Question: 'This martial art is said to have been inspired by the slow, sinuous movements of a snake'

Answer: tai chi


Question: '"Towards the East, an eye looks to Zion"'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'To start your friend's dead car'

Answer: jump


Question: 'The single word at the top of the "heads" side'

Answer: Liberty


Question: 'Rose Garden trees include this tree--Mississippi's state tree, flower & by golly, its in the state nickname too'

Answer: magnolia


Question: 'Parents should thank Dick Belanger, inventor of the no-spill valve for the cup generically called this'

Answer: a sippy cup


Question: 'This type of dance shares its name with something you might serve with chips'

Answer: salsa


Question: '"Beneath our radiant Southern Cross, we'll toil with hearts & hands"'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Flowers from this vine are used to make beer'

Answer: hops


Question: 'The sole verb'

Answer: trust


Question: 'Many Supreme Court justices have been introduced in the Rose Garden, including her, Clinton's 1st pick'

Answer: (Ruth) Ginsburg


Question: 'Darn it, Ben!  Sit still in your Peg-Perego Atlantico Classico all-terrain one of these'

Answer: a stroller


Question: 'They're the band that gave us the dance floor favorite heard here'

Answer: The Village People


Question: '"City of the apostles, mother & guide of the elect, light of the nations and hope of the world"'

Answer: Vatican City


Question: 'The captain of a curling team'

Answer: the skip


Question: 'The leaves of this plant are depicted on the reverse of the quarter'

Answer: (the) olive (tree)


Question: 'JFK's first guest in the Rose Garden was this foreign minister of the USSR who held his job from 1957 to 1985'

Answer: (Andrei) Gromyko


Question: 'Daddy doesn't want to play at 6:30 A.M.--let's turn on the Disney Channel & watch Bear & Ojo on this series'

Answer: Bear in the Big Blue House


Question: 'It's the pro football infraction indicated here'

Answer: offsides


Question: 'In 2004 she bounced back onto the bestseller list with "R is for Ricochet"'

Answer: (Sue) Grafton


Question: '1980:<br />"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"'

Answer: Airplane!


Question: 'At birth, this mammal can be 6 feet tall, about one-third of its adult height'

Answer: a giraffe


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a balcony in Greece.)  No Greek salad is complete without this cheese whose name means "slice"'

Answer: feta


Question: '1147-1149:<br />In the Holy Land, for the second time'

Answer: the Crusades


Question: 'Final act of playwrights Seneca & von Kleist'

Answer: suicide


Question: '"Ring in" if you know that this was Sylvia Plath's only novel'

Answer: The Bell Jar


Question: '1988:<br />"Ten minutes to Wapner"'

Answer: Rain Man


Question: 'Many of this type of reptile are slow, but the smooth softshell species can often outrun a human on level ground'

Answer: a turtle


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a balcony in Greece.)  I like this lamb dish, similar to shashlik, whose name comes from Greek for a "skewer"'

Answer: souvlakia


Question: '1066:<br />Southern England'

Answer: the Norman Invasion, Battle of Hastings


Question: 'Specifically, the killing of one's mother'

Answer: matricide


Question: 'In "Bourne Legacy", Eric van Lustbader brings this late author's Jason Bourne out of retirement again'

Answer: Robert Ludlum


Question: '1986:<br />"This is my 9th sick day this semester.  It's getting pretty tough coming up with new illnesses"'

Answer: Ferris Bueller\'s Day Off


Question: 'This type of eel known for its camouflage has powerful jaws, sharp teeth &, generally, no pectoral fins'

Answer: a moray


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a patio in Greece.) This anise-flavored Greek liqueur is clear, but when you mix water and ice, it turns opaque and milky white'

Answer: ouzo


Question: '431-404 B.C.:<br />In ancient Greece'

Answer: the Peloponnesian War


Question: 'For example, when Ravaillac killed France's Henry IV'

Answer: regicide


Question: 'Books like "Lust for Life" earned him the nickname "King of the Biographical Novel"'

Answer: Irving Stone


Question: '1988:<br />"There's never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn't have the best year of his career"'

Answer: Bull Durham


Question: 'The Kloss's & pileated species of this smallest ape have become endangered'

Answer: the gibbon


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a kitchen in Greece.) To make baklava, you'll need some of these tissue-thin layers of pastry dough, whose name is from the Greek for "leaf"'

Answer: phyllo


Question: '1455-1485:<br />Between 2 different British royal houses'

Answer: The Wars of the Roses


Question: 'The killing of a god or goddess'

Answer: deicide


Question: 'Willie Stark, a character in this Robert Penn Warren novel was modeled on Huey Long'

Answer: All the King\'s Men


Question: '1981:<br />"Don't look at it.  Shut your eyes, Marion, and don't look at it no matter what happens"'

Answer: Raiders of the Lost Ark


Question: 'It's the males of this flightless, largest South American bird that incubate the eggs & raise the young'

Answer: a rhea


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a beachside table in Greece.) I'm digging into this Greek dish, made with spinach, cheese, and onions; it's almost as much fun to say as to eat'

Answer: spanakopita


Question: '1702-1713:<br />Her war in North America'

Answer: Queen Anne


Question: 'The killing of cats'

Answer: felicide


Question: 'Rejected earlier in its bid for statehood, it finally entered the Union in 1876'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11, the anniversary of the day this war ended'

Answer: World War I


Question: 'Cal State Northridge's KCSN broadcasts an Americana music program called "Tangled" these plant parts'

Answer: Roots


Question: 'Some hawk moths hover just like these tiny birds for which they are sometimes mistaken'

Answer: hummingbirds


Question: 'You get a grade "A" if you know USDA stands for this, which has been grading meat quality since 1923'

Answer: U.S. Department of Agriculture


Question: 'Look, my mask; I wore it years ago during this celebration, French for "fat Tuesday"'

Answer: Mardi Gras


Question: '13 items from your local bagel shop is sometimes called this'

Answer: a baker\'s dozen


Question: 'Don't forget--in Canada, Veterans Day is known as this'

Answer: Remembrance Day


Question: 'You can talk Bears or Black Hawks on "The A.L.L. Sports Hour" on WHPK, from the University of this town'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The larva of this "royal" butterfly feeds only on leaves of the milkweed plant'

Answer: the monarch butterfly


Question: 'This poisoning usually picked up from bad canned meat takes its name from the Latin word for sausage'

Answer: botulism


Question: 'I must have tried half the 43 quintillion possible combinations on this; more stuff in the trunk'

Answer: a Rubik\'s Cube


Question: 'This 3-word phrase means to decline to say any more; you can thank the Constitution'

Answer: to plead the Fifth


Question: 'Each November 11 a color guard executes "present arms" at 11:00 A.M. at this Arlington National Cemetery location'

Answer: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier


Question: 'Catch some logger rhythms on KUPS, from the university named for this Washington body of water'

Answer: Puget Sound


Question: 'To avoid being eaten, some moths have a special organ to pick up high-frequency sounds made by these mammals'

Answer: bats


Question: 'A specially trained butcher known as a shochet is required to prepare meat to this religious standard'

Answer: kosher


Question: 'It's my little red mascot of this college team; sorry I had to banish you to the trunk after Tom Osborne left'

Answer: the University of Nebraska


Question: 'This brand of cat food is "finicky about nutrition"'

Answer: 9Lives


Question: 'In 1954 this man signed legislation officially establishing the name Veterans Day'

Answer: President Eisenhower


Question: 'KRLX comes from C-A-R-leton College in this state'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Due to its golden shimmer, the pupa is also called this, from the Greek for "gold"'

Answer: a chrysalis


Question: 'John Montagu, Earl of this, popularized a dish that helped him eat meat while playing cards'

Answer: Sandwich


Question: 'Hey, it's my nickel-plated this; it was very painful when I got my head stuck in it'

Answer: a shark jaw


Question: 'A new gust, or a renewed ability to continue'

Answer: a second wind


Question: 'The tradition of wearing poppies on Veterans Day comes from this poem about an area in Belgium & France'

Answer: "In Flanders Fields"


Question: 'Loyola Marymount's KXLU has a show devoted to female musicians called "She" does this (not to the cradle)'

Answer: Rocks


Question: 'Female moths & butterflies release these chemicals from special wing scales to attract males'

Answer: pheromones


Question: 'Not to assume the wurst, but Braunschweiger is a smoked variety of this spreadable sausage'

Answer: liverwurst


Question: 'My monkey friend carved out of this--I haven't seen you in years'

Answer: a coconut


Question: 'In politics, this subway term refers to a dangerous topic'

Answer: the third rail


Question: 'It's Paris' tallest landmark'

Answer: the Eiffel Tower


Question: 'Synchronized springboard is one event in this sport'

Answer: diving


Question: 'In 1790 William Wordsworth spent his summer vacation in this revolution-torn country'

Answer: France


Question: 'Ironically, this 18th century device bears the name of a French doctor who opposed the death penalty'

Answer: the guillotine


Question: 'It's the unit of weight for precious stones; the Hope diamond is 45.52 of them'

Answer: a carat


Question: 'Land held as property'

Answer: real estate


Question: 'Fittingly, a sculpture of this animal stands 67 feet tall at the Dallas Zoo'

Answer: a giraffe


Question: 'Stand 70 meters away from target that is 1.22 meters in diameter & let fly'

Answer: archery


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) This American novelist, more associated with whales, visited the Galapagos & mused on the tortoise as a symbol of the two sides of existence, with its dark topside & bright underside'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'This wheel was made for an 1893 expo by an engineer who specialized in steel structures'

Answer: the Ferris wheel


Question: '42 gallons of crude oil equals one of these units'

Answer: a barrel


Question: 'To watch a 37-minute event in 37 minutes is to watch it in this'

Answer: real time


Question: 'The Holland one in New Jersey & New York is a National Historic Landmark'

Answer: a tunnel


Question: '3 disciplines: rhythmic, artistic & trampoline'

Answer: gymnastics


Question: '"A Cook's Tour" narrates the strange journeys & meals of this chef & TV personality'

Answer: Anthony Bourdain


Question: 'Now a floating hotel, this ship made her maiden voyage in May 1936'

Answer: the Queen Mary


Question: 'Gauges measure shotgun bore diameters in mms; these measure gun bore diameters in hundredths of inches, like the .22'

Answer: caliber


Question: 'It can mean "in the art style of Yves Tanguy", or just "weird & eerie"'

Answer: surreal


Question: 'This structure follows Windsor, Balmoral or Montezuma'

Answer: castle


Question: 'Categories in this sport include coxless pairs & single sculls'

Answer: rowing


Question: 'In this country D.H. Lawrence started a novel called "Quetzalcoatl", later "The Plumed Serpent"'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'A lab in Livermore, California is named for this inventor of the cyclotron'

Answer: Ernest Lawrence


Question: 'This unit expresses the intensity of a sound wave; one is the smallest difference between sounds detectable by the human ear'

Answer: a decibel


Question: 'What Coke was, according to an old ad slogan'

Answer: the real thing


Question: 'The Bund symbolizes this Chinese city's trading history'

Answer: Shanghai


Question: 'This martial art is the only Olympic sport to originate in Korea'

Answer: tae kwon do


Question: 'Composer Rachmaninoff lent this Russian-born novelist the money to come to the U.S. in 1940'

Answer: Vladimir Nabokov


Question: 'The 3 Senate office buildings are named for Senators Philip Hart, Richard Russell & Everett this'

Answer: Senator Everett Dirksen


Question: 'Sing out this term for 25 uniform sheets of paper'

Answer: a quire


Question: 'Time Inc. keeps things basic with this magazine'

Answer: Real Simple


Question: 'In April 1935 in Oklahoma, when blowing soil darkened the sky, a reporter coined this term for the region'

Answer: the Dust Bowl


Question: 'He cast down 30 pieces of silver in the temple "and departed, and went and hanged himself"'

Answer: Judas


Question: 'In 1977 Graig Nettles, Mickey Rivers & Thurman Munson wore this team's pinstripes'

Answer: New York Yankees


Question: 'This company made the first soft drink consumed in space'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'Georgia Neese Clark was right on the money, or at least her signature was, as the first woman in this post'

Answer: U.S. Treasurer


Question: 'CoolPatch Pumpkins in Dixon, Calif. boasted the world's largest one of these--over 40 acres to get lost in!'

