| #9206, aired 2024-11-18 | JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD $200: At 25 James headed Hiram College; in Congress he led the creation of the 1st federal dept. of this, way before the one created in 1979 the Department of Education |
| #9206, aired 2024-11-18 | JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD $400: James was from this Midwest state; years after his death, his widow said to heck with winter & lived out her life in South Pasadena Ohio |
| #9206, aired 2024-11-18 | JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD $600: When Democrats larded vital bills with riders curbing voting rights, JAG got Pres. Hayes to stand firm & stop the first govt. this shutdown |
| #9206, aired 2024-11-18 | JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD $800: Jim traveled west to the Bitterroot Valley in this not-yet-state & used a forged signature to move the Salish to a reservation Montana |
| #9206, aired 2024-11-18 | JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD $1000: In 1881 James had a dream that this VP of his drowned & James couldn't save him; months later it was James dead & this man president Arthur |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $400: In January 1861 President Buchanan sent supplies & reinforcements to this fort, but the ship turned back when fired upon Fort Sumter |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $800: In 1860 California mountain man John Adams, nicknamed this, died from a head wound suffered while wrestling one of his pet bears Grizzly |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $1600: New York City's citizens, including 103 who gave $1,000 each, raised the funds to build this church; the cornerstone was laid in 1858 St. Patrick's |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $2000: Regular mail across the continent began with this stage line & antonymically communication went under water via the transatlantic cable the Overland Stage |
| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $5,000 (Daily Double): On December 2, 1859 he rode to the gallows on his coffin & remarked, "This is a beautiful country" John Brown |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $400: Reported final resting places of this man, who disappeared in 1975, include Giants Stadium & under Pulaski Skyway James Hoffa |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $800: In the 1820s, this author introduced his character Leatherstocking as an old man, depicting his youth in later novels James Fenimore Cooper |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $1200: After this author's death on January 13th, 1941, the wake wasn't for Finnegan, but for him Joyce |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $1600: This inventor of a sport was chairman of the phys-ed department at the University of Kansas for decades James Naismith |
| #8975, aired 2023-11-17 | NAME THE JAMES $2000: This businessman, born in New York City in 1856, got his "Diamond" nickname from the bling he was seldom without Diamond Jim Brady |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $300: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) Before I school these guys in poker, I have to put down this small bet prior to seeing cards; its name is from the Latin for "before" the ante |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $600: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) In gambling glossaries, a "ballerina special" in craps is this roll that sounds like a item of clothing a ballerina wears a 2-2 |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $900: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) A popular variant of Texas hold 'em poker in casinos is this one named for a Nebraska city; you start with 4 cards instead of 2 Omaha |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $1200: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) If you want a chance at big cash, try a slot machine with one of these 11-letter jackpots that builds over time until someone wins it all a progressive |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | TAKING A GAMBLE WITH JAMES HOLZHAUER $1500: (James Holzhauer presents the clue.) In "Dr. No", Bond, James Bond, plays chemin de fer, a variant of this game we play in U.S. casinos, often for high stakes baccarat |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $200: "Out of the mouth of" these "and sucklings hast thou ordained strength" babes |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $400: He "exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom" Solomon |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $600: From Deuteronomy: "Of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and" these "shall ye eat" scales |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $800: "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way," the this "and the life" the truth |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAITH $1000: From 2 Corinthians: "For we walk by" this, "not by sight" faith |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in" these green pastures |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: It "goeth before destruction" pride |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: She said, "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge" Ruth |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: From Matthew 26, "The spirit indeed is willing, but" this the flesh is weak |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | QUOTING THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the entirety of John 11:35, often acknowledged as the shortest verse in the Bible Jesus wept |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $400: In 2013 David Chang won for his noodle restaurant Momofuku, named for the inventor of this instant noodle dish Ramen noodles (ramen) |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $800: In addition to winning in 1997 for the French Laundry, Thomas Keller created the look of the title dish of this 2007 Pixar film Ratatouille |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $1200: Born in Spain, he was the 2011 James Beard Chef of the Year & the 2018 James Beard Humanitarian of the Year (José) Andrés |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $2000: 2010 was good for this man, he won a James Beard award for Craft, his restaurant, & an Emmy, for "Top Chef" on Bravo (Tom) Colicchio |
| #8431, aired 2021-06-28 | JAMES BEARD CHEF OF THE YEAR $3,800 (Daily Double): Alice Waters, the first woman to win the award, won for Chez Panisse in this California college town Berkeley |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | JAMES BOND $400: In "Thunderball" Bond makes an escape wearing one of these personal flying devices we were all supposed to have by now a jet pack |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | JAMES BOND $800: After playing this character in 17 Bond films, Desmond Llewelyn made his final exit through a laboratory trap door Q |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | JAMES BOND $1200: A Time Magazine report found that this 1995-2002 Bond was the deadliest, averaging 27 kills per movie Pierce Brosnan |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | JAMES BOND $1600: Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No, Mister Bond, I expect you to" do this die |
