J! set 18

GEOMETRY A single straight line forms an angle of this many degrees

180

GEOMETRY No matter how many sides a convex polygon has, the sum of its exterior angles will always equal this many degrees

360

GEOMETRY A cube has this many sides

6

GEOGRAPHY This largest city in New Mexico has 2 Qs & 3 Us in its name

Albuquerque

GEOLOGISTS In 1957 Sir Vivian Fuchs led the first crossing of this continent; it took 99 days

Antarctica

GEOLOGY The process of coalification runs from peat to this type of coal

Anthracite

GEOGRAPHY "B" Once part of the Ottoman Empire, it became capital of Iraq in 1921

Baghdad

GEOGRAPHY "B" NATO sits in Brussels & SEATO sat in this Thai city

Bangkok

GEOGRAPHY "B" Since Burma became Myanmar, this is the only "B" country left on the Bay of Bengal

Bangladesh

GEOGRAPHY This capital of Queensland in Australia was founded as a station for British convicts in 1824

Brisbane

GEOGRAPHY "B" The Rocky Mountains run through part of this Canadian province that begins with "B"

British Columbia

GEOGRAPHY "B" This Virginia stream was the site of battles in July 1861 & August 1862

Bull Run

GEOLOGISTS This country's highest peak, Mount Logan, is named for geologist Sir William Logan

Canada

GEOMETRY 2 or more circles that share the same center are said to be this

Concentric

GEOLOGY This precious stone is crystalline carbon

Diamond

GEOMETRY In a right triangle, the side opposite the right angle is called this

Hypotenuse

GEOGRAPHY The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros lies in this ocean in the Mozambique Channel

Indian Ocean

GEOGRAPHY Though Abidjan has the main gov't buildings, Yamoussoukro is this country's official capital, tusk, tusk

Ivory Coast

GEOGRAPHY The Ishikari Plain is the largest lowland on this country's Hokkaido island

Japan

GEOLOGY You'll find stalactites and stalagmites in caverns made of various types of this sedimentary rock

Limestone

GEOGRAPHY This Yugoslavian republic covers part of and shares its name with Alexander the Great's ancient home

Macedonia

GEOGRAPHY This Canadian province's largest lake is Lake Winnipeg

Manitoba

GEOGRAPHY To Tibetans it's "Chomolungma", the goddess mother

Mount Everest

GEOMETRY An oblique angle is one that is either acute or this

Obtuse

GEOGRAPHY This Moroccan capital city is located about 60 miles northeast of Casablanca

Rabat

GEOGRAPHY Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be Northern & Southern this

Rhodesia

GEOGRAPHY World capital in which Jose Napoleon Duarte was born

San Salvador

GEOGRAPHY Regina is in this one of Canada's prairie provinces

Saskatchewan

GEOGRAPHY Seeing residents huddled around campfires on the shore, Magellan named the region this, meaning "Land of fire"

Tierra del Fuego

GEOGRAPHY Once known as Urga, this capital city is the cultural center of Mongolia

Ulan Bator

GEOLOGY One of these struck Boston in 1755, Missouri in 1811 & Charleston in 1886, so it's not West Coast-specific

an earthquake

GEOMETRY (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) With this blue line, I've done this to the angle

bisect it

GEOLOGY A large, diversified corporation, or a rock with pebbles & gravel embedded in it

conglomerate

GEOLOGY Term for the triangular deposit of sediments that forms where a river enters the sea

delta

GEOLOGY A fluvial process such as erosion is caused by the action of this geographic feature

river

GEOLOGY Of the 3 main classes of rock, this one accounts for about 75% of all the exposed rocks on land

sedimentary

GEOLOGY Crude oil can be extracted from this rock, the most abundant sedimentary rock in the Earth's crust

shale

GEOMETRY (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports standing in front of a chalkboard) Angles 1 & 2 are angles of this type, as they add up to 180 degr

supplementary

GEOLOGY This "powdery" mineral is number 1 on the Mohs scale of hardness

talc

GEOMETRY A straight line that touches the outside of a circle at only one point is called this

tangent

GEOLOGY The La Brea is a famous example of one of these, an accumulation of bitumen that traps animals

tar pit

GEOGRAPHY The former name of the Moluccas, islands known for cloves, mace & nutmeg

the Spice Islands

GEOGRAPHY This British River rises in the Cotswold Hills of Gloucester

the Thames

GIVING AWAY THE ENDING George & Lucy return to Italy & have a window overlooking the river in this E.M. Forster novel

"A Room With A View"

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS In 2009: Joker on film

(Heath) Ledger

GETTING A PATENT In the U.S., a standard patent is good for this many years; for a design patent, it's only 14

17

GOING DEEP When the Federation took over the Cardassians' Terok Nor, they renamed it this

Deep Space 9

GOING DEEP "I'd rather be rich than stupid" is one of these musings by Jack Handey of "SNL"

Deep Thoughts

GREECE After docking at this island, Apollo's birthplace, head up the sacred way to the sanctuary of Apollo

Delos

GREECE Around 1930 Angelos Sikelianos tried to revive the famous festival of this town, "Navel of the World"--didn't work

Delphi

GETTING YOUR BERING Explorer Vitus Bering was born in 1681 in Horens in this Scandinavian country

Denmark

GREENLAND Greenland is an autonomous dependency of this nation

Denmark

GOT MILK? This Chicago Bulls forward sports golden-colored hair as well as a white mustache

Dennis Rodman

GOIN' MOBILE In 2005 Dan Wheldon led a 1-2-3-4 finish at the Indy 500 for cars made by this co., known for its Accord & CR-V

Honda

GEOGRAPHY The Mother & the Father are two active ones of these on New Britain Island in the Bismarck Archipelago

Volcanoes

GO FORTH ON AUGUST FOURTH Aug. 4, 1987:A stamp honoring this author is first sold at the Oxford, Miss. post office where he once worked

William Faulkner

GOOD SPORTS The jersey of the Houston Rockets' Tracy McGrady was China's top seller in 2005; this teammate & center was 3rd

Yao Ming

GOLDEN OLDIES According to the Everly Brothers, not only was Johnny a joker, he was also this

bird dog

GRIME FIGHTERS In 1799 Charles Tennant discovered this, helping folks keep their laundry white

bleach

GO The nonrigid airships seen at sporting events were used in WWII to escort convoys by looking for submarines

blimps

GRACELAND In the 1960s Elvis began a tradition of lining his driveway with lights of this color found in an Elvis XMAS song

blue

GOING DEEP The "Chicago style" of this is deep-dish

pizza

GOLLY "G"! It's the 2-word nickname for the Mongol army that overran Eastern Europe

the Golden Horde

GOING "KNOT"S! In Greek myth it was the King of Phrygia & father of Midas who tied this knot that no one could untie

the Gordian knot

GOING POSTAL The Peach Springs, Arizona P.O. uses a mule train to deliver mail to Indians living at the bottom of this natural wonder

the Grand Canyon

GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER The conversion of the American Indians was mostly done by the Franciscans & these "Black Robes" founded in 1534

the Jesuits

GOLD The 1897 Canadian gold rush named for this river occurred around the confluence of the Yukon River & it

the Klondike

GOLDEN RETRIEVERS In 1960 Abebe Bikila became the first black African gold medalist when he won this event--barefoot!

the marathon

GEOLOGISTS In 1972 Harrison H. Schmitt became the first & last geologist to pick up rocks here

the moon

GET INTO SHAPE When talking freeways, the total number of leafs on a cloverleaf

4

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

Aaron's rod (turned into a snake)

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS In 2009: Sookie Stackhouse

Anna Paquin

GO FORTH ON AUGUST FOURTH Aug. 4, 1944:Police raid a house in Amsterdam; this 15-year-old girl is one of 8 arrested

Anne Frank

GOING DUTCH In her diary she wrote, "It is not the Dutch people's fault that we are having such a miserable time"

Anne Frank

GONE WITH THE WINDS Guinness lists Commonwealth Bay on this southern continent as the world's windiest place

Antarctica

GREENLAND Greenland's major physical feature is its massive ice sheet, which is second in size only to one found here

Antarctica

GOING TO... Continent Columbus thought he was going to when he set sail in August 1492

Asia

GODDESSES This goddess was called Parthenos, meaning "The Maiden"

Athena

GEORGIA There's a University of Georgia campus in this city that shares its name with a European capital

Athens

GEORGIANS Kim Basinger hails from this Georgia city whose name may be Greek to you

Athens

GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT Ian McKellen was Gandalf in "LOTR"; Ian McEwan wrote the novel on which this 2007 Keira Knightley film was based

Atonement

GOING TO... In 1932's legendary "Called Shot" his gesture indicated the ball would be going into the center field bleachers

Babe Ruth

GOOD TRY! In 1969 the Jets & Mets each upset teams from this city to win their respective championships

Baltimore

GETTING POSSESSIVE We wonder if the Medicis & the Rothschilds worked these, meaning a short day

Banker's hours

GIRLS IN SONG "Went to a dance lookin' for romance, saw" this girl, "so I thought I'd take a chance"

Barbara Ann

GOLDEN GUYS After losing to Lyndon Johnson in 1964, he was re-elected to the Senate in 1968

Barry Goldwater

GRANDKIDS Louisa Drew, known for playing Mrs. Malaprop, was the grandmother of 3 famous actors with this last name

Barrymore

GEOLOGY This aluminum ore was discovered at Le Bau, France

Bauxite

GYPSY In 1997 Spanish Civil War martyr Ceferino Jimenez Malla became the first Gypsy to gain this pre-sainthood step

Beatification

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS In 2013 Variety reported "This is the End" was the last movie rented from this once-mighty chain

Blockbuster

GEOGRAPHY "B" Its coat of arms features a condor & an alpaca

Bolivia

GOVERNMENT This cable channel has been telecasting gavel to gavel coverage of the U.S. Congress for 10 years

C-SPAN

GREAT DANES A successful 11th c. invader of Britain was this Dane whose name sounds like that of a Notre Dame coach

Canute

GOT YOUR GOAT This 10th sign of the zodiac can be found in the nighttime sky between Sagittarius & Aquarius

Capricorn

GODFATHERS OF SOLE This "Supernatural" Latin-rock guitarist launched a line of women's shoes

Carlos Santana

GREEK MYTHOLOGY Some say he fled Crete by boat & his son Icarus fell overboard & drowned

Daedalus

GUEST EDITORS This Tibetan's resume includes: 1992 - Guest Editor, French Vogue; 1989 - Nobel Peace Prize

Dalai Lama

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Last name of Chicago's mayor; his father served as the city's mayor for 21 years

Daley

GRANDFATHERS George du Maurier, grandfather of this "Rebecca" author, was quite an author himself

Daphne du Maurier

GRANDKIDS Last name of Erasmus, author of "Zoonomia" & "The Botanic Garden", & his grandson Charles

Darwin

GIMME THE 5th Mike Smith, Lenny Davidson, Denis Payton. Rick Huxley & he were "glad all over" in 1964

Dave Clark

GOLDEN OLDIES This girl was "as skinny as a stick of macaroni"

Boney Maronie

GERMAN CITIES An annual Beethoven festival is held in this city where he was born in 1770

Bonn

GETTING AROUND THE CITY Just learn the alphabet--heading down Beacon St., it's Arlington, Berkeley, Clarendon, then Dartmouth

Boston, Massachusetts

GEOGRAPHY This country borders every other country in South America except Ecuador & Chile

Brazil

GOOD SPORTS In 1997 this QB led the Packers to a 35-21 Super Bowl win vs. the Patriots; as of 2007, he was still their QB

Brett Favre

GRAMMYS 2005 An instrumental, "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow", & not a song about a surfer girl earned him his first Grammy ever

Brian Wilson

GOING TO THE DOGE Nickname of the bridge Antonio Contino built around 1600; it connects the prison & the doge's palace

Bridge of Sighs

GLOBIN' Columbia Lake, the source of the Columbia River, is found in this Canadian province

British Columbia

GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION The Theravada is the more conservative of the 2 main branches of this religion

Buddhism

GEORGIANS This Georgia-born hunk delivered the performance of his career as a macho Georgian named Lewis in "Deliverance"

Burt Reynolds

GODFATHERS OF SOLE The trademark seen here represents this brand of children's shoes

Buster Brown

GET MEDIEVAL The Byzantine emperor got to appoint the head of his church, the patriarch of this city

Byzantium (or Constantinople)

GET MEDIEVAL In "Paradiso" Dante is queried by St. James about hope; by St. John about charity; & by St. Peter about this

faith

GRAMMAR The adverb in "think fast"

fast

GREEK FOOD & DRINK Because it's cured & stored in brine, this crumbly white cheese made from sheep's milk is often referred to as pickled cheese

feta

GLASS This "glass yarn" serves as insulation & the Corvette's body

fiberglass

GROUPS In the 1730s NYC created No. 1 of these "business" groups; today there are over 350 engine, ladder & rescue ones

fire companies

GIMME AN "F" In this "buggy" football play, a backward lateral is followed by a pass

flea-flicker

GIMME AN "F"! It's the disk that goes into your PC

floppy

GROOMING AIDS It's a waxed string used to clean between your teeth

floss

GLASS The name of millefiori, a decorative glass often used for paperweights, means "glass of a thousand" these

flowers

GIMME AN "F" This Italian bread is drizzled with olive oil before baking & is used for small sandwiches called panini

focaccia

GEOMETRY An ellipse's center of symmetry is midway between these 2 points, abbreviated f.

foci

GOING GREEN Going green often means reducing the use of these "ancient" fuels derived from organic remains like coal or oil

fossil fuels

GEOLOGY Term for a thermal spring that ejects steam & boiling water

geyser

GEOLOGY Erosion by one of these moving masses often produces a U-shaped valley

glacier

GIRLS IN SONG According to the title of the 1968 hit, Judy was "in disguise" with these

glasses

GEOLOGY Due to its luster, German miners gave this "pleasant" rock its name, which means "spark"

gneiss

GOING TOPLESS What the Forty-Niners sought or, without its first letter, what people over 49 are to some

gold (to old)

