Jeopardy Set 9

Gogol's Bulba

(5) Taras

"Great" Scott Fitzgerald guy

(6) Gatsby

In Jewish numerology, the Hebrew letter Aleph equals this

1

Scheherazade told her husband stories for this many nights before he decided to let her live

1,001

J.P. Marquand, who won a Pulitzer for "The Late George Apley," created this Japanese spy/detective

Mr. Moto

The ballet "Apollo" features Polyhymnia, Terpsichore & Calliope, 3 of these 9 sister-goddesses

Muses

Sexy civet scent (4)

Musk

She played the mothers of 2 of TV's independent women, Ann Romano & Mary Richards

Nanette Fabray

Red Cloud, Pawnee City, North Platte

Nebraska

When God told him to get a-buildin' in Genesis 6:14, he was smart enough to say yes

Noah

The Golden Age of Roman literature runs from Cicero to this "Art of Love" author

Ovid

The Empress of Blandings is a prize-winning pig who appears in stories by this creator of Jeeves

P.G. Wodehouse

This 19th century showman's first successful exhibit at the American Museum was the Feejee Mermaid (yeah, it was fake)

P.T. Barnum

His father Nathaniel was a successful writer & his grandfather Robert was a noted humorist & drama critic

Peter Benchley

I'll get some cash at the First Bank of the United States so I can buy a cheese steak in this city

Philadelphia

Max Planck

Physics

To Moslems, the adhan is a call to this

Prayer

God save the rapper, singer & actress Dana Owens, who goes by this moniker

Queen Latifah

Poison ivy isn't always green; its leaves are this color in early spring, & they may turn orange in the fall

Red

To play Milton Bradley's "Channel Surfing" you need one of these hand-held devices

Remote Control

Jackie Robinson & this "King of Ragtime" have been featured on "Black Heritage" issues

Scott Joplin

During his 1570s circumnavigation of the world, he renamed his Pelican flagship the Golden Hind

Sir Francis Drake

It's the title mode of transportation for 1928's "Willie"

Steamboat

"I Dream of Jeannie" & "Swanee River"

Stephen Foster

This British expert on black holes has been called "the greatest theoretical physicist since Einstein"

Stephen Hawking

In the nervous system, this is the term for the gap between axons & dendrites

Synapses

"Let me tell you how it will be, There's one for you, 19 for me, 'Cos I'm" this guy, "Yeah I'm" this guy

The "Taxman"

B.I.O.N., every year a Filipino village recreates this event of around 30 A.D. using nails

The Crucifixion

Technically, this finger is known as the minimus, meaning "least"

The Pinky

Thanks to some 4 million donors, this "American" group is the USA's largest supplier of blood & blood products

The Red Cross

2004: A baseball team

The Red Sox

Possibly inhabited by a piano-playing ghost, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired this Stephen King tale

The Shining

The melting of the snowpack in this mountain range supplies the water of over half of California's population

The Sierra Nevadas

"The isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not"

The Tempest

Sweet! The fifth chapter of Deuteronomy raps out this list of dos & don'ts, just in case we spaced it

The Ten Commandments

The first collection of this author's short stories was 1898's "Der Kleine Herr Friedemann"

Thomas Mann

This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"

Tom Clancy

He made his "big" screen debut in "He Knows You're Alone", which would probably scare Forrest Gump

Tom Hanks

It's the smallest & highest sounding brass instrument in an orchestra

Trumpet/Cornet

One of Hannibal's first victories in Italy was against the chief town of the Taurini people, today this "shrouded" city

Turin

Jung called these "unidentified" things, first reported by pilot Kenneth Arnold in 1947, "a modern myth"

Ufos/Flying Saucers

This world leader's letters from a Czech prison to his wife Olga were published in 1983

Vaclav Havel

Drains need air to maintain flow, so they're connected to these outlets on the roof

Vents

Among its political divisions are Powys, Cardiff & Swansea

Wales

This lubricant's name means "water displacement, 40th attempt"

Wd-40

Ironically humorous: nothing to do with a type of bread

Wry

On the Great Seal of the U.S., the eagle holds this many arrows in its left talon

13

Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, Tennessee

1977

It's the most famous cocktail we know with Singapore in its name

A Singapore Sling

Used in preparation of copy for publication, it contains rules for punctuation & typography

A Stylebook

In 1643 this Dutch navigator became the first European to reach the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga

Abel Tasman

Smiths in the Hall include Bessie, Margaret Chase & this 2nd first lady, whose maiden name was Smith

Abigail Adams

It's the zodiac sign symbolized by a ram

Aries

First name of young Mr. Fowl, whose adventures include "The Time Paradox" & "The Lost Colony"

Artemis

The name of this phylum that includes lobsters & spiders means "jointed foot"

Arthropods

Boron, aluminum, potassium

B Al K

Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here

Badgering

An 800-mile trek by water buffalo from Bihar, India to Mandalay, Burma would take you through this country

Bangladesh

Twining, coiling, and weaving are the three basic methods of making these

Baskets

He was elected governor of the state of Oaxaca in 1847 & president of Mexico 14 years later

Benito Juarez

On his namesake sitcom, he played obstetrician Cliff Huxtable

Bill Cosby

A rawhide artist was a ranch hand who was good with this implement

Branding Iron

In 1983 letters from viewers helped save this Sharon Gless-Tyne Daly series from cancellation

Cagney And Lacey

Named for the wife of George III, this country's Queen Charlotte Islands are famed for spectacular totem poles

Canada

In 602 Saint Augustine established himself in this city as the first Archbishop of the English Church

Canterbury

In 2000 she addressed the Dem. Nat'l Conv., 40 years after her father won the nomination for president

Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg

Franklin P. Adams: "Words that are weighty with nothing but trouble: 'Tinker to Evers to'" him

Chance

The Monsters of the Midway

Chicago Bears

In Cincinnati the "Five-Way" type of this dish includes spaghetti, cheese, onions & beans

Chili

This country is the number one producer & consumer of fresh pork, hopefully not all sweet & sour

China

Craig Claiborne insisted that this Southern dish of pig intestines be served with vinegar & hot red pepper sauce

Chitlins

Scheele helped discover every element whose name ends in "Orine", these two

Chlorine And Fluorine

Hats like the one seen here were worn officially only during this U.S. war

Civil War

She was the first of the Ptolemaic line to speak Egyptian

Cleopatra

In 1841 Matthew Perry was promoted to this rank

Commodore

In 2007 Portugal issued a stamp made of this stopper material, 1/100 of an inch thick

Cork

E.L. Doctorow wrote a novel titled "The Book of" him, like a biblical book set in Babylon

Daniel

In 1697 this "Robinson Crusoe" author wrote "An Essay Upon Projects", in which he recommended an income tax

Daniel Defoe

His scores for Tim Burton films include "Edward Scissorhands", "Beetlejuice" & "Pee Wee's Big Adventure"

Danny Elfman

Vienna & Bratislava

Danube

2 Vs, 2 Es, D, L, O: To delegate or to deteriorate

Devolve

"What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

Diff'rent Strokes

This singer who hosted a variety series in the '50s had her own talk show from 1974 to 1980

Dinah Shore

On her first visit to NYC in 1964, signs for a big musical made her say, "They must have been waiting for me!"

Dolly Parton

Caviar is salted roe, which are these items from female fish

Eggs

Viewers of my show, "Reading Rainbow", got all wrapped up in Aliki's book about "Mummies Made in" this country

Egypt

In 1953 he told visitors, "There is one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down"

Eisenhower

She got her brother Orestes to kill their mom, Clytemnestra, to avenge the murder of Agamemnon, their dad

Electra

Its thick, gray skin weighs about a ton & is so tender mosquitos can bite it on the trunk -- can I keep it?

Elephant

In "Return of the Jedi", a planet shares its name with this home of a woman who summons a spirit for Saul

Endor

Brand name of a spirit that's 95% grain alcohol, or the band that sings "Everything To Everyone"

Everclear

Using a pumice stone to do this to her skin, from the Latin for "to strip leaves"

Exfoliating

Alphabetic sign language

Finger Spelling

Grimm's Law of consonant shifts says the Indo-European "P" sound became an "F", so piscis became this English word

Fish

John Peter Zenger is best known for fighting for this

Freedom Of The Press

The name of this peninsula in S.E. Quebec might come from a Mi'kmaq Indian word meaning "land's end"

Gaspã©

The U.S. government's Comptroller General is head of the GAO, which until 2004 stood for this

General Accounting Office

A Pulitzer Prize winner in '77, this conservative columnist was the sports editor of his college newspaper

George Will

Its botanical name is zingiber officinale & it will put a snap or a zing in your cookies

Ginger

The Mayo Clinic says as many as 80% of adults have this periodontal disease

Gingivitis

Robin Roberts & George Stephanopoulos are 2 of the anchors of this ABC A.M. offering

Good Morning America

Nobel literature laureate Grass

Gã¼Nter

In October the capital of Pennsylvania moved permanently from Lancaster to this city

Harrisburg

Goya, like his contemporary Beethoven, lost almost all of this at about age 47

Hearing

In Act II of this Verdi opera, some of the gypsies go off to a nearby town to buy bread & some sing the "Anvil Chorus"

Il Trovatore

It's the term for an adult insect after metamorphosis

Imago

The famed Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly in this country was completed in 1943, near the end of the Raj

India

"A man tells the truth about himself, to himself" in Tolstoy's "The Death of" this man

Ivan Ilyich

In 1993 Holly Hunter's performance helped this woman become the only female director to win the Palme d'Or

Jane Campion

Hey, pal, are you yellow? Or do you just have this condition associated with liver damage?

Jaundice

In 1976 Hungary's Miklos Nemeth threw this farther than any field apparatus in Olympic history -- 310' 4"

Javelin

Bootlegging may have paid for the bubbly that this title Fitzgerald character served at his parties

Jay Gatsby

God gets surprisingly interactive with the title teen daughter of a police detective on this drama

Joan Of Arcadia

Showbiz father & daughter seen here

Joel & Jennifer Grey

Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for playing this 4-time Oscar-winning actress in "The Aviator"

Katharine Hepburn

(Hi, I'm tight end Freddie Jones of the San Diego Chargers) I hope to join this Chargers 1980s tight end in the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Kellen Winslow

"Somebody Told Me" that The Killers were formed in this city in 2002

Las Vegas

Don't like doing this? You can use a sponge in a saucer or just lick the corner of the envelope instead

Licking Stamps

Here's something to chew on: Hershey's markets the Twizzlers brand of this candy

Licorice

The mother-daughter drama "Marriage Material" found a home in 1999 on this TV network

Lifetime

It's the capital city of Zambia

Lusaka

Seen here is an example of one of these graphic mystical meditation aids, whose name is from the Sanskrit for circle

Mandala

Voters lent him their ears & he won Song of the Year at the first Latin Grammys in 2000

Marc Anthony

The prose & Khans of vacationing in China were found in this explorer's description of his travels

Marco Polo

Tequila time: TIARA GRAM

Margarita

Though guiltless, this French queen fell even more out of favor after the 1785 Affair of the Diamond Necklace

Marie Antoinette

The only National Forest in Missouri is named for this author

Mark Twain

For 25 years this director of the St. Louis Zoo hosted "Mutual Of Omaha's Wild Kingdom"

Marlon Perkins

On May 11, 1862, this Confederate ironclad was blown up by Confederate States of America troops when the North approached Richmond

Merrimack

This southwestern U.S. tree of genus Prosopis, often used for smoked BBQ, is invading Saudi Arabia, India, Africa & Australia

Mesquite

Its name tells you that it's "Genuine Draft beer"

Miller

From the Latin nominare, "to name", it's an inaccurate designation

Misnomer

Adjective meaning tediously repetitive... or repetitious... or lacking in variety

Monotonous

A clock set in the year 2000 & losing 1 second a year would first be an hour off in this year

5600

The number of Snow White's dwarfs or T.E. Lawrence's "Pillars of Wisdom"

7

A 7 & 7 combines Seagram's 7 Crown whiskey with this

7 Up

It's the lowest common multiple of 5 & 14

70

It's a rap!: "___ Mile"

8

Number of the last complete symphony by Beethoven

9

Number of volts in the battery seen here:

9

In the right triangle seen here, they are the 2 angles considered complementary

A & B

A sleeper, a hammerlock or an ankle lock

A (Wrestling) Hold

An innocent, unsuspecting person is said to be this "in the woods"

A Babe

A trifle, or a short piece of music

A Bagatelle

This musical instrument consists of a chanter, several drones & an air sack

A Bagpipe

Ace or tourniquet

A Bandage

This elaborate sumptuous meal takes its name from the French for "little bench"

A Banquet

On Feb. 15, 1901 Carry Nation wrecked one of these establishments with a hatchet

A Bar (Or A Saloon)

Chapter 19 of this Mark Twain tale is "Knight Errantry as a Trade"

A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court

Another name for a crayfish

A Crawdad

Unlike 2000, 1900 wasn't one of these, so Thursday, March 1 followed Wednesday, Feb. 28

A Leap Year

It's the 5-letter term for the transparent solid that disperses light into a spectrum

A Prism

A Jacksonian Democrat: Knox

(James K.) Polk

Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game

12

This stuff, crucial to the "Star Trek"episode "The Alternative Factor", consists of antiparticles like antiprotons

Antimatter

"The Sandlot"

Baseball

The Coen Brothers' first feature film

Blood Simple

From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words

Dictionary

Ibsen asked this Norwegian to compose the music for the stage version of "Peer Gynt"

Edvard Grieg

Spain 1939-1975

Franco

This wall builder became the Ward of Trajan & followed him as Roman Emperor

Hadrian

It's Mark Messier's sport

Hockey

Before "Into the Wild", this author wrote "Into Thin Air", about a Mount Everest trip gone wrong

Jon Krakauer

Generally, the results of one of these tests, aka polygraphs, are not admissible evidence

Lie Detector

Florida, Idaho, Montana

Montana

In the Andes: 22.831 feet

Mount Aconcagua

"Ignorance of the law is..."

No Excuse

Store your manly possessions using a gun, bat or pipe type of this 4-letter word

Rack

The pulse-quickening Raquel Tejada

Raquel Welch

The name of this gemstone is from the Latin for "red"

Ruby

In medieval armor, the part of the body protected by the "Pauldron" or "Epauliere"

Shoulder

Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote, "If winter comes, can" this "be far behind?"

Spring

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

Staples

Forester & Impreza

Subaru

The gulf of Volos or Pagasai, anciently called sinus pagasaeus, is an arm of this sea

The Aegean

According to a survey, "True Story" is the magazine read most by people sitting here

The Bathroom

You'll need a phone connection to use this 4-letter DVR that finds & records all your favorite shows

Tivo

From the Middle English for "knife", it means to cut small shavings from a piece of wood

To Whittle

Vertex

Vertices

Scientists figure the earliest atmosphere on Earth was from gases emitted by these

Volcanoes

He wrote in "Candide", "If this the best of possible worlds, what then are the others?"

Voltaire

Early, a man known for his patriarchal beard, was active in this party in Virginia in the 1840s

Whig

2 of 3 orders of Greek column styles

(2 Of) Ionian, Doric, And Corinthian

3 of the 4 quarters that make up the Old City

(3 Of) Arab, Armenian, Christian, Jewish

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

(Richard) Byrd

In "Casino" he played Ace Rothstein, the mobster who ran The Tangiers

(Robert) De Niro

Seuss was the middle name of this man born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1904

(Theodore) Geisel

December 29: This man for whom it was a bad day in the cathedral

(Thomas à ) Becket

...New York / A gov. firm against pork / He's the winner, he's prez / The Chicago Trib says / But he lost & he felt like a dork

(Thomas) Dewey

If Congress adjourns, a president can veto a bill by not signing it within this many days (Sundays excluded)

10

The L.A. Times reports the X in Gen-X stands for this, the number of generations of Americans since 1776

10

Of 8, 12 or 18, the number of U.S. states that touch the Atlantic Ocean

18

A straight angle has this many degrees

180

The New York Mets beat the Baltimore Orioles to take their first World Series in this year

1969

This study of man is divided into several branches including physical & cultural

Anthropology

The book is also called this, from the Greek word for Revelation

Apocalypse

The documentary "Hearts of Darkness" recounted the harrowing making of this other movie

Apocalypse Now

"The Spinners" by Diego Velazquez is based on this mythical spinner

Arachne

The one that borders no other countries

Australia

The 2 continents that fit the category

Australia & Europe

In January 2001 this team's middle linebacker Ray Lewis was named MVP of Super Bowl XXXV

Baltimore Ravens

Born in Honolulu August 4, 1961, he was given the same Swahili name as his father; it means "blessed by God"

Barack Obama

The hero of this Old English poem dies killing a dragon that attacked his people, the Geats

Beowulf

Used in pancakes & muffins, this "colorful" berry is sometimes confused with the harder-seeded huckleberry

Blueberry

Mike Powell with his long jump of 29' 4 1/2"

Bob Beamon

If your recipe calls for "blanching" green beans, plunge them into this

Boiling Water

A clever saying or witticism, it literally means "good word" in French

Bon Mot

In 1965 Pernell Roberts left this series & his part as eldest son Adam, saying he'd grown tired of the role

Bonanza

Back in the 1920s Biggsy & me made a fortune doing this -- ya know, smuggling & selling booze, rumrunning

Bootlegging

Porphyrogenitus, a royal epithet given to Byzantine emperors, translates to this phrase

Born To The Purple

Similar to the Indian ghee, niter kibbeh is a clarified spice-infused type of this & is used in many dishes

Butter

The swallowtail type of this is genus papilio; makes sense, since "papillon" is French for it

Butterfly

He called his fifth Narnia novel "The Horse and His Boy"

C.S. Lewis

This stitch that forms a pattern resembling a strong rope is often used in knit sweaters

Cable Stitch

"Much to my" this 7- letter word, I find that when I look carefully at the word, I find a little smile

Chagrin

Madagascar's colorful features include half the world's types of this lizard

Chameleon

A review of "South of Broad" says Pat Conroy's "first novel in 14 years begins where he left off:" this So. Carolina city

Charleston

In spite of "koochie koochie" image, she's an accomplished guitarist

Charo

A selection of sliced meat for sandwiches

Cold Cuts

It can refer to an intimate friend or to a Communist

Comrade

Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar

Cotton Candy

He's married to the former Blondie Boopadoop

Dagwood Bumstead

Lucy & Desi's TV production company

Desilu

The oldest of the Greek classical orders, it featured the simplest capitals on the columns

Doric

This 4-letter word is derived from the phrase "od rot" or "God rot"

Drat

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

Edmond Halley

It can precede nog, plant & beater

Egg

Napoleon was able to leave this island February 26, 1815

Elba

The Schottky effect is a type of increase in the discharge of these subatomic particles from a heated surface

Electrons

Santa & Will Ferrell do a little North Pole dancing

Elf

In 1973 "All My Children"'s Mary Fickett became the first daytime soap actor to win one of these awards

Emmy

This title adjective describes the "room" in the title of the 1922 e.e. cummings novel of WWI

Enormous

A plain old "miller" usually means one whose mill grinds grain into this

Flour

1962: "The Slick Chick"

Foghorn Leghorn

It's the legal process by which a homeowner loses his rights to a property

Foreclosure

Judy Blume: "Pour toujours"

Forever

This Djiboutian currency, which trades at about 170 to the U.S. dollar, is divided into 100 centimes

Franc

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

France

In 2000 you could see all 6' 3" of this volleyball player & Coppertone model in the pages of Playboy

Gabrielle Reece

This word can refer to a boat's large hooked pole or a social blunder

Gaffe/Gaff

In 1206 he drew up a code, the Great Yasa, which laid down basic Mongol law

Genghis Khan

In 1914's "The World Set Free", he wrote of a war in 1958 involving atomic bombs

H.G. Wells

This plant yields a hair dye as well as as tint used in magical hand & foot tattoos

Henna

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

Henry Cabot Lodge

A stock-market crash during his presidency vacuumed up $40 billion in losses & 40% of the value of NYSE stocks

Herbert Hoover

HH

Herbert Hoover

From the Latin for "shaggy" or "bristly", it's a synonym for hairy

Hirsute

"Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of" this aviator billionaire

Howard Hughes

Schwarzenegger's first inaugural address pledged his governorship "to your" these, "not to special" these

Interests

The "Hawkeye State"

Iowa

This soul star would never tell this First Lady of the American Theater, "Shut Your Mouth"

Isaac & Helen Hayes

In Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Maid of Pskov", this notorious 16th c. czar destroys the city of Novgorod

Ivan (The Terrible)

Marketed as the soap that floats, it was born in Cincinnati in 1879

Ivory Soap

In 1881, this president, not Cleveland, was buried in Cleveland

James A. Garfield

This "cat", seen here, served as president for only 6 months

James A. Garfield

"Bartlett's" credits him with "It's the economy, stupid"

James Carville

"I want you for U.S. Army" reads an ungrammatical WWI version of this artist's poster; bet it's worth a fortune

James Montgomery Flagg

"Mommie Dearest"

Joan Crawford

Now named for a benefactor, it opened in 1905 as the Institute of Musical Art

Juilliard

Kalpen Modi, who works for the Obama admin. doing outreach to Asian Americans, is better known to moviegoers as this

Kal Penn

This second-most populous Afghan city is said to have been founded by Alexander the Great

Kandahar

This beautiful figure skater was once called "The Brooke Shields of East Germany"

Katarina Witt

(Cheryl of the Clue Crew in downtown Honolulu) Appropriately, a statue of this great Hawaiian is located on King Street

King Kamehameha

The AFL-CIO chose this holiday in 2007 to launch a nationwide drive for health care reform

Labor Day

In the 1820s thirsty explorers found an oasis here, Spanish for "the meadows"; 30 million now visit every year

