| #9067, aired 2024-03-26 | MUSEUMS 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 |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | SINGERS $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 |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | 40 YEARS AGO: 1984 $200: These 2 nations signed a joint declaration on the future of Hong Kong China & the U.K. |
| #9040, aired 2024-02-16 | CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: The 2 principal parts of Niagara Falls are American Falls on the U.S. side & these falls on the Canadian side Horseshoe |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | "AMERICAN" ORGANIZATIONS $2,000 (Daily Double): Chartered by Congress in 1919, it's the largest veterans' organization in the U.S., with nearly 2 million members the American Legion |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | 2-3 ZONE $400: Recently, the Green Zone, a fortified area with government buildings & the U.S. embassy, has opened up to this Mideast city's people Baghdad |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | U.S. STAMPS $200: Showing a wreath, a ribbon & 2 candles, the first USPS stamp celebrating this was controversial in 1962 for mixing church & state Christmas |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | AROUND THE GLOBE $800: They're the 2 U.N. member countries in Africa with a cardinal direction in their names South Sudan & South Africa |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $200: Will & shall form this verb tense future |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $400: Iowa uses this type of local party meeting to select presidential candidates a caucus |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $600: Derived from French, it's a small, specialized retail store a boutique |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $800: You should know this swinging item like clockwork a pendulum |
| #9014, aired 2024-01-11 | IT'S UP 2 U $1000: Time to drink in this hearty reddish color... ohhhh yes... bold, with a hint of je ne sais quoi burgundy |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $400: The Feds still issue bills of this denomination but in a much smaller quantity than the others $2 bill |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | U.S. MONEY $1000: Part of the Treasury Department, the U.S. bureau of these 2 activities can produce over $500 million in notes in a day engraving & printing |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | NAME THAT CARMAKER $400: There's one U in Outback & 2 in its name Subaru |
| #8993, aired 2023-12-13 | IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $2000: The U-2 incident; incidentally, U2's Bono is born 1960 |
| #8988, aired 2023-12-06 | WATERY SONGS $400: In 1984 Prince "never meant 2 cause U any sorrow" with this colorful tune "Purple Rain" |
| #8981, aired 2023-11-27 | LETTER HISTORIES $1200: A Latin link of 2 letters pronounced as one is why we, in modern English, always follow this letter with U a Q |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | SAD SONGS $200: This weepy Sinéad O'Connor ballad might not be about lost love; Prince is rumored to have written it about his housekeeper "Nothing Compares 2 U" |
| #8962, aired 2023-10-31 | FRANK GEHRY $400: Though he's lived for many years in the U.S., architect Frank Gehry was born in this Ontario city of 2.9 million Toronto |
| #8948, aired 2023-10-11 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $400: Take this crossbar with 2 U-shaped pieces; my oxen are on strike, & they refuse to wear it a yoke |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $400: 2 schooners called the Oregon Fir & the Oregon this carried lumber from the U.S. to Australia in the 1920s the Oregon Pine |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | COW COUNTRY $400: With California & this as the top 2 states, the U.S. leads all other countries in producing cow's milk Wisconsin |
| #8938, aired 2023-09-27 | A SOVIET UNION $200: In many U.S. states one of these signs a marriage license; Soviets had 2, mostly a best man & maid of honor, often wearing red sashes a witness |
| #8937, aired 2023-09-26 | NEXT STOP, VENUS $2,000 (Daily Double): We're not sure if it was "ancient" or not, but the first U.S. flyby of Venus was by this space probe in 1962 the Mariner (2) |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $400: On March 27 a 9.2 quake rocked this state's Valdez, forcing the town itself to be moved to the delta of Mineral Creek Alaska |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $800: The first mission of this post-Mercury NASA program launched on April 8, uncrewed; soon, 2 men would fly in each mission Gemini |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | NUMBERS IN THE NEWS $200: These numbers are important--the U.N. says world emissions of these must drop 60% by 2035 to limit global warming to 2.7 degrees CO2 emissions (greenhouse gases) |
| #8886, aired 2023-06-05 | FIRST & LAST NAME'S THE SAME $1600: No. 2 in U.S. government to James Madison & No. 1 in U.S. funksmanship in Parliament (& Funkadelic) George Clinton |
| #8877, aired 2023-05-23 | A COUNTRY BY ANY OTHER NAME $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2022 it changed its official name, adding 2 dots over the "U" & changing the final "ey" to "iye" Turkey |
| #17, aired 2023-05-23 | YOU CAN'T GO THERE $400: This military installation in southern Nevada was originally selected in 1955 to test the U-2 spy plane, not UFOs Area 51 |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | CITIES & TOWNS $2000: These 2 sister cities in the U.S. & France are settings in "The Dick Van Dyke Show" & "Das Boot" New Rochelle, New York & La Rochelle, France |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | SIGNS & SYMBOLS $200: Originally the staff carried by Hermes, this rod entwined by 2 snakes is a symbol of physicians & the emblem of the U.S. Army Medical Corps a caduceus |
| #15, aired 2023-05-22 | FIVE FOR FIGHTING $1200: An 1880 love affair between Johnse & Roseanna of these 2 families was pumped up by U.S. papers as a tragic union of star-crossed lovers the Hatfields & the McCoys |
| #8873, aired 2023-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $400: In 1892 this party probably didn't raise a glass to getting 2.2% of the popular vote; 3 decades later, its cause was law the Prohibition Party |
| #8862, aired 2023-05-02 | THAT'S SO "EXTRA" $1600: Chad & Samoa are 2 countries with which the U.S. has no treaty for this process of returning wanted criminal suspects extradition |
| #8855, aired 2023-04-21 | A HARD BARGAIN $200: In 1867 the U.S. agreed to give the czar $7.2 million in gold; the cost to him? This territory Alaska |
| #8837, aired 2023-03-28 | GEOMETRICAL GEOGRAPHY $600: What's called this U.S. boundary was surveyed between 1763 & 1767 by 2 imported Englishmen the Mason-Dixon line |
| #8835, aired 2023-03-24 | U.S. COLLEGES $1200: About 2 miles apart in Northfield in this state are rival colleges Carleton & St. Olaf Minnesota |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN? $200: A U.S. representative's re-election bid every 2 years |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | EASY MONEY $100: Since the early 20th century, Abraham Lincoln has been on the front of these 2 pieces of U.S. currency, one a coin & one, paper the penny & the $5 bill |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | THE GOOD, OLD, U.S. OF A. $400: From c. 1640 & built using dovetailing, the USA's oldest of these 2-word symbols of hardy pioneer life is in western New Jersey a log cabin |
| #8759, aired 2022-12-08 | "U" IN HISTORY $800: This "Incident" resulted in the exchange of Rudolf Abel for Francis Gary Powers the U-2 Incident |
| #8748, aired 2022-11-23 | A 20th CENTURY FACTS PRODUCTION $400: In 1973 the U.N. denounced this South African social policy but its end via legislation took 2 more decades apartheid |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: The first 10 amendments are known as this; 12 were proposed, but 2 were rejected the Bill of Rights |
| #8715, aired 2022-10-07 | 2-LETTER SPELLING BEE $1600: Jewish "So? Come on!" N-U |
| #8714, aired 2022-10-06 | U.K. GEOGRAPHY $400: In Scotland, the 2 largest of these Gaelic-named bodies are Lomond & Ness loch |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | MEDICAL SPECIALTIES $600: In the U.S., many babies are delivered by this hyphenated type of doctor who trains in 2 fields OB-GYN |
| #8711, aired 2022-10-03 | A COMMON CATEGORY $1600: In pre-E.U. 1986, Portugal & Spain joined the European Economic Community, commonly known by this 2-word name the Common Market |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | ENTERTAIN "YOU" $400: In 1964 2 Beatles songs debuted in the U.S. Top 40 a week apart, "Please Please Me" & this song, yeah yeah yeah "She Loves You" |
| #8697, aired 2022-09-13 | GOING ON A POWER TRIP $1000: This dam with the most generation capacity of any U.S. power plant is about a 2-hour drive from Spokane Grand Coulee Dam |
| #8693, aired 2022-07-27 | THE SOUTHERN U.S. $800: North Carolina has 2 national seashores: Cape Lookout & this other cape Hatteras |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | D-DAY, THE 6th OF JUNE $2000: British & Canadian troops landed at areas code-named Gold, Juno & Sword Beaches; U.S. troops, at these 2 Omaha & Utah |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: The U.N. has made Gandhi's birthday, October 2, the International Day of this Gandhian philosophy Non-Violence |
| #8603, aired 2022-03-23 | TRIPLE THE DOUBLE LETTERS $1200: These 2 U.S. states border each other Mississippi & Tennessee |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | HODGEPODGE $800: This 2-letter abbreviation is alphabetically last among U.S. state postal codes WY |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | BRING YOUR "A" GAME $2000: Germany & Japan take on the U.S., U.K. & USSR in this strategy game named for the 2 opposing sides Axis & Allies |
| #8579, aired 2022-02-17 | BRITISH TERRITORIES & DEPENDENCIES $1200: With 2 territories on it, the U.K. joins Turkey & Greece as countries with influence on this Mediterranean island Cyprus |
| #8578, aired 2022-02-16 | NAVAL CONFLICT $1,200 (Daily Double): On August 2, 1964 North Vietnamese torpedo boats fired on the Maddox, a U.S. destroyer, in this body of water the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | AMERICAN FIVES $600: 5 British rulers have U.S. states named for them: 2 Charleses; 1 George; James II, former Duke of York; & this monarch Elizabeth I |
| #8568, aired 2022-02-02 | WELL, IT'S GROUNDHOG DAY $1000: Under this 2-word treaty with Mexico signed Feb. 2, 1848, the U.S. acquired land making up today's Southwest for $15 million Guadalupe Hidalgo |
| #8564, aired 2022-01-27 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1000: 2 1/2 hours south of Indianapolis is this town named for an ethnicity & for the salt deposits that deer & buffalo once enjoyed French Lick, Indiana |
| #8562, aired 2022-01-25 | TIME TO GET A "HEAD" $1000: This eastern U.S. native is typically less than 3 1/2 feet long a copperhead |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $200: In "U Can't Touch This", he rapped his thanks to the Lord "for blessing me with a mind to rhyme & 2 hyped feet" MC Hammer |
| #8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $1000: On July 2, 1979 the U.S. Mint elected to release a coin honoring this woman; nearly 758 million were made that year Susan B. Anthony |
| #8542, aired 2021-12-28 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $1600: Published in the U.S. in 1962, this William S. Burroughs "meal" was not easily digested by some Naked Lunch |
| #8532, aired 2021-12-14 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: These 2 counties that both end in "-folk" border Massachusetts Bay Suffolk & Norfolk |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | A MATTER OF TRUST $800: A post-WWII U.N. trust territory covered this "tiny" 2,000-island region, including the Marianas, Carolines & Marshalls Micronesia |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | LET'S GO SEE THE BAND! $1200: No way of telling if this recon craft seen here has found what it's looking for U-2 |
| #8489, aired 2021-10-14 | TWISTER! $800: The long, narrow strip of the central U.S. plain seen here is known by this 2-word name Tornado Alley |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | U.S. FRANCHISES $1600: At its 2,000+ locations, this "worldly" chain makes its gym users feel welcome with its "Judgement Free Zone" Planet Fitness |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $2000: She got her U.S. citizenship in 1957 & earned her B.A. with honors 2 years later Albright |
| #8436, aired 2021-07-05 | BORDERING THE USA $1000: Mexico's 2 largest cities on the U.S. border are Juarez & this one Tijuana |
| #8427, aired 2021-06-22 | YOU GIVE ME FEMA $400: FEMA & the U.S. Geological Survey are 2 of the 4 groups in the Natl. Hazards Reduction program for this type of disaster earthquake |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | A TALE OF 2 GEORGIAS $1200: In the U.S., Georgia borders Alabama; on its south, Georgia borders this country that also begins & ends with "A" Armenia |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | A TALE OF 2 GEORGIAS $2000: In the U.S., the Blue Ridge Mountains reach into northern Georgia; in Europe this "Great" range is to the north the Caucasus |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | U.K. TV $2000: Jack Davenport & Sarah Alexander were 2 of the 6 stars of this Britcom, a sort of U.K. version of "Friends" Coupling |
| #8411, aired 2021-05-31 | POSSESSIVE GEOGRAPHY $400: The story goes that Queens' College at this U.K. university has the apostrophe at the end, as it was founded by 2 monarchs Cambridge |
| #8400, aired 2021-05-14 | SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $1200: 1919's Schenck v. U.S. upheld the Espionage Act, saying speech could be restricted if it presented this 2-adjective "danger" clear & present |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD $400: These 2 letters are between M & F in a word from the French for the use of disguise in the military O & U |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | 2020 VISION $200: The first nest found in the U.S. of the 2-inch insects with this scary name was discovered in October murder hornets |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE $1000: The U.S. budgeted $2 million to buy New Orleans & a bit of Fla.; the "Talley" was $15 mil. when this French minister offered lots more (Charles-Maurice de) Talleyrand |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $200: It makes sense to NBA fans that the museum dedicated to the 45th infantry, "The Thunderbirds", is in this city Oklahoma City |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $400: The corporate headquarters of 3M are in Maplewood, a suburb of this Minnesota city St. Paul |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $600: In 1939 San Antonio broke ground on this promenade, now one of its biggest attractions the River Walk |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $800: The U.S. Air Force Academy is just north of this city at the edge of the Rocky Mountains Colorado Springs |
| #8370, aired 2021-04-02 | 2-WORD U.S. CITIES $1000: This Indiana city is named for the stronghold built in 1794 by the general who won the Battle of Fallen Timbers Fort Wayne |
| #8356, aired 2021-03-15 | HISTORIC PLACES $800: The Clarke House is this U.S. city's oldest, having survived the Great Fire, though it now stands 2 blocks from its original spot Chicago |
| #8354, aired 2021-03-11 | VETO $800: Russia, China & the U.S. regularly use their U.N. security council veto but these 2 other perm. members haven't used theirs since 1989 France & the U.K. |
| #8347, aired 2021-03-02 | U.S. MUSEUMS $800: The Museum of the American Revolution opened in 2017, 2 blocks away from Independence Hall in this city Philadelphia |
| #8320, aired 2021-01-22 | PLANE SPOKEN $800: This alphanumeric U.S. plane began flights over the USSR in July 1956 U-2 |
| #8313, aired 2021-01-13 | 2 MIDDLE NAMES $400: These 2 middle names belong to the U.S. president who flew nearly 60 WWII combat missions Herbert Walker |
| #8309, aired 2021-01-07 | JOCKS $200: Captain of the U.S. team in the last 2 Olympics, Aly Raisman has won 3 gold medals in this sport gymnastics |
| #8305, aired 2020-12-18 | MOVING $200: $2.00 a day was the price when this trailer rental company was founded at the tail end of World War II U-Haul |
| #8296, aired 2020-12-07 | "U" BEFORE "E" $1600: It's where 2 or more rivers flow together to become one a confluence |
| #8271, aired 2020-11-02 | SWEET TOME ALABAMA $800: Alabama U.S. Senator Jeremiah Clemens wrote the 1860 novel "The Rivals", about the feud between these 2 historic duelists Hamilton & Burr |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | THE DOCTOR WILL "C" YOU NOW $4,000 (Daily Double): Hermes' wand, this symbol of the U.S. Army Medical Corps, is a staff with 2 serpents coiled around it the caduceus |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | YES WE "CAN" $400: While number 2 in the U.S., it's the number one vegetable oil used in Canada & Japan canola |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE $200: Though the roads aren't connected to the contiguous U.S., this island, with PRI-1, -2 & -3, does have interstates Puerto Rico |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | IS IT BIGGER THAN A CHICKEN? $600: Yes, & as the largest ships in the U.S. Navy, each is powered by 2 nuclear reactors & can displace 100,000 tons an aircraft carrier |
| #8191, aired 2020-03-30 | GOLF $400: To capture the modern grand slam, a player must win the Masters, the PGA Championship & these 2 opens the U.S. Open & the British Open |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: A tributary of the Ohio, the Wabash River forms a 200-mile section of the boundary between these 2 states Illinois & Indiana |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | THE COLD WAR $800: In 1960 pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over the Soviet Union flying one of these spy planes a U-2 |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | GIVE US ONE LETTER $800: It begins 2 Mexican states but is the only letter not present in the names of the 50 U.S. states Q |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | WORLD TRANSPORTATION $1200: This U.S. interstate passes through 8 states on its 2,400+ mile journey from Santa Monica to Jacksonville I-10 |
| #8149, aired 2020-01-30 | THE WORLD OF THE 1800s $1000: In 1845 this 2-word phrase describing the inevitable expansion of U.S. territory was first used regarding Texas' annexation Manifest Destiny |
| #8140, aired 2020-01-17 | MONEY TALKS $200: 2 bits equals one of these U.S. coins a quarter |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | STATES' COMMON SURNAMES $2000: This 7-letter last name of 2 U.S. Presidents is particularly common in Minnesota, Nebraska, Wisconsin & both Dakotas Johnson |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | BORDER RIVERS $400: These 2 rivers form parts of the border between the U.S. & Mexico the Rio Grande & the Colorado |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | U.S. REPRESENTATIVES $800: Joaquin Castro & Louie Gohmert are both in the House from this state, & that's about as much as the 2 have in common Texas |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | THE SPORTING LIFE $800: Tiger & Phil went 0-6 as the European team beat the U.S. 17 1/2-10 1/2 to claim this trophy in 2018 the Ryder Cup |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | HOW HIGH $1000: The cruising altitude of this alphanumeric spy plane AKA "Dragon Lady": 70,000 feet U-2 |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | THE U.N. REPORTS $1000: "I.I"! A 2016 report found this financial issue had increased in 75% of the world's cities in the preceding 2 decades income inequality |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB $1,600 (Daily Double): The U.S. Army's Sikorsky UH-60 is called this; 2 of them were at the center of a notorious incident in Mogadishu in 1993 Black Hawks |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | CHIEFS OF STATE $400: Like the U.S., Italy chooses its president by this 2-word body, but Italy's is mostly members of parliament electoral college |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,600 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Arlington National Cemetery.) The 400,000 men & women buried at Arlington include 2 U.S. presidents, John F. Kennedy & this man, who was also chief justice Taft |
| #8018, aired 2019-06-19 | HODGEPODGE $800: Trending with about 2,000 across the U.S., it's a venue in which you must solve puzzles to get out of a locked space escape rooms |
| #8009, aired 2019-06-06 | U.S. RIVERS THAT FLOW NORTH $1600: The Niagara River travels north 36 miles between these 2 Great Lakes Lake Ontario and Lake Erie |
| #7997, aired 2019-05-21 | ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Adams National Historical Park.) The birthplace & former home of 2 U.S. presidents, Adams National Historical Park is in this Massachusetts town that shares a name with the younger of the two men Quincy |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | THE WESTERN U.S. $1000: A monument marks the spot where this "colorful" 2-word object was driven into the ground on May 10, 1869 in Utah the golden spike |
| #7941, aired 2019-03-04 | SPLIT 3 WAYS $1200: From 1836 to 1852 this U.S. city was split into 3 municipalities: 2 for Francophones & 1 for English speakers New Orleans |
| #7929, aired 2019-02-14 | SPACE SCIENCE HISTORY $400: It was the first nation to land a spacecraft on the Moon, the Luna 2 the U.S.S.R. |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Edgartown & Oak Bluffs are 2 of only a handful of towns on this island in New England Martha's Vineyard |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: Niagara Falls is made up of 2 falls, the American falls & these Canadian falls Horseshoe Falls |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | U.S. NATIONAL LABORATORIES $800: The HQ of 3 national labs, 2 of them named for Ernest Lawrence, are within 40 miles of each other in this state California |
| #7892, aired 2018-12-25 | MEANWHILE... $2,600 (Daily Double): Burton & Speke visited Lake Tanganyika in 1858, when these 2 were running for U.S. Senator & debated each other 7 times (Abraham) Lincoln and (Stephen) Douglas |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $200: (I'm Jim Gardner from 6ABC.) The Franklin Institute has the only intact Model B made by these 2 men; it was the first plane to carry air freight, live bombs & a U.S. president Orville and Wilbur Wright |
| #7881, aired 2018-12-10 | THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES $800: In the 1810s, many state banks went bankrupt when the U.S. bank forced them to exchange these 2 metals for banknotes gold and silver |
| #7879, aired 2018-12-06 | IF YOU'VE GOT THE TIME... $200: The first time it went into effect nationally in the U.S. was at 2:00 A.M. on April 24, 1966 Daylight Savings Time |
| #7874, aired 2018-11-29 | ELEMENTAL U.S. PLACES $3,500 (Daily Double): The ghost town of Manganese is in this state with the same 2-letter abbreviation as manganese Minnesota |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | THAT'S SOME GIFT! $3,000 (Daily Double): After President Nixon visited China in 1972, China gifted the U.S. with 2 giant these pandas |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | YOU'VE GOT CLASS $400: Extended phys ed class today, as you try to beat the 2:19:36 U.S. women's record set by Deena Kastor in this race...go! the marathon |
| #7851, aired 2018-10-29 | POP CULTURE ALPHABET $200: Prince went alphanumeric with his song title "Nothing Compares 2" this letter U |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | WORLD LAKES $1200: 2 islands in this Great Lake are Mackinac in the U.S. & Manitoulin in Canada Huron |
