Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (290 results returned)

#9200, aired 2024-11-08MAY I HAVE YOUR HOMOGRAPH? $200: To make someone burn with rage, & a substance burned for a good scent incense & incense
#9200, aired 2024-11-08MAY I HAVE YOUR HOMOGRAPH? $400: A game fish, & a kick drum a bass & a bass
#9200, aired 2024-11-08MAY I HAVE YOUR HOMOGRAPH? $600: Brooded, & a low-powered bike moped & moped
#9200, aired 2024-11-08MAY I HAVE YOUR HOMOGRAPH? $800: Satisfied, & a bean counter's word for movies & TV shows content & content
#9200, aired 2024-11-08MAY I HAVE YOUR HOMOGRAPH? $1000: An abridgement of a piece of written material, & to mentally assimilate what you've just read a digest & digest
#8935, aired 2023-09-22MAY WE QUOTE YOU? $400: Twisting a phrase around, Oscar Wilde called this "the curse of the drinking classes" work
#8935, aired 2023-09-22MAY WE QUOTE YOU? $800: It was in her poem "Sacred Emily" that she wrote, "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" Gertrude Stein
#8935, aired 2023-09-22MAY WE QUOTE YOU? $1200: In his 1986 Nobel Peace Prize speech, this author & Holocaust survivor said, "If we forget we are guilty, we are accomplices" (Elie) Wiesel
#8935, aired 2023-09-22MAY WE QUOTE YOU? $1600: When it comes to tidying up, she says if an item sparks joy, "keep it, if not, dispose of it" Marie Kondo
#8935, aired 2023-09-22MAY WE QUOTE YOU? $2000: This Boy Scouts founder said, "The Scouts' motto is founded on my initials, it is: Be Prepared" Baden-Powell
#8932, aired 2023-09-19MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $200: May 1, 1941: Rosebud blooms as this Orson Welles classic premiered in New York Citizen Kane
#8932, aired 2023-09-19MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $400: May 1, 1961: This victorious Cuban declares his nation a socialist state Fidel Castro
#8932, aired 2023-09-19MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $800: May 1, 1218: Rudolf I, the first German king of this royal house, is born Hapsburg
#8932, aired 2023-09-19MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $1000: May 1, 1851: London's Great Exhibition opens in this glittering glass & iron "Palace" the Crystal Palace
#8932, aired 2023-09-19MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $2,400 (Daily Double): May 1, 2004: Latvia, Slovakia & 8 other states join this the European Union
#8861, aired 2023-05-01IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $200: On May 17, 1792, 24 brokers signed an agreement under a tree on this street, leading to the formation of the N.Y. Stock Exchange Wall Street
#8861, aired 2023-05-01IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $400: The 1862 victory by forces under the command of General Ignacio Zaragoza is celebrated annually in Mexico on this date cinco de Mayo
#8861, aired 2023-05-01IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $800: Founded by Clara Barton on May 21,1881, this organization got its first congressional charter 19 years later the Red Cross
#8861, aired 2023-05-01IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $1000: With proud daughters Elizabeth & Margaret, this king is seen at the time of his coronation--May 12, 1937 George VI
#8861, aired 2023-05-01IT'S GONNA BE MAY! $2,400 (Daily Double): On May 10-11, 1927 he flew from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis Lindbergh
#8646, aired 2022-05-23IT'S MAY 23rd! $200: While leading an army to relieve the siege of Compiegne, she was captured on May 23, 1430 Joan of Arc
#8646, aired 2022-05-23IT'S MAY 23rd! $400: The annulment of Henry VIII's marriage to her came through May 23, 1533, 4 months after he married Anne Boleyn Catherine of Aragon
#8646, aired 2022-05-23IT'S MAY 23rd! $600: The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of this force, was established May 23, 1873 the Canadian Mounties
#8646, aired 2022-05-23IT'S MAY 23rd! $800: On May 23, 1618 3 guys were thrown out of a castle window in what is called this incident "of Prague" defenestration
#8646, aired 2022-05-23IT'S MAY 23rd! $1000: This former head of the SS committed suicide May 23, 1945 in Allied custody Heinrich Himmler
#8247, aired 2020-09-29SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $400: Too much beta-carotene can lead to carotenemia, which does this to your skin turn it orange
#8247, aired 2020-09-29SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $800: Decongestants block the production of saliva, potentially leading to this side effect aka xerostomia dry mouth
#8247, aired 2020-09-29SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $1200: The prostate medicine Finasteride was found to have this side effect, so it is now also used under the brand name Propecia hair growth
#8247, aired 2020-09-29SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $1600: Stay seated when you donate blood & get up slowly--a common side effect is syncope, aka this fainting
#8247, aired 2020-09-29SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY $2000: The original these for allergies, like Benadryl, make you drowsy because they can pass through the blood-brain barrier antihistamines
#8215, aired 2020-05-01MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $200: On May 1, 1967 he married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas Elvis
#8215, aired 2020-05-01MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $400: 350,000 workers responded on May 1, 1886 as the AFL declared a national strike in favor of this workday length the eight-hour workday
#8215, aired 2020-05-01MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $600: Until May 1, 2008 Washington, D.C.'s cabs didn't have these; they used a zone system instead meters
