Jeopardy 4
AMERICANA $400: He wrote "The Tell-Tale Heart" when he lived in Philadelphia & a brick house he rented there is an historic site
Edgar Allan Poe
DEAD POETS $1600: "Lenore 'hath gone before', with hope, that flew beside, leaving thee wild for the dear child that should have been thy bride"
Edgar Allan Poe
HOW NOVEL $400: The only complete novel by this American master of the macabre is "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym"
Edgar Allan Poe
IF I WERE IN RICHMOND... $400: I'd nevermore long to see the museum on Main St. devoted to this poet & Richmond resident
Edgar Allan Poe
LITERARY RECORDS $1200: His "Murders in the Rue Morgue" in 1841 is considered the first detective story in English
Edgar Allan Poe
LITERATURE $200: His famous story "The Tell-Tale Heart" tells us, "It was not the old man who vexed me, but his evil eye"
Edgar Allan Poe
MONOGRAMS OF THE FAMOUS & INFAMOUS $400: Hard-drinking 19th century poet & critic EAP
Edgar Allan Poe
SHORT STORIES $800: Montresor seeks revenge on wine connoisseur Fortunato in his 1846 tale "The Cask of Amontillado"
Edgar Allan Poe
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $400: The Philadelphia home where he wrote "The Tell-tale Heart" is now a national historic site
Edgar Allan Poe
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER $2000: Though this poet was noted for drinking, rabies rather than alcohol may have caused his 1849 death in Baltimore
Edgar Allan Poe
VIRGINIA IS FOR WRITERS $400: This writer of creepy tales grew up largely in Richmond & one of his last readings was in 1849 at the Exchange Hotel
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITERS BY MIDDLE NAMES $200: Allan, who was "nevermore" as of Oct. 7, 1849
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITERS WHO SELF-PUBLISHED $2000: In 1827 he paid a printer to publish 50 copies of "Tamerlane and Other Poems"
Edgar Allan Poe
SINGERS WHO ACT $400: Bette Midler sang in the chorus of this Broadway musical before she moved up to the role of Tzeitel
Fiddler on the Roof
SONGS FROM MUSICALS $400: "If I Were A Rich Man"
Fiddler on the Roof
THEATRE $400: The French call this popular musical "Un Violon sur le Toit"
Fiddler on the Roof
BOOKS BY MEN $1200: The idea of this Joyce novel is that history is cyclic; the book begins with a sentence that is unfinished on the last page
Finnegans Wake
FERTILE "I"s $800: This high flyer's father built the Labyrinth
Icarus
GREEK ISLANDS $200: One island is the supposed burial place of this reckless mythical flier, & is named for him
Icarus
GREEK ISLANDS $400: Ikaria is named for this mythical aeronaut who plunged to his death
Icarus
MORE MYTHOLOGICAL MISTAKES $600: We often wax nostalgic about this young man who flew too close to the sun
Icarus
MYTHOLOGY $1600: Despite his dad's warnings, he flew too close to the sun; the wax on his wings melted & he plunged into the sea
Icarus
THAT'S A MYTHTAKE! $400: Daedalus fled to Sicily while this son flew too close to the sun & melted the wax in his wings
Icarus
THE SOLAR SYSTEM: Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure
Icarus
CLASSICS ON AUDIBLE $400: The wit & irony of this satiric novel are captured by David Hyde Pierce "As the common size of the natives is somewhat under six inches, so there is an exact proportion in all other animals"
Gulliver's Travels
OLD HAT $800: She put a little dent in a pillbox hat she wore on January 20, 1961, & suddenly dented pillboxes were all the rage
Jacqueline Kennedy
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES $800: The LBJ Library sells CDs of the President's phone calls, like the following one with her LBJ: "...how we can carry on, if you give us a little strength." Woman: "But you know what I wanted to say to you about that letter? I know how rare a letter is in a president's handwriting."
Jacqueline Kennedy
CHINESE HISTORY $400: During his travels Marco Polo saw "Jasper and Chalcedony", this type of stone the Chinese carve into jewelry
Jade
THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $7,100 (Daily Double): In 1890 he became president of the American Tobacco Company in Durham, North Carolina
James Buchanan Duke
SONGS FROM BROADWAY MUSICALS $1600: "Dulcinea" & "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)"
Man of La Mancha
ITALIAN EXPLORERS $800: In 1266 his father Niccolo & Uncle Maffeo became the first Europeans to reach what is now Beijing
Marco Polo
LESSEN PLAN $1200: To lessen his reliance on Chinese bureaucrats, Kublai Khan used foreigners like this man born in Venice in 1254
Marco Polo
MAN-AGRAMS $600: On his deathbed he admitted he didn't tell half of what he saw: A COOL ROMP
Marco Polo
MIDDLE AGE MEN $400: In the 1280s this Venetian served as an official for Kublai Khan in the city of Yangzhou
Marco Polo
SOJOURNER $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1271, this man left Venice with his dad and uncle & hit what is now Israel & Iran on his way to Shangdu, China, & the summer palace of Kublai Khan
Marco Polo
I THINK I'VE HEARD OF "M" $1200: This Italian excited the world by engineering wireless reporting of the 1899 America's Cup
Marconi
MOVIE QUEENS $400: Kirsten Dunst & Norma Shearer are among the many actresses who have played this queen of France
Marie Antoinette
ROYALTY ON FILM $1200: Kirsten Dunst in 2006 as this title queen
Marie Antoinette
IT'S A MYSTERY! $1000: "The Mystery of" her is Poe's sequel to "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Marie Roget
LITERARY CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE $1200: Murder victim Mary Rogers had her name Frenchified as this character in an Edgar Allan Poe mystery
Marie Roget
A JUDI DENCH FILM FESTIVAL $1600: In 2011 Dame Judi was Dame Sybil Thorndike opposite Michelle Williams as this actress
Marilyn Monroe
BIOGRAPHIES $800: Norman Mailer wrote a biography of this screen goddess, & the 2 of them shared the July 16, 1973 cover of Time
Marilyn Monroe
CITIZEN KANE $400: This actress whose career is caricatured in "Kane" was played by Kirsten Dunst in 2002's "The Cat's Meow"
Marion Davies
19th CENTURY TRANSPORTATION $400: This author wrote about traveling from Missouri to Nevada on a stagecoach he called a "cradle on wheels"
Mark Twain
AUTHORS & THEIR WORKS $1200: In 1867 he took a 5-month cruise to the Mediterranean; his newspaper articles sent back home became "The Innocents Abroad"
Mark Twain
DEATH SENTENCES $400: On rumors of his demise, he remarked, "The report of my death was an exaggeration"
Mark Twain
DWELLING ON THE PAST $400: We wonder if there were fences to paint on the 1874 completion of this author's Hartford home, now open to the public
Mark Twain
ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS $400: Richard Pryor was the first recipient of this prize for American humor that's named for a 19th century novelist
Mark Twain
EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' 'BOUT THEM $800: William Dean Howells called him "sole, incomparable, the Lincoln of our literature"
Mark Twain
HERE'S FINAL JEOPARDY $200: On April 21, 1910 reports of this author's death were not greatly exaggerated
Mark Twain
HISTORIC HOMES $600: This writer's home in Hartford, Connecticut, where he lived beginning in 1874, is often called Steamboat Gothic
Mark Twain
LITERARY FROGS & TOADS $600: He gained early fame for a tale about a celebrated jumping frog in California
Mark Twain
LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, this is Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
Mark Twain
PALMISTRY $600: This 19th century skeptical humorist said a celebrity palmist "exposed my character... with humiliating accuracy"
Mark Twain
DISNEY SONGS $600: "You can bet before we're through, mister I'll make a man out of you", says a song from this China-set film
Mulan
FOLKLORE $100: In 1998 the story of this young Chinese lady became Disney's latest animated legend
Mulan
HISTORY $400: In 1999 China confirmed that this girl really existed & served in China's army 1,300 years ago
Mulan
MILITARY MOVIES $600: A Chinese girl joins the Imperial Army to fight the Huns in this 1998 Disney film
Mulan
MOVIE MUSICALS $400: "I'll Make a Man Out of You" & "The Huns Attack" are from this 1998 Disney musical
Mulan
SONGS FROM DISNEY FILMS $1000: "A Girl Worth Fighting For" & "True to Your Heart"
Mulan
WAR STARS $400: A young woman secretly takes her father's place in the Chinese army & becomes a great heroine in this Disney film
Mulan
FOR THE BIRDS $400: The name of this talkative bird seen here can be spelled with or without an "H" at the end
Myna/Mynah
SEATTLE MEANS BUSINESS $300: (Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com) Like many tech companies, Amazon.com is listed on this stock exchange -- symbol AMZN
NASDAQ
BEACH READING $1200: This character's journal for Oct. 26, 1659 says, "I walked about the shore almost all day... to fix my habitation"
Robinson Crusoe
BOOK LEARNIN' $1200: The full title of the novel that Daniel Defoe wrote about this guy is 68 words long; one key word of the 68--"Shipwreck"
Robinson Crusoe
DEFOE $400: Daniel Defoe was about 60 when he wrote of the "Adventures of" him & also of his "Further Adventures"
Robinson Crusoe
ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: In chapter 16 of this novel, Friday's father is rescued from cannibals
Robinson Crusoe
I AM CURIOUS ABOUT YELLOW $1200: Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for this lonely character, died at sea from yellow fever
Robinson Crusoe
LITERARY QUOTES $400: "One day" this Daniel Defore title character "was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man's... foot on the shore"
Robinson Crusoe
LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS $400: This stranded sailor never sees any trace of his shipmates except 3 hats, 1 cap & 2 mismatched shoes
Robinson Crusoe
MY NAME IS A TITLE $400: He is shipwrecked & lives on an island near the Orinoco River for 28 years
Robinson Crusoe
NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS $200: Part of the sub-title of the book about this man is he "lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an uninhabited island"
Robinson Crusoe
TARZAN REVIEW BOOKS $200: Title guy abandoned, alone for part of 28 years. On island, not jungle, but Tarzan relate
Robinson Crusoe
THE SOUTH PACIFIC $1200: This literary character was based on Alexander Selkirk, a sailor marooned on a South Pacific island for 4 years
Robinson Crusoe
THIS & THAT $400: It was on a Friday that this literary character gained a "faithful, loving, sincere servant"
Robinson Crusoe
AFRICAN LANGUAGES $800: Hausa, one of the few Chadic languages with a written form, switched from the Arabic alphabet to this one
Roman
A CATEGORY FULL OF HOLES $400: In case of rain when camping, always keep one of these South American cloaks with a hole in it ready for wear
a poncho
PALEOLITHIC $600: In 2008 the Lombok, a paleo-era type of this craft, navigated Indonesian waters for science
a raft
THE HIMALAYAS $400: Long, thick hair & a low number of sweat glands help this ox conserve heat in extreme temperatures
a yak
THET IZN'T SPELED RITE $800: Abismal, bisque, plebiscite
abysmal
Define demure
adjective (of a woman or her behavior) reserved, modest, and shy. "I shared a compartment with a child and his demure governess" synonyms: modest, unassuming, meek, mild, reserved, retiring, quiet, shy, bashful, diffident, reticent, timid, timorous, shrinking; More (of clothing) lending a modest appearance.
Define quixotic
adjective exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical. "a vast and perhaps quixotic project" synonyms: idealistic, romantic, visionary, utopian, extravagant, starry-eyed, unrealistic, unworldly; More
PETS $400: This type of parrot that bears the name of a South American river can get used to cooler temperatures
am Amazon parrot
GRAINS & STAPLES $600: Quinoa, like other non-cereal grains, is rich in lysine, one of these protein components
amino acids
HEALTH & NUTRITION $1000: Hailed as a supergrain, quinoa is considered a complete protein because it contains all 9 of the essential these
amino acids
SPELL CHECK HELL $400: Spell check keeps trying to change Antietam into this long-snouted insectivore that comes in giant & 3 other species
an anteater
SCIENCE CLASS $400: Emil Fischer must have been in a coffeehouse when he identified this stimulant as part of the purine group
caffeine
SHOWERS $600: A soap called Shower Shock contains & wakes you up with this stimulant before you've even had your joe
caffeine
STIMULANTS $100: This stimulant is considered the most commonly consumed drug in the U.S.
caffeine
TEA & SYMPATHY $400: Black tea contains this stimulant but I know you're sad it doesn't have more, so I got you a Jolt cola, with 160mg in 1 can
caffeine
TEA POTPOURRI $400: In 1827 theine was discovered in tea; it was later proven identical to this coffee stimulant
caffeine
TEA TIME $300: The longer you infuse your tea, the more of this stimulant winds up in your cup
caffeine
RELIGIOUS & SECULAR HOMOPHONES $3,000 (Daily Double): A religious code or a big gun
canon / cannon
CHEMISTRY $800: In 1947 Willard Libby perfected the archaeological dating method named for this isotope
carbon-14
DUDE, WHERE'S MY "CAR"? $1600: Isotope used to date archaeological specimens
carbon-14
IN THE TEENS $600: Like potassium-40, this radioactive isotope is used in archaeological dating
carbon-14
ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: In the 1940s chemist Willard Libby discovered this method of dating ancient artifacts
carbon-14 dating
ARCHAEOLOGY $600: This method of dating can tell the age of an artifact that is up to 40,000 years old
carbon-14 dating
HYPHENATED TERMS $3,200 (Daily Double): Willard Libby developed a method of this, used to determine the age of fossils & the like
carbon-dating
PREHISTORIC TIMES $600: In the late 1940s, Willard Libby developed this process for determining the age of a fossil
carbon-dating
AWESOME SAUCE $1000: This awesome pasta sauce contains eggs, cream, bits of bacon or prosciutto & grated cheese
carbonara
CAN WE TALK? $200: When having a casual conversation, you do this to "the rag" or "the fat"
chew
____ THE ____ $1,000 (Daily Double): To do this provides little sustenance for the amount of mastication, which may be why it refers to idle chatter
chew the fat
FAMOUS LASTS $800: Alexander VI (Borgia) was the last Pope to acknowledge having them
children
CHEWING THE "FAT" $1600: Abbreviated CFS, this medical condition is called "the thief of vitality"
chronic fatigue syndrome
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1200: The Khoisan languages are rare in that they employ these sounds as consonants
clicks
PLANET EARTH $1000: Peat is the first stage in the transformation of vegetable matter into this fuel
coal
SCIENCE $200: The main types of this fuel are peat, lignite, bituminous & anthracite
coal
ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR $400: You're in good company if you know that Co is the symbol for this metal used in making alloys
cobalt
STATE THE CHEMICAL ELEMENT $400: Colorado
cobalt
WORDS IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $1600: This synonym for "hallow" also means to turn bread & wine into the Eucharist
consecrate
Define tao
noun (in Chinese philosophy) the absolute principle underlying the universe, combining within itself the principles of yin and yang and signifying the way, or code of behavior, that is in harmony with the natural order. The interpretation of Tao in the Tao-te-Ching developed into the philosophical religion of Taoism. crossword clue: Living-in-harmony principle answer: tao
Define ollie
noun 1. (in skateboarding and snowboarding) a jump performed without the aid of a takeoff ramp, executed by pushing the back foot down on the tail of the board, bringing the board off the ground. verb 1. perform an ollie.
Define dame
noun 1. (in the UK) the title given to a woman equivalent to the rank of knight. 2. INFORMAL•NORTH AMERICAN a woman.
Define nebula
noun 1. ASTRONOMY a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter. 2. MEDICINE a clouded spot on the cornea causing defective vision.
GENEALOGY GLOSSARY $800: 2 couples out for the evening, or a genealogical reference using both the Gregorian & Julian calendars
double date
EAT IT, BEAT IT OR TREAT IT $2000: Quinoa
eat it
EAT IT, WEAR IT OR PLAY IT $400: Prosciutto
eat it
IF JUDD APATOW ADAPTED THE CLASSICS $1600: Seth Rogen's expression was priceless when Thyestes is tragically tricked into doing this to his sons
eating them
DOMAIN EXTENSIONS $200: The website vanderbilt.this has info to help you get a degree
edu
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $100: Muons, pions & electrons are among particles classified as these, my dear Watson
elementary
IT'S THE "E"-CONOMY $1000: It takes "work" to remember that Keynes' major opus is "The General Theory of" this, "Interest and Money"
employment
LET'S GET SCIENC"E" $1200: The adrenal & the thyroid are among these glands that regulate your body's processes by secreting hormones
endocrine
13-LETTER WORDS $2000: This branch of medicine deals with diseases of such glands as the thyroid & pancreas
endocrinology
BIOLOGY CLASS $600: It's the branch of biology that deals with glands such as the pituitary & thyroid
endocrinology
TRADITIONAL EASTERN MEDICINE $2000: Once in weight-loss products, ma huang is the Chinese name for this herbal stimulant used to treat asthma
ephedra
STIMULANTS $500: Also called adrenaline, this hormone is used to restore heart rhythm in cardiac arrest
epinephrine
WORDS IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $400: The first sentence ends, "created" this way
equal
REMBRANDT $1,600 (Daily Double): In addition to his paintings, Rembrandt also did about 300 of these prints from metal plates; wanna see 'em?
etchings
ETERNAL $400: In November 1963 an Army engineer rigged a luau lamp with a propane line to make this for President Kennedy's grave
eternal flame
OUT OF THIS WORLD $1000: Astronomer believe supernovas cause bursts of these rays, among the most powerful events in the universe
gamma rays
A QUIET EVENING AT HOME $800: Researching the family tree, Grandpa's back on the Swenson family forum on the website called this -alogy.com
genealogy
ANTHROPOLO-"G" $400: It's the study of family origins, lineage & history
genealogy
GRAB BAG $1000: ancestry.com is one of the better-known websites for people interested in this 9-letter hobby
genealogy
HOBBY TIME $400: Find out if Great Aunt Agatha was really a spy when you take up this hobby, the study of family lineage
genealogy
IN THE BOY SCOUT HANDBOOK $1200: Merit badge types include Indian lore, dentistry, motorboating & this, making a record of one's ancestry
genealogy
ESOTERICA $400: The Pleistocene Epoch was the last time about 1/3 of the Earth's land surface was covered by these
glaciers
PREHISTORIC TIMES $300: In the Pleistocene epoch, these gouged at gorges in river valleys; when they melted, rocks & soil were left
glaciers
ROCKS OF AGES $400: The Pleistocene Epoch covered much of America with til, debris left by this as it advanced & retreated
glaciers
MEDICAL ETYMOLOGY $1600: The name of this enlargement of the thyroid gland goes back to the Latin word for "throat" or "gullet"
goiter
THEY MEAN BUSINESS! $400: 19th century robber baron Jay Gould caused the Black Friday panic with his speculation on this commodity
gold
THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART $200: Francesco Guardi's "View of the Rialto" includes lots of these Venetian boats
gondolas
SIMILES $2000: This 3-word simile is also the title of a Joseph Heller novel; the hero's first name is Bruce
good as gold
EAT WELL $400: Some of the recommended "whole" types of this food pyramid product are quinoa, millet, sorghum & barley
grains
GENEALOGY $2000: Grave robbing is frowned upon; this, transferring inscriptions & artwork with a wax crayon, is fine
grave rubbing
"HAB" A CLUE $7,000 (Daily Double): The name of this early species in the genus Homo means "handy" in Latin
habilis
EDIBLE COMMON BONDS $800: Kentucky, prosciutto, Westphalian
ham
FOOD & DRINK $400: Prosciutto is Italian for this meat, especially the Parma kind
ham
CULINARY COMMON BONDS $500: Westphalian, Bayonne, prosciutto
hams
TIME OF THE CAVEMAN $400: The name of Homo habilis, a crude tool user from 1.5 million years ago, means this; got any odd jobs?
handy man
RHYMING TERMS $800: In his play "Geneva", George Bernard Shaw used this hyphenated term for illicit or surreptitious sexual activity
hanky-panky
REMEMBERING TED KENNEDY $13,800 (Daily Double): Kennedy called this the cause of his life & was hoping to see a reform bill passed before he died
health care
BOTANY $100 (Daily Double): Also known as ling, this low evergreen shrub grows in the moors of Britain & is found in peat bogs
heather
DESERVES AN "ITHER" $200: Adverb meaning "to where I am"; it often precedes "and yon"
hither hither and yon idiom Definition of hither and yon old-fashioned + literary : here and there : many different places She has been very busy, traveling hither and yon.
POETRY $400: In a 1916 poem Edgar Guest wrote, "It takes a heap o' livin' in a house t' make it" one of these
home
OXFORD $400: The ceremony called Encaenia awards this type of degree, as in 2000 to Judi Dench
honorary degree
DISEASES NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $1200: Graves' disease results in the thyroid's over-production of these & strikes women more often than men
hormones
AMERICAN LITERATURE $2,500 (Daily Double): C. Auguste Dupin is the hero of Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story, "The Murders" here
in the Rue Morgue
EDGAR ALLAN POE-POURRI $1,800 (Daily Double): In the world's first detective story, C. Auguste Dupin solves the title crimes in "The Murders" here
in the Rue Morgue
SCIENCE $100: Magnetism occurs most strongly in 3 elements: nickel, cobalt & this
iron
THE PERIODIC TABLE $1200: The 3 naturally occurring magnetic elements are cobalt, nickel & this one
iron
THE ELEMENTS $800: 1 of only 3 naturally occurring strongly magnetic elements
iron (nickel & cobalt)
Define minuet
noun 1. a slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century. verb 1. dance a minuet. Crossword clue: Minuet movement Answer: step
Define tycoon
noun 1. a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry. "a newspaper tycoon" synonyms: magnate, mogul, industrialist, businessman, financier, entrepreneur, captain of industry, dealmaker, millionaire, multimillionaire, merchant prince; informalbig shot, bigwig, honcho, supremo, big wheel, kahuna, gazillionaire; derogatoryfat cat, robber baron "a newspaper tycoon" 2. a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan in power between 1857 and 1868.
FOOD $500 (Daily Double): This ham is made from pigs fed the whey left over from making parmigiano cheese
prosciutto
GIVE A FIG $1000: How about a nice pizza with fig & this Parma ham?
prosciutto
HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $600: Like a bold, impulsive quest or a man of La Mancha (26 points)
quixotic
FASHION ABBREV. $200: Clothes that are mass-produced in standard sizes are RTW, this
ready to wear
"R" $1200: Clothing options include made-to-measure, made-to-order & this hyphenated phrase that means "off-the-rack"
ready-to-wear
"READY" WHEN YOU ARE $800: Pret-a-porter is French for this type of clothing
ready-to-wear
FASHION $400: In French, this clothing style or line is called pret-a-porter
ready-to-wear
U.S. HISTORY $600: During WWI James Montgomery Flagg produced a series of about 45 posters for this purpose
recruiting for the military
GRAINS $400: Basmati, an aromatic type of this grain, is grown in the foothills of the Himalayas & is especially popular in India
rice
THE GILDED AGE $400: An 1874 congressional report on Vanderbilt railroad interests used this word before baron
robber
MY PRECIOUS $1000: Sur la Table sells the Spanish Mancha-Oro brand of this spice for almost $500 an ounce
saffron
"S"MORGASBORD $2000: This Italian dish that contains slices of veal & prosciutto sounds like a Cirque du Soleil show
saltimbocca
"SALT" $2000: From Italian for "jump into the mouth", it's a specialty with sliced veal & prosciutto
saltimbocca
GEOLOGY $1200: So much water was frozen in the Pleistocene epoch glaciers that this was at least 330 feet lower than today
sea level
5-LETTER BIRDS $400: This largest type of parrot can be tamed, but is not a particularly good talker
macaw
THERE'S AN ANIMAL IN MY DICTIONARY $200: This synonym for "giant" is an extinct woolly critter of the Pleistocene epoch
mammoth
SOUNDS THE SAME TO ME $2000: One side in an athletic contest, or a word meaning to abound
team/teem
RHYME SCHEME $1000: To swarm with a large number of moving, writhing things
teem
ARCHAEOLOGY $400: A hill marking the site of an ancient city, it's found in the names of some Middle East cities, including one of Israel's largest
tel
CROSSWORD CLUES "T" $800: Revealing, like Poe's heart (4-4)
tell-tale
NAMED FOR A PLACE $1000: For contributions from Oak Ridge Lab & Vanderbilt Univ., element no. 117, a superheavy halogen, has been named this
tennessine
GREECE $300: A limestone hill in the southwest of Athens, it houses the temple of Athena Nike
the Acropolis
IT'S ALL "APPLE" SAUCE $200: More prominent in men, it's a thyroid cartilage projection of the larynx
the Adam's apple
LIVED BY THE SEA $2000: A good place to play Marco Polo is in this sea that surrounds Marco Polo's city of birth
the Adriatic
ENDS IN "TU" $1600: This group of African languages that has more than 50 million speakers is said to have originated in Cameroon
the Bantu languages
THE BLUE & THE GRAY $1000: After Antietam, Lee withdrew into Virginia & whupped Burnside at this Dec. 13, 1862 battle
the Battle of Fredericksburg
HISTORY IN EUROPE $800: Winston Churchill said this, AKA the Battle of the Ardennes, was the greatest American battle of World War II
the Battle of the Bulge
JOHNNY, TELL THEM WHAT THEY'VE WON $800: You've beaten the Germans in this battle, their last offensive in the west during WWII, & the Ardennes is now yours to keep
the Battle of the Bulge
KEN BURNS DOCUMENTARIES $800: (Ken trudges through this next clue.) In "The War", my documentary about World War II, soldiers tell the harrowing story of this German offensive that took place in the frozen Ardennes forest
the Battle of the Bulge
MEDAL OF HONOR CITATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Sgt. Francis Currey, for actions at Malmedy, Belgium, Dec. 21, 1944, during this battle
the Battle of the Bulge
MILITARY HISTORY $2,600 (Daily Double): The shape of the area indicated here gave this battle its name
the Battle of the Bulge
ON BOXING DAY $1000: On Dec. 26, 1944 Patton's Third Army relieved Bastogne during this battle
the Battle of the Bulge
PULLING RANK $800: In late 1944 Hitler overruled his staff & ordered a last-ditch attack that became this "protruding" battle
the Battle of the Bulge
THE COLD WARS $2,000 (Daily Double): Lasting from December 16, 1944 to January 16, 1945, this critical WWII battle was fought in freezing mist & snow
the Battle of the Bulge
THE DAYS OF WORLD WAR II $800: This battle & German counterattack began on December 16, 1944
the Battle of the Bulge
WON THE BATTLE $400: The Allies won this battle, the last Nazi offensive in the West during WWII
the Battle of the Bulge
WORLD WAR II $1600: This heavy German offensive that began on December 16, 1944 took the Americans by surprise
the Battle of the Bulge
____ OF THE ____ $400: It was fought in the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, & by dieters everyday
the Battle of the Bulge
"BEN" THERE $400: If you follow all 1,560 miles of the Ganges from its source in the Himalayas, you'll end up in this bay
the Bay of Bengal
WILDLIFE $400: Bison may have reached America during the Pleistocene epoch via a land bridge across what's now this strait
the Bering Strait
"BIG" STUFF $1600: In France this feature of the night sky is known as "le casserole"
the Big Dipper
REACH FOR THE STARS $1600: Mizar is the middle star in its handle
the Big Dipper
STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Though not actually seen in that part of the sky, in Van Gogh's "Starry Night over the Rhone", you can clearly see this famous grouping, including Merak
the Big Dipper
THINGS $1600: An imaginary line extends north from the 2 stars at the front of the "cup" of this star group and points to Polaris
the Big Dipper
THE POPE-ARAZZI $400: Raphael snapped a candid of Julius II, who became pope through a bargain with Cesare of this family
the Borgias
WORLD HISTORY $1200: In 1492 Rodrigo of this family bribed his way to the papacy as Alexander VI
the Borgias
HOME $2000: After the original wooden home burned down, Cornelius Vanderbilt built this Rhode Island mansion
the Breakers
MORE STATELY MANSIONS $2000: This 70-room palazzo in Newport, Rhode Island was the Vanderbilts' summer cottage
the Breakers
VENICE, AT LAST $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Venice.) It was Lord Byron who wrote, "I stood in Venice on" this bridge, "A palace and a prison on each hand"
the Bridge of Sighs
ARCHAEOLOGY $800: A 2015 discovery of a Plains Indian site included a kind of mini-Stonehenge of these animals' bones
the Buffalo
GENEALOGY $400: One of the best resources for family history is this, the latest released with personal data being the 1940 one
the Census
GENEALOGY GLOSSARY $1000: A PAF, or personal ancestral file, is software from this church that's very into genealogy
the Church of Latter-day Saints
TENNESSEE HISTORY $800: A donation of $1 million in 1873 helped establish Vanderbilt University, whose sports teams sail with this name
the Commodores
WHO IS OUR LEADER? $200: British prime minister Theresa May is not only leader of the U.K., but this political party as well
the Conservative Party
YOU'VE GOT CHARACTER! $1600: Being sewn into a shroud & tossed into the sea doesn't stop this Dumas title character from having his revenge
the Count of Monte Cristo
"C" IN SCIENCE $2000: This early form of Homo sapiens coexisted with Neanderthals, but there is little evidence of interbreeding
the Cro-Magnon
CLOSE-UP $1200: Named for an area of France, he was the first type of human to have a strong chin
the Cro-Magnon man
CAPITAL RIVERS $2000: Bratislava
the Danube
SLOVENIA & SLOVAKIA $600: We'll be blue if you don't know Slovakia's capital of Bratislava lies on this river, 35 miles east of Vienna
the Danube
THE APOLLO $1200: Bratislava's Apollo Bridge spans this lengthy European river
the Danube
GENEALOGY $800: If your last name is Adams or Hamilton, you can try to track your ancestors through the DAR, this group
the Daughters of the American Revolution
WE LOVE PLANET EARTH $800: This period, the "age of fishes", was named for a fossil-rich part of southwest England
the Devonian Period
COUNTRIES WITH FEWER THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE $400: The 750,000 people of Bhutan live in these mountains, which include the 24,800-foot Gangkar Puensum
the Himalayas
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE! $1200: The bar-headed goose's migration includes flying over this mountain range at altitudes exceeding 23,000'
the Himalayas
GEOGRAPHY $200: 25,646-foot Nanda Devi, the highest peak wholly within India, lies in this range
the Himalayas
GEOLOGY $200: This mountain system was formed by the Eurasian & Indian tectonic plates ramming into each other
the Himalayas
IT'S JUST GORGE-OUS $400: Once an important trade route, the Kali Gandaki Gorge lies between Dhaulagiri & Annapurna--two peaks in this range
the Himalayas
LEXICON VALLEY $800: From Hindi for "valley", a dhoon is a type of valley found at the foot of these great mountains
the Himalayas
PEAKS & VALLEYS $800: Among the world's deepest, Nepal's Kali Gandaki River Valley lies between 2 26,000-foot peaks in this range
the Himalayas
WORLD FLAGS $400: The 2 triangles of Nepal's flag symbolize these mountains
the Himalayas
WORLD PIECE $800: This system stretches west to east from Nanga Parbat to Namcha Barwa
the Himalayas
WORLD WAR II $1200: Allied pilots flew a supply route to China called "The Hump" over these mountains
the Himalayas
ENCYCLOPEDIA TITANICA $1000: The name of this mountain range about 500 miles long & reaching 25,000 feet high means "Indian Killer"
the Hindu Kush
CABLE NETWORKS $200: "Gettysburg" & "God, Guns & Automobiles"
the History Channel
THAT '70s TEAM $400: In 1972 Jerry West, Happy Hairston & Pat Riley (yes, that Pat Riley) ran the floor for this team
the Lakers
SCIENTIFIC ACHIEVEMENTS $1200: Fossil finds in Africa by this husband & wife established Homo habilis as an ancestor of modern man
the Leakeys
STARS & CONSTELLATIONS $600: This familiar figure forms almost the entire constellation of Ursa Minor, the Lesser Bear
the Little Dipper
GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! $1200: 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
LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2 degrees above the Arctic Circle, lies on this river's delta
the MacKenzie River
1980s BESTSELLERS $2000: The top fiction book of 1985 was Jean Auel's novel about these Ice Age "Hunters"
the Mammoth Hunters
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG $600: For capturing the flag of the 19th Virginia regiment, Mass. Corporal Joseph de Castro earned this decoration
the Medal of Honor
ITALIAN HISTORY $600: Machiavelli was tortured on the rack for suspicion of trying to overthrow this Florentine family
the Medicis
EUROPE, AGES AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew chops up a fact for us at the Lejre Archaeological Research Center, Denmark.) The Stone Age is divided into three parts, depending on the sophistication of the tools; these antler axes tell us we're in this middle part
the Mesolithic
SCIENCE $1200: Bears appeared during this epoch right before the Pliocene
the Miocene
"MIS"QUOTES $200: Mark Twain wrote about "the magnificent" this river "rolling its mile-wide tide along, shining in the sun"
the Mississippi
FAMOUS NAMES $400: Ella Flagg Young was the first woman president of this organization abbreviated NEA
the National Education Association
PREHISTORIC TIMES $500: This, the "New Stone" Age, saw man settle in villages & turn to agriculture
the Neolithic Age
REMBRANDT $400: Rembrandt was born in Leiden in this country in 1606
the Netherlands
EXTRAORDINARY DENTITION $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a skull at the Smithsonian's Hall of Human Origins.) When Mary Leakey discovered Paranthropus boisei in 1959, her husband Louis saw the heavy teeth & jaws & nicknamed the species this man, like the title character of a Tchaikovsky ballet
the Nutcracker
EUROPEANA $1200: Marcel Proust is buried in this vast Parisian cemetery
the Pere-Lachaise Cemetery
2 MILLION $1,000 (Daily Double): From the Greek for "most recent", this epoch began about 2 million years ago & saw the 1st appearance of humans
the Pleistocene
ALASKA'S GLACIERS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us the ice at Margerie Glacier in Alaska.) Today, glaciers cover 11% of the world's surface; 2.6 million years ago during this epoch, they covered 30%.
