Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (208 results returned)
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $400: The fennec, the smallest species of this canine, has unusually large ears it uses to hear prey underground & to dissipate heat fox |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $800: A type of cholla cactus is named for the spiny stem's resemblance to this part of a stag antlers |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $1200: This spiny shrub useful for aromatic firewood has been called the "devil with roots"; it hogs water, killing off nearby plants mesquite |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $2000: This desert bush is named for its smell, similar to the tar once used to preserve the wood of telephone poles creosote |
| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $10,400 (Daily Double): Like the Australian marsupial it's named for, this rodent has a pouch, but for carrying seeds, not babies a kangaroo rat |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $400: By dropping 2 letters in Osiris' name, you get this Greek goddess who shares her name with a flower Iris |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $800: I can't recall the last time that I saw one of these hyphenated perennials, from the Old French "ne m'oubliez mie" a forget-me-not |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $1200: This computing term for a series of peripherals connected to a computer sounds like a flower bracelet a daisy chain |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $2000: Type of "Wine" mentioned in the title of a 1957 Ray Bradbury novel dandelion |
| #8982, aired 2023-11-28 | FLOWER POWER $2,800 (Daily Double): Austria's national flower is this one that Rodgers & Hammerstein described as "small & white, clean & bright" edelweiss |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $400: The sabal this, Florida's state tree, has a heart that tastes like cabbage the palm |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $1200: California made the lace type of this fungus-alga partnership its official state one lichen |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $1600: Hawaii's state plant is kalo, the local name for this root used to make poi taro |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $2000: Known for living a long time, one of Nevada's two state trees is this type of pine named for the feature seen here a bristlecone |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $3,000 (Daily Double): Also known as the ground laurel, it has been Massachusetts' state flower since 1918, not 1620 the mayflower |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | FLOWER NAMES $400: Be at peace! The columbine gets its name from Latin for this bird a dove |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | FLOWER NAMES $800: Kansas' state flower, the common this, is in the genus Helianthus sunflower |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | FLOWER NAMES $1200: The thoughtful should know that the name of this flower comes from French for "thought" a pansy |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | FLOWER NAMES $1600: This flower seen here is also called a fairy bell which is a better description than a random animal & some handware foxglove |
| #8575, aired 2022-02-11 | FLOWER NAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): This flower whose name is derived from "wolf" is also a word used to describe wolves lupine |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | THIS WILL FLOOR YOU $400: This material associated with bottle stoppers makes a floor that is comfy to walk on & environmentally friendly cork |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | THIS WILL FLOOR YOU $800: Also a synonym for phonograph records, this flexible substance can be "cushioned" for your pleasure vinyl |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | THIS WILL FLOOR YOU $1200: "L" is for this type of flooring, made of thin layers laminate |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | THIS WILL FLOOR YOU $1600: If it's a tiled floor you're after, try using this fine 9-letter ceramic also used in dentistry porcelain |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | THIS WILL FLOOR YOU $2000: This type of limestone with an Italian name is used as flooring & on the facade of the Getty Museum exterior travertine |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | THIS CATEGORY IS FILLER $400: In linguistics, this 4-letter word associated with simile-making is considered a filler word like |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | THIS CATEGORY IS FILLER $800: As a bonus gift, surround that delicate item you mail to a pal with bags of freshly made this... maybe Orville Redenbacher's? popcorn |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | THIS CATEGORY IS FILLER $1200: If gray is not your favorite color, block filler is used to paint this type of "block" made from burned matter cinderblock |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | THIS CATEGORY IS FILLER $1600: Used as filling in a defensive wall near Mount Olympus, a 2,200-year-old statue of this queen & goddess was found in 2006 Hera |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | THIS CATEGORY IS FILLER $2000: This French-named delight seen here in a bowl & as filling is made by whipping up chocolate & heavy cream ganache |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHERE'S THE FLOWER? $400: Floating on ponds & pools, this 2-word beauty is the national flower of Bangladesh the water lily |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHERE'S THE FLOWER? $600: Oklahoma's state flower, with tiny ones blooming in winter, this grows as a parasite on tree trunks--now give us a kiss! mistletoe |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHERE'S THE FLOWER? $800: With blooms lasting only about a day, hibiscus has 7 known species native to this western state Hawaii |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | WHERE'S THE FLOWER? $1000: Here's Cuba's national flower, the mariposa, the Spanish name of this insect that the petals resemble the butterfly |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | ON THE GROUND FLOOR $200: You'll find the SpaceBase Gift Shop on the ground floor of this Seattle attraction the Space Needle |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | ON THE GROUND FLOOR $400: The ground floor of "The Residence" in this U.S. building contains a diplomatic reception room & a chocolate shop the White House |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | ON THE GROUND FLOOR $600: The NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission has given historic designation to this skyscraper's 5th Avenue Art Deco lobby the Empire State Building |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | ON THE GROUND FLOOR $1000: Le Cafe sits at the base of this Canadian spot, more than 1,100 feet below its revolving 360 Restaurant the CN Tower |
| #8103, aired 2019-11-27 | ON THE GROUND FLOOR $1,600 (Daily Double): The massive underwriting room occupies the ground floor of the London headquarters of this company Lloyd's of London |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | FLOWER POWER $400: Seen here with pink roses, these little white flowers symbolize innocence baby's breath |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | FLOWER POWER $800: Van Gogh captured these huge flowers in their August bloom; the yellow background makes the work almost monochromatic sunflowers |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | FLOWER POWER $1200: The oil made from this purple flower is used in perfumes and cosmetics lavender |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | FLOWER POWER $1600: The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" says, "All at once I saw a crowd, a host, of golden" these flowers daffodils |
| #8073, aired 2019-10-16 | FLOWER POWER $2000: If only "Jeopardy!" had Smell-O-Vision, then you could really enjoy the star type of this fragrant flowering shrub jasmine |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | SOME FILLER $400: "You never miss the water till the ___ runs dry" the well |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | SOME FILLER $800: "To err is human, to forgive ___" divine |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | SOME FILLER $1200: "If you play both ends against the ___, the ___ will soon fold up" middle |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | SOME FILLER $1600: "___ corrupts, and absolute ___ corrupts absolutely" power |
| #7893, aired 2018-12-26 | SOME FILLER $2000: Per Shakespeare, "what's past is ___" prologue |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | THE FLOOR IS LAVA $400: Mount Pinatubo on this island of the Philippines Luzon |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | THE FLOOR IS LAVA $800: Eyjafjallajokull, on this island Iceland |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | THE FLOOR IS LAVA $1200: Mount Vesuvius, rising above the bay of this city Naples |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | THE FLOOR IS LAVA $1600: Krakatoa, in this archipelago Indonesia |
| #7677, aired 2018-01-16 | THE FLOOR IS LAVA $2000: Mount Pelee, on this French territory of the West Indies Martinique |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $400: Come to my pad & see my varieties of this flower, candidum & longiflorum, aka Madonna & Easter lilies |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $800: You may be familiar with this plant in a baked potato sense, but its purple flowers are quite appetizing in their own way chives |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animation of sunflowers on the monitor.) Sunflower buds follow the course of the sun as it tracks through the sky, thanks to an internal clock giving them this kind of rhythm, just like humans circadian |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $2,000 (Daily Double): Vanilla is a type of this flowering plant an orchid |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | FLOWER POWER $2000: From the Latin for "wolf", this tall, purplish flower was favored by Monty Python in a celebrated sketch a lupine |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $400: A black one of these carnivores documented in Virginia reached 740 pounds a bear |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $800: One of the state's rarest, the red-cockaded type of this bird is making a comeback from the endangered list woodpecker |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $1200: The loggerhead is the most common variety of this in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay a turtle |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $1600: Widespread in the Shenandoah Valley, this native Virginia tree was once the main flavoring in root beer sassafras |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $2000: Some specimens of the bald or swamp type of this tree have been estimated at 800 years old the cypress |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | FLORA $200: Its name is related to the words "day" & "eye" because of its eye-like yellow center the daisy |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | FLORA $400: A family of about 3,000 species, including cilantro, is named for this herb you know as a little green garnish on food parsley |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | FLORA $600: The wood of choice for butcher blocks & bowling pins is this tree, whose leaves are seen here a maple tree |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | FLORA $800: This carnivorous plant's scientific name, Dionaea muscipula, means "the goddess Dione's mousetrap" a Venus flytrap |
