#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $400: Let's change gears & give you a passage through a mine shift & shaft |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $800: A sport where you might hit a ball into a partially landlocked sea that can be larger than a bay golf & gulf |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $1200: A food often paired with "circuses" & to propagate animals breed & bread |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $1600: It precedes "favor" when you ingratiate yourself to one in authority, perhaps when you tote or lug something for them curry & carry |
#9004, aired 2023-12-28 | I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT $2000: Kermit the Frog's group & cute young children who might enjoy Kermit the Frog's group Muppets & moppets |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $200: On your Kentucky veranda, you'll sip this bourbon, sugar & crushed ice drink that's garnished with an aromatic herb a mint julep |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $400: This "worldly" drink consists of vodka, orange-flavored liqueur, cranberry juice & lime juice a cosmopolitan |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $600: Perfect for summer is a bikini martini--gin, peach schnapps & the blue type of this liqueur curaçao |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $800: This cocktail of whiskey, sweet vermouth & a cherry sounds like Peter Minuit paid $24 for it & at a fancy bar, he might a Manhattan |
#8980, aired 2023-11-24 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $1000: Rye, bitters, Pernod, sugar & a twist gets you this Crescent City cocktail a Sazerac |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FROM A "D" TO AN "F" $200: If you're always sitting on this, there's a limit to what you might accomplish duff |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FROM A "D" TO AN "F" $400: To remove a fedora or Homburg as a sign of respect doff |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FROM A "D" TO AN "F" $600: Referring to their relatively small size & low luminosity, the most common stars are the red this type dwarf (star) |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FROM A "D" TO AN "F" $800: To get information by asking a series of questions of someone after a completed mission or undertaking debrief |
#13, aired 2023-02-02 | FROM A "D" TO AN "F" $1000: This industrial city of about 650,000 on the Rhine River was first chartered in 1288 Düsseldorf |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A.D. $400: After he murdered his brother Bleda in the middle of the fifth century A.D., he was the undisputed leader of the Huns Attila |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A.D. $800: 15th century Tibetan abbot Gedun Drupa was posthumously named the first of this title the Dalai Lama |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A.D. $1200: In 1549 the first Governor-General of this Portuguese colony selected Bahia as its capital Brazil |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A.D. $1600: 1616 saw the death of William Shakespeare at New place, in this place where he was born Stratford-upon-Avon |
#8693, aired 2022-07-27 | A.D. $2000: The statue seen here of this emperor of Rome's golden age was created around the time of his Germanic campaigns (Marcus) Aurelius |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | SCORING A "T--D" $400: You'd look boss in a jacket made from this coarse wool fabric tweed |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | SCORING A "T--D" $800: A milquetoast is described as being extremely this timid |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | SCORING A "T--D" $1600: As opposed to a broadsheet, the New York Post has this format a tabloid |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | SCORING A "T--D" $2000: Medieval folk wore this type of garment like the yellow one seen here, often featuring a coat of arms a tabard |
#8642, aired 2022-05-17 | SCORING A "T--D" $8,000 (Daily Double): An increase from $20 to $200 is this tenfold |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $400: From Latin for "further", it means deliberately hidden, like some motives ulterior |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $800: The Declaration of Independence says we all have certain these rights unalienable right |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $1200: This adjective comes from Latin for "navel" umbilical |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $1600: It's what you call those dots over a German vowel umlaut |
#8485, aired 2021-10-08 | I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U" $2,000 (Daily Double): This Japanese word for a type of flavor entered English in the early 1960s umami |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | ENDS IN "A-D-O" $400: It's also called a twister a tornado |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | ENDS IN "A-D-O" $800: Borrowed from Spanish, it's a big fan or devotee of something, perhaps sports aficionado |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | ENDS IN "A-D-O" $1200: "Tequila Sunrise" is a track from this Eagles album that had an Old-West concept Desperado |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | ENDS IN "A-D-O" $1600: When you're out of touch or refuse to have contact with someone, you're this 13-letter word incommunicado |
#8429, aired 2021-06-24 | ENDS IN "A-D-O" $2000: A "Cask of" this sherry figures prominently in an Edgar Allan Poe tale Amontillado |
#8277, aired 2020-11-10 | A MEDICAL "D"-GREE $400: Back pain results from a slipped one a disc |
