| #9174, aired 2024-10-03 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $200: 2016's cover duly reported this part-time pro wrestler was "sweet, smart--and sculpted!", if you smelllll... what the Ken... is cookin' Johnson |
| #9174, aired 2024-10-03 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $400: He's got the EGOT, he's a master musician, he's married to Chrissy Teigen, so why not also be the S.M.A. in 2019? John Legend |
| #9174, aired 2024-10-03 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $600: Great Scot! In 1989 this actor was "older, balder... and better!"; we only wish he'd really played "Celebrity Jeopardy!" Sean Connery |
| #9174, aired 2024-10-03 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $800: 2 years after "Creed II", this actor was sexy man No. 1 in 2020 Michael B. Jordan |
| #9174, aired 2024-10-03 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $1000: He was hunking up "L.A. Law" when chosen in 1987; now he's even sexier on "In the Kitchen with" him, am I right? Harry Hamlin |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN IN FINANCE $200: His annual letter to the shareholders at Berkshire Hathaway is "the investment world's equivalent of a Harry Potter book release" Buffett |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | WALT, WIT MAN $400: In this 1968 film Walter Matthau as Oscar says Jack Lemmon as Felix "wears his seat belt in a drive-in movie" The Odd Couple |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN IN FINANCE $400: In the 19-teens he established a partnership with Edmund C. Lynch Merrill |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN IN FINANCE $600: A poster boy for the Gilded Age, this mega-rich guy founded the company that controlled most of Cleveland's refineries by 1872 Rockefeller |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | WALT, WIT MAN $800: On this show, Walton Goggins as Boyd tells Raylan Givens, "If a book could only be judged by its cover, you'd be a bestseller" Justified |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN IN FINANCE $800: Oil & mining tycoon & multi-billionaire Mohammed Al-Amoudi was born in the Amhara region of this African country Ethiopia |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | I'M LOOKING FOR A MAN IN FINANCE $1000: He founded his publicly owned investment firm in Baltimore in 1937; perhaps you've seen its bighorn sheep logo? T. Rowe Price |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | WALT, WIT MAN $1200: "Sweetness" was the nickname of this Chicago Bears running back who said, "Tomorrow is promised to no one" Walter Payton |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | WALT, WIT MAN $1600: In "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre", this Walt tells his compadre, "Good medicine men are born, not made" Walter Huston |
| #9167, aired 2024-09-24 | WALT, WIT MAN $2000: This Knicks guard & broadcaster, also known as Clyde, once called center Chris Kaman, "265 pounds of fiasco" (Walt) Frazier |
| #9115, aired 2024-05-31 | IT WAS THE '60s, MAN $200: This year saw the first Super Bowl, the premiere of Rolling Stone magazine & the Summer of Love 1967 |
| #9115, aired 2024-05-31 | IT WAS THE '60s, MAN $400: The Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961 was a failed attempt to remove him from power Castro |
| #9115, aired 2024-05-31 | IT WAS THE '60s, MAN $800: Timothy Leary urged his followers to "Turn on, tune in" & this drop out |
| #9115, aired 2024-05-31 | IT WAS THE '60s, MAN $1000: These civil rights activists traveled throughout the South to protest segregation on buses & in terminals the Freedom Riders |
| #9115, aired 2024-05-31 | IT WAS THE '60s, MAN $3,200 (Daily Double): In 1965 it became a criminal offense to burn, destroy or mutilate one of these a draft card |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $200: ...Down Under / Who looked at a mountain with wonder As high as can be / May 29th, '53 / Sadly, above Mallory's blunder Hillary |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $400: ...Chile / Due to him, human rights went away / Prez in '74 / & for 16 years more / Times were rough under... Pinochet |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $600: ...U.K. / As prime minister, a late '30s stay / Not so powerfully built / & don't call him Wilt / Churchill's here now you go away Chamberlain |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $800: ...Paris / A minister of war, don't you see / He drew his "line" / Around 1929 / But the Germans... they didn't agree Maginot |
| #21, aired 2024-05-01 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $1000: ...Maine / Speaker of the House, to be plain / Cleveland beat him for prez / So history says / & his last name, it rhymes, as it's... Blaine |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $400: Measuring electricity? In the U.S., we use this unit that honors an Italian count a volt |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $800: A degree on this other temperature scale has the same magnitude as a Celsius degree Kelvin |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $1200: This device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is named for its inventor Charles a Brannock Device |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $2000: Radioactivity amounts in a sample have been measured in units called the curie & this, after a different French physicist becquerel |
| #9077, aired 2024-04-09 | THE MEASURE OF A MAN $6,000 (Daily Double): You only need letters on the left side of the keyboard to type this unit of capacitance that's named for an English chap the farad |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $400: "How often did" this Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster "shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps" (Ichabod) Crane |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $800: Billy Halleck is literally wasting away after being cursed in this tale by Richard Bachman, aka Stephen King Thinner |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $1200: Lying about in bed all day, this 96-year-old was "delicate & weak", but spry enough to glom on to a Wonka tour Grandpa Joe |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $1600: At one point in this novel, Ignatius Reilly regales his mom with an anecdote about his carsickness A Confederacy of Dunces |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN $11,600 (Daily Double): In a Robert Graves novel, this emperor introduces himself with some of his nicknames, like "The Idiot" Claudius |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $200: "Maybe I'm Amazed" he solo-recorded his 1970 solo debut mainly at his house in St. John's Wood; OK, maybe I'm not--he was a Beatle McCartney |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $400: A Jacobite was a supporter of this exiled Stuart king who had to lay low after the Glorious Revolution James II |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $400: In 1983 Rolling Stone examined "The Secret Life of America's Sexiest One-Man Band"; now "Let's Go Crazy" & name him Prince |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $600: In 1989, he "Let Love Rule" as basically a one-man band on that debut album, and he's been "Sittin' On Top Of The World" ever since Lenny Kravitz |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $800: Many have played in this "Head Like a Hole" band but Trent Reznor was the only official member until Atticus Ross got the call in 2016 Nine Inch Nails |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $800: Dante was truly a Guelf on the shelf as his exile from this city of his birth would prove Florence |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE-MAN BAND $1000: When he was 15, he went out on tour with his dad, a guitar god; later he recorded solo for Mammoth WVH Wolfgang Van Halen |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $1200: This politician, who passed away in 2023, was banned from office in 2013, but remained the head of Forza Italia Berlusconi |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $2000: Yevgeny was the first name of this late mercenary leader who fled to Belarus after gaining Putin's ire in 2023 Yevgeny Prigozhin |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | ONE MAN, BANNED $8,200 (Daily Double): The 1521 Edict of Worms banned his writings & declared him a heretic Martin Luther |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $200: Coming on the pitch in the 60th minute in his Inter Miami regular season debut in 2023, he got his first MLS goal 29 minutes later Messi |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $400: In addition to being a Hall of Fame running back, Jim Brown could stick it to foes by scoring goals in this sport & Jim's in its Hall, too lacrosse |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $600: In 2021 Ryan Crouser heaved a metal sphere 76 feet, 8 1/4 inches, breaking a world record set in this sport before Ryan was born the shot put |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $800: In 2023, Corey Seager won his 2nd World Series MVP award as this team became champions the Texas Rangers |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | OUR MAN ON THE FIELD $1000: New Zealand's Jonah Lomu topped ruck.co.uk's list of this sport's 25 best players of all time rugby |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $200: Walter Payton:
13 seasons for Da these the Chicago Bears |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $400: Mariano Rivera:
19 seasons of near perfection the New York Yankees |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $600: Troy Aikman:
How 'bout them for 12 seasons? the Dallas Cowboys |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $800: Sharpshooting Reggie Miller--18 seasons of making Spike Lee miserable the Indiana Pacers |
| #8976, aired 2023-11-20 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $1000: Steve Yzerman:
22 seasons in Hockeytown the Red Wings (of Detroit) |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $200: In 1914 this automaker raised the minimum wage for his employees to $5 a day, more than twice the going rate Henry Ford |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $400: He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the New York City Art Deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge Chrysler |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $600: Charles & Henry were the first names of this pair of Englishmen who produced the Silver Ghost in 1907 Rolls Royce |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $800: This early 1900s racer who gave his name to a major GM division was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Louis Chevrolet |
| #8971, aired 2023-11-13 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $1000: In 1932, this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a World War I flying ace, a prancing horse Ferrari |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $100: This beloved painter started perming his hair in the '80s to save money on happy little haircuts (Bob) Ross |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $200: Blame it on the humidity: this groovy TV stepdad unveiled a curly 'do in 1972 while taking his family to Hawaii Mike Brady |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $300: Once asked if his long mane was a "bad perm", this "Amish Paradise" singer said, "It's bad natural hair" "Weird Al" Yankovic |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $400: Gene Simmons claims he accidentally set fire to his glam-rock hair numerous times while performing with this band Kiss |
| #19, aired 2023-11-01 | ICONIC MAN-PERMS $500: Every day, it took 3 hours and 110 pink curlers to create Bradley Cooper's tight 'do for this Oscar-nominated film American Hustle |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $200: Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped a sailor kissing a nurse on the August 1945 day known as this V-J Day |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $400: Certain Robert Mapplethorpe photos prompted Congress to enact restrictions on grants given by this body the NEA |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $600: John Filo, an undergrad at this Ohio school, won a 1971 Pulitzer after capturing an iconic photo of a slain classmate Kent State |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $800: Steve McCurry took a photo of an Afghan girl for this venerated magazine in 1984, then reunited with her 17 years later National Geographic |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $1000: In the 1840s this Civil War photographer took lessons in daguerreotypy from Samuel F.B. Morse Brady |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $200: Maurice "Rocket" Richard of this 1950s team's dynasty was the first NHL player to score 500 goals the Canadiens |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $400: This "Rocket" was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award 7 times Roger Clemens |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $600: Jason Candle coaches football for the Rockets of this university that's in Ohio but sounds like it could be in Spain Toledo |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $800: This NBA center was "the Dream" leading the Houston Rockets to 1994 & 1995 NBA titles Hakeem Olajuwon |
| #8954, aired 2023-10-19 | ROCKET MAN $1000: Rod "the Rocket" Laver of this country is tennis' only repeat Grand Slam winner Australia |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $200: Used in several types of Sharpie markers, this kind of ink sounds like it will last forever (spoiler alert: it doesn't) permanent |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $400: In 2021, Daniel Craig was given this honorary rank in the British Royal Navy, the same rank as James Bond Commander |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $600: The marsupial seen here is called a this devil, named after the Australian island it's native to Tasmanian |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $800: Published annually, this type of reference book is full of facts & information, like the "World" or "Old Farmer's" one an almanac |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | MIDDLE "MAN" $3,000 (Daily Double): Ernest Hemingway wrote about "The Snows of" this highest peak in Africa Kilimanjaro |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | THE SAILOR MAN $400: The skeleton of a sailor named Allardyce is left as a clue in this 1883 pirate tale Treasure Island |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | THE SAILOR MAN $800: In "The Thousand & One Nights", this sailor man swears off travel after his seventh voyage Sinbad |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | THE SAILOR MAN $1,100 (Daily Double): Lord Drinian is captain of this title vessel in a book by C.S. Lewis the Dawn Treader |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | THE SAILOR MAN $1200: This Sebastian Junger book looks into what might have befallen those aboard the fishing boat the Andrea Gail The Perfect Storm |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | THE SAILOR MAN $1600: The irascible Captain Haddock is from this Belgian's "Tintin" stories Hergé |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $400: Army general Omar Bradley was the first to hold this position on the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff a chairman |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $800: "War is cruelty, you cannot refine it", said this Civil War man (William T.) Sherman |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $1200: Lothar von Richthofen was a noted World War I ace; his brother, named this, was more famous Manfred |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $2000: WWII Medal of Honor recipient John Basilone, who served in the Philippines in the 1930s, had this "capital" nickname Manila |
| #8884, aired 2023-06-01 | "MAN" O' WAR $3,000 (Daily Double): Appropriately, noted clockmaker Aaron Willard was one of these colonial militiamen a minuteman |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $200: In 2004's "Spider-Man 2", this actor gets unmasked in front of Kirsten Dunst, James Franco & a trainload of New Yorkers (Tobey) Maguire |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $400: In 2017's "Spider-Man: Homecoming", this actor accidentally appears unmasked in front of his pal Ned Tom Holland |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $600: In 2012's "The Amazing Spider-Man", this actor gets unmasked by NYPD captain Denis Leary (Andrew) Garfield |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $800: (I'm Shameik Moore.) In "Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse" I once again don the spider-mask as this Brooklyn teenager who follows in Peter Parker's webbed footsteps Miles Morales |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $1000: He's the other title guy alongside Chris O'Donnell in 1997's "Batman & Robin", & he wishes we hadn't reminded you George Clooney |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $400: This ruler's legal decisions were codified in cuneiform in the Old Babylonian language in the 18th century B.C. Hammurabi |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $800: A cuneiform tablet recounts the legend of Sargon, who became a king of this ancient region whose name means "between rivers" Mesopotamia |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $1200: The cuneiform inscription on this type of pillar seen here refers to the doings of King Manishtushu a stele (or obelisk) |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $1600: Sir Henry Rawlinson deciphered a lofty inscription on a cliff regarding this "Great" king who lost at Marathon Darius the Great |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM $2000: The cuneiform tablet seen here from the British Museum tells a story from the epic named for this hero who hung out with Enkidu Gilgamesh |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $100: Caishen, the Chinese god of this supposed "root of all evil", was in one story killed by an arrow shot into a straw effigy of him money |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $300: Australian writer K. Langloh Parker wrote of the brothers who became swans & then got feathers of this color from crows black |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $400: Zeus's lack of wisdom had him swallow his wife Metis when she was pregnant with this daughter born unusually, as seen here Athena |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $500: "He who has lost his mind & seeks to find it" is one rendition of the name of this hero whose story is darker in legends than in Longfellow Hiawatha |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY $600 (Daily Double): After being part of a rebellion with his fellow Titans, he seemed to have the whole world on his shoulders Atlas |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | EVERY MAN A KING $400: On June 11 Hawaii celebrates the deeds of this great king & warrior Kamehameha |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | EVERY MAN A KING $800: This country's King Mohammed VI has a law degree from Mohammed V University, founded by & named for his grandfather Morocco |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | EVERY MAN A KING $1200: The younger brother of French kings Louis XVI & Louis XVIII, this king the X ruled in his own right Charles |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | EVERY MAN A KING $1600: The title subject of 2 Shakespeare plays, he was England's first king of the house of Lancaster Henry IV |
| #8754, aired 2022-12-01 | EVERY MAN A KING $2000: Constantine I returned to the throne of this country in 1920 after King Alexander was bitten by a pet monkey & died Greece |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $100: This largest tropical rain forest can average well over 100 inches of rain each year the Amazon |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $200: Drivers can thank Mary Anderson for creating an early form of this, moved by a handle from inside a streetcar to clear rain a windshield wiper |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $300: The title number in "Singin' in the Rain" was shot in summer in Culver City when water was in high demand & this star was ill Gene Kelly |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $400: On Titan, this ringed planet's largest moon, it rains methane Saturn |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | EVERYBODY LOVES RAIN, MAN $500: In the King James Bible, "the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah" these 2 things fire & brimstone |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $200: Legend says he dragged his axe behind him & created the Grand Canyon in the process (Paul) Bunyan |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $400: This Marvel Comics character was deemed unworthy by the hammer Mjolnir, so he took up the axe Jarnbjorn & bided his time Thor |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $600: This "Game of Thrones" character portrayed by Peter Dinklage is adept with a battle axe Tyrion Lannister |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $800: This nickname of Abraham Lincoln highlighted his axemanship "The Railsplitter" |
