Jeopardy! Round, Double Jeopardy! Round, or Tiebreaker Round clues (444 results returned)

#9085, aired 2024-04-19POETS OF LOVE $4,500 (Daily Double): Percy Shelley wrote, "Nothing in the world is single; / All things by a law divine / In one spirit meet &" this, like at a mixer mingle
#9078, aired 2024-04-10THE 6 MOTHERS-IN-LAW OF HENRY VIII $1600: The mother of Anne of Cleves was Maria of Jülich, a duchy of this thousand-year empire of West & Central Europe the Holy Roman Empire
#9034, aired 2024-02-08SOUNDS LIKE A HORROR MOVIE, BUT ISN'T $1600: Jane Fonda had no bolts in her neck as the title family relation in this 2005 flick, but J. Lo wanted to scream anyway Monster-in-Law
#9017, aired 2024-01-16A MATTER OF LAW $600: Chapter 12 of this federal code covers its application to family farmers & family fishermen the Bankruptcy Code
#24, aired 2024-01-09"J" LAW $400: Henry Fonda plays a man who sits on one in the 1957 film "12 Angry Men" a jury
#24, aired 2024-01-09"DIS"CONTINUED $400: In law, it's "a justice's nonconcurrence with a decision of the majority"; it's also the nickname of the collar worn by RBG dissent
#9004, aired 2023-12-28WOMEN ON TRIAL $1200: The 1884 trial in Russia of Ekaterina Semenova introduced to law this "psycho"logical type who lacks any remorse a psychopath
#8995, aired 2023-12-15WISH I'D SAID THAT! $1600: Attributed to Jeremy Bentham: these are "the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished" lawyers
#8987, aired 2023-12-05FROM DAWN 'TIL DUSK $1600: A sheriff in the Old West might do this to someone, making him part of law enforcement deputize
#8976, aired 2023-11-20ETCHED IN STONE $800: Outside the building where this group meets is a statue with a tablet that reads "Lex", Latin for "law" the Supreme Court
#8947, aired 2023-10-10COMPOSERS & THEIR KIN $1000: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was a composer as well as the brother-in-law of this British queen Queen Victoria
#8945, aired 2023-10-06DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY $1,000 (Daily Double): This 19th century Italian physicist lends his name to a law & a number relating equal volumes of gases & molecules Avogadro
#15, aired 2023-10-04ESTATE PLANNING $1,200 (Daily Double): In law, it's one party managing another's property for the benefit of a third; in life, some say it's the key to a good relationship trust
#8938, aired 2023-09-27LAW & ORDER $800: This other "A" word is an accomplice or abettor in a crime but is not there when it is committed an accessory
#8899, aired 2023-06-22"CHAIN" $1000: In law, prosecutors work to establish this, the trail of possession & handling of a piece of evidence chain of custody
#8873, aired 2023-05-17U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS $400: In 1892 this party probably didn't raise a glass to getting 2.2% of the popular vote; 3 decades later, its cause was law the Prohibition Party
#12, aired 2023-05-16ENDS IN A DOUBLE VOWEL $1200: An authoritative command backed by the force of law a decree
#8, aired 2023-05-12PHYSICS CHECKUP $1000: According to this cosmologist's law, redshift in light coming from a galaxy is directly proportional to its distance from us Hubble
#3, aired 2023-05-09TIME TO LAWYER UP $200: For not complying with a court order in 1995, a Philly lawyer was jailed for this; he kept not complying & was in jail for 14 years contempt (of court)
#8851, aired 2023-04-17TV BEFORE & AFTER $1200: Harry Hamlin & Susan Dey leave the courtroom to investigate sex crimes in New York with Mariska Hargitay L.A. Law & Order: SVU
#8822, aired 2023-03-07SCIENCE $2000: The law that the total pressure of a mixture of gases is the sum of those of the component gases was stated by this Brit in 1801 John Dalton
#8797, aired 2023-01-31JASON 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
#11, aired 2023-01-19A TRASHY CATEGORY $500: A 2012 first-in-the-nation Vermont law says scraps from home cooking may not go in regular trash but must become this compost
#8787, aired 2023-01-17EMMY WINNERS $1600: This series about a New York doctor in Cicely, Alaska beat out "L.A. Law", among others, to win Best Drama Series at the 1992 Emmys Northern Exposure
#8786, aired 2023-01-16LETTERS OF THE LAW $8,000 (Daily Double): N: Failure to exercise care towards others that a reasonable person would do in similar circumstances negligence
#8773, aired 2022-12-28HERE COMES THE BRIBE $600: In 1982 while leader of this labor union, Roy Williams was convicted of trying to bribe a U.S. senator to kill a new trucking law the Teamsters
#8763, aired 2022-12-14THE PROOF $600: In civil law, a plaintiff usually shoulders this 3-word responsibility to establish disputed facts the burden of proof
#8760, aired 2022-12-09SCIENCE! $1000: This Greek gave his name to the law that says a body in fluid is acted on by force proportional to how much fluid it displaces Archimedes
#8747, aired 2022-11-22UNDER THE "C" $600: Per Black's Law, you can file this "conduct that defies the authority... of a court" under "C", & you can be held in it too contempt
#8739, aired 2022-11-1021st CENTURY BESTSELLERS $400: Law professor Michelle Alexander saw a race-based U.S. justice system in "The New" this name, a symbol of segregation Jim Crow
#7, aired 2022-11-06FUN WITH FLAGS $200: The item in the center of this nation's flag is a wheel of law called the Ashoka Chakra India
#8733, aired 2022-11-02THE LAW $400: In Wisconsin, "The serving of" it "at a public eating place as a substitute for table butter is prohibited" unless a customer wants it margarine
#8733, aired 2022-11-02THE LAW $600: If "The Graduate" were set in South Australia, Ben could have gotten 2 years or a $10,000 fine for interrupting this type of event a wedding
#8733, aired 2022-11-02THE LAW $1000: In 2008 feeding the pigeons at St. Mark's Square in this city became a no-no that could cost you 700 euro Venice
#6, aired 2022-10-30ANSWER IN THE FORM OF AN ABBREVIATION $400: If you get this degree from Harvard, first given in 1873, you can call yourself doctor but don't try to diagnose me a Ph.D.
#8730, aired 2022-10-28BOOKS & AUTHORS $200: The law works in mysterious ways in "Sparring Partners", a 2022 collection of novellas by this king of legal thrillers Grisham
#5, aired 2022-10-23ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW $600: As opposed to misdemeanors, this class of crimes is more serious & can carry a sentence of a year or more in the slammer a felony
#3, aired 2022-10-09THE AFTER PARTY $400: Black's Law Dictionary says a "crime of" this is "committed in the heat of an emotionally charged moment" passion
#8698, aired 2022-09-14THE LAW $400: 2 main types of this in a divorce are legal (who makes big decisions about the kid's life) & physical (whom the moppet lives with) custody
#8698, aired 2022-09-14THE LAW $4,000 (Daily Double): Many people trying to sue over the same thing may be certified as this group to prevent unfair variations in their outcomes a class
#8675, aired 2022-07-01ANIMALS & THE LAW $200: Shooting these "in a barrel" is proverbially easy but using firearms on them in Indiana state waters, legally problematic fish
#8675, aired 2022-07-01ANIMALS & THE LAW $400: Minnesota forbade contests in which this animal, "greased (or) oiled... is released & wherein the object is capture of" one a pig
#8675, aired 2022-07-01ANIMALS & THE LAW $600: You can own as many of these as you like in Calif. & enter them in a Calaveras jumping contest, but if one dies, you can't eat it frogs
#8675, aired 2022-07-01ANIMALS & THE LAW $800: New York City says horses that do this, popular with tourists & couples in Central Park, get 5 weeks of vacation a year draw a buggy
#8675, aired 2022-07-01ANIMALS & THE LAW $1000: This state that had a famous Monkey Trial in 1925 lets you keep a pet monkey, but not a baboon Tennessee
#8666, aired 2022-06-20ONE SMALL STEP FOR HAM $200: In 2022 France passed a law that reduces nitrites, the chemicals that make cured ham this color inside instead of gray pink
#8662, aired 2022-06-14THE EARLY 1800s $400: In 1807 Congress passed a law to "prohibit the importation of" these, but it wasn't 100% effective slaves
#8634, aired 2022-05-05NOW FOR THE SECRET WORD $800: "P" is for this word that refers to communication that's protected from compelled disclosure in a court of law privileged
#8630, aired 2022-04-29THE 18th CENTURY $1600: Similar to Uncle Sam, this character represents England, first appearing in the 1712 satirical pamphlet, "Law is a Bottomless-Pit" John Bull
#8622, aired 2022-04-19POLICING & PUNISHMENTS $2000: In the 1970s Oregon was the first state with a law saying the police must make an arrest when they come to a home on a call for this domestic violence
#8620, aired 2022-04-15A COUNTRY OF LAWS $200: In the 1990s Germany modified the Reinheitsgebot, a law dating to 1516 that said this could be made only of barley, hops & water beer
#8608, aired 2022-03-30MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR $800: In "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald", Jude Law turns up as a younger version of this wizard Dumbledore
#8605, aired 2022-03-25AMERICAN LAW $4,000 (Daily Double): Lady Liberty is on the logo of the American Association of Lawyers in this field, founded in 1946 immigration
#8585, aired 2022-02-25BEFORE SHE WAS FIRST LADY $400: She was the first woman to become a partner at the prestigious Rose Law Firm in Little Rock, Arkansas Hillary Rodham
#8578, aired 2022-02-16THE LYIN' IN WINTER $1000: We would've given our beloved mail carrier a Mercedes to observe this day, December 26, but federal law maxes single gifts at $20 Boxing Day
#8524, aired 2021-12-02FUNNY LADIES $600: Order in the court! If she ever tires of being funny, she has a law degree from the University of New South Wales to fall back on (Rebel) Wilson
#8524, aired 2021-12-02AIN'T THAT AMERICA $1000: The 1968 Democratic National Convention became a battleground despite this mayor's promise of law & order Daley
#8503, aired 2021-11-03PHYSICS $800: In 1850 Clausius laid down the second law of this, that heat won't of itself pass from one body to a hotter one thermodynamics
#8471, aired 2021-09-20A WORD IN SPANISH $1000: In Spanish it's not someone taking the law into his own hands, it's just a watchman, like a night watchman vigilante
#8453, aired 2021-07-28BURGESSES IN THE HOUSE! $1200: The Burgesses first convened in 1619 & their first law set a minimum price for "the best" this crop, which grew well in Virginia tobacco
#8443, aired 2021-07-14EPONYMOUS LEGISLATION $1600: A star in Chaplin's "The Kid", he earned millions, but it got spent by others; a law named for him protects the earnings of minors Jackie Coogan
#8434, aired 2021-07-01THE 3 "R"s $800: Adjective for a legal judgment made without basis in law arbitrary
#8426, aired 2021-06-21AUTHORS' THIRD BOOKS $800: In this third John Grisham thriller, 2 Supreme Court justices are killed & a journalist helps a law student on the run The Pelican Brief
#8417, aired 2021-06-08FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED $400: Olmsted's plans for a reservoir for Mt. Royal Park were dashed by an 1870s depression in this city whose name sounds like the park Montreal
