Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (1000 results returned) (search results maxed out)

#9068, aired 2024-03-27PORTS OF CALL $200: No stop at this Mexican port is complete without watching the cliff divers do their thing off La Quebrada Acapulco
#9068, aired 2024-03-27CRUISE LINES $200: As this character, Tom Cruise radioed the tower, "This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby" but was told the pattern was full Maverick
#9068, aired 2024-03-27AUTO PARTS 101 $200: When driving a pal's treasured 1964 Pontiac GTO, go easy on this pedal that releases the crankshaft the clutch
#9068, aired 2024-03-27EQUINE WORDS $200: 3-letter word meaning to hound with continued fault-finding nag
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: A modification of a Portuguese guitar, it became popular in Hawaii in the late 19th century ukulele
#9068, aired 2024-03-27TRENDING $200: In 2024 a 40-ounce quencher tumbler from this company seemed harder to get than the same-named NHL trophy Stanley
#9068, aired 2024-03-27THE 3 "R"s $400: Types of this household tool include slotted, hex & Robertson screwdriver
#9068, aired 2024-03-27WORLD LITERATURE $400: This French novelist's 1843 swashbuckling book "Georges" follows a mixed-race adventurer who leads a slave rebellion Dumas
#9068, aired 2024-03-27I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $400: A twisting injury can cause this type of bone fracture characterized by a helical break a spiral fracture
#9068, aired 2024-03-27ARCHITECTS $400: One of the masterminds behind the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 was Daniel Burnham of this Midwestern "School" the Chicago School
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSIC COLLABS $400: He had a collab with Miles Davis called "Can I Play With U?", included on a "Sign o' the Times" reissue Prince
#9068, aired 2024-03-27PORTS OF CALL $400: Cruises in this country will likely begin at the port city of Piraeus, just 7 miles from the capital Greece
#9068, aired 2024-03-27DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $400: In January 1861 President Buchanan sent supplies & reinforcements to this fort, but the ship turned back when fired upon Fort Sumter
#9068, aired 2024-03-27CRUISE LINES $400: Client Rod Tidwell gets agent Jerry Maguire to say this 4-word phrase again & again, louder each time show me the money
#9068, aired 2024-03-27AUTO PARTS 101 $400: The star method is used to tighten these fasteners; follow each with the one diagonally opposite lug nuts
#9068, aired 2024-03-27EQUINE WORDS $400: The high version of this hairstyle was worn by Barbara Eden in "I Dream of Jeannie" & has been seen on Ariana Grande a high ponytail
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $400: The double-action type of this instrument has 2 reeds tuned to the same note for extra fun when using the bellows an accordion
#9068, aired 2024-03-27TRENDING $400: Oxford dictionaries once defined this 2-word event as when a group of strangers "perform a pointless act & then disperse" a flash mob
#9068, aired 2024-03-27PORTS OF CALL $600: Many cruising to the Western Caribbean will set sail from this Texas city, the largest U.S. cruise port outside of Florida Galveston
#9068, aired 2024-03-27CRUISE LINES $600: In this comedy, Tom as studio exec Les Grossman dances to "Low" by Flo Rida & T-Pain & says, "This is... when the job gets fun" Tropic Thunder
#9068, aired 2024-03-27AUTO PARTS 101 $600: The belt that drives your alternator, water pump & other important components is known by this snaky adjective serpentine
#9068, aired 2024-03-27EQUINE WORDS $600: This equine term refers to an old veteran such as a politician or soldier who's served a long time & has a lot of experience a war horse
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $600: Ben Franklin made a "glass" type of this instrument, totally different from the "mouth organ" type a harmonica
#9068, aired 2024-03-27TRENDING $600: The manual for this robotic '90s toy says, "You can feed me by inserting your fingertip into my mouth" a Furby
#9068, aired 2024-03-27THE 3 "R"s $800: Big laxative has made good use in its ads of this word for the problem its products treat irregularity
#9068, aired 2024-03-27I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $800: It's the outer & narrower bone of the lower leg the fibula
#9068, aired 2024-03-27ARCHITECTS $800: In the 1960s Black architect Paul Williams co-designed the Ira Aldridge Theater at this D.C. university Howard
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSIC COLLABS $800: This country singer collaborated with Leon Bridges on the song "If You Were Mine" Miranda Lambert
#9068, aired 2024-03-27PORTS OF CALL $800: The light over this river's estuary at Le Havre was one reason the city calls itself the cradle of Impressionism the Seine River
#9068, aired 2024-03-27DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $800: In 1860 California mountain man John Adams, nicknamed this, died from a head wound suffered while wrestling one of his pet bears Grizzly
#9068, aired 2024-03-27CRUISE LINES $800: "I am the world's last barman poet", Tom declaims in this film, "America's getting stinking on something I stir or shake" Cocktail
#9068, aired 2024-03-27AUTO PARTS 101 $800: It's what Tesla calls the place you stick the charger into; Ford & GM have agreed to use Tesla charging tech in their EVs the (charge) port
#9068, aired 2024-03-27EQUINE WORDS $800: These vertical pieces of wood, usually 2x4s, form the framework of an interior wall a stud
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The Greek for "wood" gives us the name of this instrument that's struck with padded mallets xylophone
#9068, aired 2024-03-27TRENDING $800: Co-founder Tom Anderson was your first friend on this social media platform; in 2005 he sold his company Myspace
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Also known as an etherophone, this boxy electronic instrument was used by The Beach Boys a theremin
#9068, aired 2024-03-27PORTS OF CALL $1000: Once you arrive at this Jamaican port whose name means "8 rivers", you can swim with dolphins or visit Margaritaville Ocho Rios
#9068, aired 2024-03-27CRUISE LINES $1000: Tom Cruise tells Max von Sydow in this flick, "If you don't kill me, precogs were wrong & pre-crime is over" Minority Report
#9068, aired 2024-03-27AUTO PARTS 101 $1000: A seal between 2 mechanisms, the "head" one seals the combustion part of an engine to allow oil & coolant to circulate properly a gasket
#9068, aired 2024-03-27EQUINE WORDS $1000: Asked by Herod what she wanted, the daughter of Herodias replied, "Give me here John Baptist's head in" one of these platters a charger
#9068, aired 2024-03-27TRENDING $1000: This 4-letter photo-editing app has given rise to a meme that describes a person with a specific fashion aesthetic VSCO
#9068, aired 2024-03-27THE 3 "R"s $1200: This type of pilot in the early days of aviation would travel the country giving stunt-flying exhibitions barnstormer
#9068, aired 2024-03-27WORLD LITERATURE $1200: Made into a Scorsese film with Andrew Garfield, this novel by Shusaku Endo follows 17th century Jesuit priests in Japan Silence
#9068, aired 2024-03-27I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $1200: 2 regions of this bone are the manubrium, which joins with the first ribs, & the xiphoid process, which is just fun to say the sternum
#9068, aired 2024-03-27ARCHITECTS $1200: He saw himself as a trimtab, a small but powerful rudder, for humanity, & his tombstone says, "'Call me Trimtab'-Bucky" Fuller
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSIC COLLABS $1200: In 1986 Run-DMC collabed with Aerosmith on a version of this song that VH1 called history making "Walk This Way"
#9068, aired 2024-03-27THE 3 "R"s $1600: Also a tropical cocktail, it's a person who transports illegal liquor, no matter what type a rumrunner
#9068, aired 2024-03-27WORLD LITERATURE $1600: In 1905 Henryk Sienkiewicz, author of this tale of ancient Rome, became the first Polish person to win a Nobel Prize in lit Quo Vadis
#9068, aired 2024-03-27I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $1600: This bone extends from the scapula to the ulna the humerus
#9068, aired 2024-03-27ARCHITECTS $1600: With his impressive Duomo in Florence, he was called the architect who "renewed Roman masonry work" Brunelleschi
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSIC COLLABS $1600: 1990s hip-hop duo, Black Star, was a collaboration between Talib Kweli & this rapper, also known as Yasiin Bey Mos Def
#9068, aired 2024-03-27DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $1600: New York City's citizens, including 103 who gave $1,000 each, raised the funds to build this church; the cornerstone was laid in 1858 St. Patrick's
#9068, aired 2024-03-27THE 3 "R"s $2000: From the Latin for "earth" & meaning to make a planet suitable for human habitation, it dates back to a 1942 sci-fi story terraforming
#9068, aired 2024-03-27WORLD LITERATURE $2000: This Chilean author of "The Savage Detectives" has gained wide fame in English translation since his early death in 2003 Roberto Bolaño
#9068, aired 2024-03-27I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $2000: Overproduction of the hormone somatotropin causes this form of gigantism marked by increased bone size acromegaly
#9068, aired 2024-03-27ARCHITECTS $2000: During her Pritzker Prize acceptance speech, she said her secular & modern childhood in Iraq was an influence on her career Hadid
#9068, aired 2024-03-27MUSIC COLLABS $2000: Billie Holiday & this sax player first linked up in 1934; soon enough they gave each other nicknames, Lady Day & Prez Lester Young
#9068, aired 2024-03-27DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $2000: Regular mail across the continent began with this stage line & antonymically communication went under water via the transatlantic cable the Overland Stage
#9068, aired 2024-03-27DURING JAMES BUCHANAN'S PRESIDENCY $5,000 (Daily Double): On December 2, 1859 he rode to the gallows on his coffin & remarked, "This is a beautiful country" John Brown
#9068, aired 2024-03-27WORLD LITERATURE $11,400 (Daily Double): In this Hermann Hesse novel, Harry Haller reads a treatise about his dual inner self, caught between a man & a lupine creature Steppenwolf
#9067, aired 2024-03-264-WORD TV SYNOPSES $200: 2015 to 2022: Albuquerque attorney's antecedent adventures Better Call Saul
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SPORTY TALK $200: Basketball terms for a sure thing include layup & this 2-word extremely high-percentage shot slam dunk
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAGAZINES $200: One of America's most widely circulated magazines is this warehouse club's Connection, with latest finds, member polls & more Costco
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAMMALS $200: Today Native Americans use Styrofoam pads to collect its quills a porcupine
#9067, aired 2024-03-26PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $200: On "SNL" as Stefon, Bill Hader often broke into on-air laughter reading John Mulaney's late script changes written on these cue cards
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FLAT EARTH $200: Once home to numerous antelope, Springbok Flats is in this country's Limpopo province South Africa
#9067, aired 2024-03-264-WORD TV SYNOPSES $400: Ending in 1993: Boston barflies bond brilliantly Cheers
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FEELING JITTERY $400: If you're this, you're tense with excitement, you're over-caffeinated or you're a technology news magazine wired
#9067, aired 2024-03-26WORLD STAR $400: When this martial arts master won an honorary Oscar at the 2016 Governors Awards, he thanked Hong Kong, his "hometown" Jackie Chan
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $400: It would be a cardinal sin to miss the Assyrian Temple in this museum's Richelieu Wing the Louvre
#9067, aired 2024-03-26RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $400: In Buddhism, an arhat is one who has attained this through ascetic practices & meditation enlightenment (nirvana)
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SHORT SHAKESPEARE $400: Macduff's lordly title "of Fife" thane
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $400: So far, Samuel Chase is the only justice to face these proceedings; his acquittal was a victory for judicial independence impeachment
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SPORTY TALK $400: To delay or avoid making a decision, or to kick the ball to the other team punt
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAGAZINES $400: It officially debuted in 1974 with Mia Farrow on the cover & stories on Gloria Vanderbilt & William Peter Blatty, among others People magazine
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAMMALS $400: Bloat is the word for a group of these huge mammals & Uganda's Kazinga Channel has plenty of bloats a hippo
#9067, aired 2024-03-26PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $400: On your special day, know that this company got away from selling postcards & into greeting cards after a 1915 office fire Hallmark
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FLAT EARTH $400: Today lending its name to a salt flats region, this 20,000-square-mile ancient lake once covered a quarter of Utah Bonneville
#9067, aired 2024-03-264-WORD TV SYNOPSES $600: 2013 to 2023: Red Reddington riles rascals The Blacklist
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SPORTY TALK $600: If you've been placed out of action, you've been benched or this, sent to the edge of the field with the inactive players sidelined
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAGAZINES $600: Eustace Tilley, a dandy with a monocle, is the mascot of this magazine The New Yorker
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAMMALS $600: The spider type of this whinnies like a horse a monkey
#9067, aired 2024-03-26PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $600: One of 31 known to exist & the only one listed gem mint, a 1995 card featuring Charizard from this game went for $493,000 in 2021 Pokémon
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FLAT EARTH $600: You'll find vast mudflats in the North Sea-adjacent region that pairs Schleswig & this Holstein
#9067, aired 2024-03-264-WORD TV SYNOPSES $800: Debuting in 2003: Bluth brood's business bungles Arrested Development
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FEELING JITTERY $800: This 4-letter word can mean tense or provocative, like a daring work of art edgy
#9067, aired 2024-03-26WORLD STAR $800: This actress starred in the Chaplinesque Indian film "Barfi!" before landing in "Quantico" in 2015 Priyanka Chopra Jonas
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $800: The newest wing of NYC's American Museum of Natural History includes the Davis family vivarium of these; some may land on you butterflies
#9067, aired 2024-03-26RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $800: Also called a hazan, it's the person who leads a synagogue congregation in song a cantor
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SHORT SHAKESPEARE $800: Prospero's daughter Miranda
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $800: This Supreme Court justice wrote the majority opinion in the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade Alito
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SPORTY TALK $800: Someone who comes in to finish a job, or Joe Torre in the Cardinals lineup a cleanup man (a cleanup hitter)
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAGAZINES $800: Celebrating an anniversary in 2020, this publication devoted to a single sport congratulated itself on breaking 70 Golf Digest
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAMMALS $800: The dwarf one of these is one of the smallest members of the kangaroo family a wallaby
#9067, aired 2024-03-26PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $800: Jeopardy! isn't a card in this deck but Wheel of Fortune is; Judgement & Temperance also await a tarot deck
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FLAT EARTH $1,000 (Daily Double): The Alkali Flat can be found in this New Mexico national park that's surrounded by a famous missile range White Sands
#9067, aired 2024-03-264-WORD TV SYNOPSES $1000: 2014 to 2017: Rapture remnants respond ruefully The Leftovers
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SPORTY TALK $1000: It can mean any self-destructive act, specifically kicking the ball into the net you're supposed to be defending own goal
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAGAZINES $1000: Melville & Emerson were among those who endorsed this magazine covering literature, art & politics when it launched in 1857 The Atlantic
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MAMMALS $1000: This type of deer, often seen in British parks, gets its name from an old word for brownish yellow, not for lying unseeded fallow
#9067, aired 2024-03-26PICK A CARD, ANY CARD $1000: Not in many wallets today but still a brand of Discover, in 1950 it was the first universal credit card Diners Club
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FLAT EARTH $1000: The Coipasa & Uyuni Salt Flats are part of this "high plateau" region of Peru & Bolivia the Altiplano
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FEELING JITTERY $1200: It starts with the same 4 letters & seems like it would mean the opposite of "restless", but it means the same restive
#9067, aired 2024-03-26WORLD STAR $1200: She met her future husband Javier Bardem on the set of the Spanish film "Jamón Jamón" Penélope Cruz
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $1200: The complex called these museums, with crossed keys as its symbol, has a 19th century "new wing" full of Roman art the Vatican Museum
#9067, aired 2024-03-26RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $1200: The Quorum of Twelve these are a governing body in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Apostles
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SHORT SHAKESPEARE $1200: He says, "Fly not, stand still: ambition's debt is paid" Brutus
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1200: This Chief Justice affirmed Congress' "implied powers" in his decision in McCulloch v. Maryland Marshall
#9067, aired 2024-03-26WORLD STAR $1600: Italian actor Roberto Benigni won a Best Actor Oscar in 1999 for this film about the Holocaust Life Is Beautiful
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $1600: Recall who once ruled Flanders, & it makes sense that Flemish works like Clara Peeters' still-lifes are in this museum's north wing the Prado
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SHORT SHAKESPEARE $1600: Half brothers who duel in "King Lear" Edgar & Edmund
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $1600: As a Boston lawyer, he was known as the "people's attorney"; he went on to become the first Jewish Supreme Court justice Brandeis
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FEELING JITTERY $2000: Italian gives us this word for upset or jitters; Junior Soprano tells Livia, "I'm all" this "all the time" agita
#9067, aired 2024-03-26WORLD STAR $2000: This French actor has starred in Hollywood films like "Jurassic World" & "The Book of Clarence" Omar Sy
#9067, aired 2024-03-26MUSEUMS SPREAD THEIR WINGS $2000: The Rasmuson Wing contains the art of the North Galleries in the museum named for this U.S. city a 2,200-mile drive from Seattle Anchorage
#9067, aired 2024-03-26RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $2000: Dervishes that engage in ecstatic whirling & dancing are members of this mystical practice of Islam Sufi
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SHORT SHAKESPEARE $2000: Saintly day of Henry V's stirring speech St. Crispin's Day
#9067, aired 2024-03-26SUPREME COURT JUSTICES $2000: When he retired in 2010 at age 90, he was the third-longest serving justice in the court's history John Paul Stevens
#9067, aired 2024-03-26RELIGIOUS RANKS & TITLES $5,000 (Daily Double): Familiar from Monty Python sketches, this word for an Anglican or Episcopal priest is from the Latin for "substitute" vicar
#9067, aired 2024-03-26FEELING JITTERY $10,000 (Daily Double): It describes someone weakened by nerves, & also the instrument here unstrung
#9066, aired 2024-03-25WORDS READ BACKWARDS $200: A ruminant races backwards & becomes this last name of actor Oliver & musician Lou Reed (from deer)
#9066, aired 2024-03-25NAME THAT TOON $200: It's the fitting name of Bob & Helen Parr's eldest son in "The Incredibles" Dash
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $200: Noelia performs a solo trapeze act at this Vegas venue Circus Circus
#9066, aired 2024-03-25LET'S GET A DRINK $200: A regular B & B is Bénédictine & brandy; if you're drinking a Kentucky B & B, this other "B" is an ingredient bourbon
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE THEATER $200: In ancient Greek theater, where these were often characters, they appeared on a platform called the theologeion gods
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $200: Maybe just Chuck the Nifty to his pals, he began ruling with the title "emperor of the Romans" in 800 Charlemagne
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE THEATER $400: Inspired by the drama of "The Winner Takes It All", this musical premiered in London in 1999 & played its 9,000th show there in 2022 Mamma Mia!
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $400: Jimi Hendrix' "Voodoo Child (Slight Return)" opens with riffs using this pedal a wah-wah pedal
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SAY IT IN LATIN $400: You know, in good faith or the real deal, like a rock star; with an "S" at the end, it means your credentials bona fides
#9066, aired 2024-03-25FIVE GUYS $400: Pierpont is the middle name of this mogul who arranged the merger of 2 companies to form General Electric in 1892 Morgan
#9066, aired 2024-03-25IAMB A POET $400: Bill Shakespeare here! Prithee complete my line, "Shall I compare thee to" this? a summer's day
#9066, aired 2024-03-25MARINE BIOLOGY $400: In 2022 the deepest fish, a snailfish, was found at over 27,000 feet in the Izu-Ogasawara one of these deep ocean depressions a trench
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $400: In 1988 he gave an iconic performance of "Man In The Mirror" backed by a gospel choir Michael Jackson
#9066, aired 2024-03-25PANHANDLE STATES $400: This state's 100-mi. emerald coast is a stretch of white sand beaches along the emerald-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico Florida
#9066, aired 2024-03-25WORDS READ BACKWARDS $400: Read backwards, a Japanese word for dried seaweed becomes this metal iron (from nori)
#9066, aired 2024-03-25NAME THAT TOON $400: When she reveals she's pregnant, Fred promises to keep the peace with her mother Wilma Flintstone
#9066, aired 2024-03-25LET'S GET A DRINK $400: This potent potable is not just the star ingredient of a Caruso; it's also a winning declaration in a card game gin
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $400: Established within the Holy Roman Empire in 1719, this principality boasts a population of about 40,000 Liechtenstein
#9066, aired 2024-03-25NAME THAT TOON $600: This character who debuted in 1967 was sort of a clueless Tarzan George of the Jungle
#9066, aired 2024-03-25WORDS READ BACKWARDS $600: A word preceding "chart" for a step-by-step guide becomes this big canine wolf (from flow)
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $600: Jacques Offenbach composed music for this lively dance as part of an 1858 operetta the can-can
#9066, aired 2024-03-25LET'S GET A DRINK $600: Real Madagascar vanilla is one of the spices in this "original spiced rum" brand, & I totally mean to pull rank here Captain Morgan
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE THEATER $600: Barbara Loden, seen here, played a character based on Marilyn Monroe when this playwright's "After the Fall" premiered Arthur Miller
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $600: Ill-behaved Holy Roman Empire troops sacked Magdeburg in 1631 in this war that lasted for a certain time the Thirty Years' War
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SAY IT IN LATIN $800: This cool Latin phrase means "intrinsically" or "by itself" per se
#9066, aired 2024-03-25FIVE GUYS $800: On June 9, 1981, he he was drafted out of San Diego State by both the Padres & the then-San Diego Clippers; he'd hit Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame Tony Gwynn
#9066, aired 2024-03-25IAMB A POET $800: In Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken", "I took the one" that was this less traveled by
#9066, aired 2024-03-25MARINE BIOLOGY $800: The Venus sea fan, a soft type of this, has numerous polyps that grow together in a fanlike pattern, with each polyp having 8 tentacles a coral
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $800: In 2008 Beyoncé joined her idol Tina Turner on this song, & they were "rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river" "Proud Mary"
#9066, aired 2024-03-25PANHANDLE STATES $800: The Bitterroot Mountains, part of the Rockies, straddle this state's panhandle & Montana to the east Idaho
#9066, aired 2024-03-25WORDS READ BACKWARDS $800: A set of enzymes from a cow's stomach lining becomes this, slang for what might buy you a plate of fish & chips tenner (from rennet)
#9066, aired 2024-03-25NAME THAT TOON $800: In a 2008 film, the rotund character with this 2-letter name joins a tiger, crane, mantis, viper & monkey to defeat a snow leopard Po
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $800: This Pacific Northwest city bears the name of an indigenous people Lewis & Clark met in 1806 Walla Walla
#9066, aired 2024-03-25LET'S GET A DRINK $800: Motorcyclists know this name for the cocktail of Cognac, triple sec & lemon juice a Sidecar
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE THEATER $800: New Yorkers see plays in Central Park; Londoners, at the Open Air Theatre in this park Regent's Park
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $800: Frederick III of this royal family had a good Holy Roman run, ruling from 1452 to 1493 the Habsburgs
#9066, aired 2024-03-25MARINE BIOLOGY $1,000 (Daily Double): The heaviest bony fish at a weight of more than 6,050 pounds, it has a celestial name & dines mainly on jellyfish a sunfish
#9066, aired 2024-03-25WORDS READ BACKWARDS $1000: A runner who sets the tempo of a race rewinds & becomes this shortened word for a TV opening that might begin "previously on" a recap (from pacer)
#9066, aired 2024-03-25NAME THAT TOON $1000: Voiced by John Mulaney in "Into the Spider-Verse", Spider Ham isn't called Peter Parker, but rather Peter this Peter Porker
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SO NICE, WE NEED THE ANSWER TWICE $1000: In art history, it preceded Surrealism Dada
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE THEATER $1000: Teatro Astor Piazzolla, named for the composer & musician seen here, is in this South American capital city Buenos Aires
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THINKING ABOUT THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE $1000: The 1648 peace of this region said "peace out" to a lot of the power of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III Westphalia
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SAY IT IN LATIN $1200: As a legal term, this 3-word phrase can be a status prohibiting a diplomat to enter a foreign country persona non grata
#9066, aired 2024-03-25FIVE GUYS $1200: In 2023 this entrepreneur called the public face of artificial intelligence was out & back in as the head of OpenAI Sam Altman
#9066, aired 2024-03-25IAMB A POET $1200: Iam the "I" in "I Felt a Funeral, in My Brain", & what do you mean I'm obsessed with death? Dickinson
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $1200: In 2024 Joni Mitchell performed at the Grammys for the very first time, singing this classic that begins, "Rows & floes of angel hair" "Both Sides, Now"
#9066, aired 2024-03-25PANHANDLE STATES $1200: When founded in 1887, this largest city in the Texas panhandle was known as Ragtown Amarillo
#9066, aired 2024-03-25LET'S GET A DRINK $1,600 (Daily Double): One origin story of this cocktail involves the early morning hours after a long night in Sausalito a Tequila Sunrise
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $1600: "Lady Marmalade" was originally a hit for this legend, who in 2002, joined P!nk, Christina Aguilera & others on a rendition of it LaBelle
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SAY IT IN LATIN $1600: Literally "without which not", this phrase means "a necessity" sine qua non
#9066, aired 2024-03-25FIVE GUYS $1600: In 1959, this Japanese crown prince broke a 1,400-year tradition by choosing his own wife Akihito
#9066, aired 2024-03-25IAMB A POET $1600: I, William Wordsworth, wrote this iambic line that precedes "that floats on high o'er vales and hills" I wandered lonely as a cloud
#9066, aired 2024-03-25MARINE BIOLOGY $1600: This member of the weasel family is the only marine mammal that catches fish with its forepaws, not its mouth a sea otter
#9066, aired 2024-03-25SAY IT IN LATIN $2000: Q.E.D. is short for this, meaning "which was to be demonstrated" quod erat demonstrandum
#9066, aired 2024-03-25FIVE GUYS $2000: This Spanish surrealist whose work is often exhibited with Dali's painted "Dog Barking at the Moon" in 1926 Joan Miró
#9066, aired 2024-03-25IAMB A POET $2000: Aye, I did write "The Lay of the Last Minstrel" & many another bonny iambic work, & ye needn't call me sir! (Walter) Scott
#9066, aired 2024-03-25MARINE BIOLOGY $2000: When buried in the sand, skates & rays rely on these holes near the eyes for breathing oxygen spiracles
#9066, aired 2024-03-25THE GRAMMYS' GREAT MOMENTS $2000: In 1975 he brought down the house with the politically charged "You Haven't Done Nothin"' Stevie Wonder
#9066, aired 2024-03-25PANHANDLE STATES $2000: Watching humpback whales is a must in this Alaska panhandle national park, the state's southeasternmost Glacier Bay
#9066, aired 2024-03-25PANHANDLE STATES $6,000 (Daily Double): West Virginia's northern panhandle is bordered on the north & west by this river the Ohio
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESSERT $200: Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen here, named for its center a lava cake
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $200: "I'm that bad type make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad tight might seduce your dad type... I'm the bad guy" Billie Eilish
#9065, aired 2024-03-22WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $200: It can mean of utmost importance or essential to life vital
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TURNING 60 IN 2024 $200: Back in 1964 apple-currant was in the original flavor lineup of these toaster pastries Pop-Tarts
#9065, aired 2024-03-22NONFICTION $200: His dedication for his memoir "Spare" reads: "For Meg and Archie and Lili... and, of course, my Mother" Prince Harry
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $200: He received a total of 1,876 Electoral College votes for president, a likely unbreakable record FDR
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $400: "When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff, and I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out" Violent Femmes
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESSERT $400: Bad when it's caused by heavy rain, good when it's a dessert cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur & Irish cream a mudslide
#9065, aired 2024-03-22WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $400: It's an adjective meaning of or related to one's birth natal
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TURNING 60 IN 2024 $400: This computer language whose full name tells you it's for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964 BASIC
#9065, aired 2024-03-22NONFICTION $400: The 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to a book about this man, whose 2020 death in Minneapolis sparked protests worldwide Floyd
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $400: Vying for re-election, he did not treat his Minnesota opponent nicely, winning 525-13 Reagan
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESERT $400: In the Sahara, avoid the deathstalker, an extremely dangerous & venomous variety of this arachnid a scorpion
#9065, aired 2024-03-22COMPOSERS $400: Born in Bergen, Norway, Nina Hagerup married this cousin in 1867 & went on to interpret his songs Grieg
#9065, aired 2024-03-22ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $400: L'ultima parola is the last word; l'ultima spiaggia is the last resort; l'ultima cena is this, found in Matthew 26 the Last Supper
#9065, aired 2024-03-22IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $400: This first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day O'Connor
#9065, aired 2024-03-22"HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $400: Candace Cameron Bure & Jodie Sweetin got some yuks on the Netflix reboot with this title Fuller House
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE OLD TESTAMENT $400: According to the psalmist & Bob Marley, "by the rivers of" here we sat down & "wept, when we remembered Zion" Babylon
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TURNING 60 IN 2024 $600: A perfect line from this satiric film: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room" Dr. Strangelove
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $600: "If you want my body, & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar, let me know, if you really need me, just reach out & touch me" Rod Stewart
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESSERT $600: These cakes were immortalized by Proust in his "Remembrance of Things Past" madeleines
#9065, aired 2024-03-22WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $600: Anne-Sophie Mutter is an acclaimed player of this the violin
#9065, aired 2024-03-22NONFICTION $600: Members of the Osage Nation, Mollie Burkhart & her family are at the center of this bestseller Killers of the Flower Moon
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $800: "Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na na" Blink-182
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESSERT $800: Made with egg whites & coconut but needing no flour, these cookies are traditional during the Jewish Passover macaroons
#9065, aired 2024-03-22WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $800: French inventor & engineer Louis Bleriot was a pioneer in this field aviation
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TURNING 60 IN 2024 $800: This 1964 novel by Louise Fitzhugh introduced readers to the title girl sleuth who made observations in her notebook Harriet the Spy
#9065, aired 2024-03-22NONFICTION $800: Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything" (Bill) Bryson
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $800: He won 304-227; he lost 306-232 Trump
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESERT $800: In 1873 a team using camels became the first Europeans to cross this continent's Great Sandy Desert Australia
#9065, aired 2024-03-22COMPOSERS $800: Rimsky-Korsakov was a private tutor & mentor to this "Firebird", er, firebrand, of a composer Stravinsky
#9065, aired 2024-03-22ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $800: This masculine plural form of the word for "all" means all the instruments playing together tutti
#9065, aired 2024-03-22IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $800: This lawyer, feminist, activist & TV commentator Allred
#9065, aired 2024-03-22"HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $800: After dozens of movies, this TV series took Robin Wright to a new level of stardom House of Cards
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE OLD TESTAMENT $800: This book says "They cast pur, that is, the lot"--hence the holiday of Purim Esther
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESSERT $1000: Italian for "cooked cream", this eggless custard can be garnished with raspberries panna cotta
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT $1000: "I got a woman, way over town, that's good to me, oh yeah. Say, I got a woman way over town that's good to me, oh yeah" Ray Charles
#9065, aired 2024-03-22WORDS IN INVITATIONAL $1000: The seeds of this tropical tree yield a yellowish-red dye that's used as a food coloring, especially for cheese & margarine annatto
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TURNING 60 IN 2024 $1000: The First Ladies' Hall was one of its original galleries when it opened to the public on January 23, 1964 the Museum of American History
#9065, aired 2024-03-22NONFICTION $1000: Published in 1962, it's Barbara Tuchman's acclaimed book detailing the first month of World War I The Guns of August
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $1000: Andrew Jackson "won" the E.C. 99-84-41-37 but having no majority there, lost the election in the House to this man John Quincy Adams
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESERT $1200: In 2016, NASA began testing a new prototype rover & its life-detecting instruments in this South American desert the Atacama
#9065, aired 2024-03-22COMPOSERS $1200: Felix Mendelssohn composed music to accompany this Shakespeare comedy, including the familiar "Wedding March" A Midsummer Night's Dream
#9065, aired 2024-03-22ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1200: The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for "our thing"; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with "kosher" Cosa Nostra
#9065, aired 2024-03-22IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $1200: This Swiss-born psychiatrist known for identifying 5 stages of grief Kübler-Ross
#9065, aired 2024-03-22"HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $1200: The Talking Heads were "fighting fire with fire" in this song that may result in a call to your insurance guy "Burning Down The House"
#9065, aired 2024-03-22COMPOSERS $1600: MGM's "Song of Love" dramatized this composer falling in love with Clara Schumann, whose husband Robert goes mad Brahms
#9065, aired 2024-03-22ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $1600: For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrari models a Testarossa
#9065, aired 2024-03-22IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $1600: This photographer with a hyphenated name, one of the first photojournalists hired by Life magazine Bourke-White
#9065, aired 2024-03-22"HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $1600: Called America's defining Celtic hip-hop group, they hit the Top 5 with a 1990s party anthem House of Pain
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE OLD TESTAMENT $1600: He's the mighty man of wealth depicted with Ruth, whom he marries Boaz
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESERT $2000: The brown hyena & the bat-eared fox both make their home in this largest desert of southern Africa the Kalahari
#9065, aired 2024-03-22COMPOSERS $2000: An analogy: Claude Debussy is to Impressionism as this "Gymnopédies" composer is to Surrealism Satie
#9065, aired 2024-03-22ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: It comes before voce to mean "quietly" & before "il sole della Toscana" to mean the book "Under the Tuscan Sun" Sotto
#9065, aired 2024-03-22IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $2000: Among the class of 2024, this civil rights icon, who at age 6 made history when she integrated one of New Orleans' all white schools (Ruby) Bridges
#9065, aired 2024-03-22"HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT $2000: Ben Kingsley got an Oscar nomination for playing an Iranian immigrant with dreams of home ownership in this drama House of Sand and Fog
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE OLD TESTAMENT $2000: This man really wanted Jacob to marry his older daughter, Leah, before his younger, Rachel Laban
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS $3,200 (Daily Double): Though he won the popular vote, he flunked out of the Electoral College by 5 votes (Al) Gore
#9065, aired 2024-03-22TIME FOR DESERT $4,000 (Daily Double): Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state the Chihuahuan Desert (Chihuahua)
#9065, aired 2024-03-22THE OLD TESTAMENT $12,000 (Daily Double): This name of the first minor prophet in book order often comes before "can you see" in punny sermon titles Hosea
#9064, aired 2024-03-214-LETTER HOMOPHONES $200: Money paid to release one from the hoosegow & a large bundle of goods bail/bale
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE CINEMA IN 2023 $200: One of the new songs for the live-action remake of this 1989 animated film was "Wild Uncharted Waters", sung by Prince Eric The Little Mermaid
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $200: This standardized test widely used in college admissions since 1926 is introducing a digital version in March 2024 the SAT
#9064, aired 2024-03-21TRANSPORTATION $200: First opened in 1900, this subway system has been called the lifeline of Paris the Métro
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $200: Glamorous Jessica & good-natured Elizabeth are the teenage twins in this Y.A. series set at a suburban California school Sweet Valley High
#9064, aired 2024-03-21HISTORIC FIRSTS $200: In 1993 cosmonaut Aleksandr Serebrov was the first to play a video game in space, this one created by a countryman Tetris
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: Check your work because "the devil's in" these the details
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CLASSIC TV $400: Oh, Rob... Petrie & Sally Rogers & Alan Brady were all characters on this classic sitcom The Dick Van Dyke Show
#9064, aired 2024-03-21ON THE NOSE $400: Obstructed breathing can result from a deviated one of these nasal partitions a septum
#9064, aired 2024-03-21NOTABLE NAMES $400: On her passing in 2005, Bill Clinton said she "sparked a movement that broke the back of Jim Crow" Rosa Parks
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IN YOUR ELEMENT $400: Br: A possessive adjective mine (in bromine)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE LOCALS $400: Burqueños & Burqueñas hail from this New Mexico city Albuquerque
#9064, aired 2024-03-214-LETTER HOMOPHONES $400: An adjective meaning twofold & a deadly contest dual/duel
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE CINEMA IN 2023 $400: In "Dumb Money", Paul Dano plays an investor who led a surge in value for this stock, & Anthony Ramos plays an employee there GameStop
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $400: An evasive maneuver test for cars in Sweden bears the name of these deer you would definitely want to avoid when driving moose
#9064, aired 2024-03-21TRANSPORTATION $400: Reaching speeds of up to 200 miles per hour, Japan's shinkansen are better known by this name bullet trains
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $400: Ian Fleming introduced James Bond in "Casino Royale", then had him "Live" on in Jamaica in this next book Live and Let Die
#9064, aired 2024-03-21HISTORIC FIRSTS $400: In 1986 this man became the first pontiff to enter the Great Synagogue of Rome John Paul II
#9064, aired 2024-03-214-LETTER HOMOPHONES $600: A warning on the links & what Vier means in German fore/four
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE CINEMA IN 2023 $600: In "The Color Purple", the role of Mary Agnes, known as Squeak was played the singer who goes by this name H.E.R.
