| #9016, aired 2024-01-15 | DESERT FLORA & FAUNA $10,400 (Daily Double): Like the Australian marsupial it's named for, this rodent has a pouch, but for carrying seeds, not babies a kangaroo rat |
| #1, aired 2024-01-12 | WIDE WORLD OF WEIRD WORDS $1200: Meaning to throw out of a window, this term gained fame after a 1618 incident in Prague where 2 officials were so thrown defenestration |
| #8995, aired 2023-12-15 | NOT REALLY MARRIED $1000: This NASA mathematician of "Hidden Figures" fame is swept off her feet by this blond-mopped recent British leader Katherine Johnson & Boris Johnson |
| #5, aired 2023-05-10 | CLASSICAL MUSIC CLASSICS $19,000 (Daily Double): This composer's most famous piece, eventually annoying him with its fame, was originally titled "Finland Awakes" Sibelius |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | THE FINE ARTS $2000: One of the most famous works by this Belgian surrealist is a painting of a pipe that says, "This is not a pipe" Magritte |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | GETTING CLOSE TO SOMETHING $600: Almost there! You're "in" this, as they say, like Chicago's Wrigley or Boston's Fenway the ballpark |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | WHO LOU? $1000: Though not a pro athlete or built like one, this Lou is in the Baseball Hall of Fame--well, his "Who's On First" record is (Lou) Costello |
| #8651, aired 2022-05-30 | IN THE SPORT'S HALL OF FAME $400: Lindsay Davenport & Martina Hingis tennis |
| #8363, aired 2021-03-24 | OTHER WALKS OF FAME $400: Not far from the Hollywood Walk of Fame is the Walk of Style, honoring fashion icons on Rodeo Drive in these "Hills" Beverly Hills |
| #8158, aired 2020-02-12 | A FINE LINE $1200: From this ancient fable author's "The Jay and the Peacock": "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds" Aesop |
| #7869, aired 2018-11-22 | ON THE 2018 BILLBOARD CHARTS $400: This "Slippery When Wet" band entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & were on the charts with "This House Is Not For Sale" Bon Jovi |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $400: The Hall is still saving all its love of this 25-time Grammy nominee & her 11 No. 1 hits Whitney Houston |
| #7793, aired 2018-06-27 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $2000: Sadly, Lemmy won't be around to accept if & when this "Ace Of Spades" powerhouse is ever inducted Motörhead |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $400: The Hall has admitted 5 of her siblings, but this "Nasty" woman is still on the wrong side of the velvet rope Janet Jackson |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $1200: Johnny Cash, the Man in Black, is in; this redheaded fellow highwayman? Still out Willie Nelson |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME $2000: Joan Jett & the Blackhearts are in, but this pioneering band with Jan, Cherie Currie & Lita Ford is still missing The Runaways |
| #7512, aired 2017-04-18 | GRAVE MATTERS $200: Frank Sinatra's epitaph is this song title (but not "And babe, won't that be fine") "The Best Is Yet To Come" |
| #7330, aired 2016-06-24 | WORRIER PRINCESS $800: This animated princess says to her rescuer, "This is all wrong. You're not supposed to be an ogre" Fiona |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | FLORIDA & FAUNA $1200: Broward County is known for the Florida tree this, a mollusk whose shell can have pink streaks (but not racing stripes) a snail |
| #7070, aired 2015-05-15 | FINE FOOD $800: As you can see, this traditional roast beef accompaniment is not what we'd normally call a pudding Yorkshire pudding |
| #6754, aired 2014-01-16 | THROWN OF GAMES $800: 354 wins did not overcome the controversy as this ex-Red Sox pitcher didn't make the Hall of Fame cut in 2013 Roger Clemens |
| #6612, aired 2013-05-21 | MEN AT WORK $400: In 1975 this jeans & perfume maven was not yet 35 when he made the Coty Hall of Fame Calvin Klein |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | YOU DID GOOD $800: Your writing is really this; I mean it's good, not that it's done in small, delicate strokes fine |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | PIN THE TALE ON THE WRITER $800 (Daily Double): "The Adventure of the Speckled Band"
(1892) Arthur Conan Doyle |
| #6538, aired 2013-02-06 | I SAW THAT ON TV $2000: It's not a stretch to say Jake the Dog plays viola with his girlfriend Lady Rainicorn on this Cartoon Network show Adventure Time |
| #6153, aired 2011-05-18 | SOUNDS PEACHY $200: This botanist is in the U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame for a variety of peach he developed, not his potato (Luther) Burbank |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $200: Andrew Ridgeley of this "Careless Whisper" '80 duo makes surfing goods & lives with a member of Bananarama Wham! |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $400: Pam Dawber, the "Mindy" of "Mork &..." has been married to this "NCIS" lead actor since 1987 Mark Harmon |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $600: He led "The News" to 3 No. 1 hits in the '80s & in 2010 played Johnny Revere on "Hot in Cleveland" Huey Lewis |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $800: Philip Michael Thomas--Tubbs on this '80s cop show--voiced Lance Vance on "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories" Miami Vice |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | ...FAME IS NOT $1000: "Only In My Dreams" would this '80s teen queen of music play Emma in 2009's "Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus" Deborah Gibson |
