Question: 'The royal this coach is seen here in a 19th century art work--whatever, it's probably all bills & other junk'

Answer: a mail coach


Question: 'The Variety headline when this couple married June 29, 1956 read, "Egghead Weds Hourglass"'

Answer: Arthur Miller & Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'I was told this man thinks a mustache makes game show hosts look more intelligent & thoughtful'

Answer: Pat Sajak


Question: 'This enclosure for horses or cattle was usually made of posts or poles; temporary ones were of rope'

Answer: corral


Question: 'Obviously feeling no one could replace him, Fillmore never named anyone to this cabinet-level job'

Answer: vice president


Question:
'Derek,
Schembechler,
Peep'

Answer: Bo


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew tees off at the Porter Valley Golf Club.)  The putt I just sank gave me one-over-par on the hole, also called this'

Answer: bogey


Question: 'There are this many cards in one player's hand in standard draw poker'

Answer: 5


Question: 'The hairless miniature Xoloitzcuintli of this North American country wanted to look macho'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'This cookhouse on wheels was said to have been invented by Charles Goodnight who modified an army wagon'

Answer: chuck wagon


Question: 'Under Fillmore the price of this dropped from 5 cents to 3; in 2001, it went up from 33 cents to 34'

Answer: first-class postage stamp


Question:
'Magdalene,
Cassatt,
Worth'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'First awarded in 1958, an amateur golf trophy is named for this U.S. president'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question: 'In an expression possibly from Shakespeare's time, a short-lived sensation is this many "days' wonder"'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Rumor has it this woman infiltrated the vast right-wing conspiracy by wearing a clever disguise'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'Slang term for the cemetery of a western town; Dodge City's dates back to 1872'

Answer: boot hill


Question: 'The Fillmore-approved Compromise of 1850 included admitting this "Golden State" into the Union'

Answer: California


Question:
'Sheen,
Chaplin,
Brown'

Answer: Charlie


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley.)  I'm ready to tee off; if my shot curves to the right, it's a slice; if it curves to the left, it's called this'

Answer: hook


Question: 'In a 1960 film, this title number of crooks, led by Danny Ocean, plan a Vegas caper'

Answer: 11


Question: 'Photos by NASA's Pathfinder revealed the face formation has a new addition on this planet'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'When riding a wild horse, it was a disgrace to have to "grab the apple" to stay on, the apple being this'

Answer: saddle horn


Question: 'Don't flip out if you don't know Fillmore was the last president from this political party'

Answer: Whigs


Question:
'Wallace,
Tyson,
Doonesbury'

Answer: Mike


Question: 'Each year this Georgia city hosts the Masters golf tournament'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'Number of stars in the Big Dipper'

Answer: 7


Question: 'This governor wants to appeal to young punks when he gets back into pro wrestling'

Answer: Jesse Ventura


Question: 'Originally applied to a gun named for its inventor, it later became generic for small single-shot pistols'

Answer: Derringer


Question: 'Fillmore died in 1874 & was buried in this city in New York state, later the site of McKinley's assassination'

Answer: Buffalo


Question:
'Frank,
Oldfield,
Rubble'

Answer: Barney


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Porter Valley.)  Though technically illegal, the retaking of a lousy shot is known by this last name'

Answer: Mulligan


Question: 'The traditional number of those who attended the Last Supper'

Answer: 13


Question: 'In 1975 H&G featured a futuristic house with mylar panels for this type of electric power'

Answer: solar power


Question: 'In 1993 this "SNL" alum returned to TV as a late-night talk show host, but lasted only 6 weeks'

Answer: Chevy Chase


Question: '1851:<br />"The Whale"'

Answer: Moby Dick


Question: 'Though he was only a TV doctor, in 1979 he received an honorary M.D. from Columbia's medical school'

Answer: Alan Alda


Question: 'Joseph Haydn was a choirboy at St. Stephen's until this happened to him & he was cut adrift in Vienna'

Answer: puberty (his voice changed)


Question: 'One of the 5 K's of Sikh belief, Kesh is the vow never to cut this'

Answer: hair


Question: 'Early in H&G history, a regular feature was this season's planting number, as seen here'

Answer: autumn


Question: 'Protests by gay rights groups cost this radio "doctor" sponsors for her TV show'

Answer: Dr. Laura Schlessinger


Question: '1623:<br />"What You Will"'

Answer: Twelfth Night


Question: 'This magic word is the title of a No, 1 hit by the Steve Miller Band'

Answer: Abracadabra


Question: 'The tick-tock rhythm in the symphony heard here led to this nickname'

Answer: "Clock Symphony"


Question: 'Suburban decade during which H&G ran the cover seen here'

Answer: 1950s


Question: 'Teens & critics protested when ABC dropped this low-rated Claire Danes series midseason'

Answer: My So-Called Life


Question: '1818:<br />"The Modern Prometheus"'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'It's the fear of open spaces'

Answer: agoraphobia


Question: 'The symphony known as La Poule or "The Hen" is one of the 6 named for this capital city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Her assassination in 1984 was in retaliation for an attack she ordered on the Sikhs' holiest shrine'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'In December 1956 this film director might have saved readers by showing how to carve a Christmas turkey'

Answer: Alfred Hitchcock


Question: 'In 1989 housewife Terry Rakolta tried to get advertisers & viewers to boycott this Fox sitcom'

Answer: Married... with Children


Question: '1852:<br />"Life Among the Lowly"'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'The walls around this Spanish city were 400 years old when St. Teresa lived there'

Answer: Avila


Question: 'This composer dedicated a set of 6 quartets to Haydn, who was 24 years his senior'

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart


Question: 'Now a term for any spiritual guide, this term was first applied to Nanak, the founder of the Sikh faith'

Answer: guru


Question: 'A 1949 issue showed the very modern home of this architect & Bauhaus founder'

Answer: Walter Gropius


Question: 'Religious groups protested this '90s drama in which Kevin Anderson played a priest dealing with sensitive issues'

Answer: Nothing Sacred


Question: '1872:<br />George Eliot's "Study of Provincial Life"'

Answer: Middlemarch


Question: 'This "stately" Confederate cruiser sank many ships before being sunk by the Kearsarge off the coast of France'

Answer: the Alabama


Question: 'In the 1770s even the mellow Haydn was influenced by this movement whose name means "storm & stress"'

Answer: Sturm und Drang


Question: 'In 1966 this Indian state was divided to create a homeland for members of the Sikh faith'

Answer: Punjab


Question: 'In April 2001 Kevin Costner screened his flim "Thirteen Days" for this man, a key player in the events portrayed'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'As the Mayan god of merchants, Ek Chuah was responsible for this yummy bean, once the standard Mayan currency'

Answer: Cacao bean


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew holds a feathered headdress at Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.)  Felipe Rose, who wore this costume as part of this '70s group, has since founded Tomahawk Records'

Answer: The Village People


Question: 'If in a hurry, grab a prewashed salad mix, perhaps with the red leaf & green leaf types of this'

Answer: lettuce


Question:
'Maine,
Maryland,
Montana'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'Depending on the source, he "stuck a feather in his cap" or "in his hat and called it macaroni"'

Answer: Yankee Doodle


Question: 'If you take a nappy in London, it's one of these to put on a baby'

Answer: a diaper


Question: 'The Voodoo of New Orleans owes a debt to this Caribbean nation once known as St. Domingue'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'In 2004, for the 40th anniversary of the Fab 4 in the U.S., EMP presents an exhibit titled this, like a 1977 Broadway show'

Answer: Beatlemania


Question: 'If you're buying a whole fish, these (on the fish) should be clear & not sunken'

Answer: eyes


Question:
'Wisconsin,
Wyoming,
Washington'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'According to the proverb, "Birds of a feather" do this'

Answer: flock together


Question: 'The type of car the Brits call an estate car, we Americans call one of these wagons'

Answer: a station wagon


Question: 'By definition, the Hashemites are either direct or collateral descendants of this prophet'

Answer: Muhammad


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew holds a giant black boot at Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.)  The dragon boots were part of the finery of this hard rock band'

Answer: Kiss


Question: 'Mom, not shredded wheat!  Please can we get Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers from this company, can we please?'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question:
'Ohio,
Oklahoma,
Oregon'

Answer: Oregon


Question: 'For a Plains Indian's war bonnet, the best feathers were from this bird'

Answer: an eagle


Question: 'If you're challenged to a game of draughts in a Birmingham pub, be prepared to contest this board game'

Answer: checkers


Question: 'Parasurama is the... let me see, fourth, fifth... no, sixth avatar of this Hindu god'

Answer: Vishnu


Question: 'In the area called DJ Hallway, learn scratching & the other aspects of this -ism'

Answer: turntablism


Question: 'You'll get fresher milk from the bottom of your market's display case for this reason'

Answer: because it\'s colder at the bottom


Question:
'Nebraska,
Nevada,
North Carolina'

Answer: Nevada


Question: 'A female swan, or what a quill can be used as'

Answer: a pen


Question: 'If your mechanic in Manchester needs a spanner to fix your car, he's asking for one of these'

Answer: a wrench


Question: 'From the Latin for a room that can be locked, it's a meeting assembled to choose a pope'

Answer: a conclave


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew holds a red hat at the Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.)  Experience Music Project has a hat from the collection of this man from Romeo, Michigan'

Answer: Kid Rock


Question: 'Choose one of these with evenly distributed netting'

Answer: cantaloupe


Question:
'American Samoa,
Bermuda,
Puerto Rico'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: 'It's what Daedalus used to hold the feathers together in the wings he made for himself & his son'

Answer: wax


Question: 'If the Westminster Bobby pulls out his truncheon, be worried because it's one of these'

Answer: a club (or a nightstick)


Question: 'About 2,000 British soldiers were killed or wounded by Jackson's troops in this last engagement of the war'

Answer: Battle of New Orleans


Question: 'This adjective can be applied to writers like Shelley & Hugo as well as to a "getaway" for 2'

Answer: Romantic


Question: 'Myopia is the medical term for this'

Answer: nearsightedness


Question: 'On May 25, 1935 he slugged the last 3 home runs of his career--numbers 712, 713 & 714'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: '"A Private Disgrace" & "Forty Whacks"'

Answer: Lizzie Borden


Question: 'The Fianna Fail political party's name means "Warriors of" this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In April 1813, the U.S. captured Toronto, but this general after whom a Colorado mountain is named died in the battle'

Answer: Zebulon Pike


Question: 'The logo of the National Beagle Club doesn't show a beagle but this scared animal that beagles hunt'

Answer: a rabbit


Question: 'This is the common name for a lumbar puncture, used to test for meningitis'

Answer: a spinal tap


Question: 'On July 6, 1933 this city's Comiskey Park hosted the first All-Star Game; the American League won, 4-2'

Answer: Chicago


Question: '"Against the Current" & "Far Side of Paradise"'

Answer: F. Scott Fitzgerald


Question: 'From the Latin for "inactivity" it's the tendency of a body to resist change in its motion'

Answer: inertia


Question: 'On December 29, 1812 this famous U.S. frigate defeated the British frigate Java off the coast of Brazil'

Answer: the Constitution


Question: 'Big Sandy isn't a feared bouncer, but a river that divides Kentucky from this "Mountain State"'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'Properly called the optic disk, it's the region of the retina that has no rods or cones'

Answer: the blind spot


Question: 'In 1939 Red Sox rookie batted .327; 2 years later his batting average increased 79 points'

Answer: Ted Williams


Question: '"American Caesar" & "Old Soldiers Never Die"'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'Astrud Gilberto had a monster hit song about "The Girl From" this place'