GREEK MYTHOLOGY Atalanta lost a race to Melanion when she stopped to pick up these which he had dropped in her path

golden apples

GUINNESS RECORDS Tish, one of these won by a British couple at a fair in 1956, swam happily in its bowl for a record 43 years

goldfish

GOLD Still widely used today, these extremely thin sheets of gold were used for gilding medieval manuscripts

goldleaf

GROUP COUNTDOWN In interrogation, one officer who acts threatening & another who comes on nicer to win the suspect's trust

good cop, bad cop

GOLLY "G"! A short prayer of thanks said before a meal, it's from the Latin for "favor"

grace

GOING TOPLESS Left unopened, this term for wheat, rice or rye becomes something you'll need to open an umbrella for

grain (to rain)

GEOLOGY The Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown is the tallest structure in the U.S. made entirely of this

granite

GREEN FOOD Niagara, Italia Muscat & Perlette seedless are green types of this fruit

grapes

GOING "GREEN" A raiding practice of buying up shares, forcing the company to buy them back at a premium

greenmail

GOOD OLD SOUTHERN EATS Vegetables that fall under this colorful generic term are mustard, spinach & turnip

greens

GOOD OLD PLANET EARTH In hardness, pellets called graupel that fall from the sky are partway between snow & this

hail

GOING TO THE DOGS An old folk belief gave us this phrase for a drink taken to ease a hangover

hair of the dog

GO TO "H" It's the medical term for bad breath

halitosis

GIVE ME A "HAND" Your brother's outgrown clothes worn by you...whether you like it or not

hand-me-downs

GIVE ME A "HAND" One who assigns the weight a horse must carry in thoroughbred racing

handicapper

H.R. The horses used in this sport are known as trotters & pacers

harness racing

GUINNESS RECORDS 2014 Crossing the finish line in 14.531 sec., Germany's Julia Plecher set a record for running 100 meters wearing these

high heels

H.R. A term for big-time dice gamblers it was also the name of a '70s TV game show

high rollers

GOLDEN OLDIES Ernie K-Doe called her, "The worst person I know"

his mother-in-law

H.R. In baseball a four-bagger is slang for this

home run

GIVE ME AN "H" Dorothy Parker used this word, the science of growing fruits, flowers, etc., in a famous quip

horticulture

GIVE ME AN "H" The pineapple traditionally symbolized this virtue, so it was carved at the entrances to homes

hospitality

GIVE ME AN "H" Talk about a loudmouth -- one of these New World monkeys can be heard from nearly 2 miles away

howler monkey

GIVE ME AN "H" The book of Proverbs tells us, "Before honor is" this

humility

GOOD OLD SOUTHERN EATS You can be certain that if you go to a catfish joint, they'll also have these cornmeal fried dough balls

hush puppies

GOING TO THE DOGS The "Siberian" type of this dog crossed the Bering Strait to Alaska around 1910

husky

GET YOUR GOAT This sure-footed wild goat with back-curving horns can be found between the timber & snow lines of the Alps

ibex

GUINNESS RECORDS Hope it's not a hot day if you set out to beat the record of balancing 71 of these on a cone

ice cream scoops

GEOLOGY These are formed from glaciers by a process called calving

icebergs

GRAMMAR In "Discovering English Grammar", Richard Veit says it's okay to sometimes split these

infinitives

GRAMMAR As well as altering a word to change its number, tense, etc., it can mean altering your tone of voice

inflection

GRAMMAR Verbs whose past tense forms don't use the "ed", like swam for swim, are called this

irregular

GRAMMAR This is the verb in this clue

is

GET YOUR VERBS MOVING To run at a moderate pace, or to give a slight push to something, like your memory

jog

GREECE IS THE WORD A 1974 referendum eliminated this post, giving the country a parliamentary government

king (did away with the monarchy)

GOING "KNOT"S! This evergreen wood is often used for paneling & furniture

knotty pine

GREEN VEGGIES This vegetable is also called the cabbage turnip, & its name includes the German word for cabbage

kohlrabi

GLASS In 1674 England's George Ravenscroft patented glass that used an oxide of this heavy element, Pb

lead

GUINNESS RECORDS No fine was charged when one of these was returned to Sidney Sussex College Library 288 years late

library book

GEOLOGY Sinkholes & tunnels honeycomb this type of sedimentary rock in Karst on the Adriatic

limestone

GEOLOGY From an Old English word for "clay", it's a valuable soil consisting of clay, sand & silt

loam

GET YOUR VERBS MOVING Drop a letter from what lovers might do to marry in secret & you'll get this easy gait

lope

GEOLOGY The lower part of the Earth's crust is called sima because it's rich in silicon & this element

magnesium

GETTING MARRIED In a double ring ceremony, she gives the ring to the bride to place on the groom's finger

maid of honor

GEOLOGY The Cenozoic era is called "The Age of" this class of animals, since they became prominent then

mammals

GEOLOGY Almost 2,000 miles below ground, the Gutenberg discontinuity is the boundary between this & the outer core

mantle

GEOLOGY This rock from Georgia was used to sculpt the statue of Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial

marble

GEOMETRY On the road it's a type of "strip"; in a triangle it's a line extending from the midpoint of a side to the opposite angle

median

GIVE UP THE "SHIP"! The status of belonging to an organization, or the number of people who belong to one

membership

GEOLOGY Of the 3 major types of rocks, slate belongs to this one

metamorphic

GIMME "MO" Also called angora, it's the soft, silky wool of the angora goat

mohair

GROOMING AIDS It's a foam that helps keep the hair in place, as well as a yummy dessert

mousse

GOOD OLD PLANET EARTH It's wet, sticky earth; it's also a term for nasty accusations politicians throw at each other

mud

GOING "N"SANE It's the drink of the gods, & of honeybees

nectar

GOING "N"SANE Ammonia is made up of 3 parts hydrogen & 1 part this

nitrogen

GOING TO PIECES From the Latin for "of the night", these pensive musical pieces were popularized by Chopin & Bartok

nocturnes

GOING "N"SANE It often precedes "and void"

null

GOOD OLD SOUTHERN EATS A favorite is fritters made from this West African pod vegetable

okra

GEOLOGY Any naturally occuring material from which a valuable mineral can be extracted

ore

GREEK FOOD & DRINK This clear Greek liqueur is quite potent, so it's usually mixed with water, which turns it white & cloudy

ouzo

GET INTO SHAPE It's the trajectory of a cannonball, or the shape of the reflector in a headlight

parabolic

GET OUT YOUR LIBRARY TABLETS It's said that the Pergamenes invented this material when Ptolemy denied them papyrus for their library

parchment

GRAMMAR Insert 2 letters in the word "particle" to get this verb form that can be past or present

participle

GRAMMAR In English grammar, the 2 "voices" are active & this

passive

GRACELAND Elvis' pets at Graceland included these birds of the pheasant family, with spreading tail feathers

peacocks

GERMAN HISTORY In a 1520s revolt called these humble farming folks' war, 100,000 of them were killed

peasants

GET MEDIEVAL In 1381, Wat Tyler led the revolt named for these farm laborers

peasants

GOOD OLD SOUTHERN EATS A popular recipe for this pie was created by the wife of a sales executive at Karo syrup

pecan pie

GONE FISHIN' "To sleep! Perchance to dream: Ay, there's the rub" is a famous line from a Shakespeare soliloquy

perch (in <b>Perchb>ance)

GREEN FOOD Buying these green nuts in the shell? Look for partly open shells: closed shells mean the nutmeat is immature

pistachios

GOOD OLD PLANET EARTH We itch to tell you the scientific name of this shrub is toxicodendron radicans; not so good, old planet earth!

poison ivy

GIVE "P"s A CHANCE You might need "jacks or better" to open when playing this game

poker

GIVE "P"s A CHANCE Ceramic name for the type of enamel used in bathroom fixtures

porcelain

GRAMMAR The 3 case forms for a pronoun are subjective, objective & this

possessive

GRAMMAR In the gerund phrase in "Tony didn't mind John visiting", the word "John" should properly be in this form

possessive form

GIVE "P"s A CHANCE A verb & the words modifying it make up this syntactic unit that's part of a complete sentence

predicate

GRAMMAR "In", "out", "on", and "off" are 4 of these words usually used at the beginning of phrases

prepositions

GOING "PRO" Profusely productive, like some authors

prolific

GOING "PRO" This gas used primarily as a fuel is also called dimethylmethane

propane

GRAMMAR Tradition has it that this type of noun is capitalized

proper noun

GOING "PRO" 10-letter word for the owner of an establishment

proprietor

GREAT IDEAS Visually impaired Samuel Genensky came up with the idea of putting a circle or a triangle on these doors

restrooms

GET MOVING The name of this 2-wheeled device comes from the Japanese for "human-powered vehicle"

rickshaw

GETTING MARRIED Exactly 9 sips of this are the essence of a Shinto wedding ceremony in Japan

sake

GLASS About 90% of all glass is made from this material

sand

GETTING YOUR BERING On his final voyage, Bering suffered from this deficiency of vitamin C & was unable to maintain command

scurvy

GET OUT YOUR PHRASEBOOK Stroll into a Czech restaurant with spouse, say, "Stool pro dva", & your asking for this kind of seating

seating for two

GUINNESS RECORDS Found in California, the largest living tree is the "General Sherman", a giant one of these

sequoia

GETTING COFFEE At Starbucks, the smaller 8-ounce cappuccino is called this, & it's not an insult

short

GOING BUGGY These insects often cause more damage to homes per year than fires, tornadoes & earthquakes combined

termites

GUINNESS RECORDS No doubt the most valuable object ever stolen, it vanished from the Louvre in 1911, but was recovered

the "Mona Lisa"

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS The next amendment to be tacked on to the Constitution will sport this number

the 28th Amendment

GO WITH THE FLOW The Purus & the Putumayo both pour into this river

the Amazon

GOOD CAUSES ACS for short, it's "the official sponsor of birthdays"

the American Cancer Society

GREAT THINGS The Great Smokies are part of this larger system

the Appalachians

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Chaired by Daniel Inouye, this Senate committee writes the bills that allocate funds to government agencies

the Appropriations Committee

GREENLAND Fully two-thirds of Greenland lies within this boundary at latitude 66 degrees 30 minutes north

the Arctic Circle

GO WITH THE FLOW The Tagus flows into this ocean

the Atlantic

GEOGRAPHY The Swedish island Gotland lies in this sea

the Baltic Sea

GO WITH THE FLOW The Brahmaputra River & the Krishna River both flow into this bay

the Bay of Bengal

GOOD SPORTS In 2006 this team's David Ortiz was wicked excellent with 54 HRs & 137 RBIs

the Boston Red Sox

GERMAN LITERATURE Many of the fairy tales compiled by them came from Dorthea Viehmann, a widow who came to town to sell produce

the Brothers Grimm

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS In 57 min., 51 sec. a N.Y. man took the 1,899 steps in the "Fastest pogo stick jumping up" this Toronto landmark

the CN Tower

GIFT GIVING Cousin Jim is wound a little tight, so I got him a getaway to Club Med on Guadeloupe in this sea

the Caribbean

GOING TO THE DOGS Named for a bay, this retriever is Maryland's state dog

the Chesapeake Bay retriever

GROVER CLEVELAND During this war, Cleveland avoided service by hiring a substitute

the Civil War

GLUB, GLUB King Frederick Barbarossa drowned in 1190 while on the way to the third of these

the Crusades

GEOLOGY Scientists estimate it's over 4,000 miles wide, about 5,000 degrees F. & mostly made of iron

the Earth's core

GEOLOGY Since it doesn't transmit an earthquake's S-waves, scientists believe this must be partly liquid

the Earth's core

GO WITH THE FLOW The Seine reaches its end in this, also called La Manche

the English Channel

GUINNESS RECORDS At 70 years old in 2004, George Brunstad became the oldest person to swim this waterway between Britain & France

the English Channel

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS In 1982 this amendment proposing that men & women be treated the same missed ratification by 3 states

the Equal Rights Amendment

GET SOME CULTURE The Villanovan culture of Italy was obliterated in the 500s B.C. by this people familiar to longtime "Jeopardy!" fans

the Etruscans

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES More than 542,000 complaints flooded this agency after the 2004 broadcast of the Super Bowl halftime show

the FCC

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES In 2008 this agency issued a warning against eating certain frozen mussel products imported from Ireland

the FDA

GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER This secret state police force was first established in Prussia in 1933 & later became an arm of the SS

the Gestapo

GEORGIA Have a cookie in Savannah & visit the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, who founded this group in 1912

the Girl Scouts

GOLDEN RULER This shiny name was applied to the Mongols & Tatars who overran Europe under Batu Khan's rule

the Golden Horde

GREAT THINGS The marine life in this U.S. lake is pretty thin: Colonial Algae & Brine Shrimp

the Great Salt Lake

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

the Great Trek

GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER This group's musical "ballad" begins, "Fighting soldiers from the sky, fearless men who jump and die"

the Green Berets

GOOD CAUSES The H is silent, but many Veterans are vocal about helping Laotians of this group who fought for the United States

the Hmong

GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION You'll find the official website of this religious group at www.watchtower.org

the Jehovah's Witnesses

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This cabinet department administers minimum wage laws

the Labor Department

GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER In the 500s B.C. the 3 main groups in Rome were the Sabines, the Etruscans & these, who left us a language

the Latins

GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! The 1930s pitted free market fan F.A. Hayek at the LSE, this school, vs. Cambridge's pro-government action J.M. Keynes

the London School of Economics

GET MEDIEVAL Around the year 1000, the pirate Mogahid roamed this sea from his base in Sardinia

