| #9197, aired 2024-11-05 | A NIGHT AT THE THEATER $200: Cole Escola wrote & starred in "Oh, Mary!", which portrayed this 19th century first lady as a frustrated cabaret singer Mary Todd Lincoln |
| #9197, aired 2024-11-05 | A NIGHT AT THE THEATER $400: His "Passion" earned him a Tony for Best Original Score & so did "Into the Woods" & "Sweeney Todd" Stephen Sondheim |
| #9197, aired 2024-11-05 | A NIGHT AT THE THEATER $600: (Scarlett Johansson presents the clue.) In 2010, I made my Broadway debut as Catherine opposite Liev Schreiber in "A View from the Bridge", written in 1955 by this Pulitzer-winning American playwright Arthur Miller |
| #9197, aired 2024-11-05 | A NIGHT AT THE THEATER $800: In a 2024 production of "101 Dalmatians: The Musical" at the New Wimbledon Theatre, Kym Marsh had this role, not an ASPCA fave Cruella de Vil |
| #9197, aired 2024-11-05 | A NIGHT AT THE THEATER $1000: Songs in this 1960s musical that's not afraid to get naked include "Hashish" & "Good Morning Starshine" Hair |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | GOING APE AT THE MOVIES $200: In 1933 King Kong's New York vacay ended abruptly after an excursion to this landmark the Empire State Building |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | GOING APE AT THE MOVIES $400: How you doin'? This actor added to his "Friends" with "Ed", a 1996 film about a ballplaying chimp LeBlanc |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | GOING APE AT THE MOVIES $600: Orangutan, Jerry! It was an orangutan, not a monkey! In 1996 this "Seinfeld" actor went ape after "Dunston Checks In" Alexander |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | GOING APE AT THE MOVIES $800: In 1978 this actor put down his .44 Magnum to hang out with Clyde the orangutan in "Every Which Way But Loose" Clint Eastwood |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | GOING APE AT THE MOVIES $1000: Louis Prima voiced King Louie the orangutan in this 1967 animated classic The Jungle Book |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | STUNTING AT THE GYM $200: At the gym, one of these isn't a snack but a noisy name for an abdominal exercise a crunch |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | STUNTING AT THE GYM $400: AMRAP stands for "as many" of these, a single execution of an exercise, "as possible" reps |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | STUNTING AT THE GYM $600: Nifty--the woman seen here is doing this exercise on the surface of the same name plank |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | STUNTING AT THE GYM $800: These adjustable weights are one letter longer than the name for catfish "whiskers" barbells |
| #9176, aired 2024-10-07 | STUNTING AT THE GYM $1000: Known for exercise bikes & ellipticals, this brand's name starts with an arrow propellant & ends with a muscle action BowFlex |
| #9168, aired 2024-09-25 | AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ $400: We'd say it's a stereotypical expression or hackneyed theme in drama, but that would be such cliché |
| #9168, aired 2024-09-25 | AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ $800: This pink, pink wine, you make me feel so fine, you keep me rockin', all of the time rosé |
| #9168, aired 2024-09-25 | AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ $1200: It means to cover food with booze & set the dish alight for a few moments before serving flambé |
| #9168, aired 2024-09-25 | AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ $1600: This 5-letter word means outmoded or no longer fashionable passé |
| #9168, aired 2024-09-25 | AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ $2000: It's the easing of political tensions between countries, like the period from the late 1960s until 1979 for the U.S. & Russia détente |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME $200: You going all the way to Nobu? I'm gonna walk over to my cupboard & eat this, the chunk white albacore kind tuna |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME $400: As tempting as that A5 wagyu filet mignon looks, I think I'll stay home & make this sammy with a common first name in it a sloppy joe |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME $600: Why get takeout when we have a perfectly good half-eaten Hass one of these in the fridge? Just put it on some toast an avocado |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME $800: Pay for water? Not when we have a Persian one of these gourds; it's 96% water & we can be fancy & put it in our tap water a cucumber |
| #9114, aired 2024-05-30 | WE HAVE FOOD AT HOME $1000: Maybe we use cheap scotch since we don't have kirsch to make this flaming cherry dessert cherries jubilee |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $400: The Smithsonian's Natural History Museum displays this priceless 45.52-carat blue gem the Hope Diamond |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $800: The Met's 2024 exhibit of works by 1920s-40s Black artists is called this movement "& Transatlantic Modernism" Harlem Renaissance |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $1600: The Museum of Holocaust Art is part of this World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Israel Yad Vashem |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $2000: Seattle's Museum of Flight has a helicopter famous for its use in Vietnam, the Bell UH-1H Iroquois, nicknamed this a Huey |
| #9111, aired 2024-05-27 | AT THE MUSEUM $4,000 (Daily Double): The Vasa sailed less than a mile before sinking on its 1628 maiden voyage; in 1990, it got its own museum in this capital Stockholm |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH $200: Phantom Ranch, the only lodging below the rim of this natural wonder, can be reached on foot, by mule or raft on the Colorado River the Grand Canyon |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH $400: In 1954 Steve & Gayle Henson bought the Sweetwater Ranch near Santa Barbara, renamed it this & began making their salad dressing Hidden Valley |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH $600: John Parker began his ranching dynasty in Hawaii in 1816 when he was given 2 acres on the slopes of this, the state's highest peak Mauna Kea |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH $800: This movie cowboy & his wife Dale raised Palomino Tennessee Walkers on his Double R Bar Ranch near Victorville, California Roy Rogers |
| #9107, aired 2024-05-21 | MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH $1000: The only home D.H. Lawrence & his wife ever owned was their ranch near this New Mexico town known as an artists' colony Taos |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD $200: Music for this 1981 film debut of Indiana Jones was done at Abbey Road; the score is iconic, timeless & too much money for us to play Raiders of the Lost Ark |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD $400: This singer recorded "Skyfall" at Abbey Road--well, her & a 77-piece orchestra--for a planned 0:07 a.m. local premiere time Adele |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD $600: He found Abbey Road "Perfect" as he sang, "I whispered underneath my breath but you heard it, darling, you look perfect tonight" Ed Sheeran |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD $800: In 1967 Pink Floyd came over from Studio 3 to watch the Beatles work on a tune in Studio 2 about this "lovely" lady Rita |
| #9096, aired 2024-05-06 | RECORDED AT ABBEY ROAD $1000: In 2018, this band, whose name is a year that's not 2018, hit Abbey Road to fill out "A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships" The 1975 |
| #9095, aired 2024-05-03 | ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA $400: In this 2023 film old man Paul Giamatti & young man Dominic Sessa check out the 1970 Dustin Hoffman film "Little Big Man" The Holdovers |
| #9095, aired 2024-05-03 | ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA $800: In a 2009 film Johnny Depp as this 1930s gangster watches "Manhattan Melodrama" at the Biograph before meeting his fate Dillinger |
| #9095, aired 2024-05-03 | ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA $1200: In this 2019 film Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate puts her feet up as she watches herself in a movie at a theater Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood |
| #9095, aired 2024-05-03 | ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA $1600: In "The Shawshank Redemption", Andy DuFresne & Red watch this actress' hair flip scene in "Gilda" Rita Hayworth |
| #9095, aired 2024-05-03 | ON CINEMA AT THE CINEMA $2000: In the film "Divorce Italian Style", scandal comes to a small town when a theater shows this sweetly named 1960 Fellini film La Dolce Vita |
| #9090, aired 2024-04-26 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON $400: In 1968 this former Attorney General & presidential candidate was laid to rest near his brother Bobby Kennedy |
| #9090, aired 2024-04-26 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON $800: Lieutenant Kara Hultgreen was this military branch's first female combat pilot & died flying an F-14 Tomcat the Navy |
| #9090, aired 2024-04-26 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON $1,500 (Daily Double): Interred in 1993, this Howard University law school grad led the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund early in his career Thurgood Marshall |
| #9090, aired 2024-04-26 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON $1600: Abe's eldest son, Robert Todd Lincoln, served in this national defense post for two presidents, but today rests in peace at Arlington Secretary of War |
| #9090, aired 2024-04-26 | BURIED AT ARLINGTON $2000: In uniform, he developed an inoculation against encephalitis; later, live-virus polio vaccine, opposing Salk's approach Sabin |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $200: Nomi-No-Sukune, considered the founder of this form of wrestling, is said to have won its first bout in 23 B.C. sumo wrestling |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $400: Not long after graduating with Group 19 in 1990, this woman hit Broadway in "Six Degrees of Separation" Laura Linney |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $400: In 1883 an Englishman patented equipment for playing a form of this "indoors, say upon a billiard or dining table" table tennis |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $600: Discovered in a pond in Scotland, the oldest known stone for this sport is inscribed with the date 1511 curling |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $800: Long said to have invented baseball, this military man didn't, but he was definitely at Fort Sumter when the first shots were fired Doubleday |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $800: Group 1 included David Ogden Stiers, Patti LuPone & him, far from stupid as an Oscar winner for "A Fish Called Wanda" (Kevin) Kline |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | AT THE START OF THE SPORT $1000: These landmark boxing rules are named for the British nobleman who sponsored their 1867 publication the Queensberry rules |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $1200: This member of Group 30 in 2001 saw his career take off "Marvelously" as Falcon (Anthony) Mackie |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $1600: A Tony for "King Hedley II" & an Oscar for "Fences" are part of this Group 22 woman's EGOT Viola Davis |
| #9084, aired 2024-04-18 | ACTING UP AT JUILLIARD $2000: Alum Robin Williams set up a scholarship won by this woman, who made it from Group 32 to the lead in "Zero Dark Thirty" Jessica Chastain |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $200: When he landed on Utah Beach on D-Day, J.D. Salinger is reported to have had 6 chapters of this work in his jacket The Catcher in the Rye |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $400: As a 2nd lieutenant in the czar's army, he saw the siege of Sevastopol & wrote about it in his "Sevastopol Sketches" Tolstoy |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $600: During World War II Frank Herbert served as a photographer in this U.S. Navy group that builds bases, airfields & bridges the Seabees |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1000: This author of "Going After Cacciato" was wounded by shrapnel from a grenade in Vietnam & received a Purple Heart Tim O'Brien |
| #9071, aired 2024-04-01 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1,800 (Daily Double): As a P.O.W., Kurt Vonnegut survived the 1945 Allied firebombing of this German city because he was working underground Dresden |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $200: Let's look at the two main islands of this alliterative Caribbean country Trinidad & Tobago |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $400: This Mediterranean capital has endured for more than two millennia Algiers |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $600: More than 40 inhabited islands make up the groups known as the Inner & Outer these Hebrides |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $800: It's the geographically appropriate name for the troubled country seen here East Timor |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | LOOK AT THE MAP $1000: Much of Argentina is covered by these vast plains that extend from the Atlantic coast to the foothills of the Andes the Pampas |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $200: To live together as if married, even if not cohabiting |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $400: A substance that suppresses the activity of another; the protease type combats HIV an inhibitor |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $600: Every bartender needs these aromatic compounds that add flavor & complexity to cocktails bitters |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $800: "Geographic" term for an array of binary data used to create an image a bitmap |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | "BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $1000: Grossly excessive, like tuition at the Ken Jennings School of Necromancy & Horticulture exorbitant |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $400: This woman + The Machine performed "Ship To Wreck" from their album "How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful" Florence |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $800: Juvenile, Mannie Fresh, Jon Batiste & Trombone Shorty all hail from this "Crescent City" & showcased bounce hits New Orleans |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $1200: The "T" on the 2014 performance of this future winner on "The Masked Singer" is that he sang "Buy U A Drank" sans Auto-Tune T-Pain |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $1600: This Motown legend played "The Tears Of A Clown" & "Cruisin'" during his Tiny Desk Concert Smokey Robinson |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $2000: This acerbic songwriter sang about "Putin puttin' his pants on one leg at a time” Randy Newman |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $100: Camille Pissarro painted over a dozen views of this European capital's boulevard Montmartre, only one of them at night Paris |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $200: He followed up his "Pietà" by sculpting "Day", "Dawn" , "Dusk" & "Night" for the tomb of the Medicis in Florence Michelangelo |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $300: Before flowers & bones, the open skies of Texas were one of her early subjects, like the 1917 work "Starlight Night" Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $400: In 1904, photographer Edward Steichen captured a now-iconic image of this triangular New York City building at twilight the Flatiron Building |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $500: In the early 1920s, he brought the angst of "The Scream" to a series of night sky paintings, some featuring his own shadow Edvard Munch |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | AT THE MUSEUM $200: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has the Sons of Liberty Bowl, produced by this silversmith, along with a portrait of him by Copley Paul Revere |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | AT THE MUSEUM $400: A visit to Philly isn't complete unless you visit the Rodin Museum, home to this statue whose pensive pose you can imitate for photos The Thinker |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | AT THE MUSEUM $600: The former Radium Institute is now a Paris museum where you can see her old chemistry lab, which was decontaminated in 1981 Marie Curie |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | AT THE MUSEUM $800: Vienna's Belvedere Museum has several of his "Golden Period" paintings, including "The Kiss" Klimt |
| #9007, aired 2024-01-02 | AT THE MUSEUM $1000: The Chiswick Table & the Chichester Grille are at this decorative arts museum in London Victoria and Albert |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $200: In the U.S., this French word signifies the main course, but in France it means the first course the entrée |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $400: This member of the nightshade family is technically a fruit the eggplant |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $600: This type of milk has had its water content reduced by 60%, giving a creamy taste when used in desserts evaporated milk |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $800: This round yellow Dutch cheese is partly made from skimmed milk & coated in red paraffin Edam |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | JUST "E"AT IT $1000: These can be purple to black in color, sour right off the tree, but good in a jam or pie elderberries |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $200: Doing his iconic "pizza strut", John Travolta scarfs down a double-decker slice in the opening credits of this film Saturday Night Fever |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $400: Burnout surfer Jeff Spicoli orders a pizza to history class but Mr. Hand is having none of it in this 1982 teen comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $600: Half man, half pizza, this "Spaceballs" villain meets a tragic end when he eats himself Pizza the Hutt |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $800: Julia Roberts' star was on the rise after she played a waitress in this film set at a New England pizza parlor Mystic Pizza |
| #22, aired 2023-12-06 | PIZZA AT THE MOVIES $1000: In "Home Alone", Kevin pays the pizza delivery guy & then plays audio of an old gangster delivering this memorable line "Keep the change, ya filthy animal" |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $400: This 1963 work was published in England with the title "Monkey Planet" Planet of the Apes |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $800: At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's "Childhood's End" this world is destroyed the Earth |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $1200: Anne McCaffrey's written about "The Dragonriders of", "The Skies of" & "The Renegades of" this imaginary planet Pern |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $2000: Survivors escape to Bronson Beta in the 1933 Philip Wylie & Edwin Balmer novel "When" this happens Worlds Collide |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS $5,600 (Daily Double): It's the real name of the planet referred to in the title of a 1965 Frank Herbert novel Arrakis |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $400: 1979:
Dudley Moore & Bo Derek in
"____" X |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $800: 1968:
Keir Dullea in
"____:
a Space Odyssey" MMI |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $1200: 2009:
Sharlto Copley in
"District ____" IX |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $1600: 2009:
Zooey Deschanel in
"(____) Days of Summer" D |
| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | AT THE ANCIENT ROMAN CINEPLEX $2000: 2007:
Gerard Butler & Lena Headey in
"____" CCC |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $400: Faces are garishly lit by gas lamp in "At the Moulin Rouge", one of his many depictions of Parisian nightlife Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $800: Edward Hopper captured the isolation of urban life in this 1942 masterpiece depicting a diner that's open late Nighthawks |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $1200: "Circus Sideshow", completed in 1888, was this artist's first night painting using the pointillist technique Seurat |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $2000: In Rousseau's "Sleeping Gypsy", a full moon hangs in the night sky while this animal catches the scent of the title figure a lion |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM $7,600 (Daily Double): He painted "Night Fishing at Antibes" just before the outbreak of World War II Picasso |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this across the board |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: In this type of race, a licensed horse owner may bet on the winner & then buy it a claiming race |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race 3 |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The quarter pole is 2 furlongs before this the finish line |
| #8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: It means to assign weights to equalize the competition handicap |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $400: "We seceded where others failed" is the motto of the Conch Republic, formed for 1 minute by these Florida islands the Keys |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $800: It was the first U.S. state to secede, leading to the Civil War South Carolina |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $1600: In 2011 the south part of this northeast African nation became independent Sudan |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $2000: This nation has fought several battles over territory with Ethiopia since seceding from it in 1993 Eritrea |
| #8945, aired 2023-10-06 | IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SECEDE... $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1965 this island city-state peacefully seceded from Malaysia Singapore |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | ADD AN E AT THE END $200: A baby bear &
a solid square cub & cube |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | ADD AN E AT THE END $400: A small rounded lump of something soft & a model of the Earth glob & globe |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | ADD AN E AT THE END $600: Expel saliva,
