| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $400: From a word for a bug to get this often small but enthusiastic type of religious group sect |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $800: From a word meaning certainly to get this legal contract "of trust" or "of sale" a deed |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $1600: From a word meaning penniless to get this word for a liquid in chemistry like an ester or ketone solvent |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $2,000 (Daily Double): From a word involving respiration to get this word meaning healthy hale |
| #9080, aired 2024-04-12 | DROP IN... $2000: From a legal word compelling one to cease activities to get this word where choo-choos meet junction |
| #9054, aired 2024-03-07 | BAKER $1200: When his wife baked these, often served with gravy, Calvin Coolidge would drop one & stomp a foot to show its heaviness a biscuit |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | LATER, DUDE $1200: At a White House correspondents' dinner, Pres. Obama said goodbye with one of these actions that could have hurt the equipment a mic drop |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | SHAKE IT OFF $600: Drop "it" from a person who drops by your house to get this front part of a helmet a visor (from visitor) |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | SHAKE IT OFF $1,200 (Daily Double): Drop "it" from a word for a hollow space to get this South American rodent a cavy (from cavity) |
| #25, aired 2024-01-16 | YUP, IT'S A PORT-A-POTTY $1000: Based in Eau Claire, WI, this port-a-potty company shares its name with the target where a skydiver lands Drop Zone |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $200: Hanauma Bay, east of Waikiki the Pacific Ocean |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $400: The Gulf of Honduras the Atlantic |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $600: The Sulu Sea the Pacific |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $800: The Laptev Sea the Arctic Ocean |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $1000: The Mozambique Channel the Indian Ocean |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DROP A LETTER $400: Drop a letter from the language spoken by the people of Seoul to get this sacred text of Islam Koran (from Korean) |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DROP A LETTER $800: ...from a type of mediator to get this type of implanted device visible in a chest X-ray seen here a pacemaker (from peacemaker) |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DROP A LETTER $1200: ...from a word for a mechanical man to get this verb that means "to cheer on" root (from robot) |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DROP A LETTER $1600: ...from a word for a long, vehement speech to get this synonym for "swap" trade (from tirade) |
| #8970, aired 2023-11-10 | DROP A LETTER $2000: ...from a slat on a window to get this word for a paramour a lover (from louver) |
| #17, aired 2023-10-18 | ON ANOTHER PLANET $600: The ancient Romans named this planet after their god of war, perhaps because it resembles a drop of blood in the night sky Mars |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | RHYMING PHRASES $2000: This fraudulent investing scheme involves boosting a stock price with fake hype & selling before a drop pumping & dumping |
| #8905, aired 2023-06-30 | WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA $400: This Chinese area of about 7.5 million has seen a drop in population accompanying a political crackdown Hong Kong |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | 3-"SY"LLABLE WORDS $7,200 (Daily Double): A lack of blood flow to the brain & a drop in blood pressure cause this, the medical term for fainting syncope |
| #16, aired 2023-05-22 | THE 2 SAME-SPELLED WORDS $400: To rip &
a drop of saline fluid tear (TARE) & tear (TIER) |
| #4, aired 2023-05-09 | NEED! COFFEE! NOW! $1000: Company legend says Teddy Roosevelt praised Maxwell House coffee with these 5 words, a slogan they still use today good to the last drop |
| #8864, aired 2023-05-04 | U.S. FACTS & FIGURES $200: The largest drop on a wood-tracked one of these is 180 feet on Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois a roller coaster |
| #8800, aired 2023-02-03 | ROMAN NUMERAL SPELLING $200: Let's drop the proverbial one: 1,000, 1, 100 a mic |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $800: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) A 2021 episode of "Takeline" examined Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game out of this state after it passed a law that reduced the number of ballot drop boxes in Fulton County and elsewhere Georgia |
| #8772, aired 2022-12-27 | ESPIONAGE GLOSSARY $600: This "mortal" term refers to the prearranged location spies use to relay information without meeting a dead drop |
| #8763, aired 2022-12-14 | INSTRUMENTAL PAST $2000: This Babylonian king in the book of Daniel wanted people to drop to the ground & worship a statue if they heard a dulcimer or harp Nebuchadnezzar |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | BIOLOGY $800: In hibernating bears this rate slows much more than a drop in body temp would explain, with heart rate going from 55 to 14 their metabolic rate |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | DROP THE MIC $600: from a word meaning to imitate to get this musical note mi (from mimic) |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | DROP THE MIC $800: from a word meaning powerfully symbolic to get this open-topped carrying bag tote (from totemic) |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | DROP THE MIC $1000: from a type of vinegar to get this wood popular with hobbyists balsa (from balsamic) |
| #8726, aired 2022-10-24 | NEWS MAKERS & WRITERS '22 $800 (Daily Double): Turkish President Erdogan got enough concessions to drop his opposition to letting Sweden & Finland do this join NATO |
| #8724, aired 2022-10-20 | IT HAS A NAME $1200: In pickleball a drop shot is a soft, short shot from the back of the court; this other 4-letter "D" shot is hit from closer in a dink |
| #8721, aired 2022-10-17 | SKIN CARE FROM A TO Z WITH MICHAEL STRAHAN $400: (Michael Strahan presents the clue.) "T" is for tea tree--a drop of its oil in your moisturizer can reduce swelling & let the moisturizer be used as this, the "A-I" in NSAID drugs anti-inflammatory |
| #8696, aired 2022-09-12 | CHUMP CHANGE $400: Drop a letter to get this dromedary dome a hump |
| #8675, aired 2022-07-01 | GAME PLAN $800: Drop colored discs into a grid trying to get a quartet of yours in a row vertically, horizontally or diagonally Connect Four |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | DROP A LETTER $200: A word for a type of scare loses its first letter & turns into this word meaning "correct" right (from fright) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | DROP A LETTER $400: A word meaning "to snatch" drops its second letter & turns into this type of speech that some have a gift for gab (from grab) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | DROP A LETTER $600: A term for refuse drops one of its "T"s, becoming this measurement a liter (from litter) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | DROP A LETTER $800: A home fit for a king & queen loses a letter & becomes this socioeconomic place caste (from castle) |
| #8640, aired 2022-05-13 | DROP A LETTER $1000: A word meaning "crucial" loses its middle "T" & is now this small glass tube vial (from vital) |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | JEWISH-AMERICAN TRADITIONS $600: Many Jewish homes contain a pushke, a little box with a slot in which to drop some coins for tzedakah, this charity |
| #8635, aired 2022-05-06 | PADDING THE SHOW $1000: Drop the "ist" from a word for a boxer and you have this type of padded stick, used to simulate fighting with bayonets pugil |
| #8622, aired 2022-04-19 | POSSESSIVE THINGS $400: It's a trend to drop 'S from conditions like Down syndrome, but this most common age-related dementia is still largely possessive Alzheimer's |
| #8615, aired 2022-04-08 | MULTIPLE MEANINGS $600: A quantity of liquid, or to allow to fall drop |
| #8606, aired 2022-03-28 | FROM THE SKY $200: They help rockets get launched, then drop off--like a 23-ton piece of a Chinese one did, falling into the Indian Ocean in 2021 boosters |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | SPORTS WITH NO BALLS $200: What you're playing or watching if a drop pass is followed by a pad save hockey |
| #8599, aired 2022-03-17 | THROWING SHADE $400: Drop a "Y" from an action made by sleepy people to get this shade-giving roof extension awning (from yawning) |
| #13, aired 2022-02-17 | TENNIS LESSON $600: The player here has ended up well behind this line, so you might try a drop shot on him a baseline |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ADD/DROP $400: Add a letter to the smallest pig in a litter to get the sound it might make grunt & runt |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ADD/DROP $800: Add a letter to the end of a tiny speck & it becomes a roadside place to stay mote & motel |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ADD/DROP $1200: Drop a letter from a word meaning uninvolved or indifferent to get an adjective meaning relating to a nerve neutral & neural |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ADD/DROP $1600: Drop a letter & go from being sorry that you missed a birthday to being thrilled that you didn't belated & elated |