| #7832, aired 2018-10-02 | OCTOBER OBSERVANCES $400: In tribute to this man, the U.N. declared his birthday, October 2, International Day of Non-Violence (Mohandas) Gandhi |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | LETTER PERFECT $800: One of the 2 letters that appear as the mint mark on most U.S. coins struck for circulation today a D (or P) |
| #7820, aired 2018-09-14 | 1973: THE GROOVY & NOT-SO-GROOVY $3,000 (Daily Double): His death on Jan. 22, 2 days after Nixon's second inauguration, left no living ex-U.S. presidents LBJ |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $1000: In 2018 the U.S. east coast faced 50+ MPH winds, snow & temps. colder than Mars due to this 2-word type of "ordnance" storm bomb cyclone |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | POP SONG OVERLAPS $1200: "Sweet ____ Compares 2 U" nothing |
| #7796, aired 2018-07-02 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: On April 19, 1995 2 homegrown terrorists bombed the U.S. Federal Building in this city Oklahoma City |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | 2 "U" $200: Amount produced in a given time, or stuff that comes from a computer output |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | 2 "U" $400: To roll out, like a flag unfurl |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | 2 "U" $600: Colorful, rhyming 2-word term for a sickout by police officers a blue flu |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | 2 "U" $800: Lotsa pasta flour comes from this type of wheat durum |
| #7792, aired 2018-06-26 | 2 "U" $1000: A type of ancient soothsayer; add a "Y", you get an omen an augur |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | THE 27 LANDLOCKED U.S. STATES $1,800 (Daily Double): Word shared in the name of 2 of the 27 Dakota |
| #7786, aired 2018-06-18 | ECONOMICS $400: From 1990 to 2015 this annual figure for the U.S. averaged about 2.5%; for China, about 10% GDP growth |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $400: Now serving life, Aldrich Ames got $2.7 million to reveal the ID of every U.S. agent operating in this country Russia |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | SPY STUFF $1600: On Feb. 10, 1962 convicted Soviet spy Rudolf Abel was exchanged for Frederic Pryor & this captured U-2 pilot Gary Powers |
| #7769, aired 2018-05-24 | IN SO MANY WORDS $1600: 2 words:
Beneath the Lincoln memorial on the back of a U.S. currency note five dollars |
| #7768, aired 2018-05-23 | BAND MATH $400: Ali Campbell's "UB" minus Adam Clayton's "U" 38 |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | PLANET EARTH $1600: 2-word name for the U.S. region where a high frequency of its namesake vortexes can appear every year Tornado Alley |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | SHOW RUNNERS $800: Produced by these 2 actors, the reality show "The Runner" follows contestants across the U.S., not just Boston Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
| #7727, aired 2018-03-27 | BUYING ALASKA $200: Of $7 million, $70 million or $700 million, the approximate amount the U.S. paid Russia for Alaska $7 million |
| #7714, aired 2018-03-08 | 1918 $1000: In March the first U.S. case of this flu strain was recorded; it would claim as many as 25 million worldwide in just 2 years the Spanish flu |
| #7691, aired 2018-02-05 | HISTORY NEAR & FAR $1600: By act of Congress on June 2, 1924, all members of this group were declared U.S. citizens Native Americans |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | LETHAL WEAPON $200: In 1978 the U.S. military stopped using this, which can produce a 2,000-degree wall of fire a flamethrower |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | A MIGHTY LONG-NAMED RIVER $400: Not counting any tributaries, this U.S. river with a name that's fun to spell runs for 2,340 miles Mississippi |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | U.S.A. $400: It's the 2-word name of Vermont's state tree, valued for its wood & sap sugar maple |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | THE CIA $600: (Alex gives the clue from the CIA.) In the 1950s and '60s, brave pilots wore body-fitting pressure suits like this one, often flying at higher than 70,000 feet in this alphanumeric reconnaissance aircraft that is still very much in use today U-2 |
| #7618, aired 2017-10-25 | RADIO $800: This 2-letter dial in the U.S. was dubbed VHF in Europe FM |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | GOVERNMENT FOLKS WITH 2 FIRST NAMES? $600: Following 14 years as governor of Texas, in 2017 he became U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry |
| #7589, aired 2017-09-14 | U.S. BUILDINGS $400: Cue the choir! In 2007 this Salt Lake City building reopened after a 2-year renovation the Mormon Tabernacle |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | A WOMEN'S CATEGORY $2000: Gilda Radner was among the victims of this cancer that still kills 2/3 of U.S. women who get it ovarian cancer |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY $1200: From 1940 to 1944 this rate in the U.S. went down from 14.6 to 1.2% the unemployment rate |
| #7539, aired 2017-05-25 | U.S. SENATORS $3,000 (Daily Double): 3 states have 2 female senators: California, Washington & this one with Jeanne Shaheen & Maggie Hassan New Hampshire |
| #7527, aired 2017-05-09 | INCLUDED & EXCLUDED $800: The public may play several courses where this June event has been held, like Bethpage Black & Pinehurst No. 2 the U.S. Open in golf |
| #7522, aired 2017-05-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Sometimes called the "Panhandle State", it has 2 panhandles, with Wheeling in one & Martinsburg in the other West Virginia |
| #7513, aired 2017-04-19 | 1930s AMERICA $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1933 Albert Einstein renounced his German citizenship & relocated to 2 Library Place in this U.S. city Princeton |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | THEY COME IN FOURS $600: They're the 2 other tournaments along with Wimbledon & the U.S. Open that make up the Grand Slam of tennis the French Open & the Australian Open |
| #7485, aired 2017-03-10 | 2 TICKETS TO PARAGUAY $1000: A national department is named for this 19th U.S. president, who helped settle a boundary dispute in Paraguay's favor Rutherford B. Hayes |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | OLYMPIANS $1000: The triumphant 2016 U.S. women's gymnastics team had 2 holdovers from 2012: Gabby Douglas & this captain Aly Raisman |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $400: During pregnancy, this organ expands to over 20 times its normal size the uterus |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $800: It can describe a juicy steak or a juicy cactus succulent |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $1200: Crowfoot is a less appealing name for this familiar yellow flower buttercup |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $1600: In "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", it's Captain Nemo's submarine the Nautilus |
| #7456, aired 2017-01-30 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $2000: More than 9 million people, mostly in South Africa, speak this Bantu language Zulu |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | BEEN THERE, DONE THAT $1000: Hiked on this 2,190 mile eastern U.S. national scenic trail marked by rectangles of white paint called "blazes" the Appalachian Trail |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | MINING FOR "ORE" $800: U.S. Navy rank abolished in 1899 commodore |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | U.S. CITY SEALS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1874 Philadelphia added the phrase "Philadelphia maneto", which means "let" this 2-word phrase "continue" brotherly love |
| #7394, aired 2016-11-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: This Nebraska Democrat lost an 1894 bid for the U.S. Senate but was nominated for president 2 years later William Jennings Bryan |
| #7387, aired 2016-10-25 | WHATSAMATTA "U"? $800: Relax, it's just dyspepsia--this common 2-word ailment of the abdomen upset stomach |
| #7382, aired 2016-10-18 | U.S. HISTORY $400: 2 weeks after 9/11, a CIA team entered this country to prep our invasion Afghanistan |
| #7360, aired 2016-09-16 | MY NAME IS PRINCE $600: This Irish lass' No. 1 hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" was written by Prince Sinead O'Connor |
| #7355, aired 2016-07-29 | U.S. CODE TALKING $600: Title 2, Sec. 4901: "A person shall not serve as" one of these "of the Senate before he has attained the age of 16 years" a page |
| #7339, aired 2016-07-07 | JETS $2000: A July 4, 1956 flight by this new alphanumeric plane put the Soviet Union's military buildup on camera a U-2 |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | DAVID BOWIE $2000: David Bowie's first U.S. No. 1 album, it was released on his birthday in 2016, just 2 days before his death Blackstar |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | BRITISH HISTORY $1200: In 1840 the U.K. post office issued the world's first postage stamps, the 2 Penny Blue & the Penny this the Penny Black |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | U.S. AIRPORT CODES $800: The codes for the 2 airports in Queens, NYC are LGA & this JFK |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | U.S. AIRPORT CODES $1200: Thurgood Marshall Airport has the code BWI, for these 2 cities "International" Baltimore & Washington |
| #7295, aired 2016-05-06 | WE APPRECIATE "U"! $600: With only 2 movements, Schubert's "Symphony in B Minor" is dubbed this "Unfinished" |
| #7289, aired 2016-04-28 | NASA SAYS $400: 1 of 2 countries described as "principals" in the International Space Station with the U.S., Russia & Europe Canada (or Japan) |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | "Q" NOT FOLLOWED BY U $400: This airline's fleet in 1921 consisted of 2 biplanes based out of Queensland Qantas |
| #7285, aired 2016-04-22 | "Q" NOT FOLLOWED BY U $1200: The only 2-letter Scrabble word with a "Q", it's said to be the most frequently played word in tournaments qi |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS $800: The U.S. "Centennial flag" had the stars arranged in the form of these 2 years 1776 & 1876 |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | THE HILL, HULL & HALL OF FAME $2000: Secretary of State Cordell Hull helped improve U.S. relations with Latin America using this 2-word "Policy" the Good Neighbor Policy |
| #7264, aired 2016-03-24 | SPORTS SHORTS 2015 $800: July 5:
This team 5,
Japan 2 the U.S. women's national soccer team |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $800: (Hi, I'm Zachary Quinto.) I studied drama at this Pittsburgh university named for 2 businessmen, the first U.S. college to grant degrees in drama Carnegie Mellon |
| #7242, aired 2016-02-23 | THE 1970s $1000: These 2 agreements signed by the U.S. & the USSR in 1972 & 1979 sought to curtail missiles armed with nuclear warheads the SALT agreements |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | AS EASY AS 1, 2, 4 $1200: Numeric name for the Southwest U.S. point very close to 37 degrees north & 109 degrees west Four Corners |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | ALWAYS READY: THE U.S. COAST GUARD $400: Her last radio communication was July 2, 1937 with the cutter Itasca, which immediately sped off to search for her Amelia Earhart |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | CREATION STORIES $200: The original natives of this U.S. state have the Kumulipo, a 2,000-line poem of the creation Hawaii |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW $1200: The U.S. Olympic basketball "Dream Team",
1992
(one of the 2 co-captains) Magic Johnson (or Larry Bird) |
| #7197, aired 2015-12-22 | DOUBLE UP ON YOUR COUNTRIES $2000: Many countries are made up of archipelagos, but these 2 U.N. members have "Islands" in their names the Solomon Islands & Marshall Islands |
| #7193, aired 2015-12-16 | RECENT CINEMA $800: This film opens with its 2 heroes, Napoleon Solo & Illya Kuryakin, on opposite sides in the Cold War The Man from U.N.C.L.E. |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | A FETA COMPLI $200: In 2005 the E.U. granted this country protected designation of origin status for its feta; see? those 2 can get along! Greece |
| #7158, aired 2015-10-28 | THE U.S. MARINE CORPS $1600: Marine recruits receive basic training in one of 2 places: Parris Island, S.C. or this Southern California city San Diego |
| #7148, aired 2015-10-14 | 2-LETTER WORDS THAT BEGIN WITH "A" $800: French term meaning "with the" au |
| #7138, aired 2015-09-30 | 2 LETTERS MISSING $1600: ER__ITE:
A scholarly response is best U & D (in erudite) |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $400: On Aug. 2, 1939 this scientist wrote to the U.S. president to recommend that atom bombs be made, to his later regret Einstein |
| #7099, aired 2015-06-25 | THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION $2000: These 2 ethnic groups that both begin with "U" were the next-largest ethnic groups in the Soviet Union after Russians Uzbeks & Ukrainians |
| #7092, aired 2015-06-16 | A LITTLE DAD'LL DO YA $600: A dialect survey of the U.S. found that a sweetened carbonated drink is "soda" to about 1/2 of us, this word to about 1/4 pop |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | ASIAN HISTORY $600: A 2014 report says despite U.S. efforts, cultivation of this in Afghanistan is at an all-time high of 1/2 million acres poppy (or opium) |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | ARCHITECTURE $800: The domed U.S. Capitol consists of 2 wings branching off this circular central part the rotunda |
| #7055, aired 2015-04-24 | USS INTREPID $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USS Intrepid in New York.) In the biggest naval engagement in history, in October 1944, the USS Intrepid played a key role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japan's desperate attempt to stop the U.S. invasion of this island nation it had conquered 2 years earlier the Philippines |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | JOHN QUINCY ADAMS $1200: This cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, delivered to Congress Dec. 2, 1823, was largely the work of John Quincy Adams the Monroe Doctrine |
| #7024, aired 2015-03-12 | BRITISH AUTHORS $200: After marrying an American, he moved to the U.S., where he wrote the 2 "Jungle Books" (Rudyard) Kipling |
| #7012, aired 2015-02-24 | SPIKE $400: From an average of about 2.3 million in the 1930s, births in the U.S. spiked to almost 3.5 million in this 1st baby boom year 1946 |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | U.S. MILITARY BRANCH BY RANK $800: The 2 with the rank of corporal the Army & the Marines |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | U.S. MILITARY BRANCH BY RANK $1600: The 2 that have ensign the Navy & the Coast Guard |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $3,200 (Daily Double): This beautiful lake in the Cascade Mountains is nearly 2,000 feet deep Crater Lake |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows three U.S. maps on the monitor.) On maps from 1920, 1976 & 2012 representing this 2-word system laid out in the Constitution, you can see the nation's political landscape change the Electoral College |
| #6975, aired 2015-01-02 | PLACES THAT END IN "IA" $600: One of the 2 U.S. state capitals that fit the category Olympia (or Columbia) |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | THE LADIES WHO LAUNCH $1200: Kathryn Sullivan was the first U.S. woman to do this in space, for 3 1/2 hours in 1984 walk |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | POINTS! $1000: Every 2 years U.S. & European teams vie for the Ryder Cup in this sport; 14 1/2 points wins it for the challenger golf |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $400: For part-time law programs, think D.C.; George Washington U. was No. 2 & this university topped the list Georgetown |
| #6964, aired 2014-12-18 | U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT BEST OF 2014 $600: On 2014's hospital "Honor Roll", the Mayo Clinic was No. 3, Mass. General No. 2 & this Baltimore facility the leader Johns Hopkins |
| #6956, aired 2014-12-08 | POST OFFICE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the U.S. Post Office in Chicago, IL.) In 1885, it cost 2 cents to mail a letter; today, it's 49 cents--a 2,350% increase, but still a bargain, & any future increases will be indexed to this economic factor inflation |
| #6952, aired 2014-12-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: If the president vetoes a bill, it can still become law if passed by at least this fraction of each house of Congress 2/3 |
| #6947, aired 2014-11-25 | THE REIGN OF TERROR $1200: Just like in the U.S. in the 1970s, a decree, called the Maximum, was passed to fix these 2 things to control inflation wages & prices |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | ADJECTIVES $1000: It describes a legislature such as our own or the U.K.'s, made up of 2 houses bicameral |
| #6909, aired 2014-10-02 | 2-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: They're "nuts" in China--
& in the U.S.,
where we grow the Brewster variety lychees |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $600: Created under the Second Flag Act, the 1814 flag had this many stars, 2 more than the first U.S. flag 15 |
| #6885, aired 2014-07-18 | EXPLORERS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from Antarctica.) The U.S. maintains 3 year-round research stations in Antarctica--Palmer, McMurdo, & 1 named for these 2 men, whose race to the pole made them legends Amundsen & Scott |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | ALPHANUMERICS $1000: This military plane that made unwanted headlines in 1960 is still in use, though a phaseout is coming in 2015 U-2 |
| #6875, aired 2014-07-04 | NEWBIES $600: James Franklin is this U.'s new head football coach, following 2 years of Bill O'Brien & 46 years of another guy Penn State |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | THAT'S SPOOKY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In 2013, a declassified CIA document showed a map with the name of this land parcel in the Mojave desert for the first time publicly; it was once used to test the U-2 spy plane (& who knows what else) Area 51 |
| #6863, aired 2014-06-18 | WELCOME TO THE U.N. $400: 1991:
These 2 Asian rivals, still not reunited North & South Korea |
| #6844, aired 2014-05-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1200: On Oct. 3, 1993 rebels shot down 2 Blackhawk helicopters in this country; 18 U.S. soldiers were killed Somalia |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | "AT" FIRST $1200: Montana's U.S. representative is officially this 2-word phrase, in this case not meaning "on the loose" at large |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | LAKES & RIVERS $2000: The 2 longest rivers in the U.K. are the Thames & this 220-mile river that flows through England & Wales Severn (River) |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | FORMER U.N. MEMBERS $2000: This country at the southern tip of the Arabian peninsula was once 2 member nations, North & South Yemen |
| #6807, aired 2014-04-01 | I STAND BEFORE THE COUNTRY $800: Before "Islands"--1 of the 2 U.N. members Marshall (or Solomon) |
| #6799, aired 2014-03-20 | LABOR UNIONS $2000: The N.E.A. is the USA's largest labor union; No. 2 is the S.E.I.U., short for this "International Union" Service Employees |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN "THREE"S $600: 50% of the core melted down in Unit 2 of this U.S. facility Three Mile Island |
| #6790, aired 2014-03-07 | THE NEW YORK TIMES: THE 1990s $800: (The New York Times reporter James Risen gives the clue.) In 1998 I reported on the deadly al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in these 2 neighboring African countries, a prelude to the worse attacks to follow Kenya & Tanzania |
| #6785, aired 2014-02-28 | SAME VOWEL WORDS $400: 2 U's:
A mentor or teacher; Mike Myers played "The Love" one a guru |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | "U.S.", EH $800: 2-word term for the uncontrolled spreading out of metropolitan communities into surrounding areas urban sprawl |
| #6772, aired 2014-02-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1200: Although "Montana" is Spanish for "mountain", 2/3 of the state is on the "Great" these the Great Plains |
| #6766, aired 2014-02-03 | PERSONAL SPACE INVADERS $400: In the U.S. Army's definition, unsolicited back or neck rubs are examples of this 2-word offense sexual harassment |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | CROSSWORD CLUES "1" $2000: Standard WWII U.S. Army rifle
(2 squares) M1 |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | BOXING DAY $2000: Last name of the 2 brothers who both won gold medals for the U.S. at the 1976 Olympics Spinks |
| #6732, aired 2013-12-17 | THE CONFEDERACY $200: The president's term was this, 1 1/2 times that of the U.S. President; then he was to be termed out, but that didn't come up 6 years |
| #6724, aired 2013-12-05 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1200: The almost 93 1/2 years between his birth in Nebraska in 1913 & his death in Calif. in 2006 is the longest life of any president Gerald Ford |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | STATE SHAPES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. Central Atlantic states on the monitor.) These 2 men are famous for surveying Maryland's northern border, which became a symbolic dividing line, but they also laid out the state's eastern border with Delaware Mason & Dixon |
| #6695, aired 2013-10-25 | 1960s NEWSMAKERS $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1961 this 2-time Democratic presidential nominee was appointed U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson |
| #6686, aired 2013-10-14 | THE U.S. OWES $800: 19th century decade that saw the U.S. debt grow from $65 million to $2.7 billion the 1860s |
| #6677, aired 2013-10-01 | MAPPING THE NFL $200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. with two cities marked.) Situated more than 2,700 miles apart, they're the northernmost & southernmost NFL teams the Seahawks & the Dolphins |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | MILITARY ACADEMIES & COLLEGES $2000: Along with the service academies, there are 6 senior military colleges; one is this Texas U. with a 2,200-strong corps of cadets Texas A&M |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | WHAT'S IT 2 U? $400: Inflexible due to overdeveloped biceps & lats musclebound |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | WHAT'S IT 2 U? $800: An Nguni people of South Africa the Zulu |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | WHAT'S IT 2 U? $1200: An effort to attain, or a quest, perhaps "of happiness" pursuit |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | WHAT'S IT 2 U? $1600: Term for one who lends money & charges exorbitant interest a usurer |
| #6668, aired 2013-09-18 | WHAT'S IT 2 U? $2000: At about 480 degrees, this element that's big in gunpowder spontaneously ignites in air sulfur |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | INTERESTED IN A JOB, KID? $400: Let's get you this govt. job... Wait! You're not 35 & you haven't lived in the U.S. at least 14 years, 2 of the 3 requirements president |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | COINS OF OUR REALM $400: An 1864 2-cent piece was the first U.S. coin with this 4-word motto "In God We Trust" |
| #6646, aired 2013-07-08 | RANDOM HOUSE DEFINES IT AS... $1000: (2 words) "a deep...color" or "woolen cloth of this color, used esp. for U.S. Army uniforms" olive drab |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | WASHINGTON MATH $1000: States outside the contiguous U.S.
