#9228, aired 2024-12-18 | IN D.C.'s STATUARY HALL $400: Colorado honors Jack Swigert, who flew aboard this successful failure of a Moon mission & was elected to Congress in 1982 Apollo 13 |
#9224, aired 2024-12-12 | BRIDGES $1000: Spanning the Royal Gorge in Colorado, America's highest bridge is nearly 1,000 feet above this river the Arkansas |
#9216, aired 2024-12-02 | SPORTS STAR RECORDS $400: Now a Colorado football coach, back in 1994, he dropped the rap album "Prime Time" Deion Sanders |
#9198, aired 2024-11-06 | SHADES OF BLUE $400: There are shades of blue named for the Navy & this Colorado service academy the Air Force |
#9188, aired 2024-10-23 | LITERARY TITLES EN ESPAÑOL $400: "El pony colorado" The Red Pony |
#9181, aired 2024-10-14 | FAMILY FEUD $1000: This 1980s primetime soap about the feuding Carrington & Colby families was set in Denver, Colorado, of all places Dynasty |
#9166, aired 2024-09-23 | 4 TIMES THE FUN $200: The states that meet at the "Four Corners" are Arizona, Colorado, Utah & this one New Mexico |
#9154, aired 2024-07-25 | AMERICAN RIVERS $2,000 (Daily Double): The Gila River makes its way from New Mexico to Arizona, meeting this other river at Yuma the Colorado |
#9146, aired 2024-07-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: From Cheyenne, Wyoming, it's less than an hour south on I-25 to Fort Collins & this university, CSU Colorado State Universtity |
#9122, aired 2024-06-11 | OFF WE "GO" $800: Just west of Denver, it had the "metal" to be a territorial capital in the 1860s Golden, Colorado |
#9116, aired 2024-06-03 | HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS $400: The 1928 act creating this project said it was for the "protection and development of the Colorado River basin" Hoover Dam |
#9107, aired 2024-05-21 | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH $200: Phantom Ranch, the only lodging below the rim of this natural wonder, can be reached on foot, by mule or raft on the Colorado River the Grand Canyon |
#36, aired 2024-05-20 | RECTANGLED $400: On a map these 2 neighboring states, the 38th & 44th, look almost like perfect rectangles Colorado & Wyoming |
#32, aired 2024-05-15 | PREHISTORIC CREATURES $400: This school-bus-sized dinosaur is the state fossil of Colorado, where the USA's first one was discovered in 1877 the Stegosaurus |
#9102, aired 2024-05-14 | THE NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM $400: Sent to this state as a boy with a digestive illness, Enos Mills became the father of its Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado |
#9085, aired 2024-04-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Leapin' lizards! This river flows 630 miles before joining the Colorado River at Yuma, Arizona the Gila River |
#9080, aired 2024-04-12 | WHERE'D YOU "GO"? $7,000 (Daily Double): A city in Colorado was named for this Mexican state that borders Chihuahua Durango |
#9062, aired 2024-03-19 | NAME THE RIVER $200: Bullhead City &
Laughlin the Colorado |
#9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $2000: From Boulder to Pueblo, Colorado residents celebrate this as their state flower the columbine |
#9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $1200: There's a Colorado River in the U.S. & another one in this South American nation where it flows across the Pampas Argentina |
#9035, aired 2024-02-09 | ADD A LETTER: GEOGRAPHY EDITION $2000: The Midwest's 29th state & a Colorado county, both named after Native American peoples the Iowa & Kiowa |
#9033, aired 2024-02-07 | U.S. NATIONAL FORESTS $800: The 1.6 million acres of Arizona's Kaibab National Forest are divided by a natural wonder that is divided by this river the Colorado River |
#9029, aired 2024-02-01 | MOUNTAIN HIGH $400: The highest point in the Rockies is 14,440-foot Mount Elbert, southwest of Leadville in this state Colorado |
#8996, aired 2023-12-18 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS $200: Colorado +
Nebraska =
this geometric figure a cone |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | ROAD TRIP "I SPY" $300: I spy...
Pikes Peak,
the John Denver Sanctuary &
Red Rocks Amphitheatre Colorado |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | SCIENCE MUSEUMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Behind thick glass in the Gems & Minerals Hall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Tom's Baby is an 8-lb nugget of this gold |
#8968, aired 2023-11-08 | THE "A" TEAM $400: Look out below! It's Colorado's NHL team! the Avalanche |
#8956, aired 2023-10-23 | A RIVER RUNS TO IT $800: The Platte:
This river that runs to another river the Missouri |
#8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $2,200 (Daily Double): In the 1860s a paddle-wheeler named this plied the waters of the same-named river around Fort Yuma Colorado |
#8912, aired 2023-07-11 | IN HIGH PLACES $1000: Located in Colorado & named for metal ore, at approximately 10,150 feet, it's the highest incorporated city in the USA Leadville |
#8911, aired 2023-07-10 | THE HIGH "C"s $200: At 6,800 feet, it's the state with the highest average altitude Colorado |
#8898, aired 2023-06-21 | NEVADA $400: This construction on the Colorado River in the 1930s greatly aided the region's growth by providing cheap electrical power the Hoover Dam |
#8876, aired 2023-05-22 | VACATION SPOTS $800: The North & South Kaibab Trails lead down to the Colorado River along the rims of this wonder the Grand Canyon |
#8872, aired 2023-05-16 | COLLEGE: THE DROP/ADD PERIOD $6,400 (Daily Double): In Colorado, add this armed service to "Academy" Air Force |
#6, aired 2023-05-10 | LET'S GET VERTICAL $1000: This town in southwestern Colorado has a decades-old film festival & a ski area with a 4,000-foot vertical Telluride |
#8849, aired 2023-04-13 | THE SCENIC SOUTHWEST $200: This river cutting through the Grand Canyon at sunrise makes for a truly majestic view the Colorado |
#8838, aired 2023-03-29 | TREE-NAMED PLACES $1200: This lofty Colorado city is on the Roaring Fork River Aspen |
#8827, aired 2023-03-14 | "B" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: Let's rock & roll:
Home to the University of Colorado, this city is known for its Flatirons, seen here Boulder |
#8824, aired 2023-03-09 | 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: Colorado ski resort town in Eagle County Vail |
#8812, aired 2023-02-21 | COLLEGE TOWNS $800: Boulder, Colorado is a mecca for atmospheric research & this 4-letter cyclone-tracking agency has a lab there NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
#8781, aired 2023-01-09 | RANDOM FACTS $2000: When he was VP of the U.S., a Colorado town bore his name; when he became a Confederate general, it changed its "kin" to "ken" John C. Breckinridge |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | SPORTS FRANCHISES' PREVIOUS HOMES $800: The Colorado Avalanche, oui, oui! Quebec City |
#8758, aired 2022-12-07 | STATE STUFF $800: A state sport of Colorado involves racing these small donkeys burros |
#8753, aired 2022-11-30 | OUR DIVIDED NATION $200: Cross the Continental Divide twice on the top of the Rockies byway in this state Colorado |
#8741, aired 2022-11-14 | FROM "D" TO "O" $800: Room 222 at the Strater Hotel in this Colorado city was where Louis L'Amour wrote many of his Western novels Durango |
#8725, aired 2022-10-21 | 2 BITS $200: Naturally, these mountains are on Colorado's quarter the Rockies |
#8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $800: Crested Butte is this state's "Last Great Ski Town" as well as its wildflower capital Colorado |
#4, aired 2022-10-16 | FAMOUS NAMES ON THE MAP $1,000 (Daily Double): This alliterative Colorado "Peak" is named for a man who tried & failed to climb it in 1806; guess that was an "or bust" Pikes Peak |
#8701, aired 2022-09-19 | FLAGS $1000: The yellow on the flag of this state capital symbolizes the state's gold, the white, snow-covered mountains Denver |
#8665, aired 2022-06-17 | STATELY RIVERS $200: John Wesley Powell was one of the first to explore the Grand Canyon by boat on this river the Colorado |
#8657, aired 2022-06-07 | ON THE STATE FLAG $400: See this flag? The "C" stands for this Colorado |
#8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI $400: Hoover Dam, formerly Boulder Dam, is on this river the Colorado |
#8615, aired 2022-04-08 | POTPOURRI $600: Its largest tributary is the Snake River the Columbia River |
#8611, aired 2022-04-04 | PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY $2000: A series of massive volcanic eruptions 27 million years ago left a string of these crater-like depressions, like Colorado's Creede calderas |
#8589, aired 2022-03-03 | ARTS NEWS $400: This city's art museum unveiled a $150 mil. renovation including a new gallery devoted to Colorado peoples like the Arapaho Denver |
#8587, aired 2022-03-01 | WITH GORGE $1000: America's highest suspension bridge, Royal Gorge Bridge, is seen here, 956 feet above the Arkansas River in this state Colorado |
#8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $400: This state has dozens of mountain peaks that exceed 14,000 feet, including Yale, Princeton &, of course, Pikes Peak Colorado |
#8, aired 2022-02-11 | IN THEIR EXPERT OPINION $1600: Joseph Ives commanded the first military vessel on the Colorado River & said no whites would ever again bother to visit this the Grand Canyon |
#8572, aired 2022-02-08 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Stephen King's stay at the Stanley Hotel in this state inspired "The Shining"; you can stay there too Colorado |
#8559, aired 2022-01-20 | 1922 $800: A 1922 compact divided the water of this river between Upper Basin states like Utah & Lower Basin ones like California the Colorado |
#8552, aired 2022-01-11 | STATE YOUR BUSINESS $1000: Frontier Airlines,
Dish Network Colorado |
#8547, aired 2022-01-04 | MODEL RAILROADING $400: The world's largest model train store, located in Colorado, was named for this car, which was sadly fitting when it recently closed the caboose |
#8529, aired 2021-12-09 | STATE SONGS $2000: One of Colorado's state songs is where these wildflowers grow the columbines |
#8528, aired 2021-12-08 | "ENNIAL" RESPONSE WILL DO $1600: It's a city in Colorado, 15 miles southeast of Denver Centennial |
#8520, aired 2021-11-26 | U.S. RIVERS $800: In 1921 Herbert Hoover headed the commission for this river that flooded California often; in 1936 a dam was built as a result the Colorado |
#8515, aired 2021-11-19 | 19th CENTURY STUFF $800: In the 1850s a gold rush slogan was this Colorado mountain "or Bust" Pikes Peak |
#8511, aired 2021-11-15 | WHAT "A" TEAM! $1000: This NHL squad rumbled into Colorado from Quebec in 1995 the Avalanche |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | SURVIVING PROHIBITION $800: This brewery bought a Colorado ceramics company & sold porcelain under the brand name; the ceramics co. is worth billions today Coors |
#8471, aired 2021-09-20 | AMERICAN LAKES $2000: Home to a wildlife refuge, this saline "sea" in the Colorado Desert is California's largest lake in surface area Salton |
#8447, aired 2021-07-20 | 1876 $200: In 1876 the Centennial Exposition opened in Philadelphia & this "Centennial State" joined the Union Colorado |
#8442, aired 2021-07-13 | YOU CAN'T $400: ...move this kind of big rock if it's on public property in the Colorado city of the same name; the municipal code says no a boulder |
#8430, aired 2021-06-25 | OUT WEST IN THE U.S. $400: This 1,450-mile river is a major source of water for 40 million people in the Southwest the Colorado River |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | REAL PEOPLE ON FILM $400: As this title pair, Newman & Redford did leap off a Colorado cliff... onto a mattress a few feet below Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid |
#8424, aired 2021-06-17 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $800: From its sources in Colorado's San Juan Mountains, this 1,900-mile river flows all the way to the Gulf of Mexico the Rio Grande |
#8402, aired 2021-05-18 | SOMETHING'S LOOMING OVER ME $600: Historic cog railway line & all, in Manitou Springs, Colorado it's this peak that looms Pikes Peak |
#8386, aired 2021-04-26 | OFFICIAL STATE SONGS $400: "Where The Columbines Grow" Colorado |
#8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $800: The U.S. Air Force Academy is just north of this city at the edge of the Rocky Mountains Colorado Springs |
#8366, aired 2021-03-29 | AROUND THE USA $200: Marble Canyon, on the Colorado River, is part of a national park named for this other canyon Grand Canyon |
#8365, aired 2021-03-26 | DINOSAURS $600: When the first specimen of this horned dinosaur was found in Colorado in 1887, it was mistaken for an extinct buffalo a Triceratops |
#8364, aired 2021-03-25 | PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION $800: In Laughlin, Nevada water taxis will take you from one casino to the next along this river the Colorado River |
#8360, aired 2021-03-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: Now a state capital, it beat out Golden to become the first city in the territory to connect to the Union Pacific railroad Denver, Colorado |
#8359, aired 2021-03-18 | MOUNTAIN $400: The highest peak in the Rocky Mountains is 14,400-foot Mount Elbert in this state Colorado |
#8315, aired 2021-01-15 | U.S. CITIES $1600: This former mining town founded in 1859 is home to the Colorado Railroad Museum & a famous brewery Golden |
#8305, aired 2020-12-18 | STATES BY COUNTY $1000: Mesa,
Cheyenne,
Pueblo Colorado |
#8304, aired 2020-12-17 | STREAMING SERVICE $200: The Grand Canyon Trust vows to protect this major river that cuts through the canyon Colorado |
#8303, aired 2020-12-16 | U.S. FACT SHEET $800: The largest gorge is the Grand Canyon but the deepest one is Hells Canyon along this river the Snake River |
#8297, aired 2020-12-08 | GEOGRAPHIC FOURS $800: These 4 states meet at the USA's Four Corners Monument Utah, Arizona, New Mexico & Colorado |
#8292, aired 2020-12-01 | OOOH...FIREWORKS! $800: In 2020 this state's Steamboat Springs Winter Carnival set a record for largest aerial firework with a 2,800-pound shell Colorado |
#8274, aired 2020-11-05 | MUSIC VENUES $3,000 (Daily Double): Here's the geological beauty that makes up this outdoor venue in Colorado Red Rocks |
#8272, aired 2020-11-03 | RIVER DEEP, MOUNTAIN HIGH $400: In Colorado Mount Yale rises 14,200'; naturally, this "rival" mount that also got its name in 1869 had to be 200' taller Mount Harvard |
#8269, aired 2020-10-29 | TRANSLATED GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $2000: Spanish:
Blood of Christ mountains, Colorado & New Mexico The Sangre de Cristo Mountains |
#8266, aired 2020-10-26 | ON ITS WESTERN BORDER $400: Arizona: this nearly 1,400-mile-long waterway the Colorado River |
#8264, aired 2020-10-22 | AMERICAN SUPERLATIVES $200: At more than 1,000 feet above the water, the highest of these in the U.S. spans Royal Gorge in Colorado a bridge |
#8262, aired 2020-10-20 | WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN THE U.S. $1200: With about 600 cliff dwellings of the ancestral Pueblo people, this Colorado national park is on the list Mesa Verde |
#8246, aired 2020-09-28 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: More than 1/3 of the courses at the Fort Collins main campus of this state school are sustainability related Colorado State |
#8244, aired 2020-09-24 | "A" IS FOR AUTUMN $1000: Sometimes called "quaking", this tree brings glorious color to autumn in Colorado aspen |
#8240, aired 2020-09-18 | PLACES OF SUBSTANCE $800: It's a compound of the element with symbol Te; it's also a Colorado ski town telluride |
#8235, aired 2020-06-12 | COLORFUL CITIES $4,000 (Daily Double): This former mining town was Colorado's territorial capital Golden |
#8228, aired 2020-06-03 | IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $1000: Yes, & the massive Three Gorges Dam generates 22,500 megawatts stretching 1.4 miles across this river the Yangtze River |
#8211, aired 2020-04-27 | WHO MADE THAT? $800: The stately Colorado pickup truck Chevy (Chevrolet) |
#8203, aired 2020-04-15 | THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $800: For a real Rocky Mountain high, visit this military academy near Colorado Springs the Air Force Academy |
#8191, aired 2020-03-30 | UP THE RIVER $800: From Winterhaven, California, Yuma, Arizona is just up this river the Colorado |
#8175, aired 2020-03-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $400: A Rocky Mountain state pahks its cah in front of an East Coast state & falls into this long state of unconsciousness a coma (Colorado & Massachusetts) |
#8168, aired 2020-02-26 | WHISTLE BLOWERS $200: In 1990 officials accidentally gave Colorado this many downs to score a last-second game-winning TD at Missouri five |
#8145, aired 2020-01-24 | GEOGRAPHIC NUMBERS $400: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah meet at a spot called this Four Corners |
#8143, aired 2020-01-22 | LOCK HIM UP! $2000: He served as Illinois governor from 2003 to 2009; in 2012 he began serving time at a low-security prison in Colorado Blagojevich |
#8141, aired 2020-01-20 | THE AMERICAS BEFORE COLUMBUS $1200: This "green table" region of southwest Colorado was home to Pueblo cliff dwellers more than 7 centuries ago Mesa Verde |
#8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $400: These 2 rivers form parts of the border between the U.S. & Mexico the Rio Grande & the Colorado |
#7, aired 2020-01-14 | STUMP TOWN $600: The fabulous skiing of Snowmass is about 10 miles west of this city Aspen, Colorado |
#8105, aired 2019-11-29 | THE OLD WEST $800: The pre-Civil War discovery of gold in Colorado led to cries of this alliterative site "or Bust" Pike's Peak |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: A gateway to Dinosaur National Monument is the town of Dinosaur in this state Colorado |
#8087, aired 2019-11-05 | PAC-12 SCHOOLS $1600: Alums of this U.--former Liberian Pres. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & (bigger hint) Trey Parker & Matt Stone of "South Park" University of Colorado |
#8084, aired 2019-10-31 | MOUNTAIN STATES $800: Mount Elbert, highest of the American Rockies Colorado |
#8077, aired 2019-10-22 | BRIDGES GALORE! $400: In 1971 this bridge went from crossing the Thames to crossing the Colorado London Bridge |
#8071, aired 2019-10-14 | AMERICAN POETS LAUREATE $1200: Colorado laureate Milford Shields must have been surprised when the governor also made this singer laureate in 1974 John Denver |
#8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LIFE ON MARS $800: The Valles Marineris is a canyon system that's almost 5 times as deep as this one carved by the Colorado the Grand Canyon |
#8066, aired 2019-10-07 | AROUND THE USA $800: You can feel like an 1880s train rider aboard the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad in this state Colorado |
#8065, aired 2019-10-04 | SALUTE TO 8000 $1000: As per its name, this seat of Pitkin County, Colorado has lots of trees--they release the oxygen humans need at 8,000 feet Aspen |
#8064, aired 2019-10-03 | GO WEST $400: ...30 miles from Grand Junction, Colorado & you'll be in this state Utah |
#8054, aired 2019-09-19 | ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES $4,133 (Daily Double): This 1974 James Michener novel covers centuries, not just 1 significant year, in the history of Colorado Centennial |
#8044, aired 2019-07-25 | MILK, THIS CATEGORY $800: Started in Boulder, Colorado in the '70s, this brand sells almond milk & cashew milk Silk |
#8033, aired 2019-07-10 | PRISON NICKNAMES $800: Although it's not on an island, the ADX maximum facility in Florence, Colorado is known as this historic jail "of the Rockies" Alcatraz |
#7967, aired 2019-04-09 | BEER $200: In a 2019 Super Bowl ad, we learned about the corn syrup policy of Bud Light, Miller Lite & this Colorado light Coors |
#7966, aired 2019-04-08 | TRUE CRIME BOOK SHELF $800: "Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" tells of the still unsolved Christmas night murder of this little girl in Boulder, Colorado JonBenét Ramsey |
#7959, aired 2019-03-28 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $200: On a state postal abbreviation to get this act of taking out an apple's seeds coring |
#7952, aired 2019-03-19 | PARK-ITECTURE $1200: An 1859 visitor said a Colorado site was a fit place for these beings to assemble, & it's still called "Garden of" them the Garden of the Gods |
#7944, aired 2019-03-07 | DAM / STRAIT $400: The 160,000-acre Lake Powell reservoir was created by Arizona's Glen Canyon Dam on this river the Colorado River |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This city that's home to the University of Colorado lies at the base of the Flatiron Range of the Rockies Boulder |
#7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE OLD WEST $600: One of the first of these shows with a Spanish name was held in Colorado in 1869; a Brit was named champion bronc buster a rodeo |
#7881, aired 2018-12-10 | SPRINGS $600: Gold medal hopefuls train at the U.S. Olympic complex in this city 6,000 feet up Colorado Springs |
#7874, aired 2018-11-29 | LET'S PUT RUTHERFORD B. HAYES IN THE PICTURE! $400: Here he is in this state that joined the union in 1876--the year RBH was elected Colorado |
#7874, aired 2018-11-29 | ELEMENTAL U.S. PLACES $1200: 5,675 feet high, this city is home to the Coors Brewing Company Golden, Colorado |
#7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $800: This river provides about 60% of the water for SoCal, but is barely a trickle when it reaches the ocean the Colorado |
#7870, aired 2018-11-23 | GOVERNORS $1000: Looper is an old Dutch word for runner; this Colorado governor's name may mean "battle runner" (John) Hickenlooper |
