#9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $400: If not for his "Magnum P.I." contract, Tom Selleck, not Harrison Ford, might've played this iconic character Indiana Jones |
#9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $800: Either Sharon Stone or Sarah Jessica Parker, not Jennifer Grey, might've been "Baby" Houseman in this 1987 film Dirty Dancing |
#9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $1200: "Keanu was perfect", said Will Smith of this 1999 film, which he passed on for "Wild Wild West"; "I would've ruined it" The Matrix |
#9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $1600: After a phone call with Peter Jackson, Russell Crowe turned down this role (& a ton of money) that went to Viggo Mortensen Aragorn |
#9086, aired 2024-04-22 | AND THE ROLE ALMOST GOES TO... $2000: Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" helped inspire "Star Wars", & the role of Obi Wan was reportedly offered to this star Toshiro Mifune |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $300: U.S. President born in Hawaii Barack Obama |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $600: Oscar winner named Oscar: this lyricist of "Oklahoma!" & "South Pacific" Oscar Hammerstein |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $900: Element on the periodic table whose name is 3 letters long: this silvery metal tin |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $1200: Chess piece that can jump over other pieces knight |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE ONE AND ONLY... $2,000 (Daily Double): UN member state whose name starts with "Y", this country on the Arabian Peninsula Yemen |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $300: The Canadian Encyclopedia says that this two-letter interjection distinguishes Canadian English from other dialects eh |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $600: These Louisianans with a distinct way of speaking & their own ethnic group are descendants of migrants from Nova Scotia Cajun |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $900: According to a standard imitation of the Boston accent, this grassy plot seen here is where people "pahk" their "cahs" Hahvahd Yahd |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $1200: The name of this East London dialect and accent comes from a Middle English word for a defective egg Cockney |
#19, aired 2023-11-01 | ENGLISH DIALECTS AND ACCENTS $1500: "Mi irie" is a proper response to the greeting "How yuh stay" in the patois of this island nation Jamaica |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $100: Ohio:
Cleveland,
Columbus,
Cincinnati Columbus |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $200: Arizona:
Tucson,
Scottsdale,
Phoenix Phoenix |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $300: Pennsylvania:
Scranton,
Harrisburg,
Pittsburgh Harrisburg |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $400: Tennessee:
Chattanooga,
Memphis,
Nashville Nashville |
#15, aired 2023-10-04 | AND THE STATE CAPITAL IS... $500: Florida:
Jacksonville,
Orlando,
Tallahassee Tallahassee |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $400: In 1954 "Shane" got the award for Color this; "From Here to Eternity", for Black & White Cinematography |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $800: Best Song of 1964 went to this one about someone "as lucky as lucky can be" "Chim Chim Cher-ee" (from Mary Poppins) |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $1200: Roy Pomeroy won an engineering effects Oscar for his work on this 1927 war film, 2 years after its release Wings |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $1600: In 1937 an honorary Oscar was named for this MGM "boy wonder" who died young, & oh--the building named for him is not far (Irving G.) Thalberg |
#9, aired 2023-05-15 | AND THE OSCAR WENT TO... $2000: In 1975 John Wayne presented an honorary Oscar to this alliterative man who had directed him in "Red River" & "Rio Bravo" Hawks |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | AND THE STATE GOES TO... $400: Oregon, 2020 Joe Biden |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | AND THE STATE GOES TO... $800: Utah, 2008 McCain |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | AND THE STATE GOES TO... $1200: Minnesota, 1984 Mondale |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | AND THE STATE GOES TO... $1600: Mississippi & South Carolina, 1952 Adlai Stevenson |
#8708, aired 2022-09-28 | AND THE STATE GOES TO... $2000: Alabama, 1968:
This American Independent Party candidate (George) Wallace |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL $200: Desmond Howard's 99-yard kick return touchdown helped him earn Super Bowl 31 MVP honors over Brett Favre for this team the Packers |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL $400: Football's Ted Lasso knows this pre-snap line of scrimmage penalty well; soccer's Ted Lasso found the sport's version... complex offsides |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL $600: This Premier League system of sending the 3 bottom-finishers to a 2nd-tier league is like sending 3 MLB teams down to AAA relegation |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL $800: In 2022 quarterback Stetson Bennett led this school to the national title over SEC rival Alabama, 33-18 the University of Georgia |
#8602, aired 2022-03-22 | FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL $1000: In 2020, thousands thronged the presidential palace in Buenos Aires as this national hero lay in state Diego Maradona |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $200: A home run with 3 players on base grand slam |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $400: This stretchy polyurethane fabric was introduced in the late 1950s spandex |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $600: It's another word for a candlemaker chandler |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $800: An example from Merriam-Webster: "She decided with reckless" this "to quit her job & move to Tahiti" abandon |
#8475, aired 2021-09-24 | "AND" SO FORTH $1000: A soldier's over-the-shoulder broad belt with small loops to hold cartridges a bandolier |
#8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $200: In 2006 the Tigers' Joel Zumaya threw this pitch 104.8 mph, so it lived up to its name a fastball |
#8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $400: Aka the drooler, this pitch was banned in 1920 except for 17 hurlers who got to use it until they retired a spitball |
#8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) A left-handed pitcher's curveball breaks downward and to the catcher's left. In the 1930's Carl Hubbell was a master of this kooky pitch that did the opposite, breaking right a screwball |
#8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $800: Few hitters feast on this breaking pitch like the burger of the same name; Ted Williams said it was "the greatest pitch in baseball" the slider |
#8190, aired 2020-03-27 | AND THE PITCH $1000: Check out the grip and you can see why the circle type of this off-speed pitch got its name the change-up |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $200: This author introduced the Pevensie children in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" C.S. Lewis |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $400: Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of" this entity covers more than 1,000 years of history the Roman Empire |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $600: Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence", about a man who heads to Tahiti to paint, is based on the life of this man Paul Gauguin |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $800: Dale Carnegie's 1936 self-help book teaches you "How to" do these 2 title things win friends and influence people |
#7995, aired 2019-05-17 | AND A BOOK $1,000 (Daily Double): His 1913 novel "Sons and Lovers" was daring but not banned like a later work D.H. Lawrence |
#7670, aired 2018-01-05 | AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY $200: "It was glamorous to look sickly" Susan Sontag wrote of the 19th c. cult of thinness through this lung disease tuberculosis |
#7670, aired 2018-01-05 | AND THE GIRLS ARE PRETTY $1000: 19th c. Brits praised the beauty of the women in this disputed area of northern India & northeastern Pakistan Kashmir |
#7522, aired 2017-05-02 | AND SO IT GOES $200: On an international vehicle sticker, "AND" is the country code for this nation Andorra |
#7522, aired 2017-05-02 | AND SO IT GOES $600: "And She Was", from the album "Little Creatures", is one of this band's catchiest tunes The Talking Heads |
#7522, aired 2017-05-02 | AND SO IT GOES $800: To represent this chained lady, the International Astronomical Union uses "And" Andromeda |
#7522, aired 2017-05-02 | AND SO IT GOES $1000: "And." is the abbreviation for this musical term, slower than allegro andante |
#7522, aired 2017-05-02 | AND SO IT GOES $2,000 (Daily Double): Meaning "and" is this typographic symbol which when spelled out contains "and" ampersand |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AND SO IT BEGINS... $400: "John, by the grace of God, king of England... to the archbishops, bishops, abbots, earls, barons..." the Magna Carta |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AND SO IT BEGINS... $800: "Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt" the book of Exodus |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AND SO IT BEGINS... $1200: "An act to provide for the general welfare by establishing a system of federal old-age benefits..." the Social Security Act |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AND SO IT BEGINS... $1600: "Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed..." the 8th Amendment |
#7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AND SO IT BEGINS... $2000: "Homage to thee, Osiris, lord of eternity, king of the gods..." the Egyptian Book of the Dead |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) At the gift shop, you can pick up a kinara, a candleholder that represents African roots; it'll hold candles in the symbolic colors of black for the people, red for their struggle & green for hope, all to help you celebrate this late December holiday Kwanzaa |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Thomas Jefferson wrote that "all men are created equal", yet, as seen from the names on the bricks, he was a major slaveholder, owning hundreds at this home & plantation in Virginia Monticello |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1200: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) Among Harriet Tubman's most treasured possessions was a lace shawl she received in recognition of her heroic efforts from this woman, who was celebrating her diamond jubilee Queen Victoria |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) "Our feet are tired, but our souls are rested", said Martin Luther King, & then soaked his feet in the bucket on display here after leading thousands on a 5-day, 54-mile freedom march from Selma to the steps of the Capitol in this city Montgomery |