#8215, aired 2020-05-01MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $800: On May 1, 1961 in the first major one of these in the U.S., a Miami-Key West flight made an unscheduled stop in Cuba a hijacking
#8215, aired 2020-05-01MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $1000: On May 1, 1898 the U.S. Navy fired when ready & sank the Spaniards at the battle of this bay Manila Bay
#7992, aired 2019-05-14IT HAPPENED IN MAY $200: This Nevada city was founded in May 1905 on 110 acres that would eventually become the city's downtown Las Vegas
#7992, aired 2019-05-14IT HAPPENED IN MAY $400: Joan of Arc lifted the Siege of Orleans in May 1429, turning the tide in this long conflict the Hundred Years' War
#7992, aired 2019-05-14IT HAPPENED IN MAY $800: Father of the famous Quaker, Admiral William Penn failed to take Hispaniola from the Spanish in April of 1655, but did capture this island in May Jamaica
#7992, aired 2019-05-14IT HAPPENED IN MAY $1000: This chemist was guillotined in May 1794; legend has it that the judge said, "The republic has no need of geniuses" Lavoisier
#7992, aired 2019-05-14IT HAPPENED IN MAY $3,200 (Daily Double): These criminals known for robbery & violence were shot dead on May 23, 1934 Bonnie and Clyde
#7963, aired 2019-04-03MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $400: Sherwood Schwartz created this show about Carol & Mike's blended family The Brady Bunch
#7963, aired 2019-04-03MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $800: The line for Schwartz's Deli in this Canadian city may be long, but the smoked meat is worth it Montreal, Quebec
#7963, aired 2019-04-03MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $1200: Melvin Schwartz shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work with this 8-letter chargeless subatomic particle neutrino
#7963, aired 2019-04-03MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $1600: Tony Schwartz was Donald Trump's co-author on this 1987 book about negotiation The Art of the Deal
#7963, aired 2019-04-03MAY THE SCHWARTZ BE WITH YOU $2000: "Anthony Adverse" & a family name inspired actor Bernard Schwartz to take this stage name & use it in "Some Like It Hot" Tony Curtis
#7799, aired 2018-07-05MAY THE HORSE BE WITH YOU $200: I say! Old sport! Known as ponies, the horses used in this sport with chukkers have been known to play past age 25 polo
#7799, aired 2018-07-05MAY THE HORSE BE WITH YOU $400: The horse's body is marked by a 4-star square in this constellation Pegasus
#7799, aired 2018-07-05MAY THE HORSE BE WITH YOU $600: This horse has been developed in the Middle Eastern area of its name for centuries an Arabian
#7799, aired 2018-07-05MAY THE HORSE BE WITH YOU $800: According to Dio Cassius, this not-all-there Roman emperor planned to make his horse Incitatus a consul Caligula
#7764, aired 2018-05-17THE MONTH OF MAY $400: May is named for the goddess Maia, in some versions the daughter of this titan condemned to hold up the heavens Atlas
#7764, aired 2018-05-17THE MONTH OF MAY $800: Guenevere sings of "The Lusty Month Of May" in this musical Camelot
#7764, aired 2018-05-17THE MONTH OF MAY $1200: The Eta Aquarids, an annual one of these heavenly events, reach their peak in early May a meteor shower
#7764, aired 2018-05-17THE MONTH OF MAY $1600: This May birthstone is a variety of beryl emerald
#7764, aired 2018-05-17THE MONTH OF MAY $2000: Citing his fading eyesight, on May 31, 1669, this one-time president of the Royal Society made the last entry in his diary (Samuel) Pepys
#7384, aired 2016-10-20MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $200: Long associated with bloodshed, this fourth planet from the Sun was called Nergal by the Babylonians Mars
#7384, aired 2016-10-20MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $400: In free fall, many skydivers assume the position named for this fourth Greek letter delta
#7384, aired 2016-10-20MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $600: In 1965 "Stop! In The Name Of Love" was this girl group's fourth straight No. 1 song the Supremes
#7384, aired 2016-10-20MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $800: A leading oil & petrochemical center, this metropolis is the fourth-largest city in the United States Houston
#7384, aired 2016-10-20MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU $1000: Robert Schumann called this man's 1807 Fourth Symphony "a slender Greek maiden between two Norse giants" Beethoven
#7307, aired 2016-05-24MAY I QUOTE YOU? $800: Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of" these giants
#7307, aired 2016-05-24MAY I QUOTE YOU? $1200: Gil Scott-Heron: This "will not make you look 5 pounds thinner because" this "will not be televised" the revolution
#7307, aired 2016-05-24MAY I QUOTE YOU? $2,000 (Daily Double): Jesse Jackson: "Our flag is red, white, and blue, but our nation is a" this rainbow
#7307, aired 2016-05-24MAY I QUOTE YOU? $2000: J.K. Galbraith: This "ranks with love as man's greatest source of joy. And... with death as his greatest source of anxiety" money
#7266, aired 2016-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $400: Specific word meaning "not found in the phone book" unlisted
#7266, aired 2016-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $800: As an adjective, it can simply mean "under the navel" umbilical
#7266, aired 2016-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $1200: From the Latin for "further", these "motives" are purposely left hidden ulterior
#7266, aired 2016-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $1600: A direction begins this word for a youngster who has risen annoyingly quickly through the ranks an upstart
#7266, aired 2016-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $2000: "I take" this with your remark, sir, meaning my annoyance is throttingly high umbrage
