Question: 'In 1929 this electrical engineer became an Italian marquis'

Answer: Guglielmo Marconi


Question: '"Young" title character of a Hawthorne tale who discovers his neighbors practicing witchcraft'

Answer: Young Goodman Brown


Question: '"Full Gallop" stars Mary Louise Wilson as this late, flamboyant fashion editor who was always in vogue'

Answer: Diana Vreeland


Question: 'Vitascope Hall in New Orleans is said to be the first of these in the U.S.'

Answer: movie theater


Question: 'Arnold Schwarzenegger'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'If the queen invites you to an afternoon party, you'll probably sip this'

Answer: Tea


Question: 'He's pictured on the $10 bill'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'Hours before she won her Oscar, she agreed to return to "Mad About You", for $1 million an episode'

Answer: Helen Hunt


Question: 'You could go for one of this country's Habano cigars -- if it weren't for that dreary embargo'

Answer: Cuba


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'Antonio Banderas'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Piece of equipment for Picabo Street'

Answer: Ski


Question: 'In 1876 he was granted a patent for "The Method of, and Apparatus for Transmitting Vocal or Other Sounds"'

Answer: Alexander Graham Bell


Question: 'Confidentially, she was named Best Supporting Actress for "L.A. Confidential"'

Answer: Kim Basinger


Question: 'Traffic on this Beverly Hills street is so bad, you can't park in front of Cartier or Louis Vuitton'

Answer: Rodeo Drive


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: The Andy Griffith Show


Question: 'k.d. lang'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'You might hear the "buzz" of gossip at this kind of quilting party'

Answer: Bee


Question: 'Ben Alexander played officer Frank Smith, one of Jack Webb's partners on this TV show'

Answer: Dragnet


Question: 'On winning for this film, Robin Williams said, "Thank you, Ben and Matt.  I still want to see some I.D."'

Answer: Good Will Hunting


Question: 'Paying about 60 grand for the XJ8 model of this British car, you'd think a CD player would be standard'

Answer: Jaguar


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: The Nanny


Question: 'Lucy Lawless'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'In 1939 she played a "Scarlett" woman'

Answer: Vivien Leigh


Question: 'William Ivey was nominated to replace this woman as head of the National Endowment for the Arts'

Answer: Jane Alexander


Question: '"I'm the king of the world!" exulted this director when he won for "Titanic"'

Answer: James Cameron


Question: 'Don't let your personal trainer work your biceps & forget these opposing muscles on the arms'

Answer: Triceps


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Bewitched


Question: 'Elle Macpherson'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In "Once Upon A Mattress", it was supposed to be under the mattresses'

Answer: Pea


Question: 'On March 30, 1981 he told the press, "As of now, I am in control here in the White House"'

Answer: Alexander Haig


Question: 'On winning this honorary Oscar, this director-choreographer tap-danced & sang part of his thank you speech'

Answer: Stanley Donen


Question: 'You're probably sick of having your floors scuffed by photographers from this Conde Nast "Digest"'

Answer: Architectural Digest


Question: '[audio clue]'

Answer: Good Times


Question: 'Rumor has it this "Great" Russian empress had insomnia; with all those lovers, who could sleep?'

Answer: Catherine the Great


Question: 'It's what the trio seen here represents:'

Answer: "See no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil"


Question: '"We'll hang ourselves tomorrow...unless Godot comes"'

Answer: Waiting for Godot


Question: 'This vegetable puts the cole in coleslaw'

Answer: Cabbage


Question: 'A gnawing pain in the abdomen is a symptom of the peptic type of this chronic ailment'

Answer: Ulcer


Question: 'Anna Sage, who set up John Dillinger, is known to history as this "Lady"'

Answer: "The Lady in Red"


Question: 'This channel, spun off from Nick at Nite, said it would air nothing during the last "Seinfeld"'

Answer: TV Land


Question: '"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: 'A lunchtime favorite, it's chicken or turkey, tomato, bacon & lettuce on 3 slices of toast'

Answer: Club sandwich


Question: 'One of the regions of the stomach is the cardia, named for this nearby organ'

Answer: Heart


Question: 'Some quarks are classified u, d & s: "up", this & "strange"'

Answer: down


Question: 'Marie Walewska was one of many women who "entertained" him during his exile on Elba'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'In this Shakespeare comedy, Hero is falsely accused of unfaithfulness & a huge fuss ensues'

Answer: Much Ado About Nothing


Question: '"Hm...11 o'clock in Grover's Corners, -- you get a good rest, too.  Good night."'

Answer: Our Town


Question: 'Bottled in France since 1863, it's the bestselling imported sparkling water in the U.S.'

Answer: Perrier


Question: 'This "fake fat" reportedly causes abdominal cramps & inhibits the absorption of some vitamins & nutrients'

Answer: Olestra


Question: 'Term for the spontaneous disintegration of radioactive material, or of rotting teeth'

Answer: Decay


Question: 'Calamity Jane's memoirs spread the tale of her torrid romance with this "Wild" westerner'

Answer: Wild Bill Hickok


Question: 'According to the title of a 1974 Billy Preston hit, this "leaves nothing"'

Answer: "Nothing From Nothing"


Question: '"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead!"'

Answer: Henry V


Question: 'Some prefer melted cheese for this classic dipping dish, others prefer melted chocolate'

Answer: Fondue


Question: 'One common shape of the stomach is like this tenth letter of the alphabet'

Answer: J


Question: 'The first successful laser used this gem, hence the rosy light'

Answer: Ruby


Question: 'You could call this outlaw the "Mother" of all crime; she was also the mother of Herman, Fred, Arthur & Lloyd'

Answer: Ma Barker


Question: 'Also called the American Party, this political group's name came from its members' denials about it'

Answer: Know-Nothing


Question: '"Nora! Nora!...empty.  She's gone."'

Answer: A Doll\'s House


Question: 'Its name means "small tubes", but this Italian pasta is actually large tubes with a meat or cheese filling'

Answer: Cannelloni


Question: 'Over-the-counter treatments for heartburn include Pepcid AC & this, from Smithkline Beecham'

Answer: Tagamet


Question: 'These devices for upping the speeds of particles may be linear or cyclic'

Answer: Accelerators


Question: 'A unit of length measuring 6 feet, or a verb meaning to comprehend'

Answer: Fathom


Question: 'Add a letter to "hotel" & you end up with this less-expensive lodging place'

Answer: a hostel


Question: 'This name properly refers to only the great hour bell at the northern end of London's Houses of Parliament'

Answer: Big Ben


Question: 'Little girls love to have this kind of party, though lemonade usually replaces the oolong or orange pekoe'

Answer: a tea party


Question: 'The scene for prohibition is set with the 1829 inauguration party for this president; it moved outside due to drunken revelry'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'The 2008 Blu-ray release of this all-time classic comes with a passport holder, for your flight to Lisbon'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'One extra letter makes a "uniformed" person this, meaning very much out of the loop'

Answer: uninformed


Question: 'It served as the gateway entrance to the International Exhibition of 1889, held in Paris'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'Hugh Hefner originally planned to call Playboy magazine this, another term for a bachelor party'

Answer: Stag


Question: 'After alcohol was made illegal in Maine, vendors offered swigs from concealed pints in their pants & got this nickname'

Answer: bootleggers


Question: 'Time travel info is on the Blu-ray of this Jake Gyllenhaal film, & you don't have to access the title "Code" to get it'

Answer: Source Code


Question: 'Nutri-Grain Bars & Rice Krispies Treats'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question: 'Here's a "riddle"; now add a letter & it's this hot, flat cooking surface'

Answer: a griddle


Question: 'A 5,500-mile-long section of it runs from Mount Hu near Dandong to a spot in Gansu Province'

Answer: the Great Wall of China


Question: 'Traditionally, you throw this type of party to show off your new home'

Answer: a housewarming


Question: 'It was not illegal to make wine for home use; beer was a no-no, though, under this act that accompanied prohibition'

Answer: the Volstead Act


Question: 'An interactive guide to class action is a helpful part of the season 1 Blu-ray of this Glenn Close series'

Answer: Damages


Question: 'Ivory Soap'

Answer: Proctor & Gamble


Question: 'Add a letter to "reel" & you'll be able to do this, take much pleasure'

Answer: revel


Question: 'This national memorial includes a 16-inch mole & a mustache that is 20 feet wide'

Answer: Mount Rushmore


Question: 'The first party to sell these containers was held in 1948; today, you can also host online parties'

Answer: Tupperware


Question: 'The St. Louis brewery--er, former brewery--headed by this man did just fine as a maker of malt extract'

Answer: (August) Busch


Question: '"Sibling Rivalry" is a special feature on the Blu-ray of this fraternal Ferrell-Reilly comedy'

Answer: Step Brothers


Question: 'Inspiron laptops'

Answer: Dell


Question: 'Add a letter to "glen" & you can take it in this way, bit by bit'

Answer: glean


Question: 'This, the only remaining town gate of Berlin, is at the western end of the avenue Unter den Linden'

Answer: the Brandenburg Gate


Question: 'Cheers & glasses raised for this T.S. Eliot comedy that won the 1950 Tony for Best Play'

Answer: The Cocktail Party


Question:
'This "Little Flower" N.Y. rep. (& later mayor) believed that God would disapprove of prohibition

"And I don't think that he intended the use of grapes to be made into jelly."'

Answer: Fiorello LaGuardia


Question: 'The sky is blue because blue light is most readily scattered from sunlight, being down at the short end of this'

Answer: the spectrum


Question: 'It was unified in thge 19th century & reunified in the 20th'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'A line from this 1894 Kipling book says, "Rikki-Tikki had a right to be proud of himself; but he did not grow too proud"'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'In 2011 Bruno Mars blew up the charts with a song that says, "I'd catch a" this "for ya, throw my hand on a blade for ya"'

Answer: grenade


Question: 'The substitution of an inoffensive word for an offensive word is this type of "-ism"'

Answer: a euphemism


Question: 'The <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-09-30_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jayhawk </a> helicopter can reach 205 miles per hour as one of the Coast Guard's main assets in SAR, "search and" this'

Answer: rescue


Question: 'The blue light in the pools of water in these power facilities is called Cerenkov radiation'

Answer: nuclear power plants


Question: 'In 2011 citizens protesting financial austerity measures rioted in this Mediterranean country'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Chapters in this James Bond novel include "Gem Quality" & "Hot Ice"'

Answer: Diamonds Are Forever


Question: 'This group topped the charts & won an Album of the Year Grammy for 2004's "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"'

Answer: U2


Question: '"I'd give my right arm for a drink" is an example of this, from the Greek for "exaggeration"'

Answer: hyperbole


Question: 'The USCG has reach--a PSU went to protect Navy ships after the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in this Mideast country'

Answer: Yemen


Question: 'In electronics, a blue gun isn't a weapon but part of this in TV sets, also called the picture tube'

Answer: a cathode ray tube


Question: 'This New World country gained its independence from Spain in 1821'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'One reviewer called this recent Sara Gruen bestseller "so much more than a tale about a circus"'

Answer: Water for Elephants


Question: 'In 2011 she appeared with a children's choir on "Oprah" to sing her hit "Firework"'

Answer: Katy Perry


Question: 'Archaism in rhetoric is a use of this type of term'

Answer: obsolete (or old or antiquated)


Question: 'One job of a USCG tender is inspecting & replacing buoys, fog signals, lights & other indicators, collectively called aids to this'

Answer: navigation


Question: 'A type of bioluminescence, the blue glow of sea creatures like plankton is called this, also ending in -escence'

Answer: phosphorescence


Question: 'The West Indies nation we invaded in 1983'

Answer: Grenada


Question: 'He wrote "Bech: A Book", "Bech Is Back" & "Bech At Bay" in addition to his "Rabbit" novels'

Answer: (John) Updike


Question: 'In his song "Russians," he wondered "How can I save my little boy from Oppenheimer's deadly toy?"'

