#9039, aired 2024-02-15 | SAFE MODE $400: Dating back to the 1870s, it's the usual term for a burglar specializing in opening safes a safe cracker |
#9028, aired 2024-01-31 | A SQUARE MEAL $200: The "original" flavor of this century-old woven cracker brand has 3 ingredients: whole grain wheat, canola oil & sea salt Triscuit |
#18, aired 2023-10-25 | FOODS NAMED AFTER PEOPLE $600: Less is "S'more"? This cracker was created by a preacher who hoped that eating it would promote abstinence a graham cracker |
#8640, aired 2022-05-13 | BRISK LIT $800: Mr. Toad steals a car & goes to prison in this Grahame cracker of a book The Wind in the Willows |
#8488, aired 2021-10-13 | FOOD FORWARD $2000: Around 1900 the same guy created Shredded Wheat & this Nabisco cracker of a rather similar texture Triscuit |
#8469, aired 2021-09-16 | "C" FLAT $200: Saltines are a type of one cracker |
#8445, aired 2021-07-16 | TODAY I LEARNED $200: Thought to be extinct in 1912, an Australian nocturnal type of this bird was rediscovered in 2013; no word on if it wanted a cracker a parrot |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CRACKER JACKS $400: After being pelted by a burrito in "Anchorman", this funnyman punts Will Ferrell's dog off a bridge Jack Black |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CRACKER JACKS $600: In a 2007 film this character asks, "Why should I sail with any of you? 4 of you have tried to kill me in the past--and one of you succeeded!" Jack Sparrow |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CRACKER JACKS $800: One Jack named this was the first African American heavyweight champ; the other, a surfer turned rocker Jack Johnson |
#8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CRACKER JACKS $1000: Billy Wilder, his director in "The Apartment", said there was a little bit of genius in everything he did Jack Lemmon |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | "CRACK"LE $200: This product got a boost in 1908 when it was mentioned in "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" Cracker Jack |
#8338, aired 2021-02-17 | "CRACK"LE $1000: A container, a restaurant or a type of plainspoken philosophy cracker barrel |
#8263, aired 2020-10-21 | A "DIAMOND" $1600: This colorful maker of smokehouse almonds also puts out a line of Nut-Thins nut & rice cracker snacks Blue Diamond |
#8251, aired 2020-10-05 | RESTAURANTS $800: Country fried steak is a popular dish at this chain & "Old Country Store" Cracker Barrel |
#8117, aired 2019-12-17 | INTERNATIONAL YULETIDE $800: In Britain, the alliterative "Christmas" this is not a baked good, but a party favor that pops when you pull it open a cracker |
#8023, aired 2019-06-26 | INSTA-GRAHAM $600: The flour Sylvester Graham promoted was turned into this baked good in the 1850s; using it in s'mores came later a graham cracker |
#7922, aired 2019-02-05 | GIRL SCOUT COOKIES $200: The Girl Scouts' version of this graham cracker campfire classic is a favorite s'more |
#7370, aired 2016-09-30 | EPONYMOUSLY YOURS $800: Around 1830 this man who created an eponymous cracker unveiled a high-fiber diet (Sylvester) Graham |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | A CRACKER $200: At honeymaid.com learn how to make this Graham cracker treat in a microwave, on a grill or over a campfire s'mores |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | A CRACKER $400: These treats from Pepperidge Farm like the Parmesan & Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar are sure to make your cat jealous Goldfish |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | A CRACKER $600: Bite-size cracker sandwiches from Nabisco filled with peanut butter or cheese have this rhyming name Ritz Bits |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | A CRACKER $800: Carr's crackers from the U.K. include table water original & table water with toasted these sesame seeds |
#7363, aired 2016-09-21 | A CRACKER $1000: Keebler's version of a Saltine; its name is near the end of the alphabet Zesta |
#6673, aired 2013-09-25 | POLITICAL BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A South Carolina senator becomes an integral part of a s'more Lindsey Graham cracker |
#6062, aired 2011-01-11 | BRAND LOGOS $400: A snack: a sailor boy & his dog Bingo Cracker Jack |
#5905, aired 2010-04-23 | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE $800: A cracker is named for this 19th century man who advocated cold showers, hard mattresses & unsifted flour (Reverend) Graham |