the Mediterranean

GREEK MYTHOLOGY A "bull" of a man, he lived in a labyrinth

the Minotaur

GOT YOUR GOAT At its football games since 1904, this service academy has used a live goat mascot named Bill

the Navy

GEORGIA Flags honoring the nations who have hosted this surround the fountain in Atlanta's Centennial Park

the Olympics

GOVERNMENT Adopted by Congress in 1913, this act completely reorganized the U.S. banking system

the Owen-Glass Act (the Federal Rese

GO WITH THE FLOW The Tigris flows into this gulf

the Persian Gulf

GEOGRAPHY This river flows through the District of Columbia

the Potomac

GET "BACK" Nickname for the University of Arkansas football team

the Razorbacks

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

the Red Cross

GERMAN HISTORY In the 1806 Confederation of this river, Napoleon united all the states of Germany except for Austria & Prussia

the Rhine

GOOD OLD PLANET EARTH This desert extends more than 3,500 miles across northern Africa from the Atlantic to the Red Sea

the Sahara

GOOD TRY! In 2013 Colin Kepernick got this team to the 5 with under 2 minutes left but couldn't score the Super Bowl winning TD

the San Francisco 49ers

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Before midnight, the stage ran red as Ethan Hawke opened as this tragic thane in 2013

the Scottish Play, or Macbeth

GOLLY "G"! This 64-square-mile lake is really just a broad basin of the Jordan River

the Sea of Galilee

GM In 1953 the U.S. Secy. of this said he used to think that what was good for the U.S. was good for GM & vice versa

the Secretary of Defense

GOV'T & POLITICS If Puerto Rico becomes a state, this house of Congress will be enlarged

the Senate

GEOGRAPHY The tallest mountains in Egypt are located on this large peninsula

the Sinai

GOOD TRY! After beating the U.S. hockey team 10-3 on Feb. 9, 1980, the squad from this nation lost 4-3 in the Feb. 22 Olympic rematch

the Soviet Union

GROVER CLEVELAND On Oct. 28, 1886 Cleveland presided over its dedication in New York Harbor

the Statue of Liberty

GET SOME CULTURE The Natufian culture of ancient Palestine dates to circa 9000 B.C.--the Mesolithic or Middle this age

the Stone Age

GOLDEN OLDIES "There's a crazy little house beyond the tracks, & ev'rybody calls it" this

the Sugar Shack

GOLDEN OLDIES In Bobbie Gentry's hit song "Ode To Billie Joe", Billie Joe jumped off this bridge

the Tallahatchie

GOVERNMENT If no candidate has a majority of electoral votes, this body selects the U.S. vice president

the U.S. Senate

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This cabinet department operates the food stamp program & grades beef & poultry

the USDA (United States Department o

GO FORTH ON AUGUST FOURTH Aug. 4, 1916:The U.S. buys these "unspoiled" Caribbean islands from Denmark for $25 million

the Virgin Islands

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This scandal named for a hotel-office-apartment complex in Washington led to President Nixon's resignation

the Watergate scandal

GET OUT YOUR PHRASEBOOK If it's time to get out of Dusseldorf, you can get directions to this by asking, "Wo ist der Flughafen?"

the airport

GONE WITH THE WINDS According to Bob Dylan, it's what's "Blowin' In The Wind"

the answer, my friend

GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD Roger Maris was all-too-familiar with this item over the 8

the asterisk (asterik accepted)

GET "BACK" Swimmers do it face up with their arms moving alternately over their heads

the backstroke

GUITAR PLAYER Jack Bruce, Sid Vicious & John Entwistle are all famous for playing this instrument

the bass

GREAT IDEAS In the 1920s Otto Rohwedder saw the popularity of toasters & invented this device to make toasting easier

the bread slicer

GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD This punctuation mark over the 1 is just so darned exciting

the exclamation point

GYMNASTICS Women performing this event with no equipment but a mat must make the moves to match the tempo & mood of the music

the free exercise (or floor exercise

GRAY MATTER The scientific name of this 2-word creature is Canis lupus

the gray wolf

GEOMETRY The Pythagorean theorem: the square of this of a right triangle equals the sum of the squares of the other 2 sides

the hypotenuse

GEOLOGY You won't find Santa at this point located in the Arctic Ocean & moving toward Siberia at about 40 miles a year

the magnetic north pole

GRHYME TYME The principal splotch that fell on your pristine pants

the main stain

GIVING YOU THE BIRD The gray type of this bird was introduced to North America in 1889; come on, get happy!

the partridge

GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD This item over the "slash" is used to enhance interrogation

the question mark

GIMME THE 5th Index, pinkie, thumb, middle & this finger form the hand

the ring finger

GET OUT YOUR PHRASEBOOK The Gaelic "Go n-eiri an bothar leat", used for "have a good trip", is literally the wish may this "rise to meet you"

the road

GOBS OF GODS Inazuma, the Shinto goddess of lightning, might like to date Ah Peku, the Mayan god of this

thunder

GOING "KNOT"S! To marry

to tie the knot

GETTING MARRIED The extended cathedral length of one of these is over 9 feet long & doesn't include a dining car

train

GEOMETRY Of a schizoid, rhizoid or trapezoid, the one you'll normally run across in geometry class

trapezoid

GEOLOGY The one near the Mariana Islands is the deepest of these long, narrow submarine depressions

trenches

GONE FISHIN' A tunable laser is one that can be manipulated into emitting its beam over a continuous range of frequencies

tuna (in <b>tunab>ble)

GRAMMAR It's the preposition in the following: Alex walked under the ladder

under

GROUP COUNTDOWN It can mean "one" or a military entity like the army's Third Armored Division

unit

GUINNESS RECORDS 2014 Britain's James Brown "cleans up" with his 322-strong collection of these electrical appliances

vacuums

GET YOUR VERBS MOVING To jump, especially with the help of a pole, as in the Olympics

vault

GEOLOGY From the Cape Dutch, it's a grassy African tract of land with few or no trees

veldt

GRAMMAR This part of speech can be transitive or intransitive

verb

GRIME FIGHTERS Many fabric stains can be removed with a paste of baking soda & this acidic liquid with a name from French for "sour wine"

vinegar

GEOMETRY Analytic geometry uses a coordinate system in which the abscissa & the ordinate are represented by these 2 letters

x & y

GIRLS IN SONG According to Frankie Laine, "If ever the devil was born without a pair of horns it was" this woman

you, Jezebel, it was you

GM On 9/20/01 GM introduced its "Keep America Rolling" program, charging this percentage on car loans

zero

GRIME FIGHTERS This household cleaner's website says it "didn't get its name from the area code where it was developed"

Formula 409

GEORGIA At this Georgia fort, an institute called WHINSEC is the successor to the controversial School of the Americas

Fort Benning

GYPSY The Manouche are the Gypsies mainly found in this European country

France

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY Oh yah, in 1988, pre-"Fargo", she was Stellllla! in "A Streetcar Named Desire", dontcha know

Frances McDormand

GOOD THINKING In 1949 he created a machine to shave an ice rink, scoop up debris & spread fresh water

Frank Zamboni

GERMAN CITIES It's often considered the birthplace of the hot dog

Frankfurt

GOSH DARN YANKEES Polio struck this Hyde Park politician in 1921

Franklin Roosevelt

GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER Visigoth King Alaric II was killed in the 507 Battle of Vouille against Clovis I, King of this group

Franks

GEORGE WASHINGTON Not knowing this European language was a problem when George parleyed with speakers of it on the Ohio River

French

GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! The Uncle Miltie of economics, he wrote in "Capitalism And Freedom" that the former creates the latter

Friedman

GRAPES Ths underwear maker's logo contains fig leaves, an apple & different types of grapes

Fruit of the Loom

GOING POSTAL Even a dim bulb can remember that ZIP code 12345 in Schenectady, N.Y. serves this huge maker of light bulbs & more

G(eneral) E(lectric)

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS In August 2011 this Arizona congresswoman returned to the House floor to cast her first vote since being shot

Gabrielle Giffords

GUINNESS RECORDS Though its name is only 3 letters long, it's the biggest retail fashion chain

Gap

GIRLS IN SONG According to Rodgers & Hart, "The most beautiful girl in the world isn't" either of these 2 stars

Garbo & Dietrich

GOIN' COUNTRY This superstar who had "Friends In Low Places" attended Oklahoma State on a track scholarship

Garth Brooks

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS In 1984 this Colorado senator was runner-up to Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention

Gary Hart

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS "GAO" stands for "Government Accountability Office"; it used to stand for this

General Accounting Office

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This independent agency, the GSA, manages the U.S. government's equipment & property

General Services Administration

GRANDFATHERS Mangu Khan called this leader granddad; so did Kublai

Genghis Khan

GOING TO THE DOGE Simone Boccanegra was the first doge of this city, home to Columbus

Genoa

GOOD THINKING With little wind resistance, these domes housed the radar equipment along the DEW line

Geodesic Domes

GUITAR PLAYER In 1976 this guitarist's album "Breezin'" was the first to simultaneously top the jazz, R&B & pop charts

George Benson

GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN It has been reported that he was once seen having a conversation with an oak tree

George III

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS He's the only U.S. president inaugurated in New York City

George Washington

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS The site for the White House was chosen by James Hoban, Charles L' Enfant & this man

George Washington

GREAT ART Her 1926 painting "Black Iris" enlarged the petals of a flower to over-lifesize proportions

Georgia O'Keeffe

GOING TO THE DOGS Altana's Mystique, a dog of this "European" breed, is the world's top show dog with 275 Best-In-Show Awards

German shepherd

GREAT IDEAS The idea for the EU began in 1950 with the Schuman Plan that the coal & steel industries of France & this nation be joined

Germany

GET OUT YOUR LIBRARY TABLETS Ashurbanipal's library in Nineveh included a copy of the famous epic of this Sumerian king

Gilgamesh

GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT "North Country" starred Charlize Theron; "No Country for Old Men" featured this Spaniard as a relentless killer

Javier Bardem

GEORGIANS If you know this man seen here was born in Atlanta in 1958, you might be a redneck!

Jeff Foxworthy

GOING TO... Jesus went from Bethany to this city where he had his last meal

Jerusalem

GRAVE MATTERS In August 1996 tests proved that the body dug out of a Kearney, Missouri grave was this old west outlaw

Jesse James

GRAVE MATTERS Once the "Greatest Athlete in the World", he now rests in the Pennsylvania town that's named for him

Jim Thorpe

GOOD TRY! In 2014 a rain delay replay of the 2013 race led many to think this alliterative driver won at Daytona again; he was 5th

Jimmie Johnson

GOT MILK? This former "NYPD Blue" duo pulled together asking for you to reach out for 3 glasses a day

Jimmy Smits & Dennis Franz

GEORGIANS This actress from Thomasville won a Golden Globe for "Rachel, Rachel", the first film directed by Paul Newman

Joanne Woodward

GEORGE M. COHAN In 1942 Cagney played Cohan on film & in 1968 this man played him on Broadway

Joel Grey

GETTING POSSESSIVE This song was written to tease a Civil War sergeant who had the same name as the abolitionist

John Brown's Body

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS Let's go back in time--he made 9,000 of the cars named for him before running off the road in 1982

John DeLorean

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS A former Vietnam War P.O.W., he succeeded Barry Goldwater as a U.S. Senator from Arizona on January 6, 1987

John McCain

GOIN' COUNTRY His 1971 album "Man In Black" included a duet with evangelist Billy Graham

Johnny Cash

GRIME FIGHTERS For more than 50 years this brand of baby shampoo has promised "no more tears"

Johnson & Johnson

GOSH DARN YANKEES Originally from New York City, this microbiologist developed the first vaccine against polio

Jonas Salk

GRHYME TYME Wet ground for Wynonna or Ashley

Judd mud

GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN Like Hera, this goddess was queen of heaven; unlike Hera, she was closely associated with the moon

Juno

GIFF US ZE FORMULA! (Vat you call saltpeter) Potassium nitrate:___NO3

K

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS In 2009 toys "R" us scooped up the remains of this 2-letter retailer

KB Toys

GOING DUTCH In 1993 Northwest Airlines formed an alliance with this Dutch company

KLM

GOT MILNE? Marvelous marsupial mama to Roo in the Pooh stories

Kanga

GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT Peter Fonda was in "Ulee's Gold"; "Fool's Gold" stars this daughter of Goldie Hawn

Kate Hudson

H<sub>2sub>O MUSIC Carl Palmer & Cozy Powell have been the third man in a group with these 2

Keith Emerson & Greg Lake

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS 2011: Chicago mayor Tom Kane

Kelsey Grammer

GROUPS In a 2000 TV miniseries Kimberly Williams found herself in "The 10th" this

Kingdom

GOING "KNOT"S! Ted Shackelford played Gary Ewing on this long-running spin-off

Knots Landing

GRAY MATTER He succeeded J. Edgar Hoover as head of the FBI

L. Patrick Gray

GOLDEN GUYS In 1948 Peter Goldmark and his team at CBS introduced this type of record

LP

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES The Department of the Interior administers the BLM, the Bureau of this

Land Management

GOIN' COUNTRY In 2012 this country stretching between Vietnam & Thailand got its first visit from a U.S. Secretary of State in 5 decades

Laos

GEORGE W. - THE GUBERNATORIAL YEARS< One of Bush's first initiatives was tort reform to stop what he called the "junk" type of these

Lawsuits

HAIL TO THE CHEF While living in Paris, Julia Child was the only woman in her class at this famed cooking school

Le Cordon Bleu

GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIES 2008:1920s football player Jimmy "Dodge" Connelly

Leatherheads

GOING TO THE DOGS In 1971 this rock band recorded the hit "Black Dog"

Led Zeppelin

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Article I of the U.S. Constitution deals with this branch of government