Las Vegas

A blow with a whip

Lash

At the gym, "lat" is short for this broad, flat muscle on each side of your back

Latissimus Dorsi

It's the "structural" name for the top crust of a pie that has strips of dough in a crisscross pattern

Lattice

In an Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem, they're the 7 words that precede "weep and you weep alone"

Laugh And The World Laughs With You

In 1873 he got a patent for using metal rivets to strengthen the pockets on his product

Levi Strauss

It's from the Greek for "word writer" -- just look it up in his book

Lexicographer

This tiny country wedged between Switzerland & Austria has the world's highest per capita GDP

Liechtenstein

The "In the Wings Teddy" (va va voom!) is an item of this from Frederick's of Hollywood

Lingerie

She worked as a babysitter for songwriter Carole King until hitting the big time with King's song "The Loco-Motion"

Little Eva

Laura Ingalls Wilder's 1935 book

Little House On The Prairie

This Arkansas capital is nicknamed "The City of Roses" for its many gardens

Little Rock

In a depressing play by William Inge, a woman named Lola waits for this title pet to "Come Back"

Little Sheba

4 sisters cavort in the March family attic in Act I of the opera based on this 1868 novel

Little Women

A legislator trading his vote for reciprocal support on a future vote is doing this, like in a lumberjack game

Logrolling

In the 1930s & '40s, Johnny Weissmuller donned this skimpy garment to play Tarzan in 12 films

Loin Cloth

This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"

Lois & Clark

Traitorous WWII broadcaster William Joyce was better known as Lord this

Lord Haw-Haw

A doomed boy in this 1954 novel declares, "I got the conch, you let me speak"

Lord Of The Flies

A brand of shortbread cookies shares its name with this title heroine of an R.D. Blackmore historical novel

Lorna Doone

In 1885 this French chemist first used his rabies vaccine, on a boy named Joseph Meister

Louis Pasteur

This hefty superstar tenor from Modena, Italy is often compared to Caruso

Luciano Pavarotti

Born in 1770, studied with Salieri, became totally deaf in 1819, died 1827

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches

M-E-T-R-E

"Come & find me, my name is" this, "always at the party con las chicas que son buena"

Macarena

1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Tepeu & Gucumatz created the first humans from a paste made of this staple grain

Maize/Corn

Go "strait" to this port & visit St. Paul's Church where St. Francis Xavier's body was held until moved to India

Malacca

Singapore gained its independence in 1965 from this nation to which it's connected by a causeway

Malaysia

In 1875 this church founder wrote, "Jesus...was the most scientific man that ever trod the globe"

Mary Baker Eddy

In 1987 she became president of the Mystery Writers of America

Mary Higgins Clark

After waking up each day at 119 N. Weatherly Avenue in Minneapolis, she turned the world on with her smile

Mary Tyler Moore

In 1980 Roberto Duran said to Sugar Ray Leonard, "No" this, meaning "no more"

Mas

The reverse of this state's quarter released in 2000 depicts the Minuteman statue & an outline of the state

Massachusetts

Type of golf scoring measured by holes won, not strokes

Match Play

This 1990s banjo-strummin' defense lawyer lived in Willow Springs, Georgia

Matlock

This 13,796-foot inactive volcano, Hawaii's highest peak, is snow-covered in winter; its name means "white mountain"

Mauna Kea

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

Maurice Ravel

Best known as the friend who refused to destroy Kafka's works, he wrote a historical novel on Tycho Brahe

Max Brod

This egg derivative is almost always found in a tuna fish sandwich

Mayonnaise

In 1943 Adolf Galland said after his first ride in this German jet, “It felt as if angels were pushingâ€

Messerschmitt

The Washington Post section on city life; it's also the city's subway

Metro

The 4 cities beginning with "M" that hosted the Summer Olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976 & 1980

Mexico City, Munich, Montreal And Moscow

(Hi, I'm Bob Costas.) In 1956 this N.Y. Yankee became the only player ever to win baseball's Triple Crown while hitting more than 50 home runs

Mickey Mantle

This synonym for "squandered" often describes a wastrel's wasted youth

Misspent

This cell-division process in which a cell's nucleus replicates is vital for repair & replacement of worn-out cells

Mitosis

Maputo is the capital of this former Portuguese colony, now a nation of Southeast Africa

Mozambique

No. 7: Last name Uzumaki, this manga graduate of the Ninja Academy has games, comics & legions of fans

Naruto

Two of these marine mammals, seen here, adorn the coat of arms of Canada's Northwest Territories

Narwals

The British captured this courageous captain Sept. 21, 1776 on his return from a spy mission

Nathan Hale

The ominously named Peter Coffin owns the Spouter-Inn in this "New" Massachusetts whaling port

New Bedford

Zip, nada, el zilcho

Nothing

You'll need some white wine, garlic & this 8-armed cephalopod to make the French dish Poulpe a la Provencale

Octopus

When visiting Chicago, you can see this star tape her talk show at her own studio on Carpenter Street

Oprah Winfrey

In 1947 this Oklahoma faith healer began his Healing Waters Ministry

Oral Roberts

Frequently used in soups, this tiny 4-letter pasta means "barley" in Italian

Orzo

If you burn steel wool, it weighs more afterwards because of this process where a gas is combined with the iron

Oxidation

This triatomic allotrope of oxygen protects us from the full force of harmful ultraviolet rays

Ozone

Seen curbside, its parts include a violation flag, a vault & a dome

Parking Meter

If your grandma in Argentina wanted to send you money, she'd convert these into dollars

Pesos

This guitarist for The Who wrote the musical score for Broadway's "Tommy"

Pete Townshend

Choosing this fisherman as a disciple, Jesus told him, "Henceforth thou shalt catch men"

Peter

The answer was blowin' in the wind when this folk trio reunited for a 1972 George McGovern fundraiser

Peter, Paul & Mary

Big "Kat" tamer: hip to cure

Petruchio

Fashionable critter seen here

Pheasant

Rod Serling co-wrote the screenplay for this 1968 classic--you damned dirty ape!

Planet Of The Apes

In 1989 Zeta Beta Tau dropped this pre-membership status as the only way to stop hazing

Pledge

Using Pu-239, an isotope of this element, the atomic bomb was tested at Alamogordo in the summer of 1945

Plutonium

The country where you'll find the city of Gdansk

Poland

You're on a roll if you know that Bialystock is one of this country's largest provinces

Poland

One of 2 brothers of Zeus who were also gods

Poseidon Or Hades

Nicknamed "Wheat-Meat", seitan is made from wheat gluten rich in this compound essential to life

Protein

The Third Republic began after France lost the war to this Bismarck-led German state

Prussia

Motivational directional term meaning to prepare for an activity by getting excited

Psych Up

Term for a physical illness caused or worsened by psychological factors

Psychosomatic

The cry of a canvasback

Quack

North American types of this bird include Montezuma, mountain & bobwhite

Quail

Died March 24, 1603: Richmond, England

Queen Elizabeth I

John Updike's 2nd book about Harry Angstrom, a.k.a. "Rabbit"

Rabbit Redux

Radium, iodine, nitrogen

Rain (Ra I N)

...the first female Supreme Court justice took the bench

Reagan

This band will "Keep On Loving You" even if you call it only by the initial part of its name

Reo Speedwagon

Billy Graham presided over his funeral services April 27, 1994 in Yorba Linda, California

Richard Nixon

On Jan. 5, 1980, only 4th time in history, Broadway lights were dimmed in tribute to this composer

Richard Rodgers

You... me... Carnival in this city! We party with its nearly 11 million Cariocas & of course I'll wear my Speedo

Rio De Janeiro

On January 18, 1912 he arrived at a tent near the pole & found "a record of five Norwegians having been there"

Robert F. Scott

This nation covers more than 6.5 million square miles in area

Russia

Vladimir Nabokov

Russia

"Dance" heard here

Sabre Dance

"Too Close for Comfort" & "Dharma & Greg"

San Francisco

This term for the illegal selling of concert tickets sounds like a bad way to lose your hair

Scalping

Color of Orczy's "Pimpernel" (7)

Scarlet

She reprised her "Cheers" role as Diane Chambers on "Frasier"

Shelley Long

The National Air & Space Museum in Washington is the largest museum of this institution

Smithsonian Institution

Coral, krait, moccasin

Snakes

It's used to mean very, or what's your point?

So

Kenny gets killed early on in the 1999 film based on this series

South Park

Michigan State

Spartans

"Locos y ninos dicen la verdad" is the Spanish way of saying "Fools and children" do this

Speak The Truth

1967: "The Squire of Gothos"

Star Trek

This Reagan administration plan included anti-missile lasers & particle beams

Star Wars

Every week Danno Williams would "Book 'Em" for this boss

Steve Mcgarrett (Played By Jack Lord)

This word for a small dagger is an Italian diminutive

Stiletto

This term is sometimes applied to a tall, lanky person

String Bean (Or Beanpole)

The democratic revolution led by this man led to the 1911 fall of the Qing dynasty & the end of Chinese feudalism

Sun Yat-Sen

Windows with interior condensation are said to be doing this, like people sometimes do

Sweating

Bonnie & Clyde

Texas

In 1950 Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric "but I miss you most of all, my darling, when" these "start to fall"

The Autumn Leaves

Ometotl (who created himself) was the first god to exist in this culture's mythology

The Aztecs

1947: Cary Grant & Shirley Temple

The Bachelor And The Bobby-Soxer

British Army Captain Thomas Preston was tried & acquitted for his part in this 1770 slaughter

The Boston Massacre

This red-feathered friend is the state bird of a record 7 states

The Cardinal

The Bureau of the Census

The Commerce Department

The Senate Watergate Committee was also called this, after the senator who headed it

The Ervin Committee

Organ whose workings were the subject of a 1604 work by Johannes Kepler

The Eye

To oversimplify, it's a really big hole in the ground in Arizona--1 mile deep & 277 river miles long

The Grand Canyon

Term for the Boer migration in the 1830s & 1840s, it comes from an Afrikaans term for a trip by ox wagon

The Great Trek

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

The Queen Of Sheba

A crunchy treat commonly found in a Beijing vendor's stall is this arachnid & sign of the zodiac, skewered

The Scorpion

The head of this pipefish relative is at a right angle to its body

The Seahorse

Collective name of Kentucky Derby, Preakness, & Belmont Stakes

The Triple Crown

In Act One of Berlioz' opera "Les Troyens", this object is dragged inside a city's walls

The Trojan Horse

This forearm bone takes its name from the Latin for "elbow"

The Ulna

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences

The Webby Awards

With over 180 locations the In-N-Out Burger chain boasts of always hand-leafing this

Their Lettuce

In 1989 this Democrat from Washington State succeeded Jim Wright as Speaker of the House

Thomas Foley

It's an additional period of play designed to establish a winner among contestants with the same score

Tiebreaker

Flavored types of this liquor, like Pertsovka, are popular in the U.S. & have long been a Russian favorite

Vodka

On Sept. 1, 1939 it became the first capital city targeted in an attack by Germany in WWII

Warsaw, Poland

An inexperienced person is this 'behind the ears"

Wet

It's the best time to "make hay"

While The Sun Shines

VI squared

Xxxvi

This brother of Moses was the first Jewish high priest

Aaron

He had Hamlin for his veep

Abraham Lincoln

This diarist known for her affair with Henry Miller wasn't a model wife but she was a model

Anais Nin

Bagel topper

(3) Lox

Jones was the maiden name of this author of "The Age of Innocence"

(Edith) Wharton

In the British national anthem

(God Save) Our (Glorious Queen, Long Live)

Winning in Seoul & Los Angeles, he was the last American to win gold in the men's 10-meter platform dive

(Greg) Louganis

In 1865 this New York Tribune editor who dropped out of school at age 14 urged young people to head to the Frontier

(Horace) Greeley

A Houston native, he owned RKO Pictures, TWA & a serious amount of eccentricity

(Howard) Hughes

Time to lay down the doctrine: he was Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817

(James) Monroe

4,840 square yards equals 1 _____

Acre

After losing 2 presidential races in the 1950s, he was appointed U.N. Ambassador by JFK in 1960

Adlai Stevenson

The Po rises on Monte Viso in the Cottian range of these mountains

Alps

Delightful dancer, African-American, radiant "Revelations", Manhattan man

Alvin Ailey

This substance from the intestines of sperm whales is still used as a fixative for expensive perfumes

Ambergris

This channel shows films like "The Magnificent Seven" & original series like "Mad Men" & "Breaking Bad"

Amc

This gospel artist hit No. 1 on the pop charts in 1991 with "Baby Baby"

Amy Grant

Treating it to remove bitterness, California's Chumash Indians once lived on flour made from this, the nut of the oak tree

An Acorn

This term for a chain of islands came from the Greek name for the Aegean Sea

An Archipelago

In the 1960s, 2 NBA players won MVP awards 4 times: Wilt Chamberlain & this Boston Celtics center

Bill Russell

Drinking beer, kicking dogs & hitting women are hobbies of this man, Fagin's adult accomplice

Bill Sykes

Good evening (7)

Bonsoir

This country's $50 bill features William Lyon Mackenzie King, its longest-serving prime minister

Canada

Appropriately, it's what Canadians call the July 1 national holiday

Canada Day

A revised version of this song sold over 3 million copies its first week of sales, Sept. 23-29, 1997

Candle In The Wind

Ahoy! This symbol of a cereal is the commander of the S.S. Guppy

Cap'n Crunch

The English eat a mince pie named for this December holiday

Christmas

His 1493 stop at Puerto Rico is the foundation for the claim he "discovered America", meaning the U.S.

Christopher Columbus

During WWII the Allied leaders known as the "Big Three" were Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt & him

Churchill

Also called methylmorphine, this opium-derived drug is used in some cough medicines

Codeine

Hyakutake, one of these, has a 360-million-mile-long tail

Comet

This prophet interpreted Nebuchadnezzar's dream for him

Daniel

"King John" & "King Henry V" are both set in these 2 countries

England & France

If you hurt this body part, put your feet up & it will do this, over time

Heel/Heal

When Jason played Edmund in "Long Day's Journey into Night", this "First Lady of the American Theatre" played his mother

Helen Hayes

This San Antonio resident helps out America's homemakers with lots of "Hints"

Heloise

This prefix is from the Greek for "blood"

Hemato- (Or Hemat-)

Nixon's running mate in 1960, he was named chief negotiator at the Paris Peace Talks in 1969

Henry Cabot Lodge

English kings Henry VIII, Edward VIII, George III

Henry Viii, George Iii, Edward Viii

9 years before arriving at the Mississippi River, he met the Incan ruler Atahualpa in Peru

Hernando De Soto

David Castillo had 24 tacos, 6 tostadas & 6 enchiladas but no dessert just before this in 1998 in Texas

His Execution

Woody inscribed "This machine kills Fascists" on this instrument

His Guitar

This eccentric billionaire formed an aircraft company in 1934 to design racers

Howard Hughes

This American astronomer for whom a telescope is named studied law as a Rhodes Scholar

Hubble

It's the title of a hit song by Bread, or a poem by Rudyard Kipling

If

A variation of this footwear proverb says "If the glove fits, wear it"

If The Shoe Fits...

In 1792 William Murdock was the first to use coal gas for this purpose

Illumination

From Latin roots meaning "cannot be obliterated", it describes ink that's permanent

Indelible

In 1209 the pope excommunicated this king known for the Magna Carta; 4 years later, all was forgiven

John

This British poet wrote, "When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide"

John Milton

(audio clue)

Joy To The World

The "Wizard" of Oz is from Omaha, Nebraska, not far from this state where Dorothy lives

Kansas

That merry prankster author who took us all inside the cuckoo's nest

Ken Kesey

A "half" this is a dive that includes a half backward somersault & ends facing the board

Kick

Employees' Compensation Appeals Board

Labor

In the 1880s the Knights of this gave way to the American Federation of this representing workers

Labor

Some are intolerant to this disaccharide present in milk

Lactose

The Uro Archipelago in this lake consists of about 40 inhabitable islands made of woven totora reeds

Lake Titicaca

A 16-foot, 7-ton statue of this first leader of Soviet Russia is found in Seattle

Lenin

His 2nd & 3rd most famous women's portraits are "Cecilia Gallerani" & "Ginevra de' Benci"

Leonardo Da Vinci

In this Italian's "Virgin & Child with Saint Anne", both women wear smiles rather like his Mona Lisa's

Leonardo Da Vinci

Talk show host David, or a varsity athlete

Letterman

A, B, M, P, or Z, for example

Letters

Millionaire Estates, Pay Day!

Life

In 1800 the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons was chartered in this city

London

There are islands with this name in Massachusetts, Washington state, Wisconsin, and Maine, but the biggest is in New York

Long Island

Cutting trees down, or a word that describes the Frankenstein monster's walk

Lumbering

Lady Chatterley's lover (7)

Mellors

In 1887 while librarian at Columbia U., he founded the first school for training librarians

Melville Dewey

It's John Gray's 1992 megaseller on relationships & the differences between the sexes

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus

Also a chemical element

Mercury

So Pluto has a radius less than half that of this now-smallest planet--so what? Size doesn't matter!

Mercury

About 57,000 square miles, it's the smaller of the 2 countries that share Asia's peak peak

Nepal

Roomba ate some Bible pages...fill in a quote for me? "And" he "lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years"

Noah

A 2004 conference on ways to detect when a country is making these included ideas like robot spy butterflies

Nuclear Weapons

National Magic Day & Nevada Admission Day

October

Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State

Ohio

Bet you a buckeye knows that his state song is "Beautiful" this

Ohio

He was an ally of the British in the War of 1812 & a Wisconsin city is named for him, b'gosh

Oshkosh

The airport of this Sicilian city is named for 2 anti-organized crime judges, both murdered in 1992

Palermo

Celebrity chef Mario Batali says a sandwich of this smoke meat from Katz's "is what's bad and good about food"

Pastrami

The human head, perhaps a bald one

Pate

During the war this silversmith had a booming business casting cannons for the Continental Army

Paul Revere

This state capital rose from the ruins of a Hohokam Indian settlement

Phoenix, Arizona

This corrugated steel hut is now a trademarked name

Quonset

In tournament play, a fallen flag means you've lost because this has happened

Ran Out Of Time

In South Africa 100 cents equals R1, R standing for this

Rand

Before his death at 37, this Renaissance master painted over 300 pictures on the Madonna theme

Raphael

Italian for "little turnip", these cheese-filled pillows are served on pasta night in the dining hall

Ravioli

In "Kings Row", he asked Ann Sheridan, "Where's the rest of me?"

Ronald Reagan

The 2 U.S. presidents whose middle names are also the last names of 2 other presidents

Ronald Wilson Reagan & William Jefferson Clinton

Was it all a dream? On the last episode of "Newhart", Bob awoke with this former TV wife, not Mary Frann

Suzanne Pleshette

In Tanzania: English & this

Swahili

Legend has it Clare Boothe Luce said, "Age before beauty" to Parker, whose reply was "Pearls before" this

Swine

In 1971, a copy of his original manuscript for "The Wasteland" was published, with an introduction by his widow

T.S. Eliot

This U.S. Top 10 hit by Spandau Ballet will take me right back to slow dancing in '83

TRUE

These "Tales" by Judy Blume are narrated by 9-year-old Peter Warren Hatcher

Tales Of A Fourth Grade Nothing

"Battle of the Sexes" story, Katharina vs. Petruchio; she's tough but love wins out...it's a blockbuster!

Taming Of The Shrew

Rule 200 says if a man knocketh these out of an equal, his shall be knocked out, too

Teeth

8 years after Jackie Robinson broke in with the Dodgers, Elston Howard became the first black player on this A.L. rival

The (New York) Yankees

The men who died defending this locale in 1836 included William E. Summers & William DePriest Sutherland

The Alamo

At 22,205 feet, Guinness says the highest dinner party was in Peru, atop Mt. Huascaran in these mountains

The Andes

The word, phrase or clause a pronoun must agree with

The Antecedent

Though it has no known function, this vermiform projection may become inflamed & even burst

The Appendix

Look closely: some of the brides chasing Chris O'Donnell at the end of this film are male extras in drag

The Bachelor

The butcher... the candlestick-maker

The Baker

(Hi, I'm Chris Matthews) Working for the San Francisco Examiner in November 1989 I reported on the historic fall of this structure

The Berlin Wall

This Olympic event, from words meaning "two contests", first began as a sport in the late 1700s

The Biathlon

The Michauxes added pedals to the front wheel of a velocipede & became the "fathers of" this vehicle

The Bicycle

The Hubble constant tells how fast the universe is expanding since this "noisy" event occurred

The Big Bang

In its middle, the bulge of the Crimean Peninsula narrows it to about 150 miles north to south

The Black Sea

The Crimean Mountains contain prominent cliffs found on the northern coast of this sea

The Black Sea

It's Burkittsville redux as 4 Boston students stumble on the "Book of Shadows" in a sequel to this 1999 flick

The Blair Witch Project

These brothers, Joseph & Lyman, founded an upscale NYC department store in 1872

The Bloomingdales

In 2010 British Petroleum said it "seemed inconceivable" that this oil rig device, BP for short, could fail

The Blowout Preventer

When an actress is "treading" these, she's appearing on stage

The Boards

Laura Lee Hope wrote a series of books about two different sets of these fictional twins

The Bobbsey Twins

Crispus Attucks was living under the name Michael Johnson when killed in this 1770 "massacre"

The Boston Massacre

In 1791 the HMS Pandora sailed into Tahiti to seize several of this ship's crew

The Bounty

This international team tennis trophy is also called "Dwight's Pot"

The Davis Cup

1951: "Klaatu Barada Nikto"

The Day The Earth Stood Still

In 1872 he opened a school in Boston to train teachers of these people

The Deaf

In 1971 this group's "Riders On the Storm" was its last top-20 hit

The Doors

Gerontocracy

The Elderly

This San Francisco waterfront road runs from the Giants' Stadium to Pier 39

The Embarcadero

L. Frank Baum had this birthstone, the same as the name of a city he created

The Emerald

National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

The Grammys

John Galsworthy refused this honor in 1918, so we don't have to call him Sir John

The Knighthood

The first jet vs. jet air battle took place during this war

The Korean War

"Honor the charge they made! Honor" them, "noble six hundred!"

