| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | TREES & FLOWERS $400: The kinkajou is a pollinator of this tree noted for its extremely light wood that's often used in model airplane kits balsa |
| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | TREES & FLOWERS $800: If a Hawaiian woman wears this tropical flower behind her left ear, she's taken; behind the right, she's single a hibiscus |
| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | TREES & FLOWERS $1200: Nicknamed the General Sherman, the world's largest tree by volume is this kind sequoia |
| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | TREES & FLOWERS $1600: Salix is the genus for this tree, a source for an acid used in pain relievers willow |
| #9165, aired 2024-09-20 | TREES & FLOWERS $2000: Over 1,000 stigmas from this flower are necessary to get even a small amount of saffron seasoning a crocus |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | TREES $400: A gift from Japan, the first shipment of these trees to Washington, D.C. in 1910 had to be destroyed due to an infestation cherry blossoms |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | TREES $800: The raffia, a tropical type of this tree, has leaves that can grow up to 70 feet long a palm |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | TREES $1200: That's not spray paint, that's the actual color of the bark that gives the eucalyptus this name the rainbow tree (a rainbow gum) |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | TREES $1600: Carvings on headstones of this tree with drooping branches not only symbolize mourning, but also rebirth weeping willow |
| #9103, aired 2024-05-15 | TREES $2000: Providing shade, shelter & some food, here's this iconic tree at sunset on the Serengeti an acacia tree |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $100: This South American rainforest is said to be home to roughly 390 billion trees the Amazon |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $200: In the 1984 film "The Karate Kid", Daniel asks Mr. Miyagi "How'd they get so small?" when he sees Mr. Miyagi trimming these trees bonsai |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $300: This Bay Area city has a tree on its official flag (it's the type of tree featured in the city's name) Oakland |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $400: Balsa, magnolia or sequoia: it's the tree that becomes the name of another tree when you add an "M" to its end balsa (balsam accepted) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | TREES $500: Meaning "to fall off" in Latin, it's the word used to describe non-evergreen trees & baby teeth deciduous |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $200: It can refer to the uppermost layer of overlapping tree branches, or a cloth covering suspended over a bed a canopy |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $400: FBI is shorthand for 3 common decomposers of dead trees: fungi, bacteria & these insects |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $600: Pine trees are evergreens & also classified as these, for the scaly structures that house seeds conifers |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $800: One of the 3 gifts of the Magi, this aromatic resin whose very name suggests sweet aroma comes from trees of the genus Boswellia frankincense |
| #8881, aired 2023-05-29 | TREES COMPANY $1000: "Green is the plane-tree in the square, the other trees are brown / They droop & pine for country air / The plane-tree loves it" here the town |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The nut-like seeds seen here grow on this Ohio state tree the buckeye |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $800: This cactus that can reach 60 feet tall only grows about an inch in height during its first 10 years a saguaro |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $1600: The dried leaves of the maidenhair tree are the source of this herbal supplement said to have memory-enhancing properties ginkgo (biloba) |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $2000: No soil needed for air plants, like the tillandsia seen here, which are also called this type, from Greek for "upon" and "plant" epiphyte |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | PLANTS & TREES $6,000 (Daily Double): Acer rubrum is the scientific name for this colorful tree found in the eastern United States red maple |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $200: The Ohio state tree is this one also associated with the Ohio State University the buckeye |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $400: Visit this state to see its Black Hills spruce South Dakota |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $600: Massachusetts' state tree is the American species of this tree that can grow 100 feet tall the elm |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $800: Wisconsin & New York are both represented by the sugar species of this tree maple |
| #8807, aired 2023-02-14 | STATE TREES $1,200 (Daily Double): These 2 giant trees share the designation for the giant state of California the redwood & the sequoia |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | IT GROWS ON TREES $300: Popularly ground & used in baking, this spice comes from the inner bark of a certain tree cinnamon |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | IT GROWS ON TREES $600: Dates & coconuts grow on varieties of this tree a palm |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | IT GROWS ON TREES $900: Looks like this fruit is about ready for picking a pomegranate |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1200: Like a major comb-over, Spanish moss is frequently found hanging from the "bald" type of this tree cypress |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1500: As seen here, this invasive, fast-growing vine brought from Asia to the U.S. has overtaken trees in the South kudzu |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $200: The line "I speak for the trees" comes from this favorite by Dr. Seuss The Lorax |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $400: This New England resident often spoke for the trees, with poems like "Birches", "After Apple-Picking" & "The Sound of Trees" Robert Frost |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $600: It should please you that Amiens' rendition of "Under the Greenwood Tree" is in this Shakespeare comedy As You Like It |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $800: "An 11-year-old girl sitting on this fire escape could imagine that she was living in a tree", says this classic by Betty Smith A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | I SPEAK FOR THE TREES $1000: Longfellow's poem named for this Acadian woman mentions "the murmuring pines and the hemlocks, bearded with moss" Evangeline |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TREES $200: Gifted from Japan as a token of friendship in 1912, here are these trees doing their thing in Washington, D.C. as only they can a cherry blossom |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TREES $400: One of these alliterative trees named for how they droop was dedicated to the memory of the singer Aaliyah a weeping willow |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TREES $600: This tree first brought from Australia to Hawaii in the 1880s can produce 65 pounds of nuts each year a macadamia tree |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TREES $1000: Captain Bligh had saplings of this tree aboard the Bounty during the voyage that was marked by mutiny breadfruit |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | TREES $1,200 (Daily Double): This giant tree bears the name of a Cherokee leader who created a writing system sequoia |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $400: The Amazon rainforest makes up about 40% of the area of this nation larger than the area of the 48 contiguous U.S. states Brazil |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $800: What-ho! An ex-royal hunting ground & now largely pine plantations, this historic forest lies between Worksop & Nottingham Sherwood |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1200: Check out Multnomah Falls, boasting a drop of more than 600 feet in this state's Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1600: Jaguars & ocelots roam the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological Reserve in this Central American nation Costa Rica |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $2000: "The Bulge"--as in the Battle of the--in this forest includes the Elsenborn Ridge in Belgium the Ardennes |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $400: In 1955 a young tree symbolizing the healthy growth of Japan first appeared on the 1-this coin yen |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $800: A 2-franc coin from French Polynesia depicts an outrigger canoe beside 4 of these trees palm trees |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $1200: One of the earliest American coins, the 17th century Massachusetts pine tree shilling was minted from this precious metal silver |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $1600: On the reverse of the current U.S. $10 bill, trees frame this building the Treasury Building |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | TREES GROW ON MONEY $9,800 (Daily Double): A former Italian 100-lire coin shows Minerva grasping one of 4 these trees big in Italian agriculture an olive tree |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $200: Unusual for a conifer, larch trees do this each fall like deciduous ones drop leaves |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $400: This mighty tree lends its name to a city of about 400,000 on San Francisco Bay the oak |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $600: Perennials like mountain hemlock & lodgepole pine are found near, but not above, this natural boundary at about 9,500 feet the timberline |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $800: Virginia's state tree is the flowering type of this "canine" tree a dogwood |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $1000: Brought to the United States as an ornamental, this spicy-sounding Brazilian tree has red berries and can crowd out native species the pepper tree |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | PLANTS & TREES $400: It looks like these plants are ready for picking cotton |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | PLANTS & TREES $800: It's quicker to grow tulips from these usually rounded organs rather than from seeds bulbs |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | PLANTS & TREES $1200: Koalas spend a lot of time eating and sleeping in this type of tree eucalyptus |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | PLANTS & TREES $1,500 (Daily Double): Some people drink the juice of this succulent for its health benefits & a gel is used to relieve sunburns aloe |