#7250, aired 2016-03-04"YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $400: In 1965 this Beatles song was No. 1 on Billboard's Top 40 for 4 weeks "Yesterday"
#7250, aired 2016-03-04"YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $800: Helium & krypton are this type of gas noble
#7250, aired 2016-03-04"YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $1200: To get your bearings geographically; the word can also have -ate at the end orient
#7250, aired 2016-03-04"YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $1600: 6-letter term for violence with a chaotic or random quality mayhem
#7250, aired 2016-03-04"YES" "NO" "OR" "MAY" "BE" $2000: From the Latin for "blessedness", one of these starts, "Blessed are the peacemakers" the Beatitudes
#7163, aired 2015-11-04MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a mountain on the monitor.) Whether a climber takes a direct route or a scenic one, it takes the same amount of work to overcome gravity on the way to the top of the mountain because gravity is this type of force, a political antonym of "liberal" conservative
#7163, aired 2015-11-04MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) Pushing through the air at more than 1,300 miles per hour, the Concorde expanded 8 inches in length during flight because of heat generated by this contact force friction
#7163, aired 2015-11-04MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a globe on the monitor.) In the northern hemisphere, a projectile moving north outraces Earth's rotation, so it will appear to be deflected to the right, thanks to this force named for a 19th century Frenchman Coriolis
#7163, aired 2015-11-04MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $1600: Take a second to turn things over & identify this, also called the moment of force torque
#7163, aired 2015-11-04MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $2000: The subatomic weak force acts on these particles named for an Italian-American physicist fermions
#7061, aired 2015-05-04MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $200: May 4, 1904: Charles Rolls meets this man at a Manchester hotel; their first car will boost 10 horsepower (Henry) Royce
#7061, aired 2015-05-04MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $400: May 4, 1626: This Dutchman arrives in Manhattan; he likes what he sees & buys it for $24 (Peter) Minuit
#7061, aired 2015-05-04MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $600: 1932: After getting 11 years for income tax evasion, he enters prison Al Capone
#7061, aired 2015-05-04MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $800: 1961: The start of the first freedom ride, organized by the civil rights group "CORE", the Congress of this Racial Equality
#7061, aired 2015-05-04MAY THE 4th BE WITH YOU $1000: May 4, 1886: 7 policemen die in this riot in Chicago after someone throws a bomb the Haymarket Riot (Haymarket Square accepted)
#7041, aired 2015-04-06YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $200: ...if this, your edible central seed, is partitioned in 2 the kernel
#7041, aired 2015-04-06YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $400: ...if you're used to make fudge in which this other tree precedes walnut maple
#7041, aired 2015-04-06YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $600: ...if you're used in charoset, a paste eaten on passover to remind Jews of this construction material mortar
#7041, aired 2015-04-06YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $800: ...if your shell was the cradle of this tiny little thing in the Hans Christian Andersen tale about her Thumbelina
#7041, aired 2015-04-06YOU MAY BE A WALNUT... $1000: ...if you're loaded with L-arginine, one of these alliterative compounds vital to growth & immunity an amino acid
#7016, aired 2015-03-02MAY THE FORK BE WITH YOU $200: This type of fork used for seafood shares its name with a type of mixed drink or party cocktail
#7016, aired 2015-03-02MAY THE FORK BE WITH YOU $400: Go into the briny deep to pluck the fork named for this six-letter food stuff pickle
#7016, aired 2015-03-02MAY THE FORK BE WITH YOU $600: Our change-up in the category is the perfect pitch this item provides a tuning fork
#7016, aired 2015-03-02MAY THE FORK BE WITH YOU $800: Welcome to that 70s craze with these forks used in a sauce-like dish of Swiss origin fondue
#7016, aired 2015-03-02MAY THE FORK BE WITH YOU $1000: The length of this fork hits those hard to reach spots within the namesake crustacean a lobster
#6604, aired 2013-05-09IT'S MAY $200: In May 1937 35 of the 97 aboard this German airship were killed after it exploded the Hindenburg
#6604, aired 2013-05-09IT'S MAY $400: This opera premiered on May 1, 1786 & audiences thought it was a "marriage" made in heaven The Marriage of Figaro
#6604, aired 2013-05-09IT'S MAY $600: On the night of May 24, 1856 5 members of this man's family killed 5 Kansans to promote abolitionism (John) Brown
#6604, aired 2013-05-09IT'S MAY $800: On May 14, 1796 Dr. Edward Jenner gave an 8-year-old boy an inoculation against this deadly disease smallpox
#6604, aired 2013-05-09IT'S MAY $1000: This Vermont patriot led the May 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga from the British Ethan Allen
#6538, aired 2013-02-06MAY "B" $200: Give me a nice French "good day" bonjour
#6538, aired 2013-02-06MAY "B" $400: Oh, Jeeves! It's the job title of a household's chief male servant a butler
#6538, aired 2013-02-06MAY "B" $600: A European brown bear (who dreams of going to UCLA?) a bruin
#6538, aired 2013-02-06MAY "B" $800: 5-letter word for supreme happiness, be it wedded or eternal bliss