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $600: The NCAA's drug testing program covers stimulants, masking agents & these, such as androstenedione steroids
#9064, aired 2024-03-21TRANSPORTATION $600: Rad Power & Aventon are popular brands of these e-bikes (electric bikes)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $600: At different times across more than 80 books, this quizzical simian "Takes a Train" & "Visits the Zoo" Curious George
#9064, aired 2024-03-21HISTORIC FIRSTS $600: John Lombe stole silk secrets from Italy & built what's been called the 1st big factory in this period of 18th & 19th century Britain the Industrial Revolution
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $800: This 4-word idiom meaning angry suggests a rope is needed fit to be tied
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CLASSIC TV $800: The classic overture heard here became the theme song for this Western series The Lone Ranger
#9064, aired 2024-03-21ON THE NOSE $800: Since its U.S. debut "Day" in 2015, this colorfully named campaign to end child poverty has raised more than $421 million Red Nose Day
#9064, aired 2024-03-21NOTABLE NAMES $800: Called "the pastor to the presidents", he met with 12 sitting ones from Harry Truman to Barack Obama Graham
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IN YOUR ELEMENT $800: K: This Russian news agency TASS (in poTASSium)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE LOCALS $800: Born within the sound of the St. Mary-leBow church bells, you're one of these colorful-talking Londoners Cockneys
#9064, aired 2024-03-214-LETTER HOMOPHONES $800: To quote an author & the location of a proposed building cite/site
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE CINEMA IN 2023 $800: In a 2023 film Jacob Elordi invites Barry Keoghan to his family estate called this; the visit is... unusual Saltburn
#9064, aired 2024-03-21TRANSPORTATION $800: In 2002, Porsche spiced up its line of vehicles with the introduction of this model, its first SUV a Cayenne
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $800: "Allegiant" is the third & final book in this Veronica Roth series as Tris discovers new truths about her dystopian world Divergent
#9064, aired 2024-03-21HISTORIC FIRSTS $800: This man banned the traditional fez hat after becoming the first president of the Republic of Turkey Ataturk
#9064, aired 2024-03-214-LETTER HOMOPHONES $1000: An insect & to hurry away flea/flee
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE CINEMA IN 2023 $1000: Adam Driver stars as this title automaker who tries to save his company via the Mille Miglia, a 1,000-mile race across Italy Ferrari
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $1000: In 1915 Emil Truog developed a test to measure the level of this property in soil, leading to restored fields & increased yields pH (acidity)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21TRANSPORTATION $1000: The national airline of Poland is known by this 3-letter name LOT
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CHARACTERS IN BOOK SERIES $1000: The first Sherlock Holmes novel was this one involving a message written in blood A Study in Scarlet
#9064, aired 2024-03-21HISTORIC FIRSTS $1000: In 1992 this man from Egypt became the first African to be Secretary-General of the United Nations Boutros Boutros-Ghali
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1200: Alexander Pope said "To err is human", then these 3 words to forgive divine
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CLASSIC TV $1200: More recently, it was Jay Leno, but back in the '50s, "You Bet Your Life" was hosted by this funnyman Groucho Marx
#9064, aired 2024-03-21ON THE NOSE $1200: If you're really working hard on something, you (proverbially) have your nose to this wheel-shaped device the grindstone
#9064, aired 2024-03-21NOTABLE NAMES $1200: This great Italian tenor was in San Francisco when the big earthquake hit in 1906, having sung in "Carmen" the night before Caruso
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IN YOUR ELEMENT $1200: Mg: This Roman martyr, patron saint of young girls Agnes (in mAgnesium)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE LOCALS $1200: B.R. Ambedkar was a leader of the people called Untouchables, Dalits or SC, short for "Scheduled" this; he urged them to move to cities Castes
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1600: In Rabelais' "Gargantua", a drinker demands that an empty cup be filled because of this scientific principle nature abhors a vacuum
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CLASSIC TV $1600: In the '80s Angela Lansbury was on the case, solving crimes as Jessica Fletcher on this series Murder, She Wrote
#9064, aired 2024-03-21ON THE NOSE $1600: National Geographic notes that the male of this primate species use their fleshy pendulous noses to attract mates proboscis monkeys
#9064, aired 2024-03-21NOTABLE NAMES $1600: A 1920 book by Thomas Looney & the movie "Anonymous" pushed the theory that this earl was the real Shakespeare the Earl of Oxford (Edward de Vere)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE LOCALS $1600: She's proud to say she's one of the "polentoni", the polenta-eaters of northeastern Italy Lidia Bastianich
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $2000: JFK said it's a Cape Cod saying & added, "and a partnership, by definition, serves both partners" a rising tide lifts all boats
#9064, aired 2024-03-21CLASSIC TV $2000: Daniel J. Travanti was in command as Captain Frank Furillo on this drama Hill Street Blues
#9064, aired 2024-03-21ON THE NOSE $2000: In "The Nose" by this 19th century Russian author, a civil servant chases his schnozz around St. Petersburg Gogol
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IN YOUR ELEMENT $2000: Sb: A title name from Shakespeare Timon (in AnTimony)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THE LOCALS $2000: You'll be in hot water if you can't name this Mexican state where Hidrocálidos live Aguascalientes
#9064, aired 2024-03-21IN YOUR ELEMENT $2,400 (Daily Double): P: This solar deity Horus (in phospHorus)
#9064, aired 2024-03-21THERE WILL BE A TEST ON THIS $4,600 (Daily Double): Used to determine if a computer can "think", the Turing test was originally known as this, also the name of a 2014 movie about Turing the imitation game
#9064, aired 2024-03-21NOTABLE NAMES $9,400 (Daily Double): His 1936 "General Theory" suggesting government spending to lower unemployment influenced economic policy for decades Keynes
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $200: Mayhem is classified as this type of crime, which kinda rhymes with "dope melody" a felony
#9063, aired 2024-03-20BESTSELLING BOOKS $200: "Over a period of several weeks, the competitors must fight to the death. The last tribute standing wins" in this novel The Hunger Games
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $200: When this team won Super Bowl XXXI, Wheaties produced a special 24-ounce regional box that was sold in Wisc. & parts of Minnesota the Green Bay Packers
#9063, aired 2024-03-20MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $200: Start on April 17, 1973 by using 14 aircraft to deliver 186 packages; become this company with $21 bil. in revenue in Q1 of fiscal 2024 FedEx
#9063, aired 2024-03-20FIRST NAMES $200: It's the first name shared by Russian heads of state in 1924 & 2024 Vladimir
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE HISTORIC 1990s $200: Also known as sildenafil citrate, this little blue pill that debuted in 1998 also helps flowers stand up straight Viagra
#9063, aired 2024-03-20OVERLAPS $400: Opposable digit held aloft to keep off precipitation thumbrella
#9063, aired 2024-03-20VIOLENT ART $400: A 17th century work depicts David with the rather giant head of this man, bearing the wound on his forehead that killed him Goliath
#9063, aired 2024-03-20IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $400: It's about 700 arid miles across this country from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf Saudi Arabia
#9063, aired 2024-03-20UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $400: Chemists won an Ig Nobel for finding the right airborne amount of a compound from this Japanese horseradish to wake sleepers wasabi
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $400: Jim Abrahams & the Zucker bros. piloted "Airplane!" & wrote this first "Police Squad" film that had Reggie Jackson attempt regicide The Naked Gun
#9063, aired 2024-03-2019th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $400: Harrison Gray Otis served briefly as a brigadier-general in this 1898 war while still publisher of the Los Angeles Times the Spanish-American War
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $400: "Check out the" this attention-getter in a song the hook
#9063, aired 2024-03-20BESTSELLING BOOKS $400: We'll keep you in suspense... Jack Ryan Jr. is on the campus in "The Teeth of the Tiger" from this author Clancy
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $400: This baseball great & the number 755 were featured on the Wheaties box in 2002 Aaron
#9063, aired 2024-03-20MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $400: A 35-year Broadway run--unlikely, but Thelma Pollard did, doing makeup for the face behind the mask of this show's title character The Phantom of the Opera
#9063, aired 2024-03-20FIRST NAMES $400: This Spanish name for boys & old fishermen literally means "Saint James" Santiago
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE HISTORIC 1990s $400: Descended from the German V-2, these missiles used by Iraq during the Gulf War had greater range & lighter weight Scuds
#9063, aired 2024-03-20MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $600: Stay pregnant for a year! Plausible for you, no, but for the Florida type of this aquatic mammal that can weigh 3,600 pounds? No prob a (Florida) manatee
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $600: Time to rock a mic, like a this, perhaps Gaiseric, a 5th century king of that Germanic people a vandal
#9063, aired 2024-03-20BESTSELLING BOOKS $600: Chapter 1 of "The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game" is about the changes caused by this New York Giant who terrified quarterbacks Lawrence Taylor
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $600: Often paired with Kerri Walsh Jennings on the beach, she appeared Kerriless on the Wheaties box in 2012 Misty May-Treanor
#9063, aired 2024-03-20FIRST NAMES $600: Owl tell you right now, Hedy, as in Hedy Lamarr, was short for this German name Hedwig
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE HISTORIC 1990s $600: It didn't end well in 1997 for this cult that believed a flying saucer was following comet Hale-Bopp Heaven's Gate
#9063, aired 2024-03-20OVERLAPS $800: Your self in psychoanalytic theory out in the yard digging tunnels with its paws egopher
#9063, aired 2024-03-20VIOLENT ART $800: Sanguine, a blood-red chalk, is apt for the category; in the 1790s this Spaniard used it to sketch Saturn eating his son Goya
#9063, aired 2024-03-20IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $800: Its 700,000 square miles of land area are spread across more than 17,000 islands Indonesia
#9063, aired 2024-03-20UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $800: C22H24N2O8 is the formula of this antibiotic that's known for fighting acne but can take on cholera too tetracycline
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $800: 20 years later, Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels were back for more Farrelly-directed fun in a sequel titled this "To" Dumb and Dumber
#9063, aired 2024-03-2019th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $800: In 1889 the new owners of this paper had John Philip Sousa write a march about it for an awards ceremony The Washington Post
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $800: Slang for a convertible car with a soft cover a ragtop
#9063, aired 2024-03-20BESTSELLING BOOKS $800: By Feb. 2024 this juvenile journal, the first of almost 20, had spent 778 weeks on the N.Y. Times children's series list Diary of a Wimpy Kid
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $800: Joan Benoit Samuelson, an Olympic champion of this race, was honored on a box in 1996 the marathon
#9063, aired 2024-03-20MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $800: Solve the this TV host problem: 3 shut doors, new car-junk-junk. You pick A. He shows you B is junk. Do you switch to C? Monty Hall
#9063, aired 2024-03-20FIRST NAMES $800: Borrowed from Sanskrit & reflecting her Indian heritage, this first name of a D.C. VIP means "lotus flower" Kamala
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE HISTORIC 1990s $800: A Special Counsel looked into Pres. Clinton's dealings with this real estate co. founded by the Clintons & the McDougals Whitewater
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE HISTORIC 1990s $1,000 (Daily Double): This republic joined Serbia to fight against the secession of Slovenia & Croatia Montenegro
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE VOCABULARY OF ICE ICE BABY $1000: Vanilla Ice mysteriously can "flow like" one; it's also wielded by Tashtego a harpoon
#9063, aired 2024-03-20BESTSELLING BOOKS $1000: Rhonda Byrne wrote this 2006 book, a hidden "principle of the universe", but don't tell anyone; scratch that. Tell me, now The Secret
#9063, aired 2024-03-20WHEATIES ATHLETES $1000: This Floridian tennis superstar appeared on a box in 1987, the year she won the first & only Wheaties Champions Award (Chris) Evert
#9063, aired 2024-03-20MISSION: PLAUSIBLE $1000: Climb all 2,909 stairs to level 160 of this building that opened in 2010; you probably should get permission & remember... hydrate! the Burj Khalifa
#9063, aired 2024-03-20FIRST NAMES $1000: Girls' names derived from the color white include Alba & this one, like a character in "The Taming of the Shrew" Bianca
#9063, aired 2024-03-20OVERLAPS $1200: A holy church table made from a hairy arachnid an altarantula
#9063, aired 2024-03-20VIOLENT ART $1200: Seen here is Rembrandt's 1636 blinding of this biblical figure, bereft of hair Samson
#9063, aired 2024-03-20UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $1200: In 1976 the first of this type of rechargeable battery was developed in part by using layers of titanium disulfide lithium-ion
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $1200: Jay & Mark Duplass directed this very good "Superbad" actor as "Cyrus" Jonah Hill
#9063, aired 2024-03-20OVERLAPS $1600: Niacin or folate reigning as the Roman goddess of the arts & war vitaminerva
#9063, aired 2024-03-20VIOLENT ART $1600: Napoleon's go-to guy, he also sort of directed a horror pic, an oil of Marat in the bath in 1793 done soon after the killing David
#9063, aired 2024-03-20IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $1600: It borders Russia, China & nothing else Mongolia
#9063, aired 2024-03-20UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $1600: Let's see if your Os is running properly; this element, No. 76, is used to make hard alloys for phonograph needles osmium
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $1600: These brothers co-directed "Uncut Gems" & one is also a busy actor from "Oppenheimer" & "The Curse" the Safdie brothers
#9063, aired 2024-03-2019th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $1600: Before he was the big name in New York newspaper publishing, he published "The St. Louis Post-Dispatch" Pulitzer
#9063, aired 2024-03-20OVERLAPS $2000: Metronomic measure of music used for the medical study of tootsies tempodiatry
#9063, aired 2024-03-20VIOLENT ART $2000: In 1637 Jusepe de Ribera painted this god, an art patron, tearing the skin off the leg of Marsyas the satyr Apollo
#9063, aired 2024-03-20IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $2000: With a population of more than 100 million, it covers about 900,000 square miles in the heart of Africa DRC
#9063, aired 2024-03-20UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $2000: The number of variables that must be fixed to define a physical state is expressed in "degrees of" this, also a noble concept freedom
#9063, aired 2024-03-20THE DIRECTING BROTHERS $2000: Last name of Joseph & Anthony, directors of "Avengers: Endgame"; hope they had some backend bucks Russo
#9063, aired 2024-03-2019th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $2000: Joseph Medill, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, was a founder of the G.O.P. & helped make these debates happen in 1858 the Lincoln-Douglas debates
#9063, aired 2024-03-20IT'S A BIG COUNTRY $8,600 (Daily Double): Once claimed by Italy, Cyrenaica is an historic region & former province of this 650,000-square-mile land Libya
#9063, aired 2024-03-2019th CENTURY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS $10,000 (Daily Double): In 1847 Frederick Douglass founded this antislavery paper whose name refers to what guided people escaping slavery The North Star
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NAME THE RIVER $200: Bullhead City & Laughlin the Colorado
#9062, aired 2024-03-19WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $200: In 1992 England's top soccer clubs broke away from their historic football league to form this elite entity the Premier League
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SILENCE, LETTERS! $200: The terminal "S" in this word for pieces of trash is really just garbage debris
#9062, aired 2024-03-19ORGANIZATIONS $200: Since the 1990s, an organization to save this animal has been entering runners in costume in the London Marathon a rhinoceros
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $200: 3D printers aren't great for mass production but excel with these models, whose name is partly from the Greek for "first" a prototype
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SPEECHMAKING $200: In 1917 Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war on this country that was practicing "cruel & unmanly" submarine warfare Germany
#9062, aired 2024-03-19UNDERGROUND $400: SNOLAB, the "SNO" for Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, is way down under this Canadian province Ontario
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NAME THE RIVER $400: Aranjuez, near Madrid, & Talavera de la Reina the Tagus
#9062, aired 2024-03-19MIND THE GAP $400: The Gap stores hit Wall Street in 1976 with an IPO, short for this, of $18 an initial public offering
#9062, aired 2024-03-19DIRECTORS ACTING $400: Steven Spielberg showed up for a second or 2 in this John Landis comedy playing a Cook County tax assessor The Blues Brothers
#9062, aired 2024-03-19JEOPORTMANTEAU! $400: Buttercup in "Toy Story" films + item symbolizing an endless supply of food a unicornucopia
#9062, aired 2024-03-19CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $400: This 18th century group of violin concerti is "Le quattro stagioni" in Italian The Four Seasons
#9062, aired 2024-03-19BOOKS & AUTHORS $400: Her sister Emily & brother Branwell are buried with her in the family vault in Haworth, England; Anne is buried elsewhere Charlotte Brontë
#9062, aired 2024-03-19WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $400: In 2020 MLB gave retroactive major league status to 7 of these leagues that existed from 1920 to 1948 the Negro Leagues
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SILENCE, LETTERS! $400: Make no mistake--you don't pronounce either the "X" or the "S" in this French term for a slip-up a faux pas
#9062, aired 2024-03-19ORGANIZATIONS $400: The voice of CEOs in Washington is the organization called Business this, also what's seen here a roundtable
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $400: A major advantage of using hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity is that their only byproducts are heat & this water (water vapor)
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SPEECHMAKING $400: In a 1951 speech General Douglas MacArthur shared that "Old soldiers never die, they just" do this fade away
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NAME THE RIVER $600: Fallujah, Iraq & Raqqa, Syria the Euphrates
#9062, aired 2024-03-19WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $600: In 1924 the NHL added its first U.S. team, this New England squad the Boston Bruins
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SILENCE, LETTERS! $600: I accuse the only "C" in this word meaning to charge with a crime of being useless indict
#9062, aired 2024-03-19ORGANIZATIONS $600: Helping preserve a heritage, the British group Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg is also known as this Language Society Welsh
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $600: The IoT is short for this, which connects commonplace items to the web & collects data the Internet of Things
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SPEECHMAKING $600: Speaking to striking miners in 1912, this matronly activist warned of blood being spilled if guards were not soon called off Mother Jones
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NAME THE RIVER $800: Lyon & Avignon the Rhône
#9062, aired 2024-03-19MIND THE GAP $800: Diastema is the clinical term for a gap between these teeth
#9062, aired 2024-03-19UNDERGROUND $800: Running underground for much of its course, this river with the same name as a desert ends at Soda Dry Lake Mojave
#9062, aired 2024-03-19DIRECTORS ACTING $800: This Munich-born documentary & film legend played Keg Jeggings on "Parks & Rec" & voiced Shrimply Pibbles on "Rick & Morty" Herzog
#9062, aired 2024-03-19JEOPORTMANTEAU! $800: Pill that cures nothing + Spanish dance a placebolero
#9062, aired 2024-03-19CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $800: Premiering in 1749, "Music for the Royal" these got set off to celebrate the end of the War of the Austrian Succession fireworks
#9062, aired 2024-03-19BOOKS & AUTHORS $800: A former chairman of CNN, he has written biographies of Steve Jobs & Elon Musk Isaacson
#9062, aired 2024-03-19WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $800: The Indiana Pacers debuted in 1967 in this new big league; it's gone, but the team is still around the ABA
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SILENCE, LETTERS! $800: Trippy! Merriam-Webster says the only silent "J" in English is in the name of this drug marijuana
#9062, aired 2024-03-19ORGANIZATIONS $800: The headquarters for this global law enforcement group are found at 200 Charles de Gaulle Road in Lyon, France Interpol
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $800: With a name like another musical instrument, the "O-" this uses an optical sensor & keyboard to make violin music the O-bow (an optical bow)
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SPEECHMAKING $800: Following this man's death in 1948, prime minister Nehru stated, "The light has gone out of our lives" Mahatma Gandhi
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NAME THE RIVER $1000: Jeffersonville, Louisville & Evansville the Ohio
#9062, aired 2024-03-19WELCOME TO THE BIG LEAGUES $1000: This league's 20-yard-deep end zone means Cody Fajardo has more options close to the goal line than Patrick Mahomes does the CFL (Canadian Football League)
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SILENCE, LETTERS! $1000: Remember, only the first "M" is silent in this memory aid a mnemonic
#9062, aired 2024-03-19ORGANIZATIONS $1000: 2024 marks 100 years of this group with a mission "to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke" the American Heart Association
#9062, aired 2024-03-19NEWER MACHINES & INVENTIONS $1000: It's the alliterative term for a computer system based on the brain a neural network
#9062, aired 2024-03-19UNDERGROUND $1200: Seen here is an old elevated highway in Boston & the same area after the road was buried as part of the huge project called this the Big Dig
#9062, aired 2024-03-19DIRECTORS ACTING $1200: This director of "Her" donned a dress in "Bad Grandpa .5", playing the elderly Gloria Spike Jonze
#9062, aired 2024-03-19JEOPORTMANTEAU! $1200: A temporary stay + a writer for a newspaper or magazine a sojournalist
#9062, aired 2024-03-19CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1200: In 1991 his "Liverpool Oratorio" premiered in the city's Anglican Cathedral, which once said no to his choirboy services Paul McCartney
#9062, aired 2024-03-19BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: This author born Lula Carson Smith earned fame at the keyboard as a novelist under this married name Carson McCullers
#9062, aired 2024-03-19DIRECTORS ACTING $1600: This director of "Out of Africa" went in front of the screen for Stanley Kubrick in "Eyes Wide Shut" (Sydney) Pollack
#9062, aired 2024-03-19MIND THE GAP $1600: To shuck properly, look for the gap between the oyster's shell & use your knife to sever this muscle the adductor
#9062, aired 2024-03-19UNDERGROUND $1600: It's a homophone of a word meaning the opposite of easy or soft, but this soft rock made possible the ancient tunnel city of Derinkuyu tuff
#9062, aired 2024-03-19CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $1600: The New York Times called this piece with a name in the title "Beethoven's trifle... featured on Baby Einstein albums" "Für Elise"
#9062, aired 2024-03-19BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: A dessert made from a family recipe is the title of this Charmaine Wilkerson novel that became a Hulu series in 2023 Black Cake
#9062, aired 2024-03-19MIND THE GAP $2000: Gap junctions allow communication between cells as molecules pass from this semifluid cell substance to another cytoplasm
#9062, aired 2024-03-19UNDERGROUND $2000: You can go under this square, the heart of Old Seattle, to see bits of what the city looked like before a great fire in 1889 Pioneer Square
#9062, aired 2024-03-19DIRECTORS ACTING $2000: Viggo Mortensen starred in "Eastern Promises" from this horror master, who then acted in Viggo's directorial debut "Falling" Cronenberg
#9062, aired 2024-03-19JEOPORTMANTEAU! $2000: Mysterious object that propels a movie plot + extremely fastidious MacGuffinicky
#9062, aired 2024-03-19CLASSICAL MUSIC IS IN SESSION $2000: There is a sense of foreboding in the overture to his 1862 opera "La forza del destino", or "The Force of Destiny" Verdi
#9062, aired 2024-03-19BOOKS & AUTHORS $2000: Max Brod edited this author's letters & diaries & published a 1937 biography of him Kafka
#9062, aired 2024-03-19SPEECHMAKING $2,800 (Daily Double): In 1735 attorney Andrew Hamilton spoke in defense of freedom of the press at this man's trial Zenger
#9062, aired 2024-03-19JEOPORTMANTEAU! $4,200 (Daily Double): A buffet in Stockholm + a house of ill repute a smorgasbordello
#9062, aired 2024-03-19MIND THE GAP $9,600 (Daily Double): Near where Virginia, Kentucky & Tennessee meet, you'll find this pass named for a son of George II the Cumberland Gap
#9061, aired 2024-03-18& 5 SIDES $200: Perfect for the category, this landmark has 6.5 million sq. feet of office space but until 2011, had but 1 passenger elevator the Pentagon
#9061, aired 2024-03-18CHOOSE A PROTEIN $200: This cone-shaped body organ produces blood proteins & stores glycogen for you, so easy on the Lagavulin the liver
#9061, aired 2024-03-1821st CENTURY WORDS $200: To post a message originally posted by someone else on the service now known as X retweet
#9061, aired 2024-03-18MUSICAL FILMS $200: In a 2023 origin story, Timothée Chalamet shows off his singing & dancing skills as this iconic candy man Wonka
#9061, aired 2024-03-18ANNUAL EVENTS $200: Oulu, Finland hosts the world championships for this; contestants strut their stuff with invisible instruments air guitar
#9061, aired 2024-03-18"K"-TOWN $200: 2 cities with this name in different states lie on the Missouri River Kansas City
#9061, aired 2024-03-18MUSICAL FILMS $400: Norman Jewison directed the 1973 film version of this musical about the most famous Jew & son of all Jesus Christ Superstar
#9061, aired 2024-03-18HORRORS! $400: Catriona Ward's "The Last House on Needless Street" is partly narrated by Olivia, one of these animals, & that can't be good luck black cat
#9061, aired 2024-03-18BUSINESS PARTNERS $400: In 1964 Phil Knight & Bill Bowerman founded Blue Ribbon Sports; in the early 1970s, Swoosh! It became this company Nike
#9061, aired 2024-03-18STATUES OF THE WORLD $400: Any statue substantially larger than life-size is one of these, like the Daibutsu or Great Buddha a colossus
#9061, aired 2024-03-18THE BOOK OF MORMONS $400: Alan, Wayne, Merrill & Jay were some of the other members of this singing family, with hits like "One Bad Apple" The Osmonds
#9061, aired 2024-03-18INTRODUCTORY WORDS $400: A state of decay can be described as "rack &" this ruin
#9061, aired 2024-03-18VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $400: In 1992 he wrote, "The global environmental crisis is, as we say in Tennessee, real as rain" Al Gore
#9061, aired 2024-03-18& 5 SIDES $400: Hal Prince co-produced this New York City-set musical that opened on Broadway on Sept. 26, 1957 West Side Story
#9061, aired 2024-03-18CHOOSE A PROTEIN $400: The Murchison meteorite that hit Earth in 1969 was found to contain organic compounds like these building blocks of proteins amino acids
#9061, aired 2024-03-1821st CENTURY WORDS $400: This word for a now-ubiquitous form of entertainment program comes in part from an Apple product a podcast
#9061, aired 2024-03-18ANNUAL EVENTS $400: Bucyrus, Ohio's festival honoring this German sausage includes a pigtail contest for youngsters bratwurst
#9061, aired 2024-03-18"K"-TOWN $400: It's the capital of Sindh Province, Pakistan Karachi
#9061, aired 2024-03-18& 5 SIDES $600: Ron Guidry, Pedro Martinez & this man, twice, are among Major Leaguers who have struck out the side on 9 pitches Nolan Ryan
#9061, aired 2024-03-18CHOOSE A PROTEIN $600: Rhinos don't have true horns; they're primarily composed of this fibrous protein found in hair keratin
#9061, aired 2024-03-1821st CENTURY WORDS $600: What used to be a "buddy movie" depicting an affectionate relationship between 2 guys is now this blended word a bromance
#9061, aired 2024-03-18MUSICAL FILMS $600: Judy Garland was originally cast to play the title sharpshooter in this musical but was let go a month into filming Annie Get Your Gun
#9061, aired 2024-03-18ANNUAL EVENTS $600: Named for a stalagmite, each December the Rock of Ages Lantern Tours take visitors through this New Mexico national park Carlsbad Caverns
#9061, aired 2024-03-18"K"-TOWN $600: The largest city in Malaysia, it's just inland from the Strait of Malacca Kuala Lumpur
#9061, aired 2024-03-18ANNUAL EVENTS $800: Each June Nebraskaland Days in North Platte features a golf classic & a rodeo named for this Wild West showman Buffalo Bill
#9061, aired 2024-03-18HORRORS! $800: His Christmas ghost story "The Haunted Man" sold 18,000 copies on its first day of publication in 1848 Dickens
#9061, aired 2024-03-18BUSINESS PARTNERS $800: After meeting Rick Rubin at a party, Russell Simmons became his partner in this record label that soon took off Def Jam
#9061, aired 2024-03-18STATUES OF THE WORLD $800: Atop Massachusetts' Captain's Hill is a statue of this Pilgrim whose "Courtship" is the subject of a famous poem Miles Standish
#9061, aired 2024-03-18THE BOOK OF MORMONS $800: Though she no longer practices, this star of "27 Dresses" was raised in the Mormon faith & lives in Utah Heigl
#9061, aired 2024-03-18INTRODUCTORY WORDS $800: With 58.33% of the letters in "introductory", it's a pipe to carry wiring or a person to carry information between 2 others conduit
#9061, aired 2024-03-18VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $800: On June 22, 1804 this vice president wrote to his political adversary, "You have invited the course I am about to pursue" Aaron Burr
#9061, aired 2024-03-18& 5 SIDES $800: Carl Friedrich Gauss solved a math puzzle by constructing a regular-sided heptadecagon, a figure with this many sides 17
#9061, aired 2024-03-18CHOOSE A PROTEIN $800: In 1921 Banting & Best first isolated this hormone, a protein composed of 2 chains linked by sulfur atoms insulin
#9061, aired 2024-03-1821st CENTURY WORDS $800: You hit this annoying thing when a website demands a fee to read content kept "behind" it a paywall
#9061, aired 2024-03-18MUSICAL FILMS $800: Reneé Rapp plays Regina George, head of the Plastics, in this 2024 high school musical Mean Girls
#9061, aired 2024-03-18"K"-TOWN $800: This capital of Malopolskie Province can also be spelled with 2 C's Kraków
#9061, aired 2024-03-18& 5 SIDES $1000: Done with this debut novel & newly wed, F. Scott Fitzgerald wept, as "I had everything I wanted & knew I would never be so happy again" This Side of Paradise
#9061, aired 2024-03-18CHOOSE A PROTEIN $1000: It's high in proline so we're giving this most abundant protein in the body that's in tendons, bones & skin some lip service collagen
#9061, aired 2024-03-1821st CENTURY WORDS $1000: From the French, it's the sport of running, jumping & climbing around & over urban obstacles parkour
#9061, aired 2024-03-18MUSICAL FILMS $1000: In this 1963 musical a teen idol's fans sing, "We love you, Conrad, oh yes, we do, we love you Conrad, and we'll be true" Bye Bye Birdie
#9061, aired 2024-03-18ANNUAL EVENTS $1000: "The ride. The roar. The rally" is a motto for the annual motorcycle rally in this South Dakota city Sturgis
#9061, aired 2024-03-18HORRORS! $1200: This horror master turned director to translate his own novella "The Hellbound Heart" to the screen as "Hellraiser" Barker
#9061, aired 2024-03-18BUSINESS PARTNERS $1200: Google "Who founded Google?" & it's this pair, Stanford grad students in 1998 Page & Brin
#9061, aired 2024-03-18STATUES OF THE WORLD $1200: A monument to this Canadian Legend known for his Marathon of Hope event stands in Burnaby, British Columbia (Terry) Fox
#9061, aired 2024-03-18THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1200: Raised in the LDS Church, Paul Walker gained worldwide fame in this movie series before dying in a car accident in 2013 Fast & Furious (The Fast & the Furious)
#9061, aired 2024-03-18INTRODUCTORY WORDS $1200: According to an old joke, it's what you call the person who graduates last in their medical school class Doctor
#9061, aired 2024-03-18HORRORS! $1600: H.P. Lovecraft wrote that the "U"s in the name of this "hellish entity" should sound "about like that in 'full"' Cthulhu
#9061, aired 2024-03-18BUSINESS PARTNERS $1600: Before launching a wellness studio, Elizabeth Cutler & Julie Rice co-founded this fitness company for indoor spinning SoulCycle
#9061, aired 2024-03-18STATUES OF THE WORLD $1600: In 1600 Tycho Brahe asked this German astronomer to join him in Prague; a statue there honors the pair Kepler
#9061, aired 2024-03-18THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1600: Dubbed the "Empress of Soul", this singer has won 7 competitive Grammys--4 solo & 3 with the Pips Knight
#9061, aired 2024-03-18INTRODUCTORY WORDS $1600: It refers to the first note of a scale, bringing harmony to a piece of music tonic
#9061, aired 2024-03-18VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $1600: It's the -ism that promotes the common man & in 2023 Mike Pence bemoaned "the siren song of" it "unmoored to" conservative ideas populism
#9061, aired 2024-03-18"K"-TOWN $1,800 (Daily Double): It's the capital city on the Nile that fits the category Khartoum
#9061, aired 2024-03-18BUSINESS PARTNERS $2000: An audio oscillator was the first product from this pair who founded one of the original Silicon Valley startups in 1939 Hewlett & Packard
#9061, aired 2024-03-18STATUES OF THE WORLD $2000: One of the 7 Ancient Wonders was the statue of Zeus by this great Greek sculptor Phidias
#9061, aired 2024-03-18THE BOOK OF MORMONS $2000: In 2011 this lead singer of the Killers was part of the "I'm a Mormon" campaign Flowers
#9061, aired 2024-03-18INTRODUCTORY WORDS $2000: It can mean a legal right in English or right in French droit
#9061, aired 2024-03-18VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $2000: In a 1942 speech this progressive V.P. of FDR called the coming post-war period "the century of the common man" Henry Wallace
#9061, aired 2024-03-18VICE PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES $5,200 (Daily Double): In 1948 Hubert Humphrey said the Democrats must "get out of the shadow of" these "rights" often used to counter civil rights states' rights
#9061, aired 2024-03-18HORRORS! $15,200 (Daily Double): The title of this 1962 Ray Bradbury novel is a Shakespeare line that rhymes with "by the pricking of my thumbs" Something Wicked This Way Comes
#9060, aired 2024-03-15CHAMP CHANGE $200: An Olympic award changes a letter & becomes this lever a pedal (from medal)
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TV DRAMA $200: At the Golden Globes in 2024, he said, "This is a nice moment for me", when he won for "Succession" Kieran Culkin
#9060, aired 2024-03-15ON THE WEB $200: "The pins you save live on your boards" on this site Pinterest
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FOOD & DRINK $200: Slightly sweet & chewy, they're the little tapioca pearls in the tea boba
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TYPES OF POEMS $200: Pindar was famed for these poems; Alexander Pope wrote one "On Solitude" odes
#9060, aired 2024-03-15THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $200: Russia annexed this peninsula between the Black Sea & the Sea of Azov in 1783; wouldn't be the last time they tried that, either Crimea
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FOOD & DRINK $400: A caffè Americano is this dark strong coffee diluted with hot water espresso
#9060, aired 2024-03-15EXTINCT ANIMALS $400: The Narragansett pacer, a breed of this, became extinct sometime in the 19th century a horse
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MOVIE SONGS $400: A non-"Let It Go" song from "Frozen" says these "are better than people. Sven, don't you think that's true?" reindeer
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FAMOUS WOMEN $400: In 2023 all living first ladies gathered in Atlanta to pay tribute to this first lady who passed away at 96 Rosalynn Carter
#9060, aired 2024-03-15WHAT THE "H"? $400: This word is medical speak for really bad breath halitosis
#9060, aired 2024-03-15LOST WORKS $400: According to one guy who read the lost memoirs of this 19th century poet & lord, the book was "fit only for a brothel" Byron
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MAKING A PASS $400: Winter storms sometimes close the over-8,000' Sylvan Pass located in the Wyoming part of this national park Yellowstone
#9060, aired 2024-03-15CHAMP CHANGE $400: A 4-games-to-0 result in the World Series changes its second letter to "T" & becomes this adjective steep (from sweep)
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TV DRAMA $400: Season 1 of this Netflix series focused on Pablo Escobar, played by Wagner Moura Narcos
#9060, aired 2024-03-15ON THE WEB $400: This site "enables anyone to be a creator", as Noah Beck found out when 9 seconds of lip-syncing made him famous TikTok
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TYPES OF POEMS $400: Haiku masters Buson & Issa had to master this many syllables to craft their works 17
#9060, aired 2024-03-15THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $400: This 12,000-foot volcano in Japan erupted in 1707 but thankfully has been dormant for the ensuing 300+ years Fujiyama
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FOOD & DRINK $600: With spinach as a star ingredient, the dish seen here goes by this 2-word name, partly after a city quiche Florentine
#9060, aired 2024-03-15CHAMP CHANGE $600: Satisfaction taken in winning trades a "D" for a "Z" & becomes this award for winning prize (from pride)
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TV DRAMA $600: In the daytime drama world, Shemar Moore rose to fame in the '90s as Malcolm Winters on this soap opera set in Genoa City The Young and the Restless
#9060, aired 2024-03-15ON THE WEB $600: This "in the gaming community is the problem we are trying to solve", said a founder of the platform of that name Discord
#9060, aired 2024-03-15THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $600: In 1789 the Marquis de Launay, gov. of this landmark, didn't give up its munitions to the people so easily; bad move the Bastille
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MOVIE SONGS $800: "Now I'm laughing to the bank", rap$ thi$ man in "Am I Dreaming" over the end credits of "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" A$AP Rocky
#9060, aired 2024-03-15ON THE WEB $800: This search engine with a double-talk animal name emphasizes privacy, saying it doesn't track searches or collect user info DuckDuckGo
#9060, aired 2024-03-15EXTINCT ANIMALS $800: The Sumatran type of this predator is still around, but the Javan & Bali subspecies are no more a tiger
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FAMOUS WOMEN $800: For over 15 years, she was one of the most powerful people in the world Merkel
#9060, aired 2024-03-15WHAT THE "H"? $800: Arabic gives us this word referring to food from an animal slaughtered in accordance with Islamic law halal
#9060, aired 2024-03-15LOST WORKS $800: In 1903 this "Maple Leaf Rag" composer lost a trunk worth of music scores that possibly contained a ragtime opera Joplin
#9060, aired 2024-03-15CHAMP CHANGE $800: A championship flag trades one of its "N"s for a "D" & becomes this dangling thing pendant (from pennant)
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TV DRAMA $800: She starred on dramas like "The Leftovers" & "The Gilded Age" Carrie Coon
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FOOD & DRINK $800: Aubergine caviar is another name for this smoky Mediterranean spread made with roasted eggplant baba ghanoush
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TYPES OF POEMS $800: Famous in the sonnet-verse, Petrarch devoted hundreds of poems in his "Canzoniere" to this woman, his love Laura
#9060, aired 2024-03-15THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $800: On May 1, 1776, Adam Weishaupt founded the Perfectibilists, a branch of this "enlightened" secret society... oh dear, I may've said too much the Illuminati
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TYPES OF POEMS $1,000 (Daily Double): A villanelle is a 19-line poem consisting of 5 tercets & a concluding (do the math) one of these a quatrain
#9060, aired 2024-03-15CHAMP CHANGE $1000: A verb meaning to admit, as into a hall of fame, changes a letter & becomes this verb meaning to infer from reasoning induce (from induct)
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TV DRAMA $1000: President Obama said his favorite character on "The Wire" was this stickup man portrayed by Michael K. Williams Omar (Little)
#9060, aired 2024-03-15ON THE WEB $1000: Called "China's Google", this search engine became the first Chinese company to be listed on the NASDAQ 100 Baidu
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FOOD & DRINK $1000: They're not lemons, but this 4-letter citrus fruit from Asia, whose juice & zest are used in Japanese cuisine yuzu
#9060, aired 2024-03-15TYPES OF POEMS $1000: For this grave work, Yeats chose words he had already written: "Cast a cold eye, on life, on death. Horseman, pass by" his epitaph
#9060, aired 2024-03-15THAT'S SO 18th CENTURY $1000: Not thrilled with the colonies in 1774, Britain's parliament passed 4 punitive measures known not so nicely as these acts the Intolerable Acts
#9060, aired 2024-03-15EXTINCT ANIMALS $1200: In 2021 the FWS declared extinct the stirrupshell & 7 other species of these mollusks that form serious attachments mussels
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MOVIE SONGS $1200: This song shot to No. 1, 2, 3 o'clock after being featured in the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle" "Rock Around The Clock"
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FAMOUS WOMEN $1200: In 1924 she began working with the American Foundation for the Blind & for over 40 years was its leading ambassador Keller
#9060, aired 2024-03-15WHAT THE "H"? $1200: A classic song says, "waiting 'round the bend, my" this person, "Moon River & me" huckleberry friend
#9060, aired 2024-03-15LOST WORKS $1200: The lost 9-hour cut of this Erich von Stroheim silent film with a deadly sin as its title likely showed money can't buy happiness Greed
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MAKING A PASS $1200: A group of ill-fated pioneers gave this pass near Truckee in California its name the Donner Pass
#9060, aired 2024-03-15EXTINCT ANIMALS $1600: The Stephens Island wren on an isle just off this country's South Island was eaten to extinction by a lighthouse keeper's cats New Zealand
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MOVIE SONGS $1600: "All Is Love", "Rumpus" & "Food Is Still Hot" are numbers by Karen O & the Kids for this kids' book adaptation Where the Wild Things Are
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FAMOUS WOMEN $1600: Subject of a 2023 film, in 2013, she became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage for protection Nyad
#9060, aired 2024-03-15WHAT THE "H"? $1600: It's a fancy 9-letter way to say a forerunner or an omen, as of spring harbinger
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MAKING A PASS $1600: Located near the foot of Mount Kallidromo, this Greek mountain pass has a name that means "hot gates" Thermopylae
#9060, aired 2024-03-15WHAT THE "H"? $2000: The Beach Boys mentioned these Mexican sandals in "Surfin' U.S.A." huaraches
#9060, aired 2024-03-15EXTINCT ANIMALS $2000: This sirenian of the Bering Sea was unknown until 1741 when Georg Steller first described it; within 30 years, it was extinct Steller's sea cow
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MOVIE SONGS $2000: Irish singer Glen Hansard starred in this 2007 movie & won an Oscar for co-writing "Falling Slowly" Once
#9060, aired 2024-03-15FAMOUS WOMEN $2000: Referred to as the "Jackie Robinson of tennis", she was named Female Athlete of the Year in 1957 & 1958 by the Associated Press Althea Gibson
#9060, aired 2024-03-15LOST WORKS $2000: This Frenchman's controversial urinal from a 1917 show is lost; you can look at (but not use) a replica at the Tate Modern Duchamp
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MAKING A PASS $2000: Rudyard Kipling referred to this Asian pass as a "narrow sword-cut in the hills" the Khyber Pass
#9060, aired 2024-03-15LOST WORKS $5,000 (Daily Double): In the lost ancient epic "Aethiopis", the Ethiopian king Memnon fights for Troy & is killed by this Greek hero Achilles
#9060, aired 2024-03-15MAKING A PASS $14,000 (Daily Double): The first major U.S.-German battle of World War II took place in February 1943 at Kasserine Pass on this continent Africa
#9059, aired 2024-03-14CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $200: What's all this noise? (6 letters) racket
#9059, aired 2024-03-14SONGS OF YOUTH $200: In 2004 Natasha Bedingfield sang, "Today is where your book begins, the rest is still" this title word unwritten
#9059, aired 2024-03-14FESTIVALS $200: Traditionally, the lights sent aloft in Taiwan's Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival are made from this paper rice paper
#9059, aired 2024-03-14KHAN YOU DIG IT? $200: To improve London's natural biodiversity Mayor Sadiq Khan released a family of these dam rodents into a wetland in West London beavers
#9059, aired 2024-03-14HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: Doing this lifesaving procedure to the beat of "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees can help keep a proper rate CPR
#9059, aired 2024-03-14LOOK AT THE MAP $200: Let's look at the two main islands of this alliterative Caribbean country Trinidad & Tobago
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ENDS IN "IX" $400: To make a new version of something, like The Chemical Brothers' adaptation of "Voodoo People" by The Prodigy a remix
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $400: Best Actor, 2012, for "Lincoln" Daniel Day-Lewis
#9059, aired 2024-03-14IT'S A FACT! $400: As of January 1, 2024, California has a new state this, a golden chanterelle a mushroom
#9059, aired 2024-03-14MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $400: A real high point of this city is the nearly 360-foot-tall memorial to José Martí in Revolution Square Havana
#9059, aired 2024-03-14BOOKS BY REPORTERS $400: In 1923 E.B. White was fired by the Seattle Times; he'd later find success with this 1945 tale about a mouselike boy Stuart Little
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ANCIENT HISTORY $400: It's thought Chinese emperor Qin Shi Huang died after ingesting this liquid element that he believed would make him immortal mercury
#9059, aired 2024-03-14CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $400: A clever trick or stratagem (4 letters) ruse
#9059, aired 2024-03-14SONGS OF YOUTH $400: Inspired by her bestie, Tay Tay sang when "somebody tells you they love you" at this title age "you're gonna believe them" 15
#9059, aired 2024-03-14FESTIVALS $400: It's held for about 2 weeks each May, & in 2023 awarded its Palme d'Or to "Anatomy of a Fall" the Cannes Film Festival
#9059, aired 2024-03-14KHAN YOU DIG IT? $400: In 2021 Lina Khan began serving as chair of this agency, FTC for short the Federal Trade Commission
#9059, aired 2024-03-14HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: As seen in the X-ray, the patient has this sideways curvature of the spine that's often diagnosed in adolescence scoliosis
#9059, aired 2024-03-14LOOK AT THE MAP $400: This Mediterranean capital has endured for more than two millennia Algiers
#9059, aired 2024-03-14CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $600: A spinning spit for cooking meat (10 letters) rotisserie
#9059, aired 2024-03-14SONGS OF YOUTH $600: "No regrets, just love, we can dance until we die", sang Katy Perry, who was "livin"' one of these, also her album title Teenage Dream
#9059, aired 2024-03-14FESTIVALS $600: An art studio called Poetic Kinetics created the ginormous floating astronaut for the 2014 edition of this SoCal music festival Coachella
#9059, aired 2024-03-14KHAN YOU DIG IT? $600: This singer lent her voice to the band Rufus in the 1970s; as a solo performer, she had a hit with "I'm Every Woman" Chaka Khan
#9059, aired 2024-03-14HEALTH & MEDICINE $600: Jaundice can be a symptom of this liver inflammation that has 5 main viruses labeled A-E hepatitis
#9059, aired 2024-03-14LOOK AT THE MAP $600: More than 40 inhabited islands make up the groups known as the Inner & Outer these Hebrides
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ENDS IN "IX" $800: This 2-syllable word means to attach, like a postscript to a letter or a label to a package affix
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $800: Best picture, 2019, starring Song Kang Ho & Cho Yeo Jeong Parasite
#9059, aired 2024-03-14IT'S A FACT! $800: Unlike other cats, this fastest one doesn't have fully retractable claws a cheetah
#9059, aired 2024-03-14MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $800: This national monument & natural wonder attracts people from all over to Utah; the one for our dearly departed pets is different Rainbow Bridge
#9059, aired 2024-03-14BOOKS BY REPORTERS $800: Newspaperman Ben Hecht wrote the novel "Erik Dorn" & then wrote for the movies with this director's "Spellbound" Hitchcock
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Crimes punishable by death in this 282-law collection included robbery, false accusation & priestesses drinking with commoners the Code of Hammurabi
#9059, aired 2024-03-14CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $800: The nose knows it's inflammation of its mucous membranes (8 letters) rhinitis
#9059, aired 2024-03-14SONGS OF YOUTH $800: Nate Ruess & this band implored, "We are young so let's set the world on fire" fun.
#9059, aired 2024-03-14FESTIVALS $800: Every summer the Bayreuth Music Festival in Bavaria presents works by this composer Wagner
#9059, aired 2024-03-14KHAN YOU DIG IT? $800: According to a 13th century "Secret History", this leader was born clutching "a clot of blood the size of a knucklebone" Genghis Khan
#9059, aired 2024-03-14HEALTH & MEDICINE $800: In this early stage of periodontal disease, your gums may become swollen & bleed gingivitis
#9059, aired 2024-03-14LOOK AT THE MAP $800: It's the geographically appropriate name for the troubled country seen here East Timor
#9059, aired 2024-03-14CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $1000: Fishie doing a ridealong on a shark (6 letters) a remora
#9059, aired 2024-03-14SONGS OF YOUTH $1000: Fresh out of high school, this R&B singer's smash debut album "American Teen", had songs like "Young Dumb & Broke" Khalid
#9059, aired 2024-03-14FESTIVALS $1000: Blue for Krishna is just one of the hues in this festival of colors on the day of the full moon Holi
#9059, aired 2024-03-14HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: Most recover fully from this syndrome, GBS for short, that affects the peripheral nervous system & is named for 2 French Drs. Guillain-Barré
#9059, aired 2024-03-14LOOK AT THE MAP $1000: Much of Argentina is covered by these vast plains that extend from the Atlantic coast to the foothills of the Andes the Pampas
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $1200: Best Supporting Actor, 2019, for "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood" Brad Pitt
#9059, aired 2024-03-14IT'S A FACT! $1200: Belize, in Central America, was formerly a colony called this British Honduras
#9059, aired 2024-03-14MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $1200: Native American leaders want the name of this first U.S. natl. monument changed, saying it's offensive & based on a mistranslation Devils Tower
#9059, aired 2024-03-14BOOKS BY REPORTERS $1200: Willard Motley wrote novels as well as Bud Billiken newspaper columns for this city's Black weekly The Defender Chicago
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ANCIENT HISTORY $1200: In "Meditations" this Roman emperor reminds himself not to be irritated at other people's bad breath: "That's the way his mouth is" Marcus Aurelius
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ANCIENT HISTORY $1600: Praising the defense of democracy, Pericles' funeral oration of 431 B.C. was given for soldiers fallen in this conflict the Peloponnesian War
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ENDS IN "IX" $1600: This comic book hero who battles the Romans with his pal Obelix was introduced in 1959 Asterix
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $1600: Best Supporting Actress, 1973, for "Paper Moon" Tatum O'Neal
#9059, aired 2024-03-14IT'S A FACT! $1600: In the U.S. a quadrillion has this many zeros 15
#9059, aired 2024-03-14BOOKS BY REPORTERS $1600: This New Journalism leader wrote the novel "I Am Charlotte Simmons", about early 21st century college life (Tom) Wolfe
#9059, aired 2024-03-14BOOKS BY REPORTERS $2000: This scribe worked the baseball beat for a N.Y. paper but got his potatoes with the story collection "Guys & Dolls" & whatnot Runyon
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ENDS IN "IX" $2000: It means verbose or redundant prolix
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE NAME ON THE OSCAR $2000: Best Director, 2014, for "Birdman" & 2015, for "The Revenant" (González) Iñárritu
#9059, aired 2024-03-14IT'S A FACT! $2000: Stepping down in 2024 after 52 years on the throne, she had the longest reign of any Danish monarch Margrethe (II)
#9059, aired 2024-03-14MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $2000: Located on Israel's Mount of Remembrance, this memorial center commemorates the victims & the heroes of the Holocaust Yad Vashem
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ANCIENT HISTORY $2000: The Pyramids of Meroë in modern-day Sudan were built in the land of this 4-letter ancient kingdom Kush
#9059, aired 2024-03-14KHAN YOU DIG IT? $2,600 (Daily Double): The Aga Khans hold this title as leaders of the Shiite Nizari Ismaili sect imams
#9059, aired 2024-03-14MEMORIALS & MONUMENTS $5,600 (Daily Double): Dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen, it's the final resting place of women too, including Marie Curie & Simone Veil the Pantheon
#9059, aired 2024-03-14ENDS IN "IX" $12,200 (Daily Double): This town at the foot of Mont Blanc hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1924 Chamonix
#9058, aired 2024-03-13THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $200: An impatient Mandarin speaker might tap his wrist & say di da, where an American would say this tick-tock
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $200: A 1992 Pulitzer went to the Morning News of this city for its reporting on extensive misconduct by Texas police Dallas
#9058, aired 2024-03-13REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $200: Archie's pal Forsythe P. Jones III goes by this unflattering name Jughead
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $200: To live together as if married, even if not cohabiting
#9058, aired 2024-03-13VIRTUO-SO GOOD $200: Berlioz mastered this 6-string instrument but said the sound of a dozen of them playing in unison "is almost absurd" the guitar
#9058, aired 2024-03-13WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $200: The Fryderyk Chopin Museum & the Copernicus Science Center Warsaw
#9058, aired 2024-03-13THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $400: Months on the Islamic calendar traditionally begin when this type of moon is sighted in the western sky the crescent moon
#9058, aired 2024-03-13DIACRITICAL THINKING $400: To be fully correct in this language, you have to put a little hook over the R in the name of its native speaker Antonin Dvořák Czech
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SINGERS $400: This singer's 2023 N.Y. Times obituary said her biggest hit was "a breathtaking rendition of... 'Nothing Compares 2 U"' Sinéad O'Connor
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SKY & SEA $400: Not always circular, this type of coral reef encloses a lagoon an atoll
#9058, aired 2024-03-1317th CENTURY WRITING $400: In his first speech in "Paradise Lost", he says let's not rebel against one prohibition--we have pruning to do! Adam
#9058, aired 2024-03-13OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Connecticut likes this burly beast as its state animal; Mocha Dick was a notorious 19th century one a sperm whale
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"H" IS FOR HISTORY $400: The period of time from March to July of 1815 when Napoleon escaped Elba & ran wild in France is known as this the Hundred Days
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $400: A 1957 issue of Apparel Arts Magazine had this subtitle, which would eventually be shortened--or refitted?--to GQ Gentlemen's Quarterly
#9058, aired 2024-03-13REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $400: Horatio Magellan are the first & middle names of this cereal seller & man of the sea Captain Crunch
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $400: A substance that suppresses the activity of another; the protease type combats HIV an inhibitor
#9058, aired 2024-03-13VIRTUO-SO GOOD $400: Improvising woodwind virtuoso Eric Dolphy was a pioneer in the genre known as free this jazz
#9058, aired 2024-03-13WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $400: The Silver Pagoda & the Memorial Stupa to thousands of victims at the former Tuol Sleng Prison Phnom Penh
#9058, aired 2024-03-13REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $600: Robert Underdunk Terwilliger is the real name of this vengeful "Simpsons" character Sideshow Bob
#9058, aired 2024-03-13THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $600: Fittingly given its name, the U.S. Navy began using this kind of time in 1920 & the Army in 1942 military time
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $600: This publication that later Rockwell & rolled was named for being printed in time to make a weekend mail delivery in Philly The Saturday Evening Post
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $600: Every bartender needs these aromatic compounds that add flavor & complexity to cocktails bitters
#9058, aired 2024-03-13VIRTUO-SO GOOD $600: Like members of the Bach family, Marcel Dupré was a master of this weighty instrument & wrote extensively on technique the organ
#9058, aired 2024-03-13WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $600: Noryangjin Fish Market & Samsung's Leeum Museum of Art Seoul
#9058, aired 2024-03-13VIRTUO-SO GOOD $800: On the album "Songs from the Labyrinth", Sting went strings, reviving centuries-old songs from John Dowland, master of this the lute
#9058, aired 2024-03-13THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $800: On the French Revolutionary calendar, Dec. 21 was the 1st day of Nivôse, a month named for this weather condition snow
#9058, aired 2024-03-13DIACRITICAL THINKING $800: In Hawaiian, the single open quote mark called the 'okina is a this stop, a sound made by opening & closing a certain body part a glottal stop
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SINGERS $800: This Spanish singer with a flamenco background has hits like "Malamente" & "Con Altura", a collab with J. Balvin Rosalía
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SKY & SEA $800: The EPA gives us the AQI, short for this index, which goes from "good" to "hazardous" Air Quality Index
#9058, aired 2024-03-1317th CENTURY WRITING $800: As you see, there are geese in France but Jean La Fontain's book of fables included the hen that laid these valuables golden eggs
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"H" IS FOR HISTORY $800: "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?" was perhaps sung by citizens of these ramshackle areas named for a Depression-era prez Hoovervilles
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $800: Anna Wintour had the fashion sense to become editor-in-chief of this publication in 1988 Vogue
#9058, aired 2024-03-13REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $800: On "Gotham" Robin Lord Taylor walked the walk as this villain, aka Oswald Cobblepot The Penguin
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $800: "Geographic" term for an array of binary data used to create an image a bitmap
#9058, aired 2024-03-13WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $800: St. Michael's Orthodox Cathedral & Marshal Tito's mausoleum Belgrade
#9058, aired 2024-03-13THE CLOCK & THE CALENDAR $1000: The Julian calendar had leap years--Feb. 23 lasted 48 hours--& the first one was this last full year of Julius Caesar's life 45 B.C.
