Jeopardy! #1
THE "I"s HAVE IT 600 Arabic for "son of", it comes before names like Saud
Ibn
THE SOLAR SYSTEM None Objects that pass closer to the sun than Mercury have been named for this mythological figure
Icarus
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS 1600 When on this north Atlantic island be sure to try hakarl, a traditional dish of rotten shark
Iceland
IN EXILE 600 Exiled for manslaughter, Eric the Red was forced to leave this country around 981
Iceland
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY 400 It follows "Poems are made by fools like me..."
"But only God can make a tree"
CROSSWORD CLUES "D" 800 He's the shadowy Watergate source (4,6)
"Deep Throat"
BEN 800 Current events of 1751 included the appearance of Ben's scientific work "Experiments and Observations on" this
"Electricity"
THE 1890s 800 Of "Frankenstein", "The Invisible Man" or "Dracula", the one not created in 1897
"Frankenstein" (created in 1818)
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? 1200 In an Irish battle cry, these 2 words follow "Erin"
"Go Bragh"
POTPOURRI 400 Some think this Irving Berlin song should replace "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem -- it's easier to sing
"God Bless America"
PARLEZ VOUS? 600 "Je ne sais pas" means this, but you still get credit if you phrase it in the form of a question
"I don't know"
ROCK WITH YOU 200 This Jackson 5 (& later Mariah Carey) hit begins, "You & I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back..."
"I'll Be There"
"J" WHIZ 800 This 1847 novel takes place mainly at Lowood Orphan Asylum & Thornfield Hall
"Jane Eyre"
ROCK WITH YOU 600 Eric Clapton charted 3 times with this song: in 1971, 1972 & 1992
"Layla"
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY 200 The one word quothed by Edgar Allan Poe's raven
"Nevermore!"
MUSICAL TRAINS 2000 In 1961 James Brown announced "all aboard" for this train
"Night Train"
POETS & POETRY 600 Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote of this ship, "Oh better that her shattered hulk should sink beneath the wave"
"Old Ironsides"
ROCK WITH YOU 1000 Quit your yellin' & name this 1995 hit duet for Michael & Janet Jackson, their first together
"Scream"
ALASKA 800 One of the 3 mottos that have been featured on regular Alaskan license plates
"The Last Frontier", "The Great Land", or "North to the Future"
SEEING "RED" 500 The title of a 1928 song Sophie Tucker introduced, it was also her nickname
"The Last of the Red Hot Mamas"
BEGINNING & END 800 These titles of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">2 paintings</a> <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_17a.jpg" target="_blank">seen here</a> represent the beginning & end of Jesus' life
"The Nativity" & "The Crucifixion"
POETS & POETRY 400 This Longfellow poem was suggested by a smithy under a chestnut tree in Cambridge, Massachusetts
"The Village Blacksmith"
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? 800 Phrase that precedes "dope" in Ali's famed boxing strategy
"rope-a"
POETS & POETRY 1000 He was descended from an Abyssinian prince, Peter the Great's godson
(Aleksandr) Pushkin
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN 600 "American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s"
(Allen) Ginsberg
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN 400 "See Simon, Paul"
(Art) Garfunkel
TAINTED GOV 1600 In 2010 a House committee charged this veteran Harlem congressman with ethics violations
(Charlie) Rangel
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? 2000 In 2001 this author of "The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" published "The Deeper Wound"
(Deepak) Chopra
STAMPS 400 This astronomer for whom a space telescope is named is honored in the American Scientists series
(Edwin) Hubble
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN 1000 "One of the most original and provocative American architects working today"
(Frank) Gehry
AMERICAN AUTHORS 600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_16.jpg" target="_blank">Alex reports from the Mark Twain House.</a>) Mark Twain said that this anti-slavery <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_16a.jpg" target="_blank">novelist</a>, his next-door neighbor, liked to sneak up behind people and "fetch a war-whoop that would jump that person out of his clothes"
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
MEDICINE 1200 Micro-Trach is an oxygen delivery system developed by this physician known for his "maneuver"
(Henry) Heimlich
POETS & POETRY 800 His "When the Frost is on the Punkin" was written for a series in the Indianapolis Journal
(James Whitcomb) Riley
THRILLER 400 This author made a University of Virginia law professor the protagonist of his 2002 novel "The Summons"
(John) Grisham
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION 1600 With Mary I's accession in 1553 he ran to Geneva; he returned in 1559 & reformed the Church of Scotland
(John) Knox
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS 200 "To Have and Have Not"
(Lauren) Bacall
BIG, REALLY BIG! 1000 Lady Hamilton could tell you the name of this 185-foot column that went up in the early 1840s
(Lord) Nelson's Column
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES 800 No. 10: FB/LB for Columbia U. in the 1920s; MVP for the Yankees in '27 & '36; "Gibraltar in Cleats"
(Lou) Gehrig
THE 1930s 1000 This author of "Anne of Green Gables" was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1935
(Lucy Maud) Montgomery
THE COMPANY LINE 800 Edward Teller & this man partnered in 1898 to sell high fashions to women
(Paul) Bonwit
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE 600 "'Mr. Octobe
(Reggie) Jackson
THRILLER 600 You were born to identify this author of "The Bourne Identity"
(Robert) Ludlum
MUSICAL TRAINS 1200 This "Modern Girl" first hit the Billboard Top 10 with "Morning Train (Nine To Five)"
(Sheena) Easton
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION 3200 In 1534 he & his buddy Francis Xavier founded the Society of Jesus
(St. Ignatius) Loyola
AMERICAN AUTHORS 1600 He stood 5'3" & was the subject of movies that came out in 2005 & 2006
(Truman) Capote
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE 400 "Detroit - Philadelphia, A.L. - 1905-1926... retired with 4191 major league hits"
(Ty) Cobb
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES 1000 No. 5: Only center to lead the NBA in assists; track scholarship to Kansas U.; marathoner; volleyballer
(Wilt) Chamberlain
MATHEM-ATTACK! 1600 The symbol <i>i</i> is used to represent the imaginary square root of this number
-1
TELEPHONE HISTORY 400 In 1980 Dial-It National Sports became the first service on this new area code
1-900
IT'S A DATE! 1000 O Canada celebrates Canada Day on this date, 3 days before a big American holiday
1-Jul
IT'S A DATE! 800 It's Bird Day in Oklahoma, & a popular date for pole dancing
1-May
"TEEN" SCENE 1000 Number of lines in Shakespeare's poem that starts "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
14
IT'S A DATE! 600 Oregon entered the union on this date in 1859, sweetie
14-Feb
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY 800 In a poem titled for the date when Germany invaded Poland, W.H. Auden called this "A low dishonest decade"
1930s
FLAG 'EM DOWN 1000 The first 50-star U.S. flag was officially raised on July 4 of this year
1960
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN 100 "Soul Train" premiered in this decade
1970s
"TEEN" SCENE 800 Golfing "hole" with a bar (where you can't go), or the amendment granting women's suffrage
19th
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY 1000 2 x 1,035
2,070
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY 600 Garland Jeffreys sang of having star-studded "dreams" of this size, like movie film
35mm
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY 600 3 x 4 x 5 x 6
360
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY 200 4 x 12
48
IT'S A DATE! 400 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii) Pearl Harbor will always be remembered for this date in 1941, which FDR said "will live in infamy"
7-Dec
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY 800 5 x 10 x 15
750
TELEPHONE HISTORY 200 As of July 1, 1968 you could dial this 3-digit number in New York City & get the police
911
BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY 400 7 x 7 x 2
98
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS 2000 1966: "One Bloke Year-Round"
A Man For All Seasons
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES 400 Puck's last speech in this play begins, "If we shadows have offended, think but this--and all is mended"
A Midsummer Night's Dream
PLAY HEROINES 400 Blanche DuBois
A Streetcar Named Desire
SEEING "RED" 300 Stephen Crane wrote, "He wished that he, too, had a wound," this
A red badge of courage
3 LITTLE LETTERS 200 Like banks, many grocery stores now have these for dispensing cash & taking deposits
ATMs
GETTING POSSESSIVE 500 In Exodus, this was thrown down before Pharaoh at Moses' instruction
Aaron's rod (turned into a snake)
DOWN MEXICO WAY 800 This resort city about 200 miles southwest of Mexico City is famous for its cliff divers
Acapulco
GETTING POSSESSIVE 300 While one creation slept, God took this to make Eve
Adam's rib
NOTABLE NONHUMANS 200 This Nazi dictator sometimes dined alone with Blondi, his Alsatian
Adolf Hitler
MUSICAL TRAINS 400 Steven Tyler of this band lent his steamin' vocals to "Train Kept A-Rollin'", first popularized by the Yardbirds
Aerosmith
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN 400 This hair care product was among the first major backers of the show
Afro Sheen
ARCHITECTS 400 Dallas-Fort Worth Airport architect Gyo Obata helped design this Smithsonian museum
Air & Space Museum
AIRLINE TRAVEL 2000 In 2003 this airline agreed to buy KLM, creating Europe's largest airline
Air France
STATE SUPERLATIVES 400 With 6,640 miles of coast, this state has the longest shoreline
Alaska
20th CENTURY QUOTES 500 A physicist, 1955: "If only I had known, I would have become a watchmaker"
Albert Einstein
TELEPHONE HISTORY 500 In 1880 he invented the photophone, a device that sent messages through the air on beams of light
Alexander Graham Bell
PLAYWRIGHTS 2000 Born in 1799, this poet, novelist & playwright is to Russian literature what Shakespeare is to English literature
Alexander Pushkin
POETS 400 Between 1842 & 1885, he repeatedly revised his "Idylls of the King"
Alfred Lord Tennyson
POLITICAL MOVIES 200 2 reporters unearth a political scandal that goes all the way to the top in this 1976 film based on a book
All the President's Men
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES 100 You could say this comedy "ends well" -- Helena finally wins the love of her husband Bertram
All's Well That Ends Well
SCOTLAND 2000 Hundreds of years old, the de facto national flag features this saint's cross
Andrew
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS 400 This crooner's hits include 1971's "Where Do I Begin" & 1959's "Lonely Street"
Andy Williams
ANGELS 600 ABBA sang about these & Curtis Lee sang about "Pretty Little" these
Angel Eyes
ANGELS 1000 With an appropriate-sounding name, John Dye plays the angel of this on "Touched By An Angel"
Angel of Death
WORLD GEOGRAPHY 1500 Cabinda, an area of this former Portuguese colony, is separated from the rest of it by Zaire
Angola
AMERICAN NICKNAMES 400 She was called "Little Missy" & "Little Sure Shot"
Annie Oakley
Question
Answer
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD 800 He voiced Puss In Boots in "Shrek 2"
Antonio Banderas
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT... 200 The city of Yuma in this state has a record average of 4,055 hours of sunshine each year
Arizona
THE 1930s 800 He was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops in 1930
Arthur Fiedler
HISTORY 200 Historians refer to the Golden Age as the time during which Pericles ruled this city
Athens
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY 300 Most of Africa's major rivers, including the Congo & the Niger, flow into this ocean
Atlantic
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY 1500 Jebel Musa, a promontory in this mountain range, is one of the Pillars of Hercules
Atlas Mountains
PLAYWRIGHTS 800 "May All Your Fences Have Gates" is a book of "Essays on the Drama of" this African-American playwright
August Wilson
ART & ARTISTS 800 His sculpture, "The Age of Bronze", exhibited in 1877, was inspired by Michelangelo
Auguste Rodin
WHAT'S IN A NAME? 200 Yeah, baby! Meaning "magnificent", this Texas-sounding name comes with certain "Powers"
Austin
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER 500 A 1994 festival honoring this country featured the Tjapukai Aboriginal Dance Company
Australia
WORLD GEOGRAPHY 200 Large aboriginal populations live in this country's states of Queensland & New South Wales
Australia
RADIO DISNEY 600 "The songs on 'Under My Skin' are...deeper than those on 'Let Go'" said this Canadian on Radio Disney's website
Avril Lavigne
WORLD RELIGION 1600 Meaning "sign of God", it's the title of a Shi'ite Muslim scholar & leader
Ayatollah
FOREWORDS 300 She said that her husband Frank O'Connor was the fuel that kept her spirited while she wrote "The Fountainhead"
Ayn Rand
AT THE MALL 2000 The name of this clothing store for teens is French for "airmail"
Aéropostale
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE 200 This Yankee was the "greatest drawing card in history of baseball"
Babe Ruth
TRAVEL & TOURISM 200 The home of silk merchant Jim Thompson, who disappeared in 1967, is a tourist attraction in this Thai city
Bangkok
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL 400 Ljubljana, Bratislava, Barcelona
Barcelona
MEDICAL MILESTONES 2000 In 1982 William DeVries performed the 1st permanent artificial heart transplant on this man
Barney Clark
DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX 2000 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_24.mp3">"500 Hats"... 500 ways to die. On July 4th, this young boy will defy a king... & become a legend</a>
Bartholomew Cubbins
THE BUTLER DID IT 200 He must have a great benefit plan; Alfred began his service to this crime fighter way back in 1943
Batman
MOVIES & TV 1000 We were frakkin' sad when this sci fi show had its series finale on March 20, 2009
Battlestar Galactica
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL 2000 Belize City, Guatemala City, Panama City
Belize City
THE BUTLER DID IT 300 Robert Guillaume cleaned up on "Soap" before moving to the governor's mansion on this series
Benson
"BLACK" OR "WHITE" 400 This "Golden Girl" had her own show in 1958 & 1977 & in 1999 became part of the cast of "Ladies Man"
Betty White
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA 1200 Movie in which Axel Foley asks, "where ...you get off arresting me for being thrown out a window?"