| #9, aired 2022-02-15 | ADD/DROP $2,000 (Daily Double): Drop a letter from the unlawful act of inciting a revolt against the government to get a special issue of a newspaper sedition & edition |
| #5, aired 2022-02-10 | BEFORE & AFTER $800: That bold end-of-a-performance action is still very small compared to all the water it's in a mic drop in the bucket |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | ISLE "B" $1000: Drop an "A" from a colorful plant to get this Frenchman who also gave his name to an island in the Solomon Sea Louis-Antoine de Bougainville |
| #8552, aired 2022-01-11 | FALLING $400: To release a piece of music or an episode of a TV show to the public drop |
| #8507, aired 2021-11-09 | SOME CREATURES GREAT & SMALL $1600: The black species of this African mammal vulnerable to poaching is recovering from a 98% drop in its numbers the rhino |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1200: Check out Multnomah Falls, boasting a drop of more than 600 feet in this state's Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | CULT MOVIES $800: A moody crime drama involving a robbery gone wrong, "The Drop" stars this TV mob boss in his final film Gandolfini |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | I BEFORE E AFTER C $2000: Drop the last letter from a biological term to get this word meaning "coined money" specie |
| #8479, aired 2021-09-30 | GETTING SPORT "E" $800: This NHL tough guy will drop the gloves at the drop of a hat an enforcer |
| #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 |
| #8390, aired 2021-04-30 | GLADIATORS $800: There's debate as to if this gesture, pollice verso, urged a victor to kill his defeated opponent or to drop his weapon & spare him thumbs down |
| #8372, aired 2021-04-06 | BADJECTIVES $1200: Drop an "L" from the beginning of a word meaning "legal" to get this truly bad adjective awful |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | ALL THE "RAGE" $800: A place for a ship to drop a big weight anchorage |
| #8325, aired 2021-01-29 | TO PHRASE A COIN $800: To "drop" one of these is to inform on someone, like by calling the cops from an old payphone a dime |
| #8290, aired 2020-11-27 | ADVENTURE CAPITAL $1000: These 2 major airports make it tough to skydive over Paris--but there is a drop zone north of the capital Orly & Charles de Gaulle |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | TAKE A HIKE $200: Beware the big drop on Bright Angel Trail, a feature of this perennial Arizona attraction's South Rim the Grand Canyon |
| #8252, aired 2020-10-06 | POTENT PORTMANTEAU $400: To make a Jagerbomb, drop a shot of this German liquor into Red Bull Jägermeister |
| #8223, aired 2020-05-27 | YO HO HO $1000: "A drop of Nelson's blood won't do us any harm"; "Nelson" referring to Admiral Horatio & "blood" being this 4-letter potent potable grog |
| #8222, aired 2020-05-26 | BUY YOUR OWN $400: A Brunswick Brooklyn table for this, with drop pockets & rubber cushions, can be yours for $5,800 pool |
| #8220, aired 2020-05-22 | PHYSICS $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) After you safely drop an object off a building, when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of air resistance, the falling object reaches a maximum speed, known by this two-word term terminal velocity |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | THE 1950s $400: Here's an image from May 21, 1956 of the results of the first successful airborne drop of this type of bomb a hydrogen bomb |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | COUNTRY DROP A LETTER $200: When a big Asian country loses its last vowel, it becomes this body part chin (from China) |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | COUNTRY DROP A LETTER $400: A Nordic country loses its first letter & becomes this area away from the coast inland (from Finland) |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | COUNTRY DROP A LETTER $600: Drop the fourth letter from an Iberian country & you get this general term for a distance span (from Spain) |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | COUNTRY DROP A LETTER $800: Subtract a letter from a 4-letter African country & you get this man who behaves badly, especially to women a cad (from Chad) |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | COUNTRY DROP A LETTER $1000: When a Mediterranean isle loses its last letter, it becomes this soda fountain drink a malt (from Malta) |
| #8147, aired 2020-01-28 | MILITARY ABBREVIATIONS $600: Abbreviated DZ, it's the area where airborne troops, equipment or supplies are expected to land a drop zone |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $200: Unusual for a conifer, larch trees do this each fall like deciduous ones drop leaves |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | DON'T DROP THE BALL $800: On New Year's Eve New Orleans drops this floral emblem a fleur-de-lis |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | DON'T DROP THE BALL $1200: A huge potato is lowered to celebrate New Year's in this state capital Boise |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | DON'T DROP THE BALL $1600: A giant musical note is the feature of this city's "Music City Note Drop" Nashville |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | DON'T DROP THE BALL $2000: The Big Apple drops a ball, but in Manhattan in this Midwest state, "The Little Apple", they drop an apple at midnight Kansas |
| #8111, aired 2019-12-09 | ODD-ISH $800: At these events, Calvin Coolidge might drop pre-submitted queries to the floor & then say, "No questions today" a press conference |
| #8077, aired 2019-10-22 | ON THE "B"-LIST $1600: This 5-letter word for the verge of catastrophe also means the edge of a steep drop brink |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | DROP OUT $400: Drop the "out" from a synonym for "budding" & you get this season when it might happen spring (from sprouting) |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | DROP OUT $800: Drop "out" from a word meaning "screamed" & you get this small storage building shed (from shouted) |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | DROP OUT $1200: Remove the "out" from the term for financial aid to a big car company & you get this term that will set the accused free bail (from bailout) |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | DROP OUT $1600: Drop "out" from a French word for high-fashion clothing & you get this help for your sickness cure (from couture) |
| #8066, aired 2019-10-07 | DROP OUT $2000: Get the "out" out of a seasoned stew & you're left with this bit of cloth rag (from ragout) |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $200: Ricola makes them cough drops |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $400: This onstage action has become a metaphor for a stylish ending mic drop |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $600: In 2006 Doug Flutie made one of these for an extra point, the first time that had been done in the NFL since 1941 drop kick |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $800: 3-verb advice for what to do if your clothing catches fire stop, drop & roll |
| #8054, aired 2019-09-19 | A "DROP" $1000: When you read in an old book about a death from this, it means what we now call edema dropsy |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | COMPUTER "D"s $800: A pair of 4-letter words are in this action that moves a file, like putting a photo of an ex into the recycle bin drag and drop |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | DROP A LETTER $400: Drop an "E" from a lavish meal to get this verb meaning to abstain from food fast |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | DROP A LETTER $800: Drop the "L" from a type of bedspread to get this verb that means "to resign" quit |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | FINISH THE CLASSIC AMERICAN LYRIC $800: "Doe, a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun; me..." a name I call myself |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | DROP A LETTER $1200: Drop the "T" from intense fear to get this mistake error |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | DROP A LETTER $1600: A synonym for "vision" drops its "T" & becomes this sound of relief or weariness a sigh |
| #8025, aired 2019-06-28 | DROP A LETTER $2000: Drop the "F" from a word meaning very cold & it comes this, stiff or unyielding rigid |
| #8023, aired 2019-06-26 | THE LAWS OF PHYSICS $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The lightweight plastic rocket flies far above the drop point, while the more massive launcher barely bounces--a textbook example of this man's second & third laws of motion Newton |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | POP CULTURE FOOD & DRINK $1600: One writer blamed a drop-off in British sales of this type of white wine on its association with Bridget Jones' saddest moments chardonnay |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: A 1975 N.Y. Daily News headline after this man opposed a federal bailout:
