| The line highlighted here Is at this number of degrees longitude. |
zero |
200 |
June 28, 2013 |
| This Honda minivan has a Homeric name |
the Odyssey |
400 |
June 28, 2013 |
| These dogs represent the teams of both Northeastern University & UConn |
huskies |
600 |
June 28, 2013 |
| You know from trips to the ATM that Andrew Jackson is on the front of the $20; this building is on the back |
the White House |
800 |
June 28, 2013 |
| This Brit wrote the book on economics: 1936's "The General Theory Of Employment, Interest & Money" |
(John Maynard) Keynes |
1000 |
June 28, 2013 |
| According to the nursery rhyme, it's when "the cradle will rock" |
when the wind blows |
200 |
April 5, 2013 |
| This type of foot seen in medieval images of the devil may have come from the god Pan |
a cloven foot |
400 |
April 5, 2013 |
| In 2012 this model & "Project Runway" host launched her Truly Scrumptious collection for Babies R Us |
Heidi Klum |
600 |
April 5, 2013 |
| This London theatre was razed in 1644, 2 years after the Puritans closed it down |
the Globe |
800 |
April 5, 2013 |
| More U.S. presidents have died on this month & day (in different years) than any other |
July 4th |
1000 |
April 5, 2013 |
| If you roll a standard 6-sided die & a 2 comes up, this number is on the bottom |
5 |
200 |
July 18, 2012 |
| Conchita the mule is always at the side of this man who represents Colombian coffee growers |
Juan Valdez |
400 |
July 18, 2012 |
| The suits in this deck of cards include wands, pentacles & cups |
tarot cards |
600 |
July 18, 2012 |
| Monroe's model 8130 one of these can display up to 12 digits & perform square roots |
a calculator |
800 |
July 18, 2012 |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) An orphan is the first line of a paragraph on its own at the bottom of a page; this term is used for the last line of a paragraph alone at the top of a page |
a widow |
1000 |
July 18, 2012 |
| This synonym for "newspaper" is in the names of newspapers like Albuquerque's &, of course, Wall Street's |
journal |
200 |
April 27, 2012 |
| A coonskin cap is also called this, after a frontiersman who served in Congress |
Davy Crockett |
400 |
April 27, 2012 |
| This champagne is named for a monk who worked in the cellars of the Benedictine Hautvillers abbey |
Dom Perignon |
600 |
April 27, 2012 |
| Both a religious & social event, a quinceañera celebrates a girl's passage to adulthood at this age |
15 |
800 |
April 27, 2012 |
| This King of the Belgians was born on April 8, 1875 in Brussels, presumably not in a can |
Albert |
1000 |
April 27, 2012 |
| If you know the correct procedure, you "know" this, also a tool |
the drill |
200 |
February 23, 2012 |
| "Shaping a Life", "Building a Home" & "Creating a World" are on the U.S. postage stamp promoting awareness of this |
adoption |
400 |
February 23, 2012 |
| The pillow type of this delicate fabric isn't made to sleep on; the pillow is the pad that holds the pattern |
lace |
600 |
February 23, 2012 |
| (Jimmy of the clue crew gives the clue) Can you make out the three letters in the logo that looks like a man holding a stick? It stands for this musical entity, whose web site ends in "co.uk" |
London Symphony Orchestra |
800 |
February 23, 2012 |
| Michael Dukakis attended this Quaker-founded college in Pennsylvania |
Swarthmore College |
1000 |
February 23, 2012 |
| Spend a night in the hotel destroyed every April named for this type of dwelling |
an igloo |
200 |
February 10, 2012 |
| He was 11 days shy of 90 when he announced his retirement from the Supreme Court in 2010 |
(John Paul) Stevens |
400 |
February 10, 2012 |
| Snakes have no arms or legs but can have 600 of these bones in their flexible spines |
vertebrae |
600 |
February 10, 2012 |
| These accessories got longer throughout the Victorian Age & reached the elbow by the 1880s |
gloves |
800 |
February 10, 2012 |
| To combat scurvy on his voyages, Captain Cook used this briny shredded cabbage as well as lime juice |
sauerkraut |
1000 |
February 10, 2012 |
| A verbal prompt for an actor |
a cue |
200 |
December 28, 2011 |
| From the Latin for "tail", it's what the Brits stand in to get in to see a movie |
a queue |
400 |
December 28, 2011 |
| The actress seen here, a star in Hong Kong & then on American TV, goes by this 1-letter last name |
Q. |
600 |
December 28, 2011 |
| It's a rowing team or all of the personnel serving aboard a ship |
a crew |
800 |
December 28, 2011 |
| Royal Botanical Gardens of southwest London |
the Kew Gardens |
1000 |
December 28, 2011 |
| Though it has 3 initials in its name, this telecom giant gets only one for its stock symbol--"T" |
AT&T |
200 |
May 4, 2010 |
| In 2010 it became the first Scandinavian band to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
ABBA |
400 |
May 4, 2010 |
| This first permanent English settlement in America was named for a British king |
Jamestown |
600 |
May 4, 2010 |
| In the 1960s flight attendants from this U.S. airline wore Gay '90s & Russian Cossack costumes |
Alaska Airlines |
