Quiz Bowl Set

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A sample of this artist's work is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_J_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

(Norman) Rockwell

In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element

IBM

Go to logcabinsyrups.com & you'll immediately see a stack of them

pancakes

Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger

pants

Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts

pinata

A single layer of paper, or to perform one's craft diligently

ply

In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"

the Boston Massacre

They're the sports teams of Fresno State as well as Georgia

the Bulldogs

To supply Coronado's party, Hernando de Alarcon sailed 3 ships up this river in 1540 to where Yuma, Ariz. is now

the Colorado

This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name

the Congress Party

On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards

the Denver Broncos

In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal

the Huguenots

The Borg-Warner Trophy is awarded every year to the winner of this epic auto race held on Memorial Day weekend

the Indy 500

In 1751 the Penn Provincial Assembly placed the order for this symbol of freedom, now in Philadelphia

the Liberty Bell

Some of the earliest surviving colonial portraits are of Richard & Increase, members of this family

the Mathers

Quebec &, a year later, Trenton

the Revolutionary War

"Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels"

the Rolling Stones

Quang Tri City; the cavalry was sent!

the Vietnam War

Let me take you down, 'cause we're going to... Bosworth Field

the War of the Roses

As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists

the Wesleys

The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance

the cerebellum

Ferdinand von Lindemann proved the problem of "squaring" this with compass & ruler was impossible

the circle

From the Latin for "tail", it's the section of a musical composition that brings it to a close

the coda

In 1948 scientists at Bristol-Meyers "buffered" this medicine for the first time

aspirin

Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick

asteroids

Purpose of the structures seen here: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_J_25.jpg" target="_blank">[1]</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_J_25a.jpg" target="_blank">[2]</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_J_25b.jpg" target="_blank">[3]</a>

astronomy (or observatories)

Another word for entrails or viscera (sorry, mealtime America)

innards

Stubborn slippers (5)

mules

Wild ones of these found on pizza include shiitakes, morels & chanterelles

mushrooms

This long-range radar "line" was established in 1957 to warn the U.S. & Canada of air attack from over the North Pole

DEW (Distant Early Warning) Line

Radio abbreviation that precedes the name of rap figures Quik, Pooh & Jazzy Jeff

DJ

Charlie Brown's parents bought Snoopy at this puppy farm

Daisy Hill Puppy Farm

This '60s "Nights in White Satin" band has another color in its name

Moody Blues

Chapters 4, 6, 8 & 12 begin, "And the Lord spake unto" him

Moses

"The First Time Ever" she had a No. 1 album was "First Take" in 1972

Roberta Flack

Dutch physician Willem Kolff developed the 1st of these kidney machines that cleanse the blood

a dialysis machine

An evening where 2 couples go out together

a double date

Quirks of this Eurocar include the ignition lock in the center console

Saab

In 1882 Schuyler Wheeler put a propellor on the shaft of an electric motor & created this--how cool!

a fan

A more obese baseball slugger

a fatter batter

In 1953 Triangle Publications began publishing this media magazine...& boy was it successful!

TV Guide

While carting this, Uzza touched it to right it after the oxen stumbled, & the Lord smote him

The Ark of the Covenant

It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."

"But only God can make a tree"

In this 1935 film that made him a star, Errol Flynn was Dr. Peter Blood, a physician who turns to piracy

"Captain Blood"

2 x 1,035

2,070

Biblical man with a talking ass

Balaam

In 1982 Sharon Gless took over for Meg Foster to partner with Tyne Daily as this title pair

Cagney & Lacey

Heading to Valparaiso, a seaport in this South American country

Chile

In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry

novocaine

When mom tells you to do something "Maintenant!", she means this

now

The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer

sugar

In "Sixteen Candles", Molly Ringwald says, "I loathe" this method of transport

the bus

"X&Y", "Parachutes"

Coldplay

He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead

Mike Judge

The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July

Snowy

He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006

(Truman) Capote

Simple Simon met him "going to the fair"

A pieman

This "heel" is named for thr only place a famous Greek warrior could be wounded

Achilles' heel

Steven Tyler of this band lent his steamin' vocals to "Train Kept A-Rollin'", first popularized by the Yardbirds

Aerosmith

Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum

Air & Space Museum

For hungry sandwich lovers, jam ostensibly makes the peanut butter better

Amos (jam ostensibly)

He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930

Arthur Fiedler

Papua New Guinea is just off this country's Cape York Peninsula

Australia

Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city

Athens

A computer with 98,000 names & SSNs was reported stolen from this oldest campus of the Univ. of Calif.

Berkeley

Few have heard of his first novel, "The Snake's Pass", but everyone knows his "Dracula"

Bram Stoker

The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic

Chris Rock

This state capital is located on the Merrimack River about 15 miles north of Manchester

Concord

Sir Joseph Paxton's palace, or Dr. Robert Schuller's cathedral

Crystal

In a 1987 hit Whitney Houston showed signs of choreomania when she wanted to do this with somebody

Dance

The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"

Decameron

This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock

Devils Tower

Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields

Dew (wed)

Charles Dickens: "Little ____"

Dorrit

Carey, Bledsoe

Drew

It was annexed by Indonesia but became independent on May 20, 2002

East Timor

The sister of Orestes, mourning became her

Electra

The largest in area of the 3

England

In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"

Evangeline

This "Brideshead Revisited" author's career was ascendant when he published his first novel, "Decline And Fall"

Evelyn Waugh

Saint-Pierre & Miquelon

France

"Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill

Geronimo

Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain

Gibraltar

1932: "Magnificent Inn"

Grand Hotel

In a healthy mouth, this line separates the crown from the root of a tooth

Gum Line

In engines: Stephen Briggs &...

Harold Stratton

"'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'"

Harper Lee

A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"

Harriet Beecher Stowe

This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard

Harry Potter

"Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel

Heart of Darkness

Like Gertrude in this author's "The Europeans", go ahead & marry a relative (it might get you out of your house, too)

Henry James

You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis

Henry Moore

He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"

Henry VIII

Until the night he drowned, Leander swam across the Hellespont every night to meet her

Hero

"The Great American Chocolate Bar"

Hershey's

Coastal waters beyond national jurisdiction, or the tops of some sopranos' ranges

High seas/C's

Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse"

Howard Hughes

Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud

Ibn

Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure

Icarus

Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981

Iceland

Faxa Bay in the North Atlantic is between this country's Snaefells & Reykjanes peninsulas

Iceland

From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"

Imminent

Style of the 1877 painting seen here

Impressionism

In 1876 Victoria was delighted to receive the title "Empress of" this Asian land

India

Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood)

India

Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984

Indira Gandhi

Javanese is the native language of about 60 million people on the island of Java in this country

Indonesia

Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term

Inflation

This term for a fluid can also mean "to sign" as a contract

Ink

Andy's "15 minutes of fame" quote was once the motto of this magazine

Interview

An increase in air temperature at higher altitudes is unusual & is called this

Inversion

While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous

Iodine

Company clerk "Radar" O'Reilly was from this state

Iowa

Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin

Ireland

Flower seen here (that fits the category)

Iris

"Halloween"

Jamie Lee Curtis

In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur

Japan

Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country

Japan

The monster seen here (Godzilla) originally appeared in movies from this country

Japan

On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"

Jay Leno

No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves

Jim Thorpe

His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.

Jefferson Davis

Liza & Lorna's mom

Judy Garland

The nephrons function as filtering units in this pair of organs

Kidneys

Cattrall's rooms for hot, sweaty workouts

Kim's gyms

Seen here, it's named for a peninsula shared by Quebec & Newfoundland

Labrador Retriever

Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995

Lesotho

If you have this adjective before your name, like Nell or Eva, don't bother planning for your old age

Little

George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river

Little Bighorn

It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries

Luxembourg

Actor Fredric's month (5)

March

Your "Romeo and Juliet" will make everyone forget the 1965 triumph of Rudolf Nureyev & this partner

Margot Fonteyn

Ines de la Fressange was a Chanel model when she was chosen to represent this French symbol

Marianne

This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"

Marlon Brando

Lerner & Loewe's "Lusty Month" (3)

May

"Great Lakes Splendor"

Michigan

It "Becomes Electra" (8)

Mourning

Your Shot, Where in the World?, Visions of Earth

National Geographic

The Trinity site in this state was the location of the USA's first atomic explosion

New Mexico

The racing homer breed of this domestic bird was developed in Belgium, the traditional home of the sport

Pigeon

Madeira Islands

Portugal

This country is named after the town of Oporto

Portugal

The working class

Proletariat

An introductory part in a novel

Prologue

Change 1 letter in "protest" to get this word for a protozoan & others in its kingdom

Protist

In a song in "The Fantasticks", "Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can see it. Soon it's gonna" do this, "I can tell"

Rain

A roue, or his garden implement

Rake

19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Made up of 1,028 hymns in 10 books, it's the oldest of the Vedas in Hinduism

Rigveda

French mathematician who devised the plotting system that uses coordinates named for him

Rene Descartes

Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"

Rhett Butler

All species of this large land creature, whose name is from the Greek for "nose-horned", are nearly extinct

Rhinoceros

The Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport is in this state

Rhode Island

Corniche & Silver Shadow

Rolls-Royce

Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert

Sahara

This large African desert is home to 2 million people, about as many as Utah

Sahara

Bakula, Wolf

Scott

Take the fibrinogen out of blood plasma & you're left with a fluid called this

Serum

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

Shaquille O'Neal

Fatally, American groupie Nancy Spungen was this British punk rocker's girlfriend

Sid Vicious

In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home

The Accidental Tourist

This 1951 classic stars the AFI's top picks for the greatest male & female film legends

The African Queen (Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn)

Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating

The American President

Miller's witch-hunting play

The Crucible

The Yellow Brick Road leads to it

The Emerald City

Jean Vander Pyl, who played Wilma in the original cartoon series, played Mrs. Feldspar in this movie adaptation

The Flintstones

In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting

The Hudsucker Proxy

Movies found their voice in this 1927 Warner Bros. film

The Jazz Singer

(Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer"

The Monkees

Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000

The Mousetrap

It's no "mystery" why John Jasper haunts me--his fingers have knives on them!

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works

The Origin of Species

Bubbles, Blossom & Buttercup make up this group devoted to "Saving the Day Before Bedtime"

The Powerpuff Girls

In "Peanuts", Snoopy often fancied himself a flying ace out to get this pilot

The Red Baron

"Arundel", "Johnny Tremain"

The Revolutionary War

Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band

The Sex Pistols

He's the large & goofy title TV superhero seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_DJ_04.wmv">here</a> <i>"Probably that one. The balcony..."</i>

The Tick

This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"

The Time Machine

God bans mean pranks in 19:14, "Thou shalt not... put a stumbling block before" these people

The blind

Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university

Yale

Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus

Tripoli

In all of Babylonia, Pyramus was the handsomest youth & she was the fairest maiden

Thisbe

Chapter 10 of this 1960 novel begins, "Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty"

To Kill a Mockingbird

Check out the Kokugikan Sumo Budokan Arena in this capital

Tokyo

The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour is a highlight of this Asian city's Disneyland

Tokyo

This author wrote of Fangorn Forest, named for the oldest of the Ents-or was the Ent named for the forest?

Tolkien

This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie

Urban Outfitters

This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847

Utah

This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean

Utah (Great Salt Lake)

This river "trans"its South Africa & flows into the Orange

Vaal River

This Chilean city whose name means "valley of paradise" lies on a wide inlet of the Pacific

Valparaiso

CBS, Blockbuster, Simon & Schuster

Viacom

State whose abbreviation is also a cabinet department that was formed in 1989

Virginia

To punish Vronsky for turning cold to her, & to escape from everything

Why does Anna Karenina kill herself?

He was the last sitting president to run for re-election & finish third in the Electoral College

William Howard Taft

The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate

a clam

If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these

a handstand

This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"

a leer

"Pamela" is an epistolary one & may be the first English one

a novel

This device whose name is from the Italian for "springboard" was perfected in the 1930s

a trampoline

A rich dish combines chicken strips, spaghetti & a sherry-parmesan cheese cream sauce in chicken this opera star

chicken Tetrazzini

He's got the building wired for "current" affairs

an electrician

Hollywood, salad, Super

bowls

Scotch, & make it this (6)

double

This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering

dribbling

This math term comes from the Latin frangere, "to break"

fraction

This type of year happens once every four

leap

You chew with it

mandible

The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"

neonatal

Number of "beers on the wall" at the beginning of the song

ninety-nine

6 elements once known as inert gases are now known by this aristocratic name

noble gases

Door, Nobel, booby

prizes

A crash is a group of these large horned mammals

rhinoceroses

This No. 30 must be obeyed

she

Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater

sonar

"To replenish" becomes "to knock down"

to fill & to fell

These on your pizza may be fire-roasted, sun-dried, or just fresh sliced Romas

tomatoes

Fighting ferociously, you go at it this "& nail"

tooth

Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back

wax

A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir

white wine

A complete donut center

whole hole

A rhytidectomy removes these surgically; botox takes them out another way

wrinkles

Some of these are produced by bremsstrahlung, from the German for "breaking radiation"

x-rays

Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body

your neck

He's the shadowy Watergate source (4,6)

"Deep Throat"

This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."

"I'll Be There"

Phrase that precedes "dope" in Ali's famed boxing strategy

"rope-a"

His "When the Frost is on the Punkin" was written for a series in the Indianapolis Journal

(James Whitcomb) Riley

The dad of this First Gulf War general was a N.J. State Police bigwig & worked the Lindbergh kidnapping case

(Norman) Schwarzkopf

A 10-man, 22-ton "infantry fighting vehicle" named for this general has a 2-man turret & a 25mm cannon

(Omar) Bradley

Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women

(Paul) Bonwit

3 x 4 x 5 x 6

360

Number of sides on a honeycomb cell or on a snowflake

6

5 x 10 x 15

750

7 x 7 x 2

98

Stephen Crane wrote, "He wished that he, too, had a wound," this

A red badge of courage

In Exodus, this was thrown down before Pharaoh at Moses' instruction

Aaron's rod (turned into a snake)

Before he was a Yippie leader & one of the "Chicago Seven", he was a pharmaceuticals salesman

Abbie Hoffman

In his second inaugural address, he said about slavery, "All know that this...was, somehow, the cause of the war"

Abraham Lincoln

This hair care product was among the first major backers of the show

Afro Sheen

We don't know why this dame sometimes wrote under the name Mary Westmacott; it's a mystery to us

Agatha Christie

In 1949 Henry H. Arnold became the first general of this branch of the armed forces

Air Force

A dipsomaniac craves this, not guacamole

Alcoholic Beverages

This crooner's hits include 1971's "Where Do I Begin" & 1959's "Lonely Street"

Andy Williams

2 of his pen names were rather transparent: Antosha Chekhonte & Anton Ch.

Anton Chekhov

He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"

Antonio Banderas

"The Power To Be Your Best"

Apple Computer

She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"

Ayn Rand

Pseudonym of the mysterious recluse who wrote "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"

B. Traven

Chris O'Donnell was originally cast as her son in "Prince of Tides", but she chose her real son instead

Barbra Streisand

Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona

Barcelona

Fife, Rubble, Miller

Barney

Wojo, Harris, Yemana & Fish were 12th Precinct detectives on this sitcom

Barney Miller

Term for stunt pilots or politicians who tour small towns to show they've got the right stuff

Barnstormer

1974's "Mandy" was his first Top 40 hit--& it reached No.1

Barry Manilow

This Fox-TV cartoon boy: "Just so you don't hear any wild rumors, I'm being indicted for fraud in Australia"

Bart Simpson

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_24.mp3">"500 Hats"... 500 ways to die. On July 4th, this young boy will defy a king... & become a legend</a>

Bartholomew Cubbins

He must have a great benefit plan; Alfred began his service to this crime fighter way back in 1943

Batman

Mary McDonnell as Laura Roslin

Battlestar Galactica

We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009

Battlestar Galactica

The Forbidden City is at the heart of this capital of China, also called Peking

Beijing

1 of the 2 Central American countries with only 1 sea coast

Belize & El Salvador

Belize City, Guatemala City, Panama City

Belize City

This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"

Betty White

In Finland, this Tim Burton film was subtitled "Fish Stories as Large as Life Itself"

Big Fish

This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician

Bill Frist

Something that evokes happiness & sadness at the same time, or a kind of chocolate

Bittersweet

Tahiti & French Polynesia are famous for pearls of this color

Black

Name shared by a Sauk chief famous for his war & a U.S. military helicopter

Black Hawk

They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches

Black cats

Robert Newton played this pirate before Peter Ustinov played his ghost in a Disney film

Blackbeard

In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count

Blagojevich

The prospect of an endless lawsuit winding through generations leaves a "bleak" vision

Bleak House

Oscar Mayer could tell you that this is the city the Etruscans called Felsina

Bologna

This bookstore chain is named for its "edgy" founders, brothers Tom & Louis

Borders

This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s

Bugsy Siegel

You can tour the Warner Bros. lot online, or in person in this San Fernando Valley city

Burbank

In April 1984 this U.S. government agency admitted its role in the mining of Nicaraguan harbors

CIA

In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy

Cain

A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere

California

In 41 A.D. Cassius Chaerea & company assassinated this Roman emperor

Caligula

"Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?

