Jeopardy II
GEHRY $400 Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 4.5 million
Toronto
SAY "CHI"s $800 Part of a house that has its own professional sweep
a chimney
YES, THAT'S "WHITE" $600 Condition of heavy snow or fog during daylight in which visibility is lost
a whiteout
SOCIOLOGY $400 Expecting my son to be a cop & my daughter to be a nurse is assigning these sex-based roles
gender roles
CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $500 Shy-sounding swimmers (3)
koi
HOMOPHONES $200 Masculine, or letters & packages
male/mail
"KEY"s $100 It's Pennsylvania's nickname
the Keystone state
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS $2500 The only 2-letter sign, it represents solid dependability, method & routine
the ox
MEDICAL TALK $1000 Luteinizing hormone is one of the many produced by this cherry-shaped gland
the pituitary
YES, THAT'S "WHITE" $200 Turbulent rapids
whitewater
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $1000 Sticky-sweet title of no. 1s for Bobby Goldsboro in 1968 & Mariah Carey in 1997
"Honey"
THE HOUND OF MUSIC $1600 Title question posed by Patti Page in a 1953 smash
"How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?"
COUNTRY MUSIC $1000 In 1990 Jukebox named this Randy Travis cover of a Brook Benton hit the Country Record of the Year
"It's Just A Matter of Time"
POP MUSIC $800 '60s Dylan classic that begins, "Once upon a time you dressed so fine"
"Like A Rolling Stone"
THE HOUND OF MUSIC $400 Songwriter Scott English started an urban myth when he jokingly said this 1975 Barry Manilow No. 1 hit was about a dog
"Mandy"
NAME THE OPERA $400 (Audio clip in Italian from opera about clowns)
"Pagliacci"
NAME THE OPERA $600 ("La Dona e Mobile")
"Rigoletto"
BASEBALL HISTORY $1600 2 of the 5 cities that had both National League & American League teams in 1903
(2 of 5) Boston, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis
PHOTOGRAPHERS $7000 He once said that his life was "colored and modulated by the great earth gesture of the sierra"
(Ansel) Adams
SCIENTISTS $800 This naturalist wrote, "for my own part I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey"
(Charles) Darwin
0.624305555555556 $2000 A free week at a hotel chain would be apropos for knowing the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> "Joe Millionaire" reality star
(Evan) Marriott
1987 $400 Pat Cash beat this Czech-born tennis great to win the Wimbledon singles title
(Ivan) Lendl
CALENDAR GIRLS $800 In 1963 she co-wrote "Ring of Fire" with Merle Kilgore
(June) Carter (Cash)
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $200 This co-author of "Manifest Der Kommunisttischen Partei" was born May 5, 1818
(Karl) Marx
2011 MOVIES $800 Known for his work as a Shakespearean actor, he directed "Thor"
(Kenneth) Branagh
19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $800 Successful "Little" author seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_17.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
(Louisa May) Alcott
SATURDAY $200 In 1916, he sold his first of more than 300 Saturday Evening Post covers
(Norman) Rockwell
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? $1600 In 1904 Virginia & her siblings moved to this London district, where they would host "group" gatherings
Bloomsbury
WORLD AUTHORS $400 In a 1605 prologue, this Spaniard tells the reader that he has written an "invective against books of chivalry"
Cervantes
TV CASTS $100 On "Spin City" Michael J. Fox played Mike; this actor who replaced him plays Charlie
Charlie Sheen
THE STING $1600 The WNBA team belonging to this southern city is known as The Sting
Charlotte
WHAT A CHARACTER! $1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-04_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Martin Short, and</a>) I first introduced this pointy-haired nerd on SCTV; he later had his own cartoon series, & Pat Sajak was his big hero--but don't tell Alex
Ed Grimley
BALLET $200 The New York City ballet's first visit to this city's famous festival inspired the ballet "Scotch Symphony"
Edinburgh
COMPOSERS ON FILM $1000 Toralv Maurstad in "Song of Norway"
Edvard Grieg
THE ROYALS $400 She was the Virgin Queen or Good Queen Bess
Elizabeth I
CALENDAR GIRLS $400 Donna Douglas played this "Beverly Hillbillies" gal on TV & Erika Eleniak played her in the 1993 movie
Elly May
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">Sofia of the Clue Crew stands next to a bust of President Hoover at the Hoover Dam Visitor Center.</a>) Herbert Hoover, for whom <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_09.wmv">the dam</a> is named, was known as "The Great" this, his prepolitics profession
Engineer
NATIONAL FOODS $400 Thomas' is a brand of these, famed for their nooks & crannies
English muffins
WOMEN: WRITE ON! $2000 "Seducing the Demon: Writing for my Life" is a 2006 memoir by this "Fear of Flying" author
Erica Jong
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $600 Troubles with neighboring Somalia & Eritrea surely occupy President Girma Woldegiorgis of this country
Ethiopia
GRAVE MATTERS $200 In 2000, 25 years after his death, this country's last emperor Haile Selassie was laid to rest in a crypt in Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
HABEAS CORPSES $600 Kept for years in her husband's dining room, her embalmed body was buried in Buenos Aires in '74
Eva Peron
COUNTRY MUSIC $200 In 1999 her "Faith" CD reached triple platinum status
Faith Hill
DIED ON THE SAME DAY $400 Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel"
Farrah Fawcett
21st CENTURY MUSIC $200 The nickname of this woman from the Black Eyed Peas is just a shortening of her last name
Fergie
CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $1000 It's spoken in Hameenlinna & Hyvinkaa (7)
Finnish
GENERAL INFORMATION $800 Pick up a GT from this car co. for a tidy $169,000, or maybe start out with a Focus for a more reasonable $13,715
Ford
THE CINEMA $400 The park bench Tom Hanks sat on in much of this 1994 film was in Chippewa Square in Savannah, Georgia
Forrest Gump
BEFORE & AFTER $400 1980 scarefest in which mom & daughter switch bodies one day & are stalked by Jason at Camp Crystal Lake
Freaky Friday the 13th
GEHRY $1200 The Gehry-designed Nationale Nederlanden Building is informally known as this film dancing pair
Fred & Ginger
"O"PERA $800 George finds out Lennie has a dead mouse in his pocket in this Carlisle Floyd opera based on a 1937 novel
Of Mice And Men
APT ANAGRAMS $600 A Texan battle cry: A MEMORABLE TERM, EH?
Remember the Alamo
JULY $800 On July 20, 1861 the Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in this Virginia city
Richmond
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $1000 In a story by Rudyard Kipling, this mongoose protects an English family from snakes
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
NEWMAN'S OWN $2000 Newman played Irish mob boss John Rooney in Depression-era Chicago in this 2002 film
Road to Perdition
1987 $1000 In October the Senate rejected this former Watergate figure's nomination to the Supreme Court
Robert Bork
HISTORIC NAMES $1600 Margaret Roper, who died in 1544, is said to have been buried with the head of this "Utopia" author, her father
Saint Thomas More
NOVELS OF THE PAST $1600 This antagonist of the Crusaders looks back on his life in a novel by Tariq Ali
Saladin
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $800 This food poisoning bacteria is named after the scientist who identified it, not a fish
Salmonella
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS $400 Sergey Korolyov was instrumental in the success of this first artificial satellite of the Earth
Sputnik
WHEN THE SAINTS $400 The site of this city, now the seat of Saint Johns County, Florida, was visited by Ponce de Leon in 1513
St. Augustine
ISLANDS $1600 In the Caribbean this island is partnered with Nevis
St. Kitts
NAME THE OPERA $800 ("Triumph March")
"Aida"
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $200 You're nuts if you don't know this title of hits by Seal, Icehouse & Patsy Cline
"Crazy"
DIARIES $2000 The anonymous author of this diary took her title from the Jefferson Airplane song "White Rabbit"
"Go Ask Alice"
BALLPARK FIGURES $800 Famous nickname of Leon Goslin, who played in all 19 World Series games with the Washington Senators
"Goose"
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN? $600 This old song says, "Alas, my love, you do me wrong, to cast me off discourteously"
"Greensleeves"
CROSSWORD CLUES "J" $200 Carroll's slithy nonsense poem (11)
"Jabberwocky"
QUOTATIONS $1000 The preamble to the U.S. Constitution begins with these 3 words
"We the People"
THE ONION $400 Feb. 20, 2006: This late "Feminine Mystique" writer "honored with second-class postage stamp"
(Betty) Friedan
REQUIRED READING $400 This 19th century American writer of scary stories also wrote the love poem "Annabel Lee"
(Edgar Allan) Poe
WOMEN OF THE WORLD $1000 Under 5 feet tall & all of about 90 pounds, this frail French chanteuse was nicknamed the "Little Sparrow"
(Edith) Piaf
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $1600 Pre-Civil War <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-03_DJ_16.jpg" target="_blank">president</a> considered by some to have been the handsomest
(Franklin) Pierce
SPORTS FACTS $800 In the 1960s he won 7 major tournaments, more than any other golfer
(Jack) Nicklaus
BRITISH INVENTIONS $1200 The name of this Scot who invented the steam hammer sounds just like the American who invented basketball
(James) Nasmyth
AUTHORS $800 After years of writing science fiction, he found his niche with historical novels such as "North and South"
(John) Jakes
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $800 Harry Angstrom, aka "Rabbit"
(John) Updike
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $1200 Esmeralda & Claude Frollo
(Victor) Hugo
CATALINA $1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-12_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a hillside on Catalina Island, CA.</a>) One of Catalina's most famous residents was <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-12_DJ_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> author of "Riders of the Purple Sage", who built a home here in 1926
(Zane) Grey
CLASSICAL GASES $200 The most common isotope of hydrogen has an atomic weight of this whole number
1
YOU DO THE MATH $500 The number of events in a decathlon divided by the number of years in a decade
1 (10 / 10)
MOUNTAINS $400 Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-24_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is Tenzing Norgay, standing on the summit of this mountain "because it's there"
Mount Everest
HOME, SWEET HOME $2000 As a bachelor in the 1970s, Prince Charles romanced Camilla at Broadlands, the home of this lord, his great-uncle
Mountbatten
VISUALIZE $800 Viceroy of India was one of the titles of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> military man
Mountbatten
ROCK-Y $3000 The title of Falco's biggest hit mentions this fellow Austrian musician
Mozart ("Rock Me Amadeus")
TURKISH LITERATURE $800 A religious kaside poem praised God, this man or his son-in-law, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph
Muhammad
WHO'S ON FIRST? $1200 Sundays from 1984 to 1995, "60 Minutes" led into this CBS crime drama--guess Jessica finally got tired of writing
Murder, She Wrote
CATALINA $800 Movies shot on Catalina include <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-12_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> 1935 Oscar winner starring Clark Gable & Charles Laughton
Mutiny on the Bounty
COME, HO CHI MINH $1000 Ho Chi Minh's real family name wasn't Ho, it was this, like many other Vietnamese
Nguyen
SPORTS $300 Babe Ruth's father once operated a saloon on what is now center field in this Baltimore ballpark
Oriole Park at Camden Yards
"O"PERA $2000 Disney World crowds might go nuts for this title knight, aka Roland, made famous by both Hande & Vivaldi
Orlando
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? $6000 This 1928 title character begins as a man & ends, almost 400 years later, as a young woman (but not in Florida)
Orlando
DIED ON THE SAME DAY $800 This famed aviator outlived his brother by 35 years, passing away in 1948 on the same day Gandhi was assassinated
Orville Wright
APT ANAGRAMS $800 He co-wrote "South Pacific": MASS ROMANTIC HERE
Oscar Hammerstein
THE ENGLISH BEAT $200 This city, first mentioned in 912, is the seat of Britain's oldest university, developed in the 1100s
Oxford
CLASSICAL GASES $400 Discovered separately in the 1770s by British & Swedish chemists, it was found to be a gas by a Frenchman
Oxygen
DEAR JUNTA $400 Shortly after the death of Gen. Omar Torrijos, Manuel Noriega controlled the junta that ruled this country
Panama
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $200 Oh oh! Chauncey B. Ives depicted this mythological woman seen here on the verge of opening a box
Pandora
MOVIE CITIES $800 2010 brought Travolta as a spy in "From ____ with Love"
Paris
CITY OF BIRTH $800 Mad magazine illustrator James Warhola
Pittsburgh
MOVIE CITIES $1600 2008's "The Mysteries of ____" was based on a novel
Pittsburgh
ORGANIZED LABOR $800 The United Steelworkers of America is headquartered in this city
Pittsburgh
MINORITY REPORT $2000 Justice Harlan was an honorable one-man minority in this 1896 decision that enshrined the "separate but equal" doctrine
Plessy v. Ferguson
CALL ME A"LEX" $2000 A light transparent weather-resistant man-made thermoplastic
Plexiglas
THE SOLAR SYSTEM $800 This planet has more in common with Triton, Neptune's largest moon, than it does with any of the other planets
Pluto
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800 Dinarzade is the younger sister of this woman known for her nocturnal stories
Shahrazad
WYOMING $200 Wyoming shares the Black Hills National Forest with this state
South Dakota
WORLD LEADERS $800 Lee Myung-Bak is its head of state; he makes the news a bit less often than his counterpart to the north
South Korea
PLAY ADJECTIVES $800 Tennessee Williams' "____ Bird of Youth"
Sweet Bird of Youth
TELEVISION $400 Alice is the housekeeper on this classic sitcom; Sam the butcher is her boyfriend
The Brady Bunch
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $400 An apple tree angrily slaps the hand of a Kansas girl trying to pick from it in this film
The Wizard of Oz
MEN OF THE WORLD $200 Armando Munoz Garcia sculpted a 55' statue of a nude woman & lived in it in this Mexican city near San Diego
Tijuana
THE GODFATHER $1600 After a mock funeral for this counterculture icon, his goddaughter, Winona Ryder, moved in with him
Timothy Leary
LIVE IN TEXAS $800 Man from Sugarland, Texas known as "The Hammer" in the U.S. House of Representatives
Tom DeLay
JULY $4000 A July 17, 1917 royal proclamation changed the name of the British royal family to this, like a castle
Windsor
HELLO, DELI! $800 I'll have one of these "city" omelets stuffed with ham, onions & green peppers
a Denver omelette
CHANTED $400 This musical instrument consists of a chanter, several drones & an air sack
a bagpipe
GROUP COUNTDOWN $200 In this sporting quintet, the center is considered No. 5 when diagramming plays
a basketball team
NEW WEAPONS $800 The "Storm Shadow" is a new British version of this type of low-altitude, radar-evading missile
a cruise missile
SYNONYMS $4000 Synonyms for "crowd" include throng, flock & this word that can also mean an infatuation
a crush
A SHAPELY CATEGORY $600 It's the more common 4-letter name for a regular hexahedron
a cube
LOW TECH $600 16 tablespoons equals one of these
a cup
FLOWERS $400 The white petals of this flower are usually pulled to see if "she loves me" or "she loves me not"
a daisy
RHYME TIME $100 A public recreation area devoid of light
a dark park
CHECK OUT MY CRIB $400 Sit down in this chair with an X-shaped frame & a canvas seat, perfect for yelling, "Quiet on the set!"
a director's chair
EPONYMS $400 This 2-word term for a skeptic refers to one of Jesus' apostles
a doubting Thomas
DRESSING $400 Traditional Highland dress includes a wide belt, presumably holding up this
a kilt
THE REPLACEMENTS $200 A piece that makes it to your foe's deepest row in checkers can be replaced with one of these "royal" ones
a king
CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $2000 Ceremonial chamber you'd "Hopi" into (4)
a kiva
HELLO, DELI! $1600 It's a good knight for one of these Jewish turnovers with a meat or potato filling
a knish
LAW ENFORCEMENT $800 It's the identification procedure that uses the kind of grid seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-24_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
a line-up
GROUP COUNTDOWN $600 If Andy yearns for Brenda & Brenda cares about Charlene who pines for Andy, the 3 of them form one of these
a love triangle
TRANSPLANTS $800 This organ was first successfully transplanted in 1981, as a package deal with a heart
a lung
EPONYMS $800 This big hair style is derived from the title of a mistress of Louis XV
a madame pompadour
RHYME TIME $500 A silent mob scene
a quiet riot
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS $800 This wascally sign whose years include 1951 & 1999 shows bravery against high odds & is rarely be-Fudd-led
a rabbit
CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $2000 South American ostrich cousin (4)
a rhea
GOING TO PIECES $800 5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware
a shard
MAKE IT RIGHT $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) The architects who designed Make It Right homes all used the tradition of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_29a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> type of home, suited to the narrow New Orleans lots with high ceilings to let heat rise
a shotgun shack
"KEY"s $400 No bones about it, it opens many locks
a skeleton key
WHAT A GEM! $400 The largest deposits of this fossil tree resin are found in the sands along the shores of the Baltic Sea
amber
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $800 The incarnation of a god in Hindu myth, or an Internet graphical image representing a person
an avatar
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION $1000 While in Paris, Ignatius was accused & brought before Ori, this type of truth-seeking 10-letter holy man
an inquisitor
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME $1600 Self-referential prefix before -didact, -suggestion & -biography
auto
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $800 Neil Gaiman wrote, "Now slip, now slide, now move unseen, above, beneath, betwixt," this
between
HAIR TODAY $200 This palindromic word can mean to cut short, or a short, blunt cut, with or without bangs
bob
THAT'S ITALIAN! $800 Roman soldiers passed the time playing this game, the Italian version of lawn bowling
bocce
WEAPONRY $1000 The weapons that are "bursting" in line 5 of "The Star-Spangled Banner"
bombs
PLANT PARENTHOOD $600 Juniper & maple are good trees to use in this cultivating art whose name means "plant in a tray" in Japanese
bonsai
"BOO"! $1200 A hidden explosive device, it sounds like a snare for a tropical seabird
boobytrap
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $400 A 1-pound tin of premium sevruga this can go for more than $2,000
caviar
CALL ME A"LEX" $1600 Elaborate in structure or by nature
complex
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $1000 It means against, & is also a prefix found before -diction
contra
TURKISH LITERATURE $400 The poem called the "Garibnameh" contains 11,000 masnavi, which we know as these rhymed 2-line units of verse
couplets
JURY DUTY $1200 The general type of this military tribunal must have at least 5 members & the defense attorney may be military or civilian
court martial
ODDS & ENDS $400 To make these on your own, cube day-old bread, fry in butter, oil & garlic, then bake
croutons
ABBREV. $1200 Printer particular: DPI
dots per inch
RUSSIAN $1200 Blinaya means this, the "hop" in IHOP
house of pancakes
"IND" THE KNOW $1000 Also a term in logic, it's the process by which a magnetic field is ordered into poles
induction
CROSSWORD CLUES "J" $1000 Belligerent nationalist (5)
jingo
SYRIA'S EATING $800 Mansaf is this favorite meat cooked in a yogurt sauce
lamb
ALWAYS SAY NEVER $600 "He that fights and runs away may" these 5 words "but he that is in battle slain will never rise to fight again"
live to fight another day
5-LETTER WORDS $2000 Greek for "word", it can mean the word of God
logos
"NIGHT" $600 Any of the various plants of the family Solanaceae; some may be "deadly"
nightshades
CRAFT $2000 The tole type of this decorative activity was originally done on tin utensils but now uses lots of surfaces
painting
DOUBLE MEANINGS $800 Maybe Don needs to get more exercise; he _____ just from pulling up his _____
pants
DRESSING $7000 In 1953 the Witty Brothers promoted the first suit made of this by having a model wear it for 67 straight days
polyester
HOMOPHONES $400 A monetary gain, or one who foretells the future
profit/prophet
OCCUPATION HAZARDS $400 If this is you're job you'd be fired if this clue go t by you uncorected
proofreader
PLACES $300 Libraries & the Christian Science Church maintain these areas; the British Museum built a big one in 1857
reading rooms
CANADIAN FOOTBALL $1200 French for "red", it's the term used for the point that is scored if a punt goes out of the end zone untouched
rouge
WEDDINGS $800 A Navy wedding features an arch of swords; an Army wedding, an arch of these heavy cavalry swords
sabres
"LIGHT"s $400 A joking question asked about many groups is "How many does it take to" do this
screw in a light bulb
FRUIT $2000 Fraise is French for this fruit
strawberry
SYNONYMS $1600 Back in the 19th century, ladies didn't faint but did this 5-letter synonym
swoon
MUNICH $2000 In the 16th century, Munich was a center of the German phase of this movement against Protestantism
the Counter-Reformation
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $400 Taking over from his assassinated father in 2001, Joseph Kabila is the president of this country abbreviated D.R.C.
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
GOVERNMENT $800 FDR appointed Frances Perkins, 1st woman cabinet member, to head this department
the Department of Labor
"ROCK"Y $1200 Also known as the Mosque of Omar, it was home to the Knights Templar during the Crusades
the Dome of the Rock
LAW & GOVERNMENT $800 Though given 10 years for ratification, this amendment failed by 3 states in 1982
the Equal Rights Amendment
IT'S AN L.A. THING $400 Originally the letters in this landmark were 30 feet wide & 50 feet tall, & had 4,000 20-watt light bulbs
the Hollywood sign
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY $200 Canada
the United States
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200 In one Grimm tale, 12 princesses dance these to pieces in an underground castle
their shoes
CHECK OUT MY CRIB $800 In the furniture sense, this synonym of "pride" is dressing table
vanity
GENERAL INFORMATION $400 Playing the pass line in craps, it's the winning number on the opening roll other than 7
11
THE PLANET URANUS $400 Of 84, 184 or 284, the length in years of one orbit by Uranus around the sun
84
SHIPS $2000 In 1994, 9 years after it was hijacked by PLF members, this Italian cruise ship burned & sank in the Indian Ocean
Achille Lauro
CALENDAR GIRLS $1200 Patricia Clarkson was nominated for an Oscar for "Pieces of" this title gal played by Katie Holmes
April (Burns)
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY $1200 (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands behind a table) The experiment showing that two objects weighing the same displace different amounts of water because they have different densities was developed by this mathematician
Archimedes
"A"NCIENT GREEKS $1600 A mathematician: 287-212 B.C.
Archimedes
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $400 There's American Express & this "of America"
Bank
DIARIES $800 This creator of Peter Rabbit devised a private code for the journals she kept in her youth
Beatrix Potter
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS $600 The Victoria & Albert Museum in London has the original illustrations she did for her many kids' books
Beatrix Potter
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE $2000 The 1969 ballet "Trinity" was inspired by the peace movement in this California university city
Berkeley
THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $None Made up of 1 large & many smaller islands, it's the most populous of Britain's remaining overseas territories
Bermuda
CARBON CREDITS $1600 This carbon isotope, 2 down from radiocarbon, is the standard for the relative atomic mass of other elements
C-12 (or carbon-12)
CANADIAN FOOTBALL $400 One of the 8 teams in the CFL is the Stampeders, who play for this city in the Canadian Rockies
Calgary
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE $800 The official language of Andorra, it's the second-most spoken language in Spain
Catalan
ABBREV. $4000 Like NAFTA, but farther south: CAFTA
Central American Free Trade Agreement
THREE CHEERS! $1000 Mythical monstrosity manifested <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
Cerberus
HABEAS CORPSES $400 4 places claimed to be the burial site of this explorer, including crypts in Seville & Santo Domingo
Christopher Columbus
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $200 New Haven
Connecticut
WHO'S THE MRS.? $800 Mrs. Maury Povich
Connie Chung
HISTORIC NAMES $400 In 312, emboldened by the sight of a cross in the sky, this man defeated the Emperor Maxentius & seized Rome
Constantine
FIGURE SKATERS $200 In 1986 she became the 1st black woman to win the World Championship of Figure Skating
Debbie Thomas
TV PRODUCERS $2000 He probably has another 6 or 7 "Law & Order" offshoots on his desk just waiting for network slots
Dick Wolf
MOVIE SONGS $200 1996: "Don't Cry For Me, Argentina"
Evita
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $2000 On Nov. 2, 1880 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Ohio, a senator-elect & president-elect
Garfield
BESTSELLERS $800 Don Piper describes his brush with death in "90 Minutes in" this place
Heaven
3-NAMED AUTHORS $1600 The movie "Yentl" was based on a story by him
Isaac Bashevis Singer
WOMEN OF THE WORLD $600 She wrote her first novel, "The House of the Spirits", in exile soon after her uncle's assassination
Isabel Allende
THE BIG BANGLADESH $200 Over 80% of those in Bangladesh follow this religion
Islam
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS $800 Rehovot in this country has an institute named for Russian-born Chaim Weizmann, who synthesized acetone
Israel
THE RULE OF THIRDS $2000 A member of the British Commonwealth, this country is the third-largest island in the Caribbean
Jamaica
ACTION! $200 In a 1965 speech this president put out a call for "affirmative action" in hiring by federal contractors
Johnson
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $800 I'd think twice about naming your daughter this; she might turn into a shrew like in the play
Katherine
THE MOVIES $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-31_J_04.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.</a>) In the 2003 film "Pieces of April", I played an offbeat neighbor of this actress who had yet to meet & marry Tom Cruise
Katie Holmes
COUNTRY MUSIC $200 Though his last name means "pertaining to a city", this "Defying Gravity" singer is a country superstar
Keith Urban
SCIENCE $1100 In 1973 it became the first comet studied by men in space
Kohoutek
SNACK ATTACK $200 I'll sip a Berries & Kreme Chiller with my hot Original Glazed doughnut from this chain
Krispy Kreme
I'M "L__X" $400 It's a shorter way of saying Los Angeles International Airport
LAX
GIVE THE BUCHAREST $400 Times change: in 1990 a statue of this Russian was removed from a Bucharest square after 3 decades there
Lenin
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $400 Up on the highwire you might wear this bodysuit named for a famous 19th century trapeze artist
Leotard
I'M "L__X" $1600 This city of east central Egypt is the southern half of the site of ancient Thebes
Luxor
THE FUNNIES $200 Profession of Rex Morgan
M.D.
AFRICAN ISLANDS $800 Malagasy, 1 of its 2 official languages, is of Indonesian origin
Madagascar
SHIPS $1200 The 1st ship built in the colonies by English settlers was built in 1607 on the Kennebec River in what is now this state
Maine
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY $1000 Brunei
Malaysia
WHO'S ON FIRST? $2000 For the 2000-2001 season, "The Simpsons" led into this show that led into "The X-Files"--you might say it was...
Malcolm In The Middle
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $1000 President Amadou Toure has led this Saharan nation with a 4-letter name since 2002
Mali
HISTORIC AMERICANS $600 In 1881 Louis Tiffany & others decorated the first floor of this author's mansion in Hartford, Conn.
Mark Twain
GOOD CAUSES $400 The Environmental Defense Fund helped convince this fast-food co. to abandon polystyrene containers in 1990
McDonald's
ASSASSINS $600 In 1994, 31 years after the crime, Byron de la Beckwith was convicted of murdering this Civil Rights leader
Medgar Evers
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $1000 "They're dead...my team is dead...they knew we were coming"
Mission: Impossible
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $300 Marcel Duchamp coined this term to describe Alexander Calder's moving sculptures
Mobiles
THE CINEMA $1000 In this animated film, Henry J. Waternoose says, "Kids these days. They just don't get scared like they used to"
Monsters, Inc.
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $800 1975: "She turned me into a newt!"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
"MOON"S $300 Every week Cybill Shepherd & Bruce Willis have been doing this on ABC
Moonlighting
Y-R $800 This Cole was a known associate of Jesse James
Younger
PLACES $400 A place where a river is shallow enough to cross on foot, alone or with an "escort"
a ford
BLARNEY $600 This type of sprite will lead you to the gold
a leprechaun
THE FRENCH CONNECTION $1600 A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo
a roux
BIG "STAR" $800 In WWI Germany introduced this chemical weapon, C<sub>4</sub>H<sub>8</sub>Cl<sub>2</sub>S
mustard gas
SECRET MENUS $800 Fatburger offers a "Hypocrite Burger" featuring this type of patty with slabs of bacon
veggie patty
NAME THE OPERA $200 ("Habanera")
"Carmen"
ALL MY Xs $200 In 1968 the MPAA rated a film adult by giving it this many Xs
1
CABLE CHANNELS $600 This channel shows films like "The Magnificent Seven" & original series like "Mad Men" & "Breaking Bad"
AMC
EUROPE $800 This country whose abbreviation is a conjunction joins Spain to France
Andorra
'HUSKER DO $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Omaha, NE.</a>) I'm in a replica of the Omaha grocery a man with this last name started running in 1915; 50 years later, his grandson started running an investment business called Berkshire-Hathaway
Buffett
CARTOONS $200 Mel Blanc said he created this character's voice by combining Brooklyn & Bronx accents
Bugs Bunny
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION $600 When Clement XIV abolished the Jesuits in 1773, they thrived in Russia with help from this empress
Catherine the Great
20th CENTURY INVENTION $400 In 1983 the first U.S. commercial call on one of these was from Chicago to a descendant of Bell in Germany
Cellular phone
AUTHORS $600 He wrote his last short story, "The Betrothed", shortly before his play "The Cherry Orchard"
Chekhov
GOVERNMENT $600 This country's National People's Congress has had up to around 3,500 members
China
COMPOSERS $400 In 1810, the same year as Schumann, this Polish pianist & composer was born
Chopin
SPORTS $100 This Florida-born women's great who retired in 1989 wrote the World Book Encyclopedia article on tennis
Chris Evert
WHEN IN ROME? $2000 Charlemagne is crowned emperor by Pope Leo III: this day, 800 A.D.