#7461, aired 2017-02-06 | NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE $2000: (Alex delivers the clue from the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.) The tape recorder was used by this man, whose ideas for black activism couldn't be contained by the Nation of Islam, leading to the sad correctness of his prediction in his autobiography that, "I, too, will die by violence" Malcolm X |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $400: We use this French word to refer to the shape & appearance of one's body physique |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $800: What "The Phantom Menace" is to the original "Star Wars" movie a prequel |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $1200: Pleasantly pungent or spicy piquant |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $1600: It's flooring made up of strips or blocks of wood, often in contrasting colors parquet |
#7450, aired 2017-01-20 | "P"s AND "Q"s $2000: This fermented milky drink of Mexico hails back to the time of the Aztecs pulque |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $400: He defiantly said, "I have not become the king's first minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire" Churchill |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $800: He told his people, "I have found it impossible... to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do" Edward VIII |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $1200: In 2013 he said of contraception & related topics, "It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time" Pope Francis |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $2000: New Yorker founder Harold Ross said the magazine is "not edited for the old lady in" this Iowa city Dubuque |
#7339, aired 2016-07-07 | AND I QUOTE $4,000 (Daily Double): At the Scopes trial, he said of his agnosticism, "I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure" Darrow |
#7312, aired 2016-05-31 | AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO... $400: Visual Effects, 2000: John Nelson, Neil Corbould, Tim Burke & Rob Harvey, for this film about MMA in ancient Rome Gladiator |
#7312, aired 2016-05-31 | AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO... $800: Now discontinued, Assistant this, 1936: Jack Sullivan, for "The Charge of the Light Brigade" Director |
#7312, aired 2016-05-31 | AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO... $1200: Makeup, 1988: Ve Neill, Steve La Porte & Robert Short, who made up a great bio-exorcist for him! him! him! Beetlejuice |
#7312, aired 2016-05-31 | AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO... $1600: Dance Direction, 1936: Seymour Felix, for a number from "The Great" him; it was no folly Ziegfeld |
#7312, aired 2016-05-31 | AND THE OBSCURE OSCAR GOES TO... $2000: Black & White Costume Design, 1954: This woman for whom the Academy should've just renamed the award Edith Head |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | PETER AND THE WOLF $200: Peter in "Peter and the Wolf" is represented by this section of the orchestra the string section |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | PETER AND THE WOLF $400: Peter's grandfather, who you will recognize as this instrument, warns him of danger if he leaves the bassoon |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | PETER AND THE WOLF $600: The wolf arrives announced by this "national" instrument the French horn |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | PETER AND THE WOLF $800: The duck, who comes to a bad end, is represented by this instrument the oboe |
#7307, aired 2016-05-24 | PETER AND THE WOLF $1000: "Peter and the Wolf" composer Prokofiev loved the clarinet & also this animal that enters stealthily to its sound the cat |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $200: (Gina Tognoni gives the clue as Phyllis from The Young and the Restless.) I will never forgive Sharon for pushing me down those stairs; no matter what she claims, it wasn't this adjective, like the tourist in the title of an Anne Tyler bestseller accidental |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $400: (Peter Bergman gives the clue as Jack from The Young and the Restless.) Being a business mogul, patriarch & all around good guy isn't as easy as it seems, with rivals like Victor Newman, sometimes I want to be angry, bloodthirsty, amoral & this adjective, kind of like a Bible missing the book named for a wife of Boaz ruthless |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $600: (Justin Hartley and Christian LeBlanc give the clue as Adam and Michael from The Young and the Restless.) "I can represent myself, Michael; I'm going to tell the whole truth on the witness stand no matter what"
"Listen, Adam, I've been on both sides of those prison bars; if you want to avoid years in jail, you'll be this adjective used in the name of a less vocal swan" mute |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $800: (Mishael Morgan and Bryton James give the clue as Hilary and Devon from The Young and the Restless.) "Devon, please! You're like a teenage boy, we have the whole night to ourselves"
"I know, Hilary. I'm sorry. It's just that my passion for you, sometimes it's so overwhelming, so undeniable. It's this adjective, from the Latin for 'devour'" voracious |
#7262, aired 2016-03-22 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $1000: (Eric Braeden and Melody Thomas Scott give the clue as Victor and Nikki from The Young and the Restless.) "You expect me to believe you? Give you yet another chance? Are you serious?"
"I mean it this time, Victor; I'm off the booze for good. From this day forward I will be these 2 adjectives in the title of a 1988 Michael Keaton film" clean and sober |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | THE LAST "AND" $200: To comprehend understand |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | THE LAST "AND" $400: Uninteresting, or lacking flavor bland |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | THE LAST "AND" $600: "Childish" 2-word term for a scaled-down Steinway baby grand |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | THE LAST "AND" $800: The pineal is one gland |
#7128, aired 2015-09-16 | THE LAST "AND" $1000: To send someone back to jail remand |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $400: Juliet's father is known as "Old" this, though how ancient is he likely to be with a 13-year-old daughter? Capulet |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $800: Juliet tells Romeo, "O, swear not by" this "that monthly changes in her circled orb" the moon |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $1200: At the end of the balcony scene, these 5 words precede & rhyme with "that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow" Parting is such sweet sorrow |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $1600: This cousin of Juliet kills Mercutio, who called him a "rat-catcher" Tybalt |
#7106, aired 2015-07-06 | THAT'S IN ROMEO AND JULIET $2000: In this Franciscan's first speech, he discusses the good & bad uses of herbs Friar Laurence |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $400: This Aussie worked with trainer Mike Ryan to get ripped arms to reprise his role of Wolverine Hugh Jackman |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $800: All that dunking & dribbling has been good for the muscle tone of this man's arms Blake Griffin |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $1200: If you want to get the arms of a god, follow the workout that this actor did to play Thor in the Marvel movies Chris Hemsworth |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $1600: It's said that this action star & Total Gym endorser can split the atom...
with his bare hands Chuck Norris |
#6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $2000: He has lots of tattoos on his arms, including one that he famouly had altered to "Wino Forever" Johnny Depp |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | "AND" BOOKS FOR SHORT $200: Tolstoy:
"W. and P." War and Peace |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | "AND" BOOKS FOR SHORT $400: Dan Brown:
"A. and D." Angels and Demons |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | "AND" BOOKS FOR SHORT $600: Jonathan Safran Foer:
"E.L. and I.C." Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | "AND" BOOKS FOR SHORT $800: D.H. Lawrence:
"S. and L." Sons and Lovers |
#6577, aired 2013-04-02 | "AND" BOOKS FOR SHORT $1000: F Scott Fitzgerald:
"T.B. and D." The Beautiful and Damned |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | "AND" $400: Developed by the Open Handset Alliance, this platform brings "internet-style innovation... to mobile phones" Android |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | "AND" $800: Adjective meaning having both male & female characteristics androgynous |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | "AND" $1200: Name of the symbol seen in all the category titles on the board except "AND" an ampersand |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | "AND" $1600: This spicy sausage is a jambalaya staple andouille |
#6290, aired 2012-01-13 | "AND" $2000: One of a pair of metal stands for holding logs in a fireplace andirons |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $200: "Abby, I hear The Naked Heiress is gonna be on Jeopardy! that's huge!"
"Mom, please. I am rich and famous." [Sighs]
"Honey, don't you think you're being..."
...this adjective that means "world-weary" & "cynical"--it doesn't mean "covered in green gemstones" jaded |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $400: "We can never do this again. Nobody, and I mean nobody, can know about it."
"Tres romantic, Nick. What are you implying, that I'm not..."
...this 11-letter adjective meaning reliable & responsible like a Boy Scout trustworthy |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $600: "Please, Lily, understand, everything I did was to keep you and the twins safe."
