| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | HOLY SOMETHING! $200: In Exodus 4 he says, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice"; holy...! Moses |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | HOLY SOMETHING! $400: On "Batman", Robin gave us "Holy fate worse than death!", "Holy fog!", "Holy Graf Zeppelin!", & "Holy" this, killing one's brother fratricide |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | HOLY SOMETHING! $600: What Yankee Doodle called the feather in his cap macaroni |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | HOLY SOMETHING! $800: In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", this "holy" weapon "of Antioch" gets explosive results after a count of "1, 2, 5!" a hand grenade |
| #9158, aired 2024-09-11 | HOLY SOMETHING! $1000: Daedalus was asked by Pasiphae, wife of Minos, to create a sexy wooden this animal for her to crawl into a cow |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $200: Maybe just Chuck the Nifty to his pals, he began ruling with the title "emperor of the Romans" in 800 Charlemagne |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $400: Established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719, this principality boasts a population of about 40,000 Liechtenstein |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $600: Ill-behaved Holy Roman Empire troops sacked Magdeburg in 1631 in this war that lasted for a certain time the Thirty Years' War |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $800: Frederick III of this royal family had a good Holy Roman run, ruling from 1452 to 1493 the Habsburgs |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1000: The 1648 peace of this region said "peace out" to a lot of the power of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III Westphalia |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $200: Father Michael McGivney founded a Catholic service organization & called it the Knights of this sailor of 1492 Columbus |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $400: Angelo Tancredi was the first knight to join the order of this man of Assisi & was singing to him when he died Francis |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $600: Knight-turned-missionary Ramon Llull wrote a manual of this, the honorable conduct expected of knights chivalry |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $800: Led by Hugh de Payns, they formed in the early 12th century to protect pilgrims headed to Jerusalem the Knights Templar |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | O HOLY KNIGHT $1000: Minister Thomas W. Stringer formed the African-American version of the "Knights of" him, Damon's friend Pythias |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $400: If you see the "fumata bianca" come through the chimney & hear the bells of St. Peter's Basilica ring, this selection was just made a new pope |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $800: This alliterative shrubbery from Exodus was not consumed by the fire that engulfed it the burning bush |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $1200: Native Americans were fond of burning this plant in ceremonies, and the practice is now used to remove bad energy from home sage |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $1600: Some religious ceremonies feature one of these smoky incense carriers a censer |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | HOLY SMOKE $2000: The smoky cityscape of Delhi is beautifully lit up during this Hindu festival of lights Diwali |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $200: Partakes of a Marlboro smokes |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $400: In heraldry, this object can be Latin or Maltese cross |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $600: This food fish seen here lives in ocean coastal areas mackerel |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $800: It precedes derby, coaster & -blade holy roller |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | HOLY THIS! $1000: This city in Ohio, "Glass Capital of the World", is named for one in Spain Toledo |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $400: In 806 he wanted to break up his empire by dividing it among his 3 sons; by 813 there was 1 son left & the empire endured Charlemagne |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $800: 1356's Golden Bull stipulated that the emperor would be chosen by these voters, like the ones in Article II of the Constitution the electoral college or the electors |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1200: In 1683 it was the Poles to the rescue when Vienna was under attack from this other empire led by Mehmed IV the Ottomans |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1600: The investiture controversy between the empire & the papacy was settled by 1122's Concordat of this "vermiform" city Wurms |
| #7613, aired 2017-10-18 | THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $2000: The Imperial Diet, or main legislative body, had this German name, also applied to a building burned under the Nazis the Reichstag |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $800: At the age of 3 months, Moses got bulrushed down this river the Nile |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $1200: He was Moses' big brother Aaron |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $2000: Mounts that Moses summited include Sinai & this one from which he got a look at the promised land Pisgah |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | HOLY MOSES! $7,500 (Daily Double): When Moses confronts the pharaoh, these 4 words follow "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel" let my people go |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $400: The largest church in an archdiocese is usually one of these a cathedral |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $800: Distinguished from the laity, it's the collective term for priests clergy |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $1200: This code of law that sounds like a weapon governs the administration of the church the canon |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $1600: During communion the paten or ciborium holds the bread; this holds the wine the chalice |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HOLY "C" $3,000 (Daily Double): A convent or other place of religious seclusion, or, as a verb, to confine oneself to such a place cloister |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $400: The entrances to the Inari shrines of this Japanese religion are often guarded by a pair of foxes Shinto |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $800: Consecrated in 1845, the Hobart synagogue in this island state is Australia's oldest surviving Jewish house of worship Tasmania |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $1200: Made of 10,000 pieces of stained glass, the USA's largest rose window is in this New York City Episcopal cathedral St. John the Divine |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $1,800 (Daily Double): This Turkish mosque built by Mehmet Aga in the 17th century is named for its 20,000-plus colored tiles the Blue Mosque |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | HOLY