Beverly Hills Cop
CAPITOL THINKERS 1600 This Tennessee senator is a practicing physician
Bill Frist
"I" LADS 100 This punk rock hitmaker heard here has had numerous hits on both sides of the Atlantic
Billy Idol
"BLACK" OR "WHITE" 200 Name shared by a Sauk chief famous for his war & a U.S. military helicopter
Black Hawk
WHY? 200 They're "unlucky" because in the Middle Ages they were thought to be the mascots of witches
Black cats
TAINTED GOV 400 In 2010 this Illinois governor was tried on corruption charges, but convicted on only 1 count
Blagojevich
THE 1990s 600 On Nov. 5, 1996, this GOP candidate joked, "Tomorrow will be the first time in my life I don't have anything to do"
Bob Dole
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS 2000 His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002
Bode Miller
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL 1600 Bucharest, Bonn, Bern
Bonn
AT THE MALL 1600 This bookstore chain is named for its "edgy" founders, brothers Tom & Louis
Borders
ARCHITECTS 300 Charles Bulfinch, who contributed to the Capitol in Washington, D.C., designed this city's state house on Beacon Hill
Boston
MONEY SLANG 200 No "Wonder" you're on a "roll" -- you're not a "loaf"er & you're earning a lot of this
Bread/dough
THE "BUTLER" DID IT 400 A former Dodger outfielder & TV's "Grace Under Fire" both go by this name
Brett Butler
CELEBS 200 On Sept. 14, 2005 she gave birth to Sean Preston Federline
Britney Spears
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING! 800 The Battle of Long Island was fought in what is now this New York City borough
Brooklyn
NOTABLE NONHUMANS 1000 This favorite horse of Alexander the Great sometimes wore golden horns in battle
Bucephalus
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST" 200 Eastern European capital city of more than 2.2 million
Bucharest
MONEY SLANG 100 Cheap way off a rodeo bronco
Buck
THE KILLERS 800 This "insect" of a gangster was a real-life hit man for Murder Incorporated in the 1930s & '40s
Bugsy Siegel
THE COMPANY LINE 600 This company's Accutron watch, introduced in 1960, had a guarantee of accuracy to within one minute a month
Bulova
THE "BUTLER" DID IT 1000 The mission statement of this school says it's located "In...Indianapolis, one of America's most livable cities"
Butler University
INITIAL T.V. 800 This '70s series about a harsh Navy drill instructor with a soft heart starred Don Rickles
C.P.O. Sharkey
TIMELESS TV 600 In 1948 Douglas Edwards became the first anchor of this network's Evening News
CBS
THE KILLERS 200 In Genesis 4 he becomes the first killer; God isn't happy
Cain
STATE SUPERLATIVES 200 A valley at 282 feet below sea level in this state is the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere
California
ANDY WARHOL 200 Because he had the same thing for lunch every day for 20 years, Andy Warhol painted these, beginning in 1962
Campbell's Soup cans
DOWN MEXICO WAY 2000 This popular resort island lies north of Cozumel off the coast of the state of Quintana Roo
Cancun
SOMETHIN' TO "C" 600 The means of production are privately owned in this economic system
Capitalism
RADIO DISNEY 400 "Everybody Else" knows these huggable toys precede "On Fire" in the name of a Radio Disney top 30 band; do you?
Care Bears
POETS 200 On Feb. 12, 1959, the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's birth, he addressed a joint session of Congress
Carl Sandburg
ON THE RADIO 400 Detroit-born broadcaster who created "American Top 40" & now has his own weekly "Countdown"
Casey Kasem
MYTHOLOGY 500 Leda laid 2 eggs: one with Helen & Pollux in it, the other containing Clytemnestra & him
Castor
HISTORY 600 In 1000 Rajaraja I of the Cholas battled to take this Indian Ocean island now known for its tea
Ceylon (or Sri Lanka)
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY 600 In 1934 he plugged Bulova "Lone Eagle" watches
Charles Lindbergh
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER 200 In 1995 Luigi Bonino starred in a ballet about this "Little Tramp" of silent films
Charlie Chaplin
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 1000 Stoichiometry is defined as the study of the quantities involved in these chemical events
Chemical reactions
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN 500 To gain better production values, "Soul Train" was moved from this city to Los Angeles
Chicago
MONEY SLANG 500 2-word phrase for Henny Penny's lunch
Chicken feed
REMEMBER THE TIME 200 In 1958 this country launched its second 5-year plan, called "The Great Leap Forward"
China
SCIENCE & NATURE 1000 Sir Humphry Davy named this yellowish-green gas from a Greek word meaning "greenish-yellow"
Chlorine
CELEBS 400 The TV show "Everybody Hates Chris" is based on the childhood of this comic
Chris Rock
AT THE MALL 400 Found "just what I needed" at this "City", an electronics store
Circuit City
WAR STORIES 100 "Marching On", "By Antietam Creek"
Civil War
ART 1000 In 1920 this impressionist, known for his water lilies, painted another plant, "Wisteria"
Claude Monet
DRAMA QUEENS 400 In a Shaw play, Caesar finds her hiding on a Sphinx
Cleopatra
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES 300 Mark Antony called her "The Queen of Queens"
Cleopatra
THRILLER 800 "The Numa Files" are paperback spin-offs of this writer's novels featuring Dirk Pitt
Clive Cussler
RADIO DISNEY 800 "I Never Told You" this alliteratively named singer hit Disney's Top 30 with "Fallin' For You"; wait, I just did
Colbie Caillat
ALBUMS THAT ROCK 400 "X&Y", "Parachutes"
Coldplay
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS 600 DePaul, Wheaton, Northwestern
Illinois
THE "I"s HAVE IT 800 From the Latin for "to overhang", it means "likely to happen at any moment"
Imminent
THE "I"s HAVE IT 400 Style of the 1877 painting seen here
Impressionism
FLAGS OF THE WORLD 200 Seen here is the flag of this nation (the home of Bollywood)
India
THE KILLERS 600 Bodyguards Satwant & Beant Singh killed this female leader of India in 1984
Indira Gandhi
THE "I"s HAVE IT 1000 Some scientists believe that the universe is undergoing expansion called this, also an economic term
Inflation
THE "I"s HAVE IT 200 This term for a fluid can also mean "to sign" as a contract
Ink
ANDY WARHOL 600 Andy's "15 minutes of fame" quote was once the motto of this magazine
Interview
GENERAL SCIENCE 300 While compounds of this element are added to table salt, in its pure form it's quite poisonous
Iodine
LIBRARIES 100 Marsh's Library in this country was founded c. 1702 by the Archbishop of Dublin
Ireland
THE EYES HAVE IT 400 Flower seen here (that fits the category)
Iris
DRAMA QUEENS 1000 The queen in Marlowe's "Edward II" is named this, like a famous queen of Spain
Isabella
"I" LADS 400 His is the first & longest book of the Bible's major prophets
Isaiah
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL 800 Istanbul, Ottawa, Amman
Istanbul
WORLD FACTS 200 This isthmus connects North & South America
Isthmus of Panama
SAINTS BE PRAISED 400 The first American citizen canonized was an immigrant from this country
Italy (Mother Cabrini)
WHAT'S IN A NAME? 400 This name shared by great & terrible rulers is a Russian variation of John
Ivan
"I" LADS 200 Czar at 17, he was famous for extraordinary sadism & cruelty, even as a boy
Ivan the Terrible
SAINTS BE PRAISED 800 Philip of Moscow foresaw that his post as primate of the Russian church might lead to martyrdom, as this man was czar
Ivan the Terrible
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES 400 "And away we go"
Jackie Gleason
ART & ARTISTS 400 This drip artist was born in Cody, Wyoming in 1912
Jackson Pollock
LIT MY FIRE 2000 His 1963 bestseller "The Fire Next Time" took its title from an old spiritual
James Baldwin
TV ACTORS & ROLES 200 Barbra Streisand knows he played Lt. Col. Bill "Raider" Kelly on "Pensacola: Wings of Gold"
James Brolin
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS 500 "Halloween"
Jamie Lee Curtis
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS 300 "The Outlaw"
Jane Russell
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES 2000 In 1967 this 21-year-old started Rolling Stone magazine
Jann Wenner
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS 1200 Sanma aisu is fish-flavored ice cream & taco aisu is octopus-flavored ice cream made in this country
Japan
HISTORY 600 In February 1904 this country attacked the Russian fleet at Port Arthur
Japan
CELEB STUFF 100 On March 2, 1977 he made his first "Tonight Show" appearance; on May 25, 1992 he took over as host
Jay Leno
MOVIES & TV 200 On March 19, 2009 he said, "I'm excited and honored to introduce my first guest... Barack Obama"
Jay Leno
THE CIVIL WAR 200 His first act after being sworn in as president of the Confederacy was to send a peace commission to Washington, D.C.
Jefferson Davis
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE 1200 "Friends", "Bruce Almighty"
Jennifer Aniston
THE CONSTITUTION None Word completing the line "Nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in" this
Jeopardy
TIMELESS TV 200 September 2010 brought the 45th edition of this comedian's telethon
Jerry Lewis
"J" WHIZ 600 It's believed that the Virgin Mary died in this Middle Eastern city
Jerusalem
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES 600 Outlaw: "Murdered by a traitor and a coward whose name is not worthy to appear here"
Jesse James
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY 2000 The name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_27b.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> instrument has nothing to do with the religion, but is more likely a corruption of the word "jaw"
Jew's harp
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES 600 No. 1: Lettered in hoops, football & lacrosse at Syracuse & if you think he couldn't act, ask his 11 "unclean" buddies
Jim Brown
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE 1600 "In Living Color", "Bruce Almighty"
Jim Carrey
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES 200 No. 2: 1912 Olympian; football star at Carlisle Indian School; 6 MLB seasons with the Reds, Giants & Braves
Jim Thorpe
IN EXILE 400 In 1462 this printer known for movable type had to move out of Mainz
Johannes Gutenberg
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES 200 Signer of the Dec. of Indep., framer of the Constitution of Mass., second President of the United States
John Adams
AMERICAN EXPLORERS 500 Senator Thomas Hart Benton's son-in-law was this "Pathfinder"
John C. Frémont
AMERICAN AUTHORS 1200 Susan & Benjamin Cheever, children of this short story master, are both authors as well
John Cheever
PEOPLE IN HISTORY 400 This young man put his savings into a small Cleveland refinery in 1862 & eventually had an oil monopoly
John D. Rockefeller
VERMONTERS 300 This plow inventor was a Vermont blacksmith before moving to Grand Detour, Illinois
John Deere
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES 400 In 1960 this Democrat spoke first in the first televised U.S. presidential election debate
John F. Kennedy
CELEB STUFF 400 In a 1997 issue of "George", he said his cousins Michael & Joseph were "poster boys for bad behavior"
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING! 400 During the war, this first signer of the Declaration of Independence commanded the Mass. Militia
John Hancock
CAPITOL THINKERS 1200 This Ariz. senator said of Bush's energy plan, "Just one pork barrel project larded onto another"
John McCain
CANDY None Bill Harmsen, who raised horses in Colo., happily founded this candy co. in 1949 to make money during the winter
Jolly Rancher
CELEB STUFF 300 People Magazine called his 1997 solo album "Destination Anywhere", "Tres Bon"
Jon Bon Jovi
PLAYWRIGHTS 1200 (Sofia of the Clue Crew at the Nederlander Theatre in New York City) This creator of "Rent" died the night of its final dress rehearsal, never knowing he would win the Pulitzer Prize
Jonathan Larson
FOREWORDS 200 Part 2 "is Lilliput in reverse, but...also offers some of" his "fiercest assaults upon the behavior of" his countrymen
Jonathan Swift
VERMONTERS 200 This founding prophet of Mormonism was born in Sharon, Vermont in 1805
Joseph Smith
WRITERS CUBED 800 Her 2000 novel "Blonde" is, of course, about Marilyn Monroe
Joyce Carol Oates
TOUR OF JUDY 1200 Twice nominated for Oscars, this actress once studied at an Australian convent & sang in a rock band
Judy Davis
TOUR OF JUDY 400 Liza & Lorna's mom
Judy Garland
TOUR OF JUDY 1600 She played an airheaded blonde to whom William Holden had to teach manners in "Born Yesterday"
Judy Holliday
TOUR OF JUDY 800 This animated girl attends Orbit High School
Judy Jetson
TOUR OF JUDY 2000 This CNN news anchor once worked as a correspondent for "The MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour"
Judy Woodruff
"J" WHIZ 1000 The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul was one of the many churches built by this 6th century Byzantine emperor
Justinian I
ON THE RADIO 300 Call letters east of the Mississippi generally start with W; in the west, most start with this
K
THE COMPANY LINE 1000 The Kirschner brothers, Don & Bill, named this ski company for themselves & the second-highest mountain
K2
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY 400 In addition to its bountiful wildlife, this desert is the site of the Orapa diamond mine, one of the world's largest
Kalahari
WORLD FACTS 1100 Discovered by David Livingstone, Botswana's Lake Ngami lies in the northern part of this desert
Kalahari Desert
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER 1000 This "Das Kapital" author stands between comedian Oliver Hardy & H.G. Wells
Karl Marx
EUROPE 200 From 1963 to 1978 he was Archbishop of Krakow
Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II)
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS 100 "Body Heat"
Kathleen Turner
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS 800 The Masai people of this African country mix cow blood with milk for a refreshing drink
Kenya
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY 600 In 1811 this German family began its steel-making business by constructing a plant in Essen
Krupp
AMERICAN AUTHORS 800 Under the name Laura Bancroft, he wrote about Twinkle & Chubbins in Nature Fairyland after taking us to Oz
L. Frank Baum
INITIAL T.V. 600 [Hi, I'm Pat O'Brien] David E. Kelley won 2 Emmys for this show in 1991, one as executive producer, one as writer
L.A. Law
