| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $400: Warily circling as hunters freeze & swear, the pintail type of this water bird is one of the most difficult to lure with a decoy a duck |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $800: If you're birding west of the Rockies, you're likely to catch sight of the California scrub type of this bird jay |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1200: The Cooper's type of this bird of prey is soon to be the TBD type as American birds will no longer have people in their common names hawk |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1600: The long-billed curlew is nicknamed this bird & its Bay Area habitat is said to have lent that name to a point & a ballpark candlestick |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | AMERICAN BIRDS $2000: John Cassin, from a Quaker family in Delaware County, became a famed ornithologist in this city & named a vireo after it the Philadelphia vireo |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $200: "Maybe you're just like my mother, she's never satisfied" is from this song in "Purple Rain" "When Doves Cry" |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $400: John Mayer endured these carrion eaters "hiding right outside my door... They've never gone this long without a kill before" vultures |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $600: "I'll raise you like a" this mythical bird, sang Fall Out Boy, who rhymed it with remix a phoenix |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $800: In 2015 Lana Del Rey did croon this melancholy tune whose title refers to a farewell or final performance a "Swan Song" |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | SONG BIRDS $2,000 (Daily Double): In the 1960s Fleetwood Mac had an international hit with their song about one of these seabirds; Coleridge put one in a poem an albatross |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $200: This big-billed coastal native is featured on the flag of Louisiana a pelican |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $400: Once a symbol of the Great Northern Wilderness, it's now happy in parks & municipal ponds a Canada goose |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $600: Also the name of a Marine Corps aircraft, this raptor is alternately known as a fish eagle an osprey |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $800: This species of African wading birds seen here shares its name with a similar-looking shark a hammerhead |
| #8819, aired 2023-03-02 | BIRDS NEAR WATER $1000: This bird of the genus Actitis gets its name from running along seashores making short, high-pitched noises the sandpiper |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BIRDS ARE REAL $200: Branta canadensis is the scientific name for this bird--honk!--that can be--honk!--loud &--honk! annoying a Canada goose |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BIRDS ARE REAL $400: Lack of a fully developed syrinx keeps this long-necked bird mostly voiceless, perhaps not to wake the baby it's bringing a stork |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BIRDS ARE REAL $600: Sharing its name with a pro baseball team, this orange & black bird with a 2-word name can also range down to South America a Baltimore Oriole |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BIRDS ARE REAL $800: Boasting a nearly 5-foot wingspan, the red-tailed this bird of prey can reach speeds of 120 mph in a dive a hawk |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | BIRDS ARE REAL $1000: Facts about this seabird: Its 3-letter name has 2 vowels, it has short wings & webbed feet & it stands upright on land an auk |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $200: There's a certain braveness to this black bird the raven (in braveness) |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $400: A little knowledge of this bird goes a long way an owl (in knowledge) |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $600: It lives in Europe & Asia, but not in Brooklyn a rook (in Brooklyn) |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $800: While riding my scooter, I spotted this old bird a coot (in scooter) |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $1000: We're amazed by this sea eagle's cleverness erne (in cleverness) |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $400: On a chessboard, this European black bird would be worth about 5 pawns a rook |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $800: The canyon species of this bird is small, brown & chubby & a sweet whistler wren |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1200: You can tell the "mourning" species of this by its characteristic call & long, pointed tail dove |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1600: A bufflehead, teal or merganser, for example a duck |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $2000: A "true" this is a member of the swift, predatory genus Accipiter hawk |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | BIRDS IN BOOK TITLES $200: "Mockingbird" is Charles Shields' portrait of this author & the creation of her most acclaimed work Harper Lee |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | BIRDS IN BOOK TITLES $400: "Skylark" is Patricia MacLachlan's follow-up to her novel about this young woman who was "Plain & Tall" Sarah |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | BIRDS IN BOOK TITLES $600: Beatrix Potter wrote & illustrated "The Tale of" this puddle-duck Jemima |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | BIRDS IN BOOK TITLES $800: Henry James told a tale of a dying heiress in "The Wings of" this bird the Dove |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | BIRDS IN BOOK TITLES $1000: In "A Feast of Crows" by George R.R. Martin, this family of Jaime & Cersei rules from the iron throne Lannister |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | BIRDS OF PRAY $400: Jesus said this man will deny him three times before the cock crows twice; here, he is in shame after that comes true Peter |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | BIRDS OF PRAY $800: You may have heard of one of these that laid golden eggs; Buddha told of how, in a former life, he was one with golden feathers a goose |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | BIRDS OF PRAY $1,000 (Daily Double): The guru Granth Sahib of this faith uses birds like the flamingo & crane to draw parallels between man & the divine Sikhism |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | BIRDS OF PRAY $1200: In the Koran a bird that could speak told this "wise" king & prophet it had come from Sheba with tidings Solomon |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | BIRDS OF PRAY $1600: In one of his most famous sermons, this Italian saint told his bird buddies they have an obligation to praise their creator St. Francis |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | THE BIRDS $200: The world's largest bird's egg is this one's, reaching 6 inches around & 3 pounds an ostrich |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | THE BIRDS $400: Jesus tells his Apostles going out into the world to be as harmless as these birds doves |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | THE BIRDS $600: This bird with up to 70 wingbeats per second camouflages its nest with lichens a hummingbird |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | THE BIRDS $800: Birds of prey are also called these, from the Latin for "to seize" raptors |
| #8380, aired 2021-04-16 | THE BIRDS $1000: Here's the male one of these ruffed birds putting on a display for the ladies a grouse |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $200: Big bird, indeed! One of these can grow to over 8 feet tall an ostrich |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $500 (Daily Double): Mason & carpenter bees are classified as this type that practices social distancing full time solitary bees |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $600: Seen here is the roseate species of this bird, named for the shape of its beak the spoonbill |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $800: The peregrine species of this bird is known to dive at 200 miles per hour a falcon |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1000: About 4 times larger than a honeybee, the rare Wallace's giant is native to this country's North Moluccas Islands Indonesia |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BIRDS OF PREY $200: These birds of prey are largely nocturnal, but the snowy type often hunts by day an owl |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BIRDS OF PREY $400: Found in South America, the harpy is a crested variety of this bird of prey with a wingspan that can reach seven feet an eagle |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BIRDS OF PREY $600: The largest bird of prey is this Western Hemisphere vulture that can fly 18,000 feet high & weigh 30 pounds the condor |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BIRDS OF PREY $800: One of the only terrestrial birds of prey is this species whose name seems more suited for an office than its home in Africa the secretary bird |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | BIRDS OF PREY $1000: Reaching speeds of 200 miles per hour, this bird of prey is not only the world's fastest bird, it's also the world's fastest animal the peregrine falcon |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $400: Jesus tells him "The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice" Peter |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $800: Jesus laments that he would have gathered the children of Jerusalem as she gathers her brood under her wings a hen |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1200: Harry Potter likes the passage in Job that reads, "I am a brother to dragons and a companion to" these birds an owl |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1600: This tall flightless bird was supposedly uncaring about its own young, as in Job & Lamentations the ostrich |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $2000: The Lord told Moses, "I bare you on" these birds' wings eagles' wings |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: Bullock's & Baltimore orioles |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800: Blue & Steller's jays |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1200: Black & mute swans |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1600: Rivoli's & bumblebee hummingbirds |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $2000: Greylag & barnacle geese |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | "T" BIRDS $400: It's the tropical bird seen here a toucan |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | "T" BIRDS $800: In 1784 Ben Franklin panned the bald eagle as a U.S. national symbol, preferring this bird instead the turkey |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | "T" BIRDS $1200: This small duck shares its name with a bluish-green color a teal duck |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | "T" BIRDS $1600: This swan is named for its low-pitched call a trumpeter swan |
| #8076, aired 2019-10-21 | "T" BIRDS $2000: Scarlet is one species of this songbird the scarlet tanager |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: Birds are unique in having these, the obvious characteristic that distinguished them from all other modern animals feathers |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: Birds do it, bees do it, it being this act that fertilizes flowers; hummingbirds & honeycreepers are noted for it pollination |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $1600: A native Brazilian word is the source of the name of this tropical bird that has a large, brightly colored beak a toucan |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: Appropriately, the sacred type of this bird was sacred to ancient Egyptians an ibis |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $4,000 (Daily Double): Sailors have long been superstitious about killing this bird, as reflected in a 1798 poem an albatross |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: The state bird for 7 states, it shares its name with a senior position in the Catholic church a cardinal |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800: This wandering high flyer can have an 11-foot wingspan an albatross |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1200: Chaucer wrote a poem called this assembly "of Fowls"; it's also a term for an assembly of owls a parliament |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $2000: The "P" in its name is silent, and its plumage is nearly invisible as it changes from light brown in summer to a winter white a ptarmigan |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $5,000 (Daily Double): Of the ratites, flightless land birds, this down under denizen is the smallest a kiwi |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $200: This city is bird-brained, boasting the Falcons & the Hawks (the Thrashers flew off to Winnipeg) Atlanta |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $400: Jose Bautista went north to become Joey Bats, author of an iconic 2016 bat flip for this team the Toronto Blue Jays |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $600: Go, Pinocchios! Nope...yay, Bambis! No...as far as we can tell, it's the only NHL team that got its name from a Disney film the (Anaheim) Ducks |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $800: In 2005 Larry Fitzgerald caught 103 passes, including 10 TDs, for this team the Arizona Cardinals |
| #7488, aired 2017-03-15 | PRO TEAMS ARE FOR THE BIRDS $1000: Until 2010 this Metropolitan Division team played its NHL home games in an arena known as the Igloo the Pittsburgh Penguins |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $400: In this address Jesus asks, "Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not...yet your heavenly father feedeth them" the Sermon on the Mount |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $800: Job 39 asks "Doth" this large predatory bird "mount up at they command and make her nest on high?" an eagle |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1200: The osprey, vulture & cormorant are among birds said to be unclean in this 3rd book of the Old Testament Leviticus |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1600: This king's pursuit of his son-in-law David is compared to a partridge hunt in the mountains Saul |
| #7431, aired 2016-12-26 | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $2000: In the wilderness God provided the Israelites manna & large quantities of this small plump game bird quail |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $200: Western screech,
snowy,
elf owls |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: Calliope,
Anna's,
ruby-throated hummingbirds |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800 (Daily Double): Mute,
Bewick's,
trumpeter swans |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800: Cactus,
Carolina,
house wrens |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1000: Andean condor,
turkey,
Egyptian vultures |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $200: These 2 smallest states both have a variety of chicken as their state birds Rhode Island & Delaware |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $400: This orange & black state bird of Maryland is also called a Firebird or golden robin the Baltimore oriole |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $800: South Dakota's state bird, the ring-necked species of this is native to Asia & was introduced to the state in 1898 pheasant |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $1000: The scientific name of this Arkansas state bird means "many-tongued mimic" the mockingbird |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $2,000 (Daily Double): The cactus wren represents this state where Cardinals play Arizona |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | DIRTY BIRDS $200: Hardened sap from its drill holes typically surrounds the nest of the red-cockaded this woodpecker |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | DIRTY BIRDS $400: Loving soil more than sky, & not nocturnal like its kin, there's a burrowing type of this raptor a burrowing owl |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | DIRTY BIRDS $600: Since 1896 a Toledo baseball team has been known as these swamp dwellers the Mud Hens |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | DIRTY BIRDS $800: A 2014 study says the guts of these scavengers are adapted to not get sick from their putrid diet vultures |
| #7318, aired 2016-06-08 | DIRTY BIRDS $1000: Yeah, baby! This "C" bird that produces guano, valued as fertilizer, is also called a shag the cormorant |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $200: Bald,
harpy an eagle |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: American,
European (aka redbreast) a robin |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $600: Mourning &
Oriental turtle- dove |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800: Scrub,
Steller's,
blue a jay |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1000: Red-headed,
red-bellied,
red-breasted sapsucker a woodpecker |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | LITERATURE IS FOR THE BIRDS $400: This book that won a Pulitzer in 1961 depicts racial injustice in a small Southern town To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | LITERATURE IS FOR THE BIRDS $800: In this author's "Lonesome Dove", a motley assortment of heroes, outlaws & more live & die in the title Texas town (Larry) McMurtry |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | LITERATURE IS FOR THE BIRDS $1600: A young woman's passion for a priest drives much of this epic saga of 3 generations of Australian sheep farmers The Thorn Birds |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | LITERATURE IS FOR THE BIRDS $2000: The title bird is actually an anarchist in Tom Robbins' "Still Life with" this Woodpecker |
