Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (337 results returned)
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE DAY $200: Some things reported on during this day: flying penguins, Google Translate for animals & trees that grow spaghetti April Fools' Day |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE DAY $400: In 2024 this restaurant chain partnered with feeding America to feed America on National Pancake Day IHOP |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE DAY $600: In 2022 the New Yorker honored a newish federal holiday with a cover painting of a Black family called "157 Years of" this Juneteenth |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE DAY $800: A 2005 shop.org press release is said to be the first public use of this term for a shopping day a few days after Thanksgiving Cyber Monday |
#9213, aired 2024-11-27 | THE DAY $1000: In 2021 Joe Biden became the first U.S. president to formally proclaim this holiday that coincides with another in the fall Indigenous Peoples' Day |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this across the board |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: In this type of race, a licensed horse owner may bet on the winner & then buy it a claiming race |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race 3 |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The quarter pole is 2 furlongs before this the finish line |
#8953, aired 2023-10-18 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: It means to assign weights to equalize the competition handicap |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $200: The motto of this mail delivery service that ran from April 1860 to October 1861 was "The mail must go through" the Pony Express |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $400: In the 1400s, Edward IV could have said, "I want to be a part of it, this house, this house", a branch of Plantagenet the House of York |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $600: We hope you were expecting this judicial institution that was in the heresy-fighting business from 1478 to 1834 the Spanish Inquisition |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $800: Not a Super Bowl stadium, it was also called the Oil Reserves Scandal or Elk Hills Scandal, & it took a toll on President Harding Teapot Dome |
#8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $2,200 (Daily Double): This U.S. agency began in 1961; its director Sargent Shriver said it had 15,000 volunteers in 50+ countries in less than 6 years the Peace Corps |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $400: August 4 celebrates the birth of this branch of the U.S. military the Coast Guard |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $800: This holiday that commemorates the victory of Mexico at the Battle of Puebla is also a day to celebrate Mexican culture Cinco de Mayo |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $1200: "Dedication" in Hebrew, it can be spelled without a "C" & actually spans 8 days, but you still need to know it now Chanukah |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $1600: September 17 commemorates the signing of this in 1787 the Constitution |
#8928, aired 2023-09-13 | "C"s THE DAY $2000: Catholics usually celebrate the Thursday after Trinity Sunday as the feast of this, Latin for "Christ's body" Corpus Christi |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $200: Romaine lettuce & anchovies are essential to the classic recipe for this salad Caesar salad |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $400: In the language of this country, maroulosalata is a salad typically made with romaine Greece |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $600: The paler, sweeter center of a head of romaine has this anatomical name the heart |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $800: Romaine is just one of the lettuces in Giada De Laurentiis' recipe for this salad, an Italian word for any hors d'oeuvre antipasto |
#8920, aired 2023-07-21 | THE ROMAINES OF THE DAY $1000: This salad, made with Romaine, is said to be named for its supposed creator, the owner of the Brown Derby a Cobb salad |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $200: Unlike its half-ton cousins with colors in their names, the stripe type of this game fish weighs no more than a few hundred pounds a marlin |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $400: Catch the fish called a giant black sea this off Santa Monica Pier & you have to release it or find an aquarium that wants it a bass |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $600: Japan's Children's Day is celebrated with images of this fish, which, according to legend, gained strength from swimming upstream a carp (koi) |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $800: The ling tastes like this fish, & "ling" precedes its name in the name of another fish cod |
#8889, aired 2023-06-08 | CATCH OF THE DAY $1000: It's the name of the Floridian fish seen here, a corruption of the Spanish "palometa" or a document that might let you catch it a permit |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $400: Set in Melbourne, Nevil Shute's 1957 novel "On the Beach" finds much of the world destroyed by this man-made disaster a nuclear war |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $800: In Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves", this mysteriously blows up into 7 pieces that rain bolides onto Earth the Moon |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $1200: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" is a sun that went supernova, killing a planet, & is this celestial object from the New Testament the Star of Bethlehem |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $1600: Early in this novel Prostetnic Vogon Jeltz informs humanity Earth will be destroyed for a hyperspatial express route The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
#8843, aired 2023-04-05 | LITERARY BAD DAY FOR THE PLANET $2000: John Wyndham's novel about "The Day of" these meat-eating plants sees most of humanity blinded before being featured on the menu the Triffids |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $400: Pay attention! In 2012 Andrew Garfield made his Broadway debut as Biff in this Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $800: The 1906 San Francisco earthquake plays a key role in "Perestroika", part 2 of this Tony Kushner work Angels in America |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $1200: Allison Janney, Ouisa in this play, was in "The Hours" with Meryl Streep, who was in "The River Wild" with Kevin Bacon Six Degrees of Separation |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $2000: This semi-autobiographical Neil Simon play about a young Army recruit is set in 1943 Mississippi Biloxi Blues |