Care Bears

Sir Humphry Davy named this yellowish-green gas from a Greek word meaning "greenish-yellow"

Chlorine

He was poet-in-residence at the University of South Carolina when he delivered his first novel, "Deliverance"

James Dickey

Even if you're 27 & still single, like Anne in this author's "Persuasion", your life may not be over

Jane Austen

In 1967 this 21-year-old started Rolling Stone magazine

Jann Wenner

In February 1861 6 Southern states founded the Confederate States of America & elected him president

Jefferson Davis

Statues of Ms. Baez, Ms. Collins & Ms. Didion are part of this monument

Joanhenge

In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"

John F. Kennedy, Jr.

People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"

Jon Bon Jovi

(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City) This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize

Jonathan Larson

This son of Jacob served under Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's palace guard

Joseph

Twice nominated for Oscars, this actress once studied at an Australian convent & sang in a rock band

Judy Davis

She played an airheaded blonde to whom William Holden had to teach manners in "Born Yesterday"

Judy Holliday

This animated girl attends Orbit High School

Judy Jetson

After their convictions, this pair became the first civilians put to death for espionage in the U.S.

Julius & Ethel Rosenberg

In 1998 Brian Dennehy made his first appearance as Red Finch, David Spade's firefighter father, on this hit series

Just Shoot Me

The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor

Justinian I

Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this

K

The Kirschner brothers, Don & Bill, named this ski company for themselves & the second-highest mountain

K2

At the University of Bonn in 1836, he was wounded in a duel with a member of an aristocratic Prussian fraternity

Karl Marx

This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells

Karl Marx

"Body Heat"

Kathleen Turner

In 1927 this brand name first appeared on a Sears washing machine

Kenmore

The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink

Kenya

"Gimme a Break, Gimme a Break, Break Me Off a Piece" of this candy bar

Kit Kat

Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz

L. Frank Baum

[Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer

L.A. Law

James Fergason invented this type of "display" that found an early use in calculators

LCD (or Liquid Crystal Display)

This large lake on the New York-Vermont border is Vermont's lowest point

Lake Champlain

1 of the largest lakes in Minnesota, its name begins with the same 5 letters as Minnesota

Lake Minnetonka

Located at Sault Ste. Marie, the St. Marys Falls Canal connects these 2 Great Lakes

Lake Superior & Lake Huron

Vietnam's narrowest point, about 30 miles, is just north of this port city where U.S. troops landed in 1965

Da Nang

In Greece, this Eddie Murphy film became "Daddies as Nannies"

Daddy Day Care

In 1578 a Mongolian ruler first gave the leader of Tibet's Yellow Hat sect of Buddhism this title

Dalai Lama

The last British athlete to win the Olympic decathlon, he won it back-to-back in 1980 & 1984

Daley Thompson

"For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"

Daniel Defoe

On Aug. 2, 1826 at Boston's Faneuil Hall, this great orator delivered a eulogy on Jefferson & Adams

Daniel Webster

This Van Halen frontman re-did Louis Prima's "Just A Gigolo" in 1985

David Lee Roth

The term for pouring wine into another container before serving; it helps clear it of sediments

Decanting

Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands

Denmark

Stratus & Stealth

Dodge

You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this

Evian (naive)

Top chefs know that Pez rarely makes it onto the menu

Ezra (pez rarely)

This maker of pre-school toys says, "Our work is child's play"

Fisher-Price

In captivitiy, these wading birds are fed carotenoid pigments to keep the plumage color they have in the wild

Flamingo

Most of the classes in Quebec schools are taught in this language

French

This "continental" wind instrument is played with one hand inside the bell to control its tone

French horn

This tire co. paid Rip Hamilton "to braid his hair in the tread pattern of one of its tires", not blimps

Goodyear

Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo

Gorilla

Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job

Governor

John Hancock held this political position from 1780-85 & from 1787-93

Governor of Massachusetts

In 1964 Luxembourg's grand duchess abdicated in favor of this man, her son

Grand Duke Jean

It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)

Great Britain/England

goop.com is a lifestyles website from this Oscar-winning actress; the g & p represent her initials

Gwyneth Paltrow

It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide

H&R Block

If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract

H.J. Heinz (Heinz 57 Varieties)

A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid

Haiti

Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"

Harrison Ford

This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon

Hart to Hart

Conan O'Brien was the first since Robert Benchley to be president of this Harvard humor magazine 2 straight years

Harvard Lampoon

1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"

Hattie McDaniel (for her role in Gone with the Wind)

"Aloha State"

Hawaii

Caucasians constitute about 1/3 of this state's population

Hawaii

Shakespeare's play about this Tudor king begins, "I come no more to make you laugh..."

Henry VIII

Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed "King of All Media"

Howard Stern

On January 20, 1965 he was inaugurated as U.S. vice president

Hubert H. Humphrey

Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig

Huey Long

In 1976 this company produced the Pony, the first Korean car

Hyundai

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

Lois & Clark

Cabbies in this Eur. city spend 2 years gaining "the knowledge", mental maps needed to get a license

London

This man's "Lady's Book" was published in Philadelphia from 1830 to 1892

Louis Godey

Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel

Louisa May Alcott

Do the wild fais-do-do in this state while motoring on Interstate 10 to Baton Rouge or Ponchatoula

Louisiana

Grambling, McNeese State, Southern

Louisiana

It's the only U.S. state named for a French king

Louisiana

The 120-foot big bat being transported here is now at the Kentucky museum named for this 2-word brand

Louisville Slugger

The colonel & lt. colonel who were the 4077th's commanding officers

Lt. Col. Henry Blake & Col. Sherman Potter

The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named

Lt. Gen. John Lejeune

In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest

Lyndon Johnson

"The Milk Chocolate Melts in Your Mouth -- not in Your Hand"

M&M's

In 1793 this former mistress of Louis XV was guillotined for aiding those seeking to restore the monarchy

Madame Dubarry

In April of 1990 she began her worldwide "Blond Ambition" tour to promote her CD "I'm Breathless"

Madonna

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) One of the first times a movie star received a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">fancy trailer</a> as a perk was in 1931; Paramount gave a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28b.jpg" target="_blank">Chevy house car</a> to <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28c.jpg" target="_blank"> this</a> sexy star as she left the stage to make movies like "She Done Him Wrong"

Mae West

A wizard at passing the ball, this Laker is the NBA's all-time leader in assists per game

Magic Johnson

A Communist, 1938: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"

Mao Tse-tung

In the 2000s "Makes Me Wonder" got this group noticed

Maroon 5

"Before I Say Good-Bye" is her 22nd romantic thriller, so it's no mystery -- she's good

Mary Higgins Clark

"I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"

Mary Shelley

Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" while in this state during the War of 1812

Maryland

In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election

Massachusetts

3.6 million: Down Under

Melbourne

In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel

Michael

Spillane's love-bites

Mickey's hickeys

1.1 million: in the heart of the Po River Valley

Milan

"Party In The U.S.A." is by this singer who also plays a young lady named Hannah

Miley Cyrus

This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug

Miltown

Exxon moved to merge with this corporation in December 1998

Mobil

Africa's lowest temperature was 11 degrees below zero in 1935 at Ifrane, just south of Fez in this country

Morocco

Fittingly, the book of Numbers begins with God telling this man to count the number of Israelites

Moses

To trek through its Khumbu Icefall, Lhotse Face & South Col, your team needs a $70,000 permit from Nepal's government

Mount Everest

Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor

Muhammed

Under the command of this Babylonian king, Nebuzaradan burned "All the houses of Jerusalem"

Nebuchadnezzar

On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years

Newt Gingrich

This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel

Night of the Iguana

"Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet

Nose

On the continent: ORY

Paris (Orly)

In 1 Corinthians, he wrote that "Your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God"

Paul

This Seattle grunge band backed Neil Young on his "Mirror Ball" CD

Pearl Jam

Sadly, the manuscript of her very first novel was destroyed in a fire in Nanking

Pearl S. Buck

Amanda's avenues

Peet's streets

This winged creature sprang from the blood of Medusa after Perseus beheaded her

Pegasus

It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly

Penguin

Only the adelie & emperor species of this bird actually breed in Antarctica

Penguin

Edward Bransfield, a possible discoverer of Antarctica, had to battle these birds to get ashore

Penguins

17th century Flemish master known for painting women like the one seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>:

Peter Paul Rubens

"If" he "picked a peck of pickled peppers, where's the peck of pickled peppers" he "picked"?

Peter Piper

"Buster", "Hook", "The Genesis Concert Movie"

Phil Collins

At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest

Pike's Peak

Big Stone Gap, Virginia is home to the outdoor drama "Trail of the Lonesome" this

Pine

Vladimir Samsonov is touted as Europe's only hope against China in this game

Ping-pong

In 1526 he greeted an Inca nobleman on his ship, but conquest would have to wait a few years until funds were raised

Pizarro

The most common cause of hay fever in the U.S. is this substance from ragweed

Pollen

Named for a sport that embodies high society, this Ralph Lauren co. was hacked for 180,000 credit card numbers

Polo

The only film ever released in "Odorama", it shares its name with a synthetic fabric popular in the 1970s

Polyester

This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president

Primary Colors

The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"

Queen Victoria

Another name for mercury, it also means mercurial or temperamental

Quicksilver

In this film Martin Scorsese says the TV audience wants "To watch the money"

Quiz Show

Excessive bureaucratic procedure resulting in inaction or delay

Red tape

Anne's bad habits

Rice's vices

This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas

Rio Grande

Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"

Robert Taft

1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"

Rocky

Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him

Ron Burgundy

Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man you see shaking hands with the Premier of China

Ronald Reagan

Rosemary Jansze, who was born in Ceylon, writes her romance novels under this married name

Rosemary Rogers

A legendary lineman for the Giants & the Rams, he also published a "Needlepoint Book for Men"

Rosie (Roosevelt) Grier

Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon

Saigon

In 1718 this Texas town was founded by Martin de Alarcon & Father Olivares & named for St. Anthony of Padua

San Antonio

The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag

San Antonio

"Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")

Sarah Jessica Parker

Fred Armisen as Barack Obama

Saturday Night Live

The food many Germans like best is wurst, which are these hot-dog-shaped meat treats

Sausages

Jura, Schweitzer, Lucerne & Berner are the 4 types of this country's laufhund

Switzerland

A TV cable network, or an explosive for bombs

TNT

In the last scene of this comedy, Petruchio wins a bet that he has the most obedient wife

The Taming of the Shrew

This play opens most dramatically with thunder & lightning. A ship is seen. Then a cry of "bos'n!"

The Tempest

Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group

The Wallflowers

In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate

Thomas Jefferson

Did you ever see such a thing in your life? The farmer's wife cut off their tails "with a carving knife"

Three Blind Mice

This "steak" is a hot dog

Tube steak

The name of this capital is Mongol for "City of the Red Hero"

Ulan Bator

Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean

Vancouver

Don't complain to your waiter that your soup is cold if you're served this French potato soup

Vichysoisse

In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years

Victoria

"Body Count", "Coming Home"

Vietnam War

These events occur because gas-filled magma is forced to the surface by pressure from solid rock

Volcanic eruptions

Take a trolley to tour the National Cathedral, Georgetown & the Smithsonian in this city

Washington, D.C.

In 1998 Norwest Corporation acquired this bank all in one stage without coaching

Wells Fargo

George VI

Windsor

A lycomaniac has a howling time believing he is one of these

Wolf

This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

You know so much about policy, you qualify as this

Wonk (know)

Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals

XC

A pair of chromosomes with this 2-letter designation makes a woman a woman

XX

This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"

Xavier

It's a coop for sheep or pigeons

a cote

It's an exclusive group or clique

a coterie

Written text of a movie about an underground burial chamber

a crypt script

This arachnid is also called a harvestman

a daddy long-legs

Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game

a dart

Of a pogo stick injury, a dense winter fog or the bite of a comic strip possum, what a pogonip is

a dense winter fog

So as not to confuse it with the mammal, this fish is commonly referred to as mahi-mahi

a dolphinfish

A Fats Waller is a pianist & this "waller" is an installer of plasterboard

a drywaller

You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull

a fin

A 4-legged one may be a vixen; a 2-legged one may be a vixen, too

a fox

Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert

a goby

Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)

a goose

An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked

a pedometer

The name of this type of fish seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-03-17_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> also means an elevated position

a perch

This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base

a salt

The word "panic" comes from the name of a Greek god who was this type of creature

a satyr

It's the term for material that conducts at high temperatures & insulates at low temperatures

a semiconductor

The largest tree, the General Sherman in California, is this type, also called a Sierra Redwood

a sequoia

Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics

a siege

In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order

a slalom

An intelligent beginning

a smart start

It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum

a syllabus

A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm

a trestle

Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer

a yak

It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative

a yam

Choline may help adult brains grow; one of these breakfast items has about a third of your RDA--want an omelette?

an egg

You can still see the crane to lower these; the starboard & port ones weighed 9 tons, the center one, 17 tons

anchors

When making this classic Chinese soup, be sure to remove the twigs, feathers & insects first

bird's nest soup

Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his

birthright

John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it

black hole

This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare

blank

These parts of a peach tree grow at nodes along the shoots of the previous season's growth; they're usually pink

blossoms

Maine is so famous for these berries that the town of Machias honors them with a festival

blueberries

Unlike most nonmetals, this element with the symbol B is a workable conductor

boron

I'm sauteeing this organ meat in butter & lemon juice, as you'd know, if you had any

brains

Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough

bread

When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks

business class

Pravastatin aims to block your body's ability to make this

cholesterol

Genetic duplicate

clone

A study of 3,500 Japanese men's brains found those who did this in moderation aged better than those who didn't

drank alcohol

If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations

exceed

A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)

imp

An indirect intimation about a person of a disparaging or derogatory nature

innuendo

As a boy Bolivia's president Evo Morales herded these pack animals

llamas

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_J_01.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew teaches his dog Rocko to sit.</a>) Rocko, sit! When I teach human kids, I wish I could use the commands that are taught in this class, from the Latin for "listen"--Okay!

obedience class

This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot"

pedestrian

The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this

plane

The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774

postmaster general

It's a brass wind instrument: OH OX ASPEN

saxophone

A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here

scratch

In the 1630s it was a backup bow & arrow part; today it means backup on a sports team

second string

In 1906 there were 90 of these; nearly two-thirds of them were Republican

senators

In the 1880s Guy de Maupassant published 300 of these

short stories

Holding the bottom of the ear in the left hand, grasp the husk from the top with the right hand & pull down

shuck corn

To lose footing on icy ground

slip

It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face

smirk

Mia Hamm, Brandi Chastain & their 9 teammates on the field

soccer

This sport has an under-17 World Cup every 2 years; Haris Seferovic starred for the 2009 champion Switzerland

soccer

Hits hard

socks/belts

If Popeye spoke Hebrew he'd ask for tered, this

spinach

Made with cornmeal, it comes out of the oven so soft you have to eat it with the utensil in its name

spoon bread

Remained sedate

stayed staid

It springs to mind that there's a Florida city named for this game fish seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

tarpon

During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"

the "Mystery Train"

The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights

the Amendments

The British ferried 2,200 troops across this river to battle the Americans at Bunker Hill

the Charles River

If a president is impeached, this official presides over the trial in the Senate

the Chief Justice of the United States

A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line

the Tropic of Capricorn

Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> bug; don't worry, it doesn't breathe fire

the dragonfly

99.95% of the mass of an atom is in this part

the nucleus

Queen Elizabeth II & Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994

the opening of the "Chunnel" (the Channel tunnel)

5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach

the stone

The hope behind String Theory is that it will result in this, sometimes shortened to "T.O.E."

the theory of everything

The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint

the tibia & fibula

"U" know it means not deliberate; I'm sorry, that slip of the tongue was completely this

unintentional

The U.S. Senate inquiry noted that the 16 compartments in the Titanic's hull that supposedly were this, weren't

watertight

:-$ It's where this emoticon tells you to "put your money"

where your mouth is

In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these

your shoes

We wouldn't fib, your fibula runs parallel with this bone

your tibia

You could say these athletes at UNLV aren't "without a cause"

the (Runnin') Rebels

Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin

the 1950s

This famous "song" is a romanticized account of the Battle of Roncesvalles, fought in 778

"Song Of Roland"

This Frost poem ends with "And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep"

"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Stalin, FDR & Churchill were known by this collective nickname when they met in Teheran in 1943

"The Big Three"

This show features a concubine from Burma named Tuptim

"The King And I"

"Soul Train" premiered in this decade

1970s

The 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery, was ratified in this year

1865

In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"

1930s

The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year

1960

Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film

35mm

Of a 25th, 30th or 40th anniversary, what "Peanuts" is celebrating in 1990

40th Anniversary

4 x 12

48

1966: "One Bloke Year-Round"

A Man For All Seasons

Puck's last speech in this play begins, "If we shadows have offended, think but this--and all is mended"

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Blanche DuBois

A Streetcar Named Desire

Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits

ATMs

This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers

Acapulco

Legend & Integra

Acura

This "apple" is at the front of men's throats

Adam's apple

While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve

Adam's rib

This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian

Adolf Hitler

In suds: Eberhard Anheuser &...