| #7401, aired 2016-11-14 | FLORA $1000: In most flowers, this long, slender tube connects a stigma with an ovary the style |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER $200: Actress Graham or Locklear Heather |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER $400: It regulates the light entering the eye iris |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER $600: Got up from a chair rose |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER $800: The Red Sox' David Ortiz is nicknamed "Big" this Papi |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER $1000: 2 words: A foppish king of the beasts a dandy lion |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | FLOUR POWER $200: Whole wheat flour is also known as this type of "cracker" fame Graham |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | FLOUR POWER $600: Gold Medal flour products include self-rising, unbleached & this one that sounds good for any type of baking all-purpose |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | FLOUR POWER $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew kneads and shows a time-elapse video on the monitor.) When wheat flour is mixed with water to make dough, the protein content is converted to this substance; it retains gas, which when heated, causes the bread to rise gluten |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | FLOUR POWER $1000: In Corsica, standard cornmeal is replaced by chestnut flour to make this mushy Italian treat polenta |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $400: The first U.S. plant patent was issued in 1931 for New Dawn, a type of this thorny flower a rose |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $800: This flower produces a latex in its seeds from which codeine is derived poppies |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $1,400 (Daily Double): This "filler flower" often used in bridal bouquets comes in several varieties including New Love & Perfecta baby's breath |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $1600: In 1878 Switzerland began protecting this flower, Leontopodium alpinum, in the wild Edelweiss |
| #6984, aired 2015-01-15 | FLOWER POWER $2000: This flower has clusters of star-shaped blossoms, not clusters of sheep, as you may think phlox |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | ALBUM FILLER $200: U2: "How to ____ an Atomic Bomb" Dismantle |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | ALBUM FILLER $400: Billy Joel: "____ Street" 52nd |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | ALBUM FILLER $600: Bruno Mars: "Doo-Wops & ____" Hooligans |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | ALBUM FILLER $800: John Lennon & Yoko Ono: "Double ____" Fantasy |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | ALBUM FILLER $1000: Ray Charles: "____ Loves Company" Genius |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | YOU FLOOR ME! $200: An upper floor in a barn to store hay, or an upper floor in a warehouse converted into an apartment a loft |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | YOU FLOOR ME! $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of theater seating on the monitor.) From the Italian for "middle", it can be an intermediate floor between two main ones or the lowest balcony in a theater Mezzanine |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | YOU FLOOR ME! $600: Derek Jeter lived for a decade in this type of top-floor pad in the Trump Tower a penthouse |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | YOU FLOOR ME! $800: Stay with me: Brits call the second floor the first floor & what we call the first floor they call this the ground floor |
| #6727, aired 2013-12-10 | YOU FLOOR ME! $1000: Famous Filene's floor of bargains that closed in 2011 to the grief of Boston shoppers Basement |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $200: This plant native to the Carolinas takes about half a second to catch its prey & about 10 days to digest it the Venus Flytrap |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $400: The rushlike plants of the genus Equisetum are aka this animal "tail" horse |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $600: It's the genus Sphagnum of this type of plant that forms peat moss |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $800: It's the heavenly avian name for the beautiful flowers of Strelitzia reginae the bird of paradise |
| #6701, aired 2013-11-04 | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Costa Rica.) Ferns are among the most ancient plants, With some species dating back more than 300 million years; all of them reproduce via these asexual cells that long predate the germ seeds of more modern plants spores |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $400: On "The Dark Side of the Moon": "The Great Gig in the Sky" Pink Floyd |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $800: On "Nevermind": "Lounge Act" Nirvana |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $1200: On "Back in Black": "Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" AC/DC |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $1600: On "Viva La Vida": "Death and All His Friends" Coldplay |
| #6553, aired 2013-02-27 | THE BAND'S KILLER ALBUM FILLER $2000: On "Icky Thump": ' "300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues" The White Stripes |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Golfo Dulce in Costa Rica.) Mangroves are widely used in coastal reclamation; with their tolerance of salt water & arching roots that trap soil, they're ideal for helping shoreline resist this process, from Latin for "to gnaw" erosion |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) Because the majestic saba tree connected the earth & the heavens in the mythology of this Central American people, the saba is still sacred to their descendants the Mayans |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) In damp tropical soils huge spreading root systems help trees resist toppling; such roots are called these, like exterior projecting supports of a building buttresses |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Barro Colorado Reserve in Panama.) Some species of tropical fig start as a seed that lands atop another tree; the fig sends its roots downward, enveloping & choking the host tree, giving the fig this deadly name a strangler fig |
