: Jane\'s pains


Question: 'One of the only 2 Canadian provinces that do not border a saltwater ocean or bay'

Answer: Alberta or Saskatchewan


Question: 'Richard was crowned king of England at this place of worship'

Answer: Westminster Abbey


Question: 'Completes the title of the 1939 book by Agatha Christie "And Then There Were..."'

Answer: None


Question: 'It's considered 1/60 of a teaspoon, so now you can figure out how much one "in a bucket" is'

Answer: a drop


Question: 'The word seltzer comes from the name of the small mineral springs hamlet of Nieder-Selters in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Japanese dish of battered, deep-fried veggies or seafood'

Answer: tempura


Question: 'In 1982 he played Broadway as Cassio to James Earl Jones' Othello (Frasier Crane would be impressed)'

Answer: (Kelsey) Grammer


Question: 'One of Richard's foes, Lord Hastings, gained the distinction of being the first person executed at this "Tower"'

Answer: the Tower of London


Question: 'Jamie Oliver is known as this "Chef"'

Answer: the Naked Chef


Question: 'Also a verb, writers know it's 500 sheets of paper'

Answer: a ream


Question: '(Hi, I'm Ashton Kutcher.)  It is the hometown of the man who was president of the United States on the last day of the 1970s'

Answer: Plains, Georgia


Question: 'Oscar Wilde once quipped, "I can resist everything except" this'

Answer: temptation


Question: 'In 1968, in Canada, Christopher Walken got romantic as this member of the Montague family'

Answer: Romeo


Question: 'Richard III's death at Bosworth field is regarded by historians as the end of these dynastic wars'

Answer: the Wars of the Roses


Question: 'In the 1970s Jackson Browne was "Running On" this'

Answer: Empty


Question: 'A billion in America has 9 zeroes; a billion in England has this many'

Answer: 12


Question: 'The Spaniards turned the small Native American pueblo of Chuk Shon into this Arizona city'

Answer: Tucson


Question: 'Total abstinence from alcohol'

Answer: temperance


Question: 'Christopher Plummer is seen here in his searing 2004 performance as this mad monarch'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'The century in which Richard lived all 32 years of his scheming life'

Answer: the 15th


Question: 'Perseus had a hat & Harry Potter had a cloak that made them this'

Answer: invisible


Question: 'The measure of brightness of a celestial object; the Sun's apparent one is over -26'

Answer: magnitude


Question: 'To see where Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton, visit this "small" New Jersey town'

Answer: Weehawken


Question: 'A prevailing or predominant quality of mind'

Answer: a temperament


Question: 'Now an assistant DA on television, he's seen here in 1968 playing Prince Hal in Henry IV, Part II'

Answer: Sam Waterston


Question: 'He's the man who became the first Tudor king following Richard's death'

Answer: Henry VII


Question: 'Some psychologists believe babies are born with a tabula rasa, meaning this'

Answer: a blank slate


Question: 'Abbreviated Wb, it's a unit of magnetic flux, not barbeque intensity'

Answer: a weber


Question: 'Appropriately, the final resting place of the author of "Last of the Mohicans" is in this New York hamlet'

Answer: Cooperstown


Question: 'A mechanical pattern used in manufacturing'

Answer: a template


Question: 'Quick, name this dame who played Mistress Quickly in Kenneth Branagh's film of "Henry V"'

Answer: Judi Dench


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew sets down to la cena with four friends in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) In Mexico, you can enjoy the music of this type of band whose name may come from the word "marriage"'

Answer: mariachi


Question: '"Sledgehammer"'

Answer: Peter Gabriel


Question: 'Fitness buffs in Santa Monica, California love/hate a set of 189 of these at 4th & Adelaide'

Answer: steps


Question: 'He illustrated "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America" but he's better known for his birds'

Answer: (John James) Audubon


Question: 'Insectivores are principally this, meaning they are most active after dark'

Answer: nocturnal


Question: 'It often means to cover in clear plastic, like a driver's license or library card'

Answer: laminate


Question: 'State-owned PEMEX fuels the nation's economy as a leading producer of this'

Answer: gasoline (or oil)


Question: '"Cathy's Clown"'

Answer: The Everly Brothers


Question: 'Term for the technique of race walking, from the usual first & last parts of the foot to touch the ground'

Answer: heel-toe


Question: 'In 1997, as he declined to seek a fifth term as Ohio senator, he said, "There is still no cure for the common birthday"'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: 'In insectivores, these gnawing teeth at the front of the mouth are often long & pincerlike'

Answer: incisors


Question: 'It's the eleventh letter of the Greek alphabet'

Answer: lambda


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reads from Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) Carnaval ended yesterday here in Mexico, so today is this day of observance called Miercoles de Ceniza'

Answer: Ash Wednesday


Question: '"I'm Henry VIII, I Am"'

Answer: Herman\'s Hermits


Question: 'Common 2-word phrase meaning to alternate sets with someone else on one piece of weight equipment'

Answer: work in


Question: 'In 1873 he "plowed" into politics & became the second mayor of Moline, Illinois'

Answer: John Deere


Question: 'The star-nosed species of this subterranean insectivore has 22 pink appendages on its nose used as feelers'

Answer: the mole


Question: 'In the names of famous publications it follows Harvard & National'

Answer: Lampoon


Question: '"O" it's the state in southern Mexico with the country's largest indigenous population'