Answer: Sting


Question: 'An example of antithesis is the line "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved" this "more"'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In WWII a major Coast Guard task was hunting these vessels, Hitler's main weapon in the Battle of the Atlantic'

Answer: U-boats


Question: 'Blue light can worsen this type of degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in Americans over 55'

Answer: macular degeneration


Question: 'Between Cameroon & Congo you'll find this country, independent from France since 1960'

Answer: Gabon


Question: 'This 1930 William Faulkner novel deals with the death & burial of Addie Bundren'

Answer: As I Lay Dying


Question:
'It's the "explosive" name of the Taio Cruz hit heard here

"I throw my hands up in the air sometimes /
Saying ay-o /
Gotta let go /
I wanna celebrate..."'

Answer: "Dynamite"


Question: 'Rhetorically, "Hello darkness, my old friend" is termed this, just like a punctuation mark'

Answer: apostrophe


Question: 'The Coast Guard looks out for the smuggling of drugs & people in this practice, from the old French for "to forbid"'

Answer: interdiction


Question: 'Aside from racquet sports, one of the 2 other Summer Olympic sports in which men may currently compete against women'

Answer: equestrian events or sailing


Question: 'Czar means "emperor", & is derived from this Latin word, the formal title of several Roman rulers'

Answer: Caesar


Question: 'Once married to Burt Reynolds'

Answer: Loni Anderson


Question: 'Opened in 1971, the JFK Center for the Performing Arts stretches along this river'

Answer: the Potomac River


Question: 'It's the 5-sided base among a baseball field's 4'

Answer: home plate


Question: 'In one of these dangerous events, the dry, powdery snow is traveling at 100 mph straight downhill toward you'

Answer: an avalanche


Question: 'Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane'

Answer: skydiving


Question: 'One of those who killed this "mad monk" was a cousin of Nicholas II, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'Hit No. 1 on the charts with "Go Away Little Girl"'

Answer: Donny Osmond


Question: 'The John F. Kennedy National Historic Site, JFK's birthplace, is in Brookline, a suburb of this city'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'His third wife, Jiang Qing, was a member of the Gang of Four'

Answer: Mao (Zedong)


Question: 'Your sortie's getting dangerous --here comes some antiaircraft fire, better known by this 4-letter name'

Answer: flak


Question: 'America's first space station'

Answer: Skylab


Question: 'The first Russian to hold the title Czar, he was proclaimed Grand Prince of Moscow in 1533'

Answer: Ivan the Terrible


Question: 'Wowed 'em at the Acropolis in September 1993'

Answer: Yanni


Question: 'There is a John F. Kennedy prep school in this world capital where JFK made a famous visit in 1963'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Of FDR's 4 inaugural addresses, the one which included the "fear itself" bit'

Answer: the first one


Question: 'The 16-ton weight featured in this '70s comedy series is poised above somebody & ready to...'

Answer: Monty Python\'s Flying Circus


Question: 'A private VIP room at a sports stadium'

Answer: skybox


Question: 'Maximilian Schell starred in an Emmy-winning 1986 mini-series about this reformist czar'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'Receptionist for "WKRP in Cincinnati"'

Answer: Loni Anderson


Question: 'Located in Queens, it first opened to commercial traffic in July 1948'

Answer: JFK Airport


Question: 'Leonard Bernstein's recording of this Vivaldi work begins with "Spring: Allegro"'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: 'Pilot error! Your flight path has you too close to a caravan turboprop from this Kansas company'

Answer: Cessna


Question: 'European high flyer seen here'

Answer: a Skylark


Question: 'Michael was the czar who ruled Russia from 1613 to 1645 & founded this dynasty'

Answer: the Romanov


Question: 'Born in Kalamata in 1954'

Answer: Yanni


Question: 'The Florida promontory now called this was named after JFK from 1963 to 1973'

Answer: Cape Canaveral


Question: 'The tetragrammaton JHVH, the Hebrew name for God, gives us this word'

Answer: Jehovah


Question: 'A herd of these animals, loxodonta africana, is stampeding your way in a wall of gray'

Answer: elephants


Question: 'Home to the Blue Jays & Argonauts'

Answer: the Toronto Skydome


Question: 'The third Looney Tunes stamp featured this avian rival of the first Looney Tunes stamp'

Answer: Daffy Duck


Question: 'In golf, next in line: double eagle, eagle...'

Answer: a birdie


Question: 'Word & Powerpoint are part of the Microsoft system named for this place'

Answer: Office


Question: 'Late-night hunger pangs (8)'

Answer: munchies


Question: 'Johannes Badrutt, a St. Moritz hotel keeper, first convinced summer guests you could visit this country in winter, too'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'In about 150 A.D. this Greek astronomer in Egypt published "Geography", an 8-volume guide to mapmaking'

Answer: Ptolemy


Question: 'The 4 sports featured in the "Xtreme Sports" stamps series were skateboarding, BMX biking, in-line skating & this one'

Answer: snowboarding


Question: 'A rock climber would know schist; a person in this sport would know schuss'

Answer: skiing


Question: 'Filemaker Pro is used for this type of application that stores & organizes information (like "Jeopardy!" clues)'

Answer: database


Question: 'Mr. Magoo's malady (6)'

Answer: myopia


Question: 'In the 1840s Ida Pfeiffer made this trip in 2 1/2 years; in 1889 Nellie Bly did it in 72 days'

Answer: Around The World


Question: 'On topographic maps, contour lines are used to show this'

Answer: elevation


Question: 'The centenary of the Graz opera in this country was celebrated with a 1999 stamp'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Delivering a ball to a batsman in cricket isn't called "pitching", it's called this'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'One type of this keeps flames from spreading; another keeps snoops out of a computer network'

Answer: a firewall


Question: 'Tiny organism (7)'

Answer: microbe


Question: 'The word "posh" may have come from a ship's cabin designation: port out, this side home'

Answer: starboard


Question: 'In-vehicle navigation systems create maps using GPS, which stands for this'

Answer: global positioning system


Question: 'Issued in England in 1840, the first postage stamp ever has this colorful nickname'

Answer: penny black


Question: 'A Veronica is a movement done in this sport, popular in Mexico'

Answer: bullfighting


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew drags a mustache back onto Alex.)  Introduced in 1990, it's the program I'm using to create an unusual image'

Answer: Photoshop


Question: 'Palindromic form of address (4)'

Answer: ma\'am


Question: 'The USA's first of these places for rambling young people to stay in opened in Northfield, Mass. in 1934'

Answer: a hostel


Question: 'This table that accompanies a map explains what the symbols & colors represent'

Answer: the legend


Question: 'A series of Bulgarian stamps featuring types of these had one with a penny-farthing on it'

Answer: bicycles


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew clutches higher up on a bat.)  In baseball, you don't want to do this in the clutch, but it's okay to do it up on the bat'

Answer: choke


Question: 'As a sort of e-mail post office, this program from Qualcomm is named for the author of "Why I Live at the P.O."'

Answer: Eudora


Question: 'Nero: my fault! (3, 5)'

Answer: mea culpa


Question: 'In the 1840s, this Englishman began running inexpensive "tours" by getting bulk discounts from railways'

Answer: Thomas Cook


Question: 'Not only can you buy maps of the Earth from the USGS, which stands for this, you can buy maps of Mars as well'

Answer: United States Geological Survey


Question: 'The libretto for "William Tell" was in this language, the native tongue of neither the composer, Rossini, nor the subject'

Answer: French


Question: 'Carson City, the capital of this western state, is named for Kit Carson'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'It's the regular payment made to support an ex-spouse'

Answer: Alimony


Question: 'Sappho once wrote, "No" this sweet "for me, if it comes with a bee"'

Answer: Honey


Question: 'This logger's griddle was so big it had to be greased by men skating with bacon on their feet'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: 'This international automaker opened a U.S. plant in 1978 to build Rabbits'

Answer: Volkswagen


Question: 'Mike, Robbie & Chip to Steve Douglas'

Answer: "My Three Sons"


Question: 'It's Alabama's first permanent European settlement as well as its only seaport'

Answer: Mobile


Question: 'It's the money paid for the return of a kidnap victim'

Answer: Ransom


Question: '"One cannot have too large a party" is a line from her novel "Emma"'

Answer: Jane Austen


Question: 'Some of the tales about this Tennessee congressman were spread by his Whig allies'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'In 1949 Chrysler pioneered starting a car with one of these rather than by pushing a button'

Answer: Ignition key


Question: 'In this series Staci Keanan had a pair of possible fathers played by Paul Reiser & Greg Evigan'

Answer: "My Two Dads"


Question: 'Utah's Uinta Range is the only major range of these mountains in the contiguous 48 states that runs east & west'

Answer: Rocky Mountains


Question: 'Of the 7 deadly sins, it's the one concerned with money'

Answer: Greed (Avarice)


Question: '"We fluctuate long between love & hatred before we can arrive at a happy tranquility", she wrote to Abelard'

Answer: Heloise


Question: 'Stormalong's soapy ship squeezed through the English Channel, leaving these cliffs clean & white'

Answer: White Cliffs of Dover


Question: 'In 1968 a U.S. postage stamp was issued commemorating this automaker's 105th birthday'

Answer: Henry Ford


Question: 'Claire Danes won high acclaim for this low-rated 1994 series'

Answer: "My So-Called Life"


Question: 'This state's least populous county, Grand Isle, lies mostly within Lake Champlain'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'It's a formal gift of funds given by, for example, a government to a scientist to "cary" on with research'

Answer: Grant


Question: 'Someone spied this dancer saying, "Life is an illusion" as she prepared to meet the firing squad'

Answer: Mata Hari


Question: 'Annie Christmas, who unloaded boats in this Louisiana city, could carry a barrel of flour under each arm'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Though the gov't considers it a truck, Motor Trend named this Dodge family vehicle 1996 "Car of the Year"'

Answer: Caravan


Question: 'The story of a boy, Ken McLaughlin, & his horse, whose name is in the title'

Answer: "My Friend Flicka"


Question: 'Chief cities on the banks of this Hudson River tributary include Rome, Utica & Schenectady'

Answer: Mohawk River


Question: 'From a Latin word for "booty", it's the payment you make to keep your booty insured'

Answer: Premium


Question: '"If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent", said this "Now, Voyager" star'

Answer: Bette Davis


Question: 'This "King of the Keelboatmen" boasted of being half-horse & half-alligator'

Answer: Mike Fink


Question: 'GM division named for the son of a Swiss clockmaker'

Answer: Chevrolet


Question: 'Uncle Martin to Tim O'Hara'

Answer: "My Favorite Martian"


Question: 'In 1877, a few years before his famous tower, he built a steel arch bridge over the Douro River in Portugal'

Answer: Gustave Eiffel


Question: '"The Father of the Phonograph"'

Answer: Thomas Edison


Question: 'The role of Scrooge is sung by a baritone in this Thea Musgrave opera'

Answer: "A Christmas Carol"


Question: 'She taught Black Studies at Jackson State College before she wrote "The Color Purple"'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'Grown in the northeast U.S., the round white or Katahdin type of this tuber is excellent for boiling'

Answer: Potato


Question: 'Strolling on the palm-lined Promenade de la Croisette is a must in this French film festival town'

Answer: Cannes


Question: 'In May 1898 Portugal celebrated the 400th anniversary of this explorer's arrival in India'