out of meanness spit & spite |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | ADD AN E AT THE END $800: A fable's lesson & the emotional outlook of a group, such as employees moral & morale |
| #8918, aired 2023-07-19 | ADD AN E AT THE END $1000: Prudish &
optimal or top notch prim & prime |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $200: Ooh, someone selling a crop of these plant-based candles that are said to burn longer & clearer than regular candles soy (candles) |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $400: Purple ones of these? I'll take one artichokes |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $600: Let's grab some of these tomatoes whose name reflects that the varieties have been around for at least 50 years heirloom |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $800: I got handmade soap, a sponge & some of these scrubbers whose name is fun to say loofahs |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $1000: I didn't know people still did this craft but I saw someone creating a wall hanging macrame |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $400: They're the people seen here who help make sure the big day goes off smoothly groomsmen |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $800: It gets its name from a town outside of Milan Gorgonzola |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1200: Like its relative the vicuna, this wild camelid of South America has a wool coat used to make high-grade cloth the guanaco |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $1600: This word that now refers to anything light & filmy originally meant the item seen here gossamer |
| #8894, aired 2023-06-15 | "G", LOOK AT THAT $2000: Seen here is a work of the Venetian Renaissance by this painter, whose name means "Big George" Giorgione |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $200: Called invincible, it was sent from Spain in 1588 by King Philip II to invade England; it proved... vincible Spanish Armada |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $400: On Dec. 20, 2000 the execs of this Houston company were feeling good with the stock at $79; a year later it was at 42 cents Enron |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $600: In Super Bowl III this 15-win team with stars like John Mackey was favored by 18 over the Jets the Baltimore Colts |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $800: He fought the chimera and was on top of the world riding Pegasus, but rode him too high and fell to Earth Bellerophon |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | SO YOU THINK YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD AT THIS $1000: Acting as your own attorney, this Latin phrase for "in one's own behalf"? you know what they say about a lawyer who represents himself pro se |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $400: Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon" The Princess Bride |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $800: Peter Lorre: "You despise me, don't you?" Humphrey Bogart: "If I gave you any thought, I probably would" Casablanca |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $1200: From a '90s animated film: "You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat & only your fleas will mourn you!" Aladdin |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $1600: Jamie Lee Curtis to Kevin Kline: "To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people" A Fish Called Wanda |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES $2000: Not a fan of Olivia Colman's makeup, Rachel Weisz says, "You look like a badger" The Favourite |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $200: In a kids' tale, they are the victims of trespassing by a child who eats their food, breaks a chair & sleeps in their beds the three bears |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $400: It's represented by a triangle, which means of course it's the 4th letter in the Greek alphabet Delta |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $600: This youth group promises, "I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty" & 2 other things the 4-H Club |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $800: Unroll the thread; it's your destiny to know it's the collective name for Zeus' 3 daughters--Clotho, Lachesis & Atropos the Fates |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | AT THREES & FOURS $1000: The sole-horned one gets all the press, but this describes an animal having four horns, like the antelope seen here a quadricorn |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY $400: John Robinson, for many years this instrumental performer at Westminster Abbey organist |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY $1200: Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, who captured this ancient capital from the Turks during World War I Jerusalem |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY $2000: This 4-time 19th century prime minister & rival of Disraeli Gladstone |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY $3,000 (Daily Double): Associated with measurement, this first man made a lord for his scientific work (Lord) Kelvin |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AT "LAST" $200: To live on; on TV, it's part of the "Survivor" motto Outlast |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AT "LAST" $400: "Last" is last but not least in this heavy material carried by ships to keep them stabilized ballast |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AT "LAST" $600: Risks associated with this operation include persistent swelling & a hole in the septum rhinoplasty |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AT "LAST" $800: This "explosive" 2-word structure is used for the reduction of iron ore blast furnace |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | AT "LAST" $1000: A province of Russia such as Omsk or Tomsk an oblast |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $200: I feel like glamming it up, so let's drop by MAC, which sells these, what the "C" stands for cosmetics |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $400: Let's check out the sneakers at this store whose logo depicts a referee, with hands on hips, wearing a striped shirt Foot Locker |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $600: Love the tropical vibe at the store named for this made-up island guy, perhaps from Nassau Tommy Bahama |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $800: I propose we look at rings at this end-of-the-alphabet jewelers, "the diamond store" Zales |
| #8825, aired 2023-03-10 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $1000: Love the tops & sweaters at LOFT, the more casual spin-off of this store with a woman's name Ann Taylor |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | ADD A LETTER AT THE START $200: Of a word meaning healthy to get this cetacean whale (from hale) |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | ADD A LETTER AT THE START $400: Of a word meaning to vote into office to get this verb meaning to choose select (from elect) |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | ADD A LETTER AT THE START $600: Of a word meaning something done to get this word meaning a splinter group faction |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | ADD A LETTER AT THE START $800: Of a synonym for a conclusion to get this word meaning awaiting conclusion pending |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | ADD A LETTER AT THE START $1000: Of a word meaning ready to eat to get this word meaning to complain gripe |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | A LOOK AT SYMBOLS $400: If the light here appears on your dashboard, it's time to check this the oil |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | A LOOK AT SYMBOLS $800: The symbol here means a product was certified this by the Orthodox Union kosher |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | A LOOK AT SYMBOLS $1200: It's the 5-letter Spanish-derived name of the symbol here over the "N" tilde |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | A LOOK AT SYMBOLS $1600: Get connected with the symbol for this technology standard a USB |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | A LOOK AT SYMBOLS $2000: On a floor plan you're looking at this kind of door that slides into the wall & basically vanishes when it's opened a pocket door |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $200: Yellowcake, a compound of this element, is the raw stuff for commercial nuclear materials uranium |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $400: Type of instrument seen here, good for the homeowner who has limited space & budget an upright piano |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $600: Collective term for the creatures seen here the undead |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $800: Here are ancestors of this tribe that let Salt Lake City college athletes use its name to build respect for its history & culture the Utes |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | HERE'S LOOKING AT "U" $1000: The first Italian king of this name formed the Triple Alliance with Austria, Hungary & Germany in the late 19th century Umberto |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: The title character in Antonin Dvořák's opera "Rusalka" is one of these water-dwelling creatures a nymph |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Born in Naples in 1873, this opera legend is seen here in costume for the lead role in "Pagliacci" Caruso |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $600: It's been called the lowest & richest sound among female voices; Erda in "Siegfried" is a notable role for one a contralto |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: In this 1791 opera Tamino is given the title musical instrument to protect him on his journey The Magic Flute |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): A play by French dramatist Pierre Beaumarchais served as the basis for this Rossini opera set in a Spanish city The Barber of Seville |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $200: Sea Life, Minnesota's biggest one of these an aquarium |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $400: This place to create your own stuffed animal Build-A-Bear |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $600: A store specializing in these lightweight clog-like shoes Crocs |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $800: Fabletics, co-founded by this actress Kate Hudson |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | AT THE MALL OF AMERICA $1000: Outdoor clothing & gear from this eponymous store out of Washington State Eddie Bauer |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $100: Customers have been known to customize their orders with 25 pumps or more of vanilla or syrup in their cinnamon dolce latte here Starbucks |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $200: This assemble-it-yourself-at-home furnishings retailer began in Sweden & today operates more than 400 stores worldwide IKEA |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $300: "Fitch" pairs with this surname in the name of a clothing store chain Abercrombie |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $400: This convenience store took its name in 1946 from the extended hours between which its stores were open 7-Eleven |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | AT THE STORE $500: Ron Johnson, Apple's former senior VP for retail, came up with this name for the counter where you take your broken MacBook the Genius Bar |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $200: Serena Williams beat Angelique Kerber for the 2016 Ladies' Singles title at this event, but Angelique got her revenge in 2018 Wimbledon |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $400: After losing to the Warriors in the 2015 NBA Finals, in 2016 LeBron & co. beat them to bring this city its first NBA title Cleveland |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $600: After 5 previous World Series losses to these crosstown rivals, in 1955 the Brooklyn Dodgers finally beat them for the title the New York Yankees |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $800: Stripped of his heavyweight title in 1967, Muhammad Ali won it back with a KO of this champ in 1974's Rumble in the Jungle George Foreman |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | ANOTHER SHOT AT THE TITLE $1000: After losing to Toronto in 1918, this team won its first NHL title the next year & has now won more than any other team the Montreal Canadiens |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | "IF" AT FIRST... $400: Harold Arlen & Yip Harburg wrote this classic tune sung by the Scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz" "If I Only Had A Brain" |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | "IF" AT FIRST... $800: In computer programming, this 2-word "statement" means that when a specific condition is met, a specific action follows if-then |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | "IF" AT FIRST... $1200: In "Field of Dreams", Kevin Costner first hears this phrase while walking through his corn If you build it, he will come |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | "IF" AT FIRST... $2000: In a rousing 1765 Patrick Henry speech criticizing Britain, these 4 words preceded "make the most of it" if this be treason |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | "IF" AT FIRST... $2,500 (Daily Double): The Department of Homeland Security designates Sept. 25 as awareness day for this 6-word reminder to report suspicious activity If you see something, say something |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $400: The Portland Vase & the Lewis Chessmen:
this London stalwart the British Museum |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $800: "The Naked Maja" by Goya & "The Garden of Earthly Delights" by Bosch:
this Madrid museum Prado |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $1200: "Whistler's Mother" & Manet's "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe":
this Paris museé the Museé d'Orsay |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $2000: Botticelli's "Primavera" & Leonardo's "Adoration of the Magi":
this gallery in Florence the Uffizi |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | SEE 'EM AT THE MUSEUM $4,900 (Daily Double): Picasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon" & van Gogh's "The Starry Night":
this Manhattan museum MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art) |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? $200: With a pillow & mattress made from this "spring-back" foam; perhaps you recall that engineer Charles Yost invented it memory foam |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? $400: The pineal gland in my brain is secreting the right amount of this hormone that's also an antioxidant, so just fine melatonin |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? $600: Better now that I've got these window coverings that sound like they simulate a power outage to stop all light from coming in blackout curtains |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? $800: Really well after a hot bath infused with the essential oil of this fragrant purple flower, a noted natural sleep aid lavender |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT? $1000: Like millions of other Americans with the mask known by this 4-letter name to combat my sleep apnea a CPAP |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $200: Using an unwashed knife on fruit after cutting up this for your poulet a la Bretonne risks cross-contamination chicken |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $400: The type of view seen here, it can also mean a representative sample from a group cross section |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $600: In the Japanese TV show "Old Enough", kids as young as 2 run errands, using a yellow flag to help them do this cross the street |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $800: Roscoe Turner, who entertained folks when he flew with his lion pal, is one of the few civilian pilots to earn this medal the Distinguished Flying Cross |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $1000: The College of the Holy Cross is in this Massachusetts city about a 50-mile drive from Boston Worcester |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $200: 1851:
Nantucket. Sea. Revenge. Madness. Oops. Adrift Moby-Dick |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $400: A young girl blows into town & kills a woman; does poppies to the point of unconsciousness & later kills a second woman before leaving The Wizard of Oz |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $600: A Bumppo in the road; Cora does not stay alive, no matter what occurs; hey... where'd everyone go? The Last of the Mohicans |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $800: Twain travel; Merlin mentioned; knights on bikes; we're gonna get medieval on your mind A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL $1000: Miller's crossing some lines; a wild ride through 1930s Paris with Tania & Boris; smuggled into the states Tropic of Cancer |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $200: Ellen DeGeneres voiced this character in "Finding Nemo" & its sequel Dory |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $400: "May the odds be ever in your favor" is a line from this 2012 post-apocalyptic film The Hunger Games |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $600: In "Mary Poppins Returns", this actress took on the role of the magical nanny Emily Blunt |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $800: Denzel Washington & Viola Davis reprised their Tony-winning roles in the 2016 movie version of this play Fences |
| #8618, aired 2022-04-13 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: "Beavis & Butt-Head" creator Mike Judge wrote & directed this 1999 workplace comedy Office Space |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES $200: We wonder who would adopt this 3-headed dog as a rescue after Hercules grabbed him away from his underworld post Cerberus |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES $400: Herc had to capture the mad bull of this island, the largest in modern Greece Crete |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES $600: Hercules could have used a sign for this animal "crossing"--it took him a year to track down the Arcadian one a deer |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES $800: All cattle, no hat; Hercules had one day to work solo & completely clean this structure belonging to King Augeas the stables |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES $1000: In what could be called a fashion (please) don't, Hercules stole this 6-letter article of clothing from the queen of the Amazons a girdle |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $200: Your new stylo, one of these, is very stylish, Marie-Noelle; write me a letter! a pen |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $400: For the geography test, the teacher made sure these, including une carte de France, were rolled up a map |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $600: I was too late for petit dejeuner, so it's time for regular old dejeuner, also called this--so off to the cafeteria lunch |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $800: If you need a power cable for your ordinateur portable, this 6-letter type of tech, let Madame Ivie know a laptop |
| #16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $1000: I just call it a folder, but when my French friend uses this 7-letter word, I feel like I'm in a spy movie a dossier |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $200: He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve Rudolph |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $400: This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away" Frosty the Snowman |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $600: "Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer (John) Denver |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $800: You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of choppers my two front teeth |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS $1000: A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back" Grandma |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | AT HOME ON TV $400: The Simpsons live on Evergreen Terrace in this city (state not specified) Springfield |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | AT HOME ON TV $800: He lives under the sea at 124 Conch Street SpongeBob |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | AT HOME ON TV $1200: This "Sex & the City" heroine gave her address as 245 E. 73rd Street Carrie Bradshaw |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | AT HOME ON TV $1600: This family resided in the Skypad Apartments in Orbit City the Jetsons |
| #8523, aired 2021-12-01 | AT HOME ON TV $2000: The first "Stranger Things" Lego set was of this family's home the Byers family |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $200: It's seen here at sunrise, from the less-climbed Italian side the Matterhorn |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $400: From the right angle it's easy to see how this iconic California peak got its fractional name Half Dome |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $600: Though it's far from the tallest, 22,350-foot tall Ama Dablam is often called the most beautiful peak in this range the Himalayas |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $800: Take one look at Cerro Torre in this plateau region of southern Argentina & you'll see why it's one of the world's toughest climbs Patagonia |
| #8512, aired 2021-11-16 | LOOK AT THAT MOUNTAIN! $1000: Head to this Alberta national park to see the fortress-like towers of Castle Mountain Banff |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $400: Tchaikovsky had a double premiere on Dec. 18, 1892: his opera "Iolanta" & this ballet The Nutcracker |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $800: Subtitled "The Courting at Burnt Ranch", this Aaron Copland ballet uses elements of hoedown dancing & bronco busting Rodeo |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $1200: The ballet "Fancy Free" about sailors on leave inspired the film "On the Town" with Frank Sinatra as Chip & this dancer as Gabey Gene Kelly |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $1600: In "Coppélia", a magical doctor creates a life-size one of these that young Franz becomes obsessed with a doll |
