| #9008, aired 2024-01-03 | PAINT, BY NUMBERS $1200: Nature can be expensive! In 2014 "Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1" by this New Mexico woman went for $44.4 million Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | IT GETS OLD $800: V.S.O.P., standing for very superior old pale, is a premium grade of this liquor aged at least 4 years cognac |
| #8729, aired 2022-10-27 | OCTOBERFEST $400: She joined the Supreme Court as its second female justice October 4, 1993 Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
| #8684, aired 2022-07-14 | 4 OF THE SAME LETTER $2000: If you support another person's alibi, you provide this 4-"O" word from the Latin for "to strengthen" corroboration |
| #8654, aired 2022-06-02 | A SHORT GOODBYE $1600: In English
(or British, really)
T.:
it also has 4 O's toodle-oo |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | THEY'RE MULTI-TALENTED $600: Onscreen, this big guy was "Kazaam"; on the music scene, he knew "You Can't Stop the Reign"; on the court, he won 4 NBA titles Shaquille O'Neal |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | KANSAS CITY: NEWS CLUES $1000: (Hi, I'm Christel Bell.) In 1997, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum opened its new permanent home under the leadership of Buck O'Neill, who had been a star for this Kansas City Negro Leagues team, as had greats like Satchel Paige & Jackie Robinson the Monarchs |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S A DIFFERENT PREPOSITION $400: The OED calls this synonym of "between" that starts with the same 4 letters "somewhat archaic" betwixt |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | THE ARTS $1600: Eugene O'Neill described this 4-act family drama as "old sorrow written in tears & blood" Long Day's Journey into Night |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | "O"PPOSITES $400: Of written
(4 letters) oral |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | NEW TO THE OED $1600: The last 4 months of the year are called these 5-letter "months", like the last piece of wood in a fire the ember months |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | NEW TO THE OED $2000: The Henriad refers to 4 plays by this man Shakespeare |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | THE FAMILY BUSINESS $600: The Haas family enjoyed a combined net worth of $4.7 billion after a 2019 I.P.O. of this California-based jeans company Levi |
| #8334, aired 2021-02-11 | THE SAME VOWEL, FRONT & BACK $2000: This 4-letter word means hodgepodge, which also has 2 O's olio |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $200: A reflection of sound waves back to the listener an echo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $400: Disc of light above a revered figure a halo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $600: A short note sent to someone you work with a memo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $800: This martial art takes its name from the Japanese for "gentle way" judo |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | 4-LETTER WORDS ENDING IN "O" $1000: This computer command at Control-Z or Command-Z can save you from awful mistakes undo |
| #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 |
| #6, aired 2020-01-09 | JUST THE FACTS $200: Of the 4 main blood groups, this one is the most common; that group negative is the universal donor O |
| #8099, aired 2019-11-21 | NEW TO THE OED $800: This derisive 4-letter word for a novice in an online community noob |
| #8074, aired 2019-10-17 | 4-WORD EXCHANGE $1000: 4-word phrase that's the title of a 2002 book about Ronco & Popeil products like the Veg-O-matic but wait, there's more |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $1200: A musical composition (4) opus |
| #8050, aired 2019-09-13 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $1600: Spanish stew pot (4) olla |
| #8010, aired 2019-06-07 | ARTY FACTS $400: In 2014 a very big blossom by this American set a record for a female artist when it sold for $44.4 million Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #7966, aired 2019-04-08 | THEATRE $8,615 (Daily Double): Act 1 of this autobiographical Eugene O'Neill drama begins at 8:30 a.m.; Act 4 begins at midnight Long Day's Journey into Night |
| #7950, aired 2019-03-15 | THE IRISH-AMERICAN HALL OF FAME $2,000 (Daily Double): The 2011 inaugural class included Maureen O'Hara & this 4-time Pulitzer-winning 20th century playwright Eugene O'Neill |
| #7896, aired 2018-12-31 | NEW TO THE OED $1200: It's a 4-letter abbreviation for the "dismal science" econ |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | TOP 40 COUNTDOWN $2000: In a 1997 hit the Wallflowers drove it home with this "One Headlight" |
| #7834, aired 2018-10-04 | ELECTION 1968 $400: (Lawrence O'Donnell presents the clue.) Despite fears for his safety, Robert F. Kennedy spoke as scheduled in Indianapolis on April 4, 1968 but instead of his prepared remarks, gave a shocked crowd this news Martin Luther King's assassination |