| #8708, aired 2022-09-28 | HATCHET MAN $1000: Before Jack chopped down the beanstalk, he stole the golden goose & a talking one of these musical instruments a talking harp |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THAT'S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $400: The ratio of an object's velocity to the velocity of sound in the same medium is named for this physicist Mach |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THAT'S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $800: Make your bones naming this complex of bones seen here the pelvis |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THAT'S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $1600: With 1 being the softest on the Mohs scale of hardness, this substance consisting primarily of silica is the index mineral for 7 quartz |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THAT'S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $2000: This outermost region of the Sun's atmosphere is warmish--2 million kelvin the corona |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THAT'S JUST SCIENCE, MAN $3,500 (Daily Double): Before moving to Gemini & Taurus, the summer solstice used to be in this constellation, hence the name of a geographic line Cancer |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $200: In 2009 he shot a documentary of "Kobe Doin' Work"; c'mon, do the right thing & name him Spike Lee |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $400: This 1990s Oscar winner studied physics at Cal State Fullerton James Cameron |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $600: In 2012 he got back into "The Hobbit" of making trilogies Peter Jackson |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $800: 1999's "Eyes Wide Shut" was his last effort; sadly, he did not make it to 2001 Stanley Kubrick |
| #8588, aired 2022-03-02 | THE MAN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR $1000: Seen in an actual director's chair, he was famous for making Westerns, but won four Oscars in other genres, like for "The Informer" John Ford |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $400: In a 1993 film this actor asks Harvey Fierstein, playing his makeup artist brother, "Could you make me a woman?" Robin Williams |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $800: A Monty Python skit finds Terry Jones as a waitress repeatedly screeching the name of this Hormel meat product Spam |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $1200: As Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development", this actor took on an alter ego as cheery maid Mrs. Featherbottom (David) Cross |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $1600: He got an Oscar nomination for playing soap star Dorothy Michaels Dustin Hoffman |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? $2000: In a 1959 comedy these 2 actors donned dresses as members of Sweet Sue's all-girl orchestra Lemmon & Curtis |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $400: Singer Gregg & guitarslinger Duane were the siblings who gave this "Ramblin' Man" band its name The Allman Brothers |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $800: This Wu-Tang Clan man is also half of a duo with Redman Method Man |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $1200: This Grammy-winning indie pop band was formed in Alaska, not the Iberian country in its name Portugal. The Man |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $1600: He topped the charts 3 times in the '70s; "Copacabana" only went to No. 8 Barry Manilow |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $2000: Twice a "man", he had a hit with "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" before hitting the charts again with his Earth Band Manfred Mann |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $200: On Sept. 20, 1998 Ryan Minor replaced Cal Ripken Jr. of this team, ending Cal's incredible consecutive game streak the Orioles |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $400: From 1955 to 1962 Glenn Hall started an NHL record 502 consecutive games at this position, playing some of it on his knees goalkeeper |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $600: In 2018 bowler Alastair Cook broke a record by playing in his 154th straight test match in this sport cricket |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $800: Averaging 41.6 yards for each time he took the field, Jeff Feagles played in 352 straight NFL games at this position punter |
| #8553, aired 2022-01-12 | IRON MAN $1000: Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games & also collected 3 championship rings with this team the L.A. Lakers |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $200: After she beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Sept. 20, 1973, Riggs admitted, "I underestimated you" Billie Jean King |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $400: In 1973 he was minority leader of the House of Representatives but got 2 big job promotions by the end of the next year Ford |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $600: On May 1, 1971 this service had its 1st run from N.Y. to Philly, just after midnight; really, at that time, it should have been to Georgia Amtrak |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $800: Paul Gann & Howard Jarvis led a revolt against these taxes that upset many Californians with big jumps every October property taxes |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $1000: On July 2, 1979 the U.S. Mint elected to release a coin honoring this woman; nearly 758 million were made that year Susan B. Anthony |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $200: "I am a young girl of about thirty-five", penned this Founding Father in a 1732 letter to the Penn. Gazette as "Alice Addertongue" Ben Franklin |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $400: Mathematician & photographer Charles Lutwidge Dodgson is better known to readers young & old by this pen name Lewis Carroll |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $600: Edith Van Dyne, author of the "Aunt Jane's Nieces" series, wasn't in Kansas anymore, as she didn't exist--"she" was this man L. Frank Baum |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $800: N.W. Clerk--a play on Old English for "I know not what scholar"--was a pen name for this creator of Aslan C.S. Lewis |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | THE MAN'S PEN NAME $1000: A rip-ping storyteller, he covered "A History of New York" in 1809 under the name Diedrich Knickerbocker Washington Irving |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $200: This Babylonian, not messing around with his "code": "if a son strike his father, his hands shall be hewn off" Hammurabi |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $400: Andrew Volstead gave a big "no" with the National this act, which enforced the 18th Amendment Prohibition |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $600: On April 28, 1789 Fletcher Christian & crew said no to this captain's tough love, sending him off in a boat (Captain) Bligh |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $800: In this 1944 battle named for the shape of opposing lines, U.S. General Anthony McAuliffe replied "Nuts!" to a demand for surrender Battle of the Bulge |
| #8466, aired 2021-09-13 | NO MAN $1000: Dear Diary, in 1662 he was not a fan of "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again" (Samuel) Pepys |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $200: She's 111'1" tall heel to head & her copper alone weighs 31 tons the Statue of Liberty |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $400: Lolong, a 2,400-pound saltwater one of these reptiles with at least one human death pinned on him, died in 2013 a crocodile |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $600: A Nimitz-class this type of ship can weigh more than 100,000 tons aircraft carrier |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $800: A 4-year restoration plan begun in 2017 stopped this 15.1-ton great hour bell from chiming, save for special occasions Big Ben |
| #8421, aired 2021-06-14 | THAT'S HEAVY, MAN $1000: Named for a Civil War general, this World War II tank weighed 33 tons & was powered by a 425-hp engine a Sherman tank |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MAN'S PLAIN $200: Much of this capital of New South Wales lies on the Cumberland Plain, named for a British duke Sydney |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MAN'S PLAIN $400: Henry Oxnard gave his name to a Calif. city & its plain; he wanted to name them Zachari, Greek for this product derived from beets sugar |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MAN'S PLAIN $600: Named for 19th century polymath Alexander von Humboldt, Mare Humboldtianum is a huge plain here the Moon |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MAN'S PLAIN $800: Named for a geologist, the Ice Age remnant Lake Agassiz Plain is in northwest Minnesota & northeast this state North Dakota |
| #8329, aired 2021-02-04 | MAN'S PLAIN $1000: Quebec's Plains of him were the site of a key 1759 battle between the British & French the Plains of Abraham |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $400: Not just a name on a Pike Place Market oyster bar, Emmett Watson wrote about this city for decades Seattle |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $800: The late Pete Hamill was editor of both the New York Daily News & this tabloid rival The New York Post |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $1200: Herb Caen wrote about this city for nearly 60 years, calling it "Baghdad-by-the-Bay" San Francisco |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $1600: This author & friend of Morrie writes about sports & more for the Detroit Free Press (Mitch) Albom |
| #8304, aired 2020-12-17 | MAN ABOUT TOWN $2000: When he's not writing novels like "Strip Tease" & "Tourist Season", this man writes for the Miami Herald Carl Hiaasen |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $400: In a 1985 film the "Young" this character fences against Moriarty in boarding school Young Sherlock Holmes |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $800: In "Young Mr." this man, Henry Fonda plays an up-&-coming Illinois attorney Lincoln |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $1200: "The Young" this character "Chronicles" TV series featured the adventurer in his pre-college & pre-movie days Indiana Jones |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $1600: This actor shakes up the Vatican as Pius XIII, "The Young Pope" in the title of an HBO series Jude Law |
| #8275, aired 2020-11-06 | YOUNG MAN OR WOMAN $2000: This actor, not Peter Boyle, is the title character in "Young Frankenstein" Gene Wilder |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | INSIDE "MAN" $400: There are about 700 species of these, most looking like a cross between a frog & a lizard a salamander |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | INSIDE "MAN" $800: Manumit is a synonym of this liberating word emancipate |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | INSIDE "MAN" $1200: English, Dutch & Danish are this type of language Germanic |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | INSIDE "MAN" $1600: It's the sometimes harmful focus on the tiniest details of how your subordinates do their job micromanaging |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | INSIDE "MAN" $2000: To reverse a previous military order countermand |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE MAN, THE POETRY $400: "i do not know what it is about you that closes and opens...nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands" (e.e.) cummings |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE MAN, THE POETRY $800: "Bells" (interspersed more than 60 times within the poem) (Edgar Allan) Poe |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE MAN, THE POETRY $1200: "I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear, those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong" (Walt) Whitman |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE MAN, THE POETRY $2000: "The soul of Adonais, like a star, beacons from the abode where the eternal are" Shelley |
| #8242, aired 2020-09-22 | THE MAN, THE POETRY $5,000 (Daily Double): "Back from the mouth of hell, all that was left of them, left of six hundred" Tennyson |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $200: A Guinness World Record, Hans Langseth's over 17-foot-long beard was eventually cut & donated to this D.C. institution the Smithsonian |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $400: In 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell of New York sent a letter urging him to "let your whiskers grow", & he did! Lincoln |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $600: By the time he died, still unshaven in 1923, his discovery, the X-ray, was an essential tool of medicine Roentgen |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $800: This bearded French physician published the first edition of "Centuries", containing his prophecies, in 1555 Nostradamus |
| #8161, aired 2020-02-17 | BEARD MAN $1000: Stop the presses. Here's an image of this bearded 15th century German inventor Gutenberg |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $200: ...Brazil / Who kicked a ball with some skill / Finding the holes / Scored 1,200-plus goals / & gave us 2 decades of thrill Pelé |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $400: ...Chicago / His Sen. seat, "golden" said Blago / Won a Nobel for Peace / His term did cease / Don't think he'll stay at Mar-A-Lago Obama |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $600: ...Maine / Who made shoes to fight off the rain / His catalog mailed / & clothing detailed / Outdoors would be his domain L.L. Bean |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $800: ...Iran / who ruled with too firm a hand / according to text / Khomeini was next / he was no longer the king of his land the Shah |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $1000: ...St. Louis / The ragtime king, I can prove this / Wrote "Maple Leaf Rag" / With hardly a snag / now say his name, c'mon, do this! Scott Joplin |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | A MAN OF THE CLOTH $400: A shirt once used for rowing, or the last name of the Eagles member who had a solo hit with "The Boys Of Summer" a henley |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | A MAN OF THE CLOTH $800: Before he controlled New York City, this boss served a single term in Congress from 1853 to 1855 (Boss) Tweed |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | A MAN OF THE CLOTH $1600: This West Virginia country star teamed up with LL Cool J on "Accidental Racist" Brad Paisley |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | A MAN OF THE CLOTH $2000: This FBI official was the source known as "Deep Throat" Mark Felt |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | A MAN OF THE CLOTH $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1878 this retailing pioneer suggested the price of a nickel for items that weren't selling quickly F.W. Woolworth |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $200: At 12 Mozart wrote "Bastien und Bastienne", one of these composed in German, not Italian an opera |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $400: Teenaged Michelangelo sculpted the "Battle of" these horse/men hybrids Centaurs |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $600: In 1628 28-year-old Oliver Cromwell was elected to this, which probably came to regret letting him in Parliament |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $800: Young Tom Edison developed trouble with this at an early age, possibly as a result of mastoiditis his hearing |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | YOUNG MAN $1000: Admitted to the bar in 1800, Richard Rush was only 33 when President Madison appointed him this in 1814 Attorney General |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | "MAN" UP $200: This gentle giant is Florida's state marine mammal a manatee |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | "MAN" UP $600: It's the unlawful killing of another person without malice manslaughter |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | "MAN" UP $800: Almost all of the world's production of this metallic element is used in the iron & steel industry manganese |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | "MAN" UP $1000: It's the style of roof on the house seen here mansard |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | "MAN" UP $3,000 (Daily Double): It's the last word of a historic utterance made July 20, 1969 mankind |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | IF I WERE A TIBETAN MAN $400: When Godan Khan sent an army of these people to invade in 1240, Sakya Pandita met him & cured him of disease the Mongols |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | IF I WERE A TIBETAN MAN $600: In legend, c. 430 A.D., King Nyantsen received a scripture that marked the introduction of this religion into Tibet Buddhism |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | IF I WERE A TIBETAN MAN $800: To help create a Tibetan alphabet, around 600 A.D. King Songtsen Gampo sent scholars to India to study this language Sanskrit |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | IF I WERE A TIBETAN MAN $1000: Tibetan religious teacher Tsongkhapa founded the Gelugpa sect, noted for their hats of this color yellow |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE MOVIE TEAM-UPS $200: In "X-Men Origins: Wolverine", Ryan Reynolds fights with this other "Sexiest Man Alive" Hugh Jackman |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE MOVIE TEAM-UPS $400: Sexiest Men Channing Tatum & Matthew McConaughey stripped the competition in this 2012 film Magic Mike |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE MOVIE TEAM-UPS $600: In "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald", Jude Law is Dumbledore & this guy is the title villain Johnny Depp |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE MOVIE TEAM-UPS $800: Chris Hemsworth fought alongside this 2018 Sexiest Man who played Heimdall in all 3 "Thor" movies Idris Elba |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE MOVIE TEAM-UPS $1000: Patrick Swayze & Keanu Reeves brought the sexy to this surfing/bank heist movie Point Break |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | MUSIC "MAN" $400: 25 years after Percy Sledge, Michael Bolton also had a No. 1 hit with this song "When A Man Loves A Woman" |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | MUSIC "MAN" $1200: Johnny Cash wrote this song to explain his sartorial choices "Man In Black" |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | MUSIC "MAN" $1600: This song by Salt-n-Pepa says their fella has "a body like Arnold with a Denzel face" "Whatta Man" |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | MUSIC "MAN" $2000: A Pearl Jam song says, "She lies and says she's in love with him, can't find a" this, the song's title "Better Man" |
| #7973, aired 2019-04-17 | MUSIC "MAN" $25,000 (Daily Double): Tammy Wynette said she spent 15 minutes writing this song about devotion & a lifetime defending it "Stand By Your Man" |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $400: These soul men were AKA Jake & Elwood (or John & Dan) the Blues Brothers |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $800: Don't give us the runaround; just name this John Popper band that had '90s hits with "Run-Around" & "Hook" Blues Traveler |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $1200: Buck Dharma performed with this '70s band with a mollusk in its name Blue Oyster Cult |
| #7957, aired 2019-03-26 | BLUE MAN GROUP $1600: In the 1940s these "Boys" helped Kentuckian Bill Monroe establish a new genre of music the Bluegrass Boys |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | A MAN OF CONSTANT $400: A universal constant of gravitation is named for this 17th & 18th century man Newton |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | A MAN OF CONSTANT $800: A space telescope & a constant of the universe's expansion are named for this man Hubble |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | A MAN OF CONSTANT $1200: In finance Napier's constant is helpful in understanding the compound type of this interest |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | A MAN OF CONSTANT $2000: Per Viswanath's constant, if you randomize this number sequence named for a 13th c. Italian, it'll still follow a pattern Fibonacci |