| #8254, aired 2020-10-08 | JAMES BOND $2000: Donald Pleasence & Christoph Waltz are among the actors who've played this cat fancier & Bond archfoe Blofeld |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $800: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In 1971 I earned my first Gold record for a single & the following year my first Grammy for this song written by Carole King "You've Got A Friend" |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $1200: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In my new audio memoir "Break Shot" I talk about my early days, including my time in London in the '60s & my association with The Beatles; in fact, my song "Something In The Way She Moves" inspired this Beatle to write his own song that begins with the same line George Harrison |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $1600: (James Taylor presents the clue.) The first instrument I learned to play wasn't the guitar but the cello & in 2016 I had the pleasure of performing with this cello virtuoso at Carnegie Hall's 125th anniversary concert Yo-Yo Ma |
| #8207, aired 2020-04-21 | JAMES TAYLOR: HIS LIFE & MUSIC $2000: (James Taylor presents the clue.) In 2020 I released a new album, "American Standard", putting my take on some of the songs & show tunes I grew up listening to like "Ol' Man River" from this musical Show Boat |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $400: Young James was the last U.S. president born in one of these structures, in 1831 on an Ohio farm a log cabin |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $800: A professor of ancient languages, James called this tongue of Herodotus "the most perfect instrument of thought ever" Greek |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $1200: In the 80 days between being shot & dying, Garfield's 1 official act was to sign this warrant for a forger who had fled to Canada an extradition warrant |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $1600: In 1863 Garfield was made a Union major general after distinguishing himself at Chickamauga in this state Georgia |
| #8192, aired 2020-03-31 | REMEMBER JAMES GARFIELD! $2,000 (Daily Double): Garfield served 9 terms in Congress as one of these alliterative Republicans who wanted equality for African Americans Radical Republicans |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $200: In this Bible book "The children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea" Exodus |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $400: "And now abideth faith, hope," this third virtue charity |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $600: Romans 12 says don't get people back when they wrong you; just wait, because this "is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" vengeance |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $800: This book namechecks itself in the very first line: These sayings of "the son of David" Proverbs |
| #8091, aired 2019-11-11 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH... $1000: You say you want a revelation? Truly, verily, it's the very last word in that book; now can I get one? amen |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | KING JAMES BIBLE BIRDWATCHING $200: In John 1:3 the spirit of God is described as descending like one of these peaceful birds upon Jesus a dove |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | KING JAMES BIBLE BIRDWATCHING $400: Ships in King Solomon's navy return home with some of these bright-feathered iridescent birds peacocks |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | KING JAMES BIBLE BIRDWATCHING $600: This bulky warrior boasts that he'll feed David's body to the birds; oops! Goliath |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | KING JAMES BIBLE BIRDWATCHING $800: Psalms 84 says this bird built "a nest for herself" near the temple altar, not Capistrano a swallow |
| #8043, aired 2019-07-24 | KING JAMES BIBLE BIRDWATCHING $1000: Exodus chapter 16 recounts how flocks of these birds appeared one evening at sunset & fed the hungry Israelites quail |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: In Exodus this ruler "charged all his people, saying, every son that is born ye shall cast into the river" the Pharaoh |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: In Genesis 1 God encourages population growth, "saying, Be ____, and ____" be fruitful and multiply |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1200: "No man can" these 3 words; "either he will hate the one, & love the other; or else he will hold to the one, & despise the other" serve two masters |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1600: The book of Acts reports that this first Christian martyr "did great wonders and miracles among the people" Stephen |
| #8000, aired 2019-05-24 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,600 (Daily Double): Isaiah prophesied peace, when "they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into" these pruning hooks |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $200: In the Bond novels, Miss Moneypenny does this job assisting Bond's boss; Loelia Ponsonby does it for Bond secretary |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $400: In the 1979 movie "Moonraker", a metal-mouthed Bond foe-turned-ally has this name, the title of another '70s movie Jaws |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $600: Bond bud Bill Tanner is chief of staff at this alphanumeric British foreign intelligence service MI6 |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $800: A groundskeeper named Kincade helps Bond fight Javier Bardem at the titular lodge in this 2012 film Skyfall |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | JAMES BOND & FRIENDS $1000: Jack Lord & Jeffrey Wright are 2 of the 8 actors who have played this American CIA agent & 007 ally Felix Leiter |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS $400: This conjunction begins many a sentence, including verses 2 through 26 of Genesis 1 and |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS $800: There's no "nudity" in the King James Bible, but this 3-syllable synonym appears 32 times just in Leviticus nakedness |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS $1200: This city gets lots of play, from Joshua 10 through Revelation 21 Jerusalem |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS $1600: Look! This frequent synonym for "look" comes before "a virgin shall conceive..." behold |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | KING JAMES BIBLE COMMON WORDS $2000: Thou wilt not fail to know this olde synonym for "will" that occurs in 9 of 10 commandments shalt |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $400: In 1881 circus impresario James A. Bailey merged his operation with this former competitor's P.T. Barnum |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $800: James Lovell dealt with an oxygen tank explosion as commander of this 1970 mission Apollo 13 |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $1200: Chess Records' first major female star, this R&B singer hit the charts with "At Last" & "Tell Mama" Etta James |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $1600: Deposed in 1688 in the "Glorious Revolution", King James II was the last British king of this house Stuart |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | THE NAME OF THE JAMES $2000: This former Maine senator & Secretary of State narrowly lost the 1884 presidential election to Grover Cleveland James G. Blaine |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $200: "For the love of ____ is the root of all evil" money |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $400: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only ____ Son" begotten |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $600: "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every ____ under the heaven" purpose |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $800: "I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy ____ and thy ____ they comfort me" rod and staff |