"Cane, you pretended that you were dead and made me think that I was sleeping with a ghost. I ended up in an insane asylum. You're..."
...this 10-letter adjective from the Latin for "look down on" (& favored by Daffy Duck on occasion) despicable |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $800: "Oh, Jack, it feels just like yesterday that you and Diane and I were celebrating the IPO."
"I've had my eye on you since before Diane died, and now I have even more reason to be..."
...this doubtful word that's in the title of Elvis' last No. 1 pop hit suspicious |
#6221, aired 2011-10-10 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $1000: "Dear God. You manipulate everyone around you, just like a marionette. You are downright..."
...this adjective, also the title of a hit Broadway musical that features Munchkins & flying monkeys wicked |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | YOUR BODY AND "U" $200: This tube connects the abdomen of a fetus to the placenta the umbilical cord |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | YOUR BODY AND "U" $400: One kind of this is a wound on the skin; another kind affects the mucous membrane as in the lower esophagus an ulcer |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | YOUR BODY AND "U" $600: The lower teeth are positioned in front of the upper teeth when the jaw is closed in this form of malocclusion an underbite |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | YOUR BODY AND "U" $800: In humans, this bone of the forearm is medially located (on the side of the little finger) the ulna |
#6130, aired 2011-04-15 | YOUR BODY AND "U" $1000: A fetus hangs out in this womb until its birthday the uterus |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | "AND" IDIOMS $400: Pecans & rolls of cloth nuts and bolts |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | "AND" IDIOMS $800: A legal proceeding & a mistake trial and error |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | "AND" IDIOMS $1200: Bowling targets & a California city near the Arizona border pins and needles |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | "AND" IDIOMS $2000: Kids' lemonade vending place & to make good on a pledge stand and deliver |
#5969, aired 2010-07-22 | "AND" IDIOMS $3,000 (Daily Double): An illegal parking penalty & an old term for a man much concerned with his dress & appearance fine and dandy |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS $400: This is the indentation on the bottom of a wine bottle, or a kick on fourth down in football a punt |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS $800: This word for underwear also refers to parts of a dresser; the word denotes something moved by pulling drawers |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS $1200: As well as a summary of account, it can be an explosive noise, as from a rifle a report |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Netherlands.) The spinning blades on a windmill are called these, & they work on the same principle as those on a boat sails |
#5890, aired 2010-04-02 | WORDS AND THEIR MEANINGS $2000: The first use of this term in print was by Raymond Chandler; the second word plays on the word investigator a private eye |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $400: If you're in the South Pacific on July 11, you can get a good look at a total one of these an eclipse |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800: The July 2009 sit-down among President Obama, a Harvard prof & a Cambridge cop was dubbed this sudsy summit the Beer Summit |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $1200: 160 square rods equals 1 of this square measure (that one was in the '09 book too) an acre |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $1600: This state is big, it's fiercely independent & it has the highest percentage of people without health insurance Texas |
#5840, aired 2010-01-22 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $2000: With over 30 million tons, China leads the world in this, a 1-word equivalent of fish farming aquaculture |
#5830, aired 2010-01-08 | FAR AND AWAY $400: A company called Happy Camel offers "The Secrets of" this desert, a 15-day tour of remote areas of Mongolia the Gobi desert |
#5830, aired 2010-01-08 | FAR AND AWAY $500 (Daily Double): One way to reach this remote British island in the South Pacific is via a research vessel, the Bounty Bay Pitcairn island |
#5830, aired 2010-01-08 | FAR AND AWAY $800: Alice Springs in the Australian Outback is the starting point for the 5-hour drive to see this remote monolith Ayers Rock |
#5830, aired 2010-01-08 | FAR AND AWAY $1600: The inhabitants of this remote British dependency in the south Atlantic call themselves "saints" St. Helena |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $200: The eruption of this volcano in 79 A.D. caused an estimated 16,000 deaths Vesuvius |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $400: Not surprisingly, by volumes held, it's the top library in the U.S. the Library of Congress |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800 (Daily Double): It's the only country listed that starts with a "Q" Qatar |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $800: 2 who have been appointed to this post are William Wordsworth & Ted Hughes Poet Laureate (of Great Britain) |
#5563, aired 2008-11-12 | THE WORLD ALMANAC AND BOOK OF FACTS $1000: The Chicago Spire, estimated to be completed in 2010, will replace this as the USA's tallest building the Sears Tower |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | AND ON GUITAR... $200: Brian Jones,
Keith Richards The Rolling Stones |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | AND ON GUITAR... $400: Bob Weir,
Jerry Garcia The Grateful Dead |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | AND ON GUITAR... $600: Pete Townshend The Who |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | AND ON GUITAR... $800: The Edge U2 |
#5553, aired 2008-10-29 | AND ON GUITAR... $1000: Izzy Stradlin,
Slash Guns N' Roses |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $200: Bea Arthur played this signature role on the small screen from 1972 to 1978 Maude |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $400: Bea turned out to be Larry David's real mother on a 2005 episode of this series Curb Your Enthusiasm |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $600: In 1964 Bea shot to fame as Yente the matchmaker in the original Broadway production of this musical Fiddler on the Roof |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $800: Bea won her second Emmy for playing Dorothy Zbornak on this sitcom The Golden Girls |
#5547, aired 2008-10-21 | AND THEN THERE'S BEA ARTHUR $1000: In 1979 Bea hosted this late night comedy show & The Roches were the musical guest Saturday Night Live |
#5545, aired 2008-10-17 | AND THE KINGDOM $200: 'Twas in the darkest depths of Mordor that a certain piece of jewelry journeys in this author's trilogy Tolkien |
#5545, aired 2008-10-17 | AND THE KINGDOM $400: Sir Thomas Malory placed this castle in Winchester, at least for one brief shining moment Camelot |
#5545, aired 2008-10-17 | AND THE KINGDOM $600: "The Last Battle" is the 1956 finale to "The Chronicles of" this kingdom Narnia |
#5545, aired 2008-10-17 | AND THE KINGDOM $800: "The King and I" was derived from Margaret Landon's 1944 book her "and the King of Siam" Anna |
#5545, aired 2008-10-17 | AND THE KINGDOM $1000: Rudolf Elphberg is about to be crowned king of Ruritania but instead becomes "The Prisoner of" this title place Zenda |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $400: James Franco (Daniel) has some serious daddy issues as Harry Osborn in this superhero film series Spider-Man |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $800: "Remember" Jason Segal (Nick)? He's a smart man; he wrote this 2008 comedy with himself as its star & set it in Hawaii Forgetting Sarah Marshall |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $1200: In 2003 Linda Cardellini (Lindsay) checked into County on this show as Nurse Samantha Taggart ER |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $1600: Seth Rogen (Ken), in this Steve Carell film: "That's a good looking grandma! My grandma looks like Jack Palance" The 40-Year-Old Virgin |
#5518, aired 2008-09-10 | FREAKS AND GEEKS ALUMS $2000: This "Freaks and Geeks" writer penned "Knocked Up", in which his wife Leslie Mann co-starred Judd Apatow |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | AND THEN YOU "DY" $400: Used underwater, ammonia gelatin is a waterproof type of this explosive dynamite |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | AND THEN YOU "DY" $800: Around 1892 Nikola Tesla invented one that used alternating current a dynamo |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | AND THEN YOU "DY" $1200: Michael Fokine created this avian ballet in 1905 for ballerina Anna Pavlova The Dying Swan |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | AND THEN YOU "DY" $2000: 2 individuals or units regarded as a pair a dyad |
#5506, aired 2008-07-14 | AND THEN YOU "DY" $5,000 (Daily Double): Tang or Bourbon, for example a dynasty |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | "AND"ROCLES $400: An artificial human an android |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | "AND"ROCLES $800: Mountain principality between France & Spain Andorra |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | "AND"ROCLES $1200: He succeeded Brezhnev in 1982 Andropov |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | "AND"ROCLES $1600: You can see this galaxy from Earth without a telescope Andromeda |
#5415, aired 2008-03-07 | "AND"ROCLES $2000: Playwright Maxwell or singer Marian Anderson |
#5413, aired 2008-03-05 | AND SIX $400: Julie Andrews sang it as the sixth tone of the diatonic scale La |
#5413, aired 2008-03-05 | AND SIX $800: This TV show's opening narration contained the line "We can rebuild him. We have the technology" The Six Million Dollar Man |