minus people on the dais behind the president at the State of the Union zero (2 minus 2) |
| #6630, aired 2013-06-14 | "U" KNOW IT $800: Omnipresent--it has not one, not 2 but 3 U's! ubiquitous |
| #6617, aired 2013-05-28 | YOU PAID FOR THIS AD $400: The 2 words that conclude the U.S. Department of Transportation slogan "Friends don't let friends..." drive drunk |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | SAME VOWEL WORDS $200: (2 U's) The pivot around which a lever moves the fulcrum |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $1600: In 2013 these 2 airlines with homegrown names announced they would merge American & U.S. |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | LET'S GOLF! $800: Every 2 years, teams from the U.S. & Europe compete to win this cup; 14 1/2 points will take it Ryder Cup |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | ALL-TIME 100 SONGS $1200: "This haunting... hit from Sinead O'Connor's 1990 album... is a case of right song, right singer, right time" "Nothing Compares 2 U" |
| #6580, aired 2013-04-05 | HOW COLLEGES GOT THEIR NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): This Pittsburgh U. was formed by the merger of 2 schools, 1 founded by a philanthropist & the other by 2 banker brothers Carnegie Mellon University |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Article II, section 2 gives the president this military title Commander in Chief |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $800: Each house of the legislature may expel a member by this fractional vote 2/3 |
| #6576, aired 2013-04-01 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: The 13th Amendment abolished slavery; it & the next 2 are the amendments named for this roughly 12-year period Reconstruction |
| #6555, aired 2013-03-01 | THE E.U. COUNTRY THAT... $400: Is described by World Book as "a small country where western civilization started about 2,500 years ago" Greece |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | U HAVE 2 SIGN MY YEARBOOK $200: Unless I get amnesia, U R 2 cool 2b this forgotten |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | U HAVE 2 SIGN MY YEARBOOK $400: I'll c U next year, but TTFN, short for this ta-ta for now |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | U HAVE 2 SIGN MY YEARBOOK $600: Have a gr8 one of these, found before "squash" & after "(500) Days of" summer |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | U HAVE 2 SIGN MY YEARBOOK $800: Call me N E time--here are my these, also meaning "fingers" digits |
| #6536, aired 2013-02-04 | U HAVE 2 SIGN MY YEARBOOK $1000: Unlike aspartame when U heat it, "stay" this way sweet |
| #6535, aired 2013-02-01 | WORLD RIVERS $800: 2 of this U.K. country's major rivers are the Tay & the Clyde Scotland |
| #6531, aired 2013-01-28 | SENDING THINGS $400: Meaning "precedence", it's a 2- to 3-day package service from the U.S. postal service Priority |
| #6523, aired 2013-01-16 | A LOTTA MOTTO $1000: "They also serve who only" do these 2 things was the motto of the Royal Observer Corps, which scanned U.K. skies in WWII stand & wait |
| #6517, aired 2013-01-08 | WARDROBE $400: Though introduced in 1946, this 2-piece bathing suit didn't become popular in the U.S. until the 1960s the bikini |
| #6515, aired 2013-01-04 | AFRICAN CITIES $800: Wooden 2-story verandas in this Liberian capital are an architectural link to the U.S. south Monrovia |
| #6505, aired 2012-12-21 | THE WAR ON CHRISTMAS $800: December 25, 1776:
2,400 U.S. troops cross this river for a surprise attack the Delaware |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | EARLY U.S. CAPITALS $600: Before it became capital of New Jersey, it was the U.S. capital for 2 months; Congress met at the French Arms Tavern Trenton |
| #6498, aired 2012-12-12 | EARLY U.S. CAPITALS $1000: 1 of 2 Pennsylvania cities other than Philadelphia in which the Second Continental Congress met York & Lancaster |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. $1,500 (Daily Double): This man got the assignment in 1971; he'd get to appoint 2 other men to the job himself George H.W. Bush |
| #6488, aired 2012-11-28 | THE ERA OF ERAS $1200: The Boston Columbian Centinel coined this term for the mood of the U.S., widely used to describe Monroe's 2 terms the Era of Good Feelings |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | U.S. MEMORIALS $400: Memorials at Arlington National Cemetery remember the crews of these 2 Space Shuttles the Challenger & the Columbia |
| #6487, aired 2012-11-27 | U.S. MEMORIALS $1200: 2 of the largest manmade waterfalls in the U.S. flow into the reflecting pools at this memorial that opened in 2011 the 9/11 Memorial |
| #6476, aired 2012-11-12 | "MON" DAY $800: U.S. investors have over $2.7 trillion in these safe but not sexy funds money market funds |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | BUSINESS IS GOOD $200: In 2012 this 2-named energy company reported a quarterly profit of nearly $16 bil., the highest ever for a U.S. corp. Exxon Mobil |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | GEORGIAS ON MY MIND $1600: Possession of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic is disputed by these 2 nations Argentina & the U.K. |
| #6466, aired 2012-10-29 | 2-LETTER RESPONSES $600: Red Cross data on U.S. blood types say 53% of Hispanics are O positive & 0.2% are this negative AB |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $200: This skirt worn by ballerinas is frequently made of tulle a tutu |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $400: Here's something to chew on--they're the classic candies seen here Jujubes |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $600: The name of this reddish-brown color actually comes from the Latin word for "white" auburn |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $800: This pesky invasive plant has been called the vine that ate the South kudzu |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | HERE'S 2 "U"! $1000: It's a riddle involving a play on words, like "What's black & white & read all over?" a conundrum |
| #6439, aired 2012-09-20 | THE WORLD ALMANAC NO. 1 $600: $18 billion in annual sales makes these 2 countries that border each other the world's leaders in wheat Canada & the U.S. |
| #6433, aired 2012-08-01 | "J" WALKING $1000: The U.S. military calls this 2-word exercise using the arms & legs a "side-straddle hop" a jumping jack |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | IT'S AN OLYMPIC YEAR! $2000: The U-2 incident; incidentally, U2's Bono is born 1960 |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | LETTER-HEADS $200: Back when the company was launched in 1945, you could rent one of these do-it-yourself movers for $2 per day U-Haul |
| #6402, aired 2012-06-19 | AMERICAN YEARBOOK $500 (Daily Double): In 1867 it cost the U.S. about 2 cents an acre to buy this Alaska |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | U.S.A. TOUR $200: Here's a twist--at the end of the Snyder's of Hanover tour, you get 2 free bags of these pretzels |
| #6380, aired 2012-05-18 | 21st CENTURY LINGO $1000: In March 2009 Pres. Obama told "60 Minutes" that the U.S. needed one of these 2-word plans for leaving Afghanistan an exit strategy |
| #6351, aired 2012-04-09 | THE "BRITISH" ARE COMING $400: 2-word term for the rapid U.S. popularity of bands like the Rolling Stones in the 1960s the British Invasion |
| #6320, aired 2012-02-24 | WHAT 2 Q SO LONG? $400: This southwestern U.S. city was founded in 1706 by Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes Albuquerque |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | "MAJOR" CONCERNS $800: In the U.S. Army this commissioned officer wears 2 stars a major general |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | HAVE YOU HEARD THE "NEWS"? $800: Known for its college rankings, it was created by the 1948 merger of 2 magazines U.S. News & World Report |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | MELTING POTPOURRI $800: In 1979 equipment & human failures led to a partial meltdown of the No. 2 reactor at this U.S. site Three Mile Island |
| #6235, aired 2011-10-28 | "SH"! $1200: 2 to 4 feet long, the spiny dogfish is probably the most abundant species of this fish on the U.S. Atlantic Coast shark |
| #6212, aired 2011-09-27 | DRESS CASUAL $1200: Before bringing "Survivor" to the U.S., Mark Burnett bought these for $2 & sold them for $18 on Venice Beach t-shirts |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | IT'S A DOGFIGHT $800: In 1950 a U.S. F-80 shot down a Soviet-made MiG-15 in the first dogfight between 2 aircraft propelled by this engine type a jet |
| #6205, aired 2011-07-29 | ENDS WITH "U" $1000: Found before "of" it's a 2-word term meaning instead, including the French for "place" in lieu |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $1600: The 2 most populous Penn. counties are Philadelphia & this one that shares its name with a Pittsburgh river the Allegheny |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | U.S. COUNTIES $2000: New Mexico's last created county, it doesn't have "7 cities", just 2, the county seat of Grants & the village of Milan Cibola |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | CHANCE $800: Theoretically, a U.S. casino's ability to make money on roulette relies on the presence of these 2 green figures 0 & 00 |
| #6159, aired 2011-05-26 | U.N. OBSERVANCES $200: December 2 is International Day for the Abolition of this, which didn't disappear in 1865 Slavery |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | DETENTE-TION $400: The period known as Detente deals primarily with a 2-decade long era between the U.S. & this country the USSR (Soviet Union) |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | BONE UP FOR THE TEST $800: "U" know it's the inner of 2 bones in the forearm when viewed with the palm facing forward the ulna |
| #6143, aired 2011-05-04 | SISTER CITIES $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew stands in front of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia.) In less than 13 1/2 hours, Qantas flies direct from Sydney, the home of the Harbour Bridge, to this U.S. sister city that also has a famous bridge San Francisco |
| #6122, aired 2011-04-05 | WHO SANG IT? $200: "U Can't Touch This" &
"2 Legit 2 Quit" MC Hammer |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | OR THE HIGHWAY $400: U.S. Highway 20 from Boston to the West Coast has this distinction; it used to be No. 2 the longest road in the U.S. |
| #6109, aired 2011-03-17 | OR THE HIGHWAY $1200: 2,400-mile U.S. Highway 1 runs from Fort Kent in this state all the way down to Florida Maine |
| #6094, aired 2011-02-24 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1800 these 2 men tied for electoral votes & the House had to decide the outcome Jefferson & Aaron Burr |
| #6085, aired 2011-02-11 | WHAT'S THE NAME OF YOUR UNION? $1200: Approximately 2 million K-12 public school teachers in the U.S. the National Education Association (NEA) |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | IOWA $400: Iowa's east & west borders are formed by water, primarily these 2 rivers the Mississippi & the Missouri |
| #6083, aired 2011-02-09 | "HAWK" EYES $800: Elite U.S. soldiers get trapped attempting to capture 2 lieutenants of a Somali warlord in this film Black Hawk Down |
| #6060, aired 2011-01-07 | BORN TO RUN $2000: Members of this family dynasty have included 2 Phoenix mayors, a Secretary of the Interior & 3 U.S. senators the Udalls |
| #6056, aired 2011-01-03 | 21st CENTURY ATHLETES $400: Seen here, this Belgian tennis star has won 2 straight U.S. Opens--after a 2-year retirement (Kim) Clijsters |
| #6052, aired 2010-12-28 | SUPER COOPER $800: In 1965 this one of the original 7 U.S. astronauts became the first person to make 2 orbital flights Gordon Cooper |
| #6044, aired 2010-12-16 | SOCCER TO US! $400: In 1987, at age 15, she joined the U.S. women's team & later won the World Cup & 2 Olympic gold medals Mia Hamm |
| #6041, aired 2010-12-13 | 1901-1910 $400: On July 2, 1903 the U.S. signed a treaty with Cuba to lease this 45-square-mile section of land Guantanamo |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | PRE-1929 U.S. PAPER CURRENCY $600: In 1896 a $2 "Educational" Series Silver Certificate was issued featuring this steamboat designer Fulton |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS IN THE U.S. $400: John would be proud of this "southern" denomination, no. 2 at 16 million the Baptist religion |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | THE FLOP $800: 2006's "Zyzzyx Road" cost $2 million, earned $30 (yes, $30) in the U.S. & starred her, Izzie on "Grey's Anatomy" Katherine Heigl |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: (Former President Bill Clinton presents the clue.) My work with the first President Bush helps groups that create & carry out their own projects; a 2005 effort focused on the U.S. Gulf Coast in the wake of these 2 hurricanes Katrina & Rita |
| #6021, aired 2010-11-15 | STATE FACTS $200: This state boasts 2 of the oldest universities in the U.S.: Princeton & Rutgers New Jersey |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | JUST THE FACTS ON FILE, PLEASE $2,000 (Daily Double): April 27, 2010: After 2 decades in U.S. prisons, this Central American ex-leader arrives in France to face charges Manuel Noriega |
| #5978, aired 2010-09-15 | ATOLLS $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the screen.) In the 1930s, transoceanic air routes starting from Midway Island used tiny Wake Atoll as a perfect fuel base to complete the 2,800-mile trip to this U.S. island territory Guam |
| #5974, aired 2010-07-29 | x 2 $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the number of stars & stripes on the U.S. flag x 2 126 |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $400: This grandfather clock part moves to & fro by the action of gravity & acquired momentum pendulum |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $800: In German, the plural of "mother" gets this diacritical mark umlaut |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $1200: This language of the Incas is still spoken in Peru & Ecuador Quechua |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $1600: To build up or gather, like snow accumulate |
| #5972, aired 2010-07-27 | HERE'S 2 "U" $4,000 (Daily Double): The name of this branch of math comes from the Latin for "small stone" calculus |
| #5932, aired 2010-06-01 | THE IMMUNE SYSTEM $200: Natural killer cells target other cells that pose a danger, as in this, the No. 2 cause of death in the U.S. cancer |
| #5924, aired 2010-05-20 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $2000: Running from New Mexico's northern border to its southern border, this river splits the state in 2 the Rio Grande |
| #5919, aired 2010-05-13 | SYMBOLISM $2000: The symbol here could stand for the U.S. as alchemists used it to mean a crucible, also called this 2-word term melting pot |
| #5903, aired 2010-04-21 | BUSY AS A BEAVER $400: One of the 2 U.S. states with the beaver as the state animal: one's on the west coast & one's on the east Oregon (or New York) |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | REMEMBER APRIL $600: On April 2, 1792 passage of the Coinage Act established this government agency the U.S. Mint |
| #5890, aired 2010-04-02 | GET THEE TO A RUNNER-Y $4,000 (Daily Double): At his death, this Oregon runner & movie bio subject held every U.S. record from 2,000 to 10,000 meters & 2 to 6 miles Steve Prefontaine |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | UNMANNED SPACE EXPLORATION $2000: In 1976, within 3 months, 2 U.S. spacecraft by this name soft-landed on the surface of Mars Viking |
| #5871, aired 2010-03-08 | FOOD AKA $600: 1 of the 2 U.S. cities that are aliases for strip steak New York (or Kansas City) |
| #5867, aired 2010-03-02 | MESSAGE IN A BATTLE $1000: On "Black Thursday" 1943, the U.S. lost 60 of these bombers on a single raid; message: Need escort fighters! B-17 |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | MEET YOUR NEW GODFATHER! $200: I'll make you an offer you can't refuse: name one of the 2 U.S. senators from Connecticut & I'll give you $200 (Christopher) Dodd (or Joseph Lieberman) |
| #5846, aired 2010-02-01 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: In 1848 the U.S. got 1/2 million square miles from Mexico, including land north of the Gila River & this Intl. border river the Rio Grande |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | THE U.S. SENATE $400: Generally the Senate starts the day with 10-minute speeches by these 2 people or those they designate the majority leader & minority leader |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | U.S. TERRITORIES & AREAS $200: 2-square-mile Navassa Island is located in this sea, about 100 miles south of Guantanamo Naval Base the Caribbean Sea |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | U.S. TERRITORIES & AREAS $600: Pago Pago is the capital of this "American" territory, a group of 5 islands & 2 atolls Samoa |
| #5824, aired 2009-12-31 | SCIENTISTS $1200: Born in Germany in 1912, he co-developed the V-2 rocket against the Allies but became a U.S. citizen in 1955 Wernher von Braun |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: This U.S. retail chain has about 2.1 million employees, about the same as the population of Namibia Walmart |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | 2001 $200: September 8: she defeats her younger sister 6-2, 6-4 to repeat as women's champion at the U.S. Open Venus Williams |
| #5804, aired 2009-12-03 | ALSO A U.S. STATE $4,000 (Daily Double): 2-word beseeching request for Ms. Fanning to continue in the direction of Antarctica South Dakota |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | DOUBLE "E" WORDS $800: In the 1990s the U.S. Army began adding about 2,000 pounds of armor to this, its most commonly deployed tactical vehicle the Humvee |
| #5787, aired 2009-11-10 | TREES! $400: Though this "syrupy" tree is common in the U.S., about 2/3 of its species are native to China the maple |
| #5782, aired 2009-11-03 | THIS "LAND" IS MY LAND $1200: They're the 2 U.S. states that fit the category Maryland & Rhode Island |
| #5773, aired 2009-10-21 | GRANDMA $200: Born in 1925, this woman had a First Daughter of the U.S. as well as 2 First Granddaughters Barbara Bush |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | 2 NUMBERS PLEASE $400: In the 1840s many wanted the U.S. to have all the land up to this latitude, the southern boundary of Russian America 54°40' |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | WHAT A DECADE IN THE U.S. $1200: 2 of the 4 men who were president in the 1920s; they each must have said "vo dee oh do" at least once (2 of) Coolidge, Hoover, Wilson & Harding |
| #5738, aired 2009-07-15 | U.S. COINS $400: On April 2, 1792 Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the building of the U.S. Mint in this Penn. city Philadelphia |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | IN FLORIDA $200: This has been the state's capital since 1824, 2 years after Florida became a U.S. territory Tallahassee |
| #5703, aired 2009-05-27 | IT HAS TO END WITH "U" $2000: The 2 U.S. state capitals that fit the category Honolulu & Juneau |
| #5698, aired 2009-05-20 | 20th CENTURY NEWS $1,400 (Daily Double): On Nov. 2, 1983 the U.S. declared that hostilities on this invaded island had ended Grenada |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | ONE-BUTTON TEXT MESSAGING $1000: To text the 2-letter postal code of this U.S. state, get your thumb on the 9 Wyoming |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $5,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew describes some math with the aid of the monitor.) When it comes to congress, if the U.S. population of 300 million were simply divided by 435, Nebraska, for example, would have 2.48 congressmen; so a complex formula covers this process of handing out seats apportionment |
| #5643, aired 2009-03-04 | THE 1960s $400: These alphanumeric planes told the U.S. government about the Soviet missiles in Cuba U-2 planes |
| #5642, aired 2009-03-03 | THE SECRET LIFE OF "B"s $400: 2-word term for the demographic surge in the U.S. from 1946 to 1964 baby boom |
| #5629, aired 2009-02-12 | BUILT IN THE U.S.A. $1200: This D.C. landmark is 2-toned because it was partially built but lost funding for close to 15 years, until the centennial the Washington Monument |
| #5600, aired 2009-01-02 | HISTORIC SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $200: In 1857 a 7-2 ruling said this man couldn't bring a suit in the federal court, as blacks were not U.S. citizens Dred Scott |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | PODGE-POURRI $600: 2 of the 4 original U.S. presidential cabinet posts (2 of) Treasury, Secretary of State, Secretary of War & Attorney General |
| #5585, aired 2008-12-12 | 2008 NATIONAL SPELLING BEE WORDS $800: In round 2 a boy got axed after he misspelled the name of this native American people, AKA the Dakota S-I-O-U-X |
| #5561, aired 2008-11-10 | BESTSELLERS: 2006 $1,200 (Daily Double): This national newspaper based in McLean, Virginia led all others in daily circulation with almost 2.3 million USA Today |
| #5550, aired 2008-10-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $200: (Richard Roth reads from the U.N.) You'll fit right in here at the U.N. if you know either of these 2 languages, the predominant ones used for daily communication & signage English & French |
| #5548, aired 2008-10-22 | WHAT'S YOUR PRICE FOR FLIGHT? $600: Look for the missing "U" in this airline when you spend 2,352 Aussie bucks (as of June '08) to fly from Sydney to Seattle Qantas |
| #5535, aired 2008-10-03 | YOU JUST HAVE TO "ASK" $800: The 2 U.S. states that fit the category Alaska & Nebraska |
| #5524, aired 2008-09-18 | AMERICANA $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the most performed songs in the U.S. after "Happy Birthday"; both were sung March 31, 2008 at Dodger Stadium the National Anthem & "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" |
| #5522, aired 2008-09-16 | REMEMBER "Y" 2 "K" $400: The only U.S. state that fits the category Kentucky |
| #5520, aired 2008-09-12 | HISTORICAL NICKNAMES $400: Of the 2 U.S. presidents who were the sons of U.S. presidents, the one known as "Old Man Eloquent" John Quincy Adams |
| #5517, aired 2008-09-09 | U.S. COINS $1000: The Mint's 2 types of coin products are circulating & this type that includes proof sets, from the Latin for "coin" numismatic |
| #5511, aired 2008-07-21 | THE NAVY SEALS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on shore as 2 attack boats approach at the Navy Amphibious Base in Coronado, CA.) The Navy SEALs were created by this U.S. president who had been a small-unit naval commander & who knew what a small, tough force could do JFK |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | UP THROUGH THE RANKS $800: In 1964, for $2 million, he sold his interest in his U.S. franchise to investors that included a future governor of Kentucky Colonel Sanders |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | TIME FOR A ROUND OF GOLF $800: Golf's Ryder Cup & Solheim Cup are competitions between these 2 teams the U.S. & Europe |
| #5480, aired 2008-06-06 | PEOPLE $1,500 (Daily Double): He was the U.S. Secretary of State between 2 female Secretaries of State Colin Powell |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | 5 "G"s $600: 2-syllable adjective that precedes "bodily harm" in the crime designated GBH in the U.K. grievous |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | 5 "G"s $1000: This U.S. president won his election by fewer than 2,000 popular votes Garfield |
| #5476, aired 2008-06-02 | 2-LETTER WORDS $800: Don't have a cow, man, it's just the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet mu |
| #5455, aired 2008-05-02 | U.S. GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: Members of the House of Representatives serve terms of this many years 2 |
| #5451, aired 2008-04-28 | NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES $400: 2 of the top 4 U.S. papers by circulation have this 5-letter word in their names Times |
| #5444, aired 2008-04-17 | IT'S ONLY MONEY $400: Banks get new money from 2 Treasury bureaus: Engraving & Printing for bills, & this one for coins the U.S. Mint |
| #5434, aired 2008-04-03 | THE 2007 FORBES 400 $1000: "$2.3 billion...