| #7251, aired 2016-03-07 | LITERATURE IS FOR THE BIRDS $4,000 (Daily Double): In this novel, a Tulane law student discovers facts that people will kill for, & if she doesn't get help, she might be next The Pelican Brief |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $400: This country's flightless Auckland Island & Campbell Island teals are among the rarest ducks in the world New Zealand |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $800: This largest penguin breeds in the coldest environment of any bird the emperor |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1600: This largest Australian bird adds pebbles to its diet to help digest the plant material that it eats an emu |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the fastest of all flightless birds the ostrich |
| #7237, aired 2016-02-16 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $2000: This large bird of New Guinea has a casque, or helmet, made of a spongelike material covered with keratin a cassowary |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | BLUE BIRDS $200: Both blue-faced boobies & blue-footed boobies nest in these Ecuadorian islands the Galápagos |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | BLUE BIRDS $400: The smallest species of this bird, the fairy or little blue, nests in burrows, not in the ice & snow a penguin |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | BLUE BIRDS $600: Found across North America, the blue-winged teal is a small dabbling one of these birds a duck |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | BLUE BIRDS $800: As well as the great blue, there is a little blue type of this long-legged wading bird a heron |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | BLUE BIRDS $1000: The blue bird seen here is Steller's this, noted for its beautiful plumage & harsh call a jay |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $200: I found this graceful bird in Botswana swan (in Botswana) |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $400: In Europe this bird may sit beside a babbling brook rook (in brook) |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $600: Regrettably, it was once hunted to near extinction egret (in Regrettably) |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $800: I saw this bird in my backyard in Andover dove (in Andover) |
| #6998, aired 2015-02-04 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $1000: The Percheron is a large horse; this is a large bird heron (in Percheron) |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | STATE BIRDS $400: New Mexico's state bird is this desert dweller the roadrunner |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | STATE BIRDS $800: This state bird of Maryland is black & orange the Baltimore oriole |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | STATE BIRDS $1200: Texas adopted this mimic as its state bird in 1927; Tennessee mimicked the pick in 1933 a mockingbird |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | STATE BIRDS $1600: The Eastern brown pelican is this state's bird Louisiana |
| #6784, aired 2014-02-27 | STATE BIRDS $2000: Both Montana & Nebraska have the western type of this bird meadowlark |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | "C" BIRDS $400: Its 2-note call gave it its name & inspired a type of clock the cuckoo |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | "C" BIRDS $800: The northern species of this North American bird is known for red plumage, a crest & whistling year-round a cardinal |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | "C" BIRDS $1200: (Alex reports from atop a ship in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.) It is said that early sailors would release these birds from a high perch aboard a sailing vessel in hopes that the birds would lead the ship to land a crow |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | "C" BIRDS $2,000 (Daily Double): One story has it that this duck got its name from being shipped in sacks with labels asking that the sack be returned a canvasback |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | "C" BIRDS $2000: The catbird has a meow-like song; this bird hangs around cattle to feed on insects they stir up a cowbird |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $200: It's a symbol of wisdom & knowledge an owl (in knowledge) |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $400: If you've been humiliated into eating this bird, don't microwave it crow (in microwave) |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $600: You'll find this old bird scooting along a marsh a coot (in scooting) |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $800: This ill bird had to be treated intravenously a raven (in intravenously) |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $1000: This afternoon, I saw this sea bird a tern (in afternoon) |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | SONG BIRDS $200: Prince sang, "This is what it sounds like when" this happens "When Doves Cry" |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | SONG BIRDS $400: Bobby Day & later Michael Jackson sang about a bevy of birds, but the title is "rockin"' this one robin |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | SONG BIRDS $600: Rick Dees & his cast of idiots quacked up listeners with this "disco" fowl a duck |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | SONG BIRDS $800: In 1977 Steve Miller was in the top 10 with "Jet Airliner" & this other song about soaring "Fly Like An Eagle" |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | SONG BIRDS $1000: Louis Jordan headed out to the barnyard for "ain't nobody here but us" these birds chickens |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: Indian black,
Golden,
Bald eagles |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800: Barn,
Snowy,
Great horned owls |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1200: Bee,
Anna's,
Blue-throated hummingbirds |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $2000: Ruddy,
Mandarin,
Muscovy ducks |
| #6425, aired 2012-07-20 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $2,200 (Daily Double): Little spotted,
North Island brown,
South Island brown kiwis |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $400: The Protection Act of 1940 for this bird says you best not mess with me, Mac! I'm only the symbol of our country! the bald eagle |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $800: Yes, I can fly! But as a Chaparral Cock, aka this bird, I prefer the ground! & no, I won't say "beep beep" for you! a roadrunner |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $1200: Yeah, I'm the redheaded species of this bird. Oh, I damaged your lovely wooden home with my beak? Hmm, do I care? No the woodpecker |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $1600: As a northern type of this bird, I've been known to imitate songs of 32 different birds in 10 mins., but I do not do requests! a mockingbird |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | ANGRY BIRDS $2000: I'm just goin' out with my covey, Ma! As Montezumas, I know we're a small variety of this bird, but I'll be ok! Gosh! a quail |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $400: Take these broken wings & learn to fly, you Turdus merula, aka this colorful bird blackbird |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $800: This kingfisher that shares its name with an "iron chancellor" lives in New Guinea, not Germany Bismarck (kingfisher) |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $1200: It's britspeak for a type of parakeet a budgie |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $1600: This tropical seabird was named for its supposed lack of intelligence; not afraid of humans, it was easily killed the boobie |
| #6269, aired 2011-12-15 | THE BIRDS & THE "B"s $2000: Buteo buteo is the common species of this large, slow-moving bird of prey the buzzard |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: On his fifth voyage this mythological sailor's ship is destroyed by giant birds known as rocs Sinbad (the Sailor) |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The colorful keel-billed type of this bird really fits the bill a toucan |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $600: A South Carolina museum is devoted to this "wild" bird, one of the few breeds of poultry native to the Americas a turkey |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: Smile for this birdie whose name is also a shade of yellow a canary |
| #6168, aired 2011-06-08 | FOR THE BIRDS $1000: The gooney bird is another name for this bird made famous in a 1798 poem an albatross |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $400: Scientists now believe that birds are descended from the theropods, the "beast foot" family of these dinosaurs |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $800: The big difference between bees & these close relatives is that bees feed their young honey, not other insects wasps |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1200: The "giant" type of this bird is an imposing 8 inches long & weighs a colossal 2/3 of an ounce a hummingbird |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1600: That's not ladylike! If 2 of these bees emerge from their cells at the same time, they fight to the death the queens |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $2000: The food of bee larvae is called royal this; it's secreted from the heads of other bees jelly |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $400: This flightless bird of Africa uses its wings as rudders to help it change direction while running the ostrich |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $800: A rail found on Inaccessible Island near Tristan da Cunha in this ocean is the smallest living flightless bird the Atlantic Ocean |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1200: A grebe named for this lake is endangered because it's often caught in nets by Peruvian & Bolivian fishermen Lake Titicaca |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1600: The rudimentary wings of this national bird of Australia are useless for flying, but it is an excellent swimmer the emu |
| #5936, aired 2010-06-07 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $2000: Now endangered, New Zealand's kakapo is the only flightless & nocturnal species of this bird in the family Psittacidae the parrot |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $200: So this crazy bird wandered into a saloon... a loon |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $400: Looks like the beagle ate this bird an eagle |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $600: It has a long femur an emu |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $800: It's hiding in the hibiscus an ibis |
| #5813, aired 2009-12-16 | BIRDS WITHIN WORDS $1000: You'll find this bird in Milwaukee auk |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: St. Hugh of Lincoln was famous for having one of these graceful birds as a pet a swan |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: It's the songbird & finch family member seen here a cardinal |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FOR THE BIRDS $1200: Seen here is one of these birds that, for a time, had a TV "Family" the partridge |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FOR THE BIRDS $1600: The common fowl seen here is this state bird a Rhode Island Red |
| #5798, aired 2009-11-25 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: 100 of these European birds were released in Central Park in 1890; today, there are 200 million in North America starlings |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: Rock,
turtle,
mourning a dove |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $800: Red-headed,
ivory-billed,
yellow-bellied sapsucker a woodpecker |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1200: Amazon,
African gray,
lory parrot |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $1600: Blue,
wattled,
sandhill crane |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $2000: Macaroni,
Fjordland,
Adelie penguins |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | POETIC BIRDS $400: Coleridge:
"The ___ did follow,/ And every day for food or play,/ Came to the mariners' hollo!" albatross |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | POETIC BIRDS $800: Keats' "Ode to ___":
"Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird!" a nightingale |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | POETIC BIRDS $1200: Wallace Stevens (I of XIII):
"Among twenty snowy mountains/ The only moving thing/ Was the eye of a ___" blackbird |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | POETIC BIRDS $1600: Whitman:
"Out of the cradle endlessly rocking/ Out of the ___'s throat, the musical shuttle" mockingbird |
| #5509, aired 2008-07-17 | POETIC BIRDS $2,500 (Daily Double): Shakespeare: "Love and constancy is dead;/___ and the turtle fled/ In a mutual flame from hence" Phoenix |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | THE BIRDS $400: This bird that isn't really losing its hair is a national symbol of the U.S. the bald eagle |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | THE BIRDS $800: Herring & laughing are 2 species of this "sea" bird a gull |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | THE BIRDS $1200: If you're a C. corax, this bird, you may be given to gloomy pronouncements like the one in Poe a raven |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | THE BIRDS $1600: It's the thick-walled muscular pouch that grinds food in a bird's lower stomach a gizzard |
| #5470, aired 2008-05-23 | THE BIRDS $2000: The colorful lovebird, with a curved beak & short tail, is a member of this bird family a parrot |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $400: It's often atop a statue:
ONE PIG a pigeon |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $800: It's big in Africa (heck, it's big everywhere):
CHRISTO an ostrich |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $1200: He'll send you a large bill:
CAP LINE pelican |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $1600: I may gulp when I say its name:
LOW LAWS a swallow |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $2000: It's probably long-tailed:
HEAT SNAP pheasant |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $200: Domesticated varieties of this Old World finch are usually bright or pale yellow a canary |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $400: The ani is a species of this "crazy" bird a cuckoo |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $600: Because this black bird eats a wide range of agricultural crops, it isn't popular with farmers a crow |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $800: With a 9-1/2 foot wingspan, this largest land bird in North America can be seen soaring over the Grand Canyon a condor |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | "C" BIRDS $1000: The sandhill, seen here, is the most abundant species of this bird a crane |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: This bird's distinctive feature is seen here full of fish a pelican |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: Ah, to see the first eggs of this bird in spring robins |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FOR THE BIRDS $1200: You might recognize this little sucker from his colorful belly the yellow-bellied sapsucker |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FOR THE BIRDS $1600: Name in common to the bird & plant seen here a bird of paradise |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: A tilt-rotor aircraft used by the U.S. military bears the name of this fish-eating hawk an osprey |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | BIRDS $200: It's the type of swan heard here a trumpeter swan |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | BIRDS $400: Listen, you white-bellied bustard, I know where you live-- this continent's savanna Africa |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | BIRDS $500 (Daily Double): The long legs of the bird seen here give it this name, from a prop used by circus performers a stilt |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | BIRDS $600: This bird shown in an illustration is distinguished from the heron by the bustle of feathers over its rump crane |
| #5352, aired 2007-12-11 | BIRDS $800: Perhaps this "thrush", a type of babbler, hangs out at comedy clubs with the same-named hyena laughing thrush |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | BIRDS $400: This bird's head endures an impact of up to 1200 gs as it hammers away at trees a woodpecker |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | BIRDS $800: The blue & green "eyes" on this bird's tail feathers are just circular patches of feathers the peacock |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | BIRDS $1200: This "camel bird" now found only in Central & South Africa doesn't really bury its head in the sand when threatened the ostrich |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | STATE BIRDS $200: The common loon lives on the water, so it's not surprising that it's the state bird of this "Land of 10,000 Lakes" Minnesota |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | STATE BIRDS $400: The male of this state bird of Indiana is one of the few all-red birds in North America the cardinal |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | STATE BIRDS $600: Darwin made a famous study of these birds, but not the purple species, New Hampshire's state bird a finch |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | STATE BIRDS $800: In 1933 the Tennessee Ornithological Society conducted a vote to select a state bird; this mimic barely won a mockingbird |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | STATE BIRDS $1000: Until mating season, this California state bird lives in coveys of up to 200 birds a quail |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $400: I'd pay to see a hare race this tall South American bird the rhea (for hare) |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $800: This arctic bird should rent a waterfront home tern (for rent) |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $1200: I'd like to greet this wading bird with a friendly hello egret (from greet) |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $1600: If you're in the lair of this slim bird, don't tell him he's as skinny as... rail (from lair) |