| #8016, aired 2019-06-17 | PLANTS & TREES $2000: Native to India and other parts of Asia, a single one of these unusual trees can resemble a small forest banyan trees |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | TREES $400: Queen & California fan are 2 species of this tree, an iconic symbol of Beverly Hills a palm |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | TREES $800: The tree called this bat willow provides the best wood to protect your wicket cricket |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | TREES $1200: The tree & the item seen here share this name a wingnut |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | TREES $2000: (Alex presents from the Galapagos Islands.) These trees that provide shelter for many coast-dwelling animals have adapted with an open-air root system with lots of pores to capture the oxygen they don't get from the muddy water they grow in mangroves |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | TREES $3,000 (Daily Double): This is the better-known Genus & species name of the maidenhair tree, used in Chinese medicine to boost memory Gingko biloba |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | IT GROWS ON TREES $400: These nuts grow on Ohio's state tree buckeyes |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | IT GROWS ON TREES $800: Occasionally, peach trees also yield these smooth-skinned cousins nectarines |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1200: These large nuts grow in pods that look like coconuts on trees in the Amazon forest Brazil nuts |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1600: An evergreen, the eastern hemlock produces mini 1/2" to 1"-long types of these seed-bearing structures cones |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | IT GROWS ON TREES $2000: The furniture seen here is made from the wood of this 4-letter tree teak |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | TREES $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a tree on the monitor.) The tallest living tree, the coast redwood, loses its lower branches as it grows, revealing the slender trunk that distinguishes it from this giant tree with an immense trunk a sequoia |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | TREES $400: In 2017 U2 celebrated the 30th anniversary of its album named for this plant by playing all of its songs on tour Joshua tree |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | TREES $600: The yellow poplar is also known as this flower tree, for obvious tree the tulip tree |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | TREES $800: Alaska's state tree is this alliterative spruce that shares its name with an Alaskan city a Sitka spruce |
| #7655, aired 2017-12-15 | TREES $1000: The bald type of this flourishes in swamps cypress trees |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT DOESN'T GROW ON TREES $200: A football term, or the type of box in which you'd keep your lures & floats tackle |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT GROWS ON TREES $400: Dates & coconuts are the most common fruits that grow on this type of tree a palm tree |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT DOESN'T GROW ON TREES $400: Groovy, man! It's the alliteratively named item seen here, ooh a lava lamp |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT DOESN'T GROW ON TREES $600: For men this track & field object weighs about the same as a bowling ball but is half the size a shot put |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT GROWS ON TREES $800: Since it spends most of its time up in the branches, you could say that this mammal slowly grows on trees a sloth |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT DOESN'T GROW ON TREES $800: Money for sure doesn't grow on trees, including this foreign currency rupees |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT DOESN'T GROW ON TREES $1000: The name of this type of cement comes from an English isle, not a Pacific Northwest city Portland cement |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1200: Found growing on the bark of some trees, it's part fungi, part algae lichen |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT GROWS ON TREES $1600: The vine that ate the South, it grows on trees and shrubs, smothering and killing them kudzu |
| #7449, aired 2017-01-19 | IT GROWS ON TREES $2000: If you watch Food Network, you may recognize the fruit of this Asian tree, said to be the smelliest in the world durian |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | TREES $400: The desert-dwelling smoke tree depends on the flash type of these to spread its seeds flood |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | TREES $600: Pecans are the largest of these, a type of walnut tree, whose wood is popularly used in barbecues hickory |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | TREES $800: The leaves of the Sydney peppermint, a type of this gum tree from New South Wales, are used in Aboriginal remedies eucalyptus |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | TREES $1000: Native Americans used the inner bark of the sugar type of this tree to make a tea to treat coughs maple |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $400: What's left of this forest where Robin Hood hid out is mostly pine trees Sherwood Forest |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $800: Legend says pirates spitting out date seeds gave us Vai, a vast forest of these trees on Crete palms |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1200: The Calif. forest named for this Sierra redwood, the world's largest tree, has more than 30 groves of them sequoia |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1600: 2/3 of Connecticut is largely forested with this tree, such as the "Charter" one famous in the state's history oak |
| #7377, aired 2016-10-11 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $2000: Superior National Forest has a 21-mile-long blue lake named for this silvery-white tree a birch tree |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TREES $400: Native Americans used the white, waterproof bark of the paper type of this for roofing & canoes birch |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TREES $1200: As seen here, this type of oak is stripped for use by wineries, but the bark regrows in a few years cork |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TREES $1600: The 2 main species of the coffee tree are Arabica & this one that is more resistant to disease & yields more coffee Robusta |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TREES $2000: This chemical used to make aspirin was first isolated in 1828 from the tannins of willow trees salicylic acid |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | TREES $4,800 (Daily Double): Found in the scientific name of the redwoods, sempervirens is Latin for this type of tree evergreen |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | I SING FOR THE TREES $200: Tony Orlando & Dawn urged us to "tie a yellow ribbon around" one of these the old oak tree |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | I SING FOR THE TREES $400: In "The Hunger Games", Jennifer Lawrence sang of this depressing tree where they "strung up a man" the hanging tree |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | I SING FOR THE TREES $600: In "Big River" Johnny Cash boasts that he "taught" this alliterative tree "how to cry" a weeping willow |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | I SING FOR THE TREES $800: Radiohead went melancholy with their hit about "fake" these trees plastic trees |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | I SING FOR THE TREES $1000: Peter, Paul & Mary said the flower of this tree is "sweet" but the fruit, "impossible to eat" the lemon tree |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Most commonly used in the U.S. to flavor pickles, it has also been used to prevent colic in babies dill |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | PLANTS & TREES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) A dried up Selaginella lepidophylla
appears to have been
brought back from the dead with a few drops of water, so it's called this plant, a term for the rising of Christ resurrection |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | PLANTS & TREES $1200: This Australian gum tree is so well adapted to fire that chemical changes from the heat cause new buds to sprout eucalyptus |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | PLANTS & TREES $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew compares the images of two trees on a monitor.) At first glance, palm trees can look similar, but there are distinguishing traits, like the fan leaves of the fan palm & the cluster of fruit for which this species of palm is named the date |
| #6765, aired 2014-01-31 | PLANTS & TREES $2000: When fully hydrated, this iconic cactus of the Sonoran Desert, Carnegiea gigantea, may weigh more than 6 tons the saguaro |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TREES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Durig Chocolatier in Switzerland.) Chocolate's origin is the bean of this tall tree, also known as the cocoa tree, whose genus Theobroma translates from the Greek as "food of the gods" cacao |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TREES $800: Singer Trini Lopez called this fruit tree "very pretty" but the fruit "impossible to eat" lemon tree |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TREES $1200: A South Carolina "Beach" city is named for this tree that grows abundantly in the area myrtle |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TREES $2000: Discovered in the U.S. in 1928, this tree disease is caused by the fungus Ophiostoma ulmi Dutch elm |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TREES $2,300 (Daily Double): This "chestnut" is scientifically known as Aesculus hippocastanum the horse chestnut |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | TREES THE CHARM $200: The world's tallest living tree, the coast this is also a wide body: its trunks can be 25 feet wide redwood |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | TREES THE CHARM $400: Though it's Georgia's state fruit, about 3/4 of the fruit grown in the U.S. from this tree is from California peach |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | TREES THE CHARM $600: A flowering tree that produces acorns, the California white type of this can be 90 feet tall oak |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | TREES THE CHARM $800: Hey there, hoss, the Ponderosa type of this is common in the Rockies & the eastern side of the Cascades pine |
| #6619, aired 2013-05-30 | TREES THE CHARM $1000: A Yarmouth, Maine tree called Herbie, a majestic American type of this tree, had to be cut down in 2010 at age 217 elm |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | TREES $400: You might enjoy an orange juice & champagne cocktail while sitting under this tree of the same name a mimosa |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | TREES $800: This type of aspen derives its name from the way its stalks & leaves rustle in the wind a quaking aspen |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | TREES $1600: As seen in the picture, these majestic trees of the South are commonly covered with Spanish moss oak |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | TREES $2000: Acer rubrum is the scientific name for this colorful state tree of Rhode Island the red maple |
| #6208, aired 2011-09-21 | TREES $2,500 (Daily Double): Brought over from Australia, blue gum is the USA's most common variety of this tree eucalyptus |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | TREES $200: The most common Christmas tree in the U.S. is the Scotch species of this conifer a pine |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | TREES $400: A gift from the Japanese, Prunus serrulata is one of the chief species of this tree planted at the Jefferson Memorial in 1912 a cherry tree |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | TREES $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a botanical photo on the monitor.) Broad rings on a tree indicate years of sunshine & rain; narrow rings indicate cold or this weather condition, from the Middle English for "dryness" drought |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | TREES $800: The "biloba" in its scientific name means "2-lobed", referring to its 2-lobed leaves a Ginkgo |
| #6117, aired 2011-03-29 | TREES $1000: From a Dutch word for "kitten", it's a drooping cluster of flowers found in willow, birch & oak trees a catkin |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Varieties of this plant grown in American gardens include madonna, Korean aureum & tiger lilies |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | PLANTS & TREES $800: Tigers generally avoid man but enjoy the shelter of this tropical tree whose name starts with "man" a mangrove |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | PLANTS & TREES $1600: This hardy gray-leaved shrub is so abundant in Nevada that it gave the state one of its nicknames sagebrush |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | PLANTS & TREES $2,000 (Daily Double): Ochroma pyramidale, this tree, yields a lightweight wood often used to make surfboards balsa |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | PLANTS & TREES $2000: This chalky white "infantile" flower used in bouquets is from the genus Gypsophila, which means "lover of chalk" baby's breath |