#5413, aired 2008-03-05 | AND SIX $1200: This conflict began June 5, 1967 & ended shortly thereafter the Six Days' War |
#5413, aired 2008-03-05 | AND SIX $1600: A car driven by George Robson is one of only 2 Indy 500 winners to use an engine with only 6 of these cylinders |
#5413, aired 2008-03-05 | AND SIX $2000: John Guare reached out & touched us all with this play about the connectedness of all people Six Degrees of Separation |
#5410, aired 2008-02-29 | FOR SAX AND VIOLINS $200: Charlie Daniels reported a fiddle of gold was bet against a soul when "The Devil Went Down To" this state Georgia |
#5410, aired 2008-02-29 | FOR SAX AND VIOLINS $400: Naturally, Sidney Sax played violin on this Beatles hit with "all the lonely people" "Eleanor Rigby" |
#5410, aired 2008-02-29 | FOR SAX AND VIOLINS $600: In 1977 Phil Woods was smooth as silk playing a sax solo on this man's "Just The Way You Are" Billy Joel |
#5410, aired 2008-02-29 | FOR SAX AND VIOLINS $800: A young David Bowie took sax lessons from Ronnie Ross, who played on this man's hit "Walk On The Wild Side" Lou Reed |
#5410, aired 2008-02-29 | FOR SAX AND VIOLINS $1000: Boyd Tinsley rocks the violin (& yes, he makes that possible) in this "Ants Marching" jam band the Dave Matthews Band |
#5376, aired 2008-01-14 | EUROPEAN ARTS AND ARTISTS $400: Robert Delaunay introduced vivid colors to this "geometric" movement, beginning a trend called Orphism cubism |
#5376, aired 2008-01-14 | EUROPEAN ARTS AND ARTISTS $800: His "Luncheon on the Grass" caused a major scandal at the Salon des Refuses Manet |
#5376, aired 2008-01-14 | EUROPEAN ARTS AND ARTISTS $1200: In the 1500s Isaac Oliver found fame painting this kind of portrait named for its tiny size miniature |
#5376, aired 2008-01-14 | EUROPEAN ARTS AND ARTISTS $1600: Dutch painter Dirk Hals was the younger brother of this man who painted "The Witch of Haarlem" Frans |
#5376, aired 2008-01-14 | EUROPEAN ARTS AND ARTISTS $5,000 (Daily Double): This Spaniard's 1650 painting of Pope Innocent X may be his greatest single portrait [Diego] Velázquez |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $400: Gene Hackman earned his first Oscar nomination for playing Buck Barrow in this 1967 film Bonnie & Clyde |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $800: Some in the Jane Austen Society complained that Hugh Grant was too good-looking to play Edward in this 1995 film Sense & Sensibility |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $1200: Leslie Howard was in his 40s & Norma Shearer in her 30s when they played this Shakespearean pair in 1936 Romeo & Juliet |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $1600: The czar-studded cast of this 1971 epic includes Tom Baker (of "Doctor Who" fame) as Rasputin Nicholas & Alexandra |
#5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ____ AND ____ MOVIES $2000: (Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) I was far from kittenish when I played the voice of Mr. Tinkles in this 2001 film that pitted felines against canines Cats & Dogs |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $200: In Book 3 of "War and Peace", this city is famously abandoned & burned Moscow |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $600: Appropriately, Tolstoy wrote "War and Peace" in these 2 languages French & Russian |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $800: The novel opens at a party given by Anna Pavlova in this city, the capital at the time St. Petersburg |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In "War and Peace", this man is described as the Antichrist scourging Europe Napoleon |
#5236, aired 2007-05-21 | GIVE WAR AND PEACE A CHANCE $1000: Real life figures in "War and Peace" include this man who was the czar from 1801 to 1825 Czar Alexander I |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | AND FOOD $200: Popular soul food side dishes are mustard, collard & turnip these, a word for leaves greens |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | AND FOOD $400: This minced meat-filled Chinese dumpling is simmered & served in the soup named for it wontons |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | AND FOOD $600: This Italian name for squid is a reference to its ink calamari |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | AND FOOD $800: Types of this fruit include the French nicoise & the Greek kalamata olives |
#5178, aired 2007-02-28 | AND FOOD $1000: It's Middle Eastern dip made from chickpeas, often flavored with sesame hummus |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | AND "LO" THING $400: The high rates of interest of this shady type of moneylender could take a bite out of your finances a loan shark |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | AND "LO" THING $800: It's part of what Jesus used to feed the multitudes along the shore of the Sea of Galilee loaves |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | AND "LO" THING $1200: Pond dweller seen here a lotus |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | AND "LO" THING $1600: Better-known name of the short-horned grasshopper a locust |
#5148, aired 2007-01-17 | AND "LO" THING $2000: A small, medicated candy meant to be dissolved in the mouth a lozenge |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | AND SOMETIMES Y $400: Timid shy |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | AND SOMETIMES Y $800: A gift to Jesus when he was a child, this resin is also "mingled" with his wine while he's on the cross in Mark 15 myrrh |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | AND SOMETIMES Y $1200: A people got this name, now also used for a type of taxicab, from the mistaken belief that they came from Egypt gypsy |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | AND SOMETIMES Y $1600: An appointed to meet made by lovers tryst |
#5114, aired 2006-11-30 | AND SOMETIMES Y $2000: Originally a Greek unit of length, Homer used this word to describe a race of small folk dwelling in a
southern land pygmy |
#5092, aired 2006-10-31 | ...AND HOWE! $200: The opponents in the 1776 Battle of Long Island were this general and Howe Washington |
#5092, aired 2006-10-31 | ...AND HOWE! $400: A poster shows the Three Stooges as members of the law firm Dewey, this and Howe Cheatem |
#5092, aired 2006-10-31 | ...AND HOWE! $1000: In 1975 balloting for Tory leader, there were 19 votes each for Prior and Howe but 146 votes for her Margaret Thatcher |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | THE SCHOOL PLAY: ROMEO AND JULIET $400: Those not cast in individual roles at least got to be part of this group that says the play's first lines the chorus |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | THE SCHOOL PLAY: ROMEO AND JULIET $800: Romeo's parents sobbed in the audience as he ended his life with this method poison |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | THE SCHOOL PLAY: ROMEO AND JULIET $1600: Juliet kept giggling through this line in Act II, scene 2 where she says her lover's name 3 times "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?" |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | THE SCHOOL PLAY: ROMEO AND JULIET $2000: The kid playing the old head of this family of Juliet's couldn't get his beard to stay on the Capulets |
#4933, aired 2006-02-08 | THE SCHOOL PLAY: ROMEO AND JULIET $3,600 (Daily Double): As the cast party broke up, the director quoted, "Good night, good night! Parting is such" this sweet sorrow |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $400: In the early 1900s, Amanda Smith of Mrs. Smith's fame made a name for herself baking these pies |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $800: An annual festival in Sydney, Australia honors Maria Smith, the originator of this famous apple the Granny Smith apple |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $1200: A book called "In Sacred Loneliness" documents 33 of the Mrs. Smiths in his life Joseph Smith |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $1600: The UPN sitcom "All of Us" is loosely based on this Hollywood couple who also produce the show Will & Jada Pinkett Smith |
#4895, aired 2005-12-16 | MR. AND MRS. SMITH $2,000 (Daily Double): When her husband Clyde died in 1940, she took over his seat as a House Representative from Maine Margaret Chase Smith |
#4884, aired 2005-12-01 | AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $1200: On March 30, 1981 this man told reporters he was "in control here in the White House" (Alexander) Haig |
#4884, aired 2005-12-01 | AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $1600: On July 5, 2000 Pres. Clinton announced that Ehud Barak & this leader would meet him for a Camp David summit Yasser Arafat |
#4884, aired 2005-12-01 | AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1978 a stern President Carter invoked this 1947 law to force coal miners back to work after a 3-month strike (the) Taft-Hartley (Act) |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $400: It's the first name of "Troy" co-star Burrows, so her parents were probably "mad about" a yellowish spice Saffron |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $800: It was a "snap" for this "Swing Time" star to earn a 1992 Kennedy Center honor Ginger Rogers |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $1200: The "Today" Show got a little spicier when she became its news anchor in 1997 Ann Curry |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $1600: Barbara Bain's "bark" may have been worse than her bite as this spicy character on "Mission: Impossible" Cinnamon (Carter) |
#4880, aired 2005-11-25 | SPICE GIRLS (AND BOYS) $2000: Movie producer Neufeld, or a spice with a weapon name Mace |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | AND I QUOTE $400: A little girl in a Sandburg poem hopes, "Sometime they'll give" this & "nobody will come" a war |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | AND I QUOTE $800: Baseball's Branch Rickey called it "the residue of design"; presumably he meant the "good" type luck |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | AND I QUOTE $1200: J.P. Morgan thought "a man always has two reasons for what he does--a good one" & this one the real one |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | AND I QUOTE $1600: Caligula liked to quote Accius' "Oderint dum metuant", "Let them hate so long as they" do this fear |