Answer: Ipanema


Question: 'In 1813 this naval officer supervised the building of American ships to strengthen the Navy's fleet on Lake Erie'

Answer: Oliver Hazard Perry


Question: 'Official job title of the person who directs the largest library in the world'

Answer: the Librarian of Congress


Question: 'An LFT tests the function of this organ'

Answer: the liver


Question: 'In 1934 this eccentric St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who won 30 games was named the NL's most valuable player'

Answer: Dizzy Dean


Question: '"Prince of Humbugs" & "The Fabulous Showman"'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam are part of this peninsula'

Answer: Indochina


Question: 'A provision of this treaty ending the war set up a commission to settle the boundary between the U.S. & Canada'

Answer: the Treaty of Ghent


Question: 'Born in 1714, this 3-initialed son of J.S. Bach became his father's student & successor'

Answer: Carl Phillip Emanual Bach


Question: 'Minor ailments can be treated by NPs (Nurse-practitioners) & PAs (these)'

Answer: physician assistants


Question: 'In June 1938 this Cincinnati Reds pitcher became the only man to pitch a no-hitter in 2 consecutive games'

Answer: Johnny Van Der Meer


Question: '"The Last Lion" & "Lion of Britain"'

Answer: Winston Churchill


Question: 'This innovative Russian designed the Soviet Union's IL-2, a famous dive-bombing fighter plane of WWII'

Answer: Sergei Ilyushin


Question: 'A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author'

Answer: Joseph Conrad


Question: 'In 1949 Indonesia became independent & Batavia became this capital city'

Answer: Jakarta


Question: 'Julia de Burgos, a celebrated poet of this U.S. commonwealth, was honored on a 2010 stamp'

Answer: Puerto Rico


Question: '"And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years"'

Answer: Genesis


Question: 'The 3-teired crown of this personage stands for spiritual power, temporal power & ecclesiastical power'

Answer: the pope


Question: '8-letter antlered migrants of the Arctic'

Answer: reindeer


Question: 'Fans of this NBA team can look up to the rafters & see 22 retired jerseys, including Larry Bird's'

Answer: the Celtics


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Kibbutz Amiad in Israel.)  When this city had problems treating its sewage prior to the 2008 Olympic games, Amiad's water filtration company helped with machines like the EBS filter'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'Stamps honoring Hanukkah have featured a menorah & this toy'

Answer: a dreidel


Question: 'Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, who is on the Lord's side?"'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'Ned Nederlander, Dusty Bottoms & Lucky Day go up against El Guapo in this 1986 movie'

Answer: The Three Amigos


Question: 'O, these first settlers in a region'

Answer: pioneers


Question: 'Go to camdenchat.com if you're a loyal fan of this major league baseball team'

Answer: the (Baltimore) Orioles


Question: 'With some 200 inches of rain per year, this capital of Liberia is one of the world's wettest cities'

Answer: Monrovia


Question: 'The Latin Music Legends series of course includes this woman in her signature fruity hat'

Answer: Carmen Miranda


Question: '"A wise son maketh a glad father:  but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother"'

Answer: Proverbs


Question: 'This secretary in Ronald Reagan's cabinet shares his name with one of the 3 men in a tub'

Answer: (James) Baker


Question: 'A thin layer of decorative wood used to cover a cheaper material'

Answer: a veneer


Question: 'This Super Bowl champion team is publicly owned by more than 110,000 of its rabidly loyal fans'

Answer: the (Green Bay) Packers


Question: 'This Irish city is home to Reginald's Tower, said to date from 1003, but is better known for its crystal'

Answer: Waterford


Question: 'This "hot dog" of a Supreme Court justice appears in profile on a 2009 stamp'

Answer: (Felix) Frankfurter


Question: '"For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas"'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'The 3 main classifications of these are active, dormant & extinct'

Answer: volcanoes


Question: 'D'Artagnan, eventually'

Answer: a musketeer


Question: 'Emerald City supporters are the home fans for the Sounders, this city's major league soccer team'

Answer: Seattle


Question: 'Morocco has its own "white house", this city whose name means just that'

Answer: Casablanca


Question: 'The year of the rabbit stamp depicts this fruit, eaten for good luck on the Chinese lunar new year'

Answer: kumquats


Question: '"But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face"'

Answer: Job


Question: 'The 3 orders of these monks are the Friars Minor, the Poor Clares & the Brothers & Sisters of Penance'

Answer: the Franciscans


Question: 'Clay-like mineral for tobacco pipes'

Answer: meerschaum


Question: 'This Columbus, Ohio NHL team pays homage to Union soldiers with its nickname'

Answer: the Blue Jackets


Question: 'This master of light verse mused, "God in His wisdom made the fly, and then forgot to tell us why"'

Answer: Ogden Nash


Question: '"Mr. Guevara"'

Answer: Che


Question:
'F. Murray
_____
_____
Nebraska'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'In the U.S. this brand owned by Unilever is tops in Mayo'

Answer: Hellman\'s


Question: 'These bloodsuckers have been put to use in medicine'

Answer: leeches


Question: 'In geometry, a straight line passing through the center of a circle is signified by this letter'

Answer: D


Question: 'He began a 1951 poem, "Good morning, Daddy!  Ain't you heard the boogie-woogie rumble of a dream deferred?"'

Answer: Langston Hughes


Question: '"Pacific's Dozen"'

Answer: Ocean\'s 12


Question:
'England's King
_____
_____
R. Luce'

Answer: John Henry


Question: 'Any way you slice it, mayonaise is primarily raw these, vinegar & vegetable oil'

Answer: egg yolks


Question: 'Hopefully you can be as happy as one of these high-fliers'

Answer: a lark


Question: 'An olympic dash on your program will have the number 100 followed by this letter'

Answer: M


Question: 'Even in a poem called "Desert Places", he wrote about "The ground almost covered smooth in snow"'

Answer: (Robert) Frost


Question: '"The accumulation of vehicles along highway routes"'

Answer: Traffic


Question:
'Law west of the
_____
_____
Moyers'

Answer: Pecos Bill


Question: 'The name of this fried-fish-friendly mayo-based sauce containing capers & pickles is likely derived from a word for "hell"'

Answer: tartar sauce


Question: 'The day of this critter can take 17 years to arrive'

Answer: the locust


Question: 'The lofty railroad in Chicago sometimes goes by this letter'

Answer: L


Question: 'A 1965 poem by this poet is titled "First Party At Ken Kesey's With Hell's Angels"'

Answer: Alan Ginsberg


Question: '"One well-behaved Bavarian"'

Answer: The Good German


Question:
'Red-breasted
____
____
ornament'

Answer: Robin Hood


Question: 'This numeric mayo-based dressing gets its name from a group of landmasses in the St. Lawrence River'

Answer: 1000-Island dressing


Question: 'Stink fights are popular among these ring-tailed procimeons'

Answer: lemurs


Question: 'One of these on a telescope refers to a power of magnification'

Answer: X


Question: 'In what he called a favorite poem, Wallace Stevens wrote, "The only emperor is the emperor of this dessert treat"'

Answer: ice cream


Question: '"Not within viewing range"'

Answer: Out Of Sight


Question:
'George Jean
_____
_____
& Hearty'

Answer: Nathan Hale


Question: 'This "re"-freshing spicy mayo sauce accompanies shellfish dishes in New Orleans'

Answer: a rémoulade


Question: 'It's the lumbering sea reptile seen here'

Answer: the loggerhead turtle


Question: 'In December 1967 Louis Washkansky, a patient in this country claimed, "I am a new Frankenstein"'

Answer: South Africa


Question: '"The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat"'

Answer: Eve


Question:
'"Shane",
"Shine",
"Shakespeare in Love"'

Answer: Shakespeare in Love


Question: 'The traditional remedy if this mammal sprays you is: rub tomato juice into your clothes, let stand 15 minutes & rinse'

Answer: a skunk


Question: 'There have been numerous avalanches in the Cascade Range's Stevens Pass in this state'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'Silkworms spin their cocoons by moving their heads in this numerical pattern figure skaters make on ice'

Answer: a figure eight


Question: 'The Chinese version of this astrological cycle covers 12 years'

Answer: the zodiac


Question: '"My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths"'

Answer: Daniel


Question:
'"Chinatown",
"Chicago",
"Fargo"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Varieties of tomato include beefsteak & these small ones that bear the name of a fruit of the genus Prunus'

Answer: cherry tomatoes (a plum tomato accepted)


Question: 'The first U.S. passenger rail fatalities occurred in this state when the Camden & Amboy train derailed'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'Before World War II, the biggest use for silk in the U.S. was to manufacture these for women'

Answer: stockings


Question: 'Title Greek character of a 1946 bestseller'

Answer: Zorba


Question: '"I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood"'

Answer: Judas Iscariot


Question:
'"Roman Holiday",
"American Graffiti",
"The French Connection"'

Answer: The French Connection


Question: 'It's believed tomatoes were first eaten & cultivated on this continent before being introduced to Europe'

Answer: South America


Question: 'In 1953 Worcester County saw one of the worst tornadoes in the history of this New England state'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'During World War II, silk was used to make the canopies of these; today they're usually made of nylon'

Answer: parachutes


Question: 'A scientist who studies clams or camels'

Answer: a zoologist


Question: '"Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea"'

Answer: Jonah


Question:
'"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof",
"The Silence of the Lambs",
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"'

Answer: The Silence of the Lambs


Question: 'The Italians call the tomato "pomodoro", meaning "golden" one of these fruits'

Answer: apple


Question: 'This U.S. mainland state has more active volcanoes than all other states combined; it's also the most earthquake prone'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'One silkworm is the larva of the Bombyx mori moth; "mori" comes from Morus multicalus, the scientific name of this tree'

Answer: the mulberry tree


Question: 'In 1902 Alfred Dreyfus attended this author's funeral'

Answer: Zola


Question: '"Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither"'

Answer: Joseph


Question:
'"Mrs. Miniver",
"Mister Roberts",
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"'

Answer: Mrs. Miniver


Question: 'Though nonpoisonous itself, the tomato is a member of this "deadly" plant family'

Answer: nightshade


Question: 'In 1972 14 towns were flooded when a coal mine's slag-pile dam collapsed in this mountain state'

Answer: West Virginia


Question: 'In the 500s A.D. this Byzantine emperor known for his code sent 2 monks to China to learn the secret of silk'

Answer: Justinian


Question: 'This prophet & religion founder was born around 630 B.C. in what's now Iran'

Answer: Zoroaster


Question: 'He wrote "Long Day's Journey into Night" in 1941, but it wasn't performed until 1956, 3 years after his death'

Answer: O\'Neill


Question: 'James Spader "practice"s for Crane, Poole & Schmidt on this show'

Answer: Boston Legal


Question: '...Key West, Florida'

Answer: Havana


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a shrimp boat in Savannah, GA.)  The bigger species of shrimp with the larger nippers on the second pair of thoracic legs are called these'

Answer: prawns


Question:
'Gipper gabber,
crafty Californian,
"Bonzo" bedmate'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'A 2004 magnitude 9.3 earthquake produced a deadly one of these that had people curious well into 2005'

Answer: a tsunami


Question: 'Although he was Irish-born, most of his works after WWII, including "Waiting for Godot", were written in French'

Answer: Beckett


Question: 'In 1963 this Erle Stanley Gardner title character suffered his only loss in a TV case'

Answer: Perry Mason


Question: '...the Hollywood sign'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew handles a net on a shrimp boat in Savannah, GA.)  An excluder device called a T.E.D. helps this animal, such as the loggerhead, from getting caught in the net'

Answer: a turtle


Question:
'Tool-Timer,
movie-maker,
aviation aficionado,
Texas titan'