him "To City: Drop Dead" (Gerald) Ford |
| #7948, aired 2019-03-13 | ARCHITECTURE TERMS $800: "Drop" everything & give us this name for the portion of a roof that extends out over a supporting wall an eaves |
| #7939, aired 2019-02-28 | IDIOMS DELIGHT $1600: If the victory was easy, you won this 2-word way, originally referring to a jockey so far ahead he could drop his reins hands down |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | DROP IT $200: Drop "it" from a robber to get this, a type of musical group a band |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | DROP IT $400: Drop "it" from a numeral to get this verb meaning to understand, man dig |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | DROP IT $600: From a departure to get this departed one ex |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | DROP IT $800: Drop "it" from a fulfilled academic course to get this respect-earning quality, maybe on the street cred |
| #7925, aired 2019-02-08 | DROP IT $1000: Drop "it" from an official license to get this long-lasting hairstyle a perm |
| #7923, aired 2019-02-06 | WWF $800: A census of 18 countries revealed a 30% drop in the population of these mammals, mostly the result of poaching for the ivory trade elephants |
| #7913, aired 2019-01-23 | WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE! $800: Don't stand under a bunya pine--their branches can drop these weighing as much as 40 pounds pine cone |
| #7895, aired 2018-12-28 | GET "IN" $800: Drop a letter from a word meaning crazy; now you're just foolish inane |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | EARTH SCIENCE $1600: Standard this measurement is 1,013 millibars at sea level; in a 2007 Texas tornado, a 194-millibar drop was recorded barometric pressure |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | BLACK FRIDAY $200: Friday, October 13, 1989:
A "mini-crash" sees a 190-point drop in this stock average the Dow Jones Industrial Average |
| #7867, aired 2018-11-20 | RESORT $200: Maui's Grand Wailea resort has one of these with a 14-second, 3-story drop into a pool below a water slide |
| #7844, aired 2018-10-18 | THE GOAL OF THE GAME $1000: Form a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line of a quartet of your own colored discs Connect Four (or Drop Four) |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | "BLACK" JEOPARDY $800: With a vertical drop of 500 feet, the Heathen is a tough ski run with a double this rating a black diamond |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | POKE OUT AN I $2000: Drop the "I" from the start of a word for one's likeness to get this synonym for sorcerer mage |
| #7760, aired 2018-05-11 | MY DEER $600: In a "Sound of Music" song, it's the line that follows "Doe, a deer, a female deer" ray, a drop of golden sun |
| #7759, aired 2018-05-10 | HOBBIES & PASTIMES $200: A 3-ball cascade is the most basic pattern used in this hobby, but one day you might attempt a flying disco drop juggling |
| #7723, aired 2018-03-21 | DEUS EX MACHINA $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1990 the first of these autos rolled out of a GM plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee Saturn |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | DROP THE MIC $400: Drop the "mic" from the start of a teeny organism to get this long garment a robe |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | DROP THE MIC $800: Drop it from the end of a type of vinegar to get this light wood balsa |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | DROP THE MIC $1600: From the start of a doctored drink to get this opener key |
| #7646, aired 2017-12-04 | DROP THE MIC $2000: From the end of a strong verbal or written attack to get this long stick a pole |
| #7645, aired 2017-12-01 | FITNESS $600: With this kind of workout, it sounds like a drill instructor will tell you to drop & do 40 push-ups, but not so at Barry's boot camp |
| #7642, aired 2017-11-28 | LITERATURE $400: Drop "the" from an H.G. Wells title to get the name of this 1952 novel narrated by a nameless young black man Invisible Man |
| #7620, aired 2017-10-27 | MODERN LINGO $1,000 (Daily Double): This action signals a definitive end; it followed "Obama out" at the 2016 White House Correspondents Dinner mic drop |
| #7612, aired 2017-10-17 | INVENTION & DISCOVERY $1600: A blood test for cancer is called a "liquid" this test; one developed in Sweden finds it with 96% accuracy from 1 drop a liquid biopsy |
| #7611, aired 2017-10-16 | WITH YOUR HAND $400: When doing this with one hand, try using a cascade, shower or column pattern & try not to drop anything juggling |
| #7608, aired 2017-10-11 | "AU"THORS $3,600 (Daily Double): Confess that you know the name of this prolific writer and bishop of Hippo St. Augustine |
| #7592, aired 2017-09-19 | "VEL"COME $800: Drop the last letter from something you mail a letter in to get this verb meaning "to wrap up in" envelop |
| #7579, aired 2017-07-20 | PARTS OF SPEECH... IN SONG! $400: "Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life, end over end, neither left nor to right":
through a preposition |
| #7531, aired 2017-05-15 | MATERIALS $200: Drop "IA" from the name of a Hawaiian nut & you get this form of pavement macadam |
| #7497, aired 2017-03-28 | A FALLEN CATEGORY $200: If something is inevitably going to happen, you're idiomatically waiting for "the other" one of these "to drop" a shoe |
| #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 |
| #7457, aired 2017-01-31 | THEATER GLOSSARY $800: Sounding like it only goes one direction, any stage curtain that can be raised or lowered is known as one of these a drop |
| #7455, aired 2017-01-27 | PUTTIN' OUT THE WELCOME MUTT $2000: The Norfolk & Norwich types of these differ mainly in the ears: the former has drop ears, the latter, prick ears a terrier |
| #7397, aired 2016-11-08 | GEO-GLOSSARY $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an image on the monitor.) The edge of plateau where multiple streams drop to a plain below is called this 4-letter line, for the cataracts that form there a fall line |
| #7374, aired 2016-10-06 | SHOOT $400: "Drop", as in the gun won't go off just because you drop it, is one type of this gun part that prevents accidental firing a safety |
| #7347, aired 2016-07-19 | EXODUS $400: Due to a natural disaster in 2005, this U.S. city saw its population drop from 450,000 to about 230,000 New Orleans |
| #7301, aired 2016-05-16 | THE CORRECTIONS $2000: A correction is a drop in the value of a stock & can signal this type of animal-named market bear |
| #7268, aired 2016-03-30 | VIDEO GAMES $2,000 (Daily Double): Sharing a name with a type of ship, this game was made for Windows by Windows & was first playable in 1990 Minesweeper |
| #7243, aired 2016-02-24 | DISASTER CITY $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) Search & rescue dogs are adept at finding trapped people, because humans drop about 40,000 of these cells per minute, which dogs detect with their sensitive noses skin cells |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | "ADD"/"DROP" $400: He makes a genie appear by rubbing a lamp Aladdin |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | "ADD"/"DROP" $800: It's covering the floor here a drop cloth |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | "ADD"/"DROP" $1200: The universal caution code "H" on a prescription means it's possible the drug will lead to this addiction |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | "ADD"/"DROP" $1600: A stage's rear curtain, or the setting for any event backdrop |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | "ADD"/"DROP" $2000: An enclosed grazing area for horses a paddock |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL $2,000 (Daily Double): (Dr. Arnold delivers the clue.) Simulations are so realistic that in one scenario apparent respiratory distress helps team members learn to distinguish between an asthma attack & this allergen-induced condition in which blood pressure & oxygen levels drop, requiring emergency response anaphylactic shock |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | "IT" IS A SONG $2000: Snoop Dogg recorded a new version of this song in 2012 to promote Hot Pockets "Drop It Like It's Hot" |
| #7157, aired 2015-10-27 | U.S. FESTIVALS $800: "In the mood" for a festival honoring this bandleader? Drop by Clarinda, Iowa the second week in June (Glenn) Miller |
| #7146, aired 2015-10-12 | WINTER IS COMING $800: Hibernation uses a natural form of this serious 11-letter condition that results from a dangerous drop in core body temp. hypothermia |
| #7144, aired 2015-10-08 | MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN $1600: "Wow, a firsthand look at Galileo's experiments with mass & acceleration, thereby disproving Aristotle's theory of gravity;"
"Yes, in this city in 1589 no one could say they got..."