| #7734, aired 2018-04-05 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $1000: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; ____, and it shall be opened unto you" knock |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | A KING JAMES BIBLE $200: And it came to pass that in 1582 young James, then king of only this country, was kidnapped by nobles Scotland |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | A KING JAMES BIBLE $400: And behold! In 1603 James I succeeded this queen as England's monarch Elizabeth I |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | A KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Verily, James I was the first English monarch of this royal house Stuart |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | A KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Blessed are the peacemakers, & in 1604 James & Philip III called off the war between England & this country Spain |
| #7603, aired 2017-10-04 | A KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: To everything there is a season, so in 1610 James dissolved this, with which he'd been quarreling Parliament |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: Exodus 1:1:
"Now these are the names of the children of ____, which came into Egypt" Israel |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Song of Solomon 2:1:
"I am the ____ of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys" rose |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1200: Revelation 17:3:
"I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast... having seven heads and ten ____" horns |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2,000 (Daily Double): Lamentations 4:9:
"They that be slain with the ____ are better than they that be slain with hunger" sword |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $2000: Daniel 3:23:
"And these three men...fell down bound into the midst of the burning ____ ____" fiery furnace |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: In Genesis 1 it's described as the "lesser light to rule the night" the moon |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: God confounded "the language of all the Earth" there Babel |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Jesus told the tempter, "Man shall not live by" this "alone" bread |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Death rides this ashen horse in Revelation the pale horse |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: The shortest Bible verse, it's John 11:35 "Jesus wept" |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | LET'S READ HENRY, JAMES $400: James Whitcomb Riley wrote a poem about this "Little Orphant" girl; Harold Gray later created a comic strip about her Annie |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | LET'S READ HENRY, JAMES $800: This 3-named American's "Psalm of Life" says, "Art is long, and time is fleeting" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | LET'S READ HENRY, JAMES $1200: The stories he told to Peter & Michael Davies in Kensington Gardens were first published as "The Little White Bird" James Barrie |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | LET'S READ HENRY, JAMES $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1964 the Supreme Court said a 30-year-old novel by this Brooklyn guy was not obscene Henry Miller |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME $200: Name shared by a 1980s Secretary of the Interior & a Scottish inventor who improved upon the steam engine James Watt |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME $400: Seen here is this recording artist, the way we like to remember him Rick James |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME $600: This "King of Queens" actor has also spent time as a "Mall Cop" Kevin James |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME $800: In 1999 he released a collection of 15 CDs called "Sixty Years, Sixty Flute Masterpieces" James Galway |
| #7209, aired 2016-01-07 | JAMES: THE FIRST OR LAST NAME $1000: In 1946 he began hosting the first cooking program on network TV James Beard |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | BOND, JAMES BOND $200: Auric was this villain's first name Goldfinger |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | BOND, JAMES BOND $400: Later to play an Old West doctor, she was the Bond girl Solitaire in "Live and Let Die" Jane Seymour |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | BOND, JAMES BOND $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.) The massive gun mounted on the back of the Jaguar was pointed at the back of this James Bond actor during a daring car chase over ice in "Die Another Day" Pierce Brosnan |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | BOND, JAMES BOND $800: This movie's theme song contains the lyrics "Nobody does it better, makes me feel sad for the rest" The Spy Who Loved Me |
| #7122, aired 2015-07-28 | BOND, JAMES BOND $1000: In 1967 not Sean Connery but this British gentleman played Bond in "Casino Royale" David Niven |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | KING JAMES BIBLE PHRASES $400: In Exodus, God says he'll bring his people to a land flowing with these 2 things milk & honey |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | KING JAMES BIBLE PHRASES $800: Matthew tells us that "the spirit indeed is willing, but" there's this problem the flesh is weak |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | KING JAMES BIBLE PHRASES $1200: In a list of penalties in Exodus, this exchange precedes "tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" an eye for an eye |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | KING JAMES BIBLE PHRASES $1600: Revelation 1:8: "I am" these 2 things, "the beginning and the ending" the Alpha & Omega |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | KING JAMES BIBLE PHRASES $2,000 (Daily Double): "He is brought as" this phrase, "and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth" a lamb to the slaughter |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | THE NEXT JAMES BOND? $400: This husband of Barbra Streisand screen-tested to play Bond in "Octopussy" James Brolin |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | THE NEXT JAMES BOND? $800: He's been "Luther" & "Mandela", & some say it's time to make him the first black Bond Idris Elba |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | THE NEXT JAMES BOND? $1200: A candidate to play Bond at the start was this suave superstar who did capers like "To Catch a Thief" & "Charade" Cary Grant |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | THE NEXT JAMES BOND? $1600: The rumors won't go away that this star of "The Knick" & "Children of Men" might be Bond Clive Owen |
| #7039, aired 2015-04-02 | THE NEXT JAMES BOND? $2000: This Aussie actor does have a 4-letter "B" name, which would have made for great he "is Bond!" posters Eric Bana |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE JAMES $200: The third James to be president, he led the U.S. during the Mexican War Polk |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE JAMES $400: The James River flows through Virginia before entering this bay at Hampton Roads Chesapeake Bay |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE JAMES $600: This Scottish engineer's improvements in the steam engine led to its widespread use in industry (James) Watt |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE JAMES $800: On an episode of "Star Trek", a malfunction in this machine causes Capt. James T. Kirk to split into evil & good Kirks the transporter machine |
