| #9068, aired 2024-03-27 | I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU $800: It's the outer & narrower bone of the lower leg the fibula |
| #9032, aired 2024-02-06 | AT THE TINY DESK CONCERT $2000: This acerbic songwriter sang about "Putin puttin' his pants on one leg at a time” Randy Newman |
| #9031, aired 2024-02-05 | TRICKS OF THE SHOW BIZ TRADE $1200: To learn this basic circus skill, remember: if you start to lose your balance, lifting one leg can actually help tightrope walking |
| #9023, aired 2024-01-24 | BAD BLOOD $1000: Compression stockings can help prevent a blood clot in the leg known as a deep vein this a thrombosis |
| #8997, aired 2023-12-19 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: This side post of a window or doorway gets its name from Middle French for "leg" a jamb |
| #8986, aired 2023-12-04 | A BIRD IN THE HAND $1600: On its leg, the bird is undergoing this zoological process, also called ringing banding |
| #8964, aired 2023-11-02 | GROWING PAINS $200: More common in women than men, these swollen & twisted veins can be a real pain in the leg varicose veins |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | TRACK & FIELD $600: Edwin Moses had a leg up on the competition for nearly 10 years, winning 107 straight finals in the 400m this race hurdles |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | WORLD OF FOOD $200: This name for a pizza turnover comes from the Italian for "pant leg" calzone |
| #19, aired 2023-05-24 | FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS $2000: This S-shaped leg on Queen Anne & Chippendale style furniture often features decorative carvings of acanthus leaves a cabriole |
| #8875, aired 2023-05-19 | THE HUMAN BODY $400: The tibia is also called this bone, a part of the lower leg the shin |
| #12, aired 2023-05-16 | BRITISH MUSICAL GEOGRAPHY $1600: From this isle off southern England, the duo Wet Leg has said their name is a nickname for visitors from the mainland the Isle of Wight |
| #8859, aired 2023-04-27 | READY TO WEAR $200: A call to arms! Butterfly, bishop & the less-than-fashionable leg-of-mutton are types of these sleeves |
| #8833, aired 2023-03-22 | LONG-LIVED CRITTERS $800: Having a leg up on life, one of these pink birds named Greater got to 83 living at Adelaide Zoo a flamingo |
| #11, aired 2023-01-19 | SHOE BIZ $600: Like Elvis sang, "don't you step on" these shoes that you can get from Brooks Brothers (blue) suede shoes |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: This pain along the path of a certain nerve can radiate from the hip down the leg, but at least it tends to be only on one side sciatica |
| #8739, aired 2022-11-10 | WITH OUR LITTLE "I" $1600: "Ralph was hopping on one leg when a dingo cried out" is in the past this tense imperfect |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | THAT MOVIE'S GOT LEGS $800: Golden Leg Fung is a character in the movie about spreading this title style of Kung Fu through soccer Shaolin |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | THAT MOVIE'S GOT LEGS $1000: Showing some leg while hitchhiking won Claudette Colbert a 1934 Oscar, one of 5 for this film It Happened One Night |
| #8632, aired 2022-05-03 | HIDDEN ANATOMY $400: In the Middle Ages a fief in Germany could cost an arm & a leg or at least one of these a finger (in fief in Germany) |
| #8592, aired 2022-03-08 | MORE THAN ONE MEANING $400: The person who runs the last leg in a relay race, or a TV news person who introduces others' reports an anchor |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | FEELING SHEEPISH $1200: Sailors know a sheepshank, named for its resemblance to the animal's leg, is a type of this a knot |
| #8586, aired 2022-02-28 | KICKIN' IT $800: Also called mawashi geri, this "domicile" kick swings a leg in a semi-circular motion to strike with the foot a roundhouse |
| #8584, aired 2022-02-24 | CONSTELLATIONS $800: If you're hunting for Rigel, you'll find it in a leg of this constellation Orion |
| #8581, aired 2022-02-21 | LAS VEGAS HOTEL NAMES $200: This pink bird always seems to have a leg up flamingo |
| #14, aired 2022-02-17 | A LITTLE BODY ENGLISH $400: 3-word way to wish a performer good luck break a leg |
| #8514, aired 2021-11-18 | "M"EDICINE $1200: A common knee injury is a tear in this crescent-shaped pad of cartilage located where the thighbone & the lower leg bone meet the meniscus |
| #8463, aired 2021-08-11 | LOCK TALK $1000: The U-shaped part of a padlock that fits around an item to be locked is called this, also a word for a manacle or leg iron shackle |
| #8452, aired 2021-07-27 | LISTEN UP! $1000: Known for its use in "Star Wars" films, this "scream" wasn't named for a kaiser but for a 1953 film character who got an arrow in the leg Wilhelm (the Wilhelm scream) |
| #8367, aired 2021-03-30 | A "HA"! $1200: It's the loin & leg of a 4-footed animal used for food haunch |
| #8346, aired 2021-03-01 | ____ & ____ $400: Something once attached to an inmate's leg, it's also sometimes used to refer to a spouse ball & chain |
| #8330, aired 2021-02-05 | DOCTOR HOW $1600: ...do I treat a pull of these back-of-the-thigh muscles that include the semitendinosus? Elevate your leg to stop swelling the hamstrings |
| #8327, aired 2021-02-02 | FASHION $600: This 1983 film inspired a fashion craze of leg warmers & off-the-shoulder sweatshirts; "what a feeling!" Flashdance |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | ARCHAEOLOGY $1600: An instrument, named for this larger bone of the lower leg, has been reconstructed & as in the ancient artwork, it still bulges your cheeks the tibia |
| #8319, aired 2021-01-21 | CLEVELAND: NEWS CLUES $800: (Hi, I'm Nichole Vrsansky from WOIO.) In 1967, the Cleveland Clinic's Dr. René Favaloro removed a vein from a patient's leg & used it to route blood flow around a blocked coronary artery, achieving a landmark in this now common type of heart surgery bypass |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | CELEBRITY NAMES IN COMMON $600: Garner &
Hudson Jennifer |
| #8310, aired 2021-01-08 | CHRISTMAS MOVIES $1000: 2 memorable bits from this 1983 classic: the leg lamp & "You'll shoot your eye out!" A Christmas Story |
| #8300, aired 2020-12-11 | BRITISH ENGLISH $400: The Brits put their trousers on one leg at a time; this 5-letter word that Americans use means underwear over there pants |
| #8291, aired 2020-11-30 | A ROYAL PAIN $400: His mummy revealed that this "boy king" of Ancient Egypt had a cleft palate, foot deformities, malaria & a busted leg King Tut |
| #8289, aired 2020-11-26 | ZOOLOGY $2000: The equivalent of a human knuckle, this "F word" is the protruding joint at the back of a horse's leg above the hoof the fetlock |
| #8285, aired 2020-11-20 | SILENT "L" $600: Part of your lower leg, or a baby black Angus a calf |
| #8211, aired 2020-04-27 | UH, PHRASING... $1600: Actors don't like "Good luck" before shows, but this 3-word alternative seems awfully painful Break a leg |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | CLUES ACROSS AMERICA $600: (Hi, I'm Lee Goldberg from New York's ABC7. [He presents from Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York.]) Plymouth Church in Brooklyn was once a stop along the underground railroad; often the next leg was on a northbound ship up this river, to Albany, & then on to Canada the Hudson |