#4863, aired 2005-11-02 | AND I QUOTE $2000: "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast", but "no" this "so fierce but knows some touch of pity" beast |
#4838, aired 2005-09-28 | AND TWINS! $400: Born Nov. 25, 1981, they are the granddaughters of a president Jenna & Barbara Bush |
#4838, aired 2005-09-28 | AND TWINS! $800: Fraternal twins of the "Star Wars" saga Luke & Leia |
#4838, aired 2005-09-28 | AND TWINS! $1200: This playwright & his wife had 3 children, including the twins Judith & Hamnet Shakespeare |
#4838, aired 2005-09-28 | AND TWINS! $1600: American Olympic skiing stars born May 10, 1957 Phil & Steve Mahre |
#4838, aired 2005-09-28 | AND TWINS! $2000: Guinness Book of Records creators born Aug. 12, 1925 Norris & Ross McWhirter |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crue walks around a control panel in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This equipment was used for the first televised presidential debate between John F. Kennedy & this man Nixon |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $400: A 19th C. goblet in the library was given to Pres. Kennedy when he visited this country of his ancestors in 1963 Ireland |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew points to a coconut shell enshrined in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This is the actual piece of coconut on which John F. Kennedy carved a plea for help after this boat was cut in half during World War II PT-109 |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $800: The library has JFK's phonetic notations to remind himself how to pronounce these 4 words on June 26, 1963 Ich bin ein Berliner |
#4832, aired 2005-09-20 | THE JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY AND MUSEUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew fawns over a metal-plated case in the JFK Library & Museum in Boston, MA.) This beautiful humidor, sans cigars, was given to John F. Kennedy by this cranky premier when they first met in Vienna in 1961 Nikita Khrushchev |
#4764, aired 2005-04-28 | AND DOGGIE MAKES THREE $200: Velma, Shaggy &... Scooby-Doo |
#4764, aired 2005-04-28 | AND DOGGIE MAKES THREE $400: Charlie, Sally &... Snoopy |
#4764, aired 2005-04-28 | AND DOGGIE MAKES THREE $600: Bart, Lisa &... Santa's Little Helper |
#4764, aired 2005-04-28 | AND DOGGIE MAKES THREE $800: Martin, Frasier &... Eddie |
#4764, aired 2005-04-28 | AND DOGGIE MAKES THREE $1000: Spanky, Alfalfa &... Petey |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | TOYS AND GAMES $200: Miss Scarlet & Professor Plum are suspects in this classic whodunit game Clue |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | TOYS AND GAMES $400: This plump doll with a top knot got its name from a pet form of "Cupid" Kewpie |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | TOYS AND GAMES $600: Because of an allergy alert, one ingredient of this soft modeling compound that's not a secret is wheat Play-Doh |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | TOYS AND GAMES $800: When this brand was introduced in 1970, it was billed as the "first official indoor ball" Nerf |
#4742, aired 2005-03-29 | TOYS AND GAMES $1000: At the 1939 World's Fair, the Sawyer family introduced this stereo slide scope that gives 3-D views the View-Master |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | AND THE HORSE $400: The long white leg hair is called feathers on this horse that originated in Lanarkshire, Scotland the Clydesdale |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | AND THE HORSE $800: This spotted breed developed by the Nez Perce was praised in Lewis & Clark's journal for its quality the Appaloosa |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | AND THE HORSE $1200: All the horses of this breed derive from 3 stallions imported into England between 1689 & 1728 the thoroughbreds |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | AND THE HORSE $2000: This is the breed used by the Spanish riding school in Vienna Lipizzaners |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | AND THE HORSE $3,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a horse corral.) These types of horses are bred for herding or running races of 1,320 feet quarter horses |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $200: The 3 leaves on the shamrock associated with this holiday are said to represent the Holy Trinity St. Patrick's Day |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $400: The third Sunday in June, it didn't become official until signed into law in 1972 Father's Day |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $600: Mexico's Cinco de Mayo celebrates its victory over this country's troops at Puebla in 1862 France |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $800: The name of this Jewish holy day means "beginning of the year" Rosh Hashanah |
#4645, aired 2004-11-12 | HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES $1,800 (Daily Double): On July 24 several South American countries celebrate the 1783 birth of this man Simon Bolivar |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | ____ AND ____ $400: Fans of "CI" & "SVU" know they're both spin-offs from this TV drama Law & Order |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | ____ AND ____ $800: James Taylor was just 22 when he first hit the charts in 1970 with this pop classic "Fire And Rain" |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | ____ AND ____ $1200: It's TV Guide's weekly section of praises & putdowns "Cheers and Jeers" |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | ____ AND ____ $1600: In 1956 Audrey Hepburn played Natasha Rostov in a nearly 3 1/2 hour film version of this book War and Peace |
#4623, aired 2004-10-13 | ____ AND ____ $2000: This 1985 miniseries focused on 2 families, the Mains & the Hazards, in the years leading up to the Civil War North and South |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | PUMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE $400: Ride over a nail & you might need Schwinn's Airdriver, one of these a tire pump |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | PUMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE $800: If you're lucky & this is gushing in your back yard, call for one of Lufkin Industries' pumping units oil |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | PUMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE $1200: Light bulb makers use a special pump to create this inside the bulb a vacuum |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | PUMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE $1600: To lift water, try this basic type of pump, a cylinder with a piston inside a suction [or reciprocating] pump |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | PUMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE $2000: It's a pit or well where water collects; the pump named for it gets the water out a sump |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | SOCKS AND THE CITY $200: In 1907 this city's Braves stopped wearing red socks, so this city's other major league team adopted the name Boston |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | SOCKS AND THE CITY $400: Up to 10,000 people from 63 countries attend the International Hosiery Expo in this city, North Carolina's largest Charlotte |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | SOCKS AND THE CITY $600: Oban, Scotland is the center of this region that lent its name to a diamond pattern Argyle |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | SOCKS AND THE CITY $800: This brand of men's dress socks, seen here, has headquarters in Burlington, North Carolina Gold Toe |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | SOCKS AND THE CITY $1000: In 1996 this Chicago-based underwear maker sold its sock line to Renfro Corp., which became the USA's sock leader Fruit of the Loom |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | ROCK "AND" ROLL $200: The Isley Brothers & The Beatles both had hits with this song "Twist And Shout" |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | ROCK "AND" ROLL $400: Love keeps this pop duo, Daryl Dragon & his wife, together Captain & Tennille |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | ROCK "AND" ROLL $600: This 1961 hit begins "I couldn't sleep at all last night" "Tossin' And Turnin'" |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | ROCK "AND" ROLL $800: According to a 1982 duet, they "live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard" "Ebony And Ivory" |
#4401, aired 2003-10-27 | ROCK "AND" ROLL $1000: In 1970 Eric Clapton formed this group that had "Bell Bottom Blues" Derek and the Dominos |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $200: ...this word, meaning unclothed, like a jaybird naked |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $400: ...this adjective used to describe the Ambersons in the title of an Orson Welles movie Magnificent |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $600: ...this 3-word type of punishment outlawed by the 8th Amendment cruel and unusual |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $800: ...this passionate type of love named for the Greek god of love erotic |
#4354, aired 2003-07-03 | ADJECTIVES OF THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS $1000: ...adjective from the name of a mid-16th century Florentine writer Machiavellian |
#4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $200: Their "Anthology 1" album features Pete Best on drums, as well as Ringo The Beatles |
#4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $400: He became the drummer for Genesis in 1970; he didn't become lead singer until after Peter Gabriel left in 1975 Phil Collins |
#4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $600: Keith Richards has been quoted as saying, "Without" this drummer "we wouldn't have a group" Charlie Watts |