| #8499, aired 2021-10-28 | AT THE BALLET $2000: "The River" was a jazz ballet collaboration between bandleader Duke Ellington & this choreographer Alvin Ailey |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | STAIRING AT MOVIES $400: Young again, Rose ascends a ship's staircase to reunite with Jack in this 1997 film Titanic |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | STAIRING AT MOVIES $800: "I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise" is a classic number in this musical with Gene Kelly in France An American in Paris |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | STAIRING AT MOVIES $1200: This actor wanted to carry 120-lb. Butkus the dog up Philly's Museum of Art steps in 1976 but fearing "a terminal case of a hernia", did not Stallone |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | STAIRING AT MOVIES $1600: "Home Alone" & atop the stairs, this child actor tells 2 burglars, "I'm up here, you morons! Come & get me" Macaulay Culkin |
| #8493, aired 2021-10-20 | STAIRING AT MOVIES $2000: A baby in a carriage rolls down stairs during a gunfight at a Chicago train station in this film but Andy Garcia has things under control The Untouchables |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | AT THE ORGAN $200: It precedes "bean" in something you may enjoy & precedes "stone" in something you very much would not kidney |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | AT THE ORGAN $400: It's the organ that's often contrasted with brawn brain |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | AT THE ORGAN $600: This protein- & iron-rich chicken part in "chopped" form is also in a common rhetorical question liver |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | AT THE ORGAN $800: Speak with one of these, also found in some snakes' mouths, & your intent is to deceive a forked tongue |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | AT THE ORGAN $1000: Synonyms for this word, also an organ, include vesicle, sac & pouch bladder |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $200: This covers "the right of the people... to petition the government for a redress of grievances" First Amendment |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $400: Sounds like bad grammar but "me" is an objective singular pronoun of this linguistic form first person |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $600: 2-word term describing an E.M.T. who goes to a crisis area to provide immediate assistance a first responder |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $1000: As leader of Poland from 1956 to 1970, Wladyslaw Gomulka held this Communist Party title first secretary |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | IF AT "FIRST" $6,600 (Daily Double): Primus inter pares is Latin for this, the member of a power-sharing group with a little more juice than the rest first among equals |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $400: By prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, "Helter Skelter" reveals the facts behind the crimes of this so-called family Manson |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $800: "Hearts Insurgent" is an abridged form of the novel called him "the Obscure" Jude |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $1200: Yann Martel named the tiger in "Life of Pi" after this shipwreck victim in Edgar Allan Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" Richard Parker |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $1600: A billboard of Dr. T.J. Eckleburg is on the road to West Egg in this 1925 novel The Great Gatsby |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $2000: "Girl with Curious Hair", with a tale of a "Jeopardy!" win streak, is a story collection by this late author of a looong novel (David Foster) Wallace |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $400: When it's late at home, I'll use my Kindle Oasis or Nook Glowlight, which are these, to catch up on my Flaubert e-reader |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $800: Some prefer sheets with this measure of more than 1,000; ours are comfy enough thread count |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $1200: I like to make popcorn with this Indian clarified butter; I swear it makes it crispier ghee |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $1600: At home, we like varietals at different temperatures, so we've invested in a dual zone one of these a wine refrigerator |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AT HOME $2000: I'll relax to some patriotic jazz with the 2021 album "The Democracy! Suite" from this man's Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra septet Wynton Marsalis |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $400: Much of the white sand on Hawaii's beaches comes from parrotfish, which excrete these indigestible reef animals as sand coral |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $800: Since a 1997 mishap, these toy bricks have been regularly washing up on Devon & Cornwall beaches, so be careful walking barefoot LEGOs |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $1200: Big Major Cay in this multi-island nation near Florida is famous for its beach of swimming pigs Bahamas |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $1600: You can find white sand beaches with clear blue waters in the West Indies islands called Turks & these Caicos |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | AT THE BEACH $2000: Beaches near this large eastern Russian city on the Sea of Japan are covered in sea glass from discarded bottles Vladivostok |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $400: There were no rooms for Frederick the Great's wife in his Sanssouci Palace; her more modest home was in another part of this capital Berlin |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $800: This red-bearded Fred built a mighty, now ruined castle at Gelnhausen in the 12th century Barbarossa |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $1,000 (Daily Double): Frederick the Wise, ruler of Saxony, protected this controversial reformer at Wartburg Castle in 1521 (Martin) Luther |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $1200: While holding this British title as heir apparent for 20-plus years, the 18th century's "Poor Fred" lived in Cliveden House the Prince of Wales |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | AT FREDDY'S $2000: A Dutch Prince Frederick once owned Muskauer Park on the Neisse River, shared by Germany & this country Poland |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $400: We can drive it home with one this; maybe in song, but not according to section 24400 of the California vehicle code one headlight |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $800: A line of players moves & stops on command in this game Red Light, Green Light |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $1200: As a verb it means trying to make someone think they're crazy gaslight |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $1600: 17th century artist Georges de la Tour was known as the "Master of" this type of illumination candlelight |
| #8399, aired 2021-05-13 | "LIGHT" AT THE END $2000: With a maximum empty weight in the U.S. of 254 pounds, this kind of aircraft isn't just light, it's... ultralight |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $400: Not to be confused with a medieval weapon, it's a ceremonial symbol of royal authority in the UK Parliament a mace |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $600: As opposed to a human cannonball, the British chariot was a human this, launched from a submarine & guided by divers a torpedo |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $800: Cortlandt Alley off Canal Street is often used as a location for movies & TV shows shot in this city New York |
| #8388, aired 2021-04-28 | WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT? $1000: The flag of this large Pacific island nation is mostly flown blue side up in times of peace & red side up in times of war the Philippines |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $200: "Heeere's Johnny!" Well, not Johnny, but this actor who played Jack Torrance in "The Shining" in 1980 Jack Nicholson |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $400: In "Guardians of the Galaxy", Vin Diesel employed numerous ways to express these 3 words of introduction "I am Groot" |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $600: This 1978 college comedy asked the immortal question, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?!" Animal House |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $800: Her, as the bride: "So, O-Ren... any more subordinates for me to kill?" Uma Thurman |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | AT THE MOVIES $1000: Cinematographer Roger Deakins didn't say exactly how many shots were in this 2019 WWI film, but the longest was about 7 minutes 1917 |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $200: A loss of electrical power an outage |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $200: The Sentry S6770 safe is U.L. classified to protect valuables for 1 hour during one of these a fire |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $400: A discount store devoted to a single retail brand an outlet |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $400: redcross.org says hire a pro to make sure your home is securely anchored to its foundation for safety in one of these earthquake (a tornado) (a hurricane) |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $600: This word for a criminal comes from early Scandinavian outlaw |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $600: P.I.R. stands for passive these sensors, which detect an intruder's heat energy infrared |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $800: Let's get things straight from this, the very beginning of something the outset |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $800: The safety siren PR04 series detector continuously monitors home air for this dangerous 5-letter gas radon |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | "OUT" AT FIRST $1000: A rock formation that projects from the ground an outcrop |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | SAFE AT HOME $1000: Never mix bleach with cleansers containing this other strong-smelling stuff, NH3; together, they make toxic gas ammonia |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $400: Unhappy being called "Junior", Harrison Ford has a preference but dad Sean Connery says, "We named the dog" this Indiana |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $800: This 2016 movie is about a young African American named Chiron, whom we see as a young boy, as a teen & as a 20-something Moonlight |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $1200: The Razzies drew first blood in nominating this man for worst actor for his performance in "Rambo: Last Blood" Stallone |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $1600: As of 2021 the last film appearance of this movie "Angel" was in a 2014 version of "Annie" Cameron Diaz |
| #8368, aired 2021-03-31 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: This 1988 movie that was, let's say, reminiscent of "E.T." found a second life as Paul Rudd's go-to clip on "Conan" Mac and Me |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $200: A New Orleans bar is named for this man whom the owner wanted to shelter after helping him escape from St. Helena Napoleon |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $400: In 2020 a signed, original pair of Nike Air these, worn in play in 1985, netted $560,000 at auction Jordans |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $400: This merry old soul of children's rhyme presides from a mural over the bar named for him at the St. Regis in New York City Old King Cole |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $600: Harry's Bar in Venice, Italy is famed for bellinis & this dish of thinly sliced beef, also named for a famed Venetian artist carpaccio |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $800: In 1990, exactly 100 years after it was painted, this artist's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" sold for $82.5 million Vincent van Gogh |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $800: "Inspired by Malayan life in the 1920s", the long bar at Raffles in this city-state is famous for a certain drink being "slung" Singapore |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | HAVE A DRINK AT... $1000: The Inklings, including Tolkien & Lewis, were known to "draught" at the Eagle & Child Pub in this city Oxford |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $1200: Someone laid down $960,000 for his "Blackie" guitar, which he played on "Lay Down Sally" Clapton |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $1600: In 1993 this Texas billionaire & presidential candidate got himself a Soyuz space capsule for $1.7 million Perot |
| #8362, aired 2021-03-23 | SOLD AT AUCTION $2000: Christie's recently offered art, objects &, of course, photos from this late former husband of Princess Margaret Lord Snowdon |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE $400: "This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off" Alien |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE $800: "I do wish we could chat longer, but I'm having an old friend for dinner" The Silence of the Lambs |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE $1200: Sung: "One, two, Freddy's coming for you..." Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE $2000: "Excuse me, I don't mean to bother you, but are you Paul Sheldon... I just want to tell you I'm your No. 1 fan" Misery |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | AT THE END OF THE SCARY MOVIE $5,000 (Daily Double): "I used to hate the water"--"I can't imagine why" Jaws |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $400: The bestseller "Midnight in" this place tells of a 1986 disaster in the Soviet Union Chernobyl |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $800: Father & daughter go out at night in a children's classic by Jane Yolen titled this bird "Moon" Owl Moon |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $1200: The billions made & lost in the real estate crash are detailed in this "large" Michael Lewis bestseller, later a film in 2015 The Big Short |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $1600: In 1846 he became a "Typee" personality, taking "a Peep at Polynesian Life" Herman Melville |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | THROWING THE BOOK AT YOU $2000: "The Prime of" Muriel Spark's writing was this novel, penned in less than a month, according to the author The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR $200: To maximize their ability to hear insects, spectral tarsiers tug on their ears before setting out on this nightly activity hunting |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR $400: When the full moon gets too bright, an African owl named for this other mighty bird of prey, resorts to chasing its own prey on foot eagle |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR $600: To get the ideal conditions for recording this phenomenon, a cameraman traveled miles on skis into a pitch-dark forest the Northern Lights |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR $800: Adults are too heavy, but a young python can climb even the thinnest branches to seek prey in this upper level of a rainforest the canopy |
| #8311, aired 2021-01-11 | EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR $1000: Prey animals usually avoid predators, but at night these big African antelopes actually follow cheetahs to keep them in sight wildebeests |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $200: In August 2020 Louis DeJoy, holder of this job, said his organization was ready to handle whatever volume of election mail postmaster general |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $400: Every 5 years, not 10, the National Agricultural Statistics Service takes this count of farms & farmers the census |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $400: East of Santiago, Chile, Mount Tupungato is a 22,000-foot peak in this range the Andes |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $600: Federal prisoners whose crimes were after 1987 can't get this, but a commission reviews the cases of those still eligible parole |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $800: Rising 19,340 feet along the East African Rift system is this peak of Tanzania Kilimanjaro |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $1000: The Bureau of Labor Statistics produces the CPI, this index that confirms yes, groceries are getting pricier the Consumer Price Index |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $1200: The Sawatch Range of this mountain system includes peaks like Mount Elbert the Rockies |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $2,000 (Daily Double): The border between these 2 countries goes right down the middle of a room in the Hotel Arbez in the Jura Mountains France & Switzerland |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS $2000: Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of North Carolina is the tallest peak in this range the Appalachians |
| #8308, aired 2021-01-06 | YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK $2,800 (Daily Double): In 2020 Charles Q. Brown got this 3-word title for the Air Force & is the 1st African-American general to lead a military branch chief of staff |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AT THE MOVIES $400: Chad Stahelski, stunt double for the character Neo in this 1999 film, went on to direct John Wick movies The Matrix |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AT THE MOVIES $800: Rose Byrne & Ellie Kemper are 2 of the title attendants in this 2011 matrimonial comedy Bridesmaids |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AT THE MOVIES $1200: The unionizing crusade of Crystal Lee Sutton inspired this film that won Sally Field an Oscar Norma Rae |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AT THE MOVIES $1600: One-word title of the 2020 Pixar movie about 2 brothers on an indomitable quest to spend one more day with their late father Onward |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: This "dizzy" Hitchcock drama tops the AFI's list of the top mystery movies of all time Vertigo |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $200: After his U.S. debut with Joan Sutherland in 1965, this bearded Italian tenor hit the high C's as Tonjo in "La fille du régiment" Pavarotti |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: On May 3, 2008 this Jamaican ran a 100 meters in 9.76; a few weeks later, he shaved .04 to set the world record (Usain) Bolt |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $400: Opera hits a real low note (a "D") in an aria by Osmin, a role for this vocal range in Mozart's "Abduction from the Seraglio" bass |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: It took 3 days of looking at news pics, but Lee Petty was finally named the winner of the 1st 500 at this Fla. speedway in 1959 Daytona |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: In 2012 the Maryland Racing Commission shaved 1 2/5 seconds off Secretariat's 1973 win, setting a new record for this Triple Crown race the Preakness |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $800: In a Samuel Barber opera, you know that this queen is about to die when a man enters carrying a basket of figs Cleopatra |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The tradition of the yellow jersey being awarded during this race began in 1919; yellow was the color of the newspaper that sponsored it the Tour de France |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $1000: The king's aria to a tree is a highlight of Handel's "Serse", about the Persian king better known as this Xerxes |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: As a rookie in 2007, Lewis Hamilton finished only one point behind. season champ Kimi Räikkönen in this alphanumeric auto racing class F1 |
| #8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A NIGHT AT THE OPERA $3,000 (Daily Double): The name of this famed opera house in Milan built by Maria Theresa in the 1770s translates to "the staircase" La Scala |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WORDSWORTH AT 250 $400: Poet William Wordsworth was born 250 years ago in Cumberland in this famous English district the Lake District |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WORDSWORTH AT 250 $800: Thinking he was too old, William initially rejected this high position in 1843, but Queen Victoria insisted poet laureate |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WORDSWORTH AT 250 $1600: Wordsworth was a young radical & wrote of this event on the continent, "Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive" the French Revolution |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WORDSWORTH AT 250 $2000: The full poem title was "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above" this abbey "on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye During a Tour. July 13, 1798" "Tintern Abbey" |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | WORDSWORTH AT 250 $4,000 (Daily Double): This romantic poet & lord was not a huge fan of William & called him "Turdsworth" Byron |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | WORDS AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACES $200: "Heroine of the Underground Railroad. Nurse and scout in the Civil War" Harriet Tubman |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | WORDS AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACES $400: This musician: "Satchmo" (Louis) Armstrong |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | WORDS AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACES $800: This OK Corral survivor: "That nothing's so sacred as honor, and nothing so loyal as love!" Wyatt Earp |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | WORDS AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACES $1000: This British leader of men in Antarctica: "I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize" (Ernest) Shackleton |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | WORDS AT THEIR FINAL RESTING PLACES $2,000 (Daily Double): "Mother of the modern day civil rights movement" Rosa Parks |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | AT THE AIRPORT $400: The Tom Bradley International Terminal LAX |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | AT THE AIRPORT $800: The Qantas London Lounge London Heathrow |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | AT THE AIRPORT $1200: An interfaith chapel named for the 40th president Reagan National |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | AT THE AIRPORT $1600: Cafe Eiffel & Galeries Lafayette Royal Quartz Paris (Charles) de Gaulle |