#8764, aired 2022-12-15 | HERE'S THE PLAY OF THE DAY! $4,000 (Daily Double): In 2010 Abigail Breslin & Alison Pill played B'way roles originated by Patty Duke & Anne Bancroft in 1959 in this play The Miracle Worker |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $200: Yes, it really is this ex-veep in a pic from his Indiana high school, where he chaired the Funday Talent Committee (Mike) Pence |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $400: He's seen here about age 13 with the glasses he'd been wearing from age 6 Harry Truman |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $600: In his high school yearbook this ex-Jersey governor noted his special friendship with Jill was special & shouted out someone named Fat Jack Christie |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $800: After high school it was off to Harvard for this man, but he'd interrupt his education to serve in the Navy after World War II Bobby Kennedy |
#8752, aired 2022-11-29 | POLITICIANS BACK IN THE DAY $1000: This future Speaker of the House from Wisconsin showed his stripes as president of his class (Paul) Ryan |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $200: In 2013 Rebecca Black naturally followed up "Friday" with this song, a collaboration with the perfectly named Dave Days "Saturday" |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $400: Duran Duran sang of a "New Moon" then "and a firedance through the night" a "New Moon On Monday" |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $600: "Goodbye", this Rolling Stones woman, "who could hang a name on you?" Well, one of you, hopefully Ruby Tuesday |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $800: In a nursery rhyme, this young one "has far to go"; as a David Bowie title, it waited until 1999 Thursday's Child |
#8668, aired 2022-06-22 | THE SONG OF THE DAY $1000: Love & Kisses hit the Top 40 in 1978 with this title tune from a movie featuring Jeff Goldblum & Donna Summer "Thank God It's Friday" |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $400: Told there'd likely be a June 6 break in bad weather that had delayed the invasion, this commander gambled & said, "OK, let's go" Eisenhower |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $800: Oddly, Americans' first word of the invasion came from this capital, from sources like the news agency Transocean Berlin |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $1200: Members of this U.S. Army special operations force scaled the steep cliffs of Pointe du Hoc to take out German artillery the Rangers |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $2000: British & Canadian troops landed at areas code-named Gold, Juno & Sword Beaches; U.S. troops, at these 2 Omaha & Utah |
#8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $3,200 (Daily Double): German Field Marshal Rommel predicted, "The first 24 hours of the invasion will be decisive... it will be" this, the title of a 1962 film The Longest Day |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $200: Mission: Possible! He not only rescued a family from a burning sailboat but got a hit-&-run victim to a hospital & paid her $7K bill Tom Cruise |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $400: In 2001 he flew a helicopter, not the Millennium Falcon, to spot & help rescue a lost boy scout near Yellowstone Harrison Ford |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $600: Already a superhero onscreen as Marvel's Master of the Mystic Arts, this man leapt out of a car to stop a mugging in 2018 Benedict Cumberbatch |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $800: As a teen, he left "A Quiet Place" long enough to rescue a woman from drowning in a riptide in Costa Rica John Krasinski |
#8632, aired 2022-05-03 | THE ACTOR REALLY SAVES THE DAY! $1000: "Are you famous?" asked the kid he rescued from a flipped car near his Malibu home; "Yeah, I'm a doctor"; how McDreamy! Patrick Dempsey |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $200: Your new stylo, one of these, is very stylish, Marie-Noelle; write me a letter! a pen |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $400: For the geography test, the teacher made sure these, including une carte de France, were rolled up a map |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $600: I was too late for petit dejeuner, so it's time for regular old dejeuner, also called this--so off to the cafeteria lunch |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $800: If you need a power cable for your ordinateur portable, this 6-letter type of tech, let Madame Ivie know a laptop |
#16, aired 2022-02-18 | A DAY AT THE SORBONNE $1000: I just call it a folder, but when my French friend uses this 7-letter word, I feel like I'm in a spy movie a dossier |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | FIRST DAY ON THE JOB $400: Getting used to the binoculars & keeping an eye out for rip currents are first-day tasks at this summer job a lifeguard |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | FIRST DAY ON THE JOB $800: One-word title of the job seen here: on your first day, don't be nervous, remember your glissando & fingering technique flautist |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | FIRST DAY ON THE JOB $1200: New at this gig, Neil Gorsuch embraced life on the cafeteria committee & having to open the door when someone knocks a Supreme Court justice |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | FIRST DAY ON THE JOB $1600: You've just got this gig assisting the mixologists; lots of lifting, so don't hurt the body part in the job's name barback |
#8466, aired 2021-09-13 | FIRST DAY ON THE JOB $2000: You're the new court reporter, dazzle them with your fingers while you operate this intimidating machine stenography machine |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: On May 3, 2008 this Jamaican ran a 100 meters in 9.76; a few weeks later, he shaved .04 to set the world record (Usain) Bolt |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: It took 3 days of looking at news pics, but Lee Petty was finally named the winner of the 1st 500 at this Fla. speedway in 1959 Daytona |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: In 2012 the Maryland Racing Commission shaved 1 2/5 seconds off Secretariat's 1973 win, setting a new record for this Triple Crown race the Preakness |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The tradition of the yellow jersey being awarded during this race began in 1919; yellow was the color of the newspaper that sponsored it the Tour de France |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: As a rookie in 2007, Lewis Hamilton finished only one point behind. season champ Kimi Räikkönen in this alphanumeric auto racing class F1 |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $200: A horse may win a close race by a head or by this part of a head, sometimes literally a nose |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $400: The Kentucky Derby is run the first Saturday in May at this Louisville racetrack Churchill Downs |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $600: According to his 1989 obituary, this racing legend was survived by more than 300 sons & daughters Secretariat |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $800: Male or female, single or not, it's the term for a horse that has never won a race a maiden |