#6538, aired 2013-02-06MAY "B" $1000: A body-covering garment having a veiled opening for the eyes, worn by Muslim women a burqa
#6375, aired 2012-05-11MAY DAYS $200: On May 30, 1536, just days after his wife Anne Boleyn was beheaded, he married Jane Seymour Henry VIII
#6375, aired 2012-05-11MAY DAYS $400: On May 29, 1953, this New Zealander & his guide Tenzing became the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest (Edmund) Hillary
#6375, aired 2012-05-11MAY DAYS $600: In May of 1607 captain John Smith arrived at the Virginia site where he would help establish this settlement Jamestown
#6375, aired 2012-05-11MAY DAYS $800: Partly to expand U.S. territory, Congress declared war on this country May 13, 1846 Mexico
#6375, aired 2012-05-11MAY DAYS $1000: She made history May 4, 1979 when she became Britain's first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher
#6374, aired 2012-05-10MAY I HAVE SECONDS? $200: St. Louis has the USA's second-oldest of these, trailing only the New York Philharmonic an orchestra
#6374, aired 2012-05-10MAY I HAVE SECONDS? $400: The basis for all proteins, fats & carbohydrates, this element makes up the 2nd-largest amount of you by mass carbon
#6374, aired 2012-05-10MAY I HAVE SECONDS? $600: The second athlete to appear on a box of this cereal was first baseman Jimmie Foxx in 1934 Wheaties
#6374, aired 2012-05-10MAY I HAVE SECONDS? $1000: The second African-American Supreme Court Justice, he once considered becoming a priest Clarence Thomas
#6329, aired 2012-03-08MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $400: Tim Robbins & Susan Sarandon starred as a baseball rookie & his older lover in this 1988 film Bull Durham
#6329, aired 2012-03-08MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $1600: The "story" of this film has Steve Martin romancing Sarah Jessica Parker as a California girl named SanDeE* L.A. Story
#6329, aired 2012-03-08MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $2000: Seen here, she earned an Oscar nomination as the girl to whom Peter Sarsgaard gave "An Education" Carey Mulligan
#6180, aired 2011-06-24MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $400: This woman, upon meeting Jimmy Page at Buckingham Palace, asked, "And what do you do? Queen Elizabeth II
#6180, aired 2011-06-24MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $800: A 1939 editorial: The problem with this is "people must sit and keep their eyes glued... the average American family hasn't time" television
#6180, aired 2011-06-24MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $1600: Variety in 1955 on this musical style: "It will be gone by June" rock & roll
#6180, aired 2011-06-24MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $2000: In 2010 British Petroleum said it "seemed inconceivable" that this oil rig device, BP for short, could fail the blowout preventer
#6180, aired 2011-06-24MAY I QUOTE YOU ON THAT? $2,500 (Daily Double): "No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping", said Navy Sec. Frank Knox Dec. 4 of this year 1941
#6149, aired 2011-05-12IT'S "MAY"! $200: On the small screen, Gomer & Opie lived there Mayberry
#6149, aired 2011-05-12IT'S "MAY"! $400: Stable emulsion of vinegar, oil, raw egg yolks & lemon juice; yum! mayonnaise
#6149, aired 2011-05-12IT'S "MAY"! $600: Its journey across the pond took 66 days in 1620 the Mayflower
#6149, aired 2011-05-12IT'S "MAY"! $800: Short-lived member of the order ephemeroptera the mayfly
#6149, aired 2011-05-12IT'S "MAY"! $1000: Named for the festival once held there, it's a district of Central London Mayfair
#5980, aired 2010-09-17SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... $200: Exploding pancreas, chronic finger loss & dermatitis from contact with this climbing vine, rhus radicans poison ivy
#5980, aired 2010-09-17SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... $600: Spontaneous nose inversion, foot attack & this "fowl" 10-letter skin disease whose incubation period averages 2-3 weeks chicken pox
#5980, aired 2010-09-17SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... $800: Kidney vertigo, eyebrow singe & this, a yellow discoloring of the skin caused by too much bilirubin in the blood jaundice
#5980, aired 2010-09-17SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE... $1000: Hip implosion, spleen shivers & this "heliocentric" condition, aka heat hyperpyrexia, when body temp. hits 105 degrees sunstroke
#5685, aired 2009-05-01TRA-LA! IT'S MAY! $200: In this Broadway musical, Julie Andrews got frisky singing about "the lusty month of May" Camelot
#5685, aired 2009-05-01TRA-LA! IT'S MAY! $400: For centuries, May Day merriments have featured this outlaw who led a band of merry men Robin Hood
#5685, aired 2009-05-01TRA-LA! IT'S MAY! $600: May 1 is the perfect time to read "May Day", one of this author's "Tales of the Jazz Age" (F. Scott) Fitzgerald
#5685, aired 2009-05-01TRA-LA! IT'S MAY! $800: On the 1st of May it has long been a tradition to crown the fairest maiden in the land with this "regal" title Queen (of the May)
#5685, aired 2009-05-01TRA-LA! IT'S MAY! $1000: May Day festivities date back to an ancient festival honoring this Roman goddess of flowers Flora
#5498, aired 2008-07-02MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $400: An elite cavalry formation made up of noblemen, the Companions were this Macedonian's shock force vs. the Persians Alexander the Great
#5498, aired 2008-07-02MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $800: Made up of Wisc. & Indiana men, the black felt-hatted Iron Brigade lost more than 50% of its men during this war the Civil War
#5498, aired 2008-07-02MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $1200: The Ironsides were an elite cavalry that fought for this non-royal at the Battle of Marston Moor (Oliver) Cromwell
