Question: 'In 2000 this man & running mate Winona LaDuke found it's not that easy bein' Green (Party candidates)'

Answer: Ralph Nader


Question: 'Matthew 14 tells that this disciple also walked on water until he got scared & started to sink like a stone'

Answer: Simon Peter


Question: 'It's the "national" instrument heard here'

Answer: English horn


Question: 'This tree disease is caused by a fungus, Ophiostoma ulmi, that is spread by 2 species of bark beetles'

Answer: Dutch elm disease


Question: 'Looking for a roommate, Bridget Fonda took out a classified (big mistake!) in this 1992 film'

Answer: Single White Female


Question: 'The rear third of this human organ is called the root; the rest is the body part that "wags"'

Answer: tongue


Question: 'He kept cool with Charles Dawes in 1924'

Answer: Calvin Coolidge


Question: 'This captain scared the locals in Jamaica in 1504 when he predicted an eclipse & it happened'

Answer: Christopher Columbus


Question: 'Title held for 63 years by the man seen here<br />(Hirohito)'

Answer: emperor


Question: 'Ironically, this Jane Fonda movie opened just weeks before the Three Mile Island incident'

Answer: The China Syndrome


Question: 'It's how often a third of the members of the U.S. Senate are up for re-election'

Answer: every 2 years


Question: 'Hubert Humphrey chose this Maine man as his running mate'

Answer: Edmund Muskie


Question: 'Jonathan Edwards literally scared the hell out of New England with this "angry" 1741 sermon'

Answer: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"


Question: 'Phone home!  The computer Internet domain of this country is .et'

Answer: Ethiopia


Question: 'Founded as a little pueblo in 1781, it grew up to become the second-largest city in the U.S.'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question: 'We got the "Fever" once again when we saw him dance with Uma Thurman in "Pulp Fiction"'

Answer: John Travolta


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque.)  In a classic 1939 film, this title character asecends in a balloon'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: '"The New Pilgrim's Progress" is how he described his "Innocents Abroad"'

Answer: Mark Twain


Question: 'Walter Reed'

Answer: Army


Question: 'In a traditional story opening, this prepositional phrase follows "once"'

Answer: upon a time


Question: 'Capt. Vancouver thought this friend's name "sound"ed just right for a region in what's now Washington'

Answer: Peter Puget


Question: 'Gene Kelly's dance with Jerry the Mouse inspired her song-&-dance with MC Skat Cat in her "Opposites Attract" video'

Answer: Paula Abdul


Question: 'This man, then the U.S. pres., was one of the spectators when the 1st balloon voyage in the U.S. took off from Phila. in 1793'

Answer: George Washington


Question: 'It's "The Saga of an American Family" that shot up the sales charts like a comet in the 1970s'

Answer: "Roots"


Question: 'Al Gore, Jr.'

Answer: Army


Question: 'In a 19th century poem, it precedes "...and through the wood, to Grandfather's house we go"'

Answer: over the river


Question: 'This port city is named for what James Ryan said upon arriving in 1850 (he may have been quoting Archimedes)'

Answer: Eureka, California


Question: 'This "White Men Can't Jump" actress has choreographed stage shows for Diana Ross & Bobby Brown'

Answer: Rosie Perez


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reporting in a hot air balloon somewhere over New Mexico)  A hot air balloon escapes from Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War in this man's novel "The Mysterious Island"'

Answer: Jules Verne


Question: '"The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death" is the alternate title of this Vonnegut-wrenching novel'

Answer: "Slaughterhouse Five"


Question: 'Sen. Joe McCarthy'

Answer: Marines


Question: 'This Bob Seger song gained commercial popularity in Chevy truck ads'

Answer: "Like A Rock"


Question: 'It's the largest city in its state; when it was incorporated in 1914 it dropped the "knik" from its name'

Answer: Anchorage, Alaska


Question: 'This TV Catwoman still looked incredible when she danced in George Michael's "Too Funky" video in 1992'

Answer: Julie Newmar


Question: 'The cooling vent in a hot air balloon isn't used unless the pilot wants to do this rapidly'

Answer: descend


Question: 'This Oscar Wilde play is "A Trivial Comedy for Serious People"'

Answer: The Importance of Being Earnest


Question: 'Soupy Sales'

Answer: Navy


Question: 'This rugged form of racing uses dune buggies & motorbikes'

Answer: off road/highway


Question: 'This city was named for the Puyallup Indian word for Mount Rainier'

Answer: Tacoma, Washington


Question: 'If you were in Paris in '79, you could have seen this Univ. of Mich. drop-out dancing in the Patrick Hernandez Revue'

Answer: Madonna


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the International Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque)  A rooster, a sheep & a duck are the passengers in a hot air balloon launched by these brothers at Versailles in 1783'

Answer: Montgolfier brothers


Question: '"The Contemplative Man's Recreation" should hook you if this better-known Walton title doesn't'

Answer: "The Compleat Angler"


Question: 'Ellison Onizuka'

Answer: Air Force


Question: 'Accounts of these "experiences" often include being welcomed by a brilliant light'

Answer: out-of-body/near-death


Question: 'The 1930 U.S. Census was the first to ask if residents owned one of these & 12 million were counted'

Answer: a radio


Question: 'This Asian country's national anthem is "Kimigayo", "His Majesty's Reign"'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It's the series that gave us the classic catch phrases "Yada, yada, yada" & "No soup for you!"'

Answer: Seinfeld


Question: 'In a sad mood'

Answer: blue


Question: 'In 2002 she edited a new book of essays: "Profiles in Courage for Our Time"'

Answer: Caroline Kennedy


Question: 'Not of this Earth'

Answer: extraterrestrial


Question: 'His "Diet Revolution" was first published in the 1970s'

Answer: (Robert C.) Atkins


Question: 'O, can you name this country whose anthem is heard here'

Answer: Canada


Question: 'Moon Unit Zappa & Wallace Langham co-starred on the TV series "Fast Times", based on this classic of teen cinema'

Answer: Fast Times at Ridgemont High


Question: 'The ink businesses try to avoid'

Answer: red


Question: 'In 1835 Zachary Taylor's daughter Sarah married this future president of the Confederacy'

Answer: Jefferson Davis


Question: 'For many students, the yearbook, chess club & school newspaper fall under these "activities"'

Answer: extracurricular


Question: 'Created by Herman Tarnower, this diet bears the name of an upscale NYC suburb'

Answer: the Scarsdale Diet


Question: 'The melody of its anthem, "Land der Berge, Land am Strome", was incorrectly attributed to Mozart'

Answer: Austria


Question: 'Mel Blanc supplied the voice of Cosmo Spacely when this cartoon debuted in prime time in 1962'

Answer: The Jetsons


Question: 'Naive or inexperienced'

Answer: green


Question: 'It was the 3-letter nickname of Lincoln's youngest son Thomas'

Answer: Tad


Question: 'The handing over of a criminal to another country or state'

Answer: extradition


Question: 'Blimey!  This former Royal is a spokeswoman for Weight Watchers'

Answer: Sarah, Duchess of York


Question: 'It's the only Central American country whose national anthem is sung in English'

Answer: Belize


Question: '(Hi, I'm Will Estes.)  As "American Dreams" is based around "American Bandstand" in the 1960s, it's set in this city'

Answer: Philadelphia


Question: 'Citrus sinensis'

Answer: an orange


Question: 'His eldest son, Frederick, also graduated from West Point, & was later an aide to General Sheridan'

Answer: (Ulysses) Grant


Question: 'Characterized by good flavor, this type of olive oil has an acid level of less than 1 percent'

Answer: extra virgin


Question: 'Dr. Dean Ornish came up with the 4-word diet book title that promises you can do this & "Weigh Less"'

Answer: eat more


Question: 'The anthem heard here was composed in this century'

Answer: the 18th century


Question: 'Angus T. Jones, who plays Jake Harper, is the half-pint on this Charlie Sheen show'

Answer: Two and a Half Men


Question: 'Liz Taylor's eyes, in a "Doonesbury" book title'

Answer: violet


Question: '"I can be President," Teddy Roosevelt said, "or I can control" this daughter, "I cannot possibly do both"'

Answer: Alice


Question: 'From the Italian for "more than usual wandering", it's a lavish entertainment or a spectacular display'

Answer: an extravaganza


Question: 'This currently popular diet bears the name of a section of Miami'

Answer: the South Beach Diet


Question: 'For the gift of youth, this philosopher & alchemist pledges his soul to Mephistopheles'

Answer: Faust


Question: 'Tha rapper Snoop'

Answer: D-O-G-G


Question: 'Poet F.W. Bourdillon wrote, "The night has a thousand" of these, "and the day but one"'

Answer: eyes


Question: 'He's the super-smooth singer seen here'

Answer: Tony Bennett


Question: 'New baseball rules said you put a runner out this way instead of plugging him with the ball--sounds less fun'

Answer: tagging him out


Question: 'By any means possible is "by" this "or by crook"'

Answer: hook


Question: 'Act I of this opera opens at Pinkerton's house in Nagasaki'

Answer: Madame Butterfly


Question: 'The actress who'll always be TV's Buffy Summers to us'

Answer: G-E-L-L-A-R


Question: 'W.C. Fields said, these "are like elephants to me.  I like to look at them, but I wouldn't want to own one"'

Answer: women


Question: 'In the 1930s he built a distillery in Clermont, Kentucky'

Answer: Jim Beam


Question: 'Also named James, this 11th president reinforced James Monroe with his own doctrine'

Answer: Polk


Question: 'In "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", I do this, this, this "for the home team"'

Answer: root


Question: 'This Beethoven opera was originally titled "Leonore"'

Answer: Fidelio


Question: 'Comic hostess/fish-voicer seen here'

Answer: D-E-G-E-N-E-R-E-S


Question: 'That wit Saki wrote, "I always say" this "is only sin deep"'

Answer: beauty


Question: 'This American Jewish conductor & composer wrote "Jeremiah" & "Kaddish" symphonies'

Answer: Leonard Bernstein


Question:
'Over 300' long, the
Great Britain
set sail as the first large oceangoing ship with a hull made of this'

Answer: iron


Question: 'From the Latin words for "no one" & "empty" come these 2 words that cancel a contract'

Answer: null & void


Question: 'Jacques Offenbach died on Oct. 5, 1880, 4 months before his "Tales of" this poet was first produced'

Answer: Hoffmann


Question: 'Filmmakers Joel & Ethan'

Answer: C-O-E-N


Question: 'The London Times quoted her in 1987: "I don't mind how much my ministers talk--as long as they do what I say"'

Answer: Thatcher


Question: '(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Titanic artifact exhibit at the California Science Center.)  This man, who led the Titanic's discovery, found that the iceberg didn't cut into the hull, but pushed its rivets out'

Answer: Dr. Robert Ballard


Question: 'The poke type of this was popular for ladies, especially those having bad hair days'

Answer: a bonnet


Question: '(Sarah admires art at the Bishop's House in Sitka, Alaska.)  St. Innocent of Irkutsk is represented here in this type of image, traditional in the Eastern Church'

Answer: an icon


Question: 'In a Richard Wagner opera, this knight in shining armor arrives on a boat drawn by a swan'

Answer: Lohengrin


Question: 'Spidey portrayer Tobey'

Answer: M-A-G-U-I-R-E


Question: 'In a 1970 book this author wrote, "The gull sees farthest who sees highest"'

Answer: (Richard) Bach


Question: 'Her "Ernie Pook's Comeek" chronicles the troubled adolescence of Marlys & Maybonne'

Answer: Lynda Barry


Question: 'This future prime minister's novel "Sybil" was subtitled "or the Two Nations"'

Answer: Disraeli


Question: '1/10 of a dollar is a dime; 1/10 of a cent is this'

Answer: a mill


Question: 'Gavdos, an islet administratively part of this larger island, is Europe's southernmost point'

Answer: Crete


Question: 'It wasn't a college football game, it was the Great Plains area racked by drought in the 1930s'

Answer: the Dust Bowl


Question: 'Qantas Airways'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'Burt & Hal won an Oscar for this song from "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"'

Answer: "Raindrops Keep Fallin\' on My Head"


Question: 'In "Ivanhoe", Sir Walter Scott uses the verb jeopard, a back-formation of this word we love'