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON $1000: Roger Ebert was just 24 when he began to light up the Chicago movie scene as the film critic for this newspaper the Chicago Sun-Times
#9058, aired 2024-03-13REAL NAMES OF UNREAL PEOPLE $1000: Please, Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs is so formal! Just call the character this the Wizard of Oz
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"BIT"TING AT THE CHAMPS $1000: Grossly excessive, like tuition at the Ken Jennings School of Necromancy & Horticulture exorbitant
#9058, aired 2024-03-13VIRTUO-SO GOOD $1000: This composer and violin virtuoso revolutionized playing technique, including new methods of fingering & tuning Paganini
#9058, aired 2024-03-13DIACRITICAL THINKING $1200: This mark under the C in soupçon (a little bit) softens that sound & makes things much classier than saying "soup-con" a cedilla
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SINGERS $1200: In 1999 she had a hit with "Candy" & would later get to sing as the voice of Rapunzel in "Tangled" Mandy Moore
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SKY & SEA $1200: At the beach, beware of riptides, rip currents & this, which despite its name won't drag you offshore into deep water the undertow
#9058, aired 2024-03-13OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1200: Oregon's state fish is this type of salmon, also a name for a wind that blows in the Rockies chinook
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"H" IS FOR HISTORY $1200: It's the term for the migration of Muhammad & his followers to Medina before Mecca's fall in the year 630 the Hijrah
#9058, aired 2024-03-13WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $1,400 (Daily Double): Museo Botero & Plaza de Bolívar Bogotá
#9058, aired 2024-03-13DIACRITICAL THINKING $1600: I'm getting a sense of déjà vu; I feel like I've said it's l'accent grave over the A & l'accent this over the E, like, a second ago aigu
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SINGERS $1600: This singer's "Dance The Night" appears in "Barbie"; she also makes an appearance in the movie as a mermaid Dua Lipa
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SKY & SEA $1600: Bioaerosols are microbes that flourish in this innermost part of the atmosphere the troposphere
#9058, aired 2024-03-1317th CENTURY WRITING $1600: Loving a good sequel like the rest of us, this author completed "The Pilgrim's Progress Part 2" around 1684 Bunyan
#9058, aired 2024-03-13OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1600: Alaska's state gem is this green one, a historically important crafting item to the Inupiaq jade
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"H" IS FOR HISTORY $1600: What's known as this New England city's "Convention" was spurred by dissatisfaction in the War of 1812 Hartford
#9058, aired 2024-03-13DIACRITICAL THINKING $2000: Umlaut is a German word; this, for the 2 dots as in Zoë to show a vowel is in a separate syllable, comes from Greek diaeresis
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SINGERS $2000: Michelle Zauner, lead vocalist of this band, named it for a meal that might include tamago kake gohan (rice mixed with raw egg) Japanese Breakfast
#9058, aired 2024-03-13SKY & SEA $2000: The Arabic for "wind" gives us this 2-syllable word for a Sudanese wind that produces violent sandstorms haboob
#9058, aired 2024-03-1317th CENTURY WRITING $2000: In "To Althea, from Prison", poet Richard Lovelace wrote, "Stone walls do not a prison make, nor iron bars" one of these a cage
#9058, aired 2024-03-13OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $2000: From Boulder to Pueblo, Colorado residents celebrate this as their state flower the columbine
#9058, aired 2024-03-13"H" IS FOR HISTORY $2000: The "March of the 10,000" involved the heavily armored Greek soldiers known by this name, trapped behind enemy lines Hoplites
#9058, aired 2024-03-1317th CENTURY WRITING $9,200 (Daily Double): In his 1624 history of Virginia & New England, he included the famous story of his rescue John Smith
#9058, aired 2024-03-13OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $21,800 (Daily Double): Arizona's state fossil is this tree product; Arizona is also home to a forest full of it petrified wood
#9057, aired 2024-03-12LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $200: A "Jane Eyre" prequel: "____ Sargasso Sea" Wide
#9057, aired 2024-03-12IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $200: Legally, it means so visible that the cops didn't have to search to find it; something obvious is "hiding" there in plain sight
#9057, aired 2024-03-12SOUP'S ON $200: The name of caldo verde, a hearty Portuguese soup, means this color broth green
#9057, aired 2024-03-12ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $200: This word can precede cake or suit birthday
#9057, aired 2024-03-12INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $200: The difference between total assets & liabilities is this "worth" net worth
#9057, aired 2024-03-12FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $200: A subhead from 1929: "Istanbul, not found in recent atlases, has replaced" this old name Constantinople
#9057, aired 2024-03-12STARTS WITH "P" $400: It's a long, hooded jacket; Patagonia sells a nano puff one a parka
#9057, aired 2024-03-12WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $400: "First Man" Neil Armstrong
#9057, aired 2024-03-12THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $400: This holy object has been sought by knights in ancient legend & much more recently by Graham Chapman the Holy Grail
#9057, aired 2024-03-12UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $400: In 1997, Pathfinder parachuted onto Mars, and cushioned its land with these, also a safety feature in your Buick airbags
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PROSE & CONGRESS $400: In "Life on the Run" Bill Bradley talks about his pre-Senate life playing on this NBA team the New York Knicks
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $400: The Song of Solomon speaks of the "Rose of" this coastal plain between Mount Carmel & Tel Aviv Sharon
#9057, aired 2024-03-12LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $400: Third in a series: "Rabbit Is ____" Rich
#9057, aired 2024-03-12IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $400: A principle based on experience or practice gave rise to this 3-word phrase mentioning a part of the hand a rule of thumb
#9057, aired 2024-03-12SOUP'S ON $400: New England clam chowder uses cream, while this other geographical clam chowder uses tomatoes Manhattan clam chowder
#9057, aired 2024-03-12ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $400: As April 15 approaches, count on seeing the jocular phrase this person "cometh" the taxman
#9057, aired 2024-03-12INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $400: A part of profits paid to shareholders, the scrip type is basically a promissory note a dividend
#9057, aired 2024-03-12FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $400: December 27, 2007: this "Pakistani leader killed in suicide attack" Benazir Bhutto
#9057, aired 2024-03-12LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $600: A classic 1924 short story: "The Most ____ Game" Dangerous
#9057, aired 2024-03-12IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $600: 2021 called & wants this phrase back that means evaluating someone's mood or energy a vibe check
#9057, aired 2024-03-12SOUP'S ON $600: Vichyssoise, made with a base of potatoes & this onion relative, is said to date back to 1917 at the Ritz-Carlton leek
#9057, aired 2024-03-12ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $600: Chicagoans Marian & Fraser Robinson are seen here in 1964 with son Craig & this daughter Michelle
#9057, aired 2024-03-12INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $600: For a sales team, the number of contracts signed per quarter might be one of these indicators, KPI for short a key performance indicator
#9057, aired 2024-03-12FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $600: 1963: this civil rights leader "survived the Normandy invasion but died of an assassin's bullet in Mississippi" (Medgar) Evers
#9057, aired 2024-03-12STARTS WITH "P" $800: Also known as the caveman diet, it's a shortened word for a diet that emphasizes lean meats & veggies paleo
#9057, aired 2024-03-12WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $800: "Gorillas in the Mist" Fossey
#9057, aired 2024-03-12THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $800: Odds are you know this team led the NHL's Western Conference in points with 111 in the 2022-23 season the Golden Knights
#9057, aired 2024-03-12UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $800: In the 1990s this spacecraft named for a Portuguese explorer mapped almost the entire surface of Venus Magellan
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PROSE & CONGRESS $800: Her memoir "The Senator Next Door" is appropriately published by the University of Minnesota Press Amy Klobuchar
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $800: This Tanzanian plain is home to the biggest mammal migrations on Earth the Serengeti
#9057, aired 2024-03-12LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $800: A Tony winner by Larry Kramer: "The ____ Heart" Normal
#9057, aired 2024-03-12IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $800: This expression meaning you have to suffer to advance was used in the 17th century, in plural form, by Robert Herrick no pains, no gains
#9057, aired 2024-03-12SOUP'S ON $800: This Vietnamese soup has its own national day in its homeland--December 12 pho
#9057, aired 2024-03-12ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $800: A "Glorious" one occurred in England in 1688 when one monarch was replaced with a pair Revolution
#9057, aired 2024-03-12INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $800: A military order that keeps troops in the service, in investing, it orders a broker to sell if a stock price falls to a certain point stop-loss
#9057, aired 2024-03-12FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $800: From September 1933: "Nazi dominance... astounding to visitors"; this republic "irretrievably buried" Weimar
#9057, aired 2024-03-12LITERARY TITLE ADJECTIVES $1000: An Ionesco absurdity: "The ____ Soprano" Bald
#9057, aired 2024-03-12IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS $1000: The version with "pipe" is later, this original phrase for something headed your way is from the type of road seen here (coming) down the pike
#9057, aired 2024-03-12SOUP'S ON $1000: This alliterative soup made with tripe is historically a symbol of the city of Philadelphia pepper pot soup
#9057, aired 2024-03-12ONE-WORD BEATLES SONG TITLES $1000: In winter, the red-winged variety can congregate in flocks of several million blackbird
#9057, aired 2024-03-12INVESTING & BUSINESS TERMS $1000: The VIX, short for this, is a predictor of how fast stock market prices change volatility index
#9057, aired 2024-03-12STARTS WITH "P" $1200: A fun color "hiding" in the bottom layer of hair is known as this, named like a game played with an infant peekaboo
#9057, aired 2024-03-12WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $1200: "American Sniper" Kyle
#9057, aired 2024-03-12THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1200: This "colorful" poem dates to the 14th century & includes the main character being tempted by a lord's wife Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
#9057, aired 2024-03-12UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $1200: On July 4, 2005 Deep Impact slammed a probe into Tempel 1, one of these, creating a giant crater & a brilliant flash of light a comet
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PROSE & CONGRESS $1200: JFK won a Pulitzer for this book that detailed the lives of 8 fearless political leaders Profiles in Courage
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ian Frazier's travel journal "Great Plains" culminates in Montana at this kind of non-agricultural silo a nuclear silo (a missile silo)
#9057, aired 2024-03-12FROM THE NEWSPAPERS $1,600 (Daily Double): In 1921: "Italian radicals make issue of" this pair's case Sacco & Vanzetti
#9057, aired 2024-03-12STARTS WITH "P" $1600: It's a line of steep bluffs like the cliffs along part of the western shore of the Hudson River a palisade
#9057, aired 2024-03-12WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $1600: "Funny Girl" (Fanny) Brice
#9057, aired 2024-03-12THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $1600: An equestrian knight is the longtime logo of this British brand known for its trench coats Burberry
#9057, aired 2024-03-12UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $1600: The New Horizons spacecraft discovered that the surface of this largest moon of Pluto was mostly dirty water ice Charon
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Covering around 300 square miles in Wiltshire County, England, this plain is known for its monuments including Stonehenge Salisbury
#9057, aired 2024-03-12WHO'S THE BIOPIC SUBJECT? $2000: "A Man for All Seasons" Thomas More
#9057, aired 2024-03-12THE KNIGHTLY NEWS $2000: Jacques de Molay was the last grand master of this religious military order founded in the 1100s the Knights Templar
#9057, aired 2024-03-12UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $2000: The Dawn spacecraft found a peak over 12 miles high when it reached this second-largest object in the asteroid belt (after Ceres) Vesta
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PROSE & CONGRESS $2000: He won an NAACP Image Award for his autobiography "Across That Bridge" Lewis
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PLAIN GEOGRAPHY $2000: 3,000 years ago Mexico's Tabasco Plain was part of the trading network of these people & later the home of the Maya the Olmecs
#9057, aired 2024-03-12STARTS WITH "P" $6,000 (Daily Double): Part of this word for a long, rambling journey nearly spells out a type of falcon peregrination
#9057, aired 2024-03-12PROSE & CONGRESS $9,000 (Daily Double): In 2011 this senator published his "The Speech: A Historic Filibuster on Corporate Greed & the Decline of Our Middle Class" Bernie Sanders
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $200: A mind puzzle: DR. DELI a riddle
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DEALING WITH TV REALITY $200: This Netflix show: "The Challenge" used bits based on the drama series, but with one important difference: players did not really die Squid Game
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $200: When it's time for right hand red but your left foot's on green & a player is in your way, you're about to hit vinyl & lose this game Twister
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ON WHEELS $200: The Ford Maverick & GMC Sierra are this popular type of vehicle pickup trucks
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $200: The flooding of this country's Nubian Valley in the 1960s led to an international effort to move the temples of Abu Simbel Egypt
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RENAISSANCE WOMEN $200: In her 30s & already queen, Isabella of Castile decided to learn this language of Renaissance scholarship Latin
#9056, aired 2024-03-11BEHIND THE MUSIC $400: Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" is a thank you to these folks who move & set up equipment--"Let" them "Take the Stage" roadies
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ON WHEELS $400: The wheels on this hippie-mobile go round & round, like on the one George Carlin voiced in "Cars" a VW Microbus
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RENAISSANCE WOMEN $400: A contemporary described Isabella d'Este as the this "of the World", though she was the wife of a marquess, not a president the First Lady
#9056, aired 2024-03-11"AI" $400: In England & other parts of Europe, corn is commonly referred to by this name, borrowed from Spanish maize
#9056, aired 2024-03-11WORLD OF LIT $400: This commander of the Nautilus in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" also appears in "The Mysterious Island" Nemo
#9056, aired 2024-03-11IT'S CURTAINS $400: While Europe had its Iron Curtain, this curtain was a political barrier between China & the noncommunist countries of Asia the Bamboo Curtain
#9056, aired 2024-03-11NATURE $400: Seen here is a lovely one of these hollow earth-like rocks lined with crystals of pink amethyst a geode
#9056, aired 2024-03-11THE CIVIL WAR $400: 3-letter last name of Johnny, a symbol of the typical southern soldier; in a 1905 book by a war veteran, he's paired with Billy Yank Reb
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $400: It's deceptive: BUST REFUGE subterfuge
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DEALING WITH TV REALITY $400: Oh, the Scandoval! Let's say Ariana did not wish Tom well after he cheated on her with Raquel on this show that debuted in 2013 Vanderpump Rules
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $400: The "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" in this U.S. state was created by a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1912 Alaska
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $600: Like that "object of desire": ECO RUBS obscure
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DEALING WITH TV REALITY $600: Jennifer Lawrence said she'd give her Oscar to Heather Gay, Monica Garcia & "The Real Housewives of" here for that season finale in '24 Salt Lake City
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $600: Just try to resist the cuteness of the Pomsky, a hybrid of these 2 dog breeds a Pomeranian & a Husky
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ON WHEELS $600: The Cozy Coupe is a classic from this company whose 2-word name refers to its young customers Little Tikes
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RENAISSANCE WOMEN $600: Sofonisba Anguissola depicted herself as a working artist in "Self-portrait at" this supporting frame the easel
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $800: 1938's Munich Agreement basically had France's premier & this world leader leaving the Czechs defenseless against Hitler Neville Chamberlain
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ON WHEELS $800: The 1911 Curtiss Triad was the first plane to have retractable this, like modern planes landing gear
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DEALING WITH TV REALITY $800: From 2012 to 2020 Dave Navarro hosted this series that had episodes like "Drill Baby, Drill" Ink Master
#9056, aired 2024-03-11IT'S CURTAINS $800: Tiffany made a curtain of glass featuring the peaks of Iztaccíhuatl & Popocatépetl for this capital's national theatre Mexico City
#9056, aired 2024-03-11"AI" $800: In Connecticut, this program is called Husky Health; in Oklahoma, it's Soonercare Medicaid
#9056, aired 2024-03-11WORLD OF LIT $800: He served several years of hard labor in Siberia before writing about someone else's "Crime and Punishment" Dostoevsky
#9056, aired 2024-03-11NATURE $800: Talk about going the distance! The Arctic type of this bird has the longest annual migration of any, a round trip of up to 60,000 miles the (Arctic) tern
#9056, aired 2024-03-11BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: Before he was infamous, Phil Spector was famous for this elaborate production style of many '60s hits the Wall of Sound
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $800: Not clear: I AM BOGUS--U? ambiguous
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $800: Shared by 2 countries, the Valley of Cerdanya lies just east of Andorra high in these mountains the Pyrenees
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RENAISSANCE WOMEN $800: Victor Hugo's play about this woman popularized her image as a poisoner, though there's no real evidence she was one Lucrezia Borgia
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS $1000: Adjective for specialized knowledge: SO RECITE esoteric
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DEALING WITH TV REALITY $1000: Pod save us! Lydia saw through the premise of this dating show by recognizing the voice of Uche, an ex Love is Blind
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $1000: Readers again could not resist Stephenie Meyer, working hours after twilight with this 2020 best-seller told from the vampire's POV Midnight Sun
#9056, aired 2024-03-11ON WHEELS $1000: Made without brakes, track bicycles are designed for this type of building & here they are going around inside one a velodrome
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $1000: During the Civil War North & South battled for control of this fertile valley that extends southwest from Harpers Ferry the Shenandoah
#9056, aired 2024-03-11RENAISSANCE WOMEN $1000: Isotta Nogarola is often said to have been the first major female figure of this people-centric intellectual "-ism" humanism
#9056, aired 2024-03-11"AI" $1200: A wagon or cart, like the one for carrying "Hay" in a painting by John Constable a wain
#9056, aired 2024-03-11WORLD OF LIT $1200: Following the publication of this controversial 1988 novel, the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses
#9056, aired 2024-03-11IT'S CURTAINS $1200: Thinking it was Claudius, Hamlet takes his sword & pierces through a curtain, killing this father of Ophelia Polonius
#9056, aired 2024-03-11NATURE $1200: Ecdysis is another name for this process by which certain animals, such as snakes, shed their skin molting
#9056, aired 2024-03-11BEHIND THE MUSIC $1200: The many Grammys of this legendary musician & producer include Best R&B Song for "Cuff It" in 2023 Nile Rodgers
#9056, aired 2024-03-11THE CIVIL WAR $1200: In 1863 John Esten Cooke rushed into print with a biography of this Confederate general killed in May of that year Stonewall Jackson
#9056, aired 2024-03-11NATURE $1600: Found in bodies of water & other moist environments, these single-celled algae have cell walls made of silica diatoms
#9056, aired 2024-03-11WORLD OF LIT $1600: In Hermann Hesse's futuristic final novel, Josef Knecht has long been consumed with mastering this title competition the Glass Bead Game
#9056, aired 2024-03-11"AI" $1600: Heads up! It's this South American cousin of the crocodile a caiman
#9056, aired 2024-03-11IT'S CURTAINS $1600: In 1972 at the Met this Italian opera singer, later one of The Three Tenors, received 17 curtain calls Pavarotti
#9056, aired 2024-03-11BEHIND THE MUSIC $1600: A 2008 documentary tells the story of the legendary group of L.A. studio musicians known by this destructive nickname The Wrecking Crew
#9056, aired 2024-03-11THE CIVIL WAR $1600: Patented in 1862, this new weapon of war featured multiple barrels rotated by a crank a Gatling gun
#9056, aired 2024-03-11"AI" $2,000 (Daily Double): A contemporary of Buddha, Mahavira is revered as a leader & organizer of this religion Jainism
#9056, aired 2024-03-11WORLD OF LIT $2000: The short story collection "Face to Face" was the first book by this South African woman who won a 1991 Nobel Prize Nadine Gordimer
#9056, aired 2024-03-11IT'S CURTAINS $2000: Her first short story collection, "A Curtain of Green", contains her most famous story, "Why I Live at the P.O." Welty
#9056, aired 2024-03-11NATURE $2000: Also called a scaly anteater, this exotic animal of Africa & Asia is sadly among the most trafficked mammals in the world a pangolin
#9056, aired 2024-03-11BEHIND THE MUSIC $2000: The Beatles were just one of many artists with whom this legendary English producer crafted hit after hit George Martin
#9056, aired 2024-03-11THE CIVIL WAR $2000: The last battlefield death of the war was Union Pvt. John Williams, who was killed at Palmito Ranch in this state in May 1865 Texas
#9056, aired 2024-03-11DOWN IN THE VALLEY $2,600 (Daily Double): You'll find this Scots word for a valley before "Eagles", "Mor" & "Coe", among many others Glen
#9056, aired 2024-03-11THE CIVIL WAR $6,800 (Daily Double): When the war started, this future general was helping drill a volunteer company in Galena, Illinois Grant
#9055, aired 2024-03-08TRAIL $200: Great Bend, Kansas was a stopping point on this historic trail that went from Missouri to the capital of New Mexico the Santa Fe Trail
#9055, aired 2024-03-08PAPER $200: The general direction of the fibers in a sheet of paper is called this, also a term for things like rye or millet the grain
#9055, aired 2024-03-08WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $200: "A View from the Bridge" saw this woman win a 2010 Tony for Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Scarlett Johansson
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LEFTOVERS $200: This organization is the first to tell us that "animals are not ours to experiment on, eat, wear, use for entertainment..." PETA
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SUFFIXES $200: It's the very short, Arabic-influenced suffix that makes a demonym (a nationality noun) from Yemen or Pakistan I
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LITERARY AWARDS $200: The first of his 4, count 'em, 4 Pulitzers, was for "New Hampshire: A Poem with Notes & Grace Notes" Robert Frost
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LITERARY AWARDS $400: The Man Group sponsored this prestigious British literary prize from 2002 to 2019 the Booker Prize
#9055, aired 2024-03-08150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $400: In 1883 it was still the 42nd St. Y & at a further downtown branch, this poet taught immigrants the year she wrote "The New Colossus" (Emma) Lazarus
#9055, aired 2024-03-08FILM BROS $400: Ciarán Hinds & Richard Coyle have portrayed Aberforth, a brother of this Hogwarts honcho Dumbledore
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $400: Durban, South Africa was once named Port Natal; Natal is Portuguese for this holiday Christmas
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SHADES OF BLUE $400: In shades of blue, it follows ultra & aqua marine
#9055, aired 2024-03-0813-LETTER WORDS $400: You might have to perform with some real dummies if you seek this stage job perfected by Edgar Bergen ventriloquist
#9055, aired 2024-03-08THE MIDDLE AGES $400: Who knows how long this country would have stayed heathen if not for the Christianizing of its 10th c. King Olaf Tryggvason Norway
#9055, aired 2024-03-08TRAIL $400: Now a National Historic Trail, it began in Nauvoo, Illinois & ended at the Great Salt Lake the Mormon Trail
#9055, aired 2024-03-08PAPER $400: Made from silicon carbide, flint or garnet, this abrasive can have a grit level anywhere from 12 to 1000 sandpaper
#9055, aired 2024-03-08WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $400: Songs in this show include "King Arthur's Song", "I Am Not Dead Yet" & "You Won't Succeed On Broadway" Spamalot
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LEFTOVERS $400: In 1861, 3 years after the publication of this classic medical textbook, its author died of smallpox at age 34 Gray's Anatomy
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SUFFIXES $400: It's the British spelling of the suffix that makes a verb out of "industrial" I-S-E
#9055, aired 2024-03-08TRAIL $600: A trail that runs some 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico is named for this demarcation that splits North America in 2 the Continental Divide
#9055, aired 2024-03-08PAPER $600: This French-named arts & crafts material is repulped paper mixed with glue that's used to mold masks & toys papier-mâché
#9055, aired 2024-03-08WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $600: King George sings, "Cuz when push comes to shove, I will kill your friends & family to remind you of my love" in this show Hamilton
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LEFTOVERS $600: Partly from Greek for "horse", it was an oval track for horse & chariot races in ancient Greece the hippodrome
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SUFFIXES $600: As early as 1973 this suffix from a D.C. building was tacked onto "Wine" to describe a scandal involving fake Bordeaux gate
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LITERARY AWARDS $600: Octavia Butler got the inaugural Infinity Award by the Science Fiction & Writers Association at these star-studded awards the Nebula Awards
#9055, aired 2024-03-08150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $800: Elie Wiesel's more than 180 lectures at the Y began in the mid-'60s, reporting on Jews unable to leave here the Soviet Union
#9055, aired 2024-03-08FILM BROS $800: John C. Reilly & Will Ferrell bond over their love for John Stamos in this 2008 film Step Brothers
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $800: One activity if, you're in Gurue in northern Mozambique is a hike to the Cascata, this feature, a good place to cool off a waterfall
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SHADES OF BLUE $800: A lovely shade of blue is named for these objects seen here robin's eggs
#9055, aired 2024-03-0813-LETTER WORDS $800: It's what you're doing when you're speaking aloud to no one else in particular on stage soliloquizing
#9055, aired 2024-03-08THE MIDDLE AGES $800: Far ahead of Europe, China developed this advance in communications; the Diamond Sutra of 868 A.D. is an example of it woodblock printing
#9055, aired 2024-03-08PAPER $800: Some cardboard goes through this process with a name from the Latin for "wrinkle" corrugation
#9055, aired 2024-03-08WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $800: This actor could have been a contender for the busiest 1946--he was in at least 4 shows, including "Candida" as Eugene Brando
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LEFTOVERS $800: In 2011, this country replaced its solid green flag with one featuring red, black & green stripes Libya
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SUFFIXES $800: The -ary suffix often means "place of", as in this type of place a dispensary
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LITERARY AWARDS $800: This 18th century publisher who helped usher Mother Goose into the world is the namesake of a lauded medal Newbery
#9055, aired 2024-03-08TRAIL $1000: The Oregon Trail ended in this Oregon river valley now famed for its wine the Willamette Valley
#9055, aired 2024-03-08PAPER $1000: Collectors love prints made on this type of photographic paper from the 19th century named for the egg whites used to treat it albumen paper
#9055, aired 2024-03-08WE'RE GOIN' TO BROADWAY! $1000: A story told in reverse, this Sondheim musical that ran 16 performances in 1981 returned to B'way in triumph in 2023 Merrily We Roll Along
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LEFTOVERS $1000: This book about Natty Bumppo's youth was chronologically first of the "Leatherstocking Tales" but was written last The Deerslayer
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SUFFIXES $1000: This 4-letter suffix goes on words for types of medical exams, or on Beatrix Potter rabbits -opsy
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LITERARY AWARDS $1000: The Hugo Award isn't named after Victor Hugo, but this Hugo who founded the sci-fi magazine Amazing Stories Hugo Gernsback
#9055, aired 2024-03-08FILM BROS $1200: After 2 brothers are killed in Normandy & one brother in New Guinea, a rescue mission goes to save the 4th brother in this film Saving Private Ryan
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $1200: Named for an earl, not a duke, this major New Zealand port has the country's largest concentration of Maori Auckland
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SHADES OF BLUE $1200: Some call it a bachelor's button, others call it this, also a shade of blue a cornflower
#9055, aired 2024-03-0813-LETTER WORDS $1200: It's another name for a bachelor's degree a baccalaureate
#9055, aired 2024-03-08THE MIDDLE AGES $1200: In 1043 this lady & her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, founded a monastery in Coventry Lady Godiva
#9055, aired 2024-03-08150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $1600: In 1948 this actor-singer of Caribbean heritage made his Off-Broadway debut at the Y in a play about Sojourner Truth Belafonte
#9055, aired 2024-03-08FILM BROS $1600: Nicolas Cage got one Oscar nomination for 2 roles when he played brothers Charlie & Donald Kaufman in this 2002 film Adaptation
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $1600: Ready for some golf? Head to this very remote South Atlantic island & its 9-hole Longwood golf course St. Helena
#9055, aired 2024-03-0813-LETTER WORDS $1600: If you register a domain name solely with the intention of selling it for profit, sit down, you're this type of intruder a cybersquatter
#9055, aired 2024-03-08THE MIDDLE AGES $1600: The Lombard League, an alliance of Italian cities, was founded in 1167 to defend against this red-bearded Holy Roman Emperor Barbarossa
#9055, aired 2024-03-08TRAIL $1,800 (Daily Double): Surname of settler John, who blazed a trail to Montana & left his name on a city there Bozeman
#9055, aired 2024-03-08150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $2000: "Revelations", a signature work that this choreographer set to spirituals had its world premiere at the Y in 1960 Alvin Ailey
#9055, aired 2024-03-08FILM BROS $2000: In "The Kissing Booth", Elle Evans may be best friends with Lee but gets her smooch on with his bro Noah, played by this actor Elordi
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR $2000: New Britain is the largest island in this German-named archipelago in the southwest Pacific the Bismarck Archipelago
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SHADES OF BLUE $2000: In 1999 Pantone named this peaceful 8-letter shade of sky blue its first color of the year & of the millennium cerulean
#9055, aired 2024-03-0813-LETTER WORDS $2000: The international museum for this in Maine has exhibits on Bigfoot & the Loch Ness Monster cryptozoology
#9055, aired 2024-03-08THE MIDDLE AGES $2000: Not Peter the Apostle nor Peter the Great but this preacher led the People's Crusade in filthy garments & riding a donkey Peter the Hermit
#9055, aired 2024-03-08150 YEARS OF THE 92nd STREET Y $2,800 (Daily Double): In his U.S. reading debut, in June 1966, this S. Amer. poet said his country was in full winter but his welcome was like spring (Pablo) Neruda
#9055, aired 2024-03-08SHADES OF BLUE $7,600 (Daily Double): In his "Great Waves" print, Hokusai used this imported blue pigment first made in Germany Prussian blue
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BEFORE & AFTER $200: A venue for volleys & lobs where violators of military law are prosecuted a tennis court-martial
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE MATERIAL WORLD $200: This material that went with feathers in public humiliation from times past might not have been as hot as you'd assume tar
#9054, aired 2024-03-07UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $200: You can see why BMW E24 6 cars were dubbed this predatory creature's nose a shark
#9054, aired 2024-03-07SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $200: Starting his career at the San Diego Zoo, he's "an embryonic Charles Chaplin in... feathers", says his biography the San Diego Chicken
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $200: Hunting at sea, Matt Hooper & Captain Quint Jaws
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GETTING HISTORICAL $200: John Knox was the best-known leader of this country's Reformation, made official by a 1560 act of its parliament Scotland
#9054, aired 2024-03-07ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $400: In the 1850s a familiar quotation of his may have been "I have a notebook full of famous things people said. Wanna see?" Bartlett
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE TALLEST ONE $400: On China's basketball team at the 2000 Olympics Yao Ming
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BAKER $400: The thrill & amazement of a 1921 balloon race over Indianapolis inspired the name of this not just white bread brand Wonder
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BRIDGERS $400: RO&AD Architects built a Dutch bridge that parts the waters rather than going over them, so it's named for this biblical man Moses
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOY GENIUS $400: At age 8, Sergei Prokofiev was taken to "Faust" & "Prince Igor"; he decided to write one of these too & in months composed "The Giant" an opera
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GITALONG, OLD PAINT $400: Her interest in Mexican folk art can be seen in a 1931 portrait of herself with her new husband, a fellow artist Frida Kahlo
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BEFORE & AFTER $400: Actor lookalike who does the dangerous action scenes as an iconic red London vehicle a stunt double decker (bus)
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE MATERIAL WORLD $400: For sheets, the Egyptian type of this feels real good, but the extra-long-staple kind is the best of the best cotton
#9054, aired 2024-03-07UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $400: This first name of Herr Mendelssohn means "happy", but his manner got him the nickname "discontented Polish count" Felix
#9054, aired 2024-03-07SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $400: From 1979 to 1981 the Yankees fittingly had a mascot named this, also a word for a well-dressed man Dandy
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $400: Josef K. & the Examining Magistrate The Trial
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GETTING HISTORICAL $400: To defend against missiles, Roman legions linked shields in a formation called the testudo, Latin for this land animal a turtle (a tortoise)
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GETTING HISTORICAL $600: A 1493 papal decision split the New World between these 2 nations, or so they thought Spain & Portugal
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BEFORE & AFTER $600: A Knoxville color that's also a hit country song is served as a high grade tea from Sri Lanka & India Tennessee Orange Pekoe
#9054, aired 2024-03-07UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $600: This hitter of the '40s & '50s was thin-shamed as the "Splendid Splinter" Ted Williams
#9054, aired 2024-03-07SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $600: In 1979 Youppi! suited up for this MLB squad, prior to moving across town (& sports leagues) to the Canadiens the Montreal Expos
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $600: In a children's book, Stanley Yelnats & Zero Holes
#9054, aired 2024-03-07UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $800: Oxford is "city of dreaming" these topmost parts of some of its buildings, a phrase from a poem by Matthew Arnold spires
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE TALLEST ONE $800: In the Ramones Joey
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BAKER $800: A special one of these baked at Passover 2022 for the president of Israel was 20' long by 3 1/2' wide by not very thick matzah
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BRIDGERS $800: Named for their designer, Bailey Bridges moved Allied troops, trucks & tanks; an 1,800-foot one was built over this German river in 1945 the Rhine
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOY GENIUS $800: In his teens Erik Demaine pioneered computational origami; at 20 he became this Boston-area school's youngest ever prof MIT
#9054, aired 2024-03-07ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $800: This type of heart surgery involves taking a blood vessel from elsewhere & creating a new pathway around a blockage bypass
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GITALONG, OLD PAINT $800: Rather than the Magi, Guido Reni depicted "The Adoration of" these rustic fellows the Shepherds
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BEFORE & AFTER $800: Nation's capital newspaper-caused psychological pain following an event of actual or threatened bodily harm the Washington Post traumatic stress disorder
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE MATERIAL WORLD $800: Doors on ancient Greek temples were often fitted with grills made of this alloy of copper & tin bronze
#9054, aired 2024-03-07SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $800: This NFL team notes mascot Captain Fear lamented his lost ship, but friends, it was found & rebuilt at Raymond James Stadium! the Buccaneers
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $800: Sethe & Baby Suggs Beloved
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GETTING HISTORICAL $800: Calling himself an admiral in a bit of self-promotion, in 1853 he sailed 4 warships into the harbor of Uraga & refused to leave Commodore Matthew Perry
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BEFORE & AFTER $1000: Siam-set musical adaptation of Asimov's book about machines that follow 3 laws The King and I, Robot
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE MATERIAL WORLD $1000: This fabric with a raised design gets its name from a word for "twisted thread" brocade
#9054, aired 2024-03-07UNUSUAL NICKNAMES $1000: Glasgow's Clyde Auditorium was opened in 1997 & soon became known as this animal of Texas & Central & South America the armadillo
#9054, aired 2024-03-07SPORTS MASCOT HISTORY $1000: Since the 1990s Fred the Red has been a devil indeed for this team from the north of England Man U (Manchester United)
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOOKS BY CHARACTERS $1000: Squealer & Old Major Animal Farm
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GETTING HISTORICAL $1000: Wahunsenacawh was another name of the man the Jamestown colonists called this, like the people he led Powhatan
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BRIDGERS $1200: Samuel Lancaster built the scenic Benson Bridge across Multnomah Creek in this state but Simon Benson paid for it Oregon
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOY GENIUS $1200: By age 15, Flynn McGarry had created a culinary classic, changing one letter in a dish named for a duke to make this vegetarian creation the beet Wellington
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE TALLEST ONE $1200: On the 2001 World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks "the Big Unit" Randy Johnson
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BAKER $1200: When his wife baked these, often served with gravy, Calvin Coolidge would drop one & stomp a foot to show its heaviness a biscuit
#9054, aired 2024-03-07ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $1200: Eden, New York has a museum devoted to this mouth-blown musical toy a kazoo
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GITALONG, OLD PAINT $1200: This painter who was totally for the birds gave us the oil-on-canvas "Washington Sea Eagle" around 1839 John James Audubon
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BRIDGERS $1600: You might guess that Gustave Eiffel of tower fame built the Maria Pia Bridge over the Douro River in this Portuguese city famous for wine Oporto
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GITALONG, OLD PAINT $1600: Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Seurat's "A Sunday on La Grande Jatte" helped pioneer this -ism using small, detached strokes Pointillism
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE TALLEST ONE $1600: In the heartwarming sismance among the main actors on "Ted Lasso" Hannah Waddingham
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BAKER $1600: What a card! Duff Goldman rose to fame on this Food Network show whose title mentions his specialty the Ace of Cakes
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE MATERIAL WORLD $1,800 (Daily Double): This hard black wood from trees of the Diospyros genus shares its name with a magazine founded in 1945 ebony
#9054, aired 2024-03-07THE TALLEST ONE $2000: In boygenius, her name didn't lend itself to a category title Lucy Dacus
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BAKER $2000: In Chestnut Hill, Tennessee, you can tour, eat & shop at the visitor center of this alliterative baked bean brand Bush's (Best)
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BRIDGERS $2000: Peter Wyss designed a sky bridge not to go anywhere but to attract tourists to Langkawi Island off the peninsular part of this country Malaysia
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOY GENIUS $2000: This French prodigy wrote his masterpiece "The Drunken Boat" at 16 & was called an "infant Shakespeare" Rimbaud
#9054, aired 2024-03-07ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $2000: This line on the hull of a ship that indicates the depth to which it can be loaded is named for a 19th century British merchant the Plimsoll
#9054, aired 2024-03-07GITALONG, OLD PAINT $2000: As it's by this painter, you might call an 1876 view of the Mediterranean at l'Estaque a "C" scape Paul Cezanne
#9054, aired 2024-03-07BOY GENIUS $4,000 (Daily Double): Losing his brother Giulio 1915, he buried his grief in math & physics & soon wowed the admissions panel at college in Pisa Fermi
#9054, aired 2024-03-07ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS $8,600 (Daily Double): Originally a stick or spindle used in spinning, it also came to mean women's work or the female side of a family distaff
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MIDDLE X $200: A cheerful & tricky sprite, or in a different sense, Black Francis, as one of a group a pixie
#9053, aired 2024-03-06ISLANDS $200: Monuriki, an uninhabited island of Fiji, became a tourist attraction after the release of this Tom Hanks film Cast Away
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MEASURES $200: A mercury one of these devices measures atmospheric pressure in pounds per square inch a barometer
#9053, aired 2024-03-06WAITS $200: Jane Seymour served as one of these to Anne Boleyn, who had served as one to Katherine of Aragon a lady in waiting
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OLYMPIC HISTORY $200: The 1924 Games saw the debut of the motto "Citius, Altius, Fortius"--faster, higher, this stronger
#9053, aired 2024-03-06SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $200: To sum things up, this title guy passes over a very vengeful dude for the chief Lt. gig & does not get to live to regret it Othello
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MIDDLE X $400: Term for reproduction by an organism making copies of itself, or an orientation without carnal desire asexual
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE HEAVENS & EARTH $400: It's the type of rock found in many of Yosemite's rock formations & in New Hampshire's nickname granite
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MOVIE TAGLINES $400: This 2023 holiday horrorfest promised, "There will be no leftovers" Thanksgiving
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OCCUPATIONS $400: At the L.A. County Museum of Art, Stephanie Barron is a senior one of these in the Department of Modern Art curator
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE ARTS $400: This famed chorus ends part II of Handel's "Messiah" Hallelujah
#9053, aired 2024-03-06UNUSUAL WORDS $400: Those on the Big Island of Hawaii are familiar with the basaltic lava whose name consists of just this letter twice A
#9053, aired 2024-03-061924 $400: Thanks to Freud, this 2-letter word entered the English language in 1924 id
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MEASURES $400: In the 1670s Danish astronomer Ole Roemer was the first to show this was finite, now defined as 186,282 miles per second the speed of light
#9053, aired 2024-03-06WAITS $400: Bernadine, Robin, Savannah & Gloria were "Waiting to" do this in a 1992 book title exhale
#9053, aired 2024-03-06ISLANDS $400: The most populous island in the world, it's home to more than half of Indonesia's people Java
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OLYMPIC HISTORY $400: This sport got ugly in 1956 as recently invaded Hungary beat the USSR in the "Blood in the Water" match water polo
#9053, aired 2024-03-06SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $400: This character says, "Make thick my blood; stop up the access & passage to remorse"; it's not her last experience with blood Lady Macbeth
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MIDDLE X $600: Multiple blaring horns or warning hooters (that means put an S at the end of this high-score Scrabble word, y'all) claxons
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MEASURES $600: For a measured pour, a bartender might rely on this double-sided metal cup; a versatile one is 2 oz. on one side, 1 on the other a jigger
#9053, aired 2024-03-06WAITS $600: He had a Top 20 hit singing, "You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is the hardest part" Tom Petty
#9053, aired 2024-03-06ISLANDS $600: I took a pill in this third-largest of Spain's Balearic islands--what'd I miss? Ibiza
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OLYMPIC HISTORY $600: In 1912 Martin Klein pinned Alfred Asikainen after an epic 11-hour, 40-minute bout in this hyphenated wrestling style Greco-Roman wrestling
#9053, aired 2024-03-06SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $600: Awaking, this weaver says, "I have had a dream... man is but an ass if he go about to expound this dream" Bottom
#9053, aired 2024-03-061924 $800: This future president was born June 12 in Milton, Massachusetts the first President Bush
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MIDDLE X $800: This math adjective that means having a common axis often precedes "cable" coaxial
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MEASURES $800: A blood test to measure cholesterol should calculate total cholesterol, LDLs, HDLs & these, named for a trio of molecules triglycerides
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE HEAVENS & EARTH $800: The Cassini Division & the Roche Division surround this celestial body Saturn
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MOVIE TAGLINES $800: The title male fashion model in this comedy had "3% body fat. 1% brain activity" Zoolander
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OCCUPATIONS $800: More so than a nanny, this female employee concentrates on teaching the children in a home, not chaperoning a governess
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE ARTS $800: Nicole Kidman starred in the 2006 film "Fur", "an imaginary portrait of" this female photographer Arbus
#9053, aired 2024-03-06UNUSUAL WORDS $800: Don't be stingy with the Cabernet at one of these parties of mass revelry named for everyone's favorite wine god a bacchanal
#9053, aired 2024-03-06WAITS $800: At Jefferson's Monticello, the dining room fireplace conceals one of these that's linked to the wine cellar a dumbwaiter
#9053, aired 2024-03-06ISLANDS $800: In 1863, the ancient statue seen here was discovered on this Greek island Samothrace
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OLYMPIC HISTORY $800: She took a silver medal in women's figure skating in 1994; Tonya Harding finished a medalless eighth Nancy Kerrigan
#9053, aired 2024-03-06SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1,000 (Daily Double): Her last speech includes "Thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper... thy sovereign" Katherina
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MIDDLE X $1000: The ore of aluminum bauxite
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MEASURES $1000: A unit of weight in the apothecaries' system, it equals 20 grains; in another sense, it's a synonym for a moral principle a scruple
#9053, aired 2024-03-06WAITS $1000: Clifford Odets got it right with his one-act play "Waiting for" him Lefty
#9053, aired 2024-03-06ISLANDS $1000: Sapporo is the capital of this Japanese island that also has double letters Hokkaido
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OLYMPIC HISTORY $1000: In 1904 Ralph Rose & Martin Sheridan broke a tie with a "throw-off" in this field event; Sheridan won with a spin of 127' 10 1/4" discus
#9053, aired 2024-03-06SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE! $1000: This early play features Proteus & Valentine in the title roles (& it's not "Proteus & Valentine Take Manhattan") The Two Gentlemen of Verona
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE HEAVENS & EARTH $1200: The name of this volcanic vent through which steam & gas are emitted comes from the Latin for "smoke chamber" a fumarole
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MOVIE TAGLINES $1200: It was "No goats. No glory" for "The Men Who Stare at Goats", starring him as out-there Army officer Lyn Cassady George Clooney
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE ARTS $1200: His many paintings of ballerinas include "The Dance Class", an oil from the 1870s Degas
#9053, aired 2024-03-06UNUSUAL WORDS $1200: You'll need 3 "F"s to spell this word for a disorderly confusion given to us by the Scots a kerfuffle
#9053, aired 2024-03-061924 $1200: Working on a deadline, George Gershwin composed this piece in just a few weeks' time Rhapsody in Blue
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MOVIE TAGLINES $1600: It's part of a film series & we'll even front you "Harold & Kumar": "This time they're running from the joint" Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OCCUPATIONS $1600: Longshoreman or this word that begins with a male name can be used for a worker who loads & unloads ships in a port a stevedore
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE ARTS $1600: A 2024 show at the National Gallery of Art called "The Anxious Eye" focuses on this moody style, a nationality plus an -ism German Expressionism
#9053, aired 2024-03-06UNUSUAL WORDS $1600: Giant monsters like Rodan or Mechagodzilla are these creatures in Japanese kaiju
#9053, aired 2024-03-061924 $1600: Published in 1924, her novel "So Big" was so big that it would win a Pulitzer Prize the next year Edna Ferber
#9053, aired 2024-03-06MOVIE TAGLINES $2000: "Revenge never looked so promising", promised this 2020 film starring Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE HEAVENS & EARTH $2000: In these seismically active zones, one of Earth's tectonic plates sinks as another one slides over it subduction zones
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OCCUPATIONS $2000: Terms for shoemakers include cobbler & this more archaic one derived from a type of Spanish leather a cordwainer
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE ARTS $2000: Ooh! The romantic 1841 ballet named for this doomed heroine always gives me "the Wilis" Giselle
#9053, aired 2024-03-06UNUSUAL WORDS $2000: Something that moves counterclockwise or off course is said to have gone this manner that ends with some leg parts widdershins
#9053, aired 2024-03-061924 $2000: This "Flying Finn" was the first athlete from his country to win 5 gold medals at a single Olympics Nurmi
#9053, aired 2024-03-06OCCUPATIONS $4,000 (Daily Double): With a name from Latin for "copyist", this type of insurance specialist calculates risks & premiums an actuary
#9053, aired 2024-03-06THE HEAVENS & EARTH $11,800 (Daily Double): Cepheids are the pulsating type of these stars that fluctuate in brightness variable stars
#9052, aired 2024-03-055 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $200: George III & George Washington figure prominently in the David McCullogh bestseller entitled this pivotal year 1776
#9052, aired 2024-03-05WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $200: It's said there are "three sides to every story: yours, mine" & this the truth
#9052, aired 2024-03-05THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $200: Kangaroos & wallabies are members of the Macropodidae family, meaning "big" these big feet
#9052, aired 2024-03-05GETTING TOGETHER $200: Games played at this type of party include bobbing for pacifiers & guess how big Mom's belly is a baby shower
#9052, aired 2024-03-05TV IN THE AUGHTIES $200: Ben McKenzie played Ryan Atwood, a tough kid from Chino taken in by a wealthy Newport Beach family on this show The O.C.
#9052, aired 2024-03-05NAMES IN FASHION $200: Some of the clothing from this designer features a cute polo bear instead of a pony Ralph Lauren
#9052, aired 2024-03-05"O-U-R" SOMETHING $400: Feed the body, or the soul nourish
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $400: The MacKenzie Mountains are part of the Canadian section of these mountains; the Bighorn Mountains are in the U.S. part the Rockies
#9052, aired 2024-03-05PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $400: This author & Pulitzer Prize winner's best-known work is subtitled "The Saga of An American Family" Alex Haley
#9052, aired 2024-03-05HAVE FAITH $400: Rick Warren's last one, to thousands at a Saddleback Church service in August 2022, was the same as his first one, to tens in March 1980 a sermon
#9052, aired 2024-03-05POETS & POETRY $400: Elizabeth Bishop rhymed "disaster", "faster" & "vaster" with "the art of losing isn't hard to" this master
#9052, aired 2024-03-05JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM $400: Both Sonny Rollins & Coleman Hawkins, masters of spontaneity on this instrument, blew into Harlem that day the (tenor) saxophone
#9052, aired 2024-03-05WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $400: The spinal column, or firmness of character backbone
#9052, aired 2024-03-05THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $400: Looking sharp there! Espandon is another name for this creature swordfish
#9052, aired 2024-03-05GETTING TOGETHER $400: Dropping -ulation gave us this informal word for a chat or a conference a confab
#9052, aired 2024-03-05TV IN THE AUGHTIES $400: Frankie Muniz would often break the 4th wall as a precocious middle schooler on this show Malcolm in the Middle
#9052, aired 2024-03-05NAMES IN FASHION $400: A longtime vegetarian like parents Paul & Linda, she doesn't use any leather or fur in her designs Stella McCartney
#9052, aired 2024-03-055 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $400: A recent bestseller by Kate Moore chronicles the struggles of the "Girls" who applied this element to watch dials radium
#9052, aired 2024-03-05WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $600: You don't want plaque building up in these of your arteries walls
#9052, aired 2024-03-05GETTING TOGETHER $600: John Sayles wrote a comic story about a convention of these people opposed to government, but they do happen, since the 1800s anarchists
#9052, aired 2024-03-05TV IN THE AUGHTIES $600: This actress was the title star of "Lizzie McGuire" on the Disney Channel (Hilary) Duff
#9052, aired 2024-03-05NAMES IN FASHION $600: In 1990 this designer opened her flagship bridal salon at the Carlyle Hotel in New York City (Vera) Wang
#9052, aired 2024-03-055 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $600: With 1920's "The Outline of History", this "Time Machine" man went from bestselling novelist to bestselling educator H.G. Wells
#9052, aired 2024-03-05"O-U-R" SOMETHING $800: It's the French-derived word for a device used to stop severe bleeding; a belt or strong piece of cloth can do in a pinch a tourniquet
#9052, aired 2024-03-05MOUNTAINS $800: A Disneyland attraction is exactly 100 times shorter than this 14,700-foot Alp the Matterhorn
#9052, aired 2024-03-05PEOPLE NAMED ALEX $800: The first Latino senator from California, Alex Padilla grew up in this L.A. area with a Spanish name the San Fernando Valley
#9052, aired 2024-03-05HAVE FAITH $800: A spin on this 5-syllable worship of many gods is henotheism, the worship of only one of many gods polytheism
#9052, aired 2024-03-05POETS & POETRY $800: Wilfred Owen's poems about this conflict include "Spring Offensive" & "Anthem for Doomed Youth"--of which, sadly, he was one World War I
#9052, aired 2024-03-05JAZZ' GREAT DAY IN HARLEM $800: Classics from Thelonious Monk include "Straight, No Chaser" & "'Round" this time, when jazz musicians are just warming up Midnight
#9052, aired 2024-03-05WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $800: Great material comfort, or anything you enjoy but don't need a luxury
#9052, aired 2024-03-05THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $800: Found in the rainforests & grasslands of Asia, this feline is named for the distinctive spots on its coat the clouded leopard
#9052, aired 2024-03-05GETTING TOGETHER $800: These corporate meetings are often dull, but not when Ross Perot challenged GM's leadership in November 1985 a board (of directors) meeting
#9052, aired 2024-03-05TV IN THE AUGHTIES $800: The title of this Miami-set spy show co-starring Bruce Campbell refers to an official statement that blacklists a spy Burn Notice
#9052, aired 2024-03-05NAMES IN FASHION $800: Sure to please your little girl is a pair of kids' sneakers for $2,400, with rhinestones & a red rubber sole from this designer (Christian) Louboutin
#9052, aired 2024-03-055 FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS $800: "The Broken Heart of America", about St. Louis & American violence, ends with a 2014 police shooting in this Missouri city Ferguson
#9052, aired 2024-03-05WORDS IN COLONEL JESSUP'S BIG SPEECH $1000: Hideous, or the style of art seen here grotesque
#9052, aired 2024-03-05THE ANIMAL KINGDOM $1000: The only known carrier of malaria, this genus of mosquito also transmits encephalitis Anopheles
#9052, aired 2024-03-05GETTING TOGETHER $1000: This type of formal discussion is from Latin for "together" & "speak"; one "of Marburg" in 1529 included a debate on Matthew 26:26 a colloquium (colloquy)
#9052, aired 2024-03-05TV IN THE AUGHTIES $1000: Regina King voiced brothers Huey & Riley Freeman on this Adult Swim satire created by Aaron McGruder The Boondocks
#9052, aired 2024-03-05NAMES IN FASHION $1000: Fashion royalty--here's this Belgian-born designer & icon & Talita, her princess granddaughter, a designer in her own right Diane von Furstenberg

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (1000 results returned) (search results maxed out)

#9068, aired 2024-03-27OLD WORDS: First appearing in an English dictionary in 1623, mesonoxian means pertaining to this word midnight
#9067, aired 2024-03-26ELEMENTS: In his "Natural History" Pliny described it as "argentum vivum" mercury
#9066, aired 2024-03-25NOTORIOUS FIGURES: Never even a soldier, this man lied that his nickname came from a shrapnel wound while fighting in the Argonne Al Capone
#9065, aired 2024-03-22FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: "Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801" is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found the Rosetta Stone
#9064, aired 2024-03-2120th CENTURY NOVELS: Virginia Woolf disliked this book that was "cutting out the explanations and putting in the thoughts between dashes" Ulysses
#9063, aired 2024-03-20TRAILBLAZERS: The foremost member of the "Sochi Six", which was similar to a previous U.S. group, he died in a plane crash in 1968 (Yuri) Gagarin
#9062, aired 2024-03-19THE HUMAN BODY: This glandular organ that starts to shrink at puberty is known for being where the cells key to adaptive immunity develop the thymus
#9061, aired 2024-03-18EURASIA: Zvartnots International Airport serves this capital & has the code EVN, all letters found in the city's name Yerevan, Armenia
#9060, aired 2024-03-15HISTORIC AMERICANS: Near Kirkbean on Solway Firth, U.S. Vice Admiral Jerauld Wright presented a memorial plaque honoring this man John Paul Jones
#9059, aired 2024-03-14THE UNITED NATIONS: Of the 9 countries that have produced a U.N. Secretary-General, this nation is the only one from its hemisphere Peru
#9058, aired 2024-03-13BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: This book is named for a tribe of Israel that carried out judgment of the idolaters of the golden calf Leviticus
#9057, aired 2024-03-12WORLD THEATER: This 1867 play has a reindeer hunt & a king dwelling in snowy mountains but its title character also spends time in Morocco & Egypt Peer Gynt
#9056, aired 2024-03-11WORD ORIGINS: A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons not ethics Realpolitik
#9055, aired 2024-03-08LITERATURE & RELIGION: This city now in Turkey is the addressee of one of the New Testament epistles & the setting for "The Comedy of Errors" Ephesus
#9054, aired 2024-03-07ANCIENT DRAMA: From the 470s B.C., Aeschylus' earliest surviving work has this title; he'd fought them repeatedly in the preceding years The Persians
#9053, aired 2024-03-06AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY: "The country is celebrating 100 years of freedom 100 years too soon", says "The Fire Next Time", published in this year 1963
#9052, aired 2024-03-05CHEMICAL ELEMENTS: Isolated in 1945 during uranium fission research, it was named for an ancient deity to suggest humans gaining a new power promethium
#9051, aired 2024-03-04POETS OF ANCIENT ROME: Far from Rome, this first century poet wrote, "The leader's anger done, grant me the right to die in my native country" Ovid
#9050, aired 2024-03-01COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Fearful of independence in 1975, around 120,000 of this country's people, a third of the population, fled to the Netherlands Suriname
#9049, aired 2024-02-29WORLD TRAVEL: The name of this service that began Nov. 14, 1994 echoes the Étoile du Nord, which linked Paris, Brussels & Amsterdam from 1927 Eurostar
#9048, aired 2024-02-281950s POLITICS: In 1959 Bob Bartlett & Hiram Fong each won a coin flip to gain this alliterative title senior senator
#9047, aired 2024-02-27MILITARY HISTORY: A prototype of this craft was deployed in August 1955; it made headlines in May 1960 the U-2
#9046, aired 2024-02-26ART HISTORY: The Royal Academy of Arts has this man's "La Fornarina" & in the 1800s the RAA's love of him made some artists retreat to an earlier style Raphael
#9045, aired 2024-02-23FRENCH AUTHORS: Trained as a priest & a physician, in 1532 he published his first novel under the pen name Alcofribas Nasier (François) Rabelais
#9044, aired 2024-02-22ON VACATION IN ITALY: About 30 miles from Florence, a little hill gives this tiny Tuscan town its name, familiar to American visitors Monticello
#9043, aired 2024-02-2119th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1896, 15 years after a famous showdown, this man was accused of fixing a championship boxing match Wyatt Earp
#9042, aired 2024-02-20PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: He's the most recent presidential candidate to have officially declared his opponent in that campaign the victor Al Gore
#9041, aired 2024-02-19CANADIAN MEDICINE: Nova Scotian William Knapp Buckley devised a widely used antitussive, meaning a drug used against this cough(ing)
#9040, aired 2024-02-16THEATER: A 1955 play review noted "restless Delta folk" & "lives as uncomfortable & insecure as the proverbial" this title Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
#9039, aired 2024-02-15LANDMARKS: The distance between its 2 legs at ground level is 630 feet, making it as wide as it is tall the Gateway Arch
#9038, aired 2024-02-14BROADWAY PLAYS: Rita Moreno & Sally Struthers were the first to star in the female version of this comedy, their characters becoming Olive & Florence The Odd Couple
#9037, aired 2024-02-13SOUTHERN POLITICIANS: An article written after his 1935 death asked, "Will some crown prince arise to take his place?" Huey Long
#9036, aired 2024-02-12U.S. STAMPS: This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law IX
#9035, aired 2024-02-09NOVEL CHARACTERS: It's this character who's spoken of in the line "Reader, I forgave him at the moment & on the spot" Mr. Rochester
#9034, aired 2024-02-08COUNTRY MUSIC: "It was kind of a prodding to myself to play it straight", said Johnny Cash of this 1956 hit "I Walk The Line"
#9033, aired 2024-02-07WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD: Achilles Tatius wrote that it "was like a mountain... at the top of this mountain rose a second sun" the Lighthouse at Alexandria
#9032, aired 2024-02-06LITERARY CHARACTERS: A 1902 work says an enigmatic character has a half-English mom & a half-French dad, but this name of his is German for "short" Kurtz
#9031, aired 2024-02-05WORLD FLAGS: The flag of this Asian nation features part of a World Heritage Site built in the 12th century Cambodia
#3, aired 2024-02-02LANDMARKS: Then 71, a reluctant Michelangelo took on the design of this building "only for the love of God and in honor of the Apostle" St. Peter's Basilica
#9030, aired 2024-02-02ARMY TECHNOLOGY: Bearing the name of a man who died in Iowa in 1838, these began service in 1979 & today number in the thousands Black Hawk helicopters
#9029, aired 2024-02-01GEOGRAPHY: The first city in Australia with a municipal government, this state capital bears the name of a queen Adelaide
#9028, aired 2024-01-31AMERICAN MUSICIANS: Also an author, this singer who had 5 Top 40 hits in the 1970s was called the "Pirate Laureate" Jimmy Buffett
#9027, aired 2024-01-30NAMES IN HISTORY: The scientific name of Jamaica's ackee fruit honors this captain who brought it to England in 1793 Captain Bligh
#9026, aired 2024-01-29HISTORICAL FICTION: Stan Lee said the alias-using title character of this novel set during the French Revolution "was the 1st superhero I... read about" The Scarlet Pimpernel
#9025, aired 2024-01-26LEADING LADIES: NEXT IN LINE: Janet Gaynor, Judy Garland, Barbra Streisand, her Lady Gaga
#9024, aired 2024-01-25CLASSIC LITERATURE: An intended sequel to this 1869 work centered on the Decembrists, a group of veterans who largely served in the Napoleonic Wars War and Peace
#9023, aired 2024-01-241980s MOVIE CHARACTERS: Oliver Stone, screenwriter of this 1983 movie, named its main character to honor the Super Bowl-winning QB from 1982 Scarface
#9022, aired 2024-01-23U.S. BUSINESS FOUNDERS: A 1934 note to him: "Received hunting clothes... and thank you for those wonderful shoes they fit perfect... your friend, Babe Ruth" L.L. Bean
#26, aired 2024-01-23LITERARY CLICHÉS: Many mystery fans blame "The Door", a 1930 Mary Roberts Rinehart novel in which a servant kills a nurse, for this 4-word cliché the butler did it
#9021, aired 2024-01-22PRESIDENTS & VICE PRESIDENTS: The first vice president & the first president not born in one of the original 13 states were both born in this state Kentucky
#9020, aired 2024-01-19AMERICAN ARTISTS: In the 1920s he used wire, string & other materials to fabricate "models in motion" for a miniature circus scene (Alexander) Calder
#9019, aired 2024-01-1820th CENTURY HISTORY: After the Vietnam War, Vietnam got bogged down in a campaign against this leader whom it managed to overthrow in 1979 Pol Pot
#9018, aired 2024-01-1719th CENTURY AMERICA: An 1884 article calls this newly completed structure "the highest work of man" & disagrees with those who call it "a great chimney" the Washington Monument
#25, aired 2024-01-16ICONIC DESIGNERS: Once married to a publishing heir who owned citrus groves, her brightly printed dresses were originally designed to hide juice stains Lilly Pulitzer
#9017, aired 2024-01-16NEW NATIONS: In September 2023 the U.S. recognized 2 new nations in free association with New Zealand: Niue & this archipelago the Cook Islands
#9016, aired 2024-01-15ON THE STAGE: Paul Robeson said that even as this character "kills, his honor is at stake... the honor of his whole culture is involved" Othello
#1, aired 2024-01-12TOURIST SPOTS: Originally known as Longacre, it got its name after a newspaper moved its offices there in 1904 Times Square
#2, aired 2024-01-12LITERARY INSPIRATION: A book by historian Thomas Carlyle that Dickens said he'd read 500 times has this title subject that Charles would write about himself the French Revolution
#9015, aired 2024-01-12RIVERS: A European capital got its name as a consequence of flooding on this river the Amstel River
#9014, aired 2024-01-11BRAND NAMES: Originally called Fruit Scones, the name of this food brand introduced in 1964 was influenced by an art movement of that time Pop-Tarts
#9013, aired 2024-01-10SPACE: Since it has caused spacecraft to malfunction, a region called the South Atlantic Anomaly is known as this area "of space" Bermuda Triangle
#24, aired 2024-01-09TELEVISION HISTORY: According to the BBC, this 1953 event "did more than any other to make television a mainstream medium" the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
#9012, aired 2024-01-09THE ANCIENT WORLD: This text helped the soul, or ka, navigate a journey into a region called Amenti the Book of the Dead
#9011, aired 2024-01-08STATE CAPITALS: The 2 closest state capitals, at about 40 miles apart, one was founded by someone no longer allowed in the other Providence & Boston
#9010, aired 2024-01-05CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A 2020 edition of this beloved 1911 novel came with a glossary of horticultural terms & a location guide The Secret Garden
#9009, aired 2024-01-04HISTORIC AMERICANS: They went their separate ways in 1806 & both became territorial governors: one of Upper Louisiana, the other of Missouri Lewis & Clark
#9008, aired 2024-01-03FROM THE FRENCH: With murder, shadows, a nosy reporter & Peter Lorre, 1940's "Stranger on the Third Floor" is the first example of this, some say film noir
#23, aired 2024-01-02AWARD-WINNING ACTRESSES: Her 2019 Oscar win & 2021 Emmy win were both for portraying a British queen Olivia Colman
#9007, aired 2024-01-02LANDMARKS: During Pope John Paul II's 1987 visit to Los Angeles, pranksters covered up this letter in a local landmark L
#9006, aired 2024-01-01LANDMARKS: 213 feet wide, this late 18th c. European structure has 5 portals, the middle of which was--at first--for royals only the Brandenburg Gate
#9005, aired 2023-12-29FAMOUS NAMES: In 2023, shortly after his death, his name was added to a Brazilian dictionary to describe one who's superior or out of the ordinary Pelé
#9004, aired 2023-12-28THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS: In the 20s B.C. the emperor's sister Octavia had a sitcom-worthy home including the boy & girl twin children of this man & woman Antony & Cleopatra
#9003, aired 2023-12-27AMERICANA: After "Black Monday" in 1987, sculptor Arturo Di Modica put a statue of one of these in Manhattan to symbolize strength & power a bull
#9002, aired 2023-12-26BOOK CHARACTERS: Early on in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him Algernon
#9001, aired 2023-12-25FAMOUS NAMES IN AMERICA: The name of this animal that died in 1885 after being struck by a train that subsequently derailed lives on as an adjective Jumbo
#9000, aired 2023-12-22THE 20th CENTURY: On July 19, 1940 Hitler called this man a warmonger & wrongly predicted he would flee to Canada Winston Churchill
#8999, aired 2023-12-21FROM PAGE TO STAGE: The opera based on this 1993 memoir was staged at a prison for the first time in 2023, at Sing Sing with a chorus of 14 inmates Dead Man Walking
#8998, aired 2023-12-20COUNTRIES: Of the 14 countries that border China, it's the only monarchy & the only one with a population under 1 million Bhutan
#8997, aired 2023-12-19INVENTIONS: Invented in 1816, it takes its name from Greek for "chest" & "observe" a stethoscope
#8996, aired 2023-12-18NATIONAL MONUMENTS: Designated in 2016, a New York City monument named for this place of business includes nearby Christopher Park (the) Stonewall (Inn)
#8995, aired 2023-12-15THE WILD WEST: In 1888's "Ranch Life & the Hunting-Trail" Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were "able to travel" like this animal a bull moose
#8994, aired 2023-12-14BUSINESS: Of the Big 4 U.S. airlines, the 4 that each have over 15% of the domestic market, it's the youngest Southwest
#8993, aired 2023-12-13MOVIE MUSICALS: Of the musicals to win an Oscar for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 with one-word titles based on & named for literary characters (1 of) Gigi or Oliver!