#5498, aired 2008-07-02MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $1600: This "venerable" elite fighting force created in 1804 made Napoleon's last charge at Waterloo the Old Guard
#5498, aired 2008-07-02MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $2000: A group of 150 male-male pairs, the Sacred Band was an elite fighting unit of this city of Oedipus Thebes
#5430, aired 2008-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $200: On Feb. 15, 1898 it famously sank in Havana harbor the U.S.S. Maine
#5430, aired 2008-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $400: It can mean erect, honest & just, or a type of piano upright
#5430, aired 2008-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $600: During pregnancy, this organ expands to more than 20 times its normal size the uterus
#5430, aired 2008-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $800: A "raw" yellowish-brown color, or a "burnt" reddish-brown umber
#5430, aired 2008-03-28MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $1000: Word used on the cover of a dictionary to indicate that it hasn't been reduced from a larger work unabridged
#5301, aired 2007-10-01MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $400: At almost 17 million acres, the Tongass National Forest in this state is the largest in the U.S. Alaska
#5301, aired 2007-10-01MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $800: Originally set up to provide water & timber to the nation, the U.S. Forest Service is a branch of this cabinet dept. Agriculture
#5301, aired 2007-10-01MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $1200: This nation has planted billions of trees called the "green great wall" to fend off desertification China
#5301, aired 2007-10-01MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $1600: Where the forest meets the grassland, as in Africa, not Georgia, you get an area called this savanna
#5301, aired 2007-10-01MAY THE FOREST BE WITH YOU $2000: Th deforestation of this island 2,200 miles west of Chile may have led to the collapse of its society c. 1500 Easter Island
#5266, aired 2007-07-02SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $400: 1966 saw the introduction of the telecopier, an early version of this machine; it sent a page in 6 minutes a fax machine
#5266, aired 2007-07-02SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $1200: First made in 1887, they went bifocal in 1958 contact lenses
#5266, aired 2007-07-02SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $1600: William Burroughs' arithmometer, a calculator that could print, was later called this "machine" an adding machine
#5266, aired 2007-07-02SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $2000: GE's Senographe was the first of these machines used largely on women; regular X-ray machines had been used mammography machines
#5266, aired 2007-07-02SO MAY I INTRODUCE TO YOU $2,400 (Daily Double): The rollout of air-filled tires for automobiles was by this French company in 1895 Michelin
#5240, aired 2007-05-25THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU $200: On June 25, 1876 this leader & his 650 men expected to find a few Indian warriors; surprise! There were over 2,000 (George) Custer
#5240, aired 2007-05-25THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU $400: On March 29, 1952 he surprised Democratic leaders by saying he would not seek re-election Truman
#5240, aired 2007-05-25THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU $600: John Man, author of "Gobi: Tracking the Desert", says that, surprisingly, it's the safest season to visit the summer
#5240, aired 2007-05-25THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU $800: Meep Meep! This animal, Geococcyx californianus, likes to use its swiftness afoot to reach safety when surprised a road runner
#5240, aired 2007-05-25THIS MAY SURPRISE YOU $1000: On Oct. 21, 1805 Admiral Nelson surprised the enemy by cutting through the French line at the Battle of this Trafalgar
#5233, aired 2007-05-16MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER $200: This composer's musical "Annie Get Your Gun" premieres on Broadway May 16, 1946 Irving Berlin
#5233, aired 2007-05-16MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER $400: 489 years after her death, this woman becomes a saint when Pope Benedict XV canonizes her May 16, 1920 Joan of Arc
#5233, aired 2007-05-16MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER $600: On May 16, 1991 Queen Elizabeth II becomes the first British monarch to address this U.S. body Congress (the House of Representatives accepted)
#5233, aired 2007-05-16MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER $800: These 2 royals marry in Paris May 16, 1770 Marie Antoinette & Louis XVI
#5233, aired 2007-05-16MAY 16, A DAY TO REMEMBER $1000: On May 16, 1836 this American author marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Edgar Allan Poe
#5010, aired 2006-05-26MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $200: It's the term for a university or college student who's working toward a bachelor's degree an undergraduate
#5010, aired 2006-05-26MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $400: In the American Heritage Dictionary, the last entry under "U" is this Israeli-made submachine gun an Uzi
#5010, aired 2006-05-26MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $600: It's my final offer, take it or leave it; I'm giving you this an ultimatum
#5010, aired 2006-05-26MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $800: It's the part of the mind Freud termed the id the unconscious
#5010, aired 2006-05-26MAY I HAVE A WORD WITH "U"? $1000: When everyone is in complete agreement, it's this 9-letter adjective unanimous