HOUSES $2000: The Hindu temple Tanah Lot is built on a rock along the coast of this Indonesian island Bali |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: This 40-day period of fasting & penitence begins on Ash Wednesday Lent |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: Id al-Fitr is a Muslim day of feasting immediately following this holy period Ramadan |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $600: Holy Innocents' Day on December 28 commemorates the killing of children by order of this king Herod |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $800: It's the Jewish day of atonement Yom Kippur |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES $1000: Between late October & mid November Hindus celebrate this festival of lights Diwali |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $400: Holy this food fish, from the middle Dutch for "broker" mackerel |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $800: Holy this, be it Aaron's brother, the NBA's Mr. Malone or Grandma Moses |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $1200: In "Le Morte d'Arthur", a gathering of knights saw a vision of this the (Holy) Grail |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $1600: It was the "animalistic" signature call of both Phil Rizzuto & Harry Caray Holy cow! |
| #5859, aired 2010-02-18 | HOLY ____! $2000: It's the office or jurisdiction of the pope the Holy See |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $200: Pharaoh & his men pursued the children of Israel into the Red Sea aboard these horse-drawn vehicles chariots |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $400: Roman soldiers put this on Jesus' head, "and they put on him a purple robe" a crown of thorns |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $600: Both Matthew & Mark tell us that John the Baptist wore a garment made of the hair of this animal a camel |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $800: Joseph's brothers stripped off this garment that his father had given him & cast him into a pit the coat of many colors |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | THE HOLY "C" $1000: This grandson of Noah shares his name with the Promised Land Canaan |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $200: This element of Christianity's Trinity is also called the Paraclete the Holy Spirit |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $400: This object, of course, is what all the endlessly silly questing in "Spamalot" is about the Holy Grail |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $600: Hebdomada Major in Latin, it runs from Palm Sunday to Easter Holy Week |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $800: The stoup in a Catholic church contains this liquid holy water |
| #5506, aired 2008-07-14 | "HOLY" CATEGORY! $1000: In 1756 Voltaire opined that this political entity did not reflect the 3 parts of its name the Holy Roman Empire |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $200: Westminster Abbey London |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $400: The Mormon Tabernacle Salt Lake City |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $600: The Dome of the Rock Jerusalem |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $800: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine New York City |
| #5488, aired 2008-06-18 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $1000: Brunelleschi's Duomo of the 1420s & '30s Florence |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | OH "HOLY" NIGHT $400: Parsifal sought it the Holy Grail |
| #4671, aired 2004-12-20 | OH "HOLY" NIGHT $800: It's another name for the Eucharist ceremony Holy Communion |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $400: You'll find Bethel College & Seminary in this "holy" Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $800: French for "God", it follows "La Chaise" in the name of a French abbey town Dieu |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $1200: This New Zealand city was named for a college at Oxford Christchurch |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew in Alaska) Michael, pictured in The Bishop's House, holds this title, which was also what the Russians called Sitka Archangel |
| #4529, aired 2004-04-22 | HOLY PLACE NAMES $2000: Islamabad, Pakistan is northwest of this Indian city that bears the name of Islam's god Allahabad |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Toledo, Spain.) Cristo de la Luz was originally a mosque built by these people who took Toledo in 712 the Moors |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $800: Toledo has been famous for making these weapons since it was a Roman city swords |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $1200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from Toledo.) The Alcazar was an icon of this ruling group, because in 1936 it held off the Republican siege for 2 months the Fascists |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $1600: Called El Greco's masterpiece, the painting titled this event of the Count of Orgaz is in the chapel of Santo Tome "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz" |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | HOLY TOLEDO $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Toledo.) When they were done sacking Rome, these Germanic people came to Spain & made Toledo their capital the Visigoths |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $400: The House of Hapsburg, which ruled from 1440 to 1806, got its name not from just a house, but from one of these castle |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $800: He was definitely king of the Franks & some historians say he became the first Holy Roman Emperor in 800 Charlemagne |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $1200: The highest Henry number in the line; 1 more & they would have tied the British record 7 |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $1600: Sigismund tried to resolve this church problem that had 2 or 3 popes serving at one time between 1378 & 1417 The Great Schism |
| #4311, aired 2003-05-05 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $3,000 (Daily Double): Deposed in 1400 as German king, Wenceslas ruled from this city that has a statue of 10th century Saint Wenceslas Prague |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $200: Bovine cow |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $400: City in Ohio Toledo |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $600: Fish of the genus Scomber mackerel |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $800: Son of Amram & Jochebed Moses |
| #4273, aired 2003-03-12 | HOLY ____ $1000: Last Supper chalice grail |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $200: In 2002 the Pope added 5 meditations to this prayer aid that has a crucifix rosary |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $400: In the Bible, Luke writes that this many others were crucified with Jesus 2 |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $600: Shaped like a skull, this hill where Jesus was crucified takes its name from an ancient word for "skull" Golgotha/Calvary |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $800: According to tradition, this apostle was crucified on an X-shaped cross, hence the X on the Scottish flag Saint Andrew |