800 |
May 4, 2010 |
| Barry Manilow was born in Brooklyn; Michael Dukakis was born in this Massachusetts town |
Brookline |
1000 |
May 4, 2010 |
| In 1993 the FCC required analog TVs sold in the U.S. to display this to help the deaf & the non-English speaking |
closed captions |
200 |
January 4, 2010 |
| By definition, it's what you do at an ingress |
enter |
400 |
January 4, 2010 |
| Timbo the elephant lived at Shambala, the retreat of this former Hitchcock movie actress, & liked when she fed him Clorets |
Tippi Hedren |
600 |
January 4, 2010 |
| If Simon LeBon had stomach acid going up his esophagus & causing heartburn, he'd be suffering this |
acid reflux |
800 |
January 4, 2010 |
| 8-letter term for a jug of Pooh's favorite stuff, or for the wax structure that a queen bee builds to store her nectar |
honeypot |
1000 |
January 4, 2010 |
| Dark drinks like scotch have lots, vodka less, of impurities called congeners, a culprit in this nasty condition |
a hangover |
200 |
October 19, 2009 |
| Norris McWhirter, track announcer at the first sub-4-minute mile, began compiling this book the same year |
the <i>Guinness Book of World Records</i> |
400 |
October 19, 2009 |
| Scary--in 1991 the N.Y. Supreme Court ruled that a home buyer could void the sale as he hadn't known the house was this |
haunted |
600 |
October 19, 2009 |
| A century-old painting of these animals playing poker was one of a pair that fetched $590,400 at a 2005 auction |
dogs |
800 |
October 19, 2009 |
| Schopenhauer wrote that to do this "is to halve your rights and double your duties"; so he never did |
to marry |
1000 |
October 19, 2009 |
| Dentist who helped out the Earps at the O.K. Corral |
Doc Holliday |
200 |
June 8, 2009 |
| Astrologically, January begins with this sign & ends with Aquarius |
Capricorn |
400 |
June 8, 2009 |
| This system was introduced in U.S. autos in 1978 to help keep control when stopping |
antilock brakes (ABS) |
600 |
June 8, 2009 |
| This type of horse race began as a contest toward a church tower |
the steeplechase |
800 |
June 8, 2009 |
| Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Nazi invasion of this nation |
Russia |
1000 |
June 8, 2009 |
| There are only 12 letters in the alphabet of these American islands |
Hawaii |
200 |
July 16, 2008 |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew tries to sell you a cell from Sony Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.) The W44S multimedia phone combines Sony's multimedia, like digital TV, with the phone technology of Ericsson, based in this country |
Sweden |
400 |
July 16, 2008 |
| This dilapidated Hawthorne mansion is home to Pyncheon relatives Hepzibah, Phoebe & Clifford, & a lodger |
the House of the Seven Gables |
600 |
July 16, 2008 |
| This developer of the first practical helicopter built & flew the first 4-engine aircraft in 1913 |
Sikorsky |
800 |
July 16, 2008 |
| Chitin is the main component in this supportive outer covering of lobsters & insects |
the exoskeleton |
1000 |
July 16, 2008 |
| A special flower for April, it can be oxeye or shasta |
a daisy |
200 |
May 21, 2008 |
| Contrary to its name, this yellow mustard brand introduced in 1904 is American |
French\'s |
400 |
May 21, 2008 |
| Heloise says to remove this from the screen in the clothes dryer & toss it to the birds; they'll use it in their nests |
lint |
600 |
May 21, 2008 |
| She was born Martha Jane Canary in Missouri; the original "calamity" in her life may have been her parents' death |
Calamity Jane |
800 |
May 21, 2008 |
| A G.I. Joe introduced in 2000 is supposed to be one of these Native Americans who were code talkers in WWII |
Navajo |
1000 |
May 21, 2008 |
| In 1903 the first pack of this brand carried the line "for educational color work" |
Crayola |
200 |
May 16, 2008 |
| In 1899 this pair started their research with a biplane flown like a kite |
the Wright Brothers |
400 |
May 16, 2008 |
| Title of the chief of the DOJ |
the Attorney General |
600 |
May 16, 2008 |
| Used in martial arts, this hand weapon, 2 sticks joined by a cord or chain, is also called karate sticks |
nunchaku (or numchucks) |
800 |
May 16, 2008 |
| (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a diagram on the monitor.) Instead of running around the curve, save strides & run this straight line that touches the curve, from the Latin for "to touch" |
a tangent |
1000 |
May 16, 2008 |
| On the way to becoming the name it is today, "Covent Garden" lost this letter |
N |
200 |
April 14, 2008 |
| It's the large river that runs through Albuquerque & Brownsville |
Rio Grande |
400 |
April 14, 2008 |
| Its chemical symbol is Sn |
tin (stannous) |
600 |
April 14, 2008 |
| This British archaeologist's last dig (the one they put him in) was at Putney Vale Cemetery in 1939, not in Egypt |
Howard Carter |
800 |
April 14, 2008 |
| The Hanukkah song "Maoz Tzur" shares its English title with this Christian hymn that "clefts for me" |
"Rock Of Ages" |
1000 |
April 14, 2008 |
| Wahine, a magazine devoted to women in this sport, wiped out in 2001 |