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $200: 1707: The Act of Union joins these 2 countries into the United Kingdom of Great Britain Scotland & England
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $400: 1931: This 102-story building is officially dedicated in New York City the Empire State Building
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $600: 1869: Ooh la la! These risque follies open on the wicked continent the Folies Bergères
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $800: 1961: Total length in time of Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight; he was famous much longer 15 minutes
#4995, aired 2006-05-05IT HAPPENED IN MAY $1000: 1776: Adam Weishaupt forms this "enlightened" Bavarian secret society the Illuminati
#4909, aired 2006-01-05MAY THE "FOR"s BE WITH YOU $200: Because it's durable & heat-resistant, it's long been a favorite material for kitchen counter tops Formica
#4909, aired 2006-01-05MAY THE "FOR"s BE WITH YOU $400: In movie titles it precedes "Amber", "Darling" & "Young" Forever
#4909, aired 2006-01-05MAY THE "FOR"s BE WITH YOU $600: Formerly, Taiwan's name Formosa
#4909, aired 2006-01-05MAY THE "FOR"s BE WITH YOU $800: It's a musical direction to play loudly & forcefully, or one's strong point forte
#4909, aired 2006-01-05MAY THE "FOR"s BE WITH YOU $1000: It was Mayor LaGuardia who nicknamed the lions outside the New York Public Library Patience & this Fortitude
#4782, aired 2005-05-24ISTHMUS IN MAY $400: The 125-mile-wide Isthmus of Tehuantepec divides the Pacific Ocean from this gulf the Gulf of Mexico
#4782, aired 2005-05-24ISTHMUS IN MAY $800: This 10,400-sq.-mile region of Ukraine is joined to the mainland by the narrow Isthmus of Perekop the Crimea
#4782, aired 2005-05-24ISTHMUS IN MAY $1200: The 31-mile-wide Isthmus of San Blas is the narrowest portion of this larger isthmus the Isthmus of Panama
#4782, aired 2005-05-24ISTHMUS IN MAY $1600: The Karelian Isthmus is a narrow strip of land between Lake Ladoga and this gulf the Gulf of Finland
#4782, aired 2005-05-24ISTHMUS IN MAY $2000: This ancient city commanded the SW end of the isthmus between the Peloponnesus & the rest of Greece Corinth
#4778, aired 2005-05-18YES, YOU MAY $200: AKA a dun, this 4-winged insect has multiple tails & does not eat a mayfly
#4778, aired 2005-05-18YES, YOU MAY $400: She collaborated with Warren Beatty on "Heaven Can Wait" (hooray!) & on "Ishtar" (did we mention "Heaven Can Wait"?) Elaine May
#4778, aired 2005-05-18YES, YOU MAY $600: Swedes set these up for their midsummer festivals in June--a few weeks late, we think a maypole
#4778, aired 2005-05-18YES, YOU MAY $800: Cape May is a resort town in this state, down the shore from Point Pleasant New Jersey
#4778, aired 2005-05-18YES, YOU MAY $1000: Her first novel, "Moods", was published in 1864 Louisa May Alcott
#4767, aired 2005-05-03MAY $200: May 3, 1912: The first victims of this disaster are buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia the Titanic sinking
#4767, aired 2005-05-03MAY $400: May 13, 1787: 11 ships leave England on a voyage that ends by establishing a penal colony here Australia
#4767, aired 2005-05-03MAY $600: May 31, 1913: The 17th Amendment is ratified, authorizing the direct election of these senators
#4767, aired 2005-05-03MAY $800: May 10, 1941: He parachutes into Scotland with a "peace plan" (Rudolf) Hess
#4767, aired 2005-05-03MAY $1000: May 15, 1756: This European war begins when England declares war on France The Seven Years' War
#4466, aired 2004-01-26MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $200: U.S. president known as "Handsome Frank" Franklin Pierce
#4466, aired 2004-01-26MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $400: He was the model for Howard Roark, the architect in Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead" Frank Lloyd Wright
#4466, aired 2004-01-26MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $600: A West Point graduate, Apollo 8 took him around the moon Frank Borman
#4466, aired 2004-01-26MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $800: He was the first man to be a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame & the Broadcasters Hall of Fame Frank Gifford
#4466, aired 2004-01-26MAY I BE FRANK WITH YOU? $1000: He was Philly's police commissioner before being elected mayor in 1971 Frank Rizzo
#4402, aired 2003-10-28COME WHAT MAY $400: On May 31, 1938 viewers saw what may have been TV's first game show when the BBC broadcast this type of "bee" a spelling bee
#4402, aired 2003-10-28COME WHAT MAY $800: This auto race dates back to May 30, 1911 the Indianapolis 500
#4402, aired 2003-10-28COME WHAT MAY $1200: In May 2002 this paper put up on e-Bay some of its "Dot Heads", the portraits it uses on its front page The Wall Street Journal
#4402, aired 2003-10-28COME WHAT MAY $1600: In May 1991 Fidel Castro removed his troops from this country Angola
#4402, aired 2003-10-28COME WHAT MAY $2000: A female suicide bomber assassinated this candidate for Prime Minister of India May 21, 1991 Rajiv Gandhi
#4317, aired 2003-05-13MAY DAYS $200: On May 13, 1958 this U.S. Vice President's limousine was pelted with rocks in Caracas, Venezuela Nixon
#4317, aired 2003-05-13MAY DAYS $400: On May 25, 1935 Babe Ruth swatted this number home run, his last in the Major Leagues, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh 714
#4317, aired 2003-05-13MAY DAYS $600: On May 10, 1869 the Jupiter & the 119 touched noses at this Utah "Point", completing the Transcontinental Railroad Promontory Point, Utah
#4317, aired 2003-05-13MAY DAYS $800: The first message sent by telegraph was this 4-word Biblical phrase sent by Samuel F.B. Morse on May 24, 1844 "What hath God wrought?"
