| #9088, aired 2024-04-24 | U.S. MILITARY ACTIONS $200: In 1816 U.S. forces invaded the Spanish part of what's now this U.S. state & destroyed a fort on the Apalachicola River Florida |
| #9086, aired 2024-04-22 | ALSO A BASKETBALL TERM $1000: Type of grant in which the federal government gives an annual sum of money to a state or local government to aid in a project a block grant |
| #9082, aired 2024-04-16 | MAKING NOISE $1600: This state dance of Kentucky is a bit like tap but most of the noise is made with the heels clogging |
| #9074, aired 2024-04-04 | A BEACON IN THE NIGHT $1600: Barnegat Lighthouse on Long Beach Island in this state's Ocean County was designed by future hero of Gettysburg George Meade New Jersey |
| #9072, aired 2024-04-02 | "J-I-T" WORDS $800: Once the site of a state prison, this city near Chicago has an economy today based on tourism & casinos Joliet |
| #9066, aired 2024-03-25 | PANHANDLE STATES $400: This state's 100-mi. Emerald Coast is a stretch of white sand beaches along the emerald-green waters of the Gulf of Mexico Florida |
| #9063, aired 2024-03-20 | UNDENIABLE CHEMISTRY $2000: The number of variables that must be fixed to define a physical state is expressed in "degrees of" this, also a noble concept freedom |
| #9061, aired 2024-03-18 | INTRODUCTORY WORDS $400: A state of decay can be described as "rack &" this ruin |
| #9059, aired 2024-03-14 | IT'S A FACT! $400: As of January 1, 2024, California has a new state this, a golden chanterelle a mushroom |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1200: Oregon's state fish is this type of salmon, also a name for a wind that blows in the Rockies chinook |
| #9058, aired 2024-03-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $21,800 (Daily Double): Arizona's state fossil is this tree product; Arizona is also home to a forest full of it petrified wood |
| #9056, aired 2024-03-11 | DOWN IN THE VALLEY $400: The "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" in this U.S. state was created by a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1912 Alaska |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | NAME, IMAGE, LIKENESS $800: In 2021 the first-ever NIL store opened in Lincoln Park, giving players on this "Fighting" team a cut of each jersey sold the Fighting Illini |
| #9049, aired 2024-02-29 | IMAGE $2000: Norman Rockwell's oft-parodied image of a Thanksgiving meal has this title, one of a quartet in FDR's 1941 State of the Union speech Freedom from Want |
| #9047, aired 2024-02-27 | A WORLD OF DEPRESSIONS $800: In 1964 astronauts spent a few days honing their survival skills in this state's Carson Sink Nevada |
| #9046, aired 2024-02-26 | LET'S AUDIT A COLLEGE COURSE $200: It was a safe bet that this state U. offered gaming management I & also TCA 471, practicum in hotel education UNLV (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) |
| #9045, aired 2024-02-23 | ELECTION LINGO $400: Many state officers can be removed with this type of election; the folks who wanted it in the U.S. Constitution lost out a recall |
| #9043, aired 2024-02-21 | SCIENCE QUIZ $200: This fourth state of matter occurs when atoms in a gas are ionized plasma |
| #9041, aired 2024-02-19 | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL $400: In 2003 Kansas became the first state to replace a statue, swapping out Gov. George Washington Glick for this president Eisenhower |
| #9039, aired 2024-02-15 | JACKSON $600: Economists get a taste of the outdoors at the Central Banking annual conferences in Jackson Hole in this state Wyoming |
| #9038, aired 2024-02-14 | SO FAR AWAY $800: We heart this heart-shaped island state 150 miles south of Victoria where you can have a devil of a time Tasmania |
| #9033, aired 2024-02-07 | U.S. NATIONAL FORESTS $400: The Allegheny National Forest in this state is a prized source of black cherry wood used in furniture making Pennsylvania |
| #26, aired 2024-01-23 | BOX OFFICE SLEEPERS $300: To celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Sleepless in Seattle" in 2023, this Big Apple landmark displayed a heart on its spire the Empire State Building |
| #9019, aired 2024-01-18 | AN "H" & "R" BLOCK $400: Many state laws reduce liability for defamation if a newspaper issues this statement of withdrawal in a timely way a retraction |
| #9018, aired 2024-01-17 | POLITICS AS UNUSUAL $400: This movement named for a 1773 event arrived in 2010 starting with the election of newbie Dean Murray to the N.Y. State Assembly the Tea Party movement |
| #24, aired 2024-01-09 | "J" LAW $600: For many offenses, a person under 18 who is convicted of a crime is, under N.Y. state law, labeled this kind of "delinquent" a juvenile |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | EARTH SCIENCE $400: One of the 3 principal classes of rock, it's formed by solidification from a molten state igneous |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $1200: You've probably talked to a call center in Karnataka's capital, this city known as the "Silicon Valley of India" Bangalore |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $1600: This capital of Madhya Pradesh state is known as the City of Lakes, but sadly also as the site of a Union Carbide disaster Bhopal |
| #9009, aired 2024-01-04 | STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA $2000: Panaji is the capital of this 3-letter state, one of India's smallest & a possession of Portugal for more than 4 centuries Goa |
| #23, aired 2024-01-02 | GEOGRAPHY & A LITTLE MATH $400: Central U.S. state + "polis" = this capital city of that same state Indianapolis |
| #9003, aired 2023-12-27 | POP CULTURE BEFORE & AFTER $1600: A certain ancient civilization that men obsess over in a TikTok trend time travels & becomes a Jay-Z song about NYC "The Roman Empire State Of Mind" |
| #8999, aired 2023-12-21 | LEGEND DAIRY $800: Since 1911, a hallmark of its state fair is a cow sculpted from about 600 pounds of butter the Iowa State Fair |
| #8998, aired 2023-12-20 | IT'S A VISION BOARD $1000: In his "First Vision", in New York State in 1820, he asked Jesus which church had the truth & Jesus said none of them Joseph Smith |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | STATE OF THE COLLEGE $200: Weber State is near a "Great" lake in this state Utah |
| #8994, aired 2023-12-14 | STATE OF THE COLLEGE $800: Tufts is a centerpiece of Medford in this state Massachusetts |
| #8992, aired 2023-12-12 | WORDS OF PEACE $1600: The spaceship on "Firefly", or a state of peace Serenity |
| #8989, aired 2023-12-07 | GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS $1200: Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system a hi-phi |
| #8977, aired 2023-11-21 | CHICKEN SOUP $800: One of this state's official symbols is seen here Rhode Island |
| #8968, aired 2023-11-08 | THE "A" TEAM $200: They've represented Los Angeles, the state of California, the city of Anaheim & "Los Angeles of Anaheim" the Angels |
| #8967, aired 2023-11-07 | YOU'RE GETTING VERY SLEEPY $400: Term for a prolonged state of deep unconsciousness; it comes from the Greek for "deep sleep" a coma |
| #8959, aired 2023-10-26 | THE CAMERA MAN $600: John Filo, an undergrad at this Ohio school, won a 1971 Pulitzer after capturing an iconic photo of a slain classmate Kent State |
| #8957, aired 2023-10-24 | COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA $700 (Daily Double): In 1967 India & this nation had a military clash along the border of Sikkim, then an Indian protectorate & today a state China |
| #8955, aired 2023-10-20 | OLDE ENGLAND $2000: A London hospital founded for the Order of the Star of Bethlehem became known as this, also meaning a state of chaos Bedlam |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | DEMONYMS $500: It's how you might refer to a resident of Tirana, a capital city near the Adriatic coast--or to a resident of NY's state capital an Albanian |
| #16, aired 2023-10-11 | HI, I'M J.LO $2,100 (Daily Double): You can buy a copy of "The Call of the Wild" at the gift shop in the California state park dedicated to this "J.Lo" Jack London |
| #8941, aired 2023-10-02 | A BUG'S LIFE $800: This garden pest controller is the state insect of Delaware & Massachusetts a ladybug |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $200: Designated SSN-780, the current USS Missouri isn't a battleship but a nuclear-powered one of these a submarine |
| #8940, aired 2023-09-29 | THE SHIP OF STATE $2,200 (Daily Double): In the 1860s a paddle-wheeler named this plied the waters of the same-named river around Fort Yuma Colorado |
| #8939, aired 2023-09-28 | FASHION HISTORY $1200: From 1915 to 1947 the Tirocchi sisters brought haute couture to this capital of a tiny U.S. state Providence |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | RANDOM U.S. STATE FACTS $600: Yeehaw! Paniolos are Hawaii's equivalent of these workers, also the name of a Texas pro sport team cowboys |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | MEDITATION $1000: A state of attention often cited as the goal of meditation practice; it's loosely defined as "being present in the moment" mindfulness |
| #14, aired 2023-09-27 | RANDOM U.S. STATE FACTS $1000: One of this state's claims to fame is being first with a moving assembly line for manufacturing an entire car Michigan |
| #8933, aired 2023-09-20 | ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION $400: Loyola Marymount University offered the USA's first of these degrees in yoga studies an MA |
| #8928, aired 2023-09-13 | PUEBLOS MÁGICOS $2000: Swim with whale sharks at Isla Mujeres a Pueblo Mágico in this 2-word Mexican state of which Cozumel is a part Quintana Roo |
| #8927, aired 2023-09-12 | THE U.S. IN 1964 $400: On March 27 a 9.2 quake rocked this state's Valdez, forcing the town itself to be moved to the delta of Mineral Creek Alaska |
| #8925, aired 2023-07-28 | IT GETS OLD $600: Buchanan, in this state, is a beautiful storybook town per Matthew Ramsay of the band Old Dominion who grew up there Virginia |
| #8920, aired 2023-07-21 | STATELY DEMONYMS $400: Meaning "child of the land", a Kamaaina is a person from this state Hawaii |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | STATE FLAGS $400: Wyoming's flag, adopted in 1917, bears the silhouette of one of these animals, just back from the brink of extinction the American bison (a buffalo) |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | STATE FLAGS $600: Reflecting a state nickname, one of these aquatic birds feeds its young on Louisiana's flag a pelican |
| #8916, aired 2023-07-17 | DOUBLE TALK $800: A type of goose, it's the state bird of Hawaii a nene |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | SLANG $200: This 3-letter word can refer to a state of intoxication, making a person incandescent lit |
| #8913, aired 2023-07-12 | STATE INSECTS $1000: New Mexico chose the tarantula hawk, a type of this stinging insect that preys on tarantulas wasp |
| #8909, aired 2023-07-06 | SCIENCE $1200: The phenomenon of St. Elmo's fire familiar to sailors & aviators is a luminous glow of this 4th state of matter plasma |
| #8908, aired 2023-07-05 | BORN ON THE 5th OF JULY $200: Paul Delvecchio Jr., born July 5, 1980, became a Garden State housemate as Pauly D on this MTV show in 2009 Jersey Shore |
| #8907, aired 2023-07-04 | WHERE'S MY FOOD? $200: The official state dessert of Massachusetts, it's actually a cake, despite its name Boston cream pie |
| #8903, aired 2023-06-28 | GET KOALA-FIED $800: Cece the koala is the mascot of Columbia College, a liberal arts school in the capital of this state South Carolina |
| #8900, aired 2023-06-23 | ANIMAL CHANGE A LETTER $800: Change a letter from the official state fish of Massachusetts & you get a mostly docile ruminant cod & cow |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | STATE EMBLEMS $600: On New York's coat of arms, this figure holds a sword in one hand & scales in the other Justice |
| #8899, aired 2023-06-22 | STATE EMBLEMS $800: Connecticut's state this is a plaid with stripes of blue, green & gray tartan |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | NEVADA $200: On March 19, 1931 state legislators legalized gambling & shortened the residency time required for one of these a divorce |
| #8898, aired 2023-06-21 | THE "SILVER" STATE $600: A cosmic hero of the comics, this name can also refer to a senior citizen who regularly uses the Internet a silver surfer |
| #8891, aired 2023-06-12 | COLOR MY WORLD $1600: The Orange Free State is a historic region that became a province of this country in 1910 South Africa |
| #8887, aired 2023-06-06 | YOU MUST BE 12 LETTERS LONG OR MORE TO ENTER $2,600 (Daily Double): The legally mandated process of dividing up voters into new legislative regions within a state redistricting |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | STATE OF THE UNION $800: Jimmy Carter & Rosalynn Smith, at a Methodist church in their hometown Georgia |
| #8885, aired 2023-06-02 | STATE OF THE UNION $1200: Prince Rogers Nelson & Mayte Garcia, at a church from his youth Minnesota |
| #8883, aired 2023-05-31 | PRESIDENTIAL DOIN'S $400: Made Henry Clay Secretary of State; 2 years after the White House, settled into a new House (of Representatives) John Quincy Adams |
| #8879, aired 2023-05-25 | POLITICIANS $4,000 (Daily Double): He talked about being a Vietnam vet, 5-term senator & Secretary of State in the memoir "Every Day is Extra" (John) Kerry |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | STATE OF THE UNION $200: In Pennsylvania you can visit the natl. cemetery in this town & see where Lincoln said a few memorable words on Nov. 19, 1863 Gettysburg |
| #8878, aired 2023-05-24 | OVERLAPS $800: A set of rules for formal occasions in a Rocky Mountain U.S. state protoColorado |
| #8872, aired 2023-05-16 | "B" IS THE FIRST LETTER $1000: It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny" bemused (bemusement) |
| #11, aired 2023-05-16 | SCIENCE $8,000 (Daily Double): (Here with your clue is quantum physicist Spiros Michalakis.) 2022 Nobel physics laureate Anton Zeilinger has pioneered the quantum type of this, from Latin for "far" & "carry"; it's just a state of 2 entangled particles that is moved--nothing bigger yet teleportation |
| #8871, aired 2023-05-15 | CLOSE ELECTIONS $800: A 1994 tie vote for a seat in Wyoming's state house was broken by a drawing from one of these hats matching a state nickname a cowboy hat |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL $800: In search of weather extremes? St. Paul was a brisk -34 in 1936 & this southwest capital topped out at 122 in 1990 Phoenix |
| #8870, aired 2023-05-12 | STATE CAPITAL TO STATE CAPITAL $1,000 (Daily Double): Just like Peyton Manning did, head west from this second state capital in the name of a Super Bowl champion team to this first Indianapolis & Denver |
| #8, aired 2023-05-12 | I'M LATE, I'M GREAT, I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE $9,400 (Daily Double): I messed up saying I was "in control" in the White House, but earlier I really was as a shaky Richard Nixon's last Chief of Staff (Alexander) Haig |
| #7, aired 2023-05-12 | INVERTEBRATES $2000: The shell of the knobbed type of this invertebrate, not to be confused with a conch, is New Jersey's state shell whelk |
| #8867, aired 2023-05-09 | PEOPLE $600: This 1st female Sec. of State:
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, & now that I have it, I am not going to be silent" Albright |
| #3, aired 2023-05-09 | THE MAP OF EUROPE $800: There's a southern German state in the name of this Alpine subrange that runs along the border of Germany & Austria the Bavarian Alps |
| #2, aired 2023-05-08 | SING YOU A COUNTRY SONG $600: State the name of this band who did "Mountain Music", "Old Flame" & "My Home's In..."--oh wait, we almost said too much Alabama |
| #1, aired 2023-05-08 | SPOONERISM PAIRS $200: A grand overall scheme & a stucco guy a master plan & a plaster man |
| #8863, aired 2023-05-03 | THERE'S GOLD IN THEM THAR HILLS $400: In 2023 the EPA blocked a proposed copper & gold mine in the Bristol Bay region of this state Alaska |
| #8857, aired 2023-04-25 | STATE NICKNAMES $600: Some say this Iowa nickname honors a Sauk leader; others, a character in "The Last of the Mohicans" "The Hawkeye State" |
| #8852, aired 2023-04-18 | DEFINITIONS FROM THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY $1600: This sandwich fixin' with a name from French: "one of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion" mayonnaise |
| #8850, aired 2023-04-14 | THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE $2000: Ibrahim Pasha was one of many who held this important grand title, the highest minister of state under a sultan vizier |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | HERE'S A BIT OF EVERYTHING $800: Here is Winston-Salem's Reynolds Building, finished in 1929, two years before this similar-looking landmark with 80 more floors the Empire State Building |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1200: Secretary of State for most of the Reagan years, he was a mentor to future secretary Condoleezza Rice Shultz |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $1,600 (Daily Double): Secretary 1933-1944, Cordell Hull advocated respect for Central & South American nations, a policy known by this friendly nickname the Good Neighbor Policy |
| #8849, aired 2023-04-13 | HERE'S A BIT OF EVERYTHING $2000: Locust Grove in Louisville, where Lewis & Clark & John James Audubon stayed as guests, could be called this, the state song "My Old Kentucky Home" |
| #8848, aired 2023-04-12 | OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION $2000: Mexican street food in L.A. includes the memelas & tlayudas of this southwestern state bordering Chiapas Oaxaca |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | RECENT EVENTS $200: In January 2023, thousands of Brazilians came to see this sporting hero lying in state in a stadium in Santos Pelé |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | MOOSE-ELLANEOUS $600: Maine's flag has a moose at the foot of this kind of tree that's in the state's nickname pine |
| #8846, aired 2023-04-10 | THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY $800: Elis, an ancient Greek polis, or this hyphenated type of community, won a struggle for control of the Olympic games city-state |
| #8844, aired 2023-04-06 | BIG AMERICAN LANDOWNERS $400: Brad Kelley's holdings include this state's Calumet Farm, source of many a Derby winner Kentucky |
| #8842, aired 2023-04-04 | SHALL FOLLOW ME $1000: Proposed by Truman, it theorized that the fall of a noncommunist state to communism could spread to neighboring states the Domino Theory |
| #8840, aired 2023-03-31 | POLITICS TALK $400: It's the group from one state at a convention; at the 2020 DNC, California's was 494 strong a delegation |
| #8829, aired 2023-03-16 | U.S. ISLANDS $1600: Named for a Spanish viceroy, not a bunch of whales, it's the largest of Washington State's San Juan Islands Orcas |
| #8822, aired 2023-03-07 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $4,018 (Daily Double): As a verb, the name of this cute little bird, California's official one, means "to become fearful" a quail |
| #8821, aired 2023-03-06 | THE TECH BEAT $1600: Brightspace is a system schools use to provide remote classes, like SNHU & the U. of this state capital, online since '89 Phoenix |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | U.S. SIGHTS $200: Easel down the road to Goodland, Kansas to see the world's largest easel holding a painting of these state flowers sunflowers |
| #8820, aired 2023-03-03 | U.S. SIGHTS $1,000 (Daily Double): Monsieur Jacques is the mascot of the frog capital of the world, Rayne in this state's Acadia Parish, & even gets a statue Louisiana |
| #8814, aired 2023-02-23 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $1000: It's a real cat fight at the Bayou Classic, with the Jaguars of Southern Univ. facing the Tigers of this state univ. of Louisiana Grambling State University |
| #8813, aired 2023-02-22 | A JOLLY RHYME $1200: North Carolina State University's Memorial Bell Tower is seen with the skyline of this city behind it Raleigh |
| #8808, aired 2023-02-15 | ACC SCHOOL HISTORY $1000: The founder of what would be this univ. petitioned the Pennsylvania state assembly & got the school started in a log cabin in 1787 Pitt |
| #8806, aired 2023-02-13 | FIRST LADY FIRSTS $400: The first first lady with a doctorate, Jill Biden earned hers in education from the university of this state in 2007 Delaware |
| #8805, aired 2023-02-10 | 5-LETTER DOUBLE Z WORDS $800: To be "in" one of these is to be in a state of nervous excitement or agitation a tizzy |
| #8803, aired 2023-02-08 | I'M HENRY VI, I AM $2000: At age 31 Henry fell into a months-long period of this state, stupor & apathy associated with schizophrenia catatonia |
| #8801, aired 2023-02-06 | S-SS-ING THE SITUATION $1600: In singular form, for a change, this word comes before "tailed" in the name of Oklahoma's state bird scissor-tailed |
| #13, aired 2023-02-02 | THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW $200: On a clear day you can see for miles from the 102nd floor of this landmark completed in 1931 by brave people like the ones here the Empire State Building |
| #8798, aired 2023-02-01 | OVERLAPS $2000: The minimum amount of fissionable material to sustain a nuclear chain reaction in the Bay State critical Massachusetts |
| #8797, aired 2023-01-31 | JASON CONCEPCION $800: (Jason Concepcion presents the clue.) A 2021 episode of "Takeline" examined Major League Baseball's decision to move its All-Star Game out of this state after it passed a law that reduced the number of ballot drop boxes in Fulton County and elsewhere Georgia |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | A SIGN OF SHAME $600: We can bleep out what you said when you forgot that state capital, but you still owe a buck in this container the swear jar |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS $1200: (Amy Schneider presents the clue.) After winning an NBA-record 73 games in 2015-2016, the Warriors got even more formidable with the addition of this former MVP as a free agent Kevin Durant |
| #12, aired 2023-01-26 | U.S. GOVERNMENT $1200: A 2018 USA Today headline: "Rex Tillerson was on the toilet when he was told he'd be fired" from this diplomatic Cabinet job secretary of state |
| #8792, aired 2023-01-24 | DANTE'S CIRCLES OF HELL, DEFINED $200: First, containing lots of pre-Christians:
A state of uncertainty, or a party dance under the bar limbo |
| #8786, aired 2023-01-16 | CLICHÉS REPHRASE $800: Unhappy Michigan or Utah & their illicit romances a sad state of affairs |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | THE 50 STATES $300: In "Field of Dreams" a question is asked, "Is this heaven?"--No, it's this Midwestern state also known as "the Corn State" Iowa |
| #10, aired 2023-01-12 | PENINSULAS $600 (Daily Double): This Midwest state whose motto calls it a "pleasant peninsula" consists of 2, the Upper & Lower Peninsulas Michigan |
| #8781, aired 2023-01-09 | RANDOM FACTS $1600: A type of blackberry, marionberries are grown primarily in this northwest state & are named for a county there Oregon |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $300: Originally performed to honor the gods, it's the state dance of Hawaii the hula |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $700 (Daily Double): This New England state that produces a lot of them has the lobster as its official state crustacean Maine |
| #9, aired 2023-01-05 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $900: Arizona's state reptile is the ridge-nosed one of these venomous creatures, noted more for sound than appearance a rattlesnake |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | THE NATIONAL PAST TIME $800: This adjective precedes "Free State" in the name of a polity formed in the 1920s with Tim Healy as governor-general Irish |
