Question: 'Oscar-winning 1982 Bergman film that's been accused of being "Deep Throat" but vigorously denies it'

Answer: Fanny and Alexander Haig


Question: 'In 1980 Riccardo Muti succeeded this man at the helm of the Philadelphia Orchestra'

Answer: (Eugene) Ormandy


Question: 'Glenn was the Marquise de Merteuil to John Malkovich's Vicomte de Valmont in this period film'

Answer: Dangerous Liaisons


Question: 'Using pueblos as a model, Mary Colter designed the structure seen here, known by this 10-letter name'

Answer: the Watchtower


Question: 'This land of the "dragon people" depicts Saturn on its beautiful 1995 1-sertum solar system coin'

Answer: Bhutan


Question: 'This German philosopher (what, you need more?) was known for his pessimistic life views & Kant-influenced works'

Answer: (Arthur) Schopenhauer


Question: 'Man with a 1947 "plan" who took on Eminem's birth name'

Answer: George Marshall Mathers


Question: 'Given to Washington by Lafayette, one of the keys to this is on display at Mount Vernon'

Answer: the Bastille


Question: 'Established in 1897, Black Hills National Forest is home to Wind Cave National Park & this national memorial'

Answer: Mount Rushmore


Question: 'This 1971 Temptations hit was subtitled "Running Away With Me"'

Answer: "Just My Imagination"


Question: 'Capuchin, one of these tropical forest dwellers'

Answer: a monkey


Question: 'By imposing a military dictatorship on France in 1799, he became one of the most powerful men in the world'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'It's the color in the name of a bear, a berry & a bird'

Answer: black


Question: 'Opened in 1829, the Welland Canal was built to circumvent these falls on the Canada-U.S. border'

Answer: Niagara Falls


Question: 'In 1950 this animal that became the symbol of forest fire prevention was found in New Mexico's Lincoln National Forest'

Answer: Smokey the Bear


Question: 'In February 1975 this Scottish sextet's album "AWB" topped the charts'

Answer: Average White Band


Question: 'Candlemas, celebrating the infant Jesus being taken to this place in Jerusalem'

Answer: the temple


Question: 'As leader of the Baath party, he became dictator of a Middle Eastern country in 1979; in 2003 he was deposed'

Answer: Saddam Hussein


Question: 'It's the color as well as the translucent material in the picture seen here'

Answer: amber


Question: 'The name of this 12th century landmark seen here might ring a bell'

Answer: (the Cathedral of) Notre Dame


Question: 'A replica of the 1st Spanish mission in Eastern Texas stands in the natl. forest named for this "King of the Wild Frontier"'

Answer: Davy Crockett


Question: 'In 1976 this "wild" group topped both the Hot 100 & R&B charts with "Play That Funky Music"'

Answer: Wild Cherry


Question: 'Connolly, Maureen, one of the great players in this sport'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'In 1279 Kublai Khan founded the Yuan Dynasty, putting all of this Asian country under foreign rule for the first time'

Answer: China


Question: 'Color of the mutant form of the brown rat that's used for medical experiments'

Answer: white


Question: 'When you land at Indira Gandhi International Airport, you're in this city'

Answer: New Delhi


Question: 'Trees in this state's Tongass National Forest include western hemlock, cedar, & sitka spruce'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Michael McDonald co-wrote this band's hit "What A Fool Believes" with Kenny Loggins'

Answer: The Doobie Brothers


Question: 'The Colossus of Rhodes, a gigantic statue of this god whose name is Greek for sun'

Answer: Helios


Question: 'The name of this man, seen here, is now synonymous with ruthless power'

Answer: Stalin


Question: 'Azurite, an ore of copper, is this color'

Answer: blue


Question: 'An instrumental figure in ending school segregation, Roy Wilkins headed this organization for over 20 years'

Answer: the NAACP


Question: 'Sequoia & Tahoe National Forests lie in this mountain range'

Answer: the Sierra Nevada


Question: 'This 1973 Carpenters hit begins, "When I was young I'd listen to the radio..."'

Answer: "Yesterday Once More"


Question: 'Cellulose, a carbohydrate that makes up this part of a plant's cell'

Answer: the cell walls


Question: 'In 1922, after his Fascisti marched on the capital, he became Italy's P.M. & most powerful politician'

Answer: Mussolini


Question: 'It's the vivid color named for the showy flowers seen here'

Answer: fuschia


Question: 'As many as 300,000 may have died in the Japanese takeover of this city in December 1937'

Answer: Nanking


Question: 'Fasten your seatbelts!  CERN's LHC in Geneva stands for "large hadron" one of these'

Answer: a collider


Question: 'First name of the cousin of Goober who was regularly on the receiving end of Sgt. Carter's tirades'

Answer: Gomer


Question: 'This is the 3-letter word when you're told not to reveal something'

Answer: mum


Question: 'Robert Frost described one of these as "twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer"'

Answer: a jury


Question: 'U.S. Presidential elections are held on this day of the week'

Answer: Tuesday


Question: 'On Christmas Day, 1541 his Sistine Chapel painting of "The Last Judgment" was unveiled to the public'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Without this German's constant introduced in 1900, we probably wouldn't have quantum physics'

Answer: Planck


Question: 'One of Texas A&M's athletes, or a playing marble'

Answer: an aggie


Question: 'Add these 2 letters to "steal" to get a secretive quality thieves need'

Answer: T-H


Question: 'Suetonius' book "The Twelve" of these, including Julius & Augustus, remains a key source after 1900 years'

Answer: Caesars


Question: 'In Esperanto this day is lundo'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", it's the second day's gift'

Answer: two turtle doves


Question: 'The Michelson interferometer was invented to show light moves thru this medium & found it didn't exist'

Answer: ether


Question: 'It's either a credit card company or an endorsement on a passport allowing entry'

Answer: visa


Question: 'A strategy for concealing an unethical act; the Watergate one was famous'

Answer: a cover-up


Question: 'Twelve Oaks is the name of this family's plantation in "Gone With the Wind"'

Answer: the Wilkes


Question: 'Lisa Loring played this creepy girl on TV in the '60s'

Answer: Wednesday (Addams)


Question: 'This conflict officially ended in 1814 on Christmas Eve with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent in Belgium'

Answer: The War of 1812


Question: 'The equation for its speed is velocity equals frequency times length'

Answer: a wave


Question: 'Part of a Shakespearean comedy title, its synonyms are fuss, bustle & bother'

Answer: ado


Question: 'That folder of top-secret info must be stamped FYEO, short for this'

Answer: For Your Eyes Only


Question: 'Gaea & Uranus created this group of 12 gods later overthrown by Zeus'

Answer: the Titans


Question: 'It's the Sabbath to a Seventh-day Adventist'

Answer: Saturday


Question: 'It's the city where Charlemagne spent Christmas Day, 800'

Answer: Rome


Question: 'In 1822 Joseph Fourier published his theory on how this form of energy flows in solid bodies'

Answer: heat


Question: 'No clowning on this job where you're responsible for administering the funds of, say, a philanthropy'

Answer: trustee


Question: 'To move about in a furtive manner; it's also a term for a group of foxes'

Answer: skulk


Question: 'The 12-tone system of musical composition was created by this Austrian composer'

Answer: (Arnold) Schoenberg


Question: 'According to tradition, Jesus had his Last Supper on this day of the week'

Answer: Thursday


Question: 'Vasco da Gama gave this future South African province its name when he discovered it on Christmas Day, 1497'

Answer: Natal


Question: 'At Harvard, this writer proposed that we work 1 day & leave 6 free for the "sublime revelations of nature"'

Answer: Henry David Thoreau


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Cape Cod, Massachusetts)  In the years after leaving Walden Pond, he made four walking trips to Cape Cod, wishing to get a better view of the ocean'

Answer: (Henry David) Thoreau


Question: 'His father Shirley Povich was one of the greatest sportswriters of the 20th century'

Answer: Maury Povich


Question: 'His big wheel built for the 1893 expo in Chicago & used at the 1904 expo in St. Louis was then sold for scrap'

Answer: George Ferris


Question: 'By definition, crudites are veggies served this way'

Answer: raw


Question: 'In 1967 this company bought Burger King for a lot of dough, boy'

Answer: Pillsbury


Question: 'On his last of 3 live appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show", he was only shown from the waist up'

Answer: Elvis Presley


Question: 'This "Breakfast of Champions" author once put breakfast on the table by selling Saabs on Cape Cod'

Answer: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.


Question: 'The family tree of actress Leelee Sobieski includes Jan Sobieski, a 17th century king of this country'

Answer: Poland


Question: 'She left her mark on Louis XV & her name on a big hair style'

Answer: Madame de Pompadour


Question: 'Egypt's hawk-headed sun god'

Answer: Ra


Question: 'Photographer Linda Eastman hooked up with this rock star in 1967 & married him 2 years later'

Answer: Paul McCartney


Question: 'You might need "jacks or better" to open when playing this game'

Answer: poker


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew)  Though part of it was written in one of these Cape Cod dune shacks, his 1957 work "On the Road" begins & ends in New York City'

Answer: Jack Kerouac


Question: 'This actor from "Twin Peaks" & "Sex and the City" claims to be a direct descendant of Johann Sebastian Bach'

Answer: Kyle MacLachlan


Question: 'A territory in Africa & a scholarship in Oxford have borne this businessman's name'

Answer: Cecil Rhodes


Question: 'Speaking familially, the opposite of bro'

Answer: sis


Question: 'A soup can Andy Warhol exhibited in 1960 was Campbell's this, of the genus Lycopersicon, & rice'

Answer: tomato


Question: 'Since 1954, the Blue Angels' home base has been this Florida naval air station known as the "Annapolis of the Air"'

Answer: Pensacola


Question: 'This 4-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright launched his career with the Provincetown Players'

Answer: Eugene O\'Neill


Question: 'She got her first big break playing Connie in "The Godfather", directed by her brother Francis Ford Coppola'

Answer: Talia Shire


Question: 'Last name of John & Henry, who leased the land for a Louisville racetrack to their nephew'

Answer: Churchill


Question: 'Oops, "I fall down, go" this'

Answer: boom


Question: 'Popular fashions in 1967 included the Sgt. Pepper satin uniform look & jackets named for this ex-Indian prime minister'

Answer: Nehru


Question: 'Ceramic name for the type of enamel used in bathroom fixtures'

Answer: porcelain


Question: 'In January 2003 Provincetown proclaimed this "Naked and the Dead" author's day, in honor of his 80th birthday'

Answer: Norman Mailer


Question: 'Dancer Martha Graham was a descendant of this colonist whose "Courtship" was the subject of a famous poem'

Answer: Miles Standish


Question: 'Though famous for his red-shirted followers, he has an orange fish named for him'

Answer: Giuseppe Garibaldi


Question: 'In 2003 Playtex introduced 1/2 sizes to this product'

Answer: bras


Question: 'Comic artist who created the famous "Keep on Trucking" cartoon'

Answer: Robert Crumb


Question: 'A verb & the words modifying it make up this syntactic unit that's part of a complete sentence'

Answer: predicate


Question: 'In 1951 British explorer Eric Shipton took photos of what were reported to be the footprints of this creature'

Answer: the Yeti/the Abominable Snowman


Question: 'Number in the name of a Florida auto race first run on February 22, 1959'

Answer: (Daytona) 500


Question: 'This green plant pigment was first produced in the laboratory by Robert Woodward in 1960'

Answer: chlorophyll


Question: 'March 31, 2002, seen here'

Answer: Sunday


Question: 'Pam Tillis asked us to "Call Me" this woman, "'cause I'm the queen of denial"'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'Before you ask for mine, you should know it's from the Greek for "self written"'

Answer: autograph


Question: 'This pack animal is also called the grunting ox because of its grunts of protest when it is overloaded'

Answer: yak


Question: 'A period of regulation play in the National Hockey League lasts this many minutes'