#8277, aired 2020-11-10 | A MEDICAL "D"-GREE $800: This machine can save you if your kidneys fail dialysis |
#8277, aired 2020-11-10 | A MEDICAL "D"-GREE $1200: These fixed false beliefs are a symptom of psychosis delusions |
#8277, aired 2020-11-10 | A MEDICAL "D"-GREE $1600: The ol' cartilage just wears out in DJD, this "joint disease" degenerative |
#8277, aired 2020-11-10 | A MEDICAL "D"-GREE $2000: A boxer hit often in the head may suffer from what is sometimes called this "pugilistica" dementia |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | TAKING A "SELF-D" $200: SpaceX rockets are programmed to do this if they veer off course after launch self-destruct |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | TAKING A "SELF-D" $400: Bartitsu & krav maga are systems of this self-defense |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | TAKING A "SELF-D" $600: I'm not touching that martini, even though I'd really enjoy it; I'm practicing a bit of this self-denial |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | TAKING A "SELF-D" $800: I know you're doing it for laughs, but stop being so this, overly modest & critical of yourself, from the Latin for "pray" self-deprecating |
#8233, aired 2020-06-10 | TAKING A "SELF-D" $1000: It's an action by someone with a fiduciary duty to a corporation that benefits his own bank account, not the corporation self-dealing |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION $200: Jay Leno noted a newspaper's error when it "reported ...band mate Eric Lyday was on drugs"; he was actually on this instrument drums |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION $400: Dear Abby stated, "Charlie's hiccups were cured... through the use of carbon monoxide. It should have read" this--so close! carbon dioxide |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION $800: "Karol Wojtyla was referred to in (a) credo column as 'the first non-Catholic pope for 450 years'. This should...have read 'non-"' this Italian |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | WE'D LIKE TO MAKE A CORRECTION $1000: Time's early version of "The 100 Most-Read Female Writers in College" included this "Brideshead Revisited" author, "who was a man" Evelyn Waugh |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $200: Ms. Winfrey asks, would you like to subscribe to this magazine that asks you to "live your best life"? O |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $400: I think you need tablets of the element with this symbol--it will help you with your goiter I |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $600: I don't have any Ford Model T's B's, F's or R's, but I do have this other 20th century model (Model) A |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $800: You can have this Cirque du Soleil show staged in your basement if you have room for a 1.5-million-gallon tank O |
#7970, aired 2019-04-12 | I'D LIKE TO SELL A VOWEL $1000: I'll sell you 2 vowels--this network with shows like "Born This Way" & "Intervention" A&E |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $200: It means "severe", as in "we have to resort to" these "measures" drastic |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $400: Term for someone who can't remember who he is amnesiac |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $600: Late in 2016 President Obama expelled from the U.S. several Russian members of this corps the diplomatic corps |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $800: Meaning "antiquated", it has nothing to do with a Biblical boat archaic |
#7586, aired 2017-09-11 | "A-C"/"D-C" $1000: St. Nilus of Ancyra was AKA Nilus the this type of monk who lives simply ascetic |
#7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $200: A situation with no chance for progress, or a street with no exits dead end |
#7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $400: It's a calendar or list of the upcoming cases set to be tried at a court docket |
#7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $600: Mr. Gilbert, I have here this collection of information & documents about you--most interesting a dossier |
#7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $800: The courtship type of this may be a dance or a show of special feathers or crests as done here by a couple of grebes a display |
#7575, aired 2017-07-14 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: In a 1999 auction Ty Cobb's pair of these took an over $7,000 "bite" out of someone's wallet dentures |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $200: A:
Present plural of "to be" are |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $400: B:
A towering building project in Genesis 11:4-9 Babel |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $600: C:
A hood like Batman wears a cowl |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $800: D:
Adjective meaning "sweet", like a pleasant tone dulcet |
#7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $1000: E:
Latin plural for mistakes in a text errata |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $400: (I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) One of the main investment areas for my O'Leary Funds is blue-chip stocks that pay out these; why not get paid while you wait! dividends |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $800: To remove faded flowers from a plant to encourage further blooming deadhead |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $1200: It's the piece of equipment in use here, named for what's propelling it a paddle board |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $1600: A book parody of the Crawley family & their estate uses this word meaning "trampled upon" before "Abbey" in its title downtrodden |
