#9094, aired 2024-05-02 | DIARIES & JOURNALS $2,400 (Daily Double): On July 4, 1862 he made an entry in his diary saying he went "to Godstow with the 3 Liddells; we had tea on the bank there" Lewis Carroll |
#9061, aired 2024-03-18 | THE BOOK OF MORMONS $1600: Dubbed the "Empress of Soul", this singer has won 7 competitive Grammys--4 solo & 3 with the Pips Knight |
#9036, aired 2024-02-12 | RHYMING SYNONYMS $400: 3 & 4 letters long, these 2 words refer to the foremost part of a ship the bow or the prow |
#9025, aired 2024-01-26 | THAT'S JUST TEARABLE! $800: After tearing this, aka the calcaneal tendon: 3 or 4 weeks of immobilization, then high-heeled shoes should be a no-no for a while the Achilles |
#25, aired 2024-01-16 | TRAIN STATIONS $600: No Muggles allowed on Platform 9 3/4, the fictional boarding site for this train at London's King's Cross Station the Hogwarts Express |
#9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $2000: Panaji is the capital of this 3-letter state, one of India's smallest & a possession of Portugal for more than 4 centuries Goa |
#9003, aired 2023-12-27 | 2023 SPORTS HIGHLIGHT REEL $600: He won 3 of 4 men's Grand Slam singles titles, but lost at Wimbledon to young Carlos Alcaraz Djokovic |
#8994, aired 2023-12-14 | TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS $800: In 2003 Serena completed a "Serena Slam", beating Venus 7-6, 3-6, 6-4 at this event in Melbourne the Australian Open |
#8959, aired 2023-10-26 | LET'S GO LOBSTERING $2000: A legal Maine lobster must measure at least 3 1/4 inches along this, the bony back shell the carapace |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $200: British Hanoverian kings: 4. George IV
3. George III
2. this king George II |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $400: The presidents:
5. Monroe
4. Madison
3. this guy Jefferson |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | COUNTDOWN $600: The periodic table:
4. beryllium
3. lithium
2. this element helium |
#8952, aired 2023-10-17 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $1000: Bo makes 86 snow-balls in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues? frostbite |
#8944, aired 2023-10-05 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $2000: A shade of blue:
3-25-1-14 cyan |
#8927, aired 2023-09-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $1200: In the sequence 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 4 is this, like a highway strip median |
#8924, aired 2023-07-27 | PLAY TIME $1200: This alliterative 3-word Shakespeare comedy begins with 4 friends swearing off women & romance Love's Labour's Lost |
#8904, aired 2023-06-29 | WRITING: MUSIC $800: Joan Didion wrote of a 1968 recording session, "There were 3 of the 4 Doors", a producer, girls, a dog, cheeseburgers, everything but him Jim Morrison |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $200: A sacred oath; in Catholicism, one can be for chastity, poverty or obedience a vow |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $400: Before singing "He's my brother", The Hollies noted that "He ain't" this heavy |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $600: The Duke of Sussex is familiar with this verb meaning to pester a military foe with repeated attacks harry |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $800: The ninth letter of the Greek alphabet, it can also mean a very small amount iota |
#8893, aired 2023-06-14 | 3-, 4- OR 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: Meaning to improve or perfect a skill, it comes from the Middle English for whetstone hone |
#8888, aired 2023-06-07 | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $600: Stephen Sondheim composed most of the score of "A Little Night Music" in 3/4 time, also known as this dance "time" waltz time |
#8878, aired 2023-05-24 | SCIENCE $1600: Lasting about 4 billion years & encompassing Earth's first 3 eons is this time period that "pre"cedes everything else Precambrian |
#15, aired 2023-05-22 | ALL AROUND THE WORLD $1,000 (Daily Double): A gigantic 3/4 dome, Montreal's biosphere was designed by this American for the city's 1967 Expo (Buckminster) Fuller |
#10, aired 2023-05-15 | 3-WORD PLACE NAMES $400: April 23 is an annual celebration of a local hero in this Warwickshire town--& by the way, that middle word has 4 letters Stratford-upon-Avon |
#8833, aired 2023-03-22 | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS $800: Forwards in hockey come in 3 types:
The center & a left & right this wing |
#8795, aired 2023-01-27 | PLACE YOUR BETS $2000: A horn bet in craps pays a sizeable amount due to the fact that these 4 numbers you're betting on are quite hard to hit a 2, 3, 11 & 12 |
#12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS $600: (Amy Schneider presents the clue.) Beginning in 2015, the Warriors squared off in 4 straight NBA Finals, with LeBron & these Eastern Conference champs, winning 3 out of 4 the (Cleveland) Cavaliers |
#8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WHAT A STEAL! $600: & for his next trick... this Laker made basketballs disappear, leading the NBA in steals with 3.4 per game in the 1980-81 season Magic Johnson |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $400: This sacred mount is the highest peak in Japan Fuji |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $800: Large country between Niger & Sudan Chad |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1200: Ancient Mesopotamian city of 3500 B.C., in ruins today & known as Tell el-Muqayyar Ur |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $1600: I want you to show me this city in Vietnam, or at least its arena, where elephant versus tiger fights were staged long ago Hue |
#8766, aired 2022-12-19 | 2, 3 OR 4-LETTER GEOGRAPHY $2000: Longtime Portuguese colony of India Goa |
#8751, aired 2022-11-28 | PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT $800: Before playing your second-to-last card in this 3-letter game, you must say the name of the game; you draw 4 if you get caught Uno |
#8750, aired 2022-11-25 | DO THE MATH $400: If the legs of a right triangle are 3 inches & 4 inches, this is the length of the hypotenuse 5 |
#8742, aired 2022-11-15 | WHAT CAN I BRING IN MY CARRY ON? $600: This eggplant spread with a name meaning "pampered daddy"? 3.4 ounces or less baba ganoush |
#8740, aired 2022-11-11 | CARATS $1600: Catherine the Great owned a 107-carat one of these gems from Colombia; a necklace with a 75-carat version sold for $4.3 mil. an emerald |
#8729, aired 2022-10-27 | 3 CONSONANTS IN A ROW $1600: The test seen here actually has 4 straight consonants but we're pretty sure you're human CAPTCHA |
#8722, aired 2022-10-18 | ASTRONOMY $600: The distance from Alpha Centauri to our sun is 4.2 light years or just 1.3 of these; sounds quick! parsecs |
#8721, aired 2022-10-17 | BUT I HAVE THIS HISTORIC MEETING $1200: On May 30, 1593 4 men met in Deptford: 3 were associated with the Elizabethan spy service & 1 was this playwright, who ended up dead Marlowe |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | POKER HANDS $400: The lowest straight you can get is A-2-3-4-5, known as a "bicycle" or this, a fundamental part of a bike a wheel |
#8720, aired 2022-10-14 | ISLAND COUNTRIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The Sinhalese people make up about 3/4 of its population Sri Lanka |
#8719, aired 2022-10-13 | HODGEPOURRIPODGE $600: You never escape algebra! It's what x equals in 2x + 3 = 11 4 |
#8706, aired 2022-09-26 | MOUNTAIN WORLD $1200: 3,500-foot Table Mountain overlooks this South African city of more than 4 million people Cape Town |
#8697, aired 2022-09-13 | A CHEM/ PHYSICS/ BIO SAMPLER $5,000 (Daily Double): The standard model of particle physics accounts for 3 of the 4 fundamental forces, skipping this one, important in daily life gravity |
#8689, aired 2022-07-21 | ASIAN GEOGRAPHY $1200: About 3/4 of Mongolia is made up of the forest, desert, mountain & grass types of these plains steppes |
#8673, aired 2022-06-29 | CHUCK D, TIMES 3 $800: Charles Darwin acknowledged Herbert Spencer as the father of this 4-word phrase later used to describe natural selection survival of the fittest |
#8638, aired 2022-05-11 | "4"! $1000: When a website is "not found", it may be a broken link & result in this palindromic 3-digit number code 404 |
#8626, aired 2022-04-25 | TO THE "N"s OF THE EARTH $4,000 (Daily Double): 3 of Canada's 4 Atlantic provinces start with "N": Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador, this one New Brunswick |
#8594, aired 2022-03-10 | VACCINES $400: Prior to the vaccine, 3 to 4 million people a year in the U.S. got this disease also called rubeola measles |
#8578, aired 2022-02-16 | 4 WORDS $1200: In Genesis 1:3, "and God said" these 4 words, & there was Let there be light |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $400: It's a light greenish-blue aqua |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $800: It's a woodwind instrument with a double reed oboe |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $1200: "In" this means instead lieu |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $1600: This synonym for boyfriend comes from French beau |
#6, aired 2022-02-10 | 4 LETTERS, 3 VOWELS $2000: On a ship, "put the helm" this way means to turn away from the wind alee |
#8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE 20th CENTURY $600: Seen here are three random Americans of the 4.3 million born in this year at the tail end of the baby boom 1961 |
#8556, aired 2022-01-17 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: This "handy" measure of booze is a pour of about 3/4 of an inch a finger |
#8550, aired 2022-01-07 | IT WAS 1970s AMERICA, MAN $200: After she beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 on Sept. 20, 1973, Riggs admitted, "I underestimated you" Billie Jean King |
#8548, aired 2022-01-05 | RAIN $400: For acid rain, the EPA says this measure is about 4.3 pH |
#8544, aired 2021-12-30 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: In 2019 these 2 govt. programs made up more than 1/3 of national health expenditures, totaling $1.4 trillion Medicaid & Medicare |
#8512, aired 2021-11-16 | AMERICAN IDLE $400: Maximizing "time on device" is the goal of casinos for these, which bring in more than 3/4 of their profits slot machines |
#8435, aired 2021-07-02 | 3's COMPANY $400: Big3 is a league that puts a twist on this sport, like scoring with 4-pointers basketball |
#8419, aired 2021-06-10 | SET $400: It's the intersection of the set {3, 4, 5} with the set of prime numbers 3 & 5 |
#8404, aired 2021-05-20 | IN OTHER RECENT NEWS... $800: A 2020 report said 3/4 of U.S. kids age 9-12 regularly play this online platform that's like Minecraft but with more interaction Roblox |
#8400, aired 2021-05-14 | THICKER THAN WATER $200: As the proverb says, this is "thicker than water", normally by at least 3 to 4 times blood |
#8399, aired 2021-05-13 | HISTORY CLASS $800: About 3/4 of the population of early medieval Europe was this very unfree lowest class of peasant farmer serf |
#8373, aired 2021-04-07 | UNIFORMITY $1200: Generally, on a pilot's uniform, 4 stripes on these, French for "little shoulder", denotes the captain, & 3, the first officer epaulets |
#8368, aired 2021-03-31 | RANCH DRESSING $600: Montana silversmiths makes these fasteners, about 3 by 4 inches, with mottos like "Don't fence me in" & "You ain't no cowboy" belt buckles |
#8350, aired 2021-03-05 | MARINE BIOLOGY $200: Species of this cephalopod with 10 appendages include the colossal, which can be 40' long, & the southern pygmy, less than 3/4" a squid |
#8345, aired 2021-02-26 | "ORIAL" $1000: For 4, this math function is 4 times 3 times 2 times 1 factorial |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $200: To calculate this for a circle, multiply pi by the square of the radius the area |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $400: In 2015 this brand went meta with cookies & creme flavored cookies Oreo |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $600: This Hawaiian island is known as "The Gathering Place" Oahu |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $800: It's a unit of output for a brainstorming session idea |
#8342, aired 2021-02-23 | 4 LETTERS, 3 SYLLABLES $1000: It's the only Greek letter that fits the category iota |
#8330, aired 2021-02-05 | DAY, DRINKING $600: June 3, 2021 is the national day for this illicit nighttime booze, & boy, is June 4 gonna be ugly moonshine |
#8314, aired 2021-01-14 | UNICORNS $1200: In "Toy Story 3" & "4", Jeff Garlin of "The Goldbergs" voices this unicorn, also the name of a yellow flower Buttercup |
#8297, aired 2020-12-08 | GEOGRAPHIC FOURS $1000: Of Australia's 4 most populous cities, 3 are in the east & this one is in the far southwest Perth |
#8290, aired 2020-11-27 | THE ATMOSPHERE $3,500 (Daily Double): Air pollution is made worse by the reactive type of this gas that makes up more than 3/4 of the atmosphere nitrogen |
#8281, aired 2020-11-16 | A BUSY BODY $400: It's just 3 to 4 inches long & seems to be gradually disappearing through evolution, but when it gets blocked, it can still kill you the appendix |
#8276, aired 2020-11-09 | SYMBOLS $2000: The first 3 letters of this Eastern symbol are represented by the tiger; the last 4, by the dragon yin-yang |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 3 & 5 $200: 4 kids born at once; it's a cooler way of saying you had twin twins quadruplets |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 3 & 5 $600: Without wild cards, 4 of a kind in poker is tough to beat--only these 2 hands can do it a straight flush & a royal flush |
#8265, aired 2020-10-23 | A NUMBER BETWEEN 3 & 5 $800: This alphanumeric designation is the Army saying we don't want you 4-F |
#8254, aired 2020-10-08 | 3 THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT $200: Was a sheriff in Erie County, New York; had a 4-year presidential hiatus, has a great first name for a Muppet Grover Cleveland |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | E 1-2-3-4-5 $400: A mistake, like throwing the ball into left field an error |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | E 1-2-3-4-5 $800: Musical rate of movement indicated by adagio or presto tempo |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | E 1-2-3-4-5 $1200: It describes the indentation on a chin cleft |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | E 1-2-3-4-5 $1600: A small flock of quail covey |
#8249, aired 2020-10-01 | E 1-2-3-4-5 $2000: Canadians enjoy wearing this type of heavy stocking cap a toque (tuque) |
#8229, aired 2020-06-04 | FORGETFUL SEQUELS $800: When this superhero "Returns" in a 2006 film, he must have spun the world backwards to erase movies No. 3 & 4, which were ignored Superman |
#8219, aired 2020-05-21 | FACTS & FIGURES $1000: This European country gets about 3/4 of its electricity from nuclear power, the most of any country France |
#8219, aired 2020-05-21 | SOLD! AT SOTHEBY'S $1200: This artist's "The Blue Page", once thought to be a sketch for his "Blue Boy", sold for $3 1/4 million in 2016 Gainsborough |
#8214, aired 2020-04-30 | WORLD CAPITAL RIVERS $5,600 (Daily Double): Of the 4 capitals that stand on the Danube, 3 start with a "B": Bratislava, Budapest & this one further south Belgrade |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $200: To seep out in a gradual way ooze |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: Said of a room that's open & well-ventilated airy |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $600: Your invisible glow aura |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800: The itty-bitty ninth letter of the Greek alphabet iota |
#8213, aired 2020-04-29 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1000: A blunted dueling sword for competition an epee |
#8202, aired 2020-04-14 | MATH TERMS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) A congruent number is a positive integer that can be the area of a rational right triangle; in the case of the right triangle with the measurements of 3, 4, and 5, this is the congruent number 6 |
