| #30, aired 2025-01-29 | HBCUs $400: Founded mostly at HBCUs, the so-called "Divine 9" includes 4 of these groups; Kamala Harris is in Alpha Kappa Alpha, which is one of them sororities |
| #9253, aired 2025-01-22 | SALTY BODIES OF WATER $1600: This so-called "Sea" in a Southern California desert didn't exist until a flood filled a low basin the Salton Sea |
| #9231, aired 2024-12-23 | "C" FOOD $600: They're not technically nuts, though so called, but the curved edible seeds of a tropical evergreen cashews |
| #9106, aired 2024-05-20 | GARFIELD ON GARFIELD $1000: (Chris Pratt presents the clue.) The young Garfield came to abolitionism via the firebrand Ohio Congressman Joshua Giddings & campus lectures at Williams College; as a Radical Republican in Congress, he voted for all three of these so-called Reconstruction Amendments the 13th, 14th & 15th |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | AWARDS & HONORS $400: This foundation's fellowships, the so-called "Genius Grants", are no-strings-attached awards of $800,000 MacArthur Foundation |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | AMERICAN BRIDGES $600: Seen here, the so-called Bunker Hill Bridge was built as part of this city's Big Dig project Boston |
| #18, aired 2023-10-25 | FUNGUS AMONG US $1200: A BBC documentary sequence about a so-called "zombie fungus" inspired this video game, now a hit HBO series The Last of Us |
| #8942, aired 2023-10-03 | THE CONGO RIVER $1600: The river's basin supports the second largest rainforest on Earth, home to the Dryas monkey & this so-called pygmy chimpanzee the bonobo |
| #8915, aired 2023-07-14 | TV SHOWS $2000: As a teen, Claire Danes starred as Angela Chase in this series about the trials & tribulations of being a teen My So-Called Life |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $1,800 (Daily Double): John le Carré popularized this word; in a 1974 novel, he defined it as "an agent so called because he burrows deep" a mole |
| #8732, aired 2022-11-01 | I BID $10,000 (Daily Double): In 2020, an unnamed bidder spent $4.2 million for the so-called EID MAR coin, minted by this assassin Brutus |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | WHAT A TOOL $1600: The "cold" type of this chipping instrument is so called because it's tough enough to cut cold metal a chisel |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | ARTHROPODCAST $1000: These so-called crabs are actually related to the extinct trilobites horseshoe crabs |
| #10, aired 2022-02-15 | I BRAIN RADIO $800: Sometimes WNYC's Brian Lehrer does an interview series with local winners of this foundation's so-called "Genius Grants" the MacArthur Foundation (MacArthur grants accepted) |
| #4, aired 2022-02-09 | ART APPRECIATION $2000: The website for this artist says, "He is most famous for his so-called impossible drawings, such as Ascending and Descending" Escher |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW $1000: (Chuck Bryant reads the clue.) In 2014, a so-called "hurricane" 600 miles wide arose in the ionosphere over the North Pole; the cyclone was composed of this substance dubbed "the 4th state of matter" plasma |
| #8522, aired 2021-11-30 | SCIENCE: ODD BUT TRUE $2000: The so-called whitest paint has been created to help combat global warming by radiating this "colorful" band of the spectrum infrared |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | A PERSON, PLACE OR RING $1,000 (Daily Double): When water is low, minerals leave a so-called bathtub ring in lakes like this manmade one in Utah & Arizona named for an explorer Lake Powell |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $400: By prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, "Helter Skelter" reveals the facts behind the crimes of this so-called family Manson |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | FOOD LABELS & FABLES $2000: For years this "grown-up" process has added imitation vanilla to so-called pure vanilla extract adulteration |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | SUPERSTITION $1000: People mail back rocks taken from Hawaii, believing in bad luck caused by the so-called curse of this Hawaiian volcano goddess Pele |
| #8297, aired 2020-12-08 | COLLABS $4,600 (Daily Double): The so-called Glorious or Bloodless Revolution of 1688 put this pair on the throne of England William & Mary |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | WILD THINGS $1000: This 5-letter so-called cat excretes a musk that is used in the making of perfumes the civet |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | SHE PLAYED 'EM ON TV $800: Angela Chase on "My So-Called Life" & Carrie Mathison on "Homeland" Claire Danes |