Christmas
Y-R $600 In October 2002 he made another supersonic flight, 55 years after his first
Chuck Yeager
THE MOVIES $200 Jack Palance's character is described as "a saddlebag with eyes" in this 1991 comedy
City Slickers
A THOMAS GUIDE $400 In 1989 George H.W. Bush appointed him to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Clarence Thomas
CAESAR $2000 The chief figure in 2 books by Robert Graves, this emperor may have been poisoned by his fourth wife
Claudius
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES $800 "The Rocket"
Clemens
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $400 This 1963 epic included 79 sets & 26,000 costumes
Cleopatra
COMPOSERS ON FILM $400 Cary Grant in "Night and Day"
Cole Porter
WAR MOVIES $800 1978: The wife of a soldier fighting in Vietnam works at a VA hospital & has an affair with a wounded vet
Coming Home
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE $200 The Franklin Pierce Law Center & Christa McAuliffe Planetarium can be found in this capital of New Hampshire
Concord
SWEET TREATS $200 From 1910 to 1912 this popcorn confection came with prize coupons instead of the prizes themselves
Cracker Jack
EPONYMS $1600 This ancient king of Lydia, thought the wealthiest man on earth, had the Midas touch, hence the phrase "as rich as" him
Croesus
SPORTS LEGENDS $800 In 1904 he became the first pitcher in the American League to throw a perfect game; now an award is named for him
Cy Young
WORLD LEADERS $400 Elected in 2008, president Dimitris Christofias of this divided island nation is the EU's only communist head of state
Cyprus
WHEN THE SAINTS $600 You're a Slav to the study of language if you know that this alphabet bears the name of a 9th c. saint
Cyrillic
THE 1980s $500 Vaclav Havel went from political prisoner to president of this country in 1989
Czechoslovakia
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $600 President Laurent Gbagbo heads this country that goes by its French name most of the time
Côte d'Ivoire (the Ivory Coast)
A LITERARY TOUR $800 Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire
D.H. Lawrence
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $100 Aykroyd's blueprints
Dan's plans
WORDS OF LOVE $400 He concludes "The Divine Comedy" with "The love that moves the sun and the other stars"
Dante
MISC. $500 This N.H. school was the last U.S. institution of higher learning to be founded by royal decree
Dartmouth
THE BIG BANGLADESH $1000 In the 1960s, Louis Kahn designed the Parliament building <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-23_J_25.jpg" target="_blank">seen here</a> in this capital
Dhaka
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH $800 Honolulu high spot
Diamond Head
PLAY ADJECTIVES $400 David Yazbek & Jeffrey Lane's musical "____ ____ Scoundrels"
Dirty Rotten
CABLE CHANNELS $800 You'll "find" that this channel features "Cash Cab" & "Dirty Jobs"
Discovery
SPORTS $200 In 1984 this quarterback became the first Boston College player to win the Heisman Trophy
Doug Flutie
CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $400 Honshu volcano (4)
Fuji
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY $1000 Denmark
Germany
COME, HO CHI MINH $200 Ho Chi Minh is buried in this capital city
Hanoi
AYE! IT'S IRELAND $500 Ireland's national coat of arms features this traditional Irish musical instrument
Harp
0.624305555555556 $3000 Perhaps knowing her time was nigh, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">she</a> asked President Bush to be removed as a Supreme Court nominee
Harriet Miers
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $400 His presidential library is about 35 miles from the Kansas City, Missouri airport
Harry Truman
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $800 This king is thrilled by the birth of Mary, Feb. 18, 1516; there's still plenty of time to have a son--right?
Henry VIII
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION $800 In 1542 missionaries sent by Ignatius to Ireland were hampered by this king
Henry VIII
VICE PRESIDENTS $None He served FDR as Commerce Secretary, Agriculture Secretary, and Vice President
Henry Wallace
THE FUNNIES $800 The title of this Jim Unger comic refers to everyone in it, not just a single character
Herman
AUTHORS $400 In 1842 he lived with cannibals in the Taipi Valley in the Marquesas; his novel "Typee" was based on the experience
Herman Melville
GOAT-POURRI $400 Goat Island splits Niagara Falls into the American Falls & this waterfall on the Canadian side
Horseshoe Falls
AUTHORS' RHYME TIME $500 Julia Ward's female swine
Howe's sows;23456
ODDS & ENDS $500 Odds are 1 in 3 that the American spud you're eating was grown in this state
Idaho
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $400 "What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood"
Interview with the Vampire
CAESAR $400 The Arch of the Emperor Titus in Rome heralds his conquest of this city in 70 A.D., ending the Jewish revolt
Jerusalem
WHO'S THE MRS.? $1000 Mrs. Blake Edwards
Julie Andrews
TRAVEL & TOURISM $800 To visit Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, you have to go to this U.S. state
Kentucky
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600 The Bluegrass region, an area of gently rolling pastures, covers the north central part of this state
Kentucky
WHERE'S MY COFFEE? $200 The flavorful coffee beans from this country are grown at high altitudes near Nairobi
Kenya
CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $800 Jean-Claude of the slopes (5)
Killy
MOVIE CITIES $400 Of course there's a car chase on the freeway in 1985's "To Live and Die in __.__."
L.A.
GOOD CAUSES $1000 The Andre Agassi foundation for education runs Agassi Prep in this city
Las Vegas
ROCK-Y $2000 His innovations include multitrack recording, overdubbing & the solid-body electric guitar
Les Paul
PLAY ADJECTIVES $1200 Mark Medoff's "Children of a ____ God"
Lesser
THE 1960s $600 Turning down ABA offer of 3,500 head of cattle & 40,000 acre ranch in 1969, he signed with NBA Bucks
Lew Alcindor (or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $2000 Writer Wyndham (5)
Lewis
LISA $400 She's played Phoebe Buffay on one primetime series & Phoebe's twin sister Ursula on another
Lisa Kudrow
THE ROYALS $800 Louis VI of France was known as this; as a child he must have shopped in le husky department
Louis the Fat
3-NAMED AUTHORS $800 She wrote "Jo's Boys" in 1886, a second sequel to her 1860s novel
Louisa May Alcott
WOMEN: WRITE ON! $400 Sadly, she died in Boston in 1888, just 2 days after her transcendentalist father Bronson
Louisa May Alcott
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS $800 "Geez" House Rules Committee ranking Democrat Slaughter
Louise
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE $2000 Name this comedy: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_30.wmv"><i>"Your oaths." "Not to see ladies." [All] "Hup!" [Gasps] [All] "Love." "We'll mark no words that wooers say for 12 months in the day." [All] "Hmm!" [All] "Oh!" "That's too long for a play."</i></a>
Love's Labour's Lost
CANADIAN FOOTBALL $2000 The Alouettes play their home games at Molson Stadium on the campus of this Montreal university
McGill
MORTAL MATTERS $500 In 1961 Hassan II was crowned in this country after his father died following a minor nose operation
Morocco
THE FUNNIES $1000 Creator of “Beetle Baileyâ€, whose name was defined in “B.C.†as “a dead nightcrawlerâ€
Mort Walker
MOVIE CITIES $2000 The 1980 Oscar winner for Foreign Language Film was "____ does Not Believe in Tears"
Moscow
ON THE MOVE $300 This U.S. city has more miles of subway than any other subway system in the Western Hemisphere
New York City
GEOLOGY $800 Geysers aren't common; major centers include Yellowstone, Iceland & this country's North Island
New Zealand
CLASSICAL GASES $1000 This gas forms tiny bubbles in a diver's bloodstream that can be dangerous if he ascends too quickly
Nitrogen
THE EMPEROR NERO $400 At age 16, Nero was proclaimed emperor by this military unit & immediately confirmed by the Senate
Praetorian Guard
THE COLOR PURPLE $400 Established by George Washington in 1782, it can also be given to P.O.W.s who've been mistreated
Purple Heart
FIGURE SKATERS $800 An injury forced him & Tai Babilonia to withdraw from the pairs competition at Lake Placid in 1980
Randy Gardner
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS $800 He was the Senate's Minority Leader from 1980-87, then moved up to Majority Leader
Robert Byrd
GOING TO PIECES $400 Every Christmas, the Indiana post office in the town named for him postmarks a half a million pieces of mail
Santa Claus
LAW ENFORCEMENT $1600 A counter-terrorism program is called "NYPD" this, another term for a police badge
Shield
BOOK TITLES $None "I am the rose of Sharon" & "When you know your name, you should hang on to it" are from 2 different books titled this
Song of Solomon
IT'S AN L.A. THING $800 You can hit the Comedy Store, House of Blues, Whisky A Go Go & the Viper Room on this "strip" of L.A.
Sunset Strip
NOVEL QUOTES $200 (1937) "'It's me, Bilbo Baggins, companion of Thorin!'"
The Hobbit
BESTSELLERS $400 Numerical title of Jeffrey Toobin's look "Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court"
The Nine
DOUBLE TALK $400 It's a hand-beaten drum used by American Indians
Tom-tom
20th CENTURY INVENTION $500 They were invented in 1947 & by the 1990s millions were being placed on a single chip
Transistors
20th CENTURY INVENTION $300 In 1939 the Hydra-Matic system made this automatic in the Oldsmobile
Transmission
SPIELBERG MOVIES $400 Spielberg directed segment 2 of this 1983 movie based on a creepy anthology series
Twilight Zone
AMERICAN COUNTIES $200 All the letters in this state's name are found in the name of its Uintah County
Utah
NORSE MYTHOLOGY $1600 Laerad is the great tree around which this hall of the slain was built
Valhalla
DICTATORS & TYRANTS $400 As the dictator of this city-state, Francesco Foscari ruined its army & economy by endlessly fighting Milan
Venice
MOVIE SONGS $400 1995: "Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"
Waiting to Exhale
AT THE MOVIES $600 2002: A young Maori girl defies tradition & mounts a cetacean
Whale Rider
ACTION! $500 Dutch-American artist about whose work the term "action painting" was coined
Willem de Kooning
ODDS & ENDS $600 On April 9, 1963 this Brit was made the first honorary U.S. citizen
Winston Churchill
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $1000 "The Schoolmaster in Politics"
Woodrow Wilson
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $800 His library has a desk that's an exact replica of the one that his son was photographed under in 1963
John F. Kennedy
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $400 As Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams told this country to govern Florida better or cede it to the U.S.
Spain
THE LOYOLA OPPOSITION $400 In 1521, Ignatius was struck by a cannonball while defending this country against the French
Spain
BRITISH INVENTIONS $800 In 1676 Robert Hooke came up with a universal one of these to manipulate the mirrors of his helioscope
a universal joint
LOW TECH $200 A tactical formation in the form of a V, or an "issue" dividing an otherwise unified group
a wedge
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY $12000 These are just small masses of lymphoid tissue in the nasopharynx
adenoids
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800 Pierre's "farewell"
adieu
WEAPONRY $800 In the missile called a "SAM", it's what the "A" stands for
air
HOMOPHONES $300 A walkway between sections of seats in a theater, or a small piece of land surrounded by water
an aisle/isle
RHYME TIME $200 A cloaklike garment for a gorilla
an ape cape
CHECK OUT MY CRIB $200 A Black Molly or 2 would be perfect to keep this calming crib feature in your living room free from algae
an aquarium
OCCUPATION HAZARDS $800 He has to listen to his wheels going round, round, round all day & may get a paper cut from a transfer
bus driver
DRESSING $1600 2-word, somewhat contradictory-sounding term for the NBA's player dress code that allows dress slacks or khakis
business casual
AMERICAN HISTORY $600 On April 20, 1971 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this transportation method as a way to achieve school integration
busing
FOOD FACTS $400 Hard sauce is made by beating together sugar, this spread, & a flavoring such as brandy
butter
MYTHELLANEOUS $600 In Zuni myth, a kachina named Paiyatemu attracted these colorfully winged insects when she played the flute
butterflies
A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-23_DJ_30.wmv">Alex floats in the Dead Sea.</a>) Floating in the Dead Sea is easy; now what keeps me buoyant? The water is nine times saltier than seawater, & it has a very high this, which is mass per unit of volume
density
TRANSLATION EXERCISES $1600 Polish to Latin: "Bog", a divine word
deus
"V" $200 Sabin and Salk product
vaccines
ABBREV. $400 A recent, frightening addition to our world language: WMD
weapons of mass destruction
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1200 Dresser
a bureau
GROUP COUNTDOWN $400 A foursome is required to play this game where you try to win the rubber
bridge
HELLO, DELI! $2000 Something smells fishy--must be this chopped fish patty mixed with crumbs & eggs & served cold in a jellied broth
gefilte fish
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $200 This word meaning "for each" precedes annum or diem
per
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $800 A city dweller: ego nip
pigeon
A SHAPELY CATEGORY $200 Often stuffed & baked, conchiglioni is jumbo pasta shaped like these
shells
"IRA" $800 Australia's Yellow Tail winery sells this on its own as well as in a cabernet blend
shiraz
THE ONION $600 Aug. 9, 2000: Popular names for these include Shopwood, Storemont & Indianburialgroundbrook
shopping malls
GREECE $300 The mainland of Greece forms the southern part of this peninsula
the Balkan Peninsula
GIVE THE BUCHAREST $800 1913's treaty of Bucharest ended the second of these peninsular wars
the Balkan Wars
THE BIBLE $100 Adam & Eve sewed leaves of this tree "together, and made themselves aprons"
the fig tree
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $800 "Doctor, doctor, give me the news, I've got" this Robert Palmer title affliction
"Bad Case Of Loving You"
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $600 Robbie Nevil & B*witched had tunes called this French phrase meaning "that's life"
"C'est La Vie"
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $800 Sammy Davis Jr. in 1972 & Christina Aguilera in 2007 sang about this sweet guy
"Candyman"
DIARIES $400 Fittingly, Samuel Pepys began keeping his famous diary on this date in 1660
1-Jan
THE FALL $1000 In 1918 this date in autumn brought the signing of the armistice ending World War I
11-Nov
ALL MY Xs $1000 Maximum number of Xs that can appear on one bowler's score sheet in one game
12
2011 MOVIES $200 In "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" the name of the fictional drug ALZ112 indicates it's a possible treatment for this
Alzheimer's
MUNICH $1200 The Summer Olympics in Munich in this year were sadly marred by terrorism & tragedy
1972
WHEN IN ROME? $1600 Rome burns while an emperor relaxes in his villa at Antium: this century
1st (A.D.)
ARLINGTON'S TOMB OF UNKNOWNS $None Sentinels at the tomb walk exactly this many steps at a time before they stop & turn
21
STUPID ANSWERS $200 Number of different basic shapes in a box of Post Alpha-Bits
26
"A"NCIENT GREEKS $1200 A comedic dramatist: 445-385 B.C.
Aristophanes
"A"NCIENT GREEKS $800 A philosopher & student of Plato: 384-322 B.C.
Aristotle
ALL MY Xs $400 In a 2002 film, number of Xs on Vin Diesel's neck tattoo
3
AN ARTHUR BEE $400 Go to Flushing Meadows & see the 22,547-capacity stadium named for this man
Arthur Ashe
AN ARTHUR BEE $800 Author of "3001: The Final Odyssey"
Arthur C. Clarke
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS $800 Thousands of years ago this legendary lost continent is believed by some to have vanished beneath the waves
Atlantis
JULY $1600 John Adams' dying words on this date in 1826 were that Thomas Jefferson still lived; John Adams was wrong
4-Jul
STUPID ANSWERS $400 Whole number equidistant from 5 & 7
6
ISRAEL $1000 Home to spectacular ruins, Caesarea was founded around 20 B.C. & named for this Caesar
Augustus
KING ARTHUR $1000 After Mordred mortally wounded him, Arthur's body was carried away to this island
Avalon
BASEBALL HISTORY $2000 During his 22-year career he walked a then-record 2,056 times
Babe Ruth
CITY OF BIRTH $400 The controversial Ahmed Chalabi
Baghdad
DICTATORS & TYRANTS $1000 The pro-Soviet dictator Babrak Karmal came to power in this country after a 1979 invasion
Afghanistan
BIRDS $400 Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live-- this continent's savanna
Africa
THE MIDDLE AGES $400 This continent's Mali empire reached its apogee under Mansa Musa in the 14th century
Africa
MUSICALS OF THE '20s $2000 As a servant in the musical "Bombo", he sang "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!" & "California, Here I Come"
Al Jolson
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $800 Huntsville
Alabama
NOVEL QUOTES $600 (1945) "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"
Animal Farm
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $400 This rapper & producer co-founded N.W.A. & is the stepbrother of Warren G
Dr. Dre
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $1600 The "Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits" describes this "Right Place Wrong Time" man as a "swamp-rock singer/pianist"
Dr. John
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE $800 In a 1971 song he "was a bullfrog"
Jeremiah
SECRET MENUS $200 A move to healthy eating got the Pizza Sub nixed from this chain, but we hear if you ask nicely some stores will make it
Subway
U.S. COLLEGES $200 The Wren Building at this school named for 2 monarchs is the oldest U.S. academic building still in use
William and Mary
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $800 Counsel is being argumentative, also known as doing this to the witness, as seen here
badgering
CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $700 Boat race, Italian style (7)
regatta
BACKWARDS $400 In psychology it's the process of reverting to an earlier, childlike form of behavior
regression
21st CENTURY MUSIC $800 "Icky Thump" was a No. 1 modern rock hit for this duo
the White Stripes
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $600 "I am a Vietnam veteran! I fought for my country!"
Born on the Fourth of July
FOOD CHAIN $600 Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts
Boston Market
CURRENT BLACK PRESIDENTS $200 Africa's oldest democracy, this nation headed by Pres. Ian Khama is mainly made up of the Tswana people
Botswana
GOOD CAUSES $2000 A "Mission" to help the homeless is named for this Lower Manhattan street known as a skid row since the 1800s
Bowery
SWEET TREATS $100 These cookies were introduced by Nabisco in 1902 in a small box imprinted to look like a circus cage
Animal Crackers
LUXEMBOURG $2000 In the 1940s Luxembourg joined with these 2 countries to form a customs union
Belgium & the Netherlands
GEHRY $1600 The Guggenheim Museum in this city of Spain's Basque region is one of the best-known structures designed by Gehry
Bilbao
THE ROYALS $2000 This first king of Poland was alliteratively nicknamed "the Brave"
Boleslaw
EPONYMS $800 This country is named after "the George Washington of South America" (the actual George only got cities & a state)
Bolivia
THE ROYALS $400 Charles Edward Stuart could have worn a T.Y.P. necklace for "The Young Pretender" or a B.P.C. one for this nickname
Bonnie Prince Charlie
INTERIOR DESIGN $200 The barrel species of this spiny plant can bring a touch of the desert into your home
Cactus
5-LETTER CAPITALS $200 Bridges crossing the Nile River in this capital include El Gama'a & El Giza
Cairo
20th CENTURY INVENTION $200 Newsweek reports Westinghouse made one in 1952 that played "How Dry I Am" at the end of each cycle
Clothes dryer
HISTORIC NAMES $1200 This Apache tried to keep peace with the palefaces, but after his death, his son joined with the militant Geronimo
Cochise
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $400 D'Artagnan
Dumas
ISLANDS $800 Portuguese sailors originally named this island in the South China Sea Ilha Formosa, "beautiful island"
Taiwan
LITERARY CHARACTERS $200 He said, "My mother was an ape, and of course she couldn't tell me much about it"
Tarzan
OSCARS OF THE '70s $400 No relation to the Lakers' center, she's the youngest ever to win a Supporting Actress Oscar
Tatum O'Neal
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $600 Zachary's wardens
Taylor's jailers
CARTOONS $800 Ted Cassidy, who played Thing on "The Addams Family", was also the voice of The Thing of this superhero group
The Fantastic 4
HARRISON FORD MOVIES $600 "I didn't kill my wife!"
The Fugitive
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS $2000 1970: "I Want You Back"
The Jackson 5
SATURDAY $800 Founded in 1932 as The Palestine Post, this morning paper appears daily, except for Saturday
The Jerusalem Post
ANIMATED FILMS $300 One of the highlights of this film was Sebastian the Caribbean crab singing "Under The Sea"
The Little Mermaid
THE 23rd PSALM $200 They're the first 5 words of the psalm
The Lord is my shepherd
ODDS & ENDS $200 This oil cartel controls 40% of world production
OPEC
ALWAYS SAY NEVER $400 Line that precedes "they simply fade away" in a British army song
Old soldiers never die
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE $800 New Hampshire's Squam Lakes provided the title location for this 1981 Fonda & Hepburn film
On Golden Pond
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $400 Soon after Hamlet finishes his "Alas, poor Yorick!" speech he sees this woman's funeral procession
Ophelia
QUOTATIONS $600 This talk show host said, "I admire, respect & adore authors" when she was honored for her book club
Oprah
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $200 "Everybody denies I am a genius--but nobody ever called me one!" noted this man who raised "Kane"
Orson Welles
THE CINEMA $800 It was the mythological container sought by Lara Croft in "Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life"
Pandora's box
5-LETTER CAPITALS $100 12 avenues radiate from Place Charles de Gaulle in this city
Paris
WORLD "P"s $200 The "4 questions" asked on this occasion include wondering why we have to eat unleavened bread
Passover
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $200 Sajak's Stetsons & sombreros
Pat's hats
BICYCLES $500 1985 film that was a story of a “rebel & his bikeâ€
Pee Wee’s Big Adventure
MYTHELLANEOUS $1000 Riding this winged horse made it possible for Bellerophon to approach & kill the chimera
Pegasus
WORDS OF LOVE $1200 In "Prometheus Unbound", he wrote, "All love is sweet, given or returned. Common as light is love"
Percy Bysshe Shelley
BIRDS $500 Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive
Peregrine falcon
WHEN THE SAINTS $200 Santa Rosa de Lima is honored with festivals each August 30 in this country where she's patron saint
Peru
BICYCLES $300 This French company is known for making fine bicycles as well as cars
Peugeot
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $1600 Pfounded in 18P49
Pfizer
NBA HALL OF FAMERS $200 He won an NBA title ring in 1973 as a reserve forward with the Knicks & coached the Bulls to 6 titles in the '90s
Phil Jackson
GRAVE MATTERS $400 Wayne Newton hopes to find the remains of this tribal ancestor in Britain & bring them home to her native Virginia
Pocahontas
CAMERA $300 In 1986 Kodak left the instant camera business after a judge found it had violated this company's patents
Polaroid
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $1600 A tree snatches Robbie in this 1982 thriller known for the catchphrase "They're heee-reee!"
Poltergeist
AT THE MOVIES $200 1980: Jake LaMotta battles his way to the middleweight title
Raging Bull
HARRISON FORD MOVIES $200 "Snakes. Why'd it have to be snakes?"
Raiders of the Lost Ark
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $800 "I'm gonna let ya in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks"
Rain Man
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A" $600 God requires adult Muslims to fast during this month so they may cultivate piety
Ramadan
COLORFUL GROUPS $800 They're "Under The Bridge": ____ ____ Chili Peppers
Red Hot
HORSE SENSE $1200 Shakespeare has this king saying, "Saddle White Surrey for the field to-morrow"
Richard III
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE $1600 Here's the title king of this play: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_25.wmv"><i>"Plots have I laid. Wear this ring!" "Oh, pretty!" "King! Good-night." "Ow!" "Marriage. Ah!" "Thank you."</i></a>
Richard III
THE RULE OF THIRDS $3000 Twice in the 1990s, he came in third in U.S. presidential elections
Ross Perot
TRAVEL & TOURISM $600 The International UFO Museum & Research Center is in this New Mexico city where some say UFOs have landed
Roswell
MOUNTAINS $800 The Caucusus Mountains of Eastern Europe are predominantly found in this large country
Russia
NATIONAL FOODS $800 Actually an American recipe, this condiment may have been given its name because caviar was once an ingredient
Russian dressing
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $500 Hairdresser Vidal's woodwinds
Sassoon's bassoons
FAMOUS NAMES $None A grandson of Man O' War, he defeated his uncle in a famous matchup November 1, 1938
Seabiscuit
WHEN THE SAINTS $800 It's the secret identity of the British detective known as "The Saint"
Simon Templar
DIARIES $600 "My Name Escapes Me" is "The Diary of A Retiring Actor" by this portrayer of Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sir Alec Guinness
WHY SO BLUE? $1200 This jeweler's blue box is a registered trademark
Tiffany
THE REEL STORY $800 He played Mozart in the 1984 film "Amadeus"
Tom Hulce
HAIR TODAY $400 In 2004 this real estate tycoon told People magazine that his signature swept-forward style is his own handiwork
Trump
SWEET TREATS $300 This snack cake, which turned 60 in 1990, was originally filled with banana creme, not vanilla
Twinkies
BARD BITS $1600 Much of the action takes place in the court of the Duke of Milan in this play with another Italian locale in its title
Two Gentlemen of Verona
GRAVE MATTERS $500 Thomas Crawford's best-known work, "Armed Liberty", is the bronze atop the dome of this American landmark
U.S. Capitol Building
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $800 This U.N. agency, created in 1946 to aid children in Europe, won the 1965 Peace Prize
UNICEF
THE SOLAR SYSTEM $600 Because of its similar size, this planet is known as Earth's "twin"
Venus
THE REDS $2000 The flag of this U.K. division features an impressive red dragon with a forked tongue & tail
Wales
AMERICAN COUNTIES $1000 While many states have counties named Lincoln, this is the only state that has one named Snohomish
Washington
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $400 A. Philip Randolph, who first proposed a march on this city in 1941, also helped organize the one in 1963
Washington, D.C.
