Question: 'The Spanish nickname of "mad" Princess Juana, it's also the title of a Menotti opera about her'

Answer: Juana La Loca


Question: 'Each unit in this brand, introduced in 1968, is a hyperbolic paraboloid, & they fit together for perfect storage'

Answer: Pringles potato chips


Question: 'One of Cousteau's dreams was to use this to help power a modern ship; he achieved it with the "Alcyone" & its turbo sail system'

Answer: wind


Question:
'Fact:
She was born in Long Beach, California; we'll skip the obligatory number joke'

Answer: Bo Derek


Question: 'To heat water to 212 degrees'

Answer: boil


Question: 'In 1996 the Environmental Protection Agency completed its 25-year phase-out of lead in this'

Answer: gasoline


Question: 'The first recorded battle on English soil occurred when his forces invaded in 55 B.C.'

Answer: Julius Caesar


Question: 'Hawkeye shows up in this 1826 novel'

Answer: The Last of the Mohicans


Question: 'One program in the "Cousteau Odyssey" TV series was titled "Blind Prophets" of this island'

Answer: Easter Island


Question:
'Fact:
She had bit parts on "McHale's Navy" & "Bewitched" before her bust-out part in "1 Million Years B.C."'

Answer: Raquel Welch


Question: '2-word term meaning to cook by submerging in hot fat'

Answer: deep fry


Question: 'To protect children, in 1977 the government banned the use of lead in this substance on walls in the home'

Answer: paint


Question: 'In May 1783 Elijah Churchill & William Brown became the first recipients of this medal established by George Washington'

Answer: the Purple Heart


Question: 'It's not the final Club Med, it's the ultimate option to solve a difficult problem'

Answer: the last resort


Question: 'Cousteau was fascinated by future human life underwater, breathing through these organs'

Answer: gills


Question:
'Fact:
As Halle Berry could tell you, this woman was the first African-American Best Actress Oscar nominee'

Answer: Dorothy Dandridge


Question: 'From the French, it means to remove bones, especially the backbones, from fish'

Answer: filet


Question: 'There's no lead in a typical No. 2 pencil, just this mineral also known as plumbago'

Answer: graphite


Question: 'On Oct. 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop became the first of 10 condemned men hanged in this city for war crimes'

Answer: Nuremberg


Question: 'The last 3 words of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, they also appear in his epitaph'

Answer: "Free at last"


Question: 'Cousteau co-designed this scuba device & said it changed his life'

Answer: the aqua lung


Question:
'Fact:
She costarred with Tony Randall in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?"'

Answer: Jayne Mansfield


Question: 'From the Greek for "to roast", it's to cook with dry oven heat'

Answer: bake


Question: 'In 2004 this Santa Clara, Calif. chip giant began shipping 95% lead-free microprocessor packages'

Answer: Intel


Question: 'The first battle casualties of this fabled military unit were in 1527 when 147 died defending Pope Clement VII'

Answer: the Swiss Guards


Question: 'Bravo!  It's a final performance or effort before retirement & also the title of a 1958 Spencer Tracy film'

Answer: the last hurrah


Question: 'Cousteau is seen here in a moment of happiness on Isla Isabela, a bird haven off this country's state of Nayarit'

Answer: Mexico


Question:
'Fact:
This Swiss-German bombshell was the first Bond girl'

Answer: Ursula Andress


Question: 'To cook sugar until it forms a brown syrup'

Answer: to caramelize


Question: 'The ancient Romans used a lead-based type of this tin alloy for tableware; not a good idea'

Answer: pewter


Question: 'The first successful wartime attack by one of these occurred by the Hunley off Charleston in 1864'

Answer: a submarine


Question: 'It's Alaska's nickname'

Answer: "The Last Frontier"


Question: 'Mount Everest lies on the border between Tibet & this landlocked nation'

Answer: Nepal


Question:
'The Beatles:
"And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand:
Ob-____-Di"'

Answer: Louisiana (for La)


Question: 'The title of his Cubist masterpiece "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" refers to a notorious section of Barcelona'

Answer: Picasso


Question: 'This brand of insect repellents includes Active & Deep Woods lines'

Answer: Off!


Question: 'Dmitry & Ivan are 2 of this novel's title quartet'

Answer: The Brothers Karamazov


Question: '...from a punctuation mark & you get this state of prolonged unconsciousness'

Answer: coma (from comma)


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.)  The Red Sea, the Gulf of Aden & the Indian Ocean form the eastern coast of the region seen here, known by this 3-word term'

Answer: the Horn of Africa


Question:
'The Rascals:
"I asked my family doctor just what I had.  I said Doctor...
(Doctor)
Mr. ____"'

Answer: Maryland (for M.D.)


Question: 'In the 1730s Canaletto was busy painting scenic views of this city, his birthplace'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Heinz owns this line of frozen potato products'

Answer: Ore-Ida


Question: '"The Devil's Sooty Brother' is a lesser-known tale by these real-life German brothers'

Answer: the Brothers Grimm


Question: '..from a word meaning "easily bent"; now you have this word meaning "legally responsible"'

Answer: liable (from pliable)


Question: 'This Canadian province is in the Gulf of St. Lawrence'

Answer: Prince Edward Island


Question: 'Roy Orbison:<br />"____ dreams I walk with you"'

Answer: Indiana (for In)


Question: 'He put the "class" in "neoclassical" with his portrait of Madame Recamier'

Answer: Jacques-Louis David


Question: 'Defunct car brand whose emblem is shown here'

Answer: Oldsmobile


Question: 'Walter J. Boyne fictionalizes the story of the Wright Brothers in "Dawn Over" this place'

Answer: Kitty Hawk


Question: '...from a word referring to 2 lines of latitude & you get this word that refers to a subject for discussion'

Answer: topic (from tropic)


Question: 'In the Caribbean Sea, Cuba & Hispaniola are the only islands larger than this island nation'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'Queen:<br />"All we hear is radio ____ ____"'

Answer: Georgia (for ga ga)


Question: 'He said that unconsciously he was probably "painting the loneliness of a large city" in "Nighthawks"'

Answer: (Edward) Hopper


Question: 'This blender came on the market in 1946'

Answer: Oster


Question: 'This troubled teen had a brother named Allie who died; "You'd have liked him"'

Answer: Holden Caulfield


Question: '...from a word meaning "oddly amusing" & you get this sandwich encloser'

Answer: roll (from droll)


Question: 'The name of this South American capital is believed to come from Magellan's exclamation: <br />"I see a hill!"'

Answer: Montevideo


Question: 'Bob Dylan:<br />"So don't fear if you hear a foreign sound to your ear it's alright, ____, I'm only sighing"'

Answer: Massachusetts (for Ma)


Question: 'About 36 of his paintings survive, including "The Guitar Player", seen here'

Answer: Jan Vermeer


Question: '"Capture it all" is the slogan of this camera brand'

Answer: Olympus


Question: 'In this E.L. Doctorow novel set around 1900, the radical sibling is known only as Younger Brother'

Answer: Ragtime


Question: '...from a word meaning "gloomy" & you get this largest member of the deer family'

Answer: moose (from morose)


Question: 'This 15th century person said, "I had a banner of which the field was sprinkled with lilies"; written on top: "Jhesus Maria"'

Answer: Joan of Arc


Question: 'Sarah Palin, 2006 to 2009'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '"Chim Chim Cher-ee"'

Answer: Mary Poppins


Question: 'Panda, hyena or lion'

Answer: cubs


Question: 'The Roman pes, or this, is thought to have measured about 11.65 inches'

Answer: foot


Question: 'Tsumire-jiru, sardine ball soup, is a traditional favorite in this Asian country'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'A reason for committing an act, perhaps an illegal one'

Answer: motive


Question: 'Ann Richards, 1991-1995'

Answer: Texas


Question: '"Food, Glorious Food"'

Answer: Oliver


Question: 'Deer or pronghorn'

Answer: fawns


Question: 'Unlike its European counterparts, the ancient Chinese system used this type of notation based on groups of 10'

Answer: decimal


Question: 'Favored in winter when veggies are scarce, gribnoi sup is Russian for this fungus soup'

Answer: mushrooms


Question: 'State government department where you've probably spent way too long standing in line'

Answer: motor vehicles


Question: 'Janet Napolitano's predecessor, Jane Hull, 1997-2003'

Answer: Arizona


Question: '"Why Can't The English?"'

Answer: My Fair Lady


Question: 'Horse or zebra'

Answer: a foal (or colt)


Question: 'Exekiel 45 says that 10 baths of oil equal one of these, also the name of a blind Greek bard'

Answer: homer


Question: 'This type of soup follows "file" in the name of a spicy specialty of the southern United States'

Answer: gumbo


Question: 'Mickey Mantle earned this 3-word designation 3 times'

Answer: most valuable player


Question: 'Christine Todd Whitman, 1994 to 2001'

Answer: New Jersey


Question: '"I Hope I Get It"'

Answer: A Chorus Line


Question: 'Wallaby, koala, or kangaroo'

Answer: a joey


Question: '4 Egyptian digits equaled a palm; 5 equaled this'

Answer: a hand


Question: 'Stracciatella is the Italian equivalent of this Chinese soup'

Answer: egg drop soup


Question: 'A Jewish expression meaning congratulations'

Answer: mazel tov


Question: 'Kathleen Sebelius, 2003 to 2009'

Answer: Kansas


Question: '"A Christmas Carol"'

Answer: Scrooge


Question: 'Pigeon or dove'

Answer: squab


Question: '"America's Got" this Hebrew unit of sacred weight equal to 60 minas, or about 66 pounds'

Answer: talent


Question: 'A beef and vegetable soup is called "Brown" this, also the castle where George III is buried (not due to eating the soup)'

Answer: Windsor


Question: 'An incendiary device is named for this WWII Soviet diplomat'

Answer: molotov coctail


Question: 'A major figure in logic, he is perhaps best known for his love affair with a student named Heloise'

Answer: (Peter) Abelard


Question:
'William Bendix,
Brian Dennehy,
John Goodman:
A baseball player'

Answer: Babe Ruth


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.)  In theory, an omnivorous engine can run on any fuel combination; this one adds butanol, which would result in fewer fill-ups as it's high in energy density, to the common mix of gas & this alcohol'

Answer: ethanol


Question: 'An early instance of forgiveness is in Genesis 50, when this man forgives his many brothers who had wronged him'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'A copy, or the propogation of a species'

Answer: reproduction


Question: 'You're in this arena if you're gazing down from the uppermost deck added by Domitian in 82 A.D.'