[Rocks crash]
"...the drop on him" Pisa |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | LINGO $400: This slang phrase meaning "inform on someone" refers to the longtime 10-cent cost of a pay phone call drop a dime |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | BRONTE-SAURUS $1600: Drop a few letters from what you offer to the bereaved to get this verb Emily uses for "to offer sympathy" condole |
| #7061, aired 2015-05-04 | THE "L" WITH IT $1000: My dearest Millicent, if you take this alcoholic tincture of opium for your neuralgia, use just a drop a laudanum |
| #7040, aired 2015-04-03 | IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS $400: This small but heavy device adds weight to help your fishing line drop a sinker |
| #7035, aired 2015-03-27 | TALK ABOUT THE CLIMATE $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an animation of a stormcloud moving over a mountain on the monitor.) Stormclouds tend to drop more precipitation on the windward side of a mountain range; when that happens, the dryer side is in what's called a "rain" one of these dark areas a shadow |
| #7033, aired 2015-03-25 | MOON WALKING $600: If I had one of these, I'd drop it on the Moon with a feather like Dave Scott did in August 1971 to test a Galileo theory a hammer |
| #7015, aired 2015-02-27 | AT THE DRUGSTORE $600: This herb cough drop maker has its headquarters in Laufen, a Swiss city in the Jura Mountains Ricola |
| #7014, aired 2015-02-26 | AVIAN GLOSSARY $400: Drop the "S" from the end of a Southern dish to get this substance that helps pet birds' digestive process grit |
| #7003, aired 2015-02-11 | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES $5,000 (Daily Double): It's the Italian word for "You're welcome", not "You're with child" prego |
| #6972, aired 2014-12-30 | RIBBONS $1000: With a 1,612-foot drop, Ribbon Fall in this national park is the tallest uninterrupted waterfall in the United States Yosemite |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | A GAME OF IDIOMS $1000: Drop the gloves hockey |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | ADD A LETTER $1000: Drop 1 letter into "denture" to get this word meaning to alter chemical composition denature |
| #6870, aired 2014-06-27 | FURNITURE $800: The pembroke, a light, drop-leaf type of this, was probably named for the Earl of Pembroke, an amateur architect a table |
| #6849, aired 2014-05-29 | SUFFIXES $1200: To make a node smaller, drop the E & add this suffix -ule |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | SKYDIVING $1000: 2-word specified area where skydivers plan to land, or a Gary Busey film about skydiving crooks Drop Zone |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $200: Hanauma Bay, east of Waikiki Pacific |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $400: The Gulf of Honduras the Atlantic |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $600: The Sulu Sea the Pacific Ocean |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $800: The Laptev Sea the Arctic |
| #6738, aired 2013-12-25 | A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN? $1,000 (Daily Double): The Mozambique Channel the Indian Ocean |
| #6725, aired 2013-12-06 | A FASHION STATEMENT $600: Swing & a short fly ball, looks like it'll drop--no, Trebek makes one of these catches just off the ground a shoestring catch |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | COMPUTER TERMS $400: To describe how you move objects between icons on a desktop, this word is paired with "drop" drag |
| #6669, aired 2013-09-19 | TRY A SEPARATION $1200: Drop 1 letter from a word meaning "harsh" to get this word meaning to cut off a part from the whole sever |
| #6638, aired 2013-06-26 | SLANGUAGE $2000: Drop a letter from a class in boxing to get this, the poundage you gain on an ocean liner pleasure trip cruise weight |
| #6610, aired 2013-05-17 | FORGET U $800: Drop the "U" from this float used to mark a navigational channel to get this male word buoy & boy |
| #6609, aired 2013-05-16 | CLASSIC TOYS $800: This Wham-O product is made of compressed "zectron"; drop it from 10 feet & it'll bounce 9 feet high Super Ball |
| #6593, aired 2013-04-24 | AD-JECTIVES $400: In a slogan almost a century old, Maxwell House coffee is this "to the last drop" "good" |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $200: Drop a letter from an African country and you get this director of "Avatar" Cameron (from Cameroon) |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $400: ...From a Pacific island nation to find this item of forum wear toga (from Tonga) |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $600: Drop a letter from the land seen here & you get this Irish songstress Enya (from Kenya) |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $800: ...From a New England state & you'll dig deep in this place mine (from Maine) |
| #6569, aired 2013-03-21 | GEOGRAPHY: DROP A LETTER $1000: Drop a letter from a sultanate and you get this maiden name of Mrs. Sarkozy Bruni (from Brunei) |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | WHAT'S ON TV? $400: Christina's got "The Voice"; Kelly Clarkson is on this singing competition where it takes 2 Duets |
| #6513, aired 2013-01-02 | THE QUOTABLE KEATS $800: Keats rhymed, "life is but" this long; "a fragile dew-drop on its perilous way" (especially for poor John) a day long |
| #6509, aired 2012-12-27 | BEVERAGE BRANDS $3,100 (Daily Double): Drops of good is a community project of this coffee brand Maxwell House |
| #6494, aired 2012-12-06 | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS $2,500 (Daily Double): Conan Doyle wrote, "Where was the detective story until" this author "breathed the breath of life into it?" Edgar Allan Poe |
| #6456, aired 2012-10-15 | GET YOUR DUCKS $400: Drop a "G" from a Chinese dish to get this breed of duck popular among U.S. poultry farmers a Pekin duck |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE LAST "DROP" $400: A saline lacrimal secretion a teardrop |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE LAST "DROP" $800: To stand within the overhang of a building to hear something you shouldn't eavesdrop |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE LAST "DROP" $1200: Goody goody! It's this kind of candy made from corn syrup & gelatin a gumdrop |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE LAST "DROP" $1600: Let me set the stage for you; it's the rear curtain of a stage setting a backdrop |
| #6455, aired 2012-10-12 | THE LAST "DROP" $2000: To describe a moment of utter silence, these four words follow "You could have..." heard a pin drop |
| #6422, aired 2012-07-17 | HISTOR"E" $600: Drop "J." from a 2011 DiCaprio film title & you have a biopic of this powerful English king who died in 975 Edgar |
| #6407, aired 2012-06-26 | WHAT'S DOT? $200: In 2009 Dots candy introduced Bat Dots, a black, blood orange-flavored gum drop, for this holiday Halloween |
| #6394, aired 2012-06-07 | U.S.A. TOUR $400: Drop by the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame during your visit to this facility in Florida, KSC for short the Kennedy Space Center |
| #6372, aired 2012-05-08 | SCIENCE & NATURE $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a video taken on the International Space Station demonstrating the experiment she describes.) The International Space Station is ideal for zero gravity experiments; here, a knitting needle rubbed with paper creates a magnetic field, drawing a drop of water into this astronomical type of path spiraling around it an orbit |
| #6329, aired 2012-03-08 | GET YOUR VERBS MOVING $800: Drop a letter from what lovers might do to marry in secret & you'll get this easy gait lope |
| #6311, aired 2012-02-13 | FACTS & FIGURES $200: In a single week in October 2008, this indicator fell by 1,874 points, its biggest weekly drop ever the Dow Jones |
| #6270, aired 2011-12-16 | THE INTERNET $200: A new rule in this Yahoo sports fantasy game is the Mulligan, which allows you to drop your worst weekly score golf |
| #6268, aired 2011-12-14 | IT'S A GROUP THING $400: Drop a letter from "fraction" to get this fraction of a group within a larger group faction |
| #6205, aired 2011-07-29 | TV OPENING CREDITS $1200: Police officers drop one by one as this '70s medical examiner starts to demonstrate on a corpse Quincy |
