| #9081, aired 2024-04-15 | BOATS $200: In 1956 Malcom McLean revolutionized shipping when he launched Ideal X, a ship with 50+ of these large boxes containers |
| #9079, aired 2024-04-11 | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 $1000: Shakespeare turned 50 & the Globe Theatre reopened after it burned down a year earlier 1614 |
| #9070, aired 2024-03-29 | A WARMING TREND $800: After deep torpor, a Rivoli's this, known for wing speed, can see its body temperature rise 50 degrees up to 100-plus a hummingbird |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | RESISTANCE IS FUTILE $400: This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011 a straitjacket |
| #9051, aired 2024-03-04 | NUMERIC MOVIE TITLES $1600: After his character gets cancer in this 2011 film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets by with a little help from his friends 50/50 |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: A giant city edifice stretching toward the heavens, usually with more than 40 or 50 stories a skyscraper |
| #9048, aired 2024-02-28 | THE EMMYS $400: He's got a 50% success rate, winning 4 out of 8 nominations for playing the same supporting role (Peter) Dinklage |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LITERARY GROUPS $800: A plaque at 50 Gordon Square, London honors this literary group that included Clive Bell & Leonard Woolf Bloomsbury (Group) |
| #9044, aired 2024-02-22 | BLOWIN' IN THE WIND $1200: Antarctic downslope winds, which can average nearly 50 mph, get their speed from this force, rather than the atmosphere gravity |
| #9042, aired 2024-02-20 | BODIES OF WATER $400: This strait narrows to about 50 miles between Asia & North America the Bering |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | POP CULTURE $1600: The leg warmers may be gone but 50 years after Judi Sheppard Missett founded this dance & fitness franchise, it's still going strong Jazzercise |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $200: She invited us to "Come Into My House" & also deal with the "Wrath Of My Madness"; we bow down before this Queen Queen Latifah |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $400: In 1986 it was "6 'N The Mornin"' for him in the studio but in 2000 it was "SVU" for him on TV Ice-T |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS $400: In 1789 Congress hotly debated "a day of public" this for the new Constitution; a November day was eventually chosen Thanksgiving |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $600: Billboard said he is "often cited as hip-hop's goat behind the boards... a lead rapper on... 1988's 'Straight Outta Compton"' Dr. Dre |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $800: Some numbers: 3 years after taking 9 bullets, he had a Billboard 200 No. 1 debut with "Get Rich Or Die Tryin"' in 2003 50 Cent |
| #9037, aired 2024-02-13 | 50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME $1000: "Backed by rap's archetypal hype man in Flavor Flav", this Public Enemy leader was a "Rebel Without A Pause" in 1987 Chuck D |
| #9034, aired 2024-02-08 | THE MOURNING NEWS $800: After this 19th c. royal was widowed, the "nightly longing to die... for the first 3 years never left"; nearly 47 remained Queen Victoria |
| #3, aired 2024-02-02 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $400: Vatnajokull Glacier calls to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere Iceland |
| #9026, aired 2024-01-29 | WHERE THERE'S A WILL $600: Princess Diana left the bulk of her assets to her sons, but also a 50,000-pound bequest to Paul Burrell, this manservant of hers her butler |
| #9025, aired 2024-01-26 | SILENT-CONSONANT WORDS $1200: In ancient Greek theater, Aeschylus reduced the number of the performers in this from 50 to 12 a chorus |
| #9022, aired 2024-01-23 | GO IVth & RULE $3,000 (Daily Double): Peter IV was king of this region of northeastern Spain for 50 years & often at odds with Majorca & Castile Aragon |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | INCONVENIENT WORDS $600: In 2023 this type of filing affecting housing was 50% higher than the pre-pandemic average in some cities eviction |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 50% "OFF" $300: Besides chocolate (of course), a key ingredient in the candy bar invented in 1928 by Bayard & Everett Heath toffee |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 50% "OFF" $600: In the 1995 comedy "Dracula: Dead and Loving It", Leslie Nielsen sleeps in one of these a coffin |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 50% "OFF" $900: It's defined as "an instance of putting the ball in play in basketball by a jump ball" the tip-off |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 50% "OFF" $1200: The EPA says it's "from rain and snowmelt that flows over land or impervious surfaces" runoff |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | 50% "OFF" $1500: On Twitter (thanks, Kamala!), the last name of the man who uses the account @secondgentleman Emhoff |
| #9013, aired 2024-01-10 | NATIONAL ANIMALS $200: The Inagua wilderness of the Bahamas holds some 50,000 of these long-legged scarlet avians, the national bird flamingos |
| #9010, aired 2024-01-05 | WEIGHT, WEIGHT, DON'T TELL ME $1000: Fluting on armor reduced weight; in Maximilian armour, a set for fighting weighed just 50 pounds, while a set for this was 100 jousting |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | AFRICAN HISTORY $600: In 1975, both Angola and Mozambique gained their independence from this Iberian country Portugal |
| #9002, aired 2023-12-26 | TIMES: NEW ROMAN $1000: In 2023, "P" was for the 2,000-year-old palazzo reopened to the public after 50 years of restoration, as well as this Roman hill it's on the Palatine |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | HIGH WATER $800: The Zuiderzee Flood of 1287 killed 50,000 but also connected this then-village to the sea, & the rest is Dutch history Amsterdam |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | SUPER BOWL STARS $400: Only 10 Super Bowl MVPs have been defensive players; 4, like Super Bowl 50 star Von Miller, played this position linebacker |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | FIRE PLACE $1,000 (Daily Double): Circa 50 B.C.:
This city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say) Alexandria |
| #8987, aired 2023-12-05 | FLAGS $800: Seen here, the Washington Monument is encircled by this many flags 50 |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham" Dr. Seuss |
| #20, aired 2023-11-15 | THE WARDROBE DEPARTMENT $1500: Robert De Niro had over 50 costume changes portraying gambling kingpin & clotheshorse Sam "Ace" Rothstein in this crime drama Casino |
| #8958, aired 2023-10-25 | BETTER ASK FOR DIRECTIONS $200: Tropical cyclones in the southern hemisphere rotate in this timely direction clockwise |
| #8951, aired 2023-10-16 | THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND $200: Enlargement of this walnut-size gland found only in males is common in men over 50 the prostate |
| #8949, aired 2023-10-12 | GEOMETRY $2,000 (Daily Double): Between 2 & 2:50 p.m., the minute hand on your watch covers this many degrees 300 |
| #8947, aired 2023-10-10 | NICE SIDE WHISKERS! $1200: Here's this waltz king at around age 50 Johann Strauss |
| #8946, aired 2023-10-09 | I'M STILL STANDIN' $400: In "Oliver Twist":
Fagin,
Nancy,
Artful Dodger the Artful Dodger |
| #15, aired 2023-10-04 | A BUNDLE OF "FUN" $500: The world's highest tides, reaching over 50 ft., are found in this bay between Nova Scotia & New Brunswick the Bay of Fundy |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | GAMES PEOPLE PLAY $800: Dating back 50 years, "Maze War" & "Spasim" were some of the first of this type of video game, abbreviated FPS first person shooter |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | IT "IS" WHAT IT "IS" $600: Uncle Dan turned 50, got a Corvette, got hair plugs, got a tattoo... I think he's having a "midlife" this crisis |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | BACK IN THE DAY $2,200 (Daily Double): This U.S. agency began in 1961; its director Sargent Shriver said it had 15,000 volunteers in 50+ countries in less than 6 years the Peace Corps |
| #8932, aired 2023-09-19 | YOU BETTER BELIZE IT $1000: After a hurricane & a tidal wave hit Belize City in 1961, the capital was moved 50 miles inland to this city to avoid flooding Belmopan |
| #8931, aired 2023-09-18 | SCIENCE $1600: It's the time it takes for 50% of a given amount of a radioactive substance to decay a half-life |
| #8930, aired 2023-09-15 | CURRENCY $1600: The front of a 2015 Argentine 50 peso note features a map of these islands the Falklands |
| #8926, aired 2023-09-11 | RENAISSANCE LITERATURE $400: Influenced by Petrarch, Joachim du Bellay brought this poetic form into French with a collection of 50 of them sonnets |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | REAL FAST $400: Sifan Hassan holds the women's world record in this track event: 4 minutes, 12.33 seconds a mile |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | HAPPY JULY 4th! $600: The new 50-star U.S. flag was officially flown for the first time on July 4th in this year, 10 months after Hawaii statehood 1960 |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | TOUCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME $600: These Missourians touched the Stanley Cup for the first time in 2019 after more than 50 years in the NHL the St. Louis Blues |
| #8906, aired 2023-07-03 | NO CAP $800: 2023 marks 50 years of family feasts at Golden Corral restaurants & their "endless" this--just take a new plate on the return trip a buffet |
| #8904, aired 2023-06-29 | AT THE FARMERS MARKET $600: Let's grab some of these tomatoes whose name reflects that the varieties have been around for at least 50 years heirloom |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | MUSICAL ACT ETYMOLOGY $400: Curtis Jackson shares this nickname with a NYC stickup man who allegedly made bank in a dice game after starting with half a dollar 50 Cent |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | QUI"ZZ"ICAL $800: On Jan. 27, 1958 this "family steak house" opened in Culver City, California with $50 in the cash register Sizzler |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The demand for decorations on women's hats led Theodore Roosevelt to set up the USA's first 50 reserves for these birds |
| #8897, aired 2023-06-20 | THERE WILL BE MATH $2000: Legend says facing a teacher's make-work task to add up the first hundred positive integers, Carl Gauss quickly saw 50 pairs each totaling this 101 |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | LIKE A STATUE $800: On a bluff above the Missouri, 50-foot-tall "Dignity" honors the Dakota & this related people one letter different the Lakota |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | RECENT EVENTS $1000: With 50,000 mercenaries, many from prisons, the outfit called this group has become a key part of Russia's force in Ukraine the Wagner Group |
| #8874, aired 2023-05-18 | ORGANIZATIONS $800: In 2023, Jim Parsons & Mario Lopez turn 50, becoming fully eligible to join this organization founded in 1958 the AARP |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | INTERNATIONAL LIT $800: He wrote more than 50 plays, but his most famous is "Six Characters in Search of an Author" Pirandello |
| #8868, aired 2023-05-10 | STRAIGHT TO JAIL $4,000 (Daily Double): In 1919 he came up with a scheme regarding postal reply coupons & would later offer investors 50% interest in 45 days Ponzi |
| #8866, aired 2023-05-08 | CHILDREN'S LIT $1,000 (Daily Double): Though he comes from another world, not from France, this diminutive guy appeared on the 50-franc note for many years the Little Prince |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | WOMEN WRITERS $2000: The author of more than 50 books including "The Golden Notebook", she was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Literature (Doris) Lessing |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | QUICK PLANETS $800: Leda is one of its more than 50 named moons Jupiter |
| #8865, aired 2023-05-05 | "OH", YES! $2000: Now extinct, this earliest horse was a dog-sized ancestor that lived in North America 50 million years ago the eohippus |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR $800: The rail car named Ferdinand Magellan carried FDR 50,000 miles in 2 years; his last journey was to this state in late March 1945 Georgia |
| #8860, aired 2023-04-28 | THE 3-DIGIT YEARS $800: Developed around the 9th century, this Slavic alphabet is used in as many as 50 languages today Cyrillic |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | TANKS FOR THE MEMORIES $2000: Between 1942 & 1946, the U.S. produced nearly 50,000 of these tanks named for a Civil War general Sherman tanks |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | SECRETS OF THE ELEPHANTS $200: A desert bull may walk 50 miles a day to find food & water; he's guided by this, an elephant's proverbial strength memory |
| #8847, aired 2023-04-11 | I GOT THE RECEIPTS $800: Symbolically hot off the press, this book--one of roughly 50 left in the world--was auctioned in 1987 for $5.39 million a Gutenberg Bible |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $1000: This Georgia media magnate & former owner of the Atlanta Braves owns the largest private herd of bison on Earth--more than 50,000 Ted Turner |
| #8841, aired 2023-04-03 | ROCKS & MINERALS $2,000 (Daily Double): In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 square miles was found floating in the Pacific near Tonga pumice |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | FOOD STUFF $400: You can make a flaky crust in about 50 minutes for this pastry shell dish associated with the region of Lorraine quiche |
| #8827, aired 2023-03-14 | A PLEASURE TO HAVE IN CLASS $400: Pew Research Center found "the share of adults who live in" this "class households fell from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2021" (shrinking) middle class |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | HOW OFTEN DOES IT HAPPEN? $1000: A jubilee year as recounted in the book of Leviticus in the Bible every 50 years |
| #8818, aired 2023-03-01 | ONOMATOPOEIA $600: Imitative of a fast sound, this Nike logo is 50 years old the Swoosh |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | ROMAN NUMERAL SPELLING $400: Take it easy:
1,001, 50, 500 mild |
| #8799, aired 2023-02-02 | PLAY THAT GAME $800: If the 5 dice you roll show the same number, well, that's the name of this Hasbro game, & the first one is 50 points Yahtzee |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | WORKING 9 2 5 $400: A silver wedding anniversary celebrates this many years of marriage 25 |
| #8794, aired 2023-01-26 | LANGUAGES $1200: More than 50 million people in India & 15 million in Pakistan speak this 4-letter language Urdu |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $100: Arizona's Saguaro National Park is named for a candelabra-shaped type of this plant a cactus |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $200: Created to serve the former Northwest Territory, Northwestern University is in Evanston in this state Illinois |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $300: In "Field of Dreams" a question is asked, "Is this heaven?"--No, it's this Midwestern state also known as "the Corn State" Iowa |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $400: Connecticut is bordered to the west by New York & to the east by this, another 2-word state Rhode Island |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $500: Hells Canyon & Snake River sound daunting, but Sun Valley & its ski lodges in this state offer respite Idaho |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THEY CAME TO AMERICA $1200: In September 2022 about 50 migrants from Venezuela were surprised to find themselves on this Massachusetts resort island Martha's Vineyard |
| #8779, aired 2023-01-05 | CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER $600: Aka "Pretty Boy Floyd", he retired at a perfect 50-0 & enjoys gambling, putting $800,000 on the Broncos over the Jets in 2014 Mayweather |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI $400: 2022 saw the completion of a project deepening the river from 45 to 50' from its mouth to the Huey P. Long Bridge in this city New Orleans |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WHAT A STEAL! $200: In 2016 20,000 pounds of cheese worth nearly $50,000 was stolen in Oak Creek in where else but this state Wisconsin |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | SOUTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $2000: Check out the gorgeous Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, the largest park in this nation & home to nearly 50 glaciers Chile |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | OUTBREAKS $600: In 1918 & 1919 20-50 million worldwide perished from this, so named for the country where it was widely reported the Spanish flu |
| #8752, aired 2022-11-29 | GERMAN CITIES $1600: The site of a Roman fortress in the 1st century B.C., this city was the seat of federal government for 50 years until 1999 Bonn |
| #8751, aired 2022-11-28 | FOOT, THE BILL $800: Christian Louboutin sells Lady Page nail polish for $50 a bottle; Vernis from this other Christian runs $30 (Christian) Dior |
| #8750, aired 2022-11-25 | 2-WORD BOOK TITLES $5,600 (Daily Double): Pitcher Jim Bouton issued 50 walks in the 1969 season, so 50 times he heard this title of his season diary Ball Four |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $800: A recombinant zoster vaccine is given in 2 doses starting at age 50 to prevent this painful disease shingles |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | FACTS & FIGURES $3,800 (Daily Double): 50% of our genes--10,000 of 20,000--are regulated by this rhythm, from Latin for "about" & "day" circadian |
| #8741, aired 2022-11-14 | SHARK TANK $400: Though it has about 50 rows of very small teeth on each jaw, the megamouth shark is a filter feeder, eating this 5-letter crustacean krill |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | SEE WHAT I DID THERE? $200: Cheerio! I'm Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run this distance in under 4 minutes, seen here on the same track 50 years later the mile |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | DRIVING IN L.A. $1000: The 1950 movie with this title is about an hour & 50 minutes; it'll take about that long to drive the same-named 22-mile road Sunset Boulevard |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $800: The non-profit, non-partisan news service known as "The" this number covers the state of U.S. education 74 |
| #8722, aired 2022-10-18 | PRESIDENTIAL SPEECHES $3,000 (Daily Double): "We have now lived almost 50 years under the Constitution framed by the sages & patriots of the Revolution" (Andrew) Jackson |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | CELEBRITY MEMOIRS $600: "Wildflower" is a memoir by this talk show host & "50 First Dates" star Drew Barrymore |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | ANCIENT ROME $2,500 (Daily Double): Also known as the Flavian Amphitheater, this large arena could seat 50,000 spectators the Colosseum |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $200: Your initial reaction would be correct; it's the state whose flag is seen here North Carolina |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $400: California is home to 2 presidential libraries--Ronald Reagan's in Simi Valley & his in Yorba Linda Nixon |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $600: As a leading producer of milk & milk products, Wisconsin is known as America's this, a nickname seen on its license plates Dairyland |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $800: Antietam, one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, was fought in this state Maryland |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | THE 50 STATES $1000: Step back in time on this Michigan island where cars are banned & horses, buggies & bikes are the means of transportation Mackinac (Island) |
| #8712, aired 2022-10-04 | CENTRAL AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1979 this group overthrew Nicaragua's president, ending almost 50 years of dictatorship by the Somoza family the Sandinistas |
| #8709, aired 2022-09-29 | THERE'S A PRICE ON MY HEAD $400: About $2.50:
A head of this, & you'll need a few heads to make a decent batch of sauerkraut cabbage |
| #8707, aired 2022-09-27 | CASH $400: Topped by the figure of a woman, this structure that was at one time looted & burned appears on the back of the $50 bill U.S. Capitol |
| #8704, aired 2022-09-22 | MUST BE NICE $400: Enjoy cheering on your NFL team from seats overlooking this numerical synonym for midfield the 50-yard line |
| #8703, aired 2022-09-21 | PEOPLE & PLACES $2000: King Goodwill Zwelithini, who passed away in 2021, led this Bantu-speaking people of South Africa for 50 years the Zulu |
| #8702, aired 2022-09-20 | SCIENCE & NATURE $400: Certain woodpeckers are known for hoarding this fruit of the oak, hiding as many as 50,000 in one tree acorns |
| #8701, aired 2022-09-19 | TL;DW $800: We saw the original 181 minutes of this Best Picture winner with Kevin Costner, but missed a 1991 London showing adding about 50 more Dances with Wolves |
| #8694, aired 2022-07-28 | GO IVth & RULE $1600: Reigning for 50 years in the 19th century, Pōmare IV was queen of this Polynesian island, resisting European influences there Tahiti |
| #8690, aired 2022-07-22 | AT CROSS PURPOSES $1000: The College of the Holy Cross is in this Massachusetts city about a 50-mile drive from Boston Worcester |
| #8688, aired 2022-07-20 | HISTORY $800: China pledged to leave this region's system in place for 50 years after 1997 Hong Kong |
| #8683, aired 2022-07-13 | REEL ESTATE $1000: The Cannes villa where Cary Grant romanced Grace Kelly in this 1955 thriller was being offered in 2016 for over $50 million To Catch a Thief |
| #8680, aired 2022-07-08 | WEATHER WORDS $800: A book about the underworld says Al Capone's rival Joe Aiello died in this type of storm "of lead" a hail |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | SALAD DRESSING FOR SUCCESS $200: This brand famed for salad dressing never made a dime for its movie star founder, who gave $50 mil. in profits in its first decade to charity Newman's Own |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM... $1000: This state:
Don Young, who passed away in 2022 after serving nearly 50 years in the House Alaska |
| #8670, aired 2022-06-24 | 2022 ANNIVERSARIES $800: It's been 50 years since this company named for its 2 founders introduced the first pocket scientific calculator Hewlett-Packard |
| #8665, aired 2022-06-17 | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON $2000: Wife Geneviève outlived this "Carmen" composer by 50 years, but even after she stopped wearing black, stuck mostly to mauve (Georges) Bizet |
| #8656, aired 2022-06-06 | SOUND UP! $400: The wingbeats of this bird are heard here; it's been clocked at 50 wingbeats per second a hummingbird |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | D.C. TOURISM $200: In 2022 the Smithsonian's Zoo celebrated 50 years of its breeding & conservation work for these animals imported from China pandas |
| #8638, aired 2022-05-11 | FROM QUEENS $800: This rapper was born Curtis Jackson III in South Jamaica, Queens (but known as Boo-Boo as a child) 50 Cent |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $2000: This volcano that caused great devastation with its 1991 eruption is only about 50 miles from Manila Mount Pinatubo |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | OUT IN THE OCEAN $200: Sailors gave the name "Roaring Forties" not to a decade but to a windy region between 40 & 50 degrees south this latitude |
| #8621, aired 2022-04-18 | WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI $2000: A ferry goes from the Bolivar Peninsula to this island city of Texas, 50 miles southeast of Houston Galveston |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | TELEVISION $200: In season 8 the Linz siblings covered 50 cities in 25 days to win this reality show's first family edition The Amazing Race |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | CLOSE CAPITALS $200: The Gulf of Finland causes a 50-mile gap between Tallinn & this capital of Finland Helsinki |
| #8610, aired 2022-04-01 | CLOSE CAPITALS $400: It's about a 50-mile jaunt from Damascus, Syria to this Lebanese capital Beirut |
| #8605, aired 2022-03-25 | POP MUSIC PHILLY-STYLE $400: Philadelphia International Records, celebrating 50 years in 2021, put out hits like the theme to this Don Cornelius show Soul Train |
| #8595, aired 2022-03-11 | BRIT LIT $800: 50 years after slaying a monster & its mother, the hero of this Old English poem must battle a dragon Beowulf |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $400: This Democrat from South Dakota came up short in his run for president McGovern |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $800: This company helped launch the video game industry with the release of Pong Atari |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $1200: Margrethe II took the throne of this country, its first queen since 1412 Denmark |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $1600: In this country Ferdinand Marcos imposed martial law that lasted until 1981 the Philippines |
