| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | THIS IS FINE $400: I'm doin' okay... you remember the ol' idiom, "fair to" this middling |
| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | THIS IS FINE $800: How do I feel? Comme ci, comme ça, you know... this-this so-so |
| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | THIS IS FINE $1200: Showing one's indifference, this interjection is called a "bleating" sound & defined as "be it as it may" in a 1928 dictionary meh |
| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | THIS IS FINE $1600: Everything is just this, meaning pleasant & also a Bowie album with some "Changes" hunky dory |
| #9113, aired 2024-05-29 | THIS IS FINE $2000: In the lingo of the 1930s or so, it's an adjective meaning fine & dandy or a noun meaning a dressed-up gentleman a swell |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | A FINE WINE FILM $400: "Decanted" is a documentary about growing wine in this storied California valley Napa Valley |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | A FINE WINE FILM $800: The 2004 movie "Sideways" has been credited with killing sales of this varietal Merlot |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | A FINE WINE FILM $1600: A 2012 documentary follows 4 candidates trying to earn the title master this, a French word for a wine steward "sommelier" |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | A FINE WINE FILM $2000: This actor starred in "A Good Year", in which he inherits a vineyard, & narrated the documentary "Red Obsession" about Bordeaux Russell Crowe |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | A FINE WINE FILM $3,000 (Daily Double): This 2-word term for disparagement of something you can't have is the title of a 2016 documentary about counterfeit wine sour grapes |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $400: Dvorak wrote this symphony in New York City; parts of it were modeled on "The Song of Hiawatha" the New World Symphony |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $800: This statue in Vatican City is the only sculpture Michelangelo ever signed the Pietà |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $1200: The barcarolle heard here is one of the most famous tunes by this German-born French composer Jacques Offenbach |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $1600: Sir Kenneth MacMillan's ballet "Isadora" is a tribute to this dance innovator Isadora Duncan |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $2000: One of the most famous works by this Belgian surrealist is a painting of a pipe that says, "This is not a pipe" Magritte |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | THE FINE ARTS $0: A 1920s trip to France inspired him to compose "An American in Paris" (George) Gershwin |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $400: Choreographer Eliot Feld turned the music of Johann Strauss Jr. into these "dotty" dances polkas |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $800: The Queen's this small house of worship is a masterpiece of British Palladian architecture a chapel |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $1600: In physics it's a type of energy; in art it's a type of sculpture involving movement, like the works of Takis, which use magnetism kinetic |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $2000: This Italian word means an often winged cherubic moppet seen especially in Renaissance paintings putti (putto) |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS $4,200 (Daily Double): In this Tchaikovsky ballet, each suitor hands Aurora a flower during the "Rose Adagio" Sleeping Beauty |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | A FINE LINE $400: In a Gwendolyn Brooks poem, "Maud went to college./ Sadie stayed at home./ Sadie scraped life/ with a fine-tooth" this a comb |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | A FINE LINE $800: Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" says this grim spot is "a fine and private place, but none, I think, do there embrace" grave |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | A FINE LINE $1200: From this ancient fable author's "The Jay and the Peacock": "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds" Aesop |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | A FINE LINE $1600: In 1917 D.H. Lawrence wrote, "A fine" this "is blowing the new direction of time" wind |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | ANOTHER FINE MEZZO $400: This title character & her gypsy friend Mercedes are both parts for mezzo-sopranos Carmen |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | ANOTHER FINE MEZZO $1200: Orlofsky's a man, baby, played by a mezzo gal in this Strauss opera named for a flying mammal Die Fledermaus |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | ANOTHER FINE MEZZO $1,500 (Daily Double): The lead female role of this Humperdinck fairy tale duo is for soprano, with the brother a mezzo Hansel and Gretel |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | ANOTHER FINE MEZZO $1600: First Secretary Nancy Tang is a fine part for a mezzo in this presidential opera Nixon in China |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | ANOTHER FINE MEZZO $2000: No relation to Lena, this mezzo made her La Scala debut in 1969 Marilyn Horne |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | FINE FEATHERED IDIOMS $400: Someone who likes to stay up late a night owl |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | FINE FEATHERED IDIOMS $800: The world of hunting gave us this term for a ridiculously easy target a sitting duck |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | FINE FEATHERED IDIOMS $1200: A final performance before retirement a swan song |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | FINE FEATHERED IDIOMS $1600: A fast, risky detox method cold turkey |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | FINE FEATHERED IDIOMS $2000: Dr. Dre said watching "Straight Outta Compton" gave his skin this reaction goosebumps |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $200: At a raw bar, try the Lynnhaven type of this mollusk--it doesn't shuck oysters |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $400: Sushi lovers know a California roll contains this tree fruit aka the alligator pear the avocado |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $600: Sorbet is served to cleanse this, a term for a part of the mouth the palate |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $800: As you can see, this traditional roast beef accompaniment is not what we'd normally call a pudding Yorkshire pudding |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $1000: Columbus was a fan of these, also a generic Italian term for cookies, because they resisted mold on voyages biscotti |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | FINE ARTS $200: In traditional productions of "Swan Lake", Odile's tutu is this color black |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | FINE ARTS $400: One of the three tenors, he taught elementary school before becoming an opera star (Luciano) Pavarotti |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | FINE ARTS $600: This statue at the Louvre may have originally held a shield & mirror; it's hard to know since she's "unarmed" the Venus de Milo |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | FINE ARTS $800: It's the musical work that contains the chorus heard here
"Hallelujah /
Hallelujah..." Handel's Messiah |
| #6368, aired 2012-05-02 | FINE ARTS $1000: Icy-sounding name of the decorative band, often in low relief, that runs below the cornice of a building a frieze |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $200 (Daily Double): In 17th c. Virginia it cost you 50 pounds of tobacco to miss weekly attendance here church |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $200: Do this in public in Singapore & get fined $300--more than you expectorated? spit |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $600: You could be fined if you're caught driving solo in an HOV lane, short for this high-occupancy vehicle |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $800: 6-letter word for one who sprays his own name in graffiti; no matter how cool the signature, he may get fined for it tagger |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $1000: In 2007 Mass. fined individuals $219 for not having this type of insurance; the 2009 fine was as much as $1,068 health insurance |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL $400: As in "Heartbreak Hotel", this worker is dressed in black, but in clothes designed by Armani the desk clerk |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL $800: You know it's a classy joint when you see this in the minibar a Toblerone |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL $1200: Our robes of this looped fabric are of course from Turkish cotton; if you take one, we'll be forced to prosecute terrycloth |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL $1600: Our pool is literally Olympic sized--this many meters long 50 meters |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL $2000: Relax in our spa with watsu--the name combines water & this massage technique shiatsu |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE $200: He hit .365 with 34 HRs & 94 RBIs in 1957 but the Yanks wanted to cut his pay; he didn't win the Triple Crown like he had in '56 Mickey Mantle |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE $400: Actually not so fine; it's the 2-word name for a drink to which a drug has been added, leaving the drinker helpless a Mickey Finn |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE $600: In 1963 this author became a figment of his own imagination when he played Mike Hammer in "The Girl Hunters" Mickey Spillane |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE $800: The first of this diminutive actor's 8 wives was Ava Gardner; they lasted about a year & a half Mickey Rooney |
| #5766, aired 2009-10-12 | OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE $1000: You knew we'd ask for the name of this singer/ actress/ choreographer who told Mickey how fine he was Toni Basil |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $400: This A.A. Milne feline finally earned his stripes: he got his own movie in 2000 Tigger |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $800: Someone left the cat out in the rain in this 1961 film (P.S.--it was Audrey Hepburn) Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $1200: Fans of a 1940 Disney film know that Figaro the cat belongs to this woodcarver Geppetto |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $1600: (Hi, I'm Sean Hayes.) I could tell you a Thing One or a Thing Two about this film: I played Mr. Humberfloob & the voice of the fish in it The Cat in the Hat |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | FELINE FINE AT THE MOVIES $2000: This villain's face was never shown in his first film, "From Russia with Love", but we did get a good look at his cat (Ernst) Blofeld |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $400: Deion Sanders knows this term for the evening hours when the largest audience is available for TV prime time |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $800: Estimated at around 30 years, it's accepted as the average period between birth of parents & their offspring a generation |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $1200: The time just before sunset or after sunrise on a movie set, or a former L.A. Laker's late-night talk show The Magic Hour |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $1600: We had pleasant sensations learning about this era in U.S. history covering President Monroe's 2 terms "Era of Good Feelings" |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $2000: This longest division of geologic time doesn't have a fixed period; in astronomy, it's one billion years an eon |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $200: Fine hairs from squirrels' tails are used in brushes for this painting medium whose name tells you it uses H2O watercolor |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $400: This brand introduced its Extra Fine Point marker in 1979 & went Ultra Fine in 1989 Sharpie |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $600: To cook up a persillade to add to your escargots, finely chop this herb, "persil" in French parsley |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $800: Rhyming phrase for what can lie between a positive & a negative situation, like between genius & madness a fine line |