#7576, aired 2017-07-17 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $1000: You can cash in big if you correctly pick the first 3 finishers in a race in exact order in this type of bet a trifecta |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "C"s THE DAY $200: This holiday is known as "natale" in Italian & "noel" in French Christmas |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "C"s THE DAY $400: Whether besting melanoma or leukemia, you can celebrate the first Sunday in June as "National" this "Survivors Day" Cancer |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "C"s THE DAY $600: The second Monday in March is this day & more than 60 countries & dependencies get to hear from the British monarch Commonwealth Day |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "C"s THE DAY $800: Marking the ascension to the throne by King Bhumibol, this Thai national holiday is held on May 5 Coronation Day |
#7395, aired 2016-11-04 | "C"s THE DAY $1000: February 2 is this day when Mary went to the Temple in Jerusalem to be purified after birth Candlemas |
#7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $400: A candy bar, or when checks are received at work Payday |
#7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $800: Title time when Snow White's "Prince Will Come" "Someday" |
#7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $1600: Anthony Hopkins played the loyal butler in this 1993 movie based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel The Remains of the Day |
#7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $2,000 (Daily Double): Rhyming period of one's greatest strength, youth or vigor heyday |
#7329, aired 2016-06-23 | WORD OF THE "DAY" $2000: 2-word phrase for what a horrifying sight might scare "out of you" the living daylights |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORDS THAT START LIKE THE DAY OF THE WEEK $400: A triangular piece used for splitting or leverage a wedge |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORDS THAT START LIKE THE DAY OF THE WEEK $800: The Brits call this simian tool an "adjustable spanner" a monkey wrench |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORDS THAT START LIKE THE DAY OF THE WEEK $1200: Last name of humorist James, collaborator with E.B. White on "Is Sex Necessary?" Thurber |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORDS THAT START LIKE THE DAY OF THE WEEK $1600: Duelists would often demand it before they fought satisfaction |
#7261, aired 2016-03-21 | WORDS THAT START LIKE THE DAY OF THE WEEK $2000: Miscellaneous small items inexpensively sold at shops of the same name sundries |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $200: December 4, 1965: The Grateful Dead know the way to this Silicon Valley city where they play their first-ever show San Jose |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $400: Oct. 6, 1971: The "Skull & Roses" live album comes out, calling their fans these on the back cover Deadheads |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $600: August 13, 1995: 25,000 fans jam Golden Gate Park to celebrate this guitarist who'd passed away 4 days earlier Jerry Garcia |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $800: Dec. 11, 1965: The Dead join this "Cuckoo" author & his Merry Pranksters for an event called an Acid Test (Ken) Kesey |
#7160, aired 2015-10-30 | DAY OF THE DEAD $1000: July 5, 2015: The Dead say farewell with a 50th anniversary show including this song about their "long, strange trip" "Truckin'" |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $400: Her death on July 23, 2011 in London was attributed to alcohol poisoning Amy Winehouse |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $800: We hope this gravel-voiced Brit had "a little help from" his friends before his death December 22, 2014 Joe Cocker |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $1200: This singer who wrote "Leaving On A Jet Plane" died when his experimental plane went down October 12, 1997 John Denver |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $1600: This country legend was only 29 when he was pronounced dead on New Year's Day 1953 Hank Williams |
#7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $2000: This Motown legend met a tragic end April 1, 1984 when he was shot dead by his own father Marvin Gaye |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SEAS THE DAY $400: The sea of Marmara lies wholly within this country, between the Dardanelles & the Bosporus Straits Turkey |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SEAS THE DAY $800: The King Haakon VII Sea isn't near Norway but off this continent's Queen Maud Land Antarctica |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SEAS THE DAY $1200: Instead of traveling around Denmark, ships often use the Kiel Canal to travel between the Baltic & this sea the North Sea |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SEAS THE DAY $2,000 (Daily Double): Both Aussies & Kiwis refer to this sea between their countries as "The Ditch" the Tasman Sea |
#7003, aired 2015-02-11 | SEAS THE DAY $2000: The southern boundary of this sea is the Strait of Otranto between Italy & Albania the Adriatic |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $200: 7:55 A.M. December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $400: 10:15 P.M. April 14, 1865: The shooting of this man Abraham Lincoln |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $600: 8:01 P.M. ET Sunday, February 9, 1964 The Beatles on Ed Sullivan |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $800: 11:00 A.M. November 11, 1918 the armistice of World War I |
#6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GIVING YOU THE TIME OF DAY $1000: 10:22 P.M. Paris time, May 21, 1927 the Lindbergh landing |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | A DAY ON THE BOAT $400: It's the May 31, 1911 launch of this ship that displaces 52,000 tons; now, its fitting-out phase begins the Titanic |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | A DAY ON THE BOAT $800: It's Dec. 25, 1492 & this ship, Columbus' flagship, has run aground off Haiti & will be lost the Santa Maria |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | A DAY ON THE BOAT $1200: It's Oct. 21, 1797 & Boston sees the launch of this ship; the copper sheathing on its bottom was made by Paul Revere the Constitution |
#6694, aired 2013-10-24 | A DAY ON THE BOAT $2,000 (Daily Double): It's Feb. 17, 1864; this sub has just sunk the Housatonic with its spar torpedo, but she's not looking so good herself the Hunley |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $200: Some of the thousands of young Mormons who travel far & wide as these are seen here missionaries |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $400: In this building, home to a church choir, a pin dropped at the pulpit can be heard at the back of the hall Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $600: Serving as one of the 12 of these, Marion Romney got closer to the presidency (of the church) than his cousin Mitt did the Apostles |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $800: In the Sacred Grove, seen here, he had a vision of God & Jesus in 1820; in 1830 he organized the church Joseph Smith |
#6687, aired 2013-10-15 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS $1000: The logo seen here is of the church's megathrift store called these industries; the word means "honeybee" Deseret |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $400: 2-word term for a woman's formal dress usually having a floor-length skirt an evening gown |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $800: In movie titles, it follows "Red" & precedes "of the Dead" Dawn |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $1200: An L.A. "strip" of a boulevard, or a term describing a law with a pre-set termination date Sunset |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $1600: An Ann Arbor cafe that's big on lunch shares its name with this song that had "skyrockets in flight" "Afternoon Delight" |