Answer: a cornfield maze


Question: 'An '80s dance step'

Answer: moonwalk


Question: 'In the first chapter of Luke, she said, "my soul doth magnify the lord" & "all generations shall call me blessed"'

Answer: Mary


Question: 'In 1972 Jerry West, Happy Hairston & Pat Riley (yes, that Pat Riley) ran the floor for this team'

Answer: the Lakers


Question: 'Some of the earliest revolvers by this company were the pocket, belt & holster models'

Answer: Colt


Question: 'In 2009 Darwin's great-great-granddaughter Ruth Padel became this univ.'s first female professor of poetry'

Answer: Oxford


Question: 'The "straight" type of this liquor is distilled from a mash of at least 51% but not more than 79% corn'

Answer: bourbon


Question: 'You might see this written in a  cemetery'

Answer: rest in peace


Question: 'Sin committed by the woman about whom Jesus said, "he that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her"'

Answer: adultery


Question: 'L.C. Greenwood, Mel Blount & Franco Harris were on this squad's 1975 roster'

Answer: the Steelers


Question: 'Started as a glass company, it went on to make light bulbs, television tubes &, of course, cookware'

Answer: Corning


Question: 'In 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the U.S. to earn a degree in this'

Answer: medicine


Question: 'These threadlike fibers that grow beneath the husk are used in herbal medicines & tea'

Answer: corn silk


Question: 'Type of business that may not be here tomorrow'

Answer: fly-by-night


Question: 'This disciple said, "except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... I will not believe"'

Answer: Thomas


Question: 'Darryl "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins, Joe (Kobe's dad) Bryant & Julius "Dr. J" Erving hooped it up in 1979 for this team'

Answer: Philadelphia 76ers


Question: 'The earliest products by this company were candles, starch &, of course, soap'

Answer: Colgate


Question: 'Not Mel Brooks' wife but this explorer was the first woman to cross the ice to the North Pole'

Answer: Ann Bancroft


Question: 'Home to the Missouri Meerschaum Co., Washington, Missouri is hailed as this "capital of the world"'

Answer: corn pipe


Question:
'The earliest-known
American one was noted in 1799'

Answer: merry-go-round


Question: 'Affer finding the disciples asleep in the garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said this "indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak"'

Answer: the spirit


Question: 'Larry Csonka, Larry Seiple, Larry Little & a bunch of no-names--at least on defense--played for this '72 undefeated team'

Answer: the Dolphins


Question: 'Kirkland Signature is the house brand for this membership store'

Answer: Costco


Question: 'A statue of her, the first woman elected to Congress, represents Montana in the U.S. Capitol'

Answer: Jeannette Rankin


Question: 'Seen here is one of the murals made with locally grown corn that has graced the Mitchell Corn Palace in this state'

Answer: South Dakota


Question: 'It happens in tough economic times'

Answer: corporate downsizing


Question: 'In this type of simple machine, a version of the inclined plane, rotational force is translated into linear force'

Answer: a screw


Question: 'Po, the title character in "Kung Fu Panda"'

Answer: Jack Black


Question: 'I used the meter of the Finnish epic "Kalevala" as the basis for that of "The Song of Hiawatha"'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: 'It's a slang term for a job for musicians, or a pronged spear used for fishing or catching frogs'

Answer: a gig


Question: 'In 1941, 50 years affer his death, a military tank was named for this Lancaster, Ohio-born general'

Answer: Sherman


Question: 'He was a little rascal, o-tay?'

Answer: Buckwheat


Question: 'All existing species of these have placentas except marsupials & monotremes'

Answer: mammals


Question: 'Fiona in the "Shrek" movies'

Answer: Cameroon Diaz


Question: 'Emerson encouraged me to start keeping a journal, which I did until a few months before my death in 1862'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: 'The words tanning & tannin come from an old German word for this mighty tree, once the main source of tannin'

Answer: an oak


Question: 'This Ohioan was Teddy Roosevelt's veep & lent his name to a city in Alaska'

Answer: Fairbanks


Question: 'When it was founded in 1893, Sears was paired with this man's name'

Answer: Roebuck


Question: 'This Saturnian moon is the only one in the solar system known to have clouds'

Answer: Titan


Question: 'Mr. Potato Head in all 3 "Toy Story" movies'

Answer: Don Rickles


Question: 'I wrote in "Tropic of Cancer", "every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race"'

Answer: Henry Miller


Question: 'This 3-word phrase describes a desperate "leap" taken by a TV show to retain ratings'

Answer: jump the shark


Question: 'In 1890 Ohioan Caroline Harrison became the first president general of this org. that traces members' lineages to 1776'

Answer: the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution)


Question: 'They backed up country music legend Buck Owens'

Answer: The Buckaroos


Question: 'In the U.S. the "stately" time divisions in the Carboniferous Period are called the Mississippian & this'

Answer: the Pennsylvanian


Question: 'Carl Fredricksen in "Up"'

Answer: Ed Asner


Question: '1904's "The Golden Bowl" was one of my last novels; I later became a British subject'

Answer: Henry James


Question: 'In 1931 this Hull House founder was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first American woman so honored'

Answer: (Jane) Addams


Question: 'Born in Bowersville, he had a bestselling book in 1952 with "The Power of Positive Thinking"'

Answer: Norman Vincent Peale


Question: '2-word term for an enlisted man of the lowest rank'

Answer: a buck private


Question: 'It's the "specific" ratio between the density of pure water & that of another substance; for gold, it's 19.3'

Answer: specific gravity


Question: 'Mrs. Potts the teapot in "Beauty and the Beast"'

Answer: Angela Lansbury


Question: 'My 1742 novel "Joseph Andrews" was "written in imitation of the manner of Cervantes"'

Answer: Henry Fielding


Question: 'In 1954 Monaco's Prince Rainier created the Order of this family to reward those who contribute to the country's prestige'

Answer: Grimaldi


Question: 'This Steubenville, Ohio native served Abe Lincoln as Secretary of War'

Answer: Edwin Stanton


Question: 'Used as currency on the frontier in the 1700s, these deer hides gave us a slang term for a dollar'

Answer: buckskins


Question: 'The only 2 countries in the world with an "X" in their names, one is found in Europe & one in the Americas'

Answer: Luxembourg and Mexico


Question: 'This Connecticut senator lost the 2006 Democratic primary but later won reelection as an independent'

Answer: Joe Lieberman


Question: 'This show began by saying "Once upon a time, there were 3 little girls who went to the police academy"'

Answer: Charlie\'s Angels


Question: 'At Cracker Barrel restaurants, you can fill up on comfort foods like biscuits & gravy & this hominy dish'

Answer: grits


Question: 'Visit Stanley Park, one of the largest urban parks in North America, while in this British Columbia city'

Answer: Vancouver


Question: 'For everything else, there's MA, this company'

Answer: MasterCard


Question: 'The wooden skirting at the bottom of an interior wall'

Answer: a baseboard


Question: 'This North Carolina Republican is the wife of a former U.S. senator from Kansas'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole


Question: 'Bing Crosby was an early choice to play this detective but said no, so Peter Falk got the role'

Answer: Columbo


Question: '"Craig Claiborne's Southern Cooking" recipes including Dixie, Georgia & bourbon versions of this classic pie'

Answer: pecan


Question: 'Several articles on Bonaire focus on diving beneath the blue waters of this sea'

Answer: the Caribbean


Question: 'If you want to snowboard or ski, go freestyle with KTO, this sporty company'

Answer: K2


Question: 'A collection of digital info organized for convenient access'

Answer: a database


Question: 'A senator must be a U.S. citizen for 9 years & be at least this age'

Answer: 30


Question: 'Expecting cancellation, this Hawaiian eye was killed off in 1987 but oops! got renewed & resuscitated'

Answer: Magnum, P.I.


Question: 'You can add a little crunch to your cornbread using these crispy pieces of pork or poultry fat after it's been rendered'

Answer: cracklings


Question: 'You can book a trip right on the website with a link to this site whose logo shows a plane & a globe'

Answer: Expedia(.com)


Question: 'You can really clean up with this company, WHR'

Answer: Whirlpool


Question: 'To lower someone or something in rank or esteem'

Answer: to debase


Question: 'While serving in Vietnam in the 1960s, this Republican senator from Nebraska received 2 Purple Hearts'

Answer: Chuck Hagel


Question: 'Top fashion model Maddie Hayes became a reluctant P.I. paired with David Addison on this show'

Answer: Moonlighting


Question: 'Some say this black-eyed peas & rice dish was named for a servant who kept on his toes while dishing it out'

Answer: Hoppin\' John


Question: 'The Times reports that war-torn countries are reviving tourism, like this African nation ravaged by genocide in 1994'

Answer: Rwanda


Question: 'This company, RTN, believes in a strong defense'

Answer: Raytheon


Question: 'A parachutist who leaps from standing high structures, not out of a plane'

Answer: a base jumper


Question: 'This senator was admitted to the New York bar in 1975 but has never practiced law'

Answer: Chuck Schumer


Question: '"This is" this trailer-dwelling private eye. "At the tone, leave your name & message. I'll get back to you"'

Answer: Rockford


Question: 'From French for "to suffocate", it's a popular Cajun stew of crawfish & vegetables served over white rice'

Answer: étouffée


Question: 'On this island just east of Java, Seminyak Beach is a quieter alternative to touristy Kuta'

Answer: Bali


Question: 'This company, TM, is a hybrid, as it also runs a financial services division'

Answer: Toyota


Question: '2-word term for a chemical unit linking complementary strands of DNA'

Answer: a base pair


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads from the marble-columned rotunda of the American Museum of Natural History in New York.)  The rotunda is named after this U.S. president who collected specimens for the museum'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'Quick!  Name this seasonal 1959 Elizabeth Taylor film based on a Tennessee Williams play'

Answer: Suddenly, Last Summer


Question: 'She played a lady in waiting, not a First Lady, in the Broadway musical "Lute Song"'

Answer: Nancy Reagan


Question: 'Last name of brothers Jakob & Wilhelm, known for their German dictionary as well as their fairy tales'

Answer: Grimm


Question: 'Olivier Messiaen studied these to imitate their sounds in works like "Catalogue d'oiseaux"'

Answer: birds


Question: 'A mark of disgrace; its name is from the Greek for "tattoo mark"'

Answer: stigma


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reads underneath an ornamented hanging boat at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.)  This seaworthy 63-foot canoe was carved from a single tree trunk by the Haida, a native people from islands off this Canadian province'

Answer: British Columbia


Question: 'Richard Gere & Winona Ryder have a May-December romance in this weepy 2000 drama'

Answer: Autumn in New York


Question: 'For 12 years, she was the wife of Washington, D.C. jeweler Norman Galt; he died in 1908'

Answer: Edith Wilson


Question: 'As a medical student at Moscow University, he wrote stories under the name Antosha Chekhonte'

Answer: Chekhov


Question: 'First name of Austro-American composer Schoenberg; he anagrammed it to name his son Ronald'

Answer: Arnold


Question: '"Pathetic" this is the attribution of human emotions or characteristics to inanimate objects'

Answer: fallacy


Question: '(Hi, I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.)  I'm the director of this world-famous planetarium here at the museum, opened in 1935 & named for a philanthropist'