Answer: Vasco da Gama


Question: 'This Frenchman was "The Father of Bacteriology"'

Answer: Louis Pasteur


Question: 'This Richard Strauss comic opera is named for Octavian, a young cavalier'

Answer: "Der Rosenkavalier"


Question: 'In 1928 Elie Wiesel was born in Sighet, a Transylvanian village in this country'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'This computer maker's NASDAQ symbol is AAPL, not MAC'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'The government of the state of West Bengal lives in the Raj Dhavan, or Government House, in this city'

Answer: Calcutta


Question: 'This British army leader put the boot to the French in Portugal in 1808'

Answer: Wellington


Question: 'Secretaries take note:  he's "The Father of Modern Shorthand", not Isaac Pitman'

Answer: John Robert Gregg


Question: 'This Mussorgsky opera was first performed at the Met in 1913 with Adamo Didur as Boris'

Answer: "Boris Godunov"


Question: 'Published in 1915, "The 'Genius' " is a semi-autobiographical novel by this author of "Sister Carrie"'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'Huitzilopochtli was the war & sun god of this civilization'

Answer: Aztecs


Question: 'The Coptic Museum in this city is noted for its collection of ancient Coptic textiles'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'In an 1887 treaty, China recognized Portugal's sovereignty over this territory west of Hong Kong'

Answer: Macao


Question: 'This ancient Greek playwright is the "Father of Comedy"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: 'Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots" deals with the events around this massacre'

Answer: The St. Bartholemew\'s Day Massacre


Question: 'This author of "The Alexandria Quartet" was the elder brother of zoologist & writer Gerald Durrell'

Answer: Lawrence Durrell


Question: 'This president's 1961 farewell address warned of the influence of "The Military-Industrial Complex"'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'It's the largest city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia'

Answer: Cologne


Question: 'When Napoleon threatened Portugal in 1807, the royal family fled to this country'

Answer: Brazil


Question: '"The Father of Bluegrass Music"; he passed away in 1996'

Answer: Bill Monroe


Question: 'He wrote both text & music for his 3-act opera "Tristan And Isolde"'

Answer: Richard Wagner


Question: 'This author of "The Moonstone" was named for his father's friend Sir David Wilkie'

Answer: Wilkie Collins


Question: 'With a fan that circulates hot air, this type of oven cooks 25% faster than conventional ovens'

Answer: Convection oven


Question: 'This city on South Island is named for a college at Oxford University'

Answer: Christchurch


Question: 'Added to the list in 1997 were the Quino Checkerspot & Laguna Mountains Skipper, types of these'

Answer: Butterflies


Question: 'While N. European sailors navigated by stars, Mediterraneans like Columbus relied mainly on this instrument'

Answer: the compass


Question: 'This "Little" lady fell fast asleep & dreamt she heard her sheep bleating'

Answer: Little Bo Peep


Question: 'AA'

Answer: American Airlines


Question: 'In the early 1900s,  these married Nobel Prize winners investigated the Italian medium Eusapia Palladino'

Answer: Pierre & Marie Curie


Question: 'In 1940 this 164-year-old U.S. document was repaired with Scotch tape'

Answer: the Declaration of Independence


Question: 'This island off the coast of Venezuela is just opposite the mouth of the Orinoco'

Answer: Trinidad


Question: 'This 5th emperor built baths with running sea- & sulphur water; he should have used them to put out the fire'

Answer: Nero


Question: '"Needles and pins, needles and pins, when a man" does this "his trouble begins"'

Answer: marries


Question: 'DL'

Answer: Delta


Question: 'At its peak, this "Network" endorsed by Dionne Warwick had 1,500 mediums answering phones & giving advice'

Answer: the Psychic Friends Network


Question: 'Playing this Kansas politician in a March 8, 2003 "SNL" sketch, Dan Aykroyd began, "Bill, you ignorant slut"'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'This young hero of Celtic lore drinks a love potion & falls for his uncle's girl, Isolde'

Answer: Tristan


Question: 'After World War II signs marking the entrance to East Berlin were usually in German & these 3 other languages'

Answer: English, French & Russian


Question: 'She was told to "fly away home, your house is on fire, your children have gone"'

Answer: Ladybug (or Ladybird)


Question: 'CO'

Answer: Continental


Question: 'She became a celebrity when she predicted a Democrat would be elected president in 1960 & die in office'

Answer: Jeane Dixon


Question: 'Reginald Jackson, born in 1946, is nicknamed Mr. October; Thomas Jackson, born in 1824, was nicknamed this'

Answer: "Stonewall"


Question: 'In the "Star Trek" universe, these small handheld scanning devices are standard issue on away missions'

Answer: tricorders


Question: 'In 1323 this current part of the Netherlands gained control of Zeeland'

Answer: Holland


Question: 'The only tune he could play was "Over The Hills And Far Away", but it "pleased both the girls and the boys"'

Answer: Tom, Tom, the Piper\'s Son


Question: 'QF'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'Called "the Sleeping Prophet", this medium from Kentucky gave thousands of psychic readings while in a trance'

Answer: Edgar Cayce


Question: 'Like Charles Rushmore, for whom the mount is named, these 2 men on it passed the bar & were lawyers'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson & Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'Named for Poseidon's son, this largest moon of Neptune strangely has a retrograde orbit'

Answer: Triton


Question: 'July 14, 1789 was the Marquis de Launay's last day as governor of this edifice'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'This unfortunate bird was once identified with Sir Robert Walpole, whose ministry was known as the Robinocracy'

Answer: Cock Robin


Question: 'LH'

Answer: Lufthansa


Question: 'On his TV show "Crossing Over", this clairvoyant man passed on messages from the dead to family members'

Answer: John Edward


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows off the bulb from a common desk lamp.)  By using this type of gas, like bromine, around a filament, this type of lamp outlasts the incandescent ones'

Answer: a halogen light


Question: 'An insult comic dog, or the original name of the card game whist'

Answer: Triumph


Question: 'Site of many a great soccer match, Rome's Sports Palace was originally built for this 1960 event'

Answer: the Olympics


Question: 'Kirsten Flagstad was famous for lending her soprano voice to the works of this "Parsifal" composer'

Answer: Wagner


Question: 'Louisiana's legal code is based on a code developed by this 5'6" European, also known as "The Corsican"'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Common 6-letter name for the No. 1 wood in golf'

Answer: a driver


Question: 'After his deafness had set in, British poet Algernon Swinburne wrote criticism of this "Tyger Tyger" poet'

Answer: William Blake


Question: 'Kafka & Camus both contracted this lung disease in the early 1900s'

Answer: T.B.


Question: 'Rome lies on both banks of this river, 15 miles east of the Tyrrhenian Sea'

Answer: the Tiber


Question: 'American mezzo-soprano Marylin Horne did the singing for this actress in the 1954 film "Carmen Jones"'

Answer: Dorothy Dandridge


Question: 'By the age of 10, this 2'1" young man had already visited President Polk & the queen of Spain'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question: 'Mahogany wood is popular in making furniture, as it's strong, won't rot & resists these insects of the order Isoptera'

Answer: termites


Question: 'This author of "A Modest Proposal" & several satirical poems was deafened due to Meniere's disease'

Answer: (Jonathan) Swift


Question: 'Give us this wide receiver's initials, & you've got his nickname'

Answer: T.O. (Terrell Owens)


Question: 'Built during the 1400s, Rome's fabulous Venezia Palace served as this man's headquarters in the '20s & '30s'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'Born in NYC on Dec. 2, 1923, this soprano made her debut at the Athens Opera at age 17'

Answer: Maria Callas


Question: 'At 5'4" tall, he's the shortest president'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Used to build the temple of Jerusalem around 1000 B.C., these trees are also a symbol of Lebanon'

Answer: cedar


Question: 'Deaf poet Henry Lawson of this country published "Children of the Bush" in 1902'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Postal abbreviation for the state that's been nicknamed "The Sagebrush State" & "Battle Born State"'

Answer: NV


Question: 'The headliner at the San Silvestro in Rome's Capite Church is the reputed head of this saint; bring it to me!'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Lilli Lehmann won fame as this "hued" type of soprano voice, known for trills, runs & cadenzas'

Answer: a coloratura


Question: 'This "Rape of the Lock" poet was struck with a childhood illness that never allowed him to grow over 4'6"'

Answer: Pope


Question: 'The weapons called shinai which are used in the martial art of kendo are primarily made of this'

Answer: bamboo


Question: 'Deaf poet Ronsard's poem to this season says, "The rose which but this morning did disclose her gown of crimson"'

Answer: spring


Question: 'In 1964 Tanganyika & Zanzibar merged to form the country that now has this 2-letter Internet domain'

Answer: .tz (for Tanzania)


Question: 'Collective numeric name for the Roman features known as the Aventine, the Caelian & 5 others'

Answer: the seven hills of Rome


Question: 'In 1850, when P.T. Barnum brought this Swedish soprano to NYC, 20,000 fans surrounded her hotel'

Answer: Jenny Lind


Question: 'This king of the Franks with a diminutive title was the son of Charles Martel'

Answer: Pepin the Short


Question: 'The reddish wood of this member of the rose family is used by cabinet makers; the nut, by candy bar makers'

Answer: almond


Question: 'Deafness didn't stop Joachim du Bellay's 115 poems, styled after this Italian for whom a style of sonnet is named'

Answer: Petrarch


Question: 'First 2 initials of the author of a series of novels about a butler named Jeeves'

Answer: P.G. (Wodehouse)


Question: 'This person was the reigning monarch of Great Britain when the U.S. national anthem was written'

Answer: George III


Question: 'A 1941 song asked, "I like New York in" this month, "how about you?"'

Answer: June


Question: '"Breakfast at Wimbledon"'

Answer: Tennis


Question: 'Your quest is to name this musical, not an "Impossible Dream"'

Answer: Man of La Mancha


Question: 'It can be a female hare as well as a female deer'

Answer: Doe


Question: 'In "I Am...I Said", he sang, "I'm New York City born and raised"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


Question: '"Super Sunday"'

Answer: Football


Question: '"There's No Business Like" this show'

Answer: Annie Get Your Gun


Question: 'From the Latin for "I", it's the self, distinct from others; hope you don't have a big one'

Answer: Ego


Question: 'Simon & Garfunkel's "59th Street Bridge Song" is also known as this'

Answer: "Feeling Groovy"


Question: '"The Masters at Augusta"'

Answer: Golf


Question: '"Madame Butterfly" is the basis for this musical'

Answer: Miss Saigon


Question: 'A short written version of your life'

Answer: Bio


Question: '"Come and meet those dancing feet on the avenue I'm taking you to..." this one'

Answer: 42nd Street


Question: 'You'll cross over this bay when taking the Sunshine Skyway Bridge to St. Petersburg, Florida'

Answer: Tampa Bay


Question: '"The Boys of Summer"'

Answer: Baseball


Question: 'A No. 1 song by Falco was influenced by this play about Mozart'

Answer: Amadeus


Question: 'It can be the fluffy fashion accessory seen here or the animal seen here'

Answer: Boa


Question: 'They're the first 4 words of the "Theme from 'New York, New York'"'

Answer: "Start spreading the news..."