#6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GIVING US THE TIME OF DAY $2000: Elie Wiesel first wrote this Holocaust memoir in Yiddish as "And the World Has Remained Silent" Night |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | THE "WARD" OF THE DAY $400: This word means "in the direction of the place where you live" homeward |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | THE "WARD" OF THE DAY $800: Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim spends his life atoning for being one of these at a crucial moment coward |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | THE "WARD" OF THE DAY $1200: It's the opposite of leeward windward |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | THE "WARD" OF THE DAY $1600: Honest & direct straightforward |
#6519, aired 2013-01-10 | THE "WARD" OF THE DAY $2000: 2-word equivalent of sommelier wine steward |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $400: April 22 is Earth Day & the birthday of this leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution Lenin |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $800: Occurring the first new moon after the sun enters Aquarius, it's Vietnamese new year Tet |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $1200: This "Thursday" before Easter commemorates the Last Supper Maundy Thursday |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $1600: Held on March 3, Japan's Hinamatsuri festival celebrates young girls & these toys popular with them dolls |
#6251, aired 2011-11-21 | TAKE THE DAY OFF $2000: In Texas April 21 is a day to remember this battle, Sam Houston's 1836 victory over a passel of Mexicans San Jacinto |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $200: This Golden Palamino, "the smartest horse in the movies", noses ahead; Roy Rogers aboard Trigger |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $400: On the rail is this mythical horse sired by Medusa & Poseidon; he's running like he has wings! Pegasus |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $600: & away they go... this horse that hit TV in 1956 trails early... his jockey, Gumby, has him moving as if he was made of clay! Pokey |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $800: At the far turn, it's my friend this horse now ridden by Alison Lohman, taking over for Roddy McDowall Flicka |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES $1000: On the outside is this "Toy Story 2" horse from the Pixar stables, riding like the wind Bullseye |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $200: In 1982 Time magazine named this machine its "man of the year" the computer |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $400: In Los Angeles in 1966, this African-American holiday was celebrated for the first time Kwanzaa |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $800: In 1792 this man's trial began in Paris Louis XVI |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1000: In 1776 George Washington & the continental army defeated the Hessians at the battle of this New Jersey city Trenton |
#6048, aired 2010-12-22 | ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1,200 (Daily Double): In 1944 this man's Third Army tanks broke through the German lines surrounding Allied forces at Bastogne General Patton |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $200: C.S. Lewis & Aldous Huxley's deaths on Nov. 22, 1963 were overshadowed by this man's death in Dallas John Kennedy |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $400: Just hours before Michael Jackson's death, Hollywood lost this TV "Angel" Farrah Fawcett |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $600: On April 25, 1995 first "Jeopardy!" host Art Fleming passed away & the dance was over for this partner of Fred Ginger Rogers |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $800: This famed aviator outlived his brother by 35 years, passing away in 1948 on the same day Gandhi was assassinated Orville Wright |
#5996, aired 2010-10-11 | DIED ON THE SAME DAY $1000: Italian filmmaker Michelangelo Antonioni died in 2007 at age 94 on the same day as this 89-year-old Swedish director Ingmar Bergman |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | "C"s THE DAY $200: Nixon made the second Monday of October a national holiday & called it this Columbus Day |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | "C"s THE DAY $400: Celebrating the 1862 Batalla de Puebla, this day is sometimes confused with Mexican Independence Day Cinco de Mayo |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | "C"s THE DAY $600: In the U.S. September 17 is this day that celebrates a certain signing the Constitution (Day) |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | "C"s THE DAY $800: Formerly Dominion Day, it recognizes the July 1 date of the first British colony to become a dominion Canada |
#5983, aired 2010-09-22 | "C"s THE DAY $1000: For this Asian holiday, firecrackers are thought to scare away the arrival of the murderous beast Nien Chinese New Year |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $400: An apple tree angrily slaps the hand of a Kansas girl trying to pick from it in this film The Wizard of Oz |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $800: In the third film of this title guy's animated series, Fiona's planned attack on 2 tree/ guards doesn't make them happy Shrek |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $1200: Treebeard rallies the Ents & goes after Saruman's forces in this second film in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy The Two Towers |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $1600: A tree snatches Robbie in this 1982 thriller known for the catchphrase "They're heee-eere!" Poltergeist |
#5979, aired 2010-09-16 | THE TREES WERE ANGRY THAT DAY, MY FRIENDS $2000: In M. Night Shyamalan's "The Happening", the trees are mad at us, & Elliot Moore, played by him, must deal with it (Mark) Wahlberg |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $400: May 2, 1863: He sends Stonewall Jackson on a brilliant attack at Chancellorsville Robert E. Lee |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $500 (Daily Double): Nov. 4, 1954: Gives his speech as the 1952 Nobel Prize winner; in 1952, he was busy with his humanitarian work in Africa (Albert) Schweitzer |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $800: Nov. 16, 2004: Elected Senate minority leader; the minority has since become the majority Harry Reid |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $1200: Aug. 29, 1946: Files a patent for an instant camera Edwin Land |
#5864, aired 2010-02-25 | A DAY IN THE LIFE $1600: June 27, 1499: He sights Brazil, on a continent now named for him Vespucci |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES $400: He nominated O'Connor the month before the release of a movie about the first woman on the Supreme Court Ronald Reagan |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES $800: In 1984 O'Connor laid down an "endorsement" test--if the govt. endorses religion it violates this amendment the First Amendment |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES $1200: O'Connor's fancy footwork in 1992's Planned Parenthood v. Casey preserved this 1973 decision Roe v. Wade |