| #7968, aired 2019-04-10 | THE CIVIL WAR $1200: The so-called necktie seen here, making sure the rails carried no Confederate trains, was named for this general on the march Sherman |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | PAINT ME AS YOU SEE ME $400: The so-called "Chandos" portrait may have served as the basis for the engraving of this author in the First Folio William Shakespeare |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | IF I WERE IN RICHMOND... $600: I would see how the so-called this of the Confederacy compares to the one in D.C. the White House |
| #7682, aired 2018-01-23 | SEAS OF THE WORLD $2000: This so-called sea is actually a shrinking saltwater lake in central Asia, east of the Caspian the Aral Sea |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | THUNDER & LIGHTNING $200: Familiar name for a roof-mounted air terminal, so called because it's a terminal for the electricity in the air a lightning rod |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | ABBREV-"E"-ATIONS $1000: During WWII the U.S. Army put on quite a show at the ETO, this so-called theater the European (Theater of Operations) |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | THE ELDER SCROLLS $400: The so-called "texts" of these Egyptian structures tell of the soul's journey to the "field of reeds" the pyramids |
| #7415, aired 2016-12-02 | A RIVER RUNS TO IT $400: The Volga, to this so-called "sea" the Caspian Sea |
| #7343, aired 2016-07-13 | PLACES, EVERYONE $400: The northern region of Israel that includes Nazareth & Tiberias shares its name with this so-called sea the Sea of Galilee |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | PEOPLES $600: The USA's so-called "5 civilized tribes" were 4 that began with "C" & this southern one that began with "S" Seminole |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | "D.H." $1000: His 1961 N.Y. Times obituary called him "The dean of the so-called 'hard-boiled' school of detective fiction" Dashiell Hammett |
| #7250, aired 2016-03-04 | CAVES $400: The blue light found in Waitomo in New Zealand is caused by these so-called "worms" glowworms |
| #7211, aired 2016-01-11 | ART & ARTISTS $400: Franz Pforr was one of the 19th century Nazarenes, so called for their interest in the era of this book, as in Franz' work here the Bible (the New Testamanet accepted) |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | WE'RE MAGIC! $1200: (Hi, I'm Penn Jillette.) One of my greatest influences is this "Amazing" magician & author of "Flim-Flam!" who's devoted himself to exposing fakery & the so-called paranormal James Randi |
| #7086, aired 2015-06-08 | METAL $400: The so-called tinfoil you buy at the supermarket is probably made from this metal aluminum |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | THE BLACK LIST $1000: The so-called "black box" is the cockpit voice recorder plus this, FDR for short the flight data recorder |
| #7008, aired 2015-02-18 | OCEANOGRAPHY $400: The thermocline, a layer of the ocean from around 660' to 3,000' down, is so-called because this declines rapidly the temperature |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | SHORT-LIVED TV SHOWS $1600: "My So-Called Life" only lasted a year but it did launch the career of this actress who played 15-year-old Angela Chase Claire Danes |
| #6980, aired 2015-01-09 | PUNCTUATION $1600: Scare ones are a way to say "so-called" quotes |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | MEDIEVAL FASHION $400: Epaulieres were so-called because they were armor pieces protecting these parts of the body shoulders |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HISTORIC PEOPLE IN ART $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) The so-called Pelican Portrait was named for the bird on the brooch, a symbol of motherhood, as it was believed it fed its young with its own blood, just as this woman sacrificed for her country Elizabeth I |
| #6712, aired 2013-11-19 | STAND BY YOUR STAN $2000: Kazakhstan is on the Caspian Sea & this so-called "sea" that has shrunk from 26,000 square miles to a tenth of that the Aral Sea |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | YOU SIX-Y THING $2000: A sextant, which gets its name from the Latin for "six", is so-called because it spans 1/6 of one of these a circle |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | WHO ORDERED THE CHINESE FOOD? $600: These so-called "nuts" that make a crispy sound are actually marsh vegetables water chestnuts |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | MARINE MAMMALS $2,000 (Daily Double): The so-called earless types of these pinnipeds do have ears but no flaps covering the openings seals |