Answer: Oaxaca


Question: '"I'll Be There"'

Answer: The Jackson 5


Question: '"White crane spreads wings" & "step back & repulse monkey" are postures in this smooth martial art'

Answer: tai chi


Question: 'His "Pilgrim's Progress" was a real best-celler, much of it having been written from his prison cell'

Answer: John Bunyan


Question: 'The largest insectivore, the common tenrec, is found on this African island known for its lemurs'

Answer: Madagascar


Question: 'Consisting of 5 poems, it bemoans the fall of Jerusalem'

Answer: Lamentations


Question: 'In 1864, this man seen here took up residence in the old Castle of Chapultepec'

Answer: Maximillian


Question: '1987:<br />"La Bamba"'

Answer: Los Lobos


Question: 'In this activity revolutions per minute is referred to as cadence'

Answer: spinning (or cycling)


Question: 'He told of the Bolshevik Revolution in his book "Ten Days That Shook The World"'

Answer: John Reed


Question: 'The smallest mammal & the smallest insectivore, its metabolic rate is the highest of all mammals'

Answer: the shrew


Question: 'A synonym for to scold verbally or beat severely'

Answer: lambaste


Question: 'In 1826 Daniel Webster eulogized these 2 men, saying, "They took their flight together to the world of spirits"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson & John Adams


Question: 'It's the stately street where the U.S. president lives'

Answer: Pennsylvania Avenue


Question: 'The Salk vaccine prevents this crippling disease'

Answer: Polio


Question: 'These 2 friends are credited with the lyric "Oh I get by with a little help from my friends"'

Answer: John Lennon & Paul McCartney


Question: 'The Romans didn't usually use these vehicles in battle; they were reserved for the victory parades'

Answer: Chariots


Question: 'This basketball great is sometimes called "His Airness"'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'She's probably America's favorite Mouseketeer & QVC sells her collectible bears'

Answer: Annette Funicello


Question: 'In this European city the locals call the Boulevard Saint-Michel the "Boul' Miche" for short'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This drug first synthesized in 1905 is now less common as a dental anesthetic than lidocaine'

Answer: Novocaine


Question: 'According to a classic song title, these "Are A Girl's Best Friend"'

Answer: Diamonds


Question: 'Commit the crime & you may have had to do the time in one of these schools to learn fighting for the games'

Answer: Gladiator school


Question: 'As Rod Tidwell in "Jerry Maguire", he popularized the phrase "Show me the money!"'

Answer: Cuba Gooding, Jr.


Question: 'From 1991 to 1993 this future "Felicity" star was in the house with Mickey Mouse'

Answer: Keri Russell


Question: 'This Manhattan avenue has long been synonymous with the advertising industry'

Answer: Madison Avenue


Question: 'The administration of drugs was made much easier by this 1853 invention seen here'

Answer: Hypodermic needle


Question: 'In a Shakespeare play, he says "Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears"'

Answer: Mark Antony (after the death of Caesar)


Question: 'The Romans celebrated Anna Perenna, sort of a New Year's Day festival, on the 15th or ides of this month'

Answer: March


Question: 'This supermodel known for her swimsuit issue covers was born in Santa Barbara, not in Dublin'

Answer: Kathy Ireland


Question: 'Platinum albums, an exercise video, touring & writing a book have kept this teen from Kentwood, Louisiana busy'

Answer: Britney Spears


Question: 'The Garden State Parkway passes by Paramus & Passaic in this state'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'From the Latin for "I shall please", it's a fake drug given in place of a real one'

Answer: Placebo


Question: 'Movie in which Billy Crystal told Meg Ryan that a man & a woman can never truly be friends'

Answer: When Harry Met Sally...


Question: 'A funny thing might have happened on the way to this chief marketplace of Rome'

Answer: The Forum


Question: 'This younger brother of Rob is married to Hilary Swank'

Answer: Chad Lowe


Question: ''50s club member Cubby O' Brien continued to play this instrument as an adult for the Carpenters & Bernadette Peters'

Answer: Drums


Question: 'In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed this road through the Cumberland Gap'

Answer: Wilderness Road


Question: 'AKA Zidovudine, the drug with this 3-letter abbreviation was approved in 1987 to fight the AIDS virus'

Answer: AZT


Question: 'Her novel "Circle of Friends" became a movie starring Minnie Driver'

Answer: Maeve Binchy


Question: 'From the Latin for "mob", it was the term for the Latin spoken by the mobs of uneducated Romans'

Answer: Vulgar Latin


Question: 'Nobel Prize-winning novelist Anatole, or the country of his birth'

Answer: France


Question: 'The former Mouseketeer & "Facts of Life" star seen here, she's now a mom who home-schools her 3 kids'

Answer: Lisa Whelchel


Question: 'This African carnivore famous for its "laugh" also emits a piercing howl'

Answer: Hyena


Question: '"Frasier"'

Answer: Kelsey Grammer


Question: 'These 50-foot-tall cedarwood creations have been called "The Hallmark of Northwest Coastal Art"'

Answer: Totem poles


Question: 'Also used as an insecticide, it's a toxic alkaloid found in tobacco'

Answer: Nicotine


Question: 'It's been said that birds choose their mates on this holiday'

