Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (98 results returned)
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $200: 2-word title of "A Celebration of the Sesame Street Theme Song" Sunny Day |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $400: Type of evening in the title of a 1923 Frost poem snowy |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $600: It comes "on little cat feet" according to Carl Sandburg, so let up on the gas fog |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $800: Pirates be roaming in the novel titled this condition "in Jamaica" a high wind |
#9000, aired 2023-12-22 | WEATHER IN THE BOOKSTORE $1000: Saul Bellow's Henderson gets this appellation in Africa the Rain King |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $400: It sounds like a computer game about an island, but in weather lore it's very fine water droplets at ground level mist |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $800: This discharge can be spider, forked or sheet lightning |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $1200: I'm sick of the same weather again, the result of a stationary one of these where neither of the adjoining air masses can move a front |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $1,500 (Daily Double): Matey, batten down the hatches! It be this 4-letter warning from the National Weather Service of sustained winds of 39-54 mph gale |
#13, aired 2022-02-17 | WHITHER THE WEATHER? $1600: Big fluffy snowflakes result from relative humidity of over 100%, this condition of water in the atmosphere supersaturation |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: In a holiday favorite, "The fire is so delightful and since we've no place to go", this title, this title, this title "Let It Snow" |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: The Scorpions sang, "Here I am, rock you like" one of these a hurricane |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $1200: In this disco classic by The Weather Girls, the forecast was very unusual precipitation; "hallelujah!" "It's Raining Men" |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: Making some big noise, AC/DC "Got Some Rock & Roll" this, while Kiss staked a claim with "God Of" it Thunder |
#8574, aired 2022-02-10 | SINGING ABOUT THE WEATHER $2000: Bill Withers passed away in 2020 & as he sang, "Ain't No" this when he's gone Sunshine |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $400: I was "struck by" the plot twists in Dean Koontz' book about Laura Shane with this 1-word title Lightning |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $800: The infamous Red Wedding takes place in this author's "A Storm of Swords" (George R.R.) Martin |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $1200: "Smilla's Sense of" this helps her solve a murder in Copenhagen the Snow |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $1600: Dennis Lehane's "Prayers for Rain" is about a P.I. based in this East Coast city Boston |
#8382, aired 2021-04-20 | BOOKS FOR THE WEATHER CHANNEL $2000: In this tale by Marion Zimmer Bradley, the King Arthur legend is retold through the eyes of women The Mists of Avalon |
#8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: It was so cold in London in 1814 that a frost fair was held on this river that had frozen over the Thames |
#8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: In Southern California, morning low clouds & fog during the sixth month are part of this near-rhyming phenomenon June gloom |
#8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1200: It's the "colorful" term for a thin frozen film on the road that can lead to hazardous driving conditions black ice |
#8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: It's the type of cloud seen here before it touches the ground & becomes a tornado a funnel cloud |
#8317, aired 2021-01-19 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $2000: A weathervane measures wind direction; one of these "meters" measures wind speed an anemometer |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $200: Expressed as a percentage, it's all "relative" this, the water vapor in the air at any given time & temp humidity |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a weather model on the monitor.) When frigid air moves under warm air, pushing it up & producing heavy rain or snow, it forms one of these 2-word zones a cold front |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $600: In April 2017 the governor of this large state declared an end to the drought emergency... for now California |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $800: Most weather occurs in this lowest "sphere" of the Earth's atmosphere that extends up to around 12 miles the troposphere |
#7808, aired 2018-07-18 | THE WEATHER $1000: It's the term for a warm layer above a cool one when going higher in the atmosphere; the reverse is what's normal an inversion layer |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE WEATHER $400: Advection (common in San Francisco) & upslope are 2 main types of this visibility reducer fog |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE WEATHER $800: If the UVI, standing for this, is above 10, it will take only 10 minutes to get a sunburn the ultraviolet index |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE WEATHER $1200: One millibar, a measurement of atmospheric pressure, equals .75 millimeters of this element, Hg mercury |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE WEATHER $1600: From the type of plant they resemble, these ice crystals are alliteratively called this type of frost fern frost |