| #7924, aired 2019-02-07 | A MAN OF CONSTANT $3,000 (Daily Double): Max Planck's constant is the ratio of the energy of this smallest unit of radiation to its frequency--what a leap! a quantum |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FAR OUT, MAN $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Pacific Ocean on the monitor.) A spot in the Pacific is so remote that world space agencies use it as a dumping area because there's little chance of endangering humans; it's named Point this after a literary captain whose name means "no one" in Latin Point Nemo |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FAR OUT, MAN $400: King Kong is the "king" of this remote island Skull Island |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FAR OUT, MAN $600: While on your way to the galactic center, you have more than 18 quintillion planets to explore in this game No Man's Sky |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FAR OUT, MAN $800: In the first "Star Trek" movie, the crew meets this wandering probe; the real ones were launched in 1977 Voyager |
| #7922, aired 2019-02-05 | FAR OUT, MAN $1000: This Longfellow poem takes you away to Acadia, to a "distant, secluded...little village of Grand Pre" Evangeline |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $400: In 1959 this new Latin American leader toured the U.S. but refused to shave his beard as his New York PR firm had advised Castro |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $800: Red-bearded Frederick I Barbarossa reigned 35 years as this emperor, most of it fighting in Italy the Holy Roman Emperor |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $1200: This buccaneer's luxuriant facial hair earned him his infamous nickname Blackbeard |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $1600: In July bring your beard to this Florida island for its Hemingway Days & you might win a look-alike contest Key West |
| #7909, aired 2019-01-17 | BEARD MAN $4,000 (Daily Double): This bearded guy was born in Colonus around 496 B.C. & wrote more than 120 plays, including "Ajax" & "Antigone" Sophocles |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN $400: Even if not shredded & served with milk, wheat is this type of grass whose grain is used for food cereal |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN $800: I reckon you don't officially have to put Kentucky in front of this all-acoustic music style of Ricky Skaggs & others bluegrass |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN $1200: Stampede is a variety of this grass once grazed upon by bovines on the Great Plains buffalo grass |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN $1600: Tom yum goong from Thailand is made with prawns & this, Cymbopogon citratus lemongrass |
| #7880, aired 2018-12-07 | IT'S JUST GRASS, MAN $2000: A member of the dog family is in the name of this common meadow grass with soft, brush-like flowering spikes foxtail |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | MAN OF THE CENTURY $200: Victor Hugo wasn't always miserable in it the 19th century (or the 1800s) |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | MAN OF THE CENTURY $400: Captain James Cook explored then the 18th century |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | MAN OF THE CENTURY $600: Konstantin Chernenko came to fame the 20th century |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | MAN OF THE CENTURY $800: Richard III lived through all the winters of his discontent the 15th |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | MAN OF THE CENTURY $1000: It's when Petrarch loved Laura the 14th century |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | MY "MAN"! $400: It's a 3-D representation of human form, dummy a mannequin |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | MY "MAN"! $800: Hand shackles manacles |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | MY "MAN"! $1200: It's your destiny to know this 8-letter word means "to show plainly" manifest |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | MY "MAN"! $1600: A royal command, or one from a superior court to a lower one a mandate |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | MY "MAN"! $2000: It conveys air & fuel from the carburetor to the cylinders a manifold |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN $200: The name of this artistic dynasty that began in 1368 means "bright" in Chinese Ming |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN $400: This anti-discriminatory act of 1964 finally passed after a more than 2-month filibuster in the Senate the Civil Rights Act |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN $600: On Feb. 22, 1862--Washington's birthday, no less--he delivered an inaugural address in Richmond Jefferson Davis |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN $800: On Sept. 29, 1662 he wrote in his diary, "Saw 'Midsummer Night's Dream'...it is the most insipid ridiculous play" (Samuel) Pepys |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN $1000: Kidnapping boy-king Francis II was the goal of 1560's conspiracy of Amboise by this French Protestant group the Huguenots |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $200: Tenzing Norgay & a pal topped themselves here on May 29, 1953 Mount Everest |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $400: On March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry ended a speech with "Give me" this 1st item, "or give me" this 2nd item! Now give me both! liberty and death |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $800: On April 2, 1801 the Danes found out that this Brit was a one-eyed, one-armed, non-flying naval people beater (Horatio) Nelson |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $1000: This Roman orator should have been quieter--a quip suggesting that Octavian be disposed of led to his demise Cicero |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | THE MALE MAN $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 Alabama elected its first Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1992--this man, who beat Roy Moore Doug Jones |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | MAN CAVES $400: A great place to go spelunking is the limestone caverns in Montana named for this pair of expeditioners Lewis and Clark |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | MAN CAVES $800: Caverns in Indiana bear the name & the bones of this trailblazer's brother Squire, who was laid to rest there in 1815 (Daniel) Boone |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | MAN CAVES $1200: Warren's Cave in Florida is named for Colonel John Warren, who led troops during the second of these Indian wars the Seminole Wars |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | MAN CAVES $1600: This ancient playwright's cave on Salamis is believed to be where he wrote tragedies like "Trojan Women" Euripides |
| #7784, aired 2018-06-14 | MAN CAVES $2000: A cave on Mount Carmel is named for this prophet who may have lived & hid there before whirlwinding up to heaven Elijah |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN $400: Queen Elizabeth's annual speech on this day in 2016 praised those born humble who do great things, like Jesus Christmas |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN $800: James Agee & Walker Evans' book dignifying tenant farmers is ironically titled "Let Us Now Praise" these Let Us Now Praise Famous Men |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN $1200: Henry Wallace's term as this, 1941-1945, is perhaps best remembered for his "Century of the Common Man" speech vice president |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN $1600: Thomas Gray wrote that maybe a country churchyard holds "some mute inglorious" this British epic poet (John) Milton |
| #7782, aired 2018-06-12 | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN $2000: This -ism that represents the common folk against the elites was applied to both the Trump & Sanders 2016 runs populism |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | PORTUGAL, THE MAN $400: Years after fleeing Portugal with the royal family, Pedro I became emperor of this country Brazil |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | PORTUGAL, THE MAN $800: Portugal's national poet Luis de Camoes wrote the 16th century epic "The Lusiads" about this explorer Vasco da Gama |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | PORTUGAL, THE MAN $1,000 (Daily Double): Despite his nickname, this prince who sponsored many voyages didn't go on the expeditions himself Henry the Navigator |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $200: "As a tribute to his... versatile poetry" in 1903, Bjornstjerne Bjornson became man No. 3 to win this prize the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $400: In 1985 Murray Haydon became the third man to get a permanent artificial one; Haydon lasted 16 months with it a heart |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $600: On May 23, 1956 Swiss climber Ernst Schmied became the third man to do this summit Everest |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $800: Use your wisdom & name this third king of ancient Israel, Bathsheba's boy Solomon |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THE THIRD MAN $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a model of space flight on the monitor.) In a 15-minute trip from Cape Canaveral to the Atlantic Ocean on July 21, 1961, Liberty Bell 7 reached a height of 118 miles and traveled 303 miles carrying this alliteratively named astronaut, making him the third man in space Gus Grissom |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $400: For years before his death in 1891, this master of the seagoing novel had a customs job on the river in Manhattan Melville |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $800: Losing his New Orleans customs job freed up H.L. Hunley to make this type of vessel he named after himself a submarine |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $1200: Nathaniel Hawthorne did not excel at the job, briefly working at customhouses in Boston & this hometown Salem |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $1600: As N.Y.'s customs collector, this future president was the highest-paid public employee in the U.S.--nice, Chet! Chester A. Arthur |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | HERE'S THE CUSTOMS MAN $2000: Long after his days exploring with Peary, this man started at the N.Y. customhouse at age 47 as a messenger Matthew Henson |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS $200: Nickname of football HOFer & Olympic gold medal sprinter Bob Hayes; he wasn't really faster than a speeding one speeding bullet |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS $400: In 1994 he took a basketball time out to hit .202 for the Birmingham Barons Michael Jordan |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS $600: In 1989 Bo Jackson hit 32 homers for the Kansas City Royals & ran for 950 yards for this then-L.A. team the Raiders |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS $800: After 3 seasons & a .220 average for the Blue Jays, Danny Ainge moved to this NBA team's back court, then its front office the Celtics |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS $1000: This '50s & '60s TV "Rifleman" played 2 seasons of pro basketball & 2 seasons of major league baseball Chuck Connors |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | MAN BOOKER $200: Bear Bryant tells this speedy Winston Groom title guy he'll be a "secret weapon" like an "Adam" bomb Forrest Gump |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | MAN BOOKER $400: "Runs" is the last word of this 1960 John Updike novel about a man running from his responsibilities Rabbit, Run |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | MAN BOOKER $600: Roger Bannister & John Landy are runners to watch in Jason Beck's book titled "The Miracle" this mile |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAN MAKES THE CLOTHES $200: His short-sleeve cotton shirt with a polo player logo came onto the field of play in 1972 Ralph Lauren |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAN MAKES THE CLOTHES $400: Wallets and watches, as well as clothes, are part of the line of this designer (Michael) Kors |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAN MAKES THE CLOTHES $600: Known for his A-line silhouette, this Frenchman also had a sense of smell, with a 1964 fragrance simply called "Y" Yves Saint Laurent |
| #7652, aired 2017-12-12 | MAN MAKES THE CLOTHES $1000: Known for his United Colors brand, this man also served as a senator in Italy (Luciano) Benetton |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN $200: When this giant of retail died in 1992, his heirs split up more than $20 billion Sam Walton |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN $800: After his 1906 death, the Chicago Board of Trade shut down to remember this merchant Marshall Field |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN $1000: One estimate said this man's wealth near his 1937 death would be the equivalent of four times Bill Gates' wealth (John D.) Rockefeller |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RANKING THE NEW MILITARY MAN $200: The U.S. went to the polls for one of these on Nov. 8, 2016 a general election |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RANKING THE NEW MILITARY MAN $400: A 96-mph-throwing Cleveland Indian had to work on his control "before he kills somebody" in this 1989 movie Major League |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RANKING THE NEW MILITARY MAN $600: Flogging or spanking gets this "rank" corporal punishment |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RANKING THE NEW MILITARY MAN $800: We'll be brief--this Dav Pilkey title hero just wears a cape & one other very important piece of clothing Captain Underpants |
| #7641, aired 2017-11-27 | RANKING THE NEW MILITARY MAN $1000: Bain Capital & Brookfield Asset Management are companies in this "non-public" field of investment private investment (or private equity) |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "ANT", MAN $200: You'd find them on both 1950s TVs & 1950s insects antenna |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "ANT", MAN $400: Radiator liquid to fight those cold winter nights antifreeze |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "ANT", MAN $600: Grammatically, in "Sal hit a ball so hard that he knocked the cover off it", Sal is this to he, as is ball to it antecedent |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "ANT", MAN $800: 15-letter word meaning third from the end antepenultimate |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | "ANT", MAN $1000: Opposition to withdrawing state support from a church; take a deep breath & slowly say all 28 letters antidisestablishmentarianism |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $200: For June, it's these before swine (& they look lovely on you, dear!) pearls |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $400: Auntie Em! This July birthstone matches my new slippers! ruby |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $600: For April, these gems are forever, hold one up & then caress it, touch it, stroke it & undress it diamonds |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $800: October gives you a choice of tourmaline or this "O" gem opal |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | YOU GOT SOME REAL BIRTHSTONES, MAN $1000: Latin granatum, "pomegranate", gave us the name of this January gem; it looks like a red pomegranate seed garnet |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $400: This book of the Bible says, "A wise man feareth and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth and is confident" Proverbs |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $800: This lawyer from a 1960 novel doesn't want his son Jem to think "courage is a man with a gun in his hand" Atticus Finch |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $1200: An old folk song tells of the wise man building his house on this, while the foolish man built his on the sand rock |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $1600: The imprisoned Abbe Faria, mentor to this Dumas character, regrets instilling in him "the desire for revenge" the count of Monte Cristo (or Edmond Dantès) |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | THE WISE MAN'S FEAR $2000: Early on in this book, Paul Atreides learns from his mother that "fear is the mind-killer" Dune |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | POKEY, MAN, GO $400: This Confederate president was captured on May 10, 1865 & put in the pokey in Fort Monroe, Virginia (Jefferson) Davis |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | POKEY, MAN, GO $500 (Daily Double): After a victory at Acre in 1191, he was imprisoned in Austria on his way home to England & ransomed for 150,000 marks Richard the Lionheart |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | POKEY, MAN, GO $800: The longtime prisoner known as this, sent to the Bastille in 1698, actually used black velvet to hide his face the Man in the Iron Mask |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | POKEY, MAN, GO $1200: As one of this "numbered" group, John Howard Lawson went to the pokey in 1948 & was then blacklisted the Hollywood Ten |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | POKEY, MAN, GO $1600: After getting in trouble with the Church of England in 1661, this pilgrim progressed to jail, where he wrote a lot (John) Bunyan |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | THE CONDEMNED MAN $400: Sydney Carton takes the place at the guillotine of the condemned Charles Darnay in this Dickens novel A Tale of Two Cities |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | THE CONDEMNED MAN $800: Later declared innocent, in 1895, this man, unjustly convicted of treason, was shipped off to Devil's Island Dreyfus |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | THE CONDEMNED MAN $1200: Susan Sarandon starred as Sister Helen Prejean & Sean Penn was the condemned man in this movie based on the nun's book Dead Man Walking |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | THE CONDEMNED MAN $1600: He wrote from experience of "that little tent of blue which prisoners call the sky" in his "Ballad of Reading Gaol" Oscar Wilde |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | THE CONDEMNED MAN $2000: This Norman Mailer book tells how convicted killer Gary Gilmore lobbied for his own death by firing squad The Executioner's Song |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $400: Ordained in 1973 & promoted to his metropolitan see in 2012, Andrew Yeom Soo-Jong is Seoul's this archbishop |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $800: Nam June Paik, called the inventor of this type of art, used a thousand-TV-set display at the 1988 Olympics video art |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $1200: Sunja from Seoul has a popular brand of this fermented dish served at every Korean meal kimchi |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $2000: Chung Ju Yung founded this Seoul-based transportation group, once Korea's largest corporation Hyundai |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | SEOUL MAN & WOMAN $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1971 Seoul-born Kyongwon Ahn founded the UTA, the United this Korean martial art Association taekwondo |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | DAVE'S NOT HERE, MAN $400: Unhappy with Tennessee politics in 1835, he said, "You may all go to hell & I will go to Texas", but that did not turn out well (Davy) Crockett |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | DAVE'S NOT HERE, MAN $800: On July 12, 2016 moving vans were outside 10 Downing Street, as this man was headed to a new address (David) Cameron |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | DAVE'S NOT HERE, MAN $1200: In 2011 this ex-Army general took over as CIA director but quit a year later after personal issues arose (David) Petraeus |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | DAVE'S NOT HERE, MAN $1600: He left the Supreme Court in 2009, 19 years after filling the seat of William Brennan (David) Souter |
| #7508, aired 2017-04-12 | DAVE'S NOT HERE, MAN $2000: In 1998 this NPR humorist moved to Paris to try to learn French; hilarity ensued (Dave) Sedaris |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | NO MAN'S SKY $400: The name of this zodiac constellation comes from a Latin word for "maiden" Virgo |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | NO MAN'S SKY $800: This planet is the brightest object in the sky after the sun & the moon Venus |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | NO MAN'S SKY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a constellation on the monitor.) Look for the Big Dipper, then for the three pairs of stars that form the paws when tracing the entire figure of this constellation Ursa Major |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | NO MAN'S SKY $1600: This largest moon of Uranus was named for the queen of the fairies in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Titania |