Answer: Valentine\'s Day


Question: 'An Aug. 5, 1861 act by Congress imposed a tax on this, at a rate of 3% for anything over $800'

Answer: Income tax


Question: 'They're considered the 3 precious metals'

Answer: Gold, silver & platinum


Question: '"Norm"'

Answer: Norm Macdonald


Question: 'Sails were added to these 50-foot-long cedarwood creations after contact with Europeans'

Answer: Canoes


Question: 'It's the deadly type of necktie seen here'

Answer: Noose


Question: 'Legend says that this symbol of St. Patrick's Day was used by St. Patrick to illustrate the Holy Trinity'

Answer: Shamrock


Question: 'A New Mexico community & this national lab were ravaged by a fire that began as a controlled burn on May 4, 2000'

Answer: Los Alamos


Question: 'The name of this noble gas might remind you of a "Warrior Princess"'

Answer: Xenon


Question: '"Sabrina the Teenage Witch"'

Answer: Melissa Joan Hart


Question: 'The Nootka were expert at this activity of which New Bedford became the world's center'

Answer: Whaling


Question: 'This warm-water species of shark shares its name with someone who might be registered or practical'

Answer: Nurse shark


Question: 'This federal holiday can fall on any date from February 15 to February 21'

Answer: Presidents\' Day/Washington\'s Birthday


Question: 'The Love Canal in this state, a toxic waste dump site in the '40s & '50s, was declared a disaster area on Aug. 7, 1978'

Answer: New York


Question: 'This main male sex hormone is also produced in small amounts by the female ovaries'

Answer: Testosterone


Question: '"Boy Meets World"'

Answer: Ben Savage


Question: '"Y" tribes include the Yurok, Yokuts & this one that gave their name to a Washington city of 55,000'

Answer: Yakima


Question: 'It's showing favoritism by someone in power to family members or friends'

Answer: Nepotism


Question: 'Day on which Mexico's Battle of Puebla is celebrated'

Answer: Cinco de Mayo


Question: 'On March 9, 1916 Mexican soldiers & this revolutionary general attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico, killing 15'

Answer: Pancho Villa


Question: 'Boyle's Law says that at constant temperature, the volume of a gas varies inversely with this'

Answer: Pressure (exerted on it)


Question: '"Jesse"'

Answer: Christina Applegate


Question: 'Meaning "to give", it's a ceremony at which the host gives gifts & might destroy his own property'

Answer: Potlatch


Question: 'This city of 350,000 on Honshu Island hosted the Winter Olympics in 1998'

Answer: Nagano


Question: 'Cities can earn the designation "Tree City USA" from the foundation for this holiday in Nebraska'

Answer: Arbor Day


Question: 'On June 19, 1756 146 British prisoners were packed into the dungeon in India that was given this nickname'

Answer: Black Hole of Calcutta


Question: 'In 1949 this Shakespeare-based show won the 1st Tony for Best Musical; in 2000 it won for Best Musical Revival'

Answer: Kiss Me, Kate


Question: 'It's famous for its luxury hotels; it's on the Riviera; Princess Stephanie was born there'

Answer: Monaco


Question: 'This "Lethal Weapon" star told me he makes sure no one presses his clothes, so he can display that rumpled charm'

Answer: Mel Gibson


Question: 'Columbia University'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Janice's project on the layers of this included the mesosphere & the thermosphere'

Answer: Atmosphere


Question: 'This company, which sold its 20 billionth can of condensed tomato soup in 1990, introduced "Soup to Go" in 1998'

Answer: Campbell\'s


Question: 'John Hinckley was acquitted of shooting Ronald Reagan by reason of this'

Answer: Insanity


Question: 'Sorghum is a major crop; the Zagwe dynasty once ruled it; Addis Ababa University is there'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'For the Oscars in 1999, I correctly predicted these 2 actresses would win for "Shakespeare in Love"'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow & Judi Dench


Question: 'University of Arizona'

Answer: Tucson


Question: 'Dennis recreated a 1995 test & confirmed this product is 68% air'

Answer: Twinkies


Question: 'Act II claims it sells more bags of this microwavable snack than any other company in the world'

Answer: Popcorn


Question: 'From the Latin for "no boundary", it refers to a quantity or distance so large it cannot be measured'

Answer: Infinite


Question: 'About one-sixth of its people were born elsewhere; watches are still made in Jura; yodeling is still popular'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'For the 1999 Oscars, I wrongly predicted a screenplay award for this film with Warren Beatty as a politician'

Answer: Bulworth


Question: 'Ohio State University'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Viki's samples from the locker room floor showed how the trichophyton fungi caused this "sporty" condition'

Answer: Athlete\'s foot


Question: 'This hot dog brand hit a home run with its new "Singles", which are individually wrapped & ready to microwave'

Answer: Ball Park


Question: 'It's the emission of visible light by a hot object'

Answer: Incandescence


Question: 'Conger eel is a taste treat; the cowboys are called huasos; its national congress is in Valparaiso'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'I had problems with "Message in a Bottle" in which Robin Wright Penn works for this rival of the Chicago Sun-Times'

Answer: The Chicago Tribune


Question: 'The Air Force Academy'

Answer: Colorado Springs


Question: 'Darlene's exhibit on minerals in the human body included iron nails, copper tubing & a 1943 penny for this'

Answer: Zinc


Question: 'Chef America makes this brand of crisp & flaky microwavable crust-enclosed pepperoni pizza'