Answer: Howard Hughes


Question: 'A spoonful of sugar won't help this, from the Greek for "all people", meaning an epidemic over a wide range'

Answer: pandemic


Question: 'This "Betrayal" dramatist adapted John Fowles' novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman" for the screen'

Answer: Harold Pinter


Question: 'This 1990s banjo-strummin' defense lawyer lived in Willow Springs, Georgia'

Answer: Matlock


Question: '...Greenland'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'Shrimp can be a problem in Asia, as when they burrow they create muddy water that blocks photosynthesis for this crop'

Answer: rice


Question:
'Louisiana lad,
fabulous food,
picture perfect'

Answer: Paul Prudhomme


Question: 'Fingers were flying when New York Times reporter Judith Miller was jailed for this'

Answer: contempt


Question: 'During most of WWII, this German playwright resided in the U.S.; he left in 1947 & formed the Berliner Ensemble in 1949'

Answer: Bertolt Brecht


Question: 'Bailiff Bull Shannon's real first name on this '80s NBC sitcom was Nostradamus'

Answer: Night Court


Question: '...the Strait of Gibraltar'

Answer: Rabat


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew lets a deck hand do the dirty work on a shrimp boat in Savannah, GA.)  A technique to cut open shrimp to take out the intestine shares its name with this diurnal insect'

Answer: butterfly


Question:
'Perky "prankster",
counterculture commentator,
"Nest" novelist'

Answer: Ken Kesey


Question: 'There were cardinals but no blue jays at this meeting in 2005 that gave us Benedict'

Answer: the Conclave of Cardinals


Question: 'In 1935 this dramatist stopped "Waiting for Lefty" & in 1937 he married actress Luise Rainer'

Answer: Clifford Odets


Question: 'West Coast attorney Rosalind Shays got the (elevator) shaft on this NBC drama'

Answer: L.A. Law


Question: '...the continent of Antarctica'

Answer: Wellington, New Zealand


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays with her food on a shrimp boat in Savannah, GA.)  Shrimp typically swim backwards by flexing the tail & these aptly-named appendages on the abdomen'

Answer: swimmerets


Question:
'Melville man,
Claggart clash,
hanged high'

Answer: Billy Budd


Question: 'The most looked-up word was this, which means "firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values"'

Answer: integrity


Question: 'In 2005 he took his first submarine dive since he left the Navy in 1953, on a new nuclear vessel that's named for him'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Mexico'

Answer: Mexico City


Question: 'This HBO series is loosely based on Mark Wahlberg's Hollywood experiences; if only my life were as exciting'

Answer: Entourage


Question: 'In a Shaw play, she tells Caesar, "You must not be disrespectful to me, or the Sphinx will let the Romans eat you"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'A common type of this plains plant is the Russian thistle--let's go drifting along with the tumblin' these'

Answer: tumbleweed


Question: 'This popular American beer used croaking frogs in a 1995 Super Bowl commercial'

Answer: Budweiser


Question: 'An old military projectile, or a dive made with hands grasping knees'

Answer: a cannonball


Question: 'France'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This heiress said, "Having a nightclub in your house really helps for having a party"; that's hot'

Answer: Paris Hilton


Question: 'Meryl Streep has suspicions about Philip Seymour Hoffman in the film adaptation of this Pulitzer Prize winner'

Answer: Doubt


Question: 'Your lawn grass is always greener without this "roaring" yellow wildflower, Taraxacum officinale'

Answer: a dandelion


Question: 'On this 1950s-set sitcom. the 2 young & wacky title women worked at the Shotz brewery'

Answer: Laverne & Shirley


Question: 'There's a legume in this word for a pitch hurled at a batter's head'

Answer: the beanball


Question: 'Poland'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'With ex-girlfriends like Lindsay Lohan & Mandy Moore, Wilmer Valderrama has come a long way since playing Fez on this sitcom'

Answer: That \'70s Show


Question: 'Stockard Channing sang "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" in the 2008 revival of this musical'

Answer: Pal Joey


Question: 'Many low-growing herbs are common weeds called these, a term also used for a kind of tropical banana'

Answer: plantains


Question: 'This popular Irish beer bears the name of a classic Irish stringed musical instrument'

Answer: Harp


Question: 'In football a mighty kickoff into this area may result in a touchback'

Answer: the end zone


Question: 'The Philippines'

Answer: Manila


Question: 'An on-the-town Mischa Barton got more time to pose for paparazzi after she left this teen soap in 2006'

Answer: The O.C.


Question: 'Sutton Foster was Broadway's "Thoroughly Modern Millie" before playing Princess Fiona in this musical'

Answer: Shrek


Question: 'Bob Marley's ghost could tell you that Red Stripe is a beer from this Caribbean country'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'Peru'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'This celebutante has had romances with DJ AM & with rocker Joel Madden'

Answer: Nicole Richie


Question: 'Tom Stoppard's drama "The Coast of" this ideal place was ideal indeed, winning the 2007 Tony for Best Play'

Answer: Utopia


Question: 'The 2 words that precede "Less Filling" in slogans for Miller lite'

Answer: "Tastes Great" ("Great Taste" accepted)


Question: 'In 1983 Bonnie Tyler hit No. 1 singing, "Nothing I can do, a total eclipse of" this body part'

Answer: the heart


Question:
'Renaissance artist:
Rembrandt,
Botticelli or
Van Gogh'

Answer: Botticelli


Question: 'This spiritual leader of Tibet has said, "My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness"'

Answer: the Dalai Lama


Question: 'The star Polaris is also known by this directional name'

Answer: the North Star


Question: 'Change these in your house to new more efficient ones that use 1/4 the energy & actually produce more illumination'

Answer: light bulbs


Question: 'You won't see Edyta Sliwinska performing this, done by Southwest Indians in August to bring precipitation'

Answer: a rain dance


Question: 'This daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer played Arwen in "The Lord of the Rings"'

Answer: Liv Tyler


Question:
'Cubist:
Picasso,
Pollock or
Pellegrini'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'In 2008 we learned from Sarah Palin that "The difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull" is this'

Answer: lipstick


Question: 'Castor and Pollux are the two brightest stars in this twinned constellation that's also a sign of the zodiac'

Answer: Gemini


Question: 'Be wise with this kitchen appliance by putting it on energy-saver mode & making sure the door seals properly'

Answer: a refrigerator


Question: 'He wrote, directed & starred in "Madea's Family Reunion"; he also had a "House of Payne"'

Answer: Tyler Perry


Question:
'Surrealist:
Dali,
Delacroix or
Van Dyck'

Answer: Dali


Question: 'Sorry Beatles fans, he said he has "too much to do, so no more fan mail...& no objects to be signed"'

Answer: Ringo Starr


Question: 'The cluster of stars known as the Pleiades is also called the "Seven" these family members'

Answer: Sisters


Question: 'Buy this kind of food, from the Latin for "instrumental", that's pesticide-free & often locally grown'

Answer: organic


Question: 'This Food Network chef hosted "Food 911" & "How to Boil Water"'

Answer: Tyler Florence


Question:
'Pop artist:
Degas,
Munch or
Lichtenstein'

Answer: Lichtenstein


Question: 'This "In Cold Blood" author said, "Finishing a book is just like you took a child out in the yard & shot it"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'The 2 brightest stars in the nearby constellation Centaurus are Beta Centauri & this one'

Answer: Alpha Centauri


Question: 'In 2004 the EPA certified the Ford Escape as something that sounds contradictory, the first hybrid this'

Answer: SUV


Question: 'This 1988 William Hurt & Geena Davis film about a writer of travel guides was based on a novel by Anne Tyler'

Answer: The Accidental Tourist


Question:
'Post-impressionist:
Goya,
Gauguin or
Gainsborough'

Answer: Gauguin


Question: 'She quipped, "In France cooking is a serious art form and a national sport"'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'Alnilam, Mintaka & Altinak are the 3 stars in his belt'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'Your carbon one isn't made with your shoe but your lifestyle; calculate it at www.nature.org'

Answer: your footprint


Question: 'Much of this 2001 movie remake was filmed at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas'

Answer: Ocean\'s Eleven


Question: 'This novel was originally published in 1844 as "Les Trois Mousquetaires"'

Answer: "The Three Musketeers"


Question: 'Ross has worked for NYC's Museum of Natural History on this show about 6 Manhattanites'

Answer: Friends


Question:
'The University of Sunderland,
the University of Sheffield,
Oxford University'

Answer: England


Question: 'Say "Hello" to this "Dolly" portrayed here'

Answer: Carol Channing


Question: 'A synonym for blackjack, or a "numerical" restaurant on West 52nd Street'

Answer: 21


Question: 'This Cardinal slugger hit his 500th career homer in 1999'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'In titles of Edgar Rice Burroughs novels, this name precedes "Lord of the Jungle" & "of the Apes"'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'Issued in November of '99, the stamp seen here honors a classic sitcom ("All in the Family") set in this NYC borough'

Answer: Queens


Question:
'The Emile Cohl School,
the University of Toulouse,
the University of Provence'

Answer: France


Question: 'Broadway's Diamond Lil; come up and see her sometime'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'Whether you prefer beluga or sevruga, it's the specialty of Petrossian on West 58th Street'

Answer: Caviar


Question: 'Nicknamed "The Rocket", this pitcher won 3 Cy Young Awards with the Red Sox & 2 with the Blue Jays'

Answer: Roger Clemens


Question: 'Jim Hawkins spies on Long John Silver from an apple barrel in this Robert Louis Stevenson novel'

Answer: "Treasure Island"


Question: 'Louie, Latka & Elaine all worked for the Sunshine Cab Co. on this NYC sitcom'

Answer: Taxi


Question:
'Chiba University,
Waseda University,
Fukuoka Junior College'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'No kidding!  This funnyman often gets conducted for the New York Philharmonic'

Answer: Danny Kaye


Question: 'Possibly the most romantic restaurant in Brooklyn, the River Cafe overlooks this river'

Answer: East River


Question: 'Flags at Dodger Stadium flew at half-staff after this '50s all-star died Aug. 14, 1999'

Answer: Pee Wee Reese


Question: 'This Southern novel about defense lawyer Atticus Finch is narrated by his daughter'

Answer: "To Kill A Mockingbird"


Question: 'His preppy character Alex P. Keaton might have prepared him for his yuppie NYC character Michael Flaherty'

Answer: Michael J. Fox


Question: 'Star of "The Lady and Her Music", seen here'

Answer: Lena Horne


Question: 'This railroad terminal on 42nd Street is home to a world-famous oyster bar'

Answer: Grand Central Station


Question: 'One of the 2 all-stars who reached the 3,000-hit mark in 1999'

Answer: Wade Boggs or Tony Gwynn


Question: 'A man travels over 800,000 years in this title device only to have it stolen by Morlocks'

Answer: "The Time Machine"


Question: 'He's the veteran actor seen here who played a NYC cop on "Barney Miller"'

Answer: Abe Vigoda


Question: 'You should recognize this Broadway star in "nothing" flat'

Answer: Zero Mostel


Question: 'Perhaps your caricature is on the wall in this theatre district landmark at 234 West 44th St.'