| #8174, aired 2020-03-05 | CONTINENTAL $1000: With a leg span of about 12 inches, the Goliath bird-eating spider is native to this continent South America |
| #8172, aired 2020-03-03 | 4,4 $400: Designation for the thigh & leg of a roasted chicken, as opposed to the breast dark meat |
| #8159, aired 2020-02-13 | THE CIVIL WAR $600: The first amputee of the war, J.E. Hanger invented a prosthetic this that ones made today are still based upon a leg |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | MOVIES ACROSS AMERICA $1000: (Hi, I'm Chris Tanaka from Cleveland 19.) In "A Christmas Story", the huge box marked "fra-jee-lay" (actually, that's "fragile") contains this alliterative 2-word award the leg lamp |
| #8, aired 2020-01-14 | THE GREATEST CANADIANS OF ALL TIME $800: (Ryan Reynolds delivers the clue.) After losing part of his right leg to cancer, he embarked on a Marathon of Hope, running across Canada to raise money to fight cancer; he ran almost a marathon a day for 143 days but stopped short of his goal when the cancer spread to his lungs (Terry) Fox |
| #8132, aired 2020-01-07 | THINK IT WILL WORK? $1600: No: these, attached to a Scotsman's arms for a leg-breaking leap from the top of Stirling Castle in 1507 wings |
| #8129, aired 2020-01-02 | CHANGE ONE LETTER $600: A fold in the center of your pant leg goes into the changing room & exits as an oily lubricant crease & grease |
| #8100, aired 2019-11-22 | YELL "O" $800: Get a leg up after an injury with this type of M.D. who specializes in your skeletal system an orthopedist |
| #8067, aired 2019-10-08 | WE NEED SOME HELP $400: I need a boost--give me a hand or give me this body part "up" a leg up |
| #8052, aired 2019-09-17 | CENTER FOR THE INTREPID $1600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Center for the Intrepid in San Antonio, Texas.) "People say, 'He lost a leg.'...I object...you gave a leg" was said by General Peter Pace of these patients at the center--an alliterative phrase for injured soldiers that became common during the USA's 21st century conflicts wounded warriors |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | YOGA POSES $800: It can be a challenge to stand as strong as an oak on one leg in vrksasana, this pose tree |
| #8049, aired 2019-09-12 | YOGA POSES $1600: The hip-opening fire log pose is often suggested to treat this leg pain named for a nerve sciatica |
| #7961, aired 2019-04-01 | IN PRISON $600: This term for a cut of meat from the leg of an animal is also something helpful in settling disputes with a bunkmate a shank |
| #7954, aired 2019-03-21 | SUIT UP $1000: A combination of trendy broad-shouldered jackets with balloon-leg trousers worn in the 1940s a zoot suit |
| #7887, aired 2018-12-18 | IMPOSSIBLE WORDS $800: "As crooked as a dog's hind leg", for example a simile |
| #7868, aired 2018-11-21 | WACKY WEDNESDAY $600: Brotherly love indeed! A foul hit by Richie Ashburn of this team broke a lady's nose; as she got carted out a 2nd broke her leg the (Philadelphia) Phillies |
| #7828, aired 2018-09-26 | OPERATION $1200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a model of the human body on the monitor.) An organ isn't always removed & replaced; sometimes the new one is placed in the abdomen, above the leg, in patients receiving one of these transplants a kidney transplant |
| #7795, aired 2018-06-29 | ON THE PLAYGROUND $200: Like a car or plane, a swing set can have these kind of seats for safety--I don't think the car has leg holes, though bucket seats |
| #7777, aired 2018-06-05 | I DON'T WANNA CRAMP $400: This 2-word "animal" term for a painful leg cramp traces back to 19th century baseball slang a Charley horse |
| #7750, aired 2018-04-27 | THEATER SUPERSTITIONS $800: Hopefully it won't really happen, but instead of wishing an actor good luck, tell him to do this break a leg |
| #7746, aired 2018-04-23 | FURNITURE $600: The inward curve of the short, heavy table leg gave it this name of an animal's proboscis an elephant's trunk |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | LOCATION VACATION $800: The Visitors Center in Fargo, North Dakota has this piece of heavy equipment used in "Fargo", complete with fake leg inside a wood chipper |
| #7718, aired 2018-03-14 | WHAT A HIGH-CLASS MISTAKE! $600: That horse you bought for millions after it won this N.Y. leg of the Triple Crown to get a $75,000 stud fee? Sterile the Belmont |
| #7665, aired 2017-12-29 | NO MORE COVER-UP $400: A story on Prince William's leg injury prompted an investigation into News Corp reporters hacking these devices mobile phones |
| #7660, aired 2017-12-22 | IDIOMS AROUND THE WORLD $1000: In Russia if you're kidding me, you're hanging noodles from my ears; we use this idiom related to a lower paired body part you're pulling my leg |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | SOME CHOICE WORDS $1,600 (Daily Double): What a parent does to a better-loved child, or what a person limping is doing to the bad leg favoring |
| #7621, aired 2017-10-30 | YOU HAVE ME AT A LOSS $1,000 (Daily Double): Chapter 106 of "Moby Dick" is titled "Ahab's" this leg |
| #7600, aired 2017-09-29 | THE "KID" STAYS IN THE PICTURE $1200: 2 memorable lines from this 1984 Ralph Macchio movie: "Sweep the leg" & "Get him a body bag!" The Karate Kid |
| #7597, aired 2017-09-26 | SPORTS ABBREV. $2000: In cricket, a batsman can be dismissed (that's cricket talk for "out") for LBW, "leg before" this leg before wicket |
| #7581, aired 2017-07-24 | FIRST FAMILY FUN & FOLLIES $800: In 1991 First Lady Barbara Bush broke her leg in a sledding accident at this Maryland presidential retreat Camp David |
| #7545, aired 2017-06-02 | GET SOME EXERCISE! $400: Upper body straight, step back with one leg & lower your hips in this move a lunge |
| #7491, aired 2017-03-20 | PRE-CIVIL WAR AMERICA $400: The first leg of the Pony Express included a ferry ride for horse & rider across this river to Elwood, Kansas the Missouri |
| #7461, aired 2017-02-06 | A RUDE AWAKENING $600: Ugh! It's one of these leg cramps with an equine name! a Charlie horse |
| #7437, aired 2017-01-03 | LEGO $200: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Lego Systems in Enfield, CT.) A carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen, founded Lego in the 1930s to make wooden toys; he coined the company name from the words "leg godt", "play well" in this, his native language Danish |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | COCKLES & MUSCLES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Stand on the edge of a step with the balls of your feet firmly planted while the heels hang over the edge; lower the heels, then lift up on your toes to do a standing raise of these leg muscles the calf muscles |
| #7420, aired 2016-12-09 | BALLET UP TO THE BARRE $400: In the romantic style, this skirt falls to mid-calf; in the classical style, the entire leg is showing a tutu |
