| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | COUNTRIES THAT START WITH "I" $400: An anagram of "Arabs", Basra is a port city in this country Iraq |
| #8832, aired 2023-03-21 | TO THE MOUNTAINTOP! $1000: The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak Ararat |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | TV CRIME SHOWS $1600: 3 suburban mothers stop playing it safe & rob a supermarket on this show, but that's just the start of their criminal troubles Good Girls |
| #8243, aired 2020-09-23 | AROUND THE USA $200: 14,060-foot Mount Bierstadt is a good place to start climbing the "Fourteeners" of this western range the Rockies |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS BY WOMEN $1000: Based on novels by Deborah Harkness, "A Discovery of" these beings centers on historian Diana Bishop, who has magical abilities Witches |
| #7943, aired 2019-03-06 | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS $2000: The "Z" gets you off to a good start in this 25-point study of the chemistry of fermentation zymurgy |
| #7915, aired 2019-01-25 | PEST CONTROL $800: Terminix says vacuuming is a good start in controlling these icky insects like the German & brown-banded types cockroaches |
| #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 |
| #7129, aired 2015-09-17 | AFTER GLOW $1000: Adjective meaning pertaining to the buttocks gluteal |
| #6935, aired 2014-11-07 | THANKS FOR THE KIND WORDS $800: Meaning merciful, it describes good weather; in a kind words category, we need it without the "in" at the start clement |
| #6670, aired 2013-09-20 | HOW'D THEY MAKE THEIR MONEY? $2000: (Daymond John delivers the clue) Howard Hughes made a good decision to start buying stock in this globe-spanning airline in 1939. He sold his holdings in the '60s for $547 million TWA |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | OFF TO A "GOOD" START $400: In Italian, this phrase you wish someone is "buona fortuna" good luck |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | OFF TO A "GOOD" START $800: This 2-word trucker's salutation became associated with CB radio good buddy |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | OFF TO A "GOOD" START $1200: In the name of this religious observance, "good" means "holy", not "positive" Good Friday |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | OFF TO A "GOOD" START $1600: By reading poetry & such pursuits, Charlie the tuna is always trying to show Star-Kist he has this good taste |
| #6561, aired 2013-03-11 | OFF TO A "GOOD" START $2000: Given by eager home buyers, it's also called an earnest money deposit a good-faith deposit |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | LET'S TAKE A VACATION $800: The Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz might be a good start for your tour of these islands the Galápagos |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | RECENT BOOKS $1000: Book club alert--"Then Came You" is the latest novel by this author of "Good in Bed" & "In Her Shoes" Jennifer Weiner |
| #6247, aired 2011-11-15 | GOOD MIGRATIONS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a map of North and South America.) Separated by up to 1,500 miles at the start of their annual migration, flocks of the scarlet type of this bird come closer together as they move down to South America tanager |
| #5568, aired 2008-11-19 | THE REAL WORLD $1600: (Jon of the Clue Crew stands on a ladder and drops two items.) An object's weight does not affect the speed at which it falls, so the shoe & the paper hit the ground at the same time, as this Italian first predicted Galileo |
| #5098, aired 2006-11-08 | WE LOVE BROADWAY $400 (Daily Double): (Before the clue is given, Kate Reinders from the Broadway play Wicked helps with the clue.)
"Popular /
You're gonna be pop-u-lar /
I'll teach you the proper ploys /
When you talk to boys /
Little ways to flirt and flounce--woww! /
I'll show you what shoes to wear /
How to fix your hair /
Everything that really counts to be /
Popular /
I'll help you be pop-u-lar /
You'll hang with the right cohorts /
You'll be good at sports /
Know the slang you gotta know /
So let's start /
'Cause you've got an awfully long way to go"
"Wicked" is based on a modern novel inspired by this classic L. Frank Baum book that took us "over the rainbow" The Wizard of Oz |
| #4712, aired 2005-02-15 | GUNS N' ROSES $200: On Jan. 1, 2005, a 207-foot train spouting fireworks & a 50-foot robot were highlights of this event the Rose Parade |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | POP MUSIC $1000: Footage from a concert at the Fillmore is included in his video for "Babylon" David Gray |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $400: This Washington Irving snoozer begins, "Whoever has made a voyage up the Hudson..." "Rip Van Winkle" |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $800: This 1854 poem commences with "Half a league, half a league, half a league onward" The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $1200: At the start of this Dickens book the hero wonders "Whther I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life" David Copperfield |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $1600: This Victor Hugo classic begins with Part One, "Fantine" Les Miserables |
| #4056, aired 2002-04-01 | OFF TO A GOOD START $2000: The prologue to this Shaw work opens "In the doorway of the Temple of Ra in Memphis" Caesar and Cleopatra |
| #3990, aired 2001-12-28 | DEAR DIARY $1,400 (Daily Double): 1975: One day I'll be so rich I could buy my own island, maybe Australia. Starting Microsoft with my pal Paul is a good start Bill Gates |
| #3526, aired 1999-12-27 | WORD PUZZLES $600: A good way to start the spread of a rumor:
YOU JUST ME just between you and me |
| #3415, aired 1999-06-11 | GOOD PROVERBS $500: "A good start is half" this the race (the battle accepted) |
| #3100, aired 1998-02-06 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $300: The Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz is a good start for a tour of these South American islands Galapagos Islands |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | OFF TO A GOOD START $200: It's the go-ahead in a kid's game & for a car at an intersection a green light |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | OFF TO A GOOD START $400: A baker who never uses packaged mixes always "starts from" here scratch |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | OFF TO A GOOD START $600: It's a ship at home in the Arctic, or a remark that starts a conversation an icebreaker |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | OFF TO A GOOD START $800: It begins a football game or a special event like a political campaign the kickoff |
| #3036, aired 1997-11-10 | OFF TO A GOOD START $1000: In a business project, it's the level investors try to "get in on" the ground floor (or the ground level) |
| #2015, aired 1993-05-14 | IN THE BEGINNING $300: At the start of a game of pool, there are this many balls on the table 16 |
| #1472, aired 1991-01-15 | 20TH CENTURY PERSONALITIES $1000: "Tiny Alice" playwright who advised "Start with people. You can't ever make a good play out of an idea." Edward Albee |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | ANIMAL TRIVIA $300: The venom of these bees is actually less poisonous than European bees, but they attack in large groups African Bees/Killer Bees |
| #1038, aired 1989-02-22 | U.S. HISTORY $400: In 1834 this new party got off to a good start with Henry Clay's support Whigs |
| #542, aired 1987-01-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $1,500 (Daily Double): (Here comes the music.)
Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll sing another song
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along
Sing it as we used to sing it, 50,000 strong...
Civil War event depicted in this song:
...Hurrah! Hurrah! we bring the jubilee!
Hurrah! Hurrah! the flag that makes you free! Sherman's march through Georgia |
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