| #8778, aired 2023-01-04 | ON YOUR STATE'S LEFT $800: It's to the left for a majority of Wisconsin, as it stands atop Iowa Minnesota |
| #8777, aired 2023-01-03 | FUN WITH 21 $1200: The U.S. 21-gun salute is fired to honor our president, a visiting head of state or this symbol of our nation the flag |
| #8776, aired 2023-01-02 | STATE GOVERNORS $400: It was not an act--Ronald Reagan was a 2-term governor of this state California |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | STATE OF THE HEART $400: Oddly enough, angina can be relieved by ingesting a powerful explosive--this one that dates to 1846 will make you feel dynamite again nitroglycerin |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | SHEER MISERY $600: 2 of its 3 letters are vowels, it's a state of misery, & feel free to Bill & Ted up your response woe |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | STATE OF THE HEART $800: This multilayered sac consists of the epicardium & a fluid that lubricates the heart for smooth contraction the pericardium |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI $1000: Twin facts: It's a state capital in the Upper Midwest, & its 26 miles of Mississippi riverfront are more than any other city St. Paul |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | STATE OF THE HEART $1200: If a patient goes into a-fib, short for this, the rapid uncoordinated heart rhythm can lead to a stroke atrial fibrillation |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | STATE OF THE HEART $2000: Hello... hello... this test is done with a non-invasive handheld device that uses sound waves to help view the heart's motion an echocardiogram |
| #8774, aired 2022-12-29 | STATE OF THE HEART $4,000 (Daily Double): Maybe QB Tom doesn't make some hearts flutter fast enough, as this condition is a resting rate of less than 60 beats per minute bradycardia |
| #8771, aired 2022-12-26 | THE 18th CENTURY $1000: The French loved the fur hat Ben Franklin wore to cover his boils & compared him to this Swiss-born philosopher of a state of nature Rousseau |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | WHAT A STEAL! $200: In 2016 20,000 pounds of cheese worth nearly $50,000 was stolen in Oak Creek in where else but this state Wisconsin |
| #8767, aired 2022-12-20 | THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT $200: Butterfly ballots became part of a month-long recount of the 2000 presidential vote in this state Florida |
| #8766, aired 2022-12-19 | LIFE SNAPSHOTS $1000: This clause barring a state religion:
Ratified as part of the First Amendment, 1791; cited in Edwards v. Aguillard, 1987 the Establishment Clause |
| #8761, aired 2022-12-12 | NO GOOD $1200: It's the last name of Massachusetts crime boss Whitey & his brother William, a long-serving president of the state senate Bulger |
| #8760, aired 2022-12-09 | STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $2000: A sheet of glass set into a window or door Pennsylvania & Nebraska |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | STATE STUFF $400: Also the name of a famous boat, it's fitting that this is the state flower of Massachusetts the mayflower |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | STATE STUFF $600: The state mammal of Nebraska is the white-tailed this a deer |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | STATE STUFF $800: A state sport of Colorado involves racing these small donkeys burros |
| #8758, aired 2022-12-07 | A DECADE TO REMEMBER $1000: The AFL & CIO merge; John Foster Dulles is Secretary of State the 1950s |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $1200: On Jan. 1, 1802 he wrote of "building a wall of separation between church & state" Jefferson |
| #8753, aired 2022-11-30 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $2000: A year after being one of 3 signers from this state, Button Gwinnett had 2 big losses: an invasion of Florida & a duel Georgia |
| #8749, aired 2022-11-24 | SIMPLY GORGES $1200: The Carnarvon Gorge northwest of Brisbane in this state right above New South Wales is a great place to see Aboriginal art Queensland |
| #8747, aired 2022-11-22 | WHO LIVES IN... $200: This state? Stephen King, who's turning one of his properties into a writers' retreat Maine |
| #8744, aired 2022-11-17 | NATIVE AMERICAN PLACE NAMES IN THE U.S. $4,000 (Daily Double): It's the capital of a state & the seat of Laramie County Cheyenne |
| #8742, aired 2022-11-15 | A LITTLE PEACE OF HISTORY $400: Not a game show prize, the San Francisco Treaty of 1951 says in Article 1 the state of war between this country & the Allies is over Japan |
| #8, aired 2022-11-13 | A TRIP ON THE GULF STREAM $6,000 (Daily Double): The Gulf Stream warms Cape Hatteras & adjacent areas of this state North Carolina |
| #8737, aired 2022-11-08 | NUMBER, PLEASE $800: The non-profit, non-partisan news service known as "The" this number covers the state of U.S. education 74 |
| #7, aired 2022-11-06 | POLITICS $1200: A president traditionally gets applause from all of Congress for this event; here's Eisenhower arriving for his first the State of the Union (address) |
| #8735, aired 2022-11-04 | HISTORY $11,600 (Daily Double): Post-WWII British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said this Secretary of State threw "a lifeline to sinking men" Marshall |
| #8731, aired 2022-10-31 | THIS CATEGORY IS CONFUSING $400: Elvis sang that, in a state of amorous confusion, he was "all" this, a state not uncommon to snowglobes shook up |
| #6, aired 2022-10-30 | THE CHASE $1500: (Brad Rutter delivers the clue.) Chevy Chase never lived in Chevy Chase, a suburb of Washington, D.C., in this state, but Sandra Day O'Connor did while she was on the Supreme Court Maryland |
| #8730, aired 2022-10-28 | TV LAW $400: "Trial by Media" is a docuseries with episodes like "Blago!", revisiting the trial of this state's governor Illinois |
| #8728, aired 2022-10-26 | PEAKS & VALLEYS $400: A 1994 eruption of Mount Popocatepetl caused ash to rain down on this country's Puebla state Mexico |
| #5, aired 2022-10-23 | U.S. PRESIDENTS $1500: George W. Bush's 2002 State of the Union spoke of a this "of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world" an axis |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | WHAT A BUTTE! $400: The city of Butte in this state was once known as "the Richest Hill on Earth" Montana |
| #8723, aired 2022-10-19 | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES $1,000 (Daily Double): Alaska celebrates the last Monday in March as this onetime U.S. Secretary of State's day William Seward |
| #8720, aired 2022-10-14 | "P"OTPOURRI $1600: This state capital has a population of just 14,000 Pierre |
| #3, aired 2022-10-09 | AMERICANA $400: Yankee magazine says this New England state is known for chowder, old money & being the home of TV's Gilmore girls Connecticut |
| #8713, aired 2022-10-05 | YOU'RE ON A ROLL $600: "Roll Tide" is a trademarked phrase used by supporters of this state school... a lot the University of Alabama |
| #2, aired 2022-10-02 | WORLD GEOGRAPHY $900: Cancun is on this peninsula that shares its name with a state of Mexico the Yucatán |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: By a 1972 law, California's official reptile is the desert variety of this slow mover tortoise |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: A vine ripe variety of this is the state fruit & the state vegetable of Arkansas tomato |
| #8710, aired 2022-09-30 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: The state song of Kansas is this one "where seldom is heard a discouraging word" "Home On The Range" |
| #8706, aired 2022-09-26 | THE "GIST" OF THE JOB $600: Sun-Tzu was a military one of these for the Chinese state of Wu strategist |
| #8700, aired 2022-09-16 | EXPLORERS $3,000 (Daily Double): A statue on the grounds of Minnesota's state capitol honors this Viking, who reached North America around 1000 Leif Erikson |
| #8699, aired 2022-09-15 | ISLE, 5 $200: James Oglethorpe named Jekyll Island, now one of this state's "Golden Isles", for a financial backer of the then-colony Georgia |
| #8692, aired 2022-07-26 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: You are welcome to know that the knobbed whelk is New Jersey's state one of these a sea shell |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | WORLD OF OPERA $400: In the opera "Dead Man Walking", Sister Helen meets her pen pal, a death row inmate, at Angola Penitentiary in this state Louisiana |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | 4,4 $600: This term for Maine is also the name of a magazine about that state Down East |
| #8685, aired 2022-07-15 | U.S. PLACES, EVERYBODY! $1000: Alabama? That's a town in New York State centrally located between Rochester & this seat of Erie County Buffalo |
| #8681, aired 2022-07-11 | TRIAL & ERA $400: A Synodus Horrenda of 897 saw Pope Formosus guilty; 3 fingers were lopped off, but he felt nothing as he was in this state he was dead |
| #8679, aired 2022-07-07 | SUCH GREAT CHEMISTRY $800: Using mass spectrometry, neon was the first element shown to exist in more than one of these stable variations an isotope |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $200: This vote of "no" is a homophone for an animal sound; what say ye? nay |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $400: What has happened to an appeal that won't be heard, or to a class that has been allowed to leave a school room dismissed |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $600: A bill that passes the U.S. Senate with at least 67 votes is said to be this type of denial-proof veto |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $800: Adjective for an absolute denial; it could also refer to the way clues are divided up on a "Jeopardy!" board categorical |
| #8678, aired 2022-07-06 | THE STATE OF DENIAL $1000: Change one letter in "refuse" to get this, meaning to prove a statement or theory to be wrong refute |
| #8677, aired 2022-07-05 | A DIP IN THE BAY $1200: Extending about 35 miles inland, Penobscot Bay is an inlet of the North Atlantic on the coast of this state Maine |
| #8673, aired 2022-06-29 | STANNING THAT SHIP $600: The Missouri is a museum in Oahu, the sister ship, named for the state due north, is also one at the Port of Los Angeles the Iowa |
| #8671, aired 2022-06-27 | SOUTHERN CAPITALS $1200: Just 15 years after becoming a state capital, it became the first capital of the Confederacy Montgomery |
| #8663, aired 2022-06-15 | STATE FLORA $2000: Known for living a long time, one of Nevada's two state trees is this type of pine named for the feature seen here a bristlecone |
| #8662, aired 2022-06-14 | MAMMALS $2,000 (Daily Double): The state marine mammal of Florida is a subspecies of the West Indian this a manatee |
| #8660, aired 2022-06-10 | JANE AUSTEN-TATIOUS $1,000 (Daily Double): Jane lived most of her life in this southern English county that lent its name to a "New" U.S. state Hampshire |
| #8657, aired 2022-06-07 | ON THE STATE FLAG $2000: A white silhouette of a bison bearing the state seal appears on its flag Wyoming |
| #8653, aired 2022-06-01 | BODIES OF WATER $1600: The Conchos River, the longest in the state of Chihuahua, is a tributary of this one the Rio Grande |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | MY NAME IS STEPHEN $400: A university in Nacogdoches as well as a state capital bear the name of this Texan (Stephen F.) Austin |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | FUN WITH U.S. CITY FLAGS $1000: The unofficial flag of this very south Florida city bears the words "Conch Republic", a nation/state of mind set up in the area in 1982 Key West |
| #8648, aired 2022-05-25 | IT'S THE JURASSIC PERIOD $1200: Jurassic National Monument, southeast of Provo in this state, is the site of a noted dinosaur quarry, home to over 12,000 fossils Utah |
| #8647, aired 2022-05-24 | ASIAN AMERICANS & PACIFIC ISLANDERS $400: The late poet & professor Haunani-Kay Trask was a leader of the movement seeking sovereignty for this state Hawaii |
| #8646, aired 2022-05-23 | U.S. BUILDINGS $1,000 (Daily Double): A radiator cap design was fittingly incorporated into the corners of this Art Deco skyscraper in New York City the Chrysler Building |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | COLLEGE SPORTS MASCOTS $400: Cal State Northridge's Matty is short for one of these men in the arena; he doesn't have a sword anymore Matador |
| #8637, aired 2022-05-10 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $1000: A large marble statue of this hero of the Revolution is outside the capital building in Montpelier Ethan Allen |
| #8631, aired 2022-05-02 | FAMOUS NAMES $2000: This former state department official & accused spy leaves court in 1949 during one of his perjury trials, a big Cold War story Alger Hiss |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | MISCELLANY $800: The Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs reports directly to this head of a cabinet department the Secretary of State |
| #8628, aired 2022-04-27 | MISCELLANY $1200: A 400-year-old one of these mighty trees, Iowa's state tree, was found near Des Moines in 2018 an oak |
| #8626, aired 2022-04-25 | MULTIPLE HYPHENS $2000: There are multiple hyphens in up-to-the-minute & this similar term that sounds fancy enough to be in a museum state-of-the-art |
| #8611, aired 2022-04-04 | CHANGES ON THE U.S. MAP $800: As part of a radio show promotion in 1950, the city of Hot Springs in this state renamed itself Truth or Consequences New Mexico |
| #8602, aired 2022-03-22 | RECENT BIOS OF WRITERS $400: "The Life She Wished to Live" is a bio of Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, who at 32 moved her life to a backwoods citrus grove in this state Florida |
| #8601, aired 2022-03-21 | SEISMIC ACTIVITY $800: In 1964 the Prince William Sound earthquake registered a scary 9.2 in magnitude in the southern part of this state Alaska |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $800: Utah would be more of a rectangle if this state hadn't taken a bite out of its northeastern corner Wyoming |
| #8600, aired 2022-03-18 | TOOLS OF THE TRADE $1200: An electronic pick & a plug spinner are tools of this trade; in California, a state license is good too a locksmith |
| #8597, aired 2022-03-15 | GLOW-POURRI $800: Sometimes called the fourth state of matter, it exhibits a glow discharge that occurs between 2 electrodes at low pressure plasma |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | SUBURBS OF CHICAGO $600: Whiting is a suburb of Chicago but is in this state, not Illinois Indiana |
| #8594, aired 2022-03-10 | POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY $800: This hyphenated term is used for a nation that consists of a single municipality & its surrounding countryside a city-state |
| #8591, aired 2022-03-07 | THE IDEAS OF MARCH $1200: Folks in what's now this state thought March 2, 1836 was a good day to declare independence from Mexico Texas |
| #8587, aired 2022-03-01 | EDUCATORS $600: Last name of Carl, the first computer science graduate at Michigan & a teacher & mentor at Michigan State; he had a famous son, Larry Page |
| #8585, aired 2022-02-25 | BIG TEN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Home to a Big Ten school, this state capital was named for a president who died in the year of its founding, 1836 Madison, Wisconsin |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A STATE CAPITOL IDEA $400: Rhode Island's Capitol has one of these last fired in 1863; until 1962 it was dangerously still loaded with gunpowder a cannon |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A STATE CAPITOL IDEA $1600: Kansas' Capitol displays the sword of this abolitionist who was executed in 1859 John Brown |
| #18, aired 2022-02-22 | A STATE CAPITOL IDEA $5,000 (Daily Double): Utah's Capitol is abuzz with 2 large sculptures of these structures, symbolizing the hard work done by the state's citizens beehives |
| #17, aired 2022-02-22 | A PLACE WITH DIRECTION $800: Aberdeen is one of only 5 cities in this Midwest state to have more than 20,000 people South Dakota |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | STATE QUARTERS $200: Louisiana's quarter features a trumpet & one of these birds a pelican |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | STATE QUARTERS $800: Utah's quarter shows a pair of these conveyances meeting in the middle trains (locomotives) |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | NORTH AMERICAN LITERATURE $1000: The title of this Laura Esquivel bestseller refers to a sweet recipe but also a state of passion or anger Like Water for Chocolate |
| #8580, aired 2022-02-18 | HISTORIC MEN $1200: In the 1970s this future Secretary of State was a spokesman for Vietnam Veterans Against the War (John) Kerry |
| #12, aired 2022-02-16 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $2000: The Cumberland River rises in this state, flows through a portion of Tennessee & then back into this state Kentucky |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | POTPOURRI $1200: Arizona's state flower is the blossom of this cactus a saguaro |
| #8576, aired 2022-02-14 | HISTORY BOOKS $1600: Reversing a phrase from the book of Isaiah, Arno Mayer's history of the state of Israel is titled these "into Swords" Plowshares |
| #7, aired 2022-02-11 | NOTABLE AFRICAN AMERICANS $1600: In 2021 President Biden mourned this first black Secretary of State as a "dear friend" Powell |
| #8574, aired 2022-02-10 | GO FISH $1000: The blackspotted cutthroat one of these is Montana's state fish a trout |
| #8573, aired 2022-02-09 | SPORTY LINGO $800: In 2021 the U.S. Secretary of State used this tennis expression to say it's North Korea's turn to make a move on nuclear talks the ball is in their court |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | WINTER $400: This winter state of dormancy is a mammal thing; the poorwill is one of a few birds that do it instead of migrating hibernation |
| #3, aired 2022-02-09 | BUILDINGS $1200: The Burke Museum on the campus of this state U. has a shed-style roof inspired by the Coast Salish people of the Olympic Peninsula Washington |
| #2, aired 2022-02-08 | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW $1000: (Chuck Bryant reads the clue.) In 2014, a so-called "hurricane" 600 miles wide arose in the ionosphere over the North Pole; the cyclone was composed of this substance dubbed "the 4th state of matter" plasma |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $400: The first Pony Express rider reached this capital of a West Coast state on April 13, 1860 Sacramento |
| #8566, aired 2022-01-31 | STATE CAPITAL HISTORY $800: In 1683, this leader of a neighboring colony decreed the founding of Dover, Delaware (William) Penn |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | AMERICANA $400: A quarter-ton cow made of this (unsalted) is an icon of the Illinois State Fair butter |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | AMERICANA $800: The original logo of this movie studio was likely inspired by scenic Ben Lomond in Utah, home state of W.W. Hodkinson, a studio founder Paramount |
| #8565, aired 2022-01-28 | RHYMING AMERICAN ROAD TRIP $3,000 (Daily Double): Head west out of one state that borders Manitoba to enter a second state that also does North Dakota & Minnesota |
| #8563, aired 2022-01-26 | THE CAROLINAS $200: This nickname for North Carolina likely goes back to a product since Colonial times that stuck to the feet of workers the Tar Heel State |
| #8561, aired 2022-01-24 | FROM TV TO FILM $1200: In the film version of this TV show, Crockett & Tubbs left the Sunshine State for a bit to go to Cuba & Haiti Miami Vice |
| #8558, aired 2022-01-19 | "BIG" TALK $3,000 (Daily Double): Ironically, it was cosmologist Fred Hoyle, a leading advocate of the steady-state theory, who coined this term the big bang |
| #8549, aired 2022-01-06 | THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE $1200: The 1820 compromise allowed slavery only south of a line of this; it still forms state boundaries & there's a marker on it in Enid, Oklahoma latitude |
| #8547, aired 2022-01-04 | "N" JOY $600: In Buddhism or otherwise, it's a state of bliss nirvana |
| #8546, aired 2022-01-03 | BE VERY QUIET $1200: With a peaceful 4-letter word in the middle, this word in the title of the painting describes the state of the ships becalmed |
| #8545, aired 2021-12-31 | THIS & THAT $1000: The colors of a southern Utah state park gave us this name after the famous brand of color film Kodachrome |
| #8543, aired 2021-12-29 | PHILOSOPHY $800: Rousseau argued that man is happier & morally better not in society but in a "state of" this, like wild plants & animals are nature |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | ARKANSAS $600: The discovery of a 3.03-carat one in 1990 had Arkansas' Crater of these State Park living up to its name Diamonds |
| #8539, aired 2021-12-23 | THOMAS HOBBES $200: Hobbes said life was "nasty, brutish, & short" in a state of this, which doesn't just mean battles but "every man against every man" war |
| #8536, aired 2021-12-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $800: In each state, each candidate has a group of potential electors called this, also a word in geology a slate |
| #8533, aired 2021-12-15 | WORLD CITIES $400: Get a whiff of this city, the largest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne |
| #8531, aired 2021-12-13 | GEMS & JEWELS $400: Hawaii's state gem is black this, which is actually the skeleton of a marine creature coral |
| #8530, aired 2021-12-10 | WINTER HOLIDAYS $200: A February holiday commemorates the Buddha reaching the final state of this goal of the Buddhist path nirvana |
| #8520, aired 2021-11-26 | STORY TIME $400: Let's go with the Flaubert! This 1857 novel details a truly sad state of affairs Madame Bovary |
| #8519, aired 2021-11-25 | THE STATE THAT... $4,000 (Daily Double): Has a postal abbreviation consisting of 2 vowels Iowa |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NEWS $400: On Feb. 1, 2021 the Myanmar military took power & a 1-year "state of" this was declared--& not surprisingly, soon extended emergency |
| #8518, aired 2021-11-24 | NAMED FOR A PLACE $1600: Lyme disease derives its name from the town of Lyme in this state, where cases were first observed in the 1970s Connecticut |
| #8517, aired 2021-11-23 | CALL THE FOOTBALL PLAY $1000: In the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, Boise State's huddled masses used this 3-word trick play featuring a behind-the-back handoff for the win the Statue of Liberty |
| #8515, aired 2021-11-19 | BARRIERS IN LIFE $2000: A type of road barrier is named for this state where they were used on US Highway 22 in the 1950s New Jersey |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | FRANCE VS. AMERICA $400: In the 1976 "Judgment of Paris", wines from this state shockingly outperformed French vintages in a blind taste test California |
| #8505, aired 2021-11-05 | STATES & SYMBOLS $800: A monument to William McKinley adorns the Capitol Square of this state where 7 U.S. presidents were born Ohio |
| #8504, aired 2021-11-04 | INSTITUTIONS $1000: Rice University's Institute for Public Policy bears the name of this man who was George H.W. Bush's Secretary of State James A. Baker |
| #8503, aired 2021-11-03 | "LOVE" $1000: This place in New York State was used as a toxic waste dump; concerns over it led to the creation of the Superfund Love Canal |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | LET'S TAKE A TRIP $400: Shoot a selfie at this state's Rainbow Bridge, a natural stone arch with a 275-foot span & a height of 290 feet Utah |
| #8501, aired 2021-11-01 | FAMILY IS EVERYTHING $1600: The black & yellow panels in the state flag seen here are a heraldic symbol of this family that founded Maryland the Calverts |