The Light Brigade

Regardless of the title, this British gangster film starring Bob Hoskins only ran 114 minutes

The Long Good Friday

On graduating from Annapolis, you become either a Navy ensign or a second lieutenant in this service

The Marine Corps

It's no "illusion": an elevated tram connects Treasure Island to this hotel & casino next door

The Mirage

"Nights In White Satin" appeared on their 1968 LP "Days of Future Passed" 4 years before the reissue hit the Top 10

The Moody Blues

This play by Agatha Christie that opened in 1952 is still running; they'll never build a better one

The Mousetrap

This relative of the squid & cuttlefish is shy & can change its color to hide in the coral

The Octopus

Hemingway: "El Viejo y el Mar"

The Old Man And The Sea

To keep away these scandal-seeking photographers with an Italian name, shine a flashlight at them

The Paparazzi

Like Scotland in 1995, the American colonies are defended by Mel Gibson in this jingoistic 2000 epic

The Patriot

Logs in this forest may be 150 million years old

The Petrified Forest

This title flute player's "queer long coat from heel to head Was half of yellow & half of red"

The Pied Piper Of Hamelin

It's the "insect" newspaper published in California's state capital

The Sacramento Bee

I'd do away with the use of all money; for payment we could use this invertebrate to be funny

The Sand Dollar

The only African bird of prey with terrestrial habits; it can't type or take dictation

The Secretary Bird

The Quirinal & the Aventine

The Seven Hills Of Rome

Ellis "Red" Redding, Andy Dufresne, Warden Norton

The Shawshank Redemption

In this Wendy Wasserstein play, 3 Jewish sisters from Brooklyn meet up in London to celebrate a birthday

The Sisters Rosensweig

The difference between a cornet & this almost-indentical inst. is that the cornet is shorter, with a more conical bore

The Trumpet

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

The Valley Of 10,000 Smokes

With canals, piazzas, and St. Mark's Square, this Vegas hotel sits on the old Sands Hotel site

The Venetian

The NEA helped to fund & choose the design for this 1982 memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C.

The Vietnam Memorial

This president's memorial with a 19-foot bronze statue was dedicated in Washington in 1943

Thomas Jefferson

For athlete's foot, boom! John Madden recommends "tough actin'" this; boom!

Tinactin

This giant moon of Saturn is larger than the planet Mercury

Titan

Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12

Titans

A reddish-brown color is named for this Venetian artist who used the color frequently in his paintings

Titian

This protein rich food is coagulated from an extract of soybeans & used in salads & cooked foods

Tofu

In 1994, Member of Parliament Margaret Hodge nominated this man as leader of Britain's Labour Party

Tony Blair

We "fell" for these candies introduced in 2008; they're Tootsie Pops without the stick

Tootsie Pop Drops

Variety said audiences would "be taken for a thrilling ride in the wild blue yonder" by this Tom Cruise film

Top Gun

On May 3, 1999 these most violent of windstorms cut a deadly path thru Oklahoma

Tornadoes/Twisters

William Penn wrote "No Cross, No Crown", an explanation of Quaker beliefs, while he was imprisoned in this

Tower Of London

Groups of Native Americans have to drop a "B" in order to make these attempts

Tries (From Tribes)

Instead of semesters, some colleges divide the academic year into 3 terms called these

Trimesters

Jean de Reszke made the ladies swoon when he premiered as this Wagnerian lover in 1895

Tristan

Uranium, phosphorus, oxygen, nitrogen

U P O N

In July 1986, U.S. Steel crossed out the "Steel" in their name & replaced it with this letter

X

Perhaps to match rival Harvard, this school has a Gutenberg Bible too, at the Beinecke Rare Book Library

Yale

Appropriately, you can see the yellow-bellied marmot in this Wyoming-Montana-Idaho national park

Yellowstone

2-word reply by Calvin Coolidge to a woman who said she'd made a bet she could get more that 2 words out of him

You Lose.

This god zapped Salmoneus into oblivion for trying to imitate his thunder & lightning

Zeus

Supreme Greek god's suspensions of hostilities

Zeus's Truces

In this 3-part work, the main character encounters Nimrod, Ulysses, Muhammad & Thomas Aquinas

\"The Divine Comedy\"

2 of the 4 actors who earned 1974 Oscar nominations for "The Godfather Part II"; one of them won

(2 Of) Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Michael V. Gazzo, & Lee Strasberg

The cops, or part of a peach

(4) Fuzz

Descriptive of Dickens' dodger

(6) Artful

He accepted his party's nomination for the presidency at the Staples Center August 17, 2000

(Al) Gore

OV-1 & Alexander the Great are 2 of this Washington Capitals hockey star's nicknames

(Alexander) Ovechkin

In 1974 this beat poet for "The Fall of America: Poems of These States, 1965-1971"

(Allen) Ginsberg

Robert Gates said this U.S. general who was in charge in Afghanistan "is the premier soldier-scholar of his time"

(David) Petraeus

Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949

(Dean) Acheson

"I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year"

(Ebenezer) Scrooge

Evan Rachel Wood has a quotation from this "Ulalume" luminary between her shoulder blades

(Edgar Allan) Poe

After hitting .202 in the minors in '94, he went back to his day job of all-universe NBA star

(Michael) Jordan

One of the 2 wives of Henry VIII who married the man thinking (mistakenly) he'd never execute me for adultery!

(One Of) Anne Boleyn Or Catherine Howard

In 1807 this inventor went from New York City to Albany "wholly by the power of the steam engine"

(Robert) Fulton

In 1936 he showed up for a Surrealist exhibition dressed in a diving suit

(Salvador) Dali

The Roman numerals at the base of the pyramid on the back represent this year

1776

To vote in Canadian national elections

18

A U-turn, or a complete reversal of opinion

180

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

180

The Shaw's landmark version of this Orwellian epic encompassed the whole town & even featured flying helicopters

1984

Gas topped 2 bucks a gallon for the first time in May of this leap year (it only seems like a lifetime ago)

2004

Careful: Tina Fey's title "Rock" minus Charlie Sheen's title "Men"

27 1/2

Richard Carlson "led" this number of lives as a communist counterspy & FBI agent

3

Dolly Parton wrote the music & lyrics for this show, Broadway-bound in 2009; what a way to make a livin'!

9 To 5

Ring Lardner, Dalton Trumbo, & Will Geer were on one in the 50s

A Blacklist

A white mark on a horse's forehead, or the ax mark made on a tree to mark a trail

A Blaze

A statue of a gal holding one of these bugs in Enterprise, Ala. praises it for pushing the town to try new crops

A Boll Weevil

An overly pushy person from Sydney

A Bossy Aussie

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

A Conch

It's the 15 bucks or so an insured patient has to fork over for a visit to a doctor's office

A Copay

Treasure seekers can sometimes track down one of these Irish fairies by the sound of his shoemaker's hammer

A Leprechaun

Soviet shoppers often spent hours in one of these, an "ochered"

A Line (Or A Queue)

In Latin America, this large xylophone can accommodate 3 or 4 musicians at a time

A Marimba

Presented in 1692, "The Fairy Queen" by Purcell was the first opera based on this Shakespeare play

A Midsummer Night's Dream

The name of this drink made with bourbon & mint comes from the Persian for "rose-water"

A Mint Julep

A current in the Indian Ocean bears the name of this rainy summer weather it helps bring

A Monsoon

A Latter-Day jury spokesperson

A Mormon Foreman

A unit of cloth measure equal to 2 1/4 inches, or a carpenter's item whose size is measured in pennies

A Nail

Sequoia was the second one the government created

A National Park

After Sir James Chadwick's 1932 discovery of this fundamental particle of matter, the world went fission

A Neutron

It's a nacreous concretion formed around a foreign body, like a grain of sand

A Pearl

C'mon, one more cherry! Bally's Las Vegas became the first hotel with a $1,000 one of these

A Slot Machine

I'm a little this, short & stout; a Nantucket basket one goes for over $100

A Teapot

This 3-horned plant-eater's 10-foot-long head is said to be the largest ever possessed by a land animal

A Triceratops

The name of this type of storm means "great wind"

A Typhoon

Term for a noble who was granted a fief by a lord

A Vassal

A billfold & a wooden hammer

A Wallet & A Mallet

It can be a type of shoe or a type of golf club for lofting the ball, especially out of sand traps

A Wedge

18-month-old Jessica McClure captured the nation's attention in 1987 after she fell into one of these

A Well

A shameful or immoral act is said to be one of these before God

Abomination

2008's "Giants" covers "The Parallel Lives of Frederick Douglass and" this man

Abraham Lincoln

A good electrical insulator, this yellowish resin produces a charge of static electricity when rubbed

Amber

The French name of this piece of furniture indicates it should be used to store weapons, not clothes & TVs

An Armoire

An archeologist who specializes in the land of the pharaohs & its artifacts

An Egyptologist

White icing made to look like blocks of ice tops the cake named for this Eskimo dwelling

An Igloo

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

An Outboard Motor

A total of 49,485 prisoners went through this Confederate prison that was in operation for only 14 months

Andersonville

In 1965 this pop artist made "Empire", an 8-hour stationary look at the Empire State Building

Andy Warhol

"I gave my love a chicken, that had no bones, I gave my love a story, that had no end, I gave..." (Bluto smashes guitar)

Animal House

She published "Exit To Eden" under the pen name Anne Rampling

Anne Rice

This teacher died in 1936, ending her 49-year symbiotic relationship with Helen Keller

Anne Sullivan

Sigourney Weaver made her debut as "Alvy's date outside theater" in this 1977 Oscar winner

Annie Hall

It completes the proverb "One man's meat is...."

Another Man's Poison

On April 9, 1865 Robert E. Lee surrendered in this settlement in a house owned by a farmer named Wilmer McLean

Appomattox

From the Latin for "joint", it's an instrument that looks into the interior of joints

Arthroscope

This sixth-largest country in the world was first sighted by Europeans in the 17th century

Australia

1964: 25 schilling depicting playwright Franz Grillparzer

Austria

Putting this word before "handed" isn't redundant; putting it before "naked" is

Bare

Voice range of Chaliapin, a Russian singer who popularized the "Song of the Volga Boatmen"

Bass

These flying mammals aren't really "blind"; most have small eyes concealed by fur

Bats

The names Ursula, Orson & Bjorn are all based on this animal

Bear (Ursus)

Psychological "ism" associated with John B. Watson

Behaviorism

These baked puddings go back to Civil War days & "apple brown" is the most popular kind

Betty

Born Elizabeth Bloomer, this late bloomer was a divorcee when she married a future president in 1948

Betty Ford

Agnes Moorehead played the mom who gave up "Citizen Kane" & the mom who gave "Durwood" fits on this show

Bewitched

The 2 landlocked nations of the Himalayas

Bhutan & Nepal

I'm especially "partial" to this word for a line cut diagonally across the grain of a cloth

Bias

Former garbage truck driver H. Wayne Huizenga was the driving force behind this entertainment & video group

Blockbuster

Peter Scolari & Tom Hanks passed themselves off as Hildegarde & Buffy to live in a hotel for women on this sitcom

Bosom Buddies

The back of a Salem rocker is usually lower than the back of this other rocker named for a Mass. city

Boston

You'll find this oldest public park in the United States between Beacon & Tremont Streets

Boston Common

A DAR chapter in Massachusetts has one of the chests from this December 16, 1773 event

Boston Tea Party

This current secretary-general accompanied Anwar Sadat on his historic 1977 trip to Israel

Boutros Boutros-Ghali

Melting copper & zinc together is the traditional recipe for this alloy used since Neolithic times

Brass

Many 17th century New York City households had one of these to form a brigade in case of fire

Bucket

Though he was already emperor of one country, Franz Joseph was crowned in this city June 8, 1867

Budapest

Greece & Turkey

Bulgaria

Steve Young

Byu (Brigham Young)

This 1969 film, seen here, wasn't Goldie's first, but it gave her her first major film role:

Cactus Flower

While Pascal's could only add & subtract, Leibniz' could multiply

Calculator

1 of 2 "dream"y Top 20 songs recorded by Cass Elliott with The Mamas and The Papas

California Dreamin' & "Dream A Little Dream Of Me"

Founded in Pasadena in 1891 as the Throop University, it has many Nobel-winning alumni

Caltech

This -ism named for Protestant reformer John is associated with the values of thrift & labor

Calvinism

It's the popular query in Verizon's TV ads

Can You Hear Me Now?

The Cleveland Clinic tops U.S. News' 1996 ranking of hospitals in this, the study of the heart

Cardiology

Nobody does it better than this woman who sang "Nobody Does It Better"

Carly Simon

For the school play, this process of choosing actors & assigning parts started--I hope they pick me!

Casting

In contrast to their Orthodox cousins, the majority of Croatians are of this Christian denomination

Catholic

Judy Garland was the first female honored with the special Golden Globe Award named for this director

Cecil B. Demille

A mixture of this seed & salt is used in Bloody Marys & stuffings

Celery

This pop star's set to do her last show before taking her sabbatical in Montreal

Celine Dion

These Chinese noodles are made from mung-bean flour or seaweed, not clear package wrap

Cellophane Noodles

Because of his loyal slave, a Greek known for introducing performers was known as the master of him

Ceremonies

Speech on ending his fast, March 10, 1961, Delano, California

Cesar Chavez

En francais, s'il vous plait! This thick slice of tenderloin is broiled & served with potatoes & a bernaise sauce

Chateaubriand

In 1999 this General Mills cereal came out with Millenios, featuring 2s as well as the usual Os

Cheerios

I know you like this nut "Roasting On An Open Fire", along with your enemies; try some sweetened ones, as in marrons glaces

Chestnuts

If these are too hot, drink milk: casein in milk wipes away capsaicin, the fiery compound that gives them heat

Chilies (Chili Peppers)

Cartoons featuring this mute penguin included "Snow Place Like Home" & "Polar Fright"

Chilly Willy

In November 1998 the Getty Museum bought his seminal 1870s painting "Impression: Sunrise"

Claude Monet

This material can be shaped by hand & fired in a kiln to make pottery

Clay

These formed a "cover" overhead & forced the cancellation of a Feb. 7, 2010 Space Shuttle launch

Clouds

A 1909 suit said this product must contain enough of the actual bean & leaf in order to claim its distinctive name

Coca-Cola

Cuba Libre is just a fancy name for plain old rum, a hint of lime & this

Coca-Cola

Coir, named from the Tamil for "cord", is a rope fiber made from the husks of these palm fruits

Coconuts

Bohr was born in Oct. 1885 in this capital, where his father was a professor of physiology

Copenhagen

To communicate by exchange of letters

Correspond

One of this Central American country's 5-star hotels is the Barcelo San Jose Palacio

Costa Rica

To the Pennsylvania Dutch, smearcase is this, both large & small curd varieties

Cottage Cheese

It seems like somebody turned the lowing of these animals on high

Cows

Animal subphylum of chiefly aquatic arthropods covered by a hard shell

Crustacean

He exuberantly thanked his wife, God & Tom Cruise in accepting the 1996 Oscar as Best Supporting Actor

Cuba Gooding, Jr.

This word regarding infidelity came from a certain bird leaving its eggs in other nests to be raised

Cuckold

In John Dryden's "Sylvia the Fair (In the Bloom of Fifteen)", Sylvia meets this mythological love god

Cupid

In August 1858 this American financier succeeded in laying the first successful Transatlantic cable

Cyrus Field

Born in Bohemia in 1884, Edward Benes was the first foreign minister & second president of this country

Czechoslovakia

Despite its name, this large Midwest city's "Free Press" costs 20 cents, 75 cents on Sundays

Detroit

The Hubble Space Telescope was deployed by this space shuttle; 3 years later the Endeavour fixed its mirror

Discovery

Lara, but not Flynn Boyle, remembrance of things Pasternak, title physician, heal thyself

Doctor Zhivago

On "Cheers", Norm said it was this kind of world & "I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear"

Dog-Eat-Dog

Hannah Montana's grandmother (Vicki Lawrence) is always feudin' with Hannah's godmother (her)

Dolly Parton

After "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", he served up "The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul"

Douglas Adams

The Classic Movie Monsters stamps from 1997 included Bela Lugosi as him

Dracula

Famous slave who sued for his freedom in 1857

Dred Scott

In May 1857, 2 months after the Supreme Court ruled against him, this slave & his family were freed

Dred Scott

Lemon________ Rain__________ Cough________

Drop

If you do it with "a dime" you inform on someone

Drop A Dime

Ireland's most populous county, it shares its name with Ireland's most populous city

Dublin

My album of this maestro's songs included "Sophisticated Lady" & "In a Sentimental Mood"

Duke Ellington

Superior, Wisconsin & this Minnesota port lie at the western terminus of the Great Lakes

Duluth

Fred came out of retirement to replace an injured Gene Kelly as Judy Garland's co-star in this holiday musical

Easter Parade

According to Deuteronomy, you can't do this to a bat, even if it's been batter-dipped

Eat It

The name of this city, an early logging center, is French for "clear water"

Eau Claire

Author who wrote, "What was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of Usher?"

Edgar Allan Poe

The Last Drop Tavern was named for its proximity to the spot where public hangings took place in this Scottish capital

Edinburgh

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

Edmond Halley

Abelard could have read the daily news about this famous Spaniard born Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar

El Cid

Leftist guerrillas are in their 10th yr. of trying to overthrow this country's gov't now led by Alfredo Cristiani

El Salvador

Adjectives used to tell your ancient Pliny writers apart

Elder & "Younger"

Now president of the American Red Cross, the 1st woman Secretary of Transportation was inducted in 1995

Elizabeth Dole

She was crowned queen of England just 4 days after Edmund Hillary conquered Mount Everest

Elizabeth Ii

She's had 5 Oscar-nominated roles: Gloria Wandrous, Martha, Susanna Drake, Maggie Pollitt & Catherine Holly

Elizabeth Taylor

Once called Oyster Island, it became part of the Statue of Liberty nat'l monument in 1965

Ellis Island

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

England

I was a lookout--I didn't bust open the lock for the "breaking" part or do this crime that goes with it

Entering

Though it never went into space, this first shuttle did make a short flight in 1977 co-piloted by Fred Haise, Jr.

Enterprise

Often seen in classifieds: EOE

Equal-Opportunity Employer

This city is Pennsylvania's only port on the Great Lakes

Erie

(Jimmy in Kauai) George C. Scott came to Hawaii to film "Islands in the Stream", which was based on a novel by this author

Ernest Hemingway

In a 2006 Country Weekly poll, she was named "Country's Most Beautiful" woman; I'm sure hubby Tim agrees

Faith Hill

"Criminal" singer Fiona weds Steve, author of legal thrillers like "Double Tap", & hyphenates to get this potable name

Fiona Apple-Martini

Allen Ginsberg is said to have coined this phrase for the peaceful goals of the '60s counterculture

Flower Power

In chapter I of Dickens' "Bleak House" this is "everywhere...up the river...down the river...in the eyes & throats..."

Fog

Worst Place to Catch "Our American Cousin": This venue, for its April 14, 1865 performance

Ford's Theatre

This word can be used for one's riches as well as one's lot in life; Twain (& others) have called it "outrageous"

Fortune

How does this bear get to work? Walka-walka-walka!

Fozzie Bear

Weak, fragile payment insuring that a released defendant will return to court

Frail Bail

The man seen here was president of this country for the 2nd half of the decade: [video clue: Valery Giscard d'Estaing]

France

The 2 nice-smelling gifts traditionally brought by the 3 wise men to the baby Jesus

Frankincense And Myrrh

The presidential library system formally began in 1939 when this man donated his papers to the federal government

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The 2 shades of red named for January's & July's birthstones

Garnet & Ruby

Though France beat this future American president in a 1754 battle at Fort Necessity, it lost the war

George Washington

The Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site includes Booker T. Washington's home & a museum devoted to this peanut guy

George Washington Carver

2 rocks known as the Pillars of Hercules flank the eastern end of this strait

Gibraltar

This Irving Berlin song has been called "The Nation's Unofficial Second National Anthem"

God Bless America

Helena sprang up after 1864, when this was found in Last Chance Gulch; the gulch is now the main street of Helena

Gold

A 2008 U.K. thief who fell asleep in a child's bed with all his stolen goods was dubbed this fairy tale girl "Burglar"

Goldilocks

The Aramaic name for Calvary, the hill in Jerusalem on which Jesus was crucified

Golgotha

Appropriately, a foot-long, 7-lb. African frog bears the name of this 6-cubits-&-a-span Biblical person

Goliath

This wife of George Burns said that she was so surprised by her birth, she "couldn't talk for a year and a half"

Gracie Allen

The siege of this kingdom, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, began in late 1491

Granada

7-day celebration to promote sororities & fraternities

Greek Week

In September 1981, 44 years after it was painted, this anti-war mural was returned to Spain

Guernica

This gulf between Sweden & Finland is the largest arm of the Baltic Sea

Gulf Of Bothnia

The Red River of Asia empties into this gulf

Gulf Of Tonkin

He's the regimental bhisti, or water carrier, that Rudyard Kipling made famous

Gunga Din

In the 1605 Gunpowder Plot, he led a group of conspirators in trying to blow up the English Parliament

Guy Fawkes

Later chief of staff, this adman became Nixon's campaign manager in 1968 & handled the puff 'n stuff pieces

H.R. Haldeman

Israel's third-largest city, this port was built on the northern slopes of Mount Carmel

Haifa

1902: "He said he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and cleared out of the country"

Heart Of Darkness

Of Elvis' 114 Top 40 hits, this "sad" title travel destination was the first

Heartbreak Hotel

In 1915 this industrialist headed the American Peace Ship delegation

Henry Ford

In 1937 Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, a native of this country, came to Chicago & founded the New Bauhaus

Hungary

Freud had the gaul to divide the mind into three parts: the ego, the superego & this

I-D

To admire someone fanatically, especially Ruben Studdard or Kelly Clarkson

Idolize

It's what the "I" stands for in ROY G. BIV

Indigo

This Swede who starred in 3 of Hitchcock's films called him "A gentleman farmer who raised goose flesh"

Ingrid Bergman

"What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"

Interview With The Vampire

Term for the stock of unsold finished goods held by a manufacturer

Inventory

Somewhat appropriately, this country has the largest Persian Gulf coastline

Iran

"The hand that rocks the cradle..."

