| #9163, aired 2024-09-18 | VANCOUVER, B.C. $200: Vancouver's Rogers Arena is the home ice of this team that joined the NHL in 1970 the Canucks |
| #9163, aired 2024-09-18 | VANCOUVER, B.C. $600: George Vancouver was immortalized after exploring the area in this ship, also the name of the longest-service space shuttle the Discovery |
| #9163, aired 2024-09-18 | VANCOUVER, B.C. $800: In the 1880s Vancouver was fortuitously chosen as the western terminal of this transportation system, the CPR the Canadian Pacific Railway |
| #9163, aired 2024-09-18 | VANCOUVER, B.C. $1,000 (Daily Double): The first sea voyage by this group set sail from Vancouver in 1971 in protest of nuclear testing in Alaska Greenpeace |
| #9163, aired 2024-09-18 | VANCOUVER, B.C. $1000: The city hosted a famous race in the then British Empire & these Games; John Landy looked back as Roger Bannister passed him the Commonwealth Games |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $400: "A":
This clear fluid surrounds a baby in its mother's womb amniotic fluid |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1200: "A":
You get one set of these alternative forms of genes from mom & one from dad alleles |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $1600: "B":
This pigment gives bile its yellowish color & can lead to gallstones bilirubin |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $2000: "C" "C":
2-word term for the multistage process via which the basic unit of life reproduces itself the cell cycle |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | BIOLOGY "A", "B", "C"s $6,400 (Daily Double): "C":
In myth, it's a fire-breathing hybrid monster, in genetics, it's an organism with 2 distinct sets of DNA chimera |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $200: Horse-riding style without a saddle bareback |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $400: It describes Shakespeare's pentameter iambic |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $600: It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late fabricate |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $800: The title of a Lewis Carroll poem, it now means meaningless words or gibberish "Jabberwocky" |
| #8990, aired 2023-12-08 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $1000: This gem of a word can precede rattlesnake, terrapin & moth diamondback |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $200: Alphabetically, it's the first letter that does not begin a state name B |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $400: Not a blood type C |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $600: In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" C |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $800: A vitamin found in vegetables & dairy products, it's also called retinol vitamin A |
| #8983, aired 2023-11-29 | A, B OR C $1000: Used as an abbreviation for the standard unit of weight for gems C |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: Yerevan, the capital of this country, dates back to a settlement of the 700s B.C. Armenia |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: His last play, "Oedipus at Colonus", was produced posthumously in 401 B.C. Sophocles |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $1600: This powerful dynasty that began ruling China in 202 B.C. ushered in a golden age of culture & prosperity the Han Dynasty |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 times was not the charm for Carthage which lost all 3 of these wars against Rome between 264 & 146 B.C. the Punic Wars |
| #8919, aired 2023-07-20 | B.C.-ING YOU $2000: In 480 B.C. the Battle of Salamis saw Greek navies take on the navies of this Persian ruler, son of Darius Xerxes |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $400: "B":
an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan a balloon |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $800: "A":
this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid accrued |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $1200: "C.C.":
the expenses incurred in finalizing the transfer of property ownership closing costs |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $2,000 (Daily Double): "A":
this word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for "dead" amortize |
| #8902, aired 2023-06-27 | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s $2000: "B.B.":
securities with no registered owner payable to whoever holds the certificate bearer bonds |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $400: It's slang for basic training of new military recruits boot camp |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $800: In 1921 at age 16 Clara Bow won one of these, winning a part in a Hollywood movie a beauty contest |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $1200: It's one of the few animals commonly called by its genus and species names a Boa constrictor |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $1600: It's the Chinese veggie seen here bok choy |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | "B.C." $2000: Jenny Lind was a master of this operatic singing technique bel canto |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $200: The city of Larsa wasn't up to this Babylonian's code, so he conquered it in the 1760s B.C. Hammurabi |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: Among the treasures he was buried with around 1325 B.C., was the gold mask seen here King Tut |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $600: Shortly after he attained enlightenment, he gave a sermon in which he presented the 4 noble truths Buddha |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: The Peace of Nicias in 421 B.C. brought a temporary end to the fighting in this Greek war Peloponnesian |