WEEDS 400 This fabric follows Queen Anne's in the name of the weed seen here
Lace
VIETNAM 6800 Of the 3 countries that border Vietnam, the one whose name does not begin with the same letter as the other 2
Laos
EUROPE 300 Geographic region within the Arctic Circle named for the people who call themselves the Sami
Lapland
JUST THE FACTS 800 This city, the seat of Clark County, Nevada, has been called "the entertainment capital of the world"
Las Vegas
THE EYES HAVE IT 200 A blow with a whip
Lash
WRITERS CUBED 400 In 1977 a reconstruction of her "Little House" was put on the original site 13 miles southwest of Independence
Laura Ingalls Wilder
"I" LADS 500 This auto exec's autobiography is one of the bestselling nonfiction works in publishing history
Lee Iacocca
IN EXILE 1000 Moshoeshoe II was exiled twice before regaining this southern African country's throne in 1995
Lesotho
AMERICAN EXPLORERS 300 Co-commanders of the 1st U.S. expedition to explore from Mississippi to the west coast
Lewis & Clark
BRITISH FASHION 600 Katharine Hamnett created the '80s T-shirt telling us to "choose" this
Life
AMERICAN EXPLORERS 200 Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable
Colorado
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING! 600 In it, Thomas Paine wrote, "The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind"
Common Sense
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES 1200 The John Birch Society coined the term comsymp, short for this
Communist sympathizer
THE EYES HAVE IT 500 People say these are what you need to make it in Hollywood
Contacts
AND I QUOTE 400 A quote can be taken "out of" this, from the Latin for "to weave together"
Context
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY 400 Term for the flow of a film, maintained by keeping details consistent throughout a scene
Continuity
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH 800 1 of the 2 born in Vermont
Coolidge (or Chester Arthur)
HISTORY 200 For the last 8 years of his life, Galileo was under house arrest for espousing this man's theory
Copernicus
EARLY AMERICA 1200 In 1685 he joined his father in pastorship of the Old North Church, a post he held until his death
Cotton Mather
SOMETHIN' TO "C" 200 Oscar & Felix were an "odd" one
Couple
SOMETHIN' TO "C" 400 Ichabod's patronymic
Crane
THE COMPANY LINE 400 This housewares store was named for the packaging its merchandise came in & was first displayed on
Crate & Barrel
FLAGS OF THE WORLD 300 Andy Garcia is a native of this country whose flag is seen here
Cuba
3 LITTLE LETTERS 400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_09.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.</a>) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_09a.jpg" target="_blank">bald eagles</a>
DDT
ON THE RADIO 100 Radio abbreviation that precedes the name of rap figures Quik, Pooh & Jazzy Jeff
DJ
VIETNAM 2000 Vietnam's narrowest point, about 30 miles, is just north of this port city where U.S. troops landed in 1965
Da Nang
WORDS OF THE WRITER 1600 "For never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant, than Friday was to me"
Daniel Defoe
POLITICAL MOVIES 800 Frank Langella is the power hungry chief of staff in this film in which Kevin Kline plays a presidential impersonator
Dave
CELEB STUFF 1500 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_J_17.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Bob Eubanks.</a>) Tea Leoni ran into this "X-Files" star at the Golden Globes & soon they were newlyweds
David Duchovny
THE BIG 10 800 The title of this Boccaccio work means "10 Days"
Decameron
HISTORY 400 Under the 1814 Treaty of Kiel, this country gave Norway to Sweden but kept Greenland & other islands
Denmark
NATIONAL MONUMENTS 400 This Wyoming monument contains an 865-foot-high fluted column of igneous rock
Devils Tower
BACKWORDS 400 Aye, lass, I'll wed thee ere this has dried on the fields
Dew (wed)
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA 800 In this Bruce Willis movie, the villain goes out the window of the Nakatomi building, gun in hand
Die Hard
POP MUSIC 1000 This singer's 1970 hit "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" was from the Broadway musical "Promises, Promises"
Dionne Warwick
LOST IN SPACE 800 Piers Sellers lost a tool in space while spreading putty into this Space Shuttle named for Capt. Cook's ship
Discovery
MEET THE PARENTS 2000 Hyperion Books, Mammoth Records, Miramax Films
Disney
MONEY SLANG 400 Bank notes that sing before fa-so-la
Do-re-mi
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN 200 Oh yessssssss...he created the show & was the original producer & host
Don Cornelius
WHAT'S IN A NAME? 1000 Previously attached to Theo- & Isa-, it became popular by itself after appearing in "David Copperfield"
Dora
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER 200 He's an African explorer, "I presume"
Dr. Livingstone
20th CENTURY QUOTES 100 A minister, 1968: "I've seen the promised land...and I'm happy tonight...I'm not fearing any man"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
NEWS TO ME 1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_21.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates, putting his arm over his mouth.</a>) To avoid spreading germs & maybe flu, we learned the sneeze named for this character made famous in an 1897 book
Dracula
TAKE A PILL 400 Going on a cruise? You might pick up this Pfizer product, the "original" or "less drowsy" formula
Dramamine
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER 400 Bob Dylan appears as does this poet from whom he may have taken his stage name
Dylan Thomas
GEOGRAPHY "E" 600 This island in the South Pacific is named for the day of its discovery, a religious holiday
Easter Island
WORDS OF THE WRITER 800 "Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITERS CUBED 200 In 1845 he published "The Raven and Other Poems"; the other poems include "The Conqueror Worm"
Edgar Allan Poe
CAPITOL THINKERS 400 This man from Mass. is the ranking Democrat of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee
Edward Kennedy
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY 100 The Qattara Depression, one of Africa's lowest points, lies 300 miles southwest of this country's pyramids
Egypt
GEOGRAPHY "E" 800 Parts of the Arabian and Libyan deserts are found in this African country
Egypt
WORLD GEOGRAPHY 400 Administrative units in this country include Giza, Aswan & Suez
Egypt
MYTHOLOGY 300 The sister of Orestes, mourning became her
Electra
THE CIRCUS 100 Trainers shout, "Tail Up!" when they want these performers to follow each other trunk to tail
Elephants
DRAMA QUEENS 600 A 1952 play covered the young life of this queen, like a 1998 Cate Blanchett film
Elizabeth I
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES 200 She was "The Untamed Heifer" & "The Virgin Queen"
Elizabeth I
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES 300 Near the end of "Henry VIII", this princess is described as "a most unspotted lily", who will die a virgin
Elizabeth I
GEOGRAPHY "E" 2000 The family history you wrote for school might include entering the U.S. at this island in New York Bay
Ellis Island
ALL ABOARD THE SOUL TRAIN 300 White crossover artists featured on "Soul Train" have included David Bowie & this "Island Girl" singer
Elton John
POETS 800 Her "I Heard a Fly Buzz" may have been based on a chapter in "The House of the Seven Gables"
Emily Dickinson
GENERAL SCIENCE 100 This white, glossy coating on your teeth is the hardest substance in the human body
Enamel
GEOGRAPHY "E" 200 It's the largest kingdom in the United Kingdom
England
"I" LADS 300 Nudge, nudge, wink, wink! This man seen here starred on a classic British comedy show
Eric Idle
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS 800 The aquatic Mrs. Fernando Lamas
Esther Williams
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES 1000 Revolutionary War hero: "His spirit is in Vermont now"
Ethan Allen
VERMONTERS 100 This leader of the Green Mountain Boys did not live to see Vermont become a state
Ethan Allen
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY 600 In preparing to write this poem, Longfellow used "An historical and statistical account of Nova Scotia"
Evangeline
BACKWORDS 300 You'd be naive to think you can make bottled water that's more popular than this
Evian (naive)
ALASKA 600 This second-largest Alaskan city wasn't named for an actor
Fairbanks
NOTABLE NONHUMANS 800 In 1945 this famous scottie was injured in a fight with Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's mastiff
Fala
AND I QUOTE 200 Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's"
Familiar
IT'S A DATE! 200 You'll find this date on a calendar only once every 4 years
February 29 (for a leap year)
MOVIES & TV 400 Time magazine said this 2003 Pixar film was "the ultimate fish-out-of-water story"
Finding Nemo
ALBUMS THAT ROCK 1600 "In Your Honor", "The Color and the Shape"
Foo Fighters
NATIONAL MONUMENTS 300 Seminole Indian leader Osceola is buried at this fort where the Civil War began
Fort Sumter
THE CIVIL WAR 800 In Feb. 2005 a reenactment was staged for this 140th anniversary of this fort's reoccupation by Union troops
Fort Sumter
BEN 600 In 1783 Franklin asked Congress to recall him from this country; he finally made it home in 1785
France
IT'S OURS! 200 Saint-Pierre & Miquelon
France
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING! 200 On Sept. 5, 1781, 24 of this country's ships engaged British ships in Cheaspeake Bay & turned them back
France
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER 400 Every December, the Kennedy Center invites the public to a free sing-along of this composer's "Messiah"
G.F. Handel
SCOTLAND 400 About 80,000 Scots still speak the Scottish version of this ancient Celtic language
Gaelic
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN 800 The Times of London estimates this chess player is taking home $20 mil. a year; that's some check, mate!
Garry Kasparov
LOST IN SPACE 1000 In 1992 Space Shuttle astronauts delivered ashes of this "Star Trek" creator into the final frontier
Gene Roddenberry
MEET THE PARENTS 1600 First Colony Life Insurance, Telemundo, NBC
General Electric
TIMELESS TV 400 Originally a half hour, this soap started in 1963 & featured Nurse Jessie Brewer
General Hospital
THE OBLIGATORY POETRY CATEGORY 1000 Observing pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket inspired him to write his greatest work
Geoffrey Chaucer (The Canterbury Tales)
HISTORIC NICKNAMES 200 Because of his Hanoverian heritage, American colonists called this monarch "German Georgie" or "Geordie"
George III
TAINTED GOV 800 In 2006 this Illinois governor was busted for racketeering; what's in the water there?
George Ryan
20th CENTURY QUOTES 400 A governor, 1963: "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!"
George Wallace
AMERICAN NICKNAMES 1500 The "Plant Magician" was Luther Burbank; this man was the "Plant Doctor"
George Washington Carver
HISTORIC NICKNAMES 400 Among the more colorful nicknames of this agricultural chemist were "Peanut Man" & "Sweet-Potato Man"
George Washington Carver
ART & ARTISTS 600 He spent several summers painting pointillist seascapes including "Le Bec Du Hoc, Grandcamp"
Georges Seurat
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 500 In 1886 a pharmacist in this southern state became the first man to enjoy a Coke and a smile
Georgia
FLAGS OF THE WORLD 400 In the 1990s, this nation whose flag is seen here moved its seat of government to a different city
Germany
THE 1930s 200 In 1936, in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles, this country began remilitarizing the Rhineland
Germany
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956 600 Like Korea in 2000, this country entered the stadium in 1956 as a "United" team
Germany
PEOPLE IN HISTORY 800 This Chiricahua Apache was a popular attraction at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis
Geronimo
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN 800 "Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill
Geronimo
BRITISH FASHION 400 Star designer John Galliano was born Juan Carlos Galliano in this British possession at the tip of Spain
Gibraltar
WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN 200 "In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker"
Gingrich
NOTABLE NONHUMANS 600 Colo was the first of these great apes born in captivity, in 1956 at the Columbus Zoo
Gorilla
ALASKA 400 Tony Knowles is pulling in $81,648 per annum in this job
Governor
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS 800 1932: "Magnificent Inn"
Grand Hotel
IT'S OURS! 400 Montserrat
Great Britain (United Kingdom)
FLAGS OF THE WORLD 100 It's the kingdom whose flag is seen here (Union Jack)
Great Britain/England
FLAGS OF THE WORLD 500 This Mediterranean country whose flag is seen here is "The Word"
Greece
ALBUMS THAT ROCK 800 "American Idiot", "Dookie"
Green Day
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? 200 A narrow passage separates Canada's Ellesmere Island from this large Danish island
Greenland
SAINTS BE PRAISED 200 The emblem of St. Lawrence, it's also a nickname for a football field
Gridiron
DOWN MEXICO WAY 1200 Founded in the 1530s, this capital of Jalisco state is the second-largest in Mexico
Guadalajara
ANGELS 800 Group whose feast day is October 2, or a group founded in 1979 by Curtis Sliwa
Guardian Angels
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s 200 goop.com is a lifestyles website from this Oscar-winning actress; the g & p represent her initials
Gwyneth Paltrow
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY 200 It has over 9,700 tax preparation offices worldwide
H&R Block
SPORTS LEGENDS None If Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak had gone one more game in 1941, this company would have given him a $10,000 contract
H.J. Heinz (Heinz 57 Varieties)
PARTS OF PEACH 400 Peaches are more than 80% this compound
H2O
NEWS TO ME 400 A 7.0 magnitude earthquake in this Caribbean country Jan. 12, 2010 brought a world outpouring of aid
Haiti
GENERAL SCIENCE 200 The time it takes for 50% of the atoms to decay in a radioactive substance is called this
Half-life
TIMELESS TV 1000 2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company
Hallmark Hall of Fame
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS 1600 "The Hillbilly Shakespeare" is one nickname of this legendary singer
Hank Williams, Sr.