| #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 |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | TREES COMPANY $200: Parson Weems' 1806 biography of George Washington included the story of chopping down one of these trees a cherry tree |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | TREES COMPANY $400: This tall tree can be lodgepole or ponderosa a pine |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | TREES COMPANY $600: Populus tremuloides is the scientific name for this "quaking" species an aspen |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | TREES COMPANY $1000: The first tree brought from America to Europe was the northern white species of this aromatic conifer the cedar |
| #5929, aired 2010-05-27 | TREES COMPANY $1,800 (Daily Double): This timber tree of the genus Fraxinus sounds like what's left over after you burn some of it an ash |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | TREES! $400: Though this "syrupy" tree is common in the U.S., about 2/3 of its species are native to China the maple |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | TREES! $800: Types of this tree include the black, weeping & pussy the willow |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | TREES! $1200: Let's rest under the shade of the English type of this acorn-bearing tree; many live 200 to 400 years the oak |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | TREES! $1600: The thin, papery leaves of this tree of the genus Fagus turn gold in the fall; knowing that is no day at the... the beech |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | TREES! $2000: Most male cones from this 4-letter conifer measure less than 1 inch; females are much larger, with woody scales a pine |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | STATE TREES $200: The scarlet carnation is the state flower; the buckeye is its tree Ohio |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | STATE TREES $400: Tree cheers for the Black Hills spruce, this state's choice South Dakota |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | STATE TREES $800: The candlenut tree, or kukui, is this state's pick Hawaii |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | STATE TREES $1000: Montana's tree is this type of pine; "Bonanza" men called it home ponderosa |
| #5198, aired 2007-03-28 | STATE TREES $2,200 (Daily Double): Pennsylvania's tree is the Eastern this; run, Socrates, run! hemlock |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | TREES $400: One of Andrew Jackson's nicknames implied that he was as tough as this tree hickory |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | TREES $800: It's the type of tree on the flag of Lebanon a cedar |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | TREES $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Oregon.) Also called the Sierra redwood, or just "the big tree", it once covered much of the Northern Hemisphere; now it's down to a few groves the giant sequoia |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | TREES $2000: The Buddhist term for enlightenment, it's also the type of tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment bodhi |
| #5061, aired 2006-09-18 | TREES $3,600 (Daily Double): The southern tip of Florida has forests of this tree, genus Rhizophora, noted for the above-ground knee roots the common (or red) mangrove |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | TREES & SHRUBS $400: A 1912 gift from Japan, the Yoshino species of this tree is found in great abundance by the Jefferson Memorial cherry trees |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | TREES & SHRUBS $800: In 1963 Louisiana chose this "bald" tree native to the swamps & wetlands as its state tree the cypress |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | TREES & SHRUBS $1600: This shrub produces clusters appropriately called catkins said to resemble kittens climbing up the twig a pussy willow |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | TREES & SHRUBS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the World Forestry Center in Oregon.) The familiar North American broad-leafed trees are mainly this type, from the Latin for "falling off" deciduous |
| #4968, aired 2006-03-29 | TREES & SHRUBS $2000: This shrub whose name is from Greek for "rose tree" is among the many plants growing on Himalayan slopes the rhododendron |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | TREES $400: The bark of this type of oak is used for a variety of purposes, including bottle stoppers & bulletin boards cork |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | TREES $800: Some wicker furniture is made from the black or basket species of this family of trees, Salicacaea the willow |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | TREES $1200: This "quaking" tree has the widest natural range of any American tree, from the Yukon to the Rio Grande the aspen |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | TREES $1600: The leaves of a Brazilian palm tree provide this hardest natural wax used in automotive waxes carnauba |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | TREES $2000: The baobob tree is also known by this "simian food" name the monkey bread tree |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $200: The glossy green leaves & red berries of this state tree of Delaware are used to make Christmas wreaths a holly tree |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $400: The seeds of the horse chestnut, Ohio's state tree, resemble the orb of a male deer, giving it this nickname the buckeye |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $600: Both Colorado & Utah chose the blue species of this a spruce |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $800: The fan-shaped leaves of this South Carolina state tree are sometimes used to make baskets the palmetto |
| #4739, aired 2005-03-24 | STATE TREES $1000: This nut pine is the state tree of New Mexico the piñon |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | TREES $400: This "sad" tree's shade reportedly comforted Napoleon in exile on St. Helena; later, he was buried under one a weeping willow |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | TREES $800: This Shel Silverstein story is about an apple tree & its friend who grows from child to adult The Giving Tree |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | TREES $1200: This 5-letter tree of the pine family mentioned often in a famous Monty Python sketch is used to make telephone poles the larch |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | TREES $1600: While the white variety of this "berry" tree feeds silkworms, other types yield edible fruit the mulberry |
| #4693, aired 2005-01-19 | TREES $2000: This type of pine named for its use in construction makes up most of the trees in Yellowstone National Park lodgepole |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The plant seen here, it's known for both its aroma & its color lavender |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | PLANTS & TREES $800: All green plants produce sugar, but most of the sugar people use comes from sugar beets or this plant sugarcane |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | PLANTS & TREES $1200: Certain animal parts, or the plants seen here cattails |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | PLANTS & TREES $1600: With its bright foliage, the copper variety of this tree is referenced in a Sherlock Holmes story title beech |
| #4521, aired 2004-04-12 | PLANTS & TREES $2000: A famous Berlin boulevard is called "Unter den" this type of tree; the trees were cut down but later replanted Linden |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $400: The Black Hills Spruce is its state tree South Dakota |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $800: Because of its durability in wet soil, this "spreading" tree is used to make fenceposts chestnut |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $1200: The Douglas fir is not a true fir but a separate genus in this tree family pine |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $1600: The inner bark of the slippery species of this tree has been used as a thirst quencher & for medicinal purposes elm |
| #4486, aired 2004-02-23 | TREES $2,000 (Daily Double): The nuts from this tree are also called green almonds pistachios |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $400: White fringe tree, named for its fringes of white flowers, is also called "old man's" this facial feature beard |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $800: It's the part of the cannonball tree that gives the tree its name fruit |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $1200: This follows "shag" in the name of a hickory tree because it breaks up into loosely attached plates as the tree ages bark |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $2000: This tree's odd appearance gave it an odd name from Lewis Carroll, "for the snark was one of these, you see" boojum tree |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | UNUSUAL TREES $5,000 (Daily Double): Hamamelis virginiana gets this common name from the use of its branches to find water, my pretty Witch-hazel |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $400: This tree grows slowly & usually doesn't produce acorns until it is about 20 years old an oak |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Science Museum of Minnesota.) The Douglas fir, one of whose enormous trunks is seen here, belongs to this cone-bearing order of trees conifers |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $1600: The raffia variety of this tropical tree produces leaves that grow to more than 65 feet in length a palm |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $2,000 (Daily Double): The blue gum, which has been introduced into the U.S., & the Sydney peppermint are species of this tree the eucalyptus |
| #4294, aired 2003-04-10 | TREES $2000: Unlike other species of maple, the leaves of this elder have 3 to 7 blades instead of just one the boxelder |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $400: Native Americans made canoes up to 45 feet long from the bark of the paper type of this tree birch |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $800: If you're sugaring off, you're taking advantage of natural sweets from this tree maple |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $1200: Add 4 letters to "palm" to get this palm that has Texas & Louisiana types palmetto |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $1600: 3-letter trees include elm, oak & this olive family member used for furniture & baseball bats ash |
| #4192, aired 2002-11-19 | AMERICAN TREES $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports) From the Latin, the name of this type of pine comes from its heavy mass Ponderosa Pine |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | STATE TREES $200: The nuts of its state tree, the Kukui, are strung together to make leis Hawaii |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | STATE TREES $400: Woof, woof! It's Virginia's state tree dogwood |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | STATE TREES $600: This state tree of Mississppi is famed for its fragrant flowers magnolia |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | STATE TREES $800: Georgia's state tree is the "live" type of this, not the dead one oak |