Legislative

GOOD PROVERBS "A good start is half" this

The race

GUINNESS RECORDS 2014 Steve Sansweet, owner of a 300,000-item "Star Wars" collection, got a job at this company now part of Disney

Lucasfilm

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 1 of 2 women to serve as permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations

Madeleine Albright (or Jeanne Kirkpa

GET MEDIEVAL "Guide for the Perplexed" is a major work by this Jewish philosopher born Moses ben Maimon

Maimonides

GOOGLE ME THIS! ...sports league & you'll find information on its teams, like Real Salt Lake & D.C. United

Major League Soccer

GODFATHERS OF SOLE On "Sex and the City", Carrie worships these stilettos designed by a Spanish cobbler

Manolo Blahniks

GEORGE BUSH As president, Bush sent troops into Panama to overthrow this dictator

Manuel Noriega

GOING POSTAL In 2002 the stolen "Study for Over Vitebsk" by this Russian Jewish artist was found in a Topeka dead-mail sorting facility

Marc Chagall

GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS In a 1972 issue of Sports Illustrated, he posed with his 7 gold medals hanging from his neck

Mark Spitz

GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN Greeks were from Ares, Romans from this deity, originally an ancient Italian god who watched over agriculture

Mars

GETTING POSSESSIVE You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS In 2001: The president of the United States on television

Martin Sheen

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Since 1987 Joseph P. Kennedy II has represented this state in the U.S. House

Massachusetts

GRAVE MATTERS His tombstone in Washington, D.C. is inscribed: "Renowned Photographer of the Civil War"

Mathew Brady

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Of the 9 current members of the U.S. Supreme Court, this chief justice has served the longest, 24 years

William Rehnquist

GREAT THINGS Playwright who wrote, "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em"

William Shakespeare

GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS (Hannah Storm of ESPN gives the clue) She won 3 track & field gold medals at the 1960 Olympics; I bet Fred Flintstone was a fan

Wilma Rudolph

HAIL TO THE CHEF In 2013 Zagat named his Spago the most iconic restaurant in Los Angeles

Wolfgang Puck

GOVERNORS In 1998 this state's Jim Geringer was the only governor to win election with under 100,000 votes

Wyoming

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS 2 of 7 states with only 1 member in the House of Representatives

Wyoming & Vermont

GOT MILNE? One of Milne's early successes was the collection of light verse titled "When We Were Very" this

Young

GEORGE W. - THE GUBERNATORIAL YEARS< It's the Y in TYC, the commission whose funding doubled under Bush to combat juvenile crime

Youth

HAIL TO THE CHIEF After being sworn in April 12, 1945 he said he felt as if "The moon, the stars, and all the planets" had fallen on him

Zest

GREEK MYTHOLOGY The Fates were the daughters of Themis & this supreme Greek god

Zeus

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS In length, the smallest living dog is one of this breed, 6 inches from the nose to the tip of the tail

a Chihuahua

GOING TO THE DOGS Lassie of TV & movie fame was this breed of dog

a Collie

GRHYME TYME Unsightly mark on internet "Report"er Matt

a Drudge smudge

GIFT GIVING Matt asked me to get him one of this brand of air rifle, like Ralphie in "A Christmas Story"

a Red Ryder BB gun

GONE WITH THE WINDS In March 1974 Volkswagen introduced this model named for a hot, dry Mediterranean wind

a Scirocco

GROUP COUNTDOWN In this sporting quintet, the center is considered No. 5 when diagramming plays

a basketball team

GO FISH On June 2, 1932 George Perry caught a 32 1/2-inch, 22-lb., 4 oz. largemouth one of these in Georgia

a bass

GIVE ME A "HAND" Cervantes wrote that it's "worth two in the bush"

a bird in the hand

GROUPS William R. Howell (no relation to Thurston III) is on this body for Pfizer, Halliburton & Exxon Mobil

a board of directors

GOLF Archie, Edith, or a sand trap

a bunker

GO SEE "CAL" From the Latin for "destruction", it's a state of deep distress or misfortune

a calamity

GIVING YOU THE BIRD Aka a redbird & protected by law, this bird may have up to 4 broods from April to August each year

a cardinal

GIVE UP THE "SHIP"! A competition for the top prize in a sports league

a championship

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS I'm looking over an 18-leaf this type of plant found in 2002 that I overlooked before

a clover

GOING BUGGY Up to 2 inches long, the palmetto bug of Florida is one of these pests

a cockroach

GRAMMAR Used to mark a major division in a sentence, it shares its name with a section of your large intestine

a colon

GETTING THERE By definition this type of automobile has a top that can be removed or folded back

a convertible

GETTING THERE From the Dutch for "small, fast ship", the name of this type of frigate sounds like a popular sports car

a corvette

GOVERNMENT In Louisiana, the equivalent of this local unit of government is called a parish

a county

GEOLOGY From the Greek kryos, "ice", it's the form a mineral grows into when unrestricted

a crystal

GIVE UP THE "SHIP"! An authorized trading establishment, perhaps for cars

a dealership

GIVE UP THE "SHIP"! Absolute rule by an individual, like Hitler

a dictatorship

GOVERNMENT Monetary phrase for a government official or employee who accepts the minimum salary required by law

a dollar-a-year man

GIVE THE "DEVIL" A miniature whirlwind that swirls debris into the air

a dust devil

GIMME AN "F"! In hockey, it restarts play by dropping the puck between 2 opposing players

a face-off

GEOLOGY A fracture in the earth along which the sides are displaced; the San Andreas is a dramatic example

a fault

GETTING THERE A boat that transports passengers across a river, it's a homonym for a tiny imaginary creature

a ferry

GIMME AN "F" This round hat is named for a North African city of more than half a million people

a fez

GUINNESS RECORDS The fastest mile with someone over your shoulder, this act named for a profession, is 15 minutes, 11.87 seconds

a fireman's carry

GIMME AN "F" The fife is an example of a side-blown one of these musical instruments; the recorder is an end-blown one

a flute

GRAPES In an Aesop fable, this animal decides the grapes he can't reach must therefore be sour

a fox

GUINNESS RECORDS In 2012 Felix Baumgartner dropped 24 miles making this type of alliterative tumble setting 5 world records

a freefall

GOING GREEN A recent study found Gliocladium roseum, a parasitic one of these organisms, can produce a gas termed myco-diesel

a fungus

GEOLOGY Alaska's Malaspina is an example of the piedmont type of this, where ice spreads out over a large terrain

a glacier

GOOGLE ME THIS! ...primate & you'll get the foundation that's the home to Koko, one famous for her sign language skills

a gorilla

GOLLY "G"! It's not dad's dad, it's a large gray dolphin with a blunt snout

a grampus

GOING "GREEN" A swath of parks or rural land surrounding a city, or a rank of a karate student

a greenbelt

GOING "GREEN" A retailer of fresh vegetables & fruits in England

a greengrocer

GOING "GREEN" A first timer on a cattle drive

a greenhorn

GOING "GREEN" This structure for the cultivation of your prized orchids can have quite an "effect" on visitors

a greenhouse

GO TO "H" This small nocturnal mammal covered with spines rolls into a ball when threatened

a hedgehog

GIVING YOU THE BIRD There are about 60 species of this wading bird; Asia has a purple one & America, a great blue

a heron

GIVING YOU THE BIRD The ruby-throated one of these can migrate 500 miles while burning off only slightly more than one gram of fat

a hummingbird

GROUPS In law, a panel is a list of this group's members--that's why they're "impaneled"

a jury

GEOLOGY It's the shallow body of water enclosed within an atoll

a lagoon

GUINNESS RECORDS Jonathan Lee Riches filed one of these against Guinness for naming him as the person who's filed the most

a lawsuit

GROUP COUNTDOWN If Andy yearns for Brenda & Brenda cares about Charlene who pines for Andy, the 3 of them form one of these

a love triangle

GUINNESS RECORDS In 2011 a Belgian completed his 365th one of these sporting events in 365 days--that's 9,569 miles

a marathon

GIMME "MO" A water-filled barrier around a castle

a moat

GRAMMAR It can be common, proper, collective or concrete

a noun

GIVE UP THE "SHIP"! A joint business, like Scrooge & Marley's

a partnership

GRAMMAR It comes at the end of a declarative sentence

a period

GOING TO PIECES This type of "piece" sounds like a smoking pipe, but it's an article written to flatter or glorify the subject

a puff piece

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS In 2006 Stephen Clark was out of his gourd when he carved a face in one of these in 24.03 seconds

a pumpkin

GUINNESS RECORDS At 451 feet tall, the one named for Khufu at Giza in Egypt is the tallest one of these structures in the world

a pyramid

GRAMMAR This punctuation mark is also known as an interrogation point

a question mark

GUINNESS RECORDS 2014 Germany's Zollner Elektronik is credited with the "largest walking" one of these automata, a dragon 52' long

a robot

GUINNESS RECORDS Takabisha, the steepest one of these, has a free-falling angle of 121 degrees; your move, Space Mountain

a rollercoaster

GOING TO PIECES 5-letter archaeological term for a broken scrap of earthenware

a shard

GOLF In December 1985, Fuzzy Zoeller won $255,000 competing in this type of hole-by-hole contest

a skins game

GET MOVING The Tesoro Irondog Race in Alaska uses this type of vehicle

a snowmobile

GOIN' MOBILE On May 10, 1869, No. 119 & the Jupiter were the 2 trains head-to-head when this golden item was hammered home

a spike

GLASS A small terrestrial telescope

a spyglass

GOING "KNOT"S! When this knot widely used for tying packages is mis-tied, it is called a granny knot

a square knot

GOING FOR "WARD" Former name for what we today call a flight attendant

a stewardess

GOING BUGGY When disturbed, this appropriately named insect gives off a smelly odor

a stinkbug

GRAMMAR The sentence "Harold and Kumar go to White Castle" has a plural compound one of these

a subject

GO FISH Named for its long, flattened upper jaw that looks like a weapon, this fish can swim up to 60 mph

a swordfish

GEOMETRY It's a line or segment that touches a circle at exactly one point

a tangent

GUINNESS RECORDS Talk about a special day! Romanian model Ema Dumitrescu's wedding dress had a 1.85-mile-long one of these

a train

GROWN-UPS EAT THAT? Trifle is a fancy dessert; this similar word is a fungus found in the forest by trained pigs

a truffle

GOING TO PIECES The U.S. hasn't minted these, between a penny & a nickel, since 1872

a two-cent coin

GUINNESS RECORDS A New Zealand man pedaled 18.64 miles in an hour on this "singular" device

a unicycle

GOING FOR "WARD" All the clothes belonging to you, or a tall piece of furniture to put them all in

a wardrobe

GOING BUGGY The potter or mason type of this is named for its pot-shaped mud nest

a wasp

GRAMMAR Correlative conjunctions come in familiar pairs like neither / nor & not only / but this

also

GRAMMY WINNERS In 2006 U2 won Album of the Year for "How to Dismantle" one of these

an Atomic Bomb

GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS You're the 4 lb., 1 oz. this of my eye (if you're the record this picked by a farmer in 2005)

an apple

GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD Email would be a near-impossibility without this item over the 2, aka an asperand

an at sign

GIVE ME AN "E" In college it's any optional course that a student chooses to take

an elective

GIVE ME AN "E" Medically speaking it's the obstruction of a blood vessel by a moving blood clot or air bubble

an embolism

GEOLOGY Longer than an era, this is the longest geological time unit

an eon

GIVE ME AN "E" This word from Greek describes a person who has discriminating taste for fine foods & wine, like myself

an epicurean

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Adjective for all courts that review the decision of a trial court if requested by the losing party

apellate

GREAT THINGS On the Great Seal of the U.S. there are 13 stripes, 13 stars & 13 of these weapons

arrows

GREEN VEGGIES A Mafia monopoly on this "heart"y veggie once led Mayor La Guardia to ban it from New York City

artichokes

GREEN VEGGIES Its spears can grow up to 10 inches in a 24-hour period

asparagus

GROWN-UPS EAT THAT? Maybe kids would eat more of these green spears if we called them by their German name, Spargel

asparagus

GROOMING AIDS To tighten your pores, you may use one of these, from the Latin for "to draw together"

astringent

GET "BACK" This game played on a board with 24 spear-shaped points may have evolved from parcheesi

backgammon

GEOLOGY The Hawaiian islands consist mostly of this hard, dark volcanic rock

basalt

GOLDEN RETRIEVERS In 2008 Sue Bird helped the U.S. win its fourth straight Olympic gold medal in this sport

basketball

GONE FISHIN' Woodwind instruments include the oboe, clarinet & bassoon

bass (in <b>bassb>oon)

GET OUT YOUR LIBRARY TABLETS Among the amenities of these built by Trajan & Caracalla were libraries

baths

GRAMMAR The superlative form of good

best

GET "BACK" Using this technique, a person can possibly control his own blood pressure & body temperature

biofeedback

GEOLOGY The largest type of rock fragment, it's defined as more than 10" across, though we think of it as huge

boulder

GROUP COUNTDOWN A foursome is required to play this game where you try to win the rubber

bridge

GET MOVING A word for something with many parts, like a bill in Congress, can be shortened to this public transport

bus

GHOSTS OF LONDON Dozens of drivers have reportedly seen a ghostly double-decker one of these careening around Kensington

bus

GO "Veil, Duster and Tire Iron" is a memoir by Alice Ramsey, the first woman to cross North America this way

by car

GO SEE "CAL" Ointment of zinc & ferric oxide used for inflammations of the skin

calamine lotion

GO SEE "CAL" Atomic number 20

calcium

GO SEE "CAL" Fabric named for a city in India

calico

GET YOUR GOAT The name of this sign of the Zodiac means "Goat's horn"

capricorn

GONE FISHIN' Cortisone shots or wrist splints are some of the treatments recommended for carpal tunnel syndrome

carp (in <b>carpb>al)