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES 1000 George III
Hanover
WORDS OF THE WRITER 1500 "'Do all lawyers defend n-negroes, Atticus?' 'Of course they do, Scout'"
Harper Lee
STAMPS 600 A stamp honors this 19th c. author about whom it was said, "So this is the little lady who made this big war"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
MOVIES & TV 600 Of his dialogue, this Han Solo actor said, "You can type this (stuff), George, but you sure can't say it"
Harrison Ford
JUST THE FACTS 400 This hero of several books is 11 when he discovers he's a wizard
Harry Potter
TELEVISION 300 This crime drama with Robert Wagner & Stefanie Powers was created by Sidney Sheldon
Hart to Hart
EPITAPHS & TRIBUTES 2000 1939 Oscar winner: "...you are a credit to your craft, your race and to your family"
Hattie McDaniel (for her role in Gone with the Wind)
FOREWORDS 100 "Conrad begins (and ends) Marlow's journey... on the Thames, on the yawl, Nellie", says the foreword to this novel
Heart of Darkness
DRAMA QUEENS 200 In Euripides' play about this famed beauty, it's her double who goes to Troy
Helen
AMERICAN AUTHORS 200 While he was in Spain in 1959, he wrote "The Dangerous Summer", a story about rival bullfighters
Hemingway
WEEDS 300 This plant whose alkaloids ended Socrates' life now grows on American roadsides
Hemlock
ART & ARTISTS 1000 You can see this British sculptor's "Reclining Mother and Child" at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Henry Moore
EUROPEAN HISTORY None He filed for divorce citing Leviticus 20:21, "If a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing"
Henry VIII
TELEVISION 600 Character seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1996-12-06_J_04.wmv">here</a>, his action-packed journeys are legendary:
Hercules (Kevin Sorbo)
"HIGH" SCHOOL 2000 Coastal waters beyond national jurisdiction, or the tops of some sopranos' ranges
High seas/C's
CELEBS 800 Her 18th birthday party was "A Cinderella Story" with 300 guests & red velvet cake
Hilary Duff
VIETNAM 400 It's not the capital, but this Vietnamese city is the most populous
Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon)
VERMONTERS 500 At age 15 this future New York Tribune editor was apprenticed to a printer in East Poultney
Horace Greeley
DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX 400 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_23.mp3">Beyond ovoid abandonment, beyond ovoid betrayal... you won't believe the ending when he "Hatches the Egg"</a>
Horton
AMERICAN NICKNAMES 1200 Born in 1905, he was the "Billionaire Recluse"
Howard Hughes
ON THE RADIO 200 Robin Quivers is the radio consort of this self-proclaimed "King of All Media"
Howard Stern
TAINTED GOV 2000 Elected to the Senate in 1930, he refused to resign as Louisiana's gov. until '32, when his handpicked crony got the gig
Huey Long
EUROPE 500 The fertile plain east of the Danube, making up half this country's area, is called the Great Alfold
Hungary
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956 400 Teams were pulling out left & right, some in protest of the Soviet invasion of this country
Hungary
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY 400 In 1961 this firm introduced its Selectric typewriter, which used a spherical typing element
IBM
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s 600 Linus Torvalds is the father of this operating system used on cell phones & supercomputers
Linux
NATIONAL MONUMENTS 100 George Custer's men are buried in a cemetery in the national monument named for this river
Little Bighorn
SCIENCE & NATURE 200 In the East Indies certain species of this reptile are called flying dragons because they can glide from tree to tree
Lizards
TELEVISION 100 This Sunday night series is subtitled "The New Adventures of Superman"
Lois & Clark
TRANSPORTATION 1200 Cabbies in this Eur. city spend 2 years gaining "the knowledge", mental maps needed to get a license
London
AMERICAN AUTHORS 400 Her home Orchard House was the model for whre the March family lived in her most famous novel
Louisa May Alcott
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS 1000 Grambling, McNeese State, Southern
Louisiana
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 200 This state was named for a man who was a European king from 1643 to 1715
Louisiana
U.S. STATES 200 Do the wild fais-do-do in this state while motoring on Interstate 10 to Baton Rouge or Ponchatoula
Louisiana
U.S. STATES 400 It's the only U.S. state named for a French king
Louisiana
BIG, REALLY BIG! 400 The 120-foot big bat being transported here is now at the Kentucky museum named for this 2-word brand
Louisville Slugger
STAMPS 1800 The Distinguished Marines series honors the man for whom a North Carolina Marine Corps base was named
Lt. Gen. John Lejeune
THE BUTLER DID IT 100 Ted Cassidy played Bigfoot on "The Six Million Dollar Man" & filled this servant's shoes on "The Addams Family"
Lurch
EUROPE 400 It's the smallest in area of the Benelux countries
Luxembourg
NOTABLE NONHUMANS 400 In 1964 he lifted his beagles Him & Her by the ears on the White House lawn, provoking protest
Lyndon Johnson
TELEPHONE HISTORY 100 In 1991 this telephone company launched its Friends & Family promotion
MCI
SCOTLAND 1200 Defeated at Dunsinane by Malcolm in 1054, he wasn't dethroned until killed by Malcolm in 1057
Macbeth
RVs 600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) One of the first times a movie star received a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">fancy trailer</a> as a perk was in 1931; Paramount gave a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28b.jpg" target="_blank">Chevy house car</a> to <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_28c.jpg" target="_blank"> this</a> sexy star as she left the stage to make movies like "She Done Him Wrong"
Mae West
PLAY HEROINES 2000 Barbara Undershaft
Major Barbara
AND I QUOTE 600 Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting
Making quotations with your fingers
AIRLINE TRAVEL 2000 In the seat pocket you'll find the catalog called "Sky" this, with must-haves like a solar-powered patio umbrella
Mall
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" 400 Patrick Dennis' "Auntie" (4)
Mame
I'D RATHER BE SKIING 600 In California, a premier spot for skiing is this resort area that shares its name with a prehistoric elephant
Mammoth
WORD ORIGINS 800 This New York island's name may come from the Algonquian word for "island"
Manhattan
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS 800 11 million: on Luzon Island
Manila
20th CENTURY QUOTES 200 A Communist, 1938: "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"
Mao Tse-tung
ANDY WARHOL 400 Warhol went against his Capitalist tendencies with his portrait of this man, seen here
Mao Tse-tung
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! 2000 Your "Romeo and Juliet" will make everyone forget the 1965 triumph of Rudolf Nureyev & this partner
Margot Fonteyn
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER 600 This actor is in costume from his film "The Wild One"
Marlon Brando
GETTING POSSESSIVE 400 You'll find this triangular island about 4 miles off the southeast coast of Massachusetts
Martha's Vineyard
WRITERS CUBED 1000 "Before I Say Good-Bye" is her 22nd romantic thriller, so it's no mystery -- she's good
Mary Higgins Clark
WORDS OF THE WRITER 400 "I beheld the wretch--the miserable monster whom I had created"
Mary Shelley
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 400 Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner" while in this state during the War of 1812
Maryland
ANNUAL EVENTS 500 The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state
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
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" 200 Lerner & Loewe's "Lusty Month" (3)
May
THE COMPANY LINE 200 In 1963, live on "The Art Linkletter Show", this company served its billionth burger
McDonald's
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" 800 Colchian jilted by Jason (5)
Medea
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS 2000 3.2 million: 150 miles from Bogota
Medellin
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s 400 In 2008 David Gregory became moderator of this NBC Sunday morning news show
Meet the Press
WHAT'S IN A NAME? 1200 This Welsh form of Margaret was among the USA's top 10 girls' names of the 1990s
Megan
VIETNAM 1200 A fertile marshland, Vietnam's southernmost region is the broad delta of this river
Mekong
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD 600 The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years)
Mel Blanc
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS 400 3.6 million: Down Under
Melbourne
TELEVISION 500 Jack Wagner, formerly of "General Hospital", now plays Dr. Peter Burns on this Fox drama
Melrose Place
GENERAL SCIENCE 400 In 1869 this Austrian monk published a paper on hawkweed: the experiments didn't work as well as the ones with peas
Mendel
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" 1000 Faust's fiendish foe (14)
Mephistopheles
ALBUMS THAT ROCK 1200 "Master of Puppets", "Death Magnetic"
Metallica
IN EXILE 200 Porfirio Diaz seized power in this country in 1876, ruled for 35 years, fled in 1911 & died in exile
Mexico
ANGELS 200 In 1996 John Travolta spread his wings as this archangel
Michael
ESPN's TOP 10 ALL-TIME ATHLETES 400 No. 8: 30 steals for the Birmingham Barons; 2,306 steals for the Bulls
Michael Jordan
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN 200 Nike's stock fell when this basketball player announced his retirement in January 1999
Michael Jordan
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS 800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_23.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew puts some lines on the ice in the Olympic Oval rink at Park City, UT.</a>) In 1998, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_23a.jpg" target="_blank">this U.S. skater</a> was 2nd at Nagano; in 2002, she was 3rd here in Utah
Michelle Kwan
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS 800 Wayne State, Kalamazoo College, Madonna University (it's Franciscan Catholic, not Material Girl)
Michigan
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 100 The Mackinac Bridge joins the upper & lower peninsulas of this U.S. state
Michigan
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD 1000 He provided the voices of both Beavis & Butthead
Mike Judge
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS 1200 1.1 million: in the heart of the Po River Valley
Milan
RADIO DISNEY 200 "Party In The U.S.A." is by this singer who also plays a young lady named Hannah
Miley Cyrus
WEEDS 200 This common weed seen here has a beverage in its name
Milkweed
TAKE A PILL 2000 This tranquilizer that sounds like a village was introduced in 1955 & became the USA's bestselling drug
Miltown
STATE SUPERLATIVES 800 Considered the healthiest state in 2006, it's also home to the Mayo Clinic
Minnesota
LOST IN SPACE 400 In its years of operation, this Soviet space station released more than 200 objects (mostly trash) into space
Mir
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 600 Ice cream cones were reportedly first served at the 1904 World's Fair in this state
Missouri (St. Louis)
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT... 800 Africa's lowest temperature was 11 degrees below zero in 1935 at Ifrane, just south of Fez in this country
Morocco
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION 400 He's considered the author of the Pentateuch, which is hard to believe, as Deuteronomy continues after his death
Moses
THEATRE CROSSWORD CLUES "M" 600 It "Becomes Electra" (8)
Mourning
RHYMES WITH SMART 1000 Composer Wolfgang
Mozart
THE BUTLER DID IT 500 Giles was the first name of this Sebastian Cabot character on "Family Affair"
Mr. French
POLITICAL MOVIES 400 Jimmy Stewart played Jefferson Smith, the naive & idealistic appointee to the U.S. Senate in this Capra classic
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
GETTING POSSESSIVE 100 This bovine took the rap for the disastrous fire of October 8, 1871
Mrs. O'Leary's cow
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION 800 Ali, who married this man's daughter Fatima, is considered by Shia Muslims to be his true successor
Muhammed
DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX 1600 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_25.mp3">Somewhere between truth & fiction lies Marco's reality... on Halloween, you won't believe you saw it on this St.</a>
Mulberry Street
A MASSIVE "M"ETROPOLIS 3000 18 million: on the Arabian Sea
Mumbai
WORLD FACTS 1000 In area this country whose capital is now called Yangon is the largest in mainland southeast Asia
Myanmar (Burma)
INITIAL T.V. 400 This '60s police drama with Jack Warden was missing the "blue" of the series that began in 1993
N.Y.P.D.
3 LITTLE LETTERS 600 "Day to Day" & "All Things Considered" are among the programs going out to its 26 million listeners
NPR
TRAVEL & TOURISM 500 Jomo Kenyatta International Airport serves this world capital
Nairobi, Kenya
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD 400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Hi, I'm Harry Shearer.</a>) Among my many "Simpsons" voices are the subservient Smithers & this man who lives next door to Homer--Howdy, neighbor
Ned Flanders
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY 1000 Near the end of the credits comes the "cutter" of this, the exposed but unfinished film
Negative cutter
GENERAL SCIENCE 500 On the pH scale, a pH of 7 indicates this type of solution
Neutral
ANNUAL EVENTS 300 Dog lovers look forward to the Westminster Kennel Club dog show, held each February in this city
New York City
IT'S OURS! 600 Cook Islands
New Zealand
THE 1990s 400 On January 4, 1995 he was sworn in as the first Republican speaker of the house in more than 40 years
Newt Gingrich
HISTORY 800 On May 30, 1967 Colonel Ojukwu declared Biafra's independence from this country, starting a civil war
Nigeria
DOWN MEXICO WAY 1600 This gritty 1961 Tennessee Williams play unfolds in a seedy Mexican hotel
Night of the Iguana
TELEVISION 200 "Freddy's Nightmares", a horror anthology that debuted in 1988, was based on this movie series
Nightmare on Elm Street
PRESIDENTIAL STATES OF BIRTH 400 California
Nixon
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s 800 The district of conservative rep. Patrick McHenry in this state includes Mooresville, a home of NASCAR
North Carolina
FLAGS OF THE WORLD None In use from 1844 to 1905, a flag representing the union of these 2 countries was nicknamed the "herring salad"
Norway and Sweden
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? 800 Appropriately, New Glasgow is in this Canadian province
Nova Scotia
ARCHITECTS 500 Louis Skidmore designed the secret atomic site that became this Tennessee town
Oak Ridge
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 500 On June 17, 1969 this controversial erotic revue opened off-Broadway; oh my!
Oh! Calcutta!
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS 400 Antioch, Bowling Green, Kent State
Ohio
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES 1600 In a heartbreaking scene, Travis has to kill his beloved dog in this 1957 film based on a Fred Gipson book
Old Yeller
THE MELBOURNE OLYMPICS, 1956 200 As an 8-year-old in 1956, she sang with a group welcoming Queen Elizabeth II; later she sang to open the 2000 games
Olivia Newton-John
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS 1600 1954: "Dockside"
On the Waterfront
AND I QUOTE 800 3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!"
On the record
RADIO DISNEY 1000 Lead singer Ryan Tedder of this band has "All The Right Moves"
OneRepublic
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? 1000 This province has the longest border, including water, with the United States
Ontario
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS 400 1980: "Regular Folks"
Ordinary People
ANNUAL EVENTS 400 The Pendleton Roundup, an annual rodeo, takes place in Pendleton in this northwestern state
Oregon
SEE & SAY 800 Say <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> state that was admitted to the Union in 1859
Oregon
COLLEGE MASCOTS 200 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">[video clue]</a>
Oregon State University
NATIONAL MONUMENTS 200 Scotts Bluff National Monument lies in western Nebraska on this pioneer trail
Oregon Trail
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST" 1000 The son of Agamemnon, he avenged his father's death by killing his mother Clytemnestra
Orestes
IN EXILE 800 David Ben-Gurion went to the U.S. in 1915 when this empire exiled Zionists from Palestine
Ottoman Empire
PLAY HEROINES 800 Emily Webb of Grover's Corners
Our Town
SCIENCE & NATURE 1800 The flexible neck of this bird of prey allows it to rotate its head an amazing 270 degrees
Owl
LIBRARIES 500 In 1602 this university's library reopened after restoration work by Sir Thomas Bodley
Oxford University
LIT MY FIRE 1200 In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"
Paradise Lost
CAPITOL THINKERS 2000 This Vermont senator wrote, "You get 15 Democrats together in a room, and you get 20 opinions"
Patrick Leahy
POP MUSIC 200 He recorded "Gone At Last" with Phoebe Snow, not Art Garfunkel
Paul Simon
OLD FOLKS IN THEIR 30s 1000 Elon Musk is now making rockets & electric cars; before that he co-founded & sold this electronic payment system
PayPal
BEN 200 Ben Franklin went to London in 1757 to represent this colony's assembly
Pennsylvania
PLAYWRIGHTS 1600 These British twin brother playwrights wrote mystery novels under the rather obvious alias Peter Anthony
Peter & Anthony Shaffer
ART 1800 17th century Flemish master known for painting women like the one seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>:
Peter Paul Rubens
MEDICAL MILESTONES 200 In 1751, with Benjamin Franklin's help, the 1st hospital in the U.S. was founded in this city
Philadelphia
THE KILLERS 1000 Pausanius, a young Macedonian noble, killed this man, Alexander's dad, in 336 B.C.
