| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | SCI-"FI" $100: The aptly-named Theodore Gill was a noted ichthyologist, a person who studies these aquatic creatures fish |
| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | SCI-"FI" $200: Not to be confused with fusion, this process creates energy by splitting an atom's nucleus into fragments fission |
| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | SCI-"FI" $300: Used in solving crimes, dactyloscopy is the science of studying these identifying marks made by your hands fingerprints |
| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | SCI-"FI" $400: In humans, the 2 bones of the lower leg are the tibia & this, the third-longest bone in the body the fibula |
| #32, aired 2025-02-12 | SCI-"FI" $500: This technology transmits information as tiny pulses of light through thin transparent wires fiber optics |
| #9252, aired 2025-01-21 | SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $400: The "T" in TARDIS stands for this, something the Doctor is good at manipulating time |
| #9252, aired 2025-01-21 | SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $800: This A.I. from a 1968 film gets its name from its 2 processes of intelligence, the first being Heuristic HAL |
| #9252, aired 2025-01-21 | SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $1200: FTL in "Battlestar Galactica" is short for this type of travel that moves you very quickly faster than light |
| #9252, aired 2025-01-21 | SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $1600: In a 2023 flick Allison Williams vies with M3GAN, whose name refers to a Model 3 Generative this as per the last 2 letters an Android |
| #9252, aired 2025-01-21 | SCI-FI ACRONYMS & ABBREVIATIONS $2000: The beloved sitcom character ALF had a name that stood for this, which described what he was Alien Life Form |
| #9240, aired 2025-01-03 | SCI-FI FILL IN $200: A full-course meal available from Douglas Adams:
"The Restaurant at the End of the ____" the Universe |
| #9240, aired 2025-01-03 | SCI-FI FILL IN $400: A Harlan Ellison classic:
"I Have No Mouth & I Must ____" Scream |
| #9240, aired 2025-01-03 | SCI-FI FILL IN $600: Rick Deckard is on the hunt:
"Do Androids Dream of ____ ____" Electric Sheep |
| #9240, aired 2025-01-03 | SCI-FI FILL IN $800: By Ursula K. Le Guin:
"The Left Hand of ____" Darkness |
| #9240, aired 2025-01-03 | SCI-FI FILL IN $1000: Richard K. Morgan's tale of cyberwarriors: "Altered ____" Carbon |
| #9228, aired 2024-12-18 | POLI SCI-FI $400: Located somewhere in the Rockies, the Capitol of this country dominates its 12 surrounding districts Panem |
| #9228, aired 2024-12-18 | POLI SCI-FI $800: George Lucas said of this "Return of the Jedi" guy, "Richard M. Nixon was his name. He subverted the Senate & finally took over" Emperor Palpatine |
| #9228, aired 2024-12-18 | POLI SCI-FI $1200: Secretary of Education Laura Roslin suddenly ascends to the presidency of the 12 Colonies on this series Battlestar Galactica |
| #9228, aired 2024-12-18 | POLI SCI-FI $1600: This "Star Trek" organization, the UFP for short, has a president, a Federal Council & a Supreme Court the United Federation of Planets |
| #9228, aired 2024-12-18 | POLI SCI-FI $2000: A prominent member of the Ape National Assembly, this doctor is both Minister of Science & Chief Defender of the Faith Dr. Zaius |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | SCI-FI & FANTASY $200: The orphan Rin in R.F. Kuang's "The Poppy War" escapes her foster family, dealers of this drug, but she's just getting started opium |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | SCI-FI & FANTASY $400: P. Djèlí Clark uses this subgenre named for Victorian-era technology for his "Dead Djinn" stories set in an alternate 1912 Cairo steampunk |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | SCI-FI & FANTASY $600: A "Star Trek" homage, this colorful John Scalzi title refers to clothing soon-to-die crew members wear the Redshirts |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | SCI-FI & FANTASY $800: This Joe Haldeman classic tells of William Mandella, who fights the interstellar Taurans for a really long time The Forever War |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | SCI-FI & FANTASY $1000: After Robert Jordan's passing, the prolific Brandon Sanderson took on the task of completing this epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $400: In "Ink" by Sabrina Vourvoulias, Mari & Meche have their immigrant status displayed in the form of these on their wrists tattoos |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $1200: Paul Atreides is the messiah-like Kwisatz Haderach in the novels named for this desert-like planet Dune |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $1600: In Kameron Hurley's novel, Dietz is reduced to particles & beamed to war in this title corps, sounding like one in a Tennyson poem the Light Brigade |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $2,000 (Daily Double): In an H.G. Wells tale, Griffin, whose face is wrapped in rags, turns out to be this title guy The Invisible Man |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | SCI-FI CHARACTERS $2000: Walter M. Miller Jr. won a Hugo Award for penning "A Canticle for" this saint Saint Isaac Leibowitz |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SCI-FI TRILOGIES $400: The "Thrawn" trilogy, including "Dark Force Rising", is part of its "Expanded Universe" Star Wars |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SCI-FI TRILOGIES $800: Pierce Brown's original "Red Rising" trilogy tells of an uprising on this planet in our solar system Mars |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SCI-FI TRILOGIES $1200: This alphanumeric book series follows up on the "Judgment Day" film, telling more of the story of Skynet & John Connor T2 |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SCI-FI TRILOGIES $1600: "The Broken Earth" trilogy is from this award-winning author whose initials stand for Nora Keita Jemisin |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | SCI-FI TRILOGIES $2000: The first in a Cixin Liu trilogy, this numerical novel is partially set during China's Cultural Revolution The Three-Body Problem |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES $400: Rick retires Replicants, Roy (Rutger) ruminates in rain Blade Runner |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES $800: Linguistics lass learns lexicon of labyrinthine life forms Arrival |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES $1200: Beleaguered botanist bolsters base, buddies bounce back, boost on board (The) Martian |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES $1600: Aging actors assume anterior aspects, Allen aids admiring aliens against annihilation Galaxy Quest |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | SCI-FI MOVIE SYNOPSES $2000: Cruise & crafty computer collaborate on crimes not yet committed Minority Report |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $200: "The Tributes" is part I of this 2008 book by Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $400: One big difference between this 1963 Pierre Boulle novel & the film version--no half-buried Statue of Liberty at the end Planet of the Apes |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $600: The only graphic novel on Time magazine's list of 100 Best Novels of All Time was this one featuring Rorschach Watchmen |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $800: Artificial intelligence has become self-aware & is not pleased in Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth & I Must" do this scream |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | IN THE SCI-FI & FANTASY SECTION $1000: Ursula K. Le Guin delighted audiences with her tales of Ged, a wizard of this archipelago Earthsea |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $200: 1968: "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that" 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $400: 2009: "Up ahead was Pandora. You grew up hearing about it, but I never figured I'd be goin' there" Avatar |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $600: Joaquin Phoenix to Scarlett Johansson: "Are you talking to anyone else right now...? --Yeah. --How many others? --8,316" Her |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $800 (Daily Double): 1968: "You know what they say, 'Human see, human do'" Planet of the Apes |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | SCI-FI MOVIE BY QUOTE $1000: 1951: "I'm worried about Gort. I'm afraid of what he might do if anything should happen to me" The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | SCI-FI STUFF $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) The latex prosthetic ears worn by this "Star Trek" actor in the late '60s even have some residual makeup left on them Leonard Nimoy |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | SCI-FI STUFF $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) The piece here is really green cast resin in crystal form, but in "Superman III", it was called this, & appeared onscreen with Christopher Reeve kryptonite |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | SCI-FI STUFF $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) Seen in Dr. Zaius' private chambers, the Lawgiver statue from this 1968 film looks to be stone, but is actually made of cast & carved rigid polyfoam Planet of the Apes |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | SCI-FI STUFF $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) This maquette was a model for the alien queen who in a classic movie moment faces off against this character, played so powerfully by Sigourney Weaver (Ellen) Ripley |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | SCI-FI STUFF $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Profiles in History in Calabasas, California.) Repurposed black, padded hockey gloves were part of a Cylon from this '70s sci-fi show, but balancing out the cool factor, the helmet is outfitted with the awesome red Cyclops eye Battlestar Galactica |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $400: In this 1895 novel, the traveler couldn't tell if the test model of his device was sent into the past or future The Time Machine |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $800: In the story that inspired "Blade Runner", Philip K. Dick didn't use "replicant"--his term was "andy", short for this android |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $1200: In "Brave New World", hypnopaedia teaches people while they are doing this sleeping |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $1600: In this author's "Dune" novels, the spice called melange helps navigators travel safely in space Frank Herbert |