Adolphus Busch

Wounded by Cupid's arrow, Venus fell in love with this handsome guy at 1st sight

Adonis

Named for a German neuropathologist, this memory loss disease may be caused by a gene on chromosome 21

Alzheimer's disease

1963: A pilot

Amelia Earhart

This largest Alaskan city lies at the head of cook inlet on the Kenai peninsula

Anchorage

The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"

Aéropostale

18-year-old Will Shakespeare married her in November 1582; their daughter was born 6 months later

Anne Hathaway

She was a teenage farm girl when she beat the famous marksman Frank Butler in an 1870s shooting match

Annie Oakley

She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot"

Annie Oakley

With the exception of R. Reagan, all the presidents born under this sign died in office

Aquarius (W.H. Harrison, Lincoln, McKinley & FDR were the presidents who died in office)

In 1969, on dogsled, a British team made the first surface crossing of this ocean

Arctic Ocean

This war god wasn't too successful in battle; he was once captured & stuck in a jar for 13 months

Ares

The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year

Arizona

George Bush pardoned this 91-year-old industrialist for his illegal contributions to Nixon's campaign

Armand Hammer

"May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright

August Wilson

Summer is the time for Whatever Week, a celebration of the Kennebec River in this state capital

Augusta

His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo

Auguste Rodin

Yeah, baby! Meaning "magnificent", this Texas-sounding name comes with certain "Powers"

Austin

This apparatus used in women's gymnastics is about 4 in. wide & 16 ft. long

Balance Beam

A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years

Bald eagle

The 4 principal arteries of the head & neck are all called this

Carotid Arteries

This bird seen here is the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island

Blue jay

In a 1979 film, Dudley Moore gives her a rating of 11 on a scale of 1-10

Bo Derek

The Congress Street Bridge is where Bostonians recreate this historic event every December

Boston Tea Party

Stoker's sheeplings

Bram's lambs

This former "Moesha" star rides around on the bus in her "Who Is She 2 U" video

Brandy

No "Wonder" you're on a "roll" -- you're not a "loaf"er & you're earning a lot of this

Bread/dough

A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name

Brett Butler

It has the largest enrollment of any university in Utah

Brigham Young

On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline

Britney Spears

The Battle of Long Island was fought in what is now this New York City borough

Brooklyn

Juan Belmonte is considered the founder of the modern version of this sport, ole!

Bullfighting

This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month

Bulova

This hazard is simply a depression in the ground; if it contains sand it's called a sand trap

Bunker

In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News

CBS

In January 1999 we found out Viacom had its eye on this TV network

CBS

Josiah Wedgwood designed these jewelry pieces using a white paste relief on a colored backgorund

Cameos

Because he had the same thing for lunch every day for 20 years, Andy Warhol painted these, beginning in 1962

Campbell's Soup cans

In 1999 all of Nunavut became a territory in this country, the second largest in area in the world

Canada

Though it was first settled by the French, July 1 marks its partial independence from the U.K.

Canada

The name of this capital city is Aboriginal for "meeting place"

Canberra

Theodore Dreiser: "Sister ____"

Carrie

In the '70s he played America's favorite bigot, Archie Bunker

Carroll O'Connor

Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"

Casey Kasem

Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him

Castor

The term for the brain & spinal cord, often abbreviated CNS

Central Nervous System

In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea

Ceylon (or Sri Lanka)

On wine labels, this word which means "estate" precedes Lafite & Mouton-Rothschild

Chateau

The Battle of Missionary Ridge was a chief encounter of the 1863 battle of this southeastern city

Chattanooga

Stoichiometry is defined as the study of the quantities involved in these chemical events

Chemical reactions

Oscar & Felix were an "odd" one

Couple

Around 1912, 2 painters from the Art Institute of this city founded the Ox-Bow Institute in Saugatuck, Mich.

Chicago

To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles

Chicago

2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch

Chicken feed

"Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"

Civil War

It's easy to get lost in this arrangement of genetically identical creations

Clonehenge

In 2009 Paul McCartney headlined this music fest near Palm Springs, California

Coachella

"I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did

Colbie Caillat

"Tan, don't burn use" this

Coppertone

It was the wealthiest Greek city in Paul's time; he founded a church there & wrote 2 letters to its Christians

Corinth

According to mythology, this Horn of Plenty is the horn of the goat Amalthea

Cornucopia

On May 15, 1768 France bought this island from Genoa for 2 million livres

Corsica

Ichabod's patronymic

Crane

This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in & was first displayed on

Crate & Barrel

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_21.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates, putting his arm over his mouth.</a>) To avoid spreading germs & maybe flu, we learned the sneeze named for this character made famous in an 1897 book

Dracula

From 1949 to 1990 Germany was split into 2 countries, which were called this

East & West Germany

This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday

Easter Island

This Brit comic cross-dresser: "Guns don't kill people, people do... but monkeys do too, if they've got a gun"

Eddie Izzard

Book of Genesis garden

Eden

"Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"

Edgar Allan Poe

In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"

Edgar Allan Poe

Inducted in 1973, he "earned patents for more than a thousand inventions, including... the phonograph"

Edison

Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country

Egypt

The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids

Egypt

The scarab, lotus flower & Isis knot were all designs used in this country's jewelry

Egypt

Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail

Elephants

Ralph Macchio's love interest in "The Karate Kid", she took a darker turn in "Leaving Las Vegas"

Elisabeth Shue

A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film

Elizabeth I

Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"

Emily Dickinson

Paris Hilton is in this rapper's "Just Lose It" video; he appears as himself & as Santa Claus, among others

Eminem

This flightless bird is featured on Australia's coat of arms

Emu

The A.M.E. in A.M.E. Church stands for African Methodist this

Episcopal

Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show

Eric Idle

This author's home where he wrote "To Have And Have Not" is now a nat'l landmark in Key West, Fla.

Ernest Hemingway

This man who sailed with Scott later made a daring trek when his ship Endurance was trapped by ice

Ernest Shackleton

Robert Peary was surprised to hear these natives accompanying him complain of cold noses

Eskimos

Sending money was the best her friends could do for her

Esther (best her)

Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"

Ethan Allen

This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state

Ethan Allen

Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"

Familiar

The Philadelphia Orchestra played Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" for this 1940 Disney film

Fantasia

"Hefty" nickname of the second & last atomic bomb used during the war

Fat Man

William Christopher played this lovable chaplain on the show

Father Mulcahy

Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie

February 14

You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years

February 29 (for a leap year)

In 1992 Space Shuttle astronauts delivered ashes of this "Star Trek" creator into the final frontier

Gene Roddenberry

Around 1829 this Mexican began calling himself the "Napoleon of the West"

General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"

Finding Nemo

This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow

Finian

This North European country marks December 6 for its 1917 independence from Russia

Finland

"We Bring Good Things To Life"

General Electric

First Colony Life Insurance, Telemundo, NBC

General Electric

Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer

General Hospital

He was honored for discovering "hundreds of new uses for crops such as the peanut"

George Washington Carver

Christian tradition says this archangel will blow his trumpet to announce the Second Coming

Gabriel

About 80,000 Scots still speak the Scottish version of this ancient Celtic language

Gaelic

The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"

George Washington Carver

He spent several summers painting pointillist seascapes including "Le Bec Du Hoc, Grandcamp"

Georges Seurat

He was a comic foil as Mr. Mooney on "The Lucy Show" & Mr. Wilson on "Dennis the Menace"

Gale Gordon

This astronomer was born in Pisa, Italy February 15, 1564

Galileo

The Houston ship channel flows into this bay that shares its name with a city

Galveston Bay

The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!

Garry Kasparov

Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work

Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales)

Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie"

George III

In 1864 Democrats nominated this Union general for president, though he repudiated their platform

George McClellan

In 2006 this Illinois governor was busted for racketeering; what's in the water there?

George Ryan

A biography of him is subtitled "Man's Slave Becomes God's Scientist"

George Washington Carver

Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"

George Washington Carver

On August 29, 1995 Eduard Shevardnadze, president of this country, was wounded by a car bomb

Georgia

She owns the St. Louis Rams

Georgia Frontiere

In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland

Germany

In the 1990s, this nation whose flag is seen here moved its seat of government to a different city

Germany

Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team

Germany

The famous Moselle wines come from this country

Germany

That wedding gown, that faded gown--I cannot get it, or poor Miss Havisham, out of my head

Great Expectations

This Mediterranean country whose flag is seen here is "The Word"

Greece

Athenians speak the Attic dialect of this language

Greek

"American Idiot", "Dookie"

Green Day

A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island

Greenland

He wasn't the calendar dude, but when he died in 1846, he was the XVI & last pope with this name

Gregory

M.C. Hammer earned his nickname from his resemblance to this "Hammerin'" home run king

Hank Aaron

"The Hillbilly Shakespeare" is one nickname of this legendary singer

Hank Williams, Sr.

Anthony Hopkins said his voice for this movie role was "a combination of Truman Capote and Katharine Hepburn"

Hannibal Lecter

Once the capital of the French protectorate of Tonkin, it's now the capital of an entire country

Hanoi (Vietnam)

George III

Hanover

Now take this question... please! This "King of the One Liners" was born March 16, 1906

Henny Youngman

It's not the capital, but this Vietnamese city is the most populous

Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)

The immortal 6 words that begin Lee Bernstein's opus sung on "Barney & Friends" to the tune of "This Old Man"

I love you; you love me

A Little League team in Kentucky is sponsored by this "delightfully tacky yet unrefined" restaurant

Hooters

At age 15 this future New York Tribune editor was apprenticed to a printer in East Poultney

Horace Greeley

Teams were pulling out left & right, some in protest of the Soviet invasion of this country

Hungary

The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold

Hungary

The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain

Isabella

His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets

Isaiah

Istanbul, Ottawa, Amman

Istanbul

This isthmus connects North & South America

Isthmus of Panama

Of the 12 spies sent, only Caleb & this future leader believed the Israelites could take Canaan

Joshua

This country celebrates its 1945 independence from Fascism on April 25th

Italy

The first American citizen canonized was an immigrant from this country

Italy (Mother Cabrini)

This name shared by great & terrible rulers is a Russian variation of John

Ivan

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: "One Day in the Life of ____ ____"

Ivan Denisovich

Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy

Ivan the Terrible

"The Outlaw"

Jane Russell

This tribe that gives the book its English name is only mentioned in one passage

Levites

No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies

Jim Brown

He's called a "Rough Stone Rolling" in a 2005 "Cultural Biography of Mormonism's Founder"

Joseph Smith

This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805

Joseph Smith

A writer, on the U.S. soccer team's 4 total shots in 3 games: "Four shots?" This Laker "takes that many during a timeout"

Kobe Bryant

In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen

Krupp

Ashton's meat sellers

Kutcher's butchers

A blow with a whip

Lash

Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province

Nova Scotia

Romanian developed from this language of the ancient Romans

Latin

A religious group: LDS

Latter Day Saints

The first one was added in 1950 by the producers of NBC's "The Hank McCune Show"

Laugh track

In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Max Greevey & Mike Logan were the original 2 N.Y. detectives who investigated crimes in the 1st half of this show

Law & Order

This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history

Lee Iacocca

1878 to 1903 was the tenure of the XIII & last pope with this name that's also a sign of the Zodiac

Leo

Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast

Lewis & Clark

It's Jimmy Carter's sign, so don't tip his scales

Libra

Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this

Life

Airplanes can trigger bolts of this when traveling through electrified clouds

Lightning

(Hi, I'm Garry Marshall) I sent copy editor Drew Barrymore back to high school for an undercover assignment in this 1999 comedy

Never Been Kissed

This German composer's 5th Symphony in C Minor has a famous opening

Ludwig van Beethoven

Barbara Undershaft

Major Barbara

Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting

Making quotations with your fingers

In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella

Mall

Patrick Dennis' "Auntie" (4)

Mame

In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant

Mammoth

The only mobile bone of the face

Mandible

He played the title character in "Sunday in the Park with George" when it debuted on Broadway

Mandy Patinkin

This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"

Manhattan

11 million: on Luzon Island

Manila

It was like coriander seed, white; & the taste of it was like wafers made with honey

Manna

This state that acts as a conjunction between Nevada & Washington has an abbreviation that is a conjunction

Oregon

Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile

Mexico

Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999

Michael Jordan

This "Mannix" star was known as Touch Connors when he played an Amalekite herder in the film

Mike Connors

Show me that the abbreviation for this state means the habits of a predictable criminal

Missouri

Ice cream cones were reportedly first served at the 1904 World's Fair in this state

Missouri (St. Louis)

Today, this Japanese car company makes the galant; in WWII, it was better known for its A6M "Zero" fighter

Mitsubishi

Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon from gold plates revealed to him by an angel named this

Moroni

The largest bird in the world, this one, seen here, is also the fastest on land

Ostrich

He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death

Moses

This 2-word term for confusing language may come from a Mande phrase for "ancestor wearing a pompom"

Mumbo-jumbo

You'll see this group parading through Philly each New Year's Day

Mummers

This contagious viral disease can occasionally cause sterility in males

Mumps

In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia

Myanmar (Burma)

This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993

N.Y.P.D.

On June 17, 1969 this controversial erotic revue opened off-Broadway; oh my!

Oh! Calcutta!

Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State

Ohio

"Native America"

Oklahoma

This company's new Toronado eliminated the hump on the floor with a new drive system

Oldsmobile

David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine

Ottoman Empire

Emily Webb of Grover's Corners

Our Town

Seen here, the great horned type of this bird is found from Alaska to South America

Owl

Ingrid Bergman's husband in "Casablanca", he played a pirate captain in "Pirates Of Tripoli"

Paul Henreid

He recorded "Gone At Last" with Phoebe Snow, not Art Garfunkel

Paul Simon

Known for its malleability & white brilliance, this rare metal has been used in jewelry since the 19th C.

Platinum

1907: A Powhatan princess

Pocahontas

She was born in Virginia around 1596 & died in Kent, England in 1617

Pocahontas

"<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_DJ_25.mp3">Wi' monie a vow and locked embrace our parting was fu' tender</a>", he wrote of "Highland Mary"

Rabbie Burns

A national wildlife refuge near Kittery is named for this biologist who wrote "Silent Spring"

Rachel Carson

Prokofiev wrote a famous orchestra piece called "Peter and" this animal

The wolf

This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"

Rickey Henderson

This South Pole conqueror died trying to rescue Umberto Nobile, who eventually lived to be 93

Roald Amundsen

In April 1992 riots broke out in L.A. after a jury failed to convict the policemen involved in the beating of this man

Rodney King

Architect Eero

Saarinen

1994: A Shoshone guide for a famous expedition

Sacagawea

Despite a highly controversial trial, these 2 were executed for murders in 1920 at a Mass. factory

Sacco & Vanzetti

If you have the itch to start a business "from" it, you'll certainly need some of it

Scratch

Every summer thousands of these animals go to the Pribilof Islands in the north Pacific to breed

Seals

Dublin-born playwright John Casey changed his name to this, which sounds more Irish

Sean O' Casey

(I'm NFL running back Shaun Alexander) I play in this city that's the farthest distance away from any other NFL city

Seattle

She's the single-named Colombian pop star heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_J_06.mp3">here</a>

Shakira

This Miami Heat superstar center's "wife, Shaunie, said their family has outgrown its 18-bedroom home"

Shaquille O'Neal

The four-color problem relates to the minimum number of colors needed for this cartographic item

a map

Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar

Sony

SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire

Sound effects

The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name

South China Sea

If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier

Southwest

Your striking resemblance to Kirk Douglas has convinced us to star you in the ballet about this gladiator

Spartacus

As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus

Speed

Departments in this weekly include "Faces in the Crowd", "Catching Up With..." & "SI View"

Sports Illustrated

Leading Off, Faces in the Crowd, Scorecard

Sports Illustrated

"I like" this lemon-lime soda "in you"

Sprite

He was born in 1921 on the island of Java; he left office in 1998

Suharto

The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar

Steadicam

In fashion: Domenico Dolce &...