Answer: jeopardy


Question: 'In 1998 this actress returned to the screen as Laurie Strode in "Halloween H2O"'

Answer: Jamie Lee Curtis


Question: '[filler]'


Question: '1950s college basketball was hit by scandal when players were "razor"-sharp at this activity'

Answer: shaving points


Question: 'Olympic Airways'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'The sentiment of this 1965 Jackie DeShannon hit is schmaltzy, but true, "No, not just for some, but for everyone"'

Answer: "What the World Needs Now Is Love"


Question: 'Flaysome, a synonym for frightful, appears in this Emily Bronte novel'

Answer: "Wuthering Heights"


Question: 'This morning show co-host was once the featured singer on "Name That Tune"'

Answer: Kathie Lee Gifford


Question: '[filler]'


Question: 'The scandals of his 1920s presidency included skimming by Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes'

Answer: Warren G. Harding


Question: 'El Al'

Answer: Israel


Question: 'This singer has sold more than 12.5 million copies of Bacharach-David songs; she must "Say a Little Prayer" for them'

Answer: Dionne Warwick


Question: 'He may have coined the term daggeroso, meaning "inclined to use a dagger"; it's in his novel "Sons and Lovers"'

Answer: D.H. Lawrence


Question: 'Since leaving Van Halen, he's released such solo albums as "Eat 'Em & Smile" & "Skyscraper"'

Answer: David Lee Roth


Question: '[filler]'


Question: 'The founding of this organization in 1909 was spurred by a Springfield, Ill. race riot the previous year'

Answer: NAACP


Question: 'Luxair Airlines'

Answer: Luxembourg


Question: 'Burt & Hal were inspired by this 1962 movie starring John Wayne & Jimmy Stewart to write a song of the same name'

Answer: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


Question: 'In "Animal Farm" Major is a prize boar whose "tushes had never been cut" (tushes being these)'

Answer: tusks


Question: 'His high-profile clients have included Sam Sheppard, Patty Hearst & O.J. Simpson'

Answer: F. Lee Bailey


Question: '[filler]'


Question: 'This Japanese term refers to second-generation Japanese-Americans, many of whom were interned during WWII'

Answer: Nisei


Question: 'KLM'

Answer: the Netherlands (Holland)


Question: 'How could you forget that Naked Eyes remade this Burt & Hal hit in 1983'

Answer: "Always Something There to Remind Me"


Question: 'He's the legendary singer & guitarist nicknamed "The King of the Boogie"'

Answer: John Lee Hooker


Question: '[filler]'


Question: '"Brighton Beach Memoirs"'

Answer: Neil Simon


Question: 'Lugosi was chosen for the big screen role of Dracula after the death of this great horror actor'

Answer: Lon Chaney


Question: '5 years after Eisenhower defeated him a second time, he packed his bags & headed to the U.N.'

Answer: Adlai Stevenson


Question: 'Name of a motorcycle gang founded in California in 1948; what do their wings look like?'

Answer: Hell\'s Angels


Question: 'Technically, this subject of a classic Judy Garland song is a 42-degree arc of refracted & reflected light'

Answer: rainbow


Question: 'In this city, the Queen Sofia Museum covers modern art as the Prado does the classics'

Answer: Madrid


Question: '"Death of a Salesman"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Bela was born Oct. 20, 1882 as Bela Ferenc Dezso Blasko in the town of Lugos in this country'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'He went from the U.N. in 1976 to the U.S. Senate representing New York in 1977'

Answer: Daniel Patrick Moynihan


Question: 'Psychologists put it before "aggressive" to describe behavior like sulking & procrastination'

Answer: passive


Question: 'These winds that blow through India from June to September bring the country most of its rain'

Answer: monsoon


Question: 'A 500-year-old hospice built for these travelers to Santiago de Compostela is said to be Europe's oldest hotel'

Answer: pilgrims


Question: '"Picnic"'

Answer: William Inge


Question: 'During the Roaring '20s, Bela was rumored to have dated this star of "Mantrap"; I guess he had "It"'

Answer: Clara Bow


Question: 'In 1965 Arthur Goldberg left this body to become the U.S. ambassador to the U,N.'

Answer: the Supreme Court


Question: '"Same" this is a slangy response on being given irrelevant information'

Answer: difference


Question: '(Alex: Here is Al Roker with the clue)  When I predict this, from Middle English for "to fall", expect slow-falling raindrops less than .02" across'

Answer: drizzle


Question: 'Zaragoza is the capital of this region best known for King Ferdinand & his daughter Catherine of it'

Answer: Aragon


Question: '"Torch Song Trilogy"'

Answer: Harvey Fierstein


Question: 'As a boy, Lugosi lived not far from these mountains, home to the legendary Count Dracula'

Answer: the Carpathians


Question: 'In 1981 she became the first woman the U.S. put into the post'

Answer: Jeane Kirkpatrick


Question: 'French king Henry IV called English king James I "The wisest" one of these "in Christendom"'

Answer: fool


Question: 'This term for a heavy downpour also refers specifically to the Biblical flood'

Answer: deluge


Question: '"Sunny shore" is a translation of this Spanish term for the area that includes Malaga'

Answer: Costa del Sol


Question: '"Rent"'

Answer: Jonathan Larson


Question: 'This man directed Bela in 3 films, "Glen or Glenda?", "Bride of the Monster" & "Plan 9 from Outer Space"'

Answer: Ed Wood


Question: 'In 1960 he was a U.N. ambassador & Nixon's running mate'

Answer: Henry Cabot Lodge


Question: 'Shh!  A 1994 short story collection by Alice Munro is titled "Open" these'

Answer: Secrets


Question: 'This term, also used in cooking ham, refers to the coating left by freezing rain'

Answer: glaze


Question: 'One of the world's first colonies was the Phoenician one at Gadir, now this similar-sounding Spanish city'

Answer: Cadiz


Question: 'In 1998 she became the only woman to win an Oscar & an Emmy for Lead Actress in the same year'

Answer: Helen Hunt


Question: '600-pound Mahala Mullins won fame by selling this illegal "lunar" liquor in the Tenn. mountains'

Answer: moonshine


Question: 'WWNO & WNOE were 2 sources of important info in this city following the disaster brought on by Katrina'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Of 25,000, 250,000 or 1 million miles, the one closest to the length of the equator'

Answer: 25,000 miles


Question: 'Though in Arabic his first & middle names mean "little warrior", there's nothing little about this 7'1" Miami center'

Answer: Shaquille O\'Neal


Question: 'Regarding Brad Pitt's new hairdo, in 2005 this ex said, "Billy Idol called--he wants his look back"'

Answer: Jennifer Aniston


Question: 'She gained 30 pounds before playing serial killer Aileen Wuornos for the 200 film "Monster"'

Answer: Charlize Theron


Question: 'In this city, KFWB hosts "Traffic on the Ones" to help you avoid getting stuck on the freeways'

Answer: Los Angeles


Question:
'(Before the clue is given, Daniel Reichard, John Lloyd Young, Christian Hoff, and J. Robert Spencer from the Broadway hit Jersey Boys perform.)

"Big girls don't cry-y-y (they don't cry) /
Big girls don't cry (I wonder why) /
(Silly boy) Told my girl we had to break up /
(Silly boy) Thought that she would call my bluff /
(Silly boy) Then she said to my surprise /
'Big girls don't cry'"

"Jersey Boys" tells the rags-to-rock-to-riches story of this legendary group'

Answer: The Four Seasons


Question: '"The Late Shift" depicted these 2 real-life hosts jockeying for the late-night crown'

Answer: Jay Leno & David Letterman


Question: 'After winning an Emmy playing Ellenor Frutt on "The Practice", this actress said, "This is for all the fat girls!"'

Answer: Camryn Manheim


Question: 'For "The Simple Life", Paris Hilton wanted Kimberly Stewart to replace this BFF with whom she was feuding'

Answer: Nicole Richie


Question: 'Vantile Mack, the 257-pound "Giant Baby", & 628-pound Jane Campbell were seen at this showman's American Museum'

Answer: P.T. Barnum


Question: 'Justin Timberlake won no fans by sniping that this 2006 American Idol "can't carry a tune in a bucket"'

Answer: Taylor Hicks


Question: 'The feud between this actress & Shirley MacLaine, her onscreen mom in "Terms of Endearment", is legendary'

Answer: Debra Winger


Question: 'This percentage in the 2004 presidential election was 64%, up 4% from 2000--who says we're apathetic?'

Answer: voter turnout


Question: 'On his final "Tonight Show" on May 22, 1992, he said, "I am taking the applause sign with me (&) putting it in the bedroom"'

Answer: Johnny Carson


Question: 'In "The Enterprise Incident" episode of "Star Trek", he pretended to kill Kirk using the Vulcan Death Grip'

Answer: Mr. Spock


Question: 'The first one in the Bill of Rights deals with the freedom of speech'

Answer: an amendment


Question: 'Of the 3 branches of government, the one including the Supreme Court'

Answer: the Judicial Branch


Question: 'This Chicago mobster claimed his famous nickname came from a WWI wound'

Answer: Al Capone


Question: 'Forest Lawn is one of these in Glendale, 15 minutes from Hollywood--for some, a one-way trip'

Answer: a cemetery


Question: 'This is the 2-word rhyming phrase for a minor car crash'

Answer: a fender bender


Question: '51 men have held this post that tells members of the House when they get to talk'

Answer: the Speaker of the House


Question: 'Do you feel lucky?  Well, do you, punk?  Then you'll know he was once the outlaw Josey Wales'

Answer: Clint Eastwood


Question: 'On his deathbed, Andrew Jackson addressed his slaves, saying he'd see them here'

Answer: heaven


Question: 'Many out-of-work actors make ends meet as mixologists, this profession'

Answer: a bartender


Question: 'Alaskans vote every 10 years on whether to hold one of these conventions, like the USA's in 1787'

Answer: a Constitutional Convention


Question: 'He's owned the New York Post, 20th Century Fox & DirecTV; one of you 3 probably worked for him at one point'

Answer: Rupert Murdoch


Question: 'Located at the Polunsky Unit in Polk County, the cells in Texas' one of these are each 60 square feet with a window'

Answer: death row


Question: 'The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service lists the spotted owl & the Florida panther as this type of at-risk species'

Answer: endangered


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Merrimack Restaurant in New Hampshire.) This Colorado senator was one of the many politicos to come to the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire ahead of the big primary'

Answer: Gary Hart


Question: 'In 1981 he became Assoc. Attorney General of the U.S.; in 1994, he was a mayor; he's a bit coy about his 2008 plans'

Answer: Mr. Giuliani


Question: 'The title character in this Arthur Miller play first enters carrying his sample cases'

Answer: Death of a Salesman


Question: 'Keep on schedule with the Hebrew, Muslim, Julian or Gregorian one of these'

Answer: a calendar


Question: 'The only tie in the Best Musical category came in 1960, between "The Sound of Music" & this show about a NYC mayor'

Answer: Fiorello!


Question: 'Cecil Bodker is the only Dane to win the coveted 51-year-old award named for this countryman'

Answer: Hans Christian Andersen


Question: 'In 2005 he was 7 strokes down after round 1, but a miraculous 30-foot chip on 16 helped him win a 4th green jacket'

Answer: Tiger Woods


Question: '"Some time, Rock, when...the breaks are beating the boys--tell them to go in there with all they've got & win...one for" him'

Answer: the Gipper


Question: 'Originally this term referred to the man employed on a cattle train who prodded cattle to keep them on their feet'

Answer: a cowpoke


Question: 'Denver International has North America's longest commercial one of these--3 miles long'

Answer: a runway


Question: 'A Katharine Hepburn memoir'

Answer: Me


Question: 'Walter R. Brooks created Ed the talking horse (later seen on TV) & Freddy this talking farm animal'

Answer: pig


Question: 'In 1964 he led an "army" on his way to his fourth & final Masters win'

Answer: Arnold Palmer


Question: 'In this first year of his presidency, FDR delivered his "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself" line'

Answer: 1933


Question: 'This gunmaker's classic Peacemaker .45 revolver could be purchased by mail order for $17'

Answer: (Samuel) Colt


Question: 'At St. Petersburg-Clearwater Airport, in this state, a plaque marks the 1914 sale of the first air-travel ticket'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'It's a long, long way to go to this 20th letter of the Arabic alphabet'

Answer: fa


Question: 'Esther Forbes lived most of her life in this state & set her novel "Johnny Tremain" there'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'Bear with us: the first of his record 6 Masters wins came in 1963 & the last in 1986'

Answer: Jack Nicklaus


Question: 'Newspaper editor John Bogart said, "If a man" does this, "that is news"'

Answer: bites dog


Question: 'In March 1879 this young killer met secretly with N.M. governor Lew Wallace to discuss a pardon; he never got it'

Answer: Billy the Kid


Question: 'This mayor presided over the construction of New York City's first municipal airport'

Answer: Fiorello LaGuardia


Question: 'Bangladesh produces about 60,000 metric tons of this a year'

Answer: tea


Question: 'A clergyman known as "The Puff-Puff Parson" created this character, the basis of a series of books, DVDs, etc.'