| #3975, aired 2001-12-07 | STATE TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): Its state tree is the Sitka spruce Alaska |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | TREES COMPANY $200: The yellow or silver type of this tree has peeling, papery bark when it's young birch |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | TREES COMPANY $400: Trees of the genus Fraxinus are easily transplanted: these to these, dust to dust ash |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | TREES COMPANY $600: Like Zeus, nymphs called Dryads were particularly associated with this mighty type of tree oak |
| #3966, aired 2001-11-26 | TREES COMPANY $800: It's the Asian tree-growing art represented here Bonsai |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | PLANTS & TREES $100: Georgia produces about 40% of the USA's annual crop of this legume peanuts |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | PLANTS & TREES $200: This Australian gum tree produces a resin, Botany Bay kino, that protects wood against shipworms & other borers eucalyptus |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Modern versions of this flower, also called a clove pink, were developed in France around 1840 carnation |
| #3935, aired 2001-10-12 | PLANTS & TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): This tree, Acer saccharum, has the strongest & hardest wood of any maple sugar maple |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | PLANTS & TREES $100: The buttercup produces cup-shaped flowers of this color yellow |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The flowers of the lily of this are used to make the French toilet water eau d'or the valley |
| #3891, aired 2001-07-02 | PLANTS & TREES $500: Each autumn the Japanese celebrate the feast of this flower the chrysanthemum |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | STATE TREES $100: The Douglas type of this 3-letter tree is the state tree of Oregon fir |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | STATE TREES $200: Rhode Island picked the "red" type of this tree; Vermont got the "sugar" kind maple |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | STATE TREES $300: Delaware chose a type of this tree that's paired with "the ivy" in a Christmas song holly |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | STATE TREES $400: When I think of this state tree of Texas, I get hungry for pralines pecan |
| #3854, aired 2001-05-10 | STATE TREES $500: I'd like to dance the Charleston under this Palmetto State's state tree, the palmetto South Carolina |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TREES $100: Most cultivated varieties of this fruit, whether Fuji or Rome Beauty, come from one species of tree apples |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TREES $200: This tree seen here is in full bloom: cherry blossom |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TREES $300: It's Ohio's state tree the buckeye |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TREES $400: This poplar drops tufts of airy fiber that look similar to those of another plant the cottonwood |
| #3797, aired 2001-02-20 | TREES $500: The flower seen here comes from this type of evergreen tree: Magnolia |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | TREES $200: All of the hundreds of species of this tree bear acorns Oak |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | TREES $400: The Arizona cypress is a favorite as this holiday decoration Christmas tree |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | TREES $600: In America you'll see the sugar & pitch varieties of these coniferous trees Pines |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | TREES $800: Its name is in part from the Greek syko, "fig"; the Near East tree, not the American one, is related to the fig Sycamore |
| #3733, aired 2000-11-22 | TREES $1000: If you don't want to say California laurel, you can use this 3-letter name instead Bay |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $200: A blight has almost wiped out this "spreading" American tree, Castanea dentata the chestnut |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $400: In April 1999 a family of 3 of these rodents was "arrested" for attacking cherry trees in Washington, D.C. beavers |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $600: One of the earliest conservation leagues in the U.S. was set up to "save" these California trees the redwoods |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $800: The U.S. Forest Service is an agency of this Cabinet department, not the Interior Agriculture |
| #3676, aired 2000-09-04 | TREES $1000: Change one letter in elder, a shrub that may reach 20', & you get this tree that may grow to over 100' an alder |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | IT GROWS ON TREES $100: Farmers would rather see a partridge in one of these than the destructive fire blight pear tree |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | IT GROWS ON TREES $200: This type of orange is so named because it has a small secondary fruit growing at the end navel orange |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | IT GROWS ON TREES $300: Verjuice, a sort of medieval vinegar, was commonly made from these sour wild apples crabapples |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | IT GROWS ON TREES $400: The Aztecs loved the fruit seen here (avocados) & gave us this word for a dip made from it guacamole |
| #3431, aired 1999-07-05 | IT GROWS ON TREES $500: Though inedibly bitter when picked, 11 million tons of them are produced a year, most around the Mediterranean olives |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The white types of these trees grow needles in bunches of 5; the yellow types, in bunches of 2 or 3 pine |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Many of the 2,000 species of this prickly plant burst open when more water is taken in than can be stored cactus |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The cinchona tree, the source for this malaria drug, was once plentiful in South America; now it's grown mainly on Java quinine |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | PLANTS & TREES $800: This bog fruit, Vaccinium macrocarpon, was first cultivated in Massachusetts around 1820 Cranberry |
| #3367, aired 1999-04-06 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: This reddish spice from the inner bark of a laurel tree forms concentric rolls called quills when dried Cinnamon |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | PLANTS & TREES $100: On St. Patrick's Day it's traditional to wear a wee bit of this plant Shamrock |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Kiss & tell the name of this plant Mistletoe |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Anatomist Caspar Wistar gave his name to this popular trellis plant Wisteria |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | PLANTS & TREES $500: The leaves of this tree are used in cold remedies & to feed koalas Eucalyptus |
| #3306, aired 1999-01-11 | PLANTS & TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): Had the Israelites wandered in the Mojave Desert, they would have seen this tree named for one of their leaders Joshua tree |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | STATE TREES $100: The fact that its state tree is the Sitka Spruce should be firmly planted in your mind Alaska |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | STATE TREES $200: Its state tree is the candlenut, but locals call it the Kukui Hawaii |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | STATE TREES $300: State whose official tree is seen here (redwood) California |
| #3277, aired 1998-12-01 | STATE TREES $400: Iowa has 2 of the 3 letters of this, its state tree, in its name oak |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | TREES $200: The pine & fir are among trees bearing pointed leaves called these needles |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | TREES $400: The processed fruit of the plum tree, it also means to cut back branches to aid growth Prune |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | TREES $800: A tree of the magnolia family is named for the resemblance of its yellow flowers to this bulb flower Tulip tree |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): Its resemblance to a Biblical person gave this tree, seen here, its name: [video clue] Joshua tree |
| #3024, aired 1997-10-23 | TREES $1000: The Latin sempervirens, found in the scientific name of the redwood, means this kind of tree Evergreen |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Closely related to the Saguaro, night-blooming Cereus is a type of this plant a cactus |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The black & English varieties of this tree are valued for their wood & their nuts a walnut |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | PLANTS & TREES $500 (Daily Double): The name of this climbing plant often found on poles is Greek for "lover of trees" philodendron |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | PLANTS & TREES $600: This tree gave Ohio its nickname the buckeye |
| #3002, aired 1997-09-23 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The blue gum is one of the most widely cultivated species of this tree eucalyptus |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | TREES $200: They say that "great" ones "from little acorns grow" Oaks |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | TREES $400: Thor Heyerdahl used the lightweight wood of this tree to build his Kon-Tiki raft Balsa |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | TREES $800: These "bald" trees are especially plentiful in the Everglades Cypress |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | TREES $1000: This nutty tree of the South is the largest of the hickories Pecan |
| #2998, aired 1997-09-17 | TREES $2,000 (Daily Double): Saint-John's Bread is another name for this tree that yields a chocolate substitute Carob |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | TREES $200: It's a term for a young tree, from the word for a tree's circulating fluid Sapling |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | TREES $400: The large bulbs of this willow expose their silky "fur" early in the year pussy willow |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | TREES $600: It's a general term for any evergreen oak Live oak |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | TREES $800: The colorful "blue" species of this member of the pine family is a Christmas favorite Spruce |
| #2906, aired 1997-03-31 | TREES $1000: Forests of this tree supported by stiltlike, above-ground roots grow in Florida's coastal areas Mangrove |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Native to a small area on this state's coast, the Monterey Pine has been introduced to New Zealand & South Africa California |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | PLANTS & TREES $400: A type of this tall gum tree is Australia's most important timber tree eucalyptus |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | PLANTS & TREES $600: Papaver is the genus of this Asian flower whose tiny seeds are sprinkled on rolls & used as birdseed poppyseeds |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | PLANTS & TREES $800: Also called the duramen, it's the innermost part of a tree trunk heartwood |
| #2848, aired 1997-01-08 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The porous bark of this oak tree is used to make gaskets & a black paint used by artists cork |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Queen Anne's Lace is a wild variety of this orange vegetable, but its woody roots aren't good to eat Carrots |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Sugar & snap are edible podded varieties of this vegetable Peas |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The deodar type of this tree is straight grained but the Lebanon is usually knotty Cedar |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The boojum tree was named for the mysterious monster in his poem "The Hunting of the Snark" Lewis Carroll |