| #8498, aired 2021-10-27 | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES $1200: Check out Multnomah Falls, boasting a drop of more than 600 feet in this state's Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Oregon |
| #8497, aired 2021-10-26 | BOREDOM $3,000 (Daily Double): A state of boredom, or an equatorial region where the trade winds cancel each other out, leaving sailors becalmed & bored the doldrums |
| #8496, aired 2021-10-25 | "D" NATURE OF THINGS $600: Woof! Missouri's official state tree is this flowering one with a canine name dogwood |
| #8495, aired 2021-10-22 | WHAT'S IN A GEOGRAPHIC NAME $1,000 (Daily Double): The "P" in Pakistan comes from this region, the name of a Pakistani province & a state of India Punjab |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THIS IS THE WAY $400: You leave Big Sky on Route 64 but may cut some of the 4-hour drive on I-15 to Great Falls, as you can legally go 80 in this state Montana |
| #8494, aired 2021-10-21 | THIS IS THE WAY $800: Motor north on Route 7 out of Middlebury & a bit under an hour later, you'll be in Burlington in this state Vermont |
| #8492, aired 2021-10-19 | POLITICAL NICKNAMES $1200: "Snarlin' Arlen" was the nickname of Arlen Specter, a long-time senator from this state Pennsylvania |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | STATE YOUR NAME $400: Appearing in the novel "The Hustler", Minnesota Fats was a legendary player of this game pool |
| #8490, aired 2021-10-15 | STATE YOUR NAME $800: Stately first name of Mr. Tuxedo, a cartoon penguin voiced by Don Adams Tennessee |
| #8488, aired 2021-10-13 | LINCOLN, BLINKEN $400: Soon after becoming Secy. of State in 2021, Antony Blinken had tough words at a meeting with diplomat Yang Jiechi of this country China |
| #8487, aired 2021-10-12 | ON BASE $400: Seen here, a soldier is taking in the view of Mount Rainier at Joint Base Lewis McChord in this state Washington |
| #8486, aired 2021-10-11 | BIOGRAPHIES $200: "Empire State of Mind" tells how this man became a rap mogul Jay-Z |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | WE LOOK DOWN ON THAT STATE $600: A big chunk of South Dakota is upstairs from it Nebraska |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | TECHNOLOGY $1200: Pumping is the process of raising electrons to a higher energy state when creating one of these beams a laser |
| #8485, aired 2021-10-08 | NOT YOUR AVERAGE GEMSTONE! $6,000 (Daily Double): Dust & ash from a volcano in this state were used to create a new green type of gem called helenite Washington |
| #8484, aired 2021-10-07 | SEEN HERE $600: Think of this state's nickname & it makes sense that a cornucopia, representing abundance, is on its flag, seen here New Jersey (the Garden State) |
| #8483, aired 2021-10-06 | GET A HOBBY $400: Go for some inner peace; TM, short for this, wants to get people into a "state of deep inner silence" Transcendental Meditation |
| #8482, aired 2021-10-05 | THAT'S GRAND! $2,200 (Daily Double): The head of state of this small nation is Grand Duke Henri Luxembourg |
| #8481, aired 2021-10-04 | FRY FRY AGAIN $200: Stick with it, this fried favorite made its debut at the 1942 Texas State Fair corn dog |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | "DEF"INITIONS $1200: The Joint Chiefs of Staff coined this acronym for a state of alertness in 1959 DEFCON |
| #8474, aired 2021-09-23 | HISTORIC WOMEN $1600: In 1969 Shirley Chisholm attacked the Vietnam War in the first floor speech of her 14-year run as a rep. of this state New York |
| #8473, aired 2021-09-22 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: As a result of the Mau Mau movement against colonial rule, a state of emergency was called in this country in 1952 Kenya |
| #8469, aired 2021-09-16 | RIGHT HERE IN RIVER CITY $600: Well south of Kansas, the original falls on the Wichita River in this state are gone, so the city built a new set upstream Texas |
| #8465, aired 2021-08-13 | THINK BIG! $800: Stretching almost a mile, one of the longest railway platforms is at Gorakhpur Junction in this Indian state, the U.P. Uttar Pradesh |
| #8460, aired 2021-08-06 | ASH TREE $400: Planted before 1911, "Old Granddad" is a landmark ash tree in the shade-hungry city of Modesto in this state California |
| #8459, aired 2021-08-05 | A POET LAUREATE $4,000 (Daily Double): The poet laureate of this state, like Marie Howe, receives the Walt Whitman Citation; Walt was from that state New York |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $400: A government too full of advice or laws is said to be this household worker's "state" nanny |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $1200: As in the title of a Russell Crowe film, "State of" this refers to "the current situation" State of Play |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $1600: The third book Bob Woodward wrote about the Bush administration's Iraq War failings is called "State of" this Denial |
| #8457, aired 2021-08-03 | DEFINITELY NOT ONE OF THE 50 U.S. STATES $2000: In the Catholic church, one free from mortal sin is said to be in a "state of" this grace |
| #8456, aired 2021-08-02 | AMERICAN RIVERS $800: This river forms part of the border between Kansas & the state it shares a name with the Missouri |
| #8450, aired 2021-07-23 | BUTTE OF COURSE $1200: Providing millions of gallons a day, Big Butte Springs is the main water supply for the Medford region in this state Oregon |
| #8447, aired 2021-07-20 | AMERICAN NICKNAMES $800: "The Great Orator" was a nickname for this 19th century New Hampshire-born congressman, senator & Secretary of State Daniel Webster |
| #8446, aired 2021-07-19 | A TIME OF WAR $1600: The Natchez people were nearly wiped out by the French garrison at Fort Rosalie, now the site of Natchez in this state Mississippi |
| #8445, aired 2021-07-16 | S.E.C.! S.E.C.! $5,300 (Daily Double): The University of Tennessee is one of 2 S.E.C. schools from the state; this one founded by a shipping magnate in 1873 is the other Vanderbilt |
| #8442, aired 2021-07-13 | EVERYTHING IS ASSAM $200: The Indian state of Assam gives its name to a common type of this, & Assam grows lots of it tea |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $800: The last name of this 1897 to 1898 secretary is on a landmark antitrust act Sherman |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | GAMER'S DELIGHT $1000: (J.D. Witherspoon presents the clue.) The PlayStation 5 is kitted with an ultra-high speed SSD, this kind of hyphenated drive that makes iconic characters like Sackboy really move a solid-state drive |
| #8441, aired 2021-07-12 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE, IN BRIEF $2000: She got her U.S. citizenship in 1957 & earned her B.A. with honors 2 years later Albright |
| #8439, aired 2021-07-08 | THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $2000: British general Burgoyne's 1777 surrender after the second battle of this New York state site was a turning point in the war Saratoga |
| #8437, aired 2021-07-06 | A WORLD TO KISS $2000: It's traditional at this venerable state university to streak across the space known as the Lawn & kiss the Homer statue University of Virginia |
| #8433, aired 2021-06-30 | MAPPING THE MIDWEST $1200: They're the two cities here--one a territorial capital that was north of the Platte, & the other a state capital south of the river Omaha & Lincoln |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | OFFICIAL STATE FOSSILS $1200: The skull of a Triceratops, this state's fossil, is on display at the museum of geology in Rapid City South Dakota |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | OFFICIAL STATE FOSSILS $1600: Maryland goes big & small with its state dinosaur, a sauropod, & state fossil, a type of this shelled gastropod snail |
| #8429, aired 2021-06-24 | OFFICIAL STATE FOSSILS $2,000 (Daily Double): The official fossil of this state is a bivalve called Chesapecten jeffersonius Virginia |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | ODD STATE FACTS $600: Kentucky has a population of about 4.4 million people & almost twice as many barrels of this bourbon |
| #8423, aired 2021-06-16 | ODD STATE FACTS $800: Berryville, Arkansas is home to a giant papier mache one of these feral hogs named for the ridge on its spine a razorback |
| #8422, aired 2021-06-15 | HAVING A POSITIVE ALTITUDE $800: This southwestern state capital lies at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, about 1.3 miles above sea level Santa Fe |
| #8420, aired 2021-06-11 | VOLCANO CITY USA $400: Jackson Volcano, under the capital of this southern state, erupted 75 million years ago & formed a dome on which the city sits today Mississippi |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | WELCOME TO THE PARTY $200: She voted for Carter in 1976 as a registered Democrat, but soon switched & later served as Secretary of State under George W. Bush Condoleezza Rice |
| #8417, aired 2021-06-08 | FASHIONABLY $600: Wrap yourself up snug as a bug in its chrysalis state in this type of coat named for an insect structure a cocoon |
| #8413, aired 2021-06-02 | I'D LIKE TO BUY $800: Guess it's time I got around to reading "My American Journey", the 1995 autobiography of this Secretary of State Colin Powell |
| #8409, aired 2021-05-27 | STRAITS $800: A favorite with boaters, Haro Strait lies between Washington State & this Canadian island that's home to the city of Victoria Vancouver Island |
| #8407, aired 2021-05-25 | CAPITAL HILLS $2,000 (Daily Double): Local legend says this state capital's name was inspired by a view of the James River from atop Libby Hill Richmond |
| #8403, aired 2021-05-19 | UNDER THE USA $600: The Aerojet-Dade Facility in this state was once used for testing fuel; left behind was a part of a rocket in an underground silo Florida |
| #8395, aired 2021-05-07 | AMERICANA $600: 2021 marks the 90th birthday of this building which was already the world's tallest in 1950 when it added a 220-foot TV tower the Empire State Building |
| #8393, aired 2021-05-05 | NON-ALEXANDER HAMILTON $1000: Secretary of State Hamilton Fish made this, the settling of disputes by a third party, a standard part of diplomacy mediation |
| #8389, aired 2021-04-29 | HISTORIC GOVERNORS $1200: A grad of Northwestern Law, Adlai Stevenson governed this state from 1949 to 1953 Illinois |
| #8387, aired 2021-04-27 | TIGER $200: Late Secretary of State George Shultz was said to have a tiger tattoo on his rear, a legacy of his days at this Ivy League university Princeton |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | FANTASTIC BEASTS $200: The hodag, a horned, ferocious beast with a spiked back, is said to live in forest areas of this "Badger State" Wisconsin |
| #8386, aired 2021-04-26 | THE CABINET $2000: A Nobel Prize winner, this soldier served as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949 (George C.) Marshall |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | ELECTORAL COLLEGE ALUMNI $200: In 2008 future Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cast a Kansas electoral vote for this Republican John McCain |
| #8385, aired 2021-04-23 | THE NETHERLANDS $200: This alternate name for the Netherlands refers to a historic northwest region of the country that was the core of the modern state Holland |
| #8381, aired 2021-04-19 | MIXIN' WITH NIXON $200: Nixon resigned the presidency in a letter to this secy. of state, whose "HK" initials made it effective at 11:35 A.M. on Aug. 9, 1974 Kissinger |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | GEMS & JEWELRY $400: The freshwater this is the state gem of Tennessee, as it was historically found in the state's rivers & streams a pearl |
| #8379, aired 2021-04-15 | THIS IS HOW WE DUET $600: Jay-Z & this woman had a No. 1 hit with "Empire State Of Mind" Alicia Keys |
| #8373, aired 2021-04-07 | DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE $1200: The discovery of a fault scarp in Washington state showed that recent tremors are these still happening from an 1872 earthquake aftershocks |
| #8357, aired 2021-03-16 | HISTORIC HENRYS $800: He's the former Secretary of State sharing a moment with then Secretary Hillary Clinton in 2011 Kissinger |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | BORDERS $400: About a quarter of Canada's border with the U.S. is with this state Alaska |
| #8349, aired 2021-03-04 | A BREAK FOR SPRING $600: A state flower, the California species of this blooms in great numbers in the spring a poppy |
| #8344, aired 2021-02-25 | CHICKEN NUGGETS $2000: A domesticated fowl of Southeast Asia may be the ancestor of this official state bird of Rhode Island the red hen |
| #8343, aired 2021-02-24 | CITIES OF THE MIDWEST $2,000 (Daily Double): This home city to Kansas State University shares its name with a Big Apple borough Manhattan |
| #8337, aired 2021-02-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: In 1849 California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, leading to this complicated deal the next year The Compromise of 1850 |
| #8336, aired 2021-02-15 | A PLACE LIKE RIVER HILL $400: With hiking & golf, Cave Creek in the Sonoran Desert is a tourist draw just north of this state capital Phoenix, Arizona |
| #8335, aired 2021-02-12 | SYMBOLS $800: The pyramid on the reverse of the $1 bill represents endurance & the eye at the top is the eye of this, also a state capital the Eye of Providence |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | A CATEGORY OF 2 CITIES $400: East of Topeka, I-70 runs across a state line through two contiguous cities with this name Kansas City |
| #8326, aired 2021-02-01 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL $800: An estimated 11,000 elk share their winter habitat with a group of bison at the National Elk Refuge near Jackson in this state Wyoming |
| #8316, aired 2021-01-18 | ALLITERATION $800: A seemingly bizarre situation that one gets used to as the regular state of things the new normal |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | CHILDREN'S LITERATURE $800: The Washington Post editorialized that "If You Give a Mouse" this was a criticism of the welfare state a Cookie |
| #8312, aired 2021-01-12 | AMERICAN CITIES $2,000 (Daily Double): A very specific wooden post led to the naming of this southern state capital en Francais Baton Rouge |
| #8303, aired 2020-12-16 | U.S. FACT SHEET $2,000 (Daily Double): This alliterative pine that needs lots of direct sunlight to grow is the state tree of Montana, the Big Sky State a ponderosa pine |
| #8302, aired 2020-12-15 | WHAT ARE THE ODDS? $1000: A $2 ticket buys you about a 1 in 300 million chance of hitting the jackpot in this alliterative 45-state lottery the Mega Millions |
| #8301, aired 2020-12-14 | HISTORIC DECLARATIONS $400: Issued during this war, the Corfu Declaration called for a unified Slavic state following the collapse of Austria-Hungary World War I |
| #8294, aired 2020-12-03 | 15-LETTER WORDS $800: It's the act of a country taking state control of what had been a privately owned industry nationalization |
| #8288, aired 2020-11-25 | AUTHORS $2000: In his "Devil's Dictionary" he said mayonnaise serves "the French in place of a state religion" (Ambrose) Bierce |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | REQUESTS $600: In 2015 a California state agency mandated that restaurants may not serve this unless the diner requests it a glass of water |
| #8283, aired 2020-11-18 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $1600: The daughter of a Czech diplomat, she was U.S. ambassador to the U.N. before becoming U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $1200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from outside the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria.) Damaged by World War II bombs, the State Opera House reopened with a production of this Beethoven opera in November, 1955, 150 years to the month of the work's premiere Fidelio |
| #8282, aired 2020-11-17 | MUSICAL VIENNA $1600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from inside the Vienna State Opera House in Vienna, Austria.) In a tradition since 1900, around New Year's, the Vienna State Opera presents this Johann Strauss Jr. operetta whose name means "the bat" Die Fledermaus |
| #8279, aired 2020-11-12 | A TOTAL SMOKE SHOW $2000: Haze was visible on the East Coast after the 1912 eruption of the volcanic Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes in this now state Alaska |
| #8274, aired 2020-11-05 | 21st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE MOVIES $1200: This Bruce Dern movie named for a Plains state was in B&W in the theaters but was shown in color on cable Nebraska |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | THE HOLE TRUTH $400: The notorious Winter Park sinkhole of 1981 in this state swallowed a house and several automobiles Florida |
| #8273, aired 2020-11-04 | U.S. ISLANDS $600: Since 1895 most of this northern Michigan island has been part of a state park Mackinac |
| #8269, aired 2020-10-29 | "BE"SOMETHING"ED" $1600: It's the state of a sailing ship that can't move because there's no wind becalmed |
| #8267, aired 2020-10-27 | IT ALL STARTS WITH A GREEK LETTER $600: The capital of Maharashtra State, it got its official name in 1995 Mumbai |
| #8266, aired 2020-10-26 | A QUIET PLACE $1000: One square inch of silence is a project for maintaining the quiet of the Hoh Rain Forest in this state's Olympic national park Washington |
| #8263, aired 2020-10-21 | 5-LETTER WORDS $1000: A musical composition with a repeated theme using multiple voices, or a disturbed state of altered consciousness fugue |
| #8261, aired 2020-10-19 | TRIANGULAR $800: A triangle is the traditional shape of these, which make up half of the Texas state snack tortilla chips |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $400: In 2000 California declared the March 31 birthday of this Latino labor leader a state holiday César Chávez |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800: Lyndon Johnson's 1965 State of the Union address renewed the War on Poverty by promoting a "Great" this Society |
| #8260, aired 2020-10-16 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In the 1850s this state was "Bleeding" as pro- & anti-slavery forces met up in a preview of the Civil War Kansas |
| #8257, aired 2020-10-13 | A BUNCH OF SQUARES $800: Mao Zedong's body lies in state in a crystal coffin in a memorial hall on this square in Beijing Tiananmen |
| #8253, aired 2020-10-07 | THE STATE WAS IN PLAY $400: Florida left this man 537 votes short of a presidency (Al) Gore |
| #8248, aired 2020-09-30 | SEEMED SO FAR AWAY $800: About a third of the continent's population lives in this "directional" Australian state New South Wales |
| #8245, aired 2020-09-25 | TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE $1000: It's 2,906 miles on I-80 from San Francisco to Teaneck in this state; good thing we've got a full tank of gas New Jersey |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | 6-LETTER WORDS $400: It's a state of diminished consciousness, especially under hypnosis trance |
| #8238, aired 2020-09-16 | ACM AWARDS $1600: A nickname for the state of Virginia, this band won Group of the Year in 2019 & Vocal Group of the Year in 2018 Old Dominion |
| #8235, aired 2020-06-12 | THE MADNESS OF THE KING $2000: Ludwig of this German state got the official "Mad" designation in 1886 after a panel of doctors declared him insane Bavaria |
| #8234, aired 2020-06-11 | A RIVER RUNS UNDER IT $400: Connecticut's Park River, which flows under the state capitol grounds, was buried in the 1940s by the Army Corps of these Engineers |
| #8232, aired 2020-06-09 | HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $400: Florida A&M University in this state capital is the only HBCU in the state university system of Florida Tallahassee |
| #8231, aired 2020-06-08 | NAME, RANK, NO SERIAL NUMBER $1000: Robert Gould Shaw, who found "Glory" leading the 54th infantry of this state, was a colonel when he died in battle in 1863 Massachusetts |
| #8228, aired 2020-06-03 | POLITICS: WHO SAID IT? $1,000 (Daily Double): 1950; "I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party" McCarthy |
| #8218, aired 2020-05-20 | LITERARY LANDMARKS $1600: The birthplace of F. Scott Fitzgerald is a landmark at 481 Laurel Avenue in this midwestern state capital St. Paul |
| #8212, aired 2020-04-28 | WHAT'S MY AIRLINE? $2,000 (Daily Double): The headquarters of this airline that was organized jointly in 1953 by the federal & state government is in Cologne, Germany Lufthansa |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | STATE FLAG SUBJECTS $600: Controversially, the state flag of Mississippi bears this other flag in the canton the Confederate flag |
| #8210, aired 2020-04-24 | STATE FLAG SUBJECTS $1000: On Missouri's flag, 2 of these large predators once plentiful there stand atop a scroll on which the state's motto appears bears |
| #8209, aired 2020-04-23 | PENNSYLVANIA GEO $400: Pennsylvania's central location on the Eastern Seaboard may be the source of this official state nickname the Keystone State |
| #8206, aired 2020-04-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $400: (MSNBC's Steve Kornacki presents by a display monitor.) 1972 was one of the biggest landslides in Electoral College history as Republican incumbent Richard Nixon piled up 49 states, and this antiwar Democratic senator captured only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, failing to carry even his home state of South Dakota McGovern |
| #8205, aired 2020-04-17 | IN THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME $600: A native of this state and long-time university coach there, Bill Bowerman is seen in his pursuit of a better track shoe Oregon |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS $800 (Daily Double): A state capital in the Rockies bears the name of this Native American people once found in the region Cheyenne |
| #8203, aired 2020-04-15 | UNIQUE COLLEGE COURSES $1000: One of the topics covered in a Major League Baseball course at Arizona State is this player who broke the color barrier in 1947 Jackie Robinson |
| #8197, aired 2020-04-07 | WHAT"EV"ER $600: This type of plant is mentioned in a nickname for Washington State evergreen |
| #8196, aired 2020-04-06 | CELEBRITY LECTURES $400: Alright, alright--in 2019 Matthew McConaughey became a communications professor at the university of this, his home state Texas |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | WEST COAST STATE HIGHER ED $200: Founded in 1888 by the United Methodist Church, the univ. of this inlet is a liberal arts school in Tacoma serving 2,400 undergrads Puget Sound |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | WEST COAST STATE HIGHER ED $600: Portland's Albany College changed its name to honor this duo, a "symbol of the pioneering spirit that had made...the college" Lewis & Clark |
| #8195, aired 2020-04-03 | TIME TO PAY THE "TAB" $1200: Here's a hot tip: it's a state of southeast Mexico Tabasco |
| #8194, aired 2020-04-02 | THE VIETNAM WAR $1200: Secretary of State under Nixon, he shared a Nobel Prize for his efforts at peace negotiations Kissinger |
| #8190, aired 2020-03-27 | DEMOGRAPHY $800: Conducted in 1790, the first Census revealed a U.S. population of 3.9 million, with this state being the most populous Virginia |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | POLICE SQUAD $1000: (Dax Shepard presents the clue.) As a motorcycle fanatic, I was thrilled to write & direct the movie version of "ChiPs"--I even got to cast myself as Jon Baker of this state police agency the California Highway Patrol |
| #8189, aired 2020-03-26 | AMERICAN AUTHORS $2000: William Kennedy was born in this state capital & set a trilogy there, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Ironweed" Albany |