the Pleistocene
GEOLOGY $1600: This geologic epoch that ended about 11,000 years ago included numerous ice ages
the Pleistocene
GEOLOGY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew) The glaciers here in Alaska are remnants of the last Ice Age, which ended about 11,500 years ago during this epoch
the Pleistocene
THE EARLY EARTH $1600: Lasting from about 2,011,000 to 11,000 B.C., this epoch featured glaciation cycles & a farewell to the mammoth
the Pleistocene
WAKING THE BABY MAMMOTH $2000: (Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue) When Lyuba was transported for testing, researchers were required to wear haz-mat suits as protection from viruses or pathogens from this geologic epoch, marked by a succession of ice ages
the Pleistocene epoch
VI PACK $1200: Rodrigo Borgia became Alexander VI in this post in 1492
the Pope
VICTOR $1600: The Battle of Antietam: The Army of this river
the Potomac
"P"EOPLE OF THE BIBLE $800: Seen here, his return was the subject of a late, great Rembrandt
the Prodigal Son
THE BORGIAS $400: Rodrigo Borgia was a corrupt pope whose spiritual neglect of the Church added to the development of this Reformation
the Protestant Reformation
BALL $800: No one survives a masked ball in Edgar Allan Poe's story "The Masque of" this colorful pestilence
the Red Death
DYNASTIES $500: "All of Me" director Carl begat "Stand by Me" director Rob
the Reiners
BRIDGES $1000: Antonio Da Ponte, whose name means "bridge" designed this Venetian bridge known for its boutiques
the Rialto
DEATH IN VENICE $1600: Before dying in Venice, Canaletto painted scenic views of the city for tourists, like the one of this bridge seen here
the Rialto
SHAKESPEARE $800: In Venice you may find the answer to the "Merchant Of Venice" question "What news on?" this bridge
the Rialto
WEBCAMS $1000: Looking at a webcam, you can always answer the question in "The Merchant of Venice", "what news on" this bridge?
the Rialto
WORKS OF THE BARD $2000: Shylock asks Bassanio, "What news on" this commercial heart of Venice?
the Rialto
CLASSICAL FAVORITES $400: Many of the tunes of Brahms' "Hungarian Dances" are not so much Hungarian as from this itinerant people
the Roma (or Gypsies)
FICTION-ALE $400: A blue ale is named for this warrior race related to Vulcans
the Romulans
SCI-FI TV: One of the twin planets this alien race called home was Remus
the Romulans
STAR TREK $2000: In the original series, Mr. Spock suggests this race, the bad guys in the 2009 movie, is an offshoot of his Vulcan race
the Romulans
GLOBE TROTTIN' $1000: Roughly the size of the Yukon, this largest ice shelf has served as a gateway to exploration of Antarctica
the Ross Ice Shelf
ROADS SCHOLAR $1600: A fictional street in Paris, it's the location of murders in an 1841 Edgar Allan Poe tale
the Rue Morgue
SERVING THE STATE DINNER $2,000 (Daily Double): Ulysses Grant's dinner for King Kalakaua of these islands (including Hawaii) likely didn't include the food of that name
the Sandwich Islands
GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADWAY $1600: Before midnight, the stage ran red as Ethan Hawke opened as this tragic thane in 2013
the Scottish Play (or Macbeth)
THE WALT DISNEY ARCHIVES $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Walt Disney Archives in Burbank, CA.) A fictional ring once owned by Lucrezia Borgia that bore the inscription "in canis corpore transmuto" turns Tommy Kirk into this title canine
the Shaggy Dog
EUROPEAN RIVERS $800: Surrounded by peat bogs for much of its course, this 224-mile river drains most of central Ireland
the Shannon
GET SOME CULTURE $1200: The Natufian culture of ancient Palestine dates to circa 9000 B.C.--the Mesolithic or Middle this age
the Stone Age
STONES $200: It's divided into Paleolithic, Mesolithic & Neolithic
the Stone Age
TIME SPANS $200: The Mesolithic Period is part of the Stone this
the Stone Age
ANATOMY $1600: Follicular cells in this gland secrete a hormone called thyroxine
the Thyroid
LAKES & RIVERS $600: Mosul, one of Iraq's largest cities, lies on the west bank of this river
the Tigris
MYTHOLOGY $300: With Athena's help, Epeius built this object in which the Greeks hid
the Trojan Horse
FAMOUS NAMES $1000: The Rhode Island home called "The Breakers" was built by Cornelius II of this well-off family
the Vanderbilts
HOME SWEET HOME $1600: In 1889 a member of this family began building a little country home in N.C., the 250-room Biltmore House
the Vanderbilts
STAYING AT HOME $1000: Get lost in the 250-room North Carolina mansion known as Biltmore that was once home to members of this family
the Vanderbilts
GIVING YOU THE BUSINESS $800: Jeff Bezos recently made the news when he purchased this newspaper for $250 million
the Washington Post
BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS $800: In 2015, this museum, named for the former Gertrude Vanderbilt, moved to a new building with a cantilevered entrance
the Whitney Museum of American Art
CANADIAN BODIES OF WATER $400: In Canada, this river passes through Whitehorse & Dawson before flowing into Alaska on its route to the Bering Sea
the Yukon
COLD PLACES $800: Snag, in this Canadian territory famed for its gold rush, hit 82 below in 1947... without wind chill
the Yukon
COLD WORLD OUT THERE $800: Snag, in this Canadian territory, had a population of about 10 on a -81 day in February 1947
the Yukon
RIVERS $2000: Whitehorse is on this river
the Yukon
SOUND GEOGRAPHY $2000: This 1,980-mile-long river flows across Alaska & enters the Bering Sea via Norton Sound
the Yukon
LET'S GO TO ALASKA $800: Alaska's longest river, it rises in Canada & then winds 1,200 miles cross the state, emptying into Norton Sound
the Yukon River
U.S. RIVERS $1200: This river that runs east-west, bisecting Alaska, is known for the Chinook salmon that spawn in its creeks
the Yukon River
WHERE "YU" GOIN'? $200: Time to go rafting down this Alaskan-Canadian waterway that empties into the Bering Sea
the Yukon River
POPE-POURRI $1,000 (Daily Double): Clement VII, born into this powerful family, was raised by his uncle Lorenzo the Magnificent
the de' Medicis
ARCHAEOLOGY $400: Bones dating from Mesolithic times indicate that this wolf relative was the first domesticated animal
the dog
YOUR BODY HAS A SYSTEM $2000: The pituitary & thyroid glands are in this system that regulates body processes by secreting hormones
the endocrine system
ARCHAEOLOGY $600: Using traditional archaeology & 3D tech, scientists reconstructed a house in Pompeii as it looked before this 79 A.D. event
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
THE VILLAGE IDIOM $800: Want conversation? At the barbershop you'll find someone ready to sit around & "chew" this
the fat
LET'S GO CRUISING $1000: Term for a woman who christens a cruise ship, like Kim Cattral for Norwegian Dawn & Judi Dench for Carnival Legend
the godmother
FEEL THE ROBERT BURNS! $800: At "Burns Night" dinners, one of these puddings is brought in on a platter & ceremonially sliced
the haggis
DANCE $800: The basic floor pattern of this elegant 17th c. French court dance evolved to resemble the letter Z
the minuet
DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION $600: The name of this stately dance popular in the 17th & 18th centuries is from the French for "small"
the minuet
I HEAR A SYMPHONY $800: Popularized at Louis XIV's Court, this dance, from the French for "small", is often the third movement in symphonies
the minuet
JOURNALING JOURNEYERS $1600: John Hanning Speke's diary has been published as "Journal of the Discovery of" this (turns out it's Lake Victoria)
the origin (or source) of the Nile Crossword Clue: River that drains Lake Victoria Answer: Nile
MYTHICAL CREATURES $800: Marco Polo told us of this 3-letter bird that could carry an elephant in its claws
the roc
IT'S YOUR BODY $1600: The parotid glands, which swell in cases of mumps, are the largest of these glands vital to eating & digestion
the salivary glands
IF JUDD APATOW ADAPTED THE CLASSICS $1200: These goaty creatures who form the chorus of Euripides' "Cyclops" sure make a lot of body part jokes
the satyrs
EARLY MAN $2000: Australopithecus has the foramen magnum, the hole in the skull for this, facing down rather than back as it did earlier
the spinal column
TAKE ME TO THE BALLET! $1200: I hear there's a heavenly body in "Icarus": it's the ballerina who plays this heavenly body
the sun
HUMAN EVOLUTION $800: From the size of these body parts, Australopithecus boisei became known as "Nutcracker Man"
the teeth
THE HUMAN BODY $2000: T cells, part of the immune system, are so named for being derived from this gland
the thymus gland
"ROID" RAGE $1600: The gland where you might get a goiter
the thyroid
PHYSIOLOGY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue:) To do a neck check, look in the mirror and take a sip of water. A bulge below the Adam's apple but above the collarbone could mean this gland is swollen and not functioning normally
the thyroid
SYMPTOMS $1000: Chronic fatigue & sensitivity to cold are symptoms that this endocrine gland in the neck is underactive
the thyroid gland
OUR BODIES $1000: The thyroid gland has 2 lobes, one on each side of this tube
the trachea
THEN WE CAN DIG IT $200: The neolithic folk of Catal Huyuk, Turkey exposed their dead to the vultures, then put these remains under their beds
their bones
PLAY REVIVALS $1,000 (Daily Double): Ethan Hawke appeared in a 1992 production of this Chekhov play with another bird in its name
"The Seagull"
AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: The narrator of this Poe story says, "The disease had sharpened my senses... Above all was the sense of hearing acute"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
GEOGRAPHY $400: Besides Budapest, 1 of the 3 national capitals located on the Danube River
Belgrade, Bratislava, & Vienna
A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE? $400: "The Somewhat Impressive Six"--to this 1960 tale
The Magnificent Seven
ACTORS & ACTRESSES $100: James Coburn shot to fame in 1960 as part of this title film septet
The Magnificent Seven
AMERICAN MOVIE REMAKES $400: "The Seven Samurai"
The Magnificent Seven
AT THE MOVIES $200: In a popular 1960 western, Yul Brynner & Charles Bronson are 2 of these title defenders of a Mexican town
The Magnificent Seven
FOREIGN FILMS $200: "The Seven Samurai" became this title group in a 1960 U.S. film
The Magnificent Seven
LUCKY 7 $1200: Charles Bronson & Steve McQueen were 2 of this title western-film heptad
The Magnificent Seven
MOVIE REMAKES $3,000 (Daily Double): Yul definitely know this 1960 remade version of "The Seven Samurai"
The Magnificent Seven
THE ACADEMY AWARDS $300: Academy listings have "The Seven Samurai" nominated under this name, what it was first titled for the U.S.
The Magnificent Seven
WESTERN FILMS $1000: Chris, Vin, Chico, Harry, O'Reilly, Lee & Britt
The Magnificent Seven
WESTERNS $800: 4 of the members of this title group, including James Coburn, die in the film's big gunfight
The Magnificent Seven
SHAKESPEARE TITLES IN OTHER WORDS $1000: "Rialto Retailer"
The Merchant of Venice
MARCO $2000: "The Travels of Marco Polo" is also known by this numerical title
The Million
EDGAR ALLAN POE $1200: These Poe "Murders" are often cited as the world's first detective story
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
POTENT POE‑TABLES $1600: The violent killings of an old woman & her daughter are the title crimes of this detective story
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
PUBLISHED FIRST $200: "The Sign of the Four", "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
LITERARY POTPOURRI $1200: Gore Vidal feuded with Norman Mailer but admitted that this first Mailer book was the big one among World War II novels
The Naked and the Dead
LIVRES EN FRANCAIS $1200: Norman Mailer: "Les Nus Et Les Morts"
The Naked and the Dead
NOVELS OF WORLD WAR II $2000: 50 years after he wrote it, Norman Mailer said he was still fond of this novel: "It has virtues, it has faults"
The Naked and the Dead
ART $1000: This 1642 masterpiece by Rembrandt portrays members of an Amsterdam civic militia company
The Night Watch
CAPTAINS $800: This Rembrandt painting is a group portrait of the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq
The Night Watch
WRITING FOR TV $400: "A Benihana Christmas" by Jennifer Celotta had this comedy's Michael Scott canceling the holiday itself
The Office
FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS $800: "The Perks of Being" this by Steven Chbosky became an Emma Watson film & got itself banned
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
LITERARY QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): This Edgar Allan Poe short story ends, "The Inquisition was in the hands of its enemies"
The Pit and the Pendulum
CLASSIC NOVELS $1600: This autobiographical 1916 novel by James Joyce portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus
The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
WORLD LITERATURE $3,000 (Daily Double): The rises to power of Cesare Borgia & Francesco Sforza, among others, are related in this 1513 work
The Prince
INITIALITERATURE $400: "T.P.A.T.P." by Mark Twain
The Prince and the Pauper
POETS & POETRY $400: The first stanza of this poem mentions "Some visitor... tapping at my chamber door--only this and nothing more"
The Raven
BACK TO SCHOOL $200: Noah Webster's studies at Yale were interrupted by this war, but he did go back to graduate
The Revolutionary War
DESCRIBING THE NOVEL $1000: Cormac McCarthy bums us out (again); a boy & his dad's super-depressing journey through a post-apocalyptic U.S.A.
The Road
NOVELS $1000: A father & son try to avoid marauding cannibals on their trek in this Cormac McCarthy novel
The Road
THE CHARACTER SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS $2000: Viggo Mortensen was simply "The Man" in this 2009 Cormac McCarthy post-apocalyptic film adaptation
The Road
YOUNG PEOPLE IN BOOKS $2000: "The Boy" & his dad "The Man" navigate a terrible world in this novel by Cormac McCarthy
The Road
"7" MOVIES $500: "The Magnificent 7" was based on this 1954 Japanese film
The Seven Samurai
"SEVEN"s $600: This Akira Kurosawa film was the basis for the 1960 classic western "The Magnificent Seven"
The Seven Samurai
FICTIONAL BOOKS $400: On this show, "The Itchy & Scratchy Movie" was novelized by Norman Mailer
The Simpsons
TRUE STORY $1000: Peter Matthiessen's memoir of hiking in the Himalayas has this title, also a rare feline of that region
The Snow Leopard
LITERARY TITLE BEFORE & AFTER $400: A shipwrecked clan from a neutral country meets up with a shipwrecked 18th century character
The Swiss Family Robinson Crusoe
BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: The narrator of this Poe story says, "above all was the sense of hearing acute"
The Tell-Tale Heart
I HAVEN'T READ POE, BUT... $1000: It's a valentine that contains the story of a Swiss archer
The Tell-Tale Heart
SHORT FICTION $200: "A low, dull quick sound... such as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton" is from this Poe story
The Tell-Tale Heart
SHORT STORIES $1,000 (Daily Double): This Poe story mentions "a low, dull, quick sound... as a watch makes when enveloped in cotton"
The Tell-Tale Heart
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER $800: Chapter IX of this Dumas novel is "D'Artagnan Takes Command"
The Three Musketeers
THE BORGIAS $3,000 (Daily Double): Sibling to Lucrezia & Cesare & equally treacherous, Juan Borgia was murdered in 1497, his body found in this river
The Tiber
MUSEUMS: Its museums include the Borgia Apartments, the Etruscan Museum & the Raphael Rooms
The Vatican
BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Norman Mailer was one of the founders of this alternative NYC tabloid in 1955
The Village Voice
MOVIE GROUPS $1600: This title group was led by William Holden as Pike Bishop
The Wild Bunch
DIRECTORS' FIRST FEATURES $800: "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" (2005)
Judd Apatow
FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $2000: This "Freaks and Geeks" writer penned "Knocked Up", in which his wife Leslie Mann co-starred
Judd Apatow
I DIRECTED MY WIFE IN THAT FILM $1200: Leslie Mann in "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
Judd Apatow
THE PRODUCERS $1600: "Knocked Up", "Superbad"
Judd Apatow
BRITCOMS $800: This Oscar-winning dame has had sitcom success too, starring in "As Time Goes By" & "A Fine Romance"
Judi Dench
BROADWAY ROLES $400: In 2002 this "Notes on a Scandal" dame went "Into the Woods" as Giant (well, her recorded voice did, anyway)
Judi Dench
CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $600: In the preface to "Behind the Scenes", she says of her role as "M", I "was not...pleased when they killed me off in 'Skyfall'"
Judi Dench
GREAT DAMES $1600: This actress now portrays James Bond's M; she plays queens pretty well, too
Judi Dench
JUDY, JUDI, JUDIE $1000: Talk about quality time; though only onscreen for 8 minutes, this dame won an Oscar for "Shakespeare in Love"
Judi Dench
M $800: 1995's "Goldeneye" was her first outing as M
Judi Dench
MOVIE QUEENS $2000: This actress received her first of 7 Oscar nominations for playing Queen Victoria in 1997's "Mrs. Brown"
Judi Dench
ONE FACT AMONG THE FALSE GOSSIP $800: This dame is really from Des Moines! Between 1998 & 2007, this dame got 6 Oscar noms! This dame is having Kid Rock's love child!
Judi Dench
SCREEN QUEENS $1200: She's the dame who played Queen Victoria in 1997's "Mrs. Brown"
Judi Dench
SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $1000: Quick, name this dame who played Mistress Quickly in Kenneth Branagh's film of "Henry V"
Judi Dench
THE SILVER SCREEN $400: Her 6-minute role as Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare in Love" was the shortest Oscar-winning role
Judi Dench
THE TONY AWARDS $1000: This British actress followed up her "Shakespeare in Love" Oscar win with a Tony for "Amy's View"
Judi Dench
"K"APITAL CITIES $600: It's found in a fertile valley of the eastern Himalayas
Kathmandu
PRESIDENTIAL CREATIONS $200: This man whose wife was noted for her taste & elegance set up the President's Advisory Council on the Arts
Kennedy
THE CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY NAME $400: Massachusetts' Sen. Ted & Rhode Island's Rep. Patrick are father & son
Kennedy
CARIBBEAN CUISINE $200: Skyworld, a restaurant on Tortola, is famed for this citrus pie that's also a favorite in Florida
Key Lime Pie
SOUTHERN FOOD $600: Green food coloring often brightens the filling of this pie named for a Florida fruit
Key Lime Pie
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of the Battle of Gettysburg.) On the second day, Union General Sickles unwisely advanced his troops. Lucky for the north, General Warren noticed the move and the Union quickly reoccupied the strategic hill called Little this.
Little Round Top
UNCHARTED $400: This 13th c. Italian's memoirs of China include one of the finest European references to the Pacific Ocean
Marco Polo
WORLD HISTORY $200: In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home
Marco Polo
INTERESTING PEOPLE $1600: Born in China in the 13th century, Rabban Bar Sauma traveled to Europe & is called the "Reverse" of this Venetian
Marco Polo Definition of Venetian adjective 1. relating to Venice or its people. noun 1. a native or citizen of Venice.
I MARRIED... $800: The future Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, a love match that produced 16 kids
Maria Theresa
SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE $2000: By Edgar Allan Poe, "The Mystery of ___ Roget"
Marie
THAT WAS ON TV $400: (Hi. I'm Ken Burns.) One of my favorite documentaries was about this Missouri-born humorist who once said, "The human race has one really effective weapon, & that is laughter"
Mark Twain
ZOOLOGY $1000: Either of the smallest or largest types of monkey whose names both begin with the letter M
Marmosets and mandrills
CHICKS DIG ME $1200: At the Olduvai Gorge in 1959, she & hubby Louis found a 1.75 million-year-old Australopithecus boisei skull
Mary Leakey
A STATE OF CIVIL WAR $800: On September 17, 1862 Gen. Robert E. Lee's Northern march was halted in this slave-holding Union state
Maryland
STATE OF THE CIVIL WAR BATTLE $600: The Battle of Antietam
Maryland
THE CIVIL WAR: The bloodiest single day of fighting in the Civil War took place in this state
Maryland
MONEY BEST PLACES TO LIVE $800: Cozy Sharon in this northeast state's Norfolk County is teeming with history: a church there has a Paul Revere bell
Massachusetts
NEWS TO ME $1600: In a surprise, Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat in this state went to a Republican in a January 2010 election
Massachusetts
REMEMBERING TED KENNEDY $400: The third longest-serving senator in history, Kennedy represented this state for 47 years
Massachusetts
Define mastication
Mastication is the mechanical grinding of food into smaller pieces by teeth; it is essentially a technical word for "chewing". Mastication breaks down food so that it can go through the esophagus to the stomach.
JOHNS' MIDDLE NAMES $1600: British economist John Keynes
Maynard
LAST NAME'S THE SAME $400: Cormac, Joe & (a real dummy) Charlie
McCarthy
HISTORIC LOSERS $400: At the 1862 Battle of Antietam, Lee's army was exposed, but this Union general hesitated, losing a huge opportunity
McClellan
WOMEN WRITERS: On her 2012 passing this Oscar nominee was described as "an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold" (but funnier)
Nora Ephron
AMERICANS IN PARIS $800: He was studying at the Sorbonne in Paris when he published "The Naked and the Dead"
Norman Mailer
AUTH"ER"S $2000: In 1991 this Brooklyn guy penned "Harlot's Ghost", focusing on the CIA
Norman Mailer
BOOK REVIEW $2000: "In the Belly of the Beast" is a prison memoir by Jack Henry Abbott, a protege of this writer who died in November 2007
Norman Mailer
BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: This late author of controversial books like "Oswald's Tale" had 6 wives, including the one he stabbed
Norman Mailer
I LOVE LITERATURE $2000: In the '60s this controversial novelist wrote journalistic works like "Miami and the Siege of Chicago"
Norman Mailer
NONFICTION PULITZER WINNERS $3,000 (Daily Double): He won a Pulitzer for his nonfiction "The Armies of the Night" as well as for his fictional "The Executioner's Song"
Norman Mailer
NORM DE GUERRE $1600: His experiences in the Invasion of Luzon became the basis for his novel "The Naked And The Dead"
Norman Mailer
NORM! $1000: 1968 "The Armies of the Night" won him a Pulitzer & the National Book Award
Norman Mailer
NORMAN INVASION $1000: In 1969 this author and New Journalist failed in his bid to become Mayor of New York City
Norman Mailer
SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $1,000 (Daily Double): "Harlot's Ghost", "Why Are We in Vietnam?"
Norman Mailer
THE AUTHOR TWITTERS $400: Only 25 when "The Naked and the Dead" makes me famous. Feel like I'm gonna win 2 Pulitzers b4 I'm thru
Norman Mailer
HERE'S SOMETHING RANDOM $600: Castoroides, giant beavers of the Pleistocene, grew to 7 1/2 feet in length on this continent
North America
HATS $600: A Robert Burns poem gave this flat cap its name
a tam o'shanter
ADJECTIVES $2000: By definition, something that's described as sagittal is shaped like one of these
an arrow
"CU" LATER $2000: Lucy was an ancient African one discovered in 1974
an australopithecus
REMBRANDT $800: In the painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp", one of these postmortem exams is being performed
an autopsy
ARCHAEOLOGY $600: The Acheulian (Bless me!) tradition of Paleolithic times had as its main tool a "hand" one of these
an ax
SCIENC"E" $400: A muon decays into 2 neutrinos & one of these
an electron
IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: The Pleistocene is an example of this subdivision of a period, itself subdivided into ages
an epoch
PLEISTOCENE STEALER $200: The last major one of these "glacial" time periods came during the Pleistocene Epoch
an ice age
CHEWING THE "FAT" $400: An extravagant short-lived passion
an infatuation
SCIENCE GRAB BAG $1600: Elements come in multiple forms called isotopes; amino acids come in these differently shaped forms, also starting with "iso"
an isomer
HOW AM "I" DOING? $1000: (Sofia presents the clue from the blackboard.) By adding a neutron, you can get this different form of a chemical element
an isotope
FINALS $5,000 (Daily Double): In contrast to James Joyce, Joseph Heller titled his final novel "A Portrait of an Artist" as this
an old man
GENEALOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): With over 10 billion genealogical records. this website says it's the "largest online family history resource"
ancestry.com
PREHISTORIC TIMES $800: Scientists have placed 5 species of prehumans into the genus Australopithecus, which means "southern" this
ape
ALONG CAME A SPIDER $400: Spiders belong to this class named for a Lydian maiden who was transformed by Athena into a spider
arachnids
LOW TECH $400: Stone item seen here from the Neolithic, or "New Stone" Age
arrowhead
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PROUST $200: At the age of 9 Proust had his first wheezing attack of this disease that plagued him the rest of his life
asthma
STIMULANTS $200: Because it acts as a bronchodilator, theophylline is used to treat emphysema, bronchitis & this chronic disease
asthma
SUMMARIZING PROUST $800: A chronic sufferer of this respiratory disease since childhood, at age 35 Proust became incapacitated by it
asthma
AMERICAN HELICOPTER MUSEUM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from American Helicopter Museum in West Chester, Pennsylvania.) With a fearsome armament that could include rockets, missiles, cannons, a Gatling gun & more, it's no wonder the "A" in the name of Army's Bell AH-1 Cobra stands for this, its primary mission
attack
STRATEGY GAMES $200: (I'm Anderson Cooper.) I trick you not, one of my ancestors, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, is known for creating the "contract" type of this game
bridge
COMMON BONDS $1000: The Rialto, Gateshead Millennium, the Helix in Singapore
bridges
THE "BUL" PULPIT $400: A protuberance; you may have "battled" one
bulge
"C" HERE $400: It's the main stimulant in coffee & tea
caffeine
8-LETTER WORDS $200: Introduced in 1985, Jolt Cola said it had twice as much of this stimulant as other colas
caffeine
THE ELEMENTS $400: Chemically like iron, this element, symbol "Co", is used in a blue pigment
cobalt
THE PERIODIC TABLE $500: Co doesn't stand for columbium but rather for this element used mostly in making alloys
cobalt
THERE'S CHEMISTRY BETWEEN US $200: Chemically, this stimulant is the principal alkaloid of coca leaves
cocaine
UNDER THE SEA $800: Georges Bank off Mass. once teemed with this "fish that changed the world", but the stock is overfished & in poor shape
codfish
THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $400: Henry Frick made a fortune supplying the Pittsburgh steel industry with this product made from heating pulverized coal
coke
3 OF A KIND $1000: Sinhala, Xhosa, Novial
languages
PARROTS $1000: At almost 40 inches in length, the hyacinth species of this South American bird is the largest parrot
macaw
SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $1000: Brazil's Spix's species of this longest parrot may now be extinct; it hasn't been seen in the wild since 2000
macaw
PARROTS $500: Found only in Latin America, they are the largest parrots
macaws
CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON $400: The Gatling gun was the first practical one of these guns that fire a rapid, continuous stream of bullets
machine gun
LET'S EAT $1,000 (Daily Double): For Marcel Proust the "vicissitudes of life had become indifferent" after eating these small French cakes
madeleines
ANIMALS AMONG US $1200: Plentiful in the Eurasian steppes in the late Pleistocene, these animals stood 16 feet high & had tusks 16 feet long
mammoths
NEWER WORDS & PHRASES $1200: In 2007 Nathan Rabin coined this phrase, MPDG for short, to describe Kirsten Dunst in "Elizabethtown"
manic pixie dream girl
ANIMALS $800: Critters of the Pleistocene epoch include the mammoth & this "breast tooth" relative
mastodon
APPETIZERS $300: As an appetizer, prosciutto is usually accompanied by this fruit
melon
ITALIAN FOOD $200: Traditionally, prosciutto is served as a first course with figs or this fruit
melon
GRISLY DISNEY $200: Oh, Scar, you ol' backstabber, say hello to your hyena friends; they want to chew the fat with you in this film
The Lion King
CINDERELLA ON BROADWAY $200: (The star of Cinderella, Laura Osnes, gives us the clue from the New York Broadway Theatre.) In costumes by William Ivey Long, I'm magically transformed from a poor servant girl to a princess ready for the ball; however, the magic all wears off at this hour
midnight
TIME FOR FRENCH $200: My darling, let's dance the minuet at minuit, this special time
midnight plus de minuit after midnight past midnight messe de minuit midnight mass à 3 heures/minuit at 3 o'clock/midnight le soleil de minuit the midnight sun sur le coup de minuit on the stroke of midnight
CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The gumboot dance originated among workers who would communicate & express themselves with the boots they wore in these dank, damp workplaces
mines
17th CENTURY ARTS $200: Composer Jean-Baptiste Lully brought this French country dance to Louis XIV's court
minuet
DANCE HISTORY $400: This courtly, elegant dance fell out of favor when the waltz hit the dance halls of Europe about 1769
minuet
DANCES $500: Composers like Haydn & Mozart established this French court dance as the third movement of the symphony
minuet
HISTORY CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $800: Court dance for Louis XIV (6)
minuet
SCIENCE $1600: New studies say the rise of the Himalayas & cooler climates helped to form these winds over 12 million years ago
monsoons
THIS & THAT $800: It's all over the map--dotted Swiss is a type of this cotton fabric named for Mosul, Iraq
muslin
A STONY CATEGORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Geologists use these 2 Greek-derived terms to describe the "New Stone Age" & the "Old Stone Age" time periods
neolithic & paleolithic
WHAT KIN ARE YOU TO ME? $3,000 (Daily Double): Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is this to Senator Edward M. Kennedy
nephew
NUCLEAR PHYSICS $1500: Isotopes are atoms having the same number of protons by different numbers of these
neutrons
Define serenity
noun the state of being calm, peaceful, and untroubled. "an oasis of serenity amidst the bustling city" synonyms: calmness, calm, composure, tranquility, peacefulness, peace of mind, peace, peaceableness, collectedness, poise, aplomb, self-possession, sangfroid, imperturbability, equanimity, equableness, ease, placidity, placidness; More a title given to a reigning prince or similar dignitary. noun: His Serenity; noun: Your Serenity; plural noun: Serenities
Define archaeology
noun the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.
Define anthropology
noun the study of human societies and cultures and their development. the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution. noun: physical anthropology; plural noun: physical anthropologies
Define pere
noun used after a surname to distinguish a father from a son of the same name. "Alexandre Dumas père"
Define zed
noun BRITISH the letter Z. Crossword clue: Brit's last letter Answer: zed
Define hominid
nounZOOLOGY a primate of a family ( Hominidae ) that includes humans and their fossil ancestors and also (in recent systems) at least some of the great apes.