surfing |
200 |
January 10, 2008 |
| Raul Rodriguez is a famed designer of these, & he's often seen riding on one on January 1st with his pet macaw |
float |
400 |
January 10, 2008 |
| This ancient Hebrew measure equal to about 2 quarts sounds like a synonym for "taxi" |
cab |
600 |
January 10, 2008 |
| In Britain, it's a pullover sweater; in America, it's a sleeveless dress worn over a blouse |
jumper |
800 |
January 10, 2008 |
| Toronto's coat of arms boasts an artist's depiction of 3 rivers flowing into this body of water |
Lake Ontario |
1000 |
January 10, 2008 |
| Technically, a carpet is fixed to the floor but one of these lies free |
a rug |
200 |
July 16, 2007 |
| Andrassy is the luxury shopping street of this capital of Hungary |
Budapest |
400 |
July 16, 2007 |
| It's not just Dijon; Meaux also is known for this condiment |
mustard |
600 |
July 16, 2007 |
| Jazzman Bucky Pizzarelli uses a 7-string one of these |
a guitar |
800 |
July 16, 2007 |
| The Royal Tyrrell Museum of this -ology has 35 complete dinosaur skeletons |
paleontology |
1000 |
July 16, 2007 |
| Shelley & Eliot would be happy to know that April is the national month for this form of writing |
poetry |
200 |
May 3, 2007 |
| The cotton gin worked by removing these small, pesky items from the cotton |
seeds |
400 |
May 3, 2007 |
| If you stare at a bright red dot & then at a white wall, you'll see an afterimage of the same dot in this color |
green |
600 |
May 3, 2007 |
| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from UC Santa Cruz.) A membership program here at a UC Santa Cruz aquarium is named for the sea type of this creature--not to be confused with the banana type, the university's mascot |
slug |
800 |
May 3, 2007 |
| Disgraced soldiers once left the military with percussion playing--hence this modern idiom |
to be drummed out |
1000 |
May 3, 2007 |
| (Alex stands with Elmo on Sesame Street.) 2005 was the 100th anniversary of Gennaro Lombardi starting one of these restaurants(Elmo: One of Elmo's favorite foods!) |
a pizzeria |
200 |
October 4, 2006 |
| A popular kids' book tells "The True Story of" this trio of oinkers--from the wolf's perspective |
the Three Little Pigs |
400 |
October 4, 2006 |
| If you're a "Junior" member of this organization, think outside the box to earn your Cookie Biz badge |
the Girl Scouts |
600 |
October 4, 2006 |
| These "proud" birds also knwn as peafowl like to fly up into trees at night to roost |
peacocks |
800 |
October 4, 2006 |
| When you read about these warrior women in Greek mythology, notice that they don't have ".com" after their names |
the Amazons |
1000 |
October 4, 2006 |
| In what could be the first-ever eviction, they got the heave-ho for taking an unauthorized meal break in Genesis 3 |
Adam & Eve |
200 |
June 2, 2006 |
| Donald Trump's rather unique hairstyle has been called a "pompad-over", a combination of pompadour & this |
a comb-over |
400 |
June 2, 2006 |
| In May 1998 the Supreme Court gave 24.2 acres of this island to New Jersey & 3.3 acres of it to New York |
Ellis Island |
600 |
June 2, 2006 |
| In 1946 he won California's 12th district seat, in part by implying Democrat Jerry Voorhis had Communist ties |
Richard Nixon |
800 |
June 2, 2006 |
| In 1984 this food co. had a Vt.-only stock offering at $10.50 per share; Unilever bought the co. in 2000 for $43.60 per share |
Ben & Jerry\'s |
1000 |
June 2, 2006 |
| The pitcher looks in for this, he doesn't like what he sees... he's shaking it off... |
the sign |
200 |
July 12, 2005 |
| This martial art is said to have been inspired by the slow, sinuous movements of a snake |
tai chi |
400 |
July 12, 2005 |
| This type of dance shares its name with something you might serve with chips |
salsa |
600 |
July 12, 2005 |
| They're the band that gave us the dance floor favorite heard here |
The Village People |
800 |
July 12, 2005 |
| It's the pro football infraction indicated here |
offsides |
1000 |
July 12, 2005 |
| U-Haul claims to be the largest installer of these permanent devices that'll keep your trailer attached |
hitches |
200 |
June 8, 2005 |
| Lou Jacobs clowned around for this circus for 60 years, 1925 to 1985 |
Ringling Brothers |
400 |
June 8, 2005 |
| In Churchill's saying, "He who is not a liberal at 20 has no heart... He who is not a conservative at 40 has..." this |
no head |
600 |
June 8, 2005 |
| Workers using radium to make these glow at an Orange, N.J. factory had resulting health problems |
watch faces (or watch dials) |
800 |
June 8, 2005 |
| The extreme right-hand door of St. Peter's is only opened in this type of year, which comes next in 2025 |
a Holy Year |
1000 |
June 8, 2005 |
| The Acme Thunderer is one of these used by many sports referees |
a whistle |
200 |
July 22, 2004 |
| The potage this Biblical character sold his birthright for was made from lentils |
Esau |
400 |
July 22, 2004 |
| North Dakota's state song is "North Dakota Hymn"; this state uses "The Old North State" |
North Carolina |
600 |
July 22, 2004 |
