| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | DIACRITICAL THINKING $400: To be fully correct in this language, you have to put a little hook over the R in the name of its native speaker Antonin Dvořák Czech |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | '90s R&B & HIP-HOP $400: Making their Top 40 debut in 1991, this vocal group told us, "Motownphilly's back again, doin' a little East Coast swing" Boyz II Men |
| #8425, aired 2021-06-18 | A SPENDY LITTLE WAR $1200: In 1975 the New York Times reported that China & the U.S.S.R. had given $7.5 billion in aid to this country, 40% for its military North Vietnam |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | "R"CHITECTURE $1200: This drawing of a proposed building can be much more detailed than a blueprint, including little people & trees a rendering |
| #8003, aired 2019-05-29 | ONE BIG SWAMP $1200: Take a little R & R in this "T & T" country & visit the mangrove channels of its Caroni Swamp Trinidad and Tobago |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | A LITTLE R & R $600: This provision is added to a legislative bill to get it adopted along with the bill a rider |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | A LITTLE R & R $800: At one period this German dog was used to pull carts for butchers a Rottweiler |
| #7087, aired 2015-06-09 | A LITTLE R & R $1000: It's the profession of a con man played by Burt Lancaster in a 1956 film set in drought-ridden Kansas the rainmaker |
| #6827, aired 2014-04-29 | ARMY BRATS $400: RG2 was stationed on Okinawa when this son & future football star was born R(obert) Griffin III |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | LONG WALKS ON THE BEACH $800: For a little R&R in T&T, this country, head to Pigeon Point, one of the world's 100 best beaches, according to CNN Trinidad and Tobago |
| #6504, aired 2012-12-20 | YOU "R" WHAT YOU EAT $800: Add a little color to a green salad with this leafy Italian vegetable radicchio |
| #5416, aired 2008-03-10 | WOMEN'S FIRSTS $400: Let's show her a little R-E-S-P-E-C-T; she's the first woman inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin |
| #5143, aired 2007-01-10 | EDWARD R. MURROW $400: In 1961 Murrow left CBS to become Director of the U.S.I.A., this agency the United States Information Agency |
| #5123, aired 2006-12-13 | FROM THE LATIN $400: Need a little R&R? It's time for one of these, from the Latin for "to be free" a vacation |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $200: This 1968 soundtrack album contained 2 versions of "Mrs. Robinson"; both were heard in the film The Graduate |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $400: In 1981 he founded the Sundance Institute in Park City, Utah as a training ground for young filmmakers Robert Redford |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $400: On Feb. 3, 1959 a plane crash took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & this "Chantilly Lace" singer The Big Bopper |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $600: "She'll have fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes" this vehicle "away" T-Bird |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $800: This cocktail named for a Scottish outlaw consists of Scotch whisky, sweet vermouth & bitters Rob Roy |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $800: (Hi, I'm Adrian Young, drummer for No Doubt) In 1987 this former Cream member joined with Michael Kamen to write the score for "Lethal Weapon" Eric Clapton |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE R&R $1000: With partner Glenn Frey, he co-wrote all 5 of the Eagles' No. 1 hits Don Henley |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $1200: In sports, it's a tournament in which every team or contestant plays every other team or contestant round robin |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $2000: This powerful African hound was originally bred to hunt lions Rhodesian Ridgeback |
| #4211, aired 2002-12-16 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $4,800 (Daily Double): In China, it's called Yuan Jiang; in Vietnam, Song Hong Red River |
| #4041, aired 2002-03-11 | INITIAL REACTIONS $400: Go to a B&B, bed & breakfast, for a little R&R, which stands for this rest & recreation (also would accept rehabilitation, recuperation) |
| #3779, aired 2001-01-25 | HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN $200: She froze to death on New Year's Eve, but not before seeing visions of a Christmas tree & her grandmother The Little Match Girl |
| #3667, aired 2000-07-11 | FRENCH LEADERS $800: On July 17, 1429, with a little help from Joan of Arc, the seventh king of this name was crowned at Reims Charles VII (the Dauphin Charles) |
| #3588, aired 2000-03-22 | AYE AYE, ADMIRAL $1,000 (Daily Double): He died a vice admiral in 1817, that little 1789 mutiny behind him William Bligh |
| #3578, aired 2000-03-08 | INTERNATIONAL FOOD & DRINK $400: Bulgarians enjoy banitsa, a pastry stuffed with fruit or this milk curd product Cheese |
| #3566, aired 2000-02-21 | BUSINESS WORDS $100: A slow growth company that invests little in R&D & has a steady profit is a "cash" one of these animals Cow |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $100: It's not a 100-meter dash for rodents, but a tiring, meaningless competitve activity Ratrace |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $200: This hit song reached No. 2 twice, by Bobby Day in 1958 & by Michael Jackson in 1972 "Rockin' Robin" |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $300: Like John Doe, this name is often used in legal proceedings to designate an unidentified male Richard Roe |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $400: This engine is used to arrest or reverse the motion of a missile Retrorocket |
| #3507, aired 1999-11-30 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $500: Officially, this celebrated regiment was named the First United States Volunteer Cavalry Rough Riders |
| #3477, aired 1999-10-19 | ODDS & ENDS $400: A little hobbit told us this author was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa in 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $100: Dale Evans might enjoy this nonalcoholic cocktail of cola & grenadine Roy Rogers |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $200: While attending Eureka College, this future president served as a reporter for the Pegasus, the school paper Ronald Reagan |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $300: This cavalry unit left its horses in Florida when it went to fight in Cuba Rough Riders |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $400: A play area for very young children, or a franchised children's show begun in 1953 Romper Room |
| #3076, aired 1998-01-05 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $1,000 (Daily Double): In 1962 Nat King Cole sang the following to this title female: "Ramblin' Rose" |
| #2006, aired 1993-05-03 | SPELLING $200: It's a little cube of fried or toasted bread that's tossed on top of a salad C-R-O-U-T-O-N |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $200: Formed in the late 19th c., this group's official name was the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry the Rough Riders |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $400: Kind of sports tournament in which each entrant plays every other entrant at least once round robin |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $600: This "All in the Family" star directed the films "This Is Spinal Tap" & "Stand By Me" Rob Reiner |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $800: John Updike's 2nd book about Harry Angstrom, a.k.a. "Rabbit" Rabbit Redux |
| #1214, aired 1989-12-07 | A LITTLE "R" & "R" $1000: This alleged winner reportedly took the subway to the finish line of the 1979 N.Y. marathon Rosie Ruiz |
| #1063, aired 1989-03-29 | "R" YOU READY? $600: If you're just a little larva & you want to be a queen bee, you have to eat this royal jelly |
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