#8184, aired 2020-03-19 | THE FIRST MODERN OLYMPICS $800: Germany's Carl Schuhmann won 4 medals, one for wrestling & 3 for this, including team parallel bars gymnastics |
#8177, aired 2020-03-10 | LET ME "IN"! $1200: 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. integers |
#8163, aired 2020-02-19 | MYTHICAL CREATURES $8,000 (Daily Double): Those who couldn't answer her riddle "What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon, and 3 in the evening" were killed the Sphinx |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | 3/4 OF AN EGOT $400: This "Divine Miss M" could still really use an "O"--that'd be Oscar--as her 2 nominations did not lead to victory Bette Midler |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | 3/4 OF AN EGOT $800: Emmy "seems to be the hardest word" for this musician, but he certainly could "feel the love tonight" at the Oscars in '95 Elton John |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | 3/4 OF AN EGOT $1200: Her life story itself was on Broadway in 2019; yet still somehow this one-named superstar is Tony-less Cher |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | 3/4 OF AN EGOT $1600: This actress still needs a Tony, so right now, she will have to settle for having a "Titanic" "EGO" Kate Winslet |
#8159, aired 2020-02-13 | 3/4 OF AN EGOT $2000: He's the Oscar, Emmy & Grammy-winning rapper & actor seen here Common |
#8143, aired 2020-01-22 | OOTD $600: These tight-fitting, 3/4-length pants named for an Italian resort were hip, & on hips, in the '50s, '80s & again in the 2000s capri |
#8137, aired 2020-01-14 | ALL STARS $2000: In 2016 the IAU renamed this 3-star system just 4.3 light years away Rigel Kentaurus Alpha Centauri |
#8100, aired 2019-11-22 | 7-LETTER WORDS $1600: A type of poker game where A-2-3-4-6 is a winning hand, or to underestimate on purpose lowball |
#8094, aired 2019-11-14 | PHYSICS $2000: A 1976 paper has one of the first mentions of this "Model" that accounts for 3 of the universe's 4 fundamental forces the Standard Model |
#8042, aired 2019-07-23 | THE 40-YEAR-OLD GERMAN $1600: In 1725, 3 years after Book I of the "Well-Tempered Clavier", this 4-decades-old man composed his "Easter Oratorio" (Johann Sebastian) Bach |
#8030, aired 2019-07-05 | THE FIFA MEN'S WORLD CUP $600: In 2018 France won the final game 4-2, but only scored 3 times because the 4th goal was this type an own goal |
#8011, aired 2019-06-10 | 3-WORD CITY NAMES $1600: There's a 4-letter preposition & a river in the name of this historic northern England coal center Newcastle upon Tyne |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PLAYING A 3-4 $400: Proponents of this type of diet say cooking kills nutrients raw food |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PLAYING A 3-4 $800: It describes a management style where everything flows from the boss, or perhaps a ride in a convertible top-down |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PLAYING A 3-4 $1200: This style of design marked by geometric motifs & streamlined forms was all the rage in the 1920s & 1930s Art Deco |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PLAYING A 3-4 $1600: A groaner from this family member--hey, what did the grape do when stepped on? It let out a little wine a dad joke |
#8006, aired 2019-06-03 | PLAYING A 3-4 $2000: This powerful type of adhesive is often dispensed with a gun hot glue |
#7945, aired 2019-03-08 | THE HUMANITIES $800: 11,000 films were made in the U.S. during this movie era that ended abruptly in the late 1920s; 3/4 are lost the silent film era |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $200: Emily Post says those who get these cards, typically mailed 4 to 6 months before the wedding, must get invitations save the date |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $400: McCrory's was this kind of store named for the coins spent there; John McCrorey dropped his "E" for cheaper signage a five and dime |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $600: To ascertain one person's thoughts, as by telepathy read one mind |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $800: Don't do this, meaning to put the important part of a news story way down in the article bury the lede |
#7938, aired 2019-02-27 | 4,3,4 $1000: A body part is in this expression meaning to pay expenses someone has run up foot the bill |
#7935, aired 2019-02-22 | THE ARCTIC $1200: On a seal it forms a 3-4" thick layer & the Inuit make lollipops for children from it blubber |
#7927, aired 2019-02-12 | HIP TO BE SQUARE $2000: The special day celebrating these comes seldom: 3/3/09, 4/4/16, the not until 5/5/25 square roots |
#7892, aired 2018-12-25 | CAR TALK $600: Manual shifters used to come in "4 on the floor" & "3 on" this arboreal word for the steering column tree |
#7892, aired 2018-12-25 | TV FROM THE NEXT ROOM $800: "4 chefs, 3 courses, only one chance to win" Chopped |
#7888, aired 2018-12-19 | DO THE MATH $400: 9 divided by 3/4 =
this 12 |
#7878, aired 2018-12-05 | COMET $200: In 1847 Maria Mitchell became the first American to discover a comet using this, a 2 3/4-inch model a refractor telescope |
#7846, aired 2018-10-22 | SOMETHING TO READ $800: After a Kansas family of 4 is murdered this 3-word title way, investigators track down the killers in cold blood |
#7814, aired 2018-07-26 | DEAL THE CARDS $800: Hold the gin & deal 7 cards when 3 or 4 play this game instead of just 2 people rummy |
#7804, aired 2018-07-12 | MATH & SCIENCE $1200: This word before "star" refers to changes in shine; Algol's apparent magnitude goes from 2.1 to 3.4 every few days variable |
#7794, aired 2018-06-28 | CHILDREN'S BOOKS $1000: The title character of this book eats through one apple, 2 pears, 3 plums, 4 strawberries & 5 oranges The Very Hungry Caterpillar |
#7793, aired 2018-06-27 | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES $800: "There's no place like" this city on the Seward Peninsula, population about 3,500 Nome |
#7784, aired 2018-06-14 | IT'S ABOUT TIME $200: The D.O.E. found that 4 extra weeks added to this period in 2007 saved 0.5% of electricity per day, 1.3 billion KWH in total Daylight Savings Time |
#7780, aired 2018-06-08 | SONG TIME $1600: The title of this 1970 Chicago hit is a little snappier than "3:35 or 3:34" "25 or 6 to 4" |
#7779, aired 2018-06-07 | THE CIVIL WAR $1200: The Union won at Gettysburg on July 3 1863 & this other vital "burg" July 4, & the Confederacy was on the ropes Vicksburg |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $400: A 1932 speech presented this term, a Democratic promise for the "forgotten" Americans the New Deal |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $800: Like New Orleans, golfer Ernie Els has this nickname the Big Easy |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $1200: It divides a hockey rink in half the red line |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $1600: Having food stuck to you & still wearing the shirt you slept in last night are 2 of Cosmo's signs you are this a hot mess |
#7776, aired 2018-06-04 | THE OLD 3, 4 $2000: This term for full speed is the title of a BBC TV show about cars Top Gear |
#7760, aired 2018-05-11 | ELEMENTARY $600: Music:
Meter like 4/4 or 3/2 at the beginning of a piece is called this "signature" time |
#7753, aired 2018-05-02 | UNARMED COMBAT $800: Brazilian jiujitsu master Royce Gracie won 3 of the first 4 of these events; they're up to 220 now UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship) |
#7750, aired 2018-04-27 | LUTHER'S 95 THESES $600: 4:
This 3-letter type of act stays with you until you go to heaven a sin |
#7709, aired 2018-03-01 | MAILING IT IN $200: If a friend is building a wall or a whole house, mail him this basic piece of material, standard size 3 5/8 & 2 1/4 x 8 inches a brick |
#7702, aired 2018-02-20 | 4 "F" $600: There's a sleeve part in this 3-word phrase for something spontaneous off the cuff |
#7674, aired 2018-01-11 | COLLEGE HOOPS $200: In 1988 Glenn Tropf of Holy Cross set a single-season record by making 63.4% of these long shots 3-pointers |
#7671, aired 2018-01-08 | NATIONAL COATS OF ARMS $800: (Alex presents the clue from the Canadian embassy in Washington, D.C.) Adopted in 1921, Canada's coat of arms bears the symbols of 4 of its founding nations: 3 lions for England, 1 lion for Scotland, the fleur-de-lis for France & the harp of Tara for this country Ireland |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS $1000: French term for a licentious man; 3 of its 4 letters are vowels a roué |
#7645, aired 2017-12-01 | CZECHNOLOGY $1200: In the early 20th century, Jan Jansky discovered there were 4, not 3, of these types in humans blood types |
#7614, aired 2017-10-19 | "R"OCK BANDS $800: Drummer Tommy died in 2014, the last of the original 1-2-3-4 members of this NYC band the Ramones |
#7605, aired 2017-10-06 | ROUND HOUSE $1000: Calculate the volume of one of these with 4/3 x πr3 a sphere |
#7600, aired 2017-09-29 | WHERE ARE YOU WEARING? $200: An island in the Bay of Naples gave its name to these 3/4-length pants capris |
#7593, aired 2017-09-20 | THE NEXT STATE CAPITAL ALPHABETICALLY $200: After Columbia; 3/4 of the work is already done! Columbus |
#7593, aired 2017-09-20 | GO FOR THE THROAT $600: This term for a ruthless killer is also used for 3-player variations of some 4-player card games cutthroat |
#7584, aired 2017-07-27 | THE JOLLY ROGER $400: Jolly good! On May 6, 1954 in Oxford, England, he ran the mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds (Roger) Bannister |
#7584, aired 2017-07-27 | PENNANTS $400: After a Bobby Thomson home run on Oct. 3, 1951, Russ Hodges screamed, they "win the pennant!" 4 times the Giants |
#7556, aired 2017-06-19 | WEATHER $400: This type of storm includes cold, 35+ mph winds & snow reducing visibility to 1/4 mile or less for at least 3 hours a blizzard |
#7544, aired 2017-06-01 | WHAT'S THE SCORE? $600: Blackhawks 4, Flyers 3 on June 9, 2010, enabling Chicago to hoist this for the first time since 1961 the Stanley Cup |
#7512, aired 2017-04-18 | BASEBALL $800: Babe Ruth was the first to wear No. 3 for the Yankees; this man was their first No. 4 Lou Gehrig |
#7508, aired 2017-04-12 | WE SALUTE YOU $400: This businessman & former mayor has donated more than $4.3 billion to a wide variety of charities & organizations Bloomberg |
#7475, aired 2017-02-24 | WORD ORIGINS $800: We bet Ken Jennings celebrates Jan. 4, the national day for this, from the Latin for "the place where 3 roads meet" trivia |
#7452, aired 2017-01-24 | DEEP BLUE "C" $600: A greenish-blue, this 4-letter shade is one of the 3 primary colors used by printers cyan |
#7438, aired 2017-01-04 | GERMANY'S NEXT TOP MODEL $800: The 4-door Panamera Turbo model of this car goes 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds; Carreras lumber along, taking over 4 Porsche |
#7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TALES $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of this 9th century Arabic tale tells us it spanned about 2 3/4 years One Thousand and One Nights |
#7422, aired 2016-12-13 | THAT'S A GREEK LETTER $800: Here's a very small clue--3 of its 4 letters are vowels iota |
#7416, aired 2016-12-05 | MOTTOES $200: (I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) The official motto of the District of Columbia translates to these 3 words that follow the word "and" in the Pledge of Allegiance justice for all |
#7413, aired 2016-11-30 | SPORTS EQUIPMENT $1600: After cracking 3 ribs in 1978, QB Dan Pastorini became the first NFLer to don this 4-letter "jacket" a flak jacket |
#7388, aired 2016-10-26 | -OLOGIES $800: Oncologists may describe cancer in these: 1-3 means it has spread to nearby tissues & 4 means it has spread far stage |
#7347, aired 2016-07-19 | THESE ARE BIBLE BOOKS $400: 3 of the 4 Gospels are "synoptic", or similar in presentation; this fourth one is the outlier John |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | 3 VOWELS IN A ROW $1600: We're "in line"; Londoners are in one of these, which actually has 4 vowels in a row a queue |
#7315, aired 2016-06-03 | 3 VOWELS IN A ROW $2000: "Bang" & "crash" are examples of this long word, which also has 4 vowels in a row onomatopoeia |
#7308, aired 2016-05-25 | TURN UP THE A_C $1600: 3-D,
4-H,
1-A
(e.g.) alphanumeric |
#7277, aired 2016-04-12 | STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WORD WITH YOU $800: In the sequence 1, 3, 4, 8, 9, 4 is this, like a highway strip the median |
#7267, aired 2016-03-29 | MASTER OF NONE $1200: 3-letter Brit speak for zero in soccer, as in "Man U dominates the pitch & wins, 4-this" nil |
#7266, aired 2016-03-28 | THE 1880s $1600: In 1886, this 4-letter German patented his 3-wheeled motorwagen, which many consider the first automobile (Karl) Benz |
#7259, aired 2016-03-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two medical illustrations on the monitor.) At birth, most babies are set to come out head-first; however, 3 to 4 percent present with their feet or buttocks against the cervix in this position & may need a C-section delivery breech |
#7241, aired 2016-02-22 | THIRD $1000: Italian for "joke", it's frequently the third movement of a sonata or symphony & is played in 3/4 time scherzo |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: French for "handsome", he's a girl's boyfriend a beau |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800: Arborescens & vera are just two of the hundreds of species in this plant genus aloe |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1200: Shalom in Rome ciao |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Easter Island.) Their lips pursed in silence on Easter Island, the statues that the locals refer to by this four-letter term shed little light on their mysterious origins Moai |
#7192, aired 2015-12-15 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $2000: A 3-pronged tip called a point d'arret was once attached to the tip of its blade to aid in producing touches an épée |
#7171, aired 2015-11-16 | WHAT A BEAST! $800: Unlike the hippo, which has fully developed 4 of these, the rhino only has 3 with which to test water daintily toes |
#7159, aired 2015-10-29 | LET'S GO TO THE AIRPORT $1000: Thanks to FedEx, this city has the USA's largest cargo airport, handling over 4.3 million tons each year Memphis |
#7144, aired 2015-10-08 | 4-LETTER KNOWLEDGE $400: Of the 3 B's in classical music, he fits Bach |
#7126, aired 2015-09-14 | DANGEROUS $400: There are 4 varieties of this deadly African venomous snake, 3 green & 1 black a mamba |
#7112, aired 2015-07-14 | ANIMAL PARTS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) Cows don't really have 4 of these organs; it's just 1 divided into 4 sections--the reticulum, omasum, abomasum & rumen; 3 of the 4 are usually sold as food we call tripe stomach |
#7100, aired 2015-06-26 | ARITHMETIC $800: There are 7 tables with 3 kids & 4 adults at each table, making for this many people total 49 |
#7098, aired 2015-06-24 | GET UP & DANCE! $400: Kick up your heels to this Baroque dance in 3/4 time a minuet |
#7071, aired 2015-05-18 | "R"OCKERS $400: "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" was a gem by these 1-2-3-4 guys from Queens The Ramones |
#7036, aired 2015-03-30 | SHAKESPEARE SETS THE PLAY $400: Scotland & (in 4.3) England Macbeth |
#7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $1000: A basic 4-letter category of food mentioned in 1 Corinthians 3:2 meat |
#6990, aired 2015-01-23 | 3 "E"s $600: The American Kennel Club offers certified ones listing a dog's ancestry for 4 or 5 generations a pedigree |
#6964, aired 2014-12-18 | THAT CAN MEAN 2 THINGS! $200: If we visit 3 or 4 ____, we should find a sweet dog who's less than 50 ____ pounds |
#6955, aired 2014-12-05 | NON-COMMON CORE MATH $200: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 15 |
#6955, aired 2014-12-05 | NON-COMMON CORE MATH $400: 1 - 2 + 3 - 4 + 5 3 |
#6955, aired 2014-12-05 | NON-COMMON CORE MATH $600: 1 x 2 x 3 x 4 x 5 120 |
#6955, aired 2014-12-05 | NON-COMMON CORE MATH $800: -1 x 2 x -3 x 4 x -5 -120 |
#6936, aired 2014-11-10 | FASHIONABLE COMMON BONDS $600: Cap,
Kimono,