Philip
AMERICAN AUTHORS 2000 He reviewed films & TV for the New Republic before his first book, "Goodbye, Columbus", was published in 1959
Philip Roth
GETTING POSSESSIVE 200 At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest
Pike's Peak
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN 600 Vladimir Samsonov is touted as Europe's only hope against China in this game
Ping-pong
REMEMBER THE TIME 600 In 1526 he greeted an Inca nobleman on his ship, but conquest would have to wait a few years until funds were raised
Pizarro
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES 600 Richard I
Plantagenet
HISTORIC WOMEN None She was born in Virginia around 1596 & died in Kent, England in 1617
Pocahontas
REMEMBER THE TIME 400 In 960 Mieczyslaw I became the first ruler of this country
Poland
ALASKA 200 4 different species of bears live in Alaska: Kodiak, grizzly, black & this
Polar bears
WEEDS 100 The most common cause of hay fever in the U.S. is this substance from ragweed
Pollen
AMERICAN NICKNAMES 2000 Gloria Vanderbilt or Doris Duke; it's also the translation of the Victoria Ruffo telenovela title "Pobre Nina Rica"
Poor Little Rich Girl
BEN 400 This publication that Ben first put out in 1732 often sold 10,000 copies a year
Poor Richard's Almanack
IT'S OURS! 800 Madeira Islands
Portugal
TRAVEL & TOURISM 300 We're not stringing you along: this capital of the Czech Republic is famous for its puppet theatres
Prague
SCOTLAND 1600 The Church of Scotland, the country's national church, is a branch of this Christian denomination
Presbyterian
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST" 800 Quickly! (to an Italian)
Presto
POLITICAL MOVIES 1000 This political satire starred John Travolta as a Southern governor running for president
Primary Colors
JUST THE FACTS 2000 He's the older son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana
Prince William
RANKS & TITLES None Owain Glyndwr, who died circa 1416, was the last native of his country to claim this title
Prince of Wales
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES 100 Prime Minister Tony Blair dubbed her "The People's Princess"
Princess Diana
BUSINESS & INDUSTRY 800 Only Philip Morris & this Cincinnati-based firm have yearly ad expenditures exceeding $2 billion
Procter & Gamble
SCIENCE & NATURE 800 Change 1 letter in "protest" to get this word for a protozoan & others in its kingdom
Protist
FLAG 'EM DOWN 800 The <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_J_29.jpg" target="_blank">flag</a> of this U.S. possession is almost the same as the flag of Cuba
Puerto Rico
AND I QUOTE 1000 Publishing term for the type of quote seen here: [Trebek's...made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show.]
Pull quote
1994 FILMS 100 Quentin Tarantino directed this film & also had a bit role as Jimmy of Toluca Lake
Pulp Fiction
THE EYES HAVE IT 100 A student, or a minor in Roman law
Pupil
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 600 Max Planck gave this name to the smallest amount of energy that can be emitted as electromagnetic radiation
Quantum
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES 500 "The Catholic" of 15th century Spain
Queen Isabella
ROYAL FEMALE NICKNAMES 400 The 19th century's "Widow of Windsor"
Queen Victoria
1994 FILMS 800 In this film Martin Scorsese says the TV audience wants "To watch the money"
Quiz Show
WRITERS CUBED 600 19th century minister of the Second Church of Boston, known for essays like "Self-Reliance"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
SEEING "RED" 400 In song, just "remember" this place "and the cowboy that loves you so true"
Red River Valley
GENERAL SCIENCE 400 The "super" class of these stars, the largest known, includes Antares & Betelgeuse
Red giants
SEEING "RED" 200 Excessive bureaucratic procedure resulting in inaction or delay
Red tape
WHAT'S IN A NAME? 600 This feminine form of Rex is from the Latin for "queen"
Regina
THE "BUTLER" DID IT 200 Film character who said, "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how"
Rhett Butler
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER 300 This president's 1972 visit to China inspired an opera that played at the Kennedy Center in 1988
Richard Nixon
THE CIVIL WAR 600 Robert E. Lee saved this capital from capture with his June 1862 attack on McClellan's forces
Richmond
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE 800 This 2009 inductee was "faster than a speeding bullet"
Rickey Henderson
WORLD RELIGION 2000 Made up of 1,028 hymns in 10 books, it's the oldest of the Vedas in Hinduism
Rigveda
POETS 600 For much of the winter of 1794-95, he served as acting supervisor for Dumfries, Scotland
Robert Burns
CAPITOL THINKERS 800 This self-made man has the distinction of being the longest serving senator ever from West Virginia
Robert Byrd
POETS 1000 He once wrote, "I choose to be a plain New Hampshire farmer"
Robert Frost
AMERICAN NICKNAMES 1600 Sam Rayburn was "Mr. Sam", not "Mr. Democrat"; this politician was "Mr. Republican", not "Mr. Robert"
Robert Taft
BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS 1200 1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain"
Rocky
THE 1990s 800 In April 1992 riots broke out in L.A. after a jury failed to convict the policemen involved in the beating of this man
Rodney King
TRAVEL & TOURISM 500 Andrea Palladio's 1554 book on "The Antiquities of" this city was the standard guidebook for some 200 years
Rome
MOVIES & TV 800 Tim Robbins played a public TV newsman in "Anchorman: The Legend of" him
Ron Burgundy
SEE & SAY 2000 Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> man you see shaking hands with the Premier of China
Ronald Reagan
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN 1000 New Zealand-born Jonah Lamu is tops on the pitch of this sport
Rugby
CELEBS 600 He auditioned for & won the part of Ron Weasley with a rap that he wrote
Rupert Grint
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS 400 In this largest country, comrades left & right enjoy coulibiac, a pie made with the spinal marrow of the sturgeon
Russia
REMEMBER THE TIME 1000 This 1904-1905 war began in Manchuria & ended with the battle of Tsushima Strait
Russo-Japanese War
CELEBS 1000 "You Stand Watching" this "Shine On" singer
Ryan Cabrera
WEATHER WORLD 200 Libya's arid climate is made worse by the ghibli, a crop-destroying wind from this desert
Sahara
NOT A CURRENT NATIONAL CAPITAL 1200 Sofia, Sarajevo, Saigon
Saigon
SAINTS BE PRAISED 600 Saint Brigid was buried at Kildare, but was later moved to be buried with this saint
Saint Patrick
HISTORIC NICKNAMES 800 He was the "Father of Texas", but the Indians called him "Big Drunk"
Sam Houston
THE "BUTLER" DID IT 800 In his 1872 novel "Erewhon", poverty is considered a crime
Samuel Butler
WORDS OF THE WRITER 2000 "'...Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
EARLY AMERICA 400 In 1718 this Texas town was founded by Martin de Alarcon & Father Olivares & named for St. Anthony of Padua
San Antonio
FLAG 'EM DOWN 200 The Alamo is located in this city & is depicted on its flag
San Antonio
ARCHITECTS 200 William Pereira erected his Transamerica "Pyramid" in this city
San Francisco
THE BIG 10 600 In L.A., the western tip of Interstate 10 is called this "freeway", after the beach community it passes through
Santa Monica
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE 400 "Sex and the City", "Sex and the City" (& "Did you Hear About the Morgans?")
Sarah Jessica Parker
"S"-OTERICA 2000 Peter Falk narrated this 1978 documentary in which hardened convicts frightened delinquent kids
Scared Straight
GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCTS 2000 Consisting of a sheep's minced heart, lung & liver, haggis is a specialty of this U.K. country
Scotland
MONEY SLANG 300 If you have the itch to start a business "from" it, you'll certainly need some of it
Scratch
"S"-OTERICA 1600 (I'm NFL running back Shaun Alexander) I play in this city that's the farthest distance away from any other NFL city
Seattle
ROCK WITH YOU 800 She's the single-named Colombian pop star heard <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_J_06.mp3">here</a>
Shakira
THE CIVIL WAR 1000 On Sept. 2, 1864 this general sent a wire saying, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won"
Sherman
ACTRESSES' FIRST FILMS 400 "Oklahoma!"
Shirley Jones
PEOPLE IN HISTORY 600 First Lady Helen Taft led a fund-raising drive for a memorial to this 1912 marine disaster
Sinking of the Titanic
AT THE MALL 800 SKX is the stock symbol for this manufacturer of sporty shoes
Skechers
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! 1000 To star in this 1890 fairy tale ballet, you shouldn't have spindly legs but you will need a spindle
Sleeping Beauty
BACKWORDS 200 Ed leaves pools of water on the carpet when he comes in from sailing this boat
Sloop (pools)
THE MAP OF EUROPE None Bordering Italy, Austria, Hungary & Croatia, it's one of the world's newest independent countries
Slovenia
WEATHER WORLD 1000 The Australian mountains that include the Charlotte's Pass ski area, or the weather there in July
Snowy
INTERNATIONAL SPORTSMEN 400 Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima began playing this sport for Brazil's national team at age 17
Soccer
THE EYES HAVE IT 300 A hollow area that holds a light bulb
Socket
MEET THE PARENTS 800 Aiwa, Epic Records, Columbia Tristar
Sony
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY 200 SFX is the standard abbreviation for these, from the rustling of trees to cannon fire
Sound effects
VIETNAM 1600 The large "S" shape that is Vietnam juts out into this sea with a directional name
South China Sea
PARLEZ VOUS? 200 If your mate from Marseilles says he's getting to LAX via "Sud-Ouest", pick him up at this carrier
Southwest
EAT IT! 200 This Hormel product was once simply known as "spiced ham"
Spam
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! 1600 Your striking resemblance to Kirk Douglas has convinced us to star you in the ballet about this gladiator
Spartacus
1994 FILMS 200 As mad bomber Howard Payne in this film, Dennis Hopper planted a bomb on an L.A. area transit bus
Speed
NATIONAL MONUMENTS 500 Castillo de San Marcos in this Florida city is the oldest masonry fort in the continental U.S.
St. Augustine
CINEMATIC DICTIONARY 1000 The inventors of this camera-stabilizing device won a special 1977 Oscar
Steadicam
LIBRARIES 1500 Salinas, California, has a public library named for this novelist
Steinbeck
HISTORIC NICKNAMES 1000 This 19th century American politician & orator was nicknamed "The Little Giant"
Stephen Douglas
AMERICAN AUTHORS 1000 William Rose Benet won a Pulitzer for "The Dust Which Is God", & this brother won for "John Brown's Body"
Stephen Vincent Benet
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE 2000 "The Office", "Bruce Almighty"
Steve Carell
THRILLER 1000 "The Attorney" Paul Madriani appears in several legal thrillers by this lawyer-turned-author
Steve Martini
ON THE COVER OF SGT. PEPPER 800 The Beatles' bass player before Paul took over
Stu Sutcliffe
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES 2000 James I
Stuart
REMEMBER THE TIME 800 In 1998 U.S. cruise missiles hit this African country in response to bombings of U.S. embassies
Sudan
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! 800 Your allergy to feathers may prevent you from playing Odette, the queen of the swans in this ballet
Swan Lake
HISTORY 1000 In the midst of the Korean War, this South Korean president was elected to his second of 4 terms
Syngman Rhee
"T"ELEVISION 400 Running for 5 years, it starred William Shatner as a hard-nosed veteran police officer
T.J. Hooker
LIT MY FIRE 400 "The Fire Sermon" is Part III of this poet's "The Waste Land"
T.S. Eliot
3 LITTLE LETTERS 1000 A TV cable network, or an explosive for bombs
TNT
BON APPE-"T" 100 A folded tortilla filled with various ingredients
Taco
"T"ELEVISION 1200 This offbeat series on E! provides a daily recap of funny chat show highlights
Talk Soup
BON APPE-"T" 400 It's a cross between a pomelo & a tangerine
Tangelo
AIRLINE TRAVEL 1600 In 2004 United launched this new service that features low fares & more seats per plane
Ted
MR. OR MS. WILLIAMS 200 Elected to the Hall of Fame in 1966, his lifetime batting average was .344
Ted Williams
ON HIS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME PLAQUE 1000 "Boston Red Sox A.L. 1939-1960... batted .406 in 1941"
Ted Williams
SCIENCE & NATURE 400 Newton, Cassegrain, Schmidt & Maksutov all have types of this instrument named for them
Telescope
PLAYWRIGHTS 400 Critic Walter Kerr called this man's "Camino Real" "The worst play yet written by the best playwright of his generation"
Tennessee Williams
A STATE OF COLLEGE-NESS 200 Baylor, Stephen F. Austin, Rice
Texas
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 300 There are more farms in this large southwestern state than in any other
Texas
STATE SUPERLATIVES 600 It pumps more than one million barrels of oil a day, more than any other state
Texas
WEATHER WORLD 800 It's the U.S. state that experiences the most tornadoes
Texas
WORLD RELIGION 800 Sukkot, a Jewish festival, began as a harvest celebration & was a model for this centuries-old American holiday
Thanksgiving
"T"ELEVISION 2000 Co-hosted by John Davidson, it was ABC's response to NBC's "Real People"
That's Incredible!
POLITICAL MOVIES 1000 Michael Douglas played Andrew Shepherd, the title character of this film, & even he had trouble dating
The American President
POETS & POETRY 200 Of the 31 pilgrims in this Chaucer work, only 23 tell their stories
The Canterbury Tales
MUSICAL TRAINS 1600 This band's "Train In Vain" was a hidden track on its original 1979 "London Calling" album
The Clash
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA 400 Giving the devil his due, Fr. Karras invites the devil inside himself, then exits from the second floor in this 1973 movie
The Exorcist
INITIAL T.V. 200 This show which had a 9-year-run on ABC was produced with help from J. Edgar Hoover
The F.B.I.