Stefano Gabbana

Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist

Steinbeck

As Territories Committee chair, this Midwest senator helped draw the borders of 7 territories, including Kansas & Nebraska

Stephen Douglas

"The Office", "Bruce Almighty"

Steve Carell

This deadpan comic said, "I installed a skylight in my apartment... The people who live above me are furious"

Steven Wright

The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over

Stu Sutcliffe

James I

Stuart

In NYC June 14, 1999 it was "Dead Man Riding", as it took hours to notice a passenger on one of these wasn't just sleeping

Subway

In 1998 U.S. cruise missiles hit this African country in response to bombings of U.S. embassies

Sudan

In titles of musicals, this word stands alone, follows "Bubbling Brown" & precedes "Babies"

Sugar

Season of the year when Arizona has its "monsoons"

Summer

In Portuguese, domingo is this day of the week

Sunday

Less than 20% of all Muslims are Shi'ites or of other groups; the rest belong to this branch

Sunni

Learning this Bantu language whose name comes from a word meaning "of the coast"

Swahili

In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms

Syngman Rhee

Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer

T.J. Hooker

"The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"

T.S. Eliot

It's a cross between a pomelo & a tangerine

Tangelo

In 1998's "Serengeti Symphony", the title nature reserve in this country is shown with only music & natural sound

Tanzania

The patronage of Mabel Dodge Luhan made an artists' magnet of this town 55 miles from Santa Fe

Taos, New Mexico

In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane

Ted

"Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"

Ted Williams

Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1966, his lifetime batting average was .344

Ted Williams

One suffering from bruxomania unconsciously gnashes these

Teeth

Newton, Cassegrain, Schmidt & Maksutov all have types of this instrument named for them

Telescope

This star of "Kojak" admits he shaves his head every morning

Telly Savalas

Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Rice

Texas

It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state

Texas

It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes

Texas

There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other

Texas

1998's MVP in the American League was outfielder Juan Gonzalez, then with this team

Texas Rangers (now with the Tigers)

Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday

Thanksgiving

Co-hosted by John Davidson, it was ABC's response to NBC's "Real People"

That's Incredible!

Of the 31 pilgrims in this Chaucer work, only 23 tell their stories

The Canterbury Tales

This band's "Train In Vain" was a hidden track on its original 1979 "London Calling" album

The Clash

In this novel by John Kennedy Toole, Ignatius J. Reilly lives with his mother in her New Orleans home

The Confederacy of Dunces

Containing the hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", it was Disney's first animated feature not based on an existing story

The Lion King

Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985

The Love Boat

Bully for Len Cariou, who played this famous man in the musical "Teddy And Alice"

Theodore Roosevelt

In 1979 this nuclear power plant near Harrisburg experienced a near meltdown

Three Mile Island

Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"

Tori Amos

Reminiscent of "Highway to Heaven", this popular series stars Roma Downey & Della Reese

Touched by an Angel

The bestselling passenger car of all time is this company's Corolla

Toyota

This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models

Toyota

Descriptive term for the flag of Italy & the flag of France

Tricolor

"4 Out of 5 Dentists Surveyed Recommend Sugarless Gum for their Patients who Chew Gum"

Trident

He travels to Ireland to ask the hand of the princess Isolde for his uncle, King Mark of Cornwall

Tristan

Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 25, 1965, maybe it got its prize money in pennies on the 31st

UNICEF

Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album

Velvet Underground

As president of this country, Antonio Guzman Blanco had a new capital built in Caracas

Venezuela

After defeating Pharnaces II at Zela, Caesar dispatched this 3-part message to the Roman Senate

Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)

The Cambrian Mountains cover most of it

Wales

The one that is technically a principality

Wales

"'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was the first full length animated film to use" this inductee's multiplane camera

Walt Disney

He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"

Walt Disney

This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939

Walter Cronkite

In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state

Washington

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

Washington

A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store

a canteen

The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these

a carriage

Baseball's Mr. Hunter might've appreciated this bottom feeder, seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-03-17_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

a catfish

Giving a room visual interest with this trim aka a dado rail; it protects plaster walls from the item in its name

a chair rail

Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> type of mollusk you see

an octopus

Bizet's "Carmen", for example

an opera

Hard coal that burns with little flame

anthracite

Of particular interest to the NRA is the amendment that allows us "to keep & bear" these

arms

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">Dr. Oz presents the clue.</a>) By surgically interrupting the electrical impulses that are causing an abnormal rhythm, the maze procedure is designed to threat this type of heart arrhythmia abbreviated "A.F."

atrial fibrillation

Lawrence Sperry used the gyroscope his dad developed in this device that keeps planes on course without human aid

autopilot

Psalm 8 declares, "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength"

babes

Voraciously eat an "all-purpose" baking ingredient

devour flour

Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils

guillotine

Easily duped or conned, perhaps like a seabird

gullible

This bird term for pro-war politicians was popular in the period leading up to the War of 1812

hawks

"I had a little hobby-horse and it was dapple gray; its head was made of pea-straw, its tail was made of" this

hay

Blood pumper

heart

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_J_04.jpg" target="_blank">Hi. I am Chris Hardwick.</a>) In April 1987 MTV premiered the video show "Headbanger's Ball" for devotees of this type of music

heavy metal

Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest

helium

This is a rough week for pledges, but if they can make it through, they can be fraternity members

hell week

Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport

hockey

Atalanta excelled in this blood sport of which Artemis was goddess

hunting

As Franklin D. Roosevelt's blood pressure was 300/190, he suffered from this 1-word condition

hypertension

It was introduced as a way to "put 1,000 songs in your pocket"

iPod

Its name was reportedly inspired by a line from "2001: A Space Odyssey"

iPod

Because they develop from a single ovum, this variety of twins has the same genetic makeup

identical

Excess weight can interfere with this hormone, raising risk of diabetes & impairing brain function--so hit the gym, Einstein

insulin

Pear-shaped? Abso-lute-ly: NIL NOMAD

mandolin

It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese

nachos

This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"

north

The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"

noticeable

An appointed hour to play golf

tee time

Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops

teeth

It's No. 1, & no, you don't get a hint

the

The current affairs this person deals with are labelled H & C

the plumber

A score of 22-22, for instance

tie

Marvell rhymed, "Had we but world enough, and" this, his mistress' coyness "were no crime"

time

Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus

trapeze

One means "severely tested"; the other, "trapped on a branch"

tried & treed

Foehn, Zephyr, Simoom

winds

;-) Ocular act that sends a signal

winking

The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars

wood

Inopportune or untimely, like the title "woman" in a Dominick Dunne novel

inconvenient

In this kid's game, you bounce a small rubber ball while picking up 6-pronged metal objects

jacks

11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent

judo

It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business

junket

Lions don't like to attack ostriches because the big birds do this & can even kill the king of beasts this way

kick

Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these

king

Fancy Valentines often feature this delicate fabric whose name comes from the Latin for "to trap or snare"

lace

Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced

lamb

While "January brings the snow", "may brings flocks of pretty" these, "skipping by their fleecy dams"

lambs

These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped

leaves

The Titanic carried plenty of these, 3,560, but many passengers died wearing them in the 28-degree water

lifejackets

"Gentle" becomes "to blend"

mild & meld

Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people

moguls

Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes

moguls

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle wheel</a>) When I torque a spinning bike wheel, an equal and opposite torque causes me to rotate also, an illustration of the conservation of angular this

momentum

In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these

month

Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland

mountains

This Greek dish typically consists of layers of eggplant & ground lamb or beef topped with a white sauce

moussaka

Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets

mules

Eggplant entree, in Greece (6)

musaka

The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth

muscles

Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"

photographs

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_J_03.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew gets ready to clean Rocko's teeth with a finger-mounted brush.</a>) Just like you, dogs need to get rid of this film that can build up into tartar--regular brushing sure helps

plaque

While making repairs on the Intl. Space Station, Scott Parazynski lost a needle-nose pair of these

pliers

Peter, Peter was an eater of this; he kept his wife in its shell

pumpkin

Che Guevara probably knew the political-sounding term for the root symbol seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

radical

This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand

ragout

In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March

rainy season

It can refer to a person without mercy or to a Bible missing the book between Judges & Samuel

ruthless

The story of Gisli Sursson, or John Jakes' chronicle of the Kent family

sagas

Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com

seventeen.com

The Lone Ranger could tell you this precious metal is the best conductor of electricity among metals

silver

Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player

southpaw

If you can't stand the heat, there's always this raw dish that includes onions, capers, egg yolks & beef tenderloin

steak tartare

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the pole vault at Duke University's track in Durham, NC.</a>) In bending an elastic solid, stress is the force causing deformation & this is the 6-letter term for <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_13a.jpg" target="_blank">the deformation</a>

strain

A New York steak is also known as this alliterative steak

strip steak

Worn by the National College football champions for 1993 & 1999, this team's logo is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

the (Florida State) Seminoles

Man first reaches the South Pole

the 1910s

George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list

the 1980s

Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus

the Joker

In the novel by Isabel Allende, Clara del Valle Trueba shares a house with these title entities

the Spirits

Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again

the cud

A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs

the lungs

This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock

the mainspring

It's a type of bounce house, or a dance made famous by Michael Jackson

the moonwalk

"Here we go round" this bush "on a cold and frosty morning"

the mulberry bush

The strong odor of this semi-aquatic rodent gives it its name

the muskrat

This bird was said to embalm the ashes of its predecessor & then fly to Heliopolis

the phoenix

Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997

the pro bowling tour

If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday

thirteen

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.</a>) Half the base times the height gives the area of a triangle; for a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_30a.jpg" target="_blank">cylinder</a>, the area of the base times the height gives this measurement

volume

The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings

wigwams

Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992

"Layla"

Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"

"Old Ironsides"

These titles of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">2 paintings</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_17a.jpg" target="_blank">seen here</a> represent the beginning & end of Jesus' life

"The Nativity" & "The Crucifixion"

The music of this Tchaikovsky "Suite" comes from his 1892 ballet, popular at Christmas

"The Nutcracker"

Published in 1949, this futuristic tale is set in Oceania, a few years before you were born

1984

As of July 1, 1968 you could dial this 3-digit number in New York City & get the police

911

"Comin' Uptown" moved this classic tale to Harlem; it starred Gregory Hines as a slumlord named Scrooge

A Christmas Carol

While Harvard has the Crimson, this university has the Crimson Tide

Alabama

Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states

Alabama and Georgia

Instead of counties, this state has boroughs (or is it brrr-oughs?)

Alaska

When abbreviated before the number 47, this state becomes an assault weapon

Alaska

With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline

Alaska

An eye ailment contracted at Eton School ended his plans to study biology, like his brother Julian

Aldous Huxley

In 1880 he invented the photophone, a device that sent messages through the air on beams of light

Alexander Graham Bell

In 1965 Otis Redding took "Respect" to No. 35; 2 years later, her cover was No. 1

Aretha Franklin

Burned in 1864, this city was placed under martial law following racial tensions in September 1906

Atlanta

Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean

Atlantic

Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules

Atlas Mountains

Alberto Gonzales & Robert F. Kennedy both held this cabinet position

Attorney General

A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company

Australia

Large aboriginal populations live in this country's states of Queensland & New South Wales

Australia

The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"

Butler University

This '70s series about a harsh Navy drill instructor with a soft heart starred Don Rickles

C.P.O. Sharkey

On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress

Carl Sandburg

Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens"

Cleopatra

In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death

Cotton Mather

Eleanor of Aquitaine accompanied her 1st husband, King Louis VII, on the 2nd one of these in 1147

Crusades

Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here

Cuba

In September the Platt Amendment was invoked, allowing U.S. intervention in this Caribbean country

Cuba

"Are We Not Men? We Are" this '80s group who covered the Stones' "Satisfaction"

Devo

Britain celebrated Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887 & recovered in time for this jubilee in 1897

Diamond

You can keep the valuable rocks you find in the state park near Murfreesboro, Arkansas: Crater of these

Diamonds

The Australian cattle dog was first bred in the 19th century from collies, kelpies & this wild canine

Dingo

This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"

Dionne Warwick

Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host

Don Cornelius

Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"

Dora

He's an African explorer, "I presume"

Dr. Livingstone

Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name

Dylan Thomas

His play "Under Milk Wood", about the inhabitants of a Welsh seaside town, was published posthumously

Dylan Thomas

Proceeds from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" helped him start a residency program on Long Island

Edward Albee

The dictator of Paraguay from 1816 to 1840 wasn't called just "El Bueno" but this superlative

El Supremo

"In Your Honor", "The Color and the Shape"

Foo Fighters

A governor, 1963: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"

George Wallace

In 1886 a pharmacist in this southern state became the first man to enjoy a Coke and a smile

Georgia

This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis

Geronimo

The greatest battle fought in the Western Hemisphere has the "address" of this small Pennsylvania town

Gettysburg

"In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"

Gingrich

Until 1954 major league players could leave these on the field when it was their team's turn to bat

Gloves

While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters

Hemingway

This plant whose alkaloids ended Socrates' life now grows on American roadsides

Hemlock

DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern

Illinois

Sotheby's has announced it won't sell any items of this tusk material produced since 1939

Ivory

Shaun Cassidy was 10 years old when these actors, his parents, starred in the 1968 musical "Maggie Flynn"

Jack Cassidy & Shirley Jones

His first novel, "The Town And The City", might be good to read while you're "On The Road"

Jack Kerouac

He outlasted his brothers Sam, Albert & Harry in the company, finally selling out in 1967

Jack Warner

This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912

Jackson Pollock

In 1976 this current president of France founded the Rally for the Republic Party

Jacques Chirac

Word completing the line "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in" this

Jeopardy

Things saved from this city were the gold & silver, the iron & brass vessels & Rahab & her family

Jericho

The surface of this lake in Siberia is about 1,490 ft. above sea level, the bottom over 5,300 ft. below

Lake Baikal

In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news show

Meet the Press

In 1946 Hans Frank, Rudolf Hess & Fritz Sauckel were among those convicted of war crimes in this city

Nuremberg

Creator of "The Cisco Kid", William Sidney Porter was better known by this name

O. Henry

Of Hawaii's 8 main islands, this one receives the lion's share of the tourist dollars

Oahu

Louis Skidmore designed the secret atomic site that became this Tennessee town

Oak Ridge

This Tulsa, Oklahoma school's athletic teams are called the Golden Eagles, not the Evangelists

Oral Roberts University

The VI & last pope to have this name reigned from 1963 to 1978

Paul

A theme park in Brainerd, Minnesota welcomes you with a 26-foot-tall statue of this lumberjack

Paul Bunyan

Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly

Pennsylvania

Star Tracks, Scoop, Chatter

People

In 1937 this Malibu, Calif. university was established by & named for the founder of Western Auto Supply Company

Pepperdine

This girl's name was inspired by a type of candy

Peppermint Patty

This cartoon character's big screen credits include "For Scent-imental Reasons" & "Heaven Scent"

Pepé Le Pew

The line "O wild west wind, thou breath of autumn's being" starts an 1819 ode by this man

Percy Shelley

This daughter of Zeus & Demeter made regular trips to Hades

Persephone

As a director: "The Right Stuff", "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

Philip Kaufman

He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959

Philip Roth

Peter Falk narrated this 1978 documentary in which hardened convicts frightened delinquent kids

Scared Straight

Alex Salmond, first minister of this country, wants to take it out of the United Kingdom

Scotland

Consisting of a sheep's minced heart, lung & liver, haggis is a specialty of this U.K. country

Scotland

It has the westernmost territory

Scotland

This land that's north of England has odd place names lile Loch Lochy & Loch Oich

Scotland

Tony Blair was born there

Scotland

Sir Walter's saucepans

Scott's pots

In 2001 Brian Cappelletto won this game's World Championship with words like vozhd for 50 points & jerrid for 44

Scrabble

Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries

Slovenia

This section of the digestive tract is divided into the duodenum, jejunum & ileum

Small Intestine

Andy's loft on East 47th Street got this nickname from its former use & Andy's mass-production techniques

The Factory

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-05-23_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Heather Tom of <i>The Young and the Restless</i>.</a>) My sister Nicholle played Mr. Sheffield's daughter Maggie on this Fran Drescher sitcom

The Nanny

Daniel Davis played Niles the butler on this "Fine" TV comedy that featured the Sheffield family

The Nanny

Despite the promise of its title, this 1984 fantasy movie is 94 minutes long; the 1991 sequel is only 90 minutes

The Neverending Story

Goings on About Town, The Talk of the Town, The Critics

The New Yorker

The Sea of Galilee is just a broad basin of this river

The River Jordan

Shylock asked, "If you prick us, do we not bleed? If you" do this, "do we not laugh?"