Answer: 20


Question: 'Of tulips, carnations or dahlias, the one not grown from bulbs'

Answer: carnations


Question: 'November 3, 1992, November 5, 1996 & November 7, 2000'

Answer: Tuesday


Question: 'Eminem compared himself & his daughter to this gangster duo of the 1930s'

Answer: Bonnie and Clyde


Question: 'In church, & on a chess board, it's from the Greek for "overseer"'

Answer: bishop


Question: 'This peak in the Karakoram Range is the second-highest in the Himalayas'

Answer: K2 (Godwin-Austen)


Question: '(I'm NFL wide receiver Troy Brown)  I'm happy to say that a defensive back can only bump me until I'm this far from the line of scrimmage'

Answer: 5 yards


Question: 'The "L" attached to the names of numerous plants refers to this 18th century botanist'

Answer: (Carl) Linnaeus


Question: 'October 27, 2001 & another sea of red, seen here'

Answer: Saturday


Question: 'A big band number said this man "sailed the sea without a compass, when his men began a rumpus"'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'This liquid part of the blood derives its name from the Greek for something molded or formed'

Answer: plasma


Question: 'Pilgrims from all parts of central Asia journey to Tibet to Mount Kailas, which is sacred to these 2 religions'

Answer: Buddhism & Hinduism


Question: 'If you strike out & double in 2 major league at bats, your batting average is .500 & your slugging average is this'

Answer: 1.000


Question: 'Also known as ling, this low evergreen shrub grows in the moors of Britain & is found in peat bogs'

Answer: heather


Question: 'April 14, 1865'

Answer: Friday


Question: 'Don McLean's musical tribute to this man begins, "Starry starry night"'

Answer: Vincent Van Gogh


Question: 'From Greek for "color", it means pertaining to color, or to a musical scale that's been modified'

Answer: chromatic


Question: 'This river, Pakistan's longest, rises in Tibet & then flows through the Himalayas on its way to the sea'

Answer: the Indus


Question: 'Minimum number of points you must win to win a set in tennis'

Answer: 24


Question: 'It's the carbohydrate found in fruits used to jell various foods'

Answer: pectin


Question: 'October 19, 1987, a "Black" day for Wall Street'

Answer: Monday


Question: 'The Beatles' "I'm So Tired" says, "I'll have another cigarette and curse" this man who died in 1618'

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh


Question: 'A battery of tests will tell you this element's name is from the Greek for "stony"'

Answer: lithium


Question: 'In 1923 the Zeiss unit seen here was placed under a dome to create the first modern one of these'

Answer: a planetarium


Question: 'During the Civil War blockade, Southerners used dogwood bark tea instead of quinine in treating this'

Answer: Malaria


Question: 'Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin served on a British ship that attacked New Orleans during this war'

Answer: War of 1812


Question: 'Although his 1974 hit "Bennie And The Jets" hit No. 1 in the U.S., it only reached No. 37 in the U.K.'

Answer: Elton John


Question: 'Guatemala's scenic Lake Atitlan is surrounded by inactive ones of these'

Answer: Volcanoes


Question: 'Maggio is the Italian name for this month'

Answer: May


Question: 'In 1970 the Oregon Highway Division blew up a beached one of these mammals & damaged a car 1/4 mile away'

Answer: Whale


Question: 'Oil from this pickle "weed" is a folk remedy for infant colic'

Answer: Dill


Question: 'This first American to orbit the Earth shot down 3 MIGs during the Korean War'

Answer: John Glenn


Question: '(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />Group heard here, they were originally known as the Detours:'

Answer: The Who


Question: 'Leech Lake in Minnesota is the largest of this river's headwater lakes'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'Italians call this metal argento'

Answer: Silver


Question: 'After a photo finish of this 1996 horse race, ABC went to commercial & missed the winner being announced'

Answer: Kentucky Derby


Question: 'In years past a "plaster" containing the oil of this plant was applied for severe chest colds'

Answer: Mustard


Question: 'After a $10 airplane ride, she hired Neta Snook to teach her to fly'

Answer: Amelia Earhart


Question: 'Her No. 1 hit "Take A Bow" was one of the singles released from her "Bedtime Stories" album'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'Lake Constance lies on the border of Austria, Switzerland & this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'Italian weather terms include la pioggia -- rain -- & il vento -- this'

Answer: Wind


Question: 'In 1542 Jacques Cartier returned to France with fool's gold & quartz, thinking them real gold & these gems'

Answer: Diamonds


Question: 'This plant that gives beer its pleasantly bitter taste is valued by herbalists as a sedative'

Answer: Hops


Question: 'Paul du Chaillu, who made 2 trips to Gabon, was the first westerner to write about this great ape'

Answer: Gorilla


Question: 'This group's 1972 hit "Take It Easy" was written by group member Glenn Frey & Jackson Browne'

Answer: The Eagles


Question: 'Seneca Lake, one of these New York lakes, exceeds 600 feet in depth'

Answer: Finger Lakes


Question: 'Eye drops are delle gocce per gliocchi & these drops are delle gocce per le orecchie'

Answer: Ear Drops


Question: 'A Casper, Wyoming game & fish display to stop this crime had 3 sets of trophy antlers stolen from it'

Answer: Poaching


Question: 'Many keep a pot of this succulent member of the lily family in the kitchen to treat minor burns'

Answer: Aloe


Question: 'He made the 2nd voyage around the world'

Answer: Sir Francis Drake


Question: 'Three Dog Night made this Hoyt Axton tune the No. 1 song of 1971'

Answer: "Joy To The World"


Question: 'The capacity of this artificial lake 15 miles east of Las Vegas is 38.3 billion cubic meters'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: 'The laundromat is la lavanderia automatica & this kind of establishment is la lavanderia a secco'

Answer: Dry Cleaners


Question: 'An outcry led the Post Office to reconsider issuing a 1995 stamp showing this WWII event'

Answer: Dropping the A-bomb on Hiroshima


Question: 'It's a monk or priest of Tibetan Buddhism, whose spiritual leader is the Dalai'

Answer: Lama


Question: 'About a third of this state lies north of the Arctic Circle'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'This musical opens as Miguel de Cervantes is thrown into a dungeon for crimes against the church'

Answer: "Man of La Mancha"


Question: 'The earliest known fossil of one of these was found in Arizona; it "croaked" about 200 million years ago'

Answer: Frog


Question: 'Theodor Geisel, better known by this pseudonym, wrote "I Wish That I Had Duck Feet" under the name Theo. LeSieg'

Answer: Dr. Seuss


Question: 'From the Latin for "horse", this 6-letter adjective means pertaining to or resembling a horse'

Answer: Equine


Question: 'It can mean a priest of Haitian folk religion or the religion itself'

Answer: Voodoo


Question: 'Indiana's 2nd-largest city is on the site of this stockade built in 1794 & named for a "mad" general'

Answer: Fort Wayne


Question: 'When this play premiered on Broadway in 1963, Joan Tetzel played the role of Nurse Ratched'

Answer: "One Flew Over the Cuckoo\'s Nest"


Question: 'In January 1995, for the first time in 40 years, this party controlled both the U.S. House & the Senate'

Answer: Republican


Question: '7 years after creating Stuart Little, E.B. White spun this tale about a spider'

Answer: "Charlotte\'s Web"


Question: 'Antediluvian means "before" this event described in Genesis 7 & 8'

Answer: The Flood


Question: 'A tohunga is a priest of these New Zealanders'

Answer: Maori


Question: 'This region of South Dakota & Wyoming has the largest gold mine in the U.S.'

Answer: Black Hills


Question: 'Rostand play in which Roxane says, "I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love"'

Answer: "Cyrano de Bergerac"


Question: 'On July 12 the FDA said this is a drug that should be regulated'

Answer: Nicotine


Question: 'Johnny Gruelle created his stories about this pair of dolls to entertain his sickly daughter Marcella'

Answer: Raggedy Ann & Raggedy Andy


Question: 'Burly, like a certain sled dog'

Answer: Husky


Question: 'The priestly upper caste of the ancient Celts, they often held ceremonies in oak groves'

Answer: Druids


Question: 'This mountain range extends about 400 miles from near the Mojave Desert to the Feather River'

Answer: Sierra Nevadas


Question: 'This Eugene O' Neill trilogy consists of "Homecoming", "The Hunted" & "The Haunted"'

Answer: "Mourning Becomes Electra"


Question: 'In South Africa's first non-racial local elections, this party received 66% of the vote'

Answer: ANC (African National Congress)


Question: '"The Moon Lady" was the first children's book by this author of "The Joy Luck Club"'

Answer: Amy Tan


Question: 'Fancy-free, as in the title of a Kevin Bacon-Lori Singer film'

Answer: Footloose


Question: 'It's the priestly class of Hinduism'

Answer: Brahmans


Question: 'The Cape Fear River, one of this state's longest, is formed by the Deep & Haw Rivers'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'Later a movie, this play starring Judy Holliday was the first written by Garson Kanin'

Answer: "Born Yesterday"


Question: 'In July she married Daniel Ducruet, her former bodyguard & father of her 2 children'

Answer: Princess Stephanie of Monaco


Question: 'It's the first adjective in the poem "The Raven"'

Answer: dreary


Question: 'With 6, this 1981 German film holds the record for most Oscar nominations for a foreign-language film'

Answer: \"Das Boot\" (\"The Boat\")


Question: 'This name for an earthenware beer mug is German for "stone"'

Answer: Stein


Question: 'In addition to toys & a cartoon series, this comedy cop school series has spawned a Marvel comic'

Answer: Police Academy


Question: 'Economists say if the rate of this is 2 or 3% a year, it's normal; if it's "galloping", it's bad'

Answer: Inflation


Question: 'The most candy bought for a holiday is for this springtime one, not Valentine's Day'

Answer: Easter


Question: 'This river that rises at Lake Itasca drains about 1/8 of the North American continent'

Answer: Mississippi River


Question: 'When Pat Sajak got married, People quoted her as saying, "Th*y'll l*v* happ*ly *v*r aft*r!"'

Answer: Vanna White


Question: 'Italian for "first lady", it can refer to a temperamental woman or man'

Answer: Prima donna


Question: 'After DC killed off Jason Todd, Tim Drake was written in to become this red-breasted hero'

Answer: Robin


Question: 'After deducting all expenses from your gross profit, you're left with this'

Answer: Net


Question: 'The New Year's Day of this calendar can fall between our January 20 & February 20'

Answer: Chinese calendar


Question: 'Of New York City's 5 boroughs, the one that is New York County'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'People said this late star's "slapstick made her the greatest comedienne of all time."'

Answer: Lucille Ball


Question: 'From the Latin for "worm", it's defined simply as "animals obnoxious to man"'

Answer: Vermin


Question: 'Getting caught in a gamma bomb blast in 1989 turned him from green to gray & boosted his intelligence'

Answer: The Hulk


Question: 'Holders of this type of stock take precedence over common stock holders'

Answer: Preferred


Question: 'Bennington Battle Day, August 16th, is a legal holiday in this New England state'

Answer: Vermont


Question: 'This lake was created when Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River'

Answer: Lake Mead


Question: 'People said that Helen Gurley Brown wants Johnny Depp to pose nude for this magazine'

Answer: Cosmopolitan


Question: 'From the Latin for "hunger", it's a period when food is extremely scarce'

Answer: Famine


Question: 'Crimefighting team seen here in their new incarnations for the 1990s:'

Answer: The Green Hornet & Kato


Question: 'This system is a direct exchange of goods or services without the use of money'

Answer: Barter


Question: 'The red or white rose is the official flower of this Sunday observance in June'

Answer: Father\'s Day


Question: 'In Kansas more people live in this city than in Topeka & Kansas City combined'

Answer: Wichita


Question: 'Naming him "The Sexiest Man Alive (1989)", People called him "Older, balder...and better!"'