#7867, aired 2018-11-20 | RESORT $800: Colorado's Dunton Hot Spring says it's a "perfectly restored" one of these abandoned mining towns a ghost town |
#7848, aired 2018-10-24 | STATE FOSSILS $1600: There's debate as to the placement & purpose of the plates on the back of this state fossil of Colorado the stegosaurus |
#7847, aired 2018-10-23 | ZEBULON PIKE'S PIQUES $400: On Thanksgiving 1806, Pike & his men failed to climb the peak that now bears his name in this state Colorado |
#7837, aired 2018-10-09 | WHAT TREE AM I? $1000: A west central Colorado ski resort city is named for me, this tree of the willow family aspen |
#7821, aired 2018-09-17 | STATE SONGS $1,200 (Daily Double): "In its fair western home, may the columbine bloom til our great mountain rivers run dry" Colorado |
#7816, aired 2018-09-10 | OUR STATE LOOKS UP TO YOU $400: It's due north of New Mexico Colorado |
#7810, aired 2018-07-20 | RIVERS $400: Rising in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, the Rio Grande flows 1,900 miles into this body of water the Gulf of Mexico |
#7801, aired 2018-07-09 | UNFURL THE STATE FLAG $400: You can make out the postal abbreviation of this state in its flag Colorado |
#7793, aired 2018-06-27 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $2,200 (Daily Double): It's home to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum & Hall of Fame Vail |
#7790, aired 2018-06-22 | U.S. CITIES $800: It might "rock" your world to take a tour of the Celestial Seasonings Tea factory in this Colorado city Boulder |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | PLAYING POLITICS $200: Colorado's John Hickenlooper claims to be the first brewer/state governor since this Founding Father Sam Adams |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | HAIL HYDRO $800: The power plant at this concrete landmark on the Colorado River can hold 2 million kilowatts the Hoover Dam |
#7757, aired 2018-05-08 | NATIONAL PARKS $600: Known for its cliff dwellings, the name of this Colorado park is Spanish for "green table" Mesa Verde |
#7737, aired 2018-04-10 | STATES' GEOGRAPHIC CENTERS $400: 30 miles northwest of Pikes Peak Colorado |
#7736, aired 2018-04-09 | SAVES $200: Though hitter-friendly Coors Field is his home park, Greg Holland of this team tied for the 2017 NL lead in saves the Colorado Rockies |
#7733, aired 2018-04-04 | THE POSTMAN'S 4-LETTER WORDS $1000: Lignite, for example coal |
#7716, aired 2018-03-12 | "SHOW" & "TELL" $2000: Colorado ski resort & film festival locale Telluride |
#7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STATELY BODIES OF WATER $200: It forms the Arizona-California border before emptying into the Gulf of California in Mexico the Colorado River |
#7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THEY'RE IN THE BAND $800: Zach Filkins & Ryan Tedder met in Colorado & play in this band OneRepublic |
#7633, aired 2017-11-15 | STATE SYMBOLS $400: The Colorado Hairstreak, one of these, has floated in as Colorado's state insect a butterfly |
#7632, aired 2017-11-14 | COLORFUL AMERICAN CITIES $800: The statue of Adolph Coors seen here is in this Colorado city Golden |
#7631, aired 2017-11-13 | LIGHT UP A CIGAR $400: Brownish-red cigars are classed as "C", standing for this Spanish word, also a U.S. state colorado |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BRIDGE ACROSS THE "C" $400: Bridge of the Gods & Grand Coulee Dam Bridge both span this mighty river the Columbia |
#7624, aired 2017-11-02 | BRIDGE ACROSS THE "C" $2000: Austin's Pennybacker Bridge offers a picturesque view of this river the Colorado |
#7621, aired 2017-10-30 | THE STATE'S SECOND-LARGEST CITY $1600: Colorado:
Home to NORAD & Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Springs |
#7606, aired 2017-10-09 | STATES BY COLORFUL LOCALES $200: Greenbelt &
Silver Spring Maryland |
#7605, aired 2017-10-06 | MOST INSTAGRAMMED PLACES BY STATE $1000: In this state:
Red Rocks Park & Amphitheatre Colorado |
#7596, aired 2017-09-25 | NFL TEAMS BY HALL OF FAMER $600: Running back Marcus Allen the Los Angeles Raiders |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | HIGHWAY TO HELL $400 (Daily Double): This state's Highway 67 will get you a nice view of Devils Head Mountain in Pike National Forest Colorado |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | HIGHWAY TO HELL $1000: Highway 71 gets you to America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, & this river that flows through it the Snake |
#7580, aired 2017-07-21 | COLLEGE STADIUMS & ARENAS $400: In 1990, after a $5 million donation, this school's indoor sports facility was renamed Coors Events Center University of Colorado |
#7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE NAME OF THE WIND $1600: One of these "fishy" winds in the Rockies once hit 134 miles per hour near Boulder, Colorado the Chinook |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | STATE THE CITY $400: Aurora, elevation 5,435 feet Colorado |
#7554, aired 2017-06-15 | U.S. MUSEUMS $2000: Learn about these mysterious ancestors of the Pueblo people at the Manitou cliff Dwellings & Museum in Colorado the Anasazi |
#7541, aired 2017-05-29 | A ROCKY CATEGORY $800: This Apple co-founder started college in Colorado in 1968 & graduated Cal in 1986 under the alias Rocky Clark (Steve) Wozniak |
#7538, aired 2017-05-24 | GEOGRAPHIC FORMATIONS $1000: Up to 750' feet high, the highest sand dunes in the US. are in Great Sand Dunes National Park in this Rocky Mountain state Colorado |
#7535, aired 2017-05-19 | STATE NICKNAMES $200: "The Centennial State" Colorado |
#7515, aired 2017-04-21 | ANIMALS ON THE MAP $1200: This river rises in New Mexico & flows into the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona the Gila River |
#7512, aired 2017-04-18 | "GRAND" SLAM $2,000 (Daily Double): It makes sense that this Colorado city is found where the Gunnison & Colorado Rivers meet Grand Junction |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE SOUTHWEST $1200: Located along the Little Colorado River, this colorful desert was called El Desierto Pintado by Spanish explorers the Painted Desert |
#7496, aired 2017-03-27 | THE SOUTHWEST $3,600 (Daily Double): Of the 4 states that meet at Four Corners National Monument, this state is last alphabetically Utah |
#7480, aired 2017-03-03 | BEST DAY OF MY LIFE $1000: What an adrenaline rush! I zip lined 1,200 feet above the Arkansas River, across this regal Colorado canyon the Royal Gorge |
#7475, aired 2017-02-24 | USA! USA! $200: Arches National Park is on this river, which also flows through the Grand Canyon the Colorado |
#7472, aired 2017-02-21 | STATES BY COUNTIES $600: Boulder,
Baca Colorado |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $400: In 1873 this Prussian-American founded a brewery on the banks of Clear Creek in Colorado Coors |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AN "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Take U.S. Hwy 50 to find the path to this Colorado county named for an explorer who mapped the area in 1843 Fremont |
#7459, aired 2017-02-02 | LINES ON THE MAP $800: Almost precisely straight lines mark the borders of these two states that joined the Union in 1876 and 1890 Wyoming and Colorado |
#7448, aired 2017-01-18 | THIS LAND IS MY LAND $1200: You can go up on Cripple Creek southwest of this Colorado peak named for an Army officer Pikes Peak |
#7441, aired 2017-01-09 | "G" CITIES $2000: This Colorado city was founded in 1870 & named for the New York Tribune editor who supported the settlers Greeley |
#7429, aired 2016-12-22 | SPELL IT WITH STATE ABBREVIATIONS $400: Pepsi is one Colorado & Louisiana (CO & LA) |
#7420, aired 2016-12-09 | IT BORDERS BOTH $800: Kansas & South Dakota Nebraska |
#7394, aired 2016-11-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 1540 Garcia Lopez de Cardenas found this natural wonder; his men tried to climb down to the Colorado River but failed the Grand Canyon |
#7385, aired 2016-10-21 | HISTORIC OOPSIES $400: A 1922 deal dividing water among 7 states was based on a vast overestimate of the flow of this Southwest river the Colorado River |
#7351, aired 2016-07-25 | STATE FLOWERS $800: The Rocky Mountain Columbine, Colorado's state flower, was discovered in 1820 on the slopes of this man's "peak" Pike |
#7332, aired 2016-06-28 | WESTMINSTER $600: Westminster, Colorado boasts a location midway between Denver & this place with a fitting name for a city in the Rockies Boulder |
#7305, aired 2016-05-20 | BRIDGES $2000: One of the highest bridges in the world is the Royal Gorge Bridge in this Western state Colorado |
#7304, aired 2016-05-19 | LEGALIZE IT $800: In 2012 Washington & this other U.S. state legalized recreational marijuana use Colorado |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | DODGE PODGE $1000: A city in Colorado a Durango |
#7293, aired 2016-05-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1600: The Colorado & Yuma Deserts are subdivisions of this Mojave neighbor known as the "home of the saguaro cactus" the Sonora |
#7287, aired 2016-04-26 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): This river & its tributaries flow through 3 major deserts: the Great Basin, the Sonoran & the Mojave the Colorado River |
#7281, aired 2016-04-18 | U.S. GOVERNORS $1000: Serving a 14-year sentence in Colorado, not Illinois, he's Prisoner Number 40892-424 (Rod) Blagojevich |
#7273, aired 2016-04-06 | "R" HOTEL $400: We're not puttin' you on: this luxury chain has hotels in McLean, Virginia & Bachelor Gulch, Colorado the Ritz |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | AROUND THE USA $1000: Nevada's southernmost town, it lies on the Colorado River across from
Bullhead City, Arizona Laughlin |
#7257, aired 2016-03-15 | "R" & "R" $800: It's the naturally formed Colorado amphitheatre seen here Red Rocks |
#7256, aired 2016-03-14 | GONNA TAKE YOU HIGHER $800: At Breckenridge, Colorado, a high-speed one of these starts at 11,900 feet up & ascends almost 1,000 feet more a ski lift |
#7246, aired 2016-02-29 | LANDMARKS $400: It's obstructing the flow of the Colorado River, creating Lake Mead the Hoover Dam |
#7242, aired 2016-02-23 | THE 1970s $200: The U.S. could have had a bicentennial Olympics, but voters of this Colorado city said no thanks to the 1976 Winter Games Denver |
#7225, aired 2016-01-29 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $1600: Rivers emptying into this gulf include the Sonora & Colorado the Gulf of California |
#7222, aired 2016-01-26 | HOUSE PROUD $1000: Look out below! Just west of Colorado Springs is the site called the Manitou these Native American "dwellings" cliff dwellings |
#7221, aired 2016-01-25 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: The film festival in this Colorado village kicks off each Labor Day weekend with a barbecue on Main Street Telluride |
#7219, aired 2016-01-21 | ON THE MOVE $600: This Dodge mid-size SUV is named for a city in Southwest Colorado Durango |
#7207, aired 2016-01-05 | WYOMING $800: Wyoming's average elevation is around 6,700 feet, second only to this neighbor Colorado |
#7163, aired 2015-11-04 | STATELY RIVERS $1200: In the late 1930s the All-American Canal was built to deliver water from this river to California's Imperial Valley the Colorado |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | NEW MEXICO $2,000 (Daily Double): This river that rises in northern New Mexico gave its name to the Southwest's counterpart to Paul Bunyan the Pecos River |
#7155, aired 2015-10-23 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $600: Wind your way through Hells Canyon while rafting on this river the Snake River |
#7154, aired 2015-10-22 | LINES ON THE MAP $800: It's the only state whose borders, like with Montana to the north & Colorado to the south, are 4 straight lines Wyoming |
#7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, GA.) The runner-up for the Heisman in 1937 for his play at Colorado perhaps will see his judicial robes honored someday in the Supreme Court hall of fame Byron "Whizzer" White |
#7141, aired 2015-10-05 | DON'T DRINK THE WATER $1200: In 2015 a rock dam was removed from this type of site in Colorado, turning the Animas River yellow & metallic a (gold) mine |
#7140, aired 2015-10-02 | I'M JUST A "VILLE" $1600: Named for its abundance of ore, this Colorado city is the USA's highest incorporated city Leadville |
#7137, aired 2015-09-29 | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE $5,000 (Daily Double): This brigadier general who gave his name to a Colorado peak was killed during the War of 1812 (Zebulon) Pike |
#7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ADVENTURE TRAVEL $1000: From November to May, rather than hiking, this how to go hut-to-hut in Colorado's 10th Mountain Division system skiing |
#7123, aired 2015-07-29 | TEAMS THAT HAVEN'T WON THE WORLD SERIES $600: In 2015 shortstop Troy Tulowitzki hopes to help this team fulfill its mile high hopes the (Colorado) Rockies |
#7108, aired 2015-07-08 | TRIPLE HOMOPHONES $600: Something worn to conceal the face,
a low area &
a ski resort of Colorado veil/vale/Vail |
#7103, aired 2015-07-01 | TV TITLE ____ & ____ $800: He flew to earth in an egg; she lived in Colorado; boom. Hit '70s sitcom Mork & Mindy |
#7102, aired 2015-06-30 | NAME THE 19th CENTURY DECADE $1,000 (Daily Double): Colorado statehood the 1870s |
#7089, aired 2015-06-11 | WAY BACK IN 2012 $2,000 (Daily Double): These 2 states legalized recreational marijuana use Colorado & Washington |
#7088, aired 2015-06-10 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE RIVERS $1600: Rising near Tennessee pass in the Colorado Rockies, it flows southeasterly for more than 1,400 miles the Arkansas River |
#7080, aired 2015-05-29 | NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES $400 (Daily Double): Historically, the Mojave were known as the Pipa Aha Macav, "people by the river"--this river the Colorado (River) |
#7079, aired 2015-05-28 | BASEBALL STADIUMS $400: The clock at 20th & Blake Streets is a meeting place for Colorado Rockies fans prior to entering this field Coors |
#7060, aired 2015-05-01 | TECHNOLOGY & STUFF $200: The 2014 World Series MVP got a Colorado from this car brand, whose rep noted its "technology & stuff" Chevy |
#7060, aired 2015-05-01 | TRAVELING $400: Twice the size of Manhattan, this Colorado facility opened February 28, 1995 to replace Stapleton Denver International Airport |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | IT'S JUST GORGE-OUS $2000: The funicular railway running up the side of this Colorado gorge on the Arkansas River climbs 1,550 feet at a 45-degree angle Royal Gorge |
#7049, aired 2015-04-16 | ENGINEERING $2000: This horseshoe-shaped, glass-bottomed structure extends 4,000 feet over the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon the Skywalk |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Naturally, this river forms the Arizona-California border the Colorado |
#7030, aired 2015-03-20 | ANNUAL EVENTS $600: The annual marathon up & down this Colorado peak is called "America's Ultimate Challenge" Pikes Peak |
#7017, aired 2015-03-03 | GEOGRAPHIC ETYMOLOGY $800: Spanish explorers named this river that originates in the same-named state due to its red hue the Colorado |
#7007, aired 2015-02-17 | COLD WORLD OUT THERE $400: You can freeze your Aspen off in Fraser in this state, with a year-round average of 32.5 degrees Colorado |
#6986, aired 2015-01-19 | ATTA BOY, TOM! $1000: Last name of U.S. Senators Tom from New Mexico & Mark from Colorado Udall |
#6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Before he was killed in the War of 1812, Zebulon Pike discovered a famous mountain peak in this state Colorado |
#6940, aired 2014-11-14 | LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The 1881 addition of this region stretching south from Argentina's Colorado River expanded the nation's territory Patagonia |
#6920, aired 2014-10-17 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $200: This state has featured a Rocky Mountains motif since 1960 Colorado |
#6913, aired 2014-10-08 | GRAVE NEW WORLD $1600: The tombstone seen here isn't in Tombstone, Arizona, but in Glenwood Springs in this Western state Colorado |
#6908, aired 2014-10-01 | STATES' HIGH & LOW POINTS $600: Low:
Colorado River in Yuma County Arizona |
#6901, aired 2014-09-22 | "D.C."ING YOU $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the only capital-&-state combo that fits the category Denver, Colorado |
#6900, aired 2014-09-19 | YOU GOT THE MINE, I GOT THE SHAFT $1600: Despite protests, a uranium mine is planned for near the south rim of this in the Colorado plateau the Grand Canyon |
#6896, aired 2014-09-15 | STATES THAT FLOW TOGETHER $1000: One has Rocky Mountain National Park, one has Cherokee State Park Colorado & Oklahoma |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | MOUNTAINS $200: Boulder, Colorado is in the Flatiron Range, part of these mountains the Rockies |
#6895, aired 2014-08-01 | A FEW WORDS WITH "MOM" & "DAD" $800: Name of a city in southern Colorado as well as Tobago's partner island Trinidad |
#6894, aired 2014-07-31 | STATE'S LEFTS $1000: To the left of Kansas Colorado |
#6889, aired 2014-07-24 | COOL BUILDINGS $400: Ask mom if you can buy two of each stuffed animal
at the Colorado store called "Estes" this Ark |
#6884, aired 2014-07-17 | A RIVER RUNS BETWEEN THEM $1200: The United States & Mexico (in addition to the Rio Grande/
Rio Bravo) the Colorado |
#6866, aired 2014-06-23 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1000: With bony back plates somewhat resembling a range of mountains, this dinosaur is Colorado's state fossil Stegosaurus |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PLACES IN COLORADO $200: You can tour the U.S. mint in this Colorado city Denver |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PLACES IN COLORADO $400: The main campus of the University of Colorado is in this "rocking" city Boulder |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PLACES IN COLORADO $600: This brewery had a "golden" beginning in 1873 in the city of that name Coors |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PLACES IN COLORADO $1,000 (Daily Double): This city of 95,000 people is named for a New York Tribune editor Greeley |
#6864, aired 2014-06-19 | PLACES IN COLORADO $1000: This "grand" city is named for its location at the confluence of 2 rivers Grand Junction |
#6848, aired 2014-05-28 | MLB TEAMS EN FRANÇAIS $2000: Les Rocheuses the Colorado Rockies |
#6805, aired 2014-03-28 | IN THE SAND $600: The Colorado national park called "Great Sand" these contains the tallest ones in North America dunes |
#6797, aired 2014-03-18 | STATE SONGS $2000: One of Colorado's state songs mentions this official state flower in its title & lyrics the columbine |
#6786, aired 2014-03-03 | STEPHEN KING $400: Like "The Shining", "Misery" deals with a writer stuck in this U.S. state during winter Colorado |
#6757, aired 2014-01-21 | & THE FISH WAS THIS BIG! $800: A general term for a small fish; most American ones are less than 6 inches, but one in the Colorado River can run 6 feet minnow |
#6744, aired 2014-01-02 | WORLD OF FACTS $200: This river has been eroding rock for about 6 million years, creating the Grand Canyon the Colorado |
#6742, aired 2013-12-31 | 3-LETTER WORDS $2000: A member of an American Indian people of Colorado Ute |
#6737, aired 2013-12-24 | STATE NICKNAMES $600: "The Centennial State" Colorado |
#6734, aired 2013-12-19 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $1600: Louis L'Amour wrote many of his western novels in room 222 of the Strater hotel in Durango in this state Colorado |
#6728, aired 2013-12-11 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $400: One of the highest navigable rivers in the U.S., the Animas rises to over 10,000 feet in this state Colorado |
#6725, aired 2013-12-06 | METALS $1000: Discovered in Colorado in the 1950s, coffinite is an ore that is more than 60% this radioactive metal uranium |
#6716, aired 2013-11-25 | BLAME IT ON THE RAIN $600: September 2013 flooding in 17 counties of this state wrecked thousands of homes & cut off entire towns Colorado |
#6715, aired 2013-11-22 | THE SHORT VERSION $1600: On the clock in Colorado:
MDT Mountain Daylight Time |
#6713, aired 2013-11-20 | INSPIRATION $800: Downtown Fort Collins, Colorado partly inspired this original area of Disneyland Main Street, U.S.A. |
#6704, aired 2013-11-07 | AROUND THE USA $800: Is a marathon too short? Try a 100-mile course with a high point at 12,600 feet--the Leadville trail 100 run in this state Colorado |
#6695, aired 2013-10-25 | STATE OF THE BOOK $600: "Centennial" by James Michener Colorado |
#6691, aired 2013-10-21 | INTO THIN AIR $200: Newlyweds Glen & Bessie Hyde vanished in 1928 trying to navigate the Colorado River through this natural wonder the Grand Canyon |
#6685, aired 2013-10-11 | CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS $200: Of Colorado's 7 congressional districts, 3 are partly within this metropolis & its suburbs Denver |
#6672, aired 2013-09-24 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $1600: It's located where the Colorado River meets the Gila River in southwestern Arizona Yuma |
#6664, aired 2013-08-01 | IT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 1 $400: This western state was a mile high when it gained statehood on Aug. 1, 1876 Colorado |
#6660, aired 2013-07-26 | FANTASTIC 4 $400: Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico & Utah meet at a monument known as this the Four Corners |
#6659, aired 2013-07-25 | LEFT, RIGHT & CENTER $800: Organizing a trade show or dentists' conference? consider the 2.2-million-square-foot "Colorado" this facility convention center |