| #8348, aired 2021-03-03 | B.C.-ING YOU $1000: X marks the spot for this king who succeeded his father Darius I as ruler of the Persian Empire Xerxes |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $400: One side in the Cold War was often called the "Eastern" this group the bloc |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $800: Pressure measured in millibars barometric |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $1200: This variety of pear is crisp & in season from September to April Bosc |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $1600: Religious territorial jurisdiction aka a diocese a bishopric |
| #8280, aired 2020-11-13 | FROM B TO C $2000: A legal opinion by all the judges of an appeals court, not just a smaller panel, is given "en" this, French for "bench" en banc |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $200: pga.com says a good one of these assistants "can be worth several strokes a round" a caddy |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $400: 3-letter aka for a hole in one ace |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a golf grip.) All ten fingers are placed on the club in this type of grip, named for another sport baseball |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $800: It's the amount of sideways curve or bend to a putt break |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | THE "A", "B", "C"s OF GOLF $1000: Often traveling 100 yards plus, it's a shot hit to get up close to the green on a longer hole an approach |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $200: It's a less appealing 2-word name for tofu bean curd |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | B.C. $400: Starting around 600 B.C. many Jews were deported east from the kingdom of Judah in what's known as the Babylonian this forced departure Babylonian Exile (or diaspora) |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $400: People who have these snakes as pets favor the red-tailed species boa constrictors |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $600: This musical notation sets the position of the F below middle C bass clef |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | B.C. $800: Human occupation on Corsica dates from at least the 3rd millennium B.C., as evident from dolmens & menhirs, standing these stones |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $800: It's the slang term for the ideological barrier separating China from the West Bamboo Curtain |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | "B.C." $1000: This desert plant is named for its cylindrical shape a barrel cactus |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | B.C. $1200: Ostia, at the mouth of this river, served as Rome's naval base & commercial harbor the Tiber |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | B.C. $1,500 (Daily Double): In the 1st century B.C. Philo of Larissa taught his skeptical Philo-sophy at this school founded by Plato the Academy |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | B.C. $2000: The 6th century B.C. Temple of Artemis was a mainstay of this city whose residents St. Paul would later pen a letter to Ephesus |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $400: Rather than surrender to the Romans, this great Carthaginian general took his own life Hannibal |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $1200: Ankhesenamun, one of the daughters of King Akhenaten & this beautiful queen, married King Tut Nefertiti |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $1600: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt. the republic |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $2000: One of the 7 wise men of Greece, his code of laws formed the foundation of Athens' democracy Solon |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | B.C. VIPs $5,200 (Daily Double): In 399 B.C. he told a jury, "I am not grieved, men of Athens, at this vote of condemnation" Socrates |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $200: The "B" in ICBM stands for this kind of missile ballistic |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $400: Also a simple programming language, it means unoriginal or mainstream in modern slang basic |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $600: It's a cockroach's least favorite acid boric acid |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $800: Adjective meaning related to the countryside, especially its pleasant aspects bucolic |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FROM B TO C $1000: He wrote more than 90 stories examining the complexities of 19th century French society Balzac |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: Just before dying in Cleopatra's arms, he urged her to make peace with Octavian Antony |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: Flourishing from around 300 B.C., El Mirador in Guatemala was one of the largest cities ever built by these people the Maya |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $1,200 (Daily Double): Called the "Father of History", he wrote a long account of the Greco-Persian Wars Herodotus |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $1200: This epic poem of Rome that consists of 12 books was modeled largely after the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey" the Aeneid |
