'Have you heard the latest buzz? The Mayans domesticated this native insect'
the bee
200
'A starlet in a mink bikini gets thrown into the Grand Canal in "Grab Me a Gondola", set in this city'
Venice
200
'This prolific British mystery writer's last published novel was 1976's "Sleeping Murder"'
Agatha Christie
200
'Green olives are traditionally stuffed with these red veggies'
pimientos
200
'An amphibian avenue'
toad road
400
'Thessaly, the land from which this Argonaut leader set out, also had a 4th century B.C. ruler of that name'
Jason
400
'Farley Granger played Mr. Darcy to Polly Bergen's Elizabeth in "First Impressions", based on this classic novel'
Pride and Prejudice
400
'In a 1972 book, Hunter S. Thompson sent Raoul Duke & Dr. Gonzo to this city to cover the Mint 400 race'
Las Vegas
400
'If chives were chive talkin
onions
400
'An Appaloosa from Oslo'
a Norse horse
600
'In 1950, 2 years into his long dictatorship, he invaded South Korea'
Kim Il-sung
600
'This future "Brady Bunch" mom had a fling with Jose Ferrer (onstage, that is) in "The Girl Who Came to Supper"'
Florence Henderson
600
'Victor Henry of the U.S. Navy & his family are at the center of this 1971 Herman Wouk epic'
Winds of War
600
'For cooking, garlic bulbs are broken up into segments called these'
cloves
600
'Goldilocks sat on one (actually, on all 3)'
a bear chair
800
'(Sarah of the Clue Crew narrates from Lima, Peru.) The Plaza Mayor, Lima's main square since colonial days, was used for executions during the time of this tribunal that began in Peru around 1568'
the Inquisition
800
'After just 5 performances, the door slammed on "A Doll's Life", based on this Scandinavian drama'
A Doll\'s House
800
'A book by Flora Screiber says, Mary, Peggy Lou, Vicky & Vanessa were 4 of this title character's 16 personalities'
Sybil
800
'When making a pie with strawberries & this tart vegetable, just use its red stalks; the leaves are toxic'
rhubarb
800
'The jargon of an Australian wild dog'
dingo lingo
1000
'In 601 the Lombards destroyed this Italian city, home to a shrewish Kate, but it made a quick comeback'
Padua
1000
'Orson Welles & Cole Porter collaborated on a 1946 musical adaptation of this "globe-trotting" Jules Verne novel'
Around the World in Eighty Days
1000
'A review said this 1979 William Styron novel "belongs on that small shelf reserved for American masterpieces"'
Sophie\'s Choice
1000
'Before cooking, you have to top & tail & maybe destring the runner type of these'
beans
1000
'A marine bivalve's improvisational music session'