| #8181, aired 2020-03-16 | NORTH KOREAN GEOGRAPHY $400: The ancient capital of the legendary Tangun Dynasty that founded the Korean state; today it's a city of over 3 million Pyongyang |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | A CASE OF THE BENDS $400: Drake Park in Bend in this western state isn't named for a duck, though the ducks are popular there Oregon |
| #8179, aired 2020-03-12 | SCIENCE $400: One definition is "a state in which matter is composed of tightly packed particles & has definite shape & volume" a solid |
| #8177, aired 2020-03-10 | BRR! IT'S COLD OUT THERE $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1954 an historic contiguous USA low temp of -70 was recorded near Rogers Pass in this fourth-largest state Montana |
| #8176, aired 2020-03-09 | BE STILL MY ART $800: Made up of state license plates, a portion of the piece with this one-word title is seen here Preamble |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $400: A Rocky Mountain state pahks its cah in front of an East Coast state & falls into this long state of unconsciousness a coma (Colorado & Massachusetts) |
| #8175, aired 2020-03-06 | POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS $1200: The home of Independence Hall has a window on the "Cornhusker State" to give us this word pane (Pennsylvania & Nebraska) |
| #8170, aired 2020-02-28 | SPORTS UPSETS $600: In a college baseball upset, the Bulldogs of Fresno state took the 2008 College World Series from the Bulldogs of this school Georgia |
| #8167, aired 2020-02-25 | THE CONSTITUTION SAYS $1000: No government official may accept a present or this type of compensation from a foreign state without Congress' OK an Emolument |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | THE WRITERS ARE TRYING TO BE CLEVER $800: Seen here, this Florida humorist wrote a defense of his homeland in the book "Best State Ever" Dave Barry |
| #8165, aired 2020-02-21 | PULITZER-WINNING JOURNALISM $1600: The Akron Beacon Journal won a Pulitzer for its coverage of the 1970 tragedy at this local university Kent State |
| #8163, aired 2020-02-19 | A DISASTER AREA $400: The "Tri-State Tornado" of 1925 wreaked havoc in Missouri, Indiana & this state between the 2 Illinois |
| #8162, aired 2020-02-18 | CHEMISTRY $1200: Another word for a state of matter, it precedes "transition" to describe a change of a substance such as from liquid to gas phase |
| #8156, aired 2020-02-10 | PRIZE $200: midwestliving.com posted a mouth-watering slideshow of 12 foods that won this prize at state fairs--mmm, butterscotch pie a blue ribbon |
| #8154, aired 2020-02-06 | THE NEW SCHOOL $400: BSU for short, this Idaho school has a blue artificial turf field, much to the displeasure of football purists Boise State |
| #8153, aired 2020-02-05 | STATE SONGS $400: Appropriately, it has a state bluegrass song, "Blue Moon of" itself Kentucky |
| #8151, aired 2020-02-03 | STATE OF THE ESTATE $800: Thomas Edison's Glenmont Estate New Jersey |
| #8145, aired 2020-01-24 | NEIL BEFORE ME $400: Before Neil Gorsuch, A.B. Neil similarly believed in the original meaning of the Constitution as Chief Justice of this in Tennessee the state supreme court |
| #8143, aired 2020-01-22 | LAYING THINGS M TO M $1000: A whirlpool off Norway's coast, or a tumultuous state of things maelstrom |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $1,500 (Daily Double): Organized in the 1830s, this group of lawmen merged with the Texas State Highway Patrol in 1935 the Texas Rangers |
| #8139, aired 2020-01-16 | ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA $1600: In 1957 the integration of Central High School in this state capital became international news Little Rock |
| #8138, aired 2020-01-15 | TREES $800: Virginia's state tree is the flowering type of this "canine" tree a dogwood |
| #7, aired 2020-01-14 | THE WORLD ACCORDING TO KAREEM $1600: (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar delivers the clue.) As a U.S. cultural ambassador for the State Department I visited several of these Brazilian shanty towns with a Portuguese name & spoke about the importance of education in fighting poverty favelas |
| #8135, aired 2020-01-10 | "F"OUR-LETTER WORDS $400: Something in this state is in a condition of continuous change flux |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | HOMOPHONE CALLS $400: Remember: "A", for the city that is the official seat of government in a state; "O", for a state legislature building capital & capitol |
| #8134, aired 2020-01-09 | WEIRD FACTS $400: The legislature of N.M., the home state of Clyde Tombaugh, has decreed this body to be a planet when it passes over the state Pluto |
| #4, aired 2020-01-08 | "G"EOGRAPHY $1200: Founded in 1531, this capital of a Mexican state bears the name of a province of Spain Guadalajara |
| #3, aired 2020-01-08 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL: AFTER THE GAME $1000: Steve Largent went on from this university to a HOF pro career, then returned home to represent the area in Congress the University of Tulsa |
| #8131, aired 2020-01-06 | HIP-HOP FEUDS $1200: The mom of this "Empire State of Mind" & "Hard Knock Life" star told him to apologize to Nas after a very rough diss track Jay-Z |
| #8127, aired 2019-12-31 | COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS $400: The university system of this state has more than $30 billion; its A&M system, more than $13 billion Texas |
| #8121, aired 2019-12-23 | FIGURES OF SPEECHES $1200: In his 1941 State of the Union Address, FDR said, "We look forward to a world founded upon" this many "essential human freedoms" four |
| #8117, aired 2019-12-17 | FINAL RESTING PLACES $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew is at Grant's Tomb in New York City.) The tomb of Ulysses S. Grant, once New York City's most popular attraction, was partly inspired by the tomb of this other 19th century man who was both a great general and a head of state Napoleon Bonaparte |
| #8116, aired 2019-12-16 | A EUROPEAN RIVER TOUR $600: (Sarah of the Clue Crew at the State Opera House in Vienna, Austria.) The Vienna State Opera House was built in Neo this style to reflect that 16th century period of artistic rediscovery when the art form of opera was born Renaissance |
| #8115, aired 2019-12-13 | MATTER $1600: All forms of matter have this property, the resistance of an object to a change in its state of motion inertia |
| #8113, aired 2019-12-11 | THE SECOND-LARGEST CITY IN THE STATE $400: For those of y'all keepin' score: it's New Orleans, 344,000; this capital city, 230,000 Baton Rouge |
| #8107, aired 2019-12-03 | WHEN I WAS SECRETARY OF STATE... $400: I did enough stuff to have a D.C.-area airport named for me (John Foster) Dulles |
| #8101, aired 2019-11-25 | PHILOSOPHY $1200: A persistent issue in bioethics is the fate of patients in PVS, persistent this state vegetative |
| #8095, aired 2019-11-15 | CLASSIC AMERICAN PLAYS $1200: In this Jason Miller drama, members of a high school basketball team celebrate the 20th anniversary of their state title That Championship Season |
| #8094, aired 2019-11-14 | BEASTLY NORTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY $1600: A gateway to Dinosaur National Monument is the town of Dinosaur in this state Colorado |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: The tallest of the working breeds, it's Pennsylvania's state dog; William Penn is said to have owned one a Great Dane |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: Its state tree is the sugar maple, though it has a mighty pine at the center of its state seal Vermont |
| #8093, aired 2019-11-13 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $800: Laugh maniacally as you realize the common one of these is Minnesota's state bird a loon |
| #8085, aired 2019-11-01 | AGRICULTURE $800: A 138-pound cabbage set a world record for Scott Robb, a farmer in this state, benefiting from the above-average amount of sunlight Alaska |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | THE BEST LAID PLANS $400: The initial idea for this monument included a circle of 30 Doric columns, one for each state at the time the Washington Monument |
| #8082, aired 2019-10-29 | TAKE "TEN" $1600: In a state of anxiety? You're "on" these 11-letter items tenterhooks |
| #8080, aired 2019-10-25 | LET'S TALK ABOUT FLIGHT CLUB $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Amelia Earhart left New Guinea on July 2, 1937, with but three more stops on her worldwide quest--Howland Island, this future state capital, and Oakland Honolulu |
| #8079, aired 2019-10-24 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $1000: About 30 years after the Warren Commission, this future Secretary of State, named Warren, headed the commission on the LAPD (Warren) Christopher |
| #8078, aired 2019-10-23 | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC WOMEN $600: In 1989 Fay Wray visited the Empire State Building, the setting of the climax of this 1933 film that had made her a star King Kong |
| #8071, aired 2019-10-14 | BAYOU TRAP-ISTRY $3,500 (Daily Double): The state of Louisiana says these reptiles over 4' can be considered a nuisance & will give you the name of a hunter alligators |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY $800: In 1642 this guy with an Australian state named for him was the first European to sight New Zealand Abel Tasman |
| #8068, aired 2019-10-09 | LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD $1200: Conland Highway on I-91 was named for a publisher of the Courant newspaper in this New England state capital Hartford |
| #8064, aired 2019-10-03 | THE WORLD IN 1819 $1600: In 1819 this bank employee won a Supreme Court case that pitted him against the state of Maryland James McCulloch |
| #8062, aired 2019-10-01 | IND-ICC-TED! $1200: The first ex-head of state held by the ICC, Laurent Gbagbo of this "coast"al country won a surprising acquittal in 2019 the Ivory Coast |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | WHISKEY BUSINESS $200: It's a myth that whiskey labeled "bourbon" must be distilled in this U.S. state, but most of it is Kentucky |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | SOAP $400: This word for the foam formed by soap in water can also mean a state of being upset lather |
| #8060, aired 2019-09-27 | SOME STERN WORDS $1200: This word referring to stern discipline comes from a city-state of ancient Greece Spartan |
| #8058, aired 2019-09-25 | BOOKS ABOUT CHINA $5,000 (Daily Double): Nixon's famed trip is covered in "On China", a look at Sino-U.S. relations by this former Secretary of State Kissinger |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | THE PHYSICS OF TAEKWONDO $200: Practitioners create a solid foundation for striking & make it hard for an attacker to topple them by maintaining this stable 5-syllable state, from Latin for "balance" equilibrium |
| #8057, aired 2019-09-24 | TED TALK $1600: On the morning of January 24, 1989 he was put to death in the electric chair at a Florida state prison (Ted) Bundy |
| #8055, aired 2019-09-20 | CHIEFS OF STATE $600: This Mideast country is run by a supreme leader appointed for life by an Islamic group called the Assembly of Experts Iran |
| #8042, aired 2019-07-23 | STATE OF THE ART $1200: Band name inspiration "A Sound Garden" Washington |
| #8041, aired 2019-07-22 | THE LIVING WORLD $400: In a study on this winter state of being, the Institute of Arctic Biology found that a bear's heartbeat would slow to 3 per min. hibernation |
| #8040, aired 2019-07-19 | MOM & DAD CONFUSE ME $200: Mom says in the election, Pennsylvania will be this pivotal kind of state; I want to go there & have Daddy push me--whee! a swing state |
| #8037, aired 2019-07-16 | POTPOURRI $800: It's the only letter that doesn't appear in the name of a U.S. state Q |
| #8031, aired 2019-07-08 | VISIT A NATIONAL PARK $400: Denali Park & Preserve has 6 million acres of wild land & a 20,000' peak in this state Alaska |
| #8027, aired 2019-07-02 | DOCTORS & LAWYERS $2000: Manhattan had 3 D.A.s in 68 years before Cyrus Jr., son of this 1970s Secretary of State, took over in 2010 (Cyrus) Vance |
| #8014, aired 2019-06-13 | MEXICAN GEOGRAPHY $200: At 95,000 square miles, it's Mexico's largest state, though it bears the name of a tiny pet Chihuahua |
| #8013, aired 2019-06-12 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1,000 (Daily Double): Have a ball at Ball State University, located in this city northeast of Indianapolis Muncie |
| #8008, aired 2019-06-05 | TIMBERLAND $400: In 1900 2 billion feet of white pine was produced in this state that now has "timber" in the name of a pro sports team Minnesota |
| #8007, aired 2019-06-04 | TURNING AROUND THE INSULT $600: Not everyone was fond of the Jayhawkers when they were a guerrilla group from this state Kansas |
| #8004, aired 2019-05-30 | WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? $1200: Chapter 1 of the U.N. Charter mentions self-this, a people's right to form a state & govern itself self-determination |
| #8002, aired 2019-05-28 | 1950s PEOPLE $800: In 1950 this sen. said there were 205 Communists in the State Dept. but in Sen. testimony gave no proof of a single card carrier Joe McCarthy |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | AMERICAN HISTORY $1000: In 1861 this Secretary of State suggested the U.S. provoke a foreign war to distract from civil discord at home (William) Seward |
| #7999, aired 2019-05-23 | LESSER-KNOWN BROTHERS $2000: Charles, bro of this Wyo.-born abstract painter, was once thought a better artist but ended up teaching etching at Michigan State (Jackson) Pollock |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | LONG AGO, IN THE 20th CENTURY $400: Construction on this NYC landmark began on March 17, 1930; framework rose 4 1/2 stories per week, for a lot of weeks the Empire State Building |
| #7998, aired 2019-05-22 | MUSICAL STATE SYMBOLS $600: A patriotic tune, this state song of Connecticut is probably the only one to contain the name of a pasta "Yankee Doodle" |
| #7995, aired 2019-05-17 | FILL IN THE STATE $800: A tale of doomed love by John Green:
"Looking for ____" Alaska |
| #7993, aired 2019-05-15 | FOOD STUFF $1000: The morel is Minnesota's state one of these a mushroom |
| #7985, aired 2019-05-03 | NOBODY EXPECTS $1000: This head of state was surprised to receive a back rub from George W. Bush at the 2006 G8 summit Merkel |
| #7983, aired 2019-05-01 | U.S. GEOGRAPHY $2000: Once the terminus of a famed wagon trail, this state capital is almost 7,000 feet above sea level Santa Fe (New Mexico) |
| #7981, aired 2019-04-29 | POTENT PORTABLES $1000: SanDisk makes a 500-gig external SSD, short for this kind of "drive" that can help you with storage solid state |
| #7975, aired 2019-04-19 | "Z"-POURRI $1600: Theodor Herzl was a leader of this Jewish political movement that sought to establish the state of Israel Zionism |
| #7971, aired 2019-04-15 | WORLD FULL OF IDIOMS $400: In a Chinese idiom to "emit smoke from seven orifices" is to be in this emotional state angry |
| #7969, aired 2019-04-11 | EMERGENCY GENERATOR $1200: Opposite of artificial plus a state of matter plus disclosure of a secret to the press natural gas leak |
| #7965, aired 2019-04-05 | "Q" $600: The California valley type of this is California's state bird a quail |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $200: On a state postal abbreviation to get this act of taking out an apple's seeds coring |
| #7959, aired 2019-03-28 | PUT A "RING" ON IT $400: On a state postal abbreviation to get this act of taking off an apple's skin paring |
| #7951, aired 2019-03-18 | MISSOURI HISTORY $400: Under the terms of this 1820 legislation, Maine entered the Union as a free state & Missouri as a slave state the Missouri Compromise |
| #7947, aired 2019-03-12 | A HOLE IN THE GROUND $2000: Ausable Chasm bills itself as the Grand Canyon of these New York State mountains up by Lake Champlain Adirondacks |
| #7945, aired 2019-03-08 | THE HUMANITIES $1600: This Spanish title of Goya's "The Snowstorm" is the name of a western U.S. state Nevada |
| #7942, aired 2019-03-05 | A NASDAQ FACT $200: On the NASDAQ you can find this state in front of Capital Bancshares, Roadhouse & Instruments Texas |
| #7937, aired 2019-02-26 | JUST THE FACTS $2000: Maynard Jackson's 1973 election as the first black mayor of this state capital was seen as a sign of "The New South" Atlanta |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | STATE FACTS $400: Methinks an annual gathering held in Florence is Alabama's official faire of this type a Renaissance Faire |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | ANAGRAMS OF EACH OTHER $800: The act of betraying your nation & one who serves it as a state's representative treason & senator |
| #7935, aired 2019-02-22 | STATE FACTS $1000: Located in a canyon, Phantom Ranch in this state still receives its mail by mule train Arizona |
| #7934, aired 2019-02-21 | OPEN YOUR PIE HOLE $400: It was a capital idea when this "pie" became the official state dessert of Massachusetts Boston cream pie |
| #7931, aired 2019-02-18 | TEXTBOOKS $1,200 (Daily Double): A classic of foreign policy, "Diplomacy" by this former Secretary of State includes the story of the reopening of China Henry Kissinger |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $400: Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Preserve California |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $800: Fort Mackinac Historic Park Michigan |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $1200: David Crockett Birthplace State Park, with a replica of the birth cabin Tennessee |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $1600: Franklin Roosevelt's Little White House State Historic Site Georgia |
| #7926, aired 2019-02-11 | A STATE OF RELAXATION $2000: In New England, Moose Point State Park Maine |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $400: It was a capital idea to found Albany on the banks of this river the Hudson |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $800: Some say this word applies to anything north of the Bronx; it's the name of a medical college in Syracuse upstate |
| #7920, aired 2019-02-01 | NEW YORK STATE OF MIND $1000: This Finger Lakes city shares a name with the home of Odysseus Ithaca |
| #7919, aired 2019-01-31 | OFFICIAL STATE FOODS $600: This tangy dessert is a state food of Florida key lime pie |
| #7917, aired 2019-01-29 | GOVERNMENT $800: Also a federal Cabinet job, in most states this person certifies election results the Secretary of State |
| #7910, aired 2019-01-18 | IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET $800: A ballplayer or a native of any northern state Yankee |
| #7907, aired 2019-01-15 | "WEST" WORLD $2000: This historical region of Germany is now paired with "North Rhine" in a state Westphalia |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | U.N. NAMEABLE $2000: Not related to a Bush Secretary of State, she was Obama's U.N. ambassador from 2009 to 2013 Susan Rice |
| #7905, aired 2019-01-11 | U.N. NAMEABLE $3,000 (Daily Double): This U.S. Secretary of State later called his Feb. 2003 speech to the Security Council a painful blot on his record Colin Powell |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | WORDS OF SCIENCE $1000: This type of heat is absorbed or released when a substance changes from one state to another w/o a rise in temp. latent heat |
| #7889, aired 2018-12-20 | STATE CONSTITUTIONS $3,200 (Daily Double): The 1868 constitution of Florida stipulated a seat in the state Senate & House for a member of this Indian nation the Seminole |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | WEST VIRGINIA $400: In 1921 West Virginia became the first state to impose this, then a fraction of 1%; today it's 6% sales tax |
| #7882, aired 2018-12-11 | THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS $800: There is a town of Santa Claus in this Midwest state that postmarks about half a million holiday cards each year Indiana |
| #7873, aired 2018-11-28 | RIVERS OF CALIFORNIA $200: The region where this "capital" river meets the American River was the scene of the state's 1849 gold rush the Sacramento |
| #7871, aired 2018-11-26 | SAFE SPACES $1200: Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law making California this type of state protective of immigrants a sanctuary state |
| #7865, aired 2018-11-16 | STATE FACTS $400: The only state that has a non-rectangular flag, it also has a red disk to symbolize the seed of the buckeye tree Ohio |
| #7864, aired 2018-11-15 | CELEBRITIES $1000: "Empire State of Mind" is a biography of this rapper & how he went "From Street Corner to Corner Office" Jay-Z |
| #7857, aired 2018-11-06 | 2018 COLLEGE FOOTBALL NAMES $800: On Saturdays Smoke Monday is a Tigers defensive back for this in-state rival of Alabama the University of Auburn |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | STATE FOSSILS $800: Arizona's is this rock-hard wood; there's a whole "forest" of it in the north of the state petrified wood |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | STATE FOSSILS $1,500 (Daily Double): This Southern state's capital & state fossil, a species of mammoth, are both named for Columbus South Carolina |
| #7848, aired 2018-10-24 | STATE FOSSILS $2000: The Field Museum contains this state's fossil, the Tully Monster; the illustration shows what it looked like Illinois |
| #7846, aired 2018-10-22 | SUPREME COURT CASES $3,500 (Daily Double): The plaintiff in this landmark 1803 case was a would-be circuit judge; the defendant was the Secretary of State Marbury v. Madison |
| #7843, aired 2018-10-17 | NUCLEAR PHYSICS $3,000 (Daily Double): The sun is a fusion reactor; creating one on Earth would require creating this very hot, ionized state of matter plasma |
| #7841, aired 2018-10-15 | I'M GONNA PRAY ON THIS $400: The Church of England's state prayer for the royal family mentions Philip & this man by name (Prince) Charles |
| #7838, aired 2018-10-10 | BIG FARMER $2000: This tall Army sergeant who became a WWI hero was presented with a farm by the state of Tennessee (Alvin) York |
| #7837, aired 2018-10-09 | OTHER CONSTITUTIONS $1600: This country, a passage repealed in 2018:
"The state acknowledges the right to life of the unborn" Ireland |
| #7825, aired 2018-09-21 | SENATORS IN THE 115th CONGRESS $1200: The 2 independents in the current Senate are Angus King Jr. of Maine & this guy from a nearby state (Bernie) Sanders |
| #7822, aired 2018-09-18 | ONE-SYLLABLE CITIES $400: In 2016 a state of emergency was declared over lead contamination in this Michigan city's water Flint |
| #7806, aired 2018-07-16 | DOUBLE-LETTER STATE CAPITALS $3,200 (Daily Double): Named for a president, it was laid out by Daniel M. Boone, son of the famous frontiersman Jefferson City |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | A CONTROVERSIAL CATEGORY $200: Let's combine religion & politics & discuss "separation of" these 2; JFK said it should be absolute church and state |
| #7801, aired 2018-07-09 | UNFURL THE STATE FLAG $1600: On Maine's flag this type of deer sits quietly under a tree a moose |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | SCENE OF THE RHYME $600: The Pretenders' "My City Was Gone" rhymes "malls" with Cuayhoga Falls & "A-O-way to go" with this state Ohio |
| #7800, aired 2018-07-06 | IMMIGRANTS $2000: In 1986 a dozen naturalized citizens got the 1st Medals of Liberty, including I.M. Pei, Bob Hope & this ex-Sec. of State Henry Kissinger |
| #7799, aired 2018-07-05 | YOU PASS BUTTER $1200: Since 1911, the Iowa State Fair has featured one of these sculpted from 600 pounds of pure cream butter a butter cow |
| #7790, aired 2018-06-22 | SURNAMES $1,000 (Daily Double): A popular surname in the Philippines, it's the birthplace of an Italian Dominican theologian & saint Aquino |
| #7787, aired 2018-06-19 | THE SHAPE OF THINGS $600: This state is said to be shaped like a boot, with Lake Charles near the heel Louisiana |
