Origami, the art of folding paper into things like animals, means "folding paper" in this Asian language
Japanese
This protein rich fod is coagulated from an extract of soybeans & used in salads & cooked foods
Tofu
The tagline to this 2002 sequel was "This summer a little goes a long way"
Stuart Little 2
This "Toy Story" character's Space Ranger Spin is a highlight of Tomorrowland at Disney World
Buzz Lightyear
For many years cover girl MacPherson graced the pages of this magazine which shares her name
Elle
This type of multiple birth occurs about once every 7,700 births
Triplets
This part of a flower's stamen contains the pollen
Anther
Rembrandts are late-blooming varieties of these perennials
Tulips
In 1893, as a result of a tariff dispute, the Supreme Court proclaimed it a vegetable, not a fruit
Tomato
In tatting, you use a small shuttle to form the rings & semicircles of this fabric, perhaps for a doily
Lace
This part of speech doesn't always end in "ly"; once, there & often are other examples
Adverb
Capt. Kirk's mission was "to boldly go" where no man had gone before, but he split one of these along the way
Infinitive
In "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", he's the reclusive owner of the factory
Willy Wonka
In a 2001 tale by Alice Hoffman, Aquamarine is a beautiful & brokenhearted one of these creatures
Mermaid
Characters in this musical include a teacup called Chip & a clock named Cogsworth
Beauty and the Beast
The Phantom of the Opera wears a partial one of these on his face, probably because a full one is hard to sing through
Mask
The northern terminus of China's Grand Canal is located in this major city
Beijing
Watch "dinosaur eggs" hatch or hunt for "treasure" while warming your tummy with a bowl of this
Quaker instant oatmeal;oatmeal
Babe Ruth was one of the first athletes to endorse this "Breakfast of Champions"
Wheaties
From the Latin for "to lie upon", these hospital machines are used to help control preemies' oxygen supplies
Incubators
During the 1970s this British physicist made the unexpected discovery that black holes emit thermal radiation
Stephen Hawking;Hawking
Camphor is used to make plastics, but it's also a common repellent for these clothes-munchers
Moth
When I sweep these "hare-y" items out from under the bed, they're not nearly as cute as Chuck Jones' Bugs
Dust bunny
Use this pad of metal shavings to clean up your kids' scuffs & your great-aunt's cigarette burns
Steel wool
Asian action star Zhou Run Fa is better known by this name in the West
Chow yun fat
Built in Asia in the 1930s as a military supply route, this "Road" stretches from Kunming to Lashio
Burma Road;Burma
In 1923 her first magazine article, "In China Too", appeared in the Atlantic Monthly
Pearl S. Buck;Buck
She was a textile factory worker when she was chosen as the U.S.S.R.'s first female cosmonaut
Valentina Tereshkova;Tereshkova
Under this pen name, Francois-Marie Arouet wrote "Micromegas", a tale of a 120,000-foot-tall being
Voltaire
In the 1840s Victor Hugo began writing this book using the title "Le Miser"
Les miserables
World Book calls this common tree dweller the smartest rodent
Squirrel
The highly vascular fine-haired skin on a deer's antlers is called this
Velvet
In 1921 Banting & Best controlled diabetes in these animals with insulin; man came later
Dogs
In the 1960s he made such experimental films as "Eat", "Sleep" & "Kiss"
Andy Warhol;Warhol
Western Forge makes this brand of hand tools for Sears
Craftsman
This Kansas City-based greeting card company also produces Springbok jigsaw puzzles
Hallmark
A type of beetle & a species of seal are named for this large land herbivore
Elephant
Though its name comes from words meaning "river horse", it's more closely related to the hog than to the horse
Hippopotomus
This ABC series set at Mode magazine is based on the hit Columbian telenovela "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea"
Ugly Betty
In its 1st episode, citizens of a Kansas town saw a mushroom cloud on the horizon & were cut off from the outside world
Jericho
Started in 2001, Verasun Energy has now become the second-leading producer of this alternative fuel
Ethanol
This ex-Eastern Regional High cheerleader must have let out a cheer when she became Regis Philbin's co-host
Kelly Ripa;Ripa
The world's most valuable one of these instruments is one made by Antonio Stradivari in 1716 worth $18 million
