| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $400: This 10,000-square-mile region in the northwest sounds like it could be part of a different nearby nation Brittany |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $800: The southern region known as the French Riviera, running east roughly from the village of Cassis, is known by this name in French the Côte d'Azur |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $1200: France is big on 5-letter rivers; the Yonne flows northwest between the Seine & this 630-mile one the Loire |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $1600: Glaciers cover about 40 square miles of this highest mountain in the Alps, though some in Italy claim it as theirs, not France's Mont Blanc |
| #9251, aired 2025-01-20 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $2000: The chief city of Alsace & home to several European institutions, this eastern city is just 2.5 miles from the German border Strasbourg |
| #9250, aired 2025-01-17 | DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH $200: You told me you'd love me to your dernier souffle, not your last puffed egg dish but your last this (your last) breath |
| #9250, aired 2025-01-17 | DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH $400: I swoon when you describe the clair de lune, this, shimmering on the water the moonlight |
| #9250, aired 2025-01-17 | DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH $600: I'm glad you adore my sourire, this, also the title in Quebec of a horror movie with Sosie Bacon a smile |
| #9250, aired 2025-01-17 | DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH $800: When you quote "La Vie en rose" with "Des nuits d'amour à plus finir", these "never to end"... dim the lights nights of love |
| #9250, aired 2025-01-17 | DARLING, YOU SPOKE FRENCH $1000: Ma chère, you made me the happiest man on Earth when you said "oui" at the sight of this, une bague de fiancailles an engagement ring |
| #9210, aired 2024-11-22 | FRENCH-NAMED FOOD & DRINK $200: It's a pre-dinner alcoholic drink, perhaps champagne, that gets you ready for the main event an apéritif |
| #9210, aired 2024-11-22 | FRENCH-NAMED FOOD & DRINK $400: In New Orleans you can find crab ones of these fritters, as well as the sweet kind covered with powdered sugar a beignet |
| #9210, aired 2024-11-22 | FRENCH-NAMED FOOD & DRINK $600: A cup of Joe with an equal amount of steamed or hot milk = this beverage with a rhyming name café au lait |
| #9210, aired 2024-11-22 | FRENCH-NAMED FOOD & DRINK $800: Mellower & with fewer tannins than Cabernet, this wine variety derives its name from the French word for "blackbird" merlot |
| #9210, aired 2024-11-22 | FRENCH-NAMED FOOD & DRINK $2,000 (Daily Double): The French version of broth & a celebrated seafood stew, they both start with the same 6 letters bouillon & bouillabaisse |
| #9207, aired 2024-11-19 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $800: Soft & flat visorless cap
(5 letters) beret |
| #9207, aired 2024-11-19 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1200: Young foreign domestic
(2 letters & 4 letters) au pair |
| #9207, aired 2024-11-19 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1600: Low dress neckline (11 letters) décolletage |
| #9207, aired 2024-11-19 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $6,000 (Daily Double): Absolutely required by current fashion if you want to be au courant
(2 letters & 7 letters) de rigueur |
| #9193, aired 2024-10-30 | FRENCH AUTHORS $800: The movie "Time Regained" is about this memory-obsessed French novelist Proust |
| #9193, aired 2024-10-30 | FRENCH AUTHORS $1200: Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux has written intensely personal memoirs & melded her own history with France's in "Les années", i.e. these The Years |
| #9193, aired 2024-10-30 | FRENCH AUTHORS $1600: This 16th century French doctor-author is a symbol of raunchy humor--just add "-ian" Rabelais |
| #9193, aired 2024-10-30 | FRENCH AUTHORS $2000: This infamous author of "Justine" & "Juliette" was a prisoner in the Bastille the Marquis de Sade |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: French for "in the manner of", it can precede neige, Suisse or king à la |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $800: No no, my friend, quite the opposite--or in 2 French words, this au contraire |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $1200: Another term for megalomania is the French "folie de" this grandeur |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $1600: A big party thrown by the Vanderbilts at their home known as the Petit this inspired a storyline on "The Gilded Age" Chateau |
| #9187, aired 2024-10-22 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $2000: The French now use visage for "face"; an older, shorter form gave us this alternative to "regarding the matter of" vis-à-vis |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $400: Georges Braque's paintings made in the summer of 1908 including "Houses at l'Estaque" are among the first of this -ism Cubism |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $800: In 1887, before heading to Tahiti, Paul Gauguin was in Central America working briefly on a French attempt to build this the Panama Canal |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1200: This artist's 1899 painting "Blue dancers" is a prime example of his pastels Degas |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1600: This leader of the Fauvists began painting when he was recovering from appendicitis Matisse |
| #9177, aired 2024-10-08 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1838 Eugene Delacroix painted a double portrait of Chopin at the piano while this lover sat to his right George Sand |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $200: In Côte d'Ivoire French slang, mon pain, literally "my" this, means "my boyfriend" bread |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $400: Some French people hold une clope, one of these, between 2 fingers outside a bistro as they contemplate life's meaning a cigarette |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $600: Tomber dans les pommes is a phrase for passing out but literally means "falling in" a bed of this fruit apples |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $800: BCBG translates to "good style, good class", "good" being this "B" word in French bon |
| #9140, aired 2024-07-05 | FRENCH SLANG & PHRASES $1000: Unique to Québécois slang & meaning "get ready!" is attache ta tuque; a tuque is one of these a hat |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT $200: A crowd lets this Parisian character hear it, calling him "the one-eyed!... the bandy-legged!" Quasimodo |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT $400: The narrator of this children's book believes the title royal is from out of town... asteroid B-612, to be precise The Little Prince |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT $600: Subtitled "The Impostor", this comedy by Molière has the title scoundrel making Orgon's life miserable Tartuffe |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT $800: A stay in a chateau? Sounds lovely! But not for the Abbe Faria, "imprisoned as you know in this Château... since the year 1811" the Château d'If |
| #30, aired 2024-05-13 | MAIS OUI, FRENCH LIT $1000: After running off with Paul Verlaine in 1872, he had some "Illuminations", those being a group of prose poems Rimbaud |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: The naval part of this lengthy war got started with an English victory over France at Sluys in 1340 the Hundred Years' War |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: In 1967 in Montreal this French president said, "Vive le Québec libre", or "Long live free Québec"; Canada wasn't amused de Gaulle |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: A 2023 coup, backed by protests, took over this country southeast of Algeria & French troops fighting Islamic terrorists said adieu Niger |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | FRENCH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles of 1768, the Genoese ceded this island to the French Corsica |
| #9089, aired 2024-04-25 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: The name of this political club of the French Revolution refers to the Dominican monastery where members met the Jacobin Club |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: A 2023 movie led to lively debate, e.g. historians: She died when Napoleon was on Elba, not on his way back; Ridley Scott: Shut up Josephine |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: The Vichy regime put these in public schools; the 2004 law banning head-scarves on students also banned large these on chains crosses |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: In the 5th century this eastern city, today home to the European Union's parliament, was Strateburgum, "Crossroads" Strasbourg |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: France's first socialist president, he served two terms from 1981 to 1995 Mitterrand |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: In 1598 this edict named for the city where it was signed gave religious freedom to the French Protestants called Huguenots Nantes |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $200: This national heroine of France was canonized on May 16, 1920, nearly 500 years after her death Joan of Arc |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $400: After Pierre's death, Marie Curie was appointed to his professorship in 1906 & became the first woman to teach at this U. in Paris the Sorbonne |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $600: We fell for Audrey Tautou after seeing her in the title role of this 2001 film about a lonely waitress who falls in love Amélie |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $800: After her mom died in the 1890s, her dad put her in an orphanage where nuns taught her to sew, leading to an iconic career in fashion Coco Chanel |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | AHHH, THE FRENCH $1000: Barely over 5 feet tall but a giant in his field, this artist gave us "Au Salon de la rue des Moulins" in the 1890s Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: Prioritizing care for the wounded is the goal of the START method, a type of this, from the French for "sorting" triage |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The French for "change direction" gives us this word referring to an alternate route a detour |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: A term for an architectural exterior, it can also refer to any deceptive illusion a facade |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: Along with Bulgaria & even Cuba, Hungary was part of the "Soviet" this 4-letter word from the French bloc |
| #9029, aired 2024-02-01 | FROM THE FRENCH $1000: The U & the E at the end of this adjective meaning indecent or off-color combine to make an "A" sound risqué |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $200: A French horn's name is technically just "horn"-- & the modern version was born not in France, but in this land of Oktoberfest Germany |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $400: A French horn & choir comprise the iconic intro of this Rolling Stones song, in which Mick assures us, "you get what you need" "You Can't Always Get What You Want" |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $800: After the 2014 finale, the iconic blue French horn from the set of this TV comedy went home with actor Josh Radnor How I Met Your Mother |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $1000: This part of the horn where a player inserts their hand can be detached on some instruments to make carrying easier the bell |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | THE FRENCH HORN $2,000 (Daily Double): In one of the least alluring rituals of horn maintenance, players must invert their instruments routinely to drain them of this spit |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The flying Montgolfier brothers used this word for a fabric device that slows your fall a parachute |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: Naturally, the French gave us this word for the year a wine was bottled vintage |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: Words meaning "one-eyed" led to this word from French for a single eyeglass a monocle |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: Beans are a necessity in this dish, whose name in French originally meant a dish used on the stove cassoulet |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: This side post of a window or doorway gets its name from Middle French for "leg" a jamb |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $400: Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection an airport |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $800: Aneto Peak is the highest point in these mountains that connect or separate France & Spain the Pyrenees |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $1200: The Fréjus Tunnel carries car traffic from Modane, France to the Piedmont region of this country Italy |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $1600: This lake lies between southwestern Switzerland & the Haute-Savoie department of France Lake Geneva |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $2000: Baptiste du Cerceau & Pierre des Illes designed this, the oldest existing bridge across the Seine the Pont Neuf |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | FRENCH HISTORY $0: Drink up! A famous New Orleans street is named after this dynasty that ruled France for most of the 17th & 18th centuries Bourbon |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: "Be our guest" & know French novelist Madame Leprince de Beaumont wrote a version of this often adapted fairy tale Beauty and the Beast |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: This adventure writer known as père had his own famous dad, who served in the all-Black military unit "La Legion Americaine" Dumas |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Stories by Maurice LeBlanc about a gentleman thief inspired this hit Netflix series with Omar Sy Lupin |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: In 2016 "The Perfect Nanny" by the French-Moroccan writer Leïla Slimani won this premier French literary award the Prix Goncourt |
| #8936, aired 2023-09-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: His "Les Rougon-Macquart" series includes "Germinal" & "Nana" Zola |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The French for "remember" gives us this word for a memento that helps you fondly remember your travels souvenir |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: Media matters in this field of study that gets its name from the French for "day" journalism |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: I don't do much because I have this feeling of discontent, from the French for "boredom" ennui |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: Meaning a binding, this word can refer to a military contact or an intimate, perhaps dangerous, meeting liaison |
| #8923, aired 2023-07-26 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: This 11-letter word for a lover of the arts comes from the French for "know" connoisseur |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: Tuneage of the revolutionary era included this song composed by an army captain in one night in 1792 "The Marseillaise" |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: New names were needed for these & poet Fabre d'Églantine came up with Frimaire, Germinal, Messidor & others the months of the year |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $600: On the eve of the revolution, Marie-Antoinette was implicated in "the Affair of" this item & reviled as deceitful & corrupt the Necklace |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: Locked out of a meeting hall at Versailles in 1789, members of the Third Estate took their famous oath at this location there a tennis court |
| #10, aired 2023-05-15 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1000: The biggest celebration of the Revolution was held on July 14, 1790, not on the Champs-Élysées, but on this Champ Champ de Mars |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The pecan pie seen here is served this 3-word way à la mode |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: The French for "bunch" gives us this word for a wine's smell bouquet |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: A recess in a wall, or any perfect job; it comes from a word for "nest" niche |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: The movie "Rocky" had one of these, many shots juxtaposed to form a theme montage |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: You can't change things, it's this 2-word situation, "concluded fact" in French fait accompli |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $200: "À la reine", meaning in this monarch's style, with puff pastry involved queen |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $400: "À la Florentine", in the style of Florence, garnished with this vegetable spinach |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $600: "À la Hongroise", in the Hungarian style, with this spice & a cream sauce paprika |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $800: "À la boulangère", in the style of this man's wife & implying the use of an oven the baker |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | À LA THE FRENCH COOKING STYLE $1000: "À la nantua", in the style of nantua, made with these crustaceans that look like tiny lobsters crayfish (crawdads) |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: I feel like I've been here before; I have a sense of this, French for "already seen" déjà vu |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $800: For obvious reasons, this classic, egg-based dessert has a French name meaning "puffed up" a soufflé |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1200: Literally it's the "joy of living" joie de vivre |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $2000: It frequently follows "haute" to refer to the world of high fashion couture |
| #8811, aired 2023-02-20 | PARDON MY FRENCH $2,400 (Daily Double): Meaning let the people do as they please, it's the belief that government should not interfere in the economy laissez-faire |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $400: "Until I see you again" is the meaning of this French goodbye au revoir |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $800: Paparazzi know that a legal or moral issue that attracts vast interest is a "cause" this célèbre |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $1,000 (Daily Double): This 2-word phrase refers to one involved in shameful behavior, perhaps like Dennis the Menace enfant terrible |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $1200: "Good evening" is this 7-letter word combining the French for good & evening bonsoir |
| #8790, aired 2023-01-20 | AS THE FRENCH SAY $1600: This French phrase, literally "like this, like that", is used to mean "so-so" comme ci comme ça |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $200: Sly or otherwise:
renard a fox |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $400: In your garden:
papillon a butterfly |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $600: Down on the farm:
mouton a sheep |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $800: Look out! Serpent à sonnettes a rattlesnake |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $1000: In a seafood restaurant:
homard lobster |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: In 1950 Ionesco's "The Bald Soprano" helped launch what is now known as the "Theatre of" this the Absurd |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: These French-named epic poems, like the one named for Roland, are composed of irregular stanzas called laisses chanson |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: His last novel, "Quatre-vingt-treize", is set during 1793 amidst the French Revolution Hugo |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Meursault, the narrator of this Camus work, says he doesn't believe in God after being arrested for murder The Stranger |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | FRENCH LITERATURE $3,000 (Daily Double): A line from this play says, "He carries a nose!--ah, good my lords, what a nose is his!" Cyrano de Bergerac |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $200: At a restaurant you may want the steak but not the side dishes, so you order this 3-word way a la carte |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: The "R" in RSVP stands for "repondez", while the last 3 letters stand for this, French for "if you please" s'il vous plait |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $600: Sorry if you're lactose intolerant, but a dairy product is repeated in this French phrase meaning "best of the best" crème de la crème |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $800: You definitely do not want to commit one of these, an error whose name means "false step" faux pas |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $1000: This 4-letter word comes before "d'etat" in a governmental overthrow, or before "de grace" in a finishing blow coup |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | FRENCH PHRASES $400: The best of the best, also repetitive in French crème de la crème |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | FRENCH PHRASES $800: A chef of great skill, or the famed cooking school in Paris where Julia Child trained, the only woman in her class Cordon Bleu |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | FRENCH PHRASES $1200: The kid isn't really escaping from the picture frame; it's this style, meant to fool the eye trompe-l'œil |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | FRENCH PHRASES $1600: Full discretionary power or freedom, like being handed a blank paper carte blanche |
| #8695, aired 2022-07-29 | FRENCH PHRASES $2000: A passionate plea, it literally translates as "cry of the heart" cri de coeur |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $200: Maïs corn |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $400: Citron vert a lime |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $600: Chou
(chou de Bruxelles is Brussels sprout) cabbage |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $800: Ananas
(& it's not a banana) pineapple |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $1000: Cerise cherry |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS $200: This King Louis reigned for 72 years & once owned the Hope Diamond Louis XIV |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS $400: Louis XVIII was king from 1814 to 1824, except for the interruption of the "Hundred Days" when this man attempted a return to power Napoleon |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS $800: Louis XII couldn't stop warring in Italy & was duke of this main city of Lombardy, not too far from the French border Milan |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS $1000: To build France into a leading European power, Louis XIII worked for 2 decades with this chief minister & clergyman Cardinal Richelieu |
| #8658, aired 2022-06-08 | FRENCH KINGS NAMED LOUIS $2,000 (Daily Double): Louis VIII fought against King John of England & had this nickname, like King John's older brother the Lionheart |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $400: For movies, it's not just a first showing but a successful Mac-based editing program introduced by Adobe in 1991 premiere |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $800: "Naiveness" is in the dictionary but the more common noun is this French form naïveté |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $1200: A donnée is literally French for this, an assumed fact a given |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $1600: Today's kids must wonder how to tear the online editions of newspapers into strips for this craft papier-mâché |
| #8625, aired 2022-04-22 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $2000: It meant a plume of feathers worn on a hat, then came to signify style or swagger panache |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FRENCH COOKING TERMS $200: Bavarois, a creamy custard, refers to a region in this country Germany |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FRENCH COOKING TERMS $400: "À la meunière" is cooking in the tradition of this worker's wife; she would have had access to a bunch of flour a miller's wife |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FRENCH COOKING TERMS $600: From a French word meaning "to scrape" we get this term for a preparation of breadcrumbs & cheese a gratin |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FRENCH COOKING TERMS $800: A silent "X" comes at the end of this sautéed vegetable mix seen here, thought to be named for a duke whose cook popularized it a mirepoix |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | FRENCH COOKING TERMS $1000: Place your steak in a sealed bag in heated water & you're cooking like the pros via this "under vacuum" method sous vide |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: Pierre La mure's 1950 novel "Moulin Rouge" was based on the life of this artist Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1200: This onetime stockbroker abandoned business for art, traveled widely & died in the South Pacific in 1903 Gauguin |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1600: The most celebrated French artist of his day, he painted works like "The Oath of the Horatii" in a Neoclassical style David |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $2000: Granddaughter of the Rococo artist Fragonard, she aligned with the Impressionists & her "Dressmaking Lesson" is seen here Berthe Morisot |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $5,000 (Daily Double): Rodin's sculpture "The Thinker" was originally conceived as a representation of this poet gazing at the gates of hell Dante |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SPEAK LIKE A FRENCH CANADIAN $400: From what it's made of, robeur is this part of a car the tire |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SPEAK LIKE A FRENCH CANADIAN $800: An expression that translates as "Rabbit skins are falling" means this is happening outside it's snowing |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SPEAK LIKE A FRENCH CANADIAN $1200: Enjoy a hot dog at a casse-croute, literally "break crust" & basically this type of "soiled utensil" joint a greasy spoon |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SPEAK LIKE A FRENCH CANADIAN $1600: Someone who quickly gets what's happening is "vite sur ses patins" or "quick on" this athletic footwear skates |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | SPEAK LIKE A FRENCH CANADIAN $2000: "Je suis tired" is an example of this, a portmanteau of the French words for Canada's 2 official languages Franglais |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: One of the most popular novels among soldiers on both sides in the U.S. Civil War was this 1862 Victor Hugo novel Les Misérables |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: Charles Perrault is remembered for his fairy tales like "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge", this title in English Little Red Riding Hood |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Frederic Chopin's lover wrote romantic feminist works like "Lelia" using this pseudonym George Sand |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: Colette created this teenager shown here with her grandma who's raising her to be a courtesan Gigi |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: France's premier literary prize, this "Prix" awards a whopping 10 euros to the winner the Prix Goncourt |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: From French for "cover" & "fire", it was originally the hour the fires in a town were to be extinguished the curfew |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: This 5-letter type of sticker refers to a French process of transferring an image from paper to wood or glass a decal |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: French for "melting" gives us the words for fondue & this sugary paste used for icing & cake decor fondant |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: From the French for "of luxury", it can be one word or 2 deluxe |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1000: Crass comes from the same Latin root, crassus, as the French word "gras", meaning this fat |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $400: The ballet "Giselle" is based on a legend about the wilis, ghostly young maidens who have died before this special event their wedding |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $800: Giada De Laurentiis attended this French cooking school that today offers le grand diplome Le Cordon Bleu |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1200: Directors François Truffaut & Jean-Luc Godard are associated with this film style, nouvelle vague in French the new wave |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: The first mention of this embroidered work, a portion of which is seen here, was in an inventory of cathedral treasures in 1476 the Bayeux Tapestry |
| #8295, aired 2020-12-04 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $2000: "Danse macabre" is one of this composer's symphonic poems Saint-Saëns |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: During this notorious period that began in 1793, the Committee of Public Safety was effectively the govt. of France the Reign of Terror |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: The National Convention first met on Sept. 20, 1792 & declared France one of these kingless governments 2 days later a republic |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1200: A coup on 18 Brumaire established the consulate & brought this general to power Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: The motto of the radical Jacobin Club was "Vivre libre ou mourir", translated as this Live free or die |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: From tomber, French for "to fall", it was the cart that took those condemned to death on their last ride tumbrel |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SAY IT IN FRENCH $200: Coffee with milk cafe au lait |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SAY IT IN FRENCH $400: My God! mon dieu |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SAY IT IN FRENCH $600: Great prize grand prix |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SAY IT IN FRENCH $800: Literally, white card carte blanche |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | SAY IT IN FRENCH $1000: That's life c'est la vie |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | THE FRENCH PRINCE $400: Jean de France, who controlled much of France during this protracted war, was born in 1340 shortly after its start the Hundred Years' War |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | THE FRENCH PRINCE $600 (Daily Double): The title Prince of Conti was borne by sons of this royal house that ruled France from 1589 to 1830, mostly Bourbon |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | THE FRENCH PRINCE $800: Because of his father's frequent bouts of insanity, in 1418 15-year-old Charles VII declared himself one of these royal stand-ins regent |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | THE FRENCH PRINCE $1200: In 1715, at the age of 5, Louis the Well-Beloved became King Louis of this number XV |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | THE FRENCH PRINCE $2000: The future Charles V was the first heir apparent to the French crown to bear this title dauphin |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS $400: One of the richest women in the world, Francoise Bettencourt Meyers is an heiress to this French cosmetics company L'Oreal |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS $800: Christine Lagarde is the first female head of Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve, the ECB, short for European this Central Bank |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS $1200: Life was rosy for Marion Cotillard when she won an Oscar for playing this other Frenchwoman in a 2007 film Edith Piaf |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS $2000: In 1858 she heard the Virgin Mary tell her, "I am the Immaculate Conception" at a grotto near Massabielle Saint Bernadette |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | LIKE ONE OF YOUR FRENCH GIRLS $5,000 (Daily Double): About this French novelist, Elizabeth Browning wrote, "True genius, but true woman!" George Sand |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $800: Literally meaning "the sleeve", La Manche is this body of water the English Channel |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $1200: For its many fragrant flowers, this French territory in the Mediterranean Sea is called "The Scented Isle" Corsica |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $1600: A sweet sight to sailors, this city is France's main Mediterranean port Marseille |
| #8204, aired 2020-04-16 | FRENCH GEOGRAPHY $2,400 (Daily Double): Rich in fossils, these 4-letter mountains shared with Switzerland gave their name to an ancient dino-heavy period the Jura Mountains |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $200: This word for an afternoon show means "morning" in French matinee |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $400: Often seen in our category titles, this word literally means "rotten pot" potpourri |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $600: This French feminine word is a person with brown hair a brunette |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $800: Tellers of anecdotes, or the name of a Jack White band raconteurs |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | FRENCH WORDS IN ENGLISH $1000: French for "carriage entrance", it's the type of drop-off area seen here porte cochère |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $800: The name of this university honors a 13th century French theologian the Sorbonne |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA.) The 20th century painting here of southern France is by Jean, great-grandson of this 19th century French romantic author Victor Hugo |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: It's no folly--this Paris music hall has been a hotspot since the 1886 revue "Place au Jeunes" Folies Bergère |
| #8141, aired 2020-01-20 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $2000: This one-named designer created the iconic little black dress that Audrey Hepburn wore in "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Givenchy |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $200: The 1754-63 French & Indian War was the North American phase of this global conflict that was 2 years shorter Seven Years' War |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $400: Fort Ligonier was built in SW Pennsylvania to enable the Brits to capture France's Fort Duquesne, now this city Pittsburgh |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $600: The British deported French-speaking settlers from Acadia in Nova Scotia; many went south, where their descendants became these people the Cajuns |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $800: Algonquian-speaking peoples took France's side; this 6-nation confederacy was allied with the British Iroquois |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $1000: This European power came in on the losing side late in the war & lost Florida as a result Spain |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: He was France's king as the revolution began, but his reign & a very important body part got cut off Louis XVI |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: Early on, 4 years before the Reign of Terror, was the period of panic called La Grande Peur or "The Great" this fear |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: In French law clergy was the 1st this, nobles, 2nd & everyone else, 3rd, who of course paid the most taxes & got real mad estate |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: The Declaration of these proclaimed, "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights" rights of man |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $8,000 (Daily Double): In May 1793 this bloodthirsty lawyer had a message for the people--"rise in insurrection" Robespierre |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $400: Emmanuel Chabrier traveled through Spain in 1882 & titled this work after what Spaniards call their country "España" |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $800: Claude Debussy titled this work after the peninsula where Spain is located the "Iberian" peninsula |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $1600: Massenet's opera about this medieval Spanish hero premiered in 1885 with "Le", not "El", in the title El Cid |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $2000: Lalo's "Symphonie Espagnole" uses the rhythm of this Cuban dance that's also a famous aria in "Carmen" the habanera |
| #7918, aired 2019-01-30 | FRENCH MUSIC ABOUT SPAIN $6,800 (Daily Double): Maurice Ravel's Basque mother gave him a fondness for Spain most famously expressed in this 1928 work "Bolero" |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: Derived from an Old French word for "trust", it's a person engaged to be married fiancé |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: In French it means "memory"; in English it's a keepsake to remember you by souvenir |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: From an Old French word that meant a wine taster, to us it's a connoisseur of fine food & drink gourmet |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: Now also meaning a nightclub or bar, this type of cafe lends its name to a salad made with salt pork & eggs bistro |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: For many of us, "Jeopardy!" is this, our "reason for being" raison d'être |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE FRENCH I TOOK $400: This word for hello! is the title of several books on basic French, including one that gives you help from Louis L'Escargot bonjour |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE FRENCH I TOOK $800: As a grown man, le garcon is someone doing this job the waiter |