| His frenzied female devotees were called maenads, or, from his other name, Bacchus, bacchantes |
Dionysus |
800 |
July 22, 2004 |
| Located about 8,500 feet up in the Andes is this judicial capital of Bolivia |
Sucre |
1000 |
July 22, 2004 |
| In 2001 Sweden & the U.S. honored this award's 100th anniversary with a set of postage stamps |
the Nobel Prize |
200 |
March 22, 2004 |
| Select Comfort Corporation makes these with adjustable firmness |
mattresses |
400 |
March 22, 2004 |
| On an NHL rink, it's the color of the center line |
red |
600 |
March 22, 2004 |
| In 2003 a nationwide Free Slurpee Day was on this date |
July 11 |
800 |
March 22, 2004 |
| This flower got its name from the belief that bees got a sweet substance out of it |
honeysuckle |
1000 |
March 22, 2004 |
| A first name for girls, it's also a burger without the bun |
Patty |
200 |
July 7, 2003 |
| It's our equivalent of a German U-boat |
submarine |
400 |
July 7, 2003 |
| Forever, or a fragrance by Calvin Klein |
Eternity |
600 |
July 7, 2003 |
| It's what the "Z" stands for in zip code |
Zone (Zone Improvement Program) |
800 |
July 7, 2003 |
| Without this "effect", the average temperature on Earth would be about 0 degrees |
greenhouse effect |
1000 |
July 7, 2003 |
| Most candy is made by crystallizing this |
sugar |
200 |
April 10, 2003 |
| This drink has been traced back to the Ethiopian province of Keffa or Kaffa (maybe the source of its name, too) |
coffee |
400 |
April 10, 2003 |
| Pindar tells of one of these races in which 40 teams were entered and only one finished |
a chariot race |
600 |
April 10, 2003 |
| This daily chronicler of the fashion industry launched "W", a bi-weekly, in 1972 |
<i>Women\'s Wear Daily</i> |
800 |
April 10, 2003 |
| Western state whose 2-letter postal abbreviation sounds like a deadly sin |
Nevada (NV/envy) |
1000 |
April 10, 2003 |
| First name of director Marshall, Garry's sister |
Penny |
200 |
February 26, 2003 |
| Edison proposed using sheets of this metal, used with cadmium in a battery, as a substitute for paper in books |
nickel |
400 |
February 26, 2003 |
| Things that are commonplace are a this "a dozen" |
dime |
600 |
February 26, 2003 |
| This "master" takes care of clothing & providing sustenance for a body of troops |
quartermaster |
800 |
February 26, 2003 |
| Founded in L.A. in 1965, this rent-a-car agency was acquired by Chrysler in 1990 |
Dollar Rent-a-Car |
1000 |
February 26, 2003 |
| What you do to an envelope, or the mammal that could balance an envelope on its nose |
seal |
200 |
May 31, 2002 |
| We'll go to Salem Massachusetts for this clue: [Sofia] In the era of the witch trials a male witch was called this, a far cry from L. Frank Baum |
wizard |
400 |
May 31, 2002 |
| Before Jimmy Smits nailed perps on "NYPD Blue", he got killed by one as Don Johnson's partner in this '80s show's 1st episode |
<i>Miami Vice</i> |
600 |
May 31, 2002 |
| [Jimmy] It's another name for the hourglass from the material it often contained |
sandglass |
800 |
May 31, 2002 |
| "Most of those are probably not my vote and that may be enough to give the margin to Mr. Gore", said this "Reform"er |
Pat Buchanan |
1000 |
May 31, 2002 |
| Oxford graduate Hugh Grant played a student at this other British university in the coming-of-age film "Maurice" |
Cambridge |
100 |
February 13, 2001 |
| Traditionally, the ballet "Suite en Blanc" is performed without scenery, in costumes of this color |
White |
200 |
February 13, 2001 |
| Puerto Ricans eat mofongo, a mashed plantain dish that gets its strong flavor from cloves of this |
Garlic |
300 |
February 13, 2001 |
| It's the official language of Bahrain |
Arabic |
400 |
February 13, 2001 |
| This 19th C. Norwegian wrote incidental music for Bjornstjerne Bjornson's play "Sigurd Jorsalfar" |
Edvard Grieg |
500 |
February 13, 2001 |
| If you have a cat, make sure to clean out this box regularly |
litterbox |
100 |
October 4, 2000 |
| Devil's food & angel food are types of this dessert |
cake |
200 |
October 4, 2000 |
| Double-dribbling & shooting air balls are undesirable activities in this sport |
basketball |
300 |
October 4, 2000 |
| Financially, you want to avoid this color ink -- that means a deficit |
red |
400 |
October 4, 2000 |
| From the Latin for "put in place of", it's the kind of teacher who may get a hard time from your class |
substitute |
500 |
October 4, 2000 |
| A truly terrified person is said to be "shaking in" this footgear |
Their boots/shoes |
100 |
March 21, 2000 |
| Cirque du Soleil performs its dazzling "Alegria" show at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi in this state |
Mississippi |
200 |
March 21, 2000 |
| Heloise says to remove this from the screen in the clothes dryer & toss it to the birds; they'll use it in their nests |
Lint |
300 |
March 21, 2000 |
| Aviatrix is a feminine form of this noun |
Aviator |
400 |
March 21, 2000 |
| The 1999 Tony for Scenic Design went to "Not About Nightingales" by this late Southern playwright |
Tennessee Williams |
500 |
March 21, 2000 |