| #4235, aired 2003-01-17 | HOLY CROSS $1000: In an 1896 speech while running for president, William Jennings Bryan said, "You shall not crucify mankind upon" this a cross of gold |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $200: The period known as Lent begins on this day Ash Wednesday |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $400: Isra Wa Al-Miraj commemorates Muhammad's night journey from this city to Jerusalem & his ascent into heaven Mecca |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $600: [Sofia of the Clue Crew reports lighting a menorah] Hanukkah/Festival of Lights |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $800: Nirvana Day, February 15, commemorates the death of this leader Buddha |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | HOLY DAYS & FESTIVALS $1000: All Saints' Day, November 1, is followed by All this Day on November 2 All Souls' Day |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $200: In many legends this chaste knight & son of Lancelot finds the Holy Grail Galahad |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $400: This piece of furniture had a seat called the Siege Perilous reserved for the knight who led the Grail quest the Round Table |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $600: In his epic poem "The Waste Land", this writer drew upon the Grail legend of the Fisher King T.S. Eliot |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $800: In one legend, the Holy Grail is entrusted to this man "of Arimathea" who brings it to England Joseph |
| #4132, aired 2002-07-16 | THE HOLY GRAIL $1000: The 1882 opera "Parsifal" by this composer was based on a medieval poem about the Grail legend Wagner |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $400: 1956:
Charlton Heston Moses |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $800: 1977:
George Burns God |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $1200: 1982:
Ben Kingsley Gandhi |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $1600: 1988:
Willem Dafoe Jesus |
| #4012, aired 2002-01-29 | HOLY MOVIE ROLES $2000: 1999:
Jon Voight Noah |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $200: Let's 'ear it for this man who defeated Mike Tyson by an 11th round technical knockout in 1996 Evander Holyfield |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $400: It can be a jihad or a crusade holy war |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $600: Reigning from 891 to 894, Guy of Spoleto was the seventh man to hold this imperial title Holy Roman Emperor |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $800: One derivation of this much-sought relic's name may be from the Latin "sang real" or "royal blood" the Holy Grail |
| #3669, aired 2000-07-13 | "HOLY" COW! $1000: The papal court, officially the Holy See |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $100: In the term "Good Friday", "Good" means holy, as in this phrase for the Bible "The Good Book" |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $200: Many Holy Week rituals date back to a procession held in this city in the 4th century Jerusalem |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $300: During Holy Week, there might be a run on these flowers seen here: Easter lilies |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $400: Palm Sunday is also called this "Sunday", after the sufferings of Christ Passion Sunday |
| #3608, aired 2000-04-19 | HOLY WEEK $500 (Daily Double): At Maundy Thursday mass, a priest traditionally washes the feet of this many people 12 |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $200: Thailand's most venerated object, the Emerald Buddha, is enshrined in the Wat Phra Keo in this city Bangkok |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $400: The city of Amritsar in this country grew up around the Golden Temple, the center of the Sikh faith India |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $600: The USA's oldest existing Jewish house of worship is the Touro Synagogue, located in this Rhode Island city Newport |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $800: This TV show emanates from the worship services conducted by Robert Schuller at the Crystal Cathedral Hour of Power |
| #3568, aired 2000-02-23 | HOUSES OF THE HOLY $1000: Turkey's August 1999 earthquake didn't damage this colorful Istanbul landmark that has 6 minarets Blue Mosque |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $100: Recapturing the Holy Land was the goal of these military expeditions of the 11th-13th centuries the Crusades |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $200: Though the Holy Land's borders are indistinct, its western edge is largely provided by this sea the Mediterranean |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $300: His letters from the Holy Lands to a California newspaper form part of "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $400: This synonym for the Holy Land comes from a Greek word derived from Hebrew for "land of the Philistines" Palestine |
| #2375, aired 1994-12-23 | THE HOLY LAND $500: The goal of this Jewish nationalist movement was the creation of a state in the Holy Land Zionism |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $200: Charles V ruled this country as it conquered Mexico & Peru Spain |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $400: Francis I, who ruled 1745-1765, was the father of this famous French queen Marie Antoinette |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $600: He succeeded Charles IV but remained uncrowned & shares his name with the Good King in a Carol Wenceslaus |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $800: Rudolf I, who took office in 1273, was the first member of this dynasty to rule the Hapsburgs |
| #2285, aired 1994-07-08 | HOLY ROMAN EMPERORS $1000: Ferdinand I was forced to pay tribute to this Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $100: "Moo"ving expression for "wow!" Holy cow! |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $200: A badly behaved child is described as one of these a holy terror |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $300: Member of the Trinity responsible for speaking in tongues the Holy Ghost |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $400: This empire came into existence on Christmas Day, 800A.D. the Holy Roman Empire |
| #2008, aired 1993-05-05 | "HOLY" $500: The place in the Jewish temple in which the Ark of the Covenant was kept the Holy of Holies |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | HOLY "COW" $100: The Random House Dictionary calls it a children's game involving shooting, chasing, & capturing cowboys & Indians |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | HOLY "COW" $200: A form of leather, or what has to happen before other cow go seek cowhide |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | HOLY "COW" $300: The 3rd line of "Hey Diddle Diddle", it sounds like an attempt to get into Guinness the cow jumped over the moon |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | HOLY "COW" $400: As a verb, it means to make a monk of someone; as a noun, it's the hood they wear a cowl |
| #842, aired 1988-04-12 | HOLY "COW" $500: A chicken coward |