| #7984, aired 2019-05-02 | SCI-FI TECH $9,812 (Daily Double): In "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", sticking a Babel fish in your ear will do this translate (alien languages) |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | SCI-FI TRANSPORTS $400: In a 2012 "Alien" film, the title ship is named for this mythical titan who gave fire to mankind Prometheus |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | SCI-FI TRANSPORTS $800: Slave I was the spaceship used by this notorious bounty hunter in the "Star Wars" universe (Boba) Fett |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | SCI-FI TRANSPORTS $1200: The Roci on "The Expanse" is named for Rocinante, a horse in this 1605 novel Don Quixote |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | SCI-FI TRANSPORTS $1600: On this '60s TV show the Jupiter II carried Dr. Smith & the Robinson family off course Lost in Space |
| #7960, aired 2019-03-29 | SCI-FI TRANSPORTS $2000: The vehicle seen here was featured in the "Legacy" sequel to this 1982 movie Tron |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $400: Hollow Earth is a subgenre populated with books like his "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (Jules) Verne |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $800: Generally, steampunk science fiction is set in this century the 19th |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $1200: The planet's in trouble in "New York 2140" by Kim Stanley Robinson, part of the cli-fi subgenre, short for this climate fiction |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $1600: "-punk" subgenres include this one where you'll find "Snow Crash", about a computer virus & lots else cyber(punk) |
| #7953, aired 2019-03-20 | SCI-FI SUBGENRES $2000: An alien society's initial trip to Earth is a hallmark of this genre, also a subtitle of the 1996 "Star Trek" movie first contact |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | SCI-FI MOVIES $200: In this film, the first in a series, Shailene Woodley stars as Tris, who discovers that she's not like the others Divergent |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | SCI-FI MOVIES $400: In "Her", Joaquin Phoenix falls in love & has a relationship with a computer operating system voiced by her Scarlett Johansson |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | SCI-FI MOVIES $600: This 1995 film with Kevin Costner as The Mariner became a Universal Studios "tidal wave of explosive action" Waterworld |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | SCI-FI MOVIES $800: NTIs, or non-terrestrial intelligences, live very, very deep in the ocean in this 1989 James Cameron film The Abyss |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | SCI-FI MOVIES $1000: The name of this title substance combines the 2 legumes that it's said to contain Soylent Green |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SCI-FI BOOKS $200: The "hard rain" in Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves" comes from this natural satellite that's broken up & falling to Earth bit by bit the moon |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SCI-FI BOOKS $400: This Max Brooks novel tells of the drug Phalanx, which failed to stop the Undead Hordes World War Z |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SCI-FI BOOKS $800: Thomas in this James Dashner sci-fi book awakens being "jerked upward like an old lift in a mine shaft" The Maze Runner |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SCI-FI BOOKS $1,000 (Daily Double): Dubbed "wildly inaccurate", it "supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the... repository of all knowledge" The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| #7467, aired 2017-02-14 | SCI-FI BOOKS $1000: Hiroshi Sakurazaka's "All You Need Is Kill" was "reborn" in 2014 as this Tom Cruise flick Edge of Tomorrow |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $200: Doing this as a member of the Philadelphia Eagles will lose possession for your team & get you booed a fumble |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $400: Tentacles or antennae-- sometimes you just have to put them out there feelers |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $600: It's that Italian bread you're dipping into olive oil focaccia |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $800: You may want a CFP, short for certified this professional, to help plan a secure retirement a financial planner |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $1000: To foster the seeds of a rebellion foment |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SCI-FI TV $400: This 1994 Kurt Russell film spawned several TV spinoffs, including "SG-1" & "Atlantis" Stargate |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SCI-FI TV $800: Sam Beckett, not to be confused with the playwright, was the hero of this 1990s time travel show Quantum Leap |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SCI-FI TV $1200: Winona Ryder hit the small screen in this '80s-set Netflix series Stranger Things |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SCI-FI TV $1600: On Syfy's "The Expanse", Thomas Jane plays a detective on this asteroid, largest in our main asteroid belt Ceres |