'Mouth of the South'...
largest individual landholder in the U.S. owns 2 million acres in 12 states" Ted Turner |
| #5433, aired 2008-04-02 | IT HAPPENED ON APRIL 2 $800: 1917:
He asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany Woodrow Wilson |
| #5430, aired 2008-03-28 | THE CALENDAR $800: 2 of the 4 months without a U.S. federal holiday (2 of) March, April, June & August |
| #5414, aired 2008-03-06 | ON THE U.S. MAP $1600: The Pearl & Hermes Atoll in this state is named for 2 ships wrecked there in 1822 Hawaii |
| #5412, aired 2008-03-04 | THE U.S. SENATE GLOSSARY $200: The 2 rhyming answers asked for on a roll call vote yea or nay |
| #5378, aired 2008-01-16 | ON AVERAGE $200: 2/3 of the water used in the average U.S. home is used in this room the bathroom |
| #5377, aired 2008-01-15 | THE 1790s $200: Because 2 more states had joined the Union, the number of stars on the U.S. flag was changed to this in 1795 15 |
| #5359, aired 2007-12-20 | JINGO ALL THE WAY $1000: This 2-word jingoistic tenet stated that territorial expansion of the U.S. is inevitable & ordained Manifest Destiny |
| #5355, aired 2007-12-14 | CALIFORNIA, OREGON OR WASHINGTON $1000: Has 2 male U.S. senators Oregon |
| #5351, aired 2007-12-10 | U.S. POLITICS $800: (I'm Julie Chen.) In 1999, on our first "Early Show" broadcast on CBS, I reported on a possible N.Y. Senate race between these 2 people; it didn't happen, but they may still face off for president (Hillary) Clinton & Rudolph Giuliani |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | HOSPITALS $400: Of U.S. News & Word Report's 5 top U.S. hospitals in pediatrics, 4 include these 2 words in their names Children's Hospital |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | SCIENCE FACTION $1600: The NAS, or this, consists of about 2,000 U.S. scientists elected for life for their research achievements the National Academy of Sciences |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | YOU PICKED A FINE TIME $1600: We had pleasant sensations learning about this era in U.S. history covering President Monroe's 2 terms "Era of Good Feelings" |
| #5341, aired 2007-11-26 | 2 $2000: Using 2 flags of 2 colors each, the U.S. Navy sends short-range messages by this system semaphore |
| #5339, aired 2007-11-22 | "U" KNOW IT $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) It's the 2-word term for the continuous anatomical system that contains the kidneys, the ureters, the bladder & the urethra the urinary system |
| #5329, aired 2007-11-08 | THE U.S. SENATE $800: While serving in Vietnam in the 1960s, this Republican senator from Nebraska received 2 Purple Hearts Chuck Hagel |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | GOVERNORS $800: These 2 cousins both served as governor of New York & president of the U.S. Theodore & Franklin Roosevelt |
| #5309, aired 2007-10-11 | TV 4 U $1000: Samantha & Tucker know this title Nickelodeon guy is 1/2 ghost Danny Phantom |
| #5307, aired 2007-10-09 | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS $2000: One of the only 2 current U.S. territories visited by Columbus, who reached both in 1493 Puerto Rico (or the Virgin Islands) |
| #5305, aired 2007-10-05 | INTRA-VENUS $1000: We're not sure if it was "ancient" or not, but the first U.S. flyby of Venus was by this space probe in 1962 Mariner (2) |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | U.S. CITY HISTORY $400: 2 months before the Declaration of Independence, the Rhode Island Independence Act was signed in this city Providence |
| #5300, aired 2007-09-28 | MEASURE TIME $2000: Myanmar & this African country are the only 2 besides the U.S. still not officially using the Metric System Liberia |
| #5298, aired 2007-09-26 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $400: Admiralty Inlet & the Hood Canal are the 2 main branches of this irregular inlet in the NW corner of Washington State Puget Sound |
| #5283, aired 2007-07-25 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Stephen Douglas proposed the act that repealed the Missouri Compromise & created these 2 territories Kansas & Nebraska |
| #5274, aired 2007-07-12 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $2,000 (Daily Double): Still in operation, the world's first pay-one-price theme park opened in this U.S. state in 1961 Texas |
| #5267, aired 2007-07-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHIC DISTINCTIONS $1600: The heart of an ancient volcano, Crater Lake in this West Coast state is the USA's deepest at about 1,932 feet Oregon |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | "U"2 $400: Thermos bottles use this for insulation between their inner & outer walls a vacuum |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | "U"2 $800: A synonym for "homicidal" murderous |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | "U"2 $1200: It's the practice of lending money at a high interest rate usury |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | "U"2 $1600: Type of structure named for a 353 B.C. monument built by Queen Artemisia to honor her dead husband a mausoleum |
| #5265, aired 2007-06-29 | "U"2 $2000: A small, cone-shaped structure at the back of the soft palate a uvula |
| #5256, aired 2007-06-18 | I LOVE "U" $2000: Mount Narodnaya and Mount Karpinsk are 2 prominent peaks in this mountain range the Urals |
| #5252, aired 2007-06-12 | U.S. RIVERS $200: This river's widest point, 3 1/2 miles, is just north of Clinton, Iowa the Mississippi |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | DESTINATION: MARS $2000: Using a U.S. Navy telescope in 1877, Asaph Hall discovered the 2 moons of Mars & named them this Phobos and Deimos |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | "M"-BRACE ME $1600: The 2-letter abbreviation for this U.S. state sounds like the name of one of the Three Stooges Missouri |
| #5170, aired 2007-02-16 | U.S.A. $1,000 (Daily Double): In Pennsylvania, 2 rivers meet to form this third one that shares its name with a state the Ohio River |
| #5168, aired 2007-02-14 | OO, SORRY! $796 (Daily Double): In the U.S. Army or Marine Corps, a platoon is normally commanded by this officer a lieutenant |
| #5166, aired 2007-02-12 | ANCIENT HISTORY: THE 1980s $800: In early 1981 assassination attempts were made on these 2 men, a U.S. president & a religious leader Ronald Reagan & Pope John Paul II |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | MAYORS $200: The last 2 Latinos elected mayor of this huge U.S. city are Cristobal Aguilar (1872) & Antonio Villaraigosa (2005) Los Angeles |
| #5153, aired 2007-01-24 | FOR THE BIRDS $1200: One of the 2 U.S. states with a bird in its official state nickname (One of) Iowa or Louisiana |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | U.S. STATE NAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Land's sakes! The only 2 states with "land" in their names Maryland & Rhode Island |
| #5107, aired 2006-11-21 | THE LATE 20th CENTURY $800: The U.S. launched Operation Desert Shield soon after Iraq's August 2, 1990 invasion of this country Kuwait |
| #5102, aired 2006-11-14 | SEE "NN" $5,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 states with "NN" in their names (2 of) Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, & Minnesota |
| #5097, aired 2006-11-07 | 2-LETTER WORDS $1600: This hesitation word Americans spell U-H is spelled this way in Britain E-R |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | OLD MAN RIVER $200: A western U.S. river, or Kurt Russell's eyepatch-wearing anti-hero in 2 John Carpenter flicks Snake |
| #5090, aired 2006-10-27 | 20th CENTURY SPORTS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Ping Hdqtrs in Phoenix, AZ.) In 1990, Karsten Solheim, founder of Ping Golf, created the Solheim Cup for women; as in the Ryder Cup, these are the 2 teams the U.S. & the Europeans |
| #5089, aired 2006-10-26 | RODENTS $600: In the U.S. there are 2 genera of this rodent: Geomys, or Eastern pocket, & Thomomys, or Western pocket a gopher |
| #5074, aired 2006-10-05 | CANADA, MEXICO OR THE U.S. $800: It has 2 official languages Canada |
| #5068, aired 2006-09-27 | LIZARDS $1,200 (Daily Double): This creature is one of the 2 poisonous lizards in the world & the largest lizard in the U.S. the Gila monster |
| #5062, aired 2006-09-19 | THE U.S. PRESIDENT WHO... $1000: as the sheriff of the Erie County Jail in Buffalo, sprang the trap to hang 2 criminals Grover Cleveland |
| #5058, aired 2006-09-13 | "BIO" SCIENCE $800: 2 men at the U. of Washington's Department of this won the 1992 Nobel Prize for studying cell protein regulation biochemistry |
| #5055, aired 2006-07-28 | U.S. LAKES & RIVERS $200: As you can gather from its name, Lake Texoma is shared by these 2 states Texas & Oklahoma |
| #5049, aired 2006-07-20 | ABBREVIATED U.S. STATES $1,200 (Daily Double): The 2 states whose abbreviations are informal words for father & mother Pennsylvania, PA & Massachusetts, MA |
| #5032, aired 2006-06-27 | JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS $400: In June 1995 the 2 nations made a trade deal on imports of these major consumer items cars |
| #5029, aired 2006-06-22 | "U" KNOW YOU KNOW $800: In 1956 U.S. pilot Carmine Vito became the first & only man to fly one of these over Moscow the U-2 |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | U.S. COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $200: The 2 founders of Yahoo! & the 2 founders of Google all attended this California school Stanford |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED $800: It was declared a protectorate February 1, 1893; a treaty to annex it to the U.S. came 2 weeks later Hawaii |
| #5013, aired 2006-05-31 | THAT'S SO CONVENTIONAL! $800: In 2004 the 2 major U.S. political parties held their conventions in these 2 cities New York & Boston |
| #5012, aired 2006-05-30 | SHERMANS $5,000 (Daily Double): One of the 2 important "Acts" written by U.S. Senator John Sherman in 1890 the Sherman Anti-Trust Act (or the Sherman Silver Purchase Act) |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | 1966 $400: March 2:
Robert McNamara announces that U.S. troops in this country total 215,000 Vietnam |
| #5005, aired 2006-05-19 | 1966 $2000: July 28:
One of these U.S. military reconnaissance planes crashes in Bolivia a U-2 |
| #4994, aired 2006-05-04 | MOST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES $800: In 2003 this republic, ranked No. 2, became the first Asian country to sign a free-trade pact with the U.S. Singapore |
| #4984, aired 2006-04-20 | THE AMERICAN DREAM $200: The 2 things the U.S. has "for all" in the Pledge of Allegiance liberty & justice |
| #4978, aired 2006-04-12 | DURING THE PIERCE ADMINISTRATION $400: This country emerged from isolation & agreed in 1854 to allow the U.S. trading rights to 2 of its ports Japan |
| #4963, aired 2006-03-22 | BORN TO RUN? $800: In 1858 Abe Lincoln lost a U.S. Senate race to this man but would bounce back against him 2 years later (Stephen) Douglas |
| #4962, aired 2006-03-21 | MOVIE "&" TV $1600: This 1997 sequel to a Tim Burton movie featured 2 future U.S. governors--Jesse Ventura & Arnold Schwarzenegger Batman & Robin |
| #4953, aired 2006-03-08 | 2005 IG NOBEL PRIZES $800: 2 U.K. minds won the Peace Ig Nobel for analyzing brain cells of locusts that were watching this 1977 George Lucas film Star Wars |
| #4936, aired 2006-02-13 | MUSIC VIDEOS $800: This former "Moesha" star rides around on the bus in her "Who Is She 2 U" video Brandy |
| #4931, aired 2006-02-06 | FLAG 'EM DOWN $600: The 2 colors found on all 3 national flags of the U.S., Mexico & Canada red & white |
| #4931, aired 2006-02-06 | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS $1600: In 2002 Vonetta Flowers & Jill Bakken won gold in the 2-woman version of this high-speed sport the bobsled |
| #4931, aired 2006-02-06 | U.S. WINTER OLYMPIANS $2000: His "Bode" of work includes 2 Alpine skiing silver medals in 2002 Bode Miller |
| #4924, aired 2006-01-26 | GRADUATE SCHOOL $2,000 (Daily Double): These 2 institutes of technology are tied atop the latest U.S. News ranking of physics grad schools Massachusetts Institute of Technology & California Institute of Technology (MIT & Caltech) |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | U.S. COUNTIES $800: Mays Landing, N.J. & South Bend, Wash. are the seats of counties named for these 2 distant bodies of water the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans |
| #4919, aired 2006-01-19 | IT'S ALL ABOUT "U" $400: Francis Gary Powers was piloting one when he was shot down in 1960 a U-2 |
| #4908, aired 2006-01-04 | "U" HAD TO BE THERE $2000: With a population of more than 2 million, its capital, Tashkent, is the largest city in Central Asia Uzbekistan |
| #4904, aired 2005-12-29 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC $600: This Northeast Asian country came into being in 1948 & 2 years later the U.S. helped fight for its survival South Korea |
| #4901, aired 2005-12-26 | FALL DOWN GO BOOM! $1000: In 1998, the 2.2-million-square-foot Hudson's Department Store was taken down in this Midwest U.S. city Detroit |
| #4897, aired 2005-12-20 | BOBSLEDDING $500 (Daily Double): (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Park City, UT.) Of the 16 bobsled tracks in the world, 2 are in the U.S.--one here at Park City, & the other in this upstate New York town Lake Placid |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | I GOT 3 As, MOM! $800: The 2 U.S. states that fit the category (sorry, Alabama has 4) Arkansas & Alaska |
| #4861, aired 2005-10-31 | FRUITS & VEGETABLES $2000: There are 2 species of this fruit native to the U.S.: Vitis labrusca & Vitis rotundifolia the grape |
| #4851, aired 2005-10-17 | MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO $600: The Idaho section of U.S. Highway 12 bears the name of these 2 men who passed through the area in the early 1800s Lewis & Clark |
| #4840, aired 2005-09-30 | DOT $2000: Connect the dots; the British author of "Pilgrimage" or a 2-time U.S. Olympic gold medalist softball player Dot Richardson |
| #4833, aired 2005-09-21 | STATE THE ITEM $400: About 250 of these 2-named Western U.S. vultures survive in the world, most in captivity California condors |
| #4820, aired 2005-07-15 | DOUBLE U $1600: A coalition of 2 persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome a duumvirate |
| #4798, aired 2005-06-15 | Q BUT NOT U $1200: To keep things on the down low & secret, keep it "on" this 2-letter expression the q.t. |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $600: The U.S. abandoned the arsenal at this site in 1861, 2 years after a raid by John Brown Harper's Ferry |
| #4789, aired 2005-06-02 | THIS SONG'S ALL WET! $400: In 1984 Prince "Never meant 2 cause U any sorrow" with this colorful tune "Purple Rain" |
| #4781, aired 2005-05-23 | THE SMART SET $400: His first U.S. publication, in the May 1915 Smart Set, was 2 stories about Dubliners James Joyce |
| #4774, aired 2005-05-12 | ON THE MAP $1600: On a map of the U.S., 1 of the 2 states that each border 8 other states Missouri (or Tennessee) |
| #4772, aired 2005-05-10 | CIVIL SERVANTS $400: The vast majority of the U.S. government's 2.7 million civil servants are employed in this branch of govt. the executive branch |
| #4771, aired 2005-05-09 | "M" PLACEMENT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from San Diego, CA with the U.S.S. Tarawa in the background.) As an amphibious assault ship, the Tarawa's main mission is to land up to 2,000 of these service members on shore & to sustain them there Marines |
| #4752, aired 2005-04-12 | THAT'S DEBATABLE $400: October 15, 1858:
These 2 men who wanted to be U.S. Senator from Illinois Lincoln & Douglas |
| #4749, aired 2005-04-07 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: In July 1959, the U.S. & the U.K. finally agreed that an inch was equivalent to 2.54 of these a centimeter |
| #4745, aired 2005-04-01 | 1963 $800: In a joint letter to the U.N. in January 1963, these 2 countries declared the Cuban crisis (mainly) closed the U.S. & the U.S.S.R. |
| #4744, aired 2005-03-31 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): Wisconsin is bordered by these 2 of the 5 Great Lakes Michigan & Superior |
| #4742, aired 2005-03-29 | THAT'S CREDIBLE! $400: The 36th state, it has 2 U.S. Senators, 3 U.S. Representatives & 5 electoral votes Nevada |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $600: Born May 10, 1838 near Bel Air, Maryland, he'd find fame in the theater for 2 very different reasons John Wilkes Booth |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | BORN IN THE U.S.A. $1000: North Carolina-born on Nov. 2, 1795, he was the 11th U.S. president Polk |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | 4-LETTER WORDS $200: In titles of 2 Springsteen hits, it precedes "To Run" & "In The U.S.A." "Born" |
| #4723, aired 2005-03-02 | A SUCCESS WITH BRUSH $1200: There are 2 versions of John Singleton Copley's "Watson and" this sea predator in U.S. galleries the Shark |
| #4699, aired 2005-01-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Florida's panhandle borders these 2 states Alabama and Georgia |
| #4690, aired 2005-01-14 | THE U.N. $1000: After losing 2 presidential races in the 1950s, he was appointed U.N. Ambassador by JFK in 1960 Adlai Stevenson |
| #4659, aired 2004-12-02 | WITH "U" $400: It's a musical term for 2 performers singing the same part at once unison |
| #4653, aired 2004-11-24 | U.S. "S"ITIES $800: They're Washington State's 2 largest "s"ities Seattle & Spokane |
| #4633, aired 2004-10-27 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: This island, a NYC Borough, is separated from New Jersey by 2 narrow channels: the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill Staten Island |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN $300 (Daily Double): They're the only 2 sons of U.S. presidents to be elected president George W. Bush and John Quincy Adams |
| #4622, aired 2004-10-12 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $800: The 2 U.S. coins that add up to 30 cents when one of them is not a quarter a nickel & a quarter |
| #4621, aired 2004-10-11 | TENNESSEE $400: Capt. William Driver, who gave this 2-word nickname to the U.S. flag, is buried in Nashville's City Cemetery Old Glory |
| #4595, aired 2004-07-23 | TRANSPORTATION $600: The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these a submarine |
| #4588, aired 2004-07-14 | NATIONAL PARKS $1200: 4 parks are outside the continental U.S.: 2 in Hawaii, 1 in American Samoa & 1 here featuring carib Indian relics the U.S. Virgin Islands |
| #4587, aired 2004-07-13 | EDUCATION $1200: This university leads the U.S. in the market value of its endowment assets; Yale is No. 2 Harvard University |
| #4578, aired 2004-06-30 | THE EUROPEAN UNION $400: 2 of the 4 countries that each have the maximum number of votes in the E.U. council (Malta has the fewest) (2 of) France, Germany, Italy, & the UK |
| #4577, aired 2004-06-29 | MIDWESTERN CITIES $800: 2 of the 3 state capitals in the Midwest that are named for U.S. presidents (2 of) Lincoln, Jefferson City, & Madison |
