Question: 'The first medal won by a black athlete in the Winter Olympics was this figure skater's bronze in 1988'

Answer: Debi Thomas


Question: 'Bandar-E Khomeini, Iran & Manama, Bahrain are chief ports on this gulf'

Answer: the Persian Gulf


Question: 'Asian doctor who will needle you back into good health'

Answer: acupuncturist


Question: '"The Queen of Cornwall", from a play by this author, premiered "Far from the Madding Crowd", in Glastonbury'

Answer: Thomas Hardy


Question: 'These 2 Tug Valley families, whose feud goes back to at least 1878, were related'

Answer: the Hatfields & the McCoys


Question: 'This silent screen comedian published his autobiography, "An American Comedy", in 1928'

Answer: Harold Lloyd


Question: 'Robert C. Weaver, the first black Cabinet secretary was appointed Secretary of HUD in 1966 by this president'

Answer: LBJ, Lyndon Johnson


Question: 'The Antipodes & Auckland Islands are part of this Southern Hemisphere nation'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'It's the process of planting new trees over an old area'

Answer: reforestation


Question: 'Sir William Walton & Paul Dehn turned this 19th century Russian's play "The Bear" into a one-act opera'

Answer: Chekhov


Question: 'The May 1970 Kent State protest was in reaction to U.S. troops entering this country'

Answer: Cambodia


Question: 'This Minnesotan unsuccessfully sought the GOP nomination 7 times between 1948 & 1980'

Answer: (Harold) Stassen


Question: 'On Feb. 1, 1978 this 19th century heroine became the first black woman honored on a U.S. stamp'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'In the Middle Ages, these 2 seas were the center of trade between Hanseatic League ports'

Answer: the Baltic Sea & the North Sea


Question: 'In math it means at a right angle to the horizontal'

Answer: perpendicular


Question: 'Pizzetti's opera "Assassinio Nella Cattedrale" is based on this T.S. Eliot play'

Answer: Murder in the Cathedral


Question: 'For the Cherokees this infamous trail led to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma'

Answer: the Trail of Tears


Question: 'This director of "Groundhog Day" & "Multiplicity" once worked as an orderly in a mental ward'

Answer: Harold Ramis


Question: 'This former Cleveland mayor, the first black elected mayor of a major U.S. city, died in 1996'

Answer: (Carl) Stokes


Question: 'Located on the Horn of Africa, this country is that continent's easternmost extension'

Answer: Somalia


Question: 'Title for the first violinist who also acts as an assistant conductor'

Answer: concertmaster


Question: '"Uno Sguardo Dal Ponte" is an Italian Opera version of this U.S. playwright's "A View from the Bridge"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'On May 9, 1846 he asked the Cabinet if he should recommend to Congress a war against Mexico'

Answer: Polk


Question: 'Chancellor of the Exchequer who succeeded Anthony Eden as British Prime Minister in 1957'

Answer: Harold Macmillan


Question: 'He rejected offers to run for Congress & Mayor of New York & to be Van Buren's Secretary of the Navy'

Answer: Washington Irving


Question: 'After signing the Mayflower Compact in 1620, John Carver became the first governor of this colony'

Answer: the Plymouth Colony


Question: 'In 2002 this Chinese player became the NBA's No. 1 draft choice when picked by the Houston Rockets'

Answer: Yao Ming


Question: 'A boiling water reactor produces this vapor inside the reactor vessel to generate power'

Answer: steam


Question: 'A marinated flank steak:<br />___ broil'

Answer: London


Question: 'This draft agency also runs an alternative service program for pacifists in lieu of military service'

Answer: the Selective Service


Question: 'On January 1, 1997 he replaced Boutros Boutros-Ghali as U.N. Secretary General'

Answer: Kofi Annan


Question: 'This British adventurer liked to go by the initials T.E. instead of his given names Thomas Edward'

Answer: T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)


Question: 'In the 1980s this Boston Celtics forward became only the third NBA player to win 3 straight MVP awards'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question: 'These slender tubes holding fissionable materials are bundled together & loaded into the core'

Answer: rods


Question: 'An apple:<br />___ beauty'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'You can click on "Where's My Refund?" on this federal agency's website'

Answer: the IRS


Question: 'January is one of this many months in the year with a length of 31 days'

Answer: 7


Question: 'In 1822 this "Liberator" met with Jose de San Martin to strategize in Guayaquil'

Answer: Bolivar


Question: 'Known as "The Worm", he was named the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year twice: 1990 & 1991'

Answer: Dennis Rodman


Question: 'It may be a person who slows down 2 debaters, or a substance that slows down neutrons to prevent fission'

Answer: a moderator


Question: 'Veggie that's really a sunflower variety:<br />___ artichoke'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: '(Former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge reads the clue.)  This service, established in 1789 & now part of the DHS helps fight the WMD threat with its use of border searches'

Answer: Customs


Question: 'The birthstone for January is this often dark red semiprecious stone'

Answer: garnet


Question: 'Aristotle referred to him as "The Great Physician"'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'In 2003 the Knicks named this Pistons Hall of Fame guard their President of Basketball Operations'

Answer: Isiah Thomas


Question: 'Entergy Corp. says that the Indian Point Plant's containment structures are this material, 3 1/2' to 6' thick'

Answer: concrete


Question: 'A moist 3-layer cake:<br />Lord or Lady ___'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'A 1947 labor law created the FMCS, the "M" for this activity that can solve labor disputes'

Answer: mediation


Question: 'Gian Gastone, who died in 1737, was the last member of this family to rule over Florence & Tuscany'

Answer: the Medicis


Question: 'This San Antonio Spur has been named to the All-NBA first team in each of his first 8 years in the league'

Answer: Tim Duncan


Question: 'In the photo here, everything is working normally as these two towers do their job'

Answer: the cooling towers


Question: 'A member of the Butterhead family:<br />___ lettuce'

Answer: Boston


Question: 'Its headquarters are in Silver Spring, Md., but it has forecast offices across the U.S.'

Answer: the National Weather Service


Question: 'Its inner and outer regions are separated by the Gobi Desert'

Answer: Mongolia


Question: 'A cover by Peter, Paul & Mary of "Blowin' In The Wind" helped make this "Freewheelin'" singer a household name'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'There are "rules of" this, which is information that is admissible in a court of law'

Answer: evidence


Question: 'Holmes called this scoundrel the "Napoleon of crime" even though he only appeared in 2 Conan Doyle tales'

Answer: Moriarty


Question: 'This color precedes "lady" & "Cadillac" & also the word "elephants" in a "Dumbo" song'

Answer: pink


Question: 'Each correct response in the "VOCABULARY" category was a title word in this author's alphabet mystery series'

Answer: (Sue) Grafton


Question: 'This second-largest island has an area of about 306,000 square miles & is shaped like a huge bird'

Answer: New Guinea


Question: 'Hits about women named Lucille & Ruby gave this Houston-born singer money to "gamble" with'

Answer: Kenny Rogers


Question: 'Add a letter to the name of a young fictional rabbit chaser to get this feeling of ill will'

Answer: malice


Question: 'This 1876 title literary hero returns with a friend in time to hear his eulogy & clear Muff Potter of murder'

Answer: Tom Sawyer


Question: 'The OED says this color refers to a man of "Nordic type" & can be spelled with no "E" when referencing men'

Answer: blond


Question: 'Each correct response in the "GEOGRAPHY" category is found in this classic board game of global domination'

Answer: Risk


Question: 'Maracaibo is the second-largest city in this country'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: '"New York State Of Mind" is a classic by this singer from Hicksville, New York'

Answer: Billy Joel


Question: 'The book "Born Losers" traces this term for a penniless debtor to the futility of whipping a deceased horse'

Answer: deadbeat


Question: '"I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die", complains this Wilde character'

Answer: Dorian Gray


Question: 'The Federal government uses it to indicate a "high" risk of terrorist attack'

Answer: orange


Question: 'In the category "SINGERS", each of the vocalists sang on this 1985 Quincy Jones-produced song'

Answer: "We Are The World"


Question: 'This island's Cape Morris Jesup is about 500 miles from the North Pole'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'The South African band Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang on his song "Diamonds On The Soles Of Her Shoes"'

Answer: Paul Simon


Question: 'It ominously follows "last" or precedes "day", & it's spelled with or without an "E" in the middle'

Answer: judgment


Question: 'I'll give you two bits if you can name this hero of H.R. Haggard's adventure tale "King Solomon's Mines"'

Answer: Allan Quatermain


Question: 'JFK Jr. & Ted Turner both graduated from this Providence university'

Answer: Brown


Question: '"COLORIFIC" colors are "Mr." roles in this film, so named by garbling "Au revoir, les enfants"'

Answer: Reservoir Dogs


Question: 'This peninsula seen here lies between the Bering Sea & the Sea of Okhotsk'

Answer: the Kamchatka Peninsula


Question: 'This singer was "Moonlighting" when he won Grammys in three different categories'

Answer: Al Jarreau


Question: 'This 8-letter synonym for "guileless" comes from the Latin nocere, "to harm"'

Answer: innocent


Question: 'In a subsequent Jules Verne novel, we find that this marine commander is a rajah's son named Prince Dakkar'

Answer: (Captain) Nemo


Question: 'These rules got their name from the paper color they were printed on in New Haven Colony in the 17th century'

Answer: blue laws


Question: 'Correct responses in "HERO & VILLAIN" can be seen in this 2003 film, from a graphic novel by Alan Moore'

Answer: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen


Question: 'It's the world's most populous country with a female head of government, Khaleda Zia'

Answer: Bangladesh


Question: 'One of the two lands seen here'

Answer: Greenland (or Iceland)


Question: 'Ben & Casey'

Answer: Affleck


Question: 'This line segment that passes through the center of a circle is twice the radius'

Answer: the diameter


Question: 'AMZN:<br />They have a river of reading material'

Answer: Amazon.com


Question: 'Decorate the pointy type of these ice cream holders with candy & chocolate to make wacky wizard hats'

Answer: cones


Question: 'This lawn weed's name comes from the old French for "tooth of the lion", referring to its sharply indented leaves'

Answer: a dandelion


Question: 'A controversial war was fought by the U.S. in the '60s & '70s in this country once divided into north & south halves'

Answer: Vietnam


Question: 'Elizabeth, Jake, Trent, Ashley, Taylor, Mary-Kate'

Answer: Olsen


Question: 'Next number in the sequence 1, 1, 2, 4, 8...'