| #2844, aired 1997-01-02 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: Some of these bearded flowers bloom once in spring & again in late summer or fall Irises |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | TREES $200: It has cricket bat & weeping varieties the willow |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | TREES $400: The Virginia cedar is used to make these; the wood sharpens easily yet still supports the lead pencils |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | TREES $600: The cola tree is from the same family as this tree from which we get the beans to make chocolate cacao |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | TREES $800: Also called the western yellow pine, you'll find a "bonanza" of them in the U.S. under this other name the ponderosa pine |
| #2834, aired 1996-12-19 | TREES $1000: After Chippendale used this dark, rich wood for dining tables, its name became synonymous with them mahogany |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES $100: The potato didn't originate in Ireland but in the valleys of this South American mountain chain the Andes |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The cochineal insect, the source of a red dye, feeds on the prickly pear type of this plant a cactus |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES $300: The hard wood of this tree is used for knife handles & black piano keys ebony |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The name of this yellow narcissus comes from the Latin juncus, meaning "rush" a jonquil |
| #2833, aired 1996-12-18 | PLANTS & TREES $500: Members of this "colorful" flower family include the sweet William & the carnation the pink family |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | PLANTS & TREES $100: This plant that grows on southern U.S. trees is also called long moss Spanish moss |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The name of hepatica, a woodland plant similar to the anemone, comes from the Greek for this organ liver |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Sassafras tea is prepared with this part of the sassafras tree root bark |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Kentucky's nickname comes from this popular name of Poa pratensis bluegrass |
| #2788, aired 1996-10-16 | PLANTS & TREES $500: In the Sierra Nevada, the lodgepole species of this tree grows at higher elevations than the Ponderosa pine |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $200: In North America the Scotch species of this tree is widely used as a Christmas tree *a pine (**a fir) |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The juice or gel in the leaves of this succulent perennial is used on insect bites & burns aloe |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The winged pairs of seeds this tree bears often resemble an airplane propeller maple |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $800: Species of this fiber-producing plant include American upland & Egyptian cotton |
| #2701, aired 1996-05-06 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The western sword species of this spore-bearing plant grows in the forest of the Pacific coast a fern |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | PLANTS & TREES $200: This "Dutch" flower's name is from the Turkish for "turban" a tulip |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | PLANTS & TREES $400: There are 2 species of the bristlecone type of this tree: Great Basin & Rocky Mountain a pine tree |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The prickly pear type of this plant is so named because its fruit is pear-shaped a cactus |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | PLANTS & TREES $800: Scientists divide the 450 species of this tree into 3 groups: white, red & ringed the oak tree |
| #2675, aired 1996-03-29 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The Bracken species of this spore-bearing plant can be poisonous to livestock the fern |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $100: The name of this narcissus comes from the Middle English Affodylle the daffodil |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The cacao tree yields seeds called these cocoa beans (cacao beans) |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Discovered in Mexico by a Spaniard, these flowers are named for a Swede, Anders Dahl a dahlias |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $400: This "alligator pear" tree is a member of the laurel family avocado |
| #2618, aired 1996-01-10 | PLANTS & TREES $500: The Ponderosa or Western yellow species of this tree lives up to 500 years a pine |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TREES $100: Popular ornamental types of this tree include brittle & weeping a willow |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TREES $200: The coast redwood is the tallest tree & this "giant" relative is the largest living tree the sequoia |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TREES $300: Varieties of this fruit tree are grouped into freestone & clingstone a peach |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TREES $400: This state tree of Mississippi has the largest undivided leaves & flowers of any tree in the temperate region the magnolia |
| #2605, aired 1995-12-22 | TREES $500: The name of this long-lived type of pine tree comes from the spiny scales on its cone the bristlecone pine |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | PLANTS & TREES $100: Red clover is pollinated by these large furry bees of the family Bombidae bumblebees |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The sugar species of this tree is a fine ornamental tree but is intolerant of road salt maple |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | PLANTS & TREES $300: In gardening terminology, inflorescence refers to the arrangement of these on a plant the flowers |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Before cutting, teak trees are girdled & left standing to do this to the wood dry it out |
| #2594, aired 1995-12-07 | PLANTS & TREES $500: This widely cultivated grass, Saccharum officinarum, needs 80 inches of rainfall or irrigation a year sugarcane |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The sphagnum or peat type of this plant has been used as a bedding & packing material moss |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | PLANTS & TREES $400: A major source of "cedar" linings for closets is this tree whose berries flavor gin a juniper |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The bottlebrush variety of this tree has white flowers; the Ohio has greenish-yellow ones the buckeye |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | PLANTS & TREES $800 (Daily Double): The potato, the tomato & the deadly belladonna all belong to this family of plants nightshade |
| #2586, aired 1995-11-27 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The maidenhair tree, with fan-shaped leaves & fleshy yellow fruit, is also known by this Japanese name ginkgo |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | TREES $200: The sharp, thin, pointed leaves of a fir are called these needles |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | TREES $400: It's the oldest species of cedar still being cultivated the cedar of Lebanon |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | TREES $600: Sycamore & silver are types of this tree famous for its 3- or 5-lobed leaves a maple |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | TREES $800: The yew, the ash & this tree, also 3 letters, were held sacred by Irish druids the oak |
| #2555, aired 1995-10-13 | TREES $1000: It's the milky sap of the sapodilla, not the gum tree chickle |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | TREES $200: The pulp of the pods of this Eastern Mediterranean tree is used as a chocolate substitute carob |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | TREES $400: Rosin & turpentine are obtained from the resin of the slash & longleaf varieties of this tree pine |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | TREES $600: The Japanese varieties of this fruit tree are grown solely for their ornamental value the cherry |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | TREES $1000: A national park in California is named for this yucca plant that grows there the Joshua tree |
| #2512, aired 1995-07-04 | TREES $2,500 (Daily Double): South American Indians called this tree, Hevea brasiliensis, cahuchu, which means "weeping wood" the rubber tree |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | PLANTS & TREES $200: This tree is sometimes called the Douglas spruce the Douglas fir |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Socrates died after he drank a potion made from this poisonous plant hemlock |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | PLANTS & TREES $600: Winterberry is a variety of this shrub that's popular at Christmas holly |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The gebang palm, whose large leaves are used for thatching, is native to this Se Asian peninsula the Malay Peninsula |
| #2496, aired 1995-06-12 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: Epiphytes are popularly called these because they don't root in the ground air plants |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Calendula & orange tulip are the national flowers of this country Netherlands |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | PLANTS & TREES $400: This plant is the largest single source of vegetable oil in the U.S. soybeans |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | PLANTS & TREES $600: This group of plants that includes peas & beans gets its name from the seed pods they bear legumes |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The coast species of this large tree ranges from California to Oregon's Chetco River redwood |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The roots of this largest cactus may reach over 50 feet in length saguaro |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | TREES $100: Chippewas & other Native Americans used the bark of this tree to make lightweight canoes birch |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | TREES $200: Phoenix dactylifera is the scientific name of the palm tree grown for these sticky fruits date |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | TREES $300: This "quaking" tree, a type of poplar, has flat leaf stalks that catch the slightest breeze the aspen |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | TREES $400: This tree famous for its lightweight wood is a member of the Bombax family balsa |
| #2462, aired 1995-04-25 | TREES $500: The canopy of this multi- stemmed fig tree native to India may cover an area more than 1000' in circumference the banyan tree |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | TREES $100: The acorns of the English variety of this tree grow on long stalks oaks |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | TREES $200: Common "canine" name for trees of the genus Cornus dogwoods |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | TREES $300: The leaves of the true laurel used in cooking are called this bay leaves |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | TREES $400: This oil-producing tree was introduced into California by the Spaniards in 1769 the olive tree |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | TREES $500: The giant gum member of this tree genus can reach 300 feet in height Eucalyptus |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Species of this giant grass can reach 120 feet in height & 12 inches in diameter bamboo |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PLANTS & TREES $400: This name for trees of the genus Cercis comes from the tradition that Mr. Iscariot hanged himself on one the Judas (tree) |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PLANTS & TREES $600: Hippocastanaceae is the family that contains these "equine" trees, including the buckeyes horse-chestnuts |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PLANTS & TREES $800: Used for containers, the bottle or calabash type of this plant is among the oldest cultivated a gourd |