Question: 'One of the world's longest railroad bridges, the Huey P. Long Bridge, is found in Metairie in this U.S. state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: '"March Madness"'

Answer: College basketball


Question: 'No horsing around, it won the 1975 Tony for Best Play'

Answer: Equus


Question: 'It can mean to find fault repeatedly, or an old, worn-out horse'

Answer: Nag


Question: 'Former Tony nominee Cathy Rigby wowed the audience in 1999 with a high-flying number fron this musical'

Answer: Peter Pan


Question: 'The transit system called the EL, which was short for this, was largely demolished in the 1940s'

Answer: Elevated train


Question: '(Jane Bodle sings part of a song from "Les Miserables")  The Tony-winning musical "Les Miserables" is set mainly in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Messalina, empress of this, messed around so much her husband Claudius had her executed'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'Verboten'

Answer: Forbidden


Question: 'This newspaper that had a square named for it merged with the Tribune in 1924'

Answer: New York Herald


Question: 'Hot Dog!  Roger Bart won for playing this role in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"'

Answer: Snoopy


Question: 'The Everleigh sisters (not to be confused with the Everly Brothers) ran the fanciest bordello in this Illinois city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Type of display displayed here'

Answer: Liquid crystal


Question: 'Mano a mano'

Answer: Hand-to-hand


Question: '(Hi, I'm Vanna White at the Empire State Building)  The previous building that stood here was this hyphenated hotel'

Answer: (Old) Waldorf-Astoria


Question: 'He wasn't the "low man" on the totem pole: he won for playing Willy Loman in 1999'

Answer: Brian Dennehy


Question: 'Upset by her public image, this partner of Clyde said she wanted folks to know she didn't really smoke cigars'

Answer: Bonnie Parker


Question: 'This brand of bottled water from the Olancha Peak calls itself "Natural Alpine Spring Water"'

Answer: Crystal Geyser


Question: 'La dolce vita'

Answer: The good life


Question: 'This Broadway hangout with delicious cheesecake was named for proprietor Leo Lindemann'

Answer: Lindy\'s


Question: 'This British actress followed up her "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar win with a Tony for "Amy's View"'

Answer: Judi Dench


Question: 'As you probably read it in the original Russian, you know the title is "Voina I" this, like the space station'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'She dumped her husband around 1902 & embarked on a life of lustful liaisons, nearly-nude dancing & spying'

Answer: Mata Hari


Question: 'Crystal deposits in the joints can cause gout or pseudogout, a type of this inflammatory condition'

Answer: Arthritis


Question: 'Requiescat in pace (on a tombstone)'

Answer: Rest in peace


Question: 'On a Feb. 1995 shuttle mission, pilot Eileen Collins took along a scarf that had belonged to this woman'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'He served the shortest term as president:<br />one month'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Profession of Joseph (of Christmas, not Halloween, fame)'

Answer: Carpenter


Question: 'The buttercup produces cup-shaped flowers of this color'

Answer: Yellow


Question: 'In 1992 she was elected to succeed Alan Cranston as U.S. Senator from California'

Answer: Barbara Boxer


Question: 'He started as a play-by-play man in 1971 & became an analyst in 1986'

Answer: Frank Gifford


Question: 'To be meticulous is to dot one's I's & to do this to one's T's'

Answer: To cross


Question: 'He created cabinet posts for HUD & the Department of Transportation'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'What an angry mob might have done to David's "Blue Velvet"'

Answer: Lynch


Question: 'In 1962 he reached No. 11 on the country charts with "Tennessee Flat-Top Box"; in 1988 daughter Rosanne hit No. 1'

Answer: Johnny Cash


Question: 'This Dallas quarterback was quite "Dandy"'

Answer: Don Meredith


Question: 'This term for the material seen here with shears also means to swindle someone out of money'

Answer: Fleece


Question: 'He won the popular vote but lost the election of 1824'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'This castle in Brno used as a Hapsburg prison didn't make "Schindler's List"'

Answer: Spielberg Castle


Question: 'It's the summary of a baseball game in the form of a table listing players & their performances'

Answer: Box score


Question: 'The current play-by-play commentator, he's remembered for calling the Olympic hockey games in the '80s'

Answer: Al Michaels


Question: 'The verbs in the title "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" are in this grammatical voice'

Answer: Passive voice


Question: 'He was the first sitting president to lead the nation in war'

Answer: James Madison


Question: 'Tragic 1846-47 pioneer "party" that could have used "Superman" to rescue them'

Answer: Donner (as in Richard) Party


Question: 'The flowers of the lily of this are used to make the French toilet water eau d'or'

Answer: Lily-of-the-valley


Question: 'Called by some the "Gravity Grand Prix", it was begun in Dayton, Ohio, but moved to Akron in 1934'

Answer: Soap Box Derby


Question: 'He played himself in the films "Bananas" & "The 500-Pound Jerk" & was a lawyer before becoming a sportscaster'

Answer: Howard Cosell


Question: 'As a verb, it means to flow slowly through a small opening; as a noun, it's the mud on the ocean floor'

Answer: Ooze


Question: 'He was the first president who had been a governor'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'This popular stencil-bearing wood chair of 19th century America can make a cameo in your house'

Answer: Hitchcock chair


Question: 'Each autumn the Japanese celebrate the feast of this flower'

Answer: the chrysanthemum


Question: 'In the early 1950s this "Myra Breckenridge" author wrote 3 mysteries using the pseudonym Edgar Box'

Answer: Gore Vidal


Question: 'This quarterback's real first name is Norman & he was stormin' as an analyst during the 1998-99 season'

Answer: Boomer Esiason


Question: 'In English it means "to change"; in Latin it means "other"'

Answer: Alter


Question: '"The Way Forward Is With A Broken Heart" is a largely autobiographical story collection by this "Color Purple" author'

Answer: Alice Walker


Question: 'One of Jack's memorable moments is stealing this line from Ed McMahon in "The Shining"'

Answer: "Heeere\'s Johnny!"


Question: 'If you're doing the Montreal speed limit of 50 in your car, make sure it's in these units per hour'

Answer: Kilometers


Question: '2-word term for the dispenser seen here, a traditional center for office gossip'

Answer: Water cooler


Question: 'Country singer Audrey Hill'

Answer: Faith


Question: 'Archie Bunker's derogatory nickname for son-in-law Mike Stivic'

Answer: "Meathead"


Question: '"Deck The Halls", a Christmas thriller, was a joint effort by Carol Higgins Clark & this author, her mom'

Answer: Mary Higgins Clark


Question: 'This actress, Jack's longtime girlfriend, acted with him in her dad's movie "Prizzi's Honor"'

Answer: Anjelica Huston


Question: 'Examples of these in Montreal include The Mirror & Le Devoir'

Answer: Newspapers


Question: 'The Ergomax is one of these designed for office use'

Answer: Chair


Question: 'U.S. Steel founder John Morgan'

Answer: Pierpont


Question: 'Latin for "through my fault", this 2-word phrase is an acknowledgement of a personal error'

Answer: Mea culpa


Question: 'A sleuth named Kinsey Millhone is the heroine of her alphabet mysteries'

Answer: Sue Grafton


Question: 'In this 1969 film Jack wonders, "This used to be a fine country.  What went wrong?"'

Answer: Easy Rider


Question: 'Montreal's many underground walkways lined with shops & cafes use an idea credited to this Renaissance man'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: '14-letter term for a meeting in which Tom & Dick in New York can see Harry in L.A. on closed-circuit TV'

Answer: Teleconference


Question: 'Media critic Herbert McLuhan'

Answer: Marshall


Question: 'Showers of these include the Leonid, the Geminid & the Lyrid'

Answer: Meteors


Question: 'In 1949 this Nobel Laureate founded Welcome House, an adoption agency specializing in Asian-American children'

Answer: Pearl S. Buck


Question: 'In a 1992 movie, Nicholson portrayed this famous American, who's seen here, with kind of a Jack-like grin'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'Montreal's "Juste Pour Rire" comedy festival held each July is known as this in English'

Answer: Just For Laughs


Question: 'William Safire says this euphemism for corporate firings "strikes fear into...white-collar worrywarts"'

Answer: Downsizing


Question: ''50s senator Cary Kefauver'

Answer: Estes


Question: 'This term for following a winding & turning course comes from a river in Phrygia noted for its windings'

Answer: Meandering


Question: '"All That Remains" & "Cause of Death" are among her novels featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta'

Answer: Patricia Cornwell


Question: 'Nicholson won an Oscar for playing this rebellious character in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"'

Answer: Randle P. McMurphy


Question: 'In 1535 this man sailed to the site of future Montreal & came upon a large fortified Indian settlement there'

Answer: Jacques Cartier


Question: 'From the Latin for "turn aside", this training makes workers respect the weird customs of Shahia from Zenguland'

Answer: Diversity training


Question: 'This young man joined Shadrach & Abednego in Nebuchadnezzar's fiery furnace'

Answer: Meshach


Question: 'By the river Lagan on the island of Ireland, it was chartered in 1613 & settled by Presbyterians & later Huguenots'

Answer: Belfast


Question: 'The museum's got a "Starry Night" that he painted in Arles in 1888, not the more famous one done in Saint Remy in 1889'

Answer: van Gogh


THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50

Question: 'No. 1, $127.9 mil.:<br />He's made "close to $800 million in total earnings on and off the course over his 13-year career"'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'A McDonald's pork patty:<br />The McThis'

Answer: McRib


Question: 'The Nov. 10, 1960 front page noted this first about President-elect JFK's background'

Answer: his Catholicism


Question: 'Funnel-shaped amplifying device that's an essential cheerleader accessory'

Answer: a megaphone


Question: 'This test used on pregnant women is also called a sonogram'

Answer: an ultrasound


Question: 'You can see his mother (aka "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1")'

Answer: Whistler


THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50

Question: 'No. 5, with nearly $35.5 million:<br />This Laker, fresh off his first MVP award'

Answer: Kobe Bryant


Question: 'At Red Lobster:<br />Parrot Bay Jumbo Coconut this'

Answer: Shrimp


Question: 'The report on the 1992 returns included a "jubilant bear hug" between these 2 men'

Answer: Clinton & Gore


Question: 'Where your name is if it's up in lights in front of a theater'

Answer: the marquee


Question: 'Consumer Reports' braking test measures how fast a car goes from this to this--the reverse of its acceleration test'

Answer: 60 to 0


Question: 'He painted dreamy landscapes like the one seen here'

Answer: Rousseau


THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50

Question: 'No. 7:<br />If this Yankee 3B plays out his contract, "he'll have earned $445 million in base salary alone"'

Answer: Alex Rodriguez


Question: 'At Taco Bell:<br />7-layer or chili cheese this'

Answer: burritos


Question: 'On Nov. 3, 2004 the Times headlined, "With echoes of 2000 vote," this state's "count is at issue"'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'From the French, it's a group of wild animals on exhibit'

Answer: a menagerie


Question: '140 is scary high on the Stanford-Binet version of this test'

Answer: the IQ test


Question: 'The museum has several of this man's sculptures, including a dancer looking at the bottom of her foot'

Answer: Degas


THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50

Question: 'No. 32, $18 mil.:<br />This Patriots QB, dater of supermodels & winner of Super Bowls'

Answer: Tom Brady


Question: 'An Outback appetizer:<br />Bloomin' this'

Answer: Onions


Question: '"Forecasts upset", read the front page in this year; at least the Times knew who defeats whom'

Answer: 1948


Question: 'Emerson wrote that "art is a jealous" one of these'

Answer: a mistress


Question: 'The Hardy-Rand-Rittler test checks for this optical defect mostly observed in men'

Answer: colorblindness


Question: 'We conclude our tour of the musee with one of the highlights--this Impressionist's "Jeunes filles au piano"'

Answer: Renoir


THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50

Question: 'No. 11, $27.2 mil.:<br />Driving in circles is a wealthy pursuit for this NASCAR driver of the 88'

Answer: Dale Earnhardt, Jr.