Violin
He scored 12 career goals in World Cup competition; now (1996) he's Brazil's special minister for sports
Pele
Phil Knight, founder of this Oregon-based athletic shoe company, owns about 35% of its stock
Nike
It's the largest island in the Indian Ocean
Madagascar
He earned Oscar nominations for writing & acting in "Rocky"
Sylvester Stallone;Stallone
The treaties ending the Seven Years, Crimean & Spanish-American Wars were signed in this city
Paris
He danced around in his underwear to "That Old Time Rock n' Roll" in the 1983 hit "Risky Business"
Tom Cruise;Cruise
Norma Jean Baker's name was changed to this, after she signed a contract with 20th Century Fox in 1946
Marilyn Monroe;Monroe
This South American country is over 10 times as long as it is wide
Chile
Khartoum is the capital of this largest African nation
Sudan
The largest ethnic groups living in this island country are the Sinhalese & the Tamils
Sri Lanka
This Catalonian city, once the capital of the Visigoths, may be named for a Carthaginian family
Barcelona
When he won for directing the Scottish epic "Braveheart", he joked "What I really want to do is act"
Mel Gibson;Gibson
This Swiss wristwatch company uses a white cross on a red square as its symbol
Swatch
With 8,611 points, Robert Zmelik of Czechoslovakia won this multi-sport event in 1992
Decathlon
The southern slopes of this highest Japanese mountain extend to the shore of Suruga Bay
Mount Fuji;Fuji
It's said this North Korean capital is the Korean Peninsula's oldest city
Pyongyang
The home of Prime Minister William Gladstone still stands in this British city on the Mersey River
Liverpool
His 2nd & 3rd most famous women's portraits are "Cecilia Gallerani" & "Ginevra de' Benci"
Leonardo da Vinci;da Vinci
Eleanor Hodgman Porter is best remembered for her 1913 novel about this ever-optimistic heroine
Polyanna
Although John Jacob Astor IV perished during this 1912 voyage, his pregnant wife survived & gave brith to an heir
Titanic
She named her No. 5 perfume for her lucky number
Chanel
These small, solitary, flightless birds of New Zealand locate food by smell
Kiwi
Darwin discovered 14 related species of this bird on the Galapagos Islands
Finches;Finch
Over 2,100 feet above sea level, this city is one of Europe's highest capitals
Madrid
It looks like a sweet potato, but it isn't even a distant relative
Yam
A piano built by Anton Walter & played by Mozart is at Mozart's birthplace in this Austrian city
Salzburg
Many European pianos lack a middle, or sostenuto, one of these
Pedal
A piano has 52 white keys & this many black keys
36
French chefs cook these in butter & sprinkle them with brandy; in a nursery rhyme, they were "baked in a pie"
Blackbirds
Onions, oatmeal & sheep innards are stuffed into a sheep's stomach to make this Scottish taste treat
Haggis
Sailors refer to these large, wandering seabirds as gooneys
Albatrosses;Albatross
This highly prized form of corundum gets its red color from minute amounts of chromium
Rubies;Ruby
These October birthstones may lose their color & crack if allowed to dry out
Opals;Opal
It's the kind of meat you need to make schweineschnitzel
Pork
Gerostete Austern are these mollusks roasted & served on the half shell
Oysters;Oyster
The name of hasenohren, which are deep-fried pastries, means this animals' ears
Rabbits;Rabbit
Popular in the 1860s, crinolines were a type of this womens' fashion
Hoop skirts;Hoop skirt
In 1943 Dr. Willem Kolff was the first to use an artificial one of these organs on humans
Kidney
An estimated record crowd of 800,000 attended a 1986 classical music concert in this NYC park
Central Park
The shortest-reigning king was Dom Luis III, king of this country for about 20 minutes in 1908
Portugal
Louis Comfort Tiffany made lampshades of this material using the copper foil technique
Stained Glass
Used in bags, wallets & belts, Moroccan leather comes from this animal
Goat
It's the term for making pots on a potter's wheel
Throw
After this emperor died in 14 A.D., his relatives, the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled until 68
Augustus
This valveless instrument used for military calls was originally a hunting horn
Bugle
This Spanish cubist said, "I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time"
Picasso
In 1861 this New Haven, Connecticut school awarded America's first Ph.D.