THE EMERALD ISLE $1600 This Irish port city on the River Suir is world famous for its crystal
Waterford
NOVEL QUOTES $1000 (1972) "Rabbits need dignity and above all the will to accept their fate"
Watership Down
GENERAL INFORMATION $400 This general, first in his class at West Point, ran for president in 2004
Wesley Clark
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $600 Wheeling
West Virginia
THE REEL STORY $600 This singer starred in "Waiting to Exhale" & "The Bodyguard"
Whitney Houston
THE PLANET URANUS $600 Uranus' 2 largest moons share their names with characters created by this author
William Shakespeare
BACKWARDS $200 In T minus 5 seconds, you'll say this word for the inverted series used before a rocket launch
a countdown
HORSE SENSE $1600 Guy Williams rode Tornado as this hero
Zorro
FICTION $None This 1937 mystery was written at the Old Cataract Hotel in Aswan
\"Death on the Nile\"
"EVE"NING $400 In a hit song by the Monkees, "Then I saw her face, now I'm" one of these
a believer
NATURE $300 The oxpecker, which is this type of animal, likes to ride on the backs of giraffes
a bird
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $1000 We've heard the question already; I'm making this objection that could be called "triple a"
asked and answered
CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $2000 Mr. Bumble's occupation in "Oliver Twist" (6)
beadle
NUTRITION $1000 An ounce of cheddar cheese has 200 milligrams of this, crucial to healthy bones
calcium
FIGURE SKATERS $1000 Dorothy Hamill developed a spin now known as the "Hamill" one of these
camel
BIG "STAR" $1000 It's a dessert made of eggs, sugar & milk, either baked, boiled or frozen
custard
NUTRITION $200 For an active woman, 20 to 25 percent of her total calorie intake should be from this; don't go all Jack Sprat
fat
CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $200 Chips' aquatic partner (4)
fish
SYRIA'S EATING $1200 Sultan Ibrahim is a Mideastern name for red mullet, a type of this creature
fish
CALL ME A"LEX" $800 Adjective meaning able to bend & snap back readily without breaking
flexible
MINERALS $100 You’ll discover not gold, but a black mark, after rubbing this “gold†on porcelain
fool’s gold
JERSEY GIRLS $400 Doing laundry in the sink, this "Jersey Shore" girl aka Nicole Polizzi said, "I feel like a pilgrim from the friggin' '20s"
Snooki
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $100 "I never believed in anything before I believed in movies", said this "E.T." director
Spielberg
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000 Medieval Europeans believed that birds begin to mate on this day
St. Valentine's Day
BESTSELLERS $1200 A vampire series by Kerrelyn Sparks is punningly titled "Love at" this
Stake
WHERE'S MY COFFEE? $300 Java is a synonym for coffee; a high-grade bean also comes from this next most populous Indonesian island
Sumatra
LITERATURE OF THE 1800s $None This character said, "I will live in the past, the present, and the future. The spirits of all three shall strive within me"
Ebenezer Scrooge
GOAT-POURRI $1200 In "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Pierre Gringoire rescues this gypsy girl's goat from a mob
Esmeralda
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS $1600 1984: "I Want To Know What Love Is"
Foreigner
ODDS & ENDS $200 This constellation is also called The Twins
Gemini
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000 That very blond guy you met at carnival is called an "alemao", literally a man from this country
Germany
GEOGRAPH"Y" $400 While many countries in Europe have been splitting up, this one got back together in 1990
Germany
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $2000 James Dean, Rock Hudson & Liz formed a love triangle in this Texas-set film
Giant
DIED ON THE SAME DAY $600 On April 25,1995 first "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming passed away & the dance was over for this partner of Fred
Ginger Rogers
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $800 The first name of this company's search engine was Backrub, as it analyzed the back links pointing to websites
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $1000 This 1990 winner said it was "a recognition of what we call perestroika and innovative political thinking"
Gorbachev
INTERIOR DESIGN $400 Some 18th C. chairs had footrests to accommodate the swollen feet of sufferers from this disease
Gout
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $600 Born May 5, 1919, Giorgios Papadopoulos became dictator of this country in 1967
Greece
REQUIRED READING $500 In works of mythology, Ajax was one of the heroes of this country in the Trojan War
Greece
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST PEAKS $None These 2 nations, one an island, have highest peaks with the same name; they also share a common European culture
Greece & Cyprus
5 BANDS $1000 "Welcome to Paradise"; tre cool drums for this punk-pop band who performed at 2005's Live 8
Green Day
"GREEN" THINGS $600 A political party organized after the Civil War, or a piece of U.S. currency
Greenback
"GREEN" THINGS $400 After protecting this territory during WWII, the U.S. offered to buy it, but Denmark refused
Greenland
"GREEN" THINGS $800 Oh yes, this North Carolina city was the birthplace of O. Henry
Greensboro
THE GIANTS $800 In Lilliput he's a giant
Gulliver
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE $800 "Fete Noire" was first presented in 1971 by the fledgling dance theatre of this Manhattan area
Harlem
WHAT'S ON TV? $1200 This Neil Patrick Harris sitcom is narrated through flashbacks from the future
How I Met Your Mother
TRAVEL & TOURISM $400 While visiting the city of Agra in this country, don't miss the Agra Fort & the Taj Mahal
India
THE RULE OF THIRDS $800 On Jan. 19, 1966 this woman was elected the third prime minister of her country
Indira Gandhi
DIED ON THE SAME DAY $1000 Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni died in 2007 at age 94 on the same day as this 89-year-old Swedish director
Ingmar Bergman
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG! $400 "...and don't you come back no more, no more, no more, no more"
Jack
GENERAL INFORMATION $200 This title folk story guy steals a golden egg-laying hen, bags of gold & a golden harp; the "giant-cide" comes later
Jack
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $1000 A culinary foundation is named for this dean of American cookery who was born in Portland May 5, 1903
James Beard
THEN THERE'S MAUVE $200 The mauve flowers of the Paulownia tree adorn the highest grade of the Order of the Rising Sun award of this country
Japan
OPERA $800 Musetta has her very own waltz in Act II of this Puccini opera
La boheme
COUNTRY MUSIC $600 Not to be confused with Lady Gaga is Lady this, the country music group with the CD "Need You Now"
Lady Antebellum
PICTURE THIS $400 In 1964 this first lady made the first call to inaugurate the new commercial picturephone service
Lady Bird Johnson
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS $800 Verdi wrote an aria called "La Luce Langue"--The Light Fails--for this bloothirsty villainess
Lady Macbeth
NOTED EUROPEANS $400 On the 50th anniv. of Bunker Hill, this European was back on our shores to lay the monument's cornerstone
Lafayette
DOUBLE TALK $100 In the familiar jokes, it precedes "Who's there?"
Knock Knock
CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $400 A "bear"y nice Alaskan island (6)
Kodiak
BALLPARK FIGURES $400 With the Yankees from 1923 to 1939, his No. 4 was the first number retired in either league
Lou Gehrig
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT $600 In the 1800s this Frenchman also developed a musical notation system for blind musicians
Louis Braille
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $1600 Imagist Amy (6)
Lowell
GENERAL INFORMATION $800 This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army
MacArthur
WHAT A CHARACTER! $1600 During a dream sequence, it was revealed that this Richard Dean Anderson character had the first name Angus
MacGyver
SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY CHARACTERS $None To the consternation of the title character, we learn that this character was born by C-section
Macduff
MOVIE SONGS $1000 1985: "We Don't Need Another Hero"
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
LITERARY CHARACTERS $800 Emma is the first name of this title character of an 1857 Gustave Flaubert novel
Madame Bovary
TRAVEL & TOURISM $1000 This British wax museum famed for its chamber of horrors now has a time-traveling ride in it, too
Madame Tussauds
AFRICAN ISLANDS $1000 Wine production is a chief industry of this Portuguese island off Africa's northwest coast
Madeira
SHIPS $200 Neither this admiral nor his flagship, the Trinidad, completed the circumnavigation of the globe
Magellan
NBA HALL OF FAMERS $800 As a rookie in the 1980 NBA finals, this Michigan State alum played all 5 positions & scored 42 points in the final game
Magic Johnson
SPORTS LEGENDS $600 From 1984 to 1992, 2 of the 3 players who won all the NBA MVP awards
Magic Johnson & Larry Bird (& Michael Jordan)
THE PRODUCERS $800 This state produces more lobsters than any other
Maine
WOMEN OF THE WORLD $400 This British dame, Rudolf Nureyev's dance partner, was married to a Panamanian diplomat
Margot Fonteyn
BALLET $600 Balanchine choreographed the leading role in "Allegro Brillante" for this part-Osage Indian ex-wife
Maria Tallchief
PICTURE THIS $1000 The rights to 5 of Tom Kelley's red velvet photos of this actress taken in 1949 were put on eBay in 2001, but weren't sold
Marilyn Monroe
TV PRODUCERS $1600 In 2003 this "Survivor" head honcho began conducting a search to give Donald Trump an apprentice
Mark Burnett
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $1600 After selling Broadcast.com to Yahoo! for more than $5 billion, this Dallas NBA team owner started HDNet
Mark Cuban
PICTURE THIS $600 In 1907 the Wall Street Journal declared Percival Lowell's photo of its "canals" proof of intelligent life
Mars
PHOTOGRAPHERS $400 In April 1875 the Library of Congress gained possession of his Civil War photographic plates for $25,000
Mathew Brady
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES $1600 Yankee batting champ "Donnie Baseball"
Mattingly
BORN IN DUBLIN $1200 This red-haired beauty born in the Dublin suburb of Ranelagh played Natalie Wood's mother in "Miracle on 34th Street"
Maureen O'Hara
BALLET $800 He designed sets & costumes for "Where the Wlid Things Are", a ballet based on his own beloved book
Maurice Sendak
KING ARTHUR $100 Shortly after birth, Arthur was given to this wizard for safekeeping
Merlin
LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000 In "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court", his character puts Hank Morgan to sleep for 1,300 years
Merlin
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $1200 He's now a correspondant emeritus for "60 Minutes"; his memoir "Close Encounters" came out in 1984
Mike Wallace
20th CENTURY NOTABLES $None Einstein said of him, "Generations to come will scarcely believe" one such as he "walked the Earth in flesh & blood"
Mohandas Gandhi
LISA $1200 Lisa Guerrero is the sideline reporter for this popular weekly sports event
Monday Night Football
WHO'S ON FIRST? $1492 On Mondays in 1970, something called "The Silent Force" led into this longer-running ABC program
Monday Night Football
AMERICAN HISTORY $200 Between 1856 & 1860, 2,962 of this faith set out from Iowa & Nebraska to Utah in the Handcart Migration
Mormonism
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $300 Through skillful negotiation, Secretary of State Martin Van Buren got the U.S. this trade status with Turkey
Most favored nation
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES $400 The Adena-Hopewell culture in the Ohio area was known for building these, both the burial & effigy types
Mounds
HORSE SENSE $1200 The Pie was little Liz Taylor's horse in this classic
National Velvet
GOOD CAUSES $200 This word precedes "Conservancy" in the name of a group with a million members
Nature
THE 1980s $300 On Dec. 13, 1989 Pres. F.W. De Clerk met with this imprisoned African National Congress leader for the first time
Nelson Mandela
HOME, SWEET HOME $800 Doris Duke never had to rough it at Rough Point, her 105-room estate in this ritzy Rhode Island town
Newport
21st CENTURY MUSIC $1000 Brothers Chad & Mike Kroeger make up half of this rock band
Nickelback
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS $2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-13_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew shows the periodic table on the monitor.</a>) In devising the periodic table, Mendeleev laid out the elements in rows & columns to show the different relationships when read each way; he's said to have been inspired by a version of this card game
solitaire
FROM THE FRENCH $1200 A term for a keepsake or memento, it comes from the French for "to remember"
souvenir
"B" PREPARED $800 This U.S. government department is abbreviated B.I.A.
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
GOVERNMENT $200 Until 1896, majority in this branch of Congress were 1st termers, now less than 10% are
the House of Representatives
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS $1000 The only country in the world today with a reigning Queen Bea
the Netherlands
LIBRARIES $7400 Raffaele Farina, known as Bibliothecarius XLVI, is its head librarian
the Vatican
WORLD MUSEUMS $2000 It's the set of museums that includes the Museo Pio-Clementino, exhibiting sculpture
the Vatican Museums
THE LAST BATTLE $400 The Battle of New Orleans
the War of 1812
ANATOMY $1000 The base of the fibula forms the outer projection of this joint
the ankle
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $200 Proverbial food storage container where your "hand is caught" when busted for taking a bribe
the cookie jar
ANATOMY $600 The head of the femur fits into the acetabulum, a socket in this pelvic bone
the hip bone
MEDICAL TALK $800 It begins, "I swear by Apollo physician and Asclepius..."
the hippocratic oath
THE TITANIC $1000 Gates prevented 700 of these passengers from getting up to the main deck, though they didn't stop Leo in the movie
third class
"LIGHT"s $500 "I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine, let it shine"
this little light of mine
CANADIAN FOOTBALL $800 Unlike the NFL, a CFL team gets this many downs in a series to advance the ball 10 yards
three
EPONYMS $2400 To abstain from buying or doing trade with, in honor of an Irish landlord against whom such tactics were used
to boycott
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $400 In 1604 King James I called this plant a "perpetual stinking torment" & "dangerous to the lungs"; he was right
tobacco
HAIRY $2000 From the Latin for "to clip", it's the shaved patch on the crowns of the heads of some monks
tonsure
WHAT A GEM! $2000 In 1750 a Parisian jeweler found that heat turns this sherry-colored Brazilian gem pink
topaz
SWEET! $800 A red cake named for this smooth fabric is really a chocolate cake--food coloring gives it the distinctive color
velvet
RELIGION $400 The Talmud says "when" this "goes in, secrets are revealed" & on the Sabbath, Kiddush is said over a cup of it
wine
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $600 A head-banger: cowpoke red
woodpecker
WORD ORIGINS $800 This number can be traced back to the Sankrit "Shunya", or empty
zero
I'M "L__X" $2000 From the Greek for "of words", it's all the words belonging to a particular branch of knowledge
lexicon
L____O $400 This term for the sex drive comes from the Latin for "lust"
libido
THEN THERE'S MAUVE $800 Bella Donna Mauve is in the Color Riche line of these made by L'Oreal
lipsticks
HELLO, DELI! $400 I think I'll just have a nosh--a bagel, cream cheese & the Nova Scotia type of this
lox
I'M "L__X" $800 From Middle High German, this Yiddish word means "salmon"
lox
GOOD CAUSES $800 The LFA is a leading group battling this disease named for lesions that resemble a wolf's bite
lupus
WHAT A GEM! $1600 Mexico is known for its water & fire varieties of this gem
opal
IN THE DICTIONARY $None This 5-letter word can refer to one type of work by a composer, or to several works of different types
opera
THE SOLAR SYSTEM $200 Neptune also has these features, including LeVerrier & Adams; only Saturn's can be seen through a small telescope
rings
EPONYMS $4000 Meaning elegant or fancy, it's from the name of a hotel chain founded by a Swiss businessman
ritzy
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $200 In his acceptance speech, Pres. Obama quoted this 1964 American recipient saying, "violence never brings permanent peace"
(Martin Luther) King (Jr.)
WHO'S THE MRS.? $600 Mrs. James Carville
(Mary) Matalin
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $800 This May-5 born Monty Python member & BBC travel filmmaker is a commando of the Order of the British Empire
(Michael) Palin
SPORTS FACTS $400 In 1980 this boxer came out of retirement to fight Larry Holmes & then Trevor Berbick; he lost both bouts
(Muhammad) Ali
GENERAL INFORMATION $3800 More than 540,000 men & women served under this general's command of the U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf War of 1991
(Norman) Schwarzkopf
OPERA $400 Like many of his works, this composer's "Tannhauser" is based on Germanic legends
(Richard) Wagner
WOMEN: WRITE ON! $1600 "Shiksa Goddess: (or, How I Spent My Forties)" is a collection of essays by this "Heidi Chronicles" playwright
(Wendy) Wasserstein
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS $800 1987: "I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"
(Whitney) Houston
CATALINA $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-12_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reads from near a fountain on Catalina Island, CA.</a>) In 1919 this chewing gum magnate bought Catalina & built it into a world-class resort
(William) Wrigley
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN? $200 God did make these, & some of them are Granny Smiths
(little green) apples
SHIPS $500 The Thresher & Scorpion were this type of ship; 1 was lost in 1963, 1 in 1968
(nuclear) submarines
BALLET $400 "Scrooge" is a festive holiday ballet inspired by this beloved book
A Christmas Carol
"NIGHT" $800 Get to the Bottom of this Shakespeare play, published in 1600
A Midsummer Night's Dream
ROCK-Y $400 An area in Central Park dedicated to the memory of John Lennon is named for this Beatles song
"Strawberry Fields Forever"
BARD BITS $400 Mark Antony called him "the noblest Roman of them all"
Brutus
THE ROYALS $1200 Russia's first ruler with this name was called Kalita, meaning "moneybags"; not so terrible
Ivan
HISTORIC NAMES $800 In 1955 Ngo Dinh Diem became the first president of this country that no longer exists
South Vietnam
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400 Hawaiian feast
a luau
WOMEN: WRITE ON! $800 In 2009 she published her 76th bestseller, "Matters of the Heart", & was inducted into the Calif. Hall of Fame
Danielle Steel
BRAND-TASTIC $800 This yogurt brand is named for founder Isaac Carasso's son Daniel
Dannon
U.S. COLLEGES $800 The student newspaper of this Hanover, N.H. school calls itself "America's Oldest College Newspaper"
Dartmouth
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $600 She says, "that death's unnatural that kills for loving" before Othello strangles her
Desdemona
BALLET $1000 As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes
Diaghilev
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH $2000 This lavish-living turn-of-the-century financier rose from a job as a bellhop
Diamond Jim Brady
LAST NAME'S THE SAME $800 Entertainment mogul Barry & funny lady Phyllis
Diller
SCIENTISTS $2000 He discovered that the observed frequency of light waves is affected by the relative motion of the source & detector
Doppler
HAIRY $800 This female ice skater lent her name to a wedge haircut she made popular during the 1976 Winter Olympics
Dorothy Hamill
JERSEY GIRLS $800 This Algonquin wit was born in West End, N.J. in 1893 & was a drama critic for Vanity Fair by 1917
Dorothy Parker
CANADIAN FOOTBALL $1600 This former Boston College & New England Patriots QB was the CFL's most outstanding player 6 times
Doug Flutie
THE EMERALD ISLE $400 It's the only Irish city with a population above 500,000
Dublin
THE STING $800 Singer/actor Sting played Feyd-Rautha in this David Lynch film based on a Frank Herbert novel
Dune
A THOMAS GUIDE $1000 In 1952 this poet told us to "Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
Dylan Thomas
INTERIOR DESIGN $800 Type of chair seen here named for its 20th C. designer:
Eames Chair
THE GIANTS $1200 Jett Rink, a poor ranch hand, becomes an oil millionaire in her novel "Giant"
Edna Ferber
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $1200 Spectacular waterfalls in Guyana include one named for a British king of this name, who ruled 1901-10
Edward
GIVE THE BUCHAREST $1600 This star of 1937's "The Last Gangster" was born Emanuel Goldenberg in Bucharest, Romania
Edward G. Robinson
NAME THE POET $1200 "There was an old man with a beard, / Who said, 'It is just as I feared!'"
Edward Lear
SHIPS $800 In 1717 this pirate captured La Concorde & renamed it Queen Anne's Revenge; a year later it ran aground off N.C.
Edward Teach (Blackbeard)
THE BIBLE $200 God guided the Israelites out of this country with a pillar of cloud by day & of fire by night
Egypt
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $100 Robert Delaunay is known for his colorful series of Cubist paintings of this French tower
Eiffel Tower
PROPHET SHARING $400 In I Kings this fiery Biblical prophet won a contest with the prophets of Baal
Elijah
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $1600 Catherine Earnshaw
Emily Brontë
SPIELBERG MOVIES $1600 13-year-old Christian Bale starred in this J.G. Ballard tale about a young prisoner in WWII China
Empire of the Sun
6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $2000 Paul Baumer, a young German soldier
Erich Maria Remarque
BEFORE & AFTER $800 Leif Ericson's dad who was a huge star with low surface temperature
Erik the Red Giant
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE $2000 Few were "better than" this Mr. Cornell who founded the university in 1865
Ezra
A LITERARY TOUR $1000 Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950
Faulkner
ABBREV. $1600 You can bank on it: FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH $1200 Carol Channing's Broadway ballad from "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend"
COUNTRY MUSIC $600 "Strawberry Wine" was the first of 3 No. 1 hits from this debut album by Deana Carter
"Did I Shave My Legs for This?"
WEDDINGS $600 The traditional conclusion of the pre-vow line "If anyone can show just cause why they may not be joined together..."
"let him speak now or forever hold his peace"
SHAKESPEARE $None 2 of the 4 Shakespeare plays in which ghosts appear on stage
(2 of) Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, Richard III
WORLD AUTHORS $800 This literary whiz' name is sometimes transliterated from Bengali as Ravindranatha Thakura
(Rabindranath) Tagore
BUSINESS LEADERS $400 His business card bore the Golden Arches & the titles "Founder" & "Senior Chairman of the Board"
(Ray) Kroc
ODDS & ENDS $800 This French tennis star of the 1920s who went on to start a clothing line was known as "the Crocodile"
(Rene) Lacoste
YOU DO THE MATH $100 The number of items in a dozen times the number of months in a year
144 (12 x 12)
SPIELBERG MOVIES $2000 Before "The Blues Brothers", Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi starred in this WWII farce
1941
YOU DO THE MATH $300 The number of sides on an octagon minus the number of sides on a hexagon
2 (8 - 6)
ALL MY Xs $600 Claudia Silva starred in an L.A.-area theater production of "Cuatro Equis", this many
4
YOU DO THE MATH $400 The number of days in a week times the number of ancient "wonders of the world"
49 (7 x 7)
ALL MY Xs $800 Without getting a tic-tac-toe on "Hollywood Squares" you could still win a game with this many Xs
5
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $400 "The Illinois Baboon" & "The Martyr President"
Abraham Lincoln
"EVE"NING $1000 It's the "A" in JA, the youth organization begun in 1919 to teach young people about American business
Achievement
PICTURE THIS $200 One of the first printed books with illustrations was a collection of this ancient man's fables in 1476
Aesop
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $600 It's the "A" in the advocacy group known as MADD
Against
PROPHET SHARING $600 The soothsayer Calchas told this king he had to offer up his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis to get winds to rise
Agamemnon
HARRISON FORD MOVIES $400 "Get off my plane!"
Air Force One
WYOMING $1000 1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators
Alan Simpson (or Malcolm Wallop)
SIGNS & SYMBOLS $200 The first seal designed for what is now this U.S. state depicted icebergs, igloos & the Northern Lights
Alaska
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400 The westernmost and northernmost points in the U.S. are both located in this state
Alaska
GIVE ME AN "A"! $1000 The name Zog is not as much in vogue as it once was, when King Zog I ruled this European country
Albania
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A" $400 In 1775 this island in San Francisco Bay was called "Island of the Pelicans"
Alcatraz
HISTORIC AMERICANS $1000 This attorney was the only representative of New York to sign the U.S. Constitution
Alexander Hamilton
NAME THE POET $1600 "A little learning is a dang'rous thing; / Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring"
Alexander Pope
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1600 In 1834 Delacroix painted the lush "Women of" this Algerian city "in Their Apartment"
Algiers
FAMOUS NAMES $None Once a top spy, he invented the mug shot seen on reward posters in the Wild West
Allan Pinkerton
DANCE $1000 Late black choreographer whose American Dance Theatre became multiracial in the 1960s
Alvin Ailey
SPIELBERG MOVIES $800 This 1968 short film with a "strollin" title lent its name to Spielberg's production company
Amblin
ALL "AMERICAN" $800 When Iowa farmers & their wives first saw this 1930 painting of a farm couple, many of them were downright angry
American Gothic
ALL "AMERICAN" $500 In 2009 the U.S. Mint issued a quarter for this territory featuring an ava bowl, a whisk & a coconut tree
American Samoa
ALL "AMERICAN" $400 A gorilla named Koko learned to communicate using gestures from this
American Sign Language
5-LETTER CAPITALS $400 The ancient Greeks called this Jordanian capital Philadelphia
Amman
PEARLS OF WISDOM $400 An artist: "In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes"
Andy Warhol
SIGNS & SYMBOLS $800 The 3 Zodiac signs with horns
Aries, Capricorn & Taurus
DEAR JUNTA $1200 This former priest was ousted in Feb. 2004, even after a U.S.-brokered deal in 1994 with the Haitian junta kept him in power
Aristide
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $1600 A 1906 announcement: dad Socrates & mom Penelope celebrate the launch of this new little ship
Aristotle Onassis
WORLD LEADERS $1200 Serzh Sargsian is its president, Tigran Sargsian is its prime minister
Armenia
AN ARTHUR BEE $1000 For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops
Arthur Fiedler
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA $200 Kurt Russell, who later played Elvis, was in the 1963 Elvis film "It Happened" here
At the World's Fair
GREECE $100 Goddess of wisdom for whom Athens was named
Athena
MYTHELLANEOUS $800 This goddess after whom a major city in Greece is named sprang from the head of Zeus
Athena
CAESAR $800 He was caesar & emperor when Jesus was born
Augustus
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $1200 1999: "Get in my belly!" (Second in a series)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
SPORTS FACTS $600 In 1962 this country's Dawn Fraser became the first woman swimmer to break one minute in the 100-meter freestyle
Australia
COMPOSERS $200 Composers known as “the 3 B’sâ€
Bach, Beethoven & Brahms
LAST NAME'S THE SAME $2000 17th century philosopher Sir Francis & 20th century painter Francis
Bacon
SPORTS NAME ORIGINS $None This racket sport takes its name from the country home of the 19th century Duke of Beaufort
Badminton
ISLANDS $1600 A causeway connects this Persian Gulf nation with the Saudi Arabian mainland
Bahrain
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY $600 Sent to this city in September 1814 to secure a prisoner exchange, Key got stuck near there during an attack
Baltimore
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS $200 For her, 1st came "All In The Family", then came "Maude", the came "The Golden Girls"
Bea Arthur
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1600 Emmy-winning actor Bridges
Beau
ANIMATED FILMS $100 Pretty Belle falls for a prince who's been transformed into a monster in this 1991 film
Beauty and the Beast
THE 1980s $100 As many as 5,000 pro-democracy demonstrators were killed in this city's Tiananmen Square
Beijing
'HUSKER DO $400 Not just a noted NYC psychiatric hospital, it's Nebraska's oldest town, established around 1822 as a fur-trading center
Belleview
SNACK ATTACK $600 I'd love some Honey Apple Raisin Chocolate Cookie ice cream, but this duo purposely misplaced the recipe
Ben & Jerry
NAME THE POET $2000 "Drink to me only with thine eyes, / And I will pledge with mine"
Ben Jonson
PEARLS OF WISDOM $800 A Founding Father: "There never was a good war or a bad peace"
Benjamin Franklin
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $800 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-03_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> U.S. president was named for his great-grandfather, a signer of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Harrison
LITERATURE $2000 Even Grendel would love Seamus Heaney's new translation of the Anglo-Saxon epic about this title geat
Beowulf
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $2000 Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard
Berthe Morisot
THE GODFATHER $2000 This British philosopher who won a Nobel Prize in 1950 was the godchild of John Stuart Mill
Bertrand Russell
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME $600 Mrs. Truman's frocks
Bess's dresses
LIBRARIES $1600 This Maryland community is home to the National Library of Medicine & the National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS $600 "Heavens to" ex-New York lieutenant governor McCaughey!
Betsy
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME $800 Mrs. Ford's landing wharfs
Betty's jetties
IT'S AN L.A. THING $200 Wanna live in this city, 90210? in July 2008 the median home price there was $2.3 million
Beverly Hills
CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $1200 Bestselling book that has its own "belt" (5)
Bible
BILLS & WILLS $500 Before hosting his TV "Journal", he was deputy director of the Peace Corps
Bill Moyers
BILLS & WILLS $400 Playing center for the Boston Celtics, he led the team to 11 NBA championships in the '50s & '60s
Bill Russell
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $500 "The best director is the one you don't see", observed this director of "Some Like It Hot"
Billy Wilder
BILLS & WILLS $600 This outlaw of the Old West also went by the name Henry McCarty
Billy the Kid
THE ENGLISH BEAT $1000 Centenary Square, in the center of this city, is its main cultural center; Alabama has a city by that name as well
Birmingham
COLORFUL GROUPS $400 They'd like you to "Shake Your Money Maker": The ____ Crowes
Black
NOVEL QUOTES $800 (1932) "Over the main entrance the words, Central London Hatchery and Conditioning Centre"
Brave New World
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1600 The Uruguay River forms the border between Uruguay & Argentina & most of the border between Argentina & this country
Brazil
REQUIRED READING $300 Last name of sisters Emily & Charlotte, a 1-2 punch with "Wuthering Heights" & "Jane Eyre"
Bronte
RADIO $1000 On April 3, 1936 a nation listened as Gabriel Heatter covered this man's execution
Bruno Hauptmann
NOVELS OF THE PAST $2000 It's the second name of Taras, a 16th century Cossack in a 19th century Gogol novel
Bulba
WORLD LEADERS $1600 Former Sofia mayor Boyko Borissov is now its prime minister
Bulgaria
SECRET MENUS $600 Have it your way at this chain & order a Mustard Whopper, which substitutes the yellow stuff for mayo
Burger King
DEAR JUNTA $1600 After the junta released activist Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest, Japan restored aid to this country
Burma (or Myanmar)
NEWMAN'S OWN $400 1969 film in which Paul Newman tells Robert Redford, "Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals"
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
MUSICALS OF THE '20s $800 In a 1927 title, this phrase preceded "Bonnie" (it didn't precede "Birdie" until 1960)
Bye Bye
WORDS OF LOVE $2000 "In her first passion woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love", he wrote in "Don Juan"
Byron
CAESAR $1600 According to legend, this unhinged Roman emperor made his horse a priest & a consul
Caligula
FIGURE SKATERS $600 Native country of Barbara Ann Scott, who in 1947 became the 1st N. American to win the European title
Canada
NATIONAL FOODS $600 This cured meat is in the classic McDonald's Egg McMuffin
Canadian bacon
WORLD MUSEUMS $1200 "ANZACs in France, 1969" was a 2006 exhibit at a war museum in this capital city
Canberra
BEFORE & AFTER $1600 Projection at the southern tip of South America also called a cornucopia
Cape Horn o' Plenty
GOAT-POURRI $800 In 1846 Neptune was discovered in this constellation, the 10th sign of the zodiac
Capricorn
BARD BITS $1200 In "Henry VIII" this cardinal bids "a long farewell to all my greatness"
Cardinal Wolsey
OPERA $200 Stationed in Seville, Don Jose is bewitched by a gypsy girl in this Bizet opera
Carmen
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG! $800 "Trouble ahead, trouble behind, and you know that notion just crossed my mind" (Now we see who's the Deadhead)
Casey Jones
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $1200 Mike Todd was killed in a plane crash while Liz was making this film in which she played Maggie Pollitt
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
NEWMAN'S OWN $800 Newman played Brick opposite Liz Taylor's Maggie in this film adaptation of a play
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
AN ARTHUR BEE $200 He followed Garfield as president
Chester Arthur
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $400 Arthur's school terms
Chester's semesters
APT ANAGRAMS $200 It's decorated in December: SEARCH, SET, TRIM
Christmas tree
ON THE MOVE $200 In 1980 the U.S. government loaned this auto company $1.5 billion; the loans were repaid within 3 years
Chrysler
SWEET TREATS $500 This almost cube-shaped candy was named for the developer's granddaughter, a "hefty" baby
Chunky
19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $1200 Future leader of the UK seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_18.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> on the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_18a.jpg" target="_blank">right</a> in the 1880s
Churchill
AT THE MOVIES $800 1977: After an experience with a UFO, an electric-line worker is drawn to a remote mountain
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
THE REEL STORY $400 Keanu Reeves is a supernatural detective in this 2005 flick based on the Hellblazer comic book
Constantine
AT THE MOVIES $400 1967: That's the sound of Newman <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_J_22.mp3">working on the chain gang</a>
Cool Hand Luke
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH $1600 Arkansassy state park near Murfreesboro
Crater of Diamonds State Park
COUNTRY MUSIC $400 In 2010 this movie soundtrack featuring Jeff Bridges was a Billboard Top 10 country album
Crazy Heart
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES $100 Probably the biggest big game the Clovis culture went after 11,200 years ago, it was woolly
Mammoth
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE $1000 Also the name of a "United" city in England, this city lies along the banks of the Merrimack River
Manchester
1987 $200 This British prime minister won a rare third term in June
Margaret Thatcher
THE 1960s $1000 In “Understanding Mediaâ€, he explained the Dodgers move to L.A. & fishnet stockings
Marshall McLuhan
JERSEY GIRLS $1200 Jersey City-born, this "Living Omnimedia" lifestyle maven was raised in Nutley, & that's a good thing
Martha Stewart
SPORTS LEGENDS $1000 This Czech-born woman who retired in 2006 won a record 9 Wimbledon Singles Championships
Martina Navratilova
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES $500 Warriors of this Yucatan civilization battle in the computer-enhanced mural seen here:
Mayans
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $800 2 names that follow Gerald, who speaks in weird sounds instead of words in a Dr. Seuss story
McBoing-Boing
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $1000 Portia disguises herself as a male lawyer in this play set in Italy
Merchant of Venice
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS $400 "For the love of" Wyoming senator Enzi!