| #2412, aired 1995-02-14 | PLANTS & TREES $1,400 (Daily Double): Iceland moss is not really a moss but one of these, a fungus & an alga living symbiotically a lichen |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Kangaroo vine, which can be grown indoors or out, is native to this country Australia |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Varying leaf shapes make it hard to identify this poisonous plant sometimes classed as Toxicodendron poison oak (poison ivy) |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The essential ones of these give aromatic plants their taste or odor oils |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | PLANTS & TREES $800: Used in polishes, carnauba wax is derived from the leaves of this type of tropical tree a palm |
| #2305, aired 1994-09-16 | PLANTS & TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): Named for a biblical person & found in the desert, this tree is the largest species of yucca the Joshua tree |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | TREES $100: The Scotch species of this tree is the most popular Christmas tree the pine |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | TREES $200: The American holly tree produces fruit of this color red |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | TREES $300: The seeds of this palm tree provide oil used in making soap the coconut palm |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | TREES $400: Ohioans could tell you that it's another name for the American horse chestnut the buckeye |
| #2284, aired 1994-07-07 | TREES $500: It's the common name for Salix babylonica, a tree with graceful drooping branches the weeping willow |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $100: This "black-eyed" flower is a member of the genus Rudbeckia a (black-eyed) Susan |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The shoots of this giant grass are a common ingredient in Chinese cooking bamboo |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Though teak is native to this continent, it's commercially grown in Africa & Central America too Asia |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The blight that decimated this "spreading" tree in the U.S. was first seen in 1904 the chestnut |
| #2267, aired 1994-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $500: The name of this popular garden flower is Greek for "star" aster |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | TREES $200: The strong, hard wood of the ash tree is used for oars & this piece of baseball equipment a bat |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | TREES $400: It is believed that this religious leader received enlightenment under a bodhi or bo tree Buddha |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | TREES $600: The quaking species is the most common type of this tree in North America the aspen |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | TREES $800: Scientificially speaking, this tropical fruit tree is Mangifera indica the mango tree |
| #2226, aired 1994-04-18 | TREES $1000: Ascolano, Manzanillo & Mission are commercially important kinds of this tree an olive tree |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $200: You can identify different types of these trees by their leaves, bark & acorns oaks |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $400: Common name for the edible seeds in the cones of pinon trees pine nuts |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $600: Acer saccharum is the sugar maple & Acer rubrum is this the red maple |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $800: A type of crab is named for this tree which it climbs the coconut |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | TREES $1000: The most massive tree is a giant sequoia named for this general; its seeds weigh about 1/5,000 oz. General Sherman |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Forked hazel branches are used as divining rods to find this water |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | PLANTS & TREES $400: This houseplant that forms plantlets at the ends of its stems is named for its arachnid appearance a spider plant |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | PLANTS & TREES $600: It's the kind of fruit that grows on the tree whose scientific name is Prunus americana a plum |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The Sitka, which can grow 200 feet high, is the largest species of this evergreen a spruce |
| #2180, aired 1994-02-11 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The name of this climbing plant means "lover of trees" Philodendron |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | PLANTS & TREES $100: For houseplants, popular ones of these include the bird's-nest, rabbit's-foot & Boston ferns |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The Chinese tallow tree yields an oil that's used to make soap & these illumination items Candles |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Rattan, which is used to make furniture, comes from this type of tree, as do dates a palm tree |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | PLANTS & TREES $400: This shrub that grows white berries is related to poison ivy & poison oak but even more potent poison sumac |
| #2099, aired 1993-10-21 | PLANTS & TREES $500: The American & English, with glossy leaves & red berries, are the best-known varieties of this tree the holly tree |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $100: It's the color of the hibiscus casa blanca, sweetheart white |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: The Pilgrims could have told you that the trailing arbutus is also known as this a mayflower |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $300: This tree is so named because its nuts were used to treat equine respiratory ailments a horse chestnut |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: The Indian turnip looks like a preacher under a canopy, so it's also called "jack-in-" this the-pulpit |
| #2073, aired 1993-09-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): This tree found in India can have thousands of trunks, making it resemble a small forest a banyan tree |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The daffodil starts life as one of these, not as a seed a bulb |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The shallot is also known as this, from the Middle Eastern city of Ascalon a scallion |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | PLANTS & TREES $600: The black variety of this tree is used for weaving chair seats; the white, for baseball bats ash |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | PLANTS & TREES $800: This part of a flower's stamen is usually made up of 4 pollen sacs the anther |
| #2054, aired 1993-07-08 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: Gases move in & out of the leaf through small openings called these stomata |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $200: This plant which hangs in masses on southern trees is also called black or long moss Spanish moss |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The juice of this succulent houseplant is used in cosmetics & to treat burns aloe |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The seeds of this plant, scientific name Fagopyrum esculentum, are ground & used to make pancakes buckwheat |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: While it has no rungs & doesn't reach to heaven, this perennial with bell-shaped flowers can grow to about 3' Jacob's ladder |
| #2036, aired 1993-06-14 | PLANTS & TREES $2,000 (Daily Double): The variety of this tree most often found in the U.S. is the blue gum the eucalyptus |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | TREES $200: The wood from this tree is used to make black piano keys & knife handles ebony |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | TREES $400: The brown pods of this tree produce a sticky pulp which is used as a chocolate substitute carob |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | TREES $600: This "bald" swamp tree has projections above the water called "knees" which supply air to the roots the (bald) cypress |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | TREES $800: Most turpentine is produced from the longleaf & slash species of this tree pine trees |
| #2029, aired 1993-06-03 | TREES $1000: The sap of the sapodilla tree of Central America provides this chewing gum ingredient chicle |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | TREES $100: Species of this tree include crack, basket & weeping the willow |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | TREES $200: The aromatic oil from this Australian gum tree is used in expectorants & inhalers the eucalyptus |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | TREES $300: Caused by the fungus Certocystis ulmi, it has destroyed many trees in North America & Europe Dutch Elm disease |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | TREES $400: British Columbia's floral emblem, the Pacific species of this tree resembles the eastern "flowering" one the dogwood |
| #2007, aired 1993-05-04 | TREES $500: The bark of the cork species of this tree is used for insulation & bottle stoppers the oak tree |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: The floating leaves of these lilies are called lily pads water lilies |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: Fir trees belong to this tree family; don't let it "needle" you pine tree |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $600: Fleabane is so named because people once believed it could do this to fleas kill them |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $800: This shrub that bears bright yellow flowers is named for British botanist William Forsyth Forsythia |
| #1951, aired 1993-02-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $1000: It's an evergreen with soft wood used for paper pulp as well as a verb meaning "to neaten up" spruce |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | PLANTS & TREES $100: These smooth-skinned peaches sometimes grow on the same trees as the fuzzy-skinned varieties nectarines |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The highest price paid for this flower in the U.S. was $4,500 for a cymbidium an orchid |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | PLANTS & TREES $300: The white wood of this tree is used for spools & paper birch |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Named for a region on the Mediterranean, it's the most popular variety of orange in the U.S. Valencia |
| #1950, aired 1993-02-12 | PLANTS & TREES $500: In flowers the pollen sacs are normally located in this part of the stamen the anther |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | TREES $100: The "weeping" species of this tree probably originated in China the willow |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | TREES $200: The tallest tree ever measured was a 435-foot eucalyptus on this continent Australia |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | TREES $300: Often found on sloping island beaches, they have the largest seeds of any tree a coconut palm |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | TREES $400: The ships of Britain's Royal Navy were once built from the timber of these mighty "English" trees oak trees |