#6653, aired 2013-07-17 | U.S. RIVERS $1200: Called Utah's major stream, the Green River drains the northeast quarter of the state & flows into this longer one the Colorado River |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: One of the official state songs of this western state was a top 10 hit for John Denver Colorado |
#6618, aired 2013-05-29 | WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $1200: We're in Colorado exploring this national park whose name means "green table" Mesa Verde |
#6584, aired 2013-04-11 | A PLACE IN THE SUN $1000: There's a 76% chance of sun in this Colorado town that's Spanish for, um, "town" Pueblo |
#6573, aired 2013-03-27 | OUT WEST IN THE 1850s $1200: A gold strike in Colorado led to the slogan this mountain "or bust" Pikes Peak |
#6560, aired 2013-03-08 | OUR STATE FAIR $400: In Pueblo in late August- early September Colorado |
#6541, aired 2013-02-11 | THEY'RE HISTORY! $1600: Singular last name of Zebulon, who got a Colorado peak named for him without ever reaching the top Pike |
#6525, aired 2013-01-18 | THE SILVER STATE $800: On June 29, 1994 Nevada reached a new high when the temperature reached 125° in this city on the Colorado River Laughlin |
#6518, aired 2013-01-09 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $200: There's a canal named this in Mesa County, Colorado, a long way from the famous one in New York State Erie |
#6509, aired 2012-12-27 | ANAGRAMMED AMERICA $600: The Surfer Croon, where Colorado meets 3 friends Four Corners |
#6501, aired 2012-12-17 | THE OTHER 45 STATES $1600: This basically rectangular state is surrounded by Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado & Utah Wyoming |
#6493, aired 2012-12-05 | THE CHRISTMAS TREE $400: If there's blue in your decor, the Colorado blue type of this conifer might be a good tree choice a blue spruce |
#6479, aired 2012-11-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "A" $800: Colorado ski resort
(5) Aspen |
#6463, aired 2012-10-24 | THE GUNFIGHT AT... $2000: Frank Loving finally got his in an 1882 gunfight with John Allen in Trinidad, Colorado, along this trail the Santa Fe Trail |
#6452, aired 2012-10-09 | STATE GEMS $400: Colorado's official state gem is this "watery" greeny-blue one aquamarine |
#6437, aired 2012-09-18 | LONG-RUNNING TV $600: This TV show traces its origins to 1992, when 2 Univ. of Colorado students made the animated short "Jesus vs. Frosty" South Park |
#6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) Because the majestic saba tree connected the earth & the heavens in the mythology of this Central American people, the saba is still sacred to their descendants the Mayans |
#6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) In damp tropical soils huge spreading root systems help trees resist toppling; such roots are called these, like exterior projecting supports of a building buttresses |
#6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) Some species of tropical fig start as a seed that lands atop another tree; the fig sends its roots downward, enveloping & choking the host tree, giving the fig this deadly name a strangler fig |
#6412, aired 2012-07-03 | THIS IS SPORTS SENATOR $2000: Colorado senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell was on the U.S. Judo team at the 1964 Summer Olympics in this Asian city Tokyo |
#6410, aired 2012-06-29 | BASEBALL TEAMS BY STADIUM $600: Coors Field the Colorado Rockies |
#6403, aired 2012-06-20 | UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES $400: "The Highest State" Colorado |
#6383, aired 2012-05-23 | TV LOCATIONS $800: Before moving to Colorado, Mork from Ork first appeared on Earth in this city Milwaukee |
#6379, aired 2012-05-17 | STOP THE PRESSES! $2000: The web preserves the final edition of this "News" paper; it says, "Our time chronicling the life of Denver and Colorado... is over" The Rocky Mountain News |
#6363, aired 2012-04-25 | THE "A" TEAM $1200: Look out below! It's Colorado's NHL team! the Avalanche |
#6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $400: They don't come much squarer than this state Colorado |
#6358, aired 2012-04-18 | U.S. RIVERS $400: The artificially created Lake Mead in Nevada has an outlet to the sea via this river the Colorado |
#6328, aired 2012-03-07 | SAND $1600: Water can be released into the Grand Canyon to bring sediment & add these sandy areas along the Colorado's shores sandbars |
#6315, aired 2012-02-17 | STATE FARM $400: Happy Heart Farm in Fort Collins Colorado |
#6314, aired 2012-02-16 | CENTRAL AMERICAN WILDLIFE $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) The loudest New World animal, the howler monkey, gets its volume from a special hollow bone that acts as one of these, like the body of a guitar an amplifier |
#6313, aired 2012-02-15 | 10 $1000: One of the 2 universities that joined the Pac-10 in 2011, making it the Pac-12 Colorado (or Utah) |
#6309, aired 2012-02-09 | FESTIVALS $1600: The film festival in this Colorado mining town began in 1974 with screenings at the Sheridan Opera House Telluride |
#6301, aired 2012-01-30 | STATE FLOWERS $600: The Rocky Mountain columbine Colorado |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | STATE LICENSE PLATE SLOGANS $800: "Greatest Snow On Earth" Utah |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKING A PEAK AT THE STATE $600: Matchless Mountain, Aspen Mountain Colorado |
#6233, aired 2011-10-26 | STEAMBOATS $200: Steamboat Springs in this state was so named because the bubbling springs sounded like a chugging steamboat Colorado |
#6218, aired 2011-10-05 | LANGUAGES $2000: The Colorado language is spoken by around 2,000 in the jungle west of this capital of Ecuador Quito |
#6212, aired 2011-09-27 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL LOGOS $1000: A baseball flying past snow-capped mountains the (Colorado) Rockies |
#6208, aired 2011-09-21 | MONEY BEST PLACES TO LIVE $400: Tops on the list is Louisville in Boulder County in this state, not Kentucky--low crime, good jobs & Rockies skiing Colorado |
#6207, aired 2011-09-20 | STATELY RIVERS $400: This river that rises in the Rockies forms the Arizona-California border the Colorado |
#6204, aired 2011-07-28 | RIVERS $1000: Flowing westward, this river has a drainage basin that covers seven states the Colorado |
#6199, aired 2011-07-21 | MOUNTAINS $400: At 14,433 feet, Colorado's Mount Elbert is the highest peak in this mountain chain the Rockies |
#6193, aired 2011-07-13 | "EVER"S $1600: In a WB TV series, Treat Williams followed his dead wife's wish & took the kids to this Colorado town Everwood |
#6192, aired 2011-07-12 | NATIONAL FOREST STATES $600: Pike National Forest Colorado |
#6190, aired 2011-07-08 | WEBSITES $400: On the Colorado-based website this giant.com, you can get a bumper one for the car, like "it's all good" a sticker |
#6163, aired 2011-06-01 | STATE SLOGANS $400: "Rocky Mountain High" Colorado |
#6144, aired 2011-05-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Leadville in the Rockies in this state is the USA's highest incorporated city Colorado |
#6142, aired 2011-05-03 | TAKE THE FIFTH $1600: This river that forms part of the boundary between the U.S. & Mexico is the fifth longest in North America the Rio Grande |
#6139, aired 2011-04-28 | STATE FLAGS $800: It's flag has a big red "C", a reference to its name, which means "red" in Spanish Colorado |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | THEY NAMED A MOUNTAIN FOR ME $600: The USA's 14,264-foot Mount Evans was named for the second governor of this then-territory Colorado |
#6117, aired 2011-03-29 | SLEEPY $2000: Tim McGraw called this Colorado ski resort city southwest of Aspen & Vail a "sleepy little town" Telluride |
#6095, aired 2011-02-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: On Aug. 12, 1901 the first auto reached the summit of this "Peak" near Colorado Springs, Colorado Pikes Peak |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | RIVERS $1200: This river that rises in the Rocky Mountains flows through the Grand Canyon the Colorado |
#6091, aired 2011-02-21 | STATES' FIRST NEWSPAPERS $600: Rocky Mountain News
(1859) Colorado |
#6082, aired 2011-02-08 | A PLACE CALLED CARSON $1200: Kit Carson Peak is one of this mountainous state's many 14ers Colorado |
#6054, aired 2010-12-30 | I CAN PREDICT THE FUTURE $800: Colorado & Utah will go west & join this sporting conference in 2011 the Pac-10 |
#6052, aired 2010-12-28 | STATE CAPITALS $200: The key on this capital's corporate seal represents it beit the key to the Rocky Mountain region Denver |
#6051, aired 2010-12-27 | A BIT CONSERVATIVE $800: Man-made Lake Powell on this river is named for early conservationist John Wesley Powell the Colorado River |
#6049, aired 2010-12-23 | I'LL SEE YOU IN COURT! $1000: In 2008 an inmate in Pueblo County in this state sued the prison, saying it didn't do enough to stop him from breaking out Colorado |
#6042, aired 2010-12-14 | THE STATE NAME $1000: ...with the most Os Colorado |
#5980, aired 2010-09-17 | REALITY SHOWS A LA SHAKESPEARE $1000: Rogues! Fugitives! Hear me! The Chapmans will track & capture thee from Hawaii to Colorado! This is our (A&E) quest! Dog the Bounty Hunter |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | NEWS TO ME $2000: Falcon Heene, who it turned out was safe at home, not flying over Colorado, became known as this "boy" the balloon boy |
#5956, aired 2010-07-05 | MOUNTAINS $1200: The world's highest cog railway takes you to the summit of this 14,110-foot Colorado mountain Pike's Peak |
#5953, aired 2010-06-30 | THE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP $800: Damon Runyon gave this champ the nickname "Manassa Mauler", Manassa being the Colorado town where he was born Jack Dempsey |
#5948, aired 2010-06-23 | BUSINESSWOMEN $400: Denver's Linda Alvarado is the first woman to use her own capital to buy into a MLB team, this one the (Colorado) Rockies |
#5945, aired 2010-06-18 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: Over millions of years, it carved out the Grand Canyon the Colorado |
#5944, aired 2010-06-17 | THE IRON HORSE $800: The railroad museum of this state has a locomotive from the state's Florence & Cripple Creek railroad Colorado |
#5922, aired 2010-05-18 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $800: 479 feet above sea level on the Colorado River in Clark County just south of Laughlin Nevada |
#5918, aired 2010-05-12 | YOU'RE TRIPPING $1200: This explorer got lost looking for the Red River & failed to scale the Colorado mountain now named for him Pike |
#5912, aired 2010-05-04 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $200: Colorado's Front Range is the eastern edge of these mountains the Rockies |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | SCHOOLS OF ROCK $400: The university named for these is in Colorado Springs the Rockies |
#5867, aired 2010-03-02 | STATE OF PLAY $600: Broncos,
Nuggets,
Rockies Colorado |
#5845, aired 2010-01-29 | LET'S GO WITH THE FLOW $1200: Colorado River (a gulf or sea, before a dam dried things up) the Sea of Cortez (or the Gulf of California) |
#5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THEY NAMED A CITY FOR ME IN... $2000: Lieutenant Caspar (sic) Collins (1888) Wyoming |
#5839, aired 2010-01-21 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: North America's most visited mountain is this "Peak" near Colorado Springs Pikes |
#5823, aired 2009-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: In 1996, no states had obesity rates above 20%: in 2007, only this "Centennial State" had an obesity rate below 20% Colorado |
#5818, aired 2009-12-23 | LEGAL MATTERS $1200: "Lacy's Law" in Colorado cracks down on impersonating one of these, & on having red & blue lights on your car a police officer |
#5812, aired 2009-12-15 | STATE FACTS $200: Its state tree, a certain blue spruce, was discovered on Pikes Peak Colorado |
#5793, aired 2009-11-18 | AMERICAN CITIES $400: The U.S.A.F. Academy is located outside this Colorado city home to the main U.S. Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs |
#5790, aired 2009-11-13 | ON THE U.S. MAP $400: This "Silver State" has a state reptile, the desert tortoise Nevada |
#5783, aired 2009-11-04 | MOUNTAIN + RIVER = STATE $1000: Vail,
South Platte River Colorado |
#5740, aired 2009-07-17 | LET'S GO TO A THEME PARK $1600: The rides at Elitch Gardens are a mile high, since the park's in this "Mile High City" in Colorado Denver |
#5728, aired 2009-07-01 | NEW CONGRESSMEN & GOVERNORS $2,000 (Daily Double): One of the two states that got new senators with the last name Udall in 2009 New Mexico (or Colorado) |
#5719, aired 2009-06-18 | OBSCURE AMERICA $400: A lush valley of ranch land in Park County known as South Park can be found in this state Colorado |
#5689, aired 2009-05-07 | PEAKS & VALLEYS $400: In 1901 C.A. Yont & W.B. Felker became the first to drive a car to the top of this Colorado peak Pike's Peak |
#5675, aired 2009-04-17 | AMERICANA $6,400 (Daily Double): "Enter a higher state" is a tourism slogan for this state Colorado |
#5671, aired 2009-04-13 | BEER $400: This brand depicts the Colorado Rockies in its logo Coors |
#5669, aired 2009-04-09 | THIS, THAT $400: In March 2007 Colorado adopted as its second state song this John Denver hit "Rocky Mountain High" |
#5645, aired 2009-03-06 | GRAY MATTER $200: At 14,270 feet, Grays Peak is the highest point on the Continental Divide & one of this state's highest mountains Colorado |
#5635, aired 2009-02-20 | BUTCH CASSIDY $400: Butch's first big crime was the $20,000 holdup of the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride in this state in 1889 Colorado |
#5617, aired 2009-01-27 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: In 1988 Val Kilmer was doomed to play this Dane at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival in Boulder Hamlet |
#5616, aired 2009-01-26 | THE RED, WHITE & BREW $600: During prohibition this Golden, Colorado company switched to selling malted milk Coors |
#5599, aired 2009-01-01 | DAM THAT RIVER $400 (Daily Double): The Glen Canyon Dam & a certain presidential one the Colorado River |
#5598, aired 2008-12-31 | ROCKS & STONES $400: Balanced Rock is a sandstone mass in the Garden of the Gods in this Western state Colorado |
#5580, aired 2008-12-05 | "PER"CUSSION $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Gathering of Nations.) The Colorado nonprofit Hawkquest doesn't just protect hawks; they also help these falcons, whose name means "wandering" peregrine |
#5580, aired 2008-12-05 | STATE OF THE UNION $1000: "Where The Columbines Grow" is its official state song Colorado |
#5559, aired 2008-11-06 | "G"EOGRAPHY $2000: "Where the West Lives!" is the slogan of this "valuable" Colorado city Golden |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | COLORADO $200: Choosing "or bust", in Nov. 1806 Ol' Zebulon made it partway up but didn't summit this featured later named for him Pike's Peak |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | COLORADO $400: On July 11, 1955 the first class of cadets for this academy was sworn in at its temporary location in Denver the Air Force Academy |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | COLORADO $600: This architect's Mile High Center in Denver was completed in 1956; we'd like your initial reaction I.M. Pei |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | COLORADO $800: Toot toot! By the late 1930s, this northwest Colorado town shipped itself out as "Ski Town, USA" Steamboat Springs |
#5532, aired 2008-09-30 | COLORADO $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1870 this man helped young men go west by sponsoring a Colorado farming colony Horace Greeley |
#5530, aired 2008-09-26 | DOWN AT THE OLFACTORY $1200: You quickly get used to the eggy smell at the Colorado resort called "Hot" this type of "Springs" Sulfur |
#5524, aired 2008-09-18 | U.S. RIVERS $1600: Although 150 miles to the east, this river supplies most of San Diego's water the Colorado |
#5513, aired 2008-07-23 | GEOLOGY $400: Generations of tourists have uplift & erosion on this "stately" plateau to thank for the Grand Canyon the Colorado Plateau |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | MILITARY MATTERS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Nellis AFB in Las Vegas, NV.) One of the Thunderbirds' standing engagements is an air show for the commencement of this Colorado Springs location the Air Force Academy |
#5498, aired 2008-07-02 | WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE $200: We're attending the Strings in the Mountains chamber music festival in Steamboat Springs in this state Colorado |
#5496, aired 2008-06-30 | AMERICANA $800: The Alpine Gardens named for this former first lady are centered in Vail, Colorado Betty Ford |
#5479, aired 2008-06-05 | "BIG" LOVE $1600: The state animal of Colorado is a breed of this a bighorn sheep |
#5465, aired 2008-05-16 | STATE FACTS $800: The name of this state is Spanish for "colored red" Colorado |
#5454, aired 2008-05-01 | MAJOR $800: In the 1860s Major John Wesley Powell led a pioneering Grand Canyon expedition on this river the Colorado |
#5442, aired 2008-04-15 | LANDMARKS $400: Erected in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, its power plant can supply 4 billion kilowatt-hours a year Hoover Dam |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | POTPOURRI $400: It's the large river that runs through Albuquerque & Brownsville Rio Grande |
#5441, aired 2008-04-14 | FIRST BASE $2000: In 2003 Buckley in Colorado was the first Air Force base to fly the U.S. flag raised on this Pacific mountain in 1945 Mount Suribachi |
#5440, aired 2008-04-11 | COLLEGE TOWNS $600: University of Colorado Boulder |
#5436, aired 2008-04-07 | STATE MOTTOES $600: Colorado:
"Nil sine numine", translated as this "without providence" Nothing |
#5417, aired 2008-03-11 | STATE THE STATE $800: 2 of the 4 states whose borders meet up at the "Four Corners" monument (2 of) Colorado & New Mexico (or Arizona & Utah) |
#5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: This 1,450-mile-long river is joined in Utah by the Green & San Juan Rivers the Colorado River |
#5399, aired 2008-02-14 | U.S. CITIES $800: The name of this city that hosts the Colorado State Fair is simply Spanish for "town" Pueblo |
#5392, aired 2008-02-05 | HISPANIC HISTORY $1200: To supply Coronado's party, Hernando de Alarcon sailed 3 ships up this river in 1540 to where Yuma, Ariz. is now the Colorado |
#5387, aired 2008-01-29 | U.S. "C"ITIES $1600: It was founded at the foot of Pikes Peak in 1871 Colorado Springs |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | GET MOVING $400: Its truck line includes the Avalanche, Colorado & Silverado Chevy |
#5378, aired 2008-01-16 | HAVE I TOLD YOU PHILATELY $600: This state got upset when a cowboy & bronco similar to its own logo was used on the Montana stamp Wyoming |
#5372, aired 2008-01-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Located on the Colorado River, it's the USA's largest man-made lake Lake Mead |
#5362, aired 2007-12-25 | ROCKS & MINERALS $200: For its state mineral, Colorado chose rhodochrosite, which is a deep shade of this primary color red |
#5352, aired 2007-12-11 | THE COLOR PURPLE $2000: This purple flower is the state flower of Colorado the columbine |
#5339, aired 2007-11-22 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $800 (Daily Double): James Michener's "Centennial" centers on a fictional town in this state Colorado |
#5335, aired 2007-11-16 | NATIONAL PARKS $600: Other parks are "green" with envy that this one in Colorado has some of the USA's best-preserved cliff dwellings Mesa Verde |
#5330, aired 2007-11-09 | THE BELOVED BRACHIOSAURUS $800: Brachiosaurus fossils have been found in Portugal, Colorado & near Dar Es Salaam in this African country Tanzania |
#5328, aired 2007-11-07 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $200: On July 4, 1961 this Colorado peak was designated a national historic landmark Pike's Peak |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES $600: "The Switzerland of America" & "The highest state" Colorado |
#5315, aired 2007-10-19 | BASEBALL FRANCHISE SHIFTS $2000: In 1972 the new Washington Senators moved west & became this team the Texas Rangers |
#5310, aired 2007-10-12 | WHEN YOU GROW UP $400: As a mountain climber, you can reach the top at Harvard--a 14,420' peak in this Rocky Mountain State Colorado |
#5300, aired 2007-09-28 | STATE BORDERS $800: You'll find these 2 states on Colorado's eastern border Kansas and Nebraska |
#5298, aired 2007-09-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1200: The Gila River joins this river near Yuma, Arizona the Colorado |
#5294, aired 2007-09-20 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $1000: Sounds scary, but Colorado's official state fish is the greenback cutthroat type of this trout |
#5285, aired 2007-07-27 | WHAT A 19th CENTURY YEAR! $400: Colorado, "The Centennial State" was admitted to the Union in this year 1876 |
#5278, aired 2007-07-18 | AMERICANA $1000: This Colorado ski resort was named for Buchanan's VP John C. Breckinridge |
#5275, aired 2007-07-13 | PLEISTOCENE STEALER $400: This 277-mile-long gorge of the Colorado River was primarily formed during the Pleistocene the Grand Canyon |
#5246, aired 2007-06-04 | I WANT MY "M" TV $800: An alien was sent to Earth to study humans in Boulder, Colorado on this sitcom Mork & Mindy |
#5243, aired 2007-05-30 | BEST PICTURE OSCAR-WINNERS IN OTHER WORDS $1200: 1976: "A Single Colorado Mountain" Rocky |
#5234, aired 2007-05-17 | SUV $600: This Chrysler SUV shares its name with a Colorado ski resort Aspen |