Mike
WHERE'S MY COFFEE? $100 Once Yemen's chief coffee port, its name now refers to a flavor of chocolate & coffee
Mocha
WOMEN OF THE WORLD $200 This Nobel Peace Prize winner was born in what is now Skopje, Macedonia in 1910
Mother Teresa
PSYCHOLOGY $400 Character from group therapy on old Bob Newhart show who checked into St. Elsewhere this season
Mr. Carlin
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? $2000 Michael Cunningham's "The Hours" was inspired by this novel that Woolf originally called "The Hours"
Mrs. Dalloway
INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">James Lipton reads the clue.</a>) You finished "<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_28a.jpg" target="_blank">The Sick Child</a>" in 1886. 7 years later, the world would recoil from "The Scream." Tell us about your pain
Munch
5 BANDS $600 "Fun", "sleazy" & "raucous" are under "moods" at AllMusic.com for this metal band co-founded by Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME $200 Mrs. Reagan's whims
Nancy's fancies
THAT'S ITALIAN! $1600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_03.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew gives us a sign linguistic demonstration.</a>) An 1832 book on the gestures of this southern city includes <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_03.wmv">"Mm-wah, perfecto!"</a>--& many others we can't show you
Naples
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $1200 While a student at Northeastern, Shawn Fanning started this P2P music-sharing service that now gone legit
Napster
PHOTOGRAPHERS $2000 Mattias Klum's photo essays for this magazine include 2008's "Borneo's Moment of Truth"
National Geographic
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $800 Variety called it "a horse picture" with "a new dramatic find-- moppet Elizabeth Taylor"
National Velvet
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES $300 The Anasazi, a word from this Indian language for "ancient ones", lived in what's now the 4 Corners area
Navajo
HISTORIC AMERICANS $800 In 1973 he resigned as governor of New York to found the Commission on Critical Choices for Americans
Nelson Rockefeller
THE PLANET URANUS $800 In 1846 astronomers found this planet from the effects it had on Uranus' orbit
Neptune
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $3000 One of Guyana's largest cities, it's also an old name for New York City
New Amsterdam
5 BANDS $800 "Remember when we traveled 'round the world, we met a lot of people & girls", sang this Joey McIntyre boy band
New Kids on the Block
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200 It's the holiday on which the Tournament of Roses & Mummers parades usually take place
New Year's Day
MISC. $100 This waterfall is separated into the American Falls & Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island
Niagara Falls
GEOGRAPH"Y" $300 This Scandinavian country has 2 forms of its official language -- Bokmal & Nynorsk
Norway
THE GIANTS $1600 "Giants in the Earth" is Ole Rolvaag's novel about immigrants from this country adjusting to life on the prairie
Norway
MAIN STREET U.S.A. $400 Borgen's Cafe, on Main St. in Westby, Wisconsin, feels a bit like Oslo, with menus & banter in this language
Norwegian
THE CINEMA $600 The popular soundtrack of this 2000 film includes "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow" & "You Are My Sunshine"
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
"O"PERA $1600 Titania & Puck play a part in the Carl Maria Von Weber opera named for this king of the fairies
Oberon
"O" YOU ANIMAL! $400 "Cool" cat seen here:
Ocelot
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $1000 For an eighth child, preferably a daughter, this name from "Antony and Cleopatra" would be fitting
Octavia
"O" YOU ANIMAL! $200 The Pacific species of this has an arm span of up to 33 feet
Octopus
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $200 What a happy ending: this title orphan of a Dickens novel is adopted by Mr. Brownlow
Oliver Twist
THE EMPEROR NERO $400 In the year prior to his death, Nero participated in these games in Greece
Olympic Games
COUNTRY MUSIC $400 [Well hey everybody, I'm Naomi Judd] In mid-1984 Wynonna & I made our first ever concert appearance at Ak-Sar-Ben, a large concert hall in this Nebraska city
Omaha
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $1600 Novel-poem in which Sal & Dean hitchhike through a yellow wood where the path diverges, making all the difference
On the Road Not Taken
OSCARS OF THE '70s $1200 Of Jack Nicholson's 5 nominations in the 1970s, this was the only movie for which he won
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
THE BIG BANGLADESH $800 After India was partitioned in 1947, what would later become Bangladesh was the "East" part of this country
Pakistan
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $1000 Madeline is one of "twelve little girls in two straight lines" who attend a school in this city
Paris
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME $400 Mrs. Nixon's floor pads for gymnastics
Pat's mats
WORLD "P"s $800 World Heritage sites in this nation include the Nasca Lines
Peru
BALLPARK FIGURES $200 In 2004 he published "My Prison Without Bars"
Pete Rose
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS $200 "For" Michigan Republican congressman Hoekstra's "sake!"
Pete's
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL $600 "Who Knew" this colorful singer could be so "M!ssundaztood"
Pink
BALLET $200 A new ballet about this puppet who yearns to be a boy had it's U.S. premiere in Atlanta in 2000
Pinocchio
WORLD "P"s $600 Gunmen after this South American dictator in 1986 used rockets, bazookas, rifles & grenades--& missed!
Pinochet
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT $200 In astrological notation, this sign is represented by 2 fish
Pisces
THE MOVIES $1000 Irene Bedard, the speaking voice of this heroine in an animated Disney film, played her mother in "The New World"
Pocahontas
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $400 Name a girl this after the "Merchant of Venice" heroine & she'll probably grow up to like fast sports cars
Portia
FAMOUS TEENAGERS $None This young man who turned 18 on June 21, 2000 has a dog named Widgeon & a younger brother named Harry
Prince William
THE MIDDLE AGES $600 In 1301 Edward II was the first English heir to be given this title
Prince of Wales
5-LETTER CAPITALS $500 In 1809 one of the first revolts for independence in Latin America broke out in this Ecuadoran capital
Quito
ROCK-Y $800 Michael Stipe formed this "Man on the Moon" band in Athens, Georgia
R.E.M.
20th CENTURY VICE PRESIDENTS $None The only VP to become president not immediately after his vice presidential term
Richard Nixon
TV CASTS $300 Aliens abducted Mulder on "The X-Files", so Scully got partnered with this "Terminator 2" actor
Robert Patrick
DICTATORS & TYRANTS $1000 A humble lawyer from Arras, in 1793 he became Head of the Committee of Public Safety & launched a bloodbath
Robespierre
REQUIRED READING $100 In 2 classic survival stories, it's the last name of a Swiss family & the first name of Mr. Crusoe
Robinson
TELEVISION $300 This wallaby's "Modern Life" takes place in O Town with his dog Spunky & his pal Heffer
Rocko
THE 1980s $400 Nicolae Ceausescu was deposed as dictator of this country & executed in 1989
Romania
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE $400 Caesar, Antony, Cicero, et al.
Romans
MOVIE CITIES $1200 2010, starring Kristen Bell: "When in ____"
Rome
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS $400 The Bolshoi presented this ballet at the Met in 1959, with Yuri Zhdanov & Galina Ulanova as the title lovers
Romeo & Juliet
THE STARTING INFIELD $400 From 1974 through 1981 the Dodgers fielded Garvey, Lopes, Russell & this third baseman, "The Penguin"
Ron Cey
RUBY $2000 In a 1999 TV movie, she played Bessie, of the centenarian Delany sisters
Ruby Dee
RUBY $1200 She was married to Al Jolson when she starred in those classic 1930s Busby Berkeley musicals
Ruby Keeler
MEN OF THE WORLD $600 This media mogul from Melbourne has been called a real-life Citizen Kane
Rupert Murdoch
PEARLS OF WISDOM $1600 A playwright: "We are all born mad. Some remain so."
Samuel Beckett
TV PRODUCERS $400 The Fairmont in this city's Nob Hill was the exterior used for Aaron Spelling's "Hotel" TV series
San Francisco
20th CENTURY INVENTION $100 3M's Richard Drew invented it in 1930 to have something to seal the cellophane of food products
Scotch tape
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $400 Darrell Hammond played this Scottish actor who... Nope, I can't say anything else; just name him
Sean Connery
GENERAL INFORMATION $1600 The only place this general wouldn't "march" was to the presidency; he told the GOP "I will not accept if nominated" in 1884
Sherman
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE $1600 The ballet "Bhakti" features 3 Hindu gods including this "destroyer", whose wife, Shakti, dances for him
Shiva
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $600 This term for artillery fragments is named for a British officer who invented a new kind of shell
Shrapnel
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $800 In the third film of this title guy's animated series, Fiona's planned attack on 2 tree/ guards doesn't make them happy
Shrek
THAT'S ITALIAN! $400 It's the Italian name for the country's biggest island
Sicilia
DEAR JUNTA $2000 In 1998 Nigerian-led forces captured Freetown, ousting the junta that controlled this African country
Sierra Leone
UNFORESEEN FINDS $400 G.E. scientists looking for synthetic rubber during WWII discovered this toy that lifts images off a page
Silly Putty
SPORTS $400 In the 1997 Belmont Stakes, Touch Gold dashed this "charmed" horse's Triple Crown bid
Silver Charm
BRITISH INVENTIONS $2000 The miner's safety lamp was also called by the name of this British chemist who invented it in 1815
Sir Humphry Davy
BALLET $600 In a Tchaikovsky ballet, this title character is awakened with a kiss
Sleeping Beauty
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL $800 This band is now part of the "Zeitgeist" after suffering "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Smashing Pumpkins
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $2000 1963: "You've Really Got A Hold On Me"
Smokey Robinson and the Miracles
THE BIBLE $400 This wise successor of David is also called Jedidiah, meaning "Yahweh's beloved"
Solomon
THE ONION $200 Nov. 15, 2001: This pasta treat "discontinued as Franco-American relations break down"
SpaghettiOs
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $400 James K. Polk is the only president to have previously held this position in the House of Representatives
Speaker
THE 1980s $200 Representative Jim Wright resigned this congressional office & his seat in the House
Speaker of the House
PRE-COLUMBIAN CULTURES $200 The Folsom culture about 10,900 years ago had a fluted type of this weapon & a "thrower" for it
Spear
WEAPONRY $400 In the 1960s Nelson Mandela led the military group "Umkhonto we Sizwe", or this weapon "of the Nation"
Spear
ON THE GO $2000 This Newfoundland capital is the easternmost terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway
St. John's
RELIGION $3000 This 13th century Italian theologian was born in Roccasecca near the town of Aquino
St. Thomas Aquinas
BIG "STAR" $400 In 1990 this company expanded its Seattle HQ & built a new roasting plant
Starbucks
MAIN STREET U.S.A. $3200 Your feelings may run deep on historic Main Street in this city, home of Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
THE ENGLISH BEAT $400 Researchers estimate its construction on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire took about 30 million man-hours
Stonehenge
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $None He was the only person who died during the Civil War to be featured on Confederate currency
Stonewall Jackson
THE ENGLISH BEAT $600 In 1964 a Shakespeare center was opened on Henley Street in this city
Stratford-upon-Avon
2011 MOVIES $1000 Kate Bosworth & James Marsden star in the 2011 remake of this Sam Peckinpah film
Straw Dogs
ON THE MOVE $500 When it opened, it cut the distance from London to Bombay by 5,100 miles
Suez Canal
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA $400 It's what you wear to protect yourself against the effects of the device seen here:
Sunglasses
ACTION! $100 This hero made his comic book debut in & on the cover of Action Comics No. 1
Superman
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $2000 Guyana has had a long-standing border dispute with this small country to its southeast
Suriname
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE $200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-23_J_16.wmv">Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue in a tongue foreign to us but familiar to her.</a>) Spoken by about 9 million people worldwide it's the Scandinavian language I'm speaking
Swedish
BORN IN DUBLIN $1600 His first major satire, "A Tale of a Tub", was published in 1704
Swift
GEOGRAPH"Y" $500 The last British ship of convicts pulled into this Australian city's port in 1849
Sydney
WOMEN: WRITE ON! $1200 Esther Greenwood is an aspiring poet in this poet's novel "The Bell Jar"
Sylvia Plath
ISLANDS $1200 This island nation's highest peak, Yu Shan, in the Chungyang range, is also called Mount Morrison
Taiwan
THE TIGERS $500 The autobiography written by this famous Nepalese was titled "Tiger of the Snows"
Tenzing Norgay
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $1200 This slang synonym for oil is mentioned in the theme song to "The Beverly Hillbillies"
Texas tea
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? $800 Virginia's father Sir Leslie Stephen was earlier married to a daughter of this "Vanity Fair" author
Thackeray
WHO'S ON FIRST? $800 I pity the fool who doesn't know that this show led into "Remington Steele" on NBC's 1983-84 schedule
The A-Team
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $2000 1951: "Nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we are put in this world to rise above"
The African Queen
5 BANDS $400 2 members of this '70s "Ramblin' Man" band died in bike crashes, a year apart & within 3 blocks of each other
The Allman Brothers Band
WAR MOVIES $2000 1951: Erwin Rommel succeeds... for a while... in North Africa
The Desert Fox
2011 MOVIES $400 Emma Stone starred as aspiring writer Skeeter Phelan in this '60s-set drama based on a novel
The Help
NEWMAN'S OWN $1200 Paul Newman played "Fast" Eddie Felson in these 2 movies
The Hustler & The Color of Money
THE CINEMA $200 1999 film with the line "The answer is out there, Neo, and it's looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to"
The Matrix
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS $200 It's the play that inspired Reynaldo Hahn's opera "Le Marchand de Venise"
The Merchant of Venice
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL $400 This '80s trio were "Spirits in the Material World" before the synchronicity of their 2007 reunion
The Police
TELEVISION $500 On this NBC sci-fi drama, genius Jarod was played by Michael T. Weiss as a man & by Ryan Merriman as a boy
The Pretender
GEHRY $2000 In 1989 Gehry was awarded this prize commonly referred to as "The Nobel of Architecture"
The Pritzker Prize
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE $800 This time, a comedy: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_23.wmv"><i>"Beware my sting!" "She will be my chattel. Ha ha ha!" "I'm starved!" [Snores] "Giddy from lack of sleep. What is thy will, sir?" "Mm-wah!" "Ha ha ha ha ha!" "Ha ha ha ha ha!" "Ah!" "Ah!"</i></a>
The Taming of the Shrew
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $800 1965: "My Girl"
The Temptations
NEWMAN'S OWN $1600 Film in which washed-up lawyer Newman redeems himself by taking a medical malpractice case to trial
The Verdict
THE "W.B." $400 In a 1969 film this title group included William Holden & Warren Oates
The Wild Bunch
THREE CHEERS! $800 Since the 1979 incident at this location, no new nuclear reactors have been ordered in the U.S.
Three-Mile Island
THE REEL STORY $200 Kate Winslet wears a blue diamond necklace called the "Heart of the Ocean" in this 1997 film
Titanic
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE $1200 Tragedy: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_24.wmv"><i>"Victorious!" "Rue the tears I shed!" "Banishment!" "Son!" "Ah!" "Ha ha ha ha ha!" "Ha ha ha ha ha!" "Mad? Not!" "Ugh!" "Ugh!" "Uh-huh! Emperor!"</i></a>
Titus Andronicus
ASSASSINS $1000 Ramon Mercader, who killed this man in 1940, was later awarded the Order of Lenin
Trotsky
NOVELS OF THE PAST $400 In Barry Unsworth's "The Songs of the Kings", the Greek fleet bound for here is trapped by unfavorable winds
Troy
WAR MOVIES $400 2004: Angry Greeks attack a fortified city-state
Troy
INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">James Lipton reads the clue.</a>) The 19th century--more than 800 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_26a.jpg" target="_blank">oil paintings</a> and 700 drawings--yet you sold but one in your 37 years. Are you bitter?
Van Gogh
ROCK-Y $1200 1984's "Jump" was the first No. 1 hit for this group that features brothers Alex & Eddie
Van Halen
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $800 Francois Lemoyne painted the Hercules ceiling at this French palace & voila! became premier peintre du roi
Versailles
LUXEMBOURG $600 During his years in exile, this "Les Miserables" author lived for a while in Vianden; his house there is now a museum
Victor Hugo
BALLET $200 Cadets attend a dance at a girls' school in "Graduation Ball", a ballet set in this capital of Austria
Vienna
WORLD MUSEUMS $1600 A Durer collection is highlight of this city's Kunsthistorisches Museum, built up by the Hapsburgs
Vienna
COUNTRY MUSIC $800 This performer became an Opry member in 1991, the same year his "When I Call Your Name" album went platinum
Vince Gill
AMERICAN COUNTIES $800 This state's Norfolk County disappeared in 1963 when it became part of the city of Chesapeake
Virginia
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $800 It has a Supercenter on South 9th St. in Salina, Kansas
Walmart
THE PRODUCERS $1600 It leads the states in apple production
Washington
BORN IN DUBLIN $400 After the Battle of Waterloo, he said, "Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won"
Wellington
COLORFUL GROUPS $600 Leaders of a "Seven Nation Army": The ____ Stripes
White
YES, THAT'S "WHITE" $1000 Down a shot & name this 1973 Burt Reynolds movie
White Lightning
THE TIGERS $1600 One of this man's most famous poems begins, "Tyger! Tyger! burning bright, in the forests of the night"
William Blake
THE PLANET URANUS $1000 He discovered Uranus as well as 2 of its moons
William Herschel
0.624305555555556 $1200 "The joke's over", said Simon Cowell about this "American Idol" singer with a unique rendition of "She Bangs"
William Hung
BILLS & WILLS $800 This perennial Democratic nominee also served as Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan
BILLS & WILLS $200 Born in Fabens, Texas in 1931, this legendary jockey won his first of 8,833 races at age 18
Willie Shoemaker
CARTOONS $600 On screen, he's a "tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff"
Winnie the Pooh
THE PRODUCERS $400 This central state produces more cheese than any other
Wisconsin
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $400 "Manhattan"ite who said, "Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable"--sounds "Bananas" to us
Woody Allen
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $400 Harrelson's yummies
Woody's goodies
THE LAST BATTLE $600 The Battle of the Meuse-Argonne
World War I
HISTORY IN MOVIES $800 In "Sahara", set in this war, German soldiers attack Humphrey Bogart at a desert oasis
World War II
EUROPE $2000 Until recently, Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia & Slovenia was part of this
Yugoslavia
BRAND-TASTIC $400 In 1932 George Blaisdell developed this cigarette lighter in Bradford, Pennsylvania
Zippo
PROPHET SHARING $800 Poems known as the "Gathas" are attributed to this ancient prophet & teacher who lived in eastern Iran
Zoroaster
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME $800 Self, launched in 1979, is one of these
a (women's) magazine
HAIR TODAY $1000 George Clooney popularized the close-cut style named this, like a certain leader
a Caesar (cut)
THE FUNNIES $400 “Marmaduke†is this breed of dog
a Great Dane
BIRD HUNTING $1000 The Academy of Pro Players Power Hitting Baseball Camp can help you with bat speed, bunting & hitting the curve
a bunting
CAMERA $100 The names of TV cameras & videocassette recorders are combined in this device
a camcorder
"EVE"NING $800 A bracketed projecting beam supported on only one end, or a type of bridge
a cantilever
BIRD HUNTING $400 One of the cardinal rules of e-mail listed on insiderreports.com is to turn off your Caps-Lock
a cardinal
FLOWERS $800 This flower seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is often spotted on a man's lapel
a carnation
SCIENCE $200 In metric measurement, 10 millimeters equal 1 of these
a centimeter
RHYME TIME $300 An inexpensive Army vehicle
a cheap jeep
VISUALIZE $600 Try to photograph this swift critter, and you might only get its tail, seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
a cheetah
SAY "CHI"s $1600 You can "pet" this Southwestern plant, Salvia Columbariae
a chia
SOCIOLOGY $800 A joint author on a paper, or someone who assists the power occupying his country
a collaborator
LAW ENFORCEMENT $2000 Not just a remark like "the soup's too salty", it's a formal charge a victim can swear out, leading to an arrest
a complaint
POLITICAL TALK $1200 A "strict" one of these 15-letter words tends to interpret the Constitution literally
a constructionist
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $800 A tea room in Cambria, California is named for this kind of teapot cover--& it sells them, too
a cozy
POLITICAL TALK $800 This type of "son" holds a state's convention votes together but is not a serious candidate for presidency
a favorite son
A SHAPELY CATEGORY $400 Something that's cordate is shaped like this, my love
a heart
MEDICAL TALK $600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-31_J_16.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew tends to a virtual patient at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Ctr, a Harvard teaching hospital in Boston, MA.</a>) A dilated pupil indicates that a head injury may have led to an acute subdural this, where blood accumulates within the skull
a hematoma
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE $400 This sound of aggression from a domestic cat is also produced by vipers
a hiss
BALLET $600 I may say "neigh!" if you do a pas de cheval, a ballet step that imitates this animal
a horse
CARTOONS $1000 Sylvester believes Hippety Hopper, a baby one of these, to be a gigantic mouse
a kangaroo
"KEY"s $300 This type of private establishment admits only members & their guests
a key club
THE BIBLE $300 John 1:29 calls Jesus this animal "of God, which taketh away the sin of the world"
a lamb
L____O $200 It's a long rope with a loop on one end, used to rope cattle
a lasso
SWEET! $800 Some pies have a top named for this garden structure
a lattice
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $600 Counsel is putting words in the witness' mouth with this type of question; the word also means "in first place"
a leading question
CALL ME A"LEX" $1200 By profession, Noah Webster was one of these
a lexicographer
SILENCE $400 The journal of this quiet type of institution gives an award for the one "of the Year"; in 2010 it was in Columbus
a library
WHY SO BLUE? $2000 The blue type of this game fish, M. Nigricans, has a long pointed bill
a marlin
BIRD HUNTING $600 At NYU, Martin Scorsese taught future filmmakers Spike Lee & Oliver Stone
a martin
PROPHET SHARING $200 Before he was a prophet, Smohalla gained fame as one of these alliterative Native American healers
a medicine man
MAKE IT RIGHT $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) In a flood, a float house can rise on <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_30a.jpg" target="_blank">guideposts</a> & is actually so light that it's weighted against winds; architect Thom Mayne compares it to this 4-letter beach structure, moving with the tide
a pier
WHAT AM I HAVING? $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Bronx.</a>) Hey, Sal, I got some hungry people out here; give me a garbage pie--I just ordered up one of these
a pizza with everything
BICYCLES $100 The woman’s bicycle without the bar was created so women could ride while wearing these
a skirt
ALWAYS SAY NEVER $1000 Shelley said of this, "Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert!"; Wordsworth said they "soar but never roam"
a skylark
PUSH BY SAFIRE $800 Safire defined "the proof of guilt that precipitates resignations" as this 2-word term describing a discharged firearm
a smoking gun
DON'T BE A PAIN $1200 Trigger point injections are used to treat this muscle contraction, from the Latin for "convulsion"
a spasm
THE REPLACEMENTS $400 When companies do this to their stock, they replace outstanding shares with multiple new ones
a split
FOOD FACTS $300 Kentucky burgoo is a thick one of these made with meat vegetables
a stew
WORD ORIGINS $1000 Originally a brand applied to slaves & criminals, it has come to mean a mark of disgrace
a stigma
BIRDS $500 The long legs of the bird seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-11_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> give it this name, from a prop used by circus performers
a stilt
TRANSPORTATION $600 The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
a submarine
19th CENTURY AMERICA $800 To avoid Boss Tweed's graft, Alfred Beach secretly built one of these under Broadway in 1869-70
a subway
A SHAPELY CATEGORY $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-04_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew points out a four-sided shape on the monitor.</a>) In geometry, I'm sure you've come across this shape: it's a plane figure with 2 parallel & 2 non-parallel sides
a trapezoid
FINANCE $800 It's often set up by the wealthy for their kids, but California has a state children's one for poor folks
a trust fund
GOING TO PIECES $600 The U.S. hasn't minted these, between a penny & a nickel, since 1872
a two-cent coin
"V" $400 A tramp or wanderer
a vagabond
DANCE $600 The 1786 Opera "Una Cosa Rara" featured one of the first of these Viennese dances
a waltz
ACTION! $400 The action of a boy can ring a girl's bell, & the action of these can ring a buoy's bell
a wave
YES, THAT'S "WHITE" $800 A chess piece, or a company involved in a friendly takeover of another
a white knight
YES, THAT'S "WHITE" $400 Milk with butter & flour added used as a base in cooking
a white sauce
GONE TOMORROW? $1000 Among the colorful mammals on the endangered list are the gray & the red ones of these predators
a wolf
Y-R $200 An astronomer may speak of a solar, lunar, equinoctial or sidereal one
a year
EPONYMS $2000 This flower seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-05-05_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is named for a German botanist
a zinnia
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A" $800 The university environment
academia
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY $800 It's what the "A" stands for in AIDS
acquired
PICTURE THIS $800 Nose art, referring to pictures on the noses of these, really took off during WWII
airplanes
ITALIAN $2000 If you're not going sinistra or destra, you're going sempre diritto, meaning this
always straight
THE "A"s $800 Some scientists believe the dinosaurs died out when one of these interstellar objects struck the Earth
an asteroid
CORAL REEF LIFE $2000 It's a ring-shaped coral island surrounding a lagoon, like Bikini or Eniwetok
an atoll
"AI" $1600 This 2-word term for a nanny is French for "equal"
an au pair
SILENCE $200 In a silent one of these, the bids are written--none of that "do I hear..." business
an auction
GIVE THE BUCHAREST $1200 In 1977 one of these phenomena devastated Bucharest, killing about 1,500 people
an earthquake
WORDS $800 Someone who sees a crime is an eyewitness; someone who experiences it aurally is this similar word
an earwitness
ACTION! $300 You may not give a fig, but according to Newton, there's one of these for every action
an equal & opposite reaction
FOOD FACTS $200 The "pearl" type of this is served as a vegetable or pickled & used as a condiment
an onion
CHECK OUT MY CRIB $1000 Wanna put your feet up? How about on one of these with a "Turkish" name
an ottoman
STRING THEORY 101 $400 If you're emotionally dependent on mom, you're "tied to" these "strings"
apron strings
THE FRENCH CONNECTION $800 Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable
apéritif
ORGANIZED LABOR $200 Under this arrangement, labor and management agree to let a third party settle their dispute
arbitration
"AI" $800 This dictionary term meaning "old" is applied to words like "wast"
archaic
SIGNS & SYMBOLS $1000 The same 2 letters in the same order make up Arkansas' postal abbreviation & the symbol of this chemical element
argon
SCIENCE $800 One mole of any substance always has the same number, 6.022 x 10<sup>23</sup> of these
atoms
LIFE SCIENCE $2000 In a fish's 2-chambered heart, it's the chamber that receives blood from the veins
atrium
BLARNEY $200 Now applied to Shakespeare, this word referred originally to Celtic minstrel poets
bard
"B" PREPARED $200 A non-rigid flexible dirigible
blimp
SYNONYMS $400 As a noun, it's a synonym for "flower", as a verb, it's to blossom or come into one's own
bloom
"BOO"! $2000 According to Lewis Carroll, the snark was one of these, you see
boojum
"BOO"! $1600 A government project of little value funded to gain political favor
boondoggle
"BOO"! $400 Soft woolen shoes for a baby
booties
"BOO"! $800 An illegally made product, especially a musical recording
bootleg
"B" PREPARED $1000 Meaning a noisy commotion, it may derive from "baruch habba", a loud traditional greeting at a synagogue
brouhaha
MUNICH $400 In 1634 & 1635 an outbreak of this deadly contagion devastated Munich, killing more than one third of its residents
bubonic plague
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT $1200 In physics notation the speed of light is symbolized by this letter in lower case
c
BRITISH INVENTIONS $1600 For the military, zoologist John Kerr developed the "dazzle paint" type of this, something animals also use
camouflage
CHECK OUT MY CRIB $600 Chandeliers look great but nowadays don't usually use these items from which their name is derived
candles
CARBON CREDITS $400 This gas, CO, prevents hemoglobin from supplying oxygen to the body
carbon monoxide
THE REDS $800 In the Catholic Church, they wear red hats
cardinals
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD $800 Cozy, wax or quilt
cozy
FLOWERS $1600 Grown from bulbs, they're the cheerful spring flowers seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
daffodils
SALMON $200 "Fish ladders" help salmon travel upstream over these man-made obstructions
dams
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $400 This commerce site founded in 1995 now also owns Skype, Paypal, & Shopping.com
eBay
HOMOPHONES $800 Deserve, or a large decorative vase
earn/urn
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME $2000 Per the "American Psychiatric Glossary", this mania is "pathological preoccupation with self"
egomania
MISC. $200 Before applying to become a naturalized U.S. citizen, a resident alien must have reached this age
eighteen
MAKE IT RIGHT $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) The "E" in insulated "Low-E windows" stands for this; the windows allow light through but prevent solar heat gain & block UV rays
emission
FROM THE FRENCH $2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_DJ_30.wmv">Jon of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.</a>) This verb for one set of gears meshing with another set comes from the Old French for "pledge"
engage
COMPANIES YOUNGER THAN YOU $2000 Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel
ethanol
"EVE"NING $200 Dangerous ones include hemorrhagic & scarlet
fever
WORDS OF LOVE $800 Marlowe rhymed, "Where both deliberate, the love is slight; who ever loved, that loved not at" this?