| #7829, aired 2018-09-27 | AT 5 O'CLOCK $2000: The scythe of this apt paternal guy marks 4:45 on the Engle clock at the National Watch & Clock Museum, which closes at 5 Father Time |
| #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 |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | 4 O's $800: This adjective means not confined by responsibilities; kick off your Sunday shoes! footloose |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | 4 O's $1200: 2-word term for where to go in the mall to get a strip of memories of the day a photo booth |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | 4 O's $1600: Hyphenated term for one who lingers at the scene of an accident a lookie-loo |
| #7635, aired 2017-11-17 | 4 O's $2000: This Spanish sherry is "O" so good oloroso |
| #7598, aired 2017-09-27 | NEW TO THE OED $400: This 4-letter abbreviation for the Crimson Tide's university Bama |
| #7570, aired 2017-07-07 | DAY-"O" $800: In 1948 Marion Richards began an annual June 4 holiday to honor the unmarried women she called these old maids |
| #7542, aired 2017-05-30 | LYRICAL SPELLING BEE $1200: Tammy Wynette spelled out this title word that she doesn't want her 4-year-old "to understand" divorce ("D-I-V-O-R-C-E") |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | AMERICAN SYMBOLS $400: All 4 verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner" end with these 4 words home of the brave |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS $800: 4-letter spelling of the word the OED says is imitative of "the sound made in clearing the throat" A-H-E-M |
| #7307, aired 2016-05-24 | 4 PETERS & A WOLF $1200: He received an honorary Oscar in 2003 for his memorable roles like Mr. Chips & Alan Swann Peter O'Toole |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | O CANADA $600: Despite this 4-word name that a law enforcement group took in 1920, they now only ride horses in special ceremonies the Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| #7160, aired 2015-10-30 | ALSO A MILITARY RANK $600: O-4 in the Air Force; it's aka a course of study major |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE FINAL 4 $1000: "O'Leary in the grave" (William Butler) Yeats |
| #6991, aired 2015-01-26 | O..............K, THEN $2000: A tapering, 4-sided shaft of stone with a pyramidal apex obelisk |
| #6958, aired 2014-12-10 | 6'4" $400: "Clueless Gamer" is a feature on this 6'4" man's late night show Conan O'Brien |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER $200: There are actually 4 verses to the song, each ending with the line "O'er the land of the free and" this "the home of the brave" |
| #6832, aired 2014-05-06 | TECH TALK $200: Android's 4.1 O.S. is called this, just like one of Reagan's favorite treats Jelly Bean |
| #6830, aired 2014-05-02 | THE 4 Rs $1200: A set of fixed instructions for a routine action is S.O.P., short for this standard operating procedure |
| #6716, aired 2013-11-25 | 4-LETTER EDIBLES $800: A Greek specialty similar to shawarma, lamb roasted on a spit, shaved off & put in a pita has this 4-letter name a gyro |
| #6672, aired 2013-09-24 | NON-POTENT POTABLES $800: O'Douls is a brand of this with only 0.4% alcohol beer |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | A 4 "O" AVERAGE $400: A brand of chocolate drink, or a rhyming word used to get someone's attention Yoo-Hoo |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | A 4 "O" AVERAGE $800: "Motion" is only part of this word for the power of moving; "Come on, baby, do" it locomotion |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | A 4 "O" AVERAGE $1200: 12-letter disease causing the bones of older women to become abnormally fragile osteoporosis |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | A 4 "O" AVERAGE $1600: Tediously unvarying & literally one-note, this is getting... monotonous |
| #6477, aired 2012-11-13 | A 4 "O" AVERAGE $2000: A word whose sound is imitative of the sound it refers to, like hoot onomatopoeia |
| #6140, aired 2011-04-29 | THE DAN, PATRICK SHOW $1000: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) This decathlete got top billing over "Dave" in a '92 ad campaign but didn't make the Olympic team; 4 years later, he won gold Dan O'Brien |
| #6137, aired 2011-04-26 | "O" BROTHER $1600: He had 6 older brothers to go along with 4 gold medals from the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens |
| #6105, aired 2011-03-11 | GOD SPELL $200: One of this Norse god's main epithets is Vingnir ("the hurler") (4 letters) T-H-O-R |
| #6096, aired 2011-02-28 | A SHORT SPELL $400: A section of ice, flatter than a berg, that breaks off from a pack
(4 letters) F-L-O-E |