Answer: Sean Connery


Question: 'This Scottish cap was named for the hero of a Robert Burns poem'

Answer: Tam O\' Shanter


Question: 'Fictional detective with his own mystery magazine, he recently guest sleuthed with the Maze Agency'

Answer: Ellery Queen


Question: 'First American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics, he's the author of a widely used college textbook'

Answer: Paul Samuelson


Question: 'Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress'

Answer: Pennsylvania


Question: 'The 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty fixed this state's border with New Brunswick'

Answer: Maine


Question: '1 of "The 25 Most Intriguing People" of 1989, she celebrated her 31st birthday with Warren Beatty'

Answer: Madonna


Question: 'This captain of the Nautilus, whose name means "no one", disappears at the end of the novel'

Answer: Captain Nemo


Question: 'He didn't lead the march on Rome in 1922; he waited in Milan until he got the "all clear" & then went'

Answer: Benito Mussolini


Question: 'Transylvania U., the oldest university west of the Alleghenies, is in Lexington in this state'

Answer: Kentucky


Question: 'According to Jonathan Swift, these "and piecrust are made to be broken."'

Answer: Promises


Question: 'Of all mammals, this one takes longest to mature'

Answer: Man (humans)


Question: 'In the '30s Laurens Hammond patented the 1st commercially practical electronic one of these'

Answer: Organ


Question: 'John is a Shakespeare-quoting "savage" found on a N.M. reservation in this Huxley novel'

Answer: "Brave New World"


Question: 'Noted for saying "I am the state," he ruled France for 72 years, 1643-1715'

Answer: Louis XIV


Question: 'A white oak at this New Brunswick, N.J. school supposedly inspired J. Kilmer to write "Trees"'

Answer: Rutgers


Question: 'H.L. Mencken defined it as "The inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking"'

Answer: Conscience


Question: 'The human body's largest bone'

Answer: Femur


Question: 'The Highland version of this instrument has a blowpipe, a chanter & 3 drones'

Answer: Bagpipes


Question: 'In wooing her, Siegfried was standing in for someone else, & when she found out, she killed him'

Answer: Brunhilde


Question: 'Romania was one Warsaw Pact country that didn't participate in the 1968 invasion of this country'

Answer: Czechoslovakia


Question: 'This school color of Syracuse gives its teams their nickname'

Answer: Orange (Orangemen)


Question: '"Love & Death" director who said, "It's not that I'm afraid to die; I just don't want to be there when it happens."'

Answer: Woody Allen


Question: 'In 1956 scientists determined a normal human cell has this many chromosomes'

Answer: 46


Question: 'In 1709 inventor B. Cristofori gave this instrument a name meaning "harpsichord with soft & loud"'

Answer: Piano


Question: 'The silly Mrs. Bennet is the mother of Elizabeth, Jane, Lydia, Kitty & Mary in this classic'

Answer: "Pride And Prejudice"


Question: 'He became king of Spain in 1975 after Franco's death'

Answer: Juan Carlos I


Question: 'This Ivy League school has 2 major art museums: the Fogg & the Sackler'

Answer: Harvard


Question: 'This, said Wm. L. Garrison, "will not be overthrown without...a most tremendous excitement."'

Answer: Slavery


Question: 'Light-sensitive layer of nerve tissue covering the back 2/3 of the eyeball, it's an extension of the brain'

Answer: Retina


Question: 'Also called a helicon, this 3-valve tuba wraps around the player's body & has a flaring bell'

Answer: Sousaphone


Question: 'Cecilia Brady is out to kill her father in this last F. Scott Fitzgerald novel'

Answer: "The Last Tycoon"


Question: 'In 1924 U.S. banker Charles Dawes came up with a plan to help this country pay its war reparations'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'One of the many institutions of higher learning in this state capital is Oglethorpe University'

Answer: Atlanta


Question: 'A biographer claimed he said, "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."'

Answer: Voltaire


Question: 'This Swedish botanist, known for his system of classification, was the first to note that whales are mammals'

Answer: Carl Linnaeus


Question: '2 types of this Italian plucked stringed instrument are the Neopolitan & the rarer Milanese'

Answer: Mandolin


Question: 'Of the men mentioned in the King James Version, he's first alphabetically'

Answer: Aaron (Moses\' brother)


Question: 'If you were able to buy liquor in March 1881, you weren't in this state anymore, Toto; it banned sales in February'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'In a '62 episode of this toon, Barney won on "The Prize Is Priced" (Be sure to have your dinosaur spayed or neutered)'

Answer: The Flintstones


Question: 'This founder of the Roman empire said, "I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble"'

Answer: Augustus


Question: '4-letter term for wind speed less than 1 mph'

Answer: calm


Question: 'The Trump Building at 40 Wall Street'

Answer: New York City


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.)  As the deck's too short for normal takeoff, jets are propelled up to 165 miles per hour in 2 seconds by these steam-powered launchers that share their name with an ancient military device'

Answer: catapults


Question: 'She organized the first American Red Cross in 1881'

Answer: Clara Barton


Question: 'In a 2004 episode, this defective detective became a contestant on "Treasure Chest" to investigate a suspicious host'

Answer: Monk


Question: 'A marble cake is made with white & chocolate batters alternately poured into this round pan with fluted sides'

Answer: a Bundt pan


Question: 'From 1969: "Houston" this "Base here, the Eagle has landed"'

Answer: Tranquility


Question: 'The 777 Tower at<br />777 S. Figueroa St.'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.)  A structure called the island, 150 feet tall, but only 20 wide at the base, houses the ship's command centers, including this place where you'll find the helmsmen'

Answer: the bridge


Question: 'In 1885 Tiffany's revised the design of this: it's still seen on the reverse of the U.S. $1 bill'

Answer: the Great Seal


Question: 'A 1974 episode found this "Happy Days" lad refusing to cheat on the rigged game show "Big Money"; such a nice boy'

Answer: Richie Cunningham


Question: 'In 1939 Alice Marble, a Hall of Famer in this sport, succeeded Helen Wills Moody as the world's top-ranked player'

Answer: tennis


Question: 'It described "The Western Front" in a 1929 novel title'

Answer: All Quiet


Question: 'Water Tower Place at<br />835 N. Michigan Ave.'

Answer: Chicago


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) The circular shape of USS John C. Stennis's seal signifies its ability to circle the globe without refueling; its nuclear power gives it the speed of 30 of these, which would be about 800 miles a day'

Answer: knots


Question: 'In 1884 Louis E. Waterman came up with a practical handheld device that could store this'

Answer: ink


Question: 'The game show "Pig In A Poke" sends the Griswolds on an international adventure in this 1985 sequel'

Answer: National Lampoon\'s European Vacation


Question: 'In 1968 Frank Borman called it a "big blue marble"'

Answer: the planet Earth


Question: 'Created a symphony, for instance'

Answer: composed


Question: 'The Sheraton Hotel<br />at 500 Canal Street'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.)  Often, the first jets sent up, E-2Cs, provide early warning & detection to carriers & bear this name of a "Last of the Mohicans" character'

Answer: Hawkeye


Question: 'This writer was born on Feb. 7, 1885 in Sauk Center, Minn.<br />--perhaps on the town's "Main Street"'

Answer: Sinclair Lewis


Question: 'On TV in '73 this youngest Brady froze on "Question The Kids" (The answer was Baton Rouge! Baton Rouge!)'

Answer: Cindy Brady


Question: 'Tourist sites in this Mass. town include Elbridge Gerry's home & Abbot Hall, which houses the "Spirit of '76" painting'

Answer: Marblehead


Question: 'John Brown's body lies a-moulderin' in his grave south of this "Lake" village, home to the 1980 Winter Olympics'

Answer: Lake Placid


Question: '50 Biscayne Blvd.<br />(54 stories)'

Answer: Miami


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.)  Cables stop 150-mile-per-hour aircraft in a 400-foot stretch with this system that transfers force using fluid--same principle as the brakes of your Pontiac'

Answer: hydraulics


Question: 'The Palladium was a divine statue that represented this goddess, sometimes called Pallas'

Answer: Athena


Question: 'Anna, the wife of this president, got a pension equal to his yearly salary, despite his short term in 1841'

Answer: William Henry Harrison


Question: 'Your arch of this is okay, but we'll still have to crack your chest to work on the thoracic part of this artery'

Answer: the aorta


Question: 'In 1482 he abandoned his "Adoration of the Magi" to work as an engineer for the Duke of Milan'

Answer: Leonardo da Vinci


Question: 'A tip from Heloise'

Answer: a hint


Question: 'This 1991 movie character had a taste for census takers (& serial killing)'

Answer: Hannibal Lecter


Question: 'This group attacked Hercules, but he picked them all up in one hand'

Answer: the Pygmies


Question: 'Born in 1895, she followed her father into the psychology biz'

Answer: Anna Freud


Question: 'Time for surgery to remove the vermiform this; when it's inflamed, no laxatives or purgatives should be taken'

Answer: the appendix


Question: 'It would be a "Pieta" if you didn't recognize this artist's monogram, seen here'

Answer: Michelangelo


Question: 'Denver, Philadelphia & San Francisco each have a U.S. one'

Answer: a mint


Question: 'Joe Pesci won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar as psychopathic Tommy DeVito in this 1990 film'

Answer: Goodfellas


Question: 'In myth, Ares was this; it's also a PlayStation game featuring Ares'

Answer: god of war


Question: 'In Russian lit, she says, "There, in the very middle, and I shall punish him and escape from them all and from myself"'

Answer: Anna Karenina


Question: 'Today we'll be poking around this organ that produces insulin, glucagon & digestive juices'

Answer: the pancreas


Question: 'Here's an easy one:<br />this sculptor's real name was Donato di Niccolo di Betto Bardi'

Answer: Donatello


Question: 'Albert, Charles or Rainier'

Answer: a prince


Question: 'This unhinged 1960 character said, "We have 12 vacancies. 12 cabins, 12 vacancies."'

Answer: Norman Bates


Question: '19th century creator of "Black Beauty"'

Answer: Anna Sewell


Question: 'Today we examine this 5-foot-long part of the large intestine, specifically, its S-shaped sigmoid part'

Answer: the colon


Question: 'In the 1200s, Berlinghieri was among the first to depict this then-recent saint receiving the stigmata'

Answer: St. Francis


Question: 'Kami worship'

Answer: Shinto


Question: 'This Brando character set himself up in the Cambodian jungle as a local, lethal godhead'

Answer: (Colonel) Kurtz


Question: 'In Donizetti's "Anna Bolena", this is the Italian name of the Henry VIII role'

Answer: Enrico


Question: 'We have to repair your torn ACL, this, which helps connect the tibia to the femur; you're out for the season'

Answer: the anterior cruciate ligament


Question: 'This famous nickname of Venetian painter Jacopo Robusti means "little dyer"'

Answer: Tintoretto


Question: 'Having fixed or precise limits'

Answer: definite


Question: 'As John Doe, Kevin Spacey gets a head of Gwyneth Paltrow in this 1995 film'

Answer: Se7en


Question: 'It's the only state capital that bears the name of a U.S. vice president'

Answer: Jefferson City


Question: 'It may go plankton-crustacean-herring-haddock & be only as strong as its weakest link'

Answer: Food chain


Question: 'There were an average of 2.67 of these a game, not enough for some bored U.S. viewers'

Answer: Goals


Question: 'This four-leafed plant, a symbol of luck, has the power to break some fairy spells'

Answer: Clover/shamrock


Question: 'In 1698, this comet discoverer took a ship called the Paramour Pink on the first purely scientific sea voyage'

Answer: Edmond Halley


Question: 'In days past, a young punk often put "a chip on" this, & dared others to knock it off'

Answer: Shoulder


Question: 'Perhaps best known for "Walking Tall", he's more recently been seen in "GoldenEye"'

Answer: Joe Don Baker


Question: 'The extension of a land mass to about 500' underwater; it gives way to the Continental Slope'