GROUPS The congressional Hispanic one was founded in 1976

caucus

GREEN FOOD Pascal is the familiar pale green variety of this stalked veggie

celery

GREEN VEGGIES This "Swiss" veggie has been found to contain a chemical that helps to regulate blood sugar

chard

GETTING COFFEE New Orleans' Cafe du Monde offers coffee mixed with the root of this endive relative

chickory

GOOD WORKS The ACLU helps protect these, the "CL" in its name

civil liberties

GOING TOPLESS Thunder can turn up the volume in a puffy one of these; so can losing its first letter

cloud (to loud)

GONE FISHIN' The techniques for jujitsu were codified in the late 19th century when samurai were forbidden to carry swords

cod (in <b>codb>ified)

GREEN VEGGIES In 2011 these greens popular in soul food became the official vegetable of South Carolina

collard greens

GRAMMAR This punctuation mark is most frequently used after the salutation in a business letter

colon

GRAMMAR It has more uses than any other punctuation mark

comma

GRAMMAR It's the most commonly used punctuation mark

comma

GRAMMAR The correct plural of "commander in chief"

commanders in chief

GETTING MARRIED When writing, offer the bride "best wishes" & the groom this

congratulations

GEOMETRY (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports standing in front of a chalkboard) If the 3 sides of one triangle are equal to the same parts in anothe

congruent

GROUPS This word can mean a group of graffiti taggers as well as of rappers, like the "2 Live" one

crew

GREEN FOOD A sauce called tzatziki is made with yogurt & this cool, crisp veggie

cucumber

GUINNESS RECORDS The fruit with the lowest nutritive value is this "cool" character

cucumber

GREEK MYTHOLOGY A challenge to any optician, these giants had only one eye

cyclops

GEOMETRY The volume of one type of this solid is computed by determining the area of a circle & multiplying it by the height

cylinder

GOLDEN RETRIEVERS Glenn Eller targeted the gold when he won the double trap in this sport in Beijing

double trap shooting

GRAMMAR The 2 prepositions that are common to all crossword puzzles

down and across

GOING TOPLESS Take the top off this musical instrument & you'll get a potent potable you can't beat

drum (to rum)

GRHYME TYME Goop on a mallard

duck muck

GIVING YOU THE BIRD Pochards, perching, stiff-tailed & dabbling are types of these birds

ducks

GEOLOGY The modified Mercalli index is used to rank their intensities

earthquakes

GET MOVING Tesla & Lightning are companies that make cars powered by this

electricity

GOV'T & POLITICS Doctrine by which state can take private property for public use

eminent domain

GIVE ME AN "E" Oui! It's the 10-letter French word Americans sometimes use for a writing desk

escritoire

GO "C" THE COUNTRY With a population of 1.3 billion, it has about 20% of all the people in the world

China

GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS 1999: Nobody hates his "Bigger and Blacker"

Chris Rock

GOVERNORS In 1990 she came within 2 percentage points of defeating Bill Bradley for his senate seat

Christine Todd Whitman

GOT MILNE? A.A. Milne used this name, his own son's, as a character in his Pooh stories

Christopher Robin

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS In 2009 service was no longer state of the art at the last brick & mortar stores of this alliterative electronics chain

Circuit City

GRAVE MATTERS His grave in Fairmont, Indiana is marked by a simple stone with his name & the years 1931-1955

James Dean

GRAVE MATTERS A bronze statue of this author overlooks his & wife Nora's grave at a Zurich cemetery

James Joyce

GOLDEN RULER King Pelias sent this man to search for the Golden Fleece, hoping he wouldn't return

Jason

GREEK MYTHOLOGY He ultimately got "fleeced" by Medea

Jason

GEORGE & RINGO George said this song was inspired by "O Happy Day", but others suggest "He's So Fine"

My Sweet Lord

GUINNESS RECORDS Gildan activewer made a Bunyan-esque one of these that was 281' long & 180' wide--it did not say "I'm with stupid"

a t-shirt

GOING BUGGY Often fatal, Rocky Mountain spotted fever is transmitted by the dog type or Rocky Mountain wood type of this

a tick

GIFT GIVING For Dad, yeah, we know it's the same old thing, but let's call it by its Spanish name: corbata, one of these

a tie

GULF The Gulf of Martaban on this country's coast receives the waters of the Rangoon River

Myanmar (Burma)

GHOSTS OF LONDON (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from London) It's said the ghost of this nine-day queen appears on February 12, the anniversary of her

Lady Jane Grey

GEORGIA In Warwick, a festival honors this treat, Georgia's official prepared food

(hominy) grits

GOING TO... Type of nightclub Mick Jagger was "going to" in a 1982 Rolling Stones song

A Go Go

GEOGRAPHY "B" Bangladesh banks on this big bay

Bay of Bengal

GOLD It's the emblem of the Phi Beta Kappa society

Gold key

GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN In 1603 he became the first British monarch of the House of Stuart

James I

GIMME THE 5th The letters O, I, B, G & this go across the top of a popular game of chance

N

GM Powered by your car's battery, this system from GM lets you summon emergency help

OnStar

GROUPS England's one "of the Garter" is "most noble"

Order

GOLDEN GUYS This comic strip artist was known for creating intricate mechanical devices

Rube Goldberg

GROVER CLEVELAND It was Cleveland's first name; Grover was his middle name

Stephen

GREEN STUFF They are the 2 primary colors of paint that are mixed to produce green

Yellow & blue

GO ASK ALICE "You can get anything you want" at this title location in an Arlo Guthrie hit

"Alice's Restaurant"

GETTING POSSESSIVE Painted in 1948, it's considered Andrew Wyeth's most famous work

"Christina's World"

GROUPS This Queen Latifah-Catherine Zeta-Jones number was cut from "Chicago" but made it onto the soundtrack

"Class"

GEORGE M. COHAN It's the self-introducing line of a Cohan song sung by jockey Little Johnny Jones

"I'm a Yankee Doodle dandy."

GIVING AWAY THE ENDING Rochester regains the sight in one eye in this novel's last chapter

"Jane Eyre"

GOLDEN OLDIES Of this car, Ronny & The Daytonas sang, "You're really looking fine, 3 deuces & a 4-speed, & a 389"

"Little GTO"

GONE WITH THE WINDS Shelley wrote most of this poem on a windy day in the woods near Florence

"Ode to the West Wind"

GOING FOR "WARD" It precedes "Christian Soldiers" in a 19th century hymn

"Onward"

GEORGE M. COHAN Enrice Caruso was among those who recorded this million-seller that Cohan wrote during WWI

"Over There"

GRACELAND (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at Graceland in Memphis) The initials "TCB" painted here on the tail of Elvis Presley's airplane stand for thi

"Taking Care of Business"

GIVE THE "DEVIL" Jabez Stone enlists the aid of a statesman to help save his soul in this story by Stephen Vincent Benet

"The Devil and Daniel Webster"

GIMME AN "F"! A numerical set of Vivaldi concertos

"The Four Seasons"

GREEN STUFF After "Louie, Louie", the Kingsmen's next biggest hit was about ho, ho, him

"The Jolly Green Giant"

GRAMMYS 2005 U2 was perhaps feeling dizzy after winning Grammys for this song

"Vertigo"

GEORGE M. COHAN "She's a grand old rag", a line from a Civil War vet who was the color-bearer at Pickett's Charge, inspired this Cohan Tune

"You're A Grand Old Flag"

HAIL TO THE CHIEF 2 of the 3 men who were president in 1881

(2 of) Garfield & Arthur & Rutherfor

GIFT GIVING You know how Uncle Billy likes politics; let's giving him this politician's book "The Assault on Reason"

(Al) Gore

GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS 1964:This future sitcom star's "I Started Out as a Child"

(Bill) Cosby

GOING DEEP In 1997 he went one-on-one with IBM's Deep Blue in a highly publicized match

(Garry) Kasparov

GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS 1972:This late satirist's "FM and AM"

(George) Carlin

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This Michigan governor became Richard Nixon's first Secretary of H.U.D. in 1969

(George) Romney

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

(Greg) Louganis

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This Wisconsin Democrat chaired the House Armed Services Committee from 1985 to 1993

(Les) Aspin

GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! In July 2012 he said as President, he'd show "the good things that can happen (with) more free enterprise" -- he didn't get to

(Mitt) Romney

GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS 1994:His "Live from Hell" (cue scream)

(Sam) Kinison

GERMAN HISTORY When Hitler declared himself der Fuhrer in August 1934, he repudiated this 1919 treaty & began rearmament

(Treaty of) Versailles

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS On July 15, 1976 Jimmy Carter selected this Senator as his Vice Presidential running mate

(Walter) Mondale

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 He was half of the research duo who wrote books on sex like "Human Sexual Inadequacy"

(William) Masters

GET MOVING Kitty Hawk is one of the classes of this large Navy ship

(aircraft) carrier

GRAMMAR 3-letter ending of present participles & gerunds

-ing

GET INTO SHAPE If someone needs change for an icosahedron, a polyhedron with this many faces, you can give him 2 decahedrons

20

GEOMETRY Whether a convex polygon has 4, 9 or even 22 sides, the exterior angle sum will always total this

360

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS In the U.S. Senate, this many votes are needed to end a filibuster

60

GOVERNMENT Under Medicare most Americans this age & over pay a 15% surtax to cover catastrophic illness

65

GETTING COFFEE This convenience store asks you to "walk on the wild side" & try the blueberry coffee

7-Eleven

GOLD Gold needles were once used in this medical treatment that uses meridian points

Acupuncture

GETTING POSSESSIVE While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve

Adam's rib

GIFF US ZE FORMULA! Silver chloride:___Cl

Ag

GOING DUTCH The roots of this U.S. state capital go back to Fort Nassau, a trading post founded by the Dutch in 1614

Albany

GOLD These pseudo-scientists of the Middle Ages tried to turn base metals into gold; now you can in a cyclotron

Alchemists

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES Things got more explosive at this bureau: though still abbreviated ATF, its full name includes "Explosives"

Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms

GO ASK ALICE This multi-decade showman tore up the charts with hits like "School's Out", "No More Mr. Nice Guy" & "Muscle of Love"

Alice Cooper

GO ASK ALICE Audrey Meadows played this long-suffering woman on "The Honeymooners"

Alice Kramden

GO ASK ALICE It was originally titled "Alice's Adventures Under Ground"

Alice in Wonderland

GETTING POSSESSIVE Odilo of Cluny is responsible for spreading this November 2 observance throughout Catholicism

All Souls' Day

GET INTO GERE The tagline for this 1980 movie in which Gere played a male escort was "His business is pleasure!"

American Gigolo

GOIN' MOBILE S. Dak., Alaska, Wyo. &, obviously, Hawaii are the only 4 states not on this natl. train co.'s passenger route map

Amtrak

GET INTO GERE Gere romanced Debra Winger while attending Navy flight school in this favorite from 1982

An Officer and a Gentleman

GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL MacKinlay Kantor won a 1956 Pulitzer Prize for his book about this notorious Civil War prison

Andersonville

GLOBIN' Found in southern Africa, it's the largest African country that once was a colony of Portugal

Angola

GUINNESS RECORDS Guinness lists this product line as the most successful portable music system

Sony Walkman

GODDESSES Etymologically, the name of this Greek goddess may mean "foam-risen"

Aphrodite

GULF 1 of the 2 gulfs branching from the north end of the Red Sea

Aqaba & Suez

GET SOME CULTURE The culture of the Hohokam (Pima for "vanished ones") flourished along the Gila River in what's now this 48th state

Arizona

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Dale Bumpers was this state's governor from 1971 until 1975, when he entered the U.S. Senate

Arkansas

GREEK MYTHOLOGY This Greek goddess of the hunt turned herself into a white doe to escape the Aloeids

Artemis

GET INTO GERE Richard Gere was lawyer Billy Flynn, who gets his clients acquitted with a little "Razzle Dazzle", in this musical film

Chicago

GOLD Gold has the atomic number 79 & this chemical symbol

Au (Aurum)

GOIN' COUNTRY Settled as a prison colony in 1788, this country averages only about 8 people per square mile

Australia

GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! Better known as a novelist, she defended the morality of laissez-faire in "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal"

Ayn Rand

GOING TO THE DOGS In 1920 Pancho Villa retired to a ranch in this Mexican state that shares its name with a breed of dog

Chihuahua

GUINNESS RECORDS 2014 At just 3.8 inches tall, Milly, a dog of this breed, is the world's most petite pup

Chihuahua

GOURMET Add this vegetable to corned beef hash & it becomes red flannel hash

Beets

GEOGRAPHY "B" Minsk & Pinsk are cities in this former Soviet republic

Belarus

GEOGRAPHY "B" The Titanic was built in a shipyard in this Northern Ireland city

Belfast

GEOGRAPHY "B" In 1961 this city got what the locals called Schandmauer, "Wall of Shame"

Berlin

GERMAN CITIES Under the reunification treaty, this city was designated Germany's capital

Berlin

GOOGLE ME THIS! ...president & you'll get his foundation's website listing offices in NYC & Little Rock

Bill Clinton

GOIN' COUNTRY "I'm American" is the latest album from this singer who burst onto the scene in 1992

Billy Ray Cyrus

GOLF In 1937, this singer & golf enthusiast put on the 1st celebrity pro-am match

Bing Crosby

GODFATHERS OF SOLE In 1964 a German shoemaker named Karl created these sandals seen here

Birkenstocks

GERMAN HISTORY Jealous of this chancellor's fame, Wilhelm II forced him to resign on March 18, 1890

Bismarck

GOIN' COUNTRY 10 times as long as it is wide, this South American country gained independence in 1818

Chile

GM Around 1910 "Standard of the World" was the slogan of this luxurious GM make

Cadillac

GO SEE "CAL" Ancient Roman name for the region of Scotland

Caledonia

GO "C" THE COUNTRY Slightly larger than Missouri, this country is bordered by Laos