Answer: Hot Pockets


Question: 'According to Locke, these kinds of rights cannot be violated by any governing authority'

Answer: Inalienable rights


Question: 'It has a tropical climate; its king is called the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong; there's a beautiful zoo near Kuala Lumpur'

Answer: Malaysia


Question: 'This 1982 Disney film in which a man gets lost in a computer was part of my 1999 Overlooked Film Festival'

Answer: Tron


Question: 'Florida State'

Answer: Tallahassee


Question: 'Arvid's diorama on the history of these included the following symbols<br />(V, for example)'

Answer: Numbers


Question: 'Dieters know that this company's "Smart Ones" entrees are 99% fat free'

Answer: Weight Watchers


Question: 'It's a ritual recitation of verbal charms or spells to produce a magic effect'

Answer: Incantation


Question: 'Oprah made this author's "Beloved" into a movie & chose her "Paradise" for the book club'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'His "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" is in the Art Institute of Chicago'

Answer: Georges Seurat


Question: 'In February 1999, after 5 seasons in the "ER", this handsome actor checked out'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: 'U.S. president Dwight...'

Answer: E-I-S-E-N-H-O-W-E-R


Question: 'As mayor of this desert resort, Sonny Bono cut down on spring break madness by banning thong bikinis'

Answer: Palm Springs


Question: 'A cruel university division head'

Answer: Mean dean


Question: 'The title of this Bret Lott book, a 1999 selection, refers to a mom from Mississippi, not to a singer from Alaska'

Answer: "Jewel"


Question: 'Important works by this Impressionist include "The Luncheon of the Boating Party"'

Answer: Pierre Auguste Renoir


Question: 'On "Friends" Courteney Cox & David Schwimmer play this sister & brother'

Answer: Monica & Ross Geller


Question: 'Former Defense Secretary Caspar...'

Answer: W-E-I-N-B-E-R-G-E-R


Question: 'L.A. visitors flock to the carousel on this famous pier at the end of Colorado Blvd.'

Answer: Santa Monica Pier


Question: 'A hurrah for a fermented malt beverage'

Answer: Beer cheer


Question: 'The first nonfiction work selected, "The Heart of a Woman" is volume 4 of this poet's autobiography'

Answer: Maya Angelou


Question: 'The exotic influences on this great French painter can be seen here'

Answer: Paul Gauguin


Question: 'Once one of New York's toughest judges, today she does her tough-talking in her TV courtroom'

Answer: Judge Judy


Question: 'Aqualung pioneer Jacques...'

Answer: C-O-U-S-T-E-A-U


Question: 'San Diego's "old" version of this much older London theater first opened in the 1930s'

Answer: Globe


Question: 'Time for relaxation in the middle of an exam'

Answer: Test rest


Question: 'The club's first selection, this book about the loss of a child became a Michelle Pfeiffer movie in 1999'

Answer: The Deep End of the Ocean


Question: 'This man's nudes like the one seen here helped launch the Impressionist movement'

Answer: Edouard Manet


Question: '(Hi, I'm Laura Lee Bell from "The Young and the Restless")  My parents William & Lee Bell created both "The Young and the Restless" & this soap opera which premiered in 1987'

Answer: The Bold and the Beautiful


Question: 'U.S. pop artist Roy...'

Answer: L-I-C-H-T-E-N-S-T-E-I-N


Question: 'The view seen here is from this scenic drive, named for the engineer who brought water to L.A.'

Answer: Mulholland Drive


Question: 'Nasty rodent living under a Greek letter society's building'

Answer: Frat rat


Question: 'This 1992 Wally Lamb novel hit No. 1 on the bestseller list in 1997 after Oprah selected it for her book club'

Answer: "She\'s Come Undone"


Question: 'Still lifes, landscapes & portraits such as the card players seen here were all mastered by this Frenchman'

Answer: Paul Cezanne


Question: 'Norman Lear called this late "Good Times" actress the one true black matriarch on series television'

Answer: Esther Rolle


Question: 'Italian Fascist leader Benito...'

Answer: M-U-S-S-O-L-I-N-I


Question: 'Dana Point is named for Richard Henry Dana, best known for this "timely" memoir about sailing to California & back'

Answer: "Two Years Before the Mast"


Question: 'A course on all things not liquid or solid'

Answer: Gas class


Question: 'This member of William & Mary's Class of 1762 founded a univ. that opened in 1825, one year before his death'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson (University of Virginia)


Question: 'N. European city with a service to fish out cars that fall into its canals, the Dijks, for example'

Answer: Amsterdam


Question: 'In May of '85, 3 members of the Walker family, all navy men, were arrested for this crime'

Answer: espionage


Question: 'Smith Ballew dubbed him in the "Singing Sandy" westerns when his voice showed too much "true grit"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: 'Feathered denizen of Sesame Street'

Answer: Big Bird


Question: 'Some versions of this ancient book command "You shall not...tattoo any marks upon you"'

Answer: The Bible


Question: '"Reading & 'riting & 'rithmetic" were "taught to the tune" of this'

Answer: hickory stick


Question: 'In legend, Peter the Great indicated this city's site by walking into a swamp & planting his bayonet'

Answer: Leningrad


Question: '6 murders may be linked to alleged hit men who advertised in this magazine for mercenaries'