Answer: the Hayden Planetarium


Question: 'Glenn Close & Patrick Stewart played a battling royal couple in a TV remake of this 1968 film'

Answer: The Lion in Winter


Question: 'As one of her daughters tells it, she was born "in a miner's shack high in the mountains of Eastern Nevada"'

Answer: Pat Nixon


Question: 'Keeping it in the family, Johann Wyss edited his dad's manuscript about this Swiss family'

Answer: the Swiss Family Robinson


Question: 'Sir Ralph Vaughan Williams put these jazzy horns in his 9th symphony, with the instruction not to sound like "demented cats"'

Answer: saxophones


Question: 'In a fightin' mood?  You can enter the fray or take part in this noisy disturbance, from the Italian for "to smash"'

Answer: a fracas


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Hall of Ocean Life at the American Museum of Natural History.)  One of the iconic exhibits in the Hall of Ocean Life is the coral reef diorama near a 30-times enlarged model of one of these creatures that make up reefs'

Answer: polyps


Question: 'It's the English title of Ingmar Bergman's "Jungfrukallan"'

Answer: The Virgin Spring


Question: 'If there had been an inaugural ball in 1877 (there wasn't), she probably would have served lemonade'

Answer: Lucy Hayes


Question: 'While serving as an ambulance driver during WWI, he finished his novel "Of Human Bondage"'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'Nickname of Roy Harris' Symphony No. 14, premiered in Washington, D.C. in 1976'

Answer: "Bicentennial"


Question: 'This adjective means both "bloody" & "cheerfully optimistic"'

Answer: sanguine


Question: 'The museum's 563-carat sapphire called the Star of India was actually found on this island'

Answer: Sri Lanka


Question: 'Burgess Meredith re-created his Broadway role in this 1936 film based on a Maxwell Anderson play'

Answer: Winterset


Question: 'Mrs. Harding was nicknamed "Flossie", but this was her real first name'

Answer: Florence


Question: 'In 1909 this author of "The Immoralist" co-founded the literary magazine The New French Revue'

Answer: André Gide


Question: 'He was buried in New York in 1945 & reburied in his beloved Hungary in 1988'

Answer: Béla Bartók


Question: 'Both "mercenary" & this synonym come from Latin roots that refer to payment'

Answer: soldier (of fortune)


Question: 'Its national anthem begins, "O Lord, protect for us Our Majesty the Sultan"'

Answer: Oman


Question: 'Mary Stewart worked magic in "The Crystal Cave", the first book in her trilogy about this Arthurian wizard'

Answer: Merlin


Question: 'Jay Scott Greenspan began using this stage name as a teen, long before he played George Costanza'

Answer: Jason Alexander


Question: 'Schottland'

Answer: Scotland


Question: '"Mah-jongg" comes from a word for "sparrow" in this language'

Answer: Chinese


Question: 'El Espectador is a daily paper in this Colombian city'

Answer: Bogota


Question: 'As a child, this future pilot built a roller coaster made of wood & roller skates in her yard'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: '"A House Divided" completed the trilogy that began with this Pulitzer Prize-winning Pearl Buck novel'

Answer: "The Good Earth"


Question: '(Hi, I'm Liza Huber of the NBC soap opera "Passions")  In January 2000 my real-life mom, Susan Lucci, celebrated the 30th anniversary of her debut on this soap opera'

Answer: All My Children


Question: 'Schweiz'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Mah-jongg was a U.S. fad in this decade, along with bathtub gin & the Charleston'

Answer: 1920s


Question: 'In January 1533 she secretly married the king of England'

Answer: Anne Boleyn


Question: 'Henry & Emily Folger were known for their infatuation with everything concerning this author'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'Evelyn Waugh set his "Sword of Honour" trilogy during this war in which he'd served as a commando'

Answer: World War II


Question: 'Ex-fashion model Wendie Malick struts her stuff as ex-fashion model Nina Van Horn on this sitcom'

Answer: Just Shoot Me


Question: 'Frankreich'

Answer: France


Question: 'As in bridge, these are the usual designations of the 4 players'

Answer: North, south, east & west


Question: 'The National Center for Atmospheric Research is in this Rocky Mountain city 5,354 feet up'

Answer: Boulder, Colorado


Question: 'Spy magazine gave out the rub-on decal seen here to make you look like this man:'

Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev


Question: 'This creator of Natty Bumppo made Corny Littlepage a hero of his "Littlepage Manuscripts"'

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper


Question: 'Andrea McArdle was still a kid herself when she played this great child star in the 1978 TV movie "Rainbow"'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: 'Ungarn'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'A draw that allows a player to win at once is called a "hand from" this place'

Answer: Heaven


Question: 'Artist heard here with a song used as the theme of a Mexican telenovela starring Victoria Ruffo:'

Answer: Andrea Bocelli


Question: 'In the '70s a 50-rupee note of the Seychelles included the word "sex" hidden on it next to this queen's portrait'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II


Question: 'Robertson Davies' "Deptford Trilogy" concerns a small-town tragedy in this most populous Canadian province'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'In the summer of '66 she said farewell to "Peyton Place" & married Frank Sinatra'

Answer: Mia Farrow


Question: 'Griechenland'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'To pung is to complete a triplet; completing a set of 4 has this name, like a movie "King"'

Answer: Kong


Question: 'Federigo is the subject of the ninth story on day 5 of this author's "Decameron"'

Answer: Giovanni Boccaccio


Question: 'Come up & see the sofa shaped like this actress' lips at the Salvador Dali Museum in Figueres, Spain'

Answer: Mae West


Question: 'In October 1989 Erich Honecker quit as leader of this country that ceased to exist a year later'

Answer: East Germany


Question: 'In 2000 it was announced that this, Broadway's longest-running show, would be a "Memory" after over 7,000 shows'

Answer: "Cats"


Question: 'Scientists classify the "live" variety of this tree as Quercus virginiana'

Answer: Oak


Question: 'Marquette University'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'Number of U.S. presidents removed from office by impeachment'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Edible slang for a person's head led to this term for a pitch thrown at the head of a batter'

Answer: Beanball


Question: 'Under PM Hjalmar Hammarskjold, Dag's dad, Sweden maintained this stance during WWI'

Answer: Neutrality


Question: 'Running on Broadway in the '50s & '60s for over 2,700 performances, it was "Mi Bella Dama" in Mexico'

Answer: "My Fair Lady"


Question: 'Fm is the chemical symbol for this element, discovered in the 20th century'

Answer: Fermium


Question: 'DePaul University'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'The land area of the Marshall Islands in square miles, or the age one becomes a septuagenarian'

Answer: 70


Question: 'In 1988 the Consumer Product Safety Commission banned the sale of these outdoor "darts"'

Answer: Lawn darts


Question: 'Alliterative name for the WWII resistance movement led by General de Gaulle'

Answer: Free French


Question: 'Pardon my French, since 1987 it has had over 5,000 performances'

Answer: Les Mis


Question: 'The luster of this rock formed from shale under pressure is seen in older blackboards'

Answer: Slate


Question: 'University of Central Florida'

Answer: Orlando


Question: 'Number of volts in the battery seen here:'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Frank Capra said this missile "has probably made more people laugh than all the other comic props combined"'

Answer: Pie in the face


Question: 'In 1974 this country's premier Marcello Caetano was deposed & exiled to Madeira -- doesn't sound so bad'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'Topping "Oklahoma!" in shows performed is this exclamatory 1964 musical based on "The Matchmaker"'

Answer: "Hello, Dolly!"


Question: 'From the Greek for "all the Earth", it's the hypothetical land mass that once included all of the continents'

Answer: Pangea


Question: 'University of the Virgin Islands'

Answer: Charlotte Amalie


Question: 'Total number of associate justices on the Supreme Court'

Answer: 8


Question: 'In the stage show "Ricky Jay and his 52 Assistants", Jay pierces a watermelon rind by throwing one of these'

Answer: Playing card


Question: 'Churchill said an iron curtain had descended over Europe from this northern sea to the Adriatic'

Answer: Baltic Sea


Question: 'Performed over 2,000 times in the 1920s, its title characters are Abraham Levi & Rose Mary Murphy'

Answer: "Abie\'s Irish Rose"


Question: 'Yellowish algae on its underside give the blue whale this alternate name'

Answer: Sulfur-bottomed whale


Question: 'Drexel University'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Prior to 2000, it was the last year whose 4 digits totaled 2'

Answer: 1100


Question: 'A shuriken, part of the ninja arsenal, is better known as a "throwing" one of these'

Answer: Star


Question: 'This film was based in part on the 1974 autobiography "The 16th Round"'

Answer: The Hurricane


Question: '1957 novel about a strong female executive'

Answer: Atlas Shrugged


Question:
'1970:
"I Think I Love You"
(the group)'

Answer: The Partridge Family


Question: 'In a beloved children's tale, he's the whittle buddy carved out of wood by the old woodcarver Gepetto'

Answer: Pinocchio


Question: 'Landing at Sussex, his forces invaded Britain by sea on September 28, 1066'

Answer: William the Conqueror


Question: 'The world's largest sanctuary for these cuddly cuties is Lone Pine Sanctuary in Brisbane'

Answer: koalas


Question: 'Introduced in 1948, Glidden's Spread  Satin is a type of this'

Answer: paint


Question: 'A repetitive Bard title'

Answer: Measure for Measure


Question:
'1975:
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"
(& it's not the Fab 4)'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Pirates shiver when woodsmen yell this word from the Old English for "trees for building"'

Answer: "Timber!"


Question: 'The 5-beach attack in this momentous operation was known as the Montgomery Plan'

Answer: D-Day (Normandy)


Question: '"Dustbin lids" is Cockney rhyming slang for these; I have 2 of them at home'

Answer: kids


Question: 'Selfridges Department Store opened for business in this British airport in 1995'

Answer: Heathrow


Question: 'Absurdist novel about a bombardier'

Answer: Catch-22


Question: '1975: <br />"Jive Talkin'"'

Answer: The Bee Gees


Question: 'From the Italian for "knot in wood", these dumplings may have cheese or spinach in them'

Answer: gnocchi


Question: 'Supported by catapults mounted on the invasion ships, he landed 2 legions of soldiers near Dover in 55 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'You're really cooking with this percussion instrument; it has a cooking-pot name'

Answer: a kettledrum


Question:
'It was founded
in 1911 as CTR,
the Computing-
Tabulating-
Recording Co.;
today it's known
by these 3 letters'

Answer: IBM


Question: 'Prose from Papa'

Answer: A Farewell to Arms


Question: '1976:<br />"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty"'

Answer: KC & the Sunshine Band


Question: 'It's the numerical home of Winnie the Pooh & his buddies'

Answer: the Hundred Acre Wood


Question: 'In 1759 Gen. James Wolfe sailed up the St. Lawrence River to capture this Canadian city'

Answer: Quebec


Question: 'This Muppet-named son of Teddy Roosevelt is buried in Alaska, where he was posted during WWII'

Answer: Kermit


Question: '27-year-old Ken Griffey Jr. ran for president in t 1996 TV commercial for this sportswear company'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'A George Eliot classic'

Answer: Mill on the Floss


Question: '1976:<br />"Afternoon Delight"'

Answer: Starland Vocal Band


Question: 'In German, this Strauss waltz is known as "Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald"'

Answer: Tales from the Vienna Woods


Question: 'In WWI, an Allied amphibious assault on this Dardanelles port city collapsed after the Turks counterattacked'

Answer: Gallipoli


Question: 'Take a mystical journey into Native American culture at Mystery Lodge in this Buena Park, Calif. theme park'