| #5278, aired 2007-07-18 | FINE $1000: The beaches of Playa del Carmen in the Yucatan in this country are noted for the fineness of their sand Mexico |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | FINE DINING $400: A Vacherin dessert features this crisp concoction of beaten egg whites & sugar meringue |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | FINE DINING $800: NYC sushi chef Masa Takayama has paid more than $120 a pound for this fish--a bit pricier than Star-Kist's tuna |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | FINE DINING $1200: This word for a French stew is pronounced the same as a pasta sauce brand ragout |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | FINE DINING $1600: A company at Union Wharf in Portland ships all kinds of seafood, but is called "Maine" this creature "Direct" Lobster |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | FINE DINING $2000: En croute, as in salmon en croute, is French for "in" this, also found on toast crust |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | COLLEGIATE FINE DINING $200: In 2004 this chain launched its Go Active! Happy Meals for Adults McDonald's |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | COLLEGIATE FINE DINING $400: For those watching their carbs, this sandwich chain offers "Atkins-friendly" salads & wraps Subway |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | COLLEGIATE FINE DINING $600: Enchiritos & Meximelts are specialties found on its menu Taco Bell |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | COLLEGIATE FINE DINING $800: Celebrate this chain's 85th anniversary in 2004 with a hot dog & a root beer float A&W |
| #4647, aired 2004-11-16 | COLLEGIATE FINE DINING $1000: The 3 dots on their pizza boxes represent their first 3 stores Domino's |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | SUITS ME JUST FINE $200: Britney, Christina & Justin were part of the Mickey Mouse one Club |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | SUITS ME JUST FINE $400: Chambers Dictionary says its "sense as a baseball infield area appeared...in 1875" diamond |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | SUITS ME JUST FINE $600: Kasper Gutman tells him, "By gad, sir, you're a character" Sam Spade |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | SUITS ME JUST FINE $800: It gets a 10 on the standard Mohs scale diamond |
| #4472, aired 2004-02-03 | SUITS ME JUST FINE $1000: It's a synonym for core or center heart |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | FINE & ANDY $400: D'ja ever notice this "60 Minutes" commentator quit CBS in 1971 when it refused to air his "Essay on War" about Vietnam Andy Rooney |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | FINE & ANDY $800 (Daily Double): This actor was born in Havana on April 12, 1956 Andy Garcia |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | FINE & ANDY $800: His 1960-68 sitcom was about a small-town sheriff who played by his own rules while raising his oddly-named boy Andy Griffith |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | FINE & ANDY $1200: His first 3 forays into the Top 10 went to No. 1, including "Shadow Dancing" in 1978 Andy Gibb |
| #4205, aired 2002-12-06 | FINE & ANDY $2000: Popular in '80s new wave, he's the guitarist seen here Andy Summers (of the Police) |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FELINE FINE $200: He's the feline who describes Frosted Flakes by saying "They're grrreat!" Tony the Tiger |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FELINE FINE $400: Scientifically this feline treat is known as Nepeta cataria catnip |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FELINE FINE $600: First known to the West in the 1870s, it's the popular cat variety seen here Siamese |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FELINE FINE $800: The only lions still living wild in Asia are found in the Gir Forest in this country of the subcontinent India |
| #3914, aired 2001-09-13 | FELINE FINE $1000: This swift feline of Africa is the only cat that cannot retract its claws a cheetah |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | THE FINE PRINT $100: Offers for these money substitutes must include a disclosure statement & quote the APR Credit cards |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | THE FINE PRINT $200: Filing under Chapter 7 of this code, you'll lose most of your nonexempt assets Bankruptcy |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | THE FINE PRINT $300: When signed the day before a wedding, this agreement may be invalidated as signed under duress Pre-nuptial agreement |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | THE FINE PRINT $400: It's the part of your homeowner's insurance that covers accidental damage to another's property Liability |