| #4549, aired 2004-05-20 | ENDS WITH 2 VOWELS $2000: The Hindi word for "tea", in the U.S. it refers to a blend of tea, spices & milk; try a cup! chai |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | RIGHT ON THE MONEY $400: You're looking at the back of a U.S. bill; on its face, you'll see the face of this president (Thomas) Jefferson |
| #4536, aired 2004-05-03 | RIGHT ON THE MONEY $600: 1 of 2 non-presidents on the front of U.S. paper currency in general circulation Ben Franklin or Alexander Hamilton |
| #4532, aired 2004-04-27 | USTA $1600: The USTA's 2 pro tournaments for men in 2003 were the U.S. Open & the championships of this earthy surface clay |
| #4525, aired 2004-04-16 | REPTILES & AMPHIBIANS $2000: The hellbender, the largest type of this amphibian in the U.S., can reach a length of 2 1/2 feet salamander |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | 2-DRINK MINIMUM $400: 2 of the flavors in names of Diet Coke varieties in the U.S. (2 of 4) cherry, vanilla, lemon & lime |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $200: Hey Joe! It's informal for a U.S. soldier G.I. |
| #4520, aired 2004-04-09 | 2-LETTER ABBREV. $400: IBM introduced it in 1981; now more than half of all U.S. homes have one PC |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | BEST-SELLING U.S. NEWSPAPERS $200: With a No. 1 daily circulation of about 2.2 million, it truly is "The Nation's Newspaper" USA Today |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | BEST-SELLING U.S. NEWSPAPERS $400: The No. 1 financial paper in the country, it's No. 2 overall with 1.8 million sold daily The Wall Street Journal |
| #4514, aired 2004-04-01 | BEST-SELLING U.S. NEWSPAPERS $600: The Times of these 2 cities clock in at No. 3 & No. 4 L.A. & New York |
| #4513, aired 2004-03-31 | 1961 $600: In early 1961 the number of U.S. military advisors in this Asian country reaches around 2,000 (South) Vietnam |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $200: Article 2 says the president occasionally has to report to Congress "Information on the State of" this the Union |
| #4505, aired 2004-03-19 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: By Article 2, the president doesn't have to do this in his oath; he's given the option to "affirm" swear |
| #4490, aired 2004-02-27 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1,000 (Daily Double): This 2- to 10-mile-wide bay separates Miami from Miami Beach Biscayne Bay |
| #4488, aired 2004-02-25 | FITS "U" TO A "T" $1000: If a bakery spends $12 producing 6 apple tarts, this cost is $2 a unit |
| #4479, aired 2004-02-12 | AMERICAN WOMEN $200: 1 of 2 women who represent the state of California in the U.S. Senate (1 of) Barbara Boxer & Dianne Feinstein |
| #4476, aired 2004-02-09 | SPORTS TALK $800: In tennis, 2 of the tournaments that make up the Grand Slam 2 of (the U.S. Open, the French Open, Wimbledon & the Australian Open |
| #4442, aired 2003-12-23 | THE "WORLD" IS NOT ENOUGH $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1948 2 weeklies merged to form this news magazine U.S. News and World Report |
| #4428, aired 2003-12-03 | 2 MUCH $200: U.S. coin with a value of 2 bits the quarter |
| #4415, aired 2003-11-14 | HERE'S A 20 $800: The new 20 has added peach & blue to these 2 ink colors, the main ones in most U.S. currency green & black |
| #4413, aired 2003-11-12 | U.S. HISTORY $400: At the start of the Civil War, this crop accounted for 2/3 of U.S. exports cotton |
| #4386, aired 2003-10-06 | NEW CELEBRITY CONTESTANTS $1600: This egghead's credits include 2-time Presidential nominee and Ambassador to the U.N. Here's... Adlai Stevenson |
| #4378, aired 2003-09-24 | AFRICAN AMERICANS $600: From 1969 to 1983 Shirley Chisholm served New York state in this U.S. Gov't. body that elects its members every 2 years the House of Representatives |
| #4358, aired 2003-07-09 | SHOW ME THE MONEY! $1000: First minted during the Civil War, the U.S. 2-cent piece was the first coin with this slogan on it "In God We Trust" |
| #4350, aired 2003-06-27 | CRACK OPEN A U.S. HISTORY BOOK $200: From 1789 to 1797 he cast only 2 vetoes, an average of 1 per presidential term George Washington |
| #4345, aired 2003-06-20 | NATIONAL PARKS $200: The U.S. has 2 parks labeled "Grand", Wyoming's Grand Teton & this one in Arizona Grand Canyon |
| #4342, aired 2003-06-17 | TAKEN $200: 1 of the 2 current U.S. possessions acquired as a result of the Spanish-American War Guam or Puerto Rico |
| #4341, aired 2003-06-16 | BORN THE SAME DAY $2000: U.S. black leader Medgar Evers was born July 2, 1925, like this murdered first prime minister of the Congo Patrice Lumumba |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | IT'S ALL ABOUT MONEY $400: 2 of the 3 currently minted U.S. coins that have no grooves around the edge nickel, penny & the Sacajawea Dollar |
| #4340, aired 2003-06-13 | KEEP THE FAITH $1,500 (Daily Double): It's the 2-word name for the Hindu sect founded in the U.S. in 1965 by Swami Prabhupada Hare Krishna |
| #4337, aired 2003-06-10 | CANADA $400: The Canadian legislature has 2 houses: the upper house, or Senate, & the lower house called this, as in the U.K. House of Commons |
| #4333, aired 2003-06-04 | ANTONYMS $200: In Article 11 of the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, the 2 words on either side of "until proved" innocent & guilty |
| #4327, aired 2003-05-27 | DOUBLIN' $800: Who knew? Ne Win deposed U Nu in a coup & did 2 stints as the leader of this Asian country Myanmar (Burma) |
| #4318, aired 2003-05-14 | TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE! $400: Take this crossbar with 2 U-shaped pieces; my oxen are on strike, & they refuse to wear it a yoke |
| #4317, aired 2003-05-13 | SASKATCHE- WANDERING $1600: One of the 2 U.S. states that borders Saskatchewan Montana (or North Dakota) |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | THE MIGHTY U.S.S. MISSOURI $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii.) On September 2, 1945, World War II ended when representatives of Japan surrendered right here to this commanding American general Douglas MacArthur |
| #4299, aired 2003-04-17 | THE MIGHTY U.S.S. MISSOURI $600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of the U.S.S. Missouri in Hawaii.) It's the appropriate 2-word name for the predominate color of the U.S.S. Missouri battleship gray |
| #4297, aired 2003-04-15 | TAKES 2 TO TONGA $800: Like its longtime benefactor the U.K., Tonga's political system is a hereditary, constitutional one of these a monarchy |
| #4279, aired 2003-03-20 | DELAWARE-FORE ART THOU $1000: One of the 2 men who represent Delaware in the U.S. Senate (1 of) Biden (or Thomas Carper) |
| #4267, aired 2003-03-04 | 2 "P"s $400: To affordably ship up to 70 pounds of... whatever, try this from the U.S. Postal Service parcel post |
| #4255, aired 2003-02-14 | THE UNITED NATIONS $600: The U.S. & Great Britain are 2 of the 5 permanent members of this important U.N. group Security Council |
| #4245, aired 2003-01-31 | LETTER HISTORIES $1200: A Latin link of 2 letters pronounced as one is why we, in modern English, always follow this letter with U Q |
| #4236, aired 2003-01-20 | U.S. MONEY $1,000 (Daily Double): Of the 6 current standard U.S. coin denominations, it's the one with 2 people on the front the Sacajawea dollar (because it has the baby in the papoose) |
| #4223, aired 2003-01-01 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1,500 (Daily Double): One of the 2 who were born in the 1920s Jimmy Carter or George H.W. Bush |
| #4204, aired 2002-12-05 | BITS & PIECES $2000: 2 of the men used as models for this 1913 U.S. coin were named John Big Tail & Crow Tails Indian Head (Buffalo) Nickel |
| #4176, aired 2002-10-28 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1000: It ratified the Constitution in 1791, 2 months before it became the 14th state Vermont |
| #4163, aired 2002-10-09 | THE THIRD CATEGORY $1000: It's how often a third of the members of the U.S. Senate are up for re-election every 2 years |
| #4153, aired 2002-09-25 | EAT YOUR WAY ACROSS THE U.S.A. $600: At St. Louis' Crown Candy Kitchen, drink 5 of these (milkshakes, not beer) in 1/2 hour & they're free! malts |
| #4152, aired 2002-09-24 | THE U.S. $1000: This state has 2 of the Top 10 busiest airports in the world California (San Francisco & LAX) |
| #4151, aired 2002-09-23 | AN "F" IN HISTORY $1000: It's the other political party that, like the Whigs, elected only 2 U.S. presidents Federalists |
| #4150, aired 2002-09-20 | MEXICO $800: About 2/3 of the boundary between Mexico & the U.S. is formed by this river the Rio Grande |
| #4149, aired 2002-09-19 | POPULATIONS $400: Of 2 million, 20 million or 200 million, the number closest to the population of Native Americans in the U.S.A. 2 million |
| #4143, aired 2002-09-11 | "U" SEND ME $400 (Daily Double): Differing by only a letter, the 2 words meaning to make waves & any hoofed mammal Undulate & ungulate |
| #4127, aired 2002-07-09 | WEATHER SUPERLATIVES $400: The largest of these in the U.S. fell on Coffeyville, Kansas; it measured 17 1/2 inches in circumference a hailstone |
| #4126, aired 2002-07-08 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1200: Adirondack Community College is a 2-year school in Queensbury in this U.S. state New York |
| #4114, aired 2002-06-20 | '20s TRANSPORTATION $400: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the National Air & Space Museum.) The Spirit of St. Louis above me made history in 1927 when it flew from this U.S. state to Paris in 33 1/2 hours New York |
| #4110, aired 2002-06-14 | U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1955 the Montgomery bus boycott split people apart & these 2 major labor groups merged AFL and CIO |
| #4096, aired 2002-05-27 | COOL! $400: In 1947 Herbert Swope coined this 2-word phrase describing the political struggle between the U.S. & USSR "Cold War" |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | "U"2 $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew unrolls a flag with a flourish.) It's the action I'm performing unfurling |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | "U"2 $400: A Hamburg housewife a hausfrau |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | "U"2 $600: Stocks or commodities bought to be delivered at some time to come futures |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | "U"2 $800: In 1975 kabuki actor Mitsugoro Bando died from eating this delicacy fugu |
| #4087, aired 2002-05-14 | "U"2 $1000: Hyphenated, watery term for a small passenger airplane that makes short trips a puddle-jumper |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | DOLLAR $400: He died in 1969 but popped up on a U.S. dollar coin 2 years later Eisenhower |
| #4072, aired 2002-04-23 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $200: The last Freemason to be U.S. president, he served for 2 years in the 1970s Gerald Ford |
| #4054, aired 2002-03-28 | TRAVEL THE U.S.A. $2000: The state capitol building in this U.S. city is decorated with murals by Thomas Hart Benton Jefferson City |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | TIME $200: In the U.S., daylight saving time starts & ends in these 2 seasons spring & fall |
| #4038, aired 2002-03-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: It was a pillar of the South's economy: in 1860 the U.S. produced 4 1/2 million bales of it cotton |
| #4023, aired 2002-02-13 | YOU DO THE MATH $1200: Total number of U.S. states times the number of non-contiguous U.S. states 100 (50 x 2) |
| #4019, aired 2002-02-07 | LET THE GAMES BEGIN $800: Auction & contract are 2 types of this game, one of the most popular card games in the U.S. bridge |
| #4010, aired 2002-01-25 | PENNSYLVANIA $600: The first 2 picks in the 2000 NFL draft were from this institution known as "Linebacker U." Penn St. |
| #4000, aired 2002-01-11 | ROCKET SCIENCE $800: This German rocket served as the prototype for all U.S. & Soviet missiles after World War II V-2 |
| #3989, aired 2001-12-27 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $400: Members of the House of Representatives serve terms of this many years 2 |
| #3978, aired 2001-12-12 | HELLO, GOOD BUY $400: In 1982 Peter Lynch bought this troubled U.S. car company at about 2 bucks a share; in 1986 he sold for around 40 Chrysler |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | U.S. COMMEMORATIVE COINS $200: The Leif Ericson proof had 2 versions: the U.S. dollar & this island country's kronur Iceland |
| #3976, aired 2001-12-10 | THE ANDREW JACKSON 5 $1,000 (Daily Double): Jackson was the first U.S. president not born in either of these 2 states Virginia & Massachusetts |
| #3961, aired 2001-11-19 | OLD GLORY $400: The U.S. flag first flew in a foreign port on Dec. 2, 1777 when he sailed the Ranger into Nantes, France (John Paul) Jones |
| #3954, aired 2001-11-08 | U.S. HISTORY $600: 1 of the 2 agricultural products Cesar Chavez called a boycott of in 1970 grapes (or lettuce) |
| #3949, aired 2001-11-01 | THE BIG WHIGS $200: In 1840 the 2 major political parties in the U.S. were the Whigs & this party the Democrats |
| #3933, aired 2001-10-10 | I LIKE Q $500: Without the U Q is pronounced like a K, as in the names of these 2 Middle East countries Iraq & Qatar |
| #3931, aired 2001-10-08 | U.S. STATES $200: 2/3 of this state's population lives in New Castle, one of its 3 counties Delaware |
| #3925, aired 2001-09-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: In 1913 Hudson Stuck, Harry P. Karstens & 2 others first reached the 20,320' summit of this Alaskan peak Mt. McKinley |
| #3909, aired 2001-09-06 | U.S. MONEY $2,600 (Daily Double): The 2 Federal Reserve notes now being issued that don't feature a president the $10 bill & the $100 bill |
| #3908, aired 2001-09-05 | TOP 100 NEWSPAPERS $200: Only 4 U.S. papers have circulations of over 1 million & this 5-letter word is in 2 of their names Times |
| #3895, aired 2001-07-06 | NEW U.S. SENATORS $200: Absentee ballots gave Maria Cantwell victory in this "Evergreen State" by just 2,000 votes Washington |
| #3862, aired 2001-05-22 | THE ONE & ONLY $800: This U.S. chemist is the only person to win 2 unshared Nobel Prizes (which he won in 2 different categories) Linus Pauling |
| #3860, aired 2001-05-18 | JEOPARDY PLACES $400: U.S. prisoners facing execution are booked into the line of cells known by this 2-word phrase death row (death house accepted) |
| #3857, aired 2001-05-15 | 2001 U.S. STAMPS $400: 1 of the 2 Rockwells with works featured in the American Illustrators series Norman Rockwell or Rockwell Kent |
| #3855, aired 2001-05-11 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): This former general was the first Republican to serve 2 full terms as president Ulysses S. Grant |
| #3849, aired 2001-05-03 | 3 RIVERS $400: Of the St. Joseph, the St. Lawrence or the St. Francis, the river that serves as a border between 2 nations the St. Lawrence (Canada & the U.S.) |
| #3848, aired 2001-05-02 | COOL YOUR JETS $1000: Once flown by Francis Gary Powers, it's the famous U.S. reconnaissance jet of the '50s & '60s seen here U-2 |
| #3843, aired 2001-04-25 | SOLD "AMERICAN" $400: This U.S. territory, about 2,300 miles southwest of Hawaii, includes the island of Tutuila American Samoa |
| #3831, aired 2001-04-09 | WHAT'S AT THE $2 CINEMA? $100: Film in which William Hurt, Glenn Close & friends reminisce about the U. of Michigan in the '60s The Big Chill |
| #3802, aired 2001-02-27 | NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS $2,500 (Daily Double): 1 of only 2 U.S. presidents to win the prize Teddy Roosevelt and/or Woodrow Wilson |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | U.S. ARMED FORCES INSIGNIA $500: This top Navy rank, only used in wartime, wears 1 2-inch stripe with 4 1/2-inchers Fleet Admiral |
| #3799, aired 2001-02-22 | U.S. ARMED FORCES INSIGNIA $800 (Daily Double): A private E-2 has one of these -- the symbol, not the gas station Chevron |
| #3798, aired 2001-02-21 | IT'S UP TO "U" $1000: This type of word is a blend of 2 others, like smog from smoke & fog Portmanteau |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The Okefenokee Swamp covers nearly 700 square miles in these 2 states Florida & Georgia |
| #3785, aired 2001-02-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: 1 of 2 capes in North Carolina that have been designated national seashores Hatteras & Lookout |
| #3777, aired 2001-01-23 | BRAINBUSTERS $400: 2 of the 3 U.S. presidents in the 20th century named William McKinley, Taft &/or Clinton |
| #3757, aired 2000-12-26 | "NORTH" POLL $200: The 2 U.S. states with north in their names North Carolina & North Dakota |
| #3750, aired 2000-12-15 | 2 OUT OF 3 $1000: 2 of the 3 main islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands St. Croix, St. John & St. Thomas |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | EUROPA, EUROPA $100: The 2 island nations that are members of the European Union are the U.K. & this neighbor Ireland |
| #3749, aired 2000-12-14 | U.S. HISTORY $500 (Daily Double): Geronimo was buried in this state in 1909, 2 years after statehood Oklahoma |
| #3729, aired 2000-11-16 | LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION MOVIE! $1000: This man directed the action hits "Just Heroes" & "The Killer" in Hong Kong before directing "M:I-2" in the U.S. John Woo |
| #3725, aired 2000-11-10 | BODIES OF WATER $100: These 2 "stately" rivers are the longest in the U.S. the Mississippi & the Missouri |
| #3723, aired 2000-11-08 | NEARLY USELESS INFORMATION $200: The number of eyes visible on the back of the U.S. $1 bill 2 |
| #3694, aired 2000-09-28 | GOULASH $400: All U.S. paper currency bears the signatures of the holders of these 2 offices The Treasurer & the Secretary of the Treasury |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | MY BRITISH HOME $200: Mummy told me to empty the bin, known as this 2-word name in the U.S. the trash can |
| #3693, aired 2000-09-27 | MY BRITISH HOME $400: The 2 old age pensioners we've got in our attic would qualify as these "citizens" in the U.S. senior citizens |
| #3689, aired 2000-09-21 | INTERNATIONAL DATEBOOK $800: On May 2, 1965 President Johnson sent 14,000 U.S. troops to this Caribbean "republic" Dominican Republic |
| #3666, aired 2000-07-10 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This state capital was founded in 1819 from 2 towns: East Alabama & New Philadelphia Montgomery |
| #3665, aired 2000-07-07 | CHAMPIONS OF TOURNAMENTS $1000: The 2 teams that always qualify for soccer's World Cup are the previous champs & this nation -- in 1994 it was the U.S. Host/home nation |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | U.S. CITIES $200: This California city on San Pedro Bay was originally called Willmore City, but was renamed for its 8 1/2 mile beach Long Beach |
| #3651, aired 2000-06-19 | THE 1860s $200: In 1864 this motto first appeared on a U.S. coin, a 2-cent piece "In God We Trust" |
| #3640, aired 2000-06-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: The 2 main branches of this inlet in Washington state are Hood Canal & Admiralty Inlet Puget Sound |
| #3630, aired 2000-05-19 | U.S. STAMPS $500: A stamp honoring this man includes a photo of Central Park & 2 landscape plans Frederick Law Olmsted |