3/4 sleeves |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $200: Height times width area |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $400: Continental currency a euro |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $600: Pupu platters aplenty at this party a luau |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $800: Individual invisible emanation sensed by psychics an aura |
#6911, aired 2014-10-06 | 4-LETTER WORDS WITH 3 VOWELS $1000: An orchestra player blows a 3-octave range on this an oboe |
#6909, aired 2014-10-02 | KEEPING SAFE $400: The U.S. fire admin. wants you to know that 3/4 of fire injuries occur in residences, most of those in this room kitchen |
#6877, aired 2014-07-08 | GOOD TRY! $400: After beating the U.S. hockey team 10-3 on Feb. 9, 1980, the squad from this nation lost 4-3 in the Feb. 22 Olympic rematch the Soviet Union |
#6836, aired 2014-05-12 | OLYMPIC ATHLETES BEYOND THE GAMES $600: At the '88 Worlds, skater Kurt Browning was the first in competition to land a jump with this many revolutions 4 |
#6815, aired 2014-04-11 | SHAKESPEARE WITH SPOILER ALERTS $1000: (Spoiler alert) the reason there's no this king "Part 4" is he gets killed near the end of "Part 3" Henry the Sixth |
#6814, aired 2014-04-10 | INTERNATIONAL AUTHORS $1600: This Romanian-born French playwright also wrote for children, the series "Stories 1, 2, 3, 4" that he himself called "silly" (Eugène) Ionesco |
#6803, aired 2014-03-26 | OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD RECORDS $600: 73 feet, 8 3/4 inches by Ulf Timmermann the shot put |
#6789, aired 2014-03-06 | NEBRASKA $600: An 1875 visitor called Ogallala "Gomorrah of the Cattle Trail... (3/4) dance halls, gambling houses &" these to drink in saloons |
#6780, aired 2014-02-21 | FIGURING OUT THE UNIVERSE $1200: (Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) Despite being 4,850 feet deep, the Davis Campus is a modern lab with state-of-the-art clean rooms; a typical U.S. indoor cubic foot of air has millions of particles this size, 1/1,000th of a millimeter--but here, only 3 micrometer |
#6776, aired 2014-02-17 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $1000: Esther 4:3 reports that "there was great mourning among the Jews... and many lay in sackcloth and" these ashes |
#6772, aired 2014-02-11 | SOLVE FOR x $1000: 5/8 - X/4 = 3/8 X = 1 |
#6770, aired 2014-02-07 | ARCHIPELAGOS $1000: About 3/4 of the population of this archipelago lives on the main island of Rarotonga the Cook Islands |
#6727, aired 2013-12-10 | SCIENTIFIC EUROPEAN $2000: 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42... wait, those aren't numbers in this guy's "sequence"! 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34... there we go Fibonacci |
#6726, aired 2013-12-09 | PLEASE, NOT CHAPTER 11 $200: Book 4, Chapter 3:
"Now, by 1482, Quasimodo was grown up" The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
#6713, aired 2013-11-20 | ADD A NUMBER $1200: Add 1/4 to 5/12 & you get this 8/12 (or 2/3) |
#6663, aired 2013-07-31 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $2000: Beethoven put this Italian word for a brisk tempo on 3 of the 4 movements of his Fifth Symphony allegro |
#6625, aired 2013-06-07 | 4-LETTER COUNTRY NAMES $3,000 (Daily Double): A Pacific island republic Fiji |
#6619, aired 2013-05-30 | TREES THE CHARM $400: Though it's Georgia's state fruit, about 3/4 of the fruit grown in the U.S. from this tree is from California peach |
#6602, aired 2013-05-07 | 4-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES $400: The 3 wise men the Magi |
#6570, aired 2013-03-22 | TRACK & FIELD $400: Over the past 100 years, the record in this field event has increased from 50' 11 3/4" to 75' 10 1/4" shot put |
#6566, aired 2013-03-18 | RAISING THE BAR $1000: This clear Italian anise-flavored liqueur is usually served with 3 or 4 coffee beans floating in it sambuca |
#6540, aired 2013-02-08 | BE PRODUCTIVE $600: 2/3 x 3/8, reduced to its simplest form 1/4 |
#6514, aired 2013-01-03 | SHELF RELIANCE $400: For raw eggs, it's the period of 3-4 weeks after the "sell by" date; for hard-boiled, it's 7 days, with the shell on shelf life |
#6491, aired 2012-12-03 | MILITARY MITE $400: A 3'4" member of the 192nd Ohio was the shortest man in blue in this war the Civil War |
#6467, aired 2012-10-30 | CROSSWORD CLUES "V" $200: Part of a man's 3-piece suit
(4) a vest |
#6458, aired 2012-10-17 | LIVING IN TENTS $400: 3 or 4 poles acted as the keystone of the conical framework of this much-used tent of the Plains Indians a teepee |
#6455, aired 2012-10-12 | A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew illustrates a football play on the monitor.) In a 4-3 defense, a linebacker can drift back in coverage, enabling players like Troy Polamalu at the strong type of this position, to blitz the quarterback a safety |
#6453, aired 2012-10-10 | STOPS $400: In 1920 the first 4-way 3-color one of these was placed at Woodward & Michigan Avenues in Detroit stop light (a traffic light accepted) |
#6437, aired 2012-09-18 | WHEELS OF FORTUNE $1000: Mary had a little 2009 Reventon from this Italian company--Mary likes going 0-62 in 3.4 secs. & had $1.6 million to blow Lamborghini |
#6426, aired 2012-07-23 | DEUS X $400: The Yakut of this region that covers 3/4 of Russia consider Xaya Iccita their master of mountains Siberia |
#6380, aired 2012-05-18 | COLD, HILLY & EMPTY $1200: On Feb. 3, 1947 a village in this territory bordering Alaska recorded -81.4 F., an all-time low for Canada the Yukon Territory |
#6371, aired 2012-05-07 | ECONOMICALLY SPEAKING $1000: In this market condition with the same last 5 letters as "Monopoly", there's more than one supplier firm, maybe just 3 or 4 an oligopoly |
#6333, aired 2012-03-14 | A DAZZLING INTERNAL ORGAN SOLO $1200: Usually 3 to 4 inches long, this tube may or may not have a function in humans but blockage there can kill you the appendix |
#6300, aired 2012-01-27 | FIRST IN "P"s $800: This racket game can be played on a court that has 1, 3 or 4 walls paddleball |
#6285, aired 2012-01-06 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $800: It's the time signature of the Chopin piece heard here; listen to the left hand 3/4 |
#6281, aired 2012-01-02 | FASHION $1200: Named for an Italian resort isle, these tight 3/4-length pants have a short slit on the outside of each leg capris |
#6266, aired 2011-12-12 | TAKING SPECIAL MEASURES $400: For my daughter's suitors' reference, my shotgun has a bore just under 3/4 of an inch wide, so it's a 12-this gauge |
#6258, aired 2011-11-30 | 4-LETTER SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: You'll use up 3 vowels playing this word that means toward the side of a ship that's sheltered from the wind alee |
#6257, aired 2011-11-29 | STADIUM FOOD $1,200 (Daily Double): A few years back Wrigley Field introduced the Northside Twist, a 4-pound one of these with 3 dipping sauces a pretzel |
#6249, aired 2011-11-17 | EXTRAVAGANZA ELEGANZA $200: Valued at $3.8 mil., the most expensive one of these is encrusted with 4,517 diamonds; it'll at least hold a lipstick a purse |
#6236, aired 2011-10-31 | RICH COUNTRY, POOR COUNTRY $200: It's the world's third-biggest economy, with 2010 GDP of $4.3 trillion--that's more than 300 trillion yen Japan |
#6232, aired 2011-10-25 | LITTLE-KNOWN ANCIENT GREEKS $1600: Instead of showing up once a week for 13 weeks, he'd appear 3 or 4 nights in a row, & it was always very dramatic Miniseries |
#6231, aired 2011-10-24 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS BY SPORT $1,000 (Daily Double): 1896:
Ellery Clark, 20' 10";
2000:
Ivan Pedroso, 28' 3/4" the long jump |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | ARCTIC WILDLIFE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Svalbard Islands in Norway.) A polar bear weighs a pound at birth, but because its mother's milk is 35% this, the richest milk of any bear species, a cub can weigh 20 pounds in 3 or 4 months fat |
#6214, aired 2011-09-29 | OF THE CHILDREN $1000: At the park the full bucket type of this is for 2- & 3-year-olds; kids who are 4 & 5 graduate to the half bucket a swing |
#6209, aired 2011-09-22 | STRAIT AHEAD $800: The scene of a WWII battle, the 3/4-mile-wide Johor Strait separates this island city-state from Malaysia Singapore |
#6198, aired 2011-07-20 | PRESIDENTS BY FIRST NAME $600: 3 of the 4 Williams Taft, William Henry Harrison, and Clinton (and McKinley) |
#6186, aired 2011-07-04 | GO FIGURE $2000: 1/3 + 1/4 7/12 |
#6158, aired 2011-05-25 | SAY THAT 3 TIMES FAST! $1000: Give the full name of this "Catch-22" officer; if you add his rank you'll be saying it 4 times fast Major Major Major |
#6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE WHITE STUFF $400: For 21 minutes on June 3, 1965 astronaut Ed White achieved this American first as part of the Gemini 4 mission space walk |
#6150, aired 2011-05-13 | 30 SOMETHING $200: It's 3/4 of the number of weeks in a year, & a common number of weeks for a pregnancy to last 39 |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | PUMP UP THE JAM $200: "Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to..." California, which produces 3/4 of this jam item in the United States strawberry |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | 1, 2, 3, 4 $400: By distance from the Sun:
1. Mercury
2. Venus
3. Earth
4. this planet Mars |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | 1, 2, 3, 4 $800: By career homers:
1. Barry Bonds
2. Hank Aaron
3. Babe Ruth
4. "Say Hey" to him Willie Mays |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | 1, 2, 3, 4 $1200: By area:
1. Asia
2. Africa
3. North America
4. this continent South America |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | 1, 2, 3, 4 $2000: By atomic number:
1. hydrogen
2. helium
3. lithium
4. this element beryllium |
#6136, aired 2011-04-25 | 1, 2, 3, 4 $3,000 (Daily Double): By electoral votes:
1. California
2. Texas
3. New York
4. this state Florida |
#6133, aired 2011-04-20 | AT THE "END" $600: To do this to the U.S. Constitution, approval must be given by 3/4 of the state legislatures or 3/4 of state conventions amend |
#6124, aired 2011-04-07 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT! $2000: A bowling ball to this 3-pound reddish brown filtering organ that consists of 4 lobes the liver |
#6119, aired 2011-03-31 | WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS $1200: Of women's Olympic ice hockey, 3 of the 4 times it's been played (not bad, eh?) Canada |
#6112, aired 2011-03-22 | COUNTDOWN $200: British Hanoverian kings:
4. George IV
3. George III
2. This king George II |
#6112, aired 2011-03-22 | COUNTDOWN $400: The Presidents:
5. Monroe
4. Madison
3. This guy Thomas Jefferson |
#6112, aired 2011-03-22 | COUNTDOWN $600: The periodic table:
4. Beryllium
3. Lithium
2. This element helium |
#6106, aired 2011-03-14 | OLYMPIC TRACK & FIELD RECORDS $800: 297' 1 3/4" by Andres Thorkildsen the javelin |
#6104, aired 2011-03-10 | 4 LETTERS IN LENGTH $200: In medieval England it equaled the length of 3 grains of barley an inch |
#6101, aired 2011-03-07 | ACTING SEQUELITIS $600: He's been a Nutty Professor twice, a Donkey 4 times, Dr. Dolittle twice & Axel Foley 3 times Eddie Murphy |
#6094, aired 2011-02-24 | IT'S ALL A MYTH $7,400 (Daily Double): It's the answer to the Sphinx' riddle: "What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon & 3 in the evening?" man |
#6093, aired 2011-02-23 | SPORTS BY THE NUMBERS $800: 6-4, 7-6 (7-3) tennis |
#6087, aired 2011-02-15 | FINAL FRONTIERS $800: It's a 4-letter term for a summit; the first 3 letters mean a type of simian apex |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | NICE TO MEAT YOU $600: USDA grades of this "other white meat" are 1, 2, 3, 4 & utility; mmm... utility this pork |
#6072, aired 2011-01-25 | SYDNEY $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Sydney, Australia.) At 3/4 of a mile, the Harbour Bridge is so long that it requires a permanent continuous painting crew; this man, who played Crocodile Dundee, was once a part of that crew (Paul) Hogan |
#6060, aired 2011-01-07 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $800: A metallic element:
26-9-14-3 zinc |
#6060, aired 2011-01-07 | NUMBERS 4 LETTERS $2000: A shade of blue:
3-25-1-14 cyan |
#6053, aired 2010-12-29 | JOHANNES BRAHMS $800: Brahms wrote only 4 of these compositions, including No.3 in F major symphonies |
#6014, aired 2010-11-04 | PROSE $1600: This 1929 novel follows 4 German youths into WWI; the silence is permanent for 3 of them All Quiet on the Western Front |
#6010, aired 2010-10-29 | TIME $2,000 (Daily Double): 4 dozen minutes after 3:15 PM 4:03 PM |
#6002, aired 2010-10-19 | THIS... WAS... JEOPARDY! $800 (Daily Double): On July 3, 1863 3 brigades of his division, 4,300 men, led a Gettysburg "charge", with disastrous results George Pickett |
#5977, aired 2010-09-14 | SORT THROUGH THE WORD PROBLEM $1000: Bo makes 86 snowballs in 1 3/4 hrs.; when will Bo know he has this 9-letter problem where ice crystals form in body tissues? frostbite |
#5975, aired 2010-07-30 | IT'S GOOD TO BE HIM $1000: QBed his team to 3 Super Bowl wins in 4 years; probably never has to buy a meal in Boston again Tom Brady |
#5968, aired 2010-07-21 | WHATEVER $400: Unlike most birds, which have 4, ostriches have this many toes on each foot, adapted to aid in running 2 |
#5957, aired 2010-07-06 | BE FRUITFUL & MULTIPLY $600: 3 x 4 x 5 x 6 360 |
#5934, aired 2010-06-03 | LET'S BE LOGICAL $600: An NFL game ended 17-7; the losing team scored no touchdowns but this many field goals 1 |
#5901, aired 2010-04-19 | 19th CENTURY BUSINESSMEN $400: By the time this Cleveland businessman retired in 1896, his company owned 3/4 of the USA's oil business (John D.) Rockefeller |
#5892, aired 2010-04-06 | WHERE'S THAT DARN TRAIN? $800: Going 60 mph, it's on a 2-hour run from Pottsville to Scottsville; at Knottsville, 3/4 of the way there, it's gone this far 90 miles |
#5888, aired 2010-03-31 | SNACKS ON A PLANE $600: USA! USA! This red-white-&-blue carrier will sell you a 4-ounce chocolate chip cookie for just 3 bucks American Airlines |
#5877, aired 2010-03-16 | BROKE-DOWN WORDS $200: My 1-2-3 letter is the stone of a fruit & my 4-5-6-7 is a season pitfall |
#5877, aired 2010-03-16 | BROKE-DOWN WORDS $400: My 1-2-3 is a basenji or borzoi and my 4-5-6-7-8-9-10 was Mike Piazza's position dogcatcher |
#5877, aired 2010-03-16 | BROKE-DOWN WORDS $600: My 1-2-3-4-5 was British host David & my 6-7-8-9 means "to wound with the teeth" frostbite |
#5877, aired 2010-03-16 | BROKE-DOWN WORDS $800: My 1-2-3-4 is what a bad golfer yells & my 5-6-7-8-9-10 follows him on a sunny day foreshadow |
#5877, aired 2010-03-16 | BROKE-DOWN WORDS $1,500 (Daily Double): My 1-2-3 is active hostility between nations & my 4-5-6-7 is a gated chamber in a canal or dam warlock |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | STORY PROBLEMS $800: If a lepidopterist spots 4 butterflies, each with 3 black spots & 5 yellow spots, he spots this many spots 32 |
#5876, aired 2010-03-15 | STORY PROBLEMS $4,000 (Daily Double): A scout troop hikes 3 miles due north, 4 miles due east & straight back this far to their starting point 5 |
#5846, aired 2010-02-01 | JUST AVERAGE $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a baseball slugging average equation on the monitor.) Items get different importance when calculating slugging average; a single counts as one, a triple as three, making it this type of average that sounds heavy a weighted average |
#5834, aired 2010-01-14 | CROSSWORD CLUES "E" $1600: 3-sided rapier
(4) épée |
#5820, aired 2009-12-25 | POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE $200: Tajikistan rocks! We just looked off one of these on the Vakhsh River; it's 300 meters tall & makes 3/4 of the country's power a dam |
#5811, aired 2009-12-14 | LONG ONE-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: (8 letters)
2-3-4-5-6 (different suits) in poker straight |
#5805, aired 2009-12-04 | POLKA YOUR EYES OUT $800: Of 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 time, it's the tempo used in polkas 2/4 |
#5772, aired 2009-10-20 | FRENCH CROSSWORD CLUES $1000: Oh well! That's life!