| #8251, aired 2020-10-05 | AT THE AIRPORT $2,000 (Daily Double): Idlewild Wine Bar JFK |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $400: It's what the symbol here means greater than or equal to |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $800: Conjure up this name for a grid in which the numbers add up to the same total in each column, row and main diagonal a magic square |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $1200: In a Venn diagram, an upside down "U" is used to represent this set that contains all elements in common to both "A" and "B" the intersection |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $1600: The symbol here is telling you to perform this calculus function integration |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | LET'S LOOK AT SOME MATH $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The number in each cell is the sum of the two numbers directly above it in the triangle named for this 17th century French mathematician and philosopher (Blaise) Pascal |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $400: Auctioned off in 2019 for $110 million, a record for an impressionist work, this painter's "Haystacks" Monet |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $800: A shout-out to this artist, who famous painting shattered records in 2012, bringing in over $119 million (Edvard) Munch |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $1200: This artist's "The Blue Page", once thought to be a sketch for his "Blue Boy", sold for $3 1/4 million in 2016 Gainsborough |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $1600: Immediately after his "Girl with a Balloon sold in London in 2018, it self-destructed by passing through a hidden shredder Banksy |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $2000: The first sculpture on the auction block ever to sell for over $100 million was "Walking Man 1" by this Swiss-born sculptor Giacometti |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $400: Euclid was a teacher in this Egyptian city & made use of its famous library Alexandria |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $800: Despite this title, Euclid's famous treatise is about geometry, not about chemical substances Elements |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $1200: Children's author Crockett Johnson did a painting illustrating Euclid's proof of this famous theorem the Pythagorean |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $1600: Euclid offered a solution to the problem of incommensurables, or these types of numbers of which pi is one irrational |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID $6,000 (Daily Double): Euclid put in some time on the elliptical & this German admirer of Euclid found it to be the shape of orbits Johannes Kepler |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $200: Nat Geo is honoring the 50th anniv. of Earth Day with a special about this activist who has a special bond with chimpanzees Jane Goodall |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $400: At Washington National Cathedral: this president & his wife Edith Wilson |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $400: A theme of Earth Day 2018 was ending plastic pollution; one suggestion is when you order a soda, say, "no" this "please" a straw |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $600: Earth Day reminds us that in 2020 nations are expected to bump climate change commitments to the agreement of 2015 made in this city Paris |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $800: At St. Paul's Rock Creek Cemetery, writer Gore Vidal and this longtime host of "Meet the Press" Tim Russert |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $800: The first Earth Day took place in 1970, inspiring this act in the same year that sought to keep our skies free from pollution the Clean Air Act |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $1000: In 2010 Earth Day brought about a tree-planting initiative named for this uppermost section of a forest's trees the canopy |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $1600: At Oak Hill Cemetery: journalist & Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee & this woman who owned the Post (Katharine) Graham |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $2000: At Prospect Hill Cemetery: William with this last name who owned the house where Abraham Lincoln died Petersen |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | AT REST IN WASHINGTON, D.C. $3,000 (Daily Double): At the Glenwood Cemetery: Emanuel Leutze, who famously painted "(George) Washington" doing this crossing the Delaware |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Cameron Diaz sings & dances as the magical British nanny of Ben Stiller's desire There's Something About Mary Poppins |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1200: Edward Norton tries to convince his brother Edward Furlong not to hate or join up with mutants like Wolverine American History X Men |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1600: Struggling in Hollywood, Emma Stone & Ryan Gosling time travel with paleontologist Will Ferrell & befriend a primate named Chaka La La Land of the Lost |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $2000: George Clooney & Will Smith team up & hunt Nazi art thieves & alien bugs The Monuments Men in Black |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $3,000 (Daily Double): A holiday classic where an angel gets his wings & Roberto Benigni gets an Oscar It's a Wonderful Life Is Beautiful |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | DANCE AT THE WEDDING $200: Heading to a wedding in Epirus? Better practice the 12 steps of the kalamatianos, this country's national dance Greece |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | DANCE AT THE WEDDING $400: Beginning as a Hasidic melody, "Hava Nagila" has become a tune for this best-known Israeli folk dance the hora |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | DANCE AT THE WEDDING $600: For their first dance as man & wife, Prince Harry & Meghan Markle reportedly chose this fitting 1987 Whitney Houston hit "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | DANCE AT THE WEDDING $800: At Mexican weddings, single women dance near the bride during the lanzar el ramo, or throw of this the bouquet |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | DANCE AT THE WEDDING $1000: "Wedding Dance" by this artist, the Elder, captures a 16th century celebration in the Low Countries Pieter Bruegel |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | AT THE BALLPARK $200: Ivy since 1937; lights since 1988 Wrigley Field |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | AT THE BALLPARK $400: An Eddie Murray statue & the B&O warehouse Camden Yards (or Oriole Park) |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | AT THE BALLPARK $600: The Vin Scully Press Box Dodger Stadium |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | AT THE BALLPARK $800: The Jr. Jays Club & Tim Hortons the Rogers Centre |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | AT THE BALLPARK $1000: Fredbird & the Budweiser Terrace Busch Stadium |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $200: First off, I have to get a new pair of Ray-Ban or Oakley these for my summer vacation sunglasses |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $400: Let's go to the Apple Store; I want to get a new Pro one of these tablets with a 12.9" screen an iPad |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $600: Next stop is GameStop to buy "Shadow of the Tomb Raider" featuring this butt-kicking heroine Lara Croft |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $800: Specializing in band & pop culture related apparel & accessories, this store that first opened in 1989 is muy caliente! Hot Topic |
| #8017, aired 2019-06-18 | SHOPPING AT THE MALL $1000: I need to land a new pair of jeans from this store whose name means "airmail" Aeropostale |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $200: Pawnee civil servant Ron Swanson, on this show:
"Fishing relaxes me. It's like yoga, except I still get to kill something" Parks and Recreation |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $400: "I am the Lord your God. Thou shalt worship no other god before me. Boy those were the days"--Sheen's 1st line on this drama The West Wing |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $600: Illinois governor Peter Florrick turned out to be not the ideal spouse for Alicia, trying to make her way as a lawyer on this drama The Good Wife |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $800: First Lady Mellie Grant was set to only appear in 3 episodes of season 1 of this drama, but by the end of season 6, was president! Scandal |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | YOUR TV GOVERNMENT AT WORK $1000: Ex-CIA analyst Elizabeth McCord practices both international & domestic diplomacy on this CBS show Madam Secretary |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | TRENDING AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER $400: This word for a type of substitute mother, after Kim Kardashian & Kanye West used one to carry their third child surrogate |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | TRENDING AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER $800: This word meaning a hatred of women, after Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 presidential election misogyny |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | TRENDING AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER $1200: Following the passing of Burt Reynolds, this 7-letter adjective for "very hairy" hirsute |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | TRENDING AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER $1600: This procedure to end a debate, after Mitch McConnell filed a motion to end the debate on Brett Kavanaugh's nomination cloture |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | TRENDING AT MERRIAM-WEBSTER $2000: Every year on this date, the phrase "a date which will live in infamy" December 7th |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $200: In the mood for Chinese food? There's P.F. Chang's & this chain that started in Glendale, California Panda Express |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $400: This "Shoesource" reminds us that "it feels good to" do this Payless |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $600: An iconic Galleria bag or a black nylon backpack is a "must have" from this very upscale Italian brand Prada |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $800: Visit a showroom of this indoor bike brand for a test ride; if you buy, a pro like George Hincapie could be your instructor Peloton |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | "P"LACES AT THE MALL $1000: "Do something creative every day" is the motto of this card store, P.S. for short Paper Source |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $400: In 1779 he came home to Salzburg & wrote his 32nd symphony; in 2003 the L.A. Phil played it to open its new home, Disney Hall Mozart |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1,000 (Daily Double): Site of the 1st outdoor recording by any symphony orchestra, this amphitheater in the Hills is the Phil's summer home the Hollywood Bowl |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1200: In 1970 Frank Zappa said, "Zubin, hit it!" & the Phil played Zappa's "200 Motels" at this university's Pauley Pavilion UCLA |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $1600: The Phil has a flute chair named for this "Moon River" composer who started out on flute in a Sons of Italy band (Henry) Mancini |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | THE L.A. PHILHARMONIC AT 100 $2000: The Phil's first tour kicked off in this seat of Kern County, California, better known for country music Bakersfield |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Intricate tile mosaics decorate the 14th century Iranian Mihrab, a niche in the wall in the mosque that indicates the direction of this city, which Muslims face when praying Mecca |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) A building, its setting, and its furnishings were inextricably related for this architect, who designed the prairie-style room and all of its furniture, which is placed exactly as he intended it Frank Lloyd Wright |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Likely designed by Hans Holbein the Younger, a suit of armor from 1527 is thought to be this king's; in contrast is the suit of armor he wore when he was overweight and crippled with gout King Henry VIII |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Spiritual forces can be contained or released by nkisi n'kondi, or a power figure carved by these Bantu-speaking people whose name is on an African river and two African republics the Congolese (people of the Congo) |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | AROUND THE WORLD AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $4,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.) Italian artist Antonio Canova created a model of neoclassical beauty with this sculpture of this Greek hero, sword in one hand, and in the other, Medusa's just-severed head Perseus |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | FREE AT LAST $400: 1844, after 22 years of Haitian rule:
this republic the Dominican Republic |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | FREE AT LAST $800: 1917, from Russia:
this Nordic land Finland |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | FREE AT LAST $1200: East Timor, 2002, after 25 years of oppression by this neighbor Indonesia |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | FREE AT LAST $2000: 1912, after 500 years of Ottoman rule:
this country on the Adriatic Albania |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | FREE AT LAST $4,000 (Daily Double): 1962, after more than a century of struggle against European colonizers:
this north African country Algeria |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | COMING AT YOU IN 3 T $200: We see aliens, & it means originating outside Earth's limits extraterrestrial |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $200: A new staging of this Kander & Ebb musical at City Center moved to Broadway, where it's still going 9,000 shows later Chicago |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | COMING AT YOU IN 3 T $400: Honeywell's mid-20th century round ones are in museums as masterworks of industrial design a thermostat |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $400: In 1954 George Balanchine mounted this ballet for Christmas at the City Center & a new tradition began The Nutcracker |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | COMING AT YOU IN 3 T $600: You can "pay" it as you "stand at" it attention |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $600: This actress is joined by puppets on the midway as Lili in a 2002 City Center production of "Carnival" Anne Hathaway |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | COMING AT YOU IN 3 T $800: For Cub Scouts, this word meaning reliable is No. 1 on the Scout law list trustworthy |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $800: In 1971 this African American's dance company moved downtown to City Center where they still perform today Alvin Ailey |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | COMING AT YOU IN 3 T $1000: Time to make this settlement by giving an equal amount of cash to cover any damage you caused restitution |
| #7886, aired 2018-12-17 | 75 YEARS AT THE NEW YORK CITY CENTER $1000: In "Little Shop of Horrors", Taran Killam is the dentist, & Jake Gyllenhaal is "suddenly" this lead character Seymour |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | AT THE SALAD BAR $200: Homemade ones of these crunchy toppers made from day-old bread croutons |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | AT THE SALAD BAR $400: Several kinds of lettuce, including this traditional type for a Caesar salad romaine |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | AT THE SALAD BAR $600: Chickpeas, also known by this Spanish-derived name garbanzo beans |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | AT THE SALAD BAR $800: This leafy member of the beet family that goes by a 2-word international name Swiss chard |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | AT THE SALAD BAR $1000: Tuna pasta salad containing this aromatic herb that gives bearnaise sauce its distinctive flavor tarragon |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | AT MY SAFETY SCHOOL $400: At Park City, Utah there's a school for this activity that will keep you safe on the slopes skiing |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | AT MY SAFETY SCHOOL $800: Since 1992 a Seattle school has trained these performers to safely do the dangerous feats on movie sets stunt doubles |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | AT MY SAFETY SCHOOL $1200: Another word for drugstore, or a type of school where you'll learn about drug safety a pharmacy |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | AT MY SAFETY SCHOOL $2000: Researchers at U.C. Davis are helping keep us safe from this bacterium that plagued romaine lettuce in 2018 E. coli |
| #7859, aired 2018-11-08 | AT MY SAFETY SCHOOL $3,000 (Daily Double): A police training school is often called this; the LAPD one stresses firearm safety an academy |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) Philadelphia's own Robert Green is credited with the 1874 brainstorm of putting ice cream into a seltzer drink & inventing the ice cream soda, also known as this, for what the ice cream does a float |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) Originally closer to pharmacists than bartenders, these first soda slingers were named for the quick action of pulling on the soda handles jerk |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) The New York recipe for this treat does not contain the two items in the name--only milk, seltzer & chocolate syrup; here at Franklin Fountain, they also make a more literal version, with the yolk an egg cream |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | AT THE SODA FOUNTAIN $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Franklin Fountain in Philadelphia.) Once an infant dietary supplement in the 1870s, the mix seen here contains wheat, milk & this sprouted barley; it has since crossed over to make shakes amazing malt |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $400: You use paddles or mallets, not sticks, to score on the table used in this arcade classic air hockey |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $800: Cut a rug or 2 playing this double-talk Konami game that sounds like a plea to overthrow the government Dance Dance Revolution |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $1200: Bally's 1975 Pinball Wizard machine featured Ann-Margret & this lead singer of The Who Roger Daltrey |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $1600: You roll 9 balls & score 10 to 100 in this arcade favorite, around since 1909 Skee-Ball |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | AT THE ARCADE $2000: This Atari game that shares its name with a Shakespeare play was known for its rotating dial used as a controller Tempest |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $200: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Disney's first grown-up comedy & Touchstone's first release, this movie gave a big boost to the careers of Tom Hanks & Daryl Hannah Splash |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $400: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) This film that spawned a slew of sequels introduced boogeyman Freddy Krueger A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $600: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Manipulative, but a real audience pleaser, this film about a teenager beset by bullies gave us the famous line "Wax on, wax off" Karate Kid |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $800: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) In "Moscow on the Hudson" this funnyman was superb as a Russian musician who defects during a trip to New York City Robin Williams |
| #7850, aired 2018-10-26 | 1984 AT THE MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN $1000: (Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Real life refugee Haing S. Ngor won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a translator in this film set in war-torn Cambodia The Killing Fields |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $400: A lingerie chain known for its "Angels" that picks names at random to give Christmas presents Victoria's Secret Santa |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $800: Bookseller made up of argon, neon, xenon, helium or radon Barnes & Noble gases |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $1200: Maine outdoor clothing company that moonlights as a number cruncher L.L. Bean-counter |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $1600: Colorful painter of boxing matches & 5 Olympiads who is also an upscale department store founded in Dallas, Texas Leroy Neiman Marcus |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MALL $2000: The 20% off coupons an alliterative home store mails out include the lyrics "My love stands on golden sand" Bed Bath & "Beyond The Sea" |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $200: 102 million:
His Twitter bio is just 4 words--"Dad, husband, president, citizen" Barack Obama |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $400: 22 million:
Hi! My name is... what? My name is... who? My name is this Detroit rapper Eminem |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $600: 46 million:
The fight against malaria is a big topic for this Seattle tweeter worth many billions Bill Gates |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $800: 29 million:
This "Harry Potter" actress is a champion for women both on & off screen Emma Watson |
| #7836, aired 2018-10-08 | AT LEAST 20 MILLION TWITTER FOLLOWERS $2,000 (Daily Double): 27 million:
This rapper expanded "Mr. 305" (Miami's area code) to "Mr. Worldwide" Pitbull |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | AT THE ZOO $200: The zoo in Wellington, New Zealand works to preserve this national bird & other endangered native animals a kiwi |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | AT THE ZOO $400: A pioneer in cageless exhibits, this southern California zoo founded in 1916 is home to more than 650 species the San Diego Zoo |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | AT THE ZOO $600: Don't worry if we miss the Aldabra variety of these reptiles on our visit to Central Florida Zoo--they can live to be 200! tortoises |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | AT THE ZOO $1,000 (Daily Double): This capital's zoo was created from the personal animal collection of King William IV of Prussia the Berlin Zoo |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | AT THE ZOO $1000: 200 rubles gains you admission to Russia's Novosibirsk Zoo & its many exotic animals, such as this feline hybrid a liger |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $0 (Daily Double): (Steve Burton gives the clue as Jason from General Hospital.) "It's all coming back to me now, I'm a twin, but dizygotic or monozygotic, also known as this type" identical |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $200: (Nancy Lee Grahn and Michelle Stafford give the clue as Alexis and Nina from General Hospital.) "You think you're getting away with it, Nina, but I'm on to you"
"Oh, really Alexis? Well your little world, your sterile field, is about to be in this condition, compromised by the introduction of foreign bacteria" infected (or contaminated) |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $400: (Laura Wright and Maurice Benard give the clue as Carly and Sonny from General Hospital.) "Sonny, if you go back into that life, it'll destroy me"
"I am clean, Carly, but your constant doubt, it feels like this archaic removal, often using leeches, of some of a patient's blood" bloodletting |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $800: (Rebecca Herbst and Roger Howarth give the clue as Elizabeth and Franco from General Hospital.) "I'm a nurse, Franco, I can treat you medically, but permanent change is up to you"
"I'm trying, Elizabeth, but the draw of the dark side feeds on me like these spore-producing organisms that lack chlorophyll & are incapable of photosynthesis" fungi |
| #7831, aired 2018-10-01 | GETTING SPECIFIC AT GENERAL HOSPITAL $1000: (Maura West and Laura Wright give the clue as Ava and Carly from General Hospital.) "When I'm fully recovered, Carly, you won't be able to stop me"
"No matter how many operations you have Ava, your soul will still suffer from this necrosis of soft tissues, from the Greek & Latin for 'gnawing away'" gangrene |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | AT 5 O'CLOCK $400: You might want to shave if, like Richard Nixon, you're prone to this 3-word condition five o'clock shadow |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | AT 5 O'CLOCK $800: If you're on the West Coast & it's an October Monday, you only have to wait 15 minutes for the kickoff of this Monday Night Football |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | AT 5 O'CLOCK $1200: Raise a glass to this timely phrase, originally a U.S. Navy term for a period of entertainment happy hour |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | AT 5 O'CLOCK $1600: The Victorians liked this repast at 5, but the earl of Shaftesbury called it a "stomach-ruining habit" high tea |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | AT 5 O'CLOCK $2000: The scythe of this apt paternal guy marks 4:45 on the Engle clock at the National Watch & Clock Museum, which closes at 5 Father Time |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Still playable, the oldest piano in existence was made in the workshop of Bartolomeo Cristofori, who invented the instrument around 1700 at the court of this ruling family of Florence the Medici |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Of the only 35 or so known paintings by this Dutch master, the Met has 5, including "Young Woman with a Water Pitcher", which was the first of his canvases to enter a public American collection Vermeer |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Excavated in 1900, the frescoes from an Italian villa were buried by this 79 A.D. event & beautifully preserved Vesuvius |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Saved from flooding when the Aswan Dam was built, the Temple of Dendur was commissioned by Augustus, who was portrayed as a pharaoh making offerings to Osiris and this goddess, to whom the temple was primarily dedicated Isis |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | ONLY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.) Viewers in 1884 were shocked by that dress & ridiculed her deathly pallor; when this 3-named American artist sold the painting to the Met, he asked that the woman not be named, hence the title "Madame X" John Singer Sargent |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $400: Bernstein said one reason he so connected with Gustav Mahler is both were torn between these 2 musical activities composing & conducting |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $800: Performing Beethoven in Berlin in 1989, Bernstein rewrote this section of the 9th Symphony as the "Ode To Freedom" the "Ode To Joy" |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $1200: Bernstein crafted several memorable tunes, such as "Tonight", for this 1957 musical sensation West Side Story |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $1600: Conducting Maria Callas in "Medea" in 1953, Lenny triumphed as the first American to conduct at this Milan venue La Scala |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $2000: Bernstein gave his last concert in 1990 at this Mass. festival site where he had studied 50 years before Tanglewood |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | AT 35 $200: At 35 he was elected to the Senate from Massachusetts; later he became the 35th president JFK |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | AT 35 $400: He was 35 when he crowned himself emperor in 1804 Napoleon |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | AT 35 $600: In 2017 China celebrated the 35th birthday of Xinxing, one of the world's oldest of these a panda |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | AT 35 $800: He was a young man of 35 when he performed for inmates at Folsom Prison for a live album Johnny Cash |
| #7819, aired 2018-09-13 | AT 35 $1000: "Full Fathom Five" was one of his earliest drip paintings a technique he took up when he was 35 Pollock |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AT THE MOVIES $400: This man who played Idi Amin is alphabetically last on the Best Actor Oscar winner list Forest Whitaker |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AT THE MOVIES $800: In a 2017 film Frances McDormand puts messages on "Three Billboards Outside" this town Ebbing, Missouri |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AT THE MOVIES $1200: Corey Haim & Corey Feldman co-starred in this 1987 film about vampires in California The Lost Boys |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AT THE MOVIES $1600: He played P.T. Barnum in "The Greatest Showman" Hugh Jackman |
| #7798, aired 2018-07-04 | AT THE MOVIES $2000: The queen of diamonds is a trigger for brainwashed sleeper agent Raymond Shaw in this 1962 film The Manchurian Candidate |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $400: The Divinity School has a course focused on the early life of Moses--it's all about chapter 2 of this Biblical book Exodus |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $800: Phillis Wheatley & W.E.B. Du Bois are part of African-American lit "From the Beginnings to" this area's "Renaissance" Harlem |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $1200: Fittingly, a med school elective on this -ology is taught by an expert whose first name is Arash dermatology |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $1600: Get your MBA & buy buy buy! By taking M&A "Processes & Structures", with M&A standing for these 2 oft-paired business terms mergers and acquisitions |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $2000: At Harvard Law, Prof. Lessig wants to school you on the separation of powers in his course on this type of law constitutional |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ILLINOIS AT 200 $200: Illinois has 63 miles of coastline along this Great Lake Lake Michigan |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ILLINOIS AT 200 $400: Completed in 1973, it was the world's tallest building until 1996 Willis Tower (or Sears Tower) |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ILLINOIS AT 200 $800: Nauvoo briefly became Illinois' largest city after this Mormon leader & his followers began settling there in 1839 (Joseph) Smith |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ILLINOIS AT 200 $1000: In 1942 at the University of Chicago, this Italian-American achieved the first controlled nuclear chain reaction Enrico Fermi |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | ILLINOIS AT 200 $1,200 (Daily Double): This official slogan of Illinois honors a man who moved there at age 21 the land of Lincoln |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATES $400: Clovis I, founder of this present-day nation, led a barbarian army to victory over the last Roman governor of Gaul France |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATES $800: The Angles & this Germanic group invaded Britain in the 5th century & historians combined their names Saxons |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATES $1600: These 2 main branches of Goths began entering Roman territory in the 3rd century Visigoths and Ostrogoths |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATES $2000: In 568 A.D. King Alboin led this nomadic people over the Alps in an invasion & settlement of northern Italy the Lombards |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | BARBARIANS AT THE GATES $4,000 (Daily Double): These barbarians whose name means "destroyer" crossed the Rhine River & sacked Rome in 455 A.D. the Vandals |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $200: You should know this alliterative wager in which you select the winners in 2 consecutive races a daily double |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $400: If you make this bet, as opposed to win or place, you win if your horse comes in first, second or third show |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $600: This 2-word term denotes a horse with little chance to win; its posted odds can run as high as 99-1 a long shot |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $800: Your bet may move to the favorite if you've bet on a horse that's pulled out of a race before it starts, this action scratched |
| #7733, aired 2018-04-04 | BETTING AT THE TRACK $1000: In horse racing you don't bet against the house; bets are pooled & split among winners in this hyphenated betting system pari-mutuel |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Indoor farming can consume 95% less water than traditional methods & doesn't require application of these chemicals that release more than 5 billion pounds of contaminants into the environment each year pesticides |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Bowery tends its crops with a proprietary automated operating system that monitors every step of the growing process, beginning with this first stage, from Latin for "to sprout" germination |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) The practice of vertical farming dates to antiquity, with historic examples including the 2000-year-old rice terraces of the Philippines & this possibly legendary one of the seven wonders of the ancient world the Hanging Gardens of Babylon |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) It's projected that by 2050 two-thirds of Earth's population will live in cities far from traditional food sources; indoor vertical farming brings fresh produce to urban areas with this soil-free growing process, from Greek words meaning "water" & "labor" hydroponics |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE AT BOWERY FARMS $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Bowery Farms in Kearny, NJ.) Urban farming also has a long tradition; in both World Wars I and II, patriotic ads encouraged city-dwellers across America to grow food in these gardens with a winning name victory gardens |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO $200: Wheel! Of! Mis-fortune! PBS noted if you bet $100 an hour on this game, you'd lose an average of $5.26 an hour over time roulette |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO $400: Life was a bowl of cherries when a Vegas man won $4.6 million & years later, $21.1 million on a Megabucks one of these a slot machine |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO $600: Somehow this game even makes the concept of insurance exciting; splitting may also play a key role blackjack |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO $800: The race & sports book has special cards to let you do this to your winnings, plow them right into the next wager parlay (or let it ride) |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | WINNING CLAMS AT THE CASINO $1000: One joker is added to a 52-card deck & may be used to complete any flush or a straight in this Asian type of poker pai gow |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $200: This actress filmed her Oscar-winning role in "Cactus Flower" while she was still a cast member of "Laugh-In" Goldie Hawn |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $400: Before he created "Saturday Night Live", he practiced his sketch skills as a "Laugh-In" writer Lorne Michaels |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $600: Announcer Gary Owens declared that each episode was shot in "beautiful downtown" this So-Cal city Burbank |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $800: Edith Ann was one of the characters this comedienne performed on the show--& that's the truth Lily Tomlin |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $1000: Nixon famously appeared on "Laugh-In" for the 1968 election; this Democratic challenger declined (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) While endangered, it's hard to estimate how many snow leopards are left in the wild, because they inhabit such remote regions of Asia; however, some have been spotted & may be making a comeback on this highest mountain from which they disappeared decades ago Mount Everest |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) Because of global warming & the reduction of sea ice in the Arctic, scientists predict that polar bears could go extinct by the year 2100; today it's estimated that there are only 20 to 25,000 of the bears left in the wild, with 60% of them inhabiting this country Canada |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) Like other baby giraffes, Violet, who's 5 weeks old, was close to 6 feet tall when she was born, and her spot pattern is as unique to her as these impressions are to humans fingerprints |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) It's a symbol of good luck, but luck may have run out for the Panamanian golden frog, likely extinct in the wild due to pollutants, forest clearing & a deadly skin disease caused by this type of organism related to molds & mushrooms a fungus |
| #7700, aired 2018-02-16 | AT THE COMO PARK ZOO $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Como Park Zoo.) Contrary to what the movies portray, humans are rarely attacked by this giant water boa that thrives in the Amazon & Orinoco river basins & can grow up to 30 feet long an anaconda |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AT THE YARD SALE $200: In 1832 Eugene Lami designed a prototype of this for female dancers & at the 2017 yard sale, a used one is yours for a buck a tutu |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AT THE YARD SALE $400: Great, a Bjorksnas table originally from this store-- & already assembled! IKEA |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AT THE YARD SALE $600: Say! It's the original cast album of this Broadway hit, including the songs "The Wizard & I" & "March Of The Witch Hunters" Wicked |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AT THE YARD SALE $800: Ah! A copy of this book that Jonathan Swift published "to vex the world rather than to divert it" Gulliver's Travels |
| #7669, aired 2018-01-04 | AT THE YARD SALE $1000: That can't be Thor's hammer, known as this, can it? Let's see if it can resurrect dead goats, like in myth! Mjolnir |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $400: Gore Vidal was born at this military academy & drew on his WWII experiences for his first novel, "Williwaw" West Point |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $800: The Marquis de Sade served as an officer during this 1756-1763 war the Seven Years' War |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1200: At the age of 40, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle volunteered as a military doctor during this war in Africa the Boer War |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $1600: He fought & was wounded in the Spanish Civil War & wrote about it in "Homage to Catalonia" George Orwell |
| #7648, aired 2017-12-06 | AUTHORS AT WAR $2000: Having served in Britain's RAF may have helped Arthur Hailey write this bestselling 1968 thriller Airport |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $200: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) In 2015 I had the honor of moderating a town hall with this man before his first visit to the U.S.; he asked Americans to pray for him Pope Francis |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $400: (Elizabeth Vargas of 20/20 presents the clue.) In 2002 Peter Jennings sat down for a last interview with Hollywood legend Charlton Heston & his wife to talk about acting, the NRA & dealing with this memory-robbing disease Alzheimer's |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $600: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) Some stories we bring you are particularly troubling; in 2016 I reported on a growing epidemic in America, the rise in use of this illegal & deadly opioid, the majority of users having started with prescription pain medications heroin |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $800: (Elizabeth Vargas of 20/20 presents the clue.) In 2015 I traveled to Iraq to cover the plight of Christian refugees trying to flee the horrors of this terrorist group ISIL (or ISIS) |
| #7637, aired 2017-11-21 | 20/20 AT 40 $1000: (David Muir of 20/20 presents the clue.) The words mad & unstable came up when Barbara Walters interviewed this Arab leader in 1989 Gaddafi |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | YOU'LL STOP AT "NOTHING" $5 (Daily Double): Play title from around 1600 meaning a big fuss for no reason Much Ado About Nothing |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | YOU'LL STOP AT "NOTHING" $400: Use this idiom of mock gratitude when someone does you the opposite of a favor thanks for nothing |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | YOU'LL STOP AT "NOTHING" $800: If I lose, I pay you $100; if you lose, you pay back the $50 you just won double or nothing |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | YOU'LL STOP AT "NOTHING" $1600: It's the meaning of the Latin "ex nihilo" out of nothing |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | YOU'LL STOP AT "NOTHING" $2000: Boy: "Dad, I'll be good if you give me a dollar." Father: "A dollar?! When I was your age I was" this good for nothing |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS $400: In the "Odyssey", Polyphemus has big problems after losing his only one of these an eye |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS $800: Crimes against the Capitol in the "Hunger Games" books earn you the excision of this & you become an Avox, predictably your tongue |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapter 106 of "Moby Dick" is titled "Ahab's" this leg |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS $1200: Frodo comes back from Mount Doom minus one of these body parts a finger |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS $2000: In John 18 Simon Peter deftly relieves Malchus of one of these his ear |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $200: You've caught me in one of these, a reverie a daydream |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $400: 3-word term for a time when consequences for an action must be faced day of reckoning |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $600: Check out the Richard Petty driving experience in this city where cars once raced on the sand Daytona |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $800: Someone who buys & sells stocks on the basis of small, short-term price fluctuations day trader |
| #7614, aired 2017-10-19 | ONE "DAY" AT A TIME $1000: Calaveras are seen here in preparation for this annual event Day of the Dead |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | AT THE "M"PORIUM $200: The stereo type of this doesn't need slides & we can supply one with 16x magnification a microscope |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | AT THE "M"PORIUM $400: Congratulations, college grad! We've got your traditional outfit here, a robe & one of these caps a mortarboard |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | AT THE "M"PORIUM $600: Got a lovely shrubbery for you--this evergreen, whose name is on a famous beach the myrtle |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | AT THE "M"PORIUM $800: A 12-pack to go of this Schlitz product with a higher-than-beer alcohol content? Excellent choice malt liquor |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | AT THE "M"PORIUM $1000: Lovely rings for your every finger, all with diamonds in this noble cut marquise |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $400: Act I of a Mozart opera begins with this character fleeing the home of Donna Anna after trying to seduce her Don Giovanni |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $800: With a river in its title, this first opera of the "Ring" cycle features Flosshilde & 2 other river maidens Das Rheingold |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $1200: We hope you don't sleep through this Reginald de Koven folk opera based on an American story from 1820 Rip Van Winkle |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $1600: (I am Placido Domingo.) The Duke of Mantua sings one of the most famous arias of all time in this opera named for a hunchbacked court jester