#8417, aired 2021-06-08FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED $600: Olmsted teamed with a Boston firm to come up with the final plans seen here for this university in Northern California & here it is today Stanford
#8400, aired 2021-05-14SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $400: In 1880's Strauder v. West Virginia, the court struck down a state law requiring these impaneled people to be white jurors
#8395, aired 2021-05-07LAYING DOWN THE SCIENTIFIC LAW $1600: This Frenchman who came up with a law on paramagnetic bodies & temperature may not have been the best scientist in his family Pierre Curie
#8384, aired 2021-04-22PREMIERE EPISODES $1200: In 2014 Wes Gibbins began taking a law course on this ABC drama; also during the episode, the students were disposing of a body How to Get Away with Murder
#8329, aired 2021-02-04QUESTIONABLE VERBS $400: A lawyer doing this is generally allowed to ask leading questions, since he or she generally didn't call the witness cross-examining
#8293, aired 2020-12-02NONPROFITS $600: In 1970 a group of law students & attorneys founded this environmental group, the NRDC the Natural Resources Defense Council
#8274, aired 2020-11-05LAW $400: Facing the judge in a courtroom, the plaintiff is generally on the right & this counterpart on the left a defendant
#8224, aired 2020-05-28AMERICAN HEALTH CARE $400: It's the "E" in EMTALA, a 1986 federal law that says a hospital must treat patients with serious conditions who can't pay emergency
#8199, aired 2020-04-09COLLEGE LAW $200: It's the P in FERPA, a 1974 law that says your parents need your consent to get your grades from your college privacy
#8195, aired 2020-04-03THE CODE OF HAMMURABI $1000: Hammy's law 137 says if a man & wife have kids & he leaves, he has to pay this; now U.S. CFR Title 45 sets guidelines for it child support
#8173, aired 2020-03-04HELLER $200: The Supreme Court's decision in the case of D.C. v. Heller used this amendment to strike down a gun control law the Second Amendment
#8171, aired 2020-03-02THE 20th CENTURY $400: She was an Oklahoma law professor when her testimony in a 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearing made headlines Anita Hill
#8133, aired 2020-01-08A SPARKLING CATEGORY $1600: In the comics, Sparkle Plenty was the daughter-in-law of this thick-jawed Chester Gould P.I. Dick Tracy
#8108, aired 2019-12-04MODERN ACTIVISM $2000: This political movement fighting income inequality is named for emergency items required in cars by French law yellow vests
#8074, aired 2019-10-174-WORD EXCHANGE $400: In 2010 Congress passed a law ending the ban on openly gay soldiers serving in the military, repealing this 4-word policy Dont ask, don't tell
#8064, aired 2019-10-03THE WORLD IN 1819 $1200: Sometimes called the 1st U.S. immigration law, the Steerage Act required all arriving ships to present this "list of...the passengers" a manifest
#8064, aired 2019-10-03FUN FACTS $2000: Popping some champagne for fun? This brand named for a founder & his great-grandson-in-law sells the most Moët & Chandon
#8039, aired 2019-07-18THE 3-NAMED EDGARS $6,000 (Daily Double): Leonardo DiCaprio played this law enforcement man in a 2011 biopic J. Edgar Hoover
#7997, aired 2019-05-21ADAMS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Adams National Historical Park.) Here in 1776, this future First Lady wrote to her husband in the Continental Congress to "remember the ladies who will not hold ourselves bound by any law in which we have no voice" Abigail Adams
#7996, aired 2019-05-20A DEGREE IN LITERATURE $600: The title of the novel "The Paper Chase", made into a movie & TV series, refers to a diploma from this Harvard institution Harvard Law School
#7947, aired 2019-03-12FRIEND OF THE COURT $3,000 (Daily Double): P.J. O'Rourke weighed in on a case about whether an Ohio law criminalizing false statements violated this amendment the First Amendment
#7926, aired 2019-02-11YOU SAY YOU WANT A FRENCH REVOLUTION $1600: In French law clergy was the 1st this, nobles, 2nd & everyone else, 3rd, who of course paid the most taxes & got real mad estate
#7909, aired 2019-01-17A TROPHY CATEGORY $400: This college football trophy is named for a coach who got his law degree from Penn in 1892 the Heisman Trophy
#7908, aired 2019-01-16APPROPRIATE NAMES $400: Igor Judge went into law & in 2013 retired as a high judge of England & Wales called lord this, much like the USA's top judge chief justice
#7907, aired 2019-01-15HOME FROM THE HILL $2000: In 2002 this sen. paired with McCain in a big campaign finance law; 8 years later, he lost his race in Wisconsin (Russ) Feingold
#7901, aired 2019-01-07NURSERY RHYMES $800: Talk about mother-in-law trouble: on the way to this town, I met a man with 7 wives St. Ives
#7893, aired 2018-12-26AMERICAN HISTORY $1600: In 1792 Congress tried to increase judges' workload, leading to the 1st federal court decision voiding a law on this basis they declared it unconstitutional
#7885, aired 2018-12-14LAW PRACTICE $1600: This Latin word follows "corpus" in a term meaning "body of the crime" delicti
#7840, aired 2018-10-12LEGAL LATIN $2000: Stare decisis means that this, a past decision in a given area of law, should be respected let the decision stand (or precedent)
#7790, aired 2018-06-22LET'S TAKE A CLASS AT HARVARD $2000: At Harvard Law, Prof. Lessig wants to school you on the separation of powers in his course on this type of law constitutional
#7788, aired 2018-06-2025 YEARS AGO: 1993 $2,000 (Daily Double): A major gun control measure known as this was signed into law in November the Brady Bill
#7755, aired 2018-05-04MOVIE REMAKES $800: In a 2007 remake Russell Crowe is the bad guy the law wants to put on this title train 3:10 to Yuma
#7744, aired 2018-04-19STRAIGHT "A"s IN SCIENCE $1200: The law that the upward force on a submerged body equals the weight of the displaced fluid is this man's principle Archimedes
#7724, aired 2018-03-22VERY POSSESSIVE $1,600 (Daily Double): According to Boyle's Law, this in a gas increases whenever the volume of its container decreases pressure
#7693, aired 2018-02-07THE "DIS"PATCH $2000: It's the "dis" word in ADA, a law passed in 1990 prohibiting discrimination Disabilities
#7689, aired 2018-02-01CIVIL LAW $400: In German civil law you can have a holographic one of these, that bears the testator's signature will
#7664, aired 2017-12-28ACCORDING TO BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY $200: "Parental" this is "given on a minor's behalf... for the minor to engage in or submit to a specified activity" consent
#7652, aired 2017-12-12"IM" THE LAW $2000: 2 "IM"s in a row are in this sentencing statement regarding the awful results of a crime a victim impact statement
#7642, aired 2017-11-28TIME TO SAY GOODBYE $600: In June 2017 "The Fantasticks" had its last show in a theater named for this "Law & Order" star who opened the show in 1960 Jerry Orbach
#7630, aired 2017-11-10FRUIT, NOT FRUIT $200: If your new car seems possessed by the devil, this law can help you get a replacement car or refund in California a lemon law
#7606, aired 2017-10-09LAW SLAW $600: In some states even after doing the time, you can get a felony conviction reduced to this other major type misdemeanor
#7606, aired 2017-10-09LAW SLAW $800: Louisiana's first-in-the-nation law making cop-killing a hate crime is known as these "lives matter" blue
#7601, aired 2017-10-02WELCOME BACK, U.S. SUPREME COURT $600: Thank her, the first female dean of Harvard Law, for getting a froyo machine installed in the cafeteria Elena Kagan
#7596, aired 2017-09-25THE CITY'S TV SHOW $1200: As good cop Molly Solverson, Allison Tolman laid down the law in season 1 of this FX drama inspired by a movie Fargo
#7573, aired 2017-07-12BIBLICAL BEFORE & AFTER $400: Wayward offspring who in a parable marries your daughter the Prodigal Son-in-law
#7551, aired 2017-06-12"A" IN THE LAW $200: In Latin, it means "elsewhere"--do you have one for your whereabouts the night of the 16th? an alibi
#7551, aired 2017-06-12"A" IN THE LAW $400: This divine phrase refers to a natural event that couldn't have been prevented or foreseen using reasonable care an act of God
#7551, aired 2017-06-12"A" IN THE LAW $600: This word, also the name of a Triple Crown-winning thoroughbred, is used when agreeing with local court decisions affirmed
#7551, aired 2017-06-12"A" IN THE LAW $800: These jurors hear all the evidence, but don't have a say in the outcome unless the judge replaces someone an alternate
#7551, aired 2017-06-12"A" IN THE LAW $1000: This type of statement is usually signed by a notary & says where it was signed an affidavit
#7511, aired 2017-04-17THE LAW $1200: 20% of the 32,000 Alaskans who filed a 1994 class action vs. this co. were dead by the time it got to the Supreme Court in 2008 Exxon
#7511, aired 2017-04-17THE LAW $2000: On Sept. 15, 1934 in NYC, he used a bill with serial nos. used in the Lindbergh baby ransom & was arrested (Bruno Richard) Hauptmann
#7509, aired 2017-04-13THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW $400: In 2014 a U.S. fugitive was nabbed in Nepal after his picture clicked with this "recognition" software facial recognition
#7509, aired 2017-04-13THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW $800: "Affluenza" teen Ethan Couch was busted in Mexico after cops traced a call to this pizza chain (but didn't arrive in 30 min.) Domino's
#7509, aired 2017-04-13THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW $5,000 (Daily Double): Fugitives can run but they can't hide from this 190-member-nation organization founded in 1923 Interpol
#7496, aired 2017-03-27CONSERVATIVE BOOKSHELF $1,401 (Daily Double): In 1913 federal law & the 16th Amend. levied this on many Americans; in 1954 a book called it the "root of all evil" income tax
#7490, aired 2017-03-17MOVIE STUDIOS $2000: Walt Disney's son-in-law launched this subsidiary that shares a name with the jester in "As You Like It" Touchstone Productions
#7448, aired 2017-01-18SHELLFISH $800: In 2004 the city of Reggio Emilia, Italy passed a law banning the killing of this shellfish by dropping it in boiling water lobster
#7431, aired 2016-12-26BIRDS IN THE BIBLE $1600: This king's pursuit of his son-in-law David is compared to a partridge hunt in the mountains Saul
#7421, aired 2016-12-12THE LAW $400: In criminal law, it's a statement in which a suspect admits he or she is guilty of a crime & often gives details a confession
#7421, aired 2016-12-12THE LAW $2000: 6-letter type of "law" or "clause" providing that a legal entity ceases to exist by a certain date unless renewed a sunset law
#7378, aired 2016-10-12FROM DAWN TIL DUSK $1600: A sheriff in the Old West might do this to someone, making him part of law enforcement deputize
#7369, aired 2016-09-29IN-LAWS $600: For a brief time, Janet Jackson was sister-in-law to this daughter of "the King" Lisa Marie Presley
#7369, aired 2016-09-29IN-LAWS $800: Frederic Joliot, winner of a Nobel with wife Irene, could hold his own at the dinner table with her, his mother-in-law Marie Curie
#7368, aired 2016-09-28YE OLDE JOB FAIRE $200: In the old days of law enforcement, people might say, "There's a new shrieve in town" instead of this job sheriff
#7324, aired 2016-06-16AMERICAN HISTORY $800: The last state to end prohibition was this "Magnolia State", which adopted a local-option law in 1966 Mississippi