#7706, aired 2018-02-26 | THE WEATHER $2000: Around 1806 this British commander drew up a "wind force scale and weather notation" Francis Beaufort |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: If this is 100% an 85-degree day can feel like it's 108 degrees humidity |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: 5-letter name for raindrops that freeze into ice pellets before reaching the ground sleet |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1200: A stationary one of these boundaries between air masses can stay in the same region for days a front |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: As its name implies, the website blitzortung.org lets users track this atmospheric phenomenon around the world lightning |
#7298, aired 2016-05-11 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $2000: (Hi. I'm Al Roker.) A sudden onset of winds increasing by at least 18 mph; it precedes "line" to describe a line of active thunderstorms squall |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $200: Like our "Indian" one, a spell of warm, pleasant weather in October in Greece is called this "of St. Dimitrios" Summer |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: It can be a dry spell in the weather or, for a batter, going a long time without a hit a drought |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $600: A 10 on the modern Beaufort scale for this means ocean waves will have dense white streaks wind |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: Also a cloud surrounding a deity, it's the type of cloud that brings rain nimbus |
#6631, aired 2013-06-17 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1,000 (Daily Double): T.S. Eliot wrote, "under the brown" one of these "of a winter dawn, a crowd flowed over London Bridge" "fog" |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $200: It gets hot in El Azizia, near Tripoli, in this country--hot like 124 degrees one day in 1922 Libya |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $400: Want variety? Over two days in 1916 the temperature in Browning, in this state, went from 44 to -56 degrees Montana |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $600: Raindrops won't be fallin' on your head in Arica, in this South American country; it takes 30+ years to get one inch of rain Chile |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $800: On April 12, 1934 Mount Washington, in this state, got quite a blow--wind clocked at 231 mph New Hampshire |
#6542, aired 2013-02-12 | THE WEATHER & GEOGRAPHY REPORT $1000: Better bring an umbrella to Lloro, near this South American country's Pacific coast, said to average 40 feet of rain a year Colombia |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: To have a casual conversation is to "shoot" this the breeze |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: To survive a difficult situation is to "weather" this the storm |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1200: When you show somebody up or get attention that is due others, you "steal" their this their thunder |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $2000: When you're down & out, you're said to be "in" this belt of calm, light winds near the equator the doldrums |
#6296, aired 2012-01-23 | TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $5,600 (Daily Double): It's the 5-word phrase associated with the logo seen here "When it rains, it pours" |
#6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WEATHER $400: It's the 5-letter term for the advancing edge of an air mass a front |
#6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WEATHER $800: Gulf of Mexico moisture meets dry wind from the rockies to form twisters in this dangerous U.S. "Alley" Tornado Alley |
#6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WEATHER $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew explains a weather map.) On a weather map, an isobar is a line that connects areas with the same barometric pressure. A line that connects areas with the same temperature is called this an isotherm |
#6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WEATHER $1600: In this temperature condition, a layer of warm air surmounts cooler air & traps pollutants near the ground an inversion |
#6045, aired 2010-12-17 | THE WEATHER $2000: These "equine" regions straddle the equator & are characterized by high pressure & relative calm the horse latitudes |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $400: This calm circular region at the center of a hurricane can range from a few miles in diameter to more than 100 the eye |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $800: This is defined as the amount of water vapor in the air the humidity |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1200: The flag seen here warns boaters of this type of moderately strong wind of about 34 to 54 miles per hour gales |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) A common weather pattern, bringing an abundance of warm, tropical moisture direct from Hawaii to the Pacific coast is popularly called this, like a 2008 comedy film the Pineapple Express |
#5771, aired 2009-10-19 | LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER $4,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an animated weather map on the monitor.) Named for the direction from which they come, much of our weather is carried across the United States & Canada by these dominant winds, between 30 & 60 degrees latitude westerlies |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE $200: (Kelly and Sarah of the Clue Crew hold a deflated weather balloon; Kelly reads the clue.) Weather balloons are released twice a day at the National Weather Service; they can rise up to 100,000 feet, where a decrease in this will make the 6-foot balloon expand to 20 feet in diameter air pressure |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE $400: (Sarah indicates a weather map on a monitor.) Colors on the screen reflect different echo intensities; steps are taken so this precipitation, balls of ice more than 1/5 inch in diameter, don't skew rain estimates hail |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE $600: (Sarah holds a weather balloon transmitter.) Pre-transmitters, scientists went up in weather balloons themselves; the AMS, this society, gives the Meisinger Award in memory of one killed by lightning the American Meteorological Society |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE $800: (Sarah indicates another monitor.) Watching Doppler the National Weather Service is fascinating--the expanding ring of blue is millions of these mammals that emerge in Texas only to tangle with a huge storm bats |