Cambodia

GO "C" THE COUNTRY A 1982 act helped along by the Trudeau govt, made this country really, totally independent of Great Britain

Canada

GREENLAND The closest country to Greenland is this one, a mere 16 miles away

Canada

GREEK MYTHOLOGY The nymphs of Hermes taught Aristaeus to make this dairy product; perhaps it was feta

Cheese

GETTING POSSESSIVE The style of shades looking at you here; it shares its name with a type of gem

Cat's eye

GET OUT YOUR PHRASEBOOK Not "por favor" but "si us plau" means "please" in this language spoken in & around Barcelona

Catalan

GRAPES In 1962 this man organized migrant grape pickers into what became known as the United Farm Workers

Cesar Chavez

GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN John Bradshaw presided over the high court that sentenced this British king to death in 1649

Charles I

GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS 1973:This addled duo's "Los Cochinos"

Cheech & Chong

GLUB, GLUB Her brother and co-ruler Ptolemy XIII drowned in the Nile

Cleopatra

GOING TO THE DOGE Doge Enrico Dandolo issued these called grossos, with his picture on therm

Coins/currency

GUINNESS RECORDS In 1979 a record 35,000 guests attended his 89th birthday party, & you can bet the food was finger-lickin' good

Col. Harland Sanders

GERMAN CITIES A major industrial city, its products include cars, chemicals & of course, toilet water

Cologne

GRAY MATTER At 14,270 feet, Grays Peak is the highest point on the Continental Divide & one of this state's highest mountains

Colorado

GUINNESS RECORDS The highest incorporated U.S. city is Leadville in this state at an elevation of 10,152 feet

Colorado

GOOD PROVERBS "All good things must" do this

Come to an end

GOVERNORS Early in 2000 South Carolina governor Jim Hodges advocated removing this from atop the statehouse

Confederate battleflag

GEORGE BUSH Bush's father, Prescott, represented this state in the U.S. Senate from 1952 to 1963

Connecticut

GUINNESS RECORDS In 1970 Roy Dean completed this London Times feature in a record 3 minutes, 45 seconds

Crossword puzzle

GIFF US ZE FORMULA! (To kill ze insects) Copper arsenate:___HAsO3

Cu

GO "C" THE COUNTRY This island in the West Indies is 777 miles long but no more than 119 miles wide

Cuba

GOING COUNTRY It's the largest country in the Caribbean & it's only about 90 miles south of Florida

Cuba

GROOMING AIDS In 1911 Northam Warren founded this brand, which produced the first cuticle cream

Cutex

GIVE THE "DEVIL" Head to a Wyoming national monument for a close encounter with this monolith

Devils Tower

GOOD PROVERBS Boy Scouts should heed, "Big words seldom go with good" these

Deeds

GETTING COFFEE At "America's Diner", this place, anytime is a good time for the Signature Diner Roast

Denny's

GIRLS IN SONG In 1964 The Bachelors told this girl, "I'm in heaven when I see you smile"

Diane

GIRLS IN SONG John Cougar Mellencamp gave us the ballad of Jack & this girl

Diane

GOOD THINKING Sales were slow for cellophane Scotch Tape until John Borden invented one of these for the roll

Dispenser

GIRLS IN SONG In 1985 DeBarge wondered "Who's Holding" this girl "Now"

Donna

GIRLS IN SONG In Ritchie Valens' day, this song about a girl was more popular than its flip side, "La Bamba"

Donna

GOT MILK? This secretary of Health & Human Services says she "always keeps a full thermos in the cabinet"

Donna Shalala

GRAY MATTER In literature Basil Hallward is the artist who paints the picture of him

Dorian Gray

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 His "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" began on BBC radio

Douglas Adams

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 He made medical history when he transplanted the heart of Denise Darvall into Louis Washkansky in 1967

Dr. Christiaan Barnard

GETTING COFFEE "America Runs On" this donut chain's coffee; add a turbo shot of espresso for more caffeine!

Dunkin' (Donuts)

GOVERNMENT In March 1989 this gov't agency set national standards for the content of gasoline

EPA

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS In 1991 this "directional" airline flew off into the sunset after 64 years

Eastern

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS In 1981 this man became the only candidate for NYC mayor endorsed by both the Democratic & Republican parties

Ed Koch

GETTING AROUND THE CITY From the Scott Monument, take a wee walk up to St. David Street to get to St. Andrew Square

Edinburgh

GOV'T & POLITICS In 1979 Shirley Hufstedler became 1st secretary of this cabinet department

Education

GOOD THINKING After his 3-year-old was impatient to see the photo he'd taken, he set out to invent an "instant" camera

Edwin Land

GYPSY In 15th century Europe the Gypsies claimed to be from "Little" this country

Egypt

GOLD A fabled lost city of gold lends its name to this California county

El Dorado

GOLD Sir Walter Raleigh was among those who searched for this city of gold, looking in the area of what's now Guyana

El Dorado

GOV'T & POLITICS 1st woman elected state governor who did not succeed her husband

Ella Grasso

GIVE "P"s A CHANCE On his last of 3 live appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show", he was only shown from the waist up

Elvis Presley

GRAVE MATTERS In October 1977 both his & his mother's remains were moved from Forest Hill Cemetery to Graceland

Elvis Presley

GO FORTH ON AUGUST FOURTH Aug. 4, 1977:Electrifying news as Jimmy Carter signs the measure establishing this cabinet department

Energy

GRANDKIDS World-famous grandfather of the woman seen here

Ernest Hemingway (grandfather of Mar

HAIL TO THE CHEF This Frenchman who created the peach melba was known as "the king of chefs & the chef of kings"

Escoffier

GIVE ME AN "E" This language was introduced in the 1887 book "Lingvo Internacia"

Esperanto

GOING POSTAL The USA's smallest post office is a 7' X 8' shed in Ochopee, Florida on the edge of this national park

Everglades National Park

GUINNESS RECORDS In this 1996 film Madonna went through a record 85 costume changes

Evita

GEORGE W. - THE GUBERNATORIAL YEARS< On June 1, 2000, Gov. Bush postponed one of these for the first time in over 130 chances

Execution

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Past directors of this agency include Clarence M. Kelley, William Webster & William Sessions

FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This U.S. government agency administers the Fair Packaging & Labeling Act, among others

FTC (Federal Trade Commission)

GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! Capitalism was called "the perfect system" in this business magazine that calls itself a "capitalist tool"

Forbes

GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG This country music blonde looked stunning when she sang "There You'll Be" from "Pearl Harbor" at the Oscars in 2002

Faith Hill

GROUPS "Affair" is common to Sly Stone & Brian Keith

Family Affair

GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIES 2009:The voice of the title character, a sly but "Fantastic" vulpine critter

Fantastic Mr. Fox

GETTING POSSESSIVE In baseball, when a batter reaches base but another runner is forced out, it's scored as this

Fielder's choice

GEOGRAPHY This country's Kemijoki River rises near the Russian border and empties into the Gulf of Bothnia

Finland

GUINNESS RECORDS Solero de Jerez holds the Guinness record of 16 heel taps per second in this dance

Flamenco

GREEK MYTHOLOGY King Midas almost died of hunger because everything he touched turned to this

Gold

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Rep. William Miller was chosen as his running mate in 1964 partly because "he drives Johnson nuts"

Goldwater

GOOD PROVERBS Not blacktop or yellow brick, "the road to Hell is paved with" these

Good intentions

GOOD CAUSES This "Industries" has more than 2,700 stores of donated items

Goodwill

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY In 2008 "The Word" was you could catch the kids of Rydell High at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre in this show

Grease

GREEN STUFF It's what's green in Vermont's nickname

Green Mountains

GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS In 1995 he published a candid memoir called "Breaking the Surface"

Greg Louganis

GRAMMY WINNERS Rage Against the Machine won for a song called this kind of "Radio" (the soldier, not the animal)

Guerrilla

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS The FHA, an agency of this cabinet department, provides mortgage insurance for homeowners' loans

HUD (Housing and Urban Development)<

GUINNESS RECORDS Alan Whitworth figures when he's done in 2007, his sketch of this fortification in England will be 73 miles long

Hadrian's Wall

GOIN' COUNTRY This country whose name comes from a word meaning "land of mountains" covers the western third of Hispaniola

Haiti

H.R. This Virginia waterway was the site of the Civil War battle between the Monitor & the Merrimack

Hampton Roads

GLUB, GLUB His father, Carthaginian general Hamilcar Barca, drowned while besieging Helice in Spain

Hannibal

GO TO "H" This royal family ruled Great Britain from 1714 to 1901

Hanover

GOT MILK? This "MMMbop" trio pushes "MMMmilk"

Hanson

GO TO "H" Established in 1519, this capital is the largest city in the West Indies

Havana (Cuba)

HAIL TO THE CHEF In 2012 this Brit who brought his "food revolution" to America won the Harvard School of Public Health's Healthy Cup Award

Jamie Oliver

GOLF Playboy asked this Australian golfer to pose in the buff, not in the rough

Jan Stephenson

GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG This future glamour girl was born in Gary, Indiana on May 16, 1966

Janet Jackson

GUINNESS RECORDS Guinness gives the record for this language's longest word to chi-n-chi-ku-ri-n, slang for a short person

Japanese

GRANDKIDS During WWII this actress' grandmother, Violet Bonham Carter, was on the BBC's board of governors

Helena Bonham Carter

GREEK MYTHOLOGY This narrow strait is so named because Phrixus' sister Helle drowned in it

Hellespont

GRANDFATHERS His grandson, the II, took over as president of his auto company in 1945 & ran it until 1980

Henry Ford

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This 12-term Congressman from Illinois is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee

Henry Hyde

GO TO "H" He wrote the oldest extant major Greek prose work & the 1st history in Western civilization

Heroditus

GIVE ME AN "H" "The Sweetest Place on Earth" is an amusement park in Pennsylvania, operated by this company

Hershey's

GEORGIANS This star of "The Piano" learned how to play the piano while she was growing up in Conyers, Georgia

Holly Hunter

H.R. Named this emperor in 1084, Henry IV deposed Pope Gregory VII

Holy Roman Emperor

GYPSY Because of their close association, eating this animal is the main food taboo among Gypsies

Horse

GRAMMAR The shortest personal pronoun in the English language

I

GIVE ME A "HAND" The Beatles' first No. 1 hit in the U.S.

I Want To Hold Your Hand

GOVERNMENT A GAO study reported this gov't service gave correct answers to only 2/3 of telephone questions

IRS

GOIN' COUNTRY In June it's light almost 24 hours a day in this country about 200 miles east of Greenland

Iceland

GET OUT YOUR PHRASEBOOK "Mer er Kalt" means "I'm cold" in this language that gave us the word "geyser" for a hot spring

Icelandic

GO Of countries entirely within Asia, it was the first with a railway system

India

GRAVE MATTERS Although his new museum has since opened, he's buried on the grounds of his old one in Malibu, California

J. Paul Getty

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS As a QB for the Oklahoma Sooners, this future GOP congressman was MVP of the 1980 & '81 Orange Bowls

J.C. Watts

GHOSTS OF LONDON A ghost seen in a gutter at Whitechapel may be that of Polly Nicholls, this murderer's first victim

Jack the Ripper

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS George Bush's secretary of state, he earlier served as Ronald Reagan's secretary of the treasury

James Baker

GREAT IDEAS In 1971 3 guys at this company first put a computer CPU on a chip

Intel

GET SOME CULTURE The Thule culture, the immediate antecedent to this contemporary culture, spread from Alaska to Greenland

Inuit (or Eskimo)

GOLDEN RULER In a letter to these 2 regents, Columbus states no colonists can look for gold without a license from the gov.

Isabella & Ferdinand

GOOD DOG! In May 1805 Scannon, a black Newfoundland, saved several men from a charging buffalo on this pair's expedition

Lewis & Clark

GLOBIN' This African country claims the world's largest number of registered ships

Liberia

GET OUT YOUR LIBRARY TABLETS Aristotle's personal library was probably the inspiration for this world-famous library in Egypt

Library at Alexandria

GRACELAND (Sarah of the Clue Crew at Graceland in Memphis) This person who released their first album in 2003 often napped in the Monkey Chair at

Lisa Marie Presley

GO FORTH ON AUGUST FOURTH Aug. 4, 1892:She allegedly axes her father & stepmother to death in Fall River, Massachusetts

Lizzie Borden

GREAT DANES This Texan of Danish heritage, Dukakis' running mate, also served as treasury secretary under Clinton

Lloyd Bentsen

GOOD WORKS You can donate 10 inches of your hair to the group called these "of Love", which makes hairpieces for sick kids

Locks

GIRLS IN SONG [audio - song lyrics]Name of the showgirl in the song with the following chorus:

Lola (from "Copacabana")

GOING TO THE DOGE 14th century doge Marino Faliero was the subject of a tragedy by this "Don Juan" poet

Lord Byron

GRAMMYS 2005 33 years after her last win, she hit the mother lode with awards for Country Album & Best Country Collaboration

Loretta Lynn

GM This early 1900s racer who gave his name to a major GM division was born in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland

Louis Chevrolet

GODFATHERS OF SOLE This French design house has mules & thongs with its signature "LV" monogram & fleuron pattern

Louis Vuitton

GULF In bestial southern France, Berre Lagoon leads to the Gulf of Lion, an inlet of this sea

Mediterranean

GERMAN CITIES What's often called Dresden china has been made in this nearby city since 1710

Meissen

GRANDFATHERS Noah's grandfather, he died the year of the deluge at age 969

Methuselah

GIFF US ZE FORMULA! Magnesium carbonate:___CO3

Mg

GEORGE M. COHAN It should hit you like "Wham!" that the M. stands for this

Michael

GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS In August 2008 he appeared on a Sports Illustrated cover with his 8 gold medals hanging from his neck

Michael Phelps

GOVERNORS In this state's 1998 election, John Engler pulled the plug on the gubernatorial hopes of Jack Kevorkian's lawyer

Michigan

GOLDEN RULER The sands of the River Pactolus are fabled to contain gold because Dionysus once told this king to bathe there

Midas

GETTING AROUND THE CITY Hurry up Via Mazzini so you can bear right on Santa Margherita in time to make it for the curtain at La Scala

Milan

GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN Most of the Greek myths for Athena were adopted by the Romans for this goddess whose temple was on Capitoline Hill

Minerva

GOVERNORS The person heard here is the governor of this U.S. state:("I'm a 6' 4", 250-pound ex-Navy seal, pro wrestler, radio personality...