#7321, aired 2016-06-13ACTORS IN COMMERCIALS $600: This "Law & Order" assistant D.A. has told us the virtues of TD Ameritrade Sam Waterston
#7311, aired 2016-05-30THE CONSTITUTION $2,400 (Daily Double): The 5th Amendment says you can't be jailed "without" this phrase "of law", a protection rooted in Magna Carta due process
#7305, aired 2016-05-20ON THE BOOKSHELF $1200: In this novel, Mark Watney reasons that maritime law applies to Mars, making him "a space pirate" The Martian
#7297, aired 2016-05-10LAW FIRMS $2,000 (Daily Double): Vince Foster was once a partner at Rose Law Firm, which claims the title of oldest in this state Arkansas
#7259, aired 2016-03-17WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? $200: In 2015 a Penn. town cited federal law to stop a man from paying a $25 parking ticket with this many pennies 2,500
#7255, aired 2016-03-11U.S. FIRSTS $800: In the 1810 case Fletcher v. Peck, the Supreme Court declared for the first time ever that a state law was this unconstitutional
#7251, aired 2016-03-07AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1700 Massachusetts passed a law requiring all priests of this faith to hit the road Catholicism
#7251, aired 2016-03-07LITERATURE IS FOR THE BIRDS $4,000 (Daily Double): In this novel, a Tulane law student discovers facts that people will kill for, & if she doesn't get help, she might be next The Pelican Brief
#7243, aired 2016-02-24DISASTER CITY $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Texas A&M Disaster City in College Station, TX.) Law enforcement can secure rooms by stunning suspects with this type of nonlethal grenade; its name is from light that overstimulates the retina & a boom that disorients a flashbang
#7215, aired 2016-01-15O CANADA $600: Despite this 4-word name that a law enforcement group took in 1920, they now only ride horses in special ceremonies the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
#7149, aired 2015-10-15REORDERING THE NOTED PAIR $600: In 1779 a certain college became the first in the U.S. to offer pro training in law; in 2015, we led with the queen & renamed it this Mary & William
#7111, aired 2015-07-13THE BEGINNING OF THE PLAY $1600: In one stage adaptation, it's set in "the jury room of a New York court of law"--the time is 1954 Twelve Angry Men
#7081, aired 2015-06-01THE LAW OF THE LAND $400: B5, times 2! In North Carolina, an org. can only play this game 2 sessions a week, a max of 5 hours each time Bingo
#7081, aired 2015-06-01THE LAW OF THE LAND $1,000 (Daily Double): Tennessee bars holding office if you take part in these, though Tenn.'s Andrew Jackson took part in as many as 100 duels
#7043, aired 2015-04-081995 BESTSELLERS $200: A young attorney barely out of law school exposes a giant corporate conspiracy in this author's "The Rainmaker" (John) Grisham
#7043, aired 2015-04-08WORLD HISTORY $400: Before he was the "Father of India", he led a nonviolent protest against an Asiatic registration law in South Africa (Mahatma) Gandhi
#6990, aired 2015-01-23FINNISH HIM! $1600: He studied law in Helsinki before completing his first large-scale orchestral work, 1892's "Kullervo Symphony" Jean Sibelius
#6974, aired 2015-01-01MAID, MARRYIN' $200: After Arthur becomes king Leodegrance's son-in-law, the king gives him this, which will seat 150 a round table
#6971, aired 2014-12-29LAWFUL IDIOMS $600: To lightly graze something, or, if you're briefly in the penal system, what you have "with the law" a brush
#6966, aired 2014-12-22THE OLD WEST $2,000 (Daily Double): He was appointed sherrif of Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1880 & spent the next 20 years in & out of law enforcement Pat Garrett
#6928, aired 2014-10-29THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW SCHOOL $200: Maybe this oldest Ivy League law school can teach you to beat a ticket if you illegally pahk ya cah in its yahd Harvard
#6927, aired 2014-10-28ANTISOCIAL SCIENCE $800: A book in the "Law, Justice and Power" series is called "Showing" this synonym for "regret", as judges like you to do remorse
#6920, aired 2014-10-17NSFW $200: After a car wreck, a man in this "Sunshine State" went to a law firm, where his chair collapsed; the man then sued the firm Florida
#6901, aired 2014-09-22EDUCATION $1200: In 2009 Arizona passed a law eliminating this as a factor in teacher retention decisions, to the unions' dismay long service (or seniority)
#6881, aired 2014-07-14"I" LOVE SCIENCE $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew pulls on the end of a string of beads in a beaker, and the whole string comes out.) To create an external force, I'll tug this string, which transfers energy from bead to bead & keeps them moving, illustrating this law of motion inertia
#6868, aired 2014-06-25SUMMER READING? $800: Father & daughter flee the law in an RV in Chris Fabry's "June Bug", a reimagination of this author's "Les Miserables" (Victor) Hugo
#6857, aired 2014-06-10THE BONAPARTES $2,000 (Daily Double): Napoleon's brother-in-law Charles LeClerc died in 1802 in this New World Country while trying to put down a revolt Haiti
#6845, aired 2014-05-23THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH $400: A California law grew out of the case of these tall trees blocking solar panels in Sunnyvale redwoods
#6825, aired 2014-04-25RECENT HISTORY $400: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The Court's legacy of civil rights cases includes Brown v. Board of Education & also Grutter v. Bollinger, a decision I wrote for the court allowing this race-conscious practice in law school admissions affirmative action
#6821, aired 2014-04-21THE CAPTAIN $200: John R. Hughes, "The Border Boss", was a legendary captain in this Lone Star State law enforcement group the Texas Rangers
#6790, aired 2014-03-07THE NEW YORK TIMES: THE 1990s $400: (The New York Times reporter Linda Greenhouse gives the clue.) In a 1991 case I covered, the Supreme Court overturned a New York law aimed at preventing criminals from profiting by selling their stories--a law informally named for this 1970s killer the Son of Sam
#6777, aired 2014-02-18CELEBRITIES & THE LAW $400: No longer a "Teenage Drama Queen", in 2013 she was sentenced to 90 days in rehab after a Porsche mishap Lindsay Lohan
#6777, aired 2014-02-18CELEBRITIES & THE LAW $800: In 2005, as a center for the Heat, he became, we presume, Miami's first 7'1", 325-lb. reserve police officer Shaquille O'Neal
#6757, aired 2014-01-21MUSICAL RAP SHEET $1200: "Robbing people with a 6-gun" was the crime in this Bobby Fuller song later done by The Clash "I Fought The Law"
#6742, aired 2013-12-31MY NAME IS MY BRAND $800: A 1975 law ending fixed stockbroker commissions helped boost the discount brokerage he founded in 1971 Charles Schwab
#6738, aired 2013-12-25HISTORY OF CARS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles, California.) The 1930 Nash 482R had 2 spark plugs per cylinder, a top speed of 75 miles per hour, & one of these features, which was also known as the "mother-in-law seat" the rumble seat
#6724, aired 2013-12-05I GUESTED ON LAW & ORDER $800: He was a hooligan in the 1991 episode "The Violence of Summer"; he later wrote about violence as "Capote" (Philip Seymour) Hoffman
#6724, aired 2013-12-05I GUESTED ON LAW & ORDER $1200: He was a lawyer for hooligans in the 1991 episode "The Violence of Summer"; he later saw violence as Mace Windu, Jedi Samuel L. Jackson
#6724, aired 2013-12-05I GUESTED ON LAW & ORDER $2000: On "L&O" Ty Burrell played a guy named Paul in 2000 & a guy named Herman in 2003; now he plays this doofy dad on "Modern Family" Phil
#6723, aired 2013-12-04AFTER I LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $800: I practiced law in Los Angeles, then lost a run for statewide office; I wasn't done with politics, though Richard Nixon
#6698, aired 2013-10-30THE LAW $1200: In 2013 a military judge said this was a bad idea, but she couldn't stop the accused Fort Hood shooter from doing it defending himself
#6698, aired 2013-10-30THE LAW $3,000 (Daily Double): It's on you to give me this word preceding "probandi" in a legal phrase meaning "burden of proof" onus
#6685, aired 2013-10-11PLEAS $200: In criminal law, if a defendant refuses to enter a plea or does not appear, the court enters this plea on his behalf not guilty
#6643, aired 2013-07-03AN "F" IN HISTORY $1600: In 1858 Longfellow wrote, "if anyone wants to break a law, let him break" this one; the act was repealed in 1864 the Fugitive Slave Law
#6638, aired 2013-06-26HEALTH CARE $2000: It's the "MH" in 1996's MHPA, a law that mandates insurance for it at the same level as other health coverage mental health
#6624, aired 2013-06-06SCIENCE IN SPORTS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The force required for a 220-pound running back to stop & turn upfield is about 450 pounds, per this man's third law of motion Newton
#6610, aired 2013-05-17FAMOUS FIRSTS $600: The first U.S. law school at a college was established at this Virginia school in 1779 William & Mary
#6584, aired 2013-04-11LAW SLAW $400: Per Virginia law, it's the adjective for driving "at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger...life, limb or property" reckless
#6584, aired 2013-04-11LAW SLAW $600: 2-word group mentioned in the Fifth Amendment & required to get a federal criminal indictment grand jury
#6555, aired 2013-03-01"NU" DIRECTIONS $1200: An annoying thing, or in law, something offensive to the community a nuisance
#6547, aired 2013-02-19THE FUTURE $1000: (Al Gore gives the clue.) When the future seems gloomy, think of the work of Ilya Prigogine, who said that a system open to new ideas & influences can reform itself in his Nobel-winning corollary to the second law of these thermodynamics
#6500, aired 2012-12-14EUROPEAN RULERS $1000: In 1961 this future Dutch queen received a doctorate of law from the University of Leiden Queen Beatrix
#6441, aired 2012-09-24MARSHALL LAW $400: In an 1833 decision John Marshall said this 10-item list was a limitation of the national government only the Bill of Rights
#6441, aired 2012-09-24MARSHALL LAW $800: Gibbons v. Ogden said a federal license trumped a state grant of monopoly in the use of this Robert Fulton invention the steamboat
#6437, aired 2012-09-18LAW & ORDER $800: This other "A" word is an accomplice or abettor in a crime but is not there when it is committed accessory
#6419, aired 2012-07-12DON'T MESS WITH TAXES $800: In 1789 the First Congress passed a law setting up these, placed on goods imported into the United States a tariff
#6416, aired 2012-07-09VICE PRESIDENTS $600: The son of a Methodist minister, this vice president graduated from the University of Minnesota law school in 1956 Walter Mondale
#6387, aired 2012-05-29ANNUAL EVENTS $200: A 1971 law moved this observance to the fourth Monday in October; in 1978 it moved back to its November date Veterans Day
#6382, aired 2012-05-22FROM THE SANSKRIT $2000: This Sanskrit word for correct law or custom is found before "Bums" in a 1958 novel title dharma
#6376, aired 2012-05-14LAW & ORDER $2000: In 1986 the Supreme Court ruled that the "hostile environment" type of this can be sex discrimination sexual harassment