Answer: 16


Question: 'HSY:<br />They make candy'

Answer: Hershey\'s


Question: 'Dip bread in an egg mixture to make this "French" breakfast item that French people serve for dessert'

Answer: toast


Question: 'This word for a self-service restaurant evolved from the Spanish for "coffee shop"'

Answer: a cafeteria


Question: 'This Asian nation seen here on the map has one of the world's largest populations'

Answer: India


Question: 'Serena & Venus--& don't forget Papa Richard'

Answer: Williams


Question: 'The longest side of a right triangle, it's opposite the right angle'

Answer: the hypotenuse


Question: 'GM:<br />Some of their models are Monte Carlo & Malibu'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'Have some of these mashed items left over?  They're the traditional topping for Shepherd's pie'

Answer: potatoes


Question: 'Latin for "within the walls", it refers to athletic contests among students within a school'

Answer: intramural


Question: 'You can get to this northwesternmost African nation by crossing the Strait of Gibraltar'

Answer: Morocco


Question: 'Christian & Kirsten'

Answer: the Dunsts


Question: 'Usually symbolized by a letter, a changing quantity in algebra is called this'

Answer: a variable


Question: 'HLT:<br />You can stay in one in Paris, we hear'

Answer: Hilton


Question: 'The "key" type of this citrus fruit can be small; you may need a dozen to yield a half cup of juice'

Answer: limes


Question: 'Originally one who kept legal records for the crown, now it's a public officer who investigates deaths'

Answer: a coroner


Question: 'Hobart is the capital city of this island state of Australia'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: 'Christian, Rory, Kieran, Quinn, Shane, Dakota & Macaulay'

Answer: the Culkins


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a Venn diagram on a monitor.)  An intersection contains elements common to two sets; this set, symbolized here, contains all the elements in either set'

Answer: the union


Question: 'SIRI:<br />They use satellites to bring you your tunes'

Answer: Sirius (Satellite Radio)


Question: '"Joy of Cooking" tells how to make relish & scones with this bog fruit, so let's all give thanks'

Answer: a cranberry


Question: 'The name of this foamy volcanic rock is an alteration of the Latin word meaning "foam"'

Answer: pumice


Question: 'In June 1781 British troops nearly captured this future president in Virginia, his home state'

Answer: Jefferson


Question: 'This show's episodes include "Cartman's Funny Hate Crime 2000"'

Answer: South Park


Question: 'Those not cast in individual roles at least got to be part of this group that says the play's first lines'

Answer: the chorus


Question: 'You can help train intellectually disabled athletes for these games founded in 1968'

Answer: the Special Olympics


Question: 'Founded in what is now Provo in 1875:<br />A BIG HUG, MYRON'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'Of the 7 continents'

Answer: Africa


Question: 'A scout during the war, John Greenwood is more famous as one of these; Washington was a patient'

Answer: a dentist


Question: 'The dad on this show fought for the heavyweight title, won a Grammy & nearly caused a nuclear reactor explosion'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Romeo's parents sobbed in the audience as he ended his life with this method'

Answer: poison


Question: 'Schedule a blood drive for this organization whose "junior" branch was founded in 1917'

Answer: the American Red Cross


Question: 'A "regal" university in Jersey:<br />CREPT IN ON'

Answer: Princeton


Question: 'Of Snow White's 7 dwarfs'

Answer: Bashful


Question: 'With Cornwallis' surrender here, the British lost an entire army for the second time during the war'

Answer: Yorktown


Question: 'Offered dessert, this show's baby Stewie replied, "But no sprinkles.  And for every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you"'

Answer: Family Guy


Question: 'As the cast party broke up, the director quoted, "Good night, good night!  Parting is such" this'

Answer: sweet sorrow


Question: 'Explore, enjoy & protect the planet in this club, whose logo is seen here'

Answer: the Sierra Club


Question: 'You could say it's full of Gaelic puglisits:<br />RENAMED TO'

Answer: Notre Dame


Question: 'Of the 12 months of the year'

Answer: April


Question: 'Ann Bates, a British spy, acted as a go-between between Benedict Arnold & this major'

Answer: John André


Question: 'If you don't know he's trapped in the future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku, then you don't know this guy'

Answer: Samurai Jack


Question: 'Juliet kept giggling through this line in Act II, scene 2 where she says her lover's name 3 times'

Answer: "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?"


Question: 'The name of this hospital volunteer comes from the red- & white-striped uniform'

Answer: a Candy Striper


Question: 'We hear they can make you a boiler:<br />RUDE UP'

Answer: Purdue


Question: 'Of our solar system's 9 planets'

Answer: Earth


Question: 'Formerly Fort Carillon, it was captured by Ethan Allen & others May 10, 1775'

Answer: Fort Ticonderoga


Question: 'Let's see if you've stayed up late to see Frylock, Meatwad & Master Shake, 3 of this Cartoon Network group'

Answer: Aqua Teen Hunger Force


Question: 'The kid playing the old head of this family of Juliet's couldn't get his beard to stay on'

Answer: the Capulets


Question: 'Help other kids or adults become literate with RIF, this organization'

Answer: Reading Is Fundamental


Question: 'In the Volunteer state:<br />ADVERB LINT'

Answer: Vanderbilt


Question: 'Of the countries of mainland South America'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'In 1994, 25 years after this event, 1 participant said, "For one crowning moment, we were creatures of the cosmic ocean"'

Answer: the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon


Question: 'A Polish woman who's survived a concentration camp is the title figure of this William Styron novel set in 1947'

Answer: Sophie\'s Choice


Question: 'The Stokes series of nature books includes a "Beginner's Guide" to these hovering nectar-eating birds'

Answer: hummingbirds


Question: 'On the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway holds an auto race of this length'

Answer: 500 miles


Question: 'As one of these Jim Henson creations, Zoot played the sax in Dr. Teeth's band'

Answer: a Muppet


Question: 'In 1814 Carl XIII of Sweden became king of this country to the west as well'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'Major city served by Ben-Gurion Airport'

Answer: Tel Aviv


Question: 'Don't believe the title: his "Little Dorrit" runs about 900 pages in various paperback editions'

Answer: Dickens


Question: 'Stokes' Law governs how fast a particle drops through a liquid as a consequence of this force'

Answer: gravity


Question: 'The "E" in an "e-bike" stands for this type of motor it has to aid you in those uphill climbs'

Answer: electric


Question: 'This president went to band camp in the Ozarks'

Answer: Clinton


Question: 'Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte, a marshal under this emperor, reinvented himself as Swedish King Carl Johan'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Originally a pub for travelers, perhaps "on the Green"'

Answer: tavern


Question: 'Book Four of this French novel is called "Javert Off the Track"'

Answer: Les Miserables


Question: 'Stokes-Adams Syndrome is fainting caused by disturbance in this organ's rhythm'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'The Renaissance Center in Detroit is the headquarters of this automaker'

Answer: General Motors


Question: 'This animated kid is voiced by Yeardley Smith, but when she plays sax, you're hearing Terry Harrington'

Answer: Lisa Simpson


Question: 'Mid-19th c. Swedish King Carl XV saw power go from the monarch to the Riksdag, this'

Answer: the parliament


Question: 'Head off road in one of these, an ATV'

Answer: an all-terrain vehicle


Question: 'The last line of this epic is "Then there was only the ocean and the sky and the figure of Howard Roark"'

Answer: The Fountainhead


Question: 'Despite his name, this worker in a steam locomotive doesn't douse flames, he stokes them in the boiler'

Answer: the fireman


Question: 'The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is a part of this U.S. government department'

Answer: Transportation


Question: 'Wynton's older brother, he knows how to blow his own tenor horn'

Answer: Branford Marsalis


Question: 'Carl IX deposed his Catholic nephew Sigismund from Sweden's throne & affirmed this as Sweden's national religion'

Answer: Lutheran


Question: 'New Deal agency abbreviated TVA'

Answer: the Tennessee Valley Authority


Question: 'The title of this 1956 novel about Mayor Frank Skeffington also means the final effort or event of a career'

Answer: The Last Hurrah


Question: 'Once a sheep-raising area, Stokes National Park is in the southwest of this vast country'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'The initials "BMW" stand for this region's "Motor Works"'

Answer: Bavaria


Question: 'Born David Jones, this rock legend worked as a saxophonist & a mime before battling Martian spiders'

Answer: David Bowie


Question: 'Later president, Carl Mannerheim commanded this country's army in its brave fight against the Soviets in 1939-40'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Yes, comrade, it means "comrade" in Russian'

Answer: tovarich


Question: 'From the Latin for "according to each part", it's a statement of the equality of ratios, like 4:6 equals 2:3'

Answer: proportion


Question: 'This Taiwanese director's films include "The Wedding Banquet", "Pushing Hands" & "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"'

Answer: (Ang) Lee


Question: 'The boulevard dividing Montreal East from West shares this name with Montreal's river'

Answer: St. Lawrence


Question: 'Auction & contract are 2 types of this game derived from whist'

Answer: bridge


Question: 'This woman from Georgia is "nuts" for her husband, whom she first dated in college'

Answer: Rosalynn Carter


Question: 'Moose'

Answer: moose


Question: '3! means the product of all the integers from 1 through 3-- so it's this number'

Answer: 6


Question: 'The submarine models for this 1981 German film were also used in "Raiders of the Lost Ark"'

Answer: Das Boot


Question: 'The area known as Old Montreal is characterized by streets made from these'

Answer: cobblestone


Question: '4 of these "hungry" animals compete to "eat" as fast as possible in a "frantic marble munching game"'

Answer: hippos


Question: 'One time artistic director of the American Ballet Theater seen here'

Answer: Baryshnikov


Question: 'Alumni, like some fraternity boys'

Answer: alum (or alumnus)


Question: 'Not a "perimeter", this means a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to produce other curves'

Answer: parameter


Question: 'In this 1957 Ingmar Bergman film, a knight back from the Crusades challenges Death to a chess game for his life'

Answer: The Seventh Seal


Question: 'The classic Montreal hot dog bun isn't grilled or toasted but prepared this way, to be nice & wrinkly'

Answer: steamed


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew arranges 5 dice.)  In Yahtzee, the sequence I rolled is called this, just like in poker'

Answer: a straight


Question: 'This actress and director seen here was the valedictorian at her French language high school in Los Angeles'

Answer: (Jodie) Foster


Question: 'Criteria'

Answer: criterion


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates with a beach ball & a diagram on the monitor.)  To find the circumference of a beach ball, use the equation 2 pi r to figure out it's this many inches'

Answer: about 31 inches (10 x pi)


Question: 'Truffaut provided the story for this 1959 Godard film in which Belmondo plays a hood who kills a cop'

Answer: Breathless


Question: '"Carte" is French for map, & this is the French explorer who in 1535 put Mount Royal on the map'

Answer: (Jacques) Cartier


Question: 'This game is a sort of vertical tic-tac-toe, but with the added twist of needing an extra checker in the row'

Answer: Connect Four


Question: 'He's the "Little Giant" of Illinois seen here'

Answer: Stephen Douglas


Question: 'The verb exeunt'

Answer: exit


Question:
'For the series
1, 3, 5, 17
the median is 4, arrived at this way'

Answer: to take the number that\'s between 3 and 5 (averaging the 2 middle numbers)


Question: 'This 1963 Fellini film was the basis for the 1982 Broadway musical "Nine"'

Answer: 8 1/2


Question: 'In 1811 this fur merchant bequeathed his property at the foot of Mount Royal to start a University'

Answer: McGill


Question: 'In this "fishy" game, a reverse hide & seek, the "it" hides, & each person who finds him squeezes into the hiding spot'

Answer: sardines


Question: 'Known to many a slender fellow, he's the big guy seen here as he looked in those magazine ads'

Answer: Charles Atlas


Question: 'A military term:<br />phalanges'

Answer: phalanx


Question: 'In 1839 Thomas Buchanan, cousin of a U.S. president, became the first governor of this future country'

Answer: Liberia


Question: 'Von Humboldt popularized this group name; they called themselves Tenochca, Mexica & Colhua Mexica'

Answer: Aztecs


Question: 'Louis Comfort Tiffany made lampshades of this material using the copper foil technique'

Answer: Stained Glass


Question: 'Robert Frost wrote, it "Is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in"'

Answer: Home


Question: 'This state has a Custer County as well as one named Big Horn'

Answer: Montana


Question: 'To snub is to let this heavy device drop on a short cable, bringing the ship to an abrupt halt'

Answer: Anchor


Question: 'In it Groucho pointed out a contract's sanity clause to Chico who said, "There ain't no Sanity Claus"'

Answer: "A Night At The Opera"


Question: 'The 2 major contributions of the Olmecs, the mother culture of Mesoamerica, were writing & this time tracker'

Answer: Calendar


Question: 'It's often heavy paper with a design or lettering cut out; you paint over it to transfer the design'

Answer: Stencil


Question: 'Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting" this "in a theater"'

Answer: "Fire!"