#8992, aired 2023-12-12AMERICAN LITERATURE: Chapter 100 of this novel introduces the one-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby Moby-Dick
#8991, aired 2023-12-1120th CENTURY LITERATURE: Thomas Pynchon wrote that this novelist "in 1948 understood that despite the Axis defeat... fascism had not gone away" Orwell
#8990, aired 2023-12-08ANCIENT HISTORY: Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won" Alexander the Great
#8989, aired 2023-12-07LANGUAGES: Since it can make someone "Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane", Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language Esperanto
#22, aired 2023-12-06APPLIED GEOMETRY: Thomas Hales proved hexagonal structures are the most compact way to fill a plane, a centuries-old theory based on the behavior of these honeybees
#8988, aired 2023-12-06FAMOUS NAMES: Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14, at a California ranch Seabiscuit
#8987, aired 2023-12-052020s TELEVISION: The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC's Upper West Side Only Murders in the Building
#8986, aired 2023-12-0420th CENTURY NOVELS: The Atlanta History Center says this novel was "both beloved & condemned from almost the moment of its publication" in 1936 Gone with the Wind
#8985, aired 2023-12-01BODIES OF WATER: The Goshute, a Western people, called this vast body of water Teittse Paa, meaning "bad water" the Great Salt Lake
#8984, aired 2023-11-30AMERICAN HISTORY: Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s congressional committee the Warren Commission
#21, aired 2023-11-29UNIQUE BUILDINGS: Despite 17.5 miles of hallways, you can walk anywhere in this Virginia building within about five minutes, due to its concentric layout the Pentagon
#8983, aired 2023-11-29A BIT OF BRITAIN: In disarray, it was sold at auction in 1915 to a local Wiltshire man, who would donate it to the British government 3 years later Stonehenge
#8982, aired 2023-11-28LITERARY GEOGRAPHY: This state university's Writers' Workshop has had famous alumni who wrote about the state, like Jane Smiley & W.P. Kinsella the University of Iowa
#8981, aired 2023-11-27BRITISH CITIES: Over the motto "Fortis est Veritas", the coat of arms of this city features a beast of burden crossing over some water Oxford
#8980, aired 2023-11-24BUSINESS: This company announced, "On September 29th, 2023, we will send out the last red envelope" Netflix
#8979, aired 2023-11-23SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY: First detected in the Sun's atmosphere in 1868, it got its name from an old word for sun helium
#8978, aired 2023-11-22MUSICIANS: An Esquire profile said, "The most distinguishing thing" about the face of this singer "are his eyes, clear blue & alert" Frank Sinatra
#8977, aired 2023-11-21TELEVISION: This series grew out of a screenplay titled "Murdoch" Succession
#8976, aired 2023-11-20U.S. PRESIDENTS: 7 U.S. presidents were born in the state of Ohio, beginning with this man who entered West Point in 1839 Ulysses Grant
#8975, aired 2023-11-17LITERARY CHARACTERS: In his first appearance in 1902, he was described as "betwixt-and-between" a boy & a bird Peter Pan
#8974, aired 2023-11-16POETS: 1793 reports of the killing of Hector Munro by a wild animal in India may have inspired one of this man's best-known poems William Blake
#20, aired 2023-11-15ARTISTS: Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had "preserved its classic 10-past-10 position" according to the Spanish press Salvador Dalí
#8973, aired 2023-11-15WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was proposed in Congress in 1926 in honor of a big 150th anniversary; it opened 17 years later the Jefferson Memorial
#8972, aired 2023-11-14HISTORIC OBJECTS: The inscription on this, made in 1753, concludes, "unto all the inhabitants thereof" the Liberty Bell
#8971, aired 2023-11-13ICONIC BRANDS: In 1916 it began packaging its flagship product in a variety of glass called Georgia green Coca-Cola
#8970, aired 2023-11-10THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: The 1456 posthumous annulment of this woman's sentence by the Church was witnessed by her mother Isabelle Joan of Arc (Joan, Jeanne)
#8969, aired 2023-11-09AMERICAN AUTHORS: In 1950 the Swedish Academy said this Nobel Prize winner "is a regional writer" but called "his regionalism universal" William Faulkner
#8968, aired 2023-11-08EXPLORERS: Perhaps inspiring a line 2 centuries later, in 1774 he wrote that he was headed "farther than any other man has been before me" Captain James Cook
#8967, aired 2023-11-07WORLD HISTORY: This African capital renamed an area Mexico Square to honor Mexico's WWII-era support of its sovereignty during Italian occupation Addis Ababa
#8966, aired 2023-11-06MUSIC & LITERATURE: John Steinbeck called this "one of the great songs of the world" & wanted the music & lyrics printed in one of his novels "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
#8965, aired 2023-11-03BRITISH HISTORY: At Leicester Cathedral in March 2015, the Archbishop of Canterbury led a religious ceremony for this deceased English monarch Richard III
#8964, aired 2023-11-02ANCIENT GEOGRAPHY: Britain became an island less than 10,000 years ago, as warming weather & melting ice filled in this sea the North Sea
#19, aired 2023-11-01PLAY TITLES: This 1959 play's title was taken from a Langston Hughes poem that begins, "What happens to a dream deferred?" A Raisin in the Sun (by Lorraine Hansberry)
#8963, aired 2023-11-0121st CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: It was the first election since 1952 in which neither the incumbent president nor the incumbent vice president was a candidate 2008 (Barack Obama & John McCain)
#8962, aired 2023-10-31NAME'S THE SAME: This first name is shared by a character introduced in 1941 & a member of royalty who is sixth in line to the British throne Archie
#8961, aired 2023-10-30DRIVING THE USA: It's the state with the most miles of Interstate Highway, more than 3,200; one Interstate accounts for 1/4 of that mileage Texas
#8960, aired 2023-10-27FAMOUS AMERICANS: On March 23, 1779 he became the first U.S. diplomat to serve overseas by presenting his credentials to a foreign government Benjamin Franklin
#8959, aired 2023-10-26FAMOUS FAMILIES: In 2020 a former U.S. ambassador to Ireland, the last of 9 siblings in this dynastic family, died at 92 Kennedy
#18, aired 2023-10-25TWEEN LIT: Referring to the lengthy title of her much-discussed novel, this author lamented that she didn't just call the book "Margaret" Judy Blume
#8958, aired 2023-10-25HISTORIC LETTERS: A letter from him begins, "On the thirty-third day after I had left Cadiz, I reached the Indian Ocean" (Christopher) Columbus
#8957, aired 2023-10-24AWARDS & HONORS: As of 2023 the only 2 to win a Nobel Prize in Literature & an Academy Award were George Bernard Shaw & this singer-songwriter Bob Dylan
#8956, aired 2023-10-23MUSIC MEN: Before creating this record label in 1959, its founder worked on a Lincoln-Mercury assembly line Motown
#8955, aired 2023-10-20LANGUAGES OF ASIA: Meaning "palace", this word in the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site follows Jal & Lal in the names of other historic structures Mahal
#8954, aired 2023-10-19NAMES: The name Jennifer is an alteration of this name that in early Welsh literature belonged to the "first lady of the island" Guinevere
#17, aired 2023-10-18FAMOUS WOMEN: She joined the Sisters of Loreto at age 18, then took her good works to Calcutta, where she was called this Mother Teresa
#8953, aired 2023-10-18NATURAL LANDMARKS: The Washburn-Langford-Doane expedition happened upon it in 1870 & named it for the regularity of its activity Old Faithful
#8952, aired 2023-10-17MILITARY HISTORY: A 1918 article titled "Do Not Shoot at" these said hunters were interfering with the U.S. Signal Corps' training of them (carrier or homing) pigeons
#8951, aired 2023-10-16THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS: Barry Barish, who shared the 2017 Prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award "a win for" this predecessor (Albert) Einstein
#8950, aired 2023-10-13ROYALTY: Before his death in 2005, he said he was "probably the last head of state to be able to recognize all his compatriots in the street" Prince Rainier (III of Monaco)
#8949, aired 2023-10-12WORD ORIGINS: Though it meant "seasickness" in Latin, this 6-letter word now refers to a more general feeling of sickness nausea
#16, aired 2023-10-11RALLYING CRIES: Don't mess with Texas: Sam Houston's troops shouted this 3-word battle cry while attacking Santa Anna's army at San Jacinto Remember the Alamo!
#8948, aired 2023-10-11FINE ART: An early owner of this 1889 painting full of blue & green noted how well the artist "understood the exquisite nature of flowers!" Irises
#8947, aired 2023-10-10NEW ZEALAND: Christchurch is the largest city in this New Zealand region that shares its name with an English city known for a church begun in the 6th century Canterbury
#8946, aired 2023-10-09WOMEN AUTHORS: In "A Room of One’s Own", the "four famous names" are Austen, 2 Brontës & this author who died closest to Virginia Woolf’s own time George Eliot
#8945, aired 2023-10-06COMPOSERS: He was given piano lessons by Madame Mauté de Fleurville, the mother-in-law of Paul Verlaine, whose poetry he would later set to music (Claude) Debussy
#8944, aired 2023-10-05GLOBAL GEOLOGY: In this nation of 360,000 people, you can walk along the boundaries of the Eurasian & North American tectonic plates Iceland
#15, aired 2023-10-04WORLD LANDMARKS: Also famously cracked like the Liberty Bell, this 14-ton landmark still sounds its distinctive bong every hour Big Ben
#8943, aired 2023-10-04AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS: His 1904 will stipulated that "all the sums hereinbefore specified for prizes shall be used for prizes only" Joseph Pulitzer
#8942, aired 2023-10-03THE 1500s: In the early 1500s he produced a codex in words & pictures on the flight of birds, one of many subjects that interested him Leonardo da Vinci
#8941, aired 2023-10-02PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS: Both issued in April, 80 years apart, the first proclamations by these 2 presidents each declared national days of mourning Andrew Johnson & Harry Truman
#8940, aired 2023-09-29U.S. SENATE HISTORY: In 1805, after 4 years presiding over the Senate, he left the chamber, calling it "a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order" Aaron Burr
#8939, aired 2023-09-28SYMPHONIES: Debuting at Carnegie Hall in 1893, it was written by a European living in New York & partly inspired by "The Song of Hiawatha" the New World Symphony
#14, aired 2023-09-27ASTRONOMY: Discovered in the '60s and '70s, Cygnus X-1 was the first of these light-trapping gravitational bodies to be identified black holes
#8938, aired 2023-09-27MYTHOLOGY: Chrysomallus was the name of the creature that was the source of this sought-after item, vellus aureum in Latin the Golden Fleece
#8937, aired 2023-09-26PUBLICATIONS: A collection of achievements bearing this name was established in the early 1950s to help resolve pub disputes The Guinness Book of World Records (The Guinness Book of Records)
#8936, aired 2023-09-25SCIENTISTS: A 1953 article by this pair says, "The specific pairing we have postulated... suggests a... copying mechanism for the genetic material" (James) Watson & (Francis) Crick
#8935, aired 2023-09-22COMPOSERS: A fireworks display followed the April 27, 1749 premiere of a work by this man that had been commissioned by George II (George Frideric) Handel
#8934, aired 2023-09-21FIRST NAMES IN SCIENCE: First name of the paleontologist who in 1990 noticed some large vertebrae jutting from an eroding bluff in South Dakota Sue
#8933, aired 2023-09-2020th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 2022 the Dept. of Energy noted "a flawed process" & vacated a 1954 commission's decision "in the matter of" this man (J. Robert) Oppenheimer
#8932, aired 2023-09-19HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: Of Spain's colonial possessions in the Americas, this 3,400 square mile one in the Antilles never gained independence, but did change hands Puerto Rico
#8931, aired 2023-09-18AUTHORS: He dedicated books to each of his 4 wives, including Hadley Richardson & Martha Gellhorn Ernest (Papa) Hemingway
#8930, aired 2023-09-15ASTRONOMY: The only dwarf planet located in the inner Solar System, it's named for an ancient deity of planting & harvests Ceres
#8929, aired 2023-09-14WORLD CAPITALS: In English, name of 1 of the 2 4-letter capitals with the same first & last letter, one in the N. & one in the S. Hemisphere Apia or Oslo
#8928, aired 2023-09-13ARTISTS: On October 26, 1886 he said, "The dream of my life is accomplished... I see the symbol of unity & friendship between 2 nations" Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
#8927, aired 2023-09-12MYTHOLOGICAL PLACES: "Paradise Lost" says it's "abhorred" & "the flood of deadly hate" & in Dante's "Inferno" it's fed by a "gloomy brook" the River Styx
#8926, aired 2023-09-11BRITISH MONARCHS: The most recent British monarch not to succeed a parent or a sibling was this ruler who succeeded an uncle Queen Victoria
#8925, aired 2023-07-28WORD ORIGINS: Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz & Boston slang for a person on a bender gonzo
#8924, aired 2023-07-27FIGHTING FORCES: Formed in 1831 to help with the conquest of Algeria, its ranks have included Germans, Turks & Chinese the French Foreign Legion
#8923, aired 2023-07-26OPERA SOURCE MATERIAL: Henri Murger, who was broke & lived in a freezing attic apartment in Paris, wrote the source material for this 1896 opera La bohème
#8922, aired 2023-07-25COMPOUND WORD ORIGINS: This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes superstar
#8921, aired 2023-07-24AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: The only country in Africa with Spanish as an official language, it lies mostly between 1 & 2 degrees north latitude Equatorial Guinea
#8920, aired 2023-07-21NUMBERS OLD & NEW: Expressed in today's numbers, it's the sum total if you add the 7 Roman numerals together 1,666
#8919, aired 2023-07-2019th CENTURY BRITISH POEMS: The author of this unfinished epic poem was unsure if he wanted the title character to "end in Hell--or in an unhappy marriage" Don Juan
#8918, aired 2023-07-19FAMOUS PAINTINGS: A German guidebook to a 1937 World's Fair dismissed it as a "hodgepodge of body parts that any four-year-old could have painted" Guernica
#8917, aired 2023-07-18MAN-MADE OBJECTS: Around since 1998, it's now roughly the length of a football field & travels at about 5 miles per second the International Space Station (the ISS)
#8916, aired 2023-07-17GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: In 1867 he wrote to General Rousseau, "on arriving at Sitka... you will receive from the Russian commissioner the formal transfer" (William) Seward
#8915, aired 2023-07-14BOOKS & AUTHORS: In 1930 this author wrote "Murder at Full Moon", a horror-mystery novel set in a fictional town in Central California (John) Steinbeck
#8914, aired 2023-07-13FAMOUS SHIPS: This first U.S. battleship ever built was launched in 1889 but lasted less than 9 years the Maine
#8913, aired 2023-07-12NAME'S THE SAME: A 1931 Charlie Chaplin film & a West Coast bookstore open since 1953 both bear this name City Lights
#8912, aired 2023-07-11OLYMPIC TEAMS: A city of about 2.5 million people, since 1984 for political reasons it has been in the name of an Olympic team Taipei
#8911, aired 2023-07-10ART HISTORY: At the 1865 Paris Art Salon, the elder of these 2 men said if the younger were successful, it would be "because his name sounds like mine" Manet & Monet
#8910, aired 2023-07-07HISTORY & NATURE: In March 1519, these were again seen in mainland North America for the first time in 10,000 years with the arrival of 16 of them horses
#8909, aired 2023-07-0620th CENTURY LIT: Squashing the allegory theory, the daughters of the author of this novel say it's "just a story about rabbits" Watership Down
#8908, aired 2023-07-05AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Nicknamed "the Kingdom in the Sky", this landlocked nation is the only country in the world to lie entirely above 4,000 feet Lesotho
#8907, aired 2023-07-04CLASSICAL MUSIC: Composed around 1720, this group of instrumental works was dedicated to a younger brother of Prussian king Frederick I the Brandenburg Concertos
#8906, aired 2023-07-03FASHION: The name of these items that became a 1940s fad derives in part from a word meaning "to cut short" bobby socks
#8905, aired 2023-06-30NATIONAL ANTHEMS: The name of this country's national anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem Japan
#8904, aired 2023-06-29THE MOVIES: Centenarian ceramic artist Beatrice Wood helped inspire one of the main characters & the narrator of this film from the 1990s Titanic
#8903, aired 2023-06-28THE MEDICAL WORLD: He created a chest drain valve that aided breathing in wounded soldiers in Vietnam but is better known for a lifesaving measure (Henry) Heimlich
#8902, aired 2023-06-2719th CENTURY LITERATURE: In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man (Rudyard) Kipling
#8901, aired 2023-06-2620th CENTURY EVENTS: It was immediately reported, "The flames are still leaping maybe 30, 40 feet from the ground the entire 811 feet length of" this the Hindenburg
#8900, aired 2023-06-23FEMALE AUTHORS: At age 9 in 1883 she moved west, where she met Annie Pavelka, a young pioneer on whom she would later model a title character Willa Cather
#8899, aired 2023-06-22THE 19th CENTURY: In 1823 he wrote, "In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality" (James) Monroe
#8898, aired 2023-06-21WORLD OF WATER: The Bass Strait divides Tasmania & mainland Australia & hydrographers have disputed which of these 2 larger bodies it's part of the Indian & Pacific Oceans
#8897, aired 2023-06-20THE OLYMPICS: This sport that made its Olympic debut in 1988 has a playing surface of only about 45 square feet table tennis
#8896, aired 2023-06-19ENTERTAINERS: In 2022 Jeff Bezos awarded her $100 million to give to charitable causes because "she gives with her heart" Dolly Parton
#8895, aired 2023-06-16AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: Native Americans called it Okwa-ta, or "wide water"; Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville would rename it for a countryman Lake Pontchartrain
#8894, aired 2023-06-15THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Established in 1938, this congressional group was still issuing subpoenas in 1969 & finally ceased to exist 6 years later the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)
#8893, aired 2023-06-14TV & FILM CHARACTERS: He debuted on TV in 1967; the show's creator wanted someone from behind the Iron Curtain to be on "our side" Chekov
#8892, aired 2023-06-13ACTORS: He starred in the 2 films whose soundtracks were the top 2 bestselling albums of 1978 John Travolta
#8891, aired 2023-06-12WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY: The name of this woman, the product of an incestuous union, means "against birth" Antigone
#8890, aired 2023-06-09BRITISH NOVELS: Midway through this 1928 novel, the title character briefly takes "their" instead of his or her Orlando
#8889, aired 2023-06-08BUSINESS HISTORY: What is dubbed "the world's first initial public offering" took place in 1602 in this current European capital Amsterdam
#8888, aired 2023-06-07EUROPEAN COUNTRIES: Of all the nations that border Italy, the one that didn't exist in 1990 Slovenia
#8887, aired 2023-06-06HISTORIC ORGANIZATIONS: A senator called the 1949 pact that formed this a "fraternity of peace" that "makes the obligation plain... for us & others" NATO
#8886, aired 2023-06-05ACRONYMS: It was originally a code word used by telegraph operators; Barack Obama used it in his Twitter handle POTUS
#8885, aired 2023-06-0220th CENTURY AMERICA: In bold letters, it was the 2-word historic N.Y. Times headline for August 9, 1974, followed by "He urges a time of 'healing"' "Nixon Resigns"
#8884, aired 2023-06-01COUNTRY NAMES: The first current country to include its particular religion in its full name, it also has that religion in the name of its capital Pakistan
#8883, aired 2023-05-31SPORTS & THE MOVIES: A Geena Davis Institute study found shortly after a 2012 franchise film's release, women's participation in this sport rose 105% archery
#8882, aired 2023-05-30LITERARY GROUPS: Windermere, Thirlmere & Grasmere are 3 of the sites that helped give a 19th century literary group this name the Lake Poets
#8881, aired 2023-05-29MEMORIALS: The Vietnam War crypt at this memorial has been empty since the remains once there were identified & moved to St. Louis the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
#8880, aired 2023-05-26GROUPS IN HISTORY: The third-most famous group that invaded Britain in the 5th century, they gave their name to the continental part of Denmark the Jutes
#8879, aired 2023-05-25ASIA: Trained as an engineer, premier Li Peng championed this in 1992; it would ultimately displace over a million people the Three Gorges Dam
#20, aired 2023-05-24LATIN IN LITERATURE: A work by this 15th century English writer quotes the phrase "rex quondam rexque futurus" Thomas Malory
#19, aired 2023-05-24AFRICA: A major seaport & formerly a world capital, this city has a name from Arabic for "house of peace" Dar es Salaam
#8878, aired 2023-05-24CLASSICAL MUSIC: When the opera "Lohengrin" premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor Franz Liszt
#18, aired 2023-05-23OPERA & HISTORY: Appropriately, the last performance at the Vienna State Opera before it was destroyed in 1945 by Allied bombs was this opera from 1876 Götterdämmerung
#17, aired 2023-05-23REAL PEOPLE IN SHAKESPEARE: In Shakespeare this man is a rival of Prince Hal; in real life he was older than Hal's father Hotspur
#8877, aired 2023-05-23SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS: Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for "blessed" Beatrice & Benedick
#15, aired 2023-05-22LITERATURE: In reviewing this novel, Carl Jung said it took place in one single & senseless day "on which, in all truth, nothing happens" Ulysses
#16, aired 2023-05-22HISTORIC SHIPS: This 16th century ship got its name from the crest of patron Christopher Hatton, which featured a deer the Golden Hind
#8876, aired 2023-05-22CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The original 1900 printing of this book was in a pale green dust jacket stamped in a vivid jewel tone of green The Wizard of Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)
#8875, aired 2023-05-19THE USA: People going north on this route say they're traveling "GAME", an acronym regarding their beginning & ending points the Appalachian Trail
#8874, aired 2023-05-18BILLBOARD NO. 1 HITS: Billy Joel said, "I think the one time I didn't write the music" before the lyrics was for this 1989 hit, "and I think it shows" "We Didn't Start The Fire"
#8873, aired 2023-05-17U.S. NATIONAL MEMORIALS: Efforts recently began to reintroduce 2 species of oyster to help restore the contaminated waters of this, a national memorial Pearl Harbor
#14, aired 2023-05-1720th CENTURY FRENCH AUTHORS: He said a famous book of his was inspired by a visit to the zoo, where he observed the gorillas' humanlike expressions Pierre Boulle (author of Planet of the Apes)
#13, aired 2023-05-17THE LAKE SHOW: 12 years before meeting Stanley at Lake Tanganyika, David Livingstone reached this national body of water in 1859 Lake Malawi
#12, aired 2023-05-16LANDMARKS: For more than a millennium, a huge embroidered work known as the Kiswa has been used to adorn & protect this structure the Kaaba
#11, aired 2023-05-16WORLD CITIES: This capital city founded in 1567 was where the founding statute of OPEC was adopted in 1961 Caracas
#8872, aired 2023-05-16AUTHORS: In 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote of this man's "victorious attempt... to snatch every instant of his existence from his future death" (Albert) Camus
#10, aired 2023-05-1519th CENTURY FIRST LADIES: After her husband left office, a minister wrote the White House was "purer because" this first lady "has been its mistress" Lucy Hayes ("Lemonade Lucy")
#9, aired 2023-05-15THE U.S. GOVERNMENT: Not a department head but of Cabinet rank, the person in this post has had an official residence in a 42nd floor Park Avenue penthouse ambassador to the United Nations
#8871, aired 2023-05-15PUBLICATIONS: The co-founder of this magazine that began in 1967 said its name comes primarily from a song title but noted a band name as well Rolling Stone
#8, aired 2023-05-12FICTIONAL PLACES: The dominions of this land "extend five thousand blustrugs (about twelve miles in circumference)" Lilliput
#7, aired 2023-05-12NEW ENGLAND WOMEN: At her funeral in 1936, it was said that "The touch of her hand... literally emancipated a soul" Annie Sullivan
#8870, aired 2023-05-12NEW WORDS IN THE 18th CENTURY: Describing these, Captain Cook wrote, "The manner in which" they're done "must certainly cause intollerable pain" tattoos
#8869, aired 2023-05-11HISTORY: His epitaph, in a church in England, reads, "Sometime general in the army of George Washington" Benedict Arnold
#6, aired 2023-05-10HISTORIC HOMES: This residence is part of an estate that includes Ballochbuie Forest, a remnant of the ancient Caledonian pine forest Balmoral
#5, aired 2023-05-10THE FIRST MILLENNIUM: In 303, to celebrate 20 years of his reign, the emperor Diocletian visited this city for the first time Rome
#8868, aired 2023-05-10INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: In 1901 6 colonies joined together to form this nation, today the sixth largest in area Australia
#3, aired 2023-05-0921st CENTURY AUTHORS: Once a journalist himself, he began his first novel with his hero being fined 150,000 kronor for aggravated libel Stieg Larsson
#8867, aired 2023-05-09ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES: She made her big screen debut as a teen named Laurie in a 1978 film & in 2022 she played that role for the 7th & last time Jamie Lee Curtis
#4, aired 2023-05-09WESTERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY: In 1915 the assassination of President Sam brought Uncle Sam to this country, beginning a 19-year military occupation Haiti
#1, aired 2023-05-08POETRY: A colossal head of Ramses II brought to the British Museum inspired this 1818 poem "Ozymandias"
#2, aired 2023-05-08USA: Opened in 1909 & less famous than an older neighbor, it connects Brooklyn & Chinatown the Manhattan Bridge
#8866, aired 2023-05-08NUMERICAL BOOK TITLES: This 2007 bestselling novel takes its title from a line in the poem "Kabul" by the 17th century Persian poet Saib A Thousand Splendid Suns
#8865, aired 2023-05-05TEAM NAMES: An MLB team got this name in 1902 after some of its players defected to a new crosstown rival, leaving young replacements the (Chicago) Cubs
#8864, aired 2023-05-04BODIES OF WATER: Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728 the Bering Strait
#8863, aired 2023-05-03BUSINESS & SOCIAL MEDIA: On Twitter in 2023, this food franchise followed an exact total of 11 accounts that included Victoria Beckham, Mel B & Herb Alpert KFC
#8862, aired 2023-05-02MEDICAL HISTORY: A vaccine against this respiratory illness came out in the U.S. in 1914 & eventually combined with 2 other vaccines whooping cough (pertussis)
#8861, aired 2023-05-0118th CENTURY LITERATURE: The first name of this title character is from Hebrew for "devoted to God"; his last name suggests he can be easily duped (Lemuel) Gulliver
#8860, aired 2023-04-28U.S. LANDMARKS: In April 1975, to symbolize the start of America's Bicentennial, President Ford lit a third lantern at this landmark the Old North Church
#8859, aired 2023-04-27HISTORIC FIGURES: Dante gives him, born to a Kurdish family in the 12th century, a place of honor in limbo along with the war heroes of Rome & Troy Saladin
#8858, aired 2023-04-26HOLLYWOOD HISTORY: Last name of 3 men who missed the 1927 premiere of "The Jazz Singer" because a 4th of that name had died hours before Warner
#8857, aired 2023-04-25TV HISTORY: The 1980s "Magnum, P.I." used a soundstage of this long-running drama that had just ended, & even referred to its lead character Hawaii Five-O
#8856, aired 2023-04-24U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Interstate 25 connects these 2 state capitals, 1st & 2nd in elevation, & in between runs through No. 3, Denver Cheyenne & Santa Fe
#8855, aired 2023-04-21HISTORIC GROUPS: Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force the Praetorian Guard
#8854, aired 2023-04-20MODERN WORDS: Neal Stephenson coined this word in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash"; it was later shortened by a company to become its new name metaverse
#8853, aired 2023-04-19LIVES OF THE POETS: At a seminary that classified students' degree of faith, Emily Dickinson was "without" this, which she compares to a bird in a poem hope
#8852, aired 2023-04-18THE OSCARS: Born in 1932 & the son of a percussionist in the CBS Radio Orchestra, he's been nominated for 53 Oscars John Williams
#8851, aired 2023-04-17ENGLISH LITERATURE: It says, "The mind is its own place, & in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same" Paradise Lost
#8850, aired 2023-04-14WRITERS' LESSER-KNOWN WORKS: Known for more philosophical works, he wrote the play "La Mandragola", in which Florentines are rewarded for immoral actions (Niccolò) Machiavelli
#8849, aired 2023-04-13EXPLORATION: James Cook's account of a 1774 visit here records an object "near 27 feet long, and upwards of 8 feet over the breast or shoulders" Easter Island
#8848, aired 2023-04-12THE BILL OF RIGHTS: England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution the 8th Amendment
#8847, aired 2023-04-11NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS: At times they each lived on Vilakazi St. in Soweto, so it claims to be the world's only street home to 2 Nobel Peace Prize winners Nelson Mandela & Archbishop Desmond Tutu
#8846, aired 2023-04-10FAMOUS NAMES: In 1966, the year of his death, he shared plans for an experimental prototype community in Florida Walt Disney
#8845, aired 2023-04-07GEOGRAPHY: Of the 13 nations through which the equator passes, it's the only one whose coastline borders the Caribbean Sea Colombia
#8844, aired 2023-04-06FASHION HISTORY: These decorative items get their name from their origin in the port city of Strasbourg, on the border of France & Germany rhinestones
#8843, aired 2023-04-05MOVIES OF THE '80s: Based on an off-Broadway play with just 3 characters, it won the Best Picture Oscar & the actors in all 3 roles were nominated Driving Miss Daisy
#8842, aired 2023-04-04NOVELISTS: A 2012 book review noted subjects that "sparked his ire": capital punishment, big tobacco & "the plight of the unjustly convicted" John Grisham
#8841, aired 2023-04-0320th CENTURY EPONYMS: A 1940 headline about this included "failure", "liability when it came to offense" & "stout hearts no match for tanks" the Maginot Line
#8840, aired 2023-03-31CITY HISTORY: Over 700 years after its traditional 1252 founding date, this port city became associated with a psychological response Stockholm
#8839, aired 2023-03-30BRAND NAMES: The success of this brand has its roots with a hydrotherapy pump its cofounder created for his son, who had arthritis Jacuzzi
#8838, aired 2023-03-29AMERICAN AUTHORS: In a periodical in 1807, he called New York City "Gotham, Gotham! most enlightened of cities" Washington Irving
#8837, aired 2023-03-28TRANSPORTATION USA: This public agency runs the USA's busiest bus terminal, opened in 1950 for commuters awed by its polished steel & stone the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
#8836, aired 2023-03-27CHEMICAL NAMES: The name of this pungent gaseous compound is ultimately derived from the top god of the ancient Egyptians ammonia
#8835, aired 2023-03-24SYMBOLS: In math, it's a rotated V; in society, it's a feeling of some marginalized or underrepresented people less than
#8834, aired 2023-03-23MOVIE THEME SONGS: Monty Norman, the composer of this character's theme, said the staccato riff conveyed sexiness, mystery & ruthlessness (James) Bond
#8833, aired 2023-03-22AMERICAN NOVELISTS: He served with an airman named Yohannan in World War II & despite what readers might think, he said he enjoyed his service (Joseph) Heller
#8832, aired 2023-03-21MEDIEVAL PLACES: One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said, "Let us away, knights; he will rise no more" Canterbury Cathedral
#8831, aired 2023-03-20COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: At one time a province of the Roman Empire, this kingdom is known to Arabic scholars as Al-Maghrib Al-Aqsa, "the far west" Morocco
#8830, aired 2023-03-17STATEHOOD: Congress relented in 1890 after this prospective state said it would wait 100 years rather than come in without the women Wyoming
#8829, aired 2023-03-161980s MOVIES: A writer & producer of this movie said he wanted it to be like a Western or James Bond film, "only it takes place in the '30s" Raiders of the Lost Ark
#8828, aired 2023-03-15ART EXHIBITIONS: In 1898 what's been called the first blockbuster art show was devoted to him & put on for Queen Wilhelmina's coronation Rembrandt
#8827, aired 2023-03-14COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Part of the largest contiguous land empire during the 1200s & 1300s, today it's the world's second-largest landlocked country Mongolia
#8826, aired 2023-03-13LITERATURE: A 2006 book was titled "The Poem That Changed America:" this "Fifty Years Later" "Howl"
#8825, aired 2023-03-10INVASIONS: Backed by 14,000 troops, he invaded England to restore, in his words, its "religion, laws, and liberties" William of Orange
#8824, aired 2023-03-09LANDMARKS: After its completion in the late 19th c., it was called a "truly tragic street lamp" & a "high & skinny pyramid of iron ladders" the Eiffel Tower
#8823, aired 2023-03-08GEOGRAPHIC NAME'S THE SAME: The busiest passenger port in the U.K., it shares its name with a capital of one of the original 13 states Dover
#8822, aired 2023-03-07NAMES IN THE BOOKSTORE: This man made lists, perhaps to cope with depression; a set of lists he published in 1852 made his name synonymous with a type of book (Peter Mark) Roget
#8821, aired 2023-03-06U.S. HISTORY: An 1869 presidential pardon was granted to this man, due in part to a plea by the Medical Society of Harford County, Maryland Dr. Samuel Mudd
#8820, aired 2023-03-03AMERICAN LITERATURE: Letters, pocket knives, C rations & steel helmets are among the tangible items referred to in the title of this modern war classic The Things They Carried
#8819, aired 2023-03-02NONFICTION: It has the line, "The discovery of America... opened up fresh ground for the rising bourgeoisie" The Communist Manifesto
#8818, aired 2023-03-01LAWS IN U.S. HISTORY: A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later the Civil Rights Act
#8817, aired 2023-02-28NAMES OF MYTH: Her brothers, Castor & Pollux, saved her after Theseus stole her away as a kid; a larger force would seek her later in life Helen of Troy
#8816, aired 2023-02-27AFRICAN COUNTRIES: Once Africa's largest country in area, it dropped to third in 2011 when a portion of it declared independence Sudan
#8815, aired 2023-02-24THE ANCIENT WORLD: The ancient writer Galen said books on ships arriving to this city's port were seized, originals kept & copies returned Alexandria
#8814, aired 2023-02-23FAMOUS NAMES: For a special 1970s cookbook, he provided one simple recipe--a can of Campbell's tomato soup & 2 cans of milk Andy Warhol
#8813, aired 2023-02-22PEOPLE & PLACES: Thought to descend from people of Southeast Asia, the Chamorro make up this U.S. territory's largest ethnic group Guam
#8812, aired 2023-02-21CURRENT WORLD LEADERS: In office from 2022, the president of this country has taken so many foreign trips a play on his name is "Ferdinand Magellan Jr." the Philippines
#8811, aired 2023-02-20WRITERS & THE SOUTH: In 1939 he lived on Toulouse Street in the French Quarter & chose the professional name that bonded him to the South Tennessee Williams
#8810, aired 2023-02-17NATIONAL PARKS: It's named for a river indigenous people called Mi tse a-da-zi, translated by French-speaking trappers as "Pierre Jaune" Yellowstone
#8809, aired 2023-02-16SPORTS: In 2010 they introduced the 4-point shot, 35 feet from the basket the Harlem Globetrotters
#8808, aired 2023-02-15THE U.S. MILITARY: Losses over Asia in the 1960s led to the establishment of the program known as this at a San Diego naval base in 1969 Top Gun
#8807, aired 2023-02-14ART & SCIENCE: A craft that visited it was named for Giotto, based on the story that 680 years earlier, the painter depicted it as the Star of Bethlehem Halley's Comet
#8806, aired 2023-02-13WORDS FROM WORLD WAR I: "Cistern" & "reservoir" were suggested names for a secret invention, but the British preferred this less clumsy monosyllable a tank
#8805, aired 2023-02-10EUROPEAN HISTORY: Until 1806, some German nobles included among their honors the title of "Elector" for their role in selecting this personage Holy Roman Emperor
#8804, aired 2023-02-09THEATER HISTORY: In 1904, wearing a harness, actress Nina Boucicault became the first to play this character onstage Peter Pan
#8803, aired 2023-02-08EUROPEAN CITIES: Alphabetically the first German city in encyclopedias, it was also the first one taken by the Allies in World War II Aachen
#8802, aired 2023-02-07WORD ORIGINS: This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for "to think" mantra
#8801, aired 2023-02-06INVENTIONS: 1917's "Elements of Trench Warfare" said this Old West item was "difficult to destroy" & "difficult to get through" barbed wire
#8800, aired 2023-02-03WORLD WAR II: Mimi Reinhard, who never learned to type using more than 2 fingers, produced this with 1,100 names, including hers Schindler's List
#13, aired 2023-02-02ARTISTS: Despite how he's known, he was probably actually born in Anchiano, near Florence Leonardo da Vinci
#8799, aired 2023-02-02MYTHOLOGY: Poseidon carried off the maiden Theophane & turned her into a ewe; their offspring was the source of this mythical object the Golden Fleece
#8798, aired 2023-02-01LITERATURE: Published in 2011, P.D. James' final novel, "Death Comes to Pemberley", was a sequel to this novel from 200 years earlier Pride and Prejudice
#8797, aired 2023-01-31U.S. STATE NAMES: 5 U.S. states have 6-letter names; only these 2 west of the Mississippi River border each other Oregon & Nevada
#8796, aired 2023-01-30WORD ORIGINS: Originally relating to a story of suffering, this word now more commonly refers to strong emotion of any kind passion
#8795, aired 2023-01-27WORLD CINEMA: The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title La Vie en rose
#12, aired 2023-01-26NOVELS: "Breeders, Wives and Unwomen" was the headline of the New York Times' 1986 review of this novel The Handmaid's Tale
#8794, aired 2023-01-26HISTORY: Returning home in 1493, Columbus stopped in the Azores at an island with this name, also something he'd lost off the Haiti coast Santa Maria
#8793, aired 2023-01-25LANDMARKS: Pskov & Nizhny Novgorod are 2 of the cities that have a fortress called this the Kremlin
#8792, aired 2023-01-24FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS: In the 1950s the New York Times said this author "is writing about all lust" & his lecherous narrator "is all of us" (Vladimir) Nabokov
#8791, aired 2023-01-23ASTRONOMY & GEOGRAPHY: At the winter solstice, the Sun is in Sagittarius; it once appeared in this constellation, giving a geographic feature its name Capricorn
#8790, aired 2023-01-20TELEVISION: Mike Post combined the sound of a slamming jail door, an anvil & 100 men stomping on a floor for this series that debuted in 1990 Law & Order
#11, aired 2023-01-19NOTORIOUS PLACES: Al Capone played banjo in a band called the Rock Islanders at this notorious spot Alcatraz
#8789, aired 2023-01-19BRITISH LANDMARKS: Like Sir Thomas More, 3 16th century English queens are buried at this location the Tower of London
#8788, aired 2023-01-18EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY: In 1692 Increase Mather wrote, "It were better that ten suspected" these "escape, than that one innocent person... be condemned" witches
#8787, aired 2023-01-17GEOGRAPHY MNEMONICS: MIMAL, sometimes said to be the silhouette of a chef or elf, stands for Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, these 2 states Arkansas & Louisiana
#8786, aired 2023-01-16BUSINESS MILESTONES: These were first sold in 1908, at a price equivalent to about $27,000 today Ford Model T
#8785, aired 2023-01-13IN THE BOOKSTORE: The name of this author dead since 2013 now appears on books written by a former U.S. marshal & a former Apache helicopter pilot Tom Clancy
#10, aired 2023-01-12CORPORATE MASCOTS: Born on an island in a sea of milk, this pitchman was jokingly disavowed by the U.S. Navy by saying he is not in personnel records Cap'n Crunch
#8784, aired 2023-01-12HISTORIC ART: The artwork once known in France as "la tapisserie de la reine Mathilde" is better known as this the Bayeux Tapestry
#8783, aired 2023-01-11POP STARS: In 2022 she became the first woman to have a Billboard Top 10 album in 5 decades starting with the 1980s Madonna
#8782, aired 2023-01-10CLASSIC TALE CHARACTERS: In one 19th century translation, she "perceived the dawn of day and ceased" speaking nearly 1,000 times Scheherazade
#8781, aired 2023-01-09USA: Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is Moore county, Tennessee's largest employer, Moore is a dry county Jack Daniel's
#8780, aired 2023-01-06HISTORIC PEOPLE: After a 1789 event, he wrote, "My first determination was to seek a supply of... water at Tofoa, & afterwards to sail for Tongataboo" (Captain) Bligh
#9, aired 2023-01-0520th CENTURY PEOPLE: Calling him "the embodiment of pure intellect", in December 1999 Time magazine named him Person of the Century Albert Einstein
#8779, aired 2023-01-05THE MOVIES: Laurence Olivier & Ernest Borgnine were considered for the lead role & Sergio Leone to direct for this film that turned 50 in 2022 The Godfather
#8778, aired 2023-01-04CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents Colombia
#8777, aired 2023-01-03FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS: Early in her career she translated romance novels into Spanish, often changing the dialogue to make the heroines smarter (Isabel) Allende
#8776, aired 2023-01-02HISTORIC CRIMES: Saying it was stolen by Napoleon, self-styled Italian patriot Vincenzo Peruggia took it in 1911 the Mona Lisa
#8775, aired 2022-12-30U.S. BODIES OF WATER: Continuing a downward trend, in July 2022 it was at 27% capacity, its lowest level since 1937 when it was first being filled Lake Mead
#8774, aired 2022-12-29GODS & GODDESSES: Each morning she began her ride in her chariot across the sky ahead of her brother Sol, or Helios Eos (Aurora)
#8773, aired 2022-12-28AMERICA AT WAR: Until the Civil War, the January 8 date of this battle of dubious military importance but big morale value was a national holiday the Battle of New Orleans
#8772, aired 2022-12-27CHILDREN'S BOOKS: Its title character is told "By the time you are Real, most of your hair has been loved off... your eyes drop out & you get... shabby" The Velveteen Rabbit
#8771, aired 2022-12-26TV FINALES: In a reunion over 40 years in the making, Dolly Parton appeared as an angel named Agnes in the final episode of this comedy in 2022 Grace and Frankie
#8770, aired 2022-12-23AMERICAN POEMS: In an 1847 poem this character sees her town of Grand-Pré burned, but finally reunites with her beau for a kiss before his death Evangeline
#8769, aired 2022-12-22FAMOUS NAMES: In 2001 he published a book called "Banging Your Head Against a Brick Wall"; in 2002, "Existencilism" Banksy
#8768, aired 2022-12-21CHILDREN'S LIT: The title object of this book "never looked more beautiful... each strand held dozens of bright drops of early morning dew" Charlotte's Web
#8767, aired 2022-12-20CLASSIC SONGS: The shouts of excited children at a 1946 holiday parade are said to have inspired this perennial favorite "Here Comes Santa Claus"
#8766, aired 2022-12-19BRAND NAMES: Unable to make these candies perfectly round, the confectioner embraced this flawed name for the product Milk Duds
#8765, aired 2022-12-16COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It's home to 58 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, more than any other country; the sites include a volcano & a lagoon Italy
#8764, aired 2022-12-15ACTION MOVIES: Its last line is "If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's" Die Hard
#8763, aired 2022-12-14PRESIDENTIAL FACTS: Only 3 presidents have married while in office--John Tyler was the first & he was the last (Woodrow) Wilson
#8762, aired 2022-12-1319th CENTURY AMERICANS: Demonstrating the dignity & humanity of Black Americans, he sat for 160 known photographs, the most of any American in the 19th century Frederick Douglass
#8761, aired 2022-12-12LATIN PHRASES: Originally, this 3-word phrase referred to when a doctor or apothecary substituted one medicine for another quid pro quo
#8760, aired 2022-12-091970s MOVIES: A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience Monty Python and the Holy Grail
#8759, aired 2022-12-08NAME'S THE SAME: A cocktail, an island & a WWII venture originally called "Development of Substitute Materials" all bear this name Manhattan
#8758, aired 2022-12-07U.S. PRESIDENTS: He was sworn in twice as president within 2 years, first by his father & then later by a former U.S. President (Calvin) Coolidge
#8757, aired 2022-12-06PLAYS: A 1609 story in which an exiled king of Bulgaria creates a sea palace with his magic may have inspired the plot of this play The Tempest
#8756, aired 2022-12-05LANDMARKS: In 2009, during a 20th anniversary celebration, it was called "an edifice of fear. On November 9, it became a place of joy" the Berlin Wall
#8755, aired 2022-12-02WORLD CAPITALS: Among its nicknames are the "City of Classical Music" &, possibly in honor of a famous resident from 1860 to 1938, the "City of Dreams" Vienna
#8754, aired 2022-12-01LANGUAGE & ITS MEANINGS: Now meaning someone with nocturnal habits, it catches a sleeping dove in Shakespeare's "The Rape of Lucrece" a night owl
#8753, aired 2022-11-30FLAGS OF OUR HEMISPHERE: The stars on this country's flag represent states, 26 of them; unlike the USA's, its "federal district" gets its own 27th star Brazil
#8752, aired 2022-11-29NAMES IN U.S. HISTORY: This father was the only man among the 13 plaintiffs in a class-action case filed in 1951 Brown
#8751, aired 2022-11-28CHILDREN'S AUTHORS: Reversing the story of this heroine she created, Patricia MacLachlan was born on the prairie but spent much of her life in New England Sarah (Wheaton)
#8750, aired 2022-11-25STATES & THE CENSUS: The 2020 Census gave Montana a second U.S. House seat; its most populous county, this one that attracts tourists, grew 11% Yellowstone
#8749, aired 2022-11-24SOUTHERN COLLEGES: To aid transport in poorer nations, in the 1920s grads of this college built makeshift buggies celebrated in their fight song Georgia Tech
#8748, aired 2022-11-23SECONDS IN HISTORY: The Fortune, the 2nd ship to land at this harbor, disappointed those already there, carrying 35 new residents & "not so much as bisket-cake" Plymouth
#8747, aired 2022-11-22MUSICAL THEATER: The pair at the center of tumult in this long-running show were originally to be a Jewish girl & a Catholic boy West Side Story
#8746, aired 2022-11-21PLAYS: The January 12, 1864 Washington Evening Star reported on a performance of this "dashing comedy" to "a full and delighted house" Our American Cousin
#8745, aired 2022-11-18ENGLISH CITIES: William the Conqueror's son built a fortress on a key northern river in 1080, giving this city its name Newcastle (upon Tyne)
#8744, aired 2022-11-17MOVIES & LITERATURE: Ridley Scott's first feature film, "The Duellists", was based on a story by this author to whom Scott's film "Alien" also pays tribute Joseph Conrad
#8743, aired 2022-11-16THE NEW TESTAMENT: Paul's letter to them is the New Testament epistle with the most Old Testament quotations Hebrews
#8742, aired 2022-11-15NAME'S THE SAME: Name shared by a Victorian novelist & an 1805 flagship captain whose name is heard in a famous phrase (Thomas) Hardy
#8741, aired 2022-11-14GEOGRA-FLEE: In July 2022 the ousted president of this country fled west across the Indian Ocean to the Maldives Sri Lanka
#8, aired 2022-11-13ADVENTURE NOVELS: The villainess in this French novel kind of undercuts the title when she says, "among these four men two only are to be feared" The Three Musketeers
#8740, aired 2022-11-11LONDON LOCALES: To fight malaria, this former royal estate helped move quinine-producing cinchona plants from South America to India Kew Gardens
#8739, aired 2022-11-10GEOGRAPHIC PAIRS: By ferry, the distance between these 2 paired Mediterranean islands is about 40 miles from Alcudia to Ciutadella Mallorca (Majorca) & Menorca (Minorca)
#8738, aired 2022-11-09CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: A trip to El Paso with his young son & wondering what the city might look like years in the future inspired a novel by this author Cormac McCarthy
#8737, aired 2022-11-08CHEMICAL ELEMENT NAMES: The 3 elements whose names begin with 2 vowels are iodine & these 2, one synthetic & one natural einsteinium & europium
#8736, aired 2022-11-07PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD: Cicero wrote that a tyrant ordered this to be hung from the ceiling "by a horse-hair"; his guest begged to leave the sword of Damocles
#7, aired 2022-11-06BRANDS: With wood becoming more difficult to source, this company turned to plastic for its automatic binding bricks, introduced in 1949 Lego
#8735, aired 2022-11-04WORLD CITIES: The name of this city may come from "dur", meaning water, a reference to the Helvetian people's settlement on a lake Zurich
#8734, aired 2022-11-03NOVEL LOCALES: This place from a 1933 novel lies in the Valley of Blue Moon, below a peak called Karakal Shangri-La
#8733, aired 2022-11-02PHRASES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Andrew Johnson vetoed a bill that gave reparations to formerly enslaved people, hence this phrase for an unfulfilled promise forty acres and a mule
#8732, aired 2022-11-01POETS: Inspired by stories from his grandfather, his "Battle of Lovell's Pond" appeared in the Portland Gazette in 1820 when he was 13 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
#8731, aired 2022-10-31PLACES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A Native American story says this creek got its name from an injury suffered by a Sioux warrior in a fight with the Crow Wounded Knee
#6, aired 2022-10-3019th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1863 Walt Whitman wrote that this politician "has a face like a Hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful" Lincoln
#8730, aired 2022-10-28ARTISTS: Sabena Airlines commissioned a painting by this artist, "L'Oiseau de Ciel", a bird whose body is filled with clouds in a blue sky René Magritte
#8729, aired 2022-10-27AMERICAN COMPOSERS: He turned to opera with the 1903 work "Guest of Honor", likely inspired by Booker T. Washington's dinner at the White House (Scott) Joplin
#8728, aired 2022-10-26CHARITY: A Catholic charity called Caritas Rome is the beneficiary of money collected from here, over the years averaging about $3,500 daily the Trevi Fountain
#8727, aired 2022-10-25BODIES OF WATER: The Kattegat & Skagerrak Straits separate these 2 seas the Baltic & North Seas
#8726, aired 2022-10-24AUTHORS: When Esquire began as a men's lifestyle magazine in the 1930s, he was asked for manly content & wrote in 28 of the first 33 issues (Ernest) Hemingway
#5, aired 2022-10-23WORLD LANDMARKS: Built of more than 18,000 metal parts & 2.5 million rivets, it was the world's tallest manmade structure from 1889 to 1930 the Eiffel Tower
#8725, aired 2022-10-2119th CENTURY LITERARY CHARACTERS: This character from an 1859 novel symbolizes the Fates, who in mythology spin the web of life, measure it & cut it off Madame Defarge
#8724, aired 2022-10-20INTERNATIONAL BORDERS: 2 of the 3 countries that share land borders with Russia & China (2 of) Kazakhstan, Mongolia, or North Korea
#8723, aired 2022-10-19AMERICAN HISTORY: Ben Franklin, John Adams & John Jay succeeded as a trio in this city, though Adams wrote of fearing the other 2 would gang up on him Paris
#8722, aired 2022-10-18LANDMARKS OF SCIENCE: Clones of an original one of these grow outside the math faculty at Cambridge University & in the President's Garden at M.I.T. an apple tree
#8721, aired 2022-10-17FAMOUS ANIMALS: In September 1964 the New York Times announced the passing of this pet, a gift, "used as symbol of honesty in 1952" Checkers
#4, aired 2022-10-16ANNUAL EVENTS: In 1986 Larry Harvey called a friend & said, let's do this, no one knows exactly why; it evolved into an annual festival in the desert Burning Man
#8720, aired 2022-10-14AUTHORS: Featuring a statue of a man escaping his grave, his tomb in Amiens contrasts with the title of his 1864 adventure novel (Jules) Verne
#8719, aired 2022-10-13DOCUMENTARIES: In this 1970 film, Max Yasgur says, "I'm a farmer... I don't know how to speak to 20 people... let alone a crowd like this" Woodstock
#8718, aired 2022-10-1220th CENTURY LEADERS: In a September 3, 1939 speech, he said, "Everything that I have worked for... has crashed into ruins" Neville Chamberlain
#8717, aired 2022-10-11FAMOUS SHIPS: Its wreck was discovered in 1989, 48 years after it had been sunk & 91 years after the man it was named for had died the Bismarck
#8716, aired 2022-10-10BRAND NAMES: A neighbor's charcoal drawing of Ann Turner Cook at age 4 or 5 months won a 1928 contest to appear in ads for this brand Gerber
#3, aired 2022-10-09NEWSPAPER HEADLINES: A New York Times headline about this disaster included "866 rescued" & "noted names missing" the Titanic
#8715, aired 2022-10-07COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: It has the most water area of any country, nearly 350,000 square miles, about 9% of its total area Canada
#8714, aired 2022-10-06NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS: He served as Bishop of Lesotho from 1976 to 1978 (Archbishop Desmond) Tutu
#8713, aired 2022-10-05TRAVEL: The 1948 edition of this publication said, "There will be a day... in the near future when this guide will not have to be published" the Green Book
#8712, aired 2022-10-04ASIAN COUNTRY NAMES: Like the T-U-V in Tuvalu, this landlocked country has 3 consecutive letters in its English name in alphabetic sequence Afghanistan
#8711, aired 2022-10-0320th CENTURY POEM ENDINGS: These 5 words that end a poem are also a proverb; one citation across the centuries includes a reminder not to make the wall too high Good fences make good neighbors
#2, aired 2022-10-0219th CENTURY LITERATURE: William Brodie, an upstanding Scottish tradesman by day & leader of a gang of burglars by night, helped inspire these 2 title characters Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
#8710, aired 2022-09-30BEFORE THEY WERE AUTHORS: While working for British naval intelligence during World War II, he was code-named 17F Ian Fleming
#8709, aired 2022-09-29INNOVATIONS: Seen by a worldwide audience in 1970, black pentagons were added to these to help viewers follow them better on TV soccer balls
#8708, aired 2022-09-28WORLD RIVERS: These 2 rivers share the names of countries, end with the same 4 letters & both join up with the Paraná River Paraguay & Uruguay
#8707, aired 2022-09-27WORLD AIRPORTS: Africa's 2 busiest passenger airports are in these 2 countries; it's an 8-hour flight between them Egypt & South Africa
#8706, aired 2022-09-26MAGAZINES: A now-annual issue of this magazine was inspired by the high society parties of Caroline Astor, whose ballroom fit about 400 people Forbes