Answer: Soldier of Fortune


Question: 'Will Hutchins' 1957 TV character was nicknamed this because he wasn't even a tenderfoot yet'

Answer: sugarfoot


Question: 'NBC tape editor Robert Rizzo uses this "Midnight Cowboy" nickname on "NBC News at Sunrise" credits'

Answer: Ratso Rizzo


Question: 'In 1961, NYC restricted tattooing to doctors because it can spread this liver disease'

Answer: hepatitis


Question: 'It's what "Gitarzan" does without a trapeze in his B.V.D.'s'

Answer: swings through the trees


Question: 'Many composers including Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, & Strauss, made this capital their home'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Country roads, take me to this state with lowest crime rate in U.S. according to latest statistics'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'Spaghetti western star whose recipe for "Spaghetti Western" won a cooking award'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: '2 1/8" by 3 3/8" wafer of plastic that improperly used, can get you in debt beyond your wildest dreams'

Answer: credit card


Question: 'Distinctive design found on the chests of Serafina's husband & her lover in T. Williams play'

Answer: rose tattoo


Question: '1st wood that's mentioned in "This Land is Your Land"'

Answer: redwood (forest)


Question: 'The 4 cities beginning with "M" that hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 & 1980'

Answer: Mexico City, Munich, Montreal and Moscow


Question: 'The Japanese "mafia", or the title of a 1975 movie with Robert Mitchum'

Answer: yakuza


Question: 'Gail Davis did much of her own trick riding & sharpshooting on this 1953 TV series'

Answer: Annie Oakley


Question: 'Broadway's "one and only" 6' 6" dancer-choreographer-director'

Answer: Tommy Tune


Question: 'He introduced the word "tattoo" into English in the record of his expedition to Tahiti in 1769'

Answer: Captain Cook


Question: 'You weren't supposed to do this with anyone else but the Andrews Sisters'

Answer: sit under the apple tree


Question: 'Oscar Wilde, Chopin, & Sarah Bernhardt are buried in this city known for its beautiful cemeteries'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Due to her ill health, her son Jim is gathering signatures to grant her early release from prison'

Answer: Jean Harris


Question: 'In 1966, he was TV's "Shane"; in 1972 he came back as a Buddhist named Caine'

Answer: David Carradine


Question: 'The student short that gave him his start was called "Amblin'"'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'New Zealand tribe in which long curved tattoos were cut into warrior's face with a bone adze'

Answer: Maoris


Question: 'This "big band" leader's most requested song is "Woodchoppers' Ball"'

Answer: Woody Herman


Question: 'In 1819, R. Laennec invented this doctor's instrument, but didn't say to warm it before use'

Answer: stethoscope


Question: 'Of the 27 people listed on baseball's disabled list on July 29, 1986, 20 played this position'

Answer: pitcher


Question: 'Exactly a month after the Boeing 747 made its maiden flight, this Anglo-French airliner was 1st flown'

Answer: Concorde


Question: 'The Super Bowl trophy is named for this super coach'

Answer: Vince Lombardi


Question: 'Stanley Kowalski trips the light fantastic in the ballet version of this play'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'It's the maiden name of "Liza with a Z"'

Answer: M-I-N-N-E-L-L-I


Question: 'When papa, Pedro, abdicated in 1831, 5-year-old Pedro II acquired this So. American country's crown'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'According to Henry Adams, # of letters the average U.S. adult received during entire year of 1800'

Answer: one


Question: 'The largest of these, such as Russian Typhoons & U.S. Tridents, are almost 2 football fields long'

Answer: submarines


Question: 'It wasn't until 1947 that participation in the Rose Bowl was limited to these 2 conferences'

Answer: Big 10 and Pac 8/Pac 10


Question: 'Legendary dancer who choreographed & danced the title role in the following:'

Answer: Nijinsky


Question: 'Shared last name of leaders of India assassinated in 1948 & 1984'

Answer: G-A-N-D-H-I


Question: '2 of the 4 provinces that formed the new Dominion of Canada in 1867'

Answer: (2 of) Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia


Question: 'Bankrupt in '31, ressurected in '32, it remained airborne by one congressional vote in '71'

Answer: Lockheed


Question: 'In the 1950s, this European car company introduced gasoline fuel injection'

Answer: Mercedes


Question: 'His Oklahoma teams of the '50s won 47 consecutive games, a major college football record'

Answer: Bud Wilkinson


Question: 'Before they were ballets, "Coppelia" & "The Nutcracker" were "Tales of" his'

Answer: Hoffman


Question: 'Last name of "Today" host who gets letters addressed to "Gunball", "Dumble", "Bumvel", etc.'

Answer: (Bryant) G-U-M-B-E-L


Question: 'The ill-planned 1825 Decembrist rising in this country was suppressed on the same day it occurred'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'It's the longest-running TV game show still in production'

Answer: The Price is Right


Question: 'Shielded by a car, in 1941 Alf Letourner hit a speed over 108 mph on this'

Answer: bicycle


Question: 'University whose teams have appeared in more bowl games than any other'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'On July 3, 1986, Mikhail Baryshnikov danced for the 1st time as one of these'

Answer: American


Question: 'Last name of Chief Justice William H.'