| #6564, aired 2013-03-14 | NORTH AMERICAN RIVERS $1200: (Sarah of The Clue Crew reports from Twin Falls, ID.) The Perrine Bridge near Twin Falls, Idaho is the only U.S. bridge from which so-called base jumpers can legally parachute without a permit into this river below. the Snake River |
| #6560, aired 2013-03-08 | THE EXPLORER $1000: (Kely delivers the clue by a map)
An historic journey around 1000 A.D. along the Labrador Coast to a place called Vinland may have been undertaken because of a tale this so-called lucky man had heard while in Greenland Leif Ericson |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | BEER ME! $200: A red kangaroo is on the so-called "oil cans" of this brand of beer Foster's |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | WHERE YA OF? $4,000 (Daily Double): A power in Richard II's court, John of this was so-called for his birthplace of Ghent, not because he was skinny John of Gaunt |
| #6292, aired 2012-01-17 | ORDINALLY SPEAKING $600: This term for an eerie power of perception is so called because it goes beyond sight, hearing & their 3 pals a sixth sense |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $600: The name of this so-called artichoke isn't from a city in Israel but from girasole, Italian for "sunflower" Jerusalem |
| #6204, aired 2011-07-28 | BONING UP $1200: Your false ribs are so called because unlike your true ribs, they aren't attached to this breastbone the sternum |
| #6112, aired 2011-03-22 | "BIRD" IS THE WORD $1000: A horse racing enthusiast, so called for his trackside perch a railbird |
| #6108, aired 2011-03-16 | CELEBRITY MARRIAGES $1200: Her "So-Called Life" is with her husband, British actor Hugh Dancy Claire Danes |
| #6018, aired 2010-11-10 | WORLD OF WAR FACT $1200: World Book says this 20th century so-called war that lasted decades was actually an "intense rivalry" the Cold War |
| #5961, aired 2010-07-12 | TV ADJECTIVES $2000: Starring Claire Danes:
"My ____ Life" So-Called |
| #5953, aired 2010-06-30 | REPTILES $800: Sunbeam snakes are so called because these sparkle in the light scales |
| #5931, aired 2010-05-31 | PROPHET REPORT $1200: The so-called "Shawnee Prophet" was discredited after William Henry Harrison defeated the Shawnees at this battle Tippecanoe |
| #5920, aired 2010-05-14 | CONTEMPORARIES $200: Picasso was in his rose period in 1905, this physicist's so-called miracle year Einstein |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | ASTRONOMY & ASTROLOGY $800: The mute signs, so called because they represent silent creatures, are Cancer, Scorpio & this water sign Pisces |
| #5900, aired 2010-04-16 | THE SHIELD $600: Late medieval "heater shields" are so called for their resemblance to the bottom of this household pressing device an iron |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $800: "In the name of God, go!" declared Cromwell in dismissing the so-called "Rump" version of this in 1653 Parliament |
| #5855, aired 2010-02-12 | FLOWERS & CANDY $1600: The gardenia is a symbol of someone who loves you, but doesn't say so, called this two-word phrase a secret admirer |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | ADJECTIVES $600: Published by Viking, these 1-volume editions of authors are so called because they can be carried around Portable |
| #5754, aired 2009-09-24 | PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE HISTORY $400: Some reports have this 16th century British king weighing in at 400 lbs., so calling him "Pork Chop", even lovingly... bad idea Henry VIII |
| #5750, aired 2009-09-18 | MOTHER NATURE $1600: In relative terms, this so-called bear has the smallest babies of any placental mammal--just 1/800 of Mama's weight a panda |
| #5650, aired 2009-03-13 | 19th CENTURY FRANCE $800: In the 1870s this type of bon vivant, so called for the wide streets he frequented, came into vogue a boulevardier |
| #5540, aired 2008-10-10 | DON'T THINK TOO FAST $400: The so-called black box on commercial planes, the flight data recorder is painted this color orange |
| #5338, aired 2007-11-21 | GOING HORSE $1600: Sometimes referred to as a living fossil, this so-called crab has been around for about 500 million years the horseshoe crab |
| #5246, aired 2007-06-04 | OF WING $600: The so-called wingspan of the manta variety of this creature can reach 20 feet a ray |
| #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 |
| #4711, aired 2005-02-14 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Nominalism is so called from considering only objects real, & abstractions like "animal" & "circle" merely these names |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | WHICH TV SHOW CAME FIRST? $600: "My So-called Life",
"My Mother the Car",
"My Sister Sam" My Mother the Car |