Answer: Sardi\'s


Question: 'This Minnesota Twin inspired the Kirby Bear, a stuffed doll wearing his No. 34 jersey'

Answer: Kirby Puckett


Question: 'In a Saint-Saens opera, Samson succumbs to the charms of this Philistine woman & ends up dead'

Answer: Delilah


Question: 'The Miss America pageant was begun to extend the Atlantic City tourist season past this holiday'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'The first name of this "Ally McBeal" star means "most beautiful" in Greek'

Answer: Calista (Flockhart)


Question: 'About 65 percent of you & about 85 percent of an apple consist of this'

Answer: Water


Question: 'In the 1980s the Strategic Defense Initiative was given this nickname'

Answer: "Star Wars"


Question: 'It's Keep America Beautiful month, & the month in which you'd find Earth Day'

Answer: April


Question: '(Alex: To read the clue, now appearing in "The Royal Tour", please welcome Dame Edna Everage)  England's current royal family belongs to the House of this; it's also the name of a castle'

Answer: Windsor


Question: 'It's what John Smith could have called his dad's mom, or a variety of green apple grown in the U.S.'

Answer: Granny Smith


Question: 'It's a term for the right-hand side of a ship, facing forward'

Answer: Starboard


Question: '(Alex gives the clue from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange)  In 1882 this reporter formed a famous partnership with Edward Jones'

Answer: Charles Henry Dow


Question: 'On February 25 this Asian nation celebrates the fall of Ferdinand Marcos in 1986'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'In 1976, at the ripe old age of 25, this future "Dateline" anchor succeeded Barbara Walters on "Today"'

Answer: Jane Pauley


Question: 'Hawkeye Pierce of "M*A*S*H" hailed from a Maine "cove" that shared its name with this type of small wild apple'

Answer: Crabapple


Question: 'If this 5-armed creature loses a limb, it can regenerate a new one'

Answer: Starfish


Question: 'Until June 1997 this was the smallest fraction of a dollar used in NYSE trading'

Answer: 1/8


Question: 'It's St. Clement Hofbauer's feast day; it wasn't a good one for Julius Caesar'

Answer: March 15


Question: 'He wrote the script to "Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery" in 3 weeks'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Products from apples include jelly, vinegar & this apple brandy that partly bears a man's name'

Answer: Applejack


Question: 'Ed McMahon hosted this show on which aspiring performers competed in categories like TV Spokesmodel'

Answer: Star Search


Question: 'In March 1999 this beer company got a listing on the exchange, with the appropriate symbol RKY'

Answer: Coors


Question: 'Hey, it's October 23, Chulalongkorn Day, in this southeast Asian country; shall we dance?'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'While in college, this Chicago Sun-Times film critic was editor of the Daily Illini student newspaper'

Answer: Roger Ebert


Question: 'At 976,300,000 bushels, this Asian country led the world in apple production in 1998; the U.S. was 2nd at 271,100,000'

Answer: China


Question: 'Slang for an astronomer, it can also mean a daydreamer'

Answer: Stargazer


Question: 'He's the only president of the United States who had been divorced'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'MLB's all-time stolen base leader, in 2001 he also set a record for most career walks'

Answer: Rickey Henderson


Question: 'Jean Chapelain's ponderous epic & Voltaire's mock epic, both called "La pucelle", were about this French heroine'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'He was Georgia's governor from 1971 to 1975'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'In 1863 he became music director of the court balls in Vienna'

Answer: (Johann) Strauss


Question: 'These animals are divided into 4 groups: lizards & snakes; turtles; crocodilians; & the tuatara'

Answer: reptiles


Question:
'55 down:
Flying mammals
(4)'

Answer: bats


Question: 'Last name of brothers Pedro & Ramon, who faced each other on the mound in a 1996 game'

Answer: Martinez


Question: 'This book about an adulterous wife named Emma, which some called morally offensive, became a bestseller'

Answer: Madame Bovary


Question: 'She played Lucy in the Merchant Ivory film "A Room with a View"'

Answer: Helena Bonham Carter


Question: 'By his death at age 31 in 1828, he'd composed more than 600 lieder including "Ave Maria"'

Answer: Schubert


Question: 'Indians prized the Eulachon, also called this kind of "fish", because it was so oily it could be burned like one'

Answer: a candle


Question:
'47 down:
Indian prince
(5)'

Answer: rajah


Question: 'This legend was born in Narrows, Georgia December 18, 1886'

Answer: Ty Cobb


Question: 'Serialized in Le Siecle from March to July 1844, it was sold "all for one" price later in the year'

Answer: 3 Musketeers


Question: 'He was the first to achieve bowling's grand slam'

Answer: Don Carter


Question: 'This composer of the ballet "Rodeo" scored an Oscar for his score from "The Heiress"'

Answer: Copland


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew groups with the troop.)  Referring to its hair color, the dominant male in a group of gorillas is called this'

Answer: a silverback


Question:
'64 across:
Gardener's need
(4)'

Answer: hose


Question: 'Just a week after Roy Campanella's death, the Dodgers lost this Hall of Famer & broadcaster'

Answer: (Don) Drysdale


Question: 'The first volume in this author's 3,000-page novel was 1913's "Du Cote de Chez Swann"'

Answer: Marcel Proust


Question: 'This archaeologist made a great find in the Valley of the Kings in 1922'

Answer: Howard Carter


Question: 'In 1927 the Baldwin Piano Co. sponsored this Hungarian composer's first visit to the U.S.'

Answer: Béla Bartók


Question: '18th C. naturalist Georg Steller described the sea eagle, the sea lion & this slow-moving "sea" beast'

Answer: the sea cow


Question:
'43 down:
Big citrus fruit
(6)'

Answer: pomelo


Question: 'In 1993 this one-handed pitcher, then with the Yankees, pitched a no-hitter against the Indians'

Answer: Jim Abbott


Question: 'This onetime military pilot wrote "Le Petit Prince"'

Answer: Saint-Exupery


Question:
'Jazz vocalist heard here

"Don't know why /
There's no sun up in the sky /
Stormy weather..."'

Answer: Betty Carter


Question: 'He's the French composer of the following'

Answer: (Erik) Satie


Question: 'The "least" one of these creatures is the smallest member of the order of carnivores'

Answer: the weasel


Question:
'52 across:
What the queasy rodeo rider didn't feel like
(1,7,5)'

Answer: a million bucks


Question: 'Playbill exposed the way this show's final scene is tastefully lit during those last few seconds when 6 guys bare all'

Answer: The Full Monty


Question: 'In 1949 he began his reign over a principality & has served in that capacity ever since'

Answer: Prince Rainier


Question: 'Around 1930 Angelos Sikelianos tried to revive the famous festival of this town, "Navel of the World"--didn't work'

Answer: Delphi


Question: 'Flora Tristan, a women's rights & labor activist, was the grand-mere of this artist who painted Tahitians'

Answer: (Paul) Gauguin


Question: 'Madeleine Albright or Martina Navratilova, by birth'

Answer: a Czechoslovakian


Question: 'Take language classes now to fit in during visits to this region stretching from Hyeres, France to La Spezia, Italy'

Answer: the Riviera


Question: 'What a record!  Emanuel Azenberg has produced all of this writer's plays since 1972's "The Sunshine Boys"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'The action in this bestselling novel published in 1949 takes place 35 years later'

Answer: 1984


Question: 'Baron de Coubertin's heart is buried in this city, home to the ancient version of the modern games he founded'

Answer: Olympia


Question: 'Founded in the early '70s, COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics) is for women in this "oldest profession"'

Answer: prostitutes


Question: 'A film's director of photography often goes by this title'

Answer: cinematographer


Question: 'On your next tax form, be prepared for the IRS to take a close look at this, your A.G.I.'

Answer: adjusted gross income


Question: 'Ellen Burstyn told Playbill she just wanted to wear "sequins like Betty Grable" till this method guru changed her life'

Answer: (Lee) Strasberg


Question: 'One of Alec Guinness's many masterly character portrayals was as this man in 1948's "Oliver Twist"'

Answer: Fagin


Question: 'After docking at this island, Apollo's birthplace, head up the sacred way to the sanctuary of Apollo'

Answer: Delos


Question: 'As a lawyer in 1944, Ruth Weyand argued before the Supreme Court; she did it for the NLRB, this group'

Answer: the National Labor Relations Board


Question: 'In 1964 James Garner & Julie Andrews starred in "The" this "of Emily"'

Answer: Americanization


Question: 'Get used to sitting in 1st class & hearing this ex-Enron CEO's wife Linda complain about her finances'

Answer: Kenneth Lay


Question: 'This musical's "American Dream" ended on B'way after 4,097 performances--& a lot of helicopter flights'

Answer: Miss Saigon


Question: 'In 1942, he painted his best-known work, "Nighthawks"'

Answer: (Edward) Hopper


Question: 'If you love the nightlife & want to boogie, head to Pierros, a bar on this party island of the Cyclades'

Answer: Mykonos


Question: 'From 1933 to 1945 she had her work cut out for her as the U.S. Secretary of Labor'

Answer: Frances Perkins


Question: 'From Greek & Latin for "life light", it's the production of light by certain living organisms, like fireflies'

Answer: bioluminescence


Question: 'Visit Monte Carlo & you'll be expected to bet big playing this game from which chemin de fer is derived'

Answer: baccarat


Question: 'This playwright said that he's "testing the limits of tolerance" with his new play about 4 people & a goat'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'In 1940 this Republican lost to FDR in the presidential election'

Answer: (Wendell) Willkie


Question: 'The long walls Pericles built connected Athens with this port city, 4 miles away'

Answer: Pireas


Question: 'Formed in 1896, the Daughters of St. Crispin was a union for women in this trade'

Answer: shoemaking


Question: 'It's the biblical event depicted in the painting seen here'

Answer: The Transfiguration


Question: 'Because of your enormous wealth, get used to people saying you're "as rich as" this ancient king of Lydia'

Answer: Croesus


Question: 'The 2 Best Picture nominees for 1983 that featured astronaut characters'

Answer: The Right Stuff & Terms of Endearment


Question: 'Whitman's book of Civil War poems "Drum-Taps" later became a part of this larger collection'

Answer: "Leaves of Grass"


Question: 'Part of an apple tree he sat beneath is preserved at the Royal Astronomical Society in London'

Answer: Sir Isaac Newton


Question: 'In the '90s the U.S. banned the once-common use of this metal in the foil over a bottle's neck'

Answer: Lead


Question: 'This bread made with a "starter" got its start among old-time prospectors'

Answer: Sourdough


Question: 'Most of the trails in this national park lead to the High Sierra, a region of jagged peaks & sparkling lakes'

Answer: Yosemite


Question: 'When released in 1667, this epic poem by John Milton filled 10 books'

Answer: "Paradise Lost"


Question: 'Comic strip that occasionally includes the setting seen here:'

Answer: "B.C."


Question: 'As well as port & Madeira wines, Portugal produces half the world's supply of this stopper material'

Answer: Cork


Question: 'It was a German insult meaning dolt or blockhead before it became the name of a dark, German bread'

Answer: Pumpernickel


Question: 'These "Boyz" whose hits include "End of the Road" began performing together while in high school'

Answer: Boyz II Men


Question: 'Once the sanctuary of the Seminoles, this Florida wilderness is now inhabited by the Miccosukee tribe'

Answer: Everglades


Question: 'Robert called her "My Little Portuguese" & her poems to him are "Sonnets From the Portuguese"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'Encarta says "These South American animals spend their entire existence hanging...from...trees"'

Answer: Sloths


Question: 'It's a simple glass vessel for wine, or the glass pot of a drip coffeemaker'

Answer: Carafe


Question: 'A long, narrow loaf of French bread, or a long, narrow-cut diamond'

Answer: Baguette


Question: 'Having lost none of that lovin' feelin

Answer: The Righteous Brothers


Question: 'East of the Rocky Moutains are groups of these lower elevations, like the Sand, Red & Black ones'

Answer: Hills


Question: 'He dedicated his 1885 "A Child's Garden of Verses" to Alison Cunningham, his childhood nurse'

Answer: Robert Louis Stevenson


Question: 'In this case it was underneath a bo that Buddha is said to have attained this'

Answer: Nirvana/enlightenment


Question: 'Until vintners learned to test sugar levels in the 19th C., half of the bottles of this French wine would explode'

Answer: Champagne


Question: 'Traditionally, challah dough is divided into lengths & formed into these, like some women's hair'

Answer: Braids


Question: 'This group has been making country music together for over 20 years:'

Answer: Alabama


Question: 'Don't get a toothache in this Canadian territory; there are fewer than 20 dentists in its 186,661 sq. mi.'

