| #8966, aired 2023-11-06 | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: 8-letter adjective describing the science of animals
(20 points) zoologic |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | COMPUTER SCIENCE WITH MATT AMODIO $1200: (Matt Amodio delivers the clue.) A statistician who annoyed some computer scientists by butting into our field, John Tukey came up with this 8-letter word for the programs that tell a computer what to do software |
| #8221, aired 2020-05-25 | "C" IN SCIENCE $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents while sitting on a sofa with a dog.) Petting a cat or dog for 10 minutes has been shown to reduce the levels of this 8-letter stress hormone produced by the adrenal glands cortisol |
| #7767, aired 2018-05-22 | SCIENCE $2000: A meteor about as bright as Venus in the sky has this 8-letter incendiary name a fireball |
| #6741, aired 2013-12-30 | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $1000: 8-letter adjective describing the science of animals (20 points) zoologic |
| #6540, aired 2013-02-08 | WEIRD SCIENCE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates the clue.) It would seem that blowing into the bottle would force the paper ball inside; however, the fast-moving air goes past the paper & hits the bottom of the bottle, increasing this 8-letter term inside, & forces the paper out pressure |
| #6257, aired 2011-11-29 | SCIENCE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue as she and Kelly demonstrate a potato gun.) A potato gun demonstrates Boyle's Law using a simple tube & a stick; pushing the stick reduces the volume of air & increases this 8-letter term, making the potato go ballistic pressure |
| #6023, aired 2010-11-17 | PLANT SCIENCE $1600: In the autumn many tree leaves turn yellow or orange because of this 8-letter pigment carotene |
| #4997, aired 2006-05-09 | THE NEW YORK TIMES SCIENCE TIMES $800: This 8-letter particle named for its lack of charge is being studied by beaming it 450 miles in .0025 seconds the neutrino |
| #4661, aired 2004-12-06 | GENERAL SCIENCE $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reads from inside the Cirque du Soleil with performers on the stage.) From the type of simple machine a teeter board is, it's the 8-letter term for what's throwing them up in the air leverage |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 8-LETTER SCIENCE $100: While a variable is a quantity that changes, this is the term for a quantity that stays the same constant |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 8-LETTER SCIENCE $300: While the smallest unit of an element is an atom, the smallest unit of a compound is this molecule |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 8-LETTER SCIENCE $400: Its mechanical heart is not a Jarvik-7, but a CPU, or central processing unit computer |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 8-LETTER SCIENCE $500: The unit of measure for this force is the bar or millibar pressure |
| #795, aired 1988-02-05 | 8-LETTER SCIENCE $1,000 (Daily Double): In science the meaning of the following ion symbols:
+ − positive & negative |
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