Answer: Knott\'s Berry Farm


Question: 'Launched in 1990, this "planetary" auto company is renowned for its personal service'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'It's the town where the Pied Piper plied his ratnapping & kidnapping skills'

Answer: Hamlin


Question: 'When they relocated to San Antonio in 1973, pro basketball's Chaparrals became this team'

Answer: the Spurs


Question: 'This is the number of karats representing 100% pure gold'

Answer: 24


Question: 'After the death of his parents, he's raised by a female ape'

Answer: Tarzan


Question: 'Robert Delaunay introduced vivid colors to this "geometric" movement, beginning a trend called Orphism'

Answer: cubism


Question: 'Based on a salt of bismuth, a pink liquid used to treat upset stomachs has had this name since 1919'

Answer: Pepto-Bismol


Question: 'From 1949 until 1999 Germany's Bundestag legislature met in this city'

Answer: Bonn


Question: 'He hit his last, massively long home run off off pitcher Guy Bush in May 1935'

Answer: [Babe] Ruth


Question: 'Number of sides on a typical snowflake'

Answer: 6


Question: '9-letter word for a protective canvas covering'

Answer: tarpaulin


Question: 'His "Luncheon on the Grass" caused a major scandal at the Salon des Refuses'

Answer: Manet


Question: 'It's the chemical symbol for bismuth'

Answer: Bi


Question: 'From 1701 to 1871 it was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'This fabled stadium where the Pittsburgh Pirates & Steelers used to play was demolished in 2001'

Answer: Three Rivers


Question: 'To convert from miles to leagues, divide the total miles by this number'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Cilician hometown of the Apostle Paul'

Answer: Tarsus


Question: 'In the 1500s Isaac Oliver found fame painting this kind of portrait named for its tiny size'

Answer: miniature


Question: 'The melting point for Bismuth is 520.7 degrees F.; it's 2,847 degrees F. for this point'

Answer: the boiling point [or vaporization]


Question: 'Getting into the German National Museum in this Bavarian city might be a bit of a "trial" on busy days'

Answer: Nuremberg [Nürnberg]


Question: '(I'm USC athletic director Mike Garrett.)  In Super Bowl IV, I scored a touchdown on a play called 65 toss power trap for this team coached by Hank Stram'

Answer: Kansas City Chiefs


Question: 'Beethoven's odd-numbered symphonies are his most famous, including this one heard here'

Answer: 7th


Question: 'Asian prosimian seen here'

Answer: tarsier


Question: 'Dutch painter Dirk Hals was the younger brother of this man who painted "The Witch of Haarlem"'

Answer: Frans


Question: 'This landlocked country of South America is a prime source of mined bismuth'

Answer: Bolivia


Question: 'This city on the Elbe River was home to Kurt Vonnegut's title 1969 abattoir'

Answer: Dresden


Question: 'With 7 world championships this German formula 1 auto racer is the all-time leader'

Answer: Michael Schumacher


Question: 'A pianist could tell you this is the number of days it takes Mercury to complete one orbit'

Answer: 88


Question: 'The lowest region of hell in Greek mythology'

Answer: Tartarus


Question: 'This Spaniard's 1650 painting of Pope Innocent X may be his greatest single portrait'

Answer: [Diego] Velázquez


Question: 'Bismuth gives a pearly sheen to cosmetic products like enamel for these'

Answer: nail polish [nails]


Question: 'Around the world they're known variously as "Flip i Flap", "Dick und Doof" & "El Gordo y el Flaco"'

Answer: Laurel & Hardy


Question: 'Buckeye Lake'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'In 1978 she starred on the big screen as Sandy in "Grease"'

Answer: Olivia Newton-John


Question: 'A good student knows that GPA stands for this'

Answer: grade point average


Question: 'In 1949 Pol Pot went to study radio electronics in this city where he ended up joining the French Communist Party'

Answer: Paris


Question: '...some of the Iams brand of this for Mouser, my American bobtail'

Answer: cat food


Question: 'When this song title American stuck a feather in his hat, he called it Macaroni'

Answer: Yankee Doodle


Question: 'Yellowstone Lake'

Answer: Wyoming


Question: 'Her rendition of "One Moment in Time" was used as a theme song for the 1988 Summer Olympics'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: 'In ballet, to dance "sur les pointes" is to dance on these'

Answer: toes


Question: 'In January 1979 Vietnamese troops took over this capital city & overthrew Pol Pot'

Answer: Phnom Penh


Question: '...a couple of new pairs of this -- the no-run type this time'

Answer: panty hose/stockings


Question: 'This type of boat's name is from a word meaning "hunting ship" & will take up your whole driveway if you park it there'

Answer: yacht


Question: 'Crater Lake'

Answer: Oregon


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Motown Records in Detroit)  Diana Ross was once a secretary at Motown, as was this singer before she went "Dancing in the Street" with the Vandellas'

Answer: Martha Reeves


Question: 'This military academy's 3-word motto is "Duty, Honor, Country"'

Answer: West Point


Question: 'This colorful name for Pol Pot's political movement was given to it by Cambodian king Norodom Sihanouk'

Answer: Khmer Rouge


Question: '...this ropelike material, defined as thread made of 2 or more strands twisted together'

Answer: twine


Question: 'The jumble sale held in an English garden would be called one of these in an American suburb'

Answer: yard sale


Question: 'Lobster Lake'

Answer: Maine


Question: 'Her "Mi Reflejo" album includes a Spanish version of her "Genie in a Bottle"'

Answer: Christina Aguilera


Question: 'Also known as Divisionism, this style of art was best exemplified by Georges Seurat'

Answer: Pointilism


Question: 'Also the year of the U.S. pullout from Vietnam, it's the year Pol Pot seized dictatorial control of Cambodia'

Answer: 1975


Question: '...20 first-class stamps, which will now cost this much total'

Answer: $7.40


Question: 'The 1945 conference in this Crimean city determined that a defeated Germany would be divided into 4 zones'

Answer: Yalta


Question: 'Lake of the Ozarks'

Answer: Missouri


Question: '(Hi, I'm Barbara Mandrell)  I had a pop & a country hit with this 1979 ballad whose title begins "If Loving You is Wrong..."'

Answer: "I Don\'t Want to be Right"


Question: 'In a perspective drawing, it's the point on the horizon where parallel lines appear to converge'

Answer: vanishing point


Question: 'This 1984 Oscar-winning film brought the genocidal horrors of Pol Pot & his regime to the eyes of the world'

Answer: The Killing Fields


Question: '...these fasteners, for my script on three-hole paper; they're also a man's first name'

Answer: brads


Question: 'Incorporated as a city in 1970, this city is the capital of Canada's vast Northwest Territories'

Answer: Yellowknife


Question: 'In the early 1830s Michael Faraday found that a moving one of these can produce an electric current'

Answer: magnet


Question: 'In this language spoken by over 160 million people French really is "Frantsooski"'

Answer: Russian


Question: '5 generations of one family have kept this company's "Pledge" to shine up American homes'

Answer: S.C. Johnson


Question: 'Alanis Morissette,<br />1974'

Answer: Ottawa


Question: 'Tommy Lee Jones guest-starred on the pilot for this TV series, but I was looking at Farrah'

Answer: Charlie\'s Angels


Question: 'In 1953 Watson & Crick built a model of the molecular structure of this, the gene-carrying substance'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'In German, Schweizer doesn't mean "humanitarian"; it refers to people from this country'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'A Robert Frost poem begins, "The witch that came (the withered hag) to wash the steps with pail and" this'

Answer: rag


Question: 'A.A. Milne,<br />1882'

Answer: London


Question: 'She romanced Ian Ziering on "Beverly Hills 90210" before she found out that "Boys Don't Cry"'

Answer: Hilary Swank


Question: 'In 2002 an 800-mile-diameter planetoid called Quaoar was found 1 billion miles past this 1430-mile-diameter planet'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'To the Japanese Chile is Chiri & this South American country, Burajiru'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'At the entrance to this, a device called a correlator aligns your wheels with the conveyor'

Answer: car wash


Question: 'Leni Riefenstahl,<br />1902'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'He slayed us as the villainous Dario in the 007 film "Licence to Kill" before he got to play in "Traffic"'

Answer: Benecio del Toro


Question: 'Ill-tempered & quarrelsome'

Answer: cantankerous


Question: 'In the 1920s scientists discovered fossilized dinosaur eggs in this huge Mongolian desert'

Answer: Gobi


Question: 'Sassenach is a disparaging Scots & Irish term for people of this land'

Answer: England


Question: 'Type of product inspired by the Biblical passage "Thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes...out of the ivory palaces"'

Answer: soap


Question: 'Soren Kierkegaard,<br />1813'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'He played a man called Meatball in "The Caine Mutiny" 11 years before he horsed around in "Cat Ballou"'

Answer: Lee Marvin


Question: 'This city in northeastern Ohio is home to the William McKinley memorial & burial site'

Answer: Canton


Question: 'Among the compounds called alkanes, the hexanes are C6H14 -- & these hydrocarbons are C8H18'

Answer: octanes


Question: 'In this language Danish is called Tanskalainen, Norwegian is Norjalainen & Swedish is Ruotsalainen'

Answer: Finnish


Question: 'The Eureka Hot Shot 350 gets things clean using this method'

Answer: steam


Question: 'Jorge Luis Borges,<br />1899'

Answer: Buenos Aires


Question: 'We've lionized him ever since he played the young Richard the Lionhearted on film in "The Lion in Winter"'

Answer: Anthony Hopkins


Question: 'This Christian festival celebrates the day the infant Jesus was taken to the temple by Mary'

Answer: Candlemas


Question: 'Before the first income tax was levied, the U.S. government got 90% of its revenue in the form of these'

Answer: tariffs


Question: 'In 1962 federal employees were given the right to organize, but not the right to do this, as other workers can'

Answer: Strike


Question: 'In 1997 this star of "Private Benjamin" made her directing debut with the TV movie "Hope"'

Answer: Goldie Hawn


Question: 'You've taken him "by the horns" if you've faced a situation head on'

Answer: Bull


Question: 'The Harvard is made with sweet vermouth; dry vermouth is in this cocktail with the name of a Harvard rival'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Mr. Galilei;<br />they say he dropped some weight'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'General Foods first introduced this nondairy dessert topping in 1966'

Answer: Cool Whip


Question: 'In 1802 England passed the first law against this type of labor that Dickens attacked in "Oliver Twist"'

Answer: Child labor


Question: 'This "Annie Hall" actress went behind the cameras for the 1995 family drama "Unstrung Heroes"'

Answer: Diane Keaton


Question: 'Dodge model seen here<br />(pickup truck)'

Answer: Ram


Question: 'A peppermint stick is made with creme de cacao, light cream & the peppermint type of this liquor'

Answer: Schnapps


Question: 'Ms. Ciccone,<br />Lourdes' momma'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Fake flowers Marie Osmond sang about in 1973'

Answer: "Paper Roses"


Question: 'All together now!  Most of the gains labor unions get in the U.S. are achieved through this process'

Answer: Collective bargaining


Question: 'This actor directed an animal onscreen & off in 1998's "The Horse Whisperer"'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'This name for a male turkey might make you think he's especially hungry'

Answer: Gobbler


Question: '(Hi, I'm Thomas Gibson)  A Gibson cocktail is identical to a martini, except that the olive is replaced by this'

Answer: Onion


Question: 'Mr. Alighieri,<br />who went through Hell'

Answer: Dante


Question: 'Little Boy Blue slept under one'

Answer: Haystack


Question: 'The 1969 Nobel Peace Prize went to the Intl. Labor Organization, an agency of this body'

Answer: United Nations


Question: 'Like Olivier, this actor made his debut as a film director with Shakespeare's "Henry V"'

Answer: Kenneth Branagh


Question: 'Politician Gary, lyricist Lorenz, or a male red deer'

Answer: Hart


Question: 'The Kentucky Colonel cocktail blends Benedictine & this type of alcohol'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: '"Good Golly",<br />Mr. Penniman'

Answer: Little Richard


Question: 'The Hebrew name for this taboo meat is basar chazir'

Answer: Pork


Question: 'The NALC is the "National Association of" these, & you have to give them their postage due'

Answer: Letter Carriers


Question: 'You might say director Charles Laughton had a "love-hate" relationship with this 1955 Robert Mitchum film'

Answer: The Night of the Hunter


Question: 'If you don't know the name of a male ass or donkey, you don't know this'

Answer: Jack


Question: 'In the name of a brand of scotch, it's what J&B stands for'

Answer: Justerini & Brooks


Question: 'A Renaissance guy,<br />Mr. Buonarroti'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Encarta says clothes with a high content of this plastic fiber "became popular in the 1970s"'

Answer: Polyester


Question: 'It was found that its impurity measured only .56% of its weight, so it was advertised as "99-44/100% Pure"'

Answer: Ivory Soap


Question: 'You might get needled by this 4,000-year-old technique in widespread use at Chinese hospitals'

Answer: Acupuncture


Question: 'This eventual Republican nominee swept the "Super Tuesday" voting on March 12, 1996'

Answer: Bob Dole


Question: 'This senator had 11 kids, including Michael, Joseph, Kathleen, Max & Robert Jr.'