| #7783, aired 2018-06-13 | APPALACHIAN APPELLATION $400: Weel Lunk, "Place of the Skull", for a white man's noggin stuck on a pole, may have given Wheeling in this state its name West Virginia |
| #7779, aired 2018-06-07 | AMERICAN DOGS $800: Bred for draft work, this state dog of New Hampshire shares its name with a wind, a salmon & a helicopter a chinook |
| #7775, aired 2018-06-01 | THAT RAISES A RED FLAG $800: You can buy a big red flag of this university in New York state with its founding date, 1865 Cornell |
| #7774, aired 2018-05-31 | YOU SHALL NOT PASS! $2,000 (Daily Double): Oops, you crammed for the multistate bar exam but this state with laws deriving from the Napoleonic code doesn't use it Louisiana |
| #7758, aired 2018-05-09 | IN THE STATE MUSEUM $200: A full-size replica of the 1903 Wright flyer North Carolina |
| #7757, aired 2018-05-08 | FLAPPERS $1000: This endangered vulture with a state in its name has a wingspan of up to 10 feet the California condor |
| #7755, aired 2018-05-04 | PLACES OF SPORT & AMUSEMENT $800: California's official state theater is the Pasadena one; on TV, Pee-Wee Herman had a more informal one a playhouse |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | PUT A "LID" ON IT $400: On the end of a state postal abbreviation to get this synonym for "true" valid |
| #7754, aired 2018-05-03 | THESE ARE DAYS $600: A state holiday in Massachusetts & Maine, Patriots' Day is the third Monday in April, in honor of these 2 battles Lexington and Concord |
| #7752, aired 2018-05-01 | SHUT UP $1000: To put a stop to noise, or a state of "S"tillness that "gives consent" in an old idiom silence |
| #7747, aired 2018-04-24 | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS $2000: A statue of Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer, represents this state in the U.S. capitol Maryland |
| #7744, aired 2018-04-19 | GETTING HISTORICAL $200: On and off from the 1760s to the 1960s Britain had a Secretary of State for these distant possessions colonies |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: You'll shout with joy the name of this pie, Maine's state treat a whoopie pie |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $800: Tennessee's gem, the Tennessee river this, is the product of a mussel, not an oyster a pearl |
| #7742, aired 2018-04-17 | DEBATE TOPICS $2000: Its name derived from Greek, should this practice of ending a life to relieve suffering be legal in every state? euthanasia |
| #7740, aired 2018-04-13 | SCIENCE LAB $2000: A tokamak reactor aims to create fusion by heating this state of matter, basically ionized gas, to 180 million degrees plasma |
| #7739, aired 2018-04-12 | DOWN FOR THE COUNTY $2000: It's Detroit's county & is on the name of a state university there Wayne |
| #7735, aired 2018-04-06 | NATIONAL RHYME TIME $2000: A task done regularly in an island city-state of Asia Singapore chore |
| #7725, aired 2018-03-23 | WHERE'D THAT HAPPEN? $400: Amid threats & violence, the 1964 Freedom Summer in this state registered a total of 1,200 African Americans to vote Mississippi |
| #7724, aired 2018-03-22 | FUN WITH BACKWARDS WORDS $1000: A backwards state name, Ak-Sar-Ben has been on the name of a racetrack & coliseum in this Midwest city Omaha |
| #7721, aired 2018-03-19 | WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY $2000: The world's first production plutonium reactors were at this site that still has a lot of cleanup to do Hanford |
| #7716, aired 2018-03-12 | QUOTH THE AMENDMENT $200: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state..." the Second Amendment |
| #7712, aired 2018-03-06 | A YEAR ENDING IN 8 $1200: The state of Israel is proclaimed 1948 |
| #7710, aired 2018-03-02 | MYANMAR $600: State counsellor is one of her titles; she can't be president because she married a foreigner & had foreigner babies Suu Kyi |
| #7708, aired 2018-02-28 | RACKET BUSTERS $1,000 (Daily Double): As a U.S. attorney in this state, Patrick Fitzgerald helped convict ex-governor George Ryan of racketeering Illinois |
| #7707, aired 2018-02-27 | THE FEDERALIST PAPERS $800: Federalist 56 argued that one member for every 30,000 people in a state would work for this body the House of Representatives |
| #7706, aired 2018-02-26 | DEEP STATE $1000: To appreciate the wonder of this state's Antelope Canyon, you'll need a Navajo guide Arizona |
| #7703, aired 2018-02-21 | POTENTATE POTABLES $400: Around 1500 Czar Ivan III introduced a state monopoly to control the production of this potent potable vodka |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | BEASTLY STATE FLAGS $200: Its state flag features a coat of arms supported by a miner & a sailor & topped by a badger Wisconsin |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | BEASTLY STATE FLAGS $1000: This state's flag is abuzz with a beehive, a symbol of industry Utah |
| #7694, aired 2018-02-08 | BEASTLY STATE FLAGS $1,800 (Daily Double): This creature shows up in the center of North Dakota's flag & on 9 other state flags (bald) eagle |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | PORT-MAP-TEAU $800: Midway between 2 of the largest cities in Washington state, it contains a big airport SeaTac |
| #7692, aired 2018-02-06 | PORT-MAP-TEAU $2000: Remove VA for Virginia from the name of a peninsula & you get this "Little Town Too Big for One State" Delmar |
| #7686, aired 2018-01-29 | NATIVE SONS $800: Mayberry Days is a September festival in Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy in this state North Carolina |
| #7685, aired 2018-01-26 | DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY $1000: In 2011 Utah became the first state with an official this, a Browning; the bill's sponsor said it captures part of Utah's history a gun |
| #7681, aired 2018-01-22 | CRUSADERS $400: In 1100 Baldwin of Boulogne was crowned king of this Crusader state with the name of a holy city Jerusalem |
| #7671, aired 2018-01-08 | THERMODYNAMICS $2000: Some physicists are real bringdown artists & explain the universe is running down to a lifeless state of "maximum" this entropy |
| #7670, aired 2018-01-05 | WHERE THE GRASS IS GREEN $800: The tip of a leaf resembles a boat in this popular long grass with a state in its name Kentucky bluegrass |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $400: Of course a state can have an official flavor, & big-on-syrup Vermont selected this one maple |
| #7664, aired 2017-12-28 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1,000 (Daily Double): Who's a good boy? This Maryland state dog, named for a nearby body of water--yes, you are a Chesapeake Bay retriever |
| #7659, aired 2017-12-21 | LOGAN $1000: Located on the Continental Divide, Logan Pass is a real high point of this state's Glacier National Park Montana |
| #7650, aired 2017-12-08 | STATE DEPARTMENT HISTORY $2000: After WWII the U.S. adopted this policy of controlling Soviet expansion, a term used by dept. official George Kennan containment |
| #7649, aired 2017-12-07 | THE 19th CENTURY $2,000 (Daily Double): In 1859 he became the only U.S. state governor who had previously been a foreign head of state (Sam) Houston |
| #7644, aired 2017-11-30 | NEW ENGLAND $600: In 2003, after years of erosion, this state's iconic Old Man of the Mountain crumbled to the ground New Hampshire |
| #7638, aired 2017-11-22 | THE AGE OF TREASON $1600: In 1844 American Thomas Dorr argued that you can't be convicted of treason against one of these, but he was a state |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | FROM A TO Y $200: In Britain it's one of the 5 main grounds for divorce adultery |
| #7633, aired 2017-11-15 | STATE SYMBOLS $400: The Colorado Hairstreak, one of these, has floated in as Colorado's state insect a butterfly |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | OHIO $200: The nuts of this state tree resemble certain parts of a deer a buckeye |
| #7630, aired 2017-11-10 | DEMOCRATS $1000: In 2016 the Liberal Democratic Party won 39 of 450 seats in Russia's state this, a word meaning "deliberation" duma |
| #7627, aired 2017-11-07 | U.S.A. $400: It's the 2-word name of Vermont's state tree, valued for its wood & sap sugar maple |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | IT'S A "LOCK" $400: It's the state of being married wedlock |
| #7623, aired 2017-11-01 | KEVIN $800: "Coast of Dreams", covering 1990-2003, is part of a multivolume history of this state by the late Kevin Starr California |
| #7619, aired 2017-10-26 | WORLD OF TELESCOPES $800: You don't have to be making a TV documentary to use the Discovery Channel telescope near Flagstaff in this state Arizona |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | BIRDS OF A FEATHER $400: The state bird for 7 states, it shares its name with a senior position in the Catholic church a cardinal |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | STATE OF THE UNION HEADQUARTERS $800: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania:
United these Workers, which signed its first contract with a Carnegie company steel workers |
| #7616, aired 2017-10-23 | AN "L" OF A TEAM $1200: They chop down opponents for Humboldt State, & they're okay the Lumberjacks |
| #7606, aired 2017-10-09 | BOND BOMBSHELLS $400: In 1962 Ursula Andress was in a state of relative undress in the film about this title physician Dr. No |
| #7605, aired 2017-10-06 | PRESIDENTS BORN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI $4,500 (Daily Double): Of those on the list, he's the most recent from a state that borders the Mississippi Bill Clinton |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | ONE STATE, UNDER CANADA $400: Part of the eastern border of this state is along Lake Superior; Manitoba is a neighbor to its north Minnesota |
| #7596, aired 2017-09-25 | WORLD HISTORY $2000: The first head of state of Chile in 1817, his baptismal certificate said he was the son of a Spanish officer of Irish origin (Bernardo) O'Higgins |
| #7592, aired 2017-09-19 | TRANSYLVANIA $2000: Take the Y off a German state to get the name of this Germanic people who built fortified churches in Transylvania the Saxons |
| #7591, aired 2017-09-18 | WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE $1600: It's the U.S. state with the largest Somali community Minnesota |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | THE STATE OF LITERATURE $1600: "A Confederacy of Dunces" Louisiana |
| #7590, aired 2017-09-15 | THE STATE OF LITERATURE $2000: "A River Runs Through It" Montana |
| #7588, aired 2017-09-13 | FOREIGN-SOUNDING TEXAS PLACES $200: Faith & begorrah! A 2005 state bill proclaimed this town the official Irish capital of Texas Dublin |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | 20th CENTURY NOVELS $1,200 (Daily Double): A domesticated dog reverts to its wild state in "The Call of the Wild"; the opposite happens in this other book by Jack London White Fang |
| #7587, aired 2017-09-12 | BONE VOYAGE $1600: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a portrait on the monitor.) After dying an enemy of the state in 1778, this French philosopher became the posthumous hero of the revolution, and in 1791, his body was paraded to the Bastille tower where he had chosen his pen name Voltaire |
| #7586, aired 2017-09-11 | HIGHWAY TO HELL $400 (Daily Double): This state's Highway 67 will get you a nice view of Devils Head Mountain in Pike National Forest Colorado |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | STATE FLAGS $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the California state flag on the monitor.) Designed in 1846, the bear flag of California has a 5-pointed star, originally an allusion to this state that also fought for independence from Mexico Texas |
| #7584, aired 2017-07-27 | STATE FLAGS $600: Indiana's flag has a flaming gold one of these, representing liberty & enlightenment a torch |
| #7578, aired 2017-07-19 | NATIVE AMERICANS $2,000 (Daily Double): To mark a 1683 treaty, this tribe with a state-ly name gave William Penn a wampum belt of 18 strings of beads the Delaware |
| #7577, aired 2017-07-18 | CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRS $1200: Senator Lisa Murkowski of this state has a pipeline to the nation's energy needs & natural resources as well Alaska |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | KANSAS HISTORY $400: Kansas became the 34th U.S. state in this year that also saw the beginning of a war 1861 |
| #7575, aired 2017-07-14 | KANSAS HISTORY $800: Kansas voters decide every 6 years whether to retain the members of this body; in 2016 all 5 survived a challenge the state supreme court |
| #7574, aired 2017-07-13 | IT'S IOWA-ADJACENT $2000: The Spoon River of "Anthology" fame is a tributary of the river named for this state Illinois |
| #7569, aired 2017-07-06 | AMERICAN HISTORY $800 (Daily Double): In 1933 a stretch of river rapids in Alabama called Muscle Shoals became an integral part of this multi-state project Tennessee Valley Authority |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $400: The IRS collects them taxes (anagram of Texas) |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $800: A Japanese cartoon genre anime (anagram of Maine) |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $1200: Puts up for election nominates (anagram of Minnesota) |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $1600: "High" or "tall" in French haut (for Utah) |
| #7565, aired 2017-06-30 | ANAGRAM OF A STATE $2000: In 2 words it's what the Supreme Court said about the presidential race Dec. 12, 2000 no Gore (anagram of Oregon) |
| #7561, aired 2017-06-26 | 1867 $400: Congress overrode the veto of this president to make Nebraska a state that year Andrew Johnson |
| #7559, aired 2017-06-22 | HIGH TEX. $1600: 1,000 years old & 44 feet tall, "The Big Tree" at Goose Island State Park is a "live" one of these an oak |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | STATE TREE-VIA $1600: Mass. chose the American type of this in 194, when many were dying from a fungus first described in the Netherlands the American elm |
| #7558, aired 2017-06-21 | STATE TREE-VIA $2000: The name of this state tree of Arizona is Spanish for "green stick", referring to its green bark & branches Palo Verde |
| #7551, aired 2017-06-12 | ROCKS & MINERALS $1,000 (Daily Double): A native sandstone, Roxbury puddingstone is the official rock of this state Massachusetts |
| #7550, aired 2017-06-09 | AMPHIBIANS $800: The Red Hills species of this, Alabama's state amphibian, was discovered in 1960; a second one wasn't found until 1963 a salamander |
| #7548, aired 2017-06-07 | HOUSES OF WORSHIP $800: A Bahá'í temple in Wilmette is considered one of the Seven Wonders of this state Illinois |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | STATE NAMES $2000: Tanasi was a village of this native people who dominated eastern Tennessee the Cherokee |
| #7546, aired 2017-06-05 | LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES $2000: Cherry County, which borders South Dakota on the north, is this state's largest county, exceeding Connecticut in area Nebraska |
| #7535, aired 2017-05-19 | SCHOOL'S OUT IN JUNE $800: A sometimes brutal school for boys opened in 1900 as the Florida State this type of school & closed in June 2011 reform school |
| #7533, aired 2017-05-17 | 'ALLO, CURRENT GOVERNOR $1000: As part of his 2017 inaugural ceremonies in this state, Eric Holcomb joined a Hinkle Fieldhouse shootaround Indiana |
| #7530, aired 2017-05-12 | IT'S A GROUP THING $2000: Prior to 1800, New York City, Trenton & Baltimore, among others capitals of the United States |
| #7525, aired 2017-05-05 | SECRETARIES OF STATE $600: He served in the U.S. Army in 1943, the year he became a citizen Kissinger |
| #7520, aired 2017-04-28 | THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR $2000: In 1898 William Day gave up this Cabinet post to John Hay & went with Senator George Gray to negotiate a treaty Secretary of State |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | ALMOST THERE TO THE STATE CAPITAL $400: The beginning of a capital, name-wise...Crosby? No. Stills? Nuh uh. That third guy? You bet! & that town loves music! Nashville |
| #7519, aired 2017-04-27 | ALMOST THERE TO THE STATE CAPITAL $2000: The two capitals that have a Greek word for "city" at the end of their names Indianapolis and Annapolis |
| #7518, aired 2017-04-26 | AMERICAN HISTORY $600: In a speech on June 5, 1947, this Secretary of State proposed his plan for European economic aid (George) Marshall |
| #7507, aired 2017-04-11 | THERE'S A FLY $1000: Discovered in 1929 in Florida, this destructive fruit fly is named for a body of water far from the Sunshine State the Mediterranean fruit fly |
| #7504, aired 2017-04-06 | A LIBERAL LIBRARY $400: "A Fighting Chance" is the story of Elizabeth Warren's journey from small town mom to U.S. senator from this state Massachusetts |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 $600: This team set a new NBA record on April 13, 2016 when it won its 73rd game of the regular season the Golden State Warriors |
| #7503, aired 2017-04-05 | TV TALK $800: A Kiefer Sutherland show taught us this term for the cabinet member who doesn't attend the State of the Union designated survivor |
| #7502, aired 2017-04-04 | WHEN IN DOME $400: Demolished in a kind of "Viking funeral", the Metrodome in this state was no longer dome sweet dome after 2014 Minnesota |
| #7500, aired 2017-03-31 | THE 50 STATES $600: This state no longer features the spires of Churchill Downs on its license plates, but still has a horse logo Kentucky |
| #7499, aired 2017-03-30 | "I" THE WORLD $400: It has a higher percentage of Mormons than any other state except Utah Idaho |
| #7495, aired 2017-03-24 | STATE $200: Wisconsin named this type of cow such as Holstein its state domestic animal & milks it for all it's worth a dairy cow |
| #7486, aired 2017-03-13 | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA $2000: (I'm Julie Nelson from Kare 11.) The Minnesota State Fair is the setting of the 1928 story "A Night at the Fair" by this author born in St. Paul Fitzgerald |
| #7478, aired 2017-03-01 | A SMALL COLLEGE $200: Truman State University in this state (where else?) has a low student-to-faculty ratio of 16:1 Missouri |
| #7475, aired 2017-02-24 | USA! USA! $800: That's a Zia sun on the flag of this state New Mexico |
| #7471, aired 2017-02-20 | TAKE A PEAK $1200: In 2016 dozens of earthquakes were recorded beneath the surface of Mount Saint Helens in this state Washington |
| #7468, aired 2017-02-15 | WHAT A CHARACTER! $2000: This Union Secretary of State is a character in "Lincoln" William Seward |
| #7465, aired 2017-02-10 | STATE SCHOOL ALUMNI $2000: Raul Castro (not that one, but a governor of the state), Annika Sorenstam, Barry Goldwater the University of Arizona |
| #7458, aired 2017-02-01 | CAPE FEAR $800: Jutting into the "Graveyard of the Atlantic", Cape Fear is a dangerous cape on the coast of this U.S. state North Carolina |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | VIRGINIA FLORA & FAUNA $800: One of the state's rarest, the red-cockaded type of this bird is making a comeback from the endangered list woodpecker |
| #7450, aired 2017-01-20 | THE ART OF LEARNING AT RISD $800: (Sarah gives the clue from the Rhode Island School of Design.) Metalworking and sculpture studies include a method of metal cutting using ionized electrons and bearing the name of this fourth state of matter plasma |
| #7446, aired 2017-01-16 | GOT YOUR NAME TAG? $600: We hope you'll be signing copies of this work, your fullest description of the ideal state The Republic |
| #7445, aired 2017-01-13 | BR-EXIT $600: Dropping "BR" from a horse's harness gets this state of inactivity idle |
| #7443, aired 2017-01-11 | AUSTRALIANA $600 (Daily Double): The name of this state contains the name of a U.K. country New South Wales |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WORDS OF PEACE $800: Be in this eased state, also the name of a famous lake in New York Placid |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WOMEN & THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION $1000: In April 1777 Sybil Ludington pulled a Paul Revere-style all-night ride to tell of a British attack on Danbury in this state Connecticut |
| #7441, aired 2017-01-09 | WORDS OF PEACE $1600: The spaceship on "Firefly", or a state of peace Serenity |
| #7440, aired 2017-01-06 | U.S. MILITARY MEN $200: A statue of this "Green Mountain boy" in the U.S. Capitol represents the state of Vermont Ethan Allen |
| #7439, aired 2017-01-05 | AMERICAN LITERATURE $2000: "In Cold Blood" recounts the murder of the Clutter family in a small town in this state Kansas |
| #7433, aired 2016-12-28 | KNOWLEDGE ABOUT COLLEGE $2,000 (Daily Double): It's the only Pac-12 school that does not contain the name of a state Stanford University |
| #7432, aired 2016-12-27 | A FOND FAREWELL TO THE 114th CONGRESS $800: In 2016 Orrin Hatch pushed legislation combating opioid abuse, saying "My home state of" this "has been... hard hit" Utah |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | BEASTLY STATE SYMBOLS $800: This type of whale known for its elaborate courtship songs is a Hawaiian marine mammal the humpback whale |
| #7430, aired 2016-12-23 | BEASTLY STATE SYMBOLS $1000: The green darner one of these is Washington's state insect a dragonfly |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE DINNER $400: A little glasnost of champagne with the Reagans was the order of the day for this leader in December 1987 Gorbachev |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE $600: Prior to becoming governor of New Jersey in 2010, this Republican served as a United States attorney Chris Christie |
| #7427, aired 2016-12-20 | SERVING THE STATE DINNER $1200: To honor this newly elected world leader, the White House served a variation of poutine at a 2016 state dinner Trudeau |
| #7424, aired 2016-12-15 | TEXAS $1000: In 1866 Lyne T. Barret began operating the first producing one of these in the state; a lot more would follow an oil well |
| #7423, aired 2016-12-14 | REPRESENTIN' $800: This state has 1 representative in Congress; it has also sent a grand total of 4 men to fill that seat Alaska |
| #7416, aired 2016-12-05 | CLASSIC MONOPOLY $800: Kentucky & Indiana Avenues are 2/3 of a monopoly; this third property is also a state that borders both Illinois |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | STATE FLAGS $2000: This state's flag was designed by Miss Willie Hocker of the D.A.R.'s Pine Bluff chapter Arkansas |
| #7413, aired 2016-11-30 | STATE FLAGS $2,400 (Daily Double): This state's flag is the only one of the 50 to bear the word "republic" California |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS $400: The logo of this state's turnpike, a stretch of I-90, once featured Paul Revere; now pilgrim hats are depicted Massachusetts |
| #7409, aired 2016-11-24 | U.S. CITY SEALS $600: Adorning this state capital's seal are an Indian peace pipe & a stake symbolic of those who staked claims in an 1889 land rush Oklahoma City |
| #7402, aired 2016-11-15 | QUARTER BACKS $400: The backs of 3 state quarters--Montana, North Dakota, and Kansas--feature parts of this critter a buffalo |
| #7399, aired 2016-11-10 | IT HAPPENED IN THE 20th CENTURY $1000: In 1949 mainland China became a Communist state with this man as its leader Mao Zedong |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | WHERE AM I? $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) I'm at the USA's oldest public building, the Palace of the Governors, in this city founded in 1610, the oldest city that serves as a state capital Santa Fe |
| #7391, aired 2016-10-31 | "BING" $2000: It's the State University of New York campus that fits the category Binghamton |
| #7388, aired 2016-10-26 | THE KIDS ARE OFF TO COLLEGE $1000: Our daughter is at Montana State, this type of school established from acreage donated to states a land grant |