Question: 'This state's parishes began as administrative units of the Catholic Church under Spanish rule'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'The helm of a small boat may just consist of a tiller & this in the water'

Answer: Rudder


Question: 'At a June 1995 auction, the white suit John Travolta wore in this film sold for $145,500'

Answer: "Saturday Night Fever"


Question: 'Like Monet, the Mayans used this pond flower as a motif in their art'

Answer: Lilies


Question: 'Used in bags, wallets & belts, Moroccan leather comes from this animal'

Answer: Goat


Question: 'Thomas Appleton said, "Good Americans, when they die, go to" this European city'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'New Jersey's eastern border is formed by the Atlantic Ocean & this river'

Answer: Hudson River


Question: 'Collective term for all the lines used to support masts & raise & lower sails'

Answer: Rigging


Question: 'In this 1934 classic, Alan Hale was the driver who stopped at the sight of Claudette Colbert's leg'

Answer: "It Happened One Night"


Question: 'c. 1200-1465 the Chimu Empire controlled about 600 miles of what's now this Andean country's coast'

Answer: Peru


Question: 'It's the term for making pots on a potter's wheel'

Answer: Throw


Question: 'The inspirational quote "Win this one for the Gipper" is attributed to him'

Answer: Knute Rockne


Question: 'The Detroit, Huron & Sandusky Rivers are among those that flow into this great lake'

Answer: Lake Erie


Question: 'On shipboard it's opposite starboard'

Answer: Port


Question: 'George Romero shot this 1968 horror classic for under $150,000'

Answer: Night of the Living Dead


Question: 'Almost 400 workshops for this black volcanic glass have been discovered in Teotihuacan'

Answer: Obsidian


Question: 'Making these cords that hold whistles is a popular camp craft'

Answer: Lanyards


Question: 'German who wrote, "I teach you the Superman.  Man is something that is to be surpassed"'

Answer: Friedrich Nietzsche


Question: 'This home of the U.S. Air Force Academy was founded in 1871 as Fountain Colony'

Answer: Colorado Springs


Question: 'This 4-letter word means to adjust & you do it to sails & ballast'

Answer: Trim


Question: 'Truffaut's 1973 movie about making movies'

Answer: "Day For Night"


Question: 'To avert suspicion that he started the Great Fire of 64, he blamed it on the Christians'

Answer: Nero


Question: 'This term for a short, simple poem or song comes from dictatum, Latin for "dictated thing"'

Answer: Ditty


Question: 'Buza, a spirit from Egypt, is made from these palm fruits'

Answer: Dates


Question: 'Like the falcon or hawk, the shrike is classified as a bird of this'

Answer: Prey


Question: 'A loser in 1980 & 1988, this Senate majority leader is again bidding for the GOP presidential nomination'

Answer: Robert Dole


Question: 'The Crickets in 1957 & Linda Ronstadt in 1976 had a hit with it'

Answer: "That\'ll Be The Day"


Question: 'Hadrian's decision to build a shrine on the site of the temple in this city incited a Jewish revolt'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'Heptameter refers to a line of verse consisting of this number of feet'

Answer: 7


Question: 'in 1995 Jim Beam, a maker of this Kentucky spirit, celebrated its 200th anniversary'

Answer: Bourbon


Question: 'Almost 99% of a jellyfish's body is made of this substance'

Answer: Water


Question: 'He shared his views on domestic policy in the 1995 bestseller "To Renew America"'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: '"Let us sing a song of cheer again" because of this'

Answer: "Happy Days Are Here Again"


Question: 'Slipping into insanity, Commodus imagined he was this mythical club-wielding hero'

Answer: Hercules


Question: 'This form of light verse named for a place in Ireland rhymes aabba'

Answer: Limerick


Question: 'Tia Maria is a coffee-flavored Jamaican drink based on this liquor'

Answer: Rum


Question: 'The marine types of these have flattish carapaces & their limbs have evolved into flippers'

Answer: Turtles


Question: 'In 1994 the Arizona chapter of the ACLU named this former senator its Civil Libertarian of the Year'

Answer: Barry Goldwater


Question: 'Andy Williams & Henry Mancini had hits in 1963 with this film theme'

Answer: "Days of Wine And Roses"


Question: 'To eliminate opposition, Septimius Severus replaced these imperial bodyguards with his own troops'

Answer: Praetorian Guards


Question: 'Bowdlerize comes from the name of an editor best known for purging his works of "indecent" passages'

Answer: William Shakespeare


Question: 'The name of this wine is French for "Smoked White"'

Answer: Fume Blanc


Question: 'A bee is said to do this at the hive to show the other bees the direction & distance to a food source'

Answer: Dance


Question: 'This independent candidate for president was chairman of the House Republican Conference from 1969 to 1979'

Answer: John Anderson


Question: 'In 1963 Ruby & The Romantics had their only No. 1 hit with this song'

Answer: "Our Day Will Come"


Question: 'To support his building program, including his famous baths, he raised taxes & debased the currency'

Answer: Caracalla


Question: 'The 30,000-line poem about this fox is the best-known beast epic'

Answer: Reynard


Question: 'It's the Dutch version of cointreau or triple sec'

Answer: Curacao


Question: 'It's the proper name for the Australian animal some call the spiny anteater'

Answer: Echidna


Question: 'In 1995 this New Jersey governor became the first woman to give the response to the State of the Union address'

Answer: Christie Todd Whitman


Question: 'In 1959 Dinah Washington found this out'

Answer: "What A Diff\'rence A Day Makes!"


Question: 'It was the first war covered by both newspaper reporters & photographers'

Answer: The Crimean War


Question: '"Wax" nostalgic (or is that nostalgique?) at Musee Grevin, this capital's answer to Madame Tussaud's'

Answer: Paris


Question: 'This Bob Seger song was used in ads for Chevy trucks'

Answer: "Like A Rock"


Question: 'He spent time at his California ranch where he could ride horses, chop wood & play the part of a cowboy'

Answer: Reagan


Question: 'A final, as in a final exam'

Answer: a test


Question: 'In the South, the lemony cake named for this Civil War general is the perfect treat for his birthday, Jan. 19'

Answer: Robert E. Lee


Question: 'In the nursery rhyme, they're made up of "snips & snails & puppy dog tails"'

Answer: little boys


Question: 'The Barengraben, or bear pits, in this Swiss capital have entertained visitors for centuries'

Answer: Bern


Question: 'Duran Duran made its Top 40 debut with this song'

Answer: "Hungry Like The Wolf"


Question: 'Warren Harding often had a full house drinking & playing this card game into the wee hours'

Answer: poker


Question: 'Better than better'

Answer: best


Question: 'Let's make the chocolate candies named for this First Lady who was born in Virginia in 1731'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'John Harrington was flush with success in the 1590s with his invention of one of these that flushed'

Answer: a toilet


Question: 'Gripsholm Castle, on an island in Lake Malaren, was built by this country's King Gustav Vasa'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'This 1965 song begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine"'

Answer: "Like A Rolling Stone"


Question: 'As seen in the picture, Franklin Roosevelt enjoyed stamp collecting, this nine-letter hobby'

Answer: philately


Question: 'Repose'

Answer: rest


Question: 'Feeling dramatic? Try the rich chocolate cake named for this very dramatic French actress of the 1800s'

Answer: Sarah Bernhardt


Question: 'It's the term for a group of grapes, perhaps a "wild" one'

Answer: a bunch


Question: 'Some believe the best Greek sweet wine is mavrodaphne, a specialty of this peninsula in Greece'

Answer: the Peloponnesian peninsula


Question: 'The 2 Madonna No. 1 hits that fit the category'

Answer: "Like A Virgin" & "Like A Prayer"


Question: 'He liked to box, wrestle & hunt & loved to play tennis; in fact, his group of advisers was known as the Tennis Cabinet'

Answer: Teddy Roosevelt


Question: 'A soiree invitee (if he shows up)'

Answer: a guest


Question: 'Pass the dessert that the French call Reine de Saba; we know it in English as this Biblical woman's cake'

Answer: the Queen of Sheba


Question: 'Fights broke out in U.S. stores in 1998 between shoppers trying to buy these talking, fuzzy Hasbro toys'

Answer: Furbies


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria.) The Imperial Chapel is home to the Wiener Sangerknaben, this world-famous group that was formed in 1498'

Answer: the Vienna Boys\' Choir


Question: 'This entertainment industry anthem was written for the Broadway musical "Annie Get Your Gun"'

Answer: "There\'s No Business Like Show Business"


Question: 'For exercise, this president seen here liked to swing Indian clubs'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'Gusto'

Answer: zest


Question: '(Emeril Lagasse whips something up.) I'm beating egg whites to make a Down Under meringue dessert; Aussies so named the dessert because they were impressed with the floating grace of this early 20th century dancer'

Answer: Pavlova


Question: 'A quindecennial happens every this many years'

Answer: 15


Question: 'This one of the 3 main states of matter has no fixed shape or volume'

Answer: gas


Question: 'Sean O'Casey's "Juno and the Paycock" takes place in a tenement house in this capital city'

Answer: Dublin


Question: 'This major league baseball team plays its home games in Arlington, Texas'

Answer: the Rangers


Question: 'Stockholm or Madrid, or the investment money put up to start a business'

Answer: capital


Question: 'The green type of this reptile gained protection in the 20th century because of its popular use in soup'

Answer: a turtle


Question: 'One is hit on the head<br />(4)'

Answer: a nail


Question: 'I shot an arrow into the air; if not for friction, it would have formed this plane curve, from the Greek for "to compare"'

Answer: a parabola


Question: '"Kremlin Chimes" is the second play in Nikolai Pogodin's trilogy about this leader of the Russian Revolution'

Answer: Lenin


Question: 'Texas' only natural lake is Caddo Lake, shared with this state to the east'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'From the Latin for "holy", they're economic measures taken against a nation for violating international law'

Answer: sanctions


Question: 'The black type of this fish with a woman's name is a striking addition to any aquarium'

Answer: a molly


Question: 'About his jacket, critics pandit<br />(5)'

Answer: Nehru


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew shows himself on the monitor, swiveling around in a chair with dumbbells in his hands, extending and contracting his arms.)  When I draw my arms inward, my angular velocity increases because my angular mass decreases; the product of those two quantities is called angular this'

Answer: momentum


Question: 'This "Electra"fying playwright gets the credit for adding a third actor to Greek tragedies'

Answer: Sophocles


Question: 'Several states including Texas have this cooking-utensil feature: Oklahoma, Florida & Nebraska, for example'

Answer: a panhandle


Question: 'It's the 3-word scam in which a customer is pressured to buy more expensive items than the ones advertised'

Answer: bait and switch


Question: 'Newly hatched octopi live among this group of microscopic plants & animals that float on the ocean's surface'

Answer: plankton


Question: 'Nada<br />(7)'

Answer: nothing


Question: 'The special theory of this says that the speed of light in a vacuum is a universal constant'

Answer: relativity


Question: 'In 1990 this playwright won his second Pulitzer Prize, for "The Piano Lesson"'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'Anson Jones was the last president of this entity, serving until 1845, when it joined the U.S.'