ANDY WARHOL 2000 Andy's loft on East 47th Street got this nickname from its former use & Andy's mass-production techniques
The Factory
1994 FILMS 300 Jean Vander Pyl, who played Wilma in the original cartoon series, played Mrs. Feldspar in this movie adaptation
The Flintstones
DEFENESTRATION IN CINEMA 2000 In this Coen Brothers movie, Charles Durning jumps out a window during a board meeting
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 FILMS 400 Containing the hit "Can You Feel The Love Tonight", it was Disney's first animated feature not based on an existing story
The Lion King
TV ACTORS & ROLES 400 Teri Hatcher looked "shipshape" as one of the singing "mermaids" who jumped on board this cruisin' series in 1985
The Love Boat
TV ACTORS & ROLES 300 (Hi, I'm Wallace Langham) I played Don Kirshner in VH1's TV movie about this quartet who sang "Daydream Believer"
The Monkees
THE BRITISH THEATRE None Richard Attenborough, who was in the original 1952 cast of this play, helped celebrate its performance No. 20,000 in 2000
The Mousetrap
THE BUTLER DID IT 400 Daniel Davis played Niles the butler on this "Fine" TV comedy that featured the Sheffield family
The Nanny
FOREWORDS 400 One edition calls this Darwin opus one of "the most readable and approachable" of revolutionary scientific works
The Origin of Species
SEEING "RED" 100 In "Peanuts", Snoopy often fancied himself a flying ace out to get this pilot
The Red Baron
WAR STORIES 500 "Arundel", "Johnny Tremain"
The Revolutionary War
WORLD FACTS 600 The lowest river in the world, it's revered by Jews, Christians & Muslims alike
The River Jordan
BRITISH FASHION 200 Designer Vivienne Westwood ran a shop with Malcolm McLaren, who launched this Johnny Rotten band
The Sex Pistols
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES 500 In the last scene of this comedy, Petruchio wins a bet that he has the most obedient wife
The Taming of the Shrew
"T"ELEVISION 1600 He's the large & goofy title TV superhero seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_DJ_04.wmv">here</a> <i>"Probably that one. The balcony..."</i>
The Tick
BRITISH NOVELS None This 1895 novel is subtitled "An Invention"
The Time Machine
SHAKESPEAREAN LAST SCENES 200 Though this comedy has Verona in its title, it ends in a forest on the frontiers of Mantua
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ROCK WITH YOU 400 Jakob Dylan, the son of Bob Dylan, is the frontman for this group
The Wallflowers
TV ACTORS & ROLES 100 Once Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law", John Spencer now plays White House chief of staff Leo McGarry on this series
The West Wing
PEOPLE IN HISTORY 1000 In 1801 this onetime VP compiled "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice" still used in the U.S. Senate
Thomas Jefferson
BON APPE-"T" 500 A yellow cheddar from Oregon
Tillamook
MEET THE PARENTS 1200 D.C. Comics, MapQuest.com, CNN
Time Warner
20th CENTURY QUOTES 500 A professor, 1967: "Turn on, tune in, drop out"
Timothy Leary
POP MUSIC 400 She sang "Better Be Good To Me" in 1984, a few years after she broke up with Ike
Tina Turner
MYTHOLOGY 400 Zeus' father, Cronus, was one of this group of 12
Titans
TRAVEL & TOURISM 100 The Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour is a highlight of this Asian city's Disneyland
Tokyo
THRILLER 200 This author's techno-thriller "Rainbow Six" focuses on John Clark, also a hero in "Clear & Present Danger"
Tom Clancy
THE STAR'S TV SHOW & MOVIE 800 "Bosom Buddies", "The Green Mile"
Tom Hanks
AT THE KENNEDY CENTER 100 Can you hear me? This rock opera by The Who was a big hit at the Kennedy Center in 1994
Tommy
CELEB STUFF 500 Her 1988 major label debut album was "Y Kant Tori Read"
Tori Amos
"T"ELEVISION 800 Reminiscent of "Highway to Heaven", this popular series stars Roma Downey & Della Reese
Touched by an Angel
NEWS TO ME 800 This car company has been in the news for widespread recalls of its Corollas & other models
Toyota
TRANSPORTATION 400 The bestselling passenger car of all time is this company's Corolla
Toyota
BACKWORDS 100 We'll look smart in these vehicles that returned to London in 1999
Trams (smart)
AMERICAN HISTORY None On May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry's Stamp Act protest was interrupted with this one word
Treason!
EUROPE 100 Descriptive term for the flag of Italy & the flag of France
Tricolor
AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY 200 Arabs call this Libyan capital Tarabulus
Tripoli
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 400 This town bearing the name of an old TV game show is the seat of Sierra County, New Mexico
Truth or Consequences (Hot Springs)
BON APPE-"T" 200 This "steak" is a hot dog
Tube steak
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES 200 Henry VIII
Tudor
BON APPE-"T" 300 This root vegetable often has white skin & a purple-tinged top
Turnip
INITIAL T.V. 1000 Organization that employed Alexander Waverly, Mark Slate & Illya Kuryakin
U.N.C.L.E. (United Network Command for Law and Enforcement)
IT'S OURS! 1000 Northern Mariana Islands
USA
EMOTICONS 800 =|:-)= This is an extension of the initials U.S.
Uncle Sam
BIG, REALLY BIG! 200 Built on 200 acres, this Washington, D.C. train station was once the world's largest
Union Station
AT THE MALL 1200 This "Urban" store is the parent company of Anthropologie
Urban Outfitters
ANNUAL EVENTS 100 This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847
Utah
AIN'T THAT AMERICA 200 This state's largest lake may be 20 times as salty as any ocean
Utah (Great Salt Lake)
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? 600 Of the top 5 Canadian cities in population, it's the one closest to the Pacific Ocean
Vancouver
ANDY WARHOL 1000 Warhol became the manager of this Lou Reed rock group in 1965 & produced their first album
Velvet Underground
MEET THE PARENTS 400 CBS, Blockbuster, Simon & Schuster
Viacom
DRAMA QUEENS 1500 In 1935 & '36 Helen Hayes reigned for 517 Broadway performances as this queen who reigned for 63 years
Victoria
WAR STORIES 200 "Body Count", "Coming Home"
Vietnam War
ART & ARTISTS 200 He painted "Irises" & "Pink Roses" as well as "Sunflowers"
Vincent Van Gogh
WHY? 100 These events occur because gas-filled magma is forced to the surface by pressure from solid rock
Volcanic eruptions
CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD 200 He was the voice of Mickey Mouse in "Steamboat Willie"
Walt Disney
THE 1930s 400 This longtime anchor of the CBS Evening News became a UPI correspondent in 1939
Walter Cronkite
LIT MY FIRE 800 The burning of Moscow after Napoleon's exit is dramatized in this Tolstoy novel
War and Peace
ANNUAL EVENTS 200 Monroe, near Snohomish in this state, is the site of the annual Evergreen State Fair
Washington
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT... 400 In the winter of 1971-72, a record 1,122 inches of snow fell at Rainier Paradise Ranger Station in this state
Washington
STATE SUPERLATIVES 1000 Its Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett is the world's largest building by volume
Washington
AMERICAN AUTHORS 800 During the War Of 1812, this "Rip Van Winkle" author wrote biographies of Naval commanders
Washington Irving
POP MUSIC 600 In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state
West Virginia
LET'S HIT IT 600 Aaron Fechter invented this carnival game where you hit a mammal with a mallet
Whack-A-Mole
WHY? 400 To punish Vronsky for turning cold to her, & to escape from everything
Why does Anna Karenina kill herself?
WHY? 500 Because bacteria from carbon dioxide bubbles around which the curd hardens
Why does Swiss cheese have holes?
WHY? 300 According to Genesis 3:14, because it tricked Eve
Why does the snake crawl on the ground?
THE KILLERS 400 In one of the few documented one-on-one Old West gunfights, this "Wild" man killed Davis Tutt in 1865
Wild Bill Hickok
TV ACTORS & ROLES 500 On "Saturday Night Live", he's famous for playing Craig the Cheerleader, Janet Reno & moi
Will Ferrell
AMERICAN AUTHORS 400 In 1884 she moved to Red Cloud, Nebraska & later fictionalized it as the town of Hanover in "O Pioneers!"
Willa Cather
EARLY AMERICA 2000 In "Of Plymouth Plantation", he wrote that there was so much disease "the living were scarce able to bury the dead"
William Bradford
LIT MY FIRE 1600 This Irish poet's "Sailing to Byzantium" urges "sages... in God's holy fire" to be "singing masters of my soul"
William Butler Yeats
THE "BUTLER" DID IT 600 This Irish poet who penned "The Winding Stair" shares his middle name with his brother Jack & father John
William Butler Yeats
PEOPLE IN HISTORY 200 After a 15-year stay in England, this proprietor of Pennsylvania returned to his colony in 1699
William Penn
ALASKA 1000 The mainland peninsula closest to Russia is named for this man
William Seward
BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES 400 George VI
Windsor
RVs 400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_27.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) I'm behind the wheel of the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_27a.jpg" target="_blank">very first motor home</a>, from the company whose name has become a synonym for "motor home"; since 1967, they've sold over 400,000 of them
Winnebago
BACKWORDS 500 You know so much about policy, you qualify as this
Wonk (know)
PHYSICAL SCIENCE 800 To scientists, it's force times distance; to Twain, it's "whatever a body is obliged to do"
Work
ARCHITECTS 100 Minoru Yamasaki reached new heights with this New York City complex
World Trade Center
WAR STORIES 300 "The Good Soldier Schweik", "Paths of Glory"
World War I
WAR STORIES 400 "A Walk in the Sun", "They Were Expendable"
World War II
WEEDS 500 In the names of weeds, this old word for a plant follows soap- & St. John's
Wort
"X"s & "O"s 1600 Cross-country skiing is sometimes referred to by these 2 letters, the same ones used to denote 90 in Roman numerals
XC
"X", "Y", "Z" 500 This Saint Francis was the "Apostle of the Indies"
Xavier
LIBRARIES 300 Sterling Memorial Library in New Haven, Connecticut houses the archives of this university
Yale
DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX 1200 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_26.mp3">Ripped from today's headlines, he was a turtle king gone mad; Mack was the one good turtle who'd bring him down</a>
Yertle
THEATRE None The 1996 musical "Play On!" gets its title from the first line of this Shakespeare play, on which it is based
\"Twelfth Night\"
JUST THE FACTS 1200 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_14.jpg" target="_blank">This dog breed seen here</a> is a loyal and protective companion
a German Shepherd
MIXED DRINKS 1000 Using Scotch whisky turns a Manhattan into this drink
a Rob Roy
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY 400 It's appropriate that the name of this double reed instrument with a low range comes from the Italian for "low"
a bassoon
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW 3400 A loop found on footwear, it's a symbol of success through one's own efforts
a bootstrap
I'D RATHER BE SKIING 200 If you're a beginner, you might hippity-hop over to this smaller, gentler slope
a bunny hill
"TEEN" SCENE 600 A holder for liquid, or a military base's general store
a canteen
TRANSPORTATION 800 The transport for a 19th century double date might have been a barouche, one of these
a carriage
RHYMES WITH SMART 800 A graphic representation of information
a chart
MONEY SLANG 2200 The shell of this mollusk is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate
a clam
RHYMES WITH SMART 400 Small, slender missile thrown at a board in a game
a dart
MEDICAL MILESTONES 600 Dutch physician Willem Kolff developed the 1st of these kidney machines that cleanse the blood
a dialysis machine
SOMETHING'S FISHY 400 So as not to confuse it with the mammal, this fish is commonly referred to as mahi-mahi
a dolphinfish
MONEY SLANG 800 You don't get 5 guesses at this winglike appendage to the underwater portion of a hull
a fin
LOST IN SPACE 600 Ed White, the first U.S. spacewalker, lost one of these outside Gemini 4; he must've looked like a later "moonwalker"
a glove
SOMETHING'S FISHY 3000 Less than half an inch long, this tiniest fish is found in the Indian Ocean, not in an Asian desert
a goby
PARLEZ VOUS? 400 Duck, duck, l'oie; (l'oie of course referring to this other feathered friend)
a goose
OFF TO A GOOD START 200 It's the go-ahead in a kid's game & for a car at an intersection
a green light
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW 400 If you're vertical but supported by your palms, you're doing one of these
a handstand
AIRLINE TRAVEL 400 It can be a place to leave your puppy when you take a trip, or a carrier for him that fits under an airplane seat
a kennel
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 800 It can be a pack of dogs, or a place to board them
a kennel
IN THE DICTIONARY 400 It's the 4-letter name of the pleated skirt worn by men in Scotland
a kilt
EMOTICONS 600 :-* Gene Simmons might accept one of these from any pretty woman
a kiss
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 2000 This word for a sidelong glance of crude desire used to mean "the cheek"
a leer
AN E FOR AN I 400 A Hawaiian wreath becomes an area sheltered from wind
a lei & a lee
MIXED DRINKS 200 The juice of one of these citrus fruits makes a Whiskey Sour sour
a lemon
BABY BOOMER MEMORIES 800 Likely containing a sandwich, the first of these depicting a TV character came along in 1950 with Hopalong Cassidy
a lunchbox
MATHEM-ATTACK! 1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an array of numbers enclosed in brackets on the monitor.</a>) A set of numbers in rows and columns can be used in many ways--for example, to encrypt a code or create 3-D computer graphics; the set shares this name with a 1999 film
a matrix
SOMETHING'S FISHY 800 The black type of this fish with a woman's name is a striking addition to any aquarium
a molly
FROM THE GREEK 1600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_04.jpg" target="_blank">Jon of the Clue Crew paddles his kayak.</a>) Kayak is an example of this type of reversible word from the Greek for "running back again"
a palindrome
IN THE DICTIONARY 2000 Kayak is an example of this, a word that reads the same forwards & backwards
a palindrome
RHYMES WITH SMART 600 It can be a separating line in your hair or a role in a play
a part
MEASURING DEVICES 300 An odometer measures the distance covered by a vehicle & this device measures how far you've walked
a pedometer
WORD ORIGINS 1600 From the Latin for "much writing", it's another name for a lie detector test
a polygraph
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 200 Synonym for dignity that's the term for a group of lions
a pride
FROM THE GREEK 1200 From the Greek for "false name", it's a fictitious name used by an author
a pseudonym
GENERAL SCIENCE 1600 This 4-letter neutral compound is produced by the reaction of an acid & a base
a salt
SCIENCE 800 The largest tree, the General Sherman in California, is this type, also called a Sierra Redwood
a sequoia
THE CIVIL WAR 400 Tired of eating mule jerky, Vicksburg fell in July 1863 after a 6-week one of these military tactics
a siege
I'D RATHER BE SKIING 1200 In this type of race you have to zigzag between flags or other obstacles in proper order
a slalom
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS 400 Relatively speaking, it's your mom's husband by a later marriage
a stepfather
FROM THE GREEK 2000 It's an outline of the contents of a course or curriculum
a syllabus
MEDICAL MILESTONES 400 In 1867 Thomas Allbutt invented one of these instruments which took 5 minutes to register instead of 20
a thermometer
LET'S BOUNCE 1000 This device whose name is from the Italian for "springboard" was perfected in the 1930s
a trampoline
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST" 600 A braced framework for carrying a railroad over a chasm
a trestle
"X", "Y", "Z" 300 Despite its bulk, this wild ox found in Tibet is an excellent swimmer
a yak
"X", "Y", "Z" 100 It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative
a yam
"X", "Y", "Z" 200 It's a kind of striped mussel as well as a striped equine
a zebra
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD 1000 The accomodations at the monastery were rudimentary at best
accommodations
TAKE A PILL 800 Antabuse is designed to make you feel really, really bad after ingesting this
alcohol
ON THE RADIO 500 The AAA format, featuring artists like the Cranberries & Tom Petty, stands for adult album this
alternative
BIG, REALLY BIG! 600 In 1956 a 12,000-square-mile one of these was seen floating off Antarctica; you might call it titanic
an iceberg
OFF TO A GOOD START 600 It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation
an icebreaker
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW 800 A caterpillar that moves by contraction & expansion
an inchworm
SEE & SAY 400 Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> type of mollusk you see
an octopus
"X"s & "O"s 800 The shorter glass seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2004-12-31_DJ_12.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>, or a quaint cocktail made with sugar & bitters
an old-fashioned
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? 400 Bizet's "Carmen", for example
an opera
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW 1600 Hard coal that burns with little flame
anthracite
GENERAL SCIENCE 800 Unusual names borne by these celestial objects include 3834 Zappafrank & 10221 Kubrick
asteroids
MEDICINE 1600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_DJ_09.jpg" target="_blank">Dr. Oz presents the clue.</a>) By surgically interrupting the electrical impulses that are causing an abnormal rhythm, the maze procedure is designed to threat this type of heart arrhythmia abbreviated "A.F."
