NAMING THE FIRST PRESIDENT
He was the first president of the Republic of Gran Colombia, established 1819
Simón Bolívar
In baseball scorekeeping, 2 refers to this position
catcher
(Sarah of the Clue Crew writes left.) Lefties have it easier writing from right to left without smudging, like my name "Sarah" in this language
Hebrew
In "Trainwreck" this athlete asks Bill Hader, "What's the difference between Miami & Cleveland?"
LeBron James
A lizard may choose a log to sun himself, or this 4-letter word; don't knock him off!
bask
Triple Stumper
Of the Russian Federation, established 1991
Yeltsin
It's the 2-word term for a comical reaction to something not noticed the first time you looked
a double take
Micrographia is a common symptom of this disease that also causes tremors; hand exercises help some patients
Parkinson's
After something evil & dead is awakened in "My Name Is Bruce", this B-movie legend is enlisted to save the day
(Bruce) Campbell
Its purported thousand legs might not keep this arthropod from falling off the log where it lives
a millipede
Of France's Fifth Republic, established 1958
de Gaulle
AKA a double star, it's a system of 2 stars revolving about their common center of mass
a binary star
The first name is easier to read in the signature of this great international athlete
(Diego) Maradona
"Wes Craven's New" one includes Heather Langenkamp as herself, terrorized by Freddy Kreuger
(Michael: What is Halloween?)
(Alex Jacob: What is... Nightmare on Elm Street?)
...
(Alex Trebek: It's not Nightmare on Elm Street, just [*].)
Nightmare
AlexMichaelTriple Stumper
The badger may be looking for a larval insect called this, also a word for human food
grub
Of the Republic of China in 1912, provisionally
Sun Yat-sen
If "Maury" were on in ancient times, Mars would have been told, "you are the father!" of these city-founding twins of myth
Romulus & Remus
An outsized signature is said to indicate this -ism named for a conceited Greek youth
narcissism
David Bowie oversees a runway "walk-off" between 2 witless models in this 2001 comedy
Zoolander
In Madagascar, the hissing type of this insect is semi-social as they nest together and take care of their offspring
cockroach
Of Israel: L'him!
(Chaim) Weizmann
The design of Germany's "Vengeance Weapon 2", aka the V-2, was led by this scientist
(Wernher) von Braun
DD: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows handwriting samples on the monitor.) A study finds that people who put the dots to the left of their I's & J's tend to habitually do this, from the Latin cras, meaning "tomorrow"
procrastinate
This director plays himself in "Sunset Boulevard" & Norma's last line mentions him
DeMille
It's on the log, off the log, over & over, if you're thistype of ant, whose name you can guess by what they're carrying
(Michael: What is a leaf ant?)
(Alex Trebek: Mmmmm, no.)
(Michael: A [*]!)
(Alex Trebek: Yeah, okay, you got it in.)
leafcutter ant