Answer: Thomas the Tank Engine


Question: 'In 2005 this golfer known as "Lefty" jumped for joy on 18 & showed off his vertical leap ability (about 2 inches)'

Answer: Phil Mickelson


Question: 'This network anchorman on election night 2004: "This race is hotter than  Times Square Rolex"'

Answer: Dan Rather


Question: 'Someone in partnership with another was "in" these, probably from the French for "hut"'

Answer: cahoots


Question: 'A company called BAA operates Southampton, Stansted & Glasgow, but this is its busiest airport'

Answer: Heathrow


Question: 'It precedes Bomba & Brea'

Answer: La


Question: 'This author of "Goodnight Moon" was a "colorful" character who kept perishable foods in a well'

Answer: Margaret Wise Brown


Question: 'Both the course & the tournament were created by this 1920s icon, the only single-season winner of golf's Grand Slam'

Answer: Bobby Jones


Question: 'Attributed to Napoleon's General Cambronne, "The Guards die but do not" do this'

Answer: surrender


Question: '2 hours after he received a death sentence for killing Jesse James, the Missouri governor pardoned him'

Answer: Robert Ford


Question: 'At this European city's airport, you can have a sandwich & of course a coffee at the Cafe Karen Blixen'

Answer: Copenhagen


Question: 'Spanish for "sun"'

Answer: sol


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew stands in front of a photograph of LBJ and Jackie Kennedy.) I'm at the LBJ Library with the prayer book on which Lyndon Johnson placed his hand to be sworn in on this date aboard Air Force One'

Answer: November 22, 1963


Question: 'Rejected by USC Film School, this "S" in DreamWorks SKG now sits on the Film School's Board of Councilors'

Answer: Steven Spielberg


Question: 'Like wombats & bandicoots, possums are members of this group of about 270 species'

Answer: marsupials


Question: 'Maria Tallchief'

Answer: United States of America


Question: 'Unlike modern computers that use microprocessors, ENIAC used 18,000 of these tube to process data'

Answer: vacuum tubes


Question: 'It runs 41 miles from Colon on the Atlantic to Balboa on the Pacific'

Answer: the Panama Canal


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of LBJ signing a bill.) In 1964, in one of his greatest triumphs, Lyndon Johnson signed this act that ended legal discrimination in the United States'

Answer: Civil Rights Act


Question: '"Jerry Maguire" was originally written for Tom...not Cruise, but him'

Answer: Hanks


Question: 'There are 2 Ys in the name of this type of possum that may weigh as little as 1/4 oz.'

Answer: a pygmy possum


Question: '1995 brought us the file format known as VRML, which enables 3-D graphics for the web; "VR" stands for this'

Answer: virtual reality


Question: 'This Italian writer's major works were a vain attempt to win back favor of the Medicis'

Answer: Machiavelli


Question: '(Kelly stands next to a big gray sphere.) This moon globe, a birthday gift to LBJ, was given to him in this year, a month after the first moon landing'

Answer: 1969


Question: 'He majored at journalism at Fordham University before playing a newspaper reporter in "The Pelican Brief"'

Answer: Denzel Washington


Question: 'Chuck Berry knows this "sweet little" number of days is the typical gestation period of a possum'

Answer: sixteen


Question: 'This 3-letter abbrev. used for devices from Palm was 1st used in '92 by Apple CEO John Sculley for the Newton launch'

Answer: PDA


Question: 'Popular & successful team leader seen here'

Answer: Pete Carroll


Question: '(Kelly stands in the Oval Office.) The LBJ Library has a replica of the Oval Office, from which the President monitored both the Vietnam War & this domestic war he declared March 16, 1964'

Answer: the War on Poverty


Question: 'This actor got his name by giving his mom a fetal kick while she viewed a Da Vinci work'

Answer: Leonardo DiCaprio


Question: 'Stick to it-- In 1948 this Walt Kelly possum hit the funny pages'

Answer: Pogo


Question: 'Tim Berners-Lee of CERN developed the WWW, allowing users to connect to documents through these "overactive" links'

Answer: hyperlinks


Question: 'Stone pavement bound with cement or tar, named for a Scottish engineer'

Answer: macadam (tarmac accepted)


Question: '(Jon speaks from the Oval Office.) On March 31, 1968, LBJ spoke from the Oval Office exactly 2 months after this North Vietnamese attack; though he said it was a failure, it changed the view of the war at home'

Answer: the Tet Offensive


Question: 'To get orc war screams for the Helm's Deep battle, this director put phonetic yells on a scoreboard for 25,000 cricket fans'

Answer: Peter Jackson


Question: 'The flying possum doesn't fly; well-developed flaps of skin along its flanks have it known by this 6-letter term'

Answer: a glider


Question: 'ARPANET, a 1960s Defense Department project, pioneered the sending of data in small units called these'

Answer: packets


Question: 'He was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1957 until 1963'

Answer: (Harold) Macmillan


Question: 'National seas include the Irish, the Philippine & this one bordered to its west by Iceland'

Answer: the Norwegian Sea


Question: 'It's the world's third-biggest economy, with 2010 GDP of $4.3 trillion--that's more than 300 trillion yen'

Answer: Japan


Question: 'It's no "Pulp Fiction" that this actor could pull his Boeing 707 or Gulfstream into the driveway of his Florida home'

Answer: John Travolta


Question: 'He began doing his "A Few Minutes With..." commentaries for "60 Minutes" in 1978'

Answer: Andy Rooney


Question: 'This Rochester, Minnesota clinic is around 15 million square feet, about 3 times the size of the Mall of America'

Answer: the Mayo Clinic


Question: 'I could be wrong, but that's what I think: IMHO'

Answer: in my humble opinion


Question: 'Prized by collectors, this type of shell has been used as a trumpet for thousands of years'

Answer: a conch


Question: 'Among individual nations, it was the world's biggest exporter in 2010'

Answer: China


Question: 'Her pinup poster was already the stuff of dreams during WWII when she played the lead in "Pin Up Girl"'

Answer: Betty Grable


Question: 'This British chef ran a culinary boot camp on "Hell's Kitchen" & faces "Kitchen Nightmares" on his Fox show'

Answer: Gordon Ramsay


Question: 'Sylvia Plath worked as a secretary at this hospital, MGH for short'

Answer: Massachusetts General Hospital


Question: 'I'll be there soon: OMW'

Answer: on my way


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.)  The shell of tridacna squamosa, or fluted giant clam, shows why is is classed as one of these, from the Latin for "two folding doors"'

Answer: a bivalve


Question: 'Bailout talk heated up in Europe when Standard & Poor's downgraded its credit to junk status in April 2010'

Answer: Greece


Question: 'Starting a toy collection? then buy one featuring this feline character from Sanrio'

Answer: Hello Kitty


Question: 'She helms "Fashion Police" on E! & has a reality show with her daughter Melissa'

Answer: Joan Rivers


Question: 'Now closed, the D.C. hospital named for him opened in 1909 & in WWI, went from 80 beds to 2,500 in months'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'I can't really give you legal advice because: IANAL'

Answer: I am not a lawyer


Question: 'An abalone shell is lined with a lustrous material called nacre, or this, because shellfish can give birth to gems'

Answer: mother of pearl


Question: 'More than 80% of its exports go to the U.S. & Canada; its trade with them has nearly tripled since 1994'

Answer: Mexico


Question: 'The Persian type of this home furnishing is usually tied with what's known as a sehna knot'

Answer: a rug (or carpet)


Question: 'He joined the "Today" show as a news anchor in 1994 & has been a co-anchor of the show since 1997'

Answer: Matt Lauer


Question: 'This city's Johns Hopkins hospital opened on May 7, 1889; today, it's part of a $5 billion medical system'

Answer: Baltimore


Question: 'It's how you might sign off to your child or spouse: LYL'

Answer: love you lots


Question: 'Irregularly-shaped shells of creature in the family vermetidae are also known as this type of shell, named for an earth tiller'

Answer: a worm shell


Question: 'More than 80% of Angola's GDP stems from the production of this resource; much is found offshore'

Answer: oil


Question: 'In the model version of this hobby, you might launch an Estes 1292 Wizard or a 2162 Big Daddy'

Answer: model rocketry


Question: 'As a boy this cable TV star was nicknamed "El Perrero" because of his natural abilities'

Answer: Cesar Milan (the Dog Whisperer)


Question: 'Known for its mental health facilities, this NYC hospital was founded in 1736, 4 years after George Washington's birth'

Answer: Bellevue


Question: '511 is another way to say it: TMI'

Answer: too much information


Question: 'Shells of the family terebridae, called this, like the carpenter's drilling tool they resemble'

Answer: an auger shell


Question: 'The 1806 "Prophet Hen of Leeds" in this country laid eggs that said "Christ is coming"; turns out the eggs were placed there'

Answer: England


Question: 'He was born in the fall of 1918 & fell out of the vice presidency in the fall of 1973'

Answer: Agnew


Question: 'His No. 1 bestseller "The Rainmaker" was dedicated "to American trial lawyers"'

Answer: John Grisham


Question: 'Little Monsters'

Answer: Lady Gaga


Question: 'Wow! the neighbors gave trick-or-treaters the king size of this Nestle candy bar with a noisy name'

Answer: Crunch


Question: 'It's the National Cathedral of the Church of Ireland'

Answer: St. Patrick\'s


Question: '& Lo, the world would go dark at midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, due to this alphanumeric event, & lo...it did not come to pass'

Answer: Y2K


Question: 'This Daredevil was born in the fall of 1938, 36 years before his fall into the Snake River Canyon'

Answer: Evel Knievel


Question: 'C.S. Lewis dedicated this 1950 classic "to Lucy Barfield" from "your affectionate godfather"'

Answer: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


Question: 'Blockheads'

Answer: New Kids on the Block


Question: 'Abe Vigoda & Betty White have appeared in commercials for this candy bar that satisfies'

Answer: Snickers


Question: 'This term for a date on which the lady pays her own way may upset some in Amsterdam'

Answer: Dutch treat


Question: 'In 1980 on "The 700 Club", he said, "I guarantee you by the end of 1982 there is going to be a judgment on the world"'

Answer: Pat Robertson


Question: 'He was born September 29, 1758 & fell to enemy fire on the quarterdeck of HMS Victory in the fall of 1805'

Answer: (Lord) Nelson


Question: 'Amy Tan dedicated this bestseller "to my mother and the memory of her mother..."'