Answer: Robert F. Kennedy


Question: 'When French Togoland became independent in 1960, it took this name'

Answer: (Republic of) Togo


Question: 'In your gas oven you might find this continuous burner, captain'

Answer: Pilot light


Question: 'Mining of this mineral began in Death Valley in 1883 with 20-mule teams dragging it out'

Answer: Borax


Question: 'Without using a hammer, it's this person's job to knock you out in the O.R.'

Answer: Anesthesiologist


Question: 'May 14, 1998, when Frank Sinatra died & the last "Seinfeld" aired, was this day of the week'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'The parents of Rumer, Scout & Tallulah Willis'

Answer: Bruce Willis & Demi Moore


Question: 'This inlet of the Tasman Sea was the site of Captain Cook's first landing in Australia'

Answer: Botany Bay


Question: 'Pack a lunch!  It's 5.88 trillion miles'

Answer: Light year


Question: 'French for "good friend", this polishing soap "Hasn't Scratched Yet"'

Answer: Bon Ami


Question: 'Smile!  A photograph was taken of you with one of these photon streams that's also known as a Roentgen Ray'

Answer: X-ray


Question: 'The 1st of these Sundays was Jan. 15, 1967; the XXXIIIrd was Jan. 31, 1999'

Answer: Super Bowl Sunday


Question: 'The "Dearest" children of this 1945 Oscar winner were Christina, Christopher, Cathy & Cindy'

Answer: Joan Crawford


Question: 'More than half of the people of this north Atlantic nation live on the shore of Faxa Bay'

Answer: Iceland


Question: 'They rode "into the valley of death" 600 strong'

Answer: Light Brigade


Question: 'Originally, this bar's pumice was imported from the Italian island of Lipari'

Answer: Lava


Question: 'Founded in the 600s A.D., the oldest hospital still in existence is the Hotel Dieu in this city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'Theoretically, this future Friday is the last day programmers have to fix the bug known as "Y2K"'

Answer: December 31, 1999


Question: 'Last name of TV's Herman & Lily who had a son named Eddie & a niece named Marilyn'

Answer: Munster


Question: 'This strategically important pass lies on the border of Pakistan & Afghanistan'

Answer: Khyber Pass


Question: 'Examples include Gilbert & Sullivan's "HMS Pinafore" & "The Mikado"'

Answer: Light operas


Question: 'Its ad lines have said, "It Won't Dry Your Face Like Soap" & it "Is 1/4 Cleansing Cream"'

Answer: Dove


Question: 'After being wounded in 1981, Pres. Reagan was rushed to the hospital of this "presidential" university'

Answer: George Washington University


Question: 'Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon on this date, exactly 6 months into Nixon's presidency'

Answer: July 20, 1969


Question: 'Mary, Elizabeth & Edward VI were his children'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question: 'This Alaskan valley isn't living up to its numerical name since many fumaroles have stopped venting'

Answer: The Valley of 10,000 Smokes


Question: 'It's the only ancient wonder that fits the category'

Answer: Lighthouse at Alexandria


Question: 'In billing order, this quartet's members were born in Los Angeles, Dallas, Blackpool & Toronto'

Answer: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young


Question: 'Before it was developed for tourism, this Oahu beach was a swampland full of duck farms'

Answer: Waikiki Beach


Question: '"The O List" naming some of her favorite products is a regular feature of her O Magazine'

Answer: Oprah Winfrey


Question: 'Puts you to sleep (by administering drugs during an operation)'

Answer: anesthesiologist


Question: '"Never tell anybody outside the family what you're thinking again"'

Answer: The Godfather


Question: 'The word kitchen is derived from the Latin "coquinus", which means to do this'

Answer: cook


Question: 'For conversations in Japan, learn the useful word wakarimasen, which means "I don't" this'

Answer: understand


Question: 'This hyphenated North Carolina city was formerly 2 different towns that were a mile apart'

Answer: Winston-Salem


Question: 'Le Devoir & La Presse are leading newspapers in this Canadian city'

Answer: Montreal


Question: 'Uses X-rays, ultrasound & MRI to check out your insides'

Answer: radiologist


Question: '"...Remember what Huey Long said -- that every man's a king -- and I'm the king around here and don't you forget it!"'

Answer: A Streetcar Named Desire


Question: '"Adventures in the Kitchen" features 175 recipes from his restaurants, including Spago & Chinois on Main'

Answer: Wolfgang Puck


Question: 'In Danish, say "velbekomme" if someone else says "tak", which means this'

Answer: thank you


Question: 'Bob Dole is among the famous residents of this apartment complex'

Answer: Watergate


Question: 'In 1955 Norman Mailer helped found this alternative NYC newsweekly'

Answer: the Village Voice


Question: 'Treats bunions & hammer toes'

Answer: podiatrist


Question: '"Joey, Joey Doyle!...hey I got one of your birds...he flew into my coop"'

Answer: On the Waterfront


Question: 'It precedes Harry Truman's comment "Get out of the kitchen"'

Answer: "If you can\'t stand the heat"


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Amsterdam)  On the canal cruise, one Dutch word will be "zwemvest", which is this item'

Answer: life vest


Question: 'This capital city lies at the southern tip of the North Island'

Answer: Wellington, New Zealand


Question: 'The name of this quarterly devoted to "Gone with the Wind" is reminiscent of a Hawthorne title'

Answer: The Scarlett Letter


Question: 'Is a specialist in otorhinolaryngology, a fancy way of saying these 3 body parts'

Answer: ear, nose & throat


Question: 'In the 1830s this U.S. president began formulating policy with a group of advisors called the "Kitchen Cabinet"'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Paris)  Fromage, gateau; Paris isn't a great place to be "au regime", on this'

Answer: a diet


Question: 'The Indiana city that shares its name with this world capital is the seat of Kosciusko County'

Answer: Warsaw


Question: 'Published by the Massachusetts Medical Society, its roots go back to 1812'

Answer: New England Journal of Medicine


Question: 'Is a pediatric specialist who takes care of newborn babies during the first 4 weeks of life'

Answer: neonatologist


Question: 'In this author's book "Le Morte d'Arthur", Sir Gareth of Orkney is called the "Kitchen Knight"'

Answer: Sir Thomas Malory


Question: 'In Spanish, for food without cheese, say "sin queso"; for this type of gasoline, say "sin plomo"'

Answer: unleaded


Question: 'In 2002 she made movie history as the first African-American to win the Oscar for Best Actress'

Answer: Halle Berry


Question: '"Whistle While You Work"'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'The Pompidou Center held a 1962-2002 retrospective on this designer often known just by his initials'

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent (YSL)


Question: 'We're certain it was Benjamin Franklin who said, "In this world nothing can be...certain except" these 2 things'

Answer: death and taxes


Question: 'When Anaximander drew this around 550 B.C. he represented it as a flat disk; 100 years later people were still doing it'

Answer: the Earth


Question: 'Holding one of these gives you the exclusive right to market an invention'

Answer: patent


Question: 'We now salute Henry O. Flipper, seen here, the first African-American graduate of this academy'

Answer: West Point (U.S. Military Academy)


Question: '"A Whole New World"'

Answer: Aladdin


Question: 'Italian designer seen here; his name is on the Emporio's new clothes'

Answer: Giorgio Armani


Question: 'In 2001 this opera singer quipped, "I have just made a colossal mistake...instead of losing 25 pounds, I gained them"'

Answer: Luciano Pavarotti


Question: 'The main source of fat in the diet of an ancient Greek was this oil'

Answer: olive oil


Question: 'Named for its 2 founders, this company supplied the Union during the Civil War & later introduced Ivory & Tide'

Answer: Procter & Gamble


Question: 'In 1874 Patrick Francis Healy, a Jesuit theologian, became the first black president of this D.C. university'

Answer: Georgetown


Question: '"When I See an Elephant Fly"'

Answer: Dumbo


Question: 'This classy Indiana-born designer who sold his company in 1999 for $50 million passed away in 2002'

Answer: Bill Blass


Question: 'Abraham Lincoln said, "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a" this'

Answer: master


Question: 'In Athenian coinage 6 obols made 1 of these'

Answer: drachma


Question: 'Radio waves are sent out in short, rapid bursts by these unusual stars that are similar to quasars'

Answer: pulsars


Question: 'This man, seen here, went on the air as CNN's first African-American news anchor'

Answer: Bernard Shaw


Question: '"You've Got a Friend in Me"'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: 'A swimsuit by this designer in 1959 featured a large cutaway; topless came later'

Answer: Rudi Gernreich


Question: 'Aristotle described this type of person as "A single soul dwelling in two" buddies -- er, "bodies"'

Answer: friend


Question: 'In the 5th century B.C. this building in Athens replaced the Temple of Zeus at Olympia as the largest building in Greece'

Answer: Parthenon


Question: 'These "spiny" cacti of the genus Opuntia share part of their name with edible fruits of the genus Pyrus'

Answer: prickly pear


Question: 'Rita Dove was the first African-American writer to serve in this post from 1993 to 1995'

Answer: Poet Laureate of the United States


Question:
'It's the film that featured the following
Let's get together, yeah, yeah, yeah...'