#5768, aired 2009-10-14 | THE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR CHRONICLES $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2000 O'Connor attended the dedication of the federal courthouse named for her in this state capital Phoenix |
#5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $200: April 5, 1994 in Seattle Kurt Cobain |
#5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $400: February 3, 1959, one of 3, in a cornfield in Iowa (Ritchie) Valens (or Buddy Holly or the Big Bopper) |
#5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $600: July 3, 1971 in a bathtub in Paris Jim Morrison |
#5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $800: September 13, 1996 in Las Vegas after a shooting Tupac Shakur |
#5707, aired 2009-06-02 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $1000: October 4, 1970 at the Landmark Hotel in Hollywood Janis Joplin |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $200: May 10, 1945: Divorce wife No. 3. May 21, 1945: Marry wife No. 4, Lauren Bacall, & call more people "sweetheart" Humphrey Bogart |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $400: 1941: make final film, "Two-Faced Woman". Feb. 9, 1951: Become U.S. citizen. After that: Prefer alone time (Greta) Garbo |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $600: Dec. 21, 1937: daughter Jane is born. Feb. 23, 1940: Son Peter is born. Jan. 27, 1964: Granddaughter Bridget is born Henry Fonda |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $800: March 29, 1939: Marry Carole Lombard. On set: Remind self not to give damn Clark Gable |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $1000: March 7, 1946: Win best actress for "Mildred Pierce". March 8: Rethink position on wire hangers (Joan) Crawford |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | A DAY AT THE MUSEUM $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.) This foundation has two of the world's most architecturally innovative museums, in New York & here in Bilbao, Spain the Guggenheim |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | A DAY AT THE MUSEUM $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.) What "The New York Times" called "the miracle in Bilbao", this building was made possible by computer design & a 1/10th-inch thick skin made of this material used on spacecraft titanium |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | A DAY AT THE MUSEUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.) A 2008 exhibit was on Spanish artist Juan Munoz, who was influenced by this "-ism" that reduces art to its essentials Minimalism |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | A DAY AT THE MUSEUM $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.) The largest gallery space in the museum houses the permanent exhibit "the matter of time"--eight massive sculptures by this American artist Richard Serra |
#5628, aired 2009-02-11 | A DAY AT THE MUSEUM $3,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Bilbao, Spain.) Bilbao is in the area named for this Pyrenees people; take a look at an example of the museum's works by Eduardo Chillida, one of this peoples' finest artists the Basques |
#5550, aired 2008-10-24 | ONE DAY YOU'RE "IN", THE NEXT YOU'RE "OUT" $400: A boat made by hollowing out a log a dugout |
#5550, aired 2008-10-24 | ONE DAY YOU'RE "IN", THE NEXT YOU'RE "OUT" $800: Sushi's on me; it's the colorful name of the food fish Thunnus albacares yellowfin |
#5550, aired 2008-10-24 | ONE DAY YOU'RE "IN", THE NEXT YOU'RE "OUT" $1200: This term for a circus or carnival worker is also the title of an Elvis Presley film roustabout |
#5550, aired 2008-10-24 | ONE DAY YOU'RE "IN", THE NEXT YOU'RE "OUT" $1600: Recently legalized, this green aromatic liqueur can be around 70% alcohol absinthe |
#5550, aired 2008-10-24 | ONE DAY YOU'RE "IN", THE NEXT YOU'RE "OUT" $2000: A long home run, or pull with a politico clout |
#5499, aired 2008-07-03 | A DAY AT THE DOG SHOW $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an AKC dog show.) Consisting of three or more generations, it's the written record of a dog's family tree, & you can get one certified by the American Kennel club a pedigree |
#5499, aired 2008-07-03 | A DAY AT THE DOG SHOW $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an AKC dog show show ring.) It's the manual term for the person who exhibits the dog in dog shows; you'll see him or her in the ring a handler |
#5499, aired 2008-07-03 | A DAY AT THE DOG SHOW $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an AKC dog show with a prize-winning dog.) At many dog shows, the top honor is called this, also the name of a 2000 film spoofing canine competetion best in show |
#5499, aired 2008-07-03 | A DAY AT THE DOG SHOW $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an AKC dog show with a new puppy friend.) According to the American Kennel Club, only the offspring of a sire & a dam of the same unmixed breed qualifies as this a purebred |
#5499, aired 2008-07-03 | A DAY AT THE DOG SHOW $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from an AKC dog show show ring.) As you might expect, Westies, Scotties, schnauzers & many other breeds compete in this ever-popular group of dogs at American Kennel Club shows terriers |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $200: Bill Haley ran down a full 12-hour cycle in this 1955 No. 1 hit "Rock Around The Clock" |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $400: Elton John sang, "She packed my bags last night pre-flight, zero hour, 9 A.M." in this hit song "Rocket Man" |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $600: Debbie Harry sang "It's 11:59 and I want to stay alive" fronting this band Blondie |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $800: "Six o'clock already I was just in the middle of a dream" begins this 1986 Bangles hit "Manic Monday" |
#5179, aired 2007-03-01 | GIVING YOU THE MUSICAL TIME OF DAY $1000: Matchbox 20 sang "She says baby, it's" this title time "I must be lonely" 3 A.M. |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Christ Church in Savannah, Georgia.) I'm at the chuch where the first American Sunday school class was held by this man, who later established the Methodist Church John Wesley |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH $800: In Savannah, head for the Lady & Sons Restaurant run by this Food Network chef known for her "home cooking" Paula Deen |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew strolls in a park in Savannah, Georgia.) John Berendt, author of this 1994 bestseller about Savannah, writes that the city's 22 squares are its treasures Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH $1600: In 1864 this general telegraphed Lincoln, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah" William Tecumseh Sherman |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAVANNAH $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Johnson Square in Savannah, Georgia.) This "colorful" general was given a plantation by the people of Savannah for his Revolutionary War victories in the South; he's now buried here in Savannah General Nathanael Greene |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | CITY OF THE DAY: DETROIT $400: Because of its proximity to Canada, Detroit was a major stop on this antislavery network the Underground Railroad |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | CITY OF THE DAY: DETROIT $800: In Grosse Point Shores, you can tour the antique-filled home of this man, the only son of an auto pioneer Edsel Ford |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | CITY OF THE DAY: DETROIT $1200: In 1701 Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac, founded what would become Detroit on a channel linking these two lakes Lake Huron & Lake Erie |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | CITY OF THE DAY: DETROIT $1600: In 1999, at the final sendoff for this structure, a sign in the upper deck read, "Today, there is crying..." Tiger Stadium |