| #7386, aired 2016-10-24 | BREAKING BAD $1200: In 1985 this Redskin QB's career came to a gruesome end when he broke his leg on "Monday Night Football" Joe Theismann |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | AN "F" IN SCIENCE $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical illustration on the monitor.) The most common ankle fracture is a break of the bony knob called the lateral malleolus, which is actually an outer projection of this lower-leg bone the fibula |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | FEMALE ATHLETES $800: Julie Krone was the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race, this third leg the Belmont |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | YOUR IDIOMS CONFUSE ME $1200: Actors use this horrific anatomical phrase to wish each other good luck break a leg |
| #7210, aired 2016-01-08 | KUNG FU MASTERS $400: Once a skinny youth, Shang Yunxiang became a warrior known as "iron-leg" this religion founder Buddha |
| #7207, aired 2016-01-05 | NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE $2000: A French cook was involved in starting the 1838-39 Pastry War, in which this Mexican commander lost his leg Santa Anna |
| #7162, aired 2015-11-03 | MUSICAL QUOTES $1200: John Philip Sousa said this kind of work "should make a man with a wooden leg step out" a march |
| #7155, aired 2015-10-23 | RHYME TIME $400: A slender arm or leg a slim limb |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | GETTING OFF THE GROUND $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the route she took trying to fly around the world; in July 1937, she began the longest leg of the journey, 2,600 miles over open water to Howland Island; she never made it Amelia Earhart |
| #7103, aired 2015-07-01 | ARMED $1200: Buying a house might cost you an arm & a leg; you could apply for an A.R.M., this type of agreement an adjustable-rate mortgage |
| #7009, aired 2015-02-19 | LAMB-POURRI $2000: This phrase for a victim is the title of a Roald Dahl story in which a husband is killed with a frozen leg of lamb lamb to the slaughter |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | 1-LETTER STOCK SYMBOLS $200: S:
This 3rd-largest wireless telecom company in the United States Sprint |
| #6997, aired 2015-02-03 | A SHOW OF HANDS $1600: Big in the '50s, this dance with leg-slapping & hitchhiker thumbs made a "Dancing with the Stars" cameo in 2014 hand jive |
| #6982, aired 2015-01-13 | KNOW YOUR KNOT $2,000 (Daily Double): The name of this knot used to shorten a rope without cutting it calls to mind a certain animal's leg a sheepshank |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | THE BODY OF EVIDENCE $200: The gastrocnemius is the most prominent of the 7 muscles that make up this fleshy part of the back of your leg a calf muscle |
| #6927, aired 2014-10-28 | JUST SIT RIGHT BACK $1600: The tulip chair, which is shaped like a flower & has a single pedestal leg, was created in the 1950s by this Finnish architect Saarinen |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | STRIKE A (YOGA) POSE $800: The tree pose, in which you stand on one leg, can help relieve this disorder of the longest nerve sciatica |
| #6868, aired 2014-06-25 | CHESHIRE CATS $800: Cheshire's Charles Marriott was a great leg break & googly bowler, making him really good at this sport cricket |
| #6867, aired 2014-06-24 | A "KN"ICE CATEGORY $800: This reflex extension of the leg also describes a type of unthinking reaction a knee-jerk |
| #6818, aired 2014-04-16 | WE HAVE LAWS $400: Rhode Island warns that biting off someone's leg will get you 1 to 20 as this offense, a variation of the word "maim" mayhem |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | A BIRD IN THE HAND $1200: On its leg, the bird is undergoing this zoological process, also called ringing banding |
| #6782, aired 2014-02-25 | STARTS WITH A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT $200: Meaty chicken leg a drumstick |
| #6762, aired 2014-01-28 | THE PALACE OF NATIONS $600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows us a sculpture of a chair with one leg broken near the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.) The broken chair near the Palace of Nations is a monument to the victims of this two-word weapon; their eradication was Princess Diana's goal land mines |
| #6734, aired 2013-12-19 | HERE COMES BOO BOO, HONEY $1200: Try not to pull or tear one of these 3 long muscles that run down each leg from the bottom of the pelvis hamstring |
| #6715, aired 2013-11-22 | ANATOMY $2000: Running from the back of the thigh to the foot, this nerve can be a real pain in the butt (& the leg) the sciatic |
| #6676, aired 2013-09-30 | U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS $800: Raleigh & Durham were named for people; this third leg of "the Triangle" got its name from a small church Chapel Hill |
| #6665, aired 2013-08-02 | AFTER-SCHOOL ACTIVITIES $1000: The USA's governing body for this sport has a girls' program called TOPs; skills include handstand & leg flexibility gymnastics |
| #6643, aired 2013-07-03 | TENNIS THE MENACE $800: "Tennis leg", a tear in one of these "bovine" muscles of the lower leg, can feel like getting shot with a pellet gun the calves |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | BODY PARTS $800: It can describe an actor who's over the top, or be slang for a muscle at the back of the leg hammy |
| #6639, aired 2013-06-27 | ISLAND NAMES $1200: Women's pants with a tapered leg that ends above the ankle Capri |
| #6636, aired 2013-06-24 | A FIRST NAME BASIS $800: This name is found in a painful leg muscle cramp Charley |
| #6633, aired 2013-06-19 | ARTIFICIAL $400: This literary character's artificial leg is carved from the jawbone of a whale Ahab |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | THE END "ZONE" $800: The name of this Italian favorite, a half-moon-shaped stuffed pizza, means "pant leg" a calzone |
| #6618, aired 2013-05-29 | GYMNASTICS $800: Despite a broken leg, Shun Fujimoto nailed the landing on this final move to help Japan win 1976 Olympic gold the dismount |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | I NEED A "BREAK" $600: To an actor, this menacing phrase actually expresses hopes for success break a leg |
| #6583, aired 2013-04-10 | MOVIE GUNS $1600: Watching the "Planet Terror" half of this movie you might wonder what's on Rose McGowan's leg--it's a rifle Grindhouse |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | "AN" THE BEGINNING $1600: The runner who goes last for a team in a relay race the anchor leg |
| #6525, aired 2013-01-18 | THE AMAZING SPIDER $1000: With a leg span of up to 12 inches, T. blondi, the goliath this-eating spider, can capture & eat small avian prey bird |
| #6491, aired 2012-12-03 | 6-LETTER WORDS $800: A college applicant whose mom or dad graduated from that same school, possibly giving junior a "leg" up a legacy |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | "OCK"-TOBERFEST $1000: A projection with a tuft of hair on the back of a horse's leg just above the hoof a fetlock |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | SHAKESPEARE, SHAKESPEARE, FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! $1200: Cassio, a man who did not commit adultery, gets his leg maimed anyway by this aide to Othello Iago |
| #6391, aired 2012-06-04 | OH, "K" $2000: This bone is also a verb meaning to cripple someone with a bullet to the leg kneecap |
| #6383, aired 2012-05-23 | WHAT THE X-RAY SHOWS $2000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew displays an X-ray on the monitor.) With the screws & pins in place, you can see it was a bad fracture of this leg bone the tibia |