Question: 'At Le Grand Vefour:<br />Les ravioles de this liver preparation a l'emulsion de creme truffee'

Answer: foie gras


Question: 'On Nov. 5, 1924 page one said this man "wins, 357 to Davis's 136"; what will it say on Nov. 5, 2008?'

Answer: (Calvin) Coolidge


Question: 'It's the African-derived percussion instrument heard here'

Answer: a marimba


Question: 'Abbreviated NTBT, this 1963 treaty was signed by the U.S., the USSR & the U.K.'

Answer: the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty


Question: 'This capital on the Kentucky River was named after Stephen Frank, an early pioneer'

Answer: Frankfort (Kentucky)


Question:
'Riff,
Nibbles,
Officer Krupke'

Answer: West Side Story


Question: 'Washi, Japanese hand-molded paper, is made mainly from kozo, this tree that's also a favorite of silkworms'

Answer: the mulberry


Question: '2 years after "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes", he published "The Maracot Deep", a tale of lost Atlanteans'

Answer: Arthur Conan Doyle


Question: 'In the 1630s, a craze developed in Holland for this flower, with many investors paying huge sums for individual bulbs'

Answer: a tulip


Question: 'An EMT rides in one of these vehicles'

Answer: an ambulance


Question: 'It was laid out in 1858, & its growth was stimulated by the discovery the following year of the nearby Comstock Lode'

Answer: Carson City (Nevada)


Question:
'Inga,
Frau Blucher,
Igor'

Answer: Young Frankenstein


Question: 'The Fukui region is a washi center & made some of Japan's first paper this, issued in 1661'

Answer: money


Question: 'A Charles Berlitz book calls Atlantis "the eighth" this & wonders if a nuclear war was its demise'

Answer: continent


Question: 'The scientific name of this orange flower with black-spotted petals is Lilium tigrinum'

Answer: the tiger lily


Question: 'Biceps banner often worn as a memorial'

Answer: an armband


Question: 'This small capital lies about 10 miles east of the Continental Divide & about midway between Butte & Great Falls'

Answer: Helena (Montana)


Question:
'The French Taunter,
Tim the Enchanter,
Concorde'

Answer: Spamalot


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.)  Before bark is turned into paper, it must be cropped, stripped, bleached & boiled in this caustic solution also known as sodium hydroxide'

Answer: lye


Question: 'In his book "The Return of Tarzan", the jungle man stumbles upon Opar, the city of gold left over from Atlantis'

Answer: (Edgar Rice) Burroughs


Question: 'Monkshoods are pollinated only by these'

Answer: bees


Question: 'Cajun sausage often found in gumbo'

Answer: andouille


Question: 'This city became a state capital in 1826, the same year the president for which it was named died'

Answer: Jefferson City, Missouri


Question: 'Professor Callahan,<br />Elle Woods'

Answer: Legally Blonde


Question: 'The best washi is traditionally made during this season when the water runs purer'

Answer: winter


Question: 'She called Atlantis "the isles of the blessed", & a chapter in "Atlas Shrugged" is entitled "Atlantis"'

Answer: Ayn Rand


Question: 'In the names of flowers, this 4-letter word that means "plant" or "root" follows bladder, St. John's & slipper'

Answer: wort


Question: 'From the Latin for "to make like", it's the process of an immigrant group adopting the ways of a new land'

Answer: assimilation


Question: 'It's the seat of Kennebec County'

Answer: Augusta (Maine)


Question:
'Squeaky Fromme,
Lee Harvey Oswald,
Leon Czolgosz'

Answer: Assassins


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Kyoto, Japan.)  The Westernizing period known as this emperor's restoration created greater demand for paper, but also a shift away from traditional washi'

Answer: Meiji


Question: 'This "Necronomicon" creator wrote of a submarine's discovery of Atlantis in "The Temple"'

Answer: H.P. Lovecraft


Question: 'You might "remember" that this flower, also called a scorpion plant, is a symbol of friendship & true love'

Answer: forget-me-not


Question: 'Home sweet home for the Norse deities'

Answer: Asgard


Question: 'An actress named Martha Scott played Charlton Heston's mother in both of these epics'

Answer: Ben-Hur & The Ten Commandments


Question: '4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, New York'

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt


Question: 'It was originally founded as the Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited'

Answer: Qantas


Question: 'This armed service's Michie Stadium was named for infantryman Dennis Michie, who coached its first football team'

Answer: Army


Question: 'The Villa Park Orchards Association is the last remaining packer of these in Orange, California'

Answer: oranges


Question: 'The distinct nose of the bottle-nosed dolphin is also called this, like part of a bird'

Answer: beak


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Waikiki, Hawaii)  To get into the Hawaiian spirit, I will say "Thank You" with this Hawaiian equivalent'

Answer: mahalo


Question: '1000 Beal Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: 'In 1973 there was "Something Special in the Air": this airline's first female pilot, Bonnie Tiburzi'

Answer: American Airlines


Question: 'A hound named Smokey leads the Volunteers into this school's Neyland Stadium, The Sporting News' No. 1 college field'

Answer: Tennessee


Question: 'The website of Alcoholics Anonymous asks the media's help in keeping its members this'

Answer: anonymous


Question: 'Since 1990, new practices have cut by 90% the number of dolphins caught in nets intended for these'

Answer: tuna


Question: 'Meaning "mountain", it precedes Loa & Kea'

Answer: Mauna


Question: 'Columbia Point, Boston, Massachusetts'

Answer: John F. Kennedy


Question: 'Richard Branson has called this airline "My baby...and...something I am enormously proud of"'

Answer: Virgin Atlantic


Question: 'This school's home field is Bryant-Denny Stadium; Denny was a university president, Bryant its famous coach'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Common name for the final chorus, heard here, in Handel's "Messiah"'

Answer: the "Amen Chorus"


Question: 'It protrudes upward from the hump of the humpbacked whale'

Answer: dorsal fin


Question: 'One of the purposes of honi, a nose-to-nose greeting, is to exchange ha, which is this of life'

Answer: the breath


Question: '2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas'

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson


Question: 'The pilots of this international airline are all veterans of the Israeli air force'

Answer: El Al


Question: 'It's the school where you'll find Tom Osborne Field'

Answer: Nebraska


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew on a ski slope in Colorado)  Even if it's autumn, I don't think the green ever leaves the Lodgepole pine, this type of tree'

Answer: evergreen


Question: 'The largest members of the dolphin family are the creatures with this homicidal name'

Answer: killer whales


Question: 'It's the Hawaiian title of the following'

Answer: "Aloha Oe"


Question: '210 Parkside Drive, West Branch, Iowa'

Answer: Herbert Hoover


Question: 'Flying Dutchman is the frequent flyer program of this airline'

Answer: KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines)


Question: 'Indians who made arrows of branches broken from trees gave this Oklahoma city its name'

Answer: Broken Arrow


Question: 'Term for a group of dolphins, they sometimes join up to form herds or aggregations'

Answer: pod


Question: 'It's Hawaiian for a hole of any size, from pinhole to tunnel, & also refers to a type of shelled necklace'

Answer: puka


Question: 'In 1683 priest Louis Hennepin wrote about the waters of this U.S.-Canada waterfall, "They thunder continually"'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'He began a tempestous affair with Liz Taylor while the 2 of them were filming "Cleopatra"'

Answer: Richard Burton


Question: 'She made national news when she was convicted March 20, 1976 for a San Francisco bank robbery'

Answer: Patricia Hearst


Question: 'Something is rotten in Denmark, & it's this guy, Gertrude's new husband! (he's driving her son Hamlet bonkers!)'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'Adults have 3 sets of these; the third ones are also called wisdom teeth'

Answer: molars


Question: 'Probably a translation of an Algonquian word, this slang term for whiskey refers to its burning sensation'

Answer: firewater


Question: 'Fed mainly by melting snow, Ribbon Fall in this national park is sometimes dry for part of the year'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'This past "Autumn in New York", he & Carey Lowell tied the knot'

Answer: Richard Gere


Question: 'Alvin Karpis said this motherly bank robber was not the evil mastermind J. Edgar Hoover said she was'

Answer: Ma Barker


Question: 'How could Stella DuBois marry him?  He looks pretty good in a T-shirt, but his vulgarity...why, it just makes me blanch!'

Answer: Stanley Kowalski


Question: 'The American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry says it's the most popular procedure for those under 50'

Answer: teeth whitening


Question: 'In "The Fellowship of the Ring", this hobbit receives a magic ring of invisibility from his cousin Bilbo Baggins'

Answer: Frodo


Question: 'The main falls of this African natural wonder lie between Livingstone & Cataract Islands'

Answer: Victoria Falls


Question: 'It's the real first & last name of the Beatles' famous drummer'

Answer: Richard Starkey (now Ringo Starr)


Question: 'In a 1988 film, Phil Collins played "Buster" Edwards, a member of the gang that pulled off this "Great" 1963 heist'

Answer: The Great Train Robbery


Question: 'Attention, Daisy Buchanan: Your husband Tom's a philandering jerk!  You should have stuck with this title guy!'

Answer: "The Great Gatsby"


Question: 'As explained in the book "Marathon Man", it's "The inner substance of your teeth...where the nerves are"'

Answer: pulp


Question: 'The name of this delicacy, often a paste, is French for "fat liver" (Mmmm!)'

Answer: foie gras


Question: 'Reichenbach Falls in the Swiss canton of Bern was the setting of this literary hero's reported demise'

Answer: Sherlock Holmes


Question: 'With 200 victories, he's won more NASCAR races than any other driver'

Answer: Richard Petty


Question: 'This duo seen here was executed in 1927 for robbery & murder at a Massachusetts factory in 1920'

Answer: Sacco & Vanzetti


Question: 'Roger Chillingworth?!?!  What was this woman thinking?  She should have run off with that dishy minister'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'Having 2 surface lumps for mashing food gives the tooth seen here this name'

Answer: bicuspid


Question: 'This ballet about 3 sailors on leave in New York City was turned into the musical "On The Town"'

Answer: Fancy Free


Question: 'This Venezuelan waterfall is named for the American aviator who first observed it from the air in 1935'

Answer: Angel Falls


Question: 'In 2000 he reprised his role as John Shaft, this time playing Samuel L. Jackson's uncle'

Answer: Richard Roundtree


Question: 'Every September residents of Northfield in this state reenact a 19th century bank robbery pulled by the James gang'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'This Thomas Hardy heroine should have listened when I warned her to stay away from that rakish rogue Alec d'Urberville'

Answer: Tess


Question: 'Also meaning "an imitation", it's the mold the dentist takes of your teeth'

Answer: impression


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Rome sitting in front of the Colosseum)  The Colosseum was first called this amphitheatre after the family name of the emperors who built it'

Answer: Flavian Amphitheatre


Question: 'Person missing from: Rossweisse, Ortlinde, Siegrune, Grimgerde, Helmwige, Gerhilde, Waltraute & Schwertleite'

Answer: Brunhilde (one of the Valkyries)


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a flag on a monitor.)  On the flag of Kiribati, the blue & white waves stand for the Pacific Ocean; the rising sun represents this, which straddles the nation'

Answer: the Equator


Question: '"Sportscenter"'

Answer: ESPN


Question: 'It's 404 B.C. & here is our top story: Athens has been forced to accept a humiliating peace treaty with this city-state'

Answer: Sparta


Question: 'A museum at Temple University's School of Podiatric Medicine has some 900 pairs of these in its collection'

Answer: shoes


Question: 'This term for an important person sounds like a giant toupee'

Answer: a bigwig


Question: 'In Hollywood, it's the major street 2 blocks north of Sunset Boulevard'

Answer: Hollywood Boulevard


Question: 'The castle & key on the flag of this British dependency symbolize its strategic position on the Mediterranean'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: '"Dinner: Impossible"'

Answer: the Food Network


Question: 'Here's Helios with the forecast: lots of rain in Athens from this god of weather & so much more... watch out for his lightning!'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'Next time you're roaming through North Dakota, visit the museum of this animal & its herd of about 30'

Answer: buffalo


Question: 'It can be a meeting among business colleagues, or a Native American ceremonial feast'

Answer: a powwow


Question: 'A 2009 study recommended treating heroin addicts with diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in this'

Answer: heroin


Question: 'The armillary sphere on this country's flag honors Prince Henry the Navigator'

Answer: Portugal


Question: '"Project Runway" (formerly on bravo)'

Answer: Lifetime


Question: 'Breaking news 479 B.C.: Greece has beaten the remaining forces of this Xerxes-led empire!  Let's party!'