Answer: The Parent Trap


Question: 'With a show at the Capitole Museum in 1991 Rome honored this "Sheik" designer's 30th year in fashion'

Answer: Valentino


Question: 'Admiral Halsey's formula for waging war was "Hit hard, hit fast" & this'

Answer: hit often


Question: 'Even back in Ancient Greece the entertainment industry loved franchises; in 418 B.C. he wrote "Clouds II"'

Answer: Aristophanes


Question: '1 of the 2 men usually credited with the Bunker Hill quote "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"'

Answer: William Prescott or Israel Putnam


Question: 'On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female'

Answer: Babe Didrikson Zaharias


Question: 'Term for the detachable engine that's mounted on the stern of a boat'

Answer: an outboard motor


Question: 'Before there was plastic, this badminton playing piece was made with a cork & feathers'

Answer: a shuttlecock


Question: 'Probably the 1st birds tamed, they weren't used as messengers but as meals'

Answer: pigeons


Question: 'Early ones had a hook, not a knob, on the end to keep the work from slipping off'

Answer: a knitting needle


Question: 'A verdant vegetable'

Answer: a green bean


Question: 'On Tuesday, January 7 1800 Millard Fillmore was born in this type of frontier house'

Answer: a log cabin


Question: 'The longest of the 4 canals in the New York State Barge Canal System'

Answer: the Erie Canal


Question: 'In a poker game without wild cards, it's the highest hand you can draw'

Answer: a royal flush


Question: 'If Michael Jackson can't make a personal appearance, he may send Bubbles, one of these'

Answer: a chimpanzee


Question: 'An order to put shaving cream all over the face of CBS news anchor Dan'

Answer: lather Rather


Question: 'On July 20, 1858 about 1,500 fans in N.Y. were 1st to pay an admission charge to watch this sport'

Answer: baseball


Question: 'The Kelly Act of 1925 allowed the Post Office to contract companies to transport mail using these'

Answer: airplanes


Question: 'A computer version of this, the world's most popular board game, cuts playing time by ⅔'

Answer: Monopoly


Question: 'The albatross' ritual for this includes preening & dancing; dinner & a movie wasn't listed'

Answer: a mating ritual


Question: 'A ship for shipping the animals from whose milk we get feta cheese'

Answer: a boat goat


Question: 'Officially, Baudouin I became king of this country Tuesday, July 17, 1951'

Answer: Belgium


Question: 'Standard color of a radio flyer'

Answer: red


Question: 'This player bids 1st in bridge'

Answer: the dealer


Question: 'Of the creatures on Earth that have legs, most of them have this many'

Answer: 6


Question: 'A discriminating gumshoe'

Answer: a selective detective


Question: '1 of the 2 towns in which calendars are forever stuck on Tuesday, August 24, 79 A.D.'

Answer: Pompeii (or Herculaneum)


Question: 'The national championships in this sport were held in August 1988 at a pad in Huntsville, Ala.'

Answer: model rocketry


Question: 'In Chicago pool, the balls must be pocketed in this order'

Answer: number order (or numerical order)


Question: 'The Dandie Dinmont, a dog in this group, was named after a farmer who raised them in "Guy Mannering"'

Answer: the terriers


Question: 'Known for colorful knitting patterns, Fair Isle is part of this Scottish island group'

Answer: the Shetland Islands


Question: 'An enthusiastic promoter of chanticleers'

Answer: a rooster booster


Question: 'On Tuesday, December 15, 1987 in Concord, N.H. he announced, "I'm back"'

Answer: (Gary) Hart


Question: 'In profess!onal boxing, it's the classification of a boxer whose weight is 136-147 pounds'

Answer: a welterweight


Question: 'Harry Truman & Richard Nixon were the only U.S. presidents to play this musical instrument'

Answer: the piano


Question: 'In writing the light opera "El Capitan", this "March King" wrote a march of the same name'

Answer: Sousa


Question: 'Developed in the 1850s, the Rhode Island Red made raising of these a major industry in the U.S.'

Answer: chickens


Question: 'Pen name of Lafayette Hubbard, who died in 1986 after spending years in seclusion'

Answer: L. Ron Hubbard


Question: 'Pan Am Guide says it's simpler to list what this London dept. store doesn't sell than what it does'

Answer: Harrods


Question: 'Warp, weft & woof are 3 terms used in this process'

Answer: weaving


Question: 'In his 1st inaugural address he said, "Our greatest primary task is to put people to work"'

Answer: FDR


Question: 'You hold your lips the same way to play a brass instrument or this exotic shell'

Answer: a conch


Question: 'While "Ocean State" appears on its license plates, this diminutive nickname is also widely used'

Answer: "Little Rhody"


Question: 'This lyricist co-edited the Choate Prep School yearbook with JFK before he wrote "Camelot"'

Answer: (Alan Jay) Lerner


Question: 'While its catalog is distributed nationally, Spiegel has stores only in this city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'While skiers "think snow", river rafters think this'

Answer: white water


Question: 'He was the only president who never married, in or out of office'

Answer: James Buchanan


Question: 'While rooted in spirituals, as a distinct style this dates only from the 1930s'

Answer: gospel music


Question: 'Rhode Island has a national memorial honoring this man, its founder'

Answer: Roger Williams


Question: 'Heavyweight Italian tenor who says he doesn't like to sing until he's found a bent nail on the stage floor'

Answer: Luciano Pavarotti


Question: 'This big N.Y. toy store was a big feature in "Big"'

Answer: FAO Schwartz


Question: 'Business lunches, alimony, & interest charges, for example'

Answer: write-offs


Question: 'Some of his colorful nicknames were "Professor", "Tiger" & "Coiner of Weasel Words"'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'A song from the musical "I Do!  I Do!" or a line from the 23rd psalm'

Answer: "My Cup Runneth Over"


Question: 'Built in 1763, the oldest existing house of worship of this religion in the U.S. is in Rhode Island'

Answer: Judaism


Question: 'His wife Leona was a self-made millionairess before she became "queen" of his hotels'

Answer: (Harry) Helmsley


Question: 'This 20th century newspaperman is credited with making the gossip column a regular feature in newspapers'

Answer: Walter Winchell


Question: 'In 1871, 14 years before his presidency, he was sheriff of Erie Co., N.Y. & carried out the hangings himself'

Answer: Grover Cleveland


Question: 'Both "Rhapsody In Blue" & "The Grand Canyon Suite" were composed for this popular, rotund bandleader'

Answer: Paul Whiteman


Question: 'All 5 of Rhode Island's counties are on this bay'

Answer: Narragansett Bay


Question: 'A goddaughter of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, this debutante used to date Sly Stallone'

Answer: Cornelia Guest


Question: 'The 2 blonde sex symbols who made their last films with Gable, 1 released in 1937, 1 in 1961'

Answer: Jean Harlow & Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'In "Notes on Hospitals", she wrote that the first requirement of a hospital is to "do the sick no harm"'

Answer: Florence Nightingale


Question: 'The 2003 movie with James Brolin as him aired on Showtime after CBS dropped it'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'The bearded tit'

Answer: a bird


Question: 'In the British version of Monopoly, you might draw a card saying "Go directly to" this lockup'

Answer: G-A-O-L


Question: 'This country is in the east of a subcontinent'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'In 1817 Scotland's David Brewster patented this pattern-making tube made with mirrors & ground glass'

Answer: a kaleidoscope


Question: 'This 4-letter word precedes "Caesar, we who are about to die salute thee"'

Answer: hail


Question:
'Charlton Heston is seen here as this prickly character before he became president

"What did you say?"
"I said, 'I wonder whose bed Rachael'll be putting her moccasins under next.'"
[Smack!]'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'The coati'

Answer: a mammal


Question: 'The equivalent of our own Donald Rumsfeld, the UK's Geoffrey Hoon is the minister of this'

Answer: D-E-F-E-N-C-E


Question: 'This nation sticks out like a sore thumb'

Answer: Denmark


Question: 'Samuel B. Fay patented the first bent-wire one of these in 1867; it was originally used to attach tags to fabric'

Answer: a paper clip


Question: 'When he landed on Leyte Island in October 1944, he said, "The hour of your redemption is here"'

Answer: MacArthur


Question: 'E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall & Tom Selleck have all played this U.S. president'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'The skipjack'

Answer: a fish


Question: 'Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches'

Answer: M-E-T-R-E


Question: 'It extends about 3,200 miles from east to west'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'Robert Banks & John Hogan invented a type of this substance, giving grocery shoppers a checkout choice'

Answer: plastic


Question: 'In 1811 Joseph de Maistre wrote in "Letter to X", "Every nation has the" one of these "it deserves"'

Answer: the government


Question: 'William Parry was James Garfield in the originial production of this Sondheim musical'

Answer: Assassins


Question: 'The wahoo'

Answer: a fish


Question: 'With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these?'

Answer: C-H-E-Q-U-E


Question: 'You don't hear so much about the East Bank where this country is'

Answer: Jordan


Question: 'Burglar alarm seller E.T. Holmes employed the 1st of these in 1877, "plugging in" 6 Boston telephone subscribers'

Answer: switchboard


Question: 'At Manila Bay, Commodore Dewey said to this captain of his flagship, "You may fire when you are ready..."'

Answer: (Charles) Gridley


Question: 'Kelsey Grammer played this general in A&E's 2003 "Benedict Arnold"'

Answer: Washington


Question: 'The margay'

Answer: a mammal


Question: 'In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this'

Answer: C-O-L-O-U-R


Question: 'Formerly a British protectorate, it's the republic outlined here'

Answer: Zambia


Question: 'In 1775 American inventor David Bushnell built a working one of these vehicles he called "The Turtle"'

Answer: a submarine


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cairo, Egypt.)  As in many Arab countries a standard greeting is "salam alekum" which literally wishes this to the other person'

Answer: peace


Question: 'In this hit Barry Manilow sings that "Time in New England took me away, to long rocky beaches & you by the bay"'

Answer: "Weekend In New England"


Question: 'This word refers to an employer's refusal to let employees enter the workplace without accepting his terms'

Answer: a lockout


Question: 'Number of face cards in a standard deck'

Answer: 12


Question: 'Jack Kerouac:<br />"The _____ Bums"'

Answer: Dharma


Question: 'P.T. Barnum used them to advertise his attractions in the 1840s'

Answer: billboards


Question: 'When drinking ahwa, leave these in the bottom of the cup, where they're read like tea leaves'

Answer: coffee grounds


Question: 'This Fleetwood Mac album spent 31 weeks at No. 1, more than any other album of the 1970s'

Answer: Rumours


Question: 'The Pittsburgh-based union of these workers was not happy with Pres. Bush's decision to lift tariffs'

Answer: steel


Question: 'Number of stars on the U.S. flag for the longest period of time'

Answer: 48


Question: 'Nathaniel Hawthorne:<br />"The Blithedale _____"'

Answer: Romance


Question: 'The top of this recreation item is called the bed & may be 800 pounds of slate'

Answer: a billiard table


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cairo, Egypt.)  I'm in Cairo's Khan El-khalili Bazaar, known here by this one-syllable Arabic name for a main market'

Answer: suq


Question: 'It was Mike Love who gave Daryl Dragon this nickname'

Answer: "The Captain"


Question: 'His entry in the World Book lists birth & death as (1913-1975?)'