Tickle us

In 1994 at age 18, he became the youngest golfer to win the U.S. Amateur Golf Tournament

Tiger Woods

Former mortuary entrepreneur Steve Ross negotiated Warners' 1989 merger with this publisher

Time

D.C. Comics, MapQuest.com, CNN

Time Warner

This company that owns HBO & Turner Broadcasting lost a backup tape with 600,000 names & SSNs

Time Warner

A professor, 1967: "Turn on, tune in, drop out"

Timothy Leary

She sang "Better Be Good To Me" in 1984, a few years after she broke up with Ike

Tina Turner

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

Titans

This actor gave a speech for Harvard roommate Al Gore at the 2000 Democratic Convention

Tommy Lee Jones

They were the 2 main stars of the sequel Hong Kong knew as "Special Unit in Black Glasses Part 2"

Tommy Lee Jones & Will Smith

We'll look smart in these vehicles that returned to London in 1999

Trams (smart)

Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin

U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement)

A brave French soldier might receive the award known as the "Croix de Guerre", meaning "Cross of" this

War

Even the epilogue is lengthy in this 1869 Tolstoy epic; it comes out in 2 parts &, in our copy, is 105 pages long

War and Peace

The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel

War and Peace

On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi

Will Ferrell

In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"

Willa Cather

The Red Cloud, Nebraska home seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_DJ_08.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was the model for Antonia's home in a novel by this author:

Willa Cather

Gwilym is the Welsh form of this name that's been popular in England for centuries

William

In "Of Plymouth Plantation", he wrote that there was so much disease "the living were scarce able to bury the dead"

William Bradford

This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways

Wilt Chamberlain

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) I'm behind the wheel of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_27a.jpg" target="_blank">very first motor home</a>, from the company whose name has become a synonym for "motor home"; since 1967, they've sold over 400,000 of them

Winnebago

Nietzsche: "Thus Spoke ____"

Zarathustra

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">This dog breed seen here</a> is a loyal and protective companion

a German Shepherd

Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink

a Rob Roy

In French, l'oiseau is this; it sports les plumes

a bird

An explosive device, a stunning revelation, or a stunning blonde

a bombshell

A loop found on footwear, it's a symbol of success through one's own efforts

a bootstrap

12-letter term for one employed on the wharves of a port

a longshoreman

It can be a separating line in your hair or a role in a play

a part

Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions

a pride

From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author

a pseudonym

A wealthy sorceress

a rich witch

It's from the Latin for "talking to oneself"; an example is heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-03-17_DJ_23.mp3">here</a> <i>"I'll have grounds more relative than this. The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King"</i>

a soliloquy

2-word term for the consumer, for whom a computer is ultimately designed

an end user

A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion

an inchworm

To make this dish, beef is topped with pate de foie gras & a mushroom paste before it's wrapped in pastry & cooked

beef Wellington

Able to lift 850 times its own weight, the strongest animal is the rhinoceros type of this insect

beetle

It's the third word in the first book of the Bible

beginning

Dial 011-33-1 & a local number, say "Pourrais-je parler a M. Chirac?"

call the president of France

This steam whistle organ draws crowds to circus parades because it can be heard from miles away: [audio clue]

calliope

On an Italian menu this term describes pasta with a sauce of eggs, cream, parmesan & bacon

carbonara

A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this

castle

We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively

categorizing

The seafood in this Mexican dish is "cooked" not by heat, but by the acid in lime juice

ceviche

This synonym for "room" can precede music & maid

chamber

I'm boiling these to mix with red cabbage; it's too darn hot to roast them on an open fire

chestnuts

Da, comrade-- a fork pierces the bird, launching a jet of fragrant melted butter in chicken this

chicken Kiev

Don't squawk if you're accused of having illegible handwriting, aka this

chicken scratches

The Chinese call these kuaizi

chopsticks

From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument

clarinet

Reed all about it: ARC INLET

clarinet

Adjective in the name of Hans, the turn-of-the-century calculating horse

clever

A layer of paint

coat

A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"

cochlear

A Greek word for "poppy" gives us the name of this analgesic, an alkaloid of opium

codeine

Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"

collage

To apply relativity to the cosmos, Einstein introduced a term called the "cosmological" this

constant

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">Jeff Probst reports from the Marquesas.</a>) One of Nuku Hiva's main exports is this--dried coconut meat

copra

Maize is another word for this

corn

A New England boiled dinner is traditionally made with this cured deli meat

corned beef

As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"

correct

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

cotton candy

A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl"

crater

Any mountain's summit

crest

A flock of these black birds is called a murder

crows

Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake

crêpes

On some forms & applications: DOB

date of birth

Fake wooden bird used by hunters to attract ducks

decoy

This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way"

devious

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

dictionary

2-word term for a tuxedo

dinner jacket

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-05-10_DJ_08.wmv">Cheryl of the Clue Crew peruses a model train hobbyist's fantasy setup.</a>) If train "A" leaves at 6:00 at 60 mph, & train "B" leaves at 5:00 at 90 mph, this equation, d=rt, tells you when B passes A

distance equals rate times time

Attach a pencil to a string, pin the other end of the string down & move the pencil around the pin

draw a circle

:-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig

drooling

You can't make a genuine tempera painting without breaking these

eggs

"Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number

eighth

These peptide hormones in the brain reduce the sensation of pain

endorphins

In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs

era

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_J_02.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew points out Rocko's blue collar pedigree.</a>) Some collars have both an insecticide to kill these jumping insects & a growth regulator to attack the eggs

fleas

Pleuronectidae, one family of this fish, generally has eyes on the right side; another, Bothidae, on the left

flounder

To enjoy this national Swiss dish, you'd better like cheese, lots of it, melted in wine

fondue

In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request

for four

"From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end

from soup to nuts

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) The GMC Motorhome from the '60s & 70s was among the first models to have this innovation that helps with traction by putting the weight over the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_26a.jpg" target="_blank">wheels</a> that do the work

front-wheel drive

Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry

fur trading

Proverbially, this pungent bulb "makes a man wink, drink & stink"

garlic

Mohini Bhardwaj, Courtney Kupets & their 4 teammates

gymnastics

A book subtitled "Architecture in the Colombian Countryside" showcases the estates called these in Spanish

haciendas

Start early; the 4 presidents sculpted on this mountain are best viewed in morning light

Mount Rushmore

Composer Wolfgang

Mozart

When the Russians owned Alaska, they referred to this tall peak as Bolshaya Gora

Mt. McKinley

This N.C. peak, the highest east of the Mississippi, was named for the man who surveyed it, died on it & is buried at the top

Mt. Mitchell

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_25.mp3">Somewhere between truth & fiction lies Marco's reality... on Halloween, you won't believe you saw it on this St.</a>

Mulberry Street

"The Corsican" is a diary of his life "In His Own Words"

Napoleon

"A ski jumping competition in" this country, Land of the Midnight Sun, "rewarded competitors for landing in trees"

Norway

In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad"

Norway and Sweden

This 1922 film seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was subtitled "A Symphony of Horror"

Nosferatu

It became a U.S. territory in 1900 & a state 59 years later

Hawaii

Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"

OneRepublic

This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States

Ontario

1980: "Regular Folks"

Ordinary People

Say <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> state that was admitted to the Union in 1859

Oregon

The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state

Oregon

In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"

Paradise Lost

The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here

Parrot

This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"

Patrick Leahy

This flashy Lakers forward was nicknamed "Big Game" for his clutch playoff performances

James Worthy

"See Simon, Paul"

(Art) Garfunkel

He started a book business from his home in 1873; his son William joined forces with G. Clifford Noble in 1917

(Charles M.) Barnes

His grandfather Erasmus argued in favor of evolution 60 years before he took up the cause himself

(Charles) Darwin

In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations

(Charlie) Rangel

In 2001 this author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" published "The Deeper Wound"

(Deepak) Chopra

In 1951 he told a joint session of congress that he "tried to do his duty as god gave him the light to see that duty"

(Douglas) McArthur

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">Alex reports from the Mark Twain House.</a>) Mark Twain said that this anti-slavery <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_16a.jpg" target="_blank">novelist</a>, his next-door neighbor, liked to sneak up behind people and "fetch a war-whoop that would jump that person out of his clothes"

(Harriet Beecher) Stowe

Micro-Trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this physician known for his "maneuver"

(Henry) Heimlich

"The Apotheosis of" this English navigator explores "European Mythmaking in the Pacific"

(James) Cook

This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"

(John) Grisham

With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland

(John) Knox

Harry Angstrom's house burns to the ground in this author's 1971 novel "Rabbit Redux"

(John) Updike

This French chemist inducted in 1978 "was the founder of microbiological sciences"

(Louis) Pasteur

This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935

(Lucy Maud) Montgomery

In 1920, he was named director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen

(Niels) Bohr

Think positively! You'll know this man who wrote the newspaper column "Confident Living"

(Norman Vincent) Peale

This Frenchman's "last theorem", stated in 1637, was proved by Andrew Wiles in the 1990s

(Pierre de) Fermat

You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"

(Robert) Ludlum

His foes said that in 1877 he agreed to withdraw remaining federal troops from the south in return for electoral support

(Rutherford B.) Hayes

A 1975 inductee, he gave us "an electronic alphabet that could carry messages"

(Samuel) Morse

This Russian director's Mexico footage was compiled as "Mexican Symphony" in 1941

(Sergey) Eisenstein

This "Modern Girl" first hit the Billboard Top 10 with "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"

(Sheena) Easton

"Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"

(Ty) Cobb

In 1980 Dial-It National Sports became the first service on this new area code

1-900

Air is described as supersaturated when the relative humidity is higher than this percent

100%

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">Alex stands at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.</a>) The Western Wall is the only remnant of a retaining wall that was built to support the Temple Mount; now tradition says this mount was Moriah, the site where this patriarch prepared to sacrifice his son

Abraham

It's the only National Park in all of New England

Acadia

In 1855 Napoleon III "swung" a deal arranging for his appointment as physicist at the Paris Observatory

Jean Foucault

Connelly, Garner, Holliday

Jennifer

"Friends", "Bruce Almighty"

Jennifer Aniston

In May 1999 her Warners talk show was hit with a $2.5 million judgment after one guest killed another

Jenny Jones

Fight the evil mojo by using your good voodoo

Job (mojo by)

In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest

Kalahari

Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert

Kalahari Desert

In July 1994 this Jordanian king signed a peace agreement with Israel's prime minister Yitzhak Rabin

King Hussein

In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline

Air France

A physicist, 1955: "If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"

Albert Einstein

In 1791 this Treasury Secretary issued his "Report On Manufactures", a critique of American industry

Alexander Hamilton

Born in 1799, this poet, novelist & playwright is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English literature

Alexander Pushkin

Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King"

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Victoria found this poet laureate's "In Memoriam" a great comfort in her widowhood

Alfred Lord Tennyson

ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these

Angel Eyes

With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"

Angel of Death

Chapter I of this book tells us: "Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood..."

Angela's Ashes (by Frank McCourt)

Germans decorate Christmas trees with silvery strings & call it the "hair" of these heavenly beings

Angels

Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire

Angola

ATL

Atlanta

Ezra was the leader of the Jews who returned from this land, by whose waters they had sat down & wept

Babylon

Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"

Beverly Hills Cop

This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic

Billy Idol

The iris is a flower & the ibis is one of these

Bird

It's estimated this dread 14th century epidemic killed 1/3 of the population of Europe

Black Death

Bucharest, Bonn, Bern

Bonn

Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill

Boston

In 1750 theater was banned in this then-colonial capital as a form of Mass. entertainment

Boston

Apprenticed to a British shipowner as a teen in the 1740s, he became one of the great explorers of the Pacific

Captain Cook

"The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt

Clive Cussler

He celebrated his 86th birthday at "21" by having his own famous fried chicken delivered to his table in section 21

Colonel Sanders

"Where The Columbines Grow" is its official state song

Colorado

Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable

Colorado

From the Greek word for "deep sleep", it's a deep, prolonged unconsciousness

Coma

Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million

Bucharest

It's enlightening to know the eighth day of the fourth lunar month is celebrated as his birthday

Buddha

This William Inge play inspired a Marilyn Maxwell TV series & a Marilyn Monroe film

Bus Stop

"Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question

"I don't know"

This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series

(Edwin) Hubble

"One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"

(Frank) Gehry

Our last Sagittarian pres.; his last name sounds like something Sagittarius' arrows could do

(Franklin) Pierce

Parson's Way, a scenic walkway in Kennebunkport, passes near this former president's home, Walker's Point

(George Herbert Walker) Bush

If you don't know he was made commander of the 2nd Armored Tank Division in April 1941, I'll slap you silly

(George) Patton

"'Mr. Octobe

(Reggie) Jackson

In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus

(St. Ignatius) Loyola

As a noted joke pirate, Milton Berle was punningly known as "The Thief of" these

Bad Gags

Queen Victoria was said to be happiest at this "humble" Scottish home

Balmoral Castle

The U.N. ties of this Secretary-General date back to 1975, when he was a South Korean diplomat

Ban Ki-moon

The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city

Bangkok

George Bernard Shaw: "Major ____"

Barbara

In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man

Barney Clark

An Italian clothier is known as the United Colors of this

Benetton

In 1868 he became the first person of Jewish ancestry to become prime minister of Great Britain

Benjamin Disraeli

Robert Guillaume cleaned up on "Soap" before moving to the governor's mansion on this series

Benson

In 1997 Tyco International moved to this U.K. territory in the Atlantic for tax purposes

Bermuda

1952: A famous seamstress & flagmaker

Betsy Ross

This star brought "Beaches" & "For the Boys" to the screen through her All Girl Productions

Bette Midler

Cheap way off a rodeo bronco

Buck

"Wouldn't you really rather have" one of these cars

Buick

In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"

China

In 1999 this country began 3 "golden weeks" of vacation for its vast populace, including one around May Day

China

Colchian jilted by Jason (5)

Medea

Until his death in 1907, this chemist headed the Weights & Measures Bureau in St. Petersburg, Russia

Mendeleev

"Tastes So Good Cats Ask For It By Name"

Meow Mix

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks.</a>) Tea Leoni ran into this "X-Files" star at the Golden Globes & soon they were newlyweds

David Duchovny

This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor

Fairbanks

Ben Franklin used a pen name to publish this almanac from 1732 to 1757

Poor Richard's Almanack

In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through

Santa Monica

To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle

Sleeping Beauty

Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat

Sloop (pools)

A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients

Taco

The name of this martial art resembling karate is Korean for "art of kicking and punching"

Taekwondo

He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"

Vincent Van Gogh

Because bacteria from carbon dioxide bubbles around which the curd hardens

Why does Swiss cheese have holes?

The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best

accommodations

If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine

the skin

Roofs, halos, quantum mechanics

things that are over my head

In it, Thomas Paine wrote, "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind"

Common Sense

The John Birch Society coined the term comsymp, short for this

Communist sympathizer

Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator

Dave

Oh no, it's the cruel headmaster of Salem House, Mr. Creakle, & his peg leg buddy, Tungay--will this never end?!

David Copperfield

Hyperion Books, Mammoth Records, Miramax Films

Disney

The U.S. conducted nuclear tests on this atoll in the Marshall Islands from 1948 to 1958

Enewetak

It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom

England

The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas

Esther Williams

"When It Absolutely, Positively Has To Be There Overnight"

Federal Express

When Charlie Brown gave Snoopy one of these, it took Snoopy an hour to put it on the flea

Flea Collar

Montserrat

Great Britain (United Kingdom)

"And away we go"

Jackie Gleason

6-letter term for the job associated with the item seen here (medieval mask)

Jester

Cash, Depp

Johnny

From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow

Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)

Reportedly, the farther south you go, the hotter you'll find this common dish of pickled cabbage

Kimchi

While in Milan in the late 15th century, this artist designed locks to join the city's canals

Leonardo da Vinci

It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing

May 1

Protege & Millenia

Mazda

In the '70s this Taos, N.M. Deputy Marshal was on temporary assignment in Manhattan's 27th Precinct

McCloud

3.2 million: 150 miles from Bogota

Medellin

A U. of California study found that listening to the too many notes in this guy's sonatas raised IQ scores 8-9 points

Mozart

Giles was the first name of this Sebastian Cabot character on "Family Affair"

Mr. French

On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war

Nigeria

"First In Flight"

North Carolina

1954: "Dockside"

On the Waterfront

3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"

On the record

Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.

Philip

Richard I

Plantagenet

He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana

Prince William

Schwarzenegger is a Soviet cop teamed with James Belushi's Chicago cop in this action movie

Red Heat

"Oklahoma!"