Answer: the Colloseum


Question: 'Followers of this 13th Century Italian thinker are known as Thomists'

Answer: Thomas Aquinas


Question:
'James Earl Jones,
Denzel Washington,
Mario Van Peebles:
A Civil Rights activist'

Answer: Malcolm X


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.)  The Argonne National Laboratory dynamometer can measure both a car's particulate production & its fuel efficiency--the latter by simulating road stresses & measuring the products of this element in the engine's emissions'

Answer: carbon


Question: 'According to the Book of Mark, until we have forgiven our brothers, we should cease this religious activity'

Answer: pray


Question: 'A wunderkind, like Chopin or Mozart'

Answer: a prodigy


Question: 'You're crossing this desert if you're traveling between its commercial cities of Hohhot & Baotou'

Answer: the Gobi


Question: 'This Danish thinker often attacked the evangelical Lutheran Church, saying there were no true Christians among its members'

Answer: Kierkegaard


Question:
'Clark Gable,
Marlon Brando,
Mel Gibson:
A British sailor'

Answer: Fletcher Christian


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.)  Argonne researchers are working to reduce the size & increase the life span of storage batteries with this element in their name'

Answer: lithium


Question: 'In a parable recounted in Luke 15, he confesses his riotous living to his father & is forgiven'

Answer: the Prodigal Son


Question: 'Something made in the course of making another, like a beneficial chemical'

Answer: a byproduct


Question: 'You're in this U.S. state if you're checking out the Coral Castle that Ed Leedskalnin mysteriously carved in 1923'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'In "The Social Contract", this French thinker claimed that "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains"'

Answer: Rousseau


Question:
'Marlon Brando,
Rod Steiger,
Herbert Lom:
A 19th Century world leader'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.)  The dynamometer is a key part of testing to find a real-world car that gets 100 mpge--miles per gallon energy equivalent--the goal of this automotive prize'

Answer: the X Prize


Question: 'Jesus says there's forgiveness for this, from the Greek for "evil speech", but not if it's against the Holy Ghost'

Answer: blasphemy


Question: 'The editing & finalizing of a film for release after it has been shot'

Answer: post-production


Question: 'You're on this island if you're enjoying some Blue Mountain coffee on the peaks of the same name'

Answer: Jamaica


Question: 'After this lantern-carrying Greek's death, a marble dog was placed on top of his monument in Corinth'

Answer: Diogenes


Question:
'Val Kilmer,
Dennis Quaid,
Kirk Douglas:
A frontier dentist'

Answer: Doc Holliday


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Laboratory in Chicago, IL.)  Designed to take advantage of available supply, the 3-fuel mix of Argonne's omnivorous engine means the computer has to solve a new problem dozens of times a second, as it figures what mix to use for each firing, also called this event'

Answer: combustion


Question: 'Matthew 6 says you should pray, "Forgive us our" these "as we forgive our" these-ors'

Answer: debts


Question: 'It opened at the St. James Theatre in April 2001 & closed in April 2007'

Answer: The Producers


Question: 'If you're in the capital of the Maldives, "You've got" this city'

Answer: Male


Question: 'When Sweden's Gota Canal was completed in the 1820s, these 2 seas became directly linked'

Answer: the Baltic Sea & the North Sea


Question: 'The radio message Marconi transmitted overseas March 27, 1899 was in this code'

Answer: Morse (code)


Question: 'Paul McCartney said "Some people wanna fill the world with" these "and what's wrong with that?"'

Answer: "Silly Love Songs"


Question: 'I'd like to go to this country, the No. 1 tourist destination, for the food; I hope they sell freedom toast'

Answer: France


Question: 'It's still "The Breakfast of Champions"'

Answer: Wheaties


Question: 'Said to grooms & graduates, it's from the Latin for "rejoice with"'

Answer: congratulations


Question: 'You can read a variety of articles all about all aspects of show business in this trade paper established in 1905'

Answer: Variety


Question: 'The S.S. Ancon made the first complete trip through this, August 15, 1914'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: 'The title of this 1976 No. 1 hit by Barry Manilow completes the line "I am music and..."'

Answer: "I Write The Songs"


Question: 'My daughter's excited to see the monarch butterfly flocks at Morelia in this country, the No. 8 destination'

Answer: Mexico


Question: '"They're gr-r-reat!"'

Answer: Frosted Flakes


Question: 'An extreme conservative, especially if he obeys Newton's third law of motion'

Answer: reactionary


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands underneath a fountain in St. Petersburg, Russia.)  Be careful of the umbrella fountain here in Peterov--if you step under it, this will happen'

Answer: you\'ll get wet (it will rain accepted)


Question: 'This general defeated Chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe on November 7, 1811'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'According to Neil Diamond, "Everybody knows one"'

Answer: "Song Sung Blue"


Question: 'I'll head to this country, the No. 5 destination, so my son can study Wushu martial arts and I can drink pijiu, its beer'

Answer: China


Question: '"Silly Rabbit!"  These "are for kids!"'

Answer: Trix


Question: 'It's an affirmation of a person's character, or a type of dinner held to do the affirming'

Answer: testimonial


Question: 'This Conrad work ends, "The... waterway... seemed to lead into the heart of an immense darkness"'

Answer: Heart of Darkness


Question: 'On Jan. 1, 1804 Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed this current nation independent'

Answer: Haiti


Question: 'Elton John told us, "When all hope is gone", these "say so much"'

Answer: "Sad Songs"


Question: 'I'll have to go to this country, the No. 7 destination, on Sunday to see a famous choir at the Imperial Palace chapel'

Answer: Austria


Question: '"They're magically delicious"'

Answer: Lucky Charms


Question: 'Having many sides, like diplomatic talks among more than 2 parties'

Answer: multilateral


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of an old log cabin in the Wyoming mountains.)  Towering over Jackson Hole, Wyoming at a lofty 13,766 feet is this mountain, the largest in the Grand Teton range'

Answer: Grand Teton


Question: 'On March 9, 1820 his daughter Maria became the first president's daughter married in the White House'

Answer: James Monroe


Question: 'This Roberta Flack hit about hearing Don McLean sing "American Pie" won 3 Grammys in 1973'

Answer: "Killing Me Softly With His Song"


Question: 'My wife would kill me if we didn't go to this country, the No. 4 destination, to visit the Missoni & Krizia showrooms'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'Finicky 4-year-old Mikey likes it'

Answer: Life


Question: 'Marlon Brando & Doris Day were born on the same day, April 3, 1924, making them exact these'

Answer: contemporaries


Question: 'The scientific name of this striped carnivore is Hyaena hyaena'

Answer: striped hyena


Question: 'In a 1789 poem, he wrote "Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, the hills of the highlands for ever I love"'

Answer: (Rabbie) Burns


Question: 'As Norman Thayer in "On Golden Pond"'

Answer: Henry Fonda


Question: 'A vet who wears a little plane with an Army of Occupation medal helped resupply this city in 1948 & 1949'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'After course work, a grad student may take these very thorough exams known as comps'

Answer: comprehensive exams


Question: 'Though penguins nest in colonies numbering in the millions, they practice this, from the Greek meaning "one marriage"'

Answer: monogamy


Question: 'It's been said life is this, old chum, a restaurant with music & often a floor show'

Answer: a cabaret


Question: '"Martin" is one of the other poems in his 1914 collection "Trees and Other Poems"'

Answer: Joyce Kilmer


Question: 'As aging gunfighter John Bernard Books in "The Shootist"'

Answer: John Wayne


Question: '3-word name for the seriously reconfigured 747 with the Air Force designation VC-25'

Answer: Air Force One


Question: 'As in a courtroom a final oral exam on a Ph.D. dissertation is usually called this'

Answer: a defense


Question: 'Only about 1 inch long at birth, a newborn kangaroo is called this, also British slang for a threepenny piece'

Answer: a joey


Question: 'A line drawn on a weather map that connects points at which the barometric pressure is the same'

Answer: an isobar


Question: '"I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness", begins this Allen Ginsberg poem'

Answer: "Howl"


Question: 'As Rosalyn Taber in "The Misfits"'

Answer: Marilyn Monroe


Question: 'During this war, Air Force pilots had a 10-1 margin of victory in "MiG Alley" on the Yalu River'

Answer: the Korean War


Question: 'These 2 institutes of technology are tied atop the latest U.S. News ranking of physics grad schools'

Answer: Massachusetts Institute of Technology & California Institute of Technology (MIT & Caltech)


Question: 'Luc Jacquet hung around the South Pole for more than a year directing this 2005 documentary'

Answer: March of the Penguins


Question: 'It's O-Tay to know this plant of the buckwheat family or that in slang, it's a term for quarrel'

Answer: rhubarb


Question: 'It's the sonnet written in 1883 that ends, "I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"'

Answer: "The New Colossus"


Question: 'As Warren Beatty's Aunt Ginny in "Love Affair"'

Answer: Katharine Hepburn


Question: 'Fitting name of a unit between group & division, like the 509th Bomb one or 349th Air Mobility one'

Answer: a wing


Question: 'Portraitist Chuck Close earned a "Master of" these from Yale in 1964; glass master Dale Chihuly, from RISD in 1968'

Answer: fine arts


Question: 'Kangaroos have few enemies aside from man & this type of wild dog, made infamous in a 1988 film'

Answer: a dingo


Question: 'A pier, wharf or landing place: San Francisco has a famous one'

Answer: embarcadero


Question: 'Robert Frost ended his "Mending Wall" with this famous phrase about barriers'

Answer: fences make good neighbors


Question: 'As the "grumpy old" father in "Hanging Up"'

Answer: Walter Matthau


Question: 'It's the M in GMAT, the admission test that hundreds of MBA programs require applicants to take'

Answer: management


Question: 'The domestic yak is often called a grunting this, a draft animal of the genus Bos'

Answer: ox


Question: 'It's the musical period following the Renaissance that lasted roughly from 1600 to 1750'

Answer: the Baroque


Question: 'On August 6, 2005 an Atlanta march supported extending the Voting Rights Act signed by this president'

Answer: Lyndon Baines Johnson


Question: 'Though the Pres. doesn't have to okay amendments, Lincoln approved the 13th amendment, outlawing this'

Answer: slavery


Question: 'The Stowe Mercantile General Store in Vermont has a barrel with a board for this game set up on it'

Answer: checkers


Question: 'This "popular" magazine's first cover, dated Jan. 11, 1902 showed the inner workings of a submarine'

Answer: Popular Mechanics


Question: 'The Haiyuan fault slices through the Gansu Province of this Asian country'

Answer: China


Question: 'The famous definition of golf attributed to Mark Twain is "a good" one of these "spoiled"'

Answer: a walk


Question: 'Super-sized Creole stew with okra'

Answer: jumbo gumbo


Question: 'This 45-word portion of the Constitution guarantees the right "peaceably to assemble"'

Answer: the 1st Amendment


Question: 'It uses a table 5 feet wide, 9 feet long & 30 inches high that's stained a dark, non-reflective green'

Answer: Ping-Pong


Question: 'This national magazine bestowed the enduring label "the love goddess" on Rita Hayworth in 1947'

Answer: Life


Question: 'The great Sumatran fault lies within this fourth-most populous country'

Answer: Indonesia


Question: 'This lawn grass, genus lolium, is not to be confused with the cereal grass, genus secale'

Answer: rye


Question: 'A rippled sauce for meat, or a once popular Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor'

Answer: wavy gravy


Question: 'Article VI says no test of this kind shall ever be required as a qualification for office... Amen!'

Answer: a religious test


Question: 'In January 2002 Ronnie O'Sullivan was the top-ranked player in this game that involves 15 red balls'

Answer: snooker


Question: '(Hi, I'm Tucker Carlson of CNN's Crossfire.)  One of the many publications I've written for is this "condensed" magazine that began publication in 1922'

Answer: Reader\'s Digest


Question: 'The Ovindoli-Pezza fault runs through this earthquake-prone Mediterranean country'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'In Wimbledon you'll find the "All England Lawn Tennis and" this game "Club"'

Answer: croquet


Question: 'It's one of the leaner types of chopped beef for hamburgers'

Answer: ground round


Question: 'Article I, Section 8 says congress can grant letters of marque & reprisal or declare this'

Answer: war


Question: 'Edmund Hoyle wrote a 1743 treatise on this board game in which you bear off all your pieces to win'

Answer: backgammon


Question: 'Stories by Jules Verne & H.G. Wells graced the April 1926 premiere issue of this U.S. sci-fi pulp magazine'

Answer: Amazing Stories


Question: 'Alpine fault runs almost the entire length of South Island in this country'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'A large grassy plain like the Russian one that the Cossacks called home'

Answer: the steppe


Question: 'A throng of pumpkins or squash'

Answer: a gourd horde


Question: 'The first of these was to be held within 3 years of the first meeting of congress; then every 10 years'

Answer: the census


Question: 'In the regular block & draw version of this game, the 2 players begin by drawing 7 bones each'

Answer: dominoes


Question: 'In 1857 Oliver Wendell Holmes helped launch this "monthly" magazine in Boston'

Answer: The Atlantic Monthly


Question: 'The North Anatolian fault stretches along this country's Black Sea region to Georgia'

Answer: Turkey


Question: 'In November 1988 President Reagan signed a law banning the sale of these outdoor toys in the U.S.'