WOMEN IN SCIENCE $800: Astronomer Annie Jump Cannon developed a system of classifying stars & discovered 5 of these exploding ones
novas
POETS & POETRY $800: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" begins with these 5 words
once upon a midnight dreary
HODGEPODGE $300: A symbol of wisdom, this bird was associated with the goddess Athena
owl
JOY OF COOKING $200: For Thanksgiving, "Joy of Cooking" suggests starting out with a bisque made with these shucked bivalves
oysters
2011 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: A young man lost after placing an "H" in the middle of this Italian bacon
pancetta
A SIDE OF BACON $1000: From the Italian for "paunch" or "belly", this bacon is often wrapped around other meats
pancetta
CONTENTS OF TABLES $2000: Prosciutto is Italian ham; this is Italian bacon from the pork belly
pancetta
FOSSIL FUELS $1200: Fossil fuels include not only oil and coal, but also this partially carbonized moss found in bogs
peat
FUELS $600: This partly-decayed plant matter is a common fuel in areas without much coal
peat
IRELAND $200: Bogs still covering 1/9 of the island are valuable sources of this fuel
peat
SCIENCE & NATURE $200: Partly decayed plant matter commonly used as a fuel in Ireland
peat
TIME TO "EAT" $800: Moss type used as fuel
peat
WHAT ABOUT ESTONIA? $200: Bogs of this carbonized vegetation useful as fuel are found in much of Europe, including Estonia
peat
MORTAL MATTERS $400: Hundreds of "bog mummies" in Europe were naturally preserved by burial in this kind of bog
peat bog
BOTANY $800: Also called sphagnum or bog moss, it's sometimes used as a packing material for shipping plants
peat moss
GENEALOGY GLOSSARY $600: This term for a family tree comes from the Latin for "crane's foot" due to the appearance of the chart lines
pedigree
QUOTATIONS IN AMERICAN HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Gettysburg Address: "Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not" do this
perish from the earth
SHUT YOUR MOUTH $800: You won't get enough coconut cream or key lime if you keep this slang term for your mouth shut
piehole
GOOD EATS $400: Paper-thin slices of this ham from Parma, Italy are often paired with figs or melon
prosciutto
HAM $500: Parma ham is the true form of this, Italian for "ham"
prosciutto
ITALIAN FOOD $2000: This famous ham from Parma is often designated cotto for cooked & crudo for raw
prosciutto
ITALIAN FOOD $400: This Italian ham is mentioned in the classic 1622 Italian poem "The Rape of the Bucket"
prosciutto
RHYMES WITH A PLANET $2000: Thin-sliced salted Italian ham
prosciutto
FIRST LETTER Q, SECOND LETTER NOT U $2000: Scrabble players know it's an evergreen shrub of Arabia & its leaf is a stimulant
qat
"Q" FOOD & DRINK $1600: This "supergrain of the future" is considered a complete protein
quinoa
GLUTEN-US MINIMUS $600: This high-protein grain is actually related to spinach & was considered the "gold of the Incas"
quinoa
NATIVE AMERICAN FOODS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) This seed was originally grown in the Andes & is used like couscous or rice & is high in protein
quinoa
THE LADY OF SHALLOTS $800: Giada De Laurentiis puts shallots in a pilaf made not with rice, but rather with this grain grown high in the Andes
quinoa
U.N. INTERNATIONAL YEARS $1000: 2013: This high-protein grain from South America
quinoa
ADJECTIVES $1200: This 8-letter word describes the journey of the "Man of La Mancha"
quixotic
BOOK TITLES $4,200 (Daily Double): Shakespeare's Sonnet 30 says, "I summon up" this, which became the title of a Proust work
remembrance of things past
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $1600: On Sumatra Polo saw this animal he described as a unicorn having feet like an elephant & nearly as large
rhinoceros
ALASKA $400: One of the 2 astronomical images found on Alaska's official license plate
the Big Dipper (or the North Star)
NONFICTION $1000: "The Last Castle" takes readers inside this largest residence in the U.S., once a Vanderbilt home
the Biltmore
IT'S SHOWTIME $1200: On a Showtime series, Jeremy Irons was the head of this 15th century Italian family
the Borgias
PEOPLE IN HISTORY $400: "Aut Caesar Aut Nihil" --- "Either Caesar or Nothing" -- was a motto used by Cesare of this notorious family
the Borgias
POPE $1,100 (Daily Double): Vatican apartments originally built for Alexander VI are named for this power-hungry family of his
the Borgias
POPE-POURRI $100: Pope Alexander VI, a member of this family, used his power to get his daughter Lucrezia married 3 times
the Borgias
POPES $1,000 (Daily Double): Alexander VI, a member of this notorious family, used bribery to secure his election
the Borgias
COLLEGE TEAM NAMES $1000: They sail for Vanderbilt University
the Commodores
THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $1600: 5 years after this act was passed, the Supreme Court gutted it in 1895's United States v. E.C. Knight
the Sherman Antitrust Act
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $2,000 (Daily Double): After the Polos crossed the Pamir Mountains, they followed this ancient trade route that led them into China
the Silk Road
SUMMARIZING PROUST $400: Proust studied law at this institution now part of the University of Paris
the Sorbonne
THE ROBBER BARONS $800: Carnegie chairman Henry Clay Frick survived being shot & stabbed during an 1892 labor dispute in this industry
the Steel Industry
"STONE"S $800: The Paleolithic period is part of this
the Stone Age
SCIENCE CLASS $400: This "Age" is divided into the Paleolithic, the Mesolithic, & the Neolithic
the Stone Age
O CANADA $1,000 (Daily Double): Alphabetically last of Canada's 3 territories, it can range in temperatures with 80s in the summer & -60s in winter
the Yukon Territory
THE MAP OF CANADA $600: Bigger than Sweden but home to just 35,000 people, this territory is famous for an 1890s gold rush
the Yukon territory
POETRY $1200: About these, Edgar Allan Poe wrote, "What a world of merriment their melody foretells!"
the bells
ALL THE "BEST" $600: According to Robert Burns, these schemes "gang aft agley"
the best-laid plans of mice and men
BEAR IT $1600: The "clan" of this extinct bear variety, Ursus spelaeus, lived in Europe during the Pleistocene Epoch
the cave bear
EXTINCT CREATURES $2,000 (Daily Double): It was best not to visit the clan of this 2-word animal of the Pleistocene; check out its reared-up skeleton (picture included)
the cave bear
THE B.G.s $800: In 1986 big band legend Benny Goodman spent his last hours of life practicing Brahms on this instrument
the clarinet
AFRICAN LANGUAGES $2000: A disapproving sound using the tongue is a version of this sound for which some Afr. tongues are named
the click
THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $1600: The imprisoned Abbe Faria, mentor to this Dumas character, regrets instilling in him "the desire for revenge"
the count of Monte Cristo (or Edmond Dantes)
ANATOMY $500: They are clenched when the temporalis muscles contract
the jaws (or the teeth)
ANIMALS $2,400 (Daily Double): The Maori gave this small flightless bird it name, an imitation of its call
the kiwi
PARROTS $500: This parrot's name might be from "macauba", a tree whose fruit it eats
the macaw
"M"USIC $1000: This elegant dance for couples dominated aristocratic European ballrooms from about 1650 to 1750
the minuet
DANCE $200: Music for this French court dance became the standardized third movement of symphonies by Haydn & Mozart
the minuet
WHERE'S THAT? $1000: Holiday Inn Bratislava: the country
Slovakia
WORLD CAPITALS $1600: Bratislava, on the left bank of the Danube, is the capital of this country
Slovakia
POT LUCK $800: A chapter of this 1532 book discusses the Machiavellian career of Cesare Borgia
"The Prince"
THE RENAISSANCE $400: The ruthless Cesare Borgia was the model for this book by Machiavelli
"The Prince"
LANGUAGES $800: Mosul is a good place to hear the Northern Kurmanji dialect of this minority language of Iraq
Kurdish
REFERENCE BOOKS $600: In 1843, G. & C. Merriam Company acquired the rights to this author's reference book
Noah Webster
THE 1790s $800: In 1793 NYC's daily newspaper The American Minerva was founded by this lexicographer
Noah Webster
LIT-POURRI $1600: This 1913 George Bernard Shaw play was based on an ancient Greek myth recounted by Ovid
Pygmalion
WHAT'S THAT ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD? $1200: Those feathers on the top of this critter's head are called a crest
a cockatoo
THE CIVIL WAR $400: Early models of the Gatling gun were manually operated using one of these
a crank
"ER" $800: This 3-word Gaelic phrase means "Ireland Forever"
"Erin Go Bragh!"
SONG STANDARDS $400: Song from "Fiddler on the Roof" containing the line "find me a match, catch me a catch"
"Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
GRAVE MATTERS $1600: Edgar Allan Poe's original burial site has a marker that bears this 4-word quote from one of his poems
"Quoth the raven, 'Nevermore'"
LITERARY WHITE PAPER $1200: The book "Mirror Mirror" transports this classic tale of young woman & septet to the time of the Borgias
"Snow White" ("and the Seven Dwarfs")
BROADWAY LYRICS $1,000 (Daily Double): "Fiddler on the Roof" song that begins with the lyrics heard here: "Is this the little girl I carried, is this the little boy at play..."
"Sunrise, Sunset"
POETS & POETRY $1200: Tintinnabulation "so musically wells" in this piece by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Bells"
AMERICAN LITERATURE: "The Naked and the Dead" and "The Executioner's Song" are books by this novelist.
Answer: Who is Norman Mailer?
ART: "Night Watch" is a classic painting from this 17th-century master.
Answer: Who is Rembrandt?
POETS AND POETRY: This Scot's beloved poems include "To a Mouse" and "Address to a Haggis."
Answer: Who is Robert Burns?
MYTHOLOGY: Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and metalworking, was identified with this Roman god.
Answer: Who is Vulcan?
THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHO $800: ...has a presidential surname & made it to the court after Robert Bork was rejected
Anthony Kennedy (he retired in 2018)
-OLOGIES $1600: Archaeology is a subfield of this study of human beings' origins & cultures
Anthropology
"ANTI"-MATTER $1200: The Battle of Sharpsburg is what the South called the bloody Civil War battle of this creek
Antietam
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows notes and a map on the monitor.) Union soldiers found Robert E. Lee's handwritten plans wrapped around three cigars & lying in a field east of Sharpsburg, Maryland, four days before this bloody 1862 battle
Antietam
BATTLE STATIONS $1200: Fought in Maryland in September of 1862, it was the bloodiest 1-day engagement of the Civil War with about 5,000 dead
Antietam
BATTLES $600: This battle fought in Maryland in 1862 was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Antietam
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1000: Future presidents William McKinley & Rutherford B. Hayes both fought in this bloodiest 1-day battle of the war
Antietam
HISTORIC AMERICA $800: This national battlefield near Sharpsburg, Md. commemorates the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Antietam
HISTORICAL NOVELS $600: The 3rd book in James Reasoner's Civil War saga is named for this Maryland battle the Rebels called Sharpsburg
Antietam
IT'S A BATTLE $1,500 (Daily Double): On Sept. 17, 1862 in Maryland, over 3,000 men were killed & 17,000 wounded in this blood battle
Antietam
THE ODYSSEY $300: This goddess of wisdom pleads with Zeus to release Odysseus from the embrace of the nymph Calypso
Athena
WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The Parthenon was built in her honor
Athena
WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY $1000: She promised Paris wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess
Athena
LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $800: Hayes visits this Maryland battlefield also known as Sharpsburg; he was wounded & missed the action when his regiment fought there in 1862
Antietam
MARYLAND $1000: Over 22,000 men were killed or wounded September 17,1862 in a Civil War battle near this creek
Antietam
THE CIVIL WAR $1000: 5 days after this bloody Maryland battle, Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
THE CIVIL WAR $1000: The Emancipation Proclamation was made public in September 1862 after the Union victory in this Maryland battle
Antietam
THE CIVIL WAR $1000: This bloodiest 1-day battle of the Civil War stopped the first Confederate invasion of the North in 1862
Antietam
THE CIVIL WAR $1600: At Frederick, MD. 4 days before this battle, Lee's plan fell into Union hands after it was used to wrap cigars
Antietam
THE CIVIL WAR $800: Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this 1862 Union victory in Maryland
Antietam
THE CIVIL WAR $800: The 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg was fought over a Maryland creek that gave the fight this other name
Antietam
WORLD MYTH $200: This Greek goddess of wisdom sprang fully armed from the head of her father Zeus
Athena
LEGENDARY RHYME TIME $1000: A wisdom goddess' amphitheaters
Athena's arenas
THE CIVIL WAR $800: This national battlefield in Sharpsburg, Md. commemorates the bloodiest single day of the Civil War
Antietam
THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES $600: On this Maryland site, during the bloodiest Civil War battle, Commissary Sgt. William McKinley served coffee
Antietam
U.S. HISTORY $1000: Usually known by name of a Maryland creek, this 1862 battle is known as the bloodiest day of the Civil War
Antietam
U.S. HISTORY $800: On Sept. 17, 1862 this bloody battle in Maryland ended the first Confederate invasion of the North
Antietam
U.S. MONEY $1000: A commemorative half dollar was issued in 1937 to honor this bloodiest one-day Civil War battle
Antietam
BLUE & THE GRAY $500 (Daily Double): Robert E. Lee lost nearly a quarter of his troops in this bloody Maryland battle of 1862
Antietam (or Sharpsburg)
THE CIVIL WAR $1000: This September 17, 1862 Maryland battle ended with over 27,000 casualties & Lee's retreat
Antietam (or Sharpsburg)
IT ENDS WITH "U" $1600: Malcolm Guthrie wrote a 4-volume reference, now the standard, on this group of African languages
Bantu
LITERARY TRILOGIES $1200: He won a National Book Award for "All the Pretty Horses", the first book of his "Border Trilogy"
Cormac McCarthy
LITERARY VILLAINS $1600: Bald, pale & homicidal, Judge Holden is the monstrous nemesis in this author's "Blood Meridian"
Cormac McCarthy
MacARTHUR GENIUS WRITERS $800: This other "Mac" hadn't yet written "All the Pretty Horses" when the foundation honored him
Cormac McCarthy
McCARTHYISM $400: 1998's "Cities on the Plain" completed his Border trilogy; he's not exactly a laugh-a-minute novelist
Cormac McCarthy
McWRITERS $800: The film "No Country For Old Men" was based on a novel by him
Cormac McCarthy
THE MOORE THE MERRIER $5,000 (Daily Double): Elected to the U.S. Senate 8 times, his middle name is Moore
Edward M. ("Ted") Kennedy
19th CENTURY AMERICA $1600: In the 1810s this industrialist later known as a railroad tycoon operated a ferry between Staten Island & Manhattan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
WHO WROTE THE LINE? $3,000 (Daily Double): "Somewhere in la Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember, a gentleman lived not long ago"
(Miguel de) Cervantes
COLLEGE RECOMMENDATIONS $1,000 (Daily Double): Be impressed that the $1 million given in 1873 to endow this U. was the Commodores only major philanthropy
Cornelius Vanderbilt
THE BOOK OF NORMAN $400: Norman Mailer's "The Gospel According to the Son" is in the form of a first-person memoir by him
Jesus Christ
I'D LIKE TO BUY AN OWL $400: The ancient Greeks believed that the owl was sacred to this goddess of wisdom
(Pallas) Athena
FAMILY VALUES $1000: This "commodore" left less than 5% of his $100 mil. to his second wife & 8 daughters--the rest went mainly to his son
Cornelius Vanderbilt
LAST WILLS & TESTAMENTS $600 (Daily Double): This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, & to his 8 daughters... well, not as much
Cornelius Vanderbilt
NONFICTION $2,500 (Daily Double): A 2009 biography of this builder of Grand Central Terminal calls him "the first tycoon"
Cornelius Vanderbilt
PROSPER $800: He quit school at age 11 &, as a teen in 1810, bought his first boat; later, as a "commodore", he'd be worth $100 million
Cornelius Vanderbilt
STOPPED BREATHING IN THE 1800s $800: After giving up the ship on Jan. 4, 1877, this "Commodore" left over $100 mil., the most in U.S. history at the time
Cornelius Vanderbilt
WELCOME TO NASHVILLE $1200: This Commodore's $1 million endowment to build a university in Nashville was his only major philanthropy
Cornelius Vanderbilt
CONSTELLATIONS $2,400 (Daily Double): Corona Australis is the Southern Cross; this is the Northern Crown
Corona Borealis
PREHISTORIC TIMES $1600: In 1868 Louis Lartet dug up the first skeletons of this prehistoric man in a cave in Les Eyzies in southwest France
Cro-Magnon
EUROPEAN HISTORY $800: Around 30,000 B.C. these hyphenated Homo sapiens succeeded the Neanderthals in Europe
Cro-Magnon Man
THE 1800S $500: The remains of this successor to Neanderthal Man were discovered in France in 1868
Cro-Magnon Man
20th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: Mark Twain died in this year in which Halley's Comet reappeared
1910
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG $1000: Veterans met at Gettysburg one last time for the 75th anniversary in this year; 2013 is the 150th anniversary.
1938
AUTHORS' LESSER-KNOWN WORKS $1600: "St, George and the Godfather" is Norman Mailer's take on the presidential campaign of this year
1972
YEARS $800 (Daily Double): Age in years of the man being interviewed in the following: "By the way, sir, uh, are you married?" "I have been married several hundred times." "I'm afraid to ask the next question. You've had many hundreds of wives." "Hundreds and hundreds of wives." "How many children do you have?" "I have over forty-two thousand children. And not one comes to visit!"
2000
NUMBER, PLEASE $300: Joseph Heller's famous "catch"
22
THE BALL ROOM $200: To play carom billiards you have to buy this many balls
3 Crossword clue: ______ billiards, game on a pocketless table Answer: carom
A NUMBER LESS THAN 10 $200: Word that begins the Gettysburg Address
4
2-DIGIT NUMBERS $800: As in the title of a Judd Apatow comedy, "This is" the only 2-digit number whose letters are in alphabetical order
40
ODD NUMBER, PLEASE $400: Number of stars in the Big Dipper
7
A REALLY LONG TIME AGO $1200: This early ancestor of European man was named for the French cave site where the bones were first found
Cro-Magnon man
SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $1000: Wearing just a few small leaves, Judi Dench leaves nothing to the imagination as Titania in this 1968 film
A Midsummer Night's Dream
"MAN"-LY LIT $1200: Stephen Dedalus' formative years in Dublin are the subject of this novel by James Joyce
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
LITERATURE $1000: James Joyce depicted himself as Stephen Dedalus in both "Ulysses" & this novel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
WINDOW QUOTES $2,000 (Daily Double): "In the lighted windows, his books arranged three by three kept watch like angels" is from this Proust work
A Remembrance of Things Past
Define fen
A fen is one of the main types of wetland, the others being grassy marshes, forested swamps, and peaty bogs. Along with bogs, fens are a kind of mire. Fens are minerotrophic peatlands, usually fed by mineral-rich surface water or groundwater.
PRODUCT PLACEMENT $200: In 2000's "Hamlet", Ethan Hawke soliloquizes in one of this chain's video stores
Blockbuster
GREAT AMERICAN NOVELS $2000: This 1985 Cormac McCarthy novel has the alternate title "The Evening Redness in the West"
Blood Meridian
CABLE CHANNELS $600: This channel shows films like "The Magnificent Seven" & original series like "Mad Men" & "Breaking Bad"
AMC
LANGUAGES $1000: The Khoisan languages of this continent are noted for their clicking sounds
Africa
LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD $400: Hausa, one of the Chadic languages, is spoken by some 50 million people on this continent
Africa
LANGUAGES $800: (I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) As a reporter I find it helpful to know many languages, so I speak English, French, Portuguese & this Germanic language of my homeland, South Africa
Afrikaans
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1600: To ask, "How are you?" in this language, say "Hoe gaan dit met jou?"
Afrikaans
BRITISH WOMEN: It's said that this woman who died in 1976 "made more money out of murder than any woman since Lucrezia Borgia"
Agatha Christie
What is stratigraphic dating?
Age can also be determined by identifying the age of the layer of rock that the artifacts are buried in. This is called stratigraphic dating, from the Latin word stratum, meaning "layer."
THE MIDDLE EAST $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The cities of Ramadi & Fallujah have given nightmares to U.S. troops engaged in this Sunni-majority province, Iraq's biggest in area
Al Anbar
SCHOOLED! $200: It's a convenient truth that this future veep studied at Vanderbilt in the 1970s
Al Gore
DISNEY FILM VOICES $400: A Tony winner for "Miss Saigon", Lea Salonga provided the singing voice for "Mulan" & for Princess Jasmine in this film
Aladdin
FLAGS $800: In 1927 13-year-old Benny Benson designed this U.S. state's flag, the North Star & Big Dipper on a blue background
Alaska
STATES OF THE UNION $3,300 (Daily Double): 13-year-old Benny Benson's winning design for this state's flag included the Big Dipper
Alaska
THE MAN OF THE HOUSE $800: This state's only representative in the House is Don Young, who hails from Fort Yukon
Alaska
ATHLETES' FILM QUOTES $1600: "Blazing Saddles": "Mongo only pawn in game of life"
Alex Karras
THE BORGIAS $2000: Jeremy Irons portrays Borgia patriarch Rodrigo, who's being inaugurated as the sixth pope of this name
Alexander
OLD NATIONAL ANTHEMS $2000: "The Song Of Girondists", used by France 1848-52, was originally in a historical drama by this writer of the time
Alexander Dumas
SENIOR-ITIS $2000: Around 1830 this pere wrote a series of historical plays like "Napoleon Bonaparte"
Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
FRENCH LIT $400: In 1845 this pere continued the story of a certain trio in "Twenty Years After"
Alexandre Dumas, pere
ANIMALS: Its name is from the Greek for "river horse."
Answer: What is the hippopotamus?
When she takes office on January 3, 2019, at the age of 29, ________ will be the youngest woman to serve in Congress in the history of the United States,[11] a distinction that had been previously held by New York Republican Elise Stefanik, who was elected at age 30 in 2014.[12]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Who is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez[pron 1] (born October 13, 1989) is an American politician and educator.[2][3] She is the U.S. Representative-elect for New York's 14th congressional district, elected on November 6, 2018. On June 26, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez won the Democratic primary in New York's 14th congressional district covering parts of the Bronx and Queens in New York City, defeating the incumbent Congressman, Democratic Caucus Chair Joe Crowley, in what was described as the biggest upset victory in the 2018 midterm election primaries.[9] Ocasio-Cortez is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.[10] When she takes office on January 3, 2019, at the age of 29, Ocasio-Cortez will be the youngest woman to serve in Congress in the history of the United States,[11] a distinction that had been previously held by New York Republican Elise Stefanik, who was elected at age 30 in 2014.[12]
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PROUST $800: In the 1890s Proust helped organize petitions on behalf of this Jewish army captain
Alfred Dreyfus
THE HUMAN BODY: An enlargement of this gland is called a goiter.
Answer: What is the thyroid (gland)?
PULITZER PRIZES: This author's dystopian novel "The Road" took the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Answer: Who is Cormac McCarthy?
HEDY LAMARR-VELOUS $1600: In 1938 Hedy made her American film debut with Charles Boyer in this film bearing the name of an African capital
Algiers
COLD MOVIES $1600: The Uruguayan rugby team has a bad day & not enough seasoning in this 1993 Ethan Hawke film
Alive
AMERICANA $800: Named for his literary relative, Edgar Allan Poe was named to the 1st of these elite college athletic teams in 1889
All-American
CLASSICAL MUSIC: This composer's 1868 work "Wiegenlied" is better known to us as "Lullaby."
Answer: Who is Johannes Brahms?
NONFICTION: This three-named economist wrote the influential 1936 work "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money."
Answer: Who is John Maynard Keynes?
FICTIONAL DETECTIVES: The 1930 book "Murder at the Vicarage" featured this female sleuth.
Answer: Who is Miss (Jane) Marple?
HIDING ON THE INTERNET $800: When you click the invisible link on this website, you'll see CEO Jeff Bezos' page honoring a past worker
Amazon
TEENAGE DREAM $600: Dream of free shipping forever on millions of items if you took over for Jeff Bezos as CEO of this online giant
Amazon
INTERNET-BUSINESS.COM $1200: Founder Jeff Bezos wanted to call it Cadabra, but when a lawyer misheard it as "cadaver", went with this instead
Amazon(.com)
BUSINESSMEN $800: Jeff Bezos, CEO of this giant online retailer, was Time's Person of the Year for 1999
Amazon.com
WEBSITES FROM A TO Z $200: A: It started as an online bookstore run from Jeff Bezos' garage
Amazon.com
CIVIL WAR GENERALS $1000: Before his Civil War service, this "bewhiskered" general invented & manufactured a breech-loading carbine
Ambrose Burnside
I HAVE THE WINE $600: This pale, dry Spanish sherry is mentioned in the title of an Edgar Allan Poe story
Amontillado
ART FOR ART'S SAKE $400: Rembrandt's "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp" shows a procedure taking place in this world capital
Amsterdam
THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $2000: Montana's Marcus Daly owned this, the USA's richest copper mine, as well as the town named for it
Anaconda
STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" $400: "Fiddler on the Roof" takes place in this village
Anatevka
PAINTED LADIES $800: Among Rembrandt's mythological paintings was one of this woman chained to a rock
Andromeda
DEAD POETS' SOCIETY $1000: A wind chilled & killed this maiden "who lived with no other thought than to love & be loved by" Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee
WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS $200: She may have honed her vampire-interviewing skills while working on her Texas high school paper
Anne Rice
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: Like a ship's, an aircraft's speed is typically measured in these units.
Answer: What are knots?
MOUNTAINS: You'll find 5-mile-high Nanga Parbat in this range.
Answer: What are the Himalayas?
MUSICAL THEATER: Lola helps save a failing shoe factory in this high-heeled 2013 Tony winner for best musical.
Answer: What is "Kinky Boots"?
FASHION: The French phrase prêt-à-porter literally means this.
Answer: What is "ready to wear"?
DESERT: Simpson Desert is a 55,000-square-mile region in this country's Northern Territory.
Answer: What is Australia?
BESTSELLING NONFICTION: "The Devil in the White City" tells of this city's 1893 World's Fair.
Answer: What is Chicago?
CITIES OF THE WORLD: Mosul and Ramadi can both be found in this Middle East country.
Answer: What is Iraq?
CANADA: Canada's three territories are Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and this one.
Answer: What is Yukon?
COOKING: A specialty of Naples, this pizza turnover's name means "trouser leg."
Answer: What is a calzone?
BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE SAME LETTER: A guess as to the price or weight of something.
Answer: What is an estimate?
BOTANY: This green pigment is necessary for plants to carry out photosynthesis.
Answer: What is chlorophyll?
IF JUDD APATOW ADAPTED THE CLASSICS $2000: In Apatow's "Orestes", Will Ferrell makes a cameo as the deus ex machina, this son of Zeus
Apollo
FUN WITH THE ANCIENT LYDIANS $800: This Lydian girl got into a web of trouble when she challenged Athena to a weaving contest
Arachne
MYTHOLOGICAL WOMEN $1000: After a weaving contest, Athena turned this maiden into a spider so that she'd spend the rest of her life spinning
Arachne
MYTHOLOGY $500: She & Athena had a weaving contest
Arachne
THE STARS $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands next to a monitor.) The Big Dipper's handle shows us the way to the 4th-brightest night star; remember, "Arc to" this
Arcturus
REMEMBERING TED KENNEDY $1200: This governor said Uncle Teddy was "a liberal icon, a warrior for the less fortunate... the rock of his family"
Arnold Schwarzenegger
ATALANTA $500: This Greek goddess of the hunt took an interest in Atalanta, who grew up to be a great hunter
Artemis
THE 7 WONDERS $1000: As always, invading Goths got the blame for destroying her temple at Ephesus
Artemis/Diana
REAL MEN OF SCIENCE $1200: Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek's theory that the universe never changes
Aristotle
REMEMBERING TED KENNEDY $2000: After a funeral mass in Boston, Ted was laid to rest near John & Bobby at this cemetery
Arlington
POE-POURRI $1200: The raven perched on a bust of this Greek goddess "just above my chamber door"
Athena
I'M JUST A "VILLE" $2000: Built by a Vanderbilt, Biltmore House & Estate is in this city
Asheville (North Carolina)
GODDESSES $500: This goddess was called Parthenos, meaning "The Maiden"
Athena
MAIDS IN GREEK MYTH $2,500 (Daily Double): She served as the goddess of Greek cities & was also called Parthenos, or "The Maiden"
Athena
MYTHING IN ACTION $600: In some accounts Zeus' head had to be split with an ax to facilitate her birth in full armor
Athena
MYTHOLOGY $1000: This daughter of Zeus & goddess of wisdom assumed various disguises to aid Odysseus on his trip home
Athena
MYTHOLOGY $1000: Troy could not fall while it contained the Palladium, an image of this goddess
Athena
MYTHOLOGY $3,000 (Daily Double): Her epithet Pallas may have come from a giant of the same name she slew
Athena
MYTHOLOGY $600: After killing the giant Pallas, this goddess flayed him & used his skin as armor
Athena
NASHVILLE $500: Nashville's Parthenon has a 42-foot replica of this goddess
Athena
OLD MAN HOMER HAD A FARM $800: Soldiers couldn't see the heron this wise goddess sent for luck, but heard it squawk here & squawk there
Athena
MUSICAL CHAIRS $1600: Ahmet Ertegun was co-founder & chairman of this "oceanic" label home to Aretha Franklin & Led Zeppelin
Atlantic
RECORD LABELS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1947, Ahmet Ertegun founded this jazz & R&B label, which soon had an "ocean" of talent, including Ray Charles
Atlantic
FEEL THE ROBERT BURNS! $400: Many worldwide ring in the new year singing this poem that Burns revised & updated
Auld Lang Syne
DESERTS $400: A single national park in the Simpson desert occupies 4,000 square miles of Queensland in this country
Australia
THE HEART OF THE COUNTRY $1600: Alice Springs & the Simpson Desert
Australia
THE NOVEL'S SUBTITLE $2000: Cormac McCarthy: "The Evening Redness in the West"
Blood Meridian
ANCIENT RELIGION $600: Animal remains found in the caves of these Paleolithic people suggest an early form of religion
Cro-Magnons/Neanderthals
16- (YES, 16-) LETTER WORDS $2000: An extinct genus of small-brained, large-toothed bipedal hominids that lived in Africa 1 to 4 million years ago
Australopithecus
ANTHROPOLOGY $1000: The Taung baby, discovered in 1924, was the first fossil ever found of this "southern" genus, species africanus
Australopithecus
CAVES $1,000 (Daily Double): Africa's Sterkfontein Caves yielded Mrs. Plesianthropus of this extinct genus, whose name means "southern ape"
Australopithecus
THE HALL OF HUMAN ORIGIN $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands near a trail of footprints.) 3.6 million years ago, in Africa, an early human left a trail of fossil footprints with a stride much shorter than ours; Mary Leakey found the prints, which were likely made by this type of human, whose name means "southern ape"
Australopithecus
PUT 'EM IN ORDER $600: Cro-Magnon, Australopithecus, Neanderthal
Australopithecus, Neanderthal, Cro-Magnon
CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) A Ndebele village features striking art mainly done by women; the most celebrated is Esther Mahlangu, who was invited to create an art car for this German company
BMW
AUTHORS: BORN & DIED $1,000 (Daily Double): Edgar Allan Poe's tale began in Boston in 1809 & ended in this other "B" city in 1849
Baltimore
BOMB THE "BAN" $600: Including Zulu & Xhosa, it's an African language group of over 500 languages
Bantu
CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The Khoisan family of languages gave its click sound to some of this southern African group of over 500 languages, including Xhosa
Bantu
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL $400: Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Barcelona
ASIAN BODIES OF WATER $2000: In the southeast corner of Iraq, this main port of the country is on a waterway called the Shatt Al-Arab
Basra
ANIMALS IN COMPETITION $1000: Every May brings the frog jumping competition at the fair of this county southeast of Sacramento
Calaveras County
"OO" RAH $1600: French & English are the official languages of this country on Africa's west coast
Cameroon
THEY FOUGHT IN THE BIG ONE $800: There was just one springtime left for Hitler after this decisive December 1944 battle in which Mel Brooks fought
Battle of the Bulge
WORLD WAR II $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) A panel honors the contribution of paratroop units like the 507th, which helped beat back this German counteroffensive of December 1944
Battle of the Bulge
____ OF THE ____ $800: The Germans drove a wedge into Allied lines during this World War II offensive, hence its name
Battle of the Bulge
BOOK DEDICATIONS $200: There's no catch--he dedicated "Catch-22" "To my mother and to my wife, Shirley, and my children, Erica and Ted"
Joseph Heller
BROADWAY MUSICALS $400: TV "Golden Girl" who played the matchmaker in "Fiddler on the Roof"
Bea Arthur
"BEFORE", NO AFTER $1200: Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy share one night in Vienna in this 1995 film
Before Sunrise
2004 OSCAR NOMINATIONS $800: Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke acted in this film, but were nominated for writing its screenplay
Before Sunset
CHINA, BUT NO BEACH $200: In 1275 Marco Polo visited this city, today China's capital, & praised its beauty
Beijing
EARLY MAN $5,000 (Daily Double): A major Homo erectus find took place at the Zhoukoudian Cave near this major city
Beijing (Peking)
COUNTRIES BY WORLD HERITAGE SITES $800: The Neolithic flint mines near Mons & the Brugge Historic Center
Belgium
A ROCKY CATEGORY $400: Rocky Aoki founded this chain of Japanese restaurants in which knife-wielding chefs entertain diners
Benihana
ASIAN AMERICANS $600: Entrepreneur Rocky Aoki founded this Japanese steakhouse chain famous for its hibachi tables
Benihana
I'M DATING MYSELF $400: I have teriyaki steak prepared just for me at my table in this restaurant founded by Rocky Aoki
Benihana
SUPERHERO DAY JOBS? $600: Wolverine slices & dices up meats for this teppanyaki restaurant chain that began in 1964
Benihana
ASIAN AMERICANS $400: Rocky Aoki founded this chain of Japanese restaurants where the chef puts on a show at the table
Benihana of Tokyo
TV DADS $200: James Noble, who plays Larry's dad on "Perfect Strangers", was Governor Gatling on this sitcom
Benson
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2000: This official language of Morocco & Algeria is named for a nomadic people of north Africa
Berber
BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: "God Knows", a 1984 novel by this "Catch-22" author, is a satire narrated by King David
Joseph Heller
OH! CALCUTTA! $500: A popular snack in the city is paan, a concoction of this nut that's a mild stimulant
Betel nut
IT'S WHERE I WANT TO "B" $800: This landlocked kingdom of the Himalayas
Bhutan
THE HIMALAYAS $1600: In 2007 this tiny, isolated kingdom east of Nepal held the first elections in its history
Bhutan
WORLD WAR I SLANG $1,000 (Daily Double): The German gun "Long Max" was not as famous as this alliterative Krupp product
Big Bertha
5 PEOPLE WHO'VE NEVER BEEN IN MY KITCHEN $200: In January 1999 Ted Kennedy & John McCain were sworn in as jurors in this man's trial
Bill Clinton
1895 $1200: This Asheville, North Carolina mansion was nearly finished after 6 years, so the Vanderbilts moved in
Biltmore
MOVIE ADJECTIVES $200: 1974: "_____ Saddles"
Blazing
COMEDY FILMS OF THE 1970s $1600: Harvey Korman had a villainous turn as Hedley Lamarr in this Mel Brooks Western
Blazing Saddles
HOT MOVIES $800: Hedy Lamarr sued Mel Brooks over the "use" of her name in this 1974 comedy & eventually settled out of court
Blazing Saddles
LIONS & TIGERS & BEARS, OH MY! $1200: Ex-Lions lineman Alex Karras KO'ed a horse with one punch in this comedy/Western film
Blazing Saddles
MOVIE COMEDY $400: Director Mel Brooks plays 2 roles in this 1974 comedy: Governor William J. Le Petomane & an Indian chief
Blazing Saddles
MOVIE COMEDY QUOTES $1600: "Mongo only pawn, in game of life"
Blazing Saddles
MOVIE POLITICIANS $800: Mel Brooks deals with Hedley (not Hedy!) Lamarr as Governor Le Petomane in this 1974 comedy
Blazing Saddles
MOVIES BY CHARACTERS $800: 1974: Bart, Lili von Shtupp, Gov. William J. LePetomane
Blazing Saddles
WE LOVE MEL BROOKS $800: Gene Wilder has a warning about Mongo in this film: "Don't do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad"
Blazing Saddles
POP CULTURE $1200: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin & Andrew Dice Clay were all in this 2013 Woody Allen movie
Blue Jasmine
AS A YOUNG MAN $2000: ...he ran his brother's senatorial campaign, then investigated Hoffa & the Teamsters
Bobby Kennedy
PLEISTOCENE STEALER $1000: Utah's Great Salt Lake is a remnant of this much larger Pleistocene lake that lent its name to some salt flats
Bonneville
125 YEARS OF CARNEGIE HALL $1600: In 1906, Mark Twain presided at this great educator's Tuskegee Institute Silver Anniversary lecture
Booker T. Washington
AVENGERS $400: In her quest for vengeance in a Donizetti opera, Lucrezia of this last name ends up poisoning her son
Borgia
BEFORE THEY WERE POPES $200: Alexander VI was formerly a high-living nobleman of this family & the father of Cesare & Lucrezia
Borgia
OPERA $800: Donizetti's operas include "Anna Bolena" & "Lucrezia" this
Borgia
RHYMES WITH A STATE $800: Surname of Cesare or Lucrezia
Borgia
FAMOUS FAMILIES $600: This treacherous Renaissance family reportedly held orgies in the Vatican
Borgias
NOTORIOUS $500: Rodrigo, a member of this flagrant family became Pope Alexander VI in 1492
Borgias
CHARACTER ASSASSINATION $1200: Air Force gunner Snowden catches some flak & dies in Yossarian's arms, courtesy of this author
Joseph Heller
FAMOUS QUOTES $800: The author who wrote, "That's some catch, that Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
"B" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: This Slovakian capital was widely known by the German name Pressburg until after World War I
Bratislava
"B" PLUS $2000: This Slovak capital was also known by the German name of Pressburg
Bratislava
"B" SURE $800: It's the capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
ALL OVER THE WORLD $1000: With about 500,000 souls, this city is the most populous in Slovakia
Bratislava
COLLEGE WORLD $500: Slovak Technical University is found in this capital city
Bratislava
EUROPE $800: The capital of Hungary for over 200 years, it's now the capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
EUROPEAN CAPITALS: Since a national split in 1993, it's the only world capital that borders 2 other countries--Austria & Hungary
Bratislava
EUROPEAN HISTORY $1200: From 1541 to 1784 this current capital of Slovakia served as the capital of Hungary
Bratislava
ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE $800: Hungary's former capital, this Danube city is now the capital of Slovakia
Bratislava
PYRAMIDS $1600: Who says a pyramid has to be pointy & up? Here's the headquarters of Slovak Radio in this capital city
Bratislava
WORLD CAPITALS $800: This Slovakian capital with "slav" in its name was occupied by the Slavs in the 8th century
Bratislava
ALL YOU NEED IS "LAV" $1,600 (Daily Double): The former capital of Hungary, today it's the capital of a neighboring country
Bratislava (in Slovakia)
Though they haven't won since 2002, with five titles, what long-time soccer powerhouse has more men's FIFA World Cup championships than any other?