(4, 2, 3) C'est la vie |
#5759, aired 2009-10-01 | PERIOD $2000: A period is one of 4 major units of geologic time; these are the other 3, & they all start with "E" eon, era & epoch |
#5743, aired 2009-07-22 | MULTIPLE CHOICE $2000: It's the lowest common multiple of 3, 4 & 5 60 |
#5739, aired 2009-07-16 | MEASURE IT $600 (Daily Double): If the minimum height for a ride is 3'4", you must be this many inches tall to get on 40 inches |
#5721, aired 2009-06-22 | IMPRISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON $1200: On Nov. 4, 1605 he was caught trying to blow up Parliament; 3 days later he signed a confession in the Tower Guy Fawkes |
#5711, aired 2009-06-08 | BODIES IN WATER $2,000 (Daily Double): She's the first American woman to win 4 Olympic gold medals in swimming, winning 3 in 1988 & 1 in 1992 Janet Evans |
#5703, aired 2009-05-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $1600: An amendment becomes law when the legislatures of this fraction of the states ratify it 3/4 |
#5692, aired 2009-05-12 | FUN WITH SCIENCE $800: Add 4 tbsp, vinegar & 3 tbsp. baking soda to a glass of water & this gas will make raisins bounce in it carbon dioxide |
#5691, aired 2009-05-11 | HODGEPODGE $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a geometric diagram on the monitor.) If side a equals 3 & side B equals 4, it's the length of side C 5 |
#5686, aired 2009-05-04 | TIME TO CONVERT $400: It's the simplest fractional form of .75 3/4 |
#5685, aired 2009-05-01 | DA VINCI $400: By 1513 da Vinci's patron was Giuliano, a member of this powerful Florentine family the Medicis |
#5671, aired 2009-04-13 | THE LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR $800: Of 1/3 & 1/4 12 |
#5662, aired 2009-03-31 | THAT'S CRICKET $1200: Cricket's World Cup is contested every 4 years; crikey! This country has now won 3 straight Australia |
#5642, aired 2009-03-03 | DAY PLANNERS OF THE STARS $200: May 10, 1945: Divorce wife No. 3.
May 21, 1945: Marry wife No. 4, Lauren Bacall, & call more people "sweetheart" Humphrey Bogart |
#5627, aired 2009-02-10 | HAWAII $400: 3/4 of Hawaii's population lives on this island that's known as "The Gathering Place" Oahu |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $400: This 2-letter exclamation can mean "look!" & is often paired with "and behold" lo |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $600 (Daily Double): This 2-letter word can precede "blood" &, "incident"ally, "bow" ox |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $800: When it's in the wrist, this type of enlargement is called a ganglion a cyst |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $1600: This axlike tool is a 3- or a 4-letter word, depending on whether you spell it with that final "E" adz(e) |
#5611, aired 2009-01-19 | 2-, 3- & 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: Former "SNL" co-star Julia Sweeney's memoir of family tragedy & cancer is called "God Said," this Ha |
#5602, aired 2009-01-06 | HOPE YOU STAYED AWAKE IN MATH $2000: (Jon of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.) If a line's slope equals 3, "X" equals 1 & "B" equals 1, then "Y" equals this 4 |
#5597, aired 2008-12-30 | SEASONS $1600: Though it's 3 to 4 weeks before the start of summer, this holiday is often said to begin the summer driving season Memorial Day |
#5596, aired 2008-12-29 | "QUO"POURRI $400: When 4
goes into 12,
3 is this the quotient |
#5594, aired 2008-12-25 | I LEARNED IT ONLINE $400: wendys.com informed me that the "3/4 lb. triple with" this has 980 calories, but plenty of calcium cheese |
#5558, aired 2008-11-05 | A WORD ODDITY $6,000 (Daily Double): This Asian city is the only world capital whose name in English has 3 dotted letters in succession Beijing |
#5534, aired 2008-10-02 | THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN $600: Of about 1/4, 2/3 or 3/4, Earth's orbital period is 365 & this fraction of a day 1/4 |
#5498, aired 2008-07-02 | HASTA LA VISTA, BABY $1600: There are 3 vowels in this 4-letter Italian word for "so long" ciao |
#5453, aired 2008-04-30 | COLORFUL SCIENCE $2,400 (Daily Double): In violet, this distance is a short 3,800 to 4,500 angstroms wavelength |
#5447, aired 2008-04-22 | THE BIBLE $1200: Isaiah 2:4 speaks of beating these into plowshares; Joel 3:10 says to do the reverse swords |
#5392, aired 2008-02-05 | FUNNY FOR NOTHIN' $800: A writer, on the U.S. soccer team's 4 total shots in 3 games: "Four shots?" This Laker "takes that many during a timeout" Kobe Bryant |
#5391, aired 2008-02-04 | HOW IT'S DONE $1000: Pile up garbage & lawn clippings at least 3' x 3'; let sit a few months, turning every 4-6 weeks, before using composting |
#5375, aired 2008-01-11 | WE CAN DANCE IF WE WANT TO $800: With 3-step & 2-step styles, this ballroom dance in 3/4 time is noted for its swift, gliding turns the waltz |
#5303, aired 2007-10-03 | FUN WITH PROBABILITY $2000: The probability of the first card dealt being an ace is 4 in 52, so the probability of the second card being an ace is 1 in this number 17 |
#5289, aired 2007-09-13 | BEFORE & AFTER MATH $1200: Nelson's Column site in London that is 2 for 4 & 3 for 9 Trafalgar Square Root |
#5259, aired 2007-06-21 | ON THE ROAD $1200: Careful! You will say one word 4 times (not 5, not 3!) in the title of this zany 1963 road comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World |
#5234, aired 2007-05-17 | CREOLE CURIOSITY SHOP $400: Population 4.3 million, it's "The Creole State" Louisiana |
#5209, aired 2007-04-12 | WRITING IN FICTION $2000: Sue Townsend depicted adolescence in "The Secret Diary of" him "Aged 13 3/4" & its sequels Adrian Mole |
#5207, aired 2007-04-10 | THE 3rd CENTURY B.C. $1000: Beginning more than 4 centuries of rule, this 3-letter dynasty is founded in China Han |
#5202, aired 2007-04-03 | MATH $400: From the Latin for "according to each part", it's a statement of the equality of ratios, like 4:6 equals 2:3 proportion |
#5202, aired 2007-04-03 | MATH $2000: For the series
1, 3, 5, 17
the median is 4, arrived at this way to take the number that's between 3 and 5 (averaging the 2 middle numbers) |
#5171, aired 2007-02-19 | BOTANY $600: About 3/4 of U.S. plantings of this palm fruit are of the Deglet Noor, a semidry variety dates |
#5170, aired 2007-02-16 | MEASUREMENT $800: If you're "as thick as a" standard one of these, you could be 3 3/4" in depth, 2 1/4" in height & 8" in length a brick |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU DO THE MATH $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor a figure of a right triangle with sides marked "3" and "4" and a hypotenuse marked "C".) According to the theorem made famous by Pythagoras, it's the value of C in the figure seen here 5 |
#5157, aired 2007-01-30 | YOU DO THE MATH $800: You live in a 5-story building where there are 3 apts. on each odd floor & 4 on each even floor; this is the total number 17 |
#5144, aired 2007-01-11 | 4 PLAY $1600: 3 of the 4 people to have assassinated a U.S. president (3 of) Guiteau, Booth, Oswald, & Leon Czolgosz |
#5136, aired 2007-01-01 | HAPPY NEW YEAR $800: This new Czech president began the 1990s with an amnesty for 3/4 of his country's prison inmates Havel |
#5127, aired 2006-12-19 | LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW $400: The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours a blizzard |
#5124, aired 2006-12-14 | ENERGY $200: Of northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest, the area that has 3/4 of the USA's oil-heated homes northeast |
#5111, aired 2006-11-27 | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION $400: An amendment becomes law when 3/4 of these approve it states |
#5076, aired 2006-10-09 | SPACE EXPLORATION $400: Gus Grissom's Gemini 3 capsule aptly had this "unsinkable" lady's name (his Mercury 4 capsule had sunk) Molly Brown |
#5067, aired 2006-09-26 | HAIL TO THE CHIEF $400: One of 3 to do so, he was the first president to die on July 4 Jefferson |
#5063, aired 2006-09-20 | MAJOR MUSICAL WORKS $1000: Bach to Bach works, Nos. 3 & 4 in this group of 6 concertos, are in G major the Brandenberg Concertos |
#5061, aired 2006-09-18 | JONATHAN SWIFT $800: Swift sent Gulliver on this many voyages, 3 fewer than Sinbad 4 |
#5056, aired 2006-09-11 | YOU DO THE MATH $1600: 100 divided by 4, times 3, divided by 5 15 |
#5036, aired 2006-07-03 | LITERARY CHARACTERS $800: The characters of "Murder in the Cathedral" include Becket, 3 priests &--uh-oh--4 of these noble soldiers knights |
#5034, aired 2006-06-29 | FAUX FRAGRANCES $1000: A ratio for success--the geek get chic with "Pi", taken to 4 decimal places; it's Chanel number... 3.1416 |
#5029, aired 2006-06-22 | COLLEGE HOOPS $600: This LSU player nicknamed "Pistol Pete" scored more points in his 3-year career than any other player in 4 years Pete Maravich |
#5027, aired 2006-06-20 | ANCIENT TIMES $600: Julius Caesar said this region was divided into 3 parts; Augustus divided it into 4, including Aquitania Gaul |
#5025, aired 2006-06-16 | HUMMINGBIRDS $1000: This species, which shares its name with a steam organ, is North America's smallest bird at around 2 3/4" in length the Calliope hummingbird |
#5010, aired 2006-05-26 | LATIN AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS $1600: The 3/4-mile-wide Strait of Tiquina in Bolivia separates the upper & lower portions of this lake Lake Titicaca |
#5008, aired 2006-05-24 | ALL DOLLED UP $800: 11 1/2" of macho muscle when he debuted in 1964, this action figure had shrunk to a mere 3 3/4" by 1982 G.I. Joe |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | A "C"OUNTRY MILE $600: This country is about 3,000 miles long N. to S. but 3/4 of its people live within 200 miles of its southern border Canada |
#5007, aired 2006-05-23 | ABBREV. $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows on the monitor that the fractions 1/3 = 4/12 and 1/4 = 3/12.) For 1/3 & 1/4, 12 is the LCD--lowest common denominator; for 2, 3, 4 & 6, 12 is the LCM, short for this least common multiple |
#4999, aired 2006-05-11 | RIDDLE ME THIS $800: Sphinx: What animal walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon & 3 in the evening? Oedipus: This man |
#4985, aired 2006-04-21 | 4-LETTER FRIENDS $400: You were a fool to move that bishop! This 4-letter term in 3 moves mate |
#4943, aired 2006-02-22 | GET YOUR SITH TOGETHER $1000: 3 of the 4 "Star Wars" movie characters with Darth in their names (3 of) Darth Maul, Darth Vader, Darth Sidious, & Darth Tyranus |
#4937, aired 2006-02-14 | GRAB BAG $800: 1 potato, 2 potato, 3 potato, 4, more potatoes are of this brown-skinned variety than any other russet |
#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 |
#4858, aired 2005-10-26 | THE SERPENT'S EGG $2000: There are 4 species of these dangerous African snakes: 1 black, 3 green the mamba |
#4854, aired 2005-10-20 | THE ONLY $200: Proxima Centauri is about 4.3 light years from Earth; this is the only star that's closer the Sun |
#4847, aired 2005-10-11 | GOIN' MOBILE $800: In 2005 Dan Wheldon led a 1-2-3-4 finish at the Indy 500 for cars made by this co., known for its Accord & CR-V Honda |
#4837, aired 2005-09-27 | CARS $200: Ford's Crown Victoria accounts for over 3/4 of these purchased, many painted black & white police cars |
#4810, aired 2005-07-01 | GREEN "T" $1000: This republic of West Africa with a 4-letter name has 3 green stripes on its flag representing its natural resources Togo |
#4804, aired 2005-06-23 | QUOTATIONS $800: An inspiring story by him says, "And you will succeed? Yes! You will, indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)" Dr. Seuss |
#4798, aired 2005-06-15 | "AS" YOU LIKE IT $1600: In TV, this ratio of the width of an image to its height can be 4 to 3 an aspect ratio |
#4729, aired 2005-03-10 | COME TO THE POINT $800: After 4 hours of struggle & grit, we've reached this point for the first time, 6-3, 6-7, 4-6, 7-5, 5-4, 40-15 match point |
#4713, aired 2005-02-16 | WE MAKE MONEY THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY $800: "Nobody doesn't like" this bakery group that had $3.4 billion in 2001 sales Sara Lee |
#4698, aired 2005-01-26 | RADIO DISNEY TOP 30 $400: On the Sept. 2, 2004 Top 30, she was No. 3, 4, 11, 13, 14 & 16; No. 3 was a duet with her sister Haylie Hilary Duff |
#4634, aired 2004-10-28 | THAT DON'T SOUND RIGHT $2000: Franklin P. Adams probably didn't think the verse flowed describing, in scoring order, a 3-6-4 DP by these 1910 Cubs Chance to Tinker to Evers |
#4607, aired 2004-09-21 | YOU HAD TO EXPECT SHAKESPEARE $1600: In this comedy featuring a "fantastical Spaniard", 4 guys take a 3-year vow of celibacy & wackiness ensues Love's Labour's Lost |
#4582, aired 2004-07-06 | THREE CHEERS! $600: The 4-legged Omaha made the record books in 1935 with this 3-feat racing's Triple Crown |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | MATH CLASS $400: Of 3, 4 or 5, the one that's not a prime factor of 15 4 |
#4572, aired 2004-06-22 | RIPLEY'S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! $1000: B.I.O.N., a 3-year old Ugandan boy was adopted & raised for 4 years by a colony of these human-like apes! chimps |
#4565, aired 2004-06-11 | FOR THE KID IN YOU $200: At Six Flags Over Texas, you must be 3'6" to ride in these, 4'6" to drive one the bumper cars |
#4561, aired 2004-06-07 | I DID IT! $800: In 1957 this future astronaut set a speed record flying from L.A. to NYC in 3 hrs., 23 min., 8.4 sec. John Glenn |
#4557, aired 2004-06-01 | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $800: 3/4 or 2/5
(8) fraction |
#4556, aired 2004-05-31 | BIG DAYS ON THE COURT $400: (Hi, I'm Becky Hammon.) In game 1 of the 2002 WNBA finals, I was 4 for 6 on these shots--"beyond the arc", as we say 3-point shots |
#4543, aired 2004-05-12 | THE CONSTITUTION $1000: Amendments to the Constitution must be passed by this portion of the states 3/4 |
#4532, aired 2004-04-27 | PREHISTORIC TIMES $400: Scientists have identified over 4,000 species of these "3-lobed" sea creatures that lived during the Paleozoic era trilobites |
#4519, aired 2004-04-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $200: When this lumberjack was 3 years old, he rolled around so much in his sleep that he destroyed 4 sq. mi. of timber Paul Bunyan |
#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 |
#4490, aired 2004-02-27 | DON'T LOSE YOUR TRAIN OF THOUGHT $200: Platfprm 9 3/4 at King's Cross Station in this city is the place where Harry Potter boards the train to Hogwarts London |
#4484, aired 2004-02-19 | BEYOND REASON $400: Legend says in 1657 the ceremonial cremation of an unlucky Kimono started a fire that burned 3/4 of this city Tokyo |
#4481, aired 2004-02-16 | SANDWICHES $600: "House" sometimes follows the 4-letter name of this sandwich served with 3 pieces of toast a club |
#4471, aired 2004-02-02 | NOTED BLACK AMERICANS $800: On Dec. 1st, 1955, 4 blacks were asked to move to the back of the bus in Montgomery; 3 did, she didn't Rosa Parks |
#4463, aired 2004-01-21 | WHEN WE DANCE $400: The name of this dance in 3/4 time is from the German for "to revolve" waltz |
#4453, aired 2004-01-07 | THE BRIGHTEST STARS $2000: Proxima, a component of this constellation's brightest star system, is a super close 4.3 light years away the Centaur (Centaurus) |
#4427, aired 2003-12-02 | THE U.S. ARMY $1,000 (Daily Double): Washington was the first 3-star General; this President the first 4-star General Ulysses S. Grant |
#4415, aired 2003-11-14 | AMERICAN LIT $2,000 (Daily Double): Benjy, Quentin & Jason Compson narrate 3 of the 4 sections of this Faulkner favorite The Sound and the Fury |
#4404, aired 2003-10-30 | PICK A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10 $2000: If playing Sir John Falstaff is your life, you've got a total of this many plays by Shakespeare you can appear in 3 |
#4381, aired 2003-09-29 | LET'S GO LOBSTERING $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew presents from a boat in Portland, Maine.) A legal Maine lobster must measure at least 3-1/4 inches along this, the bony back shell the carapace |
#4380, aired 2003-09-26 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $800: Number of F's in this flimsy formulation of a question 5 |
#4379, aired 2003-09-25 | 4-LETTER BODY PARTS $1000: With a cleft in it to allow room for the heart, your left one only has 2 lobes instead of 3 like the right lung |