#7190, aired 2015-12-11 | A 3-D CATEGORY $2000: This poem by Sylvia Plath says, "You stand at the blackboard... in the picture I have of you" "Daddy" |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A TRUE "D.D." $200: A pregnant woman might mark it on her calendar due date |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A TRUE "D.D." $400: A very bad way to be expelled from the military dishonorable discharge |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A TRUE "D.D." $600: Ranging from 1.2 to 4.8, this is used as a multiplier in determining a diving score degree of difficulty |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A TRUE "D.D." $800: Often honorary, it's a faith-based college degree doctorate of divinity |
#7173, aired 2015-11-18 | I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT A TRUE "D.D." $1000: On architectural drawings, "DD" refers to this national-named type of portal Dutch door |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | THE EARLY A.D.'S $400: Around the year 58 he penned a few letters to the Corinthians (Saint) Paul |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | THE EARLY A.D.'S $800: This city was founded in 43 A.D. just north of the Thames' marshy valley London |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | THE EARLY A.D.'S $1200: The wheel is older, but the wheelthis, for moving loads more easily, dates to second century China wheelbarrow |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | THE EARLY A.D.'S $1600: St. Irenaeus streamlined the contentious world of Christianity with his book "against" these unorthodox beliefs heresies |
#6934, aired 2014-11-06 | THE EARLY A.D.'S $2000: The last remnant of Jewish rule in ancient Palestine, this fortress was taken after a bitter siege Masada |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $200: This "medical" soda is advertised as being made from 23 different flavors Dr Pepper |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $400: This bean is the distinctive flavoring that makes a cream soda vanilla |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $600: Barq's is an "old tyme" variety of this soft drink root beer |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $800: Yee-haw! This cowboy cocktail for kids is made with Coca-Cola, grenadine syrup & a cherry a Roy Rogers |
#6753, aired 2014-01-15 | I'D LIKE A SOFT DRINK $1000: A Detroit pharmacist created the Vernors brand of this soft drink in 1866 ginger ale |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | GIMME A "D" $400: German gives us the name of this type of restaurant--try the knishes delicatessen |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | GIMME A "D" $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Traffic engineer Henry Barnes advocated this system of diagonal crossing; because of the way pedestrians weave around each other in the middle of the intersection, it's called the Barnes this Barnes Dance |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | GIMME A "D" $1200: The "D" in products like Zyrtec-D & Claritin-D stands for this, which will help your stuffy nose decongestant |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | GIMME A "D" $1600: In legalese, this 8-letter word means a person's true, fixed & permanent residence domicile |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | GIMME A "D" $2000: This type of glazed earthenware is named for a Dutch town Delft |
#6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $400: A Murphy one comes out of the wall a bed |
#6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $800: A taxi, or to travel in one cab |
#6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $1200: To recede, like the tide; it's often paired with "flow" ebb |
#6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $1600: To yield territory cede |
#6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $2000: A work of classical Icelandic poetry an edda |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $200: On your Kentucky veranda, you'll sip this bourbon, sugar & crushed ice drink that's garnished with an aromatic herb a mint julep |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $400: This "worldly" drink consists of vodka, orange-flavored liqueur, cranberry juice & lime juice a cosmopolitan |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $600: Served in a glass, not a bowl, a Planter's Punch is made with this main liquor rum |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $800: This cocktail of whiskey, sweet vermouth & a cherry sounds like Peter Minuit paid $24 for it & at a fancy bar, he might the Manhattan |
#6507, aired 2012-12-25 | I'D LIKE A DRINK $1000: Bourbon, bitters, Pernod, sugar & a twist gets you this Crescent City cocktail a Sazerac |
#6497, aired 2012-12-11 | I GOT A BRIDGE I'D LIKE TO SELL YOU $1200: It's already been sold & moved across the ocean to Arizona; if you've got the "capital", it's yours London Bridge |
#6497, aired 2012-12-11 | I GOT A BRIDGE I'D LIKE TO SELL YOU $1600: Named for the unhappy sounds prisoners made when crossing it, this Venice bridge is 400 years old & priced to move the Bridge of Sighs |
#6497, aired 2012-12-11 | I GOT A BRIDGE I'D LIKE TO SELL YOU $2000: Relax, it's only a little torsional oscillation here, in 1940, at Tacoma Narrows Bridge over this body of water Puget Sound |
#6135, aired 2011-04-22 | IT'S A COUP D'ETAT $400: After his murder, the conspirators did not gain control, as power was passed on to the Second Triumvirate Julius Caesar |
#6135, aired 2011-04-22 | IT'S A COUP D'ETAT $800: Carl Henrik Anckarsvard was the leader of the coup that overthrew King Gustav IV of this country Sweden |