Is The Hand That Rules The World

The conquest of this Pacific island in February & March 1945 was the largest all-Marine battle in U.S. history

Iwo Jima

Russian for "news", it was the official national publication of the Soviet government until 1991

Izvestia

He wrote "Lonesome Traveler", "Big Sur", & "Mexico City Blues" in addition to "On The Road"

Jack Kerouac

In this author's "To Build a Fire", a man needs to, in extreme cold, but it goes out

Jack London

Johnny reached No. 2 on the Country charts with this hit that shares its name with a southern capital

Jackson

This title character is governess to Adele Varens, Mr. Rochester's illegitimate child

Jane Eyre

In 2002 this former Clinton cabinet member ran for governor of Florida

Janet Reno

This 2-faced god presided over doors & beginnings, such as the beginning of the year

Janus

In July 1549 Jesuit priest & explorer Francis Xavier's ship reached this Asian country

Japan

Some claim the 1932 "suicide" of this star's husband Paul Bern was murder; she died 5 years later, at age 26

Jean Harlow

Pirate & War of 1812 hero: The Pride

Jean Lafitte

Grand Cherokee

Jeep

It's named for the third president of the U.S.

Jefferson City

Their magazine is called "The Watchtower" & their churches are called Kingdom Halls

Jehovah's Witnesses

A sea wasp is not an insect, but one of these stinging ocean "fish"

Jellyfish

Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes"

Jennifer Weiner

This Hall-of-Fame guard & former Lakers GM is said to be the model for the player depicted in the NBA's logo

Jerry West

Chimham helped bring King David over the Jordan when he returned to this city after a rebellion

Jerusalem

She's best known for her role as Matt Dillon's wife in "Drugstore Cowboy"

Kelly Lynch

This Sudanese capital is located at the junction of the Blue & the White Nile

Khartoum

On to the main course, ma cherie, a fine gigot d'agneau, roast leg of this meat in a garlic & rosemary sauce

Lamb

Fast Italian cars are named for Enzo Ferrari, Alfieri Maserati & Ferruccio this

Lamborghini

This Hawaiian island near Molokai was once called the world's largest pineapple plantation

Lanai

Dogs lick the sores of this beggar in Luke 16; he then dies, as did a man in John 11 with the same name

Lazarus

Henry Winkler wanted his Fonzie character to be allowed to wear this instead of a cloth coat

Leather Jacket

Afraid that Poland would bar his return from Oslo, he received his 1983 prize in absentia

Lech Walesa

The November 25, 1963 front page read, this man "Shot To Death In Jail Corridor By A Dallas Citizen"

Lee Harvey Oswald

Detectives in this city in West Yorkshire follow these to solve cases

Leeds/Leads

This word commonly follows cuff or missing

Link

"Clockwatchers", "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion"

Lisa Kudrow

In a 1988 debate, he told Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy"

Lloyd Bentsen

Vouvray wines come from this valley noted for its chateaux

Loire

This trickster accompanied Thor to retrieve Thor's hammer from the giant Thrym

Loki

A 1936 fire in this city destroyed the prefabricated Crystal Palace

London

Among this capital's 32 boroughs are Tower Hamlets, Hackney & Westminster

London

Carbon dioxide is swapped for oxygen in the alveoli of these organs

Lungs

There was no love lost between these 2 men, JFK's vice president & his attorney general

Lyndon Johnson & Robert Kennedy

Jennifer Aniston won one in September 2002; her husband Brad was nominated, but didn't win

M-E/Emmy

The only day it didn't fall from the sky was on the Sabbath

Manna

Virgil introduces Dante to Manto, a long-haired woman for whom this Italian city is named

Mantua

In a colossal bronze by Cellini, Perseus is holding the head of this gorgon

Medusa

From words meaning "great madness", these people have delusions of grandeur

Megalomaniacs

They are the 2 planets closest to our sun

Mercury & Venus

It's Jason Patric's real last name; his father was a movie "Exorcist"

Miller (Son Of Jason Miller)

When Thomas Jefferson took office in March, 1801, this river formed the western U.S. boundary

Mississippi

Mark Twain said he was born in this state because "it was an unknown new state & needed attractions"

Missouri

The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis has an exhibit on this city's 1955 bus boycott

Montgomery, Alabama

A sketch show's dead parrot lives to soar through a flaming hoop held by Cathy Lee Crosby on a '70s celeb variety show

Monty Python's Flying Circus Of The Stars

It's the body of water dreamily lamented in this song standard

Moon River

In several cases, Sherlock Holmes matched wits with this adversary he called "one of the greatest brains of the century"

Moriarty

Rhyming term for the 1993 law making states offer voter registration to driver's license applicants

Motor-Voter Law

The Nomad Jukebox Zen Xtra is a device which plays music in this alphanumeric format

Mp3

Ironically, something incomprehensible is said to be "as clear as" this 3-letter word

Mud

A game of tic-tac-toe is a game of these & crosses

N-O-U-G-H-T-S

Russian ballet dancer/defector Rudolf...

N-U-R-E-Y-E-V

Caetano Veloso & Mr. Loco are among artists on the soundtrack of this Jack Black wrestling movie

Nacho Libre

In 1871 Ambrose Burnside became the first president of this group that promotes firearm safety

National Rifle Association

This Chicago-set Richard Wright novel centers on Bigger Thomas, who ends up killing his own sweetheart

Native Son

Distilled from liquid air, this gas is used to produce a bright reddish light

Neon

In area, Los Alamos is this state's smallest county

New Mexico

This "Land of Enchantment" is the only state with English & Spanish as its official languages

New Mexico

The NFL's Saints

New Orleans

L.A.'s Times Mirror Co. owns this Long Island daily with largest evening circulation in America

Newsday

I have a line in this 1604 tragedy: "Loved not wisely but too well"... dost thou think it over the top?

Othello

The title character of this tragedy is governor of Cyprus, where much of the play is set

Othello

Hungarian chemist Albert Szent-Gyorgyi was the first to isolate vitamin C from the pods of this spice

Paprika

This Raymond Chandler private eye was introduced in the 1939 novel "The Big Sleep"

Philip Marlowe

Christian Dior introduced this killer scent in 1985

Poison

When playing the video form of this game, go for the big win, a royal flush

Poker

Pope John Paul II's poem "Easter Vigil 1966" was first published in this, his native language

Polish

To make some great latkes, first you gotta grate these, the main ingredient

Potatoes

6-letter adjective for a home assembled from standard parts, or for the Beatles before they were successful

Prefab

2005: After the wedding, wife will be Duchess of Cornwall. Retiring pickup line "you could be the next Duchess of Cornwall"

Prince Charles

The Confederation Bridge, opened in 1997, is the first highway link to this Canadian island province

Prince Edward Island

Iceland's first settler, Ingolfur Arnarson, named this city "Smoky Bay" because of the hot springs there

Reykjavik

Zambia & Zimbabwe were formed out of this country named for a British colonizer

Rhodesia (Cecil Rhodes)

It's German for "strong ruler", like a lion-heart, we guess

Richard

After his death in 1994 at age 81, Time magazine put him on its cover for a record 55th time

Richard M. Nixon

This "Mending Wall" poet & his wife, Elinor, were co-valedictorians at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts

Robert Frost

This "King of the Delta Blues Singers" wrote classics like "Sweet Home Chicago" before dying young in 1938

Robert Johnson

Our lead story for Jan. 21, 1961: this man, brother of the President, was sworn in as Attorney General

Robert Kennedy

Shortly after writing "Catriona", a sequel to "Kidnapped", he died on the island of Samoa

Robert Louis Stevenson

The Samoans gave him the title "Tusitala", or "Teller of Tales"

Robert Louis Stevenson

One of 11 children, this 26th prime minister could have formed a police force out of his family

Robert Peel

The First through Fourth Macedonian Wars pitted Macedonia against this republic

Rome

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

Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou, Romeo?

"Where's the Rest of Me?"

Ronald Reagan

Philadelphia pharmacist Charles Hires invented this beverage in the mid-1800s

Root Beer

Hope it was worth it; in 1989 his "Satanic Verses" made the Top 10

Salman Rushdie

Never mentioned by name in the Bible, this daughter of Herodias is one of the most famous women in it

Salome

Just because Grandma collects these shakers doesn't mean there's too much sodium in her diet

Salt Shakers

This dance was popular for decades in Brazil before achieving popularity in the U.S. around 1930

Samba

The government ordered 1,000 pistols from him during the Mexican War

Samuel Colt

In April 2001 she announced her engagement to her "Scooby Doo" co-star Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Sarah Michelle Gellar

On this TV show, Dan Aykroyd pitched a timesaving cooking device known as a Bass-O-Matic

Saturday Night Live

Caused by a type of streptococcus, it's a "colorful" childhood malady marked by a widespread red rash

Scarlet Fever

You can still visit this Hollywood drugstore seen in "Sunset Blvd."--at Universal Studios Florida, that is

Schwab's

As part of a dowry, the Orkney & Shetland Islands were turned over to this country in 1472

Scotland

Located in the Highlands, Loch Lomond is this country's largest lake

Scotland

This pitch, which Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson called the fadeaway, is a type of '30s movie comedy

Screwball

Havelock Ellis' 7-volume work on "The Psychology of" this was at first considered pornographic & only for doctors

Sex

Only one letter apart, they're the 2 main ways to reproduce in the animal & plant kingdoms

Sexual & Asexual

1998: "'Twelfth Night' Writer's Amorous Adventures"

Shakespeare In Love

Infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, the Justice, the Pantaloon, second childishness

Shakespeare's Seven Ages Of Man

Kobe called it "idiotic criticism" that he hadn't (until 2009) won an NBA title without this teammate

Shaquille O'neal

Maugham: "The Moon and _____"

Sixpence

Just 25 miles N. of Manhattan, this "Sleepy" village is the place "where the Headless Horseman rode"

Sleepy Hollow

In the song "Winter Wonderland", these "ring, are you listening"

Sleigh Bells

Keuffel & Esser, the dominant maker of these calculating devices, made its last one in 1975

Slide Rule

Bushmaster, coral, hognose

Snakes

The World Cup & the Copa America are two of the major international competitions in this sport

Soccer

1989: "...and Sheba"

Solomon

Quebec's Anticosti Island, at the mouth of this river, is the site of a provincial park

St. Lawrence

He wrote to the Corinthians, "When I became a man, I put away childish things"

St. Paul

Alfred Nobel was raised in this Russian city, then the capital, & also went to college there

St. Petersburg

A group of full-time employees, or the set of 5 horizontal lines on which notes of music are written

Staff

On Aug. 5, 1884 the cornerstone of this landmark's pedestal was laid on Bedloe's Island

Statue Of Liberty

With fire, iron & carbon are forged into this strong alloy

Steel

Descartes thought therefore he knew this first person singular form of the verb "to be"

Sum

(Hi, I'm Catherine Bell of "JAG") This synonym for "brief" refers to a court-martial with just 1 officer acting as judge & jury

Summary Court-Martial

This doctor lit up China as its provisional president in 1911

Sun Yat-Sen

Look! It's this advanced, ideal being described in the works of Nietzsche

Superman

Rudbeckia triloba is this "Brown-Eyed" plant, less well known than the Black-Eyed one

Susan

Prince Siegfried & Odette drown themselves toward the end of this classic ballet

Swan Lake

The Omaha company that introduced the following product in 1954: (TV Dinner)

Swanson

An actor for almost 40 years, he didn't appear in films until playing Kaspar Gutman in 1941's "The Maltese Falcon"

Sydney Greenstreet

18 years after her suicide, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her collected poems

Sylvia Plath

Unlike birds today, the hesperonis of the cretaceous period had these, all the better to eat fish with

Teeth

Style of Mexican-American pop music made famous by Selena

Tejano

The USA's largest military park is Chickamauga & Chattanooga, which covers over 9,000 acres in these 2 states

Tennessee & Georgia

1982 recipients included Mother Teresa & this "Big Daddy" of Southern playwrights

Tennessee Williams

While working at the International Shoe Company, he met a man named Stanley Kowalski, a name he would later use in a play

Tennessee Williams

Future astronaut Sally Ride was so good at this sport that Billie Jean King suggested she turn professional

Tennis

This lord's poem "Locksley Hall" tells of "pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales"

Tennyson

A team from Mexico won in chem for creating diamonds from this Jalisco liquor distilled from fermented mash of an agave

Tequila

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Bhumibol Adulyadej grew up to become king of this country

Thailand

Politicians often complain about having to make appearances on this "unappetizing poultry" circuit

The "Rubber Chicken" Circuit

Big Bill McKinley was on this big bill last issued in 1945; it's worth 5 Franklins

The $500 Bill

Toni Basil turned down the demo of "Walk Like an Egyptian"; it then went to this group who took it to No. 1

The Bangles

Supposedly made by William the Conqueror's wife, there's a 230' long copy of it in the V&A Museum

The Bayeux Tapestry

(Hi, I'm Jeff Probst (in Thailand)) Parts of this 2000 Leonardo DiCaprio movie were filmed nearby on the beach of Thailand's Phi Phi Island

The Beach

Their 1988 hit "Kokomo" mentions "Aruba, Jamaica, ooo I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama..."

The Beach Boys

This NFL team once thought about naming themselves the Chicago Cubs; they now bear a more mature name

The Bears

The Rolling Stones, The Dave Clark Five, The Beatles

The Beatles

This portion of the brain coordinates voluntary movements & balance

The Cerebellum

In "The Magician's Nephew" in this C.S. Lewis series, Polly is tricked into touching rings made from Atlantis' dust

The Chronicles Of Narnia

George Bush served as director of this spy organization in 1976 & 1977

The Cia

This river of the Pacific Northwest provides much of the boundary between Washington & Oregon

The Columbia

This Arthur Miller play, set in the 17th c., was originally titled "Those Familiar Spirits"

The Crucible

Poutine, a Montreal treat, is covered with gravy & this solid element of cheese

The Curd

This "beautiful blue" river begins as 2 small springs, the Breg & Brigach, in the Black Forest

The Danube

Poet William Drennan claimed to have coined this colorful name for Ireland about 1795

The Emerald Isle

This Beethoven piano concerto, Opus 73, sounds fit for more thn a king

The Emperor

Term for the Neoclassical style of furniture, decoration & fashion in vogue in Napoleonic France

The Empire Style

This woodwind with a pear-shaped bell is often called by its French name, cor anglais

The English Horn

In 1997 Wham-O introduced a Max Flight version of this 1950s sensation that flew farther & was easy to catch

The Frisbee

You can see how this tallest animal is most vulnerable when drinking, as it has to splay its legs & lower its head

The Giraffe

Calista Flockhart played the "fragile" Laura in a 1994 revival of this Tennessee Williams play

The Glass Menagerie

The Bald Eagle is the USA's symbol while this other North American type has been called the king of birds

The Golden Eagle

In 1952 the U.S. Army formed the special forces group later nicknamed this

The Green Berets

Darjeeling tea is grown in Darjeeling, India, in the foothills of these mountains

The Himalayas

Zoey Redbird is the protagonist in this "dark" series of teen bestsellers by P.C. & Kristin Cast

The House Of Night

Popular '50s kids' show that featured the clown seen here ("Clarabell")

The Howdy Doody Show

Bauhaus appropriately sang "Bela Lugosi's Dead" in this sanguine film starring Bowie & Deneuve

The Hunger

2-word descriptive term for Mercury, Venus, Earth or Mars because of their orbits nearest the sun

The Inner Planets

The 8 in this collegiate group include Yale, Brown & Harvard

The Ivy League

Stephon Marbury, a Brooklyn native & childhood fan of this team, joined them in 2004--with mixed results

The Knicks

Its Catholic version forgives trespasses & trespassers; in some Protestant versions, debts & debtors

The Lord's Prayer

Poem containing the line "Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door"

The Raven

6 of these were brought inside the Tower of London in 2006 to guard them against bird flu

The Ravens

Each season, 7 strangers share a home, as well as their lives, loves & libidos, on this long-running series

The Real World

Sherlock Holmes' adventures include one "of the Blue Carbuncle" & one about this "League"

The Red-Headed League

After light enters the eye, it focuses an image on this tissue which contains the rods & cones

The Retina

Passenger railways serving Fairbury through the years included the Union Pacific & this one mentioned in the song heard here

The Rock Island Line

The Bay of Fundy is famous for its range of these, the widest on Earth

Tides

Paul wrote 2 Epistles to the Corinthians, 2 to the Thessalonians & 2 to this individual

Timothy

This capital lies on the southern part of the Kanto plain, one of the largest areas of flat land in Japan

Tokyo

From the Latin for "to clip", it's the shaved patch on the crowns of the heads of some monks

Tonsure

Though French chefs most often make soup from this reptile, its flippers may be braised & served in sauce

Turtle

Fight as Anderson Silva or Brock Lesnar in the 2009 "Undisputed" version of this mixed martial arts game

Ufc

In 2008 Lindsay's guest star role on this fashion world sitcom was mysteriously cut from 6 episodes to 4

Ugly Betty

This Portuguese explorer commanded the first fleet to reach India from Europe

Vasco Da Gama

Andorra, Monaco, Vatican City

Vatican City

The premiere of this Quasimodo creator's play "Hernani" caused a riot; Verdi based an opera on it anyway

Victor Hugo

In the mid-1880s, it was the capital of the Crown colony of Vancouver Island

Victoria

The powder form of this green condiment must be mixed with water before becoming a paste

Wasabi

Its Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett is the world's largest building by volume

Washington

After 36 seasons in Montreal, the Expos moved to this city in 2005 & were renamed the Nationals

Washington, D.C.

An Asian Buddhist temple, & a unit of power

Wat & Watt

Hockey: 92 goals

Wayne Gretzky

The more familiar name for a "synoptic chart"

Weather Chart (Or Weather Map)

Born 1834 in Massachusetts, "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 2: Thomas Carlyle", died 1903

Whistler

WHT

William Howard Taft

January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio

William Mckinley

In Eugene Field's "Dutch Lullabye", the names of the 3 wooden shoe sailors

Wynken, Blynken, & Nod

The number of different hexagrams in the I Ching, or the number of squares on a checkerboard

64

This 2-word term sounds like a fight between kings, but it's really a large, usually intense conflict

A Battle Royal

Tursiops truncatus, the scientific name of this beaked dolphin, means "dolphin with a cut-off face"

A Bottlenose Dolphin

For formal wear there are 2 types of these ties: the bat wing & the thistle

A Bowtie

I was so clumsy at the Chicago NBA Arena that I felt like one of these critters "in a china shop"

A Bull

"Dumbledore" is actually an old word for this insect; J.K. Rowling imagined him humming all the time

A Bumblebee

In this holiday classic, Ralphie's dad's "leg lamp" causes quite a stir

A Christmas Story

A Stanley Kubrick film: KOOK CREW GO CARNAL

A Clockwork Orange

You can recognize Germany's House of 1000 Clocks by its water wheel & this type of clock on the side of the house

A Cuckoo Clock

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

A Radio

In 1966 The Cyrkle sang, "The worst is over now, the mornin' sun is shinin' like" this

A Red Rubber Ball

Clare of Assisi, whose miracles saved her city from destruction twice, died in 1253 & became one of these in 1255

A Saint

In India, most women wear this outer garment that consists of a piece of cloth that's draped around the body

A Sari

A schooner builder

A Shipwright

As a verb, it means to raise the shoulders to express indifference; in fashion, it's a type of short sweater

A Shrug

Homo sapiens had a higher & more rounded one of these than did Homo erectus

A Skull

Sydney Carton solves the problem of saving Charles Darnay's neck (literally) in this work

A Tale Of Two Cities

In 1843 Samuel Morse & Alfred Vail received $30,000 to build this between Baltimore & Washington, D.C.

A Telegraph Line

A positive photograph made on a plate of sensitized metal

A Tintype

The affenpinscher is grouped as one of these small "plaything" dogs

A Toy

It's the target of the bowler in the sport of cricket

A Wicket

Hiawatha might be frustrated when sent on a wawa chase, as "wawa" means this creature

A Wild Goose

Annual keepsake containing photos of the students & faculty; will you sign mine?