#4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew at the Motown Museum in Detroit) This "What's Going On" singer played drums on early Motown seasons including "Please Mr. Postman" Marvin Gaye |
#4339, aired 2003-06-12 | ...AND ON DRUMS $1000: Despite losing an arm, Rick Allen continues to drum for this hard rock group Def Leppard |
#4266, aired 2003-03-03 | THE AND LANDS $400: Bosnia and... Herzegovina |
#4266, aired 2003-03-03 | THE AND LANDS $800: Antigua and... Barbuda |
#4266, aired 2003-03-03 | THE AND LANDS $1200: Saint Kitts and... Nevis |
#4266, aired 2003-03-03 | THE AND LANDS $1600: Sao Tome and... Principe |
#4266, aired 2003-03-03 | THE AND LANDS $2000: Saint Vincent and... the Grenadines |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) The Lockheed Vega 5B displayed here carried Amelia Earhart on the first solo flight by a woman that crossed this body of water the Atlantic |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $400: The National Air and Space Museum was originally called this which is 2 words shorter than its current name The National Air Museum |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $600: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) This is the plane in which the Wright Brothers made a famous flight on December 17, 1903 in this U.S. state North Carolina |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $800: On display are the two space suits that these 2 Apollo 11 astronauts actually wore to walk on the moon Armstrong & Aldrin |
#4118, aired 2002-06-26 | Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Air & Space Museum.) In the Glamorous Glennis, the Bell X-1 plane you see here, he broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $200: In 1998 she had a big pop & country hit with "This Kiss" Faith Hill |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $400: Pucker up for a Sicilian Kiss cocktail; it's made with Southern Comfort & this almond-flavored liqueur Amaretto |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $600: He reportedly said, "Kiss me, Hardy" before succumbing to his wounds in 1805 Lord Nelson |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $800: 1952's "Kiss Me, Deadly" is one of the early novels featuring this tough guy detective Mike Hammer |
#4115, aired 2002-06-21 | KISS-AND-TELL $1000: In 2001 this martial arts master was back in action in "Kiss of the Dragon" Jet Li |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $400: "We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones", observed this author of "Carrie" & "The Shining" Stephen King |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $800: During WWII Winston Churchill declared, "I have only one purpose, the destruction of" this leader Adolf Hitler |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $1200: In 1588 this queen said she had "the body of a weak & feeble woman, but I have the heart & stomach of a king" Elizabeth I |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $1600: In the bible he foolishly tells Delliah, "there hath not come a razor upon mine head" Samson |
#4019, aired 2002-02-07 | AND YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT $2000: "I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world", declared this teacher of Plato Socrates |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | TO "L" AND BACK $100: Defame a liberal with a bad label in an article & you may be sued for this libel |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | TO "L" AND BACK $200: Over half of the garbage produced in the U.S. will wind up in one of these landfill |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | TO "L" AND BACK $300: (Sofia of the Clue Crew throws a football across to Jimmy as they both run the field.) It's the pass seen here lateral |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | TO "L" AND BACK $400: The first wet dock in Britain was built in this city back in 1715 Liverpool |
#3959, aired 2001-11-15 | TO "L" AND BACK $500: Last name of poet Amy & her astronomer brother Percival Lowell |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | "AND" $100: We think it's a conspiracy that she hasn't won an Emmy every year she's played FBI agent Dana Scully Gillian Anderson |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | "AND" $200: It's the first symbol in the censored word &*$%! ampersand |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | "AND" $300: He was the Roman slave who removed a thorn from a big cat's paw, & we ain't lion Androcles |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | "AND" $400: Name of a princess of myth, a constellation & a new Gene Roddenberry sci-fi show Andromeda |
#3866, aired 2001-05-28 | "AND" $500: He's the only man to win the Daytona 500, Indy 500 & a Formula One World Championship (Mario) Andretti |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2000 AND WON $200: Tom Bergeron won a Daytime Emmy in this category Best Game Show Host |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2000 AND WON $400: The Latin Grammys' first Record of the Year went to "Corazon Espinado", by this man's band Mana Carlos Santana |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2000 AND WON $800: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the discoverers of polymers that conduct this electricity |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2000 AND WON $1000: A 2000 Pulitzer went to Stacy Schiff for "Vera", a bio of the wife of this "Lolita" author Vladimir Nabokov |
#3861, aired 2001-05-21 | 2000 AND WON $1,600 (Daily Double): The NAACP's Spingarn Medal for 2000 went to this talk show host Oprah Winfrey |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | AND THE "REST" $200: We've all gotten a little older since this CBS soap premiered in 1973 The Young and the Restless |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | AND THE "REST" $400: Term for the period in English history after the 1660 return of the house of Stuart Restoration |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | AND THE "REST" $600: Arlo Guthrie starred in this '69 film inspired by his song of the same name Alice's Restaurant |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | AND THE "REST" $800: 2-word medical condition describing an abrupt cessation of heartbeat cardiac arrest |
#3839, aired 2001-04-19 | AND THE "REST" $1000: Uh oh! You've been court-ordered to stay at least 150 feet away from someone; you've been hit with one of these a restraining order |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AND I QUOTE $200: Type of quotations in the title of "Bartlett's" Familiar |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AND I QUOTE $400: A quote can be taken "out of" this, from the Latin for "to weave together" context |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AND I QUOTE $600: Kim Walker's character in "Say Anything" has this annoying habit when quoting making quotations with your fingers |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AND I QUOTE $800: 3-word phrase for a quote meant for attribution, or a quote like "Gretzky's 92 goals are unbeatable!" on the record |
#3834, aired 2001-04-12 | AND I QUOTE $1000: Publishing term for the type of quote seen here:
"Trebek's... made it into record books as host of television's #1-rated quiz show." a pull quote |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | "AND" READ $200: In this Tolstoy work, Countess Bezuhov finds herself, like Mary MacGregor, torn between two lovers War And Peace |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | "AND" READ $400: Nursery-rhyme pair who are the title of a book by Louisa May Alcott & a less innocent book by James Patterson Jack And Jill |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | "AND" READ $800: Title shared by an 1855 Elizabeth Gaskell work & a 1982 John Jakes work North And South |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | "AND" READ $1,000 (Daily Double): Logically, this 1862 Turgenev novel addresses generational conflict Fathers And Sons |
#3812, aired 2001-03-13 | "AND" READ $1000: The heroine of this Sean O'Casey play is so named because she was born in June Juno And The Paycock |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ $100: When it comes to "War And Peace", he wrote the book Leo Tolstoy |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ $200: In Part XI we see "The grand and inevitable event of the abandonment and burning of" this city Moscow |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ $300: First name of Ms. Pavlovna, at whose party the book opens; the author also used it for Ms. Karenina Anna |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ $400: Pierre, a prisoner set to be executed facing one of these, watches 5 die before he is reprieved firing squad |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ $500: Nikolay & Andrey Bolkonsky were princes; Ilya Rostov had this title, 2, 3, 4... Count |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ...AND MAN CREATED WOMAN $100: In this animated 1995 film, Annie Potts was a real doll - Bo-Peep Toy Story |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ...AND MAN CREATED WOMAN $200: Carmen Ibanez fights the bugs as a pilot in "Roughnecks", the animated version of this Heinlein tale: Starship Troopers |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ...AND MAN CREATED WOMAN $300: This 3-D tomb-raiding woman has done commercials for the Sci-Fi Channel Lara Croft |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ...AND MAN CREATED WOMAN $400: Vanessa Angel played Lisa in the TV series of "Weird Science"; this actress played her in the film Kelly Le Brock |
#3660, aired 2000-06-30 | ...AND MAN CREATED WOMAN $500: Webbie Tokay is a cyberspace supermodel created for this top modeling agency Elite |