| #7472, aired 2017-02-21 | NO MAN'S SKY $2000: By the mid-'90s Carolyn Shoemaker had discovered more of these than anyone else alive, including Shoemaker-Levy 9 comets |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MAN VS. BEAST $200: Since the dawn of camping, man has tried to keep food from this beast; a product called the Ursack says it's the answer bears |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MAN VS. BEAST $400: In 1763 an early one of these, from the Latin for "plague", was made from tobacco to kill aphids a pesticide |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MAN VS. BEAST $600: This legendary alliterative guy terminates Hamelin's vermin with extreme prejudice the Pied Piper |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MAN VS. BEAST $1,000 (Daily Double): In a Hawthorne story, a witch makes one of these to protect her corn, then brings him to life a scarecrow |
| #7464, aired 2017-02-09 | MAN VS. BEAST $1000: New South Wales' webpage on the control of these animals includes fences, as in the title of a 2002 movie rabbits |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS $800: In 1992 Michael Ondaatje did a Fiennes job with this novel about a burned, unnamed man being cared for at WWII's end The English Patient |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNERS $1200: In 1993 it was a laughing matter when Roddy Doyle got Booker-ed for "Paddy Clarke" these 3 words Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | NO MAN $400: This word for a person making negative statements sounds like it refers to a horse a naysayer |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | NO MAN $800: Grover Cleveland holds the record for these in a single session of Congress with 212 a veto |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | NO MAN $1200: For decades J. Edgar Hoover denied the existence of this 5-letter organization the Mafia |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | NO MAN $1600: Agricultural product boycotts led by this man included one in the 1980s he called "Wrath of Grapes" Cesar Chavez |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | NO MAN $2000: Sir Richard Owen, who had been Mr. Biology in Britain, wrote a bitter, negative review of this seminal 1859 book On the Origin of Species |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $400: This "King" of singers, "The Man with the Velvet Voice", had a hit with "Unforgettable" & that's what he was Nat King Cole |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $800: British engineer & gambler Joseph Jaggers was "The Man Who Broke the Bank at" this casino Monte Carlo |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $1200: For his many roles, silent horror film actor Lon Chaney was "The Man of" these a Thousand Faces |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $1600: As a star in this sport in the 1950s, Sandor Kocsis was "The Man with the Golden Head" soccer |
| #7444, aired 2017-01-12 | YOU'RE THE MAN! $2000: This author of "The Time Machine" is "The Man Who Invented Tomorrow" H.G. Wells |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $400: This character first donned a goalie mask in "Friday the 13th Part 3" Jason |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $800: On Oct. 9, 1986 in London Michael Crawford first donned the mask to play this role the Phantom of the Opera |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $1200: This masked man first "led the fight for law and order in the early Western United States" in 1933 on WXYZ in Detroit the Lone Ranger |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $1600: V, the freedom fighter in "V for Vendetta", wears a white plastic mask said to represent this historical conspirator Guy Fawkes |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN? $2,000 (Daily Double): When this villain was introduced in a 1948 issue of Detective Comics, he was nicknamed "The Prince of Puzzles" the Riddler |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THAT'S COLD, MAN $200: Relax, calm down, this 5-letter word "out", dude chill |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THAT'S COLD, MAN $400: It can mean "unfriendly", but not when talking about a famous snowman of that name frosty |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THAT'S COLD, MAN $600: Stiff or formal, it also precedes "-aire" in an appliance brand frigid |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THAT'S COLD, MAN $800: It's slang for an isolation cell in prison; Alaska was "Seward's" icebox |
| #7419, aired 2016-12-08 | THAT'S COLD, MAN $1000: To coagulate or curdle, it also means to change from a fluid state to a solid one by cooling congeal |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $200: In 2015 this Brit scored the winning goal as the first athlete to be chosen David Beckham |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $400: All right, all right, all right; for the 20th anniversary celebration in 2005, he was the Sexiest Man Alive Matthew McConaughey |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $600: Sadly, this first non-entertainer to be named died in a 1999 plane crash John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $800: In 1993 with Cindy Crawford, he was half of the Sexiest Couple Alive; 6 years later, he was the Sexiest Man Richard Gere |
| #7367, aired 2016-09-27 | PEOPLE'S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $1000: 2012 was a big year for him: "21 Jump Street", "Magic Mike" & Sexiest Man Alive Channing Tatum |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | DANIEL BOONE WAS A MAN $400: The real Boone favored beaver hats, not these alliterative items, which he is said to have thought uncivilized coonskin caps |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | DANIEL BOONE WAS A MAN $800: Born in 1734, Daniel was turned down when he volunteered to serve in this conflict at the age of 78 the War of 1812 |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | DANIEL BOONE WAS A MAN $1200: After Boone's death in 1820, this Brit made him the subject of 7 stanzas of "Don Juan" Lord Byron |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | DANIEL BOONE WAS A MAN $1600: In 1775 Boone bought his family to this settlement that still bears his name Boonesborough |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | DANIEL BOONE WAS A MAN $2000: In 1775 Boone & about 30 companions built this "Road" leading from Virginia into Kentucky & points west the Wilderness Road |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN $800: This Apollo 13 commander is one of 28 recipients of the Space Medal of Honor (Jim) Lovell |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN $1600: Astronaut Wally Schirra did a TV commercial for Actifed, this kind of drug that he used during one of his space flights a sinus decongestant |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN $2000: In the shuttle era NASA had 4 basic jobs aloft: commander, pilot, mission specialist & this cargo specialist payload |
| #7352, aired 2016-07-26 | THE AMAZING SPACE-MAN $3,800 (Daily Double): U.S. astronaut candidates must complete training in ISS systems & this language likely to come in handy up there Russian |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MAN-AGRAMS $200: A great playwright, but:
I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER William Shakespeare |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MAN-AGRAMS $400: A physicist:
ELITE BRAIN NEST Albert Einstein |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MAN-AGRAMS $600: A Hungarian composer:
SNAZZ FLIRT Franz Liszt |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MAN-AGRAMS $800: A 19th century president:
RUN VIBRANT AMEN Martin Van Buren |
| #7346, aired 2016-07-18 | MAN-AGRAMS $1000: He was full of ego:
FEUDING DRUMS Sigmund Freud |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $400: The sun nearly went out when this child king of France was left unsupervised & almost drowned Louis XIV |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $800: James II was converted to this faith before he became king; as a result, he was converted into an ex-king Catholicism |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $1200: When his father was out of the country, teenage Philip II of Spain served as this, from Latin for "rule" the regent |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $1600: As a young man the II king of this name was already calling for Belgium to be a colonial power--bad news for the Congo (King) Leopold (of Belgium) |
| #7315, aired 2016-06-03 | THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING $2000: Queen Victoria's grandson, he was born with a withered left arm that was often hidden in photographs Kaiser Wilhelm (II) |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $200: Why ask about this mountain named for a British surveyor in 1865? Because it's there Everest |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $400: A 16,000-foot Venezuelan mountain is known as Pico this last name, honoring a noted liberator Bolívar |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $600: In 1792 George Vancouver named this mountain, the tallest in Wash., after a British navy man who never even saw it Rainier |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $800: In 1792 William Broughton named this mountain, the tallest in Oregon, after a British navy man who never even saw it Mount Hood |
| #7309, aired 2016-05-26 | MOUNTAIN / MAN $1000: Around 1890 I.C. Russell named this mountain, the tallest in Canada, for a geologist Logan |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $200: The old man hurt himself rumba-ing & is using these supports whose length should be your height minus 16 inches crutches |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $400: A grandson does this carrying job & doesn't mind shaving a few strokes off the old man's scorecard caddying (or caddie) |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $600: The old man keeps sharp with these, which first appeared in the New York World newspaper in 1913 crossword puzzles |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $800: It's finally time to open that 1964 Pomerol, so he'll need this implement a corkscrew |
| #7308, aired 2016-05-25 | THE OLD MAN & THE "C" $1000: It's not his toothpaste, it's his cholesterol medication aka rosuvastatin, one of the USA's most prescribed drugs Crestor |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $200: Bill Gates takes the honors for this state Washington |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $400: Pierre Omidyar, founder of this company, put in a bid of $8.1 billion to lead in Hawaii eBay |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $600: Mark Zuckerberg beat out some wealthy competition in this tech-heavy state California |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $800: Jim Walton is this state's richest man Arkansas |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $1000: For Nevada, it's this big political donor seen here (Sheldon) Adelson |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | THE LAST MAN $400: In an amateur boxing match, Serafim Todorov was the last to defeat this man who won his first 49 pro fights Floyd Mayweather |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | THE LAST MAN $800: This George Orwell novel was originally titled "The Last Man in Europe" 1984 |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | THE LAST MAN $1600: In "Thus Spake Zarathustra", this author described the "last man" as the antithesis of the "superman" Nietzsche |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | THE LAST MAN $2000: The last Italian-born pope was this short-timer Pope John Paul I |
| #7248, aired 2016-03-02 | THE LAST MAN $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1996 Delaware's Billy Bailey became the last condemned murderer to be put to death in the U.S. this way hanging |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE MAN UPSTAIRS $200: Sanjay Shah paid $17 million cash for the top floor of the spiffy Chicago "Tower" bearing this mogul's name Trump |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE MAN UPSTAIRS $400: Though he stepped down in 2015, he kept his Milwaukee penthouse office, as he's now MLB's commissioner emeritus (Bud) Selig |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE MAN UPSTAIRS $600: Designer shoes, a vintage Rolex & his Manhattan penthouse were among the items sold off from this disgraced financier (Bernie) Madoff |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE MAN UPSTAIRS $800: The building where "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels has a 17th floor office, or the title of another TV comedy 30 Rock |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE MAN UPSTAIRS $1000: This interior designer & TV host has no doubt brought style to his New York City penthouse Nate Berkus |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $400: Van Morrison's music is often classified with American acts like the Righteous Brothers under "blue eyed" this soul |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $800: Van's first solo single was the 1967 pop classic about this "girl" Brown Eyed Girl |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $1200: Van filmed 3 2009 L.A. shows so this bedridden, ailing one of "Charlie's Angels", a big fan, could watch Farrah Fawcett |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $1600: Van rose to prominence in this "Gloria"-ous band with a pronoun for a name Them |
| #7199, aired 2015-12-24 | VAN THE MAN $2000: "It's a marvelous night for" this lunar frolic, the title of one of Van's albums Moondance |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | "ANT" MAN $200: A person who secretly reports facts to the police as part of an investigation informant |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | "ANT" MAN $400: One who claims to see the future by supernatural means clairvoyant |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | "ANT" MAN $600: From the Old French for "wandering", it's a person of no fixed address vagrant |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | "ANT" MAN $800: Someone who fawns over the powerful & important to gain advantage sycophant |
| #7174, aired 2015-11-19 | "ANT" MAN $1000: A person who whips himself as a religious penance flagellant |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $200: Maurice "Rocket" Richard of this 1950s team's dynasty was the first NHL player to score 500 goals the Montreal Canadiens |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET, MAN $400: A separable section of a rocket that is jettisoned, or the thing you're standing on a stage |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $400: Matt Campbell coaches football for the Rockets of this university that's in Ohio but sounds like it could be in Spain Toledo |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $600: This "Rocket" was the first pitcher to win the Cy Young Award 7 times Roger Clemens |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $800: This NBA center was "The Dream" leading the Houston Rockets to 1994 & 1995 NBA titles Hakeem Olajuwon |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET MAN $1000: Rod "The Rocket" Laver of this country is tennis' only repeat Grand Slam winner Australia |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET, MAN $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.) The Titan II's nosecone, where the warhead sat, was known as the RV, or this vehicle; the missile would go well out of the atmosphere at an altitude of more than 600 miles re-entry |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET, MAN $1600: The ratio of thrust to this is used to evaluate rocket engine performance weight |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET, MAN $2,000 (Daily Double): "About Combustion Tests", this German's 1934 Ph.D. thesis, dealt with 660-pound-thrust rocket engines Wernher von Braun |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | ROCKET, MAN $2000: The radio link between the ground & a rocket or missile isn't called television but this tele-word telemetry |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN IN UNIFORM $200: Before throwing his hat into the political arena, he wore a naval uniform Jimmy Carter |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN IN UNIFORM $400: You could say he went quite far with his career, especially in 1969 Neil Armstrong |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN IN UNIFORM $600: We salute these two generals, seen here during a 1991 press conference Powell & Schwarzkopf |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN IN UNIFORM $1000: There's no mistaking this Civil War general (Ambrose) Burnside |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A MAN IN UNIFORM $2,200 (Daily Double): He was captured here in his band uniform John Philip Sousa |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $200: An 1892 half-dollar commemorated this explorer Columbus |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $400: The note that makes up about 45% of U.S. currency production features this man (George) Washington |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $600: The 1934 $100,000 note featured this president (20 years earlier, one would have more than paid his salary) Wilson |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $800: A 1934 half-dollar commemorated this frontiersman on the 200th anniversary of his birth Daniel Boone |
| #7094, aired 2015-06-18 | THE MONEY MAN $1000: He's worth 40% of Ulysses S. Grant Andrew Jackson |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | "-EY" MAN $200: This type of man can follow "shock" or "disc" jockey |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | "-EY" MAN $400: A servile follower, or major league pitcher John a lackey |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | "-EY" MAN $600: Term for a native of London's East End Cockney |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | "-EY" MAN $800: An "old" one of these men is conservative & dull by nature a fogey |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | "-EY" MAN $1000: 2-word "primate" nickname for a mechanic a grease monkey |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $400: One of his many titles: Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge (Stephen) Hawking |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $800: An astronomer by trade, he took the local temperature & used his fame to get money to build an observatory in Uppsala, Sweden (Anders) Celsius |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $1,000 (Daily Double): He didn't carry a blue security blanket when he won a Chemistry Nobel for research on the nature of chemical bonds Linus Pauling |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $1200: Louis & Mary's son, this Kenyan scientist found a humanlike creature's skull that was 1.7 million years old Richard Leakey |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! $2000: Before his "Sexual Behavior" books were bestsellers, this biologist was known for his studies of gall wasps Kinsey |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE MOVIE MAN $400: David Lynch directed John Hurt as John Merrick:
"The ____ Man" The Elephant Man |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE MOVIE MAN $800: Richard Dawson played (what else) a game show host:
"The ____ Man" The Running Man |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE MOVIE MAN $1200: John Wayne returns to Ireland:
"The ____ Man" The Quiet Man |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE MOVIE MAN $1600: A fugitive takes the title job in the film within the film:
"The ____ Man" The Stunt Man |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE MOVIE MAN $2000: Lon Chaney gets infected with a disease:
"The ____ Man" The Wolf Man |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | OPERA MAN $400: This Wagnerian dude tells Wotan he's forged the sword, killed the dragon & taken the gold Siegfried |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | OPERA MAN $800: In a Benjamin Britten opera, Claggart uses Corporal Squeak to spy on this title sailor Billy Budd |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | OPERA MAN $1200: In "Die Fledermaus" Frosch the jailer comically has problems keeping Alfred from doing this in his cell singing |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | OPERA MAN $1600: Given names Benjamin Franklin, he arranges for a marriage with a geisha in a 1904 opera (Lieutenant) Pinkerton |
| #6937, aired 2014-11-11 | OPERA MAN $2000: When she disguises herself as a man, Leonore takes this name; now she & hubby Florestan have matching monograms Fidelio |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $400: This Aussie worked with trainer Mike Ryan to get ripped arms to reprise his role of Wolverine Hugh Jackman |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $800: All that dunking & dribbling has been good for the muscle tone of this man's arms Blake Griffin |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $1200: If you want to get the arms of a god, follow the workout that this actor did to play Thor in the Marvel movies Chris Hemsworth |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $1600: It's said that this action star & Total Gym endorser can split the atom...