| #7884, aired 2018-12-13 | THE FRENCH I TOOK $1200: To us "faux pas" can mean all sorts of blunders, but to the French it's "false" this a false step |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $200: In 1920 a ship brought this 10-year-old future ocean explorer & family from France to NYC for a 2-year stay Jacques Cousteau |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $400: By 1809 this man & his brother Pierre had arrived in New Orleans & set up a blacksmith shop; piracy paid better, so... (Jean) Lafitte |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $600: A few years after sailing here on the American Eagle, Irenee Du Pont opened a gunpowder mill in this state Delaware |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $800: This future city planner was only 22 when he arrived on the Amphitrite to serve as an engineer in the revolution L'Enfant |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | FRENCH OFF THE BOAT $1000: The wreck of Capt. Ribaut's flagship Trinité is still off Florida, a relic of France's first New World outpost at this fort Fort Caroline |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | FRENCH ARTISTS $400: This painter of "Water Lilies" met Renoir when the 2 were students in the same painter's studio Monet |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | FRENCH ARTISTS $800: Ingres & David both worked in this "new" style based on antiquity that made use of crisp outlines Neoclassicism |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | FRENCH ARTISTS $1200: Fragonard's works like "The Swing", seen here, exemplify this frothy style that originated in Paris Rococo |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | FRENCH ARTISTS $1600: After seeing open warfare in the streets of Paris in 1830, Delacroix began his allegory of her "Leading the People" Liberty Leading the People |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | FRENCH ARTISTS $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an example of chronophotography on the monitor.) In the 1880s, Etienne-Jules Marey developed chronophotography, in which the entire sequence of a movement was captured in a single image, inspiring the superimposed images of a figure descending a staircase in the 1912 painting by this French artist Marcel Duchamp |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | FRENCH TOASTS $200: "Bonne chance" means this good luck |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | FRENCH TOASTS $400: "Cul sec" is the equivalent of these "up" bottoms up |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | FRENCH TOASTS $600: "A votre santé" literally means this to your health |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | FRENCH TOASTS $800: In 3 words, it says, "Long live" the country of Bardot & escargot vive la France |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | FRENCH TOASTS $1000: "Félicitations", en Anglais congratulations |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $400: One of his first paintings upon arriving in Tahiti was "Fatata Te Miti", or "By the Sea" Gauguin |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $800: In the 1870s this Impressionist who loved gardens left Paris & found a place with a nice one at Argenteuil Monet |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1200: In his later years this Fauvist created a mural, "Dance II", for a Pennsylvania gallery Matisse |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $1600: This post-Impressionist's "Bathers" series, 1894-1905, inspired Picasso's "Women of Avignon" Paul Cezanne |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | THE FRENCH MASTERS $2000: This founder of French classical painting, like the work seen here, lived mostly in Rome, where he was Niccolo Possino Nicolas Poussin |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | FRENCH FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $200: Explorers Cartier & Cousteau Jacques |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | FRENCH FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $400: Composer Debussy & painter Monet Claude |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | FRENCH FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $600: Political radical Marat & philosopher Sartre (it's hyphenated) Jean-Paul |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | FRENCH FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $800: Painter Pissarro & composer Saint-Saens Camille |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | FRENCH FIRST NAME'S THE SAME $1000: Actress Signoret & writer de Beauvoir Simone |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | A FRENCH PREPOSITION $200: Often used in restaurant titles, it means "in the house of" chez |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | A FRENCH PREPOSITION $400: Meaning "without", this word is pronounced with an "S" sound at the end in the U.S., but not in France sans |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | A FRENCH PREPOSITION $600: This short phrase means "in the style of" in English & French à la |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | A FRENCH PREPOSITION $800: In French, it's a preposition meaning "behind"; in English, it's a noun for the behind derrière |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | A FRENCH PREPOSITION $1000: This 3-word term for "face to face" is generally used in English for comparisons vis-a-vis |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | FRENCH SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $400: In 1943 he & engineer Emile Gagnan invented the Aqua Lung (Jacques) Cousteau |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | FRENCH SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $800: With 1 experiment this Frenchman both disproved spontaneous generation & put bacteriology on solid ground Pasteur |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | FRENCH SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1200: He taught physics at the Sorbonne until his death in 1906, when his wife took over the post (Pierre) Curie |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | FRENCH SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $1600: A type of this loss of language ability is named for Paul Broca, whose study of the brain helped find its cause aphasia |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | FRENCH SCIENTISTS & INVENTORS $2000: These brothers invented an all-in-one camera & projector called a cinematograph (from which we get the word cinema) the Lumière brothers |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $200: Les petits pois baby peas |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN FRENCH $400: La prune a plum |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: As France fell in 1940, this general escaped to Britain, where he rallied the French people in a series of radio broadcasts de Gaulle |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: In 1909 Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly a plane over this European waterway the English Channel |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): Awarded to Germany after the Franco-Prussian War, these paired regions became part of France for good in 1945 Alsace and Lorraine |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: The Jacobites were Scottish; this similar-sounding group were extremists during the French Revolution the Jacobins |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: Founded in 1972 as a neo-fascist party, it's been led for most of its history by the Le Pens, father & daughter the National Front |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | FRENCH DIP $200: Francois went swimming in the Seine, even though I told him, "L'eau est froide", meaning this the water is cold |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | FRENCH DIP $400: I think I swim like a dolphin, but my wife says I look like une baleine, one of these a whale |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | FRENCH DIP $600: I'm entering Jacques' pool using this, le plongeoir the diving board |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | FRENCH DIP $1,000 (Daily Double): When I was young, ma mere warned me of this part of our pool, le côté profond the deep side (or deep end) |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | FRENCH DIP $1000: After a few laps, I always seek out ma serviette de plage, this a beach towel |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: The epilogue to this novel tells us that one took holy orders, one married a rich woman & one moved to a country home The Three Musketeers |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: In the 1879 story "The Begum's Fortune", he predicted chemical warfare using projectiles Jules Verne |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: In this 1862 work, Victor Hugo wrote, "No one ever keeps a secret so well as a child" Les Miserables |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Jean-Paul Sartre wrote this major philosophical work in 1943 while fighting for the French Resistance Being and Nothingness |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | FRENCH LITERATURE $3,000 (Daily Double): This title character hails from Asteroid B-612, which has 3 volcanoes & a rose the Little Prince |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SPEAKING "FRENCH" $200: In Prokofiev's "Peter & the Wolf", the wolf is represented by this instrument the French horn |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SPEAKING "FRENCH" $400: La Isla Restaurant in New Jersey is known for this breakfast dish, stuffed with strawberry/guava cream cheese French toast |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SPEAKING "FRENCH" $600: This breed here is said to be a good watchdog, but does snore a French bulldog |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SPEAKING "FRENCH" $800: Fort Necessity National Battlefield is the site of the first battle of this war that began in 1754 the French and Indian War |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | SPEAKING "FRENCH" $1000: Larry Bird called himself a "hick from" this Indiana town French Lick |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: The name of this vehicle is from the French for "walking hospital" an ambulance |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the National World War I Museum.) With a two-man crew and a top speed of just 5 miles per hour, the Renault FT-17 revolutionized tank design with its ability to point its gun in any direction, thanks to this rotating top section, from the French for "tower" a turret |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: This deep red is paired with clover in a 1960s song title crimson |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: It can mean ability or the entire staff of a school faculty |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $1000: Utterly senseless; in the 1950s & '60s there was a "theater of" it absurd |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $200: On D-Day during WWII, Allied forces landed on the beaches of this French region Normandy |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: France's national anthem got its name because troops from this city loved it Marseille |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $600: Robespierre ruled as a virtual dictator during this troubled period from 1793 to 1794 the Reign of Terror |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: After an 1870-71 war with this leading German kingdom, France lost parts of Alsace & Lorraine Prussia |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $1000: In November 2016 a show by Sting reopened this Paris concert hall 1 year after a terrorist attack Le Bataclan |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $200: Raining or not, the French names of these 2 animals are chat et chien cat and dog |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $400: Le loup is this carnivore the wolf |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $600: Le canard is this; someone pass the orange sauce duck |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $800: Down on a French farm, this is le mouton a sheep |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | ANIMALS IN FRENCH $1000: This subject of songs, seen here, is le merle a blackbird |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: At an 1802 White House dinner, Thomas Jefferson supplied the starch with these "in the French manner" potatoes |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | PARDON MY FRENCH $800: This French military group that formed in 1831 had its first headquarters in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria the French Foreign Legion |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1200: This birthing method developed by a French doctor in the 1950s involves breath control & pain reduction Lamaze |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1600: Post-WWII Juliette Greco made her mark on this style of song known simply by the French word for "song" chanson |
| #7428, aired 2016-12-21 | PARDON MY FRENCH $2000: From the French for "light of hand", it's the art involved in sleight of hand legerdemain |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | FRENCH CUISINE $200: Canard sauvage aux pommes, or this wild fowl with apples, is served with a sauce that includes gooseberry jelly duck |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | FRENCH CUISINE $400: To order this dessert in a French restaurant, ask for gateau au chocolat chocolate cake |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | FRENCH CUISINE $600: The light pink color of consomme Carmen comes from puree of this tomato |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | FRENCH CUISINE $800: To serve 10 people mousse d'ecrevisses, you'll need to start with 30 of these freshwater crustaceans crayfish |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | FRENCH CUISINE $1000: The traditional salade nicoise includes anchovies & this other fish tuna |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $400: Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection an airport |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $800: Aneto Peak is the highest point in these mountains that connect (or separate) France & Spain the Pyrenees |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $1200: The Frejus Tunnel carries car traffic from Mondane, France to the Piedmont region of this country Italy |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $1600: This lake lies between southwestern Switzerland & the Haute-Savoie Department of France Lake Geneva |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | FRENCH CONNECTIONS $2000: Baptiste du Cerceau & Pierre des Illes designed this, the oldest existing bridge across the Seine Pont Neuf |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: King of the Franks from 814 to 840, he would be followed in French history by 17 other kings bearing the name Louis |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: In Domremy around 1425, she began to hear voices encouraging her to lead the French army Joan of Arc |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): The French epic "Song of Roland" depicts a battle against Saracens, but it was actually vs. these people of the Pyrenees the Basques |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: Sparking the French Wars of Religion, 1,000 members of this group were massacred on March 1, 1562 the Huguenots |
| #7350, aired 2016-07-22 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: La Montagne, an extremist revolutionary faction in 1793 & '94, was led by Georges Danton & this man Robespierre |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $400: An antique furniture style is named for this long-reigning French king of the late 17th century Louis XIV |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $800: In 1857 Flaubert was tried & nearly convicted of immorality due to the subject matter of this novel Madame Bovary |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1200: At 15 in 1931 this "La Vie En Rose" singer was already supporting herself singing in Paris (Edith) Piaf |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $1600: The Musee d'Orsay houses a large collection of 19th century French art, including his scandalous painting "Olympia" Edouard Manet |
| #7329, aired 2016-06-23 | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE $2000: "Manon" is probably the best-known opera by this composer whose last name also starts with "MA" Massenet |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TIME FOR FRENCH $200: My darling, let's dance the minuet at minuit, this special time midnight |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TIME FOR FRENCH $400: My friend & I get together dans l'apres-midi, during this time of day afternoon |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TIME FOR FRENCH $600: Moi need a break? Perhaps; I'll be back in un mois, this long a month |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TIME FOR FRENCH $800: I hope "Jeopardy!" is still on after un siecle, this period of time a century |
| #7324, aired 2016-06-16 | TIME FOR FRENCH $1000: I take my pills twice a day, deux fois par this jour |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | SCIENCE FICTION TITLES IN FRENCH $400: "Je suis une légende" I Am Legend |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | SCIENCE FICTION TITLES IN FRENCH $800: "Chroniques martiennes" The Martian Chronicles |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | SCIENCE FICTION TITLES IN FRENCH $1200: "Le cycle de Fondation" The Foundation Trilogy |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | SCIENCE FICTION TITLES IN FRENCH $1600: "La main gauche de la nuit" The Left Hand of Darkness |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | SCIENCE FICTION TITLES IN FRENCH $2000: Margaret Atwood's "La servante écarlate" The Handmaid's Tale |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FRENCH FILM FEMMES $400: You may recognize Clémence Poésy as a Triwizard champion in these films Harry Potter |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FRENCH FILM FEMMES $800: After portraying Piaf, she took a darker turn in "The Dark Knight Rises" playing Talia al Ghul Marion Cotillard |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FRENCH FILM FEMMES $1200: Melanie Laurent, whose dad voices Flanders in the French version of "The Simpsons", is Shosanna in this Tarantino flick Inglourious Basterds |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FRENCH FILM FEMMES $1600: Her first big budget Hollywood film was "The Da Vinci Code" opposite Tom Hanks Audrey Tautou |