Answer: lawn darts


Question: 'A large Smyrna or mission fruit'

Answer: a big fig


Question: 'Dorothy Parker & Humphrey Bogart lived (separately) in this Hudson-bounded "Upper" area with a 3-word name'

Answer: the Upper West Side


Question: 'This country is Suiza'

Answer: Switzerland


Question: 'Woodward & Bernstein's political detective story featuring agents J & K who unearth aliens in the White House'

Answer: All The President\'s Men In Black


Question: 'The name of this sign of the Zodiac means "Goat's horn"'

Answer: capricorn


Question: 'C.J. can stand for circuit judge or for this person much higher up in the profession'

Answer: Chief Justice


Question: 'In 1983 her ride at Disneyland got the word "Scary" added to its name'

Answer: Snow White


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew strolls down along a Manhattan sidewalk.)  A young street singer named Irving Berlin is one of many immigrants who got started in this area with a 3-word name'

Answer: the Lower East Side


Question: 'This fiber is lana; the steel kind is lana de acero'

Answer: wool


Question: 'Life story of a black rights activist & religious leader who shows where treasure is buried on a map'

Answer: The Autobiography of Malcolm X Marks The Spot


Question: 'Scientists have implanted a spider gene into a goat to have it produce the same proteins spiders use to make this material'

Answer: Silk


Question: 'Done to the other party's witness, it can be abbreviated CX'

Answer: Cross-eXamine


Question: 'Bonhomme, the symbol of Quebec's winter carnival, is a cute one of these'

Answer: a snowman


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew walks past a curbside restaurant with green, white, and red banners.)  There's no shortage of good food in this ethnic-named neighborhood once home to Martin Scorcese'

Answer: Little Italy


Question: 'In Spanish it means "without"; pronounced a bit differently in English, "go against moral law"'

Answer: sin


Question: 'Vonnegut novel in which Dresden is firebombed & Jack Nicholson orders a chicken salad sandwich, hold the chicken'

Answer: Slaughterhouse-Five Easy Pieces


Question: 'This musical features the tune "The Lonely Goatherd"'

Answer: The Sound of Music


Question: 'These 3 letters refer to a company's liability, or an old Ford'

Answer: LTD


Question: 'Some say that Ernest Hemingway considered this 1936 tale his finest story'

Answer: The Snows of Kilimanjaro


Question: 'To help Lower Manhattan recover from 9/11, Robert De Niro founded the film festival named for this area'

Answer: Tribeca


Question: 'The traditional mariachi tune "Cielito Lindo" addresses a woman as "Beautiful little" this'

Answer: sky


Question: 'Ralph Ellison's musical about a nameless black man & Don Quixote'

Answer: Invisible Man of La Mancha


Question: 'Appropriately, Oklahoma's Tyny Goat Ranch specializes in this breed of goat'

Answer: pygmy goat


Question: 'Hurt in a car wreck? Try a P.I. lawyer, short for this'

Answer: personal injury


Question: 'A woman raised in Greenland is an expert on all things icy in this 1993 novel by Danish author Peter Hoeg'

Answer: Smilla\'s Sense of Snow


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands outside an a balconied edifice at dusk.)  This area in New York is neither too far up nor too far down, but just right for men like Henry Luce and Donald Trump'

Answer: Midtown


Question: 'Frijoles are these and they can be refried'

Answer: beans


Question: 'Dashiell Hammett's "Thin Man" detective couple who sip cocktails, solve crimes & write books like "Bleak House"'

Answer: Nick and Nora Charles Dickens


Question: 'This sure-footed wild goat with back-curving horns can be found between the timber & snow lines of the Alps'

Answer: ibex


Question: 'Your copyright violated? Try an I.P. lawyer, short for this'

Answer: intellectual property


Question: 'Listening to this famous piece of ballet music makes me think of a flurry of little dancers'

Answer: "Waltz Of The Snowflakes" (from The Nutcracker)


Question: '2 of the 5 states whose mottoes aren't in English or Latin'

Answer: (2 of) Hawaii, Washington, Montana, Minnesota, or California


Question: '1st published in "The Youth's Companion" in 1892, since then, millions of kids have recited it'

Answer: Pledge of Allegiance


Question: 'It was Edward Francis Albee who first said "Never give a sucker" one of these'

Answer: An even break


Question: 'Turkey is situated on these two continents'

Answer: Europe & Asia


Question: 'After his 1960 Army discharge, this rock star was back in uniform playing a G.I. in "G.I. Blues"'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'The layered needlework made at bees in early America'

Answer: Quilting


Question: 'One can be used to step up or step down an alternating current'

Answer: Transformer


Question: 'The American flag flies 24 hours a day over his grave in Paris' Pictus Cemetery'

Answer: Marquis de Lafayette


Question: 'Nicholas Murray Butler called an expert "One who knows more and more about" this'

Answer: Less and less


Question: 'It's the official flower of Turkey, not the Netherlands'

Answer: Tulip


Question: 'This actor made his film debut in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", his only outing as James Bond'

Answer: George Lazenby


Question: 'The Japanese excel at this art of folding paper into decorative objects'

Answer: Origami


Question: 'The inventors of this tiny device won the 1956 Nobel Prize for Physics'

Answer: Transistor


Question: 'Old Glory first flew at the North Pole when this Navy explorer planted it there'

Answer: Robert Peary


Question: 'An 1855 book subtitled "The Economical Relations of Slavery" was titled this "Is King"'

Answer: Cotton


Question: 'Nearly all of its people are Muslims, and these two symbols are on its national flag'

Answer: Crescent & the star


Question: 'This former NFL lineman first appeared onscreen as Mongo in "Blazing Saddles"'

Answer: Alex Karras


Question: 'When the blowpipe was invented about 30 B.C., it ushered in the first golden age of this craft'

Answer: Glassblowing


Question: 'It describes objects through which light can pass, but through which you can't see clearly'

Answer: Translucent


Question: 'On June 24, 1912, an executive order by this president established the flag's design specifications'

Answer: William Howard Taft


Question: 'In 1898 William Randolph Hearst cabled Frederic Remington, "You furnish the pictures & I'll furnish" this'

Answer: The war


Question: 'The highest point in Turkey; Noah is said to have landed there'

Answer: Mount Ararat


Question: 'Frank Capra's favorite actress; she appeared in his "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" & "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"'

Answer: Jean Arthur


Question: 'The first workers who used this device to rotate wood & shape it with a fixed blade were called turners'

Answer: Lathe


Question: 'Some botanists believe this process in plants is equivalent to sweating in humans'

Answer: Transpiration


Question: 'An editorial in this Hartford paper June 14, 1861 led to the first Flag Day observance in Connecticut that same day'

Answer: The Hartford Courant


Question: 'Leo Rosten said of him, "Anyone who hates babies & dogs can't be all bad"'

Answer: W.C. Fields


Question: 'Regarding themselves as rulers of the Muslim world, Turkish sultans held this title until 1924'

Answer: Caliph


Question: 'Susan Hayward was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of this Broadway star in "I'll Cry Tomorrow"'

Answer: Lilian Roth


Question: 'From the French for "to cut out", it's the art of decorating furniture with varnished paper cutouts'

Answer: Decoupage


Question: 'Any device that turns one kind of energy into another; a microphone is an example of one'

Answer: Transducer


Question: 'This animal that raised Romulus & Remus was the subject of one of the finest Etruscan sculptures'

Answer: Wolf


Question: 'John C. Calhoun was the first vice president to resign; he was the second'

Answer: Spiro Agnew


Question: 'In Eugene O'Neill's play "Marco Millions", he marries a fat, commonplace Venetian'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: '9 of the 10 highest peaks in the world are in this mountain range'

Answer: Himalayas


Question: '"The House of the Seven Gables" is set in this New England town, about 150 years after the Witch Trials'

Answer: Salem, Massachusetts


Question: 'Scottish doctor James Lind cured this vitamin deficiency disease among sailors by giving them citrus juice'

Answer: Scurvy


Question: 'The innermost of his 3 coffins discovered by Howard Carter is solid gold & painted in his likeness'

Answer: King Tut


Question: 'Originally, to become vice president, you had to do this in the general election'

Answer: Come in second


Question: 'Edward Albee play in which George & Martha appear'

Answer: "Who\'s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"


Question: 'Ancient Greeks believed this mountain to be the center of the Earth'

Answer: Mount Olympus


Question: '"The Mystery of Marie Roget" followed this Poe story, both featuring detective C. Auguste Dupin'

Answer: "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"


Question: 'Prior to his fame as a seer of the future, he treated plague victims in 16th C. France'

Answer: Nostradamus


Question: 'This art form of setting stones or glass into mortar was the main decorative art of the Byzantine Empire'

Answer: Mosaic


Question: 'After serving as Buchanan's vice president, John Breckenridge went on to be this president's Secretary of War'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'In an Oscar Wilde comedy, this title character runs off with Lord Darlington'

Answer: Lady Windemere


Question: 'The American Indian name for this peak is Denali'

Answer: Mount McKinley


Question: 'This first "Mike Hammer" novel is Mickey Spillane's top-selling paperback book'

Answer: "I, The Jury"


Question: 'Though little is known of his life, he did teach medicine at the school of Kos, the island on which he was born'

Answer: Hippocrates


Question: '"Winged Victory" is the common name of a statue of this Greek goddess whose name means "victory"'

Answer: Nike


Question: 'Until this man was sworn in with F.D.R. in 1933, the vice president took the oath of office in the Senate'

Answer: John Nance Garner


Question: 'This contemporary comedy by Tom Eyen is set in a womens' house of detention'

Answer: "Women Behind Bars"


Question: 'At 7,310 feet, Mount Kosciusko is the highest peak on this continent'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'This 1920 Sinclair Lewis novel told the story of Carol Milford & Dr. Will Kennicott'

Answer: "Main Street"


Question: 'Van Leeuwenhoek figured out capillaries were the missing element in this man's theory of circulation'

Answer: William Harvey


Question: 'A religious work consisting of 3 hinged or folded panels often used as an altarpiece'

Answer: triptych


Question: 'Co-winner of the 1925 Nobel Peace Prize for his plan re-scheduling German reparations'

Answer: Charles Dawes


Question: 'This recent play by Neil Simon is considered to be his first out-and-out farce'

Answer: "Rumors"


Question: 'Few know that Mount Elbert in this state is the second-tallest in the lower 48 states'

Answer: Colorado


Question: 'Many consider his 1952 book "Invisible Man" the greatest post-war novel about black life in the U.S.'

Answer: Ralph Ellison


Question: 'Physician at the court of Marcus Aurelius; his writings were used throughout the Middle Ages'

Answer: Galen


Question: 'This Old Testament book opens "The words of the preacher, the son of David, King in Jerusalem"'

Answer: Ecclesiastes


Question: 'The state of Franklin, which had its own governor but was never admitted to the Union, was named for him'

Answer: Ben Franklin


Question: 'A Hibbing, Minn. museum traces the history of this bus company founded there in 1914 using Hupmobiles'

Answer: Greyhound


Question: 'This current Bulls player holds the career NBA record for points scored per game with 32.2'

Answer: Michael Jordan


Question: 'The title of this leader of a Jewish congregation means "my master" in Hebrew'

Answer: rabbi


Question: 'When you pout you stick it out'

Answer: lip


Question: 'New in 1996, Caesars Magical Empire is a subterranean dining & magic experience of this famed hotel'

Answer: Caesars Palace


Question: 'This president's enemies called him "King Andrew I", but he's better-known as "Old Hickory"'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'A replica of a rubber plantation is displayed at this company's World of Rubber Museum in Akron, Ohio'

Answer: Goodyear


Question: 'The father of this actor best known as Lt. Frank Drebin in the "Naked Gun" movies was a Canadian Mountie'

Answer: Leslie Nielsen


Question: 'This apostle who denied he knew Jesus 3 times is sometimes called the "Apostle to the Jews"'

Answer: Peter


Question: 'Mark Antony wanted you to lend it so he could bend it'

Answer: ear


Question: 'He called his beautiful hilltop estate Monticello, which is Italian for "little mountain"'

Answer: Thomas Jefferson


Question: 'William Daniels of "Boy Meets World" formerly played Dr. Mark Craig on this TV medical series'

Answer: St. Elsewhere


Question: 'Divided into 114 suras or chapters, this Islamic book is the earliest known work in Arabic prose'

Answer: the Koran


Question: 'In a toast to your best bud it's where you say to put the mud'

Answer: eye


Question: 'He fled to Philadelphia after he shot & mortally wounded Alexander Hamilton'

Answer: Aaron Burr


Question: 'In July 1993 this Seattle outfielder tied a Major League record by hitting home runs in 8 straight games'

Answer: Ken Griffey, Jr.