#5234, aired 2007-05-17 | SUV $800: This Dodge vehicle would look good on the streets of the cities of the same name in Mexico & Colorado Durango |
#5193, aired 2007-03-21 | WORLD OF WATER $2000: Sounds odd, but this type of treatment plant opened in 1992 on the Colorado to give Mexico drinkable water a desalination plant |
#5187, aired 2007-03-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $1000: In 1980 Kathleen Conley became the first female graduate of this Colorado Springs school, finishing 8th in her class the Air Force Academy |
#5185, aired 2007-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Besh-ba-gowah Pueblo in Phoenix, AZ.) The people who built these structures in Arizona are known to us as Salado, the Spanish word for this nearby river Salt |
#5165, aired 2007-02-09 | STATES OF THE UNION $1200: As you might expect, it's the state that's home to Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | DEFENDING THE U.S. $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado.) By carving out 700,000 tons of granite, the Cheyenne Mountain Complex was built as a protected command center over this over 40-year so-called war the Cold War |
#5149, aired 2007-01-18 | STATE SONG LYRICS $1000: "In its fair Western home, may the columbine bloom till our great mountain rivers run dry" Colorado |
#5132, aired 2006-12-26 | COLORADO DREAMING $200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Denver Mint.) For its first 46 years, the United States Mint at Denver was an assay office, stemming from the discovery of this at Cherry Creek in 1858 gold |
#5132, aired 2006-12-26 | COLORADO DREAMING $400: It's the University of Colorado Campus founded in 1876, & we hear that its parties really "rock" Boulder |
#5132, aired 2006-12-26 | COLORADO DREAMING $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew appears in Colorado Springs, Colorado.) Built into a Colorado mountain, this command complex of this 5-letter air defense organization sits on 1,000 lb. springs, to help it survive nuclear attack NORAD |
#5132, aired 2006-12-26 | COLORADO DREAMING $800: If you know what this state's name means, you'll know that the "C" on its flag is this color red |
#5132, aired 2006-12-26 | COLORADO DREAMING $1000: The "Springs" in this city's name could be changed to "Strings, as it hosts the Strings in the Mountains Music Festival Steamboat Springs |
#5128, aired 2006-12-20 | THE CONGRESSIONAL FAMILY NAME $1200: New Mexico's Rep. Tom & Colorado's Rep. Mark are cousins; Mark's dad Morris repped Arizona Udall |
#5127, aired 2006-12-19 | GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN $600: This 14,110-foot Colorado mountain peak discovered in 1806 inspired the song "America The Beautiful" Pikes Peak |
#5122, aired 2006-12-12 | COLLEGE SPORTS $400: The 2005 championship in this sport was held in Stowe, Vt.; the 2006 event, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado skiing |
#5119, aired 2006-12-07 | AMERICANA $200: To get a close-up peek at Pikes Peak, you have to be in this state Colorado |
#5105, aired 2006-11-17 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands outside the Merrimack Restaurant in New Hampshire.) This Colorado senator was one of the many politicos to come to the Merrimack Restaurant in Manchester, New Hampshire ahead of the big primary Gary Hart |
#5104, aired 2006-11-16 | WHAT A STATE I'M IN $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Peterson Air Force Base.) My mood is elevated here at Peterson Air Force Base, located at 6,200 feet in this state that has the highest average elevation Colorado |
#5054, aired 2006-07-27 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Green River is its largest tributary; they meet up in southeastern Utah the Colorado River |
#5047, aired 2006-07-18 | ASHES TO ASHES $1200: In 2005 this journalist went out with a bang; his ashes were shot from a cannon near his Colorado home Hunter Thompson |
#5031, aired 2006-06-26 | LANDMARKS $1200: Arizona, Colorado, Utah & New Mexico intersect at this monument the Four Corners monument |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | 2001: A SPORTS ODYSSEY $1000: With the help of defensemen Ray Bourque & Rob Blake, this hockey team cascaded to the Stanley Cup the Colorado Avalanche |
#5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $400: Since 1986 Phoenix has gotten much of its water from this "stately" river to the west the Colorado |
#5005, aired 2006-05-19 | ALMA MATER MATTERS $200: At 10,000 feet in elevation, the Timberline campus of this state's Mountain College is the highest in the U.S. Colorado |
#4992, aired 2006-05-02 | GOVERNORS $400: Bill Owens is the current governor of this Rocky Mountain State Colorado |
#4989, aired 2006-04-27 | CITIES IN SONG $600: Jan & Dean sang about "The Little Old Lady From" this city; "She's the terror of Colorado Boulevard" Pasadena |
#4965, aired 2006-03-24 | INSECTS $400: The Colorado type of this plentiful insect is the terror of potato growers the potato beetle |
#4941, aired 2006-02-20 | U.S. CITIES $1600: This Nevada city that was little more than a bait shop on the Colorado River is now a gambler's mecca Laughlin |
#4919, aired 2006-01-19 | COLLEGE ATHLETICS $600: Not surprisingly, most NCAA skiing championships have gone to 2 colleges in this state Colorado |
#4901, aired 2005-12-26 | STATE OF THE UNION $1000: One of the two states with similar, very unhip outlines seen here Wyoming (or Colorado) |
#4897, aired 2005-12-20 | '70s POP CULTURE $400: In 1972 he spread a 200,000 square-foot curtain across a mountain valley in Colorado Christo |
#4896, aired 2005-12-19 | BEATLE WANNABES? $600: Bill McCartney's harmony with Jesus led him to quit as football coach of this University's Buffaloes Colorado |
#4894, aired 2005-12-15 | POLITICAL JOHNS $800: He was born in a Colorado army hospital in 1943; the family moved to Massachusetts soon after (John) Kerry |
#4888, aired 2005-12-07 | GO TO JAIL, GO DIRECTLY TO JAIL $1000: A prison in Florence, Colorado holds this man known as the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski |
#4887, aired 2005-12-06 | THE UNIVERSITY OF... $800: The teams of this school founded in 1876 are known as the Buffaloes the University of Colorado |
#4875, aired 2005-11-18 | LESSER-KNOWN EXPLORERS $2,500 (Daily Double): Hernando de Alarcon sailed up this river a few months before Cardenas made his "Grand" discovery the Colorado River |
#4853, aired 2005-10-19 | HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU $400: Hikers enjoy the 13-mile Barr Trail to the summit of this Colorado peak Pikes Peak |
#4851, aired 2005-10-17 | WHAT THE "ELL"? $1200: Each Labor Day weekend, this Colorado village popular with skiers hosts its annual film festival Telluride |
#4812, aired 2005-07-05 | AMERICA $800: This state trademarked the logo seen here Wyoming |
#4807, aired 2005-06-28 | AMERICAN TOWNS & CITIES $400: The National Earthquake Information Center is in this "colorful" city just west of Denver Golden, Colorado |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | VACATION POSSIBILITIES $2000: Skiing Ruthie's Run in this Colorado resort city, watch for moguls, both the human & terrain kind Aspen |
#4797, aired 2005-06-14 | THE 50 STATES $200: Colorado has the motto "Nothing without providence"; this state that should have it just has "Hope" Rhode Island |
#4795, aired 2005-06-10 | MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY $400: This river flows into the Gulf of California & provides the boundary between Baja California Norte & Sonora the Colorado River |
#4781, aired 2005-05-23 | STATE THE CHEMICAL ELEMENT $400: Colorado cobalt |
#4776, aired 2005-05-16 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In 1820 Edwin James climbed a Colorado peak that was then named for him; today we call it this Pikes Peak |
#4754, aired 2005-04-14 | GORGE $200: Discovered in 1806 by Zebulon Pike's expedition, the Royal Gorge is found in this state Colorado |
#4753, aired 2005-04-13 | STATES OF THE UNION $800: The 6 states that border this state are Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas & Colorado Oklahoma |
#4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $600: Both Colorado & Utah chose the blue species of this a spruce |
#4736, aired 2005-03-21 | SKI $800: An amphitheater in Vail, Colorado is named for this U.S. president, a skiing aficionado Gerald Ford |
#4730, aired 2005-03-11 | IT'S PAT $800: This Oregon transplant represented Colorado in Congress from 1973 to 1996 Pat Schroeder |
#4707, aired 2005-02-08 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1600: University of Colorado Boulder |
#4700, aired 2005-01-28 | THE 50 STATES $1,000 (Daily Double): The name of this state comes from 2 Choctaw words that mean "red" & "people" Oklahoma |
#4699, aired 2005-01-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This river begins in Colorado & empties into the Gulf of Mexico near Brownsville, Texas Rio Grande |
#4692, aired 2005-01-18 | "EMP" TV $800: In a TV movie, Treat Williams played this Colorado boxer who knocked out more than half of this opponents Jack Dempsey |
#4677, aired 2004-12-28 | SPECS & THE CITY $1000: Home to the Air Force Academy, this city has the highest elevation of any city that's home to a U.S. service academy Colorado Springs |
#4675, aired 2004-12-24 | TEAMS THAT DON'T END IN S $2,500 (Daily Double): This Colorado team used to be known as the Quebec Nordiques the Colorado Avalanche |
#4669, aired 2004-12-16 | "P"s ON EARTH $1200: While exploring the Arkansas River in 1806, he discovered the Colorado Peak named for him Zebulon Pike |
#4647, aired 2004-11-16 | YOU'RE SWIMMING IN IT $800: Having a splash in Needles, California the Colorado River |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | FIRST CLASS $200: Its first class of cadets was sworn in July 11, 1955 in Colorado the Air Force Academy |
#4612, aired 2004-09-28 | BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE $600: The new Colorado River bridge downstream of Hoover Dam will connect these 2 adjacent states Nevada and Arizona |
#4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE WAR OF 1812 $800: In April 1813, the U.S. captured Toronto, but this general after whom a Colorado mountain is named died in the battle Zebulon Pike |
#4576, aired 2004-06-28 | FLOWERS $2000: In song, Colorado is where these bluish & white state flowers grow the Rocky Mountain columbines |
#4560, aired 2004-06-04 | HOOVER DAM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hoover Dam.) 2 purposes behind building Hoover Dam were to generate electricity & control flooding on this river the Colorado |
#4553, aired 2004-05-26 | 1990 $1,000 (Daily Double): Colorado voters legalized a limited form of this in Black Hawk, Central City & Cripple Creek gambling |
#4524, aired 2004-04-15 | THE PLAGUE $600: A CDC laboratory in this state's city of Fort Collins is the USA's frontline against plague Colorado |
#4514, aired 2004-04-01 | COLORFUL LANGUAGE $1000: Perfect Colorado city for a valuable "opportunity" Golden |
#4503, aired 2004-03-17 | SENATORS BY STATE $1000: Wayne Allard & Ben Nighthorse Campbell Colorado |
#4502, aired 2004-03-16 | STATES BY CITIES & TOWNS $1600: Winter Park,
Winter Garden,
Winter Haven Florida |
#4499, aired 2004-03-11 | HOOKED ON PHOENIX $1000: The city of Phoenix lies in the huge sprawling Valley of this Valley of the Sun |
#4498, aired 2004-03-10 | STATE THE STATE $800: The world's largest flat-top mountain, Grand Mesa, is found there Colorado |
#4493, aired 2004-03-03 | GHOST $200: Ashcroft, Colorado & Jerome, Arizona are 2 examples of these "spiritual" communities ghost towns |
#4491, aired 2004-03-01 | SPRINGS ON THE MAP $800: The U.S. Olympic Training Center is located in this city in the foothills of the Rockies Colorado Springs |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | DON'T LOSE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT $1000: After touring the Coors Brewing Company, you may want to visit the Colorado Railroad Museum in this city Golden |
#4487, aired 2004-02-24 | FOOD CHAIN $600: Offering "Home Style Meals" & a line of frozen entrees, this chain is headquartered in Colorado, not Massachusetts Boston Market |
#4486, aired 2004-02-23 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION SPELLING $200: Colorado,
Oklahoma cook |
#4483, aired 2004-02-18 | ON THE SLOPES $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Colorado while skiing.) This type of skiing I'm doing gets its name from a Swiss mountain range Alpine skiing |
#4482, aired 2004-02-17 | TELEVISION $1600: Grieving dad Treat Williams moved his family to this title Colorado town on a WB drama Everwood |
#4471, aired 2004-02-02 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $800: Idaho's lowest point lies in Nez Perce County along this river the Snake River |
#4471, aired 2004-02-02 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $1,400 (Daily Double): The highest lowest point of the 50 states is 3,350 feet above sea level in Yuma County in this state Colorado |
#4469, aired 2004-01-29 | STATE YOUR NAME $200: The names Colorado & Tennessee were applied to these physical features before they were applied to states rivers |
#4465, aired 2004-01-23 | METALS $1000: Coffinite, discovered in Colorado in 1955, is an ore that's 60% this valuable radioactive metal uranium |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | RIVERS $200: Lake Mead was formed by damming this river the Colorado |
#4447, aired 2003-12-30 | CHEMISTRY COMMERCIALS $800: Calling all Colorado cooks! Use Clapeyron's Equation to relate pressure to this point for a liquid boiling point |
#4444, aired 2003-12-25 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $600: Its state has no official vitamin but in 2002 Colorado named rhodochrosite its state this mineral |
#4435, aired 2003-12-12 | EXPLORERS $2000: This Grand Canyon explorer wrote "Explorations of the Colorado River of the West and its Tributaries" in 1875 John Wesley Powell |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | GETTING UP THERE $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents from Colorado) Drink extra water at 10,000 feet. Up here, this point is lower, so the air contains less water the dew point |
#4408, aired 2003-11-05 | PIPE DREAMS $2,000 (Daily Double): The official flag of this U.S. state bears an olive branch & a peace pipe Oklahoma |
#4405, aired 2003-10-31 | GHOSTS $600: Once prosperous, St. Elmo is one of the best-preserved (& some say, most haunted) of these places in Colorado a ghost town |
#4396, aired 2003-10-20 | AUSTIN SPACE $800: Built in 1856 & now home to Rick Perry, it's located at 1010 Colorado Street in Austin the Governor's Mansion |
#4383, aired 2003-10-01 | ONE-CONGRESSMAN STATES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew draws a map.) I've drawn a map of this state... Want a little more help? Colorado's down here Wyoming |
#4350, aired 2003-06-27 | "G"EOGRAPHY $400: It precedes "Forks" in a North Dakota city name & "Junction" in a Colorado city name Grand |
#4345, aired 2003-06-20 | NATIONAL PARKS $1000: Other parks are "green" with envy over this Colorado park's prehistoric cliff dwellings Mesa Verde |
#4334, aired 2003-06-05 | "SPY" MOVIES $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew skiing in Colorado) In a spectacular chase scene, 007 skis off of a cliff near the beginning of this 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me |
#4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FIND THE STATE $800: The newspaper's sales force prefers you buy a color ad over a black & white one Colorado |
#4326, aired 2003-05-26 | YOU'VE GOT TO STAND FOR SOMETHING $400: MLS, which includes the Colorado Rapids & San Jose Earthquakes, stands for this Major League Soccer |
#4321, aired 2003-05-19 | SKI YOU AT THE MOVIES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at a ski resort in Colorado) I've wanted to go skiing ever since I saw Audrey Hepburn meet Cary Grant at a ski resort in this classic 1963 caper Charade |
#4303, aired 2003-04-23 | STUPID ANSWERS $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope in Colorado.) Even if it's autumn, I don't think the green ever leaves the Lodgepole pine, this type of tree evergreen |
#4300, aired 2003-04-18 | "ULTRA", MAN $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope in Colorado.) On the slopes, protect yourself from the A & B types of these; snow reflects about 80% of them ultraviolet rays |
#4297, aired 2003-04-15 | STATES' SOUTHWEST CORNERS $1600: It's southwest corner is at the "Four Corners" Colorado |
#4296, aired 2003-04-14 | WHERE AM I? $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from on location.) I'm on the slopes in the Arapaho National Forest in this state Colorado |
#4277, aired 2003-03-18 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $600: For Colorado Springs, it's 6,000 feet elevation |
#4254, aired 2003-02-13 | SCIENCE CLASS $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) As snowflakes are frozen water vapor, they're made up of these 2 chemical elements hydrogen & oxygen |
#4252, aired 2003-02-11 | U.S. SPANISH PLACE NAMES $1200: The name of this state is Spanish for "colored red" Colorado |
#4252, aired 2003-02-11 | POTPOURRI $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a ski slope in Colorado) My snowshoes are keeping me from sinking by distributing this over a wide area weight |
#4250, aired 2003-02-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Mapmakers named this Colorado mountain after its 1806 discoverer, who had called it Grand Peak Pikes Peak |
#4250, aired 2003-02-07 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) Dress warmly to prevent a fallen body temperature below 95 degrees Fahrenheit - the definition of this condition hypothermia |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SNOWBOARDING $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) A righthander's stance is called regular; standing like a lefty like I am has this cartoon character name Goofy |
#4248, aired 2003-02-05 | SNOWBOARDING $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Colorado) 3 ways to turn on a snowboard are skidding, jumping & this type carving |
#4236, aired 2003-01-20 | RIVERS $800: Sighted by Lewis & Clark in 1805, this 1,038-mile-long river was first called the Lewis Fork of the Columbia River Snake River |
#4229, aired 2003-01-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The summit of this famous Colorado peak can be reached by horseback, auto, or a 9-mile cog railway Pikes Peak |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | NATIVE AMERICANS $400: The Mojave, who originally lived on this river, still have a reservation on it Colorado River |
#4188, aired 2002-11-13 | AMERICANA $1200: Crested Butte in this state is one of the birthplaces of mountain biking & home of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame Colorado |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE 1890s $1600: Created in 1891, Colorado's fir- & spruce-filled White River region was the first of the U.S. areas now called these national forests |
#4166, aired 2002-10-14 | THE ROCKIES $200: If you're in the Rocky Mountains taking a peek at Pikes Peak you're in this state Colorado |
#4164, aired 2002-10-10 | SUBMARINE LIFE $1200: Subs navigate with the help of this satellite system controlled at a Colorado Air Force base GPS (Global Positioning System) |
#4148, aired 2002-09-18 | SPORTS MASCOTS $1200: Howler, mascot of this hockey team, is a legendary gigantic hairy monster of the Rockies the (Colorado) Avalanche |
#4135, aired 2002-07-19 | THE HISTORY CHANNEL $400: 1,450 miles long, it's the Grand Canyon's "backbone" the Colorado River |
#4128, aired 2002-07-10 | UTAH $1000: Glen Canyon Dam, completed in 1964, created this 186-mile-long lake on the Colorado River Lake Powell |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | THE DEVIL, YOU SAY $400: In 1982 the NHL's Colorado Rockies moved east & became this team New Jersey Devils |
#4116, aired 2002-06-24 | DISASTER DIGEST $800: It's any swift movement of snow or ice down a mountainside or slope, or a Colorado hockey team avalanche |
#4104, aired 2002-06-06 | SITCOM CITIES $1600: "Mork & Mindy" Boulder (Colorado) |
#4096, aired 2002-05-27 | THAT'S LIKE, SO TOTALLY "RAD" $200: It's the "Centennial State" Colorado |
#4087, aired 2002-05-14 | THEY'VE BEEN BENCHED $800: This Kennedy appointee was a former Colorado running back Byron White |
#4063, aired 2002-04-10 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $800: In a 2002 bowl game, QB Joey Harrington threw for 350 yards & 4 TDs as this school defeated Colorado, 38-16 Oregon |
#4041, aired 2002-03-11 | SAN DIEGO $1600: Most of the fresh water used by San Diego is supplied by this "stately" river the Colorado (River) |
#4040, aired 2002-03-08 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $1000: This team's Larry Walker hit .363 in 1998 & topped it with .379 in 1999 the Colorado Rockies |
#4028, aired 2002-02-20 | GEMS $2000: The finest aquamarine in the U.S. is found at about 14,000 feet on Mount Antero & White Mountain in this state Colorado |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | OLD FAMILIAR PLACES $200: To find this city's Old Town, just follow the Rose Parade floats on Colorado Blvd. Pasadena |
#4016, aired 2002-02-04 | STATES OF THE UNION $1000: The Gold Rush town of Deadwood in this state was founded in 1876 South Dakota |
#4005, aired 2002-01-18 | U.S. STATES $600: Containing over 75 percent of the U.S. land over 10,000 feet, this is the state with the highest mean elevation Colorado |