| #7281, aired 2016-04-18 | FRENCH FILM FEMMES $2000: This French beauty's been seen on the screen since 1957, when she was billed as Catherine Dorleac Catherine Deneuve |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | FRENCH OCCUPATION $200: Chanteuse a singer |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | FRENCH OCCUPATION $400: Bibliothecaire librarian |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | FRENCH OCCUPATION $600: Boulanger a baker (a breadmaker accepted) |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | FRENCH OCCUPATION $800: Avocat a lawyer |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | FRENCH OCCUPATION $1000: Pompier firefighter |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | THE FRENCH MISTAKE, VOILA! $200: World Book on this 18th century royal--"Her frivolity and plotting helped undermine the monarchy" Marie Antoinette |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | THE FRENCH MISTAKE, VOILA! $400: 2 scandals of this 2007-12 French pres.: cash-stuffed envelopes from a L'Oreal heiress & Pakistani arms deal kickbacks Sarkozy |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | THE FRENCH MISTAKE, VOILA! $600: In 1808 Napoleon put his brother in power in this country, booting King Ferdinand VII; the Peninsular War soon followed Spain |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | THE FRENCH MISTAKE, VOILA! $1,000 (Daily Double): It's a "disgraceful skeleton", said Guy de Maupassant; "You see it from everywhere...an unavoidable and horrid nightmare" the Eiffel Tower |
| #7261, aired 2016-03-21 | THE FRENCH MISTAKE, VOILA! $1000: His "line" was built after World War I to defend against attack from Germany (André) Maginot |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On Oct. 5, 1789 thousands of women marched to Versailles to protest the high price & scarcity of this foodstuff bread |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: A the time of the revolution, it had 8 towers & was surrounded by a moat more than 80 feet wide the Bastille |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1200: He tried to escape France but was caught after a patriot recognized him from his picture on French currency Louis XVI |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: In 1790 a tricolor flag replaced one that featured this floral emblem the fleur-de-lis |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: At the start of the revolution, the 3 of these represented the clergy, the nobility & the people the Estates-General |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $400: Its 10 million people all live on a third of a Caribbean island Haiti |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $800: In area it's the largest country with French as an official language Canada |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $1200: Fleur de Sel is a French restaurant in this "Democratic Republic", the second-largest country in Africa the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $2000: In 1985 this African nation officially changed its name to the French version Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
| #7189, aired 2015-12-10 | FRENCH-SPEAKING COUNTRIES $5,000 (Daily Double): Its official languages include German, Italian & French; 20% of its people mainly speak French Switzerland |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | TRANSLATE THE FRENCH $200: Chaud, as in chocolat chaud hot |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | TRANSLATE THE FRENCH $400: For dinner it's poisson (note the double "S") fish |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | TRANSLATE THE FRENCH $600: Don't let le gazon grow under your feet grass |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | TRANSLATE THE FRENCH $800: A reporter should carry un stylo pen |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | TRANSLATE THE FRENCH $1000: La mariee, perhaps all in white bride |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: "Twenty Years After" & "The Vicomte de Bragelonne" were both sequels to this Alexandre Dumas work Three Musketeers |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: In Chapter I of this Gaston Leroux novel, we learn of a private box in the theatre always reserved for the title figure Phantom of the Opera |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Antoine de Saint-Exupery, who perished in a WWII plane crash, is today best known for this children's tale The Little Prince |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: A collection of about 90 tales, "The Human Comedy" by this author paints a vivid portrait of 19th c. France (Honoré de) Balzac |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | FRENCH LITERATURE $5,000 (Daily Double): One of the chief aims of this 1831 novel was to "inspire the nation with a love of its national architecture" The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $400: Elaine May adapted the Oscar-nominated screenplay of this 1978 French film for Mike Nichols' "The Birdcage" La Cage aux Folles |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $800: In "Point of No Return", a remake of this 1990 French film, Bridget Fonda plays an assassin for the government La Femme Nikita |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $1200: In "La Femme infidele", Stephanie Audran cheats on Michel Bouquet; in "Unfaithful", it's this actress & Richard Gere Diane Lane |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $1600: It's the English title of the 1983 English-language remake of Jean-Luc Godard's classic "A bout de souffle" Breathless |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | FRENCH FILM REMAKES $2000: In this 1994 action film based on "La Totale!", agent Arnold Schwarzenegger dances the tango with Tia Carrere True Lies |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: France, you've lost a 1340 naval battle to England to start this war, but it's a long way from over--I mean a long way the Hundred Years' War |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: It's the facility represented here during a 1789 event the Bastille |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: France enjoyed a round of "Frere Jacques" in 1995 when he went from being mayor of Paris to the presidency Jacques Chirac |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: In 1929 France began to build this "line" of heavy defensive fortifications against Germany the Maginot Line |
| #7072, aired 2015-05-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: In 1685 Louis XIV revoked the Edict of this, which had guaranteed freedom of worship to French Protestants Nantes |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: This adjective for a certain Himalayan snowman comes from the French abominable |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The name of this weed means "lion's tooth", referring to its toothed leaves dandelion |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: Old French gives us this word for a winner of a competition, like certain show dogs champion |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: French for "song for dancing" gives us this word for a type of sentimental or romantic song ballad |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | FROM THE FRENCH $1000: This word for a sharp satire comes from the French, not from Harvard lampoon |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | SCIENCE TERMS IN FRENCH $200: This part of a cell that contains the chromosomes is "le noyau" the nucleus |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | SCIENCE TERMS IN FRENCH $400: With or without Monsieur Bunsen, "un bec", one of these, should get temperatures rising a burner |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | SCIENCE TERMS IN FRENCH $600: This element is "le plomb"; get it out! lead |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | SCIENCE TERMS IN FRENCH $1000: You'll be all-powerful when you attach the wires to "les electrodes" on this, "la pile" a battery |
| #7054, aired 2015-04-23 | SCIENCE TERMS IN FRENCH $2,200 (Daily Double): In chemistry, "une liaison" is one of these, perhaps "ionique" a bond |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | FRENCH FIRST NAMES $200: Magritte &
Descartes René |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | FRENCH FIRST NAMES $400: Monet &
Debussy Claude |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | FRENCH FIRST NAMES $600: Cocteau &
Lafitte Jean |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | FRENCH FIRST NAMES $800: Cardin &
Boulle Pierre |
| #7042, aired 2015-04-07 | FRENCH FIRST NAMES $1000: Escoffier &
Rodin Auguste |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $400: In 1653 Jean-Baptiste Lully became court composer for this king with whom he had earlier danced in a ballet Louis XIV |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $800: Georges Bizet died at 36, just 3 months after the initial failure of this opera Carmen |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $1200: Achille-Claude was the full first name of this faun-portraying composer Debussy |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $1600: A decade before composing "Bolero", he served as a driver in World War I Ravel |
| #7031, aired 2015-03-23 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $2000: From 1979 to 1981 Georges Delerue won this French Oscar 3 straight years for scores including "The Last Metro" the César |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | FRENCH DIP $200: I've just taken a dip in the Cote d'Azur & now I can't find my drap de plage, or beach this towel |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | FRENCH DIP $400: While playing Marco Polo at the beach, I almost collided with un bateau, one of these a boat |
| #6988, aired 2015-01-21 | FRENCH DIP $600: Our beach abbreviation SPF becomes FPS in French; the "P", this word, is spelled the same in both languages protection |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | FRENCH CITIES & TOWNS $400: A decree from Louis XIV created this palatial city about 15 miles southwest of Paris Versailles |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | FRENCH CITIES & TOWNS $800: This city has 2 racing circuits: the Circuit de la Sarthe & the Bugatti Circuit Le Mans |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | FRENCH CITIES & TOWNS $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After France surrendered to the Nazis in June 1940, the country was divided into a German-occupied area & an unoccupied zone with an administrative center in this spa town, by whose name the region would be known Vichy |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | FRENCH CITIES & TOWNS $1600: Known for its wine, this major southwestern port once belonged to the English & was their main port on the continent Bordeaux |
| #6986, aired 2015-01-19 | FRENCH CITIES & TOWNS $2000: This city at the juncture of the Rhone & Saone Rivers is famous for its cooked dishes prepared with onions Lyon |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $400: In 1845 this pere continued the story of a certain trio in "Twenty Years After" Alexandre Dumas, père |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $800: "Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours" is the French title of this 1873 book Around the World in Eighty Days |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $1200: Here is Amantine-Aurore-Lucile Dupin, known by this pen name; she loved Chopin in more ways than one George Sand |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $1600: "120 Days of Sodom" by this man was published in 1904, nearly 100 years after his death the Marquis de Sade |
| #6959, aired 2014-12-11 | FRENCH LIT $2000: 2 siblings create a sinister, unreal world of their own in Cocteau's tale of these "enfants" terribles |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | FRENCH POETS $400: Captain Rouget de Lisle wrote this one work that is remembered; it begins, "Allons, enfants de la patrie" "The Marseillaise" |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | FRENCH POETS $1200: In the Bastille in 1717, this philosopher wrote his epic poem "La Henriade" Voltaire |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | FRENCH POETS $1600: In "Ballad of the Ladies of Yore", Francois Villon asked, "Where are" these "of yesteryear?" snows |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | FRENCH POETS $2000: Frederic Mistral wrote in this language of southern France & developed a dictionary of it Provençal |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | FRENCH POETS $5,000 (Daily Double): Also a novelist, he began an 1839 poem, "The church is vast; its towering pride, its steeples loom on high" Victor Hugo |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THE FRENCH $200 (Daily Double): Last name of brothers Andre & Edouard, who noted that with arms, a pile of tires "would make a man" Michelin |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THE FRENCH $200: We have a "hunch" you'll know in 1852, this author wrote "Napoleon le Petit", an indictment of Napoleon III Hugo |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THE FRENCH $600: It's said that in 1921, this fashion maven chose to market the fifth scent a perfumer sampled for her (Coco) Chanel |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THE FRENCH $800: In 1858 Bernadette Soubirous claimed the Virgin Mary appeared to her 18 times in this town Lourdes |
| #6797, aired 2014-03-18 | THE FRENCH $1000: In 2009, 2 art historians wrote it was this Paris-born painter who mutilated van Gogh's ear, with a sword, no less Gauguin |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $400: Gaston Leroux had this title character haunting a Paris opera house the Phantom of the Opera |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $1200: In "The Second Sex", this French female existentialist deconstructed the myth of the feminine Simone de Beauvoir |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $1,500 (Daily Double): French author Albert Camus set several works in this country of his birth Algeria |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $1600: "Remembrance of Things Past" is a classic example of the type of series called a roman-fleuve, literally novel-this river (or stream) |
| #6794, aired 2014-03-13 | FRENCH LIT $2000: This 1830 Stendhal work paints a colorful portrait of post-Napoleon France The Red and the Black |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | IN A FRENCH KITCHEN $400: Stand back, mon ami; brandy or rum can be used when serving something this way, meaning "on fire" flambé |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | IN A FRENCH KITCHEN $800: This French stew is made with eggplant, zucchini, tomato, peppers & onions--& hopefully no rodents ratatouille |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | IN A FRENCH KITCHEN $1200: French kitchens use a lot of batter on Candlemas, also known as this day due to the consumption of a specific food Crêpe Day |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | IN A FRENCH KITCHEN $1600: Dishes made a la normande often include this apple brandy, a Normandy specialty calvados |
| #6788, aired 2014-03-05 | IN A FRENCH KITCHEN $2000: From cooking shows, you might know it's French for a seasoning mixture of minced onions, carrots & celery mirepoix |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: A hunting lodge begun by Louis XIII in 1624 eventually became this elaborate royal residence Versailles |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: In the 2012 election for president, Francois Hollande defeated this incumbent (Nicolas) Sarkozy |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $1,600 (Daily Double): At Castillon in 1453, French troops defeated the English in the final great battle of this war the Hundred Years' War |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: In Feb. of this year France hosted the Grenoble Winter Olympics; in May protests nearly led to a leftist revolution 1968 |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: To grant religious freedom to Protestants, in 1598 King Henry IV issued the Edict of this city Nantes |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $400: The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French & Indian War as well as this larger global conflict the Seven Years War |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $800: The British won the 1759 battle for this Canadian city & protected it from recapture 7 months later Quebec |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $1600: In the 1750s the British expelled most of these French peasants from the maritime provinces the Acadians |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1758 the British captured Fort Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, thus gaining access to this vital river the St. Lawrence |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR $2000: This Indian confederacy that controlled Upstate New York sided with the British the Iroquois |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $400: Hedi Slimane's last name is apt: he's known for this type of "jeans" & "suits", which Karl Lagerfeld lost 90 pounds to fit into skinny jeans |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $800: The "H" is silent in this French house big on scarves, begun in 1837 as a bridle & harness maker Hermès |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $1200: The 1958 Trapeze Line from this 3-named male designer was hailed as a coup of couture Yves Saint Laurent |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $1600: French for "caterpillar", it's a velvetlike cord of yarn with a protruding pile of fibers chenille |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | FRENCH DRESSING $2000: The Americans say "off the rack"; the French, this 3-word term meaning "ready to wear" prêt-à-porter |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $400: In 1886, before moving to Paris, this scientists wrote her cousin Henrika, "My plans for the future? I have none" Marie Curie |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $800: Historic last name of brothers Lucien & Joseph; their children Charles & Zenaide married each other in 1822 Bonaparte |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $1200: This small-town English authoress had a glamorous cousin, Eliza de Feuillide, whose husband was guillotined Jane Austen |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $1600: Here this artist depicts Edouard Manet niece Julie with her cousin Renoir |
| #6495, aired 2012-12-07 | FRENCH COUSINE $2000: The 1572 Paris wedding of King Henri to his cousin was the "Scarlet Nuptials"--this massacre was just days later the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | FRENCH EPONYMS $200: This process for sterilizing food & beverages by heating & rapid cooling is named for the chemist who created it pasteurization |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | FRENCH EPONYMS $400: This addictive substance in tobacco was named for a French ambassador who sent leaves back home nicotine |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | FRENCH EPONYMS $600: These shadow portraits are named for a French finance minister known for his frugal economics silhouettes |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | FRENCH EPONYMS $800: Mississippians say merci to the French botanist whose name is on this, their state tree the magnolia tree |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | FRENCH EPONYMS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1839 this Frenchman showed a way to create an image on a copper plate coated with silver; the process is named for him (Louis) Daguerre |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | A FRENCH TWIST $200: Does le vin rouge traditionally go with meat or fish? (Oh yeah...meat) red wine |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | A FRENCH TWIST $400: Not tonight...