#6370, aired 2012-05-04MICHELLE OBAMA'S AMERICAN GROWN $400: (Michelle Obama delivers the clue.) In December 2010 at an elementary school, I attended the signing of a law funding & improving the nutrition of food served through a 64-year-old program named for this daily meal lunch
#6367, aired 2012-05-01HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $200: In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law recognizing this September holiday Labor Day
#6352, aired 2012-04-101850s AMERICA $2000: In 1850 Ralph Waldo Emerson told a Concord audience that "No man can obey" this act forcing men back to bondage the Fugitive Slave Law (or Act)
#6331, aired 2012-03-12THE SPORTING LIFE $600: (Hannah Storm presents the clue.) Flo-Jo's sister-in-law, she won the heptathlon gold at the 1988 & 1992 Olympics as well as a 1988 long jump gold medal Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#6309, aired 2012-02-09IT'S THE LAW! $200: No feeding these birds in Venice, even the carrier type; a $600 ticket can fly your way pigeons
#6309, aired 2012-02-09IT'S THE LAW! $600: Driving topless could cost you a few hundred bahts (about $10) in this country, formerly Siam Thailand
#6309, aired 2012-02-09IT'S THE LAW! $800: 2 juice drinkers in the UAE each got a $275 fine for quenching their thirst in daylight during this holy month Ramadan
#6309, aired 2012-02-09IT'S THE LAW! $1000: It could cost you to stroll around in a bathing suit in this island nation, site of a 1983 U.S. invasion Grenada
#6213, aired 2011-09-28KISMET $800: In Indian religion, this causal law explains the existence of evil; in a Culture Club title, it precedes "Chameleon" karma
#6195, aired 2011-07-15THE WITCH $400: Talk about your mother-in-law being a real witch--Darrin had to deal with Endora on this TV show Bewitched
#6127, aired 2011-04-12THE END $2000: In the law of war, when this 9-letter word precedes "of hostilities", the shootin's over & the talkin' starts a cessation
#6096, aired 2011-02-28YOUNG NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS $1200: What a family! This husband-&-wife team were 44 & 36 when they won in 1903; their son-in-law & daughter won aged 35 & 38 the Curies (Pierre & Marie)
#6088, aired 2011-02-16LEGAL "E"s $400: In English law, it's a title above a gentleman & below a knight; in the U.S., it's usually added to the name of an attorney esquire
#6059, aired 2011-01-06NO. 1 WITH A BULLET $800: In "The Night The Lights Went Out In" this state, an innocent man fires a shot to summon the law--big mistake "Georgia"
#6024, aired 2010-11-18IT 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
#6020, aired 2010-11-122- OR 11-LETTER WORDS $1200: Used chiefly in law, it means "in the matter of"; it's seen a lot in e-mails, too re
#5998, aired 2010-10-13THE TRIALS OF WOMANHOOD $400: A 1913 W.V. miners' strike brought martial law, so 82-year-old Mother Jones was tried in this type of military tribunal a court-martial
#5989, aired 2010-09-30THE LAW $800: In federal court, as long as you've at least had a hearing before you skip, you can be tried in this Latin way in absentia
#5932, aired 2010-06-01ETCHED IN STONE $800: Outside the building where this group meets is a statue with a tablet that reads "Lex", Latin for "law" the U.S. Supreme Court
#5905, aired 2010-04-23AROUND THE KNESSET $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Knesset in Jerusalem.) In 2008, the Knesset went through what's been called this colorful type of revolution, passing a clean air law, an environmental enforcement law & a polluter pays law a Green Revolution
#5885, aired 2010-03-26I'M GETTING TOO OLD FOR THIS STUFF $800: In the Bible, she tells daughter-in-law Ruth to leave her, "For I am too old" to have a husband Naomi
#5854, aired 2010-02-11CAN I GET A WITNESS? $600: In olden law, compurgators were these witnesses who swore to faith in the accused, not to knowing the facts character witnesses
#5854, aired 2010-02-11CAN I GET A WITNESS? $1000: It's in plain sight that the U.S. law enforcement service is responsible for witness security the U.S. Marshals Service
#5837, aired 2010-01-19LAW & ORDER SUV $200: The Chevy SUV named for this lake on the California-Nevada border comes in a police interceptor model the Tahoe
#5801, aired 2009-11-30JORDAN WITH QUEEN RANIA $400: (Queen Rania of Jordan presents the clue.) No visit to Jordan would be complete without a visit to the largest mosque in Amman, which bears the name of this man, my late father-in-law King Hussein of Jordan
#5779, aired 2009-10-29MOBISODES $400: In a 2-parter from the first season of this show, D.A.s Stone & Robinette take on the Masucci family Law & Order
#5778, aired 2009-10-28FRENCH HISTORY $800: The law that made July 14 a holiday actually honored that date in this year, 1 year later than you might think 1790
#5762, aired 2009-10-06WHAT THE BLEEP? $400: The Miranda warning: "Anything you say can & will be used against you in a bleep bleep bleep" court of law
#5736, aired 2009-07-13HOLIDAYS $600: A 1968 law passed by Congress stipulated that this holiday be celebrated on the second Monday in October Columbus Day
#5731, aired 2009-07-06ORDER IN THE SUPREME COURT $400: When named to the court in 1897, Joseph McKenna brushed up at this type of school at Columbia University a law school
#5730, aired 2009-07-03COMPOSERS & THEIR KIN $800: Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was a composer as well as the brother-in-law of this British queen Queen Victoria
#5709, aired 2009-06-04IN THE BAG $800: Comedian David's sister-in-law, she has her name on a popular line of handbags Kate Spade
#5630, aired 2009-02-13TURKISH LITERATURE $800: A religious kaside poem praised God, this man or his son-in-law, Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph Muhammad
#5613, aired 2009-01-21I RAN FOR PREZ IN 2008 $600: This "Law & Order" Tennessean didn't go all the way, but he's got a nifty acting career to fall back on Fred Thompson
#5590, aired 2008-12-19HIP REPLACEMENT $1600: In 1994 this NBC show took over the Thursdays at 10 slot from "L.A. Law"; as of 2008, it was still there E.R.
#5567, aired 2008-11-18THE MAGNA CARTA $1000: In 1957 the ABA, this group, acknowledge the debt U.S. law owed the Magna Carta & erected a U.K. monument the American Bar Association
#5556, aired 2008-11-03YOU, THE VOTER $1600: Rhyming term for the law that lets you register to cast ballots in an election when getting a driver's license motor voter
#5550, aired 2008-10-24HOW IS GEORGIA TODAY? $2000: Only 40 during the 2008 crisis, this Georgian president worked for a NYC law firm in the '90s Saakashvili
#5525, aired 2008-09-19WE LOVE THE THEATRE $2000: An MTV reality series searched for a new star for this musical & found it in Bailey Hanks (no law degree required) Legally Blonde
#5517, aired 2008-09-09INTERESTING ANAGRAMS $1200: Henny Youngman quipped, "I just got back from a pleasure trip--I drove" her "to the airport": WOMAN HITLER mother-in-law
#5499, aired 2008-07-03THE LAW $1,800 (Daily Double): (I'm Judge David Young from the Judge David Young show.) This term for the whole body of lawyers originally referred to a railing or partition in a courtroom the bar
#5498, aired 2008-07-02PLAY IT, SAM $400: This Emmy winner from "Law & Order" played the Oscar- nominated role of a reporter in "The Killing Fields" Sam Waterston
#5486, aired 2008-06-16SHAKESPEARE $1200: He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway Richard III
#5481, aired 2008-06-09HEY, JUDE LAW! $5,000 (Daily Double): Jude was Sean Penn's beast of (Jack) Burden in this 2006 film based on a Robert Penn Warren novel All the King's Men
#5459, aired 2008-05-08MUSICAL STYLES $200: "Western" used to be a part of this musical style's name "I've been running from the law / Living in flashing lights / I've been..." country
#5448, aired 2008-04-23L.A. GEOGRAPHY IN POP CULTURE $1000: Ivy League Ph.D.er Stu Bailey & the law-degreed Jeff Spencer, both judo experts, had an office at "77" this title place Sunset Strip
#5401, aired 2008-02-18THAT'S SO CLICHE! $600: In a dispute over ownership, remember this "is nine tenths of the law" possession
#5336, aired 2007-11-19NOW APPEARING IN A BIBLICAL BOOK NEAR YOU $200: No hillbilly, Jethro appears in this book of the Bible as the companion & father-in-law of Moses Exodus
#5334, aired 2007-11-15BALLET $1000: As a law student in St. Petersburg, this man became interested in the arts, & in 1909 he founded the Ballets Russes Diaghilev
#5280, aired 2007-07-20ANNUAL EVENTS $2000: By law, a term of the U.S. Supreme Court begins on the first Monday in this month October
#5270, aired 2007-07-06LITERARY THEATRE $800: (Hi, I'm Kathryn Erbe of Law & Order Criminal Intent.) In 1990 I appeared on Broadway in a Tony-winning play based on this Pulitzer-prize winning novel by John Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath
#5249, aired 2007-06-07TV INITIALS $1000: ( I'm Bill Goldberg. ) I tossed Detective Stabler through a window when I made my prime time TV debut in 2007 on this NBC drama & by the way, the head writer is my cousin Neal Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
#5242, aired 2007-05-29THE AMERICAN THEATRE $400: (Hi, I'm Kathryn Erbe of Law & Order: Criminal Intent.) In 1997 I played Stella Kowalski in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company's 50th anniversary production of this great American play A Streetcar Named Desire
#5216, aired 2007-04-234-SYLLABLE WORDS $2000: Determination & energy in starting a project, or the process of citizens proposing a law for public vote initiative
#5213, aired 2007-04-18"L" IN... $1200: ...The LSAT, administered 4 times a year Law
#5187, aired 2007-03-13THE PEABODY AWARDS $400: In 2005 this ABC law drama scored a Peabody in part because of... Denny Crane Boston Legal
#5178, aired 2007-02-28SCIENCE $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a formula on a monitor.) In Newton's law, "F" is the attractive force, "G" is the gravitational constant, "m" is the masses of two bodies, & "d" stands for this distance
#5175, aired 2007-02-23HISTORICAL LAW & ORDER PLEAS $2000: (Sam Waterston gives the clue.) You shot the victim in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881, said "I am a Stalwart" & then gave yourself up; not many options on the table here Charles Guiteau
#5174, aired 2007-02-22SEGAL, SIEGEL OR SEAGAL $200: In 1987 he married a Pantene spokesmodel; in 1988 he started busting heads in "Above the Law" Steven Seagal
#5138, aired 2007-01-03YOU, ME & DUE PROCESS $400: The 2000 Supreme Court decision in this case, him v. him, involved vote-counting guidelines & due process of law Bush v. Gore
#5065, aired 2006-09-22LAW SCHOOL $200: In your first year at Penn Law, you'll take a course based on this document produced right there in Philly the Constitution
#5055, aired 2006-07-28JOHN GRISHAM $400: Tulane law student Darby Shaw uncovers a conspiracy for the birds in this Grisham thriller The Pelican Brief
#5034, aired 2006-06-29"ITE"S NOT IN THE BIBLE $800: A 1980s law sayeth, verily, wines containing these shall be so labeled sulfites
#5012, aired 2006-05-30THE MALE IS IN THE CZECH $1200: Known for his short stories, this writer got a law degree from Charles University in 1906 Franz Kafka
#5009, aired 2006-05-25WORLD AUTHORS $800: He studied law & worked as a stockbroker before writing the 1st of his "Voyages Extraordinaires" in 1863 (Jules) Verne