| #7408, aired 2016-11-23 | SCI-FI TV $2000: "Exterminate!" is the cry of this "Doctor Who" race from the planet Skaro the Daleks |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $200: In "Steelheart" this Midwestern American city has been transformed into steel; even Lake Michigan has turned to metal Chicago |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $400: Book 2 of "The Lunar Chronicles" is "Scarlet", which was inspired by this fairy tale & features a street fighter named Wolf "Little Red Riding Hood" |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $800: "Mother" & "Father" are forbidden terms in this novel by Aldous Huxley Brave New World |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $1000: "The Infinite Sea" is the follow-up to this book in which Cassie Sullivan has survived an alien invasion The 5th Wave |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | SCI-FI NOVELS $1,400 (Daily Double): Meg & Charles Murry travel the universe with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who & Mrs. Which in this 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $200: Cory Doctorow's "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom" is a futuristic tale about attempts to make this Orlando park virtual Disney World |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $400: Connie Willis' "Blackout" tells of time-traveling historians visiting this world capital during the Blitz London |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $600: Plural title of a John Scalzi novel inspired not by idle freshman athletes but by doomed crewmen on "Star Trek" Redshirts |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $800: To win a big prize, the hero of "Ready Player One" must play virtual arcade games, like this one with rideable ostriches Joust |
| #7235, aired 2016-02-12 | SCI-FI BOOKS $1000: An anthology edited by Ann & Jeff Vandermeer is titled this genre that takes sci-fi back to Victorian times steampunk |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SCI-, NO FI $200: Your weight is gravitation-dependent & will be less in Denver, than Death Valley, but this, abbrev. m, is the same in both mass |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SCI-, NO FI $400: In 2014 this physicist said oops, light may be able to escape black holes after all; forget what I said in 1974 (Stephen) Hawking |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SCI-, NO FI $600: In scientific classification, it's next in line after class & order family |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SCI-, NO FI $800: This element was first isolated as a pure metal in 1807, K? potassium |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SCI-, NO FI $1000: Fatty tissue inside the eye socket, also known by this astronomic term, nearly surrounds the eyeball & cushions it orbit |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $400: "They Came From Another World" was the working title for this classic featuring alien pod people Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $800: From the depths of the Amazon came this title character, originally in 3D The Creature From The Black Lagoon |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $1200: Martians attack Southern California, not England, in the 1953 film version of this H.G. Wells novel War of the Worlds |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $1600: Exposures to radiation & insecticide cause Scott Carey to grow smaller & smaller in this flick The Incredible Shrinking Man |
| #6820, aired 2014-04-18 | 1950s SCI-FI FILMS $2000: An alien named Klaatu gets people's attention by briefly shutting down electricity the world over in this 1951 film The Day The Earth Stood Still |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | SCI FI & FANTASY $200: Neal Stephenson's "Reamde" is a file-encrypting one of these, released by ransom-seeking hackers a virus |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | SCI FI & FANTASY $400: Neil Gaiman's "American Gods", about ancient gods in modern day, finds this god using the name Mr. Wednesday Wodan |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | SCI FI & FANTASY $600: Robert Jordan's death in 2007 didn't stop the series called "The Wheel of" this; Brandon Sanderson now pens them Time |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | SCI FI & FANTASY $800: Medicinal-sounding last name of Robert Lynn, whose fantasy works include "Thieves' World" & "Myth Adventures" Aspirin |