| #6428, aired 2012-07-25 | FLORA OF CENTRAL AMERICA $3,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Casa Orquideas in Costa Rica.) The aristolochia vine's foul odor attracts insects that are then trapped alive inside the flower & later released with a coating of this substance vital to the plant's reproduction pollen |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | FLOWER POWER $200: These flowers are seen here in bloom at Itsukushima-jinja shrine cherry blossoms |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | FLOWER POWER $400: This lily blooms & dies within 24 hours & has a name that reflects its brief life a daylilly |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | FLOWER POWER $600: Seen here are the flowers of this plant that yields a cooking oil low in saturated fat canola |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | FLOWER POWER $800: The name of these herbaceous flowers is from the Latin for "wolflike" lupines |
| #6146, aired 2011-05-09 | FLOWER POWER $1000: It sounds like herds of sheep, but it's the flowering plant seen here & common on the American prairies phlox |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SOUTHERN FLORA & FAUNA $400: This blossom seen here is found throughout the southern states & lends its name to the nickname to one of them the magnolia |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SOUTHERN FLORA & FAUNA $800: A distinct subspecies, key deer only reach about 2 feet tall & are only found on islands off this state Florida |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SOUTHERN FLORA & FAUNA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Louisiana.) The bald cypress, Louisiana's state tree, is known for pneumatophores that jut up, better known by this anatomical name; their purpose isn't understood but may be for stability knees |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SOUTHERN FLORA & FAUNA $1600: Introduced into the U.S. by fur ranchers, this rodent has become such an invasive threat, it has a bounty on it a nutria |
| #6134, aired 2011-04-21 | SOUTHERN FLORA & FAUNA $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Louisiana.) Typical of southern Louisiana, Spanish moss has no roots of its own & takes nutrients directly from the air, making it this type of plant, also called an aerophyte epiphyte |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | FLOWER GIRLS $400: Bo & Luke Duke's scantily clad cousin Daisy Duke |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | FLOWER GIRLS $800: On TV's "The Golden Girls", this was Betty White's character Rose Nylund |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | FLOWER GIRLS $1200: Ms. Graham of "Swingers" & "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" Heather Graham |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | FLOWER GIRLS $1600: Mrs. Herman Munster Lily |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | FLOWER GIRLS $2000: Pug-faced Slytherin student Parkinson, who's keen on Draco Malfoy Pansy |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE $400: A Dutch flower seller once told me that daffodils & tulips are most often grown from these, not seeds bulbs |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | LISTEN TO THE FLOWER PEOPLE $3,000 (Daily Double): My Latin teacher often reminded me that the name of this month comes from a Latin word meaning "'when flower buds open" April |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | FLOWER NAMES $400: Very simply, it was named for Dr. Alexander Garden a gardenia |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | FLOWER NAMES $800: This giant of a state flower gets its name from the direction it likes to face during the day a sunflower |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | FLOWER NAMES $1200: Referring to the shape of their leaves, the name of these flowers seen here means "small sword" gladiola |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | FLOWER NAMES $1600: Papaver somniferum is the scientific name for this flower, known since ancient times the opium poppy |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | FLOWER NAMES $2000: It shares its name with the Greek goddess of the rainbow iris |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | FLOWER POWER $400: Its name comes from geranos, Greek for "crane"; its seed capsules look like a crane's bill a geranium |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | FLOWER POWER $800: In 1907 a pink one of these boutonniere flowers was chosen as the emblem of Mother's Day a carnation |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | FLOWER POWER $1600: The genus of this purplish flower is also a musical instrument Viola (or violet) |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | FLOWER POWER $2000: Saffron is derived from this flower the crocus |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | FLOWER POWER $3,800 (Daily Double): Japan's special day honoring this flower is also called the Festival of Happiness the chrysanthemum |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | FLORA $400: In the wild in Mexico, this Christmas plant, Euphorbia pulcherrima, may grow to a height of 15 feet poinsettia |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | FLORA $800: The ponderosa is one of the most widely distributed American species of this conifer a pine |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | FLORA $1200: Horses, cattle, & sheep can be poisoned by eating this weed whose name comes from the Spanish for "crazy" locoweed |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | FLORA $1600: To keep them from drying out, orchids & other rare plants are potted in this moss found in bogs peat |