Brazil
COMEDY FILMS $2000: Kirsten Dunst had all the right moves as captain of a cheerleading squad in this 2000 film
Bring It On
IT'S PG-13 $200: In it, Kirsten Dunst finds her cheerleader routines were stolen from East Compton
Bring It On
CANADIAN PROVINCES $1600: On its north, this province borders the Yukon; on its south, Idaho
British Columbia
FIRST NOVELS $200: "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
GET LIT $400: He worked as a copywriter for Time magazine &, in his spare time, wrote the novel "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
THE OLD WEST $800: He called his buffalo gun Lucrezia Borgia
Buffalo Bill Cody
"B" YOURSELF $200: In 1944 Allied soldiers & some of their heavy friends fought "The Battle of" this type of protrusion
Bulge
POE FOLKS $1600: In "The Murders in the Rue Morgue", this sleuth is said to come from an illustrious family
C. Auguste Dupin
THE LONDON STAGE $1600: Judi Dench bowled 'em over as Sally Bowles in this musical that began its London run in 1968
Cabaret
EGYPT BEYOND THE PYRAMIDS $200: This teeming capital of today is found very near the site of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis
Cairo
FROM SOUP TO NUTS $200: Its gourmet bisques include sweet potato tomatillo & Thai tomato coconut; M'm! M'm! Good!
Campbell's
DON'T BE A DUMAS $800: Winning the Nobel Prize in 1957, this African-born French author said he would've voted for Andre Malraux
Camus
SCANDINAVIANS $1,000 (Daily Double): We wouldn't call ourselves Homo sapiens without the work of this 18th C. Swedish naturalist
Carl Linnaeus
SECOND BANANAS $500: Mel Brooks & this second banana won a Spoken Comedy Grammy in 1999 for "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000"
Carl Reiner
TV REDUX $600: A 1995 episode of "Mad About You" featured this actor as Alan Brady, his part on the old "Dick Van Dyke Show"
Carl Reiner
TV TRIVIA $400: On a 1995 "Mad About You", he reprised his "Dick Van Dyke Show" role of Alan Brady
Carl Reiner
PEOPLE $300: From 1969-1979 he was editor of Icarus, the international journal of solar system studies
Carl Sagan
THAT'S THE CHICAGO WAY! $400: He wrote that Chicago was proud to be a "player with railroads and freight handler to the nation"
Carl Sandburg
ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $200: In 2002 she edited a new book of essays: "Profiles in Courage for Our Time"
Caroline Kennedy
THE CONSTELLATIONS $2000: In 1572 Tycho Brahe discovered a supernova in this constellation which looks like an irregular "W" or "M"
Cassiopeia
20th CENTURY NOVELS $100: In a 1961 Joseph Heller novel, "There was only one catch and that was" this
Catch-22
AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: This 1961 Joseph Heller novel was set on the island of Pianosa during WWII
Catch-22
BOOK SEQUELS $600: Joseph Heller's "Closing Time"
Catch-22
BOOKS BY THE NUMBERS $400: The title of this Joseph Heller novel has come to mean an impossible situation
Catch-22
CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS $800: (Hi, I'm Charles Shaughnessy.) I love Yossarian in this Joseph Heller novel, especially when he shows up naked at his own medal ceremony
Catch-22
ISLANDS IN LITERATURE $400: Joseph Heller used the Mediterranean island of Pianosa as the setting for this 1961 WWII novel
Catch-22
LIT-POURRI $200: This 1961 novel by Joseph Heller takes place on the island of Pianosa
Catch-22
NOVELIST-PLAYWRIGHTS $200: Joseph Heller based his play "Clevinger's Trial" on Chapter 8 of this, his most famous novel
Catch-22
WAR STORIES $200: In this Joseph Heller novel, Captain Yossarian pleads insanity in an attempt to get grounded from flying
Catch-22
21st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS: She's the only performer to win an Oscar for playing a real-life Oscar winner
Cate Blanchett
ACTORS & THEIR ROLES $600: Galadriel & Katharine Hepburn
Cate Blanchett
BIG-SCREEN GENDER BENDERS $2000: Bob Dylan in "I'm Not There"
Cate Blanchett
MOVIE QUEENS $1600: 9 years after "Elizabeth", she had another go-round as the monarch in 2007's "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Cate Blanchett
SEX & THE CITY $1000: Female; born Melbourne, 1969; specializes in playing Queen Elizabeth I on film
Cate Blanchett
SPIRITED CINEMA $1600: In "The Gift" this Aussie actress plays a psychic who gets some much needed help from her former client
Cate Blanchett
THE AUSSIE POSSE $400: This actress who plays elf queen Galadriel provides the narration for "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Cate Blanchett
THE OSCAR-WINNING ROLE $2000: (Blue) Jasmine turned into a red-hot role for this Aussie
Cate Blanchett
TITLE ACTORS $1200: "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
Cate Blanchett
EUROPEAN HISTORY $400: This Medici had "24 maids of honor of high rank & low principles to help her seduce...nobles"
Catherine de Medici
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of the Battle of Gettysburg.) Confederate forces seized the high ground of Seminary Ridge. Union troops retreated to face them along this ridge with a similar sounding, perhaps more appropriate name.
Cemetary Ridge
PLANET EARTH $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents a timeline on the monitor.) Chronologically, the major eras of Earth's history are the Paleozoic, the Mesozoic & this new animal era, in which we & the Earth live today
Cenozoic
THE BORGIAS $1200: The policies of this conniving Borgia son were so ruthless that Machiavelli cited him as an example of the new prince
Cesare
THE RENAISSANCE $800: In 1497 this Borgia was accused of murdering his brother Giovanni, Duke of Benevento & Gandia
Cesare
PRINCE $1000: This member of the infamous Borgia family was the model for & was idealized in Machiavelli's "The Prince"
Cesare Borgia
RENAISSANCE MEN $2000: In "The Prince", Machiavelli used him as the model for the ruthless ruler who'd do anything to retain power
Cesare Borgia
CONFUSING LYRICS $1000: This "boozy" Oasis tune has the line "slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball"
Champagne Supernova
FOR A SONG $2000: In an Oasis song "someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide, in a" this title "in the sky"
Champagne Supernova
Who is Cate Blanchett?
Catherine Elise Blanchett, AC (/ˈblæntʃət/;[1][2] born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director. She has received many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three BAFTA Awards. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007 and in 2018, she was ranked among the highest-paid actresses in the world. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career in the Australian stage, taking on roles in Electra in 1992 and in Hamlet in 1994. She came to international attention for portraying Elizabeth I of England in the drama film Elizabeth (1998), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in The Aviator (2004) earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and she won the Best Actress Oscar for playing a neurotic divorcée in Blue Jasmine (2013). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in the dramas Notes on a Scandal (2006), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), I'm Not There (2007), and Carol (2015). Blanchett's most commercially successful films include The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001-2003) and The Hobbit trilogy (2012-2014), Babel (2006), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), Cinderella (2015), Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and Ocean's 8 (2018). From 2008 to 2013, Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton served as the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during this period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya, and The Maids. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 with The Present, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Blanchett has been awarded the Centenary Medal by the Australian government, who made her a companion of the Order of Australia in 2017.[3] She was appointed Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2012. She has been presented with a Doctor of Letters from University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and Macquarie University. In 2015, she was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art and received the British Film Institute Fellowship.
FILMS OF THE '60s $2,000 (Daily Double): Before becoming a superstar, he was 1 of "The Magnificent Seven" & "The Dirty Dozen"
Charles Bronson
MOVIE GROUPS $2000: He's the only actor to be included in both "The Magnificent Seven" & "The Dirty Dozen"
Charles Bronson
BESTSELLERS BY AUTHOR $800: "All the Pretty Horses" (1992)
Cormac McCarthy
COLORFUL LIT $1600: This Sebastian Faulks novel set during WWII was turned into a 2001 movie starring Cate Blanchett
Charlotte Gray
FORESTS $600: The forest around this Ukrainian nuclear plant is still unsafe for humans, but teems with possibly mutant wild boars
Chernobyl
BLACK & WHITE & READ $600: Erik Larson's "The Devil in the White City" tells of "Murder, Magic, and Madness" at this city's 1893 World's Fair
Chicago
IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: "The Devil in the White City" examines "Murder, Magic & Madness" at the 1893 World's Fair in this U.S. city
Chicago
COMMA SYMPATHIZERS $2000: Even this punctuation-averse author of "Blood Meridian" admits to the "occasional comma"
Cormac McCarthy
ANCIENT TIMES $200: The ancient Ban Chiang poetry of Thailand resembles that of this country's neolithic Yang-Shao period
China
UNFINISHED OPERAS $1600: Let's wax philosophical & wonder why Rousseau left only fragments of his opera about Daphnis & her
Chloe
THEIR TEEN YEARS $1600: At 17, this ex-Mousketeer sang "Reflection" on the soundtrack for "Mulan"
Christina Aguilera
WHAT'S THE PLAN? $1000: He told Spain he planned to use the proceeds from his trip to Asia to help recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims
Christopher Columbus
LESSER-KNOWN ART & ARTISTS $1600: In a painting by John William Waterhouse, this femme fatale offers a cup to Ulysses
Circe
BATTLES $200: Antietam, Atlanta & Chickamauga were battles during this war
Civil War
WAR STORIES $100: "Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"
Civil War
ANCIENT MOVIES $2000: John Sayles wrote the script for this film that starred Daryl Hannah as a Cro-Magnon gal raised by Neanderthals
Clan of the Cave Bear
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $700 (Daily Double): This famous nurse was nearly killed when a bullet ripped through her dress at the battle of Antietam
Clara Barton
MEN AT WORK $1000: This Scopes trial man was an occasional law partner with the poet Edgar Lee Masters
Clarence Darrow
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS $800: This author of "The Road" told Oprah he doesn't use commas because they "block the page up with weird little marks"
Cormac McCarthy
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $600: Several of his books have been filmed, including "No Country for Old Men"
Cormac McCarthy
HEADLINES FROM THE ONION $1000: This "Blood Meridian" author "Flaunts Sexy New Beach Body"
Cormac McCarthy
CONSUMER PRODUCTS: This product was reintroduced in 1906 with trimethylxanthine as the sole remaining stimulant
Coca-Cola
HE PLAYED CHURCHILL $800: In "The King's Speech" Timothy Spall was Churchill to his George VI
Colin Firth
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS GO POSTAL $200: The chemical symbol for cobalt is the U.S. postal abbreviation for this state
Colorado (Co)
HELLER $200: Joseph Heller was born in 1923 in this section of Brooklyn that shares its name with an amusement park
Coney Island
THE UNIVERSE $1000: A supernova explosion observed by the Chinese in 1054 left this hazy cloud in Taurus
Crab Nebula
19th CENTURY SCIENCE $1000: The first skeletons of this early human were discovered in a French cave in 1868
Cro-Magnon
ARCHAEOLOGY $200: A fossil found in Portugal may have been the child of Neanderthals & these early modern humans
Cro-Magnon
EARLY MAN $1200: Named for an area in France, these humans of 40,000 to 10,000 years ago get rave reviews for their art
Cro-Magnon
IT'S HYPHENATED $1,000 (Daily Double): Named for a cave in France, these prehistoric humans were skillful artists & toolmakers
Cro-Magnon
PREHISTORIC TIMES $1,200 (Daily Double): This prehistoric people that followed Neanderthal man produced the first examples of human artwork
Cro-Magnon
THE CIVIL WAR $400: More famous for a Montana battle, he & his men kept Jeb Stuart from attacking the Union rear at Gettysburg
Custer
SPECIFIC GENERAL HISTORY $400: A brigadier gen. at 23, he distinguished himself at Gettysburg, but things didn't go as well for him in the Montana territory
Custer (George Armstrong Custer)
CONSTELLATIONS $2000: 2 stars in the Big Dipper's bowl point to the North Star; 2 others point to this constellation of the swan
Cygnus
A BEFORE E $1600: Wax nostalgic & name this Athenian craftsman, father of Icarus
Daedalus
AVIATION $400: In 1988 a Greek cyclist pedaled 74 miles across the Aegean in an aircraft named for this father of Icarus
Daedalus
BAD FORTUNE COOKIES $200: Your words of advice are as powerful as when this man of myth warned his boy Icarus about flying too near the sun
Daedalus
FATHERS & SONS: The island where this man's son washed ashore was later named Ikaria
Daedalus
GREEK MYTHOLOGY $800: Some say he fled Crete by boat & his son Icarus fell overboard & drowned
Daedalus
GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Ariadne got the ball of twine that she gave to Theseus from this man before his flight from Crete
Daedalus
MYTHOLOGY $200: He designed the labyrinth at Minos & was later imprisoned there with his son Icarus
Daedalus
MYTHOLOGY $400: This father of Icarus was considered the first aviator
Daedalus
MYTHOLOGY $800: He made wax wings so he & his son Icarus could escape Crete; a great plan in theory, but...
Daedalus
MYTHOLOGY $800: This father of Icarus was hired to construct the Labyrinth & was then held prisoner
Daedalus
MYTHOLOGY: Banished from Athens, this inventor found trouble on Crete too, but escaped
Daedalus
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S MARS $800: Part of the series is set in 2033, when the first human mission heads to Mars on a ship named for this father of Icarus
Daedalus
THEY'RE STILL MYTHING $400: Icarus' dad, he built the Labyrinth
Daedalus
MYTH ME? $500: Serge Lifar's ballet "Icare" is based on the myth of this father & son flying team
Daedalus & Icarus
IT OPENED IN NEW HAVEN $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven) Appropriately, this "Catch-22" author's play, "We Bombed in New Haven," opened in New Haven, at Yale Rep.
Joseph Heller
2027: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: She won an Oscar as the Queen in "Shakespeare in Love"; now she wins a Grammy for her CD of 50 Cent rap covers
Dame Judi Dench
ENDS IN "ENCH" $600: She played "M" in the James Bond movies "Tomorrow Never Dies" & "The World is Not Enough"
Dame Judi Dench
THE OSCARS: Since 1998 this actress has received 7 Oscar nominations, the most earned after age 60 by any performer
Dame Judi Dench
ART & RELIGION $2000: Here's the writing on the wall--Rembrandt painted Belshazzar's feast from chapter 5 of this Biblical book
Daniel
WORLD LITERATURE $400: In 1703 this "Robinson Crusoe" author offended each side in a religious dispute & was sentenced to Newgate Prison
Daniel Defoe
LITERARY LAST NAMES $800: "The Count of Monte Cristo": Edmond
Dantes
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $200: Vienna & Bratislava
Danube
GEOGRAPHY $600: Bratislava, Belgrade & Budapest all lie on this river
Danube
INTERNATIONAL POTPOURRI $200: Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, lies on this "Beautiful Blue" river
Danube
THE HIMALAYAS $2,500 (Daily Double): Tea is the main product of this city on the slopes of the Himalayas in West Bengal
Darjeeling
NEWS ON THE MARCH $2000: In March 1967 Robert Kennedy came up with a nifty Vietnam peace plan, but this Secretary of State rejected it
Dean Rusk
OSCAR WINNERS' RHYME TIME $2000: Dame Judi's ditches
Dench's trenches
CARNAC-IAN BONDS $800: Dame Judi, a serving girl & the tool she may hit you with for calling her that
Dench, Wench, Wrench
MARTIN SCORSESE, ACTOR $1000: Scorsese joined Ethan Hawke & this "Easy Rider" star in the cast of 1995's "Search And Destroy"
Dennis Hopper
THE NEW TESTAMENT $600: In Acts 19, St. Paul spoke at Ephesus against this goddess whose temple was an ancient wonder
Diana (or Artemis)
NEBRASKANS $1200: This 1968-1975 ABC talk show host had intellectual cachet--Norman Mailer head-butted Gore Vidal in his green room!
Dick Cavett
THE BIG BLANK THEORY $400: Big ____: Alcor & Mizar are in its handle
Dipper
CELEBS WE'D LIKE TO SEE ON REALITY SHOWS $600: Duane Chapman's new sidekick chasing down bad guys on this A&E show? 3 words: Dame. Judi. Dench
Dog the Bounty Hunter
TALE AS OLD AS TIME $200: Tired & disillusioned after a duel with the knight of the white moon, he returns home to La Mancha
Don Quixote
IN THE "D" TALES $4,000 (Daily Double): The full title of this novel includes "El Ingenioso Hidalgo"
Don Quixote (de la Mancha)
MUSIC $1,800 (Daily Double): The women he wrote operas about include Anna Bolena, Lucrezia Borgia & La Fille du Regiment
Donizetti
FASHION $500: At Blomingdale's, the DKNY shop features ready-to-wear clothes by this N.Y. designer
Donna Karan
SINGERS IN TOON $2000: This former teen idol sang for Shang in "Mulan"
Donny Osmond
STREETS $200: In 2000 Tony Blair lived there
Downing Street
NOW THAT'S INVENTIVE! $200: Around 1862 this doctor invented a machine gun that could fire about 350 rounds per minute
Dr. Richard Gatling
LAWYER/ AUTHORS NOT JOHN GRISHAM $2000: This 3-named poet maintained his successful Chicago law practice while penning works like "Spoon River Anthology"
Edgar Lee Masters
THE SENATOR OF MY WORLD $400: In early 2010 Scott Brown defeated Martha Coakley to win the seat held by this man for 47 years
Edward Kennedy (Ted Kennedy)
SUMMARIZING PROUST $2000: Proust organized petitions for this French soldier, unjustly sentenced in 1894 to imprisonment on Devil's Island
Dreyfus
ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $200: James Joyce's 15 stories about the metropolitan Irish around 1900
Dubliners
Who were the Rebels in the Civil War?
During and immediately after the war, U.S. officials, Southern Unionists, and pro-Union writers often referred to Confederates as "Rebels". The earliest histories published in northern U.S. states commonly refer to the American Civil War as "the Great Rebellion" or "the War of the Rebellion", as do many war monuments.
EMMY WINNERS: These 2 men with 16 total career Emmys appeared in series with Mary Tyler Moore, one playing a TV host, one a TV producer
Ed Asner & Carl Reiner
CARTOON VOICES $600: Before his Donkey days, this funny guy voiced Mushu the dragon in "Mulan"
Eddie Murphy
ENTERTAINING CRITTERS $1000: He voiced a dragon in "Mulan"
Eddie Murphy
MURPHY! $2000: In 2015 this star of TV & film was honored with the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor
Eddie Murphy
AN ALL-EDDIE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Grambling State's football coach from 1941 to 1997 becomes a Defoe title character
Eddie Robinson Crusoe
ACTORS PLAYING WRITERS $400: In "The Raven" a serial killer is inspired by the works of this author played by John Cusack
Edgar Allan Poe
AMERICAN LIT: He wrote, "The hellish tattoo of the heart increased. It grew quicker & quicker, & louder & louder every instant"
Edgar Allan Poe
BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS $200: "Nevermore: A Photobiography of" him
Edgar Allan Poe
I PLAYED HIM IN THE RECENT MOVIE $600: Guy Pearce: This abdicator in "The King's Speech"
Edward VIII
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $400: Cairene Arabic is perhaps the most widely understood form of Arabic due to this country's films & TV shows
Egypt
CAMPBELLS $200: George Bernard Shaw wrote this role in "Pygmalion" for the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, who played her in 1914
Eliza Doolittle
DRAMA QUEENS $600: A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film
Elizabeth I
ROLE IN COMMON $400: Bette Davis, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett
Elizabeth I
ROYALTY ON FILM $800: Cate Blanchett in 1998 as this title queen
Elizabeth I
THE BRITISH MONARCH WHEN... $400: ...John F. Kennedy was assassinated
Elizabeth II
HISTORIC AMERICA $200: Issued after the battle of Antietam, this document took effect January 1, 1863
Emancipation Proclamation
SHORE LINES $800: A poem by her rhymes "your poor" with "the wretched refuse of your teeming shore"
Emma Lazarus
A STUDENT OF FILM $400: She left Hogwarts for a new school as Sam in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower"
Emma Watson
ACTRESSES $1200: She voiced Princess Pea in "The Tale of Despereaux"; oh yeah, she was also Hermione in a few "Harry Potter"s
Emma Watson
ALL THINGS DISNEY $600: Belle from "Beauty and the Beast" was a role model for this actress growing up & in 2017 she got to play her on film
Emma Watson
AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $800: 29 million: This "Harry Potter" actress is a champion for women both on & off screen
Emma Watson
OUR OLD PAL WATSON $600: On film, she's Hermione Granger
Emma Watson
ROLE REVERSAL $1200: She entranced us as a proper little witch but then cast a spell as a Valley Girl party animal in "The Bling Ring"
Emma Watson
YOUNG ACTORS $2,400 (Daily Double): This "Harry Potter" actress made history in 2005 as the youngest ever to grace the cover of Teen Vogue
Emma Watson
JOE MAMA $2000: Fuhgeddaboudit! This Brooklyn-born writer, Lena's boy, flew 60 combat missions as a WWII bombardier
Joseph Heller
JOE-POURRI $500: "Closing Time" was his 1994 sequel to "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
AFRICA'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $1000: In Rwanda: Kinyarwanda, French & this
English
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1200: (Sara gives the clue from Pretoria, South Africa) In 1908, in Pretoria, South Africa, the Union Buildings were designed to represent the unity of a once-divided people, with the two identical wings symbolizing these two then-official languages.
English and Afrikaans
GET YOUR IRISH UP $1000: 3-word phrase meaning "Ireland forever"
Erin go bragh
NOT JUST AN AD WRITER $400: While working at an ad agency in 1953, he started work on a book called "Catch-18"
Joseph Heller
NOVELS & NOVELISTS $400: He wrote a play called "Clevinger's Trial", based on Chapter 8 of his novel "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
PLAYWRIGHTS $400: He also wrote the stage version of "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
A MIDNIGHT MOVIE $2000: "Before Midnight" is the third film starring Julie Delpy as Celine & him as Jesse
Ethan Hawke
ACTORS & ACTRESSES $2000: This "Training Day" co-star wrote the novels "The Hottest State" & "Ash Wednesday"
Ethan Hawke
BOOKS BY CELEBRITIES $1000: With "Great Expectations", this "Gattaca" star published his first novel "The Hottest State" in 1996
Ethan Hawke
CELEBRITY BOOKS $800: "Ash Wednesday" is a novel about love & marriage by this actor, Uma Thurman's husband
Ethan Hawke
FEATURE FILM DEBUTS $400: He was just 14 (& not yet married to Uma Thurman) when he debuted in "Explorers" in 1985
Ethan Hawke
FILMS OF THE FUTURE $1200: In "Gattaca", it's odd that he plays a genetic failure but appropriate that he falls for Uma Thurman
Ethan Hawke
HEY, GOOD LOOKING! $1600: (Hey, I'm Mark McGrath.) People often mistake me for this "Training Day" actor, so I'll sign autographs as him & he'll sign autographs as me
Ethan Hawke
GROWING UP ON FILM $1000: Jeremy Kissner & Raquel Beaudene grow up to be these 2 actors in 1998's "Great Expectations"
Ethan Hawke & Gwyneth Paltrow
OUR ANCIENT RELATIVES $1600: The oldest Homo sapiens fossils date from 195,000 years ago & were found in this Horn of Africa nation
Ethiopia
IN MEMORIAM 2009 $400: This founder of the Special Olympics & member of a political dynasty passed away in Hyannis at 88
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS $1000: The idea for the Special Olympics grew out of a summer camp for the disabled started by this Kennedy sister
Eunice Shriver
TELEVISION $200: Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger won 1987 Emmys for writing this series' "My Name Is Alex" episode
Family Ties
CELEBRITY BOOKS $1000: Not surprisingly, her "Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook" includes a recipe for fried green tomatoes
Fannie Flagg
CLUES ACROSS NEW YORK CITY $800: (I'm Liz Cho from New York's ABC7.) Ulysses S. Grant & his wife Julia lie together in Grant's Tomb in upper Manhattan; it is said their desire to be interred side by side stemmed from a visit to the tomb of this Spanish royal couple
Ferdinand and Isabella
What instrument did Ferris Bueller play in the movie Ferris Beuller's Day Off?
Ferris plays a Clarinet.
19th CENTURY LIT $200: "Tevye the Dairyman", published beginning in 1894, inspired this Broadway & movie musical
Fiddler on the Roof
ANAGRAMMED BROADWAY MUSICALS $600: Zero was my hero in this: "INFERRED FOOT HOLD"
Fiddler on the Roof
BROADWAY MUSICALS $200: In the 1960s Pia Zadora, Bette Midler & A. Barbeau all played Tevye's daughters in this musical
Fiddler on the Roof
BROADWAY MUSICALS $800: "Un Violon sur le Toit" was a French version of this Broadway smash
Fiddler on the Roof
BROADWAY TRADITIONS $600: Talk about "Tradition": In 2004 Alfred Molina starred in the fourth Broadway revival of this musical
Fiddler on the Roof
CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $300: Attention, matchmakers: Tzeitel, Hodel, Chava, Shprintze & Bielke are the 5 daughters in this musical
Fiddler on the Roof
CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $400: Lazar Wolf
Fiddler on the Roof
CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $800: As a child in the '60s, Pia Zadora played Tevye's daughter Bielke in this Broadway musical
Fiddler on the Roof
CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS $800: Harvey Fierstein milked the role of Tevye in a revival of this classic musical
Fiddler on the Roof
MUSICAL MUSICALS $600: It featured the songs "Sunrise, Sunset" & "Matchmaker, Matchmaker"
Fiddler on the Roof
MUSICAL THEATRE $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Sharon Lawrence.) Before appearing on TV I appeared on Broadway in several musical revivals including this one set in Anatevka
Fiddler on the Roof
MUSICAL THEATRE $300: At the end of this musical, Tevye & Golde leave Anatevka for America to join their uncle Abram
Fiddler on the Roof
NAME THE MUSICAL $200 (Daily Double): Rabbi, Fruma-Sarah, Grandma Tzeitel
Fiddler on the Roof
PLACE THAT TUNE $800: "Sunrise, Sunset"
Fiddler on the Roof
PAINT MISS, BEHAVING $600: Rembrandt liked to depict his wife as this goddess of blooming plants--note the garland
Flora
"FOOL"ISHNESS $400: Rash, reckless, or what Stan Laurel might do if he played a trick
Foolhardy
THEIR FIRST NOVELS $400: "Catch-22" (1961)
Joseph Heller
VETERANS $400: This late veteran bombardier wrote a novel about a bombardier, "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
WRITERS IN WARTIME $1600: His time in the 488th Bombardment Squadron, 340th Bombardment Group inspired a classic satirical novel
Joseph Heller
First line of the Gettyburg Address?
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The Gettysburg Address?
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln November 19, 1863
EARLY MAN $400: Remains of the Cro-Magnon Man were discovered in 1868 in the Cromagnon cave in this country
France
THE BORGIAS $1200: As Pope Alexander VI, Rodrigo Borgia fought the invasion of Italy by King Charles VIII of this country; plague helped
France
SECONDS $2000: From 1577 to 1580 he commanded the second voyage ever to go around the world
Francis Drake
HOLLYWOOD SQUARES $1000: Judd Apatow produced this 1999 TV series about weirdos & dweebs
Freaks and Geeks
PICK YOUR BATTLE $800: Won by the Rebs: Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
AFRICA'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $200: In Benin: this
French
AFRICA'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $400: In Gabon: this
French
AFRICA'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $600: In Cameroon: English & this
French
AFRICA'S OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $800: In Equatorial Guinea: Spanish & this
French
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $800: This European language is an official language of Chad & Burkina Faso, among other countries
French
CHARACTERS IN BOOKS $3,000 (Daily Double): In a 1719 novel it is the name given to a man who is rescued from a band of cannibals
Friday
LITERARY CHARACTERS $200: Robinson Crusoe writes, "I made him know his name should be" this, "which was the day I saved his life"
Friday
LITERARY SECOND BANANAS $400: Robinson Crusoe "taught him to say yes and no and to know the meaning of them"
Friday
TRUTH SEEKERS $1200: In his "Genealogy of Morals", this 19th c. German philosopher wrote that "The will to truth requires a critique"
Friedrich Nietzsche
HIT TV THEME SONGS $400: The Rembrandts sang "I'll Be There For You", the theme song of this show
Friends
IMPRISONED AUTHORS $1600: Marco Polo dictated his far east adventures while in prison in this city, Venice's rival
Genoa
1937 $600: In December he was appointed U.S. ambassador to Great Britain; wife Rose & his large family accompanied him there
Joseph Kennedy
WORD ORIGINS $500: Our word "bog" probably came from this language; it helps if you think of peat bogs
Gaelic
BODIES OF WATER $400: Around 1633 Rembrandt painted the Biblical scene "Storm on the Sea of" this
Galilee
SINGLE-ARTIST MUSEUMS $400: The museum created for this woman also maintains her home & studio in Abiquiu, New Mexico, 60 miles away
Georgia O'Keeffe
"FIELD" TRIP $1600: Decent but dull Jon Q. Arbuckle owns this comic strip animal
Garfield Crossword clue: Garfield, to Jon Arbuckle Answer: petcat
BORN IN 1818 $2000: He invented seed-planting & cotton-thinning machines as well as his crank-operated machine gun
Gatling
IF EARLY INVENTORS USED KICKSTARTER $1200: OK, my 1839 screw propeller for steamboats was a few months late at the patent office, but help me fire up my 1862 machine gun
Gatling
THE 1860s $600: The drawing accompanying an 1862 weapons patent by this man is seen here
Gatling
THE CIVIL WAR $500: Due to rumors of his Southern sympathies, the U.S. Gov't didn't buy his new machine gun during the war
Gatling
THE SPLENDID LITTLE WAR $1000: Teddy Roosevelt called the sound of these early machine guns "the only sound I ever heard my men cheer in battle"
Gatling Guns
THE CIVIL WAR $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated diagram on the monitor.) At the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the Union's center line at Cemetery Ridge was hit by 12,000 Confederates who suffered 42% casualties in the skirmish known as this man's "charge"
Gen. George Pickett
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE SCHOOLS $800: Its fight song says you're "a hell of a engineer" at this school that opened in 1888
Georgia Tech
& NOW THIS UPDATE $1600: Wouldn't it be loverly for you to name this author of "Pygmalion", from which "My Fair Lady" was adapted
George Bernard Shaw
'TIS IRISH LITERATURE $600: In "Arms and the Man", by him, a fugitive soldier exposes some villagers' romantic ideas about war
George Bernard Shaw
FAQ $1200: This "Pygmalion" playwright wrote, "You see things; & you say, 'Why?' but I dream things that never were; & I say, 'Why not?"'