Answer: the Republic of Texas


Question: 'From the Latin for "to roll together", it's a corporation of several companies involved in a variety of businesses'

Answer: conglomerate


Question: 'The savory silver salmon with its bright red flesh is also known by this 4-letter name'

Answer: coho


Question: 'Country music city<br />(9)'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'The 1963 Nobel Physics Prize went to the folks who found these have shells, with the outermost being the densest'

Answer: atomic nuclei


Question: 'This "diminuitive" Edward Albee play was first produced on Broadway in 1964'

Answer: Tiny Alice


Question: 'In 1976 this Texas congresswoman became the first black keynote speaker at a Dem. National Convention'

Answer: Barbara Jordan


Question: 'Abbreviated "MFN", it's the clause in an international trade agreement that grants signatory countries the same tariff rate'

Answer: most favoured nation


Question: 'Less than half an inch long, this tiny fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert'

Answer: the gobi


Question: 'It falls daily<br />(5)'

Answer: night


Question: 'In a 1944 speech, he said, "Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge"'

Answer: George Patton


Question: 'Bolshevik Island'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'First presented in 1935, this bronze college football award weighs 25 pounds'

Answer: the Heisman Trophy


Question: 'Those in the world of finance know JASDAQ, like NASDAQ, is a market for these'

Answer: stocks


Question: 'It follows "Washington Dulles"'

Answer: International Airport


Question: 'Entered univ. of Havana Law School 1945...became premier 1959...poison?!...shh!...'

Answer: Fidel Castro


Question: 'It's espresso with steamed milk, popularized by Starbucks; today many people don't bother to put "caffe" before'

Answer: a latte


Question: 'Cozumel'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'In 1974 this team (not a pod!) of mammals (not fish!) won the Super Bowl (not kidding!)'

Answer: the (Miami) Dolphins


Question: 'At spectrum auctions, the government sells parts of this 9-letter spectrum'

Answer: broadcast


Question: 'It's basically the 180th meridian of longitude'

Answer: the international date line


Question: '"The Liberator"...seized Caracas 1810...lost Caracas...recaptured Caracas 1813...Caracas!...'

Answer: (Simon) Bolivar


Question: 'A 5-letter word said once or repeated, it's flashy jewelry worn as an indication of wealth'

Answer: bling


Question: 'Lemnos & Lesbos'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Founded in 2003, his dream foundation has committed $4.5 million to charity; this QB is a true saint'

Answer: Drew Brees


Question: 'In 1926 he published his first "Blue Book of Motor Car Values"'

Answer: (Les) Kelley


Question: 'We've got to catch that rogue in his speedboat before he reaches these, another term for the high seas'

Answer: international waters


Question: 'Ran Iran 1941-1979...ran away Jan 16. 1979...ran out of time 1980...'

Answer: the Shah of Iran


Question: 'Alphanumeric name for the most popular of a trio of audio encoding methods released in 1993'

Answer: mp3


Question: 'Ellesmere & Victoria Island'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Yanking a player down by his shoulder pads from behind is this "equine" penalty'

Answer: horse collaring


Question: 'You're going to a fasig-tipton auction if you want to buy one of these 4-legged competitors'

Answer: a racehorse


Question: 'This measurement used of vitamins isn't a fixed quantity but the amount that produces a biological result'

Answer: an international unit


Question: 'Born Dec. 4, 1892 El Ferrol, Spain...made general at 34...extensive death coverage after fact...'

Answer: (Francisco) Franco


Question: 'Acoustic, like some performances; you might have caught Nirvana on the MTV show of the same name'

Answer: unplugged


Question: 'Sardinia'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'As coach of the Jets, he has the "gang green" defense deal out hard knocks (& enjoy some gosh-darned snacks)'

Answer: (Rex) Ryan


Question: 'The Dynasty League Auction is where you build your lineup for this activity'

Answer: fantasy baseball


Question: 'Boston university offers an M.A. in global development through this department'

Answer: International Relations


Question: 'Roman emperor 117-138 A.D....nephew of Trajan...seriously into walls...yo...'

Answer: Hadrian


Question: 'The OED has citations back to 1994 for this type of urban man who is fastidious about his grooming & fashion'

Answer: a metrosexual


Question: 'Fish that are anadromous migrate from the sea to freshwater rivers to do this'

Answer: spawn


Question: '1970 classic in which Jack Nicholson told Lorna Thayer to hold the chicken...between her knees'

Answer: Five Easy Pieces


Question: 'In the U.K., cottage pie generally uses beef, & this similar dish uses lamb'

Answer: shepherd\'s pie


Question: 'Edvard Munch was born into a middle-class family in Loten in this country'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'This dramatist wrote in one of his many sonnets, "if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head"'

Answer: Shakespeare


Question: 'Ground that's always frozen in polar regions'

Answer: permafrost


Question: 'The spiny lobster is also named for this object; the redback salamander lives under one'

Answer: a rock


Question: 'In this film Helen Hunt as waitress Carol Connelly makes Jack Nicholson "want to be a better man"'

Answer: As Good as it Gets


Question: 'As Catholicism was banned, Queen Elizabeth tried to outlaw these symbolic rolls'

Answer: hot cross buns


Question: 'This 1893 painting was inspired by an experience in which Munch heard an infinite one "throughout nature"'

Answer: The Scream


Question: 'W.S. Gilbert wrote, "he uses language that would make your hair" do this'

Answer: curl


Question: 'A disposition to allow freedom of choice & behavior'

Answer: permisiveness


Question: '(Lindblad National Geographic underwater specialist Lisa trotter delivers the clue from Antarctica.) This shrimp-like crustacean is a major link in the Antarctic food chain; from January to April swarms of them may reach concentrations of 35 lbs. per cubic yard'

Answer: krill


Question: 'As Jenna in "Waitress", this "Felicity" star served up pies at Joe's Diner'

Answer: (Keri) Russell


Question: 'A traditional part of British cuisine is a plate of fish & chips served with mashed these on the side'

Answer: peas


Question: 'Munch's painting seen here has this title, just like an 1889 van Gogh masterpiece'

Answer: Starry Night


Question: 'Sara Teasdale: "when I am dead and over me bright" this month "shakes out her rain-drenched hair... I shall not care"'

Answer: April


Question: 'One of the various ways a group of things can be recombined or rearranged'

Answer: a permutation


Question: 'Off the coast of California, this brown seaweed can grow almost a foot a day'

Answer: kelp


Question: 'Audrey Tautou won rave reviews for her role as this shy, do-good waitress in a 2001 French film'

Answer: Amelie


Question: 'Perhaps at the end of your meal, you'd like to try some caerphilly, sage derby or red Leicester this with some port'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'Munch was one of the pioneers of this art movement, using color & line in a highly personal style to convey emotion'

Answer: expressionism


Question: 'His "Rape of the Lock" says, "fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, and beauty draws us with a single hair"'

Answer: (Alexander) Pope


Question: 'A substance that can be pervaded by a liquid is said to have this property'

Answer: permeability


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Antarctica.)  Researchers recognize individual whales and follow their migration based on the pattern on the underside of this, each half of the whale's tail'

Answer: the fluke


Question: 'In "It Could Happen to You", Nicolas Cage shares more than his lottery winnings with a waitress played by her'

Answer: Bridget Fonda


Question: 'Sausages baked in a Yorkshire pudding-like batter are referred to in England as this reptile "in the hole"'

Answer: toad


Question: 'Seen here is Munch's portrait of this Swedish playwright of "Miss Julie" fame'

Answer: Strindberg


Question: '"Babies haven't any hair; old men's heads are just as bare; between the cradle and the grave lies a haircut and" this'

Answer: a shave


Question: 'This sixth & last period of the Paleozoic era saw the birth of the reptiles'

Answer: permian


Question: 'There has never been a Tony award winner for best musical set on either of these 2 continents'

Answer: Antarctica and Australia


Question: 'World's largest office building, named for its geometric shape'

Answer: The Pentagon


Question: 'Comic whose "Trial by Fire" fueled his comedy routines'

Answer: Richard Pryor


Question: '"Sly" creature sought by sportsmen riding to hounds'

Answer: a fox


Question: 'British decoration named for former queen'

Answer: Victoria Cross


Question: 'What Paul Newman's "Hustler" hustled'

Answer: pool


Question: 'De"faced" by sand & invading armies, it crouches near the Great Pyramids'

Answer: the Sphinx


Question: 'Master of the pause followed by "Now cut that out!"'

Answer: Jack Benny


Question: 'The "ship of the desert"'

Answer: a camel


Question: 'Since '32 the U.S. Badge of Military Merit has had this colorful name'

Answer: the Purple Heart


Question: 'Subtitled "How I Learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Bomb"'

Answer: Dr. Strangelove


Question: 'His statue is atop Philadelphia's City Hall'

Answer: William Penn


Question: 'Pat Paulsen ran for president on their controversial "Comedy Hour"'

Answer: the Smothers Brothers


Question: 'The children are poults, the mothers, hens & the fathers,toms'

Answer: turkeys


Question: 'This prize did not have an economics category until '69'

Answer: the Nobel Prize


Question: '1949's Best Picture, its title came from "Humpty Dumpty"'

Answer: All the King\'s Men


Question: 'France's Unknown Soldier lies beneath this Champs-Elysses landmark'

Answer: the Arc de Triomphe


Question: 'After playing the nightclub circuit, he broke into movies with "What's New, Pussycat?"'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'Name of the sport of hunting birds with other birds'

Answer: falconry


Question: '26 years after writing it for the stage, he won Oscar for the screenplay "Pygmalion"'

Answer: George Bernard Shaw


Question: 'He sang his way to an Oscar in "Cabaret":'

Answer: Joel Grey


Question: 'The date on the tablet held by the Statue of Liberty'

Answer: July 4, 1776


Question: 'Though originally a comic, he was 1st black regular on a U.S. dramatic TV series'

Answer: Bill Cosby


Question: 'Floating sea creature named by sailors for the Iberian fighting ship it resembles'

Answer: the Portuguese man-of-war


Question: 'He may disagree with Gene Siskel, but he won '75 Pulitzer Prize for Film Criticism'

Answer: Roger Ebert


Question: 'Ironically, he spoke the only word in Mel Brooks' "Silent Movie"'

Answer: Marcel Marceau


Question: '"Working" party that 1st came to power in 1924'

Answer: the Labor party


Question: 'Land animal with the largest teeth'

Answer: the elephant


Question: 'NBC sci-fi series about alien lizards invading Earth'

Answer: V


Question: 'Number of Senators from each state'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Located in Alaska, it's North America's highest peak'

Answer: Mt. McKinley


Question: 'Heavy winds sank more of this famed Spanish fleet than the English did'

Answer: the Armada


Question: '"Diffraction" refers to the way it bends'

Answer: light


Question: 'On TV, letter on Miss DeFazio's blouses'

Answer: L


Question: 'Elected office held by president of the Senate'

Answer: Vice President


Question: 'It's across the Danube from Pest'

Answer: Buda


Question: 'In 1707, the Act of Union united these 3 countries to form Great Britain'

Answer: England, Scotland, and Wales


Question: 'The 2 primary ferrous metals'

Answer: iron and steel


Question: 'Letter reversed in the name of what a giraffe calls "The World's Biggest Toystore"'

Answer: R


Question: 'State once represented by James Buckley & Jacob Javits'

Answer: New York


Question: 'New Zealand, Midway & Hawaii are all a part of this "many islands" group'

Answer: Polynesia


Question: 'In 1881, this punishment took a beating & was abolished by the British Navy'

Answer: flogging


Question: 'Natural vanilla flavoring comes from this tropical flower'

Answer: the orchid


Question: '1930 film where Peter Lorre plays a child murderer'

Answer: M


Question: '2 of the 3 countries that make up the Benelux Economic Union'

Answer: (2 of) Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg


Question: 'Last monarch of the House of Tudor'

Answer: Elizabeth I


Question: 'Stratigraphy is a branch of this science'

Answer: geology


Question: 'In music, the seventh tone in the diatonic scale of C'

Answer: B (or ti)


Question: 'Abu Dhabi & Dubai are 2 of the 7 states that make up this Middle Eastern federation'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'Arrested for voting in 1872 election, she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: 'In the 1790s his gin was a tonic for the fortunes of cotton planters'

Answer: Eli Whitney


Question: 'Snapple's 1st flavor was this juice, carbonated'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'In Acts, Herod imprisons Peter but one of these beings appears & frees him'

Answer: An angel


Question: 'Put a feather in your cap if you know that fischietti is a type of this hollow Italian pasta'

Answer: Macaroni


Question: 'When she became a bunny in 1963, Mary Hutton changed her name to this, after her father Laurence'

Answer: Lauren Hutton


Question: 'It's a narrow strip of land connecting 2 larger bodies of land; Panama, for example'

Answer: Isthmus


Question: 'After "hounding" Iran's borders, these people from a country to the east took over in 1722'

Answer: Afghans


Question: 'This man's name is on the world's bestselling bourbon'

Answer: Jim Beam


Question: 'As Jesus predicted, Peter did this thrice before the cock crowed twice'

Answer: Denied him


Question: 'In the South, hominy when ground is more popularly known as this'

Answer: Grits


Question: 'She was a bunny before she was a singing "Blondie"'

Answer: Deborah Harry


Question: 'These administrative subdivisions of Louisiana correspond to counties in other states'

Answer: Parishes


Question: 'Sweden's major power status ended with defeat by this czar in the 1709 battle of Poltava'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'In 1851 this Fifth Avenue store introduced sterling silver to the U.S.'