first sight
CAMERA $200 Aptly, underwater photography may require these widest wide-angle lenses
fisheye lenses
DOUBLE MEANINGS $2000 I started to _____ in the hot sun, but I had to grab the _____ out of Ed's belt so he wouldn't score a TD
flag
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $1000 A front yard favorite: I'm no flag
flamingo
CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $600 Greek-letter group (10)
fraternity
GENERAL INFORMATION $600 Found in Southeast Asia, they're the smallest apes
gibbons
MAKE IT RIGHT $600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) A wood product called <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">TimberSIL</a> gives Make It Right homes durability; it endures, resists warping, & is a Class A fire retardant, due to being infused with this common transparent material
glass
LAW ENFORCEMENT $400 The truant officer may come after you if you fail to do this
go to school
19th CENTURY AMERICA $200 The discovery of this in 1896 turned Seward's Folly into Seward's Good Fortune
gold
TRAVEL & TOURISM $200 If you don't mind the cold, you can pan for this metal at Tankavaara in Finland
gold
GROUP COUNTDOWN $800 In interrogation, one officer who acts threatening & another who comes on nicer to win the suspect's trust
good cop, bad cop
THE 23rd PSALM $1000 "Surely" these 2 quantities "shall follow me all the days of my life"
goodness & mercy
THE BIBLE $500 God instructed Noah to use this kind of wood to build the ark
gopher wood
ODD TITLES $None Gilbert & Sullivan's "Mikado", not Milne, gave us this hyphenated title for a pompous functionary
grand poo-bah
LUXEMBOURG $200 Rivaner is a profitable type of this planted in Luxembourg's Moselle Valley
grape
FRUIT $800 More than 50 medications are affected by the juice of this citrus fruit; its enzymes break down the meds
grapefruit
CARBON CREDITS $1200 AKA black lead, this form of carbon has a greasy feel & is used in making lubricants
graphite
ITALIAN $1600 From an Italian word for "grape stalk", it's brandy distilled from the remains of grapes after pressing
grappa
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB $1200 The word "okra" is West African; in the language of Angola, okra was called this, which to us is a soup or stew
gumbo
WORD ORIGINS $600 Chinese for “work togetherâ€, it was motto of U.S. marine raiders in WWII
gung ho
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD $600 Happy, snappy or pappy
happy
MINERALS $200 A scratch test won’t reveal a mineral’s allergies, but this property
hardness
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $200 The witness is testifying based on what someone else told her--that's called this
hearsay
MUNICH $800 Munich's motto used to be "die weltstadt mit herz", the world city with one of these
heart
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD $200 Hell, heaven or limbo
heaven
CRAFT $800 This word for a step in sewing a garment is also found paired with "hawing"
hemming
"IND" THE KNOW $200 This adjective refers to the original natives of any region
indigenous
"IND" THE KNOW $400 The systematic teaching of beliefs to gain uncritical acceptance
indoctrination
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400 Unlike some, I like my women to be "cranio", this quality we also admire on "Jeopardy!"
intelligence
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $1000 This animal's scientific name is Panthera onca
jaguar
SWEET! $200 This slang term for coffee precedes "chip" in a Starbucks ice cream flavor
java
CROSSWORD CLUES "J" $400 Jettisoned goods (6)
jetsam
CROSSWORD CLUES "J" $600 Riding breeches (8)
jodhpurs
PLANT PARENTHOOD $200 Named for the Virgin Mary, these carnivorous little red beetles can help rid your garden of aphids & other insects
ladybugs
POLITICIANS MAKE ME CUSS $1000 South Carolina legislator John "O'Goshen!"
land
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $600 1997's prize went in part to an international group trying to clear these from the world
land mines
CRAFT $400 Saddler's pliers were created for gripping this material
leather
L____O $800 The opposite of staccato, it's a direction to play music smoothly
legato
FOOD FACTS $100 Bread is eaten so widely it's often called the "staff of" this
life
OXYMORONS $400 In November 1996 Roy Jones, Jr. knocked down Mike McCallum & won the WBC title in this division
light-heavyweight
"LIGHT"s $100 Famous ones include Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini & Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran
lightweights
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $5000 Also known as butter beans, they were, prior to being exported to Europe, a diet staple of the Inca
lima beans
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A" $200 From the Italian for "bad air", this disease kills more than one million people each year
malaria
PSYCHOLOGY $100 In the psychology of learning, it’s “the retention of associationâ€; in “Catsâ€, it’s a showstopping song
memory
TRANSLATION EXERCISES $400 Yiddish to French: The polite "a sheynem dank"
merci beaucoup
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS $1200 In the mid-18th c. Mikhail Lomonosov became the first scientist to record the freezing of this liquid metal
mercury
SWEET! $600 A confection called a kiss is baked this: sugar & stiffly beaten egg whites
meringue
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600 If you want another drink, hand over some "grana", this; I'm not covering for you anymore after last night
money
BARD BITS $800 In the first line of "Twelfth Night", this is described as the "food of love"
music
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME $400 Excessive self-contemplation is called this anatomical gazing
navel
LOW TECH $1000 11-letter word for embroidery on canvas, with uniform spacing of stitches in a pattern
needlepoint
MISC. $300 This noble gas glows orange-red when an electric current is passed through it
neon
PLANT PARENTHOOD $1000 The 3 elements most commonly found in garden fertilizers are phosphorus, potassium & this element
nitrogen
SCIENCE $400 Boyle's Law says normally if you double the pressure on a gas, the volume decreases by this amount
one-half
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $400 A big African: to Chris
ostrich
THE BIG APPLE $800 One of NYC's most famous seafood joints is the bar for these bivalves in Grand Central
oysters
PLANT PARENTHOOD $800 (Sarah of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) A must for any gardener, a soil testing kit is used to take a reading of this level, a measure of acidity
pH level
LOW TECH $400 Ticonderoga is no. 1 in making no. 2 these, introduced in 1913
pencils
OXYMORONS $600 The American Academy of Pediatrics called smoking "The leading cause of" this oxymoron in the U.S.
preventable death
THREE CHEERS! $600 The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat
racing's Triple Crown
CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $800 Beam, beacon & frequency preceder (5)
radar (or radio)
STRING THEORY 201 $400 String theory attempts to merge quantum mechanics with Einstein's general theory of this
relativity
WEDDINGS $200 It's the job of the lad seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
ringbearer
THE PLANET URANUS $200 Observations by astronomer James Elliot in 1977 discovered 5 of these around Uranus
rings
"ROCK"Y $1600 Also called halite, this common mineral can be formed by the drying of enclosed bodies of seawater
rock salt
THE 23rd PSALM $600 These 2 items, "they comfort me"
rod & staff
SYRIA'S EATING $2000 To make eish al-Saraya or "Syrian dessert" you need this preparation made by steeping petals in liquid
rosewater
CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $1200 Room or building in the round (7)
rotunda
WORD ORIGINS $600 Derived from the Latin for "salted vegetables", this cold dish might be enhanced with a little oil & vinegar
salad
WHAT AM I HAVING? $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Spain.</a>) Por favor, un plato de chorizo--a plate of this, please
sausage
WORDS $400 This name for a work of art that you may carve in art class comes from the Latin for "to carve"
sculpture
DON'T BE A PAIN $2000 There are several types of these nerve cells: some respond to temperature, some to pressure & some to pain
sensory receptors
JURY DUTY $1600 In the Manson trial this isolation of a jury to protect it from outside influences lasted 8 1/2 months
sequestering
ORGANIZED LABOR $600 In 1978 legislation raised the mandatory retirement age to this
seventy
SCIENCE $1000 This resin, a natural polymer used as a varnish, is produced by insects in India and Myanmar
shellac
STRING THEORY 101 $1000 Aglets are found on the ends of these strings
shoelaces
WORD ORIGINS $1000 Run-down part of town, from the rough forest paths along which newly-cut logs were dragged
skid row
AVIARY $800 The "sky" type of this songbird, of which Shelley wrote, may be gone from Britain by 2009
skylark
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY $400 Part of Key's solution to this problem was helping found the American Colonization Society
slavery
WEAPONRY $600 The first 2 weapons Hamlet mentions in his "To be or not to be" soliloquy
slings & arrows
RUBY $400 In newspapers, Jack Ruby was invariably described as an "operator" of these joints
strip joints (or nightclubs)
WHAT AM I HAVING? $600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_J_10.jpg" target="_blank">Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Venice.</a>) Caffe con zucchero, per favore--I take my coffee with this
sugar
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $400 I see in my crystal ball that Bill Hewitt wrote a book about how to read these
tea leaves
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $1600 When Lady Diana had doubts about marrying Prince Charles, she was told: Too late. "Your face is on" these cloth items
tea towels
MEDICAL TALK $200 This term refers to the painful inflammation of any of the fibrous structures that connect muscles to bones
tendinitis
PLANT PARENTHOOD $400 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in the laboratory) Any glass or plastic container can be used to build one of these self-contained indoor gardens
terrariums
CARBON CREDITS $2000 The atoms in a diamond are arranged in this "4-faced" pyramid-shaped pattern, giving it a rigid structure
tetrahedral
GIVE ME AN "A"! $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_J_19.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Cape Cod, MA.</a>) In 1986, this vessel, named either for a chipmunk or Woods Hole scientist Alan Vine, reached the Titanic
the Alvin
ALL "AMERICAN" $600 In 2009 this organization that maintains the largest registry for purebred dogs celebrated its 125th anniversary
the American Kennel Club
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB $2000 The marimba was popularized in Central America, but the word is from this sub-Saharan group of about 500 langs.
the Bantu languages
RELIGION $1200 The Southern Convention of this denomination split from the Yankees in 1845
the Baptists
FAMOUS VOYAGES $None Capt. Robert Fitzroy of this ship argued that its scientific discoveries supported the Bible
the Beagle
SHIPS $400 In 1831 Charles Darwin sailed as naturalist on this ship
the Beagle
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $800 Bristol Bay is an arm of this sea off Alaska
the Bering
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS $400 This "Triangle" near Florida has been the site of numerous maritime disasters
the Bermuda Triangle
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $1200 Rivers that flow into this sea include the Dnieper, Dniester & Danube
the Black Sea
BODIES OF WATER $800 At Khartoum, Sudan these colorful branches meet to form the Nile River
the Blue Nile & the White Nile
ISLANDS $3000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_15.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.</a>) Because they surround Delos, the sacred birthplace of Apollo & Artemis, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_15a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> island group derives its name from the Greek word for "circle"
the Cyclades
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $3000 Henry & Clara Ford are proud to announce the rollout of this model Nov. 6, 1893
the Edsel
THE BIG APPLE $200 There's an annual footrace up its 86 flights of stairs
the Empire State Building
TRANSPORTATION $600 In 1994 the trip across this body of water was cut from a little more than an hour to about 35 minutes
the English Channel
LAW ENFORCEMENT $1200 This agency's criminal justice information services div. has the fingerprints of more than 47 million people
the FBI
THE TIGERS $400 Founded by Claire Chennault, these aviators shot down hundreds of Japanese planes during World War II
the Flying Tigers
STUPID ANSWERS $100 It was invented in 1911 by Hans Geiger
the Geiger counter
EUROPE $1200 The person with this title gets to appoint people to Luxembourg's Council of State & they get to stay on for life
the Grand Duke
CORAL REEF LIFE $400 Just off Australia, it's the largest chain of coral reefs in the world
the Great Barrier Reef
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $400 This character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is said to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper
the Headless Horseman
KING ARTHUR $200 Arthur's round table had a seat reserved for this knight who could find this
the Holy Grail
ODDS & ENDS $100 The Time Almanac states "There is little reason to believe that the architects intended" this "to lean"
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
SHIPS $400 On May 7, 1915 German submarine commander Walter Schweiger gave the command to torpedo this British liner
the Lusitania
MUSICALS OF THE '20s $400 The 1924 musical revue "I'll Say She Is" made these goofy brothers legitimate Broadway stars
the Marx Brothers
PUSH BY SAFIRE $600 In 2006 George W. Bush awarded Safire this "presidential" item, the highest honor given to civilians
the Medal of Freedom
THE LAST BATTLE $1000 The Battle of Chapultepec
the Mexican-American War
THE COLOR PURPLE $1200 Defensive tackle Alan Page was part of the "purple people eaters" of this NFL team
the Minnesota Vikings
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $800 Named for his cousin, James Buchanan Eads built the first bridge across this river at St. Louis
the Mississippi
GOVERNMENT $400 This council’s members are the president, vice president, sec’y of state & sec’y of defense
the National Security Council
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $None 64 paintings from the Met's founding purchase are still in its collection; over 1/3 of them are from this current European nation
the Netherlands
THEN THERE'S MAUVE $600 Not much mauve but lots of gray in the paintings of Anton Mauve, a member of The Hague school in this country
the Netherlands
HOME, SWEET HOME $2000 Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a Concord home nicknamed this; Hawthorne rented it & wrote some "Mosses from" it
the Old Manse
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $800 The night before the 3rd Monday in April, lanterns are hung in the steeple of this Boston church
the Old North Church
DICTATORS & TYRANTS $600 By murdering all his brothers around 1413, Mehmed I took power as the fifth ruler of this empire
the Ottoman Empire
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY $200 Washingtonians refer to the Francis Scott Key Bridge over this river as "The Car-Strangled Spanner"
the Potomac
PUSH BY SAFIRE $200 William Safire won this prize in 1978 "For Commentary on the Bert Lance Affair" ("Affair" being Lance's banking practices)
the Pulitzer
SHIPS $300 The Queen Elizabeth was a few feet lnger than this, her sister ship
the Queen Mary
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-03_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Nobel Peace Prize Center in Oslo, Norway.</a>) Henry Dunant, who founded this international organization that works to relieve suffering, won a share of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-03_J_02a.jpg" target="_blank">first</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-11-03_J_02b.jpg" target="_blank">Peace Prize</a> in 1901; since then, the organization itself has won an unprecedented three prizes
the Red Cross
THAT'S ITALIAN! $2000 This 15th century movement may have first been named in a 1550 book, using the Italian word rinascita
the Renaissance
THE TIGERS $800 Now endangered, this largest variety of tiger bears the name of a large Russian region
the Siberian tiger
A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-23_DJ_21.jpg" target="_blank">Alex reports from the Western Wall in Jerusalem.</a>) In Jewish circles, the Wailing Wall became known as the Western Wall after this 1967 war & the reunification of Jerusalem
the Six-Day War
GOVERNMENT $600 He, not the Attorney General, represents the government in cases before the Supreme Court
the Solicitor General of the U.S.
SNACK ATTACK $800 Wow! The Chocolate Delight snack bar named for this "Miami" diet has just 100 calories! I'll have 6 of them
the South Beach diet
BIG "STAR" $600 This hotel & casino at 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South cashed out in 2006
the Stardust
SILENCE $1000 The name of this branch of monks known for keeping silent comes from a 17th century Cistercian Abbey
the Trappists
THE LAST BATTLE $1000 The Battle of Bosworth
the Wars of the Roses
19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $400 This imposing American landmark is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_16.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> as it looked in 1876
the Washington Monument
IT'S AN L.A. THING $1000 Originally called "Nuestro Pueblo" by the artist, it's the L.A. landmark seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-03_J_24.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
the Watts Towers
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS $200 Supposedly, President Harrison is heard in the attic & Jackson haunts the Rose Bedroom in this house
the White House
THE STARTING INFIELD $200 In 1977 Chambliss, Randolph, Dent & Nettles took the field for this team
the Yankees
TURKISH LITERATURE $1200 Sultan Abdulhamid II's censorship hindered Ottoman writers until this "youthful" group's 1908 revolution
the Young Turks
5-LETTER WORDS $1600 Teddy Roosevelt said "The credit belongs to the man" in this, "whose face is marred by dust & sweat & blood"
the arena
ODDS & ENDS $300 Room of the house in which you'd normally find a four-poster
the bedroom
WORD ORIGINS $200 From Dutch “kaban huisâ€, meaning ship’s galley, in U.S. it came to mean last car on a train
the caboose
DANCE $400 19th c. women exposed their petticoats when they did this naughty French dance also known as <i>Le Chahut</i>
the can-can
ANATOMY $600 Each wrist has 8 of these bones, also the name of a tunnel in the wrist
the carpals
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE $1000 Starting around 1922, this phrase meant something excellent or desirable
the cat's meow
WEDDINGS $1000 It's the festive-sounding name for one who officiates at a wedding
the celebrant
THE COLOR PURPLE $2000 This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado
the columbine
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE $1200 In "Harlequinade" the hero tries to rescue Columbine with the help of the magical "La Bonne Fee", this in English
the good fairy
TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE WORD THAT RHYMES WITH STAR $600 Django Reinhardt was a master of this instrument
the guitar
ALSO A TOOL $600 "U Can't Touch This" bone, aka the malleus, just behind the eardrum
the hammer
ANATOMY $400 The uvea, the eye's middle layer, includes this contractile diaphragm, the colored part of the eye
the iris
ANATOMY $400 This vein's name comes from the Latin for "collarbone"
the jugular
THE FUNNIES $600 Dolly, Jeffrey, Billy & P.J.
the kids in the Family Circus
"LIGHT"s $300 Ben Franklin invented this device & would have been shocked if it hadn't worked
the lightning rod
TRANSPLANTS $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_DJ_12.jpg" target="_blank">I'm Dr. Thomas Starzl.</a>) In 1967, on a patient suffering from hepatoma, I performed the first successful human transplant of this organ
the liver
DANCE $800 The basic floor pattern of this elegant 17th c. French court dance evolved to resemble the letter Z
the minuet
"MOON"S $200 Michael Jackson and Neil Armstrong are both experts at this
the moonwalk
HAIRY $1200 Dudes, it's the "fishy" hairstyle worn by David Spade in "Joe Dirt"
the mullet
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $1200 This fruit from the family Bromeliaceae is native to Brazil & Paraguay; it didn't reach Hawaii until the early 1500s
the pineapple
GOVERNMENT $1000 In 1966, Supreme Court ruled the 24th amendment outlawed this tax on both federal & state levels
the poll tax
NORSE MYTHOLOGY $400 The Norns are counterparts of the Fates: Urd represents the past; Verdandi & Skuld, these 2 things
the present & the future
ANATOMY $1000 Familiar to pitchers, the group of muscles called this includes the subscapularis muscle
the rotator cuff
ANATOMY $1000 A ringlike muscle called the pyloric sphincter lies at the end of this, leading into the duodenum
the stomach
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $400 When the earth is at perihelion, it is having its closest encounter with this
the sun
THE BIG BANGLADESH $600 The green on the flag of Bangladesh represents its lush vegetation; the red circle in the middle is this
the sun
PLACES $500 This term for a house's entrance hall also refers to the space between cars on a train
the vestibule
SOCIOLOGY $1000 A plant, animal or object that's the symbol of a clan; it's often taboo & was paired with "Taboo" in a Freud title
totem
UP IN THE AIR $800 Warm air flows deflected by the Earth's rotation create winds that were named this by business-minded mariners
trade winds
OXYMORONS $800 Roberto Benigni's film "Life Is Beautiful" is a beautiful example of this oxymoronic genre
tragic comedy
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB $1600 Go where some men have gone before with this 4-letter term from the Afrikaans for "migrate"
trek
THE FRENCH CONNECTION $2000 From the French for "to sort" comes the word for this process of treating patients based on need
triage
SALMON $800 Salmon are members of the same family as the speckled or brook variety of this fish
trout
ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $200 A holiday standard: key rut
turkey
WHAT A GEM! $800 This December birthstone is the state gem of Arizona & New Mexico
turquoise
WHY SO BLUE? $800 Seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-05-05_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, a Navajo bracelet features this mineral
turquoise
WORDS $1000 The name of these small towers often seen on castles comes from Old French for "small towers"
turrets
COUNTRY MUSIC $800 This sound, like that made by plucking a guitar, is the title of a 2009 album by George Strait
twang
COME, HO CHI MINH $800 Ho Chi Minh was also known by the nickname Bac Ho, meaning this relative
uncle
FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400 Jean Duvet created a series of engravings depicting the hunting of this 1-horned mythical beast
unicorn
GROUP COUNTDOWN $1000 It can mean "one" or a military entity like the army's Third Armored Division
unit
"V" $800 9-letter word meaning to waver between courses of action
vacillate
"V" $600 A silk textile with a short, smooth surface, or the covering on deer's developing antlers
velvet
"V" $1000 2-word legal term for preliminary examination of jurors
voir dire
THE BIG APPLE $600 In 1865 NYC, already home to 800,000, finally abandoned this type of fire department
volunteer
PSYCHOLOGY $300 Standard test of responding to a key word with the 1st words which come to your mind
word association
COMPOSERS $600 Mendelssohn wrote a series of 49 piano pieces which were appropriately titled “Songs Without†these
words
SPORTS FACTS $1000 Iowa state's Dan Gable won 2 NCAA titles in this sport & then coached Iowa to 15 team titles from1978 to 1997
wrestling
ITALIAN $1200 The divine "Don Giovanni" duet "La ci darem la mano" means "There, you'll give me" this
your hand
THAT'S ITALIAN! $1200 These thin tubes of pasta, Italian for "bridegrooms", are often baked
ziti
THE FALL $400 Headed by Chief Justice Charles T. Wells, the Supreme Court of this state was in the news in November 2000
Florida
THE PRODUCERS $1200 Orange you glad to know that this state leads the U.S. in citrus production
Florida
CARTOONS $400 I say there, son, this Warner Bros. cartoon rooster is sometimes pursued by a chicken hawk
Foghorn Leghorn
COME, HO CHI MINH $400 Ho Chi Minh helped start Vietnam's Communist Party & in the 1920s helped start this Eur. country's Communist Party
France
THE TITANIC $200 The only country outside the British Isles where the Titanic ever anchored
France
"KEY"s $500 From 1833 to 1841 he served as U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia
Francis Scott Key
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES $1200 "The Big Hurt"
Frank Thomas
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $1200 1963: "Walk Like A Man"
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $800 A Mrs., in Munich (4)
Frau
MISC. $400 Jules Verne's book "Around the Moon" was the sequel to this 1865 best seller
From the Earth to the Moon
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $1200 Jules Verne-Wilkie Collins sci-fi/detective novel about Civil War vets who want to shoot a cannon into a gem
From the Earth to the Moonstone
CITY OF BIRTH $1600 Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was not born in France; his birthplace was this European city
Geneva
THE MOVIES $1000 Jane Russell & Marilyn Monroe sang about being "Two Little Girls from Little Rock" in this 1953 movie musical
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000 This Sinclair Lewis real estate broker is a member of the Zenith civic booster club
George Babbitt
BORN IN DUBLIN $800 John Millington Synge wasn't born on Dublin's Synge St.; this other 3-named playwright was
George Bernard Shaw
COMPOSERS ON FILM $600 James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy"
George M. Cohan
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $200 "The Surveyor President"
George Washington
'HUSKER DO $800 One of the 2 vice presidents born in Nebraska; one in 1913, the other in 1941
Gerald Ford (or Dick Cheney)
LUXEMBOURG $400 Encyclopedia Britannica says this, not French, is the lingua franca of Luxembourg
German
MEN OF THE WORLD $400 The U.S. statesman seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1998-02-24_DJ_22.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> was born in 1923 in this country:
Germany
HISTORY IN MOVIES $1000 In this famous film Scarlett O'Hara doesn't let the South losing the Civil War slow her down
Gone With the Wind
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $400 Anne Shirley leaves the orphanage to live on this "colorful" farm in Avonlea
Green Gables
"EVE"NING $600 In 1905 this former U.S. president remarked, "Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote"
Grover Cleveland
JULY $2000 In July 1893 this president underwent a secret operation to remove part of his jaw due to cancer
Grover Cleveland
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $200 Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor
Guillotine
AYE! IT'S IRELAND $400 One of Ireland's most important exports, it's also Ireland's most popular brand of stout beer
Guinness
LIVE IN TEXAS $1000 This billionaire Texan was asked to testify on his Plano company's involvement in California's energy crisis
H. Ross Perot
PHOTOGRAPHERS $800 Black photographer James Van Der Zee chronicled life in this NYC section for more than a half century
Harlem
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA $1000 In this 1989 film, Eddie Murphy was the adopted son of a 1930s nightclub owner played by Richard Pryor
Harlem Nights
TURKISH LITERATURE $1600 Peter Ustinov directed & starred in the film version of the Yasar Kemal novel "Memed, My" this predatory bird
Hawk
THE DIRECTOR SPEAKS $300 When an actress in his "Lifeboat" asked him what her best side was, he said, "My dear, you're sitting on it"
Hitchcock
WORLD MUSEUMS $400 Hanoi, where this man died in 1969, has a museum devoted to him
Ho Chi Minh
LITERARY CHARACTERS $600 He tells his 10-year-old sister Phoebe that he wants to be a "catcher in the rye"
Holden Caulfield
OSCARS OF THE '70s $10000 For her portrayal of Greta Ohlsson in a 1974 mystery, this legendary actress scored her third Oscar
Ingrid Bergman
PEARLS OF WISDOM $5000 A 17th century writer: "Angling can be said to be so like the mathematics, that it can never be fully learnt"
Izaak Walton
SCIENTISTS $None "American Prometheus" is a biography of this physicist who died in 1967
J. Robert Oppenheimer
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $1200 He dealt with ophthalmological issues in the 1972 hit "Doctor My Eyes"
Jackson Browne
SCIENTISTS $None In 2007 this 1962 American Nobel laureate became the first person to receive his own personal genome map
James Watson
OSCARS OF THE '70s $2000 This son of a famous French impressionist painter received an honorary Oscar in 1975
Jean Renoir
BUSINESS LEADERS $2000 Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"
Jeff Bezos
RADIO $1200 Can't forget the sponsor--Jack Benny's opening line wasn't "Hello again" but this dessert "again"
Jell-O
WHO'S THE MRS.? $200 Mrs. Brad Pitt
Jennifer Aniston
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG! $1000 In a Pearl Jam tune this boy "spoke in class today"
Jeremy
HABEAS CORPSES $1000 This 19th century philosopher's body has been very utilitarian; it's on display at a university in London
Jeremy Bentham
WHAT'S ON TV? $2000 In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world
Jericho
A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $200 "I lost the Number 1 draft pick the night before the draft!"