"La donna è mobile / Qual piuma al vento / Muta d'accento..." Rigoletto |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | AT THE OPERA $2000: In the opera "Boris Godunov", Fyodor is the real son of the czar & Grigory is this "false" character the false Dimitri |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $200: A horse may win a close race by a head or by this part of a head, sometimes literally a nose |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $400: The Kentucky Derby is run the first Saturday in May at this Louisville racetrack Churchill Downs |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $600: According to his 1989 obituary, this racing legend was survived by more than 300 sons & daughters Secretariat |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $800: Male or female, single or not, it's the term for a horse that has never won a race a maiden |
| #7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $1000: You can cash in big if you correctly pick the first 3 finishers in a race in exact order in this type of bet a trifecta |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $400: A curve winding around a fixed center point; some staircases are built that way a spiral |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $800: The vanishing of memories that aren't reinforced in graphed in not the learning curve but the this-ing curve the forgetting curve |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $1,200 (Daily Double): Most latitude & longitude lines curve on the gnomonic type of this, a way to map the round Earth on a flat surface projection |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $1600: A curve is named for this 17th c. French philosopher & geometer who challenged Pierre de Fermat to find its tangent René Descartes |
| #7567, aired 2017-07-04 | LOOK AT THOSE CURVES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows the Lorenz curve on the monitor.) On the Lorenz curve, the horizontal axis indicates households poorest to richest, and the vertical shows the percentage of wealth held--both in cumulative numbers; a saggier curve indicates greater this in income distribution inequality |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $400: Mozart would live just 2 months after this "Magic" work premiered Sept. 30, 1791 The Magic Flute |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $800: Vasek, a ninny, is the intended groom, but this Smetana title character has other ideas The Bartered Bride |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $1200: The "March of the Toreadors" from this opera is heard here Carmen |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $1600: After Mussorgsky died, this friend with a hyphenated name revised the orchestration for his "Boris Godunov" Rimsky-Korsakov |
| #7564, aired 2017-06-29 | AT THE OPERA $2000: (I'm Mario Andretti.) Most people aren't aware that I'm an opera lover & can sing several complete arias; I was about 10 when I saw my first opera--this one by Verdi in which the dying Violetta sings "Gran Dio! Morir si giovine" La traviata |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $200: Batting first, Symphony No. 40 in g minor by this Austrian who always leads his league in hits Mozart |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $400: Spring is when baseball begins, so sit back & relax as our organist fittingly plays this Italian's "Spring" concert Vivaldi |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $600: Going Bach, Bach, way Bach...it's No. 3 in the series known as these concertos the Brandenburg Concertos |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $800: OK, Valkyrie fans! Let's hear it for this composer as he hits for the cycle! (Richard) Wagner |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE BALLPARK $1000: Now stepping up to the plate, No. 94, "Surprise Symphony", by this composer Haydn |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $200: Visitors to the museum are greeted by a statue of this first postmaster general in the foyer Benjamin Franklin |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $400: In the early days, snow was no problem for rural letter carriers who converted this Ford model into a snowmobile a Model T |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $600: Beginning in the 1850s, a machine like this one was used to put these holes between stamps for easier separation perforations |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $800: The character seen here made his public debut in January of 1963 to remind Americans to add this to each address the zip code |
| #7538, aired 2017-05-24 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL POSTAL MUSEUM $1000: Here's one of the rare U.S. airmail stamps known as this inverted biplane because of a printing error a jenny |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? $400: This tragedy is Dunsinane in the membrane with the "sound & fury" speech within the walls Macbeth |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? $800: On an island in his first scene, this guy explains to his daughter, "Twelve year since, thy father was the Duke of Milan" Prospero |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? $1200: Here's Laurence Olivier as Henry V, inspiring his troops in this country France |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? $2000: The very first scene in Venice has the villain complaining about not getting a promotion at work in this play Othello |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | WHERE YOU AT, SHAKESPEARE? $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 ladies in this tragedy, playing rough in Gloucester's castle: "Hang him instantly"--"Pluck out his eyes" King Lear |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $400: The New York Times headline on his obituary called him the "hesitant poet of 'grunge rock'" Kurt Cobain |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $800: Tony Bennett's "Duets II" had a posthumous appearance by this British soul singer, 2 months after her death Amy Winehouse |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $1200: After her death via a heroin overdose in Hollywood in 1970, her album "Pearl" was released (Janis) Joplin |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $1600: This Rolling Stones guitarist drowned in his pool at Cotchford Farm, a home once owned by A.A. Milne Brian Jones |
| #7516, aired 2017-04-24 | MUSICIANS WHO DIED AT 27 $2000: Chris Bell was buried on Dec. 28, 1978-- bandmate Alex Chilton's birthday--with a copy of this band's classic "#1 Record" Big Star |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $400: In 1854 the James Baines, this type of graceful sailing ship, "cut" the Atlantic crossing record to 12 days, 6 hrs. a clipper |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated map on the monitor.) On the return trip during his first voyage, Columbus and the crew of the Niña were almost arrested on Santa Maria Island in this group, because the governor may have thought they were pirates the Azores |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $1600: This legendary British steamship line that included the Queen Mary & the Queen Elizabeth is named for a British baronet Cunard |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $1,800 (Daily Double): In 1837 Britain's admiralty set up a committee to figure out how to ensure the accuracy of these aboard iron ships compasses |
| #7510, aired 2017-04-14 | HISTORY AT SEA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of the Lusitania on the monitor.) Torpedoed on May 7, 1915, the Lusitania sank in just 18 minutes, in part because these watertight internal divisions ran longitudinally, confining incoming water to one side and causing a huge list to starboard the bulkheads |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AT THE "END" $400: Money paid to a shareholder a dividend |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AT THE "END" $800: To understand, or to take into police custody apprehend |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AT THE "END" $1200: After Kanye West signed him, singer & pianist John Stephens adopted this last name Legend |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AT THE "END" $1600: The official form of address for an archbishop is "most" this reverend |
| #7501, aired 2017-04-03 | AT THE "END" $2000: To haughtily deign to do something condescend |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $400: In October 1940 Italy launched an invasion of this country only to get routed by the gyros of General Papagos Greece |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $800: On Dec. 2, 1941 German troops who wished they'd packed heavier got to the suburbs of this capital but no further Moscow |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $1,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animated map on the monitor.) In July 1943, this U.S. general's Seventh Army swept through western Sicily, then turned east to help Montgomery's British Eighth Patton |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $1600: On Oct. 20, 1944 Douglas MacArthur fulfilled this 3-word promise he'd made to the Philippine people in 1942 "I shall return" |
| #7453, aired 2017-01-25 | THE WORLD AT WAR $2000: This Japanese admiral planned and led the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor Admiral Yamamoto |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | THE ART OF LEARNING AT RISD $200: (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) Programs at RISD give students a practical, historic overview of many styles and materials, including this emulsion-based painting method, popular from the 12th to the 15th century tempera |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | THE ART OF LEARNING AT RISD $400: (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) Beading is the term for applying a tool to the work piece to create rounded designs, using this machine a lathe |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | THE ART OF LEARNING AT RISD $600: (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) It's hands-on in the hot shop as the glass goes into a special furnace so it can be shaped; it's come a long way from this compound that forms the basis of most glass silica |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | THE ART OF LEARNING AT RISD $800: (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) Metalworking and sculpture studies include a method of metal cutting using ionized electrons and bearing the name of this fourth state of matter plasma |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | THE ART OF LEARNING AT RISD $1000: (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) Learning design from the organic world itself, students use the RISD Nature Lab as part of this concept, from the Greek for "life" & "imitation" biomimicry |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | AT THE BALLET $400: The fantastic ballet "Le Violon du Diable" features Doctor Matheus, who in fact is this the devil |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | AT THE BALLET $800: In "The Four Temperaments", dancers represent the choleric, phlegmatic, sanguinic & this melancholic |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | AT THE BALLET $1200: In "Apollon Musagete", Apollo gives a gift representing poetry to Calliope & one representing dance to this Muse Terpsichore |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A PEEK AT THE PARANORMAL $200: These events, hearing from the beyond, were popular in Victorian days, when the one seen here took place séances |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A PEEK AT THE PARANORMAL $400: Popular since the 19th century, spirit talking board were sold in 1966 in a Parker Brothers game version under this name Ouija boards |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A PEEK AT THE PARANORMAL $600: Be careful when you come across one of these, a "double-goer" in German-- some can be evil & dangerous doppelganger |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A PEEK AT THE PARANORMAL $800: Also called an O.B.E., it's the sensation that one's self is in a different location from one's physical form an out-of-body experience |
| #7436, aired 2017-01-02 | A PEEK AT THE PARANORMAL $1000: From the Greek for "outer" & "form", this supernatural substance is said to exude from a medium & be used by a spirit to manifest ectoplasm |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THE MILITARY AT HOME $1200: Pairing veterans with the community at large via physical & social activity, team RWB is short for this, natch Red, White & Blue |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THE MILITARY AT HOME $1600: (Hi. I'm Jill Biden.) As a military mom, I was proud to launch an initiative with First Lady Michelle Obama to help service members, veterans & their families that is fittingly called "Joining" these Forces |
| #7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THE MILITARY AT HOME $2000: The uses of the military inside the U.S. are limited by the act called this "comitatus" posse |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU $400: The gentleman who takes your bets a bookie |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU $800: A browser shortcut a bookmark |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU $1200: A pair of events marking a beginning & a terminus bookends |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU $1600: In 2016 Emma Watson launched an online feminist one a book club |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THROWING THE "BOOK" AT YOU $2000: The U.K.'s National Archives calls this 11th century survey "our most famous... public record" the Domesday Book |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | LOOKING AT COLLEGES $200: We can visit Emerson, Simmons & Northeastern in one trip, because all those schools are in this city Boston |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | LOOKING AT COLLEGES $400: We'll check out Drumthwacket, the New Jersey governor's residence that's in the borough boasting this Ivy League school Princeton |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | LOOKING AT COLLEGES $600: You can write for its Prairie Schooner literary mag, plus you're 6'5", 330--you'd be a good Cornhusker lineman at this U. (University of) Nebraska |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | LOOKING AT COLLEGES $800: Sure, we'll look at this Midwestern university founded in 1842 & known for the landmark here University of Notre Dame |
| #7406, aired 2016-11-21 | LOOKING AT COLLEGES $1000: I've read up on the university's campus in Orono, which boasts the largest library in this state Maine |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) They're symbols of peace & friendship, & sadly, in their native China, only about 1,800 giant pandas remain in the wild, primarily due to destruction of the forests that provide this tall, woody grass that these guys can each eat over 50 pounds of daily bamboo |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C.) Without native mammals present, kiwis thrived for over 35 million years, but today they're endangered & facing extinction, largely because they're flightless and can't escape from introduced predators in this, their native country New Zealand |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) Known since ancient times & extinct in the wild until recent reintroductions, the scimitar-horned oryx is noted for its long, curved horns; if one breaks off, it doesn't grow back, which may have inspired the myth of this legendary creature the unicorn |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) With fewer than 50,000 left in the wild, Asian elephants, like their larger African cousins, are facing extinction due to habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, & this crime, the illegal killing, capturing, or stealing of wildlife poaching |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) The Sumatran tiger is the smallest subspecies & has the narrowest stripes; largely due to habitat loss & the illegal wildlife trade, there are as few as 400 left on their native island in this country Indonesia |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | LOOK AT THAT "S" CAR GO $200: The rings came off this "planetary" GM brand in 2009 Saturn |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | LOOK AT THAT "S" CAR GO $400: In 2004 Cadillac said adios to this model that shared its name with a Spanish city Seville |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | LOOK AT THAT "S" CAR GO $600: After some bad safety reviews, this Suzuki off-road model said sayonara to the U.S. in 1995 the Samurai |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | LOOK AT THAT "S" CAR GO $800: This classic U.S. automaker that started in a 19th century Indiana wagon shop went bye-bye in 1966 Studebaker |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | LOOK AT THAT "S" CAR GO $1000: In 1993 this Swedish company stopped making its classic 900 hatchback Saab |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $200: Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" features characters from this novel set 20 years earlier To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $400: In 1932 Pearl Buck's "Sons" was a No. 3 bestseller; this other Buck book held the top spot The Good Earth |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $600: "GEB" is devotees' name for Douglas Hofstadter's "Godel, Escher," this composer Bach |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $800: "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" was a 1984 offering from this British satirical sci-fi writer Douglas Adams |
| #7369, aired 2016-09-29 | A LOOK AT BOOKS $1000: Norman Mailer said a novel by this man didn't have the right stuff: "It is a 742-page work that reads as if it is 1,500" Tom Wolfe |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $400: It's the year of the first-of-its-kind evidence of man seen here 1969 |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $800: This abstract artist is seen at work outside his New York studio in the 1950s (Jackson) Pollock |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $1200: This sacred species shares its name with a yoga position a lotus |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $1600: Introducing this daughter of a minister who earned an historic Oscar nomination in 1955 Dorothy Dandridge |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TAKE A LOOK AT THE MONITOR $2000: This transport for a big screen Bond could produce 286 horsepower Aston Martin |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | AT HOME WITH ADAM & EVE $1200: Today a synonym for something used to conceal an embarrassment, it was the height of fashion in Genesis 3 a fig leaf |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | AT HOME WITH ADAM & EVE $1600: Meaning "leave this guy alone", it's the 3-word name for what God placed upon one of Adam's sons the mark of Cain |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | AT HOME WITH ADAM & EVE $2000: At God's urging, Adam performs this task in Genesis 2, then takes a long nap the naming of the animals |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $200: The compass seen here was used on this pair's 1804-1806 expedition Lewis & Clark |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $400: The evening gown worn by this first lady to her first state dinner was created by Oleg Cassini, one of her favorite designers Jacqueline Kennedy |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $600: Here's the mask worn by Clayton Moore as this character on 1950s TV the Lone Ranger |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $800: Weighing in at 45.52 karats, it was donated to the Smithsonian by Harry Winston in 1958 the Hope Diamond |