| #6352, aired 2012-04-10 | BALLET MISERABLE $800: At practice I was asked to do an enlevement, the raising of one of these over my head with one arm a ballerina |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | A "LEG" TO STAND ON $400: The soybean is a member of this plant family legume |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | A "LEG" TO STAND ON $600: Hit the bricks at this theme park that has locations in Denmark, Germany, England & Carlsbad, California Legoland |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | A "LEG" TO STAND ON $800: Chopin advocated this smooth playing style legato |
| #6347, aired 2012-04-03 | A "LEG" TO STAND ON $1000: This sleeve style that sounds like a dinner roast was popular in the 19th century leg o'mutton |
| #6335, aired 2012-03-16 | HORSETORY $400: To flee predators, horses evolved the ability to do this standing up, using a leg-locking system called the stay apparatus sleep |
| #6307, aired 2012-02-07 | ANATOMICAL WORDS & PHRASES $1600: This painful condition of the front of the lower leg can be the result of running on a non-resilient surface shin splints |
| #6283, aired 2012-01-04 | PULL A MUSCLE $1200: Her boyfriend is a NYC lawyer--a Gotham stringbean who never stretches out this leg muscle hamstring (in Gotham stringbean) |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | FASHION $1200: Named for an Italian resort isle, these tight 3/4-length pants have a short slit on the outside of each leg capris |
| #6281, aired 2012-01-02 | FASHION $1600: In the '80s big sweaters were popularly paired with these pants named for a strap at the bottom of each leg stirrup pants |
| #6193, aired 2011-07-13 | THAT'S SOME NERVE $800: A slipped disc can cause pain along this largest nerve that runs down the leg the sciatic nerve |
| #6160, aired 2011-05-27 | ENDS WITH A BODY PART $1200: Smugglers who hid booze in their footwear gave rise to this adjective for something made or sold illicitly a bootleg |
| #6145, aired 2011-05-06 | DUTCH BOYS $1200: A campaign against the Portuguese cost this last Dutch Colonial Governor of New York his right leg Stuyvesant |
| #6118, aired 2011-03-30 | A DICKENSIAN NIGHTMARE $800: Oh no, it's the cruel headmaster of Salem House, Mr. Creakle, & his peg leg buddy, Tungay--will this never end?! David Copperfield |
| #6087, aired 2011-02-15 | OLYMPIC ODDITIES $1000: It was the anatomical oddity of U.S. gymnast George Eyser, who won a gold medal on the parallel bars in 1904 he's missing a leg |
| #6046, aired 2010-12-20 | LIT BITS $200: This captain's peg leg in "Moby Dick" is made from a sperm whale's jaw Ahab |
| #6042, aired 2010-12-14 | & OTHER FANCY STUFF $400: A fetlock is located on the back of the horse's leg & the forelock is located here the front of the head |
| #6034, aired 2010-12-02 | FASHION TRENDS $400: Designer Mary Quant gets the credit for this fashion that showed a lot of leg in the 1960s a miniskirt |
| #6030, aired 2010-11-26 | "ULA" LA! $600: At almost a foot in leg span, the largest variety of this arachnid is the Goliath bird-eater
of South America a tarantula |
| #6026, aired 2010-11-22 | I LEARNED IT IN BALLET CLASS $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Dance Theatre of Harlem.) The final pas de deux is one of the famous dances from this ballet; maybe it's fitting that its choreographer Lev Ivanov died on Christmas Eve when it's set The Nutcracker |
| #6000, aired 2010-10-15 | A POLLO $1,200 (Daily Double): The French call this part of a chicken a "pilon" from this resemblance to a grinding pestle the drumstick (leg accepted) |
| #5982, aired 2010-09-21 | DICKENS TITLE LETTER DROP $1200: The loss of a letter causes the evil Quilp & Little Nell to jump around on one leg a lot The Old Curiosity Hop |
| #5958, aired 2010-07-07 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC KIDS $800: There's a break in the case of this young king's death: he had a broken leg that could have gotten infected King Tut |
| #5886, aired 2010-03-29 | "LOCK" & "KEY" $800: A way of marching in close file in which each marcher's leg moves with that of the person in front of him lockstep |
| #5848, aired 2010-02-03 | MOVIE OBJECTS $400: In this holiday classic, Ralphie's dad's "leg lamp" causes quite a stir A Christmas Story |
| #5794, aired 2009-11-19 | LET'S MAKE A WISH $400: In the theater it's bad luck to wish someone "good luck"; instead, use this traditional 3-word phrase break a leg |
| #5790, aired 2009-11-13 | LET'S GO FOR A SWIM $200: A swimmer kicks twice with one leg for each stroke of the opposite arm in the "Australian" this crawl |
| #5789, aired 2009-11-12 | DETENTION $2000: In 1865 he was put in leg irons in a damp Fort Monroe, Virginia cell; his citizenship was posthumously restored in 1978 Jefferson Davis |
| #5776, aired 2009-10-26 | & HOW $600: Use your dominant leg; aim for the lock or knob area; first make sure the person inside isn't just in the bathroom break down a door |
| #5767, aired 2009-10-13 | ANIMAL TALK $600: It's a painful cramp in an arm or leg muscle a charley horse |
| #5760, aired 2009-10-02 | MOBY DICK $200: This enigmatic & reclusive captain has lost a leg & possibly his mind Ahab |
| #5644, aired 2009-03-05 | BODY LANGUAGE $800: One stage of a journey leg |
| #5609, aired 2009-01-15 | PUMP IT "UP" $600: Pants with a loop at the end of each leg, or a loop on a saddle to rest your foot stirrups |
| #5596, aired 2008-12-29 | A MUSICAL MENU $200: A meaty leg of turkey, or "The Original Sundae Cone" a drumstick |
| #5579, aired 2008-12-04 | OLYMPIC HEROES $400: In 2004 Ryoko Tani's inside leg technique brought her a second straight gold in this martial art judo |
| #5539, aired 2008-10-09 | HISTORIC BINGO $200: "B" 1865:
On April 26, 12 days after literally breaking a leg onstage, he was shot dead by federal troops (John Wilkes) Booth |
| #5532, aired 2008-09-30 | GOOD "P.R." $2000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew bangs Jimmy of the Clue Crew on the knee.) It's the medical term for the response elicited by a tap on a particular tendon; axons quickly carry the impulse, causing the lower leg to extend patella reflex |
| #5519, aired 2008-09-11 | ANATOMY $1200: (Kelly of the Clue Crew hangs out with a skeleton.) Allowing the lower leg to move backward & forward in the same way that a door opens & closes, the knee is considered this type of joint a hinge |
| #5496, aired 2008-06-30 | GIMME AN "H" $800: A leg of meat,
or to pawn hock |
| #5491, aired 2008-06-23 | SPORTS STUFF $1200: This quarterback of broken leg fame: "Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein" (Joe) Theismann |
| #5458, aired 2008-05-07 | G"RAD" SCHOOL $1600: To sit with one leg on each side, as on a horse straddle |
| #5457, aired 2008-05-06 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES $400: Confederate general John Hood lost an arm at Gettysburg & one of these at Chickamauga a leg |
| #5393, aired 2008-02-06 | FROM THE FRENCH $2000: From the French for "caper", it's a curved furniture leg that often tapers to a paw cabriole |
| #5381, aired 2008-01-21 | WHAT A FAMOUS HORSE RACE! $600: Created by Anna Sewell in 1877, this literary horse shows a full recovery from a broken leg & now leads! Black Beauty |