| #6312, aired 2012-02-14 | SCI FI & FANTASY $1000: Lord Foul is a really bad, bad guy in Stephen R. Donaldson's "Chronicles of" this unbelieving man Thomas Covenant |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | SCI-FI TV $200: Steve Austin, this expensive title character, had 1 bionic arm & 1 bionic eye the Six Million Dollar Man |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | SCI-FI TV $400: Picard was put to the test by Q in this show's finale; we also learned Jean-Luc wed & divorced Dr. Crusher Star Trek: The Next Generation |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | SCI-FI TV $600: In 1974 Roddy McDowall starred in this show that brought the film series to TV--I love you, Dr. Zaius! The Planet of the Apes |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | SCI-FI TV $800: A deep space probe (launched in 1987!) ended up getting this guy frozen in suspended animation until "the 25th century" Buck Rogers |
| #6070, aired 2011-01-21 | SCI-FI TV $1000: I've found it! This show about a town populated by geniuses & patrolled by sheriff Jack Carter Eureka |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $400: 1977: Certain folks can't get a Wyoming landmark out of their heads & go there to meet new friends Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $800: 1968: Early hominids fashion a weapon, then a trip to Jupiter goes awry 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $1200: 1982: It's rainy all day in future L.A. as a cop looks for murderers & doubts his girl's humanity Blade Runner |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $1600: 1979:
After discovering that certain pods didn't contain peas, a gal & her cat are the last survivors of the Nostromo Alien |
| #6013, aired 2010-11-03 | SCI FI MOVIE SUMMARIES $2000: 1981:
Hi-ho, hi-ho, miners are dying on Io; bad drugs are the problem & a former James Bond is the solution Outland |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | "FE", "FI", "FO" OR "FUM" $200: Iron Fe |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | "FE", "FI", "FO" OR "FUM" $400: It's a homophone for an antagonist fo |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | "FE", "FI", "FO" OR "FUM" $600: Possibly echoing the strum of an instrument, it's sing 3 times as part of a traditional Christmas carol fum |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | "FE", "FI", "FO" OR "FUM" $800: "Always Faithful", the U.S.Marine Corps motto is sometimes shortened to "Semper" this Fi |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | "FE", "FI", "FO" OR "FUM" $1000: Part of a Southwestern capital city name, it means "faith" in Spanish Fe |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | SCI FI $400: As Harry Potter lived overseas, Harry Dresden of "The Dresden Files" is the only listed one of these in Chicago a wizard |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | SCI FI $800: Per the title of a weekly show, real-life researchers Jason & Grant aren't Ghostbusters but these Ghost Hunters |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | SCI FI $1200: Lemuria & the Iron Enforcer showed their powers in season one of "Who Wants to Be" this a Superhero |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | SCI FI $1600: Seen here, they're the team based in the Rockies but able to step through a portal to other planets Stargate SG-1 |
| #5227, aired 2007-05-08 | SCI FI $2000: "There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man", says the intro to this old show seen on Sci-Fi The Twilight Zone |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | SCI-FI/FANTASY HEROINES $400: This actress seen here was harder to see in some scenes of 2005's "Fantastic Four" Jessica Alba |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | SCI-FI/FANTASY HEROINES $800: The twins this character gives birth to in "Revenge of the Sith" grow up to be Luke & Leia Amidala |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | SCI-FI/FANTASY HEROINES $1200: Katey Sagal voiced Turanga Leela, a one-eyed character on this animated Fox series Futurama |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | SCI-FI/FANTASY HEROINES $1600: Either of the 2 similar-sounding roles portrayed by Liv Tyler & Miranda Otto in the "Lord of the Rings" series Arwen (or Eowyn) |
| #4939, aired 2006-02-16 | SCI-FI/FANTASY HEROINES $2000: This actress, Rogue in the "X-Men" films, won an Oscar when she was 11 Anna Paquin |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $200: 1999:
Agent Smith,
Morpheus,
Cypher The Matrix |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $400: 1968:
Taylor,
Cornelius,
Dr. Zaius Planet of the Apes |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $600: 1984:
Kyle Reese,
Sarah Connor,
Dr. Peter Silberman The Terminator |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $800: 1968:
Astronauts Frank Poole,
Heywood Floyd &
Dave Bowman 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| #4916, aired 2006-01-16 | SCI-FI MOVIES BY CHARACTER $1000: 1951:
Professor Jacob Barnhardt,
Gort,