| #7296, aired 2016-05-09 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $1,000 (Daily Double): In the 1870s, this firearms company began turning out a new product--typewriters like the one seen here Remington |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | BACKSTAGE AT THE THEATRE $400: A baby is a small one of these, usually about 750 watts a light (a spotlight) |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | BACKSTAGE AT THE THEATRE $800: A delight to most actors, "S.R.O." stands for this, meaning a packed house standing room only |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | BACKSTAGE AT THE THEATRE $1200: It means to furnish a stage with props, scenery & furniture, but not necessarily clothing dress |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | BACKSTAGE AT THE THEATRE $1600: A rumble pot is a receptacle in which hot water is mixed with this, solid carbon dioxide, to create fog dry ice |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | BACKSTAGE AT THE THEATRE $2000: This 2-word term for sound effects from out of view of the audience is also the name of a 1982 play by Michael Frayn noises off |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $400: (I'm Sondra Radvanovsky.) For the Metropolitan Opera's 2015-16 season, I'm playing all 3 queens in Donizetti's Tudor trilogy: Anne Boleyn, Mary Stuart & this 16th century queen Queen Elizabeth I |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $800: Wagner's opera about him & Isolde made its U.S. debut at the Met Tristan |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $1200: (I'm Placido Domingo.) The role I've performed the most at the Met--40 times since 1979--is this title one that Verdi based on a tragedy by Shakespeare Otello |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $1600: The Met opened in 1883 with this devilish Gounod opera based on Goethe's play Faust |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | OPERA AT THE MET $2000: In 1923 the Met put the overture of this Swiss-set opera before Act II so latecomers wouldn't miss it William Tell |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | AT "BAT" $400: It goes from hand to hand in a relay race a baton |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | AT "BAT" $800: Several make up a regiment a battalion |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | AT "BAT" $1200: "Energetic" Manhattan park Battery Park |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | AT "BAT" $1600: To prepare for trouble, do this to "the hatches" batten down |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | AT "BAT" $2000: Indonesian fabric dyeing practice using wax batik |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $400: See the Gypsies hammer out their wares blacksmith-style in this chorus from "Il trovatore" "The Anvil Chorus" |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $800: 2-word term for this essential that should bring the action on stage into focus opera glasses |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1200: Built in 1869, the State Opera House in this city reached its peak under the directorship of Gustav Mahler from 1897 to 1907 Vienna |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1600: The last name taken by this dame was derived from her Down Under hometown Dame Nellie Melba |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $2000: Keep an eye out for the swan-drawn boat of this Wagnerian hero Lohengrin |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $200: Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer won an Oscar for their song "Moon River" from this movie Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $400: Ray Walston played the put-upon history teacher Mr. Hand in this comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $600: The sequel to this 2006 film was subtitled "Battle of the Smithsonian" Night at the Museum |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $800: Burt Lancaster was Wyatt Earp & Dennis Hopper was Billy Clanton in this 1957 Western Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | "AT" THE MOVIES $1000: Nicolas Cage played Sailor Ripley in this David Lynch film Wild at Heart |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | PLAYING AT WOODSTOCK $400: This band played a 23-song set that included "My Generation" & "Pinball Wizard" The Who |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | PLAYING AT WOODSTOCK $800: On Sunday morning at 2 A.M., this big-voiced woman gave the crowd a shot of "Kozmic Blues" & a "Piece Of My Heart" (Janis) Joplin |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | PLAYING AT WOODSTOCK $1600: O say can you see this guitarist who closed the show at Woodstock & was paid $32,000 for the gig (Jimi) Hendrix |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | PLAYING AT WOODSTOCK $2000: Show opener Richie Havens had already done "With A Little Help From My Friends" but this Englishman killed with his version Joe Cocker |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $400: (I'm Josh Haner.) I won the Pulitzer for Feature Photography for "Beyond the Finish Line", a photo essay on the recovery of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the tragedy at this event on April 15, 2013 the Boston Marathon bombing |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $800: Designed a year after the prizes began, the Pulitzer Prize gold medal depicts this founding father & newspaper printer (Benjamin) Franklin |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $1600: Hopefully, he kept it clean when he won a Drama Pulitzer for his play "Glengarry Glen Ross" (David) Mamet |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $2000: The music prize went to composers of classical music until 1997, when he won for his jazz-tinged "Blood on the Fields" (Wynton) Marsalis |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 $3,000 (Daily Double): Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer's will endowed the prizes & this university's School of Journalism Columbia |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | THE LEGAL SYSTEM AT WORK $200: In 1998 a woman sued Universal Studios Orlando for $15k, claiming this alliterative attraction was too scary the haunted house |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | THE LEGAL SYSTEM AT WORK $400: After NASA crashed a probe into comet Tempel 1, astrologer Marina Bai sued, saying it deformed this chart the astrological chart (or horoscope) |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | THE LEGAL SYSTEM AT WORK $600: This filmmaker sued Viacom for trying to rebrand TNN as Spike TV Spike Lee |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | THE LEGAL SYSTEM AT WORK $800: Mattel objected to lyrics like "I'm a blonde bimbo girl in a fantasy world" in this parody hit by Aqua "Barbie Girl" |
| #7204, aired 2015-12-31 | THE LEGAL SYSTEM AT WORK $1000: Noting a potato content of 42% & their "unnatural shape", a U.K. judge ruled that this brand is indeed not "crisps" Pringles |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | AT THE "END" $800: This title for certain Christian clerics is sometimes preceded by "The" reverend |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | AT THE "END" $1200: It can be an explanatory caption that accompanies an illustration legend |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | AT THE "END" $2000: Surpass transcend |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | AT THE "END" $3,000 (Daily Double): From the Latin for "soldier's pay", it's a fixed & regular payment, such as an allowance stipend |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) From Donizetti's "Anna Bolena", I'm decked out now as this royal spouse Henry VIII |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $800: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Oh, what fun--I get to clown around in the actual costume worn by this great tenor in some of his more than 100 performances in "I Pagliacci" here at the Met in the early 20th century Enrico Caruso |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1,000 (Daily Double): (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) The Imperial Commissioner is the one who reads the marriage agreement of Cio-Cio-San & Lieutenant Pinkerton in Act I of this opera Madame Butterfly |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1200: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) I'm wearing a consiglieri's costume from "Simon Boccanegra"; it's a rather somber opera by this composer of "La traviata" Giuseppe Verdi |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | COSTUMES AT THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $1600: (Alex delivers the clue from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.) Aren't I quite the devil in this character's costume from "The Damnation of Faust"? Mephistopheles |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $400: Before GPS, gas stations gave these away by the millions; a 1960s one for Indiana was "For People Going Places" a map |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $800: If you stop for gas in Ashland or Medford in this Pacific NW state, stay in the car; self-serve is illegal Oregon |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $1200: Here comes this Northeast-based company, the official fuel of NASCAR, & I say it's all right Sunoco |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $1600: If you drive mucho in Mexico, you'll stop at one of these stations, an abbreviation of Petroleos Mexicanos Pemex |
| #7135, aired 2015-09-25 | LET'S STOP AT THE GAS STATION $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a photo on the monitor.) The first long distance automobile trip was in 1888 & included a stop at a pharmacy in Wiesloch, Germany; Bertha of this last name bought petroleum detergent to fuel the car invented by her husband Karl Benz |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $400: An Oregon science museum has the USS Blueback, one of these; in addition to its navy days, it was in "The Hunt For Red October" a submarine |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $800: Here's an early work by this artist, from the Pittsburgh museum that's devoted to him (Andy) Warhol |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $1200: This specialized London museum has some 160,000 images of specific people, including 89 of Henry VIII & 116 of Elizabeth I National Portrait Gallery |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $1600: "From Slavery to Freedom" is an exhibit in the Ohio museum named for this system the Underground Railroad |
| #7125, aired 2015-07-31 | AT THE MUSEUM $2000: The National Prisoner of War Museum is at the national historic site named for this Confederate military prison Andersonville |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Trappist monks take three of these--stability to remain with one community, obedience to abbots & conversion, meaning to change one's nature; there's no actual one of silence a vow |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) The original home of the Holy Spirit monks was an old barn, & visitors can see these where they lived; it's a term that can refer to any individual room, not just for a prisoner a cell |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) The monks of the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit sustain themselves in part through bonsai, which was largely developed by Japanese monks of this Buddhist branch Zen Buddhism |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Perhaps the best-known Trappist monk was this author of the classic spiritual autobiography, "The Seven Storey Mountain" Thomas Merton |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | AT THE MONASTERY $4,000 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Georgia.) Stained glass is one product the monks make to sustain themselves; the rule of this saint, also the namesake of a recent pope, tells them to live by their own hands St. Benedict |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | AT LAST, SUN $200: The sun bear is also known as this bear, after a sweet food that it eats honey (bear) |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | AT LAST, SUN $400: It's the 2-letter name of the ancient Egyptian sun god who traveled across the sky Ra |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | AT LAST, SUN $600: Now it's OK to play Sun City, a resort in this country, including a Gary Player championship golf course South Africa |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | AT LAST, SUN $800: The Sun's dim, extended halo called this flows outward at a speed of 400 km per sec., a flow known as the solar wind corona |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | AT LAST, SUN $1000: The movie "A Place in the Sun" was based on this Theodore Dreiser novel An American Tragedy |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | WHAT'S COOKING AT THE NEW YORK TIMES $200: Mark Bittman cooks up salmon using a four-spice rub of cumin, coriander, ground cloves, & this eggnog spice nutmeg |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | WHAT'S COOKING AT THE NEW YORK TIMES $400: One video shows how to do this to onions, browning them until tender & sweet but not actually turning them into candy caramelize |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | WHAT'S COOKING AT THE NEW YORK TIMES $600: Using radishes instead of cabbage, Melissa Clark puts her own spin on this spicy pickled Korean dish kimchi |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | WHAT'S COOKING AT THE NEW YORK TIMES $800: You should learn how to do this to your pie crust to seal it before baking crimping |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | WHAT'S COOKING AT THE NEW YORK TIMES $1000: It sounds jarring, but it's putting blanched or steamed veggies in ice water to halt cooking & to enhance color shocking |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $200: "Human" this process covers natural selection & genetics evolution |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $400: Johnstown, Penn., on the afternoon of May 31, 1889; at 3:10 P.M. this has collapsed the dam |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $400: 4 letters preceding "technology" in a course that explores "miniaturization of devices to the smallest scale" nano |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $600: The techies take a humanities break in "From Van Eyck to" this master painter of the Dutch golden age Rembrandt |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $800: the Easy Green sector of this beach, where on June 6, 1944 the U.S. 29th Division found things anything but easy Omaha Beach |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $800: "Engineering" this -ology examines earthquakes from the engineering perspective seismology |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | COURSES AT CALTECH $1000: Master the introduction "to guidance, navigation, and control" & you'll get an "A" in this "engineering" aerospace |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $1200: East Liverpool, Ohio on October 22, 1934 for this "Pretty Boy", gunned down by vengeful G-men (Pretty Boy) Floyd |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $1,600 (Daily Double): the Garrett Farm on April 26, 1865, for this man who'd caused a bad night at the theater a couple of weeks earlier John Wilkes Booth |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | TOUGH DAY AT $2000: a Balkan mountain pass in 811 for Nicephorus I of this empire; the Bulgar khan made his skull into a drinking cup the Byzantine Empire |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH $200: I'm not ready to be "put out to" this, the land on which livestock graze pasture |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH $400: This adjective is used to describe animals allowed to graze outside & unconfined free-range |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH $600: Stackable beds typified this dormitory for ranch hands of the Old West a bunkhouse |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH $800: It sounds like snaring a groom, but it's the care & raising of domesticated animals husbandry |
| #7082, aired 2015-06-02 | MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH $2,800 (Daily Double): Gauchos are the equivalent of cowboys on these vast grassy plains of South America the Pampas |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | AT THIS HOUR $400: This 1955 hit begins, "One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock" "Rock Around The Clock" |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | AT THIS HOUR $1200: Dolly Parton sang, "They just use your mind and they never give you credit" in this time-ly tune "9 To 5" |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | AT THIS HOUR $1600: You'll find "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" on this band's "Under a Blood Red Sky" U2 |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | AT THIS HOUR $2000: The classic song "One For My Baby" begins, "It's quarter to" this hour, "there's no one in the place 'cept you and me" 3:00 |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | AT THIS HOUR $7,000 (Daily Double): It precedes "Special" & "Train To Georgia" in song titles Midnight |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $200: In the 1950s chemist Graham Wulff created this moisturizer for his wife; "Oil Of" was later dropped from the brand's name Olay |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $400: This household disinfectant brand has been around since 1889 Lysol |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $600: This herb cough drop maker has its headquarters in Laufen, a Swiss city in the Jura Mountains Ricola |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $800: Sweeper & Wetjet are part of this cleaning system Swiffer |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $1000: This shaving cream was developed in 1919 by Frank Shields, a former M.I.T. professor Barbasol |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | AT THIS STAGE $200: An overseas tour of duty, it's been divided into 5 stages for soldier & family, with months 2-5 being "sustainment" deployment |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | AT THIS STAGE $400: You maggots! Drop & give me 20 if you don't know that maggots are this stage in the life cycle of houseflies the larval stage |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | AT THIS STAGE $600: Karl Marx said this economic system was the stage of society during which he was writing, but that it was doomed capitalism |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | AT THIS STAGE $800: Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross' list of the 5 stages of this begins with denial & ends with acceptance grief |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | AT THIS STAGE $1,200 (Daily Double): In Freudian theory, it's the first stage of human development & breast-feeding plays a big part the oral stage |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $400: (Alex Trebek reads the clue from the Smithsonian.) Higher than normal counters helped accommodate the 6'2" height of this chef, who used this very kitchen not only privately, but also to achieve television fame--bon appetit ! Julia Child |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Mass.) The saddle probably belonged to this great Sioux leader who got $50 each time he rode once around the ring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; preferring to die as an Indian rather than live as a white man, he returned to his people & was killed in 1890 Sitting Bull |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $1600: A design museum in NYC was founded by industrialist Peter Cooper's 3 granddaughters, who had this last name Hewitt |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $2000: The largest T. rex ever found, she's the old gal seen here at the Field Museum in Chicago Sue |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $2,500 (Daily Double): The Ulster Museum in Belfast displays treasures from the Girona & 2 other ships that were part of this famed fleet the Spanish Armada |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $200: Billy Crystal so liked the horse he rode in this 1991 comedy that he rode him at the Oscars City Slickers |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $400: Elizabeth Taylor's costume budget for this 1963 historical drama was $194,800 & included a gold cloth dress Cleopatra |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $600: Paul Newman's role as a chain gang prisoner in this film was inspired by a safecracker named Donald Garrison Cool Hand Luke |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $800: Emma Stone & Nicolas Cage voice members of a modern Stone Age family in this 2013 animated film The Croods |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | "C" YOU AT THE MOVIES $1000: British housewives bare it all, or nearly all, to earn money for charity in this 2003 comedy Calendar Girls |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $200: A highlight of the Air & Space Museum is the flyer that these brothers used at Kitty Hawk in 1903 Wilbur & Orville Wright |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $400: Part of the Smithsonian is the National Zoo, home to the cub Bao Bao, one of these bamboo-forest dwellers a panda |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | AT THE SMITHSONIAN $600: (Alex delivers the clue from the Nat'l Museum of American History in Washington, D.C.) The museum has one of the original stuffed animals named for this president & avid hunter, after a story spread about him letting a bear go; although, in reality, all he did was refuse to shoot the bear when it was wounded Theodore Roosevelt |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | AT THE MOVIES 10 YEARS AGO $200: This Michael Moore documentary about the war on terrorism took the top prize at Cannes in 2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | AT THE MOVIES 10 YEARS AGO $400: Jon Heder wore a "Vote for Pedro" T-shirt as the title character of this film Napoleon Dynamite |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | AT THE MOVIES 10 YEARS AGO $600: Simon Pegg & Nick Frost starred in this British movie described as a rom-zom-com Shaun of the Dead |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | AT THE MOVIES 10 YEARS AGO $800: Cady moves from the jungles of Africa to those of high school & gets in with an A-list clique in this film Mean Girls |
| #6934, aired 2014-11-06 | AT THE MOVIES 10 YEARS AGO $1000: Guillermo del Toro's screenplay for this film was based on Mike Mignola's comic book series Hellboy |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | LIVING AT THE WATERGATE $200: This Kansas senator was head of the RNC & living at the Watergate during the '72 break-in but was in Chicago that night Bob Dole |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | LIVING AT THE WATERGATE $400: Ironically, in 1969 Rose Mary Woods, this man's secretary, was the victim of one of the Watergate's first burglaries Richard Nixon |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | LIVING AT THE WATERGATE $600: In 1996 this Supreme Court justice from N.Y. & Watergate resident had her purse snatched outside the building Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | LIVING AT THE WATERGATE $800: At the center of a pres. scandal herself, she left neighbors apology notes for the fuss she brought to the building in the '90s Monica Lewinsky |
| #6923, aired 2014-10-22 | LIVING AT THE WATERGATE $1000: This Secretary of State often played chamber music piano accompanied by 4 friends in her apartment Condoleezza Rice |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $400: Anthony Edwards went from Ridgemont on to medical school to play doctor Mark Greene on this NBC drama E.R. |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $800: Before "Leaving Las Vegas", this Oscar winner had some "Fast Times" as Brad's bud Nicolas Cage |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $1200: As Jeff Spicoli, this Oscar winner was learning about Cuba & havin' some food in Mr. Hand's class; gnarly, dude! Sean Penn |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $1600: All right, Hamilton! Judge Reinhold later played detective Billy Rosewood in this 1984 Eddie Murphy picture Beverly Hills Cop |
| #6916, aired 2014-10-13 | THE CAST OF FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH $2000: He played the scary football player Charles Jefferson, & in "The Last King of Scotland", the even scarier Idi Amin Forest Whitaker |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | LOOK CLOSER AT THE LOGO $200: Clear out your garage & see that happy half face is also a "G" in the logo of this charity Goodwill |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | LOOK CLOSER AT THE LOGO $400: See the "M" & "B" within the mitt in the logo of this Major League Baseball team the Milwaukee Brewers |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | LOOK CLOSER AT THE LOGO $600: The chocolates of this brand originated in a Swiss town, symbolized by the bear within the mountain Toblerone |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | LOOK CLOSER AT THE LOGO $800: No sweat--this company's logo kind of forms a "U" & an "A" Under Armour |