Answer: Yukon


Question: 'In 1924 "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" established this Chilean poet's reputation'

Answer: Pablo Neruda


Question: 'In a 1924 Eugene O'Neill play, the Cabot farmhouse sits under the branches of 2 of these trees'

Answer: "(Desire Under the) Elms"


Question: 'This indentation in the bottom strengthens the bottle, which is useful when putting your fourth down'

Answer: Punt


Question: 'An enriched bread made with wheat germ & soy flour was invented at & named for this Ithaca university'

Answer: Cornell


Question: 'If this folk trio went by their last names, they'd be known as Yarrow, Stookey & Travers'

Answer: Peter, Paul and Mary


Question: 'In describing those who install heating & ventilation, this word follows pipe or steam'

Answer: Fitter


Question: 'In July 1837 this naturalist began writing his notebooks on the transmutation of species'

Answer: Charles Darwin


Question: 'It takes 2 of these to play Monopoly & 5 to play Yahtzee'

Answer: Dice


Question: 'On Dec. 7, 1944 this Russian & de Gaulle were meeting in Moscow to sign a Franco-Soviet pact'

Answer: Josef Stalin


Question: 'He didn't invent the word beamish, which means radiant, but he did use it in his poem "Jabberwocky"'

Answer: Lewis Carroll


Question: 'A "Jeopardy!" category about these doctors who assist surgeons might be called "Numb-er, Please"'

Answer: Anesthesiologists


Question: 'We presume that in 1871 Dr. Livingstone was glad to see this man, who later nursed him back to health'

Answer: Sir Henry Stanley


Question: 'He's come a long way since his Sweathog days as Vinnie Barbarino on "Welcome Back, Kotter"'

Answer: John Travolta


Question: 'This 4-word motto has appeared on U.S. coins since 1864'

Answer: "In God We Trust"


Question: 'In addition to this suicidal air squadron, Japan had the Kaiten, human torpedoes'

Answer: Kamikaze


Question: 'Mingy is a combination of mean & this; it could well describe Ebenezer Scrooge'

Answer: Stingy


Question: 'It's another term for truck drivers, from the time when their horsepower came from teams of horses'

Answer: Teamster


Question: 'This Boy Scout founder commanded observation balloons during wars in Sudan & Bechuanaland'

Answer: Lord Robert Baden-Powell


Question: 'Of spring tide, neap tide or peptide, the one that's not related'

Answer: Peptide


Question: 'Around 300,000 of these troops were called up beginning in 1940, more than doubling the size of the U.S. Army'

Answer: National Guard


Question: 'The name of an exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair gave us this 8-letter word for a futuristic display-o-rama'

Answer: Futurama


Question: 'Once a carnival performer who bit off chickens' heads, it's slang for an odd or ridiculous person'

Answer: Geek


Question: 'In 1854 this poet laureate wrote, "Into the valley of death rode the six hundred"'

Answer: Lord Alfred Tennyson ("Charge of the Light Brigade")


Question: '[Hi, I'm Rob Schneider.  In addition to my TV roles] I've also appeared in 2 Sylvester Stallone films, "Demolition Man" & this futuristic film based on a comic book [that was very popular in Turkey!]'

Answer: Judge Dredd


Question: 'In 1997 this chess champ was blue over this defeat in a match by IBM's Deep Blue computer'

Answer: Garry Kasparov


Question: 'In December 1943 he was named marshal & became president of a Yugoslavian liberation council'

Answer: Josip Broz Tito


Question: 'Hey sleepyhead, oneiromancy is a fancy word for foretelling the future by interpreting these'

Answer: Dreams


Question: 'An arbitrager profits from stock price differences; this similar word means a settler of disputes'

Answer: Arbitrator


Question: 'In 1841 this British travel agent arranged his first excursion, a trip to a temperance meeting'

Answer: Thomas Cook


Question: 'In 1997 Johnny Depp went undercover to infiltrate the Mafia in this film based on a true story'

Answer: Donnie Brasco


Question: 'The Roosevelt Memorial Bridge connects Lubec, Maine to this island in New Brunswick, Canada'

Answer: Campobello Island


Question: 'After Pearl Harbor he was appointed commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific fleet'

Answer: Chester Nimitz


Question: 'A fur used to line robes during the Middle Ages, or a "Mrs." played by Greer Garson'

Answer: Miniver


Question: 'He was buried under a stone that read "Beneath this stone repose the bones of the valiant lion..."'

Answer: Ponce de Leon


Question: '"Ring" in if you know that this gem is the hardest substance found in nature'

Answer: a diamond


Question: 'Kyle Chandler is the coach of a small-town high school football team on this critically acclaimed TV show'

Answer: Friday Night Lights


Question: 'Tony boutiques in Buckhead are hoping to change the dowdy "Crown Jewel of the South" moniker of this city'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'A Northern Virginia airport was named in honor of this Secretary of State'

Answer: Dulles


Question: 'There are only 12 letters in the alphabet of these American islands'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The reason it's futile to write with a broken-tipped pencil'

Answer: it\'s pointless (there\'s no point accepted)


Question: 'This gem is most prized when its color is pigeon's blood red'

Answer: a ruby


Question: 'Just when Wentworth Miller thought he was out, they pull him back--into jail--on this Fox drama'

Answer: Prison Break


Question: 'While the natural wonders clear your mind, this "least affordable" state will clear your wallet'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In 1795 Oliver Wolcott succeeded him as Treasury Secretary'

Answer: Alexander Hamilton


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew  tries to sell you a cell from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) The W44S multimedia phone combines Sony's multimedia, like digital TV, with the phone technology of Ericsson, based in this country'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'Punning on a Men at Work song, it's what the computer geek called a local area network he built in Melbourne'

Answer: the LAN Down Under


Question: 'Folklore affirms that spheres made from this precious stone, ojo de tigre, help in attaining business success'

Answer: tiger\'s eye


Question: 'Starbuck is a woman on the Sci-Fi Channel's version of this series'

Answer: Battlestar Galactica


Question: 'nytimes.com says the Belle Epoque architecture & late-night cafes of this capital lure expat artists & tango lovers'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'In 2005 Alberto Gonzalez succeeded him as Attorney General'

Answer: Ashcroft


Question: 'This dilapidated Hawthorne mansion is home to Pyncheon relatives Hepzibah, Phoebe & Clifford, & a lodger'

Answer: the House of the Seven Gables


Question: '4-word bulletin put out by the police department after the tiny psychic escaped from custody'

Answer: small medium at large


Question: 'This 2-word gemstone was once ground to produce ultramarine, a deep blue paint pigment'

Answer: lapis lazuli


Question: 'This perky actress plays Olive Snook, a waitress at the Pie Hole on "Pushing Daisies"'

Answer: Kristin Chenoweth


Question: 'Anyone born on this southern U.S. island is called a conch, also a delicacy there, like stone crab claws'

Answer: Key West


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI.)  The museum has a replica of the Cabinet room; Ford's advisors included Secretary of State Kissinger and this Secretary of Defense'

Answer: Donald Rumsfeld


Question: 'This developer of the first practical helicopter built & flew the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913'

Answer: Sikorsky


Question: 'It's what Dr. Jekyll's asst. said to him after his formula turned him into a sprinter & not his old evil self'

Answer: You can run, but you can\'t Hyde


Question: 'Citrine, a translucent yellow quartz, is often sold as this gem'

Answer: a topaz


Question: 'Mick St. John is a P.I. who sucks--blood, that is--on this vampirific CBS show'

Answer: Moonlight


Question: 'Because it's hidden, the hitou is the most prized type of natural hot spring in the mountains of this country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Chitin is the main component in this supportive outer covering of lobsters & insects'

Answer: the exoskeleton


Question: 'Fort Union is an old military post on this trail that shares its name with the state capital'

Answer: Santa Fe


Question: 'Shelley "penned" that this alpine peak "gleams on high: the power is there, The still and solemn power of many sights"'

Answer: Mont Blanc


Question: 'Mesopotamia was part of the region nicknamed this "Crescent"'

Answer: the Fertile Crescent


Question: 'In 1830 John Quincy Adams became the first ex-president elected to serve in this body'

Answer: the House of Representatives


Question: 'City of 30,000 on Alaska's Chena River'

Answer: Fairbanks


Question: 'On July 16, 1945 the Nuclear Age began when this govt. project exploded the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo'

Answer: the Manhattan Project


Question: 'Danny Ocean,<br />2001, 2004, 2007'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: '"God bless Captain Vere!" are the last words this Melville foretopman speaks before being hanged'

Answer: Billy Budd


Question: 'In 2006, Warner Bros. pledged to help these Australian animals stricken by a cancer epidemic'

Answer: the Tasmanian devil


Question: 'John Quincy Adams' wife's first name; she shared it with a Miss Alcott'

Answer: Louisa


Question: 'Area set aside by a city or state for annual farming exhibitions'

Answer: a fairgrounds


Question: 'Among the state's nicknames are "Land of Enchantment" & this one that it shares with Florida'

Answer: the "Sunshine State"


Question: 'Danny Ocean,<br />1960'

Answer: Frank Sinatra


Question: 'Later a movie, it's subtitled "a novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances and home remedies"'

Answer: Like Water for Chocolate


Question: 'A 1937 general strike in Trinidad is commemorated every June 19, celebrated as this day'

Answer: Labor Day


Question: 'In the presidential election of 1820, this man got 231 electoral votes & Adams got one'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'Virginia city home to George Mason University'

Answer: Fairfax


Question: 'Running the length of the state, this river is New Mexico's longest'

Answer: the Rio Grande


Question: 'Batman,<br />1989'

Answer: Michael Keaton


Question: 'In this Tennyson work, Sir Bedivere is told to "take Excalibur, and fling him far into the middle mere"'

Answer: Idylls of the King


Question: 'A symbolic fortress of Scotland overlooking Edinburgh, or a Rob Reiner movie company'

Answer: Castle Rock


Question: 'In 1843 John was a "star", laying the cornerstone for the first professional one of these in the U.S., on Mt. Adams'

Answer: an observatory


Question: 'They take their name from the old French for "enchantment"'

Answer: fairies


Question: '"For a greatness of beauty I have never experienced anything like New Mexico", wrote this Brit. author & Taos resident'

Answer: (D.H.) Lawrence


Question: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,<br />1923'

Answer: Lon Chaney


Question: 'Before he waited for Godot, this Irish author wrote a critical study of Proust'

Answer: (Samuel) Beckett


Question: 'Found at 30° N. & S., these regions are thought to be so named because becalmed ships had to lose animal weight'

Answer: the horse latitudes


Question: 'In 1767, when John Quincy Adams was born there, Quincy, Massachusetts was known by this name'

Answer: Braintree


Question: 'In broadcasting, this regulation required radio & TV stations to air contrasting views'

Answer: the Fairness Doctrine


Question: 'In 1986 & again in 2001, people power protests in this nation pushed out male presidents & replaced them with females'

Answer: the Philippines


Question: 'On August 29, 1877, this leader of the Mormon Church died'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'The ancient Romans established this number of years of bad luck for breaking a mirror'

Answer: 7


Question: 'The cities of Highland Park & Hamtramck are surrounded by this Michigan city'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'This Bill Haley hit told us to "Get out from that kitchen and rattle those pots and pans"'

Answer: "Shake, Rattle And Roll"


Question: 'The akita is named for the prefecture of Akita on this country's island of Honshu'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'During one of these heavy snowstorms, visibility is less than one-quarter mile'

Answer: Blizzard


Question: 'After aiding the U.S. in the Battle of New Orleans, this pirate was pardoned'

Answer: Jean Lafitte


Question: 'If you pass under one of these leaning against a wall, cross your fingers'

Answer: Ladder


Question: 'This Midwest city is home base to Cardinals, Rams & Clydesdales'

Answer: St. Louis


Question: 'This Erroll Garner song begins, "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a tree"'

Answer: "Misty"


Question: 'On an otterhound these features are slightly webbed, so it's quite a good swimmer'

Answer: Feet


Question: 'It's a 4-letter synonym for boast'

Answer: Brag


Question: 'In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War'

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower


Question: 'After doing this, wait until the water clears to see your reflection before wishing'

Answer: Throwing a penny into a well


Question: 'The U.S. Air Force Museum is located near this city, home of the Wright Brothers'

Answer: Dayton, Ohio


Question: 'This Carl Perkins hit begins, "Well, it's one for the money, two for the show...."'