| #5364, aired 2007-12-27 | WE STAND $400: Seen here trying to get a leg up on the competition, the gazelle-like gerenuk is this type of animal an antelope |
| #5313, aired 2007-10-17 | A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME $2000: 16th century pirate Francois le Clerc was known as "Jambe de Bois", as he had one these appendages a pegleg (or wooden leg) |
| #5263, aired 2007-06-27 | MUSCLING IN $2000: A flexor directs an appendage forward; an exception is the gastrocnemius in this part of the leg the calf |
| #5250, aired 2007-06-08 | ANTIQUES ROADSHOW TREASURES $600: It's a highly collectible "Gal-Leg" pair of these, made by John Robert McChesney around 1900--giddyup! spurs |
| #5228, aired 2007-05-09 | NEW ROCK $800: This New Mexico indie band named for leg parts is all the rage, & their "New Slang" was a hit in "Garden State" the Shins |
| #5213, aired 2007-04-18 | MISSING BODY PARTS $800: The mutinous Long John Silver in "Treasure Island" a leg |
| #5206, aired 2007-04-09 | SPORTS GEAR $400: For soccer, you want to protect the front of the leg from the knee to the ankle with a pair of these in addition to socks shin guards |
| #5191, aired 2007-03-19 | LOOK OUT BELOW! $800: It's the part of a horse's leg that's directly below the fetlock & the pastern the hoof |
| #5179, aired 2007-03-01 | MATH PROBLEMS $800: A $2, 3-piece carton contains 1 breast & 2 legs; if breasts cost twice as much as legs, this is the price of 1 leg 50 cents |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | AN "ARM" OR A "LEG" $400: 4-word term for Gen. McClellan's Union forces that guarded D.C. against invasion across a certain river Army of the Potomac |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | AN "ARM" OR A "LEG" $800: Assembled in the 1580s, it was commanded by Medina Sidonia the Spanish Armada |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | AN "ARM" OR A "LEG" $1200: He's known for one-man shows like "Mambo Mouth" & for film roles like Chi Chi in "To Wong Foo..." John Leguizamo |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | AN "ARM" OR A "LEG" $1600: In 1913 a major exhibit of modern art was held at NYC's 69th Regiment one of these an armory |
| #5176, aired 2007-02-26 | AN "ARM" OR A "LEG" $2000: Chaps are a type of these protective outer garments leggings |
| #5174, aired 2007-02-22 | THAT'S NOT KOSHER! $1000: It's the alliterative term for a pig's lower hind leg used to flavor stews & beans a ham hock |
| #5156, aired 2007-01-29 | A ROMANTIC DINNER $1600: On to the main course, ma cherie, a fine gigot d'agneau, roast leg of this meat in a garlic & rosemary sauce lamb |
| #5147, aired 2007-01-16 | YOU GOTTA HAVE ART $800: This Mexican self-portrait painter underwent about 35 operations, including the amputation of a leg Frida Kahlo |
| #5141, aired 2007-01-08 | WRESTLING $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew goes to the mat at the University of Iowa.) Single leg or double leg, this type of wrestling takedown shares its name with the act of bringing down a football player a tackle |
| #5126, aired 2006-12-18 | "H"EALTH & MEDICINE $2000: The name of this leg muscle is also a verb that means "to render powerless" hamstring |
| #5112, aired 2006-11-28 | LEGENDS OF SPORT $1600: Having overcome childhood polio that crippled a leg, she won 3 sprint gold medals in the 1960 Olympics (Wilma) Rudolph |
| #5092, aired 2006-10-31 | BEASTLY EXPRESSIONS $1200: Ballplayers have used this 2-word phrase for a cramp or stiffness in an arm or leg muscle since the 1880s charley horse |
| #5081, aired 2006-10-16 | LITERATURE $800: This Melville character's artificial leg is carved from the jawbone of a sperm whale Ahab |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND $1200: Her biography includes losing half a leg in an accident; anti-landmine activism; & marrying a musician Heather Mills McCartney |
| #5059, aired 2006-09-14 | IT'S JUST A FLESH WOUND $2000: Even after losing a leg at age 70, this Parisian-born actress played for troops at the front in WWI Sarah Bernhardt |
| #5021, aired 2006-06-12 | BRAND NEW $200: Ample leg & hip room were important design traits for this Toyota hybrid that's electrifying drivers a Prius |
| #5008, aired 2006-05-24 | GEOMETRY $2,000 (Daily Double): Pythagoras' theorem says that if one leg of a right triangle is 6 & the other leg is 8, the hypotenuse is this length 10 |
| #4990, aired 2006-04-28 | GROWING PAINS $200: More common in women than men, these swollen & twisted veins can be a real pain in the leg varicose veins (spider veins accepted) |
| #4988, aired 2006-04-26 | 3-LETTER BODY PARTS $1000: A section of a journey separated from the other sections by a period of rest leg |
| #4958, aired 2006-03-15 | I'LL HAVE THE BEEF $200: You're not ordering a prison weapon; it's this front leg of beef that requires braising a shank |
| #4954, aired 2006-03-09 | FILMS OF THE '50s $400: Jimmy Stewart has a broken leg when this film begins; at the end, his voyeurism gets him a second broken leg Rear Window (A Rear Window accepted) |
| #4952, aired 2006-03-07 | THEY DID GOOD $400: Terry Fox lost a leg to this disease & tried to run across Canada to raise money to fight it cancer |
| #4934, aired 2006-02-09 | ANIMAL ADVERSARIES SPEAK $400: "Ahab's harpoon throwing started it, & I don't even like leg; I'm more of a breast mammal myself" Moby-Dick |
| #4932, aired 2006-02-07 | YOU'RE SUCH AN "IMP" $400: Due to a leg injury, you might walk with one of these a limp |
| #4853, aired 2005-10-19 | UNTIL WE MEAT AGAIN $1000: From the Old English for "heel", it's an animal's lower leg served as a cut of cured meat hock |
| #4838, aired 2005-09-28 | WE LOVE FOOTBALL ON TV $1600: In a harrowing piece of live TV, Lawrence Taylor broke this quarterback's leg on "Monday Night Football" Joe Theismann |
| #4821, aired 2005-07-18 | ANCIENT EGYPT $400: A Jan. 2005 scan of this pharaoh's mummy showed he wasn't killed by a blow to the head; it did reveal a leg fracture, however Tutankhamen |
| #4803, aired 2005-06-22 | ALSO A BODY PART $800: One of the stretches in a relay race a leg |
| #4793, aired 2005-06-08 | JOCKEY SHORTS $1600: In 1993 Julie Krone became the first female jockey to win a triple crown event, this third leg the Belmont Stakes |
| #4786, aired 2005-05-30 | BALLET $2000: Literally French for "beating", this movement of the leg may be grand, petit or frappe a battement |
| #4741, aired 2005-03-28 | IN A WORD $400: In ligament you'll find this slang term for a woman's shapely leg a gam (in ligament) |
| #4737, aired 2005-03-22 | WE WERE SOLDIERS $200: For General John Bell Hood this war cost him an arm & a leg (literally) at Gettysburg & Chickamauga the Civil War |
| #4708, aired 2005-02-09 | CLICHES IN OTHER WORDS... $400: Snap one lower extremity! Break a leg! |
| #4684, aired 2005-01-06 | THE CIVIL WAR $400: The fatefully named Stapleton Crutchfield lost one of these limbs at Chancellorsville a leg |
| #4585, aired 2004-07-09 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $800: A turn-up on your trousers there, becomes one of these on your pants here a cuff |
| #4556, aired 2004-05-31 | VEGAS ON FILM $1200: Spacy 1984 film featuring the following sequence
"Hit the giant jackpot and your troubles are over! Half a million dollars, folks! Who's gonna take a shot?"