| 22 Jermyn Street, The Savoy & The Covent Garden are all hotels in this city |
London |
100 |
September 16, 1999 |
| Miss Piggy knows this Muppeteer's original last name was Oznowicz |
Frank Oz |
200 |
September 16, 1999 |
| "Common Sense" guy who wrote, "Let the far and the near all unite, with a cheer, in defense of our liberty tree" |
Thomas Paine |
300 |
September 16, 1999 |
| Male sea spiders carry the eggs on a special pair of these until they hatch |
Legs |
400 |
September 16, 1999 |
| These bivalves are the main ingredient in the French dish moules mariniere |
Mussels |
500 |
September 16, 1999 |
| To go next to your piece of the Berlin Wall, you can buy a lump of coal from this ship that sank in 1912 |
Titanic |
100 |
November 3, 1998 |
| In World War I, the women who had this job were known as "Hello Girls" |
Telephone operators |
200 |
November 3, 1998 |
| Before taking the Russian throne in 1762, she changed her name, her language & her religion |
Catherine the Great |
300 |
November 3, 1998 |
| Alessandro Alessandroni was the performer who added this to the music in "A Fistful of Dollars" |
Whistling |
400 |
November 3, 1998 |
| Though he wrote about 40 plays in all, only 11, including "Clouds" & "Frogs", survive intact |
Aristophanes |
500 |
November 3, 1998 |
| Country in which you'd find the Book of Kells |
Ireland |
100 |
October 1, 1998 |
| In 1943 the Supreme Court said that those whose religious beliefs prohibit it don't have to recite this |
Pledge of Allegiance |
200 |
October 1, 1998 |
| Colorless, flammable hydrocarbon found in gasoline; you should have its number |
Octane |
300 |
October 1, 1998 |
| Manly men know it's the main androgen |
Testosterone |
400 |
October 1, 1998 |
| Deneb is the brightest star in this constellation whose name means swan |
Cygnus |
500 |
October 1, 1998 |
| Related to the fear of falling, climacophobia is the fear of climbing these |
stairs |
100 |
July 1, 1998 |
| Givenchy, Armani & Nicole Miller have chic shops on this street synonymous with the ad industry |
Madison Avenue |
200 |
July 1, 1998 |
| Heloise cleans this bowl by pouring in cola that has gone flat & letting it soak for an hour |
toilet bowl |
300 |
July 1, 1998 |
| Spanish for "sauce", this chip dip may be so spicy it'll make you want to dance |
salsa |
400 |
July 1, 1998 |
| He became clerk of the Pennsylvania assembly in 1736 |
Ben Franklin |
500 |
July 1, 1998 |
| On maps, this rodent's name precedes creek, falls, island, &, of course, dam |
Beaver |
100 |
May 11, 1998 |
| Belomancy is a form of divination in which these are drawn at random from a quiver or other container |
Arrows |
200 |
May 11, 1998 |
| Some foreign X-ray scanners may ruin rolls of this, so keep them in a special lead-lined bag |
Film |
300 |
May 11, 1998 |
| The Kennedy Center's grand foyer is lit with 18 of these crystal items; they each weigh a ton |
Chandeliers |
400 |
May 11, 1998 |
| Dedicated in 1910, the capitol building in this Kentucky city was designed to resemble the U.S. capitol |
Frankfort |
500 |
May 11, 1998 |
| This Asian country leads the world in the production of rice & pears |
China |
100 |
July 10, 1997 |
| A synonym for the British PM, this London street was named for a Secretary of the Treasury commission |
Downing Street |
200 |
July 10, 1997 |
| It means to soak meat like beef or chicken to flavor, tenderize or preserve it |
Marinate |
300 |
July 10, 1997 |
| On October 10, 1995 he retained his world chess title by defeating India's Viswanathan Anand |
Garry Kasparov |
400 |
July 10, 1997 |
| This basic ingredient of glass can be derived from sand, flint or quartz |
Silica |
500 |
July 10, 1997 |
| In 1219 the Order of the Dannebrog was established; in 1671 this European country revived it |
Denmark |
100 |
June 17, 1997 |
| This Greek god killed Python, the serpent that guarded a shrine on the slopes of Mount Parnassus |
Apollo |
200 |
June 17, 1997 |
| Handsome Dan, this Ivy League university's first bulldog mascot, now resides in a glass case, stuffed |
Yale |
300 |
June 17, 1997 |
| This monkey named for an arachnid is noted for its long, slender limbs & great agility |
Spider monkey |
400 |
June 17, 1997 |
| St. Jerome prepared this Latin version of the Bible at the end of the 4th century |
Vulgate Bible |
500 |
June 17, 1997 |
| The origins of this company can be traced back to the production of a car called the Dat in 1911 |
Nissan/Datsun |
100 |
April 24, 1997 |
| Ash Wednesday is a movable feast falling this many days, excluding Sundays, before Easter |
40 |
200 |
April 24, 1997 |
| In 1950 this former first lady won the second Four Freedoms Award |
Eleanor Roosevelt |
300 |
April 24, 1997 |
| The National Air & Space Museum's planetarium is named for this German-American physicist |
Albert Einstein |
400 |
April 24, 1997 |
| Snaketown on the Gila River in this state is the best-studied village of the Hohokam culture |
Arizona |
500 |
April 24, 1997 |
| The Bacardi factory in Puerto Rico can make 100,000 gallons of this liquor a day |