Answer: the Persian Empire


Question: 'In Austin, Minnesota you can ham it up at the museum of this meat product in a can'

Answer: Spam


Question: 'It's a sturdy carryall worn by hikers as well as students'

Answer: a backpack


Question: 'This lubricant's name means "water displacement, 40th attempt"'

Answer: WD-40


Question: 'The green flag of this kingdom has a white sword & the shahadah, the Muslim statement of faith, in white script'

Answer: Saudi Arabia


Question: '"Man vs. Wild"'

Answer: the Discovery Channel


Question: 'What's goin' on in sports, Aetos?  King Augeas said now that this hero has cleaned the stables, rodeo season is open'

Answer: Heracles


Question: 'Suite!  A museum in Leavenworth, Wash. displays over 6,000 of these nifty tools, many resembling toy soldiers'

Answer: nutcrackers


Question: 'A natl. assoc. of wanderers says you can still be this 4-letter term even if you never rode a freight train'

Answer: a hobo


Question: 'If today is Jan. 14, 1952, this show is premiering on NBC'

Answer: the Today show


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a flag on a monitor.)  In its talons, a bald eagle holds two traditional emblems--a fue, or a flyswitch, & an uatogi, or war club--on the flag of this territory'

Answer: American Samoa


Question: '"The Closer "'

Answer: TNT


Question: 'Up next, entertainment reporter Klakos has a review of this tragedy master's new play, "Oedipus Rex"'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'Get a whiff of the Brimstone Museum in Southwest Louisiana & learn all about mining for this element'

Answer: sulfur


Question: 'This adjective meaning unkempt & varied is often applied to disorganized armies or militias'

Answer: ragtag


Question: 'China's Song Dynasty was noted for its contributions to the tz'u, a form of this'

Answer: a song


COMPLETES THE PULITZER-WINNING PLAY TITLE

Question: 'Alfred Uhry's "Driving Miss ____"'

Answer: Daisy


Question: 'FIFA'

Answer: soccer


Question: 'Here's this Confederate president in full beard, later in life'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'If you're convinced you're the one true savior, odds are you have this type of complex'

Answer: a messiah complex


Question: 'This gas that I breathe, you call CH4 & use to heat your homes--funny universe'

Answer: methane


Question: 'This Ohioan who became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday is remembered for the one small step he took in 1969'

Answer: Neil Armstrong


COMPLETES THE PULITZER-WINNING PLAY TITLE

Question: 'Robert E. Sherwood's "Abe Lincoln in ____"'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'The WBO & the WBA'

Answer: boxing


Question: 'He's the king of the wild frontier, looking rather dapper in the portrait seen here'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'Hard reddish-brown wood of the genus Swietenia'

Answer: mahogany


Question: 'You named my home galaxy after this--a spinning toy on a stick?  How quaint; prepare to be destroyed'

Answer: a pinwheel


Question: 'A 2010 episode of "Glee" featured his song "Hello Again"'

Answer: Neil Diamond


COMPLETES THE PULITZER-WINNING PLAY TITLE

Question: 'William Saroyan's "The Time of Your ____"'

Answer: Life


Question: 'The ITTF--it's what the "TT" stands for'

Answer: table tennis


Question: 'In 1927, Orville Wright, on the left, came face-to-face with this man, famous in the same field as Orville'

Answer: Charles Lindbergh


Question: 'This slang term for an unnecessary article of ornamentation comes from the chorus of "Camptown Races"'

Answer: doo-dah


Question: 'My planet's star will reach the late stage called white this in only 3 billion years, so I had to get out of there'

Answer: a white dwarf


Question: 'Neil Estern scuplted him with his dog Fala for his Washington, D.C. memorial'

Answer: FDR


COMPLETES THE PULITZER-WINNING PLAY TITLE

Question: 'Jason Miller's "That ____ Season"'

Answer: Championship


Question: 'The ISF (it's big in Japan)'

Answer: sumo


Question: 'There was something a little fishy about this treasury secretary & Chief Justice seen here'

Answer: (Salmon) Chase


Question: '3-dimensional figure with 8 plane faces'

Answer: an octahedron


Question: 'I got the first message from Earth to the stars, sent from this type of telescope at Arecibo in 1974'

Answer: a radio telescope


Question: 'In 2000 Neil Clark Warren founded this website that aims to unite people in long-term relationships'

Answer: eHarmony.com


COMPLETES THE PULITZER-WINNING PLAY TITLE

Question: 'Donald L. Coburn's "The ____ Game"'

Answer: Gin


Question: 'The FIS (it's big in Austria)'

Answer: skiing


Question: '1972 U.S. presidential candidate seen here'

Answer: (Shirley) Chisholm


Question: 'Now meaning a type of woven carpet, it formerly referred to a residence set aside for a noblewoman in India'

Answer: a mahal


Question: 'Now that I am here, everyone who dismissed Erich von Daniken's book "Chariots of" these beings should feel shame'

Answer: the Gods


Question: 'Before writing dark children's books like "Coraline" & "The Graveyard Book", he penned a bio of Duran Duran'

Answer: Neil Gaiman


Question: 'From 1966 to 1968 this role was played by 2 different actresses in a TV series; it was also the title role in a 2004 film'

Answer: Catwoman


Question: 'A common transport is seen here in this European city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'It was founded on Nov. 26, 1917; its first president was Frank Calder, later of Cup fame'

Answer: the National Hockey League


Question: 'Domesticated varieties of this Old World finch are usually bright or pale yellow'

Answer: a canary


Question:
'Gemini,
Minnesota,
Olsen'

Answer: twins


Question: 'The 2 rhyming answers asked for on a roll call vote'

Answer: yea or nay


Question: 'Nursery rhyme rock song by Carl Perkins that says, "Come blow your horn" & "Well it's 1 for the money, 2 for the show"'

Answer: "Little Boy Blue Suede Shoes"


Question: 'At its peak, this amphitheater could hold 45,000 spectators'

Answer: the Colosseum


Question: 'In 1966 this city's franchise was awarded to Jack Kent Cooke for $2 million & a new arena, the Forum'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'The ani is a species of this "crazy" bird'

Answer: a cuckoo


Question:
'A cannon,
pottery,
a Trump apprentice'

Answer: fired


Question: 'This kind of voting allows a senator to cast a vote in committee for an absent senator'

Answer: proxy voting


Question: '"Left a good job in the city workin' for the man... whose fleece was white as snow", says this nursery rhyme rock song'

Answer: "Proud Mary Had A Little Lamb"


Question: 'Along with its most famous inhabitant, a room of a museum in this Italian city is seen here'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'The Rosebuds of this Northwest city were the first pro hockey team in the U.S.'

Answer: Portland


Question: 'Because this black bird eats a wide range of agricultural crops, it isn't popular with farmers'

Answer: a crow


Question:
'Artesian,
Herbert George,
Indian'

Answer: wells


Question: 'These "rooms" adjacent to the Senate chamber serve as gathering places for party members to speak in private'

Answer: the cloakroom


Question: 'Michael Jackson song from "Dangerous" becomes a basketball film in which Rosie Perez is on "Jeopardy!"'

Answer: "Black Or White Men Can\'t Jump"


Question: 'No StairMaster needed to get your exercise at this Mexican location with a 2-word name'

Answer: Chichen Itza


Question: 'The Air Canada Centre opened on Feb. 20, 1999 with the 639th game between the Maple Leafs & these longtime rivals'

Answer: the (Montreal) Canadiens


Question: 'With a 9-1/2 foot wingspan, this largest land bird in North America can be seen soaring over the Grand Canyon'

Answer: a condor


Question:
'A glance,
a base,
thunder'

Answer: things you steal


Question: 'To do this to "the floor" is to finish one's remarks after speaking on an issue'

Answer: to yield the floor


Question: 'Designed for millennium celebrations, it's the London "body part" seen here'

Answer: the London Eye


Question: 'In 1913 the Pacific Coast Hockey Association introduced these, which form the border of teams' defensive zones'

Answer: the blue lines


Question: 'The sandhill, seen here, is the most abundant species of this bird'

Answer: a crane


Question:
'Farmer Hoggett,
Paul Bunyan,
the 1920 Yankees'

Answer: things with a Babe


Question: 'Term for the Senate's official adviser on rules & procedures for conducting Senate business'

Answer: the parliamentarian


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.)  Calcite formations called soda straws are precursors to these larger formations that grow from cave ceilings'

Answer: stalactites


Question: 'Lisa Marie Presley'

Answer: Priscilla Presley


Question: 'It's the official state berry of Massachusetts--let us all give thanks'

Answer: cranberry


Question: 'Jack London often purchased story ideas, including "The Assassination Bureau", from this "Babbitt" author'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'It's exercise like jumping jacks or pushups; drop & give me 20!'

Answer: calisthenics


Question: 'Sara Jane Moore was one of 2 would-be assassins of this man in 1975'

Answer: Gerald Ford


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the amphitheater at Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.)  Carlsbad Caverns, not San Juan Capistrano, is home to what may be the USA's largest colony of the cave species of this bird, which cohabits with the bats'

Answer: the swallow


Question: 'Ben Stiller'

Answer: Anne Meara


Question: 'Pucker up for this official state pie of Florida'

Answer: key lime


Question: 'Beauty Smith trains the title wolf dog to become a lethal dog fighter in this Jack London novel'

Answer: White Fang


Question: 'For a .44 magnum firearm, it's what the .44 is'

Answer: caliber


Question: 'Spencer Perceval, the only British prime minister to be assassinated, was killed in the meeting place of this body'

Answer: the House of Commons


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the amphitheater at Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.)  Each night thousands of Mexican freetail bats leave the batcave in search of food using this process in which sound reflects off prey'

Answer: echolocation


Question: 'Rumer Willis'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'This melon made it big--really big--as Oklahoma's state vegetable (yep, vegetable--they already had a state fruit)'

Answer: watermelon


Question: 'The 1913 Hobart Bosworth film is the first movie of this Jack London novel about Wolf Larsen & his ship'

Answer: The Sea Wolf


Question: 'Sea nymph who detained Odysseus for 7 years'

Answer: Calypso


Question: 'Engelbert Dollfuss, the chancellor of this neighbor of Germany, was assassinated by Nazis in 1934'

Answer: Austria


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew wriggles through a small cave opening at Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.)  Carlsbad is part of an ancient one of these structures, on the edge of an inland sea; it was mostly formed by the remains of algae & sponges, not coral'

Answer: a reef


Question: 'Shaun Cassidy'

Answer: Shirley Jones


Question: 'The official state drink of Rhode Island is milk with this flavor syrup; that'll wake you up'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'In "The Call of the Wild", a dog with this name is stolen & forced to be a working dog in Alaska'

Answer: Buck


Question: 'Port city indicated here'