Answer: Tiffany\'s


Question: 'Peter was a fisherman on this body of water when he was called from his nets by Jesus'

Answer: Sea of Galilee


Question: 'Hummus is made with chickpeas, which are also known as these "beans"'

Answer: Garbanzos/chichis


Question: 'A bunny at age 18, Jacklyn Zeman now works on this show that features Luke & Laura'

Answer: "General Hospital"


Question: 'From an old Norse word, it's a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea'

Answer: Fjord


Question: 'George Vancouver once went to the bow of this captain's ship to be the man the farthest south in the world'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'Prior to autos, BMW  began as a company that made engines for these'

Answer: Airplanes


Question: 'According to tradition & several paintings, Peter was crucified in this unusual manner'

Answer: Upside down


Question: 'Hop in for some deep-fried "lapin" at restaurants in Paris & you'll learn it's this animal'

Answer: Rabbit


Question: 'Make no "Ms."take, she donned the ears in 1963 as a journalistic assignment for Show Magazine'

Answer: Gloria Steinem


Question: 'It's an old name for a Chinese seaport, or what the Swiss call their states'

Answer: Canton


Question: 'Nickname of Haydn's Symphony No. 94, from a chord said to have been written "to wake the ladies"'

Answer: "Surprise"


Question: 'Samsung means "3 Stars" in this language of the company's founder Byung-Chull Lee'

Answer: Korean


Question: 'Like Prince Charles, Peter had a brother named this, also an apostle'

Answer: Andrew


Question: 'Fry up some of these insects & you can enjoy the Colombian treat "Hormiga Culona"'

Answer: Ants


Question: 'Working her way through college as "Bunny Sue", she's now working as Dharma's mother-in-law'

Answer: Susan Sullivan


Question: 'As in "Bahia de Cochinos", it's what the Spanish word bahia means in English'

Answer: Bay


Question: 'Sir Toby's last name in "Twelfth Night", or what you shouldn't do at the dinner table'

Answer: Belch


Question: 'It's the U.S. political party associated with this symbol (donkey)'

Answer: Democratic Party


Question: 'On its trip through Egypt, this river has no tributaries'

Answer: Nile


Question: 'Famous singers born in Melbourne, Australia include Samantha Sang & this "strong", "invincible" woman'

Answer: Helen Reddy


Question: 'He's the "S" in DreamWorks SKG'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'We won't spare you; it's the most popular form of bowling in the world'

Answer: Ten pin


Question: 'Be "Lear"y of her -- she poisoned her sister Regan'

Answer: Goneril


Question: 'It's the "happy" nickname for the nautical flag seen here'

Answer: "Jolly Roger"


Question: 'While rowing down this river, you'll pass Oxford University & Windsor Castle'

Answer: Thames


Question: 'World capital where Ingrid Bergman was born in 1915'

Answer: Stockholm, Sweden


Question: '3 decades after appearing on the "Amateur Hour" as a dancer, she directed "A League of Their Own"'

Answer: Penny Marshall


Question: 'The emotional strain I feel until you ring in with the correct response'

Answer: Tension


Question: '"Much Ado About Nothing" features a comical constable with this "canine fruit" name'

Answer: Dogberry


Question: 'Often seen on bumpers, the symbol seen here represents faith in this religion (fish)'

Answer: Christianity


Question: 'Lake St. Francis on the border of Ontario & Quebec is actually just a wide spot in this river'

Answer: St. Lawrence


Question: 'Janis Joplin, Robert Rauschenberg & Babe Didrikson were all born in Port Arthur in this state'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'A staff photographer for Look Magazine, he went on to direct such films as "Lolita" & "Dr. Strangelove"'

Answer: Stanley Kubrick


Question: 'You'll find them in chapter 5 of Deuteronomy & chapter 20 of Exodus'

Answer: The Ten Commandments


Question: 'Of Lord Poop of Pelham, Lord Scroop of Masham, or Lord Surly of Sneer, the one in "Henry V"'

Answer: Lord Scroop of Masham


Question: '"Weigh" the evidence of this symbol (scales) & you'll know it signifies this profession'

Answer: Law/legal profession


Question: 'In 1960 India & Pakistan signed a treaty to deal with control of the waters of this river'

Answer: Indus


Question: 'Dig deep & you'll discover anthropologist Louis Leakey was born in this African country in 1903'

Answer: Kenya


Question: 'This "Casino" director was a supervising editor on the 1970 "Woodstock" documentary'

Answer: Martin Scorsese


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />This animal seen here is famous for its gait'

Answer: Tennessee Walking Horse


Question: 'An officer with the silly name of Silius shows up in the play named for these historic lovers'

Answer: "Antony & Cleopatra"


Question: 'You might get a "kick" out of this sport depicted by the symbol seen here'

Answer: Soccer


Question: 'The main drain of northern Italy, its delta at the Adriatic Sea has numerous mouths'

Answer: the Po


Question: 'Gustave Flaubert was born in this French city where Joan of Arc was burned at the stake'

Answer: Rouen


Question: 'In his home woodworking shop, this director of "Lost Highway" built a VCR case seen in that film'

Answer: David Lynch


Question: 'We wonder if you know the name of this "Wonderland" illustrator whose work is seen here'

Answer: Sir John Tenniel


Question: 'The titles of the state songs of Kansas & Kentucky both contain this word'

Answer: Home


Question: 'On May 22, 1906 they received a patent for an improved model of their airplane'

Answer: the Wright brothers


Question: 'The pun police are a running gag in this prehistoric strip'

Answer: "B.C."


Question: 'In an Italian restaurant, order Moleche & you'll get the soft-shelled type of these crustaceans'

Answer: crabs


Question: 'Crocodilians are the only reptiles in which this organ has 4 separated chambers'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'The flag of this British Crown colony has a castle denoting its strategic importance in the Mediterranean'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: 'You should not take the name of the Lord "in" this'

Answer: "vain"


Question: 'Samuel Adams referred to this April 19, 1775 battle when he said, "What a glorious morning for America!"'

Answer: Lexington, Concord


Question: 'On January 7, 1929 2 strips debuted, "Tarzan" and this strip about a man who wakes up 500 years in the future'

Answer: "Buck Rogers"


Question: 'Used to flavor cocktails, orange & Angostura are types of these'

Answer: bitters


Question: 'The armadillo possesses the endo- & exo- types of this support structure'

Answer: skeleton


Question: 'The District of Columbia's flag is the banner of the arms of his ancestral family in England'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'According to 21:15 & 17, if you smite or even curse these 2 family members, you should die'

Answer: mother and father


Question: 'Prior to his election to the Tennessee legislature in 1821, this frontiersman was a Justice of the Peace'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'Baby Dumpling was born in 1934 in this strip'

Answer: "Blondie"


Question: 'First made by Dutch immigrants in East Prussia, Tilsit is a type of this'

Answer: cheese


Question: 'E. coli, one of these found in humans, is often used in genetic studies'

Answer: a bacteria


Question: 'Israel's flag consists of this object & 2 stripes of blue on a white field'

Answer: the Star of David


Question: 'One of the commandments says "Thou shalt not bear" this "against thy neighbor"'

Answer: "false witness"


Question: '1 of 4 freedoms FDR termed essential in a January 6, 1941 address to Congress'

Answer: 1 of (want, speech, religion, or fear)


Question: 'In 1950, at age 87, he approved his last strip for his papers, Mort Walker's "Beetle Bailey"'

Answer: William Randolph Hearst


Question: 'The name of this twisted fried doughnut is from the Dutch for "twisted cake"'

Answer: cruller


Question: 'A bird's crop is an expanded area of this part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx & stomach'

Answer: the esophagus


Question: 'Oliver Hazard Perry's flag bore this phrase uttered by James Lawrence in the War of 1812'

Answer: "Don\'t Give Up the Ship"


Question: 'You're supposed to eat this kind of bread 7 days a year; they all fall during Passover'

Answer: unleavened


Question: 'Of the 3 writers of the Federalist papers, 2 were New Yorkers & he was a Virginian'

Answer: (James) Madison


Question: 'This humorous, unmarried title woman works for a marketing firm & has a dog named Electra'

Answer: "Cathy"


Question: 'This traditional French dish consists of meat braised in red wine & garnished with mushrooms & onions'

Answer: beef bourguignon


Question: 'In 1910 Paul Ehrlich announced that Salvarsan was an effective treatment for this disease'

Answer: syphilis


Question: 'This alliance's flag contains all the flags of its members, including Peru, Grenada, & the U.S.'

Answer: the Organization of American States


Question: '23:8 warns not to take one of these inducements, for it "perverteth the words of the righteousness"'

Answer: bribe (or gift)


Question: 'At the end of May, Emerson Fittipaldi won this auto race for the second time'

Answer: Indy 500


Question: 'This state's Kenai Fjords National Park is the site of the Harding icefield, one of the USA's major icefields'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Though there are about 75 of these, some lists only include one of them'

Answer: the Pyramids (of Egypt)


Question: 'Cervantes novel that tells us, "A knight errant without a lady is like...a body without a soul"'

Answer: "Don Quixote"


Question: 'Koalas rarely drink water; instead, they obtain their liquid mostly from the leaves of this tree'

Answer: the eucalyptus


Question: 'In June the U.S. fired on this country in retaliation for their plot to kill George Bush'

Answer: Iraq


Question: 'The lowest point of this national park in the southwest U.S. is more than 1100 feet underground'

Answer: the Carlsbad Caverns


Question: 'It's said that on the day this conqueror was born in 356 B.C. Herostratus burned down the Temple of Diana'

Answer: Alexander (the Great)


Question: 'He wrote his first novel, "Murphy", in 1938, 14 years before his famous play "Waiting for Godot"'

Answer: (Samuel) Beckett


Question: 'From 1943 to 1974 this radio program was broadcast from Nashville's Ryman Auditorium'

Answer: "The Grand Ole Opry"


Question: 'On November 2 the Senate voted 94-6 to subpoena 3,000 pages of his diary'

Answer: Robert Packwood


Question: 'This Norwegian completed only 3 scenes of "Olav Trygvason", his sole attempt at opera'

Answer: (Edvard) Grieg


Question: 'Some sources say a ship could sail under this wonder, some say it had its feet together'

Answer: the Colossus of Rhodes


Question: 'His wife Mary said the caroling of a skylark in Leghorn inspired his poem "To a Skylark"'

Answer: (Percy) Shelley


Question: 'He was present when St. Stephen was martyred & persecuted other Christians while he was known as Saul'

