'Injury, infection & loud noises can cause this membrane between the external ear canal & middle ear to rupture'
the eardrum
200
'An American colonel is in love with an Italian countess in Hemingway's "Across" this "And Into The Trees"'
The River
200
'After the 1979 electoral defeat of the Labour Party, she took over for Prime Minister James Callaghan'
Margaret Thatcher
200
'Drambuie is a brand of liqueur made with honey & this barley whisky'
scotch
200
'1980: "Coal Miner's _____"'
Daughter
400
'It may ring a bell that this 8-letter word is the medical term for ringing in the ears'
tinnitus
400
'This poet wrote of a self-sacrificing apple tree in "The Giving Tree"'
Shel Silverstein
400
'After Aug. 15, 1947 India & Pakistan emerged as 2 independent countries & he became India's first Prime Minister'
Nehru
400
'Meaning "white of whites", it's wine made entirely from white grapes, like a champagne made from the chardonnay grape'
blanc de blancs
400
'1989: "_____ Buck"'
Uncle
600
'(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) When you come down from high elevations, the air pressure outside your ear can be greater than inside; swallowing can push air from the nasal cavity through this tube into the ear, causing a popping sound'
the eustachian tube
600
'In the title of a bestseller by Olive Ann Burns, this word comes between "Cold" & "Tree"'
Sassy
600
'After a psy-ops team blasted Van Halen for 10 days at this general, hiding in Panama's Vatican Embassy, he said no mas'
(Manuel) Noriega
600
'This brand of aromatic bitters is named for a town in Venezuela'
Angostura
600
'1992: "My _____ Vinny"'
Cousin
800
'That's right, cowboy! The stapes, the smallest bone in the ear & the body, is more commonly called this'
the styrrup
800
'"Dinosaurs Before Dark" is the first book in this kids' series by Mary Pope Osborne'
The Magic Treehouse
800
'After leading a 1969 coup that deposed King Idris, he was named Commander in Chief of Libya's Armed Forces'
Gadhafi
800
'Armagnac is this type of single distilled spirit'