#6135, aired 2011-04-22 | IT'S A COUP D'ETAT $1200: In 1921 Reza Pahlavi helped with a coup that eventually brought his son to power in this country Iran |
#6135, aired 2011-04-22 | IT'S A COUP D'ETAT $2,000 (Daily Double): This S. American president was the leader of an unsuccessful coup in 1992 & was the target of a coup in 2002 Hugo Chavez |
#6135, aired 2011-04-22 | IT'S A COUP D'ETAT $2000: In Pakistan Nawaz Sharif tried to dismiss this military leader in 1999 but was overthrown by him instead Musharraf |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $400: O'Casey & Yeats were both born in this capital Dublin |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $800: This German city is on the Rhine River about 20 miles north of Cologne Dusseldorf |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $1200: It occupies 18,600 square miles in the West Indies & shares its island home with another nation the Dominican Republic |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: This Scottish river flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen the Dee |
#5870, aired 2010-03-05 | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY $2000: Once part of the French Protectorate of Somaliland, this nation gained its independence in 1977 Djibouti |
#5849, aired 2010-02-04 | GET A "P-H-D" $400: Hippos & rhinos are also these, thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates pachyderms |
#5849, aired 2010-02-04 | GET A "P-H-D" $800: The state of being a mom or dad parenthood |
#5849, aired 2010-02-04 | GET A "P-H-D" $1600: The name of this plant is from the Greek for "fond of trees" philodendron |
#5849, aired 2010-02-04 | GET A "P-H-D" $2000: The Curies discovered radium in 1898 while working with this ore of uranium pitchblende |
#5849, aired 2010-02-04 | GET A "P-H-D" $2,800 (Daily Double): This term for a solid figure having many faces comes from the Greek for "many faces" polyhedron |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations algebra (analysis accepted) |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $400: To shake or wave a weapon menacingly brandish |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: From the Latin for "to come round", it's what you do when you want to avoid something circumvent |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: If you're on the "horns" of one of these situations with unpleasant options, good luck with your choice dilemma |
#5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $1000: A European car maker, or an authoritative decree fiat |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $200: Apostles Peter & Paul may have been put to death when Christians were blamed for this disaster in Rome in 64 A.D. fire |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $400: Around 500 Indian astronomer Aryabhata was one of the first to mark this as the start of a day midnight |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $600: The Vandals celebrated New Year's Eve in 406 by swarming across this frozen river into Roman lands the Rhine |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $800: French kings in the chaotic years around 700 were called Faineants, meaning this; it's what Truman once called Congress Do-Nothings |
#5626, aired 2009-02-09 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $1000: This king called "the Great" beat the Danes in 886 to keep all of England from being conquered Alfred |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | 1450 A.M. (MAKE THAT A.D.) $200: As the year 1450 dawned on the Christian calendar, it was year 5210 on this one the Hebrew |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | 1450 A.M. (MAKE THAT A.D.) $400: In 1450 King Christian I of Denmark was also declared king of this other Scandinavian nation Norway |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | 1450 A.M. (MAKE THAT A.D.) $600: With English defeats at Caen & Cherbourg, this long war was nearing its end by 1450 the Hundred Years' War |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | 1450 A.M. (MAKE THAT A.D.) $800: In 1450 he teamed up with investor Johann Fust with the intention of printing books Gutenberg |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | 1450 A.M. (MAKE THAT A.D.) $1000: The University of this port city, today Spain's second largest, was founded in 1450 Barcelona |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: Queen Victoria married this man in an elaborate ceremony in 1840 Prince Albert |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $400: The object of this dice game is to move all 15 stones from the triangles & take them off the board backgammon |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: A mountain range in the Northwestern United States, or some big waterfalls the Cascades |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: In Shakespeare's "Richard III" the title character opens the play by saying, "Now is the winter of our" this discontent |