#5004, aired 2006-05-18SAMS OF THE CINEMA $400: This "Law & Order" star played the unsuspecting hubby of a serial killer in "Serial Mom" Sam Waterston
#4995, aired 2006-05-05A VISIT TO INTEL CORP. $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, CA.) This Intel cofounder's law predicted that chips would double computing power every 1 or 2 years; Intel made that a reality with million-fold jumps in performance Gordon Moore
#4982, aired 2006-04-18ORDER IN THE COURTROOM TV $2000: West Coast attorney Rosalind Shays got the (elevator) shaft on this NBC drama L.A. Law
#4976, aired 2006-04-10POSITION PAPERS $2000: In 1986 Amsterdam passed a law about abandoned premises to address the longtime issue of ___ing squatting
#4969, aired 2006-03-301812 $1200: This Mass. gov. signed a law to redistrict Essex County, ensuring a favorable majority in the legislature (Elbridge) Gerry
#4916, aired 2006-01-16"THE" BEGINNING $2000: The first law of this states that energy in a system cannot be created or destroyed thermodynamics
#4910, aired 2006-01-06THE VICE PRESIDENT WHO... $400: ...received a law degree from Indiana University in 1974 Dan Quayle
#4884, aired 2005-12-01AND NOW FROM THE BRIEFING ROOM $3,500 (Daily Double): In 1978 a stern President Carter invoked this 1947 law to force coal miners back to work after a 3-month strike (the) Taft-Hartley (Act)
#4878, aired 2005-11-23GUNS $400: In 1934, as the rat-at-at of these filled the streets, Congress passed a law whose full title specifically restricted them machine guns
#4854, aired 2005-10-20THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT $600: There's no free land from the BLM; this practice enshrined in an 1862 law was abolished in 1976 homesteading
#4844, aired 2005-10-06THEN YOU GET THE WOMEN $1000: Marriage to a star made this Kansas-born actress Shirley MacLaine's sister-in-law Annette Bening
#4839, aired 2005-09-29'80s TV $400: 1 of the 2 shows that debuted in the fall of 1988 with a Murphy in the title Murphy Brown (or Murphy's Law)
#4835, aired 2005-09-23REMEMBER THE TITANS $1000: A South American birdie told me this Titan was Zeus' mother & mother-in-law Rhea
#4826, aired 2005-09-12FRED THOMPSON, ACTING SENATOR $200: Fred Dalton Thompson was still in the Senate when he took the role of D.A. Arthur Branch on this drama Law & Order
#4808, aired 2005-06-29OH, "BOY" $1600: This law states that at a constant temp., the volume of a gas in inversely proportional to the pressure Boyle's (law)
#4779, aired 2005-05-19"MAL" PRACTICE $1200: In law, this term is used to describe an act by a public official in violation of the public trust malfeasance
#4763, aired 2005-04-27TERMINATOR OF ENDEARMENT $1000: The Governator's father-in-law is this man from a pre-Revolutionary Maryland family Sargent Shriver
#4693, aired 2005-01-19"FORE" $2000: This word can apply to a debate team or a lab that uses science to establish facts or evidence in the law forensic
#4665, aired 2004-12-10STAY ON THE GRASS $1000: In November 1988 President Reagan signed a law banning the sale of these outdoor toys in the U.S. lawn darts
#4648, aired 2004-11-17PHYSICS $800: The zeroth law of this says 2 bodies each in thermal equilibrium with a 3rd are in thermal equilibrium with each other thermodynamics
#4633, aired 2004-10-27"RE"RUNS $800: (Sofia of the Clue Crew fires a shotgun out in the hills.) Newton's third law of motion explains why this 6-letter reaction happens after I discharge the gun recoil
#4612, aired 2004-09-28THE VEEP $2000: As Harding's running mate in 1920, he said, "One with the law is a majority" (Calvin) Coolidge
#4583, aired 2004-07-07MEXICAN FOOD & DRINK $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew follows her meal with a chaser in the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.) By Mexican law, this potent potable must be made with at least 51% agave; the rest is often sugar cane tequila
#4547, aired 2004-05-18SUPREME COURT DECISIONS $5,000 (Daily Double): Harry Blackmun's initial opinion in this 1973 case said the law was too vague; then he came up with a right to privacy Roe v. Wade
#4529, aired 2004-04-22NEW YORK CITY HISTORY $800: Anger about the first one of these established by federal law spurred riots in July 1863 a draft
#4522, aired 2004-04-13HISTORIC PEOPLE $800: In 1206 he drew up a code, the Great Yasa, which laid down basic Mongol law Genghis Khan
#4511, aired 2004-03-29ANCIENT HISTORY $800: In 621 B.C. this Greek lawmaker introduced a code of law so harsh it was said to be written in blood Draco
#4506, aired 2004-03-22THE LENIN CLOSET $200: Lenin got a degree in this in 1891, then went on to court a lot of trouble law
#4469, aired 2004-01-29A DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN WORDS $2000: A group of citizens assembled to aid law enforcement, this 2-word term means "force of the county" in Latin posse comitatus
#4451, aired 2004-01-05DO I KNOW YOU FROM SOMEWHERE? $800: Born in France in 1596, he was a law student & soldier before becoming the father of modern philosophy Rene Descartes
#4357, aired 2003-07-08PEOPLE $800: As a partner in a law firm in Arkansas, she earned a higher salary than her husband, then the state's governor Hillary Rodham Clinton
#4357, aired 2003-07-08FILMS OF THE '90s $800: Julia Roberts played a law student who uncovered a conspiracy & put herself in danger in this 1993 movie The Pelican Brief
#4342, aired 2003-06-17INTERNATIONAL LAW $400: In the 1940s Raphael Lemkin coined this term for destruction of a group, now a crime under international law genocide
#4341, aired 2003-06-16ANNUAL EVENTS $800: In 1985 President Reagan signed Public Law 99-54 recognizing "Pause for the Pledge" as a part of this day's activities Flag Day
#4329, aired 2003-05-29"POW"! $800: As the result of a 1614 wedding, he became John Rolfe's father-in-law Powhatan
#4262, aired 2003-02-25"P"EOPLE $400: If you know that he bought a half interest in his father-in-law's brewing co. in 1864, you win the blue ribbon Frederick Pabst
#4228, aired 2003-01-08THAT'S A LOAD OF GARBAGE $1200: The first known law against throwing your garbage in the street was issued around 500 B.C. in this Greek city Athens
#4217, aired 2002-12-24LAW & ORDER $400: In a criminal trial, a defendant's guilt must be proved "beyond" this reasonable doubt
#4217, aired 2002-12-24LAW & ORDER $1200: This adjective means "having left a will"; add the letters "in" & it means "without making a will" testate
#4209, aired 2002-12-12WHAT'S IN A NAME? $200: A 1932 federal kidnapping law bears the name of this man whose child was kidnapped in 1932 Charles Lindbergh
#4195, aired 2002-11-22CORPORATE SHENANIGANS $2000: In the 1890s the U.S. government went after a sugar-refining monopoly under this new law Sherman Antitrust Act
#4188, aired 2002-11-13ENDS IN "FF" $400: This term for a top law enforcement official comes from the English for "reeve of the shire" sheriff
#4185, aired 2002-11-08SHAPE UP $2000: (Sofia of the Clue Crew stands in front of a chalkboard.) Kepler tried circles & ovals, but his first law states that this is the shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun an ellipse
#4170, aired 2002-10-18LEGAL MATTERS $1200: (Judge Hatchett) A crucial principle in this field of law is the mutuality of obligations contract law
#4138, aired 2002-09-04PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $600: This "Pine Tree State" was the first to pass a prohibition law, way back in 1846 Maine
#4103, aired 2002-06-05MUSIC 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
#4083, aired 2002-05-08SHAKESPEARE $6,400 (Daily Double): He has the nerve to woo a widow beside her father-in-law's coffin, but she marries him anyway Richard III
#4047, aired 2002-03-19TAKE A GAMBLE $400: By local law, it's illegal for citizens of this country to gamble in the casinos of Monte Carlo Monaco
#4014, aired 2002-01-31THE LAW $1,200 (Daily Double): In 621 B.C. this Greek introduced Athens' first written code of law; most crimes were punishable by death Draco
#3961, aired 2001-11-19OLD GLORY $300: By law the U.S. flag flies 24 hours a day over the village green in this town where the revolution began Lexington
#3959, aired 2001-11-15SCIENCE CLASS $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew writes an equation on the blackboard: ΔE = q - w.) A system's change in energy equals heat added to the system minus work done by the system in the first law of this thermodynamics
#3893, aired 2001-07-04IT'S THE LAW $200: Restaurants cannot serve colored margarine in this "Constitution State" unless a notice is posted Connecticut
#3855, aired 2001-05-11CliffsNotes $300: 2 guys dream of owning a farm, one kills the boss' daughter-in-law, then his pal kills him "Of Mice and Men"
#3848, aired 2001-05-02WHAT'S "NU" $100: In law, when you're doing something that's offensive to the community, you're a public this nuisance
#3784, aired 2001-02-01THE COMPUTER AGE $100: According to Moore's Law, named for a founder of Intel, these double in power roughly every 18 months computer chips
#3708, aired 2000-10-18IT'S A DOG'S LIFE $500: A dog named Buck lives by "The Law of Club and Fang" in this Jack London novel "Call of the Wild"
#3706, aired 2000-10-16A FILM ON YOUR TEETH $1000: This "L.A. Law" actor was back at the old drill in the 1998 horror sequel "The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself" Corbin Bernsen
#3688, aired 2000-09-20CELEBRITIES $600 (Daily Double): This actor is the son of a British poet laureate & the son-in-law of playwright Arthur Miller Daniel Day-Lewis
#3673, aired 2000-07-19THE EYES HAVE IT $100: A student, or a minor in Roman law Pupil
#3625, aired 2000-05-12THE LAW $1000: In 1979 this Watergate judge wrote a book about his experiences titled "To Set The Record Straight" John Sirica
#3580, aired 2000-03-10SCIENCE $400: These in the skies of Albuquerque on October 3, 1999 were a fine example of Charles' Law in action hot air balloons
#3562, aired 2000-02-15TV LAW $400: In 1999 Fox tried a 1/2-hour version of this hour show about the law firm of Richard Fish Ally McBeal
#3477, aired 1999-10-1917th CENTURY AMERICA $300: In 1652, in defiance of English law, Massachusetts set up one of these producing the pine tree shilling Mint
#3450, aired 1999-09-10WHAT DOES MOM DO? $200: She presides over a courtroom & instructs the jury in the law Judge
#3443, aired 1999-07-21MILITARY MATTERS $800: (Hi, I'm David James Elliott of JAG.) Abbreviated UCMJ, this "uniform" standard covers the law in the armed forces the Uniform Code of Military Justice
#3441, aired 1999-07-19THE WILD WEST $200: As a captain in this fabled law enforcement group, Jack Hays was assigned to protect San Antonio Texas Rangers
#3407, aired 1999-06-01BIOGRAPHIES $200: A 1991 book about this actor, JFK's brother-in-law, is subtitled "The Man Who Kept the Secrets" Peter Lawford
#3383, aired 1999-04-28LONG-RUNNING TV SHOWS $200: Steven Hill's D.A. Adam Schiff was the only original still on this drama in 1999, in its ninth season Law & Order
#3367, aired 1999-04-06NAMES IN THE LAW $400: Earl Warren ruled on this man's case that a suspect must be warned prior to questioning that he can stay silent Ernesto Miranda