| #1915, aired 1992-12-25 | TREES $500: Although a conifer, this "bald" swamp tree sheds its leaves in the fall the (bald) cypress |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | PLANTS & TREES $100: During WWI the peat variety of this plant was used as a dressing for wounds moss |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | PLANTS & TREES $200: The spread of this parasitic Christmas shrub is largely due to birds who distribute the seeds mistletoe |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Pecan trees belong to this genus whose wood is often used for smoking meats hickory |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The Southern species of this tree, which has large white flowers, is the state tree of Mississippi magnolia |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | PLANTS & TREES $500: Olea europaea is the scientific name of this tree native to Mediterranean countries olives |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | STATE TREES $200: This state's official tree is known scientifically as Sequoia sempervirens California |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | STATE TREES $400: Georgia's state tree is not the pecan, but the live variety of this the oak |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | STATE TREES $600: Nevada has 2 state trees, the pinyon & bristlecone varieties of this the pine |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | STATE TREES $800: South Carolina's state tree; its leaves can be used to make baskets & thatch roofs the palmetto |
| #1867, aired 1992-10-20 | STATE TREES $1000: Flowering state tree of Missouri & Virginia dogwood |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | TREES $200: Its name is from the Greek for "well covered" & it covers Australia pretty well eucalyptus |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | TREES $400: This family of tropical trees has 2 major types of leaves: fan-shaped & feather-shaped palms |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | TREES $600: The "save" this giant tree "league" was one of the first conservation groups in the U.S. the redwood |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | TREES $800: These trees are known for their winged seeds called keys maples |
| #1862, aired 1992-10-13 | TREES $3,000 (Daily Double): Species of this popular poplar include the bigtooth and the quaking aspen |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PLANTS & TREES $200: This medical condition can be caused by maples & oaks in spring as well as by ragweed in fall hay fever |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PLANTS & TREES $400: A citrus fruit, or a calcium compound used to reduce the acidity in soil lime |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PLANTS & TREES $600: This "fruit" of the rose is rich in vitamin C hips |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PLANTS & TREES $800: It's the "thorny" name of the Platyopuntia, a cactus whose fruit is edible prickly pear |
| #1842, aired 1992-09-15 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The Wise Garden Encyclopedia calls it the best & most common peat moss Sphagnum |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | PLANTS & TREES $100: Indians made boats from the bark of the paper or canoe variety of this tree birch |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Gum tree & stringybark tree are popular names for these Australian trees eucalyptus |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Socrates died from drinking a poisonous brew made of this herb hemlock |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | PLANTS & TREES $400: An imperfect one of these lacks either stamens or a pistil flower |
| #1765, aired 1992-04-10 | PLANTS & TREES $800 (Daily Double): Much of the lumber that shows this tree's "bird's-eye" pattern comes from N. Michigan maple |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | TREES $200: The scientific name of this giant tree means "sequoia always green" redwood |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | TREES $400: This Australian gum tree is the tallest tree in the Southern Hemisphere the eucalyptus |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | TREES $600: This swamp tree is called bald, perhaps because its needlelike leaves are shed in the fall the cyprus |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | TREES $800: Because of its durability under water, the "live" species of this tree has been used in shipbuilding live oaks |
| #1701, aired 1992-01-13 | TREES $1000: The scientific name of this maple tree is Acer saccharum the sugar maple |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | PLANTS & TREES $100: Of the 900 million bulbs we import from this country each year, only about 1/3 are tulips the Netherlands |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Until the 20th century, its main uses were for floats, shoe soles & bottle stoppers cork |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | PLANTS & TREES $300: It's the most abundant natural textile fiber cotton |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | PLANTS & TREES $400 (Daily Double): Ikebana is the Japanese art of this flower arranging |
| #1647, aired 1991-10-29 | PLANTS & TREES $400: The part of a chicory plant that is roasted with coffee beans the root |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | TREES $100: Varieties of this graceful tree are the weeping, white & pussy the willow |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | TREES $200: The U.S. state in which the oldest & tallest living trees are found California |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | TREES $300: The "live" variety of this tree never loses its leaves the oak |
| #1612, aired 1991-09-10 | TREES $400: This Latin American tree produces the lightest wood in commercial use balsa |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | STATE TREES $200: The color that describes Maryland's oak, Maine's pine, & New Hampshire's birch white |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | STATE TREES $400: The Cartwrights' fictional spread near Virginia City or the mountain pine of Montana Ponderosa |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | STATE TREES $600: This state's tree is the Black Hills spruce South Dakota |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | STATE TREES $800: Socrates would be disappointed to learn Pennsylvania's state tree is called this hemlock |
| #1522, aired 1991-03-26 | STATE TREES $1000: The pinon that bears edible nuts is the state tree of this "Land of Enchantment" New Mexico |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $100: The jonquil is often mistaken for this yellow narcissus to which it is related the daffodil |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $300: Of annual, biennial, or perennial, the one that describes the growing life of trees perennial |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: Found on the California & Oregon coast, this huge tree rarely occurs more than 50 miles inland the redwood |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $500: Term for an herbicide that causes the leaves to fall off of trees & bushes defoliant |
| #1515, aired 1991-03-15 | FLOWERS & TREES $700 (Daily Double): Second to the rose in commercial value, it's called the clove pink because of its spicy fragrance the carnation |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | STATE TREES $200: The redwood & sequoia are its 2 state trees California |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | STATE TREES $400: Surprisingly, this state designated the live oak, not the peach, as its official state tree Georgia |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | STATE TREES $600: A horse chestnut, this state tree of Ohio has given the state its nickname the buckeyes |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | STATE TREES $800: Texas' state tree is this one whose nut is used in pralines & pies pecan |
| #1500, aired 1991-02-22 | STATE TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 4 states whose state tree is the sugar maple (1 of) Vermont, New York, Wisconsin & West Virginia |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | TREES $100: The American variety of this tree is no longer spreading, since it was devastated by a blight the chestnut |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | TREES $200: Many clothing chests & closets are lined with wood from this tree because it repels moths cedar |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | TREES $300: The orange tree has dark green leaves & fragrant flowers of this color white |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | TREES $400: In the United States, turpentine comes chiefly from the slash & long-leaf varieties of this tree the pine |
| #1432, aired 1990-11-20 | TREES $500: The small seed of this nut tree is sometimes called a green almond the pistachio |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | PLANTS & TREES $100: To get this fuel, partially drain your bog, remove the loosened surface, then cut out the turfs peat |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | PLANTS & TREES $200: While olericulture deals with vegetable crops, pomology deals with this class of crops fruits |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Xanthophylls colors leaves yellow, carotene orange and this substance makes them green chlorophyll |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Si, you can see this member of the pineapple family hanging from the branches of oaks in the South Spanish moss |
| #1411, aired 1990-10-22 | PLANTS & TREES $1,000 (Daily Double): Variety of rose that's the official flower of the District of Columbia the American Beauty |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: It's also known as "Mary's gold", from which it gets its name marigold |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: According to Guinness, the tallest tree ever measured was one of these in Australia eucalyptus |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $600: Called a plane tree in Scotland & a sycamore in England, 2 U.S. examples are "bird's-eye" & "sugar" maple |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $800: A type of oak, or the material obtained from its inner bark cork |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $1000: Cutting forsythias to make them bloom indoors in the winter is an example of this forcing |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | PLANTS & TREES $200: 2 varieties of this desert plant are named for holidays: Christmas & Easter Cactus |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | PLANTS & TREES $400: Term for the cutting of plants & trees to enhance growth & improve appearance Pruning |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | PLANTS & TREES $600: It can mean any umbrella-shaped fungus or inedible mushroom Toadstool |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | PLANTS & TREES $800: One way to recognize poison ivy is to know its leaves always come in clusters of this many 3 |
| #1320, aired 1990-05-04 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: Spruces have drooping cones & angular leaves while these have upright cones & flat leaves firs |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: While its name means flesh colored, it's usually a white one that men wear on tuxedos Carnation |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | FLOWERS & TREES $300 (Daily Double): Varieties of this tree, noted for its wood, include the West Indian & Honduras mahogany |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: Spruce, fir & hemlock are part of this, the largest & best-known conifer family Pine |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | FLOWERS & TREES $600: It takes some 4,000 purple autumn crocuses to get 1 ounce of this yellow dye Saffron |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | TREES $100: It's the fruit of the oak tree the acorn |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | TREES $200: Chinese, slippery & September are species of this important lumber & shade tree an elm |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | TREES $300: The pulp from the pods of this Mediterranean tree is used as a chocolate substitute carob |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | TREES $500: Ecuador is the world's largest producer of this wood used in making model airplanes balsa |