Answer: Continental Shelf


Question: 'This country's win over the "Great Satan" knocked the U.S. out of contention for the second round'

Answer: Iran


Question: 'Pixies frolic in southwestern England, especially in this part where the Cornish people live'

Answer: Cornwall


Question: 'In 1698, colonists from this European country got refreshment by making Pensacola....Florida, that is'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'To sense something intuitively is to "feel it in" these calcium storehouses'

Answer: Bones


Question: 'He won one Pulitzer Prize in 1979 for his New York Times column & one in 1983 for his autobiography'

Answer: Russell Baker


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />"(Hi, I'm Michael Newman of "Baywatch")  It's the Japanese term for seismic sea waves, sometimes 100 feet high, that can bring lots of tsuris"'

Answer: Tsunami


Question: 'Argentina didn't "kick" about this controversial tie-breaking method after using it to beat England'

Answer: Penalty kicks/shootout


Question: 'Resembling trolls, trows live in these Scottish islands famous for their small ponies'

Answer: Shetland Islands


Question: 'This architect who rebuilt London after the Great Fire of 1666 saw his work on Whitehall Palace burned in 1698'

Answer: Sir Christopher Wren


Question: 'When you act out of pique & harm yourself in the process, you "cut off" this "to spite your face"'

Answer: Your nose


Question: 'Type of hit that won Frank Baker his nickname when he hit 2 in the 1911 World Series'

Answer: Home run


Question: 'The photic zone is the upper ocean layer, with enough sunlight to allow this plant process'

Answer: Photosynthesis


Question: 'Only in France:  the pre-game show at the final was a tribute to this "saint"ly fashion designer'

Answer: Yves Saint Laurent


Question: 'Of all Shakespeare's plays, this one has the most fairies'

Answer: A Midsummer Night\'s Dream


Question: 'In 1698 this Russian czar founded Taganrog; 5 years later he founded a better-known port'

Answer: Peter the Great


Question: 'A fearsome foe is said to be "armed to" these body parts -- scary!'

Answer: The teeth


Question: 'Trumpet-playing Baker seen here'

Answer: Chet Baker


Question: 'As you'd expect, they're the 2 most abundant chemical elements in the dissolved solids found in seawater'

Answer: Sodium & chlorine


Question: 'It was a good July for this country:  they reached the World Cup semis & Goran Ivanisevic made the Wimbledon final'

Answer: Croatia


Question: 'You might want to hobnob with these mischiefmakers whose name begins with "hob"'

Answer: Hobgoblins


Question: 'Thomas Savery patented the first practical version of this machine, intending to use it in mines'

Answer: Steam engine


Question: 'Insincere words not backed up by deeds are this type of "service"'

Answer: Lip service


Question: 'He's the Baker who played drums for Cream'

Answer: Ginger Baker


Question: 'The prioress wears a brooch inscribed with a Latin phrase meaning this "conquers all"'

Answer: Love


Question: 'Middle-aged Marlon Brando & young Maria Schneider are lovers in this 1972 Bertolucci work'

Answer: Last Tango In Paris


Question: 'This symbol on a prescription is thought to represent the Latin word "recipe"'

Answer: Rx


Question: 'This Swiss city's Clock & Watch Museum on Rue de Malagnou is open daily except Tues., 10 A.M. - 5 P.M.; be punctual'

Answer: Geneva


Question: 'It's a female goat, whether or not she takes care of your children'

Answer: Nanny


Question: 'Rather than a souffle, George Washington's mom made this spice bread when Lafayette came calling'

Answer: Gingerbread


Question: 'The wife of Bath, 5 times a widow & a world traveler, has made 3 trips to this holy Mideast city'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'This 1971 cult film's title characters were a 20-year-old (Bud Cort) & a 79-year old (Ruth Gordon)'

Answer: Harold And Maude


Question: 'Today, most commercial varieties of this antibiotic are produced by the mold p. chrysogenum'

Answer: Penicillin


Question: 'Locals call this capital's Kurfurstendamm Street Ku'damm for short'

Answer: Berlin


Question: 'Bedtime headgear, or a bedtime beverage'

Answer: Nightcap


Question: 'In 1949 Theodora Smafield's water-rising twists won the first of these competitions'

Answer: Pillsbury Bake-Off


Question: 'The first to tell a tale is this medieval fighting man, & it's one to remember'

Answer: Knight


Question: 'In "Atlantic City", Burt Lancaster watches her rub herself with lemons & falls in love'

Answer: Susan Sarandon


Question: 'The 2-word name of this disorder comes from Greek & Latin words meaning "without appetite" & "nervous"'

Answer: Anorexia Nervosa


Question: 'Due to damage caused by air pollution & tourism you can't go inside this temple atop the Acropolis'

Answer: Parthenon


Question: 'Attention, Mister Rogers:  Nabe, which is slang for a local movie theater, is short for this'

Answer: Neighborhood


Question: 'Margaret Rudkin named this company after her family's farm in Connecticut'

Answer: Pepperidge Farm


Question: 'John, the nun's priest, tells the tale of Chanticleer, one of these animals'

Answer: Rooster


Question: 'In 1985's "Murphy's Romance", this actor romanced Sally Field'

Answer: James Garner


Question: 'In 1543 this Flemish anatomist published his "On The Structure Of The Human Body"'

Answer: Andreas Vesalius


Question: 'You'll find Seville & Granada in this region of southern Spain'

Answer: Andalusia


Question: 'Tidy, or how I like my whiskey'

Answer: Neat


Question: 'An album by Sting had 10 of his tales; the Chaucer book, 1'

Answer: The Summoner


Question: 'The 1955 film "Daddy Long Legs" paired Fred Astaire & this French actress 32 years younger'

Answer: Leslie Caron


Question: 'In the 2nd century, this Greek showed that arteries carry blood, not air as had been thought'

Answer: Galen


Question: 'While in Florence try a cono or coppa of this, Italian for "ice cream"'

Answer: Gelato


Question: 'Hunt for a synonym for "hunter" & you'll find this hunter mentioned in Genesis 10'

Answer: Nimrod


Question: 'It's observed on March 7 in California, March 26 in Spain & April 22 in Nebraska'

Answer: Arbor Day


Question: 'V.P. for just 83 days before getting the top job, this chief exec goes for the ZZ Top--what a sharp dressed man'

Answer: Harry Truman


Question: 'This 2010 MVP took his trophy & then made "The Decision" to leave town'

Answer: LeBron James


Question: 'A demolition one is a feature of state fairs including Kansas' & Indiana's (but not Kentucky's)'

Answer: a derby


Question: 'In the Sindarin tongue he was known as Mithrandir, the "Grey Wanderer"'

Answer: Gandalf


Question: 'The word for this shoe with a wooden sole can also mean "to obstruct"'

Answer: clog


Question: 'Roald Dahl chocolate maker'

Answer: Willy Wonka


Question: 'One stop at the big and tall shop & this 6-foot, 300-plus-pound prez seen here is large & in charge'

Answer: Taft


Question: 'In 2008 this Laker won his first MVP; hard to believe it took 12 seasons'

Answer: Kobe


Question: 'Washington's state fair turned 100 in 2008 & set a record by gathering 24 of these people in a room'

Answer: centenarians


Question: 'If you're looking for Mr. (Robin) Goodfellow, ask for this Shakespearean character'

Answer: Puck


Question: 'The name of this shoe style includes a synonym for glimpse'

Answer: peep toe


Question: '"Leaves of Grass " creator'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'A little Rogaine goes a long way for this now hirsute prez who once worked in the Panama Canal Zone'

Answer: Eisenhower


Question: 'This Suns guard went back-to-back in 2005 & '06'

Answer: Steve Nash


Question: 'On Oct. 17, 2008 its state fair kicked off with an opening ceremony & tobacco heritage day'

Answer: North Carolina


Question: 'In an 1844 novel, Edmond Dantes disguises himself as Abbe Busoni & this title noble'

Answer: the Count of Monte Cristo


Question: 'Scottish resistance fighter of the 1290s & 1300s'

Answer: William Wallace


Question: 'It's Tippecanoe & who, too?  This president looking blue'

Answer: John Tyler


Question: 'Before a 3-point contest, this Celtic & 1986 MVP asked, "Which one of you guys is finishing 2nd?"; he backed it up & won'

Answer: Larry Bird


Question:
'The Texas state fair's 212-foot ferris wheel,
North America's tallest, is called
the Texas this symbol'

Answer: Star


Question: 'AKA Barbecue, this character was also "The Sea Cook", another title for the novel in which he appeared'

Answer: Long John Silver


Question: '"The Prelude" romantic poet'

Answer: William Wordsworth


Question: 'Add the hair and mustache, make the coat purple, & this Vermont man, sworn into office by his dad, president or prince?'

Answer: Coolidge


Question: 'In 1993 this Taco Bell spokesman wasn't "turrible", he was league MVP for Phoenix'

Answer: Charles Barkley


Question: 'F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1928 story "A Night at the Fair" is set at this Midwestern state's fair'

Answer: Minnesota


Question: 'Randall Flagg, a character created by this man, is aka Nyarlathotep, Walter Padick & Walter O'Dim'

Answer: Stephen King


Question: 'In 1984 Mark Thatcher designed this brand of sport sandals for river rafting'

Answer: Teva


Question: 'Newspaper & radio gossip giant'

Answer: Walter Winchell


Question: 'For centuries the nearby Hallein mines made this city the center of regional salt trade'

Answer: Salzburg


Question: 'This Chinese action star of films like "Drunken Master" & "Rumble in the Bronx" has broken a number of bones doing stunts'

Answer: Jackie Chan


Question: 'This river enters Egypt near Lake Nasser'

Answer: the Nile


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a jungle on Maui.)  Hawaii, the only U.S. state with a true tropical one of these environments, grows most of the USA's macadamias, which originated in the same type of environment when it covered much of Australia'

Answer: rainforest


Question: 'When participating in the 1970s fad for these, Betty Ford used the handle "First Mama"'

Answer: CB radios


Question: 'A transparent sphere usually with a Christmas scene inside: shake it again!'

Answer: a snow globe


Question: 'During the Third Crusade, Leopold V quarreled with this English king, who was later caught in Austria & ransomed'

Answer: Richard I (Richard the Lionheart)


Question: 'As a boy, this star of films like "Fearless" & "Hero" was a martial arts champion'

Answer: Jet Li


Question: 'Baharia, Farafra & Dakhla are these stopover spots while crossing the desert in Egypt'

Answer: oases


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a coffee bean field on Molokai.)  Coffee gets its flavor from the earth, & the nutrient-rich soil of Molokai, which gets its red color from this element, is ideal for growing coffee'

Answer: iron


Question: 'After running nude through a 1974 meeting of Hawaii's legislature, a man declared himself this "of the house"'

Answer: streaker (of the house)


Question: 'Nominated 7 times, Tom Cruise has won 3 of these'

Answer: a Golden Globe


Question: 'When Austria joined forces with this country in 1867, the result was known as a "doppelmonarchie"'

Answer: Hungary


Question: '"Brokeback Mountain" earned this director his first Oscar'

Answer: Ang Lee


Question: 'Home to an ancient wonder, it's Egypt's third-most populous city'

Answer: Giza


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Molokai.) High-temperature, forced-air treatment is used to kill any insect larvae in fruits as part of this, also a term for isolating contagious humans'

Answer: quarantine


Question: 'Wham-O said that "new amazing Zectron" gave these 1960s bouncers "50,000 lbs. of compressed energy"'

Answer: Super Balls


Question: 'Ian Wright is a presenter on this travel show'

Answer: Globe Trekker


Question: 'In 1791 she asked her brother Leopold II to mount a counter-revolutionary crusade against France; he said no'

Answer: Marie Antionette


Question: 'This Chinese actor starred in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" & in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"'

Answer: Chow Yun Fat


Question: 'Egypt has land borders with Israel, Libya & this large country to the south'