Yale
As first lady during World War II, she traveled abroad to visit American troops
Eleanor Roosevelt
Icterus is another name for this yellowing of the skin
Jaundice
This New England school is known as M.I.T. for short
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Referring to its oldest building, Nassau Hall, Old Nassau is a nickname for this Ivy League school
Princeton
In 1910 the "Deutschland" inaugurated commercial passenger service in one of these
Zeppelin 
The Aum Shinrikyo cult was behind a March 1995 nerve gas attack on this city's subway
Tokyo
To get the crown for himself, this Shakespearean king murders 2 little princes
Richard III
Courtney Love said of this singer, "Every decade has its star...but the '80s are over"
Madonna
"Mrs. Flinders Whips Daughter Polly for Sitting Among" these
Cinders
In 1999 this show spun off a "Special Victims Unit"
Law and Order
Vice Premier & most powerful member of Chinese Communist Party from 1980-1989
Teng Hsiao-ping;Hsiao-ping;Hsiao Ping
In 1999 this singer who once tore up the Pope's picture was ordained the first female priest in the Latin Tridentine Church
Sinead O'Connor;OConnor;O Connor
She gave birth to 3 20th century U.S. senators, one of whom became president
Rose Kennedy
Found commonly in the Northern Hemisphere, the Azure Hawker is a species of this insect
Dragonfly
This Canadian city will be the host of the 2010 Winter Olympics
Vancouver
This term refers to the body of Islamic religious law
Sharia
This South Asian country was once known as Ceylon
Sri Lanka
This term refers to the name of a real or fictitious person that has given rise to the name of a particular place, era, discovery, etc
Eponym
It's the native tongue of Wales in the United Kingdom
Welsh
This invasive species of plant is taking a toll on Lake Victoria in Tanzania
Water hyacinth
Cristiano Ronaldo plays football for this English team
Manchester United
This geological period occurred 543-488.3 million years ago
Cambrian
This Ancient Greek scholar is famous for his 17-volume work, 'Geographica'
Strabo
Both Pope John Paul II and Marie Curie were born in this European country
Poland
The Golden Gate Bridge is located in this American city
San Francisco
This mountain is the highest in Britain south of the Scottish Highlands
Snowdon
The Flames are a hockey team from this Canadian city
Calgary
It's the name of Britney Spears' newest album
Blackout
This Chinese-Canadian celebrity's career is on the line after his photo scandal in early 2008
Edison Chen;Chen
This Asian country was a part of India until 1947
Pakistan
This American president has stuffed animals named after him
Roosevelt;Theodore Roosevelt;Teddy Roosevelt
The term kayak refers to a small human-powered type of this
Boat
He is the current leader of the Conservative Party of Canada
Stephen Harper;Harper
Rats, squirrels, and beavers are included in this mammalian order
Rodent;rodents;rodentia
It's the muscular tissue of the heart
Myocardium
This term refers to antimicrobial substances that are applied to living/tissue/skin to reduce chances of infection,sepsis, or putrefaction
Antiseptic;antiseptics
In chemistry, it's a molecule containing both amine and carboxyl functional groups
amino acid;amino
The 1957 rock and roll song 'Lucille' was one of this artist's international hits and has been covered by many bands
Little Richard
Dakar is the capital city of this African country
Senegal;Republic of Senegal
This Anglo-Saxon kingdom rhymes with some of its neighbours, Wessex and Essex
Sussex
Pune is a city in this Asian country
India
A hybrid cross between a male lion and a female tiger is called this
Liger
It's the largest city in the United States
New York;New York City
Provinces in Poland are more commonly known as these
Voivodeships;voivodeship
He is the current Prime Minister of Britain (2007)
Gordon Brown;brown
Brooklyn is one of the five boroughs of this American city
New York;New York City
The wife of an earl is known as one of these
Countess
Honduras was once known as the Spanish Honduras in order to differentiate it from the British Honduras, which is now known as this country
Belize
This actress holds the record for the most Best Actress Oscar wins, with four awards from twelve nominations
Katharine Hepburn;Hepburn
It's the capital and largest city of Montenegro
Podgorica
This island in the Philippines was used to provide a temporary refuge for Russian refugees leaving China when the Communists took power
Tubabao
SMTP, the de facto standard for e-mail transmissions across the Internet, stands for
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
Howard Carter discovered this pharaoh's tomb in 1922
Tutankhamun;Tutankhamen
It's the world's oldest underground railway system