#5673, aired 2009-04-15 | ON THE LABEL, LABEL, LABEL $800: Buy me some of this treat, & we'll pretend we're at a ball game Cracker Jack |
#5615, aired 2009-01-23 | PRODUCTS $400: In 1899 this product got a waxed package for freshness, but the packages didn't yet have prizes inside Cracker Jack (Cracker Jacks accepted) |
#5596, aired 2008-12-29 | A MUSICAL MENU $1,000 (Daily Double): This ConAgra sweet popcorn treat comes in butter toffee & caramel flavors Fiddle Faddle |
#5354, aired 2007-12-13 | LOGOS $800: A sailor boy & his dog Bingo began appearing on packages of this snack way back in 1918 Cracker Jacks |
#4971, aired 2006-04-03 | SPORTS-POURRI $200: In '04 when Yankee Stadium dropped this item, a joker said the only food left with a surprise inside was the hot dogs Cracker Jacks |
#4399, aired 2003-10-23 | YOU GET NO DESSERT! $200: The Cracker Jack had barely been eaten when the 1989 World Series game 3 in this city was preempted by a quake San Francisco |
#4338, aired 2003-06-11 | PET PEEVES $200: This pet doesn't want a cracker--she wants Kaytee's Perfect Choice, a mixture of seeds & grain parrot |
#4312, aired 2003-05-06 | POP CULTURE $200: The Sailor Boy & his dog seen here are a symbol of this snack brand Cracker Jack |
#4133, aired 2002-07-17 | GONE FISHING $800: Common name of the Carassius Auratus; it's also a Pepperidge Farm cracker goldfish |
#3993, aired 2002-01-02 | BEFORE & AFTER $400: It contains candy-coated popcorn, peanuts & a prize-winning actor from "As Good as It Gets" Cracker Jack Nicholson |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | CRACKERS $200: It gets its name from the bicarb used to make it a soda cracker |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | CRACKERS $400: The name of this Sunshine Biscuit Co. cracker sounds like a slang phrase used when the cops are coming Cheez-It |
#3630, aired 2000-05-19 | CRACKERS $500: 2-word term for something crunchy added to chowder, or someone trying to get at a pearl an oyster cracker |
#3226, aired 1998-09-21 | FISH $200: You'd expect to hear this fish say "Polly wants a cracker!" Parrotfish |
#3140, aired 1998-04-03 | EPONYMS $800: A cracker is named for this dietary reformer who advocated using unsifted whole wheat flour Dr. Sylvester Graham |
#2917, aired 1997-04-15 | BRAND NAMES $300: This brand name came from a Philadelphia cookie & cracker baker in 1853, not from an elf in a hollow tree Keebler |
#2559, aired 1995-10-19 | COLLECTIBLES $100: A tin whistle is one of the collectible toy surprises found in early boxes of this treat Cracker Jack |
#2256, aired 1994-05-30 | BUSINESS & INDUSTRY $100: Beginning in 1912 this snack food came with a toy surprise inside all of its wax-sealed boxes Cracker Jack |
#2081, aired 1993-09-27 | SWEET TREATS $500: Served like a sandwich, this Graham cracker, marshmallow & chocolate treat is a favorite with scouts s'mores |
#1866, aired 1992-10-19 | JUST DESSERTS $100: In England, a biscuit can be a cracker or one of these sweet treats cookie |
#1475, aired 1991-01-18 | BARRELS $300: This adjective describes conversations like the type that took place in old general stores a cracker barrel |
#1467, aired 1991-01-08 | FOOD FACTS $800: In the U.S., this refers to a small, quick bread; in the U.K., it can mean a cookie or a cracker a biscuit |
#1022, aired 1989-01-31 | BUSINESS $100: This "candy-coated popcorn, peanuts & a prize" product is big in Bolivia Cracker Jack |
#823, aired 1988-03-16 | DOUBLE MEANINGS $200: A Ritz in a tamper resistant box, or a man who tampers with bank vaults safe cracker |
#532, aired 1986-12-23 | SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING $100: Of a dove, pigeon, or lovebird, the 1 you could train to say "Polly wants a cracker" Lovebird |
#418, aired 1986-04-16 | FOOD $200: Not an awning, but a cracker or bread spread with cheese, meat, or relish a canapé |
#341, aired 1985-12-30 | LIFE SPANS $200: This bird might tell you it wants a cracker for more than 70 years a parrot |
#265, aired 1985-09-13 | 11-LETTER WORDS $400: Put a piece of Hershey's with this on a Graham cracker & you got yourself a s'more a marshmallow |
#166, aired 1985-04-29 | "GRAHAMS" $200: Food item named for 19th c. campaigner against white flour; Sylvester Graham a graham cracker |
#63, aired 1984-12-05 | HOTEL NAMES $600: According to Andy Griffith, "Everything's good that sits on" this cracker a Ritz |