#9277, aired 2025-02-25 | CITIES ON THE LAKE $1000: Neenah &
Oshkosh Lake Winnebago |
#9067, aired 2024-03-26 | SPORTY TALK $800: Someone who comes in to finish a job, or Joe Torre in the Cardinals lineup a cleanup man (a cleanup hitter) |
#22, aired 2023-12-06 | THREESOMES $300: According to the carol, it's what "my true love gave to me" on the third day of Christmas; I just hope he wasn't regifting 3 French hens |
#20, aired 2023-11-15 | COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING $800: It's no picnic being a flyer in this flashy stunt where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and hopefully catch you a basket toss |
#8844, aired 2023-04-06 | ANCIENT CITIES $200: Now in Syria, Aleppo lies at a crossroads of great commercial routes about 60 miles away from both the Euphrates River & this sea the Mediterranean |
#8825, aired 2023-03-10 | HODGEPODGE $800: The Awlad Ali are a desert tribe of this people; thought of as nomadic, they've undergone what sociologists call sedentarization the Bedouins |
#8810, aired 2023-02-17 | AROUND AMERICA $600: A cliff-dwelling national monument named for this people can be found near Tonalea, Arizona the Navajo |
#8797, aired 2023-01-31 | AD VERBS & TAGLINES $600: Target:
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Pay less." Expect |
#8788, aired 2023-01-18 | SIX PACK $800: The "Six Flags" over Texas refer to the entities that have controlled it; sixth is the USA, this was fifth the Confederacy |
#8772, aired 2022-12-27 | WORLD OF BEERS $400: Singha beer from Thailand uses a mystical one of these beasts on its label a lion |
#8700, aired 2022-09-16 | HELP ME MOVE MY STUFF? $1000: Be careful with my pet this, the weasel family's largest member; he's omnivorous & likely polygamous but most of all, ferocious a wolverine |
#8617, aired 2022-04-12 | MEDICINE $1000: Thomas Hodgkin's paper on "morbid appearances of the absorbent glands & spleen" described this type of cancer Hodgkin's lymphoma |
#8592, aired 2022-03-08 | OCEANS $400: The Arctic Ocean is home to creatures like snailfish, sea butterflies & a "bearded" type of this mammal seal |
#7689, aired 2018-02-01 | ADJECTIVES $2000: If you can't pay certain fees, a court may declare you this synonym for needy indigent (destitute accepted) |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | FROM THE FOREIGN $1600: You don't have to be part of it to know "intelligentsia" is from this language Russian |
#7316, aired 2016-06-06 | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS $2000: What a feeling! This disco & electronic dance music pioneer won for "Flashdance" in 1983 Giorgio Moroder |
#7151, aired 2015-10-19 | SCIENCE & GEOMETRY $800: The first electric light was an arc lamp with two rods of this element carbon |
#7129, aired 2015-09-17 | LUCKY 7 $800: One of the "Seven Sisters" colleges, this Northampton, Mass. school has been empowering women since the 1870s Smith |
#7063, aired 2015-05-06 | 9-LETTER WORDS $2000: It's a colonnade surrounding an open area peristyle |
#7045, aired 2015-04-10 | HERE COMES THE SUN $200: The "Yes, Virginia" editorial was the most famous read in the 117-year run of this city's Sun newspaper New York City |
#7023, aired 2015-03-11 | CHAPTER 1, VERSE 1 $800: "Now after the death of Moses the servant of the Lord it came to pass..." Joshua |
#6979, aired 2015-01-08 | SOUTH AMERICAN CAPITALS $400: For a brief period in the early 19th century, it was the capital of the United Provinces of the Rio de la Plata Buenos Aires |
#6912, aired 2014-10-07 | STRAITS $800: For olden sailors this 1520 discovery was a safer route than the Drake Passage between the Atlantic & Pacific the Straits of Magellan |
#6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $2000: The title character of Joseph's "All About Eve" isn't played by Bette Davis but by her Anne Baxter |