#4317, aired 2003-05-13MAY DAYS $1000: At 4:07 P.M. on May 31, 1889 this Pennsylvania town was flooded when the South Fork Dam collapsed after heavy rains Johnstown
#4092, aired 2002-05-21APRIL MAY... $200: …take the Orange Line to get from Midway to the downtown loop "L" station in this city Chicago
#4092, aired 2002-05-21APRIL MAY... $400: …like to try one of these Italian potato dumplings gnocchi
#4092, aired 2002-05-21APRIL MAY... $600: …want to compete in dressage, so she'll have to take these lessons riding lessons
#4092, aired 2002-05-21APRIL MAY... $800: …like to take a spin in this automaker's 8 cilindri 360 Spider a Ferrari
#4092, aired 2002-05-21APRIL MAY... $1000: …buy some sea shells in the Seychelles, an archipelago in this ocean the Indian Ocean
#4018, aired 2002-02-06LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $400: (Sofia of the Clue crew presents from in front of Orchard House.) Orchard House, where Louisa's family lived from 1858 to 1877, was the setting for this 1868 classic Little Women
#4018, aired 2002-02-06LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $800: Louisa sometimes brought in extra money by working as one of these, like Betsy Ross a seamstress
#4018, aired 2002-02-06LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $1200: One friend of the Alcotts was this abolitionist for whom Louisa wrote a poem after he was hanged John Brown
#4018, aired 2002-02-06LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $1600: This author of "Walden" was one of Louisa's mentors Thoreau
#4018, aired 2002-02-06LOUISA MAY ALCOTT $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents.) Louisa's first book, "Flower Fables", was written for the daughter of this transcendental essayist & poet Emerson
#3875, aired 2001-06-08MAY FLOWERS $200: Held each May in Ottawa, the world's largest festival of this flower began with a gift from Dutch royalty tulips
#3875, aired 2001-06-08MAY FLOWERS $400: On display in May is the spider type of this very popular ornamental flower seen here an orchid
#3875, aired 2001-06-08MAY FLOWERS $600: It must have been May in "Stage Door" when Katharine Hepburn said these "lilies are in bloom again" the calla lilies
#3875, aired 2001-06-08MAY FLOWERS $800: Mary, Mary quite contrary, how does your garden grow? With these May blossoms seen here silver bells
#3875, aired 2001-06-08MAY FLOWERS $1,200 (Daily Double): This New England novelist died in May 1864, as the plant with the same-sounding name was blooming Nathaniel Hawthorne
#3703, aired 2000-10-11MAY $100: Philatelists mark May 6 as the anniversary of the first use of these Stamps
#3703, aired 2000-10-11MAY $200: This colorful pianist was born May 16, 1919 with the given names Wladziu Valentino Liberace
#3703, aired 2000-10-11MAY $300: This institution was formally dedicated May 1, 1847 in Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution
#3703, aired 2000-10-11MAY $400: These priestly Celts instituted sacrificial May bonfires to ensure successful planting & rich harvests Druids
#3703, aired 2000-10-11MAY $500: In the astrological calendar, May is spanned by these 2 zodiacal signs Taurus & Gemini
#3635, aired 2000-05-26MAY 26 $100: On May 26, 1805 this crown-crazy Corsican became king of Italy Napoleon
#3635, aired 2000-05-26MAY 26 $200: You can "talk to me" & tell me it's the birthday of this singer seen here: Stevie Nicks
#3635, aired 2000-05-26MAY 26 $300: On May 26, 1967 the Vatican decreed Protestants could receive these, including penance & extreme unction, in some cases the Sacraments
#3635, aired 2000-05-26MAY 26 $400: This future "Treasure State" became the "Treasure Territory" May 26, 1864 Montana
#3635, aired 2000-05-26MAY 26 $500: In this country's "War of the Two Brothers", Dom Miguel capitulated to Dom Pedro May 26, 1834 Portugal
#3279, aired 1998-12-03MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $200: Middle-aged Marlon Brando & young Maria Schneider are lovers in this 1972 Bertolucci work Last Tango In Paris
#3279, aired 1998-12-03MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $400: This 1971 cult film's title characters were a 20-year-old (Bud Cort) & a 79-year old (Ruth Gordon) Harold And Maude
#3279, aired 1998-12-03MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $600: In "Atlantic City", Burt Lancaster watches her rub herself with lemons & falls in love Susan Sarandon
#3279, aired 1998-12-03MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $800: In 1985's "Murphy's Romance", this actor romanced Sally Field James Garner
#3279, aired 1998-12-03MAY-DECEMBER MOVIES $1000: The 1955 film "Daddy Long Legs" paired Fred Astaire & this French actress 32 years younger Leslie Caron
#3155, aired 1998-04-24MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $800: This singer heard here was born on May 1, 1909: Kate Smith
#3155, aired 1998-04-24MAY DAY! MAY DAY! $1000: The "Great Exhibition" of industry opened at the Crystal Palace in this city May 1, 1851 London
#3108, aired 1998-02-18MAY DAYS $200: Henry VIII imported an executioner from France just to behead this second wife on May 19, 1536 Anne Boleyn
#3108, aired 1998-02-18MAY DAYS $400: On May 15, 1996 he announced he would soon become "a private citizen, a Kansan, an American, just a man" Senator Bob Dole
#3108, aired 1998-02-18MAY DAYS $600: Oliver Lewis rode Aristides to victory in the inaugural running of this horse race on May 17, 1875 the Kentucky Derby
#3108, aired 1998-02-18MAY DAYS $800: On May 10, 1941 this deputy to Hitler parachuted from a plane over Scotland with a "peace plan" Rudolf Hess
#3108, aired 1998-02-18MAY DAYS $1000: On May 6, 1984 Jose Napoleon Duarte won this country's presidential election with 54% of the vote El Salvador
#2901, aired 1997-03-24MAY DAY $100: On May 1, 1996 this national railway passenger service celebrated its 25th anniversary Amtrak
#2901, aired 1997-03-24MAY DAY $200: This Palestinian leader's status was confirmed in 1996 when President Clinton met with him Yasser Arafat