Answer: R-E-H-N-Q-U-I-S-T


Question: 'It's what Livingstone was looking for in Africa when Stanley found him'

Answer: source of the Nile


Question: 'The close race between these 2 future presidents resulted in a record 62.8% voter turnout'

Answer: Nixon and Kennedy


Question: 'Introduced during the middle ages, the use of this allowed horses to pull a much greater load'

Answer: padded horse collar


Question: 'L. Bernstein wrote music for ballet "Fancy Free" & for this musical about sailors it inspired'

Answer: On The Town


Question: 'Full name of the lady who plays Maddie Hayes on "Moonlighting"'

Answer: C-Y-B-I-L-L S-H-E-P-H-E-R-D


Question: 'Of 9 "wars" in which the U.S. has been actively involved, these 2 lasted the longest'

Answer: Vietnam and the Revolutionary War


Question: 'Just months after becoming the Duchess of Aquitaine, she became the Queen of France'

Answer: Eleanor of Aquitaine


Question: 'One of Lucille Ball's favorite episodes was when she & Ethel got jobs in this kind of kitchen & couldn't keep up'

Answer: a candy kitchen


Question: 'Emeril puts bacon, leeks & chunks of potatoes in his Fall River version of this New England soup'

Answer: clam chowder


Question: 'He was the 41st vice president of the U.S.'

Answer: Nelson Rockefeller


Question: 'Ancient Greek scientist Praxogoras wrongly thought these carried air, as they were empty in corpses'

Answer: the arteries


Question: 'According to the popular rhyme, the total number of whacks used by Lizzie Borden on her parents'

Answer: 81 (40 & 41)


Question: 'Leaving for Italy in 218 B.C., he gave command of the Carthaginian army in Spain to his brother Hasdrubal'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'Lucy had some splainin' to do after she & Ethel tore apart the newly built brick barbecue searching for this'

Answer: her (wedding) ring


Question: 'Also called comino, it's used in seed form or ground into powder to flavor a myriad of dishes'

Answer: cumin


Question: 'He worked for Al Capone & was the FBI's Public Enemy No. 1'

Answer: "Baby Face" Nelson


Question: 'At Cambridge, Wordsworth saw a statue of this scientist, "with his prism and silent face"'

Answer: Isaac Newton


Question: 'Not just a baker's, it's also the number of a devil's dozen'

Answer: 13


Question: 'This future conqueror of the Incas was Balboa's second in command'

Answer: Pizarro


Question: 'Of the "Lucy's Italian Movie" episode, Lucy said that "stepping on" these "was like stepping on eyeballs"'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'It's a scientific fact: your egg whites will beat higher in a bowl made of this metal prized by chefs'

Answer: copper


Question: 'He was a captain by 1779, the year he turned 21'

Answer: Lord Nelson


Question: 'Galileo famously saw spots before his eyes when he studied this in 1611'

Answer: the Sun


Question: 'Beware!  In a 1953 film classic there are this many "Fingers of Dr. T"!'

Answer: 5000


Question: 'Name of the woman who became a widow on the Ides of March, 44 B.C.'

Answer: Calpurnia


Question: 'It was Ricky's signature tune & later the name of his club'

Answer: Babaloo


Question: 'Craig Claiborne insisted that this Southern dish of pig intestines be served with vinegar & hot red pepper sauce'

Answer: chitlins


Question: 'It's no joke, this composer won an Oscar for his score of "The Great Gatsby"'

Answer: Nelson Riddle


Question: 'In 1924 Louis Victor de Broglie described the wave-like properties of this basic particle of an atom'

Answer: the electron


Question: 'A quorum in the House of Representatives is this minimum number, a simple majority of the members'

Answer: 218


Question: 'In 1930 this French statesman whose name is linked with Kellogg called for a European union'

Answer: Briand


Question: 'During a trip to Hollywood, Lucy has a run-in with William Holden at this famous restaurant'

Answer: The Brown Derby


Question: 'This type of bouillon used to poach fish sounds like something a judge would serve'

Answer: court bouillon


Question: 'Before Lou Reed, "A Walk on the Wild Side" was the title of a 1956 novel by this man'

Answer: Nelson Algren


Question: 'The buckminsterfullerine is a giant molecule of this that resembles a geodesic dome or a soccer ball'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'The scientific notation for this real number is 23 x 106'

Answer: 23 million


Question:
'The Caspian Sea,
Lake Ladoga,
Lake Baikal'

Answer: the Caspian Sea


Question: 'We wonder "how does it feel" for him to be on his own with the No. 1 song "Like A Rolling Stone"'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'The world's largest building by volume is this company's main assembly building in Everett, Washington'

Answer: Boeing


Question: 'It was fought in the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, & by dieters everyday'

Answer: the Battle of the Bulge


Question: 'In bowling, it's a split of the 8 & 10 pins; it's also a city in Ohio'

Answer: Cincinnati


Question: 'This story of the Hollywood film industry really was F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Last" novel--he didn't live to finish it'

Answer: The Last Tycoon


Question:
'Lake Ontario,
Lake Michigan,
Lake Huron'

Answer: Lake Huron


Question: 'In the '60s Little Eva had to make up a dance to go along with this song, No. 350'

Answer: "The Loco-Motion"


Question: 'These fliers are the U.S. Navy's equivalent to the RAF's Red Arrows'

Answer: the Blue Angels


Question: 'In the King James Bible, it's the full name of the book that immediately follows the Gospels'

Answer: Acts of the Apostles


Question: 'Dial (302) 739-3073 & you can get information on how to do this in Delaware'

Answer: incorporate


Question: 'This Bronte sister published "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" in June 1848; she fell ill with tuberculosis & died in May 1849'

Answer: Anne Bronte


Question:
'Lake Okeechobee,
Lake Champlain,
Lake Mead'

Answer: Lake Okeechobee


Question: 'The most recent song on the list, at No. 180, is this duo's "Hey Ya!"'