Answer: Paul (of Tarsus)


Question: 'Kimba Wood was considered for this cabinet post but ran afoul with Nannygate'

Answer: Attorney General


Question: 'This country's Cape Horn national park is the most southerly park in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: Chile


Question: 'Name shared by a Handel opera, a general in Verdi's "Atilla" & Mr. Pinza of the Met'

Answer: Ezio


Question: 'Pliny said that by his time this wonder was just a desolate wilderness'

Answer: the Hanging Gardens of Babylon


Question: '"The Knight's Tale" by this 14th century author is based on Boccaccio's poem "Teseida"'

Answer: (Geoffrey) Chaucer


Question: 'This Finnish-born architect designed NYC's CBS building, his only skyscraper'

Answer: (Eero) Saarinen


Question: 'This treaty on European unity went into effect on November 1'

Answer: Maastricht Treaty


Question: 'Placido Domingo starred in a 1992 TV version of "Tosca", taped in its actual settings in this capital city'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'When finished by Ptolemy Philadelphus, it was over 400 feet high'

Answer: the Pharos at Alexandria


Question: 'His 1958 novel "Our Man in Havana" takes place in pre-Castro Cuba'

Answer: Graham Greene


Question: 'Born in 1850, this future labor leader joined the cigarmakers' union at the age of 14'

Answer: (Samuel) Gompers


Question: 'Until 1946, this word usually meant a mathematician; since then, it's come to mean a machine'

Answer: a computer


Question: 'On Nov. 9, 1906 Teddy Roosevelt left the U.S. to personally see the progress on this engineering project'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'Al & Peg's place at 9764 Jeopardy Lane, Chicago'

Answer: Married... With Children


Question: 'Originally the marshmallow bits in this cereal included pink hearts, yellow moons & green clovers'

Answer: Lucky Charms


Question: 'Kazakhstan has less than a 1,000-mile border with China, but an over 4,000-mile one with this country'

Answer: Russia


Question: 'This character lived just north of Who-ville & hated roast beast (for a while)'

Answer: the Grinch


Question: 'In 2008 this "Hoosier State" announced a $33 mil. cleanup of a mile of the PCB-& DDT-filled Grand Calumet River'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'The British party of this name aimed to limit the king's powers; the U.S. party hoped to limit "King Andrew" Jackson'

Answer: the Whigs


Question: 'The creepy 1313 Mockingbird Lane, in Mockingbird Heights'

Answer: The Munsters


Question: 'One of these made with 7,000 Hershey bars, 20,000 marshmallows & 24,000 Graham crackers set a record'

Answer: a s\'more


Question: 'These 2 countries share the longest noncontiguous border'

Answer: Canada and the United States


Question: 'Powdery snow & air that may move faster than 100 mph make up a "dry snow" this'

Answer: an avalanche


Question: 'You might be MIA at MIA, this city's international airport; its concourse D is 1.3 miles long, end to end'

Answer: Miami


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of New England on the monitor.) In May 1643, to discourage attacks by the Dutch & others, the United Colonies of New England was formed by 4 Puritan colonies: Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, New Haven & this one'

Answer: Plymouth


Question: 'Ah geez, youse guys, the address is 704 Hauser Street, Queens'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'A little birdie told us there's a 2009 documentary all about these marshmallow Easter treats'

Answer: Peeps


Question: 'Armenia has only 22 miles of border with this southern neighbor, a vital fuel supplier'

Answer: Iran


Question: '6-letter word for a large & protruding belly, not Erik Estrada's "CHiPs" character'

Answer: a paunch


Question: 'The world's first stretch of road made of this hard material was between 6 & 7 mile roads in what's now Detroit'

Answer: concrete


Question: 'On May 15, 1972 while campaigning in Laurel, Md., this Alabama governor was shot & paralyzed by Arthur Bremer'

Answer: George Wallace


Question: 'A 32-room, 14-bathroom mansion at 518 Crestview Drive in 90210 land'

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies


Question: 'Mini marshmallows are a fun addition to this classic salad of apples, walnuts & mayonnaise'

Answer: a Waldorf salad


Question: 'The capital of this country is within 100 miles of France, Germany, Italy & Liechtenstein'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'As a verb, it means to twist suddenly; as a noun, it's a bolt-twisting tool'

Answer: wrench


Question: 'In 1987, a mile-long garbage slick was spotted off Monmouth County in this state; call Tony Soprano, he's in waste mgmt.'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: 'In 1948 Whittaker Chambers implicated this State Department official as an espionage agent for the Soviets'

Answer: (Alger) Hiss


Question: 'Beware the homicidal baby at 31 Spooner St., Quahog, Rhode Island'

Answer: Family Guy


Question: 'It's the 13-letter name for a peanut butter & marshmallow creme sandwich, a New England favorite'

Answer: a fluffernutter


Question: 'In 2010 Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos moved to end a simmering border dispute with this country'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'I'm going to give you this 2-word French term that means "blank document"'

Answer: carte blanche


Question: 'This Montana city with a "hilly" name is known as "the city that's a mile high & a mile deep"'

Answer: Butte


Question: 'His historical novels include "Texas", "Chesapeake" & "Centennial"'

Answer: (James) Michener


Question: '1996: "Because You Loved Me"'

Answer: Celine Dion


Question: '"There's no place like" this type of treatment that uses natural tinctures to heal the body'

Answer: homeopathic


Question: 'During WWI the U.S. government confiscated the assets of this German aspirin company & sold off the name'

Answer: Bayer


Question: 'In the "Nemean Odes", Pindar wrote that these "have a longer life than deeds"'

Answer: words


Question: 'To fasten with glue, or walked up & down nervously'

Answer: paste/paced


Question: 'Mackinlay Kantor's novels of the Civil War include one about this notorious prison camp'

Answer: Andersonville


Question: '1999: "Genie In A Bottle"'

Answer: Christina Aguilera


Question: 'This type of "suggestion" is a form of self-hypnotherapy'

Answer: autosuggestion


Question: 'The name of this toy company that began by selling frames & doll furniture is a combination of the owners' names'

Answer: Mattel


Question: 'In "Epidemics" he wrote, 'As to diseases, make a habit of two things--to help, or at least to do no harm''

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: 'A primate, or a combatant in irregular warfare'

Answer: gorilla/guerilla[sic]


Question: 'Charles Dickens wrote 2 historical novels: "Barnaby Rudge" & this 1859 classic'

Answer: A Tale of Two Cities


Question: '1993: "Dreamlover" & "Hero"'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: '"Negative" this therapy tries to cleanse the body using negatively charged particles'

Answer: ionic


Question: 'In 2002 the company named for this moviemaker spun off its THX division'

Answer: George Lucas


Question: 'In the 3rd century B.C., while discussing the lever, he said, "give me where to stand, and I will move the earth"'

Answer: Archimedes


Question: 'An agreement, or filled to capacity'

Answer: pact/packed


Question: 'William Styron won a 1968 Pulitzer Prize for his "Confessions of" this slave revolt leader'

Answer: Nat Turner


Question: '1990: "I'm Your Baby Tonight"'

Answer: Whitney Houston


Question: '"Finger pressure" in Japanese, this type of massage deals with 12 major meridians'

Answer: shiatsu


Question: 'A New York bank was named for this Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln'

Answer: (Salmon P.) Chase


Question: 'Plutarch said that Julius Caesar quoted the ancient proverb "the die is cast" as he crossed this river'

Answer: the Rubicon


Question: 'A lateral half of the body, or exhaled audibly with sorrow'

Answer: side/sighed


Question: 'This 1880 classic by Lew Wallace was one of the first novels to feature Jesus as a character'

Answer: Ben-Hur


Question: '1991:<br />"Rush, Rush" & "The Promise Of A New Day"'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'Both acupressure & acupuncture work with this Chinese energy'

Answer: chi


Question: 'In 1917 the son of an Illinois bookseller joined with a New York store & started this company'

Answer: Barnes & Noble


Question: 'This Greek lawmaker wrote about relieving citizens' debt, saying one "who was enslaved is now free"'

Answer: Solon


Question: 'The Greek god of war, or the sign of the zodiac that follows Pisces'

Answer: Ares/Aries


Question: 'It's the only U.S. coin or bill produced in 2010 that features the private home of a president on the reverse'

Answer: the nickel


Question: 'Beneath the Tower Bridge in London:<br />this river'

Answer: the Thames


Question: 'Jake Gyllenhaal was reportedly ready to take over this role after Tobey Maguire suffered back pains'

Answer: Spider-Man


Question: 'A book's backstrip covers the part that has this anatomical name'

Answer: the spine


Question: 'Ah yes, my sweet, if you eat this sticky liquid, comb & all, I'll definitely call you my this'

Answer: honey


Question: 'Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in Rohrau, 25 miles east of this world capital to which he moved in 1740'

Answer: Vienna


Question: 'Many have sought this creature of the Pacific NW; at 7 to 10 ft. tall & about 500 lbs., you'd think he'd be easy to find'

Answer: Bigfoot


Question: 'Beneath Patna's Mahatma Gandhi Bridge:<br />this river'

Answer: the Ganges


Question: 'Severely underweight from his role in "The Machinist", Christian Bale gained 100 pounds to play this role'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'Shakespeare wrote, "What's past is" this introductory part of a book'

Answer: prologue


Question: 'Eat too many of this "original goumet jelly bean" & its name may describe your tummy'

Answer: a Jelly Belly


Question: 'Let me pump... you up (with info)--Joseph Haydn's middle name; this was his first name'

Answer: Franz


Question: 'This sought-after spring was thought to be on Bimini; Ponce De Leon then sought Bimini but found Florida instead'

Answer: the Fountain of Youth


Question: 'Under the Brooklyn Bridge:<br />this river'

Answer: the East River


Question: 'Ths title heroine played by Halle Berry has vertical pupils & a penchant for tuna'

Answer: Catwoman


Question:
'Mulvany, Nancy, 177;
birth of, 28;
education of, 213;
as expert in creating these, 326-331'

Answer: an index


Question: 'If I eat a frankfurter before I show off my skiing stunts, you have every reason to call me one of these'

Answer: a hot dog


Question: 'In 1781 Haydn befriended this composer from Salzburg, 10 years before his all-too-premature death'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'In 2003 the BBC did an extensive sonar search for this creature, first reported in 565 A.D.'