"Define giant jackpot."
"A giant jackpot is a lot of money."
"Money? Geetus? Bread? An arm and a leg?" Starman |
| #4478, aired 2004-02-11 | LOCK, STOCK OR BARREL $800: A leg or head hold in wrestling a lock |
| #4469, aired 2004-01-29 | DAY-OFF ACTIVITIES $800: According to the "Chambers Book of Facts", this activity involves hand, leg & voice instruction & maybe a whip horseback riding |
| #4431, aired 2003-12-08 | PREFIXES YOU CAN COUNT ON $800: It certainly gets a leg up on the competition a centipede |
| #4390, aired 2003-10-10 | I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN IDIOM! $600: On April 14, 1865 John Wilkes Booth must have taken literally this 3-word actors' phrase meaning "good luck" break a leg |
| #4382, aired 2003-09-30 | FURNITURE $400: Characterized by an s-shaped curve, a cabriole is this part of a piece of furniture the leg |
| #4380, aired 2003-09-26 | TRICKY QUESTIONS $400: It's the technical reason you can't take a photograph of a man with a wooden leg a wooden leg won't take a photograph |
| #4332, aired 2003-06-03 | PLAY $200: A strong leg & an empty container are elements in this kids' game kick the can |
| #4316, aired 2003-05-12 | DEADLY DEVICES $200: In Roald Dahl's story this "to the Slaughter", a woman bludgeons her husband with a frozen leg of it lamb |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | A "LEG" $400: To give someone one of these lifts is to give him an advantage over others a leg up |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | A "LEG" $800: Sadistic Simon of Stowe's bestseller Legree |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | A "LEG" $1200: Hoo ha! It's a variety of chicken leghorn |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | A "LEG" $1600: An overseas emissary of the Pope legate |
| #4302, aired 2003-04-22 | A "LEG" $2000: Frenchman who composed "The Windmills of Your Mind" Michel Legrand |
| #4298, aired 2003-04-16 | THEATRE TALK $200: (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the set of The Producers.) According to the cast of "The Producers", actors say this three-word phrase, instead of "Good luck" "Break a leg" |
| #4230, aired 2003-01-10 | FUN IN THE SNOW $400: This dog-walking item shares its name with the device that attaches your leg to a snowboard's binding a leash |
| #4208, aired 2002-12-11 | WILDLIFE $800: This hairy family contains the world's largest spider, a South American species that has a 10-inch leg span tarantula |
| #4203, aired 2002-12-04 | THAT'S GOTTA HURT $600: This action of damaging a leg bone became a favorite tactic in political violence in Northern Ireland breaking a kneecap (kneecapping) |
| #4170, aired 2002-10-18 | MEDICINE $1000: During a CABG operation, to bypass these arteries, incisions are made in a leg to get at a vein coronary arteries |
| #4121, aired 2002-07-01 | GUINNESS SPORTS RECORDS $2000: In 1993 Tyler Farstad did 97 consecutive double-leg circles on this gym apparatus the pommel horse |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | YOU'VE GOT GREAT "LEG"s $200: A trademark for popular toy building blocks Legos |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | YOU'VE GOT GREAT "LEG"s $400: A family of pod-bearing plants legumes |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | YOU'VE GOT GREAT "LEG"s $800: A bequest made in a will or something that remains from a previous generation legacy |
| #4008, aired 2002-01-23 | YOU'VE GOT GREAT "LEG"s $1000: A direction telling a musician to play in a smooth, even manner legato |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | AN ARM & A LEG $200: It's the long bone extending from the pelvis down the leg femur |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | AN ARM & A LEG $400: The arms or forelimbs of seals or whales are known as these flippers |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | AN ARM & A LEG $600: This small triangular bone in the leg protects a hinged joint patella (kneecap) |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | AN ARM & A LEG $800: (Here's Sarah from our Clue Crew) The exercise I'm performing is the dumbbell curl. It should help pack some meat on this 2-headed muscle biceps |
| #3980, aired 2001-12-14 | AN ARM & A LEG $1000: A mammal offspring shares its name with this fleshy leg part calf |
| #3960, aired 2001-11-16 | EXPLORING: THE DARK SIDE $800: Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo died from complications of a broken leg on San Miguel Island off this state he explored California |
| #3958, aired 2001-11-14 | O CAPTAIN, MY CAPTAIN $300: Let's give a hand (no, a leg) to this seafaring captain created in 1851 Captain Ahab |
| #3881, aired 2001-06-18 | COW $100: A 1997 report indicates that Daniel "Peg Leg" Sullivan framed this woman & her cow for the 1871 Chicago Fire Mrs. O'Leary |
| #3833, aired 2001-04-11 | BODY OF LITERATURE $400: Oliver Sacks' "A ___ to Stand On" Leg |
| #3765, aired 2001-01-05 | THE BODY HUMAN $400: The longest muscle in a human, the sartorius is flat & narrow & lies within this part of the body Thigh/leg |
| #3746, aired 2000-12-11 | KNOT $400: As 2 words, it's part of a ram's or ewe's leg; as 1 word, it's a knot for shortening rope Sheepshank |
| #3686, aired 2000-09-18 | WEIGHTS & MEASURES $200: A portion of a journey, it's also the part of a relay race each athlete has to complete Leg |
| #3682, aired 2000-09-12 | ANIMAL PLANET $300: You'll have a leg up if you know this is the correct term for a baby hippo Calf |
| #3678, aired 2000-09-06 | "F" $300: It's the name of an ancient Roman safety pin, as well as a bone in your leg the fibula |
| #3657, aired 2000-06-27 | BODY LANGUAGE $100: To "shake" this can mean to hurry up or to dance a leg |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | SHINING ARMOR $300: It's what's jammed into a jamb Leg |
| #3345, aired 1999-03-05 | "CHAR"MED WORDS & PHRASES $600: It's said this term for a cramp of an arm or leg muscle originated in baseball in the 1880s charley horse |
| #3343, aired 1999-03-03 | HOW TO BE A BAD SPORT $300: Get a leg up in this sport by stepping on your opponent's ball in the fairway Golf |
| #3294, aired 1998-12-24 | CRICKET $800: A striker can be declared out if he's LBW, "leg before" this wicket |
| #3286, aired 1998-12-14 | FOREIGN ANATOMY $100: To hurry along a Frenchman, ask him to shake a jambe, this Leg |