| #6932, aired 2014-11-04 | THE JAMES $1000: Betty Grable married this popular bandleader in 1943 Harry James |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $400: When this apostle saw Jesus walking on water, he said, "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water" Peter |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $800: To King Hezekiah, "Thus saith the Lord, set thine" this "in order, for thou shalt die, and not live" house |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $1200: "Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed" this "with her already in his heart" adultery |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $2000: "Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name" this Emmanuel |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTES $3,000 (Daily Double): A major theme of Ecclesiastes is stated in the second verse of the book: "All is" this vanity |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | LIKE HENRY JAMES? $200: I like that "It was raining" is the first line of a story about "Life" in this city where Henry mainly lived from 1876 on London |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | LIKE HENRY JAMES? $600: I like the novel "What" this little girl "Knew", & the 2013 movie based on it too Maisie |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | LIKE HENRY JAMES? $800: Henry dealt with radical feminism in this novel whose title tells you it's set in Massachusetts The Bostonians |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | LIKE HENRY JAMES? $1000: I'd have liked to meet this "Lady" that an 1881 novel is "The Portrait" of (Isabel) Archer |
| #6768, aired 2014-02-05 | LIKE HENRY JAMES? $2,000 (Daily Double): I like the symbolism in this novel, such as the shattering of the title object The Golden Bowl |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | JAMES BOND THEMES $200: "He's the man with the Midas touch" Goldfinger |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | JAMES BOND THEMES $400: "One life for yourself, & one for your dreams" You Only Live Twice |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | I SANG THE JAMES BOND SONG $400: "Skyfall" Adele |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | I SANG THE JAMES BOND SONG $800: "Nobody Does It Better" Carly Simon |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | I SANG THE JAMES BOND SONG $1200: "A View To A Kill" Duran Duran |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | I SANG THE JAMES BOND SONG $1600: "Thunderball" Tom Jones |
| #6627, aired 2013-06-11 | I SANG THE JAMES BOND SONG $2000: "Goldfinger" Shirley Bassey |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $200: The franchise started in 1962 with James Bond facing off against this title villain Dr. No |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $400: Oddjob painted Jill Masterson's entire body, resulting in a memorable scene in this film Goldfinger |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $600: Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise marks this actor's third outing as Bond, James Bond Daniel Craig |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $1000: George Lazenby played 007 just once, in this film where Bond fell in love & got married On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of the 16th Bond film, it's also what's denoted by the "00" prefix Licence to Kill |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $400: First & last name of the scout who's Cooper's most famous creation Natty Bumppo |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $800: "The troops and rangers call me" this title, "inasmuch as I have never been known to miss one end of the trail" Pathfinder |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $1600: In "The Last of the Mohicans", he's Chingachgook's friend with a name out of "M*A*S*H" Hawkeye |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $2000: In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness Leatherstocking |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $6,000 (Daily Double): Fittingly, the title character of this 1841 novel dines on venison in Chapter 1 the Deerslayer |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES $400: You wrote the novels "Hawaii" & "Alaska"; too bad you never got around to "Rhode Island" (James) Michener |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES $800: You met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763; it was the start of a beautiful friendship (James) Boswell |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES $1200: You suffered through glaucoma before publishing "Ulysses" on February 2, 1922, your 40th birthday (James) Joyce |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES $1600: In 2011 Oprah sat down with you again--to discuss the fallout from your "Million Little Pieces" scandal James Frey |
| #6226, aired 2011-10-17 | YOU'VE GOT THE WRITE STUFF, JAMES $2000: Already a Joan Crawford movie, your "Mildred Pierce" came to TV in a 2011 version more faithful to the book James M. Cain |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | BUCHANAN, JAMES BUCHANAN $200: Still the only president from this state, Buchanan died near Lancaster in 1868 Pennsylvania |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | BUCHANAN, JAMES BUCHANAN $400: Edward, one of James' brothers, married a sister of this "Camptown Races" composer (Stephen) Foster |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | BUCHANAN, JAMES BUCHANAN $600: Buchanan became a Jacksonian Democrat after this party that he belonged to dissolved the Federalist Party |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | BUCHANAN, JAMES BUCHANAN $800: Buchanan's dreams of the presidency were postponed when this New Hampshire man was nominated instead of him in 1852 Pierce |
| #6223, aired 2011-10-12 | BUCHANAN, JAMES BUCHANAN $1000: Buchanan, 65 at his inauguration, had the youngest veep ever, this 36-year-old from Kentucky John C. Breckinridge |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | NAME THE JAMES $400: ...who partnered with Nathaniel Currier in a printmaking firm (James) Ives |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | NAME THE JAMES $800: ...who was shot during an assassination attempt on President Reagan James Brady |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | NAME THE JAMES $1200: ...who was the commander of the Royal Society's 1768 expedition to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus James Cook |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | NAME THE JAMES $2000: ...who made literary films like "Howard's End" with Ismail Merchant James Ivory |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | NAME THE JAMES $4,000 (Daily Double): ...who, for the 1992 election, coined the phrase "It's the economy, stupid" James Carville |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION $200: In 1946 author & chef James Beard became the first to do cooking instruction using this medium television |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION $400: You can have a great meal at James' townhouse on W. 12th St. in this NYC area; James won't be there, though Greenwich Village |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION $600: James Beard foundation scholarships send budding chefs to this type of school, from the Latin for "kitchen" a culinary school |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION $800: The foundation's celebrity chef tour also brings along a master this, so you don't get too thirsty a sommelier |