#4375, aired 2003-09-19 | TIPS FROM THE ANCIENTS $1600: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew shows a 3-4-5 right triangle on a blackboard.) Builders check for square by measuring 3 feet along one wall, 4 feet along another; this man from Samos says the two points should be 5 feet apart Pythagoras |
#4345, aired 2003-06-20 | CHINA $800: On June 3 & 4, 1989 the People's Liberation Army killed hundreds at a democracy rally at this Beijing site Tiananmen Square |
#4329, aired 2003-05-29 | 19th CENTURY AMERICANS $1200: Douglas Southall Freeman wrote a 4-volume biography of this Virginian & 3 volumes on his "Lieutenants" Robert E. Lee |
#4316, aired 2003-05-12 | SPORTS SHORTS $400: 3:59.4 in 1954, it's now 3:43.13 the record for the mile run |
#4298, aired 2003-04-16 | POTLUCK $800: It's the answer to the Sphinx' riddle: "What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon, and 3 in the evening?" man |
#4297, aired 2003-04-15 | PRO BASKETBALL $1200: This semicircular line is 19 feet, 9 inches from the center of the basket in college, 4 feet further in the NBA the 3-point line |
#4277, aired 2003-03-18 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: John 3:16 says of the son of God, "Whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have" this type of "life" everlasting |
#4258, aired 2003-02-19 | SPORTING OBJECTS $1000: An object that weighs 1/5 ounce containing 14 to 16 feathers that extend 2 3/4 inches from a cork badminton |
#4252, aired 2003-02-11 | MOVIE DUDES SPEAK $800: 2001:
"Excuse me, sir, can you tell me where I might find Platform 9 3/4?" Harry Potter |
#4249, aired 2003-02-06 | NURSING $600: 3 of the 4 vital signs to be monitored, according to the "Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice" (3 of) temperature, pulse, blood pressure & respiration |
#4242, aired 2003-01-28 | FOOTBALL $1600: The 3-4 defense is named for its alignment of 3 linemen & 4 of these linebackers |
#4234, aired 2003-01-16 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: In 1965 Sylvania arranged 4 of these in a cube & sold them in packs of 3 flashbulbs |
#4224, aired 2003-01-02 | THE LIQUOR CABINET $1,800 (Daily Double): The milk used for this blend of spirit reportedly accounts for some 4.3% of all the milk produced in Ireland Baileys Irish Cream |
#4176, aired 2002-10-28 | LAS VEGAS $800: To get married in Vegas, one requirement is that there be at least this many people in the room 4 (the bride, the groom, the person officiating & one witness) |
#4137, aired 2002-09-03 | 3 IS A MAGIC NUMBER $200: In Matthew 4 Jesus resists 3 of these temptations |
#4130, aired 2002-07-12 | "E"-MALE $2000: This screenwriter reportedly received $3 million for "Basic Instinct" & $4 million for "One Night Stand" (Joe) Eszterhas |
#4123, aired 2002-07-03 | SPORTSMEN $2000: On July 31, 1994 this Ukranian set the world pole vault record at 20 feet, 1-3/4 inches (Sergey) Bubka |
#4106, aired 2002-06-10 | ALPHA MALES $1200: In the 1830s Thomas Henderson established the parallax of this triple star about 4.3 light years away Alpha Centauri |
#4067, aired 2002-04-16 | FIELD EVENTS $1,000 (Daily Double): This women's competition includes 4 field events (plus 3 track) the heptathlon |
#4043, aired 2002-03-13 | IT'S A TOUGH WORLD $800: The total number of U.S. states that border the Gulf of Mexico 5 |
#4023, aired 2002-02-13 | YOU DO THE MATH $1600: Number of face cards in a standard deck of playing cards divided by the number of aces 3 (12 divided by 4) |
#3979, aired 2001-12-13 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALISTS $200: In addition to winning 4 gold medals, he set 3 Olympic records at the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens |
#3942, aired 2001-10-23 | HISTORY TEST $900 (Daily Double): This ship left Tahiti April 4, 1789, apparently to the regret of many of the crew the Bounty |
#3928, aired 2001-10-03 | JUST "ASP" $1000: This ratio on a TV screen is 4 to 3, unless you're rich enough to own an HDTV an aspect ratio |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | OH, CRAPS! $300: 4, easy 3 & 1 |
#3914, aired 2001-09-13 | OH, CRAPS! $400: Hard 8 4 & 4 |
#3910, aired 2001-09-07 | DESCRIBING THE SPORT $100: Get 3/4 naked, use 12-ounce mittens to beat opponent senseless boxing |
#3907, aired 2001-09-04 | MORE POWER TO YOU $200: This type of plant seen here--controversial in the U.S.--provides about 3/4 of France's power a nuclear power plant |
#3883, aired 2001-06-20 | SURVIVOR 12: THE MUPPETS $300: This Transylvanian nobleman wins 1... 2... 3... 4... 5 immunity challenges Count von Count |
#3865, aired 2001-05-25 | REMEMBER 1989? $500: In 1989 this Japanese corporation bought Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion Sony |
#3860, aired 2001-05-18 | BEFORE & AFTER $600: Before the work of Johann Stamitz & others, this type of work usually had 3 movements; since then, 4 a symphony |
#3854, aired 2001-05-10 | DIXIE CHICKS $100: In 1990 this future Mrs. Alec Baldwin & investors paid $20 million for a GA. town; they sold it in '95 for $4.3 million Kim Basinger |
#3732, aired 2000-11-21 | THIS DOES NOT COMPUTE $400: The standard dimensions of one of these lumber units are 1 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inches 2 X 4 |
#3730, aired 2000-11-17 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $800: The world's third-largest island, about 3/4 of it belongs to Indonesia Borneo |
#3725, aired 2000-11-10 | WATCH YOUR TONGUE $1000: About 3/4 of Sri Lankans speak Sinhala & about 1/4 speak this as their native language Tamil |
#3711, aired 2000-10-23 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: To get the paper size known as an octavo, you fold the paper this many times, creating 8 parts 3 times |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $400: He wrote 4 overtures to "Fidelio", the most popular being the "Leonore Overture No. 3" L.V. Beethoven |
#3703, aired 2000-10-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $2,000 (Daily Double): His "Songs To Remember" include about 40 mazurkas written in a 3/4 dance rhythm Frederic Chopin |
#3700, aired 2000-10-06 | MATH $500: 1/3 plus 1/4 7/12 |
#3699, aired 2000-10-05 | FRACTIONS $800: To divide a number by 3/4, multiply the number by this fraction 4/3 |
#3699, aired 2000-10-05 | FRACTIONS $1000: It's how you express the fraction 7/4 as a mixed number 1 3/4 |
#3688, aired 2000-09-20 | GEOGRAPHIC SQUARES $400: On June 3 & 4, 1989, the People's Liberation Army killed hundreds of pro-democracy supporters here Tiananmen Square |
#3670, aired 2000-07-14 | A "WAR AND PEACE" QUIZ $500: Nikolay & Andrey Bolkonsky were princes; Ilya Rostov had this title, 2, 3, 4... Count |
#3648, aired 2000-06-14 | A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER QUIZ $200: 3 of the 4 full sentences in the first verse end in this punctuation mark Question mark |
#3624, aired 2000-05-11 | MONARCHIES $400: This monarchial nation occupies over 3/4 of the Iberian Peninsula Spain |
#3606, aired 2000-04-17 | YOU DO THE MATH $600: Number of "Days of Christmas" in the carol divided by its number of French hens 4 (12/3) |
#3580, aired 2000-03-10 | MASONS $800: This actress received 3 of her 4 Academy Award nominations for films written by Neil Simon Marsha Mason |
#3557, aired 2000-02-08 | "MM" BOP $500: For 1/3 & 1/4, it's 12 Lowest common denominator |
#3545, aired 2000-01-21 | TO THE REPUBLIC $200: The name of this Pacific island republic is 4 letters long & 3 of them are dotted Fiji |
#3535, aired 2000-01-07 | TV CROSSOVERS $300: On May 3, 1999 Bill Cosby played Hilton Lucas on 4 consecutive sitcoms on this network CBS |
#3495, aired 1999-11-12 | STORY PROBLEMS $800: Hank's mobile home is this long, 1 3/4 times longer than his 8-foot-long car 14 feet |
#3442, aired 1999-07-20 | 4-LETTER CLOTHES $200: Piece that turns a man's 2-piece suit into a 3-piece suit Vest |
#3424, aired 1999-06-24 | 1998 $100: In April this U.S. figure dropped to a 28-year low of 4.3%, leaving the devil without many idle hands Unemployment rate |
#3420, aired 1999-06-18 | JUST DESSERTS $400: Despite its name, Sara Lee's "All Butter" one is only 10 3/4 ounces pound cake |
#3405, aired 1999-05-28 | THE COCKTAIL HOUR $100: The classic version is 1 1/2 oz. gin, 3/4 oz. dry vermouth, lemon twist or olive martini |
#3390, aired 1999-05-07 | THE SCIENCE OF COLOR $1000: In violet, this distance is a short 3,800 to 4,500 angstrom units Wavelength |
#3386, aired 1999-05-03 | GREEK ALPHABET SOUP $600: This multiple star in Centaurus is 4.3 light years from Earth Alpha Centauri |
#3371, aired 1999-04-12 | DANCES $200: Introduced around 1910, the "Boston" & "Hesitation" were new forms of this dance in 3/4 time waltz |
#3347, aired 1999-03-09 | REIGNING CATS & DOGS $500: The smallest dog ever recorded, one of these terriers, stood 2 1/2 inches tall & stretched 3 3/4 inches long a Yorkshire terrier |
#3333, aired 1999-02-17 | SPORTS SUPERSTARS $300: In 1993, 1995 & 1996 this German star won 3 of the 4 major women's tennis titles Steffi Graf |
#3326, aired 1999-02-08 | THE WORLD SERIES $300: In 1992 this Canadian team won 3 of its 4 World Series games in its last-at-bat Toronto Blue Jays |
#3325, aired 1999-02-05 | QUEEN ELIZABETH II $1000: The Queen has 4 children: 3 sons & this daughter Princess Anne |
#3283, aired 1998-12-09 | YALIES $200: She spent 3 miserable years at Yale Drama School before starring in 4 "Alien" movies Sigourney Weaver |
#3270, aired 1998-11-20 | REUNIONS $3,100 (Daily Double): (Hey, what's happening? I'm Mark McGrath of Sugar Ray. The answer is…) While touring in 1996, we played with Johnny Rotten & this group who had reunited the Sex Pistols |
#3254, aired 1998-10-29 | WORLD HODGEPODGE $200: From the old French for "ice", these cover about 1/8 of Iceland; some are 3/4 of a mile thick Glaciers |
#3251, aired 1998-10-26 | SAM-I-AM $300: I would eat them, you would see, just as fast as ABC; I would eat them 3-4-5, on my show called "Primetime Live" Sam Donaldson |
#3238, aired 1998-10-07 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $1000: On September 4, 1984 this Swiss firm announced its acquisition of the Carnation company for $3 billion Nestlé |
#3225, aired 1998-09-18 | SHALL WE DANCE? $800: The foxtrot is done in 4/4 time & the waltz is done in this time 3/4 |
#3224, aired 1998-09-17 | THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC $400: The Almanac puts out 4 editions, 3 for the U.S. & one for this country Canada |
#3222, aired 1998-09-15 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $200: The first woman to win 3 Best Actress Oscars, she was also the first to win 4 Katharine Hepburn |
#3209, aired 1998-07-09 | THE TITANIC $400: The Titanic had 4 of these; 3 were functional, the fourth was mostly there for aesthetics smokestacks |
#3206, aired 1998-07-06 | LEFTOVERS $300: The biga, triga & quadriga were chariots that used 2, 3 & 4 of these, respectively horses |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $100: March 4, 1885-
March 3, 1889;
March 4, 1893-
March 3, 1897 Grover Cleveland |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $200: March 4, 1797-
March 3, 1801 John Adams |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $400: March 4, 1857-
March 3, 1861 James Buchanan |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | CLASSIC "BIG" & "LITTLE" SONGS $500: This No. 1 pop hit by the 4 Seasons also spent 3 weeks at the top of the R&B charts -- "Silly girl" "Big Girls Don't Cry" |
#3202, aired 1998-06-30 | PRESIDENTIAL TERMS OF SERVICE $500: March 4, 1869-
March 3, 1877 Ulysses S. Grant |
#3197, aired 1998-06-23 | THE 1970s $400: In 1975 New Zealand's John Walker ran the mile in 3:49.4, beating this man's 1954 mark by 10 seconds Roger Bannister |
#3192, aired 1998-06-16 | TO THE NEAREST... $600: To the nearest hour, flight time of the Concorde from London to New York 4 |
#3182, aired 1998-06-02 | "STRAIGHT" & "NARROW" $200: A poker hand consisting of the 6, 5, 4, 3, & 2 of clubs a straight flush |
#3182, aired 1998-06-02 | 3-LETTER SCIENCE $200: About 4.5 billion years old, it's the closest G2 type star to where you're standing Sun |
#3180, aired 1998-05-29 | AT GREAT LENGTHS $400: The Olympic record for tossing one of these is 73 feet, 8 3/4 inches in 1988 a shot put |
#3174, aired 1998-05-21 | NONFICTION $700 (Daily Double): For the week of October 12, 1997, 3 of the top 4 New York Times paperback bestsellers were about her Princess Diana |
#3170, aired 1998-05-15 | CROSSWORD CLUES "F" $600: Vulpine dance
(3,4) Fox trot |
#3149, aired 1998-04-16 | EUROPEAN VACATION $500 (Daily Double): Landmark from which you can see the following views: [1] [2] [3] [4] the Eiffel Tower |
#3131, aired 1998-03-23 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The inmates' official daily rations at this Georgia prison were 1/4 lb. of meal and 1/3 lb. of bacon or beef Andersonville |
#3114, aired 1998-02-26 | THE U.S.S. CONSTITUTION $400: In her 1997 cruise, the ship made 4 knots using just 6 of these, 3 of them basketball court size sails |
#3111, aired 1998-02-23 | JERUSALEM $600: 3 of the 4 quarters that make up the Old City (3 of) Arab, Armenian, Christian, Jewish |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | TIME ZONE PROBLEMS $400: If you board a 1-hour flight from Detroit to Chicago at 3 P.M., you'll land at about this hour 3 P.M. (Detroit is one hour ahead) |
#3082, aired 1998-01-13 | TIME ZONE PROBLEMS $800: Indianapolis ignores Daylight Saving Time, so it's 3 hours ahead of L.A. in March but this many ahead in May 2 |
#3077, aired 1998-01-06 | HISTORIC JOHNS $400: During his 4 hour & 55 minute flight into space in 1962, he experienced 3 sunrises & sunsets John Glenn |
#3075, aired 1998-01-02 | LANGUAGES $300: About 3/4 of the people of Singapore speak this Asian language Chinese |
#3048, aired 1997-11-26 | THOSE DREADED STORY PROBLEMS $400: If Tom's picket fence used 3"-wide pickets, he'd need this many edge to edge to cover a 12' length 48 |
#3043, aired 1997-11-19 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $300: An amendment becomes part of the Constitution after this many states have ratified it 3/4 |
#3041, aired 1997-11-17 | THEY ALSO RAN $200: In May 1954 it took Roger Bannister 3 minutes 59.4 seconds to cover this distance Mile |
#3022, aired 1997-10-21 | SCIENCE NUMBERS $400: A tarantula in a conga line would take 3 steps then kick out this many legs to one side 4 |
#2999, aired 1997-09-18 | GIMME YOUR NUMBER $300: Total of the horsemen of the apocalypse & the traditional number of Magi in Matthew's gospel 7 (4 horsemen & 3 Magi) |
#2998, aired 1997-09-17 | FEMINISM $400: It passed Congress in the 1970s by a combined 438-31 but was never ratified by 3/4 of the states Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) |
#2998, aired 1997-09-17 | FEMINISM $500: A heralded 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" ended 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in her favor Billie Jean King |
#2997, aired 1997-09-16 | "STICK"S & "STONE"S $500: 3' 9" high, 2' 4 1/2" across & nearly 1' thick, it was key to deciphering hieroglyphics The Rosetta Stone |
#2977, aired 1997-07-08 | HODGEPODGE $1000: 3 U.S. presidents died on this date & one, Calvin Coolidge, was born on it July 4 |
#2955, aired 1997-06-06 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: The order Sirenia consists of 4 living species: the dugong & 3 species of this animal the manatee |
#2905, aired 1997-03-28 | ROCK MUSIC $200: He's had 4 No. 1 hits:
1 solo & 3 with Art Garfunkel Paul Simon |
#2903, aired 1997-03-26 | YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS $200: This club's first emblem was a 3-leaf clover; a fourth leaf for "health" was added later 4-H |
#2865, aired 1997-01-31 | MUSIC CLASS $200: An extended work in 3 or 4 movements, or the type of large orchestra that would play it Symphony |
#2843, aired 1997-01-01 | GUINNESS RECORDS $200: Rosie the Ribiter, one of these amimals, leaped 21' 5 3/4" at the Calaveras County Jumping Jubilee in 1986 frog |
#2839, aired 1996-12-26 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $300: The standard index card sizes in America are 5" x 8", 4" x 6" & this 3" x 5" |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: 2 of 3 U.S. states that fit the category (2 of) Ohio & Utah (Iowa) |