| #7385, aired 2016-10-21 | A LITERARY MATTER OF LIFE & DEATH $400: A 1925 bestseller, "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" takes place after Helen returns to this Greek city-state Sparta |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $200: These 2 smallest states both have a variety of chicken as their state birds Rhode Island & Delaware |
| #7383, aired 2016-10-19 | STATE BIRDS $400: This orange & black state bird of Maryland is also called a Firebird or golden robin the Baltimore oriole |
| #7381, aired 2016-10-17 | PEACH! PEACH! $1200: A favorite peach is the Elberta, named for the wife of a peach grower in this state Georgia |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | STATE YOUR CASE $400: 1954 saw Brown v. a board of education in this state Kansas |
| #7379, aired 2016-10-13 | STATE YOUR CASE $2000: A case regarding the Voting Rights Act in 2013 pitted Shelby County of this state v. Holder Alabama |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | THAT'S A FACT $400: The highest & lowest points in the 48 contiguous states are within 100 miles of each other in this state California |
| #7376, aired 2016-10-10 | U.S. RIVERS $2000: This river named for a state rises in the Sawatch Range of the Rockies & flows 1,460 miles southeast to the Mississippi River the Arkansas River |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | 12-LETTER WORDS $800: Democrats & Republicans fight it out to win in this type of state, like Florida or Ohio a battleground |
| #7373, aired 2016-10-05 | "Y" GEOGRAPHY? $2000: The seal of this state of the Federated States of Micronesia has a stone coin & the words "Land of stone money" Yap |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | RHYMES WITH A STATE $800: Surname of Cesare or Lucrezia Borgia |
| #7372, aired 2016-10-04 | RHYMES WITH A STATE $1200: Pardner, it's a term for the center or core of something nexus |
| #7368, aired 2016-09-28 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL STADIUM NICKNAMES $400: Here's a white-out at Beaver Stadium, also known as Happy Valley, the home of this Keystone university Penn State |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENTS $200: For a brief time in 1789, it was known as the Department of Foreign Affairs the Department of State |
| #7356, aired 2016-09-12 | COLLEGE FOOTBALL $400: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) After 27 years without a mate, Wilbur the Arizona Wildcat got married to Wilma before the 1986 version of the Duel in the Desert, Arizona's football game against this rival school Arizona State |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | STATE FLOWERS $400: This "kissing" shrub became a state symbol of Oklahoma in 1893, 14 years before statehood mistletoe |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | THE MAGIC OF LAIKA ANIMATION $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Laika Animation Studios.) Each puppet incorporates a steel, articulating, interior skeleton, detailed hand-made costumes, and a multitude of faces and expressions, computer-designed and outputted from this state-of-the-art device a 3D printer |
| #7351, aired 2016-07-25 | STATE FLOWERS $2000: This daisy, Maryland's state flower, is a pioneer plant, meaning that it is one of the first to grow in a new field the black-eyed Susan |
| #7348, aired 2016-07-20 | THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE $800: Under the 23rd Amendment, it's allocated 3 electoral votes & treated like a state the District of Columbia |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | THE UNITED STATES OF KENTUCKY $600: Montauk Springs in the Ozarks of this state has a daily flow of about 50 million gallons Missouri |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | NONFICTION $1,000 (Daily Double): "Prague Winter" is this Secretary of State's memoir of her life as a child in Czechoslovakia during WWII Madeleine Albright |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME $2000: A request to Congress to change a state's DST status should be for the "convenience of" this other "C" word commerce |
| #7328, aired 2016-06-22 | AMERICANA $1200: A Spanish galleon & one of these later transports adorn Florida's state quarter a Space Shuttle |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | OFFICIAL STATE SYMBOLS $400: These, discovered in Arkansas in 1906, are the state gem; a state park is a Crater of them diamonds |
| #7326, aired 2016-06-20 | OFFICIAL STATE SYMBOLS $1000: This state rock of Iowa has a name derived from Greek for "earthlike" geode |
| #7325, aired 2016-06-17 | A SIZEABLE CATEGORY $600: At 2.4 mil. sq. ft. the King of Prussia Mall in this state claims to have more retail space than any other mall in America Pennsylvania |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | WASHINGTON STATE SYMBOLS $600: Popular for recreational fishing, the steelhead type of this is Washington's state fish a trout |
| #7323, aired 2016-06-15 | WASHINGTON STATE SYMBOLS $800: The state gem is this fossil; the best place to see it in Washington is a state park in Vantage petrified wood |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | REBEL, REBEL $400: Mark Twain, who in 1861 briefly joined a pro-secessionist unit of this state's guard Missouri |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | WHERE'S THAT STATE SCHOOL? $400: The main campus of the University of Oklahoma is in this city, also a first name Norman |
| #7322, aired 2016-06-14 | WHERE'S THAT STATE SCHOOL? $600: They're Russian around & having a capital time at the University of Idaho in this city Moscow |
| #7319, aired 2016-06-09 | A JASON $1000: Jason Chaffetz was chief of staff to former gov. Jon Huntsman before repping the 3rd District of this state Utah |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $200: The Battle of Germantown,
1777 Pennsylvania |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $400: The Battle of Stones River, aka the Battle of Murfreesboro,
1862-63 Tennessee |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $600: The Battle of White Plains,
1776 New York |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $800: The Battle of Chancellorsville,
1863 Virginia |
| #7317, aired 2016-06-07 | A STATE OF WAR $1000: The Battle of San Patricio,
1836 Texas |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS $600: "We will offer a plan to end welfare as we know it... end welfare as a way of life & make it a path to independence" Bill Clinton |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | TV MAPS $600: "Cougar Town" opens with a map of this U.S. state Florida |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS $800: "I urged that measures be taken to complete the vital 40,000 mile interstate system" at a cost of roughly $25 billion Eisenhower |
| #7314, aired 2016-06-02 | IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS $1,000 (Daily Double): "The Congress assembles... under the shadow of a great calamity... (the) President... was shot by an anarchist" Theodore Roosevelt |
| #7297, aired 2016-05-10 | LAW 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 |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE $200: Prospect Point provides excellent views of this attraction; Queen Victoria Park does the same from the Canadian side Niagara Falls |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sleepy Hollow, NY.) I'm at Sunnyside, near Sleepy Hollow, New York, home of this "Rip Van Winkle" author; he designed the home & grounds himself & wrote, "It is a beautiful spot, capable of being made a little paradise" Washington Irving |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE $600: Want to see the National Baseball Hall of Fame? Head to this village in Otsego County Cooperstown |
| #7294, aired 2016-05-05 | A VISIT TO NEW YORK STATE $800: (I'm Neil deGrasse Tyson.) I got my first taste of stargazing as a 9-year-old kid in New York City when I took a trip to this facility at the American Museum of Natural History; later I took classes there & today I'm its director the Hayden Planetarium |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS $400: This state of being free from control is also the name of a city in Missouri independence |
| #7292, aired 2016-05-03 | A LIFETIME OF SERVICE $1000: John Dingell left the U.S. House in 2015 after 59 years representing this state Michigan |
| #7284, aired 2016-04-21 | WOMEN, IMMORTALIZED $1000: A statue of late congresswoman Barbara Jordan was unveiled in 2009 at this state university Texas |
| #7282, aired 2016-04-19 | THE STATE'S RICHEST MAN $400: Pierre Omidyar, founder of this company, put in a bid of $8.1 billion to lead in Hawaii eBay |
| #7280, aired 2016-04-15 | SPEAKER'S CORNER $200: Nancy Pelosi was a mother of 5 when she moved to this state in 1969, just missing the Summer of Love California |
| #7279, aired 2016-04-14 | FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS $2000: Official for just over a year, the flag seen here was adopted after the admission of this state Alaska |
| #7276, aired 2016-04-11 | STATE SONG LYRICS $400: This state is "Birthplace of a mighty nation, keystone of the land" Pennsylvania |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | OFFICIAL STATE ANIMALS $200: The West Indian species of this sea cow is Alabama's official state marine mammal a manatee |
| #7272, aired 2016-04-05 | OFFICIAL STATE ANIMALS $800: Kentucky & Maryland, which both host legs of the Triple Crown, both have this as the state horse a thoroughbred |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | DAVID MUIR COVERS POLITICS $400: (David Muir presents.) In my 2015 interview with Hillary Clinton, she said, quote "That was a mistake, I'm sorry" about using one of these while Secretary of State a private server |
| #7270, aired 2016-04-01 | ON THE OLD MAP OF EUROPE $1600: In 1946 this federal state took up a big slab of the Balkans with 6 republics; in 2003, not so much Yugoslavia |
| #7263, aired 2016-03-23 | FOR YOUR SUPPER $1000: A dish of red snapper in a spicy tomato sauce is named for this state in Eastern Mexico Veracruz |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | CAPTURE THE FLAG $400: A Seminole woman scatters flowers on the flag of this state Florida |
| #7262, aired 2016-03-22 | CAPTURE THE FLAG $1600: 2 sprigs of sagebrush, the state flower, surround a single star on this state's blue flag Nevada |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | SPACE FIRSTS $800: The 1st commercial facility built as a spaceport, spaceport America lies north of Las Cruces in this state New Mexico |
| #7260, aired 2016-03-18 | LET'S RIDE THE WHEEL! $1000: Enjoy a butler-served meal on the "Flyer" in this Asian island & city-state at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula Singapore |
| #7259, aired 2016-03-17 | NEW ZEALAND $1600: In the 19th century New Zealand was governed as a part of this now most populous Australian state New South Wales |
| #7258, aired 2016-03-16 | THE NATIONAL ROAD $600: In 1838 the section in this state from Centerville to Terre Haute was completed at a cost of $1,136,000 Indiana |
| #7255, aired 2016-03-11 | IT'S THE WURST $800 (Daily Double): It's no surprise that Bierwurst is a specialty of this German state that's home to the original Oktoberfest Bavaria |
| #7247, aired 2016-03-01 | NARROW BODIES OF WATER $600: Washington state's Hood Canal is not manmade but a natural 60-mile inlet that empties into this sound Puget Sound |
| #7244, aired 2016-02-25 | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS $1600: Between WWI & WWII, this Polish port was a Free State supervised by a commissioner from the League Danzig |
| #7240, aired 2016-02-19 | A GOOD VIEW AT THE OPERA $1200: Built in 1869, the State Opera House in this city reached its peak under the directorship of Gustav Mahler from 1897 to 1907 Vienna |
| #7236, aired 2016-02-15 | RACE $200: Jesse Owens, known as "the Buckeye Bullet", broke an astounding 3 world records & tied a 4th, all within 45 minutes, for this Big 10 school Ohio State |
| #7232, aired 2016-02-09 | STATE CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS $400: The World of Coca-Cola, a multimedia experience Atlanta |
| #7231, aired 2016-02-08 | COLLEGE TOWNS $1000: Named for a pioneer & trailblazer, it's home to the main campus of Montana State University Bozeman |
| #7230, aired 2016-02-05 | ____UM $800: It's this state of balance when a chemical reaction & its reverse reaction proceed at the same rate equilibrium |
| #7228, aired 2016-02-03 | DOGGING IT $200: It's both the largest state in area in Mexico & the smallest breed of dog a Chihuahua |
| #7222, aired 2016-01-26 | "E-S-P-N" $200: A state of intense irritation exasperation |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | WOMEN AUTHORS $3,600 (Daily Double): In "Delta Wedding" Eudora Welty told the tale of a large Southern plantation family in this state Mississippi |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | STATE FISH $400: A sculpture of this fish, a symbol of Massachusetts for more than 200 years, hangs in the state house in Boston a cod |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | STATE FISH $1600: This denizen of the deep, Florida's state saltwater fish, could give some boats a run for their money a sailfish |
| #7220, aired 2016-01-22 | STATE FISH $2000: In 1987 Tennessee chose the channel species of this as a state fish; Nebraska followed in 1997 the catfish |
| #7219, aired 2016-01-21 | THE AMERICAN PAST $400: It's "The First State" but Thomas McKean, a delegate from there, is believed to be the last to sign the Dec. of Indep. Delaware |
| #7218, aired 2016-01-20 | IT'S A "WR"AP $400: South Carolina's state bird is the Carolina variety of this small flyer a wren |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | OH SAY CAN YOU SEE? $200: The beautiful Snake River Canyon is a highlight of this state Idaho |
| #7216, aired 2016-01-18 | CREATION STORIES $200: The original natives of this U.S. state have the Kumulipo, a 2,000-line poem of the creation Hawaii |
| #7212, aired 2016-01-12 | WISCONSIN $200: On the state seal a miner & a sailor support a shield on top of which is this animal badger |
| #7206, aired 2016-01-04 | RUSSIAN RULERS $600: In 2014 former Secretary of State Madeline Albright said this ruler fancies himself "a new czar" Putin |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | STATE FIRSTS $800: In 1934 California's first of these facilities got noise complaints as there was only 1 big speaker for all the cars a drive-in theater |
| #7191, aired 2015-12-14 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Billions of federal research & development funding goes to what is known as the research triangle, formed by these three universities all located within about 20 minutes of each other Duke, North Carolina State, and the University of North Carolina |
| #7188, aired 2015-12-09 | A CATEGORY WITH GAPS $800: Route 61 passes through Schuylkill Gap just north of the city of Hamburg in this state Pennsylvania |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | STATE ANIMAL FIGHT! $800: S.D.'s coyote takes on the white-tailed this 11 times, as 11 states claim it as a state animal or mammal of one kind or another white-tailed deer |
| #7183, aired 2015-12-02 | STATE ANIMAL FIGHT! $1200: It's sea vs. land as Hawaii's state mammal, a monk seal, takes on this state dog named for the capital of Massachusetts a Boston terrier |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | AS THE CROW FLIES $800: Once common on the slopes of volcanoes, the 'alala, the crow of this state, is now extinct in the wild Hawaii |
| #7180, aired 2015-11-27 | THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION $2,000 (Daily Double): Article VI stated, "Every state shall always keep up a well-regulated and disciplined" one of these, "sufficiently armed" a militia |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $400: Little Tahoma Peak, a satellite of this highest Washington mountain, is itself the state's third-highest peak Mount Rainier |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | U.S. MOUNTAINS $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a view of Mount Misery at Valley Forge Nat'l Historic Park.) Mount Misery & Mount Joy, which make Valley Forge's valley, are said to have gotten their name from a miserable night this Quaker & state founder spent lost surveying the area, & the joyful next day where he could see his way William Penn |
| #7178, aired 2015-11-25 | QUOTES OF 2015 $800: "An affront to the Mexican state", said Mexico's president of a prison escape by Joaquin Guzman, aka this El Chapo |
| #7176, aired 2015-11-23 | BODIES OF WATER $800: It's the name of a county in southeastern Washington & of the state's mightiest river Columbia |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | THE METROPOLITAN OPERA $600: Wotan strips Brunnhilde of her divinity & puts her into a magic sleep on the Met's state-of-the-art set for "Die Walkure", part of this composer's Ring Cycle Wagner |
| #7171, aired 2015-11-16 | AMERICAN PLACE NAMES $600: This state's Motley County was named for a physician killed in the Battle of San Jacinto Texas |
| #7164, aired 2015-11-05 | THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the Electoral College victory of this man; the only state he lost was Minnesota, by the slim margin of 49.72% to 49.54% (Ronald) Reagan |
| #7159, aired 2015-10-29 | NEW MEXICO $800: New Mexico's state insect is a 2-inch long wasp named for this type of large spider it preys on a tarantula |
| #7152, aired 2015-10-20 | RIGHT "UR" $200: You should feel a state of this noun meaning imperativeness, so ring in now! now! urgency |
| #7145, aired 2015-10-09 | THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME $800: 2015 members of the Hall include Jim Tressel, longtime coach of this team that won it all with a new guy this year the Ohio State Buckeyes |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | STATE OF EMERGENCY $200: A coach for the NFL's Titans said "good sized carp" were in the team's parking lot after 2010 flooding in this state Tennessee |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | STATE OF EMERGENCY $400: The escape of 2 prisoners from the Clinton Correctional Facility in this state led to a long 2015 manhunt New York |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | STATE OF EMERGENCY $1000: 1850s conflict over slavery led to violence that was dubbed "Bleeding" this; it became a state in 1861 Kansas |
| #7142, aired 2015-10-06 | STATE OF EMERGENCY $2,200 (Daily Double): On March 28, 1979 a nuclear plant in this state suffered a massive core meltdown Pennsylvania |
| #7139, aired 2015-10-01 | GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS $1200: Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system Hi-Fi |
| #7134, aired 2015-09-24 | THE STATE U's MAIN CAMPUS $600: The Universities of South Carolina & Missouri (it's a university name itself) Columbia |
| #7133, aired 2015-09-23 | I'M GOIN' TO JACKSON $400: The City of Jackson is a state capital & home to the Medical Center at the University of this Mississippi |
| #7132, aired 2015-09-22 | RAISE THE WHITE IN THE FLAG $3,500 (Daily Double): The flag of "the Tar Heel State" has these 2 letters on either side of a white star NC |
| #7130, aired 2015-09-18 | DYSTOPIAN LIT $1200: A state-sponsored program conditions Alex to abhor violence in this satire of British life A Clockwork Orange |
| #7127, aired 2015-09-15 | AUTO RACING $800: (I'm NASCAR driver Greg Biffle.) In June 2013, I was driving a Ford, not a Toyota, when I won this state's Quicken Loan 400 Michigan |
| #7120, aired 2015-07-24 | STATE CAPITALS $400: In 1743 the site of this S.D. capital was claimed for France by the burial of a lead plate; the plate was found in 1913 Pierre |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | STATE SEALS $400: This mammal sits atop the shield of Wisconsin's seal a badger |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | '90s NEWSMAKERS $600: This daughter of a Czech diplomat made the news on becoming our first female Secretary of State Madeleine Albright |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | STATE SEALS $1000: Its 3 counties are represented on its seal: Sussex by a sheaf of wheat, Kent by an ear of corn & New Castle by a ship Delaware |
| #7119, aired 2015-07-23 | STATE SEALS $1,600 (Daily Double): Prominent on its seal is a silver miner & his team moving a carload of ore from a mountain Nevada |
| #7117, aired 2015-07-21 | PENINSULAS $1,000 (Daily Double): The southeastern Mexican state of Quintaa Roo is on this peninsula the Yucatán Peninsula |
| #7116, aired 2015-07-20 | THE BILL OF RIGHTS $400: The 2nd Amendment postulates that "A well regulated" one of these is "necessary to the security of a free state" a militia |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | 20th CENTURY NAMES $800: Patsy Mink, a long-time House member, represented this state for much of the '60s, '70s & '90s Hawaii |
| #7114, aired 2015-07-16 | LET'S GO TO THE ISLANDS $800: When you said let's go to the islands, I didn't know you meant the Pribilof Islands in this state or I'd have brought a sweater Alaska |
| #7113, aired 2015-07-15 | SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE $1600: Charles Carroll, a Catholic from this state, died in 1832 at the age of 95, the last surviving signer Maryland |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | OFFICIAL STATE MOTTOES $1000: This 3-word motto of Indiana refers to its place as a hub of highways "Crossroads of America" |
| #7110, aired 2015-07-10 | OFFICIAL STATE MOTTOES $2,000 (Daily Double): Michigan's motto mentions this type of land area a peninsula |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | THE 114th CONGRESS $1000: Like Ruben Studdard, Renee Ellmers of this state made Clay Aiken a runner-up North Carolina |
| #7109, aired 2015-07-09 | COLORFUL PLACES $2000: The Boers formed this in 1854; in 1995 a post-apartheid government kicked a color out of its name the Orange Free State |
| #7107, aired 2015-07-07 | A SPEECH TO CONGRESS $800: He gave the State of the Union address that called for a "War on Poverty" Lyndon B. Johnson |
| #7106, aired 2015-07-06 | LEND ME YOUR EARS $1600: 2010 testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules noted "The first real-life one of these speeches was in 1837 filibuster |
| #7095, aired 2015-06-19 | WE SUGGEST BIOGRAPHY TITLES $200: In 1682 he drew up a frame of government for a new American colony:
"Quaker State of Mind" William Penn |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | PULLIN' INTO THE "BURG" $400: Now a state in east-central Germany, it was a "gate"way of dynastic power for the kingdom of Prussia Brandenburg |
| #7093, aired 2015-06-17 | TOO MUCH INFORMATION $600: It's Wisconsin's state flower; it flavors an after-dinner drink called Creme Yvette; it's often purple a violet |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | A VISIT WITH KATIE COURIC $400: (Katie Couric delivers the clue.) In January 2015 my associates at Yahoo! & I delivered real time analysis of this presidential speech that's mandated by Article II of the Constitution the State of the Union address |
| #7091, aired 2015-06-15 | STATE AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES $2000: This turtle, the state reptile of New York, is said to have "jaws that can cut through flesh like butter" a snapping turtle |
| #7090, aired 2015-06-12 | THE STATE OF THINGS $600: The World of Coca-Cola,
Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest Georgia |
| #7084, aired 2015-06-04 | GEOGRAPH-"E" $2000: A deep ravine or gulch, like the one mentioned in the name of a water impeder in Washington State a coulee |
| #7083, aired 2015-06-03 | CABINET DEPARTMENTS $400: It includes the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance the State Department |