| #3316, aired 1999-01-25 | THE FINE PRINT $500: Not putting down at least 20% of a home's purchase price may force you to pay PMI, this Private mortgage insurance |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | FINE CHINA $200: Belleek china, famous for its hand-painted shamrock pattern, was 1st made in this country Ireland |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | FINE CHINA $300 (Daily Double): Goebel of West Germany is the exclusive manufacturer of the figurines based on this nun's designs Hummel |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | FINE CHINA $400: Some early Spode patterns were inspired by this country's Imari ware Japan |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | FINE CHINA $600: East Germany's Meissen factory used to make an imitation of this English company's Jasperware Wedgwood |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | FINE CHINA $1000: This city has been the center of France's porcelain industry since the 1770s Limoges |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | FINE CHINA $100: The design on Lenox holiday dinnerware features these leaves, complete with red berries holly leaves |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | FINE CHINA $200: Don't "weep" for Thomas Minton, the 18th century potter who popularized this arboreal pattern still used today a weeping willow |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | FINE CHINA $300: The Anne Boleyn character jug made by Royal Doulton has one of these weapons as a handle an axe |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | FINE CHINA $100: Collectors of limited edition plates can now buy one depicting him at the gates of Graceland Elvis Presley |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | FINE CHINA $200: The 1st porcelain was developed on this continent in the 7th century Asia |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | FINE CHINA $300: In 1779 King Christian VII of Denmark acquired this china factory, which is still "Royal" (Royal) Copenhagen |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | FINE CHINA $400: It's the usual color of the raised neoclassical designs on jasper ware white |
| #1073, aired 1989-04-12 | FINE CHINA $500: Royal Doulton offers a line of china for children featuring her famous rabbit illustrations Beatrix Potter |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FINE CHINA $200: Though Delftware was 1st produced in this country, it's also made in England Netherlands |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FINE CHINA $400: The trademark of the Meissen porcelain factory is 2 of these weapons, crossed swords |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FINE CHINA $600: In 1757 the Sevres china factory named a new color, not a hairstyle, for this mistress of Louis XV Pompadour |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FINE CHINA $800: First name shared by the great 18th century potters Spode & Wedgewood Josiah |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FINE CHINA $1000: English county famed for its colorful figurines & muscular terriers Staffordshire |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | FINE CHINA $100: Unglazed "biscuit" china is commonly referred to by this shorter name bisque |
| #1000, aired 1988-12-30 | FINE CHINA $1,200 (Daily Double): The name of a pale bluish glaze used on porcelain, it's also the title of the following: "Clair De Lune" |
| #982, aired 1988-12-06 | FINE CHINA $200: The 3 types of porcelain are hard-paste, soft-paste & this china made with ash of burned animal skeletons bone china |
| #982, aired 1988-12-06 | FINE CHINA $400: The 2-color combination most associated with the famous Ming Dynasty china blue & white |
| #982, aired 1988-12-06 | FINE CHINA $600: Founded by an American, Haviland is the best-known firm making porcelain in this French town Limoges |
| #922, aired 1988-09-13 | FINE CHINA $100: The best kaolin, which is used to make fine china, is a pure clay of this color white |
| #835, aired 1988-04-01 | FINE ARTS $200: A friend of Byron, this famous romantic poet wrote an elegy for Byron's other friend John Keats Shelley |
| #835, aired 1988-04-01 | FINE ARTS $600: Adam's creation is in the Bible, but "The Creation of Adam" is here the Sistine Chapel |
| #835, aired 1988-04-01 | FINE ARTS $800: Profession of Sarah Siddons, subject of famed Reynolds & Gainsborough portraits an actress |
| #835, aired 1988-04-01 | FINE ARTS $1000: Key signature of Bach's well-known mass & Schubert's "unfinished" symphony B minor |
| #835, aired 1988-04-01 | FINE ARTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Richard Strauss tone poem which contains the following theme popularized in a 1968 movie: Also sprach Zarathustra |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | FINE CHINA $100: First made in the 17th century, this country's Imari ware includes blue & white sake bottles Japan |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | FINE CHINA $200: The controversial china Nancy Reagan ordered is bordered in this, her favorite color red |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | FINE CHINA $300: "Queen's ware" was named for the wife of this last king of the American colonies George III |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | FINE CHINA $400: Firm famed for its pale blue jasperware adorned with white classical figures Wedgwood |
| #631, aired 1987-05-11 | FINE CHINA $500: The 1st European soft-paste porcelain was made by a member of this famous family of Florence Medicis |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | FINE CHINA $200: Circa 1800, Josiah Spode II created this by adding powdered bone to hard-paste porcelain bone china |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | FINE CHINA $400: Glasslike substance used in painting decorations on china, whether "over" or "under" glaze |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | FINE CHINA $600: France's Sevres factory 1st developed the color "bleu de roi", now commonly called this royal blue |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | FINE CHINA $800: English potter famed for his pale blue jasperware, he was grandfather to Charles Darwin Wedgwood |
| #508, aired 1986-11-19 | FINE CHINA $1000: Tho it's named for nearby East German city, this fine porcelain is a speciality of Meissen Men Dresden china |