| #3628, aired 2000-05-17 | ON AN OPEN FIRE $200: A survey by the Barbecue Industry Association showed most U.S. backyard grills use these 2 fuel types Coal & propane |
| #3610, aired 2000-04-21 | THE U.S. MINT $300: Perhaps the young woman seen here is looking to these 2 expedition leaders for their next words to translate: Lewis & Clark |
| #3591, aired 2000-03-27 | PURPLE MUSIC $100: This No. 2 song begins, "I never meant 2 cause u any sorrow, I never meant 2 cause u any pain" "Purple Rain" |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | GOING POSTAL $400: Express mail offers next-day delivery; this U.S. postal "mail" service offers delivery within 2 days Priority mail |
| #3590, aired 2000-03-24 | GOING POSTAL $500: It's the official 2-letter U.S. postal abbreviation for the Pine Tree State ME (Maine) |
| #3589, aired 2000-03-23 | MAGAZINES $500 (Daily Double): The 2 top-selling U.S. magazines with a specific sport in their names are about this sport Golf |
| #3582, aired 2000-03-14 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: 2 of the 4 U.S. states that have capitals with "City" in their names Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma & Utah |
| #3560, aired 2000-02-11 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: Stephen was the real first name of this president who served 2 non-consecutive terms Grover Cleveland |
| #3559, aired 2000-02-10 | ASIAN HISTORY $400: This country was officially reunified July 2, 1976, 2 days before the U.S. Bicentennial Vietnam |
| #3553, aired 2000-02-02 | WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY? $200: Elections for the U.S. House of Representatives Every 2 years |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | RANK $300: A U.S. brigadier general wears 1 star; this is the next grade up with 2 Major general |
| #3551, aired 2000-01-31 | POLITICIANS $400: 1 of 2 U.S. senators from Hawaii; they share a first name & middle initial Daniel K. Inouye or Daniel K. Akaka |
| #3549, aired 2000-01-27 | U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS $500: 2 of the 4 states that have over 100,000 American Indians, according to the 1990 Census Arizona, California, New Mexico & Oklahoma |
| #3545, aired 2000-01-21 | BLAST OFF! $200: This first U.S. space station was launched on May 14, 1973 -- 2 years after the Soviet Union orbited its first Skylab |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | RACETRACK TALK $800: U.S. racetracks have 2 turns: the clubhouse one before the backstretch & the far one before this the homestretch |
| #3518, aired 1999-12-15 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $400: John Scott Harrison was the son & father of these 2 U.S. presidents William Henry & Benjamin Harrison |
| #3516, aired 1999-12-13 | U.S. HISTORY $800: His 1830 "Liberty and Union" speech to the Senate was spread over 2 days Daniel Webster |
| #3515, aired 1999-12-10 | WWII $300: Of 2, 5 or 10 million men, total drafted by the U.S. during the war 10 million |
| #3489, aired 1999-11-04 | PROFESSIONAL SPORTS $400: Of the 2 Williams sisters currently starring on the pro tennis tour, she won the 1999 U.S. Open Serena Williams |
| #3483, aired 1999-10-27 | U.S. HISTORIC SITES $400: The attack on Pearl Harbor killed 2,403 Americans, almost half of them on this ship that's now a memorial U.S.S. Arizona |
| #3478, aired 1999-10-20 | HOWDY, "BUSTER" $100: This video chain began in Dallas in 1985; it now has more than 4,000 U.S. stores & 2,000 overseas Blockbuster |
| #3461, aired 1999-09-27 | U.S. COLLEGES $200: The Wren Building at this school named for 2 monarchs is the oldest U.S. academic building still in use William and Mary |
| #3454, aired 1999-09-16 | U.S. FIRSTS $800: On Aug. 2, 1962 the U.S. submarines Skate & Seadragon made a historic joint surfacing here North Pole |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | THEY REST IN RHODE ISLAND $800: Last name of the 2 brothers, both 19th century U.S. Naval officers, who lie in Island Cemetery Perry (Matthew & Oliver) |
| #3412, aired 1999-06-08 | SUMMER $400: 1 of the 2 months in the U.S. in which an "Indian Summer" may occur October or November |
| #3411, aired 1999-06-07 | THE '60s $200: Lack of public demand led the U.S. Treasury to officially discontinue these bills August 10, 1966 $2 bills |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | FAMOUS NAMES $300: This famous U-2 reconnaissance pilot later became a helicopter traffic reporter Francis Gary Powers |
| #3402, aired 1999-05-25 | HISSSTORY $1000: This ancient winged staff featuring 2 intertwined snakes is now the symbol of the U.S. Army Medical Corps caduceus |
| #3401, aired 1999-05-24 | U.S. CITIES $200: Oh, the O. Henry house & the Alamo are 2 of the places you can visit in this city San Antonio |
| #3383, aired 1999-04-28 | U.S. HISTORY $500: This Secretary of State retired in 1869, 2 years after his "folly" William Seward |
| #3366, aired 1999-04-05 | WE SURRENDER $200: This country officially surrendered on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri on September 2, 1945 Japan |
| #3359, aired 1999-03-25 | DISNEYLANDS $500: They're the 2 countries where you'll find Disney theme parks outside the U.S. France & Japan |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | THE SPORTS BIZ $600: On 2/23/94 more U.S. households tuned in to watch Nancy & Tonya in this sport than any other Olympic sportscast ever figure skating |
| #3303, aired 1999-01-06 | THE CIA $400: Advanced CIA methods have included use of this high altitude aircraft; one was shot down May 1, 1960 U-2 |
| #3299, aired 1998-12-31 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: A century before the U.S.S. Nautilus, the Confederacy had 2 of these new ships, the Pioneer & the Hunley submarines |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | DECEMBER 24 $1000: The Treaty of Ghent was signed by these 2 countries December 24, 1814 U.S. and Great Britain |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | WAR PLANES $300: First flown in 1952, this bomber was built to meet U.S. nuclear strategic needs the B-52 |
| #3279, aired 1998-12-03 | WORLD CUP '98 $100: There were an average of 2.67 of these a game, not enough for some bored U.S. viewers Goals |
| #3276, aired 1998-11-30 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $400: 1 of 2 women to serve as permanent U.S. representative to the United Nations Madeleine Albright (or Jeane Kirkpatrick) |
| #3267, aired 1998-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: Over its 2,340-mile course, this river forms the boundary or part of the boundary of 9 states Mississippi |
| #3263, aired 1998-11-11 | SEPTEMBER 1984 $100: 2 Dianas were in the news; one gave birth to Prince Harry & the other was one of these that hit the U.S. Hurricane |
| #3257, aired 1998-11-03 | ROCK & POP $200: Of a steamroller, airplane or 2 U.S. cities, it was what the group Buffalo Springfield was named after a steamroller |
| #3245, aired 1998-10-16 | HISTORIC DOCUMENTS $1000: In the 1809 treaty of this fort, the U.S. acquired 2.5 million acres from Indiana's Indians Fort Wayne |
| #3228, aired 1998-09-23 | U.S. CRIME STATISTICS $500: In 1997 the Boston FBI reported a 24% increase in these crimes, but 1 person pulled off almost 2 dozen Bank robberies |
| #3227, aired 1998-09-22 | "U" GOT IT! $800: Mesannepadda & Aannepadda were 2 early rulers of this 2-letter Sumerian city Ur |
| #3226, aired 1998-09-21 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $100: 1 of 2 current U.S. colleges founded in the 1600s Harvard & William & Mary |
| #3207, aired 1998-07-07 | CURRENT AFFAIRS $300: He told the U.S. Senate, "At Microsoft we are spending 2.6 billion in R&D this year" Bill Gates |
| #3204, aired 1998-07-02 | U.S. CURRENCY $100: In 1971, just 2 years after his death, he was honored on a U.S. coin Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| #3188, aired 1998-06-10 | U.S. HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 10 minutes, this May 31, 1889 disaster destroyed a town & killed over 2,200 people The Johnstown Flood |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | THE BALD TRUTH $100: She appeared almost totally hairless in her video "Nothing Compares 2 U" Sinead O'Connor |
| #3162, aired 1998-05-05 | NAGANO '98 $200: Sarah Tueting & Cammi Granato were 2 of the heroines of this triumphant U.S. team Women's Hockey Team |
| #3139, aired 1998-04-02 | "ICK"Y WORDS $400: Many of these human-powered 2-wheeled carts once widely used in Asia were built in the U.S. rickshaws |
| #3136, aired 1998-03-30 | "WALK" $200: The U.S. Army Signal Corps developed this portable 2-way radio set in 1933. Over. a walkie-talkie |
| #3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $300: As per Article I, the first group elected to this body was divided into those who would serve 2, 4, & 6 year terms the Senate |
| #3111, aired 1998-02-23 | NATIONAL FORESTS $300: 1 of 2 U.S. presidents who have national forests named for them in Virginia T. Jefferson or G. Washington |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | DIBS! $600: This 2-word term coined in 1845 asserted that the U.S. had dibs on land stretching to the Pacific Manifest destiny |
| #3058, aired 1997-12-10 | LET'S PLAY CLUE $500: In the U.S. version, the game of Clue starts when this man is found dead in his mansion Mr. Boddy |
| #3050, aired 1997-11-28 | THE 1960s $600: On August 2, 1964 North Vietnamese PT boats attacked the U.S. destroyer Maddox in this gulf the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #3049, aired 1997-11-27 | U.S. CITIES $600: This Tennessee port named for an Egyptian city was founded by Andrew Jackson & 2 partners in 1819 Memphis |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | BOOK REPORT $600: In Sheila Burnford's "Incredible Journey", 2 dogs & a cat trek across this country Canada |
| #3031, aired 1997-11-03 | U.S. CITIES $800: This state capital is home to the 4 1/2 acre Roger Williams National Memorial Park Providence, Rhode Island |
| #3025, aired 1997-10-24 | THE UNITED NATIONS $500 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 Africans to serve as U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan (or Boutros Boutros-Ghali) |
| #3004, aired 1997-09-25 | 1966 $200: The U.S. Treasury discontinued this currency, though it made a comeback in 1976 the $2 bill |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | ANIMALS $200: 1 of only 2 species of eagle to breed in the U.S. & Canada the golden eagle (or the bald eagle) |
| #2989, aired 1997-09-04 | BIG DATES $200: On August 2, 1964 a U.S. destroyer was attacked by the North Vietnamese in this gulf the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #2985, aired 1997-07-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $600: He was the first president to serve 2 terms in office George Washington |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | ASTRONOMY & SPACE $500: In 1973 Alan Bean spent nearly 2 months aboard this U.S. space station Skylab |
| #2977, aired 1997-07-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): At one point this state is less than 2 miles wide between its borders with Pennsylvania & West Virginia Maryland |
| #2973, aired 1997-07-02 | NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1,800 (Daily Double): The Rio Grande forms part of the border between these 2 U.S. states New Mexico & Texas |
| #2963, aired 1997-06-18 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: There are currently this many men on the U.S. Supreme Court 7 |
| #2952, aired 1997-06-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This state's Upper Peninsula has 2 land regions: the Superior Upland & the Central Lowland Michigan |
| #2936, aired 1997-05-12 | THE 1960s $500: 2-word term for South Vietnamese Communists allied with the North against the U.S. Viet Cong |
| #2928, aired 1997-04-30 | BEFORE YOU WERE BORN $400: In 1955 2 of the largest labor organizations in the U.S. merged, the AFL & this one CIO |
| #2918, aired 1997-04-16 | APPLES $500: In the third quarter of 1995, Apple passed this company as the No. 2 maker of PCs in the U.S. IBM |
| #2908, aired 1997-04-02 | AUGUST $400: On August 14, 1900 more than 2,000 U.S. troops helped capture Peking, thus halting this uprising Boxer Rebellion |
| #2897, aired 1997-03-18 | ADVERTISING $400: Effective Jan. 2, 1971 ads for these were banned from U.S. TV Cigarettes |
| #2889, aired 1997-03-06 | U.S. CITIES $200: At least 3 1/2 miles of skyways link the downtown buildings of this Minnesota capital St. Paul |
| #2886, aired 1997-03-03 | ATLANTA BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $500: This papermaker owns or controls 6.2 million acres of woods in the U.S. & Canada Georgia-Pacific |
| #2885, aired 1997-02-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $300: 2 of this state's largest lakes are Quabbin Reservoir & Wachusett Reservoir near Worcester Massachusetts |
| #2879, aired 1997-02-20 | U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1950 2 Puerto Rican nationalists made an attempt on this president's life Harry S. Truman |
| #2876, aired 1997-02-17 | U.S. STATES $500: This state has 2 national monuments: the Hagerman fossil beds & craters of the moon Idaho |
| #2845, aired 1997-01-03 | POTPOURRI $500: 1 of the 2 cities whose Bee is among the top 100 U.S. newspapers in circulation Fresno (or Sacramento) |
| #2841, aired 1996-12-30 | U.S. PACIFIC DEPENDENCIES $500: The largest private sector employers in American Samoa are 2 canneries that pack this fish Tuna |
| #2837, aired 1996-12-24 | MAY DAYS $400: His U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot down over Russia May 1, 1960 Francis Gary Powers |
| #2815, aired 1996-11-22 | PENNSYLVANIA $1000: 1 of Pennsylvania's 2 U.S. senators Arlen Specter & Rick Santorum |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | U.S. STATES $200: The Hudson-Mohawk Lowland & the Adirondack Upland are 2 of this state's 8 land regions New York |
| #2805, aired 1996-11-08 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 justices of the U.S. Supreme Court who were appointed from Arizona (1 of) Sandra Day O'Connor (or Chief Justice Rehnquist) |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | THE MOVIES $300: "Mad Max 2" with Mel Gibson was released in the U.S. under this title The Road Warrior |
| #2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 of 3 U.S. states that fit the category (2 of) Ohio & Utah (Iowa) |
| #2798, aired 1996-10-30 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $800: This state's 2 largest lakes, Harry S. Truman Reservoir & Lake of the Ozarks, were both created artificially Missouri |
| #2797, aired 1996-10-29 | WEATHER $200: The largest of these in the U.S., 17 1/2" around & 1 2/3 lbs., fell on Coffeyville, Kansas Sept. 3, 1970 hailstone |
| #2779, aired 1996-10-03 | U.S. HISTORY $400: These 2 Tug Valley families, whose feud goes back to at least 1878, were related the Hatfields & the McCoys |
| #2777, aired 1996-10-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: Emmons & Nisqually are 2 of about 25 glaciers on this Washington state peak Mt. Rainier |
| #2757, aired 1996-09-03 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: On March 4, 1885 this president took the oath of office for the first of his 2 nonconsecutive terms Cleveland |
| #2745, aired 1996-07-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: The straits of Florida connect these 2 large bodies of water the Atlantic & the Gulf of Mexico |
| #2743, aired 1996-07-03 | U.S. CITIES $300: The Freedom Trail winds 1 1/2 miles through the downtown & North End sections of this city Boston |
| #2715, aired 1996-05-24 | TERRIERS $400: The Border Terrier was developed in the border area between these 2 U.K. countries Scotland & England |
| #2696, aired 1996-04-29 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 states that border Oklahoma's Panhandle (2 of) Texas, Colorado, Kansas, and New Mexico |
| #2690, aired 1996-04-19 | U.S.A. $400: Each summer in Shelbyville, Tenn., over 2,000 of these horses "step out" during a national celebration Tennessee Walkers |
| #2686, aired 1996-04-15 | ESPIONAGE $600: In 1956 a program that deployed balloons with cameras over Russia ended & this new plane replaced it U-2 |
| #2678, aired 1996-04-03 | U.S.A. $500 (Daily Double): This state has coastlines on 2 different oceans Alaska |
| #2678, aired 1996-04-03 | U.S.A. $500: In January 1995 the first U.S. area codes were allocated that didn't use either of these 2 center digits 0 or 1 |
| #2663, aired 1996-03-13 | MISC. $200: The 2 basic types of saddle used in the U.S. are the English Saddle & this one preferred by cowhands a Western saddle |
| #2662, aired 1996-03-12 | BAYS $400: 2 of the leading U.S. ports, Norfolk, Virginia & Baltimore, Maryland, are on this bay Chesapeake Bay |
| #2661, aired 1996-03-11 | WATERFALLS $200: The 2 principal parts of this U.S.-Canadian cataract are separated by Goat Island Niagara Falls |
| #2628, aired 1996-01-24 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2,500 (Daily Double): In 1912 Alaska became an organized U.S. territory & these 2 states joined the Union Arizona & New Mexico |
| #2617, aired 1996-01-09 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): These 2 states share the Bighorn River & the Bighorn Mountains Montana & Wyoming |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $2,000 (Daily Double): The 1857 Dred Scott decision, 2 days into his term, complicated his efforts to unify the country James Buchanan |
| #2596, aired 1995-12-11 | U.S. CITIES $400: Only 2 West Virginia cities have populations over 50,000: Huntington & this one Charleston |
| #2592, aired 1995-12-05 | "DA" LIMIT $1,000 (Daily Double): The 2 U.S. states that end in "Da" Florida & Nevada |
| #2585, aired 1995-11-24 | STATE CAPITALS $300: For 2 months in 1784, it served as the temporary capital of the U.S.; it became New Jersey's capital in 1790 Trenton |
| #2579, aired 1995-11-16 | ECONOMICS $600: 2-word economic phrase that describes the period of U.S. history from 1929-1939 Great Depression |
| #2575, aired 1995-11-10 | U.S.A. $400: A rich farming area, the Delmarva Peninsula is divided among Delaware & these 2 states Maryland & Virginia |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | FAMOUS WOMEN $400: 1 of 2 women currently serving on the U.S. Supreme Court Sandra Day-O'Connor [or Ruth Bader Ginsburg] |
| #2559, aired 1995-10-19 | 2-LETTER WORDS $400: It's the second 2-letter word in the U.S. Constitution's preamble; "We" is first of |
| #2558, aired 1995-10-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: Hinds County, Mississippi has 2 seats: Raymond & this capital Jackson |
| #2547, aired 1995-10-03 | NATIONAL PARKS $800: This U.S. territory's park covers about 2/3 of St. John & 5,650 acres of its adjacent waters the U.S. Virgin Islands |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | WE'RE NO. 2 $800: He was the 2nd-youngest person inaugurated U.S. president John F. Kennedy |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | U.S. STATES $200: This state is now No. 2 in butter but still leads the nation in cheese production Wisconsin |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | BEAUTY QUEENS & PAGEANT WINNERS $300: She was crowned Miss World-U.S.A. in 1973; 2 years later she was TV's Wonder Woman Lynda Carter |