| #6201, aired 2011-07-25 | HOW CONTINENTAL! $1000: A waterfall on this continent has the longest drop in the world, 3,212 feet South America |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | "DROP" IT, BUSTER! $400: Firm candy made of gelatin & covered with sugar a gumdrop |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | "DROP" IT, BUSTER! $600: Painted cloth hanging at the rear of a stage backdrop |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | "DROP" IT, BUSTER! $800: Perhaps a slippery sombrero inspired this phrase meaning "on a moment's notice" at the drop of a hat |
| #6124, aired 2011-04-07 | WATERFALLS $600: Waihilau Falls in this island's Waimanu Valley has a single drop of almost a half mile Hawaii |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | CEREAL LETTER DROP $1200: There's only one thing Toucan Sam can say after his brand loses a letter by mistake Froot Oops |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | CEREAL LETTER DROP $1600: That crazy leprechaun can't help you now; we've axed him & a letter, then we added steel to the marshmallow bits Lucky Harms |
| #6123, aired 2011-04-06 | CEREAL LETTER DROP $2000: A Kellogg's brand not only lost a letter, it lost all its dried grapes after they were prohibited Raisin Ban |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | DROP A LETTER $400: Drop a letter from the language spoken by the people of Seoul to get this sacred text of Islam Koran/Korean |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | DROP A LETTER $800: ...from a type of mediator to get this implanted device visible in the chest X-ray seen here a pacemaker (from peacemaker) |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | DROP A LETTER $1200: ...from a word for a mechanical man to get this verb that means "to cheer on" root (from robot) |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | DROP A LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): ...from a word for a long, vehement speech to get this synonym for "swap" trade (from tirade) |
| #6103, aired 2011-03-09 | DROP A LETTER $2000: ...from a slat on a window to get this word for a paramour lover (from louver) |
| #6102, aired 2011-03-08 | WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS $800: Pucker up with a lemon drop cocktail, lemon juice, a lemon slice, sugar & this liquor lemon-flavored vodka |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | MUSICAL TITLE LETTER DROP $400: Good luck when you ask the singers "What I Did For Love"; they never tell the truth in this musical A Chorus Lie |
| #6082, aired 2011-02-08 | MUSICAL TITLE LETTER DROP $2000: Drop an "L" from a Rodgers & Hammerstein roundabout & you get to do this, drunkenly revel Carouse |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $400: When a Twain title loses a letter, young royal Edward Tudor learns the problems of The London Times The Prince and the Paper |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $800: A Faulkner tale about the Compson family loses a letter to focus on animal pelts The Sound and the Fur |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $1200: Courageous neologisms abound when a Huxley title drops a letter Brave New Word |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $1600: Drop a letter from a George Eliot novel & the Tulliver siblings are unwell on a certain river The Ill on the Floss |
| #6029, aired 2010-11-25 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $2000: Look out! A Thomas Hardy title loses a letter & you'll want to keep your distance from a frenzied black bird Far from the Madding Crow |
| #5987, aired 2010-09-28 | INTERIOR DESIGN $200: You can save space if your dining room table has these, either drop or removable a leaf |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | DICKENS TITLE LETTER DROP $400: Drop a letter from Dickens' novel about pickpockets & it becomes this story of an internal organ that's sprained Liver Twist |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | DICKENS TITLE LETTER DROP $1200: The loss of a letter causes the evil Quilp & Little Nell to jump around on one leg a lot The Old Curiosity Hop |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | DICKENS TITLE LETTER DROP $1600: It's a Pip of a novel full of anticipation from Beowulf's people Geat Expectations |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | DICKENS TITLE LETTER DROP $2000: Drop a letter from Dickens' last completed novel & it's about that devilish guy we both know Our Mutual Fiend |
| #5959, aired 2010-07-08 | SYNONYMS $600: Take a synonym for "trash", drop 3 letters & you have this synonym for "clothes" garb |
| #5951, aired 2010-06-28 | ARTISTS $2,000 (Daily Double): Kiss & tell me the name of this Art Nouveau Austrian who painted the work seen here Gustav Klimt |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | DROP A LETTER $400: ...from a punctuation mark & you get this state of prolonged unconsciousness coma (from comma) |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | DROP A LETTER $800: ..from a word meaning "easily bent"; now you have this word meaning "legally responsible" liable (from pliable) |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | DROP A LETTER $1600: ...from a word meaning "oddly amusing" & you get this sandwich encloser roll (from droll) |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | DROP A LETTER $2,000 (Daily Double): ...from a word referring to 2 lines of latitude & you get this word that refers to a subject for discussion topic (from tropic) |
| #5940, aired 2010-06-11 | DROP A LETTER $2000: ...from a word meaning "gloomy" & you get this largest member of the deer family moose (from morose) |
| #5923, aired 2010-05-19 | THE FORTUNE 500 $400: Despite a 57% drop in profits last year, this oil company, No. 2, is still the most profitable co. on the list Exxon Mobil |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | BEST PICTURE LETTER DROP $400: A chauffeured lady from 1989 joins Greg Louganis in competition Diving Miss Daisy |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | BEST PICTURE LETTER DROP $1200: A NYC-set musical from 1961 becomes a member of Britain's Conservative Party West Side Tory |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | BEST PICTURE LETTER DROP $1600: A quiet 1991 film, minus a letter, becomes this, as seen here The Silence of the Labs |
| #5921, aired 2010-05-17 | BEST PICTURE LETTER DROP $2000: When a 1952 Cecil B. DeMille circus film loses a letter, there aren't enough awards to give the pig Greatest Sow on Earth |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $400: Jules Verne title trip that's undergone a letter drop & been shortened by 90% Around the World in Eight Days |
| #5872, aired 2010-03-09 | LITERARY LETTER DROP $2000: This ghostly Henry James story refers to a vase designed to hold threaded fasteners The Urn of the Screw |
| #5863, aired 2010-02-24 | THAT'S IN BRITOONICA $400: This "ill-tempered squawking" duck wears a sailor's hat, "at the drop of which he often explodes into a rage" Donald Duck |
| #5830, aired 2010-01-08 | FAR AND AWAY $500 (Daily Double): One way to reach this remote British island in the South Pacific is via a research vessel, the Bounty Bay Pitcairn island |
| #5809, aired 2009-12-10 | INSIDE A B-17 $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from inside a B-17.) The bombardier took aim through this top-secret bombsight that was said to be able to drop a bomb in a pickle barrel from 18,000 feet the Norden bombsight |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $200: Known as "The Body", this pro wrestler-turned-governor dropped out of a Minnesota community college Jesse Ventura |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $600: After dropping out of high school, he ran McDonald's & became a McMillionaire Kroc |
| #5780, aired 2009-10-30 | DROP OUT $1000: Arriving from Scotland in 1848 as an elementary school dropout, he sold his company in 1901 for $480 million Carnegie |
| #5771, aired 2009-10-19 | NONFICTION $2000: "Rogue economist" Steven D. Levitt ties Roe v. Wade to a drop in crime in this bestseller Freakonomics |
| #5755, aired 2009-09-25 | DR. OZ $400: (Dr. Oz delivers the clue.) Stop, drop your shoulders & purse your lips to slow down & regain control if anxiety & breathlessness are aggravating each other in a vicious cycle, known as this kind of episode a panic attack (an anxiety attack accepted) |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP $1200: This electronics store wants to be female-friendly & now has Magnolia Stores, which have a living room feel Best Buy |