#5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $1000: A superficial appearance or the front of a building the facade |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | YOU GET A "D" $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew indicates a radar image of a storm.) On August 23, 2005, Katrina had winds of 35 miles per hour & was considered one of these gloomy storms; 2 days later, it was a hurricane a tropical depression |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | YOU GET A "D" $800: Nytol sleeping aid tablets carry the precautionary label "Warning: May Cause" this drowsiness |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | YOU GET A "D" $1200: (Cheryl indicates a Greek word on the monitor.) Naturally, there's an accent mark in the Greek word that gave us this English adjective for accents & other marks diacritical |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | YOU GET A "D" $1600: Much of the softwood in the U.S. comes from this fir, the state tree of Oregon a Douglas |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | YOU GET A "D" $2000: Seen here is the most famous work by this great Romantic painter, who has his own Paris museum Eugene Delacroix |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | I'D LIKE TO Y A VOWEL $400: This can refer to a school course in phys ed or the structure where you might apply what you've learned gym |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | I'D LIKE TO Y A VOWEL $800: Nimble spry |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | I'D LIKE TO Y A VOWEL $1200: The caracal is this type of cat a lynx |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | I'D LIKE TO Y A VOWEL $2000: These can be circadian or musical rhythms |
#5386, aired 2008-01-28 | I'D LIKE TO Y A VOWEL $2,400 (Daily Double): This term was originally applied to a type of underground chapel a crypt |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | YOU GET A "D" $200: Curl up on a desert island with his "Political History of the Devil" or "Robinson Crusoe" Daniel Defoe |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | YOU GET A "D" $400: National Lead was one of the 12 companies tracked by this "average" when it debuted May 26, 1896 Dow Jones Industrial Average |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | YOU GET A "D" $600: In the comics, she's Dagwood & Blondie's dog Daisy |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | YOU GET A "D" $800: 6-letter word meaning to expose as being false or ridiculous, like certain wacky theories debunk |
#5249, aired 2007-06-07 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: In Greek mythology, the mother of Persephone Demeter |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | YOU GET A D MINUS $400: The rise & fall of ocean waters loses a D & transforms into neckwear tide & tie |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | YOU GET A D MINUS $800: Mr. Roddick's first name thinks the D is passe, so out it goes & it becomes a word for "some" Andy & any |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | YOU GET A D MINUS $1200: She's wearing her white dress, about to be married... Oh no! No D, & she's now a soft white cheese bride & brie |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | YOU GET A D MINUS $1600: Another name for Satan, after losing a D, shows its true colors & gets truly wicked devil & evil |
#5225, aired 2007-05-04 | YOU GET A D MINUS $2000: A vertical blade that steers a ship sets one D adrift & acts more discourteous rudder & ruder |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU GET A "D" $200: He was married twice: once to Dorothy Arnold & once to Marilyn Monroe Joe DiMaggio |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU GET A "D" $400: One of the Teletubbies Dipsy |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU GET A "D" $600: As determined by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, this "clock" has ranged from 11:43 to 11:58 the Doomsday Clock |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU GET A "D" $800: A line drawing used as an illustration a diagram |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: (I'm Soledad O'Brien of CNN.) As an African-Cuban-Irish-Australian-American, I've spoken about the importance in our newsrooms & in our society of this, from the Latin for "contrariety" diversity |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $200: To keep Delaware's capital away from the invading British, it was moved to this city in 1777 Dover |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $400: James Oglethorpe founded Georgia in 1733 as a haven for people in trouble for this back in Britain debt |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $600: In 1868 & again in 1880, he was succeeded as British Prime Minister by William Gladstone Disraeli |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $800: In 1952 the U.N. started a commission on this to make the world a less lethal place disarmament |
#4988, aired 2006-04-26 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1000: In the 16th century these assemblies of German potentates took place at Speyer, Augsburg & (yummy!) Worms a diet |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | YOU GET A "D" $200: Fins on the bottom of a fish are called pectoral; this is used to describe the opposite fin up on top dorsal |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | YOU GET A "D" $400: Any powdered soap that cleans your clothes in the washing machine detergent |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | YOU GET A "D" $600: If you think someone's wrong, you may "beg to" do this differ |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | YOU GET A "D" $800: A succession of monarchs from the same family dynasty |