#5024, aired 2006-06-15 | CITY OF THE DAY: DETROIT $2000: The name of this group of towers that dominates the skyline was also the name of a 1970s effort to renew Detroit the Renaissance Center |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $400: When NYC was a Dutch settlement, this street got its name because it was a wide thoroughfare for wagons Broadway |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $800: One of the best-preserved colonial buildings is the Onderdonk Farmhouse of 1731 in this borough, the largest Queens |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $1200: Russell Simmons & Rick Rubin began this seminal hip-hop record company out of an NYU dorm room Def Jam |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in Yankee Stadium.) If you recall a famous nickname for the Yankees, you should know this is the borough they play in the Bronx |
#5023, aired 2006-06-14 | CITY OF THE DAY: NEW YORK $2000: Prospect, Riverside, Morningside as well as a more famous park were designed by this landscape architect (Frederick Law) Olmsted |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $400: The hospital at the University of Alabama at Birmingham is a leading center for these renal transplants kidneys |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $800: In its Oct. 2001 issue, this mag ranked B'ham's Highlands Bar & Grill among the top 5 restaurants in the U.S. Gourmet |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $1200: Michael Jordan could tell you this name for Birmingham's current minor league baseball team the Barons |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the 16th St. Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL.) A bomb that claimed 4 young lives stopped time at a Birmingham Church at 10:22 on Sept. 15 of this year, just weeks after the March on Washington 1963 |
#5022, aired 2006-06-13 | CITY OF THE DAY: BIRMINGHAM $2000: Found in Birmingham, the world's largest cast-iron statue is a figure of this Roman god of metalworking Vulcan |
#5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $200: Like the people of an ancient civilization, residents of Phoenix are called this Phoenicians |
#5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $400: Since 1986 Phoenix has gotten much of its water from this "stately" river to the west the Colorado |
#5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $600: One of Phoenix' most famous landmarks is this mountain, named for its resemblance to a humped mammal Camelback Mountain |
#5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $800: Here's something to chew on--for some 40 years the Arizona Biltmore Hotel was owned by this famous Chicago family Wrigley |
#5021, aired 2006-06-12 | CITY OF THE DAY: PHOENIX $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew walks the green at Ping Hdqtrs, Phoenix, AZ.) Ping Golf is approximately based in Phoenix, a golf capital; the first golf resort here was built in this year of Arizona statehood 1912 |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS $400: The information center at Minnehaha Park (off Hiawatha Ave.) is a replica of this poet's home in Massachusetts Longfellow |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS $800: In 2006 Lake Calhoun was the site of a tourney in this type of ice hockey, named for small bodies of water pond hockey |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS $1200: The first fully enclosed one of these opened in 1956 in Edina; today there's a good-sized one in Bloomington a shopping mall |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS $1600: City Hall's Father of Waters statue was carved from the largest single block ever of the Carrara type of this marble |
#5020, aired 2006-06-09 | CITY OF THE DAY: MINNEAPOLIS $2000: The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden work seen here is by Coosje van Bruggen & this Swedish-born pop artist Claes Oldenburg |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO $400: Members of the American Indian movement seized this then-unoccupied island in 1969 & were forced off in 1971 Alcatraz Island |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Chinatown in San Francisco.) The first of San Francisco's Chinese immigrants arrived on the ship Eagle in 1848, a week after this discovery that changed California gold |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO $1200: This poet was the first black--& the first female--streetcar conductor in San Francisco Maya Angelou |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO $1600: An elaborate 1915 San Francisco expo celebrated the completion of this, which made it much easier to sail to the city the Panama Canal |
#5019, aired 2006-06-08 | CITY OF THE DAY: SAN FRANCISCO $2000: It was once a military post under the flag of Spain; it's now part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area the Presidio |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $200: Boston's 1-ton-plus King's Chapel bell was recast in 1816 by this patriot Paul Revere |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $400: British Gen. Gage said of the June 1775 battle here, "The loss we have sustained is greater than we can bear" Bunker Hill (or Breed's Hill) |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $600: America's answer to "Upstairs, Downstairs", this TV show was set in a fashionable Boston district just after WWI Beacon Hill |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1872 this inventor opened a school for teachers of the deaf in Boston (Alexander Graham) Bell |
#5018, aired 2006-06-07 | CITY OF THE DAY: BOSTON $1000: Since the 18th century, a grasshopper has sat atop the marketplace named for this Huguenot (Peter) Faneuil |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $200: Because of its fine museums, Raleigh has been dubbed this D.C. institution "of the South" the Smithsonian |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $400: Since Raleigh is "The City of Oaks", a huge one of these descends as the seconds are counted down on New Year's Eve an acorn |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $600: Raleigh, Durham & Chapel Hill form an area known by this geometric name the Triangle |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $800: Raleigh boasts a statue of these 2 actors--with fishing poles--as they appeared on a beloved N.C.-set TV series Ron Howard & Andy Griffith |