I have
a mal de tete a headache |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | A FRENCH TWIST $600: The lawyer advised the client to go with an aliénation mentale defense insanity |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | A FRENCH TWIST $800: Dormir et rever
(both words, please) to sleep & to dream |
| #6410, aired 2012-06-29 | A FRENCH TWIST $1000: Monique, do not attempt to entice me with your faux cils false eyelashes |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $400: To portray Edith Piaf in 2007's "La Vie en Rose", she shaved back her hairline & removed her eyebrows (Marion) Cotillard |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $800: Jean Dujardin stars in this 2011 black & white film set in silent-era Hollywood The Artist |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $1200: This 2001 film starring Audrey Tautou as a shy waitress working in a Paris cafe received 5 Oscar nominations Amelie |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $1600: 1959's "Black Orpheus" retold the tale of Orpheus & Eurydice set during this South American city's Carnival Rio de Janeiro |
| #6390, aired 2012-06-01 | FRENCH FILMS $2000: This French New Waver directed the autobiographical film "The 400 Blows" Francois Truffaut |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $400: Around 1916 this Impressionist built a new studio at Giverny to paint large versions of his water lilies (Claude) Monet |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $800: Not surprisingly the website for the American Foundation for the Blind features a bio of him (Louis) Braille |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $1200: This "I think, therefore I am" philosopher invented analytic geometry Descartes |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $1600: In 1851 he invented a pendulum that he'd use to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth on its axis Foucault |
| #6374, aired 2012-05-10 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $2000: Seen here is a wax figure of this woman who survived France's Reign of Terror to found her own
wax museum Madame Tussaud |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | I'M TAKING FRENCH LEAVE $200: En Allemagne, this country Germany |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | I'M TAKING FRENCH LEAVE $400: En Coree, this peninsula Korea |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | I'M TAKING FRENCH LEAVE $600: En Anvers, this Belgian city Antwerp |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | I'M TAKING FRENCH LEAVE $800: Au bord de la Tamise, this river the Thames |
| #6350, aired 2012-04-06 | I'M TAKING FRENCH LEAVE $1000: En Nouvelle-Ecosse, this province Nova Scotia |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | FRENCH 101 $200: The French use this word to mean kitchen; we use it to refer to a manner of preparing food cuisine |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | FRENCH 101 $400: A naive or innocent girl or woman; in the theater, it's an actress who plays such roles an ingenue |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | FRENCH 101 $600: A dead-end street, literally the "bottom of the bag" a cul-de-sac |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | FRENCH 101 $800: One who tells stories & anecdotes with skill & wit; the Old French meaning is "to count up" or "reckon" a raconteur |
| #6319, aired 2012-02-23 | FRENCH 101 $1000: "Esprit de" this is a feeling of solidarity among members of a group corps |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $200: This military force is still used today when France has problems overseas the Foreign Legion |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: This hot dog topping of minced pickles takes its name from the Old French for "remainder" relish |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $600: The name of these "Grand" mountains near Jackson Hole comes from the French the Tetons |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $800: This tennis term may come from the French l'oeuf, meaning "egg", like a goose egg love |
| #6274, aired 2011-12-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1000: The European Space Agency launches its Ariane rockets from this South American territory French Guiana |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: Joan of Arc became the maid of this city when she led French troops to victory there in May 1429 Orleans |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: On May 10, 1981 France elected as president this socialist who then nationalized most of the private banks Francois Mitterrand |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In June 1940, France was split into German-occupied France & Vichy France; 2 1/2 years later, Germany gained control of a large part of continental France; Italy gained most of the area east of this river the Rhone |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | FRENCH HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In a July 6, 2003 referendum, this Mediterranean island narrowly defeated a plan for limited autonomy Corsica |
| #6266, aired 2011-12-12 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: The October 1415 battle of this fortress, lost to the English, actually took place in a nearby muddy field Agincourt |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | FRENCH FIXINS $200: In French, this word can refer to an image on Turkey's flag as well as a tasty roll a croissant |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | FRENCH FIXINS $400: The vineyard & petit-gris are varieties of this mollusk; please respond in French, though it might "slow" you down escargot |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | FRENCH FIXINS $600: From Provence & pretty as a Pixar, this eggplant dish simmered in olive oil can be served hot or cold ratatouille |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | FRENCH FIXINS $800: Tomatoes, garlic, black olives, anchovies, onions, tuna, green beans, eggs & herbs make up a salade this niçoise |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | FRENCH FIXINS $1000: In a remembrance of things Proust, it's a small, buttery sponge cake eaten as a cookie, often dipped in coffee a madeleine |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $200: This composer died on June 3, 1875, exactly 3 months after his "Carmen" premiered Bizet |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $400: Many of Francois Couperin's works were written for this old keyboard instrument, including 27 suites a harpsichord |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $600: Although his "Clair de Lune" is often performed as a separate piece, it's actually the third movement in "Suite Bergamasque" Debussy |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $800: Maurice Ravel's 4 of these include "Daphnis and Chloe", written for Diaghilev, & the original version of "Bolero" ballets |
| #6196, aired 2011-07-18 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $1000: This "Symphonie Fantastique" composer was given 20,000 francs by Paganini, who declared him a musical genius (Hector) Berlioz |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $400: Pen name (3, 2, 5) nom de plume |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $800: Good evening (7) bonsoir |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1200: & There you have it! (5) voilà |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1600: A place de coiffure or de beaute (5) salon |
| #6184, aired 2011-06-30 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $2000: Up to date (2, 7) au courant |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH? $400: Philippe of this family is Chief Ocean Correspondent for Animal Planet Cousteau |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH? $800: Born in 1911, Louise Bourgeois worked into her 90s on her biomorphic creations in this art form sculpture |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH? $1200: Michelin 3-star chef Joel Robuchon opened his first U.S. restaurant in this city, not New York Las Vegas |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH? $1600: He was Jacques Chirac's predecessor as president François Mitterrand |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | ARE YOU PERHAPS FRENCH? $2,000 (Daily Double): Luc Montagnier identified the AIDS virus while working at the institute named for this 19th c. Frenchman (Louis) Pasteur |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | FRENCH SCRAMBLE $400: I'm grateful:
CRIME merci |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | FRENCH SCRAMBLE $800: I'm asking nicely:
VIOLA'S TULIPS s'il vous plait |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | FRENCH SCRAMBLE $1200: I'm complimenting you:
BERET SIN tres bien |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | FRENCH SCRAMBLE $1600: A season:
TEE été |
| #6148, aired 2011-05-11 | FRENCH SCRAMBLE $2000: How many are there?:
NICE MOB combien |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | FRENCH FOOD TALK $400: This term refers to any dish baked with a browned crumb or cheese & crumb topping, especially potatoes au gratin |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | FRENCH FOOD TALK $800: This dish, a thick cut of beef for 2 served with bearnaise, is named for a French statesman Chateaubriand |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | FRENCH FOOD TALK $1200: It's a mixture of butter or other fat & flour used to thicken sauces & soups a roux |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | FRENCH FOOD TALK $1600: It means to cut food into thin matchlike pieces; it's also a clear soup garnished with vegetable strips julienne |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | FRENCH FOOD TALK $2000: Popularly served on crackers, it's a spread made from capers, anchovies, olives, olive oil & lemon juice tapenade |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $200: Jean Duvet was "the master of" this one-horned creature because of his series of engravings featuring it the unicorn |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: Models for this painter & lithographer included dancer La Goulue & singer Aristide Bruant Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $600: In 1874 art critic Louis Leroy coined this term for the movement that included Monet & Pissarro impressionism |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $800: Known for his Tahitian paintings, he served as a laborer in Panama in 1887 while France attempted to build a canal Gauguin |
| #6101, aired 2011-03-07 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1000: Jacques-Louis David's 1787 painting "The Death of" this Athenian shows him being offered a cup of hemlock Socrates |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | ANGLAIS-ING THE FRENCH WORD $400: Which came first, the "poulet" or the "oeuf"? (these 2 items) the chicken & the egg |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | ANGLAIS-ING THE FRENCH WORD $800: The opposite of amour is haine, this hate |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | ANGLAIS-ING THE FRENCH WORD $1200: In geography le detroit d'Hormuz is the this of Hormuz the Strait |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | ANGLAIS-ING THE FRENCH WORD $1600: I had a sandwich at dejeuner, this meal lunch |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | ANGLAIS-ING THE FRENCH WORD $2000: When grandma says, "fais-moi une bise", she means "give me a" this kiss |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: In May 1968 demonstrations broke out throughout France against this president's government de Gaulle |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: From 1349 to 1830 the French king's oldest son held this title once used by the Lord of Viennois dauphin |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: This legislative assembly was formed by Philip IV in 1302; it was replaced in 1789 with the National Assembly the Estates General (les états généraux) |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: This 1598 edict gave a large measure of religious liberty to the Huguenots the Edict of Nantes |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | FRENCH HISTORY $2,600 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) At one point in the Hundred Years War, England & its allies possessed about half of France; by war's end in 1453, however, the French had pushed England off the mainland, except for this port the port of Calais |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $400: In 1845, the same year he began "Les Miserables", he was elected a peer of France (Victor) Hugo |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $800: Louise Colet's 1859 novel "Lui" was a scathing account of her relationship with this "Madame Bovary" author (Gustave) Flaubert |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $1200: This sci-fi writer's "An Antarctic Mystery" attempts to finish Poe's "Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym" Jules Verne |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $1600: This Guy, a master of the short story, also wrote 6 novels, including "Bel-Ami" & "Pierre et Jean" Guy de Maupassant |
| #6025, aired 2010-11-19 | FRENCH NOVELISTS $2000: Before her time with Chopin, she had an affair with Alfred de Musset, a basis for "Elle et Lui" George Sand |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $200: Le nez the nose |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $400: Le pied a foot |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $600: Les dents teeth |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $800: La langue the tongue |
| #6020, aired 2010-11-12 | FRENCH ANATOMY QUIZ $1000: Le foie liver |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: A prize or memento, such as a cup or a plaque, received as a symbol of victory, often in sports a trophy |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: This term for an on-the-job trainee comes from the French for "to learn" an apprentice |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: A tableland, it's from the French for "flat object" a plateau |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: Eating pizza in the morning is etymologically justified: this meal is from the Old French for "morning meal" dinner |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: Spelled with an E after the L, it means "to complete"; with an I, "to praise"; both are from the French complement or compliment |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | FRENCH CITIES? $400: Ms. Hilton, population 2.1 million Paris |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | FRENCH CITIES? $800: Multiple episodes of military service in a war zone, population 137,000 Tours |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | FRENCH CITIES? $1200: High-quality brandy, population 20,000 Cognac |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | FRENCH CITIES? $1600: A Miami Beach hotel where the GOP was headquartered for its 1968 convention, population 18,000 Fontainebleau |
| #5995, aired 2010-10-08 | FRENCH CITIES? $2000: A 4-door automobile with a hard top, population 21,000 Sedan |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | FRENCH CLASS $400: Open up a French datebook & you might see janvier & avril, names of these months |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | FRENCH CLASS $800: One of these sensory organs is l'oeil in French; both of them are called les yeux eyes |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | FRENCH CLASS $1200: In your house, what the French call la cuisine we call this room the kitchen |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | FRENCH CLASS $1600: Even some French think this meal, petit dejeuner, is the most important of the day breakfast |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | FRENCH CLASS $2,000 (Daily Double): If you approach the signal called feu rouge on a French road, you'd better do this stop |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $200: Margaritas before we eat? We'll need plenty of these, citrons vert in French limes |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $400: Well, to start, there's several cans of potage, meaning this; no gazpacho, though soup |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $600: For our pizza, we'll need a can of les anchois, these; don't worry about the little bones, they're edible anchovies |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $800: We're making Stroganoff, so we'll definitely need some champignons, these mushrooms |
| #5934, aired 2010-06-03 | IN THE FRENCH PANTRY $1000: I see un pamplemousse, this; I'll have half of it for petit dejeuner, breakfast grapefruit |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | FRENCH COOKING $200: This paper-thin creation, whether savory or sweet, means "pancake" in French crepe |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | FRENCH COOKING $400: A pastry shell filled with eggs, cream & other ingredients, this dish originated in the Alsace-Lorraine region quiche |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | FRENCH COOKING $600: This seafood stew of Marseilles was originally cooked on the beach by fishermen bouillabaisse |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | FRENCH COOKING $800: This specialty of Alsace & Perigord is goose liver marinated in port & seasonings paté foie gras |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | FRENCH COOKING $1000: As the name says, this classic dish is chicken cooked in red wine coq au vin |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On July 14, 1789 commander Bernard de Launay opened up the gates of this & a mob stormed in the Bastille |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: In June 1791 this king & his family tried to escape France in what's known as the "Flight to Varennes"--no go Louis XVI |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1200: The Constitution of 1791 divided France into 83 of these political units that still exist today departments |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: At her July 17, 1793 execution, this Girondist sympathizer said, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand" Charlotte Corday |
| #5843, aired 2010-01-27 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $3,000 (Daily Double): His brother Lucien was President of the Council of 500 in the legislature & helped him gain power Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | FRENCH FOOD $200: Laitue (this) goes into une salade lettuce |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | FRENCH FOOD $400: You can't have your gateau (this) & eat it too cake |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | FRENCH FOOD $600: Je suis le fromage, this cheese |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | FRENCH FOOD $800: Those crazy French: raisin is this fruit (what we call a raisin is raisin sec to them) a grape |
| #5784, aired 2009-11-05 | FRENCH FOOD $1000: Riz (rice) is often paired with haricots (these) beans |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: Not the beginning of a beautiful friendship, the Agadir Incident pitted Germany vs. France in this N. African country Morocco |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: The law that made July 14 a holiday actually honored that date in this year, 1 year later than you might think 1790 |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: A wartime adviser to de Gaulle, he was at the "center" of French politics as president from 1969 to 1974 Pompidou |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: The French adapted the name of the Irinakhoiw into this & fought them in N. America for the second half of the 1600s the Iroquois |
| #5778, aired 2009-10-28 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: In 1137 Louis VII married this woman whose huge dowry was the subject of contention for centuries Eleanor of Aquitaine |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $200: A Marseilles "mister"
(8) monsieur |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $400: Have a great trip!
(3, 6) bon voyage |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $600: It comes after "merci", a lot
(8) beaucoup |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $800: High fashion
(5, 7) haute couture |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1000: Oh well! That's life!
(4, 2, 3) C'est la vie |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | THE FRENCH CONFECTION $400: Featuring a crust with shallow sides, a filling & no top crust, it isn't a tramp, it's this 4-letter pastry a tart |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | THE FRENCH CONFECTION $800: Traditionally oblong, this cream-filled pastry is often topped with chocolate icing an éclair |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | THE FRENCH CONFECTION $1200: It's the chocolate-foam concoction lumbering past your eyes here mousse |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | THE FRENCH CONFECTION $1600: 2-word term for teeny iced & decorated cakes; the French also use it to describe small, fancy cookies petits fours |