Klaatu The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | SEMPER "FI" $400: This classic name for dogs comes from the Latin for "faithful" Fido |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | SEMPER "FI" $800: A book on the making of "Heaven's Gate", or the approved edited version of a motion picture final cut |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | SEMPER "FI" $1200: Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is the chairman of this U.S. Senate committee Finance |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | SEMPER "FI" $1600: Predatory insect invader seen here fire ant |
| #4493, aired 2004-03-03 | SEMPER "FI" $2000: Countable, with an end or limit finite |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $400: Before he was Spock, he had a small role in the mutant ant infestation classic "Them!" in 1954 (Leonard) Nimoy |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $800: Yes, dahling, this Hungarian actress played Talleah in the 1958 cult favorite "Queen of Outer Space" Zsa Zsa Gabor |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1200: Holy Moses! He played a doctor fighting off zombies spawned by germ warfare in "The Omega Man" (Charlton) Heston |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $1600: More famous for his 14 films as Sherlock Holmes, he was the "Son of Frankenstein" in 1939 (Basil) Rathbone |
| #4489, aired 2004-02-26 | CLASSIC SCI-FI & HORROR FILMS $2000: Intent on demolishing Tokyo, Gamera was a giant monster one of these reptiles that breathed fire & could fly turtle |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SCI FI-DELITY $200: "War is Peace" & "Freedom is Slavery" in this 1949 work "1984" |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SCI FI-DELITY $400: Future citizens fight invading bugs in this 1959 Heinlein work "Starship Troopers" |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SCI FI-DELITY $600: Arrakis is the all-important planet of spice in this Frank Herbert series "Dune" |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SCI FI-DELITY $800: This writer & religion founder's "Mission: Earth" series covered 10 volumes L. Ron Hubbard |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | SCI FI-DELITY $1000: She won 5 Hugo Awards with works like "The Lathe of Heaven" & "The Dispossessed" Ursula K. Le Guin |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | SCI-"FI" $100: This bone runs down the side of the leg from just below the knee to the ankle fibula |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | SCI-"FI" $200: The splitting of a heavy nucleus -- it sounds like where Fermi has "gone" on vacation fission |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | SCI-"FI" $300: It's the fruit of the Ficus carica fig |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | SCI-"FI" $400: It's the hot, glowing part of an incandescent lamp filament |
| #3513, aired 1999-12-08 | SCI-"FI" $1,000 (Daily Double): This branch of physics came out of the combined work of Bell Labs & Corning Glass fiber optics |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | "FI" $200: The basic pitch of this small flute is usually A-flat Fife |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | "FI" $400: This car company was established in Turin in 1899 Fiat |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | "FI" $600: It's the last "Jeopardy!" in the game Final Jeopardy |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | "FI" $800: This adjective denotes a certain known number of possibilities Finite |
| #3378, aired 1999-04-21 | "FI" $1000: In computer security, this device blocks unauthorized access to a LAN, a local area network Firewall |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | SCI FI IDENTIFY $100: 1985:
"You've got a real attitude problem, McFly, you're a slacker" Back To The Future |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | SCI FI IDENTIFY $200: 1977:
"The force is strong with this one" Star Wars |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | SCI FI IDENTIFY $400: 1996:
"Welcome to Earth!" Independence Day (or Mars Attacks!) |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | SCI FI IDENTIFY $500: 1951:
"Klaatu Barada Nikto" The Day The Earth Stood Still |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $100: Physically weak, or weak-"minded" Feeble |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $200: "He wears red suspenders" to hold his pants up Fireman |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $300: It's the length a lens will go to work focus (or focal length) |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $400: Elway error Fumble |
| #2992, aired 1997-09-09 | "FEE", "FI", "FO", "FUM" $500: In the song "Charlie Brown", it precedes "I smell smoke in the auditorium" "Fee Fee Fi Fi Fo Fo Fum" |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | SCI-FI SIRENS $100: The beast beauty Linda Hamilton ran up against in this 1984 movie was cyborg Arnold Schwarzenegger The Terminator |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | SCI-FI SIRENS $200: She played the '60s sci-fi siren Barbarella Jane Fonda |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | SCI-FI SIRENS $400: Nana Visitor is 2nd in command on DS9; Claudia Christian holds the same post on this other TV space station Babylon 5 |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | SCI-FI SIRENS $500: In this 1995 Ben Kingsley thriller, Natasha Henstridge starred as a shape-changing creature Species |