| #2538, aired 1995-09-20 | U.S. STATES $600: The Mackinac Bridge connects this state's 2 peninsulas Michigan |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | U.S. CITIES $400: About half of all Pennsylvanians live in one of these 2 cities' metropolitan areas Pittsburgh & Philadelphia |
| #2533, aired 1995-09-13 | POTENT POTABLES $800: In the U.S., the 2 most popular fortified wines are port & this sherry |
| #2532, aired 1995-09-12 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $400: It's an 11 1/2-mile climb to the top of Pikes Peak in Pike National Forest in this state Colorado |
| #2527, aired 1995-09-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: The U.S. has 2 "Great" national parks, Great Basin & Great Smoky Mountains, & these 2 "Grand" ones Grand Canyon & Grand Teton |
| #2524, aired 1995-07-20 | SPORTS $100: In the 1980s Debi Thomas won 2 U.S. Championships & 1 world title in this sport ice skating |
| #2513, aired 1995-07-05 | 1994 $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 people the U.S. sent to Haiti September 17, 1994 to negotiate a settlement (2 of) Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, & Senator Sam Nunn |
| #2488, aired 1995-05-31 | U.S.A. $1,500 (Daily Double): Northwestern University has 2 different campuses: 1 in Chicago & 1 in this city Evanston |
| #2484, aired 1995-05-25 | 1984 $200: Suzette Charles won this title by default when Vanessa Williams gave up her crown 2 months early Miss America |
| #2477, aired 1995-05-16 | U.S.A. $200: This estate of George Washington expanded from about 2,000 to 8,000 acres during his lifetime Mount Vernon |
| #2470, aired 1995-05-05 | U.S. STATES $600: The Okefenokee Swamp swamps parts of these 2 states Georgia & Florida |
| #2466, aired 1995-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This river reaches its widest point, 3 1/2 miles, just north of Clinton, Iowa Mississippi |
| #2461, aired 1995-04-24 | COUNTIES $100: 1 of 2 U.S. counties with populations of more than 5 million Los Angeles County (or Cook County) |
| #2458, aired 1995-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $100: You'll find this state about 2,100 nautical miles from the U.S. mainland Hawaii |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | TIME $300: In the U.S. Daylight Saving time begins & ends during these 2 seasons Spring & Fall |
| #2448, aired 1995-04-05 | LANGUAGES $600: Of 20 native languages that once flourished in this U.S. state, only 2 forms of Yupik survive Alaska |
| #2446, aired 1995-04-03 | U.S.A. $400: The 2 presidents whose birthplaces, homes & final resting places can be visited in Quincy, Mass. John Adams & John Quincy Adams |
| #2442, aired 1995-03-28 | THE COLD WAR $300: This U-2 pilot went on trial in Moscow in August 1960, pled guilty to espionage & was sentenced to 10 years (Francis Gary) Powers |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | U.S. STATES $100: It's the only state with an area of less than 2,000 square miles Rhode Island |
| #2434, aired 1995-03-16 | ANIMALS $100: Shasta was the first U.S.-born liger, a cross of these 2 animals, to reach maturity a lion & a tiger |
| #2427, aired 1995-03-07 | THE MOVIES $500: Charlton Heston played this U.S. president in 2 films, "The President's Lady" & "The Buccaneer" Andrew Jackson |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | FOOD $600: These 2 fruit flavors account for over half the jellies sold in the U.S. strawberry & grape |
| #2419, aired 1995-02-23 | MAGAZINES $800: Among the top 50 sellers in the U.S., 2 of the 3 magazines that have "Digest" in their names Reader's Digest & Golf Digest (& Soap Opera Digest) |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | U.S. HISTORY $200: To assist him in the Battle of New Orleans, this general recruited 2 battalions of free blacks Andrew Jackson |
| #2408, aired 1995-02-08 | U.S. HISTORY $800: This 1854 act was named for 2 territories, which were allowed to decide the slavery issue for themselves the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| #2407, aired 1995-02-07 | POLITICIANS $1000: Robert Bennett & Orrin Hatch are this state's 2 U.S. senators Utah |
| #2403, aired 1995-02-01 | U.S. U.N. AMBASSADORS $200: Though he served less than 2 years as a U.N. ambassador, he served 4 years as a U.S. president George Bush |
| #2390, aired 1995-01-13 | WORLD HISTORY $600: In 1951, to ensure mutual aid in the event of aggression, the U.S. & these 2 nations signed the ANZUS Pact New Zealand & Australia |
| #2376, aired 1994-12-26 | MEET THE MITCHELLS $400: The book she published in 1936 sold over 2,000,000 copies in the U.S. by 1939 Margaret Mitchell |
| #2374, aired 1994-12-22 | NEWSPAPERS $400: 2 of the 4 U.S. newspapers with circulation exceeding 1 million are published in this city New York |
| #2372, aired 1994-12-20 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: FL.'s 2 largest metro areas are Miami-Ft. Lauderdale & this city-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Tampa |
| #2368, aired 1994-12-14 | HISTORY $200: On March 16, 1966 the U.S. had 2 men in space & the Soviets had 2 of these animals there dogs |
| #2367, aired 1994-12-13 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: He took the presidential oath at 2:39 P.M., Nov. 22, 1963 Lyndon Johnson |
| #2366, aired 1994-12-12 | U.S. PLACE NAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): The site of an 1820s skirmish between 2 surveyors & 2 Indians gave this Michigan city its name Battle Creek |
| #2362, aired 1994-12-06 | OLD U.S. COINS $400: The old Lincoln penny had one ear of Lincoln's on the front & 2 ears of this grain on the back wheat |
| #2360, aired 1994-12-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $100: Almost 2/3 of Rhode island's population lives in the metropolitan area of this city Providence |
| #2359, aired 1994-12-01 | ODDS & ENDS $800: The insignia for the U.S. Army Medical Corps features this symbol, a staff with 2 coiled serpents a caduceus |
| #2358, aired 1994-11-30 | POLITICIANS $800 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 Ohio governors elected president of the U.S. in the late 19th century William McKinley (or Rutherford B. Hayes) |
| #2350, aired 1994-11-18 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: George Custer's brother Thomas was the only person in the U.S. Army to win 2 of these medals during the war Congressional Medal of Honor |
| #2349, aired 1994-11-17 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2,600 (Daily Double): South Carolina's highest point, Sassafras Mountain, rises 3,560 feet in this range of the Appalachians the Blue Ridge Mountains |
| #2345, aired 1994-11-11 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: He broke the tradition of serving only 2 terms as president & in 1945 was sworn in for a 4th Franklin Roosevelt |
| #2338, aired 1994-11-02 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $800: This U.S. president died in San Francisco on August 2, 1923 after an exhausting tour of Alaska Harding |
| #2333, aired 1994-10-26 | U.S. CITIES $500: This city near Scranton was named for 2 British politicians who supported the American colonists Wilkes-Barre |
| #2330, aired 1994-10-21 | U.S. EXTREMES $500: 1 of 2 states whose lowest point is over 3,000 feet above sea level Colorado (or Wyoming) |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | U.S. CURRENCY $400: Prior to 1976, this presidential estate was featured on the back of the 2-dollar bill Monticello |
| #2322, aired 1994-10-11 | U.S. CURRENCY $600: The 2 U.S. coins that have no milling or ridges around the outer edge the nickel & the penny |
| #2319, aired 1994-10-06 | POLITICIANS $200: This frontiersman served 2 terms in the Tennessee legislature & 3 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives Davy Crockett |
| #2317, aired 1994-10-04 | MEXICAN STATES $600: This peninsula that borders the U.S. is divided into 2 states, one norte, one sur Baja |
| #2309, aired 1994-09-22 | AVIATION $1000: During WWII the 2 B-29s used by the U.S. to drop atomic bombs were Bock's Car & this one the Enola Gay |
| #2280, aired 1994-07-01 | THE 20th CENTURY $400: He was the pilot of the U-2 spy plane shot down over the USSR in May 1960 Gary Powers |
| #2277, aired 1994-06-28 | U.S. SENATORS $200: This state currently has 2 women in the Senate, Dianne Feinstein & Barbara Boxer California |
| #2275, aired 1994-06-24 | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS $200: By the mid-1790s the U.S. had 2 major political parties: the Democratic-Republican party & this one the Federalists |
| #2237, aired 1994-05-03 | U.S. "A"s $1000: The 2 states that fit the category that had to be readmitted to the Union after the Civil War Alabama and Arkansas |
| #2234, aired 1994-04-28 | PERIODS & AGES $100: 2-word term for the period in the U.S. between 1946 & 1964, from the high number of births the baby boom |
| #2232, aired 1994-04-26 | U.S. COINS $400: The Indian head nickel features this animal 2 ways: on a mound or on a plain buffalo (bison) |
| #2227, aired 1994-04-19 | ESPIONAGE $800: In the 1960s this American reconnaissance jet was replaced by the SR-71 Blackbird the U-2 |
| #2218, aired 1994-04-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: This largest Maryland city has 2 outlets to the sea: Chesapeake Bay & the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal Baltimore |
| #2212, aired 1994-03-29 | 1965 $400: The first mission in this U.S. 2-man space program blasted into orbit on March 23 Gemini |
| #2208, aired 1994-03-23 | ALPHABET SOUP $500: 2-letter version of a baseball term or a branch of the U.S. Congress HR |
| #2205, aired 1994-03-18 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: This Civil War general was the first G.O.P. president to serve 2 full terms Grant |
| #2202, aired 1994-03-15 | THE 20th CENTURY $200: Name given the 2 Israeli-Egyptian agreements signed in the U.S. Sept. 17, 1978 the Camp David Accords |
| #2187, aired 1994-02-22 | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS $200: Model U.N. & Youth Government are 2 of the programs available at Ys, short for this organization YMCA |
| #2184, aired 1994-02-17 | ANIMALS $500: The only 2 species of eagles found in the U.S. are the bald & this colorful variety the golden eagle |
| #2178, aired 1994-02-09 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: He took the oath of office at 2:47 A.M. on August 3, 1923 Coolidge |
| #2158, aired 1994-01-12 | U.S. COINS $200: A coin of this value was minted 1864–1873, so if you wanted to put its worth into a conversation... 2 cents |
| #2153, aired 1994-01-05 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This state occupies about 2/3 of the Pacific coast between Canada & Mexico California |
| #2142, aired 1993-12-21 | MODERN HISTORY $400: 1 of the 2 African countries the U.S. wanted Cuba to withdraw troops from in 1977 (1 of) Angola (or Ethiopia) |
| #2135, aired 1993-12-10 | NOTABLE NAMES $100: 1 of the 2 U.S. first ladies born in Georgia Rosalynn Carter (or Ellen Wilson) |
| #2134, aired 1993-12-09 | 1985 $200: In August this country pledged to find the remains of all U.S. MIAs inside its borders within 2 years Vietnam |
| #2129, aired 1993-12-02 | U.S. AREAS $600: 2 of the 3 "saintly" islands of the U.S. Virgin Islands (2 of) Saint Thomas, Saint Croix & Saint John |
| #2101, aired 1993-10-25 | 1867 $200: Of about 2¢, 20¢ or $2, the amount per acre the U.S. paid Russia for Alaska 2¢ |
| #2076, aired 1993-09-20 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $200: Though it's No. 2 in the U.S., this firm is Europe's leading car rental agency Avis |
| #2074, aired 1993-09-16 | WORLD FACTS $100: This "Cornhusker" state's 2 nat'l forests are the only ones in the U.S. planted entirely by man Nebraska |
| #2066, aired 1993-09-06 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $2,000 (Daily Double): Within a 3 1/2 year period, he became Mayor of Buffalo, Governor of N.Y. & President of the U.S. Grover Cleveland |
| #2037, aired 1993-06-15 | NEW COUNTRIES $1000: 1 of 2 former U.S. trust territories to join the U.N. on September 17, 1991 the Marshall Islands (or Micronesia) |
| #2019, aired 1993-05-20 | U.S. HISTORY $2,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 men upon whom the new rank of 5-star general was conferred in 1944 (2 of) MacArthur, Eisenhower, Marshall, Hap Arnold |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $400: Created by 2 volcanoes, it's Hawaii's "Valley Island" Maui |
| #2018, aired 1993-05-19 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: This wilderness route extends over 2,000 miles from Mount Katahdin, Me. to Springer Mountain, Ga. the Appalachian Trail |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $100: His mother, Lillian, joined the Peace Corps in 1966 & served for 2 years Jimmy Carter |
| #2016, aired 1993-05-17 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $200: He won the 1860 G.O.P. nomination on the 3rd ballot after trailing William H. Seward on the 1st 2 ballots Lincoln |
| #2009, aired 1993-05-06 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: The U.S. vice president gets a salute of this many guns, 2 fewer than the President 19 |
| #1998, aired 1993-04-21 | "F" IN HISTORY $400: 1 of the 2 U.S. presidents whose last names fit the category Millard Fillmore (or Gerald Ford) |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This Dutch brand is the largest U.S. beer import by a margin of over 2 to 1 Heineken |
| #1994, aired 1993-04-15 | 1952 $500: On January 1 the price to mail a postcard in the U.S. doubled to this amount 2 cents |
| #1993, aired 1993-04-14 | U.S. HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): The Republican Party was founded in 1854 partly as a reaction against this act named for 2 territories the Kansas-Nebraska Act |
| #1986, aired 1993-04-05 | "BI" WORDS $300: Except for Nebraska, all U.S. states have this form of legislature made up of 2 houses bicameral |
| #1964, aired 1993-03-04 | U.S.A. $800: Litchfield & Fairfield are 2 of only 8 counties in this state Connecticut |
| #1962, aired 1993-03-02 | BLACK AMERICA $800: This Nobel Peace Prize winner died in 1971, just 2 months after retiring from the U.N. Ralph Bunche |
| #1959, aired 1993-02-25 | IN THE NEWS $2,200 (Daily Double): In 1992 this state became the first to elect 2 women to the U.S. Senate California |
| #1940, aired 1993-01-29 | DANCE AROUND THE WORLD $400: This Cuban dance with a 1-2-3-Kick was a U.S. craze around 1940 the conga |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | DECLARATION SIGNERS $600: The 2 signers who later became U.S. presidents Thomas Jefferson & John Adams |
| #1929, aired 1993-01-14 | INSECTS $600: At a length of 4 1/2", the giant green darner is the largest U.S. species of this insect the dragonfly |
| #1920, aired 1993-01-01 | COINS $2,000 (Daily Double): In colonial days the Spanish real was worth about 12 1/2 U.S. cents & was known by this nickname one bit |
| #1916, aired 1992-12-28 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $400: His first wife, Alice, died in 1884, 2 days after giving birth to their daughter Alice Theodore Roosevelt |
| #1908, aired 1992-12-16 | DECEMBER 1969 $400: This rich Texan took 2 planes to N. Vietnam loaded with gifts for U.S. P.O.W.s but wasn't let in Ross Perot |
| #1900, aired 1992-12-04 | WE'RE NO. 2 $200: The second tallest bulding in this U.S. city is One Peachtree Center Atlanta |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: "Mama Mia!"; since purchasing Ronzoni, this #1 U.S. chocolate maker has become #2 in pasta Hershey's |
| #1880, aired 1992-11-06 | WEATHER $200: The largest one of these in the U.S. was 17 1/2" in circumference & fell near Coffeeville, Kansas, in 1970 hailstone |
| #1878, aired 1992-11-04 | 1960 $600: On May 7 Nikita Khrushchev confirmed the identity of this U-2 pilot who was shot down days earlier Powers |
| #1871, aired 1992-10-26 | U.S. STATES $400: This "Down East" state is bordered by only 1 state & 2 provinces Maine |
| #1857, aired 1992-10-06 | U.S. STATES $600 (Daily Double): 1 of the 2 states bordered by both Idaho and South Dakota Wyoming (or Montana) |
| #1849, aired 1992-09-24 | HISTORY $1,100 (Daily Double): At a U.S. exhibit in Moscow in 1959, these 2 men held their famous kitchen debate Khrushchev & Nixon |
| #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | POLITICIANS $2,000 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 Republicans who represent Oregon in the U.S. Senate (1 of) (Bob) Packwood (Mark Hatfield) |
| #1800, aired 1992-05-29 | WYOMING $1000: 1 of Wyoming's 2 U.S. senators Alan Simpson (or Malcolm Wallop) |
| #1787, aired 1992-05-12 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: On August 2, 1923 this president died in room 8064 at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco Harding |
| #1783, aired 1992-05-06 | VICE PRESIDENTS $400: Hubert Humphrey & Walter Mondale are the only 2 U.S. vice presidents from this state Minnesota |
| #1771, aired 1992-04-20 | U.S. CURRENCY $200: 2 of the 4 U.S. denominations of bills discontinued by Federal Reserve Banks in 1969 (2 of) $500, $1,000, $5,000 or $10,000 bills |
| #1755, aired 1992-03-27 | U.S. STATES $600 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 states whose state fish is the Chinook salmon (1 of) Alaska or Oregon |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | THE U.N. $1000: 1 of 2 Soviet republics that became charter members of the U.N. in 1945 Ukraine |
| #1731, aired 1992-02-24 | U.S. HISTORY $200: A constitutional amendment regarding the pay of members of these 2 bodies has been pending since 1789 the Senate & the House of Representatives |
| #1714, aired 1992-01-30 | THE 20th CENTURY $800: In 1924 U.S. states elected 2 women governors: Miriam Ferguson in Texas & Nellie Tayloe Ross here Wyoming |
| #1707, aired 1992-01-21 | SPORTS $400: Other than the U.S., 1 of 2 countries to win Olympic gold medals in men's basketball (1 of) Soviet Union (or Yugoslavia) |
| #1705, aired 1992-01-17 | SPACE FLIGHT $200: These 2-man U.S. vehicles, the 1st maneuverable manned spacecraft, were named for a sign of the zodiac Gemini |
| #1698, aired 1992-01-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: This Louisiana capital is on the site of a pole that marked the boundary of 2 indian nations Baton Rouge |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The U.S. has 2 federal cities, Port Angeles in the northwest & this one in the east Washington, D.C. |
| #1695, aired 1992-01-03 | COMPOSERS $600: On a U.S. tour this "Salome" composer gave 2 concerts at Wanamaker's dep't store in New York Richard Strauss |
| #1685, aired 1991-12-20 | U.S. STAMPS $2,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the classic films honored by U.S. stamps in 1990 2 of (Gone with the Wind, Stage Coach, The Wizard of Oz, and Beau Geste) |
| #1684, aired 1991-12-19 | 1962 $800: The only 2 scheduled U.S. transatlantic passenger airlines in 1962, their merger never came off Pan Am & TWA |