#2901, aired 1997-03-24MAY DAY $300: On May 1, 1937, 5 days after the town was bombed, he began sketching "Guernica" Pablo Picasso
#2901, aired 1997-03-24MAY DAY $400: The Croats opened fire again May 1, 1995 after the ceasefire negotiated by this ex-U.S. president expired Jimmy Carter
#2901, aired 1997-03-24MAY DAY $500: He was ready & he fired May 1, 1898 Captain Charles Gridley
#2858, aired 1997-01-22MAY 1996 $100: Kansas Lieutenant Governor Sheila Frahm was named to take his seat in the Senate until November's election Bob Dole
#2858, aired 1997-01-22MAY 1996 $200: It wasn't nose to the grindstone, but Grindstone by a nose in this race May 4, 1996 Kentucky Derby
#2858, aired 1997-01-22MAY 1996 $300: The Keck II telescope sitting on an inactive volcano in this state was dedicated in May Hawaii
#2858, aired 1997-01-22MAY 1996 $400: Evidence from an old diary seems to invalidate his claim of being first to fly over the North Pole Richard Byrd
#2858, aired 1997-01-22MAY 1996 $500: The Sears Tower was bested in May 1996; the tallest building in the world is now in this Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur
#2852, aired 1997-01-14MAY 6 EVENTS $200: In 1941 this dictator replaced Vyacheslav M. Molotov as Soviet premier Josef Stalin
#2852, aired 1997-01-14MAY 6 EVENTS $400: Yale architecture student Maya Yang Lin won a 1981 competition to design this memorial the Vietnam War Memorial
#2852, aired 1997-01-14MAY 6 EVENTS $600: This leader of the Silver Bullet Band was born on May 6, 1945 in Michigan Bob Seger
#2852, aired 1997-01-14MAY 6 EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1957 this senator received a Pulitzer Prize for his book about decisive moments of famous Americans John F. Kennedy (Profiles in Courage)
#2852, aired 1997-01-14MAY 6 EVENTS $1000: In 1960 Princess Margaret married this photographer in Westminster Abbey; they were divorced in 1978 Lord Snowden (Antony Armstrong-Jones)
#2837, aired 1996-12-24MAY DAYS $100: On May 22, 1992 an era in late-night television ended when he hosted his last "Tonight Show" Johnny Carson
#2837, aired 1996-12-24MAY DAYS $200: On May 17, 1989 over 1 million Chinese gathered in this square to call for democratic reforms Tienamen Square
#2837, aired 1996-12-24MAY DAYS $300: He & Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest May 29, 1953 Sir Edmund Hillary
#2837, aired 1996-12-24MAY DAYS $400: His U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Russia May 1, 1960 Francis Gary Powers
#2837, aired 1996-12-24MAY DAYS $500: On May 5, 1904 he became the 1st Major League player of the modern era to pitch a perfect game Cy Young
#1786, aired 1992-05-11MAY DAY $100: On May 1, 1931 this, the tallest building in the world at that time, opened the Empire State Building
#1786, aired 1992-05-11MAY DAY $200: On May 1, 1942 the war production board limited these to about 20 flavors, not 31 ice cream
#1786, aired 1992-05-11MAY DAY $300: On May 1, 1967 he married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas Elvis Presley
#1786, aired 1992-05-11MAY DAY $400: On May 1, 1873 this explorer died in Old Chitambo of a fever, we presume Dr. Livingstone
#1786, aired 1992-05-11MAY DAY $500: On May 1, 1840 penny blacks, which are these, went on sale in England; today they're worth a fortune stamps
#1555, aired 1991-05-10MAY $100: This pair set out west from St. Louis May 14, 1804 Lewis & Clark
#1555, aired 1991-05-10MAY $200: Many thought its appearance in May 1910 signaled the end of the world; in 1986 few worried Halley's comet
#1555, aired 1991-05-10MAY $300: She was burned at the stake on May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc
#1555, aired 1991-05-10MAY $400: Be careful how you couch your question when you tell us this psychoanalyst was born May 6, 1856 Sigmund Freud
#1555, aired 1991-05-10MAY $500: On May 5, 1936 this capital fell to the Italians; on May 5, 1941 Haile Selassie retuned there Addis Ababa (in Ethiopia)
#728, aired 1987-11-04"MAY" DAY $200: Dustin & Warren didn't write most of those lousy songs in "Ishtar"; she & Paul Williams did Elaine May
#728, aired 1987-11-04"MAY" DAY $400: It's egg yolks, oil, lemon juice & seasonings beaten together until thick mayonnaise
#728, aired 1987-11-04"MAY" DAY $600: The English translation of the Cuban song, "Quizas, Quizas, Quizas" "Maybe, Maybe, Maybe"
#728, aired 1987-11-04"MAY" DAY $800: Rod Stewart sang to her, "The morning sun, when it's in your face, really shows your age" Maggie May
#728, aired 1987-11-04"MAY" DAY $1000: From Old French "mahaignier", to maim, it's disfigurement that renders the victim defenseless mayhem
#557, aired 1987-01-27MAY $100: NYC landmark 1st opened May 24, 1883 & probably 1st "sold" soon after the Brooklyn Bridge
#557, aired 1987-01-27MAY $200: On May 20, 1506, this explorer died in Spain Columbus
#557, aired 1987-01-27MAY $300: With a blast estimated at 500 times that at Hiroshima, it went off May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens
#557, aired 1987-01-27MAY $400: On May 10, 1869, the golden spike was driven into the ground of this state Utah
#557, aired 1987-01-27MAY $500: In 1954, Secy. of Treasury G. Humphrey told Senate cost of defense & foreign aid would make this impossible a balanced budget
#439, aired 1986-05-15MAY $100: Tchaikovsky was guest conductor when this hall opened in New York City, May 5, 1891 Carnegie Hall
#439, aired 1986-05-15MAY $200: On May 8, 1914, the Senate approved this holiday to be observed on the 2nd Sunday in May Mother's Day
#439, aired 1986-05-15MAY $300: The Hall of Science at the May 1933 Chicago expo was empty due to her fan dance at another exhibit Sally Rand
#439, aired 1986-05-15MAY $400: He swatted out the last home run of his career May 25, 1935, at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh Babe Ruth

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