Answer: The Joy Luck Club


Question: 'Parrotheads'

Answer: Jimmy Buffett


Question: 'This tri-colored sweet, popular on Halloween, has its own national day on October 30'

Answer: candy corn


Question: 'Rick Nielsen, this band's guitarist is seen here in his trademark look'

Answer: Cheap Trick


Question: 'Oct. 22, 1844 became "The Great Disappointment" for those awaiting the end; it led to the start of this "numeric" faith'

Answer: the Seventh Day Adventists


Question: 'Born in the fall of 1837, Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the last Japanese ruler with this title'

Answer: Shogun


Question: 'E.M. Forster dedicated this 1924 novel to Syed Ross Mahood, who showed him "new horizons and a new civilization"'

Answer: A Passage to India


Question: 'Apple Scruffs'

Answer: the Beatles


Question: 'The name of these bite-sized candies is also a British term for ninepin bowling'

Answer: Skittles


Question: 'To give someone this is to show disapproval by deliberately not communicating with him'

Answer: the silent treatment


Question: 'This 89-year-old ex-civil engineer said May 21, 2011 was the day... then, sorry, I was off by 5 months, it's Oct. 21, my bad'

Answer: Harold Camping


Question: 'Born in the fall of 1764, he took the fall for inciting a 1789 mutiny'

Answer: Fletcher Christian


Question: 'Larry McMurtry dedicated this sequel to "The Last Picture Show" to Cybill Shepherd, who starred in the film versions'

Answer: Texasville


Question: 'Phans'

Answer: Phish


Question: 'Tootsie Roll Industries makes tootsie pops (candy inside a lollipop) & these blow pops (gum inside a lollipop)'

Answer: Charms


Question: 'A small amount of a liquid flowing slowly'

Answer: a trickle


Question: '"In this sense, the theory of" this group "may be summed up in the single sentence: abolition of private property"'

Answer: communists


Question: '"Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters"'

Answer: God


Question: '"Adam ____"'

Answer: 12


Question: 'Of the first 4 classic films (all from 1939) honored with U.S. stamps in 1990, the only one that was a musical'

Answer: The Wizard of Oz


Question: 'Detonated by contact, it can be an explosive buried underground or floated at sea'

Answer: a mine


Question: 'OAK PET'

Answer: Topeka


Question: 'Figuratively, one of these "of cards" is shaky & could collapse at any moment'

Answer: a house


Question: '"Intreat the Lord, that he may take away the frogs from me"'

Answer: the pharoah


Question: '"____ Tree Hill"'

Answer: One


Question: 'A 2009 stamp honoring the 50th anniversary of its statehood featured a dogsledder'

Answer: Alaska


Question: '2-word name for an explosive charge detonated underwater against submarines'

Answer: a depth charge


Question: 'HEN ALE'

Answer: Helena


Question: 'Standard command to Fido to go get that stick'

Answer: fetch


Question: '"Take me up. and cast me forth into the sea", for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you"'

Answer: Jonah


Question: '"My ____ Dads"'

Answer: Two


Question: 'A stamp commemorating this poet includes a scene from his poem "Paul Revere's Ride"'

Answer: Longfellow


Question: 'It's a homemade bomb consisting of a gasoline-filled bottle ignited by a rag stuck in the bottle's neck'

Answer: a Molotov cocktail


Question: 'RIB SMACK'

Answer: Bismarck


Question: 'Zodiacal sign for late March & early April'

Answer: Aries


Question: '"Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails... and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe"'

Answer: Thomas


Question: '"____ Hours Mystery"'

Answer: 48


Question: '18th-century French playing cards inspired the look of the "Love" stamp seen here with these card names'

Answer: the king & queen of hearts


Question: '4-letter name for a medium-range Soviet-era missile originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead'

Answer: a SCUD


Question: 'SPIDER FLING'

Answer: Springfield


Question: 'To mount a picture, or to contrive evidence to make an innocent person look guilty'

Answer: frame


Question: '"But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the Passover"'

Answer: Pilate


Question: '"Jon & Kate Plus ____"'

Answer: Ei8ht


Question: 'A 76-cent stamp recognized Edward Trudeau, a phthisiologist, one who studies this wasting lung disease'

Answer: tuberculosis


Question: 'SAM stands for this type of missile'

Answer: a surface-to-air missile


Question: 'HAIR GEL'

Answer: Raleigh


Question: 'This 5-letter term comes from a Red Sea port in Yemen where coffee was exported'

Answer: mocha


Question: 'Prime Minister Berisha called the 2008 membership invitation to Albania by this alliance "a miracle"'

Answer: NATO


Question: 'Naples-born stuffed pizza<br />(7)'

Answer: a calzone


Question: 'A living fossil of the deep, the goblin variety of this fish is seen here'

Answer: the shark


Question: 'This is the indentation on the bottom of a wine bottle, or a kick on fourth down in football'

Answer: a punt


Question: 'Fair one, thy dad had thee repel my letters & deny me access to thee... but a restraining order?  What is uppeth with that?'

Answer: Ophelia


Question: 'At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he ran a record 20.7 seconds in the 200 Meters'

Answer: Jesse Owens


Question: 'Starting in 1981 this Socialist served 2 7-year terms as president of France'

Answer: Mitterand


Question: 'Beluga's the most expensive type of it<br />(6)'

Answer: caviar


Question: 'Found in Argentina, the pink fairy species of this armored animal reaches only a length of about 5 inches'

Answer: an armadillo


Question: 'This word for underwear also refers to parts of a dresser; the word denotes something moved by pulling'

Answer: drawers


Question: 'Zounds!  I saw thee not behind that arras!  Denmark needeth a new minister to the king!  My bad!'

Answer: Polonius


Question: 'This horse took the 1973 Preakness by 2 1/2 lengths; he ran away with the Belmont by an unreal 31'

Answer: Secretariat


Question: 'Yulia Tymoshenko was a leader of the Orange Revolution in this former SSR & became one of its leaders'

Answer: Ukraine


Question: 'Oblong, twisty doughnut<br />(7)'

Answer: a cruller


Question: 'The long beak variety of this egg layer is found in New Guinea'

Answer: an echidna


Question: 'As well as a summary of account, it can be an explosive noise, as from a rifle'

Answer: a report


Question: 'Though I did say of thee "Frailty, thy name is woman", Mother, I hope thou acceptest my wedding gift from Pottery Barn'

Answer: Gertrude


Question: 'This man said, "Lou Brock was the symbol of great base stealing, but today I am the greatest of all time"'

Answer: Ricky Henderson


Question: 'The Rolling Stones' "Angie" was played at rallies for this current female leader'

Answer: Angela Merkel


Question: '"Darling" Mandarin orange relative<br />(10)'

Answer: Clementine


Question: 'This word applied to many types of itty-bitty critters is the species of marmoset seen here'

Answer: the pygmy


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Netherlands.)  The spinning blades on a windmill are called these, & they work on the same principle as those on a boat'

Answer: sails


Question: ''Tis okay ye killed Dad & wed Mom--thou said thy "offence is rank, it smells to heaven", but I'm a live & let live kind of guy'

Answer: Claudius


Question: 'The NFL's career rushing TD leader with 164, this ex-Cowboy also was the "Dancing With The Stars" champ in '06'

Answer: Emmitt Smith


Question: 'The letter should give you a clue to the name of this Spanish prime minister reelected in 2008'

Answer: Zapatero


Question: 'Raisin-like fruit named for a Greek port<br />(7)'

Answer: currant


Question: 'Related to seahorses, this critter bears the name of a mythological beast'

Answer: a sea dragon


Question: 'The first use of this term in print was by Raymond Chandler; the second word plays on the word <i>investigator</i>'

Answer: a private eye


Question: 'You "two-school-fellows, whom I will trust as I will adders fanged" ...Aw, I ain't mad atcha!  Giveth me hugs!'

Answer: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern


Question: 'At his death, this Oregon runner & movie bio subject held every U.S. record from 2,000 to 10,000 meters & 2 to 6 miles'

Answer: Steve Prefontaine


Question: 'Some say the Dark Ages began when Byzantine Emperor Justinian closed this city's school of philosophy in 529 A.D.'

Answer: Athens


Question: 'The Palacio de la Zarzuela has been the residence of the king & queen of this nation since 1962'

Answer: Spain


Question: 'Come on down!  This Goodson-Todman game show made its debut on November 26, 1956'

Answer: The Price Is Right


Question: 'If you want an investment backed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Reserve sells T-bills, short for this'

Answer: treasury bills


Question: '"Blind as", this mammal of the order Chiroptera'

Answer: a bat


Question: 'A weakness?  I can be too much of this kind of "player" & not standup of the individual credit I deserve'

Answer: a team player


Question: 'There once was a clue from Nantucket, this kind of humorous 5-line Irish verse (sorry, that's it)'

Answer: limerick


Question: 'Royal residences in this nation include Drottningholm Palace & Stromsholm Palace'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 1955, 4 versions of the theme to this Disney series hit the Top 20, including one by its star, Fess Parker'

Answer: Davey Crockett


Question: 'When you need a loan to buy a house, you can get a fixed-rate one or this, an ARM'

Answer: adjustable rate mortgage


Question: '"Slow as" this reptile of the order Testudines'

Answer: a turtle


Question: 'I'm not only a go-getter but also this other alliterative term that means I don't need a push'

Answer: self-starter


Question: 'Kill a plant with a deadly substance & you could be accused of this, also describing the substance itself'

Answer: herbicide


Question: 'The residence of royalty since the mid-19th century, Kokyo Palace is today this emperor's home'

Answer: Akihito


Question: 'She won a 1955 Emmy for playing the title role in the "Producers' Showcase" presentation of Peter Pan'

Answer: Mary Martin


Question: 'If you want to buy stock in small & mid-sized companies, check out the stocks traded on this, the AMEX'

Answer: American Stock Exchange


Question: '"Quiet as" this animal of the family Muridae'

Answer: a mouse (a church mouse accepted)


Question: 'I noticed in my regular reading of this Time Inc. business magazine that you're on its list of America's most admired Cos.'

Answer: Fortune


Question: 'Hey, baby, what's your zodiac sign?  It's this, isn't it, the only that fits the category... Hey, where are you going?'

Answer: Capricorn


Question: 'Located on the Chao Phraya River, a royal palace of this nation is home to the Chapel of the Emerald Buddha'

Answer: Thailand


Question: 'In 1952, he moved his "House Party" from radio to TV, where it remained for another 17 years'

Answer: Art Linkletter


Question: 'Sell junk bonds if you want to take your publicly traded company private using an LBO, this type of buyout'

Answer: leveraged buyout


Question: '"Sly as" this carnivore of the dog family, especially those of the genus Vulpes'

Answer: a fox


Question: 'The pin? Industrial engineering studies at this university really prepared me to work here at Amalgamated Button'

Answer: Texas Tech


Question: 'To renounce a throne, as Norodom Sihanouk did in 2004'

Answer: abdicate


Question: 'Bab Al Salam palace in AMman's home to this former queen & wife of King Hussein'

Answer: Queen Noor


Question: 'In "Have Gun, Will Travel", Richard Boone played this dapper gun-for-hire based in San Francisco's Hotel Carlton'

Answer: (Wire) Paladin


Question: 'Stocks are often considered undervalued if they have a low PE ratio, the stock price to this'

Answer: earnings


Question: '"Happy as" this Old World oscine bird of the family Alaudidae'

Answer: a lark


Question: 'I am a people person, but still keep an appropriate distance as this, from the Latin for "over" & "see"'

Answer: supervisor


Question: 'From 1940 to 1942, this was the capital of unoccupied France'

Answer: Vichy


Question: 'The Maccabees rededicated this edifice in 165 B.C. & about 235 years later, it was destroyed'

Answer: the temple (of Jerusalem)


Question: '(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New York City.) A real tie-up was created on the Brooklyn Bridge for a scene in this 1971 Gene Hackman film'

Answer: The French Connection


Question: 'Barney Frank,<br />Edward Markey'

Answer: Massachusetts


Question: 'In March 2004, for the 243rd time, New York City held this holiday parade'

Answer: the St. Patrick\'s Day Parade


Question: 'Nickname shared by Captain Ahab's cabin boy & the narrator of Dickens' "Great Expectations"'

Answer: Pip


Question: 'The Hanging Gardens of _____ 5'

Answer: Babylon


Question: 'This elected British legislative body's chamber was destroyed by German bombing during WWII'

Answer: the (House of) Commons


Question: 'On the Vienna landmark shown, Orson Welles makes a memorable speech in this post-World War II film'

Answer: The Third Man


Question: 'J. Dennis Hastert,<br />Jesse Jackson, Jr.'