| #5733, aired 2009-07-08 | SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP $1600: One of California's first surf shops in a mall, this "sunny" company sells Bullhead & Tilt brands Pacific Sunwear |
| #5684, aired 2009-04-30 | FOOD, FAST $800: Egg drop is not an omelet but a Chinese type of this soup |
| #5667, aired 2009-04-07 | "RU" THERE $3,000 (Daily Double): In 2005 this New Mexico city was sued to remove the religious symbols from its official logo Las Cruces |
| #5612, aired 2009-01-20 | ASTRONOMY $1200: (Hi, I'm astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson.) The entire universe acts in many ways like a gas in a laboratory, so we conclude that as the universe expands, this will drop continuously as it approaches absolute zero temperature |
| #5595, aired 2008-12-26 | "MO" BETTER $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew performs an experiment in mechanics.) Drop a matchbox, & it falls over, but open the box, & it stands, because the drawer sliding shut uses the stabilizing power of this, defined as mass times velocity momentum |
| #5554, aired 2008-10-30 | THE IG NOBEL PRIZE $400: A physics prize went to Robert Matthews for demonstrating why buttered toast usually does this when you drop it falls on the butter side |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | CRUISE LINES $1600: As this vampire in "Interview with the Vampire", Cruise says, "What I wouldn't give for a drop of good... Creole blood" Lestat |
| #5481, aired 2008-06-09 | THE "LAST" FRONTIER $1600: It's the famous description used as a slogan of Maxwell House coffee "good to the last drop" |
| #5478, aired 2008-06-04 | ANIMATION THAT'S A PUZZLE $400: It was a '90s game show Shop 'Til You Drop |
| #5466, aired 2008-05-19 | HODGEPODGE $400: Telemarketers must search this registry every 31 days & drop those who are on it a do-not-call list |
| #5452, aired 2008-04-29 | THE GOOD OLD, OLD DAYS $2,500 (Daily Double): He tamed Bucephalus & cut the Gordian knot Alexander the Great |
| #5401, aired 2008-02-18 | BE A SPORT $1000: After a visit to the maul, drop kick your way to a scrum in this sport developed in England rugby |
| #5390, aired 2008-02-01 | GROUNDHOG DAY $400: During winter these in a groundhog drop from about 80 per minute to around 4 heartbeats |
| #5380, aired 2008-01-18 | 13-LETTER WORDS $1200: (Jon of the Clue Crew plop, plops 2 tablets in a glass; they fizz, fizz.) When you drop Alka-Seltzer in water, a series of reactions, including the release of carbon dioxide, creates this bubbly effect, from the Latin for "begin to boil" effervescence |
| #5357, aired 2007-12-18 | DEATH SENTENCES $400: "If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive" is attributed to this movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn |
| #5325, aired 2007-11-02 | ADD A LETTER $1600: Drop a letter into "acid" & it becomes this, meaning bitterly pungent acrid |
| #5297, aired 2007-09-25 | SPIN-AGE $800: Utah's A.G. got letters to drop an antitrust case against this software company, but the mail was from dead people Microsoft |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AIN'T WE GOT PUN $400: A scholarly paper on punning restaurant names was titled "Dew Drop Inn and" this vegetable "Entertain You" Lettuce |
| #5292, aired 2007-09-18 | AFTER MASH $400: In the actions used to describe grabbing an image from 1 document & moving it onto another on a computer paste |
| #5280, aired 2007-07-20 | NOW WE'RE IN BUSINESS! $1600: Dash off a letter to this telecom giant's Overland Park, Kansas HQ where you can hear a pin drop Sprint |
| #5209, aired 2007-04-12 | THE THEATRE $1200: This murderous barber has a chair that can suddenly drop a victim via trap door into a cellar Sweeney Todd |
| #5201, aired 2007-04-02 | SCIENCE CLASS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew experiments with water and a paper clip.) Drop a paper clip into water, it sinks; drop it onto a paper towel, & because of the attraction of molecules of the same substance, called cohesion, this condition is created that seems to form a skin, allowing it to float surface tension |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | A DROP OF IRISH WHISKEY $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Old Jameson Distillery in Dublin, Ireland.) Jameson Irish whiskey is unique in that the malted type of this ingredient is dried in a closed oven so that smoke doesn't interfere barley |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | A DROP OF IRISH WHISKEY $800: Poteen, a term for illegally made whiskey, is the Irish equivalent of this "lunar" U.S. word moonshine |
| #5181, aired 2007-03-05 | A DROP OF IRISH WHISKEY $1,000 (Daily Double): (Cheryl of the Clue Crew stands in front of large tanks containing whiskey in Dublin, Ireland.) The whiskey goes 3 times through this purifying process, the evaporation & collection of a liquid via condensation distillation |
| #5099, aired 2006-11-09 | SOUNDS THE SAME TO ME $2,200 (Daily Double): Shed this drop of saline, watery fluid if you don't know this term for layer or level tear/tier |
| #5095, aired 2006-11-03 | BOOZE-A-PALOOZA $1600: To create a depth charge, you usually drop a shot of liquor like schnapps or tequila into a glass of this beer |
| #5073, aired 2006-10-04 | COOKING CLASS $1000: For the silver dollar type of these breakfast treats, drop the batter onto the griddle 1 tbsp. at a time pancakes |
| #5050, aired 2006-07-21 | FIRST-PERSON NARRATORS $1600: "I am now faced with the distasteful task of recording a definite drop in Lolita's morals" Humbert Humbert |
| #5024, aired 2006-06-15 | NFL BLITZ $1000: In 2006 Doug Flutie converted an extra point using this method, last successful in the NFL in 1941 a drop kick |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP $800: To clear the air, this specialty retailer that sells the Ionic Breeze started as a way for the owner to have fun The Sharper Image |
| #5007, aired 2006-05-23 | SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP $1200: In the 1860s this NYC store only sold hoop skirts; now you need a big brown bag for all the couture it sells Bloomingdale's |
| #5001, aired 2006-05-15 | AN ENGLISH-SPORTS DICTIONARY $1000: English: a small piece of candy;
golf: how you put a ball back in play after knocking your shot into a lake a drop |
| #4896, aired 2005-12-19 | THE JEOPARDY! TIME MACHINE $400: Drop in on Shaanxi, China in 1556 & you could warn the 800,000 soon to perish due to this an earthquake |
| #4894, aired 2005-12-15 | A FOXY CATEGORY $1600: In an Aesop fable, Fox makes this bird drop its food by asking it to speak Crow |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | DROP AN O $200: Chimney residue, & a drunkard soot & sot |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | DROP AN O $400: A rope tied with a running knot, & a certain body part noose & nose |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | DROP AN O $600: The cut in a board meant for the tongue, & a small forested area groove & grove |
| #4889, aired 2005-12-08 | DROP AN O $800: A single-masted type of ship, & food fit for swine sloop & slop |
| #4866, aired 2005-11-07 | NOUVELLE FAST FOOD $400: If you need to drop a couple of hundred pounds, try this chain's 6" Turkey or Veggie Delite sandwiches Subway |
| #4823, aired 2005-07-20 | SOMEBODY WROTE THAT $1600: A real "American Beauty", Alan Ball created this drop-dead gorgeous HBO series Six Feet Under |
| #4813, aired 2005-07-06 | GIVE IT A "PUSH" $400: Drop & give me 20 of these exercises push-ups |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | THE THINGS YOU SAY! $400: It's what you do when casually offering "a hint" or "a name", hoping someone picks it up drop |
| #4802, aired 2005-06-21 | WHAT'S UP, DUCK? $400: A stuffed duck wearing glasses & a mustache would drop down when someone on this show uttered the "secret word" You Bet Your Life |
| #4777, aired 2005-05-17 | ALLITERATIVE RESPONSES $2000: Terminal term for the spot where a spy leaves secret papers or film a dead drop |
| #4728, aired 2005-03-09 | HAULIN' S $2000: To allay your thirst, drop an "S" & form a body of water slake & lake |
| #4662, aired 2004-12-07 | LET'S GET SMALL $1000: From the Latin for "a small sphere", it's a small drop of liquid a globule |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | COOKING $400: To make this basis of soup, simmer chicken parts for 3 hours, with frequent skimming, or drop a cube into water broth (or stock) |