| #5656, aired 2009-03-23 | THE FRENCH CONFECTION $2000: If you have the panache, you can use this type of French icing made of chocolate & cream, heated & stirred together ganache |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: Ironically, shopping options for women who wear these sizes, French for "small", are shrinking petite |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: This egg dish that's often fat & fluffy has a name derived from a middle French word for "knife blade" an omelet |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: This collective term for fowl innards often found in gravy is from an Old French word for a game stew giblets |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: The world of high fashion & high society may be called the "beau" this, literally French for "fine world" monde |
| #5620, aired 2009-01-30 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: Antiquers know this French term for "Chinese-style" furniture such as 18th c. Chinese Chippendale chinoiserie (chinois accepted) |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | FRENCH WORDS $400: The Left Bank of the Seine is the Rive this Gauche |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | FRENCH WORDS $800: "Windmill" in French; there's a famous red (rouge) one moulin |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | FRENCH WORDS $1200: There's a Cafe du this, "the world", in New Orleans monde |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | FRENCH WORDS $1600: It's the French word for "apple"; a potato is one "de terre" a pomme |
| #5597, aired 2008-12-30 | FRENCH WORDS $2000: French for "umbrella", its name comes in part from the French word for "rain" parapluie |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: He began a novel called "Les Miseres" as early as 1840; it was finished in 1861 with a different title Victor Hugo |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: In Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island", this captain is buried at sea in his submarine Captain Nemo |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Marcel Proust began writing this 7-part, 3,000-page novel in 1909 & continued working on it until his death in 1922 Remembrance of Things Past |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: This central character of "The Three Musketeers" was a real person; much of the material is drawn from his memoirs D'Artagnan |
| #5594, aired 2008-12-25 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Except for a brief section, book V of his "Gargantua and Pantagruel" was most likely written by someone else Francois Rabelais |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | FRENCH $400: An eleve attends une ecole, this a school |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | FRENCH $800: Une cigogne is French for this wading bird that really delivers a stork |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | FRENCH $1200: Sucre is this crystalline substance sugar |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | FRENCH $1600: Un cheval is a horse; cheveux is this, as on one's tete hair |
| #5562, aired 2008-11-11 | FRENCH $2000: Jamais is this adverb never |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $200: In 1998 France hosted this contest & eventually won it, beating Brazil 3-0 in the final the World Cup |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $400: France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is beneath this landmark the Arc de Triomphe |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $600: This Paris locale featured in "The Da Vinci Code" opened in 1793 the Louvre |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $800: A tale of "Toul" cities would include Toulon & this metropolis of more than 350,000 people Toulouse |
| #5526, aired 2008-09-22 | BLAME THE FRENCH $1000: A Canadian war memorial stands atop this French ridge where fighting raged in April 1917 Vimy Ridge |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $200: In 1891 he created his first of more than 30 posters, "Moulin Rouge--La Goulue" Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $400: His 1892 work "Manao Tupapau" shows a superstitious Tahitian girl who is terrified of a dead spirit Gauguin |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $600: In 1838 Eugene Delacroix painted separate portraits of Chopin & this woman, Chopin's lover George Sand |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $800: From 1948 to 1951, this Fauvist designed & decorated the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, France Henri Matisse |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | FRENCH ARTISTS $1000: He was known for his readymades such as "L.H.O.O.Q.", a copy of the "Mona Lisa" with a penciled-in mustache & beard (Marcel) Duchamp |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: This word for a type of business like Quizno's comes from the French for "free" a franchise |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The name of this rodent that hibernates nearly half the year may come from the French for "sleep" a dormouse |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: This elaborate sumptuous meal takes its name from the French for "little bench" a banquet |
| #5479, aired 2008-06-05 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: The name of this type of silk is from the French for "curled" crêpe |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | LET'S SPEAK FRENCH $200: A pop song might say, "Hit Me Baby Encore Une Fois"--the last 3 words meaning this "One More Time" |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | LET'S SPEAK FRENCH $400: If you're having problems with a response, you could say "Je ne sais pas", which means this I don't know |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | LET'S SPEAK FRENCH $600: Il est le père de ma cousine my uncle (mon oncle) |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | LET'S SPEAK FRENCH $800: An English translation of "d'accord" could be these 2 letters OK |
| #5460, aired 2008-05-09 | LET'S SPEAK FRENCH $1000: Someone who asks you "Parlez-vous Allemand?" wants to know if you speak this language German |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $400: If Anouilh gives you ennui, you may not want to see "The Lark", his play about this female saint Joan of Arc |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $800: Founded in the 1600s, the Comedie Francaise is also known as "La maison de" this comic playwright Molière |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $1200: Andre de Lorde was the master of the gruesome French thrillers in this "Grand" gory genre Grand Guignol |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $2000: The French play "The Madwoman of" this place inspired Jerry Herman's Broadway musical "Dear World" Chaillot |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $3,000 (Daily Double): "La Revolution Francaise" was the 1st musical collaboration by Boublil & Schonberg; this mega-hit was 2nd Les Miserables |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $400: In 1977 General Mills acquired the U.S. licensing rights to this French "yo"gurt brand Yoplait |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $800: Lancome sells this, maquillage in French cosmetics (or makeup) |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $1200: Jean-Marie Messier changed a water company's name to this, which he put before the U.S. movie studio Universal Vivendi |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $1600: This company, whose symbol is seen here, eagerly embraced the automobile around 1890 Peugeot |
| #5428, aired 2008-03-26 | FRENCH BUSINESS $2000: An Eastern French city inspired the name of potatoes with onions & the banking company called "Credit" this Lyonnais |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: It's worn in the buttonhole of a lapel, so the name of this floral accessory is French for "buttonhole" boutonniere |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: If you're wearing the fabric known as "peau de" this, you know that its name is French for "skin of silk" soie |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: I insist that my onion soup be served to me this way, French for "in crust" en croute |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew inspects a jewel.) Once a French term for an imperfect gem, it's now the name of the magnifying glass jewelers use to find flaws in gems a loupe |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: From the French for "caper", it's a curved furniture leg that often tapers to a paw cabriole |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $400: The guillotine has been retired per article 66-1 of the French constitution, prohibiting this capital punishment (beheading accepted) |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $800: Since 1958 France's government has been the Fifth of these a Republic |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $1200: France's highest one of these is the one of cassation, a word meaning annulment or reversal court |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $1600: This son of a Hungarian immigrant became president in 2007 Sarkozy |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT $2,000 (Daily Double): There are about 36,000 of these, the basic unit of local government; there was an ill-fated one of Paris in 1871 a commune |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | FRENCH CLASS $400: "Fin de siecle" refers specifically to the ending of one of these time periods a century |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | FRENCH CLASS $800: In French, the English Channel is called "La Manche", meaning this part of a shirt or coat a sleeve |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | FRENCH CLASS $1200: This 9-letter noun is taken from the old French for "spy" espionage |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | FRENCH CLASS $1600: Literally, "a la mode" doesn't mean "with ice cream" but this 2-word phrase that's a Time Inc. fashion magazine In style |
| #5349, aired 2007-12-06 | FRENCH CLASS $2000: Klondike Kat knows that this hyphenated trait meaning tact or social grace "ees everywhere" savoir-faire |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | FRENCH MENU $200: I crave some sauce moutarde, named for this ingredient; I'll put in on everything mustard |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | FRENCH MENU $400: I want something rich: perhaps homard a la creme, this shellfish in a creamy sauce lobster |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | FRENCH MENU $600: Hmm... the name of these small cream puffs tells me that the restaurant makes quite a "profit" on them profiteroles |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | FRENCH MENU $800: Let's have oeufs a la Chartres, eggs flavored with this herb that the French call estragon tarragon |
| #5333, aired 2007-11-14 | FRENCH MENU $1000: Ah! A luscious gateau Montmorency, a cake topped with this fruit cherries |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $400: This 20th century composer described his "Bolero" as "work for orchestra without music" (Maurice) Ravel |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $800: His greatest orchestral work, "La Mer", was inspired by artists Claude Monet & J.M.W. Turner Debussy |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $1200: Wagner called this "Symphonie Fantastique" composer the "savior of our modern world of absolute music" (Hector) Berlioz |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $1600: In 1876 this composer of "Orpheus in the Underworld" went bankrupt; he toured the U.S. to recoup his losses Offenbach |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | FRENCH COMPOSERS $2000: When this "Danse macabre" composer died on December 16, 1921, France called for a national day of mourning Saint-Saëns |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: When this Paris prison was stormed on July 14, 1789, only 7 prisoners were found the Bastille |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: The French people called this queen who they mistrusted "the Austrian Woman" Marie Antoinette |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1200: This nobleman known for his role in the American Revolution was made commander of the Natl. Guard Lafayette |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: It's the English translation of the 3-word slogan of the French Revolution Liberty, Equality, Fraternity |
| #5230, aired 2007-05-11 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: At her execution, she declared, "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand" (Charlotte) Corday |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: This word for an old style of revue comes from the French for "comical", not "imitative of comic Milton" burlesque |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: French gave us this word for a set of tuned bells in a tower a carillon |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: If you're practicing enfleurage, you're engaged in making this liquid perfume |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: Camping in this type of narrow gorge, from the French for "violent rush", may expose you to a rush of water ravine |
| #5203, aired 2007-04-04 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: "Mayonnaise" may come from the Spanish city of Mahon; this term for food with onions is from a French city name lyonnaise |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: Provence got its name from being this empire's first province beyond the Alps the Roman Empire |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: On June 28, 1940 the British recognized this man as the leader of Free France Charles de Gaulle |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: 18th century kings ran up debts of hundreds of millions of these--not as in books, but as in units of silver currency livres |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $1,400 (Daily Double): Henri Petain was a hero for the victory at this fortress in 1916, at a cost of over 500,000 French casualties Verdun |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: Beginning in the 1600s, the colony called New France was based around this river explored by Jacques Cartier St. Lawrence |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | THE FRENCH $400: A baguette can be worn when it's a gemstone, or eaten when it's one of these loaf of bread |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | THE FRENCH $800: If you're a real Franco Poodle Dandy, Franco Poodle do or die, you were born on the 14th of July, aka this day Bastille Day |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | THE FRENCH $1600: This national anthem suggests that the impure blood of invaders be used to water French fields La Marseillaise |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | THE FRENCH $2000: You friend André has an accent aigu in his name; your friend Irène has this accent grave |
| #5167, aired 2007-02-13 | THE FRENCH $3,500 (Daily Double): Because the Seine flows northwest, then southwest, Parisians call the 2 sides this & this, not North & South Rive Gauche & Rive Droite |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | OFFAL FRENCH FOOD $200: Sounds fancy, but brochettes de foies de volaille are just these chicken organs, skewered livers |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | OFFAL FRENCH FOOD $400: When the French eat this organ, they call it cervelle (wonder if it makes them smarter?) brains |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | OFFAL FRENCH FOOD $600: Let's talk about this organ, which the French call langue tongue |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | OFFAL FRENCH FOOD $800: In the French dish pieds et paquets, the paquets are packets of sheep's tripe & the pieds are these sheep extremities feet (hooves accepted) |
| #5140, aired 2007-01-05 | OFFAL FRENCH FOOD $1000: You might queue up for queue de boeuf, a French term for this part of an ox tail |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $400: He was better known as a bridge engineer before his "tower"ing achievement of 1889 Eiffel |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $800: "L'Appel", the first volume of this French president's WWII memoirs, was published in English as "The Call To Honor" de Gaulle |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $1200: In July of 1789 this salacious marquis screamed from his cell that he & his fellow prisoners should be freed from the Bastille Marquis de Sade |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.) This "Beauty and the Beast" character has the same name as the brothers who founded French cinema Lumière |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | EVERYTHING FRENCH $2000: In 1873 he painted "Poppies; Near Argenteuil" Monet |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: This type of needlework gets its name from the French for "hook" crochet |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: This word for any style of cooking is from the French for "kitchen" cuisine |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: A term for a keepsake or memento, it comes from the French for "to remember" souvenir |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: This light tannish color gets its name from the French for "raw", as in raw vegetables ecru |
| #5084, aired 2006-10-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) This verb for one set of gears meshing with another set comes from the Old French for "pledge" engage |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | FOOD IN FRENCH $400: Pain is the French word for this food staple bread |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | FOOD IN FRENCH $800: In French, this citrus fruit is un pamplemousse a grapefruit |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | FOOD IN FRENCH $1200: Champignon is the French word for an edible one of these a mushroom |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | FOOD IN FRENCH $1600: Cotelette d'agneau means cutlets or chops of this meat lamb |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | FOOD IN FRENCH $2000: Un oeuf is an egg; this is an eggplant une aubergine |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | FRENCH SAUCES $400: Veloute, made of stock thickened with a flour & butter roux, is named for this fabric--it's that smooth velvet |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | FRENCH SAUCES $800: Sauce a la duxelles calls for mushrooms; sauce perigueux, for these ritzier fungi truffles |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | FRENCH SAUCES $1600: The name of the sauce chaud-froid means this; it's prepared one way but served the other hot-cold |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | FRENCH SAUCES $2000: Also called balsamella, this basic French white sauce is made by adding milk to a roux béchamel |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | FRENCH SAUCES $4,000 (Daily Double): A bigarade is a bitter one of these; bigarade sauce is often used on duck (Seville) orange |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | FRENCH WHINES $400: Alors! It is a complete & utter disgrace zat zees "Nutty Professor" has not been Oscar nominated Jerry Lewis |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | FRENCH WHINES $800: Mon dieu! Zees man has been ze French chief of state for 10 full years! (Jacques) Chirac |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | FRENCH WHINES $1200: Sacre bleu! Eet takes so long sailing from Dover to zees closest French port; next time, I take zee Chunnel Calais |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | FRENCH WHINES $1600: Surely you joke, no? Zees defensive pre-WWII "line" on ze German border was perfect until ze Belgians caved the Maginot Line |
| #4928, aired 2006-02-01 | FRENCH WHINES $2000: Don’t blame us for shooting zo many of Gen. Braddock’s men during zis war; zay wore red coats in ze green forest! the French and Indian War |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: In October 1789 a large crowd of women marched to Versailles demanding this food staple bread |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: Despite declaring, "Men are born... with equal rights" the Assembly voted to allow this to continue in the colonies slavery |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $600: On Feb. 28, 1791 this hero of the American Revolution stopped a riot & a plot to kidnap the royals Lafayette |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $800: In 1795 there was a debate over what to make the national anthem, "Reveil du Peuple" or this "La Marseillaise" |
| #4885, aired 2005-12-02 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1000: In March 1790 Robespierre was elected president of this powerful political "club" the Jacobins |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | FROM THE FRENCH $200: In French, the name of this fancy dining room fixture means "something that holds candles" a chandelier |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: The name of the U.S. state is partly from the French word for "green" Vermont |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | FROM THE FRENCH $600: This synonym for bravery comes from the Old French for "heart" courage |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: The name of this type of vehicle is a shortened version of the French for "walking hospital" ambulance |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | FROM THE FRENCH $1000: This word for an alpine cottage comes from the Swiss French for "shelter" a chalet |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: On Sept. 21, 1792 the monarchy was abolished; 4 months later, this king was guillotined Louis XVI |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: This document approved on August 27, 1789 proclaimed that "Men are born and remain free and equal in rights" The Declaration of the Rights of Man |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $2000: On June 20, 1789 assembly members took an oath at this sports venue not to separate until there was a new constitution the tennis court |