#1, aired 2022-09-25LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: It's the world's smallest landlocked country in both area & population Vatican City
#8705, aired 2022-09-23LITERARY CHARACTERS: In a later part of the epic named for him, this character becomes king after his cousin Heardred dies in battle Beowulf
#8704, aired 2022-09-22POP CULTURE: In 2011 Leland, Mississippi, where Jim Henson grew up, honored Henson & his Muppets by renaming a bridge this, also a song title Rainbow Connection
#8703, aired 2022-09-21FAMOUS NAMES: Perhaps the most famous picture of him was taken in New Jersey in 1951 as he was annoyed by paparazzi on his 72nd birthday (Albert) Einstein
#8702, aired 2022-09-20AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: Delivered on January 8, 1790, the first of these was also the shortest, at 1,089 words the State of Union Address
#8701, aired 2022-09-19HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: The governor of Massachusetts wrote, it "is a poor document, but a mighty act... wrong in its delay till January, but grand & sublime after all" the Emancipation Proclamation
#8700, aired 2022-09-16DISNEY SONGS: "We Don't Talk About Bruno" from "Encanto" is the first song from an animated Disney film to hit No. 1 since this duet in 1993 "A Whole New World"
#8699, aired 2022-09-15U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: Founded as a technical institute in 1900, its sports teams are the Tartans & its official mascot is a Scottish Terrier Carnegie Mellon
#8698, aired 2022-09-14ARTISTS: He said, "The Seine! I have painted it all my life, at all hours, in all seasons, from Paris to the sea" (Claude) Monet
#8697, aired 2022-09-13THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY: Prince Philip's titles included Baron Greenwich & Duke of Edinburgh, but not Prince Consort, last used by this royal Prince Albert
#8696, aired 2022-09-1219th CENTURY NOVELS: "This bell was named Marie... alone in the southern tower, with her sister Jacqueline, a bell of lesser size", says this novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame
#8695, aired 2022-07-29TECH HISTORY: For about 20 years after its invention, it had few practical uses; then suddenly it revolutionized grocery checkouts & home audio the laser
#8694, aired 2022-07-28COUNTRIES OF EUROPE: It's the only independent survivor of the Spanish March, buffer states created to protect Christian Europe from the Moors Andorra
#8693, aired 2022-07-27REAL PEOPLE IN POETRY: Milton wrote of this contemporary: "When by night the glass of" him "observes imagined lands and regions in the Moon" Galileo
#8692, aired 2022-07-26LITERARY ANIMALS: This children's book character, introduced in 1926 & a friend of the title creature, gets his name from the sound he might make Eeyore
#8691, aired 2022-07-25THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME: Honored in 1998 as part of a rock group & in 2019 as a solo artist, this singer was the first woman to be inducted into the Hall twice Stevie Nicks
#8690, aired 2022-07-22INAUGURAL BALLS: At the 1993 Tennessee Inaugural Ball, Paul Simon performed this song, his most recent Top 40 hit "You Can Call Me Al"
#8689, aired 2022-07-21CONSTELLATIONS: The brightest star of this constellation is Deneb Algedi, or "Kid's Tail" Capricorn
#8688, aired 2022-07-20HISTORIC AMERICAN ROADS: Originally a Native American trail, the Dutch made it a main road & today it runs 33 miles from State Street to Sleepy Hollow Broadway
#8687, aired 2022-07-19OPERA: An aria from this opera says, "Put on your costume & apply make-up to your face. The people pay & they want to laugh" Pagliacci
#8686, aired 2022-07-18ART & THEATRE: Asked to design a new set for a restaging of this 1952 play, Alberto Giacometti came up with one scraggly plaster tree Waiting for Godot
#8685, aired 2022-07-15MORE THAN ONE MEANING: Its definitions include containing the metallic element No. 22, pertaining to a group of Greek gods & having great strength or size titanic
#8684, aired 2022-07-14THE 20th CENTURY: Maybe surprisingly, in 1918 this new leader was the first to recognize the independence of Finland Lenin
#8683, aired 2022-07-13STATE MOTTOS: This motto is the name of a city in that state & is a famous quote by an ancient Greek from the 3rd century B.C. Eureka
#8682, aired 2022-07-12PAIRS IN ASTRONOMY: Discovered in 1877, they were named for siblings of the Greek god of love Phobos & Deimos
#8681, aired 2022-07-11MUSICAL THEATER: It's one of the most revived shows in Broadway history & in 2001 it was designated the state opera of South Carolina Porgy and Bess
#8680, aired 2022-07-08SCIENCE & THE BIBLE: A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid that struck the Jordan Valley c. 1650 B.C. gave rise to the story of this city in Genesis 19 Sodom
#8679, aired 2022-07-07LITERARY CHARACTERS ON SCREEN: Per Guinness, this character who debuted in 1887 is the most portrayed human literary character in film & television Sherlock Holmes
#8678, aired 2022-07-06AGRICULTURE: Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest soybeans
#8677, aired 2022-07-05NATIONAL HISTORIC SITES: Less than 100 yards north of the J. Edgar Hoover Building is this notorious location Ford's Theater
#8676, aired 2022-07-04THE EASTERN U.S.: At its peak, this state had 6 seats in the House of Representatives; since the 1930s, it has had just 1 Vermont
#8675, aired 2022-07-01WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Mont Bellevue de l'Inini is the highest point in this European possession largely covered by the Amazon rainforest French Guiana
#8674, aired 2022-06-30U.S. CITIES: This U.S. city now has 10 times the population of the other U.S. city for which it was named in 1845 Portland, Oregon
#8673, aired 2022-06-29TELEVISION HISTORY: In the opening scene of its July 21, 1969 pilot episode, a man carves the letter D into wet cement Sesame Street
#8672, aired 2022-06-28POETS' CORNER AT WESTMINSTER ABBEY: At his 1892 burial, fit for a baron, the organist put music to his words, "I hope to see my Pilot face to face, when I have crost the bar" Alfred, Lord Tennyson
#8671, aired 2022-06-27THE WORLD OF TODAY: Partly because it was a monosyllable, this word was chosen as "a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission" meme
#8670, aired 2022-06-24OSCAR-WINNING ACTORS: Each of the 3 films for which he won an Oscar, from 1975, 1983 & 1997, also garnered a Best Lead Actress Oscar Jack Nicholson
#8669, aired 2022-06-23CLASSIC ALBUMS: This classic album by a Southern rocker gets its title from a Civil War quote by a Union admiral Damn the Torpedoes
#8668, aired 2022-06-2219th CENTURY LITERATURE: This author first thought of a parrot before choosing another bird "equally capable of speech" Edgar Allan Poe
#8667, aired 2022-06-21GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From Greek for "chief" & "sea", this word originally referred to the Aegean, known for its many island groups archipelago
#8666, aired 2022-06-20BRITISH HISTORY: From the Greek for "alone", it was nixed by Parliament in 1649 after being deemed "unnecessary, burdensome & dangerous" the monarchy
#8665, aired 2022-06-1719th CENTURY CONTEMPORARIES: Congratulating her on the 1869 release of her biography, Frederick Douglass wrote, "I have wrought in the day--you in the night" Harriet Tubman
#8664, aired 2022-06-16DEBUT NOVELS: Published in 1991, this novel, the first in a series, has been described as "historical fiction with a Moebius twist" Outlander
#8663, aired 2022-06-15BRANDS: Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Evan Strong & Roy Campanella broke barriers representing this brand Wheaties
#8662, aired 2022-06-141972: In June he said, "Don't lie to them to the extent to say there is no involvement, but just say this is... a comedy of errors" Richard Nixon
#8661, aired 2022-06-13TV LEGENDS: Buster Keaton considered her the tops in her field &, in fact, was one of her early mentors Lucille Ball
#8660, aired 2022-06-10THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE: Brazil stretches 2,700 miles from the Atlantic in the east to Serra do Divisor National Park on the border with this country in the west Peru
#8659, aired 2022-06-09CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: First published in French in 1943, this book has been called the most translated non-religious work, rendered into more than 300 languages The Little Prince
#8658, aired 2022-06-08AMERICAN HISTORY: A participant in this 1773 event recalled, "Some of our numbers jumped into the hold... I never labored harder in my life" the Boston Tea Party
#8657, aired 2022-06-07WRITING OLD & NEW: This 2013 bestseller shares its title with the first section of a poem from 7 centuries before Inferno
#8656, aired 2022-06-06GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Of the Argonauts seeking the Golden Fleece, these 2 from the same family were from Sparta according to Homer Castor & Pollux
#8655, aired 2022-06-03TECHNOLOGY: Upon the first use of this in 1844, the Baltimore Sun declared that time & space had been annihilated the telegraph
#8654, aired 2022-06-02UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES: Known as the female Lawrence of Arabia, Gertrude Bell called this place "a fairy tale city, all pink & wonderful" Petra
#8653, aired 2022-06-01THE EARLY 19th CENTURY: Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve signaled "engage the enemy" around noon & surrendered at 1:45 PM during this battle the Battle of Trafalgar
#8652, aired 2022-05-31NOVEL QUOTES: Referring to the book's title, this character says, "I know it's a poem by Robert Burns" Holden Caulfield
#8651, aired 2022-05-30IN MEMORIAM 2022: On the death of this trailblazing man, friend & mentor, Oprah said, "For me, the greatest of the 'great trees' has fallen" Sidney Poitier
#8650, aired 2022-05-27SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT: In 2021 this Hall of Fame athlete launched Omaha Productions Peyton Manning
#8649, aired 2022-05-26HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: A 1946 speech declared the terminuses of the Iron Curtain to be port cities serving these 2 seas the Baltic & Adriatic Seas
#8648, aired 2022-05-25FAMOUS SPEECHES: In a draft of FDR's speech of December 8, 1941, the words "world history" were changed to this one word infamy
#8647, aired 2022-05-24THE MIDDLE AGES: It was the surname of the 2 Scottish brothers who claimed monarchies of 2 different countries in the 13-teens Bruce
#8646, aired 2022-05-23MEDICINE: Post-this disease syndrome affects many survivors, of which the U.S. is estimated to have 300,000, the vast majority over 65 polio
#8645, aired 2022-05-20ON THE MAP: It's referred to as "the blue eye of Siberia" Lake Baikal
#8644, aired 2022-05-19THE ANCIENT WORLD: New research suggests a device now called the Archimedes screw helped maintain this one of the 7 Wonders of the World the Hanging Gardens (of Babylon)
#8643, aired 2022-05-18OSCAR-WINNING SONGS: Johnny Mercer's lyrics to this 1961 Oscar-winning song once began, "I'm Holly" "Moon River"
#8642, aired 2022-05-17LITERATURE: A contemporary review of a novel by this man said he "commands attention as a kind of literary James Dean" (Jack) Kerouac
#8641, aired 2022-05-16THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE: The USA's smallest national park is a 91-acre site on the Mississippi River, home to this 630-foot landmark the St. Louis Arch (the Gateway Arch)
#8640, aired 2022-05-13STATE NAMES: This state was named for a man born in Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover in 1683 Georgia
#8639, aired 2022-05-12CONSTITUTIONS OF THE WORLD: Amendments to its 1901 constitution require approval of at least 4 states before receiving royal assent Australia
#8638, aired 2022-05-11SAY IT IN ITALIAN: It's an Italian word for "mercy", but also the name of a movie character who kills Stracci & Carlo clemenza
#8637, aired 2022-05-10LIVE MUSIC: These 2 events held 2 1/2 months & 2,500 miles apart in 1999 were the last of one major music happening & the first of another Woodstock ('99 or 1999) & Coachella
#8636, aired 2022-05-09NOVEL TITLES: A 1590 poem written for the retirement of Queen Elizabeth's champion knight shares its title with this 1929 novel by an American A Farewell to Arms
#8635, aired 2022-05-06USA: These 2 mayors gave their names to a facility built on the site of an old racetrack owned by Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler William Hartsfield & Maynard Jackson
#8634, aired 2022-05-0520th CENTURY CINEMA: A black & white newsreel in this film begins: "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree" Citizen Kane
#8633, aired 2022-05-04THE CIVIL WAR: A Union soldiers' song said General McClellan, who let a Confederate Army escape after this battle, "was too slow to beat 'em" Antietam
#8632, aired 2022-05-03NATIONAL ANTHEMS: "Terre de nos aïeux" follows the title in the French version of this anthem "O Canada"
#8631, aired 2022-05-02THEATER: In November 1864 John Wilkes Booth & his brothers were fittingly part of a performance of this Shakespeare play Julius Caesar
#8630, aired 2022-04-29MUSICAL INSPIRATIONS: "Tuileries" & "The Great Gate of Kiev" were 2 of the artworks that inspired this classical work completed in 1874 Pictures at an Exhibition
#8629, aired 2022-04-28BOOKS OF THE 1970s: Aptly, members of a Black family in this novel have biblical names: Pilate, Hagar & the title one, an ancestor of the protagonist Song of Solomon
#8628, aired 2022-04-27POETS: In 1939 he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948 William Butler Yeats
#8627, aired 2022-04-26AFRICAN SURNAMES: Adetokunbo, "the crown has returned from overseas", is fitting for the Adetokunbo family who left Nigeria for this country in 1991 Greece
#8626, aired 2022-04-25NAMES IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Capable of freighting about 180 tons of cargo, in 1624 it was in disrepair & appraised at a total value of 128 pounds the Mayflower
#8625, aired 2022-04-22HISTORIC NAMES: DNA from 2 living descendants of Anne of York was used to identify the remains of this man Richard III
#8624, aired 2022-04-21FILMS OF THE 1950s: The title character of this film has the same name as the Roman goddess of the dawn Sleeping Beauty
#8623, aired 2022-04-20ON THE INTERNET: This website launched in 2015 with 3 offerings, from James Patterson, Dustin Hoffman & Serena Williams MasterClass
#8622, aired 2022-04-19COUNTRIES OF AFRICA: Old maps depicting what's now this 125,000-square-mile country labeled the area with the French word for "teeth" Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
#8621, aired 2022-04-18WORLD LITERATURE: Befitting the title, Antoine Galland, the first Western translator of this collection, worked on it only "after dinner" Arabian Nights (the One Thousand and One Nights)
#8620, aired 2022-04-15ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS: In 2019 he won his first competitive Oscar, 36 years after a Student Academy Award for a film about a Brooklyn barbershop Spike Lee
#8619, aired 2022-04-14WOMEN IN BRITISH HISTORY: The orphaned future Queen Elizabeth I was devoted to this stepmother who died 2 days before Elizabeth's 15th birthday Catherine Parr
#8618, aired 2022-04-13HISTORY: Intimately familiar with World War I, Churchill considered this war from some 150 years before the "first world war" the Seven Years' War
#8617, aired 2022-04-12GEOGRAPHIC TERMS: The 1964 article that gave this term its current use noted the "menace that haunts the Atlantic off our southeastern coast" the Bermuda Triangle
#8616, aired 2022-04-11WORDS OF THE YEAR: Oxford's word of the year for 2021 was this 3-letter one, short for a word that goes back to the Latin for "cow" vax
#8615, aired 2022-04-0819th CENTURY LITERATURE: The Strand Union Workhouse, whose rules prohibited second helpings of food, inspired a setting in this 1838 novel Oliver Twist
#8614, aired 2022-04-07INVENTIONS: Patented in 1955, it did not go over well in the high-end fashion world but the then-new aerospace industry found it very useful Velcro
#8613, aired 2022-04-06SMALL COUNTRIES: French, Italian & Swiss nationals make up about half of its population of 38,000 Monaco
#8612, aired 2022-04-05CLASSIC GAMES: Reuben Klamer, who passed away in 2021 at age 99, developed this game relatable to "literally everyone on Earth" The Game of Life
#8611, aired 2022-04-04CURRENT TELEVISION: Fittingly, the last name of the family at the center of this drama is from French for "king" Succession
#8610, aired 2022-04-01COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Some of this country's indigenous people want its name officially changed from its Dutch-based name to Aotearoa New Zealand
#8609, aired 2022-03-31HISTORIC PLACES: Following a raid at this establishment in 1969, protesters confronted police by forming a Rockette-style kickline the Stonewall Inn
#8608, aired 2022-03-30AMERICANS IN PARIS: In 2021 she became the sixth woman & the first Black woman to be inducted into the Pantheon in Paris Josephine Baker
#8607, aired 2022-03-29SHAKESPEARE'S WOMEN: It is said of her, "Infected minds to their deaf pillows will discharge their secrets: more needs she the divine than the physician" Lady Macbeth
#8606, aired 2022-03-28SPORTS HISTORY: Taking the mound for Cleveland in 1948, he was the first African American to pitch in a World Series Satchel Paige
#8605, aired 2022-03-25U.S. CITY NAMES: Adopted in 1845, the name of this state capital is a feminized form of a big body of water Atlanta, Georgia
#8604, aired 2022-03-24DISNEY CHARACTERS: In the source material from more than 3 centuries ago, her name was badr al-budur, "full moon of full moons" (Princess) Jasmine
#8603, aired 2022-03-23POEMS: The title of this poem comes from a 1920 book that refers to its possible "restoration to fruitfulness" The Waste Land
#8602, aired 2022-03-22HISTORIC NICKNAMES: Napoleon's troops gave him this nickname not to mock him but for showing the courage of an infantryman in battle "The Little Corporal"
#8601, aired 2022-03-21SINGERS: In 2021 at age 95, this singer achieved a Guinness World Record for the oldest person to release an album of new material Tony Bennett
#8600, aired 2022-03-18NEWSPAPER TALK: Meaning an important part of a story, this distinctive spelling helped distinguish the word from a substance used in typesetting the lede
#8599, aired 2022-03-17NONFICTION: This 1962 classic was dedicated to Albert Schweitzer, who predicted that man "will end by destroying the earth" Silent Spring
#8598, aired 2022-03-16MOVIE STARS: Matthew McConaughey said, "'Dazed & Confused', the first words I ever said on film were" these "Alright, alright, alright"
#8597, aired 2022-03-15METEOROLOGY: It was feared this word caused panic, but in 1950 the U.S. Weather Bureau ended a ban on it in forecasts, saying prediction wasn't impossible tornado
#8596, aired 2022-03-14WORLD WAR I: Suvla Bay & Cape Helles were major landing sites along this peninsula Gallipoli
#8595, aired 2022-03-11SYMBOLS: This U.S. politician asked for a multicolored pennant for a parade; demand increased after his death in 1978 Harvey Milk
#8594, aired 2022-03-10FAMOUS TRIALS: On her acquittal in 1893, a reporter cited nearby events 2 centuries earlier, saying the days of witch trials are over Lizzie Borden
#8593, aired 2022-03-09EPITAPHS: Her epitaph, from a 1925 poem by her, ends, "She knows that her dust is very pretty"; "dust" was in another she wrote for herself Dorothy Parker
#8592, aired 2022-03-08BROADWAY MUSICALS: Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work Rent
#8591, aired 2022-03-07CENTRAL AMERICA: A small river connects these 2 lakes that combined form close to 10% of their country's area Lake Nicaragua & Lake Managua
#8590, aired 2022-03-04LITERARY CHARACTERS: Dostoyevsky wrote that this title man in an earlier European novel is "beautiful only because he is ridiculous" Don Quixote
#8589, aired 2022-03-03EUROPEAN CITIES: Pizzo means protection money; the Addiopizzo movement was founded in this city in 2004 Palermo, Sicily
#8588, aired 2022-03-02ART MUSEUMS: Before its 1959 opening, 21 artists protested its design, saying it would make paintings look tilted & askew the Guggenheim
#8587, aired 2022-03-01THE SILVER SCREEN: He was the first actor to star in 3 films that won the Oscar for Best Picture: those of 1934, 1935 & 1939 Clark Gable
#8586, aired 2022-02-28MODERN WAR: Called the longest siege of a capital in modern history, the assault on this city lasted from 1992 to 1996 Sarajevo
#8585, aired 2022-02-25AWARDS: These awards have a retro version & winners include the novel "The Sword in the Stone" & "The War of the Worlds" radio broadcast the Hugo Awards
#8584, aired 2022-02-24FICTIONAL FAMILIES: Introduced in the 1930s in The New Yorker, they've appeared on TV & Broadway & in live action & animated films the Addams Family
#8583, aired 2022-02-23PLAY CHARACTERS: A 1949 review noted the "wrong formulas for success" of this character & "fatal misconceptions about his place in the scheme of things" Willy Loman
#18, aired 2022-02-22THE 19th CENTURY: An 1873 book title gave us this phrase for the period in the late 1800s of growth & prosperity & also greed & corruption the Gilded Age
#17, aired 2022-02-22THE PERIODIC TABLE: By 1890, discoveries of 3 "nationalist elements" filled table gaps: scandium in Sweden, germanium in Germany, this in France gallium
#8582, aired 2022-02-22AMERICAN WOMEN: In 1914 she received a patent on a trefoil emblem, which she would transfer to an organization a few years later Juliette Gordon Low
#8581, aired 2022-02-21HISTORIC EUROPEAN FAMILIES: This family has been traced to the Mugello valley around the year 1200 & the name suggests the trade of physician the Medici
#16, aired 2022-02-18CHARACTERS IN BANNED BOOKS: Introduced in 1928, this character has a disappointing affair with a writer before she begins a more satisfying relationship Lady Chatterley
#8580, aired 2022-02-18PLAYS: First published in 1602, its title characters are Margaret & Alice The Merry Wives of Windsor
#15, aired 2022-02-18HISTORIC STRUCTURES: In 1100 the Bishop of Durham became the first prisoner here &, after plying his guards with wine, became the first to escape the Tower of London
#13, aired 2022-02-17WESTERN HEMISPHERE COUNTRIES: In 1882, when these 2 countries' border was settled, a minister in the southern one quit in protest out of loyalty to Central America Mexico & Guatemala
#14, aired 2022-02-17WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY: A 1525 textbook on anatomy says this, being "so different of colours", could also be called "rain bowys" iris
#8579, aired 2022-02-17LONG-RUNNING TV SHOW CHARACTERS: This character who has been on the air for more than 50 years is only 6 1/2 years old Big Bird
#12, aired 2022-02-16COMPOUND WORDS: The OED says this 9-letter word is literary & poetic, & it appears 11 times in an 1845 American poem, including as the last word nevermore
#11, aired 2022-02-16HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES: The first national observance of Memorial Day was held May 30, 1868 at this site, on land that had belonged to Robert E. Lee's wife Arlington National Cemetery
#8578, aired 2022-02-1618th CENTURY HISTORY: The stated aim of this period was using violence to achieve political goals; its success aided in its demise in under a year the Reign of Terror
#10, aired 2022-02-15RECENT BIOGRAPHIES: A 2021 book about his "Misunderstood Reign" argues that he hated slavery & actually suffered from bipolar disorder George III
#9, aired 2022-02-15PHYSICISTS: A 1927 principle by this Nobel Prize winner says that some knowledge is inaccessible Werner Heisenberg
#8577, aired 2022-02-1520th CENTURY AUTHORS: Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, "use short sentences" & "use vigorous English" (Ernest) Hemingway
#8576, aired 2022-02-14THE MIDWEST: At about 90,000 it's the most populous U.S. city on North America's biggest lake Duluth, Minnesota
#8, aired 2022-02-11EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: This country, the largest in area entirely within Europe, borders the largest country in the world Ukraine
#8575, aired 2022-02-11INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS: A piece of writing advice from this man who died in 1904 concludes, "Otherwise don't put it there" (Anton) Chekhov
#7, aired 2022-02-11WORD ORIGINS: In 1793 a French clergyman called the destruction of libraries & sculptures this, using the name of a 5th century tribe vandalism
#6, aired 2022-02-10POETRY: It contains the line "whereat In either hand the hastening Angel caught Our lingering parents, & to the eastern gate Led them direct" Paradise Lost
#8574, aired 2022-02-1020th CENTURY PEOPLE: In 1946 she was aboard a train to Darjeeling when she heard what she later described as "the call within a call" Mother Teresa
#5, aired 2022-02-10WORLD GEOGRAPHY: About 200 miles of the Tyrrhenian Sea separates the cities of Cagliari & Trapani in these 2 "regioni autonome" of Italy Sardinia & Sicily
#4, aired 2022-02-0920th CENTURY LEADERS: He's called "a flame of inspiration in freedom's darkest hour" in the proclamation making him an honorary U.S. citizen Winston Churchill
#8573, aired 2022-02-09AMERICAN CITIES: Recorded on a visit to this California city, YouTube's first video featured a man saying, "They have really, really, really long trunks" San Diego
#3, aired 2022-02-09USA: In 2012 these 2 neighboring states celebrated the centennial of their admission to the Union Arizona & New Mexico
#8572, aired 2022-02-0820th CENTURY FICTION: The author's foreword to this novel says, "When I read it now I feel myself back again on the steamer from Aswan to Wadi Halfa" Death on the Nile
#2, aired 2022-02-08BIOLOGICAL ETYMOLOGY: Dionaea, the genus of this plant, is a reference to the Greek goddess Aphrodite, the daughter of Dione the Venus flytrap
#1, aired 2022-02-08AMERICAN HISTORY: One theory says Charles T. Torrey, a worker on this, coined its name, which appeared in The Liberator on October 14, 1842 the Underground Railroad
#8571, aired 2022-02-07TOYS & GAMES: Its co-creator said adding an "L" to the end of the 1st word in the original title of this board game invented in 1979 "made it" Trivial Pursuit
#8570, aired 2022-02-04BEHIND THE DISNEY ATTRACTION: The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror utilizes technology developed by this company founded in 1853 the Otis (Company)
#8569, aired 2022-02-03FAMOUS AMERICANS: He was buried in 1969 in one of the World War II uniform jackets named for him Dwight Eisenhower
#8568, aired 2022-02-02RECENT TV: The credits on "The Queen’s Gambit" included this man as "special consultant" (Garry) Kasparov
#8567, aired 2022-02-01HISTORIC GEOGRAPHY: This city on the Rhone River that is partly a World Heritage Site was papal property until the French Revolution Avignon
#8566, aired 2022-01-31WOMEN WHO WRITE: Mimicking her style, a 1912 rejection note read: "Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one" Gertrude Stein
#8565, aired 2022-01-281970s SINGER-SONGWRITERS: While speaking to Congress in 1985, he explained that his 1973 hit, now a state song, wasn't about drugs John Denver
#8564, aired 2022-01-2718th CENTURY NAMES: In 1793 he left Dublin for the United States, saying, "I expect to make a fortune" off George Washington, & he did Gilbert Stuart
#8563, aired 2022-01-26COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: The only nation in the world whose name in English ends in an H, it's also one of the 10 most populous Bangladesh
#8562, aired 2022-01-25SEA LIFE: In 2018 National Geographic reported that half of this was dead, "akin to a forest after a devastating fire" the Great Barrier Reef
#8561, aired 2022-01-24U.S. MUSEUMS: Named for a benefactor, it was established in 1893 to house artifacts from the nearby World's Columbian Exposition the Field Museum
#8560, aired 2022-01-21MOUNTAINS: First scaled in 1829, this 17,000-foot mountain has caused excitement by the supposed discovery of wood high up on it Mount Ararat
#8559, aired 2022-01-20WORDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY: The 1890 Census reported that "the unsettled area has been so broken into... that there can hardly be said to be a" this frontier
#8558, aired 2022-01-19FILMS OF THE 2000s: One of the screenwriters of this 2001 film described it as "'Clueless' meets 'The Paper Chase"' Legally Blonde
#8557, aired 2022-01-18AWARDS AROUND THE WORLD: France's national theater award, it's named for a man who died in Paris in 1673 the Molière Award
#8556, aired 2022-01-17SCIENTIFIC NAMES: The 1905 paper that gave this its name also referred to it as "Dynamosaurus imperiosus" Tyrannosaurus rex
#8555, aired 2022-01-14CEMETERIES & MEMORIALS: 60,000 are at rest in a National Memorial Cemetery opened in 1949 in the crater of an extinct volcano in this state Hawaii
#8554, aired 2022-01-13THE WORDS OF VICTOR HUGO: This object "is the ultimate expression of law, & its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral" the guillotine
#8553, aired 2022-01-12HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1838 he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"; for distinction he added a 2nd "S" to the end (Frederick) Douglass
#8552, aired 2022-01-11BROADWAY MUSICALS: Each in a show that ran more than 2 years, Ethel Merman & Sarah Jessica Parker played 2 different characters with this first name Annie
#8551, aired 2022-01-1019th CENTURY NOTABLES: On his deathbed in France in 1890, he told his brother, "The sadness will last forever" Vincent van Gogh
#8550, aired 2022-01-0720th CENTURY NONFICTION: "Norwegian Independence Day" & "a vast blue sea" are mentioned in Chapter 1 of a 1948 book by this man (Thor) Heyerdahl
#8549, aired 2022-01-06HISTORIC BUILDINGS: Begun in the 1070s with stone from Caen, it was meant to dominate both a skyline & the hearts & minds of a conquered populace the Tower of London
#8548, aired 2022-01-05THE 1950s: The first TV debate between presidential candidates of the same party involved him & future running mate Estes Kefauver Adlai Stevenson
#8547, aired 2022-01-04WORD ORIGINS: From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000 circus
#8546, aired 2022-01-03SCULPTORS: Los Angeles artist George Stanley sculpted this, first handed out at a private banquet on May 16, 1929 the Oscar
#8545, aired 2021-12-31MUSIC LEGENDS: Of their July 1957 first meeting at a church fair, one of this pair recalled: "I was a fat schoolboy and… he was drunk" John Lennon & Paul McCartney
#8544, aired 2021-12-30EXPLORERS: Confirming a theory, fossils found with this explorer in 1912 included a plant from more than 250 million years ago (Robert Falcon) Scott
#8543, aired 2021-12-29THE 20th CENTURY: In the morning of April 15, 1912 officer Charles Lightoller became the last of about 700 people to board this ship the Carpathia
#8542, aired 2021-12-28EUROPEAN RIVERS: The flooding of this river in 1966 destroyed or damaged some 14,000 works of art, many of them priceless the Arno
#8541, aired 2021-12-2720th CENTURY THEATER: In 1955 Peter Hall directed the first production of this play in English without having "the foggiest idea what some of it means" Waiting for Godot
#8540, aired 2021-12-24INTERNATIONAL LANDMARKS: In December 2020 an international agreement added nearly 3 feet to this; one surveyor lost half a toe in the effort Mount Everest
#8539, aired 2021-12-23THE EARLY UNITED STATES: The final piece in this series points out "the analogy of the proposed government to your own state constitution" The Federalist Papers
#8538, aired 2021-12-22SPORTING EVENTS: In 1752 one of the first races in this sport was run--4 miles from Buttevant Church to St. Mary's Doneraile steeplechase
#8537, aired 2021-12-213-NAMED WOMEN: Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the first female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections Louisa May Alcott
#8536, aired 2021-12-20FICTIONAL CHARACTERS: Introduced in 1938 & inspired by movie character Torchy Blane of the Morning Herald, she has since gone on to win a fictional Pulitzer Lois Lane
#8535, aired 2021-12-17FRENCH ARTISTS: The catalog of MoMA's first exhibition called this artist who died in 1891 a "man of science" & "inventor of a method" (Georges) Seurat
#8534, aired 2021-12-16WORLD WAR II GEOGRAPHY: Body-of-water battles included the Coral Sea, Philippine Sea & this one that allowed Japan to seize Jakarta the Java Sea
#8533, aired 2021-12-15AWARDS: The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award honors influential people from this state, including Western author Louis L'Amour North Dakota
#8532, aired 2021-12-1420th CENTURY PHYSICS: Puzzlingly heavy & long-lived particles discovered in the 1940s were dubbed this adjective later applied to even smaller particles strange
#8531, aired 2021-12-13KINGS & QUEENS: Due to legislative action of 1707, she was officially the last monarch of independent Scotland Queen Anne
#8530, aired 2021-12-1019th CENTURY BRITISH AUTHORS: She called herself "the daughter of two persons of distinguished literary celebrity" in an introduction to one of her novels (Mary) Shelley
#8529, aired 2021-12-091950s PUBLIC WORKS: Dubbed "The Greatest Construction Show on Earth", when completed it connected Minnesota to Montreal the St. Lawrence Seaway
#8528, aired 2021-12-0820th CENTURY PEOPLE: Gen. MacArthur said this man's death by "violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute all logic" "Mahatma" Gandhi
#8527, aired 2021-12-07OLD GEOGRAPHIC NAMES: This term once used for western North Africa is still used today in the name of a primate from that region Barbary
#8526, aired 2021-12-06AESTHETIC MOVEMENTS: This turn-of-the-century movement was alternately known around the world as Nieuwe Kunst & Modernista Art Nouveau
#8525, aired 2021-12-03ORGANIZATIONS: In the U.S. & its territories, this nonprofit whose roots trace to 1980 fulfills a word in its name every 34 minutes the Make-A-Wish Foundation
#8524, aired 2021-12-02JOURNALISTS IN HISTORY: Bismarck Tribune correspondent Mark Kellogg died June 25, 1876 while on a field assignment covering this man (General George) Custer
#8523, aired 2021-12-01PLANNED CITIES: A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony Canberra, Australia
#8522, aired 2021-11-30INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP: The organization these International was founded in 1956; they’re Partnerstädte in Germany & villes jumelées in France Sister Cities
#8521, aired 2021-11-2919th CENTURY LITERATURE: Its first line says, "The good people of Paris were awakened by a grand peal from all the bells in the three districts of the city" The Hunchback of Notre Dame
#8520, aired 2021-11-26FICTIONAL LANGUAGES: Lapine is the name of the language created for this 1972 book beloved by children Watership Down
#8519, aired 2021-11-25FAMOUS DO'S & DON'TS: In 1964 Berkeley alum Jack Weinberg, age 24, told a San Francisco chronicle reporter this now-famous "Don't" "Don't trust anyone over 30"
#8518, aired 2021-11-24AWARDS & HONORS: First awarded in 1731 to electricity pioneer Stephen Gray, the Copley Medal is awarded annually by this organization the Royal Society
#8517, aired 2021-11-23WORLD CAPITALS: An annual event called Winterlude includes skating on the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO world heritage site in this city Ottawa, Canada
#8516, aired 2021-11-2220th CENTURY PRESIDENTS: He won an election in which both he & his Democratic opponent were from Ohio & both were wealthy newspaper publishers (Warren G.) Harding
#8515, aired 2021-11-1920th CENTURY AMERICAN AUTHORS: The Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Alabama has exhibits devoted to these 2 authors & childhood friends (Harper) Lee & (Truman) Capote
#8514, aired 2021-11-18HISTORY: In 1985 the mayor of Rome went to a suburb of Tunis to sign a treaty ending this after more than 2,100 years the (Third) Punic War(s) (Carthaginian Wars)
#8513, aired 2021-11-17FINAL RESTING PLACES: A cemetery on this island has the graves of Robert Fulton & 2 of the first 4 Treasury Secretaries Manhattan
#8512, aired 2021-11-16MOVIE QUOTES: This 3-word phrase was the protagonist's second line of dialogue in a 1962 movie, the first in a 25-film series "Bond, James Bond"
#8511, aired 2021-11-15MYTHS & LEGENDS: This legendary place has been identified as being in Caerleon, Wales & in Winchester, England Camelot
#8510, aired 2021-11-12CONTEMPORARY PLAYWRIGHTS: "The Murder of Gonzago" is used as a play within a 1966 play by this man who was inspired by Shakespeare (Tom) Stoppard
#8509, aired 2021-11-11PRICELESS OBJECTS: It dates back to the "French Blue", which was set in gold & suspended from a neck ribbon when Louis XIV wore it on ceremonial occasions the Hope Diamond
#8508, aired 2021-11-10WORLD POPULATION: This Asian nation is the world's most populous country that lies mostly in the Southern Hemisphere Indonesia
#8507, aired 2021-11-091970s SONGS: In 1976 "Bohemian Rhapsody" was replaced at No. 1 on the U.K. charts by this Europop song whose title is heard in Queen's lyrics "Mamma Mia"
#8506, aired 2021-11-08NAMES IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY: He was Virginia's 1st African-American congressman, whose grandnephew, a famous poet, used his last name as a first name (John Mercer) Langston
#8505, aired 2021-11-05TOYS: Introduced in 1964, he fell out of favor in changing times & in 1970 was marketed as a "Land Adventurer" G.I. Joe
#8504, aired 2021-11-04OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: It's the only U.N. member state outside Europe with Dutch as an official language Suriname
#8503, aired 2021-11-03PAINTINGS: In 2021 experts in Oslo concluded that it was the artist who wrote on this painting, "Could only have been painted by a madman" The Scream
#8502, aired 2021-11-02SCIENTISTS: Galileo thanked this astronomer "because you were... practically the only one, to have complete faith in my assertions" (Johannes) Kepler
#8501, aired 2021-11-011960s HISTORY: After around 8 PM EDT on July 21, 1969 a major part of a transport known by this 1-word name was never seen again Eagle
#8500, aired 2021-10-29SONGS & U.S. HISTORY: Victory in 1805's Battle of Derna on the coast of North Africa inspired a lyric in this song made official in 1929 the "Marines' Hymn"
#8499, aired 2021-10-28WORLD CITIES: From Sydney, Australia go 7,000 miles east & less than 1/2 degree of latitude north to this capital also near the Pacific Santiago, Chile
#8498, aired 2021-10-27LITERARY MOVIE ROLES: Among the actresses who have portrayed her are Greta Garbo twice, Vivien Leigh, Tatiana Samoilova & Keira Knightley Anna Karenina
#8497, aired 2021-10-26AUTHORS: These 2 men who both died in Boston in the mid-20th century each won 4 Pulitzers, one man for Poetry & the other for Drama (Robert) Frost & (Eugene) O'Neill
#8496, aired 2021-10-25NOTABLE WOMEN: Of the 3 pioneering women in their field to be dubbed the "Trimates", this one got her PhD from Cambridge in 1966 (Jane) Goodall
#8495, aired 2021-10-221970s TOP 40 HITS: Seeing a poster for a production of "Cyrano de Bergerac" in a seedy Paris hotel & ladies of the evening nearby inspired this hit "Roxanne"
#8494, aired 2021-10-21WORLD GEOGRAPHY: This country of 16,600 square miles has a possession that's more than 50 times as large Denmark
#8493, aired 2021-10-2019th CENTURY SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: The first "self-evident" truth in the Declaration of Independence was quoted & found not to apply to this plaintiff (Dred) Scott
#8492, aired 2021-10-19CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: He has studied Cordon Bleu cooking, but is known for his 1981 creation of a character with unconventional taste in cuisine Thomas Harris
#8491, aired 2021-10-18NAMES ON THE MAP: From 1824 to 1825 this hero toured all 24 states & an Indiana city was named for him (the Marquis de) Lafayette
#8490, aired 2021-10-15LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN: These stories got their collective title because little Josephine Kipling insisted they be told exactly the same way each time Just So Stories
#8489, aired 2021-10-14U.S. HISTORY: On Sept. 30, 1788 William Maclay & Robert Morris, both of Pennsylvania, were chosen as the first 2 these (U.S.) senators
#8488, aired 2021-10-13SPORTS LEGENDS: When Johnny Bench broke his record, this man wrote, "I always thought the record would stand until it was broken" Yogi Berra
#8487, aired 2021-10-12PUBLISHING: Last name of brothers James, John, Joseph & Fletcher, whose company published magazines with their name as well as books Harper
#8486, aired 2021-10-11COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: Nazi Germany annexed this nation & divided it into regions of the Alps & the Danube; the Allies later divided it into 4 sectors Austria
#8485, aired 2021-10-08THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE: British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked (the) duck-bill(ed) platypus
#8484, aired 2021-10-07WINTER OLYMPIC SPORTS: The official Olympic website says this event "has its roots in survival skills" practiced in the snowy forests of Scandinavia biathlon
#8483, aired 2021-10-06HISTORIC CALENDARS: Following Messidor, this summer month in the 18th century French Revolutionary calendar had a name meaning "heat gift" Thermidor
#8482, aired 2021-10-05POPULAR PHRASES: This phrase relating nutrition & health was popularized by fruit scientist J.T. Stinson at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair an apple a day keeps the doctor away
#8481, aired 2021-10-04RENAISSANCE MEN: 10 years before a more famous work, he wrote in 1503 that the way to deal with rebels is to placate them or eliminate them (Niccolò) Machiavelli
#8480, aired 2021-10-01AMERICAN HISTORY: The April 26, 1906 edition of The Call, a newspaper in this city, reported on the heroic death of hoseman James O'Neil San Francisco
#8479, aired 2021-09-30CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: A 2000 Library of Congress exhibit called this 1900 work "America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairytale" The Wizard of Oz
#8478, aired 2021-09-29MYTHOLOGY: The Hippocrene Spring, sacred to the Muses, was so named because this offspring of Medusa brought it into being Pegasus
#8477, aired 2021-09-28THE CONTINENTS: It's the only continent with its mainland lying in all 4 hemispheres as defined by the equator & the prime meridian Africa
#8476, aired 2021-09-27ROCK LEGENDS: A new studio album in 2020 gave him a Top 5 album in 6 consecutive decades, his first in 1975 (Bruce) Springsteen
#8475, aired 2021-09-24HISTORY OF THE 19-TEENS: Saying he ignored warnings of enemy vessels, the British admiralty sought to blame William Turner, this ship's last captain in 1915 the Lusitania
#8474, aired 2021-09-23FOOD & DRINK IN THE BIBLE: In the King James Version, these creatures are a plague in Exodus 10, but deemed okay to eat in Leviticus 11 locusts
#8473, aired 2021-09-22LANDMARKS: 96 miles in total during its 3-decade existence, the most well-known part of this was about the same length as an Olympic marathon the Berlin Wall
#8472, aired 2021-09-21CHILDREN'S BOOKS: A book by her says, "It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'... but then I am not a rabbit" (Beatrix) Potter
#8471, aired 2021-09-201980s MOVIES: The Dip used to kill characters in this 1988 film consisted of acetone, benzene & turpentine, ingredients of paint thinner Who Framed Roger Rabbit
#8470, aired 2021-09-1719th CENTURY U.S. POLITICS: Named after a U.K. political party that helped depose a king, the U.S. Whig Party was formed to oppose this man (Andrew) Jackson
#8469, aired 2021-09-16THE 21st CENTURY: In 2009 this 11-year-old started posting on BBC's Urdu language website under the screen name Gul Makai Malala (Yousafzai)
#8468, aired 2021-09-15AUTHORS: In addition to knowing many languages & making up his own, he also taught language at the universities of Leeds & Oxford J.R.R. Tolkien
#8467, aired 2021-09-14SCIENTIFIC ETYMOLOGY: 2 of the 3 men for whom armalcolite, a dark gray mineral discovered in 1969, is named (2 of) (Neil) Armstrong, (Buzz) Aldrin or (Michael) Collins
#8466, aired 2021-09-13THE 13 COLONIES: Founded by an advocate of religious freedom, it was the site of America's first Baptist church & oldest synagogue Rhode Island
#8465, aired 2021-08-1319th CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN: 2 of the 3 women depicted on the first statue of real women in Central Park, unveiled in August 2020 (2 of) (Sojourner) Truth, (Susan B.) Anthony, or (Elizabeth Cady) Stanton
#8464, aired 2021-08-12BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Based on a 1974 novel, this film has been described as combining "An Enemy of the People" & "Moby Dick" Jaws
#8463, aired 2021-08-11WORLD FLAGS: The use of red, yellow & green as Pan-African colors began with the flag of this nation, the continent's oldest independent country Ethiopia
#8462, aired 2021-08-10FICTIONAL PLACES: A savage people called Zapoletes are contrasted with the inhabitants of the title place of this 16th century work Utopia
#8461, aired 2021-08-09BEASTLY EPONYMS: A penguin species found in southern South America is named for this 16th century man whose crew were the first from Europe to see them (Ferdinand) Magellan
#8460, aired 2021-08-06LITERATURE & THE ANIMAL KINGDOM: In 2020 scientists named Trimeresurus salazar, a new species of this, after a character in a book series a snake
#8459, aired 2021-08-051930s AMERICA: Unpopular at the time, the man for whom it is named wasn't invited to the September 30, 1935 dedication of this landmark Hoover Dam
#8458, aired 2021-08-04THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: The first published announcement of the Declaration was by a Philadelphia paper that reported it in this foreign language German
#8457, aired 2021-08-03ASIA: This country became independent in 1946; in 1964 it officially switched its independence day from July 4 to June 12 the Philippines
#8456, aired 2021-08-02HISTORIC BUSINESSMEN: Born in the village of Waldorf, Germany in 1763, he arrived in the U.S. in 1784 (John Jacob) Astor
#8455, aired 2021-07-30COMEDY & SPORTS: These are the 2 of a reporter's 5 W's that are not on the baseball team in Abbott & Costello's "Who's on First?" Where & When
#8454, aired 2021-07-29WORLD CITIES: This Colombian port of 1 million people gets its name from Phoenician for "new town" Cartagena
#8453, aired 2021-07-28SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: "Let's all sink with the king" is a line from the opening scene of this play The Tempest
#8452, aired 2021-07-27MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS: After being born this creature would bring the remains of its forebear to Heliopolis & put them on the altar of the sun god the phoenix
#8451, aired 2021-07-26NOTABLE NAMES: Following his death in 2018, his ashes were interred at Westminster Abbey between the remains of fellow scientists Darwin & Newton Stephen Hawking
#8450, aired 2021-07-23LITERARY CHARACTERS: This owner of a large estate in Derbyshire is described as "proud" at least half a dozen times (Mr. Fitzwilliam) Darcy
#8449, aired 2021-07-221970s MOVIE SCENES: Writer Dan O'Bannon based a scene in this film on his own Crohn's disease, which felt like things inside him fighting to get out Alien
#8448, aired 2021-07-21AFRICAN MONARCHS: Some devotees of this emperor who died in 1975 trace his lineage to King Solomon & the Queen of Sheba Haile Selassie
#8447, aired 2021-07-20THE 20th CENTURY: The code name for a historic meeting at this city was Argonaut, after the heroes who searched for the Golden Fleece on the Black Sea Yalta
#8446, aired 2021-07-19THE 50 STATES: Both in the Pacific, they are the 50 states' 2 biggest islands in area; one is about 40 degrees colder in winter than the other Hawaii & Kodiak
#8445, aired 2021-07-16HISTORY: Completed around 1455, it sometimes gets another name because a famous copy was found in the library of Cardinal Mazarin the Gutenberg Bible
#8444, aired 2021-07-15BOOK CHARACTERS: Trying to emulate the title character, he fails & is told "You lack a set of spinnerets, & you lack know-how" Wilbur
#8443, aired 2021-07-14ANIMATION: These characters first seen onscreen in a 1938 film are known in Spain as Juanito, Jorgito & Jaimito Huey, Dewey & Louie
#8442, aired 2021-07-13INVENTORS & INVENTIONS: In 1899 James Atkinson patented his new & improved one of these, including its spring-powered snapping action a mousetrap
#8441, aired 2021-07-12COLLEGE LIFE: This dish associated with Harvard goes back to the start of the school; the wife of the first headmaster made an awful version hasty pudding
#8440, aired 2021-07-091980s BESTSELLERS: The title of this 1985 novel by a Canadian author partly alludes to the similarly named stories in a 14th century work The Handmaid's Tale
#8439, aired 2021-07-08MUSICAL LANDMARKS: A cleft in limestone in England sheltered Reverend Augustus Toplady from a storm & inspired this popular hymn "Rock Of Ages"
#8438, aired 2021-07-07ROCK BANDS: In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have No. 1 albums in the U.S. in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s U2
#8437, aired 2021-07-06COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: In 2019 this public university attempted to trademark the word "the" for use on clothing & hats (the) Ohio State University
#8436, aired 2021-07-05WORLD GEOGRAPHY: On either side of Indochina are these 2 gulfs that start with the same letter the Gulf of Tonkin & the Gulf of Thailand
#8435, aired 2021-07-02HIT SONGS: Written in 1930, this song was a No. 1 hit in 1960 & was covered by The Band to support a 1976 presidential candidate "Georgia On My Mind"
#8434, aired 2021-07-01RIVERS: In "Notes on the State of Virginia", Thomas Jefferson said the most beautiful river on Earth is this one no longer in Virginia the Ohio
#8433, aired 2021-06-3020th CENTURY NOVELS: British biochemist J.B.S. Haldane's essay on ectogenesis, birth outside the womb, helped inspire this 1932 novel Brave New World
#8432, aired 2021-06-29COLORS & HISTORY: A blue pigment & a shade of blue popular in shirts are named for these, the 2 opposing nations in an 1870-71 war France & Prussia
#8431, aired 2021-06-28MONARCHIES: The future Charles I suddenly became next in line to the throne of Austria in this year 1914
#8430, aired 2021-06-25NEW YORK CITY: Bright new lighting installed in 1880 on a street that crosses Manhattan diagonally led to this 3-word nickname the Great White Way
#8429, aired 2021-06-24AMERICAN AUTHORS: "Camelot", "The Pilgrims" & "A Postscript by Clarence" are chapters in a classic novel by this author Mark Twain
#8428, aired 2021-06-23FAMOUS WOMEN: In 1983, 20 years after her famous first, she was honored on a one-ruble coin Valentina Tereshkova
#8427, aired 2021-06-2219th CENTURY LITERARY CREATURES: The author said the name of this 10-letter creature in his poem meant "the result of much excited discussion" the Jabberwock
#8426, aired 2021-06-21REFERENCE BOOKS: Emily Dickinson made frequent use of a work by this family friend & said that for several years, it was "my only companion" (Noah) Webster
#8425, aired 2021-06-18FICTION: In a 1915 story by this European, a woman finds a corpse & says, "It's gone & croaked--just lying there, dead as a doornail!" (Franz) Kafka
#8424, aired 2021-06-17COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD: On this country's National Day, August 15, all 39,000 residents are invited to Vaduz Castle for festivities & drinks Liechtenstein
#8423, aired 2021-06-16MOVIE CHARACTERS: A character who was going to be called Lunar Larry became him, inspired by the name of a real person Buzz Lightyear
#8422, aired 2021-06-15AMERICAN WOMEN: During her second marriage, she split her time among homes in New York, New Jersey, Paris & Greece & a yacht Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
#8421, aired 2021-06-1419th CENTURY AMERICA: 2-word term for the statement saying U.S. policy is "to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope... other powers will (do) the same" the Monroe Doctrine
#8420, aired 2021-06-11GEOGRAPHY WORDS: From the Latin for "key", this word for a type of isolated country applies to Vatican City, which has keys on its flag an enclave
#8419, aired 2021-06-10THE SUPREME COURT: The 1st justice directly succeeded by his former clerk was Rehnquist by Roberts; the 2nd time was this other alliterative pair (Anthony) Kennedy & (Brett) Kavanaugh
#8418, aired 2021-06-091960s SINGERS: In 2002 Macon, Georgia, where he grew up, unveiled a statue of this man who sits overlooking the water, a nod to his posthumous No. 1 hit Otis Redding
#8417, aired 2021-06-08FOOD & DRINK PHRASES: A 1951 Time article said, "Since the war," this 2-word term for a period of time "has been written into union contracts" coffee break
#8416, aired 2021-06-07GOLDEN AGE ACTRESSES: In 2013 the Victoria & Albert Museum acquired her archives, including letters from Laurence Olivier & Tennessee Williams Vivien Leigh
#8415, aired 2021-06-0417th CENTURY WRITING: This 17th century work quotes the Book of Job, "Behold the giants groan under water, and they that dwell with them" Leviathan
#8414, aired 2021-06-0317th CENTURY FRENCHMEN: Pope Urban VIII once said, "if there is a God," this French minister "will have much to answer for. If not, he had a successful life" (Cardinal) Richelieu
#8413, aired 2021-06-02NEWSPAPER NAMES: Used as a newspaper name from New York to San Diego, it was an ancient Roman official who represented the people's interests Tribune
#8412, aired 2021-06-01AROUND THE WORLD: In the 1860s a zoologist proposed that this island was once part of a lost continent he dubbed Lemuria Madagascar
#8411, aired 2021-05-31THE BUSINESS OF TELEVISION: The day it debuted in 1980, this network with an Italian name aired a Carnegie Hall celebration of Aaron Copland's 80th birthday Bravo
#8410, aired 2021-05-28EUROPEAN BORDERS: It's still there, but none of the countries that bordered this country at the beginning of 1990 exist anymore Poland
#8409, aired 2021-05-27MUSIC & GEOGRAPHY: In a British folk tune, the title lass Maggie May is sentenced to go way down south to this penal colony that rhymes with her name Botany Bay
#8408, aired 2021-05-26CLASSICAL COMPOSERS: Monsieur Crescendo & Signor Vaccarmini ("Mr. Racket") were derisive nicknames for this composer whose last opera dates from 1829 (Gioachino) Rossini
#8407, aired 2021-05-25NOBEL-WINNING NOVELISTS: Falsely accused of murder, a character in his 1948 novel becomes "tyrant over the whole county's white conscience" (William) Faulkner
#8406, aired 2021-05-2420th CENTURY ARTWORK: The artist's wife described the scene of this 1942 painting as "brilliant interior of cheap restaurant" Nighthawks
#8405, aired 2021-05-21AMERICAN AUTHORS: The year before his 1809 birth, his parents acted in "King Lear", leading scholars to believe he was named for a "Lear" character Edgar Allan Poe
#8404, aired 2021-05-20COLONIAL AMERICA: Milestones along the eastern end of the Mason-Dixon line were marked on either side with the crests of these 2 men Lord Baltimore & William Penn
#8403, aired 2021-05-19MIDDLE EASTERN GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 countries that border the Red Sea, it's last alphabetically Yemen
#8402, aired 2021-05-18ANIMALS: German settlers in Texas called this animal "Panzerschwein" armadillo
#8401, aired 2021-05-17ANCIENT GREEKS: Plutarch quotes this man who sentenced many to death: "Small ones deserve that, and I have no higher for the greater crimes" Draco
#8400, aired 2021-05-14WORLD CAPITALS: A national capital for less than 100 years, it's the westernmost capital in mainland Asia Ankara, Turkey
#8399, aired 2021-05-13CHILDREN'S BOOKS: The last book Dr. Seuss published in his lifetime, it climbs bestseller lists every spring Oh, the Places You'll Go!