Question: 'In about 500 B.C., this philosopher was appointed minister of justice in the Chinese state of Lu'

Answer: Confucius


Question: 'It went from Adam to make a madam'

Answer: rib


Question: 'John Beradino, who passed away in 1996, played Dr. Steve Hardy on this daytime soap for over 30 years'

Answer: General Hospital


Question: 'If this part is made of glass a fighter has to watch his opponent'

Answer: jaw


Question: 'This "Funny Girl"'s first New York show, "Another Evening with Harry Stoones", closed after 1 performance'

Answer: Barbra Streisand


Question: 'Russia's Lena River lies within this large, cold eastern region of the country'

Answer: Siberia


Question: 'This late female leader of India was called Indu for short'

Answer: Indira Gandhi


Question: 'He brought back the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" & "The Lost World"'

Answer: Michael Crichton


Question: 'Afghans hunt by sight, while bloodhounds hunt by this sense'

Answer: smell


Question: 'This emperor's sister Pauline Bonaparte was so scandalous she was banned from his court in 1810'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'He played the psychiatrist in "Equus" before he played Hannibal Lecter, who needed a psychiatrist'

Answer: Anthony Hopkins


Question: 'Loch Ness & Loch Lochy form much of this country's Caledonian Canal'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'On Sept. 21, 1996 he married long-time girlfriend Carolyn Bessette on Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia'

Answer: John F. Kennedy, Jr.


Question: 'In 1996 he offered up "The Last Don", a novel readers can't refuse'

Answer: Mario Puzo


Question: 'The Mau is a breed of cat that originated in this country, where it was revered by the Pharaohs'

Answer: Egypt


Question: 'This seductive queen convinced Mark Anthony to execute her hostile younger sister, Arsinoe'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Mike Nichols saw him in a play called "Eh?" & offered him the starring role in "The Graduate"'

Answer: Dustin Hoffman


Question: 'This country's Chatham Islands are inhabited primarily by Maoris'

Answer: New Zealand


Question: 'In 1996 this 20-year-old African-American golfer won a record third consecutive U.S. Amateur title'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: 'She leaves vampires behind for the tale of an ancient Babylonian spirit in "Servant of the Bones"'

Answer: Anne Rice


Question: 'Breeders once considered it desirable for these "Thai" cats to have crossed eyes'

Answer: Siamese


Question: 'She starred in "Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean..." onstage & on film before she was "Moonstruck"'

Answer: Cher


Question: 'Blythe Danner's daughter, in 1996 she played the title role of "Emma"'

Answer: Gwyneth Paltrow


Question: 'As his novel "Executive Orders" begins, Jack Ryan has just become president of the U.S.'

Answer: Tom Clancy


Question: 'The Airedale type of this dog is named for the Aire Valley in Yorkshire, England'

Answer: terrier


Question: 'He cleaned houses before he co-starred in "Godspell" in London: what a "Reversal of Fortune"'

Answer: Jeremy Irons


Question: 'Nastapoka & Hopewell, islands of Canada's Northwest Territories, hug the eastern shore of this bay'

Answer: Hudson Bay


Question: 'A gun bill is named for this former Reagan press sec'y who was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom'

Answer: James Brady


Question: 'Among her many bestsellers are "Full Circle", "Wanderlust" & 1995's "Five Days in Paris"'

Answer: Danielle Steel


Question: 'The ocicat is so named because the daughter of its original breeder thought it looked like this wild cat'

Answer: ocelot


Question: 'This Roman emperor, played on TV by Derek Jacobi, married his own niece; she poisoned him'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'In 1908 Ernest Henry Shackleton printed the first book on this continent'

Answer: Antarctica


Question: '1923:<br />This agricultural chemist'

Answer: (George Washington) Carver


Question: 'Hume Cronyn is one of the 2 Supreme Court justices murdered at the beginning of this Julia Roberts film'

Answer: The Pelican Brief


Question: '"No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any... definition of what a nurse should be other than... devoted and obedient"'

Answer: (Florence) Nightingale


Question: 'During the 1959 "Kitchen Debate" in Moscow, Nixon told this Soviet premier, "I have been insulted by experts"'

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev


Question: 'Meaning victory in the end, it's what Sarah gets here'

Answer: the last laugh


Question: 'This nickname for Detroit is also the name of a record label'

Answer: Motown


Question: '1989:<br />This clergyman & political activist'

Answer: Jesse Jackson


Question: 'Larry Flynt has a cameo as a judge who hands down a ruling in this 1996 movie'

Answer: The People vs. Larry Flynt


Question: '"If one leads a country such as Britain... then you must have a touch of iron about you"'

Answer: Margaret Thatcher


Question: 'Nixon's spot as Ike's running mate in this year was imperiled by news of a slush fund; a little dog got him off the hook'

Answer: 1952


Question: 'It's the pointless thing Sarah is doing'

Answer: comparing apples to oranges


Question: 'This Mexican sauce is made mostly from chili peppers & chocolate'

Answer: mole


Question: '1959:<br />This member of jazz "nobility"'

Answer: Duke Ellington


Question: 'In this 1991 film former New Orleans D.A. Jim Garrison appears as Earl Warren'

Answer: JFK


Question: '"I had crossed the line.  I was free... and they should be free.  I would make a home in the north and bring them there"'

Answer: Harriet Tubman


Question: 'This Nixon nickname referred to subterfuges he employed in the 1950 Senate campaign'

Answer: Tricky Dick


Question:
'A 3-word Isley Brothers hit, or what Kelly is doing

"Hey!  Hey!  Hey!"'

Answer: "Twist And Shout"


Question: 'She won an Oscar in 2010 for her devastating portrayal of the brutal mother of "Precious"'

Answer: Mo\'Nique


Question: '1939:<br />This gospel singer & opera soloist'

Answer: Marian Anderson


Question: 'Werner Klemperer & Burt Lancaster are judges being judged in this 1961 post-WWII flick'

Answer: Judgment at Nuremberg


Question: '"There will never be complete equality until women themselves help to make laws and elect lawmakers"'

Answer: Susan B. Anthony


Question: '"You don't have Nixon to kick around any more", Richard Nixon said after losing a 1962 race for this office'

Answer: governor of California


Question: 'In the current economy, many people are trying to do this'

Answer: make ends meet


Question: 'The Firefox web browser comes from this company'

Answer: Mozilla


Question: '1945:<br />This singer & star of the film "The Emperor Jones"'

Answer: Paul Robeson


Question: 'Harry Morgan tries to keep the peace between Spencer Tracy & Fredric March in this blustery film from 1960'

Answer: Inherit the Wind


Question: '"'House Beautiful' is play lousy"'

Answer: Dorothy Parker


Question: 'The Arizona didn't sink again, but journalist Walter Lippmann dubbed Nixon's 1958 visit to Latin America a "diplomatic" this'

Answer: Pearl Harbor


Question: 'Jimmy will soon be acting like a frisky horse; you can see he's doing this'

Answer: feeling his oats


Question: 'If you're asleep, you're "in the arms of" this god'

Answer: Morpheus


Question: 'This fashion designer who gave women the power suit was born in Piacenza, a city on the south bank of the Po River'

Answer: Giorgio Armani


Question: 'Portia de Rossi wed this daytime talk show host in 2008 at a ceremony at their home'

Answer: Ellen DeGeneres


Question: 'For an 1858 royal wedding, Tennyson wrote extra verses for this song, beginning, "God bless our prince and bride"'

Answer: "God Save The Queen"


Question: 'This fish, Carassius auratus, usually lives about 5 years in home aquariums, but some may go for 20'

Answer: goldfish


Question: 'It's a hot beverage with espresso & steamed milk'

Answer: cappuccino


Question: 'A unit of a post office that is outside the corporate limits of a city is called this, also a tree part'

Answer: a branch


Question: 'In 2008 this Milan-born man helmed a new party--Popollo della Liberta--& won a third term as prime minister'

Answer: Silvio Berlusconi


Question: 'In 2010 this actor told GQ that having kids with wife Scarlett Johansson is still a few years away'

Answer: Ryan Reynolds


Question: 'In 1700 Nahum Tate penned "Panacea: A Poem Upon" this beverage (he was British poet laureate, after all)'

Answer: tea


Question: 'Bottom-feeding fish can't get to food in this common form, so don't feed them Wheaties'

Answer: flakes


Question: 'If Snickers & Hershey bars are your obsession, you may be this 10-letter word'

Answer: a chocoholic


Question: 'This mailing card (Form 3811 for domestic mail) is signed & mailed back to the sender as proof of delivery'

Answer: a return receipt


Question: 'After featuring his bare chest & flowing locks on the covers of romance novels, this Milan man wrote a few too'

Answer: Fabio


Question: 'Her "So-Called Life" is with her husband, British actor Hugh Dancy'

Answer: Claire Danes


Question: 'Wordsworth wrote this 3-letter type of poem on the installation of prince Albert as chancellor of Cambridge'

Answer: an ode


Question: 'Types of this small tropical fish include neon, bleeding-heart & diamond'

Answer: the tetra


Question: 'Pi is the ratio of this of a circle to its diameter'

Answer: the circumference


Question: 'It's the 9-letter word for the hobby of collecting stamps'

Answer: philately


Question: 'This Italian director of "Blow Up" kept his speech short when he accepted his honorary Oscar in 1995: "Grazie"'

Answer: Michelangelo Antonioni


Question: 'How does Brian Austin Green do it?  Once engaged to Vanessa Marcil & a 2010 marriage to this hottie'

Answer: Megan Fox


Question: 'In 2010 David Beckham injured his heel, inspiring Carol Ann Duffy to compare him in verse to this Greek hero'

Answer: Achilles


Question: 'It's the fish seen here doin' its thing'

Answer: a puffer fish (or blowfish)


Question: 'It describes a person showing marked ability; as 2 words, it's a favored snack at a baseball game'

Answer: crackerjack


Question: 'Book rate is now known as this alliterative mail since it also includes CDs & DVDs'

Answer: media mail


Question: 'This Turin-born man, the second of his name, was the first king of a united Italy'

Answer: Victor Emmanuel


Question: 'It's the curved, semiflexible lower end of the backbone'

Answer: the coccyx


Question: 'A USPS curbside collection box in which motorists deposit mail is nicknamed this, like a piece of underwater gear'

Answer: a snorkel box


Question: 'Pronounced one way, this 7-letter word can mean unjustified; pronounced another, it's someone sickly'

Answer: invalid


Question: 'Utah's Antelope Island State Park in this lake is home to a buffalo herd'

Answer: The Great Salt Lake


Question:
'"Love Me Do",
"Love Bites",
"Love is a Many Splendored Thing"'

Answer: "Love is a Many Splendored Thing"


Question: 'His wife had a pet parrot which he hated; perhaps it perched in his cherry tree'

Answer: George Washington


Question: '"Well, isn't that special"'

Answer: Dana Carvey


Question: 'Until 1984 Volkswagen's Golf hopped down the trail under this name in the U.S.'