Shirley Jones

Once Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law", John Spencer now plays White House chief of staff Leo McGarry on this series

The West Wing

In this Herman Wouk tale, Pug Henry is an advisor to FDR prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor

The Winds of War

Henry VIII

Tudor

Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest

Union Station

A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind

a lei & a lee

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an array of numbers enclosed in brackets on the monitor.</a>) A set of numbers in rows and columns can be used in many ways--for example, to encrypt a code or create 3-D computer graphics; the set shares this name with a 1999 film

a matrix

In German, berg is this topographical feature on a map

a mountain

It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine

a zebra

The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this

high definition

Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow

powder

(Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1996 a 505 X 255-foot flag decorated this structure seen here in the West

the Hoover Dam

Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889

the International

No one enjoyed the portions at Pork Chop Hill

the Korean War

Organization founded by Carrie Chapman Catt in 1920: LWV

the League of Women Voters

In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on"

the ground floor (or the ground level)

The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s

the high five

Varieties of this fish include brown, rainbow & cutthroat

trout

NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's

tuna

(AUDIO DAILY DOUBLE): Gwen Verdon sang the following song in the original Broadway version of this show: "Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets..."

"Damn Yankees!"

Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this

"Electricity"

Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897

"Frankenstein" (created in 1818)

This show opens with a Ziegfeld star waiting for her husband to be released from prison

"Funny Girl"

In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"

"Go Bragh"

Some think this Irving Berlin song should replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem -- it's easier to sing

"God Bless America"

It was Major Margaret Houlihan's sexy nickname

"Hot Lips"

At the 2004 MTV VMAs, No Doubt won Best Group Video & Best Pop Video for this song

"It's My Life"

This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall

"Jane Eyre"

The one word quothed by Edgar Allan Poe's raven

"Nevermore!"

In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train

"Night Train"

Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together

"Scream"

Johnny Mandel wrote this "painless" tune that was the show's theme song

"Suicide is Painless"

One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates

"The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"

The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname

"The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"

Oscar Wilde's only novel

"The Picture Of Dorian Gray"

Brecht & Weill's "Die Dreigroschenoper" is known as this in English

"The Threepenny Opera"

This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts

"The Village Blacksmith"

"Banjo" Paterson, known for his "bush ballads", wrote this song, 1st published in 1917

"Waltzing Matilda"

Title of the Beatles song that tells us "life is very short"--5 words: Nos. 27, 53, 87, 11, 43

"We Can Work It Out"

Mrs. Ray Bolger co-produced this 1948 Ray Bolger musical based on "Charley's Aunt"

"Where's Charley?"

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

He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson

(Aleksandr) Pushkin

"American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s"

(Allen) Ginsberg

In 1989 this son of Jamaican immigrants became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

(Colin) Powell

The start of his reign in Spain falls mainly on the 22nd of November, 1975

(King) Juan Carlos

"To Have and Have Not"

(Lauren) Bacall

Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s

(Lord) Nelson's Column

No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats"

(Lou) Gehrig

No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer

(Wilt) Chamberlain

Shirt, kite, donkey

(things with) tails

The symbol <i>i</i> is used to represent the imaginary square root of this number

-1

Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"

14

Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage

19th

Dennis Haysbert & D.B. Woodside as David & Wayne Palmer, respectively

24

Number of males who served as British PM in the 1990s plus Oscars won by Tom Hanks plus protons in a helium nucleus

6 (2 + 2 + 2)

In chapter 20, Eleazar succeeds this man, his father, as high priest

Aaron

2 reporters unearth a political scandal that goes all the way to the top in this 1976 film based on a book

All the President's Men

You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram

All's Well That Ends Well

At Wimbledon 2000, Venus Williams expressed appreciation for this 1957 & '58 champion

Althea Gibson

The 1906 murder of Grace Brown in New York State inspired Theodore Dreiser to write this novel

An American Tragedy

On November 12 celebrate National Pizza with the Works Except these fish Day

Anchovies

Hundreds of years old, the de facto national flag features this saint's cross

Andrew

At the beginning of her 2005 "Boyfriend" video, she is being chased by the police

Ashlee Simpson

It's the basic unit of currency of Australia

Australian Dollar

"The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go'" said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website

Avril Lavigne

Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader

Ayatollah

Armenia is bordered by this other "A" country on the East & on the Southwest

Azerbaijan

Hong Kong titled the second movie about this creature "I May Be A Pig, But I Am Not Stupid"

Babe

This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"

Babe Ruth

On Nov. 5, 1996, this GOP candidate joked, "Tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do"

Bob Dole

His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002

Bode Miller

He recorded his 1982 hit album, "Nebraska", as a series of demos on a 4-track machine at home

Bruce Springsteen

Willis's Snapples and Cran-apples

Bruce's juices

Evidence of this man's guilt in a famous 1935 kidnapping case included finding ransom money at his house

Bruno Hauptmann

BRU

Brussels

Around 48 B.C. Caesar pardoned this man & later made him governor of Cisalpine Gaul; oops

Brutus

This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle

Bucephalus

I Corinthians 7:9 states, "It is better to marry than to" do this

Burn

Gerald Ford was the last president born under this "crab"by sign

Cancer

This popular resort island lies north of Cozumel off the coast of the state of Quintana Roo

Cancun

South America's southernmost point, its rocky terrain rises to a height of 1,391 feet

Cape Horn

One story says this point was so named becuase it was a positive sign of a sea route from Europe to India

Cape of Good Hope

The means of production are privately owned in this economic system

Capitalism

He published a history of Virginia & New England in 1624, after escaping from Turks, Indians & pirates

Captain John Smith

Betrothed as a teen to her creepy cousin in 1744, she later became a "Great" empress of Russia

Catherine the Great

In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches

Charles Lindbergh

This South Carolina city that gave us a popular dance in the 1930s was the site of the first opera in America in 1735

Charleston

When West Virginia became a state in 1863, Wheeling was its capital; this city became the permanent capital in 1885

Charleston

In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films

Charlie Chaplin

China and Taiwan reached the agreement that this film at "Full Throttle" would be "Hot Chicks: Full Speed"

Charlie's Angels

In November 1998 Daimler-Benz-AG parked this American automaker in its garage

Chrysler

The British A22 Mark IV tank carried a 75-millimeter gun & this prime minister's name

Churchill

Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store

Circuit City

Data on 4 million customers were lost by this group formed by a 1998 merger with Travelers

Citigroup

A rathaus isn't as bad as it sounds: it's this "hall" where the mayor might work

City hall

In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"

Claude Monet

In 46 B.C. this Egyptian came with Caesar to Rome, where her statue was placed in the temple of Venus Genetrix

Cleopatra

In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx

Cleopatra

People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood

Contacts

A quote can be taken "out of" this, from the Latin for "to weave together"

Context

Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene

Continuity

After America won its independence, the British decided to ship these people to Australia

Convicts/Prisoners

1 of the 2 born in Vermont

Coolidge (or Chester Arthur)

In Scandinavia: CPH

Copenhagen

For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory

Copernicus

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, won by the Sioux, also has this "final" name

Custer's Last Stand

In the 1953 film "The Band Wagon" Fred Astaire & this leggy partner were "Dancing In The Dark" through Central Park

Cyd Charisse

He stepped out of Northwest Airlines Flight 305 on November 24, 1971, & hasn't been seen since

D.B. Cooper

A 1927 visit to Etruscan sites inspired this author of "The Plumed Serpent" to write "Etruscan Places"

D.H. Lawrence

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.</a>) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_09a.jpg" target="_blank">bald eagles</a>

DDT

(Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"

December 7

In 1917 the U.S. purchased the islands of St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas from this country for $25 million

Denmark

In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand

Die Hard

Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship

Discovery

"Hey Diddle, Diddle!" After the little dog laughed, these 2 things ran off together

Dish & spoon

Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la

Do-re-mi

This star seen here in a 1953 film left movies in 1958 for her own TV "Show": <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_DJ_05.jpg" target="_blank"><i>"Hi, what's your name?"</i></a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-25_DJ_05a.jpg" target="_blank"><i>"I'm Lorlene."</i></a>

Donna Reed

A member of the Algonquin Round Table, this petite brunette wrote a story called "Big Blonde"

Dorothy Parker

This "Funnie" middle school student got his first movie in March 1999

Doug

We shall return to this man who graduated from West Point in 1903 with the highest honors in his class

Doug MacArthur

Silent screen swashbuckler; his film "The Black Pirate" has been called "a definitive pirate movie"

Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.

He wrote a non-baby book called "Decent And Indecent: Our Personal And Political Behavior"

Dr. Benjamin Spock

First published in 1946, a book written by this man became the bestselling book in the U.S. after the Bible

Dr. Benjamin Spock (\"Baby and Child Care\")

A minister, 1968: "I've seen the promised land...and I'm happy tonight...I'm not fearing any man"

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Going on a cruise? You might pick up this Pfizer product, the "original" or "less drowsy" formula

Dramamine

Alternate name for the number one wood in golf

Driver

The queen bee is missing from the center of this enclosure; only a ring of males remains

Dronehenge

The Vikings founded this city in the mid-800s, probably naming it for a black pool in the river Liffey

Dublin

This man from Mass. is the ranking Democrat of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee

Edward Kennedy

Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez

Egypt

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands on the bank of the Jordan River in Israel.</a>) As depicted in art, after parting the River Jordan with his cloak, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> biblical prophet followed a chariot of fire into Heaven

Elijah

Near the end of "Henry VIII", this princess is described as "a most unspotted lily", who will die a virgin

Elizabeth I

She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"

Elizabeth I

If this Norwegian breed had originated in North America, it would be called the moosehound

Elkhound

The family history you wrote for school might include entering the U.S. at this island in New York Bay

Ellis Island

White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer

Elton John

This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body

Enamel

John Keats wrote a poem about this handsome Greek whose youth was preserved by eternal sleep

Endymion

This Baja California port city is known as "Yellowtail Capital of the World"

Ensenada

This stretch of closely mowed grass from the tee to the green may be straight or at an angle called a dogleg

Fairway

In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff

Fala

Carrie on "Sex and the City" really enjoyed this event that brings ships & thousands of sailors to NYC

Fleet Week

The USA's second "drug czar", Bob Martinez had been governor of this state

Florida

While trying to colonize what's now this state, Juan Ponce de Leon received a mortal wound from the natives

Florida

On New Year's Day 2002, this school's Seminoles beat Virginia Tech 30-17 to win the Gator Bowl

Florida State University

Taurus & T-Bird

Ford

In Feb. 2005 a reenactment was staged for this 140th anniversary of this fort's reoccupation by Union troops

Fort Sumter

On April 12, 1861 Confederate general Beauregard attacked this fort in Charleston Harbor

Fort Sumter

Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began

Fort Sumter

Numbers appears at this number position in the order of the books of the Bible

Fourth

In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785

France

On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back

France

Every December, the Kennedy Center invites the public to a free sing-along of this composer's "Messiah"

G.F. Handel

Appropriately, we've had 2 presidents born under this sign, Bush & Kennedy

Gemini

The emblem of St. Lawrence, it's also a nickname for a football field

Gridiron

Willie, the animal Wiarton, Canada used for this celebration, died Jan. 31, 1999, 2 days before his next appearance

Groundhog Day

Founded in the 1530s, this capital of Jalisco state is the second-largest in Mexico

Guadalajara

Group whose feast day is October 2, or a group founded in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa

Guardian Angels

In advertising: Jay Chiat &...

Guy Day

Peaches are more than 80% this compound

H2O

This underworld kingpin had a helmet that made him invisible; after all, his name means "the unseen"

Hades

The time it takes for 50% of the atoms to decay in a radioactive substance is called this

Half-life

"When you care enough to send the very best", send one of these

Hallmark Card

2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company

Hallmark Hall of Fame

This play opens on the battlements of the castle at Elsinore as Barnardo asks, "who's there?"

Hamlet

1 of 2 pieces of equipment in track & field that weigh 16 pounds

Hammer & Shot-Put

It can be part of your foot, your shoe, your stocking or your loaf of bread

Heel

In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy

Helen

Menelaus not only wanted this wife back, but the treasure Paris stole along with her

Helen

On Saturday morning, this Disney hero attends Prometheus Academy

Hercules

Character seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1996-12-06_J_04.wmv">here</a>, his action-packed journeys are legendary:

Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)

Ms. Rodham Clinton's first name comes from the same Latin root as this word meaning "very funny"

Hilarious

Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake

Hilary Duff

Self-congratulations, egotists! This word made it all the way to No. 10

I

This 1977 movie about a schizophrenic girl was adapted from Joanne Greenberg's book of the same name

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

"Othello" opens with Roderigo addressing this villain: "Tush, never tell me; I take it much unkindly"

Iago

When on this north Atlantic island be sure to try hakarl, a traditional dish of rotten shark

Iceland

Philip of Moscow foresaw that his post as primate of the Russian church might lead to martyrdom, as this man was czar

Ivan the Terrible

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-05-10_J_19.wmv">Sofia of the Clue Crew jogs through Central Park.</a>) I'm running around the reservoir now named for this first lady, who lived nearby and used to go jogging here

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

This capital lies on the north coast of West Java at the mouth of the Liwung River

Jakarta

It's Asia's southernmost national capital

Jakarta (Indonesia)

Anthony Quinn was a pirate stuck with stowaway children in the film "A High Wind In" this place

Jamaica

While they were mending their nets, John & this brother were summoned by Jesus to become disciples

James

His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual

James Baldwin

Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold"

James Brolin

On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host

Jay Leno

September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon

Jerry Lewis

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

It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city

Jerusalem

Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"

Jesse James

The name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_27b.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> instrument has nothing to do with the religion, but is more likely a corruption of the word "jaw"

Jew's harp

"In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty"

Jim Carrey

In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg

There have been more popes of this name than any other, but the last, number XXIII, was more than 40 years ago

John

Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States

John Adams

As seen in a 1997 film, he was Victoria's beloved servant, but we're not sure how she felt about his "body"

John Brown

Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"

John C. Frémont

Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well

John Cheever

This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly

John D. Rockefeller

This plow inventor was a Vermont blacksmith before moving to Grand Detour, Illinois

John Deere

In 1960 this Democrat spoke first in the first televised U.S. presidential election debate

John F. Kennedy

During the war, this first signer of the Declaration of Independence commanded the Mass. Militia

John Hancock

This Ariz. senator said of Bush's energy plan, "Just one pork barrel project larded onto another"

John McCain

This singer of "Jack & Diane" had to fight to record under his own name

John Mellencamp

In pharmaceuticals: William Bristol &...

John Myers

Her video for "Baby It's You" features Bow Wow & takes place at an amusement park

Jojo

Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter

Jolly Rancher

On his first night taking over "The Daily Show", he informed us, "Craig Kilborn is on assignment in Kuala Lumpur"

Jon Stewart

Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen

Jonathan Swift

Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe

Joyce Carol Oates

In 1995 he was named ASCAP's Latin Songwriter of the Year & in 1996, sang a duet with Paul Anka

Juan Gabriel

Days out of prison in 1945, he married Maria Eva Duarte; we now know her as Evita

Juan Peron

Her 6-minute role as Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" was the shortest Oscar-winning role

Judi Dench

This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"

Judy Woodruff

O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday

July 1

This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here

Lace

Of the 3 countries that border Vietnam, the one whose name does not begin with the same letter as the other 2

Laos

Geographic region within the Arctic Circle named for the people who call themselves the Sami

Lapland

This forward from French Lick, Indiana was NBA MVP 3 times in the 1980s

Larry Bird

This city, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, has been called "the entertainment capital of the world"

Las Vegas

In chapter 8, this tribe of Israelites is appointed to work in the tabernacle

Levites

It's the Belgian province bordering the Netherlands that's famous for originating a smelly cheese

Limburgh

Her first name honors the playwriting partner of Russel Crouse, her father

Lindsey Crouse

This word commonly follows cuff or missing

Link

Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers

Linux

Tamara Dobson fought drugs as "Cleopatra Jones" in 1973, 10 years after this woman was "Cleopatra"

Liz Taylor

In the East Indies certain species of this reptile are called flying dragons because they can glide from tree to tree

Lizards

A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct"

Lobster

The abbreviation of this state is also an abbreviation for the largest city in California

Louisiana

This state was named for a man who was a European king from 1643 to 1715

Louisiana

Ted Cassidy played Bigfoot on "The Six Million Dollar Man" & filled this servant's shoes on "The Addams Family"

Lurch

In 1991 this telephone company launched its Friends & Family promotion

MCI

It's how you properly address the Queen of England

Maam

Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057

Macbeth

Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here

Mao Tse-tung

A No. 1 hit for The Eurythmics in 1983, "Sweet Dreams" was covered in '95 by this goth rocker, the former Brian Warner

Marilyn Manson

1902: The first First Lady

Martha Washington

You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard

The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state

Massachusetts

Lauer's chiropterans

Matt's bats

Lillard, Modine

Matthew

In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger

McDonald's

In 2008 he succeeded his close ally Vladimir Putin as Russia's president

Medvedev

From the Greek for "great", it's the delusion of wealth, power or omnipotence

Megalomania

This Welsh form of Margaret was among the USA's top 10 girls' names of the 1990s

Megan

A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river

Mekong

The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)

Mel Blanc

Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama

Melrose Place

In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas

Mendel

Faust's fiendish foe (14)

Mephistopheles

"Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"

Metallica

In the '90s it was "Enter Sandman" with this group

Metallica

No. 8: 30 steals for the Birmingham Barons; 2,306 steals for the Bulls

Michael Jordan

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew puts some lines on the ice in the Olympic Oval rink at Park City, UT.</a>) In 1998, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_23a.jpg" target="_blank">this U.S. skater</a> was 2nd at Nagano; in 2002, she was 3rd here in Utah

Michelle Kwan

The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state

Michigan

Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)

Michigan

Unlike Dorothea in this George Eliot book, marry for love, not intellectual compatibility

Middlemarch

This common weed seen here has a beverage in its name

Milkweed

The colony bearing this single name features a barn poet Edna built from a Sears kit

Millay

In the Midwest: MSP

Minneapolis-St. Paul

"10,000 Lakes"

Minnesota

Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic

Minnesota

In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space

Mir

Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith, the naive & idealistic appointee to the U.S. Senate in this Capra classic

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871

Mrs. O'Leary's cow

18 million: on the Arabian Sea

Mumbai

Formerly called Bombay, it's in the top 5 cities in the world in population

Mumbai

....I said it's to utter something quietly & unclearly!