Answer: Illinois


Question: 'Each April the World Cow Chip Throwing Contest is held in Beaver City in this "Sooner" state'

Answer: Oklahoma


Question: 'His outfit included a chain made of cash boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds & heavy purses'

Answer: Jacob Marley


Question: '(Sittin' On) The Dock of the _____ of Pigs'

Answer: Bay


Question: 'Several cathedrals, the opera house & the royal palace were all destroyed due to one of these in Lisbon in 1755'

Answer: an earthquake


Question: '(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a ship in Egypt.)  The 1978 movie of this Agatha Christie mystery was partly filmed here in Egypt'

Answer: Death on the Nile


Question: 'Deborah Pryce,<br />Dennis Kucinich'

Answer: Ohio


Question: 'This kennel club's annual dog show at Madison Square Garden is one of the USA's longest continuously held sporting events'

Answer: the Westminster (Kennel Club)


Question: 'Grip the Raven is the companion of this son of Mary Rudge'

Answer: Barnaby Rudge


Question: 'Ethan _____ wrench'

Answer: Allen


Question: 'In 1538 the king had the Canterbury shrine of this man destroyed 368 years after he was killed there'

Answer: Thomas á Becket


Question: 'In the 1989 film "Batman", England's Knebworth House, seen here, played this stately home'

Answer: Wayne Manor


Question: 'Robert Wexler,<br />Katherine Harris'

Answer: Florida


Question: 'On August 20 this country honors its first king with St. Stephen's Day'

Answer: Hungary


Question: 'This nephew of John Jasper mysteriously disappears'

Answer: Edwin Drood


Question: 'Dome of the _____ Island Line'

Answer: Rock


Question: 'Destroyed by arson in 1871, all that's left of this French royal palace on the Seine is its gardens'

Answer: the Tuileries


Question: '(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Delos, Greece.)  In this 1989 film, a frustrated Liverpool housewife finds love, leisure, and liberation here on the islands of Greece'

Answer: Shirley Valentine


Question: 'Nancy Pelosi,<br />David Dreier'

Answer: California


Question: 'Each April Independence, Kansas holds a festival to honor this "Picnic" playwright who was born there'

Answer: William Inge


Question: 'Nelson _____ of the Sphinx'

Answer: Riddle


Question: 'In 1934 in Chicago, soon before his death, he had painful plastic surgery that left him looking pretty much the same'

Answer: John Dillinger


Question: 'Gauguin's mom was Peruvian, & from 1851 to 1855 he lived with her in this capital city'

Answer: Lima


Question: 'It's "my kind of town"'

Answer: Chicago


Question: 'This projectile's name comes from the Late Latin for "pomegranate"'

Answer: a grenade


Question: 'Isolated in 1983, the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym'

Answer: HIV


Question: 'In his heredity experiments this 19th century monk cross-pollinated garden pea plants'

Answer: Mendel


Question: 'A mint-tasting compound from peppermint oil'

Answer: menthol


Question: 'In 1766 George Stubbs, a noted painter of these animals, published a book on their anatomy'

Answer: horses


Question: 'In 1976 Billy Joel was in this city's "state of mind"'

Answer: New York


Question: 'These rifle additions gained their first prominence in the 17th century'

Answer: bayonets


Question: 'Seeing Koplik's spots on the inside of your cheeks is a sign you've "spotted" this viral infection'

Answer: measles


Question: 'It's the husk that peas come in & may be edible'

Answer: the pod


Question: 'An experienced advisor & teacher'

Answer: a mentor


Question: 'Masterpieces in this Manhattan museum include "Starry Night" & "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon"'

Answer: Museum of Modern Art


Question: 'In a 1932 standard, it's the city you "shuffle off to"'

Answer: Buffalo


Question: 'A 15th-century drawing of the medieval variety of this siege weapon is seen here'

Answer: a catapult


Question: 'It's the B form of this inflammation of the liver that's spread by some kinds of personal contact'

Answer: hepatitis


Question: 'This sea-faring fashion seen here is popular with sailors & fishermen'

Answer: a pea coat


Question: 'A high-IQ organization'

Answer: MENSA


Question: 'This abstract artist's method of applying paint, as in "Autumn Rhythm", earned him the nickname "Jack the Dripper"'

Answer: Jackson Pollock


Question: 'The song "Way Down Yonder In" this city goes way back to 1922'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'Alphanumeric designation of the American standard used in Vietnam, seen here'

Answer: an M-16


Question: 'A fatal form of blood poisoning in cattle, or the group that recorded the 1985 album "Spreading the Disease"'

Answer: anthrax


Question: 'In an Edward Lear nonsense poem, this title duo goes to sea in a pea-green boat'

Answer: the Owl and the Pussycat


Question: 'A wild animal exhibit'

Answer: a menagerie


Question: 'This American woman scoffed at charges that her close-up paintings of flowers had sexual imagery'

Answer: Georgia O\'Keeffe


Question: 'Glen Campbell had hits all over the map: Phoenix, Wichita & this Texas city'

Answer: Galveston


Question: 'It's the impressive weapon seen here that can take off & land vertically'

Answer: the Harrier


Question: 'This lung disease, isolated in 1882, has been found in an ancient mummy, so there should be hieroglyphic Christmas Seals'

Answer: tuberculosis


Question: 'Widely cultivated for their edible seeds, these peas are also called garbanzos'

Answer: chickpeas


Question: 'Chemical element 101'

Answer: mendeleevium


Question: 'Traveling on foot, he planted apple orchards all over the Middle West'

Answer: Johnny Appleseed


Question: '(Hi, I'm Seth Green.)  He played my dad in both of the "Austin Powers" movies'

Answer: Mike Myers


Question: 'Sudafrica'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'The type of establishment represented here, or a style of four-part harmony singing'

Answer: a barbershop


Question: 'At the Academy, Plato nicknamed this student "The Reader" because of his love of books'

Answer: Aristotle


Question: 'Technically, it's superfluous to use this word after "chili"'

Answer: pepper


Question: 'Febold Feboldson was a giant who performed amazing feats on the plains of Nebraska & this "Sunflower State"'

Answer: Kansas


Question: 'Anne Archer received an Oscar nomination for playing Michael Douglas' wife in this thriller'

Answer: Fatal Attraction


Question: 'Argelia'

Answer: Algeria


Question: 'A singing style practiced in Tuva in Central Asia is named for this body part, which must get "sore"'

Answer: the throat


Question: 'Known for his theory of right triangles, he believed that the planets create their own sounds in their orbits'

Answer: Pythagoras


Question: 'This word found on signs before "pit" & "trench" is superfluous; it's an inherent quality of pits & trenches'

Answer: open


Question: 'This lumberjack's tales appeared in a 1914 booklet published by the Red River Lumber Company of Minneapolis'

Answer: Paul Bunyan


Question: 'Elvis made his feature film debut as Clint Reno in this 1956 western'

Answer: Love Me Tender


Question: 'Libano'

Answer: Lebanon


Question: 'Tremolo is sometimes used synonymously with this other Italian term for a "quavering" effect'

Answer: vibrato


Question: 'Of the 23 Ptolemys who ruled Egypt, she was the only one who bothered to learn the Egyptian language'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: 'A Toronto institution is somewhat redundantly named this "for Sick Children"'

Answer: Hospital


Question: 'Folk tales of this legendary keelboatman began appearing shortly after his 1823 death'

Answer: Mike Fink


Question: 'Private dick Steve Martin interacts with clips from '40s noir films in this 1982 crime comedy'

Answer: Dead Men Don\'t Wear Plaid


Question: 'Suecia'

Answer: Sweden


Question: 'In 1933 it had to be Bing Crosby who introduced the song "Learn To" do this'

Answer: Croon


Question: 'In 221 B.C. he took command of the Carthaginian Army in Spain from his brother-in-law'

Answer: Hannibal


Question: 'It's redundant to refer to this "system of measurement", since the word means "relating to measurement"'

Answer: metric


Question: 'This Texas cowboy who used a Bowie knife as a teething ring was created by journalist Edward O'Reilly in 1923'

Answer: Pecos Bill


Question: 'In a 1982 movie, Jessica Lange played this actress of the '30s & '40s who was institutionalized & lobotomized'

Answer: Francis Farmer


Question: 'Paises Bajos'

Answer: Low Countries (or the Netherlands or Holland)


Question: 'Appropriate nickname of singer Jay Hawkins, heard here'

Answer: "Screamin\'"


Question: 'The "Histories" of this "Father of History" told of the Persian Empire's invasions of Greece in 490 & 480 B.C.'

Answer: Herodotus


Question: 'This common legal order to terminate an activity includes 2 synonyms for "stop"'

Answer: cease & desist


Question: 'Of the U.S. states with active volcanos, this state is farthest south'

Answer: Hawaii


Question: 'In 1999 comic Eddie Izzard portrayed this comic in a London production of "Lenny"'

Answer: Lenny Bruce


Question: 'For the general public in the U.S., it was due April 17, 2000, as the 15th was on a weekend'

Answer: federal tax return


Question: 'The USA's began in 1861, Angola's in 1975'

Answer: Civil War


Question: 'On a clear day you can see the pyramids from the Ramses Hilton in this city'

Answer: Cairo


Question: 'In 1937 the spinach-growing town of Crystal City, Texas erected a statue of this animated character'

Answer: Popeye


Question: 'A rough idea of a proposed plan; H.G. Wells had one of "History"'

Answer: an outline


Question: 'In Tony Award categories, it's the term for a new production of an old play'

Answer: Revival


Question: 'This should ring a bell--it's a tax or fee charged for using a bridge or a road'

Answer: a toll


Question: 'The Pequot, Pontiac's & the Nez Perce were 3 of these "wars"'

Answer: Indian wars


Question: 'Butterflies will flutter all around you at the Spyrogyra Butterfly Garden in this Costa Rican capital'

Answer: San Jose


Question: 'A mint condition copy of the 10-cent comic book that featured this hero's 1938 debut is worth $185,000 today'

Answer: Superman


Question: 'A movie scene that's filmed but not used in the final version'

Answer: an outtake


Question: '(Hi, I'm Andy Richter.) I've portrayed this TV patriarch in the New York & L.A. productions of "The Real Live Brady Bunch"'

Answer: Mike Brady


Question: 'This excise tax on things like yachts can also be found on Monopoly boards'

Answer: a luxury tax


Question: 'A theory formed in the 1980s says this type of "war" would be followed by the same type of "winter"'

Answer: nuclear war


Question: 'Wood carvings are popular souvenirs of this African capital known as Dar for short'

Answer: Dar es Salaam


Question: 'It's the longest-running animated prime time series in the history of television'

Answer: The Simpsons


Question: 'Beyond the designated borders of a sports playing field'

Answer: out of bounds


Question: 'This acclaimed Broadway musical of 2000 is not an adaptation of the Jodie Foster space movie of the same name'

Answer: Contact


Question: 'A tax on exported or imported goods; a scout pledges to do this'

Answer: a duty


Question: '(Hi, I'm Andy Summers.)  The U.S. government called the Korean War this, which sounds like a lawsuit by my old band'

Answer: police action


Question: 'Seen here, the abstract monument to Jean Sibelius is a highlight of a trip to this city'

Answer: Helsinki


Question: 'This first completely computer-generated feature film was released in 1995'

Answer: Toy Story


Question: 'A type of medical care in which the subject doesn't spend the night in the hospital'

Answer: outpatient


Question: '(Hi, I'm S. Epatha Merkerson.)  I won a Tony nomination for playing Berneice in this playwright's 1990 Pulitzer Prize-winning play "The Piano Lesson"'

Answer: August Wilson


Question: 'You may get a refund of the VAT, this tax on goods in Europe, if they were bought for commercial use'

Answer: value added tax


Question: '18th c. Europe was "throne" into confusion by the War of the Austrian one & the war of the Spanish one'

Answer: Succession


Question: 'You may get dizzy teeing off at the world's highest golf course, at Malasilla in this capital'

Answer: La Paz, Bolivia


Question: 'Launched Oct. 2, 1950, it went on to achieve the largest & most devoted following of any comic strip in history'

Answer: Peanuts


Question: 'Sydney Pollack directed this 1985 Best Picture Oscar winner'

Answer: Out of Africa


Question: 'This continent still has a Van Diemen Gulf, though Van Diemen's Land became Tasmania'

Answer: Australia


Question: 'In this 1970 film dentist "Painless Pole" Waldowski "dies" to the strains of "Suicide is Painless"'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'This legume can be "crimson", "sweet" &, occasionally, four-leafed'