Answer: the Sudan


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from a pineapple factory on Maui.)  The Spanish & the Portuguese spread the pineapple from South America around the world, & it was introduced to Hawaii in 1813 by a Spanish advisor to this ruler'

Answer: Kamehameha


Question: 'A 1952 time article commented on an "epidemic" of these "raids", calling them "the newest and noisiest college craze"'

Answer: panty raids


Question: '"Sweet Georgia Brown" is this team's theme song'

Answer: the Harlem Globetrotters


Question: 'In 1814 & 1815 Austria hosted this get-together that helped reorganize Europe after the Napoleonic wars'

Answer: the Congress of Vienna


Question: 'Films like "The Killer" by this director helped establish the modern Hong Kong gangster film'

Answer: John Woo


Question: 'One of Egypt's easternmost points is Ras Banas, which juts out into this body of water'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'B-boying is another term for this acrobatic dance style that became a national craze in the 1980s'

Answer: breakdancing


Question: 'Ellen Goodman won a 1980 Pulitzer Prize for her work at this publication'

Answer: The Boston Globe


Question: 'After the Royal Family fled to this country in 1807, it became the only one in South America from which a European country was ruled'

Answer: Brazil


Question: 'It's the country where you'll find Cape Nordkyn, the northernmost point on the European mainland'

Answer: Norway


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in Martha's Vineyard)  Towns all over Martha's Vineyard filled in for this friendly seaside town in "Jaws"'

Answer: Amity


Question: 'His first Broadway success was 1961's "Come Blow Your Horn"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Her maiden name was Martha Dandridge'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'Mr. Boddy is the victim whose murder you try to solve in this classic board game'

Answer: Clue


Question: 'The Biography Channel was spun off from this one'

Answer: A&E


Question: 'In ancient times this city in Campania was called Neapolis'

Answer: Naples


Question: 'In 2003 there was talk of demolishing this city's Cook County Hospital, featured in "The Fugitive"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'This character has Uncle Tom beaten to death in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"'

Answer: Simon Legree


Question: 'He married Rachel Robards in 1791, but since her divorce was not yet final, they had to remarry on January 17, 1794'

Answer: Andrew Jackson


Question: 'Introduced as a doll for boys, this action figure was named after a 1945 WWII movie'

Answer: G.I. Joe


Question: 'In police talk, they're the 2 elements of burglary'

Answer: B&E (breaking & entering)


Question: 'In Arabic this British territory on Spain's southern coast is called Gebel-al-Tarik (Hill of Tarik)'

Answer: Gibraltar


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew in Berlin)  The opening credits of this 1965 Richard Burton Cold War drama unspooled here at Checkpoint Charlie'

Answer: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold


Question: 'L.A.'s Museum of Tolerance is a part of the center bearing the name of this man'

Answer: Simon Wiesenthal


Question: 'The first lady who lived the longest, this native Missourian died in 1982 at age 97'

Answer: Bess Truman


Question: 'It's the classic naval combat game from Milton Bradley'

Answer: Battleship


Question: 'This West Coast company has been refining that pure cane sugar since 1906'

Answer: C&H


Question: 'If you flew directly from the capital of Turkey to the capital of Ukraine, you'd have to cross this sea'

Answer: the Black Sea


Question: 'L.A.'s Biltmore played the Sedgewick Hotel, where guests got slimed in this 1984 comedy'

Answer: Ghostbusters


Question: 'In 1812 he penned the "Cartagena Manifesto"'

Answer: Simon Bolivar


Question: 'She & the future president spent part of their 1948 honeymoon at a Michigan-Northwestern football game'

Answer: Betty Ford


Question: 'Lesney Products, a die-casting firm, experimented with making toys & this brand known for its miniature cars was born'

Answer: Matchbox


Question: 'Charles Keating owned the Lincoln one that failed in the 1980s'

Answer: S&L


Question: 'Victoria Peak is the highest point in this Central American country'

Answer: Belize


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska)  Featuring an Antarctic alien, this 1982 remake of a sci-fi classic was partly shot on a glacier near Juneau'

Answer: The Thing


Question: 'A popular Pasadena museum bears the name of this businessman & art collector'

Answer: Norton Simon


Question: 'Edith Galt, whom he married in 1915, was related to Pocahontas'

Answer: Woodrow Wilson


Question: 'This cartoon girl is also a doll, seen here'

Answer: Dora the Explorer


Question: 'Xerox produces about 70% of the technology it develops in these labs'

Answer: R&D


Question: 'A mother's frustration with hand-straining solid baby food in 1927 led to the creation of this brand'

Answer: Gerber


Question: 'In 1999 St. Louis' Fernando Tatis became the first player ever to hit 2 of these in one inning, earning 8 RBIs total'

Answer: grand slams


Question: 'In this speech Jesus said that God "knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him"'

Answer: the Sermon on the Mount


Question: 'Making forms from a mold, it can also mean picking people to be in a play'

Answer: casting


Question: 'Telescopes on Earth can only view this galaxy from the inside out'

Answer: the Milky Way


Question: 'They're recorded on seismographs'

Answer: earthquakes


Question: 'The owner of the Brown Derby Restaurant invented this chopped salad as a way to use leftovers'

Answer: Cobb salad


Question: 'In the 8th inning of a 1941 game, a play by shortstop Lou Boudreau ended this Yankee's 56-game hitting streak'

Answer: Joe DiMaggio


Question: 'This prophet tried to flee God's presence by shipping out to Tarshish -- didn't work'

Answer: Jonah


Question: 'Also called frottage, some people do it to tombstones & brass plaques'

Answer: rubbing


Question: 'Ancient astronomers figured the Earth was 3 times larger than the moon by timing one of these'

Answer: an eclipse


Question: '1990 festivities for the 20th anniv. of this annual observance included a trash cleanup trek on Mount Everest'

Answer: Earth Day


Question: 'French gardener Joseph Monier received a patent for the reinforced type of this construction material in 1867'

Answer: concrete


Question: 'Coming to bat in the 4th inning of a game against the L.A. Dodgers in 1974, this Atlanta Brave hit his 715th home run'

Answer: Hank Aaron


Question: 'Nebuchadnezzar told him, "Your god is a god of gods, and a lord of kings"'

Answer: Daniel


Question: 'Term for the designs carved or stamped into a piece of leather'

Answer: embossing/tooling


Question: 'In terms of light speed, it's 8 minutes away from the Earth'

Answer: the sun


Question: 'Coarse-textured baked ceramics'

Answer: earthenware


Question: 'In 387 B.C. Plato founded this school on the outskirts of Athens'

Answer: the Academy


Question: 'In the 3rd inning of a 1982 game, this Oakland player set a record with his 119th stolen base of the season'

Answer: Rickey Henderson


Question: 'This synonym of "omnipotent" is used to refer to God by Job & by Bob Marley in "Redemption Song"'

Answer: the Almighty


Question: 'An escutcheon is a shield bearing a coat of arms, or a decorative plate often found around this opening in a door'

Answer: keyhole


Question: 'Like her late husband Eugene, Carolyn Shoemaker hunts these'

Answer: comets


Question: 'A popular ISP'

Answer: EarthLink


Question: 'Every time you get a vaccination, you can thank this British physician who pioneered the process in the 1790s'

Answer: Edward Jenner


Question: 'Up 5-3 in the 10th, this team lost game 6 & later the '86 Series after a ball went through Bill Buckner's legs'

Answer: the Boston Red Sox


Question: 'After conquering Amalek, this king disappointed God by not killing every living thing; he spared the fat sheep'

Answer: Saul


Question: 'It can be the metal band that holds a stone, or the upper faceted portion of a stone'

Answer: bezel


Question: 'In 1664 Robert Hooke discovered this still largely mysterious feature of Jupiter'

Answer: the Great Red Spot


Question: 'Globe-friendly Al Gore bestseller'

Answer: Earth in the Balance


Question: 'In 1936 the San Francisco News sent this man to investigate living conditions among migrant workers'

Answer: John Steinbeck


Question: 'The tapeti, or Brazilian this, is a nocturnal member of the Genus Sylvilagus, or cottontail'

Answer: a rabbit


Question: 'A small space for storage, perhaps for your driving gloves?'

Answer: a compartment


Question: 'Good for retaining heat, Dogloo's plastic doghouses are designed to look like these northern domiciles'

Answer: igloos


Question: 'In 1886 this first lady graced the $1 Silver Certificate, the first woman ever to appear on U.S. currency'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'In 2010 this singer made a surprise appearance during Jay-Z's set at Coachella; how'd Jay ever get her to show?'

Answer: Beyoncé


Question: 'German; she's das Madchen, this young person'

Answer: a young girl


Question: 'If you've never seen a "flying" one of these, it might be because they're nocturnal (Bullwinkle's pal is an exception)'

Answer: squirrel


Question: 'A molecule, or an enclosure of buildings'

Answer: a compound


Question: 'London's Elmtree offers under-floor heating & has installed these so you can view your pet via computer'

Answer: webcams


Question: 'A 1914 $5 Federal Reserve note depicted the pilgrims & this explorer sighting land on the reverse side'

Answer: Columbus


Question: 'Sofia Vergara has Ed O'Neill remarried with children of all ages on this ABC sitcom'

Answer: Modern Family


Question: 'Indonesian; he's only dua, this many, years old'

Answer: 2


Question: 'Because tadpoles are 4 times bigger than adults, the nocturnal Pseudis paradoxa is known as the "shrinking" this'

Answer: frog


Question: 'This noun for someone who travels with another is also the lowest rank of knighthood'

Answer: a companion


Question: 'This comic book kid's dog, Dollar, has a house wired for TV & phone'

Answer: Richie Rich


Question: 'In 1896 a $2 "Educational" Series Silver Certificate was issued featuring this steamboat designer'

Answer: Fulton


Question: 'Last name shared by bond actress Barbara & Hazzard County bombshell Catherine'

Answer: Bach


Question:
'Greek; he's known as this letter,
which in math means a tiny quantity'

Answer: epsilon


Question: 'As you might expect from its name, the 2-toed variety of this nocturnal animal is a real slow mover'

Answer: a sloth


Question: 'A lingering feeling of remorse or regret for a misdeed, it's from the Latin for "stinging"'

Answer: compunction


Question: 'From the Latin for "dog" comes this word that refers to a shelter for one dog or many'

Answer: a kennel


Question: 'This 22nd & 24th president's portrait graced the $20 bill from 1914 to1928, when Jackson replaced him'

Answer: Cleveland


Question: 'Julian Casablancas & sometime Drew Barrymore boyfriend Fabrizio Moretti sexed up this rock band'

Answer: The Strokes


Question: 'Hungarian; he waits for Szent Mikulas to bring him presents in this month'

Answer: December


Question: 'The 222 members of the avian order Strigiformes, better known as these, are all nocturnal'

Answer: owls


Question: 'Awareness & sympathy for another's suffering'

Answer: compassion


Question: 'The Petinn Royal at this capital's Narita airport will not only take your terrier but will also house your hamster'

Answer: Tokyo


Question: 'For a brief time in the 1860s, this "Great Compromiser" appeared on the $50 U.S. note'

Answer: Henry Clay


Question: 'The Mad Hatter was a recent role for this 2-time People magazine "Sexiest Man Alive"'

Answer: Johnny Depp


Question: 'Russian; he loves p'yanitsa, a version of this "bellicose" card game'

Answer: war


Question: '(Oprah gives the clue from a chair) Even today the perfect summer read is this John Steinbeck novel of good & evil centering on the Trask family'

Answer: East of Eden


Question: 'In 1983 this singing cowboy & sports owner got one of the first Golden Boots, given for work in Westerns'

Answer: Gene Autry


Question: 'A Supreme Court justice: Maria'

Answer: (Sonia) Sotomayor


Question: 'This Portland, Oregon, sportswear company took its name from the river that runs by the city'