| #4828, aired 2005-09-14 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $5,600 (Daily Double): The Jacobins used the assassination of this editor of L'ami du Peuple as an excuse to begin the Reign of Terror (Jean-Paul) Marat |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: I need my favorite albums on CD--I only have them on this, meaning "small box" cassette |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: 12-letter word for one who starts & assumes the risk of a business entrepreneur |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: This word goes back to one building in Paris where "Jean Does" must have been taken the morgue |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | FROM THE FRENCH $2,000 (Daily Double): It's a hint or trace of something (sounds like of Campbell's) soupçon |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: French for "duck", it's a false or misleading story canard |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | COUNTRIES IN FRENCH $200: Les Emirats Arabes Unis the United Arab Emirates |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | COUNTRIES IN FRENCH $400: Le Liban Lebanon |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | COUNTRIES IN FRENCH $600: La Coree du Nord North Korea |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | COUNTRIES IN FRENCH $800: Le Royaume-Uni the United Kingdom |
| #4721, aired 2005-02-28 | COUNTRIES IN FRENCH $1000: Les Pays-Bas The Netherlands |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $200: (Everyone's favorite "Mom", Cheryl of the Clue Crew, sitting at a counter, begs, "Let Mom help you with your French homework.") Let's say you're at the cafeteria & you think, "This meal is delicious"; tell everybody, "Ce déjeuner est délicieux" lunch |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Okay, here's another one.") Your friend pulls a move on a skateboard, & you say, "Tres bon, Dawg"; you mean this very good |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" gives the clue.) I know you want to talk to that girl in your homeroom. Try this: "Que vous êtes jolie." You're telling her flat-out she's this gorgeous (or cute or beautiful or pretty) |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $800: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" says, "Oh, I have another one.") When somebody does something really gross at school, you can say, "Oh, mon dieu", which translates to this Oh, my God |
| #4705, aired 2005-02-04 | FRENCH LESSONS WITH MOM $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew as "Mom" implores, "Let's try numbers.") If you have to be home at this time, just say "Je dois rentre chez moi à sept heure" 7:00 |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | FRENCH LESSONS $200: Whether the man or the decor, Louis Quatorze means this king Louis XIV |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | FRENCH LESSONS $400: Quebec first decreed that all these signs must say "arret", then decided to allow this as a French word stop |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | FRENCH LESSONS $600: This organization whose name comes from the French for "sun" calls its bungee routine "ballet without gravity" Cirque du Soleil |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | FRENCH LESSONS $800: Mon dieu! In 1933 this famous French cooking school opened a London branch Le Cordon Bleu |
| #4696, aired 2005-01-24 | FRENCH LESSONS $1000: Formed by flowing water, the channel called a moulin gets its name from this structure mill |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | NAMED FOR A FRENCH KING'S MISTRESS $200: The lavaliere, a type of pendant, is named for the Duchesse de la Valliere, who romanced this "Sun King" Louis XIV |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | NAMED FOR A FRENCH KING'S MISTRESS $400: This king may have called Madame de Pompadour his little lamb chop; a tasty lamb dish is named for her Louis XV |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | NAMED FOR A FRENCH KING'S MISTRESS $600: A Fontange is a lace-&-ribbon headdress named for the Duchesse de Fontanges, a paramour of this long-reigning king Louis XIV |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | NAMED FOR A FRENCH KING'S MISTRESS $800: An elegant silver pattern was named for Madame du Barry, famed for her liaison with this king Louis XV |
| #4606, aired 2004-09-20 | NAMED FOR A FRENCH KING'S MISTRESS $1000: A fancy sleeve style was named for the Marquise de Montespan, who began dallying with this King around 1667 Louis XIV |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $400: From Old French, its what we call the person who runs the roulette table a croupier |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $800: Campari & Pernod are good options for this pre-meal potent potable apéritif |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $1600: A homophone for the French word for "wheel", you need a good one to make gumbo a roux |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $2000: From the French for "to sort" comes the word for this process of treating patients based on need triage |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: When Victor Hugo began writing this novel, its working title was "Miseres" Les Misérables |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: This 19th century sci-fi writer foretold the artificial satellite in his story "The Begum's Fortune" Jules Verne |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: This "Second Sex" author taught philosophy for 12 years before writing her first novel Simone de Beauvoir |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: In this 1759 Voltaire novel, the title character moves briefly to an ideal country in South America called El Dorado Candide |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: Known as a master of the short story--he wrote over 300 of them--he did write 6 novels including "Bel-Ami" in 1885 Guy de Maupassant |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | FRENCH LESSONS $400: How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm after they've heard this way the French pronounce their capital pah-REE |
| #4544, aired 2004-05-13 | FRENCH LESSONS $800: If you have more than one French chateau, you don't pluralize chateau with S but with this letter X |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | FRUITS IN FRENCH $400: Pomme apple |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | FRUITS IN FRENCH $800: Raisin grape |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | FRUITS IN FRENCH $1200: Citron lemon/lime |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | FRUITS IN FRENCH $1600: Poire pear |
| #4507, aired 2004-03-23 | FRUITS IN FRENCH $2000: Cerise cherry |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FRENCH HISTORY $200: The largest square in Paris, the Place de la Concorde, was the site of this deadly device during the French revolution the guillotine |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: This female warrior was burned at the stake in Rouen in 1431 Joan of Arc |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FRENCH HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Between 1309 & 1377, Avignon, France, was the seat of power for this important world figure the pope |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FRENCH HISTORY $600: She was just 14 when she married the future Louis XVI in 1770 Marie Antoinette |
| #4482, aired 2004-02-17 | FRENCH HISTORY $1000: Louis XIV had this fabulous palace built just outside Paris on the site of an old hunting lodge Versailles |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FRENCH FOOD $400: The black type of this hard-to-find edible fungus grows in the French region of Perigord a truffle |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FRENCH FOOD $1,000 (Daily Double): This French sauce made with butter, egg yolks & lemon juice is named for another country Hollandaise sauce |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FRENCH FOOD $1200: This specialty of Alsace is the enlarged liver of a goose or duck pate de foie gras |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FRENCH FOOD $1600: This 6-letter term indicates that a dish is sprinkled with liquor & ignited for a dramatic presentation flambe |
| #4470, aired 2004-01-30 | FRENCH FOOD $2000: Tuna, olives & hard-boiled eggs are ingredients in the salad made in this style named for a city on the French Riviera Nicoise |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | FRENCH FRY YOUR BRAIN $400: This given name, not Elvis, is simply French for "The King" Leroy ("le roi") |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | FRENCH FRY YOUR BRAIN $800: It's the French term for the fun time in the lodge after a hard day on the slopes apres-ski |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | FRENCH FRY YOUR BRAIN $1600: From the French for "to stitch (a book)", it's a promotional pamphlet brochure |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | FRENCH FRY YOUR BRAIN $2,000 (Daily Double): What French theatergoers call l'entraacte, we call this intermission |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | FRENCH FRY YOUR BRAIN $2000: We've adapted this French phrase for "as a whole" en masse |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | FRENCH ART $400: Louis Leroy coined this term in 1874, applying it to Monet & Pissarro but not to co-exhibitors Degas & Renoir Impressionism |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | FRENCH ART $800: Francois Rude's masterpiece, a sculpture of 1792 soldiers of The Republic, shares its name with this song "The Marseillaise" |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | FRENCH ART $1600: Maurice de Vlaminck of the Fauvist Movement bragged of never entering this place on the Seine's right bank the Louvre |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | FRENCH ART $2,000 (Daily Double): Classicist Nicolas Poussin, whose work is seen here, left France to spend his career in this capital Rome |
| #4403, aired 2003-10-29 | FRENCH ART $2000: This neoclassicist's favorite pupil was Antoine-Jean Gros, who also glorified Napoleon in art Jacques-Louis David |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | FRENCH LITERATURE $400: Auguste Maquet helped him write "The Three Musketeers"; how much he contributed is in dispute Alexandre Dumas |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | FRENCH LITERATURE $800: In 1945 this existentialist founded "Les Temps Modernes", a monthly literary review that he also edited Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: Charles Perrault's 1697 work "Contes de Ma Mere l'Oye" was a collection of these Mother Goose stories |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: Bored by her doctor husband, this title character has affairs with Leon Dupuis & Rodolphe Boulanger Madame Bovary |
| #4347, aired 2003-06-24 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: In 1943 this aviator created "The Little Prince"; a year later, his plane disappeared during a mission Antoine de Saint Exupery |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $400: The plague of flies in his play "Les Mouches" may make you feel like there's "No Exit" Jean-Paul Sartre |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $800: This powerful cardinal formed a company of 5 authors, including Corneille, to write plays for him Richelieu |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $1200: This gory form of theatre that features thrills & chills traces its name to a Punch-like puppet called Guignol Grand Guignol |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $1600: He collapsed onstage in 1673 while playing the title role in his own play "The Imaginary Invalid", & died soon after Moliere |
| #4282, aired 2003-03-25 | THE FRENCH THEATRE $2000: This "Phedre" playwright had a "racy" life: he was once accused of poisoning his mistress, actress Therese du Parc Jean Racine |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | FRENCH RULER NICKNAMES $200: Hey, maybe Charles II & Louis VI, both nicknamed this, were just big-boned the Fat |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | FRENCH RULER NICKNAMES $400: Bless 'em all, from Pepin the Short to Philip V, this the Tall |
| #4281, aired 2003-03-24 | FRENCH RULER NICKNAMES $600: In 1300 a French minstrel might have sung, "Are you going to Philip IV" the this Fair |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: A 15th century revolt by the Duke of Orleans is known as "La Guerre Folle", or this type of "war" mad (or silly) (Fool's War accepted) |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: Reigning from 1715 to 1774, he was the successor & great-grandson of the "Sun King" Louis XV |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $1200: French marshal Bazaine was court-martialed for surrendering 140,000 men to this German nation in 1870 Prussia |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $1600: In 1933 when Cie. Internationale de Navigation merged with Air Orient & others, it took this name Air France |
| #4260, aired 2003-02-21 | FRENCH HISTORY $2000: In 2002 many were shocked when this leader of the National Front made the presidential runoff Jean-Marie Le Pen |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $200: It calls itself America's best-selling brand of school uniforms; to us it sounds like breakfast -- pass the syrup French Toast |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: THE BODY $400: Les coudes, they're something your mom tells you to keep off the dinner table elbows |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $400: In 1789 King Louis asked, "Is it a revolt?" & a duke said, no it was one of these -- the French one revolution |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $600: In May 1922 in Washington, D.C. President Harding unveiled a statue of this man by Daniel Chester French Abraham Lincoln |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: THE BODY $800: Parler la bouche pleine, it's something your mom tells you not to do at the dinner table talk with your mouth full |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $800: In a 2003 straight-to-video sequel, this "3rd Rock" co-star takes on the role of Inspector Gadget French Stewart |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: POTPOURRI $1000: In use from 1852 to 1946, this notorious French prison settlement was located off French Guiana Devil's Island |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: THE BODY $1200: A private conversation, it's French for "head-to-head" tete-a-tete |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: THE BODY $1600: If you're a nez-sayer, you're just referring to this body part nose |
| #4251, aired 2003-02-10 | FRENCH CLASS: THE BODY $2000: Fall "behind" in French class & you'll miss this term for "the behind" derriere |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | FROM THE FRENCH $400: A diplomat serving temporarily in place of an ambassador is called this "d'affaires" charge |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | FROM THE FRENCH $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew) This bike part whose name is from the French helps you shift gears; it's not used to overturn trains derailleur |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | FROM THE FRENCH $1200: The French word for "father", it's an equivalent of "senior", as when it follows Dumas or George Bush pere |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | FROM THE FRENCH $1600: In "Alice in Wonderland", Lewis Carroll adapted this 4-couple French dance for lobsters quadrille |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: From the French for "to slaughter", it's another name for a slaughterhouse abattoir |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | FRENCH AUTHORS $400: He spent much of his money supporting several mistresses & maintaining his estate, Monte-Cristo Alexandre Dumas |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | FRENCH AUTHORS $800: In 1887 this science fiction author wrote a novel about the U.S. Civil War, "North Against South" Jules Verne |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | FRENCH AUTHORS $1200: In 1856 he & his 2 editors were brought to trial for publishing a morally offensive book, "Madame Bovary" Gustave Flaubert |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | FRENCH AUTHORS $1600: He spent almost 20 years writing the novels & stories that have since become known as "The Human Comedy" Honore de Balzac |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | FRENCH AUTHORS $2000: Francois Marie Arouet wrote under this pen name Voltaire |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | FRENCH LIT $100 (Daily Double): Chapter VI of this 1844 novel is called "His Majesty King Louis XIII" The Three Musketeers |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | FRENCH LIT $400: Begun in 1845 & published in 1862, this Victor Hugo work condemns the social injustices of 19th century France "Les Miserables" |
| #4221, aired 2002-12-30 | FRENCH LIT $800: "Le Temps Retrouve" ("Time Regained") is the last part of this 3,000-page work "Remembrance of Things Past" |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: Jean Duvet created a series of engravings depicting the hunting of this 1-horned mythical beast unicorn |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $800: Francois Lemoyne painted the Hercules ceiling at this French palace & voila! became premier peintre du roi Versailles |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1600: In 1834 Delacroix painted the lush "Women of" this Algerian city "in Their Apartment" Algiers |
| #4220, aired 2002-12-27 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $2000: Talent ran in the family: this first woman to join the Impressionists was a granddaughter of the Rococo painter Fragonard Berthe Morisot |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | FOOD IN FRENCH $400: Chou can be an endearment or this cole slaw ingredient cabbage |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | FOOD IN FRENCH $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Paris) Oddly, in French, french fries aren't called french fries, but these pommes frites |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | FOOD IN FRENCH $1600: A ham in the theater is un cabotin; ham on a sandwich is this jambon |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | FOOD IN FRENCH $2000: Beurre is butter; this is butter de cacahouetes peanut butter |
| #4187, aired 2002-11-12 | FOOD IN FRENCH $3,000 (Daily Double): French for grape is raisin; French for plum is this prune |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $200: To a Frenchman, it's a sphere on which a map of the Earth is depicted globe |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $400: Please mister please don't play B-17 on the tavern music player the French call this jukebox |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $600: This attachment adds a burst of light to brighten the photos of the Eiffel Tower that you take at night flash |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $800: It's all downhill for the object seen here toboggan |
| #4174, aired 2002-10-24 | THE FRENCH HAVE A(N ENGLISH) WORD FOR IT $1000: It's a newspaper like the one for Wall Street or a magazine like the one for ladies' homes journal |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | FRENCH DERIVATIONS $400: The word for this blue jean material comes from a fabric that was manufactured in Nimes, France denim |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | FRENCH DERIVATIONS $800: This device that helps you land safely after jumping out of a plane is French for "prepare to fall" a parachute |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | FRENCH DERIVATIONS $1200: This fabric word come from the phrase "gloves of Sweden", where the leather was buffed suede |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | FRENCH DERIVATIONS $1600: First developed in France, the name of this sport comes from the word meaning "take this", as in try to hit it tennis |
| #4141, aired 2002-09-09 | FRENCH DERIVATIONS $2000: This word for sophisticated means "of good air" or "good lineage" debonair |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | FRENCH LIT $200: Jean Chapelain's ponderous epic & Voltaire's mock epic, both called "La pucelle", were about this French heroine Joan of Arc |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | FRENCH LIT $400: This book about an adulterous wife named Emma, which some called morally offensive, became a bestseller Madame Bovary |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | FRENCH LIT $600: Serialized in Le Siecle from March to July 1844, it was sold "all for one" price later in the year 3 Musketeers |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | FRENCH LIT $800: The first volume in this author's 3,000-page novel was 1913's "Du Cote de Chez Swann" Marcel Proust |