rum |
100 |
February 18, 1997 |
| Oyster plant, a root vegetable is also known as this biblical baby "-on-a-raft" or "-in-the-bulrushes" |
Moses |
200 |
February 18, 1997 |
| A twilled fabric often used to cover pillows, or what a clock is doing when it's working properly |
ticking |
300 |
February 18, 1997 |
| In 1996 this "vampire" cereal from General Mills added swirled ghost marshmallows |
Count Chocula |
400 |
February 18, 1997 |
| Lenox makes a set of thimbles shaped like these structures, including the one at Cape Hatteras |
lighthouses |
500 |
February 18, 1997 |
| It was the 1990 date of the last official U.S. census; no fooling |
April 1, 1990 |
100 |
January 3, 1997 |
| One of these was added to 1992 at 7:59:59 P.M. EDT June 30 |
Second |
200 |
January 3, 1997 |
| The 4-H Clubs are an extension service of this U.S. cabinet department |
Agriculture |
300 |
January 3, 1997 |
| The YMCA found his indoor versions of soccer & rugby too violent, so he invented basketball |
James Naismith |
400 |
January 3, 1997 |
| 1 of the 2 cities whose Bee is among the top 100 U.S. newspapers in circulation |
Fresno & Sacramento |
500 |
January 3, 1997 |
| Cakes rise in an oven because baking powder or yeast in the batter produces this gas |
Carbon Dioxide |
100 |
January 30, 1996 |
| Navigational instruments are displayed at the Maritime Museum near Franklin Court in this Penn. city |
Philadelphia |
200 |
January 30, 1996 |
| On Jan. 16, 1969 Metroliner high-speed train service began between New York City & this city at the other end |
Washington, D.C. |
300 |
January 30, 1996 |
| Cumberland Falls in the southeast of this state is called the "Niagara of the South" |
Kentucky |
400 |
January 30, 1996 |
| Neewollah, a festival for this holiday, is observed each year in Independence, Kansas |
Halloween ("Neewollah" backwards) |
500 |
January 30, 1996 |
| This branch of the Justice Department administers the National Crime Information Center |
FBI |
100 |
January 25, 1996 |
| This Denver newspaper was given a 1986 Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service |
The Denver Post |
200 |
January 25, 1996 |
| Some say that Jesse James was with this man & his gang when they raided Lawrence, Kansas |
William Quantrill |
300 |
January 25, 1996 |
| This principality & Switzerland are joined in a customs union |
Liechtenstein |
400 |
January 25, 1996 |
| Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is Illinois' busiest; this airport is second |
Chicago Midway |
500 |
January 25, 1996 |
| One of this country's shekels can be broken down into 100 agorot |
Israel |
100 |
January 18, 1996 |
| In the basic form of this game, each player gets a card with 5 horizontal rows of numbers from 1 to 75 |
bingo |
200 |
January 18, 1996 |
| Peau de soie, a textile with good drapability & body, is woven from this fiber |
silk |
300 |
January 18, 1996 |
| Lydia & Xenia are women's names derived from this language |
Greek |
400 |
January 18, 1996 |
| The fad involving this type of radio followed the oil embargo of 1973-74 |
CB (citizens\' band) radio |
500 |
January 18, 1996 |
| The seven of these include pride, lust & envy |
Seven Deadly Sins |
100 |
November 20, 1995 |
| This Hull House founder was the first woman to receive an honorary degree from Yale |
Jane Addams |
200 |
November 20, 1995 |
| A maker of data communications equipment, U.S. Robotics is named for this author's book "I, Robot" |
Isaac Asimov |
300 |
November 20, 1995 |
| Harvey Penick, a mentor to many of the greatest players in this sport, passed away in 1995 |
Golf |
400 |
November 20, 1995 |
| In Arthurian legend, Morgan le Fay is the ruler of this island |
Avalon |
500 |
November 20, 1995 |
| This U.S. composer was born July 4, 1826 to William Barclay Foster, a Pennsylvania merchant |
Stephen Foster |
100 |
November 6, 1995 |
| The "peace", introduced in 1945, is one of the most famous hybrid tea varieties of this flower |
a rose |
200 |
November 6, 1995 |
| Founded in 1862, this government department that deals with farmers was given cabinet status in 1889 |
The Department of Agriculture |
300 |
November 6, 1995 |
| In names of parties, it follows "open" & precedes "warming" |
house |
100 |
May 30, 1995 |
| 2 stars named Saiph & Rigel mark the legs in this constellation depicting a hunter |
Orion |
200 |
May 30, 1995 |
| In 1984 this shipping heiress married husband no. 4, French businessman Thierry Roussel |
(Christina) Onassis |
300 |
May 30, 1995 |
| The name of this gem comes from the Latin for "seawater"; it was named for its color |
aquamarine |
400 |
May 30, 1995 |
| This stone used to smooth the feet has also been used to whiten the teeth |
pumice |
500 |
May 30, 1995 |
| Charles Schulz said Snoopy didn't become a lead character until he began walking this way |
on two feet |
100 |
November 19, 1993 |
| It's a synonym for a lie as well as the type of tale told by Aesop |
Fable |
200 |
November 19, 1993 |
| Any Brit can tell you that a Liverpudlian is one of these |
Someone from Liverpool |