George Bernard Shaw
IN PRAISE OF OLDER WRITERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In his 90s, this Irish playwright was still writing comedies like "Far-Fetched Fables"
George Bernard Shaw
MONOGRAM MANIA $600: A famous playwright: GBS
George Bernard Shaw
PLAYWRIGHTS $800: "Mrs. Warren's Profession" was scandalous when this Irish-born man wrote a 1902 play of that title
George Bernard Shaw
WORLD OF BOOKS $800: 4 Nobel Prize literature winners were born on the Emerald Isle: Yeats, Beckett, Heaney & this playwright
George Bernard Shaw
WRITERS BY INITIALS $200: A play-full Dublin native: GBS
George Bernard Shaw
THE PLAYWRIGHT WRITES $1200: "By George, Eliza, the streets will be strewn with the bodies of men shooting themselves for your sake"
George Bernard Shaw (in Pygmalion)
OOPS! $500: In July 1995 the RCMP & the Secret Service had to rescue this former U.S. president from a Canadian peat bog
George Bush
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? $1200: Lincoln: "Pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since...Antietam that fatigue anything?"
George McClellan
THE UNION, JACK $1000: Days after assuming command of the Army of the Potomac, he led the Union to victory at Gettysburg
George Meade
BOOK SMARTS $800: The 8 books recommended by Neil deGrasse Tyson for smart people include the Bible & this book about Yahoos
Gulliver's Travels
CIVIL WAR NAMES $800: Of a doomed attack at Gettysburg, this Confederate made the charge that Lee "had my division massacred"
George Pickett
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $1600: Asked why the Confederates lost Gettysburg, he "charge"d, "The Yankees had something to do with it"
George Pickett
CIVIL WAR PEOPLE $400: Known for his Gettysburg "Charge", after the War he sold insurance in Richmond
George Pickett
THE CIVIL WAR $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated map diagram on the monitor.) Although he was but 1 of 4 division commanders with Trimble, Pettigrew & Anderson in an attack at Gettysburg, the charge is named for this general
George Pickett
BYE, GEORGE! $400: This king's speech ended on Feb. 6, 1952 in Sandringham
George VI
MASTERPIECES OF ART $200: Gilbert Stuart's unfinished "Athenaeum Head" portrait of this man appears on the $1 bill
George Washington
REMEMBERING TED KENNEDY $800: Destined for a political career, Ted Kennedy was born Feb. 22, 1932, the 200th anniv. of this president's birth
George Washington
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PROUST $400: One of Marcel's chums at the Lycee Condorcet was Jacques, son of this "Carmen" composer
Georges Bizet
IF THEY MARRIED... $1000: Ms. Frontiere, owner of the Rams, marries Lucrezia's brother Cesare & gets this rhyming name
Georgia Borgia
NOTABLE AMERICAN WOMEN $800: This artist began living in New Mexico in the 1930s, eventually buying a hacienda in Abiquiu with a large garden
Georgia O'Keeffe
SCULPTURE $800: An art museum on Madison Avenue is named for this sculptress who created the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
"GET" GOING $1200: It's about 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg
Gettysburg
A BRIDGE TO SOMEWHERE $600: We will largely note & long remember Sachs Bridge in this city used by both Union & rebel troops
Gettysburg
ANNUAL EVENTS $1200: On November 19, Dedication Day at a national cemetery commemorates the anniversary of this speech
Gettysburg
BEGINS & ENDS IN "G" $5,005 (Daily Double): The farm where Pres. Eisenhower lived after his retirement lies outside this Pennsylvania town
Gettysburg
CEREMONIES $1,000 (Daily Double): A ceremony on November 19, 1863 dedicated a cemetery in this town
Gettysburg
CIVIL WAR DIARY $800: July 1, 1863: Good news, get to keep leg; bad news, I'm going to Cemetery Ridge for this Penn. battle
Gettysburg
CIVIL WAR LITERATURE $400: Michael Shaara's 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner "The Killer Angels" tells the story of this 3-day battle
Gettysburg
FACTS ABOUT FICTION $400: "The Killer Angels", Michael Shaara's fiction Pulitzer winner for 1975, covers this decisive July 1863 battle
Gettysburg
HISTORICAL FICTION $1200: "Gods and Generals" by Jeff Shaara fictionalizes the events culminating in this Civil War battle
Gettysburg
LINCOLN QUOTES $200: Lincoln was at this location when he said that "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain"
Gettysburg
AMERICAN ARTISTS $600: His portraits of George Washington include Athenaeum, Vaughan & Landsdowne types
Gilbert Stuart
ART & ARTISTS $600: He painted 3 types of a portraits of George Washington called Vaughan, Athenaeum & Lansdowne
Gilbert Stuart
FEEL THE ROBERT BURNS! $1200: The Mitchell Library in this city houses a vast Burns collection that "rangers" from manuscripts to scrapbooks
Glasgow
POLITICS & SHOW BIZ $300: She's played Queen Elizabeth I, but decided to join the House of Commons:
Glenda Jackson
CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $600: "The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss" is by Anderson Cooper & her
Gloria Vanderbilt
GLORIA, GLORIA $800: With good jeans, this heiress & socialite turned 92 in 2016
Gloria Vanderbilt
THE "VAN" POOL $1600: Anderson Cooper must have good jeans: his mom is this heiress & designer
Gloria Vanderbilt
GENERAL SCIENCE $1000: Quarks are bound together by hypothetical force particles called these
Gluons
CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The Xhosa hymn "Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" evolved into the South African national anthem; "Nkosi" is God, so the title means this
God Bless Africa
WORLD AUTHORS $1200: He conceived the general plan for "Faust" in 1770, but it wasn't until 1808 that the complete first part was published
Goethe
TALES $400: The islands of Luggnagg & Glubbdubdrib are visited in this 1726 satiric adventure
Gulliver's Travels
CAVES $2000: Stunning examples of Paleolithic art, like the ones seen here, can be found in this cave in France's Vézère Valley
Lascaux Cave
THE "GOOD" BOOK $800: This Joseph Heller novel treats Jewish family life & the Washington political scene
Good as Gold
WHAT'S UP, DOC? $1000: It appears you have hyperthyroidism resulting from this serious-sounding disease, its most common cause
Graves' Disease
THE "GREAT" $600: You'll be a big dipper if you know Ursa Major means this
Great Bear
THE KENNEDYS $600: Joseph Kennedy was appointed Ambassador to this country beginning in 1937
Great Britain
'90s MOVIES $500: Ethan Hawke & Robert De Niro starred in this film based on a Dickens novel
Great Expectations
CEO COMPENSATION $800: Not Marco, but certainly "Polo"! He wore it well, drawing nearly $67 million
Lauren
Which of these weapons is the only one that does NOT appear on the official national flag of a current UN-recognized country? A. Sword B. Grenade C. Spear D. AK-47
Grenade
PLAYING JOURNALIST $2000: Last name of Veronica, the crusading Irish journalist played by Cate Blanchett in 2003
Guerin
FICTIONAL PLACES $800: His "Travels" include meeting a bunch of Yahoos on the island of the Houyhnhnms
Gulliver
AT THE YARD SALE $800: Ah! A copy of this book that Jonathan Swift published "to vex the world rather than to divert it"
Gulliver's Travels
ROGER EBERT ON MOVIES $200: For the Oscars in 1999, I correctly predicted these 2 actresses would win for "Shakespeare in Love"
Gwyneth Paltrow & Judi Dench
UNREAL ESTATE $1600: In 1900 Mark Twain wrote a story about "The Man Who Corrupted" this honest & upright burg
Hadleyburg
URBAN LITERATURE $1200: A mysterious sack in a bank vault stirs greed in the Mark Twain tale "The Man that Corrupted" this town
Hadleyburg
THEY'RE HISTORY! $300: Known for his long wall, he also built Rome's magnificent Athenaeum
Hadrian
PUT OUT THE CHINA $1200: In 87 B.C. the Chinese recorded an astronomical phenomenon that scientists think was this, also seen in 1607 A.D.
Halley's comet
AFRICAN LANGUAGES $1600: Semitic languages are named for Shem; this group of languages, for another of Noah's sons
Hamitic
NATIVE SONS $1,000 (Daily Double): A plain white fence on Hill Street is a tourist attraction in this Missouri town
Hannibal, Missouri
STRAIGHT MEN $200: This partner of Stan Laurel was known for saying, "Here's another nice mess you've gotten me into"
Hardy
INTRODUCTION TO FILM $200: 1962: "Introducing Peter O'Toole"
Lawrence of Arabia
NOOK $1200: From 1871 to 1891 Mark Twain lived in the Nook Farm region of this Connecticut city
Hartford
STATE CAPITAL HAIKU $2,800 (Daily Double): Mark Twain called it home / Founded 1635 / Knows Courant events
Hartford
AVIATION $600: This international airport was named for an agricultural village near London inhabited in Neolithic times
Heathrow
COUNTY SEATS $1,000 (Daily Double): Cornelius Vanderbilt's rustic rocking chair is in the museum named for this other rich guy in Wayne County, Michigan
Henry Ford
THE 1600s $2,400 (Daily Double): After hoarding food rations, he & his son were kept at bay, literally, by mutineers who set them adrift in 1611
Henry Hudson
THAT'S INVENTIVE! $2000: In 1803 the British army adopted the metal-scattering shell that this man invented back in 1784
Henry Shrapnel
ARCHAEOLOGY $800: 18th century archaeologists uncovered the Villa of the Papyri, an ancient library, in this neighbor to Pompeii
Herculaneum
ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: Emma Watson made her acting debut as this bookish friend of Harry Potter
Hermione Granger
COLLEGE COURSES $200: Not surprisingly, at Gettysburg College, the History 340 courses include the Civil War & one on this president
Lincoln
POTPOURRI $800: This Swedish botanist coined the term Homo sapiens to classify humans
Linnaeus
ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES $800: The Rembrandts are annual film awards given out in this nation
Holland (or the Netherlands)
PREHISTORIC TIMES $1000: According to experts, it's the species that developed into Homo-Sapiens
Homo Erectus
LIFE $400: Many think that a few hundred thousand years ago, Homo erectus evolved into this taxonomic group
Homo Sapiens
ANTHROPOLOGY $1200: Java Man is an example of this forerunner of ours whose name is Latin for "upright man"
Homo erectus
ANTHROPOLOGY $2000: Dubois found the first fossils IDed as this species of our genus; later, finding a femur convinced him that it walked upright
Homo erectus
EARLY MAN $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a partial skull at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.) The enlarged brain of this early human species helped it become the longest-lived member of the human family tree; named for its upright posture, it survived nine times longer than our species has been around
Homo erectus
EARLY MAN $1000: Species whose time span ran from about 1.6 million to 150,000 years ago
Homo erectus
HUMAN EVOLUTION $2000: Discovered in 1984, the Nariokotome boy was assigned to this species of standup guys from 1 ½ million B.C.
Homo erectus
INNOVATION $1000: By 500,000 B.C., fire was being controlled & used by this "upright" species
Homo erectus
OUR ANCIENT RELATIVES $2000: This early "upright man" pioneered the use of tools & hunted game 2 million years ago
Homo erectus
PREHISTORIC TIMES $1200: Anthropologists say this was the first of the genus Homo to leave Africa, sometime after 1.8 million years ago
Homo erectus
YOU BETTER KNOW SOME SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): Java Man & Peking Man are examples of this guy who stands between Australopithecus & Homo sapiens
Homo erectus
GRAB BAG $1600: Latin for "handy man", it's the oldest type of human being, according to many anthropologists
Homo habilis
AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Things went south, not West, for this presidential candidate in 1872; he lost to Ulysses Grant & died three weeks after the election
Horace Greeley
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 1271, the Polos left Venice for China; when they couldn't find seaworthy ships in this town, that shared its name with a nearby strait, they continued their journey by land
Hormuz
ARCHAEOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): Prior to his famous 1922 discovery, this Brit found the tombs of Hatshepsut & Mentuhotep, among others
Howard Carter
MAKES SENSE--MOVIES EDITION $400: Many residents of Rock Ridge in "Blazing Saddles" have the surname Johnson, & this character owns an ice cream shop
Howard Johnson
BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG $200: This Mark Twain character is "hated" by moms because he is "vulgar & bad" but "all their children admired him"
Huckleberry Finn
LITERARY CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE $800: Tom Blankenship, the son of the town drunkard in Hannibal, was the inspiration for this classic character
Huckleberry Finn
HISTORIC AMERICANS $6,000 (Daily Double): (Hi. I'm Ken Burns.) My film about this man who inspired Robert Penn Warren's "All the King's Men" depicts his road to the White House cut short by an assassin in 1935
Huey Long
DYLAN $1200: Richard Gere, Heath Ledger & Cate Blanchett played incarnations of Bob in this unusual biopic
I'm Not There
What does it mean to chew the fat?
INFORMAL chat in a leisurely way, especially at length.
"I" DO $600: This mythic male melted his man-wings & smashed into the Aegean Sea
Icarus
A CLOSE LOOK AT ART $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew poses with a seascape.) W.H. Auden wrote, "Everything turns away quite leisurely from a disaster" in Bruegel's "Landscape with the Fall of" this mythical flier
Icarus
ALSO AN ASTEROID $200: The son who flew too near the sun
Icarus
ART SUBJECTS $800: Canova's statue "Daedalus And" this doomed son looked so real, he was accused of making casts of live models
Icarus
ASTEROID NAMES $400: Mythological son who waxed then waned as he fell into the sea
Icarus
ASTRONOMY: Appropriate mythological name given the asteroid in our solar system that passes closest to the sun
Icarus
BALLET $200: Serge Lifar's ballet "Icare" tells the story of this mythical figure who flew too close to the sun
Icarus
BALLET: In a 1935 ballet based on this mythical person, a dancer leaps toward the sun, then crashes to the stage
Icarus
FALL DOWN, GO BOOM $7,800 (Daily Double): Son of Daedalus, his first flying lesson is generally considered something of a failure
Icarus
NONFICTION $400: Mark Twain gave a nonfiction account of his travels to Europe in the work called these people "Abroad"
Innocents
LITERARY TERMS $600: In "Reality Bites" Ethan Hawke says it's when the actual meaning is different from the literal meaning
Irony
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: This country was originally formed out of the Turkish provinces of Basra, Mosul & Baghdad
Iraq
POWER AWARDS $200: (I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) I earned an Edward R. Murrow Award for "Ramadi: On the Front Line"; a report on troops under fire in this country
Iraq
REDRAWING THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $800: Mosul & Basra were 2 of the 3 provinces that were eventually merged into this country
Iraq
SECOND-LARGEST CITIES $1200: Mosul, 1.8 million
Iraq
EUROPEAN COUNTRIES $400: "Erin go bragh" means this country "forever"
Ireland
GOD BLESS YOU $400: Eriu is a celtic fertility goddess of this island named for her; Eire & Erin are corruptions of her name
Ireland
NATIONAL ANTHEMS $200: "In Erin's cause, come woe or weal, 'mid cannons' roar and rifles peal, we'll chant a soldier's song"
Ireland
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $400: A 19th C. goblet in the library was given to Pres. Kennedy when he visited this country of his ancestors in 1963
Ireland
FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $800: The ancient Gaelic battle cry "Erin Go Bragh" means this
Ireland Forever
WRITERS ON FILM $1200: Judi Dench got an Oscar nomination for playing this British writer who battled Alzheimer's
Iris Murdoch
WRITERS ON FILM $2000: She was portrayed by both Kate Winslet & Dame Judi Dench in the 2001 biopic "Iris"
Iris Murdoch
SEMILITERATE BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Tony Stark creation who becomes Don Quixote in a musical
Iron Man of la Mancha
THE STARS OF FRIENDS: UPDATE $800: She's one of the executive producers of the TLC genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Lisa Kudrow
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $800: The grave seen here is typical of the many found at this historic battlefield, now a national monument
Little Big Horn
THE NATURAL WORLD $1600: The longest horns of any sheep belong to an Asian species named for this explorer who first described it in 1273
Marco Polo
STRIFE WITH FATHER $400: Thanks to an angel, Abraham didn't make him the ultimate sacrifice
Isaac
KJPY CLASSICAL RADIO $2000: Tomorrow KJPY presents a tribute to this "Fiddler on the Roof" who died in 2001
Isaac Stern
THE BORGIAS $800: The first Borgia to become pope was Calixtus III, whose first Papal Act in 1455 was to try to recover this city from the Turks
Istanbul
A JUDI DENCH FILM FESTIVAL $1200: In 2011 Judi was Annie Hoover, a doting mother in this biopic
J. Edgar
THE AGE OF THE ROBBER BARONS $1200: The "P." in the name of this preeminent banker of the Gilded Age stood for Pierpont, his mother's family
J.P. Morgan
THE ROBBER BARONS $1200: Rich enough to be almost a one-man central bank, he got his middle initial P. from the Pierponts, who helped found Yale
J.P. Morgan
PRESIDENT & ACCOUNTED FOR $1200: In 1960 he defeated Richard Nixon by fewer than 115,000 popular votes
JFK (John Kennedy)
HEAVY $600: This novelist of Yukon adventure also wrote "Martin Eden", about a novelist who kills himself at the end
Jack London
URBAN LITERATURE $4,000 (Daily Double): He sought his fortune in Yukon gold prospecting, but made it big as the USA's highest-paid writer
Jack London
PURPLE PROSE $800: Sister of actress Joan, this author of "The Stud" was dubbed "Hollywood's own Marcel Proust" by Vanity Fair
Jackie Collins
PRESIDENTS & FIRST LADIES $400: In the early 1960s her hairdo became fashionable with the ladies of the United States
Jackie Kennedy
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.) This person's inspiration for the eternal flame on John F. Kennedy's grave was the one on Paris's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Jacqueline Kennedy
I'VE GOT 3 NAMES $1600: Here he is, perhaps making the 114 offenses against literary art Mark Twain accused him of in two-thirds of a page of "The Deerslayer"
James Fenimore Cooper
RETORTS $600: "May I kiss the hand that wrote 'Ulysses'?" an admirer asked this man, who said, "No--it did lots of other things too"
James Joyce
THE AUTHOR WRITES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Stephen Dedalus is my name, Ireland is my nation. Clongowes is my dwellingplace and heaven my expectation"
James Joyce
WRITERS ON FILM $4,000 (Daily Double): The movie "Nora" tells of the relationship between Nora Barnacle & this writer played by Ewan McGregor
James Joyce
LITERARY SELF-PORTRAITS $400: Stephen Daedalus
James Joyce "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
BRITISH AUTHORS $400: You'll find Emma Watson in an unfinished work by her & Emma Woodhouse in a finished work by her
Jane Austen
LOST IN TRANSLATION $1000: Rosuto
Japanese
HEY, GOOD LOOKIN' $800: A co-star of Kiefer Sutherland's in "The Lost Boys", we don't know why he felt the need for "Speed 2"
Jason Patric
ANTHROPOLOGY $500 (Daily Double): Eugene Dubois thought there'd be fossils of Homo Erectus in the East Indies & found them on this island
Java
BIG ISLANDS $800: In 1891 the first fossils of Homo erectus were discovered on this Indonesian island
Java
EARLY MAN $1,200 (Daily Double): Homo erectus reached this island between 1 & 2 million B.C.; Homo Dutch traderensis, in 1596 A.D.
Java
GENERAL SCIENCE $800: In 1891 Eugene Dubois found a skull cap of Homo erectus on this Indonesian island
Java
WHERE'D YA FIND THAT? $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1891 the then oldest known fossils of Homo Erectus found outside of Africa were discovered on this island
Java
"J"EOPARDY! $1600: Remains of this million-year-old type of Homo erectus were discovered in Indonesia in the 1890s
Java Man
B.C. & AFTER $2000: Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer
Java Man Ray
CELEBRITY DATE BOOK $1000: Oct. 19, 2014: Jimmy Fallon roasts & honors this predecessor who's getting the Mark Twain Prize for Humor
Jay Leno
CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS $600: She went abroad to visit Cro-Magnon caves after writing "The Clan of the Cave Bear"
Jean Auel
A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES $1600: He was known as the Eyes of the Army; before Gettysburg, his cavalry raid left the South deprived of intelligence
Jeb Stuart
BUSINESS LEADERS $2000: Since founding Amazon.com in 1994, he's tried to make it "The Earth's most customer-centric company"
Jeff Bezos
ENTREPRENEURS $800: Read all about it! In 2013 this Amazon founder bought the Washington Post
Jeff Bezos
FOREWORDS $1000: In the foreword to "The Long Run", this CEO remarked about how writer Mishka Shubaly was helped by Kindle Singles
Jeff Bezos
JEFF $400: Under this man's leadership, amazon.com became the largest online retailer
Jeff Bezos
LIKE A BOSS $600: Running up the score before halftime, Amazon's strong 2nd quarter in 2015 helped put an extra $16.5 bil. in this CEO's pocket
Jeff Bezos
NONFICTION $600: "The Everything Store" is subtitled this man "and the Age of Amazon"
Jeff Bezos
Now both just old enough to run for president themselves, which former pair of White House "First Sisters" -- who are also twins -- co-wrote the 2017 memoir "Sister's First"
Jenna and Barbara Bush
FEARLESS GIRL $1200: Mark Twain said his favorite book of all those he had written was his fictional biography of this French lass
Joan of Arc
COMPOSERS $1,000 (Daily Double): 18th-century composer on whose composition the following, a 1965 No. 2 hit, is based: "How gentle is the rain / That falls softly on the meadow / Birds high up in the trees / Serenade the flowers with their melodies..."
Johann Sebastian Bach (Minuet in G)
COMPOSERS $400: In the rivalry between him & Wagner, his supporters were called Brahmins
Johannes Brahms
FEEL THE ROBERT BURNS! $2000: This personification of potent potables was used in a 1782 Burns poem
John Barleycorn
GENEALOGY $1600: This man's "peerage", dating back to 1826, is a guide to the noble families of the United Kingdom
John Burke
BURIED AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY $400: Seen here, his is one of the most visited graves at Arlington
John F. Kennedy
THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHO... $200: was the youngest man to be elected president
John F. Kennedy
PRESIDENTIAL MIDDLE INITIALS $400: F.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
THE ROBBER BARONS $2000: A true pioneer of robber baroning, he incorporated the American Fur Company way back in 1808
John Jacob Astor
SPOT THE CANADIAN $1000: Milton Friedman, John Kenneth Galbraith, John Maynard Keynes
John Kenneth Galbraith
ECONOMICS $1600: In 1936 this British economist said the way to beat a recession was a government-sponsored policy of full employment
John Maynard Keynes
ECONOMICS $2000: This economist in the Bloomsbury Group theorized governments must practice deficit spending during depressions
John Maynard Keynes
ECONOMIST DANCE PARTY $1200: This 3-named Brit's "General Theory" says unemployment is reduced with more government spending; how low can you go?
John Maynard Keynes
LOOK AT ME $600: Politicians continue to debate the economic ideas of this Brit, who died in 1946
John Maynard Keynes
POTPOURRI $1000: This Brit wrote the book on economics: 1936's "The General Theory Of Employment, Interest & Money"
John Maynard Keynes
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WARS $1200: In 1922 Fridtjof Nansen beat out this Brit economist who'd opposed harsh economic reparations against Germany
John Maynard Keynes
LET'S BE ECONOMICAL $2000: In 1944 this British baron traveled to Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, where the IMF was created
John Maynard Keynes IMF - International Monetary Fund
ART & THE BIBLE $800: At the Hermitage in Russia is Rembrandt's painting of David saying goodbye to this friend & son of Saul
Jonathan
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL $800: Novelist Heller
Joseph
WAR MOVIES: A controversial 1979 war film was based on a 1902 work by this author
Joseph Conrad
1984 $2000: Here's the "catch": in 1984 he penned "God Knows" in the form of an autobiography of King David
Joseph Heller
AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: After his "Catch-22", "Something Happened", "Good as Gold", "God Knows"
Joseph Heller
AMERICAN AUTHORS $200: His service in the Air Force gave him the background to write about a madcap bombardier in "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
AMERICAN AUTHORS $300: When he began writing "Catch-22", he was an advertising writer for TIME magazine
Joseph Heller
AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: His experiences as a bombardier in WWII were the basis of the novel "Catch-22"
Joseph Heller
AUTHORS AT WAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Auctioned in 2011, a letter by this author who satirized the military said, "In truth I enjoyed" fighting in WWII
Joseph Heller
AUTHORS AT WAR $400: This "Catch-22" author flew 60 bomber missions in WWII
Joseph Heller
AUTHORS NOT WRITING $3,000 (Daily Double): In WWII he flew 60 combat missions as a bombardier with the U.S. Army Air Forces in Europe
Joseph Heller
AUTHORS ON THEMSELVES $400: "When I read something saying I've not done anything as good as 'Catch-22' I'm tempted to reply, 'Who has?'"
Joseph Heller
AUTHORS' BIRTHPLACES $1200: The "Catch" is that this satirical writer was born in Brooklyn in 1923 (not '22)
Joseph Heller
BIOGRAPHY SUBJECTS $1600: An American novelist: "Just One Catch"
Joseph Heller
BEST SELLERS $200: This biblical king is enjoying a revival in both a Joseph Heller novel & a Richard Gere film
King David
KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT $200: Has starred with Pitt & Cruise
Kirsten
KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT $800: The tallest at 5'7"
Kirsten
Who is Kirsten Dunst?
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (/ˈkɪərstən/; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her debut in the 1989 anthology film New York Stories, appearing in the segment Oedipus Wrecks directed by Woody Allen. At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as Claudia in Interview with the Vampire (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in Little Women the same year and in Jumanji the following year. After a recurring role on the third season of ER (1996-97), and appearances in films such as Wag the Dog (1997), Small Soldiers (1998), and The Virgin Suicides (1999), Dunst starred in a string of comedies, including Drop Dead Gorgeous, Dick (both 1999), Bring It On (2000), Get Over It and Crazy/Beautiful (both 2001). Dunst achieved fame for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002-2007). Since then, her films have included Mona Lisa Smile (2003), Wimbledon, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (both 2004), Cameron Crowe's Elizabethtown (2005), the title role in Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), Bachelorette (2012), and The Two Faces of January (2014). In 2011, she won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance in Lars von Trier's Melancholia. In 2015, Dunst starred as Peggy Blumquist on the second season of the television series Fargo. Her performance garnered critical acclaim, leading to her winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress, and being nominated for Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy awards. In 2017, Dunst received a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the film Hidden Figures, and co-starred in her third collaboration with Sofia Coppola, The Beguiled.
MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS $400: For a 2003 win, she locked lips with an upside-down Tobey Maguire in "Spider-Man"
Kirsten Dunst
MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS $1200: 2003: Tobey Maguire & her
Kirsten Dunst
POP CULTURE $800: As a child, this "Spider-Man" co-star called herself Kiki; her first name was just too hard to pronounce
Kirsten Dunst
TEEN PEOPLE $500: Talk about most embarrassing moments, she said hers was on "Jeopardy!":
Kirsten Dunst
WHEN THEY WERE TEENS $1200: Spider-Man wasn't there to protect her when she was menaced by giant spiders in "Jumanji"
Kirsten Dunst
WHO PLAYED 'EM? $800: 2002: Mary Jane Watson, the girl of Peter Parker's dreams
Kirsten Dunst
YOUNG STARS $800: She got "Greedy" playing "Jumanji" during an "Interview With The Vampire"
Kirsten Dunst
STAR TREK $500: 1 of the 3 alien races Mark Lenard portrayed in the "Star Trek" TV shows & films
Klingons, Romulans, or Vulcans
THE U.N. $400: The seventh Secretary-General, he's fluent in English, French & several African languages
Kofi Annan
AFRICAN HISTORY $600: One of the few stimulants allowed in Islam, this soft drink "nut" was a cash cow for Medieval Guinea
Kola nut
AGES AGO $400: From 1275 to 1292, Marco Polo worked for the Yuan Dynasty under this emperor
Kublai Khan
KHAAAAAAAAAN! $400: In 1275 Marco Polo arrived in Shando, the summer capital of this emperor, & may have seen his stately pleasure dome
Kublai Khan
KHAN MEN $1600: Xanadu you know that Shizu was the temple name of this man born in 1215?
Kublai Khan
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $800: "I know from his 13th century writings that visiting China during the time of Marco Polo means we're also here when this man ruled as emperor." "That's the khan do spirit Sherman, well done"
Kublai Khan
What does L'Chaim mean?
L'Chaim in Hebrew is a toast meaning "to life". When a couple becomes engaged, they get together with friends and family to celebrate. Since they drink l'chaim ("to life"), the celebration is also called a l'chaim.
What three teams did Pat Riley coach?
LA Lakers, New York Knicks, and Miami Heat
Whose song "Mama Said Knock You Out" is said to have been inspired by his grandmother, who told him to "knock out" critics who bad-mouthed his previous album?
LL Cool J
What is the Musketeers' Cup?
La Coupe des Mousquetaires (English: The Musketeers' Trophy) is the trophy awarded to the winner of the Men's Singles competition at the French Open.
A "LA" CARTE $2000: It's the celebrated region in Spain that's shown here
La Mancha
BLEAK HOUSE $400: Your house won't be bleak for long if it has a Rialto luxury lift power recliner from this hyphenated company
La-Z-Boy
& PARTY EV-ER-Y DAY $800: Prime minister Tony Blair
Labour
MY FEAR LADY $2000: We wash our hands of this Scotswoman, played on film by Jeanette Nolan in 1948 & on TV by Judi Dench in 1978
Lady Macbeth
A ROUND OF GULF $1200: The Speke Gulf is at the southeastern corner of this lake, Africa's largest
Lake Victoria
A WATERY BORDER $800: To its north, Tanzania borders this 26,800-square-mile body of water
Lake Victoria
AFRICAN ISLANDS $1200: Uganda's Bugaba Island in this large lake is a home of the African grey parrot
Lake Victoria
GEOGRAPH"IA" $1200: It covers more than 26,000 square miles, mainly in Tanzania & Uganda
Lake Victoria
I LAKE IT LIKE THAT $800: In 1858 this largest lake in Africa was given its royal name by the first European explorer to reach it
Lake Victoria
BEST SELLERS $600: In "Show Time", Pat Riley, this team's coach, tells the story of their 1987 championship season
Lakers
THE ROBBER BARONS $1,000 (Daily Double): 1860s Calif. governor & university founder: it's said he used bribery & intimidation to help amass his fortune
Leland Stanford
NAMES WITH THE SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER $1000: First name of the literary character whose 1726 "Travels" took him far & wide
Lemuel (Gulliver)
COMPOSERS GO TO THE MOVIES $400: Elmer Bernstein of "The Magnificent Seven" fame was known as Bernstein west; this classical giant was Bernstein east
Leonard
THE AGE OF MANN $1200: She's appeared in several of the comedies directed by her husband Judd Apatow
Leslie Mann
4-WORD EXCHANGE $1600: Chapter 1 of this Mark Twain memoir talks about "The River and its History"
Life on the Mississippi
A LITERARY MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH $500 (Daily Double): This 1883 Mark Twain memoir begins with a short history of Hernando de Soto & his first sighting of a river
Life on the Mississippi
MAIN STREAM MEDIA $600: Mark Twain talks about his career as a steamboat pilot in this memoir
Life on the Mississippi
UNREAL ESTATE $800: 6-inch-tall folk populate this country in "Gulliver's Travels"
Lilliput
FLOWERS $200: Convallarin, a heart stimulant, is obtained from this flower "of the valley"
Lily
LEAVES $600: This Stevenson "sea-cook" had not "gone empty-handed"; he took a sack of coins to "help him on his... wanderings"
Long John Silver
TALE SHIPS $4,000 (Daily Double): The Fuwalda was the ship that stranded Lord John & Lady Alice, this character's parents
Lord Greystoke (Tarzan)
With an "e" at the end to make it more feminine, what singer's stage name stems from her fascination not with religion, as some people think -- but with aristocracy?