| #5894, aired 2010-04-08 | THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION $1000: The national advisory board includes this Austrian-born chef, involved with the foundation from early days Wolfgang Puck |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $200: A 1948 Olympic silver medalist in weightlifting, Harold Sakata played Oddjob, henchman to this title villain Goldfinger |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $600: Orson Welles played "Le Chiffre" in the campy 1967 version of this Bond film Casino Royale |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $800: The title of this film with Timothy Dalton & Carey Lowell explains why Bond gets away with murder Licence to Kill |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $1,000 (Daily Double): This title was a reference to Sean Connery's 1971 insistence that he'd played Bond for the last time Never Say Never Again |
| #5731, aired 2009-07-06 | JAMES BOND $1000: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" was the only film to feature him as Bond (George) Lazenby |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down" here green pastures |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: In Matthew, Jesus said unto this disciple, "Get thee behind me, Satan" Peter |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Ruth told her, "Whither thou goest, I will go" Naomi |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: According to Proverbs, "He that troubleth his own house shall" do this inherit the wind |
| #5715, aired 2009-06-12 | QUOTES FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1,200 (Daily Double): It is said that he "loved many strange women"; strange meaning foreign, like the Queen of Sheba King Solomon |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | JAMES JOYCE $400: Joyce's masterpiece "Ulysses" was modeled on this ancient work The Odyssey |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | JAMES JOYCE $800: Bloomsday, a celebration of Joyce & his works, is celebrated each year on the 16th of this month June |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | JAMES JOYCE $1200: Joyce died in 1941 after an operation for a perforated duodenal one of these an ulcer |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | JAMES JOYCE $1600: Joyce & his family spent World War I in this Swiss city Zurich |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | JAMES JOYCE $2000: In 1931 Joyce married this woman, his longtime companion Nora |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTATIONS $400: In Exodus it's "eye for eye," this for this, "hand for hand, foot for foot" tooth for tooth |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTATIONS $800: The motto of Johns Hopkins U., from John's gospel, is "Veritas vos liberabit", this "shall make you free" truth |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTATIONS $1600: Paul wrote to the Corinthians, "Let no man think me" one of these; "for ye" suffer these "gladly" fools |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTATIONS $2000: Job knows "though" these "destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God" worms |
| #5578, aired 2008-12-03 | KING JAMES BIBLE QUOTATIONS $4,800 (Daily Double): "A soft answer turneth away wrath; but grievous words stir up anger" is one of this book's adages Proverbs |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: Genesis says "all the days of" this guy were 969 years, so if you're "as old as" him, you're really old Methuselah |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: Proverbs actually says "He that spareth" this "hateth his son" the rod |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: Cain's 5-word question to God in Genesis 4:9, when asked of Abel's whereabouts "Am I my brother's keeper?" |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Matthew 5:13 says that "ye are" this mineral phrase, meaning representative of the best of society salt of the earth |
| #5504, aired 2008-07-10 | PHRASES IN THE KING JAMES BIBLE $1000: Not just for sick M.D.s, this 3-word proverb suggests Jesus should work miracles in his hometown as he did abroad "Physician, heal thyself!" |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $400: He published "Hawaii" the same year Hawaii became a state James Michener |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $800: This author who was captured by the Japanese during WWII later wrote about feudal Japan in "Shogun" James Clavell |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $1200: "Cross", a 2006 bestseller, is his 12th thriller featuring Alex Cross James Patterson |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $1600: In a childhood archery mishap, this Walter Mitty creator lost an eye James Thurber |
| #5264, aired 2007-06-28 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $2000: He adapted his novel "Deliverance" for the big screen & played a sheriff in the 1972 movie James Dickey |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) We're at the Jameson Distillery raising a glass to James Joyce on June 16, a date that now has this one-word name Bloomsday |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $800: A vast Dublin park shares its name with this mythical bird, so in Joyce's work the park is associated with resurrection phoenix |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) This young hero of "Ulysses" stands in this spot looking over the sea & pondering love's bitter mystery Stephen Dedalus |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $1600: Joyce made the city the setting for this 1914 story collection because it was "the centre of paralysis" Dubliners |
| #5253, aired 2007-06-13 | JAMES JOYCE'S DUBLIN $2000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Dublin, Ireland.) Dublin's Liffey River is a vital force in Joyce's work, especially in this late novel whose first word is "Riverrun" Finnegans Wake |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $400: (James Lipton reads the clue.) The 19th century--more than 800 oil paintings and 700 drawings--yet you sold but one in your 37 years. Are you bitter? Van Gogh |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $800: (James Lipton reads the clue.) In 1891, you sold 30 paintings to help finance your move to Tahiti. How marvelous! Gauguin |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | INSIDE THE ARTIST'S STUDIO WITH JAMES LIPTON $1200: (James Lipton reads the clue.) You finished "The Sick Child" in 1886. 7 years later, the world would recoil from "The Scream." Tell us about your pain Munch |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | JAMES BOND $200: Performers who have played this boss of Bond include Bernard Lee, Robert Brown, & most recently, Judi Dench M |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | JAMES BOND $400: Ian Fleming's 6th novel, this story about a fanatical "physician" bent on world domination was the 1st Bond film released Dr. No |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | JAMES BOND $600: Call him Blond, James Blond; this star of 2006's "Casino Royale" is the first blond actor to play 007 (Daniel) Craig |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | JAMES BOND $800: A Bond girl in "Die Another Day", she won an Oscar for "Monster's Ball" (Halle) Berry |
| #5132, aired 2006-12-26 | JAMES BOND $1000: Author Ian Fleming wrote that James Bond looked a lot like this composer of "Stardust' Hoagy Carmichael |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | KING JAMES BIBLE $400: In the Gospel of Matthew, it's how Judas points out Jesus to be captured with a kiss |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | KING JAMES BIBLE $800: Also known as Hadassah, this title woman is brought up by her relative Mordecai Esther |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | KING JAMES BIBLE $1600: After Sarah's death, he married Keturah, who bore him Zimran, Ishbak & others Abraham |