| #8589, aired 2022-03-03 | 1972: 50 YEARS AGO $2,000 (Daily Double): The U.S. returned the Ryukyu Islands to Japan, including this largest one, site of a bloody World War II campaign Okinawa |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | "C" THE ANIMALS $400: Seen here, this hybrid dog breed that dates back at least 50 years is a family favorite a cockapoo |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | A CAREER IN TECH $200: (Sundar Pichai delivers the clue.) Setting ambitious goals will help you do great things; encouraged by co-founders Larry Page & Sergey Brin, even though I'd missed our goal of 50 million users of this browser 1 year, I surpassed our target of 111 million the next year Google Chrome |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 SECONDS $400: In 2021 France lost about 7' of country after a farmer in this North Sea nation to the north moved a stone marker Belgium |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 SECONDS $800: Both the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site & the Evel Knievel Museum are in this state capital Topeka |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 SECONDS $1200: In 2021, National Geographic recognized a fifth ocean, the one seen here, by calling it this directional name the Southern Ocean |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 SECONDS $1600: Considered Japan's mainland, this island has more than 6,000 miles of coastline Honshu |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | AROUND THE WORLD IN 50 SECONDS $2000: Here is Stromboli, an Italian volcano off Sicily, actively volcanoing into this sea of the Mediterranean the Tyrrhenian Sea |
| #15, aired 2022-02-18 | ESPN $200: (Steve Levy delivers the clue.) Some said it wouldn't work in 1970 when this program brought the NFL to primetime, but in 2020 I became the seventh play-by-play announcer as it celebrated 50 years on the air Monday Night Football |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | TOY STORIES $200: This brand's Vortex Vigilon could launch its soft discs up to 50 feet Nerf |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $400: This state has dozens of mountain peaks that exceed 14,000 feet, including Yale, Princeton &, of course, Pikes Peak Colorado |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $800: In 2021, this state raised a new flag, doing away with the Confederate battle emblem, & adding a magnolia Mississippi |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $1200: In the 1860s this state got the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings Ohio |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $1600: The Blackfeet Reservation on the eastern edge of Glacier Natl. Park is one of 7 Indian reservations found in this state Montana |
| #8577, aired 2022-02-15 | THE 50 STATES $2000: Rhodonite is its state gem & Roxbury Puddingstone, its state rock Massachusetts |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | NATIONAL PARKS $1600: Located in Maine, it's alphabetically first of U.S. national parks & it's also the easternmost in the 50 states Acadia |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | PIER 5 $400: This ride on The Hague's pier in the resort district of Scheveningen is 50 meters tall with 36 air-conditioned gondolas a Ferris wheel |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $600: Located 50 miles east of Louisville, it was the only Union state capital captured by Confederate forces Frankfort |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $800: In 1958 the Fresno Bee reported that this had a 50-inch stride & traveled only at night Bigfoot |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | YOU STUBBED YOUR TOE ON LIVE TV $1000: Rob Halford leads this band that has celebrated 50 heavy metal years Judas Priest |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SOME LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING $400: A $200,000 horse of this breed from the American Stud Book--how kind, especially with the $50,000 annual upkeep thrown in a Thoroughbred |
| #8540, aired 2021-12-24 | SOME LAST-MINUTE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING $800: This indoor bike-making co. had a market value of $31 billion in 2021, so don't go crazy--just 50% of it would be enough for anyone Peloton |
| #8524, aired 2021-12-02 | AIN'T THAT AMERICA $400: By 1962 this doc's injected vaccine helped reduce polio cases in the U.S. from more than 50,000 a year to fewer than 1,000 Salk |
| #8521, aired 2021-11-29 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $2000: Heading to Machu Picchu? Book your hotel in this Peruvian city 50 miles to the southeast & take a train there Cusco |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | BOOK TITLE MATH $1200: Original "Space Odyssey" plus original "Shades of Grey" 2,051 |
| #8511, aired 2021-11-15 | FAMOUS NAMES $1200: Akbar, who took the throne at 13 & reigned for nearly 50 years, is considered the greatest emperor of this Indian dynasty the Mughal |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | CLASSIC ALBUMS $1600: We wonder if Carole King felt "the Earth move" in 2021 when this album of hers turned 50 Tapestry |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | IN SEARCH OF ALIEN LIFE $800: A British project to develop a spacecraft capable of reaching a nearby star within 50 years is named for this mythic Greek flyer Icarus |
| #8476, aired 2021-09-27 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE COLLAGE $400: It's the only state with more than 50 votes in the Electoral College California |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | NO EGRETS $400: This bird can beat its wings 70 times per second, but when it slows down, its body temperature can drop 50 degrees below its normal 104 a hummingbird |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES $200: Its state parks include Little Manatee River & Lake Kissimmee Florida |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $400: A government too full of advice or laws is said to be this household worker's "state" nanny |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES $400: Its license plates have said "America's Dairyland" since 1940 Wisconsin |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES $600: Its highest elevation is fittingly known as Hawkeye Point Iowa |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $800: States of it include plasma & the Bose-Einstein condensate matter |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES $800: Fort Leavenworth in this state is home to the Frontier Army Museum Kansas |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY ONE OF THE 50 STATES $1000: The second state to join the Union, it borders the first & third, Delaware & New Jersey Pennsylvania |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $1200: As in the title of a Russell Crowe film, "State of" this refers to "the current situation" State of Play |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $1600: The third book Bob Woodward wrote about the Bush administration's Iraq War failings is called "State of" this Denial |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | TALK SHOWS $2000: 50 years on, episodes of his ABC talk show, like Janis Joplin's last TV appearance, have a new life on YouTube Dick Cavett |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $2000: In the Catholic church, one free from mortal sin is said to be in a "state of" this grace |
| #8453, aired 2021-07-28 | SITCOM EXITS $200: After 12 years, this actor said no to a reported $50 million to continue on "The Big Bang Theory", which then decided to implode (Jim) Parsons |
| #8449, aired 2021-07-22 | LIT BITS $200: Emily Bronte paid 50 pounds to have this novel published in 1847 Wuthering Heights |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | AGREE, 2 DISAGREE $200: An act of admitting a point, especially on election night; Newsweek detailed "50 Years of Presidential" these "Speeches" concessions |
| #8434, aired 2021-07-01 | TRYING ON SOME GENES $400: TP53 is a gene that suppresses this, a mass of abnormal tissue growth; a mutated TP53 is linked with 50% of all cancers tumors |
| #8430, aired 2021-06-25 | ANTHROPOLOGY $600: The Tarahumara, who have an incredible ability to win 50-mile races, are the topic of this bestseller with a Springsteen title Born to Run |
| #8426, aired 2021-06-21 | MOVIE TITLE MIDDLE WORD $1000: Adam Sandler takes out Drew Barrymore over & over
(2004) "First" |
| #8416, aired 2021-06-07 | SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY $400: The Caribbean has lost more than 50% of these structures due to problems like overfishing, pollution & thermal stress (coral) reefs |
| #8406, aired 2021-05-24 | NEVER ENOUGH $800: This letter blood type belonging to 45% of Caucasians but over 50% of African Americans is always in high demand O |
| #8405, aired 2021-05-21 | 1921 $1000: 2 women from a literary magazine were tried & fined $50 each for publishing excerpts from this "improper" James Joyce novel Ulysses |
| #8398, aired 2021-05-12 | THE MEASURE OF A FILM $200: 2012:
"Attack of the 50 ____ Cheerleader" Foot |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | SCIENCY STUFF $800: Unique to each isotope, it's the time it takes for 50% of a radioactive substance to disintegrate a half-life |
| #8382, aired 2021-04-20 | HISTORY $1600: In 480 B.C. the Persian army found out the hard way this mountain pass was about 50 feet wide at its narrowest Thermopylae |
| #8376, aired 2021-04-12 | BILL OF WRITES $2000: Known for art as well as poetry, this Londoner was apprenticed to the engraver James Basire for 50 guineas William Blake |
| #8371, aired 2021-04-05 | FIRST, COFFEE $800: Originally grown only in Arabia, in the 17th century coffee plants first made it to this 50,000-square-mile Indonesian island Java |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | 1971: 50 YEARS AGO $400: Popularly known by this name, a report presented to the Secretary of Defense in 1969 appeared in newspapers in 1971 the Pentagon Papers |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | 1971: 50 YEARS AGO $800: The USSR's Salyut 1 was the first of these aloft; sadly, its only residents perished on the return trip space stations |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | 1971: 50 YEARS AGO $1200: This lead singer of The Doors was found dead in a Paris bathtub Jim Morrison |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | 1971: 50 YEARS AGO $1600: This first daughter with a name close to her mom's was a June bride Tricia Nixon |
| #8369, aired 2021-04-01 | 1971: 50 YEARS AGO $2000: This general seized power in Uganda Idi Amin |
| #8358, aired 2021-03-17 | THEY GO LOW $400: In 1923 more than 850,000 Americans had this job, often coming home with dirty faces; today, it's about 50,000 miners |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | TIME FOR AN APP $600: Hey, can you loan me 50 bucks? Better yet, can you transfer it to me using this app owned by PayPal? Venmo |
| #8355, aired 2021-03-12 | OVERCOMING OBSTACLES $2,000 (Daily Double): Diagnosed with ALS in the '60s & given a few years to live, he lived another 50+ to become one of the greatest scientific minds of all time Hawking |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | PLAYING THE SENSE ORGAN $200: 50 to 150 taste receptors are in each taste bud on this organ the tongue |
| #8341, aired 2021-02-22 | WATER WE DOING $200: Just 50 miles separates the U.S. & Russia across this strait the Bering Strait |
| #8307, aired 2021-01-05 | ADVERBS $1000: This 4-letter word is an adverb when found before a number to mean "about", as in "we had to drive ____ 50 miles to get there" some (like) |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | FARMING U.S.A. $1000: This act that gave people 160 acres to develop took effect in 1863; land claimed peaked 50 years later at 11 million acres the Homestead Act |
| #8306, aired 2021-01-04 | REPLICAS $1600: For about 50 bucks on Amazon, you can get yourself a small copy of the Louvre statue "Winged Victory of" this island Samothrace |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | QUOTABLE WOMEN $600: This late comedian on her 50+-year career: "I was smart enough to go through any door that opened" Joan Rivers |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | TRANSPORTATION $1200: In 2007 this company unveiled its Dreamliner, a commercial jet made of 50% carbon-composite materials Boeing |
| #8278, aired 2020-11-11 | JOHN BROWN $1600: After an 1858 raid, this pres. put a $250 bounty on Brown, who in turn offered a reward of $2.50 for the capture of the pres. Buchanan |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | 1970: 50 YEARS AGO $400: Both 27, this guitarist & Janis Joplin died of overdoses within weeks of each other in September & October Jimi Hendrix |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | 1970: 50 YEARS AGO $800: This Garry Trudeau comic strip debuted in 28 newspapers Doonesbury |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | 1970: 50 YEARS AGO $1200: National guardsmen shot & killed 4 people at a May protest at this Ohio university Kent State |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | ALBUMS $1600: In 2003 this rapper released the album "Get Rich or Die Tryin' "; the movie of the same name came 2 years later 50 Cent |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | 1970: 50 YEARS AGO $1600: After challenging King Hussein, this organization under Yasser Arafat was driven out of Jordan in "Black September" the PLO |
| #8272, aired 2020-11-03 | 1970: 50 YEARS AGO $2000: In November U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley went on trial for his role in this 1968 massacre Mỹ Lai |
| #8262, aired 2020-10-20 | POP CULTURE $1000: This "Simpsons" character once sold haggis from a booth for 50 cents a serving (Groundskeeper) Willie |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE $400: This traditionally yellow large vehicle is going green with orders like 50 electric ones from Daimler by the state of Virginia school buses |
| #8258, aired 2020-10-14 | PIC-POURRI $1200: This U.S. city has been hosting an annual international balloon fiesta for nearly 50 years Albuquerque |
| #8255, aired 2020-10-09 | NUMBERS OF THINGS $1000: Hesiod said this beast had 50 heads, not 3, & Hercules' final labor of 12 was to bring it from the underworld up to the surface Cerberus |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | MAGAZINES' FIRST ISSUES $400: Featuring Lucille Ball & her "$50,000,000 baby" on the cover, it first hit stands in April 1953 TV Guide |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | WAR, AMERICAN STYLE $1000: Well into 1941 this American hero was against the U.S. entering WWII, but he later flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific Charles Lindbergh |
| #8250, aired 2020-10-02 | SELF-HELP BOOKS $1600: Buying a $50 item marked down to $10 isn't saving 40; it's spending 10, points out a book punningly titled "Dollars and" this Sense |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | GOOD STUFF IN 2020 $200: Linda Herring of this "Hawkeye State" was honored for fostering more than 600 children over the course of nearly 50 years Iowa |
| #8241, aired 2020-09-21 | TUNNELS $400: South Africa's over 50-mile-long Orange-Fish Tunnel gets its name from 2 of these that it connects rivers |
| #8237, aired 2020-09-15 | KEN JENNINGS ON WINNING STREAKS $400: (Ken Jennings presents the clue.) This Midwesterner did have some down years in his 50-plus-year investing success story but also some pretty good streaks, including a nine-year run where shares in his company increased in value by an average of 52% a year (Warren) Buffett |
| #8227, aired 2020-06-02 | GREATEST HITS FROM THE SUPREMES $1600: Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 asserted that this type of marriage is legal in all 50 states same-sex marriage |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | ON THE MONEY $2000: The president first elected in 1868 has his face on this bill the $50 |
| #8219, aired 2020-05-21 | FACTS & FIGURES $600: Since its founding in 1955, this company with locations in all 50 states has prepared more than 800 million tax returns H&R Block |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | AROUND THE USA $800: A 50-foot stainless steel South Dakota statue called "Dignity" honors the culture of the Dakota and this group whose name rhymes with "Dakota" the Lakota |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $200: Nat Geo is honoring the 50th anniv. of Earth Day with a special about this activist who has a special bond with chimpanzees Jane Goodall |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $400: A theme of Earth Day 2018 was ending plastic pollution; one suggestion is when you order a soda, say, "no" this "please" a straw |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $600: Earth Day reminds us that in 2020 nations are expected to bump climate change commitments to the agreement of 2015 made in this city Paris |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $800: The first Earth Day took place in 1970, inspiring this act in the same year that sought to keep our skies free from pollution the Clean Air Act |
| #8208, aired 2020-04-22 | EARTH DAY AT 50 $1000: In 2010 Earth Day brought about a tree-planting initiative named for this uppermost section of a forest's trees the canopy |
| #8199, aired 2020-04-09 | PARTY IN THE USA $1600: In 2016 this party got Gary Johnson on ballots in all 50 states, the first time for a third party since 1996 Libertarian |
| #8198, aired 2020-04-08 | THE OLYMPIC GAMES $400: In 2016 Pernille Blume of Denmark won the women's freestyle gold medal in this, the shortest Olympic swimming distance 50 meters |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | E-COLLEGE-Y $600: UC Davis converts 50 tons of organic waste into energy daily with a system called an A.D., this non-oxygen type of "digester" anaerobic |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THIS & THAT $1000: Solve for x: 4x + 2 = 50 12 |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | BOOKS OF THE BIBLE $1600: The Bible book named for this woman is read during Shavuot, the holiday observed 50 days after Passover Ruth |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | POLICE SQUAD $400: Founded in 1983, it's a police officer-led program in the U.S. & 50+ other countries to keep kids off drugs D.A.R.E. |
| #8186, aired 2020-03-23 | CAPTURE THE FLAG $3,000 (Daily Double): A 50-foot flag captured from a Spanish ship was hung at London's St. Paul's Cathedral for this man's 1806 funeral Lord Horatio Nelson |
| #8182, aired 2020-03-17 | MEDICINE MEN $4,200 (Daily Double): A 2019 surgery on a 60-year-old woman revealed a nearly 50-year-old mitral valve that this South African man had implanted Dr. Christiaan Barnard |
| #8180, aired 2020-03-13 | PETAL PUSHERS $400: Not just about tulips, in 2017 this European country had 50% of the world's exports of cut flowers the Netherlands |
| #8178, aired 2020-03-11 | HOME DECOR BASICS $200: Mix a batch of this 50% lighter than the original, another batch 150% darker--& voila! colors that complement each other paint |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | CONTINENTAL $600: With more than 50, this continent has the most countries Africa |
| #8169, aired 2020-02-27 | "D" IN AMERICAN HISTORY $600: To help them fight Hitler, in 1940 the U.S. traded the British 50 of this type of warship for leases on British bases destroyers |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | ANCIENT GREEK THEATER $1200: In a precursor to Greek tragedy, this group that described & commented on dramatic action could have as many as 50 members a chorus |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | IN THE ARTS WORLD $800: These pieces of artwork took off in value in the 1980s, with one from "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" going for $50,600 an individual animation cel |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | AROUND THE WORLD $800: In Guatemala this is the holiday to eat a 50-ingredient salad called fiambre at the graves of loved ones Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) |
| #8160, aired 2020-02-14 | DEFENSE MECHANISM $1600: More than 50 years old, this DuPont material known for its anti-bullet qualities is now used in aerospace & mining applications Kevlar |
| #8155, aired 2020-02-07 | O CANADA PROVINCE $800: The Winnipeg metro area is home to more than 50% of the population of this province Manitoba |
| #8152, aired 2020-02-04 | GIVE US ONE LETTER $800: It begins 2 Mexican states but is the only letter not present in the names of the 50 U.S. states Q |
| #8150, aired 2020-01-31 | HISTORIC PLEAS $2000: He asked for mercy from Chester Arthur, arguing that he increased Arthur's income from $8,000 to $50,000 a year Charles Guiteau |
| #8148, aired 2020-01-29 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $1000: In 1922 London, over 50 companies were making this mechanical & musical wonder with no fingers on the keys player pianos |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | IKEA NAMES $800: This item that you often need to buy at checkout for $1.50 is called Frakta a (shopping) bag |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | STATES' COMMON SURNAMES $400: It's the most common last name in over half of the 50 states Smith |
| #5, aired 2020-01-09 | A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE $600: In 1957 a million bucks would have paid for a helluva baseball team; this man, No. 24 for the Giants, made $50,000 Willie Mays |
| #1, aired 2020-01-07 | CHEMISTS $2000: (Bryan Cranston delivers the clue.) Real-life scientists whose names came up on "Breaking Bad" included, of course, Heisenberg, & also this Frenchman guillotined at age 50 after making chemistry a modern science Lavoisier |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $2000: He has ended his feud with 50 Cent & also changed his physique, making his rap name less accurate Fat Joe |
| #8123, aired 2019-12-25 | A POWER CALLER $400: 10 years ago, it cost about $50,000 to install a system to power your house using this energy; now, a 6-kw system could go for $14K solar |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FIGURES OF SPEECHES $800: In the 2012 State of the Union Address, Obama said, "Our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and" these 13 stripes |
| #8118, aired 2019-12-18 | MUSICIANS WHO ACT $1600: We'll give you more than 4 bits if you know this rapper played himself in 2015's "Spy" 50 Cent |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | A EUROPEAN RIVER TOUR $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew in Nuremberg, Germany.) With some 50 million cookies produced each year in all sizes and shapes, Nuremberg, Germany is this Christmas treat capital of the world gingerbread cookie |
| #8114, aired 2019-12-12 | BOOK OF THE YEAR $800: 2 books published 50 years apart identify 1877 as a year of violence & as the end of this post-slavery period in the south Reconstruction |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | POKÉMON $200: Pikachu, the most iconic Pokémon character, has shown up as a 50' balloon in this annual U.S. parade Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | SLOWPOKE $600: Its "pace" tops out at 50 yards per hour for the garden type snail |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | IT'S ALL ABOUT THAT GREEN, BABY $400: He rebounded nicely after getting fired from Salomon Brothers, becoming mayor of NYC & being worth about $50 billion in 2019 (Michael) Bloomberg |
| #8096, aired 2019-11-18 | WE SAY JUMP $600: Taxonomic class of the jumping animal seen here that can leap 50 times its own body length arachnid |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TONS OF FUN $200: It's estimated that some of these, literally "terrible lizards", stood about 50 feet tall & weighed as much as 85 tons dinosaurs |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | CELEBRITY-INSPIRED PRODUCTS $800: Vitaminwater created the Formula 50 flavor for this rapper 50 Cent |
| #8075, aired 2019-10-18 | DOUBLE TALK $200: It weighed 50 pounds, had small, useless wings & was extinct by the end of the 17th century the dodo |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | HUNDRED "P"ERCENT $200: 100 this means 50% alcohol proof |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | BIOGRAPHERS $400: W.E.B. Du Bois wrote a 1909 biography defending this abolitionist who was hanged 50 years earlier (John) Brown |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | NON-GENEVA CONVENTIONS $800: The Berne Convention protects these for the life of the author plus 50 years copyrights |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | WE INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS $5,000 (Daily Double): Interruptions at work make you constantly do this, the more technical name for switching between computer windows toggle |
| #8046, aired 2019-09-09 | WORLD CURRENCY $1600: In 2018 this country introduced the sovereign bolívar, dropping 5 zeroes so something that cost 5 mil. old bolívars is now just 50 Venezuela |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | STATE OF THE ART $800: The 50-foot Picasso sculpture in Daley Plaza Illinois |
| #8039, aired 2019-07-18 | "OY", THE PLACES YOU'LL GO! $1600: About 50 miles north of Milwaukee, this Wisconsin city on Lake Michigan was established as a fur-trading post Sheboygan |
| #8029, aired 2019-07-04 | GALA $400: This Brit took from the rich & gave to the poor & a charity named for him does the same; its annual gala can bring in $50 million plus Robin Hood |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | DOCTORS & LAWYERS $3,000 (Daily Double): Nearly 50 years after he was admitted to the Ohio bar, he defended John T. Scopes Clarence Darrow |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | IT'S TIME FOR TIME $800: A standard "hour" of treatment with a therapist lasts this many minutes, 83.33% of an hour 50 |
| #8022, aired 2019-06-25 | NAME THE GAME $200: Use all 7 of your tiles on one turn & get a 50-point bonus Scrabble |
| #8020, aired 2019-06-21 | ONLY HALF SHOWED UP $400: Only half the U.S. Senate showed up for the vote, this many members 50 |
| #8005, aired 2019-05-31 | POTPOURRI $1200: This animal, a proverbial symbol of grace, also has pure speed: it can run about 50 mph a (Grant's) gazelle |
| #7988, aired 2019-05-08 | THEM'S THE RULES $1600: Country Living magazine's 50 simple etiquette rules include send this personal type of thank you note handwritten |