| #6037, aired 2010-12-07 | TIMELESS TV $1000: 2010's "When Love Is Not Enough" was the 240th presentation in this series from a greeting card company Hallmark Hall of Fame |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE GOOD EARTH $3,000 (Daily Double): Because it passes through a London borough, the Prime Meridian at 0 degrees longitude has this other name Greenwich (Meridian) |
| #5127, aired 2006-12-19 | DECK THE HALLS $1000: He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his process of condensing milk (Gail) Borden |
| #5046, aired 2006-07-17 | PUT ME IN, COACH! $600: Coach, we need rebounds. I can lead us to the promised land like this Hall of Fame Rockets & Sixers center Moses Malone |
| #4996, aired 2006-05-08 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SPORTS $400: Dave Anderson lamented that Jerry Kramer, Rich Jackson & Charley Conerly were not inducted into this sport's Hall of Fame professional football |
| #4917, aired 2006-01-17 | HOOP STARS $800: In 2003 the Knicks named this Pistons Hall of Fame guard their President of Basketball Operations Isiah Thomas |
| #4750, aired 2005-04-08 | LET'S ROCK! $400: In this movie Jack Black plays Dewey Finn, who tries to turn a prep class into a band School of Rock |
| #4344, aired 2003-06-19 | IT'S "OVER" $400: You'll find it's fine & not dandy when your library book is this overdue |
| #4058, aired 2002-04-03 | NOT IN YOUR OLD DICTIONARY $600: A spork is a combination of these 2 utensils (some think it should be called a foon) a spoon and a fork |
| #3948, aired 2001-10-31 | TV OR NOT TV $300: "You want" this Debbie Allen show based on a 1980 film? Well, it "costs, and right here is where you start payin'" Fame |
| #3863, aired 2001-05-23 | NEW SUMMER "CAMP"s $600: This camp is not for all baseball players, just those who want to be a Hall of Fame catcher Campanella |
| #3853, aired 2001-05-09 | JOE-POURRI $300: The middle name of this Hall of Fame Celtics player & ex-Pacers coach is not Joseph, just Joe Larry Bird |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | HAWTHORNE IN YOUR SIDE $1000: The central metaphor of this 1860 novel is a sculpture of a deity (not a young deer) The Marble Faun |
| #3170, aired 1998-05-15 | CARBON $400: This mineral is the most stable form of carbon, though not when you sharpen your pencil too fine Graphite |
| #2666, aired 1996-03-18 | THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME $600: Not Ruth, but this other "Babe" of sports is in the Hall Babe Didrikson |
| #2551, aired 1995-10-09 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $200: A chapter from "Life on the Mississippi" was intended for this "Tom Sawyer" sequel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| #2268, aired 1994-06-15 | ANCIENT WISDOM $800 (Daily Double): Ovid said this form of literature "comes fine-spun from a mind at peace" poetry |
| #2161, aired 1994-01-17 | WINES & SPIRITS $800: Calvados is a fine brandy made from this fruit, not from grapes apples |
| #1715, aired 1992-01-31 | ANCIENT HISTORY $200: This Phrygian king mentioned by Herodotus is not the one of golden touch fame Midas |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | PEOPLE $1000: He's in the U.S. Inventors Hall of Fame for his peach, not his potato Luther Burbank |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | AESOP'S FABLES $1,000 (Daily Double): After pretending to be one of these, the jay was told it is not only fine feathers that make fine birds the peacock |
| #1548, aired 1991-05-01 | MONOPOLY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 things that put a player in jail (2 of) getting a "Go to Jail" card, landing on the space that says Go to Jail, or roll doubles 3 consecutive times |
| #1435, aired 1990-11-23 | WORLD FACTS $400: Not the Greens, but the Fianna Fail, or Soldiers of Destiny, is this country's largest political party Ireland |
| #1279, aired 1990-03-08 | MUSICALS $200: This title character's last name is McLonergan, not Rainbow Finian |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | MYTHOLOGY $200: She arose out of the "aphros", or white foam of the sea, & not only walked in beauty, she was beauty Aphrodite (*Venus) |
| #679, aired 1987-07-16 | FORESTS $500: Only English forest not belonging to the crown is 1 owned by this noble family of open-sweater fame Cardigan |
| #618, aired 1987-04-22 | U.S. STATES $200: Though the Pro Football Hall of Fame is in this state, the state beverage is tomato juice, not beer Ohio |
| #559, aired 1987-01-29 | BASEBALL $1000: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, with 3rd highest lifetime batting average, is not in Hall of Fame probably due to this The "Black Sox" Scandal of 1919 |
| #172, aired 1985-05-07 | SILLY SONGS $200: Hey! This guy he was so fine, he blew Toni Basil's mind Mickey |
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