| #5125, aired 2006-12-15 | KING JAMES BIBLE $2000: Psalm 22 begins with this question to God, later asked by Jesus & goes on to say, "I cry... but thou hearest not" Why hast thou forsaken me? |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | NAME THE JAMES $400: ...who first met Samuel Johnson May 16, 1763 James Boswell |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | NAME THE JAMES $800: ...who is credited with inventing basketball Naismith |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | NAME THE JAMES $1600: ...who established a cooking school in New York in 1955 James Beard |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | NAME THE JAMES $2000: ...who was President Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury & George H.W. Bush's Secretary of State (James) Baker |
| #5110, aired 2006-11-24 | NAME THE JAMES $2,800 (Daily Double): ...who warned that the Americas are "not to be considered as subjects for future colonization" (James) Monroe |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $200: James 5:
"Ye have heard of the patience of" this man Job |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $400: Luke 4, to this person:
"Heal thyself" physician |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $600: Genesis 4:
"And the Lord set a mark upon" this man, "lest any finding him should kill him" Cain |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $800: Matthew 14:
"Give me here" this man's "head in a charger" John the Baptist |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | THE KING JAMES BIBLE TELLS ME SO $1,600 (Daily Double): John 20:
"Then saith he to" this man, "...be not faithless, but believing" (Doubting) Thomas |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | JAMES THURBER $400: In 1927 James Thurber began a lifelong association with this Manhattan magazine The New Yorker |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | JAMES THURBER $800: In a 1940 story Thurber wrote, "Early to rise and early to bed makes a male healthy and wealthy and" this dead |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | JAMES THURBER $1200: Thurber's "My World--And Welcome To It" contained a story about "The Secret Life of" this henpecked man Walter Mitty |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | JAMES THURBER $1600: Thurber's first book, 1929's "Is Sex Necessary?", was co-written with this collaborator of William Strunk (E.B.) White |
| #4809, aired 2005-06-30 | JAMES THURBER $2000: Thurber joined the cast as himself for 88 performances of the Broadway play "A Thurber" this Carnival |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $200: You'll "spot" this feline variety in Jeremiah 13:23 a leopard |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $400: I Kings 10 tells us that these were imported from Egypt at 150 shekels each; the chariots were extra horses |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $600: In Exodus 29 God demands a rump roast from a male one of these as tribute a sheep |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $800: The Song of Solomon 2:15 tells of these "little" critters "that spoil the vines" foxes |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | KING JAMES BIBLE BEASTS $1000: Since Leviticus 19:19 expressly forbids this, mules are not allowed crossbreeding |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | NAME THE JAMES $400: ...who had a No. 1 hit with "You've Got A Friend" Taylor |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | NAME THE JAMES $1200: The 2 Jameses who co-starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame movies "Promise" & "My Name Is Bill W" James Garner & James Woods |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | NAME THE JAMES $1600: ...who conjured up Shangri-La for a 1933 novel Hilton |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | NAME THE JAMES $2000: ...who was known as the "Hoosier Poet" (James Whitcomb) Riley |
| #4743, aired 2005-03-30 | NAME THE JAMES $4,400 (Daily Double): ...who was the last president to be born in a log cabin Garfield |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | JAMES $400: According to Forbes, this actor who died in a 1955 car crash still managed to earn $5 million in 2003 James Dean |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | JAMES $800: This captain set out on his third voyage in 1776, one from which he'd never return James Cook |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | JAMES $1200: He came up with a copier machine & a clothes dryer as well as a famous engine James Watt |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | JAMES $1600: Richard Wright helped this "Go Tell It On The Mountain" man win a literary fellowship James Baldwin |
| #4599, aired 2004-09-09 | JAMES $2000: Federalist turned Democrat Chief of State seen here James Buchanan |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES $400: Before "The West Wing", this former Brat Packer was in the Wild West as Jesse James in "Frank and Jesse" Rob Lowe |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES $800: It's true--he starred in 1957's "The True Story of Jesse James" Robert Wagner |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES $1200: He played Jesse in 2 Republic serials before donning the mask of the Lone Ranger on TV Clayton Moore |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES $1600: This 1980 film featured the Carradines as the Youngers & Stacy & James Keach as Frank & Jesse James The Long Riders |
| #4572, aired 2004-06-22 | THEY PLAYED JESSE JAMES $2000: This co-star of 2003's "Open Range" played Jesse in a 1972 film (Robert) Duvall |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $200: 1973 brought the first Bond theme performed by a rock group: this title track heard here "Live and Let Die" (by Paul McCartney & Wings) |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $400: Nobody does it better than this woman who sang "Nobody Does It Better" Carly Simon |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $600: This 1965 song heard here almost didn't get used in favor of one called "Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" "Thunderball" |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $800: It took 20 years & Duran Duran to take a Bond tune to No. 1 -- this 1985 hit "A View to a Kill" |
| #4365, aired 2003-07-18 | SONGS...JAMES BOND SONGS $1000: This singer heard here was the first to perform onscreen during a Bond title sequence Sheena Easton ("For Your Eyes Only") |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | NAME THE JAMES $400: ...who played Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather" James Caan |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | NAME THE JAMES $800: ...who was convicted of assassinating Martin Luther King, Jr. James Earl Ray |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | NAME THE JAMES $1200: ...who is the featured performer heard here James Galway |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | NAME THE JAMES $1600: ...who succeeded Franklin Pierce as president James Buchanan |
| #4290, aired 2003-04-04 | NAME THE JAMES $2000: ...who wrote the novel "Noble House" James Clavell |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | THE JAMES GANG $400: The deposed father of England's Queen Anne James II |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | THE JAMES GANG $800: Born in Greenock, Scotland in 1736, this inventor is mostly renowned for his improvements to the steam engine James Watt |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | THE JAMES GANG $1000: In 1986 he was named the first ever artistic director of the Metropolitan Opera James Levine |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | JAMES BUCHANAN $200: Buchanan may have sat by his fire & thought of this type of house where he, like his successor, was born log cabin |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | JAMES BUCHANAN $400: Harriet Lane, this relative of Buchanan served as his White House hostess niece |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | JAMES BUCHANAN $600: Buchanan had this occupation, like 25 other U.S. presidents in history lawyer |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | JAMES BUCHANAN $800: When he held this cabinet office, Buchanan settled the Oregon Question Secretary of State |