| #7737, aired 2018-04-10 | B.C.-ING YOU $1600: Emperor Wu promoted this philosophy, helping it spread through China Confucianism |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $200: Hollywood slang for a movie that tells the story of a real person's life a biopic |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $400: Quarterback Jameis Winston, or any other member of the NFL's Tampa Bay team Buc |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $600: In the name of a rodeo riding event, it follows saddle bronc |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $800: Seen here are two pairs of this pear Bosc |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | FROM B TO C $1000: This temporary military encampment is often set up without shelter or protection from enemy fire a bivouac |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $400: Around 700 B.C., long after the war told of by Homer, Greeks occupied this city's site & called it Ilion Troy |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $800: This ship-building civilization made of independent city-states began trading with Egypt around 3000 B.C. Phoenicia |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $1200: After 1400 B.C. this city near Crete's northern coast reverted from mighty capital to just another town Knossos |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $1600: During this Babylonian king's reign, he captured Jerusalem twice, the second time destroying the city's temple Nebuchadnezzar |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | B.C. PLACES $2000: Hattusa, a vast fortress city, served as the capital of this empire that covered most of ancient Anatolia the Hittite Empire |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $200: A:
Present plural of "to be" are |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $400: B:
A towering building project in Genesis 11:4-9 Babel |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $600: C:
A hood like Batman wears a cowl |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $800: D:
Adjective meaning "sweet", like a pleasant tone dulcet |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | "A", "B", "C", "D", "E" $1000: E:
Latin plural for mistakes in a text errata |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | KNOW YOUR A‑B‑C's $200: The official language of Syria Arabic |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | KNOW YOUR A‑B‑C's $400: To illegally seize & take away abduct |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | KNOW YOUR A‑B‑C's $600: If you're "taken" this, you're disconcerted aback |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | KNOW YOUR A‑B‑C's $800: The mood or atmosphere of a place such as a restaurant ambience |
| #6976, aired 2015-01-05 | KNOW YOUR A‑B‑C's $1000: A deviation from the normal type, way or course aberrance |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: According to legend, the wife of Chinese Emperor Huangdi was the first to cultivate this fiber around 2700 B.C. silk |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: On Lesbos she ran an academy for unmarried women, teaching them social graces, poetry & singing Sappho |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $1200: The festival of Hanukkah commemorates this Jewish hero's restoration of the Temple in Jerusalem Judah Maccabee |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $1600: This system of wedge-shaped writing originated in Sumer around 3000 B.C. cuneiform |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | B.C.-ING YOU $2000: When Alexander the Great razed Thebes in 335 B.C., he spared the home of this lyric poet Pindar |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $400: A Murphy one comes out of the wall a bed |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $800: A taxi, or to travel in one cab |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $1200: To recede, like the tide; it's often paired with "flow" ebb |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $1600: To yield territory cede |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | A, B, C, D, E & THAT'S ALL $2000: A work of classical Icelandic poetry an edda |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $200: Around 1000 B.C. he became the first king of Israel Saul |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $400: At the time Jesus was born, this man, the Great, was king of Judea Herod |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $600: After his father died, Artaxerxes I became king of this empire the Persian Empire |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $800: This father of Alexander the Great wasn't so bad himself, extending his dominion over all of Greece Phillip |
| #6521, aired 2013-01-14 | B.C. KING $1000: This legendary king of Uruk ruled in the third millennium B.C.; the "Epic" thought to be about him would come later Gilgamesh |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | B.C.-ING YOU $400: She was still a teen when she became queen of Egypt in 51 B.C. Cleopatra |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | B.C.-ING YOU $800: Originally featuring only 1 sport--a foot race--the Olympics added this 5-event competition in 708 B.C. the pentathlon |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | B.C.-ING YOU $1200: It's believed this rock group was built in England in three phases over 1,500 years, beginning around 3100 B.C. Stonehenge |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | B.C.-ING YOU $1600: Shortly before drinking poison hemlock, this philosopher discussed with friends the fate of the human soul Socrates |
| #6371, aired 2012-05-07 | B.C.-ING YOU $2,400 (Daily Double): A popular TV & movie subject, this gladiator led a slave revolt that ended with his death in battle in 71 B.C. Spartacus |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $400: Lysander of this rival Greek city defeated Athens in 404 B.C. & established the government of the 30 tyrants over it Sparta |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $1200: In a tragedy of the time, a guy named Rhesus monkeys around in this war on the side of the Greeks' foes the Trojan War |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $1600: Themistocles led the Athenians defending against this "great" Persian's invasion in 480 B.C. Xerxes |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $2,000 (Daily Double): The philosopher Anaxagoras discovered the true cause behind these lunar phenomena but wasn't believed eclipses |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | ATHENS IN THE 5th CENTURY B.C. $2000: Thucydides said the "golden age of" this leader was democracy in theory, but the rule of its first citizen in practice Pericles |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $400: This adjective describes the fear of small places or being closed in claustrophobic |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $800 (Daily Double): Any of a group of chemical substances such as doxycycline or streptomycin an antibiotic |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $800: The names Alex, Lucretia, Ulrich & Zedidiah are listed in this order alphabetical |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $1200: Here's looking at you, kid, if you can tell me this name of Morocco's chief seaport and largest city Casablanca |