Answer: Rabbit


Question: 'Aesop's shepherd boy got his kicks from falsely crying this'

Answer: "Wolf!"


Question: 'This national symbol for fire prevention is buried in a state park named for him in Capitan, N.M.'

Answer: Smokey the Bear


Question:
'The Miami Heat,
the Chicago Bulls,
the Boston Celtics'

Answer: Boston Celtics


Question: 'Although called the "First Cat", he's actually Chelsea's cat'

Answer: Socks


Question: '"It's always something"'

Answer: Gilda Radner


Question: 'Upstanding citizens have been driving this make of Honda around the city since 1972'

Answer: Civic


Question: 'A fourflusher is a person who bluffs, specifically at this card game'

Answer: Poker


Question: 'North Dakota's Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park was once a fort commanded by this lt. colonel from 1873 to 1876'

Answer: George Custer


Question:
'Ian Holm,
Ian Fleming,
Ian Paisley'

Answer: Ian Fleming


Question: 'This first daughter had a dog named Pushinka given to her by Khrushchev & a pony named Macaroni'

Answer: Caroline Kennedy


Question: '"Schwing!"'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'To get somewhere quickly in an emergency, you might call upon this most popular model of Porsche'

Answer: 911


Question: 'This dairy food "wouldn't melt in the mouth" of a bad person who acts innocent'

Answer: Butter


Question: 'This president's 2-story birthplace in Denison, Texas is now a state historical park'

Answer: Dwight D. Eisenhower


Question:
'"This Side of Paradise",
"The Last Tycoon",
"The Great Gatsby"'

Answer: "This Side of Paradise"


Question: 'Presidential pooch whose sculpture is seen here:'

Answer: Fala (belonged to FDR)


Question: '"We are two wild and crazy guys"'

Answer: Steve Martin & Dan Aykroyd


Question: 'A line of Ford Explorers & Expeditions sports the logo of this sporty company from Seattle'

Answer: Eddie Bauer


Question: 'One might say that a deception done like a magic trick is done with "smoke and" these'

Answer: Mirrors


Question: 'A California park named for this author contains the ruins of Wolf House, the mansion he built but never lived in'

Answer: Jack London


Question:
'The founding of Los Angeles,
the founding of San Francisco,
the founding of San Diego'

Answer: The founding of San Diego


Question: 'His favorite horse, Old Whitey, who served him in the Mexican War, roamed the White House lawn in 1849 & 1850'

Answer: Zachary Taylor


Question: '"You'll be livin' in a van down by the river"'

Answer: Chris Farley


Question: 'This South Korean company has been driving up business with its Sportage & Sephia'

Answer: Kia


Question: 'This word can mean a fake, a faker or a covering for a pillow'

Answer: Sham


Question: 'Oh, round about 10, maybe 20 billion years ago, somewhere in there'

Answer: When the Big Bang occurred


Question: 'Mother's Day'

Answer: May


Question: 'Signor Del Sarto, or Ms. McArdle'

Answer: Andrea


Question: 'A member of The Yardbirds, this guitarist formed Led Zeppelin under the name The New Yardbirds'

Answer: Jimmy Page


Question: 'Thailand's most venerated object, the Emerald Buddha, is enshrined in the Wat Phra Keo in this city'

Answer: Bangkok


Question: 'Cashmere traditionally comes from animals roaming this highest mountain range'

Answer: Himalayas


Question: 'Like some doors & minds, it's what the universe is if it eventually starts to shrink again'

Answer: Closed


Question: 'Flag Day'

Answer: June


Question: '"Fiddler on the Roof" takes place in this village'

Answer: Anatevka


Question: 'It's said that the band's name was coined by Keith Moon, the drummer of this band'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'The city of Amritsar in this country grew up around the Golden Temple, the center of the Sikh faith'

Answer: India


Question: 'Some shearing goes on, but removal of fibers from the Kashmir goat is usually done with this "Kookie" accessory'

Answer: Comb


Question: 'The Cosmic Background Explorer satellite studied the "background" type of this left over from the Bang'

Answer: Radiation


Question: 'Black History Month'

Answer: February


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kari Wuhrer of "Sliders")  In 1997 I headed into the Amazon with Jennifer Lopez to film a lost tribe & got tangled up with this title creature'

Answer: Anaconda


Question: 'Led Zeppelin called it quits in 1980 after the death of this drummer'

Answer: John Bonham


Question: 'The USA's oldest existing Jewish house of worship is the Touro Synagogue, located in this Rhode Island city'

Answer: Newport


Question: 'The fact that it's the second most abundant gas supports the Big Bang, as stars haven't had time to make it all'

Answer: Helium


Question: 'It's National Hot Dog Month & National Baked Bean Month'

Answer: July


Question: 'Type of "hearing aid" seen here:<br />(listening to noises from outer space, perhaps)'

Answer: Antenna


Question: 'Considered the band's masterpiece, this song was never released as a single; "Ooh, it makes me wonder"'

Answer: "Stairway to Heaven"


Question: 'This TV show emanates from the worship services conducted by Robert Schuller at the Crystal Cathedral'

Answer: Hour of Power


Question: 'This American's 1920s discovery that the universe is expanding is a basis of the Big Bang Theory'

Answer: Edwin Hubble


Question: 'National Arbor Day'

Answer: April


Question: 'A literary work written in defense of one's ideas or actions'

Answer: Apologia


Question: 'Led Zeppelin's only Top 10 single, it was reportedly based on Willie Dixon's "You Need Love"'

Answer: "Whole Lotta Love"


Question: 'Turkey's August 1999 earthquake didn't damage this colorful Istanbul landmark that has 6 minarets'

Answer: Blue Mosque


Question: 'On May 2, 1936 "Peter and the Wolf" had its world premiere in this capital city'

Answer: Moscow


Question: 'The public may subscribe to this paper which features a daily transcript of the activities of Congress'

Answer: the Congressional Record


Question: '"The Big Apple"'

Answer: New York City


Question: 'Every year Australia moves 2 in. away from this nearest U.S. state & Japan moves 3 in. closer'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'Century in which the most states, 29, were admitted to the union'

Answer: the 19th century


Question: 'When he got his star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame, this Welshman tossed garters to his fans'

Answer: Tom Jones


Question: 'From the Greek for "fire" & "craft", it's a fancy word for a fireworks display'

Answer: pyrotechnics


Question: 'This CBS newsman once petitioned Churchill to let him broadcast outdoors so people could hear the Blitz'

Answer: Edward R. Murrow


Question: '"The Cradle of Texas Liberty"'

Answer: San Antonio


Question: 'France derives a higher percentage of its electricity from this energy source than any other country'

Answer: nuclear power


Question: 'John Q. Adams & Henry Clay were among those who negotiated the Treaty of Ghent that ended this war'

Answer: the War of 1812


Question: 'Katey Sagal of "Married... with Children" used to be one of the Harlettes, who sang back-up for this star'

Answer: Bette Midler


Question: 'Stereophonic times 2'

Answer: quadraphonic


Question: 'Sime Silverman, editor of this weekly trade paper, coined the headline "Sticks Nix Hick Pix"'

Answer: Variety


Question: '"The Crescent City"'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Carbohydrates, such as sugars & starch, contain these 3 elements'

Answer: carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen


Question: 'The 1st English settlement in Maine occured in this same year as the settlement of Jamestown'

Answer: 1607


Question: 'He played a sleazy TV evangelist in the James Bond film "Licence to Kill"'

Answer: Wayne Newton


Question: 'In other words this exclamation can be "violin bows!"'

Answer: fiddlesticks!


Question: 'Born in Hungary, he ran the St. Louis Post-Dispatch before buying the New York World'

Answer: Joseph Pulitzer


Question: '"Kodak City"'

Answer: Rochester, New York


Question: '-273.15 degrees C.'

Answer: absolute zero


Question: 'This disease transmiited by the Aedes Aegypti mosquto was brought to America on slave ships'

Answer: yellow fever


Question: 'Emmy-winning TV hostess whose hometown, Winchester, Tenn., renamed its main street in her honor'

Answer: Dinah Shore


Question: 'Kids could tell the post office the dinosaur called this on a stamp is actually an Apatosaurus'

Answer: Brontosaurus


Question: 'UPI journalist who's the senior member of the White House press corps'

Answer: Helen Thomas


Question: '"The Athens of the South"'

Answer: Nashville


Question: 'A space telescope to be launched by the space shuttle in 1990 is named for this 20th century astronomer'

Answer: Edwin Hubble


Question: 'In 1954 he was elected to the senate from South Carolina by a write-in vote'

Answer: Strom Thurmond


Question: 'This Aussie singer was once a commissioner of parks & recreation for the state of California'

Answer: Helen ("I Am Woman") Reddy


Question: 'Literary term for words like hiss, fizz, kerflop, kerplunk & kerflooey'

Answer: onomatopoeia (or onomatopoeic)


Question: 'Abbreviated hdbk., a Boy Scout might consult one'

Answer: Handbook


Question: 'This term for the extended family comes from the Gaelic for "children"'

Answer: Clan


Question: 'Tamara Karsavina was the 1st to dance the role of this Stravinsky bird, in 1910'

Answer: The Firebird


Question: 'Dramamine or phenergan taken about 1/2 hour before traveling will help prevent this'

Answer: Motion Sickness


Question: '5-line humorous verse named for an Irish county'

Answer: Limerick


Question: 'In 1978 this future baseball commissioner became the youngest pres. of Yale in 2 centuries'

Answer: A. Bartlett Giamatti


Question: 'Artistic field in which you'd find abbreviations such as "sfz", "pp" & 'ff"'

Answer: Music


Question: 'The Scots word for "twilight"; Sir Harry Lauder used to sing about "roamin' in" it'

Answer: "Gloamin\' "


Question: 'This dame, born Margaret Hookham, has been called "The greatest British ballerina of all time"'

Answer: Margot Fonteyn


Question: 'Miles Laboratories has been selling this analgesic antacid tablet since 1931'

Answer: Alka-Seltzer


Question: 'His poem "Mending Wall" 1st appeared in "North of Boston", a collection of poems he wrote in England'

Answer: Robert Frost


Question: 'In 1925 this Dayton, Tenn. biology teacher was arrested for teaching evolution in his class'

Answer: John Scopes


Question: 'The abbreviation for manager is mgr. whereas msgr. stands for this'

Answer: Monsignor


Question: 'Silly-sounding name for the estuary of the river Forth'

Answer: Firth of Forth


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Tchaikovsky's favorite of his own ballets, it features a wedding & the following:'

Answer: "Sleeping Beauty" ("Sleeping Beauty Waltz")


Question: 'On March 20, 1987 this drug became the 1st approved by the FDA for use in combating the AIDS virus'

Answer: AZT


Question: 'Not only did he write "Don Juan", he proved it was possible to swim the Hellespont by doing it himself'

Answer: Lord Byron


Question: 'Both John R. Gregg & Sir Isaac Pitman are famous for developing & teaching systems of this'

Answer: Shorthand Writing


Question: 'If you reverse this month's 3-letter abbrev., you get the symbol of 1 of its astrological signs'

Answer: March (mar./ram)


Question: 'Scotland's national flag displays the cross of this man, its patron saint'

Answer: St. Andrew


Question: 'Mental illness ended his career after he choreographed his last ballet, "Till Eulenspiegel"'

Answer: Vaclav Nijinsky


Question: 'In 1988 this prescription acne cream was found to reverse the effects of sun-induced wrinkles'

Answer: Retin-A


Question: 'He wrote, "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crost the bar"'

Answer: Tennyson


Question: 'This Swiss child psychologist was a professor at the University of Geneva from 1929 until his death in 1980'