| #3193, aired 1998-06-17 | FURNITURE $600: A ball-and-claw, scroll or Dutch foot may be on the end of a cabriole one of these a leg |
| #3148, aired 1998-04-15 | COMMON BONDS $800: Unstirred martinis,
a leg,
your booty things you shake |
| #3113, aired 1998-02-25 | LITERARY HOUSES $400: In this Anne Tyler novel, a travel writer breaks his leg & moves into his siblings' home The Accidental Tourist |
| #3092, aired 1998-01-27 | A DAY AT THE RACES $100: In this activity, your leg is tied to that of the kid next to you & you're off to the finish line Three-legged race |
| #3089, aired 1998-01-22 | CATCHPHRASES $300: This phrase wishing an actor good luck was taken literally by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's theater break a leg |
| #3088, aired 1998-01-21 | FEELIN' GOUTY $200: A joint in this part of the body is the most likely spot to be hit by gout Toe |
| #2996, aired 1997-09-15 | U.S. COINS $400: On the back of some of the Denver Mint's 1937 nickels, this animal is missing a leg Buffalo |
| #2878, aired 1997-02-19 | THE 1980s $500 (Daily Double): 1983 movie that inspired the fashion seen here Flashdance |
| #2855, aired 1997-01-17 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $200: When this Tudor king died in 1547 he had circulatory disorders & a leg ulcer Henry VIII |
| #2803, aired 1996-11-06 | THE OLD TESTAMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): In Exodus 21, 2 of the 4 body parts that follow "Thou shalt give life for life..." (2 of) an eye, a tooth, a hand & a foot |
| #2775, aired 1996-09-27 | WARS & REVOLUTIONS $1,300 (Daily Double): In 1838 this Mexican general came out of retirement for the Pastry War, where he lost a leg Santa Anna |
| #2714, aired 1996-05-23 | NOTORIOUS $200: Despite a broken left leg, he escaped from Ford's Theatre on Good Friday 1865 John Wilkes Booth |
| #2655, aired 1996-03-01 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: In this Hemingway story, a writer dies from a gangrenous leg while on an African safari The Snows of Kilimanjaro |
| #2650, aired 1996-02-23 | WORLD HISTORY $1,000 (Daily Double): This Mexican army officer & dictator lost a leg while fighting the French at Veracruz in 1838 Santa Anna |
| #2601, aired 1995-12-18 | HEALTH & MEDICINE $1000: Named for the nerve involved, it's a pain that extends from the lower back through the thigh & leg sciatica |
| #2572, aired 1995-11-07 | OOPS! $400: Leaning on a crutch offstage after the 1st act of "Tosca", tenor Fabio Armiliato fell & broke this his leg |
| #2530, aired 1995-09-08 | BALLET $1000: In this ballet pose, a dancer stands on one leg with the other leg raised & fully extended behind an arabesque |
| #2432, aired 1995-03-14 | FOOD $500: In the leg & shoulder section of a pig, this cut is between the picnic ham & the pig's feet the ham hock |
| #2318, aired 1994-10-05 | FINANCE $800: For a house that costs an arm & a leg, a buyer may get an A.R.M., one of these an adjustable rate mortgage |
| #2239, aired 1994-05-05 | THE CIRCLE $100: It's the device with one pointed leg & a pencil on the other, used to draw circles a compass |
| #2223, aired 1994-04-13 | MEAT $300: Cured & smoked, a leg of pork becomes this ham |
| #2221, aired 1994-04-11 | FIRST AID $200 (Daily Double): Pressure on this artery found just below the groin may help control bleeding from a leg wound the femoral artery |
| #2217, aired 1994-04-05 | FASHION $400: Named for an Italian resort isle, they're three-quarter-length pants with a short slit up each leg capri pants |
| #2090, aired 1993-10-08 | CLASSIC TELEVISION $400: In this series bounty hunter Josh Randall carried a sawed-off carbine which called "Mare's Leg" Wanted Dead or Alive |
| #2033, aired 1993-06-09 | 9-LETTER WORDS $100: It's the lower part of the leg of a cooked chicken the drumstick |
| #2017, aired 1993-05-18 | HISTORIC NAMES $1,500 (Daily Double): This Dutch governor of New Netherland had a wooden leg decorated with silver bands Peter Stuyvesant |
| #1985, aired 1993-04-02 | FILE UNDER "H" $200: This part of a hog's hind leg that includes the hip, thigh & knee may be cured a ham |
| #1928, aired 1993-01-13 | LEFTOVERS $600: The third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown is named for this banker & diplomat (August) Belmont |
| #1896, aired 1992-11-30 | FURNITURE $200: In the 18th cen. these furniture extremities were often carved to look like a rat's claw holding a ball feet (foot) |
| #1864, aired 1992-10-15 | FRENCH COOKING $300: A gigot is a French cut of meat corresponding to our leg of this meat lamb |
| #1833, aired 1992-07-15 | VOCABULARY $200: An open-handed blow, or a turned-up fold on a trouser leg cuff |
| #1752, aired 1992-03-24 | BIOLOGY $1000: Stridulation is the sound made by a grasshopper rubbing this against his leg wing |
| #1749, aired 1992-03-19 | FURNITURE $600: The "saber" style of this furniture support was a feature of the British Regency style a leg |
| #1745, aired 1992-03-13 | FIRST AID $1000: To stop the bleeding fro the foot, leg or thigh, you should apply pressure to a point above the artery the femoral artery |
| #1699, aired 1992-01-09 | THE 1990 OSCARS $400: We don't know if James Caan dared tell her to "break a leg", but she won for her role in "Misery" (Kathy) Bates |
| #1688, aired 1991-12-25 | BROKEN $200: Even with a broken one of these, John Wilkes Booth escaped from Ford's Theatre a leg |
| #1679, aired 1991-12-12 | CRIME & PUNISHMENT $100: Term for a group of prisoners shackled together leg to leg a chain gang |
| #1664, aired 1991-11-21 | FURNITURE $500: From the French meaning to caper, this style of leg often adorns Queen Anne furniture a cabriole |
| #1630, aired 1991-10-04 | MOVIE DEBUTS $800: Her debut performance in "Orca" , in which a killer whale chomped off her leg, didn't rate a "10" Bo Derek |
| #1615, aired 1991-09-13 | FURNITURE $200: Appropriate "anatomical" name for the lower extremity of a furniture leg the foot |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | THEATRICAL TERMS $300: If a skier were to do it he’d go to the hospital, while to an actor it just means “good luck” break a leg |
| #1532, aired 1991-04-09 | FASHION $400: Styles of these include lantern, dolman & leg-of-mutton a sleeve |