| #6005, aired 2010-10-22 | A-B-C $1600: It's the state of being away; your heart may grow fonder because of it absence |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | B.C. $400: In the 100s B.C. this statue was completed by Alexandros; its farewell to arms would come later the Venus de Milo |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | B.C. $800: This man born in Lumbini, India founded a religion the Buddha |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | B.C. $1200: In 195 B.C. this North African leader fled to Syria with the Romans in hot pursuit Hannibal |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | B.C. $1600: Under Augustus, construction began on this "all gods" temple the Pantheon |
| #5962, aired 2010-07-13 | B.C. $2000: This "Great" Persian leader freed the Jews from their Babylonian captivity Cyrus the Great |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $400: Son of Philip II of Macedonia who became the world's largest coral system Alexander the Great Barrier Reef |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $800: Period of time named for an alloy of copper & tin & the new water-bearing Zodiacal era the Bronze Age of Aquarius |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $1200: "Wonder"-ful giant statue of Helios that brings financial aid to study at Oxford The Colossus of Rhodes Scholarship |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $1600: Sophoclean tragedy about the killing of a father & his friend, the actor who portrayed Henry Higgins on film Oedipus Rex Harrison |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | B.C. & AFTER $2000: Homo erectus archaeological find on Jakarta's island by an expatriate U.S. photographer Java Man Ray |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: This branch of mathematics uses letters to symbolize numbers in equations algebra |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $400: To shake or wave a weapon menacingly brandish |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: From the Latin for "to come round", it's what you do when you want to avoid something circumvent |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: If you're on the "horns" of one of these situations with unpleasant options, good luck with your choice dilemma |
| #5800, aired 2009-11-27 | A, B, C, D THEN F $1000: A European car maker, or an authoritative decree fiat |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | "B.C." $200: In computer science, ones & zeroes are key to this binary code |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | "B.C." $400: Basic training is also known as this boot camp |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | "B.C." $600: A type of stock that is highly valued because the company is substantial & established blue chip |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | "B.C." $800: Its provincial capital is Victoria British Columbia |
| #5786, aired 2009-11-09 | "B.C." $1000: This Massachusetts Jesuit campus is in Chestnut Hill Boston College |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $200: It describes Shakespeare's pentameter iambic |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $400: It is term for each word in clue; ape man good at speak this way monosyllabic |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $600: It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late fabricate |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $800: Lewis Carroll coined this term for meaningless words or gibberish jabberwocky |
| #5748, aired 2009-09-16 | AS EASY AS A-B-C $1000: This gem of a word can precede rattlesnake, terrapin & moth diamondback |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | FROM B TO C $400: Pertaining to an inflamed swelling of a lymph node, all too common in the 14th century bubonic |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | FROM B TO C $800: A group of nations acting together, like the old Soviet one bloc |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | FROM B TO C $1600: 1829 novelist of "Les Chouans" Balzac |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | FROM B TO C $2000: Branch of the Indo-European family of languages Baltic |
| #5701, aired 2009-05-25 | FROM B TO C $4,000 (Daily Double): Pompous; overblown bombastic |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $200: Queen Victoria married this man in an elaborate ceremony in 1840 Prince Albert |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $400: The object of this dice game is to move all 15 stones from the triangles & take them off the board backgammon |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $600: A mountain range in the Northwestern United States, or some big waterfalls the Cascades |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $800: In Shakespeare's "Richard III" the title character opens the play by saying, "Now is the winter of our" this discontent |
| #5398, aired 2008-02-13 | A, B, C, D THEN F $1000: A superficial appearance or the front of a building the facade |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | EASY AS "A-B-C" $200: The state of being away; you might take a "leave of" one absence |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | EASY AS "A-B-C" $400: Oxygenated endurance exercises that promote cardiovascular fitness aerobic |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | EASY AS "A-B-C" $600: Tasty tuna type albacore |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | EASY AS "A-B-C" $800: A plentiful or overflowing quantity or supply abundance |