Jerry Maguire
GOVERNMENT $400 In 1978 Ricardo Bordallo was Guam's head of government & this man was its head of state
Jimmy Carter
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP $1000 This backcourt partner of Isiah Thomas on the "bad boys" of Detroit won the NBA's 1st Sportsmanship Award
Joe Dumars
HABEAS CORPSES $800 Executed in 1915, this radical labor activist was cremated & his ashes mailed to labor unions all over the world
Joe Hill
THE STARTING INFIELD $1000 The 1975 Reds fielded Rose, Concepcion, Perez & this Hall of Fame second sacker, now a broadcaster
Joe Morgan
OSCARS OF THE '70s $800 Colorful actor <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-23_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">seen here</a> who won Best Supporting Actor in 1973
Joel Grey
HISTORIC AMERICANS $200 When asked how he became a hero, this president remarked, "It was involuntary. They sank my boat"
John F. Kennedy
MINORITY REPORT $800 In his first major case as Chief Justice, he found himself in the minority in 2006 as Oregon assisted suicide was okayed
John Roberts
A LITERARY TOUR $600 Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant
John Steinbeck
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $1000 Tyler's conducting sticks
John's batons
LAST NAME'S THE SAME $1600 "Tennessee Tailor" Andrew & poet/NAACP leader James Weldon
Johnson
3-NAMED AUTHORS $2000 In 2001 this novelist & short story writer's "We Were the Mulvaneys" was chosen for Oprah's Book Club
Joyce Carol Oates
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE $1200 Hey, this, don't be "obscure"
Jude
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG! $200 "...don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better"
Jude
3-NAMED AUTHORS $1200 This "Ship of Fools" author won a Pulitzer & the National Book Award for her 1965 "Collected Stories"
Katherine Anne Porter
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $1000 Kristen Wiig played this "Today" co-host, who, like so many of our players, brought Chardonnay on stage
Kathie Lee Gifford
CORAL REEF LIFE $800 John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the USA's first underwater park, is just off the coast of this Florida key
Key Largo
"KEY"s $200 Attractions in this Florida city include the homes of Ernest Hemingway & John Jacob Audubon
Key West
DICTATORS & TYRANTS $200 On Sept. 9, 1948 the DPRK, aka North Korea, was established with this man as its supreme leader
Kim Il-sung
AN ARTHUR BEE $600 His father was Uther Pendragon
King Arthur
HISTORY IN MOVIES $200 "The Quest for Camelot" featured Pierce Brosnan as the voice of this Valiant Ruler
King Arthur
THE COLOR PURPLE $1600 2 centuries late, this unstable British king was diagnosed with an excess of purple pigments in the blood
King George III
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $2000 "I am a very foolish fond old man", he tells his daughter Cordelia
King Lear
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-24_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Austin, Texas.</a>) At the dedication in Austin in 1971, he said that of all the words in his presidential library, the two that best express his philosophy are "man can"
L.B.J.
BODIES OF WATER $400 The St. Mary's River connects Lake Superior to this second-largest Great Lake
Lake Huron
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $2000 This Venezuelan lake is the only one of the world's 25 largest lakes whose elevation is sea level
Lake Maracaibo
BODIES OF WATER $600 12,500' above sea level, this South American lake bordering Bolivia & Peru is the world's most navigable lake
Lake Titicaca
AFRICAN ISLANDS $200 Uganda's Sese Islands lie in the northern part of this large lake
Lake Victoria
LIVE IN TEXAS $600 This world-famous cyclist named his home in Austin "Casa Linda" after his mother
Lance Armstrong
SPORTS LEGENDS $400 This 7-time Tour de France champ said the 2006 NYC Marathon was the "hardest physical thing" he'd ever done
Lance Armstrong
KING ARTHUR $300 Arthur set up the diamond jousts, a series of 9 annual tournaments all won by this knight
Lancelot
COME, HO CHI MINH $600 The trail bearing Ho's name was a series of Viet Cong supply routes mostly through this neighboring nation
Laos
NBA HALL OF FAMERS $400 In 2000 this former Celtics player coached the Indiana Pacers to the NBA finals
Larry Bird
NOTED EUROPEANS $600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Gdansk, Poland.</a>)</i> Few noticed him start in 1967 as a Gdansk shipyard electrician, but many noticed him in 1980 when <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">he</a> became the leader of Solidarity
Lech Wałęsa
21st CENTURY MUSIC $600 "Ordinary People" singer John Stephens took on this last name, the stuff that myths are made of
Legend
LAW & GOVERNMENT $200 The constitution divides the government into three branches: Executive, Judicial & this
Legislative
CABLE CHANNELS $400 This channel for women produces the original drama "Army Wives"
Lifetime
HABEAS CORPSES $200 In part due to fears of body snatching, his body was moved 17 times around his Springfield, Ill. national monument
Lincoln
0.624305555555556 $400 This government employee was in the spotlight in the late 1990s for her conduct as a girlfriend of Monica Lewinsky
Linda Tripp
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL $1000 "Hybrid Theory", the title of this rock-rap band's first hit album, was one of the band's former names
Linkin Park
SCIENTISTS $1200 Despite his advocacy of megadoses of vitamin c, he & his wife Ava got cancer
Linus Pauling
LISA $1600 She's the popular sports celebrity seen here
Lisa Leslie
"ROCK"Y $800 National Guard troops escorted black students to class in this southern state capital in August 1959
Little Rock
THE ENGLISH BEAT $800 You'll find the Cavern Club at 10 Mathew Street in this port city; how fab
Liverpool
BUSINESS LEADERS $1600 Before founding his own corp., John K. Northrop was chief engineer for this company & designed its Vega airplane
Lockheed
NORSE MYTHOLOGY $2000 This mischief-maker was up to his old tricks when he stole Freya's necklace
Loki
LITERARY TITLES $None This 1954 book title refers to an impaled sow's head, an offering to the "beast"
Lord of the Flies
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $400 Delicious "Doone" damsel (5)
Lorna
NOTED EUROPEANS $1000 Although this king had already reigned for fifty-eight years, he's seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in his coronation robes to add majesty.
Louis XIV
POP MUSIC $1600 Alicia Keys received 5 Grammys for 2001, including best new artist & song of the year for this hit
"Fallin'"
19th CENTURY AMERICA $600 Kansas homesteader Bewster Higley's poem "The Western Home" was retitled this when set to music
"Home On The Range"
"NIGHT" $1000 "Timely" 5-word nickname that describes Scandinavia north of the Arctic Circle
"Land of the Midnight Sun"
"MOON"S $1000 Title of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1986-04-22_J_13.mp3">the following</a>, it can be performed by a big bandleader or a nighttime Romeo
"Moonlight Serenade"
SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG $400 The Eagles in 1975 & The Emotions in 1977 both hit No. 1 singing about "The Best Of" this
"My Love"
STUPID ANSWERS $500 While Bugs was “introduced†in “Porky’s Hare Huntâ€, Daffy was introduced in this cartoon
"Porky’s Duck Hunt"
THE HOUND OF MUSIC $1200 Paul Anka & Donny Osmond both had hits with this tune that sounds like it's about a young dog's affection
"Puppy Love"
THE 1960s $800 The last #1 song of the ‘60s, it was Diana Ross’ last song with the Supremes
"Someday We’ll Be Together"
STRING THEORY 101 $600 A 1942 big band hit was entitled "String Of" these
"String Of Pearls"
AYE! IT'S IRELAND $300 Reflecting its lush, beautiful countryside. it's Ireland's gem of a nickname
"The Emerald Isle"
RUBY $1600 Harry Ruby & Bert Kalmar wrote this classic song about "eight little letters which simply mean I love you"
"Three Little Words"
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $2000 James & Lady Blanche have a "declaration": the July 25, 1848 birth of this future foreign secretary & prime minister
(Arthur James) Balfour
SPORTS FACTS $200 This Giants outfielder is the only player in history to receive the MVP award 4 consecutive years, 2001 to 2004
(Barry) Bonds
BACKWARDS $1000 Called "Bojangles", he was renowned for tap dancing on stairs & running backwards at high speed
(Bill) Robinson
HISTORIC BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS $400 Older brother Frank is thrilled to welcome this Sept. 5, 1847 baby; 10 days old & making guns with his tiny fingers
Jesse James
0.624305555555556 $800 Before her 15 minutes expired, this gal who got mixed up with televangelist Jim Bakker got onto Playboy's cover
Jessica Hahn
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-24_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew presents from a staged office.</a>) A replica of this man's Oval Office desk includes gifts from the Georgia Democratic Party and from Hyman Rickover, his mentor in the Navy
Jimmy Carter
BEFORE THEY WERE SENATORS $None Later a U.S. senator, in 1962 he made a famous 75,000-mile trip
John Glenn
DIED ON THE SAME DAY $200 C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley's deaths on Nov. 22, 1963 were overshadowed by this man's death in Dallas
John Kennedy
DUDE, YOU'RE A SONG! $600 "There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, where lived a country boy named..."
Johnny B. Goode
19th CENTURY AMERICA $400 The 1866 Civil Rights Act was passed over this president's veto
Johnson
CALENDAR GIRLS $1600 This MGM star and wife of Dick Powell is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
June Allyson
THE SOLAR SYSTEM $400 It's been estimated that this planet contains about 70% of all the material in the solar system, excluding the sun
Jupiter
SYRIA'S EATING $400 Syria had to wait until 2006 for an American fast food franchise, this fowl-selling one
KFC
FIGURE SKATERS $400 In 1986 this East German beauty was called "the warmest thing to hit the Cold War since vodka"
Katarina Witt
DOUBLE TALK $300 This full, loose women's garment with a bright print is traditional attire in Hawaii
Muumuu
BEFORE & AFTER $1200 Fictional girl sleuth who's the granddaughter of "The Great Profile"
Nancy Drew Barrymore
DEAR JUNTA $6200 The "Juntas Provinciales" organized the Spanish resistance to this man's 1808 invasion
Napoleon (Bonaparte)
21st CENTURY MUSIC $400 The stage name of this R&B singer born Shaffer Smith is a play on the name of a character in "The Matrix"
Ne-Yo
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $1600 1967: "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon"
Neil Diamond
CLASSICAL GASES $1000 As a liquid, it's used as a cryogenic refrigerant; as a gas, it makes lights red
Neon
HOME, SWEET HOME $400 Scout out the home Kit Carson shared with his lovely bride in Taos in this state
New Mexico
CITY OF BIRTH $2000 Sidney Bechet
New Orleans
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800 Lake Pontchartrain & St. Bernard Parish form part of this city's northern & southern boundaries
New Orleans
NOVELS OF THE PAST $1200 The hero of Neal Stephenson's "Quicksilver" has to settle the calculus dispute between Leibniz & him
Newton
PUSH BY SAFIRE $1000 At the American National Exhibition in Moscow in 1959, Safire corralled these 2 politicos into a mock kitchen & the 2 debated
Nixon & Khrushchev
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES $400 "The Ryan Express"
Nolan Ryan
WHAT'S THAT SOUND? $600 This state's outer banks create Pamlico Sound, the largest lagoon on the East Coast of the United States
North Carolina
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY $400 South Korea
North Korea
"O"PERA $400 Stravinsky enlisted the help of Cocteau for a Libretto based on Sophocles' play about this Theban king
Oedipus
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $1600 1999: "Excuse me, I believe you have my stapler"
Office Space
"O" YOU ANIMAL! $1000 When the giraffe invites all its taxonomic "family" to a party, this is the only animal that shows up
Okapi
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $1000 Guthrie
Oklahoma
CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $600 "The Comic Adventures of" this elderly woman "and her Dog" were first published in 1805
Old Mother Hubbard
LITERATURE $400 In chapter 52 of this novel, a boisterous crowd is gathering for Fagin's execution
Oliver Twist
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $200 Knowing it's from the Greek for "serpent" might turn you off this name of a doomed lass in "Hamlet"
Ophelia
AMERICAN COUNTIES $400 Name shared by the counties in which you'll find Disneyland & Disney World
Orange (County)
"O" YOU ANIMAL! $800 They might swing through the trees asking "What's Sumatra? Nothing, what's Sumatra with you?"
Orangutan
"O"PERA $1200 Verdi's work on this General's life opens in Cyprus; Shakespeare's tale begins in Venice
Otello
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS $500 Title character played by former Alvin Ailey dancer Desmond Richardson in a 1997 ballet
Othello
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN? $1000 This play says, "Beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster"
Othello
FOOD CHAIN $1000 Featuring the Famous Bloomin' Onion, this restaurant also offers a Joey Menu for kids
Outback
"O" YOU ANIMAL! $600 It "coughs" out sediment by clapping its shell shut
Oyster
SCIENTISTS $2000 This Russian's work on gastrointestinal secretions in animals earned him a Nobel prize
Pavlov
POP MUSIC $2000 "Come Back Home" is the first single from his 2003 album "Day I Forgot"
Pete Yorn
INTERIOR DESIGN $600 China & India provide many of the "imports" in the name of this Texas-based home furnishings retailer
Pier 1 Imports
GRAVE MATTERS $100 In 1995 these married physicists were laid to rest (again), this time at the Pantheon in Paris
Pierre & Marie Curie
COLORFUL GROUPS $200 They "Wish You Were Here": ____ Floyd
Pink
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $800 James' egg parts
Polk's yolks
THE GIANTS $2000 Odysseus incurs the wrath of Poseidon by blinding this giant Cyclops
Polyphemus
PEOPLE WHO BECAME WORDS $1000 She must have been hairy, as this hairstyle is named for the big-haired mistress of a French emperor
Pompadour
ASSASSINS $200 In May 1981 would-be assassin Mehmet Ali Agca shot this man in St. Peter's Square
Pope John Paul II
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $1600 On May 13, 1981 he had a close encounter with Mehmet Ali Agca in Rome; he would later visit Agca in prison
Pope John Paul II
GOAT-POURRI $2000 Crippled beggar Sammy Smalls, who traveled in a goat cart, inspired a title character of this opera set on Catfish Row
Porgy and Bess
LIBRARIES $1200 This Ivy League school's Nassau Hall once served as its library; today, books are housed in the Firestone library
Princeton
THE ONION $800 From an issue in 2056: This island & commonwealth ceded to the U.S. in 1898... "Should it become our 63rd state?"
Puerto Rico
WHAT'S THAT SOUND? $200 Ports lying on the banks of this sound include Bremerton, Everett & Tacoma
Puget Sound
U.S. COLLEGES $1000 Swarthmore College of Pennsylvania has a historical library devoted to this religious group that founded it
Quakers (Society of Friends)
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE $400 New Hampshire is bounded to the north by this Canadian province, the country's largest in area
Quebec
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE $1000 Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala is a well-known writer in this language of the Incas
Quechua
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $400 Conrad Witz depicted this wealthy queen with King Solomon in the 15th C. work seen here
Queen of Sheba
NAME THE POET $800 "Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, / O, what a panic's in thy breastie!"
Rabbie Burns
ASSASSINS $800 Yigal Amir, a student at Bar-Ilan University, is serving a life sentence for assassinating this leader in 1995
Rabin
THE EMERALD ISLE $1200 This U.S. president visited his family's ancestral village of Ballyporeen in 1984
Reagan
THE REDS $1200 It's the world-famous "colorful" area seen here in the 1950s
Red Square
BALLPARK FIGURES $600 Baseball's "Mr. October", he generated headlines for his cantankerous personality & his athletic prowess
Reggie Jackson
APT ANAGRAMS $400 A "high" time in art: SIENNA ACRES
Renaissance
RUBY $800 On Feb. 29, 2004 she won an Oscar for playing a woman named Ruby
Renée Zellweger
WHAT'S THAT SOUND? $400 Block Island Sound separates Block Island from this tiny state's mainland
Rhode Island
ISLANDS $400 This "colossal" island is the largest in Greece's Dodecanese archipelago
Rhodes
THREE CHEERS! $200 It's the breakfast cereal pitched by the animated elves Snap, Crackle & Pop
Rice Krispies
TV CASTS $200 In 2000 this Oscar nominee joined the cast of "Ally McBeal" as a lawyer
Robert Downey, Jr.
MOVIE SONGS $600 1991: "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You"
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
NOVEL QUOTES $400 (1719) "I made him know his name should be Friday, which was the day I saved his life"
Robinson Crusoe
"ROCK"Y $2000 This peninsula in the borough of Queens is one of the principal resort areas for New Yorkers
Rockaway Beach (or Peninsula)
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $600 This Jewish holiday is celebrated on the first day of the lunar month of Tishri
Rosh Hashanah
GEOGRAPH"Y" $200 It's the largest city in Utah
Salt Lake City
WORLD LEADERS $2000 It's prime minister Mr. Tuila'Epa, won a silver medal in archery at the 2007 South Pacific Games
Samoa
SHIPS $100 This ship, Columbus' flagship., was originally called the Marigalanti
Santa Maria
WHEN THE SAINTS $1000 This Afro-Cuban belief system uses Catholic saints as representations of the spirit world
SanterÃa
TELEVISION $100 Ben Gould & Samantha Becker roam the halls of Bayside High as part of "The New Class" on this show
Saved By the Bell
THE GODFATHER $400 This S.F. Giant, Barry Bonds' godfather, got his nickname from his unique greetings to fans
Say Hey Willie Mays
SPIELBERG MOVIES $1200 Spielberg wasn't paid for directing this film; he said it would be "blood money"
Schindler's List
COMPOSERS $1000 There’s nothing fishy about his “Trout†quintet
Schubert
LOW TECH $800 This brand says its "magic" tape is "the original matte-finish, invisible tape"
Scotch
UNFORESEEN FINDS $800 This product was born when a new 3M jet-fuel hose material spilled on shoes & made them waterproof & stain-resistant
Scotchgard
FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $600 She is the narrator of "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Scout
WHAT'S ON TV? $400 This "American Idol" judge told one contestant, "you sounded like Cher after she's been to the dentist"
Simon Cowell
THE BIG APPLE $1000 Artsy types like Maya Lin & Art Spiegelman find inspiration in this area that gets its name from its northern border
SoHo (South of Houston)
LITERATURE $1600 Modern novels with biblical titles include Jane Hamilton's "The Book of Ruth" & Toni Morrison's "Song of" him
Solomon
MAIN STREET U.S.A. $1200 There's a house dating from 1648 on Main St. in this "directional" resort village in New York's Hamptons
Southampton
MAIN STREET U.S.A. $800 In Salt Lake City take Main Street to this square to find the Mormon Tabernacle
Temple Square
STATES' FORMER CAPITALS $400 Knoxville
Tennessee
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS $400 1964: "I Want To Hold Your Hand"
The Beatles
THEIR 4th TOP 40 HIT OF THE '60s $400 1964: "Please Please Me"
The Beatles
5 BANDS $200 Appropriately, this '80s band sang, "You can't go on thinking, nothing's wrong, who's gonna drive you home tonight?"
The Cars
NBA HALL OF FAMERS $600 Abe Saperstein is in the Hall of Fame, as is this team he promoted & coached for decades
The Harlem Globetrotters
ANIMATED FILMS $200 Pop star Tiffany provided the voice of Judy for this film about a space-age family
The Jetsons
LAW & GOVERNMENT $800 Because of its secretiveness, the American Party in the 1850s was also known by this name
The Know-Nothings
ANIMATED FILMS $500 This 1988 film told of an orphaned baby brontosaurus named Littlefoot
The Land Before Time
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $2000 Faulkner novel about Joe Christmas that's the Swedish playwright of "The Dance of Death"
The Light in August Strindberg
OPERA $2500 Mozart opera in which the count tries to thwart & postpone his valet's wedding
The Marriage of Figaro
JULY $400 William Booth founded this charitable "army" on July 5, 1865 in London
The Salvation Army
AT THE MOVIES $1000 2005: A group of teenage chicks share some trousers
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
THE REEL STORY $1000 M. Night Shyamalan wrote & directed this creepy Bruce Willis-Haley Joel Osment film
The Sixth Sense
TV PRODUCERS $800 David Chase created this HBO series & wrote many of its episodes, like "Mr. Ruggerio's Neighborhood"
The Sopranos
BALLET $1000 The Carolina Ballet debuted a 2006 work based on this stormy Shakespearean shipwreck saga
The Tempest
SHAKESPEAREAN OPERAS & BALLETS $600 You'll need some long-winded singers to star in "Stormen", a Swedish opera based on this play
The Tempest
THE MUSICAL DR. IS IN $2000 Despite its name, this synth-pop English band who gave us 1984's "Doctor! Doctor!" was a trio
The Thompson Twins
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $1200 Treebeard rallies the Ents & goes after Saruman's forces in this second film in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy
The Two Towers
RADIO $1600 In 2005 NPR revived this 1950s program in which people state their credos
This I Believe
U.S. PRESIDENTIAL NICKNAMES $600 "Red Fox" & "The Scribe of the Revolution"
Thomas Jefferson
A THOMAS GUIDE $800 His 1947 novel "Doctor Faustus" symbolically paralleled the rise of Nazism
Thomas Mann
ASSASSINS $400 Reginald Fitzurse was among the Knights who took Henry II's remark literally to rid him of this archbishop
Thomas à Becket
A THOMAS GUIDE $1000 This late medieval Christian spiritual writer is the probable author of "Imitation of Christ"
Thomas à Kempis
NORSE MYTHOLOGY $800 Hymir was really hammered by the hammer of this god
Thor
SATURDAY $400 In a classic "SNL" skit, Laraine Newman found this NYC landmark less than packed when covering the Jewish New Year
Times Square
THE STARTING INFIELD $600 The 1908 Chicago Cubs featured Harry Steinfeldt & these 3 guys of yore
Tinker, Evers & Chance
HISTORY IN MOVIES $400 Kathy Bates played the real-life "Unsinkable" Molly Brown in this Leonardo DiCaprio adventure
Titanic
POP MUSIC $1200 In the summer of 2002 this country star hit the Hot 100 chart with "Courtesy Of The Red, White and Blue"
Toby Keith
SWEET TREATS $400 Nestle says over 125,000 tons of these chocolate chip cookies are baked in the home every year
Toll House Cookies
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $800 Ben Stiller played this star of "The Firm" on a show where one category was "FOODS THAT END IN 'AMBURGER'"
Tom Cruise
'HUSKER DO $600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the University of Nebraska.</a>) Before going to Congress, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">he</a> strode this field for 25 years as Nebraska's head coach, and the field is now named for him
Tom Osborne
GENERAL INFORMATION $2000 This Army general headed American-led forces during the initial combat phase of the Iraq War as it began in 2003
Tommy Franks
LIVE IN TEXAS $400 In June 2002 this "Men in Black" agent & Texas rancher was reported to be shopping for a horse farm
Tommy Lee Jones
WAR MOVIES $1200 1970: An historically correct re-creation of Pearl Harbor
Tora! Tora! Tora!
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $7000 Its original purpose was to insure people on journeys
Travelers
SIGNS & SYMBOLS $600 Sleepy Bear has been this motel chain's logo since 1954
Travelodge
HORSE SENSE $400 Golden Cloud had great pull with Roy Rogers under this stage name
Trigger
RADIO $800 This word ends the title of a 1941 Bill of Rights tribute program heard by 60 million, "We hold these..."
Truths
THE COLOR PURPLE $1500 Day of the week in February 2006 when the top of the Empire State Building was lit purple, green & gold
Tuesday
BALLPARK FIGURES $1000 Sadly, this lefty pitcher who coined the Mets' battle cry "You gotta believe" died in 2004
Tug McGraw
WHAT'S ON TV? $800 This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"
Ugly Betty
THE EMERALD ISLE $800 It's the one-word term for the traditional 6 counties known as Northern Ireland
Ulster
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $1000 He wasn't a Secretary of State, he was Andrew Johnson's Secretary of War in 1867 & 1868
Ulysses S. Grant
EPONYMS $1600 This submachine gun was named for an Israeli army officer whose design won a competition in the 1950s
Uzi
NOTED EUROPEANS $800 Giuseppina Strepponi, a prima donna in "Nabucco", married this famous Giuseppe in 1859
Verdi
BORN IN DUBLIN $2000 This "Babes in Toyland" composer helped found the organization ASCAP in 1914
Victor Herbert
ARTISTS & THEIR WORKS $500 In Salzburg you can visit the graves of his parents & his wife Constanze; his own location is uncertain
W.A. Mozart
MUSICALS OF THE '20s $1200 The big attraction of the 1923 hit "Poppy" was this future film comic as Eustace McGargle
W.C. Fields
GIVE THE BUCHAREST $2000 In 1659 Bucharest became the capital of this principality
Wallachia
"MOON"S $500 “Moon shots†referred to home runs hit by this Dodger over short left field screen in L.A. Coliseum
Wally Moon
IT'S AN L.A. THING $600 Good times are Bruin in this district, home to UCLA, where John Wooden was a "wizard"
Westwood
WHO'S ON FIRST? $400 In many cities "Jeopardy!" leads into this sister show
Wheel of Fortune
THE "W.B." $200 It's worn by a novice in judo or karate
White belt
ELIZABETH TAYLOR FILMS $1600 Liz won an Oscar for her role as a battlesome wife in this adaptation of an Albee play
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
LIVE IN TEXAS $200 If you're on the road again in Texas, stop at Luck, this singer's world headquarters
Willie Nelson
EUROPE $400 In 1917 the name of this castle that dates back to the 11th century was adopted by a royal house
Windsor
HARRISON FORD MOVIES $1000 "Something wrong with buttons?...got anything against zippers?"
Witness
Y-R $1000 "Savage Sam" is a sequel to the Fred Gipson book called "Old" this
Yeller
CHANTED $800 The Kol Nidre prayer is chanted by the cantor on the eve of this Jewish day of atonement
Yom Kippur
Y-R $400 A short war between Israel & Egypt & Syria in October 1973 was named for this high holiday
Yom Kippur
AFRICAN ISLANDS $600 Now a part of Tanzania, this island known for its cloves was mentioned in "The Patty Duke Show" theme song
Zanzibar
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $1000 Doris Eaton Travis, who passed away in 2010 at age 106, was the last surviving showgirl from these follies
Ziegfeld
NEW WEAPONS $1600 The FA-18E/F is the "Super" version of this high-tech U.S. Navy fighter jet with a wasplike name
a Hornet
EPONYMS $400 Although sources disagree over the origin of this "do-over" golf shot, many accept that it was named for a bad golfer
a Mulligan
WORD ORIGINS $400 Laboratory culture dish named for the German bacteriologist who invented it
a Petri dish
WORLD "P"s $1000 Named for an adviser to Catherine the Great, this type of "village" looks deceptively impressive
a Potemkin village
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS $600 It's the mysterious prehistoric structure seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-10-03_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
a Stonehenge
TRANSPLANTS $2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_DJ_25.jpg" target="_blank">Dr. Thomas Starzl reads the clue.</a>) In 1992 my team transplanted a liver from one of these primates into a man
a baboon
BRITISH INVENTIONS $400 A perambulator or pram to the Brits, it was invented in 1733 by William Kent for the Duke of Devonshire's kids
a baby carriage
TRANSPORTATION $1000 The Kearsarge was the only one of these not named for a U.S. state
a battleship
CRAFT $1600 With drying, drilling & maybe decorating, a gourd can be made into one of these, perhaps for a purple martin
a birdhouse
VISUALIZE $200 Deadly lady <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_30.jpg" target="_blank">seen</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_30a.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
a black widow
BLARNEY $400 For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground
a bog
WEDDINGS $400 In 2002 a hot pink frock worn by Robin Durr won the DeKuyper Contest for the worst of these
a bridesmaid's dress
ALSO A TOOL $800 A light, stroking touch, or a dense growth of bushes
a brush
"IRA" $200 Hey, you saps who think pneumonia killed President Harrison--I've got this kind of theory involving a group plan
a conspiracy theory
FINANCE $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-11-15_J_25.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows an upward-tending graph with a deviant dip between March and May on the monitor.</a>) Named for the implication that it brought some rationality to an exuberant market, it's a downward move by generally rising prices
a correction
GONE TOMORROW? $400 The Hine's emerald species of this insect has a wingspan that can reach about 3.5 inches
a dragonfly
THEN THERE'S MAUVE $400 First obtained from aniline, the color mauve was the first commercially successful synthetic this
a dye
BIRD HUNTING $200 The stars of the movie "Network" include Faye Dunaway, Beatrice Straight & Peter Finch
a finch
LIFE SCIENCE $400 A nematode is a roundworm; a planarian's shape gives it this name
a flatworm
MYTHELLANEOUS $200 The mythical Sumerian hero Utnapishtim built a big vessel at God's urging & thereby survived this catastrophe
a flood
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN? $400 Lincoln Green is also called this green, where you might see it were it not for the trees
a forest
FROG ANATOMY $400 The pancreas & this 3-lobed organ provide digestive enzymes
a frog liver
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $2000 In meteorology, when a cold one has a close encounter with a warm one & takes it over, it's called an occluded one
a front
"MOON"S $100 It brings out the worst in werewolves
a full moon
NATURE $400 The Dorcas type of this graceful antelope is one of the smallest; it's barely 2 feet tall
a gazelle
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS $800 In a Wilde tale, an American family in the mansion Canterville Chase encounters this trying to scare them
a ghost
RADIO $400 Instrument struck when a contestant failed on the "Original Amateur Hour"
a gong
LUXEMBOURG $1000 The Congress of Vienna in 1815 made Luxembourg a state headed by this type of ruler
a grand duke
JURY DUTY $800 This type of jury charged with deciding whether there's enough evidence to try a person may have up to 23 members
a grand jury
"GREEN" THINGS $200 It's the body part you're said to have if you've a knack for growing plants easily
a green thumb
RUSSIAN $400 A shapka is this: mikhavaya shapka is a fur one, to keep your ears warm
a hat
TRANSPORTATION $200 The twin rotor type of this has 2 main rotors going in opposite directions, so it doesn't need a tail rotor
a helicopter
"IRA" $1000 This type of medieval play often shows the Virgin Mary coming to the rescue
a miracle play
CORAL REEF LIFE $1600 This coral reef dweller seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-07-06_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> can be vicious & has been known to attack underwater divers
a moray eel
LISA $800 In 1983 Apple introduced the Lisa personal computer, the first PC with one of these controls
a mouse
LIFE SCIENCE $800 In colenterates like jellyfish, the cavity called the coelenteron has an opening called this--don't get too complex
a mouth
HAIR TODAY $800 This 6-letter hairstyle is "business in front, party in the back"
a mullet
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $200 As he did in "Anchorman", Will Ferrell sports this facial feature in the "SNL" "Jeopardy!" skits
a mustache
SILENCE $1500 The type used for a trumpet or sax is more familiar, but string instruments can be muffled with this device
a mute
RHYME TIME $400 A quick, casual kiss on the nape
a neck peck
"NIGHT" $200 A bedtime nip of alcohol, or the second game of a doubleheader
a nightcap
"NIGHT" $400 Thrush to judgment and name this type of bird seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-19_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
a nightingale
MYTHELLANEOUS $400 Lotis, later turned into the lotus tree, was one of these female spirits of nature
a nymph
SNACK ATTACK $400 I've got a big appetite, so give me the Big Cup version of this Reese's treat
a peanut butter cup
JURY DUTY $2000 In selecting jurors, an attorney may reject some for no stated reason-- this type of challenge
a peremptory challenge
HOMOPHONES $100 Rain heavily, or a tiny opening in the skin
a pour/pore
GOING TO PIECES $200 This type of "piece" sounds like a smoking pipe, but it's an article written to flatter or glorify the subject
a puff piece
FINANCE $600 Not a fraud scheme, the risk type of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-11-15_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> puts more of your assets into the low-risk than the high-risk area
a pyramid
BIRD HUNTING $800 The third rail in a subway system is the one with the juice & should be avoided like a touchy subject
a rail
ALSO A TOOL $1000 Hit the backyard with this old term for a libertine
a rake
GONE TOMORROW? $600 The endangerment of the New Mexico ridge-nosed species of this snake was caused in part by collectors
a rattlesnake
CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $400 A stuffed pasta pocket (7)
a ravioli
BACKWARDS $600 Field Marshal Barclay used this maneuver associated with defeat to lure Napoleon deep into Russia
a retreat
POLITICAL TALK $2000 Saddle up & give us this 5-letter term for an added provision that may not be germane to the purpose of a bill
a rider
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE $200 This sound made by lions can carry 5 miles
a roar
"ROCK"Y $400 "SF Sorrow" by The Pretty Things was the first of these works; "Tommy" came soon after
a rock opera
STRING THEORY 201 $1200 A successful string theory would describe nature's 4 forces: weak, strong, electromagnetism & this one
gravity
SOCIOLOGY $600 William H. White put this word before "think" to mean conformity to consensus
group
BASEBALL HISTORY $800 To injure opposing players, Ty Cobb was said to sharpen these
his spikes
NOVELS OF THE PAST $800 James Fenimore Cooper's "Mercedes of Castile" combines a love story with the voyages of this man
(Christopher) Columbus
THE ONION $1000 Sept. 12, 1928: This "It Girl" "to appear sleeveless in Oct. Collier's; 'Besleeve yourself, strumpet!' clergy urge"
(Clara) Bow
COMPOSERS ON FILM $200 Kevin Kline in "De-Lovely"
(Cole) Porter
COUNTRY MUSIC $1000 This frontman of Hootie & the Blowfish went country with his solo album "Learn to Live"
(Darius) Rucker
WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? $400 In an essay Woolf wrote, "A woman must have money and a" this "of her own... to write fiction"
a room of one's own
MEDICAL TALK $400 To test for visual acuity, the Snellen chart is designed to be read from this many feet away
20
SIGNS & SYMBOLS $400 It's the calendar year depicted <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in Roman numerals
2004
REQUIRED READING $200 The photo seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-10-03_J_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is on the cover of an award-winning "photobiography" of this man
Abraham Lincoln
THE STING $2000 This famous FBI sting derived its name from one its fictitious enterprises, Abdul Enterprises
Abscam
THE BYRDS & THE BEAS $400 In 1934 he spent several months alone near the South Pole
Admiral Byrd
"A"NCIENT GREEKS $2000 The "Oresteia" tragedian: 525-456 B.C.