| #7987, aired 2019-05-07 | CENTRAL AMERICA $400: Oil tankers & other ships pay a fee to take this 50-mile Central American shortcut the Panama Canal |
| #7986, aired 2019-05-06 | THOSE WHO IGNORE HISTORY $1200: The Soviet Union invaded this "graveyard of empires" in 1979 & suffered 50,000 casualties before withdrawing in 1989 Afghanistan |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | 21st CENTURY EUROPEAN LEADERS $800: The youngest British PM since 1812, he was not yet 50 when he left office following the Brexit referendum David Cameron |
| #7977, aired 2019-04-23 | WE WILL ROCK YOU $1000: In November 2018 this band flew high with 12 of 50 songs on the Hot Rock Songs chart, including "Bandito", "Morph" & "My Blood" Twenty One Pilots |
| #7972, aired 2019-04-16 | 5 JEFFS $1000: Balloons & basketballs are part of the art of this Jeff whose sculptures have sold for over $50 million Jeff Koons |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | BODIES OF WATER $800: Old unfaithful! Steamboat Geyser in this national park went 50 years without a major eruption & erupted 29 times in one year Yellowstone |
| #7962, aired 2019-04-02 | GAMES WITH DICE $600: In this classic game a large straight gets you 40 points & 5 of a kind gets you this, 50 points & the name of the game Yahtzee |
| #7956, aired 2019-03-25 | NONFICTION $800: Based on interviews with more than 50 survivors, Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" details this tragedy the sinking of the Titanic |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | SPANISH-LANGUAGE TV $2000: Don Francisco's "Show Dominical" moved up a day to become "Giant Saturday", AKA this show that ran more than 50 years Sábado Gigante |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | LANGUAGES $200: The west of this continent has about 50 million Hausa speakers Africa |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Turning 50? You're eligible for full membership in this organization! $16 for a year, & you get discounts! AARP |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | 50 YEARS AGO, IN 1969 $400: With a $28,000-per-episode budget, this PBS kids' show made its debut on Nov. 10 & has stuck around for a few decades Sesame Street |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | TAKING STOCK $600: Market winners in early 2018 include CMG, this Mexican food chain that got a new CEO & saw its price rise 50% Chipotle |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | 50 YEARS AGO, IN 1969 $800: Ironically, on Feb. 14 Pope Paul VI's edict removed the feast of this saint's day from the liturgical calendar Saint Valentine |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | 50 YEARS AGO, IN 1969 $1200: Called a sort of dress rehearsal, this space mission in May of 1969 sent the first color TV pictures of planet Earth Apollo 10 |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | 50 YEARS AGO, IN 1969 $1600: Student occupation of a Harvard building led to the end of this military education program at the school for 40 years ROTC |
| #7912, aired 2019-01-22 | 50 YEARS AGO, IN 1969 $2000: Dismissed by de Gaulle in 1968, he returned to the "centre" of French politics, succeeding de Gaulle as president Georges Pompidou |
| #7906, aired 2019-01-14 | EURO COINS $800: This Berlin landmark, a symbol of German unification, is on Germany's 10-, 20- & 50-cent coins the Brandenburg Arch (or the Brandenburg Gate) |
| #7904, aired 2019-01-10 | NONFICTION $800: "The Great" this 9-letter word is the story of the 1918 pandemic that killed as many as 50 million influenza |
| #7902, aired 2019-01-08 | THE VERY OLD EAST $400: This subcontinent collided with Eurasia some 40 to 50 million years ago India |
| #7899, aired 2019-01-03 | BRAND OF "BROTHERS" $2000: In 1868 Henry, Emmanuel & Mayer moved this company to NYC; as a bank, it lost almost $50 billion & closed in 2008 Lehman Brothers |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | ONE-WORD MOVIE TITLES $200: James Cromwell has made about 50 movies; we believe this is the only one in which he sings to a pig Babe |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | USA $400: In 2018, some 50 years after it opened, this Houston stadium was designated a recorded Texas Historic Landmark the Astrodome |
| #7898, aired 2019-01-02 | HALLMARK ANNIVERSARY GIFTS $1200: For this anniversary 3 years after gold, it's time to say I love you even more... with plastic 53 |
| #7890, aired 2018-12-21 | SENATORS WITH STAMINA $3,200 (Daily Double): Who knew that this West Virginia senator would hang around for 50 years after winning his gig (Robert) Byrd |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $800: (Hi, I'm Ashley Afonso from 22 News.) I'm in Amherst, Massachusetts at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art with this famous character who as of 2019 has enchanted generations of children for 50 years the Very Hungry Caterpillar |
| #7888, aired 2018-12-19 | CHALLENGED & BANNED BOOKS $400: Nearly 50 years after it was published, her "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" is still being challenged (Judy) Blume |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WEST VIRGINIA $800: Although its population is only about 50,000, this capital is West Virginia's largest city Charleston |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | BIOGRAPHIES $800: "Hank & Jim" tells of the 50-year friendship between these 2 Oscar-winning screen legends Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart |
| #7877, aired 2018-12-04 | TECHNOLOGY: OLD & NEW $1200: In the 1990s Brent Townshend invented the 56K version of this PC communications device & licensed it at $2.50 each a modem |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | MANY MOONS $400: With at least 50 other moons for company, Callisto isn't lonely orbiting this planet Jupiter |
| #7872, aired 2018-11-27 | LANGUAGE $800: The Inuit build new words by adding to existing ones; that may be why legend says their language has 50+ words for this snow |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY $1,200 (Daily Double): The SBA encourages banks to make these, of $50,000 or less; they can help a business more than a "tiny" bit microloans |
| #7862, aired 2018-11-13 | YOU'VE GOT CLASS $800: Geometry time--it's the number of degrees in angle B 50° |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | HERSTORY $200: Around 50 B.C. this queen was forced to flee Egypt to Syria, but she came back with an army a few years later Cleopatra |
| #7845, aired 2018-10-19 | PAYING THE PIPER $1600: If you liked his ditty while in Quezon City, pay the piper 50 of these, with Sergio Osmeña on the bill pesos |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | FRIENDS OFF THE COURT $1000: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar wrote a book about this "50-year friendship" with this UCLA coach (John) Wooden |
| #7840, aired 2018-10-12 | SACK TIME $1000: Part of the ransom paid to free this captured English king in 1194 was 50,000 sacks of wool Richard I (or Richard the Lionhearted) |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | GETTING COORDINATED $1600: 50 degrees north latitude 0 degrees longitude lands you in this body of water, just north of Le Havre the English Channel |
| #7827, aired 2018-09-25 | QUEEN CONSORT $600: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon was queen consort for 16 years, & had this later title for almost 50 years Queen Mother |
| #7824, aired 2018-09-20 | AUSTRALIAN HISTORY $800: A memorial in Canberra honors the 50,000 Aussies who served in this conflict in the 1960s & '70s Vietnam |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $200: "The Daily" aired "an uncomfortable interview between" this Fox News host "and the reporters who likely got him fired" Bill O'Reilly |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $400: "Endless Thread" had Boston's WBUR & this website go beyond "the front page of the Internet" to get deeper into stories Reddit |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $600: Using an entire season to discuss each song on one album, "Dissect" dissected "To Pimp a Butterfly" by this rap star Kendrick Lamar |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $800: A spin-off of this, ESPN's "numerical" award-winning documentary series, was deemed worth a listen 30 for 30 |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | AMONG TIME'S 50 BEST PODCASTS OF 2018 $1000: With "a knack for explaining complex legal issues with simple language", "Stay Tuned With Preet", Preet being this ex-U.S. atty. Bharara |
| #7823, aired 2018-09-19 | LEONARD BERNSTEIN AT 100 $2000: Bernstein gave his last concert in 1990 at this Mass. festival site where he had studied 50 years before Tanglewood |
| #7818, aired 2018-09-12 | MOVIE ROLE, TV ROLE $400: Lucy Whitmore in "50 First Dates"; Sheila Hammond on "Santa Clarita Diet" Drew Barrymore |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $200: In 1968, the first Open men's singles winner was this athlete & activist, whose name is now on the Open's main stadium Arthur Ashe |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $400: In 1973 Ms. Court & Mr. Newcombe got $25,000 each as the U.S. Open was the first of this quartet of titles to equalize men's & women's prizes the Grand Slam |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $600: With a powerful style of play, she won the women's singles in the 1990s, 2000s & 2010s, the only player to do so Serena Williams |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $800: The 1990 Open heralded a new all-time great when, at 19, he beat Agassi to become the youngest men's singles champ (Pete) Sampras |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | US OPEN 50 YEARS $1000: His dominance of the first decade of the 2000s includes an Open Era record of five straight titles, losing two sets in the five finals (Roger) Federer |
| #7816, aired 2018-09-10 | COLLEGES EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI FROM K TO Q $5,000 (Daily Double): It's about a 50-mile drive from Penn to this other Ivy League school that fits the category Princeton |
| #7812, aired 2018-07-24 | THIS IS ONLY A TEST $400: By definition these occur about 50% of the way through a semester & can be a big part of your final grade a midterm |
| #7809, aired 2018-07-19 | I READ THE NEWS TODAY $1000: In 2018 the U.S. east coast faced 50+ MPH winds, snow & temps. colder than Mars due to this 2-word type of "ordnance" storm bomb cyclone |
| #7802, aired 2018-07-10 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from Como Park Zoo in St. Paul, Minnesota.) Como Zoo offers programs to help raise awareness about orangutans, because largely to deforestation, the numbers are dwindling in their last two native habitats, leaving about 50,000 orangutans on Borneo & only 14,000 on this Indonesian island to the west Sumatra |
| #7791, aired 2018-06-25 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1600: These European soldiers were offered 50 acres, a cow & 2 pigs to desert & fight for America Hessians |
| #7789, aired 2018-06-21 | WHO HAS MY LETTER? $400: Drop & give me 50, in Roman numerals L |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD $400: As chairman of this media company for nearly 50 years, William S. Paley kept his eye on things CBS |
| #7778, aired 2018-06-06 | PRIZE PACKAGES $800: A sparkly crown, a $50,000 scholarship & a 6-figure salary for one year Miss America |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | TRUE CRIME BOOKS, SWEETHEART $1000: How 50 of the world's most infamous crimes were solved is revealed in "The Little Book of" these techniques forensics |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $4,000 (Daily Double): In 2017 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah marked 50 years on the throne of this country Brunei |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | COMIC BOOKS WITHOUT CAPES $400: This animated green hero & his friend Pokey the horse hit the comics with "50 Shades of Clay" in 2017 Gumby |
| #7764, aired 2018-05-17 | HEALTHY GREENS $800: There are about 50 of these green nuts in a one-ounce serving & as much potassium as half a banana pistachios |
| #7763, aired 2018-05-16 | ETIQUETTE $200: One of Reader's Digest's "50 Little Etiquette Rules" is with 8 or fewer people at a table, wait until all are served to do this eat |
| #7762, aired 2018-05-15 | BIG MOUTH $1200: The basking variety of this creature can grow to 50 feet long & open its mouth a yard wide the basking shark |
| #7761, aired 2018-05-14 | SUPER CONDUCTORS $2000: Seen here as a young maestro, he announced that in 2019 he'll retire, after 50 years leading the Israel Philharmonic Zubin Mehta |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | SPEAK EASY $200: This brand of at-home hair color from Clairol has been around for over 50 years Nice 'n Easy |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | NATURE $200: The life span for the desert one of these shelled reptiles is about 50 to 80 years a tortoise |
| #7753, aired 2018-05-02 | YOUR HUDDLED MASSES $1000: Baker Mayfield's 2017 Heisman Trophy is the first in more than 50 years for this, a non-scholarship player a walk-on |
| #7749, aired 2018-04-26 | IMAGE $200: No, that movie battle scene didn't really have 50,000 extras--too expensive! They used CGI, short for this a computer-generated image (or computer graphic imaging) |
| #7743, aired 2018-04-18 | 21st CENTURY DEALS $400: This telecom co. dating back to the early days of the telephone bought DirecTV for about $50 billion AT&T |
| #7740, aired 2018-04-13 | 2008 $1600: After almost 50 years in power, this Caribbean leader stepped down as president (Fidel) Castro |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | PASS/FAIL $1000: Only 50 feet wide at some points, the Khyber Pass links Pakistan with this country Afghanistan |
| #7729, aired 2018-03-29 | WESTERN NOVELS $2000: This prolific author wrote more than 50 Westerns, including "The Last of the Plainsmen" & "Trail Driver" Zane Grey |
| #7726, aired 2018-03-26 | AMERICAN POLITICAL HISTORY $6,200 (Daily Double): In 1999 the Senate voted 50-50 on the charge that Bill Clinton obstructed justice, this many votes shy of conviction 17 |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | ON-SCREEN ROMANCES $1200: (Iain Armitage of Young Sheldon presents the clue.) 50 years after these 2 actors fell in love in "Barefoot in the Park", they fell in love again in "Our Souls at Night", co-starring me, Iain Armitage Jane Fonda and Robert Redford |
| #7711, aired 2018-03-05 | SCIENCE $1,400 (Daily Double): If the half-life of trebekium-13 is 10 years, in 20 years your 100-gram sample will be down to this many grams 25 grams |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | SCULPTURE $800: In 2017 Chicagoans celebrated the 50th birthday of this cubist's 50-foot-tall sculpture in Daley Plaza Picasso |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2018 $1200: "Milestone Birthdays, 2018" include this "Sixteen Candles" actress' 50 candles on February 18 Molly Ringwald |
| #7705, aired 2018-02-23 | ROUGH WATERS $1,500 (Daily Double): In 2016 the waves at Mavericks in this "lunar" California bay were gnarly, dude, like totally hitting 50 feet Half Moon Bay |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $200: This actress filmed her Oscar-winning role in "Cactus Flower" while she was still a cast member of "Laugh-In" Goldie Hawn |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $400: Before he created "Saturday Night Live", he practiced his sketch skills as a "Laugh-In" writer Lorne Michaels |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $600: Announcer Gary Owens declared that each episode was shot in "beautiful downtown" this So-Cal city Burbank |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $800: Edith Ann was one of the characters this comedienne performed on the show--& that's the truth Lily Tomlin |
| #7704, aired 2018-02-22 | LAUGH-IN AT 50 $1000: Nixon famously appeared on "Laugh-In" for the 1968 election; this Democratic challenger declined (Hubert) Humphrey |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | ____ OF THE ____ $600: In Monopoly, a Chance card says, "You have been elected" to this position; "pay each player $50" chairman of the board |
| #7702, aired 2018-02-20 | LANGUAGES OF INDIA $400: Spoken by some 50 million, Gujarati was the first language of this "Father of Modern India" Mahatma Gandhi |
| #7698, aired 2018-02-14 | EDISON: THE LIGHT & THE DARK $600: Edison stiffed this man to the tune of $50,000 & told him, "When you become...American, you will appreciate an American joke" Tesla |
| #7697, aired 2018-02-13 | NASDAQ COMPANIES $400: A share of stock in this company, then just a bookseller, cost about $1.50 in June 1997; 20 years later? Over $1,100! Amazon |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | "SAY" YOU WILL $200: You get 50 minutes to complete this section of the Scholastic Aptitude Test, kids the essay |
| #7687, aired 2018-01-30 | EVERY YEAR $2000: On its 50,000-mile annual migration, the Arctic variety of this bird travels between the North & South Poles a tern |
| #7678, aired 2018-01-17 | THE 1893 CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR $400: For 50 cents people got a great view of the fair from high atop this amusement park ride that made its debut there a ferris wheel |
| #7675, aired 2018-01-12 | GET WITH THE PROGRAM! $800: Canceled in 2010, the Constellation program planned to return humans here by 2020 after a nearly 50-year absence the Moon |
| #7673, aired 2018-01-10 | HIS WIDOW LIVED ON $600: In Feb. 2009 the former Maria Elena Santiago, married to this Texan musician for 6 months, marked 50 years as his widow Buddy Holly |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | MAKES SENSE $1000: A meme asked what concert cost 45 cents? the one with this rapper aka Curtis Jackson & this "Breathe" Canadian band 50 Cent & Nickelback |
| #7656, aired 2017-12-18 | THEIR CONCERT TOUR $800: "Licks";
"50 and Counting" The Rolling Stones |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | MEDIEVAL FOLKS WHO COULD WRITE $1200: Many Chinese could; the Tang dynasty has left us about 50,000 of these, in forms such as lushi & jueju poems |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | '90s TV $400: An estimated 50 million people watched his final "Tonight Show" appearance on May 22, 1992 Johnny Carson |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | UNSCRIPTED TV $1000: Food Network has a show on which these title transports compete for a $50,000 prize food trucks |
| #7628, aired 2017-11-08 | YOU'LL STOP AT "NOTHING" $800: If I lose, I pay you $100; if you lose, you pay back the $50 you just won double or nothing |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | "B" A SPORT $400: The pros play it on a 94-by-50-foot court basketball |
| #7626, aired 2017-11-06 | WRITERS WHO SELF-PUBLISHED $2000: In 1827 he paid a printer to publish 50 copies of "Tamerlane and Other Poems" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #7607, aired 2017-10-10 | EXPLORING THE WORLD $400: (Sven Lindblad gives the clue.) On some of the 50 trips I've made to these islands, my kids accompanied me; seeing them interact with the wildlife there illustrates the term "giant tortoise" the Galápagos Islands |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | "B"USINESS $600: "BOGOF" is an abbreviation for this promotion that means a 50% savings buy one, get one free |
| #7604, aired 2017-10-05 | SPORTS STUFF $600: On April 9, 2017 Russell Westbrook had 50 points, 16 rebounds & 10 assists to break the season record for these a triple double |
| #7593, aired 2017-09-20 | GO FOR THE THROAT $400: Ruby-throated is one variety of this creature that can beat its wings 50 times a second a hummingbird |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | HIGH WATER $800: The Zuiderzee flood of 1287 killed 50,000 but also connected this then-village to the sea, & the rest is Dutch history Amsterdam |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS $400: This monarch held the record for a royally long time, reigning in Britain for 63 years Victoria |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS $800: This guy reigned over England for 59 years; that's just crazy George III |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS $1,000 (Daily Double): In 2017, Queen Elizabeth II marked 65 years on the throne; she's seen here during this year of her silver jubilee 1977 |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS $1200: Appropriately, during King Edward III's long 50-year rule, he led England into this long conflict the Hundred Year War |
| #7568, aired 2017-07-05 | I RULED IN BRITAIN FOR 50+ YEARS $2000: 22-year King James I of England was also 57-year King James this number of Scotland James VI of Scotland |
| #7566, aired 2017-07-03 | LETTER PERFECT $800: "Gadsby" was a 50,000-word work of fiction with no using of this non-consonant (Ha! Did it! But it was hard to do!) an E |
| #7562, aired 2017-06-27 | OLD SCHOOL $200: Founded before 1200 on a river 50 miles northwest of London Oxford |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | WORDS IN CONTINENTS $2000: It's number 50 on the periodic table tin |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | RECENT HISTORY & BIOGRAPHY $200: This actor penned "Leonard", a memoir of his 50-year friendship with Leonard Nimoy William Shatner |
| #7555, aired 2017-06-16 | STOCK SYMBOLS $800: Oprah might have texted "WTH" after shares of this stock, WTW, dropped more than 50% in 2016 Weight Watchers |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $400: This "Great" breed has been the state dog of Pennsylvania since 1965 the Great Dane |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $800: The first state to secede from the Union, it bailed in December 1860; 10 others soon followed suit South Carolina |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $1200: The Census Bureau says the Midwest is the twelve states seen here, & this is the most populous state, with the most populous city Illinois |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $1,800 (Daily Double): Nebraska's name comes from an Otoe word meaning "flat water", referring to this river the Platte |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | THE 50 STATES $2000: The first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, Margaret Chase Smith represented this NE state Maine |
| #7543, aired 2017-05-31 | SOURCES OF POWER $400: The ancient Greek ship called the Penteconter--50 of them oars |
| #7540, aired 2017-05-26 | "S" WORDS $1000: This type of tuna that can reach 3 feet in length and tip the scales at 50 pounds gains its name from its leaping ability the skipjack |
| #7537, aired 2017-05-23 | HISTORY $1000: On March 13, 1954 50,000 Vietminh attacked 10,000 French troops at a base in this village Dien Bien Phu |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | WORDS WITH SILENT LETTERS $200: 50 percent half |
| #7536, aired 2017-05-22 | RUSSIAN CULTURE $800: Made of gold & enamel, the hen egg was the first of some 50 creations he produced for the imperial family beginning in 1885 (Peter Carl) Fabergé |
| #7526, aired 2017-05-08 | ANATOMICALLY CORRECT $400: To filter out waste, each day these internal organs process about 50 gallons of blood kidneys |
| #7524, aired 2017-05-04 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $400: In 2011's "The Enchanted Island", Plácido Domingo gave a bravura turn as this Roman sea god backed by floating mermaids Neptune |
| #7511, aired 2017-04-17 | THE MARVELOUS UNIVERSE $800: SPF 50 won't help on this, the planet with the thinnest atmosphere, where the sun's rays are 7 times as strong as on Earth Mercury |
| #7506, aired 2017-04-10 | EQUAL $200: Traditionally, to share equally in the cost, you go this number/this number 50/50 |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | NATURAL WONDERS $1200: Since its formation 10,000 years ago, this cataract has eaten away 7 miles of cliff; in 50,000 years, it will join with Lake Erie Niagara Falls |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $200: That's a Space Shuttle above the trees on this state's quarter Florida |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $400: The World Almanac's entry on this state uses a glottal stop in its name Hawaii |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $600: This state no longer features the spires of Churchill Downs on its license plates, but still has a horse logo Kentucky |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $800: The Sequoyah Constitution became part of this state's Constitution when it was admitted to the Union in 1907 Oklahoma |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $1000: The highest temperature ever recorded in this state was a blistering 118 degrees at Keokuk on July 20, 1934 Iowa |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | GREETINGS $1000: Spoken greetings in more than 50 languages were sent along on this craft & its twin launched in 1977 Voyager |
| #7487, aired 2017-03-14 | 1917 $400: In November the price of a first class one rose by 50% to 3 cents a stamp |
| #7482, aired 2017-03-07 | AMERICAN LIVES $400: An obit said this "Laverne & Shirley" creator might have given Americans more laughs than anyone else over the last 50 years (Garry) Marshall |
| #7479, aired 2017-03-02 | MIDDLE X $1000: A saying of general truth, or a mag going "inside Kylie Jenner's ultra lavish $50 million Turks and Caicos party pad" maxim |
| #7476, aired 2017-02-27 | THE 2016 NOBEL PRIZES $400: For trying to stop a 50-year war with FARC guerrillas, president Juan Manuel Santos of this country won the Peace Prize Colombia |
| #7470, aired 2017-02-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $400: (I'm Dr. Jen Arnold.) In 2015 the U.N. reported the good news that improvements in care over the last 25 years have led to a nearly 50% worldwide drop in this type of mortality, from Latin for "new born" neonatal |