| #4094, aired 2002-05-23 | JAMES BUCHANAN $1000: Buchanan might have heard the bombs bursting in air when he volunteered in defense of this city in 1814 Baltimore |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | NAME THE JAMES $200: "The Godfather of Soul" James Brown |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | NAME THE JAMES $400: The fourth & fifth U.S. Presidents James Madison & James Monroe |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | NAME THE JAMES $600: Discovered the Hawaiian islands (James) Cook |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | NAME THE JAMES $800: Led the first bombing raid on Tokyo in World War II James Doolittle |
| #4039, aired 2002-03-07 | NAME THE JAMES $1000: Founded Savannah & the Georgia colony James Oglethorpe |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $200: Psalm 37 says "Mark the perfect man and behold" this one, the honest or just one, not the vertical piano Upright |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $400: After Jesus went through the Transfiguration, his raiment, or synonym for this, was white as light Clothing |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $600: To produce a bunch of kids is to be this "and multiply and replenish the Earth" Fruitful |
| #3858, aired 2001-05-16 | WORDS FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE $800: When this 10-letter word for plague is used, it usually means bubonic pestilence |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | THE JAMES GANG $200: The Handgun Violence Prevention Act is named for him James Brady |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | THE JAMES GANG $400: Mary Matalin, George Bush's deputy campaign manager in '92, wed this chief Clinton strategist in 1993 James Carville |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | THE JAMES GANG $600: Hirschfeld's portrayal of this "Titanic" director is seen here James Cameron |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | THE JAMES GANG $800: "Cover Her Face" was the first of her mysteries to feature her detective Adam Dalgliesh, a Scotland Yard man P.D. James |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | THE JAMES GANG $1000: The R&B hit "At Last" by this "Matriarch of the Blues" was used in car commercials Etta James |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $100: Throughout his career Polk remained an ardent member of the Jacksonian wing of this political party Democrats |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $200: Running for president as a relative unknown, Polk is considered the first of these swarthy animals Dark horse |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $300: During Polk's administration, the U.S. waged this war of expansion from 1846 to 1848 Mexican-American War |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $400: After John Quincy Adams' disputed election, Polk called for an end to the electoral system & for this type of vote a popular vote |
| #3737, aired 2000-11-28 | JAMES K. POLK ME $500: Before winning the White House, Polk served in this state's assembly & as its governor Tennessee |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $200: In the novel, this cape is referred to as "The Italy, so to speak, of Massachusetts" Cape Cod |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $400: Last name of the hero of "The Bostonians", or a Mel Gibson film about kidnapping Ransom |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $600: Some say Miss Birdseye is a satire of this "Scarlet Letter" author's sister-in-law Nathaniel Hawthorne |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $800: Basil thinks Doctor Prance would look like this novel's Esmeralda, "If she... only had a goat" The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| #3328, aired 1999-02-10 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $1000: Henry James thought his novel resembled the work of this French author of "La Comedie Humaine" Honore de Balzac |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $600: This movement promoted by Susan B. Anthony is central to the novel's plot the women's suffrage movement |
| #3264, aired 1998-11-12 | HENRY JAMES' BOSTONIANS $800: In the 1984 film version, this British actress known for her political causes starred as Olive Vanessa Redgrave |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | BOND... JAMES BOND $100: Asked to play Bond in 1986, he couldn't play the role until 1995's "GoldenEye" Pierce Brosnan |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | BOND... JAMES BOND $200: Lois Maxwell played this role, M's secretary, in 14 films but her total time on screen was less than an hour Miss Moneypenny |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | BOND... JAMES BOND $300: Actor Richard Kiel "chewed up" the scenery as this villain in 2 Bond films Jaws |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | BOND... JAMES BOND $400: David Niven played James Bond in this 1967 spoof Casino Royale |
| #3237, aired 1998-10-06 | BOND... JAMES BOND $500: In 1979 this Bond film featured a stolen space shuttle -- 2 years before the launch of Columbia Moonraker |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | BUCHANAN...JAMES BUCHANAN $200: A good friend of Buchanan's was this man who went on to be president -- of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | BUCHANAN...JAMES BUCHANAN $400: Buchanan was born in the town of Stony Batter in this state; he died & was buried in Lancaster there Pennsylvania |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | BUCHANAN...JAMES BUCHANAN $600: Buchanan was on both sides of the fence for this proposed boundary of Oregon that Polk wanted 54 40 |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | BUCHANAN...JAMES BUCHANAN $800: In the 1856 election, Buchanan beat this former president who ran as a Know-Nothing Millard Fillmore |
| #3184, aired 1998-06-04 | BUCHANAN...JAMES BUCHANAN $1000: Buchanan didn't like this senator from Illinois though he may have given money to Buchanan's campaign Stephen Douglas |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | THE "JAMES" GANG $200: In a 1997 meeting with Dexter King, he denied killing Dexter's father Martin Luther King Jr. James Earl Ray |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | THE "JAMES" GANG $400: His first major work was "An Account of Corsica"; his most famous, an account of Samuel Johnson James Boswell |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | THE "JAMES" GANG $600: He's Barbra Streisand's current beau James Brolin |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | THE "JAMES" GANG $800: Controversial Secretary of the Interior under Reagan James Watt |
| #3152, aired 1998-04-21 | THE "JAMES" GANG $1000: Cooking's equivalent of the Oscars is named for this late expert on food & drink James Beard |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $200: 12 years after "Diamonds Are Forever", he was back as Bond in 1983's "Never Say Never Again" Sean Connery |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $400: This author used some of his plots for a proposed late '50s Bond TV series in his book "For Your Eyes Only" Ian Fleming |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $600: 1 of the 2 women in "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" who were also TV "Avenger"s (1 of) Diana Rigg & Joanna Lumley |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of the 3 villains to have their name in a film title (1 of 3) Dr. No, Goldfinger or Octopussy |