Answer: clover


Question: 'In Peru:<br />Quechua, Aymara & this'

Answer: Spanish


Question: 'A typical symphony orchestra has 32 of these instruments, but only 1 tuba'

Answer: violins


Question: 'Some of our contestants are "nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of" these pieces of furniture'

Answer: rocking chairs


Question: 'The Archipelago de los Colorados lies in this gulf along Cuba's northwest coast'

Answer: the Gulf of Mexico


Question: 'In this 1976 drama, Laurence Olivier checks out Dustin Hoffman's dental work'

Answer: Marathon Man


Question: 'The wolf & this rodent both have "red" & "gray" types, but there's no flying wolf'

Answer: squirrel


Question: 'In Haiti:<br />Haitian Creole & this'

Answer: French


Question: 'An 1846 Berlioz work on "The Damnation of" this man goes back to the Goethe tale'

Answer: Faust


Question: 'This expression is used to caution someone dangerously inquisitive'

Answer: curiosity killed the cat


Question: 'This sea is about 1,400 miles long, running from the Strait of Bab el Mandeb to Suez, Egypt'

Answer: the Red Sea


Question: 'In the 1948 comedy "The Paleface" he was "Painless" Peter Potter, an inept dentist in the Old West'

Answer: Bob Hope


Question: 'This type of "bear" is a caterpillar'

Answer: woolly bear


Question: 'In Switzerland:<br />German, French, Romansch & this'

Answer: Italian


Question: 'You may want to check out the "Dumky Trio" composed by this "New World" Czech'

Answer: Antonin Dvorak


Question: '(Hi, I'm C.C. DeVille.)  This comment on a surprise arrival is also the title of a hit album by my band Poison'

Answer: look what the cat dragged in


Question: 'In 1898 Dewey won a great victory in this bay; now you can see lovely sunsets over it'

Answer: Manila Bay


Question: 'Steve Martin played Orin Scrivello, D.D.S. in this 1986 remake'

Answer: Little Shop of Horrors


Question: 'Solitary type of thrush that's the state bird of Vermont'

Answer: hermit thrush


Question: 'In Kenya:<br />English & this'

Answer: Swahili


Question: 'Vaughan Williams is among composers who wrote music for Larry Adler to play on this instrument'

Answer: Harmonica


Question: 'It's the game being played by a strong player toying with a weaker one'

Answer: cat & mouse


Question: '"Servile" name of the fifth-largest North American lake; you'll find Yellowknife on its shores'

Answer: the Great Slave Lake


Question: 'This "L.A. Law" actor was back at the old drill in the 1998 horror sequel "The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself"'

Answer: Corbin Bernsen


Question: 'Check out the hind feet on this hare & you'll see how it got its name'

Answer: snowshoe hare/rabbit


Question: 'In Cyprus:<br />Greek & this'

Answer: Turkish


Question: 'One of the first composers to make records, he supervised his own "Pagliacci" for one in 1907'

Answer: Ruggero Leoncavallo


Question: 'Royalty is cut down to size in the expression "A cat may" do this'

Answer: look at a king


Question: 'The Warriors, the 76ers, the Lakers & the Harlem Globetrotters all retired his number'

Answer: Wilt Chamberlain


Question: 'Prince Boris Golitzen invented an electromagnetic one of these, & was probably paid "Richter" scale'

Answer: Seismograph


Question: 'It's a marsupial receptacle, a chipmunk cheek or the sac under a pelican's bill'

Answer: Pouch


Question: 'On May 22, 1995 USA Today reported she "weighs anchor, no longer eye-to-eye with CBS News"'

Answer: Connie Chung


Question: 'This Oriental sauce is made by fermenting boiled legumes & roasted wheat'

Answer: Soy sauce


Question: 'Psalm 122 says "Pray for the peace of" this city; "they shall prosper that love thee"'

Answer: Jerusalem


Question: 'A swinging couch suspended from a vertical frame or a light aircraft with no engine'

Answer: Glider


Question: 'In 1711, trumpeter John Shore invented this two-pronged pitch setter'

Answer: Tuning fork


Question: 'A caruncle is a fleshy outgrowth, like this on the top of a rooster'

Answer: Comb


Question: 'ABC's comedy "Hudson Street" stars Lori Loughlin & this former "Who's the Boss?" housekeeper'

Answer: Tony Danza


Question: 'Larousse calls for brandy & a half-liter of Chambertin to make this classic chicken & wine dish'

Answer: Coq au vin


Question: 'The feast of Passover is first mentioned in this book'

Answer: Exodus


Question: 'This shade of red has the same name as a birthstone'

Answer: Garnet


Question: 'In July of 1995, leptin was in the news; it's a protein that caused some mice to do this'

Answer: lose weight


Question: 'Collective term for all the feathers of a bird'

Answer: Plumage


Question: 'This company had a "Television Theater" in 1947; its "Music Hall" didn't premiere until 1958'

Answer: Kraft


Question: 'The original type of this almond flavored liquor comes from Saronno, Italy'

Answer: Amaretto


Question: 'After Abel's murder, Cain settled in this land east of Eden'

Answer: Nod


Question: 'Artist Charles Dana's "Girl", or her martini with an onion'

Answer: Gibson


Question: 'In 1910 this Swiss company produced its first wrist chronometer'

Answer: Rolex


Question: 'Also called the ventriculus, it's the part of a bird that grinds food using stones or grit'

Answer: the gizzard


Question: 'Both "Happy Days" & "Laverne & Shirley" were set in this city'

Answer: Milwaukee


Question: 'This salad green, also called rucola, has a bitter taste many find too assertive'

Answer: Arugula


Question: 'Oddly, this tribe for whom the third book is named, is mentioned in only one passage there'

Answer: Levi


Question: 'This Italian family ruled Mantua for almost four centuries'

Answer: Gonzaga


Question: 'Discovered in 1797 by Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, this element was named for the Greek for "color"'

Answer: chromium


Question: 'The carina is a keel-like ridge on this bone that helps support muscles used in flying'

Answer: Breastbone (sternum)


Question: 'Among her TV roles were Jill Danko, Sabrina Duncan & Amanda King'

Answer: Kate Jackson


Question: 'This tuna has the lightest flesh & is the only one that legally can be called white'

Answer: Albacore


Question: 'In 1 Samuel 4, these people captured the Ark of the Covenant after defeating Israel in battle'

Answer: Philistines


Question: 'This German composer of the opera "Alceste" taught singing to Marie Antoinette'

Answer: Christoph Gluck


Question: 'Ange-Jacques Gabriel designed the classically elegant Petit Trianon at this palace'

Answer: Versailles


Question: 'In 1953 the U.N. coordinated the first worldwide one of these; the U.S. takes one every ten years'

Answer: Census


Question: 'In an annual tribute, seven boys & seven girls were fed to this monster of the Labyrinth'

Answer: Minotaur


Question: 'This Spaniard rides a bony old nag named Rocinante on his quests'

Answer: Don Quixote


Question: 'As requested, she was buried at Mark Antony's side in 30 B.C.'

Answer: Cleopatra


Question: '"The Gondoliers" opens on the Piazzetta in this city'

Answer: Venice


Question: 'Though this Maine city's state house has been remodeled, it retains its original Charles Bulfinch facade'

Answer: Augusta


Question: 'Under U.N. guidelines, this military operation began January 16, 1991'

Answer: Operation Desert Storm/Persian Gulf War


Question: 'The Pierides were turned into magpies when they challenged these nine sisters to a singing match, & lost'

Answer: Muses


Question: 'Longfellow based his tales of this inn on the Red Horse Inn in Sudbury, Massachusetts'

Answer: Wayside Inn


Question: 'In 1947 Francisco Franco honored this Argentine first lady with The Cross of Isabel the Catholic'

Answer: Eva Peron


Question: '"In short, in matters vegetable, animal and mineral, I am the very model of a modern" one of these'

Answer: Major general


Question: 'This architect of Welsh descent named his homes in Wisconsin & Arizona for the Welsh poet Taliesin'

Answer: Frank Lloyd Wright


Question: 'The presidency of this body rotates alphabetically every month among its 15 member nations'

Answer: Security Council


Question: 'Ilus was an early king of this city that was also called Ilium in his honor'

Answer: Troy


Question: 'This 1902 Joseph Conrad novella is set in the Belgian Congo'

Answer: "Heart of Darkness"


Question: 'Speusippus, a nephew & disciple of this philosopher, succeeded him as the head of the Academy'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'The pair's first smash hit; it was staged on a facsimile of the HMS Victory's quarterdeck'

Answer: H.M.S. Pinafore


Question: 'From Latin for "little tub", it's a dome-like structure often found atop a roof'

Answer: Cupola


Question: 'Zaire & Zambia joined in the '60s & this country, the last member alphabetically, joined in 1980'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'His lyre playing was so moving it brought the ghosts of Hades to tears'

Answer: Orpheus


Question: 'In "Great Expectations", Pip falls in love with Estella, a ward of this spinster'

Answer: Miss Havisham


Question: 'This general & premier who led Japan into war in 1941 was hanged as a war criminal in 1948'

Answer: Hideki Tojo


Question: '"It was", as the program put it, "an entirely new and original Japanese opera in two acts"'

Answer: The Mikado


Question: 'This renowned Brazilian architect designed the President's Palace in Brasilia'

Answer: Oscar Niemeyer


Question: 'Man who served the shortest time as Secretary-General'

Answer: Boutros Boutros-Ghali


Question: 'When Oedipus exiled himself from Thebes, this daughter accompanied him'

Answer: Antigone


Question: 'In 1904 this short story author's first book, "Cabbages and Kings", was published'

Answer: O. Henry


Question: 'Later named a saint, this Spanish missionary died en route to China in 1552'

Answer: Saint Francis Xavier


Question: 'Sergeant Meryll, who works at the Tower of London, is part of this title group'

Answer: Yeomen of the Guard


Question: 'She said she healed from a near-fatal fall after reading a passage from the Bible in 1866'

Answer: Mary Baker Eddy


Question: 'On May 26, 1805 this crown-crazy Corsican became king of Italy'

Answer: Napoleon


Question: 'Cosmopolitan's "Sexiest Man In The World" for 1993 was this 6' 3" hunk seen on romance novels'

Answer: Fabio


Question: 'David McCullough won a 1993 Pulitzer for his biography of this Missouri-born president'

Answer: Harry S. Truman


Question: 'These brothers wrote "Night Fever" & "Stayin' Alive" (they also sang them)'

Answer: Bee Gees (Brothers Gibb)


Question: 'In June 1999 the Metro Rail opened a station named for this world-famous intersection'

Answer: Hollywood & Vine


Question: '"Cleanliness is next to..."'

Answer: Godliness


Question: 'You can talk to me & tell me it's the birthday of this singer seen here:'

Answer: Stevie Nix


Question: 'It's hard not to look up to this New Jersey Democrat & presidential hopeful; he's 6' 5"'

Answer: Bill Bradley


Question: 'Clarissa Pinkola Estes encourages women to return to their "feral" roots in "Women Who Run With" these'

Answer: Wolves


Question: 'He wrote "Blinded By The Light" & "Fire", which were hits for Manfred Mann & the Pointer Sisters, respectively'

Answer: Bruce Springsteen


Question: 'In 1994 Schwarzenegger's size 12 boot prints were planted in its "Forecourt of the Stars"'

Answer: Mann\'s Chinese Theatre (or Grauman\'s Chinese Theatre)


Question: '"If you can't stand the heat..."'

Answer: Get out of the kitchen


Question: 'On May 26, 1967 the Vatican decreed Protestants could receive these, including penance & extreme unction, in some cases'

Answer: The sacraments


Question: 'At 7' 4" this wrestler whose last name was Roussimoff brought many an opponent to his knees'

Answer: Andre the Giant


Question: 'An "Inaugural Edition" of this JFK book was a bestseller in 1963, the "Memorial Edition" in 1964'

Answer: Profiles In Courage


Question: 'This group's Adam Duritz co-wrote 1993's "Mr. Jones" & 1999's "Hanginaround"'

Answer: Counting Crows


Question: 'These awards are slated to return to the boulevard at a new theatre in 2001'

Answer: Academy Awards (Oscars)


Question: '"Give a man enough rope..."'