Answer: the Loch Ness Monster


Question: 'Beneath the Tacoma Narrows Bridge:<br />this inlet'

Answer: Puget Sound


Question: 'The 2007 "Fantastic Four" sequel was subtitled "Rise of" this galactic traveler'

Answer: the Silver Surfer


Question: 'A colophon is a section at the end of a book that often names this, like 10-point Baskerville'

Answer: the font


Question: 'Lewis Browning ate more than 22,000 of these creme-filled Hostess cakes; if you did the same, I'd call you one'

Answer: a Twinkie


Question: 'Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony was written this period in his work that translates into "storm & stress"'

Answer: Sturm und Drang


Question: 'Many have looked for this legendary item on Mount Ararat; others think it's in Kurdistan'

Answer: Noah\'s Ark


Question: 'Under the Sunshine Skyway Bridge:<br />this bay'

Answer: Tampa Bay


Question: 'In a 2003 film this blind superhero, the "Man Without Fear", battled Bullseye & a NYC crimelord called the Kingpin'

Answer: Daredevil


Question: 'Entomological name for a blank page at the start of a book, suitable for inscriptions'

Answer: the fly (or the fly leaf)


Question: 'If you spend your last dime on one of these New Orleans-style hero sandwiches, you really will turn into one'

Answer: a poor boy


Question: 'Symphony No. 94 is called this for its unexpected loud chord shortly after the soft beginning of the 2nd movement'

Answer: the "Surprise Symphony"


Question: 'In 1590 a storm forced Gov. John White to abandon his search for members of this colony, who were never seen again'

Answer: Roanoke


Question: '"Men at Work" is a 1932 book containing Lewis Hines' 1930 photos chronicling the construction of this skyscraper'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'The Godfather of Soul, James Brown "Can't dance" because of these "in his pants"'

Answer: ants


Question: 'If 007 is coming over, better read the book "Shaken Not Stirred: A Celebration of" this cocktail'

Answer: the martini


Question: 'From a Washington Irving character, it's a nickname for a New Yorker, Dutch-descended or otherwise'

Answer: a knickerbocker


Question: 'In this 1852 work, Eliza makes a harrowing escape across a frozen river from a slave trader named Haley'

Answer: Uncle Tom\'s Cabin


Question: 'Later to run a pizza parlor in Virginia, Nguyen Ngoc Loan uses a gun in an infamous photo taken in this city in 1968'

Answer: Saigon


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew gets nearer, much larger.)  It's the camera attachment that accounts for the way you're seeing me right now'

Answer: a fisheye lens


Question: 'Vanessa Williams sang, "Just when I thought our chance had passed, you go and" do this'

Answer: save the best for last


Question: 'In cockney rhyming slang, this liquor is a "gay & frisky"'

Answer: whiskey


Question: 'On completing law school, you're likely to receive a J.D., a doctor of this degree'

Answer: jurisprudence


Question: 'By clinging to the belly of a ram, this mythological figure escaped from the cave of the cyclops'

Answer: Odysseus


Question: 'This country's first president, Syngman Rhee, fled the country in 1960 & died in 1965 in exile in Hawaii'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'In 1907 2 French brothers with this last name marketed their autochrome glass plates to produce color photos'

Answer: Lumière


Question: 'In a Michael Martin Murphey song, this title horse "busted down its stall / in a blizzard he was lost"'

Answer: Wildfire


Question: 'Searching for fine tequila?  Look for a label that says it's 100% this color agave'

Answer: blue


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew plop, plops 2 tablets in a glass; they fizz, fizz.)  When you drop Alka-Seltzer in water, a series of reactions, including the release of carbon dioxide, creates this bubbly effect, from the Latin for "begin to boil"'

Answer: effervescence


Question: 'Henri Charriere recounted his numerous escape attempts from French prisons in South America in this work'

Answer: Papillon


Question: 'In 1973, 14 years after his overthrow, this Cuban dictator died in exile in Spain'

Answer: Batista


Question: 'From the Latin for "to open", it's the camera part that controls the intensity of light striking the film'

Answer: aperture


Question: 'Neil Diamond sang that a woman from this state "shines with her own kind of light"'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'This word for a sweetened mixture of rum, beer & beaten egg can also mean a turned-up hairstyle'

Answer: a flip


Question: 'It's one who compiles a dictionary'

Answer: lexicographer


Question: 'In "The Deerslayer", this character escapes from the Hurons when Chingachgook helps to free him'

Answer: Natty Bumppo


Question: 'During exile in the U.S. in 1915, ex-prez Victoriano Huerta of this country was thrown in prison'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'Her first photo-essay appeared in Esquire in 1960; much of her work thereafter depicted human oddities'

Answer: (Diane) Arbus


Question: 'In a Led Zeppelin tune, Robert Plant was "packin'" his "bags for" these title mountains, familiar to Tolkien fans'

Answer: the Misty Mountains


Question: 'A Harvey Wallbanger just won't have the right bang without this yellow liqueur'

Answer: Galliano


Question: 'From the Greek word for "scale", it's the term for a butterfly or moth expert'

Answer: a lepidopterist


Question: 'Pangloss keeps his incorrigible optimism intact when he escapes an incompetent hangman's noose in this satire'

Answer: Candide


Question: 'Napoleon's oldest brother, he spent many years in exile in New Jersey following Waterloo'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'The name of this rebellious young man of the Old Testament can be translated from the Hebrew as "father of peace"'

Answer: Absalom


Question: 'In 2003 Illinois named this its official state snack; Orville Redenbacher would approve'

Answer: popcorn


Question: 'This Los Angeles district was named after the ranch of the Wilcox family'

Answer: Hollywood


Question:
'"Barney & Friends",
"Antiques Roadshow",
"Mystery!"'

Answer: PBS


Question: 'Born in Westborough, Mass. in 1765, Eli Whitney graduated from this Connecticut university in 1792'

Answer: Yale


Question: 'Operated by NASA, the Space Center in Houston bears the name of this ex-President'

Answer: (Lyndon) Johnson


Question: 'Michael's minute hand on his watch travels this many degrees if he waits for his date from noon until 12:30 PM'

Answer: 180


Question: 'This fruit juice is Massachusetts' state beverage'

Answer: cranberry juice


Question: 'Buccaneer banner'

Answer: the Jolly Roger


Question:
'"Reno 911!",
"Drawn Together",
"Chappelle's Show"'

Answer: Comedy Central


Question: 'The "gin" in Whitney's cotton gin is a shortening of this English word'

Answer: engine


Question: 'This was discovered at Spindletop in 1901, forever changing Houston'

Answer: oil


Question: 'If Eric, Robert & Matt are 3 of the 12 men on a jury, they total this percentage of the jurors'

Answer: 25 percent


Question: 'It's the state fruit of Georgia & South Carolina'

Answer: a peach


Question: 'An umbrella in London'

Answer: brolly


Question:
'"Teen Titans",
"Samurai Jack",
"Cow and Chicken"'

Answer: Cartoon Network


Question: 'Eli Whitney also built factories to make guns; one produced copies of this man's revolver after its invention in 1835'

Answer: (Samuel) Colt


Question: '2 of the 3 men's pro sports teams that represent Houston in baseball, football & basketball'

Answer: the Houston Rockets & the Houston Astros (& the Houston Texans)


Question: 'John has 30 Playboy magazines under his desk & this many National Geographics, 30% as many, on top'

Answer: 9


Question: 'Also called a filbert, it's Oregon's state nut'

Answer: a hazelnut


Question: 'Popular "black" aquarium fish'

Answer: a molly


Question:
'"Digging for the Truth",
"Wild West Tech",
"Mail Call"'

Answer: The History Channel


Question: 'In 1974 Whitney was appropriately made one of the first inductees into this'

Answer: the Inventors Hall of Fame


Question: 'Houston's intercontinental airport bears the name of this man who once called the city home'

Answer: George H. W. Bush


Question: 'If the bathroom is 12 feet away & Ryan skips there & back each comm. break, he skips this many feet on a 5-break show'

Answer: 120


Question: 'Oklahoma has an entire state meal including chicken fried steak, cornbread & these "colorful" legumes'

Answer: black-eyed peas


Question: 'Erasmus praised it in the title of a 1511 work'

Answer: folly


Question:
'"The Ultimate Fighter",
"Stripperella",
"Horsepower TV"'

Answer: Spike


Question: 'In an 1836 battle on this Houston river, Sam Houston defeated a large Mexican army & ensured Texas' independence'

Answer: San Jacinto River


Question: 'If Billy can swallow 4 goldfish in 2 1/2 minutes, he can swallow this many in 20 minutes'

Answer: 32


Question: 'An enzyme in saliva called ptyalin converts these into maltose, a sugar'

Answer: carbohydrates (or starches)


Question: 'Paul McCartney had No. 1 duets in the '80s with Michael Jackson on "Say Say Say" & this man on "Ebony And Ivory"'

Answer: Stevie Wonder


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew enjoys a rare sunny day in Copenhagen, Denmark.)  In 1951 as he was dreaming up his own park Walt Disney got some inspiration from a visit to this famed Copenhagen park'

Answer: Tivoli


Question: 'Speaking with a burr is mainly associated with this land'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'For a 1798 naval victory, he was dubbed "The Hero of the Nile"'

Answer: Horatio Nelson


Question: 'A dry Sirocco is a warm wind that carries particles of sand from this African desert across the Mediterranean'

Answer: the Sahara


Question: 'This song heard here from "American Gigolo" was the No. 1 single of 1980'

Answer: "Call Me" (by Blondie)


Question: 'In September 2000 Danes voted to keep the krone over this'

Answer: the euro


Question: 'Tom Petty sang of this "accent, where I come from.  Young 'uns call it country, Yankees call it dumb"'

Answer: a Southern accent


Question: 'In 1990 Time magazine reported the Panamanians commonly referred to him as "pineapple face"'

Answer: Noriega


Question: 'In 1729 this Swede wrote "Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum", which described the sexual processes of plants'

Answer: Linnaeus


Question: 'In 1989 Milli Vanilli's "Girl I'm Gonna Miss You" was followed at No. 1 by her "Miss You Much"'

Answer: Janet Jackson


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Bornholm Island in the Baltic.)  Germans here on on  Denmark's Bornholm Island fought on past VE day in this month and year; then, once the Soviets dislodged them, they stayed for a year'

Answer: May 1945


Question: 'Peter Sellers served in this country during WWII & used the accent in "The Party"'

Answer: India


Question: 'This type of aircraft was the nickname of Sir Arthur Harris, who sent waves of them over Nazi Germany'

Answer: bomber


Question: '(Leroy Chow aboard the International Space Station reads the clue.)  We breathe thanks to this process: electricity from the solar panels splits water into hydrogen & oxygen'

Answer: electrolysis


Question: 'In 1988 Phil Collins resurrected this Mindbenders hit & topped the charts'

Answer: "A Groovy Kind Of Love"


Question: 'For its support of this Corsican, the Congress of Vienna took Norway away from Denmark in 1815 & gave it to Sweden'

Answer: Napoléon


Question: '11-letter word for the speech associated with locutions like "dese" & "dose"'

Answer: Brooklynese


Question: 'The ornithologist Robert Stroud had this nickname; his studies with live birds actually took place at Leavenworth'

Answer: "The Birdman of Alcatraz"


Question: 'This metal's name is from the Greek for "rose"; it forms salts that give rose-colored solutions'

Answer: rhodium


Question: 'Hot songs of the '80s: "The Flame" by Cheap Trick, "Eternal Flame" by the Bangles & "Chariots Of Fire" by this Greek'

Answer: Vangelis


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the driver's seat of the Carlsberg beer wagon in Copenhagen, Denmark.)  Budweiser has its Clydesdales, but to haul its wagons, Carlsberg has this breed, named for a Danish peninsula'

Answer: Jutland


Question: 'Even fellow Canadians can have trouble understanding people from this "New"est province'

Answer: Newfoundland


Question: 'King Edward I of England, who fought William Wallace, had this nickname relating to his height'

Answer: "Longshanks"


Question: 'The 1993 Elvis stamp is the U.S. Postal Service's most popular ever of this type, honoring an event or a person'

Answer: commemorative


Question: 'Born around 46 A.D., he spent time in both Greece & Rome & wrote to encourage respect between the 2 cultures'

Answer: Plutarch


Question: 'Girl falls asleep, has some really weird dreams, wakes up, goes to tea'

Answer: "Alice in Wonderland"/"Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland"


Question: 'In 1971, before you were born, this coffee company opened its first location, at Seattle's Pike Place Market'

Answer: Starbucks


Question: 'I've had it "on my mind" that this state has joined the Union 3 times, in 1788, 1868 & 1870'

Answer: Georgia


Question: 'Messenger-god planet<br />(7)'

Answer: Mercury


Question: 'To the surprise of many, she & Bruce Willis called it quits in 1998'

Answer: Demi Moore


Question: 'This trademarked semisolid theatrical make-up sounds like you'd find it at IHOP'

Answer: Pancake make-up


Question: 'Young Civil War soldier has dreams of glory, but in his first battle he runs in the wrong direction'

Answer: "The Red Badge of Courage"


Question: 'The fictional Seattle coffeehouse in the picture seen here is featured on this TV show<br />(Cafe Nervosa)'

Answer: Frasier


Question: 'A federal law from 1950 prohibited the labeling of colored oleo as this'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'Duchovny's "Fox"iest role<br />(6)'

Answer: Mulder


Question: 'In October 1999 he shocked radio listeners by announcing that he & wife Alison were splitting up'

Answer: Howard Stern


Question: 'To become red in the face, or a reddish product that accents the cheekbones'

Answer: Rouge/blush


Question: 'Monster & mom munch; devour drinking Danes; hearty hero hacks; deadly duo dies'

Answer: "Beowulf"


Question: 'True Kona coffee is grown in the rich volcanic soil of this "Big Island"'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'The Dept. of Agriculture began a new version of this program in 1964; by 1975 it was helping over 17 million people'

Answer: Food stamps


Question: 'Clemency<br />(5)'

Answer: Mercy


Question: 'After his breakup with Brooke Shields, he found a love match with Steffi Graf'

Answer: Andre Agassi


Question: 'An Algerian region shares its name with this eyelash-enhancing make-up'

Answer: Mascara


Question: 'Man kills his dad & marries his mom, & that's before the play even begins!'