| #2929, aired 1997-05-01 | BOND... JAMES BOND $1000: In his first appearance as Bond in "Live and Let Die", he took on Mr. Big Roger Moore |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $200: His book "Hawaii" traces the islands' development from their geological creation until the 1950s James Michener |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $400: He's known for kids' books like "The 13 Clocks" as well as "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" James Thurber |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $600: At school in Scotland, this author of "Peter Pan" joined a make-believe pirate crew of boys (James) Barrie |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $800: After 1948 this black American author of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" lived mostly in France (James) Baldwin |
| #2630, aired 1996-01-26 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $1000: The works of this "Mildred Pierce" author are said to have influenced Camus' "The Stranger" James M. Cain |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $200: A fact in one of his daughter's school books sparked his interest in writing about a "Shogun" James Clavell |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $400: Before tackling Samuel Johnson's entire life, he published a journal of their tour "To the Hebrides" (James) Boswell |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $600: "Only One Woof" & "Christmas Day Kitten" are among the books this veterinarian has written for kids James Herriot |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $800: While a student in Dublin, he wrote an essay titled "My Favourite Hero"; his hero was Ulysses James Joyce |
| #2306, aired 1994-09-19 | WRITERS NAMED JAMES $1000: Books like "The Postman Always Rings Twice" earned him a reputation as a "tough-guy" writer (James M.) Cain |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $200: Polk's was the first inauguration reported via this communications device; Morse was at the key the telegraph |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $400: In 1845 Polk reaffirmed this president's "Doctrine" against European colonization of America the Monroe Doctrine |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $600 (Daily Double): In 1833 Polk helped this president destroy the Bank of the United States Andrew Jackson |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $600: Polk was the only president who had previously held this high office in the House of Representatives speaker |
| #2061, aired 1993-07-19 | JAMES K. POLK $800: Polk was present when the cornerstone of this D.C. monument was laid on July 4, 1848 the Washington Monument |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAMES BUCHANAN $200: His niece, Harriet Lane, acted as this White House hostess |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAMES BUCHANAN $400: During his presidency this party collapsed & didn't regain the presidency for 24 years Democratic Party |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAMES BUCHANAN $600: As Secretary of State under Polk, he tried to buy this island from Spain for $120 million dollars Cuba |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAMES BUCHANAN $800: Buchanan became the first president to have a state secede under him, when this one did in 1860 South Carolina |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | JAMES BUCHANAN $1000: As minister to this country from 1832-34, Buchanan helped create our first commercial treaty with it Russia |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $100: Mrs. Polk banned this in the White House so you couldn't have waltzed into James' office dancing |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $200: While Speaker of the House Polk was called this president's lackey & nicknamed "Young Hickory" Andrew Jackson |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $300: During Polk's term of office the border of the United States was extended west to this natural boundary the Pacific Ocean |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $500 (Daily Double): Lincoln was among those who criticized Polk's attempt to start a war with this country Mexico |
| #1482, aired 1991-01-29 | JAMES K. POLK $500: Polk is buried on the state capital grounds in this city Nashville |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | BOND... JAMES BOND $200: After saying he'd never again play Bond, he did-- in "Never Say Never Again" Sean Connery |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | BOND... JAMES BOND $400: Total number of Ian Fleming Bond novel titles that have not been made into films none |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | BOND... JAMES BOND $600: Common bond between British Bond film actors Honor Blackman, Joanna Lumley, & Patrick Macnee they played the Avengers on television |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | BOND... JAMES BOND $800: Charles Gray, Donald Pleasance, & Telly Savalas have all played this cat-loving villain (Ernst Stavro) Blofeld |
| #614, aired 1987-04-16 | BOND... JAMES BOND $1000: In "Casino Royale", he played Jimmy Bond Woody Allen |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $200: "The Godfather of Soul", he went on TV to calm tensions after the assassination of Dr. King James Brown |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $400: Overcoming childhood stammering, he became the powerful voice of Othello & Darth Vader James Earl Jones |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $600: He prefaced his famed cookbook with instructions for boiling water James Beard |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $800: Novelist Henry's brother who, having given us "The Meaning of Truth" in 1909, in 1910, died William James |
| #538, aired 1986-12-31 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $1000: On early TV wrestling shows he broke dog biscuits into mike to sound like bones crunching Dennis James |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $100: The 1st of England & the 6th of Scotland, you'll find his book in most hotel rooms King James |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $200: Grammy winner whose "There We Are" included the words "so though I never say that I love you... Carly, I do" James Taylor |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $300: Creator of a steam engine, or an interior secretary whom some associated with hot air James Watt |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $400: Novelist who wrote "Whish! a gull. Gulls, far calls. Coming, far! End here. Us then. Finn, again!" James Joyce |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | FAMOUS "JAMES"s $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 5 "James"s who preceded Jimmy Carter in the presidency (3 of) James Buchanan, James Madison, James Monroe, James Polk, and James Garfield |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | BOND... JAMES BOND $100: So far Moore & Connery have each done this appropriate number of Bond films 7 |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | BOND... JAMES BOND $200: Secretary to M, it's in her office Bond tosses his hat onto the rack (Miss) Moneypenny |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | BOND... JAMES BOND $500: In the film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", he was the only Bond to marry George Lazenby |
| #350, aired 1986-01-10 | BOND... JAMES BOND $1,000 (Daily Double): This was 1 of only 2 Bond films with a 2 word title:
[Instrumental music plays] Casino Royale |