| #5236, aired 2007-05-21 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $2000: I wonder if I'd see this long-legged bird along the Rhone River heron (from Rhone) |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | STATE BIRDS $200: Ohio:
This redbird a cardinal |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | STATE BIRDS $400: Virginia:
This bird, not Albert Pujols the cardinal |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | STATE BIRDS $600: West Virginia:
This crested bird the cardinal |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | STATE BIRDS $800: Kentucky:
This colorful songbird a cardinal |
| #5173, aired 2007-02-21 | STATE BIRDS $1000: Missouri:
Not a redbird but this colorful creature a bluebird |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $400: Some (maybe the birds themselves) say the African gray type is the most accomplished talker among these birds parrots |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $800: Bees help create new species when they move this powder from one type of plant to another pollen |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1200: The white type of this forage plant is a prime source of the nectar that bees use to make honey clover |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1600: A nuthatch isn't an asylum, it's a bird that loves these nuts also called filberts hazelnuts |
| #5169, aired 2007-02-15 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $2000: It's a small, chunky brown bird with a short bill & a silent initial W wren |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The canvasback is a wild North American variety of this bird a duck |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: The genus for this American bird is Turdus; ah, to see the first Turdus of spring a robin |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $1200: One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname (One of) Iowa or Louisiana |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $1600: This long-legged wading bird of the genus Platalea is named for its prominent flatware-like bill the spoonbill |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: The Rainbow variety of this parakeet relative is seen here a lorikeet |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $200: Ermines & ferrets brought into New Zealand to control rabbits have reduced the numbers of this national bird the kiwi |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $400: This flightless bird of Australia can grow to 100 pounds and 5 feet tall the emu |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $600: Care of the young of this large South American bird is the exclusive province of males who incubate the eggs the rhea |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $800: Although this bird was extinct on Mauritius by 1681, one species survived on Rodriguez Island up until about 1800 dodo |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1000: This large flightless bird of New Guinea is identifiable by a huge bony helmet, or casque, on its head the cassowary |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $800: Seen here is the laughing type of this "sea" bird--sorry, no audio for you seagull |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | "T" BIRDS $400: Common species of this duck include blue-winged, green-winged & cinnamon the teal |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | "T" BIRDS $800: Toco, the largest species of this colorful bird of the American tropics, may have a 7-inch bill a toucan |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | "T" BIRDS $1200: One species of this bird breeds in the Arctic tundra & "vacations" at the other end of the globe a tern |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | "T" BIRDS $1600: Nightingales & robins belong to this family of melodious songbirds thrushes |
| #4999, aired 2006-05-11 | "T" BIRDS $2000: In North America this term is properly applied to only 4 species that are crested, including the tufted a titmouse |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BALLET IS FOR THE BIRDS! $400: You may take a "gander" at the Jerome Robbins ballet named for this nursery rhymster Mother Goose |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BALLET IS FOR THE BIRDS! $800: Sancho Panza gets chased after stealing a bird in a ballet based on this novel Don Quixote |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BALLET IS FOR THE BIRDS! $1200: The NYCB's 1986 version of this classic ballet had the "cygnet"ure corps of birds dressed in black Swan Lake |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BALLET IS FOR THE BIRDS! $2000: There's a duck in the ballet based on this composer's "Peter and the Wolf" Prokofiev |
| #4938, aired 2006-02-15 | BALLET IS FOR THE BIRDS! $2,600 (Daily Double): Jemima Puddle-Duck shakes her tail feathers in the delightful ballet called "The Tales of" this woman Beatrix Potter |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | STATE BIRDS $200: This red-feathered friend is the state bird of a record 7 states the cardinal |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | STATE BIRDS $600: 1 of 2 states that have a breed of chicken as the state bird Rhode Island (or Delaware) |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | STATE BIRDS $800: Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is a close relative of this "Canadian" bird the (Canada) goose |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | STATE BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): One naturalist reported that this state bird of Arkansas imitated the songs of 32 birds within 10 minutes the mockingbird |
| #4926, aired 2006-01-30 | STATE BIRDS $1000: A state bird since 1947, its black & orange colors resemble those on the Calvert coat of arms the Baltimore oriole |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: This bird's name can also mean "to swindle" & it's found in an ancient board game rook |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | FOR THE BIRDS $600 (Daily Double): The Athene genus of this bird contains 4 species the owl |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: The greater & lesser scaups, unlike the gadwall, are types of these birds that are divers, not dabblers ducks |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | FOR THE BIRDS $1600: This "ruffed" state bird of Penn. is famous for the drumming sound its wings make when proclaiming its territory a grouse |
| #4891, aired 2005-12-12 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: This birds, of which the "great" one is extinct, are considered the N. hemisphere's counterpart to penguins auks |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $200: The male emperor variety of these birds stands about 4 feet tall & incubates eggs between its feet & belly a penguin |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $400: Equipped with cameras, these birds were used to conduct aerial surveillance during World War I pigeons |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $600: Early Roman epicureans slaughtered flamingos to eat this organ of the lower mandible the tongue |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $800: This smallest variety of owl sounds like it works for Santa Claus an elf owl |
| #4856, aired 2005-10-24 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $1000: These large birds can be found in mixed herds with Guanacos in South America rheas |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $400: The Arctic variety of this gull relative is famous for migrating over 25,000 miles each year a tern |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $800: It's sometimes referred to as the South American ostrich the rhea |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1200: DNA from the remains of this extinct bird at a British museum proved that it had been part of the pigeon family the dodo |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1600: Let's go fly the swallow-tail species seen here a kite |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $2000: The most abundant crow in Europe, you might find one near a castle a rook |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $200: Cayo Coco, a resort island off the northern coast of Cuba, is known for its flocks of these pink birds flamingos |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $400: Reasearchers have found brown thrashers may know 2,000 different ones of these, & marsh wrens, 200 songs (calls accepted) |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $600: These creatures are broadly divided into Saurischia, "lizard hips", & Ornithischia, "bird hips" dinosaurs |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $800: Kittiwakes are a species of these birds of the family Laridae that nest on the ledges of beachside cliffs seagulls |
| #4691, aired 2005-01-17 | A CATEGORY FOR THE BIRDS $1000: The last of these "great" birds was killed in 1844 on an island off Iceland a great auk |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $200: Steve Miller had a No. 2 hit with this 1977 song "Fly Like An Eagle" |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $400: This songs begins "He rocks in the tree tops all day long, hoppin' and a-boppin' and singing his song" "Rockin' Robin" |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $600: This bird is mentioned in the lyrics of both "Over The Rainbow" & "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" bluebird |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $800: Anne Murray asked it to "Take me... to that land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow" snowbird |
| #4660, aired 2004-12-03 | SONG BIRDS $1000: Like Shelley, Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael wrote an ode to this title bird skylark |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $200: A holiday standard:
KEY RUT turkey |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $400: A big African:
TO CHRIS ostrich |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $600: A head-banger:
COWPOKE RED woodpecker |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $800: A city dweller:
EGO NIP pigeon |
| #4487, aired 2004-02-24 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $1000: A front yard favorite:
I'M NO FLAG flamingo |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ENTERTAINING BIRDS $400: This canary with a wide-eyed stare is constantly on alert for Sylvester the Cat Tweety |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ENTERTAINING BIRDS $800: Winken, Blinken & Nod were 3 orphaned pet birds raised by young Opie Taylor on a 1963 episode of this sitcom The Andy Griffith Show |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ENTERTAINING BIRDS $1200: Catchphrases of this large windbag of a rooster include "Pay Attention, Boy!" & "Go Away Boy, You Bother Me" Foghorn Leghorn |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ENTERTAINING BIRDS $1600: In commercials, a persistent white duck voiced by Gilbert Gottfried is the spokes-bird for this insurance company Aflac |
| #4465, aired 2004-01-23 | ENTERTAINING BIRDS $2000: The mascot of the U.S. Forest Service, this owl wore a Robin Hood-style hat & told us to "Give a Hoot! Don't Pollute!" Woodsy |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: Someone with keen eyesight has this bird's eye an eagle |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: It can precede "-hearted" or "-livered" chicken |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | FOR THE BIRDS $1200: It's the bird mentioned in the full name of the tails worn by a well-dressed Fred Astaire swallow |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | FOR THE BIRDS $1600: Get one of this bird's eggs & you've got nothing, a big zero a goose |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | FOR THE BIRDS $2000: Early 20th century dancers performed this bird's "trot" the turkey |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $200: Nearly half of the height of this largest living bird is neck the ostrich |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $400: One species of this flightless bird lives at the Equator on the Galapagos Islands; other species live in Antarctica the penguin |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $600: The New Zealand government has passed laws to protect this national symbol & prevent its export the kiwi |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $800: Now extinct, this native of Mauritius is a character in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" the dodo |
| #4409, aired 2003-11-06 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1000: Australia's national bird, it has been hunted to scarcity because it's destructive to crops the emu |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: These largest game birds of North America are traditionally enjoyed in November turkeys |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: Edgar Allan Poe could tell you that it was the first bird Noah sent out from the ark to seek dry land raven |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $600: This large member of the crow family shares its name with a piece used in the game of chess rook |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: This small flightless bird is the only bird with its nostrils at the end of its beak kiwi |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | FOR THE BIRDS $1000: It's the "precious metal" yellow songbird known scientifically as Carduelis tristus goldfinch |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | BIRDS $400: The willow ptarmigan, an Arctic grouse, is its state bird Alaska |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | BIRDS $800: The bittern's scientific name is Botaurus lentiginosus, the "-taurus" for its call resembling this animal's bull |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | BIRDS $1200: The largest North American species of the bird known as the martin is this "royal" one purple martin |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | BIRDS $1600: This "quiet" species is the only swan that has an orange bill mute swan |
| #4301, aired 2003-04-21 | BIRDS $2000: The call of this Australian bird, AKA the laughing jackass, is often used in films & TV to typify jungle sounds kookaburra |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | AMERICAN BIRDS $200: The smallest bird native to the U.S. is the calliope species of this bird, which reaches a length of about 3 inches hummingbird |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | AMERICAN BIRDS $400: In 1943 South Dakota selected the ring-necked species of this as its state bird pheasant |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | AMERICAN BIRDS $600: The first spring appearance of this largest American thrush is said to be a sign that winter is about over robin |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | AMERICAN BIRDS $800: This cuckoo found in the southwest U.S. can dash up to 15 MPH (especially when it spots an Acme product) roadrunner |
| #4264, aired 2003-02-27 | AMERICAN BIRDS $1000: In 1984 only about 20 of these California vultures were left; the number has since grown to over 100 California condor |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | BIRDS $200: The akepa & akiapola'au are found in forest areas, only in this state Hawaii |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | BIRDS $400: The only birds in the family Trochilidae are these "hovercrafts" hummingbirds |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | BIRDS $600: During mating season the male ruff develops a large frill of feathers around this body part neck |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | BIRDS $800: This falcon's name is from the Latin for "foreign" or "a foreigner" peregrine |
| #4213, aired 2002-12-18 | BIRDS $1000: The scientific name of this big bird is Diomedea exulans, as in "exile" albatross |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $200: This term for a stingerless male bee sounds like an unmanned spy plane drone |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Monkey River in Belize) A mainstay of the toucan's diet, it's also in the name of the cereal that it promotes fruit |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $600: This substance produced by bees is used in the making of candles & cosmetics wax |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $800: Ectopistes migratorius is the scientific name of this now extinct variety of pigeon passenger pigeon |
| #4193, aired 2002-11-20 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $1000: Seen here, this long-winged native of the Andes Mountains is actually a type of vulture condor |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $200: It's what a gosling grows up to be goose |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Belize Zoo) Whoa, baby! The Jabiru variety of this bird stands up to 5 feet tall with a wingspan of 8 feet or more & it flies stork |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $600: Hunted at night by summer campers, but never found, it's actually a real bird related to the sandpiper snipe |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Looking similar to a crane, this great blue bird flies with its long neck in an S shape heron |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $1000: Darwin is noted for his study of this bird in the Galapagos Islands finch |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | STATE BIRDS $600: South Carolina's state bird is the Carolina wren, but this redbird is the state bird of North Carolina the cardinal |