| #5743, aired 2009-07-22 | LITTLE WOMEN $200: This 4'10" author began her epic in 1926 after an injury; David O. Selznick bought the rights & the rest is history (Margaret) Mitchell |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $400: Sign said to portend future
(4) omen |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $800: Egg
(4) ovum |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $1200: The English horn is a large one
(4) oboe |
| #5711, aired 2009-06-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $1600: Abierto--that's Spanish
(4) open |
| #5558, aired 2008-11-05 | A WORD ODDITY $800: Look in the OED & you'll find "brrrr", with a rare 4 Rs: it's this one of the traditional 8 parts of speech interjection |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | LOU D.O.B.s $200: Aug. 4, 1901,
New Orleans:
Got his first cornet about 6 years later Louis Armstrong |
| #5356, aired 2007-12-17 | LOU D.O.B.s $400: Jan. 4, 1809,
Coupvray, France:
Modified the Barbier point writing system for the Royal Institute for Blind Children Louis Braille |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | AMERICAN ARTISTS $800: In 2006 the New Mexico museum devoted to her acquired 4 of her nude self-portraits Georgia O'Keeffe |
| #5121, aired 2006-12-11 | THE BIG "O" $1200: Captain Beefheart is said to have a range of 4.5 of these octaves |
| #4980, aired 2006-04-14 | 4-LETTER WORDS $2000: This old pronoun is sung as the last word of the English version of "O Canada" thee |
| #4949, aired 2006-03-02 | BEYOND $1600: This American playwright won 4 Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, including one for 1920's "Beyond the Horizon" Eugene O'Neill |
| #4920, aired 2006-01-20 | "O" MAN! $400: He stunned the Nazis by winning 4 gold medals at the 1936 Olympics Jesse Owens |
| #4847, aired 2005-10-11 | GOIN' MOBILE $400: S. Dak., Alaska, Wyo. &, obviously, Hawaii are the only 4 states not on this natl. train co.'s passenger route map Amtrak |
| #4844, aired 2005-10-06 | THE STORY OF "O" $1200: It's the national airline of Greece & no, it doesn't fly only once every 4 years Olympic |
| #4791, aired 2005-06-06 | WE GET LETTERS $400: On July 4, 1828 the last surviving Declaration signer laid the first stone for the railroad known by these 2 letters B&O |
| #4707, aired 2005-02-08 | TEEN PEOPLE $600: 4 stars of this Fox drama shared a spot (we think the one who plays Seth is funny-looking, but whatever) The O.C. |
| #4602, aired 2004-09-14 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $2000: On July 4, 1828 President John Quincy Adams broke ground for this canal, known as the C&O the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal |
| #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 |
| #4464, aired 2004-01-22 | WRITERS ON CAPE COD $800: This 4-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright launched his career with the Provincetown Players Eugene O'Neill |
| #4167, aired 2002-10-15 | 4-LETTER "W"ORDS $800: A thin puff of smoke; there is a "Will O' the" one wisp |
| #4018, aired 2002-02-06 | MONOPOLY $600: Cash cows, the 4 railroads are Reading, B&O, Short Line & this one Pennsylvania |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $100: 56 down:
Woodwind
(4) oboe |
| #3918, aired 2001-09-19 | THE NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $200: 58 down:
Spoken
(4) oral |
| #3852, aired 2001-05-08 | THE EARLY 1900s $200: Karl Landsteiner discovered there were 4 of these: A, B, O & AB blood types |
| #3786, aired 2001-02-05 | FORGOTTEN BUT NOT GONE $400: Wham-O still sells this hip-hugging plastic toy, though not 25 million in 4 months like when it debuted in 1958 the Hula-Hoop |
| #3735, aired 2000-11-24 | LEGAL LINGO $600: Term for jury discussions to reach a verdict; in O.J. Simpson's criminal trial, they took 4 hours Deliberations |
| #3660, aired 2000-06-30 | TV CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $400: Drew Carey's home state
(4) Ohio |
| #3548, aired 2000-01-26 | COUNTRY MUSIC LEGENDS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after the D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3547, aired 2000-01-25 | CHARLIE CHAPLIN $800: The last of Chaplin's 4 teenage brides was Oona, this playwright's daughter Eugene O'Neill |
| #3426, aired 1999-06-28 | 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A small, secluded valley that's home to a famous derry-o operator dell |
| #3420, aired 1999-06-18 | JUST DESSERTS $200: This brand of gelatin first jiggled in 4 flavors: strawberry, lemon, orange & raspberry Jell-O |
| #3355, aired 1999-03-19 | COUNTRY MUSIC STARS $400: She had 8 Top 10 country hits with George Jones, 4 of them after their D-I-V-O-R-C-E Tammy Wynette |
| #3032, aired 1997-11-04 | DIRTY 4-LETTER WORDS $400: A woolly growth produced by a fungus; don't eat the Jell-O if there's some on it mold |
| #2949, aired 1997-05-29 | 19th CENTURY AMERICA $200: On July 4, 1828 construction began on this pioneering U.S. railroad, the B&O Baltimore & Ohio |