London Underground
This language is the official language of Brazil
Portuguese
Ben Stiller plays this hilarious character in 'Meet the Parents'
Gaylord Focker;Greg Focker
He was the Greek god of the cold north wind and the bringer of winter
Boreas
This city is the capital of the State of Colorado
Denver
This is the type of tree on the Lebanese flag
Cedar
'La Concorde' is the national anthem of this African country
Gabon
In the Spetember 11, 2001 attacks, airliners crashed into this landmark in New York City
World Trade Center;Twin Towers
It's an electrode through which positive electric current flows into a polarized electrical device
Anode
They are the current Stanley Cup holders
Detroit Red Wings;Red Wings
This famous rock and roll song from 1954 begins with the words 'One, two, three o'clock'
Rock around the Clock
Disneyland in California opened in this year
1955
This animal character is the icon of the Walt Disney Company
Mickey Mouse;Micky Mouse
The movie 'Jaws' was about this kind of creature
Shark
There are this many dwarves in Snow White
7;Seven
This is the name of David Bowie's first child
Zowie
It's the maximum number of chess players in a game
2;Two
The entertainer Houdini was famous as this
Escapologist
In the Disney film 'The Little Mermaid', Areil uses this to brush her hair
Fork
This famous library in Egypt was once the largest in the ancient world
Library of Alexandria;Royal Library of Alexandria;Alexandrian Library
This genre of rock music is played by bands such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple
Heavy metal;metal
An army officer who served in the Mexican-American War and was also a democratic nominee for Presidency in 1880.
Winfield Hancock;Hancock
The serendipitious discovery of this liquid substance after Roy Plunkett tried to develop a new gas for refrigeration
Teflon
Who proposed the acid-base theory of "donating" and "accepting" hydrogen ions?
Bronsted-Lowry;Bronsted Lowry
Who was the only Roman Catholic president of the United States of America?
Clinton
What is the name of the monophonic, liturgical chant used in the Medieval masses and ritual services?
Gregorian chant;gregorian
The largest exporting company in the United States; specializing in aerospace and defence.
Boeing
Which element can aid in thyroid functions?
Iodine
Which German chemist dreamed of a snake running around to solve the chemical structure of cyclic compounds?
Stradonitz
Astana is the capital of which country?
Kazakhstan
Who is the author of the famous novel with a rebellious protagonist, Holden Caufield?
Saligner
Which female actress stars in the film Amelie?
Audrey Tautou;Tautou
Which president spoke out about the "Heroin Chic" fashion look fad?
Clinton
In which city does the annual Nobel Banquet take place on December 10th?
Stockholm
The two hepatic ducts and the cystic duct meet at which duct?
Common Bile Duct
Belgrade is the capital of which country?
Serbia
After watching a performance of Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, which composer became obsessed with Shakespeare and the lead actress?
Berlioz
Which space mission was to land on the moon, lead by commander Neil Alden Armstrong?
Apollo 11
If a = 12, what is 4 times a squared?
576
Who wrote the french novel L'Étranger?
Albert Camus;Camus
Who said that dreams were the "royal road to the unconcious" and wrote The Interpretation of Dreams in 1988?
Sigmund Freud;Freud
Who plays Claire Standish in The Breakfast Club?
Molly Ringwald;Ringwald
In which continent was the first cases of the Bubonic Plague speculated to be?
Asia
Which poetic form features another message spelt out by the first letter of each line?
Acrostic
Which actress stars in 3 modern Shakespeare adaptations, including an adaptation of the Taming of the Shrew?
Julia Stiles
Melatonin can regulate the sleep/waking cycle for what disorder?
Insomnia
What is considered "The Nobel Prize for Architecture"?
Pritzker Prize;Pritzker
Who was the first person of Chinese descent to recieve the Pritzker Prize in 1983?
I M Pei;Pei
What famous pyramid structure in Paris did I. M. Pei design?
Louvre Pyramid;Louvre
Which BeeGee's member/sibling passed away in 2003?
Maurice Gibb;Gibb
What sheet of muscle seperates the chest cavity and the abdomen of mammals?
Diaphragm
What colour is the musician Prince commonly associated with?
Purple
Which economist wrote "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money" in 1936?
Keynes
What is the process involving the succession of more favourable heritable traits as opposed to unfavourable ones?
Natural Selection
How many gold medals did the United States win in the 2004 Olympic Games?
36
In which European city was the 1992 Olympic Games hosted?
Barcelona