| #4052, aired 2002-03-26 | STATE BIRDS $800: The cactus wren, which builds its nest among cactus spines, it its state bird Arizona |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | BIRDS $400: The nest of the Calliope variety of this bird is only about 1 1/2 inches across a hummingbird |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | BIRDS $800: America's first wildlife refuge was founded in 1903 to protect this bird, like the one seen here a pelican |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | BIRDS $1600: The wingspan of this "wandering" bird measures over 11 feet an albatross |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | BIRDS $2,000 (Daily Double): Only the male of this state bird of Kentucky is red; the female is brownish a cardinal |
| #3994, aired 2002-01-03 | BIRDS $2000: (Sofia and friend give the clue.) This common penguin of Antarctica was named for the wife of a French explorer the Adélie penguin |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | BIRDS' SCIENTIFIC NAMES $200: Continent where you'd find the teal Amazonetta brasiliensis South America |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | BIRDS' SCIENTIFIC NAMES $400: Its Latin name indicates that Egretta alba is this color white |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | BIRDS' SCIENTIFIC NAMES $600: Apteryx australis, it's actually confined to New Zealand kiwi |
| #3974, aired 2001-12-06 | BIRDS' SCIENTIFIC NAMES $800 (Daily Double): Merops apiaster is an "eater" of these insects bees |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: The giant variety of this bird seen here is only about 8 inches long a hummingbird |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Sea World.) Many penguin parents incubate their eggs on top of these body parts their feet |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | FOR THE BIRDS $600: It's the beach-dwelling bird seen here a sea gull |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | FOR THE BIRDS $800 (Daily Double): Screech & barn are 2 types of this large bird owls |
| #3923, aired 2001-09-26 | FOR THE BIRDS $1000: In earlier times this colorful bird seen here was considered a delicacy a peacock |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | BIRDS $600: Fanfare, please... it's the American counterpart to Europe's whooper swan the trumpeter swan |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | BIRDS $800: Heard here, this bird is named for its sad call a mourning dove |
| #3874, aired 2001-06-07 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Richard Chamberlain might know that the chestnut-backed & freckle-breasted are varieties of this bird thornbirds |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $100: Illinois' state bird:
CLAN RAID cardinal |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $200: A real show-off:
COP CAKE peacock |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $300: Seen at the seashore:
DARN PIPES sandpiper |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $400: It's game if you are:
HATE NAPS pheasant |
| #3826, aired 2001-04-02 | ANAGRAMMED BIRDS $500: Gulp, gulp:
OWL SLAW swallow |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | "T" BIRDS $100: You'll find this tropical bird on boxes of Kellogg's Froot Loops Toucan (Sam) |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | "T" BIRDS $200: One good one of these seabirds, including the Arctic variety, deserves another; that's why they're protected by law Tern |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | "T" BIRDS $400 (Daily Double): This small pigeon noted for its soft cooing is mentioned in "The 12 Days of Christmas" Turtledove |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | "T" BIRDS $400: The male of the cinnamon species of this duck is mainly red in color, not bluish-green Teal |
| #3810, aired 2001-03-09 | "T" BIRDS $500: Eeek! It's the tufted woodland bird seen here Titmouse |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $100: Only female bees possess these poison-injecting organs Stingers |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $200: Bees & other animals also have wings, but birds are the only animals with these often colorful features Feathers |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $300: These small yellow finches were once used by coal miners to detect deadly gases Canaries |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $400: It's the only continent without bees Antarctica |
| #3805, aired 2001-03-02 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $500: Aaaack! It's the variety of Australian parrot seen here Cockatoo |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $100: These domesticated bees take their name from the sticky substance they hoard honeybees |
| #3756, aired 2000-12-25 | THE BIRDS & THE BEES $200: A home for some bees, it can also mean any place swarming with activity a hive |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $200: Bird associated with Aeneas Williams & Mark McGwire Cardinal |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $400: Encarta says its "two-note call has been invoked in many musical compositions as well as in... clocks" a cuckoo |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $600: The Whooping species of this is on the endangered list Crane |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $800: Some of these flightless birds found in the forests of Australia have wattles like turkeys cassowary |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | "C" BIRDS $1000: From Old French for "raven of the sea", these greedy, web-footed birds have a distensible neck pouch Cormorants |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | BIRDS $100: A male one of these is a drake Duck |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | BIRDS $200: A flock of these is a gaggle Geese |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | BIRDS $300: Flying at 100-200 MPH, this bird is fast as its name implies; in fact, it's one of the fastest Swift |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | BIRDS $400: The Egyptian plover is also called this, from the old belief it cleaned the teeth of a Nile reptile Crocodile bird |
| #3726, aired 2000-11-13 | BIRDS $500: From the elaborate dwellings wrens build, their Latin family name is this, meaning "cave-dweller" Troglodytes |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | BIRDS $200: Satchmo could tell you it's the largest species of swan Trumpeter swan |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | BIRDS $400: To fix their nests to twigs or leaves, hermit hummingbirds use strands of these made by arthropods Cobwebs |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | BIRDS $600: Species of these include purple, house & sand; no Dino Martins |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | BIRDS $800: The ivory-billed species of this bird is in danger of extinction Woodpecker |
| #3605, aired 2000-04-14 | BIRDS $1000: Not to complain, but the ruffed is the best-known & widest-ranging North American species of this bird Grouse |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | BIRDS $100: Only the Adelie & emperor species of this bird actually breed in Antarctica Penguin |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | BIRDS $200: This bird seen here is the provincial bird of Prince Edward Island a blue jay |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | BIRDS $300: The racing homer breed of this domestic bird was developed in Belgium, the traditional home of the sport Pigeon |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | BIRDS $400: In captivitiy, these wading birds are fed carotenoid pigments to keep the plumage color they have in the wild Flamingo |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | BIRDS $500: Also known as a duck hawk, it has been clocked at 175 miles per hour during a dive a peregrine falcon |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $100: It loves to swim, but this bird seen here is one of the few that do not fly Penguin |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $200: Seen here, the great horned type of this bird is found from Alaska to South America Owl |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $300: The largest bird in the world, this one, seen here, is also the fastest on land Ostrich |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $400: The colorful macaw variety of this bird is seen here Parrot |
| #3447, aired 1999-09-07 | BIRDS! BIRDS! BIRDS! $500: A national symbol, this endangered bird has been making a comeback in recent years Bald eagle |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | STATE BIRDS $200: It comes bob bob bobbin' along as the state bird of Michigan, Wisconsin & Connecticut Robin |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | STATE BIRDS $400: Not to knock it, but Alabama's yellowhammer is a type of this Woodpecker |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | STATE BIRDS $800: You'll have "shear" delight using this term that describes the tail of Oklahoma's flycatcher Scissored |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | STATE BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Add red to this state's name & you get this bird Rhode Island |
| #3318, aired 1999-01-27 | STATE BIRDS $1000: Some call it a pheasant & others a partridge; as a state bird Pennsylvania calls it the ruffed this grouse |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | CARTOON BIRDS $100: He was supposedly inspired by a bird that disrupted creator Walter Lantz's honeymoon Woody Woodpecker |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | CARTOON BIRDS $200: They're the pair of fast-talkers seen here Heckle & Jeckle |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | CARTOON BIRDS $300: Good Grief! This little bird flew into the funnies in 1970 Woodstock |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | CARTOON BIRDS $400: "Camptown Races" is a favorite song of this boisterous blabbermouth from the South Foghorn Leghorn |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | CARTOON BIRDS $500: He's the cool character seen here Chilly Willy |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | THE BIRDS $200: It's the bird seen here stretching its legs: flamingo |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | THE BIRDS $400: The screech type of this bird is the only common small species with ear tufts owl |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | THE BIRDS $600: Monkeys contributed to the demise of these "silly" birds by eating their eggs dodos |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | THE BIRDS $800: Named by the natives, moas were ostrichlike birds that once inhabited this country New Zealand |
| #3296, aired 1998-12-28 | THE BIRDS $1000: It's the traveling bird seen here: albatross |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | STATE BIRDS $100: Arizona's state bird is a wren named for this type of plant a cactus |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | STATE BIRDS $200: There'll be blue hens over the capital, Dover, in this state where they're the state bird Delaware |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | STATE BIRDS $300: City name of the state bird seen here the Baltimore oriole |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | STATE BIRDS $400: Wyoming honors this blackbird relative whose name also belongs to a legendary Harlem Globetrotter the meadowlark |
| #3293, aired 1998-12-23 | STATE BIRDS $500: The willow ptype of this ptundra dweller is Alaska's state bird the ptarmigan |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: The mallard is one of the most widespread wild species of this bird Duck |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The name of this talkative bird seen here can be spelled with or without an "H" at the end Myna/mynah |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | FOR THE BIRDS $600: This genus of woodpecker includes the red-breasted & the yellow-bellied types Sapsucker |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | FOR THE BIRDS $800: The toulouse, a breed of this bird, is especially popular at Christmas Goose |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | FOR THE BIRDS $1000: In falconry, the terms falcon & tercel traditionally apply to the female & male of this species Peregrine |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | BIRDS DO IT $200: Perhaps imitating gorillas, grouses beat these in front of their chests to warn intruders wings |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | BIRDS DO IT $400: These Southwestern birds can attain ground speeds of 15 mph, even with nary a coyote in sight roadrunners |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | BIRDS DO IT $600: When this bird of the family Apodidae slows down, it often nests in a chimney swift |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | BIRDS DO IT $800: The red-footed type of this seabird lays one egg at a time so the chicks are more robust when they "hatch" booby |
| #3083, aired 1998-01-14 | BIRDS DO IT $1000: The king type of this well-feathered duck dives as far "down" as 180 feet eider |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | BIRDS $100: Able to run up to 40 MPH, this largest flightless bird is the world's fastest bird on land Ostrich |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | BIRDS $200: In areas with few trees, the redheaded species of this bird is known to damage telephone & telegraph poles Woodpecker |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | BIRDS $300: There are 2 families of this large bird: barn & typical Owls |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | BIRDS $400: In 1954 there were only 21 of these cranes in existence; the flock has since grown to about 200 Whooping cranes |
| #2945, aired 1997-05-23 | BIRDS $500: The American kestrel is the most common North American species of this bird related to the hawk Falcon |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $100: This red-breasted state bird of Connecticut lays 3 to 6 blue eggs 2 or 3 times a year the robin |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $200: This "crazy" state bird of Minnesota is also called the great northern diver the loon |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $300: In 1943 South Dakota selected the ring-necked species of this game bird as its state bird the pheasant |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $400: This pouched state bird of Louisiana has been designated an endangered species in North America the pelican |
| #2911, aired 1997-04-07 | STATE BIRDS $600 (Daily Double): This New Mexico state bird is noted for its swiftness of foot & the ability to lower its body temperature the roadrunner |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | BIRDS $200: These birds are called homers for short homing pigeons |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | BIRDS $400: The African gray species of this talkative bird is a popular pet Parrot |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | BIRDS $600: These birds that return to San Juan Capistrano in March are of the cliff variety Swallows |
| #2900, aired 1997-03-21 | BIRDS $800: You win the "prize" if you know this seabird was named for its stupidity in being easily caught Booby |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BIRDS & BEES $100: The smallest of these smallest birds is the bee type the hummingbird |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BIRDS & BEES $200: Because its mouth is extremely wide, the swift can feed on insects while doing this flying |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BIRDS & BEES $300: The kiwi is the only bird with these organs located at the tip of its beak Nostrils |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BIRDS & BEES $400: Usually a bee has this many more wings than a bird 2 |
| #2868, aired 1997-02-05 | BIRDS & BEES $500: Beehives are placed in some orchards specifically for this reason pollination |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BIRDS $100: Not only do these birds hover, they're the only ones capable of flying backwards hummingbirds |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BIRDS $200: This tallest Australian bird stands 5 to 6 feet high an emu |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BIRDS $300: The young of this "wandering" seabird have brown plumage which becomes white as they grow an albatross |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BIRDS $400: In some parts of the U.S. the "ruffed" species of this bird is referred to as a pheasant or partridge grouse |
| #2861, aired 1997-01-27 | BIRDS $500: Nutcrackers & magpies belong to this bird family crow |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | BIRDS $100: The weaverbird was named for its habit of weaving these from plant fibers Nests |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | BIRDS $200: The Australian budgerigar is the bird usually sold as this in pet stores Parakeet |
| #2853, aired 1997-01-15 | BIRDS $500: Gymnogyps Californianus is the scientific name of this largest North American vulture California Condor |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | BIRDS $100: The screech type of this bird has an unusual whistling call an owl |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | BIRDS $200: The gray jay is not as famous as this relative whose scientific name is Cyanocitta cristata the blue jay |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | BIRDS $300: These birds are so named because their long legs look like the poles circus performers walk on stilts |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | BIRDS $400: The coscoroba, which weighs only about 8 pounds, is the smallest of these graceful birds swans |
| #2846, aired 1997-01-06 | BIRDS $500: The "snowy" type of this member of the heron family is known for its beautiful white plumes an egret |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | BIRDS $100: The shape of the letter A goes back to an Egyptian symbol for this bird, a symbol of the U.S. Eagle |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | BIRDS $200: It can weigh up to 33 pounds, its wingspan may reach 10 feet & it has a big pouch under its lower mandible Pelican |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | BIRDS $300: Though it's a type of this bird, the flicker feeds on the ground, not by drilling holes in trees Woodpecker |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | BIRDS $400: On chicken farms females under a year old are called pullets; over a year old, they're called these Hens |