A Yearbook

She was the doyenne of Amer. high fashion as editor of Harper's Bazaar & Vogue for more than 30 years

Diana Vreeland

According to the title of an Errol Flynn film, "They" did this "with their boots on"

Died

In 1986 this dictator fled Haiti, ending 28 years of rule by his family

Baby Doc Duvalier

Hearing happens in the cochlea; your sense of this in the nearby semicircular canals & vestibule

Balance

The semicircular canals & the utricle & saccule make up the ear's organs for your sense of this term

Balance

A fisherman's wicker basket

Creel

In 1887 Melvil Dewey founded the USA's first library school at this NYC university

Columbia

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

Columbus

Though the Ohio stamp featured Cleveland, its first day cover was released in this city

Columbus

This geometric area is seen here in the 1890s, when it got its name after a gift from New York City's Italians

Columbus Circle

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

Coma (From Comma)

"Growing" from the Italian, this music term means a gradual, steady increase in loudness

Crescendo

4,000 years ago, this island was starting its middle Minoan period

Crete

Ency. Americana says that topless dresses were the fashion of the day for women on this Minoan isle

Crete

At Obrycki's in Baltimore you can feast on this in a savory soup, "cocktail" or "cakes"

Crab

A comedy troupe, or what critics found forming between what was reported & what was happening in Vietnam

Credibility Gap

The field & house types of this chirping insect are raised & sold as fish bait

Crickets

It's the largest peninsula jutting into the Black Sea

Crimean Peninsula

Thomas Gibson & Shemar Moore star as members of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit on this drama

Criminal Minds

This Mindfreak-y performer changed his name from Christopher Sarantakos

Criss Angel

Criteria

Criterion

After an 1835 election loss, he told Tennesseans, "You may all go to Hell & I will go to Tex."; never did like his hat

Crockett

This proverbially wealthy man of ancient times was the last king of Lydia

Croesus

As a noun, it's a short whip; as a verb, to trim a photo

Crop

Malta's 1- & 2-Euro coins depict an 8-pointed this, a symbol of Malta

Cross

In 601 the Lombards destroyed this Italian city, home to a shrewish Kate, but it made a quick comeback

Padua

William Tyler Page, who wrote "The American's Creed" that the House adopted in 1918, had this job there in 1881

Page

Bill could easily bid on Bolivia: their GDP, this annual figure, is less than half what he's worth

Gross Domestic Product

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

Ground Round

His operation for cancer of the jaw was kept secret until long after he left office in 1897

Grover Cleveland

Toward the end of Benjamin Harrison's term, this man was elected president of the U.S. for a second time

Grover Cleveland

The name of this tree, seen here, comes from the language of Brazil's Tupi indians

Jacaranda

In 1951, this American biologist went to Cambridge, where his life became intwined with Francis Crick's

James D. Watson

Almost exactly equal to the mass of 1,000 cubic centimeters of water, it's a base unit in the metric system

Kilogram

In 1990 this future Mrs. Alec Baldwin & investors paid $20 million for a GA. town; they sold it in '95 for $4.3 million

Kim Basinger

Go due west from Sao Paulo & you'll next make your guay into this country

Paraguay

A raven's not picky, eating rodents, insects, grain & garbage in this kind of diet, from the Latin for "all eating"

Omnivore

Many low-growing herbs are common weeds called these, a term also used for a kind of tropical banana

Plantains

He founded The Academy, one of Greece's first colleges that met regularly in a set place

Plato

The first of these structures was built for King Zoser in Saqqarah in the 27th Century B.C.

Pyramids

This California city has the USA's oldest Columbus Day parade & an Italian Banquet at the Fairmont Hotel, too

San Francisco

In 2000 software giant Adobe Systems began building a third tower in this city's downtown

San Jose

There's a park named for JFK in this capital of Costa Rica

San Josã©

William Wordsworth's poem about this Haitian begins "Toussaint, the most unhappy Man of Men!"

Toussaint L'ouverture

Legend says Saint Rule brought this saint's relics to the coast of Fife in 368

St. Andrew

This saint's cross appears on the provincial flag of Nova Scotia

St. Andrew

This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."

Truths

Also called the yellow poplar, this state tree is named for its flowers that resemble a certain Dutch flower

Tulip Tree

To make use of your Space Bag, you usually attach it to this household appliance

Vacuum Cleaner

In February 1778 Baron Friedrich von Steuben arrived at this Pennsylvania site to train the Continental Army

Valley Forge

Squaw, Death, Great Rift

Valleys

An author succumbs to cholera, leading to his "Death in" this Italian city

Venice

English nobles' souvenirs of Italy often included a Canaletto view of this city's Grand Canal

Venice

A thick cloud cover is one reason temperatures at its equator & poles are about the same

Venus

Not far from Roanoke, this military school broke a 158 year tradition & admitted women in 1997

Vmi (Virginia Military Institute)

...In a screwdriver

Vodka

It's been proposed that sulfate aerosols from these geological phenomena killed off the dinosaurs

Volcanoes

Terry McMillan's bestselling 1992 novel about 4 African-American friends

Waiting To Exhale

Jane magazine says this sport "is to waterskiing what snowboarding is to skiing"

Wakeboarding

An easy one to begin: he's the 21st Prince of this

Wales

In 1986 rappers Run-D.M.C. remade this 1976 Aerosmith song

Walk This Way

This publisher & philanthropist established TV Guide, Seventeen & schools of communication at USC & Penn

Walter Annenberg

This former CBS anchorman is affectionately known as "Uncle Walter"

Walter Cronkite

It's 3-letter slang for mouth, as in "shut your..."

Yap

He was recently voted in as president of the new self-rule Palestinian government

Yasser Arafat

Contemporary virtuoso cellist whose "boys" robbed banks in the 1930s

Yo-Yo Ma Barker

Astanga is a high-energy type of this discipline whose name is Sanskrit for "union"

Yoga

Send mail to this critter c/o the Ranger's Station, Jellystone Park

Yogi Bear

Used on citrus fruits, it's the item seen here

Zester

From 1979 to 1981, Neil Goldschmidt was Secretary of this department abbreviated D.O.T.

The Department Of Transportation

This 1959 film set in Amsterdam won Shelley Winters her first Oscar as Mrs. Van Damme

The Diary Of Anne Frank

In 1086 William the Conqueror had a survey of England taken which was recorded in this book

The Domesday Book

Created in New York, it began May 26, 1896 as an average of just 12 numbers & came out to 40.94

The Dow Jones

A 1998 CD of music from this sitcom featured "Cleveland Rocks" & "Five O'Clock World"

The Drew Carey Show

Aquila

The Eagle

In June 1992 over 100 heads of state met in Rio de Janeiro for this environmental "Summit"

The Earth Summit

Baba ghanoush is a Middle Eastern spread made with this purple-skinned vegetable

The Eggplant

With more than 10% of the population, they form Turkey's largest minority ethnic group

The Kurds

California car buyers are protected by the Tanner Consumer Protection Act, known by this alliterative name

The Lemon Law

A ferocious enemy of slavery, in 1831 Garrison started this newspaper, also a nickname of Simon Bolivar

The Liberator

In 1986 & again in 2001, people power protests in this nation pushed out male presidents & replaced them with females

The Philippines

On June 15, 1991 a volcanic eruption tore the top off Mount Pinatubo in this country

The Philippines

Turin is the only major city on both banks of this river

The Po River

In 1988 Sergei Bubka became the 1st Olympic champion to exceed 19 feet in this event

The Pole Vault

The new Woodrow Wilson Bridge project will connect Maryland & Virginia across this river

The Potomac

Praise the Lord! This Handel oratorio includes the famous "Hallelujah Chorus"

The Messiah

Carl Hiaasen joined this publication in 1976 & has written a column for it since 1985

The Miami Herald

This 1992 film spawned 2 sequels & an NHL team

The Mighty Ducks

It's set in the 1880s in Tuscumbia, Ala. & at the Perkins Institution for the Blind

The Miracle Worker

This U.S. women's team steamrolled to gold in Athens, outscoring opponents 51-1

The Women's Softball Team

Seoul is about 20 miles from this "colorful" sea

The Yellow Sea

Castle Richmond is the title setting of an 1860 work by this author of "Barchester Towers"

(Anthony) Trollope

In 1967 this man's aircraft company merged with McDonnell Aircraft

(Donald) Douglas

Kim Bauer, Tony Almeida, President David Palmer

24

Vampires appear when the sun sets for a month in Alaska in this 2007 film based on a graphic novel

30 Days Of Night

Aside from the Dakotas & Carolinas, # of states with 2 words in their names as commonly used

6

It's the only ursine species still found in California

A Black Bear

A helicopter

A Chopper

A person who eats only milk & plant products may be described by this 15-letter word

A Lactovegetarian

In 1994 Bill Gates paid a record price for one of these, $30.8 million for a 72-page Leonardo one

A Manuscript

It's the term for a regular Quaker gathering; like at a business one, minutes are read

A Meeting

Giving herself a wavy look with a home one of these--if it doesn't work, she may not come out for days

A Permanent

If you see the rock species of this urban bird on a ledge, don't try to talk it down; it may just be building a nest

A Pigeon

4-letter word for any article used to dress a stage for a scene, or any object carried by hand onstage

A Prop

Meaning "of whom", it's the Latin term for the minimum number of Congress members needed to transact business

A Quorum

An old saying or proverb, or a tool you'd find in the garage

A Saw

The one at the Staples Center is an 8-sided video one above center court

A Scoreboard

The northern fur species of this migrates from its breeding grounds in Alaska's Pribilof Islands to California

A Seal

It's space that's entirely void of matter

A Vacuum

He was postmaster of New Salem, Illinois

Abraham Lincoln

Of CNN, TNN & TNT, the 2 founded by Ted Turner

Cnn & Tnt

Sissy Spacek did her own singing in this 1980 film bio

Coal Miner's Daughter

The small Welsh pony was bred to work in the confined spaces of these

Coal Mines

"Nothing" is the answer to "Does a dog have Buddha nature?", one of these paradoxes

Coan

The kind of icy extremities an apprehensive bridegroom gets

Cold Feet

In 1932 Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer collaborated on the novel "When Worlds" do this

Collide

On July 20, 2010 this S. American country will kick back with some good coffee to celebrate 200 years of indep.

Colombia

It's what Lassie was asked to do in the title of the classic 1938 Eric Knight short story

Come Home

NASA's Spaceguard Survey watches for the "extremely small" probability of these 2 objects coming to smash Earth

Comets & Asteroids

The Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership honors the late secretary of this cabinet department

Commerce

In Haiti, lambi is this big spiral-shelled sea snail (If I eat it, can I hear the ocean?)

Conch

From the Latin concidere, "to cut up". I've already said too much

Concise

"The Battle Road" linked Boston & Cambridge with this famous battle site

Concord

Established in 1903, the oldest U.S. military base in continuous use outside of the U.S. is in this country

Cuba

Get the door, it's this company that really delivers: DPZ

Domino's Pizza

This Johnny Depp character tells his psychiatrist, "Don Octavio, you are a great lover like myself'

Don Juan De Marco

After a lengthy hiatus, Garry Trudeau brought this strip back to 810 daily papers

Doonesbury

It protrudes upward from the hump of the humpbacked whale

Dorsal Fin

Unlike the shape of a dolphin's, this fin on most porpoises is triangular

Dorsal Fin

King Hussein of Jordan offered David Lean camel-riders of the desert patrol as extras for this 1962 epic

Lawrence Of Arabia

To help him build a poweful navy, this "Magnificent" Ottoman ruler enlisted the aid of Barbarossa

Suleiman

Brimstone is another name for this light yellow nonmetallic element

Sulphur

King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Thailand

On July 16, 1945 the Nuclear Age began when this govt. project exploded the first atomic bomb near Alamogordo

The Manhattan Project

North & South America, to the Europeans following Columbus' discovery

The New World

Most of my mail arrived addressed to this person, meaning anyone living in the house

The Occupant

1914: This country closes the Dardanelles waterway to Allied ships

Turkey

In Greek myth, Hera is both the wife & the sister of this supreme god

Zeus

This type of catfish can generate a 450-volt shock, less than the "eel" of the same name

Electric Catfish

Armadillo teeth don't have this, the hardest substance in (most) mammals' bodies

Enamel

The Greek god of erotic love

Eros

In almost a blink of an eye, a blepharoplasty operation can remove excess skin from these

Eyelids

2-word military command to look straight ahead

Eyes Front!

Top chefs know that Pez rarely makes it onto the menu

Ezra (Pez Rarely)

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

F. Lee Bailey

In this Ray Bradbury novel, fireman Guy Montag doesn't put out fires, he starts them

Fahrenheit 451

Alicia Keys received 5 Grammys for 2001, including best new artist & song of the year for this hit

Fallin'

1994: Jenny Curran, Lt. Dan, "Bubba" Blue

Forrest Gump

Rights defenders: ACLU

American Civil Liberties Union

Head off road in one of these, an ATV

An All-Terrain Vehicle

Wasn't born "Dressed to Kill": Angeline Brown

Angie Dickinson

In 1963 & 1964 the Park Service reintroduced 53 bison into this South Dakota park

Badlands

As the Fresh Prince, Will Smith moved from west Philly to this ritzy California enclave

Bel-Air

Affleck's female chickens

Ben's Hens

Opened in 1922 at 142nd & Lenox, this club generally banned black customers but welcomed black musicians

Cotton Club

In 1980 fans were trying to guess & bookies were setting odds on "Who Shot J.R.?" on this program

Dallas

The Walk-In-The-Water, the first steamship on the Great Lakes, ran between Buffalo & this motor city

Detroit

Bring a rod! There's great salmon fishing on the River Exe in this English county famous for its clotted cream

Devon

It was the Chicago Tribune's erroneous 1948 election night headline

Dewey Defeats Truman

Containing "1/4 moisturizing lotion", this brand of cleansing bars "won't dry your face like soap can"

Dove

With over $3 billion in annual sales, this soft drink has 6% of the U.S. market

Dr. Pepper

Lisa Hartman played the title character on this sitcom, a spin-off from "Bewitched"

Tabitha

It's fun to pull this saltwater candy into long strands, then cut it into bite-size pieces

Taffy

The laser type of this game was inspired by "Star Wars" & popularized in the 1980s

Tag

All sharks have at least one dorsal fin & one caudal fin, better known as this

Tail

This item on a bicycle lets drivers see cyclists at night

Taillight (Or Reflector)

From Mombasa, Kenya

Tanzania

Herman Wouk won a 1952 Pulitzer Prize for this "novel of World War II"

The Caine Mutiny

This superhero team consisted of Reid Richards, The Invisible Girl, The Human Torch, & The Thing

The Fantastic Four

This "modern stoneage family" was "from the town of Bedrock, they're a page right out of history"

The Flintstones

Britt Reid was the secret identity of this comic book hero

The Green Hornet

The cougar's range overlaps with that of this slightly larger central & South American cousin

The Jaguar

To some Muslims, this cubical structure in Mecca was built by Adam & refurbished by Abraham

The Kaaba

This desert covers much of western Botswana

The Kalahari

A common injury to this joint is a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament

The Knee

This river joins the Columbia near Pasco, Washington, a little more than 1,000 miles from its source in Wyoming

The Snake River

Term for the astronomical event that heralds the beginning of summer

The Solstice

This 1928 title character begins as a man & ends, almost 400 years later, as a young woman (but not in Florida)

Orlando

The noble class in Roma, its name may be from the Latin for father

Patrician

At age 15 he was a bellringer at the Old North Church; 25 years later he told the church sexton to light 2 lanterns

Paul Revere

At 43 years, the reign of this founder of the Russian navy was the longest of any czar

Peter The Great

On this man's 87th birthday, Clinton signed a bill renaming Washington National Airport for him

Reagan

In 1996 this female country singer, a pitch person for Fritos, helped launch its new Texas Grill corn chips

Reba Mcentire

After 36 seasons in this stadium named for a U.S. senator, the Redskins moved to a new facility in Sept. 1997

Rfk (Robert F. Kennedy) Stadium

It's the last name of Tom, the psychopath Patricia Highsmith created in 1955: believe it or not!

Ripley

Amid the pomp & circumstance, Queen's College of New Jersey took this new name in 1825

Rutgers

In 1964's "From Doon with Death", she introduced Chief Inspector Reginald Wexford

Ruth Rendell

Verified facts of Naomi's daughter-in-law

Ruth's Truths

From the Latin for "sugar", this adjective means sugary or exaggeratedly sentimental

Saccharine

In her 1997 cruise, the ship made 4 knots using just 6 of these, 3 of them basketball court size

Sails

In Sweden, young girls wear crowns of candles on December 13, this saint's day

Saint Lucia

This onetime military pilot wrote "Le Petit Prince"

Saint-Exupery

On Oct. 2, 1187 this Muslim leader's forces recaptured Jerusalem from the Crusaders, who'd held it for 88 years

Saladin

The mud puppy, or water dog, is a large American variety of this amphibian

Salamander

In 1692 Tituba, a West Indian slave, spent 13 months in jail in this Massachusetts Bay Colony town

Salem

A museum in Florence honors this footwear designer whose work is considered art

Salvatore Ferragamo

This Texan served in the house for 25 consecutive terms & was Speaker of the House 3 times

Sam Rayburn

In "Spring Symphony", Nastassja Kinski plays Clara Wieck, pianist & wife of this composer

Schumann

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

Script

The 1979 Israel-Egypt peace treaty called for the return of this peninsula to Egypt

Sinai

It's said he turned down Pulitzer for “Arrowsmith†because he felt he was due one sooner

Sinclair Lewis

In 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie tried to regain the British throne for this ruling family

The Stuarts

Sadiq Al-Mahdi, great-grandson of the Mahdi, led this largest African country from 1986-1989

The Sudan

From the Latin for "sun standing still", in 2011 it will happen at 5:16 P.M. GMT on June 21

The Summer Solstice

Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki wrote commentaries on the Torah & on this collection of laws, from a word for "study"

The Talmud

This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein

The Umbillical Cord

The U.N. adopted this, the UDHR, in 1948; I guess it'll still apply if we ever get to Alpha Centauri

The Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

U.Va. is in Charlottesville; UBA, founded in 1821, is in this South American city

The University Of Buenos Aires

In "Casablanca", it's whom Claude Rains intends to "round up" after the Nazi major is shot

The Usual Supects

E.H. Shepard's illustrations for these stories set in the Hundred Acre Wood were modeled on actual toys

The Winnie The Pooh Stories

In 2003 this Pennsylvanian became a presidential cabinet member

Tom Ridge

In this film Dennis Hopper tells a Tarantino tale to Christopher Walken, who laughs, but isn't really that amused

True Romance

After his haberdashery failed in 1922, it took him 3 years to pay back creditors

Truman

"My ____ Dads"

Two

An unaccented unit of musical time that may begin a piece

Upbeat

Direction you want to be when meeting a skunk

Upwind

This rapper "weds in Atlanta. Family of groom said to be furious. He was only supposed to show people to their seats"

Usher

Tom & Ray of "Car Talk" use the slogan "Drive Now, Talk Later" to alert us to the danger of these

Using Cell Phones While Driving

A chevron is a decorative motif resembling this letter

V

One of the 2 countries that border only Italy, due to being completely surrounded by it

Vatican City Or San Marino

Its name is Spanish for "Little Venice"

Venezuela

2 friends are on a mission with their Illinois public access show in this film

Wayne's World

It's the radio station American Movie Classics wants you to "remember"

Wenn

"Kiss today goodbye, and point me toward tomorrow..."

What I Did For Love

Your boss loads you up with meaningless busywork, so you're doing this to "your wheels"

Spinning

The L.A. Times called this "original party animal" "a canine cross between Bruce Willis & John Belushi"

Spuds Mackenzie

Former "SNL" writer Anne Beatts created this 1980s sitcom about out-of-place high school girls

Square Pegs

Though neutral today, it fought a war of independence from 1386-88

Switzerland

Famous for its koala encounters, the Taronga Zoo is on the harbor in this Australian city known for its opera house

Sydney

If you're searching for your own name on the Web, you're doing this type of 3-letter Freudian "surfing"

Ego

In October 1942 General Bernard Montgomery defeated the Germans at this Egyptian city

El Alamein

The name of this common kitchen material comes from its use in place of a mineral

Formica

Morehouse & Spelman Colleges

Georgia

From 1976: These 2 Republicans "neck in presidential primary"

Gerald Ford & Ronald Reagan

Verloren

German

"G.I. Blues" was set in this European country where Elvis served 2 years in the Army

Germany

Unlikely site of 1967 meeting between pres. Johnson & Soviet premier Kosygin was this N.J. town

Glassboro

He can put a glossy coat on your buns or, with an added "I", install your window

Glazer/Glazier

This is not all good; in fact, it's colored aluminum: [video clue]

Glitter

"I can sometimes deal with men as equals and therefore can afford to like them", she wrote in Ms.

Gloria Steinem

In Monopoly, a player collect $200 on passing this

Go

Ulysses' trousers

Grant's Pants

The ruby & Webb are pink-pulped varieties of this breakfast food

Grapefruit

This form of carbon used in fishing rods is a good conductor--so cast with care around power lines

Graphite

This city's Mississippi River Art Fair is held in the Mark Twain Historic District

Hannibal, Missouri

He published "Marjorie Morningstar" 16 years before "The Winds Of War"

Herman Wouk

These “Hermits†got their name because their lead singer resembled a character on TV's “Rocky & His Friendsâ€

Herman's Hermits

This word for a small charcoal grill is from the Japanese

Hibachi

"It takes a village to raise a child"

Hillary Clinton

The civilian part of a country at war, or a 2011 video game in which the U.S. is occupied by North Korea

Home Front

If you go shopping in Palau, you'll want to know the phrase "Ngteland a cheral?", which means this

How Much Does This Cost?