#2802, aired 1996-11-05 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: This flightless bird of South America has 3 toes on its feet; an ostrich has 2 a rhea |
#2784, aired 1996-10-10 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $1000: In 1995 this Spanish tennis player was a finaliist in 3 of the 4 Grand Slam finals Arantxa Sanchez Vicario |
#2756, aired 1996-09-02 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $500: Over 3 dozen mountains in this northern New York range exceed 4,000 feet the Adirondacks |
#2737, aired 1996-06-25 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $600: Gold of this many karats is 3/4 pure 18 |
#2732, aired 1996-06-18 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1957 he flew cross-country in 3 hr. 23 min.; in 1962 he made 3 orbits in 4 hr. 55 min. John Glenn |
#2713, aired 1996-05-22 | PULITZER PRIZE POETS $600: He won 4 times in 3 decades: the 1920s, '30s & '40s Robert Frost |
#2704, aired 1996-05-09 | SPORTS $200: This Disney-owned hockey team earned its first victory October 13, 1993, defeating Edmonton 4-3 the Anaheim Mighty Ducks |
#2696, aired 1996-04-29 | POTPOURRI $800: This women's track & field contest consists of 4 events on the first day & 3 on the second the heptathlon |
#2690, aired 1996-04-19 | OLD GLORY'S STARS $100: From July 4, 1836 to July 3, 1837, the flag had this many stars, half as many as today 25 |
#2674, aired 1996-03-28 | MONEY PROBLEMS $400: Change for a quarter in 4 coins 3 nickels & a dime |
#2641, aired 1996-02-12 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $300: This snowy eastern region of Russia makes up about 3/4 of the country's area Siberia |
#2621, aired 1996-01-15 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: Callao, the port of Lima, handles about 3/4 of this country's imports Peru |
#2616, aired 1996-01-08 | FURNITURE $200: A low seat with no back & 3 or 4 legs; one in a bar is usually taller a stool |
#2615, aired 1996-01-05 | POETRY $200: This Greek poet probably invented the sapphic, a 4-line stanza whose first 3 lines have 11 syllables Sappho |
#2615, aired 1996-01-05 | THE BIBLE $200: According to Matthew 3:4, this forerunner of Jesus dined on locusts & wild honey John the Baptist |
#2604, aired 1995-12-21 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: Of the 1,200 men awarded this for Civil War service, about 3/4 were later found ineligible under new rules the Congressional Medal of Honor |
#2603, aired 1995-12-20 | COLD SPORTS $200: Depending on the user's height, they can be 6-7 feet long & 3-4 inches wide skis |
#2596, aired 1995-12-11 | ANIMALS $600: 3 to 4 feet tall, damas are the largest of these graceful antelopes gazelles |
#2588, aired 1995-11-29 | DOGS $600: When first born this coach dog is pure white; the spots appear in 3 or 4 weeks a Dalmatian |
#2580, aired 1995-11-17 | NUMBER, PLEASE $500: On a telephone, the letters GHI go with this number 4 |
#2566, aired 1995-10-30 | MUSIC CLASS $300: 3 of the most common ones of these in western music are 4/4, 3/4 & 6/8 the meter |
#2535, aired 1995-09-15 | CANDY $100: Don't want to spring for a big box? Whitman's makes this famous "assortment" in a 1 3/4 oz. size Sampler |
#2518, aired 1995-07-12 | THE CIVIL WAR $200: When Lincoln took office, the Union held 4 forts in Confederate terr.: 3 in Fla. & this one in S.C. Fort Sumter |
#2505, aired 1995-06-23 | FOOD & DRINK $600: Joy of Cooking's recipe for fritter or tempura batter calls for 3/4 cup of this potent potable (flat) beer |
#2501, aired 1995-06-19 | EXPLOSIVES $500: C-4 & A-3 are types of this moldable military explosive plastic explosive |
#2485, aired 1995-05-26 | MAMMALS $800: Of the 4 living species of sea cows, 3 are manatees & the other is this a dugong |
#2480, aired 1995-05-19 | CHINESE FOOD $100: If kept moist in a dark place for 4-5 days, 1/2 cup of mung beans will yield about 3 cups of these sprouts |
#2471, aired 1995-05-08 | MAMMALS $200: A hippopotamus has this many toes on each foot 4 |
#2460, aired 1995-04-21 | GARDENING $1,300 (Daily Double): This plant, Zea mays, should be planted in blocks of 3-4 rows to insure pollination corn |
#2442, aired 1995-03-28 | CROSSWORD CLUES "R" $400: Ordinary
(3,2,3,4) run of the mill |
#2398, aired 1995-01-25 | MUSIC $400: The 12-bar type of this "colorful" African-American song style has 3 lines of 4 bars each blues |
#2359, aired 1994-12-01 | OXFORD UNIVERSITY $600: While studying medicine at Oxford, he took up track & in 1954 ran a 3:59.4 mile at a meet there Roger Bannister |
#2353, aired 1994-11-23 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $200: In Esther 4:3, there was great mourning among the Jews, and many lay in sackcloth & these Ashes |
#2296, aired 1994-09-05 | JULY 4, 1994 $100: The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted over 3,000 refugees on boats from this country Haiti |
#2271, aired 1994-06-20 | CROSSWORD CLUES "M" $200: Criminal coffee cup photo
(3,4) mug shot |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | FOUR! $400: Term for a magazine that comes out every 3 months or 4 times a year a quarterly |
#2240, aired 1994-05-06 | COOKING $500: One recipe for this pie filling calls for 4 pounds of beef, 2 pounds of suet & 3 pounds of dark brown sugar a mince(meat) pie |
#2238, aired 1994-05-04 | FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS $200: This country contains over 3/4 of the total area of the former Soviet Union Russia |
#2206, aired 1994-03-21 | "T" TIME $300: A comforting thought: World Book says only 3 or 4 of every 1,000 of these big cats eat people tigers |
#2180, aired 1994-02-11 | COOKING "A", "B", "C"s $200: Cookbooks advise sticking 3 or 4 of these spice buds in an onion to flavor meat dishes clove |
#2177, aired 1994-02-08 | PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE $600: Of 3/4, 2/3 or a simple majority, the vote required to amend a motion under Robert's Rules of Order a (simple) majority |
#2154, aired 1994-01-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $800: Kalimantan, part of this country, is the Southern 3/4 of Borneo Indonesia |
#2153, aired 1994-01-05 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: In a symphony there are usually this many movements 4 |
#2149, aired 1993-12-30 | THE BIBLE $300: Isaiah 2:4 speaks of beating these into plowshares; Joel 3:10 says to do the reverse swords |
#2124, aired 1993-11-25 | 1954 $100: At an Oxford, England track meet on May 6, this distance was covered in a record 3:59.4 seconds Mile |
#2104, aired 1993-10-28 | THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE $200: 3 of the 4 people honored in 1901 & 1902 were from this neutral country Switzerland |
#2075, aired 1993-09-17 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: In Britain one of these is equal to about 4.5 liters; in the U.S., only about 3.8 a gallon |
#2012, aired 1993-05-11 | CALCULUS $600: You need calc. to take this earth measurement because it isn't a perfect sphere; if it were, you'd use (4/3) pi r3 volume |
#2003, aired 1993-04-28 | THE 1950s $800: In 1957 this future astronaut set a transcontinental speed record of 3 hours, 23 minutes, 8.4 seconds John Glenn |
#1993, aired 1993-04-14 | OREGON $200: Over 3/4 of Oregon's electrical power is produced by this type of power plant hydroelectric |
#1992, aired 1993-04-13 | ASTRONAUTS $800: Robert Crippen has been on 4 shuttle flights: 1 on the first shuttle, Columbia, & 3 on this one Challenger |
#1982, aired 1993-03-30 | MYTHOLOGY $400: It's the answer to the Sphinx' riddle, "What walks on 4 legs in the morning, 2 at noon & 3 in the evening?" man |
#1963, aired 1993-03-03 | MATH $800: Because their product is 1, 3/4 & 4/3 are said to be this reciprocals |
#1933, aired 1993-01-20 | YOUR FEDERAL TAXES $500: Form 4868 gets you an extension of this many months to file, but you still have to pay what's due by April 15 4 |
#1913, aired 1992-12-23 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $400: This Fremont, Michigan company has about 3/4 of the U.S. baby food market Gerber |
#1908, aired 1992-12-16 | DANCE $500: An 18th century dance in 3/4 time or a call to go left or right in square dancing allemande |
#1908, aired 1992-12-16 | SPACE FIRSTS $1,500 (Daily Double): The Russian Voskhod I was the first single ship to fly 3 astronauts; this was the first to fly 4 the space shuttle |
#1883, aired 1992-11-11 | MATH $400: It's the lowest common denominator for the fractions 1/2, 1/3, & 1/4 12 |
#1880, aired 1992-11-06 | WEATHER $1000: Used to measure wind speed, it usually has 3 or 4 cups which rotate on a spindle anemometer |
#1879, aired 1992-11-05 | DOLLS $300: The original 1964 version of this soldier was 11 1/2" tall; the 1982 model line was a mere 3 3/4" G.I. Joe |
#1876, aired 1992-11-02 | GEMS $200: South Africa's De Beers Consolidated Mines controls over 3/4 of the world's supply of these gems diamonds |
#1838, aired 1992-09-09 | PLAYGROUND RHYMES $200: 1 this veggie,
2 this veggie,
3 this veggie. 4,
5 this veggie,
6 this veggie,
7 this veggie, more potato |
#1783, aired 1992-05-06 | MATH $800: This fraction is half the sum of 1/2 & 1/4 3/8ths |
#1781, aired 1992-05-04 | 2-LETTER WORDS $500: 3 of the 4 Greek letters that are 2-letter words (3 of) xi, nu & pi (or mu) |
#1771, aired 1992-04-20 | DANCE $100: A waltz isn't done in 4/4 time, but this 3/4 time |
#1768, aired 1992-04-15 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: A 4.3-mile bridge over Chesapeake Bay was opened in this state in 1952 Maryland |
#1753, aired 1992-03-25 | LEATHER $100: About 3/4 of the world's leather goes into the making of these products shoes |
#1744, aired 1992-03-12 | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD $200: This principality on the French Riviera is only about 3/4 of a square mile in area Monaco |
#1708, aired 1992-01-22 | MYTHOLOGY $200: Cerberus was a funny-looking dog--he had 4 legs & 1 tail, but 3 of these head |
#1698, aired 1992-01-08 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $600: The Matanuska Valley produces about 3/4 of this 49th state's agricultural products Alaska |
#1696, aired 1992-01-06 | OLD TESTAMENT $200: According to I Kings 4:32, this wise ruler was responsible for 3,000 proverbs & 1,005 songs Solomon |
#1673, aired 1991-12-04 | LIFE SCIENCE $200: This type of twins is born to about 3 or 4 mothers in 1000 identical |
#1671, aired 1991-12-02 | FAMOUS WOMEN $600: For "Lady and the Tramp", she co-wrote 5 songs, sang 3, & provided the voices
of 4 characters Peggy Lee |
#1650, aired 1991-11-01 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: Beethoven's title was "3 Equali for 4" of this instruments, not 76 trombones |
#1625, aired 1991-09-27 | CATTLE $400: A cow's stomach has this many compartments 4 |
#1612, aired 1991-09-10 | CANADA $800: First name of 3 of Canada's first 4 P.M.s; the next one to have it was Mr. Diefenbaker John |
#1571, aired 1991-06-03 | U.S. HISTORY $200: On Feb. 20, 1962 he took 4 hours, 52 minutes to orbit the Earth 3 times John Glenn |
#1560, aired 1991-05-17 | THE MOON $600: Of 1/4, 1/2 or 3/4, the diameter of the Moon as compared to the Earth's 1/4 |
#1559, aired 1991-05-16 | LANGUAGES $600: Of Kenya's 4 daily newspapers, 3 are published in English & 1 in this official language Swahili |
#1555, aired 1991-05-10 | MATHEMATICS $600: A league is 3 miles; if you go ½ a league, ½ a league, ½ a league on, you've gone this many miles 4 and a half |
#1460, aired 1990-12-28 | FACTS & FIGURES $1,000 (Daily Double): It was increased in 1990 from 3 million to 4 million Swedish krona the Nobel Prize |
#1439, aired 1990-11-29 | POT LUCK $200: Approximately 3/4 of all twins are this type, from 2 fertilized eggs fraternal twins |
#1426, aired 1990-11-12 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $1000: In Latin America, this large xylophone can accommodate 3 or 4 musicians at a time a marimba |
#1424, aired 1990-11-08 | ISLANDS $1,500 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 islands that make up the Greater Antilles (3 of) Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico |
#1421, aired 1990-11-05 | MONARCHS $200: Of less than a year, 3 years or 4½ years, the length of time Julius Caesar ruled Rome alone less than a year |
#1420, aired 1990-11-02 | OLD TESTAMENT $300: In Exodus 2:23-25 the children of Israel call upon God; in 3:4 God calls upon him Moses |
#1418, aired 1990-10-31 | THE CIRCUS $400: In 1982 Michael Vazquez became the first trapeze artist to do this many somersaults in the air in public 4 |
#1390, aired 1990-09-21 | 4-LETTER BIRDS $800: Often found in crossword puzzles, this sea eagle can also be a 3-letter bird when its final E is dropped an erne |
#1385, aired 1990-09-14 | PENCILS $100: 3 out of every 4 pencils made in America are painted this color yellow |
#1382, aired 1990-09-11 | SPORTS $400: Though unable to walk from the age of 4 to 8, she went on to win 3 Olympic gold medals in track in 1960 Wilma Rudolph |
#9, aired 1990-08-11 | SPORTS $600: 1 of 3 jockeys who have won the Kentucky Derby 4 or more times (1 of) Willie Shoemaker, Bill Hartack or Eddie Arcaro |
#1375, aired 1990-07-20 | RELIGIOUS HISTORY $400: In Romans 6:3-4 he likened baptism to sharing in the death, burial & resurrection of Christ (St.) Paul |
#1355, aired 1990-06-22 | GEOGRAPHY $100: 3 of this country's 4 districts are Fontvielle, La Condamine & Monte Carlo Monaco |
#1, aired 1990-06-16 | GOLDEN OLDIES $800: Of this car, Ronny & The Daytonas sang, "You're really looking fine, 3 deuces & a 4-speed, & a 389" "Little GTO" |
#1337, aired 1990-05-29 | SPANISH HISTORY $600: Of him Hitler said, "I would rather have 3 or 4 teeth pulled out than meet that man again." Franco |
#1331, aired 1990-05-21 | THE AUTO INDUSTRY $200: Built by Carl Benz in 1885, the first internal combustion car had this many wheels 3 |
#1327, aired 1990-05-15 | MATHEMATICS $400: Number of zeros to the right of the decimal point in the number one ten-thousandth 3 |
#1323, aired 1990-05-09 | HODGEPODGE $400: Their emblem is a 3-leaf clover representing the 3 parts of their promise The Girl Scouts |
#1296, aired 1990-04-02 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Cleopatra had 4 children out of wedlock, 3 fathered by this Roman Marc Antony |
#1257, aired 1990-02-06 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $100: In cloth measure, this is divided into 4 quarters, not 3 feet yards |
#1245, aired 1990-01-19 | "F" IN MATH $200: A number written as a quotient; examples are 2/3, 1/2 & 1/4 Fraction |
#1225, aired 1989-12-22 | BRITISH COLUMBIA $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 U.S. states that border British Columbia (3 of) Alaska, Washington, Idaho (or Montana) |
#1222, aired 1989-12-19 | CANADA $1,500 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 Atlantic provinces (3 of) Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Prince Edward Island (or New Brunswick) |
#1199, aired 1989-11-16 | THE CONSTITUTION $800: To be adopted, an amendment must be ratified by this fraction of the states 3/4 |
#1198, aired 1989-11-15 | ABBREV. $1000: Of the 4 main compass points these 3 are also symbols of elements N (Nitrogen), S (Sulphur) & W(Tungsten) |
#1179, aired 1989-10-19 | THE 1950s $300: On October 3, 1952 this Eve Arden sitcom began a 4-year run on TV Our Miss Brooks |
#1173, aired 1989-10-11 | 4-LETTER WORDS $500: Said 3 times, this sea bird's name sounds like a hit song sung by The Byrds tern |
#1169, aired 1989-10-05 | MAN IN SPACE $1000: On June 3, 1965 this Gemini 4 astronaut took a 20 minute space walk, the 1st American to do so Ed White |
#1160, aired 1989-09-22 | POTPOURRI $400: A 4-H'er could tell you these are the 3 "H" lines a palmist can read on his hand head, heart & health |
#1137, aired 1989-07-11 | FOOD $200: Mix 3 eggs & 3/4 c. sugar; add 1 c. thick cream,
2 c. half & half
& 2 tsps. vanilla;
simmer; then freeze with ice vanilla ice cream |
#1135, aired 1989-07-07 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: The number of U.S. states that border Mexico 4 |
#1107, aired 1989-05-30 | THE EARTH $400: Nickname for the circum-Pacific belt where 3/4 of all the world's earthquakes occur the Ring of Fire |
#1104, aired 1989-05-25 | ART $200: Michelangelo spent 3 years, 1501-4, sculpting this Goliath-size statue David |