#3496, aired 1999-11-15 | TOLSTOY'S WAR AND PEACE $1000: As you probably read it in the original Russian, you know the title is "Voina I" this, like the space station Mir |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | ...AND WE LIKED IT! $100: Before the 1912 Cadillac, we risked broken bones turning these to start the car...& we liked it! Cranks |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | ...AND WE LIKED IT! $200: If King Gillette hadn't started mass-producing these, we'd still be sharpening them constantly...& we'd like it! Razor blades |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | ...AND WE LIKED IT! $400: Until the photocopier, we always had stained fingers from the paper named for this element...& we liked it! Carbon |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | ...AND WE LIKED IT! $500 (Daily Double): Until Roy Plunkett invented this material, we spent hours scraping food off cookware...& we liked it! Teflon |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | ...AND WE LIKED IT! $500: Before calculators were common, every student had this jutting from his pocket...& we liked it! Slide rule |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | ____ AND ____ $200: If you taste-test Cortlands against Valencias, you're comparing these apples & oranges |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | ____ AND ____ $400: To pursue an activity full force is to do it this way, like a blacksmith Hammer and tong |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | ____ AND ____ $600: Famed duo seen here ('70s song & dance/comedy) Shields and Yarnell |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | ____ AND ____ $800: One founder of this jet engine manufacturer was a cousin of the inventor of the cotton gin Pratt and Whitney |
#3253, aired 1998-10-28 | ____ AND ____ $1000: George Bernard Shaw play in which John Tanner philosophizes about evolution Man and Superman |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | AND $100: You bet your sweet bippy we loved their "Laugh-In" Rowan & Martin |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | AND $200: It's often been said of these dancers that she did everything he did, but backwards and in high heels Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | AND $300: Nancy Drew could tell you these are the Hardy Boys' first names Frank & Joe |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | AND $400: Clint, Lee & Eli were the 3 in the title of this 1966 western "The Good, The Bad And The Ugly" |
#3229, aired 1998-09-24 | AND $500: This pair was electrocuted August 23, 1927 Sacco & Vanzetti |
#3208, aired 1998-07-08 | ...AND CLOTHING $200: This animal term can refer to a tight high collar, or to the pullover sweater it's attached to turtleneck |
#3208, aired 1998-07-08 | ...AND CLOTHING $400: Henry Winkler wanted his Fonzie character to be allowed to wear this instead of a cloth coat a leather jacket |
#3208, aired 1998-07-08 | ...AND CLOTHING $600: This term for part of a brassiere also means a reinforced athletic supporter cup |
#3208, aired 1998-07-08 | ...AND CLOTHING $800: '90s designers rediscovered this item that Clark Gable nearly killed off in "It Happened One Night" the undershirt |
#3208, aired 1998-07-08 | ...AND CLOTHING $1000: The name of this peasant dress with a tight bodice & full skirt comes from German for "young woman" the dirndl |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $200: Macduff calls him a "coward" & a "hell-hound" & then cuts his head off -- mercifully, offstage Macbeth |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $400: This Magna Carta king tells his son, "I am a scribbled form, drawn with a pen upon a parchment" John |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $600: This title prince of Tyre taunts King Antiochus: "Great king, few love to hear the sins they love to act" Pericles |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $1000: Fed up with this fairy king, Titania vows, "I have forsworn his bed and company" Oberon |
#3199, aired 1998-06-25 | THE KING AND I $3,100 (Daily Double): His fool calls him a fool, saying, "All thy other titles thou hast given away; that thou wast born with" King Lear |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | AND THE AWARD GOES TO... $100: This nutty comic won a 1996 National Society of Film Critics award for his role as "The Nutty Professor" Eddie Murphy |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | AND THE AWARD GOES TO... $200: Barbara Walters' "20/20" co-host, in 1998 he was awarded the Children's Champion Award from UNICEF Hugh Downs |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | AND THE AWARD GOES TO... $300: While president of the Philippines, she received the Martin Luther King, Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize Corazon Aquino |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | AND THE AWARD GOES TO... $400: Category for which James Tobin, Gary Becker & Milton Friedman all won Nobel Prizes Economics |
#3160, aired 1998-05-01 | AND THE AWARD GOES TO... $500: This Spanish cellist was among the first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Pablo Casals |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO $200: In "The Wizard of Oz", a cute cairn terrier named Terry played this little dog Toto |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO $400: He starred in the cartoon "Canine Casanova" without his master Mickey Mouse Pluto |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO $800: This pet of Nick & Nora Charles was a schnauzer in the novel "The Thin Man" & a fox terrier in the films Asta |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO $1000: When this tobacco heiress died in 1993, she left a $100,000 trust fund to her dog Minni Doris Duke |
#3155, aired 1998-04-24 | AND YOUR LITTLE DOG, TOO $2,000 (Daily Double): Title character who sang the following about her dog ("Sandy") in a 1982 film: Annie |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $100: Her No. 1 hits include "Like A Prayer" & "Like A Virgin" Madonna |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $200: In 1989 this Miami Sound Machine singer released her first solo album "Cuts Both Ways" Gloria Estefan |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $300 (Daily Double): In 1987 this singer, heard here, became the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame: ("Freeway Of Love") Aretha Franklin |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $400: Kurt Cobain's widow, she co-starred in the movie "The People vs. Larry Flynt" Courtney Love |
#3047, aired 1997-11-25 | WOMEN AND SONG $500: In 1997 this singer of "You Were Meant For Me" won the American Music Award for New Pop-Rock Artist Jewel |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | ____ AND ____ $100: Since the man on first base takes off before the batter swings, this play should logically be the "run and hit" hit and run |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | ____ AND ____ $200: It's the alliterative service provided by finer laundries fluff and fold |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | ____ AND ____ $300: Term for a book with embarrassing information based on intimate knowledge kiss and tell |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | ____ AND ____ $400: The Isley Brothers & the Beatles sang, "Shake it up, baby", do this twist and shout |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | ____ AND ____ $500: Inept reporter Wally Ballou was one of this radio comedy duo's creations Bob and Ray |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $200: Madame de Maintenon was the sunshine of this "Sun King"'s life; they were secretly married, perhaps in 1683 Louis XIV |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $400: Legend says "Fair Rosamund", a lover of Henry II, was poisoned by order of Henry's wife, this heiress of Aquitaine Eleanor |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $600: Margaret Drummond, lover of this country's a King James IV, was murdered with poisoned porridge in 1501 Scotland |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $800: This actress & orange-seller was the apple of Charles II's eye Nell Gwyn |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE KING AND I $1000: Camilla Parker Bowles' great-grandmother Alice Keppel was a mistress of this king who reigned 1901-1910 Edward VII |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $100: This state university's medical center has campuses in New Orleans & Shreveport LSU (Louisiana State) |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $200: Florida Institute of Technology is sometimes called "Countdown College" from its proximity to this site Cape Canaveral |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $300: This college has 3 representatives in the Irish senate Trinity College |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $400: This Low Country's oldest university is the State University of Leiden, founded in 1575 the Netherlands |
#2776, aired 1996-09-30 | COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): The Museum of Art at Bowdoin College in this state has works by Winslow Homer & related memorabilia Maine |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $200: The "king" of stamps, this 1993 issue is the most popular U.S. commemorative stamp of all time the Elvis Presley stamp |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $400: Until 1947 a 16-petaled chrysanthemum appeared on nearly every postage stamp of this country Japan |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $800: Stamps & coins of this country bear the name Helvetia Switzerland |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $1000: The sale of 1903 gold coins featuring this president helped pay for his Niles, Ohio memorial McKinley |
#2529, aired 1995-09-07 | STAMPS AND COINS $1,500 (Daily Double): Inscribed in both Chinese & Portuguese, coins for this territory weren't issued until 1952 Macau |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | AND STRIPES $100: Balls in a popular form of this game are divided into solids & stripes billiards (pool) |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | AND STRIPES $200: This large, black- striped feline carnivore is a good swimmer & can climb trees a tiger |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | AND STRIPES $300: Number of stripes on the flag of Bulgaria, Ethiopia or France 3 |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | AND STRIPES $400: The red & white stripes on this establishment's pole represent blood & bandages a barbershop |