#8398, aired 2021-05-12WORLD'S FAIRS: The theme of Seattle's 1962 World's Fair was "Man in the" this era Space Age
#8397, aired 2021-05-11BOOKS OF THE BIBLE: Its last chapter includes wisdom from King Lemuel, taught to him by his mother, as well as the famous "Virtuous Woman" passage Proverbs
#8396, aired 2021-05-10U.S. HISTORY: On April 7, 1789 Charles Thomson & Sylvanus Bourne left New York City to tell these 2 men the results of a vote taken the day before George Washington & John Adams
#8395, aired 2021-05-07SHAKESPEARE & HISTORY: Macbeth has a vision of a line of 8 Scottish kings, the 8th holding a mirror to reflect this 9th in line who may have been in the audience James I of England (James VI of Scotland)
#8394, aired 2021-05-06COUNTRIES' NATIONAL ANTHEMS: With words written by a Bishop of Urgell, its anthem praises Charlemagne & says it "was born a princess... between two nations" Andorra
#8393, aired 2021-05-05CLASSIC ALBUMS: The title of this huge hit 1977 album was the idea of the bass player, who specified it should be spelled the British way Rumours
#8392, aired 2021-05-04WORLD LITERATURE: This 1970s memoir told of harsh places that metaphorically were like an island chain "from the Bering Strait almost to the Bosporus" The Gulag Archipelago
#8391, aired 2021-05-0319th CENTURY AMERICANS: His book "An Overland Journey from New York to San Francisco in the Summer of 1859" shows he heeded his own famous advice Horace Greeley
#8390, aired 2021-04-30BOOKS & AUTHORS: In books by him, the Kingdom of Noland, ruled by an orphan named Bud, borders a country called Ix, where Queen Zixi reigns (Lyman Frank) Baum
#8389, aired 2021-04-29ODD WORDS: A homophone of a letter in the alphabet, this 5-letter word sounds the same if you remove its last 4 vowels queue
#8388, aired 2021-04-28HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS: This director was quoted as saying, "I believe I can take any 60 pages of the Bible and make a great picture" Cecil B. DeMille
#8387, aired 2021-04-27U.S. NATIONAL PARKS: This subtropical region is a biosphere reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, &, as of 1947, a National Park the Everglades
#8386, aired 2021-04-26CITY ORIGIN STORIES: The mythical founder Byzas consulted the Oracle of Delphi before establishing what's now known as this city Istanbul
#8385, aired 2021-04-23MOVIE TITLE CHARACTERS: In this 2012 film set just before the Civil War, a German dentist declares that the title character's surname is Freeman Django Unchained
#8384, aired 2021-04-22CONTINENTAL GEOGRAPHY: Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea & Somalia make up this region named for its resemblance to a part of a native animal the Horn of Africa
#8383, aired 2021-04-21AMERICAN BUSINESS: In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan Oldsmobile
#8382, aired 2021-04-20EUROPEAN TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Opened in 1843, it was frequented by Hans Christian Andersen & Walt Disney, who both found inspiration there Tivoli (Gardens)
#8381, aired 2021-04-19PAINTINGS: The New York Times noted "balls of orange-yellow light" & "the town off in the distance" from the artist's window in this piece Starry Night
#8380, aired 2021-04-16AMERICAN NAMES: One of the luminaries who drove in the "Golden Spike" in Utah in 1869 was this man who later founded a university (Leland) Stanford
#8379, aired 2021-04-15PHYSICS: Modern formulations of Newton's 2 most famous equations both begin with this quantity that's measured in newtons force
#8378, aired 2021-04-14SHAKESPEARE: With 4,042 lines, it's Shakespeare's longest play & it's also the one that's been filmed the most Hamlet
#8377, aired 2021-04-13ASTRONOMY: As Huygens observed in 1656, a weapon in this constellation contains a nebula, one of a few that can be seen with the naked eye Orion
#8376, aired 2021-04-12OLYMPIC HOSTS: Aside from the United States, one of the 2 countries with 2 different cities that have hosted the Summer Olympics (1 of) Australia or Germany
#8375, aired 2021-04-09AMERICAN LITERATURE: One edition of this 1930s novella shows a farm within the silhouette of a rabbit Of Mice and Men
#8374, aired 2021-04-08SOUTH AMERICA: 2 of the 3 national capitals on the continent whose metro areas have more than 10 million people (2 of) Buenos Aires, Bogotá, or Lima
#8373, aired 2021-04-07NOTORIOUS: In 1897 she was accused of a much lesser crime, shoplifting in Rhode Island Lizzie Borden
#8372, aired 2021-04-0620th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY: A biography of him: "In a sweltering, dimly lit cabin, its window shades closed... his first presidential decisions were made" Lyndon Johnson
#8371, aired 2021-04-05DAYTIME TV PERSONALITIES: Accepting a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, he said, "Just take... 10 seconds to think of the people who have helped you become who you are" Mr. (Fred) Rogers
#8370, aired 2021-04-02EPONYMOUS LANDMARKS: In 1960 the ashes of this aviator were spread over the Venezuela natural wonder he famously sighted decades earlier (James) Angel
#8369, aired 2021-04-01ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM: A real-life antidisestablishmentarian, William Bridgeman opposed the 1920 disestablishment of this in Wales church
#8368, aired 2021-03-31LOGOS: After 9/11, designer Milton Glaser modified this iconic logo of his, adding a bruise & the words "More Than Ever" I Heart New York (I Love New York)
#8367, aired 2021-03-30AMERICAN HISTORY: While performing in Philadelphia, the future father of this man sent a letter threatening to slit Andrew Jackson's throat (John Wilkes) Booth
#8366, aired 2021-03-29AUTHORS: BOOK TO SCREEN: Horrified by the 1964 movie musical from her work, she okayed a U.K. stage version as long as "no Americans" were involved (P.L.) Travers
#8365, aired 2021-03-2619th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1869 he moved to Yosemite Valley & was the first to say the area was formed by glacial erosion, a theory generally accepted today (John) Muir
#8364, aired 2021-03-25LITERARY INSPIRATIONS: The now-debunked theories of Luigi Galvani influenced the science in this 1818 novel Frankenstein
#8363, aired 2021-03-24INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: The "effect" named for this company founded in 1943 refers to increased value of a product to a consumer whose own labor is needed IKEA
#8362, aired 2021-03-23THE OLYMPICS: The "City of Angels" hosted the Olympics twice, the second time this many years after the first 52
#8361, aired 2021-03-22SHAKESPEAREAN REFERENCES: This name given to U.K. labor strife in December 1978 & January 1979 was taken from the first line of a Shakespeare history play the Winter of (our) Discontent
#8360, aired 2021-03-19ARTISTS: The February 17, 1901 death of his friend Carles Casagemas made this grief-stricken artist change his color palette (Pablo) Picasso
#8359, aired 2021-03-18BROADWAY ROLES: Of the more than 15 actors to play the lead in this musical, Howard McGillin holds the record with over 2,500 performances The Phantom of the Opera
#8358, aired 2021-03-17PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: In the 1912 election these 2 parties on the left of the political spectrum finished 2nd & 4th, totaling 1/3 of the votes Bull Moose Progressive & Socialist
#8357, aired 2021-03-16TRIPLE-"A" GEOGRAPHY: Home to the Piazza Alberica, this Italian city is better known for what it supplied to works by Henry Moore & Michelangelo Carrara
#8356, aired 2021-03-15FICTIONAL PLACES: Introduced to readers in 2008, its name comes from a Latin phrase for "bread & circuses", offerings used to appease the masses Panem
#8355, aired 2021-03-12HISTORIC PLACES: 8 presidents have visited this battle site with an Algonquian name about 50 miles from Washington; for McKinley, it was a return visit Antietam
#8354, aired 2021-03-11FOREIGN NEWSPAPERS: Representing its outspoken tone, this newspaper founded in the 19th century has the name of a free-spirited opera character Le Figaro
#8353, aired 2021-03-10LITERARY THRILLERS: The only Ian Fleming James Bond novel not told in the third person, it's narrated by one of 007's paramours The Spy Who Loved Me
#8352, aired 2021-03-09SCIENCE FICTION: In a 1952 sci-fi story, a time traveler returning to the present finds a dead one of these insects on his shoe a butterfly
#8351, aired 2021-03-08RADIO HISTORY: A 1949 broadcast in Spanish of this drama from 11 years before caused mass panic in Ecuador & the destruction of the radio station "The War of the Worlds"
#8350, aired 2021-03-05AMERICAN ROCK BANDS: In 2020 their Greatest Hits, with an optimistic '80s anthem, became only the third album to spend 600 weeks on the Billboard 200 Journey
#8349, aired 2021-03-04U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT: The U.S. Army's tradition of naming these began with the Sioux, used in the Korean War helicopters
#8348, aired 2021-03-03EUROPEAN LANDMARKS: Of the principal architects working on it from the mid-1500s to the 1980s, like Pierre Lescot & Hector Lefuel, none were foreigners the Louvre
#8347, aired 2021-03-02WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS CONGRESS: The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country's longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015 Benjamin Netanyahu
#8346, aired 2021-03-01GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS: In "Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes" Charles de Brosses coined this term for the many islands of the region Polynesia
#8345, aired 2021-02-26EARLY U.S. HISTORY: Elbridge Gerry, Charles Pinckney & John Marshall were the diplomats in this 1797 incident that led to a quasi-war with France the XYZ Affair
#8344, aired 2021-02-25LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people Ethiopia
#8343, aired 2021-02-24BUSINESS HISTORY: David McConnell's cosmetics & perfume co. was rebranded in 1939 with this name, honoring the home of his favorite playwright Avon
#8342, aired 2021-02-23MOVIE DIRECTORS: Along with his writing partner, this director is the only person to win screenwriting Oscars for both a film & its sequel Francis Ford Coppola
#8341, aired 2021-02-22MUSIC: Just 24 notes, this piece is nicknamed "Butterfield's Lullaby" for the U.S. Army general who arranged it "Taps"
#8340, aired 2021-02-19WORLD SURNAMES: In 2019, for the first time, this nation allowed for non-gendered last names with the suffix -bur Iceland
#8339, aired 2021-02-1819th CENTURY PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS: The first campaign of this man, who at 36 was the youngest major party nominee ever, was supported by the silver mining industry William Jennings Bryan
#8338, aired 2021-02-17WINTER SPORTS: The specific skill that gave this sport its name was eliminated from international competition after the 1990 World Championships figure skating
#8337, aired 2021-02-16GEOGRAPHIC NAMESAKES: In 1857 the former Surveyor-General of India objected to giving his name to this landmark as "the natives could not pronounce" it Mount Everest
#8336, aired 2021-02-15PLAYWRIGHTS: This late writer has had 10 plays on Broadway, most of them set in Pittsburgh like "Jitney", which premiered in 2017 August Wilson
#8335, aired 2021-02-12ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHERS: Asked to describe this 4th century B.C. member of the Cynics, Plato called him "a Socrates gone mad" Diogenes
#8334, aired 2021-02-11THE OSCARS: The first time an individual won 4 awards at a single ceremony was in 1954, when his wins included Best 2-Reel Short Subject Walt Disney
#8333, aired 2021-02-10HISTORIC NAMESAKES: This aircraft was named for the second president of the Weimar Republic Hindenburg
#8332, aired 2021-02-09THE 50 STATES: While it has only 31 miles of coastline on the Atlantic, its shoreline is almost 3,200 miles thanks to a large estuary & its tributaries Maryland
#8331, aired 2021-02-08WORLD LITERATURE: In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city St. Petersburg
#8330, aired 2021-02-05POPES & HISTORY: Late 16th century Pope Sixtus V regarded this invasion force as a crusade & promised indulgences to all who participated the Spanish Armada
#8329, aired 2021-02-04CABLE NETWORKS: In March 1979 Tip O'Neill & then-Representative Al Gore were the first politicians to speak on this new cable channel C-SPAN
#8328, aired 2021-02-03EUROPEAN ROYALTY: In 1653 King Louis XIV performed as this Greco-Roman god in the ballet "de la Nuit" Apollo
#8327, aired 2021-02-02WRITERS FOR CHILDREN: The Dartmouth Alumni Magazine gave "rejoice" as a rhyme for the correct pronunciation of his name Dr. Seuss
#8326, aired 2021-02-01SCIENCE WORDS: This word used to denote an irreversible dispersion of energy was coined in the 1860s to sound a bit like "energy" entropy
#8325, aired 2021-01-29BRITISH ARMY HISTORY: The Army's longest continuous campaign, 1969-2007, began in this Northern Ireland city known by either of 2 different names Londonderry/Derry
#8324, aired 2021-01-2820th CENTURY AUTHORS: In a 1959 article he wrote, "People began to call themselves beatniks, beats... bugniks &... I was called the 'avatar' of all this" Jack Kerouac
#8323, aired 2021-01-27THE WILD WEST: These 2 legends both known for buckskin clothes & long, flowing hair met violent ends 38 days apart, in Montana & South Dakota (George Armstrong) Custer & (Wild Bill) Hickok
#8322, aired 2021-01-26POP MUSIC: First released as a single in 1982, this song was re-released & charted again 17 years later & 17 years after that "1999"
#8321, aired 2021-01-25WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea, these 2 on opposite sides of it are the smallest & largest in area Algeria & Monaco
#8320, aired 2021-01-22STATUES: Statues honoring this man who was killed in 1779 can be found in Waimea, Kauai & in Whitby, England (Captain) Cook
#8319, aired 2021-01-21BRITISH WRITERS: When Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926, this British fellow writer tried to find her with the help of a spiritual medium Arthur Conan Doyle
#8318, aired 2021-01-20THE WESTERN U.S.: About 100 miles apart, they were made state capitals 10 years apart in 1854 & 1864 & both grew rapidly due to precious metals Sacramento & Carson City
#8317, aired 2021-01-19THE BUSINESS OF TRAVEL: Adjusted for inflation, the nightly rate this company put in its name in 1962 is now $51 Motel 6
#8316, aired 2021-01-18MOVIE SETTINGS: In 2017 this New York City luxury store opened its first cafe, with truffle eggs, waffles & croissants on the menu Tiffany & Co. (Tiffany's)
#8315, aired 2021-01-15QUEEN ELIZABETH II: Of the last 12 sitting U.S. presidents, the only one Elizabeth never met; she had her youngest child 3 months into his presidency Lyndon Johnson
#8314, aired 2021-01-14CHILDREN'S BOOKS: This 1969 book was first printed in Japan because no U.S. company would then make a book with so many holes in the pages The Very Hungry Caterpillar
#8313, aired 2021-01-13WORLD GEOGRAPHY: The Oyapock River forms part of Brazil's 400-mile border with the territory of this European country France
#8312, aired 2021-01-12FAMOUS ANIMALS: When she first came to the world's attention in 1957, she was dubbed "Muttnik" by U.S. journalists Laika
#8311, aired 2021-01-111960s SONGS: The name of this title song from a 1964 movie can be translated from Spanish as "Long Live The Meadows" "Viva Las Vegas"
#8310, aired 2021-01-08WOMEN & SCIENCE: Dr. Margaret Todd gave science this word for different forms of one basic substance; it's from the Greek for "equal" & "place" isotope
#8309, aired 2021-01-07MUSICALS: 4 songs from this 1968 musical made the Billboard Top 10, including one with an astrological theme that was No. 1 for 6 weeks Hair
#8308, aired 2021-01-06BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES: Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that's set during World War I Wonder Woman
#8307, aired 2021-01-05STATE NAME ORIGINS: The names of these 2 states honor a king & his father, who was executed in 1649 North & South Carolina
#8306, aired 2021-01-04LITERARY CHARACTERS OF THE 1600s: When the title character tells him that a great adventure may win him an island he can govern, he leaves his family Sancho Panza
#8305, aired 2020-12-18INNOVATIONS: This company takes credit for inventing modern gift wrap, dating to its sale of fancy decorated envelope linings at Christmas in 1917 Hallmark
#8304, aired 2020-12-17PLAY CHARACTERS: This title character says, "Who find my visage's center ornament a thing to jest at--it is my wont... to let him taste my steel" Cyrano de Bergerac
#8303, aired 2020-12-16ROYALTY: In 1521 this monarch published the theological treatise "Defense of the Seven Sacraments" Henry VIII
#8302, aired 2020-12-15MAGAZINES: This magazine had the same person on its cover since its founding 20 years ago until it chose Breonna Taylor as its September 2020 cover O, The Oprah Magazine (O)
#8301, aired 2020-12-14FAMOUS PLACES: Opened in 1973, it includes the Joan Sutherland Theatre, named for the singer, & the Utzon Room, named for the architect the Sydney Opera House
#8300, aired 2020-12-11BROADWAY REVIVALS: Ads for the 2020 revival of this musical said, "Something's coming. Something good"; a new movie version is also coming West Side Story
#8299, aired 2020-12-10EUROPEAN GEOGRAPHY: Once a residence of rulers of Austria, this city on the Danube less than 20 miles from Vienna became a national capital in 1993 Bratislava
#8298, aired 2020-12-09AMERICAN LIT: A book by him says, "From the forest came the call…distinct and definite as never before--a long-drawn howl" Jack London
#8297, aired 2020-12-08THE ANCIENT WORLD: He got to propose his own sentence & joked that since he was actually a benefactor of the state, he should get free meals! Socrates
#8296, aired 2020-12-07FANTASTIC BEASTS: Symbols of strength in the Bible include behemoth & this horned creature, perhaps an extinct wild ox, which the King James Version mentions 9 times a unicorn
#8295, aired 2020-12-04ISLAND NATIONS: What's now this nation resisted naval sieges by the Berbers in 1429, the Ottomans in 1565 & Axis WWII air assaults Malta
#8294, aired 2020-12-0319th CENTURY AMERICANS: In 1858 these 2 men faced each other in Alton, Freeport, Galesburg & 4 other nearby towns Lincoln & Douglas
#8293, aired 2020-12-02NOVEL CHARACTERS: This character from an 1851 novel "was intent on an audacious, immitigable, and supernatural revenge" Captain Ahab
#8292, aired 2020-12-01AVIATORS: Roland Garros, for whom the French Open stadium is named, gained fame with the 460-mile 1st solo flight across this body of water the Mediterranean Sea
#8291, aired 2020-11-30COMEDY MOVIES: In the original script for this 1975 film, the title object was finally found in London's Harrods department store Monty Python and the Holy Grail
#8290, aired 2020-11-27WORLD GEOGRAPHY: Of the 6 mainland African countries through which the equator passes, this landlocked nation is last alphabetically Uganda
#8289, aired 2020-11-26RELIGIOUS WORDS: This sacred syllable is sometimes said to be composed of sounds representing Vishnu, Shiva & Brahma om
#8288, aired 2020-11-25SINGER/ACTRESSES: This California-born woman won a Best Leading Actress Academy Award in 1988, when she had 2 Top 20 hit songs Cher
#8287, aired 2020-11-24HISTORIC DOCUMENTS: One of the liberties listed in this: "No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight's 'fee'... than is due from it" the Magna Carta
#8286, aired 2020-11-23SECRETARIES OF STATE: Dirk Stikker, Dutch foreign minister 1948-1952, wrote, "Churchill's words won the war"; this American's "words won the peace" (George) Marshall
#8285, aired 2020-11-20MUSICAL THEATER: The word "Practical" was dropped from the title of this hit musical not long before it premiered in 1981 on London's West End Cats
#8284, aired 2020-11-19DOG BREEDS: Alpendog was a proposed name for this dog breed St. Bernard
#8283, aired 2020-11-18COUNTRY NAME ORIGINS: This island country was named for a 16th century Spanish king whose name comes from the Greek for "lover of horses" the Philippines
#8282, aired 2020-11-17FRENCH LITERATURE: An 1862 novel says this character "would have arrested his own father... and would have denounced his mother" Javert
#8281, aired 2020-11-1618th CENTURY AMERICANS: One eulogizer of this man noted, he "was able to restrain thunderbolts & tyrants" Benjamin Franklin
#8280, aired 2020-11-13U.S. MONUMENTS: More than 100 years after it was first proposed, this monument was dedicated by President Chester Arthur the Washington Monument
#8279, aired 2020-11-12WORLD FLAGS: Both Wales & Bhutan have flags bearing one of these mythical creatures a dragon
#8278, aired 2020-11-11HISTORY OF MEDICINE: 2020 marks the 55th birthday of the first piece of equipment dedicated to this process, now used for regular screenings mammogram
#8277, aired 2020-11-10HISTORY IN THE MOVIES: Vehicles in "2001: A Space Odyssey" featured this airline's logo, but the company went bankrupt in 1991 Pan Am
#8276, aired 2020-11-09WORD ORIGINS: This word for a type of building or institution comes from Greek for a place sacred to a mythical group of 9 museum
#8275, aired 2020-11-06FAIRY TALE CHARACTERS: In French, this fairy tale character is La Petite Poucette, in Spanish, Pulgarcita & in English, this Thumbelina
#8274, aired 2020-11-05FOREIGN WORDS IN ENGLISH: The first use of this Spanish term in English was by Wellington referring to partisans in the Peninsular Wars guerrillas
#8273, aired 2020-11-04COUNTRY NAMES: 5 U.N. member countries have one-syllable names: Chad, Laos & these 3 in Europe Spain, France & Greece
#8272, aired 2020-11-03AFRICA: After the removal of the dictator, in 2011 3 broad colored stripes & 2 white symbols were restored to this country's flag Libya
#8271, aired 2020-11-02POLITICAL SPEECHES: At the 2004 DNC, Barack Obama used a fairly new metaphor, saying, "Pundits... slice & dice our country into" these 2 types of states red & blue
#8270, aired 2020-10-30PHRASES OF THE 1950s: A 1954 book review said of this colorful 2-word term, also applied to the post-WWI era, "the underlying hysteria lives on" Red Scare
#8269, aired 2020-10-29LEAD SINGERS: The New York Times said this late Brit's multi-octave range & operatic quality made "even paeans to bicycle riding sound emotional" Freddie Mercury
#8268, aired 2020-10-28AWARDS & HONOREES: He used his 1983 Pritzker Prize money on a scholarship fund for Chinese students to study their profession in the United States I.M. Pei
#8267, aired 2020-10-27THE 13 COLONIES: Pride in the document under which this future state was governed from 1639 to 1662 led to its official state nickname Connecticut
#8266, aired 2020-10-26ANCIENT TEXTS: Developed in the 18th century B.C. & named for a ruler, it aimed to "settle all disputes & heal all injuries" the Code of Hammurabi
#8265, aired 2020-10-2319th CENTURY SUPREME COURT CASES: Part of the dissent in this 1896 landmark case read, "In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law" Plessy v. Ferguson
#8264, aired 2020-10-2220th CENTURY ART: In occupied Paris, a German officer asked Picasso if he had done this masterpiece; he replied, "No, you did" Guernica
#8263, aired 2020-10-21SCREENWRITERS: This once-blacklisted screenwriter of "Spartacus" got a posthumous credit & an Oscar for a 1953 film Dalton Trumbo
#8262, aired 2020-10-20CLASSICAL MUSIC: Part of this famous 12-minute opening piece is called "March of the Swiss Soldiers" "William Tell Overture"
#8261, aired 2020-10-19PHRASES FROM LITERATURE: This 2-word phrase in "The Arabian Nights" may have come from an herb bearing seed pods that burst when ripe "Open, Sesame!"
#8260, aired 2020-10-1620th CENTURY AMERICAN MUSIC: The composer of this 1944 ballet piece said it "concerned a pioneer celebration... around a newly built farmhouse in the... hills" Appalachian Spring
#8259, aired 2020-10-15PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS: Physician "Cannonball Mike" Friedman defined this behavioral type & admitted the term applied to himself Type A personality
#8258, aired 2020-10-14MOVIE APPEARANCES: Not an actor, this man who died in 2018 appeared briefly in some 40 mainly action films with a combined $30 billion worldwide gross Stan Lee
#8257, aired 2020-10-13LITERARY PRONOUNS: Thanks to a horror film, this novel returned to the bestseller lists in 2017, some 30 years after reaching No. 1 It
#8256, aired 2020-10-12WORLD LICENSE PLATES: Around 2010 the state license plate for Michoacan, Mexico featured these insects (monarch) butterflies
#8255, aired 2020-10-09BOOKS OF THE 1950s: A special edition of this 1953 novel came with an asbestos binding Fahrenheit 451
#8254, aired 2020-10-08THE AMERICAS: Home to more than 20 million people & 3 different official languages, this island is about 600 miles from the continental U.S. Hispaniola (Hispañola)
#8253, aired 2020-10-07WHO SAID IT IN THE BIBLE?: He tells his son not to worry about the lamb for the burnt offering--God will provide it Abraham
#8252, aired 2020-10-06GEOGRAPHY FUN: It's the largest country in area that begins & ends with the same letter Australia
#8251, aired 2020-10-05FAMOUS AMERICANS: Will Smith & Lennox Lewis were pallbearers at this man's 2016 funeral Muhammad Ali
#8250, aired 2020-10-02ARCHITECTURE: Begun in the 1170s on former marshland, it has been called a "perfect imperfection" & a "legendary mistake" the Leaning Tower of Pisa
#8249, aired 2020-10-01LITERARY TERMS: In medieval times it was a long tale of a hero like Gisli or Njall; today it means any story of epic length saga
#8248, aired 2020-09-30HISTORIC FIGURES: In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, "Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but...talked for hour and half after being shot" Teddy Roosevelt
#8247, aired 2020-09-29THE GREAT LAKES: An 1855 poem gives us this Native American name for the 1 Great Lake not known to us today by a Native American word or a tribe's name Gitche Gumee
#8246, aired 2020-09-28ON THE OLD MAP: On the U.N. website's map of the world in 1945, these 2 initials of a member state appear 13 times on continental Africa U.K.
#8245, aired 2020-09-25HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES: On Forbes' 2020 list of the 100 highest-paid athletes, at age 50 this active individual sportsman is the oldest Phil Mickelson
#8244, aired 2020-09-24ASTRONOMY: Discovered in 1967, the 1st of these stars was dubbed LGM-1--the perceived signal was jokingly thought to be from little green men pulsars
#8243, aired 2020-09-23AMERICAN AUTHORS: Reluctant to write what became her most famous novel, she said, "Never liked girls or knew many, except my sisters" (Louisa May) Alcott
#8242, aired 2020-09-22DIPLOMACY: The book "The Eagle & the Elephant" is about the relationship between the U.S. & this Asian country beginning in 1833 Thailand (Siam)
#8241, aired 2020-09-21PIONEERING EDUCATORS: Before going into education, she graduated from the University of Rome in 1896 & was named assistant doctor at its psych clinic (Maria) Montessori
#8240, aired 2020-09-18ENGLISH POETS: An 1816 poem by him says, "That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome!" Coleridge
#8239, aired 2020-09-1720th CENTURY ARTISTS: "Los Tres Grandes" were José Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro Siqueiros & him Diego Rivera
#8238, aired 2020-09-1619th CENTURY AMERICANS: Obituaries called this man who died in 1820 a celebrated colonel, the first settler in Kentucky & a man who delighted in perils & battle Daniel Boone
#8237, aired 2020-09-15THE MUSIC BIZ: In 2019, at a 60th anniversary event in Detroit, this producer announced his retirement saying he had "come full circle" Berry Gordy
#8236, aired 2020-09-14FAMOUS BUILDINGS: This Rome building with a name from the Greek was described by Michelangelo as coming from "angelic and not human design" the Pantheon
#8235, aired 2020-06-12AUTHORS: On this woman's passing in 2019, Oprah Winfrey called her "a magician with language, who understood the power of words" Toni Morrison
#8234, aired 2020-06-11MEDICAL HISTORY: One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks Julius Caesar
#8233, aired 2020-06-10NOTABLE BRITISH NAMES: Published in 1881, "The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Actions of Worms" was his last & one of his bestselling books Charles Darwin
#8232, aired 2020-06-09PRE-CIVIL WAR PRESIDENTS: Encyclopedia Britannica says of him: "After an extended tour of Europe he retired to Concord...& he died in obscurity" Franklin Pierce
#8231, aired 2020-06-0820th CENTURY AMERICA: 10-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. sang with his church's choir at the celebrated premiere of this film Gone with the Wind
#8230, aired 2020-06-0518th CENTURY NOVELS: The title character of this 1726 novel reaches 4 different lands as a result of a shipwreck, a storm at sea, pirates & a mutiny Gulliver's Travels
#8229, aired 2020-06-04NOTABLE BRITS: On this man's death in a 1935 motorcycle accident, Churchill said, his "pace of life was faster & more intense than the ordinary" Lawrence of Arabia
#8228, aired 2020-06-03EUROPEAN LANDMARKS: As described in an 1831 book, it has "three recessed and pointed doorways... immense central rose window...two dark and massive towers" Notre-Dame
#8227, aired 2020-06-02AMERICAN FIRSTS: John Ledyard, sailing on Captain Cook's last voyage in search of the NW Passage, was the 1st American to land at what are now these 2 states Hawaii & Alaska
#8226, aired 2020-06-01EUROPEAN HISTORY: Once Europe's leading military power & later the largest state in Germany, it was abolished by the Allies in 1947 Prussia
#8225, aired 2020-05-29PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & MUSEUMS: Of the 15 U.S. presidential libraries or museums, 3 are in this state, more than any other Texas
#8224, aired 2020-05-28WORD ORIGINS: P.T. Barnum, whose traveling shows carried musicians, coined this word that now represents something growing in popularity bandwagon
#8223, aired 2020-05-27FAIRY TALES: A familiar chant in this fairy tale continues, "Be he alive or be he dead, I'll grind his bones to make my bread" "Jack and the Beanstalk"
#8222, aired 2020-05-2620th CENTURY METAPHORS: If it had physically existed, it would have stretched some 500 miles from the Baltic Sea to the Adriatic Sea the Iron Curtain
#8221, aired 2020-05-25U.S. GEOGRAPHY: Touching Canada at Boundary County, the northern part of this state's panhandle has been referred to as "The Chimney" Idaho
#8220, aired 2020-05-22IVY LEAGUE GEOGRAPHY: This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself Vermont
#8219, aired 2020-05-21MILITARY SLANG: This word for high-ranking officials comes from a metal used in 19th century military insignia brass
#8218, aired 2020-05-20CLASSIC TV SITCOMS: "I Love Lucy" used the French word "enceinte" in a 1952 episode title because CBS didn't want this word used pregnant
#8217, aired 2020-05-19ADVENTURE NOVELS: In this novel the surname of a pastor, his wife & 4 sons is not given in the text; the title was meant to evoke a 1719 novel The Swiss Family Robinson
#8216, aired 2020-05-18AMERICA IN THE 1700s: "Every state shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred" is in No. 6 of these the Articles of Confederation
#8215, aired 2020-05-01NATIONS OF THE WORLD: On the English-language list of member states at un.org, it's the only nation with a Spanish-language article in its name El Salvador
#8214, aired 2020-04-30ADVERTISING: Copywriter Keith Goldberg wrote this question in 1999 for a financial services company; they're still using it What's in your wallet?
#8213, aired 2020-04-2919th CENTURY NOVELS: Its first line ends, "the period was so far like the present period... for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only" A Tale of Two Cities
#8212, aired 2020-04-281950s FILMS: The last line of this epic film was "Go--proclaim liberty throughout all the lands unto all the inhabitants thereof" The Ten Commandments
#8211, aired 2020-04-27CIVIL WAR PEOPLE: Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it George McClellan
#8210, aired 2020-04-24MEN & MACHINES: John Moore-Brabazon, the first pilot licensed by England, had learned about engines working for this man, first half of a famous pair (Charles) Rolls
#8209, aired 2020-04-23STATESMEN: The first Asian to accept the Nobel Peace Prize was the prime minister of this country who in 1967 renounced use of nuclear weapons Japan
#8208, aired 2020-04-22WORLD ELECTIONS: In 2014 this democratic nation broke the record for total turnout in a single election with more than 500 million voters India
#8207, aired 2020-04-21CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS: Publishers Weekly has dubbed this former middle school English teacher turned bestselling author "Storyteller of the Gods" Rick Riordan
#8206, aired 2020-04-20RECENT MOVIE SONGS: In October 2019 this song, a duet, was still in the Top 10 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart after spending a year on the chart "Shallow"
#8205, aired 2020-04-17HISTORIC FIGURES: In legend, this real European leader fielded an elite corps called the 12 Peers that included Oliver & Roland Charlemagne
#8204, aired 2020-04-16SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS: An account of a deposed Duke of Genoa in a 1549 "History of Italy" is a presumed source for this play The Tempest
#8203, aired 2020-04-15PRESIDENTIAL GEOGRAPHY: This Midwest city is the burial place of one 19th century president & was named for a relative of another Cleveland, Ohio
#8202, aired 2020-04-14COUNTRY NAMES: The cartographic feature from which this country gets its name passes near the town of Guayllabamba Ecuador
#8201, aired 2020-04-13RELIGIOUS WORDS: This word for a concept in Eastern religions comes from Latin roots for "made in flesh" & "again" reincarnation
#8200, aired 2020-04-10WORDS IN THE NEWS: On September 25, 2019, searches on merriam-webster.com for the definition of this 3-word Latin term increased by 5,500% quid pro quo
#8199, aired 2020-04-09EUROPEAN BORDERS: Barely changed since a 1297 agreement, the border between these 2 countries is called La Raya on one side & A Raia on the other Spain & Portugal
#8198, aired 2020-04-08AMERICAN AUTHORS: She published under her middle name; her first name was Nelle, Ellen backward in honor of her grandmother Ellen Finch Harper Lee
#8197, aired 2020-04-07AMERICAN HISTORY: A 1711 bill cleared the names of 22 people who were tried in this town, including Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey & John Proctor Salem, Massachusetts
#8196, aired 2020-04-06WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD: Nicknamed "The Big Ditch", in 2014 this modern wonder celebrated its 100th anniversary the Panama Canal
#8195, aired 2020-04-03HISTORIC AMERICANS: In 1904 this Hungarian-born newspaper publisher wrote, "Our republic and its press will rise or fall together" Joseph Pulitzer
#8194, aired 2020-04-02CLASSIC AMERICAN NOVELS: Lady Duff Twysden was the basis for a character in this 1926 novel set partly in Spain The Sun Also Rises
#8193, aired 2020-04-01CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY: Canada's Four Corners monument marks the junction of the Northwest Territories, Nunavut & these 2 Prairie provinces Saskatchewan & Manitoba
#8192, aired 2020-03-31GEOGRAPHIC NAMESAKES: A county in England has an ocean coastline roughly twice as long as the 18 miles of this U.S. state named for it New Hampshire
#8191, aired 2020-03-30ADVERTISING CHARACTERS: Jack Keil's team created this animal character rolled out in 1980, the year of the USA's highest recorded murder rate McGruff (the Crime Dog)
#8190, aired 2020-03-27PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY: He was the first president to deliver the State of the Union Address on television Harry Truman
#8189, aired 2020-03-26WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: The Yucatan Peninsula is shared by these 3 countries Mexico, Guatemala & Belize
#8188, aired 2020-03-25ALLITERATIVE LEGISLATION: Signed into law in March 1941, House Resolution 1776 was this act that provided aid to a foe from 1776 the Lend-Lease Act
#8187, aired 2020-03-24AMERICAN POETS: This New York woman died in 1887, the year after the subject of her most famous poem was unveiled Emma Lazarus
#8186, aired 2020-03-231970s SITCOMS: A warning on early episodes said this show "seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices and concerns" All in the Family
#8185, aired 2020-03-20WOMEN AUTHORS: 2 events figure prominently in her 2003 memoir: a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 & the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 Isabel Allende
#8184, aired 2020-03-1920th CENTURY HISTORY: 1946 was the last year this place, now a country, was represented in the U.S. House of Representatives the Philippines
#8183, aired 2020-03-18FAIRS & EXPOSITIONS: To celebrate the 500th anniversary of a major event, Seville, Spain & Genoa, Italy both had expositions in this year 1992
#8182, aired 2020-03-17U.N. MEMBERS: It incorporated the "one country, two systems" principle in its constitution in 1982 & put it into practice after a 1997 reunification China
#8181, aired 2020-03-16MOVIE MUSICALS: Water pressure issues in Culver City, home to MGM, impacted the filming of an iconic scene in this 1952 movie musical Singin' in the Rain
#8180, aired 2020-03-13BIRDS: Black-footed & black-browed are 2 species of this seabird whose name was influenced by the Latin word for "white" albatross
#8179, aired 2020-03-12ACTORS: Speaking of his role in a 1964 film, he apologized for "the most atrocious Cockney accent in the history of cinema" Dick Van Dyke
#8178, aired 2020-03-11BOOK WORDS: A 1964 essay coined this 2-word term for "artistically serious" comic books & endorsed it over "illustories" & "picto-fiction" graphic novels
#8177, aired 2020-03-1019th CENTURY PLAYS: From the title of a British-set comedy, it completes the final line "I've now realized for the first time in my life the vital..." The Importance of Being Earnest
#8176, aired 2020-03-09RELIGION: These 2 countries that border each other are second & third in worldwide population of Muslims India & Pakistan
#8175, aired 2020-03-0621st CENTURY MOVIES: After its initial release in 2016, it became the first major motion picture to be dubbed in Tahitian Moana
#8174, aired 2020-03-05BRITISH NOVELS: A laboratory known as the House of Pain is on Noble's Isle, the title setting of this novel The Island of Doctor Moreau
#8173, aired 2020-03-0420th CENTURY ARTISTS: This artist who lived from 1904 to 1989 had a first name that means "savior" in Spanish (Salvador) Dali
#8172, aired 2020-03-03CHILDREN'S BOOKS: This book was published in Latin as "Virent Ova! Viret Perna!!" Green Eggs and Ham
#8171, aired 2020-03-02FROM THE DESK OF THE POPE: A 1919 letter quotes Jesus, "Go into the whole world and preach the gospel" & notes the vigilance, energy & hardships of these workers missionaries
#8170, aired 2020-02-28THE CIVIL WAR: The Chicago Tribune called Clement Vallandigham, an anti-war Ohio Democrat, a "traitor" & a "hissing" one of these creatures Copperhead
#8169, aired 2020-02-2718th CENTURY AMERICA: The first Census, in 1790, listed 24 urban places; this port was the most populous one in the South Charleston
#8168, aired 2020-02-26SCIENCE WORDS: In 1611 Kepler used this word from the Latin for "attendant" to describe the discoveries of Galileo satellite
#8167, aired 2020-02-25FAST FOOD: This sandwich was 1st sold in 1962 as an attempt to give the many Catholics of Cincinnati something to eat on Fridays during Lent Filet-O-Fish
#8166, aired 2020-02-24MUSIC STARS: On July 26, 1972 he testified before a Senate subcommittee on national penitentiaries Johnny Cash
#8165, aired 2020-02-21INTERNATIONAL AWARD TROPHIES: La Maison Chopard crafts this annual award’s crystal base & 118-gram, 18-carat frond Palme d'Or
#8164, aired 2020-02-20THE RACE TO SPACE: In the 1960s this Mideast country had a space program & one of its rocket launches, the Cedar IV, is commemorated on a stamp Lebanon
#8163, aired 2020-02-19INTERNATIONAL SPORTS: It’s the only country that has played in every FIFA World Cup tournament, winning 5 times Brazil
#8162, aired 2020-02-18AFRICAN GEOGRAPHY: This West African country of 12 million doesn't border the 1,200-mile-wide gulf of the same name Guinea
#8161, aired 2020-02-17FROM SCREEN TO STAGE: This 2007 movie came to Broadway with an all-female creative team including book & direction and with songs by pop star Sara Bareilles Waitress
#8160, aired 2020-02-14FAMOUS FIRST LINES: These 7 words precede, "The rain fell in torrents, except at occasional intervals" "It was a dark and stormy night"
#8159, aired 2020-02-13INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE: There are reminiscences of branding cattle & lassoing steers in “Martín Fierro”, the national poem of this Western Hemisphere country Argentina
#8158, aired 2020-02-1220th CENTURY EUROPEAN LEADERS: In a 1930s broadcast, this man spoke of “A quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing” Neville Chamberlain
#8157, aired 2020-02-11AMERICAN HISTORY: After statesman & banker Robert Morris turned down a job offer from George Washington, this man took the job Alexander Hamilton
#8156, aired 2020-02-10SPORTS TERMS: A member of the British Amateur Athletic Club wrote this 1867 set of 12 regulations whose name honors nobleman John Sholto Douglas the 12 rules of Queensbury
#8155, aired 2020-02-07QUOTES ABOUT 19th CENTURY AUTHORS: This author "showed that abysses may exist inside a governess", a heroine who was a "commonplace spinster" Charlotte Brontë
#8154, aired 2020-02-06RANKS & TITLES: Canada, Belgium & the U.S. are among nations that bestow this artistic title that dates to the Greeks & a tree sacred to Apollo (Poet) Laureate
#8153, aired 2020-02-05AMERICAN HISTORY: At Harpers Ferry, John Brown & his rebels were defeated by troops commanded by this man who 2 years later led a rebel army himself Robert E. Lee
#8152, aired 2020-02-04WORLD MAMMALS: A drawing of it by John Hunter, naturalist & governor of New South Wales, published in 1802 labels it Ornithorhyncus paradoxus a (duck-billed) platypus
#8151, aired 2020-02-03ASIAN GEOGRAPHY: This 150- by 2.5-mile area created in 1953 is now home to more than 100 endangered & protected species DMZ (the demilitarized zone between North & South Korea)
#8150, aired 2020-01-31FRENCH TOWNS: Legend says local farm wife Marie Harel & a priest from Brie created the famous product of this Normandy village Camembert
#8149, aired 2020-01-30ADVERTISING & MUSIC: In 2008, 34 years after it made Billboard’s Top 10, this song title was used by a southern state in a tourism campaign "Sweet Home Alabama"
#8148, aired 2020-01-2921st CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS: This man won Best Supporting Actor twice, both for films that won Best Picture Mahershala Ali
#8147, aired 2020-01-28WORLD CAPITALS: Sharing its name with another ancient city on the sea, this African capital is called "Bride of the Mediterranean" Tripoli
#8146, aired 2020-01-27POETS: A Dartmouth dropout, he received 2 honorary degrees from Dartmouth--in 1933 & 1955 Robert Frost
#8145, aired 2020-01-24BESTSELLING AUTHORS: Now in her 70s, this author splits her time between Paris & San Francisco, often writing 20 to 22 hours a day on an old typewriter Danielle Steel
#8144, aired 2020-01-23FAMOUS NAMES: A new Election Day ritual is leaving “I Voted” stickers on the headstone of this historic woman at a Rochester, New York cemetery Susan B. Anthony
#8143, aired 2020-01-22U.S. TERRITORIES: Of the 5 inhabited U.S. territories, this is the only one where cars drive on the left U.S. Virgin Islands
#8142, aired 2020-01-21CLASSIC MOVIES: This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Department Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
#8141, aired 2020-01-20CABINET POSITIONS: Of the 4 jobs in George Washington’s cabinet, the 2 that have been filled by women in the 230 years since Secretary of State & Attorney General
#8140, aired 2020-01-17DNA MAKES NEWS: In 1993 remains of the Russian Royal Family killed in 1918 were confirmed by comparing their DNA to this member of the British Royal Family Prince Philip
#8139, aired 2020-01-16WESTERN HEMISPHERE GEOGRAPHY: It's the easternmost capital city in Central America Panama City
#8138, aired 2020-01-15CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: Einstein's theory of relativity & Max Planck's quantum theory inspired this book that won a 1963 Newbery Medal A Wrinkle in Time
#8, aired 2020-01-14SHAKESPEARE'S TRAGEDIES: He has 272 speeches, the most of any non-title character in a Shakespeare tragedy Iago
#7, aired 2020-01-14IT'S ALL GREECE TO ME: This area of Greece, home to Pan, is synonymous with a rural paradise; it's a setting for Virgil's shepherd poems the "Eclogues" Arcadia

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Maura McKenna, a legal technology consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2014-01-30).
Vincent Soatikee, a musician and actor from Los Angeles, California Season 8 player (1991-10-11). Johnny Gilbert introduced Vince as "Vince Soatikee",...
Mark Lowenthal, a State Department employee from Reston, Virginia 2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
Michelle Kritselis, a managing editor from Rolling Meadows, Illinois Season 34 player (2017-10-13).
Paul Hjelmervik, a stage manager from Baltimore, Maryland Season 4 player (1988-05-05). Last name pronounced like "JELL-mer-vik".
Debra Malki, a human resources consultant from Winnetka, Illinois Season 4 player (1988-05-05). Last name pronounced like "MALL-kee".