| #2869, aired 1997-02-06 | DRAMA $800: His "Ah, Wilderness!" takes place in Connecticut July 4 & 5, 1906 Eugene O'Neill |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $100: In baby talk it's the sound of a steam locomotive choo-choo |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $200: A minor injury or a small mistake a boo-boo |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $300: It's a recipe collection a cookbook |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $400: One is filled with pupils a schoolroom |
| #2776, aired 1996-09-30 | 4.O $500: If even a nitwit can do it, it's this foolproof |
| #2177, aired 1994-02-08 | CROSSWORD CLUES "O" $500: It's found around the president
(4,6) Oval Office |
| #2114, aired 1993-11-11 | TRAVEL $200: In England crumpets & Chelsea buns are often served at this 4:00 p.m. pick-me-up tea time |
| #2055, aired 1993-07-09 | SPORTS $500: While playing for this team, O.J. Simpson led the NFL in rushing yardage 4 times the Buffalo Bills |
| #1703, aired 1992-01-15 | "O" BOY $400: A 4-sided stone pillar in which the sides slope; the Washington Monument is an example an obelisk |
| #1259, aired 1990-02-08 | BOTANY $1000: A 4,600-year-old bristlecone variety of this tree is thought o be the world's oldest living thing pine tree |
| #1171, aired 1989-10-09 | CURRENT EVENTS $100: Hey, Daddy-O, 1 of these, about 4,000 years old, was found in 1989 at the Great Pyramid of Cheops a mummy |
| #1030, aired 1989-02-10 | GEOGRAPHY $2,000 (Daily Double): The 2 vowels that each begin the names of 4 states I & A |
| #1015, aired 1989-01-20 | COUNTRY CROONERS $200: Though she's had 4 divorces, her 1968 "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" was the biggest one Tammy Wynette |
| #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 |
| #662, aired 1987-06-23 | THE MOVIES $500: David O. Selznick was fined $5000 in 1939 for using this 4-letter word in a film "damn" |
| #652, aired 1987-06-09 | THE B&O RAILROAD $200: Last surviving signer of this turned the 1st shovel of dirt to start building the B&O July 4, 1828 Declaration of Independence |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | PLAYWRIGHTS $400: America's only Nobel-winning playwright, he won 1 of his 4 Pulitzers for "Strange Interlude" Eugene O'Neill |
| #353, aired 1986-01-15 | SPORTS QUOTES $100: "I usually take a 2-hour nap, from 1 o'clock to 4" said this great Yankee catcher Yogi Berra |
| #297, aired 1985-10-29 | SPORT OF KINGS $500: In 1919-20, this 4-legged "Battleship" won 20 of 21 starts Man o' War |
| #138, aired 1985-03-20 | ISLANDS IN SONG $600: In '69, The Ventures had a #4 hit with this theme of TV's longest continuous-running police show "Hawaii Five-O" |
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Maureen O'Neil, an executive assistant from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000
Season 38 4-time champion: $58,200 + $1,000.
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Maureen O'Neil, an executive assistant from Rye Beach, New Hampshire
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2022 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000.
Season 38 4-time champion: $58,200 + $1,000.
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Pat O'Connor, an executive assistant from Levittown, Pennsylvania
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Season 4 1-time champion: $16,800.
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Rachel Gottesman, a junior from Cortlandt Manor, New York
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the...
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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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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Jane Kaczmarek, a TV, film and Broadway actress from Malcolm in the Middle and Raising the Bar
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"She went from playing a hard-nosed mom in Malcolm in the...
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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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Rebecca Lobo, a future Women\'s Basketball Hall of Famer and ESPN analyst originally from the WNBA
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\"Later this year, she\'ll be inducted into the Women\'s Basketball Hall...
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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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Jonathan Dinerstein, a composer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 35 4-time champion: $93,301 + $1,000. Jonathan shared a $600,000...
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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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Enrique Machado, an oil filtration business developer from Orlando, Florida
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