| #7469, aired 2017-02-16 | NUTRITION $1200: For 19-to-50-year-olds, the RDA for this mineral is 8 mg for men, 18 mg for women & even more for vegetarians iron |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | LITERATURE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE $600: Before the euro, this royal children's book character appeared on the French 50-franc note the Little Prince |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | NBA GREATS $200: Alphabetically first on the NBA's list of its 50 greatest players is this Bucks, Lakers & Celebrity "Jeopardy!" star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
| #7463, aired 2017-02-08 | AN "F" IN GEOGRAPHY $1600: Take U.S. Hwy 50 to find the path to this Colorado county named for an explorer who mapped the area in 1843 Fremont |
| #7462, aired 2017-02-07 | EYE HEALTH $1200: February is awareness month for this condition affecting the macula; it's a leading cause of vision loss for individuals 50 & over macular degeneration |
| #7442, aired 2017-01-10 | VARIETY PACK $400: The magazine published by this organization for those 50 & older has the largest circulation of any U.S. periodical AARP |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1200: (Sarah shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) In people younger than 50, a gray or white ring around the iris of the eye caused by deposits of lipids can be a sign of high cholesterol & these, named for their three molecules of fatty acids triglycerides |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | URUGUAY $2000: Uruguay has so many quarries of this that about 50 different types were used to build the Parliament building marble |
| #7438, aired 2017-01-04 | INTERVIEWS $800: On "20/20" in 1999 almost 50 million Americans tuned in to Barbara Walters' interview with this former intern Monica Lewinsky |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 2003 in Ohio, an overgrown tree touched a power line, causing this event that affected 50 million North Americans a blackout |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | THE OCEANS $400: The Arctic Ocean region births up to 50,000 of these a year & some can drift south into transatlantic shipping lanes icebergs |
| #7418, aired 2016-12-07 | ON THE MONEY $1000: The victor of Vicksburg the $50 bill |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $400: (Hi, I'm Ben Bailey from Local 4.) Also known as "The Fist," the Detroit monument to this boxer was dedicated on October 16, 1986, nearly 50 years after he won the heavyweight title Joe Louis |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | SPORTS ROUND NUMBERS $400: As a star in this sport, Elvin Hayes played exactly 50,000 minutes in his career basketball |
| #7417, aired 2016-12-06 | SPORTS ROUND NUMBERS $1000: In 1944-45 the NHL played this many games & "Rocket" Richard scored exactly that many goals, a feat not matched until 1981 50 |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | CLASSIC MONOPOLY $200: Rent at this space is a whopping $50; good thing you'll pass Go on your next roll Boardwalk |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | STATE FLAGS $2,400 (Daily Double): This state's flag is the only one of the 50 to bear the word "republic" California |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) They're symbols of peace & friendship, & sadly, in their native China, only about 1,800 giant pandas remain in the wild, primarily due to destruction of the forests that provide this tall, woody grass that these guys can each eat over 50 pounds of daily bamboo |
| #7403, aired 2016-11-16 | ENDANGERED ANIMALS AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S NATIONAL ZOO $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C..) With fewer than 50,000 left in the wild, Asian elephants, like their larger African cousins, are facing extinction due to habitat loss, human-elephant conflict, & this crime, the illegal killing, capturing, or stealing of wildlife poaching |
| #7400, aired 2016-11-11 | MOTOR VEHICLES $1000: The Arctic Cat brand of these recreational vehicles has been made in Minnesota for over 50 years snowmobiles |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | ROCK OF LOVE $2000: allmusic.com said his 2001 "Love and Theft" was "his best album since 'Blood on the Tracks'" Bob Dylan |
| #7390, aired 2016-10-28 | WEATHER $400: One of these can travel at a third the speed of light & heat the air in its path to more than 50,000 degrees a lightning bolt |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | RENEWABLE ENERGY $400: The Department of Energy says homes employing this water heating method can save 50% on their bills solar energy |
| #7389, aired 2016-10-27 | MARINE LIFE $400: Some species of this echinoderm in the class Asteroidea may have as many as 50 arms rather than the usual 5 a starfish |
| #7378, aired 2016-10-12 | HORRIBLE HISTORY $800: This woman worked as a cook in New York, spreading deadly disease to more than 50 people between 1900 & 1915 Typhoid Mary |
| #7365, aired 2016-09-23 | IN PRAISE OF OLDER WRITERS $2000: The inspiration for the movie "Barfly", he put out his debut novel "Post Office" in 1971 when he was 50 (Charles) Bukowski |
| #7362, aired 2016-09-20 | SEEN FROM ABOVE $800: You have to go 50 miles north of Cuzco and way up in the air to get above these ruins Machu Picchu |
| #7354, aired 2016-07-28 | CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY CENTURY $400: "Internet Symphony" by Tan Dun 21st century |
| #7353, aired 2016-07-27 | COMEDY TONIGHT $1200: In standup specials this "D List" comic "Does the Bible Belt" & was "50 and not Pregnant" Kathy Griffin |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | THE UNITED STATES OF KENTUCKY $200: The shoreline of this state includes 50 miles along Sandusky Bay Ohio |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | THE UNITED STATES OF KENTUCKY $600: Montauk Springs in the Ozarks of this state has a daily flow of about 50 million gallons Missouri |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | WORDS IN JEOPARDY $2000: "50 Shades of Chicken", a cookbook with 50 chicken recipes, is a literary example of one of these parody |
| #7321, aired 2016-06-13 | THE LAW $1600: This liberal icon who once represented Patty Hearst & Claus von Bulow has been a Harvard professor for 50 years Alan Dershowitz |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | HERE'S TO 50 GREAT YEARS $200: 1650:
The 787-carat Great Mogul Diamond is found in a mine in this country India |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | HERE'S TO 50 GREAT YEARS $400: 1350:
In the great battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer, an English fleet defeats one from this nation Spain |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | HERE'S TO 50 GREAT YEARS $600: 1850:
Henry Clay, the "Great" this-"er", gets Congress to adopt this Compromise |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | HERE'S TO 50 GREAT YEARS $800: 1950:
In Boston "Fats" Pino & 10 accomplices pull off the "Great" this company "Robbery" Brink's |
| #7320, aired 2016-06-10 | HERE'S TO 50 GREAT YEARS $1000: 1250:
The death of Frederick II ushers in the "Great" this, from the Latin for "between" & "reign" Interregnum |
| #7313, aired 2016-06-01 | LEFTOVERS $1600: In 2015 Qatar issued a stamp marking 50 years of this international organization OPEC |
| #7312, aired 2016-05-31 | NOTED AFRICAN AMERICANS $800: Harold Amos, the first black department chair at this Ivy League med school, taught there for nearly 50 years Harvard |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | COUNTRY DISTINCTIONS $1200: More than 50 gold medals make this nation the leader in world curling championships for both men & women Canada |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | TEACHER VOCABULARY $800: In the U.S. military D.I. is short for "drill" this; now give me 50, you worthless lumps! instructor |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | A LIFETIME OF SERVICE $600: Helen Thomas spent about 50 years in this "corps" & was known as its dean White House press corps |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | EXTINCT CREATURES $200: This flightless 50-pound bird from Mauritius laid its sole egg on the ground, so extinction? Not much of a surprise the dodo |
| #7278, aired 2016-04-13 | HODGE-POD $1000: 1993's "Lifepod" was a sci-fi movie based on this director's "Lifeboat" nearly 50 years prior Hitchcock |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | FIGHTER PLANES $400: (Kelly gives the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson.) The F-14 Tomcat's movable swing wings can sweep through an arc of nearly 50 degrees in response to changes in this number, the ratio of an aircraft's speed to the speed of sound Mach |
| #7277, aired 2016-04-12 | NICE SIDE WHISKERS! $1200: Here's this waltz king at around age 50 (Johann) Strauss |
| #7274, aired 2016-04-07 | PAY $200: In classic Monopoly, you can pay 50 bucks to escape this jail |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | SPORT ABILITY $800: In Super Bowl 50 the Broncos' Von Miller became the second man in 3 years to win MVP playing this defensive position a linebacker |
| #7273, aired 2016-04-06 | "R" HOTEL $1600: When this alliterative chain opened in 1973, it cost $8.50 to stay under its colorful namesake feature Red Roof |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | SUTTER'S FORT $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) In 1840, John Sutter received a grant from Mexico of around 50,000 acres here in the Sacramento Valley on which he built his fort; he named his landholdings New Helvetia for his homeland in this country Switzerland |
| #7266, aired 2016-03-28 | WOMEN IN SCIENCE $800: In 1929 President Herbert Hoover presented her with a $50,000 check to buy a gram of radium for a Warsaw lab Marie Curie |
| #7257, aired 2016-03-15 | GEOLOGY $1000: There are various North Poles; some scientists believe this one may move from Canada to Siberia within the next 50 years the magnetic North Pole |
| #7246, aired 2016-02-29 | LEAP DAY $400: In 1960, in this city, Hugh Hefner opened his first Playboy Club, where Bunnies could live for $50 a month rent Chicago |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | THE NORTH PACIFIC $800: This Mexican port 50 miles south of San Diego has been called the "Cinderella of the Pacific" Ensenada |
| #7215, aired 2016-01-15 | TURN ON YOUR T-V $800: In 1920 Gimbels in Philadelphia staged a parade of about 50 people on this holiday Thanksgiving |
| #7214, aired 2016-01-14 | THIS CATEGORY HAS BEEN FLAGGED $800: Seen here, the Washington Monument is encircled by this many flags 50 |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $400: This actress' big-screen credits include "E.T." & "50 First Dates" Drew Barrymore |
| #7170, aired 2015-11-13 | POP CULTURE $1600: 2015 marks 50 years of this TV special in which Linus quotes from the Gospel of Luke to enlighten his friends A Charlie Brown Christmas |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | A LIFE ON THE "B" LIST $1200: He's seen here after devoting more than 50 years of his life to representing West Virginia in Washington (Senator Robert) Byrd |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | U.S. FESTIVALS $1200: "Leaving no trace" of 50,000 people camping in the Nevada desert is a principle of this late summer festival Burning Man |
| #7156, aired 2015-10-26 | A NATION OF NATIONAL LABS $600: Fermilab is less than 50 miles from this metropolis, so no accidents, please Chicago |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | HIGH TENSION LINES $400: "Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed" Speed |
| #7154, aired 2015-10-22 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: Selling more than a half million copies, this 50-page pamphlet paved the way for the Declaration of Independence "Common Sense" |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | NOVELS OF WORLD WAR II $2000: 50 years after he wrote it, Norman Mailer said he was still fond of this novel: "It has virtues, it has faults" The Naked and the Dead |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | I AM HISTORY! $800: The only surviving son of a rector, this 17th century man went on to design more than 50 churches in London (Christopher) Wren |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | WHERE AM I? $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm on Aviano Air Base, which is 50 miles north of Venice in the Dolomite Range of these mountains the Alps |
| #7141, aired 2015-10-05 | DON'T DRINK THE WATER $1600: This big Florida lake fed by the Kissimmee River has doubled its phosphorus content over the last 50 years Lake Okeechobee |
| #7140, aired 2015-10-02 | THAT'S HISTORY $4,000 (Daily Double): This 1790 act gave authors exclusive control of their works for 14 years; violators were fined 50 cents per page the Copyright Act |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | I'M GOIN' TO JACKSON $800: Jackson, Alabama is on the Tombigbee River, 50 miles north of this bay Mobile Bay |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS' RESUMÉ ITEMS $1200: Per her website, the first woman to lead a Fortune 50 company Fiorina |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | PRESIDENTIAL BOOKS $800: In 1884 Mark Twain offered him a $50,000 advance for his "Personal Memoirs", which he finished just prior to his death Ulysses Grant |
| #7112, aired 2015-07-14 | HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE $800: It comes between "National" & "Center" in the workplace of about 50 people Hurricane |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | OUR MISTAKE! $2000: Mein Frau turned 50 on June 6, 1944, but I could have stayed in my job defending the French coast instead of visiting her in Germany Erwin Rommel (the Desert Fox) |
| #7102, aired 2015-06-30 | THE THEATER $800: 2 recent books, "Wonder of Wonders" & "Tradition!", celebrate this show that turned 50 in 2014 Fiddler on the Roof |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | HUMAN ENDEAVOR $400: Pushing his body's limits, Dean Karnazes ran 50 of these in 50 states on 50 consecutive days in 2006 marathons |
| #7096, aired 2015-06-22 | HUMAN ENDEAVOR $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the California Science Center in Los Angeles.) The Space Shuttle Endeavour is 122 feet long and 78 feet wide, more than 20 feet longer & 50 feet wider than its 18th-century namesake commanded by this intrepid Englishman (Captain) Cook |
| #7068, aired 2015-05-13 | THE DAILY SHOW $800: The sands haven't run out for "DOOL", this soap that celebrated 50 years in 2015 The Days of Our Lives |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1200: In "Still Alice" by Lisa Genova, a 50-year-old college professor is diagnosed with this Alzheimer's disease |
| #7049, aired 2015-04-16 | ENGINEERING $800: Containing 167 arches, one of these built in 50 A.D. is still delivering water from the Frio River to Segovia, Spain an aqueduct |
| #7045, aired 2015-04-10 | "MARK" YOUR WORDS $800: Up to 50% of babies have one of these called a salmon patch a birthmark |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | 1965 NO. 1 SONGS $800: It was 50 years ago, July 1965, when this quintessential Rolling Stones song hit No. 1 "Satisfaction" |
| #7038, aired 2015-04-01 | METEOROLOGY $400: In these discharges associated with cumulonimbus clouds, temperatures can reach 50,000 degrees lightning |
| #7036, aired 2015-03-30 | VACCINES $1600: Immunization against this disease aka lockjaw has reduced cases in the U.S. to fewer than 50 each year tetanus |
| #7034, aired 2015-03-26 | THE STRAIT SCOOP $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from aboard the USS Iowa in San Pedro, California.) During its 50 years of service, the Iowa operated in the Atlantic, Pacific, &, on one of its last deployments, this Middle Eastern strait, escorting oil tankers in the first Gulf War the Strait of Hormuz |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | DON'T L ME $400: This party has more than 50 seats in the U.K.'s House of Commons the Tories |
| #7023, aired 2015-03-11 | THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE $200: This 50-mile waterway stretches from Limon Bay on the Caribbean to the Bridge of the Americas the Panama Canal |
| #7019, aired 2015-03-05 | THROWING SHADE $1,000 (Daily Double): The 300-foot tree called the coast this lives up to its name; it's rarely found more than 50 miles inland the coast redwood |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | ALL THINGS GOLDEN $600: Happy golden anniversary! Congratulations on this many years of marriage 50 |
| #7017, aired 2015-03-03 | WOMEN AUTHORS $1200: In 2013 Helen Fielding published her third novel featuring this now-50-something diarist Bridget Jones |
| #7010, aired 2015-02-20 | AT THE MUSEUM $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the Peabody Museum in Cambridge, Mass.) The saddle probably belonged to this great Sioux leader who got $50 each time he rode once around the ring with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; preferring to die as an Indian rather than live as a white man, he returned to his people & was killed in 1890 Sitting Bull |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | BRR, BABY, BRR $3,000 (Daily Double): This New England state's record low of -50 F. was recorded in Aroostook County on January 16, 2009 Maine |
| #6981, aired 2015-01-12 | HIT THE ROAD $6,000 (Daily Double): (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Used by more than 50,000 people between 1841 & 1860, & winding 2,000 miles, this route crossed the Continental Divide & included Fort Hall & Fort Vancouver the Oregon Trail |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THE 50 STATES $200: Its state song includes the words "From hill to hill, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake" Maryland |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THE 50 STATES $400: This state leads the U.S. in the production of burley tobacco & bourbon whiskey Kentucky |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THE 50 STATES $600: Its state university system is based in Las Cruces New Mexico |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THE 50 STATES $800: Native daughter Helen Keller is on the reverse of the quarter that represents this Southern state Alabama |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THE 50 STATES $1000: According to statute, the outer circle of its state seal is a color called golden poppy California |
| #6971, aired 2014-12-29 | THE BRIT ON THE BANKNOTE $1200: If you seek this architect's image, look about the 50-pound notes issued between 1981 & 1996 (Christopher) Wren |
| #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 |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | McWRITERS $1200: John McPhee has published for 50 years in this magazine, which ran his essay on writing in 2013 The New Yorker |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $200: In 2014, the National Archives put this act in its Records of Rights exhibit, in time for the act's 50th birthday on July 2nd Civil Rights Act |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $400: He became the first pope to fly when he visited Jordan & Israel on a "pilgrimage of prayer & penance" Pope Paul VI |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $600: In March this school completed a 30-0 season & won its first NCAA title in men's basketball UCLA |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $800: Thomas Berger died in 2014, the 50th anniversary of this novel of his about a 111-year-old survivor of Custer's army Little Big Man |
| #6939, aired 2014-11-13 | 1964 -- 50 YEARS AGO $1000: Nine years before Skylab, this habitat to test human adaptation began operation under the waters off Bermuda SEALAB |
| #6922, aired 2014-10-21 | BEASTLY POSSESSIVES $400: It's worth 50 points in darts the bull's-eye |
| #6912, aired 2014-10-07 | HUMMINGBIRDS $1000: Part of a male's courtship is this maneuver in which he reaches 50 mph & experiences 9G forces when pulling out of it a mating dive |
| #6891, aired 2014-07-28 | DOUBLE TALK $600: To mean an equal chance, you could say 1 to 1, but most people use this number combination 50-50 |
| #6881, aired 2014-07-14 | TIME FOR A REVOLUTION! $400: Castro's Cuban revolution happened at the end of this decade the '50's |
| #6880, aired 2014-07-11 | ON THE BALL $800: Something wicket this way comes! A full-size court for this game is a rectangle 100' long & 50' wide, but a backyard will do croquet |
| #6878, aired 2014-07-09 | THE WEST $800: This state capital came into being in one day, on April 22, 1889, when 50,000 swarmed onto 2 million acres Oklahoma City |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | I AM FROM ROMANIA $1200: Born in Romania, he had a 50-year Hollywood acting career, see? Edward G. Robinson |
| #6852, aired 2014-06-03 | FIRE PLACE $800: Circa 50 B.C.:
This city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say) Alexandria |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | NEW BRITISH COINS $2000: A new 50-pence piece marks the 20th celebration of these multi-country games, to be held in the U.K. in 2014 Commonwealth Games |
| #6846, aired 2014-05-26 | BIG STUFF $600: Dedicated in 80 A.D., it covered 5 acres, was 4 stories high & originally sat 50,000 spectators the Colosseum |
| #6840, aired 2014-05-16 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Founded in 1958, today it has more than 37 million members over the age of 50 AARP |
| #6833, aired 2014-05-07 | THEY LEFT US IN THE LAST YEAR $800: The first female officer of the National Press Club, she was also a White House correspondent for 50 years Helen Thomas |
| #6823, aired 2014-04-23 | THE BODY $800: After 50 you might want to get an -oscopy of this longest segment of the large intestine the colon |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | THE 5 FAMILIES $1,000 (Daily Double): Original surname of the first & third prime ministers of India Nehru |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | PHILOSOPHERS $200: This saint's written output was more than 8 million words--& he died around age 50 (Thomas) Aquinas |
| #6803, aired 2014-03-26 | MOUNT RUSHMORE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.) Amazingly, there were no fatalities & only a few minor injuries during the 14 years it took to carve Mount Rushmore, though workers were lowered from the face of the mountain in swing seats, known as these chairs boatswain chairs |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | CEO COMPENSATION $600: Holy Shatner! Jeffery Boyd got a great deal from this .com--over $50 million! Priceline |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN "THREE"S $600: 50% of the core melted down in Unit 2 of this U.S. facility Three Mile Island |
| #6787, aired 2014-03-04 | ALL AROUND AMERICA $1200: John Milkovisch made the aluminum siding at his Houston home from 50,000 of these former cold ones beer cans |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | 2014 ANNIVERSARIES $400: 50 years ago, February 9, it was live from New York as the Beatles played this TV show The Ed Sullivan Show |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | MONEY TALKS $800: The $50 bill:
The last name of this president (Ulysses) Grant |
| #6777, aired 2014-02-18 | COUNTRY MATH $2000: The number of permanent members of the U.N. Security Council times the number of nonpermanent ones 50 |
| #6769, aired 2014-02-06 | GRANDSON OF WOOD $200: Home Depot offers more than 50 types of this 3-letter hardwood for solid flooring oak |
| #6764, aired 2014-01-30 | CAN'T STOP MESSIN' WITH TEXAS $400: Offering 360-degree views, the 50-story Reunion Tower is south of Dealey Plaza in this city Dallas |
| #6759, aired 2014-01-23 | GEOMETRY $400: If 2 angles of a triangle are 50 degrees each, then this must be the size of the third angle 80 degrees |
| #6757, aired 2014-01-21 | ENTERTAINMENT BY THE NUMBERS $400: A Disney team built a 40-foot squid with 50-foot feelers for this 1954 sci-fi adaptation 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea |
| #6753, aired 2014-01-15 | 30 YEARS $2000: 50% down & a 5-year loan was common before the FHA, short for this, began backing 30-year mortgages the Federal Housing Administration |
| #6752, aired 2014-01-14 | COMPOUND WORDS $800: Legally, consumer versions of these, like M80s & cherry bombs, must be limited to 50 milligrams of flash powder fireworks (or firecrackers) |
| #6750, aired 2014-01-10 | VACATION $200: For your beach trip, water babies with SPF 50 from this brand will help flash 'em a non-tan (or -burn) Coppertone |
| #6749, aired 2014-01-09 | REDUNDANT SOUNDING NAMES $800: He recently tweeted, "At 50 yrs old and the governor of NJ, I'm still trying to win over my mother-in-law" Chris Christie |
| #6740, aired 2013-12-27 | LANGUAGES OF AFRICA $1,200 (Daily Double): With 50 million speakers, this Bantu language is the most widely spoken native language on the continent Swahili |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | A GOOD OFFENSE $200: Tom Brady tossed 50 TD passes in 2007, leading this team to an NFL record 589 points in a season New England Patriots |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | WHAT'S ON TV? $1200: In 2013 it was announced Peter Capaldi will be the next title time traveler in this 50-year-old show Doctor Who |
| #6714, aired 2013-11-21 | RANDOM HOUSE DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS $400: Under "J":
"The completion of 50 years of existence... or its celebration" jubilee |
| #6713, aired 2013-11-20 | SPEAK UP! $1000: In Homer's works Mentor is a trusted advisor & this guy has a voice as strong as 50 men Stentor |
| #6710, aired 2013-11-15 | THE LENGTH OF THE MOVIE $2000: From 1958, beware the "Attack of" this leggy "Woman" 50-Foot |
| #6702, aired 2013-11-05 | WHO'S ON TOUR? $400: 50 & Counting...