with his bare hands Chuck Norris |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | ARMS AND THE MAN $2000: He has lots of tattoos on his arms, including one that he famouly had altered to "Wino Forever" Johnny Depp |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | MAN OVERLORD! $200: Here comes this Hun king, who in the 440s made the Eastern Roman Empire pay 2,100 pounds of gold per year Attila |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | MAN OVERLORD! $400: The 24-year rule of this Soviet leader led to the deaths of millions of peasants caught up in collectivization Joseph Stalin |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | MAN OVERLORD! $600: Refusing to see Spain's Charles I as a new overlord led to Atahualpa becoming the last ruler of this Peruvian empire the Incan Empire |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | MAN OVERLORD! $800: Macias Nguema was the son of one of these "doctors", & his prescription for Equatorial Guinea was brutal repression a witch doctor |
| #6871, aired 2014-06-30 | MAN OVERLORD! $1000: In 1998 rioting due to a bad economy ended the 32-year rule of this Indonesian president Suharto |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | HE'S SO MAN"LEY" $200: At the Grammys in 2013, some of music's biggest names paid tribute to this reggae legend Bob Marley |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | HE'S SO MAN"LEY" $400: Michelle Pfeiffer is married to this creator of "Boston Legal" & "Boston Public" David E. Kelley |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | HE'S SO MAN"LEY" $600: He was the Academy of Country Music's Top Male Vocalist of the Year for 2006, '07, '08, '09 & '10 Brad Paisley |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | HE'S SO MAN"LEY" $800: The original choice as the voice for Shrek, this "SNL" funny man had already done some recording sessions when he died in 1997 Chris Farley |
| #6855, aired 2014-06-06 | HE'S SO MAN"LEY" $1000: This co-founder of the Eagles also founded the Walden Woods project & Thoreau Institute (Don) Henley |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | I'M A CHANGED MAN! $200: Some men can be real pigs, especially after Circe gets done with them in this epic poem The Odyssey |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | I'M A CHANGED MAN! $400: In this Villeneuve tale, a monster/prince tells his female guest, "do not trust too much to your eyes" Beauty and the Beast |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | I'M A CHANGED MAN! $600: Stevenson: "all human beings...are commingled out of good and evil: and" this man "alone... was pure evil" Hyde |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | I'M A CHANGED MAN! $800: One minute, this 1890 title guy is young & handsome; the next, his old corpse is only I.D.'d by his rings Dorian Gray |
| #6853, aired 2014-06-04 | I'M A CHANGED MAN! $1000: This Kafka guy awakes to find he has an armor-plated back, a domelike brown belly & numerous legs Gregor Samsa |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $200: In a famous double-play combo:
Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers Frank Chance |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $600: In the name of an optical products company:
John Jacob Bausch (Henry) Lomb |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $800: In a legendary trio:
Balthazar, Melchior Caspar |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $1000: On an 1896 Republican presidential ticket:
Garret A. Hobart McKinley |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | THE MISSING MAN $3,000 (Daily Double): Aboard Apollo 11:
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin (Michael) Collins |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | SPIDER-MAN $200: This Spider-Man co-creator has made cameo appearances in all the films, including this one in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Stan Lee |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | SPIDER-MAN $400: Peter Parker's girlfriend Gwen is played in the "Amazing Spider-Man" movies by this young actress Emma Stone |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | SPIDER-MAN $600: The very first Spider-Man comic book story featured the line "With great power there must also come" this great responsibility |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | SPIDER-MAN $800: In "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" Dane DeHaan takes over James Franco's old role of this conflicted heir of Oscorp Harry Osborn |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | SPIDER-MAN $1000: All 3 Tobey Maguire Spider-Man films featured Willem Dafoe, who played this colorful villain the Green Goblin |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | THE MAN OF THE HOUSE $400: This Wisconsin congressman seen here has been in the House since he was 28 years old Paul Ryan |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | THE MAN OF THE HOUSE $800: This state's only representative in the House is Don Young, who hails from Fort Yukon Alaska |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | THE MAN OF THE HOUSE $1600: A founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, he's been representing Harlem since 1971 (Charlie) Rangel |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | THE MAN OF THE HOUSE $2,000 (Daily Double): Tom Cole & Markwayne Mullin, the only Native Americans in Congress, are from this state's "Five Civilized Tribes" Oklahoma |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | THE MAN OF THE HOUSE $2000: (I'm "New York Times" reporter Eric Lichtblau.) This California Republican who chairs the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee has been called Obama's annoyer-in-chief, & it seems I provide the same service for him (Darrell) Issa |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $400: Want chocolate with peanuts in it? Then you must be "looking for" this offering from Hershey Mr. Goodbar |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $800: America's bestselling box of chocolates is his sampler Whitman |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $1200: These chewy fruit candies with a pair of rhyming names come in varieties like Berry Blast & Tropical Typhoon Mike & Ike |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $1600: Like Harry Potter, you can take a risk--will it be lemon or earwax when you try this inventor's Every Flavour Beans? Bertie Bott's |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | MAN CANDY $2,000 (Daily Double): This candy bar was named for what girls said to the boy who came to the candy factory to flirt with them Oh Henry! |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $200: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"Of all the monarchs you've known, who was the most impressive?"
"That's easy. It's this Russian empress who was born in 1729. She had such great legs! And, boy, what a way with horses" Catherine (the Great) |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $400: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was one of your best times?"
"One of my best times was sitting around with this guy in Venice. He'd tell me stories about going to China, and I'd say, 'Don't mention the part about spaghetti & gunpowder. They don't go good together'" Marco Polo |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $600: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"You have worked with some of our great presidents."
"Mm-hmm."
"Who were they?"
"Go back to the first. Washington. He used to wear his wig cockeye. I straightened him out. I straightened out his wooden teeth. But Wilson--Woodrow Wilson took my advice. I said, 'Woody, you're making too many points in this declaration. How many points do you really need?'" 14 |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $800: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"What was your most annoying job?"
"Well, I was a scrivener for this poet who couldn't spell. The first line of his prologue, he spells 'April' like this-A-P-R-I-L-L-E. That's--that's how he spelled 'April'" Chaucer |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | THE TWO-THOUSAND YEAR OLD MAN $1000: (Carl Reiner & Mel Brooks present the clue.)
"Attila the Hun--was he really as rotten as they say?"
"Rottener. You never addressed him by his 3-word nickname. You always said, 'Hey, you're looking good today', 'Hey', stuff like that. But you never called him by his 3-word nickname. That's the clue--3-word nickname" "Scourge of God" |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN $400: Napoleon crosses the St. Bernard Pass, part of these mountains seen at the back the Pennine Alps |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN $800: Here's Albert Einstein & co. in front of this type of facility on Mt. Wilson an observatory |
| #6730, aired 2013-12-13 | BEHIND EVERY GREAT MAN $2000: Naturally, a piano is behind this Russian-American virtuoso known for retirements & comebacks Vladimir Horowitz |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $200: Walter Payton, 13 seasons for Da these Bears |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $400: Mariano Rivera, 19 seasons of near perfection the Yankees |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $600: Troy Aikman, how 'bout them for 12 seasons? the Cowboys |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $800: Sharpshooting Reggie Miller, 18 seasons of making Spike Lee miserable the Pacers |
| #6721, aired 2013-12-02 | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM $1000: Steve Yzerman, 22 seasons in Hockeytown the Red Wings |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE LEAST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD $200: Every time he goes to Denny's, he orders the same thing: this breakfast named for a type of home run Grand Slam |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE LEAST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD $400: The one time he was pulled over, he promptly showed his license & this document of the state's record of his car his registration |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE LEAST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD $600: He loves to point out that his birthdate is 9/26/53, the fifth through ninth decimal places in this number pi |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE LEAST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD $800: He knows all the lyrics to this British singer's solo hit "While You See A Chance" Steve Winwood |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | THE LEAST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD $1000: (Alex looks at the camera and delivers the clue in an imitation of the "Most Interesting Man" ad series.) I don't always drink milk, but when I do, I prefer this type with fewer pathogens; stay thirsty, my friends pasteurized |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | THE TALES OF HASSELHOFF, MAN $200: David Hasselhoff reprised his role as Mitch but was now a detective in a spinoff from this beach-y keen show Baywatch |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | THE TALES OF HASSELHOFF, MAN $400: Soup up a Pontiac Trans-Am to go 300 mph, install a peevish voice & David Hasselhoff & you get this '80s show Knight Rider |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | THE TALES OF HASSELHOFF, MAN $600: Before Howard Stern there was Hasselhoff, one of the 3 original judges on this NBC show America's Got Talent |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | THE TALES OF HASSELHOFF, MAN $800: In 2011 Hasselhoff guested as an ex-adult film star named Dondo on this FX biker show Sons of Anarchy |
| #6673, aired 2013-09-25 | THE TALES OF HASSELHOFF, MAN $1000: In a 1998 TV movie, the Hoff played "Nick Fury: Agent of" this organization that got its own TV show in 2013 S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | I LOVE YOU, "MAN" $400: This fairy-tale guy sprinkled what's in his name into kids' eyes to make 'em sleep; that actually sounds quite painful the Sandman |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | I LOVE YOU, "MAN" $800: It's the region
highlighted here Manchuria |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | I LOVE YOU, "MAN" $1200: This dog breed was named for the German who developed it in the late 1800s a Doberman pinscher |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | I LOVE YOU, "MAN" $1600: Utterly unyielding in opinion, or (in 2 words) the guy who sang "Goody Two Shoes" adamant (Adam Ant) |
| #6671, aired 2013-09-23 | I LOVE YOU, "MAN" $2000: This 1903 play presented Shaw's theory of an evolutionary "life force" Man and Superman |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | CENTURY OF THE MAN $200: Emperor Hirohito the 20th century |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | CENTURY OF THE MAN $400: Millard Fillmore 19th |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | CENTURY OF THE MAN $600: Sir Francis Drake the 16th century |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | CENTURY OF THE MAN $800: England's Richard III the 15th century |
| #6605, aired 2013-05-10 | CENTURY OF THE MAN $1000: Baruch Spinoza the 17th century |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE POOR MAN'S $200: Azam Shah built the structure seen here; it's called the poor man's this, built by Azam's grandfather the Taj Mahal |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $200: Drink is Remy Martin Black Pearl, a $24,000 bottle of this fine French brandy Cognac |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE POOR MAN'S $400: This 3-letter North Atlantic fish has been called "the poor man's lobster" cod |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $400: Baseball team is this one; Magic Johnson & pals paid $2 billion for it in 2012 the Los Angeles Dodgers |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE POOR MAN'S $600: We hope it "hurts so good" that he's known as "the poor man's Bruce Springsteen" (John) Mellencamp |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $600: Political contributions, in unlimited amounts, go to his favorite Super PAC, PAC standing for this political action committee |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE POOR MAN'S $800: Mailing yourself your own novel is "the poor man's" this type of protection but doesn't have legal standing copyright protection |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $800: Last name is this; good night, Jim, good night Rob, worth about $21 billion each Walton |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE POOR MAN'S $1000: An Iranian president called CBW, short for these weapons, "the poor man's atomic bomb" chemical and biological weapons |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE RICH MAN'S... $1000: Car is a 1968 GT40 from this U.S. automaker; one used by Steve McQueen fetched $11 million at auction Ford |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | THE AGE OF MAN $200: Regrettably, on September 22, 1776 this 21-year-old gave up his one life for his country (Nathan) Hale |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | THE AGE OF MAN $400: He was 68 when he defended the right of John T. Scopes to teach the theory of evolution Clarence Darrow |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | THE AGE OF MAN $600: He was young (26) when he wrote the movie "Forever Young"; he's since brought us "Lost", "Fringe" & "Star Trek" J.J. Abrams |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | THE AGE OF MAN $800: Sadly this pointillism pioneer was only 31 when he died of a sudden illness in Paris Georges Seurat |
| #6573, aired 2013-03-27 | THE AGE OF MAN $1000: This German composer was just 17 when he wrote his overture for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 1826 (Felix) Mendelssohn |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | KILLER WORDS, MAN $400: Officially in use in France in 1792, this device was named for a member of the revolutionary assembly guillotine |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | KILLER WORDS, MAN $800: To carry out the terms of a will execute |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | KILLER WORDS, MAN $1200: To cry out loudly in pain or fear is to scream bloody this 6-letter word murder |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | KILLER WORDS, MAN $1600: This word follows Boston & Amritsar for events that took place in 1770 & 1919, respectively massacre |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | KILLER WORDS, MAN $2000: To obstruct or clog, or a mechanism that diminishes air to the carburetor choke |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | AISLE OF MAN $200: The aisle of man in the drugstore may have Nair's men's line, which removes this while you shower hair |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | AISLE OF MAN $400: Some guys like to slap on Eternity by this denim designer Calvin Klein |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | AISLE OF MAN $600: Esquire says Kyoku for Men's sake-infused this is "like the old-fashioned stuff you'd spread on with a brush" shaving cream |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | AISLE OF MAN $800: The name of this "Essence of Man" cologne & deodorant means "dry" in French Brut |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | AISLE OF MAN $1000: This company says its Excite shower gel will have "your angel falling" Axe |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | "MAN" $200: A shackle for the hands manacle |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | "MAN" $400: It's aka the sea cow manatee |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | "MAN" $600: Musical instrument of the lute family the mandolin |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | "MAN" $800: Compulsory mandatory |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | "MAN" $1000: In medieval times, it was thought that this human-looking plant uttered a deadly shriek when uprooted the mandrake |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $1200: In 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston sailed around the world solo & nonstop, earning a trophy called this, like an acting award Golden Globe |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $2,000 (Daily Double): Edward Miles took the short way around, sailing solo through this canal completed in 1869 the Suez Canal |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Panama Canal hadn't been built in 1895, so Joshua Slocum, the first man to sail solo around the world, took the long way, passing through this strait on his three-year voyage the Strait of Magellan |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN $200: "Bennie And The Jets" & "Candle In The Wind" (both versions) Elton John |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN $400: The original "Piano Man" (1974) Billy Joel |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN $600: "Can't Smile Without You" (1978) Barry Manilow |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN $800: He sang lead & played piano on "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Freddie) Mercury |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | SING US A SONG, YOU'RE THE PIANO MAN $1000: In 1957 he had a "Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On" Jerry Lee Lewis |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | "MAN"LY PLACES $400: Iguana Crypt is a real "man" cave--it's listed by the Speleological Society of this Canadian province Manitoba |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | "MAN"LY PLACES $800: The name of this city on the Rhine precedes "Steamroller" in the name of an electronic music group Mannheim |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | "MAN"LY PLACES $1200: The northeastern portion of Inner Mongolia is sometimes included in this historical region of China Manchuria |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | "MAN"LY PLACES $1600: David Lloyd George was born in this British city known for its textile production Manchester |
| #6443, aired 2012-09-26 | "MAN"LY PLACES $2000: During WWII, an internment camp for Japanese Americans was at this California locale Manzanar |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | WHO'S THE "MAN"? $400: Running with Al Gore in 2000, he was the first Jewish vice presidential candidate of a major political party (Joe) Lieberman |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | WHO'S THE "MAN"? $800: In 1880 he founded a company to make amateur picture-taking easier & less expensive (George) Eastman |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | WHO'S THE "MAN"? $1200: In the 1940s Aaron Copland was commissioned by this man to write a clarinet concerto (Benny) Goodman |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | WHO'S THE "MAN"? $1600: This general was the subject of the biography "The White Tecumseh" (William T.) Sherman |