Answer: And he\'ll hang himself


Question: 'This future "Treasure State" became the "Treasure Territory" May 26, 1864'

Answer: Montana


Question: '"(Hi, I'm Sandy Duncan) I was first partnered with this 6' 6" dancer when I was 12 & he was a teen back in our native Texas"'

Answer: Tommy Tune


Question: 'Her "Aunt Erma's Cope Book" was the bestselling nonfiction book of 1979'

Answer: Erma Bombeck


Question: 'He's the answer, my friend to who wrote Peter, Paul & Mary's "Blowin' In The Wind"'

Answer: Bob Dylan


Question: 'June 16, 1999 was "Another Day In Paradise" when this composer got a star on the Walk of Fame'

Answer: Phil Collins


Question: '"A place for everything, and...."'

Answer: Everything in its place


Question: 'In this country's "War of the Two Brothers", Dom Miguel capitulated to Dom Pedro May 26, 1834'

Answer: Portugal


Question: 'This 6' tall forward for the Houston Comets is the first woman to have a Nike basketball shoe named for her'

Answer: Sheryl Swoopes


Question: 'Nonfiction works by this attorney include "Reasonable Doubts" & "Chutzpah"'

Answer: Alan Dershowitz


Question: 'Queen's lead singer, he wrote the group's hit "Bohemian Rhapsody"'

Answer: Freddie Mercury


Question: 'Cybill Shepherd has sung in this hotel's Cinegrill'

Answer: Roosevelt Hotel


Question: '"You can't make bricks..."'

Answer: Without straw


Question: 'Romans honored the god Janus on this day when Americans make &/or break resolutions'

Answer: New Year\'s Day


Question: 'You might sweeten up your morning with the breakfast treat seen here:'

Answer: Pop-Tarts


Question: 'In 1861 Tiffany was commissioned to design a special presentational pitcher for this president's inauguration'

Answer: Abraham Lincoln


Question: 'This grape used in making white burgundies lends its name to a popular California white wine'

Answer: Chardonnay


Question: 'John Pielmeier's play about this woman "of God" is the shocking story of a troubled young nun'

Answer: Agnes of God


Question: 'In 1954, less than a week after winning an Oscar, Audrey won this award for her stage work in "Ondine"'

Answer: Tony


Question: 'On August 9, Romans, like beach bunnies, paid homage to this god whose Greek equivalent was Helios'

Answer: Sol


Question: 'In addition to their original line of these, Lender's also makes ones that are Big 'N Crusty'

Answer: bagels


Question: 'For well over 150 years, the distinctive Tiffany shade of this color has been seen on Tiffany's boxes & bags'

Answer: Blue


Question: 'Name of the animal seen here, or of a cloth made to imitate its soft skin:'

Answer: Chamois


Question: '12th century nun Heloise penned her famous love letters to this man, himself a monk'

Answer: Peter Abelard


Question: 'Like Anne Frank, who was a month younger, Audrey spent much of World War II in this country'

Answer: Holland (the Netherlands)


Question: 'It's February 27 & they're off to celebrate Equirria with these events in the Campus Martius'

Answer: chariot/horse races


Question: 'The original store was called Tiffany & Young, & it wasn't on 5th Avenue but on this theatrical street'

Answer: Broadway


Question: 'It's a feeling of irritation, mixed with disappointment & a generous helping of shame'

Answer: Chagrin


Question: 'Son of a man named Nun, he was Moses' right hand man'

Answer: Joshua


Question: 'Young Audrey dreamed of becoming one of these, so she attended London's Rambert School'

Answer: Ballerina


Question: 'On April 25 Romans appeased Robigus, god of this--the kind that afflicts plants, not old cars'

Answer: Rust


Question: 'Tiffany displays the 128.5 carat Tiffany Diamond, found in 1877 in this present-day country's Kimberley Mines'

Answer: South Africa


Question: 'From Spanish, it's a dense growth of shrubs seen in the southwestern U.S.'

Answer: Chaparral


Question: 'Elvis' last feature film was in this movie co-starring Mary Tyler Moore as a dedicated inner-city nun'

Answer: Change of Habit


Question: 'This actor, Audrey's husband from 1954 to 1968, directed her as Rima the bird girl in "Green Mansions"'

Answer: Mel Ferrer


Question: 'The name of this joyous December 17 festival is now a "planetary" synonym for wild revelry'

Answer: Saturnalia


Question: 'Perhaps German for "mixture" or "mush", it's a cereal of oats, raisins, nuts & bran mixed together'

Answer: Muesli


Question: 'This daughter of Francoise Gilot & Pablo Picasso has been designing jewelry for Tiffany since 1980'

Answer: Paloma Picasso


Question: 'City where the university building seen here is located:'

Answer: Charlottesville (University of Virginia)


Question: '"Dead Man Walking" is this nun's powerful account of being a counselor on death row'

Answer: Sister Helen Prejean


Question: 'Hubert was the first name of this French designer, Audrey's longtime costumer & couturier'

Answer: Hubert De Givenchy


Question: 'Current name of the National League team that started out in the 1870s as the Boston Red Stockings'

Answer: Atlanta Braves


Question: 'Rumor has long had it that upon his death, his body was frozen & hidden somewhere in his theme park'

Answer: Walt Disney


Question: 'Sicily is this country's largest region in area'

Answer: Italy


Question: 'The Beatles told this title guy to "Take a sad song and make it better"'

Answer: Jude


Question: 'In 1997 10% of U.S. families were below this line -- $16,400 for a family of 4'

Answer: Poverty line


Question: 'A group of students at the same grade level'

Answer: Class


Question: 'WD-40 for example'

Answer: Lubricant


Question: 'His book of poems called "Drum-Taps" was inspired by the suffering he saw during the Civil War'

Answer: Walt Whitman


Question: 'Mindanao in this island nation is one of the world's leading producers of Manila hemp'

Answer: Philippines


Question: 'Jan & Dean sang that there were "two girls for every boy" here'

Answer: "Surf City"


Question: 'In 1980 these held 329,000 Americans; in 1997, 1.24 million'

Answer: Prisons


Question: 'A group that meets for a common purpose; Groucho wouldn't join one that would have him as a member'

Answer: Club


Question: 'Clear or easily understood'

Answer: Lucid


Question: 'This vice president was born in Ceylon -- Ceylon, Minnesota that is'

Answer: Walter Mondale


Question: 'It's not only Australia's southernmost state, it's the most mountainous as well'

Answer: Tasmania


Question: '"Everybody's talkin' 'bout the new sound, funny, but it's still" this to Billy Joel'

Answer: rock and roll to me


Question: 'The 1990 Census counted people classified as this & found 179,000 in shelters & 50,000 at street sites'

Answer: Homeless


Question: 'The Mistick Krewe of Comus has been participating in parades in this city since 1857'

Answer: New Orleans


Question: 'The German Air Force'

Answer: Luftwaffe


Question: 'Washington D.C.'s Army Medical Center is named in his honor'

Answer: Walter Reed


Question: 'Principal exports of this archipelago north of Scotland include wool & its famous ponies'

Answer: Shetland Islands


Question: 'He "was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine"'

Answer: Jeremiah


Question: '600,000 people in the U.S. have migrated from this Caribbean "republic" of just over 8 million'

Answer: Dominican Republic


Question: 'alt.tv.game-shows is one of these "groups" in which you may find comments on this clue tomorrow'

Answer: Newsgroup


Question: 'First name of playwright Pirandello'

Answer: Luigi


Question: 'He did animal caricatures of Khrushchev & J. Edgar Hoover but he's more famous for drawing "Pogo"'

Answer: Walt Kelly


Question: 'This Canadian island is separated from the mainland by the Strait of Belle Isle & the Gulf of St. Lawrence'

Answer: Newfoundland


Question: '"What goes up must come down", this has "got to go 'round.  Talkin' 'bout your troubles, it's a cryin' sin"'

Answer: "Spinning Wheel"


Question: '2 of the 4 states that have over 100,000 American Indians, according to the 1990 Census'

Answer: Arizona, California, New Mexico & Oklahoma


Question: 'Wolfe & over 999 others are part of this group in the St. Lawrence'

Answer: Thousand Islands


Question: 'It's the capital city of Zambia'

Answer: Lusaka


Question: 'Patti Page lost her "little darlin' the night they were playing" this beautiful song'

Answer: "Tennessee Waltz"


Question: 'Producer David O. Selznick won 2 straight Best Picture Oscars: "Rebecca" for 1940 & this film the previous year'

Answer: Gone With The Wind


Question: 'Mildendo, the metropolis of this land Gulliver traveled to, is surrounded by a wall just 2 1/2 feet high'

Answer: Lilliput


Question:
'It's little known that fake plans for this invasion were posted at www.theallies.com/
060644/overlord/
index.html'

Answer: D-Day


Question: 'About half the blood collected in the U.S. is acquired by this organization'

Answer: Red Cross


Question: 'Oh, my goodness!...it's...sudden, overwhelming fear!'

Answer: Panic


Question: 'It is possible to play this Chopin waltz in D-flat major in 60 seconds flat, but why rush it?'

Answer: "Minute Waltz"


Question: 'Upon winning Best Director for this 1998 film, Steven Spielberg said, "Am I allowed to say I really wanted this?"'

Answer: Saving Private Ryan


Question: '"Bleak House" begins on a murky afternoon in this city, with "fog everywhere"'

Answer: London


Question: 'At www.theacademy.edu in the 380s B.C., you could have a virtual dialogue with this founder'

Answer: Plato


Question: 'A bonding ritual turns 2 unrelated men into these'

Answer: Blood brothers


Question: 'Stretchy & flexible, like a rubber band'

Answer: Elastic


Question: 'The "Waltz of the Flowers" is a famous piece from this ballet & suite'

Answer: "Nutcracker Suite"


Question: 'She was 10 when she won Best Supporting Actress for "Paper Moon", the youngest acting winner ever'

Answer: Tatum O\'Neal


Question: 'Lara & her family move to an apartment in "the most disreputable part of Moscow" in Chapter 2 of this novel'

Answer: "Doctor Zhivago"


Question: 'In the course of this event, www.reignofterror.fr was taken down & www.directory.fr was put up'

Answer: The French Revolution


Question: 'It was the persecution of this group that earned Bloody Mary her nickname'

Answer: Protestants


Question: 'Inclined to dine upon one's own species'

Answer: Cannibalistic


Question: 'It's the regal piece heard here:'

Answer: "Emperor Waltz"


Question: '1941's "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" & this 1978 remake starring Warren Beatty were both nominated for Best Picture'

Answer: Heaven Can Wait


Question: 'The town of Hanover, Nebraska is "trying not to be blown away" by a storm in Part I of her novel "O Pioneers!"'

Answer: Willa Cather


Question: 'Once Queen Isabella's confessor, around 1490 he set up www.inquisition.org'

Answer: Tomas de Torquemada


Question: 'His first role as a swashbuckler was in 1935 as Captain Blood'

Answer: Errol Flynn


Question: 'Always recurring, like an illness or a liar'

Answer: Chronic


Question: 'The title of the waltz "Alice Blue Gown" was inspired by a dress color favored by this woman'

Answer: Alice Roosevelt


Question: 'Gloria Swanson won a 1928 Oscar nomination for her title role as this Somerset Maugham tart'

Answer: Sadie Thompson


Question: '"East of Eden" tells us this valley was named "for the alkali which was white as salt"'

Answer: Salinas Valley


Question: 'The 4 things Churchill told the House of Commons he had to offer May 13, 1940 were blood & these'

Answer: "Toil, tears & sweat"


Question: 'Like the Carthaginians, or "wars" fought against them'

Answer: Punic


Question: 'In the Middle Ages, this man introduced fireworks to western Europe'

Answer: Marco Polo


Question: '"What has it got in its pocketses? Tell us that"'

Answer: the Gollum


Question: 'This Eagles classic begins, "On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair"'

Answer: "Hotel California"


Question: 'McDonald's hope for meatless Friday was the Hula Burger, this fruit topped with cheese & grilled'

Answer: a pineapple


Question: 'U.S. elects 46-year-old Bill Clinton president'

Answer: 1992


Question: 'The 1974 premiere issue of this celebrity magazine featured Mia Farrow in a pose from "The Great Gatsby"'

Answer: People


Question: '2.54 centimeters'

Answer: an inch


Question: '"I'm a Took, Peregrin Took, but I'm generally called..."'