(2013) Rolling Stones |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | PARLEZ? $600: I'm not spending cinquante euros on that scarf 50 |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | TV THROUGH THE YEARS $200: The first national issue of TV Guide, April 1953, featured a photo of this zany comedienne's "$50,000,000 baby" Lucille Ball |
| #6689, aired 2013-10-17 | LANGUAGES IN THE USA $800: Oy! U.S. home speakers of this language dropped by 50% between 1980 & 2010, to around 150,000 Yiddish |
| #6684, aired 2013-10-10 | SOUTHERN BOOKSTORE $1200: Son, want to know what this South Carolina military college was like 50 years ago? Read Pat Conroy's "The Boo" The Citadel |
| #6682, aired 2013-10-08 | YOU MUST BE AT LEAST THIS OLD... $800: To receive full membership in AARP 50 |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | AIM! $800: Bull's-eye! You ski cross-country to return to a 50-meter shooting range in this competition the biathlon |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | ONE LOVE $600: Wed 50 years to Joanne Woodward, this actor said, "I have steak at home; why should I go out for a hamburger?" Paul Newman |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | WELL-PLAYED, WELL-PAID $800: This Spaniard's hard work has netted him more than $50 million on the pro tennis tour Rafael Nadal |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 50 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS $400: As one of these snapped fences & power lines in its path, Carsten Peter was there to get the photo for an article tornado |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 50 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS $800: These river dolphins seem to glow orange as they swim in the tea-colored waters of this South American river basin the Amazon |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 50 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS $1200: Their mouths covered to ensure silence, these boys are performing a ritual dance in this country--DRC for short the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 50 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS $1600: Sadly, after ingesting the marine debris on the right, this once-wandering baby bird died of starvation an albatross |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC 50 GREATEST PHOTOGRAPHS $2000: Accompanying an article on bog bodies was a photo of this Danish man likely sacrificed over 2,000 years ago Tollund Man |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD $400: Hausa, one of the Chadic languages, is spoken by some 50 million people on this continent Africa |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | IF ONLY I COULD TELL THEM $400: Hey, sailors who saw this 50-pound flightless bird around 1500-take it back to Europe & breed it or it'll be extinct by 1700 a dodo |
| #6663, aired 2013-07-31 | YOU DO THE MATH $10,000 (Daily Double): Vacation has taken you to a country where it's 4 pesos to every dollar, so your $7.50 gets you this many pesos 30 pesos |
| #6657, aired 2013-07-23 | REALITY CHECKS $800: John Anderson & John Henson host this ABC show that gives $50,000 to its winners (& hopefully some aspirin, too) Wipeout |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BABY REGISTRY ITEMS $200: All 50 states have laws saying your baby's not taking a ride without one of these, maybe the Graco Snugride car seat |
| #6654, aired 2013-07-18 | BUSINESS HISTORIES $1000: In 1926 this guide to auto values was first published in Los Angeles; a 1921 Nash touring car with a clock was worth $50 Kelley Blue Book |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 50 SHADES OF GRAHAM $400: U.S. architect Bruce Graham designed this 110-story Chicago landmark the Sears Tower |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 50 SHADES OF GRAHAM $800: With quarterback Otto Graham at the helm, this Ohio team won 7 championships the (Cleveland) Browns |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | TV TITLE GUYS & GALS $1200: Emily Deschanel, one of TV's 50 greatest forensic anthropologists Bones |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 50 SHADES OF GRAHAM $1200: In an 8-decade career, she choreographed more than 180 works Martha Graham |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 50 SHADES OF GRAHAM $1600: Cracker man Sylvester Graham said this type of diet provides "symmetry, beauty, agility...and longevity" vegetarianism |
| #6651, aired 2013-07-15 | 50 SHADES OF GRAHAM $2000: This British novelist was also a film critic & wrote the script for "The Third Man" Graham Greene |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $200: This 1958 Ford model "was the first victim of Madison Avenue hyper-hype" the Edsel |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $400: The "cheap" Gremlin from this 3-letter company had "vacuum-operated windshield wipers, no less" AMC |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $600: This Soviet-bloc brand "had a rear-window defroster-- reportedly to keep your hands warm (as) you pushed it" the Yugo |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $800: The DMC-12 by this maker "was heavy, underpowered... and overpriced" & didn't really go back to 1955 when it hit 88 MPH Delorean |
| #6650, aired 2013-07-12 | TIME'S 50 WORST CARS OF ALL TIME $1000: While "not particularly" a bad car, this Ford model "tended to erupt in flame in rear-end collisions" the Pinto |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | AGRICULTURE $600: The federally subsidized crop type of this for farmers provides 50% catastrophic coverage insurance |
| #6644, aired 2013-07-04 | RHYME TIME $400: A neat, smartly dressed musical performer like 50 Cent or Eminem dapper rapper |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | WASHINGTON MATH $200: The number of U.S. senators divided by the number of U.S. states two (100 divided by 50) |
| #6635, aired 2013-06-21 | THE U.S. CITY RAINS SUPREME $200: "The city so nice they named it twice", it gets nearly 50" of rain a year... good luck getting a cab! New York |
| #6624, aired 2013-06-06 | POLITICAL JARGON $2,000 (Daily Double): A state like Texas whose composition is less than 50% Caucasian is said to be this alliterative oxymoronic term majority minority |
| #6622, aired 2013-06-04 | HISTORY $1,200 (Daily Double): He redesigned more than 50 of the 87 churches lost in London's Great Fire Christopher Wren |
| #6616, aired 2013-05-27 | FEDERATION $600: This "Federation of America" was started by Margaret Sanger, whose mother died at 50 after 18 pregnancies Planned Parenthood Federation of America |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GEE, 50 $400: If you're 50, you're eligible to be a full member of this 37 million-strong organization founded in 1958 AARP |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GEE, 50 $800: So you've hit 50 & have a few bucks? Time for a 911 turbo from this company; 0 to 60 in 3.5 & yours for 137 grand Porsche |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GEE, 50 $1200: 50-year-olds beware this painful condition named for a nerve running from the lumbar spine to above the knee sciatica |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GEE, 50 $1600: You're 50, but this clothing item just doesn't work for you, now or in the 19th century ascot |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | GEE, 50 $2000: It's a big year--treat yourself to a tour of the food, art & local Chiantis of this central Italian region Tuscany |
| #6611, aired 2013-05-20 | 15 MINUTES OF FAME $1000: In 2012 this man's FiveThirtyEight blog correctly predicted the election results in all 50 states Nate Silver |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | THE WORK OF THE CLINTON FOUNDATION $1000: (Bill Clinton delivers the clue from his office)
Impoverished people in Peru can't afford treatment for this condition, the leading cause of blindness in the world; we're working to help provide 50,000 surgeries for it by 2013 cataracts |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | ALL UP IN YOUR BUSINESS $400: The Five model of this Toyota gets about 50 mpg, so the 700 miles between Dallas & Des Moines? Only 14 gallons! a Prius |
| #6603, aired 2013-05-08 | YES, THEY WILL $200: This royal's will provided for her sons William & Harry & 50,000 pounds for former servant Paul Burrell Princess Diana |
| #6603, aired 2013-05-08 | ISLANDS $1600: Founded by Bounty mutineers, it's now encouraging immigration because its small population of about 50 is aging Pitcairn Island |
| #6597, aired 2013-04-30 | THE SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a large tree at the Singapore Botanic Gardens.) When ripe, fruit capsules of this latex producing tree explode, dispersing 3 seeds up to 50 feet to propagate the species the rubber tree |
| #6595, aired 2013-04-26 | ON BROADWAY 1913 $800: Playing at the Hippodrome, the musical "America" had a bizarre plot about stealing the plans to this 50-mile-long dig the Panama Canal |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | NOAH'S ARC $200: The studly Noah is introduced begetting sons as a quincentenarian, a man of this age 500 |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $400: Union troops cut a path 50 miles wide, destroying all public buildings & mills on Sherman's march to the sea through this state Georgia |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE FAST & THE FURRIEST $3,000 (Daily Double): Check out the grace of a Thomson's this type of antelope, but do it quickly; it can hit 50 miles per hour gazelle |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | RADIO, RADIO $400: Fayetteville's KXUA boasts that it plays no music that has been on this publication's Top 40 chart "in the last 50 years" Billboard |
| #6588, aired 2013-04-17 | BOOKS THAT CHANGED AMERICA $800: His "Baby and Child Care" has sold more than 50 million copies worldwide (Dr.) Spock |
| #6587, aired 2013-04-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: At least 50 of the 85 letters making up the "Federalist Papers" were written by this future treasury secretary Hamilton |
| #6585, aired 2013-04-12 | THE WAR OF 1812 $400: In this last battle of the War, about 2,000 British were killed, wounded or captured; fewer than 50 Americans were killed The Battle Of New Orleans |
| #6584, aired 2013-04-11 | BELA $1200: Bela Pratt designed the early 20th century quarter eagle gold coin, worth this much $2.50 |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | GOVERNORS $1600: In 1982 this politician was elected Texas treasurer--the first woman to win a state office in 50 years Ann Richards |
| #6577, aired 2013-04-02 | 20th CENTURY SENATORS $1200: South Carolina sent him to the Senate as a write-in candidate; he served almost 50 years Strom Thurmond |
| #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 |
| #6570, aired 2013-03-22 | TRACK & FIELD $600: At distances of 50, 60 & 110 meters, these are 3 feet 6 inches high the hurdles |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | SWEET $400: Found in Newtons & with a sugar content of more than 50%, these are among the sweetest fruits figs |
| #6565, aired 2013-03-15 | "SHORT" $600: My order cost $9.25, I gave you a ten & you gave me 50 cents-- you did this! short-changed |
| #6562, aired 2013-03-12 | HOW ODD $600: All 50 states have a designated state this 4-letter word; for Kansas, it's Harney silt loam soil |
| #6557, aired 2013-03-05 | VIDEO-POURRI $800: The ancient Romans couldn't have dreamed of seeing this 50,000 seat arena from 423 miles up the Coliseum |
| #6539, aired 2013-02-07 | YOUR FRIENDS, THE POLICE $600: The police had to break up your party because it was exceeding the legal noise limit of 50 of these units decibels |
| #6512, aired 2013-01-01 | NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS $800: I resolve to lose 50 pounds, like Marie Osmond did using this diet program; Dan Marino lost 22 Nutrisystem |
| #6502, aired 2012-12-18 | "BLOCK" PARTY $200: This company says it "has helped clients obtain nearly $50 billion in tax refunds" & other benefits H&R Block |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ANTIQUES $800: In 2005 "Antiques Roadshow" appraised a piece of scrimshaw from this mammal's tusk at up to 50,000 bucks walrus |
| #6497, aired 2012-12-11 | THE SIGHTS YOU'LL SEE! $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew holds up a rock in front of an exhibit on Rocks from Space at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) The Harvard Museum has many more impressive meteorites but none more interesting: after an explosion blew it free, it took about 3 million years to make its way to Earth from this planet that orbits about 50 million miles away Mars |
| #6492, aired 2012-12-04 | "FOUR" LETTER WORDS $1200: It's slang for 50 cents four bits |
| #6490, aired 2012-11-30 | THE CDC SAYS $800: Women should have these "every 2 years from age 50 to 74" as they "are the best tests...to find breast cancer early" mammograms |
| #6485, aired 2012-11-23 | USING YOUR JEOP-PS $600: (Sarah's voice reads the clue in a monotone fashion.) You have arrived at 50 West North Temple St. in Salt Lake City, home to this 3-word singing group the Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
| #6484, aired 2012-11-22 | DEAD, BUT VERY BUSY $400: This writer has more than 50 posthumous credits on imdb.com, including a "War in Middle Earth" video game Tolkien |
| #6482, aired 2012-11-20 | NAME THAT U.S. CURRENCY NOTE $1000: No. 21 in a West Point class of 39 graces this note the $50 |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | IN 1867... $200: This dual monarchy with a population of about 50 million was formed; it lasted until 1918 Austria-Hungary |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $200: The franchise started in 1962 with James Bond facing off against this title villain Dr. No |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $400: Oddjob painted Jill Masterson's entire body, resulting in a memorable scene in this film Goldfinger |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $600: Skyfall, the 23rd film in the franchise marks this actor's third outing as Bond, James Bond Daniel Craig |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $1000: George Lazenby played 007 just once, in this film where Bond fell in love & got married On Her Majesty's Secret Service |
| #6474, aired 2012-11-08 | 50 YEARS OF JAMES BOND FILMS $2,000 (Daily Double): The title of the 16th Bond film, it's also what's denoted by the "00" prefix Licence to Kill |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | EURO COINS $400: This man, the father of Spanish literature, is on Spain's 50-cent coins Cervantes |
| #6464, aired 2012-10-25 | EURO COINS $800: This gate, a symbol of German division & reunification, is on Germany's 10-, 20-, & 50-cent coins the Brandenburg Gate |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | 50th ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC $800: It was 50 years ago these Jersey boys hit No. 1 with both "Sherry" & "Big Girls Don't Cry" Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons |
| #6450, aired 2012-10-05 | 50th ANNIVERSARIES IN MUSIC $1000: Paddy Moloney founded this Irish folk band 50 years ago & they're still going strong today the Chieftains |
| #6437, aired 2012-09-18 | STAR SEARCH $800: Most stars are red these, with less than 50% the mass of the Sun dwarfs |
| #6434, aired 2012-08-02 | LET'S GO ONLINE $1000: "Adopt your own pet monster" at this .com; over 50 million have found good cyber-homes Moshi Monsters |
| #6423, aired 2012-07-18 | "C" MONSTERS $800: Hesiod said this beast that guarded the entrance to Hades had 50 heads, not just 3 Cerberus |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | A DOLLAR IS WORTH ABOUT... $200: 50 rupees in this country of 1.2 billion India |
| #6419, aired 2012-07-12 | HOW NOVEL! $8,600 (Daily Double): "If this alleged report is true, that is the last of Roy Hobbs in organized baseball" The Natural |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE 50 STATES $400: It became the 49th state January 3, 1959 Alaska |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE 50 STATES $800: Wyoming's state reptile is this "horned" creature the horned toad |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE 50 STATES $1200: West Quoddy Head in this state is the easternmost piece of land in the continental United States Maine |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE 50 STATES $1600: This daughter of immigrants from India was elected South Carolina's governor in 2010 Nikki Haley |
| #6418, aired 2012-07-11 | THE 50 STATES $2000: Bays along the coast of this state include Great Egg Harbor, Barnegat & Sandy Hook New Jersey |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | YOU DO KNOW JACK $1600: In "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover", it's Paul Simon's advice to Jack ""Slip Out The Back" |
| #6413, aired 2012-07-04 | THE BEST OF DEAR ABBY $200: My son "has been paying a psychiatrist $50.00 an hour every week for two-and-a-half years. He must be" this crazy |
| #6412, aired 2012-07-03 | WORDS WITH FRIENDS $1,900 (Daily Double): He said of his dad's influence when he ran for governor in 1994, "I've inherited 100% of his enemies & only 50% of his friends" George W. Bush |
| #6405, aired 2012-06-22 | MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS 2012 $200: It might be "risky business" for him to keep doing his own stunts after he turns 50 on July 3 Tom Cruise |
| #6400, aired 2012-06-15 | .gov $600: In 2011 the site for this volunteer org. touted its "50 years of promoting... friendship around the world" the Peace Corps |
| #6399, aired 2012-06-14 | WHERE YA OF? $400: Henry VIII's fourth wife was Anne of this city, today with about 50,000 people Cleves |
| #6397, aired 2012-06-12 | GRIME FIGHTERS $200: For more than 50 years this brand of baby shampoo has promised "no more tears" Johnson & Johnson |
| #6396, aired 2012-06-11 | GO WIDE $800: Genesis 6 reports that Noah's Ark was 50 of these units wide, about 75 feet cubits |
| #6388, aired 2012-05-30 | THE WORLD SCIENCE FESTIVAL $1600: A 2008 WSF panel was entitled "90 is the New 50: The Science of" this word meaning protracted existence Longevity |
| #6387, aired 2012-05-29 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT $1200: Chicago has 50 wards, each represented by one of these elected officials an alderman |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | 50 YEARS AGO--1962 $400: On February 20, after 10 previous delays, he became the first American to orbit the earth John Glenn |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | 50 YEARS AGO--1962 $800: Month in 1962 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the U.S. & the Soviet Union to the brink of war October |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | 50 YEARS AGO--1962 $1200: We've had enough Shakespeare for one game; in 1962 this playwright's festival began at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario George Bernard Shaw |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | 50 YEARS AGO--1962 $1600: Passing away at 78 she was laid to rest beside her husband at Hyde Park Eleanor Roosevelt |
| #6384, aired 2012-05-24 | 50 YEARS AGO--1962 $2000: Katherine Anne Porter sailed up the bestsellers list with this top novel of 1962 Ship of Fools |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | "DAR" $800: The inner bull's eye is commonly worth 50 points in this game darts |
| #6379, aired 2012-05-17 | POLITICAL NICKNAMES $1200: A nearly 50-year congressman:
"Mr. Sam" Mr. Rayburn |
| #6375, aired 2012-05-11 | "B" WHERE? $1600: This nation is only about 50 miles from Florida the Bahamas |
| #6370, aired 2012-05-04 | HOW MANY YEARS? $1000: Sesquicentennial 150 |
| #6361, aired 2012-04-23 | BIG (& NOT-SO-BIG) BIRD $200: Adult gobblers of this bird type can have a wingspan of 4 feet & weigh 50 lbs.; some say they're tryptophan-tastic a turkey |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $200: Woonsocket is the sixth-largest city in this New England state Rhode Island |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $400: They don't come much squarer than this state Colorado |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $600: South Carolina's seal features this tree that has large fan-shaped leaves the palmetto |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Boise, ID.) Idaho's state capitol is the only one that gets its power from the heat within the earth--this type of renewable energy in which Idaho is a leader geothermal energy |
| #6359, aired 2012-04-19 | THE 50 STATES $1000: The Grand, at whose rapids a city sprang up, is this state's longest river Michigan |
| #6352, aired 2012-04-10 | SHAPELY WORDS & PHRASES $400: It's said that more than 50 ships & 20 planes have disappeared in this eerie region of the North Atlantic the Bermuda Triangle |
| #6342, aired 2012-03-27 | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS $3,000 (Daily Double): By having operations in both Libya & Liechtenstein, a corporation is entitled to be called this multinational |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $400: Appropriately, it has a huge state marine mammal: the bowhead whale Alaska |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $800: This state's natural land regions include the Klamath Mountains & the Columbia Plateau Oregon |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1200: Iowa's nickname the Hawkeye state is said to honor this Sauk chief who fought the U.S. in an 1832 war Black Hawk |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $1600: (Alex Trebek walks along a river with grass, a bridge and a building in the background.) I'm in Cumberland, in this state; this city of 20,000 has a long history as a vital transport hub; it was the site of the first national road & also the terminus of the C&O Canal, which goes all the way to Washington, D.C. Maryland |
| #6337, aired 2012-03-20 | THE 50 STATES $2000: Its 3 most recent governors: Jane Hull, Janet Napolitano, Jan Brewer Arizona |
| #6333, aired 2012-03-14 | A DAZZLING INTERNAL ORGAN SOLO $800: 2 healthy specimens of this organ filter wastes from about 50 gallons of blood daily the kidneys |
| #6330, aired 2012-03-09 | SALE $600: In 2008 Perrier-Jouet put on sale 100 limited-edition 12-bottle box sets of this for 50,000 euros (that's over $70,000) champagne |
| #6317, aired 2012-02-21 | TEACHER'S "PET" $1600: According to the American Kennel Club, the crime known by this single word was up 50% in 2011 petnapping |
| #6315, aired 2012-02-17 | BEAUTY & MAKEUP $400: Some of Neutrogena's Healthy Defense daily moisturizers have an SPF of 50, SPF standing for this sun protection factor |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $800: Now you're in a pickle with 501, 50 & 50 D-I-L-L |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $1600: Be nice & string together the letters for 100, 4, 1, 50 to get this word C-I-V-I-L |
| #6295, aired 2012-01-20 | SPELLING IT OUT IN ROMAN NUMERALS $2000: The letters for 1,001 followed by 50 give you this word, a unit of length equal to .001 inches M-I-L (a mil accepted) |
| #6293, aired 2012-01-18 | MISCELLAN"IUM" $400: Not just women but men over 50 also need at least 1,200 mg of this bone-building element daily calcium |
| #6289, aired 2012-01-12 | WORLD POTPOURRI $800: In 1999 50,000 people protested in Seattle against this international business group the World Trade Organization (WTO) |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | OFFICIAL BRITISH ROYAL POSTS $400: Each earning £3.50 a year in a ceremonial post, royal watermen play a part in any state occasion on this river the Thames |
| #6279, aired 2011-12-29 | KENTUCKY KERNELS $400: Half of a deadly feud, this family lived primarily in Kentucky; their rivals, in West Virginia the McCoys |
| #6259, aired 2011-12-01 | THE NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD HALL OF FAME $2000: She won the first Olympic women's marathon in 1984 & ran under 2:50 in the New York Marathon in 2009 Joan Benoit |