Scarlett Sims, a stay-at-home mom from Oak Ridge, Tennessee Season 34 1-time champion: $33,201 + $1,000. JBoard user name: sims
Erik Post, a fraud investigator from Essex, Vermont Season 30 player (2014-01-29).
Tom Cubbage, a senior from Southern Methodist Univeristy 2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
Chris Cardinal, a software entrepreneur from Phoenix, Arizona Season 34 player (2017-10-10). JBoard user name: disillusioned
Sean Chong, a medical student from Silver Spring, Maryland Season 34 player (2017-10-12).
Carolyn Collins, an education program manager from Washington, D.C. Season 30 1-time co-champion: $26,800 + $1,000.
Dave Piatt, a senior from Johns Hopkins University 1989 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Rich Coble, an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 34 player (2017-10-09). Richard appeared on The Chase on 2022-05-24...
Sarah Favorite, a graduate student and health data specialist from Williston, North Dakota Season 34 player (2017-10-10).
Betty Hsu, a freshman from UCLA 1989 College Championship quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Rain Dunaway, a medical student from Louisville, Kentucky Season 34 player (2017-10-09).
Bill Hammon, a video editor and freelance writer from Bristol, Connecticut Season 30 player (2014-01-27).
Diana McInnis, an editor from Playa Vista, California Season 34 player (2017-10-06).
Julie Singer, a French professor from St. Louis, Missouri Season 30 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000.
Rebekah Smith, a library associate from Washington, D.C. Season 34 player (2017-10-06). Not to be confused with Season 34...
Todd McCafferty, a compliance manager from Brooklyn, New York Season 34 player (2017-10-05).
Cesar Perez-Gonzalez, a scientific program administrator from Germantown, Maryland Season 30 player (2014-01-28).
Marguerite Moran, a library director from Webster, Minnesota Season 34 player (2017-10-04).
Emalie Brooks, a former teacher from Memphis, Tennessee Season 3 player (1987-06-22).
Cathy Subick, an architectural conservator from Spring City, Pennsylvania Season 34 player (2017-10-05).
Al Lewis, a marketing consultant from Westing, Massachusetts Season 3 player (1987-06-22).
Amy Servat, an English teacher from Houston, Texas Season 34 player (2017-10-03).
Dana Murray, a foreign service officer originally from Tampa, Florida Season 30 player (2014-01-24).
Jay Hancock, a journalist from Ellicott City, Maryland Season 34 player (2017-10-04).
Joe Thomas, a recent math graduate and pizza delivery person from Martin, Tennessee Season 30 player (2014-01-24).
Jennifer Cross Miller, a communications manager from Pacheco, California Season 30 player (2014-01-23).
Ryan Hughey, a student from Indianapolis, Indiana Season 34 player (2017-10-03).
Kate Haire, a computer programmer and analyst from Wilmington, Delaware Season 9 player (1992-10-14).
Bonnie Leih, an administrative assistant from Plumas Lake, California Season 34 player (2017-10-02).
Chip Bell, a telecom engineer from Marysville, Ohio Season 30 2-time champion: $29,300 + $2,000. Chip won $5,000 on...
Veryl Gambino, a prosecutor from Berwyn, Illinois Season 34 player (2017-10-02).
Jim Bickford, an attorney from Aurora, Colorado Season 34 player (2017-09-29).
Richard Marvin, a small job contractor from Westbrook, Connecticut Season 7 player (1991-02-07).
Kyle Reynolds, an electronics technician originally from Chicago, Illinois Season 9 player (1992-10-14).
Colin O’Bannon, a pool room owner from Columbus, Ohio Season 34 player (2017-09-29).
Sean Walsh, a teacher from Loxahatchee Groves, Florida Season 7 player (1991-02-07).
Pasha Paterson, a senior computer science researcher from Richmond, Virginia Season 34 player (2017-09-27). JBoard user name: zerobandwidth
Zachary Tomanelli, an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York Season 30 player (2014-01-22).
Robert Barron, a teacher from Columbia, South Carolina Season 34 player (2017-09-28).
Karen Ruckert, a civil rights attorney originally from Topeka, Kansas Season 30 1-time champion: $12,400 + $2,000.
Jennie Floyd, a retired management consultant from Tucson, Arizona Season 34 player (2017-09-27).
Jim Scott, a college student from Charlottesville, Virginia Season 7 5-time champion: $49,300.
David Hall, a musician from Melrose, Massachusetts Season 7 2-time co-champion: $14,800.
Mark Thompson, a realtor from Lexington, Massachusetts Season 7 player (1990-10-01).
Tina Doppler, a small business owner from Crown Point, Indiana Season 34 player (2017-09-26).
Jon McGuire, a software development manager from Matthews, North Carolina Season 30 player (2014-01-20).
Dennis Fawcett, a painter and handyman from San Diego, California Season 34 1-time champion: $24,000 + $1,000.
Blake Perkins, an environmental scientist from Baton Rouge, Louisiana Season 30 player (2014-01-20).
Lauren Cusitello, a criminal and immigration defense lawyer from San Diego, California Season 34 player (2017-09-22).
Priscilla Emery, a records management consultant from Longwood, Florida Season 30 1-time champion: $18,000 + $1,000.
Thom Page, an OB/GYN doctor from Auburn, Maine Season 34 player (2017-09-21).
Jen Aprahamian, a computer science teacher from Los Angeles, California Season 30 player (2014-01-17). Jen appeared on The Chase on 2021-02-11...
Emily Gadek, a web and social media editor from Palm Springs, California Season 30 player (2014-01-21).
Geoff Norcross, a public radio host from Portland, Oregon Season 30 player (2014-01-17).
Diane Esemplare, an engineer from Riverdale, New Jersey Season 34 player (2017-09-21).
Stacy Meyers, a graduate student of education from Fredericksburg, Virginia Season 30 player (2014-01-16).
Julie Roth, a community college English professor from Odessa, Texas Season 34 player (2017-09-20).
Justin Torello, a pharmaceutical research associate from Monroe, New York Season 34 player (2017-09-20).
Gudrun Juffer, a law clerk originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Season 30 player (2014-01-16).
Farhad Mahmoudi, a client services director from Encinitas, California Season 34 player (2017-09-19).
Danny Jacobs, a journalist from Laurel, Maryland Season 30 player (2014-01-15). Son of Season 31 player Howard Jacobs.
Emily Goodlander, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland Season 30 player (2014-01-15).
Linda Lyle, an educational travel coordinator originally from Knoxville, Tennessee Season 3 player (1987-02-03).
Andy Hyland, a university communications director from Mission, Kansas Season 34 player (2017-09-18).
Matthew Linnabary, a phlebotomist from Wichita, Kansas Season 30 player (2014-01-13).
Sarah Reisert, an awards program manager from Devon, Pennsylvania Season 34 player (2017-09-15).
Miriam Musco, a children's museum education manager from Freeville, New York Season 30 player (2014-01-13).
Angela Ward, a family assessment writer from Longview, Texas Season 34 1-time champion: $11,800 + $1,000.
Ellen Wernecke, a social media analyst from Chicago, Illinois Season 34 2-time champion: $24,910 + $1,000.
Osei Boakye, a graduate student of history from Clearwater, Florida Season 30 player (2014-01-14). Name pronounced like oh-SAY-ee boh-AH-chee.
Julien Corven, a math teacher from Parkville, Maryland Season 34 player (2017-09-15).
Sarah McNitt, a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan 2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $89,398...
Larry Coben, an archaeologist and foundation executive director from New York, New York Season 34 player (2017-09-14).
Marika Kuspa, a graduate student of biology from South Bend, Indiana Season 30 player (2014-01-09).
Jay Olman, a data analytics manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 34 player (2017-09-13). JBoard user name: trivial-jay
Michelle DeGrothy, a Navy helicopter pilot from Neptune Beach, Florida Season 30 2-time champion: $25,900 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Jen Sosnowski, a high school science teacher from Roanoke, Virginia Season 34 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000.
Seth Tribble, a statistician from New York, New York Season 30 1-time champion: $26,488 + $2,000.
Adrian Ho, a healthcare consultant from Palo Alto, California Season 30 player (2014-01-10).
Linda Shaver-Gleason, a musicologist from Lompoc, California Season 34 player (2017-09-11). Linda died 2020-01-14 after a battle with...
Laura Kelsay, a hotel desk reception clerk from Grand Island, Nebraska Season 34 2-time champion: $42,300 + $2,000.
Lee May, a merchandising manager originally from Roanoke, Virginia Season 30 player (2014-01-03).
Ilissa Gold, an attorney originally from Nashville, Tennessee Season 30 player (2014-01-03).
Chris Fennell, a professor from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Season 34 player (2017-09-12).
Julia Dye, a vice president of production from North Hills, California Season 30 player (2014-01-08).
Dinu Nesan, a postdoctoral fellow and university lecturer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Season 30 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000. Name pronounced like "DIH-noo...
Andrew Clyne, a lawyer and legal recruiter from Hoboken, New Jersey Season 34 player (2017-09-11).
Carolyn Gawlik, a workforce development manager from Dearborn, Michigan Season 30 player (2014-01-07).
Eric Brach, a teacher and author from Culver City, California Season 30 player (2014-01-06).
Daniel Kim, a patent lawyer originally from New York City Season 5 2-time champion: $25,601.
Andrew Nelson, an antiquarian bookseller from New Bedford, Massachusetts Season 30 1-time champion: $12,000 + $1,000.
Randy Woodland, a university lecturer originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana Season 5 player (1989-06-28).
Sarah Olson, a project coordinator from El Cerrito, California Season 30 2-time champion: $27,401 + $1,000.
Mary Manhardt, a documentary film editor from New York, New York Season 30 1-time champion: $14,401 + $1,000.
Rachel Samberg, an academic tutor and performer from New York, New York Season 30 player (2014-01-02).
John Coulter, a creative director from Henderson, Nevada Season 30 player (2014-01-01).
Bev Praver, an entertaining educator from Covina, California Season 3 player (1987-04-13).
Bridget O'Donnell, a law enforcement specialist from Burlington, Vermont Season 30 player (2014-01-01).
Chris Walkey, a jeweler originally from Boston, Massachusetts Season 3 2-time champion: $14,801.
Jeff Scott, a systems engineer from Lexington, Virginia Season 8 player (1991-12-09).
Alyson Murray, a server from Boston, Massachusetts Season 30 player (2013-12-31).
John Alberti, a college professor originally from Los Angeles, California Season 8 1-time champion: $14,001.
Armen Terjimanian, a web content producer originally from Troy, Michigan Season 30 player (2013-12-30).
Reggie Austin, an actor from Culver City, California Season 30 player (2013-12-31). Reggie appeared on Celebrity Name Game on...
Linda Yonick, a pharmacist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Season 8 1-time champion: $1,799.
Linda Nelson, a hairdresser from San Diego, California Season 7 player (1990-10-25).
Geneviève LeClerc, a graduate student and sales manager from Lake Forest Park, Washington Season 30 player (2013-12-26).
Dave Gingold, a law student from Eugene, Oregon Season 8 player (1991-10-18).
Alexis Browsh, a teacher and tutor from Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-12-30). Alexis appeared on The Chase on 2022-01-19...
Jerry Slowik, a writer from Arlington Heights, Illinois Season 30 5-time champion: $121,800 + $1,000. No returning champion Hometown...
Robert Bottome, an industrial hygienist originally from Caracas, Venezuela Season 7 player (1990-10-25).
Kathy Cacace, an online editor from Brooklyn, New York Season 30 player (2013-12-27). Last name pronounced like "ka-KAYSE".
Murry Cann, a financial consultant from Larkspur, California Season 4 player (1988-06-29).
Rick Cook, a writer from Phoenix, Arizona Season 4 1-time champion: $12,300.
Avram Polinsky, a customer service analyst from Columbia, Maryland Season 30 player (2013-12-27).
Wayland Massey, an employment service specialist from Durham, North Carolina Season 8 1-time champion: $12,201.
Bonita Dominguez, a legal secretary from Surprise, Arizona Season 30 player (2013-12-24).
Jerry Sobul, a film production manager from Los Angeles, California Season 8 1-time champion: $12,801.
Anthony Niblett, a law professor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Season 30 1-time champion: $19,601 + $2,000.
Missy Flood, a Navy wife and stay-at-home mom from Groton, Connecticut Season 30 player (2013-12-24).
Bob Barnes, a lawyer originally from Plainfield, Illinois Season 8 player (1991-10-23).
Andrea Merrin, an actress from New York City, New York Season 5 player (1988-10-18).
Kristina Lukach, a youth minister from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Season 30 player (2013-12-23).
Mark Milett, a hearings and appeals analyst originally from Culver City, California Season 5 2-time champion: $16,201.
Roxann Smith, a professional volunteer from Los Angeles, California Season 30 player (2013-12-25).
Larry White, an actuary from Hatboro, Pennsylvania Season 30 2-time champion: $49,624 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
David Combs, an electrical engineer from Long Beach, California Season 7 2-time champion: $22,601.
Jon Choi, a law student originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Season 30 1-time champion: $11,900 + $2,000. No returning champion Hometown...
Jared Namenson, a headmaster from Berkeley, California Season 7 player (1991-04-19).
Bob Canter, a government relations representative from Martinez, California Season 7 2-time champion: $23,500.
Greg Munda, a computer technician from Glendale, California Season 30 player (2013-12-20).
Doug Marsh, a set designer from Pasadena, California Season 7 1-time champion: $12,500.
Jenna Johnson, a law student from Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 30 player (2013-12-19).
Regina Jahr, a fundraiser from Alexandria, Virginia Season 7 player (1990-11-27).
Mary Gildea, a retired high school English teacher from Marietta, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-12-19). Last name pronounced like "gill-DAY".
Eric Aranda, a piano teacher from Santa Monica, California Season 7 player (1990-11-27).
Sandy Howard, a homemaker from Cincinnati, Ohio Season 30 player (2013-12-17).
Tom Moses, a lawyer from Long Beach, California Season 7 player (1991-01-30).
Curtis Morales, an analytics engineer from Washington, D.C. Season 30 player (2013-12-18).
Debbie Singer, an attorney from Evanston, Illinois Season 30 player (2013-12-17).
Adelaide Jaffe, a computer operator from Bay Village, Ohio Season 7 2-time champion: $15,000.
Arthur Mitchell, an advertising writer from Grosse Pointe, Michigan Season 7 player (1991-01-30).
Varun Shekhar, a graduate student in engineering and law from Northville, Michigan Season 30 2-time champion: $18,600 + $2,000. JBoard user name: vs1
Matthew Church, a medical student from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada Season 30 2-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000.
Gary Westfahl, a college instructor from Claremont, California Season 8 player (1991-09-27).
Betsy Foss, an English-as-a-second-language instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan Season 30 player (2013-12-16).
Ellen Ripstein, a statistician from New York City, New York Season 8 player (1991-09-27). Ellen won the 2001 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament.
Mark Schmidt, a freshman from Baldwin Wallace College 1996 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
Evan Struble, a librarian from Columbus, Ohio Season 30 player (2013-12-13).
Tiffany Gholar, an abstract painter from Chicago, Illinois Season 30 1-time champion: $6,399 + $2,000. No returning champion Hometown...
Bronwyn Bedient, a freshman from University of North Carolina 1996 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000.
Rachel Hirsch, a high school history teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts Season 30 player (2013-12-12).
Kathleen Hagen, a registered nurse originally from Ottawa, Canada Season 3 player (1986-12-24): a Fultron car stereo.
Donna Fairweather-Foley, a retired police officer from Huntington, New York Season 30 player (2013-12-11).
Morgan Sloane, a writer and director originally from New York City Season 3 player (1986-12-24): a Tappan electric range + a Zenith...
Woody Bell, an Air Force officer from Columbia, Maryland Season 30 1-time champion: $8,399 + $2,000. Woody had the rank...
Sam Bernhard, a student originally from Blacksburg, Virginia Season 30 player (2013-12-11). Sam attended Oberlin College at the time...
Charlene Hofferstad, a housewife from North Haven, Connecticut Season 3 player (1987-01-05).
Mary Duffy, a games editor from Louisville, Colorado Season 33 player (2017-07-28).
Meredith Larson, an attorney from Washington, D.C. Season 30 2-time champion: $42,701 + $1,000.
Phil Lowe, a process automation engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina Season 30 player (2013-12-10). Last name pronounced like "loud" without the...
Dale Butland, a press secretary originally from Columbus, Ohio Season 3 1-time co-champion: $1,000 + a trip to New Orleans...
Richard Frick, an engineer from Rancho Santa Margarita, California Season 5 player (1988-12-20).
Reem Fattouh, a web editor from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Season 30 player (2013-12-09). Last name pronounced like "fa-TYOO". No challenger...
Dan Viafore, an audio engineer from Los Angeles, California Season 33 player (2017-07-28).
Murray Weiss, a literary manager from Woodmere, New York Season 30 player (2013-12-09). No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for...
Colleen Ligibel, a housewife from Mission Hills, Kansas Season 5 player (1988-12-20).
Craig Cornish, Jr., a graduate student of history from Welcome, Maryland Season 30 2-time champion: $46,800 + $1,000.
Cecilia Cuevas, a high school dean of students from Kansas City, Missouri Season 30 player (2013-12-05). Sister of Season 27 champion Jesse Cuevas,...
Shadi Peterman, a high school history teacher from St. Louis, Missouri Season 33 2-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
Franke Santos, an operations manager from North Hollywood, California Season 30 player (2013-12-06). First name pronounced like "FRANK-ee".
Ryan Kious, a social media and web writer from Albuquerque, New Mexico Season 33 player (2017-07-27).
Kaya Blauvelt, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon Season 30 player (2013-12-04).
Sally Ritch, a vocal coach from Kerrville, Texas Season 4 player (1987-12-30).
Keith Jaeger, a teacher and coach from Davis, California Season 4 player (1987-12-30).
Tahne Aarnes, a business intelligence consultant from Chaska, Minnesota Season 30 player (2013-12-05). Name pronounced like "TAH-nay AR-nez".
Brock Thompson, a librarian at the Library of Congress from Washington, D.C. Season 30 player (2013-12-04).
Seth Cope, a purchasing manager from Savannah, Georgia Season 33 player (2017-07-26).
Tina Nguyen, a food media writer from New York, New York Season 30 player (2013-12-03).
Howard Groopman, an appeals aide from Portland, Oregon Season 4 player (1987-12-23).
Carlos Ross, a customer service representative from Austin, Texas Season 30 3-time champion: $89,774 + $1,000. Carlos appeared on The...
Kellie Packwood, a software engineer from Austin, Texas Season 33 player (2017-07-26).
Scott Claremon, a tax attorney from Sacramento, California Season 30 1-time champion: $7,899 + $2,000.
Gary Tarpinian, a writer and artist from Boston, Massachusetts Season 4 player (1987-12-23).
Bryce Johnson, a wine cellar rat from Corvallis, Oregon Season 30 player (2013-11-29). Johnny Gilbert chuckled when reading Bryce's occupation....
Catherine Meeker, an attorney from Orlando, Florida Season 33 player (2017-07-25).
Maura DeGrande, a client relations director from Shelby Township, Michigan Season 30 player (2013-12-02).
Mackenzie Brooks, an attorney from San Diego, California Season 33 player (2017-07-25).
Emily Bridges, a communications director from Laurel, Maryland Season 33 player (2017-07-24).
Whitney Magendie, a public health program coordinator from New Orleans, Louisiana Season 30 player (2013-11-28).
Susan Kaisler, a French teacher from Mesa, Arizona Season 3 player (1987-02-09).
Tracy Carlson, a marketing consultant and author from Newton, Massachusetts Season 30 player (2013-11-29).
Shannon Hindahl, a pharmacist from Collinsville, Illinois Season 33 player (2017-07-24).
Steven Durham, a writer and stay-at-home dad from Asheville, North Carolina Season 30 2-time champion: $41,100 + $2,000.
John Kyle Grady, a substitute teacher originally from Hyde Park, Massachusetts Season 30 1-time champion: $28,801 + $2,000. John won $60,000 on...
Elle Hood, a housewife and attorney from Camarillo, California Season 4 player (1988-05-23).
Shanna Lafferty, a law student from Boyertown, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-11-27).
Jack Dumpert, a bond manager from Buffalo, New York Season 4 player (1988-05-23).
Janel Stogdill, a homeschool mom from Valrico, Florida Season 30 player (2013-11-26).
George Buri, a university instructor from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Season 33 player (2017-07-21). Last name pronounced like "BYUR-ee".
David Weintraub, an assistant professor of travel and tourism from Middletown, New York Season 3 player (1987-01-02): a Panasonic dishwasher.
Mike Nickel, a social worker from St. Louis, Missouri Season 30 1-time champion: $29,210 + $1,000.
Connie Rudd, a writer from Coweta, Oklahoma Season 33 player (2017-07-21).
Johnna Mahoney, a medical student from Lancaster, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-11-25).
Cathy Bloedorn, a chemistry and forsenics teacher from Ellicott City, Maryland "She teaches at a green school, where the environment is part...
Doug Groshart, a mechanical engineer and musician from San Luis Obispo, California Season 33 player (2017-07-20).
Justin Vossler, a high school history teacher from Homer, New York 2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 33 5-time champion: $110,000 + $2,000.
James Kosmatka, a theater manager from Cleveland Heights, Ohio Season 30 player (2013-11-25).
Timothy Shuker-Haines, a high school history teacher from Williamstown, Massachusetts "He teaches at a small school where the students chop the...
Nancy Bauer, a market research director from Oak Park, Illinois Season 33 player (2017-07-19).
Becky Giardina, a 7th grade social studies teacher from Martinez, Georgia "Her students range from the learning disabled to the gifted. From...
Gautam Hans, an associate clinical professor of law from Vanderbilt Law School in Nashville, Tennessee 2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Michael Townes, an English and Language Arts teacher from Greenville, South Carolina "He's a third-generation teacher. From Greenville, South Carolina, say hello to...
Keith Fudge, a policy analyst from Washington, D.C. Season 33 player (2017-07-19).
Jeff Rinde, a teacher originally from Endwell, New York Season 11 player (1995-03-30): Klipsch speakers + a SoftSauna steam room...
John Pearson, a 4th grade math teacher from Richardson, Texas "His school's theme this year is superheroes. It's a bird! It's...
Maryanne Lewell, a high school history teacher from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada "She teaches at the oldest publicly funded school in Canada. From...
Eli Barrieau, a high school history teacher from Hardwick, Massachusetts "He found working in a window factory a 'pain'. Now it's...
Hugh Zegers, a high school teacher originally from The Hague, Netherlands Season 11 player (1995-03-30): Krups appliances + the Jeopardy! home game.
Dwight Moore, a deputy district attorney from Riverside, California Season 5 player (1989-06-23).
Karen Cafaro, an English literature and composition teacher from Georgetown, South Carolina "She recently celebrated her silver anniversary of teaching. From Georgetown, South...
James Brown, a physics teacher from El Paso, Texas "He teaches at a high school where most of the students...
Jim Johnson, an attorney from Des Moines, Iowa Season 7 player (1990-09-04).
Patrick Dillon, an elementary music teacher from Huntington, New York "He teaches music at a school that has been nationally recognized...
Paula Weissman, a social worker from St. Louis, Missouri Season 3 player (1987-02-10).
Kati Sorenson, a reading teacher from Omaha, Nebraska "She's in her second year of teaching and loving it. From...
Mary Beth Hammerstrom, a high school social studies teacher from Anchorage, Alaska "This former lawyer sets the bar high for her students. From...
Mary Hammond, a homemaker originally from Kansas City, Missouri Season 3 1-time champion: $9,000. Mary won $1,500 on Scrabble on...
Katie Moriarty, a 5th grade teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio "She teaches fifth grade in the same classroom where she attended...
Darcy Shapiro, an evolutionary anthropologist from Princeton, New Jersey Season 33 player (2017-07-18).
Jake Harle, a law student from La Palma, California Season 3 2-time champion: $8,400. Last name pronounced: "Harlee".
Anne Baxter, a kindergarten French teacher from Ypsilanti, Michigan "She teaches at a foreign-immersion school where the students choose a...
Martin Chetlen, a professor from Los Angeles, California Season 33 player (2017-07-18).
Rico Vazquez, a band teacher from Elmhurst, Illinois "He teaches at a school named for Carl Sandburg, who spoke...
Pat Gravitt, a project manager originally from San Diego, California Season 5 player (1989-03-21).
Vimal Murthy, a burn and wound surgeon from Redondo Beach, California Season 30 player (2013-11-08).
Paul Curry, a training consultant from Laguna Hills, California Season 5 2-time champion: $24,101.
Amanda DeMeola, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York Season 30 player (2013-11-08).
Graydon Mears, an analytics director from San Antonio, Texas Season 33 player (2017-07-17).
Sarah Orman, a travel planner from Shoreview, Minnesota Season 30 player (2013-11-07).
Adam Johnston, a project manager from Mechanicsville, Maryland Season 30 player (2013-11-07).
Deborah Elliott, an educator from Cleveland, Ohio Season 33 3-time champion: $76,400 + $2,000.
Kellie Herson, a Ph.D. student and teaching assistant originally from Green Bay, Wisconsin Season 30 player (2013-11-06).
Andy Zax, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California Season 5 player (1989-01-05). Andy won $50 coming in third on...
Larissa Dizon, an academic advisor from San Diego, California Season 33 player (2017-07-14). Name pronounced like "lar-EE-sah DEE-zon".
Rani Peffer, a corporate finance manager from Crittenden, Kentucky 2014 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 30 5-time champion: $68,701...
Diane Davis, a patient account representative from Alhambra, California Season 5 player (1989-01-05).
Evan Voorn, a student teacher from Fort Worth, Texas Season 30 player (2013-11-06).
Vicky Smith, a children's book review editor from South Portland, Maine Season 33 player (2017-07-14).
Carole Furr, an accountant from Richmond, Vermont Season 30 player (2013-11-05). Carole's father was a Season 5 1-time champion.
Woody Houchin, a medical assistant from Chico, California Season 30 1-time champion: $14,100 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like "HOW-chin".
Jim Ryan, a writer from Alexandria, Virginia Season 3 4-time champion: $30,250.
Ramsin Toma, an enrollment consultant from Ashburn, Virginia Season 30 player (2013-11-04).
Bill Johnston, an aerospace engineer from Rancho Palos Verdes, California Season 3 player (1987-04-17): an Emerson video recorder + Karl-Lorimar home videos.
Andrea Massar, a clinical social worker from Rockville, Maryland Season 30 player (2013-11-01). Name pronounced like "an-DRAY-uh MASS-ar".
Claire Dujardin, a bookkeeper from Myakka City, Florida Season 3 player (1987-04-16): a Marcy exercise bike.
Mark Dunn, an eligibility worker from Sherman Oaks, California Season 3 player (1987-04-16): a vacation in Palm Springs + a...
Norah McKissic, an embroiderer and student from Anchorage, Alaska Season 30 1-time champion: $11,400 + $1,000.
Rhea Hantelman, an administrative assistant from Marysville, Washington Season 30 1-time champion: $25,000 + $1,000.
Terry Hanlon, a graduate student from Charlottesville, Virginia Season 33 player (2017-07-13).
Sarah Lehman, an editorial assistant originally from Vancouver, British Columbia Season 5 player (1989-01-04).
Jennifer Spirko, a public librarian from Maryville, Tennessee Season 30 1-time champion: $20,001 + $1,000.
Jermaine Jones, a program manager from Brooklyn, New York Season 30 player (2013-10-31).
Jill Staunton, an office associate from Springfield, Illinois Season 33 player (2017-07-13).
Gavin Borchert, a writer and editor from Seattle, Washington Season 33 3-time champion: $50,200 + $2,000.
Sean Kram, a barista from Edmonds, Washington Season 30 1-time champion: $28,401 + $1,000.
Keith Level, a community college teacher originally from Ventura, California Season 5 player (1989-01-04).
Neal Shah, an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia Season 30 player (2013-10-30).
Marge Lindblom, a lawyer from Larchmont, New York Season 30 player (2013-10-29).
Sara-Jane Whitaker, an office clerk from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Season 33 player (2017-07-12).
Gus Iurillo, a business ownership coach from Glen Allen, Virginia Season 30 player (2013-10-28). Last name pronounced like "yoo-RILL-oh".
Nancy Adams, a medical business manager from Albany, California Season 3 player (1987-04-28): an Ensoniq digital piano.
Peggy Johnson, a teacher from San Diego, California Season 3 player (1987-04-28): a trip to New York.
Molly Kossoff, a beauty-industry magazine editor from West Hills, California Season 30 1-time champion. $11,100 + $2,000. Molly appeared on the...
Harriet Helfand, an attorney from Fallston, Maryland Season 5 2-time champion: $20,400.
Melanie Hess, a technical editor from Lancaster, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-10-25).
Rebecca Anderson, an accounting manager from Phoenix, Arizona Season 30 player (2013-10-24).
Anne Hallerman, a nursery school teacher from Richmond, Virginia Season 3 1-time champion: $10,601.
Keith Hunsinger, a pastor developer from Lakeland, Florida Season 5 player (1988-10-24).
James Cross, a graduate student of computer science originally from Auburn, Alabama Season 30 player (2013-10-25).
Nina Emkin, a tutor from Los Angeles, California Season 30 player (2013-10-23).
Cecil Rose, a computer programmer originally from Sheffield, Alabama Season 5 player (1989-04-14). Cecil died 2015-05-14. Cecil appeared on The...
Chuck Doskow, an attorney and law professor from Claremont, California Season 3 player (1987-04-20): an Oneida crystal gift certificate.
Mike Shapiro, an actuary from Denver, Colorado Season 30 2-time champion: $24,800 + $1,000. A clip of one...
Miriam Nadel, an aerospace engineer originally from Island Park, New York Season 5 player (1989-04-14).
Emily Wood, an attorney from Waltham, Massachusetts Season 30 player (2013-10-23).
Kelly Lasiter, an administrative assistant from Granite City, Illinois Season 33 1-time champion: $22,800 + $2,000.
Arne Lunde, an associate professor of Scandinavian Studies from Los Angeles, California Season 30 player (2013-10-22). Name pronounced like "ARN-ee LUND-ee".
Marc Muneal, an assistant professor of English from Barnesville, Georgia Season 30 player (2013-10-07).
Scott Simpson, a foreign service officer from Reston, Virginia Season 33 player (2017-07-11).
Theon Banos Cross, a writer and educator originally from Boston, Massachusetts Season 3 player (1987-06-17).
Rose Adams, an information management coordinator from Flint, Michigan Season 30 player (2013-10-22).
Rich Blashka, an attorney from New York, New York Season 33 1-time champion: $14,500 + $1,000.
Bill Tolany, a marketing executive from Austin, Texas Season 30 3-time champion: $44,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Alyssa Mondelli, a forensic scientist from St. Paul, Minnesota Season 33 player (2017-07-10).
Sharon Warner, a retired teacher and writer from Chicago, Illinois Season 30 player (2013-10-21).
Angela Lewis, a singer originally from New York City Season 6 player (1990-07-05).
Samantha Nataro, a student and writer from Laurel, Maryland Season 30 player (2013-10-18).
John Patlan, a social worker from Austin, Texas Season 6 2-time champion: $25,202.
Nolan Martch, a construction foreman from Homewood, Illinois Season 30 1-time champion: $2,000 + $2,000.
Rich Doyle, a purchasing manager from Simi Valley, California Season 6 1-time champion: $9,300.
John Emery, a graduate student of financial engineering from Brandon, Florida Season 30 player (2013-10-17).
Scott Cooper, an Army lawyer from Washington, D.C. Season 3 player (1986-12-23): an Emerson audio rack system.
Mat Ahn, a law student originally from North Royalton, Ohio Season 30 player (2013-10-16). Mat was a student at New York...
Korin Kormick, an opera singer from Jersey City, New Jersey Season 30 player (2013-10-17). First name pronounced with the accent on...
Susan Powell-Turton, a retail manager originally from Fort Worth, Texas Season 3 player (1986-12-23). Announced by Johnny as Susan Powell-Turton, while...
Kate Kwiatkowski, a psychiatrist from Champaign, Illinois Season 30 player (2013-10-10).
Steve Faber, a mail order executive from Los Angeles, California Season 3 player (1986-12-30): Alsy lamps.
Gerry Shefler, a tax preparer from Gibsonia, Pennsylvania Season 3 player (1986-12-30): a trip to Puerto Vallarta.
Jane Wanninger, a lecturer and academic advisor from Nashville, Tennessee Season 30 player (2013-10-16).
Randy Jackson, a branch sales manager originally from Memphis, Tennessee Season 3 player (1987-01-01): a Smith-Corona typewriter.
Emily Horne, a State Department press advisor from Washington, D.C. Season 30 player (2013-10-15).
Josh Hamilton, a physician from Pearland, Texas Season 33 player (2017-07-07).
Loren Gianini, a clinical psychology research fellow originally from West Hartford, Connecticut Season 30 player (2013-10-14).
Marjorie Kelly, a student from Santa Monica, California Season 3 player (1987-01-01): a trip to the U.S. Virgin Islands....
Stuart Anderson, a JAG originally from New Orleans, Louisiana Season 30 3-time champion: $51,601 + $1,000. Stuart was a captain...
Susan Corica, a journalist from Waterbury, Connecticut Season 33 1-time champion: $15,995 + $1,000.
Chris Gaiman, a post-production coordinator originally from Slatington, Pennsylvania Season 30 1-time champion: $14,401 + $2,000.
Amanda Graves, a writer from Whitinsville, Massachusetts Season 30 player (2013-10-09).
Rishi Sangani, a consultant from San Francisco, California Season 33 player (2017-07-06).
Liz Reardon, a health care consultant from Saint Albans Bay, Vermont Season 33 player (2017-07-06).
Theresa Warner, a graduate student of Spanish originally from Alton, Missouri Season 30 player (2013-10-09).
Chloë Zung, a customer experience advisor from Armonk, New York Season 33 player (2017-07-05).
Julie Huffman, a judicial research lawyer from Oxnard, California Season 30 player (2013-10-11).
Sebastian Davis, an independent filmmaker from Los Angeles, California Season 33 player (2017-07-05).
William Bernhardt, a novelist from Midwest City, Oklahoma Season 30 1-time champion: $20,801 + $2,000.
Greg Buzzard, an organizing fellow originally from Warrensburg, Missouri Season 30 1-time champion: $24,000 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for Greg.
Jacob Farrell, a strategy consultant from Washington, D.C. Season 33 player (2017-07-04).
Brittany Franckowiak, a high school biology teacher from Laurel, Maryland Season 33 player (2017-06-23).
Kristan McMahon, an attorney from Annandale, Virginia Season 30 player (2013-10-03).
Robert D'Emilio, a writer from Ridgewood, New York Season 33 player (2017-07-04).
Rohit Dewan, a financial analyst originally from Federal Way, Washington Season 30 player (2013-10-03).
Natasha Baker-Bradley, an appellate attorney from Miami, Florida Season 33 player (2017-06-22). Natasha won $70,000 on The Chase on...
Kathy Johnson, a restaurant manager from Minnetonka, Minnesota Season 30 player (2013-10-02).
Erin Hoesly, a preschool teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia Season 30 player (2013-10-08).
Matt Sokol, a gas turbine repair operations manager from The Woodlands, Texas Season 33 player (2017-06-21).
Daniel Esch, an editor and writer from San Bruno, California Season 33 player (2017-06-22).
Mary Murrell, an anthropologist from Madison, Wisconsin Season 30 1-time champion: $7,100 + $2,000. Last name pronounced with...
Trevor Schultz, a government contractor from Goodyear, Arizona Season 33 player (2017-07-03).
Damian Henri, an architect from Shaker Heights, Ohio Season 30 2-time champion: $63,600 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
Lisa Evans, an office manager from Easthampton, Massachusetts Season 33 2-time champion: $62,402 + $2,000.
Jason Idalski, a web producer from Ypsilanti, Michigan Season 30 2-time champion: $35,998 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
Cori Wilhelm, a college librarian from Parishville, New York Season 30 1-time champion: $18,001 + $1,000.
Emily Campbell, a social media producer from Los Angeles, California Season 33 player (2017-07-03).
Mike Myers, a director of marketing originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 5 player (1988-10-11): Greif Companies his-and-her tailored clothing + either...
Rich Hansen, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois Season 30 player (2013-10-01).
John Krahulec, a computer consultant originally from Buffalo, New York Season 3 player (1988-10-11): an Emerson video camcorder + Easy-Rest recliner...
A.C. Hawley, a graduate student in media studies from Iowa City, Iowa Season 30 player (2013-10-04).
Allan Ashley, a retired engineer from Huntsville, Alabama Season 33 player (2017-06-30).
Fidelito Cortes, a writer from Port Jefferson Station, New York Season 30 2-time champion: $45,000 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for Fidelito.
Jon Eisenman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California 2017 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 33 5-time champion: $103,902 + $2,000.
Elisabeth Houlik, an accountant from Allentown, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-10-01). Last name pronounced like "HOO-lick".
Clint Thompson, a project manager from Putnam, Connecticut Season 33 1-time champion: $22,000 + $1,000.
Nathan Flynn, an English teacher from Royal Oak, Michigan Season 33 1-time champion: $18,001 + $2,000.
Andrew Mugica, an options trader originally from Libertyville, Illinois Season 30 player (2013-09-27). Last name pronounced like "moo-HEE-kah".
Megan Williams, a chief of operations from Brooklyn, New York Season 33 player (2017-06-29).
Sarah Zucker, an Internet entrepreneur and screenwriter from Los Angeles, California Season 30 1-time champion: $1,799 + $1,000.
William Baldwin, a law student from New Haven, Connecticut Season 33 player (2017-06-28).
Fran Altomare, a tutor and adjunct professor originally from Quakertown, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-09-26). Last name pronounced like "all-toe-MAR-ay".
Ira Levine, a banker from Studio City, California Season 3 player (1987-04-30). Not to be confused with Season 3...
Kamal Foreman, an attorney from Smyrna, Georgia Season 30 player (2013-09-25). Kamal's Hometown Howdy gave her name as...
Heidi McEchron, a painter and parodist from Iowa City, Iowa Season 30 player (2013-09-26).
Lance King, a teacher originally from Buffalo, New York Season 3 player (1987-04-30).
Neal Pollack, a writer from Austin, Texas Season 30 3-time champion: $60,798 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy...
Fern Potvin, a publishing executive from Teaneck, New Jersey Season 6 player (1990-05-29).
Harvey Barron, a lawyer from Toronto, Canada Season 5 player (1988-11-22).
Eric Winschel, a roofing contractor from Pasadena, California Season 30 player (2013-09-25).
Loni Geerlings, an editor from Redwood City, California Season 30 player (2013-09-24).
Heather Hurley, a civil servant from Arlington, Virginia Season 33 player (2017-06-27). Heather won $60,000 on The Chase on...
Stephanie Femrite Stevens, a recycling operations specialist from Arbutus, Maryland Season 30 player (2013-09-23).
Collin Adams, a Presbyterian minister from Pollocksville, North Carolina Season 30 player (2013-09-23).
Shannon Crock, a cashier from Mars, Pennsylvania Season 33 player (2017-06-27).
Elisabeth Larsen, a stay-at-home mom and online adjunct instructor from Pleasant Grove, Utah Season 33 player (2017-06-26).
Hillary Kwiatek, an employee communication specialist from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-09-19). Last name pronounced like "KWEE-uh-tek".
Pat McNamee, a CPA from McLean, Virginia Season 33 1-time champion: $7,599 + $1,000.
Parth Sheth, a medical student from Atlanta, Georgia Season 30 player (2013-09-19).
Kellie Chan, a graduate student of biology from Chuluota, Florida Season 30 player (2013-09-20).
Brandon Randall, a student from Provo, Utah Season 33 2-time champion: $42,002 + $1,000.
Todd Martin, an administrative services manager from Fairfield, California Season 30 player (2013-09-18).
Tim Raetzloff, a stock broker from Edmonds, Washington Season 5 player (1989-01-17).
Matt Volk, a financial analyst from Cedar Rapids, Iowa Season 30 2-time champion: $34,400 + $2,000. No challenger Hometown Howdy was published for Matt.
Jackie Welles, an assistant professor from Elmira, New York Season 5 player (1989-05-04).
Jen Yoak, a latent print examiner from Centerville, Ohio Season 30 player (2013-09-17). Last name pronounced like "YOHK".
Peggy Deschamps, an accountant from Fairfield, California Season 5 player (1989-05-03).
Janis Johama, an attorney from New York, New York Season 5 player (1989-05-01).
Tova Meyer, a graduate student in education from Princeton, New Jersey Season 30 player (2013-09-17).
Melissa Jurgens, a lawyer from Arlington, Virginia Season 30 player (2013-09-17).
Mark Moral, an Air Force technical sergeant from Fayetteville, North Carolina Season 5 player (1989-05-03).
James Mardock, an English professor from Reno, Nevada Season 30 player (2013-09-16).
Colleen Patten, a waitress from Santa Barbara, California Season 4 player (1987-09-30).
Angela Murock Hussein, an archaeologist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Season 30 player (2013-09-16).
Shawn Levy, a teacher originally from Brooklyn, New York Season 5 player (1989-05-01).
John Ling, a radiologist originally from Chongqing, China Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
Melissa Dean, a quality assurance auditor from Raleigh, North Carolina Season 33 player (2017-06-20).
Frank Epstein, a police officer from Los Angeles, California Season 8 5-time champion: $73,400.
Bob Harrenga, an informational specialist originally from South Dakota Season 4 1-time champion: $14,000. No city was given in Bob's introduction.
David Epperson, a waiter originally from Colorado Springs, Colorado Season 3 player (1986-12-10).
Chris Nadon, a college teacher from Claremont, California Season 33 player (2017-06-20).
Nancy Walker, an attorney from Texas Season 8 player (1992-02-06).
Steve Chernicoff, a technical writer from Berkeley, California Season 10-11 5-time champion: $83,902.
Tom Callan, an optometrist from Walnut Creek, California Season 5 player (1989-04-28).
Vance Chan, from California Season 8 player (1992-02-06).
Sue Kuelzer, a restaurant owner from Cambridge, Massachusetts Season 8 player (1991-09-30). Sue died 2002-12-22. Obituary.
Rose Buetikofer, a music teacher from Harleysville, Pennsylvania Season 11 player (1994-09-07).
Tom Epstein, a financial consultant originally from Toronto, Ontario Season 11 player (1994-09-07).
Logan McMinn, a sergeant major from Centreville, Virginia Season 8 player (1991-09-30).
Jeff Liebowitz, an attorney and writer from Marina del Rey, California Season 6 2-time champion: $16,400.
Maria Lasalvia-Seliga, a teacher from Metuchen, New Jersey Season 3 player (1986-12-16): a Speed Queen washer & dryer.
Bill Schwartz, a deputy district attorney from San Pedro, California Season 6 player (1990-04-11).
Chris Strom, an actuary from Greenville, South Carolina Season 3 player (1986-12-15): a Technics compact disc player.
Lindi Bauman, an administrative assistant from Pacifica, California Season 6 player (1990-04-12).
Eric Balaban, a student from Silver Spring, Maryland Season 3 player (1986-12-16): a trip to New Orleans.
Barbara Fox, a history instructor from Tucson, Arizona Season 33 player (2017-06-19).
Brian Wangsgard, a senior marketing representative from Redlands, California Season 5 5-time champion: $62,398.
Roy Jimenez, a software developer from Sonoma, California Season 6 1-time champion: $15,601.
Jeremy Fassler, a writer from Brooklyn, New York Season 33 player (2017-06-19).
Ann Wheeler, a systems engineer from Oakland, California Season 5 1-time champion: $17,801.
Mitch Dorfman, a writer and businessman originally from New York City, New York Season 5 player (1989-01-26).
EJ Filander, a student teacher from Malvern, Pennsylvania Season 5 player (1988-11-23).
Larry Naftulin, a fundraiser from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Season 6 player (1990-04-09).
Glenn Stoops, a mathematician from Dayton, Ohio Season 5 1-time champion: $15,800.
Darbi Henderson, a medical technician from Los Angeles, California Season 5 player (1989-01-26).
Hank Simpson, a mechanical engineer from Bath, Maine Season 6 player (1989-11-23).
Charlie Feldman, an optometrist from San Diego, California Season 6 player (1990-04-09).
Melanie Glassco, a curriculum development program manager from Atlanta, Georgia Season 33 player (2017-06-16).
Sue Betos, a waitress from Whitestone, New York Season 8 player (1992-01-23).
Caron Andregg, an account executive from San Diego, California Season 6 player (1989-11-23).
Joseph D'Hippolito, a freelance writer from Fullerton, California Season 8 3-time champion: $34,000.
Mike Heberling, a marketing analyst originally from Temple, Pennsylvania Season 7 1-time champion: $13,999.
Jacob Jenkelowitz, a lawyer from The Bronx, New York Season 33 player (2017-06-15).
Peter Guekguezian, a Ph.D. student in linguistics from Fresno, California Season 33 3-time champion: $44,800 + $2,000.
Howard Robinson, a senior programmer analyst from Canoga Park, California Season 8 player (1992-01-23).
Debb Johnson, a retired teacher from Columbia, Maryland Season 33 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000.
Archie Parker, a data management specialist from Merchantville, New Jersey Season 7 2-time champion: $24,500.
Jeff Richmond, a city planner from West Hollywood, California 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
Phil Ricciardi, a management consultant from North Wales, Pennsylvania Season 33 1-time champion: $33,400 + $2,000.
Becca Arm, a library worker from Herndon, Virginia Season 33 player (2017-06-14).
Bill Puskas, a lawyer from Somerset, New Jersey Season 7 player (1991-05-24).
Lisa Bloomberg, a medical student from Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 27 2-time champion: $55,000 + $2,000.
Layla Anson, an administrative coordinator from Redmond, Washington Season 19 player (2003-03-14).
Denise Troy, a litigation attorney from Scottsdale, Arizona Season 27 player (2011-05-16).
David Dayen, a video editor originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 19 1-time champion: $10,400 + $2,000.
Ramesh Mantha, an electrical engineer from Toronto, Ontario Season 27 player (2011-05-17).
Amir Marouni, a pre-med student from Austin, Texas Season 19 1-time champion: $6,199 + $2,000.
Grafton Brown, a high school Spanish teacher from Chicago, Illinois "He teaches at a school whose buildings are named in honor...
Heather Hunter Smith, a director of employment services from Greece, New York Season 19 player (2003-03-11).
Karen Turay, an environmental scientist from Arlington, Virginia Season 19 player (2003-03-12).
Charles Temple, a high school English teacher from Ocracoke, North Carolina "He teaches at the smallest public school in North Carolina, and...
Randy Harris, an estate and trust attorney from Madison, New Jersey Season 19 2-time champion: $31,200 + $1,000.
Catherine Carson, a fourth grade language arts, math, and social studies teacher from Washington, D.C. "She is new to teaching--she's in her second year. From Washington,...
Jimmy Ogden, a software project manager from Austin, Texas Season 19 player (2003-03-10).
Sally Umbach, a third grade special education teacher from Cincinnati, Ohio "She teaches at a school district that has been in operation...
Sherry Harley, a library assistant from Cambridge, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-03-10).
Ben Dufour, a credit specialist from Old Orchard Beach, Maine Season 19 player (2003-03-07).
Judd Hess, a high school English teacher from Huntington Beach, California "In college, he volunteered to help in a classroom and was...
Larry DeMoss, a high school English teacher from Ellettsville, Indiana "He went from short orders to short stories when he switched...
Joanne Daley, a public defender from New York City, New York Season 19 player (2003-03-07).
Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia "She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
Jason Affourtit, a research scientist from New Haven, Connecticut Season 19 player (2003-03-06).
Elisabeth Raab, a high school English teacher from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania "She teaches at a High School of the Future, where all...
Max Levaren, a personal success coach from San Diego, California 2003 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 4-time champion:...
Laurie Zorn, a computer programmer from Bremerton, Washington Season 19 player (2003-03-06).
Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York "He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
Rob O'Leary, an educational development specialist from Springfield, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-03-05).
Caitlin Millat, a kindergarten teacher from Brooklyn, New York "She receives support from Teach for America and works for Achievement...
Charley Tinkham, an eighth grade history and technology teacher from San Bruno, California "He teaches at a school that has been named a California...
Charlotte Renshaw, an appraiser from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Season 19 player (2003-03-04).
Anthony Trifilio, a construction worker from Brooklyn, New York Season 19 1-time champion: $8,000 + $2,000. Season 18 1-time champion:...
Viki Radden, a high school English and literacy teacher from Bakersfield, California "She teaches at the largest high school district in California. From...
Joe Ingoglia, a Boys & Girls Club director from Bellingham, Washington Season 19 1-time champion: $3,799 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like "Ingolia".
Dan Crosby, a middle school history teacher from Santa Monica, California "He teaches at a school named for a renowned scholar, doctor,...
Kari Caven, a retirement representative from Post Falls, Idaho Season 19 player (2003-03-03).
Kathy Casavant, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Massachusetts "Originally she wanted to do anything but teach. Well, she's been...
Jeff Fowler, a writer and actor from Los Angeles, California Season 19 1-time champion: $16,600 + $2,000.
John Shoe, a third and fourth grade teacher from Lakewood, Colorado "He teaches at a school for gifted children who choose their...
Joe McKee, a percussionist from Palos Heights, Illinois Season 27 2-time champion: $49,500 + $1,000.
Rich Reddick, a graduate student originally from Austin, Texas Season 19 1-time champion: $14,450 + $1,000. Won $50,000 on Who...
Maya Zwerdling, a medical assistant from Arcata, California Season 27 player (2011-04-28).
Susan Jensen, a lawyer from Huntington Beach, California Season 19 player (2003-02-28).
Erin Haramoto, a lab instructor from Sunderland, Massachusetts Season 25 player (2008-11-26).
Ian Pickus, a public radio producer from Rensselaer, New York Season 27 player (2011-04-29). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Picked Off...
Grant Wing, an office manager from Vancouver, British Columbia Season 27 player (2011-04-29).
Durant Gipson, a recent grad from Houston, Texas Season 25 player (2008-11-26). Durant appeared on Master Minds on 2020-04-27....
Denis Theriault, a reporter and editor from Portland, Oregon Season 27 1-time champion: $19,199 + $1,000. Name pronounced like "DEN-iss thuh-RAWLT".
Carl Brady, a U.S. Navy flight officer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Season 3 4-time champion: $24,900. Carl appeared on the show in uniform.
Sarah Canfield Fuller, a writing instructor originally from Indianapolis, Indiana Season 27 player (2011-04-26).
Sharon Miyasato, an attorney originally from Hawaii Season 3 player (1986-10-03). Sharon was returned to the show after...
Virginia Ogozalek, a professor emeritus from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts Season 27 player (2011-04-27). Last name pronounced like "oh-go-ZAH-lek".
Ty Walker, a management analyst originally from Middletown, Pennsylvania Season 3 player.
Andy Levin, a social worker from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 27 player (2011-04-26). Last name pronounced like "luh-VIHN".
Jillian Rebmann, a librarian from Peoria, Illinois Season 25 player (2008-11-25). Jillian is the mayor of a town...
Chuck Narikiyo, an attorney from Waipahu, Hawaii Season 27 player (2011-04-25). Chuck appeared on The Chase on 2023-02-09...
Nathaniel Barnes, a composer and bartender from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Season 25 3-time champion: $57,300 + $2,000. In his first game,...
Emily Barkley-Levenson, a graduate student of cognitive neuroscience from West Hollywood, California Season 27 player (2011-04-25). Sister of Season 37 player Amanda Barkley-Levenson.