| #5277, aired 2007-07-17 | FLORA $2000: A variety of this state tree of Mississippi is the cucumber tree, which gets its name from the shape of its fruits the magnolia |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | TO BUILD A FLOWER $200: Any automobile plus any country a carnation |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | TO BUILD A FLOWER $400: Word preceding "and proper" plus "Charmed" actress McGowan a primrose |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | TO BUILD A FLOWER $600: An English fop plus the king of beasts a dandelion |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | TO BUILD A FLOWER $800: A numeric pair plus a part of the mouth a tulip |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | TO BUILD A FLOWER $2,000 (Daily Double): A fib plus French for "lake" a lilac |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FLOWER ARRANGING $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the monitor.) Buy your roses when they're closed or in this stage & you'll have much more time to enjoy them bud |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FLOWER ARRANGING $400: Rose varieties with 30 to 40 of these should be cut & used when 1 or 2 of them have come loose petals |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FLOWER ARRANGING $600: (Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a flower diagram on the monitor.) Putting the stems in warm water first opens these tiny water-carrying tubes & hydrates the flower capillaries |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FLOWER ARRANGING $800: Chrysanthemums represented waterfalls in the 15' arrangements of Rikka, a type of this Japanese art form Ikebana |
| #5118, aired 2006-12-06 | FLOWER ARRANGING $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates the use of a foam used in arrangements.) Desert travelers appreciate the name of this foam that, when dipped in water, anchors a bouquet & keeps it hydrated oasis foam |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FLOWER $400: Native to South America, these flowers from woody vines are commonly found in Florida & California bougainvillea |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FLOWER $800: This flower seen here was named for a Jesuit missionary, not for a 19th century French courtesan a camellia |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FLOWER $1200: This blossom is often used to symbolize events in the last hours of Christ's life, hence its name the passion flower |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FLOWER $1600: The Rose of Sharon and the Chinese variety are popular types of this flower used in perfumes a hibiscus |
| #4834, aired 2005-09-22 | FLOWER $2000: Native to Mexico, this flower was named for a Swedish botanist & student of Linnaeus the Dahlia |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | FLOWER NAMES $400: This flower, seen here, was named for a mythical youth whom Apollo loved hyacinth |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | FLOWER NAMES $800: The Spanish called this flower, seen here, copa de oro, "cup of gold" a California poppy |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | FLOWER NAMES $1200: The name of this flower, seen here, comes from the Greek for "star", referring to the flower's shape aster |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | FLOWER NAMES $1600: Pink tulips & this flower, whose name indicates it's the first of its kind, line the path seen here--how fitting! the primrose |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | FLOWER NAMES $2000: The name of this garden flower, seen here, comes from Greek words for "water" & "vessel" hydrangeas |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | FLOWER $200: Ottawa, Canada is famous for these flowers seen here tulips |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | FLOWER $400: Seeing the English Gardens at Mottisfont Abbey made Martha Stewart laugh at her own efforts to grow these roses |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | FLOWER $600: Being shaped like this gives the flower seen here its name & also its genus name, Campanula bell |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | FLOWER $800: Bergamot is also called the "balm" of these creatures to which it's highly attractive bees |
| #4644, aired 2004-11-11 | FLOWER $1000: A 1971 New Jersey law made the common meadow type of this, not the African type, the state flower a violet |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | FLOWER POWER $400: By dropping 2 letters in Osiris' name, you get this Greek goddess who shares her name with a flower Iris |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | FLOWER POWER $800: I can't recall the last time that I saw one of these hyphenated perennials, from the Old French "Ne m'oubliez mie" forget-me-not |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | FLOWER POWER $1200: This computing term for a series of peripherals connected to a computer sounds like a school day flower bracelet daisy chain |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | FLOWER POWER $2000: Type of "wine" mentioned in the title of a 1957 Ray Bradbury novel dandelion wine |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | FLOWER POWER $3,400 (Daily Double): This flower that Shakespeare wrote about several times was also the name of a theatre he once worked at a rose |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $200: This fruit that's good for making dip is also known as an alligator pear avocado |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $400: Columbia Univ. is a part of a distinguished group of colleges bearing the name of this plant of the genus Hedera ivy |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $600: James Markham received the first patent for a tree in 1932, a variety of this fuzzy fruit peach |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $800: If you're hungry, plant this Raphanus sativus root vegetable in your garden & it can be ready to eat in 18 days radish |