#3367, aired 1999-04-06NAMES IN THE LAW $600: In 1970 a woman used this pseudonym when she sued Texas D.A. Henry Wade to allow her an abortion Jane Roe
#3358, aired 1999-03-24IN THE GOOD OLD SUMER TIME $400: Hammurabi was famous for his, but Ur-Nammu enforced one of these centuries earlier a code of law
#3357, aired 1999-03-23MUSEUMS $200: A Hall of Fame in Waco tells the story of this law enforcement agency via a 20-minute slide show Texas Rangers
#3320, aired 1999-01-29ART & ARTISTS $500: The Prado boasts a fine portrait of 18th century artist Francisco Bayeu by this Spaniard, his brother-in-law Francisco Goya
#3273, aired 1998-11-25"PO"POURRI $400: It's "Nine Points of the Law", or when someone's got a little devil in him Possession
#3263, aired 1998-11-11THE KENNEDYS $500: Seen here, he's an environmental law professor at Pace University in New York & a lawyer with the conservation group Riverkeeper Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
#3184, aired 1998-06-04BOTTOMS UP! $3,000 (Daily Double): In 1832 the founding family of this famed French champagne house hired a son-in-law named Chandon Moet
#3171, aired 1998-05-18ANIMALS $400: In 1961 a federal law banned the importation of this South American fish into the U.S. Piranha
#3168, aired 1998-05-13RHYME TIME $400: A casaba or cantaloupe in serious trouble with the law Melon felon
#3132, aired 1998-03-24THE SCHMIDTS, PIONEER FAMILY $400: Whether broad or pole type, it's Mr. Schmidt's most important tool; he calls his mother-in-law a "battle" one ax
#3102, aired 1998-02-10THE LAW $400: Failure to pay a building contractor may result in his leaning on you with this type of lien Mechanic's lien
#3024, aired 1997-10-23THE MODEL T $500: The 1910 T featured a rear seat nicknamed for this relative acquired through marriage "Mother-In-Law Seat"
#3024, aired 1997-10-23THE "I"s HAVE IT $1000: In a proverb, it's "no excuse" for breaking the law Ignorance
#2971, aired 1997-06-30FLAGS $1000: In 1947 a spinning wheel on this country's flag was replaced by the Dharma Chakra or Wheel of Law India
#2964, aired 1997-06-19SCIENCE $500: According to his law, resistance in a DC circuit is the ratio of volts to amps Georg Ohm
#2942, aired 1997-05-20COLLEGE FILMS $200: She played Darby Shaw, a Tulane University law student, in 1993's "The Pelican Brief" Julia Roberts
#2923, aired 1997-04-23MONARCHS $800: In 1961 this current queen earned a doctorate in law from the University of Leiden Queen Beatrix
#2895, aired 1997-03-14FAMOUS NAMES $100: In 1950 this world leader received a law degree from the University of Havana Fidel Castro
#2886, aired 1997-03-03ACTRESSES $200: In 1996 this star of "The Net" snagged the role of an ambitious law student in "A Time to Kill" Sandra Bullock
#2861, aired 1997-01-27U.S. MUSEUMS $800 (Daily Double): Wesley Peters, Frank Lloyd Wright's son-in-law, designed a 4-story annex to this NYC art museum the Guggenheim
#2845, aired 1997-01-03HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $400: In 1887 Oregon became the first state to pass a law establishing this holiday now in September Labor Day
#2827, aired 1996-12-10CRY "UNCLE" $500: In a Chekhov play, this title character runs the estate of his brother-in-law, a pompous professor Uncle Vanya
#2774, aired 1996-09-26CELEBRITY ALUMNI $300: When she was in her 60s, this wife of Hume Cronyn earned a law degree from the University of Western Ontario Jessica Tandy
#2737, aired 1996-06-25TV LAW $200: In 1987 this Stephen Bochco series was named Outstanding Drama Series at the Emmys L.A. Law
#2624, aired 1996-01-18TELEVISION $200: In 1990 Jimmy Smits won a Best Supporting Actor Emmy for his work on this NBC drama L.A. Law
#2624, aired 1996-01-1820th CENTURY AMERICA $800: In March 1925 this state passed a law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools Tennessee
#2618, aired 1996-01-10RELATIVELY SPEAKING $300: For Dad it's the boy his daughter married a son-in-law
#2595, aired 1995-12-08MOVIES $400: Julia Roberts plays a law student on the run in this movie based on a John Grisham novel "The Pelican Brief"
#2531, aired 1995-09-11THE SUPREME COURT $200: The 1st justice with a U.S. law degree was Benjamin Curtis, who earned it from this Mass. university in 1832 Harvard
#2531, aired 1995-09-11THE SUPREME COURT $400: In Ex Parte Milligan, a case that grew out of this war, the Court limited the application of martial law the Civil War
#2498, aired 1995-06-14HISTORIC DOUBLE Bs $1000: In 1929 he devised a law on how the universe expands Edwin Hubble
#2493, aired 1995-06-07AMERICAN HISTORY $200: In 1851, nearly 70 years before U.S. Prohibition, Maine passed a law banning the sale of this alcohol
#2482, aired 1995-05-23HAIL TO THE CHIEF $300: A 1947 law placed this official next in line after the VP to succeed to the presidency Speaker of the House
#2475, aired 1995-05-12U.S. PRESIDENTS $1000: When named chief justice of the U.S. in 1921, this former president was a professor of law at Yale Taft
#2469, aired 1995-05-04THE SUPREME COURT $300: After earning her law degree in 1952, she began work as a deputy county attorney in California Sandra Day O'Connor
#2445, aired 1995-03-31FIRST LADIES $400: In 1976, she campaigned for son-in-law Charles Robb, who was running for Lt. Gov. of Virginia Lady Bird Johnson
#2428, aired 1995-03-08FIDEL CASTRO $800: In 1950 Castro earned a degree in this from the University of Havana law
#2413, aired 1995-02-15FINANCE $100: The amount of a product available on the market, it combines with demand in an economic "law" supply
#2387, aired 1995-01-101968 $400: In May the Supreme Court upheld a law making it a criminal offense to burn or mutilate these draft cards
#2375, aired 1994-12-23GIFTS $300: This famous piece of furniture was a gift to King Arthur from his father-in-law the Round Table
#2346, aired 1994-11-14LAW & GOVERNMENT $400: This delaying tactic used in the Senate has been defined as "talking a bill to death" Fillibustering
#2343, aired 1994-11-09TELEVISION DRAMA $600: In the opening of this series' first episode, Chaney of McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney & Kuzak was found dead L.A. Law
#2320, aired 1994-10-07SHAKESPEARE $600: Brabantio, this tragic title character's father-in-law, is a Venetian senator Othello
#2168, aired 1994-01-26LEGAL EAGLES $400: With only about a year of law school, this "Kingfish" passed the Louisiana Bar Exam in 1915 Huey Long
#2129, aired 1993-12-02POLITICIANS $500 (Daily Double): This son-in-law of LBJ was the governor of Virginia 1982-86 (Charles) Robb
#2074, aired 1993-09-16DICTATORS $200: In 1950 he graduated from the University of Havana with a law degree Castro
#2068, aired 1993-09-08"JOHN" $300: This name for a symbol of England comes from a character in the pamphlet "Law is a Bottomless Pit" John Bull
#2048, aired 1993-06-30CELEBRITY RELATIVES $1,500 (Daily Double): She's Don Johnson's famous mother-in-law; a little "bird" told us Tippi Hedren
#2008, aired 1993-05-05COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $600: This Indiana university's school of law was the first at a Roman Catholic university in the U.S. Notre Dame
#1976, aired 1993-03-22PRESIDENTIAL TRIVIA $800: Between his terms as president he lived on Madison Ave. in New York & took the train to his job at a law firm (Grover) Cleveland
#1925, aired 1993-01-08TEXAS $300: A hall of fame & museum in Waco honors this law enforcement organization the Texas Rangers
#1851, aired 1992-09-28THE BIBLE $100: In Exodus 24:12 God said to him, "I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments..." Moses
#1787, aired 1992-05-12LAW $1000: This provision of a life insurance contract requires twice the payment in the event of accidental death double indemnity
#1740, aired 1992-03-06LAW & GOVERNMENT $400: A measure defeated in 1990 would have allowed states to prosecute persons who desecrated this the American flag
#1734, aired 1992-02-27FAMOUS FIRSTS $1000: This 1803 case was the first in which the U.S. Supreme Court declared a law unconstitutional Marbury vs. Madison
#1729, aired 1992-02-20LAW $200: It's any act against the officers of a ship, not just setting them adrift in a rowboat mutiny
#1632, aired 1991-10-08LAW $500: In a criminal case the accused's guilt must be proved beyond this a reasonable doubt
#1623, aired 1991-09-25JULIUS CAESAR $800: Caesar died at the foot of a statue of this rival who was his son-in-law Pompey
#1590, aired 1991-06-28FROM THE LATIN $1,000 (Daily Double): In law it's the Latin term for a plea of no contest nolo contendere
#1580, aired 1991-06-14LAW $200: To reach a verdict in a felony case this percentage of the jurors must be in agreement 100%
#1580, aired 1991-06-14LAW $1000: Not a party to a lawsuit but one wishing to file a brief in the case, an amicus curiae is literally this friend of the court
#1563, aired 1991-05-22POETS $600: Clarence Darrow was once a law partner of this poet, who wrote "The New Spoon River" in 1924 Edgar Lee Masters
#1545, aired 1991-04-26LAW $300: Not the Attorney General, but this general usually represents the government in the U.S. Supreme Court Solicitor General
#1452, aired 1990-12-18PEOPLE $300: He served as a journalist in the National Guard while attending Indiana University Law School Dan Quayle
#1425, aired 1990-11-0919th CENTURY AMERICA $1000: This 1803 case was the first in which the Supreme Court declared a law of Congress unconstitutional Marbury v. Madison
#1369, aired 1990-07-12LAW $100: The scribe in an Ancient Egyptian court is equivalent to this position in our courts today a court reporter
#1369, aired 1990-07-12LAW $300: For the training of law students, hypothetical & historical cases are tried in these courts a moot court
#1362, aired 1990-07-03BIBLICAL LAW $600: Now a very high rate of interest, in the Bible it was just plain interest & could be charged to strangers usury
#1303, aired 1990-04-11PEOPLE $200: The cast of "L.A. Law" refers to these married co-stars as "The Tuckerberries" Michael Tucker & Jill Eikenberry
#1295, aired 1990-03-30LAW $200: In the closing arguments in a federal criminal case, this side goes first & gets to do a rebuttal Prosecution
#1295, aired 1990-03-30LAW $800: He was the last president to be one of the litigants in a case before the Supreme Court Richard Nixon
#1283, aired 1990-03-14WORLD LEADERS $400: A law student in the Philippines in the 1930s, he was found guilty of murder but later acquitted Ferdinand Marcos
#1276, aired 1990-03-05CELEBRITY RELATIVES $500: Pam Dawber's famous father-in-law Tom Harmon
#1255, aired 1990-02-02RECORD ALBUMS $1,000 (Daily Double): Controversial TV personality heard singing here his 1989 album: "Mother-in-law says you're a no-good bum / God I wish that woman would shut her trap / But there's a sure-fire cure called the 'Loudmouth Method' / I think you'd better give it a try!" Morton Downey Jr. ("Zip It Up")
#1231, aired 1990-01-01LAW $600: Term in criminal law for the dismissal of charges through a verdict of "not guilty" acquittal
#1229, aired 1989-12-28THE 1980s $200: In 1982 congress passed a law forcing states to allow trucks with these on interstate highways two trailers (double trailers)
#1211, aired 1989-12-04SHAKESPEAREAN TRIVIA $800: This tragic title character is the son-in-law of a senator named Brabantio Othello