Answer: Jean Piaget


Question: 'Of the 4 main compass points these 3 are also symbols of elements'

Answer: N (Nitrogen), S (Sulphur) & W(Tungsten)


Question: 'Range of hills that was home to Sir Walter Scott's "Bride" & Donizetti's "Lucia"'

Answer: Lammermoor


Question: 'Balanchine's ballet "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" is based on a 17th c. play by this Frenchman'

Answer: Moliere


Question: '1st used for high blood pressure, this drug, the key ingredient in Rogaine, can stimulate hair growth'

Answer: Minoxidil


Question: 'In "The Baite" he wrote "Come live with mee, & bee my love"'

Answer: John Donne


Question: 'Though it caused much indignation in the South, Teddy Roosevelt invited this educator to the White House'

Answer: Booker T. Washington


Question: 'At 39 he was the youngest man to take the office of vice president'

Answer: Richard Nixon (in 1953)


Question: 'Suzette Charles was Miss America 1984 for only 2 months, finishing this woman's term'

Answer: Vanessa Williams


Question: 'A duck named Doctor Doodle was one of the first products made by Herman Fisher & this partner'

Answer: Irving Price


Question: 'Music's Wynonna'

Answer: Judd


Question: 'Philatelists mark May 6 as the anniversary of the first use of these'

Answer: Stamps


Question: 'The general theory of relativity basically deals with this force Newton studied'

Answer: Gravity


Question: 'Pro football's Smith or Paris, or any good old Southern boy'

Answer: Bubba


Question: 'This brother & sister hosted their first pageant in 1999'

Answer: Donny & Marie Osmond


Question: 'These were named to the Toy Hall of Fame in 2000:'

Answer: Jacks


Question: 'Literature's Dante'

Answer: Alighieri


Question: 'This colorful pianist was born May 16, 1919 with the given names Wladziu Valentino'

Answer: Liberace


Question: '(Here's Bill Nye):<br />"It's hard to walk across ice because there's not much of this force that keeps your feet from slipping"'

Answer: Friction


Question: 'Repetitive phrase that describes the situation shown here:'

Answer: Bumper-to-bumper


Question: 'These 3 words precede "Miss America" in the title of the coronation song first used in 1955'

Answer: "There She Is"


Question: 'The "building" type of these has come to refer to any basic components'

Answer: Blocks


Question: 'Science's Galileo'

Answer: Galilei


Question: 'This institution was formally dedicated May 1, 1847 in Washington, D.C.'

Answer: Smithsonian Institution


Question: 'Scientists divide forces between molecules into attractive forces & these "hideous" ones'

Answer: Repulsive/repellant


Question: 'If you're "in" this, you may be wearing a light tan color or nothing at all'

Answer: Buff


Question: 'Seen here as Miss America 1959, she's now seen in mattress infomercials with husband Gary Collins'

Answer: Mary Ann Mobley


Question: '3-letter word for a bit of explosive wrapped in paper & used in a toy pistol'

Answer: Cap


Question: 'Pop star Madonna'

Answer: Ciccone


Question: 'These priestly Celts instituted sacrificial May bonfires to ensure successful planting & rich harvests'

Answer: Druids


Question: 'This force caused by rotation is the adjectival form of the instrument seen here:'

Answer: Centrifugal force


Question: 'Typographical device on the page seen here:'

Answer: Bullets


Question: 'The first Jewish Miss America, she became NYC's Commissioner of Cultural Affairs in 1983'

Answer: Bess Myerson


Question: 'Star of "Forbidden Planet" seen here in toy form:'

Answer: Robby the Robot


Question: 'The 17th century's Rembrandt'

Answer: Van Rijn


Question: 'In the astrological calendar, May is spanned by these 2 zodiacal signs'

Answer: Taurus & Gemini


Question: 'The equation f = ma means force equals mass times this'

Answer: Acceleration


Question: 'Common British term for someone who sings & passes the hat in public'

Answer: Busker


Question: 'In one of his "tales" in an Offenbach opera, this poet is in love with a mechanical doll named Olympia'

Answer: Hoffmann


Question: 'On Labor Day in 1990 this title character & her friend Tootsie opened a catering business'

Answer: Blondie


Question: 'Belgium & Italy'

Answer: France


Question: 'To do it to a fire, you cover it, to do it to a plane, you lower one wing'

Answer: Bank it


Question: 'A slaveowner's son becomes an abolitionist in "A Different Kind of Christmas" by this "Roots" author'

Answer: Alex Haley


Question: 'How a Parisian accepts a roller coaster ride, or what he might say on the first drop'

Answer: Oui


Question: 'He wrote 4 overtures to "Fidelio", the most popular being the "Leonore Overture No. 3"'

Answer: L.V. Beethoven


Question: 'In June of 2000, she got a new look:'

Answer: Little Orphan Annie


Question: 'Norway & Russia'

Answer: Finland


Question: 'Noisy term for flying low over a person or area'

Answer: Buzzing


Question: 'Macon Dead III, also known as Milkman, is the protagonist of her novel "Song of Solomon"'

Answer: Toni Morrison


Question: 'In a cliche this man's name often comes up after the phrase "Yes sirree"'

Answer: Bob


Question: 'His "Songs To Remember" include about 40 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm'

Answer: Frederic Chopin


Question: 'What's up with this title doc?  He got some plastic surgery in June 2000'

Answer: Rex Morgan, M.D.


Question: 'Iran & India'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'Also a Coney Island ride, it's a 360-degree maneuver that starts by pointing the nose upward'

Answer: Loop-the-loop


Question: 'His 1962 novel "Another Country" is noted for its frank depiction of various sexual & interracial relationships'

Answer: James Baldwin


Question: 'Don't be discouraged if a Hellene says "ne" to a business deal; "ne" means "yes" in this language'

Answer: Greek


Question: 'This composer's 1868 work "Wiegenlied" is better known to us as "Lullaby"'

Answer: Johannes Brahms


Question: 'This Patrick McDonnell strip features Earl & Mooch'

Answer: Mutts


Question: 'Egypt & Kenya'

Answer: The Sudan


Question: 'In this roll named for a container, the plane revolves once on its longitudinal axis'

Answer: Barrel roll


Question: 'A mother of five is the heroine of "Mama" by this author who helped Stella get her groove back'

Answer: Terry McMillan


Question: 'Barbie could tell you it's the Hebrew word for "yes"; then again, maybe she couldn't'

Answer: Ken


Question: 'Joseph Haydn based this 1798 oratorio on the Bible & Milton's "Paradise Lost"'

Answer: The Creation


Question: 'Left on Walt Wallet's doorstep in 1921, this strip's Skeezix turned 75 in 1996'

Answer: Gasoline Alley


Question: 'Guatemala & Mexico'

Answer: Belize


Question: 'Pitch is when the plane's nose moves up or down, & this 3-letter word refers to a left or right motion'

Answer: Yaw


Question: '"Linden Hills" was Gloria Naylor's second novel; her first was "The Women of" this "Place"'

Answer: Brewster Place


Question: '"Sim O Senhor!" is the way to say "Yes Sir!" in this romance language'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'This Harvard law grad who worked in Nixon's Consumer Affairs Dept. also served in the Reagan & Bush cabinets'

Answer: Elizabeth Dole


Question: 'In 1885, a French boy who'd been bitten by a dog got the first inoculation against this'

Answer: rabies


Question: 'In a TV movie, the Globetrotters crash-landed on an island where they visited the cast of this '60s sitcom'

Answer: Gilligan\'s Island


Question: 'January 1, 1900:<br />"A new century dawns!"  This president "ushers in bold new 'Coal Age'"'

Answer: McKinley


Question: 'On Nov. 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in this largest lake in the Western Hemisphere'

Answer: Superior


Question: 'Irish satirist Swift'

Answer: Jonathan


Question: 'In terms of the mobility for patients, it's the opposite of bedridden'

Answer: ambulatory


Question: 'Well I'll be a monkey's uncle!  In 1940, Karl Landsteiner & his associates discovered this blood factor'

Answer: the Rh


Question: 'On "The Simpsons" Krusty bets huge on this frequent Globetrotter opponent, claiming they were due'

Answer: the (Washington) Generals


Question: 'July 12, 1977:<br />This man "praises former Ugandan defense minister as 'delicious'"'

Answer: Idi Amin


Question: 'The smallest of the Great Lakes, it has a surface area of about 7,500 square miles'

Answer: Ontario


Question: 'Acting brothers Alec, Billy & Stephen'

Answer: Baldwin


Question: 'Horrors!  It's a 5-letter term for friendliness'

Answer: amity


Question: 'It's no dream, this pain reliever was first isolated from opium in 1805'

Answer: morphine


Question: 'It's a no-brainer that this Nobel laureate & Secy. of State was made an honorary Globetrotter in 1976'

Answer: Kissinger


Question: 'April 17, 1928:<br />This author "grits teeth, beds nurse, fights in war, sits at bar, remembers nurse"'

Answer: Hemingway


Question: 'Named for the region's Indians, this second-largest Great Lake was the first one seen by Europeans'

Answer: Huron


Question: 'Broadway musical about Charlemagne's son'

Answer: Pippin


Question: 'From the Greek for "immortality", it's a fruit dessert made of oranges & shredded coconut'

Answer: ambrosia


Question: 'This type of surgery introduced in 1961 uses extreme cold to perform a "bloodless" operation'

Answer: cryogenic (or cryosurgery)


Question: 'In 1960 this female Wimbledon winner toured with the Harlem Globetrotters playing exhibition tennis'

Answer: Althea Gibson


Question: 'February 26, 1913:<br />Dateline, Vienna; this royal "boasts: 'No man can stop me'"'

Answer: Franz Ferdinand


Question: 'Rivers draining into this lake include the Muskegon, Kalamazoo & St. Joseph in the East'

Answer: Michigan


Question: 'British royal house symbolized by a white rose'

Answer: York


Question: 'A dentist could tell you it's an alloy of mercury with another metal'

Answer: amalgam


Question: 'In 1977 the balloon type of this procedure was used for the first time to unblock clogged heart arteries'

Answer: angioplasty


Question: 'On a 1963 European tour, the Globetrotters performed in a private audience before this new pope'

Answer: Paul VI


Question: 'March 16, 1923:<br />"Russians continuing to kill" him: "Hirsute mystic to reach demise 'no later than 1925'"'

Answer: Rasputin


Question: 'It's the shallowest of the Great Lakes, with its greatest depth only 210 feet'

Answer: Erie


Question: 'Austere, like the people of an ancient Greek city'

Answer: Spartan


Question: 'It's also called the belladonna lily or the naked lady'

Answer: amaryllis


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Egypt.) In the temple at this site, creator god Amun-Kamutef was worshipped; in the U.S. hotel of the same name, other gods are'

Answer: Luxor


Question: 'Garden tool for Father Time<br />(6)'

Answer: a scythe


Question: 'He has the simple job of controlling a "Wizard of Oz" character with whip & chair'

Answer: the Cowardly Lion tamer


Question: 'Here's a twist: he created Clara Copperfield'

Answer: Charles Dickens


Question: 'A 1984 eruption of this 13,677-foot volcanic mountain sent lava flowing within 4 miles of Hilo, Hawaii'

Answer: Mauna Loa


Question: 'This duo had 4 No. 1 hits, including "Cathy's Clown" & "Bird Dog"'

Answer: The Everly Brothers


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Idfu, Egypt.)  Egyptians made daily temple offerings to the gods of these two things, their own daily food & drink, which begin with the same letter'

Answer: bread & beer


Question: 'Plain, or steak<br />(9)'

Answer: Salisbury


Question: 'This tool-like man with a cross-shaped point is in charge of the front-of-the-house restaurant staff'

Answer: the Phillips-head waiter


Question: 'In "The Canterbury Tales", "The Knight's Tale" is followed by this "floury" one'

Answer: "The Miller\'s Tale"