| #1528, aired 1991-04-03 | "C" IN COOKING $500: From the French meaning little rib, it's a small slice of meat , cut from the leg or ribs a cutlet |
| #1527, aired 1991-04-02 | MOVIE TRIVIA $500: Jimmy Stewart is confined to his apartment with a broken leg in this 1954 thriller Rear Window |
| #1433, aired 1990-11-21 | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS $100: In the end, his pursuit of Moby-Dick cost him more than a leg; it cost him his life Captain Ahab |
| #2, aired 1990-06-23 | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH $1500: A leg break bowler may deliver a flipper in this sport cricket |
| #1343, aired 1990-06-06 | FOOD FACTS $100: The upper hind leg of a porker that's salted, smoked & sometimes aged becomes this meat ham |
| #1309, aired 1990-04-19 | HORSES $800: It's a projection with a tuft of hair on the back of a horse's leg just above the hoof a fetlock |
| #1282, aired 1990-03-13 | LAURENCE OLIVIER $600: On film he played this Shakespearean villain with a real limp after an arrow struck his leg Richard III |
| #1281, aired 1990-03-12 | THE BODY HUMAN $600: The rectus femoris & the biceps femoris muscles are located in this part of the body Thigh |
| #1272, aired 1990-02-27 | DESIGN $300: Characteristic of Queen Anne furniture, the cabriole style is used for this part of a chair or table the leg |
| #1204, aired 1989-11-23 | BODY LANGUAGE $600: Something that's very expensive is said to cost these 2 body parts arm & a leg |
| #1202, aired 1989-11-21 | FASHION HISTORY $600: A type of brooch worn in ancient Rome, or a bone in your leg which may have been named for it a fibula |
| #1173, aired 1989-10-11 | HATS $400: A long, conical knitted cap with a pompon at the tip, it sounds like it's worn on the leg a stocking cap |
| #1152, aired 1989-09-12 | BALLET $400: "Rond de jambe" means a rotary movement of this body part, on the floor or in the air the leg |
| #1098, aired 1989-05-17 | "A.C."/"D.C." $500: Swimming stroke in which the swimmer kicks twice with 1 leg for each stroke of the opposite arm the Australian crawl |
| #1067, aired 1989-04-04 | FASHION HISTORY $500: This sleeve style that sounds like a dinner roast fell from fashion after Victoria took the throne leg-of-mutton |
| #1024, aired 1989-02-02 | "SH"! $600: The part of the tobacco pipe between the bowl & stem, or the part of a leg between the knee & ankle shank |
| #1008, aired 1989-01-11 | 20th CENTURY PERSONALITIES $500: Due to a leg injury, this polar explorer retired from the Navy in 1916, but was reactivated for World War I Admiral Byrd |
| #985, aired 1988-12-09 | FURNITURE $300: The ancient Egyptians came up with what's now called the camp stool, a chair that can do this fold |
| #936, aired 1988-10-03 | FAMOUS PAIRS $400: The 2 body parts an expensive purchase might cost you an arm & a leg |
| #913, aired 1988-07-20 | FAMOUS PAIRS $500: It's a tap dance with vigorous hopping, leg flinging & heel clicking buck-and-wing |
| #911, aired 1988-07-18 | GOVERNMENT $1,000 (Daily Double): He was going to run for Ariz. gov. as a write-in for the Wild Party but said his fans can't write:
"I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice / I wanna be elected / I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce / I wanna be elected..." Alice Cooper |
| #909, aired 1988-07-14 | INTRANSITIVE VERBS $100: To favor a leg when walking to limp |
| #879, aired 1988-06-02 | TV GUIDE SAYS $400: "Jack's broken leg upsets Janet's plan for a cozy evening at home with a date" Three's Company |
| #765, aired 1987-12-25 | PEOPLE IN HISTORY $800: In Sept. 1843, this Mexican president held a "funeral" for his own leg which he lost in battle Santa Ana |
| #732, aired 1987-11-10 | MEATS $100: This cut is a pig's hind leg above the hock ham |
| #716, aired 1987-10-19 | RHYME TIME $400: What you might call the leg joints of a flying social insect bee's knees |
| #677, aired 1987-07-14 | QUOTES $400: He advised housewives on TV "If your husband is a breast or a leg man, ask for my chicken parts" Frank Perdue |
| #591, aired 1987-03-16 | HOW TO... $200: Call Western Union, tie it to a pigeon leg, or find an Indian with a fire & a blanket send a message |
| #544, aired 1987-01-08 | "FRENCH" PHRASES $1000: A nice finishing touch on a pant leg French seam |
| #540, aired 1987-01-02 | ODD JOBS $200: Peter Jennings or the athlete who runs the last leg in a relay an anchor |
| #484, aired 1986-10-16 | ZOOLOGY $100: To get this 3-toed animal to move faster, you might say, "Ai, wish you'd shake a leg!" a sloth |
| #456, aired 1986-09-08 | PHYSIOLOGY $800: A femoral artery is found in this part of the body leg (thigh) |
| #415, aired 1986-04-11 | GOLF $100: For an amateur golfer, it isn't a bum leg but the strokes taken off his final score handicap |
| #409, aired 1986-04-03 | DEFENSE $600: The deepest defense positions of this "genteel" sport are long-leg, long-off, & long-on cricket |
| #407, aired 1986-04-01 | "T" TIME $200: Without one, a camera wouldn't have a leg to stand on a tripod |
| #393, aired 1986-03-12 | MOVIE MAMMALS $400: Film in which Bo Derek lost a leg to a rampaging killer whale Orca |
| #371, aired 1986-02-10 | WORD ORIGINS $1000: Though he wasn't part of the Lincoln conspiracy, his name's been blackened in many a town (Dr. Samuel) Mudd |
| #351, aired 1986-01-13 | COLONIAL AMERICA $400: In 1644, Peter Stuyvesant lost this in a battle with the Portuguese his leg |
| #346, aired 1986-01-06 | "F" WORDS $500: Projection bearing a tuft of hair on back of horse's leg above hoof a fetlock |
| #341, aired 1985-12-30 | MUSCLES $200: Popular "equine" term for some types of muscle tears in the leg a charlie horse |
| #269, aired 1985-09-19 | FAMILIAR PHRASES $100: Actors' good luck phrase which might come from fact that Sarah Bernhardt had only 1 "gam" break a leg |
| #147, aired 1985-04-02 | "BREAK" IT UP $200: Bad luck for a skier, good luck for an actor "break a leg" |
| #127, aired 1985-03-05 | MOVIE TRIVIA $400: To get a ride in "It Happened One Night", this proved mightier than Gable's thumb Claudette Colbert's leg |
| #110, aired 1985-02-08 | STARTS WITH "A" $200: It's where the leg bone's connected to the foot bone the ankle |
| #95, aired 1985-01-18 | FAIR "SHAKES" $100: Get a move on it shake a leg |
| #2, aired 1984-01-01 | SUPERSTITIONS $150: What actors say on opening night instead of "good luck" break a leg |