| #1665, aired 1991-11-22 | U.S. HISTORY $400: 1 of 2 constitutional freedoms taken away under the Sedition Act of 1798 freedom of the press (or freedom of speech) |
| #1653, aired 1991-11-06 | U.S. COINS $600: The 2 denominations that don't have grooves or milling around the edge Nickels & pennies |
| #1651, aired 1991-11-04 | ROCKET SCIENCE $300: After World War II, the U.S. used these captured German rockets as atmospheric probes V-2 rockets |
| #1644, aired 1991-10-24 | INVENTORS $1000: Wireless telegraph services in the U.K. observed a 2-minute silence after he died in 1937 Marconi |
| #1636, aired 1991-10-14 | U.S. STATES $1000: 1 of 2 states that border eight others Missouri or Tennessee |
| #1628, aired 1991-10-02 | WISCONSIN $100: As Ocean Spray could tell you, Mass. & Wisc. are the top 2 growers of this fruit in the U.S. cranberry |
| #1623, aired 1991-09-25 | U.S. COINS $200: The composition of this coin is now 97.5% zinc & only 2.5% copper the penny |
| #1620, aired 1991-09-20 | GAMBLING $1000: Time reports the only 2 states in the U.S. that have no legal betting of any kind are Hawaii & this one Utah |
| #1606, aired 1991-09-02 | SPORTS $200: Squaw Valley, Calif. & Lake Placid, N.Y. are the 2 U.S. sites that have hosted these games Winter Olympic Games |
| #1604, aired 1991-07-18 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $400: In 1845 this former commander of the Texas armed forces became 1 of that state's first 2 U.S. senators Sam Houston |
| #1592, aired 1991-07-02 | MASSACHUSETTS $5,000 (Daily Double): The 2 U.S. presidents in the second half of this century born in Massachusetts John Kennedy & George Bush |
| #1577, aired 1991-06-11 | U.S. COINS $100: In 1864, a new 2-cent piece, minted to relieve a coin shortage, was the first to display this motto In God We Trust |
| #1575, aired 1991-06-07 | GEOGRAPHY $1,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 U.S. states that border Quebec (2 of) New Hampshire, Vermont (New York or Maine) |
| #1552, aired 1991-05-07 | 1988 $400: On February 5 the U.S. Justice Department indicted this world leader on 2 charges of drug smuggling Noriega |
| #1537, aired 1991-04-16 | DIPLOMACY $800: Of 2, 4, or 5 years, the length of the UN secretary general's renewable term 5 years |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | POLITICAL HISTORY $200: He became provisional Confederate president 2 weeks before Lincoln became U.S. president Jefferson Davis |
| #1524, aired 1991-03-28 | MONEY $200: An 1864 2-cent piece was the first U.S. coin to bear this motto In God We Trust |
| #1511, aired 1991-03-11 | THE 1920s $600: 2 of the 4 U.S. presidents who served during the 1920s (2 of) Harding, Coolidge (Wilson or Hoover) |
| #1496, aired 1991-02-18 | THE 1970s $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1976, for the 1st time in a decade, the U.S. issued money in this denomination the $2 bill |
| #1455, aired 1990-12-21 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1000: An arm of the Atlantic, this bay nearly divides Rhode Island in 2 the Narragansett Bay |
| #1441, aired 1990-12-03 | NATIONAL PARKS $200: Nearly 2/3 of the island of St. John in this U.S. possession is a national park Virgin Islands |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | U.S. CURRENCY $400: From 1909-58, 2 stalks of wheat appeared on the reverse side of this coin a penny |
| #1436, aired 1990-11-26 | U.S. CURRENCY $800: 1 of 2 bureaus of the Treasury Department that manufacture our currency the Bureau of Printing and Engraving (or the Mint) |
| #1421, aired 1990-11-05 | LABOR $100: The Mitsubishi Eclipse & Mazda 626 are 2 Japanese cars made in the U.S. by members of this union the United Auto Workers |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | U.S. STATES $200: Huey Long & his brother Earl were 2 of the most powerful politicians in this state's history Louisiana |
| #1377, aired 1990-09-04 | FLOWERS & TREES $600: Called a plane tree in Scotland & a sycamore in England, 2 U.S. examples are "bird's-eye" & "sugar" maple |
| #12, aired 1990-09-01 | FACTS & FIGURES $800: In the '60s there were just 400 breeding pairs of these birds in the continental U.S.; now there are over 2,600 bald eagles |
| #11, aired 1990-08-25 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $2500: 2 of the 6 planetary probes launched by the U.S. Mariner & Voyager (Ranger, Surveyor, Pioneer & Viking) |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | 1979 $600: A 31-year state of war between these 2 nations ended in March with a treaty signed in the U.S. Israel & Egypt |
| #7, aired 1990-07-28 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $1,400 (Daily Double): In a 1964 survey, he was named 1 of the 2 greatest engineers in U.S. history (Herbert) Hoover |
| #1371, aired 1990-07-16 | U.S. TERRITORIES $400: 300 people live on this 2-square-mile Pacific island controlled by the U.S. Navy Midway |
| #1370, aired 1990-07-13 | ODDS & ENDS $600: When artist Robert Indiana put this word on a 1972 U.S. stamp, he put 2 of its letters on top of the other 2 love |
| #1369, aired 1990-07-12 | EUROPE $500: The area named the "Free Territory of Trieste" by the U.N. in 1946 is now part of these 2 countries Italy & Yugoslavia |
| #1367, aired 1990-07-10 | HUMOROUS QUOTES $400: U.S. Grant said, "I only know 2 tunes; one of them is" this patriotic ditty "and the other isn't." "Yankee Doodle" |
| #1366, aired 1990-07-09 | MONEY $800: All U.S. coins for general circulation are minted in these 2 cities Denver & Philadelphia |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | U.S. STATES $1500: While Washington has no official state fish, these 2 states have chosen a salmon Oregon and Alaska |
| #1354, aired 1990-06-21 | U.S. STATES $300: Hoover's library is in Iowa & his dam is on the border of these 2 states Nevada & Arizona |
| #1353, aired 1990-06-20 | U.S. CITIES $400: 2 of the smaller airports serving this southern city are Charlie Brown & DeKalb Peachtree Atlanta |
| #1, aired 1990-06-16 | IN THE NEWS $800: 1 of the 2 U.S. hostages released in Lebanon in April 1990 Frank Reed (or Robert Polhill) |
| #1346, aired 1990-06-11 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: The 2 highest waterfalls in North America, Yosemite & Ribbon Falls, are both in this state California |
| #1344, aired 1990-06-07 | LEFTOVERS $500: Once Soviet ambassador to the U.S., he lost his Central Comm. seat in May 1989 & died 2 months later (Andrei) Gromyko |
| #1341, aired 1990-06-04 | SPACE EXPLORATION $1000: The 2 U.S. spacecraft that soft-landed on Mars in 1976 were both named this Viking |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | U.S. HISTORY $400: 1 of 2 presidents who appointed Eleanor Roosevelt as a delegate to the U.N. Truman & Kennedy |
| #1340, aired 1990-06-01 | SNAKES $800: 2 of the 3 types of pit vipers found in the U.S. copperheads, cottonmouths & rattlesnakes |
| #1338, aired 1990-05-30 | U.S. CITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): This city, named for 2 British supporters of the American colonies, shares a metro area with Scranton Wilkes-Barre |
| #1332, aired 1990-05-22 | U.S. HISTORY $300: The territory acquired by the 1853 Gadsden Purchase is now part of these 2 states Arizona & New Mexico |
| #1325, aired 1990-05-11 | POTPOURRI $400: 2 of the 6 U.N. members whose names begin with the letter "L" Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya & Luxembourg |
| #1322, aired 1990-05-08 | U.S. CITIES $200: Pierre Laclede named this Missouri city after not 1 but 2 French kings St. Louis |
| #1319, aired 1990-05-03 | THE DAKOTAS $3,000 (Daily Double): It took treaties with these 2 countries for the U.S. to get all the area that's now North Dakota England & France |
| #1307, aired 1990-04-17 | WORLD HISTORY $800: A reported attack on 2 U.S. destroyers in this gulf led to the passage of the 1964 resolution named for it the Gulf of Tonkin |
| #1300, aired 1990-04-06 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $200: This 10-state region isn't flat; it rises from 2,000 ft. near Omaha to 6,000 ft. at Cheyenne Great Plains |
| #1296, aired 1990-04-02 | U.S. STATES $800: This "Tree Planters State" in the midwest has the only 2 man-made national forests in the U.S. Nebraska |
| #1284, aired 1990-03-15 | 19TH CENTURY AMERICA $200: The U.S. paid less than 2¢ per acre for the 586,000 square miles it purchased here Alaska |
| #1271, aired 1990-02-26 | AROUND THE HOUSE $100: The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture says this by-product of sugar will last 2 years on the shelf Molasses |
| #1258, aired 1990-02-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: This oatmeal co. owns 2 of the oldest trademarks in the U.S.; Aunt Jemima & its own Quaker Oats |
| #1250, aired 1990-01-26 | 1987 $1000: In May, 1987, 2 Iraqi missiles hit this U.S. Navy frigate U.S.S. Stark |
| #1247, aired 1990-01-23 | THE NAVY $300: They are the 2 official colors of the U.S. Navy blue & gold |
| #1246, aired 1990-01-22 | WORLD WAR II $800: 1 of 2 U.S. islands attacked by the Japanese on December 8, 1941 Guam & Wake Island |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | IN THE DICTIONARY $200: Some dictionaries contain listings of both 4-year & 2-year ones in the U.S. Colleges |
| #1239, aired 1990-01-11 | SCANDINAVIANS $1000: The 2 Scandinavians who held the post of U.N. Secretary General Trygve Lie & Dag Hammarskjold |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | TIME $200: 1 of the 2 numbers that can designate midnight in U.S. military time 2400 hours (or 0000 hours) |
| #1222, aired 1989-12-19 | U.S."A"s $500: Benedict Arnold did his plotting with this British major who was hanged as a spy October 2, 1780 Major Andre |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $200: The word "dollar" appears on these 2 coins the quarter dollar & the half dollar |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $400: They're the only 2 coins with buildings on the back the penny & the nickel |
| #1219, aired 1989-12-14 | CURRENT U.S. COINS $800: The 2 presidents shown with bows in their hair Jefferson & Washington |
| #1207, aired 1989-11-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: It began shortly after 5 PM November 9, 1965 & affected parts of 8 states & 2 Canadian provinces the great blckout |
| #1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $600: Utah's 2 largest rivers are this 1 & the Green River, its main tributary the Colorado |
| #1203, aired 1989-11-22 | U.S. RIVERS $1000: Metropolitan Philadelphia has the world's largest freshwater port, along these 2 rivers the Delaware & the Schuylkill |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | WORD PLAY $800: It's the only U.S. state whose name begins with 2 vowels Iowa |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | SCIENTISTS $200: He developed the V-2 for Germany & while in Alabama, the Saturn V for the U.S. Wernher von Braun |
| #1199, aired 1989-11-16 | 1981 $500: 2 of the 3 standard rates in effect during the year for a U.S. first-class letter 15 cents, 18 cents & 20 cents |
| #1198, aired 1989-11-15 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $100: Every year Australia moves 2 in. away from this nearest U.S. state & Japan moves 3 in. closer Hawaii |
| #1197, aired 1989-11-14 | "C" IN GEOGRAPHY $100: The name of 2 cities; one in England & one in the U.S., both famous for their universities Cambridge |
| #1195, aired 1989-11-10 | THE SOVIET UNION $1000: We gave the Soviets this spy in 1962 to get back U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers Col. Rudolf Abel |
| #1192, aired 1989-11-07 | FAMOUS AMERICANS $600: Before he was appointed in 1937, the U.S. Supreme Court had only had 1 Brown, 2 Whites, & a Gray Hugo Black |
| #1175, aired 1989-10-13 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $400: Spelled with a "u", it's a measure equal to 252 gallons; with an "o", 2,000 pounds ton/tun |
| #1168, aired 1989-10-04 | U.S. STATES $200: While Maine borders only 1 state, these 2 don't border any Alaska & Hawaii |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | THE U.N. $200: U.N. guides must be able to speak at least 2 languages & this must be 1 of them English |
| #1167, aired 1989-10-03 | THE U.N. $1000: In 1965 this large Asian island country became the only one to quit the U.N., & it rejoined 2 years later Indonesia |
| #1166, aired 1989-10-02 | U.S. CITIES $500: Among the ten largest U.S. cities in population, these 2 are farthest apart Los Angeles and New York |
| #1150, aired 1989-09-08 | U.S.A. $400: Smurfs frolic on Smurf Island at Carowinds, an amusement park on the border of these 2 states North & South Carolina |
| #1131, aired 1989-07-03 | 1976 $500: 2 of these jets, 1 from Paris & 1 from London, arrived in the U.S. for the 1st time on May 24 Concordes |
| #1120, aired 1989-06-16 | WOMEN IN HISTORY $200: The 2 U.S. first ladies who married men named George Martha Washington & Barbara Bush |
| #1105, aired 1989-05-26 | FAMOUS "BABY"s $900 (Daily Double): 1 of 2 popular U.S. films released in late 1987 that had the word "Baby" in their titles Baby Boom or Three Men and a Baby |
| #1090, aired 1989-05-05 | U.S. STATES $400: The only state represented by 2 senators of Japanese descent Hawaii |
| #1087, aired 1989-05-02 | ARIZONA $200: Arizona counts for 2/3 of U.S. production of this metal, & that's a lot of pipes & wires copper |
| #1082, aired 1989-04-25 | U.S. SENATORS $400: 1 of 2 women currently serving in the U.S. Senate Barbara McCloskey (or Nancy Kassebaum) |
| #1079, aired 1989-04-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: A 1960 summit meeting failed because the USSR had recently shot down this plane the U-2 |
| #1072, aired 1989-04-11 | U.S.A. $300: According to Psychology Today, the stress level in these 2 Nevada cities is the highest in the U.S. Reno & Las Vegas |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | FLAGS $600: The flag of this U.S. city shows 2 beavers, an Indian, a Dutchman & the year of its founding, 1625 New York City |
| #1065, aired 1989-03-31 | U.S. STATES $1,200 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 states that touch both the Mississippi River & a Great Lake (2 of) Minnesota, Illinois & Wisconsin |
| #1051, aired 1989-03-13 | THE U.N. $200: The U.N. flag consists of a map of the world & 2 olive branches on a background of this color blue |
| #1041, aired 1989-02-27 | U.S.A. $400: As far as we know, it's the only city in the world with an 8 1/2-foot statue of Rocky Balboa Philadelphia |
| #1040, aired 1989-02-24 | U.S. STATES $600: The only 2' gauge railroad in the U.S. takes tourists on a trip thru this state's cranberry bogs Massachusetts |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | U.S. HISTORY $100: On December 20, 1967, 2% of the American population was stationed in this country Vietnam |
| #1031, aired 1989-02-13 | U.S.A. $300: It's the standard 2-letter postal abbreviation for the state you're standing in CA |
| #1028, aired 1989-02-08 | NAMES IN THE NEWS $600: The U.N. General Assembly voted 154-2 to move its session to Geneva to that he could address it Arafat |
| #1009, aired 1989-01-12 | U.S. CITIES $800 (Daily Double): City in the title of the following song, Glen Campbell's 1st Top 40 hit:
"By the time I make Oklahoma /
She'll be sleeping..." Phoenix |
| #1005, aired 1989-01-06 | CURRENT EVENTS $400: In August 1988 U.N. Sec'y General Perez de Cuellar announced a cease fire between these 2 countries Iran & Iraq |
| #998, aired 1988-12-28 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $1,500 (Daily Double): The 2 state capitals located closest to each other are Boston & this one Providence (Rhode Island) |
| #997, aired 1988-12-27 | 5-LETTER WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 U.S. states which fit this category (2 of) Maine, Idaho & Texas |
| #990, aired 1988-12-16 | U.S. HISTORY $400: From Latin for "money", the 1st one was authorized by Congress on April 2, 1792 U.S. mint |
| #988, aired 1988-12-14 | THE U.S. CONGRESS $500 (Daily Double): Number of Congresses which met during George Washington's presidency 4 |
| #987, aired 1988-12-13 | ENGINEERING $100: These 2 cities each have 3 of the 6 tallest buildings in the U.S. Chicago & New York |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | FLORIDA $100: Florida, the 4th most populous state, has 19 U.S. representatives & this many U.S. senators 2 |
| #974, aired 1988-11-24 | U.S. STATES $600: There are fish ladders in these 2 states to help adult salmon swim past the Bonneville Dam Washington & Oregon |
| #963, aired 1988-11-09 | POTENT POTABLES $200: Claiming U.S. creation of this "Gaelic" drink, San Francisco's Buena Vista Cafe sells some 2,200 cups daily Irish coffee |
| #961, aired 1988-11-07 | SCIENTISTS $400: Son of a baron, he led teams that developed the V-2 rocket & launched the 1st U.S. satellite Wernher Von Braun |
| #959, aired 1988-11-03 | U.S. CITIES $200: The garbage worker's strike that led M.L. King Jr. to this city was settled 2 weeks after his death Memphis |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | U.S. STATES $200: The 2 states that border no other states Alaska & Hawaii |
| #958, aired 1988-11-02 | U.S. STATES $600: Besides X,Y & Z, 2 of the 3 consonants that don't begin a state's name J & Q (& B) |
| #956, aired 1988-10-31 | U.S. HISTORY $800: In 1978 a group of Indians began a 2,700 mile trek to Washington, D.C. after occupying this Calif. island Alcatraz |
| #952, aired 1988-10-25 | BOOKS $300 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 James Michener novels named for U.S. states (2 of) Alaska & Texas (Hawaii) |
| #946, aired 1988-10-17 | HISTORY $200: In 1867, when it was sold to the U.S. for $7.2 million, only 30,000 people lived there Alaska |
| #940, aired 1988-10-07 | PICKLES $100: This company is the No. 2 pickle producer in the U.S., & that's just one of its varieties Heinz |
| #938, aired 1988-10-05 | POT LUCK $400: As of April 23,1988 this is prohibited on U.S. airplane flights of 2 hours or less smoking |
| #935, aired 1988-09-30 | U.S. CITIES $400: Lakes Mendota & Monona are 2 of several lakes surrounding the center of this Wisconsin capital Madison |
| #933, aired 1988-09-28 | U.S. STATES $600: The Colorado Desert borders the Colorado River, not in Colorado but in these 2 states California & Arizona |
| #928, aired 1988-09-21 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1,500 (Daily Double): 2 of 4 U.S. schools whose initials are U.S.C. (2 of) the University of Southern California, the University of South Carolina (the University of Santa Clara or the University of South Colorado) |
| #927, aired 1988-09-20 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 6 Mexican states that border the U.S. (2 of) Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Baja California Norte, Sonora & Nuevo León |
| #924, aired 1988-09-15 | U.S. CITIES $300: "The World of Tomorrow" & "Peace Through Understanding" were themes of 2 World's Fairs held in this city New York City |
| #914, aired 1988-07-21 | GAMES $200: In 1979, 1 1/2 times as much money for this game was printed in the U.S. as real money Monopoly |
| #891, aired 1988-06-20 | U.S. CITIES $200: This city in Virginia was named for 2 men, William Newce & Christopher Newport Newport News |