Question: 'A 3-term U.S. Representative, she made a failed run at national office in 1984'

Answer: (Geraldine) Ferraro


Question: 'Dennis' big bro, he played a pilot who saved the world in 1996's "Independence Day"'

Answer: Randy Quaid


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Abu Simbel, Egypt.)  The cow goddess Hothor becoming part-woman was one of Egypt's first examples of this--worship of gods in human form'

Answer: anthropomorphism


Question: 'Letter opener<br />(10)'

Answer: a salutation


Question: 'Cabinet officer in charge of Boost & Red Bull'

Answer: the Secretary of Energy Drinks


Question: 'The alternate title of "Twelfth Night" means roughly the same as the title of this other Shakespeare play'

Answer: As You Like It


Question: 'This world leader was assassinated on Halloween by 2 of her security guards'

Answer: (Indira) Gandhi


Question: 'Only family in the musical sense, this group gave us "China Grove" & "Black Water"'

Answer: The Doobie Brothers


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Giza, Egypt.)  Once entombed in a pyramid, a dead king became identified with this god of the underworld, Horus's father'

Answer: Osiris


Question: 'Cheerful, or bloody<br />(8)'

Answer: sanguine


Question: 'This leggy beauty may wear a new fashion creation on 25 Right at LAX'

Answer: an airport runway model


Question: 'The creepy early novels of this author of "Atonement" got him dubbed "Ian Macabre"'

Answer: Ian McEwan


Question: 'His fortune would balloon after he formed Virgin Atlantic Airlines in '84'

Answer: (Richard) Branson


Question: 'The Coen Brothers co-wrote this 1987 comedy set in the American Southwest'

Answer: Raising Arizona


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cairo, Egypt.) Priests overseeing the mummification ritual process often wore masks depicting this Egyptian god of embalming'

Answer: Anubis


Question: 'Biblical blame bearer<br />(9)'

Answer: a scapegoat


Question: 'With little effort & big pay, this railroad man will take your ticket'

Answer: a gravy train conductor


Question: 'In 1728 Alexander Pope satirized his enemies not in "The Dopiad" or "The Fooliad", but in this mock-heroic poem'

Answer: The Dunciad


Question: 'Here's the "catch": in 1984 he penned "God Knows" in the form of an autobiography of King David'

Answer: (Joseph) Heller


Question: 'Look for Aretha, Ray, James Brown, Cab Calloway &, of course, Twiggy & Frank Oz in this 1980 film comedy'

Answer: The Blues Brothers


Question: 'In 1900 Teddy Roosevelt wrote, "I have always been fond of the West African proverb:" this'

Answer: \"speak softly and carry a big stick\"


Question: 'I swear I saw Dag Hammarskjold in Times Square; he's the top man in this nearby organization'

Answer: the U.N.


Question: 'A rug with a thick pile, or to chase & catch fly balls'

Answer: shag


Question: 'Actress Jennifer Hewitt'

Answer: Love


Question: 'Unfortunately for the Mets, on September 28, 2008, the Marlins beat them 4-2 in the last game played here'

Answer: Shea Stadium


Question: 'One reference to Yom Kippur is found in Leviticus 23, which calls for a "day of" this'

Answer: atonement


Question: 'Polonius, Act II, Scene i:<br />"Wherefore should you do this?"'

Answer: Hamlet


Question: 'Going to Cannes?  Make sure you've got plenty of these, made the monetary unit over there in 1795'

Answer: francs


Question: 'This negative verb is found in "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow"'

Answer: deny


Question: 'The Romantic Percy Shelley'

Answer: Bysshe


Question: 'Prior to becoming the New England Patriots, the Boston Patriots played their home games at this ballpark'

Answer: Fenway Park


Question: 'The Kol Nidre, an introductory prayer of Yom Kippur eve, is traditionally sung in this language of Jesus'

Answer: Aramaic


Question: 'Ariel, Act I, Scene ii:<br />"No"'

Answer: The Tempest


Question: 'I'm looking forward to lots more books from this author; "Music for Chameleons" won't be the last'

Answer: Truman Capote


Question: 'An eft is the juvenile terrestrial stage of this amphibian'

Answer: a newt


Question: 'Fur magnate & dynasty founder John Astor'

Answer: Jacob


Question: 'John L. Sullivan was the first heavyweight champ to box in this original venue; in 1971, Joe Frazier beat Ali there'

Answer: Madison Square Garden


Question: 'Traditional Rosh Hashanah foods include this fruit, with the hope that one's merits increase in number to match its seeds'

Answer: the pomegranate


Question: 'Second Capulet, Act I, Scene v:<br />"His son is thirty"'

Answer: Romeo and Juliet


Question: 'This "comp"any gave the first e-mail capability for PC users, & they'll rule the Internet for decades'

Answer: CompuServe


Question: 'The name of this central part of a church comes from the Latin for "ship", a reference to its shape'

Answer: nave


Question: 'Abolitionist William Garrison'

Answer: Lloyd


Question: 'It's hosted 2 Olympic Games, 2 Super Bowls & one World Series; it's also home to the USC Trojans'

Answer: the (L.A.) Coliseum


Question: 'Teruah, meant to sound like sobbing, is one type of blast on this, a ram's horn'

Answer: the shofar


Question: 'Goneril, Act II, Scene iv:<br />"At your choice, sir"'

Answer: King Lear


Question: 'I'm excited about this political magazine with Cindy Crawford as Washington on its first cover'

Answer: George


Question: 'This powerful engine from Dodge gets its name from the half-sphere shape of the combustion chamber'

Answer: a Hemi


Question: 'Tell Peter Tchaikovsky the news'

Answer: Ilyich


Question: 'In the beginning this team iced the puck at the Border Cities Arena in Windsor, Ontario; then for 50 years at Olympia Stadium'

Answer: the Detroit Red Wings


Question: 'In ancient times on Yom Kippur, a priest laid the sins of the people upon an animal, leading to this term'

Answer: scapegoat


Question: 'Cassio, Act I, Scene ii:<br />"To who?"'

Answer: Othello


Question: 'I have teriyaki steak prepared just for me at my table in this restaurant founded by Rocky Aoki'

Answer: Benihana


Question: 'Russian is an official language of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan & this nation once known as Byelorussia'

Answer: Belarus


Question: '"Oh daddy dear you know you're still number one", sang Cyndi Lauper in this 1984 hit'

Answer: "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"


Question: 'Fairbanks hosts one of the world's biggest competitions in sculpting this material'

Answer: ice


Question: '"Fancy Free" follows 3 of these on leave in New York City'

Answer: sailors


Question: 'Keats' ode to this bird begins, "My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains my sense"'

Answer: nightingale


Question: 'All by itself, the calla this makes a nice bouquet--oh, I shouldn't have'

Answer: lily


Question: 'This Chinese tongue is spoken by more than a billion people'

Answer: Mandarin


Question: 'Van Morrison wistfully recalled "Makin' love in the green grass, behind the stadium with you, my" this title female'

Answer: brown eyed girl


Question: 'Like Tallahassee, Florida, Alaska's capital of Juneau is located in a strip of land called this'

Answer: a panhandle


Question: 'Princess Aurora's christening is in the prologue of this ballet'

Answer: Sleeping Beauty


Question: 'It's the branch of science that specializes in the kidney'

Answer: nephrology


Question: 'Safe rock climbing requires a partner; rockhounding, also called this, I can do solo'

Answer: rock collecting


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa on the monitor.)  With around 180 million speakers worldwide, its the official language of eight countries, including the five former European colonies highlighted here'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'This single-named singer, a girl from Barbados, had a No. 1 hit in 2010 with "Only Girl (In The World)"'

Answer: Rihanna


Question: 'This city on an island now better known for a type of grizzly bear was the capital of Russian Alaska'

Answer: Kodiak


Question: 'Nijinsky's choreography & Stravinsky's score caused a riot at the 1913 premiere of this ballet'

Answer: The Rite of Spring


Question: 'It's an 11-letter synonym for "hell"'

Answer: a netherworld


Question: 'On a night of this Afro-Cuban-based dancing, I specialize in solos, called "shines"'

Answer: salsa


Question: 'Frisian, a Germanic language, is spoken in 3 areas, each with its own dialect, along the coast of this sea'

Answer: the North Sea


Question: 'In 1983 Michael Jackson & Paul McCartney duetted, "Don't waste your time, because the doggone" this'

Answer: "because the doggone girl is mine"


Question: '"Alaska" means "mainland" in the language of these natives who gave their name to a long Alaskan island chain'

Answer: the Aleuts (the Aleutians accepted)


Question: 'This ballet choreographed by Agnes de Mille is subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch"'

Answer: Rodeo


Question: 'This male first name is from the Hebrew for "gift of God"'

Answer: Nathaniel


Question: 'I like to take me for a ride in my Cri-cri, a one-seat type of this, 13 feet long'

Answer: an airplane


Question: 'The Colorado language is spoken by around 2,000 in the jungle west of this capital of Ecuador'

Answer: Quito


Question: 'Appropriately, the 2011 film "Rio" featured the 1960s hit about "The Girl From" this place'

Answer: Ipanema


Question: 'Alaska's major river system, it flows in from that big Canadian territory next door'

Answer: the Yukon


Question: 'Adolphe Adam's masterpiece is the music for this 1841 ballet in which the title girl emerges from her grave to dance'

Answer: Giselle


Question: 'This soft white cheese with a French name is similar to cream cheese'

Answer: Neufchâtel


Question: 'He gave his horse a name that partly means "nag" in Spanish; the name he gave himself refers to a piece of armor'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'The name of this foodstuff comes from the Chinese "dou" for beans & "fu" for rotten'

Answer: tofu


Question: 'In June 2009 Hollywood mourned the passing of this longtime sidekick of Johnny Carson'

Answer: Ed McMahon


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway) As an adaptation to their cold environment, these sensory organs on walruses aren't external, but they can still detect input from up to a mile away'

Answer: ears


Question: 'Employees' Compensation Appeals Board'

Answer: Labor


Question: 'Sometimes this verdict is "by reason of insanity"'

Answer: not guilty


Question: 'From the Greek for "child", it's a doctor who specializes in the care of children'

Answer: pediatrician


Question: 'This big flatfish got its name because it was largely eaten on holy days'

Answer: halibut


Question: 'This over 7-foot-tall "walking carpet" was Han Solo's first mate & constant companion'

Answer: Chewbacca


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway) The Atlantic variety of this comical seabird has a parrot-like bill that can hold many fish at one time'

Answer: a puffin


Question: 'Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service'

Answer: Agriculture


Question: 'Hyphenated term for an organization that exists to provide a service rather than to make money'

Answer: a not-for-profit (or not-profit)


Question: 'In a nursery rhyme, this woman "had so many children she didn't know what to do"'

Answer: The woman who lived in a shoe


Question: 'This fruit's name comes from the Latin Persica praecocia, meaning "early ripening peach"'

Answer: an apricot


Question: 'On "I Love Lucy", she was Lucy's bff & partner in mischief'

Answer: Ethel (Mertz)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway) The fin whale, second only to the blue whale in size, moves so quickly through the water that it is known as this racing dog breed of the sea'

Answer: greyhound


Question: 'The Bureau of Engraving & Printing'

Answer: Treasury


Question: 'Completes the title of Christopher Paul Curtis' classic novel for young adults "Bud,..."'