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

Hubert De Givenchy

When the Big Bang occurred, these 2 elements were first to form as they are the lightest

Hydrogen & Helium

This Tom Wolfe novel got the Presidential seal of approval when W. recommended it to friends

I Am Charlotte Simmons

"So how could I dance with another, when" this happened

I Saw Her Standing There

"Hold the hail" means you'll get a soft drink without this

Ice

In March 2002 it was reported that B-22, one of these the size of Delaware, broke free from Antarctica

Iceberg

Spokane is 18 miles west of Washington's border with this state

Idaho

1 of the top 2 states in growing dry peas; they're cultivated in the Palouse Hills

Idaho & Washington

When you're blooming with health, you're "in" it

In The Pink

Cambodia, Laos & Vietnam are part of this peninsula

Indochina

Puncak Jaya in Papua province, previously known as Irian Jaya

Indonesia

In 1949 Life magazine asked if this drip artist was "the greatest living painter in the United States"

Jackson Pollock

He painted the death of Marat & he himself died in exile in Brussels

Jacques-Louis David

He made his debut in a walk-on role in "Irma La Douce" 9 years before he played Sonny Corleone

James Caan

This first name, like that of the guy who married Medea, is from a Greek word for "healer"

Jason

Since taking over the Yankees in 1996, he's guided the team to 6 World Series appearances, winning 4 times

Joe Torre

Of the 1st 7 presidents, only these 2 were not re-elected

John Adams & John Quincy Adams

James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Pilot" boasts a mysterious title character modeled on this naval hero

John Paul Jones

On March 16 this rear admiral was indicted for his role in the Iran/Contra affair

John Poindexter

He was the first president to use a middle name

John Quincy Adams

He was sworn in as vice president March 4, 1841 & as president April 6, 1841

John Tyler

Rooster Cogburn

John Wayne

Term for a graphic representation suggesting how fast a person acquires knowledge

Learning Curve

Christopher Marlowe: "Come live with me, and be my Jeopardy!"

Love

A scheming couple plot to take over a burger joint in the 2001 film "Scotland, Pa.", inspired by this tragedy

Macbeth

It's the name of cities in 14 states, not just Wisconsin

Madison

Mendota, Monona, Kegonsa & Waubesa are the "Four Lakes" of this Wisconsin Capital

Madison

Moving several times, the first was originally P.T. Barnum's Monster Classical and Geological Hippodrome

Madison Square Garden

She hit the Top 10 in 1987 with "La Isla Bonita", her Spanish lullaby

Madonna

(Hi, I'm Jane Seymour) In 1988 I won an Emmy for my role as this opera star in the TV miniseries "Onassis"

Maria Callas

The first group of honorees in 1978 included Arthur Rubinstein & this African-American opera singer

Marian Anderson

In 1793 this French queen was tried & executed, charged with giving military secrets to her brother Emperor Leopold II

Marie Antoinette

She plotted against the French Revolution & gave military secrets to her brother Leopold II

Marie Antoinette

Footage of this mayor using drugs failed to crack the confidence of D.C. voters; they re-elected him in 1994

Marion Barry

It's the second of the 4 gospels, as well as the shortest one

Mark

Before going to the Olympics, Michael Phelps met with this man whose record he was hoping to break

Mark Spitz

On January 3, 2004 a spacecraft named Spirit successfully landed in Gusev Crater here to search for life

Mars

When translated into English, the names of this planet's moons are fear & terror

Mars

In 1961 the Highwaymen urged him to "row the boat ashore, hallelujah"

Michael

Twice governor of Massachusetts, in 1988 he became a presidential candidate

Michael Dukakis

In 1984 he left Paramount to become chairman & chief executive of Walt Disney Productions

Michael Eisner

Between 1998 & 2005, she won the U.S. figure skating championship 8 consecutive times

Michelle Kwan

John Engler

Michigan

This state's name is from Chippewa words meaning "great water", after the lake of the same name

Michigan

In 2000 Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled that this computer company should be split in two

Microsoft

There are biting & nonbiting types of this tiny insect with the name of an Archie Comics girl

Midge

Hopefully the Urban Decay make-up with the name of this 1969 film won't make you look like Ratso Rizzo

Midnight Cowboy

Cusack plays a journalist who's sent to Savannah, Georgia in this 1997 film based on a book of the same name

Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil

He modeled his "Saturday Night Live" character Linda "Coffee Talk" Richman on his mother-in-law

Mike Myers

Even though I'm a beefmaster cow, one of the "six essential qualities" I fulfill is the ability to give this

Milk

This Indian leader said "Nonviolence is the first article of my faith and the last article of my creed"

Mohandas Gandhi

Blackstrap is a variety of this brownish sugar residue that's used in animal feed

Molasses

For its 20th anniversary edition in 1997, Christina Crawford added 100 pages to this memoir

Mommie, Dearest

It's the literal translation of "my love" into French

Mon Amour

A little Boo sulleys diners at Harryhausen's restaurant in this fright-fest

Monsters, Inc.

Feb. 10, 1846: This religious group begins its exodus to the American west

Mormons

Adman Hal Riney came up with the 1984 Reagan slogan "It's" this "again in America"

Morning

The hero stows away on a whaler in Poe's "Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, of" this Massachusetts island

Nantucket

Wasted away staring at his own reflection

Narcissus

A certain military branch has served this bean as a staple since the mid-1800s, hence its name

Navy Bean

In 1906 the territory of Papua was established on this island as a protectorate under Australian control

New Guinea

With pride Satan says they're the 2000 Stanley Cup champs

New Jersey Devils

In 1790 Philadelphia replaced this city as the new capital of the U.S.

New York City

It's the native country of opera star Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, who sang at Princess Diana's wedding

New Zealand

2001: John Leguizamo (in a musical)

Toulouse-Lautrec

Number of nights in a fortnight

14

Sprinkle a half water/half bleach mix to remove this; rolling stones may gather none but patio brick sure does

Moss

This USA orginal movie about a NYC mayor came 10 years after a college football movie of the same title

Rudy

2004: Monster hunter Dr. Gabriel Van Helsing

(Hugh) Jackman

She was the longest-serving Attorney General in the 20th century

(Janet) Reno

Like 4, this number is also the square root of 16

-4

As a tie-in with the new president's programs, in 1933 Warner Bros. movies were advertised as this "in entertainment"

A New Deal In Entertainment

Strub's Pickles were originally sold out of barrels at, of course, this price per pickle

A Nickel (A Pickle)

This shape found in a deck of cards could also be called a lozenge

A Diamond

The original of Myron's statue of a nude athlete hurling one of these no longer exists, only copies

A Discus

In 1899 Congress created the honorary title "Admiral of the Navy" just for him

Admiral George Dewey

From the Latin for "defile" comes this, which thou shalt not commit

Adultery

A sharp-bladed tool, or puts 2 + 2 together

Adz/Adds

Henry Purcell's 17th century opera about Dido & this Virgil hero may be his masterpiece

Aeneas

After "after" it's a pleasurable feeling of success

Afterglow

The man he succeeded as vice president

Agnew

Egyptologist Auguste Mariette claimed his scenario was the basis for the libretto of this 1871 opera

Aida

"Monster"

Aileen Wuornos

1 of 2 Top 40 duets sung by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell with "Ain't" in the title

Ain't No Mountain High Enough Or "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing"

Trojan warrior who was the son of Telamon, or the powdered cleanser named after him

Ajax

We often use this Italian term to refer to outdoor dining

Al Fresco

1992: As the voice of the genie

Aladdin

Senate approval of the treaty to buy this area in 1867 may have been accomplished by Russian bribery

Alaska

This son of Japanese immigrants beat novelist Mario Vargas Llosa to become president of Peru

Alberto Fujimori

En route to Grenoble, the 1968 Winter Olympics site, I go by this 1992 Winter Olympics site

Albertville

Attu in this group is the westernmost island of the 50 states

Aleutian Islands

In his Nova Scotia lab, this man created a hydrofoil as well as his many acoustic devices

Alexander Graham Bell

With his 1886 wax recording cylinder, he could have made an answering machine for his phone

Alexander Graham Bell

Around 336 B.C. this conqueror's army attacked & destroyed the Greek city of Thebes

Alexander The Great

Thessalonica was a sister of this conqueror, but it was her husband who named a city after her

Alexander The Great

(Alex in gangster accent) Listen, you mugs, I didn't do it, see? I have this airtight excuse -- I was with Lola on the night of the 24th

Alibi

In this 1958 film Rosalind Russell says, "Life is a banquet & most poor suckers are starving to death!"

Auntie Mame

Ex payment (7)

Alimony

1950: "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy night"

All About Eve

In 1996 Celine Dion recorded this 1976 Eric Carmen hit in both English & Spanish versions

All By Myself

Sammy Davis, Jr. was asked, "Do you take cream & sugar in your eye?" appearing as himself on this '70s sitcom

All In The Family

On this soap's September 28, 1999 episode Erica & David went to New York & ran into Joan

All My Children

The title of this Grant Wood painting refers to the style of the house that's behind the farmer & his daughter

American Gothic

This artist collaged color strips onto a photo of Mick Jagger & silkscreened them into prints

Andy Warhol

Prophetically, she first meets Count Vronsky at a train station shortly before a man is run down by a train

Anna Karenina

Wellwood is the home of the ill-mannered Bloomfield children in this Bronte sister's novel "Agnes Grey"

Anne Bronte

She's Ben Stiller's famous mom

Anne Meara

On signing the 1979 peace treaty with Israel, this Egyptian said, "Let there be no more suffering or denial of rights"

Anwar Sadat

Y.A. Tittle & Johnny Unitas played coaches in this 1999 Al Pacino film

Any Given Sunday

1987: "Welcome To The Jungle", "Sweet Child O' Mine"

Appetite For Destruction

Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes

Aristotle

At the 1997 Rose Bowl, Ohio State handed this school's Sun Devils their only loss of the season

Arizona State

Before becoming a Bronco, Jake "The Snake" Plummer played for this university's Sun Devils

Arizona State

This guy, as Conan the Barbarian, on what's best in life: "to crush your enemies... & to hear the lamentation of their women"

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Fixed or liquid, it's anything of value you own

Asset

Told that there were already too many lawyers, Daniel Webster said, "There is always room" here

At The Top

Gilbert Vernam, an engineer with this telecom company, came up with an "unbreakable" cipher, using a random code

At&T

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

Atonement

He sculpted George Bernard Shaw & Nijinsky as well as Balzac & Victor Hugo

Auguste Rodin

He was the first Roman emperor, & his 40-year reign marked the beginning of the Pax Romana

Augustus

Named by Abel Tasman, Grotte Eylandt is the biggest island in this country's Gulf of Carpentaria

Australia

It's the birth country of California's current governor

Austria

Use a Eurail pass to ride the Alberg line in this country for a scenic journey to Innsbruck

Austria

Bobby Rahal, Danny Sullivan & Michael Andretti

Auto Racing

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

Average White Band

Prevented, or a poet (maybe Shakespeare)

Barred/Bard

This colony off the coast of Cape Hatteras was a part of the charter of the Virginia Company in the early 1600s

Bermuda

What some say "High Noon" is, or the company that runs Las Vegas' Parkview Inn

Best Western

As far as we know, this black American is the only "5th Beatle" who fits this category

Billy Preston

He's the only filmmaker ever to take home three Academy Awards in 1 night for 1 film, in 1960 for "The Apartment"

Billy Wilder

Part of a horse's harness, or pertaining to a woman on her wedding day

Bridle/Bridal

"Almost Like Being in Love", from this musical, says, "I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an hour"

Brigadoon

Gene Kelly & Van Johnson discover a magical Scottish village in this film

Brigadoon

Steve Young (B.S. '83, J.D. '94)

Brigham Young University

This bridge spanning NYC's East River was designated a national historic landmark in 1964

Brooklyn Bridge

With a "familial" English name, this Japanese maker of office equipment started out selling sewing machines

Brother

Martin Luther King dreamed of "the table of" this, a crowning quality in "America, The Beautiful"

Brotherhood

This actor "moonlighted" in 1987: he won an Emmy for playing a P.I. & his "The Return of Bruno" yielded a top 5 hit

Bruce Willis

From the French for "brown", this term for a person with brown hair is almost always applied to women

Brunette

Cassius & this other Roman betrayer/assassin are in the mouth of Satan

Brutus

When he began his Progressive Party, Teddy Roosevelt said he felt as fit as one of these animals

Bull Moose

We say ole! to Deloitte Consulting for software called this; it strips inane jargon from documents

Bullfighter

This hazard is simply a depression in the ground; if it contains sand it's called a sand trap

Bunker

More than 1000 British soldiers were killed or wounded in this June 17, 1775 battle in Massachusetts

Bunker Hill

The name of this residence for ranch hands indicates its beds are stacked atop each other

Bunkhouse

When returning to harbor from open water, keep red ones on the right & green ones on the left

Buoys

Like many mice, it's how genus Oxymycterus creates its refuge

Burrowing (Or Digging)

On January 4 this vice president announced to congress his own election as president

Bush

"The maxim of the British people is" this "as usual"

Business

Section of the Los Angeles Times that covers money matters like the stock market & personal finance

Business

An early resident was the countess of Lichfield, the daughter of this 17th century king who returned from exile

Charles Ii

"With malice toward none; with" this "for all... let us strive on to finish the work we are in"

Charity

In the 790s this Frankish king forced the Slavs & Avars to pay him tribute

Charlemagne

Named for the city of its birth, deep-dish or pan pizza is also called this

Chicago-Style Pizza

In the next hour we'll chill out with this band whose hits include "Yellow"

Coldplay

A book about this ever-popular sweet substance is subtitled "The Nature of Indulgence"

Chocolate

Composer who had a celebrated love affair with novelist George Sand

Chopin

It's the action you do to make butter or the device it's made in

Churn

Hot on the trail of 7 magnificent cities, Estevanico called the first one this, entered it & was killed there

Cibola

Meg Ryan played a heart surgeon touched by the other-worldly Nicolas Cage in this 1998 love story

City Of Angels

Palindromic adjective meaning "municipal"

Civic

This Romanian known for his "Endless Column" also sculpted the scandalous "Princess X"

Constantin Brancusi

He was called "Black Dan" due to his swarthy complexion & "Godlike Daniel" from his imposing style

Daniel Webster

This prolific novelist proved her "metal" once again with her 2000 bestseller "The House on Hope Street"

Danielle Steel

Tanzania's largest city & functioning capital, its name means "haven of peace"

Dar Es Salaam

Female sports vans voted this soccer player the sexiest sports star of all time, certainly in the "Galaxy"

David Beckham

The subtitle of Dan Kurzman's 1983 biography of this 1st Israeli prime minister is "Prophet of Fire"

David Ben-Gurion

The title character of this work spends his early childhood with his mother & their servant Clara Peggotty

David Copperfield

A bio of this producer of Broadway shows like "Hello, Dolly!" calls him "The Abominable Showman"

David Merrick

It's the coastal Florida city that's hosted a famous 500-mile auto race every year since 1959

Daytona Beach

"L'Appel", the first volume of this French president's WWII memoirs, was published in English as "The Call To Honor"

De Gaulle

Characters on this HBO show included Al Swearengen, Calamity Jane & Morgan Earp

Deadwood

In German, the title of this Thomas Mann novella is "Der Tod in Venedig"

Death In Venice

An Actors Studio founder once said of this play, "Who wants to see a play about an unhappy traveling salesman?"

Death Of A Salesman

To chop off the head of something

Decapitate

On June 9, 1954 Joseph Welch asked Joe McCarthy, "Have you no sense of" this "sir, at long last?"

Decency

A legal document that transfers ownership of land

Deed

Looking for the Enterprise's chief Miles O'Brien? He's been transferred to this Star Trek station

Deep Space Nine

Found near the Orange River in 1867, these gems started a rush to southern Africa

Diamonds

Pianist/entertainer Victor Borge

Denmark

Tuborg is a famous beer from this country

Denmark

Not John or Bob but territorial governor James lent his name to this "elevated" western city

Denver

Add 1 letter to a Darwinian word to get this, meaning assuming characteristics of an earlier form

Devolution

He met wife Mamie Doud in 1915 at Fort Sam Houston when they were introduced by the wife of a fellow officer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Later his 1st att'y general, Herbert Brownell Jr. urged him to select Nixon as a running mate

Dwight Eisenhower

It precedes "Bay" on the Internet & also name the state capital spelled out by all 5 responses

E & Boise

Usually how I find Johnny Gilbert on paydays --------------------------------- E

E A GRINNING A R R Grinning From Ear To Ear

Grambling State's football coach from 1941 to 1997 becomes a Defoe title character

Eddie Robinson Crusoe

Winnie-the-Pooh's buddy with a gloomy view of life

Eeyore

Anwar Sadat was a leader of this country

Egypt

When he was born on Crete around 1540, Crete belonged to Venice, so he could have been El Veneto

El Greco

1 of 2 races Rod Taylor meets circa 800,000 A.D. in "The Time Machine"

Elois (Or Morlocks)

The ruins of Ur are in a desert because this river, which once ran near it, changed course

Euphrates

"Nature", an essay by this transcendentalist, was published anonymously in 1836

Emerson

This part of a music mixing board controls features like treble & bass

Equalizer

This Samuel Butler novel about an undiscovered country was based on an article, "Darwin among the Machines"

Erewhon

This country was once part of the U.S.S.R.

Estonia

"V", this politician's middle initial, was for "Victor", not "Victory"; he ran 5 losing presidential campaigns

Eugene V. Debs

This Italian company has trouble marketing in English-speaking countries, where its name means a flop or disaster

Fiasco

Before "Starsky and Hutch", Paul Michael Glaser played Perchik in this movie musical (Hint: Topol got top billing)

Fiddler On The Roof

This amendment to the U.S. Constitution says that no person has to be a "witness against himself"

Fifth Amendment

This term for a young woman of the '20s may come from the sound of her unfastened boots

Flapper

Fallen arches in adults can lead to this condition known medically as pes planus

Flat Feet

Sam taught himself this language

Flemish

Varieties of these insects include bee, soldier, flower, blow & fruit

Flies

This type of retail store sells more shampoo & makeup than any other

Food Stores (Supermarkets)

This happens "Where angels fear to tread" & "where wisemen never go"

Fools Rush In

In case you were wondering, FYI stands for this

For Your Information

The Bureau's Hotshot Crews are part of its responsibility for these events on 388 million acres

Forest Fires

During most of his reign in Spain only the Falangist Party was allowed

Francisco Franco

This "Third of May" artist covered the walls of his country house in grotesque paintings

Francisco Goya

The title of Nancy Horan's historical novel "Loving Frank" refers to this creator of Taliesin

Frank Lloyd Wright

In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris & spread fresh water

Frank Zamboni

Maximilian, who became emperor of Mexico in 1864, was the brother of this Austrian emperor

Franz Josef

L.L. Bean's company headquarters are in this city, just down the road from the original store

Freeport

Pals, like Rachel & Monica (7)

Friends

The Drosophilidae family of this insect is used extensively in genetics because of its short, 10-day life cycle

Fruit Fly

This apple with a festive name is a cross between Kidd's Orange Red & Golden Delicious

Gala

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

Galen

This type of radiation, & letter of the alphabet, hulked out Bruce Banner

Gamma

Rocker Glitter & Union Gap leader Puckett

Gary

In muskrats this period, whose name is from Latin for "carrying", lasts less than a month

Gestation

From old Norse for "gush", these erupting springs are found in Iceland, New Zealand & Yellowstone

Geysers

During the course of his heroic adventures, Beowulf not only slays this monster, but his mom too

Grendel

Yakotori

Grilled

Dr. H.V. Carter illustrated this 1858 text, an instant success despite bad reviews in the British Medical Journal

Gray's Anatomy

Richard Gere was an understudy in this musical set at Rydell High before he starred in it in London

Grease

This company's "Natural Soda" line includes such flavors as Kiwi strawberry & cherry vanilla cream

Hansen's

The buck stops with this president who wrote "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Harry S. Truman Capote

If "Entertainment Tonight" anchor Mary married Irish actor Gabriel, she'd suffer with this hyphenated name

Hart-Byrne

This state is represented by a monarch

Hawaii

While the natural wonders clear your mind, this "least affordable" state will clear your wallet

Hawaii

In astronomy, Ptolemy's geocentric model gave way to the Copernican one described by this adjective

Heliocentric

In 1519 he explored Mexico & won allies among Indians who were subservient to the Aztecs

Hernando Cortez

When this man reached Mexico in 1519, Montezuma mistook him for the god Quetzalcoatl

Hernando Cortez

1952: "The public doesn't give a damn about integrity. A town that won't defend itself deserves no help"

High Noon

Designer Sarah Phillips made news for designing this woman's inaugural gown worn on Jan. 20, 1993

Hillary Clinton

His glass sarcophagus is displayed inside a monumental edifice found on Ba Dinh Square in Hanoi

Ho Chi Minh

I remember Bob Crane outwitting Werner Klemperer on this show every week from 1965 to 1971

Hogan's Heroes

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

Hollywood

An informal performance by folksingers & dancers

Hootenanny

Immediately pre-Spiro Agnew

Hubert Humphrey

The longest river wholly within the state; it's been called "The Rhine of America"

Hudson

Employee relations manager is a job in this field abbreviated HR

Human Resources

Ligaments in the elbow connect the radius & the ulna to this bone

Humerus

In the 1946 classic "The Big Sleep", he played Philip Marlowe

Humphrey Bogart

It's thought that in the early universe, this element made up 75% of all mass

Hydrogen

Bhopal is the capital of this country's Madhya Pradesh state

India

Not that we agree, but it was George Carlin who first popularized the phrase "military" this as an oxymoron

Intelligence

As 1 in 7 girls don't get enough of this mineral, Seventeen recommends they eat potatoes with skins

Iron

Einstein said this 17th & 18th c. physicist "stands before us, strong, certain and alone"

Isaac Newton

Losing ___ Washington

Isiah

At the shooting, his assassin cried, "I am a stalwart & Arthur is president now!"