| #2842, aired 1996-12-31 | BIRDS $500: It's the man-made structure common to names of certain owls & swallows Barn |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BIRDS $100: Julius Caesar used them to carry the news of his victory in Gaul back to Rome Carrier Pigeons |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BIRDS $200: Other woodpeckers will take advantage of the drink holes drilled by these yellow-bellied birds Sapsuckers |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BIRDS $300: This ruby-throated bird has one of the highest metabolisms of warm-blooded vertebrates Hummingbird |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BIRDS $400: There are Nashville & Tennessee species of this bird whose name is a synonym for singer Warbler |
| #2832, aired 1996-12-17 | BIRDS $500: This tallest of North American wading birds has a 5-foot-long windpipe that produces quite a sound Whooping Crane |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | BIRDS $200: The scientific name of this U.S. national symbol is Haliaeetus leucocephalus the bald eagle |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | BIRDS $400: Lions & occasionally cheetahs & leopards prey on this largest living bird Ostrich |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | BIRDS $600: The hyacinth macaw is the largest of these birds of the family psittacidae Parrots |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | BIRDS $800: Krill are the major prey of the Adelie species of this bird Penguin |
| #2829, aired 1996-12-12 | BIRDS $1000: The tiny vestigial wings of this New Zealand bird are hidden in its feathers Kiwi |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | BIRDS $200: The homing or carrier type of this bird can fly at an average speed of 45 miles per hour a pigeon |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | BIRDS $400: This large, sometimes pinkish wading bird has black flight feathers a flamingo |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | BIRDS $600: The Emperor and King species of this bird lay one egg: the others normally lay two a penguin |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | BIRDS $800: These small, solitary, flightless birds of New Zealand locate food by smell a kiwi |
| #2736, aired 1996-06-24 | BIRDS $1000: Darwin discovered 14 related species of this bird on the Galapagos Islands finches |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BIRDS $200: Unlike most, the barn type of this bird has a heart-shaped face rather than a circular one owls |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BIRDS $400: Often kept as pets, the variously colored lovebirds are a type of this bird parrots |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BIRDS $600: Kestrels are among the smallest birds of this group that also includes the peregrines falcons |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BIRDS $800: Cob & pen are the male & female of this bird swans |
| #2722, aired 1996-06-04 | BIRDS $1000: On average the heaviest bird of prey is the Andean species of this a condor |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $100: 1 Samuel 26:20 mentions this bird in the mountains, not in a pear tree a partridge |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $200: Isaiah 34:14 assures us the "screech" type of this bird shall "find for herself a place of rest" an owl |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $300: In Psalm 84 this bird finds "a nest for herself", perhaps in Capistrano a swallow |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $400: The Navy of Tharshish brought Solomon these birds noted for their tail displays peacocks |
| #2711, aired 1996-05-20 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $500: God asked Job, "Doth" this bird "mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?" the eagle |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | BIRDS $200: Benjamin Franklin called this national symbol "a Bird of bad moral Character" a bald eagle |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | BIRDS $400: The males of this familiar "redbird" have a black mark around their eyes & bill Cardinal |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | BIRDS $600: Sailors refer to these large, wandering seabirds as gooneys albatrosses |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | BIRDS $800: The ancient Greeks used these birds to carry news of the Olympic Games pigeons |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | BIRDS $1000: This bird was named for the resemblance of its colors to those of the Calvert family the Baltimore oriole |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $200: Only 2 species of this bird live in the Antarctic through the year: the adelie & the emperor penguins |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $400: At one time Australia offered a bounty for these large birds because they were destroying crops emus |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $600: The solitaire, a more agile relative of this extinct bird of Mauritius, lasted another 100 years dodo |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $800: Although this New Zealand bird stands only about 12 inches high, it lays eggs about 5 inches long kiwi |
| #2673, aired 1996-03-27 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1000: In central Argentina, gauchos with bolas hunt this large bird for sport rhea |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | GAME BIRDS $100: The wild toms of these large game birds can fly; domestic ones can't turkeys |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | GAME BIRDS $200: A traditional holiday bird in Europe, a group of them is a gaggle geese |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | GAME BIRDS $300: The French have a special press device to squeeze the juice out of this game bird duck |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | GAME BIRDS $400: Term for a young pigeon; it should be about 4 weeks old & weigh less than 16 ounces a squab |
| #2658, aired 1996-03-06 | GAME BIRDS $500: They nest on the ground, prefer walking to flying & fit in a "Foods That Begin with 'Q'" category quail |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | BIRDS $200: Most canaries produced through selective breeding are this color yellow |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | BIRDS $400: The great horned species of this bird will sometimes feed on related species the owl |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | BIRDS $600: The red-legged species of this bird may be the original one in the Christmas pear tree a partridge |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | BIRDS $800: In 1918 William Beede wrote a "Monograph of" this bird epicureans serve under glass pheasant |
| #2642, aired 1996-02-13 | BIRDS $1000: The ruby-throated species of this small bird makes an annual nonstop 500-mile migration a hummingbird |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | BIRDS $200: It's the only bird larger than an emu an ostrich |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | BIRDS $400: The budgerigar or budgie is the most popular of these colorful pet birds parakeets |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | BIRDS $600: The "sacred" species of this long-billed wading bird was sacred to the ancient Egyptians an ibis |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | BIRDS $800: Over 5 feet long, it's the largest of the swans a trumpeter |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | BIRDS $1000: The male's grayish coloring, which resembles a coarse cloth, gave this large duck its name a canvasback |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $100: Through evolution this Antarctic bird lost its long feathers & its wings became small & stiff the penguin |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $200: To maintain balance, it doesn't fly with fish in its pouch the pelican |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $300: Another word for this barnyard bird is chanticleer a rooster |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $400: The house or English species of this small brown bird is found worldwide sparrow |
| #2593, aired 1995-12-06 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $500: Shelley said it was "like a star of heaven in the broad daylight" the skylark |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | BIRDS $100: The largest of these hovering birds is about 8 1/2 inches long a hummingbird |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | BIRDS $200: The homing or carrier type of this bird has been used to carry messages for 2.000 years a pigeon |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | BIRDS $300: At least 5 species of this bird, including the whooping, are in danger of extinction the crane |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | BIRDS $400: These "stupid" birds were discovered by the Portuguese around 1507 & were extinct by around 1800 the dodo bird |
| #2472, aired 1995-05-09 | BIRDS $500: The multicolored bill of this bird of the family Ramphastidae may be half the length of its body a toucan |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | BIRDS $100: Between 1917 & 1954, Bounty hunters in Alaska killed more than 100,000 of these national birds bald eagles |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | BIRDS $200: This hovering bird feeds mostly on nectar a hummingbird |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | BIRDS $300: Redheads, ringnecks & canvasbacks are members of the Pochard tribe of these birds ducks |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | BIRDS $400: The peregrine species of this bird was more severely affected by pesticide pollution than many others a falcon |
| #2460, aired 1995-04-21 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): This unlucky seabird was thought to be the repository of the souls of drowned seamen the albatross |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | BIRDS $100: While visiting Florida, you may want to "listen to" this, the state bird the mockingbird |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | BIRDS $200: The ring-necked type of this game bird was introduced to North America in the 1800s the pheasant |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | BIRDS $300: This redbird conceals its distinctive cup-shaped nest in a bush or thicket the cardinal |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | BIRDS $400: When they're young, these tall flightless birds from Down Under have stripes emus |
| #2428, aired 1995-03-08 | BIRDS $500: The whistling species of this graceful bird breeds in the American Arctic swans |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BIRDS $200: Beep! Beep! This New Mexico state bird belongs to the cuckoo family the roadrunner |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BIRDS $400: The brain of the red-headed species of this bird is subject to a force of 10 Gs when its beak hits a tree the woodpecker |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BIRDS $600: The newly hatched young of the bee species of this smallest bird are no larger than honeybees the hummingbird |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BIRDS $800: Species of this bird include harpy, Ayres' & golden the eagle |
| #2409, aired 1995-02-09 | BIRDS $1000: This largest parrot is native to Central & South America a macaw |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | BIRDS $100: Ornithologists say that during courtship the male of this bird transfixes the female with dozens of "eyes" the peacock |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | BIRDS $200: These birds are grouped by eating habits; pintails are dabblers & canvasbacks are divers ducks |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | BIRDS $300: One of these birds may be laughing or herring a gull |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | BIRDS $400: The largest of the passerines are these black birds ravens |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | BIRDS $500: Named for a building in which they're found, this group of owls has its own family—tytonidae barn owls |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BIRDS $100: Color of the breast of the American robin red (russet) |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BIRDS $200: The barn species of this bird is also called "monkey-faced" the owl |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BIRDS $300: Male terns court females by displaying these that they've just caught fish |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BIRDS $400: This term for one who informs on his criminal colleagues comes from a decoy once set out by bird hunters a stool pigeon |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | BIRDS $500: The name of this type of falcon means "wanderer" & came from the same root as pilgrim the peregrine falcon |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | PET BIRDS $100: Guinness says an African gray one is the world's most talkative bird, with an 800-word vocabulary a parrot |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | PET BIRDS $200: This popular cage bird is known for its feathered crest a cockatoo |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | PET BIRDS $300: Known as a superb mimic, this bird, whose name is from Hindi, is native to India a myna |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | PET BIRDS $500: Breeds of this bird include homers, tumblers & pouters pigeons |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | PET BIRDS $800 (Daily Double): This name for the Australian grass parakeet comes from the Aborigines' word for "pretty bird" budgerigar (budgie) |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $100: Technically, this word refers only to the male peafowl the peacock |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $200: This African bird can grow over 8 feet tall & in excess of 300 pounds the ostrich |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $300: The American white species of this bird drives fish into shallow water & scoops them up with its pouch the pelican |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $400: The turkey vulture of the New World is also called the turkey this, especially in Hinckley, Ohio the buzzard |
| #2198, aired 1994-03-09 | 7-LETTER BIRDS $500: The male of the Adelie species of this bird may lose 40% of his weight during mating & incubation the penguin |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | BIRDS $100: The lorikeet has threadlike papillae on the end of its tongue to help it mop up this from flowers pollen (or nectar) |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | BIRDS $200: The "facial disks" of these nocturnal birds may be round or heart-shaped owls |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | BIRDS $300: These swifts are named for the tall man-made objects they roost in during migration chimneys |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | BIRDS $400: Spoonbills & ibises usually feed by this sense rather than by sight touch |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | BIRDS $700 (Daily Double): The wandering species of this wide-winged seabird spends 9 months in the nest after hatching an albatross |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | THE BIRDS $200: Many families eat the Beltsville Small type of this bird on Thanksgiving a turkey |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | THE BIRDS $400: The kookaburra is native to this continent Australia |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | THE BIRDS $600: This largest bird can run 40 miles an hour, so it hardly matters that it can't fly an ostrich |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | THE BIRDS $800: This "religious" red bird is the state bird of Ohio the cardinal |
| #2113, aired 1993-11-10 | THE BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): A bird that's described as apivorous eats these insects bees |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | BIRDS $100: Guinea fowl usually escape their enemies by doing this instead of by flying running |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | BIRDS $200: Typically, a ruby- throated one of these birds is less than 4 inches long a hummingbird |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | BIRDS $300: The great horned species of this bird is the provincial bird of Alberta an owl |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | BIRDS $400: The peregrine type of this bird can swoop down on its prey at a record 170 mph a falcon |
| #2109, aired 1993-11-04 | BIRDS $500 (Daily Double): This big bird is nicknamed the "South American ostrich" the Rhea |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | FOR THE BIRDS $100: Distances are measured "as" this bird "flies" the crow |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: To speak bluntly is "to talk" this bird turkey |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | FOR THE BIRDS $300: A car door hinged at the top so it swings upward is this bird wing a gull-wing |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: A place for papers in a desk, or a niche for a nest a pigeon-hole |
| #2106, aired 1993-11-01 | FOR THE BIRDS $500: After 12 days the singer of "The 12 Days of Christmas" will own exactly a dozen of these birds partridges |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $100: The European species of this American spring harbinger is also called the redbreast robin |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $200: The whooping species of this bird is one of North America's rarest crane |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $300: Plains Indians once used the feathers of the golden variety of this bird of prey in their bonnets eagle |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $400: This largest type of parrot can be tamed, but is not a particularly good talker macaw |