Lorde
RENAISSANCE MEN $400: Machiavelli addressed "The Prince" to this man who he hoped would give him a position to support his family
Lorenzo de Medici
"LOST" & "FOUND" $600: Hugh Conway finds inner peace in the Himalayas in this James Hilton work
Lost Horizon
SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $400: In 1959 his wife Mary found a fossil of Australopithecus in Tanzania's Olduvai Gorge
Louis Leakey
THE LAKE SHOW $1600: Every little breeze seems to whisper this Alberta lake, so named to honor the daughter of Queen Victoria
Louise
OLD KING COAL $200: This European adventurer reported that coal was widely used in the 13th century Far East
Marco Polo
RETURNS $400: After 17 years in the service of Kublai Khan, he returned home to Venice in 1295
Marco Polo
YOU'RE HISTORY! $800: This Borgia died in 1519 from childbirth complications, leaving behind at least 5 other kids
Lucretia
WOMEN IN HISTORY $800: An illegitimate child of Pope Alexander VI, her reputation was "poisoned" by incest rumors
Lucretia Borgia
THE BORGIAS $1600: History has portrayed this Borgia daughter as a master of political intrigue, though she may have been a pawn
Lucrezia
ALEXANDER THE NOT-SO-GREAT $2000: Pope Alexander VI sired Cesare Borgia & this notorious sister
Lucrezia Borgia
FEMMES FATALES $1000: Daughter of the man who became Pope Alexander VI, she became infamous for intrigues & poisonings
Lucrezia Borgia
HISTORY WITH MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $300: Mr. Peabody has to concoct a special poison to foil this woman from a famous Italian family
Lucrezia Borgia
OPERA $400: Donizetti's opera about this female Borgia is based on a play by Victor Hugo
Lucrezia Borgia
OPERATIC DEMISES $1000: In a Donizetti opera, this vengeful female Borgia treats a roomful of dinner guests to poisoned wine
Lucrezia Borgia
PEOPLE IN HISTORY $1000: This notorious daughter of a pope married Giovanni Sforza, Lord of Pesaro, in 1493
Lucrezia Borgia
PEOPLE IN HISTORY $600: This Borgia, seen here, looks far more innocent than all those nasty rumors would imply
Lucrezia Borgia
THE HISTORIC SEÑOR-"A" OR SEÑORIT-"A" $4,200 (Daily Double): Her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her, including one at age 13 in 1493 to Giovanni Sforza
Lucrezia Borgia
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $2000: Her father, later Pope Alexander VI, arranged 3 marriages for her; the first was when she was 13
Lucrezia Borgia
THE RENAISSANCE $400: Her father, Rodrigo Borgia, arranged her marriage at age 13 to further his own ambitions
Lucrezia Borgia
THE RENAISSANCE $800: In 1500 her husband, Alfonso of Aragon, was murdered on orders of her brother Cesare
Lucrezia Borgia
WICKED WOMEN $300: Historians now believe she was merely the tool of her brother Cesare & her father Pope Alexander VI
Lucrezia Borgia
WOMEN OF ACHIEVEMENT $2000: To further the ambitions of her brother, her father, Pope Alexander VI, arranged several marriages for her
Lucrezia Borgia
COUNTRY SINGERS ON FILM $600: This "long tall Texan" played a bootmaker involved with Lauren Bacall in Robert Altman's "Ready to Wear"
Lyle Lovett
A JUDI DENCH FILM FESTIVAL $800: In "GoldenEye" Ms. Dench took her first run at this role
M
FUN WITH LETTERS $600: It's the single-letter movie role played by Judi Dench beginning with "GoldenEye"
M
JAMES BOND $200: Performers who have played this boss of Bond include Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, & most recently, Judi Dench
M
Who is M in James Bond films?
M is a fictional character in Ian Fleming's James Bond book and film series; the character is the Head of the Secret Intelligence Service—also known as MI6—and is Bond's superior. Fleming based the character on a number of people he knew who commanded sections of British intelligence. M has appeared in the novels by Fleming and seven continuation authors, as well as appearing in twenty-four films. In the Eon Productions series of films, M has been portrayed by four actors: Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, Judi Dench and Ralph Fiennes, the incumbent; in the two independent productions, M was played by John Huston, David Niven and Edward Fox.
While Leo has fulfilled the role since 1957, Slats, George, Jackie and Tanner were all also once mascots of what film studio?
MGM
THE RENAISSANCE $600: Some say he based the ruthless ruler in "The Prince" on Cesare Borgia
Machiavelli
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1200: The world's Austronesian languages include Tagalog, Javanese & Malagasy, spoken mainly on this island nation
Madagascar
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PROUST $1000: In "Remembrance of Things Past", Proust immortalized this shell-shaped cake that prompted a flood of memories
Madeleines
MOVIE ADJECTIVES $200: 1960 & 2016: "The ____ Seven"
Magnificent
MOVIE ADJECTIVES $400: 1960: "The ___ Seven"
Magnificent
Difference between archaeology and anthropology
Main Difference - Archaeology vs Anthropology Archaeology and Anthropology are both disciplines of Social science and study of human societies. The main difference between archaeology and anthropology is that archaeology is the study of past civilizations while anthropology is the study of both contemporary cultures and their historical origins. In this article, we are going to look at this difference between Archaeology and Anthropology.
THE PLAY'S THE THING $1600: Look! Up in the sky! It's not a bird or a plane, but it is this 1905 George Bernard Shaw play about humanity & God!
Man and Superman
"MAN"LY MOVIES $800: Peter O'Toole sang & tilted at windmills in the movie adaptation of this musical
Man of La Mancha
MOVIE MUSICAL ROLES $1600: Peter O'Toole dreamed "The Impossible Dream" when he played Don Quixote in this film
Man of La Mancha
20th CENTURY NOVELS $200: The narrator of his "Remembrance of Things Past" is named Marcel
Marcel Proust
ALL ABOUT AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): A narrator in this French author's multivolume work says, "The materials of my work consisted of my own past"
Marcel Proust
AUTHORS $2,000 (Daily Double): This French author is best remembered for his "A la recherche du temps perdu"
Marcel Proust
DON'T BE A DUMAS $1200: Completes the title of Raymond Queneau's novel about a brat who only wants to ride the subway, "Zazie dans le..."
Metro
PUT 'EM IN ORDER $200: Christo, Rembrandt, Michelangelo
Michelangelo, Rembrandt, Christo
THE BORGIAS $1600: Lucrezia Borgia was married 3 times, the first at age 13 to a son of the Sforzas, a powerful clan of this Lombard city
Milan
CHEWING THE "FAT" $800: Better-known name of billiards master Rudolf Wanderone
Minnesota Fats
REBEL, REBEL $400: Mark Twain, who in 1861 briefly joined a pro-secessionist unit of this state's guard
Missouri
STATES BY LAKES $400: Mark Twain Lake, Blind Pony Lake
Missouri
STATE THE SENATOR $800: Since 2007: Claire McCaskill
Missouri Josh Hawley Assuming office January 3, 2019 Succeeding Claire McCaskill
ARCHEOLOGY $400: A Paleolithic flint industry has been discovered at Grimaldi just east of this principality
Monaco
ART $400: The floor type of this art form originated with pebble floors laid in late-Neolithic Crete
Mosaics
Define toerag
NOUN British informal A contemptible or worthless person. Crossword clue: Scoundrel (in British slang) Answer: toerag
NONFICTION $400: "The American Spelling Book" was the first part of his "A Grammatical Institute of the English Language"
Noah Webster
NUTMEGGERS $500: To safeguard his "Blue-Backed Speller" in the 1780s, he was a staunch advocate of copyright laws
Noah Webster
PEOPLE FROM CONNECTICUT $600: His "Blue-Backed Speller", issued in 1783, is still in print in revised form
Noah Webster
IN THE NEWS $1000: In October 2016 a coalition force began what was hoped to be a 2-month quest to retake this Iraqi city from ISIS
Mosul
WORDS FROM PLACES $1600: The fabric muslin gets its name from this third-largest city in Iraq
Mosul
ALL ABOOT CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $2000: X-Man Wolverine knows this Yukon mount is almost 20,000' high & has the largest base circumference of any mountain
Mount Logan
YUKON $2000: Canada's highest point, it rises 19,551 feet in the St. Elias Mountains
Mount Logan
CLASSICAL MUSIC $1200: Originally, his "A Little Night Music" contained an additional minuet, but it has been lost
Mozart
CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: Kochel No. 1 is the G major minuet & trio he composed when he was about 5
Mozart
STAR TREK $200: Mark Lenard played 2 roles in the TV series, a Romulan commander & the Vulcan father of this character
Mr. Spock
DISNEY FILM CHARACTERS $1000: She joins the Chinese army to protect her father & ends up a hero
Mulan
DISNEY FILM VOICES $1,000 (Daily Double): Ming-Na, who plays Dr. Chen on "ER", provided the voice of this title character in 1998
Mulan
DISNEY FILM VOICES $1000: Eddie Murphy was dragon around as a dragon named Mushu in this 1998 release
Mulan
DISNEY FILM VOICES $800: (Hi, I'm Donny Osmond.) I provided the singing voice of Captain Shang for this 1998 animated Disney film
Mulan
DISNEY FILM VOICES $800: Princess Jasmine's singing voice in "Aladdin" sounds a bit like this Chinese heroine's; Lea Salonga sang for both of them
Mulan
DISNEY FILMS $1000: 1998: A young girl joins the Chinese army in place of her ailing father
Mulan
DISNEY MOVIES BY VILLAIN $800: 1998: Shan-Yu
Mulan
DISNEY PRINCESS NAMES $600: "Magnolia" or literally "wood" & "orchid" in Chinese
Mulan
TEXT ALERTS $2000: This Poe story describes an ape, "Razor still in hand", running through the streets at 3 in the morning
Murders in the Rue Morgue Crossword clue: ___ Morgue (Poe Locale) Answer: rue
FABRICS & TEXTILES $200: The city of Damascus gave us the name Damask & the city of Mosul gave us the name of this fabric
Muslin
ANAGRAMMED MUSICALS $300: "A LID MAY FRY"
My Fair Lady
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Marco Polo was asked by Kublai Khan to make diplomatic trips to the far reaches of Khan's empire, perhaps making it as far as what is now this country
Myanmar
YUKON $1600: The Little Salmon Carmacks & Teslin Tlingit are 2 members of CYFN, the Council of Yukon First these
Nations
EDUCATION $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1783, while teaching in Goshen, N.Y., this educator first published his "American Spelling Book"
Noah Webster
FAMOUS AMERICANS $400: A former lawyer & schoolteacher, this noted lexicographer helped found Amherst College in 1821
Noah Webster
HAIFA LOAF $1200: Oddly, in 1983 a skeleton of this Pleistocene hominid named for a German valley was found near Haifa
Neanderthal
BEFORE & AFTER $800: A heavy-browed archaic human unearthed in 1856 does Don Quixote on Broadway
Neanderthal Man of la Mancha
HUMAN EVOLUTION $1200: These Pleistocene cave-dwellers whose name is synonymous with brutishness had bigger brains than we do
Neanderthals
PREHISTORIC TIMES $1600: The Mousterian industry was the tool culture associated with these humans who predated the Cro-Magnons
Neanderthals
"N" MASSE $1600: Begun around 5,000 years ago, Stonehenge's construction belongs to this "new stone" time period
Neolithic
AMERICAN LIT $400: It's the last word of "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe
Nevermore
BRITISH HISTORY $2000: Signaling change, Tony Blair ended his first speech as party leader with these 2 words, followed by "New Britain"
New Labour
HISTORIC AMERICANS $400: This dictionary compiler was descended from William Bradford, second governor of the Plymouth Colony
Noah Webster
PHILOSOPHY IN A NUTSHELL $2000: In 1887 this German published "The Genealogy of Morals"
Nietzsche
THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew fawns over a metal-plated case in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This beautiful humidor, sans cigars, was given to John F. Kennedy by this cranky premier when they first met in Vienna in 1961
Nikita Khrushchev
BUDS $800: Mark Twain often came to the lab of this inventor from the Balkans to see him demonstrate his latest gizmos
Nikola Tesla
AFRICAN LANGUAGES $400: The Nubian languages are mostly spoken along this river (between cataracts 1 & 4)
Nile
WEAK END $3,000 (Daily Double): Slate called the last scene of this 2007 Oscar winner based on Cormac McCarthy's novel "a tacked on chunk of meaning"
No Country for Old Men
WHAT ARE YOU READING? $800: This Cormac McCarthy novel with the cattle gun-wielding Chigurh
No Country for Old Men
1801-1810 $100: In 1806 he published his first lexicographical work, "A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language"
Noah Webster
19TH CENTURY AMERICANS $200: This educator's "Compendious Dictionary of the English Language" was 1st published in 1806
Noah Webster
19th C. AMERICANS $1000: This noted lexicographer helped found Amherst College in 1821
Noah Webster
19th CENTURY NAMES: In preparation for a work he published in 1828 that was over 20 years in the making, he learned 26 languages
Noah Webster
AUTHORS $1000: Published in 1783, his "Blue-Backed Speller" was still selling 1 million copies a year almost a century later
Noah Webster
CELEBRATIONS $800: Dictionary Day, October 16, celebrates the birthday of this American lexicographer; look it up!
Noah Webster
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: This famous lexicographer was one of the founders of Amherst College
Noah Webster
EARLY AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): Some of his unaccepted spelling changes were hed for head, rong for wrong & iz for is
Noah Webster
EARLY AMERICANS $200: He felt his greatest work was his revision of the Bible, not his speller or dictionary
Noah Webster
MYTHOL-"O"-GY $200: He's also known as Ulysses
Odysseus
READINGS FROM HOMER SIMPSON $100: Hero speaking here: "Nine days I drifted on the teeming sea... upon the tenth we came to the coastline of the lotus eaters... mmmm, lotus!"
Odysseus
EPONYMOUSE $600: Robert Burns' "best laid schemes" of this pair led to a Steinbeck title
Of Mice and Men
FEEL THE ROBERT BURNS! $4,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 1937 novel about migrant laborers comes from a line in Robbie's poem "To a Mouse"
Of Mice and Men
WORKING BOOK TITLES $1,000 (Daily Double): John Steinbeck changed "Something That Happened" to this title, a reference to a Robert Burns poem
Of Mice and Men
AMERICAN POETS $1600: He wrote, "What would you do if you were up a dark alley with Caesar Borgia and he was coming torgia"
Ogden Nash
"DUCK SOUP" $200: The film's director, Leo McCarey, was the genius who got Stan Laurel to team up with this man
Oliver Hardy
THE HARDY BOYS $400: He partnered with Stan Laurel in more than 100 comedies
Oliver Hardy
SKATEBOARDERS $400: Stan Laurel could tell you the name of this trick where the board is propelled into the air by tapping the tail hard
Ollie
AIRLINES $1,000 (Daily Double): Icarus is the frequent-flyer program of this international airline
Olympic Airlines
THE MOVIES $1000: "Ready to Wear" ("Pret-a-Porter") is this director's 1994 film about high jinks & high fashion
Robert Altman
EASTERN EUROPE $400: Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia & Ljubljana is the capital of this former Yugoslav republic
Slovenia
BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: To finance a move to Jamaica in 1786, this Scotsman began selling a book of his poems that became a huge hit; he didn't move
Robert Burns
ELEGIES $400: His "Elegy on the Year 1788" begins, "For lords or kings I dinna mourn, e'en let them die--for that they're born"
Robert Burns
BATTLES OF THE BULGE $800: After visiting the Angel Network on her website, check out her weight loss health eating section
Oprah
MADE YA LOOK--UP! $600: You can hunt down 2 of the 10 brightest stars in the night sky in this constellation
Orion
GLASS & GLASSMAKING $1000: As a gift to the Kennedy Center, Sweden donated 18 15-foot-long crystal chandeliers made by this company
Orrefors
LITERARY TITLE PAIRS $1600: Made into a Ralph Fiennes/Cate Blanchett film: "____ and Lucinda"
Oscar
NICKNAMES $1600: Shakespeare was "the Bard of Avon"; this Scotsman was "the Bard of Ayrshire"
Robert Burns
THE WRITE STUFF $600: Mark Twain didn't think Shakespeare wrote the famous plays, wondering why this 1616 document mentions no books
his will
21 $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from behind the bar at 21.) Among the mementos at 21 is a gift, donated by John F. Kennedy, of the model that represents this boat
PT-109
HISTORIC NAMES $500: This pianist & composer who wrote the "Minuet in G" was also the Prime Minister of Poland
Paderewski
ARCHAEOLOGY $600: In 1865 John Lubbock became the first to use this term referring to the "Old Stone Age"
Paleolithic
CAVES $2000: France's Chauvet Cave has lion & rhino paintings from 30,000 years ago in this period also called the Old Stone Age
Paleolithic
HISTORY $400: Stone tools were first used during this period known as the "Old Stone Age"
Paleolithic
SCULPTURE $800: Some 25,000 years old, the stone statuette Venus of Willendorf is fittingly from this period whose name means "old stone"
Paleolithic
THE OED "PAL" COMPLEX $800: "Designating the earliest of the three major divisions of the Stone Age"
Paleolithic
GENERAL SCIENCE $600: The name of this geologic era in which amphibians & reptiles were introduced means "ancient life"
Paleozoic
GIVE "P"s A CHANCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Carlsbad Caverns National Park, New Mexico.) The fossils in Carlsbad Caverns include sponges, snails & trilobites, all from the Permian period, the tail end of this era whose name means "ancient life"
Paleozoic
PUBLISHED FIRST $400: "Robinson Crusoe", "Paradise Lost", "Sense and Sensibility"
Paradise Lost
CAPITAL CITY BIRTHPLACES $400: Marcel Proust
Paris
MIGHTY APHRODITE $1,600 (Daily Double): This Trojan prince awarded Aphrodite a golden apple over Hera & Athena in a beauty contest
Paris
MYTHOLOGY $800: Athena promised him wisdom & victory in all battles if he judged her the fairest goddess
Paris
AT THE BUFFET $200: The buffet boasts this ham, the true prosciutto, from an Italian province that's also famous for a certain cheese
Parma
BIRDS $600: The hyacinth macaw is the largest of these birds of the family psittacidae
Parrots
A SPORTING CHANCE $800: He was NBA Coach of the Year 3 times in the 1990s with 3 different teams
Pat Riley
BASKETBALL $1000: He's won 6 NBA championship rings: 1 as a player, 1 as an asst. coach & 4 as head coach of the Lakers in the 1980s
Pat Riley
COACH $600: He was NBA coach of the year 3 times in the 1990s with the Lakers, Knicks & Miami Heat
Pat Riley
IRISH AMERICANS $300: The life of this coach has included stints with the Lakers, the Knicks, and the Miami Heat
Pat Riley
PRO BASKETBALL $100: In the 1980s this Lakers coach guided his team to 4 NBA championships
Pat Riley
THE DAN, PATRICK SHOW $400: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) He coached the Lakers to 4 NBA titles in the '80s; now he catches some heat as Miami's president & part-time owner
Pat Riley
THE NAISMITH MEMORIAL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.) Here is the 2006 Miami Heat championship ring of this coach, but don't worry--he still has four other NBA rings that he won patrolling the sidelines
Pat Riley
THIRD $600: Led by this tank general, the U.S. Third Army liberated the key city of Bastogne, Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge
Patton
GREEK MYTHOLOGY $1200: Athena gave Bellerophon a golden bridle for this wild horse
Pegasus
"P.M." $600: Sinanthropus pekinensis is another name for this Homo erectus whose remains were discovered in the 1920s
Peking Man
ARCHAEOLOGY $1000: The Zhoukoudian excavations in China led to debate to whether this homo erectus knew how to use fire
Peking Man
LIFE $600: Scientists date these last Asian homo erectus specimens at 300,000 - 500,000 years old
Peking Man
QUICK PRESIDENTIAL STOPS $400: Gettysburg wasn't Lincoln's first visit to this state; in 1861 he was in Leaman Place for 4 minutes
Pennsylvania
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Categories
Performers, Ahmet Ertegun Award (non-performers), Early Influences, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Award for Musical Excellence, The Singles Included in 2018: Link Wray - "Rumble" The Kingsmen - "Louie Louie" Chubby Checker - "The Twist" Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats - "Rocket 88" Steppenwolf - "Born to Be Wild" Procol Harum - "A Whiter Shade of Pale"
POET, KNOW IT $400: "Farewell the glen sae bushy, O! Farewell the plain sae rashy, O! To other lands I now must go, To sing my highland lassie, O"
Robert Burns
ART & ARTISTS $400: Born in 1577 and named for two saints, he's the Flemish master seen here in a self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
MYTHIC OBITS $1600: Son of the sun god, he took dad's chariot for a fatal joy ride
Phaeton
METS, GIANTS, RANGERS & KNICKS $800: In 1973-74 this Zen-like Knick averaged a career-high 11.1 ppg; oh yeah, he's coached a little in Chicago & L.A., too
Phil Jackson
NONFICTION $400: Dame Judi Dench wrote the foreword to this expose on the role of the Catholic church in forced adoptions
Philomena
CIVIL WAR MILITARY MEN $1200: Known for his "Charge" at Gettysburg, he was relieved of his command days prior to Appomattox
Pickett
IN THE FRAYS $800: As Union troops weathered this man's "charge" at Gettysburg, they cried "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!"
Pickett
HISTORIC OOPSIES $2,000 (Daily Double): Civil War historian Shelby Foote described this attack at Gettysburg as "an incredible mistake"
Pickett's Charge
DISCOVERY CHANNEL UNSOLVED HISTORY $1600: The show seen here investigates the failure of this effort made in the afternoon of July 3, 1863 "The fences along the Emmitsburg Road created a hazard not anticipated by the field commanders, which proved to be a fatal mistake."
Pickett's charge at Gettysburg
POETIC WOMEN $400: The Nancy in this Scot's "A Fond Kiss" was Agnes McLehose
Robert Burns
E BEFORE I $1000: The Great Ice Age occurred during this geologic epoch
Pleistocene
Which of these instruments is used to measure rainfall?
Pluviometer
STARRY NIGHT $200: Merak & Dubhe, the pointer stars in the Big Dipper, point to this star
Polaris
ACTUAL POLICE BLOTTER REPORTS $200: "Police checked the area...an officer went inside and called...'Marco'... police found the suspect after he responded" this
Polo
POETS & POETRY $1600: He wrote, "Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes"
Robert Burns
SUCH NOVEL CHARACTERS $1200: This one of Dumas' 3 musketeers is the extrovert of the group--loud, brash & a courageous fighter & friend
Porthos
READER'S DIGEST $600: Stephen Dedalus' childhood, school days & early manhood, when he decides to leave Dublin for Paris to become a writer
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
BEFORE & AFTER $1600: James Joyce novel that becomes a musical whose characters include Stephen Dedalus, Aldonza & Sancho Panza
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man of La Mancha
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde
Portuguese
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $4,000 (Daily Double): Countries using this as their official language include Mozambique & Guinea-Bissau
Portuguese
POETS' MONOGRAMS $2,000 (Daily Double): He was the "Ploughman Poet": RB
Robert Burns
Define madeleine
noun plural noun: madeleines a small rich cake, typically baked in a shell-shaped mold and often decorated with coconut and jam.
BIOGRAPHIES $1600: Andre Maurois wrote a 1949 biography called "A la Recherche de" this other French author
Proust
WRITER'S HOMES $1600: He spent summer holidays from 1907 to 1914 remembering things past at a seaside resort in Normandy
Proust
NEW YORK SCHOOLS $400: NYC-born novelist Joseph Heller went to P.S. 188, P.S. standing for this
Public School
MOVIE BIO DOUBLE $800: Cate Blanchett in 1998, Judi Dench in 1998
Queen Elizabeth I
MOVIE ROLES $200: Dame Judi Dench & Cate Blanchett both received Oscar nominations for portraying this woman in different '98 films
Queen Elizabeth I
THE ROLE PLAYED $1,000 (Daily Double): Bette Davis, Glenda Jackson, Dame Judi Dench
Queen Elizabeth I
I NEED MORE COWBELL $1600: The cowbell on "Little Sister" is one of the "Lullabies to Paralyze" by this paleolithic group
Queens of the Stone Age
COMPLETES THE PAIR $1200: Saddam's sons, both killed in a 2003 firefight in Mosul: Uday & ____
Qusay
BEFORE & AFTER $1600: "Bullet in the Head" heavy metal rap band that's a weapon perfected by Richard Gatling in the late 19th century
Rage Against the Machine Gun
BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES $800: 1988 Dustin Hoffman film that definitely, definitely became the musical film version of "Don Quixote"
Rain Man of La Mancha
I'M LIKE ON PAGE 1 $1600: He began a book, "I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe"
Ralph Ellison
TITLES FROM POETRY $3,000 (Daily Double): The best-laid plans of these 2 authors gave us 1785's "To a Mouse" & the 1937 title inspired by it, "Of Mice and Men"
Robert Burns and John Steinbeck
Define paleontology
noun the branch of science concerned with fossil animals and plants.
MISSING LINKS $100: Old Rough & ____ to Wear
Ready
"R" MOVIES $400: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke & Ben Stiller form a romantic triangle in this 1994 Stiller directed
Reality Bites
KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT $1000: Born in the 1970s, she's the oldest
Reese
KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT $600: Married, with children
Reese
BURNS, BABY, BURNS $200: The poet Robert Burns was born on Jan, 25, 1759 in Alloway, a village on the river Doon in this country
Scotland
BEFORE & AFTER $800: Dynastic "Everyday People" singing group that subdivides into paleolithic, mesolithic & neolithic periods
Sly & the Family Stone Age
17th CENTURY PEOPLE $400: Painting Dr. Tulp, which means "Dr. Tulip", was one of this artist's first big jobs in Amsterdam
Rembrandt
ART & MYTHOLOGY $400: (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum.) Only a fraction of the paintings by this great Dutch master depict scenes from mythology, but the Getty has one showing Jupiter in the guise of a bull abducting Europa
Rembrandt
COURSES AT CALTECH $600: The techies take a humanities break in "From Van Eyck to" this master painter of the Dutch golden age
Rembrandt
IN THE LOUVRE $400: A Dutch import: "Bathsheba at Her Bath"; "Portrait of Hendrickje Stoffels with a Velvet Beret"
Rembrandt
SELFIE OF THE ARTIST $400: Here's a 1659 work by & of this Dutch boy, who rarely said no to painting a selfie
Rembrandt
THE ARTS $2000: The house where this artist lived & worked from 1639 to 1658 is now a museum in Amsterdam
Rembrandt
"OF" LITERATURE $600: "A la recherche du temps perdu" is the French title of this Proust masterpiece
Remembrance of Things Past
BIG BOOKS $2,000 (Daily Double): The remembered taste of a cake provides a turning point in this Proust work about memory
Remembrance of Things Past
DON'T BE A DUMAS $1600: If you recall, "The Sweet Cheat Gone" & "The Past Recaptured" are found in this 7-part Proust masterpiece
Remembrance of Things Past
FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Marcel Proust began writing this 7-part, 3,000-page novel in 1909 & continued working on it until his death in 1922
Remembrance of Things Past
FRENCH LITERATURE: Its first chapter recalls "the little scallop-shell of pastry, so richly sensual under its severe, religious folds"
Remembrance of Things Past
IF THEY WERE MUSICALS... $1000: "Stop and Smell the Cake and Tea" is a showstopping number in the musical based on this 7-part Proust work
Remembrance of Things Past
LITERATURE $1000: Marcel Proust published "Swann's Way", the 1st part of this lengthy novel, at his own expense
Remembrance of Things Past
LITERATURE $1000: Proust paid to publish "Swann's Way", the first part of this epic work, after publishers rejected it
Remembrance of Things Past
NOVEL CHARACTERS $400: Ashley Wilkes says of him, "Arrogant devil, isn't he? He looks like one of the Borgias"
Rhett Butler
STATE OF THE ESTATE $1000: The Vanderbilts' summer "cottage", The Breakers
Rhode Island
"G" WHIZZES $800: The gun this man invented in 1862 could fire 350 rounds per minute
Richard Gatling
INVENTIONS $800: In addition to his machine gun, this Civil War-era man also invented a steam plow
Richard Gatling
SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $600: In 1862 he patented America's first practical quick-firing machine gun
Richard Gatling
THE 19th CENTURY $200: Besides farm machines he invented the first practical rapid-fire machine gun in the U.S.
Richard Gatling
TOSSIN' & TURNIN' $1000: In 1862 he patented his now famous gun with a hand crank for rapid firing of 250 or more rounds a minute
Richard Gatling
FAMOUS SCIENTISTS $600: The son of anthropologists Louis & Mary, he found an almost complete homo erectus skeleton in 1984
Richard Leakey
JOKERS ARE WILD $800: For "Blazing Saddles", this legendary black standup wrote the classic line "Mongo only pawn in game of life"
Richard Pryor
POP GOES THE CULTURE $1600: This late comic was first cast as Sheriff Bart in "Blazing Saddles" but the studio balked due to his volatile reputation
Richard Pryor
BATTLES OF THE BULGE $2000: This star of HBO's "Extras" refuses to diet & prefers to buy new clothes every few months when he gains weight
Ricky Gervais
BLAME IT ON THE SUPERNOVA $2000: "R" you ready?! The brightest star in Orion, this is set to go super-nova! (But relax, only within 10 mil. years or so)
Rigel
Rx MARKS THE SPOT $200: The stimulant methylphenidate, used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is known by this trade name
Ritalin
THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $600: "Vincent & Theo", "The Player", "Ready to Wear"
Robert Altman
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS $800: He's heard here in a speech the night of Martin Luther King's murder "What we need in the United States is not violence and lawlessness, but is love, and wisdom, and compassion toward one another."
Robert F. Kennedy
PROJECT RUNAWAY $1000: L.A. spent about $600 million to turn the Ambassador Hotel into a K-12 school complex named for this late politician
Robert F. Kennedy
THE KENNEDY YEARS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) One exhibit at the Kennedy Library recreates the Justice Department office of this man, John F. Kennedy's most trusted advisor
Robert Kennedy
PIN THE TALE ON THE DONKEY $1000: In 1879 this young Scot documented his adventures in France in "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes"
Robert Louis Stevenson
BESTSELLING PAGETURNERS $3,000 (Daily Double): "The Matarese Countdown", "The Osterman Weekend", "The Icarus Agenda"
Robert Ludlum
SPY FICTION $500: You can name this author in 3 words..."The Icarus Agenda", "The Osterman Weekend", "The Matarese Circle"
Robert Ludlum
SPY NOVELS $600: His most recent bestseller is "The Icarus Agenda", published in 1988
Robert Ludlum
28 IS GREAT $400: This literary character spent 28 years marooned on a desert island
Robinson Crusoe
A NOVEL SUM-UP $800: Friend or Defoe?: the original "Survivor"; cannibals don't make for good company; thank God it's Friday!
Robinson Crusoe
AUTHORS' SECOND NOVELS $800: Knowing a good thing when he'd found it, Daniel Defoe penned "The Further Adventures of" this guy
Robinson Crusoe
ANCIENT TIMES $100: We know Hadrian's study center called the Athenaeum was in this city, we just don't know where
Rome
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT $800: In 1480, Lucrezia Borgia was born in what is now this capital
Rome
HISTORIC TV $200: This '70s miniseries scored a monster 71% of viewers for its finale & boosted interest in genealogy
Roots
"ROUND" 'EM UP $2000: 2 crucial hills in the Battle of Gettysburg were "Big" & "Little" this
Round Top
MUSICAL THEATER $400: The "Fiddler on the Roof" is fiddling on a roof in this country
Russia
CIVIL WAR $1000: This Col. fought at Antietam in 1862 along with Sgt. Wm. McKinley & became president 14 1/2 years later
Rutherford B. Hayes
YUKON $800: This cross on Yukon's coat of arms represents the early English explorers of the region
Saint George's cross
ESSAYS $1600: Norman Mailer dissed this author who died in 2010 as being "no more than the greatest mind ever to stay in prep school"
Salinger
ARCHAEOLOGY $400: In the 1700s William Stukeley was the first to recognize that the objects of this British site were aligned on the solstices
Stonehenge
BIOGRAPHIES $1600: Marquis James' biography "The Raven" isn't about Edgar Allan Poe but about this flamboyant pres. of early Texas
Sam Houston
A BIT OF LIT $2000: Before he waited for Godot, this Irish author wrote a critical study of Proust
Samuel Beckett
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PROUST $600: One of the first critiques in English of Proust's work was by this "Godot" playwright in 1931
Samuel Beckett
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING $1600: This prestigious liberal arts college in Yonkers, New York was named for the wife of a real estate tycoon
Sarah Lawrence College
REMBRANDT $2000: This beloved wife of Rembrandt appeared in many of his paintings, including the one here of the two of them
Saskia
FOOT POTPOURRI $800: The Salish language gives us this other name for Bigfoot
Sasquatch
LET'S VISIT THE MIDEAST $800: This 830,000-square-mile kingdom is not a lifeless desert but teems with quince trees & wild gerbils
Saudi Arabia
KIRSTEN, REESE OR SCARLETT $400: Born of a Danish father
Scarlett
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $400: Bratislava, capital of this eastern neighbor of the Czech Republic, was known as Pressburg until 1919
Slovakia
CULTURES OF SOUTH AFRICA $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Lesedi Cultural Village in South Africa.) The short stabbing spear replacing the long throwing spear was an innovation of this Zulu chief who died in 1828; he also taught how to hook away an enemy's shield, exposing his ribs
Shaka
A JUDI DENCH FILM FESTIVAL $400: Judi played Queen Elizabeth I in a brief but Oscar-winning performance in this film
Shakespeare in Love
IT'S ALL RELATIVE $600: (I'm Anderson Cooper.) During the Civil War, my great-great-grandfather, Union general Judson Kilpatrick, fought at Gettysburg & under the command of this general on his "march to the sea"
Sherman
THE CIVIL WAR: 1st major battle with heavy causalities was at this Tennessee site named for a church on the battlefield
Shiloh
WHO SAID IT, SHAKESPEARE? $800: "Signior Antonio, many a time and oft in the Rialto you have rated me about my moneys and my usances"
Shylock
THE FABULOUS FIFTIES $800: Pat Carroll, Carl Reiner & Nanette Fabray all won Emmys in 1957 for their work on this comic's "Hour"
Sid Caesar
CAMBRIDGE $6,435 (Daily Double): The chapels at Pembroke & Emmanuel Colleges were designed by this architect
Sir Christopher Wren
COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $600 (Daily Double): Bratislava is the capital of this republic
Slovakia
HOMELANDS $1000: Gustav lives in Bratislava, this country's capital
Slovakia
NEO GEO $200: This country took its half of the name & went home to Bratislava, becoming a separate nation in 1993
Slovakia
TOUGH EUROPEAN CAPITALS $400: Bratislava is the capital of this nation that Czeched out of a union with a neighbor
Slovakia
LANGUAGES $1,000 (Daily Double): Zulu, Sesotho & Xhosa are among this country's 11 official languages
South Africa
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $800: Tsonga isn't spoken in Tonga but is one of 11 official languages in this country, as are Tswana & Zulu
South Africa
MUSEUMS $600: This country's Transvaal Museum is noted for such fossilized remains as Australopithecus Africanus
South Africa
IN THE OCEAN $600: The Humboldt Current, teeming with life, is found off this continent's west coast
South America
DGA FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERS $1000: 2010: Tom Hooper, who then had to give a non-royal one
The King's Speech
MOVIE QUEENS $800: Young Freya Wilson played future Queen Elizabeth II in this 2010 film
The King's Speech
SAY CHEESE! $1200: This country's manchego is so named because the sheep that originally made it grazed on La Mancha's plains
Spain
MOVIE KISSES $200: Tobey Maguire said kissing Kirsten Dunst upside-down in the rain was the hardest thing he's done as this superhero
Spider-Man
OTHER STAR TREK CHARACTERS $400: Mark Lenard played the first fully seen Romulan, the first Klingon with the forehead ridges & logically, the dad of this guy
Spock
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE BOOK $1600: This poetic "Anthology" from Edgar Lee Masters became a Broadway play in 1963
Spoon River Anthology
MOVIES BY OSCARS $400: 2010: Actor Colin Firth & director Tom Hooper
The King's Speech
THE STAR OF OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE $1200: 2010: Colin Firth
The King's Speech
LET'S GET ORGANIZED $1000: "Clemens, Samuel: see Twain, Mark" is one of these hyphenated notes that directs readers to info in an another place
a cross-reference
Patron saint of sailors
St. Elmo (Erasmus of Formia)
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY $200: This comic actor produced a singing cowboy Western without his partner Ollie
Stan Laurel
MOVIE DIRECTORS $200: Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson, this skinny half of a comedy team directed several of their films
Stan Laurel
STARS OF THE SILENT SCREEN $200: He starred solo & directed before being paired with Oliver Hardy
Stan Laurel
WEDDING TRIVIA $100: In the film "Our Wife", cross-eyed Ben Turpin married Oliver Hardy to this co-star
Stan Laurel
WELL-KNOWN NAMES $500: The real name of this half of a classic comedy team was Arthur Stanley Jefferson
Stan Laurel
BIBLICAL ART $1000: Dating from 1625, Rembrandt's earliest known painting was "The Stoning of" this martyr
Stephen
EVEN STEPHEN $2000: This character was James Joyce's fictional counterpart in "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" & "Ulysses"
Stephen Dedalus
JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) This young hero of "Ulysses" stands in this spot looking over the sea and pondering love's bitter mystery
Stephen Dedalus
LITERATURE & MYTHOLOGY: The "very name embodies the idea of flight", says one analysis of a 20th century novel in describing this main character
Stephen Dedalus
READ ANY GOOD BOOKS? $400: This character is the young man in Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Stephen Dedalus
PALEOLITHIC $200: As the name implies, Paleolithic refers to what's called the "Old" this age
Stone Age
SCIENCE $600: In 1834, Christian Thomsen divided early human history into these 3 ages
Stone, Bronze, and Iron
EARLY MAN $1,200 (Daily Double): Prehistory can be divided into these 3 ages, each named for a different tool material
Stone, Iron, & Bronze
"S"TUFF $800: Attributed to Druids, Greeks & even Romans, this Neolithic site on Salisbury Plain was erected by unknown builders
Stonehenge
BROADWAY LYRICS $400: The song from "Fiddler on the Roof" that asks, "Is this the little girl I carried?"