| #2910, aired 1997-04-04 | SCI-FI SIRENS $1,000 (Daily Double): TV character seen here, she made the cover of Ms. in 1996:
[video clue] Xena |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $100: Showtime brought back this classic sci-fi/horror series in 1995 complete with its control voice The Outer Limits |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $200: In the 1995 Fox series "VR.5" starring Lori Singer, VR stood for this virtual reality |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $300: This 1980s Gil Gerard character originated in a comic strip dating from 1929 Buck Rogers |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $400: "Set Piece" by Kate Orman is one of the New Adventures books continuing this British show about a Time Lord Doctor Who |
| #2725, aired 1996-06-07 | SCI-FI TV $500: Judy, Penny & Will were John & Maureen Robinson's 3 children on this series Lost in Space |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $100: Arnold Schwarzenegger played a cyborg sent to present-day L.A. in this film & its sequel The Terminator |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $200: In "Return of the Jedi", Luke Skywalker comes to terms with the fact that this villain is his father Darth Vader |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $300: James Spader & Kurt Russell pass through a portal to a land reminiscent of ancient Egypt in this 1994 film Stargate |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $400: A gunslinging robot played by Yul Brynner stalks Richard Benjamin & James Brolin in this 1973 film Westworld |
| #2692, aired 1996-04-23 | SCI-FI FILMS $500: In this 1956 classic, residents of a small town are replaced by duplicates hatched from pods Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $100: A Saturday night series on Nickelodeon asks, "Are You Afraid of" this the Dark |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $300: David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson are FBI special agents Mulder & Scully on this series The X-Files |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $400: In a 1994 TV movie FOX continued this 1989-90 series about the Newcomers Alien Nation |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $500 (Daily Double): Series hosted by the character seen here: Tales from the Crypt |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | HORROR & SCI-FI TV $500: The new "Star Trek" starship captained by Kate Mulgrew as Kathryn Janeway Voyager |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | SCI-FI TV $100: The first episode of "The Time Tunnel" was set in part aboard this ill-fated ship the Titanic |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | SCI-FI TV $300: Matt Frewer played reporter Edison Carter & this character, his computer-generated alter ego Max Headroom |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | SCI-FI TV $400: There was a new Number Two for almost every one of the 17 episodes of this 1960s Patrick McGoohan classic The Prisoner |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | SCI-FI TV $500 (Daily Double): Popular group of heroes seen here: the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | SCI-FI TV $500: 1 of the 2 series that featured Oscar Goldman, head of the Office of Strategic Intelligence The Six Million Dollar Man (or The Bionic Woman) |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | SCI-FI TV $100: A 14-foot-long wooden model of this "Star Trek" starship now hangs in the Smithsonian the Enterprise |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | SCI-FI TV $200: According to the series title, this hero lived "in the 25th century" Buck Rogers |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | SCI-FI TV $300: The Daleks & the Cybermen are villains fought by this 750-year-old time traveler Doctor Who |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | SCI-FI TV $400: As Commander Adama, he starred in both "Battlestar Galactica" & "Galactica 1980" Lorne Greene |
| #1661, aired 1991-11-18 | SCI-FI TV $500: Its episodes ended with a voice saying, "We now return control of your television set to you..." The Outer Limits |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SCI-FI MOVIES $200: In this futuristic film, a motorcycle gang kills Mel Gibson's family--no wonder he's "mad" Mad Max |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SCI-FI MOVIES $400: The titles of its 'sequels begin "Beneath...", "Escape from...", "Conquest of..." & "Battle for..." The Planet of the Apes |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SCI-FI MOVIES $600: Woody Allen & Diane Keaton kidnap a nose in this, Allen's only sci-fi film Sleeper |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SCI-FI MOVIES $800: Jeff Bridges earned an Oscar nomination for his 1984 role as this endearing guy from outer space Starman |
| #1032, aired 1989-02-14 | SCI-FI MOVIES $1000: Kyle MacLachlan plays a futuristic Messiah in this 1986 film based on the novel by Frank Herbert Dune |