| #5237, aired 2007-05-22 | EASY AS "A-B-C" $1000: Another word for a kidnapping, perhaps from a seraglio abduction |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $200: Arcesilaus founds the "Second Academy" of this city Athens |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $400: This ancient wonder depicted here, is completed the Colossus of Rhodes |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $600: The Pharos Lighthouse is built in this Egyptian city Alexandria |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $800: Greek mathematician Eratosthenes famously calculates the circumference of this the Earth |
| #5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $1000: Beginning more than 4 centuries of rule, this 3-letter dynasty is founded in China Han |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | A, B OR C $200: Not a blood type C |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | A, B OR C $400: Originally, it was a cheap movie shown in addition to the main feature B |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | A, B OR C $600: In the name of the outfit that first broadcast the U.S. House in 1979, this precedes "SPAN" C |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | A, B OR C $800: A vitamin found in vegetables & dairy products, it's also called retinol A |
| #5030, aired 2006-06-23 | A, B OR C $1000: Symbol of the unit used to measure the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation A (more correctly, Å) |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | BE B.C. $400: This noted writer was actually the nephew, not the son, of Pliny the Elder Pliny the Younger |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | BE B.C. $800: This physician was referred to as the Asclepiad of Cos--I'd swear an oath on it Hippocrates |
| #4900, aired 2005-12-23 | BE B.C. $1,800 (Daily Double): This "great" guy got a gig as governor of Galilee in 47 B.C.; a few years later, he was king of Judea Herod the Great |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | B.C. TIMES $200: He was about 45 when he invaded Britain in 55 B.C. & 50 when he conquered Gaul Julius Caesar |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | B.C. TIMES $400: In 1998 Egypt unveiled the results of its 10-year-long facelift on this landmark built around 2540 B.C. the sphinx |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | B.C. TIMES $600: Of the few extant plays from the great ancient playwrights, 2 are about this sister of Orestes Electra |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | B.C. TIMES $800: During the Third Punic War, Rome destroyed this city, killing many & enslaving 50,000 Carthage |
| #4678, aired 2004-12-29 | B.C. TIMES $1000: We never "Tyre" of hearing about the seafarers with this Greek name whose major cities included Sidon & Byblos the Phoenicians |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | A, B, C $400: Next to Bob Lanier & Gilbert Perreault, sports reference books list C for this position center |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | A, B, C $800: In phrases like "a man" or "a door", a is this part of speech an article |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | A, B, C $1200: It's the symbol for the letter A in braille a dot |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | A, B, C $1600: In the Stock Market abbreviation B&A, A is Asked & B is this Bid |
| #4663, aired 2004-12-08 | A, B, C $2000: If you're in "A&R" for a record company, you know it stands for these "and Repertoire" Artists |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $400: The legendary emperor Shen Nung has sometimes been "stuck" with the invention of this healing practice acupuncture |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $800: About 400 B.C. the Persians began knitting these & some of the patterns are still popular today carpets |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $1200: About 600 B.C. this poet of Lesbos put on quite a show; while reciting her poetry she'd strum a lyre Sappho |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $1600: Work began circa 2000 B.C. on the Palace at Knossos on this island; centuries later it was still going -- oy, contractors Crete |
| #4528, aired 2004-04-21 | B.C.'n YOU $2000: In the 12th century B.C. these people of Mexico were carving out colossal heads like the one seen here the Olmecs |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $200: You'll need the equipment seen here to play this popular backyard game badminton |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $400: One of the many depictions of this Nepalese-born man is seen here Buddha |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $600: Be prepared to fly along at breakneck speeds using one of these transports bobsled |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $800: It's the large country of 170 million seen here Brazil |
| #4379, aired 2003-09-25 | C D "B" $1000: This weather forecaster can help save you a lot of trouble a barometer |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $200: This noted Philistine-slayer ruled Israel for 4 decades starting around 1000 B.C. David |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMEWHERE, B.C. $400: A World's Fair opened in this British Columbia city in May 1986 to great fanfare & a fainting spell by Princess Diana Vancouver |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $400: Around 1720 B.C. the Minoans were shaken up by this event that destroyed their palace at Knossos earthquake |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $600: Dying in 149 B.C. finally stopped Roman statesman Cato from nagging, this African city "must be destroyed" Carthage |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMEWHERE, B.C. $800: The Okanagan Valley is a big producer of these, also the major fruit crop of Washington state, due south apples |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $800: He died violently around 3,000 B.C. & lay in a glacier until he was found in 1991 the Iceman |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMETIME, B.C. $1000: In the 1400s B.C. Egypt ruled these supersailors of what's now Lebanon Phoenicians |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMEWHERE, B.C. $1200: Yoho National Park, named for a Cree word for "awe", is in eastern B.C., in these mountains Rockies |