#5017, aired 2006-06-06 | CITY OF THE DAY: RALEIGH $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads.) This U.S. president was born in Raleigh in 1808; he never went to school but was apprenticed to a tailor at about 13 Andrew Johnson |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | CITY OF THE DAY: MILWAUKEE $400: Milwaukee is located at the confluence of the Milwaukee & Menominee Rivers where they flow into this lake Lake Michigan |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | CITY OF THE DAY: MILWAUKEE $800: Call 414-931-BEER to arrange a tour of this company's facility Miller |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | CITY OF THE DAY: MILWAUKEE $1200: The high culture of a 19th century immigrant group got Milwaukee the nickname "Deutsche Athen", meaning this the German Athens |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | CITY OF THE DAY: MILWAUKEE $1600: Born in Milwaukee, 1924; Chief Justice of the United States, 1986; passed away, 2005 Rehnquist |
#5016, aired 2006-06-05 | CITY OF THE DAY: MILWAUKEE $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Milwaukee skyline at Veterans' Park.) When Milwaukee's Emil Seidel was elected in 1910, he became to the first mayor of this political party so honored the Socialist Party |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GIVE US THE TIME OF DAY $400: It's the hour when "The Raven" takes place midnight |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GIVE US THE TIME OF DAY $800: Things sped up with FedEx' 1982 promise to deliver overnight mail by this time so you could read it before lunch 10:30 AM |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GIVE US THE TIME OF DAY $1200: In 1946 Tote'm Convenience Stores went to these opening & closing hours & changed their name accordingly 7-11 (7:00 AM & 11:00 PM) |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GIVE US THE TIME OF DAY $1600: London's Draycott Hotel serves tea in the drawing room starting at this hour 4:00 (PM) |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GIVE US THE TIME OF DAY $2000: In a 1940s hit song Papa said he worked "till half past two 'cause" this whistle "never blew" the 5:00 whistle |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | YOU'LL RUE THE DAY $200: This man, the USA's first ambassador to France, has a Paris rue named for him Franklin |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | YOU'LL RUE THE DAY $400: For this activity, Frommer's suggests Rome's Via Condotti, & in Paris, Rue du Faubourg St.-Honore shopping |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | YOU'LL RUE THE DAY $600: Rue des Ecoles takes you right to this ecole, a name commonly used of the University of Paris the Sorbonne |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | YOU'LL RUE THE DAY $800: In history, it follows "Catherine de"; near the Palais du Luxembourg, it follows "Rue de" Medici |
#4769, aired 2005-05-05 | YOU'LL RUE THE DAY $1000: Rue Jean Giraudoux connects to a rue named for this place in the title of Giraudoux' best-known work Chaillot |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $400: A large albino whale recently sighted off Australia earned comparisons to this 1851 Melville beast Moby-Dick |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $800: In one of the few times it's ever been seen, a rare megamouth variety of this fish recently washed ashore in Sumatra a shark |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $1200: In 2004 a N.J. man pulled one of these tropical predators also called a caribe from the Delaware River a piranha |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $1600: With a razor-sharp beak & studded tentacles, a 20-foot one of these cephalopods was captured in Antarctica in 2003 a squid |
#4706, aired 2005-02-07 | CATCH OF THE DAY $2000: Sadly, the journey ended for Keiko, one of these animals, in 2003 an orca (or killer whale) |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | HOOP OF THE DAY $100 (Daily Double): In 2004 he joined MJ & "The Big O" as the only NBA rookies to average 20 points, 5 rebounds & 5 assists LeBron James |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | HOOP OF THE DAY $400: At 7'6", this center from China would be a big part of a Houston Rockets championship dynasty Yao Ming |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | HOOP OF THE DAY $800: As an NBA head coach, he won 6 titles with the Bulls & 3 with the Lakers Phil Jackson |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | HOOP OF THE DAY $1200: The non-law firm of Wallace & Wallace (Ben & Rasheed) led this team to the 2003-04 NBA Championship the Detroit Pistons |
#4627, aired 2004-10-19 | HOOP OF THE DAY $1600: Go crazy & name this Toronto Raptor whose nickname is "Vinsanity" Vince Carter |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT? $400: March 31, 2002, seen here Sunday |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT? $800: November 3, 1992, November 5, 1996 & November 7, 2000 Tuesday |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT? $1200: October 27, 2001 & another sea of red, seen here Saturday |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT? $1600: April 14, 1865 Friday |
#4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK WAS IT? $2000: October 19, 1987, a "Black" day for Wall Street Monday |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: Betting on the same horse to win, place & show is betting "across" this the board |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: In this type of race, you may bet on the winner & then buy it the claiming race |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: Age of a sophomore horse, it's also the usual age of horses in a derby race 3 years old |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The quarter pole is 2 furlongs before this the finish line |
#4461, aired 2004-01-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: It means to assign weights to equalize the competition to handicap |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $400: The cartooning gods smiled on Dec. 8, 1894, which produced James Thurber & Elzie Segar, creator of this sailorman Popeye |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $800: May 9, 1936 gave England Glenda Jackson & this actor whose film roles include Daddy Warbucks & Hercule Poirot Albert Finney |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $1200: Freud, who explored the mind, shared his May 6, 1856 birth date with this man who explored the Arctic Robert Peary |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $2,000 (Daily Double): Bishop James Pike & this man named James were both born Feb. 14, 1913 & both later disappeared James Hoffa |
#4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $2000: U.S. black leader Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925, like this murdered first prime minister of the Congo Patrice Lumumba |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | THE BIG DAY $200: This Neb. city's Henry Doorly Zoo has the largest glazed geodesic dome, housing the world's largest indoor desert Omaha |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | THE BIG DAY $400: With nearly 590,000 square miles of land, this state is about 487 times larger than Rhode Island Alaska |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | THE BIG DAY $600: During an 1887 snowstorm in Montana, one of these was measured at 15 inches wide & 8 inches thick snowflake |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | THE BIG DAY $800: This 10-armed giant cephalopod is not only the biggest invertebrate, but has the biggest eyes, the size of a volleyball giant squid |