#2285, aired 1994-07-08 | AND STRIPES $500: Nickname for a teenage volunteer at a hospital a candy striper |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | STUFF AND NONSENSE $100: This 5-letter word is probably a blend of "hocus-pocus" & "bunkum" hokum |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | STUFF AND NONSENSE $200: The kind of nonsense one excels in after kissing a certain Irish stone blarney |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | STUFF AND NONSENSE $300: This "sausage" synonym nonsense may have arisen because sausage was considered an inferior food baloney |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | STUFF AND NONSENSE $400: The first part of this word for pompous bureaucratic gibberish sounds like the noise a turkey makes gobbledygook |
#2204, aired 1994-03-17 | STUFF AND NONSENSE $500: This slang term for nonsense is also a side dish made from fruit stewed to a pulp applesauce |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | FOOD AND DRINK $100: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | FOOD AND DRINK $200: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | FOOD AND DRINK $300: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | FOOD AND DRINK $400: = = |
#1819, aired 1992-06-25 | FOOD AND DRINK $500: = = |
#1743, aired 1992-03-11 | ACTORS AND ACTRESSES $100: The leading characters in Michael Korda's novel "Curtain" remind readers of Vivien Leigh & this husband Laurence Olivier |
#1743, aired 1992-03-11 | ACTORS AND ACTRESSES $200: This TV wife of Bill Cosby made her Las Vegas debut in 1990 as his opening act Phylicia Rashad |
#1743, aired 1992-03-11 | ACTORS AND ACTRESSES $300: This TV "Golden Girl" told TV Guide, "I think that I was 5'7" when I was 5 years old" Bea Arthur |
#1743, aired 1992-03-11 | ACTORS AND ACTRESSES $400: He said people in India treated him like an icon & carried him through the streets after he played Gandhi Ben Kingsley |
#1743, aired 1992-03-11 | ACTORS AND ACTRESSES $500: This star of "L.A. Story" is a trustee of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Steve Martin |
#1697, aired 1992-01-07 | APPROXIMATES WEIGHTS AND MEASURES $100: From an Old English word for "bake", it's the amount of cookies made in one baking a batch |
#1697, aired 1992-01-07 | APPROXIMATES WEIGHTS AND MEASURES $200: Vaguely speaking, it's a large quantity of anything; specifically speaking, it's 2,000 pounds a ton |
#1697, aired 1992-01-07 | APPROXIMATES WEIGHTS AND MEASURES $300: The show's intro said Superman could leap these buildings "in a single bound" tall |
#1697, aired 1992-01-07 | APPROXIMATES WEIGHTS AND MEASURES $400: All the money needed to complete payment is this type of sum a lump sum |
#1697, aired 1992-01-07 | APPROXIMATES WEIGHTS AND MEASURES $1,000 (Daily Double): Name of the product seen here, it features 2 approximate measures: Good & Plenty |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | ROCKS AND MINERALS $100: This rock is a huge limestone mass that occupies most of a British dependency Rock of Gibraltar |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | ROCKS AND MINERALS $200: Meerschaum is used chiefly to make the bowls of these pipes |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | ROCKS AND MINERALS $300: If you have a "grain" of sense you know that brownstone is a type of this stone sandstone |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | ROCKS AND MINERALS $400: Speleothems are oddly-shaped rock formations found in these caves |
#1607, aired 1991-09-03 | ROCKS AND MINERALS $500: Malachite, which is used as an ornamental stone, is this color green |
#1510, aired 1991-03-08 | GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS $100: He was the host of TV's "Music Bingo" but you might know him better as our announcer Johnny Gilbert |
#1510, aired 1991-03-08 | GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS $200: This heavyweight boxer was the last champion to fight in the bare-knuckle style John (L.) Sullivan |
#1510, aired 1991-03-08 | GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS $300: Dinah Shore & Eddie Fisher are among the celebrities who made their TV debuts on his variety show Ed Sullivan |
#1510, aired 1991-03-08 | GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS $400: Of his hundreds of portraits, the most famous is an unfinished head of George Washington Gilbert Stuart |
#1510, aired 1991-03-08 | GILBERTS AND SULLIVANS $500: On a 1984 shuttle mission she became the first American woman to walk in space Kathryn D. Sullivan |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $100: The Chicago Tribune reported this host country donated 230,000 Mars bars to our troops for Thanksgiving Saudi Arabia |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $200: Englishman Kim Philby was 1 of 5 top spies this country honored on stamps in 1990 the Soviet Union |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $300: In November 1990 Bill Irwin became the first blind man to hike this entire 2,167-mile long trail the Appalachian Trail |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $400: Reuters reports China's Communist newspaper wants people to stop calling women "miss" & use this "friendly" title comrade |
#1492, aired 1991-02-12 | AND IN OTHER NEWS... $500: This author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" died in November 1990 Roald Dahl |
#1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $100: This ABC prime time newsmagazine closes with "We're in touch, so you be in touch" 20/20 |
#1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $200: "And goodnight Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are" Jimmy Durante |
#1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $300: Walter Cronkite usually closed his "CBS Evening News" telecasts with this phrase "That's the way it is" |
#1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $400: For 20 seasons this comedian ended his TV variety series with "Good night & God bless" Red Skelton |
#1178, aired 1989-10-18 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $500: This newscaster-adventurer signed off his radio broadcasts saying "So long until tomorrow" Lowell Thomas |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $200: In the Pledge of Allegiance, these four words follow "with liberty" "and justice for all" |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $600: Title of 1956 French film & its 1988 American remake, both directed by Roger Vadim And God Created Woman |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $800: Monty Python's Flying Circus borrowed this catch phrase from BBC announcers "And now for something completely different" |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $1000: Pepys often ended his diary entries with these four words referring to the end of the day's affairs "And so to bed" |
#969, aired 1988-11-17 | "AND" SO IT GOES $2,500 (Daily Double): The exit line which usually followed the music heard here: "And Away We Go!" |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $100: 5600-year-old samples of this "movie treat" have been found in New Mexico caves popcorn |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $200: Angel-food cake was supposedly created in the Missouri city St. Louis |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $300: Start by steeping, in a glass, crushed leaves in sugar syrup a mint julep |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $400: Small cornmeal fritters supposedly tossed to dogs to make them quiet hush puppies |
#367, aired 1986-02-04 | AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK $500: Y'all can have these ground kernals boiled, baked, or fried for breakfast, lunch, or dinner grits |
#314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $200: To visit the largest lake in all of Britain, you have to go to this lake's "bonnie, bonnie banks" Loch Lomond |
#314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $400: If a Muslim calls himself "Haji", it means he's visited there Mecca |
#314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $600: Main attraction of New Orleans' Preservation Hall a jazz band |
#314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $800: In 1983 & 84, this country got more tourists from around the world than any other in Europe Italy |
#314, aired 1985-11-21 | TRAVEL AND TOURISM $1000: Since the publication of Alex Haley's "Roots", tourism has increased to this African country Gambia |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $200: Dick Martin's response to Dan Rowan's "say goodnight, Dick" "goodnight, Dick" |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $400: He ends "20/20" with "We're in touch, so you be in touch" Hugh Downs |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $600: Jimmy Durante's famous sign-off line "Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are" |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $800: Dave Garroway used this word to close the "Today" show peace |
#300, aired 1985-11-01 | HAIL AND FAREWELL $1000: Cowboy star who said "Good-bye, good luck, & may the good Lord take a likin' to ya" Roy Rogers |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | HERBS AND SPICES $25: Reportedly good for lowering blood pressure and repelling vampires garlic |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | HERBS AND SPICES $50: These dried flower buds are a must with baked ham cloves |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | HERBS AND SPICES $75: Spice made from the dried bark of a Ceylonese tree cinnamon |
#1, aired 1983-09-18 | HERBS AND SPICES $100: This herb's name comes from belief that it will lengthen life and increase wisdom sage |