| #2088, aired 1993-10-06 | 5-LETTER BIRDS $500: The name of this diving bird comes from the Spanish bobo, meaning "dolt" booby |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FOR THE BIRDS $100: Many people add these to cats' collars to warn birds of their approach bells |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: This bird is so named because it runs along the beach making little piping noises the sandpiper |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FOR THE BIRDS $300: This bird's name is also used as a verb that means to repeat without thinking parrot |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The males of these graceful birds are properly known as "cobs" a swan |
| #1977, aired 1993-03-23 | FOR THE BIRDS $500: Know for their ability to mimic other birds, these birds are native to North, Central & South America mockingbirds |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | BIRDS $200: 1 Kings 10:22 mentions that this "proud" bird was among the treasures brought to King Solomon the peacock |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | BIRDS $400: Legend says that the arrival of this bird which nests on roofs & chimneys brings good luck a stork |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | BIRDS $600: The best talker among these birds is the African gray species a parrot |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | BIRDS $800: This yellow-bellied woodpecker drills holes in the bark of trees in neat horizontal rows the sapsucker |
| #1941, aired 1993-02-01 | BIRDS $1000: Species of this bird include Japanese, Bohemian & Cedar waxwings |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $100: Falcons are native to every continent except this one Antarctica |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $200: Barn owls are distinguished from typical owls by their faces, which have this "romantic" shape hearts |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $300: The hill species of this black bird is the best known, perhaps because it does so much talking the myna bird |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $400: The white ibis has a red face while this ibis is almost completely red a scarlet ibis |
| #1939, aired 1993-01-28 | FOR THE BIRDS $500: This bird that's nicknamed "budgie" is also known as the shell parakeet a budgerigar |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | "T" BIRDS $100: Among the varieties you might serve for Thanksgiving are the White Holland, Bronze, & Narragansett turkey |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | "T" BIRDS $200: With an 8-inch long bill, the male toco is the largest of these colorful tropical birds a toucan |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | "T" BIRDS $300: The 12 Days of Christmas mentions 2 of these birds & the partridge in a pear tree turtle doves |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | "T" BIRDS $400: In North America, common ones of these ducks include the green-winged & blue-winged teals |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | "T" BIRDS $500: It's the family of songbirds to which robins & nightingales belong the thrush |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | BIRDS $100: Unlike other pheasants, the Congo peacock is native to this continent Africa |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | BIRDS $200: There are 2 subspecies of the northern species of this bird; the Bullock's and the Baltimore an oriole |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | BIRDS $300: Most honey eaters live in Australia & New Guinea, but some live in this U.S. state Hawaii |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | BIRDS $400: The Andean species of this bird has a greater wingspan than the California the condor |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | BIRDS $500: A baby swan is called this, which has a nice "ring" to it a cygnet |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $100: This "red-headed" bird of the East & Midwest U.S. damages telephone poles in areas that lack trees a woodpecker |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $200: The finest examples of this yellow bird are bred in the Harz Mountain area of Germany canaries |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $300: Cygnus olor, the all-white mute species of this bird, swims with its neck curved, unlike other species a swan |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $400: In the 1930s, due to crop damage, W. Australia's gov't encouraged killing these large flightless birds emus |
| #1850, aired 1992-09-25 | BIRDS $500: These native New Zealand people hunted the moa to extinction by the 19th century the Maori |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $200: Contrary to popular opinion, only 2 of the 18 known species of this bird inhabit Antarctica penguins |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $400: Around 1800 the last of these "stupid" birds died on Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean dodos |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $600: These African birds are sometimes raised on farms for their hides, which are made into leather ostriches |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $800: The largest bird in the New World, this South American bird may stand 5 feet in height rhea |
| #1748, aired 1992-03-18 | FLIGHTLESS BIRDS $1000: The only member of the genus apteryx, this New Zealand bird is thought to be related to the extinct moa kiwi |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | BIRDS $200: The ovenbird was so named because it builds one of these shaped like an oven a nest |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | BIRDS $400: A member of the hawk family, the harpy type of this bird is so powerful it can capture monkeys the Eagle |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | BIRDS $600: Unlike the ostrich, most other flightless, fast-running birds have this many toes on each foot three |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | BIRDS $800: 2 common types of this bird with a color in its name are the red-winged & yellow-headed the blackbird |
| #1742, aired 1992-03-10 | BIRDS $1000: The golden pheasant seen in zoos originated on this continent Asia |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | BIRDS $100: In Florida these birds were killed off in the wild for their beautiful pink feathers flamingos |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | BIRDS $200: Though this southwestern bird can fly, it prefers to sprint at speeds up to 15 mph roadrunner |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | BIRDS $300: Some of these nocturnal birds have tufts of feathers on their heads called "ears" or "horns" owls |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | BIRDS $400: These purplish-black Asian birds, that can imitate human speech, are types of starlings mynah birds |
| #1667, aired 1991-11-26 | BIRDS $500: The "Arctic" variety of this sea bird migrates farthest—about 22,000 miles back & forth in a year tern |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $100: An elated person is sometimes said to be "as happy as" this songbird lark |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $200: This bird isn't biologically distinct from the pigeon, it's just smaller dove |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $300: The rook is the most common member of this bird family found in Europe crow |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $400: Ancient Egyptians believed this bird to be a representative of the god Thoth ibis |
| #1656, aired 1991-11-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $500: Species of this bird include the Caspian, South & Arctic tern |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | STATE BIRDS $200: The young of this Connecticut state bird have speckled breasts; the adults are red-breasted a robin |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | STATE BIRDS $400: In winter this "ruffed" state bird of Pennsylvania develops feathery "snowshoes" on its toes a grouse |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | STATE BIRDS $600: This state bird of Arkansas can mimic other birds as well as barking dogs & farm animals a mockingbird |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | STATE BIRDS $800: This western meadowlark is the state bird of this Cornhusker State Nebraska |
| #1649, aired 1991-10-31 | STATE BIRDS $2,300 (Daily Double): This state bird of New Mexico is also called a ground cuckoo the road runner |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | BIRDS $100: It's a bird of extremes: tallest, fewest toes & biggest eggs the ostrich |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | BIRDS $200: It occurs in almost every color & is the most colorful part of puffins & toucans the bill (or beak) |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | BIRDS $300 (Daily Double): The only type of birds that have, like humans, binocular vision owls |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | BIRDS $300: This family includes the snowcock & chukar, not the Cassidy or Dey partridges |
| #1641, aired 1991-10-21 | BIRDS $400: A bird in Africa will "lead" men & badgers to one of these, wait for them to break it open, then eat the wax honeycomb (or beehive) |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | BIRDS $200: The Book of Knowledge calls its song "rollicking"; a '50s tune said it "rocks in the treetop" the robin |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | BIRDS $400: To do this a hummingbird moves its wings in a figure eight pattern instead of up & down hover |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | BIRDS $600: A pigeon feeds its young a protein-rich "milk" produced in this part of its esophagus the crop |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | BIRDS $800: Females of the biggest species of this bird lay 1 egg & don't use a nest but hold it on their feet penguins |
| #1619, aired 1991-09-19 | BIRDS $1000: Related to the stork, this bird once sacred in Egypt is no longer found there the ibis |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE BIRDS $200: This bird has the largest eye of any living land animal the ostrich |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE BIRDS $400: The bald eagle's is designed for tearing; the oyster catcher's for prying things open the bill or the beak |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE BIRDS $600: He was the 1st person to band a bird in the U.S. to track its habits (John) Audubon |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE BIRDS $800: Budgie is short for this 10-letter name a budgerigar |
| #1581, aired 1991-06-17 | THE BIRDS $1,700 (Daily Double): A flower native to Southern Africa & 40 species of birds native to New Guinea share this name bird of paradise |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | BIRDS $200: The name of this genus of birds comes from the Latin "aureolus", meaning yellow or golden oriole |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | BIRDS $400: In ancient Greece, this bird was associated with Athena, the goddess of wisdom the owl |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | BIRDS $600 (Daily Double): The scientific name of this American bird means "many-tongued mimic" a mockingbird |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | BIRDS $800: This flightless bird of Brazil & Argentina can outrun a horse a rhea |
| #1576, aired 1991-06-10 | BIRDS $1000: It's feared that the ivory-billed species of this bird is now extinct in the United States a woodpecker |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FAIRY TALE BIRDS $100: The Grimms said this heroine got her beautiful clothes from a little white bird, not a fairy godmother Cinderella |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FAIRY TALE BIRDS $200: He was so large & unattractive that the bird who hatched him wondered if he was a turkey the Ugly Duckling |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FAIRY TALE BIRDS $300: Hans Christian Andersen wrote about a pond where babies wait for these birds to take them to their parents storks |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FAIRY TALE BIRDS $400: The couldn't find their way home because some crummy birds ate their bread crumbs Hansel & Gretel |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | FAIRY TALE BIRDS $500: This extremely small girl, born in a flower, saves the life of a kind-hearted sparrow Thumbelina |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | WORDS ABOUT BIRDS $200: The answer to this nursery rhyme query is "the sparrow" Who killed Cock Robin? |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | WORDS ABOUT BIRDS $400: Poe describes one whose "eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming" "The Raven" |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | WORDS ABOUT BIRDS $600: Dixon Merritt was amazed that this bird can take in his beak "food enough for a week" a pelican |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | WORDS ABOUT BIRDS $800: It completes the lines "Her beauty was sold for an old man's gold, she's a..." a bird in a gilded cage |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | WORDS ABOUT BIRDS $1000: In a Tennyson poem, he "clasped the crag with crooked hands" the eagle |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | BIRDS $100: These birds were named for the river Phasis in Asia, where they lived along the banks pheasants |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | BIRDS $200: Teddy Roosevelt established our first National Wildlife Refuge to protect these large-billed birds pelicans |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | BIRDS $300: The most common species of these birds in the eastern U.S. is the ruby-throated the hummingbirds |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | BIRDS $400: Members of this bird family include the Canada spruce & the ruffed grouse |
| #1476, aired 1991-01-21 | BIRDS $500: This term for an eagle's nest was once used to describe the young of an eagle aerie |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $200: This "clock" bird's scientific name is Cuculus canorus cuckoo |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $400: The flightless New Zealand kakapo is the heaviest type of this bird; the macaw is the largest parrot |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $600: Eagles & hawks can also be used in the sport named for this bird falcon |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $800: In New England it's often called a partridge while southerners call it a pheasant grouse |
| #1437, aired 1990-11-27 | 6-LETTER BIRDS $1000: This diving bird of the auk family is distinguished by its colorful, triangular beak puffin |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | BIRDS $200: The willow ptarmigan, which makes its home in Arctic areas, is this state's official bird Alaska |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | BIRDS $400: Sapsuckers are the only members of this bird family to habitually injure trees woodpeckers |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | BIRDS $600: This relative of the crow is prominent in folklore as a bad-luck sign or omen of death the raven |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | BIRDS $800: These small English birds were first brought to the U.S. in 1850 to eliminate tree worms in Brooklyn sparrows |
| #1427, aired 1990-11-13 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1848 this bird saved the crops of Utah by eating swarms of grasshoppers seagulls |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | BIRDS $100: Luckily, since it can't fly, it's the fastest running bird the ostrich |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | BIRDS $200: Since its tail feathers are adorned with eyes it could be the symbol of both NBC & CBS the peacock |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | BIRDS $300: Term for the process of a bird cleaning its feathers by running its beak through them preening |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | BIRDS $500 (Daily Double): A chicken bearing this state's name is its official bird Rhode Island |
| #1410, aired 1990-10-19 | BIRDS $500: Though its scientific name is Geococcyx californianus, it's the state bird of New Mexico the roadrunner |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | BIRDS $200: This nearly extinct crane is America's tallest bird a whooping crane |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | BIRDS $400: This muscular portion of a bird's stomach uses grit to grind food the gizzard |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | BIRDS $600: In the '30s bounties were put on these large Australian birds because they destroyed crops emus |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | BIRDS $800 (Daily Double): Hawaii's state bird, the rare nene, is a member of this family the goose |
| #1393, aired 1990-09-26 | BIRDS $1000: To control insects, many people provide multi-roomed birdhouses for these purple swallows martins |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $200: Groucho Marx depended on this bird to bring him the secret word on "You Bet Your Life" a duck |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $400: Like a myna & parrot, some species of this black bird can be taught to talk crow |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $600: Pronounced one way, it's a bird; pronounced another way it means "jumped in head first" dove |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $800: Often found in crossword puzzles, this sea eagle can also be a 3-letter bird when its final E is dropped an erne |
| #1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1000: The white & glossy varieties of this bird live in the Americas, the sacred in Egypt an ibis |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $100: They're the main food of chickadees, swallows & woodpeckers insects |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $200: Despite its name, the skylark doesn't nest in the sky but here ground |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $300: A merganser, sometimes called a sheldrake, is this kind of bird diving bird (duck) |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $400: The 4 main ones in North America are the Pacific, Mississippi, Central & Atlantic migration routes |