| #6258, aired 2011-11-30 | GREAT COMEBACKS WITH DAN PATRICK $200: (Dan Patrick reads the clue from his studio.) He was given less than a 50% chance of survival after a 1996 cancer diagnosis; 3 years later, he won the 1st of 7 straight Tour de France titles Lance Armstrong |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $600: In 1988 50-year-old Helen Thayer battled bears to become the first woman to travel solo to the magnetic this the North Pole |
| #6256, aired 2011-11-28 | THE MIDDLE AGES $1000: At the 1942 battle of El Alamein, 54-year-old Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery beat this "foxy" 50-year-old (Erwin) Rommel ("the Desert Fox") |
| #6254, aired 2011-11-24 | A FINE CATEGORY $200 (Daily Double): In 17th c. Virginia it cost you 50 pounds of tobacco to miss weekly attendance here church |
| #6253, aired 2011-11-23 | CHARACTER IN JAMES FENIMORE COOPER $2000: In the tale "The Pioneers", it's 1793 & this hunter named for his apparel has spent 50 years in the wilderness Leatherstocking |
| #6252, aired 2011-11-22 | 2011 NEWS $200: He fell out of the top 50 world golf rankings for the first time since 1996 Tiger Woods |
| #6246, aired 2011-11-14 | 4 STRAIGHT VOWELS $400: The largest one of these California conifers would yield more than 50,000 cubic feet of lumber sequoia |
| #6237, aired 2011-11-01 | DESIGNING WOMEN $800: In 2010 Oprah gave 50 brides-to-be wedding dresses by this designer, a guest on the show Vera Wang |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | TURNING 50 IN 2011 $200: Turns out Barbie, age 52, likes younger guys: this plastic man turned 50 on March 11 Ken |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | TURNING 50 IN 2011 $400: Born in Honolulu August 4, 1961, he was given the same Swahili name as his father; it means "blessed by God" Barack Obama |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | TURNING 50 IN 2011 $600: As it turns 50, this timeless movie is now available on Blu-ray Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | TURNING 50 IN 2011 $800: A 2011 stamp celebrates the 50th anniversary of his historic flight aboard the Mercury capsule Freedom 7 Alan Shepard |
| #6228, aired 2011-10-19 | TURNING 50 IN 2011 $1000: The logo of this conservation group founded in 1961 was based on a real animal named Chi-Chi the WWF (the World Wildlife Fund) |
| #6224, aired 2011-10-13 | THE 2011 TIME 100 $2,600 (Daily Double): Her "post is now one of the 50 most frequented web destinations... in Feb. it attracted more than 23 mil. unique visitors" (Arianna) Huffington |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $200: Ulysses S. Grant appears on this U.S. bill the $50 |
| #6221, aired 2011-10-10 | MONEY, MONEY, MONEY $1000: The 50,000-rial note of this Middle East country is seen here Iran |
| #6219, aired 2011-10-06 | LUCY $400: Drew Barrymore played the memory-impaired Lucy Whitmore in this romantic comedy with Adam Sandler 50 First Dates |
| #6218, aired 2011-10-05 | SPORTS VENUES $2,400 (Daily Double): In the beginning this team iced the puck at the Border Cities Arena in Windsor, Ontario; then for 50 years at Olympia Stadium the Detroit Red Wings |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $200: That's a Cuban soldier standing on a U.S. B-26 in the aftermath of this failed April 1961 operation the Bay of Pigs |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $600: The 23rd Amendment, giving these people the right to vote, was ratified March 29, 1961 citizens of Washington, D.C. |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $800: This Nazi captured in Argentina was sentenced to death in Jerusalem on December 15 Eichmann |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $1,000 (Daily Double): Peter Benenson's 1961 news article "The Forgotten Prisoners" is considered the birth of this organization Amnesty International |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | 50 YEARS AGO--1961 $1000: In April he orbited the Earth once Yuri Gagarin |
| #6211, aired 2011-09-26 | NOTIONS $2000: For a puberty ritual, a girl in Ghana wears kente cloth & may be adorned with 50 pounds of these beads |
| #6206, aired 2011-09-19 | FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS $800: Eric could use a new health plan; he's got a $50,000 this, the amount he pays out of pocket before insurance kicks in a deductible |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | TOSSED SALAD $600: 2010 marked 50 years of this device, which has revolutionized eye surgery & outdoor light shows the laser |
| #6202, aired 2011-07-26 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, NY.) Electron microscopes provide images with resolution measured in these units, also known as millimicrons, that are equal to about 1/50,000 the width of a human hair nanometers |
| #6167, aired 2011-06-07 | FUN WITH STATE NAMES $400: The one letter that does not appear in any of the 50 state names Q |
| #6163, aired 2011-06-01 | POP CULTURE $1600: This "Dynasty" star was 50 when she posed for what became Playboy's bestselling issue of 1983 Joan Collins |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | "BULL"-Y! $800: Hit the double this in the pub & you'll score 50 points bull's eye |
| #6162, aired 2011-05-31 | THE INCAS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Machu Picchu, Peru.) In 1500, it took over a week to cover the 50 miles on the Inca Trail, from here, the capital of the Incas, to the retreat of Machu Picchu Cuzco |
| #6157, aired 2011-05-24 | THE 1860s $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.) There was lots of partying in this city before & certainly after Lincoln was nominated for president there in 1860; here is a $321.50 bar tab for party officials that week Chicago |
| #6155, aired 2011-05-20 | BIBLICAL FORGIVENESS $400: An early instance of forgiveness is in Genesis 50, when this man forgives his many brothers who had wronged him Joseph |
| #6150, aired 2011-05-13 | HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU? $2000: To convert Celsius to Fahrenheit, multiply by 1.8 & add 32; if it's 50 Celsius, it's this Fahrenheit 122 |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | "NEW" IN THE BOOKSTORE $2000: First published in the late 17th Century, it was for 50 years the only elementary school textbook in the American colonies The New England Primer |
| #6142, aired 2011-05-03 | THE MALE CARES FOR THE YOUNG $1,000 (Daily Double): Several females will lay up to 50 eggs in the nest of a male of this large flightless S. Amer. bird & he'll incubate them a rhea |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | CORNERSTONES $1200: In June 1825, 50 years after the battle, Lafayette laid the the Bunker Hill monument |
| #6141, aired 2011-05-02 | POTPOURRI $1600: Alfalfa has a long one of these primary roots; on older plants it can go down 50 feet a taproot |
| #6125, aired 2011-04-08 | UP IN THE AIR $2000: From 30 to 50 miles up is this intermediate section of the atmosphere; it gets its name from the Greek for "middle" mesosphere |
| #6116, aired 2011-03-28 | THE U.S. BOARD ON GEOGRAPHIC NAMES $400: D'oh! The USBGN's website says it's a myth that there's a community named this in each of the 50 states--there's one in only 34 Springfield |
| #6110, aired 2011-03-18 | A BITTER / SWEET SYMPHONY $800: Plain, bitter or unsweetened this contains about 50% cocoa butter & if stored properly, will keep for years chocolate |
| #6107, aired 2011-03-15 | JULIUS CAESAR $3,000 (Daily Double): It took from 58 to 50 B.C., but Caesar decisively overcame this fractious French region Gaul |
| #6104, aired 2011-03-10 | ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Argonne National Lab in Chicago.) The reactor is doing a green chemistry trick invented at Argonne--it's using plastic bags to create these, cylinders 50,000 times thinner than a hair, to increase the surface area & the power of batteries a nanotube |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | MULTIPLY BY 5, DIVIDE BY 2, ADD 3 $2000: 50,000 125,003 |
| #6098, aired 2011-03-02 | FIRST THINGS FIRST $400: Issued in New Haven, Connecticut in 1878, the first one of these listed about 50 names & businesses a phone book |
| #6097, aired 2011-03-01 | THAT'S MY BUSINESS! $1600: I bus tables at Twin City Grill, one of the 50 restaurants in this Twin Cities shopping destination the Mall of America |
| #6093, aired 2011-02-23 | THE PLACE TO "B" $800: This city's ruins lie on the Euphrates River about 50 miles south of Baghdad Babylon |
| #6091, aired 2011-02-21 | IT BEGINS WITH "ME" $400: These usually glow at 50 to 75 miles above the Earth's surface meteors |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $200: "America's Dairyland", it produces about 1/4 of our nation's butter & cheese Wisconsin |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $400: To visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, you have to go to this state Ohio |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $600: This state's only public university is located in Laramie Wyoming |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $800: In September bring your appetite to Las Cruces in this state for the Whole Enchilada Fiesta New Mexico |
| #6089, aired 2011-02-17 | THE 50 STATES $1000: It's the only New England state that doesn't have a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean Vermont |
| #6088, aired 2011-02-16 | ONE BUCK OR LESS $600: In 2002 Eminem signed this rapper to a 7-figure deal, obviously worth a lot more than his name implies 50 Cent |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | HEDGEHOG-PODGE $800: There are about 50 species of the hedgehog type of this plant, so named for its spiny fruit cactus |
| #6081, aired 2011-02-07 | BIG WORLD $400: This largest island is 50 times the size of Denmark, the country to which it belongs Greenland |
| #6076, aired 2011-01-31 | MY MICHELLE $1600: She made the very first cover of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 1990 & then again in 1999 Michelle Pfeiffer |
| #6074, aired 2011-01-27 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $200: In 2004 the Stratocaster, one of these, turned 50 an electric guitar |
| #6066, aired 2011-01-17 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $200: A publisher bet him that he couldn't write a book using 50 or fewer words; the result was "Green Eggs and Ham" Dr. Seuss |
| #6062, aired 2011-01-11 | A SEEDY CATEGORY $400: Weighing up to 50 pounds the world's largest seed, as pictured here is the double variety of this palm fruit a coconut |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | TAKE A LETTER $600: This vowel appears most often in the 2-letter postal abbreviations of the 50 states A |
| #6058, aired 2011-01-05 | CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF $800: Some argue there are 46 states, not 50, as Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania & Massachusetts are all these Commonwealths |
| #6051, aired 2010-12-27 | PLAY PENNERS $4,000 (Daily Double): This Irishman wrote 5 novels but none was successful; the over 50 plays during his career turned out better George Bernard Shaw |
| #6050, aired 2010-12-24 | ANCIENT HISTORY $400: Around 50 A.D. the Aqua Claudia brought this to Rome after a journey of 46 miles water |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | CLEAN YOURSELF UP $200: A 1.2 -ounce bottle of its No.5 eau de parfum spray lists for $61.50 Chanel |
| #6047, aired 2010-12-21 | LYRICS OF NO. 1 HITS $1200: 1976: "You just slip out the back, Jack, make a new plan, Stan, you don't need to be coy, Roy, just get yourself free" "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $400: (Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue.)
"The best sports innovation in the last 50 years has got to be the addition of the 3-point play to basketball it opens up the whole court"
"Nope, sorry, it's actually the use of this immediate rebroadcasting of a game segment (for all us guys who missed it while we were in the bathroom)" instant replay |
| #6040, aired 2010-12-10 | THE GREATEST IN SPORTS WITH MIKE & MIKE $600: (Mike and Mike in the ESPN studio deliver the clue.)
"The greatest NBA player ever--it's got to be Michael Jordan with his 6 championships"
"No way, it's this superstar who scored more than 50 points in a game 118 times" Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain |
| #6039, aired 2010-12-09 | PRE-1929 U.S. PAPER CURRENCY $1,000 (Daily Double): For a brief time in the 1860s, this "Great Compromiser" appeared on the $50 U.S. note Henry Clay |
| #6038, aired 2010-12-08 | AMERICAN FADS $1200: Wham-O said that "new amazing Zectron" gave these 1960s bouncers "50,000 lbs. of compressed energy" Super Balls |
| #6031, aired 2010-11-29 | THE LILY $2000: Over 6 decades, this botanist developed more than 50 varieties of lilies as well as his famous potatoes Luther Burbank |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | ISLAMIC CULTURE $800: The spiritual center of Tunisia is Kairouan, "The City of 50" of these religious buildings mosques |
| #6028, aired 2010-11-24 | DWIGHT EISENHOWER $1000: From 1971 to 1978 Eisenhower's image graced the front of this U.S. coin the dollar |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | THE DREADED COUNTING CATEGORY $800: If Joe Biden counts senators to see if he has a quorum, he can stop after these 3 numbers 49, 50, 51 |
| #6024, aired 2010-11-18 | IT HAPPENED IN THE PAST $600: On March 3, 1873, amid pre-inaugural festivity, Congress quietly passed a law increasing these by 50%, retroactive 2 years salaries |
| #6004, aired 2010-10-21 | DYNO-"ITE" $200: One of the USA's most honored TV journalists, he was at CBS for more than 50 years Walter Cronkite |
| #5999, aired 2010-10-14 | OHIOANS $400: In 1941, 50 years affer his death, a military tank was named for this Lancaster, Ohio-born general Sherman |
| #5992, aired 2010-10-05 | FLEA $600: Each day adult fleas deposit up to 50 of these, soon to turn into larvae, on your pet eggs |
| #5990, aired 2010-10-01 | NFL RECORDS $200: This 49ers legend had a record 17 seasons with 50 or more receptions Jerry Rice |
| #5984, aired 2010-09-23 | MNEMONICS $1600: It helps to remember the notation for this system: "Lucy Can't Drink Milk" Roman numerals |
| #5983, aired 2010-09-22 | POPULAR POETS $400: In 1936 a Robert Frost collection sold 50,000 copies as a selection of this club the Book of the Month Club |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | THAT HURTS! $800: At the website for this product, you can get an M18L with a laser sight that shoots 2 barbs deploying 50,000 volts Taser |
| #5976, aired 2010-09-13 | ELEMENTAL CLUES $1600: Hf:
50%, OK? hafnium |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $400: No. 15:
This "Man in Black" performing "Hurt" by Nine Inch Nails; Trent Reznor said, "That song isn't mine anymore" Johnny Cash |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $800: No. 10:
"Stan" by this rapper; take note of the "bloodcurdling climax" Eminem |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $1200: No. 4:
"Hey Ya!" by this group; "a genre-humping blur of acoustic guitars... and Andre 3000's funktastic charm" OutKast |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $1600: No. 6:
"Seven Nation Army" by this band; "the greatest riff of the decade" The White Stripes |
| #5968, aired 2010-07-21 | ROLLING STONE'S 50 BEST SONGS OF THE DECADE $2000: No. 1:
"Crazy", by this band with Cee-Lo & Danger Mouse; "Every sucky band on Earth tried a lame cover" Gnarls Barkley |
| #5965, aired 2010-07-16 | "HY" FIVE $2000: Phillip Cagan defined this scary situation as consumer price increases of more than 50% a month hyperinflation |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | 50-POINT SCRABBLE WORDS $1200: Scrabble player, you've gotta have this flashy idea
IMKICGM gimmick |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | 50-POINT SCRABBLE WORDS $2,000 (Daily Double): To keep within boundaries, as with a prisoner, or to limit your remarks
NIFNCOE confine |
| #5964, aired 2010-07-15 | 50-POINT SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: Sweet plant that can be used to make molasses UOSHGRM sorghum |
| #5960, aired 2010-07-09 | THOUGHT FOR FOOD $1600: A New Jersey diner sold a 50-pound burger named for this home of ancient Greece's gods Olympus |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | EVEN MONEY $600: "Walking Liberty" preceded ol' Ben on the obverse of these U.S. coins the 50-cent piece |
| #5948, aired 2010-06-23 | GREAT "B"-GINNINGS $600: The publication The Hill also lists the 50 most this; No. 1 for 2009 was hunky New Mexico representative Martin Heinrich beautiful people |
| #5945, aired 2010-06-18 | HERE, KING! $1,000 (Daily Double): After ruling for 50 years, George I was assassinated on March 18, 1913 & Constantine I became king of this country Greece |
| #5939, aired 2010-06-10 | CLASSIC GAME COMING ATTRACTIONS $200: In a world where greed knows no bounds, $50 can get you out of jail or pay your insurance premium Monopoly |
| #5937, aired 2010-06-08 | LAKE POET-RY $1600: I hate to be a kicker, I don't want to start a fracas /
It's 50 miles from Tovar & 300 from Caracas Lake Maracaibo |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | DOLLARS & NONSENSE $200: The Alaskan island of Gravina, pop. 50, was to be one end of what was called this "to nowhere", price tag $320 million bridge to nowhere |
| #5913, aired 2010-05-05 | DOLLARS & NONSENSE $400: "Baby you're a rich man", but divorcing Heather Mills reportedly cost this musician $50 million Paul McCartney |
| #5912, aired 2010-05-04 | 50th ANNIVERSARIES $400: 50 years ago this trademarked material heard here started making opening packages a lot more fun Bubble Wrap |
| #5909, aired 2010-04-29 | TAKE IN ORDER $800: Nearly 50 years after their biggest hit, "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", this group was still performing it at concerts in 2009 The Tokens |
| #5905, aired 2010-04-23 | GEOGRAPHY "B" $1200: An airport in Missouri is named for Springfield & this city, home to more than 50 live theaters Branson |
| #5904, aired 2010-04-22 | PRIMARY COLORS $600: Formed in 1995, this fiscally conservative coalition of the Democratic Party has over 50 members--woof! the Blue Dogs |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | LITERARY AWARDS $200: For Civil War works, winners of an award from Gettysburg College receive $50,000 & a bust of him Lincoln |
| #5902, aired 2010-04-20 | 2009 MLB RECAP $400: Shortly after coming back from a 50-game suspension, this Dodger hit a pinch-hit grand slam to beat the Reds Manny Ramirez |
| #5897, aired 2010-04-13 | PLAY FASTER! $400: Largo is a slow tempo of around 50 bpm, which is short for these beats per minute |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | WHERE'S THAT DARN TRAIN? $600: The original 50-day repair estimate has been exceeded by 50%, so it's been in the repair yard this long now 75 days |
| #5892, aired 2010-04-06 | FUN AT THE BALLPARK $800: This peach of a Detroit Tiger was fined $50 in 1912 for going into the stands after a fan who insulted him (Ty) Cobb |
| #5885, aired 2010-03-26 | LOGOS $200: For just $50, this shoe company purchased the photo of the soft-eyed basset hound that would become its logo Hush Puppies |
| #5880, aired 2010-03-19 | BUGS BUNNY $800: He voiced Bugs in almost 200 cartoons over a 50-year period Mel Blanc |
| #5876, aired 2010-03-15 | THE CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the California Highway Patrol Academy in Sacramento, CA.) The Breathalyzer will test to see if I'm over this blood alcohol content; its enactment as the limit in all 50 states has saved many lives .08 |
| #5874, aired 2010-03-11 | BIBLICAL MEGADEATHS $1200: The Lord himself slew 50,070 "raiders" of Beth Shemesh for looking into this holy object the Ark of the Covenant |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | ...DIES BY THE "S" WORD $800: Of the 1500 species of these arachnids with curved tails & venomous stingers, only 50 are dangerous to humans scorpions |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | WEIRD SCIENCE $600: The return stroke for this weather event takes about 100 microseconds & its temperature is around 50,000 degrees lightning |
| #5853, aired 2010-02-10 | NONFICTION $1600: Christopher McDougall tells of training for a 50-mile race in this book that shares its title with a Springsteen song Born to Run |
| #5845, aired 2010-01-29 | ANIMAL YOUTH $200: Baby blue whales are about 7 months old & 50 feet long when this process that ends suckling takes place weaning |
| #5838, aired 2010-01-20 | FOR GOOD MEASURE $1200: It was made of gopher wood & measured 50 cubits wide the Ark |
| #5832, aired 2010-01-12 | ON THE MONEY $600: This man with a strong military background gazes out from the front of the $50 bill (Ulysses) Grant |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $200: This president has been on the front of the half dollar since 1964 Kennedy |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $400: This cracked object adorned the back of the 50-cent piece until 1963 the Liberty Bell |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $600: Since 1794 this creature on the back of several versions has undergone 5 different major changes an eagle |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $800: The USA's 1965 coinage act reduced the amount of this metal in half dollars from 90% to 40% silver |
| #5827, aired 2010-01-05 | 50 CENT $1000: This statesman graced the 50-cent piece for 15 years beginning in 1948 Ben Franklin |
| #5825, aired 2010-01-01 | IDEAS FOR TOURISM CAMPAIGNS $400: Keflavik & Grindavik call to you, & we'll throw in a 50/50 shot at seeing Bjork somewhere Iceland |
| #5823, aired 2009-12-30 | WELCOME TO OUR FINE HOTEL $1600: Our pool is literally Olympic sized--this many meters long 50 meters |
| #5821, aired 2009-12-28 | IBM $2000: It's the last name of father & son Thomas Sr. & Jr., who led IBM for more than 50 years Watson |
| #5818, aired 2009-12-23 | A RICH STEW $800: In 2009 Gordon Brown created a 50% one of these in Britain; still better than the '70s, when there was an 83% one a tax bracket |
| #5815, aired 2009-12-18 | "BY" NOW $1000: Now almost 50, Conrad & his fans were back on Broadway in 2009 in a revival of this musical Bye Bye Birdie |
| #5812, aired 2009-12-15 | DOUBLE DOUBLE LETTERS $400: In the arena form of this sport, the field is only 50 yards long football |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | INSIDE A B-17 $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a B-17.) Because of its heavy defensive armament, including .50 caliber machine guns, the B-17 was dubbed the "Flying" this; Nazi propaganda tried to change that to "Flying Coffin" Fortress |
| #5807, aired 2009-12-08 | AN ARTHUR BEE $1000: For 50 seasons this Boston-born man was director of the Boston Pops Arthur Fiedler |
| #5796, aired 2009-11-23 | FRUIT $800: More than 50 medications are affected by the juice of this citrus fruit; its enzymes break down the meds grapefruit |
| #5772, aired 2009-10-20 | APPAREL "L" $1000: These weren't just for a lord of the jungle; in Ancient Egypt, Amenhotep's chief architect was buried with 50 loincloths |
| #5769, aired 2009-10-15 | TV SOLE DADS $1200: The movie "Tin Men" said this classic TV Western was about "a 50-year-old father with three 47-year-old sons" Bonanza |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | SPORTS SHORTS 2009 $200: 50-1 underdog Mine That Bird stunned the world by winning this race by more than 6 lengths the Kentucky Derby |
| #5768, aired 2009-10-14 | IN THE MILITARY? $400: It costs $50 for a 1-day pass to this American airlines "club" lounge the Admiral's Club |
| #5761, aired 2009-10-05 | ITALIAN COMPOSERS $800: Gianandrea Gavazzeni was best known for his nearly 50 years of conducting at this opera house in Milan La Scala |
| #5749, aired 2009-09-17 | IN THE BOOKSTORE $10,000 (Daily Double): He wrote books on fishing & hunting, & you might also enjoy his classic "A Farewell to Arms" Hemingway |