| #4300, aired 2003-04-18 | SOMEWHERE, B.C. $2,000 (Daily Double): City where you'll find the statue seen here Victoria |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS EASY AS A,B,C $200: Of assault, battery & collusion, the Manhattan park Battery |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS EASY AS A,B,C $400: Of angel, brave & cardinal, in baseball, the one mentioned in the anthem sung before each game brave |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS EASY AS A,B,C $600: Of apple, banana & cherry, the Baldwin apple |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS EASY AS A,B,C $800: Of adagio, bellagio & collegio, what UNLV would be to an Italian collegio |
| #4066, aired 2002-04-15 | AS EASY AS A,B,C $1000: Of aster, buttercup & camellia, the genus from whose plants tea is most often made camellia |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | B.C. $400: From 73 to 71 B.C. he led the gladiatorial revolt against Rome Spartacus |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | B.C. $800: We say to this lawmaker who brought democracy to Athens, "It's been good to know ya" Solon |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | B.C. $1200: Even the Bible mentions this Babylonian king's siege of Jerusalem that began in December 598 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | B.C. $1600: Around 3000 B.C. people moving east from Baluchistan began settling in this south Asian river's valley the Indus River valley |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | B.C. $2000: Carved out near Aswan around 1250 B.C., the temples at this Egyptian site were moved in the 1960s A.D. Abu Simbel |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | B.C. PEOPLE $200: At the Academy, Plato nicknamed this student "The Reader" because of his love of books Aristotle |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | B.C. PEOPLE $400: Known for his theory of right triangles, he believed that the planets create their own sounds in their orbits Pythagoras |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | B.C. PEOPLE $600: Of the 23 Ptolemys who ruled Egypt, she was the only one who bothered to learn the Egyptian language Cleopatra |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | B.C. PEOPLE $800: In 221 B.C. he took command of the Carthaginian Army in Spain from his brother-in-law Hannibal |
| #3912, aired 2001-09-11 | B.C. PEOPLE $1000: The "Histories" of this "Father of History" told of the Persian Empire's invasions of Greece in 490 & 480 B.C. Herodotus |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | "C.B." $100: The ex-Mrs. Billy Joel Christie Brinkley |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | "C.B." $200: "Hellraiser" horror novelist & director Clive Barker |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | "C.B." $300: Author full of hot "Eyre" Charlotte Brontë |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | "C.B." $400: '20s "It" girl Clara Bow |
| #3804, aired 2001-03-01 | "C.B." $500: Bonnie Parker's partner in crime Clyde Barrow |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $200: Born in 69 B.C., she was the daughter of the ruler known as Ptolemy the Flute Player Cleopatra |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $400: Before he went into politics, Cicero used his oratorical skills in this profession Lawyer |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $600: The Second Punic War ended in 201 B.C when this Carthaginian general made peace with Rome Hannibal |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $800: Of Samos, Davos or Junior, the island on which Pythagoras was born Samos |
| #3724, aired 2000-11-09 | B.C. PEOPLE $1000: Ashurbanipal turned this capital city of Assyria into a cultural mecca Nineveh |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | B.C. $200: The name of his "Iliad" comes from Ilion, the Greek name for Troy Homer |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | B.C. $400: During the Shang dynasty, China developed these horse-drawn vehicles for warriors to ride in during battle chariots |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | B.C. $600 (Daily Double): Ancient Hindus learned to recite the Gayatri, one of these sacred series of syllables Mantra |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | B.C. $600: These people were freer in Sparta than elsewhere in Greece; Aristotle said they owned 40% of the land women |
| #3597, aired 2000-04-04 | B.C. $800: From the 300s B.C. Japan was ruled by the Yamato clan, who claimed descent from this celestial object the Sun |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | B.C. $200: It was built before 2400 B.C. & rose to a height of 481 feet Great Pyramid of Cheops |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | B.C. $400: It was the "gift" given to the Trojans by the "retreating" Greeks around 1240 B.C. Trojan Horse |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | B.C. $600 (Daily Double): This religious figure began teaching his new doctrines in the Ganges River Valley around 528 B.C. Buddha |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | B.C. $800: In 60 B.C. the Triumvirate was formed by Crassus, Pompey & this man Julius Caesar |