Mumble

"Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners

NPR

Detectives Diane Russell, Jill Kirkendall & Connie McDowell were on the job for this ABC drama

NYPD Blue

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital

Nairobi, Kenya

In the early 1800s, this man's empire included the duchy of Warsaw, the kingdom of Naples & Spain

Napoleon

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.</a>) Among my many "Simpsons" voices are the subservient Smithers & this man who lives next door to Homer--Howdy, neighbor

Ned Flanders

Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film

Negative cutter

On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution

Neutral

Advice that's the title of a 1941 W.C. Fields film

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

The 2 James Bond films that have "Never" in the title

Never Say Never Again & Tomorrow Never Dies

Ironically, the prison inmates of this state produce license plates which read "Live Free Or Die"

New Hampshire

Since 1776, it has been the only U.S. state to be the most populous state for more than a century

New York

When Jimi Hendrix played "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock, he was strumming in this state

New York

Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city

New York City

On average this city packs more than 23,000 people into 1 sq. mile

New York City

Cook Islands

New Zealand

The name of this channel can be traced back to a movie theater that opened in 1905 in McKeesport, Pa.

Nickelodeon

"Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series

Nightmare on Elm Street

California

Nixon

Danny Kaye's career "ark" included this Biblical role in "Two By Two"

Noah

2 by 2 the animals were put on this "ark"

Noah's Ark

Man-made metal 1st positively identified in 1958 & named for a Swedish inventor; it has no known use

Nobelium

In 1981 this "All in the Family" producer co-founded People for the American Way

Norman Lear

1968 "The Armies of the Night" won him a Pulitzer & the National Book Award

Norman Mailer

The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR

North Carolina

Term for someone who collects deniers, drachmas & doubloons

Numismatist

In 1993 she became the first woman from Ukraine to win the world figure skating championships

Oksana Baiul

In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book

Old Yeller

Bill was mean to his dog, Bull's Eye, then he killed Nancy... & so, I ran, but he kept gaining on me...

Oliver Twist

As an 8-year-old in 1956, she sang with a group welcoming Queen Elizabeth II; later she sang to open the 2000 games

Olivia Newton-John

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">[video clue]</a>

Oregon State University

Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail

Oregon Trail

The son of Agamemnon, he avenged his father's death by killing his mother Clytemnestra

Orestes

The flexible neck of this bird of prey allows it to rotate its head an amazing 270 degrees

Owl

In 1602 this university's library reopened after restoration work by Sir Thomas Bodley

Oxford University

Among these tales told by Jesus were those "of the net", "of the mustard seed" & "of the hidden treasures"

Parables

Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system

PayPal

Hickham Field sustained damage during the Japanese attack on this nearby site December 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor

These British twin brother playwrights wrote mystery novels under the rather obvious alias Peter Anthony

Peter & Anthony Shaffer

"Jingle All the Way", "So I Married an Axe Murderer" (plus 153 episodes of "SNL")

Phil Hartman

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (plus his own 1955-59 TV show)

Phil Silvers

In 1751, with Benjamin Franklin's help, the 1st hospital in the U.S. was founded in this city

Philadelphia

"Doubt", "Capote"

Philip Seymour Hoffman

This area with structures called "Princess" & "Trimline" may have been a communication center

Phonehenge

The XII & last pope of this name that sounds like a synonym for "devout" ended his 19-year reign in 1958

Pius

A raisin can be called by this other fruit's name when it's added to a pudding or a cake

Plum

Central Park has a statue of King Wladyslaw II Jagiello of this country, who was also Grand Duke of Lithuania

Poland

In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country

Poland

4 different species of bears live in Alaska: Kodiak, grizzly, black & this

Polar bears

Head down south to see this, a plain covered with pieces of fried corn bread

Ponehenge

Gloria Vanderbilt or Doris Duke; it's also the translation of the Victoria Ruffo telenovela title "Pobre Nina Rica"

Poor Little Rich Girl

This publication that Ben first put out in 1732 often sold 10,000 copies a year

Poor Richard's Almanack

Most of the people of Brazil speak this official language

Portuguese

We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres

Prague

The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination

Presbyterian

Quickly! (to an Italian)

Presto

Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title

Prince of Wales

Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess"

Princess Diana

On Fox, Patricia Wettig as Caroline Reynolds

Prison Break

Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion

Procter & Gamble

In 1851 this company started using a logo with a man in the moon & 13 stars; now it uses its initials

Proctor & Gamble

Gosh darn it! It's abusive, vulgar or irreverent language

Profanity

The "dry" period in which the 18th Amendment was in force

Prohibition

The ceremonial etiquette observed by diplomats & heads of state

Protocol

1960 film that says "Matricide is probably the most unbearable crime of all", especially for "the son who commits it"

Psycho

The <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">flag</a> of this U.S. possession is almost the same as the flag of Cuba

Puerto Rico

Big ships must pass through Admiralty Inlet to enter or leave this Washington State sound

Puget Sound

In 1921 Edith Wharton became the first woman to win the Fiction prize named for this news publisher

Pulitzer

When Lucy invites Charlie Brown to kick a football, you can expect her to do this

Pull it out from under him

Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]

Pull quote

Quentin Tarantino directed this film & also had a bit role as Jimmy of Toluca Lake

Pulp Fiction

It's what Peter, Peter ate; later he kept his wife in the shell of one

Pumpkin

A student, or a minor in Roman law

Pupil

This West Lafayette, Indiana school's Hall of Music has seating for more than 6,000

Purdue

South Korea's second-largest city, it gave its name to a Korean war "perimeter"

Pusan

Max Planck gave this name to the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation

Quantum

"The Catholic" of 15th century Spain

Queen Isabella

In 1468 this teen was recognized as heiress to the throne of Castile

Queen Isabella

In song, just "remember" this place "and the cowboy that loves you so true"

Red River Valley

To get from Africa to Arabia, you cross (or part) this sea that has a colorful name

Red Sea

The "super" class of these stars, the largest known, includes Antares & Betelgeuse

Red giants

This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"

Regina

In his early 20s, Julius Caesar traveled to this "colossal" island to study rhetoric under Molon

Rhodes

Stephen Ambrose looked at this president's "Ruin and Recovery, 1973-1990"

Richard Nixon

This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988

Richard Nixon

Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces

Richmond

One little pig "went to market"; one little pig "stayed at home"; one little pig ate this meat

Roast beef

For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland

Robert Burns

This self-made man has the distinction of being the longest serving senator ever from West Virginia

Robert Byrd

He once wrote, "I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer"

Robert Frost

The 1719 1st edition told of him "having been cast on shore by shipwreck, wherein all... men perished but himself"

Robinson Crusoe

In December 1974 this former New York governor was sworn in as Vice President

Rockefeller

In the 1850s this future sculptor failed the Ecole des Beaux-Arts entrance exam 3 times (think about it)

Rodin

From answers to questions; that's "Jeopardy!"

Romans (From answers)

Andrea Palladio's 1554 book on "The Antiquities of" this city was the standard guidebook for some 200 years

Rome

Both a she-wolf & a woodpecker fed & cared for them until they were found by Faustulus

Romulus & Remus

The wolf in the Capitoline Wolf statue may be Etruscan; these 2 babies she's suckling were added around 1509

Romulus & Remus

During a 1992 standoff, the FBI captured white supremacist Randy Weaver at this Idaho site

Ruby Ridge

New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport

Rugby

He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote

Rupert Grint

In this largest country, comrades left & right enjoy coulibiac, a pie made with the spinal marrow of the sturgeon

Russia

This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait

Russo-Japanese War

"You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer

Ryan Cabrera

In September 1999 an abridged version of his "City of God" ranked 9,821st on Amazon.com's sales list

Saint Augustine

Saint Brigid was buried at Kildare, but was later moved to be buried with this saint

Saint Patrick

This saint's remains were in a box atop a wardrobe for 6 years before being redisplayed February 14, 1999

Saint Valentine

He was the "Father of Texas", but the Indians called him "Big Drunk"

Sam Houston

In his 1872 novel "Erewhon", poverty is considered a crime

Samuel Butler

"'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city

San Francisco

A medical group lost 185,000 personal & medical records in this city, the seat of Santa Clara County

San Jose

In January 2000 this libidinous HBO show won the Golden Globe for Best Comedy Series

Sex and the City

Elementary, my dear Watson: "Baker Street" was a musical about this detective

Sherlock Holmes

On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"

Sherman

The 1934 drama "The Unfinished Symphony" was director Anthony Asquith's tribute to this Austrian composer

Shubert

In 1979 this Sex Pistols bassist did "My Way", his way

Sid Vicious

When this product was introduced in 1972, it was said to have a full "quarter mile" of fun shot out of a can

Silly String

First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster

Sinking of the Titanic

SKX is the stock symbol for this manufacturer of sporty shoes

Skechers

Gesundheit, meaning "health", is what Germans say instead of "bless you" when you do this

Sneeze

"Packed with Peanuts", it "Really Satisfies"

Snickers

His "Doggystyle" CD was the first debut album ever to enter the Billboard charts at No. 1

Snoop Doggy Dogg

Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17

Soccer

A hollow area that holds a light bulb

Socket

This wise king of Israel had "Forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen"

Solomon

These 2 countries nicknamed the Bear & the Dragon conducted a "verbal war"

Soviet Union & China

Escamillo is a toreador in "Carmen", an opera set in this European country

Spain

Malaga is a sweet dessert wine that originated in this country

Spain

This Hormel product was once simply known as "spiced ham"

Spam

This "Royal & Ancient Golf Club" of Scotland set the standard for a round of golf at 18 holes

St. Andrews

Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.

St. Augustine

This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"

Stephen Douglas

William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"

Stephen Vincent Benet

In 1990, he became editor-in-chief of his late father's namesake business magazine

Steve Forbes

"The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author

Steve Martini

Your allergy to feathers may prevent you from playing Odette, the queen of the swans in this ballet

Swan Lake

On March 9, 1999 AT&T officially hooked itself up with this cable company (we figure sometime between 1 & 5 PM)

TCI (Telecommunications, Inc.)

This offbeat series on E! provides a daily recap of funny chat show highlights

Talk Soup

Even though it's officially "dry", this state's Moore County is the home of Jack Daniel's Whiskey

Tennessee

From 1784 to 1788 the eastern part of this state was a separate state called Franklin

Tennessee

The Jack Daniel's distillery is in Lynchburg in this state

Tennessee

Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "The worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation"

Tennessee Williams

Blair Underwood as President Elias Martinez

The Event

Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie

The Exorcist

This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover

The F.B.I.

"Ariel", "Portnoy's Complaint" & this 1969 mob novel were all written partly in Yaddo in Upstate N.Y.

The Godfather

This 1939 Steinbeck novel helped publicize the plight of Dust Bowl refugees

The Grapes of Wrath

Daisy Buchanan is the object of a racketeer's desire in this 1925 Fitzgerald novel

The Great Gatsby

Ms. Frizzle, a science teacher, drives this title vehicle

The Magic School Bus

Except during WWII, this golf tournament has been played at the Augusta National Golf Club every year since 1934

The Masters

The lowest river in the world, it's revered by Jews, Christians & Muslims alike

The River Jordan

This wrestler nicknamed his daughter born in August 2001 Pebbles

The Rock

Strike up the band; this Christian organization turned 100 in June

The Salvation Army

Meaning "tobacco peddler", it's the title of a 1708 Ebenezer Cooke poem & a 1960 John Barth novel about Cooke

The Sot-Weed Factor

Mother Goose rhyming line that follows "Rub-a-dub-dub"

Three men in a tub

It beats 2 pair, but not a straight

Three of a kind

"Gilligan's Island" creator Sherwood Schwartz said he wrote this role with his friend Jim Backus in mind

Thurston Howell III

A yellow cheddar from Oregon

Tillamook

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

Tom Clancy

"Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"

Tom Hanks

Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994

Tommy

On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word

Treason!

"Golfer John Daly has... endorsement deals with" Dunkin' Donuts & this Anna Nicole Smith-endorsed diet aid

TrimSpa

This town bearing the name of an old TV game show is the seat of Sierra County, New Mexico

Truth or Consequences (Hot Springs)

This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top

Turnip

In Nov. 1922, after years of searching, Lord Carnarvon & Howard Carter made this discovery

Tutankhamen's tomb

In 1999 an ABC sitcom dropped "a Pizza Place" from its name, which changed to this

Two Guys and a Girl

2 types of these which were especially popular during the Middle Ages were "Miracle" & "Morality"

Types of plays

Northern Mariana Islands

USA

When this general accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, he was wearing a mud-splattered private's coat

Ulysses S. Grant

=|:-)= This is an extension of the initials U.S.

Uncle Sam

"Fly The Friendly Skies..."

United Airlines

This devoted mom has been called the most famous Miss America of all time

Vanessa Williams

Agenda, Fairground, Fanfair

Vanity Fair

In 1865 this school in Poughkeepsie became the first women's college in the U.S. to have facilities equal to the men's schools

Vassar

Along with the Borgia apartments, the Etruscan Museum is one of the top attractions in this 109-acre country

Vatican City

The chorus of "Romeo & Juliet" tells us it's in this city "where we lay our scene"

Verona

Susan B. Anthony was arrested in 1872 for doing this

Voting

When Dallas sent out this annual tax form to 13,000 city employees, it marked them dead

W-2

Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair

Washington

During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders

Washington Irving

Tornadoes that develop over water are called these

Waterspouts

In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state

West Virginia

Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet

Whack-A-Mole

According to Genesis 3:14, because it tricked Eve

Why does the snake crawl on the ground?

Britain's Prince William got one last Christmas & Queen Elizabeth promptly commandeered it

Wii

There are websites devoted to injuries suffered by its users, such as pulled muscles & bloodied hands

Wii

In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865

Wild Bill Hickok

This Irish poet who penned "The Winding Stair" shares his middle name with his brother Jack & father John

William Butler Yeats

This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"

William Butler Yeats

This famous orator aided the prosecution of John Scopes during Tennessee's sensational "Monkey" trial

William Jennings Bryan

After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699

William Penn

In 1698, after an absence of 15 years, he returned to the colony named for his father

William Penn

The mainland peninsula closest to Russia is named for this man

William Seward

To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"

Work

Minoru Yamasaki reached new heights with this New York City complex

World Trade Center

"The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"

World War I

"A Walk in the Sun", "They Were Expendable"

World War II

The Battle of Stalingrad

World War II

In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's

Wort

When asked for a home address in "The Blues Bros." Elwood gives 1060 W. Addison St., the home of this facility

Wrigley Field

High-energy radiation used to take a picture of your insides

X-rays

Breastplated "Warrior Princess" played by Lucy Lawless

Xena

A trademarked name, it's often used as a synonym for a photocopy

Xerox

A shortened form of Christmas is spelled this way

Xmas

A percussion instrument played with small mallets

Xylophone

This oldest national park has entrances in Wyoming & Montana

Yellowstone

Inhabitants of this Armenian capital can see Mount Ararat, which is 35 miles to the south in Turkey

Yerevan

Completes the opening sentence "Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this sun of..."