| #1187, aired 1989-10-31 | TREES $700 (Daily Double): Salix babylonica is commonly called this due to its drooping leaves & branches a weeping willow |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | TREES $200: Coconuts grow on this kind of tree a palm tree |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | TREES $400: A tree with 72 rings is this old 72 years |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | TREES $800: Of pine, maple or hemlock, the one that's a hardwood a maple |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | TREES $1000: Also called a red cedar, this evergreen bears berries that are used to flavor a liquor a juniper |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | TREES $1,500 (Daily Double): Type of tree mentioned in the chorus of the following song:
"As I went walking that ribbon of highway / I saw above me that endless skyway / I saw below me that golden valley..." a redwood |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: While many trees bear flowers, conifers bear these cones |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: In a song from the film "Hans Christian Andersen", it's what the inchworm is measuring marigold |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FLOWERS & TREES $600: Oregon's huge virgin timber forests are dominated by this fir named for a famous botanist (David) Douglas |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FLOWERS & TREES $800: From the Spanish word for "raft", it's the tree with the lightest wood in commercial use balsa |
| #1014, aired 1989-01-19 | FLOWERS & TREES $1000: Some mistakenly think this yellow flower, once proposed for U.S. nat'l flower, causes hay fever goldenrod |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | PLANTS & TREES $200: One of his achievements was the Shasta daisy, a feat of no small potatoes Luther Burbank |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | PLANTS & TREES $400: A flower whose roots were used in medicine, it was named after the physician to the Greek gods, Paion peony |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | PLANTS & TREES $600: A tree of the genus Castanea, or any stale, old joke chestnut |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | PLANTS & TREES $800: The climbing President Hoover is a variety of this flower rose |
| #953, aired 1988-10-26 | PLANTS & TREES $1000: The sapodilla tree produces this chewing gum ingredient chicle |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | TREES $200: The fire-resistant spongy ruddy bark of these tall coastal trees has helped them survive up to 2000 years a redwood |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | TREES $400: Chaparral is a thicket abounding especially in the scrub variety of this tree oak |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | TREES $600: The river, the paper, & the canoe, are all species of this tree birch |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | TREES $1000: This 16-letter word is the study of tree rings to determine a tree's age pattern of growth dendrochronology |
| #905, aired 1988-07-08 | TREES $2,000 (Daily Double): Arboreal title of the following:
[Instrumental music plays.] "Willow Weep For Me" |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | TREES $100: It's the Japanese art of creating dwarf trees bonsai |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | TREES $200: It's reported that early settlers in the west called this tree the bull pine, not the bonanza ponderosa |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | TREES $300: State trees include the white, red & live varieties of this tree oak |
| #861, aired 1988-05-09 | TREES $400: To identify the family to which the California nutmeg is related, you might sing "It had to be..." this yew |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | TREES $100: The 4600-year-old "Methusaleh", oldest known living thing, is a bristlecone variety of this tree pine tree |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | TREES $200: The bark of the cinchona tree contains this compound used to treat malaria quinine |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | TREES $300: John Denver built "Starwood", his Colorado home, among these "trembling" trees aspen |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | TREES $400: The state tree of Texas, even though Georgia leads in production of this hickory's nutty fruit pecan |
| #825, aired 1988-03-18 | TREES $500: Sanskrit for "enlightenment", this sacred tree of India is called the bo tree for short bodhi |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | PLANTS & TREES $100: Since this gardening moss absorbs & holds moisture so well, it can be used for dressing wounds peat moss |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | PLANTS & TREES $200: Word for "juicy" plants which store water in their thick leaves & stems succulents |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | PLANTS & TREES $300: Xerophytes, such as brittlebush & Joshua trees, grow in this type of region deserts |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | PLANTS & TREES $400: From Latin "juncus", meaning red, it's the only garden flower in World Book under "J" the jonquil |
| #809, aired 1988-02-25 | PLANTS & TREES $500: This thorny chaparral shrub of the pea family poses 1 of the worst weed problems the southwest U.S. the mesquite |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TREES $100: This tree's name is from the Middle English for Prussia, "pruce" the spruce |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TREES $200: The variety of this tree called the "paper" or "canoe" has a white bark that peels off the birch |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TREES $300: Adjective to describe trees with thin, drooping branches, like the willow Salix babylonica weeping |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TREES $400: The most populous U.S. city named after a tree is this one near San Francisco Oakland |
| #695, aired 1987-09-18 | TREES $500: You're "bound" to find out that its state tree is the southern pine Alabama |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $100: The "leaves" of most coniferous trees are usually called this needles |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $200: Traditionally, a forester divides a tree into 3 parts: the crown, the trunk, & this the roots |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $300: The world's largest rain forest is found in this river basin the Amazon |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $400: This "medical" term can include all tree care, not just bark & wood wounds tree surgery |
| #668, aired 1987-07-01 | TREES $500: As produced by a redwood, there are about 300,000 of these per pound seeds |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | TREES & FLOWERS $200: Guinness says the most paid for a tree, $51,000, was for a Washington state Starkspur bearing this fruit apples |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | TREES & FLOWERS $400: It takes 5000 wolffia-type plants, smallest flowering plant in world, to fill this sewing aid a thimble |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | TREES & FLOWERS $600: In Jim Croce song, "I've Got a Name", these trees were lining the winding road pine trees |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | TREES & FLOWERS $800: This large main root found on some trees
can extend down 15' or more the tap root |
| #629, aired 1987-05-07 | TREES & FLOWERS $1000: It's the art, science, & business of growing specifically, flowers floriculture |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | TREES $200: They are the "flowers" of pine trees cones |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | TREES $400: These sturdy members of the beech family are struck by lightning more than any other tree oak |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | TREES $600: Leaves change color when sap is blocked off & this green material decomposes chlorophyll |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | TREES $800: Of India, Australia, or Brazil, the only country with more species of trees than the U.S. India |
| #609, aired 1987-04-09 | TREES $1000: There are still a few growing in the grove where Solomon got the timber for the temple cedars (of Lebanon) |
| #603, aired 1987-04-01 | TREES & FLOWERS $600: This tree that quickly fills in burned-over land comes in quaking & large-toothed varieties the aspen |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | TREES $100: If you go 'round it you'll see it's a tree, not a bush, as it's called in the nursery rhyme a mulberry |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | TREES $200: The Cartwright ranch was named for these pines growing in the area Ponderosa |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | TREES $300: With a resin that increases blood pressure & reduces fever, the "Arbor vitae" is called the tree of this life |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | TREES $400: Most authorities feel this tree, "Cocos nucifera", is native to tropical America, not the Pacific the coconut |
| #448, aired 1986-05-28 | TREES $500: The bark of the oak contains this acid, used in turning animal hide into leather tannin (tannic acid) |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | TREES $200 (Daily Double): Continent on which the densest, tallest & most valuable stand of timber is found North America |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | TREES $200: Arboreal symbol of strength oak |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | TREES $400: Of the Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge, or the Tree of Righteousness, the 1 forbidden to Adam Knowledge |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | TREES $600: The cry “sap's a runnin’” refers to this tree maple tree |
| #308, aired 1985-11-13 | TREES $1000: Hindu for “trader” this unusual tree whose branches grow down can look like a mini-forest Banyan |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | FLOWERS & TREES $100: This flower is appropriately nicknamed "mum" the chrysanthemum |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: Carnivorous plant, or WKRP DJ Venus flytrap |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | FLOWERS & TREES $300: Holland's tulip, Ireland's shamrock, or England's rose national flowers |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | FLOWERS & TREES $400: Type of tree used for annual "ritual" of decoration, followed by inglorious disposal an evergreen tree (pine tree, Christmas tree spruce) |
| #174, aired 1985-05-09 | FLOWERS & TREES $500: "Babe in the woods", or a young forest tree not over 4" in diameter sapling |
| #153, aired 1985-04-10 | TREES $100: Knowing that this was the state tree of Pennsylvania would have just killed Socrates hemlock |
| #153, aired 1985-04-10 | TREES $200: Those of a jack pine's remain tightly closed & hang on the tree till activated by fire pinecones |
| #153, aired 1985-04-10 | TREES $300: Also called the laurel, this tree's leaves are used to flavor foods bay |
| #149, aired 1985-04-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: Corsage flower that can take 5 to 7 years to bloom an orchid |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $200: The world’s largest living thing is the General Sherman Tree in this U.S. state California |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $400: Though its outer wood is white, its dark inner wood is used for black piano keys ebony |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $600: Cork comes from this tree the cork oak tree |
| #142, aired 1985-03-26 | TREES $1,800 (Daily Double): “Botanical” name of this Scott Joplin tune: "The Maple Leaf Rag" |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | FLOWERS & TREES $100: Its seed is used in baking, but 1 type produces opium the poppy |
| #4, aired 1984-09-13 | FLOWERS & TREES $200: Long associated with Lebanon, this tree is on its flag a cedar |