Answer: Pippin


Question: 'This classic by The Righteous Brothers ends with the line "God speed your love to me"'

Answer: "Unchained Melody"


Question: 'In 1959 only 2,846 of this oversized & overpriced car's 1960 line were made before it was discontinued'

Answer: the Edsel


Question: 'Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald'

Answer: 1963


Question: 'Its Oct. 17-23, 2005 issue featured an "Extreme Makeover" with a larger format & Ty Pennington on the cover'

Answer: TV Guide


Question: 'Proverbially, you can be "flying" this or be this "& dry"'

Answer: high


Question: '"A nice pickle we have landed ourselves in, Mr. Frodo!"'

Answer: Sam


Question: 'This '60s classic mentions "A time to plant, a time to reap; a time to kill, a time to heal"'

Answer: "Turn! Turn! Turn!"


Question: 'Businesses stuck with carbon paper because this company's 1949 Model A was slow, messy & hard to use'

Answer: the Xerox


Question: 'Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee'

Answer: 1977


Question: 'Yachting magazine celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2007; the first issue featured an article by this tea merchant'

Answer: (Sir Thomas) Lipton


Question: 'To utter a deep, guttural sound of anger, like a dog; a stomach's is a lot less threatening'

Answer: growl


Question: '"Don't shudder! If you will meddle in the affairs of wizards, you must be prepared to think of such things"'

Answer: Gandalf


Question: 'It's the song in which Sarah McLachlan sings, "Don't let your life pass you by, weep not for the memories"'

Answer: "I Will Remember You"


Question: 'Consumers didn't warm up to the nonrefrigerated milk in this company's 1998 cereal-&-milk combo product'

Answer: Kellogg\'s


Question: 'Napoleon meets his Waterloo, literally'

Answer: 1815


Question: 'In 1949 this auto magazine's first "Car of the Year" award went to Cadillac'

Answer: Motor Trend


Question: 'A style of handwriting, or something actors would be lost without'

Answer: script


Question: '"I would have the ring-bearer bring the crown to me, and let Mithrandir set it upon my head"'

Answer: Aragorn


Question: 'In a hit song inspired by "E.T.", Neil Diamond sang, "Turn on your" this, "let it shine wherever you go"'

Answer: heart light


Question: 'This company's 1983 Lisa died because it was slow & pricey, but the graphical user interface lived on in other products'

Answer: Apple


Question: 'Pakistan becomes independent of Great Britain'

Answer: 1947


Question: 'In 1945 John H. Johnson began publishing Ebony; this weekly news magazine of his debuted 6 years later'

Answer: Jet


Question: '"Come on baby, let's do" this, wind strands together'

Answer: twist


Question: '(Kelly of the Clue Crew plays with beakers.) In a force-and-movement experiment, the reason the water doesn't fall out of the cup is because this force pushing up against the card is greater than the weight of the water'

Answer: air pressure


Question: 'Daniel Radcliffe's role as this bespectacled wizard made him an international star'

Answer: Harry Potter


Question: 'In Southeastern Europe: Sarajevo'

Answer: Bosnia-Herzegovina


Question: 'Appearing in voodoo cultures, these creatures were featured in "Night of the Living Dead"'

Answer: a zombie


Question: '"There's a small hotel" is a tune from "Pal Joey" by him & Lorenz Hart'

Answer: Richard Rodgers


Question: 'Bombay Sapphire, with Queen Victoria on the label, is a British brand of this liquor'

Answer: gin


Question: 'In old science, it's a type of "generation" of life from nonliving matter; it's also a type of "combustion"'

Answer: spontaneous


Question: '(Hi, I'm James Denton.) After I appeared with this actor in "Face/Off", he helped me get a role in "Primary Colors"'

Answer: John Travolta


Question: 'A former Soviet republic: Yerevan'

Answer: Armenia


Question: 'In Greek myth, he was the father of Heracles'

Answer: Zeus


Question: 'This businessman wrote "Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made A Fortune Doing Business My Way"'

Answer: Richard Branson


Question: 'If you're making a classic Southern drink, remember to bruise these leaves before mixing them with bourbon'

Answer: mint


Question: '(Jon of the Clue Crew plays with his own beaker.) The cold of the ice causes the air in the balloon to do this, from the Latin for "to draw in"'

Answer: contract


Question: 'In the '80s, he starred in movies like "Can't Buy Me Love" & "Loverboy"; now he's TV's Dr. McDreamy'

Answer: Patrick Dempsey


Question: 'On the Persian Gulf: Doha'

Answer: Qatar


Question: 'The atomic weight of this chemical element is 65.409'

Answer: zinc


Question: 'A "Native Son" of Mississippi, this African-American author died in 1960 & is buried in Paris'

Answer: Richard Wright


Question: 'This word can be part of an order of Scotch (as opposed to single malt) or of a margarita (as opposed to rocks)'

Answer: blended


Question: 'Heavily promoted by Wal-Mart, they work by electrifying a mix of argon gas & mercury vapor'

Answer: fluorescent lights


Question: 'Richard Gere jazzed things up in Harlem as cornet player Dixie Dwyer in this 1984 drama'

Answer: The Cotton Club


Question: 'In Africa: Harare'

Answer: Zimbabwe


Question: 'This 1940s fashion favorite featured baggy trousers & an oversized, padded sport jacket'

Answer: a zoot suit


Question: 'In a 1930 article, this aviator & explorer wondered of Antarctica, "Is it a continent?"'

Answer: (Richard) Byrd


Question: 'Each day, bartenders should wash the bottle pourers; these substances in most spirits can gum them up'

Answer: sugar


Question: 'Look! Gold! Ha!--Fooled you, it's really this mineral'

Answer: pyrite


Question: 'This versatile Aussie's roles include pianist David Helfgott, a pirate captain & the Marquis de Sade'

Answer: Geoffrey Rush


Question: 'In Central America: Tegucigalpa'

Answer: Honduras


Question: 'They holed up in the fortress of Masada & were besieged by the Romans'

Answer: the Zealots


Question: 'This American physicist won a 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on the interaction of light & matter'

Answer: Richard Feynman


Question: 'Cocktail cherries are maraschino; cocktail olives are this Spanish type that also start with "MA"'

Answer: manzanilla


Question: 'This sea hundreds of miles east of Florida has no land boundaries'

Answer: the Sargasso Sea


Question: 'In 1275 Marco Polo visited this city, today China's capital, & praised its beauty'

Answer: Beijing


Question: 'Archie Bunker's armchair was an integral part of the living room on this classic sitcom'

Answer: All in the Family


Question: 'In the longest match in Wimbledon history, he lost to Roger Federer in 2009'

Answer: Andy Roddick


Question: 'This astronomer hosted only 13 episodes of the PBS series "Cosmos" (not billions & billions)'

Answer: (Carl) Sagan


Question: 'Twisted Sister sang, "We're not gonna take" this'

Answer: it


Question: 'If you order a pullet surprise in a restaurant, they'll serve you this type of meat'

Answer: chicken


Question: 'As a verb, it means to enroll a sailor for a crew by force; as a city in China, it has a 101-story World Financial Center'

Answer: Shanghai


Question: 'Hawkeye & Trapper John shared a tent called the swamp on this show'

Answer: M*A*S*H


Question: 'Marilyn Monroe & Brillo boxes were 2 of this artist's subjects'

Answer: Andy Warhol


Question: 'The press dubbed him "The Wizard of Menlo Park", the site of his New Jersey workshop'

Answer: Edison


Question: 'To spell this animal, just use a hug & a kiss from the bottom of a letter'

Answer: ox


Question: 'On April 1, 1996 newspaper readers were surprised to learn that Taco Bell had bought this historic bell; April Fool's!'

Answer: the Liberty Bell


Question: 'In 1935 this man led the Communists to the end of their 6,000-mile "Long March"'

Answer: Mao Tse-tung


Question: 'Every room of Charlie's Malibu bachelor pad has been invaded by his brother Alan & Alan's son Jake on this sitcom'

Answer: Two and a Half Men


Question: 'This actor from "Godfather III" & "Jennifer Eight" was born in Havana in 1956'

Answer: Andy Garcia


Question: 'Time magazine's "Person of the Century", this scientist first appeared on its cover in 1929'

Answer: Albert Einstein


Question: 'For Freud it was an unconscious, instinctual force'

Answer: the id


Question: 'This Washington Irving short story character is surprised to learn he's been asleep for 20 years'

Answer: Rip Van Winkle


Question: 'Ted sets up Mosbius Designs, his own architecture firm, in the apartment he shares with Robin on this sitcom'

Answer: How I Met Your Mother


Question: 'That nifty guitar work on "Synchronicity"?  Courtesy of this musician'

Answer: Andy Summers


Question: '"The Undersea World of" this marine explorer was a television fixture from 1968 to 1976'

Answer: Jacques Cousteau


Question: 'Meaning "to" in Latin, it can precede "hoc" or "infinitum"'

Answer: ad


Question: 'Launched in 1916, the HMS Surprise was a ship in this European country's navy'

Answer: Britain


Question: 'In the opening credits of some episodes of this show, Rob Petrie trips over the ottoman in his living room'

Answer: The Dick Van Dyke Show


Question: 'Starting with 1937's "A Family Affair", Mickey Rooney played this movie character in 16 films'

Answer: Andy Hardy


Question: 'It preceded "MTV Raps" in the title of a TV show'

Answer: Yo!


Question: 'On March 31, 1968 this man surprised many by declaring he would not run for reelection'

Answer: Lyndon Baines Johnson


Question: '"If you can read, you can cook", she wrote in the introduction to her classic "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"'

Answer: Julia Child


Question: 'King David & Jesus both hailed from this town'

Answer: Bethlehem


Question: 'It was the decade when the first Baby Boomers were born'

Answer: the 1940s


Question: 'This exclusive grade of beef comes from cattle raised in a Japanese seaport of the same name'

Answer: Kobe


Question: 'He won in 1995 & 2000, & he'll probably win next year 'cause he's cute as a "Button"'

Answer: Brad Pitt


Question: 'She's the funny woman behind the book, "Are You There, Vodka?  It's Me, Chelsea"'

Answer: Chelsea Handler


Question: 'An accused person in court, along with his counsel'

Answer: the defense


Question: 'Between 1816 & 1819 westward expansion brought 4 new states, including this Hoosier homeland'

Answer: Indiana


Question: 'A frankfurter on a stick that's dipped in batter & fried, it's a kissing cousin to pigs in a blanket'

Answer: a corn dog


Question: 'He took the 1997 & 2006 titles, proving once again that the life of this "Michael Clayton" guy isn't that bad'

Answer: George Clooney


Question: 'At 1,424 pages, the Penguin Classics Deluxe version of his "War and Peace" is hardly a quick read'

Answer: Tolstoy


Question: 'A flooding embankment; Led Zeppelin had a song about one'

Answer: levee


Question: '2 of the 4 men who were president in the 1920s; they each must have said "vo dee oh do" at least once'

Answer: (2 of) Coolidge, Hoover, Wilson & Harding


Question: 'In 2009 a housewife who practiced file-sharing was found to have infringed these on 24 songs & hit with a $2 mil. judgment'

Answer: copyright


Question: 'This Mexican dish is meat & veggies coated with masa dough & wrapped in a corn husk'

Answer: a tamale


Question: 'This movie "Pirate" plundered the 2003 crown'

Answer: Johnny Depp


Question: 'Perhaps you'd like to pick up his "Collected Plays: 1944-1961", which includes "The Crucible" & "Death of a Salesman"'

Answer: Arthur Miller


Question: 'Knee-length trousers'

Answer: breeches


Question: 'The 1850s saw a bad one of this 5-letter word that refers to an economic crash & the fear-driven rush to sell'

Answer: a panic


Question: 'The name of this pasta, similar to penne, means "little mustaches"--doesn't sound so tasty now'

Answer: mostaccioli


Question: 'It was no "Mission: Impossible" for him to be 1990's chosen one'

Answer: Tom Cruise