#4001, aired 2002-01-14 | GO WITH THE FLOW $400: It flows from Mora county, New Mexico to the Rio Grande in Texas; Judge Roy Bean was the law west of it Pecos |
#4001, aired 2002-01-14 | GO WITH THE FLOW $1,400 (Daily Double): This monster of a river flows from Catron County, New Mexico to the Colorado River in Arizona Gila River |
#3978, aired 2001-12-12 | MEET THE BEETLES $1200: Because of the potential damage, potato growers are very wary of this "Rocky Mountain State" beetle Colorado beetle |
#3975, aired 2001-12-07 | PARTY HOPPING $1000: Once a Democrat, this Colorado senator became a Republican in 1995 Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
#3960, aired 2001-11-16 | MOUNTAIN TIME $100: Every summer it's time to rev your engines for a race to the top of this famous Colorado peak Pikes Peak |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | U.S. CITIES $300: The site of the University of Colorado's main campus, it owns Arapahoe Glacier, from which it gets most of its water Boulder |
#3936, aired 2001-10-15 | COUNTY SEATS $200: Tree-mendous seat of Pitkin County, Colorado Aspen |
#3935, aired 2001-10-12 | STATE BORDERS $100: Kansas & Utah Colorado |
#3929, aired 2001-10-04 | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS $800: Former Democratic Colorado senator Gary & the largest city in South Korea Hart & Seoul |
#3928, aired 2001-10-03 | JUST "ASP" $200: Hopefully you won't hit this tree while skiing in the Colorado town named for it Aspen |
#3921, aired 2001-09-24 | WHAT I DID ON SUMMER VACATION $100: Rode a mule from the south rim to the floor of this landmark to go whitewater rafting on the Colorado River the Grand Canyon |
#3907, aired 2001-09-04 | SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE $100: In Park County, 30 miles northwest of Pike's Peak Colorado |
#3857, aired 2001-05-15 | THE 50 STATES $800: "Where The Columbines Grow" has been its state song since 1915 Colorado |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | I REPRESENT $400: Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell Colorado |
#3851, aired 2001-05-07 | THE 1800s $800: This Colorado peak finder was killed during the War of 1812 in what's now Toronto Zebulon Pike |
#3850, aired 2001-05-04 | U.S. RIVERS $400: This river forms the boundary between Arizona & California the Colorado River |
#3848, aired 2001-05-02 | WHAT'S "NU" $200: NBA team that makes its home at 1000 Chopper Circle, Denver, Colorado Denver Nuggets |
#3841, aired 2001-04-23 | IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE $100: Colorado has a little "color" in its name, but this state has a "tan" monTANa |
#3827, aired 2001-04-03 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $300: 710 feet above sea level at the Snake River near Lewiston Idaho |
#3827, aired 2001-04-03 | STATES' LOWEST POINTS $400 (Daily Double): 3,350 feet above sea level at the Arkansas River Colorado |
#3822, aired 2001-03-27 | TREE-VIA $200: The 65-foot millennium holiday tree sent by Colorado to Washington, D.C. in 2000 was the blue type of this Spruce |
#3819, aired 2001-03-22 | PEOPLE WITH PEANUTS NAMES $300: In 1973 this woman from Colorado began her 24-year tenure in the House Pat Schroeder |
#3805, aired 2001-03-02 | NHL LOGOS $600: In 2000 this team's goalie became the NHL's all-time winningest Colorado Avalanche (Patrick Roy) |
#3799, aired 2001-02-22 | STATE OF MINE $100: This state's school of mines, based in Golden, has an experimental mine in Idaho Springs Colorado |
#3796, aired 2001-02-19 | THAT'S JUST "GREAT" $400: This vast geographic plateau stretches from northern Colorado to southern Texas the Great Plains |
#3789, aired 2001-02-08 | STATE CAPITALS $100: This Colorado capital was the first city to use the Community Chest to finance its charitable agencies Denver |
#3786, aired 2001-02-05 | "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $600: It's the numeric name for the locality where the borders of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico & Arizona meet the Four Corners |
#3778, aired 2001-01-24 | CHEMICAL ELEMENTS GO POSTAL $200: The chemical symbol for cobalt is the U.S. postal abbreviation for this state Colorado (CO) |
#3759, aired 2000-12-28 | BASEBALL $300: This team's logo has mountain peaks & a baseball depicted on it Colorado Rockies |
#3738, aired 2000-11-29 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $500: State animal:
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Colorado |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | REVERSED DECISIONS $400: Wolf v. Colorado freed states from the exclusionary rule which excludes this obtained unconstitutionally Evidence |
#3727, aired 2000-11-14 | CLIFFS NOTES $400: A New Mexico national monument preserves cliff dwellings near this "monstrous" river Gila River |
#3727, aired 2000-11-14 | CLIFFS NOTES $1000: 1,000-foot cliffs line the Arkansas River above this gorge near Colorado Springs Royal Gorge |
#3722, aired 2000-11-07 | STATELY HOMES $600: The L.L. Nunn House is an architectural highlight of Telluride in this state Colorado |
#3709, aired 2000-10-19 | AMERICAN EXPERIENCE $200: River seen here before the building of the Hoover Dam Colorado River |
#3684, aired 2000-09-14 | ROCK ON! $500: It's a large rock fragment greater than 8 inches in diameter or a Colorado resort city NW of Denver Boulder |
#3680, aired 2000-09-08 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $1,700 (Daily Double): In 1870 this New York Tribune publisher helped found Union Colony, Colorado, later renamed for him Horace Greeley |
#3673, aired 2000-07-19 | GETTING POSSESSIVE $200: At 14,140 feet, this Rocky Mountain peak discovered in 1806 is one of Colorado's highest Pike's Peak |
#3658, aired 2000-06-28 | 1850s AMERICA $200: Gold was found in Colorado, silver in the Comstock & this new resource in a Titusville, Pennsylvania well Oil |
#3657, aired 2000-06-27 | HOME BALLPARKS $300: Coors Field Colorado Rockies |
#3655, aired 2000-06-23 | REMEMBER 1999? $100: 100 million stamps incorrectly placing this big landmark in Colorado instead of Arizona won't be released Grand Canyon |
#3652, aired 2000-06-20 | COMMUNITY COLLEGES $200: You either graduate from this community college in Colorado Springs, or you bust Pikes Peak Community College |
#3650, aired 2000-06-16 | "BO" KNOWS $300: The National Center for Atmospheric Research is in this Rocky Mountain city 5,354 feet up Boulder, Colorado |
#3646, aired 2000-06-12 | WOOD $400: "Quaking" poplar popularized in the name of a Colorado ski resort city on the Roaring Fork River Aspen |
#3643, aired 2000-06-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This "stately" river carved the Black Canyon as well as the Grand Canyon Colorado River |
#3631, aired 2000-05-22 | IDAHO'S GLORIOUS PAST $300: The name Idaho was nearly given to this other state, whose current name means "colored red" Colorado |
#3627, aired 2000-05-16 | STATE BORDERS $400: If you go directly east from the Four Corners, you'll be on Colorado's border with this state New Mexico |
#3622, aired 2000-05-09 | U.S. RIVERS $300: It begins as a creek near an old mining town called Lulu City in Rocky Mountain National Park Colorado River |
#3620, aired 2000-05-05 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $300: Yee-haw! The Durango Cowgirl Classic is an all-female rodeo in this state Colorado |
#3615, aired 2000-04-28 | ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES $400: A great place to ski:
PANES, Colorado Aspen |
#3599, aired 2000-04-06 | U.S. HIGHS & LOWS $500 (Daily Double): This state has the highest low point of any state, 3,350 feet Colorado |
#3593, aired 2000-03-29 | STATE RIVERS $100: It's the longest river west of the Rocky Mountains Colorado |
#3592, aired 2000-03-28 | "G"EOGRAPHY $200: Carved by the Colorado River, its depth exceeds 1 mile in places Grand Canyon |
#3576, aired 2000-03-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The Colorado River provides much of the border between this country's Baja California Norte & Sonora Mexico |
#3567, aired 2000-02-22 | WILD WOMEN IN HISTORY $100: Mattie Silks ran the House of Mirrors, once the most famous bordello in this Colorado capital Denver |
#3552, aired 2000-02-01 | TV PIONEERS $400: This city was the Rocky Mountain setting of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" Colorado Springs |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | COLORADO $100: Named for the large rocks in the area, it's home to the University of Colorado Boulder |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | COLORADO $200: Of 4, 54, or 104, the number of peaks over 14,000 feet you'll find to climb in Colorado 54 |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | COLORADO $300: Academy Boulevard in Colorado Springs can take you to this academy's south gate Air Force Academy |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | COLORADO $500: The mint in Denver made its last of these that were 90 percent silver in 1934 Silver dollars |
#3540, aired 2000-01-14 | COLORADO $600 (Daily Double): The Hakushika Sake Brewery is in this city, more famous for a beer Golden |
#3533, aired 2000-01-05 | STEPHEN KING $100: For a time King lived in Colorado, where he wrote this novel set at a creepy Colorado hotel "The Shining" |
#3527, aired 1999-12-28 | FLAGS $600: A red "C" surrounding a yellow ball (for gold) appears on this state's flag Colorado |
#3526, aired 1999-12-27 | FAMOUS WOMEN $500: This former representative from Colorado co-chaired Gary Hart's presidential campaign Pat Schroeder |
#3513, aired 1999-12-08 | COLORFUL U.S. CITIES $400: Once the capital of the Colorado Territory, it's home to the Adolph Coors Brewery Golden |
#3508, aired 1999-12-01 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $300: In 1994 Rashaan Salaam became the first member of this school's Buffaloes to win the Heisman Trophy Colorado |
#3483, aired 1999-10-27 | SMALL SCREEN FAMILIES $300: The Carringtons of Denver, Colorado Dynasty |
#3482, aired 1999-10-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: In 1984 this Colorado senator was runner-up to Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention Gary Hart |
#3449, aired 1999-09-09 | U.S. POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $600: CO Colorado |
#3445, aired 1999-07-23 | RIVER CITIES $300: This international river flows past Alamosa, Colorado & Brownsville, Texas on its way to the Gulf of Mexico Rio Grande |
#3442, aired 1999-07-20 | MUSEUMS $300: Colorado Springs' American Cowboy Museum also has the hall of fame for this event Rodeo |
#3433, aired 1999-07-07 | C IN HISTORY $100: This state's Gold Rush began in 1858, about 10 years after California's Colorado |
#3429, aired 1999-07-01 | COLORFUL AMERICA $1000: U2's first live album, "Under A Blood Red Sky", contains music recorded at this Colorado site Red Rocks |
#3422, aired 1999-06-22 | STATE FAIR SITES $500: Cherry Hill New Jersey |
#3417, aired 1999-06-15 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $1000: Time in the U.S. is determined by the National Institute of Standards & Technology whose atomic clock is in this Colorado city Boulder |
#3411, aired 1999-06-07 | THE '60s $500: In February 1960 this brewer was kidnapped in Colorado Adolph Coors |
#3407, aired 1999-06-01 | SISTER CITIES $500: This Tibetan town is sister to Boulder, Colorado Lhasa |
#3406, aired 1999-05-31 | COLLEGES $400: Mesa State is a college in Grand Junction in this state Colorado |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | STATE FLOWERS $400: Its state flower is the Rocky Mountain Columbine Colorado |
#3395, aired 1999-05-14 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA $400: L.A. visitors flock to the carousel on this famous pier at the end of Colorado Blvd. Santa Monica Pier |
#3395, aired 1999-05-14 | COLLEGE TOWNS $500 (Daily Double): The Air Force Academy Colorado Springs |
#3378, aired 1999-04-21 | 1820s AMERICA $200: Discovered in 1806, this Colorado peak was first climbed in July 1820 by 3 members of Major Long's expedition Pikes Peak |
#3363, aired 1999-03-31 | TOP O' THE STATE $500: Mount Elbert Colorado |
#3347, aired 1999-03-09 | A MASQUE OF MASKS $200: Even if you wear this mask into a Colorado bank in January, people will notice a ski mask |
#3345, aired 1999-03-05 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $200: XXX 0000
[with the Rockies outlined] Colorado |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | RIVERS $200: It's still working at deepening the Grand Canyon Colorado River |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | U.S.A. $300: Stand atop the state capital steps in this city & you'll be exactly 5,280 feet above sea level Denver, Colorado |
#3316, aired 1999-01-25 | SO THAT'S THE STORY $400: Family spends winter in isolated Colorado hotel; bushes move; Dad goes nuts The Shining |
#3315, aired 1999-01-22 | AMERICAN BEER $200: Headquartered in Golden, Colorado, this brewing company was begun by a young Prussian immigrant in 1873 Coors |
#3312, aired 1999-01-19 | TV SHOW LOCALES $1000: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman moved from this northeastern city to Colorado Springs, Colorado Boston |
#3304, aired 1999-01-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: Steamboat Springs in this state calls itself "Ski Town, U.S.A." Colorado |
#3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE USA $800: At an altitude of about 10,200 feet, this Colorado city is the highest incorporated city in the USA Leadville |
#3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CAPITAL TOWNS $1000: Clinton, in this Treasure State, treasures being the Rocky Mountain Oyster capital with a yearly festival Montana |
#3290, aired 1998-12-18 | FILM FESTIVALS $500: "The Crying Game" & "The Piano" had their U.S. premieres at the festival in this Colorado mining town Telluride |
#3283, aired 1998-12-09 | WESTWARD HO! $200: This river you cross going west from Arizona to California bears the name of another state Colorado River |
#3267, aired 1998-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Colorado's Mount Elbert in the Sawatch range is this mountain system's tallest peak Rockies |
#3261, aired 1998-11-09 | MOUNTAINS $300: The view from the top of this Colorado peak inspired the words to "America The Beautiful" Pikes Peak |
#3250, aired 1998-10-23 | NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORERS $100: In the winter (!) of 1857 Randolph Marcy led a heroic march across these Colorado mountains Rocky Mountains |
#3249, aired 1998-10-22 | JOHN DENVER LYRICS $400: Of this state Denver sang "Life is old there, older than the trees" West Virginia |
#3228, aired 1998-09-23 | MOUNTAINS $1,000 (Daily Double): Not surprisingly, Kansas' highest point, Mount Sunflower, lies nearest to its border with this state Colorado |
#3224, aired 1998-09-17 | THE SMALL SCREEN $400: Mork traveled millions of miles from Ork to this Colorado city, Mindy's hometown Boulder |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $100: She's the "Terror of Colorado Boulevard"...go, Granny, go "Little Old Lady From Pasadena" |
#3201, aired 1998-06-29 | THE OLD WEST $200: In 1879 the town of Leadville in this state had 350 bartenders, about 1 for every 15 residents Colorado |
#3200, aired 1998-06-26 | SPORTS $500: A row of purple seats rings this ball park to mark a spot that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level Coors Field (the home of the Colorado Rockies) |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: At 14,433 feet, Mt. Elbert in this state is a real Rocky Mountain high; it's the highest peak in the range Colorado |
#3193, aired 1998-06-17 | U.S. CITIES $300: This Colorado city is located where the Gunnison & Colorado Rivers meet, hence its name Grand Junction |
#3189, aired 1998-06-11 | WHEN STATES FIGHT $200: California & Arizona's 40-year dispute over water rights to this river ended in 1963 the Colorado River |
#3184, aired 1998-06-04 | IN THE SPIRIT $500: Possibly inhabited by a piano-playing ghost, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado inspired this Stephen King tale "The Shining" |
#3182, aired 1998-06-02 | BUSINESS FOUNDERS $200: In the 19th C. he fled the German military draft & went on to brew beer in Golden, Colorado Adolph Coors |
#3182, aired 1998-06-02 | "STRAIGHT" & "NARROW" $800: The restored Durango & Silverton Railroad in Colorado uses this type of track Narrow gauge |
#3166, aired 1998-05-11 | LET'S ROCK! $300: "Large rock" city northwest of Denver Boulder, Colorado |
#3165, aired 1998-05-08 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $1,000 (Daily Double): (Hi, I'm Pat Schroeder.) In 1972 I became the first woman ever to be elected to Congress from this state Colorado |
#3159, aired 1998-04-30 | PINPOINTS ON THE MAP $400: The Colorado Belle in this Nevada town is a riverboat-shaped casino on the banks of the Colorado River Laughlin |
#3159, aired 1998-04-30 | STATES OF THE UNION $400: Colorado is called the Centennial State because it entered the Union in this year 1876 |
#3158, aired 1998-04-29 | VOYAGERS $600: John Wesley Powell led the first successful navigation down this river through the Grand Canyon the Colorado River |
#3149, aired 1998-04-16 | STATE FLAGS $100: [flag] Colorado |
#3138, aired 1998-04-01 | IT'S A GUY THING $500: In 1990 Colorado football coach Bill McCartney founded this movement of Christian men Promise Keepers |
#3125, aired 1998-03-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: Part of this 3,000-mile long mountain system covers the middle third of Colorado the Rocky Mountains |
#3108, aired 1998-02-18 | COUNTIES BY STATE $600: Baca,
Bent,
Boulder Colorado |
#3103, aired 1998-02-11 | "P.S." $600: Now retired, this Colorado congresswoman served in the House longer than any other woman Patricia Schroeder |
#3094, aired 1998-01-29 | NEW JERSEYITES $500: This Trenton-born Colorado explorer was killed in an 1813 assault on York, Canada; he was "piqued" (Zebulon) Pike |
#3090, aired 1998-01-23 | GEOGRAPHY ZOO $500: A peak in Colorado is named for these bunny features that resemble the antennae on your old TV set rabbit ears |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | U.S. HISTORY $100: In 1858 it was "Pikes Peak or Bust!" for gold miners who rushed to this state to find their fortune Colorado |
#3081, aired 1998-01-12 | 20th CENTURY AMERICA $400: This service academy moved to its permanent site near Colorado Springs in 1958 U.S. Air Force Academy |
#3072, aired 1997-12-30 | FISH $200: It's a term loosely applied to any small fish, but also to the 2- to 4-foot Colorado squawfish minnow |
#3072, aired 1997-12-30 | STATE FAIR SITES $400: Pueblo Colorado |
#3065, aired 1997-12-19 | U.S. STATES $600: Located on the Continental Divide, Glacier National Park is in this state Montana |
#3055, aired 1997-12-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: With an average elevation of 6,800 feet, it's the highest of all the states Colorado |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: It's still working on deepening the Grand Canyon the Colorado River |
#3037, aired 1997-11-11 | HISTORIC AMERICANS $600: After sighting the lofty Colorado peak now named for him, he built a fort on the Rio Grande Zebulon Pike |
#3028, aired 1997-10-29 | "C" THE WORLD $400: Great Sand Dunes National Monument in this U.S. state changes its shape because the sand shifts Colorado |
#3019, aired 1997-10-16 | U.S.A. $300: This monument is at the site where Colorado, Utah, Arizona & New Mexico meet Four Corners |
#3008, aired 1997-10-01 | CONNECTIONS $2,500 (Daily Double): River that connects Lake Powell in Utah with the Gulf of California Colorado River |
#3004, aired 1997-09-25 | LAND FORMATIONS $500: 3 of these we've never mentioned are Quandary in Colorado, Ulugh Muztagh in Tibet & Lister in Antarctica mountains |
#3003, aired 1997-09-24 | STATE SUPERLATIVES $400: The nation's highest flat-top mountain, Grand Mesa, is in this state Colorado |
#2987, aired 1997-09-02 | RESORT CITIES $200: This fashionable Colorado ski getaway was named by prospectors for the trees in the area Aspen |
#2982, aired 1997-07-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Important mining centers in this range include Leadville, Colorado & Kimberley, British Columbia the Rocky Mountains |
#2979, aired 1997-07-10 | STATE SEALS $2,000 (Daily Double): A dam, a reservoir & the year 1912 are among the symbols featured on its seal Arizona |
#2974, aired 1997-07-03 | ANNUAL EVENTS $100: In mid-July Golden, Colorado celebrates the spirit of the old west with a festival named for this showman "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
#2970, aired 1997-06-27 | FORESTS $300: In Colorado a national forest & a peak are named for this early 19th c. general & explorer Zebulon Pike |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | COLORADO $200: Gold prospectors & a few Indian traders founded this capital & named it for the governor of Kansas territory Denver |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | COLORADO $400: Year in which Colorado was admitted to the Union 1876 |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | COLORADO $600: You'll find the Colorado Ski Museum & Ski Hall of Fame in this resort town north of Leadville Vail |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | COLORADO $800: In 1873 solid silver bricks were laid in a pavement in Central City to welcome this visiting president Ulysses S. Grant |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | COLORADO $1000: The Moody Blues recorded a live album in Colorado at this natural amphitheater Red Rocks |
#2954, aired 1997-06-05 | PEOPLE $800 (Daily Double): Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of this state was formerly a top-ranked judo champion Colorado |