Minnesota (Jesse Ventura)

GOOD PROVERBS Oh, shoot! This is "as good as a mile"

Miss

GULF Gulfport, a city of 41,000 in this state, is named for its location on the Gulf of Mexico

Mississippi

GOLDEN BOYS & GIRLS In 2011 she & Kerri Walsh said they'll go for a third straight beach volleyball gold in 2012

Misty May

GOOGLE ME THIS! ...religious denomination with more than 16 million members & you'll find its home page, www.sbc.net

Southern Baptist (Convention)

GIMME "MO" It can be a chocolately flavor or a Yemeni port city famous for its coffee

Mocha

GETTING POSSESSIVE Payback term for gastrointestinal distress experienced by American travelers to Mexico

Montezuma's Revenge

GODDESSES Selane, the goddess of this heavenly body, was the daughter of 2 Titans: Hyperion & Theia

Moon

GOT YOUR GOAT In Leviticus, God tells this lawgiver that if a ruler sins, he should use a young goat as a sin offering

Moses

GEOGRAPHY You'll find this highest mountain in the world about 100 miles northeast of Katmandu

Mount Everest

GUINNESS RECORDS At 60, Ramon Blanco is the oldest person to reach the summit of this mountain

Mount Everest

GEOGRAPHY This South Dakota peak near Rapid City was named for a New York attorney, who represented mining investors

Mount Rushmore

GEORGE WASHINGTON It's where George is at rest

Mount Vernon

GET OUT YOUR LIBRARY TABLETS A library in a villa in Herculaneum buried by this volcano's eruption in 79 A.D. was found in the mid-1700s

Mount Vesuvius

GETTING POSSESSIVE This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871

Mrs. O'Leary's cow

GREEK MYTHOLOGY Hilltop home of the gods

Mt. Olympus

H<sub>2sub>O MUSIC One group found this bluesman's "Rollin' Stone" tune of 1950 inspiration enough for a band name

Muddy Waters

GROVER CLEVELAND From an Indian term, Republicans who abandoned their party in 1884 to vote for Cleveland were called this

Mugwumps

GLASS In the late 13th century this island became Venice's center of glassmaking

Murano

GETTING POSSESSIVE It says, "If anything can go wrong, it will"

Murphy's Law

GRAPES A popular grape used in making raisins is this variety that shares its name with the capital of Oman

Muscat

GREECE If you love the nightlife & want to boogie, head to Pierros, a bar on this party island of the Cyclades

Mykonos

GIFF US ZE FORMULA! Sodium bromide:___Br

Na

GYMNASTICS In 1976 this perfect 10 Romanian had to remind the persistent press she was only 14

Nadia Comaneci

GEORGE & RINGO For Ringo, it was Ring-O; for George, Dark Horse

Names of their respective record lab

GREEK MYTHOLOGY First member of the "me" generation, this youth fell in love with his own reflection

Narcissus

GOING "N"SANE Mike Walker is its gossip editor

National Enquirer

GUEST EDITORS For its Christmas 1993 issue, French Vogue tapped this South African leader to guest edit

Nelson Mandela

GEOGRAPHY With over a million people, this township is South Africa's most populous black community

Soweto

GEORGE WASHINGTON The city where he was sworn in as president in 1789 (don't say Washington, D.C., it wasn't built yet)

New York City

GOVERNMENT Georgia Republican who began whipping all those House Republicans in March 1989

Newt Gingrich

HAIL TO THE CHEF Her dad was part of Thatcher's cabinet; she became Britain's "domestic goddess"

Nigella Lawson

GEOGRAPHY This river is responsible for irrigating about 6 million acres of land in Egypt

Nile

GOING "N"SANE Christmas, or a Christmas carol

Noel

GRAMMY WINNERS Best New Artist winners include John Legend, Maroon 5 & this jazzy singer of "Don't Know Why"

Norah Jones

GOOD TRY! This school needed a lot more than the luck of the Irish taking on Alabama in the BCS title game in 2013, falling 42-14

Notre Dame

GEOGRAPHY This Canadian Maritime province was named after the native land of England's James I

Nova Scotia

GOING FOR "WARD" "Cavalcade" & "Conversation Piece" are 2 of his most popular plays

Noël Coward

GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIES 2000:Everett Ulysses McGill, who wanders through 1930s Mississippi

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

GOBS OF GODS A son of Uranus, this Greek god was the personification of the water that surrounded the world

Oceanus

GOLDEN GUYS His "The Vicar Of Wakefield" might have been published to save himself from going to jail for debt

Oliver Goldsmith

GREECE Baron de Coubertin's heart is buried in this city, home to the ancient version of the modern games he founded

Olympia

GEOGRAPHY Point Tarifa, in Andalusia in this country, is Europe's southernmost point

Spain

GOING TOPLESS Without its leadership, this European country experiences physical suffering; Ouch!

Spain (to pain)

GROUPS Before "Dawson's Creek" Michelle Williams played the young part-alien, part-human Sil in this film

Species

GLOBIN' Of Kawasaki, Osaka or Yamato, the one that's not a suburb of Tokyo

Osaka

GEORGE & RINGO Ringo & this Beatle joined George on the single "All Those Years Ago"

Paul McCartney

GOT MILK? This hip David Letterman band leader is into chocolate milk, man

Paul Shaffer

GEOGRAPHY The Khyber Pass connects these 2 countries

Pakistan and Afghanistan

GUINNESS RECORDS If you want to hit the longest drivable road, Jack, that would be this highway which runs from Alaska to Chile

Pan-American Highway

GULF The Chiriqui, Mosquito & San Blas Gulfs engulf this country that's bisected by a canal

Panama

GEOLOGISTS It's Alfred Wegener's name for the single supercontinent that broke up into Laurasia & Gondwanaland

Pangaea

GONE WITH THE WINDS Sans wind, this capital was so choked with le smog Oct. 1, 1997 that it banned half its motorists from driving

Paris

GREEK MYTHOLOGY After causing this flying horse to throw Bellerophon, Zeus used it as a pack beast for thunderbolts

Pegasus

GOBS OF GODS (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii) This goddess, the woman who devours the land, is said to reside here in a

Pele

GIVE "P"s A CHANCE Since 1954, the Blue Angels' home base has been this Florida naval air station known as the "Annapolis of the Air"

Pensacola

GROOMING AIDS Applicator that lent its name to a derby for women pilots

Powder Puff

GLOBIN' You'll find this strategic body of water directly southeast of Iraq

Persian Gulf

GETTING YOUR BERING In 1703 Bering joined the Russian Navy, newly formed by this czar

Peter the Great

GOLLY "G"! He's the cutting-edge composer of works like "Koyaanisqatsi"

Philip Glass

GEORGE & RINGO George & Ringo co-wrote this song that Ringo took to No. 1 in 1973

Photograph

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

Pike's Peak

GREECE The long walls Pericles built connected Athens with this port city, 4 miles away

Pireas

GUINNESS RECORDS The Metropolitan Museum of Art paid a record $143,352 for the oldest hand-painted complete deck of these

Playing cards

GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN What's dis? It's another name for this Roman god who took over for Hades

Pluto

GOURMET This rich chocolate cake with a layer of apricot jam bears the name of a famous hotel in Vienna

Sacher torte

GREEK MYTHOLOGY He covered the island of Delos with a wave to give Zeus' pregnant mistress Leto a place to hide

Poseidon

GOOD DOG! In the early 19th century Barry, a dog of this breed, saved more than 40 people in the Swiss Alps

Saint Bernard

GOING TO THE DOGE This cathedral in Venice was originally a private chapel of the doges

Saint Mark's Cathedral

GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL This man did some of his important writing while in prison, including his Epistle to the Colossians

Saint Paul

GOING "PRO" This Titan was the father of Deucalion

Prometheus

GEOGRAPHY Ponce is the chief Caribbean port of this island once ruled by Ponce de Leon

Puerto Rico

GOT MILNE? A.A. Milne was a regular contributor to this British humor magazine founded in 1841

Punch

GOOD DOG! Wounded while flushing out a machine gun nest during WWII, Chips received the Silver Star for valor & this medal

Purple Heart

GRACELAND (Sarah of the Clue Crew) This TV-radio console was a gift to Elvis from this company for the sale of more than 50 million albums

RCA

GODDESSES In Egyptian myth Hathor, daughter of this sun god, is the wife of Horus

Ra

GEOMETRY To determine the area of a circle, you multiply pi X this

Radius squared

GRAMMYS 2005 He was on everybody's mind when he posthumously won a handful of Grammys for his "Genius Loves Company" album

Ray Charles

GREAT ART As a young man, this Dutch painter signed his works "Rh"; he later added an "L" for Leiden, his place of birth

Rembrandt

GEOMETRY The foundations of analytic geometry were first laid out in this Frenchman's 1637 book "Geometrie"

Rene Descartes

GOV'T & POLITICS Major political party founded in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854

Republicans

GRANDKIDS Last name of R.J.'s grandson Patrick, who ditched the family business to lead the Foundation for a Smokefree America

Reynolds

GOD SAVE THE BRITISH KING OR QUEEN All 3 of the kings with this name died violently

Richard

HAIL TO THE CHIEF 1 of 4 men to lose presidential election 1st time out, only to win it on 2nd try

Richard Nixon (Jackson, [William Hen

GEORGE & RINGO Ringo Starr was born with this name on July 7, 1940 in Liverpool

Richard Starkey

GRAVE MATTERS While he's buried next to Tennyson at Westminster Abbey, his wife Elizabeth is in Florence, Italy

Robert Browning

GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS In 2010: As Sherlock Holmes on film

Robert Downey, Jr.

GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN, 2001 A former actor, he made millions penning bestsellers like "The Osterman Weekend" & "The Gemini Contenders"

Robert Ludlum

GREAT IDEAS In 1879 Samuel Dodd, this wealthy man's lawyer, came up with the idea of business trusts

Rockefeller

GYPSY This other name for Gypsies is also what Italians call their capital

Roma

GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION With more than a billion members, it's the largest branch of Christianity

Roman Catholicism

GRHYME TYME The rich clay-laden earth from the "eternal city"

Rome loam

GEORGE BUSH He chose Bush as his running mate though they disagreed on cutting taxes, abortion & the E.R.A.

Ronald Reagan

GOING DUTCH A new waterway opened in 1872 allowed large vessels passage to this Dutch city, now a top world port

Rotterdam

GOSH DARN YANKEES He was born in Brooklyn in 1944 & was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2002

Rudy Giuliani

GET INTO GERE Hoping to recapture the success of "Pretty Woman", this 1999 rom-com reteamed Richard & Julia Roberts

Runaway Bride

GETTING THERE t's the country that gave us the term for a 3-horse-drawn sled known as a troika

Russia

GREECE IS THE WORD It was on this now Greek isle that the famous statue of Nike, now in the Louvre, was found in 1863

Samothrace

GOLDEN GUYS In the 1920s, the company he founded merged with Metro Pictures Corporation

Samuel Goldwyn

GOLDEN OLDIES Title city of 1967 Scott McKenzie hit subtitled "Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair"

San Francisco

GOOD DOG! Dogs in B.A.R.K. (Baseball Aquatic Retrieval Korps) fetch homers hit from this team's park into San Francisco Bay

San Francisco Giants

GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL This saint whose feast day is Halloween shares his name with a prison; do they allow trick or treating there?