| #6426, aired 2012-07-23 | WHO'S THE "MAN"? $2000: In 1884 he patented the first practical fountain pen Lewis Waterman |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $200: In 2009 this Wash. State man gave $3.8 billion to charity, working in part to make vaccines against malaria, TB & AIDS Bill Gates |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $400: In 2009 Forbes said this Nebraska man had lost $25 billion in 12 months Warren Buffett |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $600: Mark Pincus, who gave us this crop-growing game, is said to have invested $40,000 in Facebook & made $425 million FarmVille |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $800: Arkansas' Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art was founded by Alice of this wealthy family the Waltons |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | BABY, YOU'RE A RICH MAN OR WOMAN $1000: This Texas computer maker bought $200 million of his own stock in the summer of 2008 Michael Dell |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $200: The irons used in this sport may be either "cast" or "forged" golf |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON MAN $400: Frederick Charles , the "Iron Prince", led this German kingdom's troops to victory at the 1866 Battle of Koniggratz Prussia |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $400: The most common form of steel is named for this element that alloys with the iron carbon |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $600: Common iron consists of a mixture of 4 of these, iron-54 , iron-56, iron-57 & iron-58 isotopes |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON MAN $800: Scholars think Eustache Dauger, valet to France's finance minister, was this prisoner who inspired Dumas the man in the iron mask |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $800: Fe2O3 is one chemical formula for this common word, aka iron oxide rust |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON, MAN $1000: Iron is necessary for the formation of this blood protein that transports oxygen to the tissues hemoglobin |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON MAN $1200: Wrestling champ & medicine ball inventor William Muldoon shared this nickname with the winner at Waterloo the "Iron Duke" |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON MAN $1600: Gotz with the iron hand, real-life hero of one of this "Faust" author's plays, had a hand shot off in battle Goethe |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | IRON MAN $2000: Nickname of Oscar Cody, famous for his tears in a public service announcement "Iron Eyes" |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | SOUNDS LIKE A NOBLE GAS, MAN $200: Perhaps you know the Panettas, Sylvia & him Leon |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | SOUNDS LIKE A NOBLE GAS, MAN $400: Respond with "Glee" if you know this last name of actress Dianna, who plays Quinn Agron |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | SOUNDS LIKE A NOBLE GAS, MAN $600: Especially popular in Rhodes was this chariot-riding Greek sun god later identified with Apollo Helios |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | SOUNDS LIKE A NOBLE GAS, MAN $800: A manufacturer of missiles & microwaves whose name means "light of the gods" Raytheon |
| #6393, aired 2012-06-06 | SOUNDS LIKE A NOBLE GAS, MAN $1000: The London Times runs a fiendish example of this type of puzzle using wordplay rather than definitions a cryptic crossword |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MAN: RAY $200: Raymond Loewy designed the Shell logo, the iconic Coke bottle & this company's intercity buses Greyhound |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MAN: RAY $400: In 2007 the Pulitzer Prize board gave this sci fi author a special citation for his distinguished career Ray Bradbury |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MAN: RAY $600: He pleaded guilty in the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., then later unsuccessfully asked for a trial James Earl Ray |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MAN: RAY $800: This detective novelist co-wrote the screenplay for "Double Indemnity" Raymond Chandler |
| #6360, aired 2012-04-20 | MAN: RAY $1000: Educator Raymond Moley was the leader of this smart-sounding group of advisors to FDR the Brain Trust |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | THE POST MAN'S HERE $400: For nearly 25 years Richard Johnson ran Page Six, the gossip section of this big-city daily the New York Post |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | THE POST MAN'S HERE $800: Richard Nixon was a favorite subject of Herblock, who cartooned for this newspaper for 54 years The Washington Post |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | THE POST MAN'S HERE $1200: In the 1930s Yorkshire Post editor Arthur Mann opposed this policy of mollifying Nazi Germany appeasement |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | THE POST MAN'S HERE $2000: In 1878 Joseph Pulitzer merged the St. Louis Post with this newspaper the Dispatch |
| #6325, aired 2012-03-02 | THE POST MAN'S HERE $2,200 (Daily Double): Stuart Whatley is managing blog editor for this Post The Huffington Post |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | FRESH, MAN $400: The FDA says when buying fresh these, make sure the eyes are clear & bulgy & the flesh springs back when pressed fish |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | FRESH, MAN $800: Biscuits made fresh from basic ingredients are "made from" this 7-letter word scratch |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | FRESH, MAN $1200: The 18th c. book "Art of Cookery" says a fresh one of these will sink in water & a rotten one will float eggs |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | FRESH, MAN $1600: Every Doubletree hotel bakes these fresh daily & gives one to each arriving guest a (chocolate chip) cookie |
| #6304, aired 2012-02-02 | FRESH, MAN $2000: Leave the pit in this south of the border dip to keep it fresh longer guacamole |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | J.J. ABRAMS, BUSY MAN $200: In 2009 J.J. Abrams went where Leonard Nimoy had gone before & directed this film Star Trek |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | J.J. ABRAMS, BUSY MAN $400: J.J. didn't write or direct, but produced 2011's "Mission: Impossible", subtitled this Ghost Protocol |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | J.J. ABRAMS, BUSY MAN $600: J.J. co-created this ABC drama that was so intriguing, a man simply opening a hatch became a major event Lost |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | J.J. ABRAMS, BUSY MAN $800: J.J. said he created this Jennifer Garner series by thinking, "What if Felicity was a spy?" Alias |
| #6303, aired 2012-02-01 | J.J. ABRAMS, BUSY MAN $1000: Say you write a script about a '70s train crash; if you're J.J., you call it this, direct it & have Spielberg produce Super 8 |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $400: In 2010 Robert Downey Jr. reprised his role as the heavy metal hero in this movie's sequel Iron Man |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $800: Peter O'Toole sang & tilted at windmills in the movie adaptation of this musical Man of La Mancha |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $1200: Once upon a time Russell Crowe played boxer James Braddock in this critically acclaimed film Cinderella Man |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $1600: This 1980 movie told the true story of the deformed Mr. Merrick The Elephant Man |
| #6284, aired 2012-01-05 | "MAN"LY MOVIES $2000: It's Greek to me, but in 1971 Richard Matheson's story "I Am Legend" was filmed under this title The Omega Man |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | A MAN: JORDAN $400: As president of this new private univ. in 1891, David Starr Jordan worked to attract eastern brains to California's wilds Stanford |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | A MAN: JORDAN $800: Advertising writer James J, Jordan came up with "Ring around the collar" & this airline "is ready when you are" Delta |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | A MAN: JORDAN $1200: Pascual Jordan's 1925 papers launched this physics field that tries to explain the behavior of teensy particles quantum physics (or quantum mechanics) |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | A MAN: JORDAN $1600: This Irish film director based "The Crying Game" on one of his own short stories Neil Jordan |
| #6261, aired 2011-12-05 | A MAN: JORDAN $2000: This Atlanta-born civil rights leader was a key adviser to President Clinton Vernon Jordan |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $400: Thomas Keneally won for a book about this title German man, an unlikely savior to Jews in WWII (Oskar) Schindler |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $800: A burned man is the title figure of this novel by Michael Ondaatje that's set in 1945 The English Patient |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $1200: Roddy Doyle, born in this city, won for "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha", set in a fictional part of that city Dublin |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $1600: 1989's winner was this novel by Kazuo Ishiguro about a perfect English butler reflecting on his 30-year career The Remains of the Day |
| #6244, aired 2011-11-10 | THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE $2000: The 2002 Prize went to Yann Martel's bestseller "Life of" this Pi |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | MAN IN THE MIDDLE $200: Flap
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rabbit Jack |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | MAN IN THE MIDDLE $400: Sting
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of hope Ray |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | MAN IN THE MIDDLE $600: Rocka
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goat Billy |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | MAN IN THE MIDDLE $800: Question
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your calendar Mark |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | MAN IN THE MIDDLE $1000: Hoppin'
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Q. Public John |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a partial skull at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.) Ouranopithecus macedoniensis, a 9-million-year-old ape from Greece, is a candidate as the long sought-for common ancestor of African apes & humans, popularly but inaccurately known by this two-word term the missing link |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $400: Photocopy pioneer Robert Gundlach, 1926-2010, helped transform the Haloid Company into this office-equipment giant Xerox |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $400: 790,000-year-old flints from a site in Israel provide the oldest known evidence of early man's control of this fire |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a small statue at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.) This 35-thousand-year-old figurine known as the Lion Man, the oldest known human statue, is made from the ivory of this animal that went from endangered to extinct thousands of years ago the Woolly Mammoth |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $800: Morrie Yohai, 1920-2010, "sketched" out the idea for these puffy cheese-flavored snacks Cheez Doodles |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $800: The evolution of a large flexor pollicis muscle in this digit was key to early man's ability to use tools the thumb |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | EARLY MAN $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew holds a partial skull at the Smithsonian Hall of Human Origins.) The enlarged brain of this early human species helped it become the longest-lived member of the human family tree; named for its upright posture, it survived nine times longer than our species has been around Homo erectus |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $1200: "Piper Bill" Millin, 1922-2010, played "Hieland Laddie" while under heavy gunfire on Sword Beach on this day in 1944 June 6 |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $1600: Composer Milton Babbitt, 1916-2011, received a 1986 "Genius Grant" from this American foundation MacArthur |
| #6207, aired 2011-09-20 | LATE MAN $2000: Professor Nicolae Popescu, 1937-2010, made many contributions to this branch of math with an Arabic name algebra |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $400: Good this, Charlie Brown! it's from the Latin for "to burden" grief |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $800: Am I this primary color between green & violet in the visible spectrum? Why, yes; yes I am blue |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $1200: This adjective meaning dismal or hopeless often precedes "Gus" gloomy |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $1600: The soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" includes "I Am A Man Of Constant" this sorrow |
| #6183, aired 2011-06-29 | BUMMER WORDS, MAN $2000: This word is found after clinical, manic & postpartum depression |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | REIGN MAN $400: Did a lot of "great" things for Russia:
1682-1725 Peter the Great |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | REIGN MAN $800: Victoria's grandson:
1910-1936 George V |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | REIGN MAN $1600: He was Armada 'bout you, Spain:
1556-1598 Philip II |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | REIGN MAN $2,000 (Daily Double): Mais oui, after him, France was indeed deluged:
1715-1774 Louis XV |
| #6179, aired 2011-06-23 | REIGN MAN $2000: Not Haakon in Norway:
1957-1991 King Olaf |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | WEATHER, MAN $400: Despite its northern latitude, Great Britain boasts a mild climate due to this warm ocean current the Gulf Stream |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | WEATHER, MAN $800: Bring a jacket--this highest continent is also the windiest Antarctica |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | WEATHER, MAN $1200: An area of high pressure, often with good weather below, has this topographical name a ridge |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | WEATHER, MAN $2000: Ultraviolet radiation is mainly absorbed by the ozone layer in this larger layer of the Earth's atmosphere the stratosphere |
| #6173, aired 2011-06-15 | WEATHER, MAN $3,000 (Daily Double): These sultry days of July & August take their name from their association with the rising of the star Sirius the dog days (of summer) |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | WHO'S THAT MAN? $400: "Rain Man" Dustin Hoffman |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | WHO'S THAT MAN? $800: "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (the real shooter) John Wayne |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | WHO'S THAT MAN? $1200: "The Man with One Red Shoe" Tom Hanks |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | WHO'S THAT MAN? $1600: "The Man Who Would Be King" Sean Connery |
| #6151, aired 2011-05-16 | WHO'S THAT MAN? $2000: "The Man Who Knew Too Much" Jimmy Stewart |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | ONE MAN, ONE BOAT $200: Alfred Johnson sailed alone in his aptly named dory "Centennial" from Massachusetts to Britain in this year 1876 |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | MAN UP $400: In 1961 he reached an altitude of 115 miles in the Freedom 7 Alan Shepard |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | MAN UP $800: On July 20, 1969 he was alone in the command module Columbia, circling the Moon at an altitude of 60-75 miles (Michael) Collins |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | MAN UP $1200: Haise, Swigert & this commander were about 205,000 miles from Earth when an explosion ruptured an oxygen tank (James) Lovell |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | MAN UP $1,600 (Daily Double): He described the moonscape that he walked on as "magnificent desolation", also the title of his 2009 memoir Buzz Aldrin |
| #6114, aired 2011-03-24 | MAN UP $2000: This Apollo 12 astronaut painted himself tiptoeing on the Ocean of Storms Alan Bean |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $200: Vegetarians in search of vitamins A & C know butterhead & crisphead are 2 of its general classifications lettuce |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $400: AKA bean curd, this may be sealed aseptically in packaging that may be kept unopened at room temp for up to 8 months tofu |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $600: Vegetarians can pig out on the rhyming Lightlife product called "Fakin"' this Bacon |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $800: The drink product "Silk is" this 3-letter vegetarian staple, at least in a slogan soy |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | DON'T HAVE A COW, MAN $1000: For vegans, allrecipes.com has one for this type of mushroom that shares its name with a Panama seaport portobello |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL... ERIE! $200: This New York governor was the man & "DeWitt" behind the Erie Canal (DeWitt) Clinton |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL... ERIE! $400: The plan:
To build a canal connecting Lake Erie with the upper part of this New York river the Hudson |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL... ERIE! $600: Part of the plan:
To put the canal's western end at this city on Lake Erie Buffalo |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL... ERIE! $800: Another part of the plan:
83 of these, to move boats up & down the canal's natural elevations locks |
| #6077, aired 2011-02-01 | A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL... ERIE! $1000: More of the plan:
Hire Canvass White, who invented a type of this that hardened into a concrete-like stuff underwater cement |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $200: Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt snapped a sailor kissing a nurse on the August 1945 day known as this V-J Day |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $400: Certain Robert Mapplethorpe photos caused Congress to enact restrictions on grants given by this body the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $600: John Filo, an undergrad at this Ohio school, won a 1971 Pulitzer after getting an iconic photo of a slain classmate Kent State |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $800: Steve McCurry took a photo of an Afghan girl for this venerated magazine in 1984, then reunited with her 17 years later National Geographic |
| #6073, aired 2011-01-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $1,000 (Daily Double): He told the Warren Commission of a nightmare in which his film plays out until its violent end & he snaps awake Abraham Zapruder |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $200: "In 1997, the House (of Reps.) voted to reprimand him... It marked the first time the House had reprimanded a Speaker" Gingrich |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $400: "See Simon, Paul" (Art) Garfunkel |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $600: "American poet... became known as a leader of the Beat literary movement of the 1950s" (Allen) Ginsberg |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $800: "Served under the Apache leaders Cochise and Mangas Coloradas... in 1894, he was moved to Fort Sill Geronimo |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | WORLD BOOK DESCRIBES THE "G" MAN $1000: "One of the most original and provocative American architects working today" (Frank) Gehry |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | THE GOOD HUMOR MAN $400: ...who was known affectionately as "Uncle Miltie" Berle |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | THE GOOD HUMOR MAN $800: ...who played Latka on "Taxi" & was portrayed by Jim Carrey on the big screen Andy Kaufman |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | THE GOOD HUMOR MAN $1200: ...who hosted the premiere episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975 George Carlin |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | THE GOOD HUMOR MAN $1600: ...who provided the voice of Barry B. Benson in "Bee Movie" Jerry Seinfeld |
| #5989, aired 2010-09-30 | THE GOOD HUMOR MAN $2000: ...who's an avid art collector & wrote the play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" Steve Martin |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $400: First name of Arkansas U.S. Representative Berry; don't confuse him with a controversial 4-term D.C. mayor Marion |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $800: Wilmington-born Mike Castle is this little state's only man in the House of Representatives Delaware |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $1,200 (Daily Double): This "Jr." Illinois Rep was born in South Carolina 4 days after the Selma-Montgomery march Jesse Jackson Jr. |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $1600: Peter DeFazio, who gives his payraises to scholarship funds, reps ths state's 4th District, including Corvallis & Eugene Oregon |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE $2000: California's Xavier Becerra became the first Latino to serve on this committee that oversees Social Security Ways and Means |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | FIGHT LIKE A MAN $400: This "sweet" fighter held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | FIGHT LIKE A MAN $800: Boxing's "Golden Boy", he now promotes a stable of fighters under his Golden Boy Promotions Oscar De La Hoya |