Sunrise, Sunset
THE 11th CENTURY $200: In 1054 the Chinese observed one of these "super" astronomic cataclysms that ends a star's life
Supernova
REQUIRED READING $2000: For "Feminism and Film" at Vanderbilt: "Backlash" by this Pulitzer winner
Susan Faludi
AFRICAN LANGUAGES $1200: The dialect of Lamu in Kenya has produced classic poetry in this Bantu language
Swahili
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1,200 (Daily Double): With 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken native language on the continent
Swahili
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $800: This language's many dialects include kiMvita spoken in Mombasa
Swahili
WHOSE WHAT? $2000: This first of the 7 parts of "Remembrance of Things Past" had to be published at author Marcel Proust's expense
Swann's Way
HOMOPHONES $300: A Proust character, or a ballet lake
Swann/Swan
LANGUAGES & DIALECTS $2000: The official languages of this small African kingdom are siSwati & English
Swaziland
REALLY FOREIGN LANGUAGES $1000: English & Siswati are the official languages of this small landlocked African nation
Swaziland
DISNEY SIDEKICKS $400: In "Mulan", Mushu is one of these legendary creatures
a dragon
SUMMARIZING PROUST $1600: As editor for the Criterion, this "Hollow Men" poet provided a literary platform for Proust
T.S. Eliot
"T" ZONES $400: This African republic's 2 official languages are English & Swahili
Tanzania
BLAME IT ON THE SUPERNOVA $400: Here's some total bull--in 1054 a supernova lit up one of the horns in this constellation
Taurus
SCIENCE & NATURE $2000: The Crab Nebula in this Zodiac constallation is the remains of the supernova of 1054 A.D.
Taurus
Define taurus
Taurus is one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. Its symbol is a bull. People who are born between approximately the 20th of April and the 20th of May come under this sign.
POLITICIANS $400: 2 years after his brother was elected President, this senator from Massachusetts took office
Ted (or Edward) Kennedy
BORN & DIED $200: Born: Feb. 22, 1932, Boston, Massachusetts. Died: Aug. 25, 2009, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy
KENNEDY FAMILY MEMBERS $6,400 (Daily Double): Lost the 1980 Democratic presidential nomination to Jimmy Carter
Ted Kennedy
NONFICTION $800: 2009's "Last Lion" is subtitled "The Fall and Rise of" this political brother
Ted Kennedy
POLITICAL CARICATURES $200: He was only 30 when he won his U.S. Senate seat in 1962
Ted Kennedy
SURVIVOR: CONGRESS $200: The tribe has spoken to the 8 Republicans who have run against this Massachusetts senator since 1962
Ted Kennedy
THE KENNEDYS $800: On Dec. 20, 1982 this Kennedy's stormy 24-year marriage ended
Ted Kennedy
THE KENNEDY CENTER $600: The Kennedy Center presented a series of one-act plays as "Five by Tenn", a reference to this playwright
Tennessee Williams
YUKON $400: On April 1, 2003 this word was officially dropped from Yukon's name
Territory
CHARACTERS IN PLAYS $2,000 (Daily Double): He's the resident milkman in the village of Anatevka
Tevye
FROM PAGE TO MUSICAL $400: The Tony-winning musical "Big River" was based on this Mark Twain classic
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
THEY CO-STARRED WITH LEO DiCAPRIO $1200: Cate Blanchett as Ketharine Hepburn, darling
The Aviator
HISTORICAL HAIKU $800: Civil War battle / Pickett charges to ruin / The rebels retreat
The Battle of Gettysburg
A JUDI DENCH FILM FESTIVAL $2000: Judi is a widow giving India a go in the film about this hotel that bills itself as "the best"
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
GET A HANDLE ON IT $600: This star group in Ursa Major is also called the Plow
The Big Dipper
U.S.A. $1000: This Boston library was founded in 1807; its name may be "Greek" to you
The Boston Athenaeum
THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $1000: This bestseller by Erik Larson tells the true story of a serial killer who used the 1893 fair to lure his victims
The Devil in the White City
'60s TV $800: As producer, Carl Reiner picked up an Emmy for this Outstanding Comedy Series of 1965-66
The Dick Van Dyke Show
CLASSIC SITCOMS $300: The pilot for this sitcom was called "Head of the Family" & starred Carl Reiner as Rob Petrie
The Dick Van Dyke Show
THE EMMYS $800: Alan Brady would have been jealous when Carl Reiner won Emmys for writing & producing this series in the '60s
The Dick Van Dyke Show
FILE UNDER "E" $300: Poet William Drennan claimed to have coined this colorful name for Ireland about 1795
The Emerald Isle
GEMS $500: 18th century poet William Drennan claimed he coined this nickname for Ireland in his poem "Erin"
The Emerald Isle
AWARDS & HONORS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1980 this Norman Mailer book won a Pulitzer, not a pardon
The Executioner's Song
FICTION PULITZERS $400: Norman Mailer won in 1980 for this grisly worker's "Song"
The Executioner's Song
IN THE BOOKSTORE $1600: This Norman Mailer work is the true story of murderer Gary Gilmore, who chose a firing squad when given the death penalty
The Executioner's Song
THE CONDEMNED MAN $2000: This Norman Mailer book tells how convicted killer Gary Gilmore lobbied for his own death by firing squad
The Executioner's Song
WRITTEN BY $1000: This book written by Norman Mailer focused on condemned killer Gary Gilmore
The Executioner's Song
LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Norman Mailer's true story of Gary Gilmore, a key player in Toni Morrison's "biblical" novel
The Executioner's Song of Solomon
GOTHIC LITERATURE $1600: Edgar Allan Poe fed a 19th century Gothic revival with stories like this supernatural tale about Roderick & his doomed family
The Fall of the House of Usher
TWO OF A KIND $1600: In this Edgar Allan Poe tale, Roderick confesses that his not-dead-yet twin sister Madeline has been laid in the family tomb
The Fall of the House of Usher
CIVIL WAR HODGEPODGE $400: The second sentence of this speech begins, "Now we are engaged in a great civil war"
The Gettysburg Address
MUMMY DEAREST $800: Those who found the well-preserved Tollund Man in 1950 in this peaty type of swamp called the cops, not the archaeologists
a fen (or a bog)
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of the Battle of Gettysburg.) The battle began when Confederate troops, searching for shoes, ran into Union cavalry.The Union forces were then pushed back into a defensive formation that became known as this, after the anglers' device it resembled.
a fishhook
Define australopithecus
a fossil bipedal primate with both apelike and human characteristics, found in Pliocene and lower Pleistocene deposits ( c. 4 million to 1 million years old) in Africa.
2016 MINUTES OF FAME $1200: Andrea Leadsom said, I'd be a better U.K. PM because I'm a mother; exit Andrea, enter this new PM
Theresa May
WAY BACK IN 2017 (Tiebreaker clue): Her April decision to call a snap parliamentary election proved less than brilliant on June 8
Theresa May
Current Prime Minister of England
Theresa May (July 13, 2016 - ?)
FAMOUS RAYS $2000: In 2005 NASA pinpointed GRB050709, the "GRB" for this type of burst brighter than a billion suns
a gamma-ray burst
ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Himalayas border the southern end of the vast plateau of this Chinese region
Tibet
THE HIMALAYAS $800: The highest tree in the Himalayas is a juniper tree found at around 16,000' in this autonomous region of China
Tibet
FUNNY LADIES $200: In 2010, she became the youngest recipient of the Mark Twain prize for humor
Tina Fey
FRENCH LITERATURE $400: "Twenty Years After" & "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" were both sequels to this Alexandre Dumas work
Three Musketeers
SONG/BOOK $1200: Song: Rush; book: Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
A LOOK AT BOOKS $1000: Norman Mailer said a novel by this man didn't have the right stuff: "It is a 742-page work that reads as if it is 1,500"
Tom Wolfe
BRITISH PRIME MINISTERS $800: In 2015 he apologized for "mistakes in planning" but found it hard to apologize "for removing Saddam"
Tony Blair
I READ THE NEWS TODAY $800: In 2018 this ex-PM from the Labour Party said he wouldn't mind a referendum on the Brexit referendum
Tony Blair
MOVIE QUEENS $1200: In "The Queen" Michael Sheen as this man helps Helen Mirren's Elizabeth II do right by Princess Diana's memory
Tony Blair
QE II's PMs $800: He served the second-longest tenure as PM for Elizabeth II--10 years, from 1997 to 2007
Tony Blair
THE PREVIOUS WORLD LEADER $400: Gordon Brown finally got his turn after this man left
Tony Blair
THE PRIOR WORLD LEADER $400: Before Gordon Brown, if you Labour to remember
Tony Blair
BROADWAY SONGS $800: "Fiddler on the Roof" tune which tells us "Poppa must scramble for a living"
Tradition
POE FOLKS $400: Things are not going well when we meet Edgar Allan Poe's Roderick, proprietor of "the house of" this
Usher
PREHISTORIC TIMES $400: The procoptodon, a 450-pound one of these, jumped all over Australia during the Pleistocene Epoch
a kangaroo
ARCHAEOLOGY $200: 9 periods of habitation have been discovered in this ancient city of Anatolia; VIIa is the one written about by Homer
Troy
IF JUDD APATOW ADAPTED THE CLASSICS $800: Agamemnon goes on a hilarious bender after sacrificing his daughter to gain a fair wind to this city
Troy
COLLEGE COLLAGE $800: Home to the William Ransom Hogan Jazz Archive, this university is known as the "Harvard of the South"
Tulane
ASTRONOMY $800: In 1572 this Danish astronomer discovered a supernova in the constellation Cassiopeia
Tycho Brahe
BLAME IT ON THE SUPERNOVA $1200: Before 1572, many thought no change could occur in the heavens beyond the moon's orbit; then this Dane saw a supernova
Tycho Brahe
A NOVEL CATEGORY $400: This James Joyce novel could be called "A Day in the Life of Leopold & Molly Bloom & Stephen Dedalus"
Ulysses
CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $600: A landmark obscenity case in 1933 lifted a ban in the U.S. on this James Joyce work
Ulysses
CLASSIC NOVELS $1,000 (Daily Double): In this novel, banned in the U.S. until 1933, Molly Bloom & Stephen Dedalus represent Penelope & Telemachus
Ulysses
IT'S IN THE BOOK $800: From 1922, Dubliner Molly Bloom
Ulysses
SAILING LIT $600: "My purpose holds to sail beyond the sunset", he says in a Tennyson poem that bears his name, set after a Homer epic
Ulysses
THE SUN $1200: Launched in 1990, the first spacecraft to fly over the sun's poles had this Homeric (& Joycean) name
Ulysses
ART & MYTHOLOGY $600: On the vase dating from the 5th century B.C., this hero is tied to the mast of his ship to resist the singing of the sirens
Ulysses (or Odysseus)
HAIL TO THE CHIEF $200: This general's acceptance letter upon receiving the Republican nomination in 1868 included the line "Let us have peace"
Ulysses Grant
PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $800: In 1884 Mark Twain offered him a $50,000 advance for his "Personal Memoirs", which he finished just prior to his death
Ulysses Grant
PUTTING THE VICE IN VICE PRESIDENT $1000: Schuyler Colfax, No. 2 to this military hero, got implicated in shady contracts to build the Union Pacific Railroad
Ulysses Grant
U.S. MILITARY MEN $800: More than a million people attended his 1885 funeral in NYC & in 1897 a million attended the dedication of his tomb
Ulysses S. Grant
CELEBRITY SPOUSES $800: Mrs. Ethan Hawke
Uma Thurman
SPOUSE IN COMMON $600: Gary Oldman, Ethan Hawke
Uma Thurman
CONSTELLATIONS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a constellation on the monitor.) Look for the Big Dipper to find this third largest constellation: the handle forms its tail; other stars form its paws
Ursa Major
CONSTELLATIONS $400: The handle of the Big Dipper forms the tail of this constellation, the Great Bear
Ursa Major
NO MAN'S SKY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a constellation on the monitor.) Look for the Big Dipper, then for the three pairs of stars that form the paws when tracing the entire figure of this constellation
Ursa Major
SPACE STUFF $400: The Big Dipper is part of this constellation, from the Latin for "great bear"
Ursa Major
BATTLES OF THE BULGE $1600: Since losing 40 pounds on Jenny Craig, she said she can finally go on tour like her son Wolfie
Valerie Bertinelli
AMERICAN GRADUATORS $1000: Tipper Gore & Dinah Shore got degrees from this prestigious university in Nashville
Vanderbilt
COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $2000: A noted Commodore from this university was Al Gore, who studied at both its divinity & law schools
Vanderbilt
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: Bishop Holland McTyeire, a cousin of the founder's wife, chose the site in Nashville for the campus of this private university
Vanderbilt
COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: Learn fiddle & gee-tar at the Blair school of music of this university--it is in Nashville, after all
Vanderbilt
COLLEGES BY TEAM NAMES $600: The Commodores
Vanderbilt
TEACHING THE TEACHERS $1200: The U.S. news No. 1-ranked education grad school is the Peabody School at this Nashville university
Vanderbilt
THE MANSION FAMILY $800: Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island was bilt in the late 1800s for William, last name this
Vanderbilt
THE BORGIAS $400: Built for the family, the Borgia Apartments are an important part of the heritage of this location within Rome
Vatican City
THOSE DARN ETRUSCANS $600: Along with the Borgia apartments, the Etruscan Museum is one of the top attractions in this 109-acre country
Vatican City
A SHAKESPEARE TOUR $800: A city: "What news on the Rialto?"
Venice
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE $2000: Here's sunrise from the Rialto in this city
Venice
LANDMARKS $600: The famous Rialto Bridge was the only bridge over this city's Grand Canal until modern times
Venice
PRETTY CITY $400: Here's a view of this pretty city from the Rialto Bridge
Venice
WORLD CITIES $200: This city's main shopping street is the Mercerie, between the Rialto Bridge & St. Mark's Square
Venice
PALEOLITHIC $400: Scholars name paleolithic figurines like the one seen here for this Roman love goddess
Venus
PLANETARY NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): General term for a zaftig female statuette from Paleolithic times
Venus
YOU, SIR, ARE AN IMPASTO $1600: "Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window" is an excellent example of impasto from this Dutch master
Vermeer
ITALIAN CITIES & TOWNS $400: A neolithic skeletal pair were unearthed "embracing" near this city where Romeo & Juliet lived
Verona
NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICALLY $800: In 1524 this Italian made it to the mouth of the Cape Fear River; there was no bridge named for him there, though
Verrazzano
THE CIVIL WAR $1200: The Union won at Gettysburg on July 3 1863 & this other vital "burg" July 4, & the Confederacy was on the ropes
Vicksburg Vicksburg is a city in western Mississippi. It's known as the site of a key Civil War battle. The Siege of Vicksburg is commemorated at the vast Vicksburg National Military Park, which encompasses the Vicksburg National Cemetery and the restored USS Cairo gunboat. The landmark Old Court House has a museum displaying Civil War artifacts. The Lower Mississippi River Museum features an aquarium and interactive exhibits.
DON'T BE A DUMAS $400: In 1843, 12 years after he scored with Notre Dame, his play "The Burgraves" failed & his daughter drowned
Victor Hugo
FRUITS & VEGETABLES $800: This variety of lime grown only in Southern Florida is best known as an ingredient in a certain pie
a key lime
PLEISTOCENE STEALER $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) During the Pleistocene Epoch, the ocean receded & Beringia emerged, an example of this 2-word type of isthmus, allowing humans to come from Asia to America
a land bridge
BATTLES OF THE BULGE $1200: In 2008 Esquire wrote that this "Wedding Crashers" actor looked like himself, only bigger
Vince Vaughn
TITLES FROM POETRY $800: The first line of this ancient poet's "Aeneid" inspired George Bernard Shaw's play title "Arms and the Man"
Virgil
DON'T BE A DUMAS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1717 it was Bastille Day for this 1-named author who'd do 11 months for satirical verses against the govt.
Voltaire
SALEM $1000: The Salem Athenaeum is one of these & a membership that includes borrowing rights is $45 a year
a library
THE ROBBER BARONS $400: Financier James Fisk, "The Barnum of" this NYC street, was shot to death by a business & love rival
Wall Street
"M"ANIMAL $600: Seen here, this tropical flier is known for its brilliant plumage and strong voice
a macaw
"M"ENAGERIE $600: The largest of all parrot species
a macaw
APRIL $300: He was 70 when his "American Dictionary of the English Language" was first published on April 14, 1828
Webster
ARE "WE" THERE YET? $800: It's the last name of dictionary compiler Noah
Webster
A TRIP TO CENTRAL AMERICA $600: Because it lives high up in the trees and can fly 35 mph, the scarlet type of this parrot is a rare sight
a macaw
CREATURES AMONG US $1000: Seen here is the largest member of the parrot family, the hyacinth type of this
a macaw
YUKON $1200: More than 2/3 of Yukon's population lives in this capital city
Whitehorse
LAST NAME'S THE SAME $600: Cotton gin maker Eli & NYC museum founder Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney
GENEALOGY $1200: Celebrities whose family history has been traced on this TV series include Reba McEntire & Helen Hunt
Who Do You Think You Are?
STUPID ANSWERS ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, I'm Liz Cho from ABC7.) Ulysses S. Grant was interred here in his New York City tomb in 1897; years later, Groucho Marx made a famous running gag out of this question
Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?
SOUTH AMERICAN WILDLIFE $1000: (Jeff Probst) There are about 12 species of this type of parrot in Brazil
a macaw
FASHION DESIGNERS $800: American designer Willi Smith's ready-to-wear label
Williwear
I LOVE L.A. KERS $1200: This Laker giant was nicknamed "The Big Dipper" for his habit of dipping his head to fit through doorways
Wilt Chamberlain
NET FLICKS $400: In a 2004 film tennis players Kirsten Dunst & Paul Bettany fall in love while competing in this Grand Slam event
Wimbledon
THE REEL WORLD $600: Kirsten Dunst is a world-class tennis player in this 2004 film named for a famous British tournament
Wimbledon
CLASSICAL MUSIC $1000: This Austrian child prodigy began composing minuets when he was only 5
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
THE RED, WHITE & BLUE $400: There's no Norwegian blue, but the blue hyacinth species of this type of parrot does have beautiful plumage
a macaw
OH, YOU ANIMAL! $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the zoo.) These largest parrots are prized for their beautifully colored plumage
a macaw crossword clue: colorful bird in a rainforest answer: macaw
NOVELS WITH CONFLICT $800: "The Naked & the Dead" by Norman Mailer
World War II
PREHISTORIC TIMES $100: Historians generally agree that the development of this separates prehistory from history
Writing
THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: After a journey of 3 1/2 years, Marco Polo reached Shang-tu, China, which was called this in "Kubla Khan"
Xanadu
CHEWING THE "FAT" $1200: He was the head of the P.L.O. from 1969 to 2004
Yasser Arafat
TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $1000: Take this role in "Fiddler on the Roof"; I wanted to play it, but Bea Arthur's old Broadway costume doesn't fit me
Yenta
THE HIMALAYAS $1200: Going to Mount Everest? Book a flight to Lukla with this Nepalese airline named for the abominable snowman
Yeti
LITERARY CHARACTERS $1000: This Joseph Heller hero is also called Yo-Yo
Yossarian
SATIRE $800: He's the anti-hero of Joseph Heller's satire of military bureaucracy, "Catch-22"
Yossarian
When picking a color to paint your home's exterior, design experts recommend choosing a sahde the complements the color of what?
Your roof
HOT POTATO $2000: Yee-ha! I've struck it rich with these potatoes that were developed in Canada and are perfect for boiling
Yukon Gold
FRENCH FIXINS $1000: In a remembrance of things Proust, it's a small, buttery sponge cake eaten as a cookie, often dipped in coffee
a madeleine
3-M $400: About 10 feet high at the shoulder, this Pleistocene animal had complex molar teeth
a mammoth
THE NAME ON THE LABEL $200: Influences on the designs of this firm include the Ballets Russes & the writings of Proust (YSL)
Yves Saint Laurent
MYTHOLOGY $400: When he learned that Metis was pregnant, this main Greek god swallowed her & Athena was born from his head
Zeus
RELIGIOUS WORKS $1200: Phidias' masterpieces were the statues of Athena in the Parthenon & of him at Olympia
Zeus
JULES VERNE $400: Verne drew from Edgar Allan Poe to write his first novel, "Five Weeks in" this aerial transport
a Balloon
GENEALOGY $400: A family one of these can help--not because you descend from Noah, but because births & deaths were written in it
a Bible
LOW COUNTRY TYPES $1200: Rembrandt was one of these, & his painting was featured on the box of the cigars of the same name
a Dutch master
GUNS $200: In June 1864 this early machine gun was used by Union troops at the siege of Petersburg, Virginia
a Gatling gun
THE CIVIL WAR $1600: This 6-barreled, hand-cranked weapon was first used in war by Union troops at the Battle of Petersburg
a Gatling gun
ANTHROPOLOGY $1600: A 2016 report suggests that this European hominin of the Pleistocene Epoch may have practiced cannibalism
a Neanderthal
EPONYM DROPPER $1600: Seen here, it's named for a U.S. Army officer who designed it as an effective weapon for trench warfare
a Thompson (submachine) gun
RODENTS OF UNUSUAL SIZE $800: Trees breathed easier after 7.5-ft. Castoroides, a species of this with huge gnawing teeth, went extinct in the Pleistocene
a beaver
THE DARK NIGHT RISES $1000: Mizar & Alcor in the Big Dipper's handle make up a "visual" one of these visible to the naked eye
a binary
"B"EGINNINGS $1600: It's unglazed china or a thick, cream soup with shellfish
a bisque
FRENCH DIP $400: While playing Marco Polo at the beach, I almost collided with un bateau, one of these
a boat
BLARNEY $400: For peat sake, you should know this word for wet, spongy ground
a bog
WEIRD SPORTS $1600: Speed snorkeling through these peat moss wetlands of Europe can earn you a spot in the record books
a bog
THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU $1600: In 2016 Emma Watson launched an online feminist one
a book club
LANDMARKS $600: Named for Marco Polo, one of these structures crosses China's Yongding River
a bridge
THE BORGIAS $800: Rodrigo's uncle Pope Calixtus III made 25-year-old Rodrigo one of these high ecclesiastics
a cardinal
CHEWING THE "FAT" $2000: It's a mirage over water named for a female figure of Arthurian legend
fata Morgana
STIMULANTS $300: In the mid-1990s the diet drug with this homophonic name dangerously paired an appetite suppressant & a stimulant
fen-phen
POTPOURRI $400: Raul Rodriguez is a famed designer of these, & he's often seen riding on one on January 1st with his pet macaw
float
LET US FLOAT SOMETHING BY YOU $1000: Ask Robinson Crusoe--the dessert seen here is known as a floating this
floating island
ALL ABOUT NUMBERS $400: Number of years in the first line of the Gettysburg Address
four score and seven (87)
BLAME IT ON THE SUPERNOVA $800: Some supernovae produce these rays but the odds of them turning you super-strong & green as in comic books? Low
gamma rays
CHEMISTRY $1600: Iron, cobalt & this silver-white next metal up on the periodic table share similar chemical properties
nickel
CROSSWORD CLUES "N" $400: Addictive tobacco stimulant (8)
nicotine
WORDS IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $2000: "The world will little" this, "nor long remember, what we say here"--so he thought
note
Define rialto
noun pl. -·tos a theater district a trading area or marketplace Origin of rialto after Rialto, island in Venice, Italy, formerly a center of business and trade Crossword clue: district for playgoers answer: rialto
ALL IN THE CELEBRITY FAMILY $800: Christian & Kirsten
the Dunsts
WRITE, PATTERSON $200: James Patterson's first novel, "The Thomas Berryman Number", won this literary award named for Mr. Poe
the Edgar Award
LITERARY AWARDS $400: These awards presented by the Mystery Writers of America are named for Mr. Poe
the Edgars
GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES: From the 1795 poem "Erin": "Nor one feeling of vengeance presume to defile/ The cause, or the men, of" this place
the Emerald Isle
RABBITS, RABBITS, RABBITS $600: He wears sunglasses & flip-flops & keeps going & going & going ...
the Energizer Bunny
THE CIVIL WAR $600: After this major battle July 21, 1861, the North believed the war had begun in earnest
the First Battle of Bull Run
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE $400: This sacred river flows about 1,500 miles from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal
the Ganges
GUNS N' ROSES $800: Though patented in 1862, this crank-operated machine gun didn't become official U.S. Army weaponry until 1866
the Gatling Gun
ADDRESS ME $400: This speech ends, "government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth"
the Gettysburg Address
THE TRAVELS OF MARCO POLO $400: Polo wrote, this Asian desert "is reported to be so long that it would take a year to go from end to end"
the Gobi
WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE $800: Beneath the Rialto Bridge in Venice: this busy waterway
the Grand Canal
PLEISTOCENE STEALER $400: This 277-mile-long gorge of the Colorado River was primarily formed during the Pleistocene
the Grand Canyon
U.S. LAKES: This lake is the remnant of former Lake Bonneville, which existed during the Pleistocene epoch
the Great Salt Lake
GIMME AN "H" $1000: This scientific endeavor abbreviated HGP had the goal of mapping every gene of Homo sapiens
the Human Genome Project
A LONG TIME AGO IN AMERICA $400: When capitalized, this term refers to the Pleistocene glacial epoch that started creeping over North America 2 million years ago
the Ice Age
THE END OF TIME $800: The last major one of these ages ended with the Pleistocene Epoch nearly 12,000 years ago
the Ice Age
COLONIAL AMERICA $400: Anthropologists have stated these peoples were at a Neolithic stage when colonists landed
the Indians
RELIGION $800: 1 of the Borgias, Duke Francisco, was made a saint for his work in expanding & reforming this religious order
the Jesuits
WHAT'S YOUR RANGE? $2000: K2 (it's what the "K" stands for)
the Karakoram
IN THE RANGE $2000: The former Mount Godwin-Austen, now known as K2
the Karakoram Range
BORN TO RUN $1200: Patrick of this illustrious family was first elected to Congress from Rhode Island in 1994
the Kennedy family (Patrick is the son of Ted Kennedy)
NO RUSH $800: If you arrived in Dawson in 1899, you were too late for the gold rush named for this Yukon river
the Klondike River
THE RED AUERBACH TROPHY $400: 1989-90: Pat Riley of this "Showtime" squad
the L.A. Lakers
NOW YOU'VE STEPPED IN IT $600: The bubbling pools of sticky asphalt at this L.A. spot have yielded millions of specimens since the Pleistocene
the La Brea Tar Pits
BOOKS $800: A review said ancestors of this Yann Martel novel include "Gulliver's Travels" & "Robinson Crusoe"
the Life of Pi
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $400: The Nubian language group is spoken in the valley of this river in Sudan
the Nile
FOUND IN SPACE $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports.) Two stars in the Big Dipper's bowl are called pointer stars because the line drawn through them points to this
the North Star
OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEBSITE WE WEAVE $600: A headline at this parody news site read, "Staten Island historians piece together genealogy of Wu-Tang Clan"
the Onion
FLOWERY PROSE $4,000 (Daily Double): In an Alexandre Dumas novel, the town of Haarlem offers a prize to anyone who can grow a black one of these
tulip
I'M JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU $600: For you, it's got to be roses; I prefer this type of flower that comes in Rembrandt & Greigii varieties
tulips
WORDS IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $800: It's what the dead "shall not have died in"
vain
GENEALOGY GLOSSARY $200: Relict is a rather unkind-sounding term for this grieving person
widow
BODY PART TITLES $600: Poe played an organ of a different sort--under the floorboards-- in this tense short story
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
INQUISITIVE WRITERS $800: This Poe tale begins, "True!...Nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?"
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
PERFECT RESPONSES FOR JEOPARDY! $1000: This question from "The Merchant of Venice" mentions a bridge on the grand canal
"What news on the Rialto?"
QUESTIONABLE TELEVISION $1200: On NBC & then TLC, a genealogy show has asked celebrities this title question
"Who Do You Think You Are?"
WORLD WAR II: The 1944 Battle of the Ardennes is also alliteratively called the "Battle of" this.
Answer: What is the Bulge?
PARTS OF THE BODY: This vestigial organ is attached to a part of the large intestine called the cecum.
Answer: What is the appendix?
AMERICAN LITERATURE $400: He received only $10 for the first publication of "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Edgar Allan Poe
SHOW TUNES $200: "Tradition", "If I Were a Rich Man"
Fiddler on the Roof
AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: Among the scary stories he published in 1843 were "The Tell-Tale Heart" & "The Black Cat"
Edgar Allan Poe
GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: A country that has no direct access to the sea is referred to by this 10-letter term.
Answer: What is landlocked?
THE ORCHESTRA: Castanets and the tambourine belong to this section of the orchestra.
Answer: What is percussion?
WOMEN OF HISTORY: Clara Barton was the founder of this group.
Answer: What is the (American) Red Cross?
ASTRONOMY: The seven brightest stars in Ursa Major are collectively known as this.
Answer: What is the Big Dipper?
VOCABULARY: A type of humor includes the name of this structure used in hangings.
Answer: What is gallows?
HOBBIES: Not gardening, but this hobby with a nine-letter name is getting to the roots of your ancestors.
Answer: What is genealogy?
CHEMISTRY: The two main types of chemical bonds are covalent and this type found in salts.
Answer: What is ionic?
WHO PLAYED 'EM? $1600: 2010: Maid Marian to Russell Crowe's Robin Hood
Cate Blanchett
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME $400: Blanchett's beaus
Cate's dates
AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: Though the real first name of this "Blood Meridian" author is Charles, he adopted a more Irish-sounding name
Cormac McCarthy
IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY $800: Instagram @timothyosullivan is a downer with shots like "A harvest of death" from this July 1863 battlefield
Gettysburg
MEMORIAL DAY $3,000 (Daily Double): To honor the 100th anniversary of a battle here, LBJ gave a Memorial Day speech in 1963
Gettysburg
QUOTATIONS $800: It's the "here" in the 1863 line "those who here gave their lives that that nation might live"
Gettysburg
RECENTLY UNEARTHED CIVIL WAR LETTERS? $200: Petunia my lovely, this Pennsylvania battle goes on & we are to assault Culp's Hill! My life insurance policy is in the chifforobe
Gettysburg
SLEEPY $2,000 (Daily Double): This sleepy Pennsylvania town is often called "The Most Famous Small Town in America"
Gettysburg
THE CIVIL WAR $800: The Battle of Little Round Top was one of the bloody skirmishes in this 3-day battle in July 1863
Gettysburg
THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $800: Special observances are held annually at this battlefield on Memorial Day & November 19
Gettysburg
THE PATRIOT LEAGUE $1600: Joshua Chamberlain held Little Round Top during this Civil War battle
Gettysburg
THE SCHOOL YEAR $1,500 (Daily Double): This Pennsylvania college was founded in 1832, 31 years before it served as a field hospital
Gettysburg
WAR MOVIES $400: (Hi, I'm Ken Burns.) Sure I direct, but I've also been in front of the camera, like when I acted in the epic named for this Civil War battle that included Pickett's Charge
Gettysburg
WARTIME IMAGES $1200: Timothy O'Sullivan's 1863 shot of its aftermath is titled "A Harvest of Death"
Gettysburg
WESTMINSTER $200: Westminster, Md. was an important Union supply base during this July 1863 battle 20 miles north in Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1600: The Eisenhower National Historic Site is just a stone's throw from this battlefield
Gettysburg Eisenhower National Historic Site preserves the home and farm of Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States, and its surrounding property of 690.5 acres. It is located in Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, just outside Gettysburg.