Answer: "Oedipus Rex"


Question: 'This 3-word term is French for "coffee with milk"'

Answer: Cafe au lait


Question: 'This commodore became a friend to Japan in 1854, showing them the telegraph & a daguerreotype camera'

Answer: Matthew Perry


Question: 'Carnegie's partner, in a university name<br />(6)'

Answer: Mellon


Question: 'Looks like he's going to be "Home Alone" since he & Rachel Miner called it quits'

Answer: Macaulay Culkin


Question: 'General term for the bottom layer of make-up that serves as a base for more'

Answer: Foundation


Question: 'Sea captain cares more about his cargo of breadfruit trees than he does about his crew; crew senses this'

Answer: "Mutiny on the Bounty"


Question: 'If you know your java, you know this is the top coffee-growing country in Asia'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'Name that completed an 1856 Republican slogan, "Free soil, free speech, free men and ..."'

Answer: (John C.) Fremont


Question: '"Peace"ful space station<br />(3)'

Answer: Mir


Question: 'Before becoming Mrs. Antonio Banderas, Melanie Griffith married & divorced this actor twice'

Answer: Don Johnson


Question: 'The study, the art & the profession of using make-up is this -ology'

Answer: Cosmetology


Question: 'The Cliffs of Moher, 5 miles long & over 700 feet high, are a highlight of County Clare in this country'

Answer: Ireland


Question: 'In "Medicine Man" Sean Connery finds a cure for this but then loses it -- don't you hate when that happens?'

Answer: Cancer


Question:
'In poker:
royal flush,
straight flush...'

Answer: Four of a kind


Question: 'King George enjoyed this man's "Water Music" so much during a 1717 party that he ordered it played 3 times that day'

Answer: Handel


Question: 'According to Jeff Foxworthy, "If you've got more than 3 cousins named Bubba" you might be one of these'

Answer: Redneck


Question: 'The phrase "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" goes back to this gift in mythology'

Answer: Trojan Horse


Question: 'A New Mexico national monument preserves cliff dwellings near this "monstrous" river'

Answer: Gila River


Question: 'John Cusack is among the scientists building this in "Fat Man and Little Boy"'

Answer: Atomic bomb


Question:
'In the Olympics:
400-meter run,
800-meter run...'

Answer: 1500-meter run


Question: 'This "Rite of Spring" composer accepted such commissions as a dance for circus elephants'

Answer: Igor Stravinsky


Question: 'Anthony Kiedis & Flea of this group played in their first band together while attending L.A.'s Fairfax High'

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers


Question: 'In the magazine title, YM orginally stood for Young Miss; now it stands for Young & this'

Answer: Modern


Question: 'If you own a cliff with a broad, steep face, it's what you might "call your" this'

Answer: Bluff


Question: 'On "Friends", David Schwimmer plays this type of scientist'

Answer: Paleontologist


Question:
'At the movies:
"Batman",
"Batman Returns",
"Batman Forever"...'

Answer: Batman and Robin


Question: 'Both he & his father Leopold were concertmasters for the archbishop of Salzburg'

Answer: Mozart


Question: 'Until 1907 this American League baseball team was nicknamed the Pilgrims'

Answer: Boston Red Sox


Question: 'This fermented soy bean paste flavors & lends its name to popular soups of Japan'

Answer: Miso


Question: 'This point seen here in extreme southwestern England shares its name with a clothing catalogue'

Answer: Land\'s End


Question: 'Famous for playing a scientist's creation, he plays a scientist here<br />("Before I Hang")'

Answer: Boris Karloff


Question:
'Chief justices:
Earl Warren,
Warren Burger...'

Answer: William Rehnquist


Question: 'He was born in Ciboure, France, near the Spanish border; thus, the Spanish influence in such works as "Bolero"'

Answer: Maurice Ravel


Question: 'The president of the U.S. is the honorary chairman of this organization founded by Clara Barton'

Answer: Red Cross


Question: 'Famous for the Gettysburg "Charge" named for him, after the Civil War he became an insurance agent'

Answer: George Pickett


Question: '1,000-foot cliffs line the Arkansas River above this gorge near Colorado Springs'

Answer: Royal Gorge


Question: 'Elisabeth Shue masters cold fusion & Val Kilmer tries to steal the secret in this 1997 film'

Answer: The Saint


Question:
'Presidential succession:
Vice president,
Speaker of the House...'

Answer: President Pro-Tem of the Senate


Question: 'When his father died, he moved to Ohrdruf to live & study the organ with his brother Johann Christoph'

Answer: J.S. Bach


Question: 'In "The Gift", part one of this Steinbeck short novel, Jody Tiflin is given a young horse to care for'

Answer: "The Red Pony"


Question: 'NASA honored this English navigator by naming the Endeavour & Discovery shuttles after his ships'

Answer: Captain James Cook


Question: 'David Ben-Gurion described her as "The only man in my cabinet"'

Answer: Golda Meir


Question: 'During the course of 5 spacewalks in May 2009, Shuttle astronauts made repairs to this & installed 2 new instruments'

Answer: the Hubble Telescope


Question: 'This Black Sabbath singer's 2001 contract required one box of Kleenex & one box of Throat Coat tea bags'

Answer: (Ozzy) Osbourne


Question: 'It borders Oman'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'After pardoning a turkey in 2009 on Thanksgiving, this governor gave an interview in front of a turkey being slaughtered'

Answer: Sarah Palin


Question: 'Spoonerisms are merely tips of the slung'

Answer: slips of the tongue


Question: 'I heard it through some kind of vine that 2440 B.C. Egyptian tomb paintings depict the cultivation of this fruit'

Answer: grapes


Question: 'In 1980 the Voyager spacecraft found that this planet's B ring had radial features called spokes'

Answer: Saturn


Question: 'Van Halen's 1982 tour contract called for these candies backstage but specified "absolutely no brown ones"'

Answer: M&M\'s


Question: 'It assesses no personal taxes'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'After flubbing the oath of office, this Chief Justice redid it with Barack Obama later that week'

Answer: Roberts


Question: 'It's just not true, I tell you, it's all a lack of pies'

Answer: a pack of lies


Question: 'In 2008 a pair of Brits were out of their gourd, growing a 1,457-lb. one of these; smashing!'

Answer: a pumpkin


Question: 'This constellation is the site of 2 nebulae: the Great Nebula in its sword & the Horsehead Nebula in its belt'

Answer: Orion


Question: 'No more, more, more calories: this "Rebel Yell" guy's contract calls for a tub of I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!'

Answer: Billy Idol


Question: 'Its annual population growth rate is nearly 4%'

Answer: the United Arab Emirates


Question: 'Athletes wearing masks to this country's Olympic games apologized even though the USOC gave them the masks'

Answer: China


Question: 'Greenpeace would be chagrined to see the sign "wave the sails", instead of this'

Answer: "save the whales"


Question: 'Big on vitamins A & C, this leafty vegetable always has a lot of fiber & acts as a mild laxative; look out, sailor man!'

Answer: spinach


Question: 'In 1672 Giovanni Cassini & Jean Richer calculated the distance between these 2 objects as 87 million miles'

Answer: the Sun and the Earth


Question: 'This Guns n' Roses frontman requires Pringles, a loaf of Wonder Bread… & a bottle of Dom Perignon to wash it down'

Answer: Axl Rose


Question: 'It has no written constitution'

Answer: the United Kingdom


Question: 'Before this Iranian president spoke at Columbia in 2007, the university president introduced him as a petty dictator'

Answer: Ahmadinejad


Question: 'Sometimes paperwork just disappears; it seems to crawl through the fax'

Answer: fall through the cracks


Question: 'Time to dole out some seedless cayenne, the most widely grown type of this tropical fruit plant'

Answer: a pineapple


Question: 'The 200-inch mirror of the Hale Telescope on this California peak took some 10 months to cool after casting'

Answer: Mt. Palomar


Question: 'This "Glitter" diva's contract demands a bottle of Cristal, 4 champagne glasses & a box of bendy straws'

Answer: Mariah Carey


Question: 'At a hearing, this ex-Fed chairman said he was wrong in opposing financial regulations'

Answer: (Alan) Greenspan


Question: 'It's about time you showed up & don't give me that better nate than lever'

Answer: better late than never


Question: 'The name of this cylindrical vegetable means "little squashes" in Italian'

Answer: zucchini


Question: 'Pound & his wife lived in Rapallo in this country, but during WWII, both moved in with Pound's mistress--hmm'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Elgar's "And Circumstance" preceder<br />(4)'

Answer: Pomp


Question: 'This state on February 1, though Sam Houston said it was crazy'

Answer: Texas


Question: 'Raphael snapped a candid of Julius II, who became pope through a bargain with Cesare of this family'

Answer: the Borgias


Question: 'In November of 2008 the CEOs of the big 3 automakers didn't help their cause by getting to Washington on these'

Answer: private jets


Question: 'Not only did he produce "Citizen Kane", he co-wrote, starred in & directed the film, too; talk about a best boy!'

Answer: (Orson) Welles


Question: 'In "A Moveable Feast", this writer said that Ezra Pound taught him "to distrust adjectives"'

Answer: Ernest Hemingway


Question: 'Man or monkey<br />(7)'

Answer: primate


Question: 'On January 26 this state, followed by the presentation of a Pelican flag'

Answer: Louisiana


Question: 'Urban VIII, captured by telephoto here, told this 17th-century astronomer to go ahead & publish, but be careful'

Answer: Galileo


Question: 'Thoreau wrote, "Wherever there is a channel for water, there is a road for" this narrow boat'

Answer: a canoe


Question: 'In addition to exec producing "Michael Clayton", he got an Oscar nomination for best lead actor'

Answer: (George) Clooney


Question: 'Duckbill<br />(8)'

Answer: platypus


Question: 'On January 10 this state, rarin' to go despite having the smallest population in the Confederacy'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'Celebrity mags vied for pics of Pius IX, the last pope to rule the area called the Papal these'

Answer: States


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an aerodynamics animation on the monitor.)  This item gets its name by ruining the flow of air along a surface; it reduces the lift of a car so that the tires stay on the ground at high speeds'

Answer: a spoiler


Question: 'As a producer, he was smart enough to hire himself to direct "A Beautiful Mind"; imagine that!'

Answer: Ron Howard


Question: 'Suit-bringer in court<br />(9)'

Answer: plaintiff


Question: 'On May 23 this state (its western part had doubts)'

Answer: Virginia