#2943, aired 1997-05-21 | U.S. STATES $500 (Daily Double): Cimarron County in this state touches 4 other states Oklahoma (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico & Texas) |
#2941, aired 1997-05-19 | MUSEUMS $800: A hall of fame devoted to this sport in Colorado Springs honors Brian Boitano, Katarina Witt & others Figure skating |
#2926, aired 1997-04-28 | RIVERS $500: The longest river west of the Rockies, it enters Mexico near Yuma, Arizona the Colorado |
#2925, aired 1997-04-25 | TEAM SPORTS $400: Hockey's Colorado Avalanche once played for this city, birthplace of their star Patrick Roy Quebec City |
#2922, aired 1997-04-22 | STATE FLAGS $200: The red "C" on this state's flag could stand for Centennial State, or the name of the state itself Colorado |
#2898, aired 1997-03-19 | FASHION $200: His rugged casual wear line, The Double RL, is named for his Colorado ranch Ralph Lauren |
#2889, aired 1997-03-06 | SPORTS $300: In 1995 the NHL's Quebec Nordiques moved to this city & became the Colorado Avalanche Denver |
#2885, aired 1997-02-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The Pacific Ocean once covered this desert between the Sierra Nevada & the Colorado River Mojave Desert |
#2874, aired 1997-02-13 | OCCUPATIONS $1000: On July 6, 1994 a sudden wind led to the deaths of 14 of these workers in Colorado Firefighters |
#2869, aired 1997-02-06 | NATIONAL PARKS $400: Utah's Arches National Park, which borders a deep gorge of this river, has at least 950 natural arches Colorado River |
#2857, aired 1997-01-21 | U.S. STATES $100: Colorado's motto is "Nothing Without Providence"; this smallest state's is "Hope" Rhode Island |
#2856, aired 1997-01-20 | STATE CAPITALS $100: This Colorado city's capitol dome is covered with 47 ounces of gold leaf Denver |
#2848, aired 1997-01-08 | GUINNESS RECORDS $500: The highest incorporated U.S. city is Leadville in this state at an elevation of 10,152 feet Colorado |
#2845, aired 1997-01-03 | 1990s BUSINESS $400: This Colorado-based brewer introduced Zima Clearmalt in 1992 Coors |
#2829, aired 1996-12-12 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: This company's beer is "Brewed in Golden, Colorado with Rocky Mountain water" Coors |
#2825, aired 1996-12-06 | AMERICAN EXPLORERS $200: Stephen Long & Zebulon Pike have peaks named for them in this state, an area they said was uninhabitable Colorado |
#2811, aired 1996-11-18 | NATURE $500: This "Rocky Mountain" flower is the state flower of Colorado the columbine |
#2800, aired 1996-11-01 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: It flows into the Gulf of California after a journey of 1,450 miles the Colorado River |
#2780, aired 1996-10-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: In 1905 a large searchlight was installed at the top of this Colorado peak Pikes Peak |
#2759, aired 1996-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Four Corners in the Western U.S. is where these 4 states meet at a single point Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, & Utah |
#2735, aired 1996-06-21 | POP MUSIC $600: In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sang, "Almost heaven," this state West Virginia |
#2728, aired 1996-06-12 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: The Colorado Desert isn't in Colorado but in this state, where it runs south to Baja California |
#2724, aired 1996-06-06 | FAMOUS GERMANS $400: After fleeing Germany to avoid the draft, he built a brewery in Golden, Colorado Adolph Coors |
#2709, aired 1996-05-16 | PARKS $200: Rocky Mountain National Park in this state has more than 100 peaks above 11,000 feet Colorado |
#2702, aired 1996-05-07 | EXPLORERS $400: This New Jersey-born explorer tried to climb the Colorado peak now named for him but failed (Zebulon) Pike |
#2696, aired 1996-04-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 states that border Oklahoma's Panhandle (2 of) Texas, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico |
#2682, aired 1996-04-09 | DESERTS $600: This Calif. desert extends from the San Jacinto & San Bernardino mountains east to the Colorado River the Mojave |
#2680, aired 1996-04-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This home of the U.S. Air Force Academy was founded in 1871 as Fountain Colony Colorado Springs |
#2671, aired 1996-03-25 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: In size, not sales, this Colorado brewery is the nation's largest on a single site Coors |
#2670, aired 1996-03-22 | MIDDLE NAMES $1000: Of American Indian ancestry, Colorado senator Ben Campbell adopted this middle name in 1980 Nighthorse |
#2668, aired 1996-03-20 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $300 (Daily Double): Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s to control floods on this river the Colorado |
#2665, aired 1996-03-15 | METALS $400: California & Colorado are the leading U.S. producers of this metal also called wolfram tungsten |
#2663, aired 1996-03-13 | STATE CAPITALS $100: This Colorado city was a supply point during the "Pikes Peak or Bust" gold rush of 1859 Denver |
#2655, aired 1996-03-01 | LIBRARIES $200: In 1860 this state's first subscription library was established in Denver Colorado |
#2647, aired 1996-02-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: 1 of 3 states bordering Nebraska's western panhandle (1 of) South Dakota (Colorado or Wyoming) |
#2643, aired 1996-02-14 | DESERTS $400: The Sonoran & Colorado Deserts border this large one east of Los Angeles Mojave |
#2642, aired 1996-02-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: You can reach this mountain's summit via a road owned by the city of Colorado Springs, 12 miles east Pikes Peak |
#2636, aired 1996-02-05 | AMERICAN HISTORY $300: The gold rush in this Rocky Mountain state began in 1858 when gold was discovered at Cherry Creek Colorado |
#2632, aired 1996-01-30 | NATIONAL PARKS $200: The Colorado River enters this national park at Marble Canyon Grand Canyon |
#2615, aired 1996-01-05 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: The main campus of the University of Colorado lies at the base of the Rockies in this city Boulder |
#2608, aired 1995-12-27 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This Colorado city's mint at West Colfax & Cherokee turns out more than 5 billion coins a year Denver |
#2602, aired 1995-12-19 | MOUNTAINS $200: Colorado's Arapahoe Peak is located in the front range of these mountains the Rockies |
#2599, aired 1995-12-14 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: It was said this James Michener book did for Maryland's eastern shore what "Centennial" did for Colorado Chesapeake |
#2591, aired 1995-12-04 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The 10 highest mountains in the U.S. are in this state Alaska |
#2586, aired 1995-11-27 | POTPOURRI $400: Colorado Springs' museum of the American Numismatic Association has exhibits of medals & these coins |
#2579, aired 1995-11-16 | GOLD RUSHES $500: At the turn of the century, Cripple Creek in this state was the richest goldfield in America Colorado |
#2576, aired 1995-11-13 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: The largest land gorge is this one on the Colorado River Grand Canyon |
#2573, aired 1995-11-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Texas' Brazos & Colorado rivers empty into this gulf the Gulf of Mexico |
#2567, aired 1995-10-31 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $200: During the War of 1812, this explorer who has a Colorado peak named for him was killed in Canada (Zebulon) Pike |
#2561, aired 1995-10-23 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Over half of all U.S. land more than 10,000 feet above sea level is in this state Colorado |
#2553, aired 1995-10-11 | AMERICAN RIVERS $600: Over 1,000 feet deep the Royal Gorge in this state was carved by the Arkansas River Colorado |
#2552, aired 1995-10-10 | FICTION $1000: The Overlook Hotel in Colorado is the sinister setting for this Stephen King novel The Shining |
#2532, aired 1995-09-12 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: It's an 11 1/2-mile climb to the top of Pikes Peak in Pike National Forest in this state Colorado |
#2530, aired 1995-09-08 | 1995 $800: This state's senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell switched from the Democratic Party to the GOP Colorado |
#2524, aired 1995-07-20 | AMERICANA $200: Look for Buffalo Bill's grave atop Lookout Mountain near Golden in this state Colorado |
#2520, aired 1995-07-14 | STATE EMBLEMS $300: Its state flower is the Rocky Mountain columbine; its state song, "Where The Columbines Grow" Colorado |
#2514, aired 1995-07-06 | "LADY"s $500: The title character of this 1964 Jan & Dean hit was "the terror of Colorado Boulevard" the Little Old Lady from Pasadena |
#2507, aired 1995-06-27 | THE OLD WEST $200: The largest nugget of this ever found in North America was discovered in Aspen, Colorado in 1894 silver |
#2493, aired 1995-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $700 (Daily Double): In Utah the Green River is the main tributary of this river the Colorado |
#2471, aired 1995-05-08 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: A 50-ton block of this rock from Colorado was used to create the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier marble |
#2468, aired 1995-05-03 | 1990 $200: In February voters in Aspen, Colorado rejected a ban on the sale of this clothing material fur |
#2438, aired 1995-03-22 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $600: This Colorado city just east of Pikes Peak is the site of the U.S. Olympic Training Center Colorado Springs |
#2428, aired 1995-03-08 | ELECTION '94 $100: Colorado said no to an additional 50¢-a-pack tax on these cigarettes |
#2422, aired 1995-02-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The Sawatch Mountains in Colorado include the highest peak in this system, 14,433' Mount Elbert the Rockies |
#2415, aired 1995-02-17 | AMERICANA $100: It became capital of the Colorado Territory in 1867 & capital of Colorado in 1876 Denver |
#2403, aired 1995-02-01 | COLORADO $200: On the last day of his 1993 U.S. visit, he spoke to over 350,000 at a mass south of Denver Pope John Paul II |
#2403, aired 1995-02-01 | COLORADO $400: The Rocky Mountain species of this creature is the state animal the bighorn sheep |
#2403, aired 1995-02-01 | COLORADO $600: A narrow-gauge one of these runs from Durango to Silverton a railroad |
#2403, aired 1995-02-01 | COLORADO $800: This city, home to a film festival & pro ski event, is named after a type of ore Telluride |
#2403, aired 1995-02-01 | COLORADO $1000: This Democratic presidential candidate carried Colorado 3 times: in 1896, 1900 & 1908 William Jennings Bryan |
#2372, aired 1994-12-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): In area, it's the largest Rocky Mountain state Montana |
#2366, aired 1994-12-12 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $600: This Colorado city was named for its abundance of large rocks Boulder |
#2330, aired 1994-10-21 | U.S. EXTREMES $500: 1 of 2 states whose lowest point is over 3,000 feet above sea level Colorado (or Wyoming) |
#2323, aired 1994-10-12 | U.S.A. $100: The Grand Canyon, Painted Desert & Petrified Forest are all in this state's Colorado Plateau region Arizona |
#2320, aired 1994-10-07 | MOUNTAINS $600: This mountain 10 miles west of Colorado Springs can be ascended by a cog railway or a toll road Pikes Peak |
#2311, aired 1994-09-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: In 1990 this "Centennial State" became the first to limit the number of consecutive terms for Congressmen Colorado |
#2308, aired 1994-09-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $600: Utah & this state share Dinosaur & Hovenweep National Monuments Colorado |
#2304, aired 1994-09-15 | TV PAIRS $200: This pair consisted of an alien Earth observer & a Boulder, Colorado woman Mork & Mindy |
#2284, aired 1994-07-07 | COLORADO $100: Among these found in Colorado are Yale, Harvard & Pikes Peak mountains |
#2284, aired 1994-07-07 | COLORADO $200: A famous resident of Colorado was this "unsinkable" woman whose home is now a museum Molly Brown |
#2284, aired 1994-07-07 | COLORADO $300: Admittance to the Union in 1876 gave Colorado this nickname the Centennial State |
#2284, aired 1994-07-07 | COLORADO $400: This resort often hosts the men's World Cup giant slalom in March & holds a famous music festival in summer Aspen |
#2284, aired 1994-07-07 | COLORADO $500: Denver Int'l Airport, opened in 1994, replaces this one which had been the state's major terminal Stapleton |
#2280, aired 1994-07-01 | BASEBALL $400: This new National League team plans to move its home games to Coors Field in 1995 the Colorado Rockies |
#2279, aired 1994-06-30 | THE 1950s $200: In 1958 this armed service moved its academy to a permanent site near Colorado Springs the U.S. Air Force |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | U.S. RIVERS $100: Like the Colorado, the Yellowstone River flows through a canyon named this Grand |
#2262, aired 1994-06-07 | SPORTS HALLS OF FAME $300: Dick Button & Sonja Henie are among the notables honored at this sport's Colorado Springs Hall of Fame figure skating |
#2261, aired 1994-06-06 | AMERICANA $1000: The "chugging" noise made by hot springs, not a real boat, gave this Colorado town its name Steamboat Springs |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: This Philadelphia hatter began his company in 1865, after returning from Colorado (John B.) Stetson |
#2251, aired 1994-05-23 | SPORTS $400: The insignia of this National League baseball team features a mountain peak the (Colorado) Rockies |
#2234, aired 1994-04-28 | U.S. STATES $100: Counties in this state include Elbert, Boulder & Pueblo Colorado |
#2229, aired 1994-04-21 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: During prohibition, this Colorado-based brewery survived by making near beer & malted milk Coors |
#2226, aired 1994-04-18 | RANCHES $1,000 (Daily Double): The 250,000-acre Parker Ranch in this state is one of the largest U.S. cattle ranches under single ownership Hawaii |
#2200, aired 1994-03-11 | MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $500 (Daily Double): The 4 states whose seals appear on the Four Corners Monument in the western U.S. New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado & Utah |
#2200, aired 1994-03-11 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: It's the nickname of the University of Colorado's athletic teams the Buffaloes |
#2154, aired 1994-01-06 | STATE CAPITALS $100: This Colorado capital was named for a governor of the Kansas territory Denver |
#2151, aired 1994-01-03 | STATE NICKNAMES $400: "The Highest State" Colorado |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | SPORTS $500: With a capacity of over 75,000, this National League team's Mile High Stadium is the largest in Major League Baseball the Colorado Rockies |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: North of the Mexican border, Arizona's Bill Williams & Gila Rivers join this river the Colorado |
#2147, aired 1993-12-28 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $800: This Colorado city is headquarters to the Consumer Information Catalog of Fed. Publications Pueblo |
#2140, aired 1993-12-17 | U.S. HISTORY $300: It was the only state admitted to the Union during the 1870s, 1876 to be exact Colorado |
#2111, aired 1993-11-08 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: This 1974 James A. Michener novel tells the story of a fictional Colorado town through the years Centennial |
#2101, aired 1993-10-25 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: The Grand Canyon is part of this state's Colorado Plateau Arizona |
#2089, aired 1993-10-07 | ODDS & ENDS $600: A Colorado firm called Dog Gone vacuums these animals out of their burrows & resettles them prairie dogs |
#2087, aired 1993-10-05 | U.S. MUSEUMS $1000: Of "Coors" you know the Buffalo Bill Memorial Museum & Grave overlook this Colorado city Golden |
#2084, aired 1993-09-30 | DEMOCRATS $1,800 (Daily Double): Colorado's first woman in Congress, she's represented the state since 1973 Pat Schroeder |
#2083, aired 1993-09-29 | EIGHTS $200: Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Iowa St., Kansas, Kansas St., Missouri, Oklahoma St. The Big 8 |
#2078, aired 1993-09-22 | U.S.A. $100: Though Colorado's called a mountain state, less than half of it is in this mountain range Rockies |
#2065, aired 1993-07-23 | "SPRINGS" ON THE MAP $500: It's surrounded by the U.S. Air Force Academy, Fort Carson & Peterson Field Air Force Base Colorado Springs |
#2050, aired 1993-07-02 | THE 50 STATES $900 (Daily Double): Its southeast corner touches Arizona, Colorado & New Mexico Utah |
#2021, aired 1993-05-24 | THE AMERICAN FLAG $400: The 38-star or centennial flag was adopted after this state joined the Union in 1876 Colorado |
#2007, aired 1993-05-04 | SPORTS $1000: 1 of 2 new Major League Baseball teams to begin play in 1993 (1 of) the Florida Marlins (Colorado Rockies) |
#1979, aired 1993-03-25 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $300: Each spring the University of Colorado in this "rocky" city hosts a conference on world affairs Boulder |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Much of the water for Los Angeles & San Diego is supplied by this river the Colorado River |
#1967, aired 1993-03-09 | U.S.A. $400: Every summer in Colorado, there's an auto race to the top of this famous peak Pikes Peak |
#1964, aired 1993-03-04 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: This rock used in building the Lincoln Memorial was supplied by Colorado, Georgia, Tennessee & Alabama marble |
#1955, aired 1993-02-19 | ELECTION '92 $1000: Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Native American, won election to the Senate from this state Colorado |
#1953, aired 1993-02-17 | LIEUTENANTS $300: In 1805 he named the wrong lake as the source of the Mississippi; his fame later "peaked" in Colorado (Zebulon) Pike |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | COLORADO $100: This city replaced Golden as territorial capital in 1867 Denver |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | COLORADO $200: This, not sugarcane, is the source of sugar produced in Colorado (sugar) beets |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | COLORADO $300: A 1991 spill of this from a Coors plant into Clear Creek killed an estimated 17,000 fish beer |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | COLORADO $400: This popular ski resort, the seat of Pitkin County, was once a silver-mining center Aspen |
#1936, aired 1993-01-25 | COLORADO $500: This national park whose name is Spanish for "green table" contains Indian cliff dwellings Mesa Verde |
#1914, aired 1992-12-24 | MOUNTAINS $400: Mount Elbert, the highest mountain in the Rockies, rises 14,433 feet in this state Colorado |
#1911, aired 1992-12-21 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): These 3 states meet Arizona at the Four Corners New Mexico, Colorado & Utah |
#1910, aired 1992-12-18 | EXPLORERS $200: While exploring the headwaters of the Arkansas River, he discovered the Colorado peak named for him Zebulon Pike |
#1901, aired 1992-12-07 | TUNNELS $1000: The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel just west of this state capital passes through the Continental Divide Denver, Colorado |
#1894, aired 1992-11-26 | BODIES OF WATER $200: Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border was created by damming this river the Colorado |
#1879, aired 1992-11-05 | FORESTS $100: Colorado has a peak as well as a national forest named for him (Zebulon) Pike |
#1862, aired 1992-10-13 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: Yuma, Arizona is the largest city lying on this 1450-mile-long river the Colorado |
#1840, aired 1992-09-11 | ANNUAL EVENTS $400: A rodeo named for this mountain is held in August in Colorado Springs Pikes Peak |
#1837, aired 1992-09-08 | STATE SYMBOLS $400: In 1982, Colorado made this plated dinosaur its state fossil the Stegosaurus |
#1826, aired 1992-07-06 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $800: The dunes of Great Sand Dunes Nat'l Monument in this state were described in Zebulon Pike's journal Colorado |
#1785, aired 1992-05-08 | COLLEGE SPORTS $100: Schools from this Rocky Mountain state have won 26 skiing titles since 1954 Colorado |
#1783, aired 1992-05-06 | ROCKS & MINERALS $200: The Balanced Rock in Colorado's Garden of the Gods is a block of this "grainy" rock sandstone |
#1772, aired 1992-04-21 | PHOENIX $600: In 1968 Congress authorized the Central Arizona Project to bring water from this river the Colorado |
#1744, aired 1992-03-12 | POLITICIANS $800: This Colorado congresswoman is her state's senior member in the House of Representatives Patricia Schroeder |
#1740, aired 1992-03-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Important dams on this river include Rock Island, Rocky Reach & Grand Coulee the Columbia River |
#1702, aired 1992-01-14 | LANDMARKS $400: 726 feet tall, this structure stands in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River the Hoover Dam |
#1695, aired 1992-01-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1869 one-armed major John Wesley Powell made the hazardous 1st trip down the length of this river the Colorado |
#1681, aired 1991-12-16 | THE 50 STATES $600: Its state flower is the Rocky Mountain columbine Colorado |
#1679, aired 1991-12-12 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: The highest college campus in the U.S. is located at 10,100 feet in Leadville in this state Colorado |