300 |
November 19, 1993 |
| Persil is the French word for this ever-popular garnish |
Parsley |
400 |
November 19, 1993 |
| The national conference of these two religious groups sponsors Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week |
Christians and Jews |
500 |
November 19, 1993 |
| Watermelon, pumpkin & sunflower ones can be toasted like nuts & served as hors d'oeuvres |
seeds |
100 |
June 16, 1993 |
| The Chatfield Memorial Garden is one of many lovely gardens in this Garden State |
New Jersey |
200 |
June 16, 1993 |
| Its a cookhouse on wheels, or a pet food that probably isnt made in one |
a chuck wagon |
300 |
June 16, 1993 |
| These shoes must be roomy, because ads say, Theres a little kid and his dog inside every pair |
Buster Browns |
400 |
June 16, 1993 |
| A pleasure carriage with a raised drivers seat, or the 19th century British queen for whom it was named |
Victoria |
500 |
June 16, 1993 |
| The pattern of the fibrous tissue in wood, it's tough to go against it |
the grain |
100 |
April 2, 1993 |
| Staves are bound to form one of these containers of rather fun monkeys |
a barrel |
200 |
April 2, 1993 |
| Completes the title of the Strauss waltz "Tales from the..." |
the Vienna Woods |
300 |
April 2, 1993 |
| The gray wolf can also be found lumbering around under this name |
the timberwolf |
400 |
April 2, 1993 |
| The object in this Scottish Highland game is to make sure the log leaves your hands & travels straight |
the caber toss |
500 |
April 2, 1993 |
| If you look shar-pei & feel shar-pei, you're one of these |
a dog |
100 |
October 14, 1992 |
| The new Champ model of this knife has 29 tools, including an orange peeler & a divot fixer |
a Swiss Army knife |
200 |
October 14, 1992 |
| One of Forbes' 200 best small companies in America is this Tinseltown lingerie firm |
Frederick\'s of Hollywodd |
300 |
October 14, 1992 |
| The number of Henry VIII's wives who lost their heads over him |
2 |
400 |
October 14, 1992 |
| 10 to the hundredth power is a googol, 10 to the googol power goes by this name |
a googolplex |
500 |
October 14, 1992 |
| "The Key Reporter" is a newsletter published by this college & university honor society |
Phi Beta Kappa |
100 |
February 4, 1991 |
| Shorthand teacher Emma Dearborn originated this fast form of shorthand around 1924 |
speed writing |
200 |
February 4, 1991 |
| When asked if she wore falsies, this '50s sex symbol said, "Those who know me better, know better" |
Marilyn Monroe |
100 |
June 1, 1990 |
| These 2 words for conical deposits found in caverns come from the Greek "stalassein", meaning "to drip" |
Stalactites & Stalagmites |
200 |
June 1, 1990 |
| The stalklike part of a stamen, or the threadlike conductor in a light bulb |
Filament |
300 |
June 1, 1990 |
| He coined the phrase "Blow your own trumpet" in his operetta "Ruddigore" |
William S. Gilbert |
400 |
June 1, 1990 |
| Wines from this state include Chesapeake Blanc, Plantation Blush & James River White |
Virginia |
500 |
June 1, 1990 |
| The first 13 people to win the Nobel Prize for Literature were from this continent |
Europe |
100 |
May 11, 1990 |
| Of mollusks, algae or dinosaurs, the last one to appear on Earth |
Dinosaurs |
200 |
May 11, 1990 |
| Of the 4 sections in a typical orchestra, the 1 that includes the most musicians |
String section |
300 |
May 11, 1990 |
| 2 of the 6 U.N. members whose names begin with the letter "L" |
Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya & Luxembourg |
400 |
May 11, 1990 |
| Of the planets in our solar system, this one is last alphabetically |
Venus |
500 |
May 11, 1990 |
| Sitting Bull was born into the Hunkpapa division of this tribe |
Sioux |
100 |
April 9, 1990 |
| George Bush plays this game at a special White House pit |
horseshoes |
200 |
April 9, 1990 |
| The type of muffin you're likely to find with your Eggs Benedict |
English muffins |
300 |
April 9, 1990 |
| Despite its name, this design usually consists of more than one initial |
monogram |
400 |
April 9, 1990 |
| This Sinclair Lewis novel opens with "The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist..." |
<i>Babbitt</i> |
500 |
April 9, 1990 |
| The one punctuation mark necessary to every declarative sentence |
Period |
100 |
February 9, 1990 |
| You'd find the numbers 7, 8 & 9 written entries in an encyclopedia in this order |
Eight, Nine & Seven |
200 |
February 9, 1990 |
| The science of matter & energy, it involves optics, acoustics & thermodynamics |
Physics |
300 |
February 9, 1990 |
| She won 3 golds in swimming at the '88 Olympics & was chosen homecoming queen of her school |
Janet Evans |
400 |
February 9, 1990 |
| She lived her last 45 years in Chicago's Hull House |
Jane Addams |
500 |
February 9, 1990 |
| In 1988 officials in this country admitted they had printed false maps for years to fool enemies |
USSR |
100 |
November 13, 1989 |
| Hannibal had 38 of these animals when he began crossing the Alps, but few survived the ice & snow |
Elephants |
200 |
November 13, 1989 |