York

This has been banned in Thailand, Turkey, Pakistan & Iran

YouTube

James Alexander, whose doggerel contributed to this publisher's arrest, helped defend him as a lawyer

Zenger

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

Zeus

Founded by & named for a Persian prophet, this religion flourished during Persia's Achaemenian empire

Zoroastrianism

The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based

\"Twelfth Night\"

The embolus removed from an artery in an embolectomy is usually one of these obstructions

a (blood) clot

It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"

a bassoon

If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope

a bunny hill

A graphic representation of information

a chart

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_07.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew lights up a bulb by touching wires to its terminals.</a>) It's a series of electrical components that form a conducting path

a circuit

This clear meat soup will be finished in a jiffy; actually, "finished" is what its name means

a consommé

A fun way to get to the top of a mountain is this kind of cable railway whose name is from the Latin for "rope"

a funicular

A unit of distance equal to 220 yards

a furlong

Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"

a glove

A teacher could handle this, the moving of earth to form a smooth surface for a roadway

a grader

It's the go-ahead in a kid's game & for a car at an intersection

a green light

When this fish is "red", it's been smoked; if "red" in slang, it's a misleading clue

a herring

The name of this 6-pointed star comes from the Greek for "six" & "letter"

a hexagram

This cutting implement has the same name as a type of dive & a kind of trailer-truck accident

a jackknife

It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them

a kennel

It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat

a kennel

It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland

a kilt

:-* Gene Simmons might accept one of these from any pretty woman

a kiss

In boxing, it's when you've fallen & you can't get up

a knockout

Chicken this "royal" way is served in a rich cream sauce with mushrooms, pimentos, green peppers & sherry

a la king

The juice of one of these citrus fruits makes a Whiskey Sour sour

a lemon

Random House says this is a "chiefly Texas" term for a bottle of beer

a longneck

Likely containing a sandwich, the first of these depicting a TV character came along in 1950 with Hopalong Cassidy

a lunchbox

He'll get you stoned or brickworked, & maybe even teach you a secret handshake

a mason

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

a molly

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_04.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew paddles his kayak.</a>) Kayak is an example of this type of reversible word from the Greek for "running back again"

a palindrome

Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards

a palindrome

You'll often find a statue's feet atop this kind of base whose name is from the Latin for "foot"

a pedestal

A villanella, an Italian song, became a villanelle, a French this

a poem

Everyone has one: POV

a point of view

From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test

a polygraph

Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage

a stepfather

It's a small porch on the front of the house

a stoop

It's a signal at night for soldiers to go to their quarters, or an indelible pattern drawn on the skin

a tattoo

In 1867 Thomas Allbutt invented one of these instruments which took 5 minutes to register instead of 20

a thermometer

The Tebenna, an Etruscan mantle, evolved into this garment perhaps worn most strikingly by John Belushi

a toga

It's the common operation to remove 2 small oval masses of tissue at the back of the mouth

a tonsillectomy

The name of this African equine comes from the Portuguese for "wild ass"

a zebra

Oh, it bellows: RANCID COO

accordion

For tax purposes, the total amount you earned less deductions: AGI

adjusted gross income

Ships in the U.S. Navy's Casablanca class of "escort" these were smaller than their big cousins like the Lexington

aircraft carriers

Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this

alcohol

The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this

alternative

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_10.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew powers a fan by putting one terminal into a beaker of saltwater.</a>) Current that will power the fan is carried by ions rather than free electrons in the saltwater, which is one of these conducting liquids

an electrolyte

The name of this literary form also means "to try"

an essay

In 1956 a 12,000-square-mile one of these was seen floating off Antarctica; you might call it titanic

an iceberg

It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation

an icebreaker

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2012-01-19_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a bunch of jar-preserved specimens.</a>) Butterflies, centipedes, scorpions, spiders, crabs, lobsters--these & millions of other creepy crawlers belong to this phylum that makes up more than 80% of all animal species, from the Greek for "joint foot"

arthropod

Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie & their 3 teammates on the floor

basketball

No. 2, this verb form is a homophone of a letter of the alphabet

be

Misty May & Kerri Walsh

beach volleyball

It's the rank just below (the very model of a modern) major general

brigadier general

15th century Pope Innocent VIII "The Honest" was the first pope to publicly admit having these

children

Specific 5-letter term for the block of wood you wedge under the wheels when jacking up a car

chock

En croute, as in salmon en croute, is French for "in" this, also found on toast

crust

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_J_04.wmv">Rocko lends Jon of the Clue Crew a paw.</a>) Apply cream to your dog's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_J_04a.jpg" target="_blank">pads</a> before a winter walk; they're made of skin just like yours with this as the outer layer

epidermis

It's a string or garland of flowers hung in a curve, or to decorate with them

festoon

The second word in the French name of this boneless steak means "dainty"

filet mignon

State of matter a substance is in after it's gone through evaporation

gaseous

Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast

gold

A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn

gored gourd

Your job options include teacher & this related job of the heroines in "Jane Eyre" & "Vanity Fair"

governess

We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic

grand

Adjective in the name of the site seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-05-23_DJ_21.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>:

grand (Canyon)

This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink

grenadine

According to Bud Collins' "Encyclopedia of Modern Tennis", the best of this string material comes from cows

gut

Blow in & out: NO CHAIR MA

harmonica

In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned"

harps

In the 1600s Charles Le Brun drew illlustrations for each of the passions. <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_16a.jpg" target="_blank">Here's</a> la haine, this opposite of love

hate

Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service

high mass

Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s

high-tops

14-letter adjective for something that can't be wiped out

indestructible

Since the 1980s this hormone used by diabetics has been produced by genetically engineered bacteria

insulin

A poison in pure form, this element used as a germicide on cuts has a chemical symbol that's a pronoun

iodine

A curved wicker basket called a cesta is used to catch & throw the ball in this sport

jai alai

It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together

jamboree

Orville Redenbacher sells this sweet & salty treat as well as its more famous cousin

kettle corn

Adjective for handwriting that can actually be read, unlike my doctor's

legible

Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure

leisure

In 1958 the theme of the first national week for these places was "Wake up & read!"

libraries

Under the 5th Amendment, 1 of the 3 things that no person shall be deprived of "without due process of law"

life (or liberty or property)

Lava & igneous rock are formed from this hot liquid rock material found under the earth's crust

magma

In a counting nursery rhyme, they were "a-courting", "in the kitchen" & "a-waiting"

maids

Churn a sweet dairy mix in a container that's surrounded by frozen water & salt

make ice cream

Making one of these with a few people; a frame holds it taut; we'll back it with muslin & fill it with batting

making a quilt

In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000

manager

When it's "praying", it's preying (6)

mantis

I'm making passover breakfast fun by using this unleavened bread in a version of French toast

matzah

A Boston study found doing this for 40 minutes a day builds up the cerebral cortex; monks must be really smart!

meditate

2-word term for the body part highlighted <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-03-17_J_15.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

medulla oblongata

A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar

meringue

Diamond deposit; it ain't yours! (4)

mine

Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things

open & close

Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero

oratory

This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate's in 2001

organza

Brown & white are the main U.S. types of this pouch-mouthed bird

pelican

This type of hard sausage is America's favorite pizza topping

pepperoni

Contented performing kittens might be paid this way

per purr

A type of fish, or to sit on an elevated platform

perch

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Gathering of Nations.</a>) The Colorado nonprofit Hawkquest doesn't just protect hawks; they also help <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-12-05_DJ_02a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> falcons, whose name means "wandering"

peregrine

Russian for "rebuilding", this term was first used by Gorbachev in the mid-1980s

perestroika

11-letter word for the sac containing the heart

pericardium

During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose

photosynthesis

How about a nice traditional Hawaiian pizza topped with ham or Canadian bacon & this fruit

pineapple

Bobby, bowling, rolling

pins

Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these

pods

The 24th Amendment says you don't have to pay this type of tax, or any other in order to vote

poll

As seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-02-05_J_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, seaplanes have these, or they'd be at the bottom of the sea

pontoons

In 1775 the Continental Congress appointed man of letters Benjamin Franklin to this job

postmaster general

They're the Asian restaurant items seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-20_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>

pot stickers

Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men

prostate cancer

This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field

pull

Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties

punching bags

It's the color in the name of New Hampshire's state bird, a finch, & a state flower, a lilac

purple

The name of this color comes from the Greek word porphyra

purple

Genes that affect hereditary traits are called alleles & are either "dominant" or this

recessive

The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada

red & white

Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> big trees; it has a color in it

redwood

You should answer this one automatically: It's the property that says a = a

reflexive

Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger

rhizomes

4 times married, ex-German leader Gerhard Schroeder is aka Audi Man, for the car's symbol of 4 of these

rings

To make this candy, put a string in a glass of sugar & water that was boiled to a syrup & let stand for a week

rock candy

John David Joyce set a Guinness record by doing this continuously in a hammock for 240 hours

rocking (or swinging)

Bobby Flay's recipe for this includes as special equipment a rod to skewer the bird with

rotisserie chicken

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_J_11.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew gets ready to eat skewered meat.</a>) This Asian favorite, sometimes chicken, sometimes beef, is usually served with a spicy peanut sauce

satay

Don't be intimidated by the skewers; I'll use them on the marinated lamb to make this

shish kabob

Crackowes were a style of these with toes so long they were sometimes attached to the knees with chains

shoes

It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player

shoestring catch

Traditionally, in Judaism a ram's horn called this is blown at the end of Yom Kippur

shofar

Examples of this TV format include "Leave It to Beaver" & "The King of Queens"

sitcom

A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable

soda water

In some casinos, a blackjack dealer must hit with an ace & a 6, known as this type of 17

soft

Lisa Fernandez, Jennie Finch & their 7 teammates on the field

softball

At sea level at 70 degrees this travels 1,129 feet per second; it speeds up over 1 foot per sec. for each rising degree

sound

Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing

stepdaughter

As a noun, it's pieces for fastening; as an adjective it's large & robust, like some young men

strapping

A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection

strep & strip

The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this

surfing

Caesar divorced his wife after a scandal & said, "Caesar's wife must be above" this

suspicion

When found before "potato", it's not a potato; before "meats", not meats; & before "bread", not bread

sweet

In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease

syphilis

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.</a>) A porkchop plot, named for its shape, is used for planning space missions; the vertical & horizontal <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_20a.jpg" target="_blank">axes</a> plot possible dates for these 2 flight events

takeoff & landing (or launch & arrival)

On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast

the "War of the Worlds"

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

the "rubber chicken" circuit

The first controlled nuclear chain reaction

the 1940s

Decade when the 27th & last amendment, having to do with pay raises in Congress, took effect

the 1990s

The World Wide Web gets its first page

the 1990s

Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today

the Appian Way

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-03-30_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads the clue from a church in Galilee in northern Israel.</a>) This Italian Franciscan church is dedicated to these 9 assertions Jesus made nearby about the blessed

the Beatitudes

When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized

the Benjamins

The website for this Bureau of the Treasury department is www.moneyfactory.com

the Bureau of Printing and Engraving

Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush

the CIA

It's the smallest armed service of the United States

the Coast Guard

Celebrating January 6, the Feast of this, commemorating the day the Magi arrived to honor the Christ Child

the Epiphany

In 1825 the Seneca Chief became the first boat to traverse the length of this canal, reaching NYC on Nov. 4

the Erie Canal

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.</a>) The exhibit G-men and journalists contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept. It began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?"

the FBI's 10 most wanted list

This political party founded around 1789 stood for a strong central government

the Federalists

Abraham Lincoln delivered this November 19, 1863; it lasted all of 2 minutes

the Gettysburg Address

In 1990 Paul McCartney received a Lifetime Achievement Award at these awards

the Grammys

On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America

the HMS Beagle

Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas

the LBJ library

This animal phrase meaning "courageous" was Richard I of England's nickname

the Lionhearted

Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series

the Little League

It was the alphanumeric designation of the U.S. Army's Garand rifle

the M1

This dog once prized by the Aztecs is sometimes called perro pelon, "bald dog"

the Mexican hairless

Tributaries of this Mississippi tributary include the Cheyenne, James & Platte

the Missouri

This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"

the New World

There are Blue & White branches of this African river

the Nile

A nilometer measures the height of the water in this

the Nile River

Penn State's teams, they were named partly for a mountain & partly for a creature that could defeat Princeton's Tigers

the Nittany Lions

The first of these were awarded in 1901 & they are given out yearly for Physics, Chemistry, Peace & 3 other disciplines

the Nobel Prizes

An international rate stamp has a photo of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia and Florida

the Okefenokee

Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"

the Osmonds

North Carolina's Albemarle Sound is no deeper than 25 feet & is protected from the Atlantic by this island chain

the Outer Banks

The city of Balboa is the Pacific terminus of this 51-mile-long canal

the Panama Canal

19th century novelist Jose Rizal was a hero of this country's independence movement

the Philippines

This Asian island nation gained independence from the U.S. in 1946 but celebrates its 1898 freedom from Spain on June 12

the Philippines

VP Garret Hobart cast the deciding vote against independence for these formerly Spanish Pacific islands

the Philippines

Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member

the Quakers

The U.N.'s website says this job is "a spokesman for the interests of the world's peoples, in particular the poor"

the Secretary-General

George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890

the Sherman (Antitrust Act)

Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)

the Simpsons

Each year, World Space Week is at the start of October, commemorating this 1957 event

the Sputnik launch

This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key

the Star-Spangled Banner

With capital of about $40 million set in place, work was begun on this waterway in April 1859

the Suez Canal

The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer

the Sun

In 1870 Congress created this position to direct the Marine Hospital Service

the Surgeon General

This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo

the Tagus

Cleopatra's Needle is a short walk from this Egyptian Temple in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

the Temple of Dendur

The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert

the Thar Desert

In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris

the Tour de France

On June 28, 1994 the nat'l weather service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the sun's radiation

the UV index

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">[video clue]</a>

the University of Florida

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">[video clue]</a>

the University of Texas

Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England

the White Cliffs of Dover

In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice

the World Cup

This 1797 imbroglio began when 3 French agents demanded a huge bribe from U.S. diplomats

the XYZ Affair

Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory

the Yukon Territory

Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937

the akita

It's the church festival on March 25 commemorating what Gabriel told Mary

the annunciation

In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper

the ant

Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"

the balloon boy

It's the familiar term for a circus' largest tent, where the main show appears

the big top

People have asked why the whole airplane isn't made out of the same material as this "indestructible" device

the black box

The almost indestructible flight recording device is known by this "colorful" name

the black box

In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport

the bobsled

A lobectomy removes one of the 5 lobes of the lungs; a lobotomy takes out part of this organ

the brain

The ship was so big, communication was by telegraph from this navigating area to the engine room

the bridge

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-13_J_05.wmv">Rocko gets frisky with his owner Jon of the Clue Crew.</a>) Regular exercise benefits this system, a word referring to the heart & blood vessels together

the cardiovascular system

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_15.wmv">A honey-colored retriever named Max tries to lick Cheryl of the Clue Crew as she pets him at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.</a>) Veterinarians refer to this area of an animal's body as the posterior or this region, from the Latin for "the tail"

the caudal region

Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years

the coelacanth

A keratotomy is an incision of this eye part; a keratectomy removes part of it

the cornea

In doro wat, Ethiopian chicken stew, these go in at the end of cooking, so the chicken stew comes first

the eggs

(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_J_22.wmv">Tate: I'm Tate Shaffer aboard the <i>National Geographic Endeavour</i>. Alex: And...</a>) We're here in the Galapagos Islands at zero degrees latitude, which means we're right above this imaginary line that goes all the way around the Earth

the equator

Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect

the flea

With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977

the high jump

It begins a football game or a special event like a political campaign

the kickoff

Relative to the size of the bird, this flightless New Zealand denizen has the largest egg

the kiwi

Edwin Budding adapted a rotary shearer used to remove excess fibers from carpets into this outdoor tool

the lawnmower

Like its relative the peacock, the Argus type of this bird has "eyes" in its elaborate tail feathers

the pheasant

Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws

the roc

It's the type of sail seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-20_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in red, white & blue

the spinnaker

This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein

the umbillical cord

A Shakespeare sonnet accuses this purple flower of steaing its smell from the poet's love

the violet

Milvina Dean, who had this distinction among the 2,200 people on board, lived to see the 95th anniv. in 2007

the youngest person

What's now officially called the Central Park Wildlife Center is probably better-known by this name

the zoo

The April 2009 issue of Science magazine reported that cows were the first livestock animal to have this "mapped"

their genome

Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!

things that make you cry

Inner tubes, doughnuts, the ozone layer

things with holes

Tredici is Italian for this symbol of bad luck

thirteen

The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons

toxicology

In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii

trade winds

Adjective preceding the railroad completed in 1869

transcontinental

This fluffy skirt that you may have to wear was not named for archbishop Desmond

tutu

If you know that a Kirin is the Japanese type of this mythological creature, pour yourself a beer

unicorn

As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river

van

It makes sense that Marlowe's "passionate shepherd" promises his love "a gown made of the finest" this

wool

Hold the ends of the coiled toy first sold in 1945, then raise & lower each hand in a rhythmic motion

work a Slinky (a Slinky accepted)

A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this

yurt


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