James Garfield

This former governor of Virginia seen here was also our fifth U.S. president

James Monroe

This unlicensed Puritan preacher & "Pilgrim's Progress" author made shoelaces in prison

John Bunyan

This U.S. Senator is chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee

John Glenn

It's an open & shut case: his "Runaway Jury" was the bestselling hardback fiction work of 1996

John Grisham

A "Steel-drivin' Man" who helped dig the Big Bend tunnel in the 1870s is said to be the basis of this folklore legend

John Henry

A one-time gag writer for Red Skelton, he was reportedly the highest-paid TV star at his peak in the 1980s

Johnny Carson

This man "At San Quentin", "More of Old Golden Throat"

Johnny Cash

After the end of the Sex Pistols, he sang lead vocals for Public Image Ltd.

Johnny Rotten (John Lydon)

His nonfiction works include "Into the Wild", "Into Thin Air" & "Under the Banner of Heaven"

Jon Krakauer

Officially, it's a kingdom

Jordan

To "pass over" this river means to reach the promised land

Jordan River

In 2007 she made her mark on the music charts with "Tattoo" from her debut album

Jordin Sparks

Premier of the Soviet Union: 1941-1953

Joseph Stalin

"I'll to the friar to know his remedy; if all else fail, myself have power to die"

Juliet

Latin heartthrob singer Enrique

Julio Iglesias

On his arrival in Egypt in 48 B.C., he was presented with his rival Pompey's pickled head

Julius Caeser

The type of nonsense you'd expect to find aboard the Chinese boat of the same name

Junk

Multi-platinum-selling singer with "Justified"; has spent quality time with Cameron Diaz

Justin Timberlake

In 1971 & 1972 he won NBA scoring titles under 2 different names

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Lew Alcindor

She played Tom Cruise's pretty flight instructor girlfriend in "Top Gun"

Kelly Mcgillis

Perky "prankster", counterculture commentator, "Nest" novelist

Ken Kesey

During his 1986 to 1992 presidency of Austria, the country was diplomatically isolated

Kurt Waldheim

Devon House, built in 1881 by one of the Caribbean's 1st black millionaires, is a major attraction in this Jamaican capital

Kingston

This Jamaican seaport was founded in the 1690s & became the capital in 1872

Kingston

In 1999 he returned to the screen as an elderly ex-boxer in "Diamonds", his first film role since his stroke

Kirk Douglas

Theda Bara thrilled audiences with this command to "My fool" in a 1915 film

Kiss Me, My Fool!

Was Secretary of State from 1973 to 1977

Kissinger

Game show panelist Carlisle gets cozy with comedian Jonathan, voice of a cartoon shrink, & becomes...

Kitty Katz

#2 chain in sales, they've hired style expert Martha Stewart to spruce up their image

Kmart

The playing card we call the jack is called this in England

Knave

On '80s TV: KITT, a talking black Pontiac

Knight Rider/Michael Knight (David Hasselhoff)

Born in 1918, this controversial figure served in World War II & was the fourth Secretary-General of the United Nations

Kurt Waldheim

It's the smaller of the 2 "K" stans

Kyrgyzstan

In 1987 this Stephen Bochco series was named Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmys

L.A. Law

"Beauty and the Beast" & this 1955 Disney film about puppy love both made the list

Lady And The Tramp

A third, more sexually explicit version of this 1928 D.H. Lawrence novel was finally published in the U.S. in 1959

Lady Chatterley's Lover

She's walking in her sleep when she says "All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand"

Lady Macbeth

These little red beetles will help guard your garden from aphids, scale & spider mites

Ladybug/Ladybird Beetles

Henry Armstrong is the only boxer to hold titles in 3 classes at once -- featherweight, welterweight & this

Lightweight

When these "last in the dooryard bloom'd", Walt Whitman "mourn'd, and yet shall mourn with ever-returning spring"

Lilacs

Nebraska Wesleyan University is in this state capital

Lincoln

This "Blue Bayou" singer recently released an album of rock lullabyes called "Dedicated To The One I Love"

Linda Ronstadt

This British Prime Minister introduced the Intolerable Acts in response to the Boston Tea Party

Lord (Frederick) North

Lysimache, an antiwar priestess, may have been the model for this Aristophanes title character

Lysistrata

In 1964, Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated rule of this country to her son, Jean

Luxembourg

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

Luxembourg And Mexico

This city of east central Egypt is the southern half of the site of ancient Thebes

Luxor

Apparently, diamonds are both forever & $75 when you land on this spot on a Monopoly board

Luxury Tax

I see you have flu-like symptoms & a red bull's-eye rash; it could be this tick-borne illness first identified in 1975

Lyme Disease

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

Lyndon Baines Johnson

In the early '70s this Barbie with the name of a California beach community sported a tan & had fun in the sun

Malibu Barbie

One rally away from winning a tennis contest

Match Point

The main seaport of Israel, Haifa is on this sea

Mediterranean Sea

Domenico Fetti work that's a picture touched with foreboding; its title is the type of Dane Hamlet was

Melancholy

With a name from the Greek for "form", he appeared to people in their dreams

Morpheus

Take a gamble--Monte Carlo is one of this small European country's 4 quartiers

Monaco

Research cited in the New York Times says heart attacks are most common on this day of the week

Monday

The last name of rocker Eddie who "cashed in" on the 1978 hit heard here: ("Two Tickets To Paradise")

Money

Kipling knew it's the agile carnivore seen here:

Mongoose

Located on the Continental Divide, Glacier National Park is in this state

Montana

Men in tutus portray ballerinas like Tatiana Youbetyabootskaya in Les Ballets Trockadero De this Riviera resort

Monte Carlo

This new Balkan nation is named for the appearance of Mt. Lovcen or perhaps the dark forests around it

Montenegro

Mild white California cheese that terrorized England in 1888

Monterey Jack The Ripper

This capital's Plaza Independencia has a statue of Jose Artigas, hero of Uruguayan independencia

Montevideo

In October 1956 the international city of Tangier became part of this country

Morocco

Dr. Seuss' first book for kids was called "And to Think That I Saw It on" this street

Mulberry Street

Also a home for hummingbirds, it becomes "empty" when the last child leaves home

Nest

Most parrots live in holes in trees or mounds; the monk parakeet is one of the few that builds these

Nests

Victoria

Nike

Shaw said he took the prize money from this award in 1925 to translate Swedish plays into English

Nobel Prize For Literature

The Blueback, Bonefish & Barbel were the U.S. Navy's last new diesel-powered subs before the move to these

Nuclear Power

This Norse god led his brothers in an attack on Ymir, the first giant

Odin

As prophesied, this king of Thebes killed his father & married his own mother

Oedipus

In 1876 this composer of "Orpheus in the Underworld" went bankrupt; he toured the U.S. to recoup his losses

Offenbach

"In the world of mules there are no rules"

Ogden Nash

A long waterproof garment for sailors in sou'westers

Oilskin

I wonder how Karo syrup would taste on this gumbo vegetable

Okra (From Karo)

Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"

Old Ironsides

His brother Igor Cassini wrote a society column under pen name Cholly Knickerbocker

Oleg Cassini

On the country charts in the '70s, this singer, seen here, came back to country in 1997: "Think of that summer..."

Olivia Newton-John

With 10 weeks, her "Physical" single spent more time at No. 1 than any other single of the 1980s

Olivia Newton-John

"Moonstruck"

Olympia Dukakis

Where Sally Ride took her famous ride

On The Space Shuttle

Georgia's official state vegetable is the vidalia sweet this

Onion

Michigan touches all the Great Lakes except this one

Ontario

Oo! The name of this amber tea is Chinese for "black dragon"

Oolong

The name of this dark Chinese tea that has been fermented before drying is from the Mandarin for "black dragon"

Oolong

Ralf Laue of Germany tossed more than 400 of these in 2 minutes, & it wasn't even on a Shrove Tuesday

Pancakes

Hypoglycemia occurs when this organ secretes too much insulin

Pancreas

The Islets of Langerhans aren't a vacation spot but a group of cells in this organ

Pancreas

Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger

Pants

It may seem permanent but "this, too, shall ____"

Pass

One main reason this North American bird was hunted to extinction by 1914 was that it was good eating

Passenger Pigeon

The name of this tropical fruit comes from the resemblance of its flowers to symbols of the crucifixon

Passion Fruit

(Hi, I'm Jeri Ryan) "Star Trek" occasionally adds new characters to the original casts; among them were Dr. Pulaski, me & this Walter Koenig Russian

Pavel Chekov

In 1993 Intel introduced this new chip, which had 3.1 million transistors

Pentium

Tomboyish Schulz creation who was kidnapped by the S.L.A. in 1974

Peppermint Patty Hearst

From the Latin for "to walk", it's another term for a baby buggy, especially in Britain

Perambulator

Musical instruments such as marimbas & maracas are classified as this type

Percussion

1981: am canada's pm. dont no zonker r b.d. u kp txtng me abt. pls stp

Pierre Trudeau

It's traditional to top ham with glazed rings of this tropical fruit

Pineapple

Performer Divine competes for the title of World's Filthiest Person in this 1972 John Waters classic

Pink Flamingos

Dynegy, whose name comes from "dynamic energy", operates 17,000 miles of these to move oil & gas

Pipelines

The cornerstone of Massachusetts, it bears the date 1620

Plymouth Rock

Archaeologists visit Hopewell to dig at Kippax, once the home of Jane Rolfe Bolling, this historic woman's granddaughter

Pocahontas

Bowlers are more likely to get a strike if they hit this space between the 1&3 or 1&2 pins

Pocket

It was Hamlet, in the Queen's chamber, stabbing this man through a curtain

Polonius

Also called the Beaubourg, this center houses a modern art museum

Pompidou Centre

These are defined as horses that stand less than 14.2 hands at the withers

Ponies

A raised open platform at the stern of a ship

Poop Deck

This fast-food chain got its name from a character in "The French Connection"

Popeyes

Some of the quills of the Eurasian species can be 12 inches, equal to about half of its body length

Porcupine

The classic men's hat seen here, it was the trademark of saxophone great Lester Young

Porkpie Hat

Named for a NYC restaurant, this cut of beef contains filet mignon & New York separated by a big bone

Porterhouse

One founder of this jet engine manufacturer was a cousin of the inventor of the cotton gin

Pratt And Whitney

William Phipps voiced this character in Disney's "Cinderella"

Prince Charming

The Jones Act of 1917 granted U.S. citizenship to inhabitants of this Caribbean island

Puerto Rico

Arctic bird aka the sea parrot (6)

Puffin

The holy scriptures of the Sikhs are written in this 7-letter language spoken by about 70 million

Punjabi

You'll see Merrillville, Indiana & don't forget / This university in West Lafayette

Purdue

An undertaker is one who is "lethal" at this part of the game; he can really "bury" the ball

Putting

He's the Scottish king depicted here who defeated Edward II at Bannockburn in 1314

Robert The Bruce/1St

On "Father Knows Best" he played dad to Betty, Bud & Kathy

Robert Young

Medical thriller writer who has given us "Coma" & "Vector"

Robin Cook

Ray Charles was born with this last name, but dropped it to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray

Robinson

This boxing champ of the '40s was portrayed by Paul Newman in "Somebody Up There Likes Me"

Rocky Graziano

1985: The national finals in this 5-letter cowboy competition are held in Vegas for the first time

Rodeo

She gave birth to 3 20th century U.S. senators, one of whom became president

Rose Kennedy

It's a cosmetic used to color the cheeks

Rouge

In 1861, 3 years after reaching the shores of Lake Tanganyika, he became the first to ascend Mount Cameroon

Sir Richard Burton

Dame Judith Anderson starred as grande dame Minx Lockridge when this Calif.-set soap debuted in 1984

Santa Barbara

The railroad founded in 1859 by a Kansas state charter reached this state capital on February 16, 1880

Santa Fe

William Van Duzer Lawrence named a college for his wife, her

Sarah Lawrence

This "Saint Joan" playwright used the pseudonym Corno Di Bassetto when he wrote music criticism

Shaw

Stout Shakespearean character "Not only witty myself; but the cause that wit is in other men"

Sir John Falstaff

This anticommunist general took power from Sukarno in 1966 & has run the country since

Suharto

In the final act it's the final act of the heroine of Racine's tragic masterpiece "Phedre"

Suicide

During this Jewish harvest festival, many families take meals in homemade huts

Sukkot

In 1988 Leonard Bernstein's 70th birthday gala was held at this music center in the Berkshires

Tanglewood

Red, video, measuring

Tape

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

Tariffs

Rocker Brian Setzer is among the stars whom artist Ed Hardy has personally decorated with these

Tattoos

An airplane is doing this down a runway, presently

Taxiing

Yep! He made his "Soul Patrol" fans very proud when he became 2006's "American Idol"

Taylor Hicks

Asian hardwood tree of the family verbenaceae

Teak

2009's "Last Lion" is subtitled "The Fall and Rise of" this political brother

Ted Kennedy

Principal islands of this chain include Andros, the Biminis & New Providence

The Bahamas

"Fool to Cry" was a Top 10 hit for this group in '76, which must have given them "Satisfaction"

The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger & this group have had a satisfying career with hits like "Satisfaction" & "Jumpin' Jack Flash"

The Rolling Stones

The act of herding cattle; death was sometimes called "the last" one

The Roundup

Xavier Cugat was its "king"

The Rumba

Franz the butler is initially comedic but takes a dark turn as a Nazi sympathizer in this '60s film musical

The Sound Of Music

(Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Paris) This is Place Charles de Gaulle, known as "L'Etoile", which means this

The Star

In June 2010 President Obama marked the 10,000th roadway project begun with money from this $787 billion infusion

The Stimulus

Al blames irresponsible lending practices, not his own panic-selling, as a cause of this Oct. 24, 1929 event

The Stock Market Crash

Punta Arenas, the world's southernmost mainland city, lies on this strait

The Strait Of Magellan

"Twenty Years After" was a sequel to this French novel that was published only the year before

The Three Musketeers

The novel that gave us the famous phrase "Tous pour un, un pour tous"

The Three Musketeers

I don't mean to be diacritical, but this mark is found above tab right now, not mañana

The Tilde

It was completed during World War I & linked eastern & western Siberia

The Trans-Siberian Railway

Frequent cyclones give a wide belt from Texas to Ohio this nickname that sounds like a street name

Tornado Alley

Hoste is an island in this fiery-sounding archipelago off Chile

Tierra Del Fuego

Folklore affirms that spheres made from this precious stone, ojo de tigre, help in attaining business success

Tiger's Eye

Last name of Canadian-born actress Meg, Jennifer's sister

Tilly

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

Timber!

Marked by an elegant or exclusive quality

Tony

It's the crime of undermining one's own government

Treason

8-letter word meaning a written work dealing formally & systematically with a subject

Treatise

In 2002 this Mississippian quit his post as Senate Republican Leader

Trent Lott

Halt! Who goes there? "T Is For..."

Trespass

Dan Empfield competed in this type of event in Kona back in 1981 & created the first wetsuit made for it

Triathlon

This 3-wheeler that kids long to graduate from was patented by M.A. Cherry in the 1880s

Tricycle

Griswold Lorillard wore a short black coat with satin lapels to the Autumn Ball in this N.Y. town

Tuxedo

Norris Dam on the Clinch River was the first major dam built by this New Deal agency

Tva (Tennessee Valley Authority)

Now meaning nearly identical, these 2 names were applied to rivals Handel & Bononcini in a 1720s British verse

Tweedledum & Tweedledee

Loren's 1st Oscar came for this 1961 Italian film co-starring Jean-Paul Belmondo

Two Women

In 1942 Philip Murray became the first President of the U.S.A., this labor union

United Steelworkers Of America

This phrase begins Kentucky's motto, which ends, "divided we fall"

United We Stand

French for "animation", it's the vitality of the group that sang "Bitter Sweet Symphony"

Verve

Angelina Jolie was No. 2 on this channel's "100 Hottest Hotties"; probably won't see her on "Flavor of Love", though

Vh1

In "Love and Death" Berdykov is one of these & is seen attending a convention of them from all over Russia

Village Idiots

In 1971 the Super Bowl trophy was renamed for this coach who had died the previous year

Vince Lombardi

Like humans, guinea pigs need a dietary source of this vitamin, so try feeding them a piece of orange each day

Vitamin C

In 1983 the ship called the Rainbow this tried to get evidence of the Soviets making illegal use of whale meat

Warrior

SAW NOTHING

Washington

The "History of New York... by Diedrich Kickerbocker" was actually written by him

Washington Irving

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

West Point

"Stew Rides Toys"

West Side Story

"Mountaineers are always free" to attend Mountaineer Week in Morgantown in this state

West Virginia

At a length of over 40 feet & a weight of over 15 tons, this type of shark is the largest fish

Whale Shark

The first ban on killing the "right" types of these creatures came into force in 1935

Whales

This tasty veal dish derives its name from the German for "Viennese cutlet"

Wienerschnitzel

'80s singer Kim ("Kids In America") forms a duo with Daryl Hall's singer partner & sows this hyphenated name

Wilde-Oates

She was the last queen of the Netherlands who was the daughter of a king

Wilhelmina

In 1694 this Virginia college received a coat of arms from the College of Arms in London

William And Mary

(VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE): This artist burned brightly as a poet as well

William Blake ("The Illustration Of God")

In 2010 the Hockey Hall of Fame welcomed its first 2 of these, James & Granato

Women

Arbo is tree & this tree material is ligno

Wood

Vermicelli is from the Latin for "little' these--eww!

Worms

Put pen to paper, or correct

Write/Right

Abbreviated WGA, it provides many services to members, including script registration

Writers Guild Of America

Spanish: You'll have to use your cabeza, this body part, to pass the class

Your Head

The young wasted youth is on

Youth Is Wasted On The Young

Slovenia broke away from it in 1991

Yugoslavia

The St. Louis brewery--er, former brewery--headed by this man did just fine as a maker of malt extract

(August) Busch

This cowboy sculptor, a contemporary of Remington, represents Montana in Statuary Hall

(Charles Marion) Russell

This small, silvery food fish spawns at high tide in wet sand

A Grunion

Holmes figures out the killer in "Black Peter" must be strong--the victim is "pinned like a beetle" by this whaling weapon

A Harpoon

This word meaning to deal a blow is now a word for one look at a website

A Hit

A natl. assoc. of wanderers says you can still be this 4-letter term even if you never rode a freight train

A Hobo

The Carpenters sang about one of these "For luck and we're on our way"

A Kiss

Tongues are wagging that Tongue & Groove on Peachtree Rd. is one of this city's top nightspots

Atlanta

In 1976 N.J. voted to permit gambling casinos here to raise money for the disabled & elderly; the first opened in 1978

Atlantic City

In 1978, this New Jersey city hit the jackpot with the opening of its first casino

Atlantic City

You'll find Boardwalk, Park Place & other Monopoly streets in this coastal New Jersey city

Atlantic City

In the mythology of these people, Yacatecutli was the god of traveling merchants

Aztecs

"Debt" contains this letter to show its etymology, from the Latin debitum

B

It was Ricky's signature tune & later the name of his club

Babaloo

On Dec. 26, 1919 the Red Sox traded this man to the Yankees for cash; the cash would not equal his 714 home runs

Babe Ruth

Named for where Yugoslavia used to be, it's the process of fragmenting into smaller political units

Balkanization

Secretary of Health & Human Services Kathleen Sebelius

Barack Obama

This dark volcanic rock is low in silica content but fairly rich in iron & magnesium

Basalt

He assumed the presidency of Syria upon the death of his father in June 2000

Bashar Assad

The maximum depth of this bay off the coast of France & Spain is 15,525 feet

Bay Of Biscay

A shore area, or a hardwood tree growing near it

Beach/Beech

Thomas Fuller observed that "love and pride stock" this British mental hospital

Bedlam (Or Bethlehem Royal)

Angelina Jolie's lips are sometimes described as this hyphenated term, as if she'd been attacked by a flying insect

Bee-Stung

If you can't sleep, try counting this 5-letter word meaning "fathered" -- we got 39 in Matthew 1

Begat

A home to the European parliament, it sprouts at No. 5 on the list

Belgium

Patrice Lumumba helped the Congo gain independence from this country in 1960; he was killed less than a year later

Belgium

In 1931 the library began providing sound recordings of books as well as books written in this

Braille

Paul's mum Mary succumbed to this disease, the same one that took his beloved Linda

Breast Cancer

A donkey tries hair extensions on its lower legs in order to become a part of the team in a commercial for this beer

Budweiser

A trumpet or coronet may be used to earn this Boy Scout badge

Bugling

An as-yet-nameless prototype of this character appeared in the 1938 cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt"

Bugs Bunny

In Matthew 16:18 Jesus said to Peter, "Upon this rock I will" do this

Build My Church

It's the "ITF Team Championship for Men"

Davis Cup

Named for a politician: LGA

Laguardia

The name of this Greek letter that signifies the end means "big O"

Omega

Con man checks into mental hospital to avoid prison farm, meets nasty nurse, doesn't check out

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

China

Shanghai

...of the Great Lakes

Superior

Southeast Asian country's ointment

Vietnam Balm

"Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the ____ though"

Village

Mine are vibrating even as I speak

Vocal Cords

The New York Times has called George H.W. Bush an exemplar of this "leadership class", an acronym

Wasp

Fritz Haarmann was sort of the Jeffrey Dahmer of the chaotic post-WWI era in Germany named for this republic

Weimar

Andrew Ridgeley of this "Careless Whisper" '80 duo makes surfing goods & lives with a member of Bananarama

Wham!