#6520, aired 2013-01-11 | THE KOREAN WAR $2000: A Security Council resolution issued when the war began demanded the Communists retreat to this parallel the 38th parallel |
#6174, aired 2011-06-16 | CAPITAL RIVERS $1200: Phnom Penh the Mekong |
#6153, aired 2011-05-18 | Y'ALL FROM GEORGIA? $800: This Georgia-born Secretary of State served under 2 presidents from 1961 to 1969 Dean Rusk |
#6041, aired 2010-12-13 | 1901-1910 $600: On Jan. 1, 1902 the first postseason college football game was played in this city; Michigan beat Stanford, 49-0 Pasadena |
#5375, aired 2008-01-11 | HOT CROSS PUNS $800: It's why it's tough to locate clarinetist Benny or Roseanne's co-star John A Goodman [good man] is hard to find |
#4998, aired 2006-05-10 | LEGAL TYPES $1000: A "U.S." one is a judicial officer appointed by district court judges a magistrate |
#4970, aired 2006-03-31 | LISZT $200: Franz Liszt always claimed that this great German composer saw him perform as a child & kissed him on the forehead Beethoven |
#4920, aired 2006-01-20 | DUKE UNIVERSITY $400: The tower of the Duke Chapel was inspired by the Bell Harry Tower of this English cathedral Canterbury Cathedral |
#4853, aired 2005-10-19 | LANGUAGES & DIALECTS $800: The oldest known text in this Slavic language is the religious hymn "Bogurodzica", which dates back to 1408 Polish |
#4754, aired 2005-04-14 | BUSH $400: ...born in Midland, Texas & earned a masters degree at the University of Texas Laura Bush |
#4701, aired 2005-01-31 | THE TEENS $1600: If you want to be Miss America, you have to be at least this old 17 |
#4590, aired 2004-07-16 | POPULATIONS $600: From 1970 to 1990 the population center shifted west from southern Illinois to near Steelville in this state Missouri |
#4120, aired 2002-06-28 | PRESIDENTIAL APBs $800: Some say this man also known as the "Beast of Buffalo" jaywalked on two non-consecutive occasions Grover Cleveland |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | CANALS $800: This city in Texas has a 52-mile-long ship canal connecting it to the bay of the Galveston & the Gulf of Mexico Houston |
#4049, aired 2002-03-21 | COME BLOW YOUR HORN $400: The great Gerry Mulligan is heard here on this type of saxophone the baritone |
#4001, aired 2002-01-14 | PETER MARK ROGET $1200: In 2002 Roget's thesaurus will celebrate this anniversary 150th |
#3949, aired 2001-11-01 | DOGS OF WAR $800: A memorial was erected for the 25 dobermans who gave their lives liberating this largest Mariana island in WWII Guam |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | GYMNASTICS $200: Tossed in rhythmic gymnastics, it's 30-35" in diameter, about the size of the hula type hoop |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | AMERICAN HODGEPODGE $400: The highest point in this Southeastern state is just 345 feet, in Walton County near the Alabama border Florida |
#2962, aired 1997-06-17 | ART $800: Anthony Janson says only 2 Flemish Baroque artists achieved international status, Van Dyck & this man Peter Paul Rubens |
#2708, aired 1996-05-15 | CAPITAL CITIES $800: In population, it's the largest Scandinavian capital by far Copenhagen (in Denmark) |
#2512, aired 1995-07-04 | TRANSPORTATION $300: Marked out in 1775, it was Kentucky's first road the Wilderness Road |
#2384, aired 1995-01-05 | INVENTIONS $100: A new Sony VCR sets this device for you by using a signal broadcast to it by local PBS stations the clock |
#2368, aired 1994-12-14 | SCIENCE $1000: This lightest of all metals was discovered by Swedish chemist Johann Arfvedson in 1817 lithium |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | ANIMALS $400: In the 1850s King Victor Emmanuel II set up an Alpine preserve to protect the ibex, a wild one of these a goat |