Answer: Jimmy Hoffa


Question: 'Classic game show hosted by Jack Barry & Maury Povich'

Answer: 21


Question: 'Joseph Conrad:<br />"The Secret _____"'

Answer: Agent


Question: 'Lodging for a soldier'

Answer: billet


Question: 'City dwellers can get away to Ras Mohammed National Park on these 2 gulfs'

Answer: the Gulf of Suez & the Gulf of Aqaba


Question: 'In 1977 Stevie Wonder sang, "There's Basie, Miller, Satchmo and the king of all", him'

Answer: Sir Duke


Question: 'Members of the Industrial Workers of the World were sometimes called by this "shaky" nickname'

Answer: wobblies


Question: 'Record number of wins in one NBA season, by the Chicago Bulls in 1995-96'

Answer: 72


Question: 'John Stuart Mill:<br />"The Subjection of _____"'

Answer: Women


Question: 'The psalmist says, "Deep calleth unto deep... all thy waves and" these "are gone over me"'

Answer: billows


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a bookstore in Cairo, Egypt.)  Browsing Cairo's many bookstores, you'll inevitably come across works by this author, the 1988 Nobel Prize winner'

Answer: (Naguib) Mahfouz


Question: '"And if one night you hear crying from above, it's 'cause" of this, the title of a 1976 hit'

Answer: "Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel"


Question: 'A 1970 act of Congress created this agency that develops standards to help workers survive the workplace'

Answer: OSHA


Question: 'Number of different opening moves possible by one player in a game of chess'

Answer: 20


Question: 'William Dean Howells:<br />"The Rise of _____"'

Answer: Silas Lapham


Question: 'The name of this London fish market became synonymous with abusive language'

Answer: Billingsgate


Question: 'In works by Lewis Carroll, this word means "four in the afternoon; the time when you begin broiling things for dinner"'

Answer: brillig


Question: 'Dante wrote in terza rima, rhyming stanzas of this many lines'

Answer: 3


Question: 'Carpinteria is home to this festival whose Internet home is avofest.com'

Answer: avocado festival


Question: 'In a Spanish Bible, it's the name of the author of the fourth gospel'

Answer: Juan


Question: 'El Financiero & The Oaxaca Times'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'It's someone who worries constantly about his health & often suffers from imaginary illnesses'

Answer: hypochondriac


Question: 'This 1968 soundtrack album contained 2 versions of "Mrs. Robinson"; both were heard in the film'

Answer: The Graduate


Question: 'The French symbolist poets popularized this, a term whose French translation is vers libre'

Answer: free verse


Question: 'For 55 years Pismo Beach has been doing annual digs & chowder cook-offs to celebrate this food'

Answer: clams


Question: 'Ludwig Wittgenstein's "Tractatus" ends , "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be" this'

Answer: silent


Question: 'The Connaught Telegraph & The Galway Advertiser'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'Term for a college student who hasn't yet earned a degree'

Answer: undergraduate


Question: 'On Feb. 3, 1959 a plane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & this "Chantilly Lace" singer'

Answer: The Big Bopper


Question: 'The works of ancient Greece's Pindar include this type of poem in praise of victories in the Olympic Games'

Answer: ode


Question: 'The Tart Toss & shortcake-eating contest are part of the Oxnard festival for this fruit'

Answer: strawberries


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Atlanta Zoo)  It's the scientific name, genus & species of these animals'

Answer: Gorilla gorilla


Question: 'Svenska Dagbladet & Sundsvalls Tidning'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'On your auto insurance policy this coverage pays for damage caused by fire, theft or vandalism'

Answer: comprehensive


Question: '"She'll have fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes" this vehicle "away"'

Answer: T-Bird


Question: '2-letter poem title followed by "You can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs..."'

Answer: "If"


Question: 'Lodi's annual September festival for this fruit features great stomps'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'The man who became king of England in 1066 was succeeded by this king in 1087'

Answer: William II


Question: 'The Cape Business News & The Natal Witness'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'Worldly & refined, like Duke Ellington's "Lady"'

Answer: sophisticated


Question: '(Hi, I'm Adrian Young, drummer for No Doubt)  In 1987 this former Cream member joined with Michael Kamen to write the score for "Lethal Weapon"'

Answer: Eric Clapton


Question: 'Anne Sexton was acquainted with & influenced by this fellow Massachusetts-born suicidal female poet'

Answer: Sylvia Plath


Question: 'In northern California Half Moon Bay's October festival for these features a weigh-off with 900-pound ones'

Answer: pumpkins


Question: 'Seen here, the CCU, run by the Big Apple Circus, stands for this'

Answer: Clown Care Unit


Question: 'The Warrnambool Standard & The Alice Springs News'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'It's the science or philosophy of law'

Answer: jurisprudence


Question: 'With partner Glenn Frey, he co-wrote all 5 of the Eagles' No. 1 hits'

Answer: Don Henley


Question: '1988's "Consuming Passions" featured chocolate that included this special ingredient, also found in soylent green'

Answer: people


Question: 'In 101 A.D., the Romans invaded what's now this country that's named for them'

Answer: Romania


Question: 'The crank-operated covered chariot Leo designed certainly predated the Sherman one of these'

Answer: tank


Question: 'The Alpine variety of these sport boots features an exterior of hard plastic'

Answer: ski boots


Question: 'In 1981 he founded the Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah as a training ground for young filmmakers'

Answer: Robert Redford


Question: 'In this 1962 film, boy with drinking problem, Lemmon, meets girl with chocolate addiction, Remick'

Answer: Days of Wine and Roses


Question: 'Around 101, big steps in spherical trigonometry were being taken by Menelaus of this intellectual center of Egypt'

Answer: Alexandria


Question: 'Leo called it "the noblest sense", hence his love for harmonious proportions in paintings'

Answer: vision/sight


Question: 'It's the 4-letter name for an ankle-reaching style of skirt'

Answer: maxi


Question: 'This cocktail named for a Scottish outlaw consists of Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth & bitters'

Answer: Rob Roy


THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HEALTH & MEDICINE

Question: 'Among lesser-known body parts at the museum, see the leg Gen. Daniel Sickles lost at this July 1863 battle'

Answer: Gettysburg


Question: 'A candy bar that included this color ticket got you in to see "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory"'

Answer: golden ticket


Question: 'Joseph ben Matthias, who died around 101 A.D., was better known as a historian under this Latinized name'

Answer: Josephus


Question: 'Leo's container revolving on a wagon wheel dropping a stone in a box acted as this modern device'

Answer: odometer


Question: 'In the 1400s cone-shaped hennins were worn on this part of the body'

Answer: head


Question: 'In sports, it's a tournament in which every team or contestant plays every other team or contestant'

Answer: round robin


Question: 'She played chocolatiere Vianne Rocher in the 2000 film "Chocolat"'

Answer: Juliette Binoche


Question: 'The lid seen here depicts a bird in this dynasty that was ruling China in 101'

Answer: Han


Question: 'He wrote the duke of this city that he could "supply infinite means of attack and defense", as well as sculpt'

Answer: Milan


Question: 'Ja, the name of these traditional Bavarian shorts comes from the German for "leather trousers"'

Answer: lederhosen


Question: 'In China, it's called Yuan Jiang; in Vietnam, Song Hong'

Answer: Red River


Question: 'Laura Esquivel wrote the screenplay for this 1992 film based on her own novel'

Answer: Like Water for Chocolate


Question: 'Reigning until around 101, the first pope of this name that means "merciful" wrote his own epistle to the Corinthians'

Answer: Clement


Question: 'As it has birdlike flapping wings, Leo's flying machine is designated as one of these'

Answer: ornithopter


Question: 'It sounds like it should be a "great white", but a suit of this worsted or rayon fabric is most likely gray'

Answer: sharkskin


Question: 'This powerful African hound was originally bred to hunt lions'

Answer: Rhodesian Ridgeback


Question: 'As its packaging reflects, this company began marketing its products from an Iowa cattle farm in 1985'

Answer: Gateway


Question: 'In this city, visit the home of Mary Pickersgill, the seamstress who made the flag that inspired Francis Scott Key'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'In a familiar set of lyrics for the melody heard here, this animal does some climbing'

Answer: a bear


Question: 'The last line of <br />"The Communist Manifesto" was addressed to these people of the world'

Answer: the International Workers of the World


Question: 'Dutch Captain Willem Jansz is credited with the first known contact between Europeans & this indigenous group'

Answer: the Aborigines


Question: 'Green Goddess or Thousand Island'

Answer: a (salad) dressing


Question: 'He's starred in "12 Monkeys", "Four Rooms", "The Fifth Element" & "The Whole Nine Yards"'

Answer: Bruce Willis


Question: 'This Michigan city was incorporated in 1815; there must have been a recall, as it was reincorporated in 1824'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'You might think of the good old Emerald Isle when listening to this song'

Answer: "Danny Boy"


Question: 'It's all you have to do to see the dots of color called phosphenes'

Answer: close your eyes


Question: 'For this holiday, schoolchildren in Australia receive a 6-week summer vacation'

Answer: Christmas


Question:
'The final full-scale
practice of a play
before opening night'

Answer: dress rehearsal


Question: 'In the U.S., it's a one followed by nine zeroes'

Answer: a billion


Question: 'The site of Las Vegas was first settled by this group in 1855; think what it'd be today if they hadn't left in 1857'

Answer: the Mormons


Question: 'It's a name for a lazy worker, from an object that only sounds valuable'

Answer: a goldbricker


Question: 'The Powerhouse Museum in Sydney has a full-size replica of this extraterrestrial lab now flying over the Earth'

Answer: the International Space Station


Question: 'Walter Mosley penned this mystery about Detective Easy Rawlins searching for  a woman in post-WWII L.A.'

Answer: Devil in a Blue Dress


Question: 'This popular poem begins, "It looked extremely rocky for the Mudville Nine that day"'

Answer: "Casey at the Bat"


Question: 'This Oklahoma city's name came from the Creek Indians' memory of their old home of Tallahassee, Alabama'

Answer: Tulsa


Question: 'On January 12, 1906 the Dow broke this threshold number to little fanfare'

Answer: a hundred


Question: 'Australia's botanists first bred these green-skinned apples in the late 19th century'

Answer: Granny Smith apples


Question: '2-word term for a store display visible to passers-by, or any fancy & misleading facade'

Answer: a window dressing


Question: 'Paintings in Herculaneum portray this group of 9 mythic female inspirers showing off their attributes'

Answer: the muses


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Cathedral of Learning.)  Beginning in 1787, in a frontier log cabin, this university is now symbolized by the 42-story Cathedral of Learning'

Answer: the University of Pittsburgh


Question: 'Encarta ties this 15th century innovation to the increased demand for spectacles'

Answer: moveable type (or the Gutenberg printing press)


Question: 'The Brisbane, the Murray & the Murrumbidgee are all famous ones of these in Australia'

Answer: rivers


Question: 'An equestrian event utilitzing precise & controlled movements'

Answer: dressage


Question: 'This peninsula opposite Hong Kong island gets its name from the Chinese for "Nine Dragons"'

Answer: Kowloon peninsula


Question: 'A trick, no treat, on Halloween 2004, this team's record 21-game winning streak was snapped by the Steelers'

Answer: the Patriots


Question: 'In the fairy tale "Jack & the Beanstalk", it's the giant's line that precedes "I smell the blood of an Englishman"'

Answer: Fe, fi, fo, fum


Question: 'During his return from Europe in May 1888, this Wild West entertainer had to bury his horse at sea'

Answer: Buffalo Bill Cody


Question: 'It was this Eisenhower Chief Justice who wrote the Opinon of the Court in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954'

Answer: Earl Warren


Question: 'An arena in Detroit carries the name of this legendary boxer also known as The Brown Bomber'

Answer: Joe Louis


Question: 'It packs the charge into a muzzleloading musket'

Answer: a ramrod


Question: 'The first of these games to be played in Honolulu was on Jan. 27, 1980 & the NFC beat the AFC 37-27'

Answer: the Pro Bowl


Question: 'Tou can't  call your corn kernels niblets; this company's got that name registered'

Answer: Green Giant


Question: 'In September 1999 this former senator & NBA legend was a presidential hopeful'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'In McCulloch v. Maryland in 1819, he wrote, "We must never forget that it is a constitution we are expounding"'

Answer: (John) Marshall


Question: 'Because Soul Man James Brown was called "Our No. 1 Ambassador", his wife tried to fight traffic charges with this defense'

Answer: diplomatic immunity


Question: 'A fortified embankment often topped by a protective wall'

Answer: a rampart


Question: 'This hall-of-fame Lions running back was named 1989 NFC Rookie of the Year & 1997 NFL MVP'

Answer: Barry Sanders


Question: 'It's the Peter Benchley novel about a killer giant squid that menaces the coast of Bermuda'

Answer: The Beast


Question: 'This Benjamin Britten opera is based on a Herman Melville work'

Answer: Billy Budd


Question: 'He wrote 5 of the 85 "Federalist" essays'

Answer: John Jay


Question: 'This current mayor of Oakland flirted with Linda Ronstadt & the presidency in the 1970s'

Answer: Jerry Brown


Question: 'From Latin for "branch", they're consequences that may branch off in unforseen directions'

Answer: ramifications


Question: 'NFL owners vetoed this owner's attempt to move his franchise from Oakland to L.A. in the 1980s, but he went anyway'

Answer: Al Davis


Question: 'An adventurous boy takes a ride on a large fruit in this 1961 children's classic'