NEXT IN ORDER $2000: Hominids: Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus robustus, this first Homo
Homo habilis
PREHISTORIC TIMES $2000: The name of this earliest human species is Latin for "skillful human being"
Homo habilis
SCIENCE $2000: The original "handy man" was this early human whose name means just that
Homo habilis
TURNS OF THE CENTURY $1000: Around 2,000,001 B.C., this probable ancestor of ours, whose name means "handy man", was using simple tools
Homo habilis
BIOLOGY $400: Humans belong to the class Mammalia, to the order Primates & to this genus & species
Homo sapiens
EARLY MAN $2000: In a common scientific classification of Neanderthal man, Neanderthalensis follows these 2 words
Homo sapiens
EVOLUTION $1000: Modern man is the only living member of this species
Homo sapiens
FAMILY MEMBERS $400: It's the scientific name of the only extant species of the primate family Hominidae
Homo sapiens
THE WORLD $600: All of the peoples of the world belong to this single species
Homo sapiens
WISE GUYS $600: This name for the human species literally means "wise man"
Homo sapiens
YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! $500: It's the genus & species of this animal ("caveman")
Homo sapiens
ZOOLOGY $1,500 (Daily Double): This is the only species in the family "hominidae"
Homo sapiens (man)
LA LITERATURE FRANÇAISE $800: Don't forget that "Swann's Way" is the first part of this epic by Proust
In Search of Lost Time
WE'RE GOING LONG $400: Guinness recognizes this 7-part Proust work as the longest novel
In Search of Lost Time (or Remembrance of Things Past)
Increasing in popularity in the past few years, a "flat white" is something you'd be most likely to ask for where?
In a coffee shop
EARLY MAN $500: The Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found in 1974 in eastern Africa was "Desi"gnated this
Lucy
HOMECOMING $2,000 (Daily Double): After he returned home to Venice in 1295, he was called "Il Milione", the "man with a million stories"
Marco Polo
BIBLE STUDY $1000: Rembrandt painted this prophet, sad that his book says all the houses of Jerusalem were burned
Jeremiah
Kirsten Dunst is engaged to....
Jesse Plemons
SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR $1600: John Yossarian
Joseph Heller
THAT CHARACTER HAS AUTHOR! $800: Major Major Major Major, a major character
Joseph Heller
THEIR FIRST FEATURE FILMS $2000: Audiences have had "A Fine Romance" with this British dame since she debuted in "The Third Secret"
Judi Dench
PICK A PART $2000: 2001: Iris Murdoch (1 of the 2)
Judi Dench or Kate Winslet
GREAT DAMES $800: In 1995 she was "Victor/Victoria" onstage; maybe she could get a knighthood, as well
Julie Andrews
ELLE $2000: She starred with Ethan Hawke in "Before Sunrise"; she & Ethan Hawke not only starred in the sequel but also co-wrote it
Julie Delpy
LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $2000: The most-spoken Khoe language is Nama in Namibia; the other Khoe languages are mainly heard in this desert in Botswana
Kalahari
HISTORICAL MOVIES: One of the 2 actresses nominated for Oscars for playing the same person in a 1997 blockbuster
Kate Winslet & Gloria Stuart
OSCARS SINCE 2000 $800: Cate Blanchett won an Oscar for playing this 4-time Oscar-winning actress in "The Aviator"
Katharine Hepburn
BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Opera diva who was Nazi Germany's last major counteroffensive in December 1944
Kathleen Battle of the Bulge
THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE $1600: Her first marriage was annulled by her father Pope Alexander VI; her brother Cesare had her second husband strangled
Lucrezio Borgia
ANTHROPOLOGY $400: At 40% intact, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis skeleton with this nickname is remarkably complete
Lucy
ARCHAEOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): Anthropologists now argue over the gender of this famous Australopithecene once accepted as female
Lucy
AUTHORS $400: This author of "Remembrance of Things Past" was a semirecluse who suffered from chronic asthma
Marcel Proust
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVELS $400: He remembered things past when he went "In Search of Lost Time"
Marcel Proust
BOOKS & AUTHORS $1000: This "Remembrance of Things Past" author was so deathly afraid of germs he wouldn't pick up a pen if he had dropped it
Marcel Proust
BOOKS & AUTHORS $2500: If you've read his "A la recherche du temps perdu", then you know about the Madeleines
Marcel Proust
FICTIONAL WOMEN $1600: This author created Gilberte Swann, who entrances the young Marcel
Marcel Proust
FRENCH LIT $800: The first volume in this author's 3,000-page novel was 1913's "Du Cote de Chez Swann"
Marcel Proust
FRENCH NOVELISTS $200: "Within A Budding Grove", the 2nd part of his "Remembrance of Things Past", won the Goncourt Literary Prize
Marcel Proust
IN PERE-LACHAISE CEMETERY $600 (Daily Double): This novelist's magnum opus is literally translated "In Search of Lost Time"
Marcel Proust
LA LITTERATURE FRANCAISE $2000: 1919's prestigious Prix Goncourt went to "Within a Budding Grove", part of this man's swann song
Marcel Proust
LITERARY QUOTES $1200: He wrote in "Remembrance of Things Past", "The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic"
Marcel Proust
LITERATURE $1200: One of his most famous works is called "Du Côte de Chez Swann" in the original French
Marcel Proust
MODERN LITERATURE $3,600 (Daily Double): He died in 1922 before the last 3 volumes of his "Remembrance of Things Past" were published
Marcel Proust
PEN NAMES $1000: Since he remembered things past, Echo was an apropos nom de plume for this Frenchman
Marcel Proust
RECLUSIVE AUTHORS $800: After age 35 he rarely left the cork-lined room where he wrote "Remembrance of Things Past"
Marcel Proust
THE PERE LACHAISE LOUNGE $600: What could be more appropriate than this author reading selections from his own "Remembrance of Things Past"
Marcel Proust
THE WRITER $1000: This man who penned "A la recherche du temps perdu" suffered from asthma
Marcel Proust
FRENCH NOVELISTS: A relative of Henri Bergson's wife, he used Bergson's mystical concepts of time in his most famous work
Marcel Proust (Remembrance of Things Past)
FAMOUS AMYS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst) In "Little Women" Amy is the youngest of 4 sisters with this last name
March
A WORLD OF OPERA $400 (Daily Double): This explorer turns up as a character in "A Night at the Chinese Opera"
Marco Polo
BIOPICS $400: In 1938 Gary Cooper discovered spaghetti & gunpowder as this adventurer in the East
Marco Polo
DEATH IN VENICE $400: Asked to retract his fables on his deathbed in Venice in 1324, this explorer said he had only told half of what he saw
Marco Polo
DISCOVERING JAPAN $1,200 (Daily Double): Though he didn't make it all the way to "Cipango", he reported it had gold in the greatest abundance
Marco Polo
FIRST BORN $1000: Marco Polo, Henry the Navigator, Christopher Columbus
Marco Polo
GAMES $200: An explorer lends his name to this call & response swimming pool game
Marco Polo
GAMES $800: To play this pool game named for an Italian, try to determine where people are by homing in on their voices
Marco Polo
HISTORIC FIGURES SPEAK $200: I wrote a book about serving Kublai Khan, but if I hear one more kid scream my name playing in a pool, I'm gonna lose it!
Marco Polo
HISTORIC NAMES $400: His travels took him from Venice to Asia & back again (1271-1295); he died in Venice in 1324
Marco Polo
WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES $800: This general who was fired by Lincoln for not chasing Lee's army (again!) after Antietam: "Not-So-Curious George"
McClellan
TOO BAD $600: Last name of Lorenzino, who on Jan. 5, 1537 decided the Duke of Florence needed to breathe a lot less
Medici
CURLY $1200: In mythology, Athena changed the beautiful curls of this maiden into hissing serpents
Medusa
GREEK MYTHOLOGY $400: For daring to compare herself to Athena, this Gorgon maiden was changed into a monster
Medusa
IT'S ALL A MYTH $2000: This most famous of the snake-haired gorgons wound up with her head cut off & placed on the shield of Athena
Medusa
MYTHOLOGICAL MISTAKES $600: She foolishly fooled around with Poseidon in Athena's temple, so Athena turned her hair into snakes
Medusa
MYTHOLOGY $100: Athena caught Poseidon & this gorgon in her temple & turned her into a monster
Medusa
MYTHOLOGY $500: Athena gave this maiden snaky hair & a face so hideous that a glimpse of it would turn men to stone
Medusa
MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH... $800: My 1947 TV show "Read the Proust" bombed against this NBC show that's still running
Meet the Press
CELEBRITY VETERANS $800: This producer of "The Producers" first saw combat duty against German forces at the Battle of the Bulge
Mel Brooks
ENTERTAINERS: Interviewed on "60 Minutes" in 2001, he said, "It's been one of my lifelong jobs... to make the world laugh at Adolf Hitler"
Mel Brooks
GRAMMY-WINNING COMEDY ALBUMS $600: 1998: Their "The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000"
Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner
THE LAND DOWN UNDER $1200: Australia's tallest building is the 823-foot high Rialto Towers in this former capital
Melbourne
SCIENCE $100: Among alkaloids found in plants, this stimulant is found in coffee or tea
caffeine
LITERATURE $600: English title of 7-part novel "A la recherche du temps perdu" by Proust
Remembrance of Things Past
MOVIES FROM CLASSICS $1000: In 1984, Jeremy Irons was "Swann in Love", in an adaptation of this massive work by Proust
Remembrance of Things Past
SUMMARIZING PROUST $1200: As is evident in the title of this 16-piece Proust epic masterpiece, Proust was preoccupied with time
Remembrance of Things Past
THANKS FOR THE TITLE, SHAKESPEARE $400: A sonnet says "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up" this, the English title of a Proust work
Remembrance of Things Past
TITLES TAKEN FROM SHAKESPEARE $200: Sonnet 30, line 2 by Proust
Remembrance of Things Past
WHO READS $1600: Justice Stephen Breyer said that on finishing this Proust work he promptly reread it & "that happens... to many readers"
Remembrance of Things Past
____ OF ____ BOOKS $800: This 7-volume novel is based on Marcel Proust's life
Remembrance of Things Past
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN $500: David Guterson's book about racism in the Pacific Northwest became this 1999 film that stars a brooding Ethan Hawke
Snow Falling on Cedars
A BIT OF LIT $400: The name of the island in the title of this Dumas novel came from a speck in the ocean off the island of Elba
The Count of Monte Cristo
THE CIVIL WAR $400: Lincoln said of it, "That speech won't scour. It is a flat failure"
The Gettysburg Address
MEMORABLE MOVIE SCENES $1000: 1925: In the Yukon, a starving Charlie Chaplin dines on one of his shoes, laces & all
The Gold Rush
LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: The peat bogs of Dartmoor, England inspired the fictional home of the beastly title character in this 1902 tale
The Hound of the Baskervilles
WEATHER $100: The Pleistocene epoch of extensive glaciation in Europe & America is also called this
The Ice Age
LESSER-KNOWN AMERICANS $400: In the 1940s Stetson Kennedy infiltrated this group, whom he mocked as the "Dumb Klux"
The KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
YUL TIDE FILMS $1,000 (Daily Double): Steve McQueen & Charles Bronson, among others, joined Yul in this 1960 western based on a Japanese film
The Magnificent Seven
BEFORE & AFTER MOVIE TITLES $1000: Charles Bronson & 6 other gunslingers save a town & then all get married
The Magnificent Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
MUSICAL BY CHARACTERS $400: Miguel de Cervantes & Aldonza
The Man of La Mancha
SHORT STORIES $2,000 (Daily Double): In this Edgar Allan Poe story, a fatal & hideous pestilence causes scarlet stains upon the body & "face of the victim"
The Masque of the Red Death
HAY IS $1200: ...The last name of Oliver Perry, one of these scientists, known for his history of the vertebrates of the Pleistocene
a paleontologist
FOOD & DRINK $200: The amount of this stimulant in tea leaves is about 3%
caffeine
HEALTH MATTERS $200: Best to avoid dark chocolate before bed; 2 oz. contain about as much of this stimulant as a cup of black tea
caffeine
FROM "C" TO SHINING "C" $600: Mark Twain said this type of book is one that people praise but don't read
a classic
SYMBOLS $500 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Kirsten Dunst.) A communion wafer as well as this better-known Christian symbol can be used against vampires
a cross
AUTHORS USE NEW WORDS $200: In 1973 Norman Mailer added this suffix to "fact" for "facts which have no existence before appearing" in the media
a factoid
GET UP & DANCE! $400: Kick up your heels to this Baroque dance in 3/4 time
a minuet
THE HALL OF HUMAN ORIGIN $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates the morphing station.) The hall's morphing station allows visitors to see what they'd look like, had they been born into a different human species; here, I'm morphing from a Homo sapiens into one of these long-extinct cousins
a neanderthal
BLAME IT ON THE SUPERNOVA $1600: A term used since the 1930s, this star--the smallest & densest type known--can be one object left behind by a supernova
a neutron star
ROBBERS $200: A noble who stole from those passing through his lands, or a U.S. capitalist who became rich unethically
a robber baron
THE ART WORLD $400: "The Fiddler" by Marc Chagall is portrayed as a fiddler on one of these -- L'Chaim!
a roof
IN THE RED $400: A poem by Robert Burns says that his love is like this red flower "that's newly sprung in June"
a rose
PLEISTOCENE STEALER $3,400 (Daily Double): If you had a Smilodon smiling down on you, you were in trouble with one of these Pleistocene cats
a saber-tooth tiger (or a lion)
COMMUNITIES $1600: Anatevka in "Fiddler on the Roof" is this, a Yiddish word for a small Jewish village
a shtetl
PREHISTORIC TIMES $200: Homo sapiens had a higher & more rounded one of these than did Homo erectus
a skull
Define t-man
a special agent of the U.S. Treasury Department. Crossword clue: G-man or T-man Answer: fed G-man noun INFORMAL •US an FBI agent.
AUTHORS' OTHER JOBS $400: Mark Twain got the idea for his pen name from his time in this job
a steamboat pilot
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) Scientists studying the life cycle of stars have used the Argonne National Labs' supercomputer to investigate the nuclear flame bubble that builds up inside a white dwarf just before one of these spectacular events
a supernova
ASTRONOMY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical simulation on the monitor.) If the star Betelgeuse were to explode & change from a red super giant to this next stage at its evolution, our sky could light up for two months straight
a supernova
FOUND IN SPACE $2000: 9-letter word for the phenomenon that produced the mass of stellar debris called Cassiopeia A
a supernova
RADIOASTRONOMY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.) The Byrd Telescope has helped astronomers map the remnants of SN 1006, one of these spectacular events; when it was first observed 1,000 years ago, It was so bright, it was visible to the naked eye in daylight
a supernova
REACH FOR THE STARS $600: A "super" one of these hurls debris through space at over 40 million mph & then can form a nebula
a supernova
SPACE: THE FINAL CATEGORY $400: That's super! In 1987 an exploding star in the Large Magellanic Cloud was the first of these in 400 years seen by naked eye
a supernova
THAT'S "SUPER"! $600: When a massive star dies out, it may explode & become one of these, billions of times as bright as the sun
a supernova
LIFE OF RILEY $400: In 1988 Lakers coach Pat Riley trademarked this term denoting a trio of consecutive title wins
a three-peat
NUMERIC WORDS & PHRASES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Lakers won championships in 1987 & '88, so before the next season, Pat Riley trademarked this
a three-peat
CROOKS & NANNIES $400: Unscrupulous 19th century financiers like James Fisk were known as "robber" these
barons
MIND YOUR BUSINESS $200: Turn-of-the-century businessmen like Vanderbilt & Rockefeller were known as "robber" these
barons
THE FOOT $300: Describing humans, it's from the Latin for "two-footed"
bipedal
"B" SHARP $800: A type of unglazed china, or a thick cream soup often made with lobster
bisque
"B" SURE $400: A type of unglazed china, or a thick cream soup often made with lobster
bisque
A WORLD OF SOUP $400: We'll take the "risque" that you can name this creamy French soup usually made with seafood
bisque
ALL DOLLED UP $2000: It sounds like a type of soup, but it's the kind of unglazed china used to make many beautiful 19th century dolls
bisque
ALPHABET SOUP $800: B is for this thick 6-letter soup, perhaps lobster or mushroom
bisque
FINE CHINA $100: Unglazed "biscuit" china is commonly referred to by this shorter name
bisque
FOOD $300: Name shared by an ice cream containing ground nuts or macaroons & a rich, creamy shellfish soup
bisque
FRENCH FOOD TERMS $1000: This type of cream soup was formerly made from pigeons, but now may contain shrimp or lobster
bisque
HELLO, DOLLY! $1000: In the 1800s some doll heads were made from this unglazed porcelain whose name sounds like a seafood soup
bisque
SOUP $1000: This name for a thick soup that usually contains pureed seafood is also used for a type of unglazed white porcelain
bisque
DESIGN $100: Antique majolica pottery was often decorated in the cobalt shade of this color
blue
GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY $1600: The U.S. has the Great Dismal Swamp; Ireland has the peat-loaded this of Allen
bog
CENTRAL AMERICAN WILDLIFE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica.) Macaws use their powerful beaks as a third foot when climbing trees & as a tool when opening nuts; inside their tongue is a little one of these structures that they use to dislodge nutmeat
bone in their tongue (lever accepted)
"B" NICE $800: Robert Burns wrote that the men of Ayr were honest & the lasses were this
bonnie
SELLERS $300: [Hi, I'm Jeff Bezos, founder & CEO of Amazon.com] It's estimated that 60% of net shoppers flag an average of 7 sites with one of these, also used in products we sell
bookmarks
EARLY MAN $400: You & I have about 1,350 cc. of capacity for this organ; Homo habilis, 2 million years ago, had 500-800
brain
MELTING POTPOURRI $1000: Melting copper & zinc together is the traditional recipe for this alloy used since Neolithic times
brass
A MATTER OF TASTE $800: Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet -- they contain this bitter, popular stimulant
caffeine
COFFEE BREAK $100: This stimulant can be removed with water or a solvent such as methylene chloride
caffeine
COFFEE BREAK $100: This stimulant found in coffee can ease headaches by constricting blood vessels
caffeine
COFFEE BREAK $200: The Swiss water process is a popular way to remove this bitter stimulant from coffee
caffeine
E FOLLOWS F $200: Kola nuts from a West African tree have been a source of this stimulant used in American soft drinks
caffeine
FIX THE FAMOUS QUOTATION $1000: "We can not dedicate--we can not excavate--we can not hallow--this ground"
consecrate But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract.
OLD NAMES FOR CHEMICAL ELEMENTS $400: Cuprum, used since neolithic times, is this metal
copper
FOOD STUFF $800: A classic beverage of Peru is chicha de jora, a brew made from this grain that's been fermented
corn
GENEALOGY $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presnts the clue on a monitor.) Anne and Oscar share the same grandfather, John. Therefore, Oscar is this relation to Anne
cousin
NOT AS GREAT AS PUSS IN BOOTS $800: (Puss in Boots delivers the clue.) Claro que si, Dumas must have looked to me to create this expert swordsman of great honesty & integrity, but he had to join forces with Athos, Porthos & Aramis
d'Artagnan
NON-P.C. WORDS FOR GALS $800: "There is nothing like" one: Judi Dench, for example
dame
WORDS OF LOVE $2,000 (Daily Double): The Gettysburg Address speaks of "the last full measure of" this committed emotion
devotion
MILITARY QUOTES $400: Joseph Heller wrote of his hero in "Catch 22", "He decided to live forever" or do this "in the attempt"
die
FLOWERS $500: Foxglove produces large bell-shaped flowers & this heart stimulant
digitalis
NATURE $800: The dried leaves of the purple foxglove are used to produce this heart stimulant
digitalis
YOU ARE SO FOXY! $2000: The foxglove plant is the main source of this medicine used as a stimulant in damaged heart tissue
digitalis
BETWEEN JOBS $600: Encyclopedia Britannica lists Judd Apatow as "American writer," this, & then "producer"
director
CHEM LAB $1000: The Greek prefix meaning "equal" is used in this term for 2 forms of the same element
isotope
PHYSICAL SCIENCE $300: It's defined as a form of an element with the same atomic number but different atomic weight
isotope
PUT OUT THE GOOD SILVER $800: Silver-107 & silver-109 are 2 naturally occurring these of silver
isotopes
FOOD & DRINK $400: This tart, yellowish lime that's native to Florida is the main ingredient in a popular pie
key lime
AMERICAN PIE $500 (Daily Double): This custard pie is made from the Florida citrus which has a yellow skin, not the typical green
key lime pie
Define bridle
noun 1. the headgear used to control a horse, consisting of buckled straps to which a bit and reins are attached. synonyms: harness, headgear; hackamore "a horse's bridle" verb 1. put a bridle on (a horse). 2. show one's resentment or anger, especially by throwing up the head and drawing in the chin. "ranchers have bridled at excessive federal control" synonyms: bristle, take offense, take umbrage, be affronted, be offended, get angry "William seemed to bridle at the brusque manner of questioning"
Define bog
noun 1. wet muddy ground too soft to support a heavy body. "the island is a wilderness of bog" synonyms: marsh, swamp, muskeg, mire, quagmire, morass, slough, fen, wetland, bogland "the bogs were alive with chirring insects and croaking frogs" 2. INFORMAL•BRITISH a bathroom. verb 1. cause (a vehicle, person, or animal) to become stuck in mud or wet ground. "the car became bogged down on the beach road"
Define prosciutto
noun Italian ham cured by drying and typically served in very thin slices.
Define peat
noun a brown, soil-like material characteristic of boggy, acid ground, consisting of partly decomposed vegetable matter. It is widely cut and dried for use in gardening and as fuel. "cuttings are rooted in a homemade mixture of equal parts peat and sand" crossword clue: Fuel from bogs answer: peat
Define paranthropus
noun a genus name often applied to robust fossil hominids first found in South Africa in 1938.
Define commodore
noun a naval officer of high rank, in particular an officer in the US Navy or Coast Guard ranking above captain and below rear admiral. the president of a yacht club. the senior captain of a shipping line.
Define dotard
noun an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined. Crossword clue: weak-minded type Answer: dotard
Define bisque
noun noun: bisque; plural noun: bisques a rich, creamy soup typically made with shellfish, especially lobster. crossword clue: creamy seafood soup answer: bisque
Define enamel
noun noun: enamel; plural noun: enamels 1. an opaque or semitransparent glassy substance applied to metallic or other hard surfaces for ornament or as a protective coating. synonyms: coating, lacquer, varnish, glaze, finish "shiny red enamel" a work of art executed in enamel. the hard glossy substance that covers the crown of a tooth. a paint that dries to give a smooth, hard coat. noun: enamel paint; plural noun: enamel paints DATED nail polish. verb verb: enamel; 3rd person present: enamels; past tense: enamelled; past participle: enamelled; gerund or present participle: enamelling; past tense: enameled; past participle: enameled; gerund or present participle: enameling 1. coat or decorate (a metallic or hard object) with enamel. "an enameled roasting pan" DATED apply nail polish to (fingernails or toenails). Crossword Clue: Glossy finishes Answer: enamel
Define artifact
noun plural noun: artifacts 1. an object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest. "gold and silver artifacts" synonyms: relic, article; handiwork "hundreds of unidentified artifacts are stored in numerous rooms beneath the museum" 2. something observed in a scientific investigation or experiment that is not naturally present but occurs as a result of the preparative or investigative procedure. "widespread tissue infection may be a technical artifact"
6-LETTER BIRDS $400: The flightless New Zealand kakapo is the heaviest type of this bird; the macaw is the largest
parrot
BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $400: The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here
parrot
SQUAWK ON THE STREET $400: The scarlet macaw, part of this talkative family, has beautiful plumage but an ugly squawk
parrots
PAST, PRESENT OR FUTURE $800: Proust's title "A la recherche du temps perdu" ends with this word in the English translation
past
AUTHORS' NEW DIRECTIONS $2000: The past-obsessed Marcel Proust wrote a book of these parodies that begin with "past"
pastiches
BIOLOGY $600: This partially decomposed plant material that forms in bogs is the first step in coal formation
peat
CUT & DRIED $500: Cut from a bog, it's then dried for use as a fuel
peat
FLORA $1600: To keep them from drying out, orchids & other rare plants are potted in this moss found in bogs
peat
WHERE THERE'S SMOKE $400: In the making of Talisker Scotch whisky, the malt is flavored by the smoke of this stuff from bogs
peat
HOMOPHONES $600: Fuel from a bog, or the "Little Rascal" dog
peat / Pete
A TOUR OF EATALY $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Eataly in New York.) Parmesan cheese comes from the northern Italian city of Parma, where the whey from cheese making is fed to the local pigs, helping create another famous local product, this
prosciutto
BE AFRAID... $300: Lucrezia Borgia may not be a good choice as a dinner guest if you're toxiphobic, afraid of this
poison
GHASTLY OPERATIC DEMISES $400: In "Luisa Miller", Rodolfo kills himself & Luisa by this method -- he must have seen "Lucrezia Borgia"
poisoning
ARCHAEOLOGY $600: Common dating techniques are carbon-14, counting tree rings & analyzing grains of this
pollen
HISTORY $300: Lucrezia & Cesare Borgia are 2 of the few people in history whose father held this position
pope
WOMEN IN HISTORY $600: Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of a corrupt man who got this title in 1492
pope
DOLL COLLECTING $1000: 19th c. Kammer & Reinhardt dolls often have wood bodies but heads of bisque, a type of this material
porcelain
GENEALOGY $1200: A govt. database of immigration records dating from 1820 is arranged by these, like Charleston or Tacoma
ports of entry (into the United States)
EAT YOUR VEGGIES $600: Developed in Canada, the Yukon Gold variety of this tuber has yellow flesh
potato
FRENCH DRESSING $2000: The Americans say "off the rack"; the French, this 3-word term meaning "ready to wear"
pret-a-porter
WORDS IN THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS $1200: Lincoln joins 2 synonyms in the phrase "fitting and" this
proper
"PRO" NOUNS $600: Popularly served with melon, it's paper-thin slices of ham that have been salt-cured & air-dried
prosciutto
RECREATION $200: Time to hit the street on this piece of equipment & do a Caballerial, a fakie 360 ollie (fakie means backwards)
skateboard
INTERNATIONAL SEAFOOD $2000: Proust rhapsodizes about this flatfish prepared a la meuniere
sole
PROHIBITED AIRLINE CARRY‑ONS $800: Sorry, Rembrandt, none of that flammable turpentine, used by artists as this type of diluting agent
solvent (or paint thinner)
THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CLUES "S" $1000: 23 down: Homo sapiens, for example (7)
species
YOU $1600: This soft, purplish organ with sinusoids may be removed if one has cancer of the lymphatic system
spleen
THINGS THAT EXPLODE $500: In a supernova, one of these collapses & explodes, releasing lots of energy
star
CAN I GET A WITNESS? $400: When Kirsten Dunst testified at a 2009 burglary trial, she was naturally described as this most important type of witness
star witness (or key witness)
DRUGS $800: 2 basic drug categories are depressants & these, which include caffeine
stimulants
MOVING FORWARD IN SCIENCE $800: In medicine, depressants are the opposite of these, which include adrenaline & caffeine
stimulants
PHARMACOLOGY $200: 2 basic drug categories are depressants & these, which include caffeine
stimulants
STIMULANTS $400: Often used as rodent poison, this alkaloid has been used medicinally as a tonic & a stimulant
strychnine
THAT'S "SUPER"! $1000: Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is classified as a red one of these
supergiant
ASTRONOMY $500: The crab nebula is the remnant of one of these witnessed by Chinese astronomers in 1054
supernova
ASTROPHYSICS WITH NEIL deGRASSE TYSON $1600: (Dr. Tyson delivers the clue.) The existence on Earth of heavy elements like gold, silver & iron confirms that our solar system was formed from the debris of one of these enormous cataclysmic explosions
supernova
THE SCIENCE SECTION $800: Spanning about 35 degrees in the southern sky, the Gum Nebula is a large remnant of one of these explosions
supernova
DISEASES NAMED FOR PEOPLE $800: Dr. Hashimoto examined tissue samples & goiters to discover the disease now named for him that affects this gland
thyroid
WHICH BODY PART? $2000: Graves disease: This gland
thyroid
ANCIENT LIFE $200: Homo habilis is considered the first of our ancestors to fashion these items
tools
ANTHROPOLOGY $400: These, carved by natives in the Pacific Northwest, often included a genealogy but you need good eyes to see the top
totem poles
BRANCHES OF SCIENCE $1600: Lucrezia Borgia may have been an expert in this, the study of poisonous substances
toxicology
THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, IL.) Though it wasn't in original drafts of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln ad-libbed this 2-word phrase--later added to the Pledge of Allegiance--& added it to copies like this one, which he wrote out later
under God
Define teem
verb be full of or swarming with. "every garden is teeming with wildlife" synonyms: be full of, be filled with, be alive with, be brimming with, abound in, be swarming with, be aswarm with; be packed with, be crawling with, be overrun by, bristle with, seethe with, be thick with; be jam-packed with, be chock-full of "the pond once teemed with fish" crossword clue: rains cats and dogs answer: teems
Define abound
verb exist in large numbers or amounts. "rumors of a further scandal abound" synonyms: be plentiful, be abundant, be numerous, proliferate, superabound, be thick on the ground; More have in large numbers or amounts. "this land abounds with wildlife" synonyms: be full of, overflow with, teem with, be packed with, be crowded with, be thronged with; be alive with, be crawling with, be overrun by/with, swarm with, bristle with, be infested with, be thick with; informalbe stuffed with, be jam-packed with, be chockablock with, be chock-full of "the stream abounds with trout and eels"
Define culminate
verb gerund or present participle: culminating reach a climax or point of highest development. "the tensions and disorders which culminated in World War II" synonyms: come to a climax, come to a head, peak, climax, reach a pinnacle; build up to, lead up to; end with, finish with, conclude with "two hours and ten minutes of toe-tapping merriment culminating in the grandest musical finale on Broadway" be the climax or point of highest development of. "her book culminated a research project on the symmetry studies of Escher" ASTRONOMY•ASTROLOGY (of a celestial body) reach the highest point at the meridian.
Define consecrate
verb make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred; dedicate formally to a religious or divine purpose. "the present Holy Trinity church was consecrated in 1845" (in Christian belief) make (bread or wine) into the body or blood of Christ. "they received the host but not the consecrated wine" ordain (someone) to a sacred office, typically that of bishop. "in 1969 he was consecrated bishop of Northern Uganda" synonyms: sanctify, bless, make holy, make sacred; More
Define loll
verb sit, lie, or stand in a lazy, relaxed way. "the two girls lolled in their chairs" synonyms: lounge, sprawl, drape oneself, stretch oneself; More hang loosely; droop. "he slumped against a tree trunk, his head lolling back" stick out (one's tongue) so that it hangs loosely out of the mouth. "the boy lolled out his tongue" synonyms: hang down, hang loosely, hang, droop, dangle, sag, drop, flop "her head lolled to one side" Crossword clue: Be a lazybones answer: loll
Define hallow
verb verb: hallow; 3rd person present: hallows; past tense: hallowed; past participle: hallowed; gerund or present participle: hallowing 1. honor as holy. "the Ganges is hallowed as a sacred, cleansing river" make holy; consecrate. synonyms: holy, sacred, consecrated, sanctified, blessed; More greatly revered or respected. "in keeping with a hallowed family tradition" nounARCHAIC noun: hallow; plural noun: hallows 1. a saint or holy person.
GENEALOGY GLOSSARY $1,000 (Daily Double): Also a zodiac sign, in English marriage records this term referred to unmarried women
virgo
EARLY MAN $800: Compared to apes, Australopiths had a shorter & broader pelvic bone, helping with this innovation
walking erect
DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME $400: Icarus could have told you it's not a good idea to fly if your wings are held together with this
wax
MYTHOLOGY $200: Lofty means of escape Daedalus & son Icarus used to flee King Minos
wings
COLORS $300: Key lime pie, when made with true key limes, is not green but this color
yellow
3-LETTER WORDS $800: Over there; often hitched with hither
yon Crossword Clue: Hither's companion Answer: yon
ALL IN THE "FAMILY" $400: Arboreal chart of your genealogy
your family tree
GENEALOGY $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew explains two types of charts.) On both a sprawling pedigree chart & a space-saving Ahnentafel, meaning "ancestor table", you can identify ancestors by number; this relative is number 7
your maternal grandmother
"Y"s UP $600: George Bernard Shaw supposedly said, this "is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children"
youth