| #7079, aired 2015-05-28 | PSYCHOLOGY $2000: Musical term for a mental state in which someone is conscious of his actions but retains no memory of them a fugue (state) |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS $400: LSN Louisiana |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS $600: TH Utah |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS $800: H Ohio |
| #7077, aired 2015-05-26 | A STATE OF VWLLSSNSS $1000: W Iowa |
| #7075, aired 2015-05-22 | SOUVENIRS OF SOUTH DAKOTA $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Wall Drug in South Dakota.) Book ends made of agate, the state gemstone!--it's a banded type of this common silica mineral quartz |
| #7063, aired 2015-05-06 | AGRICULTURE $800: California's top cash crop is grapes; a close 2nd is this nut for which the state supplies 80% of world production almonds |
| #7056, aired 2015-04-27 | THRILLING MILLARD FILLMORE $2,600 (Daily Double): Millard's 2 Secs. of State were both famous orators: Edward Everett & this man who beat the devil in a popular story Daniel Webster |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | SPORTS MOVIES $200: This 1986 movie tells the story of how a small-town high school basketball team became Indiana state champions Hoosiers |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | THE GREAT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI $800: In 1792 a French-Canadian trader named Louis LeFleur was the first to settle in this state capital Jackson |
| #7050, aired 2015-04-17 | I'M JUST A BILL $800: In 2002 Bill Richardson was elected governor of this state, succeeding Gary Johnson New Mexico |
| #7048, aired 2015-04-15 | "IN" BUSINESS $1600: This state of being unable to pay creditors often leads to a bankruptcy filing insolvency |
| #7041, aired 2015-04-06 | DOUBLE A $800: Simple minds know that the Internet acronym AAK stands for this state of activity & well-being alive and kicking |
| #7037, aired 2015-03-31 | INSTRUMENTAL IN SCIENCE $1000: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew, at Harvard University's Historical Scientific Instruments, shows a machine.) Harvard lost most of its scientific equipment in a 1764 fire; state-of-the-art replacements, like an electricity-generating machine, were bought by this man in London on business for the colony of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin |
| #7032, aired 2015-03-24 | WHAT A TV DRAMA QUEEN! $800: Tea Leoni plays a former CIA analyst who joins the president's cabinet on this TV drama Madam Secretary |
| #7029, aired 2015-03-19 | HOLLYWOOD IS DESTRUCTIVE $200: In 1997's "Dante's Peak" one of these is destroying part of Washington State a volcano |
| #7028, aired 2015-03-18 | WORDS BORROWED FROM INDIA $800: This word for a state of spiritual bliss might make you think of grunge music Nirvana |
| #7022, aired 2015-03-10 | ALL PRESIDENT NIXON'S MEN $2000: This man was a Secretary of the Treasury & also of Labor for Nixon; he later was Secretary of State for Reagan George Shultz |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | MARCH MADNESS $400: March 1855 saw border ruffians from Missouri invade this state & force the election of a pro-slavery government Kansas |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | THE SCIENCE OF SECURITY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Lawrence Livermore Nat'l Laboratory in Livermore, CA.) The lab's high performance computing with the capacity of 20 quadrillion operations per second is not just helping to build weapons systems, but to model this, which Sec. of State Kerry in 2014 called directly related to the potential of greater conflict climate change |
| #7021, aired 2015-03-09 | WHAT A COUNTRY! $2,200 (Daily Double): This city-state's entire military consists of Swiss soldiers Vatican City |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | THE STATE OF WASHINGTON $400: From 5000 B.C. to the 1800s A.D., Native American tribes lived in the foothills of this mountain they called "Takhoma" Mount Rainier |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | THE STATE OF WASHINGTON $600: After heavy rain in March 2014, one of these moving at 60 MPH crushed the small town of Oso mudslide |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | THE STATE OF WASHINGTON $800: A state penitentiary is in this double-talk city Walla Walla |
| #7011, aired 2015-02-23 | THE STATE OF WASHINGTON $1000: In 1958 Boeing introduced this model, the first American passenger jet put into commercial service the 707 |
| #7007, aired 2015-02-17 | COLD WORLD OUT THERE $400: You can freeze your Aspen off in Fraser in this state, with a year-round average of 32.5 degrees Colorado |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | STATE CAPITOLS $1600: A prime attraction of the capitol building in Jefferson City, Missouri is a series of murals painted by this native son Thomas Hart Benton |
| #7006, aired 2015-02-16 | DROPPING AN "ESS" BOMB $2000: The name of the retired pope means this, a good state for him to be in "blessed" |
| #7005, aired 2015-02-13 | 19th CENTURY STATE GOVERNORS $1000: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe, NM.) His eventful career included preventing the capture of Washington, D.C. as a Civil War general & a stint living here as governor of New Mexico, during which he found time to write "Ben-Hur" Lew Wallace |
| #6999, aired 2015-02-05 | U.S. BODIES OF WATER $1200: French traders gave this lake, a gem in the state of Idaho, a name meaning "heart of the awl" Coeur d'Alene |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | IN THE STATE CAPITAL $400: Central High School, site of a 1957 clash on desegregation Little Rock |
| #6996, aired 2015-02-02 | KEEP CALM $1000: This peaceful state is the name of a prayer that's been a major part of AA since the 1940s the serenity prayer |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | STATE OF THE NOVEL $800: "A Time to Kill" Mississippi |
| #6993, aired 2015-01-28 | STATE OF THE NOVEL $1600: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Alabama |
| #6983, aired 2015-01-14 | WHAT IT'S NOT $600: It's not a horrific forest made of canines, it's the "flowering" state tree of Virginia dogwood |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | A LONG TIME AGO $400: Lycurgus, lawgiver of this militaristic city-state, thought having more than one garment made men effeminate Sparta |
| #6977, aired 2015-01-06 | NO. 1 BESTSELLERS IN THE ZERO YEARS $800: 1960: The Senate does not "Advise and Consent" when a Commie-coddler is nominated as this Cabinet secretary Secretary of State |
| #6973, aired 2014-12-31 | THE 50 STATES $1000: According to statute, the outer circle of its state seal is a color called golden poppy California |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | PANHANDLE STATES $1000: In the 1860s people living in this future state's panhandle voted to be a part of Alabama--didn't happen Florida |
| #6967, aired 2014-12-23 | THE 1920s $2000: Secretary of State Frank Kellogg & this French minister signed a pact with 13 other nations denouncing war Aristide Briand |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | "CITY" CITIES $400: This state capital is about 10 miles southeast of a "Great" body of water Salt Lake City |
| #6965, aired 2014-12-19 | "CITY" CITIES $600: The metro area of this city includes Clay & Cass Counties in Missouri & Leavenworth in a neighboring state Kansas City |
| #6962, aired 2014-12-16 | ELEMENT SYMBOL FUN? $1200: The symbol of this noble gas is the postal abbreviation of a Midwest state neon |
| #6960, aired 2014-12-12 | MASTERS OF SIX $200: If you're at "sixes &" these, you're in a confused & upset state sevens |
| #6955, aired 2014-12-05 | THE 18th CENTURY $1,500 (Daily Double): In 1790 he became our first Secretary of State; he got a big promotion a little over a decade later Thomas Jefferson |
| #6953, aired 2014-12-03 | AMERICAN HISTORY $2000: Before he was killed in the War of 1812, Zebulon Pike discovered a famous mountain peak in this state Colorado |
| #6945, aired 2014-11-21 | STATE PARKS $1000: This Is The Place Heritage Park state park takes up a lot of signage space in this state Utah |
| #6940, aired 2014-11-14 | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE $400: In 1825 this state university of New Jersey was renamed to honor a revolutionary war colonel Rutgers |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $200: The steady-state theory lost favor to this theory on the evolution of the universe the Big Bang |
| #6936, aired 2014-11-10 | A LITTLE ALLITERATION $1,800 (Daily Double): "Put the ship of state on its feet" & "Play your cards to the hilt" are 2 of these expressions mixed metaphors |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | BLACK'S LAW DICTIONARY SAYS... $200: This is "the offense of attempting to overthrow the government of the state to which one owes allegiance" treason |
| #6931, aired 2014-11-03 | THE PSILENT LETTER $1600: The state bird of Alaska, the willow this, has feathers on its feet a ptarmigan |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | GEOGRAPHUN $1600: (Sarah points to a map)
Though it's 3,000 miles wide, China has only one time zone. At 2,500 miles wide, Australia has three, and the one used in this state Is the same one for all of China. Western Australia |
| #6925, aired 2014-10-24 | LIBRARIES $3,000 (Daily Double): The library of this type of institution in Norfolk, Massachusetts made Malcolm X the thinker & orator we know a state prison |
| #6924, aired 2014-10-23 | ALASKAN PLANT LIFE $800: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a tree in Alaska.) Indians ate its bark & made its roots into hats; today, it's used for lumber, guitars, & gliders; no wonder the state tree, the Sitka type of this, is called the most valuable tree species in Alaska Sitka spruce |
| #6921, aired 2014-10-20 | LETTERS FROM WRITERS $1000: T.S. Eliot divulged in a letter that a difficult marriage "brought the state of mind out of which came" this poem in 1922 "The Waste Land" |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $400: Its plates feature a canoe on a lake, but we're not sure which of the 10,000 lakes it's supposed to be Minnesota |
| #6920, aired 2014-10-17 | STATE LICENSE PLATES $1000: This granite formation immortalized in a Hawthorne short story dominates New Hampshire's plates the Old Man of the Mountain |
| #6919, aired 2014-10-16 | ALEXANDER HAMILTON, GRUMPY GUY $1000: Hamilton & this 1st Secretary of State had a long-standing feud, with each trying to drive the other out of the cabinet Jefferson |
| #6917, aired 2014-10-14 | CHAINED TO A HOTEL $200: This word of solace precedes "Inn & Suites" on Ann Arbor's State Street & at Sea-Tac Airport Comfort |
| #6913, aired 2014-10-08 | BORDERING MISSOURI $200: A "Trail of Tears" outdoor drama in a Tahlequah amphitheater was once an annual event in this state Oklahoma |
| #6908, aired 2014-10-01 | MERE MEREDITHS $400: Meredith College is a women's college in this capital of "The Tar Heel State" Raleigh |
| #6907, aired 2014-09-30 | LAYING THINGS M TO M $1600: A state of rowdy disorder is said to be "complete & utter" this 6-letter term mayhem |
| #6906, aired 2014-09-29 | THE CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE $400: (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Chicago Board of Trade.) He was the first U.S. President to appear here on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade; he ended his remarks on the state of the economy by saying, "Maybe I could learn a few new hand gestures" George H.W. Bush |
| #6903, aired 2014-09-24 | WHAT GOOGLE COULD BE DOING $1200: Gov. Snyder of this Midwest state where Larry Page was born is trying to reverse a trend of population loss Michigan |
| #6902, aired 2014-09-23 | CELEBRITY ORIGINS $800: (I'm Cesar Millan.) My teachers in canine psychology were dogs on my grandfather's farm in Sinaloa, a state in western Mexico, bordering this sea the Sea of Cortez |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | A PLACE FIT FOR A KING $400: In Pennsylvania you'll find the city called "King of" this former German state Prussia |
| #6901, aired 2014-09-22 | A PLACE FIT FOR A KING $2000: The seat of Ulster County, it was New York's first state capital Kingston |
| #6898, aired 2014-09-17 | -MANCY PANTS $800: A state of temporary inactivity like hibernation dormancy |
| #6874, aired 2014-07-03 | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES $1,000 (Daily Double): The campus of the University of this state is in Orono, named for a Penobscot chief Maine |
| #6872, aired 2014-07-01 | CHARLESTON CHOOSY $200: Charleston lies on a peninsula between the Ashley & Cooper rivers on the coastline of this state South Carolina |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $200: The Vermont legislature says apple is the state pie & suggests serving it with a scoop of this ice cream |
| #6866, aired 2014-06-23 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $1000: With bony back plates somewhat resembling a range of mountains, this dinosaur is Colorado's state fossil Stegosaurus |
| #6857, aired 2014-06-10 | NEVADA $600: In 1973 this variety of sheep was designated Nevada's state animal a bighorn sheep |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | THE STATE OF FILM TODAY $400: Renee Zellweger & Matt McConaughey were in a 1994 sequel to this 1974 Tobe Hooper horror classic The Texas Chain Saw Massacre |
| #6854, aired 2014-06-05 | THE STATE OF FILM TODAY $1600: Willem Dafoe is on the case in this southern murder mystery from 1988 Mississippi Burning |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HAVE A COUNTY SEAT $200: Take a load off in White Plains, the county seat of Westchester in this state New York |
| #6851, aired 2014-06-02 | HAVE A COUNTY SEAT $600: Check out some bridges of Madison County near its county seat of Winterset in this state Iowa |
| #6845, aired 2014-05-23 | WINGS $200: An official state bird, the Rhode Island Red is one of these a chicken |
| #6843, aired 2014-05-21 | THAT USED TO BE A THING $1200: The landmark "Old Man of the Mountain" collapsed in 2003, but it's still on license plates of this state New Hampshire |
| #6837, aired 2014-05-13 | STATE FACTS $400: Its state song calls it "A state of sweet magnolias and Creole melodies" Louisiana |
| #6831, aired 2014-05-05 | A BRIEF TIME OF HISTORY $1000: This secessionist state of the Igbo people in eastern Nigeria lasted from 1967 to 1970 Biafra |
| #6824, aired 2014-04-24 | STATE OF THE ART $2,000 (Daily Double): Degas' portrait of his American cousin Estelle, who lived there Louisiana |
| #6817, aired 2014-04-15 | SONG OF THE SOUTH $800: A No. 1 pop hit in 1960, it became an official state song in 1979 "Georgia On My Mind" |
| #6814, aired 2014-04-10 | AN ECO-CATEGORY $600: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco.) The Academy calls itself the world's greenest museum; the 197,000 square-foot living roof is a sustainable tapestry of native California plants, including these state flowers California poppies |
| #6813, aired 2014-04-09 | STATE SCHOOLS $800: A knowingly ironic slogan of this New England university is "Think big. We do" the University of Rhode Island |
| #6812, aired 2014-04-08 | THE CULLINAN DIAMOND MINE $800: (Kelly of the Clue Crew comes to us from inside the Cullinan Mine in South Africa.) By 2019, planned expansion and state-of-the-art methods used here at the Cullinan Mine will increase output to 2.4 million of these diamond units a year. a carat |
| #6809, aired 2014-04-03 | small state capitals $800: It got its name in 1765 to signify the peaceful settlement of a dispute Concord |
| #6801, aired 2014-03-24 | TENSE $600: If you're "on" these hooks, you're in a state of suspense tenterhooks |
| #6796, aired 2014-03-17 | 2 IN THE BUSH $2000: One of the 2 sons of George H.W. Bush who were never a state governor Neil or Marvin |
| #6793, aired 2014-03-12 | ON THE "M"AP $2000: It's the capital of Maharashtra, a state on the Deccan Plateau Mumbai |
| #6786, aired 2014-03-03 | THE LAST CENTURY $2000: In 1924 Wyoming made her the first woman elected governor of a U.S. state Nellie Tayloe Ross |
| #6780, aired 2014-02-21 | FIGURING OUT THE UNIVERSE $1200: (Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) Despite being 4,850 feet deep, the Davis Campus is a modern lab with state-of-the-art clean rooms; a typical U.S. indoor cubic foot of air has millions of particles this size, 1/1,000th of a millimeter--but here, only 3 micrometer |
| #6778, aired 2014-02-19 | STATE LINES $1,000 (Daily Double): From the pen of screenwriter Noel Langley:
"I've a feeling we're ____ ____ ____ ____" not in Kansas anymore |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Valley Forge Nat'l Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) Honored with a monument, the 500 black soldiers at Valley Forge included the U.S. military's first African-American unit of free men, the regiment known as the First of this Ocean State Rhode Island |
| #6776, aired 2014-02-17 | COLLEGE TOWNS $800: A shortened version of the name of trapper Etienne Provost is on a college town in this Western state Utah |
| #6774, aired 2014-02-13 | STATE GOVERNORS $1600: This New York governor is the son of a former governor of the state Andrew Cuomo |
| #6763, aired 2014-01-29 | OFFICIAL STATE THINGS $1200: John James Audubon declared the ruffed type of this, Pennsylvania's state bird, delicious a grouse |
| #6760, aired 2014-01-24 | 10-LETTER WORDS $200: For some reason, though Tennessee became a state in 1796, it held this type of exposition in 1897 centennial |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | SAME NAME AS A STATE CAPITAL $800: Far from Mississippi, it's the site of Michigan's first state prison Jackson |
| #6756, aired 2014-01-20 | SAME NAME AS A STATE CAPITAL $1200: With the same name as the capital of a Carolina, this Maryland city was founded by the granddad of actor Edward Norton Columbia |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | IT BORDERS TENNESSEE $200: Its state quarter features the title of its state song & a thoroughbred race horse Kentucky |
| #6755, aired 2014-01-17 | IT BORDERS TENNESSEE $600: One of the world's biggest artificially created lakes, the Lake of the Ozarks in this state has a shoreline of more than 1,000 miles Missouri |
| #6739, aired 2013-12-26 | LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI $1000: Named for an Indian princess, the city of Winona in this state has been a vital port since the days of paddle wheelers Minnesota |
| #6731, aired 2013-12-16 | 1930s ENGINEERING FEATS $400: On May 1, 1931 the lights were turned on in this NYC skyscraper with the press of a button in the White House the Empire State Building |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $400: One of the highest navigable rivers in the U.S., the Animas rises to over 10,000 feet in this state Colorado |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $800: All 340 miles of the James River are within this state, which was home to an early settlement Virginia |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT $1000: In the south of this state, the Atchafalaya River empties into Atchafalaya Bay Louisiana |
| #6728, aired 2013-12-11 | "P"s ON EARTH $1,800 (Daily Double): The grave of this founder of a U.S. state is at Old Jordans Cemetery, Buckinghamshire, England William Penn |
| #6726, aired 2013-12-09 | WHICH DIRECTION? $1000: Set the rules for becoming a state:
The ____ Ordinance of 1787 Northwest |
| #6723, aired 2013-12-04 | AFFLICTIONS OF YORE $2000: "The horrors" was a term for the hallucinations experienced during this "shaking" state of alcohol withdrawal the DTs |
| #6722, aired 2013-12-03 | STATE SHAPES $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. Central Atlantic states on the monitor.) These 2 men are famous for surveying Maryland's northern border, which became a symbolic dividing line, but they also laid out the state's eastern border with Delaware Mason & Dixon |
| #6720, aired 2013-11-29 | STATE OF THE MOVIE $1600: A weepie with Winona Ryder:
"Autumn in ____" New York |
| #6719, aired 2013-11-28 | SHOW BIZ STUPID ANSWERS $1000: In 1933 Will Rogers & Janet Gaynor starred in a non-musical version of this film set at the Iowa state fair State Fair |
| #6717, aired 2013-11-26 | FOOD WORDS CREATED IN THE AMERICAS $400: This nut from the state tree of Texas is a Southern pie staple pecan |
| #6706, aired 2013-11-11 | OLD PAINT $2000: His 1936 mural of Jesse James robbing a train is in Missouri's state Capitol Thomas Hart Benton |
| #6699, aired 2013-10-31 | A TREASURE TROVE $400: The wealth of gold & silver in its mountains earned it the nickname "The Treasure State" Montana |
| #6698, aired 2013-10-30 | A PASSAGE TO INDIANA $1000: The largest employer in this city, the center of the state's limestone belt, is Indiana University Bloomington |
| #6697, aired 2013-10-29 | I CAN'T STOP THIS FEELING $600: For a pet, I want this marsupial named for an island state, but its diet of roadkill & dead sheep ain't at Petco a Tasmanian devil |
| #6693, aired 2013-10-23 | '21 $800: 1721:
Johann Sebastian Bach completes these concertos bearing the name of a German state "Brandenburg" |
| #6692, aired 2013-10-22 | COURTS OF ALL SORTS $1000: You can stay in a 1949 Airstream at the Shady Dell Vintage Trailer Court in Bisbee in this state Arizona |
| #6683, aired 2013-10-09 | THE STATE DEPT. SUGGESTS YOU STAY HOME $200: Khartoum & the rest of this African nation are under a travel warning Sudan |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | BUDDHISM $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Cambodia.) A reclining Buddha with his arm supporting his head means he's resting; if his arm is beside his head, he has passed on & is entering this peaceful state that means "extinguishing" nirvana |
| #6678, aired 2013-10-02 | JUSTICE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR $2000: (Justice Sandra Day O'Connor presents the clue.) From Robert Jackson in Youngstown v. Sawyer to, some say, myself in the church & state case McCreary County v. the American Civil Liberties Union, some important opinions have been this type in which a justice agrees with the majority but for his or her own reasons concurring opinions |
| #6674, aired 2013-09-26 | ARKANSAS $2000: Issued in 2003, the Arkansas state quarter features rice stalks, a flying mallard &, of course, this gem a diamond |
| #6666, aired 2013-09-16 | CARE TO DANCE? $1000: Also a haircut style, it's the R&B-based state dance of South Carolina the shag |
| #6664, aired 2013-08-01 | THIS & THAT $400: On June 21 Fairbanks in this state celebrates the start of summer with a midnight sun baseball game Alaska |
| #6661, aired 2013-07-29 | SCREENS $1000: An NFL stadium in Arlington in this state has a video board with 26,000 square feet of screens Texas |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | THE "BE"GINNING $200: On Utah's flag, industry (the state motto) is symbolized by one of these insect structures a beehive |
| #6659, aired 2013-07-25 | FACE TIME $1000: In general, he was a European head of state from 1939 to 1975 (Francisco) Franco |
| #6658, aired 2013-07-24 | MAKE IT A DOUBLE-LETTER WORD $400: A state of prolonged unconsciousness wakes up with another letter to become a punctuation mark coma & comma |
| #6647, aired 2013-07-09 | UNOFFICIAL STATE NICKNAMES $200: "The Gem of the Pacific" & "The Paradise of the Pacific" Hawaii |
| #6645, aired 2013-07-05 | BRAZILIAN GEOGRAPHY $1000: Add two letters to the name of a river to get this state, so big it borders three countries Amazonas |
| #6641, aired 2013-07-01 | OF SPRINGS $400: (Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Hooke's law says that a spring
will go back to its original state when force is removed so long as we don't exceed this limit...