| #1345, aired 1990-06-08 | BIRDS $500: Scientists are reintroducing this blue-gray falcon in the eastern U.S. where it's been extinct 30 years perigrine |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | BIRDS $200: The ring-necked species of this bird was introduced into Oregon from China in the 1880s Pheasant |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | BIRDS $600: This process usually includes taking oil from a gland at the base of the tail & applying it to the feathers Preening |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | BIRDS $800: Because these baby birds feed from their parents' pouches, some think they're drinking blood Pelicans |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Though these members of the parrot family rarely learn to talk, they can perform stunts: cockatoos |
| #1294, aired 1990-03-29 | BIRDS $1000: Before the metal-tipped pen, the standard writing instrument was a feather from this bird a goose |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | BIRDS $100: These heavy black birds known for their ability to mimic human speech are a species of starling mynah birds |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | BIRDS $200: Falcons kill their prey by doing this biting in the head or neck |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | BIRDS $400: The moas of New Zealand probably became extinct because these people hunted them for food The Maoris |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | BIRDS $500: Birds evolved from dinosaurs during this geologic era, "The Age of Reptiles" Mesozoic Era |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | BIRDS $1,500 (Daily Double): Despite its name, this type of swan does have a voice, but it's not a very pretty one Mute Swan |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $200: This bird was named for Roman Catholic officials whose bright red robes its plumage resembles Cardinals |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $400: The great horned & screech varieties of these birds are noted for their ear tufts Owls |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $600: A "fever" transmitted to humans by various birds, ornithosis is most associated with these birds Parrots |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $800: Sensitive to poison gases, these small birds were used as gas detectors in coal mines Canaries |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Country which is the native habitat of the flightless bird seen here: New Zealand (Kiwi) |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | BIRDS $200: A diet of algae, shrimp & crustaceans gives these wading birds their distinctive pink color flamingos |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | BIRDS $400: Named for one of its favorite places to nest, this owl also lives in trees, towers & old hawk nests the barn owl |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | BIRDS $800: This South American bird is often described as a smaller version of the ostrich a rhea |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | BIRDS $1000: Feeding mostly on other birds, this blue-gray falcon is the fastest moving animal Peregrine Falcon |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | BIRDS $3,000 (Daily Double): The 2 most highly developed senses in birds hearing & sight |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | BIRDS $100: Farms were set up in South Africa to raise these birds for their black & white feathers ostriches |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | BIRDS $200: The 2 most common reasons male songbirds sing are to stake out territory & this attract a mate |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | BIRDS $300: These long-tailed birds of the subfamily "Milvinae" share their name with long-tailed toys kites |
| #1218, aired 1989-12-13 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Born Robert Byrd, Bobby Day had a No. 2 hit with this "avian" song:
"Every little swallow, every chick-a-dee / Every little bird in the tall oak tree / The wise old owl, the big black crow / Flappin' their wings singing go bird go..." "Rockin' Robin" |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | STATE BIRDS $400: The ring-necked species of this game bird is South Dakota's official state bird the pheasant |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | STATE BIRDS $600: This "crazy" water fowl, also known as the great northern diver, is Minnesota's state bird the loon |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | STATE BIRDS $800: If Louisiana gave you their official state bird, you've gotten one of these a pelican |
| #1211, aired 1989-12-04 | STATE BIRDS $1000: This state bird of California lives in coveys in foothill areas the California Valley quail |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BIRDS $200: The Lamona & the Holland are the only American breeds of this bird that lay white eggs a chicken |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BIRDS $400: Hummingbirds, the smallest of all birds, are found only on these 2 continents North America & South America |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BIRDS $600: These comical flightless birds live in colonies called "rookeries" penguins |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BIRDS $800: Term for the nests eagles build in tall treetops or on high cliffs in the mountains aeries |
| #1186, aired 1989-10-30 | BIRDS $1,500 (Daily Double): If these eggs hatch, this state bird of Connecticut, Michigan & Wisconsin will emerge: robin |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | BIRDS $200: As you might expect, the stilt was named for these features, which are long & slender legs |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | BIRDS $400: These avian messengers are sometimes called "homers" for short (homing) pigeons |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | BIRDS $600: In "The Sound of Music", "wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings" are "a few of" these my favorite things |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | BIRDS $800: Mimus polyglottos is the scientific name of this bird, noted for mimicking others a mockingbird |
| #1135, aired 1989-07-07 | BIRDS $1000: Almost all species of pheasants are native to this continent Asia |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | BIRDS $100: The ancient Romans thought this TV network symbol a great delicacy roasted & served in its feathers a peacock |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | BIRDS $200: A 56 ft. one of these atop a fast food restaurant in Marietta, Ga. is a local landmark a chicken |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | BIRDS $300: Branch of zoology that's the scientific study of birds ornithology |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | BIRDS $400: The most expensive commercial leather from a bird comes from this one the ostrich |
| #1099, aired 1989-05-18 | BIRDS $500: The name of this chattering crow is partly from a nickname for Margaret magpie |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BIRDS $100: The plastic variety of this big pink bird is often found on front lawns in the suburbs flamingo |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BIRDS $200: In Greek myth, Hera took the 100 eyes of Argus, the watchman, & set them into this bird's tail peacock |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BIRDS $300: Completes the couplet "A wonderful bird is the pelican, his bill will hold more than..." his belly can |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BIRDS $500 (Daily Double): The sapsucker is the only member of this bird family that gets nourishment from the trees themselves woodpecker |
| #1089, aired 1989-05-04 | BIRDS $500: Houses built for these "purple" birds usually look like little apartment buildings purple martins |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $200: This bird isn't attached to a string, like a high-flying apparatus of the same name a kite |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $400: This "crazy" bird appeared in the title of an E.L. Doctorow novel the loon |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $1000: Once considered sacred in Ancient Egypt, this wading bird is no longer found along the Nile the ibis |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | BIRDS $200: Varieties of this tallest wading bird include the sandhill & whooping crane |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | BIRDS $400: Like a pelican, a frigate bird has one of these but only uses it to attract mates by inflating it pouch |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | BIRDS $600: Lunch for a vulture, it sounds like luggage you take on the plane carrion |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | BIRDS $800: The bill of the sicklebill, a species of this bird, exactly fits the shape of certain flowers hummingbird |
| #1059, aired 1989-03-23 | BIRDS $1000: The name of this family of birds is from their habit of running along beaches & whistling sandpipers |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | STATE BIRDS $500 (Daily Double): State bird of Mich., Wis. & Conn., it's a sign of spring throughout the northern U.S. robin |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | STATE BIRDS $600: Pennsylvania's state bird is this handsome "ruffled" relative of a turkey grouse |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | STATE BIRDS $1000: This bright red member of the finch family represents 7 states, more than any other bird cardinal |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | BIRDS $200: Though owls have excellent night vision, they rely on this very acute sense for attacking hearing |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | BIRDS $400: The muscular part of a bird's stomach, a turkey's can even crush hickory nuts gizzard |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | BIRDS $600: Related to pigeons but larger than turkeys, this bird was the 1st modern species to become extinct dodo |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Among these Australian birds, it is the male who sits on the eggs & raises the young: emu |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | BIRDS $1000: The common pintail is one of these duck |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | BIRDS $100: Geese, crows & ravens are smarter than these supposedly wise birds owls |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | BIRDS $200: Named for the sound it makes, it nests in trees, not in timepieces cuckoo |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | BIRDS $300: Lovebirds, macaws & parakeets are members of this bird family parrots |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | BIRDS $400: Instead of flying to a warmer climate, the poorwill does this during the winter hibernate |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | BIRDS $500: These familiar city birds are also known as rock doves pigeons |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | BIRDS $100: Birds are plumose, meaning they have these feathers |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | BIRDS $200: Birds lost these early in their evolution, perhaps due to the development of the moveable upper jaw teeth |
| #1020, aired 1989-01-27 | BIRDS $300: Associated with love as far back as ancient Greece it has since become a symbol of peace dove |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | BIRDS OF PREY $200: It's also known as the chaparral cock--beep, beep! roadrunner |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | BIRDS OF PREY $400: Of a kuvasz, a kudu or a kookaburra, the one that's a bird of prey kookaburra |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | BIRDS OF PREY $500 (Daily Double): The vast majority of bald eagles in the U.S. live in this state Alaska |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | BIRDS OF PREY $600: When being trained for this sport, birds of prey are "broken to the hood" falconry |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | BIRDS OF PREY $1000: Because of its feeding habits, this brown & white bird is commonly called the fish hawk osprey |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | BIRDS $200: Often vividly colored, it's the most prominent feature of a toucan Beak |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | BIRDS $400: The Asian jungle fowl is the direct ancestor of this domestic bird Chicken |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | BIRDS $600: This urban bird produces a substance called crop milk to feed its young Pigeon |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | BIRDS $800: One scene in "Out of Africa" featured Lake Nakuru & the 2 million of these birds that inhabit it Flamingos |
| #942, aired 1988-10-11 | BIRDS $1000: This government service regulates all banding of migratory birds in the U.S. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | BIRDS $100: Members of this "talking" bird family were familiar pets to Romans the parrot family |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | BIRDS $200: This "talking" bird is a species of starling the myna bird |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | BIRDS $300: Though eagles are much smaller than humans, these sense organs are nearly the same size eyes |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | BIRDS $400: Some waterfowls mistaking shotgun pellets for seeds or grits have been stricken with this lead poisoning |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | BIRDS $500: The yellow-bellied sapsucker & the common flicker are members of this family the woodpecker family |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | BIRDS $100: Today Alcatraz hosts the world's 6th largest colony of these sea birds Western gulls |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | BIRDS $200: Of a covey, coven or covet, the one that's a group of partridges covey |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | BIRDS $300: This process of cleaning & smoothing feathers w/their bills is to birds what primping is to people preening |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | BIRDS $400: New species of this nocturnal predator are still being discovered at the rate of 1 every decade owls |
| #925, aired 1988-09-16 | BIRDS $500: Stubborn albatrosses that had to be removed from airstrips at Midway Is. were nicknamed this gooney birds |
| #893, aired 1988-06-22 | BIRDS $300: While courting, male & female of the red-bellied species of these perform a tapping duet in precise harmony woodpecker |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | BIRDS $100: Amazons, lovebirds & lorikeets all belong to this family parrot |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | BIRDS $200: It is the main diet of toucans, but not in loop form fruit |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | BIRDS $300: Completes the proverb "One swallow does not make a..." summer |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | BIRDS $400: The albatross only comes to land to do this lay eggs (breed, mate) |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | BIRDS $500: Of beaks, flight, or feathers, the only feature exclusive to birds feathers |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | BIRDS $100: Bird pictured on the current U.S. $10 gold piece eagle |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | BIRDS $200: This New Zealand bird lays eggs, not fruit, that weigh up to 1/4 of its body weight kiwi |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | BIRDS $300: This 7-letter word refers to all domesticated birds which are raised for their eggs or meaf poultry |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | BIRDS $400: The 2 continents where, until recently, condors were found naturally North America & South America |
| #800, aired 1988-02-12 | BIRDS $500: Some of these large birds are "trumpeters", & some are "whistling", but others are "mute" swans |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIRDS $100: Cock pheasants try to attract these with an elaborate display of cackles, whistles, crows & screams mates (female pheasants) |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIRDS $200: The bald eagle is found naturally only on this continent North America |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIRDS $300: The number of chambers in a bird's heart, or a human's 4 |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIRDS $400: Since birds can't chew, they use this part of the stomach to grind their food the gizzard |
| #785, aired 1988-01-22 | BIRDS $500: Sea birds have special nasal glands that distill water & secrete this salt |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | BIRDS $100: To hover in flight, these birds move their wings in a figure-eight movement, not up & down a hummingbird |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | BIRDS $200: 1 legend says this bird bloodied its breast as it tried to pull out a thorn from Christ's crown a (European) robin |
| #754, aired 1987-12-10 | BIRDS $300: The honey guide bird of Africa got its name because people & large mammals can follow it to these beehives |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | BIRDS $100: 3 days after a fertilized chicken egg is laid, this organ begins to form & function within heart |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | BIRDS $200: The 2 chief functions of this communication are to claim territory & attract mates calls or songs |
| #722, aired 1987-10-27 | BIRDS $500: The oldest known ornamental bird, wild species kill & devour small snakes peacock |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIRDS $200: Tho many birds are smarter, ancient Greeks associated these "wise" birds with their goddess of wisdom the owl |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIRDS $400: In building their nests, crested flycatchers often use the discarded skins of these animals snakes |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIRDS $600: The 2 birds which, in gangster lingo, both refer to informants or squealers stool pigeon & canary |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIRDS $800: In Australia, these birds are considered pests because they eat crops & break down sheep fences emus |