Answer: James and the Giant Peach


Question: 'In January 1989 he gave the invocation at President George Bush's inauguration'

Answer: Billy Graham


Question: 'The middle initial "P" in the name of this "fishy" Chief Justice stood for Portland'

Answer: Salmon P. Chase


Question: 'The venom of this spider, also known as the violin spider, destroys soft tissue & is sometimes fatal'

Answer: the brown recluse


Question: 'This incarnation of Vishnu wins the hand of his beloved by bending her father's bow'

Answer: Rama


Question: 'In 1933 the first NFL championship tilt saw this team win 23-21 on a 4th quarter pass by Bronko Nagurski'

Answer: the Chicago Bears


Question: 'He's the humorous Frenchman who created the literary giants Gargantua & Pantagruel'

Answer: Rabelais


Question: 'Through his characters Willie & Joe, this cartoonist showed the soldiers' point of view during WWII'

Answer: Bill Mauldin


Question: 'This Chief Justice in the Dred Scott decision earlier served as Attorney General under Andrew Jackson'

Answer: (Roger B.) Taney


Question: 'Lignite is also called brown this'

Answer: coal


Question: 'In one of these engines, the fuel is burned in a duct with air compressed by the forward motion fo the aircraft'

Answer: ramjet


Question: 'On this date Philadelphia partied with fireworks & music from a Hessian band captured 6 months earlier'

Answer: July 4, 1777


Question: 'The Times put the entire text of this November 20, 1863 speech on its front page'

Answer: Gettysburg Address


Question:
'Bradley,
Sharif,
Khayyam'

Answer: Omar


Question: 'Unlike the corned beef & red flannel varieties, the "heavenly" type of this food is a candy'

Answer: Hash


Question: 'In 1987 this A's first baseman was named the AL's Rookie of the Year; since then he's hit over 500 home runs'

Answer: Mark McGwire


Question: 'An 1853 fire at his publisher's warehouse burned the remaining stock of his books, including "Moby Dick"'

Answer: Herman Melville


Question: 'On the "Oklahoma!" soundtrack, you'll hear "I'm Jist A Girl Who Cain't Say" this'

Answer: No (on)


Question: 'First word in the Times scoop headline on April 16, 1912; the second word was "sinks"'

Answer: Titanic


Question:
'Allen,
Hayes,
Harrelson'

Answer: Woody


Question: 'Wallace Langham appeared in this 1996 film that featured John Travolta's most "angelic" performance'

Answer: Michael


Question: 'In April 1993 Joe DiMaggio threw out the first pitch in this Miami team's first regular season game ever'

Answer: Florida Marlins


Question: 'Joel Chandler Harris' book of this character's songs & sayings was subtitled "Legends of the Old Plantation"'

Answer: Uncle Remus


Question: 'For Al Hirt it's a note to follow so'

Answer: La (Al)


Question: 'In 1993 the New York Times Company bought this city's Globe for deep pocket change, $1.1 billion'

Answer: Boston


Question:
'Moore,
McCullough,
Dewhurst'

Answer: Colleen


Question: 'This Scottish-born singer's "Angel Touch" dolls aren't "For Your Eyes Only"; anyone can buy them from QVC'

Answer: Sheena Easton


Question: 'Cubs pitcher Greg Maddux won the NL's Cy Young Award in 1992; he won it the next 3 years with this new team'

Answer: Atlanta Braves


Question: 'This Mississippian's first novel, "Soldier's Pay", was recommended to a publisher by Sherwood Anderson'

Answer: William Faulkner


Question: 'An ad for a Russian perfume might read, "Her lips said nyet, but her perfume said" this'

Answer: Da (ad)


Question: 'The Times won a Pulitzer for its publication of these purloined documents in 1972'

Answer: The Pentagon Papers


Question:
'Burton,
Robbins,
McGraw'

Answer: Tim


Question: 'After classes of these were categorized numerically, number "nine" became a synonym for euphoria'

Answer: Clouds


Question: 'At the beginning of 2000, Rickey Henderson had 1,334 career stolen bases, 396 more than this former Cardinal'

Answer: Lou Brock


Question: 'He wrote the screenplay to the 1983 Disney film "Something Wicked This Way Comes", which was based on his 1962 novel'

Answer: Ray Bradbury


Question: 'For me this measure for 12-point type is just fine'

Answer: Em (me)


Question: 'In 1851 2 staffers from this New York paper, later merged with the Herald, founded the Times'

Answer: New York Tribune


Question:
'Smith,
Rogers,
Durant'

Answer: Will


Question: 'Shelley Fabares had a No. 1 hit with this song in 1962, long before she co-starred on "Coach"'

Answer: "Johnny Angel"


Question: 'In 1984 he was president of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee & became baseball's 6th commissioner'

Answer: Peter Ueberroth


Question: 'E.M. Forster's experience as a secretary to an Indian prince was put to good use in this 1924 novel'

Answer: "A Passage to India"


Question: 'It is a tropical shrub'

Answer: Ti (it)


Question: '"Miss Lillian" Gordy'

Answer: Jimmy Carter


Question: 'Richard Strauss' "Also Sprach Zarathustra" was most memorably used in this 1968 film'

Answer: 2001: A Space Odyssey


Question: 'The willingness of Tennessee's citizens to serve in the military earned the state this nickname'

Answer: "The Volunteer State"


Question: 'This planet, once wrongly thought to have canals, may have water at its surface after all'

Answer: Mars


Question: 'It's the 3-word French term that describes pie that's served with ice cream'

Answer: A la mode


Question: 'Myopia'

Answer: Nearsightedness


Question: 'Sara Delano'

Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Question: 'The piece heard here was frighteningly effective in this 1979 Robert Duvall film'

Answer: Apocalypse Now ("Ride of the Valkyries")


Question: 'In 1999 Chattanooga celebrated 100 years of putting this beverage into bottles'

Answer: Coca-Cola


Question: 'The U.S. & Florida governments agreed on a $7.8 billion plan to restore water flow to this area'

Answer: The Everglades


Question: 'Use the eating variety of this gourd for pies; the jack o' lantern type produces poor pies'

Answer: Pumpkin


Question: 'This formal ecclesiastical censure deprives a person of membership in a church'

Answer: Excommunication


Question: 'Jessie Woodrow'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: '"Rhapsody In Blue" was put to good use in this "geographic" Woody Allen comedy'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'Though born in Washington, D.C. on March 31, 1948, his birth was front page news in the Nashville Tennessean'

Answer: Al Gore, Jr.


Question: 'Oceanic bacteria may convert sunlight to energy with this process, like plants'

Answer: Photosynthesis


Question: 'Finely crush these whole-wheat honey-sweetened crackers, mix with butter & sugar, & you've got a delicious pie crust'

Answer: Graham crackers


Question: 'A magician who shows his manual dexterity by performing legerdemain or slight of hand'

Answer: Prestidigitator


Question: 'Dorothy Walker'

Answer: George (Herbert Walker) Bush


Question: 'The Samuel Barber piece heard here was evocatively used in this Oliver Stone Oscar winner'

Answer: Platoon


Question: 'The structure seen here was built for the World's Fair held in this city'

Answer: Knoxville


Question: 'A 170-room palace found in the rain forest of this country is a trove of Mayan archaeology'

Answer: Guatemala


Question: 'Fabric names for pie fillings include French silk & this light & fluffy type, often lemon'

Answer: Chiffon


Question: 'One who travels completely around the world'

Answer: Circumnavigator


Question: 'Phoebe Millard'

Answer: Millard Fillmore


Question: 'The Bach work heard here was featured in this 1975 Sci Fi classic that starred James Caan'

Answer: Rollerball ("Toccata & Fugue")


Question: 'In 1925 he told a Tennessee court, "I feel that I have been convicted of violating an unjust statute"'

Answer: John Scopes


Question: 'The fossil of Eosimias suggests a transitional figure between lower & higher members of this order of mammals'

Answer: Primates


Question: '"Colorful" term for a pie made with a layer of dark chocolate custard topped with rum custard & whipped cream'

Answer: Black Bottom Pie


Question: 'From German myth, it means "Twilight of the gods"'

Answer: "Gotterdammerung"


Question: 'The world's highest airport is found in this Asian political region of 472,000 square miles'

Answer: Tibet


Question: 'Flirtatious 15-year-old Lydia Bennet elopes with Mr. Wickham in this Jane Austen classic'

Answer: "Pride and Prejudice"


Question: 'On Jan. 12, 1998 NYC mayor Giuliani announced he'd crack down on these pedestrian miscreants'

Answer: Jaywalkers


Question: 'These creatures also called prawns may feed on krill, their fellow crustaceans'

Answer: Shrimp


Question: 'Anyone born with the name William Claude Dukenfield, like this man seen here, can't be all bad'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Long before it was newburged or thermidored, it was so plentiful it was a food for the poor'

Answer: Lobster


Question: 'Its address is 3764 Elvis Presley Blvd.'

Answer: Graceland


Question: 'As a teen, this brooding Bronte hero displays "An almost idiotic excess of unsociable moroseness"'

Answer: Heathcliff


Question: 'Anti-gang laws target this, defined as hanging around or moving too slowly'

Answer: Loitering


Question: 'This krill-eater similar to the octopus has 8 arms & 2 tentacles'

Answer: Squid


Question: 'Her last film was the 1963 musical "I Could Go On Singing"'

Answer: Judy Garland


Question: 'Virgil wrote "Latet anguis in herba", "A snake lurks in" this'

Answer: The grass


Question: 'Before dialing M for Monaco, she was born in Philadelphia on Nov. 12, 1929'

Answer: Grace Kelly


Question: 'Joel Knox is the teenage hero of this "In Cold Blood" author's novel "Other Voices, Other Rooms"'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'This adjective often found before "exposure" means the exposer knows others can see'

Answer: Indecent


Question: 'A 1910 rhyme called Boston "The Home of the Bean" and this krill-eating fish'

Answer: The cod


Question: 'Will Rogers said, "Everytime I see him work, it looks to me like a bunch of firecrackers going off all at once"'

Answer: James Cagney


Question: 'Of a place in Massachusetts, a tuna salad or 2 glasses pressed together, what Sandwich glass is named for'

Answer: Place in Massachusetts


Question: 'Proverbially, "There but for" this "go I"'

Answer: The grace of God


Question: 'Thinking home is no "paradise", Cathy fakes her own death & runs away in this classic Steinbeck novel'

Answer: "East of Eden"


Question: 'From the same root as consecration, this opposite term is sometimes done to flags'

Answer: Desecration


Question: 'Also called whalebone, it's the filter that allows many whales to feed on krill'

Answer: Baleen


Question: 'The man seen here didn't wear an undershirt in this 1934 film, setting a trend for decades'

Answer: It Happened One Night (Clark Gable)


Question: 'David Clark, Lawrence Heath & Harry B. Reese made their names making these'

Answer: Candy bars


Question: 'A co-pilot of the Jefferson Starship'

Answer: Grace Slick


Question: 'Mick Kelly is a gangly teenager who befriends the mysterious Mr. Singer in this Carson McCullers novel'

Answer: "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"


Question: 'In 1931 Al Capone got 11 years not for murder or bootlegging but for this'

Answer: Tax evasion


Question: 'This krill-eating whale got its name because it seemed like the proper or correct one to hunt'

Answer: Right whale


Question: 'Seen here, this actress was at the peak of her popularity when she was killed in a plane crash in 1942'

Answer: Carole Lombard (who at the time was married to Clark Gable)


Question: 'James Plimpton is credited with inventing these in 1863; they were worn by Heather Graham in "Boogie Nights"'

Answer: Roller skates


Question: 'Sean Hayes is "just Jack" on this sitcom'

Answer: Will & Grace