#1675, aired 1991-12-06 | EXPLORERS $100: Garcia Lopez de Cardenas led the first Europeans to see this Arizona wonder on the Colorado River Grand Canyon |
#1672, aired 1991-12-03 | UTAH $400: This river & its main tributary, the Green River, are the state's largest the Colorado |
#1671, aired 1991-12-02 | DESERTS $400: Joshua Tree Nat'l Monument is on the border between the Colorado Desert and this California one the Mojave |
#1658, aired 1991-11-13 | BRIDGES $500: This Colorado canyon has the world's highest suspension bridge – 1,053' above the Arkansas River Royal Gorge |
#1646, aired 1991-10-28 | DINOSAURS $100: Dinosaur National Monument is in northeastern Utah & this "Centennial State" Colorado |
#1641, aired 1991-10-21 | PIKES PEAK $400: This city at the foot of the peak is named for a nearby body of mineral water Colorado Springs |
#1640, aired 1991-10-18 | U.S.A. $1000: Year in which Colorado entered the Union 1876 |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $800: Colorado has counties named for John C. Fremont & this scout who traveled with him Kit Carson |
#1626, aired 1991-09-30 | COUNTIES $1000: Its Cimarron County is the only one in the U.S. to border 4 states: Texas, Colorado, N.M. & Kansas Oklahoma |
#1617, aired 1991-09-17 | ANNUAL EVENTS $800: An International Pack Burro Race is held each August in Leadville in this state Colorado |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | POTPOURRI $1000: After Colorado, this state to its north has the highest average elevation in the U.S. Wyoming |
#1586, aired 1991-06-24 | USA $300: The Arkansas, South Platte & Rio Grande rivers begin in this Rocky Mountain state Colorado |
#1582, aired 1991-06-18 | STATE CAPITALS $200: This Colorado capital was named for a governor of the Kansas Territory Denver |
#1579, aired 1991-06-13 | THE 50 STATES $300: Many of its 19th c. mining towns, including Cripple Creek & Leadville, have been preserved or restored Colorado |
#1576, aired 1991-06-10 | UNREAL ESTATE $1000: In a 1974 bestseller James Michener traced the roots of this fictional town in Colorado Centennial |
#1573, aired 1991-06-05 | NEW JERSEYIANS $200: Born in what's now Trenton, this explorer never reached the top of the Colorado peak that bears his name Pike |
#1571, aired 1991-06-03 | BUSINESS LEADERS $400: He came to the U.S. to avoid the German draft & in 1873 he started his Colorado brewery Coors |
#1567, aired 1991-05-28 | RIVERS $200: This river's Parker Dam created Lake Havasu the Colorado River |
#1554, aired 1991-05-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The Grand Canyon is one of many canyons carved by this river the Colorado |
#1547, aired 1991-04-30 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: 5 years after discovery of the Comstock Lode, it was let into the Union, though it still lacked the required population Nevada |
#1530, aired 1991-04-05 | LAKES & RIVERS $400: The Snake River, which flows across Idaho, is the largest tributary of this river the Columbia |
#1519, aired 1991-03-21 | U.S. STATES $400: Its early inhabitants didn't have chalets, they lived in cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde Colorado |
#1491, aired 1991-02-11 | STEPHEN KING $800: The King classic that takes place at the haunted Overlook Hotel in the mountains of Colorado The Shining |
#1484, aired 1991-01-31 | FLAGS $100: This Rocky Mountain state's flag has a big C on it Colorado |
#1482, aired 1991-01-29 | LAKES & RIVERS $300: This river rises in Colorado before becoming an international boundary the Rio Grande |
#1472, aired 1991-01-15 | MASCOTS $400: Ralphie the Buffalo attends the home football games of this Big 8 university Colorado |
#1440, aired 1990-11-30 | LAKES & RIVERS $800: The Colorado River empties into this Mexican gulf the Gulf of California |
#1433, aired 1990-11-21 | NATIONAL MONUMENTS $400: While in this state in 1806-07, Captain Zebulon Pike described the great sand dunes in his journal Colorado |
#1431, aired 1990-11-19 | 8-LETTER STATES $200: Its state fair is held each August in Pueblo Colorado |
#1423, aired 1990-11-07 | U.S. CITIES $200: This Colorado resort city was named for a type of poplar tree growing in the area Aspen |
#1422, aired 1990-11-06 | MOUNTAINS $1000: Few know that Mount Elbert in this state is the second-tallest in the lower 48 states Colorado |
#1413, aired 1990-10-24 | NATIONAL LANDMARKS $300: The only mountain in Colorado that's been designated a national landmark Pikes Peak |
#1378, aired 1990-09-05 | THE 50 STATES $400: This state's name comes from the Spanish word for "colored red" Colorado |
#1370, aired 1990-07-13 | NORTH AMERICA $500: The highest motor-traffic tunnel in the world is just west of this city Denver, Colorado |
#1368, aired 1990-07-11 | AMERICAN INDIANS $800: This tribe's reservation, the nation's largest, includes part of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah & Colorado the Navajo |
#4, aired 1990-07-07 | DEMOCRATS $1000: Colorado congresswoman who was an almost-ran in the 1988 presidential race Pat Schroeder |
#1352, aired 1990-06-19 | AMERICAN MOUNTAINS $100: Prospectors traveling west in the 1800s hoped to reach this Colorado peak "or bust" Pikes Peak |
#1346, aired 1990-06-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: The huge lake created by the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River is named for this conservationist John Wesley Powell |
#1340, aired 1990-06-01 | ROCKS & MINERALS $500 (Daily Double): The Carrera type of this is from Italy, Pentelic from Greece & Yule from Colorado marble |
#1337, aired 1990-05-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $3,000 (Daily Double): National park that extends along the Colorado River from Lake Powell to Lake Mead Grand Canyon |
#1328, aired 1990-05-16 | MOUNTAINS $200: The highest point in this state is Mount Elbert, not Pikes Peak Colorado |
#1326, aired 1990-05-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: This lake was created when Hoover Dam was built on the Colorado River Lake Mead |
#1314, aired 1990-04-26 | "M" & "M"s $200: It was boxer Jack Dempsey's nickname, after the Colorado town in which he was born the Manassa Mauler |
#1314, aired 1990-04-26 | STATE NICKNAMES $1000: "The Centennial State" Colorado |
#1299, aired 1990-04-05 | ROCKS & MINERALS $400: The largest known reserves of this oil-producing rock are found in the Piceance Creek Basin in Colorado shale |
#1295, aired 1990-03-30 | GEOGRAPHY $800: It's the longest U.S. river east of the Mississippi Ohio River |
#1287, aired 1990-03-20 | U.S. STATES $1000: The Colorado River enters Arizona from this state Utah |
#1280, aired 1990-03-09 | BODIES OF WATER $500: In 1963 the Supreme Court upheld Arizona's claim to a major share of the water of this river the Colorado |
#1278, aired 1990-03-07 | STATE ANIMALS $400: Its official state animal is the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Colorado |
#1262, aired 1990-02-13 | U.S. STATES $300: This state has over 50 peaks above 14,000 feet but none over 14,500 feet Colorado |
#1257, aired 1990-02-06 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: 580 sites were visited before Colorado Springs was selected for the campus of this service academy Air Force Academy |
#1255, aired 1990-02-02 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $800: Coors beer is brewed in this Colorado city Golden |
#1254, aired 1990-02-01 | SPORTS SHIFTS $500: In 1982 the NHL's Colorado Rockies became this state's Devils New Jersey |
#1252, aired 1990-01-30 | STATE FLOWERS $400: The tall, slender Columbine shares the same 1st 3 letters with this state it represents Colorado |
#1248, aired 1990-01-24 | THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $200: To take an up close & personal peek at Pike's Peak you have to be in this state Colorado |
#1208, aired 1989-11-29 | FAMOUS NAMES $400: This astronaut studied aeronautical engineering, not woodworking. at the U. of Colorado Scott Carpenter |
#1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $600: Utah's 2 largest rivers are this 1 & the Green River, its main tributary the Colorado |
#1182, aired 1989-10-24 | CELEBRITY QUOTES $300: This Colorado singer once said, "I epitomize America" (in the eyes of foreigners) John Denver |
#1181, aired 1989-10-23 | THE 50 STATES $600: This Rocky Mountain state's flag features a white bison on a blue background Wyoming |
#1178, aired 1989-10-18 | FEMALE FIRSTS $500: In 1980 Kathleen Conley became the 1st woman to graduate from this Colorado school the Air Force Academy |
#1172, aired 1989-10-10 | BODIES OF WATER $600 (Daily Double): The Colorado River flows into this gulf once known as the Vermilion Sea the Gulf of California (or the Sea of Cortez) |
#1170, aired 1989-10-06 | U.S.A. $800: This Rocky Mountain state has more mountains above 14,000 feet than any other Colorado |
#1161, aired 1989-09-25 | MUSEUMS $1000: 1 of 3 states with museums devoted to Buffalo Bill Cody 1 of (Wyoming, Nebraska, or Colorado) |
#1123, aired 1989-06-21 | THE OLD WEST $600: In 1891 this was discovered in Poverty Gulch, Colorado by Robert Womack, a cowboy who died in poverty gold |
#1116, aired 1989-06-12 | WEATHER $400: In 1921 Silver Lake, Colorado saw 76 inches of this fall in a 24 hour period, a world record snow |
#1094, aired 1989-05-11 | U.S. STATES $200: This, the "Mountain State", has the highest average altitude of any state east of the Mississippi West Virginia |
#1066, aired 1989-04-03 | THE GRAND CANYON $100: The Grand Canyon was carved out by this river Colorado |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | FASHION DESIGNERS $600: He owns a 13,000-acre spread in Colorado, the Double RL Ranch, named for himself & his wife, Ricky Ralph Lauren |
#1035, aired 1989-02-17 | NATIONAL PARKS $800: Pre-Columbian cliff & cave dwellings can be found in Mesa Verde National Park in this country the United States |
#1005, aired 1989-01-06 | HOMOPHONES $100: Ski resort in the Colorado mountains, or a valley anywhere Vail/vale |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | THE SOUTHWEST $1,000 (Daily Double): Flowing southward from Colorado, the Rio Grande becomes our border with Mexico at this city Juarez (or El Paso) |
#984, aired 1988-12-08 | THE SOUTHWEST $1000: A monument stands at this site where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado & Utah meet the Four Corners |
#981, aired 1988-12-05 | AMERICAN RIVERS $1000: World's highest suspension bridge spans the Royal Gorge which was cut by the Arkansas River in this state Colorado |
#960, aired 1988-11-04 | CORPORATE AMERICA $200: In December 1987 the Baer brothers of Colorado bought this "Famous" cookie company Famous Amos |
#958, aired 1988-11-02 | U.S. STATES $400: Of Colorado, New Mexico or Arizona, the state where the Rio Grande begins Colorado |
#955, aired 1988-10-28 | U.S.A. $200: On New Year's Eve, there's a fireworks display on this well-known Colorado mountain Pikes Peak |
#941, aired 1988-10-10 | SPORTS $300: The Figure Skating Hall of Fame is in Colorado Springs; this other skating hall of fame is in Newburgh, N.Y. speed skating |
#933, aired 1988-09-28 | U.S. STATES $600: The Colorado Desert borders the Colorado River, not in Colorado but in these 2 states California & Arizona |
#928, aired 1988-09-21 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of 4 U.S. schools whose initials are U.S.C. (2 of) the University of Southern California, the University of South Carolina (the University of Santa Clara or the University of South Colorado) |
#922, aired 1988-09-13 | PARADES $400: For most of its route, the Tournament of Roses Parade follows this Pasadena blvd. Colorado |
#922, aired 1988-09-13 | BODIES OF WATER $1000: A Colorado, Canadian & Pecos River all flow through this U.S. state Texas |
#906, aired 1988-07-11 | U.S.A. $400: In 1988, this Rocky Mountain state became 1st to require all cars to use oxyfuel to lower pollution Colorado |
#900, aired 1988-07-01 | FICTION $400: This James Michener novel explored life in Colorado from prehistoric times to the 20th century Centennial |
#877, aired 1988-05-31 | AMERICAN RIVERS $200: Lake Powell was created by damming the waters of this river Colorado |
#860, aired 1988-05-06 | MOUNTAINS $500: Harvard, Yale & Columbia are among the mountains over 14,000' high in this state Colorado |
#825, aired 1988-03-18 | TREES $300: John Denver built "Starwood", his Colorado home, among these "trembling" trees aspen |
#823, aired 1988-03-16 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $500: A prison program in Colorado uses inmates to tame these animals wild horses |
#806, aired 1988-02-22 | CAVES & CANYONS $400: A narrow canyon with almost perpendicular walls is called this, like the Royal in Colorado a gorge |
#794, aired 1988-02-04 | THE ERA $1000: The ERA is joint resolution #1 of 100th Congress, reintroduced by this state's representative, Pat Schroeder Colorado |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | COLORADO $100: Its title is "Where The Columbines Grow", but don't ask if I can hum it the Colorado state song |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | COLORADO $200: Colorado leads the nation in the production of molybdenum, a metal that hardens this alloy steel |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | COLORADO $300 (Daily Double): At "4 Corners" you're only a few steps away from these 3 other states Utah, Arizona & New Mexico |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | COLORADO $400: It went from a near ghost town to a resort famed for its summer music festival & winter skiing Aspen |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | COLORADO $500: The highest of these in the world for motor vehicles lies due west of Denver on I-70 in the Rockies a tunnel |
#775, aired 1988-01-08 | WYOMING $600 (Daily Double): 2 of 3 great river systems that partially begin in Wyoming (2 of) Missouri, Colorado & Columbia |
#748, aired 1987-12-02 | LANDMARKS $300: Mesa Verde in Colorado is famous for these "homes" cliff dweller homes |
#736, aired 1987-11-16 | CORPORATE AMERICA $800: On August 19, 1987, the AFL-CIO ended its 10-year old boycott of this Colorado-based company Coors |
#713, aired 1987-10-14 | HODGEPODGE $100: It's said after serving a bowl of soup in 1969, a Colorado waitress received a Cadillac as this tip |
#707, aired 1987-10-06 | SPORTS $300: The U.S. women's team that trains at Copper Mountain, Colorado competes in this sport skiing |
#667, aired 1987-06-30 | BOTTOMS UP $200: Only Colorado still has this minimum drinking age -- & only for 3.2% beer 18 |
#662, aired 1987-06-23 | GEOGRAPHY $200: If you're thinking of the 2nd largest city in Colorado, this one should spring to mind Colorado Springs |
#658, aired 1987-06-17 | U.S. STATES $800: 5 of largest U.S. rivers, including the Arkansas, N. Platte, & the Rio Grande, begin in this state Colorado |
#656, aired 1987-06-15 | SPORTS SHIFTS $200: Formerly the Kansas City Scouts, then the Colorado Rockies, they're now this N.J. NHL entry the New Jersey Devils |
#647, aired 1987-06-02 | DINOSAURS $400: Dinosaur National Monument lies in Colorado & this neighboring state Utah |
#647, aired 1987-06-02 | BODIES OF WATER $400: Travelling the entire length of the Colorado, you begin in Colorado & end up in this body of water the Gulf of California (the Sea of Cortes) |
#644, aired 1987-05-28 | BODIES OF WATER $600: This river began carving out the Grand Canyon perhaps as long as 12 million years ago the Colorado River |
#643, aired 1987-05-27 | CONTESTS $300: Athletes must be in "peak" condition to run the marathon to the top of this Colorado mountain Pike's Peak |
#641, aired 1987-05-25 | WOOD ON THE MAP $200: Colorado resort city named in 1879 for the trees in the region Aspen |
#634, aired 1987-05-14 | JULY $400: This "college" opened on July 11, 1955 at Lowry AFB before moving to Colorado Springs 3 years later Air Force Academy |
#632, aired 1987-05-12 | THE OLD WEST $1000: Colorado gold-mining district which got its name from stream which injured cattle crossing it Cripple Creek |
#606, aired 1987-04-06 | U.S. STATES $500: The World Book lists 5 state songs for it, including, "Rocky Top" Tennessee |
#596, aired 1987-03-23 | SEE THE USA $1000: Most visited man-made attractions in Colorado are the visitors' center & chapel here United States Air Force Academy |
#582, aired 1987-03-03 | STREET SONGS $300: "The Little Old Lady From Pasadena" is "the terror of..." this thoroughfare Colorado Boulevard |
#576, aired 1987-02-23 | SITCOMS $1000: Mork landed near & settled in this mountain city Boulder, Colorado |
#564, aired 1987-02-05 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: Named for rock formations in the area, this Colorado city gets its water from a glacier it owns Boulder |
#537, aired 1986-12-30 | SEE THE USA $3,500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 states where you can cross the Continental Divide Colorado, New Mexico, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho |
#530, aired 1986-12-19 | NATURAL RESOURCES $500: It provides water to residents in 7 western states & for over 1/12 of the U.S. landmass the Colorado River |
#527, aired 1986-12-16 | VACATION SPOTS $1000: State where you'd go to ride the Narrow Gauge Railroad between Silverton & Durango Colorado |
#522, aired 1986-12-09 | FISHY NAMES $100: His career as a lieutenant reached a "peak" in Colorado in 1806 Pike |
#471, aired 1986-09-29 | RIVERS $200: River dammed by Chief Joseph, John Day & the Grand Coulee Columbia |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | COLORADO $200: U.S. 550 between Ouray & Silverton is called "Million Dollar Highway" because it's paved with this ore gold ore |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | COLORADO $400: This corner of Colorado meets corners of 3 other states at "4 Corners" the southwest corner |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | COLORADO $600: In Colo., "people had a careless way ... of firing revolvers ... at each other ...", so he went east, young man Horace Greeley |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | COLORADO $800: U. of Colorado's "Alferd Packer Grill" was named after 1st man in U.S. convicted of this crime cannibalism |
#404, aired 1986-03-27 | 1976 $400: U.S. state that celebrated its 100th anniversary as a state in 1976 Colorado |
#398, aired 1986-03-19 | UNIVERSITIES $800: Ralphie, female buffalo mascot of this Western state u., was so popular she was elected home-coming queen the University of Colorado |
#390, aired 1986-03-07 | THE OLYMPICS $200: The 1976 Winter Games were originally awarded to this Colorado city, not Innsbruck, Austria Denver |
#373, aired 1986-02-12 | THE LAW $100: 1 of the youngest of either sex was Susan Broyles of Colorado, only 23 when appointed a judge |
#344, aired 1986-01-02 | RIVERS $400: It's so heavily tapped by man that in normal years none of it reaches its outlet in the Gulf of Calif. the Colorado |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | FIRSTS $400: In 1923, 1st state pensions for the silver-haired set were introduced by Montana & this, the Silver State Nevada |
#310, aired 1985-11-15 | MOUNTAINS $400: In 1806, he tried to climb the Colorado peak named for him, took wrong path & wound up on wrong mt. (Zebulon) Pike |
#278, aired 1985-10-02 | U.S. CITIES $400: "Home" of the Air Force Academy, it has over 300 days of sunshine yearly Colorado Springs |
#276, aired 1985-09-30 | WEST VIRGINIA $800: Though born in Manassa, Colorado, this fighter grew up in Logan, W.V. Jack Dempsey |
#272, aired 1985-09-24 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $3,000 (Daily Double): The 4 states which meet at the Southwest's "Four Corners Arizona, New Mexico, Utah & Colorado |
#191, aired 1985-06-03 | THE '50s $1000: 1956 bestseller about the other life of Colorado housewife Virginia Tighe The Search for Bridey Murphy |
#182, aired 1985-05-21 | LITERATURE $200: Michener wrote a novel about it the same year it became a state Hawaii |
#174, aired 1985-05-09 | EXPLORERS $200: De Soto the discoverer of this main U.S. river, was buried in it the Mississippi |
#168, aired 1985-05-01 | U.S. STATES $200: "Pikes Peak or Bust" was slogan of 1858 gold rush in this state Colorado |
#138, aired 1985-03-20 | BODIES OF WATER $300: Rapid U.S. river which empties into Mexico's Gulf of California the Colorado River |
#138, aired 1985-03-20 | STATE CAPITALS $1,400 (Daily Double): It has more nat'l & regional headquarters of fed. agencies than any other city except Washington Denver, Colorado |
#109, aired 1985-02-07 | SKIING $400: Gerald Ford's favorite Colorado ski spot Vail |
#103, aired 1985-01-30 | U.S. STATES $100: State you'd go to, to visit U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado |
#87, aired 1985-01-08 | DEMOCRATS $100: '84 Presidential primary contender & Colorado senator Gary Hart |
#70, aired 1984-12-14 | U.S. CITIES $200: Colorado city whose name means "town" in Spanish Pueblo |
#69, aired 1984-12-13 | POTENT POTABLES $400: Their Golden, Colorado brewery is America's largest single one Coors |
#65, aired 1984-12-07 | U.S. STATES $300: Region originally called Indian Territory, it now has no Fed. reservations Oklahoma |
#58, aired 1984-11-28 | DEMOCRATS $400: Colorado senator who served as McGovern's campaign manager in '72 Gary Hart |
#10, aired 1984-09-21 | TOURIST TRAPS $200: Both Ferde Grofe' & the Colorado River dug this national park the Grand Canyon |
#2, aired 1984-01-01 | U.S. LANDMARKS $250: The view from this Colorado summit inspired the song "America the Beautiful" Pike's Peak |
John Shoe, a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado
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"He teaches at a school for gifted children who choose their...