| #4437, aired 2003-12-16 | FLORA $1000: If you have to tell wood it's been "knotty", it's usually this wood used to panel rooms & make furniture pine |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | FLOWER POWER $200: These have great seeds you can eat sunflowers |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | FLOWER POWER $400: It's the generic term for the flowers that bloom on the plant seen here cactus flower |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | FLOWER POWER $600: These are actually native to Asia, though they're more popularly seen near windmills tulips |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | FLOWER POWER $800: Dorothy fell asleep in a field of these while off to see the Wizard poppies |
| #3988, aired 2001-12-26 | FLOWER POWER $1000: These flowers might put you in the holiday spirit Poinsettias |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | FLOWER POWER $100: You can get a low-cal treat by sniffing Cosmos astrosanguineus, with the aroma of this sweet treat Chocolate |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | FLOWER POWER $200: From the Latin for "three threads", it's the flowery structure seen here Trellis |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | FLOWER POWER $300: Among these plants that live longer than 2 years, geraniums are "early" & asters are "late" Perennials |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | FLOWER POWER $400: This black-marked "feline" lily grows from a bulb & produces little bulbils Tiger lily |
| #3747, aired 2000-12-12 | FLOWER POWER $500: Term commonly found before "cereus" & "jasmine", plants whose flowers appear after dark Night blooming |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $100: Songbird seen here, or a girl's first name Robin |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $200: Yes sir! This term for the seeds or grains of wheat sounds like a military rank kernel |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $300: A variety of this endangered mammal is seen here manatee |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $400: When destroying cotton seed pods, the snout beetle is more commonly known by this name boll weevil |
| #3712, aired 2000-10-24 | FLORA & FAUNA $500: One example of the six endangered varieties of this animal is seen here aalamander |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | FLOWER GIRLS $200: She gave birth to 3 20th century U.S. senators, one of whom became president Rose Kennedy |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | FLOWER GIRLS $400: On the "Cosby Show" spinoff "A Different World", she played wealthy dormmate Whitley Gilbert Jasmine Guy |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | FLOWER GIRLS $600: Judge Roy Bean claimed that the frontier town where he laid down the law was named for this English actress Lillie Langtry |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | FLOWER POWER $100: The Rubaiyat & Chrysler Imperial are hybrid tea varieties of this flower Rose |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | FLOWER POWER $200: This tall heliotropic flower is grown for its oil & nutritious seeds a sunflower |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | FLOWER POWER $300: 4-letter suffix to such wildflowers as rag-, soap- & St. John's, it's from the Old English for "root" or "plant" Wort |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | FLOWER POWER $400: This "bruised" Maryland state flower is also called a yellow daisy Black-Eyed Susan |
| #3249, aired 1998-10-22 | FLOWER POWER $500: The term "perfect" refers to a flower that has both of these male & female reproductive organs Stamens & pistils |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $200: There's no need to keep mum about it, mum is short for this flower Chrysanthemum |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $400: The opium variety of this flower yields a powerful narcotic, & non-narcotic seeds used in baking Poppy |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $600: Blue Moon & Dainty Bess are hybrid tea varieties of this flower Rose |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $800: The story on these flowers, seen here, is that they open for only a few hours each day: Morning Glory |
| #3199, aired 1998-06-25 | FLOWER $1000: Butterflies are especially fond of these flowers whose name sounds like you just can't wait for them to grow Impatiens |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | FLOWER POWER $100: Its name is derived from "day's eye"; like an eye, its blossoms close at night & open by day the daisy |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | FLOWER POWER $200: A craze for this flower developed in Holland in 1634 with single bulbs fetching high prices a tulip |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | FLOWER POWER $300: This popular Christmas flower comes in several different colors, but the red variety is in greatest demand the poinsettia |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | FLOWER POWER $400: A species of this beautiful tropical flower is classified as vanilla planifolia the orchid |
| #3033, aired 1997-11-05 | FLOWER POWER $500: Swedish botanist Anders Dahl introduced this flower into Europe the dahlia |
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