Answer: "Blue Suede Shoes"


Question: 'Like the chow, the shar-pei is noted for having this blue-black organ'

Answer: Tongue


Question: 'It's a person hired to remove disorderly people from a nightclub or restaurant'

Answer: Bouncer


Question: 'After this waterway opened in 1825, freight rates between Buffalo & NYC were cut by more than 90%'

Answer: Erie Canal


Question: 'Scientists have dismissed as superstition these forked sticks that allegedly locate water'

Answer: Divining Rods/Dowsing Rods/Witching Sticks


Question: 'Hamar, Norway is a sister city of this largest North Dakota city'

Answer: Fargo


Question: 'This song's lyrics contain such names as "Sukey Tawdry, Jenny Diver, Polly Peachum, Lucy Brown"'

Answer: "Mack The Knife"


Question: 'The 1st Cornish Rex was a mutant kitten named Kallibunker who was born in this English duchy in 1950'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'It's the sports event that combines cross-country skiing with rifle shooting'

Answer: Biathlon


Question: 'This man who bought Manhattan from the Indians later served as governor of New Sweden'

Answer: Peter Minuit


Question: 'One of these found accidentally will bring luck & nailed over a door will ward off witches'

Answer: Horseshoe


Question: 'In 1799 this city became the seat of Kennebec County; 33 years later, it became a state capital'

Answer: Augusta, Maine


Question: '"I believe for ev'ry drop of rain that falls" this "grows"'

Answer: A Flower


Question: 'Tonkinese cats were produced by mating Siamese to these "Myanmar" cats'

Answer: Burmese


Question: 'Emerson said that this "without grace is the hook without the bait"'

Answer: Beauty


Question: 'March 27, 1964 wasn't a good Good Friday in Anchorage, Alaska:  one of these struck'

Answer: Earthquake


Question: 'To avoid crying, try peeling this underwater'

Answer: Onion


Question: 'It's what made Quasimodo deaf'

Answer: Ringing of the bells


Question: 'Cesium & rubidium were discovered by Gustav Kirchhoff & this man famous for his burner'

Answer: Robert Bunsen


Question: 'In 1907 the circus formed by this pair was acquired by the Ringling Brothers'

Answer: Barnum & Bailey


Question: 'The L.A. film critics named John Travolta best actor for this 1994 film; give him a royale with cheese'

Answer: "Pulp Fiction"


Question: 'In January Paul VI became the first pope to travel by this mode of transportation'

Answer: Airplane


Question: 'Collard is a type of this vegetable with leaves that do not form a head'

Answer: Cabbage


Question: 'James Fenimore Cooper wrote "The Pioneers" & she wrote "O Pioneers!"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'This metallic element's symbol, Pb, derives from its Latin name, plumbum'

Answer: Lead


Question: 'These brothers were the subject of a 1991 book called "Fascinating Rhythm"'

Answer: George & Ira Gershwin


Question: 'In 1968 Lee Radziwill, this woman's sister, starred in a TV remake of the classic film noir "Laura"'

Answer: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Question: 'This country's King Constantine, the world's youngest monarch, was married in September'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'In French pruneau is a prune while la prune refers to this'

Answer: Plum


Question: 'Robert Jordan's big mission in "For Whom The Bell Tolls" is to blow up one of these structures'

Answer: Bridge


Question: 'Most fluorescent lights are filled with a combination of argon & this element, Kr'

Answer: Krypton


Question: 'They founded the comapny that launched Pocket Books in 1939'

Answer: Simon & Schuster


Question: 'After 45 years on the throne, this small country's Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in November'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Creme de Cassis, a liqueur, is made of the black type of these; bar-le-duc, a preserve, from the red'

Answer: Currants


Question: 'Thomas Mann story published as "Der Tod In Venedig" in 1912; it didn't appear in English until 1925'

Answer: "Death In Venice"


Question: 'Marie Curie named this rare element for the country where she was born'

Answer: Polonium


Question: 'These comedic magicians gained notice in an act called the "Asparagus Valley Cultural Society" in San Francisco'

Answer: Penn & Teller


Question: '4 days after Congress passed the Tonkin Gulf Resolution,  it approved a bill on the "war on" this'

Answer: Poverty


Question: 'This, a type of chicory with red or pinkish leaves, is a trendy salad ingredient'

Answer: Radicchio


Question: 'This E.M. Forster novel is divided into 3 sections:  "Mosque", "Caves" & "Temple"'

Answer: "A Passage to India"


Question: 'Used to make transistors & semiconductors, it's the most abundant element on Earth after oxygen'

Answer: Silicon


Question: 'In 1673 these French explorers set out to trace the course of the Mississippi'

Answer: Marquette & Joliet


Question: 'Originally, this 1944 Barbara Stanwyck film ended with Fred MacMurray's death in the gas chamber'

Answer: "Double Indemnity"


Question: 'The next year that will be written in only 4 Roman numerals'

Answer: 2002 (MMII)


Question: 'This group of large, hairy spiders gets its name from a wolf spider found around Tarranto, Italy'

Answer: tarantula


Question: 'In this 2004 film, Harry Osborn says "Now... let's see who's behind the mask"'

Answer: Spider-Man 2


Question:
'Chad,
China,
Chile'

Answer: China


Question: 'In 2004, this "old" clothing store for the whole family celebrated its tenth anniversary'

Answer: Old Navy


Question: 'Seems this perp was the first murderer in the Bible & to top it off he iced his own brother'

Answer: Cain


Question: 'We love this winged, unclothed infant archer of mythology, the son of Venus'

Answer: Cupid


Question: 'The green sea type of this swims over 1,000 miles from South America to Ascension Island, in order to breed'

Answer: turtle


Question: 'In a 2004 sequel, this ogre travels to meet his in-laws, King Harold & Queen Lillian'

Answer: Shrek 2


Question:
'Brazil,
Botswana,
Belgium'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'What began as a little surf shop in Newport Beach, California is now this mall-based retailer know as PacSun for short'

Answer: Pacific Sunwear


Question: 'When Herodias' burlesque-dancing daughter said she wanted to get ahead, she meant the head of this man'

Answer: John the Baptist


Question: 'Uh oh!  This outer nonvascular layer of your skin is showing'

Answer: epidermis


Question: 'Species of this ray are sometimes mistaken for sharks because the tips of their wings resemble shark fins'

Answer: manta rays


Question: 'With the help pf Christina Applegate & James Gandolfini, Ben Affleck seeks to survive this holiday'

Answer: Christmas


Question:
'Egypt,
Ecuador,
El Salvador'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'At this bakery, take a break from shopping with a Pecanbon or its signature roll'

Answer: Cinnabon


Question: 'We admire his faith, but it seems this guy almost knocked off his own son in Genesis 22'

Answer: Abraham


Question: 'Wealth, or a city that the official seat of government in a state'

Answer: capital


Question: 'In the scientific classification of animals, it's next in line after kingdom, phylum, class...'

Answer: order


Question: 'This film tells the story of the 1988 championship football season of the Permian High School Panthers'

Answer: Friday Night Lights


Question:
'Fiji,
Finland,
France'

Answer: France


Question: 'What started as Musicland in Minnesota is now the chain selling music, videos & games under this male name'

Answer: Sam Goody


Question: 'Hey, we don't make the rules; this man's wife gazed back at Sodom against orders & was turned into a pillar of salt'

Answer: Lot


Question: 'This animal's name comes from the Middle French for "thorny pig"'

Answer: porcupine


Question: 'In most toads this process of gradually developing from a tadpole into a fully formed toad takes 3-8 weeks'

Answer: metamorphosis


Question: 'In "Shark Tale" this famous director provides the voice of Sykes, a puffer fish with eyebrows'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question:
'Japan,
Jamaica,
Jordan'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'Start saving up for a video phone from this company whose store is a real "hot spot"'

Answer: T-Mobile


Question: 'We don't have to worry about collaring Uzzah; he was killed for touching this object in violation of divine law'

Answer: The Ark of the Covenant


Question: 'A plant belonging to the genus Angallis, especially having scarlet flowers'

Answer: pimpernel


Question: 'This province's flag depicts a setting sun over wavy blue stripes that symbolize the Pacific Ocean'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'Frenchie Davis made news in 2003 by joining the cast of "Rent" after she was bounced from this TV series'

Answer: American Idol


Question: 'In 1989 this president vetoed a bill that would raise the minimum wage'

Answer: George H. W. Bush


Question: 'Appearing wrinkled & knotted, it's the largest part of the brain, making up about 85% of it by weight'

Answer: the cerebrum


Question: 'After the trouble I took, Frederick Douglass tells me that most slaves haven't even heard about this proclamation'

Answer: the Emancipation Proclamation


Question: 'All root is the evil of money'

Answer: Money is the root of all evil


Question: 'This other flag is depicted on the flags of Ontario & Manitoba'

Answer: the Union Jack


Question: 'You could say this singer was "N Sync" when he starred in "Little Shop of Horrors" in 2004'

Answer: Joey Fatone


Question: 'In 1980 the U.N. approved a resolution deploring this country's invasion of Afghanistan'

Answer: Russia (or the USSR)


Question: 'The third leading cause of death in the U.S. is this 6-letter term'

Answer: stroke


Question: 'Here I am meeting this new Union commander for the first time'

Answer: (Ulysses S.) Grant


Question: 'That gold glitters is not all'

Answer: All that glitters is not gold


Question: 'The flag of this territory includes a malamute (or is it a husky?)'

Answer: the Yukon Territory


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre: "I'm on the Broadway set  of Wicked.")  In 2004, making his Broadway debut,  this New Kid played Fiyero in "Wicked"'

Answer: Joey McIntyre


Question: 'In 1982 this country's Ayatollah Khomeini called upon the Iraqi people to overthrow Saddam Hussein'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Brain waves are measured using the instrument known by these 3 letters for short'

Answer: E.E.G.