Aeschylus
"A"NCIENT GREEKS $400 A fabulist: 620-560 B.C.
Aesop
PSYCHOLOGY $500 Founder of “individual psychologyâ€, he broke with Freud in 1911
Alfred Adler
HISTORIC AMERICANS $400 At the time of her 1937 disappearance she was married to publisher George Palmer Putnam
Amelia Earhart
APT ANAGRAMS $1000 This Internet service was big in the '90s: I ONCE RAN EMAIL
America Online
ALSO A BOOK IN THE BIBLE $1600 This character first hit the radio in 1928 with his partner Andy
Amos
ON THE GO $800 Created in 1971 as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, it's better known by this name
Amtrak
SILENCE $800 No cell phone use is permitted on "quiet cars", begun in 2000 on this service's Philly-Washington run
Amtrak
GIVE ME AN "A"! $600 In 2004 an Arctic Beauty wild hair contest became part of the famous Fur Rendezvous in this U.S. city
Anchorage
"A" SCIENCE CATEGORY $1600 In the 1920s Edwin Hubble determined that this galaxy was in fact a separate galaxy from the Milky Way
Andromeda
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP $800 The chronicles of this hard-serving American include, in 2005, calling an opponent's shot in, costing himself the match
Andy Roddick
MAIN STREET U.S.A. $1600 Bob Seger was "down on Main Street" in this city, home to a university
Ann Arbor
QUOTATIONS $1100 In 1944 she wrote in her diary, "In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart"
Anne Frank
DIARIES $200 The diary of this woman, wife of a famous aviator, describes the kidnapping of her son
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
"GREEN" THINGS $1000 A precocious redhaired little girl is the heroine of this 1908 children's book by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables
PHOTOGRAPHERS $1600 Her 1981 Rolling Stone cover shot of a nude John Lennon was taken hours before his murder
Annie Leibovitz
NEW WEAPONS $1200 It's the Indian tribe in the name of the USA's AH-64D Longbow, the most advanced combat helicopter in the world
Apache
WAR MOVIES $1600 1936: Errol Flynn leads a cavalry unit into cannon, annihilation & everlasting glory
Charge of the Light Brigade
GRAVE MATTERS $300 It was no laughing matter when this silent film legend's body was stolen from a Swiss cemetery in 1978
Charlie Chaplin
WYOMING $400 A western celebration, Frontier Days, has been held each year since 1897 in this capital
Cheyenne
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400 Nation Fire Prevention Week always includes October 9, the anniversary of this city's 1871 fire
Chicago
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY $1000 Key's brother-in-law & law partner Roger B. Taney served as this from 1836 to 1864
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
SAY "CHI"s $1200 In the Army today no one outranks General George W. Casey Jr., because he's this
Chief of Staff
FOOD CHAIN $400 P.F. Chang's is an upscale bistro specializing in the cuisine of this country
China
MUSICALS OF THE '20s $1600 The saucy 1928 musical "Paris" introduced this composer's immortal song "Let's Do It"
Cole Porter
BRAND-TASTIC $1000 The logo of this outdoor brand is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-03_J_25.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
Coleman
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400 Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA's highest incorporated city
Colorado
CINCO DE MAYO BIRTHDAYS $400 Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was born May 5, 1813 in this capital
Copenhagen
ISLANDS $2000 One of France's 26 regions, it doesn't count as an overseas one though it's 100 miles across the Mediterranean
Corsica
TV PRODUCERS $1200 He moved from "Melrose Place" to the east coast for "Central Park West" & "Sex & the City"
Darren Star
STATES THAT END IN HAMPSHIRE $600 Chartered in 1769, this Ivy League school is N.H.'s oldest & ranks among the 10 oldest U.S. colleges
Dartmouth
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE COMPANIES $1200 Roy E., the son of its co-founder, died in December 2009
Disney
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $300 The vistas seen from Ms. Barrymore's home
Drew's views
AYE! IT'S IRELAND $100 Also called Trinity College, the university of this capital was founded in 1592
Dublin
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA $800 1996's "Trainspotting" was about the underground drug life in this city
Edinburgh
AUTHORS $1000 She first wrote "Ethan Frome" in French, then later translated it into English
Edith Wharton
ISRAEL $800 In 1961 this Israeli airline set a record for the longest nonstop commercial flight, New York to Tel Aviv
El Al
ALWAYS SAY NEVER $200 There's an old expression that says these "never prosper"; remember that
cheaters
FRUIT $400 The name of this fruit, genus Prunus, can precede picker, pie & Coke
cherry
NEEDY NO.1 HITMAKERS $1200 1956: "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You"
Elvis
POP MUSIC $400 This rapper won a 2000 MTV award for Best Male Video for "The Real Slim Shady"
Eminem
THREE CHEERS! $400 The 3 U.K. countries that make up the island of Great Britain
England, Scotland & Wales
CABLE CHANNELS $1000 Channel that's been home to gritty shows like "Dirt" & "Rescue Me"
FX
WHO'S THE MRS.? $400 Mrs. Tim McGraw
Faith Hill
'HUSKER DO $200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, NE.</a>) After becoming a parish priest in O'Neill, Nebraska, he founded Boys Town near Omaha
Father (Edward) Flanagan
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE $600 The official language of Niger, it's a remnant of its colonial times
French
NATIONAL FOODS $1200 Its other names include Poor Knights of Windsor & Pain Perdu (lost bread)
French toast
INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">James Lipton reads the clue.</a>) In 1891, you sold 30 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_27a.jpg" target="_blank">paintings</a> to help finance your move to Tahiti. How marvelous!
Gauguin
COMPOSERS ON FILM $800 James Cagney in "The Seven Little Foys"
George M. Cohan
PEARLS OF WISDOM $2000 A philosopher: "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"
George Santayana
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $800 Located at the mouth of the Demerara River, it's the capital & largest city
Georgetown
FRANCIS SCOTT KEY $800 James Lick of observatory fame was responsible for the Key Memorial in this San Francisco park
Golden Gate Park
THE GIANTS $400 1 Samuel 17 informs us that the Philistine city of Gath was the home of this giant
Goliath
WHAT A CHARACTER! $400 Well, goll-ly! He left his job & home in Mayberry to join the Marine Corps
Gomer Pyle
WHAT A CHARACTER! $800 On "The Addams Family", he was married to Morticia
Gomez
ON THE MOVE $100 Long, flat-bottomed & painted a somber black, they're the traditional taxis of Venice
Gondolas
PRESIDENTIAL RHYME TIME $200 Ulysses' trousers
Grant's pants
CHANTED $1500 Named for a 6th century pope, these a capella songs might have earned a Papal's Choice Award
Gregorian chants
TV CASTS $400 This tap dancer has a recurring role on "Will & Grace" as Eric McCormack's boss
Gregory Hines
THE FALL $600 In October 1983 the U.S. invaded this Caribbean country, officially to protect American medical students there
Grenada
WHERE'S MY COFFEE? $400 Mexico's best coffee comes from Chiapas, a state that borders this noted coffee-growing nation
Guatemala
ISRAEL $600 This port city on & around Mount Carmel has been compared to San Francisco, its sister city
Haifa
NBA HALL OF FAMERS $1000 This Nigeria-born Rockets player holds the NBA record for career blocked shots with 3,830
Hakeem Olajuwon
SPORTS LEGENDS $200 Barry Bonds, among others, is currently trying to break this man's home run record of 755
Hank Aaron
5-LETTER CAPITALS $300 Haiphong near the Gulf of Tonkin serves as this city's main port
Hanoi
BALLET $1000 "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is based on a fairy tale by this famous Dane
Hans Christian Andersen
LAST NAME'S THE SAME $1200 Late radio commentator Paul & James I's physician William
Harvey
MOUNTAINS $600 The Waianae Mountains in this U.S. state rise up to 4,025-foot Mt. Kaala
Hawaii
THEN THERE'S MAUVE $1000 "Madame de Mauves" was an 1874 novel by this expatriate American
Henry James
BUSINESS LEADERS $800 In 1886 he started his first successful business, the Lancaster Caramel Co.; the chocolate came later
Hershey
NOW YOU'RE TALKING MY LANGUAGE $400 "Namaste" is a greeting in this official language of India used by over a quarter of a billion speakers
Hindi
AYE! IT'S IRELAND $200 Held each year in County Kildare, the Irish Derby is a famous event in this sport
Horse racing
BABY NAMES A LA SHAKESPEARE $600 If you give your son this villainous 4-letter name from "Othello", you're just asking for trouble
Iago
TV CASTS $500 In 2000 this rapper-turned-actor joined the cast of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" as Richard Belzer's partner
Ice-T
WHAT'S ON TV? $1600 Penn Jillette hosts this NBC game show about first impressions
Identity
RELIGION $2000 Jainism, with 4 1/2 million adherents, was founded in this country by Mahavira, "the Great Hero"
India
TOUGH BODIES OF WATER $400 St. George's Channel separates Wales from this country
Ireland
GEOGRAPH"Y" $100 There's an active volcano on Sicily, an island that's part of this country
Italy
IT BORDERS JUST ONE OTHER COUNTRY $800 San Marino
Italy
QUOTATIONS $200 In a 1961 speech he said, "...ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man"
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
THE STARTING INFIELD $800 The 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers sent out Hodges, Gilliam, Reese & this groundbreaking infielder
Jackie Robinson
3-NAMED AUTHORS $400 His novels include "The Prairie", "The Pioneers", & "The Pathfinder"
James Fenimore Cooper
WORLD AUTHORS $600 While at University College, Dublin, he wrote the essay "The Day of the Rabblement", attacking the Irish Literary Theatre
James Joyce
SHIPS $1600 The flagship of Oliver Hazard Perry was named for this captain who said, "Don't give up the ship"
James Lawrence
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $200 While Secretary of State from 1801 to 1809, he was president from 1809 to 1817
James Madison
PRESIDENTS IN THE CABINET $100 While Secretary of State from 1811 to 1817, he might have been asked, "What's up, doctrine?"
James Monroe
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT $400 (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the chalkboard) It's the classic game being represented here
chess
SAY "CHI"s $2000 Deception or trickery
chicanery
TRANSPORTATION $400 There are no knife or spoon varieties of these vehicles used in warehouses to raise & carry merchandise
forklifts
SECRET MENUS $400 Wendy's will make you a grand slam burger with this many patties, but don't tell everyone
four
EUROPE $1600 France has about 100,000 of these Defense Ministry employees who perform police functions outside the main cities
gendarmes
NEW WEAPONS $2000 With advanced capabilities, this unmanned air vehicle seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> takes its name from the Latin for "to plunder"
the Predator
WHAT A CHARACTER! $2000 Hardcore fans of "Gilligan's Island" known that this character's real name is Roy Hinkley
the Professor
THE REDS $1600 About 1,200 miles long, it has a maximum depth of almost 10,000 feet
the Red Sea
BEFORE & AFTER $2000 "Lethal Weapon" director whose group was caught in a Sierra Nevada pass in the winter of 1846-47
the Richard Donner Party
THE EMERALD ISLE $2000 At about 230 miles, it's not only the longest river in Ireland, it's the longest in the British Isles
the River Shannon
DANCE $200 Some dancers get their kicks doing high kicks in this Radio City Music Hall chorus line
the Rockettes
FLOWERS $2000 In song, Colorado is where these bluish & white state flowers grow
the Rocky Mountain columbines
HAIRY $1400 The short hairstyles worn by the men who fought the Cavaliers in 17th C. England earned them this name
the Roundheads
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600 At about 1,700 square miles, this saline lake is one of the largest lakes in the world with no outlet
the Salt Lake
WORD ORIGINS $1000 The -sex suffix on British placenames refers to this Germanic people
the Saxons
A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-23_DJ_22.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew is in a boat.</a>) You can ride in a boat reminiscent of Jesus' time on this sea, beside which he preached and performed miracles like the one of the loaves & fishes
the Sea of Galilee
ODDS & ENDS $400 The USA's highest occupied office space is the 98th floor of this Chicago structure
the Sears Tower
GOVERNMENT $800 Brazil has 2 federal legislative houses, the Chamber of Deputies & this
the Senate
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800 Nome, Alaska lies on this peninsula named for a 19th century Secretary of State
the Seward peninsula
THE FALL $200 In October 1967 in Tehran, he crowned himself Light of the Aryan Race, among other things
the Shah (Mohammed Reza Pahlavi)
ISLANDS $400 These islands famous for their ponies form the northernmost part of Scotland
the Shetlands
WYOMING $600 The source of this main tributary of the Columbia River is located in Yellowstone National Park
the Snake River
CALENDAR GIRLS $2000 Pernilla August once worked with Ingmar Bergman, but we know her best for playing Shmi in the fourth film in this series
the Star Wars series
BALLET $800 "The Nutcracker" often features a pas de deux bythe prince and this fairy who rules the Kingdom of Sweets
the Sugarplum Fairy
THE RULE OF THIRDS $1200 You have to go through this ceremony in order to become a Freemason
the Third Degree
WYOMING $800 Settlement began in earnest when this railroad pushed across the state in the 1860s
the Union Pacific
ORGANIZED LABOR $2000 This union withdrew from the AFL-CIO in 168 under Walter Reuther, but rejoined in 1981
the United Autoworkers Union
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $600 In 1945 Virginia Gildersleeve was the only female U.S. delegate to the conference that drafted this charter
the United Nations
BICYCLES $400 In the 1984 Olympics, Alexi Grewal won a gold medal in cycling for this country
the United States
SALMON $400 World Book says this country leads the world in salmon fishing, with more than 450,000 tons caught each year
the United States
A LITERARY TOUR $400 To see the Great Bed of Ware mentioned in "Twelfth Night", go to this museum named for a royal couple
the Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria & Albert accepted)
THE REPLACEMENTS $800 George Williams founded the association familiarly known as this to replace life on the street with Bible study
the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)
THE "A"s $400 Winston Churchill said that this weapon "brought peace, but man alone can keep that peace"
the atomic bomb
ALSO A TOOL $400 We recommend giving someone this figuratively if you must fire him; later he might have one to grind
the axe
FROG ANATOMY $300 The frog stores liquid waste in this organ & can reabsorb water from it in dry times
the bladder
DRESSING $2000 Scarlett O'Hara is introduced wearing a "tightly fitting basque", this upper part of a dress
the bodice
NATURE $500 This spotted cat is also known as the hunting leopard
the cheetah
COMPOSERS $800 Vivaldi was known as “the red priest†due to his clerical rank & this
the color of his hair
ANATOMY $200 This transparent membrane in the eye covers the iris & has no blood vessels
the cornea
BACKWARDS $800 In competitive rowing, this is the only person in the boat whose back is not to the finish line
the coxswain
THE TITANIC $800 The first warning of the iceberg came at 11:40 P.M. from Fred Fleet, the lookout in this platform high above the deck
the crow's nest
GREECE $400 By tradition, the sons in a Greek family don’t marry until this happens first
the daughters marry
ANATOMY $200 The layers of the skin are the epi-this, the this & the hypo-this
the dermis
"DIAMOND"s IN THE ROUGH $400 Dangerous American pit viper
the diamondback
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS $1200 This sign for 2006 shows devotion to family; aren't you a good sign? Yes you are! Good sign!
the dog
PSYCHOLOGY $200 According to psychoanalytic theory, it’s part of the personality which balances the id & superego
the ego
FROG ANATOMY $500 The nictitating membrane is also called the third one of these
the frog's eyelid
FROG ANATOMY $100 It's divided into 3 chambers: 2 auricles & 1 ventricle
the frog's heart
FROG ANATOMY $200 It's attached at the front of the mouth so the frog can flick it out rapidly
the frog's tongue
ANIMALS $None The genus of this Asian animal is Ailuropoda, & its species name, appropriately, is melanoleuca
the giant panda
UNFORESEEN FINDS $1000 The idea for this device occurred when a magnetron melted a candy bar in Raytheon engineer Percy Spencer's pocket
the microwave
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS $1600 1967 folks "flock" to this sign that represents the essence of the Yin, the feminine passive principle
the sheep
BICYCLES $200 A German circus performer has made the Guinness record book for riding a bicycle with this distinction
the smallest
WHY SO BLUE? $400 Utah's state tree is the blue type of this evergreen
the spruce
BALLET $400 The 2000 ballet "Todo Buenos Aires" features different interpretations of this sensual ballroom dance
the tango
INSECTS $1000 Largest North American wasp, it hunts tarantulas like a bird of prey
the tarantula hawk
UP IN THE AIR $400 It decreases for the first 6 miles of the atmosphere, then goes way up, way down & finally up again around 55 miles high
the temperature
THE SOLAR SYSTEM $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-10-03_DJ_05.jpg" target="_blank">All right players, take a look at the monitor, and here's Bill Nye, the Science Guy:</a>) The dividing line between the light and the dark side of the moon is called this [<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-10-03_DJ_05a.jpg" target="_blank">puts on shades</a>, as <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2000-10-03_DJ_05b.jpg" target="_blank">lights go out</a>] "I'll be back."
the terminator
SHAKESPEAREAN CHARACTERS $200 In Act 1, Scene 1 of "Macbeth" this trio vanishes in "the fog and filthy air"
the three witches
BASEBALL HISTORY $400 In a June 19, 1846 game, J.W. Davis of the N.Y. Nine was fined 6 cents for swearing at this person
the umpire
HOME, SWEET HOME $1200 People in this job never had an official home until "Number One Observatory Circle" was chosen in the '70s
the vice president
INTERIOR DESIGN $1000 In 1991 Charles Hall sued Aqua Queen & other companies for infringing his patent on this furniture item
the waterbed
CHANTED $600 Their chant in "Macbeth" begins, "Double, double, toil and trouble"
the witches
GONE TOMORROW? $800 Picoides Borealis is the red-cockaded species of this bird, still on the endangered list in 2004
the woodpecker
UP IN THE AIR $1600 Pilots are leery of CAT, or clear-air this, which often occurs over mountains & around thunderstorms
turbulence
THE 1960s $200 It’s what chewable “chocks†were
vitamins
THE EMPEROR NERO $1200 Contrary to myth, no evidence exists that Nero played a fiddle, or anything else, while this happened
while Rome burned
BLARNEY $1000 This word for a type of liquor applies to a 1794 American rebellion
whiskey
INSECTS $600 Migration of insects thru the air is classed as active or passive, depending on use of this
wind
ON THE GO $400 The Wright Bros.' experiments in this type of chamber in their bicycle shop led to designs of their flyer's wings
wind tunnel
WORD ORIGINS $400 The Old Norse word "vindauga" gave us this pane-ful word for an opening in a wall
window
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP $600 Mike Bossy & Alexander Mogilny have won the Lady Byng Trophy for gentlemanly conduct in this sport
hockey
POLITICAL TALK $400 Lincoln once said not to "swap" these "while crossing a stream"
horses
NATURE $200 The AKC could tell that Afghans & Salukis belong to this dog group
hounds
JURY DUTY $400 A deadlocked jury is this 4-letter word
hung
GEOLOGY $800 This 9-letter geologic science is the study of the movement & distribution of all the Earth's waters
hydrology
GOAT-POURRI $1600 The backward-curving horns of the Siberian species of this 4-letter goat may be nearly 5 feet long
ibex
DON'T BE A PAIN $400 This drug marketed as Advil & Nuprin reduces pain by inhibiting chemicals that cause inflammation
ibuprofen
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800 Forget about him, he met someone down at Ipanema Beach & now he's "apaixonado", this condition
in love
"IND" THE KNOW $800 Insurance term meaning to protect against damage, loss or injury
indemnity
WHAT'S THAT SOUND? $800 The islands in Australia's Yampi Sound are rich in hematite, an ore of this metal
iron
THE TITANIC $600 This happened between the third & fourth funnel, a fact no one knew until the Titanic was found in 1985
it broke in half
THE REPLACEMENTS $600 The "arthro" in "arthroplasty" refers to these body parts that are replaced with stainless steel or plastic ones
joints
CROSSWORD CLUES "J" $800 A joyful celebration (10)
jubilation
DOUBLE MEANINGS $1600 Chairman Mao was very resourceful when he built a seaworthy _____ out of a lot of old _____ lying around
junk
ISRAEL $400 Sde Boker, one of these cooperative communities, was the retirement home of first prime minister David Ben-Gurion
kibbutz
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD $400 Vow, knight or grail
knight
CROSSWORD CLUES "K" $1600 Its alias is turnip cabbage (8)
kohlrabi
HELLO, DELI! $1200 Someone pass me this noodle pudding filled with raisins & nuts
kugel
WHY SO BLUE? $1600 The vase seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-05-05_DJ_21.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> is made from this semiprecious stone
lapis lazuli
BIRDS $800 Perhaps this "thrush", a type of babbler, hangs out at comedy clubs with the same-named hyena
laughing thrush
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $1200 A singable poem, perhaps "of the Last Minstrel" (3)
lay
L____O $600 How low can you go? Perhaps to this place on the border of heaven or hell
limbo
GEOLOGY $1200 This rock can be formed by the accumulation of shells or coral, but not from citrus fruit
limestone
NATURE $100 Some of the fanciest of these reptiles are beaded, horned, or frilled
lizards
L____O $1000 This term for any man who seduces & deceives women comes from a character in the 18th century play "The Fair Penitent"
lothario
WORDS OF LOVE $3000 Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is translated as this
love conquers all
TRANSLATION EXERCISES $800 Turkish to Spanish: Relatively speaking, "anne" & "baba"
madre y padre
"LIGHT"s $200 To do this to someone's plight, you could trivialize it, or just take the P away
make light of it
STRING THEORY 101 $200 String puppets are often called these, affer a certain virgin
marionettes
THE TITANIC $400 2 of these towered over the deck & were used as flagpoles & to string the wireless aerial
masts
UP IN THE AIR $2000 From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle"
mesosphere
NEW WEAPONS $400 The USA's "E-Bomb" will disable grids & computers and reheat the enemies' lasagna by sending out these waves
microwaves
ENDS WITH 3 VOWELS $2000 Environment or setting
milieu
THE 23rd PSALM $800 "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of" these
mine enemies
GOVERNMENT $200 Since 1909 every government in Denmark's parliament has been this type that needs to strike deals
minority government (a coalition accepted)
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU $400 5-letter word meaning less by the subtraction of; don't overthink it
minus
THE REPLACEMENTS $1000 This cell-division process in which a cell's nucleus replicates is vital for repair & replacement of worn-out cells
mitosis
SOCIOLOGY $200 Going from rags to riches is what sociologists call "social" this, specifically the "upward" type
mobility
AVIARY $200 Perhaps "imitating" Florida, in 1929 Arkansas chose this as its state bird
mockingbird
MUNICH $1600 On Munich's coat of arms you'll find one of these religious figures who originally settled the city and gave it its name
monk
STRING THEORY 101 $800 In the U.S. string cheese is usually a type of this cheese
mozzarella
GOING TO PIECES $1000 From the Latin for "of the night", these pensive musical pieces were popularized by Chopin & Bartok
nocturnes
SYNONYMS $1200 In court you won't hear a lawyer say "remonstrance!" but this synonym
objection
MINORITY REPORT $1200 Justice Brennan, dissenting in Paris Adult Theater v. Slaton, said this quality is too vaguely defined to regulate
obscenity
LIFE SCIENCE $1200 In nat. selection, a ref froggus trebekus has .5 relative fitness if it produces 1/2 as many of these as a pink one
offspring
CARBON CREDITS $800 This 2-word study of living things is primarily devoted to carbon compounds
organic chemistry
DOUBLE MEANINGS $400 I know Mike _____ his expense account, but I can't believe he'd steal legal _____ from the conference room
pads
HAIRY $400 This term for a knight's apprentice is also the name of a bobbed, usually jaw-length hairstyle
page boy
BALLETS WE'VE NEVER ASKED ABOUT BEFORE $400 In Jerome Robbins' "Celebration", couples representing 5 countries dance this, "step for 2" in French
pas de deux
FRUIT $1200 This fuzzy fruit is also a slang term meaning inform against or betray
peach
WORLD "P"s $400 Malay or Sinai
peninsula
"IRA" $400 The lady was quite overcome by this moisture exuded by the muscular estate gardener
perspiration
OCCUPATION HAZARDS $1000 If this is your job you might get brine in your eye after dropping the cucumber in the barrel
pickler
"IRA" $1400 The Motion Picture Association of America says this cost producers, theater owners, etc. $18.2 billion in 2005
piracy
5-LETTER WORDS $3000 It can mean "brief & forceful" or "resembling the inner core of a stem"
pithy
GENERAL INFORMATION $1000 The tuliptree, or "yellow" this, was planted by Washington at Mt. Vernon, & Daniel Boone used its wood in his canoe
poplar
FLOWERS $5000 These flowers blooming in a Flanders cemetery during WWI inspired a famous poem by Major John McCrae
poppies
"AI" $400 China or other ceramic objects can also be called this, after the material they're made of
porcelain
WORD AND PHRASE ORIGINS $None Meaning "rapidly", this term began in England, referring to the speed with which the mail was delivered
post haste
SNACK ATTACK $1000 I could eat a whole bag of this type of snack invented in Saratoga Springs in 1853
potato chips
UNFORESEEN FINDS $600 To spite a customer who complained the tubers were too thick, chef George Crum created what became this treat
potato chips
EPONYMS $2000 Named for a French courtesan, Pommes Anna is a dish of layered these, not apples
potatoes
ON THE GO $1600 Lighter than a Conestoga wagon, it was named for its white canvas covering which resembled the sails of ships
prairie schooner
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE $600 In "The Maltese Falcon", Dashiell Hammett wrote, "'That will be excellent,' Gutman" did this
purred
CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS $400 This first sign is a nocturnal animal; those born under it work best in quiet hours; oo, you dirty...