Answer: Not, Buddy


Question: 'This can be used if a child misbehaves & should be 1 minute long per year of age; in the NBA it's 20 sec. or 1 minute'

Answer: a timeout


Question: 'In German the "brat" in bratwurst means "roast"; the "wurst" means this'

Answer: sausage


Question: 'In books & the movies, Harry Potter has 2 sidekicks: Hermione Granger & this redheaded boy'

Answer: Ron Weasley


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway) A polar bear weighs a pound at birth, but because its mother's milk is 35% this, the richest milk of any bear species, a cub can weigh 20 pounds in 3 or 4 months'

Answer: fat


Question: 'The Directorate for Management, The Office of Intelligence and Analysis'

Answer: Homeland Security


Question: 'This line of denim pants for women (whether or not they are moms) is known as NYDJ for short'

Answer: Not Your Daughter\'s Jeans


Question: '1212's disastrous Children's Crusade may have been the inspiration for the story of this legendary flute player'

Answer: the Pied Piper


Question: 'Originally traded as solid cakes, after granulation this substance was called sakkara, meaning grit or gravel'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'Jay Chou is seen here as this sidekick in a 2011 film'

Answer: Kato


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway) During development, a reindeer's antlers have a soft covering called this, named for the luxurious fabric it resembles'

Answer: velvet


Question: 'Patent and Trademark Office, Bureau of Economic Analysis'

Answer: Commerce


Question: 'This 15-letter word means "in spite of"'

Answer: notwithstanding


Question: 'At the park the full bucket type of this is for 2- & 3-year-olds; kids who are 4 & 5 graduate to the half bucket'

Answer: a swing


Question: 'As Speaker of the House, he was Dennis Hastert's predecessor'

Answer: Newt Gingrich


Question: 'In finding the area of a parallelogram, a=bh, b standing for this'

Answer: base


Question: 'Willie Dixon had the blues, saying this hard rock group didn't credit him for "Whole Lotta Love"; the sides settled in 1987'

Answer: Led Zeppelin


Question: 'Janian means this many " -faced "'

Answer: two


Question: 'This novel by Toni Morrison won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction'

Answer: Beloved


Question: 'With more than a billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity'

Answer: Roman Catholicism


Question: 'He was David's predecessor as Israel's king'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'Regarding sets, "R" refers to real numbers & "Q" refers to this group of numbers that also begins with 1'

Answer: rational numbers


Question: 'This unfortunate word precedes Willie Johnson, Willie McTell & Lemon Jefferson in the performing names of bluesmen'

Answer: Blind


Question: 'Misandry is "hatred of" these'

Answer: men


Question: 'In 1852 Dickens started publishing this novel featuring the Jarndyces'

Answer: Bleak House


Question: 'During the 5th & 6th centuries, under the T'ang dynasty, it became "the way" of China'

Answer: Taoism


Question: 'As center fielder for the New York Yankees, Mickey Mantle filled this Hall of Famer's shoes'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'cos, in trig'

Answer: cosine


Question: 'After this onetime "Beale St. Blues Boy" played 342 one-nighters in 1956, we had to wonder, was the thrill gone?'

Answer: B. B. King


Question: 'Addubitation is "questioning oneself as though in" this'

Answer: doubt


Question: 'This children's classic is subtitled "A Life in the Woods"'

Answer: Bambi


Question: 'You'll find the official website of this religious group at www.watchtower.org'

Answer: the Jehovah\'s Witnesses


Question: 'As commander of U.N. forces in Korea, he preceded Matthew B. Ridgway'

Answer: Douglas MacArthur


Question: 'cot, also in trig'

Answer: cotangent


Question: 'Heard here, he popularized the blues in the U.S. & even faraway England in the 1950s'

Answer: Muddy Waters


Question: 'An acnestis is "the part of the back between the shoulder blades ...which an animal cannot reach to" do this to it'

Answer: scratch


Question: 'This novel by Sinclair Lewis is a scathing indictment of middle-class America'

Answer: Babbitt


Question: 'The Theravada is the more conservative of the 2 main branches of this religion'

Answer: Buddhism


Question: 'In 2011 Larry Page took over as CEO of Google, following this man'

Answer: (Eric) Schmidt


Question: 'csc--what's with all the trig?'

Answer: cosecant


Question: '2011 is the 100th anniv. of the birth of this bluesman, known for the "Crossroads" where some say he sold his soul'

Answer: Robert Johnson


Question: 'Deteriorism is "the doctrine that the tendency of things is to grow" this'

Answer: worse


Question: 'Amelia Evans opens a cafe in this novella by Carson McCullers'

Answer: Ballad of the Sad Cafe


Question: 'Begun around 1500 by Guru Nanak, this religion incorporates elements of Hinduism'

Answer: Sikhism


Question: 'In February 1967 this Asian leader said his people would "never agree to negotiate under the threat of bombing"'

Answer: Ho Chi Minh


Question: 'In 1971 Daniel Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers to this newspaper's Neil Sheehan'

Answer: The New York Times


Question: 'This Dickens character is the first full name mentioned in J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye"'

Answer: David Copperfield


Question: 'The ocean current named for this most populous state flows south at a slow, you might also say mellow, pace'

Answer: California


Question: 'Of $3.75, $5.15 or $7.25, the current federal minimum hourly wage'

Answer: $5.15


Question: 'This 4th century B.C. Macedonian king supposedly "wept, for there were no more worlds to conquer"'

Answer: Alexander the Great


Question: 'You might've noticed this 132-room building on an 18-acre plot a few doors down'

Answer: the White House


Question: 'This 108-year-old magazine that covers hunting & fishing is "The soul of the American outdoors"'

Answer: Field & Stream


Question: 'This legendary frontiersman's motto was "Be always sure you're right--then go ahead!"'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'Blend the north & south equatorial currents, add a splash from west of Florida & you've got this "stream"'

Answer: the Gulf Stream


Question: 'The value of all goods & services produced within a country during a year makes up this, the GDP'

Answer: the gross domestic product


Question: 'In 1949 this country legend sang, "The midnight train is whining low, I'm so lonesome I could cry"'

Answer: Hank Williams


Question: '"Earthy" term for an overwhelming election victory'

Answer: landslide


Question: 'The logo of this humorous newspaper is seen here'

Answer: The Onion


Question: 'In terms of electricity, it flows steadily in one direction'

Answer: direct current


Question: 'A dip in the Arctic current named for this, the world's largest island, would certainly be invigorating'

Answer: Greenland


Question: 'Created in 1914, this agency issues cease & desist orders against firms engaging in unlawful practices'

Answer: the Federal Trade Commission


Question: 'This magazine has been giving its seal of approval since 1909'

Answer: Good Housekeeping


Question: 'This epic poem by Dante is divided into 3 sections: the Inferno, the Purgatorio & the Paradiso'

Answer: the Divine Comedy


Question: 'Spanish for "the child", it's the warm back eddy of the chilly Peru Current'

Answer: El Niño


Question: 'Its past chairmen have included Thomas McCabe, Arthur Burns & Paul Volcker'

Answer: the Federal Reserve


Question: 'It calls itself "The newspaper of Capitol Hill since 1955"'

Answer: Roll Call


Question: 'The Falkland Current flows for hundreds of miles up the east coast of this country'

Answer: Argentina


Question: 'The full title of Adam Smith's monumental 1776 work is "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of" this'

Answer: the Wealth of Nations


Question: 'In California, February 6, 2004 was proclaimed this president's "Day" in honor of his 93rd birthday'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Exit 61B: I may be conservative on the Supreme Court but take me hunting & I shoot liberally'

Answer: Justice Scalia


Question: 'Sexy nickname of Major Margaret Houlihan on "M*A*S*H"'

Answer: "Hot Lips"


Question: 'Poised to unseat Bill Gates as numero uno is this Berkshire Hathaway man, now ranked No. 2'

Answer: Warren Buffett


Question: 'If you're genuphobic, you're afraid of these lower body parts that bend'

Answer: knees


Question: 'In 1905 at his house in Switzerland, this German physicist wrote his theory of relativity'

Answer: Einstein


Question: 'He was the fifth Harvard grad to become president, & the first Roman Catholic'

Answer: John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Question: 'I'm on first, Exit 102.  What's on second?  My partner Costello, Exit 155P'

Answer: Abbot


Question: 'When business is good, things are "selling like" these pan-fried foods'

Answer: hotcakes


Question: 'The Donald tied for No. 205 with the Steven--this director'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'If you've got musophobia, you may yell "Eek!" on seeing one of these small animals'

Answer: mice


Question: 'Splitting atoms to release energy is called fission; combining atoms to release energy is called this'

Answer: fusion


Question: 'His presidential library sells aprons with the motto "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen"'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'Born off the Ohio Pike:<br />I invented so much stuff in N.J. they named a township for me (take Exit 10 & 287)'

Answer: (Thomas) Edison


Question: 'As a verb, it means to perform difficult stunts; as a noun, it's something you eat at the ballpark'

Answer: hot dog


Question: '5 members of this retail family made the Top 10, including Jim & John (shouldn't that be Jim-Bob & John-Boy?)'

Answer: the Waltons


Question: 'Gephyrophobia is a fear of crossing these structures & we'll do it when we come to it'

Answer: a bridge


Question: 'Chemical symbol U, this metallic element is used as a fuel in nuclear reactors & weapons'

Answer: uranium


Question: 'At over 330 pounds, you might say this Wilson predecessor had a huge impact on the presidency'

Answer: Howard Taft


Question: 'Exit 100B down the shore: You're in for a beat-down if you don't know I'm the male actor with the most Oscar nominations'

Answer: Jack Nicholson


Question: 'To start a car by short-circuiting the ignition'

Answer: hotwire


Question: 'Ironically, Dhanin Chearavanont made a fortune with this kind of "feed", slang for a small amount of money'

Answer: chicken feed


Question: 'If you've got dendrophobia, a fear of these, you probably can't see the forest for them'

Answer: trees


Question: 'Of the first 5 U.S. presidents, he was the only one who wasn't born in Virginia'

Answer: Adams


Question: 'A heated building usually with glass walls where delicate plants are raised'

Answer: the hot house


Question: 'There's no potter's field in the future for this creator of Harry Potter; she's No. 552'

Answer: J.K. Rowling


Question: 'Hopefully Noah didn't have antlophobia, a fear of these natural disasters'

Answer: floods


Question: 'In the year 1958, the U.S. Senate was made up of this many members'

Answer: 96


Question: 'Her memoir "Living History" sold about 200,000 copies on its first day of release in 2003'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: '"Strike" while the iron is hot, IOC -- this sport might be right up your "alley" as an Olympic sport'

Answer: bowling


Question: 'When hiking the Grand Canyon, don't try to make it top to bottom & back in 1 day, & these animals have the right of way'

Answer: mules


Question: '"Don't" do this "to spite your face"'

Answer: cut off your nose


Question: 'U.S. president known as "Handsome Frank"'

Answer: Franklin Pierce


Question: 'It's the thin sheet of cartilage & bone separating the nostrils; a deviated one can cause problems breathing'

Answer: septum


Question: 'This almost 900-page book sold about 5 million copies on its first day of sale, June 21, 2003'

Answer: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix


Question: 'The WBF isn't full of dummies, it wants this card game in the Olympics'

Answer: bridge


Question: 'Each January this city hosts the North American International Auto Show'

Answer: Detroit


Question: 'Make a big deal over something little & you "make a mountain out of" this'

Answer: a molehill


Question: 'He was the model for Howard Roark, the architect in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'Bicuspids are also known as pre-these & are permanent grinding teeth'

Answer: molars


Question: 'Jack Ryan is a novice CIA analyst in this "colorful" 2002 bestseller by Tom Clancy'

Answer: Red Rabbit


Question: 'If this competition doesn't waltz into the games, it can foxtrot or cha cha'

Answer: ballroom dancing


Question: 'At this ranch about 40 minutes out of Dallas you can eat at Miss Ellie's Deli'

Answer: Southfork


Question: 'As it often turns out, "Truth is stranger than" this'

Answer: fiction


Question: 'A West Point graduate, Apollo 8 took him around the moon'

Answer: Frank Borman


Question: 'It's the scientific name for the lower jaw'

Answer: mandible


Question: '"Gettysburg", cowritten by this former House speaker, imagines a Confederate victory at Gettysburg'

Answer: Newt Gingrich