#4939, aired 2006-02-16 | YOU GET A "D" $1000: This word was shortened into "demo", what novice musicians make demonstration |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $200: Assistant D.A. Sylvia Costas & Detectives Danny Sorenson & Bobby Simone all met tragic ends on this show NYPD Blue |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $400: When Rory Cochrane left this CBS show, his character was killed off; did David Caruso give him career advice? CSI: Miami |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $600: On "M*A*S*H", this Lt. Col.'s "Plane was shot down over the sea of Japan. It spun in. There weren't no survivors" (Henry) Blake |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $800: Though previously killed & buried in a big funeral, this show's Bobby returned in 1986, clean as a whistle Dallas |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | TV D.O.A. $1000: Unfortunately, Nate wasn't just a co-owner of the Fisher & Diaz Funeral Home, he also was a client on this show Six Feet Under |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $400: I could hum a tune about this river, the only major one in Europe to flow from west to east the Danube |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $800: The fine China once manufactured in & named for this city is now made in nearby Meissen Dresden |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $1200: It's the capital of Australia's Northern Territory, which, incidentally, is located on the Beagle Gulf Darwin |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $2000: Once the capital of French West Africa, now it's the capital of Senegal Dakar |
#4788, aired 2005-06-01 | LETS TAKE A "D" TOUR $3,200 (Daily Double): Known since ancient times, this narrow strait separates Europe & Asia the Dardanelles |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $400: He took office as the mayor of Chicago in 1989 (Richard) Daley |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $800: Alcatraz has been called America's version of this notorious French island prison Devil's Island |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1200: This order of inquisitorial monks, aka the Black Friars, could have been called the Black "Fryers" the Dominicans |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $1600: On the summit of this hill in Scotland are the remains of Macbeth's castle Dunsinane |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | A "D" IN HISTORY $2000: During World War II, the Japanese repeatedly bombed this city on Australia's northern coast Darwin |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $400: These critters yowl in the spaces between buildings alley cats |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $800: As an example, jackets & ties for men in a restaurant; there's not one of these in the "Jeopardy!" office dress code |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $1200: Pressing & bagging are the final steps in this process dry cleaning |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $1,600 (Daily Double): All the envoys, ambassadors, etc. in residence at a capital the diplomatic corps |
#4501, aired 2004-03-15 | "A.C."/"D.C." $2000: This type of brief, Latin for "friend of the court", is common in cases of public interest Amicus curiae |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $200: In 80 A.D. Roman emperor Titus dedicated this amphitheater Colosseum |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $400: In 553 missionaries smuggled silkworms out of this country, thus beginning the European silk industry China |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $600: The city of Byzantium was renamed this in 330 Constantinople |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $800: In 451 Falvius Aetius defeated this "Scourge of God" in the Battle of Chalons near present-day Troyes, France Attila the Hun |
#3985, aired 2001-12-21 | THE FIRST MILLENNIUM A.D. $1000: In the 9th c. this "Great" king of Wessex invited foreign scholars to England to teach & translate great literature Alfred the Great |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $200: A small lozenge to treat hoarseness a cough drop |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) This is the spicy treat that fits the category a chili dog |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $800: The leader of the free world traditionally spends some free time at this Maryland retreat Camp David |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $1000: In the 1920s & '30s the legendary Stanley Walker ran this department of the Herald Tribune the City Desk |
#3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $1,200 (Daily Double): Rodney Ansell, Australia's barefoot bushman, inspired this movie character Crocodile Dundee |
#3497, aired 1999-11-16 | THE 900s A.D. $400: It's the colorful nickname of the Viking Eric, who established a colony on Greenland in 985 "the Red" |
#3497, aired 1999-11-16 | THE 900s A.D. $600: During the 900s the Chinese added these "key" devices to canals locks |
#3497, aired 1999-11-16 | THE 900s A.D. $3,000 (Daily Double): Around 957 English king Edgar made the monk Dunstan bishop of London; in 959 he made him archbishop of this Canterbury |
#1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $100: Your city's collector of errant canines the dog catcher |
#1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $200: A stray feline, whether or not he's in the street an alley cat |
#1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $300: He played Atahualpa on Broadway in "The Royal Hunt of the Sun" before starring in "Kung Fu" on TV David Carradine |
#1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $400: In November 1976 it was announced that this 9-year-old girl would attend a public school in Washington, D.C. Amy Carter |
#1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $500: Swimming stroke in which the swimmer kicks twice with 1 leg for each stroke of the opposite arm the Australian crawl |
#1023, aired 1989-02-01 | "A.C."/"D.C." $200: Very inexpensive dirt cheap |
#1023, aired 1989-02-01 | "A.C."/"D.C." $300: The Protestant version of this begins "I belive in God the father almighty, maker of Heaven & Earth" Apostle's Creed |