atrial fibrillation
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS 2000 Something that's the first son's due; Esau sold his
birthright
"BLACK" OR "WHITE" 800 John Archibald Wheeler coined this term in the '60s for a collapsed star so dense, no light can escape it
black hole
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 400 This word meaning "empty" or "to be filled in" describes a vacant type of stare
blank
PARTS OF PEACH 1000 These parts of a peach tree grow at nodes along the shoots of the previous season's growth; they're usually pink
blossoms
COMMON BONDS 500 Hollywood, salad, Super
bowls
MONEY SLANG 400 Proverbially, you can "break" this food, or "take (it) out of someone's mouth"; earn some dough
bread
AIRLINE TRAVEL 800 When it began on Pan Am & Qantas in the late '70s, it was basically a roped-off part of the economy cabin with free drinks
business class
THE CIRCUS 500 This steam whistle organ draws crowds to circus parades because it can be heard from miles away: [audio clue]
calliope
MY PLACE? 200 A Norman could say, "I'm the king of the motte-and-bailey style of" this
castle
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD 800 We want you to be committed to catagorizing your collectibles cohesively
categorizing
TAKE A PILL 1600 Pravastatin aims to block your body's ability to make this
cholesterol
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY 1600 From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument
clarinet
CLOTHING WORDS 800 A layer of paint
coat
WORD ORIGINS 2000 A type of ear implant to help the deaf, it's from the Greek for "snail"
cochlear
ART 400 Surrealists used odd juxtapositions in this form whose name is French for "gluing"
collage
SORTA SOUNDS LIKE OPRAH? 1600 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">Jeff Probst reports from the Marquesas.</a>) One of Nuku Hiva's main exports is this--dried coconut meat
copra
IN THE DICTIONARY 1200 Maize is another word for this
corn
IN THE DICTIONARY 800 As an adjective, it can mean proper; as a verb, "to grade papers"
correct
THE CIRCUS 300 Pink is the most popular color of this fluffy confection made from spun sugar
cotton candy
FROM THE GREEK 1000 A bowl-shaped depression, as from the impact of a meteorite, it's from the Greek for "mixing bowl"
crater
YOU'RE UNDER A "REST" 400 Any mountain's summit
crest
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 1000 A flock of these black birds is called a murder
crows
EAT IT! 600 Paper-thin & often served for dessert, it's the French equivalent of a pancake
crêpes
WORD ORIGINS 400 This adjective meaning deceptive or sneaky is from the Latin de via, meaning "out of the way"
devious
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS 800 From the late Latin for "word", this book is the last word on words
dictionary
CROSSWORD CLUES "D" 400 Scotch, & make it this (6)
double
LET'S BOUNCE 200 This verb for bouncing a basketball sounds like you're slobbering
dribbling
EMOTICONS 1000 :-b.. Doing this means either you're hungry or you're a pig
drooling
ART 200 You can't make a genuine tempera painting without breaking these
eggs
PARLEZ VOUS? 1000 "Huitieme" is French for this ordinal number
eighth
3-LETTER WORDS 800 In geologic time one of these, shorter than an eon, is divided into periods & subdivided into epochs
era
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD 600 If you supersede the competition, you will excede all expectations
exceed
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS 200 In a restaurant, it's a quartet's table request
for four
BEGINNING & END 600 "From" this to this is an idiom meaning from the start of a meal (or something else) to the end
from soup to nuts
RVs 200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_26.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, IN.</a>) The GMC Motorhome from the '60s & 70s was among the first models to have this innovation that helps with traction by putting the weight over the <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-12-07_J_26a.jpg" target="_blank">wheels</a> that do the work
front-wheel drive
AMERICAN EXPLORERS 400 Jedediah Smith was a mountain man & explorer employed in this industry
fur trading
AMERICAN EXPLORERS 100 Edward Beale brought news of this 1848 discovery in California to the east coast
gold
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS 400 A squash that's been pierced by a bull's horn
gored gourd
MONEY SLANG 200 We'll give you $200, not $1,000, for this five letter word meaning stately or majestic
grand
MIXED DRINKS 400 This pomegranate syrup turns a Pink Lady pink
grenadine
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS 1200 Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils
guillotine
MY PLACE? 800 A book subtitled "Architecture in the Colombian Countryside" showcases the estates called these in Spanish
haciendas
ANGELS 400 In Book III of "Paradise Lost", the angels play these, which are "golden" & "ever-tuned"
harps
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 1200 In the 1600s Charles Le Brun drew illlustrations for each of the passions. <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_16a.jpg" target="_blank">Here's</a> la haine, this opposite of love
hate
RHYMES WITH SMART 200 Blood pumper
heart
SCIENCE CLASS 5000 Of the 6 noble gases on the periodic table, it is the lightest
helium
"HIGH" SCHOOL 800 The HD in the new digital format HDTV stands for this
high definition
"HIGH" SCHOOL 1000 Acolytes, a subdeacon & a choir take part in this Catholic service
high mass
"HIGH" SCHOOL 200 Chuck Taylor, from whom Converse named a line of these shoes, was a basketball star of the 1910s
high-tops
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS 400 Mike Eruzione of Winthrop, Mass. was captain of the miraculous 1980 Olympic team in this sport
hockey
MEDICINE 400 As Franklin D. Roosevelt's blood pressure was 300/190, he suffered from this 1-word condition
hypertension
3-LETTER WORDS 600 A small demon, or a mischievous child (who might be a little demon!)
imp
LET'S BOUNCE 600 In this kid's game, you bounce a small rubber ball while picking up 6-pronged metal objects
jacks
"J" WHIZ 400 It's not a type of fruit spread, but a large extended campout for several Boy Scout troops together
jamboree
KIDS IN SPORTS 1600 11-year-old Ashlyn White won a 2009 U.S. youth title in this martial art in which you try to throw your opponent
judo
"J" WHIZ 200 It's a trip taken by a public official at public expense, ostensibly for official business
junket
THE 1890s 400 Japan had an emperor, Russia, a czar & Italy was ruled by one of these
king
EAT IT! 1000 Traditionally, shepherd's pie contains this meat, ground or diced
lamb
PARTS OF PEACH 800 These parts of a peach tree are glossy green, pointed & lance shaped
leaves
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD 200 Meet me in the library for a liaison at your liesure
leisure
SCIENCE CLASS 2000 Lava & igneous rock are formed from this hot liquid rock material found under the earth's crust
magma
TAINTED GOV 1200 In 2010 it was revealed that Robert Rizzo made $800,000 a year as the city this of Bell, Calif., population 37,000
manager
AN E FOR AN I 4000 "Gentle" becomes "to blend"
mild & meld
I'D RATHER BE SKIING 1000 Bumps or mounds of snow that accumulate on a slope are called these, like some very wealthy & powerful people
moguls
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS 1200 Life has its ups & downs for Travis Mayer, a 2002 medalist in the event named for these little hills on the slopes
moguls
GENERAL SCIENCE 1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew holds a bicycle wheel</a>) When I torque a spinning bike wheel, an equal and opposite torque causes me to rotate also, an illustration of the conservation of angular this
momentum
THE BIG 10 400 In Israel Tevet is the tenth of these
month
SCOTLAND 800 Ben More, Ben Alder & Ben Macdui are not people but tall ones of these in Scotland
mountains
TRANSPORTATION 1000 Since 1899 these stalwart animals used in transport have served as the mascots of the Army Corps of Cadets
mules
ANATOMY 800 The human body has 3 types of these: skeletal, smooth & cardiac, a combination of skeletal & smooth
muscles
EAT IT! 400 It's the Spanish-named appetizer of tortilla chips & often beans, beef & onions topped with melted cheese
nachos
MEDICINE 2000 The name of this branch of pediatrics that deals with newborn infants literally means "newborn study"
neonatal
SCIENCE 1600 6 elements once known as inert gases are now known by this aristocratic name
noble gases
WORD ORIGINS 4800 This compass direction may come from the Proto-Germanic for "to the left of the rising sun"
north
SPOTT THA MISPELED WURD 400 The occasional misspelling is noticable on a telecast like "Jeopardy!"