Answer: Calais


Question: 'Bearing the name of the man who filmed it, it's the best-known recording of JFK's assassination'

Answer: the Zapruder film


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from inside Carlsbad Caverns Nat'l Park, New Mexico.)  The immense chambers in the cave at Carlsbad Cavern are the result of the aggressive dissolution of limestone by this acid, H2SO4'

Answer: sulfuric acid


Question: 'Sean Astin'

Answer: Patty Duke


Question: 'Natchitoches meat pie, which has its own festival, is the official meat pie of this state'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The popular Jack London story "To Build" this is about a man trying to survive a harsh Yukon winter night'

Answer: a fire


Question: 'In 1835, this U.S. president survived an assassination attempt when both pistols used by the gunman misfired'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'A NASA Mars lander has this mythic name because it was made of parts from a scrapped 2001 mission'

Answer: Phoenix


Question: 'This "Brown Bomber" successfully defended his heavyweight title for the 17th time on May 23, 1941'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'The American League's Boston Pilgrims won the first of these in 1903'

Answer: World Series


Question: 'The jaws of this creature helped give Captain Hook his name:'

Answer: Crocodile


Question: 'It's the ordinal name for a friend who would accompany you to your duel'

Answer: Second


Question: 'Originating in 1911, this annual Indiana event is attended by 400,000 people'

Answer: Indianapolis 500


Question: 'As a child, the first film Steven ever saw was this Cecil B. DeMille circus extravaganza'

Answer: The Greatest Show on Earth


Question: 'On February 14 this general's Afrika Korps arrived in Tripoli'

Answer: Erwin Rommel


Question: 'This NYC complex is noted for its huge twin towers of 110 stories each'

Answer: World Trade Center


Question: 'This plant seen here with jaws agape is found in the Carolinas, not on another planet:'

Answer: Venus Flytrap


Question: 'In English-speaking countries, once a duel was accepted, this person chose the weapons to be used'

Answer: The person being challenged


Question: 'This famous wandering planter is himself planted in Fort Wayne'

Answer: Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman)


Question: 'Vilmos Zsigmond won an Oscar as Steven's cinematographer on this 1977 sci-fi hit'

Answer: Close Encounters of the Third Kind


Question: 'It's like this, see, Bogie brightened this dark John Huston-directed film which premiered October 3'

Answer: The Maltese Falcon


Question: 'Peter Jennings hosts this show on ABC'

Answer: World News Tonight


Question: 'Seen here, the bone-crunching jaws of this carnivore are no "laughing" matter:'

Answer: Hyena


Question: 'The mensur, or student duel, is still a feature of university life in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In 1906 U.S. Steel planted itself firmly in this city'

Answer: Gary


Question: 'A critic once compared the panic on the beach scene in "Jaws" to this film's "Odessa Steps" sequence'

Answer: Battleship Potemkin


Question: 'On June 7 Whirlaway became only the fifth horse to win this coveted trifecta'

Answer: Triple Crown


Question: 'Abbreviated the WTO, it promotes & enforces international commerce laws'

Answer: World Trade Organization


Question: 'This product was originally developed for race car drivers:'

Answer: Jaws of Life


Question: 'From the Middle French for "glove", this item was often thrown down to challenge another to a duel'

Answer: Gauntlet


Question: 'The lowest point in the Hoosier State is on this river with another state's name'

Answer: Ohio River


Question: 'Steven directed Joan Crawford in the pilot for this innovative Rod Serling anthology'

Answer: Night Gallery


Question: 'Fearing German occupation, U.S. forces took control of this north Atlantic island nation on July 7'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'A giant panda is the symbol of this international organization'

Answer: World Wildlife Fund


Question: 'Prominent family noted for their prominent jaws, as seen here:'

Answer: Hapsburgs


Question: 'In the 16th century numerous deaths & injuries from dueling prompted Charles IX of this country to ban it'

Answer: France


Question: 'Indiana University began to "flower" in this city in 1820'

Answer: Bloomington


Question: 'This 22-minute Spielberg film about 2 people who hitchhike west lends its name to one of his companies'

Answer: Amblin\'


Question: 'Daniel Pierce Thompson wrote an 1839 novel about these "Boys" led by Ethan Allen'

Answer: Green Mountain Boys


Question: 'We don't know who invented it, but it appeared on a cart in Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago'

Answer: Wheel


Question: 'The formation of new political organizations has been the hallmark of his presidential bids:<br />(in 1992 & 1996)'

Answer: H. Ross Perot


Question: 'As a hedonist, Epicurus believed this is the only good in life, but only in moderation'

Answer: Pleasure


Question:
'"Zenyatta Mondatta",
"Ghost in the Machine",
"Synchronicity"'

Answer: The Police


Question: 'Regard with awe, or a Paul of the Revolutionary War'

Answer: Revere


Question: 'A preacher decides to hide his face forever in "The Minister's Black Veil", one of this author's "Twice-Told Tales"'

Answer: Nathaniel Hawthorne


Question: 'Stone item seen here from the Neolithic, or "New Stone" Age'

Answer: Arrowhead


Question: 'By January of 1992 he narrowed the gap, but ultimately lost the Republican nomination:'

Answer: Pat Buchanan


Question: 'Heraclitus observed that because "all is flux", you can't step twice into the same one of these'

Answer: River


Question:
'"Tusk",
"Tango in the Night",
"The Dance"'

Answer: Fleetwood Mac


Question: 'To withdraw from membership in a group; on January 9, 1861 Mississippi did it'

Answer: Secede


Question: 'Henry James often visited his grandmother's home on this "Presidential" square (& named a novel for it)'

Answer: Washington Square


Question: 'This word for the block on which blacksmiths shape metal also refers to the lower plate of a stapler'

Answer: Anvil


Question: 'His presidential campaign has become a metaphor for political self-destruction:'

Answer: Gary Hart


Question: 'Of Berkeley's theory of the non-existence of this, Dr. Johnson kicked a stone & said, "I refute it thus"'

Answer: Matter


Question: '"Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)",<br />"Touch"'

Answer: The Eurythmics


Question: 'Nickname given the overnight flight from L.A. to NYC'

Answer: Redeye


Question: '"District of Columbia" was the second trilogy of novels by this author of the trilogy "U.S.A."'

Answer: John Dos Passos


Question: 'Sometime in the 13th century Europeans thought to attach this steering apparatus to the sternpost'

Answer: Rudder


Question: 'She campaigned vigorously for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972:'

Answer: Shirley Chisholm


Question: 'Charles Sanders Peirce was the founder of this -ism whose name is from Greek for "practical"'

Answer: Pragmatism


Question: '"Mellow Gold",<br />"Odelay"'

Answer: Beck


Question: 'To fail to carry out a promise; you may do it "on a business deal"'

Answer: Renege


Question: 'His novel "Sister Carrie" was inspired by his own sister Emma, who ran off with a married man'

Answer: Theodore Dreiser


Question: 'It originally had a stone or wood blade, but "The Man With" one in the Markham poem probably used metal'

Answer: Hoe


Question: 'His presidential candidacy split the vote in 1980:'

Answer: John Anderson


Question: 'Jacques Derrida originated this type of analysis that "tears down" its subject'

Answer: Deconstruction


Question:
'"Magic Bus",
"Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy",
"Face Dances"'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'A form of address for some royalty, it means calm & unruffled'

Answer: Serene


Question: 'Of the 6 official languages of the United Nations, the one spoken by the fewest people worldwide'

Answer: French


Question: 'Canada's "Great Bear" one covers over 12,000 square miles'

Answer: Lake


Question: 'Played by Neil Patrick Harris, this genius graduated from med school at age 14'

Answer: Doogie Howser, M.D.


Question: 'Of 570, 1170 or 1570, the traditional year of the prophet Muhammad's birth'

Answer: 570


Question: 'They're a plant's anchor & can have a fibrous or tap system'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'When you have something more important to do, you have "other" these "to fry"'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'They can be demi-, underwire or push-up'

Answer: Brassieres


Question: 'Some geographers say there's an "Antarctic" one of these, formed by the southern parts of the big 3'

Answer: Ocean


Question: 'This Warner Bros. cartoon rooster once attempted to band with Junior, the Widow Hen's genius son -- didn't work'

Answer: Foghorn Leghorn


Question: 'Qiblah is the term for the direction Muslims face when praying towards this city'

Answer: Mecca


Question: 'Around 1940 scientists found that mutations in these chromosomal units result in defective enzymes'

Answer: Genes


Question: 'It's the "canine" term for a simple form of swimming'

Answer: Dogpaddle


Question: 'It's worn around the waist & clipped to the tops of stockings to keep them in place'

Answer: Garter belt


Question: 'A constricted passageway, specifically one that follows "Verrazano" in the name of a bridge'

Answer: Narrow


Question: 'This title boy genius of a FOX sitcom has 2 older brothers, Francis & Reese, & one younger, Dewey'

Answer: Malcolm (Malcolm In The Middle)


Question: 'Reflecting its origin in a pre-Islamic solar calendar, the name of this Muslim holy month means "great heat"'

Answer: Ramadan


Question: '3 kinds of these are sensory, motor & mixed'

Answer: Nerves


Question: 'Someone who's quite timid can't "say boo to" this silly bird'

Answer: Goose


Question: 'Used for lingerie & blouses, crepe de Chine is traditionally made from this insect fiber'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'Listen -- Albemarle, Pamlico & Long Island are famous ones'

Answer: Sounds


Question: 'Achievements of this "Family Matters" nerd included time travel & cloning'

Answer: Steve Urkel


Question: 'Referring to "The Sanctuary" of King Solomon's temple once found there, the Muslim name for this city is Al-Quds'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This calcified tissue that surrounds the pulp cavity of a tooth is a bone-like substance'

Answer: Dentin


Question: 'Proverbially, this crafty animal may grow gray, but never good'

Answer: Fox


Question: 'A Carroll Baker title role, or a short nightgown that can be sheer or opaque'

Answer: Baby doll


Question: 'On Florida's coast, Waccasassa is a bay, but Horseshoe, just north, is this 4-letter inlet'

Answer: Cove


Question: 'This Cartoon Network boy has a rival, Mandark, who has a laboratory of his own'

Answer: Dexter


Question: 'Considered a prophet of Islam, this founder of another religion is known as Isa Ibn Maryam'

Answer: Jesus


Question: 'This "ology" is concerned with the development of the fertilized egg & the growth of the fetus'

Answer: Embryology


Question: 'To confront someone defiantly, perhaps on his home turf, is to "beard" this animal "in his den"'

Answer: Lion


Question: 'From Latin for "linen shirt", it's a short lingerie top that's fitted over the bust & ends at the waistline'

Answer: Camisole


Question: 'An environmental revolution was ignited in the '80s after scientists discovered a "hole" in this'

Answer: Ozone layer


Question: '"Wild Man Blues" chronicles this film director & clarinetist's  1996 European tour'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'The tale of these 2 cities is told in "A Tale Of Two Cities"'

Answer: London & Paris


Question: 'This president who made Georges Pompidou premier in 1962 was succeeded by him as president in 1969'

Answer: Charles de Gaulle


Question: 'Traditionally you make a Caesar salad with this type of lettuce'

Answer: Romaine


Question: 'He works in a funeral home'

Answer: Undertaker


Question: 'MTV launched the music-television revolution in 1981, one year after this channel began the news revolution'

Answer: CNN (Cable News Network)


Question: 'Subject of the Rick Burns film seen here & shown as part of the "American Experience" on PBS (skyline with the World Trade Center)'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'The harsh conditions of this industry were exposed in Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle"'

Answer: the meatpacking industry


Question: 'If Georges Nagelmackers hadn't set up this railroad line in 1883, we'd have 1 less Agatha Christie novel'

Answer: Orient Express


Question: 'New Zealanders have been known to use the fuzzy skin of this fruit to fix bicycle tire punctures'

Answer: Kiwi fruit


Question: 'A freshman or a sophomore'

Answer: Undergraduate


Question: 'In 1978 California voters revolted, passing Proposition 13 to cut these taxes'

Answer: Property taxes


Question: 'The title of "The Thin Blue Line", about a man convicted of murder, refers to this group'

Answer: Police officers


Question: 'This historic figure is the title subject of Robert Bolt's "A Man For All Seasons"'

Answer: St. Thomas More


Question: 'In 1919 this French premier helped negotiate the Treaty of Versailles'

Answer: Georges Clemenceau


Question: 'This melon is named for a former Papal summer home near Rome'

Answer: Cantaloupe


Question: 'One who learns another actor's part in case an emergency replacement is needed'

Answer: Understudy


Question: 'The information revolution goes back in part to the internet Vinton Cerf set up in 1973 for this cabinet dept.'