| #4648, aired 2004-11-17 | COOKING $800: If you put too much of this into a dish, drop in a peeled potato to absorb it salt |
| #4628, aired 2004-10-20 | HISTORY PROBLEMS $400: If Newton had 1 apple drop on his head on Monday, 3 on Tuesday & 5 on Wednesday, he averaged this number a day 3 |
| #4584, aired 2004-07-08 | HOW 'BOUT A DRINK? $400: A margarita can be served in a salt-rimmed glass; a lemon drop, in a glass rimmed with this sugar |
| #4573, aired 2004-06-23 | MEASURE FOR MEASURE $200: It's considered 1/60 of a teaspoon, so now you can figure out how much one "in a bucket" is a drop |
| #4538, aired 2004-05-05 | MALL OF AMERICA $800: For lunch, drop by the Rainforest Cafe or grab a Whopper from this fast food chain Burger King |
| #4523, aired 2004-04-14 | B MINUS $1200: Groups of Native Americans have to drop a "B" in order to make these attempts tries (from tribes) |
| #4475, aired 2004-02-06 | THE '60s $1000: In 1963 a lot of people were smiling over this new Kodak camera that used a drop-in film cartridge the Instamatic |
| #4410, aired 2003-11-07 | UNPOPULAR MECHANICS $1000: Appropriate 4-letter term for the space in a gallows floor through which a hangee fell drop or trap |
| #4398, aired 2003-10-22 | A TOM CRUISE FILM FESTIVAL $400: "What I wouldn't give for a drop of good old-fashioned Creole blood" Interview with the Vampire |
| #4393, aired 2003-10-15 | UTAH $1600: To demonstrate the acoustics in this Salt Lake City building, tour guides will drop a pin the Mormon Tabernacle |
| #4304, aired 2003-04-24 | COFFEE DRINKS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew at a cafe in Rome) Italian for "spotted", to espresso drinkers, it means having a drop of milk on top macchiato |
| #4275, aired 2003-03-14 | INTERIOR DESIGN $1200: A butterfly table is also known as a drop- this table leaf |
| #4271, aired 2003-03-10 | HALLS OF FAME $1000: Instead of just "standing on a corner in" this Arizona city, drop by an Astronaut Hall of Fame Winslow |
| #4252, aired 2003-02-11 | DOUBLE TALK $800: In a line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge, it precedes "everywhere, nor any drop to drink" Water water |
| #4240, aired 2003-01-24 | ARCHAEOLOGY $2,000 (Daily Double): The major evidence that these people visited North America has been found at L'Anse aux Meadows Vikings |
| #4226, aired 2003-01-06 | I WANT TO BE A FIREFIGHTER $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew) If your clothes accidentally catch on fire, the formula is to stop, drop & do this roll |
| #4168, aired 2002-10-16 | POLITICALLY CORRECT MUSICALS? $400: Fagin & the gang stop picking people's pockets & drop money in instead; what a "Twist"! Oliver |
| #4159, aired 2002-10-03 | WHAT'S THAT THING CALLED? $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from Heritage Village in Cincinnati) Like in colonial days, I'm making yarn using the drop type of this spindle |
| #4103, aired 2002-06-05 | MUSIC MAKERS $1200: A song by Joe Henry, heard here, became a hit recording by this sister-in-law of his
"Don't tell me to stop /
Tell the rain not to drop /
Tell the wind not to blow..." Madonna |
| #4089, aired 2002-05-16 | CON-CENTRATION $600: In this bird "drop", a wad of money is found & the con man will split it with you if you put up some of your own money pigeon drop |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | FITNESS $200: A drill instructor who shouts "Drop and give me twenty!" means twenty of these push-ups |
| #3995, aired 2002-01-04 | CHEMISTRY $400: A drop of solution placed on this paper will indicate if the solution is acidic, neutral or basic litmus paper |
| #3984, aired 2001-12-20 | A "C.D." CATEGORY $200: A small lozenge to treat hoarseness a cough drop |
| #3979, aired 2001-12-13 | CLICHES OVER THE CELL PHONE $200: Boy, it was so quiet you could have heard... a pin drop |
| #3929, aired 2001-10-04 | NEW YORK POST HEADLINES $300: After a refusal to help NYC in a 1975 fiscal crisis, a Post banner trumpeted, this president "To City: Drop Dead" Gerald Ford |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LETTER DROP $200: From a winning finish in a race, drop this letter to get a closed hand R (first/fist) |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LETTER DROP $400: From a 2-wheeled horse-drawn vehicle, drop this letter to get a 4-wheeled power vehicle T (cart/car) |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LETTER DROP $600: Drop this letter from 30 days to get a lepidopteran N (month/moth) |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LETTER DROP $800: From darkness or depression, drop this letter to get a weaving apparatus G (gloom/loom) |
| #3775, aired 2001-01-19 | LETTER DROP $1000: Drop this letter from quick & active to get a Jewish circumcision K (brisk/bris) |
| #3744, aired 2000-12-07 | PHYSICS $400: It's defined as a narrow beam of energy, or as a drop of golden sun Ray |
| #3713, aired 2000-10-25 | THE FOOD COURT $200: If you're in the mood for Mexican fast food, try a gordita or chalupa from this chain Taco Bell |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | DROP "OUT" $100: A rough idea of a proposed plan; H.G. Wells had one of "History" an outline |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | DROP "OUT" $200: A movie scene that's filmed but not used in the final version an outtake |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | DROP "OUT" $300: Beyond the designated borders of a sports playing field out of bounds |
| #3706, aired 2000-10-16 | DROP "OUT" $400: A type of medical care in which the subject doesn't spend the night in the hospital outpatient |
| #3703, aired 2000-10-11 | HOW TO SAY YES! $200: How a Parisian accepts a roller coaster ride, or what he might say on the first drop Oui |
| #3699, aired 2000-10-05 | UNUSUAL PETS $1000: When disturbed, the 6-foot-long common species of this lizard will drop from its tree into water iguana |
| #3656, aired 2000-06-26 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $600: For a ball to possess kinetic energy, you have to do this to it drop/kick/roll it |
| #3619, aired 2000-05-04 | 20th CENTURY QUOTES $500: A professor, 1967:
"Turn on,
tune in,
drop out" Timothy Leary |
| #3587, aired 2000-03-21 | VERB-OSITY $200: You can do it to a hint, a subject or charges Drop |
| #3517, aired 1999-12-14 | FURNITURE $400: A removable section of a tabletop; when it's hinged, it's a "drop" Leaf |
| #3365, aired 1999-04-02 | THE SPORTING LIFE $800: In 1998 a drug scandal caused 93 of 189 riders to drop out of this European bike race Tour de France |
| #3298, aired 1998-12-30 | "OOPS" $200: Cries of a crane, or a cry when you drop something, butterfingers! whoops |
| #3287, aired 1998-12-15 | LITTLE DOG $600: The name of the papillon means this; a drop-eared type is called phalene, "moth" Butterfly |
| #3284, aired 1998-12-10 | CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS $100: Legend says enemies who met under a branch of this would drop their weapons & embrace; now we kiss under it Mistletoe |
| #3278, aired 1998-12-02 | GROOVY TIMES $200: In a famous '60s slogan it came between "turn on" & "drop out" tune in |
| #3255, aired 1998-10-30 | CREATION STORIES $800: Africa's Fulani people, who are cattle herders, say everything came from a drop of this milk |
| #3186, aired 1998-06-08 | SCOOPS $400: In 1945 reporter William Laurence got to fly over this city for the second A-bomb drop Nagasaki |
| #3165, aired 1998-05-08 | COLLEGE SLANG $400: If you do it with "a dime" you inform on someone drop a dime |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | THE PASSOVER SEDER $800: A drop of wine is spilled as each of these is recited, starting with blood, frogs & vermin The 10 Plagues of Egypt |
| #3143, aired 1998-04-08 | SPRING CLEANING $300: To keep this appliance's bag smelling fresh, drop a few cloves in it Vacuum cleaner |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | NOT A DROP TO DRINK $100: The only requirement for membership in this group founded in 1935 is a desire to stop drinking Alcoholics Anonymous |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | NOT A DROP TO DRINK $200: This word used of Herbert Hoover in 1928 referred to his support of Prohibition, not his dull speeches dry |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | NOT A DROP TO DRINK $300: Temperance workers used this liquor as a synonym for all spirits & prefaced it with "demon" rum |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | NOT A DROP TO DRINK $400: This Southern state whose name means "great water" was the last one with a prohibition law Mississippi |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | NOT A DROP TO DRINK $500: In "A Drinking Life", this editor of NYC's Post & Daily News tells how he got on & off the sauce Pete Hamill |