| #6911, aired 2014-10-06 | LOOK CLOSER AT THE LOGO $1000: Here's a partial view of the logo for this event; you'll see the rest after you respond the Tour de France |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: Clark Gable & Claudette Colbert hitchhike across George Romero's original apocalypse It Happened One Night of the Living Dead |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: Jimmy Stewart meets an angel & a Monty Python member is mistaken for the Messiah It's a Wonderful Life of Brian |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1200: "Wolverines!" shout the American teens who resist an invasion of Soviet primates Red Dawn of the Planet of the Apes |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $2000: Patrick Swayze gets a job as a bouncer at Vincent Price's unique museum Road House of Wax |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $200: This brand of petroleum jelly dates back to 1870 Vaseline |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $400: Varieties of this antacid include smoothies & Ultra 1000 Tums |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $600: Let's be clear--this brand's white beauty bar contains 1/4 moisturizing cream & mild cleansers, but not soap Dove |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $800: www.takemeaway.com is the website for this brand of bubble bath Calgon |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $1000: This brand's Great Lash mascara is packaged in an iconic pink & green tube Maybelline |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $200: (Sarah, start us off.) Hundreds of individual whale sharks have been identified due to their unique pattern of spots, which act like these oldest human biometrics, used since the 1880s fingerprints |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Georgia Aquarium.) The manta ray is generally harmless to humans, despite weighing up to 2 tons and having more than 300 rows of teeth, but because their cephalic lobes look like horns, they're known by this satanic name devil rays |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Georgia Aquarium.) Sea otters have up to a million hairs of fur per square inch, important, as they don't rely on this as an insulator, unlike a sperm whale blubber |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $800: (Sarah, of the Clue Crew reports from the Georgia Aquarium.) Able to turn their heads up, down, & side to side, belugas can more easily catch prey as a result of these not being fused in their necks vertebrae |
| #6892, aired 2014-07-29 | AT THE GEORGIA AQUARIUM $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Georgia Aquarium.) Bottlenose dolphins can make up to 1,000 clicks per second during this process that bounces sound waves off targets echolocation |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $400: This precedes "Twenties" in the Random House definition "a boisterous era of... jazz, speakeasies and wild youth" Roaring |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $800: The first birds "park"ed themselves about 150 million years ago in this period the Jurassic |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $1200: "Building" term for the post-Civil War period of 1865 to 1877, when a lot of it was needed Reconstruction |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $1600: A 1991 Douglas Coupland novel, or a nickname for the generation born in the U.S. after 1965 Generation X |
| #6877, aired 2014-07-08 | OH, LOOK AT THE TIME $2000: It's the 6-letter age in the late 19th century U.S. noted for an expanding economy & big plutocrats the Gilded Age |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $200: A leading retailer of athletic shoes, it also has separate stores for kids & my "lady" Foot Locker |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $400: Take a break & stop by Auntie Anne's for one of these snacks, like the raisin or pepperoni pretzels |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $600: At this store, your little princess can shop for dolls like Kit Kittredge & Kaya, have their hair done & even dine with them American Girl |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $800: Anchor stores at Pennsylvania's King of Prussia mall include this upscale one, L&T for short Lord & Taylor |
| #6862, aired 2014-06-17 | AT THE MALL $1000: Stock up on vitamins from this chain with a 3-letter name, the largest specialty retailer of nutrition products GNC |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $400: Omaha
(1867) Nebraska |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $800: Knoxville
(1796) Tennessee |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $1200: Portland
(1820) Maine |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $1600: Chillicothe
(1803) Ohio |
| #6861, aired 2014-06-16 | CAPITALS AT STATEHOOD $2000: Guthrie
(1907) Oklahoma |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | "MN" AT WORK $400: I can't get to sleep, I think about the implications of this, from the Latin for "sleepless" insomnia |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | "MN" AT WORK $800: Random House defines it as "a place where Greeks met for exercise and discussion" gymnasium |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | "MN" AT WORK $1200: Grave, sober or mirthless solemn |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | "MN" AT WORK $1600: The Mayo Clinic say it's an oft-used TV plot device but "real life" this "generally doesn't cause a loss of self-identity" amnesia |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | "MN" AT WORK $2000: Here's a leftover clue; it means a trace or vestige a remnant |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $400: This king who lends his name to a costly type of victory was killed in a 272 B.C. battle to capture Argos Pyrrhus |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $800: Talk about wanting a recount! On Jan. 19, 1793, this king was condemned to death by 380 votes to 310 Louis XVI |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $1200: In 1975 King Faisal of this country was shot to death by his nephew, Prince Faisal Saudi Arabia |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $2000: In 1485 he wasn't horsing around when his forces killed Richard III; for him, it was really good to be king Henry VII |
| #6841, aired 2014-05-19 | COME AT THE KING $2,600 (Daily Double): In 336 B.C. a young Macedonian noble named Pausanias killed this king but was killed on the spot himself King Philip |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | "AT" FIRST $400: It's the "A" in the behavior problem ADHD attention |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | "AT" FIRST $800: Location of the window seen here the attic |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | "AT" FIRST $1200: Montana's U.S. representative is officially this 2-word phrase, in this case not meaning "on the loose" at large |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | "AT" FIRST $1600: From the French, it's an artist's studio or workshop atelier |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | "AT" FIRST $2000: (Kelly attaches a throwing stick to a shaft.) This throwing stick, used since prehistoric times to increase the velocity & force of a projectile, takes its name from the Aztec for "spear-thrower" an atlatl |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $200: Some say to split 2 8s you're dealt in this game, as 16 isn't so good, but don't split 10s! blackjack |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $400: In 2013 the Mohegan Sun said, "Welcome to paradise" to see this pop-punk trio; I hope they had the time of their lives Green Day |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $400: Derniere douzaine, rouge & noir are part of European layouts on this wheel...! of...! fortune! roulette |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $600: The shooter must place at least one bet--pass or don't pass--before the first play in this game; get the point? craps |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $800: This MGM Grand illusionist might make the nearby Statue of Liberty disappear; he's done it to a bigger one David Copperfield |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $800: Change 1 letter in the name of a Nevada city to get this game where 20 balls are chosen among 80 keno |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $1000: A 5-card stud spin-off, this 3-word game sees the player getting dealt 3 cards; the dealer's 2 are community Let It Ride |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $1200: If you wanna go back in time, here's "The News", fronted by this guy at Morongo Casino in May 2013 Huey Lewis |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $1600: A superstar of country with 75 mil. album sales, she is "still the one" to have an extended run at Caesars in Vegas Shania Twain |
| #6829, aired 2014-05-01 | PLAYING AT THE CASINO $2000: "Oh my God"! On Sept. 1, 2012 this Emmy-winning comic headlined "initially" at the Trump Taj Mahal Louis C.K. |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $200: Meetings of world leaders,
or tops of mountains summits |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $400: Nuns' clothing habits |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $600: Cave-dwelling religious recluses hermits |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $800: Sports losses without playing forfeits |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | "ITS" AT THE END $1000: Cookies,
to someone in Cornwall biscuits |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $400: (I'm Ben Mankiewicz of Turner Classic Movies.) My grandfather Herman Mankiewicz shared screenplay credit with Orson Wells on this film, often called the greatest movie of all time Citizen Kane |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $800: Ava Gardner was rarely lovelier than in Joseph L. Mankiewicz' "The Barefoot" this lady Contessa |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $1200: Herman Mankiewicz produced films like this troupe's classic comedy "Monkey Business" The Marx Brothers |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $1600: Joseph L. Mankiewicz' last film was this 1972 Olivier-Caine battle of wits, remade in 2007 with Caine & Jude Law battling Sleuth |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | MANKIEWICZES AT THE MOVIES $2000: The title character of Joseph's "All About Eve" isn't played by Bette Davis but by her Anne Baxter |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | IT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN $200: This famous footwear from "The Wizard of Oz" Dorothy's red shoes (or the slippers) |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | IT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN $400: Logically, one of these weapons from "Star Trek" a phaser |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | IT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN $600: Vince & Larry, 2 of these developed to save drivers' lives crash test dummies |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | IT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN $800: Say, kids! It's this title puppet from Bob Smith's 1950s TV show Howdy Doody |
| #6802, aired 2014-03-25 | IT'S AT THE SMITHSONIAN $1000: Julie Newmar's costume as this character on the 1960s TV series "Batman" Catwoman |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | AT "LAS" OF THE WORLD $400: Seat of Clark County, Nevada Las Vegas |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | AT "LAS" OF THE WORLD $800: Yee-ha! This city's convention center has a larger-than-life 49-head bronze cattle drive Dallas |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | AT "LAS" OF THE WORLD $1200: California peak--centerpiece of a national park seen in 1923 & today Lassen Peak |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | AT "LAS" OF THE WORLD $1600: Let's give a hand to this largest city in the Canary Islands Las Palmas |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | AT "LAS" OF THE WORLD $2000: It's the capital of the Isle of Man Douglas |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $400: A "Norma Rae" Oscar winner heads into the corn to play baseball with Kevin Costner & Shoeless Joe Sally Field of Dreams |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $800: Tom Hanks & his soldiers storm the beaches of Normandy & rescue the guy who played Oliver in "Love Story" Saving Private Ryan O'Neal |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1200: The prince's kiss awakens her with a "Grease" song that says, "No graduation day for you... flunked shampoo" Sleeping Beauty-School Dropout |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $1600: The Edsels' 1961 doo-wop hit is a song by Dorothy & the Munchkins celebrating a notable demise in "The Wizard of Oz" Rama Lama Ding-Dong! The Wicked Witch Is Dead |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | BEFORE & AFTER AT THE MOVIES $2000: The film for which Sandra Bullock won an Oscar is an unintended consequence of taking a medication The Blind Side Effect |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER $400: (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) After his self-mutilation & hospitalization, he entered an asylum in Saint-Remy in 1889, where he demonstrated the regenerative powers of the earth in his painting "Irises" van Gogh |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER $800: (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) A recent acquisition by the Getty is by Watteau from around 1720, with performers dressed as Pierrot, Harlequin & Scaramouche, characters in this Italian-named theatrical form commedia dell'arte |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER $1,000 (Daily Double): (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) Edouard Manet depicted national pride in the flag-lined "Rue Mosnier", but an amputee, perhaps a war veteran, shows the costs & sacrifices on this Fete de la Paix, a national holiday to celebrate France's recovery from this disastrous 1870-71 war the Franco-Prussian War |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER $1200: (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) The carving "Head With Horns" may be a symbolic self-portrait by this artist who carved it while he was living in Tahiti; in spite of his pampered upbringing, he considered himself to be a savage, untamed by civilized French society (Paul) Gauguin |
| #6758, aired 2014-01-22 | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER $1600: (Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) He was just 29 years old in 1870 when he painted "La Promenade", in which the dappled light filters through the foliage, an effect that would become a hallmark of his later work (Pierre-Auguste) Renoir |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | AT THE "N" $400: This citrus fruit is slang for something that is unsatisfactory or defective a lemon |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | AT THE "N" $800: This beer mug usually holds about a pint a stein |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | AT THE "N" $1200: It's any object carried on one's person to ward off evil & bring good luck a talisman |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | AT THE "N" $1600: Let's all lounge upon this piece of furniture a divan |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | AT THE "N" $2000: This black volcanic glass is named for a Roman who supposedly discovered it obsidian |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG $400: The 19 Nazis convicted of war crimes at Nuremberg in October 1946 included this obese Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG $800: Leon Jaworski, who had worked as a lawyer at the trials, was the special prosecutor investigating this scandal in 1973 Watergate |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $200: The "Toy Train" is a nickname of this country's Darjeeling Himalayan with a two-foot gauge to help it climb hills India |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $400: The tracks of these mountains' "Scenic Railroad" run from Utica, New York to Lake Placid the Adirondacks |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $600: Historically, north of the Frisco rail line was "the wrong side of the tracks" in this northeast Oklahoma city Tulsa |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $800: This rail service zooms through the Chunnel on a track called High Speed 1 out of London's St. Pancras station the Eurostar |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | AT THE TRACK $1000: One of Manhattan's newer attractions, this park on the West Side was converted from unused freight tracks the High Line |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS OLD... $200: To play baccarat in the casino at Caesars Palace Las Vegas 21 |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS OLD... $400: To be vice president of the United States 35 |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS OLD... $600: To be officially responsible for obeying Jewish commandments (bar mitzvah) 13 |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS OLD... $800: To receive full membership in AARP 50 |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS OLD... $1000: To drive a car with supervision in Florida, Illinois or Oregon 15 |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | AT THE TOY STORE $200: Naturally, this talking toy with "a mind of its own" speaks "furbish" Furby |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | AT THE TOY STORE $400: "Just spit it out", says the trivia game called this "Rule", like the one about eating food that was dropped on the floor 5 Second Rule |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | AT THE TOY STORE $600: This doll brand is quite cute, though its name might suggest otherwise Uglydoll |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | AT THE TOY STORE $800: This card "game of crazy comparisons" has a fruity name Apples to Apples |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | AT THE TOY STORE $1000: Dolls that are part of the student body of this school include Frankie Stein & Draculaura Monster High |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | WORKING OVERTIME AT THE COMPANY $400: My team & I have been up for 36 hours finishing the new Internet Explorer browser for this co.; sleep is a fond memory Microsoft |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | WORKING OVERTIME AT THE COMPANY $800: I'd go home from this company, but I've eaten 10 of our 100 Grand bars & 5 boxes of our Goobers...OMG, I'm totally wired! Nestlé |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | WORKING OVERTIME AT THE COMPANY $1200: After 26 hours at this sporting goods co., I'm now pals with a replica we made of the volleyball in a Tom Hanks film Wilson |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | WORKING OVERTIME AT THE COMPANY $2000: It's 2 A.M. & I'm going over the specs for a Sedona from this car company; lucky I'm not behind the wheel of one Kia |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | WORKING OVERTIME AT THE COMPANY $3,000 (Daily Double): I'm not leaving my office at this company until I finish putting together a set of our Klubbo nesting tables IKEA |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | AT THE DRIVE-IN $400: Camden in this state was the site of the 1st drive-in; creator Richard Hollingshead's large mom hated theater seats New Jersey |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | AT THE DRIVE-IN $800: Made a national standard in 1967, it annoyed drive-in owners by forcing them to start the show an hour later daylight savings time |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | AT THE DRIVE-IN $1200: The opening credits of this animated TV show feature a trip to the drive-in, Dino & all The Flintstones |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | AT THE DRIVE-IN $1600: The 4,000 drive-ins of yesteryear are now 400; "America's biggest", the Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop, doubles as this kind of market flea market |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | AT THE DRIVE-IN $2000: Intermission trailers often reminded patrons not to drive away without removing this from their cars speakers |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $200: This brand's Fusion Proglide is the "official shave of the NFL" Gillette |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $400: Can't handle the intensity of this original antiseptic mouthwash? Try the cool mint or freshburst flavors Listerine |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $600: These adhesive items from Johnson & Johnson first appeared in 1920; they were 3 inches wide & 18 inches long Band-Aids |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $800: The logo of this line of men's toiletries is seen here Old Spice |
| #6632, aired 2013-06-18 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $1000: During WWII the U.S. government gave American soldiers tubes of this lip balm ChapStick |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $200: Ray Bradbury's headstone calls him the author of this 1953 classic Fahrenheit 451 |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $400: This Irish author is buried with his wife Nora in Zurich's Fluntern Cemetery James Joyce |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $600: This British author was buried in the Shire-- Oxfordshire, that is-- alongside wife Edith Tolkien |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $800: Notables in Paris' Pere Lachaise include Jean de Brunhoff, who created this "little elephant" of kids' books Babar |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | WRITERS AT REST $1000: This author of "Light In August" was laid to rest in Saint Peter's cemetery in Oxford, Mississippi (William) Faulkner |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MEN AT WORK $200: He's been a Vietnam infantryman & a Republican senator & on Jan. 7, 2013 Pres. Obama nominated him as defense secretary (Chuck) Hagel |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | "MEN" AT WORK $400: Something that threatens to cause evil, perhaps a "Phantom" one a menace |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MEN AT WORK $400: In 1975 this jeans & perfume maven was not yet 35 when he made the Coty Hall of Fame Calvin Klein |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MEN AT WORK $600: Hoping to avoid "Kitchen Nightmares", this TV chef has his name on several restaurants, including Maze Gordon Ramsay |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | "MEN" AT WORK $800: A 9-branch Hanukkah candelabrum a menorah |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MEN AT WORK $1000: This Scopes trial man was an occasional law partner with the poet Edgar Lee Masters (Clarence) Darrow |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | "MEN" AT WORK $1200: Technically, this French phrase means "household of 3"... technically ménàge a trois |
