| Clue | Answer |
| Ancient Minoan script deciphered by Michael Ventris | |
| Sport similar to bocce or pétanque | |
| Someone who takes a long time to become successful | |
| Oxymoronically-named battle at which George Custer was killed | |
| 1887 utopian sci-fi novel by Edward Bellamy | |
| Area of Paris known for artists, writers, and philosophers, called 'la Rive Gauche' in French | |
| Composer of the Eroica, Pastoral, and Choral Symphonies | |
| 2002 bestselling novel by Alice Sebold | |
| Stand-up comic whose 1964 obscenity conviction was posthumously overturned | |
| 7-time Pro Bowl linebacker for the Chicago Bears | |
| Massachusetts woman acquitted of axe murder in 1892 | |
| Illegitimate daughter of Pope Alexander VI who was the subject of a Donizetti opera | |
| Corporate takeover in which large amounts of debt are taken on by the acquirer | |
| Legume named for Peru's capital | |
| 1968 film featuring a VW beetle named Herbie | |
| Influential rock critic who wrote for Rolling Stone and Creem | |
| Puccini opera on which the musical 'Rent' was based | |
| Ray of highly coherent light | |
| Common sport fish of the southeastern U.S., named for its prominent underbite | |
| Itinerant NBA coach, or Super Bowl XXX MVP (two guys, same name) | |
| Communication difficulty encountered by people with no common tongue | |
| Host of Comedy Central's 'Root of All Evil' | |
| Soviet premier, 1964-82 | |
| Former First Lady of the U.S. | |
| Part of the government detailed in Article I of the U.S. Constitution | |
| Character from 'The Producers' whose name is *almost* the same as the guy from 'Ulysses' | |
| 1973 Jim Croce song | |
| Co-founder of the South by Southwest Festival whose name is *almost* the same as the Comedy Central guy | |
| I mean, that's how it *should* be spelled, right? But no. | |
| Close, but this isn't the LBJ quiz. Think more recent. | |
| Right, but in the context of the federal government, what L.B. is that? | |