| #3078, aired 1998-01-07 | TRAVEL U.S.A. $1000: For some fun in this Pennsylvania city, drop by the Dutch Wonderland Family Fun Park Lancaster |
| #3066, aired 1997-12-22 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: Older people are more susceptible to this condition defined as a drop in body temperature to below 95 degrees F. Hypothermia |
| #3059, aired 1997-12-11 | TAPE $400: As its name indicates, it's used especially to cover surfaces during painting Masking tape |
| #3000, aired 1997-09-19 | LOOK TO THE FUTURE $3,500 (Daily Double): Legend says his tomb reads "Rex Quondum, Rexque Futurus", "The Once And Future King" King Arthur |
| #2912, aired 1997-04-08 | IN THE DICTIONARY $600: This word can mean a drop downward, or one's lineage Descent |
| #2877, aired 1997-02-18 | SHOW BIZ SIBLINGS $500: "Drop Zone" director John Badham is the brother of Mary Badham, who played Scout in this 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird |
| #2857, aired 1997-01-21 | OF NO IMPORTANCE $200: A drop in the bucket, or in this much larger body of water, is trivial an ocean |
| #2719, aired 1996-05-30 | ADVICE $300: His advice to people in a 1966 lecture was "Turn on, tune in and drop out" Timothy Leary |
| #2708, aired 1996-05-15 | BAKING $100: Refrigerator & drop are 2 types of this sweet treat a cookie |
| #2680, aired 1996-04-05 | NAUTICAL TERMS $100: To snub is to let this heavy device drop on a short cable, bringing the ship to an abrupt halt Anchor |
| #2623, aired 1996-01-17 | '50s SONG LYRICS $500: "I believe for ev'ry drop of rain that falls" this "grows" a flower |
| #2622, aired 1996-01-16 | MONEY & FINANCE $100: When stocks are in an upward trend, it's a bull market; as they drop, it's called this Bear Market |
| #2595, aired 1995-12-08 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $1,200 (Daily Double): Lodgings in this capital city include the Hotel de l'Annapurna & the Hotel Himalaya Kathmandu |
| #2544, aired 1995-09-28 | HISTORIC THOMASES $200: Poverty forced this future pamphleteer to drop out of school at age 13 & become a corset maker Thomas Paine |
| #2437, aired 1995-03-21 | COOKING $400: It's what drop biscuits are dropped on a cookie sheet |
| #2423, aired 1995-03-01 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $300: To introduce one of these in the House, first drop it in the hopper a bill |
| #2384, aired 1995-01-05 | DISNEYLAND $400: The 1946 film "Song of the South" inspired this log flume ride that features a 5-story drop Splash Mountain |
| #2308, aired 1994-09-21 | "LAST"s $400: In a proverb it "makes the cup run over" the last drop |
| #2250, aired 1994-05-20 | SHOPPING $500: The Drop of Doom is a thrill ride in this Canadian province's West Edmonton Mall, so you can shop 'til you drop Alberta |
| #2224, aired 1994-04-14 | SPORTS RULES $400: A free kick in football may be performed as a drop kick, a place kick or one of these a punt |
| #2035, aired 1993-06-11 | TRAVEL TEXAS $400: This theme park near Arlington, Texas boasts a 200' parachute drop called the Texas Chute-Out Six Flags |
| #1970, aired 1993-03-12 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $100: Some sources say it's 1/60 of a teaspoon, but just one can make a cup runneth over a drop |
| #1927, aired 1993-01-12 | PROVERBS $500: "The last" one of these "makes the cup run over" a drop |
| #1863, aired 1992-10-14 | FURNITURE $200: The pembroke, a small drop-leaf one of these, may have been named for the Earl of Pembroke a table |
| #1790, aired 1992-05-15 | FURNITURE $400: The gateleg style of this piece of furniture is a variation of the drop-leaf one a table |
| #1618, aired 1991-09-18 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: A linen fabric used as a liner in curtains or a translucent drop in the theater a scrim |
| #1601, aired 1991-07-15 | DESIGN $300: A diamond-shaped figure seen in heraldic designs & architecture, or a diamond-shaped cough drop a lozenge |
| #1588, aired 1991-06-26 | MEDICAL MATTERS $600: This is defined as a drop in body temperature below 95 degrees Fahrenheit hypothermia |
| #1559, aired 1991-05-16 | ANIMALS $400: When one of these mammals is born, it's often a six-foot drop to the ground giraffe |
| #1551, aired 1991-05-06 | CLICHÉS $400: To "drop the other" one of these means to end the suspense shoe |
| #1542, aired 1991-04-23 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: The long wooden horn, named for the mountain range where it was used for signaling the Alpenhorn |
| #1529, aired 1991-04-04 | ANATOMY $200: A single drop of blood contains millions of cells floating in this straw-colored fluid plasma |
| #1495, aired 1991-02-15 | BIRD LORE $200: In legend a drop of Jesus' blood turned this bird's breast red the robin |
| #1480, aired 1991-01-25 | BOTTOMS UP! $400: To make it, combine gin, vodka, cola, and a twist of lemon, but not a drop of tea Long Island Ice Tea |
| #1439, aired 1990-11-29 | PHYSICAL SCIENCE $600: A drop of most types of this will cause marble to bubble acid |
| #1404, aired 1990-10-11 | ADS & COMMERCIALS $200: A picture of a coffee cup with 1 drop falling out of it is on containers of this coffee Maxwell House |
| #1230, aired 1989-12-29 | HISTORIC QUOTES $800: "Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out" was the title of a lecture he gave in 1967 Dr. Timothy Leary |
| #1147, aired 1989-09-05 | THE BIBLE $600: Isaiah 40:15 says, "Behold, the nations are as" one of these "of a bucket" a drop |
| #1116, aired 1989-06-12 | DOUBLE TALK $200: In a certain Coleridge poem it precedes "everywhere, nor any drop to drink" Water, water |
| #1100, aired 1989-05-19 | IN THE OCEAN $400: The Encyclopedia of Aquatic Life says a shark can smell one drop of this in 25 gallons of water blood |
| #1029, aired 1989-02-09 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $500: Fainting is caused by a sudden drop in this blood pressure |
| #1025, aired 1989-02-03 | FOOD $500: A chocolate drop covered with white pellets of sugar, or a person who has no equal a nonpareil |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $300: A 36% drop in children's tooth decay over the past 7 years is attributed to this fluoridated water |
| #976, aired 1988-11-28 | SCIENCE & NATURE $500: It's what makes a needle float on water or a drop of liquid assume the shape of a ball surface tension |
| #901, aired 1988-07-04 | SICKNESS & HEALTH $1000: Technically known as "syncope", it's caused by a sudden drop in blood pressure fainting |
| #814, aired 1988-03-03 | COLORFUL SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Color in title of this 1967 No. 1 hit for The Lemon Pipers:
"Drop your silver in my tambourine /
Help a poor man build..." "Green Tambourine" |
| #720, aired 1987-10-23 | "D.C." $200: Painters use this sheet as protection against spills & drips a drop cloth |
| #573, aired 1987-02-18 | DIRTY WORDS $300: If you get mad at your Barbie doll, you can drop her in a pit of this Mattel goo Slime |
| #519, aired 1986-12-04 | TAKE A BATH $100: To wash this body part, Heloise says drop soap into an old nylon, knot it, & use seesaw motion the back |
| #497, aired 1986-11-04 | TRANSPORTATION $500 (Daily Double): Major world power that averages 1 car per 3,853 people China |
| #496, aired 1986-11-03 | FASHION DESIGNERS $800: This son of a countess wed Gene Tierney & a cough drop heiress, but turned down Barbara Hutton Oleg Cassini |
| #423, aired 1986-04-23 | HOUSEHOLD HINTS $500: Mary Ellen says to soften peanut butter & add flavor, “open” a bottle of this oil & put in a drop sesame seed oil |
| #405, aired 1986-03-28 | BEER $300: Drop a shot of whiskey, glass & all, into a mug to make a "depth charge", one variation of this a boilermaker |
| #342, aired 1985-12-31 | CANDY $600: For a 1920's promotion, biplanes used these to drop Baby Ruth bars over cities & towns little parachutes |
| #273, aired 1985-09-25 | SPORTS $100: To do this, you fly to a drop zone & fall free skydiving |
| #152, aired 1985-04-09 | COLLEGES $200: 53% of all college students who drop out do so due to a lack of this money |
| #92, aired 1985-01-15 | FAMOUS QUOTES $200: Completes the title of a Leary lecture "Turn On, Tune In..." "Drop Out" |