Answer: Columbia


Question: 'Siegmund Nissel played second fiddle in this quartet whose name was Mozart's middle name'

Answer: The Amadeus Quartet


Question: 'Asiago or Roquefort'

Answer: cheese


Question: '(Oprah gives the clue from a chair) One of my favorite novels of all time is this Pulitzer Prize-winner set in Alabama & narrated by Scout Finch'

Answer: To Kill a Mockingbird


Question: 'This 1992 recipient hosted TV's "Death Valley Days" & went far in politics'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'A British prime minister: Hilda'

Answer: (Margaret) Thatcher


Question: 'This company's Maine Hunting Shoe was born when the owner had leather uppers stitched to rubber boots'

Answer: L.L. Bean


Question: 'Maxim Vengerov often plays an encore called "Balalaika" entirely in this plucky style'

Answer: pizzicato


Question: 'Sheep wool, or to deprive of money by fraud'

Answer: fleece


Question: '(Oprah gives the clue from a chair) When I got up to 800 pages in this author's 'The Pillars of the Earth

Answer: Ken Follett


Question: 'In 1998 this actor recited the Lone Ranger's creed as he received the founder's award'

Answer: Clayton Moore


Question: 'An American naval hero: Hazard'

Answer: (Oliver Hazard) Perry


Question: 'This brand of mountaineering apparel & equipment is named for the coldest, most unforgiving side of a mountain'

Answer: The North Face


Question: 'Fritz Kreisler expanded his repertoire by writing pieces, attributing some to this Italian who died in 1741'

Answer: Antonio Vivaldi


Question: 'You may wobble or even fall down if you're this, physically weak or frail'

Answer: feeble


Question: '(Oprah gives the clue from a chair) A book I chose for my book club in 2000 was this Toni Morrison novel about a young black girl who prayed for different features'

Answer: The Bluest Eye


Question: 'In 1985 he was honored with a Golden Boot; he also won a Medal of Honor for his deeds in World War II'

Answer: Audie Murphy


Question: 'A U.S. president: Birchard'

Answer: Rutherford B. Hayes


Question: 'This clothing company is named for a region in Southern Argentina & Chile'

Answer: Patagonia


Question: 'This Genoa-born violin virtuoso had many female fans, including Napoleon's sister Elisa'

Answer: Paganini


Question: 'I was just thinking about this word meaning uncanny; that's weird'

Answer: eerie


Question: '(Oprah gives the clue from a chair) One of my favorite books from the last decade is David Wroblewski's debut novel about the bond between a mute boy & his dogs called "The Story of" him'

Answer: Edgar Sawtelle


Question: 'A 4-star general & Secretary of State: Meigs'

Answer: Alexander Haig


Question:
'Jake and Rocket, seen here, grace clothes from this
optimistic-sounding company'

Answer: Life is Good


Question: 'This type of hunting cap is associated with Sherlock Holmes'

Answer: a deerstalker


Question: 'Forget Me Not, Glacier Avenue & Glacier Highway are streets in this state capital'

Answer: Juneau


Question: 'Paris just had to have this beautiful daughter of Zeus, & the rest is history'

Answer: Helen of Troy


Question: 'These two rock as the most famous Stone Age couple we know'

Answer: Fred & Wilma Flintstone


Question: 'In July 1998 an ivory & pink blush rose was unveiled to honor this woman, "England's Rose"'

Answer: Princess Diana


Question: 'He's credited with introducing chocolate to Spain after consuming it at the court of Montezuma'

Answer: Hernando Cortez


Question: 'In a Sinatra classic, these 2 things "go together like a horse and carriage"'

Answer: Love And Marriage


Question: 'It's a musical composition for 2 voices or 2 instruments'

Answer: Duet


Question: 'In 1946, this Indian leader revealed he'd taken many women to bed with him over the years to test his celibacy'

Answer: Mahatma Gandhi


Question: 'In 1998, this "Yentl" & this AAMCO spokesman were married exactly 2 years after their first date'

Answer: Barbra Streisand & James Brolin


Question: 'This special flower for March lies at one end of the spectrum, so to speak'

Answer: Violet


Question: 'This leading British chocolate-maker introduced its "Dairy Milk" chocolate bar in 1905'

Answer: Cadbury


Question: 'In this title song from Elvis' first movie, The King declares "You have made my life complete, and I love you so"'

Answer: Love Me Tender


Question: 'Word for 2 cards of the same value in a poker game'

Answer: Pair


Question: 'This 12th century French theologian lost more than his head over the niece of a vengeful cleric'

Answer: Peter Abelard


Question: 'Their time is taken up in part by 4 children, 6 grandchildren, & at least one large home in the country'

Answer: Queen Elizabeth II & Prince Philip


Question: 'There's a streaked variety of this bulb flower named for Rembrandt'

Answer: Tulip


Question: 'This 72-year-old maker of fine Belgian-style chocolates produces over 150 varieties, & that's the naked truth'

Answer: Godiva


Question: '"When I kissed a cop down on 34th & Vine, he broke my little bottle of" this'

Answer: Love Potion No. 9


Question: 'They can be fraternal or identical'

Answer: Twins


Question: 'This British Secretary of War resigned in 1963 due to a sex scandal'

Answer: John Profumo


Question: 'Between this actress & this cable news pioneer, they've got 2 Oscars, a baseball team & a basketball team'

Answer: Jane Fonda & Ted Turner


Question: 'You might ask "What's Up" with this flower seen here'

Answer: Tiger Lily


Question: 'These ball-shaped candies may be dipped in nuts or sprinkles but cocoa powder is the classic coating'

Answer: Chocolate truffles


Question: 'In a 1964 Beatles hit, "She says" this, "and you know that can't be bad"'

Answer: She Loves You


Question: 'In other words, "Similar as 2 legume fruits in a seed holder"'

Answer: "Like two peas in a pod"


Question: 'Depicted here, they're the victims being abducted by the Romans'

Answer: Sabine women


Question: 'George Murphy introduced Bob Hope to her; she & Bob celebrated 60 years of marriage in 1994'

Answer: Dolores (Reade) Hope


Question: 'The name of this imperial emblem of Japan is Greek for "golden flower"'

Answer: the chrysanthemum


Question: '"Whenever you're near, I hear" this Hershey's bar with almonds & toffee chips'

Answer: Symphony


Question: 'Jack Jones sang that this vehicle "soon will be making another run"'

Answer: The Love Boat


Question: 'On a riverboat, it's how you would "Mark" water that's 2 fathoms deep'

Answer: Twain


Question: 'An oncogene is defined as a sequence of genetic material that can induce this disease'

Answer: Cancer


Question: 'Production designer Anton Furst won an Oscar for this film's atmospheric Gotham City'

Answer: Batman


Question: 'Need refills for your Swingline?  Head to this chain founded by Thomas Stemberg in 1985'

Answer: Staples


Question: 'Some credit this bacon, turkey & lettuce creation to the Saratoga Club of New York state'

Answer: Club sandwich


Question: '13 loaves or buns'

Answer: Baker\'s dozen


Question: 'It's a break period between play acts when you can stretch your legs'

Answer: Intermission


Question: 'A substance called "heme" is the most "ironic" portion of this blood pigment'

Answer: Hemoglobin


Question: 'The third element in the title of this Andie MacDowell film is captured on Sony equipment'

Answer: sex, lies, and videotape


Question: 'This pair has been selling books in stores "Since 1873" & on the internet since 1997'

Answer: Barnes & Noble


Question: 'A cogwheel is the symbol of the "International" association of these clubs'

Answer: Rotary Clubs


Question: 'For 8 it's 2;<br />for 27 it's 3'

Answer: Cube root


Question: 'Books consulted by an author in preparing his own book often appear on this list at the back of the book'

Answer: Bibliography


Question: 'These compounds may have "simple" molecules, like sugars, or "complex" ones, like cellulose'

Answer: Carbohydrates


Question: 'Before "Titanic", James Cameron took us to the bottom of the ocean in this film'

Answer: The Abyss


Question: 'The company at 610 Gateway Street in North Sioux City, South Dakota has sold these since 1985'

Answer: Computers


Question: '(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE):<br />This founder of the famous Literary Club was painted by fellow founder Joshua Reynolds'

Answer: Samuel Johnson


Question: 'It's the use of essences & fragrances to alter mood & soothe the body'

Answer: Aromatherapy


Question: 'Pauling found an "alpha" type of this spiral in proteins; Watson & Crick found a "double" one in DNA'

Answer: Helix


Question: 'This 1989 film was based on an actual event:  "Think about me as your priest.  You can tell me anything.  I'm listening."'

Answer: Casualties Of War


Question: 'In the 1880s William & James, these brothers, started their soap business'

Answer: Lever Brothers


Question: 'As you might expect, lower Manhattan is the site of this club that awards the Heisman Trophy'

Answer: Downtown Athletic Club


Question: 'In printing, 12 points'

Answer: Pica


Question: 'Popular term for a company employee who works at home & transmits his data & documents by modem'

Answer: Telecommuter


Question: 'Its 2 phases are anabolism, which combines molecules, & catabolism, which breaks them down'

Answer: Metabolism


Question: 'This film was the 1989 version of the story told in 1989's "Dangerous Liaisons"'

Answer: Valmont


Question: 'This comic book company emerged from bankruptcy in 1998 as part of Toy Biz, Inc.'

Answer: Marvel


Question: 'Founded at Newmarket, England, it publishes the "General Stud Book"'

Answer: The Jockey Club


Question: 'A millionth of a meter'

Answer: Micron/micrometer


Question: 'I must profess, it was the profession of Thomas Chippendale & Duncan Phyfe'

Answer: Cabinetmaker


Question: 'In 1998 Jose Saramago became the first writer in this language to win a Nobel Prize for Literature'

Answer: Portuguese


Question: 'Mexico's longest'

Answer: the United States


Question: 'In this 1993 film, Richard Attenborough thinks, What could possibly go wrong with a dinosaur theme park?'

Answer: Jurassic Park


Question: 'Hamburger University, this chain's training center, opened in 1961 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois'

Answer: McDonald\'s


Question: 'Making regular bikini bottoms look modest, it's been called "possibly Brazil's most famous fashion export"'

Answer: a thong


Question: 'In parts of Asia these pack animals are known as hairy cattle'

Answer: yaks


Question: 'This oldest son of Jacob & Rachel was not a favorite among his brothers'

Answer: Joseph


Question: 'North Korea's longest'

Answer: China


Question: 'This 1937 film tells us, "The Prince, who had searched far and wide, heard of the maiden who slept in the glass coffin"'

Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Question: 'The catchphrase "Where's the beef?" came from ads for this chain noted for its square burgers'

Answer: Wendy\'s


Question: 'In 2010 an official in this Afghanistan neighbor was told if he's so afraid of the Taliban, he should wear a woman's dupatta'

Answer: Pakistan


Question: 'It's a Germanic language with a mixture of Hebrew vocabulary'

Answer: Yiddish


Question: 'On his deathbed Jacob said Zebulon "shall dwell at the haven of the sea", this sea'

Answer: the Mediterranean


Question: 'Vietnam's longest'

Answer: Laos


Question: 'For "The Wedding Singer", this star wrote 2 songs that he sang in the film, "Grow Old With You" & "Somebody Kill Me"'

Answer: Adam Sandler


Question: 'In a 1980 TV commercial, this burger joint blew up its iconic speakerbox clown (He was later resuscitated)'

Answer: Jack in the Box


Question: 'The ushanka is the distinctive Russian fur this'

Answer: the hat


Question: 'Author Bill Malone said Roy Rogers was "about the best" one of these Alpine singers "that we've ever had"'

Answer: a yodeler


Question: 'This son gave his name to a kingdom in southern Palestine & to a religion'

Answer: Judah


Question: 'Colombia's longest'

Answer: Venezuela


Question: 'A Jewish musician's skilled fingers help keep him alive in WWI Warsaw in this 2002 film'

Answer: The Pianist


Question: 'In the '70s the title figure of this franchise got some companions:  Sir Shakes a Lot & the Wizard of Fries'

Answer: Burger King


Question: 'A ghillie is a shoe that originated in this U.K. country'

Answer: Scotland


Question: 'This country name proclaimed by King Alexander in 1929 fell off the map in 2003'

Answer: Yugoslavia


Question: 'Sweden's longest'

Answer: Norway


Question: 'This 1985 sequel to "Romancing the Stone" was set in North Africa'

Answer: Jewel of the Nile


Question: 'The craving for burgers from this chain is so strong that it was in the title of a Harold & Kumar film'

Answer: White Castle


Question: 'A striped sailor shirt is called this, the adjective for something from a region of northwest <br />France'

Answer: a breton


Question: 'Originally a word for lamentation, it means whining complaint; will you please quit yours!'