#2246, aired 1994-05-16 | THE DINNER TABLE $400: Always used at very formal dinners, they're about 1 1/2" by 2 1/2" & use courtesy titles place cards |
#2169, aired 1994-01-27 | FOOTWEAR $500: Its "Instapumps" cost about $200 & feature a device that injects CO2 into a bladder Reebok |
#2148, aired 1993-12-29 | FRENCH HISTORY $600: 10 kings of France shared this name, including the Bald, the Simple & the Fair Charles |
#2061, aired 1993-07-19 | WORLD FACTS $100: The earliest Ancient Egyptian boats were propelled by these; paddles & oars came later poles |
#2041, aired 1993-06-21 | TRAVEL NORTH AMERICA $500: Chicago's "Magnificent Mile" runs along this street between Randolph & Oak Michigan Avenue |
#1905, aired 1992-12-11 | COMPOSERS $800: He wrote "Peter and the Wolf" for a Moscow Children's Theatre Sergei Prokofiev |
#1893, aired 1992-11-25 | BIBLICAL PEOPLE $1000: After years of childlessness, she conceived twins, Esau & Jacob Rebekah |
#1818, aired 1992-06-24 | THE HUMAN BODY $800: This J-shaped organ is usually located in the upper left side of the abdominal cavity stomach |
#1787, aired 1992-05-12 | AROUND THE WORLD $400: Cristallo, a clear glass similar to crystal, was developed centuries ago in this Italian city Venice |
#1741, aired 1992-03-09 | THE LOW COUNTRIES $400: The Groote Kerk is the "big cheese" among churches in this Dutch city Gouda |
#1702, aired 1992-01-14 | POOL $500: For the game of 8-ball, this many balls, not 8, are racked 15 |
#1632, aired 1991-10-08 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: The Monroe Doctrine was masterminded by this Secretary of State who later became president John Quincy Adams |
#1568, aired 1991-05-29 | NOT SO FAMOUS QUOTES $500: Percy Bysshe Shelley called this European country "thou paradise of exile" Italy |
#1439, aired 1990-11-29 | THE MIDDLE AGES $200: 2 of them are The Knight's Tale & The Wife of Bath's Tale the Canterbury Tales |
#1190, aired 1989-11-03 | RELIGION $1000: In March 1989, 35 archbishops from this country met with the Pope to discuss their flock of 53 million United States |
#971, aired 1988-11-21 | PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: 1st pres. to use make-up for TV, his actor friend Robert Montgomery supervised its application Dwight David Eisenhower |
#942, aired 1988-10-11 | SCANDINAVIA $200: It's the largest of the Scandinavian countries Sweden |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | TECHNOLOGY $300: An erasable form of this audio product will allow a PC to store 275,000 pages of print a compact disc (CD) |
#924, aired 1988-09-15 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $400: When an alcohol burns, water & this common gas are formed carbon dioxide |
#920, aired 1988-09-09 | RECENT HISTORY $1000: In 1980 this country was readmitted to NATO's military wing after threatening to close U.S. bases Greece |
#900, aired 1988-07-01 | COOKING $300: Of parsley, sage, rosemary, or thyme, the 1 that isn't a member of the mint family parsley |
#817, aired 1988-03-08 | "LAUGH" $100: This animal got its nickname from its weird, human-like cackle the laughing hyena |
#781, aired 1988-01-18 | UNCLES $200: 1960s television spy spoof that starred Stephanie Powers as April Dancer The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. |
#713, aired 1987-10-14 | "HOUSE"s $500: The only 1 of America's top 10 magazines in circulation to fit this category Good Housekeeping |
#709, aired 1987-10-08 | PUBLISHING $800: Educational publishing company that puts out Business Week Magazine McGraw-Hill |
#671, aired 1987-07-06 | KINGS NAMED ED $200: Churchill suffered a political setback by opposing this king's 1936 abdication Edward VIII |
#492, aired 1986-10-28 | POLITICAL HISTORY $400: Party whose 1852 slogan was, "We Polk you in '44, we shall Pierce you in '52." the Democrats |