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| In 1961 Marvin Gaye married Anna, sister of this Motown mogul |
Berry Gordy
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| A brick house in Portland, Maine that dates to 1785 was built by General Peleg Wadsworth, grandfather of this famed poet |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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| The gods must be crazy to spend their time on this highest mountain in Greece |
(Mount) Olympus
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| The Netpost mailing service features Christmas cards with this 3-word wish for the globe |
(Jackie: What is joy?)
Peace on Earth
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| Next to Bob Lanier & Gilbert Perreault, sports reference books list C for this position |
(Jackie: What is catcher?)
center
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| She is 12 years older than longtime beau Tim Robbins |
Susan Sarandon
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| The Kit Carson home in Taos, New Mexico is a house & museum made of these clay bricks |
adobe
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| Until 1959, this peak was the highest mountain in the United States |
Mount Whitney
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| In an April Fools' joke, National Public Radio reported that the Postal Service would soon let you keep this, no matter where you moved |
(Alex Bready: What is your address?)
your ZIP code
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| In phrases like "a man" or "a door", a is this part of speech |
an article
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| Beethoven's 6th isn't called the "Bucolic" symphony, but this |
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]
Pastoral
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| Diana Krall's CD "The Girl in the Other Room" features songs cowritten with this man, her new husband |
Elvis Costello
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| This Boston landmark made famous the night of April 18, 1775 is made of bricks from the kilns of nearby Medford |
the Old North Church
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| The names of this highest mountain in Western Europe & this highest mountain in the Pacific both mean "White Mountain" |
(Megan: What is Mont Blanc?) (Alex Bready: What is Mont Blanc and Mount Fuji?)
Mont Blanc and Mauna Kea
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| This "privilege" allows members of Congress to send out official mail without paying postage |
franking
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| It's the symbol for the letter A in braille |
a dot
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| The strings in the symphony heard here, by this playful Austrian, give it the nickname "The Bear" |
Joseph Haydn
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| There are zero degrees of separation between him & his girl, wife Kyra Sedgwick |
(Kevin) Bacon
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| Patrick Henry & Thomas Jefferson both lived in the 2-story brick governor's palace in this colonial capital |
Williamsburg
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| The deepest river gorge in the United States, Hells Canyon, was carved over millions of years by this river |
The Snake (River)
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| Formerly called book rate, this type of mail lets you send books, videos, CDs & DVDs at a slower, reduced rate |
Media Mail
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| In the Stock Market abbreviation B&A, A is Asked & B is this |
Bid
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| Mozart's 38th is called by the name of this city that stood in for Vienna in the filming of "Amadeus" |
(Alex Trebek: And that was the very beautiful city of [*].)
Prague
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| She met Ryan Phillippe at her 21st birthday party & married him 2 years later |
Reese Witherspoon
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| The Yarlung Zangbo in this lofty region is the world's highest river & its 17,657-foot valley is the deepest |
(Alex Trebek: Tibet is the country, but Himalayan region.)
Himalayas
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| To stamp collectors, FDC stands for this |
(Jackie: What is First Day of Circulation?)
First Day Cover
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| If you're in "A&R" for a record company, you know it stands for these "and Repertoire" |
Artists
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