noticeable
MEDICINE 800 In 1905 German scientist Alfred Einhorn created this first injectable local anesthetic used in dentistry
novocaine
PARLEZ VOUS? 800 When mom tells you to do something "Maintenant!", she means this
now
BEGINNING & END 200 Like a door, a Broadway show does these 2 things
open & close
"X"s & "O"s 400 Around 100 A.D. Tacitus wrote a book on how this art of persuasive speaking had declined since Cicero
oratory
"X"s & "O"s 1200 This stiff silken fabric is favored for bridal gowns, like Christina Applegate's in 2001
organza
CLOTHING WORDS 600 Breathes heavily, like a dog or a tired jogger
pants
IN THE DICTIONARY 5000 This word for someone who walks comes from the Latin for "foot"
pedestrian
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS 300 Contented performing kittens might be paid this way
per purr
ART 600 Edward Steichen led the movement to recognize as art these images, whose name means "drawn with light"
photographs
SCIENCE CLASS 800 During this plant process, carbon dioxide & water combine with light energy to create oxygen & glucose
photosynthesis
LET'S HIT IT 200 Hit this paper mache container, Spanish for "jug", if you want candy and small gifts
pinata
COMMON BONDS 400 Bobby, bowling, rolling
pins
SCIENCE CLASS 1200 The wedge is an adaptation of the simple machine called the inclined this
plane
LOST IN SPACE 200 While making repairs on the Intl. Space Station, Scott Parazynski lost a needle-nose pair of these
pliers
3-LETTER WORDS 1000 A single layer of paper, or to perform one's craft diligently
ply
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 400 Like peas, whales & seals are in groups called these
pods
BEN 1600 The Hutchinson Letters scandal got Ben fired as deputy this in 1774
postmaster general
I'D RATHER BE SKIING 400 Something you'd sprinkle on after a shower, it's also the term for soft, dry, freshly fallen snow
powder
COMMON BONDS 100 Door, Nobel, booby
prizes
TAKE A PILL 1200 Estramustine is a chemotherapy agent for this glandular cancer in men
prostate cancer
LET'S HIT IT 400 This word seen on doors is what a right-handed batter does when he hits the ball to left field
pull
LET'S HIT IT 800 Everlast makes these that come in speed and heavy varieties
punching bags
FROM THE GREEK 400 The name of this color comes from the Greek word porphyra
purple
MATHEM-ATTACK! 400 Che Guevara probably knew the political-sounding term for the root symbol seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_26.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
radical
WEATHER WORLD 600 In Venezuela, this "season" is from April to October; in the mountains of Peru, from November to March
rainy season
FLAG 'EM DOWN 600 The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada
red & white
SEE & SAY 1600 Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">these</a> big trees; it has a color in it
redwood
MATHEM-ATTACK! 800 You should answer this one automatically: It's the property that says a = a
reflexive
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE 600 A crash is a group of these large horned mammals
rhinoceroses
GENERAL SCIENCE 2000 Plants having these underground stems, from the Greek for "root", include irises, bamboo & wild ginger
rhizomes
EAT IT! 800 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_J_11.wmv">Jimmy of the Clue Crew gets ready to eat skewered meat.</a>) This Asian favorite, sometimes chicken, sometimes beef, is usually served with a spicy peanut sauce
satay
OFF TO A GOOD START 400 A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here
scratch
"TEEN" SCENE 200 Numerically speaking, read up on "Fun Stuff", "Fashion", "Health" & "Stars" at this magazine.com
seventeen.com
"S"-OTERICA 1200 It's a low-level football "catch" made near the ground by a running player
shoestring catch
"S"-OTERICA 400 Examples of this TV format include "Leave It to Beaver" & "The King of Queens"
sitcom
CLOTHING WORDS 400 To lose footing on icy ground
slip
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 800 It's a self-satisfied smile or grin that you may be asked to wipe off your face
smirk
KIDS IN SPORTS 2000 This sport has an under-17 World Cup every 2 years; Haris Seferovic starred for the 2009 champion Switzerland
soccer
CLOTHING WORDS 1000 Hits hard
socks/belts
MIXED DRINKS 800 A basic Gin Rickey is gin, lime & this non-potent potable
soda water
LET'S HIT IT 1000 In some casinos, a blackjack dealer must hit with an ace & a 6, known as this type of 17
soft
LET'S BOUNCE 400 Sound navigation& ranging is the full name for this device that bounces radio waves underwater
sonar
SCIENCE 400 At sea level at 70 degrees this travels 1,129 feet per second; it speeds up over 1 foot per sec. for each rising degree
sound
"S"-OTERICA 800 Slang term for a left-handed boxer or fiddle player
southpaw
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS 500 Remained sedate
stayed staid
THE 1890s 1200 Relationship of Lizzie Borden to the woman she was acquitted of killing
stepdaughter
SCIENCE 1200 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the pole vault at Duke University's track in Durham, NC.</a>) In bending an elastic solid, stress is the force causing deformation & this is the 6-letter term for <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_13a.jpg" target="_blank">the deformation</a>
strain
AN E FOR AN I 800 A "landing" area is transformed into a serious throat infection
strep & strip
MEASURING DEVICES 100 The amount of this in a solution can be measured by a saccharometer
sugar
KIDS IN SPORTS 800 The perfect waves of New Zealand's Piha Beach were the site for the 2010 World Junior Championships of this
surfing
MEDICAL MILESTONES 800 In 1906 August von Wassermann developed a well-known test for this sexually transmitted disease
syphilis
BEGINNING & END 1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates the monitor.</a>) A porkchop plot, named for its shape, is used for planning space missions; the vertical & horizontal <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2007-05-30_J_20a.jpg" target="_blank">axes</a> plot possible dates for these 2 flight events
takeoff & landing (or launch & arrival)
SOMETHING'S FISHY 2000 It springs to mind that there's a Florida city named for this game fish seen <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2002-06-11_DJ_10.jpg" target="_blank">here</a>
tarpon
MYTHOLOGY 200 Cadmus planted these parts of a dragon to raise some troops
teeth
MUSICAL TRAINS 800 During the 1954-1955 Sun sessions, Elvis climbed aboard this train "sixteen coaches long"
the "Mystery Train"
TELEPHONE HISTORY 300 On Oct. 30, 1938 phone traffic peaked in cities all over America as people discussed this broadcast
the "War of the Worlds"
POTPOURRI 800 Politicians often complain about having to make appearances on this "unappetizing poultry" circuit
the "rubber chicken" circuit
NAME THE DECADE 2000 Man first reaches the South Pole
the 1910s
NAME THE DECADE 800 The first controlled nuclear chain reaction
the 1940s
NAME THE DECADE 1200 Khruschev's "Secret Speech" denounces Stalin
the 1950s
NAME THE DECADE 1800 George Orwell, 34 years dead, hits the bestseller list
the 1980s
NAME THE DECADE 400 The World Wide Web gets its first page
the 1990s
THE BIG 10 200 The first 10 of these are known as the Bill of Rights
the Amendments
HISTORY 400 Built in 312 B.C. to link Rome & the South of Italy, it's still in use today
the Appian Way
MONEY SLANG 1000 When speaking of Messrs. Netanyahu or Britten, it's all about the first name, pluralized
the Benjamins
EARLY AMERICA 800 In defending British soldiers on trial for this 1770 event, John Adams said, "Facts are stubborn things"
the Boston Massacre
POTPOURRI 2000 The website for this Bureau of the Treasury department is www.moneyfactory.com
the Bureau of Printing and Engraving
3 LITTLE LETTERS 800 Its headquarters compound in Langley, Virginia is named for Former President George Bush
the CIA
THE REDCOATS ARE COMING! 1000 The British ferried 2,200 troops across this river to battle the Americans at Bunker Hill
the Charles River
THE PRESIDENCY None If a president is impeached, this official presides over the trial in the Senate
the Chief Justice of the United States
HISTORY 1000 This Asian political party was founded in 1885 with "Indian National" as part of its name
the Congress Party
THE 1990s 200 On Jan. 31, 1999 this team repeated as Super Bowl champs with John Elway throwing for 336 yards
the Denver Broncos
THE BIG 10 1000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_20.jpg" target="_blank">Alex stands in front of an exhibit at the Newseum.</a>) The exhibit G-men and journalists contains the very first ledger in which this list was kept. It began when a reporter asked the FBI, "Who are the toughest guys you're looking for?"
the FBI's 10 most wanted list
FAMOUS SHIPS None On December 27, 1831 it departed Plymouth, England to map the coastline of South America
the HMS Beagle
BIG, REALLY BIG! 800 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew) In 1996 a 505 X 255-foot flag decorated this structure seen here in the West
the Hoover Dam
EARLY AMERICA 1600 In 1562, in what is now S.C., these French Protestants established a colony named Port Royal
the Huguenots
HISTORY 800 Karl led the first of these Marxist organizational efforts; the second one began in 1889
the International
FACIAL EXPRESSIONS 2000 Jack Nicholson movie villain known for his rictus
the Joker
LIBRARIES 200 Architect Gordon Bunshaft designed this presidential library in Austin, Texas
the LBJ library
JUST THE FACTS 1600 In 1751 the Penn Provincial Assembly placed the order for this symbol of freedom, now in Philadelphia
the Liberty Bell
HISTORIC NICKNAMES 600 This animal phrase meaning "courageous" was Richard I of England's nickname
the Lionhearted
KIDS IN SPORTS 400 Park View of Chula Vista, California beat Taipei 6-3 to win this organization's 2009 World Series
the Little League
GEOGRAPHIC PHRASES None This common term originated in the early 1500s with the book "De Rebus Oceanicis et Novo Orbe"
the New World
POTPOURRI 1200 There are Blue & White branches of this African river
the Nile
MEASURING DEVICES 500 A nilometer measures the height of the water in this
the Nile River
STAMPS 800 An international rate stamp has a photo of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-02-08_J_28a.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> nearly 700-sq mile swamp in Georgia and Florida
the Okefenokee
POP MUSIC 800 Alan, Merrill & Wayne, 3 of these Utah brothers, co-wrote their own 1972 hit "Crazy Horses"
the Osmonds
POTPOURRI 1600 VP Garret Hobart cast the deciding vote against independence for these formerly Spanish Pacific islands
the Philippines
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION 1200 Philadelphia got its start as a colony for this religious group of which William Penn was a member
the Quakers
ALBUMS THAT ROCK 2000 "Beggars Banquet", "Steel Wheels"
the Rolling Stones
VERMONTERS 400 George Franklin Edmunds wrote most of this antitrust act of 1890
the Sherman (Antitrust Act)
STAMPS 200 Woo hoo! In 2009 this animated family was chosen to grace stamps, though postage did go up to 44 cents (D'oh!)
the Simpsons
FLAG 'EM DOWN 400 This descriptive nickname of the U.S. flag was coined by Francis Scott Key
the Star-Spangled Banner
MEASURING DEVICES 200 The energy from this is measured by a pyrheliometer
the Sun
WORLD GEOGRAPHY 600 This longest river on the Iberian Peninsula is also known as the Tajo
the Tagus
WORLD GEOGRAPHY 1000 The Indus River provides the western border of this desert also known as the Great Indian Desert
the Thar Desert
BEGINNING & END 3000 In 2006 it began on July 1 in Strasbourg & ended on July 23 in Paris
the Tour de France
WORLD FACTS 400 A humid city, Rio de Janeiro lies just north of this tropic line
the Tropic of Capricorn
EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT IT... 600 On June 28, 1994 the nat'l weather service began issuing this index that rates the intensity of the sun's radiation
the UV index
COLLEGE MASCOTS 400 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">[video clue]</a>
the University of Florida
COLLEGE MASCOTS 600 <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/1997-11-10_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">[video clue]</a>
the University of Texas
WORLD RELIGION 1200 As they were partial to using hymns, these brothers, Charles & John, were the first rhythm Methodists
the Wesleys
"BLACK" OR "WHITE" 1000 Famous landmark composed of chalk in the county of Kent in England
the White Cliffs of Dover
DOWN MEXICO WAY 400 In 1986 Mexico scored as the first country to host this international sports competition twice
the World Cup
"X"s & "O"s 2000 This 1797 imbroglio began when 3 French agents demanded a huge bribe from U.S. diplomats
the XYZ Affair
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH? 400 Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak, is found in this territory
the Yukon Territory
THE 1930s 600 Helen Keller brought the first of these Japanese dogs to the United States in 1937
the akita
3-LETTER WORDS 200 In the title of an Aesop fable, this insect shared billing with a grasshopper
the ant
NEWS TO ME 2000 Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy"
the balloon boy
THE CIRCUS 200 It's the familiar term for a circus' largest tent, where the main show appears
the big top
"BLACK" OR "WHITE" 600 People have asked why the whole airplane isn't made out of the same material as this "indestructible" device
the black box
U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS 1600 In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport
the bobsled
TRANSPORTATION 1600 In "Sixteen Candles", Molly Ringwald says, "I loathe" this method of transport
the bus
SCIENCE 2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2006-02-06_DJ_15.wmv">A honey-colored retriever named Max tries to lick Cheryl of the Clue Crew as she pets him at NC State University in Raleigh, NC.</a>) Veterinarians refer to this area of an animal's body as the posterior or this region, from the Latin for "the tail"
the caudal region
ANATOMY 2000 The pons connects the 2 hemispheres of this part of the brain that regulates balance
the cerebellum
SOMETHING'S FISHY 1600 Until one was caught in 1938, it was thought that this fish had been extinct for more than 70 million years
the coelacanth
3-LETTER WORDS 400 Cows regurgitate this from the first stomach to the mouth & chew it again
the cud
SEE & SAY 1200 Say the name of <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> bug; don't worry, it doesn't breathe fire
the dragonfly
GEOGRAPHY "E" 400 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2010-07-06_J_22.wmv">Tate: I'm Tate Shaffer aboard the <i>National Geographic Endeavour</i>. Alex: And...</a>) We're here in the Galapagos Islands at zero degrees latitude, which means we're right above this imaginary line that goes all the way around the Earth
the equator
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY 800 Your dog will scratch his head if you don't know the ukulele's name comes from the Hawaiian for this "jumping" insect
the flea
OFF TO A GOOD START 1000 In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on"
the ground floor (or the ground level)
"HIGH" SCHOOL 400 The L.A. Dodgers & the U. of Louisville basketball team pioneered this gesture in the late '70s
the high five
KIDS IN SPORTS 1200 With a mighty leap of 5'1", David Mosely set the U.S. 10 & under record in this event back in 1977
the high jump
OFF TO A GOOD START 800 It begins a football game or a special event like a political campaign
the kickoff
MEASURING DEVICES 400 A spirometer measures the capacity of these organs
the lungs
4 CONSONANTS IN A ROW 2000 This important mechanism is what you're turning when you wind a clock
the mainspring
LET'S BOUNCE 800 It's a type of bounce house, or a dance made famous by Michael Jackson
the moonwalk
SCIENCE CLASS 400 99.95% of the mass of an atom is in this part
the nucleus
THE 1990s 1000 Queen Elizabeth II & Francois Mitterrand appeared together at the opening of this on May 6, 1994
the opening of the "Chunnel" (the Channel tunnel)
TIMELESS TV 800 Shown Saturday afternoons on ABC, this sport's tour outdrew college football & moved to ESPN in 1997
the pro bowling tour
PARTS OF PEACH 200 If this part of a peach is downy or fuzzy, the fruit's called a peach; if it's smooth, a nectarine
the skin
PARTS OF PEACH 600 5-letter word for the hard interior of a peach
the stone
ANATOMY 1200 The talus fits between the ends of these 2 bones forming the ankle joint
the tibia & fibula
ANATOMY 400 This cord that connects a fetus to the placenta contains 2 arteries & 1 vein
the umbillical cord
COMMON BONDS 300 Peeling onions, watching Mel Gibson's film "Forever Young", missing Final Jeopardy!
things that make you cry
COMMON BONDS 200 Inner tubes, doughnuts, the ozone layer
things with holes
"TEEN" SCENE 400 If you're triskaidekaphobic, you're afraid of this number, & not just on a Friday
thirteen
CLOTHING WORDS 200 A score of 22-22, for instance
tie
AN E FOR AN I 2000 "To replenish" becomes "to knock down"
to fill & to fell
THE BIG 10-LETTER WORDS 2000 The report's back from the lab; it's the science dealing with the detection of poisons
toxicology
WEATHER WORLD 400 In addition to helping commerce, these ocean winds bring pleasant weather to islands like Hawaii
trade winds
THE CIRCUS 400 Antoinette Concello's triple somersault helped make her the "Queen of" this "flying" apparatus
trapeze
AN E FOR AN I 1600 One means "severely tested"; the other, "trapped on a branch"
tried & treed
YOU SHOULD BE IN A BALLET! 400 This fluffy skirt that you may have to wear was not named for archbishop Desmond
tutu
MY PLACE? 400 As he often said, Chris Farley's character Matt Foley lived in one of these down by the river
van
MATHEM-ATTACK! 2000 (<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_30.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.</a>) Half the base times the height gives the area of a triangle; for a <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-05-08_DJ_30a.jpg" target="_blank">cylinder</a>, the area of the base times the height gives this measurement
volume
MYTHOLOGY 100 Daedalus used this substance to fasten the wings to his back
wax
EMOTICONS 400 :-$ It's where this emoticon tells you to "put your money"
where your mouth is
MIXED DRINKS 600 A teaspoon of creme de cassis is added to this to make a Kir
white wine
HOMOPHONIC PAIRS 100 A complete donut center
whole hole
MY PLACE? 600 The introduction to "The Song of Hiawatha" mentions "the curling smoke of" these dwellings
wigwams
EMOTICONS 200 ;-) Ocular act that sends a signal
winking
INSTRUMENT ETYMOLOGY 1200 The first 4 letters of xylophone refer etymologically to this material used to make its sounding bars
wood
"X", "Y", "Z" 400 Some of these are produced by bremsstrahlung, from the German for "breaking radiation"
x-rays
ANATOMY 1600 Humans have 33 vertebrae, 7 of them cervical, meaning they are in this part of the body
your neck
WORLD RELIGION 400 In the presence of the Adi Granth, the sacred book of the Sikhs, you cover your head & remove these
your shoes
MY PLACE? 1000 A western camper pitches a tent; a central Asian nomad pitches this
yurt