#1067, aired 1989-04-04 | 4-LETTER NAMES $100: She collided with Mary Decker during the 3,000 meter track final at the 1984 Olympics Zola Budd |
#1064, aired 1989-03-30 | ACTORS & ROLES $600: Before playing the psychic Tangina in this film, 4' 3" Zelda Rubinstein worked on a shrimp boat Poltergeist |
#1060, aired 1989-03-24 | BEACHES $1000: Beaches on this New England state's 17 3/4 miles of coastline include Hampton Beach & Rye Beach New Hampshire |
#1041, aired 1989-02-27 | CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS $1000: Columbus made a total of this many round trip voyages between Spain & the New World 4 |
#1032, aired 1989-02-14 | MATH $200: Proportionally, 3 is to 4 as 75 is to this number 100 |
#1031, aired 1989-02-13 | TEENY THINGS $300: "Singles" in this format can have 4 songs & are only 3" in diameter little CDs |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | NEW YORK CITY $300: Some 4.5 billion has been budgeted to renovate these 3 N.Y. area airports over the next 10 years LaGuardia, Kennedy and Newark |
#1014, aired 1989-01-19 | MUSIC $100: Beethoven wrote 3 equale compositions for 4 of these instruments, not 76 trombones |
#1011, aired 1989-01-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $600: Say it once & it's a puppet; say it 3 times & it's a bad Cary Grant imitation Judy |
#1011, aired 1989-01-16 | 4-LETTER WORDS $800: Meaning "backtalk", this 4-letter word has 3 "S"s sass |
#994, aired 1988-12-22 | MAN IN SPACE $100: His one & only flight in space lasted 4 hours 55 minutes & consisted of 3 orbits John Glenn |
#990, aired 1988-12-16 | SHAKESPEARE $1,400 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 kings named Henry in the titles of Shakespearean plays (3 of) Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Henry VIII) |
#987, aired 1988-12-13 | ISLANDS $600: Indonesia controls 3/4 of this, world's 3rd largest island; the rest belongs to Malaysia & Brunei Borneo |
#983, aired 1988-12-07 | GUINNESS SPORTS RECORDS $400: In 1977 Kitty O'Neill covered this distance in a dragster in just 3.72 seconds 1/4 mile |
#977, aired 1988-11-29 | THE OLYMPICS $300: A 1952 game in this sport had so many fouls, Uruguay finished with only 4 men & Argentina with just 3 basketball |
#974, aired 1988-11-24 | THE VIETNAM WAR $400: By 1954 the U.S. was paying 3/4 of the cost of this country's war against the Communists France |
#962, aired 1988-11-08 | CARDS & DICE $100: Number 4 on the dice or the number 3 Cartwright son Little Joe |
#940, aired 1988-10-07 | ARTISTS $500: Sold for $4.2 million on May 3, 1988, "Diver", by this painter, set the record for a work by a living artist Jasper Johns |
#936, aired 1988-10-03 | THE OSCARS $400: 3 of the 1st 4 actresses to win Oscars were born in this country, not the U.S. Canada |
#927, aired 1988-09-20 | RELIGION $1000: Islamic law allows a man to keep up to this many wives at one time 4 |
#902, aired 1988-07-05 | TELEVISION ODDITIES $200: In L.A. on both Feb. 4 & 5, 1988, the 8:00 movie on 3 TV stations starred this man; talk about a death wish! Charles Bronson |
#895, aired 1988-06-24 | THE PLANT KINGDOM $500: 3 of the 4 colors in which hydrangeas bloom (3 of) pink, blue, lavender, (white) |
#884, aired 1988-06-09 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 continents which appeared in the titles of John Gunther's "Inside..." books Africa, Asia & Europe |
#878, aired 1988-06-01 | NUMBER, PLEASE $400: In classical mythology, the number of Furies 3 |
#876, aired 1988-05-30 | U.S. STATES $500 (Daily Double): 2 of the 3 states that have only 4 letters in their name (2 of) Ohio, Utah & Iowa |
#873, aired 1988-05-25 | MAN IN SPACE $600: If they haven't been towed away by now, there are still 3 of these U.S. 4-wheel vehicles parked on the Moon lunar rovers |
#843, aired 1988-04-13 | MATHEMATICS $400: For the fractions 1/2, 1/3 & 1/4, it's the lowest common denominator 12 |
#842, aired 1988-04-12 | BLOOD $300: Though it's among the 4 best known, only about 3% of the U.S. population belong to this blood group AB |
#830, aired 1988-03-25 | U.S. HISTORY $600: This was finally ratified 3/4 of the states & went into force in December 1791 the Bill of Rights |
#827, aired 1988-03-22 | 3-LETTER WORDS $100: It completes the quote from "Animal Farm", "4 legs good, 2 legs..." this bad |
#819, aired 1988-03-10 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400 (Daily Double): 2 of the 4 holidays the government moved in 1971 to give federal employees 3-day weekends (2 of) Memorial Day, Washington's Birthday, Columbus Day & Veterans Day |
#803, aired 1988-02-17 | STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATIONS $500: 3 of the 4 states which have a "K" in their postal abbreviations Alaska (AK), Kansas (KS) & Kentucky (KY) |
#783, aired 1988-01-20 | COLORADO $300 (Daily Double): At "4 Corners" you're only a few steps away from these 3 other states Utah, Arizona & New Mexico |
#771, aired 1988-01-04 | PRESIDENTS $1,200 (Daily Double): 2 of only 3 presidents to attend college west of the Mississippi Lyndon Johnson & Richard Nixon (& Herbert Hoover) |
#766, aired 1987-12-28 | SPORTS $500 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 tournaments that make up the "Grand Slam" in tennis (3 of) Wimbledon, U.S. Open, French Open, & Australian Open |
#761, aired 1987-12-21 | HISTORY $500: 3 of the 4 men who have served as Egypt's president since King Farouk was overthrown (3 of) Mubarak, Abdel Nasser, Sadat & Muhammad Naguib |
#722, aired 1987-10-27 | THE BEATLES $200: 3 of the 1st 4 Billboard #1 hits for The Beatles had this word in their titles Love |
#713, aired 1987-10-14 | HODGEPODGE $300: Each cocoon used for this fabric has a continuous filament that can be over 3/4 mi. long silk |
#704, aired 1987-10-01 | TENNIS $800: The net crosses this number of parallel lines on a standard tennis court 5 |
#691, aired 1987-09-14 | NUMBER, PLEASE $200: Minimum number of people needed to form a "nuclear family" 3 |
#691, aired 1987-09-14 | NUMBER, PLEASE $500: Total number of times the number 3 has been the correct response in this category 4 |
#686, aired 1987-09-07 | FACTS & FIGURES $300: USA Today says this ex-"GMA" host averaged 4.3 "Oh, goshes" per broadcast David Hartman |
#677, aired 1987-07-14 | EASY MATH $500: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, & 19, for example, but not 4, 9, or 21 prime numbers |
#674, aired 1987-07-09 | ESKIMOS $300 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 countries in whose domains Eskimos live (3 of) the Soviet Union, the United States, Canada or Denmark |
#649, aired 1987-06-04 | SLEEP $100: To avoid puffy eyes in the morning, experts say to raise this end of the bed up 3 or 4 inches the head |
#642, aired 1987-05-26 | CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION $600: Of 3, 4 or 6 years, length of term for members of House that Convention originally accepted 3 |
#625, aired 1987-05-01 | AFRICA $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of 4 official European languages that are official languages in Africa (3 of) English, French, Spanish or Portuguese |
#613, aired 1987-04-15 | WINTER $400: Of 3, 4, or 5, the # of federal holidays observed during the official winter season 4 |
#609, aired 1987-04-09 | THE 3 STOOGES $300: How Curly ended poem, "Roses are red & how do you do drink 4 of these & ..." woo |
#605, aired 1987-04-03 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $200: The number of continents whose land, masses lie primarily north of the Equator 4 |
#597, aired 1987-03-24 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $300: Of 1/4, 1/2, or 3/4, amount of alloy in 18 karat gold 1/4 |
#581, aired 1987-03-02 | ANIMAL RECORDS $100: The current Calaveras County record of 21' 5 3/4" is held in this sport by "Rosie the Ribiter" frog jumping |
#576, aired 1987-02-23 | THE UNIVERSE $500: The sun's mass is about 3/4 this gas hydrogen |
#572, aired 1987-02-17 | U.S. HISTORY $1000: Number of Vice Presidents who served under FDR 3 |
#570, aired 1987-02-13 | SHOW BIZ BUSINESS $1,000 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 founders of United Artists (3 of) Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin & D.W. Griffith |
#564, aired 1987-02-05 | STARTS WITH "Z" $1000: Mary Leakey found remains of this 1 3/4 million-year -old being later renamed Australo-pithecus boisei Zinjanthropus |
#558, aired 1987-01-28 | BOWLING $100: Weighing no more than 3 lbs. 10 oz., it stands 15" high & 4 ¾" at widest point bowling pin |
#558, aired 1987-01-28 | SOUTH AMERICA $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 countries on the continent that border on the Pacific Ocean (3 of) Chile, Peru, Ecuador (Colombia) |
#552, aired 1987-01-20 | FOLK DANCES $200: In Austria, this well-known dance developed from the 3/4 rhythm of the "landler" the waltz |
#551, aired 1987-01-19 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $100: The number of wooden legs usually found under a grand piano 3 |
#548, aired 1987-01-14 | SPORT OF KINGS $600: In most stakes races, this many horses share the purse 4 |
#544, aired 1987-01-08 | IN THE NEWS $400: To the nearest billion, current population of the earth 5 |
#517, aired 1986-12-02 | MOVIE DIRECTORS $500: He directed 4 rock 'n' rollers in "A Hard Day's Night" & 4 musketeers in "The 3 Musketeers" (Richard) Lester |
#501, aired 1986-11-10 | 7-LETTER WORDS $600: For a Catholic after confession, it may consist of 3 Hail Marys & 4 Our Fathers penance |
#495, aired 1986-10-31 | MUSIC $100: Number of beats to the bar in music marked 3/4 time 3 |
#483, aired 1986-10-15 | ANIMALS $400: A full-blooded beefalo is 1/4 Hereford, 3/8 Charolais, & 3/8 this buffalo (bison) |
#475, aired 1986-10-03 | WINES $300: According to the wine institute, in 1984 this major power was world's 4th leading wine producer the U.S.S.R. |
#474, aired 1986-10-02 | THE CALENDAR $200: There's a minimum of one Friday the 13th a year & a maximum of this many 3 |
#471, aired 1986-09-29 | MODERN OPERA $400: Using Gertrude Stein's text, Virgil Thompson titled his opera "4 Saints in" this many "Acts" 3 |
#470, aired 1986-09-26 | MOVIES $200: Of about 2 hours, 3 hours, or 4 hours, the original running time of the Elizabeth Taylor "Cleopatra" 4 hours |
#455, aired 1986-06-06 | TRANSPORTATION $100: In 1977, U.S. auto makers sold 9.3 million cars, but did this to 10.4 million recalled them |
#449, aired 1986-05-29 | COLORADO $400: This corner of Colorado meets corners of 3 other states at "4 Corners" the southwest corner |
#445, aired 1986-05-23 | NUMBERS $2,000 (Daily Double): 3 Garridebs, The Sign of 4, 5 Orange Pips, 6 Napoleons the titles of Sherlock Holmes' cases |
#441, aired 1986-05-19 | AIR TRAVEL $200: From 1939 to 1985, the FAA required all transatlantic flights to have at least this many engines 3 |
#421, aired 1986-04-21 | ECCLESIASTIC NAMES $100: In October of 1985 the Kansas City Royals beat them 4 games to 3 the Cardinals |
#415, aired 1986-04-11 | THE FOOD STORE $400 (Daily Double): According to the labels, 3 of 4 ways in which Dole doles out pieces of pineapple (3 of) crushed, chunks, whole slices (tidbits) |
#412, aired 1986-04-08 | FOOD & DRINK $500: A basic recipe for this gravy-like mixture is 3 c. milk, 2/3 c. flour, & 1/4 c. melted butter a cream sauce (white sauce) |
#370, aired 1986-02-07 | GEOGRAPHY $900 (Daily Double): Besides Spanish, 3 of 4 other official languages of South American countries Portuguese, English, French & Dutch |
#362, aired 1986-01-28 | IN THE MOUTH $300 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 general types of teeth in the adult human mouth (3 of) molars, incisors, cuspids, or bicuspids |
#350, aired 1986-01-10 | SPORTS $1,400 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 items thrown in Olympic track & field events (3 of) a discus, a javelin, a hammer & the shot |
#347, aired 1986-01-07 | SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $500 (Daily Double): 3 of 4 Shakespearean roles for which Olivier won Oscar nominations (3 of) Hamlet, Richard III, Henry V, & Othello |
#340, aired 1985-12-27 | POTENT POTABLES $500: Classic formula for this rum drink is "1 of sour, 2 of sweet, 3 of strong, & 4 of weak" daiquiri |
#331, aired 1985-12-16 | THE BIBLE $500: Made of acacia, about 3 ft. by 3 ft. by 4 1/2 ft., & covered in gold the Ark of the Covenant |
#307, aired 1985-11-12 | ’70s CINEMA $600 (Daily Double): 3 of the 4 actors who sought “Deliverance” in that 1972 film Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ronny Cox & Ned Beatty |
#304, aired 1985-11-07 | SOUTH AMERICA $200: Over 1/2 of the marijuana and 3/4 of the cocaine consumed in the U.S. comes from this country Colombia |
#275, aired 1985-09-27 | SOMETHING "OLD" $100: By length it makes up more than 3/4 of the Bible the Old Testament |
#266, aired 1985-09-16 | FARMING $300: During the Middle Ages, oxen were replaced by this animal, which can pull a plow 3-4 times faster the horse |
#261, aired 1985-09-09 | CARTOONS $400: Though he never married, Paramount's Popeye had this many "nephews" who all looked just like him 4 |
#188, aired 1985-05-29 | ARCHERY $100: The fletching on most arrows consists of 3 or 4 of these feathers |
#176, aired 1985-05-13 | THE '40S $100: Columbia introduced this revolutionary record in '48, allowing us to hear 23 minutes instead of 4 an LP (33 1/3) |
#164, aired 1985-04-25 | 4-WORD PHRASES $200: Comes between "2 for the show" & "4 to go" 3 to get ready |
#163, aired 1985-04-24 | MATHEMATICS $600: In pi, digit which follows 3.1 4 |
#145, aired 1985-03-29 | HOLIDAYS $200: The 4 possible days in a 3-day weekend Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday |
#145, aired 1985-03-29 | SCIENCE $400: Number of atoms in a molecule of water 3 |
#141, aired 1985-03-25 | EASY MATH $300: Decimal equivalent of 3/4 .75 |
#141, aired 1985-03-25 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $500: A 43-year old mother of 4 recently broke up a $3.5 billion ring dealing in this drug cocaine |
#139, aired 1985-03-21 | THE '60s $400 (Daily Double): Number of U.S. presidents during the '60s 4 |
#61, aired 1984-12-03 | SPORTS $200: A filly becomes a mare at this age 4 |
#57, aired 1984-11-27 | 3-LETTER WORDS $400: A flipper or a fiver a fin |
#52, aired 1984-11-20 | THE '50s $400: From 7/4/59 to 7/3/60 the U.S. flag had this many stars 49 |
Michael Rankins, a minister and writer from Rohnert Park, California
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\"A 5-show winner from 1988, he has been a minister with...
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Brian Levinson, a writer from Queens, New York
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Season 25 3-time champion: $72,801 + $1,000. Brian is the cousin...
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Kirstin Cutts, a graduate student from Austin, Texas
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Season 33 4-time champion: $49,403 + $2,000.
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Dominic Clust, from Metairie, Louisiana
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"This future lawyer likes to argue and he's good at it....
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Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona
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"He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
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Steven Popper, an economist from Topanga, California
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"A winner of 5 shows in 1988, he has since founded...
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Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas
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Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Andy Davis, a Chyron operator from South Boston, Massachusetts
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Season 25 2-time champion: $49,799 + $1,000. Andy Davis - A...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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David Peterman, an area manager from Laguna Nigel, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $7,300. David was an area manager for...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Patrick Tucker, a senior from the University of Notre Dame