Answer: yammering


Question: 'While writing "Little Women", she served as editor of a juvenile magazine, "Merry's Museum"'

Answer: Alcott


Question: 'Jethro Tull:<br />An invention designed by Jacques Cousteau'

Answer: Aqualung


Question: 'A male bear is called a boar; the female, this'

Answer: a sow


Question: 'The Koolau Range, Diamond Head, Koko Head Park--an island'

Answer: Oahu


Question: 'This online purchasing service was founded in 1998'

Answer: PayPal


Question: 'English rationalist historian Edward Gibbon is remembered for his "History of the Decline and Fall of" this'

Answer: the Roman Empire


Question: 'In the 1880s her family moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska, where her father opened an insurance & real estate office'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'Def Leppard:<br />A compulsion to start fires'

Answer: Pyromania


Question: 'This brown bear seen here actually gets its name from the French word for "gray"'

Answer: a grizzly


Question: 'Inky, Binky, Pinky & Clyde--a game'

Answer: Pac-Man


Question: 'It sounds positive, but it can also be the act of taking revenge'

Answer: payback


Question: 'In 1961, JFK appointed this venerable newsman director of the U.S. Information Agency'

Answer: (Edward R.) Murrow


Question: 'With money earned from "The Yearling", she bought a beach cottage just south of St. Augustine, Florida'

Answer: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings


Question: 'U2:<br />Yucca brevifolia'

Answer: Joshua Tree


Question: 'The Malayan bear has a ring-shaped yellow mark on its chest, giving it this astronomical nickname'

Answer: a sun bear


Question: 'A CCA seal, indicia, rolled spine--a type of publication'

Answer: a comic book


Question: 'It's a bribe paid to a radio DJ to play & promote a particular song or act'

Answer: payola


Question: 'His first play was 1959's "The Zoo Story", a one-act drama'

Answer: Edward Albee


Question: 'The author of "A Stranger is Watching", she's been called "America's Queen of Suspense"'

Answer: Mary Higgins Clark


Question: 'The Who:<br />A 4-way split personality'

Answer: Quadrophenia


Question: 'South America's only bear, it's named for the goggle-like rings about its eyes'

Answer: a spectacled bear


Question: 'Septum, tendon of Todaro, sinoatrial node--a body part'

Answer: the heart


Question: 'If you "hit" this 2-word term for a profitable discovery, it might be earth or gravel containing gold'

Answer: pay dirt


Question: 'These 4 words complete the now-cliched opening of Edward Bulwer-Lytton's "Paul Clifford": "It was a..."'

Answer: dark and stormy night


Question: 'Highly successful under her real name, as J.D. Robb she's written over 25 books about N.Y. Police Lt. Eve Dallas'

Answer: Nora Roberts


Question: 'Roxy Music:<br />An island where King Arthur was carried after death'

Answer: Avalon


Question: 'The black bear comes in many colors, including one with a bluish tint that lives in this state's St. Elias <br />Range'

Answer: Alaska


Question: 'Adenine, thymine, cytosine--a molecule'

Answer: DNA


Question: 'Your Social Security contribution is this type of levy that comes out of your salary each week'

Answer: a payroll tax (a payroll deduction accepted)


Question: 'This piece by Edward Elgar is a standard processional march at American graduation ceremonies'

Answer: "Pomp and Circumstance"


Question: 'These are the 2 U.S. states with only one consonant in their names'

Answer: Iowa & Ohio


Question: 'Our winter is New Zealand's summer, so this man they call "Father Christmas" swelters in his traditional getup'

Answer: Santa Claus


Question: 'At lunch counters in the U.S., this beverage is sometimes called moo or moo-juice'

Answer: milk


Question: 'It's the 2-word term for a country's official patriotic song'

Answer: national anthem


Question: 'Old King Cole called for his pipe, his bowl & 3 of these musicians'

Answer: his fiddlers


Question: 'The Illinois commemorative quarter depicts the skyline of this, the state's largest city'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'I'm this, you're glue, everything you say bounces off me & sticks to you'

Answer: rubber


Question: 'In the Maori language, waka is this type of boat of which Maoris were master builders'

Answer: canoe


Question: 'Combine root beer & ice cream & you've created one of these beverages'

Answer: root beer float


Question: 'Related to jazz, this "colorful" style of music, typically sad & slow, is often accompanied by harmonica'

Answer: the blues


Question: 'In later verses, this title woman goes to the alehouse, the tavern & the cobbler, all for her poor dog'

Answer: Old Mother Hubbard


Question: 'You're looking at the back of a U.S. bill; on its face, you'll see the face of this president'

Answer: (Thomas) Jefferson


Question: 'Last name of the comic page character seen here'

Answer: Drabble


Question: 'Hawaiians call the 48 contiguous states this; it's also what New Zealanders call South Island'

Answer: the mainland


Question: 'It's the "Official Sports Beverage" of the NFL, the NBA & the PGA'

Answer: Gatorade


Question: 'In a symphony orchestra the 4 main groups of instruments are strings, woodwinds, percussion & this'

Answer: brass


Question: '"Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no" this; together "they licked the platter clean"'

Answer: lean


Question: '1 of 2 non-presidents on the front of U.S. paper currency in general circulation'

Answer: Ben Franklin or Alexander Hamilton


Question: 'If you hear laughter, you may be hearing this son of Abraham & Sarah whose name means "laughter"'

Answer: Isaac


Question: 'A New Zealand government building is known as this, for the insect structure it resembles'

Answer: "the beehive"


Question: 'One of the world's most popular beverages is this drink made by boiling certain shredded leaves in water'

Answer: tea


Question: 'It's an interval of 8 successive notes on the scale; C to C, for example'

Answer: octave


Question: '"Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow?  With silver bells and" these, "and pretty maids all in a row"'

Answer: cockle shells


Question: 'This cabinet department's seal appears on all U.S. paper currency'

Answer: Treasury


Question: 'Your parents hate it when you're this, meaning unreasonably obstinate'

Answer: stubborn


Question: 'When topped with foam, the espresso type of this beverage becomes a cappuccino'

Answer: coffee


Question: 'He's the composer of the famous march performed here by Grambling University's Tiger Marching Band'

Answer: John Philip Sousa


Question: 'A "D" on U.S. coins indicates the coin was minted in Denver; a "P", this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'You use this mark to denote which syllable is stressed'

Answer: accent


Question: 'On September 9, 1983 a petition was submitted to Congress asking that the district be made this'

Answer: a state


Question: 'A galactic cluster known as the Pleiades is in this constellation known as "The Bull"'

Answer: Taurus


Question: 'The Megabite, which set a world record in 1997 for the largest one of these flown, was 210 feet long including the tails'

Answer: a kite


Question: 'Discovered as a child by P.T. Barnum, tiny 25" tall Charles Stratton became known as Tom this'

Answer: Tom Thumb


Question:
'France,
Spain,
Portugal'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'A type of time out that sounds like what a puppy has 4 of'

Answer: pause


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew)  The White House has been known as this "Mansion", also the branch of our government that works here'

Answer: Executive


Question: 'In 1610 Galileo became the first to find other moons when he saw moons orbiting this giant planet'

Answer: Jupiter


Question: 'It's the only even prime number'

Answer: 2


Question: 'He was only 9 or 10 when he became Egypt's pharaoh sometime around 1348 B.C.'

Answer: King Tut


Question:
'Panama,
Brazil,
Argentina'

Answer: Panama


Question: 'This word for a period of time away from work or school comes from the Latin word for "to be empty"'

Answer: vacation


Question: 'The NSO, the National Symphony Orchestra, has been playing at this center since 1971, the year it opened'

Answer: the Kennedy Center


Question: 'In 1705 this English astronomer predicted the 1758 return of the comet now named for him'

Answer: Edmond Halley


Question: 'This Jewish festival begins on the eve of the 25th day of Kislev, which in 2004 is December 8, & lasts 8 days'

Answer: Hanukkah


Question: 'John Smith said that this girl was about 10 when he met her in 1607 (she looked a little older in the Disney movie)'

Answer: Pocahontas


Question:
'Austria,
Russia,
Italy'

Answer: Austria


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew on the Yucatan Peninsula)  In Mexico, a small store may close during early afternoon because the owner is taking a nap, called this'

Answer: siesta


Question: 'In 1846 the District of Columbia gave back about 30 square miles of its area to this state'

Answer: Virginia


Question: 'In 1905 Percival Lowell began a search for this planet, which was discovered in 1930, 14 years after his death'

Answer: Pluto


Question: 'It's the drawer in a refrigerator for storing vegetables, or how it should make your vegetables sound'

Answer: crisper


Question: 'When he became the heir to the English throne at age 10, he probably had no idea he'd get married 6 times'

Answer: Henry VIII


Question:
'Alaska,
Florida,
California'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'This single word for a time out implies that you take the time to inhale & exhale'

Answer: a breather


Question: 'Get off the Metro at Farragut North to visit this society's Explorers Hall'

Answer: the National Geographic Society


Question: 'Around 2700 B.C. Thuban was the North Star; today, this is the North Star'

Answer: Polaris


Question: 'This country's official name is Bundesrepublik Deutschland'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In 1815, at age 6, this future writer of scary stories moved to Great Britain with his foster family, the Allans'

Answer: Edgar Allan Poe


Question:
'China,
Japan,
South Korea'

Answer: South Korea


Question: 'A phrase meaning "stop shouting" got combined into this word for a truce in combat'

Answer: ceasefire


Question: '2 popular places for swimming in this national park are in Firehole Canyon & at Boiling River'

Answer: Yellowstone


Question: 'The fleet-footed Atalanta once lost a race to Hippomenes when she stopped to pick up these golden fruits'

Answer: apples


Question: 'This boxer with an 'earing problem tops the list of ESPN's most outrageous sports characters'

Answer: Mike Tyson


Question: 'One of the provinces, eh'

Answer: Alberta


Question: 'A Lerner & Lowe song lyric goes, "Thank heaven for" these people, "they grow up in the most delightful way"'

Answer: little girls


Question: 'The first First Lady to be born in Texas'

Answer: Lady Bird Johnson


Question: 'If you've lost weight, Mom might say you're nothing but these 2 anatomical items'

Answer: skin & bones


Question: 'This Roman goddess of wisdom is said to have leaped forth from the brain of Jupiter, fully mature & in armor'

Answer: Minerva


Question: 'He retired from the NHL for the final time in 1980, at age 52'

Answer: Gordie Howe


Question: '"Green Gables" girl of Prince Edward Island'

Answer: Anne


Question: 'The Indian game moksha-patamu (heaven & hell) gave us this Milton Bradley game that has its ups & downs'

Answer: Chutes & Ladders


Question: 'The first First Lady to be elected to public office'

Answer: Hillary Clinton


Question: 'The ingredients of this basic salad dressing might be the olive & balsamic types, respectively'

Answer: oil & vinegar (vinegar & oil accepted)


Question: 'Hera punished this nymph by saying that she shall have the last word but no power to speak first'

Answer: Echo


Question: 'This team owner bought his team in 1973 for a mere $10 million, & it's won 7 World Series since'