Answer: OutKast


Question: 'One of the world's largest military aviation museums is located at this Air Force base near Dayton, Ohio'

Answer: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base


Question: 'Future president James Polk held this congressional post from 1835 to 1839'

Answer: Speaker of the House


Question: 'Sartorial term for a policeman who doesn't wear a uniform while on duty'

Answer: plainclothes


Question: 'It's a "Mystery" how this novel would have ended; Dickens died having only completed the first half'

Answer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood


Question:
'Lake Nasser,
Lake Tanganyika,
Lake Timsah'

Answer: Lake Tanganyika


Question: 'No. 89 is this 1966 hit that John Phillips came up with on a cold winter's night in Manhattan'

Answer: "California Dreamin\'"


Question: 'In 1952 this airline's De Havilland Comets became the first jet passenger planes put into commercial service'

Answer: BOAC (or British Airways)


Question: 'In 1993 this musical netted 7 Tonys, including one for Chita Rivera'

Answer: Kiss of the Spider Woman


Question: 'One of the laws of this 1969 book states that people are promoted until they reach their level of incompetence'

Answer: The Peter Principle


Question: 'She died before completing her last novel, "The Buccaneers", set in the 1870s like "The Age of Innocence"'

Answer: Edith Wharton


Question:
'Lake Titicaca,
Lake Poopo,
Lake Maracaibo'

Answer: Lake Maracaibo


Question: 'And finally... their 1976 hit with "More Than A Feeling" just made the list at No. 500'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'On October 4, 2004 this private craft won the $10 million Ansari X Prize by reaching space for the 2nd time within a week'

Answer: SpaceShipOne


Question: 'They're the personal bodyguard of the British monarch, though their duties are ceremonial'

Answer: the Yeomen of the Guard


Question: 'This saint started his own society, & a charitable society founded in Paris in 1833 was also named for him'

Answer: St Vincent de Paul


Question: 'This writer was working on a novel, "Le Premier Homme", when he was killed in a car accident'

Answer: (Albert) Camus


Question: 'This woman received the third-highest vote total of any candidate for all of the November 2004 elections'

Answer: Barbara Boxer


Question: 'Taylor was the seventh president born in this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question:
'Australia,
Guyana,
Taiwan'

Answer: Dollar


Question: 'Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length'

Answer: Porcupine


Question: 'The number of days it took God to create the universe & everything in it (not resting)'

Answer: 6


Question: 'Nickname of Glenn Warner, who coached such All-Americans as Jim Thorpe & Ernie Nevers'

Answer: "Pop"


Question: 'Voltaire compared the British to this beverage of theirs: "Froth on top, dregs at the bottom, the middle excellent"'

Answer: Beer


Question: 'After this now defunct party nominated Taylor, it sent him a letter postage due, which he refused'

Answer: Whig


Question:
'Tajikistan,
Belarus,
Russia'

Answer: Ruble


Question: 'Their lodges can be of different kinds, depending on whether they're built on islands, ponds or lakes'

Answer: Beavers


Question: 'The number of days Jesus fasted in the desert'

Answer: 40


Question: 'On August 28, 1999 he began his 34th season as Penn State head coach by defeating Arizona, 41-7'

Answer: Joe Paterno


Question: 'The line "A woman drove me to drink and I never even had the courtesy to thank her" is attributed to this comic'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Because he held this post, some say David Atchison was president for the day before Taylor was inaugurated'

Answer: President pro tem of the Senate


Question:
'Benin,
Belgium,
Monaco'

Answer: Franc


Question: 'Native to the Andes, this rodent is raised on farms for its extremely dense fur'

Answer: Chinchilla


Question: 'The number of times the words "apple" & "snake" appear in the King James Version of Genesis'

Answer: 0 ("fruit" & "serpent" were used instead)


Question: 'This Nebraska coach averaged more than 10 victories a season for 25 years'

Answer: Tom Osborne


Question: 'A Mae West movie included the line "You ought to get out of those wet clothes  and into a dry" one of these'

Answer: Martini


Question: 'Taylor was the 12th president; this 12th vice president succeeded him'

Answer: Millard Fillmore


Question:
'Cyprus,
Egypt,
Syria'

Answer: Pound


Question: 'All rodents have 4 of these front teeth used for gnawing, 2 on the top & 2 on the bottom'

Answer: Incisors


Question: 'The number of seals on the scroll mentioned in the book of Revelation'

Answer: 7


Question: 'The Football Writers Assoc. never named this FSU legend Coach of the Year though son Terry was named in '93'

Answer: Bobby Bowden


Question: 'According to a Latin proverb, in this "there is truth"'

Answer: Wine


Question: 'In 1849 Taylor pushed for the statehoods of New Mexico & this, which did become a state the next year'

Answer: California


Question:
'Nepal,
Mauritius,
Pakistan'