also an adjective
for your flexible waistband elastic |
| #6637, aired 2013-06-25 | GOT A LITTLE CATEGORY HERE $1600: The first state to secede from the Union, it was also the smallest of the Confederate states in area South Carolina |
| #6633, aired 2013-06-19 | WHERE ARE YOU FROM? $800: This term for someone from the "Wolverine State" ends with the name of a male bird a Michigander |
| #6626, aired 2013-06-10 | STATE OF the ONION $600: Its people "have slimmed down... by adhering to a strict diet of just one basket of cheese curds at every meal" Wisconsin |
| #6625, aired 2013-06-07 | SPLIT "N"s $1000: A state's suspension of certain federal laws; S.C. attempted it with tariff laws in 1832 nullification |
| #6621, aired 2013-06-03 | OFFICIAL STATE STUFF $600: One of the official state songs of this western state was a top 10 hit for John Denver Colorado |
| #6615, aired 2013-05-24 | I-20 $2000: A sampling of I-20 cities to visit in this state: Abilene, Ranger & White Settlement Texas |
| #6614, aired 2013-05-23 | THE VICE PRESIDENCY $1000: (Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) In 1832, after ticking off President Jackson & defending a state's right to nullify an act of the Congress, this proud Southerner became the first vice president to resign (John C.) Calhoun |
| #6606, aired 2013-05-13 | YOU DID BAD $1000: The opposite of a state of sanctity, this 8-letter word is the title of a prize-winning J.M. Coetzee novel disgrace |
| #6603, aired 2013-05-08 | YES, THEY WILL $400: In his 1788 will this Philadelphian called himself a printer & president of the state of Pennsylvania Benjamin Franklin |
| #6602, aired 2013-05-07 | BALL STATE $800: Down ball,
kind of a standing spike volleyball |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | TRAVEL & TOURISM $200: (Sarah of the Clue Crew stands overlooking a waterfall.) I'm in this state, known for spectacular scenery such as waterfalls; Shoshone Falls, near Twin Falls, is 20 feet higher than Niagara Idaho |
| #6598, aired 2013-05-01 | MY INVENTION WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME $400: A metal bull made to literally roast criminals within was tested on its inventor, Perillos, of this Greek city-state Athens |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $400: Union troops cut a path 50 miles wide, destroying all public buildings & mills on Sherman's march to the sea through this state Georgia |
| #6594, aired 2013-04-25 | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA $1200: On Dec. 20, 1860 it became the first state to leave the Union; a few months later, the Civil War would begin there South Carolina |
| #6592, aired 2013-04-23 | TASTE BUDS $600: These 2 junior high buddies split the cost of a $5 correspondence course on ice-cream making from Penn State Ben & Jerry |
| #6589, aired 2013-04-18 | MINNE-CODA $1000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Minnesota once stretched as far west as the Missouri River; when it became a state in 1858, its land area was pulled back to this river, that forms its entire border with North Dakota The Red River of the North |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | STATE QUARTERS $200: It features the state motto "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation" &, of course, a peach Georgia |
| #6581, aired 2013-04-08 | STATE QUARTERS $600 (Daily Double): The zia sun symbol over a topographical outline of the state New Mexico |
| #6568, aired 2013-03-20 | RELATIONSHIP ISSUES $800: California is this type of property state, so all property acquired during a marriage is equally shared community |
| #6563, aired 2013-03-13 | TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR $600: A secretary of state with his name on an airport:
1954 (John Foster) Dulles |
| #6554, aired 2013-02-28 | PARTY HOPPING $1600: The Secretary of the Navy under Reagan, Jim Webb was a Democrat when this state sent him to the Senate Virginia |
| #6544, aired 2013-02-14 | U.S. POLITICS $2,600 (Daily Double): (Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a U.S. map on the monitor.) 1968 was the last time a third-party candidate captured a state; Nixon won 32 red states, Humphrey took 13 blues, & this independent won a block of five Southern states George Wallace |
| #6534, aired 2013-01-31 | INDIA $1200: India's western state of Goa was a colony of this small Iberian country until 1961 Portugal |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | small state capitals $400: The dome of the state capitol in this Pennsylvania city is a copy of St. Peter's in Rome Harrisburg |
| #6530, aired 2013-01-25 | small state capitals $4,400 (Daily Double): The completion of the DuPont Highway in 1924 was a catalyst in this capital's growth Dover, Delaware |
| #6528, aired 2013-01-23 | THE SECRETARY OF STATE WHO... $1200: Bought an "icebox" for a cool $7.2 million Seward |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | CONTENTS OF TABLES $1200: This type of crab, the pride of the Pacific coast, is named for a place in Washington State Dungeness |
| #6526, aired 2013-01-21 | THE COSSACKS $1600: Tolstoy wrote that for Cossacks being in this state is "a rite, the non-fulfillment of which would be... apostasy" drunkenness |
| #6518, aired 2013-01-09 | TV NEWS $1000: We're glad this CNN show hosted by Candy Crowley isn't just on once a year in January State of the Union |
| #6516, aired 2013-01-07 | 2000: THE YEAR IN QUOTATIONS $400: "We reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of" this state "ordering a recount to proceed" Florida |
| #6501, aired 2012-12-17 | THE OTHER 45 STATES $800: Susana Martinez, this state's first female governor, is also the first Latina governor of a U.S. state New Mexico |
| #6500, aired 2012-12-14 | ADVENTURES IN JOURNALISM $1600: (I'm Chris Matthews.) In 2004 Zell Miller, senator of this southern state, got so angry at me during an interview he said, "I wish we lived in the day where you could challenge a person to a duel" Georgia |
| #6481, aired 2012-11-19 | GEOLOGY $2000: (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) New York State uses 1 trillion cubic feet of natural gas a year; there may be 500 trillion cubic feet within this underground shale formation named for a village near Syracuse the Marcellus Shale |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | PHYSICISTS $200: Using a vacuum pump, Robert Boyle devised his law regarding the volume of this state of matter gas |
| #6480, aired 2012-11-16 | BAYS & GULFS $1200: This Australian state's Brisbane River flows into Moreton Bay, a shallow inlet of the Pacific Ocean Queensland |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | A YEAR IN THE LIFE $200: 1861:
He resigns from the U.S. Army after 36 years of service for "the defense of my native state" Robert E. Lee |
| #6472, aired 2012-11-06 | "G", I LOVE SCIENCE $800: (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a diagram of an atomic nucleus.) After radioactive decay, when a nucleus is in a high-energy state, the particles of photons known as these rays are released gamma rays |
| #6470, aired 2012-11-02 | GEORGIAS ON MY MIND $2000: The U.S. state of Georgia claims its 1818 boundary with this neighbor to the northwest is literally off by a mile Tennessee |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | STATE SYMBOLS OF HAWAII $800: Hawaii's state bird, the nene, is also known as the Hawaiian variety of this bird a goose |
| #6461, aired 2012-10-22 | BREAKING NEWS $2000: (I'm New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.) In 2002 I broke the story of a peace plan--a return to June 1967 lines & a Palestinian state for a full peace between Israel & the Arab world--proposed by this now-king of Saudi Arabia King Abdullah |
| #6457, aired 2012-10-16 | BESTSELLERS $400: In "Prague Winter" this former Secretary of State told "A personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948" (Madeleine) Albright |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | TRAVEL TEXAS $400: Say howdy to 52-foot Big Tex at the state fair of Texas, a stone's throw from this college football stadium the Cotton Bowl |
| #6453, aired 2012-10-10 | ONE LETTER DIFFERENCE $2000: A musical ending & a state of prolonged unconsciousness a coda & a coma |
| #6452, aired 2012-10-09 | GOIN' COUNTRY $2000: In 2012 this country stretching between Vietnam & Thailand got its first visit from a U.S. Secretary of State in 5 decades Laos |
| #6446, aired 2012-10-01 | YOU DESERVE A PRIZE $600: Zubin Mehta & this '70s Secretary of State were among the first recipients of Israel's Presidential Medal Henry Kissinger |
| #6445, aired 2012-09-28 | NORTH DAKOTA $600: (Sarah delivers the clue from North Dakota.) I'm in this state capital, that was named for a Prussian statesman in hopes of attracting German investors to the city Bismarck |
| #6441, aired 2012-09-24 | MARSHALL 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 |
| #6431, aired 2012-07-30 | A HISTORY LESSON $400: Nicholas Gilman, a signer of this historic document, helped get it ratified in his home state of New Hampshire the Constitution |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | ILLINOIS STATE SYMBOLS $200: The Goldrush variety of this is the state fruit; hopefully, one a day will keep the doctor away the apple |
| #6417, aired 2012-07-10 | ILLINOIS STATE SYMBOLS $400: Grab your partner & head to the hoedown for a little of this type of folk dance, official since 1990 square dance |
| #6416, aired 2012-07-09 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS $800: A type of dulcimer that is the state instrument of Kentucky is named for these mountains the Appalachians |
| #6414, aired 2012-07-05 | THAT'S TOTALLY HOT! $1200: This state of matter was created when atoms in a gas are ionized has reached over 2 billion Kelvin in an Albuquerque lab plasma |
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Lea Tottle, a junior from Florida State University from Oldsmar, Florida
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Joey Beachum, a senior from Mississippi State University
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2008 College Championship winner: $100,000...
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Mark Petterson, a senior from the University of Kansas
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Prairie Village,...
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Andrew Chung, a sophomore from Harvey Mudd College
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2008 College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000. 20 and...
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Lisa Makar, a senior from University of Maryland
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"As a seventh grader, she was planning a career as a...
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Ellen Eichner, a junior from the Ohio State University from Northbrook, Illinois
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Jennifer Duann, a senior from the Ohio State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Worthington, Ohio at...
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Danny Devries, a junior from the University of Michigan
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from West Bloomfield, MI...
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Wolf Blitzer, a journalist from The Situation Room
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"Since 1990, he's covered every major story for CNN, including the...
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Brian Muth, a headmaster from Napa, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,800 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Jonathan Hawley, a sophomore from Harvard University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 and from Oceanside, CA at...
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Laura Myers, a senior from the University of Missouri
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2009 College Championship second runner-up: $29,900. 22 and from Richmond, Virginia...
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Courtney Trezise, a senior from Michigan State University
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2009 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 21 and from Okemos, Michigan at...
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Dana Perino, a TV host from Fox News Channel's The Five
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"White House press secretary under George W. Bush, she now appears...
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Scott Menke, a senior from Johns Hopkins University
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2009 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000. 21 and from Flemington, New Jersey...
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Hans von Walter, a junior from Southern Adventist University from Avon Park, Florida
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2010-B College Championship 2nd runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $25,000 + a...
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Erin McLean, a sophomore from Boston University from Danvers, Massachusetts
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2011 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 2010-B College Championship winner:...
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Suchita Shah, a senior from the University of Wisconsin-Madison
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2008 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Holmen, WI...
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Danielle Zsenak, a senior from Marquette University
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2008 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Last name pronounced like "zshen-NOCK"....
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Cheech Marin, an actor, comedian, director, writer and musician from Lost
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"He's played a cop on Nash Bridges, voiced a 1959 Chevy...
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Soledad O'Brien, an anchor and special correspondent from CNN's Special Investigations Unit
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"Currently the host of CNN's Special Investigations Unit, she's received critical...
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Steph Gagelin, a sophomore from the University of North Dakota from Grand Forks, North Dakota
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2010-B College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Kyle Kahan, a senior from Texas A&M University from Houston, Texas
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2010-B College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii +...
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Bernard Holloway, a sophomore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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"He was a 2002 Teen Champion. He's now a sophomore at...
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Adam Pinson, a senior at the University of Alabama at Birmingham from Pinson, Alabama
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2005 College Championship 1st runner-up: $50,000. Won $100,000 on Who Wants...
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Megan Fraedrich, a 12-year-old seventh grader from Springfield, Virginia
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"And she was recently an evil stepsister in a performance of...
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Christine Carrino Gorowara, a teacher educator from Wilmington, Delaware
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Season 25 2-time champion: $43,202 + $1,000. Wife of Season 26...
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Thomas L. Friedman, an author and foreign affairs columnist from The New York Times
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"He has won three Pulitzer Prizes and authored six best sellers,...
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Ariella Goldstein, a junior from Muhlenberg College
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2009 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 20 and from Cortlandt Manor,...
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Bob Fleenor, a newspaper copy editor from Martinsburg, West Virginia
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"Legislative work in his home state was suspended so that lawmakers...
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Becky Anderson, a retired software specialist originally from Morganton, North Carolina
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Season 25 1-time champion: $16,401 + $2,000. Becky Anderson - A...
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Eric Betts, a senior from Emory University
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2009 College Championship first runner-up (semifinalist by wildcard): $50,000. 21 and...
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Anna Han, a sophomore from Penn State University
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2007 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 19 at the time of the...
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Kweisi Mfume, a president from the NAACP
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2004 Power Players Week player (2004-05-11). Name pronounced like "kwah-EE-see oom-FOO-may"....
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Peter Severson, a senior from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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2005 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time of the...
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, a Basketball Hall of Famer and all-time leading scorer from the NBA
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"In January, the State Department named this NBA Hall of Famer...
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Elyse Mancuso, a junior from Omaha, Nebraska
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2012 Teen Tournament winner: $79,600. 16 at the time of the...
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Matt Schnippert, a sophomore at Florida State University from Jacksonville, Florida
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2001 College Championship 1st runner-up: $19,801. Matt was 19 at the...
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Ben Goldman, a sophomore at New York University from Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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2005 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
Son of Season 17 1-time champion Marjorie Goldman.
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Crystal Durham, a 12-year-old from Fort Pierce, Florida
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"She would like to be an Irish stepdancing teacher, because dancing...
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Emily Sturtz, from Parsippany, New Jersey
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"Because she would like to help people, she wants to become...
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David Skaar, a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina
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Season 25 3-time champion: $102,000 + $2,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Mike Maheu, a high school teacher from San Diego, California
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,242 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Katie Winter, a senior from Tufts University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 22 and from Hershey, PA at...
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Aaron Wicks, a planning and evaluation manager from Rochester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $18,001 + 1,000. Aaron Wicks Rochester, NY...
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Jordan Brand, an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
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Season 26 1-time champion: $24,405 + $2,000. The Sesame Street character...
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Brad Selvig, a sophomore at Florida State from Jacksonville, Florida
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2004 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Dan Pawson, a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2014 Battle of the Decades...
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Stacy Braverman, a public interest lawyer from Washington, D.C.
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Season 26 1-time champion: $14,984 + $2,000. As detailed in a...
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James Erwin, a writer from Des Moines, Iowa
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Season 25 2-time champion: $22,598 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Lyndsey Romick, a sophomore from Lewis & Clark College
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2010-A College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Hometown: Grants Pass, Oregon. Lyndsey Romick...
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Matt Jacobs, a science teacher originally from Stratford, Connecticut
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Season 25 1-time champion: $10,323 + $1,000. Matt resided in Silver...
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Jennifer Broders, a junior high school social studies teacher from Stockton, Iowa
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Season 26 2-time champion: $59,801 + $1,000. Jennifer Broders - a...
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Dara Lind, a junior from Yale University
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2008 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. 20 and from Cincinnati, OH at...
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Leah Anthony Libresco, a junior from Yale University
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2010-A College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Hometown: Mineola, New York. Jeopardy!...
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Ken Jennings, a software engineer from Salt Lake City, Utah
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2020 Jeopardy!: The Greatest of All Time winner: $1,000,000 + a...
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Ryan Holznagel, a writer originally from Forest Grove, Oregon
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"He was the winner of the 1995 Tournament of Champions. Now,...
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Chuck Forrest, a lawyer and CEO from London, United Kingdom
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\"He became a winner of the second-ever Tournament of Champions in...
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Andrew Robinson, a graduate student of international science and technology policy from Washington, D.C.
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Season 28 player (2011-12-27).
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Brenton Montie, a sixth grade social studies teacher from South Lyon, Michigan
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Tom Cubbage, an attorney from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Mysti Kofford, a junior at Boston University from New Orleans, Louisiana
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2001 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. Mysti was 19 at the...
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Lizzie O'Leary, an aviation and regulation correspondent from CNN
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"She broke the news that Chrysler would file for Chapter 11...
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Nico Martinez, a junior at Stanford University from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
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2006 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. 2005 College Champion: $100,000 +...
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Lee Lassiter, a data modeler from Topeka, Kansas
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"A 5-time winner from 2000, he used his winnings to take...
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David Madden, a student originally from Ridgewood, New Jersey
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2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinalist: $10,000. 2019 All-Star Games member of...
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Richard Cordray, the head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau from Grove City, Ohio and Washington, D.C.
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\"He had just graduated from law school and was clerking for...
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David Siegel, a paralegal from Los Angeles, California
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"He was a finalist in the 1995 Tournament of Champions. A...
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Neha Embar, a 12-year-old from Alpharetta, Georgia
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"No kidding--she wants to be a pediatrician when she grows up....
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Theodora Messalas, an 11-year-old sixth grader from Brooklyn, New York
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"This future author and illustrator placed second in a regional story-telling...
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Sean Ryan, a cab driver from State College, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Marshall Flores, a senior from Arizona State University from Avondale, Arizona
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2010-B College Championship semifinalist: $10,000 + a Nintendo Wii + the...
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Peter Ellis, a senior at North Carolina State University from Cary, North Carolina
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2005 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
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Joseph Thompson, an assistant professor from Fairbanks, Alaska
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Season 24 player (2007-09-28). Joseph died 2014-08-04 at the age of...
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Emily Heaney, a freelance costume designer from White Bear Lake, Minnesota
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Season 25 1-time champion: $2,200 + $1,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Christie Whitman, a former governor from New Jersey
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"She was New Jersey's first woman governor, and later became administrator...
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Carolyn Young, a homemaker from Marietta, Georgia
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Season 25 1-time champion: $30,000 + $2,000. Mother of Season 32...
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Robert Knecht Schmidt, a patent agent from Cleveland, Ohio
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,799 + $1,000. Middle name pronounced like...
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Chris Wallace, a TV host from Fox News Sunday
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"In March, this Fox News anchor was honored by the National...
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Lindsey Nicolai, a junior from Hampton, Virginia
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2007 Teen Tournament Summer Games quarterfinalist: $5,000. 17 at the time...
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Christine Valada, a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $68,703...
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Kevin Wilson, a communications specialist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Season 26 3-time champion: $76,998 + $1,000. Jeopardy! Message Board user...
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Tom Toce, an actuary from New York, New York
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Season 26 2-time champion: $39,200 + $2,000. Last name pronounced like...
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Francois Dominic Laramée, a writer and TV personality from Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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Season 25 2-time champion: $46,300 + $1,000. Francois's name was printed...
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Andy Srinivasan, a high school science teacher from Garner, North Carolina
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2010 Tournament of Champions semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $69,600...
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Jove Graham, a biomedical engineer from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
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Season 26 1-time champion: $34,401 + $1,000. Jove's second contestant interview...
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Dave Belote, the base commander from Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas
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2010 Tournament of Champions wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. Season 26 5-time champion:...
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Judy Mermelstein, a Census field representative from Queens, New York
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Season 25 1-time champion: $38,401 + $1,000. Judy also appeared on...
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Tara Franey, a senior from Michigan State University
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2008 College Championship semifinalist: $10,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: tarafraney
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Joshua Malina, a TV actor and creator/producer from Celebrity Poker Showdown
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"He created and produced Celebrity Poker Showdown for the Bravo Channel,...
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Leslie Frates, a Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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\"A Jeopardy! champion in 1991, she\'s now a Spanish teacher listed...
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Colin Brown, a senior at the University of Rochester from Milwaukie, Oregon
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2005 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000.
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Ana Navarro, a Republican commentator from CNN, ABC News, and Telemundo
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"Born in Nicaragua, she is one of the leading Hispanic Republican...
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Robby Schrum, a junior at Yale University from Crown Point, Indiana
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2003 College Championship wildcard semifinalist: $5,000. According to the official Jeopardy!...
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Iddoshe Hirpa, a junior from Louisville, Kentucky
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2006 Teen Tournament semifinalist: $10,000.
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Harry Smith, a broadcast journalist from The Early Show
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"This hard-working host of CBS's The Early Show has interviewed five...
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Sean Ryan, a graduate student from Whitehall, Pennsylvania
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2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Nifty Nine (players with byes into...
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Jack Weisman, a twelve-year-old from Beachwood, Ohio
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"He's considering becoming a lawyer, just like Mom and Dad. From...
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Leslie Frates, a retired Spanish teacher from Hayward, California
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"She was a Spanish teacher at Cal State-Hayward when she became...
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Charlie Penrod, an assistant professor of law from Natchitoches, Louisiana
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Season 27 1-time champion: $17,000 + $2,000.
Jeopardy! Message Board user name: CharlieP
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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a...
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Richard Cordray, a judicial clerk from Grove City, Ohio
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2014 Battle of the Decades invitee: $5,000 (prize declined as a...
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Ryan Chaffee, a tutor from Los Angeles, California
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2010 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $91,900...
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Charlotte Darby, from West Chester, Pennsylvania
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"Her crafts include crochet, origami, and friendship bracelets. From West Chester,...
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Josh Charnin-Aker, a twelve-year-old from Lighthouse Point, Florida
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"And, whether in neonatology or as a Navy SEAL, he plans...
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Mehrun Etebari, a grad student from Durham, New Hampshire
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2007 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000 + the Jeopardy! DVD Home...
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Mallory Banks, from Summerville, South Carolina
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"And this future physicist loves figuring out the underlying components of...
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Regina Merrill, from Lincoln, Nebraska
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"She's very good at writing stories and poetry, but her love...
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Paul McCrane, an actor from ER
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[As Paul is introduced, a clip of ER plays, with Dr....
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Raymond Goslow, a senior at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia
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2022 National College Championship 1st runner-up: $100,000. Raymond was majoring in...
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Catherine Crier, a journalist from The Crier Report
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"Once the youngest elected state judge in Texas, she now hosts...
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Solomon Howard, a freshman from St. Petersburg, Florida
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000. 14 at the time of...
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Bryan Givens, a history lecturer originally from Dallas, Texas
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Season 20 player (2004-06-24). KJL game 17. At the time of...
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Anthony Valente, a senior from Staten Island, New York
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2003 Teen Tournament second runner-up: $24,799.
17 at the time of the Teen Tournament.
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Claudia Corriere, a church musician and homemaker from Kennesaw, Georgia
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Season 32 2-time champion: $29,000 + $2,000. Claudia won show #7195,...
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Pat Cantor, a professor of education from Concord, New Hampshire
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Season 23 player (2007-03-13).
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Lisa McClain, a history professor and director of gender studies from Boise, Idaho
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Season 23 1-time champion: $20,500 + $2,000.
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Victoria Steinberg, a freelance writer from Forest Hills, New York
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Season 28 player (2012-06-19).
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Val Adamcyk, a foreign services officer originally from Manhasset, New York
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Season 23 player (2007-01-12).
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Michael Sieja, a sophomore at Mississippi State University from Huntsville, Alabama
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2016 College Championship quarterfinalist: $5,000. Michael tied with Hannah Norem and...
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Sue Romberg, a homemaker and volunteer from Grapevine, Texas
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Season 25 player (2009-04-21). Jeopardy! Message Board user name: Sue in...
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Samantha Ross, a student from Hillsdale, New Jersey
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Season 23 1-time champion: $14,000 + $1,000. Won $1,000 on Who...
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Rachel Pildis, a software developer from Oak Park, Illinois
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Season 26 1-time champion: $12,000 + $2,000. Rachel Pildis - A...
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John Krizel, a green community program coordinator from Beckley, West Virginia
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2011 Tournament of Champions quarterfinalist: $5,000. Season 26 4-time champion: $105,204...
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Joseph Graumann, a junior from Mays Landing, New Jersey
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2006 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Matt Amodio, a post-doctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Michael Steele, a political analyst and host from MSNBC and Steele & Ungar
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"He was elected lieutenant governor of Maryland in 2003, and later...
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Gabe Orlet, a senior from Belleville, Illinois
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2009 Teen Tournament wildcard semifinalist: $10,000.
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Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Matt Amodio, a postdoctoral researcher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
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2023 Jeopardy! Masters 3rd place player: $150,000. 2022 Tournament of Champions...
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Tucker Dunn, an ESL teacher from Tucson, Arizona
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Season 33 3-time champion: $39,999 + $1,000. In his first appearance,...
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Mark Lowenthal, an intelligence educator from Reston, Virginia
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"He won the 1988 Tournament of Champions while working for the...
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Meredith Dedopoulos, a 12-year-old from Durham, New Hampshire
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"This spelling bee champion has also won many sports awards. From...
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Russ Schumacher, a university professor from Fort Collins, Colorado
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"He was a graduate student when he won the Tournament of...
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Pranita Ramakrishnan, from Centreville, Virginia
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"Not only does this future neurologist enjoy swimming, drawing and spelling,...
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Paul Tavianini, an office assistant from Burbank, California
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Season 22 player (2005-10-17).
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Teri Garr, an actress from Friends
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"She's Phoebe's mom on the hit series Friends..." Teri also appeared...
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