Guil Prickette, a licensed professional counselor from Anchorage, Alaska Season 25 player (2008-11-25). First name pronounced like "GILL".
Nick Cohen, an equity trader from New York, New York Season 27 player (2011-04-22).
Haley Batz, a senior from Charlotte, North Carolina 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "BOTS". Jeopardy!...
KC Frodyma, a freelance editor from San Francisco, California Season 27 player (2011-04-22). Last name pronounced like "fro-DEE-mah". Jeopardy! Message...
Jean MacKay Jackson, an online researcher from Tulsa, Oklahoma Season 25 player (2008-11-24). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: pinkfreud
Brian Meacham, a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska 2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 4-time champion: $90,500...
Sarah Marx, a junior from Chevy Chase, Maryland 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
Kirsten Ruemenapp, a veterinary assistant from New York, New York Season 27 player (2011-04-20). Last name pronounced like "ROOM-eh-nahp".
Carla Bradford, a mom and part-time graduate student from Bedford, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-04-09).
Beth Miller, an insurance filings analyst from Seattle, Washington Season 27 player (2011-04-21).
Jay Schrader, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Older brother of 2012 Teen Tournament...
Robin Woolsey, a high school English teacher from Oxford, Alabama Season 27 1-time champion: $5,500 + $2,000.
Doris Click, a high school Spanish teacher from Durham, North Carolina Season 19 player (2003-04-09).
Mary Mitchell, a State Department attorney from Washington, D.C. Season 27 1-time champion: $24,300 + $2,000.
Sarah Gaymon, a computer systems analyst from Gambrills, Maryland Season 19 1-time champion: $13,801 + $2,000.
Jason Rhode, a graduate student of philosophy from Lubbock, Texas Season 27 player (2011-04-19).
Alison Stern-Dunyan, a writer and editor from Lexington, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-04-08).
Dave Dixon, a Ph.D. candidate from Waukesha, Wisconsin Season 10 player (1993-12-22). Dave's area of study at the time...
Pete Kane, a college student originally from Williston Park, New York Season 19 player (2003-04-04).
Jean Grewe, a typesetter from Oak Park, Illinois 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
Dave Tawney, an attorney from Pickerington, Ohio Season 19 player (2003-04-07).
Philip Glotzbach, a college administrator from Redlands, California Season 10 player (1993-12-22). As of 2011, Philip is a professor...
Kerri O'Neill, a sales representative from Peabody, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-04-04).
John Paul Manuel, an operations specialist from San Francisco, California Season 27 player (2011-04-18).
Andy Vandiver, a director of operations from McLeansville, North Carolina Season 19 2-time champion: $44,201 + $1,000.
Andrew Fuller, a special education teacher from Elburn, Illinois Season 27 player (2011-04-18).
Marilyn Mitchell, a market researcher from Dana Point, California Season 19 player (2003-04-03).
Amy Fulton Stout, a community college professor of literature from Oak Ridge, Tennessee Season 27 player (2011-04-15).
John Eskew, a software engineer from Allston, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-04-02).
Jim Fenton, a chemical engineer from West Chester, Ohio Season 27 player (2011-04-15).
Sally Hadden, a college history professor from Kalamazoo, Michigan Season 19 1-time champion: $13,000 + $1,000.
Annie Douglass, a museum educator from Portland, Oregon Season 27 player (2011-04-14).
Donna Lee DePrille, a professional musician from Westfield, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-04-01).
Michelle Franklin, a localization editor from San Diego, California Season 27 player (2011-04-13).
Brian Johnston, a prosecuting attorney originally from Dalton, Georgia Season 19 player (2003-03-31).
Miguel Ruiz, an intellectual property attorney from Glendale, California Season 27 player (2011-04-14). Miguel won $1,000 on Who Wants to...
Mike Cantor, a physician and medical ethicist from Bethesda, Maryland Season 19 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
Sara Heard, a housewife from Brooklyn, New York Season 27 4-time champion: $85,601 + $2,000. Sara was the alternate...
Jay Stang, a United States Marine from San Diego, California Season 19 1-time champion: $23,600 + $1,000.
Neil Alsip, a writer from Minneapolis, Minnesota Season 19 player (2003-03-28).
Stephanie Munroe, a movie editor from Brookline, Massachusetts Season 27 player (2011-04-12).
Carolyn Goolsby, a writer from Columbia, South Carolina Season 19 1-time champion: $13,599 + $2,000.
Tim Kresowik, a urology resident from Iowa City, Iowa Season 27 2-time champion: $42,201 + $1,000.
Barbara Long, a certified dog trainer from Chapel Hill, North Carolina Season 19 player (2003-03-27).
Heather Timberlake, a new mom from Miami, Florida Season 27 player (2011-04-11).
Jeff Thompson, a high school teacher from Lake Forest, Illinois Season 19 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
Kimberly Sheppard, a legal assistant from Fort Worth, Texas Season 27 player (2011-04-08).
Robyn Rogers, a graphics technician from Federal Way, Washington Season 19 player (2003-03-26).
Mickey McLaurin, a research and grants administrator from Oxford, Mississippi Season 27 player (2011-04-07).
Luis Cordon, a psychology professor from Coventry, Connecticut Season 19 2-time champion: $44,401 + $1,000.
Anselm Chen, an educational consultant from Alamo, California Season 27 player (2011-04-08).
Cory Bean, a pediatric resident from Greenville, North Carolina Season 19 player (2003-03-26).
Connie Loren, a speech language pathologist from Wichita, Kansas Season 27 player (2011-04-06). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Oradora
Sara Glidden, a college theater manager from West Roxbury, Massachusetts Season 19 2-time champion: $27,950 + $2,000. Johnny Gilbert misspoke and...
Helen Hostetter, a homemaker from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts Season 27 player (2011-04-07).
Freya Wolke, a marketing research manager from Newton, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-03-25).
Beth Ford Roth, a freelance writer from Carlsbad, California Season 27 player (2011-04-06).
Donna Corbett, an office manager from Plymouth, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-03-24).
Cindy Peterson, a crossing guard from Geneva, Illinois Season 27 player (2011-04-05).
Charlie Carbery, a senior from Oak Park, Illinois 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Cory Biggs, a graduate student of public service from Little Rock, Arkansas Season 27 player (2011-04-05).
Shawn Wilson, a technical writer from Chatsworth, California Season 19 1-time champion: $9,599 + $2,000.
Ko Otaka, a realtor from Washington, D.C. Season 27 player (2011-04-04).
Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
J.D. Lopez, a British literature lecturer and lacrosse coach originally from West Hartford, Connecticut Season 27 player (2011-03-31).
Audrey Hosford, a junior from Annapolis, Maryland 2008-B Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,400. Jeopardy! Message...
Tom Moosbrugger, a library worker from Columbus, Ohio Season 27 player (2011-04-04). Last name pronounced like "MOHS-brug-ger".
Shelby Malone, a senior from Grayson, Kentucky 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: sleeping_stars
Mark Samburg, a law clerk from Essex, Connecticut Season 27 player (2011-04-01).
Karan Takhar, a senior from North Attleborough, Massachusetts 2008-B Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. First name pronounced like "KUR-run". Jeopardy...
Amanda Wallwin, a creative project manager from Brooklyn, New York Season 27 1-time champion: $19,000 + $1,000.
Drew Scheeler, a senior from Sandusky, Ohio 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Drew won $25,000 on Who Wants...
Christopher Short, a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana 2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 6-time champion: $94,752...
Casey Clough, a junior from Columbia, South Carolina 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "CLUE".
Paul Cheng, a graduate student of English from Walnut, California Season 27 player (2011-03-30).
Bradley Silverman, a junior from Alpharetta, Georgia 2008-B Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $44,600. Jeopardy! Message Board user name:...
Ellen Dickens, an adult education director from Newcastle, Maine Season 27 1-time champion: $21,700 + $1,000.
Jennifer Carlo, an assistant dean of student affairs from Dunbar, West Virginia Season 27 player (2011-03-29).
Katie Houghton, a senior from Ewing, New Jersey 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "HOW-ton".
Trey McCraw, an aspiring novelist from Maiden, North Carolina Season 27 player (2011-03-28).
Christopher Weis, a sophomore from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2008-B Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "WISE". Jeopardy!...
Ted Sitting Crow Garner, a sculptor and writer from Chicago, Illinois Season 27 1-time champion: $2,500 + $1,000.
Anurag Kashyap, a senior from Poway, California 2008-B Teen Tournament winner: $75,000. Anurag was also the winner of...
Eric Sebert, a pig and chicken farmer from Hominy Falls, West Virginia Season 27 player (2011-03-25).
Chris Espe, a writer & television extra from Hollywood, California Season 19 player (2003-04-24).
Denise O'Connor, a health care attorney from Oak Ridge, New Jersey Season 27 1-time champion: $31,700 + $1,000.
Alex Kouba, an entrepreneur from Los Angeles, California Season 19 player (2003-04-25).
Julie Ross Godar, an online managing editor from San Francisco, California Season 27 1-time champion: $15,801 + $1,000.
Mikalen Howe, a law student from Boston, Massachusetts Season 19 player (2003-04-24).
Connie McClung, a human resources and finance manager from Atlanta, Georgia Season 27 player (2011-03-24).
Amy Flynn, a freelance illustrator from Raleigh, North Carolina Season 19 player (2003-04-23).
Michael Brown, a graduate student from Rochester, New York Season 27 player (2011-03-24).
Janet Russell, a family physician from Scottsdale, Arizona Season 27 player (2011-03-23).
Robin Alvares, a university professor from Edinboro, Pennsylvania Season 19 player (2003-04-22).
Jamie Santo, a freelance editor from Wilmington, Delaware Season 27 player (2011-03-23).
Matt Caruso, a director of market research from Los Angeles, California Season 19 3-time champion: $79,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: mattcaruso
Barry Cohen, a higher education management consultant from San Diego, California Season 27 player (2011-03-22).
Sarah Conrad, a senior program associate from Columbia, South Carolina Season 19 1-time champion: $10,200 + $2,000.
Stephen Huey, a lawyer from Arlington, Virginia Season 27 player (2011-03-21).
Pat Crawley, a senior law enforcement support technician from Las Vegas, Nevada Season 19 player (2003-04-18).
Megan Barnes, a stay-at-home mother from Baltimore, Maryland Season 27 3-time champion: $103,203 + $2,000. Megan won $16,000 on...
Pim Lustig, a university course administrator from Seattle, Washington Season 19 player (2003-04-21).
Erin Maxwell, a high school English and drama teacher from Chicago, Illinois Season 27 player (2011-03-21).
Jonathan Feuerman, an attorney from Miami, Florida Season 19 player (2003-04-18).
Alan Wyle, an attorney from New York City, New York Season 6 player (1989-12-07). Alan was an attorney in Manhattan for...
Gerry Waggett, a writer from Dorchester, Massachusetts Season 19 2-time champion: $44,900 + $1,000.
Marge Burgess, a homemaker from Glenview, Illinois Season 6 1-time champion: $9,601 + a trip from L.A. to...
Connie Campbell, a gardener from Milford, New Hampshire Season 19 player (2003-04-17). Not to be confused with Season 19...
Duncan Stewart, a research director from Toronto, Ontario, Canada Season 27 player (2011-03-18).
Kathy Robbins, a bed-and-breakfast owner from Denver, Colorado Season 13 3-time champion: $35,900.
Christine Varnado, a graduate instructor and Ph.D. student originally from Hattiesburg, Mississippi Season 27 player (2011-03-18). Last name pronounced like "VARN-ah-doe".
Mark McCague, a territory manager originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Season 19 player (2003-04-17).
Rick Filloy, a professor from Eugene, Oregon Season 4 player (1988-04-07). At the time of his appearance, Rick...
John Sirk, an artist originally from Norfolk, Virginia Season 13 player (1996-10-11).
Zack Azzam, a bank branch manager from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Season 27 player (2011-03-17). Last name pronounced like "A-zam".
Lanny Springs, a retiree and high school coach from Ruxton, Maryland Season 25 player (2008-11-07).
Bob Beers, an attorney from Fairfax, Virginia Season 4 3-time champion: $41,799. Bob's $10,000 Daily Double wager in...
Sally White, a foreign language teacher from Rancho Murieta, California Season 13 player (1996-10-11).
Mary Linnenbringer, a floral designer from St. Louis, Missouri Season 27 player (2011-03-17).
Martin Garnar, a librarian from Denver, Colorado Season 25 player (2008-11-07).
Peter Perigo, a photographic lighting technician originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma Season 27 player (2011-03-16). Last name pronounced like "PARE-ih-go".
Peggy Garvey-McMahon, a training administrator from Phoenix, Arizona Season 13 player (1996-09-10).
Rebecca Rogers, an economic development attorney from Carrboro, North Carolina Season 27 player (2011-03-16).
Tim McCoy, an executive chef from Cleveland Heights, Ohio Season 13 3-time champion: $16,201.
Tom Kunzen, a geotechnical engineer from Orlando, Florida 2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 27 5-time champion: $133,402...
Kate McCoy, a preschool teacher and tutor from Seaford, New York Season 25 player (2008-11-06).
Kristi Myers, a graduate student and English teacher originally from Altamont, Illinois Season 27 player (2011-03-15).
Harry Barker, a computer graphics specialist originally from Bloomington, Indiana Season 13 player (1996-09-10).
Ethan Dougherty, a journalist from Chicago, Illinois Season 27 player (2011-03-14).
Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
Mary McGlynn, an English professor from Maplewood, New Jersey Season 27 player (2011-03-11).
Karthik Balasubramanian, a biomedical engineer from Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania Season 25 player (2008-11-05).
Lori Cain, an insurance claims investigator from Altamont, New York Season 27 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
Shelly Mills, an administrative assistant from Kirkland, Washington Season 25 player (2008-11-05).
Maryann Price, a homemaker from Convent Station, New Jersey Season 9 player (1993-06-17).
Mary Beam, a Spanish teacher from Loves Park, Illinois Season 25 player (2008-11-04). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: torimar
Katie Sowder, a freelance researcher from Kansas City, Missouri Season 27 1-time champion: $5,900 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: hikatie
Matt Hackler, a graduate student from Lafayette, Louisiana Season 25 player (2008-11-04).
Cliff Leach, a lobbyist from West Hartford, Connecticut Season 9 2-time champion: $25,200 + Jeopardy! 25th Anniversary computer game...
David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Tim Maas, an Army ammunition inspector from McAlester, Oklahoma Season 27 1-time champion: $31,601 + $2,000.
Anders Reynolds, a legislative assistant originally from Little Rock, Arkansas Season 25 player (2008-10-31).
Catherine Muldoon, a graduate student from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 25 player (2008-11-03).
Kevin Dunn, a media coordinator from Decatur, Georgia Season 9 player (1993-06-17).
Evan Bastian, an electrical engineer from Clovis, California Season 27 player (2011-03-10). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Eli the...
Edith Kealy, a research scientist from Kew Gardens, New York Season 25 player (2008-10-31).
Quinn McDonald, an inventory control manager from Lowville, New York Season 27 1-time champion: $20,600 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Mighty Q
Phil Fernandez, an engineer from San Diego, California Season 25 player (2008-10-30).
Jen Weaver, an office assistant from North East, Maryland Season 25 player (2008-10-30).
Harley Savage, a computer programmer from Hamtramck, Michigan Season 27 player (2011-03-09).
Mike Nelson, a mechanical engineer from Geneva, Illinois Season 27 2-time champion: $20,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Tristan Snell, a patent litigator from Boston, Massachusetts Season 25 player (2008-10-29).
Pat Thornton, a bookseller from Huntington, West Virginia Season 25 player (2008-10-29).
Dawn Hart, a bookkeeper from Laughlintown, Pennsylvania Season 27 player (2011-03-07).
Becka Feighner, a clinic receptionist from Canton, Michigan Season 25 player (2008-10-28).
Joe Mastroeni, a mutual funds analyst from Colt's Neck, New Jersey Season 27 player (2011-03-08). Last name pronounced like "mass-STRO-nee".
Debra Johnson, a voice teacher from San Antonio, Texas Season 25 player (2008-10-27).
Cecilia Boudreau, a lawyer for a nonprofit from Washington, D.C. Season 27 player (2011-03-03).
Meg Khavari, a high school biology and religion teacher from Silver Spring, Maryland Season 27 player (2011-03-08).
Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
Dotty Shekarian, an administrative services director from Bethesda, Maryland Season 12 player (1995-09-27).
Sara Lichterman, a web editor from Arlington, Virginia Season 27 player (2011-03-04).
Carl Bradshaw, a financial manager from St. Louis, Missouri Season 27 2-time champion: $17,899 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Titmouse
Randy Gold, a systems analyst and volunteer from Sherman Oaks, California Season 25 player (2008-10-27). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Randy G
Peg Hausman, a writer and editor from Bloomington, Indiana Season 12 player (1995-09-27).
Mark Pudlow, a teachers' union spokesman from Havana, Florida Season 27 player (2011-03-04).
Eileen Anderson, a registered nurse and childbirth educator from Baldwin, New York Season 5 player (1988-11-02).
Mandy Walters Whitaker, a stay-at-home mom and musician originally from Aberdeen, Idaho Season 25 player (2008-10-24).
Mathew Safer, a transportation planner from South Orange, New Jersey Season 25 2-time champion: $44,701 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: masafer
Alison Roberts, an attorney originally from Port Sulphur, Louisiana Season 5 3-time champion: $27,099.
Kathy Lague, a telecommunications consultant from Sudbury, Massachusetts Season 25 player (2005-10-23). Last name pronounced like "LAY-gyoo".
Phil Nauss, a writer from Salt Lake City, Utah Season 5 player (1988-11-02). Last name pronounced like "NAWSS". Philip Nauss...
Erin Hart, a junior from Benton Harbor, Michigan 2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
Alex Harriger, a security officer from Kansas City, Missouri Season 25 player (2008-10-22). Last name pronounced "HARE-ig-ger".
Tom Stetina, a high school math teacher from Millsboro, Delaware Season 25 1-time champion: $29,353 + $1,000.
Raynell Cooper, a senior from Rockville, Maryland 2011 Teen Tournament winner (semifinalist by wildcard): $75,000. 16 at the...
Cosi Audi, a junior from North Canton, Ohio 2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
Carlee Jensen, a senior from Santa Monica, California 2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Margaret Seiler, a freelance copy editor and movie theater manager from Portland, Oregon Season 25 player (2008-10-22). Last name pronounced "SY-ler".
Eli Edwards, a law student from Newark, California Season 25 player (2008-10-21).
Idrees Kahloon, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky 2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Nikhil Desai, a junior from Fremont, California 2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the...
Sara Austin, a paralegal & stay-at-home mom from Middletown, New Jersey Season 19 player (2003-07-16).
A.V. Greene, a project manager from Durham, North Carolina Season 19 player (2003-07-17).
Lindsey Thiesfeld, a sophomore from Clarendon Hills, Illinois 2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Raya Elias-Pushett, a junior from Aventura, Florida 2011 Teen Tournament 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $20,851. First name...
Jim Cairl, a stay-at-home dad from New York, New York Season 19 1-time champion: $23,400 + $2,000.
Debra Doyle, a customer service representative from Walls, Mississippi Season 19 player (2003-07-15).
Raphie Cantor, a sophomore from San Diego, California 2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 15 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Andrew Van Duyn, a junior from Wheaton, Illinois 2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
Billy Barnhart, a massage therapist from Los Angeles, California Season 19 player (2003-07-15).
Richard Finch, an attorney from Dearborn Heights, Michigan Season 19 player (2003-07-14). Season 18 player (2002-02-26). Richard was returned...
Kailyn LaPorte, a sophomore from Decatur, Georgia 2011 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $42,600. 15 at the time of...
Steven Ho, a junior from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
Charlene Lyons, a waitress from Oceanside, California Season 19 player (2003-07-14).
Leonard Stoehr, a truck driver from Norcross, Georgia Season 19 3-time champion: $37,599 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like "STARE".
Christian Ie, a senior from Renton, Washington 2011 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. Last name pronounced like "EE".
Brandon Welch, a senior from Grayson, Georgia 2011 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Erika Amato, an actress & singer from Los Angeles, California Season 19 player (2003-07-10).
Sheryl Martin, a contract administrator from Burbank, California Season 19 player (2003-07-11).
Kate Wadman, a junior from Tucson, Arizona 2011 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jeopartygirl
Nulty Lynch, a financial printer from Greenbelt, Maryland Season 19 2-time champion: $26,400 + $2,000.
Brad Rutter, a $3.2-million winner from Los Angeles, California "In 2000, he became a 5-time champion and went on to...
Watson, a deep question answering system from IBM 2011 IBM Challenge winner: $500,000 to World Vision + $500,000 to...
Ed Glenn, a college professor from Miami, Florida Season 19 player (2003-07-10).
Shirley Brewer, an elementary school teacher from Guernsey, Wyoming Season 19 player (2003-07-09).
Ken Jennings, a 74-game champion from Seattle, Washington "In 2004, his record-breaking 74-game win streak set a standard for...
Kate Rowland, a family doctor from Chicago, Illinois Season 27 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000.
Heather Mock, a teacher from Denver, Colorado Season 19 player (2003-07-08).
Sarah Monteith, a television development assistant originally from Sugar Land, Texas Season 27 player (2011-02-11).
Joe Warren, an oceanographer and professor from Hampton Bays, New York Season 19 player (2003-07-08).
Ethan Lowry, a software designer from Seattle, Washington Season 19 3-time champion: $31,401 + $2,000.
Cigus Vanni, a psychologist from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 1989 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 5 5-time champion: $40,400...
John Lafferty, an assistant film editor originally from Preston, England Season 5 player (1989-01-03).
Rob Latimer, a graduate student from Royal Oak, Michigan Season 19 player (2003-07-07).
Carol DeLockroy, a retired educator from Henderson, Colorado Season 19 player (2003-07-07).
Annette Meyer, an immunologist from Kalamazoo, Michigan Season 5 player (1989-01-03).
Ryan Thrasher, a musician from East Lansing, Michigan Season 25 player (2008-10-20).
Milind Kulkarni, an assistant professor from West Lafayette, Indiana Season 27 player (2011-02-10).
Lynn Olson, an association vice president from Silver Spring, Maryland Season 25 player (2008-10-20).
Betsy Stephenson, a retired employment program specialist from Charleston, West Virginia Season 27 player (2011-02-10).
David Weiss, a professor from Billings, Montana Season 25 player (2008-10-17).
Rachel LeCroy, a customer service representative originally from Raleigh, North Carolina Season 27 player (2011-02-08).
David Blakeley, a telecommunications manager from Edison, New Jersey Season 8 player (1991-10-17).
Steffa Burke, a payroll administrator from Allentown, Pennsylvania Season 25 player (2008-10-17).
Sean Priest, a high school vice principal from San Francisco, California Season 27 player (2011-02-09). Sean is the Dean of Students at...
Ellen Kellogg, a research analyst originally from New York City, New York Season 15 1-time champion: $6,500.
Brian Morris, an account manager from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Season 23 1-time champion: $30,401 + $2,000. The official Jeopardy! web...
Doug Tibbs, a firefighter from Columbus, Ohio Season 23 player (2007-03-02).
Steve Latourette, a 3-D animator from Arlington, Virginia Season 15 1-time champion: $8,001.
Greg Sabin, a musician from Sacramento, California Season 15 player (1999-03-10).
Jennifer Nield Cameron, an executive assistant from New York, New York Season 23 player (2007-03-01).
Rosanna Cavallaro, a law professor from Brookline, Massachusetts Season 23 player (2007-02-28).
Randy Boudreaux, an attorney from New Orleans, Louisiana Season 15 player (1999-03-09).
Robert Ashley, a psychiatrist from Los Angeles, California Season 23 1-time champion: $28,401 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Robert Ashley
Catherine Arnold, a Ph.D. student from Chapel Hill, North Carolina Season 15 player (1999-03-09).
Laura Bowen, an upper-school history teacher from Wilmington, North Carolina Season 15 player (1999-03-08).
Jim Waldo, a consultant from Medina, Minnesota Season 23 player (2007-02-27).
Chuck Newell, an English teacher from Chattanooga, Tennessee Season 23 player (2007-02-26).
Lisa Fritsche, a Sunday school director from Columbia, Missouri Season 24 player (2008-02-01).
Dave Hampton, a student from Cambridge, Massachusetts Season 15 2-time champion: $16,400.
Claire Ward, a project manager from Richmond, Virginia Season 23 player (2007-02-27).
Chris Dixon, a sales associate from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Season 24 player (2008-01-31).
Dorothy Cassetta, a teacher from Orlando, Florida Season 23 player (2007-02-23).
Jennah Durant, a public affairs specialist from Dallas, Texas Season 24 2-time champion: $38,700 + $2,000.
Jim Sherman, a librarian from Los Angeles, California Season 23 player (2007-02-23).
Stephen Fineman, a science teacher from Morristown, New Jersey Season 24 1-time champion: $6,001 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SteveNJ
Arianna Kelly, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 24 player (2008-01-30). Season 24 player (2008-07-08). Sister of Season...
Sri Narayanan, a pediatric resident from Cleveland Heights, Ohio Season 23 2-time champion: $60,000 + $1,000.
Brandon Jones, a culinary student from Chicago, Illinois Season 24 player (2008-01-30).
Ursula Ellis, a librarian from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Season 23 player (2007-02-22).
Sue Saunders, an oncology dietician from Arlington, Virginia Season 23 player (2007-02-21).
Andrew Sprouse, a historic preservationist from Durham, North Carolina Season 24 player (2008-01-29). Andrew wore a bow tie in his...
Melissa Prusi, a marketing writer originally from Negaunee, Michigan Season 24 3-time champion: $80,796 + $1,000.
Rob Faunce, a professor from New York, New York Season 23 player (2007-02-19).
Ted Dudley, an airline pilot from Colchester, Vermont Season 23 1-time champion: $28,900 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Winddummy
Eugene Hung, a software engineer from San Jose, California Season 24 player (2008-01-29). Eugene is an employee of IBM. Jeopardy!...
Ethan Brosowsky, an actor from Los Angeles, California Season 24 1-time champion: $21,600 + $2,000. Ethan and his "pub...
Sarah Bruce, a freelance editor from Milford, New Hampshire Season 23 player (2007-02-20).
Amanda Froning, an elections and voter registration clerk from Wilmington, Delaware Season 23 1-time champion: $34,700 + $2,000.
Steven Melendez, a computer consultant from Cambridge, Massachusetts Season 24 player (2008-01-28).
Joanna Ramsey, an elementary school teacher from Santa Fe, New Mexico Season 24 player (2008-01-25). Joanna's father, Gordon Ramsey, played Bozo the...
Brad Haag, an MBA student from Santa Monica, California Season 23 1-time champion: $16,199 + $2,000.
Dawn Marie Nolan, a senior at Fletcher Senior High School from Jacksonville Beach, Florida 1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Kate Pedersen, a medical student from Springfield, Illinois Season 24 player (2008-01-24).
Paul Egendorf, a senior at Tustin High School from Tustin, California 1987 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000.
Murtaza Sutarwalla, an attorney originally from Houston, Texas Season 24 1-time champion: $255 + $2,000. Name pronounced like "MUR-tuh-zuh soo-ter-WALL-uh".
Joe McGuinness, a compliance manager from Bear, Delaware Season 24 player (2008-01-23).
Scott Hatton, a pastor from Mundelein, Illinois Season 18 player (2002-04-29).
Curt King, a junior at Eleanor McMain Magnet High School from New Orleans, Louisiana 1987 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Amanda Freisem, a labor services representative from Brentwood, New York Season 24 1-time champion: $17,000 + $1,000.
Matt Keller, a sophomore at Vanderbilt University from Bettendorf, Iowa 2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Elizabeth Mouzon, an e-mail administrator from Washington, D.C. Season 18 player (2002-04-29).
Rob Schickler, a senior at Baylor University from Arlington, Virginia 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 21 at the time of the College Championship.
Jonathan Cole, a practice support coordinator originally from Port Chester, New York Season 18 player (2002-04-26).
Christina Kim, a production coordinator from Los Angeles, California Season 18 player (2002-04-26).
Iyesatu Kamara, a sophomore at the University of Washington from Seattle, Washington 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Mitali Banerjee, a freshman at Rice University from Houston, Texas 2000-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of...
Ellen Green, a freelance tutor from San Diego, California Season 18 player (2002-04-25).
Lisa Kerwin, a German teacher from Gaithersburg, Maryland Season 18 player (2002-04-24).
Erin Milligan, a freshman at the University of Delaware from Bear, Delaware 2000-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 18 at the time of...
Vicki Aken, a writer from Couderay, Wisconsin Season 18 player (2002-04-24).
Carl Gilbertsen, a junior at the University of Illinois from Chicago, Illinois 2000-B College Championship 2nd runner-up: $10,000. 20 at the time of...
Nathan Chan, a software tester from Bellevue, Washington Season 18 2-time champion: $17,400.
Genevieve Romeo, a junior at Ursinus College from Yonkers, New York 2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the College Championship.
Jim Giesen, a junior at the University of Washington from Spokane, Washington 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 21 at the time of the College Championship.
Heidi Wakeman, a teacher assistant from Gloucester, Massachusetts Season 18 player (2002-04-23).
Rod Bain, a physical therapist from Pasadena, California Season 18 player (2002-04-22).
Jordan Kovnot, a freshman at Dartmouth College from Holland, Pennsylvania 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Dave Sabath, a senior at Wisconsin-Madison from Western Springs, Illinois 2000-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. 21 at the time of...
Patrick Brannan, a senior manager from Takoma Park, Maryland Season 18 player (2002-04-19).
Jason Sass, a mortgage loan analyst from Springfield, Illinois Season 18 player (2002-04-22).
Suzanne Rivoire, a senior at the University of Texas from Spring, Texas 2000-B College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the College Championship.
Lisa Thimjon, a sophomore at Luther College from Sioux Falls, South Dakota 2000-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $2,500. 20 at the time of the College Championship.
Julie Moncrieff, an office manager from Chicago, Illinois Season 18 2-time champion: $29,001. Last name pronounced like "MON-kreef".
Amy Choyke, an attorney from Pearland, Texas Season 18 player (2002-04-18). Last name pronounced like "CHOY-kee".
Buffy Thoms, a schoolteacher from Watson, Louisiana Season 24 1-time champion: $22,801 + $1,000.
Kevin Friloux, a stockbroker from Houston, Texas Season 18 1-time champion: $10,199. Last name pronounced like "FREE-loo".
Michael Guard, a financial manager from Atlanta, Georgia Season 24 player (2008-01-22).
Jean Doolittle, a tech trainer from Ham Lake, Minnesota Season 24 player (2008-01-21).
Becky Powell, a graduate student from Knoxville, Tennessee Season 18 player (2002-04-17).
Rich Clarey, a film student originally from Petaluma, California Season 18 player (2002-04-17).
Rob Skolits, a management consultant and actor originally from Flemington, New Jersey Season 24 player (2008-01-21).
Emily Ullman, a law student from Palisades, New York Season 24 player (2008-01-18).
Joe Miazgowicz, a hockey referee supervisor and computer network specialist from Encinitas, California Season 18 player (2002-04-16).
Nick Rolader, a student and caterer from Lilburn, Georgia Season 24 player (2008-01-17).
Ben Bass, an attorney from Chicago, Illinois Season 18 3-time champion: $54,801. Ben won $15,300 on Wheel of...
Summer Douglass, a journalist from Lima, Ohio Season 18 player (2002-04-16).
Christa Franklin Ishino, a homemaker and freelance editor from Northville, Michigan Season 24 2-time champion: $34,798 + $1,000.
Susan Forman, a homemaker and former attorney from Waccabuc, New York Season 24 2-time champion: $45,800 + $1,000.
Derek Doran-Wood, an actor from Sherman Oaks, California Season 18 player (2002-04-12).
Mary Mindel, a homemaker from Webster Groves, Missouri Season 18 player (2002-04-15).
Chad Belyeu, a film student from Groves, Texas Season 24 player (2008-01-17).
Noah Kaye, a solar energy lobbyist and grad student from Washington, D.C. Season 24 player (2008-01-16).
Peggy Pancella, a music teacher and mom from St. Louis, Missouri Season 18 player (2002-04-12).
Rebecca Knickmeyer, a psychobiologist from Chapel Hill, North Carolina Season 24 1-time champion: $20,001 + $1,000.
Judy Taisch, a technical representative from San Antonio, Texas Season 18 player (2002-04-11).
Erik Rockom, a finish carpenter from Seattle, Washington Season 18 2-time champion: $35,599.
Lori Wright, a benefits consultant from Atlanta, Georgia Season 18 player (2002-04-10).
Umiko Post, a stay-at-home mom from Peoria, Illinois Season 18 1-time champion: $11,800. First name pronounced like "yoo-MEE-ko". Umiko's...
Lynda Del Genis, a technical writer from Baltimore, Maryland Season 18 1-time champion: $17,100.
Shasa Dobrow, a musician and graduate student originally from Vancouver, Washington Season 18 player (2002-04-08). Daughter of Season 6 player Dick Dobrow....
Aaron Yeater, a graduate student from New Haven, Connecticut Season 18 player (2002-04-09). Last name pronounced like "YATE-er".
Andy Seff, a law student from Baltimore, Maryland Season 18 1-time champion: $13,000.
Carol Schlau, a newspaper copy editor from Buffalo, New York Season 18 1-time champion: $9,599. Last name pronounced to rhyme with "cow".
Manoj Mate, an attorney from San Francisco, California Season 18 player (2002-04-05). Name pronounced like "mahn-OHZSH mah-TAY".
Steve Cirelli, an emergency room physician from New Hartford, New York Season 18 player (2002-04-04). Steve's name was printed as "Steve Cirelli"...
Cheryl Stauffer, a missionary from Atlanta, Georgia Season 18 player (2002-04-04).
Wanda Berthelot, a high school teacher from Lafayette, Louisiana Season 18 player (2002-04-03). Last name pronounced like "BERTH-uh-lot".
Amy Borgstedte, an attorney from Houston, Texas Season 18 player (2002-04-02).
Bill Alston, an accountant from Durham, North Carolina Season 18 2-time champion: $53,400. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: billbetsbadly
Adam Epstein, a pre-law student from Los Angeles, California Season 18 player (2002-04-02).
Ben Studdard, a trial judge from Henry County, Georgia Season 18 player (2002-04-01). Ben wrote "Who is Gracie Studdard" for...
Brendan Roche, an account manager from Troy, New York Season 18 2-time champion: $25,100.
Anagha Apte, a student from Los Angeles, California Season 18 player (2002-03-29).
Sean Keller, a country singer from Sherman Oaks, California Season 18 player (2002-03-29). Sean wore a shirt with ace of...
Mary Llewellyn, an engineer from Los Angeles, California Season 18 2-time champion: $29,100. Last name pronounced like "loo-ELL-en."
Linda Eaton, a training consultant from Clarence, New York Season 18 player (2002-03-27).
Miriam Miller, an account manager from Washington, D.C. Season 18 player (2002-03-28).
Scott Schneider, a high school teacher from Louisville, Kentucky Season 18 1-time champion: $17,100.
Ella Rich, a freelance translator originally from Springfield, Missouri Season 18 1-time champion: $6,801.
Noel Steere, a systems analyst from Chicago, Illinois Season 18 player (2002-03-26). First name pronounced to rhyme with "bowl".
Peter Zuppardo, a grocer from Metairie, Louisiana Season 18 player (2002-03-25).
Gabrielle Donnald, a social worker from Ellicott City, Maryland Season 18 player (2002-03-25).
Sage Andersen, a student from Oakland, California Season 18 2-time champion: $27,600.
Maggie Bruen, a teacher from Hoboken, New Jersey Season 18 1-time champion: $24,200.
Bobby Padgett, an analytical chemist from Cramerton, North Carolina Season 18 1-time champion: $19,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BLPadge2
Adam Brosius, an environmental consultant from Fort Lauderdale, Florida Season 18 player (2002-03-21). Last name pronounced like "BRO-shuss."
Cindy D'Agostino, a documentary filmmaker from Alexandria, Virginia Season 18 player (2002-03-20). Cindy's IMDb page.
Matt Scarpino, an electrical engineer for the United States Air Force from Dayton, Ohio Season 18 1-time champion: $22,000. Matt's name was printed as "Matt...
Linda de Sosa, a leisure travel consultant from Houston, Texas Season 18 player (2002-03-19).
Jason Lautenschleger, a writer from Los Angeles, California Season 18 player (2002-03-18).
Gordon Heady, a sales and marketing manager from Portland, Oregon Season 18 player (2002-03-15).
Karen Lempert, a librarian from Walpole, Massachusetts Season 18 1-time champion: $19,200.
Mary Mansfield, a stay-at-home mom from Odell, Illinois Season 18 2-time champion: $16,000.
Linda Flammer, a high school English teacher from Valencia, California Season 18 player (2002-03-15).
Claire Williams, a grants coordinator from Oakton, Virginia Season 18 player (2002-03-14).
Heather Schaffer, a graduate student originally from Carrollton, Ohio Season 18 player (2002-03-13). Heather played while sitting on a director's...
Mont McNeil, a corporate tax attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma Season 18 player (2002-03-13).
Erin Weiss, an art dealer from Los Angeles, California Season 22 player (2006-07-07).
Dan Girard, an artist from Altadena, California 1999 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 14 5-time champion: $37,800 + a Chevrolet Tahoe.
James Arey, a hotel concierge from New Orleans, Louisiana 1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500. Season 15 5-time champion: $42,802...
Thomas Gibson, from Dharma & Greg "As Greg Montgomery, he's half the title couple on the ABC...
Melizza Zygmunt, a stay-at-home mom from Valparaiso, Indiana 1999 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $2,500. Season 15 4-time champion: $23,599.
Stephen Collins, from 7th Heaven "He's the star of the WB's 7th Heaven and the author...
Seth Supcoff, a hotel manager from Santa Fe, New Mexico Season 22 1-time champion: $20,500 + $1,000.
David James Elliott, from JAG "He stars as Harmon Rabb, Jr., a Navy officer with a...
Michelle Bondurant, a medical coordinator originally from Greensboro, North Carolina Season 22 1-time champion: $6,500 + $2,000. Michelle currently resides in Pasadena, California.
Vanessa Meikle, a grad student originally from Austin, Texas Season 22 player (2006-07-05). Last name pronounced like "MEE-kul".
A.K. Subramanian, a high school history teacher from Villa Park, California Season 22 player (2006-07-04). A.K. also appeared on Weakest Link on...
Yen Bawagan, a research scientist from Wayne, Pennsylvania Season 15 player (1999-02-04).
Nathan Childs, a reporter from Washington, D.C. Season 15 1-time champion: $6,800.
Pat Martin, a library technician from Vista, California Season 15 player (1999-02-03).
Julie Marcus, a federal appellate attorney from Arlington, Virginia Season 18 player (2002-05-20).
Josh Flosi, a teacher from Danville, California Season 15 1-time champion: $15,001.
Melanie Evans, a librarian from Boston, Massachusetts Season 18 player (2002-05-17).
Andrew Marshall, a computer specialist from Toronto, Canada Season 18 player (2002-05-20).
Trey Morris, a medical student from Lubbock, Texas Season 18 player (2002-05-17).
Ben Sternberg, an investment banker from San Francisco, California Season 18 3-time champion: $79,600. In his 3rd game (#4076, aired...
Allison Owens, a teacher from Houston, Texas Season 18 player (2002-05-16).
Ronnie O'Rourke, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia Season 18 1-time champion: $2,000 + $2,000. Ronnie describes her experience...
Mitchell Morris, a professor of musicology originally from Currituck County, North Carolina Season 18 player (2002-04-30).
Mike Pesca, a reporter from New York, New York Season 22 player (2006-07-03). Mike can be heard as a correspondent...
Cheryl Weiss, a social studies teacher from Panama City, Florida Season 15 player (1999-02-02).
Judy Rudnick, a physician from Honolulu, Hawaii Season 22 player (2006-07-03). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: jrrtoo
Matt Smith, a graphic designer from Naperville, Illinois Season 15 player (1999-02-02).
Ron Ostrow, an actor from Los Angeles, California Season 18 player (2002-05-24).
Daniel Mendelsohn, a lawyer from Santa Monica, California Season 18 1-time champion: $24,400 + $2,000.
Robin Klenke, an internal auditor from San Martin, California Season 18 player (2002-05-23). Last name pronounced like "KLEN-kee."
Patrick Kerr, a freelance writer originally from Fort Scott, Kansas Season 18 1-time champion: $31,400. Last name pronounced to rhyme with "her".
Scott Olsen, a college student from San Diego, California Season 18 player (2002-05-23).
Robert Vinson, a director of network management from Charlotte, North Carolina Season 18 player (2002-05-22).
Liz Zoller, an actor and musician from Chicago, Illinois Season 18 player (2002-05-22). Last name pronounced to rhyme with "solar."
Ben Tritle, an apartment manager from Los Angeles, California 2003 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 18 5-time champion: $78,600...
David Burgess, a publications coordinator from Kalamazoo, Michigan Season 18 player (2002-05-21).
Gaby McNicoll, a waitress from Atlanta, Georgia Season 18 player (2002-05-21).
Jenn Reilly, a teaching assistant from Lowell, Massachusetts Season 15 player (1999-02-01).
David Tate, an operations research analyst from Vienna, Virginia Season 15 2-time champion: $21,700.
Robert Heiler, a director of a public policy think tank from Alexandria, Virginia Season 18 1-time champion: $30,900.
Loyd Gattis, a graduate student originally from Norman, Oklahoma Season 18 1-time champion: $5,200.
Carly Minner, a project assistant from Washington, D.C. Season 18 player (2001-12-21).
Karim Moore, a civil engineer from Laurel, Maryland Season 18 1-time champion: $1,799
Bara Blender, a publications consultant originally from Milltown, New Jersey Season 18 player (2001-12-20).
Sarah Cooper, an administrative assistant from Whittier, California Season 18 player (2001-12-19).
Timothy Mahoney, a development officer originally from Detroit, Michigan Season 18 1-time champion: $15,000.
Denese Edsall, an equal opportunity manager from Hollywood, Florida Season 18 player (2001-12-18). As an accommodation for a disability, Denese...
John Nienow, a doctor from Santa Ana, California Season 18 player (2001-12-17). Last name pronounced like "NEE-no."
Dana Greenblatt, a graduate student originally from Toledo, Ohio Season 18 2-time champion: $36,401. Dana's IMDb filmography.
Christine Martin, an elementary school teacher from Atlanta, Georgia Season 18 player (2001-12-17).
Catherine Skeen, a graduate student and mom from Chicago, Illinois Season 18 player (2001-12-13).
Matt Andrade, an automotive technician from Vancouver, Washington Season 18 player (2001-12-14).
Neil Majors, a graduate student from Los Angeles, California Season 18 player (2001-12-13).
Tracy Bond Bird, a television and commercial announcer from Louisville, Kentucky Season 18 2-time champion: $54,100. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tbirdy
Christopher Seivard, a cinematographer from Hershey, Pennsylvania Season 18 player (2001-12-12). Last name pronounced like "SIGH-verd."
Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia "An actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Bob Blake, who has won...
Jeff Horton, a school board member from Los Angeles, California Season 13 1-time champion: $9,100.
Dan Katz, an attorney from Baltimore, Maryland "An attorney from Baltimore, Maryland, Dan Katz, whose winnings total $48,803."...
Jim Burkhard, an automotive engineer from Chili, New York Season 22 player (2006-01-04). The official Jeopardy! web site lists Jim's...
Michael Thayer, a physics student from Rutgers University "A physics student and winner of last year's College Tournament, Michael...
Andy Gefen, a financial consultant from Bethesda, Maryland Season 22 player (2006-01-04). Andy used his contestant interview to propose...
Jim Diggins, a legal editor from South Euclid, Ohio Season 13 3-time champion: $19,901.
Steven Lane, an association coordinator from Fairfax, Virginia Season 13 player (1997-03-03).
James Calhoun, a substitute teacher from Bremen, Georgia Season 22 player (2006-01-03).
Joan Tosh, a manager from Port Chester, New York Season 22 player (2006-01-02).
Leslie Birdwell, a writer from Columbus, Ohio Season 22 player (2006-01-03).
Jamie Hodari, a law student originally from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Season 22 player (2006-01-02). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Jhodari
Kathie Hoagland, a bookseller originally from Anderson, Indiana Season 13 player (1997-02-28).
Greg Mayer, a university professor from Racine, Wisconsin Season 13 1-time champion: $8,290.
Martha O'Malley, a downsize accountant from Milwaukee, Wisconsin Season 13 player (1997-02-27).
Laurent Ruseckas, a part-time consultant from New York City, New York Season 13 1-time champion: $6,395.
Robert Bethard, a registered nurse from Asheville, North Carolina Season 22 player (2005-12-30).
Tom Kavanaugh, a writer from St. Louis, Missouri 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2006 Tournament of Champions...
Lauren Dean, a marketing manager and grad student from Chevy Chase, Maryland Season 22 player (2005-12-30). Lauren won $1,000 on Master Minds on...
Nancy Splane, a homemaker from Jacksonville, Florida Season 13 player (1997-02-26).
Keara Depenbrock, a political consultant from Brooklyn, New York Season 22 player (2005-12-29).
Amit Ray, a graduate student instructor from Ann Arbor, Michigan Season 13 player (1997-02-26).
Kevin Gomes, a training and educational design specialist originally from Grand Island, Nebraska Season 22 player (2005-12-28). Last name pronounced like "GOAMS".
Leslie Hickey, an educational director from Cleveland, Ohio Season 22 player (2005-12-28).
Tina Carlson, a stamp dealer from North Kingstown, Rhode Island Season 13 player (1997-02-25).
Rex Babiera, a learning consultant from Chicago, Illinois Season 22 2-time champion: $32,200 + $1,000. Web site at rexicon.net.
Mark Mironer, a crash avoidance engineer from Waltham, Massachusetts Season 13 player (1997-02-25).
Greg Carbone, a customer service manager originally from Weston, Massachusetts Season 13 player (1997-02-24).
Sharon Dorsey, a mail carrier from Reading, Pennsylvania Season 22 player (2005-12-27).
Jim Fahner, a pediatric oncologist from Grand Rapids, Michigan Season 13 3-time champion: $30,801.
Julie Reynolds, a writer from Washington, D.C. Season 22 player (2005-12-26). Not to be confused with Season 29...
Joan Friedman, a professor of accounting from Urbana, Illinois Season 13 player (1997-02-24).
Evan Kleber, a stay-at-home dad and mortgage broker from Del Mar, California Season 21 player (2005-07-13).
Michelle Roberts, a lab technician from Seattle, Washington Season 12 player (1996-01-31).
Mike McCarthy, an Air Force officer from Annandale, Virginia Season 12 player (1996-01-31).
Charles Martin, a lawyer from Washington, D.C. Season 21 player (2005-07-12).
Kem Herding, a homemaker and freelance editor from Highlands, North Carolina Season 21 player (2005-07-12).
Marisa Prasifka, a stay-at-home mom from Austin, Texas Season 18 player (2001-09-20).
Eugene Gamblin, a nightclub and restaurant owner from Ronkonkoma, New York Season 18 player (2001-09-20). Eugene won $16,000 on Who Wants to...
Annemarie Gallagher, a customer service representative from Fremont, California Season 21 player (2005-07-11).
David Lindauer, an Army officer from Heidelberg, Germany Season 11 player (1994-11-30). Rank of colonel at the time of...
Jessica Schreader, an office manager from Delran, New Jersey Season 21 player (2005-07-11). Jessica won $64,000 on Who Wants to...
Ellen Mandell, an attorney from Beechwood, Ohio Season 12 player (1996-01-30).
Bill Sloan, a real estate broker from Mission Viejo, California 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
Jim Mehl, a geologist from Alexandria, Virginia Season 12 player (1996-01-30).
Becky Molina, an educator and mother from Fort Pierce, Florida Season 18 player (2001-09-19).
Todd Tarantino, a composer from New York, New York Season 18 player (2001-09-19).
Suzanne Fatta, a graduate student from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 18 player (2001-09-18).
Sam Keen, a college student from College Station, Texas Season 18 player (2001-09-18).
Juliet Chase, a high school English teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 18 player (2001-09-17).
Steve Kohl, an international program administrator from Washington, D.C. Season 11 player (1994-11-29).
Leigh Cordner, a performer from Toronto, Ontario Season 18 player (2001-09-17). Leigh is the "Medieval referee" for a...
Bill Dickenson, a college instructor from Richardson, Texas "This 5-time champ from 1996 has taught students from over 100...
Michael Braun, a high school junior from Silver Spring, Maryland "He is the 2005 Teen Tournament champion. A high school junior...
Dave Abbott, a musician and licensing executive from Fort Thomas, Kentucky "He won the 1999 Tournament of Champions. A musician and licensing...
Paul Gutowski, an alcohol and drug counselor from Rockford, Illinois "He was the first 5-time winner in 1997. An alcohol and...
Lan Djang, a health policy analyst from Toronto, Ontario, Canada "He was a 5-time champion in 2001. Today he's a health...
Dave Willis, a business manager from Ventura, California "He was the first to win five shows in 1992. A...
Andrew Hutchings, a graduate student from Ithaca, New York "A senior when he won the 1998 College Championship, he's now...
Hap Erstein, a theater critic from West Palm Beach, Florida Season 14 player (1997-09-04).
Barbara Findley, a math teacher from Hurley, New York Season 14 player (1997-09-04).
Beth Reardon, a school librarian from Chattanooga, Tennessee Season 14 player (1997-09-03).
Paul Thompson, a human resources manager from Cheverly, Maryland "He was the first 5-time champion in the 1995-96 season. A...
Wayne Weil, a management consultant from New York, New York Season 14 player (1997-09-03).
Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas "With her 5-time winnings from 2000, she traveled for a year,...
Mark Lowenthal, a State Department employee from Reston, Virginia 2014 Battle of the Decades quarterfinalist: $10,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
Leah Greenwald, an architect from Cambridge, Massachusetts 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $56,800. Lost in...
Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona "He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
Ron Trigueiro, a student from Caruthers, California 1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $49,401...
Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York "He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
Bruce Seymour, a writer from Piedmont, California 1990 Super Jeopardy! winner: $250,000. 1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California "A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
Jen Noon, an editor from Woburn, Massachusetts Season 21 1-time champion: $19,103 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: BostonJen73
Jonathan Smillie, a software trainer from Jeffersonville, Indiana Season 21 player (2005-01-20).
Ali Moss, a college student from Great Neck, New York Season 21 player (2005-01-19).
Eric Terzuolo, a retired diplomat and university professor from Bergen, Noord-Holland, the Netherlands "When he first appeared in 1990, he was a foreign service...
Steve Kaplan, a law student from San Diego, California Season 21 1-time champion: $18,400 + $2,000.
Cliff Kowalczyk, a trucking subcontractor from Lakewood, Ohio Season 21 player (2004-12-16). Cliff won $32,000 on Who Wants to...
Maureen McKay, a systems engineer from Potomac Falls, Virginia Season 21 player (2004-12-15).
Ethan de Seife, a graduate student from Madison, Wisconsin Season 21 player (2004-12-15).
Elizabeth Costello, an attorney and media sales rep originally from Mahopac, New York Season 21 player (2004-11-05). KJL game 67. Not to be confused...
John Murray, an aspiring playwright from Jersey City, New Jersey Season 21 player (2004-11-05). KJL game 67.
Tim Koch, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Cliffwood, New Jersey "He would like to be a teacher because you get to...
Steve Reynolds, a loan accounting clerk from Norman, Oklahoma 2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 20 4-time champion:...
Seth Alcorn, a bookstore supervisor from Alexandria, Virginia 2004 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 3-time champion: $106,400 + $1,000.



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