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John McKay, an assistant secretary of the Colorado Senate from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2016-05-23).
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Lynn Schuetter, a retired geologist from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 23 1-time champion: $10,000 + $1,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
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Dan Kull, a U.S. Army captain from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2011-12-08).
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Georgia Hiesterman, an aerospace engineer from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-07-02).
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Russ Schumacher, a university professor from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He was a graduate student when he won the Tournament of...
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Christi Esterle, a librarian and stay-at-home mom from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 30 2-time champion: $36,199 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like "EST-er-lee".
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Laura DiSilverio, a retired Air Force officer and writer from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2009-05-20).
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Matt Locke, an artist and designer from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 23 player (2007-06-11).
Web site at mattlocke.com.
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Dave Artusi, a bond trader from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 26 player (2010-01-05).
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Kate Harvey, a family law attorney from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 23 player (2006-12-07).
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Adam Manning, a senior sales manager from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-06-14).
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Tory Leviton, a musician and teacher from Englewood, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2022-06-20). Johnny Gilbert inaccurately announced Tory as being...
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Tara Yack, a structural engineer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-05-23).
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Beth Binder, a 6th grade teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2018 Teachers Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a $2,500 grant. At the...
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Vicki Cole, a compliance technician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-03-26).
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Rich Carroll, an administrative traffic judge from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Season 20 player (2004-07-12).
KJL game 29.
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John Jordan, a university English teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2011-10-28).
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Frances Way, a math and drama teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 29 player (2013-01-11).
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Paige Radtke, a sophomore from the University of Colorado at Boulder from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2013 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Jeff Machusko, a data analyst from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-01-25).
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Andrea Keleher, a medical records coder from Denver, Colorado
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Season 31 1-time champion: $18,605 + $1,000.
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Debbie Howell, a proofreader from Woodland Park, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-03-26).
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Jake McCrory, an 11-year-old from Pueblo, Colorado
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"He wants to make a positive change in our nation's future...
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Becky Vartabedian, an adjunct professor and graduate student from Denver, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-03-21).
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Trevor Burrus, a law student from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-03-13).
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Jedidiah Smith, a technical writer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-09-28).
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Robin Woods, a software developer from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 24 2-time champion: $16,700 + $1,000.
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Jennifer Giles, a third grade teacher from Longmont, Colorado
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 3rd-place Team Buzzy: a share...
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Kristen Meinhold, a graphic designer originally from Monument, Colorado
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Season 22 player (2006-05-30).
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student and newlywed from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He won the most recent Tournament of Champions. A graduate student...
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Ken Herrera, an MBA student originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2011-09-20).
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Bill Menezes, a non-profit director from Denver, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2009-01-15).
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Alison Miester, a human resources specialist from Longmont, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2008-01-06).
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Lynsey McMullen, a bartender from Parker, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-12-16).
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Matt Larson, a technical support specialist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 1-time champion: $5,599 + $1,000.
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Kyle Brittain, a student from Durango, Colorado
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Season 24 1-time champion: $14,100 + $1,000.
Last name pronounced like the country, "Britain".
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Andy Walvoord, an investment banker from Denver, Colorado
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Season 25 1-time champion: $25,200 + $1,000.
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Cathy Thomas, a data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2007-10-26).
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: blue balaclava
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DJ Molny, a software entrepreneur from Lone Tree, Colorado
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Season 24 1-time champion: $27,601 + $2,000.
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Nissan Cohen, a consultant from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 22 player (2006-04-14).
First name pronounced like "nee-SAHN".
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Tom McFarland, a graduate student from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 21 player (2005-01-24).
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Lauren Romero, a senior from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy! web...
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Lynn Di Vito, a retired museum educator from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $11,800 + $2,000.
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Lynn Di Vito, a retired museum educator from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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2024 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $11,800 + $2,000.
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Bonnie Hagan, a product support representative from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 37 player (2021-03-24).
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Cynthia Bullock, a nonprofit executive from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 41 player (2024-10-10).
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Jeff Paine, a retired Army officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2023-02-13).
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Holly Palmer, a nurse from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 36 player (2019-09-09).
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David Epperson, a waiter originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
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Curt Daniel, a chemistry teacher from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 7 player (1990-12-24).
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Daniel Grigg, a beer wholesaler from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 31 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000.
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Ted Brown, a teacher originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 1 player (1985-02-08).
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Andria Frost, a software support engineer originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 14 player (1998-03-05).
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Deborah Yaffe, a reporter originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Season 9 1-time champion: $14,000 + S&S Mills carpeting, Imperial wallcoverings,...
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Chantal Nguyen, a biophysicist from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2022-01-05).
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Lonnie Weis, a creative director from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2018-11-06).
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Scott Firestone, a web developer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 36 player (2019-12-30).
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Kelsey Barcomb, a biomedical scientist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2019-01-21). Kelsey won $1,000 on Master Minds on...
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Jeff Witte, an electrical engineer from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-06-26).
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Kaitlin Tarr, a ceramic artist from Denver, Colorado
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2024-2025 Second Chance competition
Season 41 player (2024-12-31).
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Kaitlin Tarr, an aspiring ceramicist from Denver, Colorado
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2024-2025 Second Chance competition
Season 40 player (2024-06-14).
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Carrie Cadwallader, a business intelligence manager from Aurora, Colorado
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $7,500 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"cad-WALL-a-dur\".
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Carrie Cadwallader, a business intelligence manager from Aurora, Colorado
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $7,500 + $2,000.
Last name pronounced like \"cad-WALL-a-dur\".
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Fran Kirchhof, a retired bookstore person from Denver, Colorado
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1988 Senior Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
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Paul Redford, a graphic artist and copywriter from Denver, Colorado
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Season 8 player (1991-10-15).
Paul appeared on Win Ben Stein's Money.
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Alex Koral, a regulatory research counsel from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 35 1-time champion: $26,000 + $2,000.
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Will Herrera, a retired airline pilot originally from Pueblo, Colorado
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1993 Seniors Tournament 2nd runner-up: $7,500.
Will died 2023-01-02 at age 92. Obituary.
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Scott Plummer, a software developer from Golden, Colorado
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $28,800 + $2,000.
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Scott Plummer, a software developer from Golden, Colorado
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 38 1-time champion: $28,800 + $2,000.
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Lori Bailey, a research center coordinator from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 5 player (1989-03-15). Lori won $32,000 on Who Wants to...
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Jonathan Lindeen, a senior finance manager from Denver, Colorado
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Season 35 2-time champion: $48,802 + $2,000.
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Lauren Owen, a director of analytics from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2019-03-18).
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Barbara Fayeulle, a homemaker and mother of two from Longmont, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-04-23).
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Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders, an assistant professor of U.S. and African-American history from University of Colorado
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2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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James Excell, a postal clerk from Denver, Colorado
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Season 11 player (1995-06-20).
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Eliza Eaton-Stern, a middle school history teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 37 player (2021-05-03).
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Stephanie Sumulong, a middle school social studies teacher from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 36 1-time champion: $12,399 + $1,000.
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Natalie Hathcote, a junior at Liberty University from Parker, Colorado
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2020 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Gail Upp, an executive assistant originally from Greeley, Colorado
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Season 4 player (1987-10-06).
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Jennifer Giles, a third grade teacher from Longmont, Colorado
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• 2015 Teachers Tournament winner • 2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist...
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Matt Masich, a writer and editor from Denver, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2019-02-19).
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Charlie Jorgenson, a librarian from Loveland, Colorado
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Season 35 2-time champion: $56,800 + $2,000.
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Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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2019 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 35 7-time champion: $145,403 + $2,000.
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Debbie Kauffman, a university professor from Greeley, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2019-07-01).
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Julian Huerta, a hotel senior sales manager from Thornton, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2021-11-03).
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Kyle Jones, a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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2019 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 35 7-time champion: $145,403 + $2,000.
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Allie Kallmann Wegner, a researcher from Broomfield, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2022-12-15).
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Becky Reisig, a document management system administrator from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2019-06-14).
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Geoff Brousseau, an epidemiologist from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 34 1-time champion: $7,599 + $1,000.
Name pronounced like "JEFF BROO-soh".
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Kim Lutz, a homemaker and retired engineer from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 36 player (2020-03-03).
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Ira Levine, a writer originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 3 player (1986-09-17). Not to be confused with Season 3...
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Steph Martin, an editor, writer, and proofreader from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2022-12-05).
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Mike Shapiro, an actuary from Denver, Colorado
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Season 30 2-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. A clip of one...
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Nancy Dorn, a housewife from Denver, Colorado
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Season 5 player (1989-05-30).
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Michael Boss, a physicist from Broomfield, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-04-04).
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Jason Marsden, a nonprofit executive from Denver, Colorado
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Season 36 player (2019-09-30).
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Lynn Klyde-Allaman, a journalism professor from Lafayette, Colorado
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Season 34 1-time champion: $8,800 + $2,000. Lynn\'s mother appeared on...
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Odessa Madakacherry, a retail manager from Westminster, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2021-09-17).
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Kyle Adams, a communications manager from Monument, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-07-18).
JBoard user name: mahalo_back
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Josh Demby, a real estate agent from Denver, Colorado
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Season 35 player (2018-12-17).
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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India Cooper, an actor and copy editor originally from Denver, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Laura Majors, a retired marketing director from Denver, Colorado
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Season 36 player (2019-09-16).
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Etienne Lepine, a software engineer from Lafayette, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2022-11-22).
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Shari Post, a software engineer from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-03-05).
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Ann Butler, a company president from Durango, Colorado
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Season 12 player (1995-09-22).
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Becky Wilson, an operations engineer from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-07-10).
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Faryl Reingold, an administrative assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 1 player (1984-12-13).
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Rob Wivchar, a musician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-03-06).
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Allie Sibole, a biomedical engineer from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 37 player (2021-02-01).
Last name pronounced like "SYE-bowl".
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Rachel Cohen, a consultant from Denver, Colorado
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2023 Second Chance competition semifinalist: $3,000.
Season 39 player (2022-12-29).
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Grant Wilton, an environmental chemist from Golden, Colorado
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Season 13 player (1996-09-26). The recording used to archive the game...
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Patrick Pacheco, a labor and employment specialist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 37 player (2021-08-06).
Last name pronounced like "PUH-check-oh".
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Rick Rosner, a bar bouncer originally from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 7 player (1991-01-16). Appearing as \"Richard Rosner\" from Los Angeles,...
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Sarah Crocker, a writer and editor from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 40 player (2024-07-05).
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Sally Kurtzman, a writer and English teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 2 player (1986-04-16). The introduction was missing from the recording...
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Betsy Chisolm, a volunteer storyteller from Greeley, Colorado
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Season 29 2-time champion: $25,999 + $2,000.
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Lynde Smith, a server from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 38 player (2022-02-21).
First name pronounced like "LIN-dee".
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Eileen O'Toole, a student of economics from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2012-03-23).
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Elaine Brofford, an usability consultant from Denver, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-06-26).
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Jasmine Tygre, a waitress from Aspen, Colorado
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Season 8 player (1991-10-21).
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Lisa Bradford, a speech pathologist from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-06-24).
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Linda Jarvis, a music student and a geologist from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 2 player (1986-05-19).
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Michael Gurshtein, a thin films engineer from Thornton, Colorado
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Season 28 1-time champion: $25,000 + $2,000. Michael pronounced his last...
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Bruce Adair, a restaurant manager from Denver, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-06-20).
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Abby Drwecki, an anthropologist from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2011-11-22).
Last name pronounced like "duh-RICK-ee".
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Paul Ehrmann, a substitute teacher originally from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 10 player (1993-12-10).
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Judy Wang, an assistant professor of engineering from Highlands Ranch, Colorado
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Season 29 player (2013-06-11).
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Jeff Parker, a professor of theater from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2022-10-06).
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Don Adams, a tour director from Vail, Colorado
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Season 1 player (1985-01-15).
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Ursula Rodgers, a homemaker and visual artist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2012-05-24).
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Kevin Shrum, a retired adjunct professor from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 33 2-time champion: $33,500 + $2,000. Kevin died 2023-12-26 at...
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Kathy Robbins, a bed-and-breakfast owner from Denver, Colorado
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Season 13 3-time champion: $35,900.
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Lewis Black, a stand-up comedian from Lewis Black's Root of All Evil
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"With success in films, plays, books, and TV specials, he tours...
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Martin Garnar, a librarian from Denver, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2008-11-07).
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Darin Brown, a trademark attorney from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-11-27).
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Garrett Marcotte, a software engineer from Boulder, Colorado
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 37 3-time champion: $63,700 + $1,000.
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Courtney Johnston, an attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2023-06-30).
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Kate Jeracki, a newspaper staff writer from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 28 player (2012-01-30).
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Rachel Eastwood, a veterinary technician student from Denver, Colorado
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Season 29 1-time champion: $20,000 + $2,000.
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Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, Colorado
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 8-time champion: $184,881 + $1,000.
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Stephen Webb, a data scientist from Longmont, Colorado
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 39 8-time champion: $184,881 + $1,000.
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Jen Ruth, a director of operations from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 29 player (2012-12-20).
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Jennifer Giles, a third grade teacher from Longmont, Colorado
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 3rd-place Team Buzzy: a share...
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Amy Sumner, an attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-02-27).
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Kalen Meine, a bartender from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2016-10-11).
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Heather Mock, a teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-07-08).
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Greg Seroka, a chef from Steamboat Springs, Colorado
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2015 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 31 7-time champion: $180,401 + $1,000.
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Carol DeLockroy, a retired educator from Henderson, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-07-07).
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Florence Garbini, a pilot from Brighton, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-02-19).
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Erin Gold, a teacher from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 39 player (2023-06-27).
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Nancy McIsaac, a substitute teacher from Golden, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-06-04).
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Marty Cunningham, an accountant and voice artist from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 34 3-time champion: $65,900 + $2,000.
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Jeannette Jargon, from Denver, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-06-02).
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Katy Sprinkel, a junior at DePauw University from Larkspur, Colorado
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1998 College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500.
DePauw University is located in Greencastle, Indiana.
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Kim Lothringer, a homemaker from Centennial, Colorado
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Season 20 player (2003-12-25).
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Steve Burns, a sales representative from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-04-25).
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Brad Ritter, an actor and writer originally from Pueblo, Colorado
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Season 20 player (2003-12-24).
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Elizabeth Oppenheim, a marriage and family therapist from Evergreen, Colorado
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Season 19 player (2003-05-28).
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Dave Miller, an aerospace engineer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 11 player (1995-01-18).
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Zane Dowty, a pharmacist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2016-06-14).
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Brandon LaMarr, a pharmacy student from Denver, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-05-21).
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Julio Trujillo, a substitute teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-03-31). Name pronounced like "HOO-lee-oh troo-HEE-oh". Julio appeared...
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Sarah Daly, an attorney from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2018-01-19).
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Carolyn Cracraft, a junior at the University of Chicago from San Jose, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Eddie Gillan, a pilot from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 24 player (2008-04-17).
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Andrea Keppers, a history educator from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-01-17).
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Eileen Harrsch, a geologist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 4 player (1987-10-01).
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Jim Bickford, an attorney from Aurora, Colorado
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Season 34 player (2017-09-29).
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Tracy Bacon, a community college professor from Arvada, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-06-06).
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Chuck Lee, a business consultant from Superior, Colorado
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Season 15 player (1999-06-14).
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Gavin Mulligan, a software engineer from Parker, Colorado
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Season 33 1-time champion: $15,800 + $1,000.
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Jon Groubert, a former attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 3-time champion: $76,191 + $1,000.
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Chrissy Swisher, a librarian from Glendale, Colorado
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Season 30 player (2014-04-14).
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John Wolley, a software engineer from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 8 player (1991-09-24).
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Susan MacKay Smith, a writer from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-02-16).
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Mary Duffy, a games editor from Louisville, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-07-28).
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Justin Bender, a technical engineer from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 33 4-time champion: $62,401 + $2,000.
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Erik Cansler, a student & writer from Fort Collins, Colorado
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Season 13 player (1997-02-20).
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Bruce Borchardt, a metrologist originally from Denver, Colorado
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $29,201. 1995 Tournament...
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Suzy Law, an administrative officer from Loveland, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2016-02-24).
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Colby Potter, a policy analyst originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 31 1-time champion: $200 + $2,000.
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Pat Woodard, a journalist and documentary producer from Denver, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2016-02-19).
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Lee Barrow, a history and economics teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-04-13).
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Megan Casey, a mechanical engineer from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-06-18).
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Van Lane, an ATM support technician from Denver, Colorado
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Season 26 3-time champion: $69,128 + $1,000.
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Amy Falconetti, an accountant from Denver, Colorado
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Season 33 player (2017-04-05).
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Dara Gocheski, a librarian from Denver, Colorado
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Season 31 player (2015-01-05).
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Melinda Dudley, a recent law school graduate from Hayden, Colorado
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Season 30 player (2014-06-30).
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Larry Thompson, an accountant from Breckenridge, Colorado
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Season 6 player (1989-09-26).
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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Carolyn Cracraft, a grad student at the University of California-Berkeley from Berkeley, California
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"She was a junior at the University of Chicago when she...
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Rae Sailor, a law clerk from Boulder, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2009-06-23).
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Ingrid Nelson, a judicial assistant from Lake Mills, Wisconsin
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Season 25 2-time champion: $27,802 + $2,000. Ingrid Nelson - A...
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Chris Clayton, an agribusiness finance attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 player (2011-06-28).
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Matt MacGregor, a poker room supervisor from Westminster, Colorado
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Season 26 player (2010-02-22).
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Julie Wolfson, a systems engineer from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 27 player (2011-01-20).
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Amanda Sonmor, a virtual assistant originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 27 2-time champion: $21,501 + $1,000.
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Nick Condon, a research chemist originally from Lakewood, Colorado
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Season 27 3-time champion: $80,101 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: NJCondon
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Luis Corchado, an attorney from Denver, Colorado
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07).
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Jon Lubbers, a mechanical engineer from Lafayette, Colorado
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Season 32 player (2015-12-09).
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Gregg Fanselau, a paralegal originally from Denver, Colorado
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Season 16 2-time champion: $29,200.
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Danielle Sexton, a law student from Englewood, Colorado
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Season 25 player (2008-11-27).
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Mike Gardner, a stock analyst from Denver, Colorado
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Season 16 player (1999-12-20).
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Brad Schinstock, a research specialist from Denver, Colorado
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Season 17 player (2001-01-23).
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Carolyn Cracraft, a college senior from Chicago, Illinois
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Anna Rodriguez, a critical care nurse from Denver, Colorado
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Season 24 1-time champion: $799 + $1,000.
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Miles Madorin, an attorney from Golden, Colorado
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Season 15 player (1998-10-13).
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Karen Olson, an energy conservation manager from Denver, Colorado
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Season 1 player (1984-09-27).
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Linda Fabrizio, a high school teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 13 2-time champion: $22,700.
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Joel Silverman, a children's theater actor from Denver, Colorado
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Season 6 player (1990-04-10).
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Jeff Park, a social studies teacher from Denver, Colorado
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Season 13 player (1997-04-16).
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Jay Marx, a production assistant from Denver, Colorado
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Season 14 player (1997-10-14).
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Bob Mesko, an arts administrator from Denver, Colorado
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2006 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 22 5-time champion:...
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Jim Stalley, a crime data specialist from Denver, Colorado
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2004 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 19 4-time champion: $84,100 + $2,000.
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Russ Schumacher, a graduate student from Fort Collins, Colorado
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Anne Lanctot, a graduate student from Littleton, Colorado
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Season 15 1-time champion: $13,100.
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