| #5986, aired 2010-09-27 | FIGHT LIKE A MAN $1200: Nicknamed "Hit Man", he held titles in 4 different weight divisions with 46 KOs in his 60-win career Thomas "The Hit Man" Hearns |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $200: I'd say $47,500 for the 2009-10 term at this school in New Haven? No prob! Yale |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $400: I'd want &/or desire to buy this item seen here; it's about 45 carats, doc the Hope Diamond |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $600: I'd get a round-trip "Upper Class" ticket from NYC to Hong Kong on this man's Virgin Atlantic Airways; only $12,500! Branson |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $800: I'd say to this "Mouth of the South", you gave the U.N. $1 billion in 1997? I'm givin' 'em 10! Ted Turner |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | IF I WERE A RICH MAN... $1000: I wouldn't have paid this Dallas Mavericks owner & his pals $5.7 bil. for broadcast.com like Yahoo! did in '99; maybe 5.6 tops Mark Cuban |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $200: He had a good year in 1928; construction began on the NYC art deco building named for him & he acquired Dodge Walter Chrysler |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $400: This Frenchman was the designer for the company that bore his name, GM's largest division Chevrolet |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $600: In 1932 this auto racer began using the squadron badge of a WWI flying ace: a prancing horse Ferrari |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $800: The emblem seen here represents this line of cars, named for auto pioneer David Buick |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | THE AUTO MAN EMPIRE $1000: James Sumner & Henry Spurrier founded the company that became "British" this, owner of Jaguar British Leyland |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $400: Later dug up & hanged, Oliver Cromwell's body was originally buried in this church upon his death in 1658 Westminster Abbey |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $800: "In the name of God, go!" declared Cromwell in dismissing the so-called "Rump" version of this in 1653 Parliament |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $1200: Oliver Cromwell ruled between these 2 kings, a father & son Charles I & Charles II |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $1600: When he ruled England from 1653 to 1658, Oliver Cromwell went by this 2-word title Lord Protector |
| #5888, aired 2010-03-31 | THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE KING $2000: Cromwell's Puritan followers were known as these for their closely cropped hair Roundheads |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $400: An expert in EVAs, or extra-vehicular activities, Sherwood Spring exited one of these to perform an EVA in 1985 a Space Shuttle |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $800: Yakov Springer, a weightlifting coach, was one of 10 men murdered on September 6, 1972 in this city Munich |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $1200: In 1605 Thomas Winter was caught up in a plot to blow up Parliament with this more famous guy Guy Fawkes |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $1600: Bernard Fall wrote "Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of" this place lost by the French to the Viet Minh Dien Bien Phu |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS $2000: Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Rubin & Lawrence Summers all held this cabinet position Secretary of the Treasury |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $200: I want a man who's competent & this adjective, from the Latin efficere, "to cause" efficient |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $400: Give me a man who's this brave 4-letter word, like the last few words of the clue bold |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $600: Faithful, steadfast or the first name of Nancy Reagan's adoptive father, Dr. Davis loyal |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $800: A synonym for "punctual", it's also a reminder that a computer is ready for input; the C: type is one prompt |
| #5856, aired 2010-02-15 | THAT'S THE KIND OF MAN I WANT $1000: Union General George Thomas & ballplayer Tommy Henrich were nicknamed "Old" this Reliable |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | MAN, OMAN! $200: It's the official language of Oman Arabic |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | MAN, OMAN! $400: Oman's major export is this, discovered there in 1964 oil |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | MAN, OMAN! $600: 75% of Omanis practice the Ibahdi branch of this religion Islam |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | MAN, OMAN! $800: Oman borders Yemen, Saudi Arabia & this "United" country the United Arab Emirates |
| #5837, aired 2010-01-19 | MAN, OMAN! $1000: As Oman's head of state, Qabus ibn Sa'id holds this monarchal title sultan |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $400: Before becoming prime minister in 1974, he was Israel's ambassador to the United States Yitzhak Rabin |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $800: This guy is seen here with his most famous invention (Erno) Rubik |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a cartouche on the monitor.) In the cartouche seen here, the circle stands for the sun god Ra, the pillar the city of Heliopolis, the three fox skins represent the letters "M" & "S" & the staff means ruler; together, they denote this pharaoh, ruler of Heliopolis Ramses |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $1600: This Frenchman of Swiss & Basque descent created a sensation with his orchestral work "Bolero" (Maurice) Ravel |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | HE'S "R" MAN $2000: He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics--it was for his discovery of X-rays Röntgen |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | MY CHARLEMAGNE MAN $400: For 46 years Charlemagne was the king of these people who gave their name to a country the Franks |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | MY CHARLEMAGNE MAN $800: In 814 Charlemagne was succeeded by his son, the first of many French kings of this name Louis |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | MY CHARLEMAGNE MAN $1600: In 778, hoping to take advantage of civil war among its Muslim rulers, Charlemagne invaded this neighbor Spain |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | MY CHARLEMAGNE MAN $2,000 (Daily Double): Charlemagne standardized & spread the use of this, both the monetary unit & the unit of weight the pound |
| #5777, aired 2009-10-27 | MY CHARLEMAGNE MAN $2000: Charlemagne was a grandson of Charles Martel & was the eldest son of this "short" king Pippin the Short |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN $200: It takes on a whole new light when you think of it as the belt you wear with a tuxedo a cummerbund |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN $400: Also called a double cuff, this "national" item is usually fastened with a cuff link a French cuff |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN $600: This style of shoe seen here is named for the overlay perforations a wingtip |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN $800: A cutaway coat is also called this coat, for the time of day when it was worn a morning coat |
| #5775, aired 2009-10-23 | CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN $1000: Used as a synonym for "tie", it comes from a word for "neckcloth" a cravat |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE OLD MAN $400: Daniel Bakeman (1759-1869) was the last surviving U.S. vet of this conflict the Revolutionary War |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE OLD MAN $800: Still writing music in 2009, composer Elliot Carter was feted at this NYC concert hall on his 100th birthday in December 2008 Carnegie Hall |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE OLD MAN $1600: He was the first Black pitcher in the American league & the oldest man ever to play in the majors Satchel Paige |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE OLD MAN $2000: Seen here is the mummy of this great ruler of 13th-century B.C. Egypt, who reigned until about age 90 Ramses II (or Ramses the Great) |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | THE OLD MAN $4,200 (Daily Double): The longest-reigning king of his country, he ruled Britannia until 1820, dying at age 81 George III |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $400: He won in 1995 & 2000, & he'll probably win next year 'cause he's cute as a "Button" Brad Pitt |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $800: He took the 1997 & 2006 titles, proving once again that the life of this "Michael Clayton" guy isn't that bad George Clooney |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $1200: This movie "Pirate" plundered the 2003 crown Johnny Depp |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $1600: It was no "Mission: Impossible" for him to be 1990's chosen one Tom Cruise |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | PEOPLE SEXIEST MAN ALIVE $2000: "You gave an aging suburban dad the ego-boost of a lifetime", said this man, "Bourne" to be chosen in 2007 Matt Damon |
| #5739, aired 2009-07-16 | SPIDERS, MAN! $200: Spiders usually have this many eyes; one for each leg? 8 |
| #5739, aired 2009-07-16 | SPIDERS, MAN! $400: "Charlotte's Web" is about a spider who becomes friends with Wilbur, one of these farm animals a pig |
| #5739, aired 2009-07-16 | SPIDERS, MAN! $600: Scientifically known as Lactrodectus mactans, this "dark" spider can have a deadly bite a black widow |
| #5739, aired 2009-07-16 | SPIDERS, MAN! $800: Stand back--it's the hairy variety of spider seen here the tarantula |
| #5739, aired 2009-07-16 | SPIDERS, MAN! $1000: Little Miss Muffet was a well-known sufferer of this phobia, the technical term for a fear of spiders arachnophobia |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | A MAN CALLED HORACE $200: Horace Bixby, a steamboat pilot, taught this American author the skills of the trade Mark Twain |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | A MAN CALLED HORACE $400: In 1852 Horace Smith teamed up with this man to manufacture firearms (Daniel) Wesson |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | A MAN CALLED HORACE $600: In 1848 this educator became a congressman for Mass., filling a vacancy caused by John Quincy Adams' death Horace Mann |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | A MAN CALLED HORACE $800: The source of the Perseid meteor shower is one of these objects named for Lewis Swift Horace Tuttle a comet |
| #5727, aired 2009-06-30 | A MAN CALLED HORACE $1000: This newspaper editor ran for president & lost to Grant in 1872 Horace Greeley |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $400: …as a pre-teen this "Le Nozze di Figaro" composer wrote a one-act German singspiel Mozart |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $800: …he was tutored by Aristotle & then beat Darius III at Issus Alexander the Great |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $1,200 (Daily Double): …He covered the Boer War for the Morning Post, got captured, escaped & became a national hero Winston Churchill |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $1200: …in the 1300s B.C. he made Thebes Egypt's capital & changed his name to honor Amon Tutankhamon |
| #5679, aired 2009-04-23 | AS A YOUNG MAN $2000: …he ran his brother's senatorial campaign, then investigated Hoffa & the Teamsters Bobby Kennedy |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $200: ...Ohio / With a walk on the Moon in his bio / He went to Purdue / Took 1 small step, too / An American hero, no lie-o Neil Armstrong |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $400: ...Paree / Blind in an accident at 3 / Thanks very much / He made reading by touch / Helping millions of people to "see" (Louis) Braille |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $600: ...Old Greece / Socrates' student, at least / Here's the chronology / Wrote an "Apology"/ Now the clue, it will cease Plato |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $800: ...Kentucky / Who moved to Texas, quite plucky / Created a knife / Then lost his life/ The Alamo turned out unlucky (Jim) Bowie |
| #5668, aired 2009-04-08 | THERE ONCE WAS THIS MAN FROM... $1000: ...New York / A gov. firm against pork / He's the winner, he's prez / The Chicago Trib says / But he lost & he felt like a dork (Thomas) Dewey |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | THE MUSIC MAN'S INSTRUMENT $400: John Coltrane the saxophone |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | THE MUSIC MAN'S INSTRUMENT $800: Benny Goodman clarinet |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | THE MUSIC MAN'S INSTRUMENT $1200: Herb Alpert the trumpet |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | THE MUSIC MAN'S INSTRUMENT $1600: Jascha Heifetz the violin |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | THE MUSIC MAN'S INSTRUMENT $2000: Lionel Hampton vibraphone |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | THE "ICE" MAN COMETH $400: Any edible, aromatic vegetable substance added to food for flavor spice |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | THE "ICE" MAN COMETH $800: A move in baseball that results in an out for you, but advances any runner on base a sacrifice |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | THE "ICE" MAN COMETH $1200: From the Latin for "in my view", it's guidance offered to another advice |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | THE "ICE" MAN COMETH $1600: To lure or lead on by exciting hope or desire entice |
| #5623, aired 2009-02-04 | THE "ICE" MAN COMETH $2000: Governor of a province who rules as the representative of his sovereign a viceroy |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | MAN-AGRAMS $200: He co-starred with an orangutan in the 1970s:
ACTED TWO LOINS Clint Eastwood |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | MAN-AGRAMS $400: He co-starred with a chimp in the 1950s:
AN OLD AGER RAN Ronald Reagan |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | MAN-AGRAMS $600: On his deathbed he admitted he didn't tell half of what he saw:
A COOL ROMP Marco Polo |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | MAN-AGRAMS $800: He's on the FBI's Most Wanted list:
A BAD MAN
NO LIES Osama bin Laden |
| #5533, aired 2008-10-01 | MAN-AGRAMS $1000: This scientist co-wrote the book "Why War?" with Sigmund Freud:
TEN ELITE BRAINS Albert Einstein |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | "MAN"-LY LIT $400: A Manolin (a person) & a marlin (a fish) appear in this Hemingway tale The Old Man and the Sea |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | "MAN"-LY LIT $800: The narrator of this Ralph Ellison novel clarifies that he is not "one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms" Invisible Man |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | "MAN"-LY LIT $1200: Stephen Dedalus' formative years in Dublin are the subject of this novel by James Joyce A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | "MAN"-LY LIT $1600: This play by George Bernard Shaw portrays Don Juan as the quarry, not the hunter Man and Superman |
| #5507, aired 2008-07-15 | "MAN"-LY LIT $3,800 (Daily Double): In a pamphlet, Thomas Paine wrote about government founded on "the indefeasible hereditary" these the Rights of Man |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $200: In 2007 this Patriots QB from Michigan threw a single-season record 50 TD passes Tom Brady |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $400: In 2007 this Browns QB from Notre Dame did not throw 50 TD passes Brady Quinn |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $600: When he wasn't terrorizing Dave Chappelle, he won 2 Emmys for outstanding talk show host Wayne Brady |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $800: By 1851 this photographer's failing eyesight had begun to hamper his work Mathew Brady |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $1000: In the 1880s he made his fortune selling railroad cars for the Fox Pressed Steel Co. & got seriously into jewelry Diamond Jim Brady |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | MAN-AGRAMS $400: He had "Fun in Acapulco":
SLEEPY LIVERS Elvis Presley |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | MAN-AGRAMS $800: "Match Point"er of the cinema:
YELL AND WOO Woody Allen |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | MAN-AGRAMS $1200: A thousand faces, only one name:
HONEY CLAN Lon Chaney |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | MAN-AGRAMS $1600: He "josh"ed around on "The West Wing":
WHAT BOLD DRY FIRE Bradley Whitford |
| #5436, aired 2008-04-07 | MAN-AGRAMS $2000: The characters played by 6 actors in the 2007 film "I'm Not There" are based on this singer:
BLAND BOY Bob Dylan |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | "MAN" IN THE MIDDLE $200: An annual publication chock full of facts & figures an almanac |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | "MAN" IN THE MIDDLE $400: Hellbenders & newts are types of these salamanders |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | "MAN" IN THE MIDDLE $600: To take apart dismantle |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | "MAN" IN THE MIDDLE $800: In the photo seen here, it's the snow-laced mountain in the background Kilimanjaro |
| #5429, aired 2008-03-27 | "MAN" IN THE MIDDLE $1000: Not temporary permanent |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MAN & SUPERMAN $400: He was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 1988 but never played; in 1993 he began playing Superman on "Lois & Clark" Dean Cain |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MAN & SUPERMAN $800: A 2003 episode of "Smallville" had this man, a future editor, portrayed as a washed-up alcoholic tabloid reporter Perry White |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MAN & SUPERMAN $1200: This man, Mike Hammer's creator, put food on the table in the 1940s by writing Superman stories Mickey Spillane |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MAN & SUPERMAN $1600: This man, Superman's enemy, first appeared in 1940 with a full head of red hair; soon he was drawn as bald Lex Luthor |
| #5415, aired 2008-03-07 | MAN & SUPERMAN $2000: The mysterious death of this man who played TV's Superman in the 1950s inspired the film "Hollywoodland" George Reeves |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $200: Fort Bonneville in this "Cowboy State" was "Fort Nonsense" to scoffing trappers Wyoming |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $400: Wells, Fargo & Company opened in this California city in 1852 to offer miners express & banking services San Francisco |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $600: "Cowpuncher" was a term for a cowboy; this "puncher" was a preacher a Bible puncher |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $800: Thomas Moran's artwork helped influence Congress to make this America's first national park Yellowstone |
| #5389, aired 2008-01-31 | GO OLD WEST, YOUNG MAN $1000: A cowboy who "cut a man down" shot him; if he "cut the dust", he did this taking a drink |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | WORLD'S OLDEST MAN'S RÉSUMÉ $200: Maker of racing saddles for these, like the Diplodocus & the Iguanandon dinosaurs |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | WORLD'S OLDEST MAN'S RÉSUMÉ $400: Legal aide for Judge Winthrop at these notorious trials in 1692 the Salem Witch Trials |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | WORLD'S OLDEST MAN'S RÉSUMÉ $600: Ticket scalper for Custer's 1876 "Last Stand" at the Little Bighorn in this state Montana |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | WORLD'S OLDEST MAN'S RÉSUMÉ $800: Was quite excited to proofread this ribald French author's "Justine" in the 1790s the Marquis de Sade |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | WORLD'S OLDEST MAN'S RÉSUMÉ $1000: Torturer's apprentice to this Spanish Inquisitor General who lived from 1420 to 1498 Torquemada |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $400: "All Along The Watchtower" was this guitar virtuoso's only Billboard Top 40 hit Jimi Hendrix |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $800: This wall builder became the Ward of Trajan & followed him as Roman Emperor Hadrian |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $1200: This current U.S. Senator comes from Cumming, Iowa, population 150 Tom Harkin |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $1600: This author of 1935's "Mulatto" was referred to as "the Poet Laureate of Harlem" Langston Hughes |
| #5260, aired 2007-06-22 | "H"E MAN $2000: His 1944 novel "A Bell for Adano" is set in Allied-occupied Sicily John Hersey |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | "MAN" ALIVE $400: The unlawful killing of another, but without malice aforethought manslaughter |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | "MAN" ALIVE $800: Marvelously meticulous medieval monks would methodically "illuminate" them a manuscript |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | "MAN" ALIVE $1200: The name of these handcuffs comes from the Latin for "little hand" manacles |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | "MAN" ALIVE $1600: Perhaps the world's first industrial city was this one, later home to the British band Oasis Manchester |
| #5258, aired 2007-06-20 | "MAN" ALIVE $2000: After they invaded China & captured Beijing in 1644, they established the Ching dynasty the Manchus |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | THE MAN OF STEEL $200: In 1942 Philip Murray became the first President of the U.S.A., this labor union United Steelworkers of America |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | THE MAN OF STEEL $400: Harry Brearly developed this steel after noticing the anti-corrosion properties of high chromium steel stainless steel |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | THE MAN OF STEEL $600: Anarchist Alexander Berkman tried to kill this steel magnate for whom a NYC museum is now named Henry Clay Frick |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | THE MAN OF STEEL $800: This Brit's steel-making "process" was a result of his interest in improving gun construction Bessemer |