| #708, aired 1987-10-07 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Hummingbirds are only found on these 2 continents North America & South America |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | BIRDS $100: From the Latin "aquila", it can be golden, harpy, or bald, for example an eagle |
| #693, aired 1987-09-16 | BIRDS $500: With the capture of AC-9 on April 19, 1987, none of the North American species of these are left in the wild the condor |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | BIRDS $100: On the Philippine coat of arms, this bird represents the United States the eagle |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | BIRDS $200: Oxpeckers, native to this continent, eat insect pests off the hides of big-game animals Africa |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | BIRDS $300: The 2 types of these large endangered vultures are Andean & California condors |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | BIRDS $400: Of 1, 4 or 400, number of times per year the average flamingo mates 1 |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | BIRDS $500: Its name is derived from Old English words meaning "to sing at night" nightingale |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | BIRDS $200: The breed of these named for Canada are sometimes called "honkers" geese |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | BIRDS $400: German mountains where best singing canaries are bred, or brand of bird seed you might feed yours Hartz |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | BIRDS $800: In 1941, only 15 of these large birds were left, but they now number well over 100 whooping cranes |
| #617, aired 1987-04-21 | BIRDS $1000: In America some 35 species of finches are referred to by this name for small, common birds sparrows |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | BIRDS $100: In Holland, if you find one of these living on your roof, expect good luck &, maybe, a bigger family a stork |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | BIRDS $200: When ducks molt all their wing feathers at the same time, they can't do this fly |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | BIRDS $300: Puffins use these, rather than feet, to propel them while swimming underwater wings |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | BIRDS $400: Of cliff, barn, or cave swallows, the species that returns to San Juan Capistrano cliff swallows |
| #615, aired 1987-04-17 | BIRDS $500: The Pacific, Central, & Mississippi flyways are among the North American routes birds use for this migration |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | POETIC BIRDS $200: William Blake wrote this "redbreast in a cage puts all heaven in a rage" robin |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | POETIC BIRDS $400: In "A Song of Sixpence" 1 of these pecked off the maid's nose blackbird |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | POETIC BIRDS $600: A dead one was hung about the ancient mariner's neck albatross |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | POETIC BIRDS $800: While Shelley wrote "To a Skylark" Keats wrote an "Ode to" this bird Nightingale |
| #611, aired 1987-04-13 | POETIC BIRDS $1000: Tennyson said, "He clasps the crag with crooked hands" eagle |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BIRDS $100: Type of penguin or title of Napoleon an Emperor |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BIRDS $200: Though Missouri is known for Cardinal sports teams, the state bird is this bird of a different color the blue bird |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BIRDS $300: He's been called America's 1st birdbander (John J.) Audubon |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BIRDS $400: About 1/5 of the world's birds feed mainly on this, but they can't make honey from it the way bees do nectar |
| #599, aired 1987-03-26 | BIRDS $500: From its Latin name, "Gygis alba", you can tell the fairy tern is a water bird of this color white |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BIRDS $100: Incubation among these huge flightless birds is done by females during the day & males at night ostriches |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BIRDS $200: To display his gorgeous feathers, the blue bird of paradise hangs like this while courting upside-down |
| #590, aired 1987-03-13 | BIRDS $300: To feed their newborn, a type of "milk" is produced by both parents of these common city birds pigeons |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | BIRDS $100: The bat parrot probably got its name from sleeping in this position upside-down |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | BIRDS $200: Too "lei"zy to migrate, the geese in this tropical state stay year-round Hawaii |
| #571, aired 1987-02-16 | BIRDS $300: A bird waterproofs its feathers with oil from its "preen gland", located at the base of this its tail |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | BIRDS $100: Bird noted for its high, raspy meow-call catbird |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | BIRDS $200: The European cuckoo is considered a parasite because it lays its eggs there in other birds' nests |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | BIRDS $300: Called the "yellowhammer" because it sounds like one, the flicker is a variety of this woodpecker |
| #560, aired 1987-01-30 | BIRDS $400: In the Bible, Noah sent one to look for land, & a group of them later fed Elijah ravens |
| #557, aired 1987-01-27 | POETIC BIRDS $100: Poe ended 11 of this poem's 18 stanzas with the same word-"Nevermore" "The Raven" |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | BIRDS $200: In all species of this bird, adults weigh less than 1 ounce a hummingbird |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | BIRDS $400: While parrots can imitate human speech, this state bird of 5 states imitates other birds a mockingbird |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | BIRDS $800: Name of this large bird is a corruption of the Portuguese "alcatraz" or pelican an albatross |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): Not surprisingly, its Latin name was "Didus ineptus" a dodo |
| #551, aired 1987-01-19 | BIRDS $1000: Bird that's been clocked flying at over 100 mph, its very name means fast a swift |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | BIRDS OF AMERICA $100: Haitian-born illustrator whose best known work is "The Birds of America" Audubon |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | BIRDS OF AMERICA $200: One of the fiercest of all birds is "great horned" variety of this the owl |
| #534, aired 1986-12-25 | BIRDS OF AMERICA $300: In New England, "a partridge in a pear tree" would actually refer to the ruffed species of this bird a grouse |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $100: Storks, pelicans & some vultures couldn't win a warbling contest since these species lack this voice box |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $200: In many birds, the powerful muscles for this task account for up to 40% of body weight flying |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $300: Around Oct. 22, the swallows leave Capistrano to winter in this country, so don't cry for them Argentina |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $400 (Daily Double): Bird mentioned in the title song of the musical "Oklahoma!" hawk |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | BIRDS $400: Since 1972, almost all U.S. uses of this insecticide have been banned to protect endangered birds DDT |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | BIRDS $100: Heavy consumption of these avian writing implements led to invention of steel pens quills |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | BIRDS $200: An omelette made with 1 of their eggs is equal in size to 1 made with 24 chicken eggs ostrich |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | BIRDS $300: Answer to the children's riddle "Why does a hummingbird hum?" Because he doesn't know the words |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | BIRDS $400: Mythology says Hera was so fond of these birds she adorned their tails with the eyes of her love, Argus peacock |
| #438, aired 1986-05-14 | BIRDS $800 (Daily Double): 1/2 an hr. before this song was to be recorded, the title was changed from "Run, Rabbit, Run" to this: "Fly, Robin, Fly" |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BIRDS $200: According to Aesop, greed killed the goose that did this laid the golden egg |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BIRDS $400: Though this diving bird has a weird, laughing cry, it isn’t really crazy a loon |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BIRDS $600: Name of this ugly, naked-headed bird can refer to someone disgustingly predatory a vulture |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BIRDS $800: Bird to which Shelley wrote, “Hail to thee, blithe spirit” a skylark |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | BIRDS $1000: With longest migratory flight, it spends winters in southern & summers in northern polar regions the arctic tern |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | BIRDS $800: Relatives of the crow, most of the 36 species of these plumed birds live on New Guinea birds of paradise |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | BIRDS $1000: Named for the sound it makes, this long-legged nearly extinct bird is now protected in a Texas reserve the whooping crane |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | BIRDS $200: It's said this bird was 1st brought to U.S. as gift to George Washington, not in a pear tree a partridge |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | BIRDS $400: The hummingbird's "hum" is made by these its wings |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | BIRDS $800: The rare California condor belongs to the bird family commonly called this a vulture |
| #395, aired 1986-03-14 | BIRDS $1000: In 1810, some 1/3 of all birds in U.S. were of this now extinct migratory species the passenger pigeon |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | BIRDS $100: Oddity shared by the ostrich, kiwi, & penguin they can't fly |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | BIRDS $200: He shares his name & color with an ecclesiastic a cardinal |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | BIRDS $300: A baby goose a gosling |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | BIRDS $400 (Daily Double): In the following, Al Jolson stops to tell you to look & listen for this bird: the bluebird |
| #368, aired 1986-02-05 | BIRDS $400: The Terrytoons' Heckle & Jeckle are this type of chattering bird magpies |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | BIRDS $100: From Spanish "bobo", meaning dunce, a clumsy bird or the prize it might win booby |
| #361, aired 1986-01-27 | BIRDS $200: 2 toes at the back act as braces to help them hold on as they peck at trees a woodpecker |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | STATE BIRDS $100: State bird of New Mexico, even the coyote can't make it change its ways a roadrunner |
| #354, aired 1986-01-16 | STATE BIRDS $200: Though Utah is located 400 mi. from the nearest ocean, it's their state bird a seagull |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | SONG BIRDS $200: It precedes "Comes bob, bob, bobbin' along" the red, red, robin |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | SONG BIRDS $600: How Ferlin Husky sent his "pure, sweet love" in 1961 on the wings of a snow white dove |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | SONG BIRDS $800: In her 1984 album "Lush Life", Linda Ronstadt does a new rendition of this Hoagy Carmichael bird skylark |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | SONG BIRDS $1,000 (Daily Double): "On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave" me these four calling birds |
| #334, aired 1985-12-19 | SONG BIRDS $1000: Where Patti Page found "peace & goodwill" Mockin' Bird Hill |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | SPORTS BIRDS $200: In golf, this bird in the hand is worth 2 under par eagle |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | SPORTS BIRDS $400: Since Pittsburgh's baseball team is the Pirates, their mascot dresses up as this parrot |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | SPORTS BIRDS $600: Every fall, these “predators” take wing in the AFC West Seahawks |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | SPORTS BIRDS $800: Appropriately, these birds play in the National Hockey League Pittsburgh Penguins |
| #306, aired 1985-11-11 | SPORTS BIRDS $1000: Only NBA team that qualifies for this category Hawks |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $200: When Noah sent it out to see if the waters subsided, it came back with an olive branch the dove |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $400: Peter denied 3 times that he knew Jesus after which this immediately happened a cock crowing |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $600: Jesus compared his love for Jerusalem to this mother bird gathering its little ones under its wings a hen |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $800: Bird God called foolish because it lays its eggs on the ground where they can be stepped on the ostrich |
| #301, aired 1985-11-04 | BIBLICAL BIRDS $1000: When Israelites complained to Moses they wanted meat, God provided 1,000's of these stout birds quail |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | SONG BIRDS $200: In a 1950 hit Frankie Laine's heart flies where this bird flies Wild Goose |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | SONG BIRDS $400: Bird mentioned in opening line of "My Blue Heaven" whippoorwill |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | SONG BIRDS $1000: Title of this sacred song a major hit for Roy Acuff, comes from Biblical book of Jeremiah Great Speckled Bird |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | BIRDS $100: The sex of the best avian singers male |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | BIRDS $200: It's "bill will hold more than its belican" a pelican |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | BIRDS $100: What “a bird in the hand is worth” two in the bush |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | BIRDS $100: Icterus galbula or a Maryland baseball team player an oriole |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | BIRDS $200: "Royal" bird of Antarctica a (emperor) penguin |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | BIRDS $300: '65 Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton film; it's theme was "The Shadow Of Your Smile" The Sandpiper |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | BIRDS $400: A natural mimic, one in the wilds of S.C. could imitate 32 bird calls a mockingbird |
| #122, aired 1985-02-26 | BIRDS $500: The only bird with only 2 toes on each foot an ostrich |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | BIRDS $100: Arctic terns fly farther doing this than any other bird migrating |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | BIRDS $200: This flightless bird has been clocked at up to 40 mph an ostrich |
| #120, aired 1985-02-22 | BIRDS $300: Some European homes have wicker basket platforms to attract these birds storks |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | SONG BIRDS $200: In '58, it "outbopped the buzzard & the oriole" rockin' robin |
| #114, aired 1985-02-14 | SONG BIRDS $400: Beatles' bird that sang "in the dead of night" on a deliberately "scratched" track blackbird |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | BIRDS $100: He was killed by a sparrow with a little bow & arrow Cock Robin |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | BIRDS $200: These Antarctic birds hold their eggs on their feet to keep them warm penguins |
| #111, aired 1985-02-11 | BIRDS $300: This tiny hovering bird might like to sing but doesn't know the words a hummingbird |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | BIRDS $200: This red bird is the state bird of 7 states the cardinal |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | BIRDS $400: Depending on the species, a bird can have 940 to 25,000 of them feathers |
| #62, aired 1984-12-04 | BIRDS $600: All 16 species of the Hawaiian honeycreeper are on this list the endangered species list |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | BIRDS $200: Maryland's state bird & state baseball team the orioles |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | BIRDS $400: Collective name for domesticated birds raised for meat & eggs poultry |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | BIRDS $600: The most common bird on world flags the eagle |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | BIRDS $800: Woodcocks' eyes are so far back on their heads, they have this unusual field of sight 360 degrees |
| #61, aired 1984-12-03 | BIRDS $1000: This "crazy" North American diving bird has been found at depths of 160 feet the (common) loon |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | BIRDS $200: Cuckoo family-member Geococcyx Californianus ; goes "Beep beep" in cartoons a roadrunner |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | BIRDS $400: Bird named after bright red robes of a Roman Catholic clergyman a cardinal |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | BIRDS $600: While ostriches lay the largest eggs, these birds lay the smallest a hummingbird |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | BIRDS $800: Member of India's starling family, famous for ability to mimic voices a myna |
| #18, aired 1984-10-03 | BIRDS $5,000 (Daily Double): With both eyes facing forward, it has greatest range of binocular vision in birds the owl |