When waved in the air, it's a universal sign of surrender

White Flag

In 1801, under pressure from King George III, this "younger" man resigned after 17 years as prime minister

William Pitt

This actor's life gets plenty of space in "Captain Quirk"

William Shatner

Jemmy, a Swiss boy used as a target stand

William Tell

In 1993 Jordan joined this man as the only 2 players in NBA history to win 7 consecutive scoring titles

Wilt Chamberlain

The poem "Invictus" says, "In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not" done this "nor cried aloud"

Winced

The 160-room San Jose "Mystery House" was built by the heiress to this rifle company

Winchester

He died in 1965 & was buried in St. Martin's churchyard near the palace where he was born in 1874

Winston Churchill

"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me" these

Your Ears

This Jason who played Brandon on "Beverly Hills 90210" was born with the middle name Bradford

(Jason) Priestly

Maybe leaving NBC late night in 2009 will help open his schedule to guest again as Kitty on "South Park"

(Jay) Leno

In 1954 this Wisconsin senator ws condemned for insulting other senators & obstructing investigations

(Joe) Mccarthy

This '50s Secretary of State said you must "Take chances for peace...if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost"

(John Foster) Dulles

"G" 1962: He orbited the Earth for the first time on Feb. 20

(John) Glenn

Famed for playing Frasier's father, this actor came back to Broadway in 2007 in "Prelude to a Kiss"

(John) Mahoney

This 1996 presidential candidate was Tennessee Gov. 1979-1987, longer than any other Republican

(Lamar) Alexander

Commanding the Pelican in 1578, this English circumnavigator reached the South American coast

(Sir Francis) Drake

This "Junky" author was arrested for killing his wife in a drunken game of "William Tell"

(William) Burroughs

Tennessee Williams helped this "Come Back, Little Sheba" playwright get his first play produced

(William) Inge

In nifty gifts: Alfred Hammacher &...

(William) Schlemmer

In William Collins' "Ode to Evening", this "weak-eyed" creature "flits by on leathern wing"

A Bat

This narrow strip of wood or metal has more uses than just to fasten down "the hatches"

A Batten

In metric measurement, 10 millimeters equal 1 of these

A Centimeter

Term for the No. 1 wood, or the person using it

A Driver

A sea chanty that became a hit in 1891 asked, "What shall we do with" one of these

A Drunken Sailor

A down-filled quilt used as a comforter

A Duvet

Even when you think it's too expensive, the price you pay to ride in a cab is called by this homophone

A Fare

Pluma can be either a pen or one of these, as from a swan

A Feather

Early 20th century writer Adelaide Crapsey created the cinquain, which is one of these

A Five-Line Verse (A Poem With Five Lines Accepted)

Bullwinkle's buddy is one

A Flying Squirrel

A citation or comment at the bottom of a page

A Footnote

In a Wilde tale, an American family in the mansion Canterville Chase encounters this trying to scare them

A Ghost

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

A Giraffe

Like chickens & some dinosaurs, cockroaches have this internal muscular organ where they grind their food

A Gizzard

Good gardeners are said to have these appendages

A Green Thumb

In 1985 a British Antarctic science expedition first detected one of these that forms annually in the ozone layer

A Hole

The 7th Amendment preserves a right to this in lawsuits with more than $20 in question

A Jury

It's documentary evidence left behind

A Paper Trail

Name of FBI "sting" operation that sent 4 former Congressmen to prison in '83

Abscam

This resort city is famous for the cliff divers of La Quebrada

Acapulco

In October of 1985, this Italian cruise ship was hijacked by Palestinian terrorists

Achille Lauro

ICE, DARPA, NIST

Acronyms (Of U.S. Government Agencies)

It's best to use this type of voice when possible; "Bob ate the pie" is good... "The pie was eaten by Bob", not so much

Active

This man said, "She gave me of the tree, and I did eat"

Adam

Mercantilism was shot down by this economist in his "Wealth of Nations"

Adam Smith

Following a day on the slopes, warm up your tootsies in a pair of these boots whose French name says what they're for

Aprã¨S-Ski Boots

Built by the Romans in the 2nd cent., one of these still brings water to Segovia, Spain

Aqueduct

Sir Richard Burton translated “The Thousand And One Nights†from this language

Arabic

Depicted as a snake, Wadd is a moon god from pre-Islamic times on this peninsula

Arabic Peninsula

Mais Oui! The original version of this monument is in France, but the one seen here belongs to Paris Las Vegas

Arc De Triomphe

From chapter 10 of "Animal Farm" comes "All animals are equal, but some animals..."

Are More Equal Than Others

This sign of the ram is the sign of action, so it's perfect for action star Steven Seagal

Aries

His 12-volume "A Study Of History" probed the genesis, growth & decline of the world's great civilizations

Arnold Toynbee

...in American History, if you know that this man was the only U.S. President named Chester

Arthur

One of 1982's bestsellers was this author's "2010: Odyssey Two"

Arthur C. Clarke

In 1920 Walter Bowes might have said "After You!" to this man when they made America's first postage meters

Arthur Pitney

In the 1940s this writer created his "three laws of robotics" for use in his stories

Asimov

Chaucer wrote a treatise on how to build one of these & use it to compute the position of a star

Astrolabe

Among the first 6 women chosen for this program in 1978 were Margaret Seddon & Kathryn D. Sullivan

Astronaut Program

In 1974 her song "The Way We Were" was replaced at No. 1 by "Love's Theme" but regained the top spot a week later

Barbra Streisand

The 1992 Olympics in this Spanish city were the first boycott-free summer games in 20 years

Barcelona

"Liberty Heights" & "Diner" are among the Baltimore-set movies by this Baltimore-born writer & director

Barry Levinson

9 years before Da Gama, he led the first European expedition to round the Cape of Good Hope

Bartolomeo Diaz

Idaho's largest city, it's almost 3 times as populous as Pocatello, the second largest

Boise

Bromine, silver

Brag

In the novel, this cape is referred to as "The Italy, so to speak, of Massachusetts"

Cape Cod

South of the continental U.S. are named latitude lines: the Tropic of Cancer, the Equator & the Tropic of this

Capricorn

Built as a convent school, an Australian museum honoring this British sea captain has his cannon & anchor on display

Captain James Cook

This capital of Venezuela has a population of about 3 million

Caracas

Take a deep breath & name this product of human respiration seen here

Carbon Dioxide (Co2)

Amy Irving & Betty Buckley debuted in this 1976 Brian De Palma film about horror at a high school prom

Carrie

Pashmina is a fashionable type of this luxurious fabric made from the hair of a wild goat native to India & Tibet

Cashmere

Scientifically this feline treat is known as Nepeta cataria

Catnip

This temperature scale has 100 units between the freezing point & the boiling point of water

Celsius

First names of the famous Siamese twins of the 19th century

Chang & Eng (Bunker)

I'm going to this place, also the term for a 2 1/2-yard-long veil, and I'm gonna get married

Chapel

This salad named for a kitchen professional features julienned cheeses & meats

Chef's Salad

This just in to "Weekend Update" -- this "Fall Guy" was SNL's first breakout star

Chevy Chase

Once chairman of the Chase Manahattan Bank, he's a founding board member of the Trilateral Commission

David Rockefeller

Once a "Designing Woman" on TV, she now designs her own line of clothing for "Real Size Women"

Delta Burke

One of its national anthems is "King Christian Stood By The Lofty Mast", not "The Lofty Pastry"

Denmark

(Sarah) Ain't love grand? Mr. & Mrs. Blair celebrated 60 years of marriage, traditionally represented by this gift

Diamond

A childless worker with a working spouse

Dink (Double Income, No Kids)

In 2000 Donald Margulies won for serving us this meal "with friends"

Dinner

Pan hung out a lot with this wine god, known to some as Bacchus

Dionysus

This Greek god loved a boy named Ampelos, who was turned into a grapevine when he died

Dionysus

Jeff Townes was known as this when he & Will Smith had a hit with "Summertime"

Dj Jazzy Jeff

A bio of Rosalind Franklin, whose photos were used by James Watson, is subtitled "The Dark Lady of" this molecule

Dna

Cheers to this blind French monk who is credited with pioneering the making of champagne around 1698

Dom Perignon

Kirsch

Drink It

He was the only Garry Moore Show regular, besides Garry, to appear on the show for its entire fun

Durward Kirby

DUS, in the FRG

Dusseldorf (Germany)

Proverbs 30 speaks of 4 things difficult to understand, including the flight of this bird of prey

Eagle

The tympanic membrane is another name for this body part

Eardrum

1978 by Houston: this Texas running back

Earl Campbell

Al's 1992 treatise on the environment was titled this "in the Balance"

Earth

Walter Tevis' first sci-fi novel was "The Man Who Fell To" this planet

Earth

Hadassah was the Hebrew name of this queen for whom an Old Testament book is named

Esther

At a track meet, it happens when a runner jumps the gun

False Start

"Survey said!"

Family Feud

The south of the border version of this American game show is called "100 Mexicanos Dijeron"--"100 Mexicans Said"

Family Feud

1 of only 2 animated films on the list

Fantasia &/Or Snow White

Cosimo de Medici, Andrea Doria & George Washington share this sobriquet

Father Of Their Country

A unit of length measuring 6 feet, or a verb meaning to comprehend

Fathom

...Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic gold medals

Fdr

Daniel Roper, Harry Hopkins, Jesse Jones & Henry Wallace were Commerce Secretaries for this president

Fdr

"Scary" cape (4)

Fear

To a banker: FDIC

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

The name of this bone is from the Latin for "thigh"

Femur

A year after his death, one of his ships completed the first around-the-world voyage

Ferdinand Magellan

These "have one advantage over most other pets. They can be left alone for a day or two without food"

Fish

In 1936 this Jazz Age author detailed his physical & spiritual collapse in "The Crack-Up"

Fitzgerald

On Earth it may "get you nowhere"; in the "Inferno" it gets Alessio immersed in filth

Flattery

Run away from a tiny circus bug

Flee/Flea

Located 35 miles from Louisville, it was named for America's first Secretary of War

Fort Knox

Tom Hanks was the executive producer of this 1998 HBO miniseries about the Apollo space program

From The Earth To The Moon

Jodie Sweetin, Candace Cameron, Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen

Full House

On "I'm With" this actor, the Oscar nominee once threatened to pull someone's endocrine system from their body

Gary Busey

Born in 1924, at 18 he became youngest naval pilot in WWII

George Bush

He wrote several anthems, including "The King Shall Rejoice", for the coronation of England's King George II

George Frideric Handel

In 1980 this future president labeled some of Ronald Reagan's policies as "Voodoo Economics"

George H.W. Bush

In 1972 he vacillated over a running mate & lost to Nixon, 520 electoral votes to 17

George Mcgovern

In part, using donated French tanks, he formed the U.S. Army's first tank training school in 1917

George Patton

Things aren't always "peachy" in this former Soviet republic

Georgia

Stechschritt in German, this style of army marching has been used since the time of Frederick the Great

Goose-Stepping

An employee who runs errands; it's a Grandy job to have

Gopher

"Three Wise Men Of" this city "Drown When Boat Sinks"

Gotham

Visit the automobile museum at this famous home to see the red MG Elvis drove in "Blue Hawaii"

Graceland

It was built before 2400 B.C. & rose to a height of 481 feet

Great Pyramid Of Cheops

The Bayeux Tapestry depicted an early sighting of a comet later given this name

Halley's Comet

In 218 B.C. this Carthaginian defeated the Romans at the Trebia River

Hannibal

This actor with 2 presidential names played fictional president James Marshall in "Air Force One"

Harrison Ford

As a child this trumpeter & big band leader was a contortionist

Harry James

The remake had Ben Stiller: "The _____ Kid"

Heartbreak

I'm hiding in the crowd around my star on the Walk of Fame, so seek me on this L.A. street

Hollywood Boulevard

This hit heard here was No. 1 for 4 weeks in the late summer of 1957

Honeycomb

Warren Harding chose this future president as his Secretary of Commerce

Hoover

This company squealed with delight because sales of Spam porked up first quarter profits in 2008

Hormel

These 2 mammals are pictured on boxes of Lauren perfume

Horse & Man

The sting in the movie "The Sting" involves Robert Shaw placing a half-million-dollar bet on this sport

Horse Racing

Dr. Seuss' egg-hatching elephant who was "faithful, 100%"

Horton

In 1999 he was elected to his (Wow!) fourth 6-year term as president of Egypt

Hosni Mubarak

It describes something radioactive or illegally obtained

Hot

A change of procedure in 1979 led to 3 of these being named Bob, David & Frederic

Hurricanes

He was born Feb. 4, 1902 in Detroit; 25 years later, he'd become a world-famous hero for 2 days of work

Lindbergh

She was only 18 when she sang with her mom Judy Garland at the London Palladium in 1964

Liza Minnelli

This poet who wrote "I shot an arrow in the air..." was born in Portland

Longfellow

In his 1964 State of the Union he said, responding to Khrushchev's boast, "We do not intend to be buried"

Lyndon Johnson

Stoic Roman emperor who ruled from 161 to 180 A.D.

Marcus Aurelius

This university in West Virginia is named for the Supreme Court Chief Justice who raised the court to a position of power

Marshall

In 1952 Mikhail Gorbachev hit this big city to enter its state university law school; he graduated in 1955

Moscow

The completion of the first railway suspension bridge enabled trains to pass over the gorge at these falls

Niagara Falls

Baron Axel Cronstedt isolated this element in 1751; that fact & 5 cents will get you...

Nickel

Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band

Nickelback

By volume, this element makes up about 78% of our atmosphere

Nitrogen

He discussed Ali vs. Foreman in his book "The Fight" & in the 1996 film "When We Were Kings"

Norman Mailer

"Ransack" comes from Rannsaka, in the language called "Old" this, also a group known for ransacking

Norse

From the Latin for "to harm", it's a pest, or anything annoying

Nuisance

Greek for "fertile land", buildings are built around but not on these watering spots

Oases

In a No. 1 R&B hit from 1978, Funkadelic celebrated this "under a groove"

One Nation

This 1995-96 hit by Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 with 16

One Sweet Day

"Barney & Friends", "Antiques Roadshow", "Mystery!"

Pbs

In "Once Upon A Mattress", it was supposed to be under the mattresses

Pea

In Ghana a dumpling called fufu is served with a soup made of the groundnut known here as this

Peanut

This sandwich goes by its initials: PBJ

Peanut Butter And Jelly

The Premier Rose Diamond is one of the world's largest diamonds cut in this fruit shape; it was sold for $10 million

Pear

When this D.C. street was permanently closed between 15th & 17th on May 20, 1995 it made headlines

Pennsylvania Avenue

Buried by Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Pompeii

Holders of this type of stock take precedence over common stock holders

Preferred

Often used to describe certain monkeys' tails, this adjective means "able to grasp"

Prehensile

In 1991 he made his first official public appearance, with his parents, on St. David's Day at Llandaff Cathedral

Prince William

The New Jersey college he graduated from at age 16

Princeton

It's measured in rads

Radiation

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

Red Cross

These small "scalding" cinnamon candies can be used as buttons on gingerbread people

Red Hots

Colorful term for foods like beef & lamb, making a comeback due to the low-carb craze

Red Meats

In April 1987, Avia was bought by this major competitor

Reebok

With a 40-inch lens, a telescope at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin is the largest of this type

Refracting Telescope

Chapter 6 of this New Testament book describes 4 horses as being white. red, black & pale

Revelation

About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product

Rice

Jonathan Hart

Robert Wagner

This second-largest planet takes almost 30 years for one solar revolution

Saturn

Also a term for a military officer's hat decoration, it's the breakfast serving seen here

Scrambled Eggs

The "Terrors of the Deep" attraction at this park might even scare Shamu

Sea World

Many of the hills in this city were leveled in the early 1900s because it was feared they would hinder expansion

Seattle

Nearly 40% of the people in Washington state live in the metropolitan area of this city

Seattle

This city's annual Seafair features various water sports & a hydroplane race on Lake Washington

Seattle

This term for an object carried to give a person a sense of safety was popularized in the comic strip "Peanuts"

Security Blanket

In 1995 People Magazine devoted an entire commemorative issue to this late Tejano singer

Selena

Pyongyang is the capital of North Korea; this is the capital of South Korea

Seoul

Another term for hara-kiri, it's from the Japanese for "cut the abdomen"

Seppuku

The first words he ever spoke to his assistant were "How are you?... You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive"

Sherlock Holmes

A housepet during the Ming dynasty was this Lhasa Apso relative, whose name is Chinese for "lion"

Shih Tzu

This Nobel Prize winner was Prime Minister of Israel of twice: once in the '80s & once in the '90s

Shimon Peres

She's Warren Beatty's big sister

Shirley Maclaine

In 1192 Yoritomo, the leader of the Minamoto Clan controlling Japan, was given this title that means "great general"

Shogun

Smash Mouth covered "I'm A Believer" in this "ogrish" 2001 film

Shrek

Mr. Vicious' children

Sid's Kids

"Me and Mamie O' Rourke tripped the light fantastic on" these

Sidewalks Of New York

This hero of "Gotterdammerung" is the son of incestous twins

Siegfried

After studying dermatology at the Vienna General Hospital, he moved on to Paris' Salpetriere Mental Clinic

Sigmund Freud

This semiconducting element makes up 27.7% of the mass of the earth's crust

Silicon

Their debut album, "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.", contained an acoustic version of "The Sound of Silence"

Simon And Garfunkel

Betty James named a classic toy this, a word meaning "stealthy, sleek & sinuous"

Slinky

To hit hard, or a snail cousin

Slug

This leader of the Miracles named his daughter Tamla after Berry Gordy Jr.'s first record label

Smokey Robinson

Norman Thomas was this party's presidential candidate in every election from 1928 to 1948

Socialist Party

Parmenides, Mr. One Unchanging Reality, was a major thinker pre-this man born around 470 B.C.

Socrates

As far as political contributions go, this "comfy" cash is not regulated by federal law

Soft Money

Get your aces up top 7 try to unlock the deck in the Klondike version of this single-player game

Solitaire

David's son Adonijah asked to wed his late father's nurse; he was denied, & this brother of his had him whacked

Solomon

For "The Razor's Edge", he chose the apt "The sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over"

Somerset Maugham

Also used in commercial fishing, it's known as echolocation in bats

Sonar

In "The Lady & Sons Savannah Country Cookbook", Paula Deen has a section on these, including confederate bean

Soup

East Timor, North Korea, South Africa

South Africa

In the late 1770s Robert Gordon explored this present-day country from the High Veldt to the Orange River

South Africa

Pieter W. Botha was elected as this country's first executive state president September 5, 1984

South Africa

Northern Territory is directly above this state

South Australia

In 1787 Delaware became the 1st state in the Union; in 1860 this became the 1st state to secede

South Carolina

Rep. J. Gresham Barrett & Sen. Lindsey Graham

South Carolina

It's been making people scream at Disney World since the '70s

Space Mountain

The tiny nation of Andorra is located in the Pyrenees Mountains between France & this country

Spain

This country's Cordillera Cantabrica is even tougher to get across than the nearby Pyrenees

Spain

Theodore Pomeroy had the shortest term as this, one day; Sam Rayburn, the longest, 17 years

Speaker Of The House

Beginning in the 1600s, the colony called New France was based around this river explored by Jacques Cartier

St. Lawrence

It's the room where you'll find the masterpiece that includes "The Flood" & "The Creation of Eve"

The Sistine Chapel

Enacted in 1791, it guarantees the right to a trial by jury

The Sixth Amendment

6 members of this "army" that kidnapped Patty Hearst met a fiery end in May 1974

The Sla (Symbionese Liberation Army)

The dead outer skin shed by a snake

The Slough

You'll find the Savoy Hotel on this street that runs from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street

The Strand

This lieutenant colonel recruited some of his Rough Riders at William Menger's hotel in San Antonio

Theodore Roosevelt

This president hung a large moose head in the State Dining Room; a bull moose, we presume

Theodore Roosevelt

A beaten wrestler, A frat brother's girlfriend, A dead butterfly

Things That Are Pinned

After six, it's the next number that fits the category

Thirty

With over 25 million sold, 1 in every 11 Americans has this 1982 Michael Jackson album

Thriller

The El Rancho Hotel demolished in 2000 was originally known as this "bird", like a Ford model

Thunderbird

On Oct. 2, 1967 he was sworn in as the first African-American Supreme Court justice

Thurgood Marshall

Each half, each team is allowed two 2-minute ones

Time Outs

Infection with the H. pylori bacterium is probably responsible for most peptic these

Ulcers

In 1964 Jacques Demy won with "Les parapluies" or these "de Cherbourg"

Umbrellas

In 1851 Harriet Beecher Stowe began serializing this

Uncle Tom's Cabin

In a Chekhov play, this title character runs the estate of his brother-in-law, a pompous professor

Uncle Vanya

Schubert's 7th symphony is also incomplete, but it's his 8th that bears this title

Unfinished

The corner of Australia's flag, seen here, shows the national flag commonly called by this 2-word nickname

Union Jack

Ogden, now this state's sixth-largest city, was named for an Old West fur trapper

Utah

Under Gaiseric, this appropriately named group sacked Rome in 455 & stripped the city of its treasures

Vandals

This early phonograph began cranking out music in 1906

Victrola

The 20th century's top song in U.S. airplay, this one by the Righteous Brothers has been heard over 8 million times

You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'

In this Hawthorne tale, a "young" man discovers his neighbors practicing witchcraft

Young Goodman Brown

Since Judith Krantz was this puppeteer's sister-in-law, guess that made her Lamb Chop's aunt

(Shari) Lewis

A Cretan or a Spartan

A Greek

A proverb says, "You can't make a silk purse out of" this

A Sow's Ear

The U.S. Navy bought the first modern one of these, which used gasoline on the surface & electricity below

A Submarine

Mickey Mantle & Pete Rose were this kind of hitter who changes sides of the plate depending on the pitcher

A Switch-Hitter

"Knitting", "Still Knitting" & "The Knitting Done" are chapters in this 1859 novel

A Tale Of Two Cities

In the 1920s, her "poor girl" look of simple & comfortable clothes attracted wealthy women tired of corsets

(Coco) Chanel

It's the last name of German dramatist Bertolt, who lived in the U.S. from 1941 to 1947

Brecht

L'chaim