'The first road constructed in this state after the Europeans arrived was along the Rio Grande'
New Mexico
200
'(Sofia of the Clue Crew at the JPL in Pasadena) The inflatable rover, in action here, was designed like the Sojourner rover to crawl over this planet'
Mars
200
'It's what you're doing when you're "cutting a rug"'
dancing
200
'Last name of 2 presidents, or a small cluster of shrubs appearing as a single plant'
Bush
200
'1974: "Piano Man"'
Billy Joel
400
'This country's North Island is on the Australian Continental Plate; South Island is on the Pacific Plate'
New Zealand
400
'JPL spacecraft have visited every planet in our solar system except this one'
Pluto
400
'Ecclesiastes says, "A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat, and to drink and to be" this'
merry
400
'The little sister of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, or Tony Orlando's backup singers'
Dawn
400
'1973: "Space Oddity"'
David Bowie
600
'Once the capital of New Netherland, New York City was originally named this'
New Amsterdam
600
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena) The thermal vacuum chamber can cool to 5 degrees Kelvin, which is 5 above this hypothetical point'
absolute zero
600
'You've let loose when this animal precedes "around" or "play"'
horse
600
'"I'm gonna live forever...light up the sky like a flame...baby remember my name" & also this tune'
Fame
600
'1974: "Mandy"'
Barry Manilow
800
'It was the first American colony to declare its independence from Great Britain in 1776'
New Hampshire
800
'JPL was transferred from Army control in 1958 to this newly created government agency'
NASA
800
'Spelled one way, it's to have casino fun; spelled another, it's delightful skipping'
gamble/gambol
800
'It's a still, deep place in a stream; I lost $5 in our office one for the Super Bowl'
pool
800
'1970: "Your Song"'
Elton John
1000
'This Connecticut city, one of the first planned communities, was also the first to have antipoverty programs, in 1962'
New Haven
1000
'(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the JPL in Pasadena) Scientists at JPL are learning to navigate a vessel close to this type of celestial body, Latin for "long-haired star"'
comet
1000
'Fancy, as in what's tickled when you are amused, is a shortened form of this word'
fantasy
1000
'Old English for "to stuff", it's what you might have done late last night before your appearance here'