Answer: George Steinbrenner


Question: 'Once part of Alcoa, this Canadian company with a 5-letter name is a giant in world aluminum manufacturing'

Answer: Alcan


Question: 'The John Jakes novel "Heaven and Hell" takes place directly following this war'

Answer: the Civil War


Question: 'The first First Lady to be older than her husband'

Answer: Martha Washington


Question: 'If Bo Peep seeks her sheep on mountains & in valleys, she's literally searching here'

Answer: high & low


Question: 'Hamadryads were nymphs who lived in these; when they died, so did the hamadryads'

Answer: trees


Question: 'Michael "The Albatross" Gross won gold medals in this sport using an arm span far exceeding his height'

Answer: swimming


Question: 'Quebec's Shickshock Mountains are part of this system that runs to Alabama'

Answer: the Appalachians


Question: 'In Genesis 1, God gave the name Heaven to this, from the Latin for "support"'

Answer: the firmament


Question: 'The first First Lady to serve for 3 consecutive presidential terms'

Answer: Eleanor Roosevelt


Question: 'In 2002 Scotland's Inverness Prison reenacted its 1st inmate's arrival 100 years earlier, complete with this apparatus'

Answer: ball & chain


Question: 'Heracles' seventh labor was to bring Eurystheus this savage Cretan animal'

Answer: the bull


Question: 'This ice skater (& boxer) helped lift a night of Winter Olympics coverage to one of the highest rated TV shows ever'

Answer: Tonya Harding


Question: 'Centered in Nova Scotia, it was the name applied by France to its Atlantic coastal possessions in North America'

Answer: Acadia


Question: 'The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy, this film starred Hiep Thi Le & Tommy Lee Jones'

Answer: Heaven and Earth


Question: 'First name of the first First Lady to live in the White House'

Answer: Abigail (Adams)


Question: '"The Federalist" No. 51 argues for the Constitution's "Partitian of Power", now called this system'

Answer: checks & balances


Question: 'This element known to the ancients is liquid at room temperature'

Answer: mercury


Question: '"Mamma Mia" takes place on one of this country's islands; the plot concerns a big fat wedding'

Answer: Greece


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew milks a cow at Old World, Wisconsin.) Jersey cows, vital to the dairy industry, produce 40 pounds of milk a day; if a gallon weighs 8 pounds, that's this many gallons--I think I'm gonna need a bigger bucket'

Answer: 5


Question: 'This type of peach is so named because its flesh does not cling to the pit'

Answer: a freestone peach


Question: 'Theodore Dreiser's classic about the actress who played Princess Leia'

Answer: Sister Carrie Fisher


Question: 'The vehicle in which the deceased travels to the cemetery'

Answer: a hearse


Question: 'The 2 radioactive elements named for planets that follow uranium on the periodic table'

Answer: neptunium & plutonium


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Gershwin Theatre in New York.) The cast of "Wicked" sings about spending one short day in this place, a major metropolis in the land of Oz'

Answer: the Emerald City


Question: 'If oats cost 40 cents a peck & you spend $1.20 on them every day, you have this type of habit'

Answer: three pecks a day


Question: 'It's a corn tortilla rolled around a filling in a flute-like shape, so its name is Spanish for "flute"'

Answer: a flauta


Question: 'Jack London's masterpiece about a sled dog who delivers a famous brand of Kentucky bourbon'

Answer: The Call of the Wild Turkey


Question: 'A round solid geometric figure, or a field of knowledge'

Answer: a sphere


Question: '2 of the ores for this yellowish-green gas are rock salt & horn silver'

Answer: chlorine


Question: 'Shubert Alley is the setting for both the opening & closing scenes of this smash hit that debuted in 2001'

Answer: The Producers


Question: 'If you make half of your 16 pigs run to get their slop, you'll hear the sound of this many feet on the ground'

Answer: 32


Question: 'A Louisiana French word for "twisted" gave us the name of this gumbo powder'

Answer: filé


Question: 'Amy Tan's happy-go-lucky book about a luncheon item made with chicken, bacon & several slices of toast'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club Sandwich


Question: 'A Mexican poncho without the hole'

Answer: a serape


Question: 'This element, symbol Ti, was first called menachite after the cornish town of its discovery, Manaccan'

Answer: titanium


Question: '(Hi, I'm Kate Monster.) And in "Avenue Q", atop this famous skyscraper, I sing "I Wish I Could Go Back To College"--don't forget to say "What is"!'

Answer: the Empire State Building


Question: 'If it takes 50 pounds of seed to grow an acre of wheat, a ton of seed will get you this many acres'

Answer: 40


Question: 'It's often described as bow tie pasta, but its name comes from the Italian for "butterflies"'

Answer: farfalle


Question: 'Hemingway's book about an elderly guy trying to catch an echinoderm that looks like a giant pickle'

Answer: The Old Man and the Sea Cucumber


Question: 'To delete recorded data'

Answer: erase


Question: 'All elements except this one have neutrons in the nucleus'

Answer: hydrogen


Question: 'Act I, scene 1 of this Sondheim musical introduces us to "Nippon. The floating kingdom"'

Answer: Pacific Overtures


Question: 'Ga. & N.C., each producing $3 million of grapes a year, combine to total this percentage of New York's $50 million'

Answer: 12 percent


Question: 'The name of this pleasantly bitter herb is derived from the Latin fenum Graecum, which means "Greek hay"'

Answer: fenugreek


Question: 'Depressing Dickens tome about the legislative body that met in colonial Virginia in 1619'

Answer: Bleak House of Burgesses


Question: 'Basking or bonnethead'

Answer: a shark


Question: 'Dutch for either "devil's whirlpool" or "spite the devil", Spuyten Duyvil Creek forms part of its northern border'

Answer: Manhattan


Question: 'Lausanne, Switzerland isn't the last resort on this lake'

Answer: Lake Geneva


Question: '"Jerry Forgets His Date's Name"'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'Raphael, Michael, Gabriel & Uriel'

Answer: angels


Question: 'His family was in exile, so this future king of Spain was born in Rome, on January 5, 1938'

Answer: Juan Carlos


Question: 'Jim has 6 apples, Billy has 4, Michele has 2 & Debbie has 8 for an average of this many'

Answer: 5


Question: 'It can precede horn, twist & kiss'

Answer: French


Question: 'This river flows 1,700 miles across Iraq & empties into the Persian Gulf just past the city of Basra'

Answer: the Euphrates


Question: '"Ryan's attempt to reunite Lindsay and Caleb backfires... Seth's comic doodlings open Summer's eyes"'

Answer: The O.C.


Question: 'Don Quixote thought the windmills were these'

Answer: giants


Question: '(Hi, I'm Anderson Cooper of CNN.)  I won an Emmy for my contribution to ABC's coverage of this famous woman's 1997 funeral'

Answer: (Princess) Diana


Question: 'It's the sum of any integer & its negative'

Answer: 0


Question: 'Strengthen against an attack, or add vitamins & minerals to milk'

Answer: fortify


Question: '1 of the 2 Central American countries that do not touch both the Atlantic & the Pacific'

Answer: (1 of) Belize or El Salvador


Question: '"The teams make their way through Budapest on the seventh leg... One team opts for the fast forward"'

Answer: The Amazing Race


Question: 'Numbers like 1, 2 & 7012'

Answer: cardinals


Question: 'In the first transcontinental phone call, on January 26, 1915, Alexander Graham Bell once again spoke to this man'

Answer: Watson


Question: 'It's 44 plus 7, minus 23, times 10 divided by 2'

Answer: 140


Question: 'William F. Buckley was its host from 1966 to 1999'

Answer: Firing Line


Question: '2 of the 4 countries that border Thailand'

Answer: (2 of) Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, & Malaysia


Question: '"A former deathrow inmate gets a new lease on life with rhinoplasty"'

Answer: Extreme Makeover


Question: 'Split zygotes'

Answer: twins


Question: 'This world leader was vacationing on the Black Sea coast when he was ousted from power in October 1964'

Answer: Khrushchev


Question: 'If 5 chickens each lay an egg every Monday, Wednesday & Friday only, it'll take this many weeks to make a 30-egg omelet'

Answer: 2


Question: 'To kill insects with gas released into a tented house'

Answer: fumigate


Question: 'The International Date Line is an imaginary line running roughly along this meridian of longitude'

Answer: 180 degrees


Question: '"The two teams run motels at the Jersey Shore"'

Answer: The Apprentice


Question: 'Icterus galbula songbirds'

Answer: orioles


Question: 'In the '50s this obstetrician literally wrote the book on "Painless Childbirth"'

Answer: Lamaze


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew points to a math problem on a blackboard.)  The fraction here reduces to this'

Answer: 4k3


Question: 'Meat from the upper part of a side of pork, usually cured by salt'

Answer: fatback


Question: 'It's said that this "Kim" author's autograph was so prized in the 1890s that many of his personal checks were never cashed'

Answer: Rudyard Kipling


Question: 'Chauffeur Hoke Colburn<br />(1989)'

Answer: Driving Miss Daisy


Question: '2 or more combat battalions'

Answer: brigade


Question: 'On April 3, 1945, an all-black platoon called the Dusty Devastators saw action for the first time in this country'

Answer: Germany


Question: 'In this activity, tossing the balls in a circle instead of a figure eight is known as a shower'

Answer: juggling


Question: 'After a 66-day journey, the Mayflower arrived in the New World in November of this year'

Answer: 1620


Question: '(Hi. I'm Peggy Noonan.)  In 2001 I hit the bestseller lists with "When Character Was King: A Story of" this 40th president'

Answer: Ronald Reagan


Question: 'Ex-boxer Eddie, aka "Scrap-Iron"<br />(2004)'

Answer: Million Dollar Baby


Question: 'Provo, Utah is the home of this college's main campus'

Answer: Brigham Young


Question: 'This Green-friendly day is observed nationally in the U.S. on the last Friday in April'

Answer: Arbor Day


Question: 'At the beginning of the 1986 season of "Dallas", this character was seen taking a shower'

Answer: Bobby Ewing


Question: '41 male passengers onboard the Mayflower signed it in November'

Answer: the Mayflower Compact


Question: 'He based "The Moon and Sixpence" on the life of Gauguin, but his character was British'

Answer: Somerset Maugham


Question: 'God<br />(2003)'

Answer: Bruce Almighty


Question: 'This redneck movie reviewer is the alter-ego of John Bloom'

Answer: Joe Bob Briggs


Question: 'This seaway that enables ocean vessels to reach inland ports on the Great Lakes opened to shipping April 25, 1959'

Answer: the St. Lawrence Seaway


Question: 'Johnson & Johnson has marketed a "Body Cloths" version of this product to keep you fresh between washes'

Answer: Shower to Shower


Question: 'At a bicentennial celebration of the Mayflower's journey, this orator popularized the term "Pilgrim"'

Answer: Daniel Webster


Question: '(Jeff Probst delivers the clue from Vanuatu.)  This author who served in the New Hebrides in World War II transformed the Vanuatan island of Umboi into his Bali Hai'

Answer: James A. Michener


Question: 'Old West gunslinger Ned Logan<br />(1992)'

Answer: Unforgiven


Question: 'A bandit operating in isolated terrain'

Answer: a brigand


Question: 'In a predawn raid on April 22, 2000, federal agents in Miami swooped in & seized this boy'

Answer: (Elian) Gonzalez


Question: 'This god disguised himself as a shower of gold when he seduced Danae & produced Perseus'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'He served as the first military leader of the Mayflower's colonists'

Answer: Miles Standish


Question: 'This author's old third-floor room at 85 W. 3rd in Greenwich Village is haunted; residents hear "tell-tale" signs'

Answer: (Edgar Allan) Poe


Question: 'Baseball bat-wielding principal Joe Clark<br />(1989)'

Answer: Lean on Me


Question: '2-masted sailing ship'

Answer: a brigantine