BROADWAY DEBUTS
MONTHS THAT END WITH "BER", TREBEK
FUN WITH OPERA
STUPID ANSWERS
MOUNT VERNON
200
'Sierra Boggess played Christine in "Phantom" in Vegas before she swam onto B'way as this fish-tailed Disney heroine'
the Little Mermaid (Ariel)
200
'It's the Northern Hemisphere's seasonal equivalent to the Southern Hemisphere's June'
December
200
'Dr. Gregg tries to kiss his anesthetist in "Gallantry", an opera inspired by this kind of daytime drama'
a soap opera
200
'Geraldine Brooks' book about an illuminated Jewish volume is called "People of the" this'
Book
200
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates a pair of wall hangings at Mount Vernon, VA.) As a symbol of liberty, Washington displayed the key to this political prison, a gift from Lafayette, who had ordered its demolition'
the Bastille
400
'A theatre employee knows that this 1-named singer made his B'way debut in "Chicago" in 2006'
Usher
400
'The 2 that have just 30 days'
September & November
400
'To play Sportin' Life in "Porgy and Bess", study the performance of this Rat Packer who played him in the 1959 film'
Sammy Davis, Jr.
400
'This magazine has been a popular source of science & technology news since its inception in 1872'
Popular Science
400
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the dining room, Mount Vernon, VA.) It was here in the dining room that Charles Thomson, secretary of the Congress, told Washington he had been unanimously elected president in this year'
1789
600
'Life is far from crummy for Max Crumm, who won the role of Danny Zuko in the revival on a reality TV show'
Grease
600
'Boston & Pittsburgh played the first-ever World Series game on the 1st of this, 1903'
October
600
'Composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco went "Wilde" & turned this Oscar Wilde play into a 1962 opera'
The Importance of Being Earnest
600
'The government admin. was created in 1971 to ensure occupational health & safety standards'
OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
600
'(Jimmy of the Clue Crew indicates a door frame at Mount Vernon, VA.) The detail-oriented Washington even chose Mount Vernon's moldings, which depicted tools to symbolize farming & this type of leaf for national strength'
an oak leaf
800
'Dance: Ten;
Looks: Ten--
Mario Lopez kicked up his heels in this hit revival in 2008'
A Chorus Line
800
'The Dutch celebrate the Feast of Sinterklaas on the 6th of this'
December
800
'"Merry Wives" make mischief in the Verdi opera named for this fat Shakespearean funster'
Falstaff
800
'The title of the national anthem of Laos, "Pheng Xat Lao", means this in English'
"National Anthem of Laos"
800
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew sits atop a horse cart.) Mount Vernon is named for a naval officer under whom George Washington's half-brother served; it was originally called Little Hunting Creek this, a type of farming estate'
Plantation
1000
'Time flies: in 2007 this "Leave It To Beaver" star turned 59 & played Wilbur Turnblad in "Hairspray"'
Jerry Mathers
1000
'Black Thursday, 1929 was the 24th day of this'
October
1000
'Fun abounds as a valet prepares for his own wedding in this 1786 Mozart opera'
The Marriage of Figaro
1000
'Masi Oka plays a character with this first name on the TV show "Heroes"'
Hiro
1000
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside a circular barn at Mount Vernon, VA.) Washington designed a barn in which horses ran in a circle to stamp on wheat as part of this process'
threshing
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