| #5747, aired 2009-09-15 | THE FORBES 2009 BILLIONAIRES LIST $2000: Ingvar Kamprad, who opened the first of these stores 50 years ago, was No. 5 IKEA |
| #5723, aired 2009-06-24 | FOLSOM PRISON BLUES $400: Folsom Prison is about 20 miles from this state capital on Highway 50; don't pick up any hitchhikers! Sacramento |
| #5716, aired 2009-06-15 | MONEY & FINANCE $400: In Civil War times, the U.S. had to print 3-cent & 50-cent bills; these were being hoarded for their intrinsic value coins |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | IN FLORIDA $400: This "river of grass" in southern Florida is up to 50 miles wide & generally less than a foot deep the Everglades |
| #5712, aired 2009-06-09 | SCIENCE GLOSSARY $1200: The time it takes for 50% of a given amount of a radioactive element to decay half-life |
| #5707, aired 2009-06-02 | IN THE YEAR 2000 $800: The Kuomintang lost the presidency of this country for the first time in 50 years Taiwan |
| #5705, aired 2009-05-29 | FUN WITH NUMBERS $800: In Spanish, cincuenta is this number 50 |
| #5694, aired 2009-05-14 | POP GOES THE CATEGORY $1000: Born Curtis Jackson, this rap superstar took his stage name from an armed robber he knew in Brooklyn 50 Cent |
| #5692, aired 2009-05-12 | KICKIN' IT OLD SCHOOL $200: This university 50 miles west of London dates back to the 12th century Oxford |
| #5691, aired 2009-05-11 | THE 21st CENTURY WITH CNN $1000: (I'm Campbell Brown.) The Democrats have adopted a 50-state strategy at the instigation of this DNC chairman & former presidential contender Howard Dean |
| #5676, aired 2009-04-20 | BEHIND THE SEUSS-IC $400: An editor bet that Seuss (would not) could not write a book using 50 words or less; the result was this story Green Eggs and Ham |
| #5675, aired 2009-04-17 | IT'S NOT SO $600: In the early 20th century, Mary Mallon infected about 50 people, not thousands, with this disease typhoid |
| #5673, aired 2009-04-15 | MOVIES ANY TIME $200: Glenn Ford played Ben Wade in this 1957 film; 50 years later Russell Crowe took the part 3:10 to Yuma |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | 2027: THE YEAR IN ENTERTAINMENT $800: She won an Oscar as the Queen in "Shakespeare in Love"; now she wins a Grammy for her CD of 50 Cent rap covers Dame Judi Dench |
| #5666, aired 2009-04-06 | TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE $400: The number of U.S. colonies of Apis mellifera, this type of bee, declined by about 50% from 1945 to 2005 honeybees |
| #5661, aired 2009-03-30 | 1980s MOVIE CHARACTERS $1600: In this 1989 movie Burt Lancaster says, "No one's called me Moonlight Graham in 50 years" Field of Dreams |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $800: This country's $50 bill features William Lyon Mackenzie King, its longest-serving prime minister Canada |
| #5655, aired 2009-03-20 | FOREIGN EXCHANGE $2000: In 1999 Denmark honored this author of "Out of Africa" by featuring her on the 50-kroner bill (Isak) Dinesen |
| #5651, aired 2009-03-16 | ANIMATED MOVIE PLOTS $1600: 50-foot-tall, metal-eating, talking robot befriends boy in this 1999 film Iron Giant |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 50 YEARS OF BARBIE $200: First names of the 2 celebrity dolls in the Barbie collector series seen here Elvis & Priscilla |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 50 YEARS OF BARBIE $400: Barbie's last name, which may remind you of another "pretty woman" Roberts |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 50 YEARS OF BARBIE $600: Depicted here, Barbie first ran for president in this year; is she inside that lockbox Gore was talking about? 2000 |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 50 YEARS OF BARBIE $800: Ahoy! She's Barbie's sister introduced in 1964 Skipper |
| #5646, aired 2009-03-09 | 50 YEARS OF BARBIE $1000: This creator of Barbie is seen here with her daughter & inspiration Barbara Ruth Handler |
| #5645, aired 2009-03-06 | RULE BRITANNIA $200: In 2002 she celebrated 50 years on the throne Elizabeth II |
| #5638, aired 2009-02-25 | SAMUEL JOHNSON $800: Samuel was proud of compiling one of these on his own in 9 years, a task that took the French Academy 50 a dictionary |
| #5637, aired 2009-02-24 | HAVE A HEART WITH DR. OZ $1600: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue from his office, with some product placement on his desk.) This severe constricting pain in the chest is a symptom of coronary artery disease, but 50% of heart attack patients never experience it an angina |
| #5635, aired 2009-02-20 | PAUL NEWMAN $200: Paul married this woman, his frequent co-star, in 1958; they stayed together until his death 50 years later Joanne Woodward |
| #5634, aired 2009-02-19 | PRO FOOTBALL $1600: In his career he had a record 22,895 yards receiving, about 50% more than runner-up Tim Brown Jerry Rice |
| #5632, aired 2009-02-17 | FOR GEOGRAPHIC VIOLENCE $1600: In March 1954 it was 50,000 Viet Minh vs. 13,000 French soldiers at the base built around this 3-word village Dien Bien Phu |
| #5631, aired 2009-02-16 | TCM WITH ROBERT OSBORNE $400: (Turner Classic Movies's Robert Osborne gives the clue.) Called "Selznick's Folly", this 1939 Oscar winner cost an unprecedented $4 million to produce, had multiple directors, 50 speaking roles & 2,400 extras Gone with the Wind |
| #5628, aired 2009-02-11 | THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND $200: Enlargement of this walnut-size gland found only in males is common in men over 50 the prostate |
| #5622, aired 2009-02-03 | IT'S AN L.A. THING $400: Originally the letters in this landmark were 30 feet wide & 50 feet tall, & had 4,000 20-watt light bulbs the Hollywood sign |
| #5621, aired 2009-02-02 | SKY HIGH $1000: 50 Biscayne Blvd.
(54 stories) Miami |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $200: 59 in 1921
(with the New York Yankees) (Babe) Ruth |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $400: 61 in 1961
(with the New York Yankees) (Roger) Maris |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $600: 64 in 2001
(with the Chicago Cubs) (Sammy) Sosa |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $800: 52 in 1965
(with the San Francisco Giants) (Willie) Mays |
| #5615, aired 2009-01-23 | 50+ HOME RUNS $1000: 56 in 1997
(with the Seattle Mariners) Ken Griffey, Jr. |
| #5614, aired 2009-01-22 | HALF-LIFE $400: Injured athletes don't say they're at half strength, they say things like "the knee's at about" this much 50 percent |
| #5611, aired 2009-01-19 | HISTORIC NAMES $2000: After becoming Surveyor General of Works, he made or authorized designs for more than 50 London churches (Christopher) Wren |
| #5601, aired 2009-01-05 | YOU: BEING BEAUTIFUL $1000: (Dr. Oz presents.) As many as 1 American in 50 may be unrealistically dissatisfied with their bodies called body dysmorphic disorder; it's a form of this--OCD for short obsessive-compulsive disorder |
| #5590, aired 2008-12-19 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE $600: I fathom you can fathom that 50 fathoms is this many feet 300 |
| #5586, aired 2008-12-15 | COUNTRY TIME $1,600 (Daily Double): In a 1948-49 war, this Middle Eastern country increased the territory it controlled by about 50% Israel |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $200: This state has only 5 counties, with Providence the largest in area Rhode Island |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $400: This Sunflower State's unofficial nicknames include "Midway, U.S.A." & "Breadbasket of America" Kansas |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $600: In 1871 the first major league pro baseball game was played in Fort Wayne in this state Indiana |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $800: Mount Mansfield, about 30 miles east of Lake Champlain, is this state's highest point Vermont |
| #5584, aired 2008-12-11 | THE 50 STATES $1000: A special interest license plate for Maryland urges us to "Treasure" this bay the Chesapeake |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | STELLAR! $1000: The veil one of these in Cygnus is the remnant of a star that may have exploded 50,000 years ago a nebula |
| #5565, aired 2008-11-14 | POSE-POURRI $1200: Tyson isn't fowl: a co-host of "Make Me A Supermodel", he's been one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People Tyson Beckford |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | IT'S GETTING WINDY $800: NOAA forecasts include wind speeds like 25-30 mph "with" these sudden bursts of wind "up to 50" gusts |
| #5560, aired 2008-11-07 | IT'S GETTING WINDY $1600: The hot "khamsin" blows about 50 days a year & gets its name from the word for 50 in this language Arabic |
| #5556, aired 2008-11-03 | FACTS & FIGURES $400: Truck drivers are 50% more likely to die of heart disease; exhaust from this type of fuel appears to be the culprit diesel |
| #5543, aired 2008-10-15 | GEOLOGY $800: This continent has turned almost 360 degrees over the past 200 million years & in 50 mil. years more will hit Asia Australia |
| #5542, aired 2008-10-14 | FOR "ME" $1000: A value below which 50% of subjects fall, or a strip down the middle of the road the median |
| #5541, aired 2008-10-13 | A PASSAGE TO INDIA $1200: Mother Teresa tended to the sick & dying in the slums of this city for about 50 years, dying there herself in 1997 Calcutta (or Kolkata) |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50 $200: No. 1, $127.9 mil.:
He's made "close to $800 million in total earnings on and off the course over his 13-year career" Tiger Woods |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50 $400: No. 5, with nearly $35.5 million:
This Laker, fresh off his first MVP award Kobe Bryant |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50 $600: No. 7:
If this Yankee 3B plays out his contract, "he'll have earned $445 million in base salary alone" Alex Rodriguez |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50 $800: No. 32, $18 mil.:
This Patriots QB, dater of supermodels & winner of Super Bowls Tom Brady |
| #5538, aired 2008-10-08 | THE 2008 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FORTUNATE 50 $1000: No. 11, $27.2 mil.:
Driving in circles is a wealthy pursuit for this NASCAR driver of the 88 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. |
| #5529, aired 2008-09-25 | IN THE VALLEY OF ELI $200: In 1802 South Carolina agreed to pay this inventor's company $50,000 for patent rights to the cotton gin Eli Whitney |
| #5516, aired 2008-09-08 | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL $400: In the 1960s only 3 men exceeded 50 home runs in a season: Maris & Mantle in 1961 & this S.F. Giant in 1965 (Willie) Mays |
| #5515, aired 2008-07-25 | DINOSAURS $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the American Museum of Natural History in New York.) The famous 50-foot in the American Museum of Natural History is a dinosaur whose name comes from the Greek for "weight", as in an atmospheric meter a Barosaurus |
| #5513, aired 2008-07-23 | GEOLOGY $800: This radioactive isotope is used to date rocks from 100 to 50,000 years old carbon-14 |
| #5510, aired 2008-07-18 | STATES' HIGHEST POINTS $1,600 (Daily Double): Boundary Peak, about 50 miles east of Yosemite National Park Nevada |
| #5505, aired 2008-07-11 | ORGANIZATIONS $400: Bill Novelli is the CEO of this organization for those 50 & older AARP |
| #5501, aired 2008-07-07 | WAR $800: "50 million Frenchmen can't be wrong" became a popular saying with soldiers during this war World War I |
| #5498, aired 2008-07-02 | MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU $800: Made up of Wisc. & Indiana men, the black felt-hatted Iron Brigade lost more than 50% of its men during this war the Civil War |
| #5497, aired 2008-07-01 | BOOKS & AUTHORS $1600: He wrote his stories about Bertie Wooster & his manservant Jeeves over a period of about 50 years P.G. Wodehouse |
| #5493, aired 2008-06-25 | MERLIN'S INBOX $200: There's a bill in Merlin's inbox from the carpenter for this piece of furniture that seats 50 the Round Table |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $200: In 2007 this Patriots QB from Michigan threw a single-season record 50 TD passes Tom Brady |
| #5489, aired 2008-06-19 | OF A MAN NAMED BRADY $400: In 2007 this Browns QB from Notre Dame did not throw 50 TD passes Brady Quinn |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $400: The capital of this state is named for General Francis Nash Tennessee |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $1200: The Courant in this state's capital has been published since 1764 Connecticut |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $1600: It's "The Yellowhammer State" Alabama |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $2,000 (Daily Double): These mountains rise in the background of Nebraska's state seal the Rockies |
| #5484, aired 2008-06-12 | THE 50 STATES $2000: New Hampshire's state seal depicts the Revolutionary War frigate Raleigh, which was built in this port Portsmouth |
| #5483, aired 2008-06-11 | ANIMALS $2000: One variety of the white-tailed species of this lives in the Florida Keys & weighs only 50 to 75 pounds a deer |
| #5482, aired 2008-06-10 | ENGLISH LITERATURE $400: After slaying Grendel, the title character of this epic poem becomes King of the Geats & rules for 50 years Beowulf |
| #5477, aired 2008-06-03 | THE "IZ" HAVE IT $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the lab.) After doing this to a needle by rubbing it 50 times on both ends, when movement stops it should always point North & South magnetize |
| #5473, aired 2008-05-28 | THE THUNDERBIRDS $800: (Sarah reports from the rear seat of a jet.) We won't go there today, but the Thunderbirds can reach ceilings of about 50,000 feet & fly 1500 miles per hour, roughly 2 on this scale Mach |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | STATE FACTS $200: Only 3 cities in this state have more than 50,000 people--Billings, Missoula & Great Falls Montana |
| #5465, aired 2008-05-16 | HAPPY MADISON $800: (Adam delivers the clue again.) Drew Barrymore has problems remembering the name of this 2004 movie we starred in that's set in Hawaii 50 First Dates |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | THE NEW YORK TIMES TECH BIZ $1600: The Times reported Best Buy is giving $50 gift cards to buyers of this format that is on the losing end of the video battle HD-DVD |
| #5463, aired 2008-05-14 | BREWERS, BUCKS & PACKERS $2000: "Royal" first name of Mr. Fielder, who hit 50 HRs for the Brewers in 2007; his first name is this, & he is funky" Prince |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | SENIOR YEAR $1600: When his son Robert E. Lee was born, this Revolutionary War hero was more than 50 years old Henry Lee |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | POP CULTURE $200: Bend that beard like him: Gillette gave this athlete a $50,000 diamond-encrusted razor for Father's Day David Beckham |
| #5453, aired 2008-04-30 | WILL...OF...FORTUNE! $200: This newspaper guy's estate south of San Francisco boasted 50 miles of ocean frontage & a 1,665-square-foot indoor pool Hearst |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | WOMEN IN SPORTS $600: On ESPN's list of the 50 top athletes of the 20th century, this woman is the highest-ranked female (Babe Didrikson) Zaharias |
| #5450, aired 2008-04-25 | THE ANDYS $1600: In 1868 this Scot said of his $50,000 a yr., "Beyond this never earn... spend the surplus... for benevolent purposes" Carnegie |
| #5446, aired 2008-04-21 | TIME FOR LEFTOVERS $1000: A quindecennial happens every this many years 15 |
| #5443, aired 2008-04-16 | MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS $400: In 1999 Ford snatched up the auto unit of this company for 50 billion kronor Volvo |
| #5431, aired 2008-03-31 | GENERAL INFORMATION $800: This "old soldier" was a general at age 38; in 1930 at age 50, he was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army MacArthur |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | WE PREDICT THE FUTURE! $200: On Jan. 20, 2009 this man will lose his $400,000-a-year (plus 50 grand in expenses) federal government job George W. Bush |
| #5420, aired 2008-03-14 | 1960s SPORTS LEGENDS $400: The most points an NFL player has scored in a game in the last 50 years is 36 by this Bears halfback on Dec. 12, 1965 Gale Sayers |
| #5407, aired 2008-02-26 | MADE TO MEASURE $400: Of about 30, 50 or 100 inches a year, the Earth's average annual amount of precipitation 30 |
| #5404, aired 2008-02-21 | THE OLYMPICS $600: The longest race in the Summer Olympics is a walk of 50 of these metric units kilometers |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | WORLD WAR II IN EUROPE $1,500 (Daily Double): Sgt. Yakov Pavlov & a dozen Russian soldiers held out for more than 50 days in the center of this city in 1942 & never lost it Stalingrad |
| #5375, aired 2008-01-11 | STATE THE GOVERNOR $400: "Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 mil. But I was just as happy when I had $48 mil.", said the Gov. of this state California |
| #5360, aired 2007-12-21 | FROM A TO E $400: Many of the more than 50,000 members of this Indian group live in Arizona & New Mexico the Apache |
| #5358, aired 2007-12-19 | LITERATURE $800: Of 50, 200 or 500, the one closest to the number of characters in "War and Peace" 500 |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY $1000: Named after its inventor, a large one of these coils can wirelessly power lights 50 feet away a Tesla coil |
| #5345, aired 2007-11-30 | STATES OF THE UNION $600: These 2 states have the shortest coasts on the Gulf of Mexico, only about 50 miles apiece Alabama & Mississippi |
| #5344, aired 2007-11-29 | PULP NURSERY RHYME $800: She was desperate. I said for $50 a day, plus expenses, I'd track down her sheep, even if she didn't know where to find 'em Little Bo Peep |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | MAGAZINES $200: The magazine published by this organization for those 50 & over has the world's largest circulation the AARP |
| #5316, aired 2007-10-22 | FAMOUS HUMANITARIANS $800: This Scottish-American steel magnate once gave Marie Curie a $50,000 grant to aid her radium research (Andrew) Carnegie |
| #5310, aired 2007-10-12 | GOOD SPORTS $800: Now with Miami, at age 24, this 7'1", 325-lb. guy was the youngest man on the NBA's "50 Greatest Players" list Shaquille O'Neal |
| #5304, aired 2007-10-04 | STORMY WEATHER $400: In March 1888 one of these blinding snowstorms struck the East Coast, creating 40-to-50-foot snowdrifts blizzard |
| #5303, aired 2007-10-03 | FUN WITH PROBABILITY $1600: Offspring of heterozygous parents have a 50-50 chance of getting a dominant vs. this type of allele recessive |
| #5273, aired 2007-07-11 | GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT $800: The Aare is a tributary of the Rhine; this organization for people 50 & older has "the power to make it better" the AARP |
| #5272, aired 2007-07-10 | CONTINENTAL DRIFTING $800: Of 20, 30 or 50%, the percentage of the Earth's land Asia occupies as the world's largest continent 30% |
| #5270, aired 2007-07-06 | "N" THE ATLAS $400: The exorticata species of fuscia native to this Southern Hemisphere island can reach up to 50 feet high New Zealand |
| #5268, aired 2007-07-04 | MAKES THE HEART $2000: The Amer. Heart Assoc. defines bradycardia as a heart rate of fewer than this many beats per minute 60 |
| #5243, aired 2007-05-30 | CALL OUT THE VOICE SQUAD $600: The voice of Daffy Duck (for the first 50 years) Mel Blanc |
| #5241, aired 2007-05-28 | TOGO A GO-GO $2000: About 50% of the Togolese practice native African religions; next is this faith at about 30% Roman Catholic (or Christianity) |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | DWELLING ON THE PAST $400: In 1794 this naval hero gave his right eye for Britain; 3 years later, his ability to wave goodbye decreased by 50% Admiral Horatio Nelson |
| #5234, aired 2007-05-17 | DWELLING ON THE PAST $600: You have the impudence to know Caesar waged war against this 4-letter region from 58 to 50 B.C.? Gaul |
| #5231, aired 2007-05-14 | A DREW BARRYMORE FILM FESTIVAL $400: (Drew delivers the clue.) In my new movie "Music and Lyrics", Hugh Grant plays my love interest; in "50 First Dates" & "The Wedding Singer", I was paired up with this funny actor Adam Sandler |
| #5211, aired 2007-04-16 | CHICKS RULE! $400: Wu Hao was Empress of this nation for 50 years in the 7th & 8th centuries China |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | MONEY TALK $800: In 1848 the Philadelphia mint turned out 1,389 $2.50 pieces marked to show the gold came from this state California |
| #5206, aired 2007-04-09 | 10 DOWNING STREET $800: In 2002 an elaborate dinner party was held at No. 10 to celebrate this many year's reign by Elizabeth II 50 years |
| #5196, aired 2007-03-26 | WORLD CAPITALS $800: Frankly, my dear, this Syrian capital is only about 50 miles from Beirut Damascus |
| #5187, aired 2007-03-13 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $200: Over 50 years after nursing soldiers in the Crimea, she became the first woman awarded the Brit. Order of Merit Florence Nightingale |
| #5186, aired 2007-03-12 | SCIENCE $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reading points to a fly's eye on the monitor.) An insect's compound eye can detect 300 flashes of light per second compared to a human's 50, using thousands of tiny lenses known as these, as in a diamond a facet |
| #5182, aired 2007-03-06 | CONSUMER REPORTS $2,000 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew strolls through the Consumer Reports stroller testing lab in Yonkers, NY.) At Consumer Reports, strollers take 50,000 bumpy rolls to test durability; then plastic gets checked for this weakness in material resulting from stress, from the French for "tire" fatigue |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MATH PROBLEMS $200: If one bus can hold 50 tourists, then at least this many buses are needed for 210 tourists 5 |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MATH PROBLEMS $600: To pay $200 in rent, a worker getting 50 cents per bucket of tomatoes must pick this many buckets 400 |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MATH PROBLEMS $800: A $2, 3-piece carton contains 1 breast & 2 legs; if breasts cost twice as much as legs, this is the price of 1 leg 50 cents |
| #5177, aired 2007-02-27 | DOUBLE "Z" $400: Meteorologically speaking, it's a very light rain in which the droplets are less than 1/50" in diameter a drizzle |
| #5165, aired 2007-02-09 | THE GOOD EARTH $400: Of 10%, 50% or 80%, the portion of an iceberg that floats above the water 10% |
| #5158, aired 2007-01-31 | ERIC IS SO TALENTED $800: Though his name sounds like he doesn't work much, this man has been in more than 50 films & TV shows Eric Idle |
| #5157, aired 2007-01-30 | THE MIDDAY SUN $2,000 (Daily Double): At noon on this date each year, Army posts across the U.S. fire off 50 cannon rounds, one for each state Independence Day |
| #5145, aired 2007-01-12 | 'HUSKER DO $1000: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Omaha, NE.) I'm in a replica of the Omaha grocery a man with this last name started running in 1915; 50 years later, his grandson started running an investment business called Berkshire Hathaway Buffett |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | SPORTS BARRIERS $200: In 1920 he became the first Major-League player to exceed 30, 40 & 50 home runs in a season Babe Ruth |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK $1,000 (Daily Double): (Jon of the Clue Crew reads from Grand Teton National Park.) In the 1890s, the toll was 50 cents per wagon & 25 cents for a horse & rider to cross this twisty river of the Grand Tetons the Snake River |
| #5129, aired 2006-12-21 | "E"-MALE $400: Dan Marino, Brett Favre & this Denver Bronco are the only NFL quarterbacks to pass for more than 50,000 yards John Elway |
| #5128, aired 2006-12-20 | MC J-GIL IN DA HIZZ-OUSE (FEAT. DJ T-BEK) $800: (Alex: This artist is pure money...)