#1165, aired 1989-09-29LAW $100: In the cabinet the Dept. of Justice isn't headed by a secretary but by somebody holding this title the attorney general
#1165, aired 1989-09-29LAW $400: Term for a minor who is legally in the care of a guardian a ward
#1131, aired 1989-07-03WOMEN ATHLETES $500: A 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the heptathlon & long jump, she's Flo-Jo's sister-in-law Jackie Joyner-Kersee
#1131, aired 1989-07-03PHOTOGRAPHY $1000: In 1984 the Supreme Court upheld a law forbidding the printing of realistic photos of this U.S currency
#1085, aired 1989-04-28SPORTS $100: A new law in N.Y. says you may not be able to sue the resort if you run into a tree while doing this skiing
#1055, aired 1989-03-17OATHS & CREEDS $400: In the Oath of Allegiance, an alien becoming a U.S. citizen swears to bear these when required by law arms
#1046, aired 1989-03-06QUOTES $400: In a 1697 play, Colley Cibber wrote that this "is 11 points in the law"; today it's said to be 9/10 possession
#1046, aired 1989-03-06IN THE NEWS $800: Director Herbert Ross married this woman who was once a president's sister-in-law Lee Radziwill
#1029, aired 1989-02-091986 $400: A 1986 law moved the start of this from the last to the 1st Sunday in April daylight savings (daylight saving time)
#993, aired 1988-12-21LAW $100: Dividing the spectators from the proceedings in the courtroom, you have to pass it to become a lawyer the bar
#993, aired 1988-12-21LAW $400: If a judge hears a case "in camera", it doesn't mean on the air but this in private (in his chambers)
#964, aired 1988-11-10COLLEGES $400: In 1779 this Virginia institution became the first U.S. college to establish a law department William & Mary
#964, aired 1988-11-10CELEBRITY RELATIVES $500: Singer whose ex-son-in-law, Sidney Lumet, directed her in "The Wiz", in the role of a witch Lena Horne
#938, aired 1988-10-05ACTORS & ACTRESSES $400: This "L.A. Law" star had a romance & a son with Ursula Andress, his co-star in "Clash of the Titans" Harry Hamlin
#907, aired 1988-07-12ACTORS $200: In "Hello Again", Shelley Long said, "hello again" to this hunk from "L.A. Law" Corbin Bernsen
#907, aired 1988-07-12LAW $300: A British "public prosecutor" is parallel to this post in the American legal system the D.A. (district attorney)
#889, aired 1988-06-16WESTERNS $400: This legendary stock pen was a setting in "Law & Order", "Darling Clementine", & "Hour of the Gun" O.K. Corral
#866, aired 1988-05-16U.S. HISTORY $600: In 1894, Congress passed a law making this graduated for the 1st time income tax
#798, aired 1988-02-10WORLD POLITICS $200: In the United Kingdom, her formal assent is required for a parliamentary bill to become law Queen Elizabeth
#789, aired 1988-01-28MOVIE TRIVIA $200 (Daily Double): He was Judy Garland's companion on the road to Oz & later became her daughter's father-in-law Jack Haley
#785, aired 1988-01-22BUDDHISM $600: In Buddhism, it is called the symbol "of the law" & "of life", but not "of fortune" a wheel
#772, aired 1988-01-05LAW $200: A proverb says "he that is his own lawyer has" this "for a client" a fool
#767, aired 1987-12-29GAMES $200: A 1592 Scottish law forbade this game on the Sabbath; later it was banned only "in tyme of sermons" golf
#738, aired 1987-11-18U.S. HISTORY $200: In 1924 Congress finally passed a law making all these first Americans US citizens Indians
#698, aired 1987-09-23THE LAW $400: There are 11 of these federal courts whose authority falls between district courts & the Supreme Court the Court of Appeals (Circuit Court)
#694, aired 1987-09-17LAW & ORDER $400: Calling it "Project Sky Knight", the L.A. Sheriff Dept. debuted patrols by this type of vehicle in 1966 helicopters
#669, aired 1987-07-02FICTIONAL SISTERS $400: In "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", it's Maggie's relationship to the woman she calls "Sister Woman" sister-in-law
#668, aired 1987-07-01WORLD LEADERS $100: In 1950 he graduated with a law degree from the University of Havana Fidel Castro
#624, aired 1987-04-30THE JET SET $300: Prince Andrew's mother-in-law lives with a polo player in this country against which Andrew fought Argentina
#569, aired 1987-02-12ZEBRAS $200: TV sitcom on which the main character called his racially mixed daughter-in-law a zebra The Jeffersons
#553, aired 1987-01-21BRITISH RULERS $800: Her father-in-law, the Duke of Northumberland, used her as a puppet to keep Mary Tudor off the throne Lady Jane Grey
#468, aired 1986-09-24OCTOBER $600: On Oct. 10, 1973 the law caught up with this "Law & Order" politician Spiro Agnew
#405, aired 1986-03-28BUSINESSMEN $200: Soapmaker & his German son-in-law who took over a failing St. Louis brewery in 1860 Anheuser & Busch
#403, aired 1986-03-26THE SUPREME COURT $200: In 1803, Marbury vs Madison became 1st case in which a law was declared this unconstitutional
#373, aired 1986-02-12THE LAW $300: World's largest is Baker & McKenzie of Chicago with 600 lawyers in 29 countries a lawyers firm (a law firm)
#355, aired 1986-01-17LAW $400: A 1984 Supreme Court ruling sided with Sony, letting you use these in your home without fear of arrest a video recording machine
#287, aired 1985-10-15LAW $1,200 (Daily Double): From Greek for "writing", it's an unwitnessed will written by a person in his own handwriting a holographic will
#275, aired 1985-09-27LAW $600: "Where the value in controversy shall exceed $20", you have a right to this type of trial trial by jury
#261, aired 1985-09-09LAW $1000: Specific purpose stated in 2nd Amendment for right to bear arms for the furnishment of the militia (or maintaining a militia)
#172, aired 1985-05-07CIVIL WAR $400: Son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor who was himself a president during the war Jefferson Davis (President of the Confederacy)
#106, aired 1985-02-0413-LETTER WORDS $2,500 (Daily Double): The philosophy or science of law jurisprudence
#54, aired 1984-11-22PRESIDENTS $1,500 (Daily Double): "Rough & Ready" president whose son-in-law was pres. of the Confederacy President Zachary Taylor
#4, aired 1984-09-13STATE CAPITALS $400: Lincoln lived & practiced law here for 25 years before becoming president Springfield

Final Jeopardy! Round clues (28 results returned)

#9036, aired 2024-02-12U.S. STAMPS: This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law IX
#8945, aired 2023-10-06COMPOSERS: He was given piano lessons by Madame Mauté de Fleurville, the mother-in-law of Paul Verlaine, whose poetry he would later set to music (Claude) Debussy
#8940, aired 2023-09-29U.S. SENATE HISTORY: In 1805, after 4 years presiding over the Senate, he left the chamber, calling it "a sanctuary; a citadel of law, of order" Aaron Burr
#8878, aired 2023-05-24CLASSICAL MUSIC: When the opera "Lohengrin" premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor Franz Liszt
#8818, aired 2023-03-01LAWS IN U.S. HISTORY: A Radical Republican championed this 1875 act but the Supreme Court struck it down in 1883; a new version was passed 81 years later the Civil Rights Act
#8790, aired 2023-01-20TELEVISION: Mike Post combined the sound of a slamming jail door, an anvil & 100 men stomping on a floor for this series that debuted in 1990 Law & Order
#8781, aired 2023-01-09USA: Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is Moore county, Tennessee's largest employer, Moore is a dry county Jack Daniel's
#8558, aired 2022-01-19FILMS OF THE 2000s: One of the screenwriters of this 2001 film described it as "'Clueless' meets 'The Paper Chase"' Legally Blonde
#8188, aired 2020-03-25ALLITERATIVE LEGISLATION: Signed into law in March 1941, House Resolution 1776 was this act that provided aid to a foe from 1776 the Lend-Lease Act
#8049, aired 2019-09-12AMERICAN MUSEUMS: President Johnson signed a law that added 2 words to the name of this museum established in 1946, D.C.'s most popular the Air & Space Museum
#7872, aired 2018-11-27ACTRESSES: In 1997 she became the first to win an Oscar for a film directed by her husband; her brother-in-law produced the film Frances McDormand
#7686, aired 2018-01-29THE 1960s: It was already a crime to alter one of these; a 1965 law passed 393-1 in the House criminalized burning one too a draft card
#7650, aired 2017-12-08PRIMETIME TV ACTRESSES: On the beat since 1999, she plays the longest-running female character currently on TV in a primetime non-animated series Mariska Hargitay
#7381, aired 2016-10-17HISTORIC RELATIVES: In the same year as Waterloo, the Duke of Wellington's brother-in-law Gen. Edward Pakenham died in this battle in North America the Battle of New Orleans
#7296, aired 2016-05-09LEGISLATION: The original law called this was passed in 1944; today, there's a "Post-9/11" version that also pays for 36 months of university education the G.I. Bill
#7216, aired 2016-01-18STATE CAPITALS: A 1957 event led to the creation of a National Historic Site in this city, signed into law by a president whose library is now there too Little Rock, Arkansas
#6718, aired 2013-11-27GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS: Over 8,000 people have been saved from harm by this program authorized in a 1970 law, but we're not allowed to name any the Witness Protection Program
#6084, aired 2011-02-10THE LAW: Asked in 1966 to write a concise statement for arresting officers to recite, California D.A. Harold Berliner started with these 7 words You have the right to remain silent
#6064, aired 2011-01-13LAW: In 1790 the USA's 1st law governing this protection gave it a term of 14 years; today it can extend well over a century copyright
#5721, aired 2009-06-22PRESIDENTS ON FILM: Filmed signing a bill into law, in 1895 he became the first U.S. president to appear on moving film Grover Cleveland
#4942, aired 2006-02-21FAMOUS PAINTERS: His twin daughters both married generals, & his portrait of one of his sons-in-law is seen here Jacques-Louis David
#4870, aired 2005-11-1120th CENTURY U.S. PRESIDENTS: His mother, Louise, said, "I do not want my son to be president... his is a judicial mind and he loves the law" William Howard Taft
#3991, aired 2001-12-31LAW HISTORY: In 1964 he was the prosecutor of Jack Ruby; in 1973 he was the defendant in a landmark Supreme Court case Wade
#2940, aired 1997-05-16THE LAW: From Latin for "under penalty", you're under penalty if you don't obey one a subpoena
#2843, aired 1997-01-01AUTHORS: In 1996, 7 years after giving up law, he returned to a Mississippi courtroom & won a case for an old client John Grisham
#1684, aired 1991-12-19NAMES IN THE NEWS: In 1952 he set up a law practice with partner Oliver Tambo Nelson Mandela
#1682, aired 1991-12-17PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES: He's the grandson of one president & the son-in-law of another David Eisenhower
#44, aired 1984-11-08AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: Along with president, these 2 must sign a bill for it to become law the speaker of the House & the vice president

Players (126 results returned)

Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York 2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois 2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
Ken Basin, a junior at the University of Southern California from Huntington Beach, California 2003 College Championship semifinalist: $5,000. Blog at kbasin.blogspot.org. Appearing as a...