Answer: Defense Department


Question: 'This strategist, the "Ragin' Cajun", is one of the stars of "The War Room", about the 1992 Clinton campaign'

Answer: James Carville


Question: 'Algernon is one of these unfortunate creatures in "Flowers For Algernon"'

Answer: Mouse


Question: 'Made an apprentice house painter in 1899, in 1902 he moved to Paris & helped start Cubism'

Answer: Georges Braque


Question: 'Montmorency & Morello are 2 sour varieties of this fruit'

Answer: Cherries


Question: 'The supporting framework beneath a vehicle'

Answer: Undercarriage


Question: 'The June 27, 1969 police raid at this Greenwich Village bar sparked a gay & lesbian revolution'

Answer: The Stonewall Inn


Question: 'Wim Wenders directed this acclaimed 1999 film about legendary Cuban musicians'

Answer: The Buena Vista Social Club


Question: 'In the collections "My Man Jeeves", "Very Good, Jeeves" & "Thank You, Jeeves", he's Jeeves' employer'

Answer: Bertie Wooster


Question: 'Encarta credits Georges Auguste Escoffier with the creation of 10,000 of these'

Answer: Recipes


Question: 'Native to Mexico, this small green vegetable is the main ingredient in salsa verde'

Answer: Tomatillo


Question: 'In WWII Winston Churchill called Italy the soft this of the Axis'

Answer: Underbelly


Question: 'On October 28, 1962 this 68-year-old world leader "blinked"'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'The youngest branch of the U.S. military, it was created soon after World War II'

Answer: the Air Force


Question: 'The most basic command; you may have to push down on the dog's hindquarters to teach it'

Answer: sit


Question: 'It's the smallest continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In 1870 William J. Canby claimed this woman, his grandmother, made the first U.S. flag; few now support his claim'

Answer: Betsy Ross


Question: 'This song by Christina Aguilera says, "You are" this, "no matter what they say" & "in every single way"'

Answer: beautiful


Question: 'One tenth of a buck'

Answer: a dime


Question: 'This empire ruled in what is now Mexico during the 1400s & early 1500s'

Answer: the Aztecs


Question: 'Many puppies first meet this professional at age 8 weeks, for worming & shots'

Answer: a veterinarian


Question: 'It's the continent where you'll find the countries of Mauritania, Equatorial Guinea & Zambia'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'It's the total number of red stripes on the American flag'

Answer: 7


Question: 'This teen from Orlando proved that she was "So Real" with hits like "Candy"'

Answer: Mandy Moore


Question: 'A small citrus fruit'

Answer: a lime


Question: 'On Sept. 2, 1864 General Sherman captured this city, subsequently burning much of it to the ground'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'A puppy of this dogged breed of dog is seen here'

Answer: a bulldog


Question: 'Lebanon, Italy & Spain all border this large sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean Sea


Question: 'In 1840 the U.S. flag first flew over this continent during the Charles Wilkes expedition'

Answer: Antarctica


Question:
'This performer had a song on the "Scooby-Doo" soundtrack; he shares his name with a character in the movie

"She call me
Mr. Boombastic /
Say me fantastic /
Touch me on me back, she say..."'

Answer: Shaggy


Question: 'Period or interval'

Answer: time


Question: 'In 336 B.C., at age 20, he became king of the Macedonians'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'Healthy Morsels, one version of this Purina brand, includes those doggy favorites peas & carrots'

Answer: Puppy Chow


Question: 'Covering almost 30,000 square miles, this country consists of the northern third of the Island of Great Britain'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'On August 3, 1949 Pres. Truman signed a resolution designating this date as Flag Day'

Answer: June 14


Question: '"Uh Huh" & "Girlfriend" are hit songs by this foursome of Omarion, J Boog, Raz B & Lil Fizz'

Answer: B2K


Question: 'The highest quality grade of beef'

Answer: prime


Question: 'It's the first name of Italian navigator Vespucci, who made several trips to the New World around 1500'

Answer: Amerigo


Question: 'Named for a former U.S. president, this mountain peak in Denali N.P. is the highest point in the United States'

Answer: Mount McKinley


Question: 'On July 20, 1969 astronauts first planted the U.S. flag on the Moon in an area called the Sea of this'

Answer: Tranquility


Question: 'In April 2003 this rapper topped the Billboard chart with his song "In Da Club"'

Answer: 50 Cent


Question: 'This variety of performer dates back to the Ancient Greeks'

Answer: a mime


Question: 'It's the number of the current year rounded to the nearest thousand'

Answer: 2000


Question: '(Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew tries to sound "hip" & "with it".) What is up, dawg?  Don't I sound like this "American Idol" judge and Grammy-winning producer, dawg?'

Answer: Randy


Question: 'Like mother, like daughter: her daughter Irene Joliot-Curie also won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry'

Answer: Marie Curie


Question:
'The personal computer,
the light bulb,
the transistor radio'

Answer: the light bulb


Question: 'The Bulls are beastly when they slam it down in this NBA home city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'This wormlike creature is a butterfly or moth in the larval stage'

Answer: a caterpillar


Question: 'A foot & a half equals this many inches'

Answer: 18


Question: '(Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew tries to be helpful.  But she just isn't.)  I'm sure my son, Alec, was grateful when I told him to pull up his pants so this pugilistic items wouldn't show & embarrass him'

Answer: boxers


Question: 'Researchers say this man killed in 1865 might have been so tall and thin due to a rare condition called Marfan's syndrome'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question:
'Tom Sawyer,
Harry Potter,
Nancy Drew'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'The NFL's Dolphins ride the surf to glory in this city'

Answer: Miami


Question: 'This small, heavy object, often made of glass, is designed to keep stuff from blowing off your desk'

Answer: a paperweight


Question: 'As a ratio, 7 is to 10 as this is to 30'

Answer: 21


Question: '(Oh-oh!  Mom Cheryl is no Beyonce or Lucy Liu.)  Hey ya!  The rhymes are tight & I'm shaking it just like one of these in that OutKast song'

Answer: a Polaroid picture


Question: 'This great German composer of "Fur Elise" was born in Bonn in 1770'

Answer: Beethoven


Question:
'World War I,
the U.S. Civil War,
the War of 1812'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'In the NHL, the Bruins bruise up the opposition when in this home city'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Doctors can look at blood cells under this magnifying instrument'

Answer: a microscope


Question: 'If you get 12 questions right out of the 20 on your history test, you got this percent correct'

Answer: 60


Question: '(Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew is left incredulous by fashion.)  I can't believe my kids want clothes from this "Farm"--they're not the least bit chubby'

Answer: Phat Farm


Question: 'This French military leader was a major general in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War'

Answer: the Marquis de Lafayette


Question:
'Hillary Clinton,
Dolley Madison,
Eleanor Roosevelt'

Answer: Dolley Madison


Question: 'This Texas city hosts the WNBA's Comets & the NBA's Rockets, y'all'

Answer: Houston


Question: 'Ross Powers won the men's superpipe at the 2003 U.S. Open in this sport'

Answer: snowboarding


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an inequality on the chalkboard.)  For a set of odd numbers described thusly, they're the three possible values for n'

Answer: 5, 7, & 9


Question: '(Mom Cheryl of the Clue Crew exhorts you to some juvenile fun.)  Come on, let's hit the half pipe & do a few tail slides, like this guy who landed the first ever 900 at the X Games'

Answer: (Tony) Hawk


Question: 'In Islamic tradition, Bilqis is the name of Solomon's guest, the queen of this'

Answer: Sheba


Question:
'California statehood,
Texas statehood,
Massachusetts statehood'

Answer: Massachusetts statehood


Question: 'The NHL's Mighty Ducks get off skate free playing their home games in this city'

Answer: Anaheim


Question: 'It's a list of the sources you used when writing a research paper'

Answer: a bibliography


Question: '11-year-old Frank Epperson invented this by accident when his fruit drink froze after being left outside overnight'

Answer: the popsicle


Question: 'This tiny nation in the Pyrenees is one of the 3 nations of Europe officially designated as principalities'

Answer: Andorra


Question: '(Hi, I'm Bill Walton.)  On March 26, 1973 I helped this school to the NCAA championship by making 21 of 22 shots against Memphis State'

Answer: UCLA


Question: 'Collectors of this ever-fashionable doll know that she's celebrating the 45th anniversary of her debut'

Answer: Barbie


Question: 'In 275 B.C. Manius Curius Dentatus brought the first of these animals to Rome; that was about 60 years before Hannibal'

Answer: an elephant


Question: 'Mainstream street spot where politicians seem to stay'

Answer: the middle of the road


Question: 'Some strive to have abs as hard & ripply as this laundry implement'

Answer: washboards


Question: 'Appropriately, it's the "Hellenic Republic"'

Answer: Greece


Question: '(Hi, I'm Becky Hammond.)  In game 1 of the 2002 WNBA finals, I was 4 for 6 on these shots--"beyond the arc", as we say'

Answer: 3-point shots


Question: 'The Waxhouse/Scentmasters sells starter kits for making these; they contain wax, scenting oil & plenty of wick'

Answer: candles


Question: 'In 67 B.C. Pompey was out fighting these on the high seas of the Mediterranean'

Answer: pirates


Question: 'In the '90s, FOB didn't mean "freight on board", it stood for "Friends of" him'

Answer: Bill (Clinton)


Question: 'To hone or stimulate, like an appetite or one's curiosity'

Answer: to whet


Question: 'One of the world's 2 sultanates'

Answer: Brunei (or Oman)


Question: '(Hi, I'm Julius Erving.)  With under 3 minutes teft, I scored 7 straight points to rally this team in the game that won us the 1983 NBA titte'

Answer: the Philadelphia 76ers


Question: 'Patricius, the son of Calpurnius, a Roman nobleman, traveled to & became the patron saint of this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'They're referred to so often they're just called WMD'

Answer: weapons of mass destruction


Question: 'An eddy or a maelstrom'

Answer: a whirlpool


Question: 'Since its former rulers were defeated, it's been known as a "transitional Islamic state"'

Answer: Afghanistan


Question: '(I'm Jalen Rose.)  In a 2003 game I had 21 points, 11 assists & 14 rebounds for my first career one of these'

Answer: a triple-double


Question: 'The Romans founded the city of Antinoopolis in Egypt to honor Antinous, who had drowned in this river'

Answer: the Nile


Question: 'News organizations find politicians speak in these quotable snappy snippets'

Answer: sound bites


Question: 'A river, canal or other route for transport or travel for ships'

Answer: a waterway


Question: 'This European country is a confederation'

Answer: Switzerland