Question: 'Enjoyed my April 4 visit to this city about 90 miles from Washington; General Van Alen nags about how dangerous it was'

Answer: Richmond (Virginia)


Question: 'Own your canoe paddle'

Answer: Paddle your own canoe


Question: 'Its flag has the royal arms of Scotland & is the reverse colors of the Scottish flag'

Answer: Nova Scotia


Question: 'This singer who's the voice of TV's "Kim Possible" was the beauty in "Beauty and the Beast" in 2004'

Answer: Christy Carlson Romano


Question: 'In 1981 a federal judge ruled it illegal to indefinitely imprison refugees from this communist island'

Answer: Cuba


Question: 'Attached by a stalk to the base of the brain is this master gland which controls the others'

Answer: the pituitary gland


Question: 'Treasury Secy. Chase just submitted this to me for the third time--guess what, pal.  This time I'm accepting it'

Answer: his resignation


Question: 'The best is laughter medicine'

Answer: Laughter is the best medicine


Question: 'The flag of this province is seen here'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'R&B sensation Deborah A. Cox reigned on Broadway in 2004 as this title African princess'

Answer: Aida


Question: 'In 1985 Greek & Turkish community leaders failed to reach an agreement for this island's reunification'

Answer: Cyprus


Question: 'These brain cells that transmit nerve impulses number in the billions'

Answer: neurons


Question: 'The state militia system isn't cutting it, so I had to sign a bill authorizing this, also called conscription'

Answer: the draft


Question: 'Hear once before you speak twice'

Answer: Hear twice before you speak once


Question: '"The Pastor and His Parishioner" is Chapter 17 of this classic novel'

Answer: The Scarlet Letter


Question: 'The number of stars on the American flag'

Answer: 50


Question: 'Ecologically minded golfers can get these golf ball supporters that are biodegradable'

Answer: tees


Question: 'The vast majority of this second-lightest gas comes from natural gas fields in the U.S.'

Answer: helium


Question: 'Commonly, pianos have about 3 of these;  modern pipe organs have 32'

Answer: pedals


Question: 'A cozy cave for a bear, or a cozy room in your house'

Answer: den


Question: 'This fairy tale title character gets to go to the ball, marries the king's son & lives happily ever after'

Answer: Cinderella


Question: 'The 13 stripes on the American flag represent the 13 original ones of these'

Answer: colonies


Question: 'Young kids don't need them; for older skiers their grips should be at a level with arms bent & out-stretched'

Answer: poles


Question: 'Sialia mexicana is the scientific name of the western bluebird: Sialia is the genus & mexicana tells you this'

Answer: the species


Question: 'Violins & cellos are part of this section of a symphony orchestra'

Answer: strings


Question: 'A deer, a female deer'

Answer: a doe


Question: 'In 2002 a tugboat crew rescued Forgea, one of these that had been alone at sea for 24 days on an abandoned tanker'

Answer: a dog


Question: 'The American flag is said to be flown "half" this way when honoring someone who has died'

Answer: staff (or mast)


Question: 'In baseball, this player's mitt cannot have a circumference of more than 38"'

Answer: the catcher


Question: 'In a first-class type of this, the fulcrum is between the applied force and the load'

Answer: a lever


Question: 'The instrument heard here, or what you might use to capture its sound'

Answer: a recorder


Question: 'A deer, a very large deer second in size to the moose'

Answer: an elk


Question: 'Social misfit Mia Thermopolis turns into a beautiful young woman fit for the throne of Genovia in this 2001 film'

Answer: The Princess Diaries


Question: 'The American flag was officially adopted in this year, 1 year after the Declaration of Independence was signed'

Answer: 1777


Question: 'Kevlar, used in bulletproof vests, is used by Wilson to make these balls that you may kick or head'

Answer: a soccer ball


Question: 'The tail of this body is formed when ice turns into gas as it gets closer to the sun'

Answer: a comet


Question: 'To start your own garage rock band, you'll need a guitarist, drummer & someone on this 4-stringed rhythm instrument'

Answer: the bass


Question: 'Type of machine you can use to send & receive letters or photos over the telephone line'

Answer: a fax


Question: 'When you fold the American flag correctly at the end of the day, it should be in this shape when you're done'

Answer: a triangle


Question: 'Montreal's 2002 Jr Powerlam is a 51" long one of these with a synthetic blade'

Answer: a hockey stick


Question: 'This 5-letter word is the opposite of attract'

Answer: repel


Question: 'The metal discs around the edge of this hand-held percussion instrument are called jingles'

Answer: the tambourine


Question: 'In a popular expression it precedes "and vigor"'

Answer: vim


Question: 'After hiding for 760 days in a secret room, this diarist & her family were found by Nazis on August 4, 1944'

Answer: Anne Frank


Question: 'In the TV movie "The Luck of the Irish", the young Kyle Johnson discovers he's this type of fairy'

Answer: a leprechaun


Question: 'South of the continental U.S. are named latitude lines: the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator & the Tropic of this'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'Princess Aurora pricks her finger on a spindle in Act I of this classic ballet'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'On this TV show, a Muppet named Oscar the Grouch lives in a garbage can'

Answer: Sesame Street


Question: 'It means to shed tears'

Answer: to weep


Question: 'On April 19, 1865 funeral services were held in the East Room of the White House'

Answer: (Abraham) Lincoln


Question: 'Clu, Jack & Fi's encounters with all kinds of paranormal spooks go onto Fi's website on this show'

Answer: So Weird


Question: 'In a tropical tune, Kermit the Frog is this sea's "Amphibian"'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is known as the oldest major ballet company in this country'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'The 2 words that complete the modern saying "garbage in..."'

Answer: "garbage out"


Question: 'A short distance is said to be a "hop, skip &" this'

Answer: jump


Question: 'On March 10, 1876 this inventor transmitted the first telephone message: "Mr. Watson, come here! I want you"'

Answer: (Alexander Graham) Bell


Question: 'The only thing perfect student Ren & her brother Louis have in common is their last name on this show'

Answer: Even Stevens


Question: 'It's the mountain range you have to be in to conquer Mount Aconcagua'

Answer: the Andes


Question: 'In a famous Tchaikovsky ballet, Odette is the queen of these birds'

Answer: swans


Question: 'The first known law against throwing your garbage in the street was issued around 500 B.C. in this Greek city'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'At a buffet, don't do this twice with the same chip -- put some of that guacamole on a plate'

Answer: dip


Question: 'On July 28, 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia, marking the real beginning of this war'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'Britney made a guest appearance on this "famous" show about a TV action hero who moves back to his hometown'

Answer: The Famous Jett Jackson


Question: 'Though very close to the very icy Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego means "Land of" this'

Answer: (the Land of) Fire


Question: 'A graveyard scene (with bats!) is in Matthew Wright's ballet based on this "monstrous" Mary Shelley novel.'

Answer: Frankenstein


Question: 'The EPA reports that this country has 6% of the world's people & produces 50% of the world's garbage'

Answer: the United States of America (U.S.A.)


Question: 'In the past (we think it's in the past) kids who used bad language got their mouths washed out with this'

Answer: soap


Question: 'On August 8, 1588 the English defeated this Spanish fleet in the Battle of Gravelines'

Answer: the Spanish Armada


Question: 'Hilary Duff & her cartoon alter ego try to survive middle school as this title character'

Answer: Lizzie McGuire


Question: 'San Juan is in Puerto Rico; San Jose is this country's capital'

Answer: Costa Rica


Question: '"Liebeslieder Walzer" is danced to music by this German famed for his "lullaby"'

Answer: Brahms


Question: 'The "3 R's" of garbage management are reduce, reuse & this environmentally friendly word'

Answer: recycle


Question: 'It's the type of computer display abbreviated BMP'

Answer: bitmap


Question: 'He was the first president to use a middle name'

Answer: John Quincy Adams


Question: '1903's Treaty of Petropolis "erased" a South American dispute over an area rich in this plant resource'

Answer: Rubber


Question: '"Prince Ali" & "A Whole New World"'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'The "stress" type is a hairline break caused by overuse'

Answer: Fracture


Question: '"Musical" name of the tall, slender glass that's preferred for serving champagne'

Answer: Flute


Question: 'Located in Faxa Bay, it was made the capital of Iceland in 1918'

Answer: Reykjavik


Question: 'It theoretically happened about 10 to 20 billion years ago'

Answer: Big Bang Theory


Question: 'In 1931 the invading Japanese made this Chinese area a puppet state called Manchukuo'

Answer: Manchuria


Question: '"Spoonful of Sugar" & "Chim-Chim-Cheree"'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'In tendinitis & bursitis, -itis denotes this'

Answer: Inflammation


Question: 'This sybaritic Brit is known for the phrase "Champagne Wishes and Caviar Dreams"'

Answer: Robin Leach


Question: 'Iceland's nearest neighbor is this island, about 190 miles to the northwest'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'A man with more than one current mother-in-law'

Answer: Bigamist


Question: 'The limited Irish autonomy proposed by Isaac Butt around 1870 was called this type of "rule"'

Answer: Home Rule


Question: '"Heigh Ho" & "Someday My Prince Will Come"'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'A tear to the ACL, or anterior cruciate one of these in the knee, has brought many athletes to their knees'

Answer: Ligament


Question: 'The name of this type of champagne made from Chardonnay grapes is French for "White of whites"'

Answer: Blanc de blancs


Question: 'Iceland was the site of arms control talks between these 2 world leaders in October 1986'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev & Ronald Reagan


Question: 'George Orwell's oppressive "sibling"'

Answer: Big Brother


Question: 'Brugge in Flemish, this Belgian city's trade declined with the silting of the Zwyn River in the 1400s'

Answer: Bruges


Question: '"Baby Mine" & "Pink Elephants on Parade"'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: 'They're the muscles that flex the knee; pigs probably don't injure theirs as often as humans do'

Answer: Hamstrings


Question: 'Oh, you savage!  This term refers to dry champagne that's less than 1.5% sugar'

Answer: Brut


Question: '96% of the population is affiliated with the Church of Iceland, which is the evangelical type of this religion'

Answer: Lutheran


Question: 'This hearty species shares its name with a river & a mountain range'

Answer: Bighorn sheep


Question: 'In 897 Pope Stephen VI had his predecessor Formosus exhumed, put on trial & thrown into this river'

Answer: Tiber


Question: '"I Wanna Be Like You" & "The Bare Necessities"'

Answer: The Jungle Book


Question: 'To pro athletes, a "scope" may be short for this type of device to view the interior of a joint cavity'

Answer: Arthroscope


Question: 'This legendary discoverer of champagne may have been one of the first to use a mushroom-shaped cork'

Answer: Dom Perignon


Question: 'Like Sweden, Iceland uses currency called this'

Answer: Krona/kroners


Question: 'A 1930 Wallace Beery movie or slang for a penintentiary, bub'

Answer: Bighouse


Question: 'Ursula & her sister Gudrun are the title "women" of this D.H. Lawrence novel'

Answer: "Women in Love"


Question: 'When a pie has 2 of these, the top one may be "woven" in a lattice design'

Answer: Crusts


Question: 'A fashion boutique on west Broadway bears the name of this 19th century "Beau"'

Answer: Beau Brummell


Question: 'Alicia Christian Foster'

Answer: Jodie Foster


Question: 'Consumed with guilt over her affair with Boris, the heroine of "Katya Kabanova" drowns herself in this Russian river'

Answer: Volga


Question: '"Home of the Whopper" that fathered Cordelia, Regan & Goneril'

Answer: Burger King Lear


Question: 'In "The Scarlet Letter", the result of her "a"dultery is her beautiful daughter Pearl'

Answer: Hester Prynne


Question: 'Don't throw away this part of a watermelon; many cooks pickle it'

Answer: Rind


Question: 'Zalman Shoval is the current ambassador to the U.S. from this country'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'Talia Coppola'

Answer: Talia Shire


Question: 'Ferenc Erkel's 1844 work "Hunyady Laszlo" is one of this country's most famous operas'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'Winnie the Pooh pal moonlighting as Howard Stern's assistant'