Christopher Meloni, an Emmy-nominated actor from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit "He's played challenging roles on both sides of the law, including...
Bruce Naegeli, a retired law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona "He finished second in the 1988 Tournament of Champions. A retired...
A.J. Schumacher, a radio show production intern from St. Paul, Minnesota Season 25 1-time champion: $10,800 + $2,000. AJ Schumacher Saint Paul,...
Michael McKean, a Grammy winner, Oscar nominee and multi-talented performer from Hairspray and The Pajama Game "This multi-talented performer is a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee and...
Chris Matthews, a TV host from Hardball and The Chris Matthews Show "Once a presidential speechwriter, he's had his own political talk show...
Harry Shearer, a humorist, Spinal Tap bassist, and voice from The Simpsons "He recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of This Is Spinal Tap...
Jamie Weiss, a law student from St. Louis, Missouri "He won the 1990 Teen Tournament. Today he's a law student....
Maxwell Baldi, a ten-year-old from Los Angeles, California "This future U.S. attorney general has always been interested in the...
Christopher Meloni, a star from Law & Order: SVU and HBO's Oz "On TV, he's worked both sides of the law. Once a...
Kate Waits, a law professor at the University of Tulsa from Tulsa, Oklahoma "A Harvard Law graduate when she competed in the 1988 Tournament...
Pam Mueller, an entering law student originally from Chicago, Illinois \"Representing Loyola University, she won the College Championship in November, 2000....
Chuck Forrest, an attorney for the UN IFAD from Marino, Italy \"In 1986, he was a law student living in Grand Blanc,...
Rachael Schwartz, a lawyer with an international law firm from Washington, D.C. "In 1994, she became the first woman ever to win the...
Sam Waterston, an actor from Law & Order "A Best Actor Oscar nominee for The Killing Fields, he's now...
Kathryn Erbe, an actress from Law & Order: Criminal Intent "On stage, she earned a 1991 Tony nomination for Speed of...
Pam Mueller, a college student from Wilmette, Illinois 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times "He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
Cassie Hill, a recent graduate from the University of Mary Washington \"Her dad is a lawyer, and by the seventh grade, she...
Charles Shaughnessy, an actor from Mad Men "As Shane Donovan on Days of Our Lives, he won three...
Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room "Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
Clarence Page, a journalist from The Chicago Tribune "His nationally syndicated column began as a local column for the...
Tim Russert, a moderator from Meet the Press "He's the Washington Bureau Chief of NBC News and the longtime...
Hill Harper, an author and actor from CSI: NY "As an award-winning author, he's written three New York Times best...
Dana Delany, an actress from Desperate Housewives "She won two Emmys for her work on China Beach. This...
Michael Day, an attorney from Mill Valley, California "As an MBA Student, he won 5 games in 1985. Today...
India Cooper, an actor and copy editor from New York City, New York \"A semifinalist in the Tournament of Champions in 1992, now an...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an attorney and professor from Pace University School of Law "A crusading attorney for the environment and a professor at Pace...
Madeline Suchard, from Placentia, California "She has her sights set on becoming the Supreme Court Justice,...
Matt Polazzo, a high school U.S. government teacher from Brooklyn, New York "He teaches at one of the most selective high schools in...
Thomas Horn, a twelve-year-old from Piedmont, California "He plans on making the world a better place as an...
Cathy Lanctot, a law professor from Wilmington, Delaware 2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
Kaitlin Welborn, a sophomore from the University of Pennsylvania 2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 at the time of the...
Tyler Van Patten, from Burlington, Wisconsin "He's focusing on becoming a corporate attorney, because of his fascination...
Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom \"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
Rose Schaefer, a junior from Portland, Oregon 2012 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $36,000. 16 at...
Paul Boymel, a civil rights attorney from Potomac, Maryland "He was the top winner of the 1984-85 season. Now he's...
Melissa Seal, a law student from Kingston, Ontario, Canada "She was a senior when she became the Teen Tournament champion...
Billy Baxter, an attorney from Richmond, Virginia "Representing the College of William & Mary, he won the 1992...
Steve Golden, a junior from Brookeville, Maryland 2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 16 at the time of the...
Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
Alison Stone Roberg, an administrative assistant from Kansas City, Missouri Season 26 3-time champion: $85,102 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina 2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C. Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
Al Lin, a law professor from Davis, California "A law student when he won five times in 1993, he's...
James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida 2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
Kimberly Jantz, an attorney from Tulsa, Oklahoma Season 26 1-time champion: $22,200 + $2,000. Kimberly Jantz - an...
Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP 2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
Michael Dupée, an attorney from Gainesville, Florida "He was the winner of the 1996 Tournament of Champions. Today...
Hill Harper, an actor from CSI: NY "He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University. He has a...
Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon "He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
Jonathan Reinstein, a junior from Dix Hills, New York 2001 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
Sandra Gore, a corporate researcher from Berkeley, California "After five wins in 1987, she fulfilled her dream of moving...
Phoebe Juel, a bookseller from Sylva, North Carolina "She won the 1993 College Championship while attending Grinnell College. Today...
Melanie Bruchet, a senior from Bryn Mawr "Everyone wants to be an astronaut when they're a kid, but...
Pam Mueller, a graduate student in psychology from Princeton, New Jersey \"She was a student at Loyola University when she won the...
Jack Ford, a trial attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist from the Today show "A successful trial attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist; he's now the...
Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana 2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Grove City, Ohio and Washington, D.C. \"He had just graduated from law school and was clerking for...
Brittany Rogers, a sophomore at Saddleback College from Lake Forest, California 2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Brittany was 18 at the...
Tad Carithers, an attorney from New York City, New York "He finished second in the 2001 Tournament of Champions. Today he...
Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia "In 1991, he was the winner of the Tournament of Champions....
Jacob Hambalek, a 12-year-old from Fresno, California "If he had to choose a career right now, he'd be...
Arianna Kelly, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 24 player (2008-01-30). Season 24 player (2008-07-08). Sister of Season...
Jeff Goldfarb, a recent law school graduate from New York, New York Season 18 2-time champion: $73,600 + $1,000. In his 1st game...
Tayonna Jones, a 12-year-old from Indianapolis, Indiana "She hopes to have her law degree by her 18th birthday...
Rishi Bhandari, a first-year law student from New York City, New York Season 16 player (2000-04-18). Won $100,000 on Who Wants to Be...
S. R. Sidarth, a law student from Dunn Loring, Virginia Season 26 player (2009-12-07). Sidarth was famously the object of a...
Maria Kokiasmenos, a law school graduate from Vernon, Connecticut Season 22 1-time champion: $18,000 + $2,000.
Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma "He was the very first College Champion, and the only one...
Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
Todd Faulkenberry, a junior from Moore, South Carolina 2008-A Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 16 at the time of...
Nancy Grace, a TV legal expert from Headline News/Court TV "She hosts her own legal analysis program on Headline News and...
Andrew Kreitz, a senior from Huntington Beach, California 2006 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up: $25,000.
Alyssa McRae, a gift card production designer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Season 25 3-time champion: $50,402 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Jeff Richmond, an attorney from Los Angeles, California "He used his 1988 5-game winnings to pay for law school....
Marty Scott, an assistant district attorney from Forney, Texas Season 26 3-time champion: $64,002 + $2,000. Marty won $250,000 on...
Kevin Welber, a lawyer originally from Ramat Gan, Israel Season 14 player (1998-01-30). Kevin Amir Welber's biographical sketch, taken from...
Pam Mueller, a junior at Loyola University, Chicago from Wilmette, Illinois 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Pam Mueller, a justice researcher originally from Chicago, Illinois 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
Harris Cohen, a family physician from Lower Gwynedd, Pennsylvania Season 25 2-time champion: $17,800 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
Elliot Shteir, an attorney from Somerville, New Jersey 1995-A Seniors Tournament 1st runner-up: $10,000. Dr. Elliot Shteir won $8,230...
Matt DeTura, a recent law school graduate from Washington, D.C. Season 27 3-time champion: $61,601 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: MDT
Scott Turow, a bestselling novelist and practicing attorney from Chicago, Illinois "He's sold more than 25 million copies of his novels worldwide...
Lara Logan, a correspondent from 60 Minutes on CBS "Her bold, award-winning reporting has earned her a prominent spot among...
Lindsey Hargrove, a senior at the University of Texas from Bellaire, Texas 2004 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Mother's Jeopardy! Message Board user name: collegemom
Ben Schenkel, a junior from Allentown, Pennsylvania 2007 Teen Tournament 1st runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $42,800. 17 at...
Pam Mueller, a think tank researcher from Culver City, California • 2000 College Championship winner • Semifinalist in all other tournaments...
Wil Wheaton, an actor from Burbank, California "An actor from Burbank, California, he burst on to the scene...
David Bitkower, a judicial law clerk from New York, New York Season 18 1-time champion: $9,599 + $1,000. In his first game...
Alan Rachins, an actor from L.A. Law "An Emmy nominee for the role of Douglas Brackman on L.A....
Gabriel Johnson, a senior from Teaneck, New Jersey 2009 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
Jim Scott, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia "He was a legal assistant living near D.C. when he won...
Ellen Kimmel, a school nurse from Nanuet, New York Season 27 2-time champion: $37,000 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: SkoolRN
Bernard Holloway, a junior from Mitchellville, Maryland 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 player: $5,000. 2002 Teen...
Savannah Morgan, a 12-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina "Her future recipe for success is as the star of her...
Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
Amanda Nowotny, a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh from New Castle, Pennsylvania 2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Chuck Forrest, a law student from Grand Blanc, Michigan 2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
Bruce Naegeli, a law librarian from Phoenix, Arizona 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $31,600. Lost to...
Hon. Margaret Spellings, a U.S. Secretary of Education from Washington, D.C. "As an advisor to President George W. Bush, she helped craft...
Vinita Kailasanath, a sophomore at Stanford University from Laurel, Maryland 2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000. 2005 Ultimate Tournament of...
Harvey Becker, a writer from Venice, California 1986 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000. Season 2 4-time champion: $55,400....
Chris Pae, a high school history teacher from Suwanee, Georgia "He studied pre-med, then pre-law, but discovered his passion was teaching....
Arianna Kelly, a law student from Somerville, Massachusetts Season 24 player (2008-01-30). Season 24 player (2008-07-08). Sister of Season...
Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
Jeff Richmond, a law student from West Hollywood, California 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1 winner: $33,300. 1990 Super...
Marissa Goldsmith, a web developer from Springfield, Virginia Season 27 3-time champion: $44,100 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user name: marteena
Malisha Butts, a senior at North Carolina Central University from Durham, North Carolina 2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
Papa Chakravarthy, a sophomore from Lexington, Kentucky 2006 Teen Tournament champion: $75,000.
Armand Kachigian, a podiatrist from Granite City, Illinois Season 10 player (1994-02-10). Armand won $500,000 on Who Wants to...
Ben Chuchla, a senior from Calabasas, California 2008-B Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Last name pronounced like "HOO-kla"....
Sunny Hostin, a senior legal correspondent and analyst from ABC News "She recently joined ABC News as their senior legal correspondent and...
Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina 2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
Elise Beraru, an insurance underwriter from Los Angeles, California 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
Elise Beraru, a lawyer from Los Angeles, California 1990 Super Jeopardy! quarterfinalist: $5,000. 1985 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $1,000....
Shannon Lee, an architectural design associate from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania Season 32 player (2015-12-10). Wife of Season 39 player Travis Lee...



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