"My flow, my show brought me the dough that bought me all my fancy things, my crib, my cars..." 50 Cent |
| #5122, aired 2006-12-12 | THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY $800: Nickname of Ms. Mallon, who infected at least 50 people with a certain disease between 1900 & 1915; 3 died Typhoid Mary |
| #5113, aired 2006-11-29 | DOCTOR! $1200: This physician & author has been called "the man who reared 50 million kids" (Dr.) Spock |
| #5101, aired 2006-11-13 | SNAKES ON A GAME $600: Each year in India, up to 50,000 people are killed by kraits & these "hooded" snakes a cobra |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | GEOGRAPHIC GLOSSARY $2,500 (Daily Double): Chadds this, Pennsylvania was originally a place to cross the Brandywine Ford |
| #5086, aired 2006-10-23 | THE CANARY $200: The 50-story Canary Wharf Tower on the Thames River is this capital city's tallest building London |
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Rachel Dratch, an actor, writer, and podcast host originally from Lexington, Massachusetts
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinalist: $50,000 for City Harvest.
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
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2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 6-time champion:...
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Heather McMahan, an actor and comedienne originally from Atlanta, Georgia
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinalist: $50,000 for City of Refuge.
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Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida
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2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 6-time champion:...
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Jackson Jones, a junior at Vanderbilt University from Louisville, Kentucky
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"He was a semifinalist in the 2019 Teen Tournament as a...
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Ryan Presler, a senior at Brandon Valley High School from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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"He was only in 8th grade when he became a finalist...
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Gavin Borchert, a writer and editor from Seattle, Washington
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Season 33 3-time champion: $50,200 + $2,000.
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Liz McCarthy, a communications executive from South Orange, New Jersey
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Season 34 player (2018-03-08). Liz\'s mother won about $50,000 on Tic-Tac-Dough...
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William Scott, a freshman at Tufts University from Los Altos, California
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2018 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
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Daniel Black, a bellman from Las Vegas, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-03-22). Husband of Season 32 player Robin Heck....
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Seth Wilson, a Ph.D. candidate and adjunct professor from Nacogdoches, Texas
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2019 All-Star Games member of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share of...
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Meggie Kwait, a middle school humanities teacher from New York, New York
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2020 Teachers Tournament 1st runner up: $50,000.
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Heather Hurley, a civil servant from Arlington, Virginia
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Season 33 player (2017-06-27). Heather won $60,000 on The Chase on...
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Francois Barcomb, an 11th grade physics teacher from New Paltz, New York
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2019 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. 2019 Teachers Tournament winner:...
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Conor Quinn, a high school world history teacher from Albany, New York
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2019 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000. At the time of the...
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Tom Zulewski, a sports writer and author from Washington, Utah
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Season 39 player (2023-07-07). Tom won $1,500 on Let\'s Make a...
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Jesse Matheny, a customer success specialist originally from Huntington, Indiana
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2024 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 1-time champion: $2,600...
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Jesse Matheny, a customer success implementation manager originally from Huntington, Indiana
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2024 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000.
Season 39 1-time champion: $2,600 + $1,000.
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John Genova, a court reporting student from North Hollywood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1985 Tournament...
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Lucy Ricketts, an illustrator originally from Atlanta, Georgia
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2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $79,499...
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Sam Stapleton, a college consultant from Los Gatos, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000
Season 37 2-time champion: $50,301 + $2,000.
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Joel Kim Booster, a comedian from Chicago, Illinois
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"A comedian from Chicago, his movie Fire Island, which he wrote,...
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Sam Stapleton, a college consultant from Los Gatos, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard 2nd runner-up: $25,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $50,301 + $2,000.
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Lucy Ricketts, a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia
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2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 37 3-time champion: $79,499...
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Mira Sorvino, an actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador born in New York, raised in New Jersey
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinalist: $50,000 for the UN Trust Fund...
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Utkarsh Ambudkar, an actor originally from Baltimore, Maryland
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2023 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! semifinalist: $50,000 for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation supporting...
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Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, Oregon
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2021 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
Season 36 4-time champion: $89,001 + $1,000.
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Rex Schultz, a trial lawyer from Baltimore, Maryland
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Season 3 2-time champion: $19,800. Rex won about $80,000 on Tic...
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Lori Kissell, a high school Latin teacher from Fredericksburg, Virginia
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"She loves everything about Latin and shares that love with her...
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Lynn Q. Yu, a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
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Season 36 player (2020-03-06). Lynn won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Andy Tirrell, a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California
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2024 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 1-time champion: $15,399...
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Andy Tirrell, a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California
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2024 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 39 1-time champion: $15,399...
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Rich Reddick, a graduate student originally from Austin, Texas
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Season 19 1-time champion: $14,450 + $1,000. Won $50,000 on Who...
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Linda Roberts, a registered nurse from Houston, Texas
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1995 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 12 4-time champion: $50,404...
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Tom Philipose, a writing professor from Forest Hills, New York
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2022 Second Chance semifinalist: $2,000. Season 38 player (2022-06-02). Tom won...
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John Michael Higgins, an actor from Boston, Massachusetts
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"An actor from Boston, Massachusetts, since 2018, he's hosted the popular...
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Paula Massengale, a bookkeeper from San Antonio, Texas
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Season 6 4-time champion: $50,901. In all of Paula\'s games, the...
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Kristin Morgan, a strategic analyst for NASA from Huntsville, Alabama
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2013 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $69,098 + $2,000.
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Liz Feltner, a senior at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts
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2022 National College Championship 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Liz was majoring in...
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Jamie Logan, a writer and consultant from Augusta, Maine
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $50,200 + $2,000.
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Jamie Logan, a freelancer from Augusta, Maine
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2023 Champions Wildcard quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $50,200 + $2,000.
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Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany
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2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 37 2-time champion: $41,400...
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Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer from Washington, D.C.
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2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000. Season 37 2-time champion: $41,400...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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Brooks Humphreys, a high school social studies teacher from Omaha, Nebraska
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"He teaches at an all-girls Catholic school operated by the Sisters...
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Iliza Shlesinger, a comedian from New York City
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"A comedian from New York City, she has six Netflix specials...
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Sarah Bart, a senior at Goucher College from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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2012 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 22 at...
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Kristin Morgan, a strategic analyst for NASA from Huntsville, Alabama
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2013 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
Season 29 5-time champion: $69,098 + $2,000.
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Matt Rogers, a comedian from Long Island, New York
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\"A comedian from Long Island, New York, his podcast, Las Culturistas,...
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Katty Kay, a Washington, D.C. anchor from BBC World News America
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"She's the Washington, D.C. anchor for BBC World News America, as...
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Lori Fountain, a homemaker and substitute teacher from Henderson, Nevada
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Season 20 player (2004-06-28). KJL game 19. Lori later won $50,000...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Simu Liu, an actor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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"An actor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, he starred in the Canadian...
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Michael Cera, an actor from Brampton, Canada
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"An actor from Brampton, Canada, he's perhaps best known for playing...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
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"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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Mark Leinwand, a television business affairs executive from Los Angeles, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $43,700....
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Lani Gonzalez, a managing director of an art bazaar from Austin, Texas
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Season 33 3-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000.
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Justin Lucas, a video production specialist from Reston, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2016-07-04). Justin won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Anjali Tripathi, a senior from MIT
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"Math and science were her favorite subjects in seventh grade. We're...
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Mark Leinwand, an attorney and a businessman from Los Angeles, California
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1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $43,700....
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Kerry Greene, a volunteer CASA guardian ad litem from Manchester, New Hampshire
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2015 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 31 6-time champion:...
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David Venderbush, an attorney originally from Mequon, Wisconsin
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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David Venderbush, an attorney from Los Angeles, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1994 Tournament...
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Trevor Walker, a sophomore at MIT from Miami Shores, Florida
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2013 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000.
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Cliff Galiher, a sophomore from UCLA
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Sam Stubblefield, a hospital pediatrician from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 32 1-time champion: $27,601 + $2,000. Sam won $50,000 on...
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Cliff Galiher, a student from Half Moon Bay, California
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2007 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 +...
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Gary Tse, a freshman at the United States Naval Academy from Ellicott City, Maryland
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2017 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
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Jen Jazwinski, a youth services librarian from Algonquin, Illinois
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2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $59,201 + $2,000.
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Jen Jazwinski, an early literacy librarian from Algonquin, Illinois
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2023 Champions Wildcard 1st runner-up: $50,000.
Season 37 2-time champion: $59,201 + $2,000.
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Claire Ogilvie, a sophomore at Yale University from Branford, Connecticut
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1998 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Claire won $50,000 on Who Wants...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Joel Sacks, an administrator from Columbia, Maryland
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1989 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000.
Season 5 4-time champion: $50,652.
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Richard Mason, a roboticist from Pasadena, California
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Season 18 2-time champion: $50,600 + $2,000. Husband of Season 14...
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Brandon Brooks, an HR manager from Chicago, Illinois
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Season 34 2-time champion: $27,401 + $1,000. During his first contestant...
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Ed Hashima, a community college history professor from Sacramento, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2021 Professors Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000....
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Kerry Greene, a volunteer guardian ad litem from Manchester, New Hampshire
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2015 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 31 6-time champion:...
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Tavis Smiley, a talk show host from PBS's The Tavis Smiley Show
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"He's interviewed such diverse personalities as Fidel Castro, Pope John Paul...
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Ed Hashima, a history professor from American River College in Sacramento, California
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2023 Champions Wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
2021 Professors Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000.
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Seth Wilson, a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois
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2019 All-Star Games member of first-eliminated Team Julia: a share of...
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Al Franken, an author and radio talk show host from New York City
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"One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he's done...
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Linda Roberts, a registered nurse from Houston, Texas
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1995 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 12 4-time champion: $50,404...
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Lincoln Hamilton, a writer originally from Irving, Texas
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Season 32 player (2016-06-03). Lincoln won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Brandon Bidlack, a marketing director from Emeryville, California
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Season 31 player (2015-03-19). Brandon won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Julia Novakovic, an archivist originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Season 32 player (2015-10-12). Wife of Season 36 1-time champion Josh...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Than Hedman, a freshman from University of Colorado-Boulder
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Denver, CO at...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Grant Hutchinson, a freshman at the University of West Florida from Pensacola, Florida
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2003 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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James Grant, a junior from Georgetown University
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Manhattan Beach,...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Debbie Rothschild, a stay-at-home mom from New York, New York
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Season 24 player (2008-04-30). Won $50,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Aaron Schroeder, a graduate student originally from Washington, D.C.
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Stephen Lebowitz, a physician from Los Angeles, California
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1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $50,900....
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Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Kaberi Chakrabarty, an elementary bilingual teacher from Joliet, Illinois
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2016 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000 + a...
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Audrey Watkins-Fox, a mortgage coordinator originally from Lockport, New York
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Season 32 2-time champion: $33,000 + $1,000. Audrey won $50,000 on...
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Gregg Luchs, an attorney from Thousand Oaks, California
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Season 17 player (2001-03-21). Gregg won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Graham Gilmer, a senior from Lynchburg, Virginia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Teen...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia (USA)
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Andy Kravis, a freshman from Farmington Hills, Michigan
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2002 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Andy was 13 at the...
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Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
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Nan Cohen, a high school English teacher from Van Nuys, California
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2017 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000. At the time of the...
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Eric Newhouse, a junior from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Vinita Kailasanath, an attorney from Washington, D.C.
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"She was a sophomore at Stanford University when she won the...
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant from Wichita, Kansas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Roger Craig, a data scientist from Brooklyn, New York
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"He was a graduate student in computer science living in Newark,...
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Kevin Keach, an operations manager from St. Ann, Missouri
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Eric Newhouse, a student from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Alec Fischthal, a junior from North Woodmere, New York
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2016 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $50,000.
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Cathy Farrell, a high school science teacher from Wyandotte, Michigan
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2015 Teachers Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Cathy taught...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Andy Gefen, a financial consultant from Bethesda, Maryland
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Season 22 player (2006-01-04). Andy used his contestant interview to propose...
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Jeff Goldfarb, a recent law school graduate from New York, New York
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Season 18 2-time champion: $73,600 + $1,000. In his 1st game...
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Christi Beard, a flight attendant originally from Gulfport, Mississippi
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Season 22 player (2005-12-07). Christi won $25,000 on Who Wants to...
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Bill MacDonald, an attorney from Bonita Springs, Florida
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2006 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 22 4-time champion:...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Sid Chandrasekhar, a senior from the University of Pennsylvania from Saratoga, California
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"He was a sportswriter living in Reston, Virginia, when he won...
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Eddie Timanus, a sports reporter from Arlington, Virginia
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"A 5-time champion, he went on to become a semifinalist in...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Vermillion, South Dakota
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"He won both the 1989 Teen Tournament and the 1998 Teen...
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Niki Peters, a sophomore at the University of California, Berkeley originally from Boise, Idaho
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2015 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000.
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and consultant from Elmsford, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
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Robin Carroll, an instructional designer from Marietta, Georgia
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"Winner of both the 2000 Tournament of Champions and the 2001...
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Tucker Pope, a junior from Texas A&M University from Lubbock, Texas
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2014 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000.
JBoard user name: PopeT_15
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Oak Hill, Virginia
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"His 5 wins in 1999 made him one of the most...
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Janet Wong, a development officer for a museum from Hoboken, New Jersey
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"As a senior at Drew University, she won the February 2000...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a computer consultant from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was the winner of the 1992 Tournament of Champions. Today...
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Eric Vernon, a retired government relations specialist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Season 33 2-time champion: $50,400 + $1,000.
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and internet specialist from North White Plains, New York
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"A 5-time winner from 1996, he's now a writer and internet...
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Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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David Sampugnaro, a writer and consultant originally from Elmsford, New York
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1996 Tournament...
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Stephen Lebowitz, a physician from Los Angeles, California
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1988 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 4 4-time champion: $50,900....
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John Genova, a teacher from Granada Hills, California
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"From 1984, he was the earliest 5-time champion in the tournament....
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Bill Cossen, a Ph.D. candidate in history originally from Lexington, South Carolina
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Season 31 3-time champion: $50,602 + $1,000.
JBoard user name: JeopardyBill
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Leslie Shannon, a strategic market analyst from Espoo, Finland
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"She was a recent college graduate when she won five games...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a shovel bum from Flagstaff, Arizona
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"He was a material scientist living in Phoenix when he won...
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Josh Woo, an eleven-year-old seventh-grader from River Ridge, Louisiana
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2003 Back to School Week player (2003-09-26). Josh hosted 50 episodes...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Dan Feitel, an attorney originally from Gillette, New Jersey
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2015 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 31 5-time champion:...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Inta Antler, a retired computer programmer from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
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Season 25 1-time champion: $12,700 + $2,000. Inta Antler - A...
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Roger Craig, a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
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2019 All-Star Games member of wildcard-match 2nd-place Team Austin: a share...
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Tom LaPorta, a web designer from Jacksonville, Florida
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Season 26 3-time champion: $50,501 + $1,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: fattom23
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Gordon Purcell, a comic book artist from Plymouth, Minnesota
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Season 26 player (2010-05-24). Won $50,000 on Who Wants to Be...
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Stefan Goodreau, a video game tester 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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Vijay Balse, a chemical engineer from Chatham, New Jersey
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2010 Tournament of Champions...
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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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Andrea Michaels, a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
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Season 4 player (1988-07-05): Gibson's Keytek professional keyboard + a Krayco...
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Buddy Wright, an operations engineer from Fort Worth, Texas
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2011 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $50,000. Season 26 4-time champion:...
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John Genova, a student and a Catholic cantor from North Hollywood, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 1985 Tournament...
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John Zhang, a junior from Lexington, Kentucky
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2003 Teen...
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Jean Cui, a student originally from Garden City, New York
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Season 25 2-time champion: $14,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Melanie Leon, an Army wife from Peachtree City, Georgia
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Season 20 player (2004-01-07). Melanie forgot to complete the word "Ironman"...
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Jack Rosenzweig, a government attorney from Honolulu, Hawaii
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Season 20 2-time champion: $50,801 + $1,000.
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Liz Murphy, a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 25 5-time champion: $121,302...
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Donnie Edgemon, a management consultant from Sterling Park, Virginia
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Season 32 player (2015-12-10). JBoard user name: DWEdgemon Donnie won $50,000...
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Ryan Stoffers, a sophomore from UCLA
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2010-A College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Hometown: Saratoga, California. Ryan Stoffers...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Keith Williams, a freshman at Middlebury College from Manchester, Vermont
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2004 Tournament...
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Diane Wilshere, an actor and playwright from Manassas, Virginia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $18,801 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Aaron Schroeder, a grad student from San Diego, California
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2009 Tournament of Champions second runner-up: $50,000. Season 24 5-time champion:...
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Aisha Tyler, a comedienne, host and actress from Talk Soup, Friends, The 5th Wheel and Ghost Whisperer
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2009 Celebrity Jeopardy! winner: $50,000 split between the International Rescue Committee/Congo...
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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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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Sam Spaulding, a sophomore from Yale University from Wilmington, North Carolina
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2010-B College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Janet Wong, a senior at Drew University from Eatontown, New Jersey
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Tricia McKinney, a TV news writer from Secaucus, New Jersey
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Season 23 3-time champion: $50,800 + $1,000.
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Michael Farabaugh, a high school chemistry teacher from Charlottesville, Virginia
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"This chemistry teacher has been making things fizz, smoke, and explode...
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Doug Savant, an actor from Desperate Housewives
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"He plays Tom Scavo, the sometimes-befuddled husband of Felicity Huffman on...
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Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz
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"On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
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Craig Boge, a senior from Stanford University
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2007 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. 21 at the time of...
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Mark Brown, an administrative assistant and father from Peoria, Arizona
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2003 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 19 5-time champion: $68,094...
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Joel Rayburn, an Army captain originally from Crescent, Oklahoma
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Season 13 1-time champion: $5,701. Won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Michelle Clum, an executive assistant originally from Wichita, Kansas
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2001 Tournament...
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Brian Weikle, a project manager from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Andy Hutchins, a senior from Rockledge, Florida
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Arlington, Virginia
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Robin Carroll, a research assistant from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Michael Rooney, a college instructor from Pasadena, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2 winner: $70,201. 2000 Tournament...
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Ari Schoenholtz, a senior at Williams College from Bethesda, Maryland
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2004 College Championship 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. Jeopardy! Message...
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Soledad O'Brien, a broadcast journalist from CNN's American Morning
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"This broadcast journalist has covered stories all over the world. Since...
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Eric Newhouse, a student and winner of last year's Teen Tournament from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Leszek Pawlowicz, a materials scientist from Phoenix, Arizona
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2014 Battle of the Decades semifinalist: $25,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Jeff Love, a sophomore at Stanford University from Burlingame, California
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Jeff won $1,000 on Who Wants...
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Jeremy Davis, a laboratory supervisor from Costa Mesa, California
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Season 18 player (2001-09-21) Jeremy won $50,000 on Who Wants to...
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Eric Newhouse, a director of technical assistance from Sioux City, Iowa
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Janet Wong, a college senior from Eatontown, New Jersey
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2000 Tournament...
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Robin Carroll, a researcher from Marietta, Georgia
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Ben Lyon, an industrial scaleman from Dallas, Texas
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"Representing the University of Oklahoma, he won the 1995 College Championship....
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Josh DenHartog, an actuarial technician from Thousand Oaks, California
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"He was the Teen Tournament champion in 1997. Now he's an...
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Eric Newhouse, a public policy coordinator from Sioux City, Iowa
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"Alex called our next alumnus a 'Powerhouse.' He was the youngest...
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Eddie Timanus, a sportswriter from Reston, Virginia
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
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Brian Weikle, a consultant from Minneapolis, Minnesota
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Michael Rooney, a college instructor from Pasadena, California
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 2 winner: $70,201. 2000 Tournament...
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Chloé White, a senior from Mission Hills, Kansas
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2005 Teen Tournament quarterfinalist: $2,500.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Jay Wolman, an attorney and mediator from Washington, D.C.
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Season 21 player (2004-10-05).
KJL game 50.
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Pat Greene, a homemaker from Mountain View, California
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Season 21 player (2004-10-05).
KJL game 50.
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