| #4502, aired 2004-03-16 | ANCIENT ROMANS $200: A party of this leader's so-called friends conspired to kill him, & did, in March 44 B.C. Julius Caesar |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | YOU CAN'T $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1835 Britain's parliament banned this so-called amusement that set dogs on a large carnivore bear-baiting |
| #4447, aired 2003-12-30 | '90s TELEVISION $2000: Nerdy neighbor Brian Krakow pined for Angela on this teen angst show starring Claire Danes My So-Called Life |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | THURSDAY NIGHT TV $2000: In the '90s show "My So-Called Life", Claire Danes' Angela pined for this boy played by Jared Leto Jordan Catalano |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | U.S. HISTORY $200: The so-called "Noble Experiment" in the 1920s, an amendment brought it about Prohibition |
| #3926, aired 2001-10-01 | MUSTN'T SEE TV $600: Teens & critics protested when ABC dropped this low-rated Claire Danes series midseason My So-Called Life |
| #3856, aired 2001-05-14 | THAT'S MY "BABY" $400: So called from its delicate odor, it's a tall plant with many small white or pink flowers Baby's breath |
| #3440, aired 1999-07-16 | ADVERTISING $200: These ads are so called because they're divided into types like personals, estate sales & rooms for rent Classified ads |
| #3386, aired 1999-05-03 | TV CHARACTERS $500: Angela Chase,
Brian Krakow,
Jordan Catalano My So-Called Life |
| #3369, aired 1999-04-08 | POP MUSIC $300: This "Fly" group's latest CD "14:59" plays on their so-called 15 minutes of fame Sugar Ray |
| #3304, aired 1999-01-07 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $500: The Black Church, so-called because its walls were blackened in a 1689 fire, is in Brasov in this country Romania |
| #3080, aired 1998-01-09 | GARDENING $200: Tender perennials are so-called because they are killed by this, a sign the weather's getting chilly frost |
| #3038, aired 1997-11-12 | TV FRIENDS $500: Claire Danes & A.J. Langer played teenage friends Angela & Rayanne on this acclaimed series My So-Called Life |
| #2953, aired 1997-06-04 | ON "MY" TV $300: Claire Danes won high acclaim for this low-rated 1994 series "My So-Called Life" |
| #2937, aired 1997-05-13 | ANIMALS $500: Related to corals, this sea creature has been described as "the best known of the so-called flower animals" Sea anemone |
| #2873, aired 1997-02-12 | SHAKESPEAREAN ACTORS $200: At 15 she won a Golden Globe for "My So-Called Life"; at 16 she played Leonardo DiCaprio's Juliet Claire Danes |
| #2831, aired 1996-12-16 | AUTHORS $1000: In 1858 W.M. Thackeray quarreled with this author in the so-called Garrick Club Affair Charles Dickens |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | ACTORS & ACTRESSES $1000: Her "so-called life" includes the role of Beth in the 1994 film "Little Women" Claire Danes |
| #2584, aired 1995-11-23 | GOURMET CUISINE $400: These chocolate confections are so-called because they resemble the fancy fungi of the same name truffles |
| #2097, aired 1993-10-19 | NATURE $100: Darkling beetles are so called because they are active at this time of day dusk (nighttime) |
| #1956, aired 1993-02-22 | GENERAL SCIENCE $400: In September 1992 the so-called hole in this layer over Antarctica measured 8.9 million square miles ozone layer |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: Many think this so-called "First Lady of Monaco" is Europe's most beautiful princess Princess Caroline |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | LANGUAGES $400: The so-called click languages, such as Hottentot, are native to this continent Africa |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | ART $200: Since this legislation was passed in 1986, gifts of artwork to museums have fallen off sharply tax reform |
| #838, aired 1988-04-06 | HUMOROUS QUOTES $400: Ernie Kovacs described it as "a medium, so called because it is neither rare nor well done" television |
| #559, aired 1987-01-29 | ANIMALS $1,000 (Daily Double): The ogre-faced spider is so called because 1 pair of these is unusually large its eyes |
| #518, aired 1986-12-03 | ANIMALS $200: Milk snakes are so called because in legend they were reputed to perform this chore milking cows |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | CATS $500: The "great cats", like lions & tigers, are so called not because of size but because they can do this roar |
| #277, aired 1985-10-01 | AMERICAN INDIANS $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 5 "Civilized Tribes", so called because they resembled European nations in structure (2 of) the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Cherokee, the Creek & the Seminole |