Answer: Rupee


Question: 'Contrary to popular belief, mass drownings by the Norway species of this rodent are not suicidal in nature'

Answer: Lemmings


Question: 'The number of Hebrew Old Testament books named for specific women'

Answer: 2 (Ruth & Esther)


Question: '(Hi, I'm Derrick Alexander of the Kansas City Chiefs; I played college football at Michigan)  In 1969, his first of 21 seasons at Michigan, he was named Coach of the Year by his fellow coaches'

Answer: Bo Schembechler


Question: 'This poet thought, "Candy is dandy, but liquor is quicker"'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: 'The Jazz Age's Scott'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'He was kept from home by "that powerful goddess, the nymph Calypso, who longed for him to marry her"'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'Its 1871 premiere in Cairo was delayed due to the Franco-Prussian War'

Answer: "Aida"


Question: 'In 1968's "Funny Girl", "Hello, Gorgeous" is her first line'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'The Wilderness Road ran through this famous gap in Kentucky'

Answer: Cumberland Gap


Question: 'The Queen Mother is one to Prince Charles'

Answer: Grandparent


Question: '"Lyrical" English poet Taylor'

Answer: Samuel Taylor Coleridge


Question: 'Oreads are nymphs of these picturesque caverns, whether blue or another color'

Answer: Grottoes


Question: 'This city on the Adriatic is the setting for "La Gioconda"'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Al Hirschfeld portrayed this screen legend, seen here, in a "feline" role:'

Answer: Elizabeth Taylor


Question: 'Alfred Eisenstaedt is famous for a photo of a sailor kissing a girl titled "VJ Day" here'

Answer: Times Square


Question: 'Prince Charles is this to the throne of England, meaning when Mom dies he gets it'

Answer: Heir apparent


Question: 'American poet Carlos'

Answer: William Carlos Williams


Question: 'The nymph Aetna arbitrated when Hephaestus & Demeter quarreled over this island'

Answer: Sicily


Question: '1850 Wagner opera in which you'd hear "Farewell, farewell, my beloved swan"'

Answer: "Lohengrin"


Question: 'Soon after appearing in "Gone with the Wind", she appeared on the cover of Time magazine, also as Scarlett'

Answer: Vivien Leigh


Question: 'Autonomy for this Mideast area of about 140 square miles on the Mediterranean was promised in a 1979 treaty'

Answer: Gaza Strip


Question: 'When Prince Charles connects his razor to the mains, he's receiving this, abbreviated A.C., at 240 volts'

Answer: Alternating current


Question: 'British novelist & satirist Makepeace'

Answer: William Makepeace Thackeray


Question: 'Nymph seen here turning into a tree to escape Apollo, in a Bernini sculpture:'

Answer: Daphne


Question: 'In a Puccini opera, this prima donna is pursued by the evil Scarpia, chief of the Roman police'

Answer: "Tosca"


Question: '"As Time Goes By" is a biography of this leading lady'

Answer: Ingrid Bergman


Question: 'North Korea made headlines in April 1996 when it sent armed troops into this buffer area'

Answer: DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)


Question: 'You have to figure that at some time in his life Prince Charles has made it to the city of Stoke-on-this'

Answer: Trent


Question: 'We're not sure if distance swimmer Diana was one of these freshwater nymphs'

Answer: Naiad (Diana\'s last name is "Nyad")


Question: 'The name of this short Pietro Mascagni opera translates to "Rustic Chivalry"'

Answer: "Cavalleria rusticana"


Question: 'She won an Oscar for playing housewife-turned-waitress Mildred Pierce'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'It's the Magna Carta meadow'

Answer: Runnymede


Question: 'It's a whole lotta rain'

Answer: Torrent


Question: 'This phrase originally referred to the period between July & August, when Sirius rises with the sun'

Answer: Dog days of summer


Question: 'Of tulips, lilacs or daffodils, the flower not grown from a bulb'

Answer: lilacs


Question: 'In this 1969 film Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper hit the road on their motorcycles to find America'

Answer: Easy Rider


Question: 'William Shirer wrote "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" & also the collapse of this country's Third Republic'

Answer: France


Question: 'A catchy 1840 campaign slogan paired "Tippecanoe and" this running mate "too"'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Little Miss Muffet couldn't tough it out & one of these scared her away'

Answer: spider


Question: 'A yew or a juniper, for example'

Answer: evergreen


Question: 'It's the tallest of all grasses; one type grows to 120 feet with a stem circumference of 3 feet'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'This 1981 movie, Henry Fonda's last feature, was the only one in which he appeared with Jane'

Answer: On Golden Pond


Question: 'In the kids' rhyme, it's the third way to serve pease porridge'

Answer: In the pot nine days old


Question: 'Gore was a mensch, selecting this Orthodox Jew in 2000'

Answer: Joseph Lieberman


Question: 'A literary character named Brom Bones may have been the one who scared this schoolmaster out of town'

Answer: Ichabod Crane


Question: 'Heartburn is actually the acidic contents of the stomach going back up this tube'

Answer: esophagus


Question: 'From the Latin for "foliage", it's the large, divided leaf of ferns & some palms'

Answer: frond


Question: 'In 1955 Henry recreated for the movies his stage role as this restless cargo officer'

Answer: Mister Roberts


Question: 'Women's pregnancy terms are divided into thirds called these'

Answer: trimesters