San Quentin

GOING TO PIECES Every Christmas, the Indiana post office in the town named for him postmarks a half a million pieces of mail

Santa Claus

GUINNESS RECORDS The world's largest royal family, with over 4,000 princes, is the Al-Saud family of this Mideast country

Saudi Arabia

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS By law, these 2 cabinet officers are members of the National Security Council

Secretary of State & Secretary of De

GUITAR PLAYER Last name of a famous Spanish classical guitarist born in 1893; it's also a province in Spain

Segovia

GIMME THE 5th Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, & this made up the 5 Civilized Tribes

Seminole

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS On February 24, 1995 this Texas Republican announced his candidacy for President

Senator Phil Gramm

GOING DUTCH Johann Cruyff, known as the Dutch Major, was tops in this sport & even played for the L.A. Aztecs

Soccer

GOLDEN RULER An island group east of New Guinea is named for the biblical king famous for his legendary gold mines

Solomon

GOOD WORKS An organization that is using the Internet's power to help young people change the world is called "Do" this

Something

GOLDEN OLDIES Bill Haley hit that opens, "Get down to that kitchen & rattle those pots & pans"

Shake, Rattle and Roll

GRAMMY WINNERS Grammy voters were fixated with this one-named Colombian hottie who won for "Fijacion Oral Vol. 1"

Shakira

GOIN' COUNTRY "Man! I Feel Like" this woman whose albums include "Come On Over"

Shania Twain

GOOD SPORTS Now with Miami, at age 24, this 7'1", 325-lb. guy was the youngest man on the NBA's "50 Greatest Players" list

Shaquille O'Neal

GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG In 2000 this great Scot co-starred with David Cassidy in "At the Copa", a show at the Rio in Las Vegas

Sheena Easton

GIRLS IN SONG Tommy Roe in '62 & Ready for the World in 1985 took songs with this girl's name in the title to No. 1

Sheila

GRAVE MATTERS This pair had no choice but to be buried together when they died January 17,1874

Siamese twins (Chang & Eng Bunker)

GETTING YOUR BERING In the 1730s Bering explored the Kuril Islands & the Arctic coast of this vast, freezing Russian region

Siberia

GRANDFATHERS This psychiatrist's grandson Lucian is an award-winning artist

Sigmund Freud

GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION Begun around 1500 by Guru Nanak, this religion incorporates elements of Hinduism

Sikhism

GET YOUR GOAT Scientists have implanted a spider gene into a goat to have it produce the same proteins spiders use to make this material

Silk

GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL This prison takes its name from the New York town of Ossining, where it's located

Sing Sing

GO Actual U.S. boat names include "Freudian" this, a single-masted fore-&-aft-rigged sailing vessel

Sloop

GUITAR PLAYER Eric Clapton may have gotten this nickname because it took him so long to change his guitar strings

Slowhand

GOOD OLD SOUTHERN EATS A Virginia law said this type of ham had to be cured for 180 days

Smithfield ham

H<sub>2sub>O MUSIC On the charts in the '60s, this followed Buffalo & Dusty

Springfield

GETTING POSSESSIVE Sydenham's Chorea, a condition in which the body jerks involuntarily, once had this name

St. Vitus' Dance

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS After spending about $76 million this publisher canceled himself out of the 2000 presidential race

Steve Forbes

GOIN' COUNTRY Jennifer Nettles & Kristian Bush front this "sweet" band, one "Incredible Machine"

Sugarland

GEOLOGY Examples of an inselberg, or "island mountain", include this Rio de Janeiro landmark named for its "tasty" shape

Sugarloaf

GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY In 1979 Angela Lansbury wowed 'em as Mrs. Lovett, partner of this "Demon" dude

Sweeney Todd

GEOGRAPHY This European country's 14,000' mountains include Weisshorn, Taschhorn & Finsteraarhorn

Switzerland

GIVE ME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION During the 5th & 6th centuries, under the T'ang Dynasty, it became "the way" of China

Taoism

GEORGE W. - THE GUBERNATORIAL YEARS< In '97 Bush got one of these worth $1 billion; in 2001 he asked for one worth more than $1 trillion

Tax cut

GETTING POSSESSIVE Domesticated term for a student especially in favor with an instructor

Teacher's pet

GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL A prison in Florence, Colorado holds this man known as the Unabomber

Ted Kaczynski

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This Republican has just served under 2 terms as New York governor when elected Vice President in 1900

Teddy Roosevelt

GOLD In 1995 people dug around this landmark looking for Jim Bowie's gold

The Alamo

GOLDEN OLDIES In song, battle where Johnny Horton put cannonballs in a gator's head "& powdered his behind"

The Battle of New Orleans

GUINNESS RECORDS These folklorists compiled the largest dictionary, the "Deutsches Worterbuch", 1st published in 1854

The Brothers Grimm

GUINNESS RECORDS This Jerry Garcia band, once called The Warlocks, holds the record for most documented rock concerts

The Grateful Dead

GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIES 2009:Lyn Cassady, part of an experimental U.S. Army unit that uses psychic powers

The Men Who Stare at Goats

GREEN STUFF Resembling "Home Improvement", this Canadian show set at the Possum Lodge can be seen on PBS

The Red Green Show

GET YOUR GOAT This musical features the tune "The Lonely Goatherd"

The Sound of Music

GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT Everyone knows the "Chronicles of Narnia"; this 2008 film "Chronicles" the Grace family stumbling onto a world of fairies

The Spiderwick Chronicles

GOIN' MOBILE On May 20, 1927 at 7:52 A.M., Charles Lindbergh took to the skies of New York in this plane

The Spirit of St. Louis

GIVING AWAY THE ENDING This novel ends with Jake telling Lady Brett, "Isn't it pretty to think so?"

The Sun Also Rises

H<sub>2sub>O MUSIC Katrina Leskanich fronted this '80s band

The Waves

GET YOUR MOVIE FACTS STRAIGHT "First Blood" was a Rambo movie; this 2007 film had Daniel Day-Lewis searching for oil

There Will Be Blood

GREAT ART His only known assistant was his nephew Gainsborough DuPont

Thomas Gainsborough

GOBS OF GODS This chief defender of Asgard had a big cult following in Uppsala

Thor

GREENLAND The site of a U.S. Air Force base, it follows "Ultima" in a phrase meaning a distant place

Thule

GRIME FIGHTERS Finish Powerball tabs won't help you win the lottery; they're for this machine

dishwasher

GLASS In 1880 he obtained a patent for glass that changed colors when viewed from different angles

Tiffany

GLASS The glass curtain at Mexico City's Palace of Fine Arts was made by this company

Tiffany

GOOD SPORTS The dad of this 2006 British Open winner was the 1st African-American baseball player in the then-Big 7 conference

Tiger Woods

GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG What's age got to do with it? People Magazine put this sexy sexagenarian on its 2000 list of the World's Most Beautiful People

Tina Turner

GRAVE MATTERS Tiptoe through a Minneapolis cemetery over to the grave of this entertainer who is buried with his ukulele

Tiny Tim

GET SOME CULTURE The prehistoric Yayoi culture of Japan is named for a suburb of this city where its artifacts were first found

Tokyo

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This member of the House from Ohio's 14th district shares his name with a Mark Twain title character

Tom Sawyer

GOLF Stanford psychology grad who, in 1980, became 1st player to win over $½ million in 1 year

Tom Watson

GOURMET For a side dish you might make sauteed cherry ones of these or fried green ones

Tomatoes

GUEST EDITORS The October 1996 issue of England's Prima was edited by this prime minister's wife, Cherie

Tony Blair

GETTING AROUND THE CITY Head down Front Street & not far from the corner of John Street is the CN Tower--you can't miss it, you really can't

Toronto

GOOD CAUSES A handmade doll was the first of the Marine Corps' "Toys For" them

Tots

GOIN' MOBILE On the highway this co.'s Corolla gets 40 mpg, its Land Cruiser, 17 (it'll be important to you one day, trust me)

Toyota

GETTING A PATENT The name of the agency to which inventors make applications is the "Patent And" this "Office"

Trademark

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS The U.S. Customs Service, which collects duties on imports, is an agency of this cabinet department

Treasury

GOVERNMENT The Cureau of Customs is part of this Cabinet department

Treasury

GOT MILNE? Milne attended Westminster School in London & this college at Cambridge with a "3-pronged" name

Trinity

GOING TO... To try to prevent her son from going to this city to fight, Thetis disguised Achilles as a girl & sent him away

Troy

GOOD CAUSES The U.S. fund for this larger fund was founded in 1947

UNICEF

GET INTO GERE Diane Lane cheats on hubby Richard Gere with French hottie Olivier Martinez in this 2002 thriller

Unfaithful

GEORGE BUSH As U.S. ambassador to this organization in 1971, Bush worked to keep Nationalist China from expulsion

United Nations

GRAMMY WINNERS The acoustic album called "MTV" this "in New York" earned a Grammy for Nirvana

Unplugged

GEORGE CLOONEY MOVIES 2009:Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing executive with lots of frequent flyer miles

Up in the Air

GRAMMYS 2005 Between the 2 of them, they picked up 7 Grammys, including one for their "My Boo" duet

Usher & Alicia Keys

GEOGRAPHY There's a canyon full of odd rocks named for pioneer Ebenezer Bryce in this state

Utah

GOOGLE ME THIS! ...automaker & you'll find information on its models like the Touareg & the GTI

VW (Volkswagen)

GLAMOUR GIRLS OF SONG The 2002 revival of the fairy tale musical "Into the Woods" starred this beautiful singer seen here

Vanessa Williams

H<sub>2sub>O MUSIC With 1998's "Hard to Swallow" this white guy from Miami tried to recapture his gangster rap success

Vanilla Ice

GOOD DOG! When he first sighted the Pacific in 1513, his only companion was his dog, Leoncico

Vasco de Balboa

GOURMET A summer favorite, vitello tonnato is this meat served cold in a tuna sauce

Veal

GEOGRAPHY Venezia is the Italian name for this city

Venice

GREEK GOD OUT, ROMAN GOD IN Her magic girdle induced love, as magic girdles will do, & Romans had her say, I'm no mighty Aphrodite, I'm your this

Venus

GRAPES A wine known as Lacrima Christi, or "tears of Christ" is made from grapes grown on the slopes of this Italian volcano

Vesuvius

GIVING AWAY THE ENDING His novel "Les Miserables" ends miserably in Pere-Lachaise Cemetery

Victor Hugo

GOING COUNTRY In 1975 the fall of Saigon ended the war in this country

Vietnam

GUINNESS RECORDS The highest price ever paid for a drawing is $8.36 million for one he drew at Arles in 1888

Vincent Van Gogh

GLUB, GLUB This member of the Bloomsbury literary group drowned herself March 28, 1941

Virginia Woolf

GIVE ME A "HAND" In 1941 this "Father of the Blues" wrote a book on black musicians, "Unsung Americans Sung"

W.C. Handy

GRAY MATTER Gray-haired & gray-bearded, he was the USA's "good gray poet"

Walt Whitman

GOURMET When serving sushi, make sure you have plenty of this green horseradish condiment to go along with it

Wasabi

GOING POSTAL The Point Roberts post office in this state can be reached by car only by driving through British Columbia

Washington

GOSH DARN YANKEES This 19th century New Yorker wrote of one guy who slept for 20 years & another who went around headless

Washington Irving

GLASS This Irish town prodcued fine crystal from 1783 to 1851; after a 96-year gap, production resumed in 1947

Waterford

GERMAN HISTORY In 1919 the National Assembly met in this city to write a new constitution & establish a federal republic

Weimar

GLUB, GLUB This "good" Bohemian king had Saint John of Nepomuk drowned in the Moldau River in 1393

Wenceslas

GREEN STUFF In 1983 it became the first country in Europe to have Green Party members in its national legislature

West Germany

GOOD THINKING In 1892 Henry Perky invented a machine to shred this grain & form it into little pillow-shaped biscuits

Wheat

GO The WNBA is the Women's National Basketball Association; the NWBA is the National this Basketball Assoc.

Wheelchair

GOING DEEP "The stars at night are big and bright" here

deep in the heart of Texas

GIVE THE "DEVIL" 3-word hyphenated term for an "attitude" with a tendency to take risks

devil-may-care

GRAMMAR In the 1800s Alonzo Reed & Brainerd Kellogg devised an artistic way to do this to a sentence

diagram

GUINNESS RECORDS In 2004, Tia, a mastiff, gave birth to the largest litter of these ever--24

puppies

GET YOUR GOAT Appropriately, Oklahoma's Tyny Goat Ranch specializes in this breed of goat

pygmy goat

GET INTO SHAPE Polyhedron long associated with Dick Clark & Khufu, 2 people we've never seen together; hmmmm...

pyramid

GRAMMAR It's also called the interrogation mark

question mark

GUINNESS RECORDS A record 73 inches of this fell on the island of Reunion in just 24 hours in 1952

rain

GOLDEN RETRIEVERS In 2002, Jim Shea took the gold in this event that gets its name because of the sled's "bony" appearance

skeleton

GROWN-UPS EAT THAT? If a grown-up tries to serve you the oxtail type of this, say, "No thanks. I'll have the chicken noodle"

soup

GREEK FOOD & DRINK The name of this dish of marinated lamb, skewered & grilled, comes from the Greek for "skewer" & also starts with "s"

souvlaki

GREEN FOOD Spanakopita, a savory Greek pie, is made with this green vegetable, spanaki in Greek

spinach

GROWN-UPS EAT THAT? Unlike Florentine cookies (dipped in chocolate--yum!), eggs Florentine is made with this leafy green veggie (not so yum)

spinach

GROWN-UPS EAT THAT? Don't be fooled: calamari is just a fancy name for this sea creature that has suction cups on some of its squiggly arms

squid

GET INTO SHAPE Clavate is club-shaped, & if hit with a club, you might see shapes that are stellate, meaning like these

stars

GREAT ART In 1931, Diego Rivera painted a movable fresco showing peasants harvesting this title crop

sugarcane

GRAMMAR As higher is the comparative of high, highest is this form

superlative

GET YOUR VERBS MOVING An early form of this word meaning to walk with an arrogant strut was used by Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

swagger

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS Andrew Jackson has been called the father of this system of awarding public offices to friends & supporters

the spoils system

GETTING SHIFT-Y WITH YOUR KEYBOARD I don't mean to be diacritical, but this mark is found above tab right now, not mañana

the tilde

GETTING THERE Glasgow residents call this transport the "Clockwork Orange", & you follow the "U" signs to get to it

the underground (or subway)

GROVER CLEVELAND During his 1st term, Cleveland used this power over 400 times, more than all his predecessors combined

the veto

GEOMETRY The formula for this measure of a pyramid is 1/3Bh

the volume

GETTING MARRIED According to tradition, the man who catches the bride's garter gets to place it on this person's leg

the woman who catches the bouquet

GHOSTS OF LONDON The Drury Lane, a famous one of these in London, is haunted by a "man in grey" who sometimes shows up for matinees

theater

GET YOUR VERBS MOVING Also the name of a ballroom dance, it means to move along in a breezy, conspicuous manner

waltz

GEORGE WASHINGTON Henry Knox succeeded George as army commander & was George's secretary of this

war

GOING FOR "WARD" Michael S. Evans holds this top administrative position at Folsom Prison

warden

GREAT ART Several 1899 Monet works depict a Japanese bridge spanning a pond covered with these plants

waterlilies

GOING GREEN Ocean Power Technologies & the U.S. Navy are testing a system off Oahu to generate power from these

waves

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS This term for the assistant to the majority or minority leader in the House will get you cracking

whip