| Imported into Brazil from Africa, these "killer" insects escaped the lab & bred with locals |
Bees |
300 |
November 13, 1989 |
| The U.S. Army awarded 8,612 medals after this 1983 invasion although fewer than 7,000 troops were there |
Grenada |
400 |
November 13, 1989 |
| Both the father & son of the Frankish leader Charles Martel were named this |
Pippin |
500 |
November 13, 1989 |
| The leaders of these clubs for young females now wear uniforms designed by Bill Blass |
The Girl Scouts |
100 |
September 5, 1989 |
| Though its name is French, papier-mache was 1st used on this continent, not Europe |
Asia |
200 |
September 5, 1989 |
| This 5th Ave. museum sells pins representing its unofficial mascot, William the Hippo |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
300 |
September 5, 1989 |
| It can be a colorful vegetable dish, an herb liqueur or a shade of yellowish-green |
chartruese |
400 |
September 5, 1989 |
| Seen in religious art, a mandorla is an aureole of light shaped like this nut used in marzipan |
almond |
500 |
September 5, 1989 |
| A feminist might tell you it's what the letters in "NOW" stand for |
National Organization of Women |
100 |
June 28, 1988 |
| What a Spaniard usually drinks from a "bota" |
wine |
200 |
June 28, 1988 |
| There is a small population of blue whales that can be seen in this famous Canadian river |
the Saint Lawrence |
300 |
June 28, 1988 |
| The "Pig Bowl" is a California charity football game between people of this occupation |
law enforcement |
400 |
June 28, 1988 |
| In 1978, Pat Donahue ate almost 2 lbs. of these in 68 seconds without sipping a single Gibson |
(pickled) onions |
500 |
June 28, 1988 |
| Housing the first dumbwaiter, this home took some 40 years for Jefferson to complete |
Monticello |
100 |
February 18, 1988 |
| Of Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, the most productive workday, according to a USA Today survey |
Tuesday |
200 |
February 18, 1988 |
| The 2 major library classification systems in the U.S. |
Dewey Decimal System & Library of Congress Cataloging System |
300 |
February 18, 1988 |
| Some 500 years before the Sermon on the Mount, Confucius stated a form of this benificient principle |
the Golden Rule |
400 |
February 18, 1988 |
| A flock of black-footed albatross, or a flock of kids from a 1985 Steven Spielberg production |
<i>Goonies</i> |
500 |
February 18, 1988 |
| On July 20, 1987, a prankster changed the Hollywood sign to read "Ollywood", referring to him |
Oliver North |
100 |
January 13, 1988 |
| Guinness says Jean Chapman set a record in '82 by putting out 6,607 flaming torches in this in 2 hours |
her mouth |
200 |
January 13, 1988 |
| Arthur D. Little proved you can make a silk purse out of this: his is in the Smithsonian |
a sow\'s ear |
300 |
January 13, 1988 |
| Tho this saint was known for curative powers, the "dance" named for him is really the disease chorea |
St. Vitus |
400 |
January 13, 1988 |
| 13 of the 39 men who've held this job were born in the winter, more than any other season |
president of the United States |
500 |
January 13, 1988 |
| C.O.D. stamped on a package stands for this |
cash (or collect) on delivery |
100 |
June 24, 1987 |
| Keeping the "bells" comes from early practice of a sailor having to turn this over every 30 minutes |
an hourglass |
200 |
June 24, 1987 |
| This expression comes from medieval custom of placing lips on signature after signing a document |
sealed with a kiss |
400 |
June 24, 1987 |
| Though it's been around since the '20s, many ignore this device that protects sterility when opening a Band-aid |
the little red tear string |
500 |
June 24, 1987 |
| Number of months that do not have 31 days |
5 |
|
June 24, 1987 |
| This Arlington, Va. office building covers over twice the area as the Great Pyramid of Cheops |
the Pentagon |
100 |
November 20, 1986 |
| It's said this cleric, French prime minister under Louis XIII, exercised by jumping over furniture |
Cardinal Richelieu |
200 |
November 20, 1986 |
| In Marriott hotels, this religious book is found in drawers along with the Gideon Bible |
Book Of Mormon |
300 |
November 20, 1986 |
| Instrument for measuring walked distances that works by responding to body motion |
a pedometer |
400 |
November 20, 1986 |
| Of the female elk, moose or reindeer, the one which has antlers |
the reindeer |
500 |
November 20, 1986 |
| Total number of Oscars won by "The Color Purple" |
zero |
100 |
September 29, 1986 |
| Characteristic common to "Sunshine of My Life"'s Stevie Wonder & Jeffery Tambor's "Mr. Sunshine" |
blind |
200 |
September 29, 1986 |
| Translation of the French warning on '86 Corvettes: "Essence Sans Plomb Seulement" |
no lead (unleaded) gasoline |
300 |
September 29, 1986 |
| It's the 1st letter of alphabet that's not the 1st letter of a South American country |
D |
400 |
September 29, 1986 |
| 1st line of the Longfellow poem which ends "I found again in the heart of a friend" |
"I shot an arrow into the air; it fell to Earth I know not where" |
|
September 29, 1986 |