| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $400: The theory of general relativity has been verified through experiments involving this innermost planet Mercury |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $800: John Von Neumann pioneered game theory, starting by analyzing this game where bluffing is commonplace poker |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $1600: This British doc who developed germ theory was the son of a microscope pioneer also named Joseph (Joseph) Lister |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $2000: Legend says this Greek ran naked through Syracuse after discovering his buoyancy principle Archimedes |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | SCIENTIFIC LAWS & THEORIES $2,800 (Daily Double): The third law of thermodynamics says entropy tends to reduce as the temperature approaches this 2-word state absolute zero |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | THEORIES $200: The steady-state theory in which the universe has no beginning or end lost ground to this one where everything went kablooey! the big bang |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | THEORIES $400: The government is up to something--yes, I'm big on these theories, from the Latin for "breathe together" conspiracy |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | THEORIES $600: The greater fool theory in this activity says don't worry about overvaluation--there's always some dummy who'll buy buying stocks |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | THEORIES $800: This Cold War theory said if one country fell to communism, nearby ones would follow the domino theory |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | THEORIES $1000: A 1982 theory named for broken these items says small signs of disorder in an area lead to serious crime windows |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | THEORIES OF EVERYTHING $400: Maurice Allais got a 1988 Nobel in this for work in "the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources" economics |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | THEORIES OF EVERYTHING $800: The kinetic theory of these directly relates their pressure to their temperature & density gases |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | THEORIES OF EVERYTHING $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a geological animation on the monitor.) Dynamo theory says that Earth's rotation causes liquid iron in the outer core to move in spiral currents, generating this gigantic field around the planet the magnetic field |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | THEORIES OF EVERYTHING $1600: Feminist standpoint theory is rooted in this "ism" named for a 19th century manifesto man Marxism |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | THEORIES OF EVERYTHING $6,000 (Daily Double): Bronsted & Lowry were red & blue in the face when Lewis disputed their theory about these 2 types of substances acids & bases |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $400: The special theory of this was published in 1905; the general one was announced in 1916 relativity |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $800: This theory is named for an event of about 13.7 billion years ago the big bang theory |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $1200: The Butterfly Effect--its flapping wings changing the weather--is an example of this theory exploring randomness chaos theory |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $2000: Experiments to test directly G.U.T.s, or these, need a trillion times more energy than what's now available grand unified theories |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | SCIENTIFIC THEORIES $3,000 (Daily Double): When it comes to this, the weakest of the 4 known forces, it's more than just a theory--it's the law gravity |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | THEORIES $400: In sociology theory, deviant & delinquent are two of these, also found on shirts labels |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | THEORIES $1200: Harry Markowitz's theory, named for this, your collection of investments, basically says "Diversify it" a portfolio |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | THEORIES $1600: In game theory, it's the term for one like your weekly poker game where the total won equals the total lost zero-sum |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | THEORIES $2000: Appropriately, Ben Jonson based a comedy on the theory of this set of four liquids that govern behavior humors |
| #4444, aired 2003-12-25 | THEORIES $2,500 (Daily Double): Directors are glorified in this theory brought over from French film criticism in the 1960s auteur |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $200: The theory that led to Reaganomics got this name by opposing the traditional focus on demand supply-side |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $400: Theory that's cariactured in the 19th c. cartoon seen here: evolution |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $600: In 1905 he came up with a "special" theory; his "general" theory took until 1916 Albert Einstein |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $800: Opposed to the Big Bang Theory, Sir Fred Hoyle developed this theory of a consistent universe steady-state |
| #3385, aired 1999-04-30 | THEORIES $1000: Thorsten Veblen coined "conspicuous consumption" in "the theory of" this "class" leisure class |