| #3521, aired 1999-12-20 | B.C. $1000: This "father" began his influential "history" around 443 B.C. Herodotus |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | B.C. TIMES $200: Ancient miners using one of these to filter out gold may have inspired the object of Jason's quest a fleece |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | B.C. TIMES $400: The condemned Socrates had a choice of going into exile or drinking this; he chose the latter Hemlock |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | B.C. TIMES $600: With his temple finished around 950 B.C., he built palaces for himself & his wife, the daughter of a pharaoh Solomon |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | B.C. TIMES $800: In 1792 B.C. this Semite sat down on the throne of Babylon; he ruled until 1750 Hammurabi |
| #3347, aired 1999-03-09 | B.C. TIMES $2,000 (Daily Double): His laws for Athens in 621 B.C. were said to have been written in blood, due to the number of death penalties Draco |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE "A" "B" "C"s $200: In a 1976 Playboy interview, Jimmy Carter said he'd committed this in his heart many times adultery |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE "A" "B" "C"s $400: Ring in & tell me this correct name for a young swan cygnet |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE "A" "B" "C"s $600: They're the 2 words describing lenses that curve outward or inward concave & convex |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE "A" "B" "C"s $800: From 1672 to 1858 this city was the headquarters of the British East India Company Bombay |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE "A" "B" "C"s $1000: The name of this German publisher has become synonymous with a guidebook Karl Baedeker |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $200: Canadians native to this province call it "B.C." British Columbia |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $400: At the grocery store, you read the front of the box, but the register reads this jumble of lines Bar code |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $600: It makes a stick of dynamite go boom! Blasting cap |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $800: Women enrolled in this institution receive degrees from Columbia University Barnard College |
| #3084, aired 1998-01-15 | "B.C." $1000: They don't travel as fast as dromedaries; perhaps the second hump slows them down Bactrian camel |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $200: Wife of Akhenaton & mother of 6, she wasn't just another pretty bust Nefertiti |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $400: Some blame the influence of Aspasia for leading Pericles into this war Peloponnesian War |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $600: The song of this woman, who led the tribes of Israel to defeat King Jabin, is found in the book of Judges Deborah |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $800: Plato wrote, "Some say there are nine muses....look at" this woman "of Lesbos; she makes ten" Sappho |
| #3011, aired 1997-10-06 | B.C. WOMEN $1000: Lysimache, an antiwar priestess, may have been the model for this Aristophanes title character Lysistrata |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $100: The most popular type of this fruity dessert is Apple Brown a Betty |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $200: Cookbooks advise sticking 3 or 4 of these spice buds in an onion to flavor meat dishes clove |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $300: The tomato type of this gelatin salad can be made with canned tomato juice aspic |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $400: This fish paste is often combined with butter & seasonings & spread over broiled steak anchovy paste |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $500: These fruits, often mistaken for huckleberries, make wonderful jams, pies & muffins blueberries |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $100: After a day of sunbathing, your mother might tell you you're as "red as" this vegetable a beet |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $200: This Oriental pain-relieving method will have you on pins & needles, so to speak acupuncture |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $300: The letters of this magic word were once worn on an amulet to ward off trouble abracadabra |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $400: It's probably the only element to have a whole branch of chemistry devoted to it: organic chemistry carbon |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | "A" "B" "C"s $500: It's a synonym for beginning, or another term for a graduation ceremony commencement |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 1986 B.C. $200: Founder of the 12th dynasty, Amenemhet I, was busy reorganizing this country & moving the capital Egypt |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 1986 B.C. $400: This metal's "age" was all the rage in northern Europe bronze |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 1986 B.C. $600: Some archeologists figure this Biblical "father" was living at the time in Ur Abraham |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 1986 B.C. $800: Historian Wm. Langer says the Sumerians were in a period of this, like Italy in 15th cent. A.D. renaissance |
| #501, aired 1986-11-10 | 1986 B.C. $1000: Ency. Americana says that topless dresses were the fashion of the day for women on this Minoan isle Crete |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $200: Milky Way, Mars & Three Musketeers candy bars |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $400: Jazz greats known as the "Jump King" Count Basie |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $600: A powerful globular red firecracker a cherry bomb |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $800: "Bare" was the 1-word review this caustic NYC drama critic gave the English play, "Cupboard" Clive Barnes |
| #435, aired 1986-05-09 | "C.B." $1,500 (Daily Double): Kind of retriever developed in Maryland by crossing Newfoundlands with native retrievers a Chesapeake Bay Retriever |