| #4082, aired 2002-05-07 | FRENCH LIT $1000: This onetime military pilot wrote "Le Petit Prince" Saint-Exupery |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | FRENCH DRESSING $400: "Christian" French fashion designers include Christian Lacroix & this "New Look" designer Christian Dior |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | FRENCH DRESSING $800: This man whose famous YSL initials have been seen on sweaters, scarves & sunglasses announced his retirement in 2002 Yves Saint Laurent |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | FRENCH DRESSING $1200: Trademarks of this French designer include her suits for women & the chain-handled quilted handbag Coco Chanel |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | FRENCH DRESSING $1600: Mais, oui! To be dressed properly, finish off your outfit with the scarf seen here from this design house Hermès |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | FRENCH DRESSING $2000: Seen here, he's perhaps for creating those cone bras for Madonna Jean-Paul Gautier |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | THE INVENTIVE FRENCH $200: An ancestor of this modern machine is Edouard Beeline's 1925 belinograph; it transmitted photos by wire a fax machine |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | THE INVENTIVE FRENCH $400: Take a deep breath & tell us the name of this early 19th century invention of physician Rene Laennec a stethoscope |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | THE INVENTIVE FRENCH $600: French Army needs prompted Nicholas Appert to find a way to preserve food & Hippolyte Mege-Mouries to invent this spread margarine |
| #4063, aired 2002-04-10 | THE INVENTIVE FRENCH $800: Before he turned to photography, this was the main occupation of Louis Daguerre of daguerreotype fame a painter |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $400: A daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I, this French queen was born in Vienna in 1755 Marie Antoinette |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $800: "The Last Great Frenchman" is a 1995 biography of this late general & statesman de Gaulle |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $1200: Sadly, this pointillism inventor dies in 1891 when he was only 31 Seurat |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $1600: In 1905 she injured her knee while performing "La Tosca" & her leg later had to be amputated Sarah Bernhardt |
| #4047, aired 2002-03-19 | FAMOUS FRENCH FOLKS $2000: Georges Clemenceau became premier of France in 1906 & this George became premier in 1962 Pompidou |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | PARDON MY FRENCH $200: This French phrase for "goodbye" literally means "to see again" au revoir |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: Vert is zis couleur green |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | PARDON MY FRENCH $600: (Sofia "leaves" us with the clue.) The butterfly farm
in St. Martin is also known as "La Ferme des" this -- the French word for butterflies papillons |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | PARDON MY FRENCH $800: Flavors of glace (ice cream) include chocolat, vanille & fraise, this strawberry |
| #4046, aired 2002-03-18 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1000: This season is l'hiver winter |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1200: In the early 1970s this existentialist wrote a 3-volume biography of Gustave Flaubert Sartre |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | FRENCH LITERATURE $1600: Under this title Balzac linked about 90 of his works that explored society's influence on the individual The Human Comedy (La Comédie humaine |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2,000 (Daily Double): During his 15-year exile on the island of Guernsey, Victor Hugo completed this, the longest of his novels Les Misérables |
| #4044, aired 2002-03-14 | FRENCH LITERATURE $2000: His prolific production included almost 300 short stories, including "The Necklace" & "Ball-of-Fat" Guy de Maupassant |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $400: In a diner, a "side of French" is an order of these with your meal French Fries |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $800: In the 1680s New York's Staten Island became a refuge for these victims of French Religious oppression the Huguenots |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1200: At the end of this 1759 French work a character remarks, "That is well said... but we must cultivate our garden" Candide |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $1600: Novels that take place during this war include "Montcalm and Wolfe" & "The Last of the Mohicans" the French-Indian War |
| #4007, aired 2002-01-22 | PARDON MY FRENCH $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New Orleans.) The French Quarter is also known by this French name, which is also the title of a play by Tennessee Williams Le Vieux Carre |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $200: The famous Gustave Caillebotte painting seen here depicts this city on a rainy day Paris |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: Seen here in a self-portrait, Madame Vigee Lebrun was painter to this queen before fleeing France in 1789 Marie Antoinette |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $600: (The entire Clue Crew lounges about on the grass, picnic-style, with Cheryl reading.) It's what we're having right now, or the title of a scandalous 1863 Manet painting Luncheon on the Grass |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $800: His 1888 portrait of Ellen Barre, seen here, is much more subdued than his nightlife paintings Toulouse-Lautrec |
| #3930, aired 2001-10-05 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1000: This impressionist painted his wife Camille in a kimono in the 1870s portrait seen here Monet |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $100: A month before Bastille Day, the Estates--commoners, nobility & this group--became one national assembly the clergy |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: This nobleman who aided America during its revolution was head of the Paris National Guard Lafayette |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: This national anthem was first sung by patriots from Marseille who aided in the storming of the Tuileries in 1792 "La Marseillaise" |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $500: On July 13, 1793 this publisher of "L'Ami du peuple" was stabbed to death by Charlotte Corday Marat |
| #3900, aired 2001-07-13 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $600 (Daily Double): With the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire in 1799, he overthrew the directory Napoleon |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | FRENCH EPONYMS $100: In the 1800s he also developed a musical notation system for sightless musicians (Louis) Braille |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | FRENCH EPONYMS $200: In the last years of his life, this physician tried to detach his name from an execution device named for him Guillotin |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | FRENCH EPONYMS $300: This French diplomat lent his name to the thick fillet steak sometimes stuffed with seasonings prior to grilling (Vicomte de) Chateaubriand |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | FRENCH EPONYMS $400: A French soldier known for his devotion to Napoleon gave us this word for one who believes his gender is superior chauvinist |
| #3894, aired 2001-07-05 | FRENCH EPONYMS $500: '50s men's hairstyle named for the French woman seen here pompadour |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $100: This relative is une tante an aunt |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $200: Dans le mois d'aout (August), we complain about "l'humidite, non pas la chaleur", chaleur meaning this the heat |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $300: To figure out what "tete" means, use your tete the head |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $400: It's un parapluie; literally, "against the rain" an umbrella |
| #3887, aired 2001-06-26 | THE FRENCH CONNECTION $500: Cagney showed disdain for Mae Clarke with this, un pamplemousse grapefruit |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $200: You could also call this "great" king Charles I Charlemagne |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $400: The 18th of his name, he became king after the defeat of Napoleon Louis |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $600: Called "The Fair", this son of Philip III forced the selection of his own pope & also suppressed the Templars Philip IV |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $800: At his death in 1715, he'd served 72 years as French king, longer than any monarch in European history Louis XIV |
| #3877, aired 2001-06-12 | THE FRENCH KING, C'EST MOI $1000: He married Catherine de Medicis in 1533 at age 13 & became king of France in 1547 at age 27 Henry II |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $200: In the 1860s this Frenchman, truly a deep "thinker", briefly studied for the religious life Rodin |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: You'll find Pierre Puvis de Chavannes' "Young Girls by the Edge of the Sea" seen here in this city's Musee d'Orsay Paris |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $600: Jacques-Louis David's 1787 painting of "The Death of" this man features a cup of hemlock Socrates |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $1000: Honore Daumier was imprisoned in 1832 for depicting King Louis Philippe as this Rabelaisian giant Gargantua |
| #3869, aired 2001-05-31 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $4,000 (Daily Double): You'll know that he painted the "Musicians of the Orchestra", seen here, if you look at the performers in the background (Edgar) Degas |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | A LITTLE FRENCH $200: "Chaise longue", French for "long chair", got Americanized to this chaise lounge |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | A LITTLE FRENCH $400: Canard may mean a hoax or rumor, or this bird, perhaps served "a l'orange" duck |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | A LITTLE FRENCH $600: In French this instrument played by Tracy Partridge is a tambour de Basque tambourine |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | A LITTLE FRENCH $800: Paris' subway, Le Chemin de Fer Metropolitain, is usually just called this the Metro |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | A LITTLE FRENCH $1000: The Fendi sisters make a fabulous one of these handbags with the same name as a loaf of French bread a Baguette |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $100: I will just scream if one more tourist asks me how to get to zis Paris cathedral on the Ile de la Cite Notre Dame |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $200: Sacre bleu! My aspirateur, one of these "inhaling" household appliances, is on ze fritz again! Vacuum cleaner |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $400: Een ze American restaurant, I cannot believe it's not beurre, which translates as zis Butter |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $500 (Daily Double): It is an artistic tragedy that zis American director & star of ze "Bellboy" has not made any recent films Jerry Lewis |
| #3714, aired 2000-10-26 | FRENCH WHINES $500: Modern politicians? Poo! Bring back zis general who became premier in 1958 & president in 1959 Charles de Gaulle |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | FRENCH BRED $100: Born in Dijon on December 15, 1832, this engineer "towered" over his contemporaries Gustave Eiffel |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | FRENCH BRED $200: This powerful 12th century queen was born in Aquitaine in 1122 A.D. Eleanor |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | FRENCH BRED $400: On May 6, 1758 Arras, France hatched this politician who later hatched the Reign of Terror Robespierre |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | FRENCH BRED $500 (Daily Double): Born in Besancon, France in 1802, life wasn't "miserable" for this author, seen here Victor Hugo |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | FRENCH BRED $500: After their births in 1740 & 1745 in Annonay, France, things were up, up & away for these brothers Montgolfier Brothers |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FRENCH LEADERS $200: Both Henry III & Henry IV were removed from office by this method Assassination (victims of stabbing) |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FRENCH LEADERS $400: He married a Polish princess, lost Canada to the English & made a Pompadour center of his life Louis XV |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FRENCH LEADERS $600: In 1995 Jacques Chirac became president of this current numerical republic Fifth Republic |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FRENCH LEADERS $800: On July 17, 1429, with a little help from Joan of Arc, the seventh king of this name was crowned at Reims Charles VII (the Dauphin Charles) |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FRENCH LEADERS $2,000 (Daily Double): Louis, the nephew of this ruler of France, was the only ruler of the Second Republic Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | FRENCH WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: Pull up to le garage & you'll get your essence, "gas", in these units litres |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | FRENCH WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: It's trois heures moins le quart, this time, & there's no one in the place except you & me quarter to three (2:45) |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | FRENCH WEIGHTS & MEASURES $800: Heavier than a foil, but lighter than a sabre, this fencing weapon weighs 770 grams an epée |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | FRENCH WEIGHTS & MEASURES $1000: An "effect" of water spiraling down a drain & a force acting on projectiles are named for this Frenchman Gaspard Coriolis |
| #3663, aired 2000-07-05 | FRENCH WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2,200 (Daily Double): The becquerel is a unit of radiation that has replaced this, the name of Henri Becquerel's co-Nobel Prize winners the curie |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $100: Looking at the Eiffel Tower, you may be standing "a bouche ouverte", with this open Mouth |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $200: What the French abbreviate ap. J.-C., meaning apres Jesus-Christ is abbreviated this way in Latin A.D. (Anno Domini) |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $300: In English, a recorder can make a racket; in French "recorder" means to do this to a racquet Restring |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $400: It's what's taken over during a piraterie aerienne Airplane (hijacking) |
| #3599, aired 2000-04-06 | FRENCH WORDS & PHRASES $500: While the coup d'essai is the first attempt, this is a "stroke of mercy" or finishing stroke Coup de grace |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $100: On July 14, 1789 Camille Desmoulins incited a mob to storm this fortress, thus beginning the revolution the Bastille |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $200: The French Revolution ended when he seized control of the Directory on November 9, 1799 Napoleon |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $300: Just prior to his January 21, 1793 execution, he cried out, "People, I die innocent" Louis XVI |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $400: This revolutionary wrote his radical "Journal" while sitting in a warm bath to ease the pain of a skin disease Jean-Paul Marat |
| #3586, aired 2000-03-20 | THE FRENCH REVOLUTION $500: Reign of Terror leader who served as president of the Jacobin Society Robespierre |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $100: He was living in Tahiti when he painted "Poemes Barbares" in 1896 Paul Gauguin |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $200: We know he painted the absinthe drinker seen here, though there's nary a tutu in sight: Edgar Degas |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $300: Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun was noted for portraits of this queen, including the one with her children, seen here: Marie Antoinette |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $400: Andre Derain was a prominent painter in this style whose name is from the French for "wild beasts" Fauvism |
| #3537, aired 2000-01-11 | FRENCH ART & ARTISTS $500: This resident of Argenteuil painted "The Regatta at Argenteuil", seen here: Claude Monet |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $200: After the coup d'etat of 18 Brumaire 1799 he became first consul Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $400: In World War II Hitler invaded France through these 2 small countries on France's northeast border Belgium & Luxembourg |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $600: This city known for its 24-hour auto race was the birthplace of England's King Henry II in 1133 Le Mans |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $800: After the death of Maria Theresa in 1683, this "Sun King" secretly married Madame de Maintenon Louis XIV |
| #3533, aired 2000-01-05 | FRENCH HISTORY $1000: In 1981 France moved to the left & elected this Socialist president of the country Francois Mitterrand |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $100: In the 1763 Treaty of Paris France ceded to England all its land east of the Mississippi, except for this city New Orleans |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $200: The August 1857 Indian Massacre of surrendered American & English troops is in this 1826 Cooper novel "The Last of the Mohicans" |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $300: In 1753, concerned over French fort-building in the Ohio Valley, Virginia sent this 21-year-old to check things out George Washington |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $400: In 1692 a 14-year-old girl defended a Canadian fort against warriors from this 5-nation Indian group Iroquois |
| #3528, aired 1999-12-29 | THE FRENCH & INDIAN WARS $500: On May 9, 1712, during Queen Anne's War, this American colony split into 2 parts Carolina |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | FRENCH CITIES $200: 1 of the 3 French cities to host the Winter Olympics Albertville, Chamonix & Grenoble |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | FRENCH CITIES $400: This city's Grand Prix d'Endurance has been run at the Sarthe road racing circuit since 1923 Le Mans |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | FRENCH CITIES $700 (Daily Double): It's closer to England than any other city on the European mainland -- 21 miles Calais |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | FRENCH CITIES $800: This city on the Garonne River is famous for its wines & is France's leading shipper of wines Bordeaux |
| #3457, aired 1999-09-21 | FRENCH CITIES $1000: In 1431 Joan of Arc was burned at the stake at the Place du Vieux-Marche in this city on the Seine Rouen |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | FRENCH CUISINE $100: Sliced apples sauteed in butter are a classic filling for these French pancakes Crepes |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | FRENCH CUISINE $200: To make mousse d'ecrevisses, you need at least 30 of these freshwater crustaceans crayfish |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | FRENCH CUISINE $300: Many a French meal ends with a dry red wine served with this blue-veined treat, the "cheese of kings and popes" Roquefort |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | FRENCH CUISINE $400: This chilled leek & potato soup is traditionally topped with chopped chives Vichyssoise |
| #3433, aired 1999-07-07 | FRENCH CUISINE $500: For a change of pace at soup time, try soup aux cerises, made with red wine & this fruit Cherries |
| #3413, aired 1999-06-09 | FRENCH SOLDIERS $200: Gen. Joachim Murat married into this Corsican family & became king of Naples Bonaparte |
| #3413, aired 1999-06-09 | FRENCH SOLDIERS $800: In October 1415 Charles D'Albret led the French to disaster against Henry V at this site Agincourt |
| #3413, aired 1999-06-09 | FRENCH SOLDIERS $1000: The name of this 17th C. officer, a stickler for drill & discipline, became an English word meaning the same Jean Martinet |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | PARDON MY "FRENCH" $200: Settlers began living in this section of New Orleans in the early 18th century French Quarter |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | PARDON MY "FRENCH" $400: In a French restaurant, they're called pommes frites French fries |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | PARDON MY "FRENCH" $600: In France this musical instrument is called "cor d' harmonie" French horn |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | PARDON MY "FRENCH" $800: It was waged in North America from 1754 to 1763 French and Indian War |
| #3393, aired 1999-05-12 | PARDON MY "FRENCH" $1000: They're formed by folding back & fastening a wide band at the end of a sleeve French cuffs |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | FRENCH MENU $100: Escargots Snails |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | FRENCH MENU $200: Eau minerale Mineral water |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | FRENCH MENU $300: Bifteck Steak |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | FRENCH MENU $400: Soupe de poisson Fish soup |
| #3342, aired 1999-03-02 | FRENCH MENU $500: Riz Rice |