| #5238, aired 2007-05-23 | THE MAN OF STEEL $1000: In 1901 this Chicago lawyer for whom a nearby Indiana city is named helped organize the U.S. Steel Corporation (Elbert) Gary |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $400: Northeast Chinese region that borders Russia & North Korea Manchuria |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $800: This half-pear-shaped member of the Lute family is often played with tremolo strumming mandolin |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $1200: Mystic word used in meditation & ritual mantra |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $1600: Unique ocean denizen seen here man o' war |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | A "MAN"LY CATEGORY $2000: This element, atomic number 25, is used in making steel to give it toughness manganese |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OH, "MAN"! $400: The Manx cat is native to this landmass in the Irish Sea the Isle of Man |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OH, "MAN"! $800: In a '60s song lyric, "in the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin'" this title guy (Mr.) Tambourine Man |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OH, "MAN"! $1200: This annual event takes place on an empty lakebed in the Black Rock Desert, 90 miles north of Reno Burning Man |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OH, "MAN"! $1600: Leonardo's "Proportions of Man" is also called this, after a 1st century B.C. architect Vitruvian Man |
| #5184, aired 2007-03-08 | OH, "MAN"! $2000: Works by this author include "Buddenbrooks" & "The Magic Mountain" Thomas Mann |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $200: In 1966 this Portland-born author published his first short story, "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber" Stephen King |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $400: Listen, my children, & you shall hear, he was born Feb. 27, 1807 in Portland (hey, he was the poet, not me) Longfellow |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $600: Born in Bar Harbor on July 8, 1908, he succeeded Gerald Ford as VP Rockefeller |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $1000: The 1st Democrat elected to the Senate by Maine voters, he was Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter Edmund Muskie |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MY MAINE MAN! $1,200 (Daily Double): Raised in Maine, this Bowdoin alumnus hired Matthew Henson in 1887 to assist a Nicaraguan survey (Admiral) Peary |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | YOU'RE THE DOG NOW, MAN! $200: Go this breed, which originated more than 5,000 years ago in Egypt to hunt deer, & leave the driving to us the greyhound |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | YOU'RE THE DOG NOW, MAN! $400: In 1998 a canine of this breed, the world's smallest, became spokesdog for Taco Bell a Chihuahua |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | YOU'RE THE DOG NOW, MAN! $600: The malamute is sometimes confused with this breed, seen here the Siberian husky |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | YOU'RE THE DOG NOW, MAN! $800: Both Yale's & the Univ. of Georgia's mascot, it's the large-headed Brit dog that's often born by caesarian section a bulldog |
| #5136, aired 2007-01-01 | YOU'RE THE DOG NOW, MAN! $1000: Insert 2 letters into the name of a cute '70s movie pooch to know this breed seen here a basenji |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE $400: Trim off "man" from a word for humanity & you get this 4-letter adjective meaning considerate or gentle kind |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE $800: Chop "man" from a term for a band's lead singer & get this word for a place where 2 air masses meet front |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE $1200: Snip "man" from a term for a junior or senior in college & get this term for something of high social rank upper-class |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE $1600: Take "man" away from a term for a type of nighttime secruity guard & you get this type of timepiece watch |
| #5134, aired 2006-12-28 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE $2000: Bite away "man" from a fancy word for someone fond of his food & get this word for edibles like squash or melons gourd |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | WHO'S THE MAN $200: Spartacus Kirk Douglas |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | WHO'S THE MAN $400: Patch Adams Robin Williams |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | WHO'S THE MAN $600: Texas Ranger J.J. McQuade Chuck Norris |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | WHO'S THE MAN $800: Lieutenant Frank Drebin Leslie Nielsen |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | WHO'S THE MAN $1000: Sergeant Tom Sharky Burt Reynolds |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | MAN HATTIN' $400: The Tam-o'-shanter & the Glengarry are popular men's hats from this U.K. country Scotland |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | MAN HATTIN' $600: The name of this high-crowned, very wide-brimmed men's hat from Mexico comes from the Spanish word for "shade" a sombrero |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | MAN HATTIN' $800: 18th century frontiersman Daniel Boone is often depicted wearing one of these hats made from an animal a coonskin cap |
| #5100, aired 2006-11-10 | MAN HATTIN' $1000: In the movies, this great fictional British detective often wore a hat called a deerstalker Sherlock Holmes |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $200: He became a licensed pilot on his 16th birthday long before his one small step on the Sea on Tranquility (Neil) Armstrong |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $400: He elected to join the Mercury program in 1959; 15 years later, he'd be elected to join the Senate (John) Glenn |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $600: On April 12, 1961, he took his 5 1/4-ton Vostok 1 for a spin at 9:07 A.M. Moscow time; he had it back by 10:55 (Yuri) Gagarin |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $1,000 (Daily Double): With the return of Apollo 13, this commander had completed over 715 hours of space travel (James) Lovell |
| #5094, aired 2006-11-02 | MYSPACE.MAN $1000: Freedom 7's pilot in 1961, he also commanded Apollo 14, the 1st mission to land on the Moon & not on the lunar seas (Alan) Shepard |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $200: A western U.S. river, or Kurt Russell's eyepatch-wearing anti-hero in 2 John Carpenter flicks Snake |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $400: This man whose first name is also a Scottish river was killed by a police posse in Louisiana in 1934 Clyde |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $600: New Yorkers are familiar with this river that shares its name with the Roman philosopher who tutored Nero Seneca |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $800: This name appears on a list of the full names of Canada's prime ministers; it's also Canada's longest river Mackenzie |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $1000: Seen here, this man with a river's name chaired the Clinton transition team after the 1992 elections Vernon Jordan |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | THOU ART DA MAN! $200: "They brought" this Old Testament man, "and cast him into the den of lions" Daniel |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | THOU ART DA MAN! $400: In Genesis 5 we learn this man "was five hundred years old; and... begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth" Noah |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | THOU ART DA MAN! $600: In his Bible book he "prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly" Jonah |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | THOU ART DA MAN! $800: In Exodus 3:14 "God said unto" this man, "I am that I am" Moses |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | THOU ART DA MAN! $1,000 (Daily Double): In Acts he says, "I am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city" Paul |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | I'M A WOMAN'S MAN $200: Asked to dance by a young woman, this "As Good As It Gets" star supposedly replied "Wrong verb" Jack Nicholson |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | I'M A WOMAN'S MAN $400: In 1971 this singer had a Bianca blast of a wedding; in '99 he went to the Jerry hall of justice for an annulment Mick Jagger |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | I'M A WOMAN'S MAN $600: If Britt Ekland wanted his body & ex-wife Alana Hamilton thought he was sexy, come on Rachel Hunter let me know Rod Stewart |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | I'M A WOMAN'S MAN $800: Actor born March 30, 1937: he's so vain, he probably thinks this clue is about him Warren Beatty |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | I'M A WOMAN'S MAN $1000: Heeeeey, maaaaan! This "Easy Rider" was married to Mamas & Papas singer Michelle Phillips--for 8 whole days Dennis Hopper |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $200: In drag as a peasant in this Monty Python film, Terry Jones tells King Arthur, "I didn't vote for you" Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $400: Barry Humphries, the voice of Bruce the Shark in "Finding Nemo", also performs as this "Dame", possums Dame Edna |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $600: Tim Curry was dressed for success as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this 1975 cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $800: This 1959 movie ends with Jerry saying, "You don't understand... I'm a man!" & getting the reply, "Well, nobody's perfect" Some Like It Hot |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | IT'S A MAN, BABY! $1000: At 6'7", this one-named African-American dragster was hard to miss in the video for "Love Shack" RuPaul |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | PAC-MAN $200: In Buckley v. Valeo, the Supreme Court said PAC "soft money" was protected as free speech via this amendment the 1st Amendment |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | PAC-MAN $400: Many politicos were saying they didn't know Jack when this lobbyist pled guilty to 3 felonies in January 2006 Jack Abramoff |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | PAC-MAN $600: Rep. Delahunt said a 2005 bill making it harder to qualify for this "was written for and by the credit card industry" bankruptcy |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | PAC-MAN $800: The Reform Party, created by this man in 1995, aimed to hamstring PACs by instituting campaign finance reform Ross Perot |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | PAC-MAN $1000: Joan Blades & Wes Boyd started this liberal PAC due to disgust with Clinton's impeachment MoveOn.org |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | ROCKET MAN $400: "First Man" is a 2005 biography of this quiet Ohioan Neil Armstrong |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | ROCKET MAN $800: Apollo 8 astronauts Borman, Lovell & Anders were the first men to make this circuit & they made 10 of them a lunar orbit |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | ROCKET MAN $1200: "I wouldn't touch" the space station's antenna "with" this, but in 1998 that's what Jerry Ross used to fix it a 10-foot pole |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | ROCKET MAN $2000: In 2004 Binnie & Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne on the 2 flights that captured this alphabetic $10 million prize the X Prize |
| #4977, aired 2006-04-11 | ROCKET MAN $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1980 Soyuz 38 carried the first Hispanic man in space, Arnaldo Tamayo-Mendez of this country Cuba |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | YOUR EAR, NOSE & THROAT, MAN $400: Connected to the nose on each side are hollow cavities known as these from the Latin for "curves" sinuses |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | YOUR EAR, NOSE & THROAT, MAN $800: Between the back of the tongue & the trachea, it contains the vocal cords & is also called the voice box the larynx |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | YOUR EAR, NOSE & THROAT, MAN $1200: Also known as the eardrum, this tightly stretched membrane is about 10 mm in diameter the tympanic membrane |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | YOUR EAR, NOSE & THROAT, MAN $1,500 (Daily Double): It connects your middle ear to the back of the throat & it opens when you yawn, swallow or blow your nose the eustachian tube |
| #4966, aired 2006-03-27 | YOUR EAR, NOSE & THROAT, MAN $1600: The inner ear has many interconnected structures & is somtimes called this; no minotaurs there, however the labyrinth |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | EARLY MAN $400: An important specimen is coded KNM-ER 1470, KNM for the "National Museums" of this African country where it lived Kenya |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | EARLY MAN $800: This type of man, reconstructed here, lived in Europe until about 30,000 years ago Neanderthal |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | EARLY MAN $1,200 (Daily Double): Homo erectus reached this island between 1 & 2 million B.C.; Homo Dutch traderensis, in 1596 A.D. Java |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | EARLY MAN $1600: 6-mil.-year-old Sahelanthropus tchadensis may be the first this, a term covering us & our humanlike ancestors hominid |
| #4942, aired 2006-02-21 | EARLY MAN $2000: Australopithecus has the foramen magnum, the hole in the skull for this, facing down rather than back as it did earlier the spinal column |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $400: He stunned the Nazis by winning 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $800: He composed heavenly works like "Orpheus in the Underworld" Offenbach |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $1200: Telma Hopkins & Joyce Vincent shone as his backup singers Tony Orlando |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $1600: In 1904, this "Mobile" man left the company he founded to set up the R.E.O. Motor Car Company (Ransom Eli) Olds |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $2000: Born in 43 B.C., this Roman poet wrote a book about love & a book to help people get over being rejected Ovid |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Riga, Latvia.) Perhaps the U.S.S.R.'s greatest filmmaker, born in Riga in 1898, I'm in front of a building his father designed Sergei Eisenstein |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $800: Marshall Zhukov directed the defense of Moscow in 1941 & must have enjoyed capturing this city in April 1945 Berlin |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $1200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Red Square in Moscow, Russia while a memorable melody plays.) This composer of film & ballet scores was overshadowed when he died the same day as Stalin, March 5, 1953 Prokofiev |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $1600: T.D. Lysenko, who thought acquired traits can be inherited, ran the USSR's Institute of this, the biology of heredity genetics |
| #4912, aired 2006-01-10 | SOVIET MAN $2000: This secret policeman lost a struggle for power & was liquidated himself in 1953 Lavrentiy Beria |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | DREAD MAN WALKING $200: A lab assistant for Du Pont in 1966, he'd later set up his own Wailin' Soul music label & become a legend Bob Marley |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | DREAD MAN WALKING $400: The name of this disgraced dreadlocked '80s duo was purportedly Turkish for "positive energy" Milli Vanilli |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | DREAD MAN WALKING $600: On "The Simpsons" this ex-Krusty the Clown sidekick tries to kill Bart on several occasions Sideshow Bob |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | DREAD MAN WALKING $800: Saying "It takes on energy & vibes & I needed to shed that", this "Let Love Rule" singer lopped off 10 years of 'locks Lenny Kravitz |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | DREAD MAN WALKING $1000: Dreadlocked Adam Duritz fronts this band, Oscar-nominated for "Accidentally In Love" from "Shrek 2" Counting Crows |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | DEAD MAN WALKEN $400: Unfortunately, Christopher Walken, as Nick, prefers the Russian variety of roulette in this '78 classic The Deer Hunter |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | DEAD MAN WALKEN $800: Chris literally loses his robotic mind in this 2004 remake starring Nicole Kidman The Stepford Wives |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | DEAD MAN WALKEN $1200: Trying to destroy Silicon Valley in a 1985 film, Walken tumbles off a blimp fighting this character James Bond |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | DEAD MAN WALKEN $1600: Chris was not quite dead yet as a coma patient who develops ESP in this Stephen King-based film The Dead Zone |
| #4836, aired 2005-09-26 | DEAD MAN WALKEN $2000: Walken's Frank Abagnale Sr. didn't live to see the end of this 2002 Spielberg scam film Catch Me If You Can |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | MAN IN SPACE $400: (Leroy Chiao, aboard the International Space Station, reads the clue.) On January 14, 2004 President Bush said the I.S.S. would focus on human biology in space, to prepare for a first visit to this planet Mars |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | MAN IN SPACE $800: Deke Slayton, grounded from this program in 1962 for medical reasons, finally went into space in 1975 the Mercury program |
| #4832, aired 2005-09-20 | MAN IN SPACE $3,000 (Daily Double): (Leroy Chiao reads again.) An early vision of a space station was in a 1952 Collier's magazine article by this scientist Wernher von Braun |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $200: It's borders are the Atlantic Ocean to the south & west & Spain to the north & east Portugal |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $400: India to the north, east & west & Burma to the southeast Bangladesh |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $600: Colombia to the north, Peru to the west, Paraguay to the south & the Atlantic Ocean to the east Brazil |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $800: Syria to the north & east, Israel to the south & the Mediterranean Sea to the west Lebanon |
| #4808, aired 2005-06-29 | THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, MAN! $1000: Thailand to the west, Laos to the north & Vietnam to the east Cambodia |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $400: He is the groundbreaking second baseman seen here in 1946 Jackie Robinson |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $800: Mount Rushmore was finished during this president's administration Franklin Roosevelt |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $1200: There's a circus collection in the Sarasota Museum of Art named for this man (John) Ringling |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $1600: This man hosts "Meet the Press", the USA's longest-running TV show Tim Russert |
| #4679, aired 2004-12-30 | "R" MAN $2000: He helped overthrow Marcos & was later president of the Philippines himself Fidel Ramos |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN $400: "Sandy" was probably not a nickname of this British World War I hero Lawrence (of Arabia) |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN $800: This German's military fame arises mostly from his successes in North Africa (Erwin) Rommel |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN $1200: Long-time opposer of Spanish rule in the Americas seen here (Simón) Bolívar |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN $1600: His infamy began on December 7th, 1941 (Isoroku) Yamamoto |
| #4676, aired 2004-12-27 | PORTRAIT OF A MILITARY MAN $2000: You might say this German military leader of World War I was full of hot air (Paul von) Hindenburg |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE HANGED MAN $400: He gave his one life for his country on Sept. 22, 1776 Nathan Hale |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE HANGED MAN $800: Prime Minister of Japan during World War II, he was hanged for war crimes in 1948 Tojo |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE HANGED MAN $1200: Lewis Paine, David Herold & George Atzerodt were all hanged for conspiring in this man's murder Abe Lincoln |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE HANGED MAN $1600: On Aug. 23, 1305 this Scottish freedom fighter was hanged, drawn & quartered, but they'll never take his freedom! William Wallace |
| #4590, aired 2004-07-16 | THE HANGED MAN $2000: This religious reformer of Florence who set up a democratic republic was hanged for his efforts in 1498 Savonarola |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | ARE YOU A BETTING MAN? $400: Abbadabba Berman, killed with Dutch Schultz, was an ace fixer of this lottery-type racket a numbers game |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | ARE YOU A BETTING MAN? $800: C'mon, one more cherry! Bally's Las Vegas became the first hotel with a $1,000 one of these a slot machine |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | ARE YOU A BETTING MAN? $1200: At the poker table, blinking or whistling might be this 4-letter sign of what kind of hand you've got a tell |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | ARE YOU A BETTING MAN? $1600: This type of casual golf wager is named for a Long Island country club Nassau |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | ARE YOU A BETTING MAN? $2000: When James Bond says this in "Casino Royale", it means he's betting against the whole bank in baccarat banco |
| #4499, aired 2004-03-11 | THE SAILOR MAN $400: During the Korean War, this future president was an officer in the Navy's nuclear submarine program Carter |