Answer: Christopher Robin Quivers


Question: 'In William Styron's book, her "Choice" is which of her children to send to death'

Answer: Sophie


Question: 'Popular in Asia, this cooking utensil that usually has 2 handles is perfect for stir-frying'

Answer: Wok


Question: 'It's the Cairo suburb where you'll find the landmark seen here<br />(Great Pyramid)'

Answer: Giza


Question: 'Reginald Dwight'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Minnie runs a saloon in a California mining camp in this Italian composer's opera "The Girl of the Golden West"'

Answer: Giacomo Puccini


Question: 'Investment firm that makes money "The Old-Fashioned Way" taken over by a Flintstone neighbor'

Answer: Smith Barney Rubble


Question: 'The classic novel "Ulysses" ends with a 50-page monologue by this second-rate Dublin singer'

Answer: Molly Bloom


Question: 'Mix dried, pounded meat with fat & berries to make this traditional food of Native Americans'

Answer: Pemmican


Question: 'Ceremonial masks like the one here are used by the people of this region known as Xizang in Chinese'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'George Alan O'Dowd'

Answer: Boy George


Question: '"Die Harmonie der Welt" explores the life of this astronomer & his musical theories of planetary motion'

Answer: Johannes Kepler


Question: 'Jerusalem temple site where you can buy a copy of a leading financial newspaper'

Answer: Wailing Wall Street Journal


Question: 'In 1878 Henry James' "flowery" prose told of this Schenectady girl traveling in Europe'

Answer: Daisy Miller


Question: 'Larousse suggests cooking brill, a "flat" type of this, in champagne sauce'

Answer: Fish


Question: 'Seoul, Korea straddles this river which shares its name with the main ethnic group of China'

Answer: Han


Question: 'Joan de Havilland'

Answer: Joan Fontaine


Question: 'The heroine of this Czech composer's 1881 opera "Libuse" is the queen of Bohemia'

Answer: Bedrich Smetana


Question: 'Greek king Menelaus' wife kidnapped by a Dallas Cowboys quarterback'

Answer: Helen of Troy Aikman


Question: 'Samples from a Swiss bog show the highest levels of this element in the past 14,000 years were from 1975 to 1982'

Answer: Lead


Question: 'Jammu, the former seat of the Rajput dynasty, is found in this country'

Answer: India


Question: 'The cunning Amanda on "M.P.", this actress divorced Richie Sambora in 2007'

Answer: Heather Locklear


Question: 'Turn out the lights, Caliban; you're the last one left on the island in this play, written around 1611'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'The 460-room King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel in this state stands on the grounds where the man once resided'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Outriggers & kayaks are both types of this open boat'

Answer: a canoe


Question: 'It's the star-shaped symbol on a keyboard above the number 8'

Answer: A-S-T-E-R-I-S-K


Question: 'In 1613 Czar Michael founded this Russian dynasty that would last until 1917'

Answer: the Romanovs


Question: 'Hey, nice to meet this actress who played Jennifer Mancini in 1997; "Charmed", I'm sure'

Answer: Alyssa Milano


Question: 'Opened in 1920, the 535-room Drake Hotel offers gorgeous views of this city's Lake Shore Drive'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'Travel down the Mississippi on the Delta Queen, one of these'

Answer: a riverboat (or steamboat)


Question: 'From the Greek for "vein", it's the inflammation of a vein'

Answer: P-H-L-E-B-I-T-I-S


Question: 'In the 13th century the Marinids, a Berber dynasty, ruled what is now this country with Fez as their capital'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Prior to "According to Jim", she spent several seasons on "Melrose" as Alison Parker'

Answer: Courtney Thorne-Smith


Question: 'Located on Sunset Boulevard, this pink palace opened in 1912 and is on the cover of the Eagles' "Hotel California"'

Answer: the Beverly Hills Hotel


Question: 'In November of 1947 this flying boat traveled 70 feet above the water & 80 miles per hour for one mile in its only flight'

Answer: the Spruce Goose


Question: 'A favorite German meal is knockwurst & this fermented cabbage dish'

Answer: S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T


Question: 'This Babylonian ruler of the Chaldean dynasty lends his name to a 15-liter wine bottle'

Answer: Nebuchadnezzar


Question: '"The Reversion of the Beast Folk" is Chapter 21 of this 1896 H.G. Wells novel'

Answer: The Island of Dr. Moreau


Question: 'This 2-named New York City hotel at Park & 50th claims to have been the first with room service--I think I'll order the salad'

Answer: the Waldorf-Astoria


Question: 'Harry Blackmun played Joseph Story, Supreme Court Justice from 1811 to 1845, in this film about a Spanish boat'

Answer: Amistad


Question: 'It's the French word used for the body of an airplane minus the wings & tail'

Answer: F-U-S-E-L-A-G-E


Question: 'It's the term used for the "new" period of Ancient Egyptian history from the 18th to the 20th dynasty'

Answer: the New Kingdom


Question: 'The Chateau d'If isn't a 5-star hotel in this 1844 novel; it's an island prison'

Answer: The Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'Stay at Hotel del Coronado, then cross the bridge & have a whale of a time with Shamu in this city'

Answer: San Diego


Question: 'The USS Constitution was one of these fast & easy-to-maneuver warships popular in the 18th century'

Answer: a frigate


Question: 'The name of this banded, coarse-grained rock that contains feldspar & quartz sounds rather pleasing & amiable'

Answer: G-N-E-I-S-S


Question: '2-word term for a psychoanalytic method that has the patient reveal all thoughts as they occur'

Answer: free association


Question: 'The uncut version of this Russian epic based on a Tolstoy novel is more than 8 hours long'

Answer: War and Peace


Question: 'Ferragamo introduced these floor-scarring shoes whose name comes from the Italian for "dagger"'

Answer: stiletto


Question: 'He easily broke the bowstrings Delilah used to bind him'

Answer: Samson


Question: 'When he was killed in 1968, he was planning a march of striking Memphis sanitation workers'

Answer: Martin Luther King, Jr.


Question: '(Cheryl of Clue Crew indicates a skeleton.) Appropriately, the name of this bone comes from the Greek for "breastbone"'

Answer: the sternum


Question: 'Founded in Topeka in 1925, this psychiatric clinic is named for physician Charles & his sons Karl & Will'

Answer: the Menninger Clinic


Question: 'This film also known as "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg" is the perfect rental for a rainy day'

Answer: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg


Question: 'In 1995 this clothier famous for his red, white & blue sportswear was named Menswear Designer of the Year'

Answer: Hilfiger


Question: 'Tradition states that it contained Aaron's miraculous rod as well as the tablets of the law'

Answer: the Ark of the Covenant


Question: 'On Christmas Eve 1968, Borman, Lovell & Anders became the first men to circle this object'

Answer: the Moon


Question: 'It's the study of the nature of God & religious truth'

Answer: theology


Question: 'The retrograde type of this condition applies to events prior to a head injury; anterograde, to events after it'

Answer: amnesia


Question: 'Polish filmmaker who directed "Knife in the Water" in Poland & "Rosemary's Baby" in the U.S.'

Answer: (Roman) Polanski


Question: 'Last name of designer Donatella, who heads the fashion house founded by her late brother'

Answer: Versace


Question: 'Isaiah 2:4 speaks of beating these into plowshares; Joel 3:10 says to do the reverse'

Answer: swords


Question: 'This military campaign launched by North Vietnam on January 30, 1968 was named for the Vietnamese New Year'

Answer: the Tet Offensive


Question: 'Not to judge, but this word for one who judges comes from a word meaning "skilled in judging"'

Answer: critic


Question: 'Psychologists classify phobias as this type of disorder; phobic people spend much time worrying about their fears'

Answer: anxiety (disorder)


Question: 'Marcello Mastroianni starred in several of this director's films, including "La Dolce Vita" & "8 1/2"'

Answer: Fellini


Question: 'This angel's announcement to Mary that she'd bear the Son of God appears only in Luke's gospel'

Answer: Gabriel


Question: 'In 1968 work began on this project that stretched from the North Slope by Prudhoe Bay to the Port of Valdez'

Answer: the Alaska Pipeline


Question: 'The name of this gray-to-black mineral comes from the Greek for "to write"'

Answer: graphite


Question: 'A psychologist at Stanford University devised a new intelligence test based on the work of this Frenchman'

Answer: (Alfred) Binet


Question: 'A 16th century Japanese village is the main setting for this 1954 foreign film classic'

Answer: The Seven Samurai


Question: 'While barren, she gave her Egyptian maid Hagar to Abraham to bear his children'

Answer: Sarah


Question: 'In a 1968 speech this Black Panther said, "You're either part of the solution, or you're part of the problem"'

Answer: Eldridge Cleaver


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from White Sands National Monument in New Mexico.) Contaminated water can be made safe to drink by boiling, filtering or using chemical tablets; make sure tablets kill these microorganisms whose name means "first animals"'

Answer: protozoans


Question: 'This poet wrote, "I love thee freely, as men strive for right; I love thee purely, as they turn from praise"'

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning


Question: 'The Bluebird Cafe in this Tenn. city was featured prominently in the River Phoenix film "The Thing Called Love"'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'Famed Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera drew from the dances & songs of these cowboys in his early works'

Answer: gauchos


Question: 'This character is the narrator of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel "Jane Eyre"'

Answer: Jane Eyre


Question: 'Each of these is made up of 4 kinds of tissue: pulp, dentin, enamel & cementum'

Answer: teeth


Question: 'It's the classic No. 1 hit that says, "You saw me standing alone, without a dream in my heart"'

Answer: "Blue Moon"


Question: 'When having a casual conversation, you do this to "the rag" or "the fat"'

Answer: chew


Question: 'Beach music lives at the Rock 'N Roll Beach Club at this Florida theme park's Pleasure Island'

Answer: Walt Disney World


Question: 'More than 2/3 of Argentina's population lives in this fertile plain that has some of the world's best topsoil'

Answer: Pampas


Question: 'Her 2000 debut album was titled "Who is Jill Scott?"'

Answer: Jill Scott


Question: 'As their name suggests, these female reproductive organs produce the eggs'

Answer: ovaries


Question: 'In a 2002 episode of "Sex and the City", Carrie & Mr. Big danced to this Andy Williams classic'

Answer: "Moon River"


Question: 'Speak slowly with -- pauses; -- "He who" -- does it "is -- lost"'

Answer: hesitates


Question: 'Rah-rah for Ra, a nightclub named for an Egyptian sun god at this Las Vegas hotel'

Answer: Luxor


Question: 'Ushuaia, the world's southernmost city, lies on this island territory of Argentina'

Answer: Tierra del Fuego


Question: '(Hi, I'm Jeff Probst (in Thailand))  Parts of this 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio movie were filmed nearby on the beach of Thailand's Phi Phi Island'

Answer: The Beach


Question: 'This slender, closed tube that extends from the large intestine may become inflamed & even burst'

Answer: appendix


Question: 'This No. 2 hit by CCR warns, "Looks like we're in for nasty weather"'

Answer: "Bad Moon Rising"


Question: 'Change one letter in yabber, Australian for "to talk foolishly", & you get this, "to talk rapidly"'

Answer: jabber


Question: 'Don't make an ass of yourself at "The Donkey Show" -- an interactive disco version of this "seasonal" Shakespeare saga'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'Both Argentina & the Rio de la Plata derive their names from the Latin word for this'

Answer: silver


Question: 'The flag of this union of European countries has a circle of 12 gold stars on a field of blue'

Answer: European Union


Question: 'The uvula is that fleshy piece at the back of the throat & the uvea is the pigmented middle layer of this organ'

Answer: eye