rat
WORDS $600 If you say, "I'm eating a hot dog with" this, you could mean a chopped pickle topping or just plain enjoyment
relish
THE BIG BANGLADESH $400 About two-thirds of all Bangladeshis work in agriculture, mostly farming this product
rice
UNFORESEEN FINDS $200 In 1879 this was discovered when a scientist's food was found to be sweet from the residue of a coal tar experiment
saccharin
AFRICAN LANGUAGE LAB $800 Whether a surfin' one or a Pontiac, this term comes from the Swahili meaning "journey"
safari
FOOD FACTS $500 "Crevette" is the French word for this shellfish
shrimp
PLACES $200 A building for religious veneration, or the L.A. auditorium that hosted 1997's Academy Awards
shrine
PROPHET SHARING $1000 On the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo included some of these ancient oracle-like prophetesses
sibyls
BLARNEY $800 Tiny pieces, or the New Jersey band that sang "Only a Memory"
smithereens
SOUNDS THAT KITTIES MAKE $800 This threatening sound can also mean "to become tangled"
snarled
RUSSIAN $800 "Idyot snyek" means this is happening, a common weather condition in January
snowing
DOUBLE MEANINGS $1200 I liked that girl with the cute little _____ nose, so to have her _____ me really hurts
snub
NUTRITION $600 People with hypertension should diet & limit their intake of alcohol & this chemical element
sodium
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP $400 In 2008 Central Wash. players of this sport carried injured Sara Tucholsky of Western Oregon around the bases
softball
OXYMORONS $200 The "double" version of this card game for one requires 2 players
solitaire
SYRIA'S EATING $1600 The leaves of mulukhiya resemble those of this vegetable; we hope Syrian kids don't turn up their noses at mulukhiya
spinach
BALLET $400 The 1972 ballet "Printemps" premiered in the winter, but its name is French for this season
spring
BIG "STAR" $200 As soon as corn is picked, its sugar begins to turn into this, so get it into the pot fast!
starch
CORAL REEF LIFE $1200 A species of these well-armed creatures known as the crown-of-thorns feasts on coral reefs
starfish
CHANTED $200 In a children's playground chant, they're the 2 things that will "break my bones, but names will never hurt me"
sticks & stones
THE 23rd PSALM $400 "He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside" these
still waters
AVIARY $400 Bob Hope claimed his mother saw his nose & cried that the doctor took the baby & left this bird
stork
UP IN THE AIR $1200 At under 6,000 feet, this 7-letter layered type of cloud is one of the lowest
stratus
PUSH BY SAFIRE $400 Safire wrote, "A president's ability to deflect charges of sleaze...aimed at his administration" was a this-coated presidency
teflon
THE 1960s $400 Vanishing in the ‘60s, it’s what YUkon, KLondike & VAlencia were examples of
telephone prefixes
BARD BITS $2000 Comparing "thee to a summer's day" in sonnet 18, the bard realizes that "Thou art more lovely and more" this
temperate
WHEN IN ROME? $800 Michaelangelo paints the Sistine Chapel: this century
the 16th
WHEN IN ROME? $1200 Mussolini becomes prime minister: this decade
the 1920s
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2011-05-05_J_05.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.</a>) The northwest angle belongs to the U.S., although it doesn't look that way; it's the only part of the lower 48 that extends miles north of this parallel of latitude
the 49th parallel
ANATOMY $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-03_J_18.wmv">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor, then puts her heel down.</a>) The soleus and gastrocnemius, two major muscles of the calf, act like a lever system with this largest tendon to lift or lower the heel
the Achilles tendon
THE "A"s $1600 This "Khan" is the spiritual leader of the Ismaili sect of Muslims
the Aga Khan
AMERICAN HISTORY $1000 In 1798 Congress passed this collection of bills to control domestic dissent & conspiracy against the federal govt.
the Alien & Sedition Acts
LAW & GOVERNMENT $1000 In 1798 Congress passed these controversial laws dealing with foreigners & with inciting rebellion
the Alien & Sedition Acts
ALL "AMERICAN" $200 Their publications include "First Aid Fast" & a "Babysitter's Handbook"
the American Red Cross
THE LAST BATTLE $200 The Siege of Yorktown
the American Revolution
LAW & GOVERNMENT $400 A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this
the American flag
THE "A"s $2000 In 1841 ex-president John Quincy Adams represented the mutineers of this ship before the Supreme Court
the Amistad
MOUNTAINS $4800 Geological evidence shows that this 5,000-mile mountain chain may extend south into Antarctica
the Andes
ISLANDS $1200 The Leeward Islands are among the "Lesser" of these islands; Cuba & Jamaica are among the "Greater"
the Antilles
GUYANESE GEOGRAPHY $400 Guyana is divided into 3 regions: a highland, an inland forest & a coastal plain along this ocean
the Atlantic
THE BIG APPLE $400 On the NYC subway this train will also take you to Harlem, but then it splits off & heads for Yankee Stadium
the B train
LISA $2000 In 1997 Lisa Pollak won a Pulitzer Prize reporting for this Baltimore newspaper where H.L. Mencken once worked
the Baltimore Sun
"B" PREPARED $600 This period lasted from about 3500 to 1500 B.C.
the Bronze Age
THE MIDDLE AGES $800 Irene, who reigned from 797-802, declared herselt Emperor, not Empress, of this empire
the Byzantine Empire
BALLET $800 Alexandre Dumas fils' tale about "The Lady of" these flowers bloomed as the ballet "Marguerite and Armand"
the Camellias
GEOLOGY $2000 A 6-mile-wide caldera, or volcanic crater, is a highlight of La Palma in this Spanish Island group off Africa
the Canaries
GOVERNMENT $1000 This country with "Republic" in its name was less republican after a 2003 coup by General Francois Bozize
the Central African Republic
ISLANDS $800 This group of islands off the northern coast of France was the only British soil occupied by the Germans in WWII
the Channel Islands
VISUALIZE $400 Numerical name for the unruly group seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_11.wmv" target="_blank">here</a> during their trial in 1970
the Chicago Seven
CAESAR $4000 AKA the Flavian Amphitheatre, this ancient structure was begun by the Roman emperor Vespasian around 72 A.D.
the Colosseum
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000 Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee
the Columbia River
MINORITY REPORT $400 A 1936 dissent by Justice Stone accused 6 other justices of a "tortured construction" of this document
the Constitution
BODIES OF WATER $1000 After a 1,750-mile trip from Germany, this river breaks into 3 branches in Romania before emptying into the Black Sea
the Danube
GREECE $500 The prosperous 5th century B.C. in Greece is better known as this
the Golden Age (or the Age of Pericles)
MOUNTAINS $200 The Hoosac Mountains are a range of these "colorful" mountains located in Vermont
the Green Mountains
WHAT COLOR IS GREEN? $800 This American political party that formed in 1874 favored an increase in paper currency
the Greenback Party
THE MIDDLE AGES $1000 In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters
the Hanseatic League
"IND" THE KNOW $600 Punjab means "land of 5 rivers", & all 5 of the rivers eventually flow into this one
the Indus
SATURDAY $600 Established in 1875, this Louisville event is run annually on the first Saturday in May
the Kentucky Derby
THE SPOOKY & THE MYSTERIOUS $1000 This large dinosaur-like creature possibly lives in a large Scottish lake near Inverness
the Loch Ness Monster
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200 Known as the "Father of Waters", this river drains an area of approx. 1,247,000 square miles
the Mississippi
ORGANIZED LABOR $400 This board was created in 1935 to correct or prevent unfair labor practices by employers or unions
the National Labor Relations Board
ABBREV. $800 Since 1871, they've aimed to please: NRA
the National Rifle Association
BODIES OF WATER $200 In 1975 the United Kingdom began piping oil from this sea to its shores
the North Sea
GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP $200 J.P. Hayes cost himself a 2009 spot on this tour by confessing to using an unapproved ball
the PGA tour
HISTORY IN MOVIES $600 "The Prince of Egypt" featured Ralph Fiennes as the voice of this stubborn ruler
the Pharaoh
TRANSPLANTS $1600 He's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">seen</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_DJ_24a.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> in 1967, the year of his historic operation
(Dr. Christiaan) Barnard
THE GODFATHER $800 After the death of his mother, this future poet was taken in by his godfather John Allan in 1811
(Edgar Allan) Poe
NOTED EUROPEANS $200 In 1863, this man from Wuppertal started a dye company that evolved into an aspirin-making giant
(Friedrich) Bayer
WORLD AUTHORS $200 This Brit coined "doublethink" & "Big Brother is watching you"
(George) Orwell
BUSINESS LEADERS $1200 In the 1880s he built a town in Illinois to house employees of his sleeping car company
(George) Pullman
A LITERARY TOUR $200 Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home & sculptures inspired by his fairy tales
(Hans Christian) Andersen
THE FALL $1800 On Nov. 8, 1519 the sight of his forces made the Tenochtitlaners feel like they'd "eaten stupefying mushrooms"
(Hernándo) Cortés
2011 MOVIES $600 He was busy in 2011, with parts in "Paul", "Horrible Bosses" & "The Change-Up"
(Jason) Bateman
SCIENTISTS $400 This man's injected dead virus vaccine inspired Albert Sabin's live-virus oral vaccine for polio
(Jonas) Salk
OPERA $1000 At 35 he decided for the first time to sit right down & write himself an opera; he produced "Fidelio"
(Ludwig van) Beethoven
AUTHORS $200 During WWII this "Gone with the Wind" author was an American Red Cross volunteer & sold war bonds
(Margaret) Mitchell
THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $2000 In M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening", the trees are mad at us, & Elliot Moore, played by him, must deal with it
(Mark) Wahlberg
LITERATURE $800 19th c. author known for writing about a "venerable mansion" with "seven acutely peaked gables"
(Nathaniel) Hawthorne
A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-23_DJ_25.jpg" target="_blank">Alex places a stone on a grave at Mount Zion Cemetery in Jerusalem.</a>) Here in the Mount Zion Cemetery, one of the prominent graves is that of this man, a Krakow factory owner, who, in World War II, saved the lives of over 1,000 Jews
(Oskar) Schindler
19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $2000 Pictured <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> around 1890, he was the original "iron" man
(Otto von) Bismarck
WORLD AUTHORS $1000 This French writer "steaked" a claim as "The Father of Romanticism" by writing such works as "Atala"
(René de) Chateaubriand
ALWAYS SAY NEVER $800 In his "Ballad of East and West", this Brit wrote, "east is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet"
(Rudyard) Kipling
WHAT'S THAT SOUND? $1000 Antarctica's McMurdo Sound was discovered in 1841 by this Brit who has a nearby sea & ice shelf named for him
(Sir James Clark) Ross
A THOMAS GUIDE $200 He obtained 1,093 patents, the most the U.S. Patent Office has ever issued to one person
(Thomas) Edison
ANIMATED FILMS $400 Cruella de Vil was the villainess who kidnapped this title brood
101 Dalmatians
YOU DO THE MATH $200 The number of legs on a spider plus the number of legs on a fly
14 (8 + 6)
WHEN IN ROME? $400 The U.S. Fifth Army comes to town: June 4 of this year
1944
CATALINA $2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-10-12_DJ_25.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from on high on Catalina Island, CA.</a>) Catalina's only city shares its name with this island of the King Arthur legends
Avalon
DOUBLE TALK $200 It's a sailor's way of saying to a superior "I understand & will obey"
Aye-Aye
CLASSIC MOVIE CHARACTERS $None The parents of this 1942 film character are an unnamed mother & a father known as "the great prince of the forest"
Bambi
DOUBLE TALK $500 He's Barney & Betty Rubble's noisy son
Bamm-Bamm
BRAND-TASTIC $200 Barry Manilow wrote the jingle that had us "stuck on" this brand
Band-Aid
AVIARY $600 Unit of Random House whose logo is seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-03-16_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>:
Bantam Books
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-24_J_13.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew is at the wheel.</a>) In 1948, George H.W. Bush and <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-07-24_J_13a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> young wife of his packed their belongings into a Studebaker and drove west to Odessa, Texas
Barbara
THE HOUND OF MUSIC $800 It's the breed of long-eared hound dog a tuxedo-clad Elvis is serenading <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-10-11_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
Bassett
NATIONAL FOODS $200 This breakfast treat with deep pockets was introduced to Americans at the 1964 World's Fair
Belgian waffles
CITY OF BIRTH $4000 Frederick the Great & Mike Nichols
Berlin
TELEVISION $200 The series finale of this Fox drama aired on May 17, 2000, 2 weeks after the last "Party of Five"
Beverly Hills, 90210
SATURDAY $1000 At age 3, as Bubbles Silverman, this opera star sang on a Sat. morning radio show, "Uncle Bob's Rainbow House"
Beverly Sills
HARRISON FORD MOVIES $800 "Replicants are like any other machine -- they're either a benefit or a hazard"
Blade Runner
PLAY ADJECTIVES $1600 Noel Coward 's "____ Spirit"
Blithe Spirit
COLORFUL GROUPS $1000 Hard rockers "Burnin' For You": ____ ____ Cult
Blue Ã-yster
CATALINA $1600 Catalina had Southern Calif.'s first golf course; from 1931 to 1955 it hosted a tournament named for this Ga. great
Bobby Jones
HORSE SENSE $800 Buck, ridden by James Arness on "Gunsmoke", was later used by Lorne Greene on this series
Bonanza
BEST MOVIE QUOTES EVER! $400 1967: "We rob banks"
Bonnie and Clyde
MAKE IT RIGHT $200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-09-16_J_21.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from New Orleans, LA.</a>) This actor who founded Make It Right not only pledged $5 million, but moved his large family to New Orleans & threw himself into sustainable rebuilding
Brad Pitt
TOUGH MOVIE TRIVIA $600 Actor in common to the coming-to-California films "True Romance" & "Kalifornia"
Brad Pitt
"B" PREPARED $400 "I'll Go Home With Bonnie Jean" is one of many lively songs in this Lerner & Loewe musical
Brigadoon
RELIGION $800 In this Asian religion, a lohan is not an actress but a holy person, & monasteries have images of lohans
Buddhism
SPORTS $500 National Hockey League team whose logo is seen here: (knife through a "B")
Buffalo Sabres
SNL CELEBRITY JEOPARDY! $600 Norm MacDonald played this "Smokey and the Bandit" star who had a slight problem IDing Pat Morita's ancestry
Burt Reynolds
ON THE MOVE $400 In Britain, it's a kitchen on a ship's deck; in the U.S., it's traditionally the last car on a freight train
Caboose
AFRICAN ISLANDS $400 Parts of this capital city lie on the islands of Gezira & Roda in the Nile River
Cairo
THE PRODUCERS $2000 This West Coast state procuces the most wind-generated energy
California
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200 This state's largest county, San Bernardino, was divided in 1893 to form Riverside county
California
WORLD CAPITALS $None Started in 1988 for this city's 75th anniversary, a Springtime Flower Festival in September shows off its Commonwealth Park
Canberra, Australia
HISTORIC ENGLISHMEN $None Ironically, he might have saved himself from death in 1779 if he had known how to swim
Captain Cook
LIBRARIES $400 In 1889 this philanthropist funded his first U.S. library in Braddock, Penn., home to one of his steel mills
Carnegie
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE $400 Name this tragedy: <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-05-16_DJ_22.wmv"><i>"Love you." "Love you." "Speak. ...Nothing will come of nothing!" "Hmph!" "Hmph!" "Huh? I should go mad! Blbl-blbl-blbl-blbl-bl! Oh, no life! Oh!"</i></a>
King Lear
THE GODFATHER $1200 He was the royal godfather to the son of French playwright Moliere
King Louis XIV
LITERATURE $1200 People from the past appear to a brother & sister in "Rewards and Fairies" by this author of "The Jungle Book"
Kipling
FIRST LADIES' RHYME TIME $1000 Mrs. Bush's luminous radiations
Laura's auras
BRAND-TASTIC $600 Dr. Joseph Lawrence & Jordan Lambert invented this bad-breath-busting product in 1879
Listerine
WOMEN OF THE WORLD $800 This Norwegian beauty is noted for her work with Ingmar Bergman & with UNICEF
Liv Ullmann
LITERARY CROSSWORD CLUES "L" $800 Jack's "capital" surname (6)
London
SECRET MENUS $1000 Ask this chain that's inspired by a fictional pirate for a "side of crumbs", & you'll get some fried batter bits
Long John Silver's
I'M "L__X" $1200 This "Tax" is found on a Monopoly board
Luxury Tax
TELEVISION & HISTORY $None When "60 Minutes" premiered, this man was U.S. president
Lyndon B. Johnson (show premiered Sept. 24, 1968)
CABLE CHANNELS $200 The Dire Straits song "Money For Nothing" says, "You play the guitar on" this cable channel
MTV
AMERICAN HISTORY $800 John O'Sullivan, who later became a diplomat, coined this term for the USA's right to cover the continent
Manifest Destiny
THE REDS $400 This man's most avid supporters during the Cultural Revolution were students mobilized as "Red Guards"
Mao Tse-tung
THE MIDDLE AGES $200 Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
HISTORIC NAMES $2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-04_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew stands outside the Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria.</a>) Today, the Imperial Palace is home to Austria's head of state, the president; in Mozart's time, it was home to the head of state, this archduchess
Maria Theresa
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES $2000 "The Bird"--seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>--<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-01-12_DJ_20a.jpg" target="_blank">he</a> was a national sensation in 1976
Mark Fidrych
QUOTATIONS $400 This "Huck Finn" author wrote "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example"
Mark Twain
A JOURNEY THROUGH ISRAEL $300 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-23_DJ_26.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Isreal.</a>) <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-11-23_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> ruined fortress atop a mesa is where thousands of Israeli soldiers have taken an oath swearing that it shall not fall again
Masada
NAME THE POET $400 "The caged bird sings / With a fearful trill / Of things unknown / But longed for still"
Maya Angelou
IT'S ONLY ROCK & ROLL $200 He perked up his career by letting Starbucks release his album "Memory Almost Full"
McCartney
FOOD CHAIN $200 In 1979 this chain introduced its Happy Meal
McDonald's
19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK $1600 This Russian seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-12-08_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">here</a> set the table for future chemists
Mendeleyev
THE MOVIES $400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2008-03-31_J_02.jpg" target="_blank">Drew Barrymore delivers the clue.</a>) In my film "Music and Lyrics", Hugh Grant plays the "Jeopardy! Think Music" written by this creator of "Jeopardy!"
Merv Griffin
CLASSICAL GASES $800 Lighter than air, it's also called marsh gas & is found in natural gas
Methane
AMERICAN COUNTIES $400 Ogemaw, Saginaw & Washtenaw are all counties in this state
Michigan
BASEBALL HISTORY $1200 Topps' 1952 series No. 311 was this player's first card & is a holy grail among collectors
Mickey Mantle
NORSE MYTHOLOGY $1200 The name Midgard, the world of humans, can be translated as this, a place familiar to Tolkien
Middle Earth
MOVIE SONGS $800 1969: "Everybody's Talkin'"
Midnight Cowboy
WORLD LEADERS $None Shortly after he received the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize, his country ceased to exist
Mikhail Gorbachev
WORD ORIGINS $200 This state's name is from the Sioux for "sky-tinted waters"; maybe they meant the 10,000 lakes
Minnesota
U.S. POLITICS $None Since 1960, only Massachusetts & this state have produced more than one of the 10 Democratic presidential nominees
Minnesota (Hubert Humphrey & Walter Mondale)
1987 $800 2 Russians made an impromptu spacewalk outside this space station & found a bag of trash that hindered docking
Mir
19th CENTURY PRESIDENTS $1200 The time of his administration was known as "the Era of Good Feelings"
Monroe
VISUALIZE $1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a hefty-looking sewing kit.</a>) In "Moby Dick," Ahab asks Starbuck for one of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_J_29a.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> with a triangular point to pierce through materials
a sailmaker's needle
WHAT A GEM! $1200 Cornflower blue is the most prized color of this gem
a sapphire
THE STING $1200 The creature known as this "false" arachnid has venomous pincers & no tail
a scorpion
ALSO A TOOL $200 This drink consists of 2 ounces of vodka & 5 ounces of orange juice
a screwdriver
5-LETTER WORDS $800 A big fishing net, maybe in the river of the same name
a seine
IT'S ALL ABOUT ME $1200 Albrecht Durer's first known drawing, done at the age of 13, was one of these artistic efforts
a self-portrait
GONE TOMORROW? $200 The Oahu tree one of these gastropods is quickly, not slowly, disappearing
a snail
1987 $600 A judge said no custody of "Baby M" for this type of mother who'd agreed to bear her for $10,000
a surrogate
KING ARTHUR $400 The title of this T.H. White book refers to the object that made Arthur king
a sword in the stone
IS IT "TEA" TIME YET? $2000 In 1975 the Perfumer's Workshop introduced a fragrance named for this flower
a tea rose
5-LETTER WORDS $400 One who steals by stealth: Thessalonians speaks of one "in the night"
a thief
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $1600 When this member of the nightshade family reached Italy, it was known as pomi d'oro, or gold apple
a tomato
A SHAPELY CATEGORY $800 Dendroid means shaped like a tree; dentiform means shaped like this
a tooth
CALL ME A"LEX" $400 3 housing units all under one roof
a triplex
BIRDS $200 It's the type of swan heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-11_J_06.mp3">here</a>
a trumpeter swan
YOUR HONOR, I OBJECT! $400 Calls for an opinion--only allowed for this type of witness with special knowledge of a subject
an expert witness
TRANSPLANTS $1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2005-04-11_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Dr. Thomas Starzl reads the clue.</a>) A pioneering kidney transplant of 1954 was from Ronald Herrick to Richard Herrick, this very specific type of relative
an identical twin
LIFE SCIENCE $2000 The 2 main types of vascular seed plants are gymnosperms & these, 80% of known green plants
angiosperms
WORLD MUSEUMS $800 Totem poles & Noh masks are at the Pitt Rivers Museum, given on condition that Oxford hire a lecturer on this -ology
anthropology
GIVE ME AN "A"! $200 Wow! In 2002 a "supercolony" of billions of these was discovered stretching across several countries in Europe
ants
GIVE ME AN "A"! $400 Robert Frost wondered "How many" of these "fell on Newton's head before he took the hint!"
apples
CRAFT $1200 If you apply pieces of one material to another, you're practicing this craft, from the French for "apply"
appliqué
THE "A"s $1200 Whether for a sorcerer or a craft guild, one serves time as one of these before becoming a journeyman
apprentice
THE TIGERS $1200 Genus sphyraena, this long, thin predatory fish with protruding jaws & teeth is known as the "tiger of the sea"
barracuda
CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $800 It precedes dance, laugh or flop (5)
belly
CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $1600 A throng, often "of beauties" (4)
bevy
DON'T BE A PAIN $800 To control pain, some patients try this technique in which they monitor their body functions & try to alter them
biofeedback
TRANSLATION EXERCISES $2000 Swahili to German: The magic word "tafadhali"
bitte
GAMBLING $None Next to slots, Nevada casinos make more money from this game than any other, nearly $3/4 billion in 1985
blackjack
WEAPONRY $200 Standard-issue weapons for stormtroopers in "Star Wars" included energy-bolt-firing pistols called these
blasters
NUTRITION $400 It's good to break a little this between friends--it supplies carbs & fiber
bread
ITALIAN $800 Literally "good day", it's the basic Italian hello
buon giorno
CROSSWORD CLUES "B" $400 A baby belch (4)
burp
SWEET! $400 Butter is an ingredient of this hard candy that has "butter" in its name; the rest of its name doesn't refer to whisky
butterscotch
"AI" $2000 Broad-snouted and smooth-fronted are 2 types of this South American reptile
caiman
GEHRY $800 Frank Gehry's "Easy Edges" line built furniture out of this stuff in which your furniture usually arrives
cardboard
SALMON $600 The roe of the chum salmon is a popular source for the red variety of this
caviar
LET'S CALL TRIPLE "A" $1000 San Diego County is estimated to have a million acres of this Spanish-named dense shrub growth
chaparral
THE EMPEROR NERO $800 Nero's indulgences included poetry, acting & racing these vehicles
chariots
WORDS $200 Chat about this in your chat room: "chat" is merely a shortened form of this 7-letter word
chatter
WHAT AM I HAVING? $800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_J_11.jpg" target="_blank">Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Mexico.</a>) Voy a comer pollo con mole--I'm having <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_J_11a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> in a classic Mexican sauce
chicken
SALMON $1000 Weighing up to 100 pounds, this large type of salmon shares its name with a warm, dry wind
chinook
SAY "CHI"s $400 Giving up your seat to the lady proves that this medieval system is not dead
chivalry
NUTRITION $2000 The flavonoids in this may help prevent heart disease, so a "kiss" a day may keep the cardiologist away
chocolate
MINORITY REPORT $1500 Justice Holmes dissented when seditionist Jacob Abrams' conviction was upheld, saying he didn't pose this type of "danger"
clear and present
SYNONYMS $2000 This synonym for "to seclude" is also a word for part of a monastery or convent
cloister
DRESSING $800 The hour for mixed drinks, or the type of short evening dress appropriate then
cocktail
ODDS & ENDS $1000 Using beeswax, olive oil, rose petals & water, Galen invented this skin cleanser with a "frigid" name c. 200 A.D.
cold cream
IT CAME FROM THE NEW WORLD $800 Christopher Columbus sampled this grain in Cuba, declaring it "most tasty boiled, roasted or ground into flour"
corn (or maize)
DON'T BE A PAIN $1600 Pain registers in one area of the outer portion of the cerebrum called the cerebral this
cortex
OCCUPATION HAZARDS $200 Chafing from chaps, rope burns from lassos & that saddle horn -- watch where you sit if you're one of these
cowboy
BIRDS $600 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-12-11_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">This</a> bird shown in an illustration is distinguished from the heron by the bustle of feathers over its rump
crane
BRAZILIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200 Cousin Fred said he was Napoleon last night; I'm afraid he might be "maluco", this
crazy
FROM THE FRENCH $400 This type of needlework gets its name from the French for "hook"
crochet
THE FRENCH CONNECTION $400 From Old French, its [sic] what we call the person who runs the roulette table
croupier
RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS $1600 Lev Landau won a 1962 Nobel Prize for working in low-temperature physics, also known as this
cryogenics
THE STING $400 Most bar recipes for the stinger call for the white version of this potent potable, not the green
crème de menthe
FROM THE FRENCH $800 This word for any style of cooking is from the French for "kitchen"
cuisine
FRUIT $1600 The liqueur creme de cassis is made with the black type of this fruit
currant
TRANSLATION EXERCISES $1200 Portuguese to Russian: The positive "sim"
da
"AI" $1200 This often blended rum & juice cocktail is named for a Cuban town
daiquiri
I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT $1000 Named for its inventor, Labanotation is a notation system for this so you know when to do a fouette
dance
POLITICAL TALK $5000 According to the League of Women Voters, an "empty chair" one of these should be canceled
debates
AMERICAN HISTORY $400 On April 2, 1917 President Wilson told Congress, "The world must be made safe for" this
democracy
OCCUPATION HAZARDS $600 In this job aiding a medical professional, Angie might get a finger nipped by little Billy while X-raying his molar
dental hygienist
ISRAEL $200 If you're getting engaged, consider a visit to Netanya, a world center for cutting & polishing these
diamonds
STRING THEORY 201 $800 In certain string theories, you can get up to 26 of these; we're used to dealing with 4 of them, of which length is one
dimensions
PLACES $100 A small & informal restaurant, or one who eats there
diner
STUPID ANSWERS $300 In 1842, Richard Owen coined this word for “dinosaurâ€
dinosaur
TURKISH LITERATURE $2000 Seyid Imadeddin Nesimi wrote 2 of these poetry collections, also a word from Turkish for a couch
divan
WHAT AM I HAVING? $200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-06-28_J_08.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Germany.</a>) Haben sie Bier vom Fass?--I just asked for this form of beer
draft beer
HAIR TODAY $600 This rastafarian style is Whoopi Goldberg's trademark
dreadlocks
ON THE GO $1200 (Sofia of the Clue Crew paddling a canoe) Some of the earliest canoes were this type of boat, made from a hollowed-out tree trunk
dugout canoe
GEOLOGY $400 The Mercalli scale measures the intensity of these from I to XII
earthquakes
ITALIAN $400 "Parla come mangi", literally "speak the way you" do this, means to speak simply & clearly
eat
FROM THE FRENCH $1600 This light tannish color gets its name from the French for "raw", as in raw vegetables
ecru
GREECE $200 The popular dish moussaka is layers of ground meat & this vegetable
eggplant
THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD $1000 Fad, dad or glad
fad
FOOD CHAIN $800 "Dip Into Something Different" at the Melting Pot, found across the nation, & specializing in this Swiss dish
fondue