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2009 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Gail Flemmons, a history teacher from Clinton, Mississippi
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,399 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Chris Rodrigues, a personal banking representative from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 26 3-time champion: $41,498 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester and camp counselor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Season...
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Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
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• 74-game champion with longest winning streak • Total earnings over...
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Mike Harris, a physician from Mill Valley, California
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Season 4 3-time champion: $31,600. Not to be confused with Season...
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Mike Harris, a teacher and graduate student from Hermon, California
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Season 4 player (1988-07-07). Not to be confused with Season 4...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Maria Bartiromo, a business anchor from CNBC
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Charities: National Italian American Foundation...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Rebecca Dixon, a graduate student and musician from Vancouver, Washington
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Season 26 2-time champion: $53,002 + $1,000. Rebecca and her partner...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Brad Rutter, an actor and producer from Los Angeles, California
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• Highest all-time winnings (over $4.3 million) • Has never lost...
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Karen Muranaka, from Lomita, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Karen Muranaka, an administration assistant from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $8,600. Trebek pilot 1 player. Karen was...
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Sally Mason, a writer from Santa Monica, California
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Season 3 3-time champion: $19,298. In her fourth game, Sally was...
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Judi Greenberg, a housewife from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,500. Season 3 player (1987-01-08). Judi was...
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Judi Greenberg, a housewife from Northbrook, Illinois
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,500. Season 3 player (1987-01-08). Judi was...
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Anthony Dedousis, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Manhasset, New York...
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Greg Lichtenstein, a freshman from Vassar College
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 18 and from Plainview, New York...
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Gary Bechtold, a garage door company owner from St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Season 26 3-time champion: $42,001 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland
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"He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
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Neville Fogarty, an 11-year-old from Kingwood, Texas
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\"This chess player is planning his career moves very carefully. From...
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Burns Cameron, a realtor from Standish, Maine
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1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. Burns appeared on the original version...
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Steve Herron, a letter carrier from Shawnee, Oklahoma
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Season 4 3-time champion: $18,200.
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Bob Von Bargen, a law student from Torrance, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,100.
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Zanete Barons, a freelance writer from Roseville, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,300. First name pronounced like \"zan-ETT\". Zanete\'s...
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Brian Aronson, a public defender from Sacramento, California
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Season 4 player (1988-06-28): Ricardo Beverly Hills Tower Drive luggage collection...
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Jim Ryan, a writer from Alexandria, Virginia
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Season 3 4-time champion: $30,250.
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Sean McShane, a nonprofit membership associate originally from West Islip, New York
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 39 3-time champion: $80,401...
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Sean McShane, a tour guide from South Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 39 3-time champion: $80,401...
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Dave Prechtl, a warehouse manager from Rosemead, California
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Season 4/5 3-time champion: $29,200.
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose California
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Season 13 player (1996-09-11). 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000....
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Tom Bendycki, a copy editor originally from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 4 player 3-time champion: $39,400.
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Jeff Richmond, a city planner from West Hollywood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
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Jonathan Fellows, a legislative assistant originally from Bellevue, Washington
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1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 3 4-time champion: $39,201.
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Sheryl Krieger, an advertising executive from San Diego, California
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Season 4 1-time champion: $3,599.
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Brad Geagley, a writer and game designer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,399.
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Carl Brady, a U.S. Navy flight officer originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 3 4-time champion: $24,900.
Carl appeared on the show in uniform.
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Bob Beers, an attorney from Fairfax, Virginia
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Season 4 3-time champion: $41,799. Bob's $10,000 Daily Double wager in...
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Barbara Smith, an elementary educator from Yuba City, California
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Season 3 1-time champion: $4,000.
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Carl Brandt, an investor originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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2009 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 25 4-time champion: $70,799...
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Bill Klippel, a pricing specialist originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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Season 1 3-time champion: $4,400.
Bill died at age 63 on 2011-04-06. Obituary.
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Dan McShane, a baseball game logger from West Islip, New York
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2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 4-time champion:...
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Jim Berkowitz, a teacher originally from Cranston, Rhode Island
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Season 4 3-time champion: $32,901.
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Warren Usui, a computer programmer from Pacific Palisades, California
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Season 19 3-time champion: $59,990 + $2,000. Warren appeared as a...
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Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Rob Pold, a graduate student from Downers Grove, IL
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Season 4 1-time champion: $9,450 + a 3-night trip to San...
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Bill Wray, an institutional investor from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 3 player (1987-07-03). Bill's mother appeared on Jeopardy! in 1969,...
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Jack Koenig, an actor and househusband from New York City, New York
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Season 4 3-time champion: $23,599 + Jeopardy! box game.
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Tom Lawrence, a performing waiter from Davenport, Iowa
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Season 4 3-time champion: $28,401.
Tom died on 2019-05-29.
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Dan McShane, a bartender from West Islip, New York
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2013 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 28 4-time champion:...
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James Hyder, a systems manager from Columbia, Maryland
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Season 7 1-time champion: $7,201 + a trip to Miami on...
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Paul Tidwell, a tutor from Mission Hills, California
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Season 4 3-time champion: $40,200.
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Doug Molitor, a writer from Brentwood, California
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Season 3 4-time champion: $51,001.
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from San Jose, California
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Steve Kravitz, a trust and estate attorney from West Palm Beach, Florida
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Season 4 3-time champion: $35,400 + either the Jeopardy! box game or computerized version.
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Eric Berman, a journalist from Crown Point, Indiana
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1987 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 3 4-time champion: $37,101...
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Steve Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Claudia Perry, a worker for an e-learning company from Evanston, Illinois
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"She was a pop music critic living in San Jose, California...
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Laura Hughes, a mom from New Market, Maryland
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Season 26 1-time champion: $27,500 + $2,000. Wife of Season 16...
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Bob Blake, an actuary from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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"In 1990, he won the Tournament of Champions. An actuary from...
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Dan Melia, a college professor from Berkeley, California
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"He was a 1998 Tournament of Champions winner. Today he's a...
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Doug Molitor, a writer from Altadena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Steve Rogitz, a trucking company manager from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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"He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
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Doug Molitor, a writer from Brentwood, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard...
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
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Andrew Ceppos, a senior from Tufts University
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Verona, New...
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Larissa Charnsangavej, a senior from Rice University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Houston, Texas at...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri
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Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Surya Sabhapathy, a senior from the University of Michigan
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2010-A College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $26,600. Hometown: Northville,...
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Tony Barreto, a deputy district attorney originally from New Bedford, Massachusetts
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Season 3 player (1986-09-11): Ricci's Art Deco Collection heavy silver-plated flatware...
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Steven Rogitz, a letter carrier from Gardena, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Steve Rogitz, an operations manager from Torrance, California
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1993 10th Anniversary Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000....
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Stephen Weingarten, a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $96,690...
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Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
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Roger Storm, a teacher from Fairview Park, Ohio
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1990 Super Jeopardy! semifinalist: $10,000. 1987 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist:...
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Mike Marmesh, a veterinarian from Miami, Florida
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Season 26 1-time champion: $4,700 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Claudia Perry, a sports copy editor from Jersey City, New Jersey
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"A pop music critic when she first appeared on Jeopardy!, she's...
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Kim Worth, a waiter and writer from Venice, California
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1998 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $15,000. Season 13 4-time champion:...
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Jonathan Fellows, a legislative assistant originally from Bellevue, Washington
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1987 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 3 4-time champion: $39,201.
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Eric Berman, a journalist originally from Crown Point, Indiana
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1987 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $5,000. Season 3 4-time champion: $37,101...
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Claudia Perry, a pop music critic from Jersey City, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2002 Million Dollar Masters...
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Roger Green, a business librarian from Albany, New York
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Season 15 1-time champion: $17,600.
Roger's blog; Jeopardy! entries [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [+]
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Kim Worth, a freelance writer and stand-up comedian from Venice, California
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1998 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $15,000. Season 13 4-time champion:...
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