#5573, aired 2008-11-26 | THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE $1000: (Kelly reads the clue.) Many tornadoes develop from a special kind of thunderstorm called this, with a deep rotating updraft a supercell |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $400: Sept. 4, 2007 was the first time that 2 of these, Henriette & Felix, made landfall on the same day hurricanes |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $800: Mountain passes speed up hot, dry air, giving this U.S. state its Santa Ana winds California |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $1200: The forecast is cloudy with a 30% chance of these, characterized by the sudden start & stop of light rainfall showers |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $1600: High clouds may bring this type of damaging precipitation, especially to the "alley" for it in the Rockies hail |
#5416, aired 2008-03-10 | HOW'S THE WEATHER? $2000: Longer autumn nights let the ground cool, producing condensation & the "ground" type of this fog |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $400: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows satellite video of storm movement on two monitors at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) A tropical storm in the North Atlantic that reaches 74 miles per hour is called a hurricane; if it's here in the Northwest Pacific, it's classified as this a typhoon |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $800: (Jon of the Clue Crew gives us a a high level take on the weather at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) The Weather Channel uses this type of colorful satellite image to show the relative warmth of objects: colder ones are brighter while warmer objects are darker infrared |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a 3-D view of rugged terrain on the monitor at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) In 2006, the Weather Channel program "Beyond the Forecast" detailed the search for 3 climbers & how weather hindered rescue efforts on this Oregon mountain Mt. Hood |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $2,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew rains supreme at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) Showing the density & motion of clouds, this type of radar named for an Austrian scientist can predict the formation of a tornado Doppler |
#5316, aired 2007-10-22 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew is back on the map at the Weather Channel in Atlanta, GA.) Fronts are boundaries where different air masses meet; alternating red & blue lines depict this type of front with little or no movement a stationary front |
#5181, aired 2007-03-05 | THE WEATHER REPORT $200: In a marine push, when ocean air replaces the existing air mass, this happens to the temperature it goes down (or gets colder) |
#5181, aired 2007-03-05 | THE WEATHER REPORT $400 (Daily Double): The first documented successful forecast of this was by 2 Air Force officers in 1948 in Oklahoma a tornado |
#5181, aired 2007-03-05 | THE WEATHER REPORT $600: It's officially called dense when it reduces visibility to 1/8 mile fog |
#5181, aired 2007-03-05 | THE WEATHER REPORT $800: This post-shower delight is always in the opposite side of the sky from the sun a rainbow |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $200: When it's muggy, "it's not the heat, it's" this, the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere humidity |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $400: Each second about 100 of these natural electrical discharges occur somewhere on Earth lightning strikes |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $600: A "little" one of these "ages" ran between the 14th and 19th Centuries ice age |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $800: In terms of rainfall, it's the driest continent after Antarctica Australia |
#4686, aired 2005-01-10 | THE WEATHER CHANNEL $1000: When the folks at the National Weather Service are feeling a bit "DZ," "DZ" stands for this weather condition drizzle |
#3771, aired 2001-01-15 | THE WEATHER FORECAST $200: Expect cloudy days when a cold one of these catches a warm one & forms an occluded one Front |
#3771, aired 2001-01-15 | THE WEATHER FORECAST $400: This type of air from above 66 degrees north latitude will send the mercury falling Arctic air |
#3771, aired 2001-01-15 | THE WEATHER FORECAST $600: Don't worry about Ulka yet -- she's not a hurricane, just one of these "storms" with winds over 38 MPH Tropical storm |
#3771, aired 2001-01-15 | THE WEATHER FORECAST $800: Brace yourself for storms -- we're in one of these elongated low-pressure areas, like a hungry pig Trough |
#3771, aired 2001-01-15 | THE WEATHER FORECAST $1000: Poor air quality will result from this layer in which the atmosphere warms as you go higher Inversion layer |
#3185, aired 1998-06-05 | HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? $200: Affecting the weather in the U.S., this Pacific Ocean current's name is Spanish for "the child" El NiƱo |
#3185, aired 1998-06-05 | HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? $400: Of a basketball, a volleyball or a softball, the one closest in size to the USA's largest hailstone softball |
#3185, aired 1998-06-05 | HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? $600: The National Weather Service issues tornado watches during storms & these when a tornado is spotted tornado warnings |
#3185, aired 1998-06-05 | HOW'S THE WEATHER UP THERE? $1,000 (Daily Double): It lags behind a stroke of lightning at a rate of about 5 seconds per mile thunder |
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