#4197, aired 2002-11-26 | THE BIG DAY $1000: The biggest constellation is this one, "the sea serpent", which covers 3.16% of the sky & contains 68 visible stars Hydra |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: The first of these "Grand" races was run near Le Mans, France in 1906 Grand Prix |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: It's the "insect" stroke used in a swimming medley race butterfly |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $600: Andrew Marton won a special Golden Globe Award for directing this sequence in the 1959 film "Ben-Hur" chariot race |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $800: The first man to run this Olympic distance in under 10 seconds was 1968 gold medal winner Jim Hines 100-meter |
#4027, aired 2002-02-19 | A DAY AT THE RACES $1000: The only race this legendary thoroughbred ever lost was to a horse appropriately named Upset in 1919 Man o' War |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $400 (Daily Double): On Dec. 26, 1898 this woman scientist & her husband Pierre discovered radium Marie Curie |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $400: In 1799 Col. Henry Lee eulogized this President as "First in war, first in peace & first in the hearts of his countrymen" George Washington |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $800: Boxing Day began in the Middle Ages when lords in this island nation gave gifts to their servants on Dec. 26 Great Britain (England) |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1200: Mao Tse Tung, a leader of this country, began his "Long March" through life on Dec. 26, 1893 China |
#3988, aired 2001-12-26 | 'TWAS THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS $1600: In 1994 "The Glass Menagerie" broke for the first time in public at the Civic Theatre in this "Windy City" Chicago |
#3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THAT'LL BE THE "DAY" $400: Changing from standard time to this time makes some folks angry every spring daylight savings time |
#3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THAT'LL BE THE "DAY" $800: Wiggle your toe if you know this man who won the Best Actor Oscar for 1989 Daniel Day-Lewis |
#3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THAT'LL BE THE "DAY" $1200: 180,000 dwell in this city southwest of Columbus & northeast of Cincinnati Dayton |
#3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THAT'LL BE THE "DAY" $1600: It can mean a wish or fantasy that is unlikely to be fulfilled daydream |
#3979, aired 2001-12-13 | THAT'LL BE THE "DAY" $2000: The Marx Brothers wreak havoc at a sanitorium in this 1937 release A Day at the Races |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $100: August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee Elvis Presley |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $200: December 8, 1980 in New York City John Lennon |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $300: September 18, 1970 in London Jimi Hendrix |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $400: July 3, 1971 in Paris Jim Morrison |
#3898, aired 2001-07-11 | THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED $500: August 9, 1995 in Forest Knolls, California Jerry Garcia |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $100: All dolled up? You're "in" this day's "best" Sunday |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $200: If you're eating king cake on Mardi Gras, you're chowing down on this day of the week Tuesday |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $300: It takes the greatest number of Scrabble tiles to spell out this day of the week Wednesday |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $500: For over 30 years ABC has had a prime-time show with this day in the title Monday (Monday Night Football) |
#3826, aired 2001-04-02 | THAT'LL BE THE DAY $1,000 (Daily Double): To the Germans, it's Donnerstag, meaning "thunder day" Thursday |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: When she turns 5 a filly becomes one of these Mare |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $300: It's not a horse's female parent, it's a horse that runs well on soft, wet ground Mudder |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: I'll bet my money on a bobtail nag, somebody bet on this horse that's brown with a black mane & tail Bay |
#3614, aired 2000-04-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $500: Kentucky Derby winner Charismatic twice entered this type of "race" in which horses can be bought for a set price Claiming race |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | THE DAY THEY DIED $200: A French queen: October 16, 1793 Marie Antoinette |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | THE DAY THEY DIED $400: A U.S. president: April 22, 1994 Richard M. Nixon |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | THE DAY THEY DIED $800: A movie "rebel": September 30, 1955 James Dean |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | THE DAY THEY DIED $1,000 (Daily Double): A peasant girl: May 30, 1431 Joan of Arc |
#3342, aired 1999-03-02 | THE DAY THEY DIED $1000: A Russian royal family: July 16, 1918 the Romanovs |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS $100: Members observe Saturday Sabbath because of Genesis 2:3, which says God did this on the seventh day He rested |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS $200: Like Jews, many Adventists follow Leviticus 11:7 in abstaining from this meat pork |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS $300: The church funds worldwide good works by this contribution of 10% of members' incomes a tithe |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS $400: Heard here, he left rock 'n' roll in 1957 to be ordained a Seventh-Day Adventist minister: "Womp-bomp-a-loom-op-a-womp-bomp-bomp! Tutti frutti, all rooty! Tutti frutti, all rooty!" Little Richard |
#3130, aired 1998-03-20 | THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS $500: This group named for a king of Israel split from the church in 1934, a "branch" of it became notorious in 1993 the Davidians |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $100: In this activity, your leg is tied to that of the kid next to you & you're off to the finish line Three-legged race |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $200: It's the shortest sprint of the current Olympic track & field events 100 Meter Dash |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $300: It combines swimming, bicycling & a cross country run all in one race Triathlon |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $400: In 1995 Jeff Gordon became the second youngest driver to win this organization's Winston Cup NASCAR |
#3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $500: Racers lie on their backs on modified skateboards for the "street" version of this winter sport Luge |
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